Cam Mackenzie might be the most balanced prospect in this year’s AFL Draft class – both on and off the pitch. Mackenzie is a reliable, well-rounded on-baller with the ability to win the ball inside and out alike. He has excellent vision, balance and careful disposal, but also possesses a solid ball game and...
Read MoreIf there’s one thing you’re guaranteed of on a trip to Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, it’s stunning views no matter which direction you take or what time of year you visit. Certainly, the weather will play a big part in the vibrancy of the landscape – from bright and expansive views in summer to moody...
Read MoreA daughter, Kirsten, was born that year. The next parish was Casterton (known as Siberia in the Methodist parking committee) where again country parish and country football took over. A big final win over Hamilton for the Western Borders football premier flag was celebrated long and hard. The church bells rang all night. A...
Read MoreFallen Australian Test captain Tim Paine has made some startling claims about his exit and the Sandpapergate scandal in a new book. Check out CODE’s Best of Sport for today’s sports news. Here is CODE Sports’ Best of Sport lineup for October 25, 2022. ‘Gun to the Head’: Paine breaks silence on brutal exit...
Read MoreYou may know Victoria’s Big Build for our road and rail infrastructure projects. But you may not know that we are also busy building new cycling and walking facilities. Victorians told us they wanted more opportunities for active transportation. So when we work on road and rail projects, we also plan new cycle paths...
Read MoreThis revival, which has come at the expense of Melbourne’s CBD, where the vacancy rate reached 12.8% in July, has been the growth of food and drink rentals, which now account for a third of all Melbourne’s commercial strip stores, on the rise. 29% before COVID-19. Fewer ‘For Rent’ signs are found on Chapel...
Read MoreMelbourne-based Sunkin Property Group has broken ground on a $500 million+ mixed-use project at the former CSIRO site in Highett, one of Melbourne’s largest and most flexible infill development sites. Following approval in March from Bayside City Council, Sunkin has appointed Delta Group in a multimillion-dollar contract that will see the civil contractor begin...
Read MoreA warning for Bogong Village and Falls Creek was issued on Tuesday due to an “active slow-moving landslide” on the Bogong High Plains Road above Bogong Village. The road has been reduced to one lane and a reduced speed limit, but will be closed from midday Wednesday due to bad weather which is making...
Read MoreAustralia’s leading sustainability news platform partners with the Alex Theater in Fitzroy Street St Kilda to champion sustainability innovation through entertainment, education and community engagement. Together, Eco Voice (www.ecovoice.com.au) and the Alex Theater (www.alextheatre.org.au) will organize sustainability events, produce multimedia content and showcase the latest sustainability innovations and ideas. Eco Voice, first published in...
Read MoreBy midlife, Donald S Murray became not only an established novelist, but unquestionably one of the most interesting and enjoyable authors in Scotland today. Impressive, he sets himself a new and more demanding challenge with each book. The Call of the Cormorant, set in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Nazi Germany, is remarkable....
Read MoreThe 2022/23 NTFL women’s season starts tomorrow Peter Williams Felicity Elliott/AFLNT Media A NEW season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s Premier League season kicks off tomorrow with the 2022/23 edition starting on the first day of October. The major league change is the inclusion of the Tiwi Bombers for the first...
Read MoreCIV OAKLEIGH TRAILS – THE GREEK GASTRONOMY WALKING TOUR The highly anticipated Oakleigh Trail; a 40-minute walk along the restaurant and cafe-bar district of Melbourne’s most Greek suburb begins. Renowned for its strong European influence, with the most prevalent vibe in the area being Greek restaurants and live music venues, Eaton Mall continues to...
Read MoreSStepping onto the deck of the Smyril Line ferry between Denmark and the Faroe Islands, I watched a bunch of kids playing tig. Another group was playing football in the fenced enclosure. The parents were in the observation room reading books. My son Conor and I took turns at the port telescope, examining the...
Read MoreElijah Holland’s name is perhaps most recognizable from his time as Noma Australia’s chief forager, which saw Rene Redzepi hunt the chief to search for local gems for the pop-up. The role undoubtedly cemented Holland’s name in the culinary world, and it’s been a rapid rise ever since. He’s opened restaurants across China, scoured...
Read MoreWhether you’re planning to fly out on the day or fancy unlimited food and drink and a guaranteed big-screen view, Melbourne’s pubs are putting on a good show for the AFL Grand Final on Saturday 24 september. Pick your team, hop on the bandwagon and get a reservation. The Espy Kitchen offers a three-hour...
Read MoreA popular T-shirt at Raygun, a well-known local store in Iowa’s capital, reads “Des Moines!” Let us exceed your already low expectations! It’s quite ironic – the city of insurance in flyover country has gotten really (quietly) cool. With vibrant cultural offerings, awesome bike trails, inventive restaurants, and a thriving beer scene, Des Moines...
Read MoreWe chat with North Ayrshire author Alex Boyd about his work on a brand new book documenting the history of Scotland’s mountains and hills. The whimsical idea of Scotland’s heritage and history has been the basis for a plethora of artwork, most with varying degrees of fantasy and fiction. But while this romantic fantasy...
Read MoreThe best of the rest pharaoh enough Crossing the nocturnal desert, we sleep in our seats, teenagers lost in restless dreams. The Nile bends to meet us again, the sun rising as we cross the Aswan High Dam. Lake Nasser shines an unreal blue. Beyond, Abu Simbel is crouched, cupped in his mound. The...
Read MoreMelbourne’s popular tram ride from the city to St Kilda has been transformed into Middle-earth as Prime Video celebrates the release of the upcoming Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series on September 2. Tolkien fans will be able to delve even further into this adaptation of the series and travel to...
Read MoreThe famous St Kilda penguin colony has two new plus size members thanks to our Love My Place grant scheme. Two penguin sculptures were recently installed between the St Kilda Foreshore and Luna Park (at the corner of Jacka Boulevard and Shakespeare Grove). Standing 2.1 meters tall, the penguins frame a walkway between the...
Read MoreNew York Governor Kathy Hochul told members of the press that author Salman Rushdie was alive and receiving treatment at a local hospital after being attacked on stage at an event in western New York. Friday morning. Video Transcript KATHY HOCHUL: The protection of every individual in our state, whether resident or visitor, we...
Read More“Where is our ship?” I asked my husband, Carl, in a panic as we headed for the tender little pier on the Scottish Isle of Iona. I couldn’t see it anchored where we had left it a few hours earlier via a Zodiac RIB in the nearby sea. The cold wind blew on me...
Read MoreIt’s not often recognized, but Scotland is part of an archipelago. The island it shares with England and Wales is just the start of a sprawl of 900 islands, reefs and stacks that stretch across the North Atlantic, reaching almost as far as the Norway. From the Inner Hebrides, with their culture of smallholdings,...
Read MoreSome teams are finished and dusted for the season. There are just a few formalities left before the end of the year bill. Some teams really want to make the final and make their mark. They got up. Some other teams needed a miracle to save their crumbling world from collapsing. I believe they...
Read MoreBy Sharon Whitley Larsen “Where is our ship?” I asked my husband, Carl, in a panic as we headed for the tender little pier on the Scottish Isle of Iona. I couldn’t see it anchored where we had left it a few hours earlier via a Zodiac RIB in the nearby sea. The cold...
Read MoreHusband’s tribute to Peterculter community stalwart Ann Wakefield Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark. Google An icon of Google’s “G”...
Read MoreHuge stretches of bare rock have appeared along the normally crowded stretches of the UK coast, emptied by the deaths of thousands of birds. Feathered carcasses litter the beaches of the islands off Scotland and the east coast. And, in Brighton, seagulls fell dead from the sky. A total of 23 Scottish islands have...
Read MoreRed Mill! Music star Alinta Chidzey is selling the Ripponlea apartment where she did a Zoom audition for the show’s lead role. Chidzey played Satine, portrayed by Nicole Kidman in the film Moulin Rouge, in the Melbourne series and is now appearing in the Sydney production. The multi-award winning artist has performed in several...
Read MoreFears a bike-hating vandal is leaving shattered glass and sharp spikes along bike paths after a slew of punctures Cyclists have suffered punctures on a new cycle lane in Melbourne Many have flocked online accusing the council of leaving glass in the road The Department for Transport says it is investigating whether the incident...
Read MoreGannets are dying and hardly anyone talks about it. It’s small beer, I guess, when there’s trench warfare in Europe, and when the Iberian Peninsula is on fire. A little beer when the UK has its own red heat alert, when our political system is corrupt, when, for many, ‘managing through’ is no longer...
Read MoreShane Warne’s family have reportedly sold the Australian cricketer legend’s $10million luxury apartment in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. The late cricketing icon, who died in March, helped design the aspects of a lavish property located in the exclusive luxury Saint Moritz development in St Kilda. He even requested that No. 23, his Australian cricket shirt...
Read MoreYulia’s family was one of them. Sarah first learned of them from her brother, a rabbi and scholar in Israel. Yulia was one of his online students and asked him for help after the war started. He put her in touch with Sarah. Meanwhile, Melbourne man Marc Fookes, 84, had read about the Soft...
Read MoreExactly where YOU should buy a home this year, as startling data reveals the Australian cities with the 10 biggest falls – and 10 biggest rises – in property values Canberra took four places in the top 10 biggest property value falls in urban suburbs Denman Prospect’s property in Canberra suffered the biggest fall...
Read MoreSir Robin Knox-Johnston, chairman and founder of the Clipper Race, hailed the “wonderful” people of Derry and said leaving the town would be “bittersweet”. Sir Robin, the first person to sail non-stop around the world, was speaking at an awards ceremony in the village at the Foyle Maritime Festival on Wednesday evening, where the...
Read MoreSkara Brae (Flickr/Mike McBey) In Britain, some 3,000 villages and towns disappeared during the Middle Ages under the effects of the Black Death alone. Zoom out the time scale, then consider storms and floods, economic or social changes, climate change and war, and the number of abandoned settlements. Historian and animator Matthew Green has...
Read MoreMalaysian developer UEM Sunrise has filed plans with Yarra City Council for a $115 million, 23-storey mixed-use “tower village” in Collingwood. UEM Sunrise spent $43 million on the 5,390 sq m site at 21-43 Hoddle Street in Collingwood in 2020, a former Honda and Nissan tiered car dealership. Cox Architecture designed the building, which...
Read More“When Tasia came to Australia in the mid-1960s, it was at the invitation of her newly married sister. The plan was for Tasia to help her sister with her baby who was on the way, settle in, and then, the moment came and that the politics of the village are negotiated appropriately, invites a...
Read Moremike walen Left to right: Alan Torcetti, Nereida Culpan, Merv Taylor and Robin Petersen from St Kilda Retirement Village and Care Home, Cambridge. When Merv Taylor and his wife Sylvia moved to Bupa St Kilda Retirement Village in Cambridge four years ago, they didn’t know anyone. But they quickly made friends and built a...
Read MoreBrowse > Home / Featured Articles / From Australia’s Jewish past: Abraham Benjamin – a family business in its 142nd year – David Benjamin – a family business in Dunedin, New Zealand June 28, 2022 by Ruth Lillian Read on for the article Abraham and his wife Theresa Falk arrived in Melbourne in 1865...
Read MoreThe Carter family of Melbourne and luxury property developer Orchard Piper have entered into a partnership to undertake a $300 million redevelopment of 448 St Kilda Road, one of the last remaining parcels of land on the coveted boulevard. Spanning 2,400m², the plans submitted will include a contemporary 5-star hotel, as well as Orchard...
Read More“Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling” by Ryan Tucker Jones struck me as unexpectedly topical for this particular time in my life. And not only because I have just returned from a spectacular Aurora Expeditions cruise to remote Scottish islands aboard the MV Greg Mortimer, during which I was able to observe...
Read MoreA disgruntled creditor who owed nearly $1 million in unpaid rent is seeking to liquidate ASX-listed coworking company Victory Offices. The flexible working company is facing a liquidation claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria from the creator of the retirement village Zig Inge Group. Victory Offices, now closed, at the reception of the...
Read MoreBolton Clark, Thornlands QLD Australia’s largest independent not-for-profit aged care provider is deploying solar power in more than 20 residential aged care communities in Queensland and New South Wales, which is expected to eliminate more than 3,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the environment each year. Bolton Clarke’s work program – comprising four...
Read MoreWinter activities in and around Melbourne While Singapore certainly has no shortage of dining, retail and entertainment services, there is one thing we tropical islanders don’t know much about: winter. Although we can head to places such as snow town for some of that winter chill, there’s nothing like flying to a foreign land...
Read MoreDiscover some of the hottest properties for sale in Gloucestershire in June 2022, priced from £190,000 to £4,000,000. In partnership with The Mortgage Brain | themortgagebrain.net Helping house hunters find the best mortgage, brokers at The Mortgage Brain in Gloucester have access to exclusive deals and 30...
Read MoreA delegation from the Hellenic Armed Forces, together with representatives of the regional government of Crete, were recently welcomed to the Parliament of Victoria by the President and Speaker of Parliament. The meeting took place as part of the recent visit of representatives to Australia, as part of various commemorative events organized in recognition...
Read MoreThis weekend, Jack Ziebell is set to join an exclusive football club in North Melbourne. If he does feature against St Kilda, he will become just the 12th player to record 250 senior appearances in North Melbourne history. Ziebell will also have the honor of reaching the milestone as club captain. Holding the torch...
Read MoreMajor work has begun on the Victorian Government’s $53 million St Kilda Pier redevelopment project, one of Melbourne’s biggest pier improvements. Victorian Ports and Freight Minister Melissa Horne said work on the barges and excavators will begin soon, including the installation of the first of more than 220 steel piles. “St Kilda Pier is...
Read MoreIt’s a far cry from Pikerni, a village about 160 kilometers west of Athens, where Andrianakos was raised on a farm that grew wheat and beans. “A little bludger” “I was born in 1943, but my parents didn’t have time to register until 1944. It was a...
Read MoreWhether you’re a shy twelve-year-old, a sixteen-year-old trying to fit in, or a parent, teenagers are terrifying. They love and hate intensely and often at the same time. Rising hormones, irrational logic, and the desire for connection lead to overworked secrets, volatile relationships, and bad decisions. When I started working on my novel, chasm,...
Read MoreThe old Channel Nine building in Richmond was once the TV home of Graham Kennedy, Bert Newton and Daryl Somers, but now it could be your new place. The Richmond building is set to reopen as a luxury retirement village later this year. Pensioners Heather and Ray Bowden lived on the Mornington Peninsula for...
Read MoreThe leaders of the Alexander and Whitney Hall restaurants have an empire in their hands. The couple owned five cafes in New York before moving to Des Moines, opening their first St. Kilda Café & Bakery on MLK Boulevard south of downtown in the ground floor of Harbach Lofts in 2017. Whitney, who grew...
Read MoreHello. It’s Monday, May 9, and here’s a roundup of the latest news. Leaders face off in second debate Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese faced off in their second campaign leaders’ debate, hosted on the Nine Network. Mr Albanese promised to fix the aged care sector, provide cheaper childcare and...
Read MoreDowntown: Two additional floors could be built on top of an existing three-storey office building in Commercial Street to provide accommodation. But the Swindon Borough Council’s Highways Department and South Swindon Parish Council are not supportive. Developer S Bhatia, from Feltham in Middlesex, has lodged a proposal with council to build seven apartments over...
Read MoreRanger Sue Loughran, who has returned to St Kilda for the summer, said she has noticed ‘overwhelming’ changes to the environment on the island, including noise levels and the impact visual of the military presence. The MoD has had a presence in St Kilda – which has the highest sea cliffs in the UK...
Read MoreA Gloucester square is about to get a bold and colorful makeover as Rainbow Street owner Tash Frootko reveals her latest plans to transform more homes in the city. This month, she aims to paint 25 facades of three-street houses in a downtown plaza with a series of vibrant shades, as well as create...
Read MoreThe Villa del Balbianello, Lake Como. Photo: iStock I have a week of personal time on a work trip to Italy in July and so my husband is coming with me – neither has been before. We start in Milan and depart directly from Rome for Perth a week later. Lake Como seems unmissable,...
Read MoreThe Villa del Balbianello, Lake Como. Photo: iStock I have a week of personal time on a work trip to Italy in July and so my husband is coming – neither have been before. We start in Milan and depart directly from Rome for Perth a week later. Lake Como seems unmissable, but what...
Read MoreVictorian spinner Todd Murphy has been selected in Australia’s A team for a tour of Sri Lanka in June after just two Sheffield Shield appearances. The Sri Lankan tour marks the first Australian A-team to travel overseas since the start of COVID-19. Team A will play two one-day matches and two four-day matches. Murphy’s...
Read MoreSt Kilda star Jack Hayes hobbles with a suspected ACL injury in a huge blow to Saints manager Brett Ratten after the former cementer made a blistering start to life in the AFL St Kilda star Jack Hayes suffered a suspected ACL injury against the Giants The 26-year-old has made a brilliant start to...
Read MoreAn artist’s impression of now the new center will look. Genealogy, after all, is a matter of continuity; about who we are and where we come from. There is an insatiable global appetite for such information and any society with a diaspora as large as the Outer Hebrides is bound to receive requests that...
Read MoreS. said her family was so poor that they could barely buy food. She fled with a man from Dhaka, Bangladesh, who promised to take care of her. “How would I know he intended to sell me?” says S., who is now an adult. “My life has so much pain.” She was smuggled to...
Read MoreLocated at the very start of St Kilda Road, a new family and pet-friendly bar and food truck park aims to recapture the historic beauty of Holy Trinity Church Hall. Majestically transformed into a bright and luxurious bar with a separate wine cellar, Trinity St Kilda also features a huge outdoor space with rotating...
Read MoreLetters from the readers: St Kilda exile for offenders Schedule An icon of a desktop calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark. Google An icon of Google’s “G”...
Read More14,000 nuisance gulls will be exiled to St Kilda Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark. Google An icon of Google’s...
Read MoreDesigned by longtime Neometro collaborators MAArchitects and local landscapers Mud Office, Nine Wilson Ave features two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as Neometro’s signature lofts, which are styled one-bedroom and an early concept of Neometro, which dates back to 1998 when they designed and developed Luxe on St Kilda’s Inkerman Street. With space, flexibility,...
Read MoreFaber & Faber Review by Fiona Rintoul IF the purpose of the structure is to “provide a sense of permanence in a natural world that never ends”, as Matthew Green postulates in Shadowlands: a Journey through Lost Britain, then the purpose of the ruins might be to remind us the essential futility of this...
Read MoreSt Kilda is one of Scotland’s most spectacular coastlines and after being inhabited for 4,000 years, they are now ghost islands. Everyone has heard of ghost towns – but ghost islands? Scotland has a number of phantom islands and one of the most famous of these is St Kilda. They are owned by the...
Read MoreMax King and Jack Higgins produced an inspired third-quarter flurry to help lift St Kilda to a 10-point AFL win over Fremantle at Perth Stadium. King only had two eliminations in the first half of Sunday’s game, but he came alive in the third term when he scored three goals in the space of...
Read MoreAthletes ran 1.9km by swimming, 90km by bike and 21.1km on foot, before crossing the finish line in front of a packed crowd in St Kilda’s Catani Gardens. The flat and fast course offered plenty of opportunities for athletes to set their best IRONMAN 70.3 race times, with the bike course along Melbourne’s famous...
Read MoreWalk through the English countryside and you’ll feel like little has changed. Churches and farms, hedgerows and paths – much of this has been preserved for centuries. However, as Matthew Green argues in shadowlands, there is also a story of lost cities and abandoned villages hidden beneath the tranquil surface. His book tells the...
Read MoreThis article is sponsored by Visit Outer Hebrides. Emma Simmonds March 17, 2022 Princes Beach (Coilleag a’Phrionnsa), Eriskay / Photo: James Smith Immerse yourself in the fascinating history and intoxicating mystery of these magical islands Whether you’re looking for a stimulating or relaxing getaway, you really can’t beat the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Situated...
Read MoreHead to the Greek restaurant for an evening of traditional food, wine and beer from the island of Crete, hosted by renowned food writer Sofia Levin. John and Susie Rerakis have been serving Greek cuisine in Melbourne for almost three decades: first at Pireaus Blues, a restaurant they opened in Fitzroy in 1995, and...
Read MoreSouvenir: St Kilda, the last departure from the abandoned islands Calendar An icon of a desktop calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across it. Caret A right-pointing solid arrow icon. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of Facebook’s “f” mark. google An icon of...
Read MoreGreek City Times is proud to present a weekly historical snapshotfrom the archives of the national project “In Their Own Image: Greek Australians”by photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski. DR CON CASTAN Since the 1960s, the study of Greek-Australian literature has developed steadily. One of those who carried out his academic investigation during...
Read MoreBack Home: Laurel Robinson is back on Yorta Yorta Country. Photo by Megan Fisher Long before Sapphires graced the big screens around the world, winning 26 awards and 27 nominations, the singers were just locals from Shepparton. Yorta women Yorta Beverly Briggs, Naomi Mayers, Lois Peeler and Laurel Robinson composed the original sapphires and...
Read MoreSomeone on a seven-figure budget might expect a three- to four-bedroom detached house with a backyard, he said. In Oakleigh East, buyers with the same budget would consider a townhouse, said Chris Kelepouris, managing director of Ray White Oakleigh. Leafy Wantirna now has a median home price of $1.05 million.Credit:wayne taylor Its market had...
Read MoreDesign-focused Melbourne developer Neometro returns to the St Kilda area, securing a prime development site for almost $22 million. The sprawling 5,008m² site in St Kilda East at 97 Alma Road was purchased by Neometro just before Christmas. Neometro Director James Tutton said 2021 was a very significant growth year for Neometro. “We made...
Read MoreA major development site in Melbourne’s east is expected to net co-owners Abacus Property Group and developer Gillon Group more than $250 million, nearly 30 times an initial investment. The 14-hectare super-site in East Bentleigh was once a WH Wills cigarette factory before it was converted into a Virginia Park retail estate by the...
Read MoreBolton Clarke has announced that it has completed the acquisition of residential aged care provider Allity, becoming Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider. The acquisition supports Bolton Clarke’s strategy to extend its reach nationally, with the acquisition of Allity increasing its presence in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA. Last month, Bolton Clarke announced it had strengthened...
Read MoreRecent Jobber Seb Ross Treats Longtime Haircut Royalty and Today’s BOG Paddy Cripps With Serious Disrespect On an overcast day and a half in February, a part of ikon built saw a return to pre-season football and sketchier construction workers than my unfortunate stint in a villager cover band.The Blues were great, then terrible,...
Read MoreMaggie McCormack (Marriage, Hearth Theatre; The Will, Anthropocene Play Company) became tormented and obsessed with not aging in her late teens. Botox, lasers, skincare, wigs, fasting, and even a few trips to the plastic surgeon, all while embarking on a spiritual journey that took her in the opposite direction. Towards its timelessness as a...
Read More‘Revenge’ speeding Ford driver who made multiple U-turns as he allegedly tried to run over four e-scooter riders is charged and ‘explosives, ammunition and drugs were found in his house” A 33-year-old man was arrested for attempting to injure four pedestrians Police allege the man attempted to run over four electric scooter riders on...
Read MoreCoach Alan McConnell blamed himself for a tactical error that nearly cost GWS against St Kilda before Katherine Smith’s post-siren goal delivered a breathtaking two-point victory. Saints came very close to their first AFLW win of the season at Blacktown Oval on Wednesday night when Tarni White kicked them off with three minutes remaining....
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Radical Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce her decriminalization bill in Victoria’s upper house. Known for pushing the status quo in solving progressive agendas, Ms. Pattern continues to stress that drug addiction is a health issue, not a crime. Stay up to date with the latest news with The Victoria Briefing...
Read MoreDealing with the growing risk posed by the old landfill beneath Kettle Park may be the most pressing priority for Dunedin’s coastal management. Sorting out the dyke at St Clair may well be the next step. Dunedin councilors will discuss the draft coastal plan from St Clair to St Kilda tomorrow and they may...
Read MoreSt Kilda’s Holy Trinity Parish Hall has served as a community center since 1925. And from this March, Matthew Nikakis will usher the historic building into a new era as Trinity St Kilda – a pub, lorry park catering and event space. named in honor of his past life. “I live in the area...
Read MoreDestination: the splendor of Northern Europe During the Nordic summer, Norway, the scattered British Isles, Iceland and Greenland offer a range of cruise destinations as unique and spectacular as anywhere on Earth. Their iceberg-studded fjords and steep cliffs teem with vast colonies of nesting birds and other wildlife. Meanwhile, quaint traditional villages and ancient...
Read MoreMr Garcia will sue for damages, claiming the arrest was unlawful and excessive, and in doing so will make what is believed to be the first request for access to footage from the police-worn camera for a civil matter . Until recently, Victorians had been unable to access footage from a police officer’s body-worn...
Read MoreFrom an Orkney village engulfed in sand 5,000 years ago to a medieval town swept off a cliff and languishing in the depths of the North Sea, Britain is marked by the haunting remnants of lost places of memory. And yet, although we can’t see them, many of these places had formative influences on...
Read MoreAnyone who has ever been to a protest will remember the excitement felt, the camaraderie, the hope against hope that it would make a difference. It can be hard to tell. The tens of thousands of people across the country who took part in the September 2019 climate change march, for example, might wonder...
Read MoreZoi Sadowski-Synnott made history by winning New Zealand’s first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, winning the women’s slopestyle title on Sunday morning in smash-and-grab style with a spectacular final that ended the dominance of the United States in the discipline. The 20-year-old, who became an Olympic champion on New Zealand’s national holiday Waitangi...
Read MoreAFL star Sam Newman appears in high spirits as he clutches a bottle of water and joins Shane Warne at the Twilight Beach Polo in St Kilda By Marta Jary for Daily Mail Australia Published: 6:01 a.m. EST, February 5, 2022 | Update: 6:43 a.m. EST, February 5, 2022 Sam Newman appeared to be...
Read MoreIn one of the biggest auctions of the weekend, a six-bedroom house in Murrumbeena was bid for $3.8million, even though agents hoped it would sell over the next few days. Four bidders battled it out for the keys to the six-bedroom Edwardian house at 19 Murrumbeena Road, which was built in 1915. Christian De...
Read MoreMaggie McCormack (Marriage, Hearth Theatre; The Will, Anthropocene Play Company) became tormented and obsessed with not aging in her late teens. Botox, lasers, skincare, wigs, fasting, and even a few trips to the plastic surgeon, all while embarking on a spiritual journey that took her in the opposite direction. Towards its timelessness as a...
Read MoreMake an appointment to inspect this selection of must-see properties. 13 Caraar Creek Lane, Mornington VIC 3931 Hugging Beleura Hill, this glamorous trophy home boasts stunning coastal views with the town looming in the distance. The living areas, terrace and wrap-around pool make the most of the view. Designed to entertain, the home features...
Read MoreDesign-focused Melbourne developer Neometro has seen early success at Nine Wilson Ave, their latest apartment project in Brunswick’s Jewell Station Village, a multi-stage development that began in 2016. Over 35% of the 73 apartments on offer were purchased during the traditionally quiet Christmas holiday period. Neometro sales manager Andrew Steele said sales were pretty...
Read MoreOne of the strongest testaments to what makes Splunk employees unique is that our values, culture, and resilience endure no matter what challenges we face. As we were tested throughout 2021 by old challenges and new disruptions, we continued to move forward together with an unwavering commitment to being a diverse, inclusive and compassionate...
Read MoreIt’s hard to imagine there was ever a time when the Los Angeles River was wild and free flowing, flanked by thick forests of reeds and full of rainbow trout – instead of being blanketed in concrete and sandwiched between swollen highways and train tracks. Centuries ago, in areas that are now the backs...
Read MoreTAS: the teachers’ union remains concerned The Tasmanian branch of the Australian Education Union is calling on the state government to reconsider its back-to-school plan, which the union says was “underdeveloped”. The union’s David Genford told ABC Radio Hobart he remained concerned about teachers and other staff. “We focused on ventilation, masks and when...
Read MoreTo paraphrase an old cold war slogan, maybe red is better than dead with covid-19. As Dunedin tackles the challenges of living in the red light of Covid-19 and people are encouraged to wear a mask in most situations, some experts are wondering what we use to cover ourselves. On Tuesday, the government announced...
Read MoreHike to the most remote pub on the British mainland It’s a rewarding experience for those who don’t mind getting their boots dirty. The Knoydart Peninsula is literally sandwiched between (the lakes of) heaven and hell (Nevis and Hourn). Kinlochhourn’s 14 winding, marshy miles often feel like hell. An even tougher route traverses the...
Read MoreIT HAS BEEN two long and difficult years for Jade Gresham. Just when the St Kilda star had the AFL world at his feet in 2020 – having finished fourth and then sixth in two consecutive Trevor Barker Awards – it all went wrong. First, the 2015 first-round pick suffered a major stress fracture...
Read MoreIona. Ashley CooperGetty Images The world may be open to travel, but there’s never been a better time to fall in love with Britain all over again and get off the beaten track – and Country Living’s expedition cruise around the British Isles this spring and this summer is the way to do it....
Read MoreBelow is an excerpt from Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay ‘What are these?’ one day asked a visitor to our village, pointing to a field. ” What is that ? A neighbor replied, fearing her knowledge of trees might be lacking. “Those gray things? “ “What gray things?...
Read MoreThe Golden Backpack Award ceremony, held last Friday, November 8, was the culmination of months of counting and organizing votes. During a nine-week online campaign, backpackers voted for their favorite hostel and tour/activity in every state and territory in Australia and across Tasman for the New Zealand awards. Nearly 94,000 votes were cast out...
Read MoreAustralia’s white-hot housing market has seen massive gains in value over the past 12 months as record interest rates and an acute shortage of homes for sale fueled a sales frenzy. Thanks to the federal government’s HomeBuilder program, a huge volume of homes are currently under construction across Australia as buyers continue to...
Read MoreAmerican bassist and bandleader Christian McBride, now 49, zigzags between brilliant acoustic modern jazz and powerful underground funk. He first recorded in 1990 with the late trumpeter and Miles Davis assistant Wallace Roney, and now his nearly 300 album credits range from Grammy-winning albums with jazz greats to sessions with Paul McCartney, Queen Latifah...
Read MoreFlight cancellations that disrupted vacation travel continued through Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights Through Business Writer TALI ARBEL AP 27 December 2021, 15:49 • 2 minutes to read Share on FacebookShare on twitterEmail this article NEW YORK – Flight cancellations that disrupted vacation travel continued until Monday, with...
Read MoreIn March 2020, as lockdowns took hold around the world, The Times travel bureau launched a new visual series to help readers cope with their lockdown. We called it The World Through a Lens – and, frankly, we didn’t expect it to last that long. But as the weeks turned into months and...
Read MoreNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Pack some sunscreen and some snacks and be prepared for sore cheeks as you try to wipe the smiles off your faces. It’s not yet clear what the Omicron variant has in store for us this summer, but while we can and authorities deem it’s...
Read MoreMore than $ 2 billion in ads – a record for a calendar year – are expected to have changed hands by the end of 2021, with the Laundys, Justin Hemmes de Merivale and ASX-listed Hotel Property Investments among the top buyers from several sites. Le Village Belle with the new atrium on...
Read MoreMy husband, Roger Squires, who died at the age of 81, was an academic philosopher who studied and taught at the University of St Andrews for over 35 years. Roger, the son of newsagents Minnie (née Deeming) and Frank Squires, was born and raised in the small mining village of Polesworth, Warwickshire and...
Read MoreThe two-story hotel underwent a $ 15 million renovation in 2017. Mazen Tabet took over the freehold of Village Belle and a three-story apartment block behind. The price of $ 31 million reflects a yield of 4.65%. The St Kilda pub underwent a $ 15 million extension and renovation in 2017, also when...
Read MoreVespa day around the bay 2021December 19 – Geelong to Yarraville The Vespa Day Around the Bay 2021 starts on the morning of Sunday December 19, but there is only one question: how far will you go? One stage, two stages or all around Port Phillip Bay for a total of 322.6 km?...
Read MoreAn overview of some of the benefits available to residents of retirement villages to ensure they can stay mobile and active in their community. The soon to be opened Bolton Clarke vertical retirement village, Europa on Alma, in the seaside suburb of St Kilda, 4 miles southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, will have its...
Read MoreIt was the day a stricken tanker came dangerously close to colliding with the reefs off St Kilda in the Western Isles. And, as news emerged that the Maersk Angus, a 101,000 tonne vessel with a crew of 32 on board, was drifting towards the former island archipelago, it sparked a concerted effort to...
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Read MoreBolton Clarke became the first retiree village operator to sign with electric vehicle start-up Ohmie GO to provide an electric mobility solution to residents. Ohmie GO is an electric vehicle sharing company that allows people to access recent models of cars, bikes and vans near their building, usually booked on an hourly basis....
Read MoreMaureen Kerr never expected to spend 15 years in St Kilda, but it’s the captivating allure of this remote Western Isles archipelago that casts its spell and draws you into its mystique. She worked as a chef on the military base, a month on and a month off, flying in a helicopter, and while...
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