Dead Letters book review: Hard-to-swallow corruption and crime
Dead Letters, journalist Michael Brissenden's second novel, is a hard-to-swallow thriller about politics, corruption and crime. It is one of the most difficult books...
A Q&A with Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield
1. What is something people don’t know about you?
I still have all the Lego Space (Now referred to as “Classic Space”) that I had...
A Q&A with wildlife rescuer Emma Cash
1. What is something people don’t know about you?
Completely random and certainly not wildlife related! I was on a billboard overhanging the...
Q&A with Singer and creator of Eastern Burbs Living Sarah Grimstone
1. What is something people don't know about you?
In my spare time, you will most likely find me plotting away in my veggie garden!...
Q&A with Matthew Crymble
What is something people don’t know about you?
Nothing, I’m an open book
2. What was your most memorable moment? Why?
Three moments. Each of my daughters'...
Q&A with Renee Cooke
1. What is something people don’t know about you?
The Planets of the Apes movies really disturb me.
2. What was your most memorable moment?...
The Cave Hill Tramway in Mt Evelyn
David Mitchell’s Cave Hill lime works in Lilydale commenced operation in 1878. The lime kilns required huge quantities of firewood, and 100 acres of...
Q&A with Gavin Wall
What is something people don’t know about you? There are probably a few things that people don’t know about me, here are just a...
A review of ’How to Grow a Family Tree’ by Eliza Henry Jones
(PASSION FOR PROSE dinkus)
August is Family History Month, and we’re reminded of the famous saying by Ralph Waldo Emerson that every man/woman is a...
Q&A with Maria Vass
1. What is something people don’t know about you? I don't eat pork.
2. What was your most memorable moment? Why? Giving birth to my...
Q&A with Chris Hoskin
Why did you join the Rotary Club of Lilydale?
Like most Rotarians I joined to help make a difference and improve the lives of disadvantaged...
I thought I’d grow old before I could see this movie
Old
Starring Gail Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps and Rufus Sewell
Rated M
If any director can have a second redemption, it’s M. Night Shyamalan with this character-driven,...
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Slight readjustment to rates for residents of the Yarra Ranges
A small adjustment has been made to the rates for Yarra Ranges residents after the Tuesday 23 July Council meeting.
The minor change had to...
