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The Murrell family has been providing wedding transportation since 1964. The family originally operated with a black-taxi wedding vehicle but now has a full suite of limousines and buses. Options for wedding transportation include an “amazing” super-stretch Chrysler 300 limousine, says owner Daryl Murrell. “I estimate that we have already co-ordinated over 2000 weddings across […]

Photos: Louisa Jones From impoverished migrants running a humble grocer to Australia’s largest horticultural company, the Costa family has cemented its place in Geelong history. Frank Costa speaks to Luke Voogt about the family’s journey facing down Melbourne’s ‘Mafia’, managing massive supply chains and saving Geelong Football Club from disaster. Business and produce runs in […]

Queenscliff’s Seaview Gallery is inviting arts patrons in from the cold this winter. Renowned for a spectacular array of displays including paintings, glass, ceramics and jewellery, the gallery has a particularly busy and exciting exhibition calendar. From 15 July to 6 August the gallery present’s Kate Smith’s The Enchanted Doll collection. The small, exclusive exhibition […]

Words: Luke Voogt Pictures: Joseph van der Hurk Nobody believes Batesford bonsai enthusiast Paul Buttigieg when he tells them he’s 70. Paul reckons his horticulture hobby has pruned years from his life, along with never having smoked a packet of cigarettes. “There’s no question about – it’s made me feel younger,” he says. “Everyone’s got […]

By Luke Voogt Matthew Jelley has gone from struggling with confidence to being “a demon” on the mic since becoming the front man for Modern Divide. The withdrawn 30-year-old from Thompson describes being lead singer as “ironic”. “It’s something I wouldn’t think I’d be able to do with my confidence,” he says during practice at […]

Words: Elissa Friday Pictures: Lousia Jones “Gardening and cooking have always been my passions from the time I left home aged 17,” says Craig Rossington. “When I was a kid we always had a small vegie patch at home and grew the basics, like tomatoes, cucumbers and things like that.” Now Craig has a patch […]