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Body Conquest is a leading personal training service led by Ingrid Barclay, with 20 years of experience in the fitness industry. She has displayed high performance skills in the areas of strength conditioning, dietary development and performance development. As a seasoned competitor, coach and judge, Ingrid provides a wealth of knowledge to clients, encouraging them […]

GEELONG’S National Wool Museum is hosting some of the most unusual dinosaurs to have ever roamed the planet – and they’re all from our own backyard. Meet cryolohophosaurus the Antarctic dinosaur, megalania the giant lizard, and his lunch: bullockornis the giant flightless bird. A global environmental crisis, food shortages, birds so big they couldn’t fly […]

ALANA MITCHELSON casts an eye over the work of Lynden Smith, a fine-art photographer with a penchant for moody mornings. FAR from his 9 to 5 accountancy slog with spreadsheets, Lynden Smith spends his wee hours surveying serene beaches and sweeping landscapes for the perfect angle to capture sunrise. He always prepares for his adventures […]

The grounds of a Queenscliff church manse host a magnificent confluence of gardening and art. JOHN VAN KLAVEREN tours the handiwork of Kerrie Lingham and Charles Gallacher. IT WAS a love of gardening instilled by both grandmothers that inspired Kerrie Lingham to establish her eternally evolving seaside environment. Working with a few previously established trees, […]

JOHN VAN KLAVEREN immerses himself in the electic decor of Heather McFarlane-Kolb’s Villa De Mar. LITTLE pieces of the world fill bayside Villa De Mar. It’s a far cry from when Heather McFarlane-Kolb first moved into the two-storey red-brick Drumcondra house, occupying a prime position on the waterfront. “The place was pretty empty when I […]

Heather Downey and LaNor Smith were friends for 38 years – but had never met. Then Heather made the trip from Grovedale to the US to meet her pen pal in the flesh. EMILY IANNELLO tells their story.   IT all started in 1977. A letter was sent half way around the world to a […]