Bealiba’s new (quiet) boom
June 6, 2019
The discovery of yellow metal at the foot of Mt Bealiba in 1856 created a town of 12,000 desperadoes, but when the gold rush left,
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Picture this – the man who became mayor
June 4, 2019
For decades, the cold winds of stasis blew along Clunes’ historic main street. Gold fever had deserted the town in the 1890s, leaving a small
Living the journey from vine to wine
June 3, 2019
On a rainy Friday night, when you hear the crack of a metal cap and the familiar glug-glug-glug noise of your favourite beverage burbling into
Are these Australia’s best mushrooms?
June 2, 2019
Nobody knows exactly why the hilltop area around the southern Victorian locality of Caveat has the potential to become Australia’s new gourmet mushroom mecca. The
Welcome pack provides instant ‘family’ in rural community
June 1, 2019
Small towns are renowned for being friendly, but when representatives of the townsfolk of Tallangatta gathered in the Memorial Hall for a discussion on ways
Cellarbrations for all in Camperdown
May 31, 2019
When they moved from Sydney to Geelong and then to Camperdown in South West Victoria, Aaron and Michelle Newick’s friends asked if they were
Cultural melting pot forms fresh bonds in the north east.
May 31, 2019
Lives have been irrevocably changed for the better in a small northeast Victorian town through an innovative program that turns a spotlight onto the cultures
Northern destiny
May 30, 2019
“I was visiting northeast Victoria for work and when we drove through Tallangatta, I said to the woman driving, I reckon I could live
Thought for Food in Kilcunda
May 30, 2019
Some stories just beg to be told. Udder & Hoe is an artwork in retail charm, an authentic food and beverage repository carefully crafted within
Flight time
May 30, 2019
After spending more than 15 years servicing helicopters around Australia and even in Antarctica, Hylke Kijlstra has got to a point where he no longer