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Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson

MEGAN HUSTWAITE, JOURNALIST, PRESENTER, BROADCASTER, MEGANHUSTWAITEMEDIA.COM   FB: How would you rate your cooking skills? MH: Solid. Always expanding my repertoire (rotation probably the better word for it!) but...

Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Community Calendar & Gig Guide October 19, 2016

Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Community Calendar & Gig Guide October 19, 2016     Have a go Footscray Trugo Club Revival is holding a family-friendly social day from...

Free films, holiday fun and a maker’s market – Community Calendar, June 15 2016

Free films The Heartlands 2016 Arts Project: Stories from Refugee Youth features young people from refugee backgrounds telling their stories about their unique settlement journeys...

Christmas cookie gift jars

For a Christmas gift that’s full of fun and handmade, this Christmas cookie jar recipe from Dairy Australia is a great present for teachers,...

History of Williamstown Racecourse revealed

All that remains of the former Williamstown racecourse is a concrete stairway that leads nowhere and foundations buried in undergrowth. Williamstown historian Tom Ferris has...

Geoff Mitchelmore on his passion for the environment

Altona North’s Geoff Mitchelmore is a former industrial chemist who has devoted his life to greening Kororoit Creek. He speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak.   What’s your connection...

My Place: Mario Del Grosso

Williamstown’s Mario Del Grosso is pursuing his love of art later in life. What’s your connection to Hobsons Bay? I was born in Williamstown. My...

Williamstown’s Blandina Stecca shares puppy love

What is your connection with Williamstown? Efrem – my husband – and I love green areas and wanted to live close to the ocean. Moreover,...

What’s on in Whittlesea and Hume during November

Vertical garden workshop Learn how to inject life into small spaces by creating a vertical garden out of plants and recycled materials at Tullamarine library...

My Place: Sandra Willis

Williamstown’s Sandra Willis conceived the idea for Australian Opera’s multi award-winning production, The Rabbits, a story of white settlement in Australia and the effect...

Community calendar and gig guide – July 6, 2016

Get hopping to ska Local favourites The Ska Vendors will perform at an afternoon of soul, reggae and ska in Williamstown on Sunday. Way Out West...

7 things to do: Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay

Footscray classes Footscray U3A is conducting classes in Photoshop, creative writing, history, art, cryptic xwords and basic computers at 10 Hyde Street, Footscray in the...

My Place: Lesley Ould

Lesley Ould, a Laverton resident of nearly 50 years, has been described as a “community treasure”. She speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak.    What’s your connection to...

My Place: Rachael Robertson

Williamstown’s Rachael Robertson led an Antarctic expedition in 2005 and wrote a best seller called Leading on the Edge about her experience. She is...

Community calendar

Market day The Altona Lions Cherry Lake market is on the first Sunday of the month. The next one, on March 4, will have stalls,...

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Falcons go big

The City West Falcons took the rolling sub to a new level as they did a demolition job against the Peninsula Waves on Wednesday...

April fun out west

A magical art prize