Celebrate Ethiopian New Year in Footscray
A colourful celebration of Ethiopian culture will make Footscray the place to be on September 5.
The Ethiopian New Year’s Puagme Festival, one of Australia’s...
Pokemon GO hunters flock to Altona beach
Pokemon GO fans are flocking to Altona beach, with businesses reporting up to 300 extra customers a day.
Altona Pines fish and chip shop owner...
Standing on the outside looking in at Brooklyn
Brooklyn primary school children will show another side of their suburb when they reveal their Outside In project on Friday.
Brooklyn is one of Australia’s...
Westography captures images of vanishing suburban life
An all-but-forgotten era of Australian suburban life has been preserved in a newly published collection by a Seddon photographer tagged the “Westographer”.
Warren Kirk’s Westography:...
Seddon creator Saulwick offers Permission to Speak
The complex relationship between a parent and their child has proven fertile creative fodder for the latest production by Seddon theatre creator-performer Tamara Saulwick.
Chamber...
Arts takes Jenny to happy places
It’s been a long time between exhibitions for artist Jenny Prabhu. The 77-year-old Hoppers Crossing resident unveiled a mix of local landscapes and portraits...
Colour and movement of the Bathukamma coming to Braybrook
Braybrook will be alive with the colours and sounds of India on Saturday as part of the annual Bathukamma Festival of Flowers.
More than 2000...
Don’t miss the plains down in Werribee Zoo
Young explorers will come face to face with lions, rhinos, giraffes and hippos on a safari tour through Werribee Open Range Zoo.
An African-themed adventure...
Nissan QASHQAI is plain wonderful
Quite often the cars I get to test are the top-of-the-range versions and it’s easy to be dazzled by the nice seats and extras...
Discover Your Own Backyard – Hobsons Bay
Discover the hidden gems in Hobsons Bay! For fantastic strip shopping, festivals and outdoor experiences you can't go past Williamstown, Newport and Altona. Situated...
Hopes for new arts festival to replace Big West
A new arts-based festival may replace the scuttled Big West Festival this year, despite the withdrawal of a proposal by key inner-west arts organisations.
Maribyrnong...
Dining and entertainment at Highpoint
Fast-paced entertainment and a new twist to the food court met at Highpoint shopping centre recently to celebrate the unveiling of a new casual...
Keeping old-time dancing alive in Hobsons Bay
The tradition of old-time dancing is keeping the jive alive in Hobsons Bay.
Altona Sports Club’s John Dawson said Saturday night dances started at the...
BluScray lights up Footscray
A series offering a twist on traditional Aboriginal stories is just one of the projects lighting up Footscray as part of the States of...
Social change rising from Dust
Australian rock legend Mark Seymour and a 64-member choir will help launch a book by Newport’s Donna Jackson about asbestos-related illness and social change...
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City locks in coach
New Altona City coach Nick Georgopolous is getting a grasp of his squad and where it sits in the Victorian Premier League 2 competition.
Georgopolous...
