Melbourne in bloom: Where to see spring flowers in the city
Many people chose to spend the first day of spring – also Father’s Day – surrounded by blooming flowers at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Squash’s outlook is smashing, but a billionaire’s call would be ace
The popularity of squash declined after the early 1980s but a 2028 Olympic Games debut and a court modernisation has more people picking up a racquet.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘My brother saved my life’: 104-year-old Warsaw Ghetto survivor remembers his hero
Holocaust survivor Berysz Aurbach had his 104th birthday at the weekend. Over 80 years ago, he survived the Warsaw Ghetto – largely thanks to his brother’s resourcefulness.
- by Carolyn Webb
The tradie who accidentally shot himself in the heart with a nail gun and lived to tell the tale
Mark Hardeman considers himself lucky to have a “second chance at life” after a 7.5-centimetre projectile struck his right ventricle.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘It wasn’t my time to die’: Bourke Street terror attack hero receives bravery award
A Melbourne man who survived the 2018 Bourke Street terror attack has received a national bravery award.
- by Carolyn Webb
Forget the subway, this Melbourne man plans to swim around Manhattan
A Melbourne veterinarian has swum the English Channel, climbed Mount Everest and skied to the South Pole – and now he’s about to dodge ferries around Manhattan Island.
- by Carolyn Webb
Hospital fur what a teddy can’t bear
Welcoming sick teddies, unicorns and dolls alike, the event has raised $500,000 for charity since 2009.
- by Carolyn Webb
Welcome to the House of Pain, the ‘tight-knit’ arm-wrestling club
A Victorian man has spent $5000 and travelled 15,000 kilometres to compete in the world arm-wrestling championships.
- by Carolyn Webb
New doco rides the roller coaster of St Kilda’s boom-bust history
After 40 years living in Melbourne’s bayside playground, Marianne Latham has made a film about its complex and colourful past.
- by Carolyn Webb
How Maya – who was banned from dancing – found her groove
As a girl in Iran, she watched music videos in her room but being a professional dancer was not feasible. That changed when she came to Melbourne and joined hip-hop crew L2R.
- by Carolyn Webb
Postcards from the edge: Relics tell true tales of Antarctic explorers
A piece of a ship is among the Antarctic exploration relics that Tony Shields has collected.
- by Carolyn Webb