Get on a book crawl
Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh famously said: “So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good...
History of Ferntree Gully CFA
This year’s bushfire season is more or less over.
But work never stops for the volunteers of the Ferntree Gully CFA Urban Fire Brigade,...
Entertainment list
The 1812 theatre
The Housekeeper
Floundering after the death of his mother, Manley Carstairs, a self-styled literary artist, employs a housekeeper, Anne Dankworth, to look after...
Leadership
This week we saw the funeral of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of approximately 1.406 billion Catholics across the world.
An event that was...
Housing
They think I’m building a house. I’m building a haven,
not with brick, but with tenderness.
What They Don’t Know” by Jericho Brown
Housing seems to have...
A story about sisterhood
The Sirens, by Australian author Emilia Hart, is an intriguing story about two sets of sisters.
Lucy is a university student in modern-day Australia, while...
Vampires in the musical south
Sinners
Starring Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and Hailee Steinfeld
MA15+
4.5/5
Sinners is a stand-out fusion of horror, action and musical helmed by Black Panther and Creed...
CARTOON: Anzac silence
2025 marks special milestones of war history, in which many Australians were involved too.
It is the 110th year since the landing at Gallipoli and...
Discover local entertainment
The 1812 Theatre
The Thrill of Love
A story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England for murder. Written by Amanda Whittington.
The...
Easter tariffs
The tariff war has broken out.
Who's going to be the winner of this war?
Uni-d to see this movie
Death of a Unicorn
Starring Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E. Grant
MA15+
4.5/5
An outstanding feature debut for writer-director Alex Scharfman, Death of a Unicorn is...
The final showdown
Published in February 2025, All Shall Mourn is the much anticipated third and final instalment in Australian author Ellie Marney's “None Shall Sleep Sequence”.
It...
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CARTOON: Coles tree service
New trees will be replanted at the car park of Healesville Walk Shopping Centre.
