A recent feature on Melbourne’s favourite trees included a call-out for tips on beauties The Age might have overlooked on our first sweep. Here’s what readers had to say.
Whether it’s for their Indigenous significance,photogenic glory or their sheer will to adapt and survive,Melburnians hold our trees in high regard. We asked some experts to name their favourites.
As cost-of-living pressures mean many people face difficulty covering regular expenses,one hairdresser is showing that a snip of kindness goes a long way.
The finders,two metal-detecting enthusiasts from Shark Bay on the north-west coast,will auction their “world treasure” with a reserve price of $100,000.
The gifting economy can save money,help the environment and build community.
Holly Ogden,33,began her sunflower painting odyssey during COVID-19 lockdowns with her work now displayed across buildings throughout Fremantle,Scarborough and Margaret River.
A Coburg woman went yarn bombing in honour of her late daughter Macey,to mark what would have been her 18th birthday.
It’s a tiny,transparent hermaphrodite that has hitched its wagon – for better or worse – to one of the world’s oldest and most enigmatic creatures.
Frank Lumanovski thought he’d lost a treasure trove of family heirlooms this week. But with the help from his local garbos and a councillor,he was able to pull off a remarkable rubbish rescue.
Laura Carney’s father was killed by a distracted driver in 2003. When she found his bucket list she knew what she had to do.
Flower grower Les Baguley was determined to be ‘the biggest and the best’ flower grower in Australia,until he realised other things mattered more than money.