Branching out:Readers reveal their favourite Melbourne trees

Branching out:Readers reveal their favourite Melbourne trees

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.

  • byPaul Pennay

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The trees Melburnians could never leaf without

The trees Melburnians could never leaf without

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.

  • byNajma Sambul andHarper Hopkins
‘I hadn’t felt pretty for so long’:Roland’s gift of kindness

‘I hadn’t felt pretty for so long’:Roland’s gift of kindness

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.

  • byWendy Tuohy
West Australian-found Buddha is a Ming Dynasty treasure:Antiques Roadshow
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West Australian-found Buddha is a Ming Dynasty treasure:Antiques Roadshow

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.

  • byEmma Young
Joining a ‘Buy Nothing Group’ changed my life. Here’s how it works
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Joining a ‘Buy Nothing Group’ changed my life. Here’s how it works

The gifting economy can save money,help the environment and build community.

  • byMaida Pineda
The Perth artist spreading sunshine across the city

The Perth artist spreading sunshine across the city

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.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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For love and colour:Woman’s yarn bombing road trip to honour daughter

For love and colour:Woman’s yarn bombing road trip to honour daughter

A Coburg woman went yarn bombing in honour of her late daughter Macey,to mark what would have been her 18th birthday.

  • byCarolyn Webb
National marine oddity gets even stranger with discovery of tiny friend

National marine oddity gets even stranger with discovery of tiny friend

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.

  • byEmma Young
Frank accidentally threw his priceless heirlooms in the bin. A remarkable rubbish rescue ensued

Frank accidentally threw his priceless heirlooms in the bin. A remarkable rubbish rescue ensued

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.

  • byCarla Jaeger
Laura found her late father’s bucket list,then spent six years completing it

Laura found her late father’s bucket list,then spent six years completing it

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.

  • bySydney Page
Les wanted to be Australia’s biggest flower grower,instead he gave his land away

Les wanted to be Australia’s biggest flower grower,instead he gave his land away

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.

  • byWendy Tuohy