20+ hour, 33+ min ago   (260+ words) Australia has been, always, a nation of coastal dwellers. For decades the first white settlers were so afeared of what lay beyond the Blue Mountains they clung to Sydney’s shoreline. Only in 1813 — twenty-five years after they came ashore — did Wentworth,…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (591+ words) Helping children communicate with their families for the first time, make their first friend or simply feel more included is all in a day’s work for Torquay’s Business of the Year. Flying Start Children’s Therapy has taken out the top…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (401+ words) When thousands of runners line up on 20 September for the inaugural Geelong Running Festival, they will be running for something much bigger than a finish time. The festival has already raised close to $110,000 for charity, $65,000 of which goes to the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (433+ words) Sue Kennedy, Debbie Garner, Trish McKenzie, Robyn Holland and Charmaine Bartholomeusz will hold their debut art exhibition this weekend. Five women who found success after taking up art late in life will exhibit their work this weekend. Debbie Garner began…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (487+ words) New and expecting fathers across NSW will be offered dedicated health and wellbeing checks under a new $1m pilot backed by the NSW Government. NSW Health will partner with men’s health charity Movember to trial the checks, which will focus on…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (309+ words) Brain Care will open its doors to the community this Saturday 12 September, giving residents an opportunity to meet its new management and learn more about its approach to brain health and mental wellbeing. The free open day will run from…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (309+ words) Brain Care will open its doors to the community this Saturday 12 September, giving residents an opportunity to meet its new management and learn more about its approach to brain health and mental wellbeing. The free open day will run from…...

4+ day, 43+ min ago   (305+ words) From laughing yoga to storytelling and art, a Surf Coast festival is finding different ways to get people talking about mental health. Surf Coast mental health and wellbeing organisation Art of the Minds will bring its annual festival to venues…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (453+ words) A nine-year-old Bellarine boy is proving it is never too early to step up in the fight against cancer. Cooper Burger is preparing to hit the road with his dad, Tom, on an outback adventure to raise money for cancer…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (406+ words) Wallington CFA captain John Monahan will take on this year’s Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb in memory of his father, former Wallington CFA captain Tim Monahan, who died from cancer earlier this year. The Ocean Grove resident will join thousands of…...