A 16 year old boy took his 12-string guitar onto a hometown stage for a performance that led him to multiple recording sessions and two national tours over the following three years. MATTHEW BENTLEY’s musical growth has been as organic as the music he writes and performs. Everywhere the talented Victorian goes, from WA to QLD, his infectiously fun coastal music and his lovable personality … Continue reading Matthew Bentley: folk’n surf
By Greg Allen Pretty* The residents of Gippsland were among the first in regional Victoria to have radio and television services. Television station GLV 10 (later GLV 8) was opened on 9 December 1961 from new purpose-built studios in Traralgon. Two years later, the ABC came to Gippsland when channel 4 opened on 30 September 1963 as a relay of ABV 2 Melbourne. It was … Continue reading Gippsland’s 90 years of radio
Sue has been collecting thousands of Christmas figures and ornaments from around Australia and overseas for almost 30 years, and displays them each year in what she calls her Christmas Wonderland. Continue reading Ding dong merrily at Sue’s place: it’s a Christmas Wonderland!
By Greg Allen Pretty I’m a person of routine so as the days of my Hamilton Island visit went on, I had settled into a pattern of breakfast at a cafe near my apartments, just a five minute walk away, back home for some reading – I had taken three books with me – and then a trip into town or other parts of the … Continue reading Why hadn’t I done this sooner: my time on Hamilton Island, part three.
My original plan for this final trip during my two-month long service leave was for a few days in the Queensland sun before returning to my daily routine in the Gippsland winter. When booking, I told Lauren at the travel agency that I just wanted to sit and read in the warm air, and take a swim as the mood took me. I could still … Continue reading Why hadn’t I done this sooner: my time on Hamilton Island, part two.
At 6pm on my first night on Hamilton Island, I had a choice of watching the television news or watching a sunset. As the daylight faded I was becoming increasingly aware of a beautiful glow in the west, and the ridge of a hill dotted with palm trees silhouetted against the rich sunset colours. Being August, we were only a third of the way on … Continue reading Why hadn’t I done this sooner: my time on Hamilton Island, part one.
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