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In the heart of Lilydale, farmers Maree and Leigh Arnold have been toiling away over the past five years establishing a hazelnut grove.

Bruce Bensemann reflects on an eventful life. In nearly 89 years of life, Bruce Bensemann has tried his hand at many things, from work as...

• Nurses Beulah Dunkley, Ann Forsyth nee Arnold, Julia Berwick nee Dolley, Joy Bowen and Sister Maureen Nichols in September 1972. As the...

• Jetsonville’s Max Hodgetts with his wood working display. Singing was commonplace in the Hodgetts household when Max was young and he...

• Bridestowe Estate celebrates 100 years of operation. Bridestowe Estate’s purple fields of lavender are now an internationally renowned...

• Heather McDougall looks back on a busy and fulfilling life If you ask Scottsdale’s Heather McDougall, nursing is one of those things...

• Dr Lisa Searle is providing medical care for displaced civilians in Ukraine. Photo supplied. For the past two months, Lisa Searle has...

• Valentino Safe Co owners Rudy and Kate Valentino with one of the unique safes in their collection, made between 1840 and 1860. The...

• Larry Steenkamer shares the joy of beekeeping from his Branxholm property. It was purely by chance that Branxholm’s Larry Steenkamer...

• AgriProve soil carbon field officer Theresa Chapman. Photo supplied. Regenerative agriculture is a growing trend across the world and...

• Seed packers Eveline Hermans, Jody Burgess, project coordinator Jo McLauchlan, Barny Cassidy, DCH volunteer Cameron Trevenna, garden...

• Marie Rainbow looks back on 80 eventful years of life from her Winnaleah home. After 25 years as a publican at the Winnaleah Hotel,...

Scottsdale’s Ib Frydendall has recently sold his preserves business, and is enjoying his retirement. Scottsdale’s Ib Frydendall knew...

Waterhouse farmer Roger Bignell with Bulger dairy in the background. Local farmer Roger Bignell has sold Waterhouse Dairies to a Canadian...

Branxholm’s Wayne McLaughlin worked at the Branxholm Mill for 40 years. When Wayne McLaughlin first walked through the doors of the...

Former North Eastern Sub Aqua Club members Tony Jetson, Don Etchells and David Watts with an anchor salvaged from a shipwreck in the...

West Scottsdale’s Beryl Duffy recalls her days as a military nurse in the Vietnam War. There are some names and stories that Beryl Duffy...

A 13-way cover crop has been planted in between the rows. It’s hoped a regenerative cropping trial in Winnaleah, the first of its kind in...

Bridport’s Matthew Bayles in front of the Matthew Flinders. Bridport’s Matthew Bayles grew up alongside fishermen and boats, helping his...

Water quality samples from Blackmans Lagoon in the Waterhouse Conservation Area have returned positive results for blue-green algae. The...