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Preserved with love

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

Rising through the ranks of the mill

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

Memories of a military nurse

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...

The godfather of Furneaux Freight

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

Fay’s life of many layers

Whether you are calling someone in the same suburb or interstate, today it is as simple as picking up a phone, dialling the number and...

Kak Krushka’s crayfishing days

Keith Krushka has lived in Bridport for nearly 80 years and has seen it evolve from a town with one sealed road, several shops and no...

The namesake of Scottsdale’s streets

Driving through the streets of Scottsdale, Ellenor, Christopher, William and Mary are all names you see on street signs daily but what...

Norma’s big heart for local wildlife

Well-known Bridport wildlife carer Norma Baker says she has always loved animals but she got serious about caring for them around age 10,...

Dying trade lives on in Springfield

Springfield blacksmith and farrier Bill Cain walked into a blacksmith’s shop in his Victorian hometown looking for work when he was 14...

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