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Passover or Easter?
Many Christians will Celebrate Easter on Good Friday (the crucifixion) and Sunday for the resurrection, few Churches will be following the Passover rite. Passover traces back to when a population of Slaves, that were the descendants of 12 brothers, fled from the tyranny of...
Escher X Nendo
Between two worlds With the St Kilda Festival scheduled on a Sunny Sunday, I set off in the opposite direction of the beach and into town to the Art Gallery, hoping that the festival would draw crowds away from the Escher exhibition. What I...
Violence on Melbourne streets
The violent silence in the Australian landscape cries out for the victims that die or struggle to go on. The victims of the horrific car attacks that took place on Melbourne streets, resonate pain, continuously through the bodies, minds and families. Children die, mothers...
Equal access to Education
Jerusha Mather is an enduring voice of equality for disabled students seeking access into courses that they are grossly underrepresented in.Her personal journey began in Sri Lanka, where at birth, the doctors told her parents that she would never walk or talk, later she...
Melbourne Tourist tips
Waking up on the Summer morning ,sipping coffee as the birds dart in and out of the garden, is bliss, even if the rest of the day will be spent in an office. For warm weather the best time to come to Melbourne is...
EUPHORIA Total Giovanni
“Melbourne, you give me a warm fuzzy feeling…and just the right amount of sexual tension”. Total Giovanni honed in on the restless feet of the patrons in the packed Croxton Bandroom on a balmy Thursday night in Melbourne. Arriving to the thumping selections of...
‘I remember when I was young and I was happy’
“We played your song to John Lee Hooker, and he liked it” Matt Taylor remembers being told. In 1971 Sunbury, tried to deliver a concert like Woodstock, but apart from being an outdoor concert, the two had little in common and most sources will...
Spring Snow
The Victorian Snow Fields experienced a long season with full coverage to delight skiers that could enjoy the slopes in fine weather. The lure of fun on the slopes draws Melbournians out of the urban web and into the quiet melancholy of a country...
