Country Living
What's on in 2009?
REGIONAL and rural areas will be chock-full of entertainment this year. EDWINA HALL takes a look at some events you can look forward to
A handle on Henry Handel
CHILTERN locals are proud of their literary tradition, GENEVIEVE BARLOW reports
Big Fella Festival on a high
IT EXISTED long before Woodstock, Sunbury or even the Port Fairy folk festival.
A merry fling at the Borough
ONCE a year, Scotland comes to central Victoria, as SARAH WARNE reports
Win Zoo Twilights passes
WHAT better way to spend a summer's evening than with a glass of bubbly, music and a cacophony of animal sounds.
Time to dial M for Mother
THE women of rural Australia have clearly rejected the business model delivering telecommunications services in this country.
Crunchy ham bake
TRY this recipe for crunchy ham bake sent in by Heather Mumme of Torquay in Victoria.
Click into global shopping action
FUTURE generations may look ack in amusement at us as Luddites for needing paper-and-ink guides to the internet.
Help conquering fear
CRIPPLED by debilitating agoraphobia - fear of open or public spaces - Pauline McKinnon decided to tackle it by showing others that they don't have to suffer in silence.
Real dirt: beat the grid-life crisis
TREE-change stories are common but few reflect on the philosophy that underpins the drive to swap city for country. Most just want an escape.
Peter Cundall: potato tips
POTATOES planted in spring may be still flowering furiously, but earlier-planted crops are already coming to full maturity.
Peter Cundall: time to prune
MANY people instinctively veer away from any kind of pruning while trees and shrubs are in full active growth.
Peter's Parish
JUST when life is running smoothly, some dreadful interruption throws us out of our comfort zone. We can blame God if we want or the Devil but, the fact is, human weakness is usually the cause.
Win a Donna Hay kit
AUSTRALIAN celebrity chef Donna Hay has released a new range of food kits featuring cupcakes, cookies and brownies.
Win tickets to Wind in the Willows
THE Wind in the Willows has become a staple of children's entertainment in summer in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.
Books to Win!
Pick up The Weekly Times this week for your chance to win a copy of one of the books we have reviewed.