Foods close to extinction
FARMERS are being urged to nominate foods at risk of extinction, with varieties of potatoes and mutton birds already mooted.
Silence key for Lancefield artist
WHAT does silence look like? For Lancefield artist, illustrator and ceramic designer Kerry Scheen, silence is the key to her work.
Col's Tassie tiger belief
COL Bailey claims he saw a thylacine in the flesh, writes JOHANNA LEGGATT
Myki arrives in Bendigo
THE Bendigo Visitor Centre is now a myki outlet and will be open seven days a week for commuters in need.
Just a Minute - Chris Rule
WHEN old Geoff Wright was getting crook a few years back, the paper was casting around for someone to fill the gap.
Tooth-cracking toffee
THIS recipe for tooth-cracking toffee has been sent in by M. Hutchison, of Heywood.
Jeremy Vincent: Pasta
THE dried pasta options at the supermarket or deli can be bewildering.
Murder with the Lot
IT'S clear there's something fishy going on in Rusty Bore when a bleeding stranger stumbles into Cass Tuplin's take-away shop.
Meat by Deborah Holm
IN THE fast-changing world of publishing, New Holland has become the standard bearer for cookbooks great and small.
Peter Cundall: Minerals
PLANTS drink nutrients. They take them up with moisture from the soil.
Peter Cundall: Spring bulbs
NURSERIES and garden centres are still crammed with a huge range of spring-flowering bulbs ready to go in.
Change is in the wind
GENERATING local energy seems the most logical thing for small (and large) out-of-the-way communities to do.
The grey army marches on
AS REGULAR readers of this column will know I live in a small town in central Victoria.
Books to win
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