Lifestyle

In part one of our profile of the Royal Standard in Toora, we featured its history up until the 1950s. But it’s the latter half of the twentieth century that witnessed the biggest changes for Australian pubs with the demise of the “Six o’clock swill" and allowing

For such a small town, Toora, out east on the South Gippsland Highway, certainly held its own back in the day when it came to pubs per capita.

Lynne Muir of Waratah North and Karin Ruff of Yanakie met through the Walkerville Walkers group. They are both active volunteers with Friends of the Prom, as newsletter designer and president respectively. Lynne and Karin are also members of a local circle dancing group.

Toora is blessed with a main street, supporting side streets and an inner pattern of connecting laneways. Four of these streets or lanes are named after members of one rather elusive family – the Sheppards.

Like a movie, you can consume a short story in an evening. Yet frequently it is as complex as a novel. For me at least, it is as difficult to write.

oday’s walk is from Foster to Port Welshpool. I started in the centre of Foster. I had breakfast before leaving home, but if you haven’t there are a number of cafes and two bakeries. The trail is actually on the edge of town about 1.5 kms south along Station Road

I learnt a lot about working with wood after chatting to Chris Sieberhagen, a part-time Venus Bay resident who just loves making amazing pieces from interesting and recycled wood.