Lifestyle

Different people, different lives…Everyone has a tale to tell. The residents of Prom Country House in Foster are no exception. In this issue, Wendy Williamson sits down with John Davidson.

Is the thylacine really extinct? It's a question that has fascinated Australians for generations, and one that has consumed Tasmanian based researcher Neil Waters for the past 12 years.

“Light-hearted and Lyrical....” is a concert featuring both the quirky and the beautiful - songs chosen by Jennifer Holm and Dorothy Warren. The South Gippsland Singers will present this concert on June 21 at the Dakers Centre, at 2pm in Leongatha.

Conquering Victoria’s world class rail trails from one end to the other has long been the exclusive domain of avid cyclists and maybe the odd horse rider.

Daniele was born in 1940 during WW2 in the Alsace region of France. “I was very young but I do remember my mother turning the radio down low, shutting the blackout curtains at night and listening to the voice of Churchill on the BBC.”

We gardeners are a friendly lot, and will find any excuse to get together and chat about all things horticultural. And often we learn something as well.

While we take for granted that bird eggs have hard and brittle shells, eggs inside the female bird are soft shelled until shortly before laying, when calcium is added to harden them. Just why this happens is unclear, as plenty of reptiles (for example) lay soft shelled eggs.