Lifestyle

It has been a big month for the local arts scene, with the Prom Coast's own Mark Avery elected to the board of Regional Arts Victoria at the organisation's 2026 Annual General Meeting.

Regional Australia is full of slightly ridiculous but extremely charming and very fun events, none more so than Fish Creek’s very own Tea Cosy Festival, which will again transform the town into a knitted wonderland from 16–24 May

Fish Creek artist Lucy Parkinson’s boxes are bright and mysterious. They lead you into the cosmos with a floating sensation.

Mother's Day falls on Sunday 10 May. Even if your budget is smaller than usual this year, some of the most memorable (and delicious!) gifts are the ones that come with a personal touch. Here’s the Prom Coast News guide to some lovely homemade pressies!

The days are short, and the nights are getting chilly, but that’s no reason to bunker down and stop leaving the house. The Prom Coast is heaving with a quietly wonderful range of indoor activities to keep body, mind and community spirit in good shape through the cooler months

Avid bushwalkers in the more leech infested areas in our region would be well familiar with the sporadic circles of bare dirt found anywhere vaguely flat, attributed to the superb (or if I’m being honest, satisfactory) lyrebird. These flat circles aren't nests. They are dancefloors.

The next theatrical venture for Foster Arts Music & Drama Association, known as FAMDA, is ‘No Exit‘. An absurdist tragicomedy written by Jean-Paul Sartre in occupied France during World War 2, ‘No Exit’ was widely praised at that time, and is now considered a classic.