Lifestyle

Most of our cuckoos lay their eggs in the nest of other species and leave it to others to raise them. It's where we get the term ‘cuckold’.

This one is definitely for the carnivores to enjoy, and is perfect for an easy spring dinner with a cold beer, with none of that nasty green stuff.

The footy season is barely over and already the flanneled fools amongst us are measuring out their run ups, rubbing linseed oil into the trusty willow and wondering whether those ragged grass stained strides are good for one more season.

Leatherback sea turtles are big. The largest ever recorded was over 3m in length, and weighed 914kg. Their scientific name, dermochelys coriacea, translates directly to "leathery skin turtle".

The girl with the golden voice, Ms Fran Dickinson will be appearing at the Festival of Senior’s Free Morning Tea on Wednesday 29 of October at 10am at the Foster Hall.

Celia Sutterby of Stony Creek has been a volunteer at the Meeniyan Op Shop for around seven years. She’s become good friends with Vicki Neal of Meeniyan, who’s been volunteering at the op shop for even longer.