Entertainment
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Creek wetlands run wild
Dandenong Wetlands were full to the brim with the bounty of recent rains. Photographer GARY SISSONS captured the scenes of a swelling Dandenong Creek and…
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Kooky classic for ‘topsy-turvy’ times
Perhaps it’s a musical for the times. For the quirky Addams Family, their philosophy is sadness means happiness, and pain is a joy. St John’s…
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Act for the collective good
As humans we often think that we have control over our lives. An entire genre of merchandise exists with the sole purpose of helping people…
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Super-stocked with world fare
Behind a welcome bowl of baklava, there’s aisles of foods from all over the world at Dandenong’s latest and most eclectic supermarket. The African Superstore…
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Market finds a way in lockdown
Dandenong Market advises it’s remaining partly open during Victoria’s fifth Covid lockdown. During the five-day restrictions, the market’s street food traders, cafes and restaurants will…
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Tales of growing homelessness
The light shines bravely on the plight of homelessness in a raw production at Drum Theatre on 22 July. unHOWsed features women experiencing homelessness taking…
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Parking down for safety tips
Safety was on the minds of shoppers at Armada Dandenong Plaza. As part of the plaza’s school holiday activities, kids learnt pedestrian safety tips at…
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Plains sailing ahead for new rider
A Dandenong rider is set to broaden her horizons on the Great Vic Bike Ride for the first time. Caroline Overbeek first took up recreational…
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Lessons from an Elder
Aunty Pat Ockwell’s life story is a message. As a revered senior Wurundjeri elder, she now has a fervent urge to pass lessons learnt from…
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Escape from reality
For even a world-renowned escape-artist, there’s no getting away from the Covid-19 pandemic. 2020 scuttled the Lysterfield South-raised Cosentino’s planned regional tour Deception. Like his…
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Method for raising hope
In all the various branches of Hinduism the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God) is a sacred treatise that is surcharged with “hope”. One of…
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Libraries, art venues re-open
Greater Dandenong libraries have re-opened under eased Covid restrictions from Friday 25 June. Density limits will however apply in the libraries as well as at…
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