In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Archibald Prize, Archie 100 explores the history of Australia’s most prestigious portrait award. The exhibition presents a diverse selection of Archibald portraits from the last century—the triumphant and the thwarted—and honours the artists who have made the prize the most...

The City has partnered with Barwon Water and five other local councils to transform food, garden and commercial organic waste into renewable energy and nutrient-rich products for agriculture. More information can be found via project lead Barwon Water. Deputy Mayor Trent Sullivan: We are really excited about the potential...

The Aunty Jack Show was one of Australia's earliest and best loved TV Logie Award winning comedy series. Starring a motor-cycling tranvestite boxer, it ran from 1972 to 1973 on Australia's national broadcaster ABC-TV and attained an instant cult status that persists to this...

The Borough of Queenscliffe and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning during a routine inspection noticed storm damage which required urgent repair to a section of the seawall on the Point Lonsdale Foreshore. The section in question, is about 8o metres long, and...

Ingredients 125g butter 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 egg yolk 375g plain all purpose flour 1 tsp bicarbonate soda 3 tsps ground ginger 125ml golden syrup or treacle   Royal Icing 1 egg white 240g icing sugar food colouring   Method Preheat oven to 180c.  Grease three oven trays. Beat butter, sugar and egg yolk in...

Heywood borrowers now have additional time to browse for their next great read, with the local library service introducing weekend opening hours. From Saturday 9 October, the Heywood Library will be open every Saturday between the hours of 10am-1pm for members to browse, borrow and...

INGREDIENTS 1/4 cup (15g) instant coffee 500g shortbread biscuits 200g unsalted butter, chopped 200g CADBURY Baking Milk Chocolate, chopped 395g can sweetened condensed milk 500g cream cheese, chopped, softened 1/2 cup (60g) pure icing sugar, sifted 400g CADBURY Baking Milk Chocolate, chopped 3 egg...

  American Cartoonist and Creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, Charles M. Schulz gained many accolades throughout his career,  such as  winner of two Reuben, two Peabody and five Emmy Awards, and if that wasn’t enough recognition for his work, he was also a member...

  Searching for the next Picasso, Pollock or Hockney to invest in? Buying art from up-and-coming artists is not just good for the budget (though that is a definite plus), it’s also a great feeling to support young artists while they work to make a name...

  Wendy Turnbull (MBE)  (born 26 November 1952) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her reign on the court, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women’s doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is a 3 time Grand Slam...