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Introducing Photographic Art by Chris Samuel

I’m so excited. Chris has been taking photos since his teens but he has progressively become such a wonderful photographic artist he would have visitors in awe of his work. Some of our friends wanted...

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Dissociative Disorders, Melbourne meet ups?

Say Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and it may conjure up images of quackery, hysteria, Sybil, stories of satanic ritual abuse and controversies of false memory syndrome. There are those who are...

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Happy Solstice everyone! Where’s your ‘bling’?

Imagine a Christmas in Melbourne where there were virtually no street decorations, where shopkeepers didn’t make Christmas windows, where the houses largely had no Christmas lights, no wreaths or...

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Social opportunities for people with autism in Melbourne

DINNER CLUB, MELBOURNE (Belgrave), AUSTRALIA WHEN: 7pm, 4th Tuesday of the month WHERE: Honey Thai Restaurant, 1678 Main Rd, Belgrave (just up from Belgrave railway station footbridge) WHAT: Dinner...

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Poetry slam to try and bring cheer to Yarra Glum

About a year ago I met with a local published poet, Sandy Jeffs. We were at a writer’s convention and she and I were guest poets together. We met again recently and she told me about a poetry night she...

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Autism: A special report by Kathy Gollan – exploring Marcia Devlin

When my first book, Nobody Nowhere, became a major international bestseller, my Australian publisher, Doubleday received a submission from Chris Eipper for his fiction novel he was hoping to get a...

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The Tale of Rosemary’s Baby, Part Four – why Anne McDonald was nobody’s ‘baby’

I remember one night when three of us, me, my husband Chris Samuel, and a friend of ours Kieran, went to dinner at Rosemary Crossley’s house. Rosemary and her partner, Chris B were always great hosts...

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Thanking Marcia Devlin for the Higher Education

When my first book, Nobody Nowhere, became a major international bestseller, my Australian publisher, Doubleday received a submission from Chris Eipper for his fiction novel he was hoping to get a...

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Rosemary Crossley defends her methods – what the Herald Sun kept from the public

Hanging out with Anne Mc Donald In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication Crossley, McKay and Biklen, from ABC Ramp Up 24 May 2012, reporter Stella Young. Following Andrew Rule’s...

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Barry Humphries Farewell Tour

Barry Humphries is one of those faces that has haunted me for years. I have had to see his face on TV, in newspapers and magazines, on billboards and each time I remember him in our house, in my room,...

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Melbourne Pink Ladies A Cappella Choir ?

I’m based in the Dandenong Ranges and looking to form an A Cappella Choir of Pink Ladies. Interested? email me This item originally posted here:Melbourne Pink Ladies A Cappella Choir ?

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Tony Abbott needs more than a good smacking

My abuser claimed in a letter to me as an adult that she’s only ever ‘smacked me when I was bad’... hmm, is this all she remembers from the few times she was sober during a childhood in which she was...

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Tony Abbott’s first Christmas Message – you’ve got to be joking

“In his first Christmas message in the top job, Mr Abbott urged Australians to live up to their good nature and lend a hand to those doing it tough during the holiday season. ‘We are a good and...

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Tony Abbott maintains his silence on March in March Australia 2014

I was among the 50,000 protestors at the Melbourne March in March 2014 this weekend. It was a family friendly demonstration with babies, children, mothers with prams, couples, elderly citizens, people...

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What WAS Tony Abbott’s relationship with proclaimed ‘pedophile protector’...

In 1973, Father Gerard Ridsdale and Father George Pell lived together in the parish house of St Alipius in Ballarat East. Father Gerard Ridsdale became chaplain at the St Alipius Boy’s School in the...

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Where to stay in the Dandenong Ranges

1000 Steps in Dandenong Ranges National Park We’re lucky enough to live in one of Melbourne’s top tourism destinations, the Dandenong Ranges. Home to lyrebirds, possums, wallabies, kangaroos, wombats,...

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Melbourne Autism Friendly Dinner Clubs

Looking for Autism Friendly Dinner Clubs in Melbourne? These groups are Diversity Friendly which means those attending will be diverse. If you’re looking for ‘Aspie only’ then you’re looking for...

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Bush Tucker and Indigenous Culture in the Dandenong Ranges

  The Dandenong Ranges is home to so much iconic Indigenous plants and animals and so it attracted masses of tourists every year to its national parks, to Puffing Billy, and other iconic tourist...

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