Life’s a treat for ice block creators
TREE CHANGERS Brendan and Courtney have turned their healthy homemade ice blocks into a popular local treat.
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Giving sick children a lift
THROUGHOUT his aviation career, Adam Holt has carried just about everyone and everything to just about every corner of Australia
Why chickens make the best pets
ON show-and-tell days at her primary school in rural Victoria, Aleisja Henry always thrilled her classmates by bringing along one of her cherished pet chickens.
Engineering a better life for kids
MANDY’S passion is creating a better life for kids with disabilities — and she’s doing just that using her skills in industrial design.
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Boy juggles to help less fortunate
LOTS of kids like to juggle but very few master it in the way Conor has. He now impresses people with his mind-melting tricks to raise funds for those in need.
‘It just became a part of me’
JOAN is the “heart and soul” of her local footy team, and it has to be an extremely good excuse for her to miss a day volunteering for her club.
Aussie rapper’s hip way with words
AS a lyricist, rapper, producer and composer who impressed the Black Eyed Peas’ MC, Nooky is making his mark on the Aussie hip-hop scene.
Life’s little skills make a big difference
SMALL steps can lead to great strides, and that’s the driving force behind Kati Balla in teaching disabled children how to find the dignity that will carry them through life.
Gramophone Man sings to his own tune
FOR 20 years, Gramophone Man has fought single-handedly to keep vintage machines — and vintage music — relevant in Australia.
Young inventor has knack for bees
HE’S a busy bee. Meet the young Aussie who is developing a smart phone application that he hopes will benefit commercial beekeepers.
Hats off to a self-made milliner
FOR decades, Richard Nylon’s creations have been the sartorial finishing touches for countless people across Australia.
Girl’s plan to conquer the globe
IT was a theft that set young Aussie Katie “Kippy” Beer on a path to world domination.
A yarn full of love and warmth
AN environmental disaster prompted Merle Davenport to start knitting jumpers for the Fairy Penguins of Philip Island — and 15 years on, she’s still doing it.
Aussie women sporting Bowie style
DESIGNER Sacha Drake says she makes clothes ‘for the great women who make this country great’ — with a little inspiration from David Bowie.
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