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October 3, 2019. Eleven years next month John Brewster-Jones lay in St Andrew's Hospital, Brisbane brushing aside the fact he had been minutes from death and within hours would need to survive a quintuple heart bypass. It was that close. He recalls worrying about only one thing: his golf. “If I live, will I still be able to hit the ball as far?” he recalled asking … [Read more...] about Classic Rock

September 5, 2019. The annual shows are set to burst again with colour and entertainment across the Fleurieu Peninsula and people of all ages and backgrounds can be assured of a wonderful time. There will be the agricultural and horticultural competitions, cake and craft prizes, demonstrations, in some cases horse trials, and breeders gaining an enormous sense of pride – … [Read more...] about Every small kid loves a show

August 1, 2019. The stunning work of nearly 400 artists in 78 exhibitions will be revealed across the Fleurieu Peninsula throughout August to celebrate the 22nd South Australian Living Artists Festival. It is the biggest open access visual arts festival in the world, and the medium is just as broad as the regular and pop-up galleries in lane ways and the scattering of … [Read more...] about A passion for art

July 4, 2019.  It was the famous French artist and sculpturalist Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (b. 1834 d. 1917), whose works were far more definitive than his name, who told us: Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. An incredible amount of truth lay here in the magnificent sculpture Elemental being currently constructed by our own Karl Meyer, of Parawa, to … [Read more...] about See it for what it is