Gayle Beveridge is a past winner of the Boroondara Literary Awards and her work has appeared in Award Winning Australian Writing. Gayle is passionate about family, writing, photography, and with Victoria’s beautiful Bass Coast which she now calls home.
Mirboo North, affectionately known as the mural town, is an easy day trip for those in Melbourne's southeast and is we... [more]
Loch Village has been around since 1876. The village area of Clarence, Roy and Smith Streets and Victoria Road is identi... [more]
There is so much to do on a Phillip Island and Bass Coast Getaway, you couldn't possibly fit in all in the first tim... [more]
Victoria's Big Things; some are artworks, some are creative commercial signage, and some are buildings. Whether offi... [more]
Kangaroos are undoubtedly Australia's most iconic animals. They can be seen and sometimes patted and fed in Melbourne's ... [more]
Things to do, places to see, events and activities in Melbourne are so plentiful as to seem limitless. So dare to be dif... [more]
Do you believe in ghosts or at very least a good ghost story? Tours and paranormal investigation experiences of many of ... [more]
Every year thousands of people hitch up their caravans and head to the Australian Outback in search of adventure and spe... [more]
Aren't waterfalls wonderful? Is it the thunder of the water, the fine mist rainbows, the rugged cliff faces, the pools, ... [more]
Caves have a certain mystique about them. In myth and legend they are the home of fairies and the hiding place for pir... [more]
Queensland may be 'Beautiful One Day, Perfect the Next' but let's not underestimate what Victoria has to offer. Take... [more]
Your overseas relatives or friends are in town. You're going to make them welcome in your home. You're going to wine a... [more]
Animals, aren't they wonderful. They capture our imaginations and hearts and fascinate young and old alike. If it's ... [more]
Most Melburnians know Phillip Island on Victoria's beautiful Bass Coast is a great place to holiday, but just 10 minutes... [more]
Winter is here and the snow fields are beckoning. From snowmen and snowballs to skilled skiing and snowboarding Victor... [more]
Arguably one of the most scenic coastal drives in Victoria the Great Ocean Road also traverses country rich in natur... [more]
At only a two and three quarter hour drive from Melbourne and nestled on the banks of the Murray River, Echuca-Moama... [more]
We Aussies are a bright lot, there's no denying it but many of us would be surprised at the list of Australian inventi... [more]
Whether you call it mini golf, crazy golf, adventure golf or putt putt, there is no doubt it all adds up to fun. The... [more]
They don't call Victoria the Garden State for nothing and Melbourne does it proud. From formal gardens to native bus... [more]
The Body and Soul Holistic and Psychic Expo is on the road, bringing the experts and retailers to you. Their aim is to p... [more]
The Montague Apple Harvest Festival 2023 is a bigger deal than you might think. This family friendly event is the third ... [more]
Australia Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne is a must-see. It is the Australian landscape on display. You ... [more]
Do you really need a reason to see koalas up close in their natural environment? I doubt it. Nonetheless, there are plen... [more]
If you think the State Library of Victoria is a complicated institution that you have to travel to the city to access, y... [more]
There's nothing like a deadline to get you going, and story writing is no exception to this. These writing competitions ... [more]
The Lang Lang Hot Rod and Classic Car Show and Shine, Swap Meet and Lawn Mower Racing is a great family day out. This lo... [more]
Is your child an imaginative storyteller? Prompting your budding author to enter competitions will help them to set goal... [more]
We are fortunate in Victoria to not only have the National Gallery of Victoria which regularly hosts world class exh... [more]
Don't dally, get pen to paper. These competitions are open for entries now! Writing competitions are great motivators. T... [more]
The Meeniyan Garlic Festival is back! Garlic may be the hero of the day but this is actually a fun packed family eve... [more]
Who doesn't love a country market! There is no shortage of them on Victoria's beautiful Bass Coast and all are withi... [more]
Cherry season is well under way in Victoria, having started in mid-November 2022. It runs until early to mid-January... [more]
The Tooradin Tractor Pull, Truck and Car Show has been around since 1998 and is on again in 2023 with another awesome li... [more]
Are you in the mood to get festive with some Christmas carols? Do you want a fun night out with the kids in a casual... [more]
Fireworks are a family favourite. As children we are in awe of them and it's a feeling that never seems to leave us. If ... [more]
The Bass Coast Summer Agricultural Show is back in 2023. Held each year on the second weekend in January the Bass Coast ... [more]
There are more waterfalls in Victoria than you might think, but Agnes Falls is my favourite. In beautiful Prom Count... [more]
Writing competitions are great motivators. They give you a deadline to work towards and a prize to reward you for your e... [more]
Christmas is just around the corner. Letter boxes are choc-a-block with gift catalogues, trees are decorated and plans... [more]
If you write short stories then you are a writer. Competitions are a great way to move from being a writer to being a pu... [more]
It's back! After significant community fund-raising efforts and some grant funding the multi-award winning, Boolarra Fol... [more]
The Mirboo North Italian Festa is back in 2023 and is as strong as ever. The Festa has its roots planted in 1966. Anyt... [more]
Are your photos, hundreds or perhaps even thousands of them, stagnating on your hard drive? They are, aren't they? Be ... [more]
It's back! The Kilcunda Lobster Festival is returning in 2023, after COVID forced it into a two-year hiatus. They hold t... [more]
Cruise ships are back after a two-year hiatus and cruise ship spotting has become an entertainment and one that is not... [more]
For all who love roses, the beautiful flowers of romance, the Rose Society of Victoria is putting on the Spring Rose Spe... [more]
The 31st of October is almost upon us and with-it Halloween. Many children will want to go trick or treating but if you'... [more]
The Thorpdale Potato Festival is a celebration of the humble potato and a long history of potato farming in the region, ... [more]
There are people who look forward to summer and autumn just to be able to visit the Blue Lotus Water Garden again. Once ... [more]
It's on again, the International Rose Garden Festival in Morwell. Yes, there is an abundance of roses in this well estab... [more]
Loch Village is a small town in South Gippsland. It is steeped in heritage and always beautiful but it really shines in ... [more]
Are you partial to pretty flowers or are in love with roses and you're looking for an easy day trip away from metro-Melb... [more]
Spring is here, tadpoles are hatching and the frogs are croaking but did you know frogs don't just croak? Some bark, som... [more]
Do you want to be part of something huge, fun, and important and be in the running for some great prizes? Be a citizen s... [more]
You might never have heard of Fig and The Bay but once you've tasted the food, you'll certainly be talking about it. Thi... [more]
The Furious Fiction is a free to enter competition. The competition runs on the first weekend of each quarter. The promp... [more]
Are they stagnating on your hard drive; those hundreds or even thousands of photos you have taken? They are, aren't ... [more]
It's been a while, but Melbourne is back in business, and what better way to celebrate than by visiting some or all of t... [more]
Murals have become very much 'a thing' these days, murals on silos, on water tanks, on shop walls, and on fences, but th... [more]
When I turned twenty-one, my mother told me I would never feel any different. It was a commentary on adulthood, and for ... [more]
Plants depend on pollinators and so do we. It's not just about the beautiful flowers, it's about our fruit and vegetable... [more]
I once read an article that claimed there were over 3,000 writing competitions offered across the world in any one y... [more]
If you like to write and you like to win and at the same time make a contribution to a cause bigger than yourself, then ... [more]
A visit to Parkes had long been on our agenda. We called in to look at the radio telescope that starred in the film, 'Th... [more]
It was only an hour's drive from Barcaldine to Longreach as we continued our 80-day road trip. Again, we spent much ... [more]
So, you take photos all the time. You love it. Maybe you share them with your friends on social media. Then what hap... [more]
The Enduring Imaginative and Creative Benefits of Literary Nonsense
I recently read a quote by George Dyer, English c... [more]
We had passed through Ilfracombe on our way to Longreach. Just short of twenty minutes drive from Longreach, it is a... [more]
We had been looking forward to our stay in Queensland's Sapphire Fields, so on arriving at Rubyvale, our first call ... [more]
We made the trip to Charleville from Bourke, a short two-hour drive, and we might as well have been crossing continent... [more]
We made the trip to Richmond in northern outback Queensland from Mount Isa. It was 406 kilometres through barren pla... [more]
If photography is your passion or if you just get a bit snap-happy with your phone, you will probably amass a signif... [more]
We drove up to Mount Isa from Cloncurry, only one and a half hours. The road and the landscape are unlike any we enc... [more]
We were on the road from Lightning Ridge to Narrabri and passed sparsely vegetated bush, red dirt, roaming sheep and... [more]
When we arrived at Altina Wildlife Park, an emu was wandering the grounds and seemed attracted to car lights. It wandere... [more]
Have you heard of Cunnamulla? I hadn't until I started to plan our outback trip. Like most towns we had never heard ... [more]
The Age of Dinosaurs is a working museum in Winton in Outback Queensland which houses the largest collection of Australi... [more]
Although Sarina is only 34 kilometres south of Mackay, we drove down from Townsville; it was part of a longer road t... [more]
Barcaldine is a small Queensland town of around 1,400 people. About an hour's drive south of Longreach, the town is ... [more]