Artist Nancy Tingey says she formed an art group for people with Parkinson's because she knew the benefits it could bring. “It was just meant to be a recreational thing… We're still meeting in the same place 30 years later!” she says.
Katarina Lloyd Jones
It is easy to feel helpless when campaigning for climate action, say Rising Tide volunteers Lanthe Daly and John Wurcker.
It’s been 40 years since Martin Fisk OAM woke up and found himself between two St John Ambulance volunteers after passing out at a rock concert, but he says he never forgot the “kindness, compassion and professionalism” they showed him.
Canberra public servant Rowena Smith joined five other women from across Australia in the All Women Simpson Desert Crossing on Motorbikes ride in August for a five-day fundraiser for the anti-bullying organisation Dolly’s Dream.
Delving into the family history can seem daunting, especially if there are skeletons in the closet, but this didn’t deter retired senior public servant Greg Fraser, who for the last 20 years has been researching his family’s history.
Historian Barry York has recently recorded his 500th oral history interview. "The interviews are about sound archiving, really creating a historical source for researchers based on listening," he says.
Through social media, children have fingertip access to topics and trends far beyond their maturity level, and primary school deputy principal Debra Sayers says it is causing behavioural changes in some students.
It wasn’t until his late teens that Liam Adams learnt to read and write, but now the 23-year-old has self-published five sci-fantasy-comedy novels, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
"Stand-up comedy is a difficult industry to crack, but that didn’t faze 25-year-old Laura Johnston, who quit her job as a tour guide at the Royal Australian Mint before she had even got on stage to try it out," writes KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
Most 21-year-old university students are busy socialising or cramming for exams, but for the past year, Bevan Gleeson, has managed to also find time to volunteer with Ageing With Grace, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
October in Canberra brings two important environmental events, breeding season for frogs, and the annual FrogWatch census, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
Former boxer Stephen Lovett found writing was just the therapy he needed to cope with not just his retirement from boxing, but the mental hurdles he had been faced with in his relentless pursuit for victory, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
