World's Greatest Shave - for Cancer Research

Event @ The Union Hotel - 90 Chapel Street, Windsor
Sunday 19th March, 2017
1.30 till 5pm.


James Pacholli performing in in banks "Eye Seaweed" image by pationpics;com

It was 2008 when James was first diagnosed with Leukaemia and he was just finishing Year 5.

His medical treatment involved a gruelling three years of chemo therapy under the care of Monash Medical Centre in Clayton as part of a research study. As a result of his treatment...

Spiderbait is one of Australias rocknroll national treasures.

Damien Whitty, Janet English and Kram or Mark Anthony Maher have played together since they were 12 years old.

Decades of musical collaboration, creativity and god given talent reveal a powerfully loving and mutually supportive bond that is irresistible to their world wide fan base, devotees of a spiritual variety!

I experienced my maiden voyage on starship Spiderbait last night ...

Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Mission Victoria and podcast through the Toorak Times.

Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
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Spiderbait is one of Australia’s rock’n’roll national treasures.
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There are non-so blind as those that loudly proclaim that they can see.

Hi, I'm Rob Greaves.

This is the forty-seventh posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column, called "Ruminations From My Verandah" and it's the first for 2017.
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Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Mission Victoria and podcast through the Toorak Times.

Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
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What does an audience expect an author talk event will be like? Will there be a powerpoint presentation? A slide show of images of old drafts, with bits of text crossed out and heaps of writing in the margins? Will the author explain her writing process and provide insights into her creative journey?
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Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Mission Victoria and podcast through the Toorak Times.

Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
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The eyes have it

I first put this up on facebook, and got such a strong indication of support, it made me think that maybe, just maybe there are many others that do feel the same.
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Consumer Affairs Victoria and Crime Stoppers Victoria are working together in Morwell and the Latrobe region to warn residents about the threat of travelling con men.
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Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Mission Victoria and podcast through the Toorak Times.

Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
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