Cammeray local and actor Rachel Gordon is passionate about theatre, with each role being a voyage of self-discovery. Growing up on Sydney’s North Shore, Rachel Gordon always knew she wanted to act. Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts...

Blind marathon swimmer James Pittar has dedicated his passion to restoring sight to the needlessly blind. He has just swum 150 kilometres and raised much needed funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation. “Life is fun”, says North Balgowlah local James Pittar...

Recently retired midwife Dennie Hardie on the ups and downs of her 42-year career on the Beaches. Dennie Hardie had no intention of becoming a midwife when she went into nursing after school at Royal North Shore Hospital. She then picked...

From the depths of human consciousness to the vast Metaverse, new Shark Tank shark Catriona Wallace says the show entwines her journey through the shadowlands within both worlds. Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are no longer just...

Play School host Don Spencer founded The Australian Children’s Music Foundation 21 years ago. It has been changing lives for disadvantaged children ever since. Over the last 21 years, the Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) has opened its doors to disadvantaged...

Australia’s first-ever astronaut candidate grew up on the Northern Beaches. Katherine Bennell-Pegg spoke to editor Michelle Giglio from her base in Germany about space-walking, moon missions and star gazing as a child on the Peninsula. Katherine Bennell-Pegg is scoring a lot...

One year into the job, Sea Eagles chief and Bayview local Tony Mestrov says he wants to bring back the love of Manly. Back in the day, every time Tony Mestrov saw a kid walking around the Northern Beaches in a...

All great adventures commence with simple beginnings. To Collaroy’s Jack Cannon, they can even start with a cup of tea. Twenty years ago, a simple conversation over a cuppa changed Jack Cannon’s life. The successful businessman was actively involved in community...

Newport Breakers Rugby Club has seen people come and go, but stalwart Alan Murray-Jones is in the for the ‘long kick’. Alan Murray-Jones has been volunteering with Newport Breakers Rugby Club for 32 years. But his love affair with the club...

Block winners Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie return to our screens as hosts of Network 10’s new series Location, Location, Location. Mitch and Mark know a thing or two about property. They’ve flipped more than 20 homes, lit up our screens...