Former Pittwater MP John Brogden sheds a light on suicide in his new book Warning: This article mentions suicide. For help, contact Lifeline on 13 1114; text 0477 131 141 or chat at lifeline.org.au It was hope bound up in a flood...

Anglicare | Warriewood If you have an interest in coffee, tea and cake, Anglicare is looking for volunteers for its fabulous coffee shop at its Residential Aged Care Home in Warriewood and would love to hear from you. The coffee shop is...

Early Ed | Forestville Help families, children and the environment as a toy library assistant. You can be part of this wonderful team in Forestville as often as you want, although weekly or fortnightly is preferred. Or you might like to work...

The Nurtured Village Hampers | Avalon   The Nurtured Village Hampers aims to prevent maternal mental health disorders and is looking for volunteers to help coordinate hampers locally. The hampers are collections of donated home-cooked meals, non-perishables, essential baby items and small gifts....

May Gibbs was Australia’s first female cartoonist Children’s comic strips became popular in Australia from the 1920s, with the invention of Ginger Meggs and Fatty Finn. Ginger Meggs was created in 1921 by Jimmy Bancks for the Sunday Sun. Fatty Finn...

NOVEMBER 17   This November, the seventh annual Lifeline Classic surf competition is raising much-needed funds for Lifeline Northern Beaches. Register a team and compete to see who can raise the most funds for Lifeline in the lead-up to the competition. More...

Taking a ride on Manly Cove was historically a fun activity From the late 1920s into the 1960s, visitors to Manly Cove could take a joy ride in a sleek, fast speedboat for a modest fee. Various competing entrepreneurs were involved. Once...

Time-honoured communication methods like Morse code, short-wave radio and Semaphore flags were on the agenda for about 120 Scouts and their volunteer leaders in Terrey Hills from 18 to 20 October. JOTA-JOTI – Jamboree of the Air and Jamboree of the...

Australians of the Year Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long – the Peninsula Living September cover stars –met His Majesty King Charles III at Melonoma Institute Australia (MIA) in Wollstonecraft on Tuesday. The King spent 30 minutes at the institute where he...

International bestselling author Liane Moriarty has sold 20 million copies of her books, with three turned into global television hits. Known for her privacy, the North Shore local chats to Editor in Chief Michelle Giglio about how surviving breast cancer...