Stories

When Sue Macgregor found a woman sleeping in a humpy on her office balcony last week, she began searching for help for the person sleeping rough. What she discovered was a maze of agencies that pointed her to other agencies in a circular maze of deflection.

Peter Goad was many things: a metallurgist, an editor, a yachtsman, a skier, an activist and a champion of Save Albert Park, acting as President for 23 years. TWISK asked the current SAP President, Peter Logan, to reflect on his predecessor’s contribution to the cause and community.

Michael Tarulli, St Kilda local and long-time Trustee of St Kilda Memorial Hall, has charted his journey of recovery from a near-fatal car accident while on police duty in a new memoir ‘You Be Strong…’ My mother said.

Liz Pain, one of the founding members of Pride March Victoria and coordinator of the first 11 Pride Marches, died last week. She was a long-term St Kilda resident.

The public and the St Kilda penguins can now live together in parallel thanks to a new viewing platform and decades of dedication by a band of humble volunteers.

St Kilda locals have helped to pay homage to one of Australia’s greatest ever actors in a new documentary film now showing at Palace cinemas until 5 November.

St Kilda local Wayne Mouse Thompson passed away in the early hours 2 August. He ran the in-line skate shop Apache Junction on Acland St and was a pioneering figure in Australia’s rollerblading scene says his friend Janet Marnell-Brown.

Local singer Mal Web has recorded a new CD with a witty ditty about the story behind the naming of St Kilda.

TWiSK sat down with Inspector Brett Coloe, Local Area Commander Port Phillip, recently for a chat about policing in St Kilda and Port Phillip.

An Interview with Dianne Toulson, GM of Theatre Works by Alexandra Collier.