Runners after puffing record
By REBECCA BILLS
RUNNERS from near and far are gearing up for Puffing Billy’s 33rd Great Train Race with organisers predicting this will be the...
Cold sports heating up
By DANNY BUTTLER
Winter Olympics
Channel 10 and One
THE Winter Olympics is chock full of events that most sport fans wouldn’t spend five minutes watching at...
True Detective the real deal
True Detective
Foxtel, Showcase, Tuesdays, 8.30pm
EVERY year pay TV has its hot, high quality, high budget debut show - its Breaking Bad, The Walking...
A labour of love
By TANIA PHILLIPS
LOVE CHILD
Channel Nine (Nine)
Mondays 8.40pm
THE words “highly anticipated” are bandied about a lot these days and usually mean “over-hyped” by the...
Superbikes offer so much more
Phillip Island’s three day World Superbike Championship is big value, with action and entertainment for all the family.
There’s 14 races from six categories...
Skies clear for super show
HE'S been keeping an eye on the weather for nearly a month, but finally the time has rolled around and the Berwick Show is...
Bell to ring out for festival
THE ringing of the bell will signify another year of the Upper Beaconsfield Village Festival.
There will be talented musicians and plenty of stalls to...
Slave weighed down by its own shackles
12 Years a Slave (MA)
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender
THIS year’s Oscar favourite is an important story but a disappointing film.
The brutal retelling of Solomon...
Eco food for thought
EARTH friendly ideas will be the order of the day at Cardinia Shire Council’s 2014 Sustainability Expo at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard,...
Dance in festive mood
TIME to get out and move to the rhythms - Dancing Ground Festival is back and coming to Gilwell Park at Gembrook from 21-24...
Delightful gypsies are special guests
GYPSY Cob, arguably the most personable horses in the world, will be special guests in the horse display at this year’s Berwick Show from...
Cast days of race colour
A NOSTALGIC display of old race meets and newspaper clippings led the thousands of race-goers into the last Pakenham Cup at the racecourse on...