Amanda Johnson

Postcard exhibition redefines intercontinental connection and belonging

After eight years, more than 30,000 kilometres and several handfuls of stamps, an international photographic exhibition exploring layers of human connection has come home to Melbourne. World Moments has opened at Magnet Galleries in Docklands, presenting an installation of photography made into postcards and sent to friends of Photographer Eva Rugel as she travelled overland […]

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48% of young Melbournians ready to move to the country

News / Amanda Johnson

New research shows that 48% of Melbournians aged 18-35 would consider moving to a rural town if they were presented with work and accommodation options. Young people born in rural areas were almost twice as likely as urban-born Australians to consider moving to rural areas – but while moving near family and friends was valued,

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Transition toolkit: Better ways to work remotely

News / Amanda Johnson

You’re going to love the commute. The in-house barista is a bit over-familiar, you’ll risk massive issues if anything goes wrong with the computer because the IT repair guy has low-level competence, the finance team are forever looking stressed, but that’s nothing compared to the struggle of 4-5 pm when you are on your knees

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The 21st century Australian Pioneer

Country Life, International, Portfolio / Amanda Johnson

At 5am, as Gei Lin Thang Kinta wipes down the counter in the silent Bright Brewery, it can seem a long way to Mindat, a small village in Myanmar’s Chin state, where grew up. He’s working seven days a week, building a rapidly expanding cleaning and gardening business in the evergreen holiday town of Bright,

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Maternity leave leads to a buzzing business

Country Life, Portfolio, Small Business / Amanda Johnson

Maternity leave usually comes to an end with a new addition to the family, but Laura Eddington ended hers with a new business as well. As a mother of two, Laura decided it was important to make a contribution to the environment and decided to do something about it. The idea of Little Bumble came

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Are these Australia’s best mushrooms?

Country Life, Small Business / Amanda Johnson

Nobody knows exactly why the hilltop area around the southern Victorian locality of Caveat has the potential to become Australia’s new gourmet mushroom mecca. The elevated altitude means the air is fresh and the breeze blowing up the valley is certainly essential to the vitality of the oyster mushrooms that Samantha Davey is cultivating on

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Cultural melting pot forms fresh bonds in the north east.

Community, Country Lifestyle / Amanda Johnson

Lives have been irrevocably changed for the better in a small northeast Victorian town through an innovative program that turns a spotlight onto the cultures and cuisines of residents. It’s only when you meet some of the people whose lives have been radically transformed by Tallangatta’s Neighbourhood House multicultural program that you really begin to

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Thought for Food in Kilcunda

Country Life, Country Towns, Portfolio, Small Business / Amanda Johnson

Some stories just beg to be told. Udder & Hoe is an artwork in retail charm, an authentic food and beverage repository carefully crafted within beach-reach in Kilcunda, on Gippsland’s South Coast – but this story is not about commerce. Kilcunda is a photographer’s dream muse, with extraordinary vistas and a landmark rail bridge that

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Merchant of Mansfield

Country Life, Small Business / Amanda Johnson

Five years after moving to Mansfield, Mat Picone and his wife Lee have opened three businesses had two children and bought themselves a beautiful home next to the golf course. At 36, with a host of Tripadvisor, bean hunter and urban spoon reviews all waxing lyrical about his businesses, Mat woke up recently and

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Saving Taradale – how one school grew from two students to 75 in just seven years

Community, Country Life, Education, Portfolio / Amanda Johnson

Just months after he landed a part-time teaching job at Taradale Primary School, Chris Burgess was handed the job of acting principal, in charge of just two students. Just seven years later, he has 75 students and leads a thriving school which plays a key role as the heart of the Taradale community – but

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Postcard exhibition redefines intercontinental connection and belonging

48% of young Melbournians ready to move to the country

Transition toolkit: Better ways to work remotely

The 21st century Australian Pioneer

Maternity leave leads to a buzzing business

Are these Australia’s best mushrooms?

Cultural melting pot forms fresh bonds in the north east.

Thought for Food in Kilcunda

Merchant of Mansfield

Saving Taradale – how one school grew from two students to 75 in just seven years

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