The Mornington Peninsula is known all over the country for its diversity of landscapes including some of the best beaches in the world, wild surf coast, rolling fields and unspoilt bushland as well as historic landmarks signifying some of the first British settlement in Terra Australis. But when it comes to people and culture, less than six per cent of people in the municipality speak a language other than English at home, compared with an average of 24 per cent in metropolitan Melbourne. Less than one per cent of the peninsula’s population is indigenous. The region is one of the…
Author: Cameron McCullough
IT IS hard to know what to expect when asked to interview an Australian boxing champion. Especially if you have no great knowledge of boxing. Is he going to be all “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”, prancing around the room, then standing toe to toe and leaving me trembling with fear? Is he going to turn up with “minders”… I’m envisaging big guys with no necks and lots of gold jewellery who tell me repeatedly with a menacing tone “He’s not answering that question”. The day has come. We go back and forth a few times and…