Carolyn Webb

Melbourne

Journalist at The Age

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‘It’s fun’: The AFL superstar with an old-school hobby

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. He’s one of the AFL’s star midfielders, but off the field, Essendon captain Zach Merrett has an old-school hobby. Since childhood, he has collected AFL player cards, and still does, when he’s not racking up possessions during Bombers games.
Sew good: Exhibition to honour Rose Chong, Melbourne’s legendary costume designer

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Having spent 60 years as a costumier, Rose Chong is accustomed to chaos. “We’re often dealing with crises,” Chong says cheerfully, referring to life in her riotously colourful warehouse in Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
‘I love my cats’: All’s fair for feted felines at curious new cat expo

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The famous adage goes that dogs have masters, and cats have staff. A phalanx of felines basked in the slavish, open adoration of fanciers who flocked to Melbourne’s newest cat expo on Sunday.
‘I’m not a hero’: A world away from battle, WWII veteran turns 100

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Carolyn Webb

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‘I’m not a hero’: A world away from battle, WWII veteran turns 100

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. He was barely out of his teens when he fought the Japanese in Borneo in World War II, but Max Caldwell is not one to talk up his service. “I wasn’t alone by any means,” said Caldwell, who turned 100 on Sunday. “Don’t make it out that I was a hero. I was just another soldier.”A world away from war: Max Caldwell (centre) at his 100th birthday party in Blackburn.
‘Who’s that old fart?’: The septuagenarian baseballers still going strong

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s a blinder of an autumn day, and Geoff Freeman and Graeme Bales are limbering up for their 58th season at their baseball club. Many of us play sport at university and leave it behind when we graduate. But Freeman and Bales joined the University of Melbourne baseball club as teenagers in 1968. And they just didn’t quit.
‘Who’s that old fart?’: The septuagenarian baseballers still going strong

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Carolyn Webb

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‘Put me in the ocean’: Alan Hamilton wanted to be buried at sea, but it’s a rare and challenging feat

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Carolyn Webb

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‘Put me in the ocean’: Alan Hamilton wanted to be buried at sea, but it’s a rare and challenging feat

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Carolyn Webb

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Just after midday on a cool, sunny day, the body of Alan Hamilton was laid to rest as his son stood watch. Travis Hamilton shed tears as he said, off the cuff, “rest in peace, big guy. This is what you wanted.
‘Put me in the ocean’: Alan Hamilton wanted to be buried at sea, but it’s a rare and challenging feat

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Carolyn Webb

An old friend of Alan’s told Travis that even when they were teenagers, he had talked about wanting a sea burial when the end came. In December last year, Travis had co-founded Candour Funerals and Alan asked the company to carry out the burial. “Dad was tasking me personally to take care of this for him. I thought, ‘this is going to be challenging and there are no guarantees, but let’s give it our best shot’.