Amy Feldtmann

Not so ordinary: Ben Thomas

Photographer. Explorer. Cityshinker. Ben Thomas is an Adelaide-born, Melbourne-based photographer. He is usually in other cities. What made you interested in photography? Where did it begin? I started filming a lot of the bands when I was 15 – a mate and I really got into it and started a little production company doing shortContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Ben Thomas”

Not so ordinary: Desh Balasubramaniam

Artistic director. Community idealist. Ambitious. Desh Balasubramaniam was born in Sri Lanka, and now lives in Australia, by way of New Zealand. He founded Ondru in his Melbourne backyard. Tell us a little bit about your arts organisation, Ondru: Ondru is an arts organisation committed to provoking thought and evoking change through art. Ondru isContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Desh Balasubramaniam”

Not so ordinary: Justine Webse

Foster parent. Difficult at times. Grateful. In this first ‘Not so ordinary’, Melburnian Justine Webse gives an insight into the world of foster parenting. What made you interested in being a foster parent? I grew up with a mother who’d been forced to give up her child to adoption. When the issue of parenting non-biologicalContinue reading “Not so ordinary: Justine Webse”

Talking Twitterati on radio 17/4/2015

Last night I was on the ABC Radio National ‘Twitterati’ segment to discuss notable topics that were discussed on Twitter during the week. The interview covered Hillary Clinton, the Woolworths ‘Fresh in Our Memories’ ANZAC campaign, ‘selfish rabble’ protestors, and the NCDFREE public health organisation (The ABC is Australia’s national broadcaster, with television, radio and online news; and notContinue reading “Talking Twitterati on radio 17/4/2015”

On the Emily Luxton Travel Blog: ‘Postcard from… Oman’

Not many people have heard of Oman, let alone travelled there, but I have been lucky to. I highly recommend considering this super-friendly country if you have wanderlust for the Gulf. Read what I wrote about it on the Emily Luxton Travel Blog.