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Melville’s Creek – The Unwholesome Creek
Melville’s Creek – The Unwholesome Creek

Melville’s Creek – The Unwholesome Creek

Melville's Creek is now just a memory, a legend, maybe even a ghost. If you pay close attention to a current map, you'll find it playing with the solid grid of our streets.

Flooding, scouring, a mosquito problem were captured in a poem. An elegant protest that can probably only happen in Brunswick.

"So Brunswick Council do your best this evil to remove, complete this job, to give us rest, and so our health improve."

Click here to learn more.

Best coffees in Brunswick to bring your doggy
Best coffees in Brunswick to bring your doggy

Best coffees in Brunswick to bring your doggy

Finding a café that is truly dog-friendly can be a bit challenging. So, local resident and dog owner, Leigh has scouted the main and side streets of Brunswick to handpick and share his top three cafes where you and your doggy will feel welcomed and comfortable. Check out this article to also discover how these three wonderful cafes differ from one another and what they each have to offer for your next doggy date

Just the three of us
Just the three of us

Just the three of us

The first in a series of true love stories to have taken place in Brunswick.   It was a cold November’s night in 2019 when Aida met Blake at the Retreat Hotel for their first date.  They had met on a dating app, and as Aida headed inside from the beer garden to...

The story behind History
The story behind History

The story behind History

The Brunswick Community History Group (BCHG) has been a part of Brunswick for nearly 40 years. The whole Group may have collapsed if it wasn't for some community members with an interest in history and sheer passion for Brunswick.

Click here to read Brunswick Daily's interview with Elisabeth Jackson, the current President of the BCHG.

Surviving Fate: An interview with Raphael Recht
Surviving Fate: An interview with Raphael Recht

Surviving Fate: An interview with Raphael Recht

The attempt to describe Raphael Recht using a list of words or circumstances is futile. Nevertheless, I’ll give you a hint before you read his full story. Raph is a photographer, a storyteller, a dancer, a lyricist, a performer, a hip-hopper, a real-life X-Men, a filmmaker, a truth seeker. He disciplines his mind and body on a daily basis to live with Cystic Fibrosis and to expand his Life Expectancy.

Raphael Recht is inspiration. Click here to learn his story.

Roslyn Olearhead, the sweetest lollipop in Brunswick
Roslyn Olearhead, the sweetest lollipop in Brunswick

Roslyn Olearhead, the sweetest lollipop in Brunswick

What did you enjoy the most about the job? “The students… I liked the way they said ‘Good Morning’ to you and at night time I said ‘Good night!’ yeah, very good!"

Read this article to learn more about Roslyn Olerhead, one of Brunswick's local heroes. For 31 years, she made sure that kids, parents, and their doggies crossed Brunswick Road safely to get to Brunswick South Primary School.

Thank you, Bong Su
Thank you, Bong Su

Thank you, Bong Su

A shabby house in Sydney Road back in the eighties, honest friendship, shovelling birds' shit, and a love story witnessing hippos bathing under the moonlight. Thank you, Bong Su for bringing all these together 😉

A tale of Fire and Transcendence
A tale of Fire and Transcendence

A tale of Fire and Transcendence

Fire is as much of a uniting force as it is a destroying one. When time, courage, and perseverance bring
these two polarities together, legends and communities thrive.

Click here to learn how Wing Chun, a martial art started 300 years ago by a Buddhist nun, reached Brunswick. Let yourself be surprised by the characters who have made this journey possible and become part of history.