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INTERVIEWED BY JANE FRYAR Jill Margetts has been part of the Legacy NT community since 1990 (36 years ago!). I’ve been lucky enough to meet Jill on a few occasions, but chatting with her at our Lawn Sale, it made me realise that we have so many wonderful people in our community who have amazing life stories to tell. It’s important to listen to our older generations for their stories, so that we can keep them going – that’s what life is all about! It was a privilege to sit a

INTERVIEWED BY: Viv Kleemann & Hannah McFarlane Meet Charlotte Webb... DFA Advocate, Army veteran, single mother of three daughters and co-parenting with a serving member for the last three years, after ten years of being a defence spouse! Charlotte has experienced every aspect of the ADF lifestyle and wholeheartedly understands the unique challenges that impact various demographics within the Defence community. Being the National DFA Advocate for nearly 2 years has been Cha

INTERVIEWED BY: VIV KLEEMANN Recently I was fortunate enough to catch up with local Veteran and photographer, Matt Campbell. We met on a dirt track not too far from Fogg Dam where he showed me a magical little-known place called Harrison Dam. Matt tells me that you’ll find a croc, evidence of water buffalo, Magpie Geese, Jabiru and many other birds and wildlife. Today we took particular notice of the Jabiru. As we wandered along the track and across the almost empty dam, he s

Welcome to homeschooling in the Dry Season! Something that was raised with us recently was the thought that we would be limiting our children’s opportunities in life by continuing homeschooling beyond primary school. What I have learnt since we began this lifestyle is that there are many ways to achieve what you want to achieve in life. You can still go to university, you can still pursue any career you like, and still learn at home before doing so. There are Distance Edu

MakerSpace is an Army innovation initiative designed to strengthen the cognitive capability of Defence personnel through creativity, hands-on learning, and nontraditional problem solving. Delivered on base and free to attend for all members, MakerSpace empowers members to think differently, prototype rapidly, and develop practical solutions to real operational challenges. Located across nine sites nationally, MakerSpace provides a safe, welcoming, and member focused environme

If you’re new to Darwin, you’ll hear it everywhere - “Wait for the Dry.” And then suddenly… it arrives. The skies turn that perfect clear blue. The humidity backs off. The sunsets sharpen. The breeze rolls in off the water, and you remember why people fall in love with this place. The Dry Season isn’t just a change in weather; it’s a shift in energy. Locals come out of hibernation, markets are buzzing, decks are full, picnic rugs are back on the grass. The Waterfront hums and

I posted to the NT in 2022 - a new chapter and a fresh start. Being on my own, I quickly realised how lonely and isolating it could be, and I was determined to get a dog for companionship. However, I soon learned that work life can make full-time pet ownership difficult, particularly when frequent travel is involved. The accommodation I was living in also wasn’t suitable for animals on a long-term basis. That’s when I began looking into volunteering and fostering, a decision

Why did I choose to volunteer? Before I enlisted in the Infantry in 2016, I was unsuccessful on my first attempt based on an apparent lack of “life experience” - I was18-years-old and fresh out of high school and, in hindsight, they weren’t wrong. When I got home, I was defeated and crushed by the news. Not long after, I was sitting at the Horsley Park pub, and I noticed a bunch of local boys in yellow uniforms, spinning yarns about how “rough” the upcoming fire season w

Our family's journey in the Australian Defence Force has been both exciting and challenging. Like many young women, I met and married my soldier in my hometown of Townsville, and our first posting with a 6-month-old baby boy was to Seymour, Victoria. We were lucky that our posting was to Greytown (a non-corps posting), which basically meant a 7-4 work life. With no family support, I took myself to the local Defence Community Centre for playgroup where I met other defence wi

Driver Inattention and the Rider – Inattentional blindness It should come as no surprise to most of our readers, that motorcycles are harder to see than other types of more common road vehicles. SMIDSY – Sorry Mate I Didn’t See you – is a common term that relates to the drivers response to an accident that has occurred, which in the majority cases has left a rider injured on the road, awaiting the care of an ambulance and an extended hospital visit. For many riders that face

Recently I was discussing the notion that a lot of parents have regarding homeschooling; “I don’t have the patience to home school”. Whilst it’s a nice thought that they feel we must have amazing patience, it’s not entirely accurate. I don’t know of a single family who chose to homeschool because they’re patient. What a lot of us have found is that through choosing this path we don’t need as much patience as we did with traditional schooling! Our children are no longer stress

AUTHOR: Peta Johansen - Co-Founder of Magnify Her "Fear is information. Joy is strategy. Gratitude is grounding. Micro-steps are progress. And when women rise together, everything magnifies." Two years ago, I walked into the largest room I’d ever been - over 400 women from 40 countries at the Forbes 30/50 Women’s Summit in Abu Dhabi. Leaders, visionaries, and trailblazers surrounded me, and I felt that familiar knot in my throat and churn in my stomach. Who am I to be here?