After a long, hot summer in Karratha, the kids and I were ready to head south and explore somewhere different. We have done Karijini, Coral Bay and Broome, so these school holidays we decided to head further afield and check out Kalbarri. Everyone I’ve asked who has visited Kalbarri has said it was beautiful and definitely worth a visit, and they weren’t wrong! We broke the drive up from Karratha to Kalbarri with a one-night stop in Carnarvon. We embarked on our trip not long after Cyclone...

From kidney failure to athletic victory. Former Squadron Leader and Air Traffic Controller Mark Oksanen’s Defence career spanned 28 years before he retired in 2023. Overcoming many health challenges and a kidney transplant, Mark has made the most of it, securing three gold medals and a record javelin throw at the World Transplant Games in 2023. Despite a healthy lifestyle, in 2021 he was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure due to Iga Nephropathy. Mark describes feeling very sick, and with...

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 and chat with Jill...