‘I’m loving every minute I step onto the footy field’
After a top-level basketball career of nearly 200 games, Balaklava's Olivia Levicki will this weekend play just her fifth AFLW game for the team she grew up supporting.
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After a top-level basketball career of nearly 200 games, Balaklava's Olivia Levicki will this weekend play just her fifth AFLW game for the team she grew up supporting.
MoreJulia Robinson realised early on that art was a passion she would pursue at all costs – it’s also how she met her husband, fellow artist Roy Ananda. Julia finds inspiration in folklore and folk horror, and is a keen folk dancer.
MoreThe riesling whisperer of the Clare Valley, winemaker John Hughes talks about the road to building his brand, Rieslingfreak.
MoreLouise Withers went from playing in the local brass band in Para Hills to producing some of the biggest names in showbiz. Here's how.
MoreA country lad at heart, Stefan Ahrens chats about growing up outside of Gawler, building a business empire and his plans for luxury accommodation in the Barossa.
MoreLife has brought both great adventures and insurmountable grief for Judy Potter, an arts and community leader whose role as chair of Adelaide Festival sees her helping steer the organisation through one of the most difficult times the sector has ever faced.
MoreWith Restless Dance soon to turn 30, artistic director Michelle Ryan talks about diversity in dance and how having MS has provided her with new opportunities for expression.
MoreJuanella McKenzie was only 12 when she sold her first painting. Now she’s an award-winning artist on a mission to discover and share the culture and stories of her country in the Flinders Ranges.
MoreAfter growing up the youngest of nine kids, Emma Beech now juggles a career as a performer and theatre-maker with a hectic home life as mum of six-year-old triplets who love having parents who 'play for a living'.
MoreFrom a free-range childhood spent planting trees and roller-skating around Whyalla, Adelaide Fringe’s Heather Croall has gone on to spend her life immersed in the world of film, festivals and art.
MoreLuthier Jim Redgate often finds himself torn between his workshop and the call of the ocean. When he’s not building guitars or kitesurfing, he might be found snowboarding, playing gigs, fixing up up his old Holden EH, beekeeping or making wine.
MoreGrowing up in the country, Catherine Branson developed early on the resilience necessary for a high-flying career. The Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and inaugural chair of a new ASO project highlighting female composers says she also took it for granted that “generally speaking, if a boy can do it, a girl can do it also”.
MoreDr Sam Alfred works in emergency medicine and is also a specialist in toxicology and medical retrieval. Here's how he became such a multi-skilled medico and much more.
MoreFrom Adelaide's Hyde Park to the Australian Ballet, Jill Ogai had her eyes on the prize as a child and has worked through injury and setback to become a soloist.
MoreBrian Parkes – CEO of Adelaide’s JamFactory – left home more than 30 years ago and drove his bright blue Datsun 180B to Hobart to embark on a journey that in many ways, he says, he is still on today.
MoreDebbie Ryan was living a blessed life, married to her highschool sweetheart, with two beautiful children. Tragically, following years of incessant bullying, her daughter Maddy took her own life. Debbie is now on a mission to show just how deeply our actions can affect others.
MoreWriter and performance poet Geoff Goodfellow is known for his "brutally electric" style, but he reveals a more vulnerable side in a new memoir about his boyhood. Here, he shares the story of his life – from working-class lad to literary icon.
MoreWorking on radio is the perfect job for Mel Dzelde, a vivacious and funny mum of three who loves music and meeting people. But Mel is also fighting for her life after cancer came knocking again. She reveals how she stays positive and how a personal bond with Oprah Winfrey keeps her spirits up.
MoreManaging director of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Vincent Ciccarello's love affair with music is unshakeable.
MoreChef Chris Jarmer, 48, hails from restaurant royalty. His parents Peter and Kathy owned Jarmer's fine dining restaurant on Kensington Road for years and today Chris has carved out his own niche in the hospitality game. Here, he talks about cooking, business, meeting a long-lost sister and marrying into another Adelaide food and wine dynasty.
MoreArtist and recent OAM recipient Nici Cumpston’s journey to becoming a curator at the Art Gallery of SA included many roles – one of which involved processing crime scene photos.
MoreGeoff Cobham is the artistic brain behind some of SA’s most awe-inspiring creations – Adelaide Festivals, mind-bending light shows and now Patch Theatre. His partner, Restless Dance Theatre’s Roz Hervey and their daughter, actor Tilda Cobham-Hervey, share his love of the arts.
MoreJane Russo is the kind of person who can’t sit still for too long. The City of Unley councillor accepts all challenges head on, and this persistence has been on show when campaigning for a cause close to her heart – awareness for the rights of transgender and non-binary young people.
MoreSally Cameron, one of the state’s most successful real estate agents, has enjoyed a career of twists and turns. Her desire to succeed was first ignited by a headmistress, who noted Sally’s smile would see her working as a receptionist, regardless of her talents and ambitions.
MoreDiana Jaquillard is a recognisable character around Adelaide, with her signature short, blunt fringe and stylish, eccentric glasses. One of the greatest loves in Diana’s life is art, and the retired graphic designer is always championing new talent as a board member for the Helpmann Academy Foundation. Here’s her story.
MoreAlex Ward is a barrister who’s held leadership roles in the law nationally and internationally. But the 56-year-old is also a funny bloke who could have carved out a career in comedy, just like his mate Shaun Micallef. Here’s his story.
MoreAndrea Nicolas is a Channel Seven journalist with a passion for the arts and politics. Here she talks about her career, her "Big Fat Greek Cypriot" family, and the cause that is closest to her heart.
MorePaul Kitching, 54, is one of Adelaide's most skilled and prolific business networkers - if you don't know him, you've seen him. PK, as he's widely known, talks to us about his prolific career in Adelaide's media, sales and marketing industries - and the personal losses that drive him.
MoreMeet Hitaf Rasheed - responsible for many of the state's biggest events as the leader of Events South Australia. She is passionate about her family, the Port Adelaide Football Club, where she worked with for almost a decade, and promoting South Australia. And there's a lot more to her story.
MoreProfessor Michael Baigent, 57, is a senior psychiatrist and a specialist in addictions, anxiety and depression. Here, he gives insights into his upbringing, family, career and how the coronavirus can affect our mental health.
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