Sally McPhee Creative Producer, Placemaking and Interpretation, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria I’m more comfortable asking people about themselves than talking about myself. I find people fascinating, the good, the bad and the ugly about us as individuals, as a society, Australians and as the human race. I love language and thinking critically about how it moves and shifts to frame our understanding of the past, present and hopes or fears for the future. On one level, I’m in

AHI is seeking a new Treasurer to join their Trustee Board. This is a crucial volunteer leadership role at the heart of AHI, helping to guide our financial planning, support good governance, and shape the organisation’s future. If you have experience with finance, budgeting, or organisational oversight, or if you’re looking for an opportunity to develop these skills in a supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you. You don’t need to be an accountant; you just need to b

Multiple vacancies – Darwin/Katherine and Alice Springs. Are you a creative, dynamic and motivated team player, keen to join the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Interpretation Unit? As a Park Interpretation Officer you will be part of a small Territory-wide team responsible for the design, development, production and delivery of a range of interpretive products including signage and displays, publications, face-to-face interpretive programs, and web content and digita

Value is such a subjective notion determined by so many variables. What may be of value to some people might cause others to cringe. What rocks people’s world one day might be discarded the next. For example, I’m writing this article whilst listening to a band called the Groove Investigators, whose genre I’d say is somewhere around funky jazz. I first included it on my playlist a few years back, and kept listening to their music on and off for a few months before ‘moving on’.

By Sally McPhee, Creative Producer, Placemaking and Interpretation, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Sonica Botanica: Stories and Sounds from the Gardens, Australian Drylands Image credit: Igor Sapina “Listening to this is like being part of a conversation, rather than being told what to think” Sonica Botanica listener feedback. When you visit a museum or an art gallery, often you can grab a headset and treat yourself to an audio tour – a way to hear the stories while you look

by Synthetic Creative Services Perched above the river in Murray Bridge’s historic Bridges and Wharf precinct stands the Round House – a striking 1876 residence that has worn many hats in the town’s story. Built as a bridge keeper’s home, it later served as a post office, school, church, council chamber, and family dwelling before becoming a State Heritage–listed museum. Today, it remains one of the Rural City of Murray Bridge’s most cherished heritage attractions. But while