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Our two sheds are at Federation Square and the Atira Apartments located at the top of the well known Elizabeth St roundabout. Our sheds offers a place to go to for those of us who have chosen to move in and enjoy the life style of inner city living, yet miss our old garden sheds. It is an opportunity to build friendships, get involved in community projects and share knowledge

Wine writer and historian Michael Hince takes a look at the history of wine in print in its various guises from the late 1950s to today, when on-line and social media has spawned a plethora of wine bloggers. 

This is a fascinating look at the genesis of Australia's modern wine industry through the eyes, words and pages of those who wrote and spoke about it.

If you have a nose for wine, enjoy an odd glass or two and like reading about wine and gastronomy, you will enjoy this entertaining glimpse into Australia's contemporary world of wine words.

Erina Reddan thought she’d had a pretty ordinary childhood, but when she started writing about a woman who discovers terrible secrets about The Sanctuary, a neighbouring closed community, she realised that she too had grown up in a kind of cult. She lived on an isolated farm in a religious community with rules about what you ate, and when, and she never met or interacted with anybody who wasn’t of the same faith. It wasn’t until decades later when the Royal Commission revealed that her nearby town was one of the hot spots for paedophilia in Victoria that she saw just how harmful giving a leader the authority of God was.