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Personalised calendar options: recipient's name on the cover, start month, first day of the week, language and custom events like birthdays

Beyond names, languages and start months: six less obvious reasons a personalised calendar beats one printed by the thousand.

Personalised vs Bulk-Printed Calendars: 6 Advan...

Beyond names, languages and start months: six less obvious reasons a personalised calendar beats one printed by the thousand.

Cape Schanck Lighthouse on the clifftop above Bass Strait, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria

Why Victoria's lighthouses were built, why they still mean so much, and the clifftop walk out to Cape Schanck, one of my favourite lighthouses to photograph.

Victoria's Lighthouses: History, Meaning, and C...

Why Victoria's lighthouses were built, why they still mean so much, and the clifftop walk out to Cape Schanck, one of my favourite lighthouses to photograph.

Lexi the Cavoodle (Cavapoo), a curly brown family dog, playing with a tennis ball on green grass – dog photography by Istvan Maar

The first post in my new dog breed series: the history and character of the Cavoodle, told through a photo session with Lexi.

Meet Lexi: The Cavoodle, Australia's Favourite ...

The first post in my new dog breed series: the history and character of the Cavoodle, told through a photo session with Lexi.

Australian raven with its pale eye walking across grass, photographed for Istvan Maar Photography's bird calendar series

Just a black bird? Spend a year photographing Australian ravens at Jells Park and you'll find hidden blues and purples, sharp intelligence and real personality.

Australian Raven: The Bird Everyone Underestimates

Just a black bird? Spend a year photographing Australian ravens at Jells Park and you'll find hidden blues and purples, sharp intelligence and real personality.

Lotus flowers and water lilies on the ponds at the Blue Lotus Water Garden, Yarra Junction, Yarra Valley

Fourteen acres of lotus flowers and water lilies, an hour from Melbourne. When to visit the Blue Lotus Water Garden in Yarra Junction, and why early morning is best for...

My Favourite Places: The Blue Lotus Water Garde...

Fourteen acres of lotus flowers and water lilies, an hour from Melbourne. When to visit the Blue Lotus Water Garden in Yarra Junction, and why early morning is best for...

Australian white ibis, also known as the bin chicken – Australian bird photography by Istvan Maar

Mocked, misunderstood and secretly elegant. Where to see hundreds of Australian white ibis at Jells Park, and why the bin chicken deserves a second look.

The Bin Chicken: Australia's Most Underrated (a...

Mocked, misunderstood and secretly elegant. Where to see hundreds of Australian white ibis at Jells Park, and why the bin chicken deserves a second look.