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IN FOCUS: Help is on hand for NDIS support

Macedon Ranges Health (MRH) proudly provides high-quality care and support to people living with disability and delivers a range of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports.

IN FOCUS: Playtime, experts in exhausts

The story behind the career of Trevor Hill, owner of Playtime Auto Parts in Sunbury, is about discovering a talent early and having the initiative to make the best of it.

IN FOCUS: Top times brewing in Gladstone Park

Built in 1977, the Gladstone Park Hotel is being revamped, with its new look expected to be unveiled in the spring.

IN FOCUS: Mambourin brings more choice to Sunbury

Mambourin is in the business of connecting people to opportunities and supporting them to achieve what they want out of life. In fact, it’s been supporting people with disabilities for more than 40 years.

IN FOCUS: Sunbury gym is all about soul train

Big commercial gyms can often seem soulless. Sure, they may have all the bells and whistles, but it can be all too easy to feel lost in the crowd. Powerhouse Gym is certainly big, but the Sunbury operation has heaps of soul.

IN FOCUS: Sleep easy – they’ve got you covered

DreamZzz Luxury Bedding has been making sleep-time comfortable for nearly 15 years, its longevity attributed by owner Sue Glavan to top-quality Australian-made products and old-school standards of customer service.

IN FOCUS: Alchemist mixes up a winning formula

As a working artist and with years of experience in the framing trade, Bonnie Hanlon, owner of The Alchemist Artists Supply Store in Sunbury, knows a thing or two about presenting artwork with finesse and technical skill, as well as all things art supplies.

A Sunbury cafe that’s glad to be mad

If you’re the type who likes your coffee and muffin with a side serve of quirky, Mishie Madhatter Cafe in Sunbury is your kind...

IN FOCUS: Local solutions for the NDIS

Sunbury Community Health provides a range of services that respond to the needs of Sunbury and surrounding communities.

IN FOCUS: Wyndham Park PS – A learning community

Actively upholding the values expressed in the school’s motto, “Aspire Learn Achieve”, has enabled Wyndham Park Primary School to grow enrolments to approximately 400 students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds since 2011. Principal Laban Toose believes the students thrive on the school’s values of respect, responsibility and safety.

IN FOCUS: A matter of love and learning

Laura Hansen is a paediatric speech pathologist who has children making snails and planting flowers in pots they’ve decorated themselves. It’s all part of her fun-focused multi-sensory approach to helping children reach successful speech outcomes.

IN FOCUS: Thi’s crew makes Sunbury smile

It’s not just her outstanding skills that have put the founder of Lotus Smiles Dental on the map. Dr Thi Nguyen, who celebrates the first birthday of her Sunbury clinic last month, is equally well known for her infectious smiles, her gentle approach and her voluntary work in the community.

IN FOCUS: Sunbury’s health is in good hands

Sunbury Community Health, a not-for-profit community health organisation, provides a range of services that respond to the needs of Sunbury and surrounding communities. For more...

IN FOCUS: Sunbury’s home of care and beauty

Terry White Chemmart Sunbury is a new name – but nothing has changed with the same focus on care and health advice, something the team has prided itself on for decades.

IN FOCUS: Sunbury joins the Mambourin family

Mambourin, one of the biggest disability service providers in Melbourne's north-west, will officially open its latest community hub this month - at Brook Street, Sunbury. It will be the organisation's first Hume branch.

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