Jane CLIFTON

Yes, even in Paris one can get homesick. After two years working in one of the world’s most beautiful cities, for a French multinational, Jane was ready to come home. Melbourne born and educated and having trained as a chef, her career took various detours before ending up in Human Resources. She transitioned from a […]

John HAYDEN

When children grow up and go to live in interesting locations, a perfect opportunity is created for parents to visit them and see places they may never have otherwise. Take John and Paula’s youngest son as an example. As a lawyer he has lived in Addis Ababa, The Hague, Israel, China and the US. Their […]

Heather and Tony ELDER

Here’s some history for you. Tony’s great grandfather, Edward Lascelles built Waverley (now known as Waverley House). Edward’s daughters included Hilda and Cicely Lascelles, the names most of us associate with the property. Their sister, Audrey Steuart, was Tony’s grandmother. Audrey lived in Barwon Heads so Tony’s first visits to Lorne were to visit his […]

David BERÇOT

It’s hard to find a starting point for this story so I’ll begin in 2006 because that’s ‘when David met Kelly’. David had arrived from France in 2005, immediately after the European ski season, to work our winter as a ski instructor and improve his English. He had recently graduated with a degree in business […]

Georgina JEFFRIES

Next door to the new look Riverbank Café, you will find Georgina Jeffries has set up her Interior Architecture and Design business. From the moment you walk in you know there is a professional in the background here; the four years she spent qualifying (with honours) at RMIT sticks out a mile. However when she […]

Josh CROSBIE

At the ripe old age of 30, Josh decided on a tree change and moved his family and Architecture/ Project Management practice from Geelong to Kennett River and then a few years later, to Lorne. After graduating from Deakin University he says he was fortunate to start his career in Melbourne at the ‘pointy end’, […]

Wendy and Peter TREBILCOCK

Wendy and Peter had been managing Caravan Parks for five years before they saw an advertisement for an assistant manager at The Lorne Foreshore Caravan Park. Their application was successful and they moved to Lorne last year in mid-October. Little did they know that the Wye River/ Separation Creek fire would be on their agenda […]

Mick CROOKSHANKS

Mick says his career in hospitality probably began at age 15, washing dishes as a part time kitchen hand. Now assistant manager of The Grand Pacific, it is clear much has happened in between. He grew up and went to school in Melbourne. His first job was in an Essendon restaurant; the next was at […]

Lynette CLUCAS

Lynette moved from Melbourne to finish her last 2 years of high school in Geelong. She thought about becoming a teacher, before as she puts it, she ‘was distracted’ and studied nursing at Geelong Hospital instead. After graduation she became friends with a nursing student, whom she later realised had been in her English class […]

Don TYRER

Don and his wife Helen moved to Lorne 20 years ago after losing their house at Aireys Inlet in the 1983 bush fires where they had been for 17 years. Don, a teacher, held a range of appointments within the Department of Education including four years as the Regional Director of the Barwon, South West […]