By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Cover Story

Healing through helping others

Written by Kerrie Alexander A Hervey Bay mum who has endured the crippling loss of child is now fighting to make a difference in the lives of children and families facing the same adversity. The story of Amanda and Michael Christensen and their little superhero son “Captain Cooper” is beyond heart-breaking. Cooper was diagnosed with…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Community Connection

Celebrate you in the Flourish Garden

Written by Kerrie Alexander As women we tend to forget to stop and smell the roses! There’s no denying that women from all walks of life, simply get on with their lives, taking care of others, though not necessarily taking care of themselves. Ladies, how often do you take some time out for yourselves, without…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Lizzie learns to...

Lizzie learns to…
Make a Balloon Garland

Written by Lizzie Macaulay My job never stops being excellent. To learn this month that I was going to be learning how to make beautiful balloon arrangements, I couldn’t help but marvel at the incredible variety I experience for this column. (Just don’t ask me to skydive or play with spiders!) I’ve been aware of…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Home Grown

Classic fun for a cause

Written by Kerrie Alexander Gemma Lightbody had just turned 30 when she felt a lump in her breast that just didn’t feel right.The Hervey Bay resident and her husband Ben had already endured the loss of a child, major complications with their second pregnancy and their daughter Connie had been diagnosed with a rare heart…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Local Artist

Simple pleasures delight

Written by April Spadina Like most kids growing up in the countryside, Amanda Kratzmann was encouraged to explore the great outdoors. She learnt the ability to find joy in her surroundings, to love the simple pleasure of creating her own fun and to observe the changing landscape around her. These were the values she wanted…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022 Local Musician

Vibeke Voller

Have you always been musical? As a very young child I was fascinated by the grand piano in my grandparent’s home in Norway. I remember clambering onto the piano stool and exploring in amazement the sound of these black and white keys with tiny fumbling fingers! Growing up in Sydney I was always singing, and…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 5th April 202228th March 2022 Cover Story

Life beyond amputation

Written by Kerrie Alexander Sunny Spadina has always had a serious love of the outdoors – skate boarding, BMX and dirt bike riding, camping and hanging with his mates. Any mate would tell you that the vibrant young man’s smile and laugh are contagious and his zest for life is inspiring, qualities that are adored…

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 5th April 202228th March 2022 Lizzie learns to...

Lizzie learns to… Fly high

Written Lizzie Macaulay I’m afraid of heights. Irrationally so. I don’t even like to stand on chairs. I don’t know exactly what I think is going to go wrong, but my brain inevitably tells me something is going to happen. (It hasn’t so far, in 36 trips around the sun, for those keeping score) So…

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We are five women with a passion for Wide Bay storytelling Join us on a journey through the Wide Bay’s past, present and future through the stories of its people. A contemporary crossover of print and digital media, Alive Magazine Wide Bay is the first of its kind for the region. Each page has been…

The Alive Team

Now is your chance to get to know the Alive Mag Wide Bay team a little better. Five women who came together at the closing of one chapter to begin another… To keep telling the stories of the people and places of the Wide Bay. What you may not know about us? At one point…

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Healing through helping others

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Cover Story

Celebrate you in the Flourish Garden

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Community Connection

Lizzie learns to…
Make a Balloon Garland

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Lizzie learns to...

Classic fun for a cause

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Home Grown

Simple pleasures delight

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Local Artist

Vibeke Voller

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Local Musician

Inspiration for a refresh

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Home Projects

Written by Kim Harris Happy Mother’s Day to all you gorgeous Mumma’s! A day to honour the seemingly endless kindness, compassion, endurance and love that Mum’s supply. A common theme on social media each Mothers’ Day is Mum’s getting breakfast in bed accompanied by beaming offspring. Mumma looks tired – but appreciates the moment so…

Keeping cosy

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Fashion Breakdown

Written by Kate Manley This whole issue is a celebration of the gift of Mothers everywhere so we certainly don’t need to keep a secret about honouring the all the things our mothers mean to us. As Mother’s Day approaches, it can often bring about mixed emotions. For some, it reminds them of the loss…

The Mamas of Dunga

By: alivemagazinefrasercoast 4th May 202228th April 2022

Dunga Derby

Written by Kerrie Alexander Imagine being Mama to 250 for a four-day weekend! That’s many breakfasts, lunches, hats and water bottles. That’s hundreds to get through showers, loo breaks, morning teas and muster to bed on time! Now imagine those 250 people are fully grown adults, and you’re in the countryside, in the cold, in…