THE combination of travel and work is usually a pipe dream for most of us, but it’s a day-to-day reality for technical coordinator Jasper Montana and production coordinator Andrea Jones, who worked on the new BBC documentary series Human Planet, shown recently in Australia on ABC1. Lieu Pham reports.

Comedian Hung Le and actor, dancer, singer and writer, Ningali Lawford-Wolf talk about Black and Tran, which is based on their experiences of cultural misunderstanding and racial discrimination.

An ideas feast

Chandra Jayasuriya, the University’s Cartographer, based in the Department of Resource Management and Geography, traces the path from pen and ink to computer imaging in her craft which she has practised for more than twenty years at the University.

Melbourne’s second Festival of Ideas will be a gift to the people of Melbourne, that builds a bridge between the University and the wider community as scholars, artists and writers consider the pursuit of identity through landscape, history and genetics. Shane Cahill reports.

With the help of a University of Melbourne Dreamlarge Grant, two students have started Crêpes á la carte, an on-campus crêperie. Zoe Nikakis meets the business partners… and samples the product.