It had become a routine—Nelson sitting on the first-floor balcony of his house in Kalasa, gazing over his coffee plantation as dusk settled. His house stood in isolation, with no neighbours nearby.

Team Hawkes' ultra-consistent four-year-old, Briasa, was back in winning form second-up scoring a narrow elite level win in the 2025 TJ Smith Stakes results on Day 1 of The Championships in Sydney.

First City Toastmasters, which has been guiding locals in becoming confident communicators for nearly 40 years, held its ...