Elsa Silberstein

Neysa King has just completed her graduate nursing year at 70 years old.

Restless with retirement, former corporate high-flyer Nesya King didn’t want to “wait for God”. She was drawn back to her first career — nursing — and 30 years out of the game, she returned to university to become qualified.

It should be Islam’s “month of happiness” but as the Israel-Gaza war continues, Imam Ahmad Aboukhadra doesn’t feel the joy of Ramadan he once did.

The town has made news for crime and violence in recent times, but there is cause for celebration as Alice Springs hosts its “beautiful culture” at the annual Parrtjima festival.

Jodi Rodgers has made a name on screen as the empathetic counsellor for people with autism in "Love On The Spectrum". 

With a few contracts here and there but mainly run out of his own pocket, station man Damien Kunoth believes in tough love when teaching young Indigenous men how to work on the land in his All Rounder program.

Inside a tiny community hall in Alice Springs, there's an appetite for frank and open talk between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal locals.

Patrolling the streets at night in Alice Springs is hard work.

Young men are bragging about flying without entertainment in an online display of toughness in the digital age.

Having a family pet sitting pretty in your own backyard is a simple pleasure.