MELBOURNE - Way back in 1959, a young and adventurous man from the Croatian coastal city of Zadar arrived in Australia with a strong work ethic and an equally passionate love for football - the round ball variety, that is.

MELBOURNE - Dust off the golf clubs and get ready for the 3rd annual Jakob's Golf Day, to be held on Monday 17th March 2008 at Heidelberg Golf Club in Lower Plenty, Melbourne.

GEELONG - As is the case every year, Geelong's Croatian community came out in force and injected its own unique brand of colour and vibrancy to the ever popular Pako Festa last Saturday.

GEELONG - Tanja Radojevic is just one of several thousand members of Geelong's Croatian community in Geelong, an ethnic community which is highly respected in Victoria's second largest city.

MELBOURNE - For the first time in more than 28 years, there will be no Croatian language classes running at the Victorian School of Languages campus at University High in Melbourne.