Committee to review CFA Bill
By Derek Schlennstedt
The State Labor Government’s controversial CFA Bill that would see Victoria’s fire services split in two, has stalled in the Upper House...
Winter solstice a major drawcard
WHYLD Community Group hosted its third annual winter warming on Sunday 18 June, bringing local residents out for an afternoon of heart-warming activities to...
Seats of culture
By Derek Schlennstedt
Healesville’s connection to Indigenous culture and the natural environment has been immortalised in sculpture seats that were installed across the town earlier...
Bags keep on coming back
By Derek Schlennstedt
They’ll be sewing in the street on 1 July.
Members of Plastic Bag Free Healesville have taken to sewing machines over the past...
The doctor is in (the school)
By Wendy Williamson
Smart new consulting rooms opened at Upper Yarra Secondary College on Monday 19 June, as the Yarra Junction school became one of...
Honeyeaters and Governor
By Derek Schlennstedt
At Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve the sounds of helmeted honeyeaters echo through the eucalypts, and in among the bush Macclesfield Primary School...
Women step up to the palette
By Kath Gannaway
Only five per cent of artists hanging in permanent galleries worldwide are women.
That’s a statistic that was too challenging to ignore, and...
Woody’s World is wild
By Derek Schlennstedt
Imagine a teddy bears' picnic at Woodstock, hosted by the Muppets and Dr Seuss - welcome to Woody’s World - now you...
No winter cheer here
By Derek Schlennstedt
Winter - the perfect time to rug up, turn the heating on and hibernate indoors.
For the majority this is the way...
Bach to the bush
By Wendy Williamson
Classical music lovers along the route of cellist Anthony Albrecht’s ‘Bach to Bush’ tour are in for a treat.
The mellifluous tones of...
SES rules, OK?
By Wendy Williamson
Local emergency services workers are eagerly anticipating the introduction of a new Victorian road rule aimed at keeping them safe.
From 1 July,...
Four teens to face armed robbery charges
By Derek Schlennstedt
Police arrested four teenagers in Healesville this morning following an alleged armed robbery in Elwood.
The incident occurred at a service station on...
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St Brigid’s students provided extra hands to help out community
St Brigid’s Primary School students had a busy day helping a local charity organisation prepare its Christmas hampers.
Grade 6 students visited Darron Honey...
