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Tourism industry stalwart honoured for service to the Yarra Valley sector
The Yarra Ranges Tourism summit has honoured Peta Rolls for playing an instrumental part in the local industry for decades. Her achievement was recognised when…
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Declining lists of foster carers
A trend of declining foster carers has only been heightened by the pandemic, leaving organisations battling with high demand and short supply. Anchor CEO Heidi…
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Looking back at the local garden in honour of the Queen’s coronation
The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 70th Platinum Jubilee is an affair filled with much pomp and ceremony on the other side of the world in…
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Trees destroyed by vandals
Healesville residents have been disappointed to see a vandal has destroyed several trees on Smith Street. It’s believed up to eight trees were destroyed which…
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Driver injured following truck rollover
A man has received head injuries following a truck rollover in the Yarra Valley this morning. Victoria Police, CFA and Ambulance Victoria attended the incident…
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State Government introduces bill to help ratepayers
Yarra Valley ratepayers could be better offer during financial hardship as the State Government introduced new legislation designed to support Victorian property owners through fairer…
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A volunteering opportunity to be surrounded by art
Admiring artist’s work at the YAVA art gallery in Healesville is quite an enjoyable past time, but it’s also something highly embraced by volunteer gallery…
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Tourism industry comes together to discuss future trends and strategies
Tourism businesses have come together for the first Yarra Ranges Tourism industry summit since 2019 this week, bringing together some of the key tourism bodies…
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Storm support continued a year on
A year ago today, almost 200 properties in Yarra Ranges were damaged and more were uninhabitable following the storm that lashed the region on Wednesday…
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Warburton Water World making a splash with engineering
After being awarded the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia’s Engineering Excellence Award for its construction and design, the Warburton Water World’s development and opening…
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Households may soon feel the affects of a rate rise by 50 basis points
Yarra Valley home owners may soon feel the pinch with the Reserve Bank of Australia announcing an increase in interest rates. At a meeting on…
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Opportunity to learn about William Barak at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
Following the recent victory of two sales of William Barak’s artworks to be reunited with family and Country, learning more about the Wurundjeri Elder behind…