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Man kills kangaroo in “shocking” video
Disturbing video footage showing a man running over and killing a kangaroo with a tractor has circulated online. Footage was posted to the Yarra Valley…
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State’s busiest SES volunteers
At Lilydale SES’s Monday training nights, the volunteers in their orange overalls just kept piling in. But with the Lilydale unit currently listed as the…
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Saved by smoke detector
A Wandin North family’s escape from a house fire on Easter Monday has prompted calls from fire and rescue services for Victorians to install interconnected…
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Honeyeater in song
An award winning composer has created a theatrical musical piece about the Helmeted Honeyeater titled, Songs from the Box and Swamp. Jane Hammond aims to…
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Healesville’s fuel the highest in Melbourne
Healesville residents are being slugged with the highest fuel prices across Melbourne and it could be costing locals hundreds of dollars a year according to…
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“Unacceptable“ ambulance response times
The latest Ambulance Victoria response time data reveals a worrying trend for Yarra Ranges residents as ambulances are taking longer to reach patients in need.…
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Culture for Life
Healesville Primary School’s Culture for Life program has been acknowledged as a HART Award finalist for 2021. The HART Awards recognise local Victorian initiatives and…
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Council releases Covid recovery budget
Yarra Ranges Council released a draft for the latest budget on Tuesday 11 May, which comes with a “strong focus” on the community recovery from…
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Slow Moving Waters
The TarraWarra Biennial 2021 exhibition features 25 artists from across the country making new works that explore ideas of slowness, deceleration, drift and the elasticity…
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Volunteer work recognised
A longtime HICCI volunteer has been recognised for her community work. Healesville resident Helen Findlay has been volunteering for welfare organisation Healesville Inter-church Community Care…
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Healesville business targeted
A Helaesville business has been targeted by thieves who set off with thousands of dollars worth of stock in a robbery on the morning of…
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Wild at Heart
A French author has published a book on her solo journey along the 5330 kilometre Bicentennial National Trail from Healesville to Cooktown, Queensland. In November…