Black Spur closures
The Department of Transport has advised that the Maroondah Highway will close between Healesville and Narbethong, through the Black Spur, for four days of...
Remembering hawker Yokum
Before the days of motorised vehicles and shopping centres, people in country areas often depended on travelling salesman, or hawkers, for clothing and footwear,...
A knight in the forest
Warburton’s Redwood Forest was transformed into a medieval battleground of sword wielding knights as a short film project was filmed on the location last...
Driving for a cure
The fifth edition of FightMND's Daniher's Drive has exceeded all expectations by raising over $3.1 million towards the fight against Motor Neuron Disease (MND).
In...
The Round-up
School holiday robberies
Police arrested four people – two men and two women – at Lilydale Railway Station on 30 September over armed robbery.
They allege...
Sculptures tell Dreamtime story
Local Wurundjeri women Jacqui Wandin and Aunty Kim Wandin were shortlisted for the Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition.
The exhibition attracts a diversity of work from...
School set for big upgrade to Reptile Room
Lilydale High School is in the planning stage of constructing a new Zoology Learning Centre that will provide a huge boost to the school’s...
Australia Day awards open
Applications are now open for Yarra Ranges Council’s 2020 Australia Day Awards, and residents are encouraged to nominate people who regularly work to improve...
Businesses urged to prepare for plastic bag ban
Yarra Ranges businesses are being urged to prepare for the upcoming statewide plastic bag ban.
From 1 November, lightweight plastic bags with a thickness below...
Hay fire heroics
Many are aware of the hay fire incident last month where a truck transporting hay caught fire on the Maroondah Highway, but few know...
Fire evacuation exercise in Powelltown
Residents from Powelltown, Gilderoy and Three Bridges townships will be taking part in a bushfire evacuation exercise with emergency services that will help prepare...
The Round-up
Lock your car
Yarra Glen Police wishes to remind residents to lock their vehicles and to remove or conceal any important items after a spate...
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Daniel Sanders claims three consecutive stage wins in 2025 Dakar Rally
2025 marks new opportunities for us all and there might be no one embodying that more so far this ear than the Yarra Valley’s...
