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Mushroom foraging for beginners
A Badger Creek resident is celebrating the release of her new book, a beginners guide to mushroom foraging. Doris Pozzi released ‘Wild Mushrooms – A…
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A sign of the times
If you have travelled through Healesville on the Maroondah Highway over the past few months, you would have noticed a nice sign wishing a ‘thank…
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Music festival goes online
A free live stream concert series is coming for Yarra Ranges music lovers who are missing the live music scene. Healesville Music Festival, in partnership…
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Community anger at speed changes
More calls have come for speed limit changes along the Maroondah Highway to be scrapped until further community consultation takes place. Earlier this year, VicRoads…
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Calls for logging legislation clarity
Timber industry associations are seeking more clarity around native timber harvesting legislation following a recent VicForests court case. On 27 May, the Federal Court found…
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New hospitality centre up and running
Aspiring master chefs at Cire Community School’s Yarra Junction campus are cooking up a storm with the opening of a new hospitality training centre. Non-for-profit…
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Truck rollover
The Melba Highway, Yarra Glen is closed to traffic in both directions between Healesville-Yarra Glen Road and MacIntyre Lane following a truck rollover. Motorists are…
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Yarra Valley’s gin heading to Sydney
Healesville’s Four Pillars is heading to Sydney as the world class gin producer plans to open at a new location. The new Four Pillars will…
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Popular sites to close once again
Parks Victoria will close the 1000 Steps and Redwood Forest for over two weeks due to physical distancing concerns. From 5 June until 11.59pm on…
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Less rain came our way in May
Despite a wet end to the month, monthly rainfall in the region was lower than last year according to Healesville’s Alma Mitchell. Ms Mitchell recorded…
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Jobs on the way
Yarra Ranges Council will be hiring more than 160 support workers impacted by Covid-19, thanks to the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria initiative. Council was…
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A step up in mental health
A new mental health service, Steps Outer East, will cater for people in Maroondah, Knox and Yarra Ranges. The new service is funded by Eastern…
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