The accidental author
Melanie Harris-Brady barely escaped the Kinglake fires on Black Saturday and didn’t talk about it for nine and a half years.
Then, for reasons she...
Let there be lights
A $20 million project will bring two sets of traffic lights to Coldstream and duplicate part of the Maroondah Highway.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced...
Disaster brought out our best
CFA firefighter and photographer Keith Pakenham has been reflecting on the 2009 bushfires - not just Black Saturday.
Fires were already burning at Churchill and...
Closing the gap
Closing the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is a key priority for Eastern Health and on Sunday 3 March it’s annual sports...
A happy place to be
On the 10th of March 2009 at the Yarra Centre,13 people played the first games of the Yarra Junction Keenagers Table Tennis Group, but...
Solar savings for ECOSS
Yarra Valley ECOSS is getting a $20,000 grant to install solar power.
The Wesburn centre is the latest recipient of Powershop’s Your Community Energy initiative.
Its...
Front-row to trauma
I was a 20-year-old cadet for the Mail’s sister paper, the Pakenham Gazette, when I found myself in Healesville on 8 February 2009 covering...
Cut chronic stress to heal
Chronic stress is a major factor that inhibits the body’s natural ability to repair and self-heal.
All chronic illness is affected to some degree by...
Sandra’s final chapter
Sandra Hamnett was just after some job interview practice when she applied to work at Yarra Junction Library 35 years ago.
“I hadn't gone for...
Clean and green ink
While government and business leaders dither on sustainability, Lilly Parker has put her principles first and taken action by opening a carbon neutral tattoo...
Grace period over
Children’s safety when being picked up and dropped off at school is everyone’s responsibility, says Yarra Ranges Council.
Primary and secondary students across the shire...
Crank Up returns
One of the major historical events on the Yarra Valley calendar, Crank Up, is set to return on the weekend of 6-7 April, at...
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Saving the natural world – one life at a time
The stats are in from one of Australia’s biggest native wildlife hospitals with Healesville Sanctuary treating 2091 patients in past financial year and experiencing...
