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Young performers on show
Exams are well behind most students but four Upper Yarra teenagers are about to put their work on display and face the music in a…
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Fatal crash in Castella
Police are investigating a single vehicle fatal crash in Castella last night (5 February). The 38-year-old male, and only occupant, died at the scene. It…
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Devil Matrix is grinning again
A Tasmanian devil has received world-first reconstructive surgery at Healesville Sanctuary’s wildlife hospital. Keepers recently noticed swelling on the ageing Matrix’s face. The veterinary team…
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Evening for wildlife
In April 2018 the Judith Eardley Save Wildlife Centre closed it’s Healesville doors after raising millions of dollars to protect wildlife in its 17 years…
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New heights for Yarra Glen art
Following the December call for entries, which have now closed, Yarra Glen Art Show Coordinator Bronwyn Ward said this years show is shaping up to…
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The worst conditions possible
Yarra Ranges Councillor Len Cox has served his community for 30 years, including six terms as mayor. “This was the time that has most been…
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Fire in the vines
Leanne De Bortoli has been involved in the family wine business “ever since I was knee-high to a grasshopper”. “When my husband and I first…
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Forged by fire
It was horrendous. Alone in my street, I saw neighbouring homes razed to the ground in minutes, among swirling showers of embers and thick, choking…
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Fire was inevitable
“Just like Hiroshima.” That’s how Ray Donkin described the plume of smoke he saw billowing over the hills behind his Buxton home on Black Saturday.…
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Time to heal
Lesley Porter fought back the flames that threatened her Chum Creek property on Black Saturday, saving her home and her treasured animals. “I sometimes question…
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Isolation brought communities closer
Toolangi community leader Steve Meacher reflects on how Black Saturday brought people closer together. During the Black Saturday fires and for several days afterwards, the…
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The heroes at the end of the line
It’s a call you hope you never have to make and the decision to dial triple-zero is usually one done out of desperation for help.…
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