Opinion
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Paid parking in Warburton for visitors from outside the Yarra Ranges
We know that parking is a significant issue in the region. Every long weekend, public holiday or just sunny Saturday, many of us experience the…
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A young adult novel about hope
Earlier this year, the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen was played at Art Centre Melbourne, featuring an all-new production design and direction delivered by Sydney…
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How teeth shape our lives
Teeth: In September 1924 James Joyce wrote in a letter to his patron Harriet Shaw Weaver: ‘My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my…
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CARTOON: Shop gone
Four businesses on main street of Healesville left the town. Crumbz has turned into an online shop since Monday 3 March, after 14 years of…
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Mining the Uncanny Valley
Snow White Starring Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap PG 3.75/5 Mining the Uncanny Valley The latest – and one of the better –…
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Catch talent on local stage
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Haunted: Aspiring playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic, agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word for three months, to the chagrin of his if…
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CARTOON: No cold water
It is hard to get cold water at this time of the year.
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Festival of books in Clunes
A book town, according to the International Organisation of Book Towns, is “a small rural town or village in which secondhand and antiquarian bookshops are…
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Soderbergh’s spy success
Black Bag Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender M 4/5 Black Bag is a taut, brilliantly-written espionage thriller from director Stephen Soderbergh. George (Michael Fassbender),…
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Mt Evelyn’s Flame Trees
The Illawarra Flame Tree or Currajong (Brachychiton acerifolius), on the west side of Wray Crescent, is an icon of Mt Evelyn. Believed to be over…
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Today’s plight and what we can do about it
Even without the disturbing images of the killing fields of overseas wars, local news can be equally unsettling. From extreme weather events to images of…
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Local entertainment
The 1812 Theatre The Thrill of Love A divorcee with a young chid to care for, Ruth works in the land of nightclubs where there’s…