Tag: News
Making a big mOVe
By Kath Gannaway
Young music students from across the Yarra Ranges have performed with musicians from Orchestra Victoria in a spectacular symphony concert in Healesville.
The...
Digitised identity services on offer
Warburton post office is one of over 120 post offices to have received a digital upgrade as Australia Post rolls out a new set...
Last word on wines
By Derek Schlennstedt
When it comes to choosing a wine to accompany your meal, there’s only one book that can help decipher the riddle, and...
Giraffe with a message
By Derek Schlennstedt
Harold the giraffe visited Woori Yallock on 4 August, to the many screams of adoring students and teachers.
Woori Yallock Primary School also...
Fischer speaks for vets
By Kath Gannaway
Vietnam veteran Tim Fischer AC will be guest speaker at the 2017 Vietnam Veterans Day commemoration at Warburton on Sunday, 13 August.
Mr...
Call out for performers
By Kath Gannaway
It’s been a long, cold winter and the antidote could very well be music and laughter.
A free community-building event Soul, Song, Speak,...
Nine face court over tattoo shop fires
By Kath Gannaway
Nine men have faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this week charged with trespass and arson in relation to fires that destroyed tattoo shops...
Boinga remains
By Kath Gannaway
Yarra Ranges Council has refuted claims on social media that a demolition order has been put on Bob Prudhoe’s famous Warburton Sculpture...
Grassroots issues shape policy
By Peter Douglas
Yarra Valley community leaders enjoyed the chance to provide input on the policy direction of the Victorian Opposition on Monday 31 July.
With...
Wind couldn’t dampen festive spirit
By Kath Gannaway
Warburton’s River of Light Winter Festival was a wonderful success on Saturday 29 July, despite a blast from Mother Nature!
“We were so...
Enterprise boss loss mourned
By Kath Gannaway
The sudden death of Upper Yarra Community Enterprise Ltd chairman Peter Kimberley has come as a terrible blow to his family, many...
Eucalyptus seeds in the snow
Winter, and a bit of snow cover has provided a key for reseeding of some of the more hardy species in harvested coupes across...