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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...
Bob was larger than life
By Derek Schlennstedt
Bob Armstrong was a person larger than life.
He was considered a renaissance man who spent his life devoted to the Wandin and...
Young people set to thrive
By Kath Gannaway
Healesville should, and could, be a place where young people thrive ... but, it’s a whole village vision.
A new and...
A farewell to a town icon
Former Healesville and Yarra Ranges councillor Di Moore is leaving Healesville, but not without an opportunity for the community she served for many years...
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Tune your wood heater for more heat and less smoke
EPA Victoria encourages everyone to avoid burning wood to heat their homes if they can, to reduce pollution and effects on people’s health.
If...
