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Every child can fly
Since 2007, hundreds of pilots from aero clubs across the country take to the sky to give sick and underprivileged children the ride of a…
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Art meets wine at Yering
There is much to be admired in the work of skilled artisans and the Yarra Valley certainly has more than its share of artists of…
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Warby cops moving in
The new Warburton Police Station will be officially opened by Northern Victoria MLC, Jaclyn Symes, on Monday 29 October at 12pm. The station is built…
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1000th toast
In 1971 when Yarra Valley Toastmasters started, the international movement was strictly a men only organisation. In 1975 the local chapter became the first Toastmasters…
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10,000Kms & 3,128 suicides
Ten thousand steps a day is the magic number on most people’s pedometer. Spare a thought for Liane and Tony Drummond who have been walking…
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Workers hut now an archive
The Upper Yarra Museum needed somewhere to store their fragile pieces and the Brown family had an original Worker’s Hut they needed to move. In…
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Homemade trap claims platypus and water rat.
Melbourne Water is reminding the community of the dangers of using homemade enclosed yabby traps in waterways following the death of a platypus in Millgrove.…
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Grow free at Woori Primary
Woori Yallock Primary School has a new community initiative, a Grow Free Cart, where everything is FREE! Assistant Principal, Flick Curnow said that the project…
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Cire reaches out to Bali
Yarra Ranges community organisation, Cire Services, has extended its reach northwards to Bali, thanks to the efforts of Heather Dryden of Yarra Junction. Heather works…
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A call to arms
It was at a meeting in 2012 where 100 residents met at the Memo in Healesville and resoundingly swore to save Healesville Hospital from demise.…
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Oktoberfest in the Yarra Valley
The Yarra Valley’s Oktoberfest was a rallying point for many locals to carouse with friends from afar. With a variety of food trucks, German entertainment,…
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All aboard the spooktacular
It’s nearly time to dust off those frightening costumes, harvest the pumpkins, top up on witches brew and head for Healesville Station. The Halloween Ghost…
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