News
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Keep the valley fruit fly-free
Yarra Valley residents with fruit trees should be on the lookout for the Queensland fruit fly (QFF) over spring, to help prevent its spread into…
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More than a meal
Eight young volunteers living with a disability have been recognised in the Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions Awards. While in the program, the team would shop,…
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Hear the history
The first European settler at Dixons Creek, John Dickson, is the subject of a Yarra Glen and District Historical Society presentation. Local historian Irene Kearsley…
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40,000 breakfasts and counting
Every Wednesday about 100 students at Healesville High start their day with a healthy breakfast, thanks to dedicated staff and volunteers. “The only cost to…
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Guy offers support to Yarra Valley strawberry farmers
State Opposition Leader Matthew Guy offered his support to Yarra Valley strawberry farmers and pledged a bi-partisan approach to the crisis facing the industry. “I…
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Two years closed
Badger Weir Picnic Ground is still closed awaiting repairs, two years after storms tore through the site. Eildon MP Cindy McLeish put forward fresh questions…
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Valley strawberry growers brace for backlash
Strawberries are in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment but there is a simple message from two of the Yarra Valley’s…
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Cheers for solar savers
Healesville’s Four Pillars Distillery will become the first business to take advantage of the new Environmental Upgrade Agreement program from Yarra Ranges Council. “There are…
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Cubby house connection
Yering Primary School students are enjoying their new cubby house, thanks to a blending of student manpower and expertise from the Yarra Glen and District…
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Sea of red to launch over-50s festival
Most over-50s will remember the Beatles song, Magical Mystery Tour, so it’s a fitting theme for the launch of this year’s Yarra Ranges Over Fifties…
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The Round-up
Arrest over servo raid Police arrested a 27-year-old Cockatoo man over a break-in at a Woori Yallock petrol station. Yarra Ranges CIU detectives allege he…
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A cut above
Millgrove’s Brett Robin has 10 toes, and that’s an impressive feat considering he’s spent more than 13 years competitively chopping wood wearing Dunlop Volleys. What’s…