News
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One stop community
By Kath Gannaway Name one place where you can check out your local history, get behind the wheel of a billy cart, have a shot…
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Plea to save platypus
By Derek Schlennstedt A platypus has drowned after it became trapped in an opera house net in the Wandin-Yallock Creek and was found by a…
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$4M tank upgrade for Healesville
By Kath Gannaway Yarra Valley Water will spend $4million on a major upgrade of the Cornish Hill Reservoir water storage tank in Mt Riddell Road,…
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Raining cats and dogs
By Derek Schlennstedt A pet for Christmas is often a popular choice, though as they become bigger and harder to control their appeal suddenly begins…
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Stop, Revive, Survive
By Kath Gannaway Healesville SES’s Driver Reviver van has been a welcome and familiar sight over the years for drivers coming home over the Black…
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Op Shops not defacto tips
By Kath Gannaway Volunteers at Healesville opportunity shops have returned from their Christmas break to piles of rubbish on their doorsteps. Dumped in the guise…
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Action aplenty at rodeo
By Peter Douglas The Yarra Valley Rodeo was back to its bucking best at the Healesville Racecourse over the weekend, with another huge turnout supporting…
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Tourism boost a golden chance
By Peter Douglas The Yarra River alongside Warburton has the potential to become a tourism gold mine, quite literally, according to a long-time prospector. President…
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Representatives support 26 January
By Peter Douglas, Derek Schlennstedt Australia Day is more likely than not to remain on 26 January, if the Yarra Ranges’ state and federal representatives…
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Deadly nets not on
Setting ‘opera house’ nets to catch yabbies is not only inhumane, it may be illegal, with hefty penalties attached. The Department of Environment, Land, Water…
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2017 revisited
By Kath Gannaway 2017 … it’s done and dusted now, but on reflection it was far from uneventful as the pages of the Mail recorded.…
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People Power pays off
By Kath Gannaway 2017 was the year that ‘People Power’ paid off. In Warburton and in Healesville, community members reaped the benefits of actively railing…