News
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Be aware of diabetes
By Derek Schlennstedt In the lead-up to National Diabetes Week, Eastern Health is urging people with or at risk of developing diabetes to seek professional…
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Roast with all the trimmings
By Kath Gannaway There’s no downside to sitting down to a sumptuous roast dinner with family and friends on a cold winter’s day in July.…
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The sound of liberty
By Derek Schlennstedt On Friday, the Liberty Family Church in Healesville will be filled with the voices of Ugandan children. The 10-person children’s choir is…
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Crap cars take it to the limit
By Derek Schlennstedt Like an episode of bush mechanics, The 2017 Shitbox Rally mixed cheap cars, isolated bumpy roads and of course various unorthodox techniques…
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Emergency slow down rule slapped
By Wendy Williamson and Kath Gannaway Local emergency services workers are eagerly anticipating the introduction of a new Victorian road rule aimed at keeping them…
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Committee to review CFA Bill
By Derek Schlennstedt The State Labor Government’s controversial CFA Bill that would see Victoria’s fire services split in two, has stalled in the Upper House…
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Winter solstice a major drawcard
WHYLD Community Group hosted its third annual winter warming on Sunday 18 June, bringing local residents out for an afternoon of heart-warming activities to celebrate…
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Seats of culture
By Derek Schlennstedt Healesville’s connection to Indigenous culture and the natural environment has been immortalised in sculpture seats that were installed across the town earlier…
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Bags keep on coming back
By Derek Schlennstedt They’ll be sewing in the street on 1 July. Members of Plastic Bag Free Healesville have taken to sewing machines over the…
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The doctor is in (the school)
By Wendy Williamson Smart new consulting rooms opened at Upper Yarra Secondary College on Monday 19 June, as the Yarra Junction school became one of…
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Honeyeaters and Governor
By Derek Schlennstedt At Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve the sounds of helmeted honeyeaters echo through the eucalypts, and in among the bush Macclesfield Primary School…
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Woody’s World is wild
By Derek Schlennstedt Imagine a teddy bears’ picnic at Woodstock, hosted by the Muppets and Dr Seuss – welcome to Woody’s World – now you…
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