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A sense of foreboding
By FORMER MAIL CHIEF OF STAFF NARELLE COULTER SATURDAY 7 February, 2009 had a terrible foreboding about it even before the temperature started to climb…
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That Surreal Sunday
By FORMER MAIL EDITOR GARRY HOWE IT IS not so much Black Saturday that remains etched in the memory, more Surreal Sunday and the days…
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Stories stood test of time
By KATH GANNAWAY AMONG THE hundreds of stories I’ve done over the past five years, the CFA series talking to the 17 brigades in our…
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Fire through the eyes of a teen
By JESSE GRAHAM I was 16 when Black Saturday happened. I remember the day clearly and vividly, though it wasn’t until later in the day…
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Five years on, it still burns
By EDITOR MELISSA MEEHAN IT’S hard to believe it was five years ago. Black Saturday will forever be planted deeply in my memory. Not just…
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Alternative animals focus of show
AN ALTERNATIVE farming experience is available for community members, with technology, cattle and seminars on offer for farm-folk at an annual exposition. The Seymour Alternative…
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Revving to go
TARRAWARRA Estate had an unlikely visitor this morning, as a two-seater Formula 1 car drove in past the vineyards as the sun rose. The car,…
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Winds still a reminder
By JESSE GRAHAM FIVE years after a fire-storm tore its way through the area, Malcolm Calder is very aware of the capabilities of the area…
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A town, lives slowly rebuilt
By KATH GANNAWAY CASTING his mind back to the day he and other residents were allowed back into Marysville, Ray Mahoney recalls his first thoughts…
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Fun day draws old mates
MORE than 100 players descended on the Warburton Golf Club for a very successful Australia Day weekend fun-comp – many previous members returning to renew…
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Garden cash flows
By JESSE GRAHAM GARDENS in the Upper Yarra area are set to benefit after a community group pledged to give away hundreds of dollars to…
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Mob finds its voice
By KATH GANNAWAY THE stage is set for VoiceMob 2014. VoiceMob leaders completed rehearsals last week for the 34 public workshops that will culminate in…