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Clear minds for CFA fundraiser
By Kath GannawayTHE Gawler Foundation is aiming to raise at least $10,000 for the local CFA with a special meditation workshop at Yarra Junction on…
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Ayla achieves aim
By Kath GannawayFOUR, three, two, one …. zero! Ayla De Rooy made up her mind she was going all the way with her head shave…
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Residents return
WARBURTON resident Mikey Schama took refuge at the Lilydale Relief Centre last Tuesday 3 March. By Monique EbringtonUPPER Yarra residents are returning to their homes,…
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Wildlife shelter to rise from ashes
Belinda Gales crouches where the animal nursery used to be, before it was destroyed by fire, at her Chum Creek wildlife shelter. By Monique EbringtonWILDLIFE…
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Beat the blaze
Kiff Saunders (left) and Nick Brau who with fellow employee John Stone, fought to save the shed housing hundreds of thousands of dollars in ballooning…
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Pony club saved
By Monique EbringtonYARRA Glen and District Pony Club was saved from being destroyed in the Black Saturday fires by the heroic efforts of passersby. When…
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Works begin
Yarra Ranges Shire Mayor Len Cox is helped by, from left: Federal Member for Casey Tony Smith, Museum of Lillydale Trust Chair Paulette Bisley and…
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US fire crewfinds sanctuary
John Schmechel from Sonora, California, Ross Pekinpah from North Fork, California, Megan Timoney from Eden, Utah, Eric Heyn (back) from Eureka, Montana, Jay Esperance from…
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Waiting out fire danger
By Monique EbringtonMANY Upper Yarra residents packed up what they could and took refuge at Lilydale last week as fire again threatened the Warburton Valley.…
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It’s all in the valley
By Kath Gannaway“IT’S years since I’ve been to…Warburton…Healesville…Yarra Glen!!!” This isn’t your international, interstate, or even bayside tourist speaking – it’s the locals, as we…
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Top award for De Bortoli
By Kath GannawayDE BORTOLI Wines in Dixons Creek have won the Best Tourism Winery award at the Australian National Tourism Awards. The award at any…
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