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Millgrove’s spectacular lighting event on again in 2025

Millgrove is going to be lit up again for a unique lighting event combined with theatrical and music performances on Saturday 12 April. Last years...

Planned burn one kilometre east of McMahon’s Creek to be ignited anytime in the next 24 hours

Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) and Country Fire Authority (CFA) advise that the McMahons Creek - Road 1 planned burn, located at 1km E...

Could CCTV have caught war memorial vandals?

The damage done to the Seville War Memorial could have been caught on CCTV if a promised camera had been installed. Cameras were pledged for...

Horse Talk

Michelle Jordon takes top score in the woman’s at Warburton Golf Club

The V.V.V's: On this lovely Monday, Michelle Jordon had a fine result. Her 15 points was enough to win on a countback, from Merilyn...

Millgrove-based Justin Paull snatches win in Compact Speedcar race

Millgrove welcomed home two winners from the Alexandra Speedway on 22 March, with Justin Paull winning the Compact Speedcars final and his nephew Jai...

Round Seven of the Eastern 55 Senior Pennant at Churchill-Waverley Golf Club

The Last chance saloon was open, Titleist’s and Callaway’s were at the ready. Check the target, take aim and swing. That’s the theory. Of...

Pointon retains national title, athletes rack up PBs at season’s end

The 2024-25 Track and Field season is nearing the end but this does not mean our Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes stop chasing PBs. Thursday night,...

Grand Final Day – A Battle Still to Be Decided

It was grand final day for Wandin's first XI, taking on Ainslie Park, and with the season on the line, the team was ready...

Horse Talk

Wow, what a weekend of extremes, fire on Saturday, flash flooding on Sunday. Weather caused some cancellations due to the heat rule on Saturday,...

Exhibition for interaction

Yering Station is hosting an exhibition to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Yarra Valley sculptor’s death.  INTERACTION, an exhibition of artworks created by Ernst...

Highland Games reach international heights as festival approaches

An exploration of Highland and Celtic culture will return to Croydon next month with a festival celebrated by people journeying from far and wide. The...

Toasting contemporary Melba in exhibition

The culmination of two years worth of work to bring a contemporary view of famed opera singer Dame Nellie Melba to the Yarra Ranges...

Healing through art

Underneath my Umbrella has launched 'Black and White' an exhibition series bringing family violence, the lived experiences of survivors and the journey they go...

Recently formed Yarra Ranges based theatre company

A new theatre company wants to provide a production opportunity to people in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. Hills Act Theatre Company was...

Freedom and discovery flows through Jamie Saxe exhibition

Experimenting with paints, colour and texture has led Olinda-based artist Jamie Saxe on a discovery of being in a flow state. It was that...

MLMC students encouraged to be the difference

Mount Lilydale Mercy College (MLMC) has a proud history of shaping and enriching young lives in a nurturing environment. From its beginnings, MLMC has...

Turn to Treadworx Lilydale

Located in the heart of Lilydale, Treadworx is a family-owned business that’s been delivering top-quality tyre, wheel, and suspension services for over 6 years....

Laugh for a Cause: Supporting Body Positivity with BOWL’s Comedy FUNdraiser

Body of Wellbeing Ltd (BOWL) is bringing laughter and awareness together at their Comedy FUNdraiser on Thursday 6 March at The Healesville Memo. Starting...

A Bug-Tastic Learning Adventure for Warburton Primary’s Budding Scientists

Warburton Primary School is abuzz with excitement as our high-ability Years 5 and 6 students prepare to take part in a fascinating online incursion...

A fabulous start to the year at Wesburn Primary School

What a fabulous start it has been for all students, especially our Prep/Foundation students, at Wesburn Primary School. With our ‘Getting to Know You’...

All welcome to St Joseph’s Primary School Open Day

St Joseph's Primary School is a beautiful Primary School situated on 17 acres of bushland. St Joseph's has multiple indoor and outdoor facilities and...

Make movement a priority this Active April

It’s that time of year again where the weather starts cooling down, days get shorter and the feeling of hibernation can settle in. That’s...

‘Bone Buddies’: gruesome plot to sell dead man’s toes

A Lilydale woman who took human toes from dog vomit to sell them on an online black market has avoided jail "by the barest...

Environmental impact of bushfire yet to be confirmed but rescuers ready to assist

In the wake of the Montrose bushfire wildlife rescuers and environmentalists are awaiting the all clear to assess the damage and assist animals in...

’Raining embers’: the frightening wake up call of the Montrose bushfire

It’s 10pm at night. The final checks of a fire burning at the end of your street show no signs of smoke or flames....

Four boys questioned by detectives following Montrose fire

Four Yarra Ranges boys have been questioned by detectives as part of investigations into the bushfire in Montrose, with no charges laid. Emergency services...

Upper Yarra Secondary College public transport request heard

Public transport improvements for Upper Yarra Secondary College students are in the pipeline after State Liberal member for Eildon Cindy McLeish raised the matter...

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Millgrove’s spectacular lighting event on again in 2025

Millgrove is going to be lit up again for a unique lighting event combined with theatrical and music performances on Saturday 12 April. Last years...