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Nose for a sneak peak
TWO of the Yarra Valley’s top winemakers took a minute out of their busy harvest season for lunch at Oscar’s on the Yarra, giving a…
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Dust off your tennis gear, have a hit
HEALESVILLE Tennis Club is on a mission to make tennis the preferred sport of the people in Healesville. The club has 10 courts, six at…
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Reshuffle raises MP stakes
FORMER Yarra Ranges Mayor David Hodgett and Eastern Victoria Region MP Edward O’Donohue have both been promoted under the new Premier’s cabinet reshuffle. With Denis…
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Hot spot for festival
WANDIN’s Herb and Chilli Fest had all the spice and zing to send most chilli eaters running for water. From hot chilli chocolate, to chilli…
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Hospital forum critical
THE next step in deciding the future of Healesville Hospital, the services it loses or retains, and whether those services are delivered by Eastern Health…
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Sporting exchange of skills
UPPER Yarra Secondary College hosted 85 Japanese students from Kyoto last week. The students spent Friday 15 March learning how to play Aussie rules football,…
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Polo hits the mark
MORE than 1000 people headed out to Coldstream to watch 14 teams compete in the Cashel Yarra Valley Polo Tournament on the weekend. The visiting…
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New bridge is saving grace
HEALESVILLE Chamber of Commerce members were among the first to try out the new bridge over the Grace Burn last week. Final work on the…
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Telstra leaves business unplugged
AS BOTH major parties fight over the pros and cons of their broadband models in the lead-up to the October election, there’s one thing they…
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Rebuilding Coranderrk
THE story of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station and its people was honoured and celebrated at the inaugural Coranderrk Festival on Saturday, 16 March. In a moving…
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Guards unite
JIM Viggers was watching lightening strikes from his Yarra Track Winery on 25 February when he saw smoke from a strike in Bleases Lane at…
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Reconciliation through sport
WHEN Eastern Health’s Bram Morton called for ideas on how the organisation could better engage the Aboriginal community in their region, sport was top of…