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  • Cruise for Kate

    Cruise for Kate

     The fear in people’s voices is what Stacey Bennett remembers most vividly about Black Saturday. Ten years on, she’ll be reflecting on how everyone came…

  • Warby history for sale

    Warby history for sale

    Moving house is difficult so spare a thought for Mr Bessell, the bootmaker of Walhalla, who moved his entire, very large, building to Warburton around…

  • Leny’s in for life

    Leny’s in for life

    Healesville Ladies Probus Club president Ann Buissink awarded Leny Stueten with Life Membership at the club’s annual luncheon. Ms Stueten joined the club in 1990…

  • Keep the aftermath in mind

    Keep the aftermath in mind

     Victoria Legal Aid is advising residents in bushfire-prone areas to include a checklist to help in the aftermath of disaster in their plans. Joel Townsend…

  • Bleak mysteries from Wesburn

    Bleak mysteries from Wesburn

    Wesburn author and illustrator, David Schembri, has released his second book of short-stories, Beneath the Ferny Tree. This follows his 2014 work, Unearthly Fables, and…

  • Council service for Black Saturday

    Council service for Black Saturday

     Yarra Ranges Council will host an event to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires. It will start at 5.30pm on Thursday 7…

  • Local official makes final four

    Local official makes final four

    In the Vicsport 2018 Victorian Sport Awards, Healesville’s Andy McGuire has been nominated as a finalist in the Official of the Year category. He is…

  • Dam works will close park

    Dam works will close park

     Melbourne Water will soon upgrade the Upper Yarra Reservoir dam. It said the project was an important initiative for residents of Warburton, Reefton, McMahons Creek…

  • Arrest follows public help

    Arrest follows public help

     Police arrested a Don Valley driver after he failed to stop when officers asked him to in November. They appealed for public information in relation…

  • Rodeo back in the valley

    Rodeo back in the valley

    The cowboys and bucking broncos are back in town with the return of the Yarra Valley Rodeo on January 19, being held this year at…

  • ALDI’s on the way

    ALDI’s on the way

     A Healesville ALDI store should start taking shape next month. An ALDI Australia spokeswoman said construction was expected to start in February but an opening…

  • Pygmy-possum magic

    Pygmy-possum magic

     Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the birth of seven critically-endangered mountain pygmy-possums. There are only about 2000 of the species left in the world, and tiny…

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