News
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UYSC explore with SEM microscope
Upper Yarra Secondary College (UYSC) students have had access to a special piece of equipment for their science lessons recently. The school was temporarily provided…
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Mend, Make and Bake this month
The Sunday Circle (Mend, Make and Bake)’s monthly gathering is coming together for their second meeting on Sunday 18 June with any new participants welcome.…
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Casey MP calling for change as Centrelink call wait times balloon
Casey MP Aaron Violi is asking for transparency in Parliament, requesting information on how long locals are waiting on vital social security payments during the…
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Yarra Valley Water hosting new habitat for faunal emblems
Yarra Valley Water is opening up 35 hectares of the Upper Yarra Sewage Treatment Plant site to create new habitat for the critically endangered Helmeted…
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Rotary Club of Wandin donate $18,000 to the RCH
The Rotary Club of Wandin has proudly handed over a cheque of $18,000 they fundraised to the Royal Children’s Hospital on Wednesday 7 June. The…
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Capitals Works plans announced in Yarra Ranges Council’s 2023/24 Draft Budget
Yarra Ranges Council added an additional Council meeting to their schedule on Tuesday 6 June in order to speed up the implementation of Council’s 2023/24…
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Warburton Tree works cost revealed
A question from the public in the Tuesday 6 June Yarra Ranges Council meeting has revealed the cost of the works on the Warburton Tree.…
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Come along to a WVCEDA forum
Upper Yarra businesses are welcome to come along to a WVCEDA forum at the Home Hotel in Launching Place next week. President Cleo Silva will…
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Which National Park roads are closed over winter
Parks Victoria has released the statewide road closures for some tracks in national parks that will be enforced after the King’s Birthday weekend in June.…
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Free fitness opportunities open for young people at the Yarra Centre
The Yarra Centre and Reclink Australia have teamed up to deliver three new free fitness and activity opportunities for young people in the Upper Yarra.…
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Interest rates rise again
Interest rates have hit an eleven-year high, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor stating inflation has hit its peak. On 6 June, the…
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Vale Jeff ‘Joffa’ Long
The Upper Yarra community is mourning the loss of the much-loved local Jeff ‘Joffa’ Long. Jeff sadly and suddenly died at the age of 63…