News
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Turtle Season’s almost up
Long-necked turtle Toby is making an incredible recovery at Healesville Sanctuary’s wildlife hospital after being hit by a car. Toby is one of 22 turtles…
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The future is bright
Three young Upper Yarra women are coming together to speak at the International Womens Day Lunch on Saturday 2 March. The lunch, presented by Women…
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Fire works at Haining Farm
Bushfire mitigation works have started at Haining Farm in Don Valley. Workers are putting in a fuel break around the perimeter of the site, installing…
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Warrigal Creek doco at the Memo
The Warrigal Creek Massacre, a documentary exploring the history of colonisation in Gippsland in the 1800s, is screening at the Memo in Healesville on Wednesday…
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Forest future survey
Yarra Ranges residents can have their say on the future management of Victoria’s forests. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is inviting feedback…
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Feeding Firies
Have you ever thought of joining the CFA but don’t feel cut out to be a firefighter? The good news is there’s certainly a place…
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The travelling artist
Melbourne based Craig Penny is exhibiting his latest works at Art at Linden Gate in Yarra Glen from Friday March 8. The artist, who travels…
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Samurai on screen
Yarra Ranges Film Society started in 1999 with the objective to ‘promote cinema as an art form in the Yarra Ranges’. As it celebrates its…
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Reflecting together
Hundreds of people gathered in Yarra Glen’s McKenzie Reserve to mark 10 years since Black Saturday struck the town and so many others. Yarra Ranges…
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The accidental author
Melanie Harris-Brady barely escaped the Kinglake fires on Black Saturday and didn’t talk about it for nine and a half years. Then, for reasons she…
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Let there be lights
A $20 million project will bring two sets of traffic lights to Coldstream and duplicate part of the Maroondah Highway. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced…
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Disaster brought out our best
CFA firefighter and photographer Keith Pakenham has been reflecting on the 2009 bushfires – not just Black Saturday. Fires were already burning at Churchill and…
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