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  • Pie high

    Pie high

    Award winning wines are readily available in the Yarra Valley and now there is a growing list of award winning pies to match. The Big…

  • Wares and ways on show

    Wares and ways on show

    Makers and creators showcased their wares at the Warburton Makers’ Fair. Yarra Valley ECOSS in Wesburn hosted the Saturday 13 October event, where makers sold…

  • Take a trail snap and win

    Take a trail snap and win

     Mountain vistas, forest trails, vineyards and farms with emus, llamas, cows and sheep, are just some of the breathtaking sights along the Lilydale to Warburton…

  • Warby’s oldest fish

    Warby’s oldest fish

    Three hundred and fifty million years ago, two little fishes were swimming happily in the area where Mansfield quarry now sits. Those same fish have…

  • The joy of fiddling

    The joy of fiddling

    Seville friends Fran Snowdon and Glenys Hopes decided to do something for their community in 2015, and started making fiddle rugs. “I started knitting a…

  • Warby water precinct for 2019

    Warby water precinct for 2019

    The proposed Warburton Community Precinct is moving towards reality with design work completed and tendering ready to start. In August the council approved the planning…

  • Lifes little miracle

    Lifes little miracle

    When Bailey Goodwin was born at 26 weeks he weighed 702 grams and within two days needed major bowel surgery. He then spent the next…

  • Open sheds and cellars

    Open sheds and cellars

     The annual Shedfest Wine Festival returned in stunning sunshine on 13 and 14 October. For the 17th time, the event proudly celebrated locally-produced wine. Small…

  • Wandin field of dreams

    Wandin field of dreams

    Over two days, the 49th Wandin-Silvan Field Days again attracted large numbers of visitors and over 160 exhibitors. The pathways were crowded with organisers estimating…

  • CFA open their doors

    CFA open their doors

    Brigades across the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges will again open their doors to the public this year as part of the 2018 CFA…

  • Every child can fly

    Every child can fly

    Since 2007, hundreds of pilots from aero clubs across the country take to the sky to give sick and underprivileged children the ride of a…

  • Art meets wine at Yering

    Art meets wine at Yering

    There is much to be admired in the work of skilled artisans and the Yarra Valley certainly has more than its share of artists of…

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