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  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    The ‘Bendy Bridge’ over Myrtle Creek between Don Valley and Healesville is thought to have been built around 1930, probably replacing an earlier World War…

  • Young people today!

    Young people today!

    Young people are a force to be reckoned with in the Yarra Valley and two who stand out, among many others, are Healesville’s Jayden Crozier…

  • Women protecting the catchments

    Women protecting the catchments

    Melbourne Water’s female fire fighters made the Mail’s front page in January as the fire season moved into the new year. Along with visiting American…

  • Best of Yarra Valley – Your Say

    Best of Yarra Valley – Your Say

    What do you love most about where you live? The wide open spaces and the local community. Dan Board, Woori Yallock.     What’s your…

  • Watch out for wombats

    Watch out for wombats

    Healesville Sanctuary has treated 82 wombats in the past 12 months, and around half are due to road trauma. As they deal with a winter…

  • Artwork honours Memorial Hall

    Artwork honours Memorial Hall

    An artwork that re-uses pieces of the parquetry floor of The Memo in Healesville will pay homage to the hall’s layered history as a Memorial…

  • Plan for timber transition

    Plan for timber transition

    The group of six saw millers known as ‘the G6’ have put forward a proposal to transition to plantation timber. In an open letter to…

  • Green light for play precinct

    Green light for play precinct

    Work on the Warburton Community Recreation Precinct is set to commence next year following approval of the planning application for stage one by Yarra Ranges…

  • A lifeline at last

    A lifeline at last

    The Bowness family of Healesville have been thrown a life-line with the listing of cystic fibrosis (CF) medication Orkambi on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme earlier…

  • Rewarding community kindness

    Rewarding community kindness

     Healesville’s first Random Acts of Kindness week is on its way. Beechworth Bakery’s Kylie Bray said the idea for the project had been in her…

  • Top of the state

    Top of the state

     Launching Place Primary sent it largest-ever contingent to the Schoolaerobics National Championships. The school has competed nationally for the past 10 years but this time…

  • Culture exchange

    Culture exchange

     Lilydale police hosted a belated NAIDOC celebration, inspired by three Indigenous teens. Senior Sergeant Kevin Barrie said Victoria Police partnered with Skillinvest to give three…

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