Tag: News
Camp makes green connection
By JESSE GRAHAM
ENVIRONMENTAL connectivity was at the heart of a special camp that brought students from the Dandenong Ranges to the Yarra Valley and...
Doubts on fire strategy
By KATH GANNAWAY
A Yarra Ranges resident has raised concern about what he says is a lack of consultation, and the scientific rigour of a...
Full Gonski needed
By KATH GANNAWAY
WOORI Yallock Primary School has told a senate inquiry they need the full Gonski funding to give their 181 students an even...
Happy marriage, simple rules
By KATH GANNAWAY
IF RAY and Olive Emonson have any advice for young couples thinking of marriage, it’s not a complicated message.
“There’s a lot of...
Good to the core
By KATH GANNAWAY
GLADYSDALE'S Apple and Wine Festival was big this year.
From the return of the school symbol, the Big Apple, to its rightful place...
Walkers’ amazing feat
By JESSE GRAHAM
THOUSANDS of eager walkers made their way through the Yarra Ranges over the weekend, as part of the intense Oxfam Trailwalker event,...
Siren of love
By KATH GANNAWAY
“LET the siren that starts the game be a siren that sounds out our commitment to inclusion, love and respect for all...
A matter of pride
By KATH GANNAWAY
AFL operations manager Mark Evans described the Yarra Glen and Yarra Junction football clubs as the “pride of the community and the...
Broken wings for Healing
By JESSE GRAHAM
A HEALESVILLE Sanctuary program that connected rehabilitating birds with rehabilitating prisoners is set for the big screen this week, with the release...
Budget for fauna
By KATH GANNAWAY
VICTORIA’S two faunal emblems will benefit from a $3.2 million injection of funds in the 2014-'15 State Budget.
Environment Minister Ryan Smith made...
Silver Friends plan for gold
By KATH GANNAWAY
AS the Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater (FoHH) approach 25 years in their ongoing efforts to save Victoria’s faunal (bird) emblem from...
Services honour fallen heroes
By KATH GANNAWAY
FROM dawn through to dusk, the sacrifice of men and women who bravely fought for their country over the past century was...