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Shire in the thick of it
YARRA Range Shire council last week turned its chambers into a bushfire control centre.
A Metropolitan Emergency Co-ordination Centre was set up for police, the...
Many hands for warm work
By Kath GannawayIT’S hard to believe right now, but winter will come.
In Warburton a group of craftspeople have called themselves “Winter Warmers” and their...
Got the message
By Melissa MeehanYarra Glen has always been a close-knit town, but a couple of text messages to friends and family have shown the true...
Brumby gets the message
By Kath GannawayCHUM Creek teenager Kelly Winter is just one of many young people who had their first terrifying exposure to bushfire on Black...
Resilience
By Kath Gannaway“WE are the second chimney on the left up Old Kinglake Road.” Rob Fallon had just come off the tennis court at...
Healesville alert easing
By Melissa MeehanAS THE smoke clears over the town of Healesville many tired eyes look to the blue sky above.
For the past week...
‘Utter devastation’
By Melissa Meehan“WORSE than I could ever imagine.”
Marysville’s Jenny Pullen struggles to find words to describe the town she calls home.
“Absolutely horrific,” she...
First thought for children’s safety
By Kath GannawayGLEN Johnston and partner Kate Richardson’s first thoughts after the bushfire roared through Narbethong was to get their little ones out of...
Wildlife comforts- One of the thousands of kangaroos injured in the bushfires. 27157 Picture:
By Casey NeillCOLDSRTREAM’S Carolyn Rodgers is calling for help to make life more comfortable for wildlife injured in the devastating bushfires.
Carers are nursing dozens...
Family’s loss
By Tania MartinTAIS Soubra is picking up the pieces of her shattered life.
She was left with just a bikini and beach towel to her...
Tales of survival
By Kath GannawayA WEEK on, and it’s devastating to drive down Steels Creek Road and see the landscape reduced to ashes.
There’s astonishment at a...
Crash claims gentle helper
Gareth Jones-Roberts’ devastated parents Norma and Gareth Jones-Roberts senior.GARETH Jones-Roberts junior died on Black Saturday doing what he always did- helping others.
As his parents...
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Pilot parking program to be trialled in Warburton
A new pilot program for parking is set to be trialled in Warburton after being approved by councillors at the Tuesday 14 May Yarra...
