Tag: News
Sunny sizzle time
WHAT better medium than a sausage sizzle to raise awareness - everybody loves a sausage sizzle!
On Friday 27 March, barbecues will be lit and...
Pony club rises
Yarra Valley Pony Club members, Minister James Merlino and Yarra Ranges mayor Len Cox get excited about the $20,000 gift. By Monique EbringtonTHE fire-hit...
Big thanks all round
Premier John Brumby at the “thank-you” evening with, from left, ambulance officer Andrew Watson, Coldstream CFA captain Phil Giddens, Seymour MP Ben Hardman and...
Make yourself heard
By Monique Ebrington
UPPER Yarra residents will get to voice their thoughts on the February bushfires despite being overlooked by the Royal Commission.
Gembrook MP...
Open for business
By Kath Gannaway $10 million package aimed at getting tourists back to Victoria’s bushfire affected areas was welcomed last week by the Yarra Valley...
Timber salvage ‘a priority’
By Kath GannawayAS SALVAGE of timber burnt in the February fires got underway last week, industry players met with Victorian Government ministers at Healesville...
Youth Week to take them higher
By Kath GannawayYARRA Ranges’ young people can reach new heights as they celebrate National Youth Week this year.
The shire’s Youth Services are hosting the...
Girls lead way
GIRLS just wanna have fun... and Girl Guides is a great way to do it.
Girl Guides have been active in Australia for nearly 100...
Bushfire concerts
THE first of two concerts to be held at the Healesville Racecourse in response to the February bushfires is set to go on Saturday,...
Big league advice
By Kath Gannaway
WESTERN Bulldogs player Lindsay Gilbee returned to his home ground last week for a football clinic aimed at giving a pre-season lift...
Ready for the long haul
By Kath GannawayMORE than 500 Marysville residents received assurances from the head of the Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority Christine Nixon on Saturday that...
Washed away
By Kath GannawaySTEELS Creek residents recovering from the devastation of the Black Saturday bushfires are facing a new attack on the landscape - erosion.
Scott...
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Mountain bike rider rescued from unofficial tracks in Wesburn
Upper Yarra SES helped Ambulance Victoria retrieve a patient from Wesburn on 8 March.
The patient crashed while mountain biking on track off Hey Hey...
