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WARBURTON resident Mikey Schama took refuge at the Lilydale Relief Centre last Tuesday 3 March. By Monique EbringtonUPPER Yarra residents are returning to their homes,…

Belinda Gales crouches where the animal nursery used to be, before it was destroyed by fire, at her Chum Creek wildlife shelter. By Monique EbringtonWILDLIFE…

Kiff Saunders (left) and Nick Brau who with fellow employee John Stone, fought to save the shed housing hundreds of thousands of dollars in ballooning…

By Monique EbringtonYARRA Glen and District Pony Club was saved from being destroyed in the Black Saturday fires by the heroic efforts of passersby. When…

Yarra Ranges Shire Mayor Len Cox is helped by, from left: Federal Member for Casey Tony Smith, Museum of Lillydale Trust Chair Paulette Bisley and…

John Schmechel from Sonora, California, Ross Pekinpah from North Fork, California, Megan Timoney from Eden, Utah, Eric Heyn (back) from Eureka, Montana, Jay Esperance from…

By Monique EbringtonMANY Upper Yarra residents packed up what they could and took refuge at Lilydale last week as fire again threatened the Warburton Valley.…

By Kath Gannaway“IT’S years since I’ve been to…Warburton…Healesville…Yarra Glen!!!” This isn’t your international, interstate, or even bayside tourist speaking – it’s the locals, as we…

By Kath GannawayDE BORTOLI Wines in Dixons Creek have won the Best Tourism Winery award at the Australian National Tourism Awards. The award at any…

HEALESVILLE’S Memorial Hall has played a serious role over the past month as the Bushfire Relief Centre. It’s played the role superbly, but Shire of…

RICK and Judy Morgan are opening the doors of their Wattleseed Cafe/Restaurant in Healesville on Monday for a Grand Charity Bash to support local fire…