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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…
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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…
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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 strength…
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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 Saturday.…
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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 Steels…
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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 Healesville…
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‘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…
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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 the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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