Opinion
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Truckin’ into town
SO it seems regular Mail cartoonist Danny Zemp is embracing the enhanced competition in Healesville. Will the supermarket chain’s arrival be good for the locals?…
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Lenscape
SPRING may have sprung but that hasn’t stopped the snow from falling at Lake Mountain in recent days. The team at the Alpine Resort has…
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Rapt about wrap-around
I WOULD like to personally thank you for the effort the Mail has put into this week’s wrap-around (Best of the Yarra Valley and Best…
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Staying true to our values
By JESSE GRAHAM EARLIER today, we received an email from a company with a story pitch. This isn’t uncommon – our inboxes are often flooded…
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Extra attention for outside pets
Animal Aid Column, By Debra Boland THIS winter has been incredibly cold for the animals in our shelters, particularly the dogs which have experienced many…
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Lenscape
LOYAL ‘Mail’ reader Michelle White recently snapped this heart-warming picture at a property in Dixons Creek, which she said best illustrates country living in this…
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Due place for top apprentices, trainees
By Tony Smith IN 2009, I initiated the Casey Apprentice/Trainee of the Year Awards to recognise, reward and encourage careers in local trades and small…
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Lenscape
IT’S not every day you come across a sunset quite like this one. Rod Thom captured this incredible photograph of a sunset from Toolebewong road…
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Remember the walking wounded
WITH the fanfare of the Anzac Centenary now done and dusted, it can be easily forgotten that our recently returned soldiers continue to fight many…
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Timber Release Plan
‘MAIL’ readers may have seen an unattributed ad last week which made reference to VicForests’ Timber Release Plan (Mail, 7 July, page 2). In response…
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Wake up, road users
I DON’T want to pick fights and, in my preamble, I concur that Healesville drivers are exceptionally polite, so it is relaxing to drive in…
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Lenscape
‘MAIL’ reader Kennith Woodworth captured this beautiful image of yet another inspiring sunset at Millgrove recently. Despite the cooler months now setting in, there fails…