News
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Brush-tailed rock wallabies call Mt Evelyn home
The Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo has some exciting new arrivals, with five southern brush-tail rock wallabies now calling Mount Evelyn home. Zookeeper at Yarra Valley…
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Our CFA heroes
A group of CFA volunteers from District 13 have been hailed heroes for saving the life of a NSW firefighter who collapsed on the fire-ground…
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Wedding heartbreak
Sally Malek was dreaming of the day she got to pull on her custom-made wedding gown and walk down the aisle to marry her partner,…
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Swimmers lap up reopening of Olinda pool
Swimmers in the hills will dust off their goggles and don their bathers on 5 December, when Olinda Community Pool reopens the pool gates for…
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80km fight for sick kids
A Mt Evelyn man has raised $9,278.64 for the Kids with Cancer Foundation, successfully completing an 80km return marathon along the Warburton Trail on the…
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Special education upgrades enter final stage
Yarra Ranges Special Development School in Mount Evelyn will soon benefit from a further $8.92 million in upgrades allocated as part of the 2021/21 Victorian…
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School’s out for Principal Fitz-Gerald
There hasn’t been a day that Mary Fitz-Gerald hasn’t wanted to go to work in the last two decades. But after 20 years as Principal…
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Dancing on the mountain
The lush ferny forests of the Dandenong Ranges became centre stage over the weekend, as a group of dance artists took to the bush to…
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Snippets
Sportswomen needed Gembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club is seeking women who are interested in playing an open age women’s team for next year. Players of…
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A gardening hand for Mallacoota
The devastating images of Mallacoota locals desperately fleeing their town by sea left a hole in the hearts of many local communities, desperate to help…
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Preschoolers draw awareness
A series of crisp white t-shirts pegged up along the front fence of Gembrook Preschool last week each told their own unique but important story.…
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Chuckles wins hearts
She’s fluffy, vocal and has won hearts in the hills. When Chuckle’s the Kookaburra’s nesting tree was felled in the Upwey Belgrave area in October,…