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Last Saturday, 2 August, 17 Geocachers joined the Friends of Gembrook Park in a hands-on environmental effort to weed out Tradescantia fluminensis from the forest…

A prominent sentiment of this Homelessness Week was action over advocacy, as local services feel the brunt of rising rents and family violence. This was…

Melbourne Water is looking for information about past Yarra Ranges floods to improve its flood mapping. Residents who’ve experienced flooding are encouraged to share their…

Two of the Yarra Ranges based cafes are participating in a national campaign to support homeless people. The Laneway Healesville and Incy Wincy in Emerald…

The investigation is ongoing into the spate of racially targeted graffiti that hit the Outer East on 21 July, with the ripple effects continuing to…

Urea use has proven to be a successful option to boost winter growth, helping farmers in the Yarra Ranges to grow more grass, which is…

The Yarra Ranges Council has received new funding to help our native flora reclaim the landscape from invasive weeds. The council received $388,000 in grants…

Locals gathered at Lillydale Lake on Saturday 2 August to rally against the State Government’s rejection for the Yarra Ranges to be excluded from commercial…

A true trailblazer in every sense of the word, Healeville’s Hilda ‘Gracia’ Baylor AM paved the way for women in Victoria’s Parliament. After a long…

‘We dared to believe that anything was possible and that we did indeed have the power to control our own lives to a very large…

Some enthusiastic volunteers from the Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery (SDCN) popped in to get their hands dirty and their hearts full at a recent tree…

Until late August, visitors to the Dandenong Ranges can step into the small but mighty world of miniature painting in a new collection currently open…