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Those magnificent men and their steam engines
By Derek Schlennstedt
At 2.30pm in 1961, five 16-year-olds from Camberwell High School met and held a formal meeting, where they adopted a...
Walking for the OAM
By Derek Schlennstedt
Robert Goodwin is very much at home when walking the many tracks around the Dandenong Ranges.
The CFA member of almost...
$1 million gift
By Peter Douglas
A $1 million donation to The Basin community has left the public in awe over a popular couple’s lifetime of...
Designed saves lives
If there’s one thing Upper Ferntree Gully CFA volunteer Darren Johnson wants to protect as much as his community, it’s his fellow firefighters.
Darren has...
Journey of empowerment
By Peter Douglas
With November’s state election looming, one of the region’s most important not-for-profit organisations could capitalise on the many commitments being...
Nomination for compelling novel
By Peter Douglas
Upwey-based author Lia Hills has entered the company of Australia’s literary elite, after earning a place on the 2018 Longlist...
Day to treasure gardens
By Peter Douglas
An estimated 1600 nature-lovers helped to celebrate Botanic Garden Day on Sunday 27 May at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens.
Visitors...
Tahj takes it to England
By Derek Schlennstedt
Sassafras 16-year-old Tahj Kensely, is on his way to the UK to play Cricket, but the total cost to fund...
Rise like a phoenix
By Derek Schlennstedt
The 2018 Dandenong Ranges Open Studio’s wrapped up on 10 May and it was Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan who took out...
Blades of glory
By Derek Schlennstedt
The hills community has come together to fund a set of new prosthetic blades for Mountain District Christian School student,...
Pure inspiration
By Peter Douglas
Emerald business-owner Tom Lobbe said it was his “grand final” when he was nominated for the 2018 Victorian Young Achiever...
Starstruck as record tumbles
By Peter Douglas
Monbulk Girl Guides earned a little slice of history on the night of Wednesday 23 May.
Many of the local guides...
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Round five scoreboard
FOOTBALL
PREMIER DIVISION
Seniors: Mt. Evelyn 5.13.43 def Berwick Springs 5.6.36; Wandin 14.12.96 def Gembrook-Cockatoo 7.7.49; Woori Yallock 15.15.105 def Emerald 5.9.39; Upwey-Tecoma 13.9.87 def Officer...
