Tag: News
Shocked by blaze
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Woodfire heating unit ignites house fire leaving owners...
A WOODFIRE heating unit is to blame for a blaze at a Menzies Creek home...
Elements kept at bay
By MELISSA MEEHAN
SPECTATORS will no longer need to brave rain, hail and snow at Olinda’s Recreation Reserve.
A brand new, state-of-the-art pavilion was officially...
Go with the flow
By CASEY NEILL
English Channel swimmer fulfils lifetime dream...
SELBY man Paul Hoffman swam from England to France last week.
His 14 hour and 45 minute journey...
Covered in pride
By MELISSA MEEHAN
FOR some, it may have been a pie in the sky idea.
But roofing the walkway beside the bakery, between Kilvington Drive...
New lights and a flash from the past
By JESSE GRAHAM
IT WAS an illuminating night for the Olinda-Ferny Creek Football Netball Club last week when $50,000 lights above the Olinda Reserve football...
Playing blow to blind cricketer
By MELISSA MEEHAN
A LACK of funding could see Tecoma’s Daniel Pritchard forced to withdraw from the Blind Cricket World Cup.
The 19-year-old received news...
Voice of the people
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A democratic advocacy group is coming to Selby to help encourage community involvement in local and federal politics.
Voices of Indi (VOI) will...
Shot that sounded across the empire
By MELISSA MEEHAN
IT WAS a day to remember, 100 years since the first Allied shot of the war and Montrose celebrated its link to...
Frontier against fast food
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A GROUP dedicated to creating sustainable food culture in the hills has built its first wicking veggie box.
Located at Tecoma Uniting Church,...
Opting for bite of cold
By MELISSA MEEHAN
TEMPERATURES below minus three degrees, with only the clothes on his back and a cardboard box to keep him warm.
Mount Evelyn...
Meet formulates disaster response
By MELISSA MEEHAN
EMERALD’S Emergency Support Team (EST) is leading a pilot program in Gembrook that would provide a unique small-scale resilience program in case...
Hydroponic house fire
Briefly
POLICE are investigating the cause of a house fire in Ferny Creek over the weekend.
It is believed that hydroponics were involved.
The house in...
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Searching for a new neighbourhood house provider
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) is seeking funding submissions for a neighbourhood house provider to deliver services tailored to the community...
