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Your ticket to outdoors adventure
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS THE National 4×4 Outdoors Show, Fishing and Boating Expo is returning to Melbourne next month and the Mail has 24 double passes…
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Angliss celebrates NAIDOC
EASTERN Health last week celebrated NAIDOC week with a special event at the Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully. The occasion provided an opportunity for…
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Fighting forgotten cancers
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS MATER CHRISTI Year 10 student Gemma Tripp has donated over $6000, raised at a trivia night, to cancer research. As part of…
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Sooki hosts Kid Radio
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS SELF-DESCRIBED soulful electronic four-piece Kid Radio will be playing a night at Sooki Lounge in Belgrave to promote their debut self-titled album.…
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Op shop a drawcard
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS GEMBROOK has a new community op shop that opened on 28 June, much to the delight of the local residents. Located in…
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Fired up to retire
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS MOUNT EVELYN CFA Officer in Charge and District Mechanical Officer Brendan Collier said goodbye to the CFA last week at a lunch…
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Goodbye ‘smart little brother’
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM A FRIEND of Jason Breakwell fittingly quoted James Dean at his funeral yesterday, farewelling a young man who lived each day to…
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Nature classes in the outdoors
THE Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve was a hive of activity last Saturday as the community came together to celebrate the opening of the Outdoor Classroom.…
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Nature classes in the outdoors
VICTORIAN Deputy Premier James Merlino last Saturday officially opened the Outdoor Classroom at the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. Designed as an education space for primary…
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Riders, runners to get vertical
A UNIQUE new event that pitches trail runners and cyclists against each other, and against one of the most notable climbs in Australia, Mt Donna…
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From boys to men
By KATH GANNAWAY ANGLICARE and its Boys Will Be Men volunteers have welcomed the return of funding for the program. Anglicare announced in October last…
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Epic trek heading for Valley
By PETER DOUGLAS HEALESVILLE residents are being encouraged to dig deep and help out wounded, returned Australian soldiers. Charity organisation Walking Wounded will be holding…