Kids take to ecology
By Derek Schlennstedt
Students at 12 Yarra Ranges schools will learn about healthy waterways, biodiversity and reducing pollution thanks to Yarra Ranges Council’s Grants for...
Open to the people
A passionate Montrose plant collector is opening up their native garden, Warooka, on the weekend of 23 and 24 September.
Adjoining the Dandenong Ranges National...
Creativity set to bloom
By Derek Schlennstedt
Budding creatives at Yarra Hills Secondary College are enjoying the opportunity to display their work alongside practising artists from across Australia.
The community...
Art’s a growing love
By Derek Schlennstedt
A dedicated group of Burrinja volunteers, The Hills Food Frontier (THFF) and garden enthusiasts led by Kate Schumann have developed a sensory...
Domination of the hills
By Peter Douglas
Eastern Ranges has dominated the TAC Cup Team of the Year for 2017, with five footballers from its Under 18s team last...
Forest you can eat
By Derek Schlennstedt
The Hills Food Frontier (THFF) in Tecoma is at the forefront of a ‘food revolution’ in the Dandenong Ranges.
THFF is a volunteer-based...
Is it last hoot for the owls?
By Peter Douglas
Yarra Ranges Council has publicly defended its consultation and engagement strategy in relation to the development of the Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve...
If it’s tulips, it must be spring
By Peter Douglas
You know spring has truly sprung when the Tesselaar Tulip Festival is in full bloom and bursting with a kaleidoscope of colour.
Although...
The hills are alive
By Peter Douglas
You’d be hard-pressed to walk the streets of a hills town without bumping into someone who wasn’t born at the Angliss Hospital.
Though...
Debut for the seniors
By Derek Schlennstedt
Friday night, dressed to the nines, 12 debutantes filled the Mt Evelyn Ridge Retirement Village hall.
Unlike other debutantes though, this one...
Gravel work wasn’t rash
By Peter Douglas
The roadworks along Birmingham Road, Mount Evelyn, at the centre of community discontent were part of storm damage rectification works, according to...
Brookers win the cup
By Kath Gannaway
Gembrook-Cockatoo, Mount Evelyn, Healesville and Woori Yallock junior football clubs shared the excitement and rewards of the 2017 AFL Yarra Ranges Junior...
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Boronia’s doctor walks the long road to help others
A well-known Boronia resident, Dr Pradbodh Malhotra has recently completed his third consecutive walk in support of the McGrath Foundation, demonstrating his unwavering commitment...
