Cigarette bandits hit Gembrook IGA twice in two days
The community of Gembrook has been left shocked and disheartened after thieves struck Gembrook IGA twice in as many nights, sledgehammering their way into...
Helping feed those in need
Numerous Bell Real Estate offices banded together to take hay and dog food to a fire-affected farmer in Omeo on 5 March.
Olinda, Montrose and...
Goats on the move
Puffing Billy conducted this year’s volunteer induction on 12 March, but not all inductees had two legs.
As the railway began its annual training with...
Planned burn in Kalorama
Forest Fire Management Victoria have advised smoke will be visible from the outer eastern suburbs today (Monday 16 March) and Tuesday 17 March as...
Bus pass chaos
Numerous Year 7 students from Emerald Secondary College have been denied access to their local school bus, despite some having their siblings approved.
Cockatoo parent...
Country quest to find father ends in Gembrook
An Adelaide man’s 13-year quest across the country to find his birth father has ended in Gembrook.
Peter Dennis, who was born four months after...
Virus forces Tesselaar KaBloom cancellation
Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers has been cancelled as a result of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
The event was set to take place from 28 March-19...
Extra police bound for Yarra Ranges
The Yarra Ranges and surrounding communities will soon benefit from Victoria Police’s most significant investment in regional and suburban policing, with 51 additional officers...
Tree fall fatalities
A 32-year-old man and 34-year-old woman, both from Aintree, and a 16-year-old boy from India were killed after a tree fell onto their moving...
Time to give a hoot: Powerful owl faces threatened status Aus-wide
To hear the slowly uttered whoo-hoo of a powerful owl from the top of a hollow tree is a privilege synonymous with Mount Evelyn...
Surgery not always the best fit
Since 2002 there has been an overwhelming amount of research and clinical evidence stating that exercise is the best first choice treatment for symptomatic...
Police seek help to identify injured man at Upwey
Police are appealing for public assistance to help identify a man who was located with life-threatening injuries at Upwey on 8 March.
Emergency services were...
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Twenty thousand more carpenters, electricians and plumbers
The Victorian Government is delivering the skilled workers Victoria needs to meet its housing targets, with more than 20,000 carpenters, electricians and plumbers getting...
