The bewitching bonsai tree
It’s not like garden plants are a new thing, but never before have they been so in ‘fashion’.
Seriously, plants are now a serious sartorial...
Climbing for mental health
After numerous years battling mental illness, Sarah Phillips has completely turned her life around.
And she has exercise to thank.
On 17 November the Lilydale local...
We’ve been tracking the escaped Cardinia Reservoir Emu
To the uninitiated, emus are just large flightless birds that run around and lay unnaturally large eggs. But to those of us who remember...
Local firies deployed to NSW
As New South Wales continues to battle an unprecedented start to its bushfire season, brigades throughout the Yarra Ranges are lending a helping hand.
Amongst...
Kokoda scholarship program offers students the trek of a life-time
Year 11 students in the Yarra Ranges are being encouraged to study Australia’s wartime conflicts and the influence of local veterans as part of...
Monbulk Road closures
Monbulk Road in the Dandenong Ranges will be closed for five days this week while tree removal works take place.
Seven trees along Monbulk Road...
Arts and technology show
The annual Monbulk College Arts and Technology Show will be held on 14 of November, from 5pm to 7pm.
The college will be open to...
Level Crossing Removals: new drop-in sessions announced
The State Government has announced more drop-in sessions for Lilydale’s Maroondah Highway and Mooroolbark’s Manchester Road crossing removal projects.
Sessions will be held on 16...
Banner calls for urgent climate action
A group of residents from the Moora Moora community gathered in Lilydale on 5 November to hang a banner that raised awareness towards climate...
Community Diary
Ready2Go
A free Ready2Go community barbecue will take place at St Luke’s Church car park in Emerald on 9 November from 4-6pm. The free community...
The Round-up
Theft of Motor Vehicle
At about 9:30AM on 23 January 2019, a woman parked her car in the Tecoma Primary School car park.
The woman returned...
Billabong Falls open garden
Open Gardens Victoria will open the naturalistic Dandenong Ranges garden created by renowned landscape designer Phillip Johnson.
Stepping into Phillip Johnson’s 2.8-hectare property at Olinda,...
Latest
Driver hospitalised after rollover crash on Paky Rd
A male in his 30s has been transported to Dandenong Hospital in stable condition following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Paky Road, near the...
