Wineries take a hit
WINERIES and vineyard managers are still assessing damage from the bushfires that ravaged Victoria o...
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Defiance saved their lives
“TRAPPED with no escape.”
Kinglake’s Melanie Powell still comprehends the moment that, in reality, s...
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Shire in the thick of it
YARRA Range Shire council last week turned its chambers into a bushfire control centre.
A Metropolit...
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Family’s loss
TAIS Soubra is picking up the pieces of her shattered life.
She was left with just a bikini and beac...
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Run rate rewarded
BORONIA Cricket Club raised more than $1800 for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal with a flood of runs a...
(17/02/2009)
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Cunningham signs with Knox
KNOX Raiders SEABL women’s squad has shored up its chances for a finals berth this season with the s...
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Big changes to sports ground
KNOX councillors have given the green light to a $5 million Gilbert Park overhaul.
They endorsed a l...
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Rundle Rumbles
WITH country week looming Danny Rundle awoke making 109 in The Basin’s score of 272 against Upper F...
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A “Welsh” victory
FINE conditions, free-running fairways and a course rating of 67 led to some splendid golf at Emer...
(17/02/2009)
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Got the message
Yarra Glen has always been a close-knit town, but a couple of text messages to friends and family ha...
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Many hands for warm work
IT’S hard to believe right now, but winter will come.
In Warburton a group of craftspeople have call...
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House of learning
THE Upper Yarra Community House, like TAFE or university, also offers qualifications that are nation...
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Hobby to business
TERRY Smith has been building and servicing trailers for more than 45 years.
The Healesville residen...
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Home lost, game goes on
STEELS Creek Tennis Club member Rob Fellon was dealt a pretty nasty backhander last week, but on Sat...
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Chased by fires
FOR Julie Bell, hell came out of a clear blue sky with the sound of “one thousand lions roaring”.
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‘Utter devastation’
“WORSE than I could ever imagine.”
Marysville’s Jenny Pullen struggles to find words to describe the...
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Grim journey through ashes
AS THE white four-wheel-drive drove through the main street of Marysville last Monday, its occupants...
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Resilience
“WE are the second chimney on the left up Old Kinglake Road.” Rob Fallon had just come off the tenni...
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