Spines of steel
THE Steels Creek community came together on Saturday morning with mixed emotions.
Their hub of commu...
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Threat hits home
UPPER YARRA residents were given a blunt reality check on Thursday night.
At an emotion-charged meet...
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Trolley collector injured
HEALESVILLE supermarket trolley collector Michael Morrisey was fighting for his life on Sunday night...
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Healesville alert easing
AS THE smoke clears over the town of Healesville many tired eyes look to the blue sky above.
For th...
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Good Friday for victims
THOUSANDS of shoppers ditched their usual shopping habits to support those affected by the bushfires...
(17/02/2009)
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Brumby gets the message
CHUM Creek teenager Kelly Winter is just one of many young people who had their first terrifying exp...
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Tales of survival
A WEEK on, and it’s devastating to drive down Steels Creek Road and see the landscape reduced to ash...
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Crash claims gentle helper
GARETH Jones-Roberts junior died on Black Saturday doing what he always did- helping others.
As his ...
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Just the clothes on her back
ISSUES like the Yarra Glen doctor and the bypass couldn’t be any further from community crusader Do...
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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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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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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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