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From scuba diving to breathwork: How a farmstay in Monbulk is helping people slow down

"We don't produce anything, we just produce stillness for people."

Yarra Ranges

A government review proposed a full bus route along Canterbury Road. The plan has been stuck for 16 years.

More than 20 bus routes stop along the major arterial road across the east, but there is still no way for someone to take a bus trip from Montrose to Camberwell.

Politics

🟠 Hot wax, better brews

Also including: The business owners and community members saving old buildings across Melbourne's eastern suburbs

The “vinyl revolution”: The Hawthorn record store mixing coffee with electronic deep cuts

“I think what people love about vinyl is that they can hold something in their hand.”

Boroondara

Locals save 109-year-old store as heritage buildings find new life across Melbourne’s east

A growing push to preserve local landmarks is turning heritage-listed buildings into modern destinations.

History

A teaspoon of healthy soil contains 10 billion organisms. These Yarra Valley growers have got the dirt.

A Lysterfield plant turns storm debris into crop-friendly charcoal.

🟠 Lederhosen, lycra and locos

Plus: The Federal Government drops its report into gambling ads hours before the budget.

Feds tip another $3.8 billion into SRL East

Due for completion by 2035, the project will deliver six underground stations from Cheltenham to Box Hill.

Politics

Meet the lederhosen-clad German who built a “Swiss alpine village” in Bayswater

The former enemy alien “smoked a fearsome meerschaum pipe with a pepper pot lid”.

Knox