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Make a day of it: The best excursions a short drive from Melbourne’s east

Make a day of it: The best excursions a short drive from Melbourne’s east

As the weather gets cosier across Melbourne’s east, here are some of the best scenic journeys within a two-hour drive.

Travel

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🟠 How fuel hikes are hitting the east

🟠 How fuel hikes are hitting the east

Also including: The push to see solar panels on every school and childcare centre across Australia

“It’s not worth staying on the road”: Fuel spike hits Knox taxi drivers hard

“It’s not worth staying on the road”: Fuel spike hits Knox taxi drivers hard

“I’m only averaging about seven or eight dollars an hour, so just enough to pay the bills.”

Solar panels cut one Camberwell school's power bill by 25 percent. Parents want that for every school in Australia.

Solar panels cut one Camberwell school's power bill by 25 percent. Parents want that for every school in Australia.

The program would initially focus on delivering systems to state schools and childcare centres.

Energy

“One step forward, two steps back”: The uphill battle for Box Hill small businesses

“One step forward, two steps back”: The uphill battle for Box Hill small businesses

One cafe owner says butter has become so expensive they don’t get cakes delivered on a Monday morning.

Whitehorse

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🟠 Diesel and dinner on the rise

🟠 Diesel and dinner on the rise

Also including: Dry diesel bowsers, checkout shock on the way and rents rising in the Hills

Olinda, Sassafras and The Basin top the list of eastern Melbourne rent increases over the last two years

Olinda, Sassafras and The Basin top the list of eastern Melbourne rent increases over the last two years

People looking to lease in parts of the Dandenong Ranges have to dig out an extra $200 a week compared to two years ago.

Yarra Ranges

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“You go broke or you sneak your prices up”: Independent supermarkets considering price rises as extra levies add up

“You go broke or you sneak your prices up”: Independent supermarkets considering price rises as extra levies add up

“We're heading towards a mini-Covid-type inflationary period.”

Yarra Ranges

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 “The last cabs off the rank”: Dry days for smaller, family-run servos as fuel wholesalers hoard supply

“The last cabs off the rank”: Dry days for smaller, family-run servos as fuel wholesalers hoard supply

“We’re just living day-to-day, basically.”

Yarra Ranges

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