Yarra Ranges

Collapsed tunnels, landslides and falling timber: The workers who gave their lives for Silvan Dam

The “astonishingly cosmopolitan population” included people from Australia, England, Germany, Italy, Finland and the former Yugoslavia.

Yarra Ranges

Jess Wilson wants to force councils to collect red bins weekly, and they’re not happy about it

The impost could add millions to annual budgets. Who is going to pay?

Yarra Ranges

September’s live music events in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

A violinist with broad taste and local songwriting talents are among the highlights this month.

Whitehorse

WATCH: Lilydale or Lillydale?

A lake, a town, a woman and a song.

Yarra Ranges

Mount Dandenong’s clay sculptures restored after storm damage

The garden includes pieces spanning close to 60 years of work.

Yarra Ranges

WATCH: Mooroolbark's volunteer-run miniature railway

The club has been providing rides on scaled-down locomotives for more than 40 years.

Yarra Ranges

WATCH: The Mount Dandenong house with an underground bomb shelter

The five-bedroom house recently sold for $760,000.

Yarra Ranges

Knox takes another step towards landslide planning controls for properties in the Dandenongs’ foothills

The next stage will focus on assessing the potential risk to The Basin, Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully and Lysterfield.

Climate

Arts, crafts and local produce: The best markets across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

Hot jam doughnuts, barbecues, preserves, coffee, arts, crafts and fresh fruit and veggies are among the goodies on offer.

Whitehorse

WATCH: What happened to Australia’s milk bars?

A Mooroolbark business has re-energised the idea of what a corner store can be.

Yarra Ranges

Monbulk’s Arnold Dix spent 17 days rescuing trapped workers in India. Now he's helping to bury nuclear waste

The global engineering expert is another of Melbourne’s east with a story to tell.

Yarra Ranges

Lilydale’s 123-year-old swimming club suspends operations

“We had about 70 members and lost almost half because of the [Kilsyth] closure.”

Yarra Ranges

A cleanfill disposal company wanted to dump 400,000 cubic metres of matter in Lysterfield. A tribunal just said no

The proposal “does not produce a net community benefit and does not constitute orderly planning”.

Yarra Ranges

Inside the Monbulk microgrid keeping the lights on

“Most people wouldn’t have had a clue that we were running off backup power.”

Yarra Ranges

Disaster fatigue and “hard truths”: How are Mount Dandenong’s communities coping five years on from 2021’s storms?

“That sound of a freight train never leaves you.”

Climate

“Same destruction, new name”: Environmental groups say loopholes are allowing Victoria to log native forests

“We've seen trees over 13 metres in diameter, hundreds of years old, being removed.”

Yarra Ranges

The 1938 Mount Dandenong plane crash that sent shockwaves through the country’s air traffic control systems

One of Australia’s deadliest aviation disasters sparked drastic reforms across the industry.

Yarra Ranges

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

“It isn't about greed, it's about survival”: Eastern Melbourne restaurants hold off on price hikes despite fuel levy strains

Local hospitality business owners are anxious of dropping foot traffic following the school holidays and increasing delivery costs.

Yarra Ranges

Chirnside Park readies itself for tipping point as house prices hits almost $1 million

Yarra Ranges Council is set to approve a draft 20-year plan for the area later this month.

Yarra Ranges

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

“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

“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

Split council backs medicinal cannabis facility in Yarra Ranges despite local pushback

Around 70 Hills residents packed out the public gallery on Tuesday night, audibly booing when the development was approved.

Yarra Ranges

Victoria's Planning Minister orders environmental review of Montrose Quarry expansion

Plans put the pit’s edge closer to houses and schools.

Yarra Ranges

Yarra Ranges

Collapsed tunnels, landslides and falling timber: The workers who gave their lives for Silvan Dam

Jess Wilson wants to force councils to collect red bins weekly, and they’re not happy about it

September’s live music events in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

WATCH: Lilydale or Lillydale?

Mount Dandenong’s clay sculptures restored after storm damage

WATCH: Mooroolbark's volunteer-run miniature railway

WATCH: The Mount Dandenong house with an underground bomb shelter

Knox takes another step towards landslide planning controls for properties in the Dandenongs’ foothills

Arts, crafts and local produce: The best markets across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

WATCH: What happened to Australia’s milk bars?

Monbulk’s Arnold Dix spent 17 days rescuing trapped workers in India. Now he's helping to bury nuclear waste

Lilydale’s 123-year-old swimming club suspends operations

A cleanfill disposal company wanted to dump 400,000 cubic metres of matter in Lysterfield. A tribunal just said no

Inside the Monbulk microgrid keeping the lights on

Disaster fatigue and “hard truths”: How are Mount Dandenong’s communities coping five years on from 2021’s storms?

“Same destruction, new name”: Environmental groups say loopholes are allowing Victoria to log native forests

The 1938 Mount Dandenong plane crash that sent shockwaves through the country’s air traffic control systems

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

“It isn't about greed, it's about survival”: Eastern Melbourne restaurants hold off on price hikes despite fuel levy strains

Chirnside Park readies itself for tipping point as house prices hits almost $1 million

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

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

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

Split council backs medicinal cannabis facility in Yarra Ranges despite local pushback

Victoria's Planning Minister orders environmental review of Montrose Quarry expansion

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