News
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Christmas Window competition starts soon
Businesses across the Yarra Ranges can get into the festive spirit early and enter the Yarra Ranges Council’s Yarra Ranges Christmas Window competition. Locals are…
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Yarra Ranges Detectives seeking owner of stolen power tools
Yarra Ranges Detectives have located a quantity of power tools believed to have been stolen from the Eastern suburbs in October this year. The power…
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Referendum result a motivator for treaty push
Despite conversations about the referendum dying down since the vote count came back with a resounding no, for one young Indigenous leader it has fuelled…
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Ranges TEC students rewarded for native timber furniture pieces
Students from Lilydale’s Ranges TEC have received awards for signature furniture pieces crafted from native timber donated by Powelltown Sawmills as part of their community…
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Ranges’ broad-toothed rat added to endangered species list
The Australian Government has added more than 20 plants and animals, including one most commonly found in the Yarra Ranges, to the threatened species list…
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Lilydale Croquet Club is turning 130 years
The Lilydale Croquet Club will be turning 130 years old next year, 2024. Lilydale Croquet Club was established in 1894 in Melba Park in Lilydale,…
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Be part of a public mural, learn mosaic at LCH
Over the last month the Lilydale Community House (LCH) has been working on bringing to life a community directed mural to freshen up the Hardy…
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Dunn’s white gum misses top spot
Results for the Victorian Tree of the Year competition by the National Trust of Australia are in and Yarra Ranges has missed the chance to…
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Gift of giving returns to Lilydale, Mount Evelyn
It’s that time of year again as the Rotary Club of Lilydale launches its Wishing Tree project for the third year in a row, seeing…
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Lilydale’s veteran stories teach kids
Lilydale RSL’s educational sessions program has grown yet again, with the first primary school making use of the newly renovated space. Lilydale Primary School’s Grade…
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Final plaque unveiled at Mooroolbark War Memorial
After almost a decade of research and planning, the final memorial plaque was unveiled at the Mooroolbark War Memorial on Remembrance Day. As the fourth…
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Remembering the fallen in Mount Evelyn
Remembrance Day services were held across the region on Saturday 11 November, seeing crowds gather to pay their respects to the fallen and those still…