New soccer pitch for Montrose

Montrose Social Soccer Club will celebrate the opening of its newly redeveloped pitch this Sunday 2 June. Council has recently completed a major $375,000 upgrade of the number one pitch at the Keith Hume Fraser Reserve as well as some drainage works on the number 2 pitch. These remainder of these improvements will be completed in the coming Spring. The redevelopment is part of a $800,000 project to revamp the reserve including an upgrade...

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Winter Burning Off Restrictions

Winter burning off restrictions will begin at the end of next week. Burning off in residential bushland zoned areas is not allowed during June and July. The restrictions, under Council’s Open Air Burning Local Law, aim to help minimise the health and amenity impacts of smoke. During June and July materials are at their wettest and if burnt can create excessive smoke. Burning wet material is prohibited under...

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Celebrating Volunteers

 National Volunteers Week is in full-swing and Council's Volunteer Engagement Officer Lana of Aged and Disability Services has been flat-out. Lana coordinates volunteers for Council’s Planned Activity Group (PAG) and Meals on Wheels programs.  For Lana, National Volunteer Week presents a natural opportunity to celebrate the incredible work and dedication of the 200-plus volunteers she looks after.  “According to...

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New boardwalk for Belgrave

A brand new pedestrian boardwalk has made the trek from Belgrave to Kallista a whole lot easier. The elevated boardwalk links Glen Harrow Heights Rd and Bleakley track in Sherbrooke Forest alongside Monbulk Rd in Belgrave. The project has improved safety with local walkers no longer having to cross Monbulk Rd. As part of the project, six weed trees and one exotic species were removed and replaced with native planting. Not only does this project...

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Immunisation Survey

  The topic of immunisation has been circulating around in the media over the last few days, and some of it has been a bit misleading... A recent Herald Sun article and piece on the Sunrise program implies that in the Yarra Ranges 236 children aged five years had not had any vaccinations at all. These statistics do not take into account the parents who chose to delay the vaccinations admistered to four-year-old children until after they...

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FloodSafe Week

 FloodSafe Week (May 6-12) is Victoria State Emergency Service’s (SES) annual awareness event aimed at educating the community about the risk of flood.  This year’s message is that playing in floodwater is dangerous. Not only is there a risk of drowning, floodwater itself is filthy, toxic and dangerous as it contains materials like chemicals, faeces, decaying animals, garbage and sharp debris. Playing in floodwater may look like...

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Yarra Ranges Proposed Budget 2013-14 and Council Plan

The Yarra Ranges Council’s proposed Budget for 2013-14 and the proposed Council Plan 2013-2017 will be considered by Council at a Council Meeting on Tuesday, 14 May at 7.45pm. These important documents provide a draft outline of key projects proposed for completion over the coming year and how they might be funded. If endorsed by Council on the night, the draft documents and details about the public submission process will be available at Council’s...

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Yarra Ranges Positive Ageing Reference Group

Council is seeking expressions of interest from community members to join the Yarra Ranges Positive Ageing Reference Group. This key group will be responsible for supporting the implementation and evaluation of the Positive Ageing Strategy 2010-2015. Council is seeking community members with broad interests and experience in positive ageing, who are committed to working in partnership with a range of people and agencies to promote positive...

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Young Leaders Program

  Yarra Ranges Youth Services is now recruiting for the 2013 Young Leaders Program. If you are aged between 17-25, interested in making a change in the community or want to represent local young people, then this program may be for you! You will learn skills in networking, event management, public speaking and time management. You will also develop contacts with Council and various organisations, agencies and people in the...

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