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After two years of restrictions, 1st Bennettswood Scouts, along with 1st Ferntree Gully and Mont Albert North, have experienced one of the greatest times in Scouting – with thousands of their fellow Scouts. They attended VicJam – an 11-day […]

YOU may have heard that things are changing at the next State Election – well here’s the lowdown on what’s changing and why! New State electoral boundaries will take effect at the Victorian State Election, […]

Last year the Victorian Government announced its intention to remove ten more dangerous and congested level crossings. This decision will result in a new railway station to replace the current Surrey Hills and Mont Albert […]

Scamming is now a major concern for Australia, and other countries like the USA and UK with most calls emanating from Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) […]

The Compassionate Friends is a worldwide organisation, dedicated to providing peer support to parents, siblings and grandparents following the death of a child, sibling, or grandchild, at any age and from any cause. They promote […]

The Box Hill Miniature Steam Railway is located in Elgar Park , and open to the public on the third Sunday of every month (second Sunday in December).

ustralian Bureau of Statistics Census data indicates that homelessness in eastern and southern Melbourne is only slightly less than the Victorian average.

I know of at least three local not-for-profit organisations run very successfully solely by volunteers with absolutely no paid staff. The first, of course, is The Bulletin, now in its 41st year and which relies […]