Tag: News
Vintage cars drive auction
A working 100 year-old Dodge is one of about half-a-dozen vintage cars about to go to auction in Diggers Rest.
M.E Auctions is organising...
My Place
Kamal Arora is a Kurunjang resident who, outside his full-time work in records management, volunteers for Sri Durga Temple in Deanside and volunteers for...
Melton SES ’busiest in state’ during storm
The Melton unit of the Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) was the busiest in the state as storms swept through Victoria on Easter Monday....
One year of Diggers’ Dreams
Diggers Rest advocacy group Dream launched publicly 12 months ago, and member John Verdon said it’s been a “big year” for the group, but...
Rockbank growth rockets
The Rockbank-Mount Cottrell area has been declared the fastest growing region in the country for the second year running by the Australian Bureau of...
Life-changing scholarships
Four students from the west have been awarded life-changing Harding Miller Education Foundation scholarships.
The Harding Miller Education Foundation provides high-achieving young Australian women experiencing...
Investing in growing suburbs
Melton council has been announced as one of eight local government areas to receive a share in $9 million from the state government’s Growing...
Regulator releases draft decision on Greater Western Water’s pricing
Water bills may raise slightly for tenants and decrease for home owners in Moorabool and most of Melton if an Essential Services Commission (ESC)...
Caution of camping near trees
With the Easter and school holidays upon us and many families heading on camping trips, Kidsafe Victoria is reminding Melton and Moorabool residents about...
Reading challenge back again
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is up and running for another year, as premier Jacinta Allan urges kids to get their head in the books.
“From...
SES getting travellers through long trips
VICSES volunteers are encouraging motorists to break up their travels at Driver Reviver pop-up sites across the state this Easter long-weekend, in a concerted...
Mother of the year award nominations are open
Nominations have now opened for the inaugural Y Victorian Mother of the Year award.
The Y Victoria initiative celebrates the contribution mums make every day,...
RACV survey
RACV is asking Victorians, including those in Melton and Moorabool travelling to regional areas, to provide feedback about how safe they feel on roads...
Policing on show as 1000 recruits join the force
Police are inviting Victorians, including those from Melton and Moorabool, to a "landmark" recruitment event, following more than 1000 recruits joining Victorian Police in...
Joeys grasp second chance at life
Two orphaned joeys have defied the odds and will eventually return to the wild following lifesaving care at Werribee Open Range Zoo.
The four-month-old common...