Community News

Murrindindi Inc will hold its annual general meeting at the County Club Hotel, Yea, commencing at 6.30pm with a bistro dinner and networking, followed by the AGM in the function room at 7.30pm. Further information is available from: info@murrindindinc.com.au

The Kinglake Country Fair is to return in 2018. Local organisers will soon release details of the community attraction. More to come.

Check out the latest issue of The Local Paper. It’s 56 pages. Hard copies available at more than 70 outlets throughout the North-East. The Local Paper has more than double the readership of any other local publication in Murrindindi Shire. https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpy171108z

Three emergency vehicles have responded to a report of a rmotor vehicle accident on Strath Creek Rd near Reedy Creek. About 1pm today (Monday), Emergency Victoria was notified of a “Rescue Road Trap” situation. Four people received attention at the accident scene. One was taken to hospital in Melbourne. The other three people were still

The Whittlesea Agricultural Society conducted a successful two-day show over the Cup weekend. Pages from the Show will be included in Wednesday’s issue of The Local Paper.

The Yea-Kinglake RSL Sub-Branch will host the Remembrance Day 2017 commemoration at the Yea Cenotaph on Saturday, November 11, commencing at 11am. Members of the public and RSL members attending are requested to assemble at the Cenotaph by 10.45am. The CFA Fire Bell will toll at 11:am as a mark of respect and to signal

This is a 1905 photo of Yea, near the ‘up’ end railway gates, with the photographer looking down Pelissier St. Lee Gow’s store has the word ‘Palace’ in its signage. And to its left MAY be the first photo we have seen of the original newspaper office in Station St. The sign seems to say

The 2017 RSL Poppy Appeal is underway in Yea from October 30 to November 10, and in Kinglake over the November 4-5 weekend. Poppy badges are available in Yea from volunteers manning a table in the mall at Reddrops Foodworks, or from honesty boxes in shops and hotels. In Kinglake, badges will be available on

Check out the latest issue of The Local Paper. It’s 60 pages. Hard copies available at more than 70 outlets throughout the North-East. The Local Paper has more than double the readership of any other local publication in Murrindindi Shire.

RSPCA Victoria has successfully prosecuted two people in relation to the housing of a large number of dogs at a property in Longwood. Diane O’Mara and Brian Knight each pleaded guilty in Seymour Magistrates’ Court on Friday (Oct. 20) to multiple charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act relating to the housing and