Healesville, Australia News

THE Yarra Valley will see a host of smaller projects being funded in the Yarra Ranges Council budget for 2012/13. Ratepayers will see a number of minor improvements around sports grounds, car parks and footpaths as well as the rail trail.

RESIDENTS are set to see taller buildings across the shire after councillors approved a policy to guide the Yarra Ranges' development for the next 20 years.

AT THE last Australian International Beer Awards dinner, brewers from Western Australia won five of the 14 titles for which they were eligible, sending out a statement that the craft-beer industry in the west was in rude health.

Men's Shed supporter Diane Roberts joined the men to celebrate what is now more than a plan, from left, George Miller, Paul Brewster, Len Whalley, Alan Courtney, Gavan Oakley, Wally Roberts, Mike Baimbridge and Henry Verhoeven.

A COUPLE who have travelled the more than 5000 kilometre length of the National Bicentennial Trail finished their five-year journey in Healesville on Saturday.