Panda Mart comes to Cranbourne
International retailer Panda Mart is opening its first store Australia-wide in Cranbourne on Thursday 27 February.
The warehouse-sized store is located at the ex-Masters site...
Welcome the Year of the Snake
Springvale’s annual Lunar New Year Festival was a dual celebration of Year of the Snake and Australia Day on Sunday 26 January.
An estimated 90,000-plus...
Sowing a passion for the garden
Twelve years ago, Bryan Hunter was given a ‘blank cheque’ to lead Athol Road Primary School’s environmental studies program.
Since then, he and his students...
Refugee flies a kite for his future
Kite flying has always been a part of Mohammed Balkhi’s life.
As a child he would run through the streets of Kabul with his friends...
Summer echidna spotting for science
The summer months bring special moments to those living in the Yarra Ranges as the short-beaked echidna goes about its day and can often...
Blazing a trail of donations
A Freemasons toy drive has delivered a bounty of goodies for Monash Childrens’ Hospital patients on 15 December
On the one day, a truck...
Ultra runner hits rare air
Cranbourne East uItra-runner Byron Lester’s latest challenge was nearly a step too far.
The confident athlete prides himself on his big endurance engine and appetite...
Dandy Show: pictures of perfection
On a blazing weekend of sunshine, the 152nd Dandenong Show remains a spectacle by day and night.
Photographer ROB CAREW catalogued the bright rides and...
Beyza’s recovery on ‘paws’
A Cranbourne North couple are desperate to bring their pet cat back home fully healthy after he was diagnosed with a viral disease.
Tanya Kamil...
Bank deposits $250K for community
A bank has celebrated its 25th birthday by handing out $250,000 of grants to South East community groups.
Community Bank Carrum Downs and its...
Rotary event for childrens cancer funds
Rotary is staging a special fundraiser for a specialist apheresis nurse at Monash Children’s Cancer Centre.
Greater Dandenong and Endeavour Hills Rotary member Leanne Byron...
Celebration of all things Doveton
Hundreds swarmed to Autumn Place for the return of the annual Celebrate Doveton festival on Friday 4 October.
As part of the family-friendly fun, visitors...
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Panda-monium: Fights, long queues hit Cranbourne store’s opening
Enthusiastic shoppers, an overwhelming turnout, hours of queues, fighting and verbal abuse, vandalism, a police callout, and an early shutdown marked the grand opening...
