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Wide vistas on small boards

Viewing the 9 By 5 art exhibition is like “Instagram in real life”, says artist Helen Timbury. “It was the most vibrant exhibition with many...

Farmlands fresh in Spring

The rustic pastoral scenes in Lyndhurst seem a long way from Greater Dandenong's suburban streets. And a long way from the edge of most residents'...

Dead centre

Dandenong’s centre has been surreally quiet as Covid-19 pandemic rules have tightened. Star Journal photographer GARY SISSONS captured the desolate scenes at Little India precinct...

Dandy’s ‘heart’ turns 154

Dandenong Market’s 154th birthday will be a low-key celebration, in keeping with Covid-19 restrictions. In the heart of Dandenong since 1866, the birthday date rolls...

Outdoors access only

Just in time for school holidays, a new adventure playground has opened at Springvale Community Hub. With Covid-19 restrictions slightly easing, playgrounds have sprung back...

Winners are grinners

Iso families have put on cheery faces in a morale-boosting competition at St Anthony’s Primary School in Noble Park. While closed for remote learning under...

Positive for the future

In Australia and all over the world, people have endured great suffering in these unprecedented times as a result of coronavirus. We express our...

Mens Shed on-call

Its new home may not quite be open but Endeavour Hills Mens Shed is keeping men in "virtual" conversation. In weekly online meetings, the Mens...

Get behind Market traders

Fires, floods and now coronavirus - small business owners at Dandenong Market are doing it tough. “Add in the complexities resulting from Covid-19, including more...

Digging in for fun

A ‘Spoon-ville’ family has dug its home into a log at a Keysborough parkland during recent weeks. As part of this organic campaign, people have...

Travel – just a state of mind

Under Covid lockdown, maybe this is your option to walk across the border. The winding paths in Roth Hetherington Native Botanical Garden in Keysborough lead...

Ride safe

You can’t be too safe these days. A cycling installation in Dandenong’s wetlands has been given the high-vis vest treatment – and a face...

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Let’s elect to be refreshed

The Federal Election is over – are we all breathing a sense of relief? I don’t wish to talk any politics … however, I’d like...

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