Good-will allays life’s stresses
Everything begins with a thought and in turn my thoughts create feelings and attitudes which become beliefs and my perceptions of life.
How I...
Looking Back
100 years ago
17 May 1923
Modern Coach Factory
Notwithstanding the great increase in motor cars and motor bicycles, there is still a good demand for the...
Celebrating volunteers
Greater Dandenong Council is celebrating the 'change makers' during National Volunteer Week (15–21 May).
Mayor Eden Foster said some people had been volunteering with the...
Garden Club plants the seed
Every Monday lunch time, members of the Garden Club at Chalcot Lodge Primary School in Endeavour Hills get together – digging, harvesting, and gaining...
Dandenong’s centenary fever revisited
Civic pride was very much on display in Dandenong’s halcyon year of 1973.
A now-unbelievable 60,000 lined Lonsdale Street for a street parade as part...
Beauty of diversity celebrated
A passionate group of artists is aiming to provide a platform for people from CALD backgrounds in arts and culture.
Starting as an award-winning project,...
Eid for all at Bunjil Place
Bunjil Place will host its first ‘Hakaya of Bukjeh’, translating to ‘Stories and Gathering’ in Arabic.
The event is run by the organisation Bukjeh under...
Getting Away With Murder in the Dandenong Ranges
Author Kerryn Mayne’s debut novel Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder is set in the base of the Dandenong Ranges, following the protagonist revisiting...
Street feast Party
City of Greater Dandenong’s iconic Dandenong Market hosted its first Street Feast on Saturday 30 April following the success of its Night Market.
The Street...
Looking Back
100 years ago
10 May 1923
Postal facilities
For some time past it has been considered that an improvement in the despatch of mails from Dandenong might...
Daily prayer of love
Shema Jewish prayer, often referred to as the Daily Prayer, is found on Page 40 of the prayer book.
In my prayer book, it...
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Urban harvest
Springvale Urban Harvest is a free monthly swap event of excess homegrown produce and gardening extras. Also swap seeds, seedlings, cuttings, gardening tips,...
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Special bond shared for 100th milestone
Susanna Lacko’s 100th birthday was particularly poignant, franked by a special bond.
Ms Lasko shares the same birthday as her 58-year-old grandson Edward, and they...
