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Blackburn Lake Blackburn Lake

Blackburn Lake

Clean Waterways KKA committee and Glenys Grant The Clean Waterways Expo 2025 was held at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, the headwaters of the KooyongKoot (Gardiners Creek) on Sunday, 29 June. This was its second year and keenly supported by the KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA). Around 200 people attended. They explored exhibitions and…
5 June 2024
Titbits and snippets Local Neighbourhoods

Titbits and snippets

Send us your titbits and snippets Sometimes described as a small piece of interesting information, or a small dish of pleasant-tasting food, we at Eastsider News think that titbits is a good description of those curious morsels of information that our readers send us from time to time. We hope…
24 March 2024
Local Artists ArtistsBox Hill

Local Artists

Thank you, Year 10 Art students at Box Hill High School for telling us about the role the Box Hill area played in the development of the beautiful Australian form of Impressionism. Scroll down to read an article by two of the students, Kelly Lai and Olivia Dufty. And keep…
12 August 2023
Max’s walks Local NeighbourhoodsWalking

Max’s walks

Maximillian von Schnauzer, our very handsome 4 legged correspondent takes you walking around our local neighbourhoods and further afield.  We are grateful to Ruth, Max's two legged companion, for keeping us updated on his perambulations. My Favourite Walks: Blackburn Bushland Corridor Maximillian von Schnauzer Hi, my fellow four-leggeds, how are…
22 July 2023
The Faces of Greythorn GreythornWalking

The Faces of Greythorn

The Faces of Greythorn A great reason to visit the Greythorn Central shopping centre is to meet local identities Ferdi, Don, Albert, Maddie, Maria, Lily and Evie. These six larger than life statues tell the story of Greythorn through the people who lived and worked in the area from the…
2 May 2023
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