Category: History
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Redwood Centre – New Mower – April 2025
The ADRA Community Centre – Redwood is surrounded by a large oval and expansive front lawn. So, when their ride-on mower broke down, they were left in a tough spot. As a not-for-profit organisation, funds are always limited. The Warburton Advancement League recognised that every dollar spent on replacing the mower would be a dollar less…
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Track work in March 2025
Some great work this month, David looking after the river track heading East from caravan park at least twice this month Bill keeping the area behind Redwood centre spick and span, think he has mowed and brush cut on both sides of track three times Terry, John and Jeff did the track from Redwood bridge…
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La La Turntable
The La La siding, Turntable is listed on the Yarra Ranges Council Heritage Database ‘as evidence of the scale of timber getting operations in the upper Yarra Valley in the early nineteenth century.’ It remains one of the last surviving steel pieces of railway infrastrucutre in our Upper Yarra Region. An elegy to the…
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Another tree falls foul of the October winds
A number of trees fell victim to the recent doting winds but one of the most dramatic was on the River Track. Quick work from the River Track Team returned the track to safe and easy walking again.
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Tidying up The Warburton Welcome sign
Finally got there, a bit of a mess! However a few more hours will finish it off. We even got time to remove cobwebs and wash the timber Sign. Ted, Jerry, Terry and Jeff were involved. A lot of hard work an a lot of rubbish, a huge tandem caged trailer took it all away…
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Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs
This document relates to the destruction of the Mt Donna Buang Lookout Tower by the Army exploding it. (1957)
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Track storm damage August 2024
Some before and after shots of the first area clean up today.Load of wood for V.I.Centre (probably 2026 as it is so green)Left the rest for locals, another activity today, what a mess!All back as it was before the week of wind.Next outing will be brushcutting and mowing as every thing is starting to fire…
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