Lightning further complicates Vic fire threat
Fire authorities in eastern Victoria are facing a new challenge as a major lightning band passes over the region.
View ArticleVic fire crews remain on alert
Authorities are warning the fire risk in Victoria's Gippsland region will remain high tonight as a band of lightning moves across the region.
View ArticleFirefighter runs hose out at Boolarra
A bushfire at Boolarra, in the Gipplsland region of Victoria, burns on the hill behind a CFA firefighter on February 2, 2009.
View ArticleFire crews search for Boolarra hotspots
Firefighters are using hi-tech infra-red cameras to identify hotspots on the Boolarra fire in Victoria's Gippsland.
View Article$100k reward for Gippsland blaze information
Victorian police are offering a $100,000 reward for information about the cause of the central Gippsland fires.
View ArticleSmoke rises from a bushfire that almost claimed the house of Chris Barrett in...
Smoke rises from a bushfire that almost claimed the house of Chris Barrett in Boolarra, Victoria on February 1, 2009.
View ArticleSmoke rises ftrom a bushfire as it burns close to Chris Barrett's property in...
Smoke rises ftrom a bushfire as it burns close to Chris Barrett's property in Boolarra, Victoria on February 1, 2009.
View ArticleGippsland bushfires finally contained
Victorian firefighting authorities say they have finally contained the Gippsland bushfires.
View ArticleHomes and hope up in smoke
It was the greatest loss of homes from fire in Victoria since Ash Wednesday. Thirty homes and 87 farm sheds burnt to the ground in the south Gippsland fires in the last week of January.
View ArticleFires leave thousands without power
More than 100,000 Victorians may be without power as scores of fires across the state threaten power lines.
View ArticleGippsland to host Bushfire Royal Commission
The Bushfire Royal Commission will visit Gippsland early next month.
View ArticleFund gives bushfire victims $50,000 to rebuild
Victorians who lost their homes in last month's bushfires will be given $50,000 to help them rebuild.
View ArticleMore funds sought for Lyrebird Walk, rail trail
A group of volunteers at Boolarra is calling for more money to be spent on the area's two biggest attractions - the Lyrebird Walk and the Boolarra Mirboo North rail trail.
View ArticleFire appeal chief heads to Boolarra
The head of the Victorian Bushfire Appeal, John Landy, is meeting locals in Boolarra today.
View ArticleGippsland residents victims of 'forgotten fire'
Residents of Boolarra in Gippsland say they are the victims of a forgotten fire.
View ArticlePolice boost quest for Delburn fire clues
Police have stepped up the campaign for information about the Delburn fires, near Boolarra in south-east Victoria, in late January.
View ArticlePolice release image of suspected Vic arsonist
Police have released an image of a man they believe may be connected to January's Gippsland bushfires.
View ArticleCFA 'hasn't got its act together', commission hears
The Bushfire Royal Commission has heard a firefighter had to call triple zero to pass on critical information because he could not get through to a CFA control centre.
View ArticleBoolarra arson probe continues
Task force Ignis detectives are continuing work on the Boolarra bushfires arson investigation.
View ArticleMan charged over Gippsland bushfire
Police have charged a man over a bushfire that destroyed 30 homes in Victoria's east in January.
View ArticleMan in custody over Victorian bushfire charges
A man accused of lighting bushfires in Victoria's east in January has been remanded in custody.
View ArticleAccused firebug loses bail bid
A Gippsland magistrate has rejected an application for bail from a man accused of lighting fires.
View ArticleGippsland man guilty of kidnapping
A 23-old-man from Gippsland has been found guilty of kidnapping.
View ArticleKidnap case: guilty verdict
A 23 year old man from Gippsland has been found guilty of kidnapping.
View ArticlePolice issue warrant for missing kidnapper
Victoria Police are appealing for public help to find a convicted kidnapper from Gippsland who failed to appear in court this morning.
View ArticleFire accused has bail extended
A 23-year-old man accused of lighting fires that destroyed 30 homes in Gippsland last summer has had his bail extended until next year.
View ArticleMP reassures bushfire victims of ongoing support
The Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, says it is important bushfire victims know they will continue to be supported in the long-term.
View ArticleMan faces court over Gippsland fires
A 24-year-old man charged with lighting fires that destroyed 30 homes in Gippsland last year has had his bail extended.
View ArticleGippsland on track for digital TV switchover
The Federal Government is confident towns across Gippsland are on track to switch to digital television this year.
View ArticlePilot error blamed in fatal chopper crash
The ATSB says pilot error caused a fatal helicopter crash near the Latrobe Valley last year.
View ArticleShire tours landslip areas
Latrobe City residents are being warned their properties could be affected by future landslips.
View ArticleRoad signs transformed into art
Boolarra-based artist Jenny Peterson transforms Gippsland road signs into art.
View ArticleBoolarra quilting group remains strong
After the 2009 bushfires, a quilting group was formed in the small township of Boolarra to create a bushfire quilt. Seven years on it's still operating.
View ArticleBoolarra residents worried about police station's future
Boolarra residents, in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, are fearful their local police station will close for good after the town's only officer took extended leave a year ago.
View ArticleForester wary of agroforestry as timber production
A forestry veteran says industry must be wary of government calls for agroforestry to play a more significant role in timber production.
View ArticleTown with no beer bands together to save their only drinking hole
Community-run pubs, like the only watering hole in the Victorian town of Nandaly, are becoming a revolution and a way to save bush towns from extinction.
View ArticleMonitoring the environment just got easier in Victoria's Latrobe Valley
Everything from air quality, wind speed, temperature and rainfall can be monitored in real time by a newly-launched environmental monitoring network.
View ArticleMechanic by day, minister by night: The mobile ministers keeping country...
As congregations dwindle in small country towns, priests and ministers are taking to the road to service multiple small communities.
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