Mt Evelyn News
There are concerns for the Recreation Reserve Powerful Owls as the last few years they have been unsuccessful in raising young. There have been positive signs from the Powerful Owls, with a nesting site chosen by the couple, and the hope is that in the next month the young will make their first appearance. However…
The Mt Evelyn Reading Room is celebrating Adult Learners week by hosting a series of Story Times for Grown Ups every Friday afternoon throughout September. Starting on September 1 from 2pm to 2:45pm, Chris Field will be reading a short story while you can sit back and enjoy the atmosphere. Story Time for Grown Ups…
A packed Pubic Hall and an amazing display of food summed up The Able Bake House High Tea last Thursday, 24th August.
The second Friends of Water Race and Quinn Reserve planting day will be held this coming Sunday, August 27, from 10am until 4pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Part of the Melbourne Water River Health Incentives Program, Friends of Water Race and Quinn Reserve are aiming to finish planting 1600 plants near the base of the…
The Able Bake House, a social enterprise supported by Melba Support services, will be holding a High Tea at the Mt Evelyn Pubic Hall on Thursday afternoon from 1pm to 3pm. The menu will be prepared by Angela from the first series of The Great Australian Bake Off, and will include delicious treats like vanilla…
Artworks entries for the Yarra Hills Community Art Show close this Friday August 25. The art show will run from September 15 to September 17 at Yarra Hills Secondary College, 15 Burdap Drive, Mt Evelyn. For more information and to enter your artworks visit: www.yarrahills.vic.edu.au/extra-curricular/art-shows
Saturday August 19 to Friday August 25 is Children’s Book Week and to celebrate, Mt Evelyn Reading Room will be holding a magical night of interactive storytelling on Wednesday August 23, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Children are encouraged to come along dressed as a book character, or in their pyjamas. Join our storyteller, Fairy Mary,…
Friends of Water Race and Quinn Reserve are holding two planting days in August at the Horseshoe Falls area of Quinn Reserve, with access from Railway Road and Blue Wren Court. The first planting day will be held on Saturday August 12 and second Sunday August 27, both starting at 10am and running until 4pm,…
A new exhibition has been hung at the Mt Evelyn Exhibition Space located inside Holy Grill, 50 Wray Crescent. Peter Thorpe, artist and tutor, is currently holding an exhibition of his watercolour artworks which will be on display until Thursday 31st August. Holy Grill and the Exhibition Space is open: Wednesday/Thursday: 11am – 2:30pm, 5pm…
On Friday August 4th, local resident and Billanook Ward Councillor, Tim Heenan will be sleeping outside in a cardboard box for 9 nights to highlight the issues of homelessness. This is the ninth year Cr Tim Heenan has slept out opposite Melba Park in Lilydale during Homeless Persons Week. Supported by Holy Fools, a local charity…