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What's happening near you

What's on in Yarra Ranges

A Toast to Melba

12 June 2025

Uncover the untold stories of a global icon, Dame Nellie Melba. A Toast to Melba shares rarely seen objects, photographs, and personal treasures from Coombe Yarra Valley, Arts Centre Melbourne and Yarra Ranges Regional Museum—brought together for the first time in this dynamic new exhibition.

Melba’s Vintage Playroom

12 June 2025

Venture back in time to a playdate over 100 years ago. Melba’s Vintage Playroom invites children and audiences to step into a whimsical and magical children’s nursery celebrating Dame Nellie Melba’s love of games and nonsense and her favourite saying: “Let’s have fun!”.

Mars and Fungi

12 June 2025

Prepare to have your perceptions expanded in this mind-bending double feature photography exhibition at The Arts Centre Warburton! Journey from the desolate yet captivating landscapes of Mars, a world that has ignited human curiosity for millennia, to the intricate and often unseen universe of Fungi, the unsung heroes of our own planet.

Latest news

2025-26 Council Budget Endorsed – Focused on the Fundamentals

Published on 11 June 2025

Councillors endorsed the 2025-26 Council Budget at the Tuesday, 10 June Council meeting, following extensive community engagement and public consultation.

Request to commence Amendment C225 - Erosion Management Overlay

Published on 11 June 2025

At the 10 June 2025 Council meeting, Councillors voted to request the Planning Minister to commence a planning scheme amendment process to extend and amend the mapping of the Erosion Management Overlay (EMO) in the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme.

Parents power study now open

Published on 04 June 2025

Deakin University and Council are inviting parents to contribute to research on how they use power, to help develop programs to make their lives easier.
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