Current DHHS case data

If you'd like to stay up to date on the current COVID-19 restrictions and recommendations, or the latest case data please visit the Department of Health & Human Services website.

Please note DHHS does not provide Council with a breakdown of cases by suburb. We only have the information publically available on the DHHS website. Please see pages 3-4 for Council by Council data via the link below.

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Because I talk too much (allegedly), my children have asked the local IGA to continue their ‘no loitering and chatting to people’ policy for me indefinitely.

– Lindy Schneider

A poem by April Paterson

Vocabulary of the Time by Jacinta Birchall

My name is Liam Bradford

Mysteries of a Lockdown Life 1.0 by Kevin Mulvogue

Anyone for Chess? A poem by Brenda McMinn

Dear Sweetpea by Jacinta Birchall

I miss my Mum the most – A Poem by Fotoula Reynolds

The Caladenia community project

Kissy bucks and Tonka Trucks by Michaela Alcorn

My life in lockdown by Kirsten Laken

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Yarra Ranges Council respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners, the Wurundjeri people, as the custodians of this land. We pay respect to all Aboriginal community Elders, past and present, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the history of the region.

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Parks are open for exercise only. You can leave home to exercise, with up to one other person, for up to 1 hour a day, however you must not travel more than 5km from where you live.

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In line with the latest government reconstructions in the response to the COVID-19 situation, all council cultural facilities, pools and recreations centres, halls and venues for hire are temporarily closed until further notice.

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Current DHHS case data

Still Life Stories

Because I talk too much (allegedly), my children have asked the local IGA to continue their ‘no loitering and chatting to people’ policy for me indefinitely.

A poem by April Paterson

Vocabulary of the Time by Jacinta Birchall

My name is Liam Bradford

Mysteries of a Lockdown Life 1.0 by Kevin Mulvogue

Anyone for Chess? A poem by Brenda McMinn

Dear Sweetpea by Jacinta Birchall

I miss my Mum the most – A Poem by Fotoula Reynolds

The Caladenia community project

Kissy bucks and Tonka Trucks by Michaela Alcorn

My life in lockdown by Kirsten Laken

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