metal detecting

Gold nuggets help fund retirement

Grant Seeger, the 74-year-old president of the Sunbury Metal Detecting Club, had heard stories about using…

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Sunbury Cemetery handout photo

Works underway to improve Sunbury Cemetery

The Sunbury Cemetery Trust is undertaking capital works at the Shields St site, specifically focusing on…

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Bored youth looking over a balcony toward a city.

Why pessimism has taken hold of our youth

New data about the mental health of young people raises red flags about cost-of-living pressures –…

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Sunbury 25m pool.

Pool reopening date confirmed

The 25m indoor swimming pool at the Sunbury Aquatic and Leisure Centre – that has been…

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child at kindergarten.

Kindergarten ballot system debate postponed

A debate on the introduction of a ballot system for parents wanting to enrol their children…

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Okami Japanese restaurant, Evans St, Sunbury. Photo copyright Sunbury Life.

Okami restaurant to remain open ‘for foreseeable future’

Following a pre-Christmas announcement that 16 Okami restaurants – including one in Sunbury – face an…

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Big Build Roads fun day Sat 16 Dec 2023. Tulsa Drive Reserve at Goonawarra.

Family fun day at Tulsa Drive Reserve

The closing stages of Sunbury’s biggest road infrastructure project was celebrated on Saturday 16 December when…

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Okami Japanese restaurant, Evans St, Sunbury. Photo copyright Sunbury Life.

Okami restaurant faces uncertain future

The Okami Japanese restaurant in Evans St, which opened in late 2019, has been...

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Uniting Church, Sunbury

Abandoned church to be repaired

It looks like the derelict church on Barkly St, currently surrounded by security fencing, will be…

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Sunbury's 25m pool.

Leaking swimming pool to reopen next year

The troubled indoor swimming pool at the Sunbury Aquatic and Leisure Centre (SALC) will reopen in…

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Sunbury Cemetery on a misty night. Photo by Dave White.

On a dark, misty night…

Sunbury local Dave White thought he'd make the most of Monday's mist and visited the local…

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New CEO for Cobaw

Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health is to get a new CEO. David Wild will take up…

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walk to school train

Call to support walk to school program

A proposal to ask Victoria police to stop ‘good drivers’ to give them shopping vouchers hit…

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Victoria container deposit scheme refund machine in the carpark at Rosenthal, Sunbury.

Cash refund scheme doesn’t make sense for some

While the state government’s scheme to refund 10c on empty bottles and cans may help children…

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Sunbury’s median property price drops

The latest property data on home prices in Sunbury from the Real Estate Institute, show the…

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Map scissors.

Changes could see Sunbury down to two council representatives

Changes to the ward boundaries of Hume City Council could see the number of representatives in…

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Sunbury multideck car park under construction.

Multideck carpark rises into the sky

The first signs of Sunbury’s much-needed car park are now apparent with three concrete towers clearly…

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inflation

Unpaid council rates total $38m

Rate arrears at Hume City Council have risen to $38m as householders struggle to pay their…

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Real estate report for week ending 3 December 2023

Only two properties were reported as being sold last week by the Real Estate Institute, and…

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