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Travelways - Tasmania Discover Tasmania on your next holiday. More Info...	See Canberra As the days are set to heat up so too are Canberra's many summer events. More Info...	Home-grown celebrity: Hounded by desire to keep working Greater Dandenong's got talent! Young actor Tegan Higginbotham is on the road to success. MICHAEL RANDALL reports. More Info...	Home-grown celebrity: Hollywood dream calls Dandy actor Greater Dandenong's got talent! Young actor Rachel Jessica Tan is on the road to success. MICHAEL RANDALL reports. More Info...

Dandenong Cricket Awards: Winning smile says it all TRAVIS Campbell was the perfect example of the expression `winners are grinners' at the Dandenong District Cricket Association awards evening on Friday. More Info...	Cricketers of the Year: Pick of the Crop PHIL McLEOD talks to the finalists in The Journal's prestigious senior and junior Cricketer of the Year awards about their chances. The winners will be announced at the end-of-season DDCA awards presentation. More Info...	Fire crisis: a tribute to our heroes More Info...	DARK DAY: Bushfire photos More Info...

FIRE SENSE: Heat sparks safety warning Topsy turvy doesn't begin to describe the weather this year. But what everyone agrees on is that we face one of the worst fire danger periods for many years. ELISA MILLER reports. More Info...	Retail veterans bid goodbye More Info...	Dandenong shows itself off More Info...	North East Victoria More Info...

IT'S SHOWTIME STOP press: it's the Dandenong Show time of year. More Info...	Bringing mental illness out of the dark A BIPOLAR disorder sufferer who has spent time at Dandenong's Pinelodge Clinic says Mental Health Week plays a vital role in raising awareness. More Info...	Your Ultimate Holiday Your Ultimate Holiday Magazine covers a whole range of holidays to suit reader, from exotic tropical islands, exciting adventure holidays, to pure luxury and indulgence. More Info...	Holiday Magazine - Bass Coast & Gippsland Holiday Magazine -Bass Coast & Gippsland is a quarterly publication dedicated to promoting the beauty and breadth of this diverse region. Highlighting the excellence, and innovation of local tourism and lifestyle businesses, is designed to be an easy and interesting read for locals, visitors and residents in greater Melbourne. More Info...

Holiday Magazine - Mornington Peninsula The Holiday Magazine covers the four seasons. Our aim is to promote excellence and innovation for local tourism and lifestyle businesses. Supporting the peninsula for the past 25 years and a major sponsor of the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Business Awards, the Holiday Magazine is promoted all year round on radio stations 3AW/Magic 693. More Info...	Out & About - NE Victoria A guide to North East Victoria More Info...	Trader devoted to city's cause BOWLS, racing and the welfare of Dandenong's traders are what make the evergreen Roy Aspinall tick. More Info...	Drums to the Drum Theatre The sounds of the east and west will transform into a treat for the senses when TaikOz appear at the Drum Theatre later this month. DANIELLE BUTCHER spoke to TaikOz founder and artistic director Ian Cleworth. More Info...

Three weapons of mass attraction EVERYONE is faced with an unexpected bombshell at some stage in their life - whether it's finding out your husband has been cheating on you with a younger woman, or becoming a widow and being forced to live life without your true love. More Info...	Roll out the red carpet DANDENONG Plaza was in celebration mode last Wednesday as it welcomed Reading Cinemas' state-of-the- art six-screen cinema. More Info...	Every pitch tells a story Peter Houghton's one-man show - The Pitch - is bringing the hype of Hollywood to the Drum Theatre next month. DANIELLE BUTCHER reports. More Info...	Movies make for great Reading ROLL out the red carpet, stock the candy bar and cue the film reels - the movies are back in town! More Info...

Double blow for city DANDENONG farewelled two of its stalwarts last week, mourning the deaths of figureheads Jean Marriner and Rocco Surace. More Info...	Olympic special: cheers for local heroes EVERY four years, the world almost stops for the spectacle of the Olympic Games. Residents of the south-east are no exception and they will have plenty of reasons to cheer, with many of our athletes calling the area home when they are not strutting their stuff in international competition. More Info...	Community cabinet visit The community cabinet came to town last week when a horde of state ministers dropped by to open their purses in a spending splurge, repeated up and down the EastLink corridor. Education Minister Bronwyn Pike brought no cash or cake but lots of enthusiasm when visiting a Dandenong High School project to view the first stage of its massive expansion and merger. Planning Minister Justin Madden turned up to an edible home garden project bearing a large plate of lamingtons. More Info...	Great Southern Tourist News More Info...

Cruising down an open road The long trip along Stud Road from The Journal's Bayswater office to its Dandenong office has always been filled with frustration. Will EastLink be the answer? We set out to put it to the test. More Info...	Sharing the blues Country music sensation Catherine Britt may appear to have the world at her feet, but her latest album reveals the true price of fame. DANIELLE BUTCHER reports. More Info...	Tears for Tjaegan MORE than 1000 mourners joined together in Dandenong last week to honour a much-loved Aboriginal youth worker whose sudden death shocked the community. More Info...	Neita, you've done us proud It all started at Wachter Reserve, Keysborough, for a tall skinny kid who would become Melbourne's greatest goalkicker and games record holder. MICHAEL RANDALL caught up with one of Greater Dandenong's most decorated football exports, David Neitz, who last week retired from his glittering AFL career. More Info...

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