20-Oct-2024 | By Antony Pisa What role does a Justice of the Peace fill in the Victorian community?  A Justice of the Peace (JP) is an independent and objective volunteer who is trained to act as an authorised witness to witness signatures on Statutory Declarations and affidavits and certify ...

15-Oct-2024 | By Kim Ryan, Community Safety Officer, Rowville CFA Taking inspiration from the recent Olympic Games in Paris, Boronia and Rowville CFA battled it out at the local athletics track in a spirited competition. This event provided a fantastic opportunity for the crews to practice drills...

7-Sep-2024 | By Rebecca Redfern MSA Training and Professional Development recently held an Auslan (Australian Sign Language) workshop in Rowville, led by Terence Childs, a native Auslan signer who has been deaf since birth. Participants learned the basics of finger-spelling and a variety of com...

6-May-2024 | By Ian Hockley (4th Lieutenant) New and ever-changing technology is making its way into the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and Rowville CFA volunteers will be at the forefront. As an air traffic controller, Rowville Captain Cien Pereira identified drones as a valuable tool that...

12-March-2024 | By Naomi Nelson We’ve all done it: walking along happily one moment, then tripping over nothing the next. Or we may see an older person shuffling and think that the inability to encourage the muscles into lifting one’s feet is an inevitable part of ageing. But what if youâ€...

30-September-2023 | Development Victoria is the statutory government body looking to develop the land on the corner of Burwood Highway and Scoresby Rd which runs right down to the bottom of the hill and Blind Creek.  As part of their plan they will remove the current Lake Knox (which can be s...

31-August-2023 | By Sanjiv Rajendran (VP Public Relations) The Rowville Toastmasters Club held their annual changeover dinner on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at Tosaria Restaurant in Rowville. The theme of the event was "Ignite Your Passion," and the restaurant was decorated accordingly. The meeti...

8-February-2022 | By Nadia Porter Many of readers may not be familiar with our new mayor Cr Marcia Timmers-Leitch, but she has lived in Knox’s Wantirna for the past 15 years. She runs a successful Jim’s Mowing franchise with her husband Geoff. They have three school-aged children who attend l...

4-Sept-2022 | By Nadia B. Porter Bogumila (Good or nice to God) Our guest this month is a versatile and amazing woman the aptly named Bogumila.  She was born in November 1955 in the town of Slupsk in north western Poland. She had a normal Polish Catholic upbringing. She graduated from the ...

13-August-2022 | By Nadia Porter We recently celebrated the Sovereign Platinum Jubilee – 70 years on the throne – a lifetime for most. Milestones are significant events in our lives, they denote achievement, experience and a long journey. Not everyone is lucky enough to chalk up a list.  ...