Victoria’s incredible volunteers have been celebrated at the 2024 Volunteering Awards. The awards were presented at a ...

A charity event to support bushfire-affected communities in Victoria's west has been called off amid community concerns. The Recover Grampians event was due to take place in March but its ...

"When it comes to bushfire and cyclone and storm ... reducing about 10,000 homes to piles of charred wood and ash. More recently, the still ongoing flood event in northern Queensland led to ...

Victorian water carters say demand for stock and domestic water is at unprecedented levels, with one 40-year industry veteran ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

The best times to visit Victoria and Vancouver Island are March to May and September to November. The region sees some of the country's mildest weather and the driest summers, so while you might ...

Authorities say the fire stopped at its edge. Image / Micah Visoiu A 3,000-year-old Huon pine and several other ancient trees on Tasmania’s West Coast have survived bushfires that have torn through ...

The start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, is on March 5th, 2025 Lent is a 40 day period of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent ends on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" ...

The year 1914 started off very hot, and southern Victoria suffered from widespread bushfires in February and March. Good rains fell over most of eastern Australia in March and April. But after that ...

Two blazes burning during Tuesday’s catastrophic bushfire warning in Sydney are being treated ... to our attention we are treating those at suspicious," he told reporters on Wednesday morning.

A waterbombing helicopter has crashed while fighting a bushfire near Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, with the pilot escaping with minor injuries. It is believed the helicopter crashed in a fire zone on ...