As time strides towards the third year anniversary of the Black Summer Bushfires, the pain of not being able to move on from the horrific fires is palpable for Wiseleigh residents, Jane and Mark Oakley. The couple lost their home in Howards Road, where they have lived for more than a quarter of a century, after the bushfire turned nasty on December 30 in 2019 and swept through their 10-acre...
It was one of the biggest auctions Swifts Creek has seen in a long, long time and it provided the biggest win for the local bush nursing centre. Many of the community’s residents turned out on Saturday to see who would place the winning bid for five acres of land at 10-14 Factory Lane, on the outskirts of town. This wasn’t just any ordinary five acre spread. The main house on the property had...