Parks Victoria
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Farm fading away
A once prominent attraction is wasting away. Horseshoe Bend Farm was once home to cows, pigs and a place where the community came for weekend’s…
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Boost for Parks Victoria’s junior ranger program
More children will be able to explore the great outdoors following a funding boost for a Parks Victoria junior ranger program. The program, which runs…
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Keilor jumps into rabbit problem
Keilor residents are hopping mad over Brimbank Parks’ feral rabbit problem. More than 100 residents have signed a petition circulating Keilor Village calling on the…
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Brimbank Park cafe open for business
Brimbank Park finally has a cafe. Lumbar and Co Coffee has taken out a 10-year lease of the site and co-owner Fraser Clark has big…
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Better latte than never for park cafe
The sun is shining – sometimes – and the weather is getting warmer, but Brimbank Park’s cafe remains empty and unused. The cafe closed its…
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Park cafe plan a slow-burner
Almost a year since the Brownstone Cafe shut its doors, Brimbank Park, one of the municipality’s biggest landmarks is still without a basic food and…
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Stinging issue at park
A relaxing walk in Brimbank Park has turned into a harrowing ordeal for three-year-old cocker spaniel, Rocher. Rocher was being walked on leash down a…
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calling for new cafe operator
Parks Victoria has ramped up its efforts to find a tenant to run Brimbank Park’s cafe. The cafe will be available on a lease of…
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Farm days over at Horseshoe Bend
There are no plans to restore Keilor’s historic Horseshoe Bend farm to a functioning farm. The 26-hectare reserve was re-opened to the public in 2016,…
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Park starved for food service
Brimbank Park is still without a cafe. Almost three months since the Brownstone Cafe closed its doors late last year, one of the municipality’s biggest…
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Historic farm not feeling the love
The man who spearheaded a public campaign to have the historic Horseshoe Bend Farm re-opened to the public says the site is going to waste.…
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Park is back on track
A flood-damaged track in Brimbank Park, along the Maribyrnong River, has been reopened. Parks Victoria area chief ranger David Collins said the track, which is…
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Brimbank welcomes new ranger
Visitors to Brimbank Park and Woodlands Historic Park have welcomed a new seasonal ranger to help over the busy summer months. Sharyn Mundy is one…
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Fire treatment in western parks
The warmer weather is on its way and with it comes the threat of grass fires and bushfires. Parks Victoria is rising to the challenge…
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Greens MP to grill government over Brimbank Park asbestos discovery
Community concerns about asbestos which remains sealed off in Brimbank Park more than eight months after it was discovered will be raised in state parliament…
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