Naked hippies in the Yarra? Eltham was a great place to be a teenager
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Naked hippies in the Yarra? Eltham was a great place to be a teenager

What I like about Eltham is how resistant it is to change. Everyone leaves eventually,but most of them come back.

  • byDoug Hendrie

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Eltham tapas bar Little Drop of Poison has good vibes on tap

Eltham tapas bar Little Drop of Poison has good vibes on tap

How do you take your poison? I’ll have mine here,at this intimate Latin bar in the ’burbs,writes Dani Valent.

  • byDani Valent
Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

The Andrews government will build an oversized intersection in the bushland suburb of Eltham to solve a traffic problem that locals say is already being fixed by building the state’s most expensive road.

  • byTimna Jacks
'It’s a feeling like we’re home':Eltham tree-lined gateway to be bulldozed

'It’s a feeling like we’re home':Eltham tree-lined gateway to be bulldozed

Plans to chop down hundreds of trees in the bushland suburb of Eltham to make way for an 11-lane intersection have horrified locals,who say it will destroy the green gateway into their community.

  • byChloe Booker
Family fears for missing mother and six-year-old daughter

Family fears for missing mother and six-year-old daughter

Police have appealed to the public for any information that may help them find a missing six-year-old girl.

  • byMatilda Boseley
They said'yes':Three couples engaged on hot air balloon which got tangled in a tree

They said'yes':Three couples engaged on hot air balloon which got tangled in a tree

Three couples will have a colourful story to tell after they each became engaged on an early-morning hot air balloon ride which later crashed into a tree in Melbourne's north-east.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
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Travellers,basketball teams warned after new measles arrival in Melbourne

Travellers,basketball teams warned after new measles arrival in Melbourne

Authorities are urging those who were at the international terminal on the morning of April 16 to check for signs of the infectious disease.

  • byAisha Dow
Second Home
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Melbourne

Second Home

Homely Eltham cafe lives up to its name.

  • byMatt Holden
Little Drop of Poison
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Melbourne

Little Drop of Poison

Chef duo produce superlative bar food from their tiny kitchen.

  • bySimone Egger
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Melbourne

Ginger Garlic

Longevity can be both blessing and curse;but Ginger Garlic’s 20-plus years as

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Melbourne

The Burger Lounge

At this new-school burger joint,caramelised pear with prune and fig jam might