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27 June 2025
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Local groups taking the heat off summer

ESCAPING THE HEAT: Members of the Heatwave Pilot Project planning group (from left) Alpine FM president Linda Parkinson, Alpine Shire councillor Simon Kelley, Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre board president Kitty Vigo, Alpine U3A Secretary Jane Zagorski, Mount Beauty Men's Shed member Irwin Beeston and Lin Hall from Mount Beauty Senior Citizens. PHOTO: Fay Mason

By Kitty Vigo,

President of the Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre board of governance

THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast of a hot, dry summer has led three Upper Kiewa Valley community organisations to make their premises available as cool “heat-escape” places for local community members over summer.

The Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre, Mount Beauty Men’s Shed and Alpine U3A...

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