COMPASSION DRIVES ONGOING SEARCH
FOR WARREN MEYER
Family, friends and volunteers bravely continue to search bushland in Yarra Ranges for
Warren Meyer’s remains while Victoria Police are reportedly indifferent to recent discoveries.
Two Human Remains Detection dogs (HRD) from Search and Rescue Dogs of Australia (SARDA) located possible human remains bacteria at Mount Dom Dom where missing hiker Warren Meyer, aged 57, disappeared in March 2008.
These findings at first encouraged hope that answers to Warren’s body were maybe just beneath the surface.
Initially requested by Victorian Police to help locate Warren Meyer while he was believed to be alive and only lost, Julie Cowan, founder of SARDA, has been involved with the disappearance since the beginning.
There has been an emotional investment from Julie and her team at SARDA, continually helping search for Warren even after official searches had ceased in 2008.
Julie recalled that even in the first few days of the conducted searches, gunshots echoed among the mountains and haunted those searching the terrain.
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Mountain Views 07/04/2026
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YOUNG PEOPLE EMBRACE BANKSY
Warm light was cast in a dark and narrow alley of Healesville’s east end as the Living and Learning Centre’s youth-led art project Be Like Banksy wrapped up on Tuesday 28 April.
Be Like Banksy was a free community workshop that commenced in early February for the town's youth (ages 15 to 25).
The project’s aim was to help local youth connect to their creative selves, with a focus on stencil development, spray painting and exploring original concepts with local art experts.
Healesville Living and Learning Centre (HLLC) community development coordinator, Shona Rimmer, and other members of HLLC have worked tirelessly to secure the alleyway legally for recreational use.
The eligibility and obligations of gaining legal permission from property owners set a precedent for a long and oftentimes difficult developmental process for HLLC, but hope was not lost.
As night fell on the 28th, the art group climbed ladders, directed their visions to be pasted on graffiti-covered brick and celebrated the finality of the workshops with pizza and music.
There was a gentle hum of excitement, but also a concentration that was wise beyond their years.
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Mountain Views 12/05/2026
BRAVING THE FREEZE
TO BEAT THE DISEASE
Local heroes slid steeply into an ice bath at Healesville Greyhound’s annual “Big Freeze at the ‘Ville” for MND fundraising and awareness this Sunday 7th of June.
With the initiative to make a “bigger splash” than in 2025, with a goal of raising $60,000 for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research.
Largely inspired by the well known FightMND campaign led by the late AFL legend Neale Daniher, Healesville Greyhounds counted a generous $55,000 in donations on Sunday with time to still donate and surpass the initiative from last year, which was a total of $33,000.
Replacing the dunking machine from previous years, Healesville Greyhounds put the fun in fundraising with a 4.5 metre toboggan slide this time around.
Mountain Views 09/06/2026
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