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All proceeds donated to charity All proceeds donated to charity All proceeds donated to charity Newsletter All proceeds donated to charity Four of Euroa’s finest gardens open! Sunday November 16, 2014 10:00am to 5:00pm $12 per garden, all proceeds to charities. See: gardendesignfest.com.au for more details. “Lakithi” 948 Top Road, Terip Terip. Melways X927 K1 Designer: Gail van Rooyen This big garden Allhas proceeds evolved donated over to charitythe past decade into a blend of formal and informal areas with structures and walls creating several ‘garden rooms’. It features long vistas, rose and clematis-covered fences, Spring bluebells by Australia’s Premier Openthe thousand Garden and an Eastern Weekend Lawn with a majestic English Oak. Above the Australia’s Premier Opendam, a graniteGarden outcrop is home Weekend to Olives and masses of different lavenders. Near the orchard is an arbor, bench and a mixed planting of Elvins Prunus, Crab apples, Hawthorn and Flowering Quince. 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Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Our Sponsors Charities Charities Charities Charities Charities © Rotary Club of Kew 2014 All proceeds donated to charity All proceeds donated to charity All proceeds donated to charity Newsletter All proceeds donated to charity About Our Town Euroa Euroa (pop 3200) in the Goulburn Valley is 164km north-east of Melbourne on the Hume Highway, a two-hour drive. Explorers Hume and Hovell passed through here in 1824 en route to Port Philip. In 1836, Thomas Mitchell cut a track nearby for drovers and their stock. Much of our wealth once came from sheep but now it comes from horse studs. We also produce quality cool-climate wines, available to try at cellar doors. Ned Kelly’s gang robbed our National Bank on 10 December 1878, seizing £2000 worth of cash and gold. The gang’s base was at Faithfulls Creek Station and they held bystanders hostage in the storeroom. After the robbery, the gang forced the bank staff back to the station so they couldn’t raise the alarm. They treated their hostages to a trick riding show before galloping away. Euroa’s the birthplace of cricketer Merv Hughes andAll proceedshome donatedof three to charity Victoria Cross winners from the Boer