Georgia Lenton-Williams

Aug 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Sacha Payne |Georgia Lenton-Williams

"Some people get gold fever, I've got deer fever," William 'Bill' Barry chuckles about his "addiction" to deer. "I just love them, they're a great animal to look at, very majestic, [especially] the stags," he says. Mr Barry keeps several species of deer at his property near Dargo in the foothills of Victoria's high country. His home is a shrine to the animal, and is filled with trophies, deer-related ornaments, photos and paintings. He also likes to hunt them, and eat them in a red wine sauce.

Aug 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Georgia Lenton-Williams

A tourism boom in one of Victoria's most remote towns is helping local businesses thrive, but some residents say there aren't enough amenities to cope with the hordes of visitors who flock there on weekends and public holidays. Only 105 people actually live in the picturesque village of Dargo, nestled in the state's High Country more than an hour's drive from the nearest town.

Jul 12, 2024 | abc.net.au | Georgia Lenton-Williams

Spirits are high as a small convoy of four-wheel drives winds its way into the Victorian High Country, west of Dargo, in the state's Gippsland region. There's plenty of banter — a mixture of trivia questions and terrible jokes crackling over the two-way. "What do you call a deer with one eye?" one driver asks. "No eye deer," the group chimes in. This is a "tag-along" tour — four-wheel drivers in their own vehicles exploring remote bushland with a professional guide.

Jun 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Georgia Lenton-Williams

Megan Lee will never forget the day she treated a patient who'd been bitten by an angry goanna. "It was evacuated from a tent that it wasn't welcome in, and it didn't like that too much," the remote area nurse explains. "It did turn on the person removing it … and had a good go at this person's leg. "That was pretty gnarly. "Goanna bites are notorious for being exceptionally full of bacteria.

Apr 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Shannon Schubert |Georgia Lenton-Williams

Melbourne's Ivanhoe Grammar School is mourning the death of a former teacher who was killed in a glider crash in Victoria's east. Greig Wanless, 73, was the pilot of the 1983-built glider when it crashed on the Mount Beauty airfield on Saturday. Despite efforts from paramedics, the father of three and his passenger, 39-year-old Melbourne mother Kate Callingham, both died. The ABC understands the two were family friends, and the purpose of the flight was to scatter the ashes of a loved one.