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Tick off what you've done and see the highest-impact steps next — deciding your Fire Danger Rating trigger to leave early, clearing gutters and ember-proofing gaps — with the CFA channels and Beechworth's Neighbourhood Safer Place.

Indigo Shire's designated off-leash areas on a map — Baarmutha Park in Beechworth and five more across the shire — with the on-leash rule that applies everywhere else. Dogs must be on-leash in public except in these areas.

The day's Fire Danger Rating and Total Fire Ban status for the North East fire district, read live from the CFA feed, with a three-day outlook and the VicEmergency channels for a fire happening now.

Emergency, health and council numbers in one place, with tappable phone numbers — including Beechworth Health Service's 24-hour Urgent Care Centre, the town's GP, free 24-hour Nurse-On-Call advice, and the nearest emergency department in Wangaratta.

The red and yellow bins alternate week to week, and the tool now reads the council's 2026 collection calendar to work out which one is next — so you can see whether this Tuesday is a recycling week or a general-waste week, alongside the weekly green Organics bin.

The town page now carries a colored-pencil sketch of Lake Sambell — the lake made from an old gold-sluicing pit, with its granite boulders and gum trees reflected in the still water.

Which bin goes out when — the green Organics bin every Tuesday, and the red rubbish and yellow recycling bins on alternating Tuesdays — plus what belongs in each. Indigo Shire is a three-bin shire, so glass bottles and jars go in the yellow bin.

Three tools to start: a live fire watch reading Victoria's state emergency feed, a how-busy planner for the weekend and festival crush on the main street, and a checker for whether your job needs a heritage planning permit in the overlay.