Changelog

A colored-pencil drawing of Yackandandah's heritage High Street — the verandahed Victorian shopfronts stepping down the street with the forested valley hills close behind — now heads the town page.

A live read of today's rooftop solar for the valley, hour by hour: how strong the sun is on your panels, and the best window to run the washing, charge the car or fill the battery off your own roof rather than the grid. Modelled from the sun forecast; it points you to Totally Renewable Yackandandah and Indigo Power for the community batteries and the virtual power plant.

Tonight's frost risk and today's fog, hour by hour, read from the forecast on the published Met Office scales — for the drive out, the garden and an early start. Yackandandah sits in a frost hollow, so it leads the town page through winter; the fire tools return for the October–April fire season.

Fire Danger Today shows the day's official Fire Danger Rating and whether it's a Total Fire Ban for the North East fire district, plus a multi-day outlook, straight from the CFA feed. It sits alongside the live incident map: one tells you what's burning, the other how dangerous the day is. For a fire happening now it points you to VicEmergency, and to Triple Zero in an emergency.

Three tools to start. Is Something Burning? reads Victoria's state emergency feed and tells you, in kilometres and plain words, whether there's a bush or grass fire near town right now — with the official channels that matter when it counts. Is It Open? works out what's actually open on the main street, from the supermarket and the pubs to the pharmacy. Who to Call gathers the numbers worth having, starting with the plain fact that the nearest emergency department is in Wodonga. More to come — the daily fire danger rating and total fire ban status are next.