IN just over a week’s time, the Alexandra Heritage Machinery Festival will be held at the Alexandra Timber Tramway. The event, which runs from 9am to 3pm on October 5 and 6, will see around 80 exhibitors show off their goods and machinery to the larger community. Peter Aumann, the vice-president of the Alexandra Timber […]
Month: September 2024
Great work experience for local firefighters
FOREST Fire Management (FFM) operations officer Tori Spraggs has just recently come back from her deployment in British Columbia in the effort against recent bushfires. Other Murrindindi FFM workers that also went along included Luke Heard from Alexandra and John George from Broadford. Forty one staff from FFM Victoria were deployed to British Columbia and […]
Yea Garden Expo blooms
ANOTHER successful Yea Garden Expo was held on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22. The event was run by the Rotary Club of Yea. President Penny Paxman said that this year’s event followed the format of previous years. There are 60 sites available and 57 of them were sold out, so […]
Billy Crouch races semi-wild horses across Mongolia
OVER 800 years ago, Genghis Khan wanted to conquer the world from horseback. As the founder and first ruler of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan created an infamous postal system to convey important information from one side of his fledgling empire to the other. This was later dubbed Genghis Khan’s post mail route, and it […]
Silver Spoon playoff and Saturday Stableford in Yea
DI Elliott and Jo Clayton faced off to decide who would represent Yea Golf Club in the State Final of the Silver Spoon later in the year. Di held on to record a narrow win in what proved to be a very close and tight tussle. The club offers their congratulations to Di and wish […]
Emergency Services Community Engagement Day coming up in Yea
The Emergency Services Community Engagement Day is set to be held in conjunction with the Yea Railway Market on Saturday, October 5. Paul Stanley, Yea Group Officer and Captain of the Limestone CFA Brigade, said it started with the CFA and the police and the Yea Community House. They discussed how Yarck usually does a […]
Dick Dashwood keeping busy at 94
A WELL-known face in Yea, Dick Dashwood is 94 years old, and he’s certainly packed a lot into his busy life. At the time we spoke, he was about to have a carpel tunnel operation and other medical checks, but all in all, he’s in good order. Dick’s son Rob came to Yea at around […]
Foundation Murrindindi Trivia Night in support of food share program
THE Foundation Murrindindi Trivia Night was held on the evening of Saturday, September 14, with 115 people in attendance. An amazing 529 items of food were donated on the night. This will have a hugely positive impact on the foundation’s Murrindindi Food Share program. In addition, all of the funds raised also go to the […]
Start of the season for Flowerdale barefoot bowls
FLOWERDALE Sports Club had their first barefoot bowls session of the summer season alongside regular tennis games. The club has recently given fresh life to their bowling greens, and has plans for many more activities to be centred in the Flowerdale Recreation Reserve. Club secretary, Craig Green, spoke about how the club is trying to […]
Bowls season coming soon
THE 2024-2025 Goulburn Murray Region Bowls Pennant season will soon begin and the Alexandra Bowls Club opened the season with a practice match against Seymour VRI. President Greg Gilmore welcomed the VRI players and wished all players success in the year ahead. On Saturday, September 14, the wind was blowing a gale, there was some […]
