Month: May 2025

THE Yea Community House wall mural of books selected by the community was officially opened last Friday by the team from Yea Community House and artist Mark Klein. The ceremonial red ribbon was cut by Mark, and he talked briefly about how the mural came into existence. The Yea Community House team presented Mark with […]

THE Yea area is famed for its baragwanathia fossils, fossils of the earliest vascular land plant found in the world, dated to around 415 million years ago. The site is recognised as being of international significance. Mansfield Shire is now getting in on the action, with local fossil hunters finding evidence of amniotes, dating to […]

NATHAN Brown, Red Cross Manager Community and Business Operations (Victoria and Tasmania) spoke about their operations in Murrindindi Shire. Unfortunately, the Red Cross vehicle was taken from Murrindindi Shire due to financial considerations. Nathan said, “That was a really hard decision for us because that was, from the Red Cross perspective, our only real service […]

THE Alexandra State Emergency Service (SES) Unit has officially welcomed Trevor Evans as its new Unit Controller, taking over from long-standing leader Peter Weeks. Trevor brings with him over 12 years of SES experience and more than two decades of service with the CFA, where he served as both a strike team leader and crew […]

TAYLA Street, a 25 year old motorcycle racer from Flowerdale has been selected to represent Australia in July at two International events in Croatia. The events include the FIM Women’s Speedway Academy and the FIM Women’s Speedway Gold Trophy. These events will take place at Stadium Milenium in Croatia and bring together the top female […]

IT was a big day at Rebel Park last Sunday, with the under nine, 10, and 12 footballers, along with all the junior netball teams, taking to the courts and fields in front of a supportive home crowd. The under nine and under 10 played with plenty of enthusiasm and energy against Broadford. While scores […]

THE Alexandra Community Wood Auction is set for Saturday, May 24, starting at 10am at the bottom end of Bayley Street, near the Embassy of Ideas. Organiser Andrew Embling said, “We do it every year. It’s a community event.” At the moment, there are about 19 trailer loads of wood registered, from groups including Acheron […]

ON Tuesday, May 6 it was all hands on deck as the new sensory garden at Kellock Lodge began its development. Previously, the space was an internal courtyard. It is now being transformed into a sensory garden for the residents to enjoy. The space will include many plant species, providing a sensory experience for the […]

HENRY Andrews joined the Alexandra Returned and Services League (RSL) when he moved to Alexandra in 2003 from Melbourne with his wife Yvonne, and became president of the Alexandra RSL in 2009, at a delayed AGM due to the Black Saturday bushfires. “The 2009 AGM was postponed due to the fires, as the RSL hall […]

KORIELLA Fire Brigade conducted the CFA night training exercise on the evening of Friday May 9. The exercise included most of the local brigades. The exercise involved local brigades ‘turning out’ to a mock motor vehicle accident that has occurred on private property in Fawcett. In the exercise, the vehicle has started a grass and […]