THE Alexandra Football Netball Club (AFNC) will be hosting Blaze Aid for the foreseeable future at the club grounds, while the charity organisation works with bushfire affected farmers in the local area to repair broken fences. President of AFNC, Kylie Cairns, and Simon Hardy, a Blaze Aid co-ordinator, discussed what this partnership means for the […]
Month: January 2026
Veterans helping veterans after the fire
DREW Madison, Hawthorne RSL President is currently in Murrindindi Shire, helping with Operation Veteran Assist (OVA). The organisation is currently focused toward helping veterans who have been adversely impacted by the recent bushfire. When we spoke, the team had just come back from the field, helping a couple of veterans down Spring Creek Road in […]
Alexandra Tool Library provides tools for people in need
A TOOL Library has been set up in Alexandra to provide tools for free to people in need, in order to help with recovery efforts associated with the Longwood bushfires. A shipping container was delivered to the Lions Club of Alexandra sheds at 9 Lamont Street, Alexandra last Sunday, to house the available donated tools. […]
Alexandra Rotary providing vouchers for fire-impacted residents
ALEXANDRA Rotary is providing vouchers for local suppliers to anyone impacted by the fire. They are encouraged to drop in to the Alexandra Community Shed / Eildon and District Woodworkers Guild (also known as the Woodies) to pick some up. They are located in the meeting space rather than the workshop area, with plenty of […]
Terip Terip Fire Brigade endured burnovers in fire fight
SHANNON Roach, Captain of the Terip Terip Fire Brigade, spoke about the experiences of the brigade during the recent fire event. She explained, “The Terip Fire Brigade turned out to the initial ‘Make Takers 20’ on Wednesday at the Longwood Fire.” From that time, “We had essentially manned the truck pretty much the whole way […]
An incredible and welcome delivery
THANK you to Need for Feed Australia and all who were involved in the delivery of hay, fodder and silage to Alexandra on Sunday, January 25. There were 76 trucks and another 20 smaller vehicles, incuding utes and trailers. There were so many that at one stage the lead truck was in Molesworth while the […]
Ruffy: A community decimated but surviving
THE community has suffered an immense tragedy in the past two weeks, with so many small towns decimated by the Longwood bushfire. Houses have been lost, sheds full of assets, livestock, fencing, tractors. Ruffy is among them. The Ruffy Recreation Reserve and the old school are gone. The fields are black, and the sides of […]
Fawcett Hall becomes a vital connection point after being saved
SAM Hicks from Fawcett Hall has been posting very effectively about the situation in the Fawcett and Koriella area both during and after the fires. She was interviewed last week about the situation in their area, and about the saving of Fawcett Hall, built in 1882. She said, “Our little valley was impacted on that […]
UGFM provided vital service under challenging circumstances
RADIO station UGFM was a lifeline for many people in Murrindindi Shire during the fire emergency, providing essential and timely information to people. This was particularly important when power, phone and internet connections were interrupted. Peter Weeks from UGFM said on Thursday, “We basically held up fairly well. We had all our generators kick in […]
Kellock Lodge takes fire in their stride
KELLOCK Lodge CEO Tania Hunter and board chair Ian Gibb spoke about the actions that the Alexandra aged care facility undertook when the fire was approaching. Tania said, “As soon as we heard there was a catastrophic day forecast, Kellock Lodge put their bushfire preparedness plan into place. We contacted our resident families, saying that […]
