Yarrawonga News

Farm trespass laws pass parliament

The government’s tough new trespass laws to protect farmers from the unlawful actions of animal activists have passed the Federal Parliament, with NSW Nationals Senator Perin Davey speaking in favour of the legislation. Senator Davey said animal...

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Excitement growing for upcoming show

As the 2019 Club Mulwala Yarrawonga Mulwala Agricultural and Pastoral Show draws closer, local residents are getting ready for what is going to be a fantastic day with the traditional tractor pull, Miss Showgirl and dog jump competitions popular...

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Park and jetty delight - Trisha

As children in the 1920s and 1930s, the Loughnan brothers and sisters used to swim and fish in the lagoon behind their Melbourne Street, Mulwala property which is located near the site of the old saw mill. It was before the Murray River was widened...

Robert Muir

Park and jetty delight - Trisha

As children in the 1920s and 1930s, the Loughnan brothers and sisters used to swim and fish in the lagoon behind their Melbourne Street, Mulwala property which is located near the site of the old saw mill. It was before the Murray River was widened...

Robert Muir

Keeping fire tradition going

It was like father like son again in the Slattery family of Mulwala in Melbourne when Josh Slattery graduated as a fireman earlier this year. Josh’s graduation occurred on July 20 at the Victorian Emergency Management and Training Complex in...

Robert Muir

Field Day to showcase local research

Grain growers and advisors are invited to the Riverine Plains Inc and FAR Australia Spring Field Day to be held at the Riverine Research Centre, Yarrawonga, on Tuesday, September 24. Riverine Plains Inc Chairman, Ian Trevethan said the Riverine...

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Tunzafun re-opening

Tunzafun Amusement Park in Mulwala will show off its excellent new rides during an opening of the upgraded park this Saturday, September 21. The gates of the very popular park in Melbourne Street opposite Mulwala Water Ski Club will open at 10.00am...

Robert Muir

Mackinlay named Bishop of Sandhurst

Pope Francis has appointed the Very Reverend Associate Professor Shane Mackinlay, currently Master of Catholic Theological College Melbourne and a parish priest in Ballarat, the next Bishop of Sandhurst. The announcement was made in late July with...

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Be a trail VIP

There is a great initiative currently on offer from Sun Country on the Murray – becoming a Murray Farm Gate Trail VIP. A VIP Experience package is now available to locals and visitors alike, simply drop into one of Moira Shire Council’s Visitor...

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Kokoda bound for students

Twelve Yarrawonga College P-12 year 10 and 11 students will make their way to Papua New Guinea next week as part of the Kokoda Track Leadership Program where they will hike in the same footsteps a number of Australians took during World War II...

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A Parkinson’s journey – it’s not a walk in the park

By Emma Prior Imagine one day waking up and noticing activities that you were once more than capable of completing, have now become a struggle. This is what life is like for people suffering with Parkinson’s, but for local Judy Ramsdale she is not...

Emma Prior

Cancer breakfast planning underway

Yarrawonga Friends in Common (FIC) will host the 2019 Cancer Awareness Breakfast at ClubMulwala on Thursday, October 17 with this year’s breakfast focusing on prostate cancer. Dr Eddy Ong, Radiation Oncologist from the Albury Wodonga Regional...

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Full three-year terms in roles

Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke will serve the first three-year term of the 2016-created council in the role. The former Urana Shire Council Mayor was elected initially, in September 2017, for two years and was unanimously re-appointed on...

Robert Muir

Police Beat

Car park accident Emergency services responded to a 68-year-old female who was involved in a motor vehicle accident in the car park at ClubMulwala at around 3.45pm on Saturday, September 14. The driver had collided with four parked cars with her car...

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Drive to fill 300 jobs

LS Precast Benalla’s recruitment roadshow for its ultimate wide-ranging 300 jobs for Melbourne’s $5.5 billion Westgate Tunnel Project by Christmas received good responses from its four information sessions last week. West Gate Project and LS...

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Rotary’s cool celebratory asset

A brand new all stainless steel water drinking fountain has been installed in Melbourne Street Mulwala towards the center roundabout at Erne Street– courtesy of the Yarrawonga Mulwala Rotary Club. Manufactured by CIVIQ in Silverwater NSW, the...

Robert Muir

Australia Day awards locations confirmed

Continuation of rotating the Australia Day awards and community celebrations with the four same towns hosting Federation Council’s Australia Day from 2021 to 2024 was endorsed at council’s August meeting. But a lot of discussion amongst...

Robert Muir

Landcare working bee

The Yarrawonga Urban Landcare Group recently held a working bee organised by Jan Hall at the Yarrawonga Aerodrome with aerodrome residents and Moira Shire Council employees on Wednesday, September 4 to plant a number of new trees. Over 200+ trees...

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Help guide future park planning

Parks Victoria is inviting the community to help shape the health of its park’s estate for the benefit of Victorians, by providing feedback into the first stage of Parks Victoria’s Land Management Strategy. The strategy will set out the...

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