THERE has been a recent spike in scams on local online platforms such as Facebook marketplace and local community pages. Scammers appear to be selling items in very condition for remarkable prices, but the aim is theft. One way to spot these scams on the local pages is to look at whether comments have been […]
Month: March 2024
Council grants approved
AT the Murrindindi Shire Council meeting, held on Wednesday, February 28, councillors approved a number of grants under their Grants and Sponsorship program. They noted that following grants were made under delegation: Alexandra Events Corp Ltd for the Alexandra Pro Rodeo were awarded $2500, Yea Arts Inc were awarded $1071 for Bringing Garry Starr to […]
Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre decision deferred
MURRINDINDI Shire Council, in their first meeting for the year, held on February 28, voted to defer the decision about the rezoning of the Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre until the March meeting. In public participation, Steve Meacher spoke about the Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre, calling it an extraordinary icon in the area and the only […]
Eildon Pondage Masterplan approved by council
MURRINDINDI Shire Council’s first meeting for 2024 was held on Wednesday, February 28, entirely online. Unfortunately, this didn’t go as well as planned, with the recording not streamed live and not made available to the public until mid-afternoon of Friday, March 1. Following the deferral of the Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre decision, council moved on […]
Cricket wrap around the grounds
A Grade Seymour 10/124 defeated Alexandra 10/87 by Darren Waixel THE weekend saw the final game of the 2023/2024 home and away season for cricket. Unfortunately, Alexandra A grade did not make this years finals however there have been some very promising signs going forward into the next couple of years with some great performances […]
Eildon bowls: three sides to the grand final
EILDON Bowling Club has succeeded in qualifying its two Saturday Pennant Sides and Tuesday Pennant side into their respective division grand finals. Saturday Pennant Division four was the battle of Murrindindi as Eildon took on Alexandra at Euroa. It turned out to be the nail biter of the season. Alexandra had been in front all […]
Champions at Alex Races Rock
IT’S a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. Blessed by a glorious track, glorious weather and a glorious crowd all the dark days of the past were forgotten and the club was really happy to rock on. The young ones are stepping up. Apprentice Henry Jaggard rode three winners […]
Pans turn full circle
FIFTEEN years ago, shortly after the 2009 Victorian bushfires, a trailer load of 44 gallon drums donated by VIP Packaging was collected in Western Melbourne and headed to Tullamarine Airport to pick up Werner Egger, a Swiss steelpan maker who had volunteered to come to Australia and make a complete set of steelpans for the […]
Getting youth involved in local brigades
NOW the school term is well underway, the Triangle Junior Fire Brigade is back into the swing of things. So far, the group consists of seven youths with ages ranging from 11 to 16 years, from the triangle area including Taggerty, Buxton, Marysville, Narbethong and Granton, and the organisers are calling out for anyone in […]
Crime increases in the Murrindindi Shire
THE latest crime data from Crimes Statistics Agency has recently been released for the year ending December 2023. In Victoria a total of 523,523 criminal offences were recorded, representing an increase of 40,351 offences or 8.4 per cent from 2022. Murrindindi Shire hasn’t had great results when it comes to criminal incidents. There was a […]
