Reception

THE April cattle sale at the Yea Saleyards took place last Friday, with a big yarding of 3250 head due to continuing strong interest from northern buyers. Majority of the cattle were steers and black Angus, with the top price per head being $2560 and top weight 645 kilograms, making for 411c/kg. The last three […]

DESPITE the low water level at the Yea Wetlands, there are still plenty of birds around. Chair Don Knight recently took a walk and saw spoonbills and ibises and a number of other wading birds, “But there’s not a lot of water for them to wade around in. The Cummins Lagoon and the frog pond […]

SATURDAY saw 26 men contest the second round of the Barry Moore trophy at Yea Golf Club. Barry’s record at Yea was that he won 18 A Grade and four B Grade Championships in his time as a golfer at Yea between 1953 and 2001. The second round played on Saturday was won on the […]

“THEY’RE off.” Who is? Well, the horses of course, as are the conventional clothes normally worn at an Alexandra race meeting, as is self-consciousness and the limitations of excessively hot weather. The final meeting of the Alexandra Race Club for this part of 2025, was very successfully run on Saturday, April 5, with a well-supported […]

ROUND one of the outer Eastern division two women’s football kicked off this week with Thornton heading over the Great Divide to take on Seville on their home ground. The team this season would see many returning players complimented by some exceptional recruiting by the coaching staff. After a short but energised pre-season, the Thornton […]

AN enthusiastic crowd was treated to a thrilling contest between Yea and Wandin’s Female Football sides, with Wandin emerging victorious, 5.9.39 to 0.7.7 to win over Yea Women’s Football Team in their first ever outing. With no sense of occasion, Wandin wasted no time in asserting their dominance, scoring 4.7.31 to 0.2.2 in the first […]

THE Melbourne Jeep Owners Club members were at Narbeview Wildlife Shelter over the weekend of March 29 and 30. Members volunteer twice a year helping Rod and Shelley with physical work at the shelter. Members and some locals arrived early on Saturday morning and after a briefing from Rod on what work was planned, one […]

EILDON Community Opportunity Shop Inc has funded and installed two more fully accessible defibrillators in strategic locations within the town. One is on the front wall of Nanny Jan’s Emporium on Main Street, the other is on the exterior wall of the kitchen in the rotunda at the Lions Leisure Park, overlooking the Pondage. The […]

BEYOND the Beats is happening on Sunday, April 13 from 2pm until 5.30pm at Pixies at the Billabong in Eildon. The event aims to showcase young, local talent, both on and off the stage. Three young people from across Murrindindi Shire have attended fortnightly planning workshops to design the all-ages live music event (Tarni, Issy […]

THE Emergency Services Volunteer Fund (ESVF) will replace the Fire Services Property Levy (FSPL) from July 1, 2025, with the legislation recently being tabled in Victorian Parliament. According to the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) website, the ESVF “will help support a broader range of emergency services and for the first time include VICSES, […]