Reception

FREDERICK Wheeler was an influential member of the Murrindindi Shire community around the turn of the 20th century. Born in 1847 in Henly-on-Thames in England, Wheeler travelled to Australia in 1864, after studying in London. “On leaving school he went to London and entered the employment of Mr W. Smith, chemist of Walworth-road,” a 1917 […]

IN last week’s edition, Minister for the Environment, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Sports and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos, spoke about the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) report into the future of the Central Highlands forests and explained the next stages. He emphasised that the new Great Outdoors Taskforce will also be providing a report to […]

THE new Alexandra landfill is now well underway, with the new area set to service the community for the next 30 to 40 years. The site, located at 122-124 Mount Pleasant Road in Alexandra, is a ‘gully fill’ type of landfill in a Y-shaped valley. The current cells in the eastern valley are approaching capacity, […]

ON Tuesday, May 7, the Victorian Budget was delivered. For Murrindindi Shire, the only location-specific funding was provided for an upgrade at Eildon Primary School, with all other listings for the shire being statewide actions. Forests Funding has been provided to manage over 1.8 million hectares of state forest where timber harvesting will no longer […]

GREAT things are happening at Eildon Primary. The school has again attained outstanding results in this year’s NAPLAN, with every student in grade three and five achieving results in the ‘strong’ category for reading. Some of the school’s senior class students have recently been selected to participate in the Victorian High Ability Program. This will […]

THE NJ Murray first round was held over two days last Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday about 30 golfers and partners attended the local football as guests of the Yea Football/Netball Club. They provided a lovely lunch and Yea showed excellent form in beating Powelltown in both firsts and seconds. The golf club provided one […]

LAST Saturday another perfect day greeted the Marysville golfers for a stableford round and a number of green fee players also took advantage of the weather and well prepared course to enjoy a game. Members welcomed Bryce Fisher and Simon Callen from Eastern Golf Club and Heritage Golf Club to the competition and Bryce dominated […]

WITH discussions ongoing around the creation of a windfarm in the Murrindindi and Strathbogie Shires, the Alexandra Standard sat down for an interview with the people from Fera Australia. Present at the interview were Andrew Lawson, project director for the Seymour project, Cesare Fera, the president of the Fera company, and Robert Gardiner, “who lives […]

BUSHFIRE detection camera are currently in use in some parts of Australia and may eventually displace fire spotters in fire towers. The ABC recently reported on panoramic AI cameras being used by forestry company SFM in southern Australia to protect their forest assets. The cameras detect smoke and send alerts. The system used by SFM […]

MINISTER for the Environment, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Sports and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos was interviewed at the opening of the new conservation hatchery at Snobs Creek. He said of the event, which is covered in more detail on page 14 of this edition, “The beauty of this is it brings science, the really important […]