Reception

ON Saturday, April 27, an exhibition titled, Let Me Be Myself – The Life Story of Anne Frank was opened at the Alexandra Library. The exhibition, produced by the Anne Frank House, brings to life the touching story of Anne Frank. Anne was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Fleeing persecution, her family […]

Image: The Yea Cenotaph, adorned with wreaths following the Yea ANZAC Day service. PERFECT weather and what many considered a record attendance set the scene for a memorable ANZAC Day commemoration at the Yea Cenotaph. Veterans, emergency service members and descendants wearing relatives’ service medals, marched into position at the flag poles to the tune […]

SOME of the Alexandra Football Netball Club junior teams had a bye last weekend but the Rebels were represented by the under 16 football and the three red netball teams as they hosted Echuca and Seymour respectively at Rebel Park, also hosting Yea and Seymour in another under 16 football game. Under 16s Football Alexandra […]

ON Saturday, April 27 the Alexandra Football Netball Club returned to Rebel Park for round three of the Outer East League 2024 Division One season, hosting Powelltown for the ANZAC Round. A very big thank you as a lot of work was carried out by HG Turf, Valley Seeds, Logos on Grass, Murrindindi Shire and […]

Image: Under 12 player, C Grant, A Armstong, A McGillvray, BKrikic Football Under 9 by Michael Beer ANOTHER amazing autumn day playing footy at Nagambie for the Yea Football Club. Tahbilk were very worthy opponents, probably the hardest yet, and were very generous sharing some of their players with Yea. Hamish Daltonhad a great game, […]

THE first public consultation about the future of the Central Highlands forest occurred in Marysville, on Tuesday, April 23. The interim report was released in December 2023, and the final report is due in July this year, causing many to question whether the thoughts and opinions of Murrindindi Shire residents will be factored in at […]

THE interim report from the state Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee into the 2022 flood event in Victoria has been released. The report included the following findings. Finding 1: The complexity of processes associated with flood recovery financial supports exacerbated the distress of some flood-impacted individuals, families and businesses. Some communities experienced delays to… […]

FIFTY guests attended the inaugural High Tea in Eildon event, which was held in the beautiful gardens of Morning Mist on a perfect autumn afternoon with blue skies and sunshine. This was in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation funding world-class breast cancer […]

THE Strathbogies Responsible Renewables Community Group (SRRCG) are strongly opposed to Fera’s proposed ‘Seymour Wind Farm’ in the Murrindindi and Strathbogie areas. SRRCG held an information session at the Country Club Hotel in Yea on Saturday, April 20, which 209 people attended. Speaking prior to the event, Darryl Otzen, Secretary of the Strathbogies Responsible Renewables […]

ANDREW Lawson was unfortunately unavailable for an interview to coincide with the interview with Darryl Otzen from the Strathbogies Responsible Renewables Community Group, however he supplied some information and we hope to have an interview with him in next week’s edition. According to the information Andrew supplied, “This year will see a lot of investigation […]