Reception

THE Alexandra Heritage Machinery Festival took place on Saturday, October 5. There was a variety of old machinery on display, and the steam train was taking people for rides. A decent crowd attended. Peter Aumann, vice-president of the Alexandra Timber Tramway, spoke about the event. “The steam train is a 1909 Fowlers steam train. We […]

THE Department of Health is still insisting that there has been no change to eligibility for Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) for local patients requiring dialysis sessions with the Minister for Health’s office declining to comment on the matter. In a response to questions from this newspaper regarding the withdrawal of patient transport services by Ambulance […]

ON Monday, September 30, Murrindindi Shire Council wrote to Mary-Anne Thomas MP, Minister for Health, Health Infrastructure and Ambulance Services, seeking urgent clarification regarding community concerns about the withdrawal of transport services for patients requiring dialysis, cancer treatment and other critical care. This follows feedback that transport to Seymour for dialysis treatment, a lifeline for […]

ON Thursday, September 26, Marie Bristow raised concerns on Facebook, saying that just a day earlier, local patients receiving dialysis at Seymour had been advised that they would no longer have transport to and from their treatment paid for through Non-Emergency Patient Transport, run by Ambulance Victoria. Marie said that without the support, people needing […]

IN just over a week’s time, the Alexandra Heritage Machinery Festival will be held at the Alexandra Timber Tramway. The event, which runs from 9am to 3pm on October 5 and 6, will see around 80 exhibitors show off their goods and machinery to the larger community. Peter Aumann, the vice-president of the Alexandra Timber […]

FOREST Fire Management (FFM) operations officer Tori Spraggs has just recently come back from her deployment in British Columbia in the effort against recent bushfires. Other Murrindindi FFM workers that also went along included Luke Heard from Alexandra and John George from Broadford. Forty one staff from FFM Victoria were deployed to British Columbia and […]

ANOTHER successful Yea Garden Expo was held on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22. The event was run by the Rotary Club of Yea. President Penny Paxman said that this year’s event followed the format of previous years. There are 60 sites available and 57 of them were sold out, so […]

OVER 800 years ago, Genghis Khan wanted to conquer the world from horseback. As the founder and first ruler of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan created an infamous postal system to convey important information from one side of his fledgling empire to the other. This was later dubbed Genghis Khan’s post mail route, and it […]

DI Elliott and Jo Clayton faced off to decide who would represent Yea Golf Club in the State Final of the Silver Spoon later in the year. Di held on to record a narrow win in what proved to be a very close and tight tussle. The club offers their congratulations to Di and wish […]

The Emergency Services Community Engagement Day is set to be held in conjunction with the Yea Railway Market on Saturday, October 5. Paul Stanley, Yea Group Officer and Captain of the Limestone CFA Brigade, said it started with the CFA and the police and the Yea Community House. They discussed how Yarck usually does a […]