Reception

PAMELA Thompson visited the Alexandra Library last week to celebrate the publication of her first children’s picture book, ‘The Art of Body Bits’. A crowd gathered to see her new book, and Pamela talked about the road to publication, which was quite a challenge, and thanked everyone for coming. Tea and snacks were served for […]

ON Monday, February 2, 1874, the brigade conducted its first monthly meeting with Captain Radford Huddle as officer in charge, in excess of 20 members attended. To this day, the Alexandra Urban Fire Brigade still conducts its meetings on the same day each month, the first Monday, with monthly meetings having been conducted continuously since […]

THE Queen Alexandra statue, also known as the Princess Alexandra statue, in Alexandra’s Jack Shiel Gardens has been restored after extensive work that involved the sculpting of a new marble head by a stone mason with the expertise in the style of the original. The statue’s head was removed in an act of vandalism earlier […]

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 […]