THIS Sunday, September 8, will see the fourth annual Suicide Awareness Walk commence at the Yea Railway Park. People attend from far and wide, including many from beyond the shire, and are registering to walk at 8.30am or have already registered online. Founder of the walk, Jacky Gilbee said the walk “is a great opportunity […]
Reception
Awards for junior sport stars
LAST Sunday the Goulburn Murray Junior League held its presentation function in Shepparton for all grades of junior football and netball across the Seymour and Shepparton junior competitions. A number of Alexandra players were invited to attend the event, and the club achieved the following outcomes: Under 11 Netball Zoe Coller: Runners Up Best and […]
Podium finish at the Australasian Kart Titles
A STRONG paced weekend saw a podium finish in the final on the second step at Rya Roberts’s first attempt at the red plate titles in Numurkah on the weekend. With what started off with an average qualifying of fourth, he managed to not steer away from that lucky number four all weekend. It was […]
Wendy Selover turns 100
WENDY Lee Jacobs was born in Randwick NSW on August 20, 1924, the only child of musical director Henry Osborne Jacobs and dancer Violet Lucie Maud Bishop. Given her parents’ occupations, her life was spent in and around theatres and theatrical people, and due to their evening work hours and travel, her grandmother M’liss Martha […]
Yea Tigers under 15 win the Grand Final
IT was an anxious wait to see if the weather was going to hold off for the 15 and Under Netball Grand Final at King’s Park Seymour. The Tigers had won through and after a week of rest were looking forward to hitting the court again. The Seymour Lions had been building all season and […]
Alexandra under 13 netballers win the Grand Final
LAST Sunday the Alexandra Football Netball Club teams played in the grand final round in the Goulburn Murray Junior League, with finals played at Kings Park in Seymour. Football Under 12 Alexandra 2.0 – 12 defeated by Wandong 4.9 – 33 The club says well done to coach Ben Broadway, support staff, players, parents and […]
Buxton speed limit survey
THE Buxton Progress Association (BPA) are conducting a survey to help assess local support for moving the 60km/h signs on Maroondah Highway, at the northern end of the township, further north. The township has grown to the north and there are now driveways and two other intersections outside the current 60km/h zone. Concerns have been raised […]
New Senior Sergeant for Murrindindi Shire
NOELLA Bannon is the new Senior Sergeant (officer in charge) for Murrindindi, and will also be undertaking the Municipal Emergency Response Coordinator (MERC) role. Noella grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and has had property in Murrindindi Shire for about 15 years. She’s been a member for Victoria Police for almost 33 years, […]
How can you help our ambulance service?
MURRINDINDI’S acting Paramedic Community Support Coordinator, Craig Beamish, spoke about some of the challenges faced by local paramedics in providing support to the Murrindindi community, as well as ways that we can all help. In the Hume area in the first quarter of this year, there have been 5623 code one (emergency) callouts. Across the […]
Celebrating 10 years of the Yea Wetlands Discovery Centre
THE Yea Wetlands Discovery Centre celebrated its 10th year of operation on Wednesday, August 14 at a function at the centre. Over 60 attendees including representatives from Murrindindi Shire Council led by Mayor Damian Gallagher and attended by many of the Volunteers who have strongly supported the mantra of providing friendly knowledgeable tourism information covering […]
