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 […]
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Eildon Primary School going from strength to strength
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 […]
NJ Murray round one
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 […]
Great wins for Marysville Golfers
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 […]
Fera states case for wind farm
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 […]
Can AI help to detect fires?
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 comments on Central Highlands consultation and Lake Mountain
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 […]
Community food share opens in Alexandra
THE Murrindindi Community Food Share had its official opening on Wednesday, May 1, at the shed located at the rear of 88a Grant Street in Alexandra. The shed opened to the public on Thursday, May 2. The attendees heard from Foundation Murrindindi’s executive officer Robyn Hill about the impact of the rising cost of living […]
Impressive win for Yea Junior Netballers
Impressive win for Yea Junior Netballers Yea (32) defeated St Marys (5) by Deb Schickerling LAST week focus of the Yea under 13 was driving forward and getting in front of their players, and aiming to only pass to those driving forward. With a full side returning the positional possibilities were endless and the Yea […]
RSL Day at Yea Bowls Club
THE president of the Yea-Kinglake RSL, Eddie Davies, and secretary, Jeff Swain, came to the Yea Bowls Club at the end of the triples bowls games to collect the money that is always donated to the RSL on the Monday following ANZAC Day. This year $350 was handed over, which was a combination of the […]
