Category: Uncategorized

The Victorian Government is unlocking more tourism opportunities and growing jobs in Lake Eildon by fast tracking the planning of upgrades to the scenic Skyline Road. Minister for Regional Development Mary-Anne Thomas has announced $500,000 funding through the Labor Government’s Investment Fast Track (IFF) Fund to enable planning, consultation and detailed designs to construct the […]

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new species of spider, bringing the worldwide count to 50,000 species but experts suspect at least as many more spiders are waiting to be discovered, according to a statement by the Natural History Museum of Bern in Switzerland. The newest spider, Guriurius minuano, belongs to the family of beady eyed jumping […]

KATHLEEN (Kath) Melissa Chanter, nee Sands, turns 100 years old on Thursday, June 9. She moved into the Darlingford and Upper Goulburn Nursing Home just four years ago, after living in the one house in Alexandra for 76 years. Her parents moved from Katandra, north east of Shepparton, to Alexandra when Kath was just two […]

Image: Jenneke Kijlstra-Shone (right) receiving her award. ON Thursday, May 12, former Alexandra resident Jenneke Kijlstra-Shone received the Apprentice of the Year Developing Leader Award in the Master Builder’s Apprentice Awards. The event was held at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, with about 500 people in attendance. Jenneke knew that the state award was possible […]

RESIDENTS of south-east SA, Victoria, Tasmania and eastern NSW are expected to feel the brunt of a strong cold front and low-pressure system with below-average temperatures, showers, low-level snow and brisk winds. Severe Weather Warnings for damaging winds currently stretch from south-east WA, across SA and include much of NSW and north-east Victoria. Severe Weather […]

VIRTUAL deer fencing is proving successful in a joint program to reduce the risk to motorists in north east Victoria as part of a joint program between the Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) and Regional Roads Victoria (RRV). The two new virtual fences, which have been installed along the Mount Buller Road, near Sawmill Settlement […]

THERE has been much discussion about the intended cessation of native timber logging by 2030, and the transition to plantations timber, but what does this mean for forests which have been logged and re-seeded? Do they count as plantation timber? VicForests have advised that the areas that are harvested in native forest and regrow do […]

The following article was published in the Alexandra Standard on September 29, 1916 ONE joke on Sunday, for there are people who will jest sitting on their mother’s coffin, when crowds went down to Riversdale to see the flood, was: “The river had washed away in the flood and had left a sea,” for between […]

HAVING a democracy sausage at your local polling booth is something that many people look forward to, in fact, some people look forward to it more than actually voting. The list below outlines the treats on offer at polling booths around Murrindindi Shire on election day, Saturday, May 21. They are listed in alphabetical order. […]

WEAR Orange Wednesday (WOW) Day is on Wednesday, May 18. It’s a day to say thank you to Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) volunteers. VICSES North East Region volunteers responded to more than 3500 calls for help in the last 12 months, providing assistance with over 2100 downed trees. nearly 300 damaged buildings and 190 […]