The Guardian

How art trail unearthed a gem for tourists

BULOKE Shire is fast becoming a tourist destination, with many flocking to the region over the Christmas and new year period, to explore the natural beauty of the shire. Buloke Tourism Board secretary Carolyn Olive said the board had been working...

4 hours ago

Community

What’s On

Find out What’s on! From the MDAS Youth Art Exhibition to Rob Young, comedy hypnotist at Swan Hill Town Hall, the Tooleybuc Food & Fibre Market, and much more, there’s plenty to do around the Swan Hill region.

16 Jan 2025

News

Disaster funding to preserve museum

THE Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum will receive $65,500 following a successful application to the Victorian Government’s Disaster Recovery Heritage Grants. The funding will be used for disaster risk management documentation and to identify...

4 hours ago

Health

Clinic making positive moves

THE Swan Hill Primary Health Medical Centre moved from its previous location to the new McCrae Street site at the end of October 2024. Since the relocation, the clinic has treated more than 15,000 patients with an average wait time of...

4 hours ago

Keep an eye on vision

EVERY parent wants to ensure their child reaches all their developmental and educational milestones, but for a child to perform at their best, their eyes need to as well. Swan Hill and Kerang Optical optometrist Jenalle Pye said children...

4 hours ago

Police and Courts

Charges for fire

A 31-year-old woman has been charged following a fire in Swan Hill on Thursday. Police and emergency services responded to a unit fire in Makepeace Street about 6.30pm. The unit was unoccupied at the time, and no-one was injured. A woman was...

20 hours ago

Video

Videos

Blue Ribbon Day: Honoring Our Heroes and Building a Safer Tomorrow

Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never...

28 Sep 2023

Farming and Environment

Swan Hill Sale yards today.

The livestock awaiting transportation to their new owners at the Swan Hill Sale Yards this morning They were sold in the livestock sale which started at 7.30am this morning

27 Jul 2023

Farming and Environment

Abattoir a business boost for emu farm

JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the facility has had a knock-on effect on this year’s production schedule, which is...

12 Feb 2023

Zoo animals settle in

FROM hippos and lions, to meerkats and more, 21 life-sized zoo animals are hiding in the Pioneer Settlement until the school holidays end. Pioneer Settlement operations manager Mathew Edwards said the animals had helped children explore the Pioneer...

20 hours ago

News

Upgrades stay ahead of the kerb

SWAN Hill Council is about to start infrastructure upgrades in Swan Hill, including kerb and channel replacements, and footpath improvements. Coronation Avenue, Stradbroke Avenue and Adams Road will benefit from the upgrades. Council...

20 hours ago

Community

Harmony Day sets own tone

SWAN Hill Harmony Day is set to make a musical mark this year after the committee received $21,566 in funding to support local Harmony Day celebrations. The Federal Government invested $700,000 across 19 projects as part of its Festivals Australi...

17 Jan 2025

Community

Staying cool at the pool

SUMMER at the Nyah District Community Swimming Pool is always action-packed, with the whole community enjoying recreation and fitness. While the team at the pool had already hosted its VICSWIM program, the Swan Hill Regional Library outreach van, and...

17 Jan 2025

Sport

Sport

Ladie vie for blue pearl event

THE Kiel Tiling Blue Pearl Classic will be held on Sunday and promises an exciting seven-race event and a showcase of women drivers in the sport of harness racing. Swan Hill Trots Club president Noel Watson said the main event was race...

17 Jan 2025

Sport

Fast times at the trots

AN interesting seven-event card of harness racing was held at Swan Hill on Sunday, January 5 with fast times the order of the night. The Braemar Air Conditioning Pace over 2240 metres to start the program went the way of veteran Charlton...

17 Jan 2025

Bowls

Bowls Notes

Bowls notes: Murray Downs, Nyah District, Racecourse, Swan Hill, Lake Boga, MVPA. FIRSTLY, congratulations to Buck Lehmann who won the Murray Valley Playing Area Champion of Champions January 5. Another fantastic win.

17 Jan 2025

Golf

The 19th Hole

SHOT and sunny conditions laid down the path for good scoring this week at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Thursday’s Stableford competition was run as a medley with 102 men and women competing on the day. Young Mabel Spitty (11)...

16 Jan 2025

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Opinion

letters

Letter: Maximising the potential of all Victorian children

WE urge the Victorian Government to take immediate action in adopting the critical recommendations outlined in the Let Us Learn report. Despite the clear and compelling case presented through the inquiry in November 2023, these...

4 hours ago

Opinion

Opinion: Flying flag for national day

I JOINED Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton on Wednesday for his visit to the Mallee electorate at my invitation to support the Halls Gap community struck twice in a year by bushfires. I have been impressed with Peter’s...

17 Jan 2025

Moulamein Notes

More fish in our rivers

OUR Moulamein Men’s Shed have been busy with their battery drive and fund raising. Sunday before Christmas 10,000 cod fingerlings were put back into our local rivers. My grandkids and I had the privilege of putting 2000 of these...

10 Jan 2025

Opinion

Merry Christmas to you all

MERRY Christmas! Peace on earth, and goodwill to all – that’s how the Christmas message goes, and my goodness, do we need to hear it this Christmas season! It is hard to recall, let alone imagine, a time in the last 2000-plus years that the...

23 Dec 2024

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