Beautiful Saturday arvo weather drew scores of local and visiting golfers to the Murray Downs golf course on Saturday. Here’s a look on the 16th hole. Murray Downs Golf Professional Shane McHenry commented that the course is at the moment in superb order. Suggesting to me (in jest?) that only Augusta would beat the local course in its present condition. Picture: Rob Duffield.
THE inaugural Fairways Festival has been hailed a huge success, with families enjoying a fun-filled afternoon of live entertainment and activities at Murray Downs Golf…
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BALRANALD Shire Mayor, Louie Zaffina, has warned the decline of irrigated dairy across the Murray–Darling Basin is an early indicator of a much broader risk to Australia’s food sovereignty. Mayor…
Pakenham has always been a suburb in motion. For decades, it sat on the edge of Melbourne’s urban fringe, a place where paddocks met, and new estates rose from the…
THE Nationals Leader, Senator Matt Canavan, wants a patriotic ‘Australia on steroids’ and his address to the National Press Club on Wednesday echoed what I have been saying for many…
My name is Karen Collier, a RSPCA Victoria Inspector with 17 years’ experience, and I am proud to be the Team Leader for our North West Inspectorate team. My team…
A thriving Easter It was fantastic to see our municipality absolutely booming over the Easter long weekend, with locals and visitors alike making the most of everything our region has…
