2017
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Volunteers help raise vital funds
The Swan Hill RSL have been selling Anzac Day badges since 1952 and this year was no different. Dedicated volunteers from the RSL have been…
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Capitalising on silo art
Swan Hill has the potential to cash in on the silo art trail. The GrainCorp Silos, left disused beside the train tracks, have been earmarked…
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Visa changes to impact region
Mallee MP Andrew Broad says Australia’s visa arrangement for skilled foreign workers needs a clean up, but is mindful of the need for workers to capitalise…
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ConFest encounter
I asked Oisin, pronounced (O-sheen) how to spell his name, suspecting it could be spelled like ‘ocean.’ He asked me to guess. Three minutes later…
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Holiday leftovers infuriate locals
Wood Wood resident Ann Algie is sick of the stink that wafts through the area every long-weekend after a pile of rubbish was dumped at the…
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Fulfilling a childhood dream
Lance Corporal Dylan Hart will fulfil a childhood dream this Anzac Day of becoming a soldier and serving his country on operations. The 26-year-old infantry soldier…
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Largest rice yields in three years
The largest Riverina rice harvest in three years has commenced, with more than 800,000 tonnes expected to be harvested. Australia’s largest exporters SunRice said it was…
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Putting the funding wheels in motion
As Hilder Coster sits in her Swan Hill kitchen enjoying a hearty lunch, photographs featuring her six sons and their respective families are proudly displayed nearby.…
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Contraption encourages extraterrestrial activity
As you proceed through the vast festival space at the ConFest alternative festival, one of the first ‘structures’ you see is what can only be…
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Inaugural dawn service for Woorinen
The Woorinen RSL will host an Anzac Day dawn service for the first time this year. Committee member Neil Selleck said the service would be a…
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