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Andrew Mole

All eyes on water depths

ERRATIC rainfall across the Mallee, and from Mildura east to Swan Hill, for the past four months, has water as a precious commodity well and truly back on the agenda. The region has a huge rainfall event when no-one wanted it, with falls for last...

08 Feb 2025

Horse Racing

Travelling circus to see Sanctimonious succeed

THERE’S quite the renaissance taking place at the Uhavta stables of Swan Hill trainer Helen Burns. She is recovering from a double knee replacement, which she says is turning her into a new woman. At the same time, her veteran galloper Sanctimonious...

11 Jan 2025

Horse Racing

Coffeys golden season sails into 2025

SWAN Hill’s Harry Coffey crowned 2024 the year of his career with a stunning treble at Echuca on New Year’s Eve. It was a great way to celebrate his two Group 1 wins for 2024 and the Caulfield Cup. He has since sailed into the second half of the...

10 Jan 2025

Farming and Environment

Wannabe farmer snaps a winning moment

MARCUS Muller was a builder who for a few years now has been working hard to build himself a new career – on the land. And he’s made that a spectacularly public statement with his amazing photo of his son Logan sitting on the fence of sheep yards...

01 Jan 2025

Farming and Environment

Making hay when the sun shines - too much

LOW rainfall in winter and spring in many districts across northwest Victoria, and in the southern Mallee, has made it harder to produce good quality hay this season. However, once it has been made it’s important to store it to minimise yield and...

01 Jan 2025

Bowls

Racecourse Bowls Club’s new turf now open

WITHOUT sounding too biased, the members at Swan Hill Racecourse Bowls Club reckon they’re well on their way to having one of the premier clubs the length and breadth of the Murray. Friday’s official launch of the club’s new Tiger Turf green by...

19 Nov 2024

Community

Hunting for the golden fleece

SEASON and circumstance will be putting a lot of pressure on the fleece competition at this year’s Whitfield Excavations Swan Hill Show. Long-term senior steward Carl Fox, supported by stewards Peter Pryor and Tony Fox, said a tough...

02 Oct 2024

Horse Racing

Did Hobson quinella tell us the AFL premiers?

Punters love omens – let’s be honest, we all do. So if any football fans were hoping for some kind of sign ahead of tomorrow’s grand final, they might have found inspiration at the Swan Hill races on Tuesday. Where in the $27,000 Busbiz. net. au...

01 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Wean calves early

AGRICULTURE Victoria livestock development officer Nick Linden believes that as a result of low feed availability, producers with autumn calving cows may be considering weaning calves earlier than normal. Mr Linden says early weaning is an immediate...

30 Sep 2024

Community

Fiery show demonstrations the real deal

WITH two recent house fires in town, the CFA’s training unit will be delivering critical safety messages and dramatic fiery demonstrations at this year’s Swan Hill show. The CFA mobile training prop gives firefighters a chance to work...

28 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Filling gaps for a farming future

NARRAPORT’S Bill Lee took a fairly short round trip on his way to a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and back to the family farm. He took a gap year where he spent six months working on the farm and another...

14 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Ouyen stud ram sale bucks trend

OUYEN-based poll merino stud Tamaleuca defied tough industry conditions to record a total clearance at its annual on-property ram sale last month. With 60 rams offered and sold to a high of $3400 and average of $1599, Tamaleuca’s Danni Wilson says...

12 Sep 2024