Gannawarra Times

Shire goes orange to call-out gender-based violence

GANNAWARRA Council is partnering with local health and service providers as part of the annual global campaign to call-out gender-based violence, and encourage a future where everyone is safe, respected, and equal. Sixteen days of events are planned...

10 hours ago

News

Profile of a leader

GEOFF Rollinson knows Gannawarra unlike most. While many are aware of what makes the shire tick above the surface, Mr Rollinson has a wizardry understanding of the infrastructure deep below. When the shire floods, everyone relies on...

10 hours ago

News

Full steam ahead for paddle boat

SAM JAMESTHE historic paddlesteamer Melbourne, first launched in Koondrook in 1912, is being refurbished by Echuca shipwright Adam Auditori for tourist cruises. Mr Auditori has worked on boats for 34 years and when he saw the PS Melbourne on sale in...

20 Nov 2024

News

Community Garage Sale set for November 30

FOR an opportunity to clear out unwanted items from the home before Christmas, Kerang Neighbourhood House is holding its second Community Garage Sale on November 30 from 10am to 2pm. Organisers are hoping to have more houses registered than the...

20 Nov 2024

News

Get your plan and prepare fridge magnet

GANNAWARRA Shire residents will be better prepared for the municipality’s next disaster thanks to the development of new emergency preparedness material. Following a recommendation from the Gannawarra Community Resilience Committee, the council has...

20 Nov 2024

News

Fire warning as harvest heats up

WITH harvest season in full swing in some parts of the state, Victorian Country Fire Authority members are calling on farmers to be aware of the risk of conflagration in combine headers. Jack Hewitt is a hay, cereal and sheep farmer and also a Group...

20 Nov 2024

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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

Videos

Entertainment at the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market

Koondrook-based singer-songwriter Elise Drake joined an array of farmers and makers at the June edition of the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market on Sunday. See more in tomorrow’s Gannawarra Times

26 Jun 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...

16 Feb 2023

Tee-rific rewards at school clinic

ATTENDANCE and participation in class have paid off for some Barham High School students who were rewarded with a unique golfing experience. As part of the school’s 300 CLUB – a points rewards system – students who accumulated 300...

19 Nov 2024

News

Swings and Strings Festival above par

MURRAY Downs Golf Club was the place to be on Friday evening, with almost 2000 people attending the Swings and Strings Festival in the idyllic setting of the greens. The festival, part of the NSW Open calendar, was a chance for locals to get...

19 Nov 2024

News

Life membership for Denise Waterson

CFA COHUNA celebrated the achievements of their firefighters and community at their awards night on Friday. Brigade matriarch Denise Waterson was awarded life membership for her thirty years of official and unofficial service alongside her husband...

19 Nov 2024

News

Proposal to name lane after Norma Bennett

A “STAUNCH, tenacious, and fearless” supporter of Quambatook. That’s how locals fondly remember the late Norma Bennett in every conversation where her name is mentioned. But residents of the Mallee wheatbelt town don’t just want words spoken, they...

19 Nov 2024

Sport

Golf

Tee-rific rewards at school clinic

19 Nov 2024

Golf

Hometown vibe for Herbert

LUCAS Herbert hails from Bendigo but being so close to his home town for a major golfing event such as the NSW Open gave him a sense of playing in his own backyard. Herbert was able to have friends make the drive from Bendigo to...

19 Nov 2024

Sport

Close but three cheers for McNeil

THE spring racing carnival might be over, but Kerang’s Jye McNeil certainly hasn’t lost any spring in his step when it comes to winning. However, you would still want to have very steady nerves to follow him – in victories on...

19 Nov 2024

Golf

Herbert’s Open triumph

HISTORY was made at the Murray Downs golf course on Sunday when Bendigo’s Lucas Herbert hoisted the NSW Open’s Kel Nagle Cup. In his first professional win on home soil, our region’s adopted hometown hero made his celebratory...

19 Nov 2024

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