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It's hard to fully understand some things in life unless you experience them first hand. Following February's devastating Black Saturday bushfires, Victoria and, in fact the entire country, is on bushfire alert for the coming summer. The fear of fire breaking out somewhere close to Echuca-Moama became real on Saturday night when the editor phoned me and said a bushfire had
Several districts south of Echuca have experienced late rains, boosting hay production and providing strong yields. The Hunter and Goornong area has benefited from August/September rains, while around Kotta and Echuca, where conditions have been lass favourable, farmers still expect to reap better yields than previous years. Most producers have focussed on oaten hay this season to satisfy the strong export
The sight of smoke rising behind Echuca College last Friday may have alarmed passers-by, but the matter was well in control with a planned clean-up of refuse built up over several years. Following a recent reinforcement of emergency management guidelines by the Department of Education, the college set about to rid the area of the refuse from mowing and cuttings, as
The onset of warmer weather has seen waterskiers and wakeboarders pull their boats from a winter slumber and hit the river. However, the complacency and lack of safety precaution could see a repeat of last summer's horror season, when seven boat fires and explosions took place. Moama-Echuca River Users Group chairperson Tom Weyrich has reminded boat owners to have their boats
Yorta Yorta elder Henry Atkinson has been appointed to the Federal Government's new International Repatriation Committee. The committee will work with international institutions, such as museums, to bring home indigenous remains. The government estimates about 1000 remains are being held in museums in the UK, Germany, France, Poland and the US. Mr Atkinson, a member of the former Howard government's Repatriation
The inaugural Riverside Freestyle event was held last Saturday at Rotary Park in Echuca. About 300 people attended the event, where there were shows for freestyle minibikes, mountain bikes and BMX bikes, while a children's fashion parade and performances from district musicians. Event organiser Greg Gilmour was happy with the show.``Apart from the weather, it was fantastic,'' he said. ``It went
From The Riverine Herald 50 years ago November 6, 1959 The Rochester Shire general rate in the next year will remain at the maximum 4/- in the on the net annual value, Council agreed yesterday. Discussion on the estimates centred on how much the overdraft should be reduced, and it was eventually resolved to budget for a cut in the
