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CFA Open for All

There is a certain can-do attitude when it comes to Koondrook and getting things done – and the town’s CFA volunteers are a prime example. On Sunday, the local brigade held a very casual, very enthusiastic and very well received open day to...

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10 Oct 2024

Totem Titanic Fun

Skating enthusiasts had the experience of a lifetime when the Totem Collective held one of its workshops at the Barham Skate Park on Sunday morning, with support from Murray River Council. The Totem Collective (TOTEM), established in 2010, is where...

Kendall Jennings

10 Oct 2024

The Bridge

Saying Goodbye

The new Cohuna Nursing Home and hospital addition will be built on the site of what is currently referred to as the ‘physio building’. But prior to the building housing a host of health services, being used by the hospital, and accommodating...

Kirstin Nicholson

10 Oct 2024

Horse Racing

Gunbower Gold Cup

The Gunbower Racing Club celebrations started in the middle of last week. They might have been tempting fate, they might have been a little premature, but no-one could help it. After four years in the racing wilderness, hamstrung by Covid, floods...

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10 Oct 2024

Marathon Month

If you can’t run away from those horror days – such as the ones when you turn 40 – you might as well run right past them. Just ask Ashley Matuch. The Koondrook co-founder of the K2B Running Community turns 40 at the end of October and between...

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10 Oct 2024

News

cluBarham hosts 2024 Women’s Country Bowls Carnival

Last week, Barham Bowling Club, Cohuna Bowls Club, Cohuna Golf Bowling Club, Kerang Bowling Club, Kerang Golf Bowls Club and Wakool Bowling Club hosted 240 women from all over Victoria to compete in Pairs and Fours events from October 2 to the...

Kendall Jennings

10 Oct 2024

News

Kerang Show-tacular

The 138th annual Kerang Show took place on Monday, October 7. The dog showing events, which started a day earlier, were highly popular, with 320 entries on Sunday afternoon and 275 on Monday. At the same time, the yard dog trials were also taking...

Kendall Jennings

10 Oct 2024

News

Mobile outages at Moulamein

Telstra Telstra will be upgrading its mobile base station at Moulamein, adding additional infrastructure to bring better 4G services and new 5G coverage to the community, but the works will require a series of temporary outages or reduction in...

Bridge Contributors

10 Oct 2024

A Chat With

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A Chat With - Shirley Sartori

“Father fished a lot. We had a cow called ‘Dolly’, who we used to milk, and we grew most of our own fruits and vegetables...” For as long as I have been conducting these Chat With interviews, I have wanted the opportunity to sit down with...

Ali Bohn

29 Aug 2024

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A Chat With - Dorothy Corner

“I came home from school one day and Mum said to me ‘you start work on Monday at the hospital, working as a cleaner.’” Since first seeing her face just a few months ago, I have been intrigued by the quiet lady who sits in the corner with...

Ali Bohn

15 Aug 2024

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A Chat With - Yvonne Murphy

“We were taught to dance at school and used to go to the local social at the church. Later on, it was Moonee Ponds Junction Dance. I wasn’t really much of a dancer; I’d go there to socialise!” I know you should never pick favourites, but...

Ali Bohn

01 Aug 2024

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A Chat With - Marjorie Robinson

“We certainly had our jobs to do. I remember we had a huge passageway that needed to be regularly swept, which was usually my job, collecting and chopping the wood, collecting the eggs...”

Ali Bohn

27 Jun 2024

Sport

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Bowls

Wakool Bowling Club: October 10, 2024

Welcome to a new season of bowls. Div. 1 head to Cohuna Golf while Div. 3 are off to Kerang. Both are strong sides, so it will be a great test to start the season and see where we are at. There have been a few big changes to our league in the...

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10 Oct 2024

Golf

Barham Golf Club: October 10, 2024

Wednesday, October 2: 20 ladies travelled to Kerang for a Fun Day as the greens in Barham had been cored. Cec Elliott, Carolyn Wardle and Maxine Power all had 36 points to take the prizes. Thursday, October 3: 70 men enjoyed playing a 2-person...

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10 Oct 2024

From Council

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From Council

Have Your Say

Council has this week endorsed a draft Employment Lands Strategy and is now calling for public feedback. The draft Strategy offers a summary of the issues and opportunities associated with ‘employment land’ (areas that are generally zoned for...

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01 Aug 2024

From Council

Let’s talk about the weather

Gannawarra Shire residents are being encouraged to join a conversation about the impact of extreme weather events as part of a Let’s Talk About the Weather program. Council is working with Make a Change Australia and various local partner...

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01 Aug 2024

Galleries

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:-) SMILEzone

Enjoy these photos contributed by our community. We hope they brighten your day and help to take your cares away. If you have any photos that will bring a smile to our readers, please send them, along with a caption, to admin@thebridgenews. com. au

Bridge Contributors

23 Dec 2021