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Merry Christmas

Dasher down and Blitzen Buggered, The season has had Santa’s time covered, Rain on the hay and sprouts in the wheat, To just make it till Christmas will be quite a feat, Dust on his suit and chaff in his hair, Santa has found the season a tiring...

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From the editor’s desk

From the Editors desk. It’s like I blinked, and 2024 passed me by. 50 deadlines, close to 1,000 pages of local stories, photos and community contributions. Here we are, the last paper for 2024. The last edition of the year always seems like a wily...

Lloyd Polkinghorne

Produce Hub

Sarah Polkinghorne Local produce now has a new home in Barham. Farmer and Barham resident, Alan Wragge said it has been a dream of his since moving to Barham three years ago. “When I came to Barham three years ago, there were a lot of people doing...

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Twilight Market This Friday

With the absence of a local market, the Bundarra Deli is hosting an evening of local produce this Friday. “We had a really nice response from our first open day. We thought Lake Meran Brewery, some farmers and other producers should do that...

Lloyd Polkinghorne

Christmas Contemplations:The Christmas Night Crash

Ali Bohn You have been up since 5 am, you have slaved in the kitchen since the sun came up, you have handed out presents and broken up squabbles between the kids, you have eaten enough to feed a small village, twice, you have smiled and entertained...

World Bowls coming to Barham…

Bridge contributer cluBarham has successfully secured the rights to host the prestigious World Bowls Championships in 2025 and 2026, bringing this major international event to the local region along with fans and competitors from right across the...

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Under The Bridge - ep. 431

Marielle could feel the first gulp go straight to her head before her taste buds had a second to recognise its flavour. Although she hardly called herself a drinker, right at this moment she appreciated every drop more than she realised. Suddenly...

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Goodbye Tupperware

“Mum is going to a Tupperware Party.” Oh, I can still see the excitement on my Mum’s face as she headed out the door with her friends in the early ’70s and 80s to attend these regular ‘social outings.’ With hair done, heels on, and...

At Home on the River Track

Three years after double bypass surgery Greg from Swan Hill is hitting the road in his rebuilt Fergie tractor and homebuilt caravan. “I’ve been on the road for three days, I went from Swan Hill to Fish Point, then to Murrabit, and last night...

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A chat with... Geoff Turner

“You are going to love this one!” It’s a big call from Ange Teesdale of Glenarm Kerang as I walk through the main doors where she is waiting for me. To her right is a gentleman in his gopher. He has been out doing his messages and is on his...

Pioneers 12 Days of Christmas

In our final catch-up for 2024, it was time to talk Christmas with the Pioneers of Murray Haven. Now, this group loves Christmas, and although the most celebrated day of the year looked a little different when they were growing up, all agreed that...

Barham Anglican Parish News - December 19 2024

Ruth Arthur Well! It is certainly very warm outside. I can remember as a child we had lots of days that I would now consider very hot but swimming in the channel and riding our bikes about it never seemed to be a problem. Our thermometer must not...

Sunspot Truck Stop

While normally packed with cars, the Mellool Street carpark was packed with bums on seats last week as residents queued up for a free skin check. Driving force behind Australian Skin Cancer Foundation, the organisations CEO Jay Allen OAM was himself...

Lloyd Polkinghorne

Kerang Carols Spreads the Cheer

On Saturday night, a crowd beat the summer sun and relaxed in Atkinson Park, Kerang, to enjoy the Christmas cheer with Christmas Carols. The Kerang township primary schools (Kerang, St Joseph’s, Christian, and South Primary Schools) and churches...

Kendall Jennings

Wakool News

Hello again to all of you amazing people reading this today from our festive little corner of the world, Wakool. I hope everyone survived the heat earlier in the week, and are all set for an amazing Christmas. It’s certainly shaping up to be...

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Moulamein Notebook- December 19, 2024

46 Degrease On Monday. All I can say is at least it wasn’t on Saturday for our races. It did not quite hit the predicted peak on our back verandah. But it did hit 44 just briefly. This was our first day over 40 this year as far as I can remember...

A Christmas Gift which costs no Money!

Bruce Stewart An old story tells us of a young man who was selling goods going from door to door to raise funds to help pay his way through school and found himself very hungry one day while door knocking. . He decided he would ask for a meal at the...

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Step back in time -1966

Around this time, almost 60 years ago, temperatures leading into the Christmas periodwere considered to be ‘warming up.’ Its a far cry from temperatures we saw earlier in the week

Santa Never Made it into Darwin

We’ve had our fair share of wind and storms, but nothing compares to Cyclone Tracy, one of the most destructive cyclones ever recorded in Australia. Here are some stats from the National Museum of Australia. • Wind gusts reached 217km/h before...

Kirstin Nicholson