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Balmattum Hill Walking Track to reopen
THE Balmattum Hill Walking Track will reopen to the public just in time for the June long weekend and the easing of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.
COVID-19 Triage Kiosk Trial at Nagambie Healthcare
NAGAMBIE Healthcare (NHC) has become the first medical facility to trial a screen for COVID 19 symptoms via a new touchless kiosk triage system developed by a Melbourne–based technology solution…Read more
First local case recorded
THE Strathbogie local government area recorded its first case of COVID-19, with the diagnosed person being instructed to self-isolate.
Increased shoppers hit supermarkets across Strathbogie region
PANIC buyers continue to stream into supermarkets across this week, continuing to stock up on food purchases such as toilet paper, sanitisers and soaps.
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Players Welfare Concerns
THE announcement that there will be no 2020 KDL football and netball competition has been met with mixed reactions from Strathbogie-based clubs, with concerns for…
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School’s Back
SAFFI Lazenby couldn’t wait to get back into study within Euroa Secondary College’s (ESC) classrooms this past week.
Balmattum Hill Walking Track to reopen
THE Balmattum Hill Walking Track will reopen to the public just in time for the June long weekend and the easing of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.
New Cow Mooving to Euroa
FOR those who regularly take trips to Shepparton, the many fibreglass cows dotted around the city as part of their Mooving Art public art exhibition paying homage to the region’s…Read more
COVID-19 Triage Kiosk Trial at Nagambie Healthcare
NAGAMBIE Healthcare (NHC) has become the first medical facility to trial a screen for COVID 19 symptoms via a new touchless kiosk triage system developed by a Melbourne–based technology solution…Read more
Laura Binks – learning about leadership
THE qualities of a great leader are fostered from the great voices that surround them, and while there are great personal qualities an individual has – it is the community…Read more
Players Welfare Concerns
THE announcement that there will be no 2020 KDL football and netball competition has been met with mixed reactions from Strathbogie-based clubs, with concerns for the mental welfare of players…Read more
Volunteer grants to go towards locally designed wash station
LOCAL community organisation Strathbogie Inc has received $5000 worth of grant funding in an effort to support a plan to convert a wash-station into a custom-built mobile facility.
Local real estate push for city folk to move up the Hume
SELLING high end real estate in the upmarket Melbourne suburbs of Toorak and South Yarra was Brendan Allen’s life for most of the past decade.
Sport
Euroa Clay Target Club
WITH the Victorian Government easing the restrictions on training venues, the Euroa Clay Target Club has begun limited shooting on the Violet Town Shooting Complex with just 10 shooters allowed…Read more
Euroa Golf Club
THE golf course was busy on Saturday, May 30 with 74 golfers teeing off in the stableford monthly medal competition sponsored by Drummond Golf Shepparton.
Lorna Palmer – Life Member of VTFNC
LORNA Palmer, life member of the Violet Town Football Netball Club, was recently presented with a special ‘footy’ jumper with her own number.
Euroa Golf Club
IT’S great to see so many members out golfing since the shutdown and quite a few green fee players took to the course on Sunday. So golf is back and…Read more
Euroa Golf Club
IT was a perfect day weatherwise on Saturday, May 17, to be back on the golf course for the first Saturday competition since March 21.
Tom Panuccio is patiently waiting
TOM Panuccio has known and been involved with football since he could ‘walk’.
Creightons Creek truck accident tragedy
EMERGENCY services were called out to an accident near Lindsay Park’s training facility on Monday this past week night where four horses were killed.
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People
Half a century as a Rotarian
LOCAL Rotarian, Michael Tehan, has recently reached a significant milestone that very few others do and that is, 50 years continuous service in Rotary.
Getting creative for ANZAC Day
RESIDENTS around the region are being encouraged to get creative for ANZAC Day commemorations while in isolation.
Memorial brings back rail memories for Charlie Mead
“I LOOK back and I never seen anything like it – carriages, people everywhere and it can be quite confronting when you get there,” Charlie Mead says with a large…Read more
Three decades of music making for local musician
THE Euroa Citizens Band has recently awarded one of their longest-serving members, John Dunn, a life membership.
Rural
Women in agriculture focus at forum
A FORUM in Euroa on Wednesday has outlined the many opportunities available for women seeking a career in agriculture. The Country Cuppas event, which was part of the Victorian Rural…Read more
An effort to take pride in
THE Burrumbuttock Hay Runners have set off on their 12th trip to deliver drought-relieving stock feed to farmers in western Queensland. This district’s contribution to the hay run, consisting of…Read more
Aboriginal elders to offer advice
EUROA Fire Brigade volunteer Phil Hawkey will travel to Cape York in the Northern Territory next month to study traditional fire-based practices of the Yalanji Nylungkul Warra community.
Farmer wellbeing a hot topic at forum
THE Forum for Farmers was a success with around 95 farmers attending the event, held at the Euroa Conference and Function Centre recently.
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