Torrumbarry, Victoria: Population 257 (give or take). Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona: Student on-campus population 25,000 (minimum). So what do you think was the biggest adjustment for then 17-year-old Bella Crossman when she arrived at GCU (aka The Antelopes/Lopes) in 2024 as a freshman looking
Echuca-Moama’s Vietnam veterans may have just completed their last trip as an organised branch. With remaining members approaching, or passing, 80, a combination of age and ill-health is taking its toll so this week those members boarded a minibus and headed for Canberra and the Australian War
Generations of community commitment and professional polish to create Kyabram Fauna Park is at risk of disaster from a sweeping Zoos Victoria proposal to shake up management of its four locations and slash jobs. And the cuts target all Kyabram’s senior management team – with five of its 25 staff
The North Central Catchment Management Authority has Gunbower Forest’s feral pigs and deer in its sights. Feral pigs prey on native animals and plants and cause severe habitat degradation through extensive rooting and wallowing, which impacts on water quality, triggers soil erosion and weed spread. They can also host
Rochester’s Lions is seeing a changing of the guard – it’s been gradual as it should, and as welcome as it is essential. This gradual but seismic shift has also seen a historic first in its 50-plus years of community service with the appointment of its first female
Gunbower Racing Club is riding a wave of success as it plans for, and invests, in the future of this proud 145-year-old bush tradition. Its annual Moama Bowling Club Gunbower Gold Cup meeting each October is one of Victorian country racing’s signature events, pulling ever increasing crowds.
Cyril came, he saw and was seen, then he sprinkled magic dust over the battling Tongala Blues, and everybody went home a winner – except Cobram. Unfortunately the reigning Murray League premiers rolled into Tonny on Saturday, with four points already pencilled in, and were sent packing by a roaring home
The conversation started in a Darwin carwash, and in coming weeks was continued in the aisles of Bunnings. NT Football League premiership coach Chris Baksh and fellow Top End legend Cam Ilett were the ones who got the ball rolling, as it were. And their Tongala connection eventually sealed the