Yarrawonga News

A Parkinson’s journey – it’s not a walk in the park

By Emma Prior Imagine one day waking up and noticing activities that you were once more than capable of completing, have now become a struggle. This is what life is like for people suffering with Parkinson’s, but for local Judy Ramsdale she is not...

Emma Prior

Cancer breakfast planning underway

Yarrawonga Friends in Common (FIC) will host the 2019 Cancer Awareness Breakfast at ClubMulwala on Thursday, October 17 with this year’s breakfast focusing on prostate cancer. Dr Eddy Ong, Radiation Oncologist from the Albury Wodonga Regional...

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Full three-year terms in roles

Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke will serve the first three-year term of the 2016-created council in the role. The former Urana Shire Council Mayor was elected initially, in September 2017, for two years and was unanimously re-appointed on...

Robert Muir

Full three-year terms in roles

Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke will serve the first three-year term of the 2016-created council in the role. The former Urana Shire Council Mayor was elected initially, in September 2017, for two years and was unanimously re-appointed on...

Robert Muir

Police Beat

Car park accident Emergency services responded to a 68-year-old female who was involved in a motor vehicle accident in the car park at ClubMulwala at around 3.45pm on Saturday, September 14. The driver had collided with four parked cars with her car...

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Drive to fill 300 jobs

LS Precast Benalla’s recruitment roadshow for its ultimate wide-ranging 300 jobs for Melbourne’s $5.5 billion Westgate Tunnel Project by Christmas received good responses from its four information sessions last week. West Gate Project and LS...

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Rotary’s cool celebratory asset

A brand new all stainless steel water drinking fountain has been installed in Melbourne Street Mulwala towards the center roundabout at Erne Street– courtesy of the Yarrawonga Mulwala Rotary Club. Manufactured by CIVIQ in Silverwater NSW, the...

Robert Muir

Australia Day awards locations confirmed

Continuation of rotating the Australia Day awards and community celebrations with the four same towns hosting Federation Council’s Australia Day from 2021 to 2024 was endorsed at council’s August meeting. But a lot of discussion amongst...

Robert Muir

Landcare working bee

The Yarrawonga Urban Landcare Group recently held a working bee organised by Jan Hall at the Yarrawonga Aerodrome with aerodrome residents and Moira Shire Council employees on Wednesday, September 4 to plant a number of new trees. Over 200+ trees...

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Help guide future park planning

Parks Victoria is inviting the community to help shape the health of its park’s estate for the benefit of Victorians, by providing feedback into the first stage of Parks Victoria’s Land Management Strategy. The strategy will set out the...

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Council prioritising road projects

Federation Council’s engineering team is currently reviewing road projects for prioritising its next round of applications. The prioritising follows the announcement last week that communities in regional NSW could soon benefit from a share in up...

Robert Muir

The show is coming!

Country agricultural shows are a quintessential part of the Australian vernacular with Yarrawonga no exception. There will be plenty of fun and activities on offer at the 136th ClubMulwala 2019 Yarrawonga Mulwala Agricultural Show which will be held...

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Yarrawonga P-12 getting SunSmart

Students at Yarrawonga College P-12 are leading the way in sun protection, thanks to a new pilot program to help make secondary students as SunSmart as their primary counterparts. With UV levels on the rise from mid-August, students at the school...

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Organic waste service on track

The roll out of Moira Shire Councils kerbside organic waste collection to the un-serviced areas of Cobram, Numurkah, Yarrawonga and the township of Tungamah from early September is on track according to Mayor Libro Mustica. “For the past few weeks...

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Volunteers recognition

The volunteers of MHA Care Meals on Wheels were recognised for their kindness, support and immense work that they do recently with a thank you luncheon as part of Meals on Wheels Day put on by MHA Care and Club Mulwala. Currently there are 126...

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Bushfire shelter rejected

A request to modify the development consent to replace a second egress from the site with a private bushfire shelter at a primitive camp ground off Pimpala Crescent Mulwala stretching towards the Murray River has been unanimously rejected by...

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Native birds swoop into spring

Magpies warbling is one of the most familiar and endearing sounds of Australian wildlife, yet the whirring and whooshing sounds of a swooping magpie approaching fills most with dread. There are a number of places in Yarrawonga Mulwala which are...

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Making memories on the Murray

Member for Albury Justin Clancy announced last week the Best Shared Campaign, which is all about creating remarkable moments you’ll want to share and is the driving theme behind a new campaign, designed to encourage more people to visit The Murray...

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Council embarks on new tourism brand

Federation Council is embarking on a new tourism brand for the region and is engaging consultants to assist in leading the project for the community. The landscape of tourism marketing in Australia is incredibly vibrant and diverse. Recent...

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