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Broken Creek Named Duo of the Year — Celebrating Fol...

National acclaim meets hometown celebration in Nathalia as folk duo Broken Creek take out Duo of the Year at the...
National acclaim meets hometown celebration in Nathalia as folk duo Broken Creek take out Duo of the Year at the Australian Folk Music Awards and prepare to launch their new album Folk from the Archive: Sally Sloane at The G.R.A.I.N. Store.  Victorian folk duo Broken Creek — made up of Picola-based musicians Erin and Lachlan Heycox — have been named Duo of the Year at the 2025 Australian Folk Music Awards, recognising their contribution to Australian folk music and their...

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CNG Meeting

The meeting was well attended by over 60 residents, honourable Wendy Lovell MLC, Member for Northern Victoria and Kim O'Keeffe...
The meeting was well attended by over 60 residents, honourable Wendy Lovell MLC, Member for Northern Victoria and Kim O'Keeffe MP, Member for Shepparton.  Kevin Scolyer opened the meeting and introduced the Action Group's committee, comprising himself, Kevin Bourke, Roland Huber, Adie Van Luenen, Deb and Russell Shaw, before then welcoming our guests.  Kevin reported on:  Tailored case management  Progress on the call for funding/compensation  Update on the upcoming Energy Expo  Update on the customer appliance database  Seeking approval from...

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Waaia Silo Art

The Waaia Community Planning Group was formed in 2019. Meetings were held and goals were set. Community Garden, Waaia Town...
The Waaia Community Planning Group was formed in 2019. Meetings were held and goals were set. Community Garden, Waaia Town Water Picnic Ground was to become our Anzac Memorial Picnic Ground and of course the painting of the silo. This took the longest time, trying to raise enough money was the hard part. We applied for so many grants only to be knocked back because it was privately owned. Finally after 5 long years with the help of Phillipa Slinger...

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Binks On Top in Down Under Modified Tractor Pulling

Thomas Binks was awarded his championship trophy at the recent Down Under Modified Tractor Pulling awards. After finishing second last...
Thomas Binks was awarded his championship trophy at the recent Down Under Modified Tractor Pulling awards. After finishing second last season in the Limited Mini class, Thomas finished first in all events for the 2023/2024 season. The tractor he competes with is called The General and is powered by an LS series engine, two speed powerglide transmission and floating axle 9” Ford differential. Thomas is looking forward to defending his title after some significant engine modifications and with the support...

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Nathalia Community House News

Our Community Garden area has a new artwork installation, St Mary of the Angels Year 11 Community Engagement volunteer students...
Our Community Garden area has a new artwork installation, St Mary of the Angels Year 11 Community Engagement volunteer students have created a very detailed mosaic and have captured our town “Nathalia”. There is more artwork to be installed in our front garden area and we’re looking forward to the completion of this. Our long-standing Committee of Management volunteer Vice President Julie Tyndall has retired. Julie has volunteered at Nathalia Community House since 2012 and we would like to thank...

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Caterpillar Corner - MND Awareness Day

Friday 21st June, NCELC held their annual MND Awareness Day and Big Freeze Challenge. It was a great day! It...
Friday 21st June, NCELC held their annual MND Awareness Day and Big Freeze Challenge. It was a great day! It started off with children and educators arriving to the centre wearing a touch of blue. We then moved on to our annual Ice Bucket Challenge, Big Freeze! Children and Educators sat patiently in the Investigators yard in excitement ready to watch the cold plunge. Our first lot of freezers were Kylie Botterill, Tanya Holland, Bow Humphreys and Sarah Best! Each...

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Nathalia Primary School News - Arty Kids Get Moo-ving

Picasso Cow This year we took possession of a plain white cow for our students to decorate as part of...
Picasso Cow This year we took possession of a plain white cow for our students to decorate as part of the Moo-ving Art Project. Mrs Dow has done an amazing job with a group of grade 5/6 students during recess and lunch breaks to come up with at theme and paint the cow. The final stage will be to apply a clear coat and find a spot for our cow to be shown off in the school yard. Well done to every...

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Local Postie Retires

After 21 years of delivering mail through floodwaters and more potholes than we could ever imagine Wendy Stanger is hanging...
After 21 years of delivering mail through floodwaters and more potholes than we could ever imagine Wendy Stanger is hanging up her delivery cap! Wendy started delivering mail in 2002, she has travelled approximately 1,201,200ks and made 764,400 deliveries in those 21 years. This equates to 220ks per day and 140 delivery points. Wendy delivers mail, newspapers and the Red Gum Courier to the Picola, Barmah and Kotupna communities, and will finish up at the end of the month. We...

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Nathalia Wildflower Group

Members of the Nathalia Wildflower Group enjoyed the walk through the reserve, just south of town, on the 15th of...
Members of the Nathalia Wildflower Group enjoyed the walk through the reserve, just south of town, on the 15th of June. As we walked through the dry creek bed surrounded by ancient gums, we discovered several plants of interest. We look forward to visiting this location in springtime again, when all the wildflowers bloom again.                 

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What a Fantastic Weekend for the Purples!

Our weekly club Thursday night dinner was particularly special and kicked off the weekend with a bang! We renamed it "Thursday...
Our weekly club Thursday night dinner was particularly special and kicked off the weekend with a bang! We renamed it "Thursday Night Dinner for Kelly" and in Kelly Lundberg's memory we raised money for MND.  We served a club record of 231 meals, sold FIGHT MND socks, raffle tickets and baked goods. The clubhouse was packed to the rafters with so many people coming together to enjoy dinner. We know that Kelly would have loved it. We are pleased to tell our wider community...

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News from the G.R.A.I.N. Store

The GRAIN Store thanks the Nathalia and District community for their part in the very successful The Things We Do...
The GRAIN Store thanks the Nathalia and District community for their part in the very successful The Things We Do For Love winter promenade and party. In particular the following… Audience members who braved something entirely new and different; and in doing so provided respect and acknowledgement to community members who participated by being filmed and quoted to set the scenes for this fascinating and heart warming subject: The Things We Do For Love. The community members who gave it...

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Red Gum Courier Delivery to Change to Allow for Grea...

The Red Gum Courier (RGC) has been delivered to household mailboxes across the local district since 1995, by various businesses...
The Red Gum Courier (RGC) has been delivered to household mailboxes across the local district since 1995, by various businesses and volunteers. The paper is entirely funded by advertisers large and small, and has become an important means of keeping our communities connected. In recent times we have been relying more heavily on volunteers to keep delivering the RGC; which is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. With the rise of social media and free advertising for those that use it,...

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