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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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Nathalia Primary School News - Community Visits

Community Visits The preps have been exploring our local community. Looking and investigating what things are in our community, such...
Community Visits The preps have been exploring our local community. Looking and investigating what things are in our community, such as schools, shops, playgrounds, etc. We were lucky enough to visit the post office and find out what happens when we post a letter. Maxine took the students on a tour of the post office. The students wrote and posted a letter to themselves and were very excited for it to come in their letterbox. Winter school sports The grade...

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St Mary of the Angels Perform 'Big Fish'

Congratulations to all the students and staff from St Mary of the Angels Secondary College who were involved in another...
Congratulations to all the students and staff from St Mary of the Angels Secondary College who were involved in another fantastic production. This year’s production was ’Big Fish’. Big Fish is full of larger-than-life quirky characters and brings to life the exploration of a father-son relationship with two central questions - what makes a good dad? And how does a hero live on? The Red Gum Courier appreciated the invitation to see the show and were once again very impressed...

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Nathalia to Host 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour

After receiving a record-breaking number of applications, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) today announced Nathalia in Victoria will play host...
After receiving a record-breaking number of applications, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) today announced Nathalia in Victoria will play host to the $750,000 18-carat-gold trophy as part of the 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour. Since its inaugural journey in 2003, the tour has travelled over one million kilometres, visiting more than 640 destinations to unite communities and provide the once-in-life-time opportunity to get up close and experience the magic of the People’s Cup. This includes visiting 482 schools, 401 hospitals and...

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