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...

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...

On Friday 3rd of May and Saturday 4th of May 2024, the Nathalia FNC Debutante Ball took us back to the 19th century, Regency era for their 20th Annual Debutante Balls.  As you walked through the garden in the foyer, you entered a ballroom from years past, graced with a beautiful drawing room adorning the stage. Bridgerton styling had arrived in Nathalia. With this year being our 20th Anniversary, it was a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge those whose vision created...

The Uniting Church Parish Annual Ball was held on Friday evening, 10th May. The theme this year was “Autumn” and the hall was decorated in a colourful display of autumn tones. Some of the ladies wore autumn coloured evening dresses which added to the happy atmosphere. The dancing couples soon danced and swirled around the floor to the fantastic music provided by Ian Stewart.   Several lucky winners are delighted with their prizes and Kelly Gordon won the Scottish quilt....

ANZAC Day Service at Nathalia Secondary College On Friday the 26th April, in honour of ANZAC Day, we held a whole school assembly, along with the 5/6 students from Nathalia Primary, and our distinguished guests from the Nathalia-Picola RSL, Loula Oliver & Estelle Chalker. It is a privilege to be able to hold such events, to pay our respects the service men & women, and their families, who have sacrificed a great deal for the peace we enjoy today. Our...

Last weekend saw a large gathering of people attend the Nathalia & District Historical Society Museum for a day of fun and learning.   Several old trades were demonstrated including blacksmithing by Karen Davis. She was able to demonstrate the skills of this old trade and brought quite a bit of interest, especially from the younger visitors. Karen also demonstrated the art of spinning and had several spinning wheels set up for anyone to have a go. Helen Ryan showed...

In the last week of Term 1, the St Francis Grade 3 & 4 students ventured to Billabong Ranch Echuca on their camp. The camp was a great opportunity to develop a range of social skills. Most activities at camp involved teamwork, which is great to strengthen established friendships and also to develop new friendships by connecting with children they may not regularly work with at school. There were plenty of activities with horse riding, rock walls, obstacle courses and mini golf on the itinerary. ...

It was a very successful morning for Cars and Coffee Nathalia. We had 59 cars attend with a mixture of classic to modern muscle cars and a lot of interest from the locals. The Lion's Club were a hit with their egg and bacon rolls and Milking It Cafe and Brereton’s Bakery were kept on their toes for a few hours. The event had cars arriving from just after 8:30 am and kept arriving until around 9:30 am. It was very busy until 11.00am when...