Our fabulous and brave Danielle took a very big deep breath last Monday, the 20th November, before having her lovely, long, luscious locks chopped off for an amazing cause, the World’s Greatest Shave, Mission: Possible.  Over the last few months, Danielle has been raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation, who support those impacted by Blood Cancer.  Danielle contributed by cutting off a lot of her very long hair.  The children all watched on as Jo from Colour & Co and...

At the 24th Annual General Meeting of Northern Victoria Finances Limited held on Monday 20th November, 2023 at the Nathalia Community Early Learning Centre, we farewelled two retiring board directors, Kaye Bernhardt and Sherelle Smith, and welcomed new directors Craig Kellow, Jessica Robinson, Leah McGrath and Rachael Crowther. Kaye Bernhardt - Equally NVFL’s longest serving director, joining the board in 2002. Kaye’s is a regular volunteer at bank functions, serving as Board Chair from 2006 to 2014 and on the...

Local duo Broken Creek are recording their second album ‘Yeah Nah’ and are asking the community to help them raise the funds to release it.  Earlier this year, Erin and Lachlan Heycox moved back to Picola to set up a recording studio on Erin’s family farm to record their second album.  “We wanted to record music inspired by Australia - the small towns we grew up in, the unique landscape and history” says Erin, “so it made perfect sense to...

Remembrance Day On Friday our year 6 students attended a Remembrance Day ceremony involving all schools from Nathalia.   Our school was represented by Kloe, Femke and Ava who are our school captains with the poem In Flanders Fields.  It was a great turn out and important for our young people to recognise and acknowledge the sacrifices made by pervious generations who have served Australia at war.  Transition Grade 6 AND Prep Last week we had our first of 4 Prep...

The Kaarimba Racecourse was the scene of a very successful combined training day on Sunday October 29. The racecourse was severely impacted by the October 22 floods, and Bunbartha Pony club members spent many hours preparing the grounds and repairing and restoring their equipment for the event during the preceding few weeks. They were rewarded with a good turnout of pony club and open riders from all of the surrounding districts, all keen to compete in the grade 3 to...

Fish habitat makes Waranga golden location for perch Habitat has been installed in Waranga Basin, creating a sustainable golden perch fishery readily accessible by recreational fishers. Fish habitats provide small ecosystems for different species of fish. The Waranga Basin fish habitat has been specifically designed for golden perch and constructed with a range of locally sourced materials, including river timber, plants, cinderblocks, and sleepers. Construction of the habitat will be supported by the stocking of 700,000 golden perch fingerlings in the storage over...

NCN Health - Nathalia The theme for 2022 is 'All Children have the right to a standard of living that supports their wellbeing and healthy development'. Children from Nathalia & District Preschool & Nathalia Community Early Learning Centre came together to celebrate Children's Week Activities at the Harbison Centre (NCN Health) on 30 November 2022. The Children participated in a variety of activities including badge making, outdoor games, story time and much more! The weather was stunning and lots of...

Nathalia Primary School celebrated Father’s Day with a delicious breakfast with the dads and their kids. The coffee van was on-site for a morning caffeine hit and bacon and egg rolls were cooked by the members of the Fishing Club on the school barbecue. It was fantastic to see so many parents come to the school to share breakfast with the children.