AFTER a break of two years and with two riders who had never competed before, the Warrack Wheelies came fifth overall in the Murray to Moyne relay. The ride, which started in Mildura for the Warrack Wheelies was favoured with beautiful Autumn weather and had no problems apart from the occasional puncture. Warracknabeal Rotary support [...]
Warracknabeal Mens Shed members (front from left) Ben May, Merv Morrow, (back) Brian Wardle, David Mollison, Harry Quick, Athol Tickner and Chester Goulter with the recently restored J Buncle and Son chaff cutter. The Mens Shed restored the chaff cutter, built before the 1920′s in north Melbourne, for Wheatlands Agricultural Machinery Museum. A Mens Shed [...]
BRIM community members and district residents came together on the weekend to celebrate the official opening of the new additions to Redda’s Park. The park was upgraded after Government grants from Regional Development Victoria to the value of about $75-80,000 were received by Brim Lions Club. Club secretary Max Golder said about 80 people came [...]
Just because a tractor is old doesn’t mean it isn’t up to the job of taking on a marathon trip from one side of the country to the other and then some, and a group of Western Australian farmers are out to prove it. Three vintage Chamberlain G9 tractors rolled into Warracknabeal on Saturday morning [...]
SUPERB weather on Sunday set the scene for a wonderful day and night of racing and entertainment at the picturesque Birchip Racecourse recently. Race-goers enjoyed four exciting horse races, senior and junior foot races and a program full of high quality performers. A highlight of the program was the close finish in the Birchip Cup, [...]
Over 50 years ago, a yearning for the opportunity to reach into the sky, flying like a bird, brought three local young men with the same interest together to learn to fly. …And to celebrate this auspicious occasion the three men, Graham Drage, John Thompson and Clem Quick, 67/68 came together on the weekend for [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Secondary College students participated in the school’s Cray Hair Day on Friday, to help raise money and support the Leukaemia Foundation. Students from Years Seven-11 took part in the event, dressing up and having their hair coloured, teased and moulded for the day. Adding some flair to the day, Year 12 students came to [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Former Apexians Club members were saddened to farewell long-standing members Quentin and Marilyn Hewitt recently. Mr and Mrs Hewitt have three daughters and have decided to retire to Ballarat after spending more than 40 years farming in the area. They made the decision to leave the farm because none of their daughters wanted to [...]
A WARRACKNABEAL woman was rammed from behind by a speeding car on the Blue Ribbon-rd on Saturday in a two-car collision, which resulted in the arrest of three Horsham men, aged 20, 25 and 27. The incident occurred at about 11.30am, with ex-Warracknabeal policeman Phil Shiells coming across the scene, after which he phoned Horsham [...]
The Beulah community has received a boost with the construction of a new fire station having started recently. Member for Mildura Peter Crisp announced last May that Beulah had received funding for a new fire station as part of State Governments package to fast track Country Fire Authority stations and equipment upgrades. Mr Crisp said [...]