ANTICIPATION is building among tourism operators with hopes for a bumper holiday season this summer. A near-capacity Lake Hume has Lake Hume Tourist Park owner Kevin Downie expecting some of the strongest visitor numbers in years, with the first two weeks after Boxing Day sold out at the park. “I think everyone is a bit [...]
MICHAEL and Elizabeth Johnson’s deep love for each other is matched only by their love for God, their family and the people of Wodonga. As the Salvation Army officers in Wodonga for the past five years they have forged a lasting legacy of helping to break down social barriers. The rejected and the isolated have [...]
TWO new Probationary Constables joined the Albury Police ranks earlier this week. Jessica Thomas, 21, and James Burns, 26, were both keen to get started on their first shift of general duties having recently finished three months at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. “I’m not really nervous, I’m more looking forward to getting out [...]
THE ground breaking ceremony for Wodonga’s newest property development took on Olympic size proportions. Australian swimming great and dual Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim was joined by JMP Developments director Jenny Stern and Wodonga mayor Cr Mark Byatt to turn the first sod at Riverside Estate. With Huon Hill as a backdrop and the Kiewa [...]
ALBURY Cougars men have bounced back from their last game defeat by Wodonga Wolves to take a five-point victory over their cross Border rivals, 83-78 at Wodonga Sports and Leisure centre on Sunday night. Cougars coach, Clinton Lowe said the team was relieved to have taken the win after dropping another game Saturday night to [...]
FALLS Creek Billy Cart Derby and Bush Bash will be an event not to miss in the High Country this holiday season. Now in its third year the event promises to be bigger and better than ever. This year the event has a different layout and will be held over two days, January 8-9, to [...]
THURGOONA Football Netball Club has continued on from its stellar season and recent award for the top Good Sports club in NSW to now achieve the top award nationally. The club was presented with the National Good Sports Club of the Year award last week by Chief of Army, Lieutenant-General Ken Gillespie, at the Australian [...]
Last week I wrote about an amazing lunch – a rare event where only the great sweet wines of France accompany the food. (French “Stickies” are made from botrytised grapes – those affected with a beneficial fungus that concentrates the grape sugar). After a flying start to the lunch with a couple of great (and [...]
BEECHWORTH offers fantastic food and wine, so come on over and join us during the summer holidays. To find out what’s on, start at the popular Beechworth Visitor Information Centre in the historic precinct. There you’ll find the staff brilliant and enthusiastic volunteers have amazing local knowledge. Pick up a map of Beechworth and Stanley. [...]
With lavish generosity, the Jacaranda flowers have ushered in summer, spreading many a purple framework above the town vistas, particularly in Wodonga and Albury. Welcome rains of winter and spring have soaked deeply and the next couple of seasons will reap the benefits with some outstanding flowering and growth across the whole range of tree [...]