WHAT does it mean to be an Australian? If you’ve ever asked yourself that question, you could have found the answer throughout the Border on Wednesday. Communities came together throughout the region to mark Australia Day celebrations. For many it reaffirmed that we are, indeed, the lucky country. For others it meant the opportunity to [...]
THIS week I am urging motorists, parents and children to make a safe return to school. We want to keep our kids safe and I encourage parents to go over road safety with their children before they start their school year. Now is the time to remind kids about safety on their journey to and [...]
THE Uiver replica at Albury Airport will be open to public viewing tomorrow (Saturday, January 29) as Cr Neville Hull said the plane could soon be lost forever. A $2.5 million restoration plan for the aircraft has had mixed reactions, with a record 365 Albury residents providing Albury Council feedback on the project in the [...]
NATIONAL pride enveloped the Border on Wednesday as hundreds turned out to celebrate Australia Day. Large crowds attended Wodonga and Albury festivities. Early risers were greeted with a barbecue breakfast at Les Stone Park in Wodonga, provided courtesy of Wodonga Council and the Apex Club of Wodonga. Citizenship ceremonies formed part of the proceedings as [...]
HUNGRY Jack’s has reopened in Albury just over a year after burning down, with a new design and new fire-retarding measures. The extraction fans, which sucked flames into the roof of the building after a grill fell into a meat broiler on January 23 last year, are now equipped with temperature gauges and will automatically [...]
PORTRAITS from the 2010 Archibald Prize are now on display at the Albury Art Gallery, in what is being touted as a considerable coup for the Border. Started in 1921, the Archibald Prize is one of the oldest, most prestigious and perhaps most controversial art prizes and exhibitions in Australia. AlburyCity team leader art gallery [...]
ALBURY Council believes users of the newly completed airport car park won’t mind paying for spaces when fees are introduced on Monday. AlburyCity will charge $10 a day or $60 per week for a space, and $15 a day or $90 per week for a secure space in the undercover car park, which will open [...]
ANDREW Wight did not have to look far to find the inspiration behind the new 3D action-thriller Sanctum. As co-writer and producer, Wight … a cave diver with many years experience … called on his own near death experience. “The story was inspired by my real life event that took place in the Nullarbor back [...]
ALBURY Steamers rugby union club has a new international signing this coming season. Yuichiro Matsumoto is no ordinary signing though, he’s a Japanese exchange student currently being hosted by Albury’s mayor, Cr Alice Glachan. “Yui arrived a little bit too late for last season so he’s hopping into it this season,” Cr Glachan said. “He’s [...]
Wodonga Mountain Bikers kicked off the 2011 season with the AP Delaney & Co Dirt Crit event at the base of the legendary Nail Can Hill on Saturday evening. Forty competitors signed on for the event which organiser Andrew Edwards said was a great start for the season. “It was a better turnout than I [...]