RURAL Industries Skill Training (RIST) proudly celebrated an important milestone last week for the Class of 2023, with a graduation ceremony marking the completion of their studies in a range of agricultural courses.
VICTORIA Police have released the report of Operation Nexus, which detected an alarming 8238 traffic offences across the state over the Easter long weekend.
THE quiet little hamlet of Condah has outdone itself again having blown last year’s fundraising effort out of the water for the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal.
AIMING to get men to “read more, talk more and have more friends”, the local chapter of the Tough Guy Book Club has been reliably getting eight to 12 men to their monthly meeting, with just two rules to follow - effectively summarised as no work talk, and no rubbish talk.
IN times past, it was an occasional practice after the football grand final siren for players to swap jumpers, and now and then even central umpires joined in.
THIS Sunday marks the ending of daylight saving at 3am, and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) are reminding all Victorians to also check their smoke alarms when setting the clock back an hour.
HAMILTON local, Bailey Morton was fishing in Port MacDonnell, South Australia last weekend when he caught a potentially record-breaking Southern bluefin tuna.