News

Plenty to Occupy Children’s Centre

[From the Donald Early Learning Centre] Donald Children’s Centre has been out and about in the last couple of weeks of December. We have developed great connections in the community throughout the year. The Kinder children visit Johnson Goodwin...

Buloke Times

20 Dec 2024

Community

Forget Socks – Put History Under the Tree!

From Jackie Noonan Unwrap the past this Christmas with the ideal local gift – a copy of “Wycheproof and District – The Way it Was”, by Allan “Prof” Milburn. Standing proudly at the heart of the Wycheproof community is a remarkable former...

Buloke Times

20 Dec 2024

Community

Barry Golding’s Book Launch

A new book “Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Daja Wurring Country” has been launched by authors Barry Golding and Clive Willman. Mountains can tell us much about our past. Six iconic peaks in Central Victoria, Australi...

Buloke Times

20 Dec 2024

News

Transmission Lines – “Don’t Think, Do!” – More on the Landholders’ Fight

By Peter Hobbs My previous article, “Call a Spud a Spud” was inspired by Jim “Spud” Hepworth’s candid opinion on the installation of transmission lines on farming property. This article which is intended to be a follow-up and one motivated...

Buloke Times

17 Dec 2024

News

A Cheaper, Cleaner, More Consistent Energy Plan

It will be 44 per cent cheaper to reach a net zero energy grid under the Coalition, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said at the weekend, as Frontier Economics analysis showed the Coalition’s approach to energy policy - including nuclear power -...

Buloke Times

17 Dec 2024

Video

Merry Christmas with “Paddington”

The final movie at The Rex for 2024 will be the family friendly “Paddington in Peru”, set to captivate audiences with advance-release screenings on Saturday and Sunday, December 21 and 22. The Rex has secured the opportunity to screen...

Rex Theatre

17 Dec 2024

Events

Charlton Probians’ Christmas Meeting

On Friday December 13, fifty Charlton Probus Club members attended their Christmas meeting at the Charlton Golf Club. They began with a minute’s silence in memory of Neil Cossar. Neil joined Probus in 2013. He was president in 2018/19 and...

Charlton Probus

17 Dec 2024

Local Government

Call for Review of Victorian-Approved Mineral Sands Mines

“The Victorian Government’s approval of two mineral sands mines yesterday through Environment Effects Statements isn’t the end of the matter,” Member for Mallee Dr Webster said on Wednesday. As farmers learned of the two Mallee mines, the...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Events

Christmas Cheer at Cricket Club

Following cricket matches on the Donald-Jeffcott cricket ground this Saturday, December 14, the club will host a Christmas party to celebrate end of year, and everyone is invited! Not only will there be a special visit from Santa at 6 p.m.; the...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Community

“Giving Tree” Charity

At the front of the Donald’s IGA store, near the checkouts, shoppers will find charity boxes for the local “Giving Tree” which will be filled with items to distribute to families in the district a few days from Christmas by Donald Friends and...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Community

Wedderburn First Responders Celebrate Career Milestones

Three Wedderburn Ambulance Community Officers (ACOs) have been celebrated for their dedication at Ambulance Victoria’s (AV) recent Loddon Mallee Staff Service Awards. Dede-jo Williams and Bruce Hargreaves were recognised for each notching up 10...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Community

Big Kookaburra Donation

There has been an exciting update on the flight of the big Kookaburra perhaps heading south for the summer? It is hoped to see the big bird take up its position early in the new year. Donald 2000 is extremely grateful to have received a massive...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Community

Scaling New Heights

Anne Webster, MP, reached new heights, literally, during her first-ever visit to the summit of Mount Wycheproof, the world’s smallest registered mountain! Perfectly timed to acknowledge International Mountain Day (IMD) on Wednesday, December 11...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Community

Read Up, and Be in the Draw

Northern Grampians Libraries staff are inviting families to spend their summer holidays with their noses in a few good books – and potentially win a prize along the way. Stawell and St Arnaud library branches are again participating in the BIG...

Buloke Times

13 Dec 2024

Health

EWHS Reviews Another Busy Year

(From the East Wimmera Health Service Board) Following a meeting held on Monday, November 16, 2024 at Charlton, the Board reviewed and discussed various responses to the expanded need for staff accommodation that currently exists. Under the...

East Wimmera Health Service

10 Dec 2024

Community

Lunches Bring Communities Together

The Birchip Neighbourhood House and Birchip Conference of St Vincent de Paul have been working together to provide regular and free communal meals at the Old Shamrock in Cumming Avenue throughout 2024, and the last luncheon for 2024 was hosted on...

Buloke Times

10 Dec 2024

Obituary

Farewell to the Man with the Magic Hands

Together with family members, hundreds of friends and admirers packed the Donald Anglican Church and surrounds on Monday, December 2, for the service celebrating the remarkable life of legendary sports therapist, the late Pat Allen. The service was...

Buloke Times

06 Dec 2024

Community

“Say No to Towers”

From Alex Morrison The Prime Minister has begun an anti-bullying campaign. It’s welcome. He could start right at home with his own government who are allowing TCV to bully farmers in this district into accepting the power lines that come with wind...

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06 Dec 2024

Community

Long Serving EWHS Employees Honoured

At this year’s Annual General Meeting, East Wimmera Health Service took a moment to celebrate a group of exceptional employees — those who reached a remarkable 20 or 25 years of service milestone in the past 12 months. East Wimmera Health...

East Wimmera Health Service

06 Dec 2024