Tag: Dimboola 3414
Sporting clubs struggle to find juniors
Clubs in communities across the Wimmera are struggling to attract children and teenagers to take part in organised sport.[MORE]
Nationals lament Wimmera funding omissions
The National party says there were disappointing omissions from the Victorian Government's raft of funding announcements during its Community Cabinet meeting in the Wimmera.[MORE]
Wimmera councils get road upgrade report
Wimmera councils have received a consultant's report outlining the cost of upgrading local roads if rail freight services are lost to parts of the region.[MORE]
Grain grower concern over Mallee rail services
A southern Mallee grain grower says it will take 160 semi-trailer loads to move an average sized harvest from his farm if rail services are not available.[MORE]
Dimboola wetland work set to start
Work is expected to start in the coming weeks on a new wetland project at Dimboola.[MORE]
MP calls for Hindmarsh Shire road upgrades
The Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty, is calling on the Victorian Government to put money from its special purpose payments fund into road upgrades in the Hindmarsh Shire.[MORE]
Mayor says rate rises alone won't cover costs
A Wimmera-Mallee Mayor says smaller shires cannot sustain their financial position by raising rates each year.[MORE]
Missing camper found
A camper missing since Friday night in Victoria's west has been found, after a massive search and rescue operation.[MORE]
Search begins for missing camper
A massive search will resume this morning for a camper who has failed to return from his week long trip in Victoria's west.[MORE]
Vic man fails to return from camping trip
Victorian police concerned for the safety of a man who failed to return from a camping trip.[MORE]
Black spot level crossings list to help plan upgrades
The Victorian Government says a new list ranking the state's most dangerous level crossings will be used to help plan upgrades.[MORE]
Gillard praises tech savvy Dimboola school
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard is praising a Wimmera secondary school for its use of new technology.[MORE]
Dimboola residents pleased about works on derelict pub
A Hindmarsh Shire councillor says Dimboola residents are generally happy to see machinery at work on the site of a dilapidated building.[MORE]
Farmers get connected to water pipelines
Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water says it is continuing to connect more farms to piped water.[MORE]
Water authorities urged to flush rivers
Environmentalists are urging water authorities to stand by plans to send large volumes of water down the Wimmera River.[MORE]
Shire needs more pipeline firefighting funds
The Hindmarsh Shire in south-west Victoria says installing firefighting infrastructure along the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline is going to cost more than it initially expected.[MORE]
Little Desert National Park still burning
The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment says fires across the state over the weekend are a reminder of the major risk facing the state this bushfire season.[MORE]
Hindmarsh Mayor thrilled with pipeline water
A western Victorian Mayor says he is thrilled water is beginning to travel through his shire in the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline.[MORE]
Miner lodges exploration licence applications near Dimboola
A mining company looking for mineral sands deposits in the Wimmera says it has now lodged six exploration licence applications for land in the Dimboola and Horsham districts of south-west Victoria.[MORE]
MP echoes Wimmera River flooding fears
The Nationals' Member for Lowan is standing by his statement that clogging of the Wimmera River could cause it to flood.[MORE]
Wimmera CMA plays down flooding fears
The Wimmera Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is dismissing concerns that clogging of the Wimmera River, in south-west victoria, could cause it to flood.[MORE]
Fears Wimmera River clogging may trigger flood
Concern has been raised that clogging of the Wimmera River, in south-west Victoria, could cause it to flood.[MORE]
Dimboola Hotel owner gets demolition order
A Wimmera shire has ordered the owner of a dilapidated hotel to demolish the building.[MORE]
Historical society wants Dimboola Hotel saved
The secretary of the Dimboola and District Historical Society says a derelict hotel in the town needs to be saved at all costs.[MORE]
