Grain and brain boom underpin Birchip’s renaissance
June 17, 2019
On Tchum Lake, just outside of Birchip, there can be 15 or 20 speedboats plying the waters of the farmer-constructed waterbody, when the Summer sun
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Lal Lal’s gift
June 13, 2019
Despite the torrential rain I get out of the van and splash across the grass to an excessively fenced off ridge line, where you can
Home delivery
June 8, 2019
Bel and Jordan found each other in a Ballarat mail sorting room. Bel had grown up in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, studied photography and
Bealiba’s new (quiet) boom
June 6, 2019
The discovery of yellow metal at the foot of Mt Bealiba in 1856 created a town of 12,000 desperadoes, but when the gold rush left,
Welcome pack provides instant ‘family’ in rural community
June 1, 2019
Small towns are renowned for being friendly, but when representatives of the townsfolk of Tallangatta gathered in the Memorial Hall for a discussion on ways
Cultural melting pot forms fresh bonds in the north east.
May 31, 2019
Lives have been irrevocably changed for the better in a small northeast Victorian town through an innovative program that turns a spotlight onto the cultures
Northern destiny
May 30, 2019
“I was visiting northeast Victoria for work and when we drove through Tallangatta, I said to the woman driving, I reckon I could live
Flight time
May 30, 2019
After spending more than 15 years servicing helicopters around Australia and even in Antarctica, Hylke Kijlstra has got to a point where he no longer
Warm welcome guaranteed in Woomelang
May 28, 2019
You know a community has pulled out every possible stop to try to attract people to their town when they keep a guest book in
Saving Taradale – how one school grew from two students to 75 in just seven years
May 21, 2019
Just months after he landed a part-time teaching job at Taradale Primary School, Chris Burgess was handed the job of acting principal, in charge of