News
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More cash for Mallee Root Fest
THE Mallee Root Festival is among 176 community projects to receive funding from the Strengthening Rural Communities program. Funding of $10,000 was this week provided…
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What’s On in Sunraysia
Friday Storytime at the Library Red Cliffs Library – 10am-10.45am THERE will be songs, stories, rhymes and crafts at the library this week. The family-friendly…
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NSW fire danger period ends
THE fire danger period in lower western NSW will end at midnight on Friday. Residents in Wentworth and Balranald shires will no longer require permits…
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Stubble quail season shortened
VICTORIA’S “recreational” native stubble quail shooting season has been cut short by two months following campaigning by Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting and the…
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Holiday program makes water safety fun
SUNRAYSIA children have an extra opportunity to learn water safety during Term 1 school holidays thanks to Life Saving Victoria’s local education program. The program,…
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Wentworth facilities reopening after floods
The Wentworth Shire Council has been hard at work rejuvenating flood-impacted areas across the region. The Buronga Nature Play, Pump Track and playground is now…
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Towers of power rise above Buronga
THE first steel towers for the nation’s largest electricity transmission project, EnergyConnect, have risen into the sky at Buronga. Transgrid is undertaking the mammoth $1.8…
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Lukee’s back to blow off steam
RED Cliffs Historical Steam Railway’s Steam train ‘Lukee’ will be back up and running this Sunday following the end of the fire ban season. Fire…
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Mildura students tame dragon boats
A GROUP of 22 students from Year 7 to 10 have tried out dragon boating for the first time. The sport was only recently added…
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Inspector takes Mildura councillor to VCAT
MILDURA councillor Ian Arney is the subject of legal proceedings involving the Chief Municipal Inspector and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Cr Arney was…
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Tourism ideas dry up in Vic, as SA reels in thousands
ON Monday, the South Australian government received almost 90,000 applications for subsidised travel vouchers aimed at attracting tourists to Murray River areas affected by the…
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What’s your go to when you’ve gotta go?
DO you have a favourite public toilet? Seriously… Sunraysia residents can nominate what they think is the best toilets as part of this year’s national…













