The band was great, but it was the Sunraysia crowd who made the Kings of Leon concert such a hit at the MSP in October. Picture: Louise Barker
Flood-watching was a thing in late 2022, as the Murray slowly built towards a huge flood. We found this European tourist falling in love with the river at the Mildura Ski Club in November. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Bananas in Pyjamas eating parmas. Ashton Stevens and Kade Baynes enjoyed Mad Monday celebrations after Irymple won the SFNL football grand final in September. Picture: Ben Gross
Winnie and Ricky Tam closed the much-loved Regal Chinese restaurant in September after many years of serving Sunraysia. Picture: Ben Gross
To the delight of our NSW bush community, the Pooncarie Cup returned from pandemic hibernation in October. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Jade Benham had the last laugh in the state election, taking the seat of Mildura from Ali Cupper. Here she sees the funny side of a comment at Sunraysia Daily's candidate forum in November. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Richmond AFLW star and Mallee girl Courtney Wakefield came home to play a historic match against the GWS Giants at Mildura Sporting Precinct in October. Picture: Ben Gross
Merbein RSL member and World War II veteran Jack Braidie, 99, was the star of the branch's centenary celebrations in September. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Geelong superfan Rob Taylor and old friend John Robertson, a former Cats property steward, thoroughly enjoyed the AFL club's premiership win in September. Picture: Ben Gross
Although heavy rain made the track unusable, the Wentworth races went ahead without horses so the town could have a community event. Jeremy Pappin, centre, certainly enjoyed it as he won big on the Melbourne Cup, run the same day. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Michael Belvedere and Robert Richardson were fighting to save property from the rising Murray flood at Red Cliffs in December. Picture: Ben Gross
Aubrey Pay, 5, played in the rain at the wet Mildura showgrounds as the start of the show was postponed by heavy falls. Picture: Ben Gross
Teething troubles at the new Mildura Sporting Complex featured in news and sports stories all year, but there was no doubt that SFNL grand final day was a triumph for the facility. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Ray Carter and his Minneapolis-Moline tractor, one of only a handful that were shipped to Australia, ahead of the Vintage Tractor Pull Competition & Historic Truck Show in Red Cliffs in October. Picture: Ben Gross
Caterina and Samuel Bozzi welcomed triplet daughters Valeria, Giuliana and Sofia in October, but we got to meet them in December. The couple had lost their first child, Valentina, to a rare in-utero medical condition. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
With December came the peak of the Murray flood, the highest in half a century. Low-lying thoroughfares such as Old Wentworth Road at Merbein soon became impassable. Picture: Bernard Humphreys
Sunraysia Daily looks back at 2022 through the lenses of our photographers.
