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Masterful performances from YouFit Mildura members
PEOPLE say age is just a number, but Sharon Williams and Robyn Cielo are living proof. The YouFit Mildura members recently achieved podium finishes in…
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Garden therapy overload
FOLLOWING a terrible bus accident, Merbein resident Margaret O’Rourke’s garden became a kind of therapy on her road to recovery. Set behind an empty plot…
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Mildura nurse reflects on 2020: ‘I’m a much stronger person’
TRACEY Tonkin has worked for nearly four decades as a registered nurse, but “never experienced anything like 2020 before”. Ms Tonkin was on the local…
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Sunraysia’s top fundraiser keeps optimism for community
SUNRAYSIA’S fundraising king John Burfitt is looking forward to 2021 with “great optimism” and a wish list that includes dusting off a metal detector, a…
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South Mildura netballer says let’s get the ball rolling
ONE of the biggest reasons why people play sport at a community level is for the social connections. And this was sorely missed in 2020…
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Mildura Paddle Steamers stays on course in tough times
FOR 65 years, Mildura Paddle Steamers has weathered the storms that threatened to capsize the family business. But in 2020, the icon of Sunraysia’s stretch…
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Busy Mildura mum gets through a learning year for everyone
HELPING her two boys through remote learning is the main thing Mildura mum Stacey Perry will remember from 2020. “Remote learning, and managing remote learning,…
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Ethnic river safety push
MILDURA Rural City Council is working with Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) to ensure residents from CALD backgrounds can safely enjoy the region’s most…
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Out and about on New Years Eve
REVELLERS were out and about in Mildura on Thursday night, celebrating the end of a year like no other. Sunraysia Daily photographer Meagan Verstappen captured the…
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Border residents use ID to enter Victoria in COVID changes
VICTORIA was set to close its border to New South Wales at midnight on Friday amid growing COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne. In Victoria,…
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Murray blue-green algae alerts extended
WATERNSW has issued an updated warning for blue-green algae along the Murray River between Euston and Wentworth. People are urged to avoid all contact with…
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Mary Woorlong
MARY Woorlong was the last full-blooded member of the Kulkyne Tribe and she died in 1942. Her father was the great Woorlong, the man who…













