Australia Post Stawell Gift – Paying attention
If it wasn’t for a great group of people who volunteer to run the Australia Post Stawell Gift, the event just couldn’t survive. The Stawell Gift was first run in 1878 andRead More…
If it wasn’t for a great group of people who volunteer to run the Australia Post Stawell Gift, the event just couldn’t survive. The Stawell Gift was first run in 1878 andRead More…
The pressure that a runner is under when participating at the Australia Post Stawell Gift is quite intense. Many photos show how runners must run through “gates” at the finish line –Read More…
Everyone needs to get involved to ensure that the track is ready for the start of events on Saturday Morning. Here is a group of members of the Club looking intently atRead More…
One of our family traditions on Good Friday whist we prepare for the Stawell Gift is to have fish and chips at the park. As a member of the organising committee, itRead More…
Travelling back home after doing some work at Goroke, I stopped off and looked at a small Reserve on the side of the Road running from Goroke back to Natimuk in WesternRead More…
A common site throughout the Wimmera is the burning of stubble after the end of the High Fire Risk season. This is part of the preparation for the next years crop. GreatRead More…
Many small communities throughout the wheat belt of Victoria have small railway sidings and silos that are used for the storage of grain. They await the train to come and grain isRead More…
When looking around Sheep Hills the other day, I found that there were very few inhabited properties – even the local pub wasn’t used as a pub – but it is aRead More…
On a recent trip back from the River Murray, we passed through an old gold mining town called Tarnagulla. Tarnagulla was originally called Sandy Creek. It is a town founded on the excitementRead More…
Located in the Wimmera Region of Victoria, it is 237 kilometres from Melbourne. The town site was first settled during the gold rush of 1853 and was named Pleasant Creek. In 1861,Read More…