Gannawarra Times

Bridge receives overhaul

NINYEUNOOK residents are benefiting from work to replace the McLean Road bridge with a concrete structure. Completed as part of Gannawarra Shire Council’s $29 million 2024/25 capital works program, the project involved replacing the timber bridge...

8 hours ago

Community

Country theme to Gunbower Primary School’s mini deb ball

A MINI deb ball at the Gunbower Primary School was a roaring success as the school community came together to celebrate the theme of “country farm”.First held in 1990, the mini deb is held at Gunbower PS every seven years, meaning every student...

8 hours ago

Farming and Environment

Ag production figures to fall

THE gross value of Australia’s agricultural production is expected to fall by 2.8 per cent to $90.7 billion in 2025-26, driven by lower crop and livestock production volumes. That’s according to the June quarter forecasts released by ABARES on...

8 hours ago

News

Focus on road infrastructure, maintenance and safety

THE deadline to apply for Gannawarra Council’s roads focus group has been extended. The group, which will include residents and council staff, will provide community perspectives and feedback on road infrastructure, maintenance and safety...

15 hours ago

News

Claire is the ultimate good neighbour

KERANG Neighbourhood House - and Kerang itself - must reckon they struck it lucky when Claire Fry, fed up with six weeks of retirement, signed on as manager. That was in November 2023 and since then she has added an exciting new dimension to what...

13 Jun 2025

News

Learn how to lower your power bills

UPCOMING free workshops will help people learn how to lower gas and electricity use, and save money. The Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit is holding the workshops at Cohuna and Kerang, with Enviroshop energy efficiency expertise. LMPHU prevention and...

13 Jun 2025

Video

Videos

Blue Ribbon Day: Honoring Our Heroes and Building a Safer Tomorrow

Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never...

28 Sep 2023

Videos

Entertainment at the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market

Koondrook-based singer-songwriter Elise Drake joined an array of farmers and makers at the June edition of the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market on Sunday. See more in tomorrow’s Gannawarra Times

26 Jun 2023

Farming and Environment

Abattoir a business boost for emu farm

JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the facility has had a knock-on effect on this year’s production schedule, which is...

16 Feb 2023

Family violence on the rise

NEARLY 40 per cent of men in outer regional areas have reported using intimate partner violence, as family violence incidents in the Gannawarra and Swan Hill shires are at their highest levels in five years. In a nationwide study conducted for the...

12 Jun 2025

News

Read and win

GANNAWARRA Library Service members are encouraged to track the number of days they read during winter to be in the running to win prizes.

12 Jun 2025

News

Review brings flood of frustration

THE devastating memories of past floods were fresh on the minds of farmers and property owners at a drop-in session to review Loddon River flood warning systems, as the possibility - or inevitability - of another flood looms large. The North Central...

11 Jun 2025

News

Container fencing quashed

THE development of an acoustic fence constructed of shipping containers at the Kangaroo Lake Caravan Park at Mystic Park “doesn’t pass the pub test”, according to Gannawarra Shire councillors. The council voted 6-1 against granting a permit, as per...

11 Jun 2025

Sport

Football

Yellow and back for Demaria

KOONDROOK-Barham will be hoping to be the first team to burst Woorinen’s bubble this season - and they might just have the perfect man for the job. Having spent nine years in charge of the Tigers, Marcus Demaria will coach against his home club for...

23 hours ago

Sport

End of the road

SEASON 2025 should be the last of the Golden Rivers Football Netball League (GRFNL) according to the Northern Futures Project steering committee, who released their findings to clubs this week. The steering committee was commissioned by the Central...

13 Jun 2025

Football

Blues next up to enter Lions’ den

AFTER getting within six points of the ladder leaders in round 2, Murrabit will be hoping for a repeat performance when they travel north to Hay tomorrow afternoon. The Blues went agonisingly close to toppling the premiership favourites that...

13 Jun 2025

Netball

Fifth spot up for grabs

SWAN Hill will be determined to retain fifth spot on the ladder when they host the Cohuna Kangas in a make-or-break encounter for both clubs Saturdayafternoon. While the Swans currently sit a game clear in fifth on the Central Murray ladder, the...

13 Jun 2025

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