Sport Champ in tune IT’S best to keep things simple and relax when you bowl. And one way to do that is to have a song in your head. That was the attitude of 2022 Sunraysia singles Champion of Champions winner... 14 Jan 2022
News Ute rolls into Murray River EMERGENCY services were called to Bruce’s Bend on Friday after a car rolled into the river. 29 Jan 2021
News Lake Cullulleraine counts cost of blue-green algae alert A BLUE-green algae alert for Lake Cullulleraine over the popular Australia Day weekend that locals have disputed could have cost the small tourist town up to $100,000, locals claim. 30 Jan 2021
News Housing in Sunraysia at crisis point HOUSING in Sunraysia is at a crisis point, locals claim. 30 Jan 2021
News U3A settles into new home in Irymple AFTER being forced to leave their former home at SuniTAFE late last year, Sunraysia’s University of the Third Age (U3A) are happily settling into their new home at the Masonic Lodge in Irymple. 31 Jan 2021
News Call for Rats of Tobruk memorial for Mildura Mildura’s Craig Proctor is calling on council to erect a memorial for the Rats of Tobruk soldiers of the Sunraysia district as the 80th anniversary of the siege approaches. 31 Jan 2021
Farming and Environment Rocky Lamattina & Sons named AusVeg Victoria’s vegetable farm of the year One of Australia’s most successful carrot growing businesses Rocky Lamattina & Sons has been named AusVeg Victoria’s vegetable farm of the year. The enterprise, based in Wemen, washes, grades and packs between 900 to 1000 tonnes of carrots... 02 May 2024
Education Numbers strong at bush school THE near 140-kilometre return drive from Nichols Point to Werrimull each day is of little consequence for the town’s P-12 school executive principal Ben Nicholson in comparison to his regular duties during school hours. With just 33 students and... 04 May 2024
Police & Courts Senior ‘bashed with own stick’ A PAIR accused of bashing an elderly man with an iron bar and his own walking stick before stealing items from his Mildura home have fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court. Irymple woman Tammy Slater, 47, and Noel Giddings, 34, of Koorlong, are alleged... 04 May 2024
News Lights locked in for river island LOCK Island has become the frontrunner to stage internationally renowned artist Bruce Munro’s $6 million Trail of Lights project next year. A cost-benefit analysis by Mildura Council revealed it would cost about half as much to stage the major... 07 May 2024
Farming and Environment 15,000 workers needed for table grapes alone as peak harvest looms SUNRAYSIA grape growers fear a year’s worth of hard work and investment could be left to rot as the industry enters peak harvest season. 31 Jan 2021
Sunraysia Daily Irymple wins Twenty20 final after Coghlan masterclass DAN Coghlan has delivered another matchwinning performance on grand final day for Irymple. 31 Jan 2021
Galleries Australia Day ceremony in pictures HUNDREDS of locals turned out to the Mildura Station Homestead on Tuesday morning to celebrate Australia Day. 01 Feb 2021
Business Mildura business gives council a spray MILDURA Rural City Council has copped a spray from a Sunraysia agricultural manufacturer which sells its equipment all around Australia – but is overlooked for major work in its own backyard. 29 Jan 2021
Education Back to school IT was back to school for students across Victoria this week, with Sunraysia schools welcoming their new generation of Prep students. 29 Jan 2021
Arts & Entertainment Country music awards honour for Wentworth’s Smith WENTWORTH musician Tony Smith said it was “surreal” to win two awards at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival after a 15-year break from playing music. 29 Jan 2021
News Grant, loan boost for Willow Bend Caravan Park AFTER enduring forced closure and months of visitors just “trickling through”, Willow Bend Caravan Park co-managers Ana and Tony Smith were overjoyed to secure $2.5 million to upgrade the park on Monday. 28 Jan 2021
News Vigilance urged as drownings in Australia reach alarming levels IN what is shaping up to be the worst 12 months for drowning deaths in Australia, Sunraysia residents are urged to stay vigilant. 28 Jan 2021
Golf Australia Day golf in Mildura LARGE fields turned out at local golf courses for Australia Day events on Tuesday. 27 Jan 2021
News Mildura stages peaceful and powerful Survival Day rally Celebrating Australia Day on January 26 ”is like asking us to dance on the graves of our ancestors,“ Mutthi Mutthi and Wamba Wamba man Jason Kelly told about 150 people gathered to mark Survival Day on Tuesday. 26 Jan 2021
Education Aiming high delivers Mildura student’s dream MILDURA’s Taurie Bishop couldn’t be more excited to have recently graduated from Year 12 and to now be only weeks away from beginning university to study psychology. 25 Jan 2021