A total of 53.2mm was registered at the Kyabram weather station in 24-hour period.
It took the June total to 63mm in the first eight days of the month and it’s the wettest June so far since 2014 when 66.2mm was recorded.
The wettest June on record belongs to 1991 when 108mm hit the gauge.
Kyabram’s June average rainfall is 40mm. Last week’s rain took the yearly total to 207mm, which is slightly below the average of 213mm.
Rochester bikes stolen
It’s been a case of “get OFF your bikes” in Rochester.
But you can’t get off or on them if you haven’t got them, which is the case in this sorry saga.
Thirty bikes valued at more than $20,000 have been stolen from a locked storage shed at the Rochester Secondary College.
Just one bike helmet and a pedal were left by the heartless thieves.
The bicycles had been donated to the school earlier this year through Variety Victoria after a submission from the school’s physical education teacher Mitch Bright.
The theft is just another punch Rochester has had to absorb after last year’s disastrous floods.
School principal Melissa Gould pointed out that with still many people relocating and not living in the town at the moment targets for thieves have been made much easier.
Showstopper: Karise Eden will be one of the headline acts for the 2023 Winter Blues Festival in Echuca-Moama.
Photo by
Dave Hunt, AAP
Karise Blues headliner
Winner of The Voice Australia, Karise Eden, will be a headline act at the Echuca-Moama Winter Blues festival next month.
The festival is being held from July 27 to 30 and Eden, who won the inaugural The Voice Australia in 2012, has confirmed her appearance among a full line-up of artists who will be appearing.
Blues Roulette, Catfish Voodoo, Geoff Achison, Jesse Redwing, Julian James, Fools, Mike Elrignton, Collard Greens and Gravy, Cass Eager and the Phil Para Band are also among the entertainers who will be appearing.
The festival is one of the longest running and most significant on the blues festivals calendar..
Carnival at Murchison
Murchison is also preparing for a winter carnival.
The community centre and car park in Murchison is set to be transformed into a winter wonderland on Saturday, June 24.
There will be music, market stalls, good trucks and a variety of family friendly entertainment — all courtesy of Music Victoria, Greater Shepparton City Council, Neighbourhood House Murchison and Victoria and IL Productions and Hire.
The entertainment is free.
Speed limit reduced
Motorists venturing into NSW at Moama should be aware the speed limit on part of the Cobb Hwy in the town boundaries has been reduced from 100k/ph to 60/kph for safety reasons.
The rapid growth of Moama and schoochildren crossing the highway with speeding motorists has initiated the change which has been welcomed by locals.
Road fatalities rise
Road fatalities on northern Victorian roads continue to mount.
A Nathalia woman died in a crash between two vehicles on the Murray Valley Hwy near the Barmah Shepparton Rd intersection at Nathalia on June 2.
Another fatal accident occurred between Mulwala and Barooga on May 30 when a man died when a car ignited into flames after leaving the road and colliding with a tree.
These follow multiple fatalities in crashes at Strathmerton and Shepparton East this year.
Miepoll in news
Kyabram Football League fans with a long memory will know the name Miepoll well.
It had a footy side in the league in the mid 1950s and early ’60s before going into permanent recess.
A district between Murchison and Violet Town, Miepoll was back in the news last week when two men from NSW had to be rescued from their stranded and flooded vehicle when they drove in to what they thought was a puddle which turned out to be the swift-flowing, flooded Seven Creeks.
After a mayday call police found the men clinging to the back of their vehicle and they were rescued by Shepparton Search and Rescue Squad. They were hospitalised for observation, but luckily were not harmed in the ordeal.
Blank canvas: Katamatite Lions Club members Julie Ballard and Rob Peachey standing in front of the unpainted silo.
Photo by
Megan Fisher
Silo trail newcomer
Katamatite is set to join the silo art trail after a partnership between GrainCorp Limited and the Katamatite Silo Art Project was rubber stamped.
The partnership has been six years in the making and well known silo artist Tim Bowtell, who recently completed works in Yarrawonga, has started on the artwork at the Katamatite silos. His works will showcase various themes, including the areas pioneering history, Indigenous cultural significance and the natural beauty of the Broken-Boosey State Park.
Railway station robbery
Copper wire was the target of thieves at the Kilmore railway station recently,
The offenders go away with 200 metres of copper signal wiring along the rail line at 2am before making off with the wire when disturbed,
50th army celebration
The 50th anniversary of the Royal Australian Corps Of Transport was recently celebrated at the Puckapunyal Military Base.
It as formed on June 1, 1973, with the amalgamation of various elements from the Royal Australian Army Service Corps, Transportation Service with a focus on logistics and transportation which it renowned for today.
Bulldog returned
A French Bulldog valued a $15,000 has been returned to a property at Kilfeera near Benalla.
Five-month-old Daisy was stolen during an aggravated burglary overnight on May 29, but five other puppies were untouched.
Daisy was found unharmed two days later.
Motorcycle impounded
A Finley motorcyclist was clocked at speeds of 163km/h on the Benalla-Tocumwal Rd near Yarroweyah last week.
The 50-year-old had the motorbike, which was impounded, for three weeks.
Did you know
1. Australian Alps get more snow than the Swiss Alps.
2. 90% of Australians live on the coast.
3. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
4. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest eco-system in the world. …
5. Australia has over 60 separate wine regions.