Finley News

Works cater for future expansion plans

Works that will allow for future expansion have been carried out the Finley Cemetery.

Southern Riverina News

Sports boom for Berrigan Shire

Sports tourism will be a major driver of the Berrigan Shire economy in 2020, with a number of large scale events to be hosted locally this year.

Southern Riverina News

Sports boom for Berrigan Shire

Sports tourism will be a major driver of the Berrigan Shire economy in 2020, with a number of large scale events to be hosted locally this year.

Southern Riverina News

Locals to make quilts to help those in need

Tocumwal Girls’ Shed members and their friends will be hosting a quilt-in next week in an effort to support bushfire victims.

Daniel Hughes

13 Jan 2020

South Australians enjoying Finley

It was the Finley Rodeo which initially drew the Michaelis family to the Southern Riverina, but the South Australians knew there is much more to the region to explore. Candy and Kym and their son Ethan arrived in Finley days before the competition...

Daniel Hughes

12 Jan 2020

Dalton backs Library funding

Increased funding for public libraries must be maintained to save service levels from being reduced in the future, Berrigan Shire Council has said. It is one of the NSW Public Libraries members lobbying for 2019 state government funding increases to...

Daniel Hughes

09 Jan 2020

Waiting for donation

The Southern Riverina is doing its bit to support firefighters battling bush fires all over the country, and the communities they have ravaged. A number of separate campaigs have emerged in the past few days. The Finley campaign is being coordinated...

Daniel Hughes

09 Jan 2020

Dive in movie a hit

About 60 people enjoyed a ‘dive in’ at the Finley Community Pool on New Year’s Eve. On the big screen was the family film Peter Rabbit, and pool manager and committee member Paul Burns said it was a successful night. “It was...

Daniel Hughes

09 Jan 2020

Rodeo draws big crowd in Finley

The Finley Rodeo more then doubled last year’s attendance numbers with over 900 walking through the case to take part in the 36th annual Finley Rodeo on a hot Friday night last week.

Daniel Hughes

Jerilderie under raw water restrictions

The Jerilderie township has been placed under raw water restrictions until further notice. Residents are restricted from outside watering between the hours of 11am and 6pm daily. This includes the use of sprinklers and hand held watering...

Daniel Hughes

Into the world in 2020

Billie Rose Dunn arrived almost two weeks early to become the first baby of 2020 at Wangaratta Hospital, and the new decade.

Daniel Hughes

New Year’s fire battle

While most locals in the Southern Riverina sat down with their family or friends as the clock ticked over to the new year of 2020, many of the Berrigan Shire and Murrumbidgee firefighters were in the thick of the NSW fires.

Daniel Hughes

Jerilderie to raise money for bush fire victims.

A Combined Community Organisations street stall is planned for Jerilderie next week to raise money to aid victims of the bush fires. A day and date will be notified in next week’s Southern Riverina News. Red Cross, CWA, the Hospital Auxiliary...

Southern Riverina News

$1m funding open for suggestion

Six projects have been put forward by Berrigan Shire Council as potential recipients of drought funding.

Daniel Hughes

03 Jan 2020

Walking track receives funding boost

A tourism trails which pays tribute to Tocumwal’s role in World War II has been allocated $60,000 in funding. Funding for upgrades of the Women’s Australian Air Force Auxiliary Force (WAAAF) Creek Walk was provided through round one of the...

Daniel Hughes

Students head to USA

Seven student from Finley High School will embark on a trip of a life time to continue their studies in Seattle, United States of America on January 6, 2020.

Daniel Hughes

Sport

Cowboys ready to ride

Some of the best cowboys and cowgirls in the country will converge on Finley this weekend for the annual twilight rodeo.

Daniel Hughes

Riverina students impress at Cobram Secondary College.

Barooga’s Freyja Black is one of just 20 people from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region to be offered place in the Victorian College of Arts’ elusive Bachelor of Fine Arts course. Miss Black was among 500 graduating high school...

Daniel Hughes