Australian Shareholders Association Echuca Discussion Group
Our next meeting is on Wednesday, November 9.
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Our guest speaker, Jodie Brown from the CBA bank in Kyabram, will be talking about staying safe online.
Vince Fusti from Stubberfield Group will be our guest speaker on Wednesday, December 14.
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month in the meeting room at the Caledonian Hotel from 10am to noon.
Visitors are most welcome.
Contact Geoff: (03) 5853 1940.
Echuca Farmers’ Market
Echuca Farmers’ Market has moved to Alton Reserve until the water subsides at Aquatic Reserve.
The market operates on Saturdays from 8am until noon.
Kyabram Pigeon Club
Hillston Breeders Plate, No. 2
1st: Peter White, 1546-44 M.P.M, Kyabram; 2nd: Jim Arthur, 1451-59 M.P.M, Lancaster; 3rd: Phillip King 1438-51 M.P.M, Kyabram; 4th: Peter White 1397-58 M.P.M, Kyabram; 5th: Jim Arthur 1323-63 M.P.M, Lancaster; 6th: P & M Lavars 1288-06 M.P.M Moama.
Hillston 3, Saturday, November 5
1st: Gary Rayner, 1547-47 M.P.M, Kyabram; 2nd: Gary Beavis, 1501-46 M.P.M, Kyabram; 3rd: Peter White, 1496-83 M.P.M Kyabram; 4th: C, R & D Robb, 1492-10 M.P.M, Echuca; 5th: Ian Trench, 1482-61 M.P.M Rochester.
Free financial information sessions
Services Australia – Centrelink is running the following free financial information sessions during November at the Campaspe Shire Library in Echuca.
Bookings on 5481 2400 or at www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/library
Planning for Retirement
Echuca Library — Monday, November 14 at 7pm.
Book via www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=968213&
Understanding the Aged Pension
Echuca Library — Monday, November 21 at 10.30am.
Book via www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=968207&
Home Care and Residential Aged Care
Echuca Library — Tuesday, November 29 at 2pm.
Book via www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=968221&
Echuca Wool and Craft Group
The Echuca Wool and Craft Group meets every first and third Wednesday at Alton Gallery at 10am.
Our members enjoy sharing skills and knowledge related to wool crafts, including spinning, weaving, knitting and crochet.
We also hold dyeing days, attend local wool shows and donate items to various charities.
If you have a passion for wool craft, contact Wendy on 0427 320 062 or Irene on 0419 844 088 for more information.
Customs House Gallery
Customs House Gallery is proud to announce John Stevens’ exhibition at the Customs House Gallery opens on Friday, November 11.
Opening night gets under way at 6pm.
The exhibition will be on display for one month only.
Customs House Gallery is located at 2 Leslie St, Echuca, and open daily from 10am to 4pm.
Echuca Village Tennis Club open day postponed
Echuca Village Tennis Club’s open day, which was scheduled for Sunday, November 13, has been postponed and will be rescheduled when flooding problems have been resolved.
Echuca Country Music Club
Echuca Country Music Club’s next event is at the Tongala Public Hall, Mangan St, Tongala on Sunday, November 20 from noon to 5pm.
Guest artists: Jan Paulke and Stan Robertson.
Enjoy the entertainment of the guest artists and our wonderful band.
Admission: members $9, non-members $10.
All guests please note: no alcohol permitted at the venue. BYO all food and nibbles.
Door prize, nifty fifty and normal raffles.
Tea and coffee available for a gold coin donation.
Walk-up artists are welcome.
For more information, contact Lesley on 5482 6281 or Val on 0438 160 222.
The Echuca Country Music Club’s annual general meeting will be held on Sunday, November 20, straight after the country music meeting.
Echuca Regional Health’s service of remembrance
Echuca Regional Health would like to invite the community to a service of remembrance and thanksgiving to acknowledge the people you have lost.
The COVID-19 pandemic taught us to grieve in a different way — this service will provide an opportunity to come together and support one another while celebrating loved ones who have passed away during this time.
Date: Saturday, November 12.
Time: arrival from 4.30pm for a 5pm start
Location: ERH gardens, near the fountain — entry via Service St.
The service will include a smoking ceremony, Welcome to Country, readings, music and lighting of candles.
Foundry Arts Space open
The Foundry Arts Space has reopened.
You can check out the current exhibition by Christopher Shelton titled A Personal Pandemonium.
Mr Shelton grew up in Wyuna/Koyuga and attended Echuca High School. His working life was in art education and in retirement he remains an active artist and swimmer.
A Personal Pandemonium ends on December 4.
Alton Gallery
The Alton Gallery is showcasing an exhibition with the theme ... Of Drought and Flooding Rains.
It is an exhibition of paintings inspired by Dorothea Mackellar’s poem My Country.
The exhibition will be on show until December 31.
The Alton Gallery is at 111 Hare St, Echuca. Gallery hours are Fridays: 10am to 2pm; Saturdays: 10am to 1pm. Or by appointment.
All paintings are for sale. Entry is free. All are welcome.
For more information, phone 0439 460 690.
Echuca Moama Beacon Foundation
We welcome you to join with us to celebrate our achievements this year at our annual general meeting.
Date: Tuesday, November 29.
Venue: 'The Venue', Moama Bowling Club, 6 Shaw St, Moama.
Time: 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
RSVP: Tuesday, November 22.
River TV production meeting
A production meeting will be held by Northern Access Television Association for all who are interested in the River TV project and other potential Community TV production in Echuca-Moama on Sunday, November 13, from 2.30pm at Echuca Workers.
People interested in being part of the show or other productions in any aspect, experienced or not, are welcome to attend.
Potential topics for the program and crew roles for the show will be discussed, as well as other potential productions for C31 Melbourne Community TV.
RSVP would be appreciated to John Stewart on (03) 4410 8124.
Further details are on the River TV website, rivertv.net
Campaspe Quilters
The Campaspe Quilters group meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Echuca Library meeting room at 7pm.
For more information, phone Deb on 0409 527 463 or Kris on 0407 029 895.
Support your community radio station
EMFM 104.7 has a new home at the Echuca East Community precinct in Sutton St, Echuca.
EMFM broadcasts to Echuca, Moama, Mathoura, Torrumbarry, Lockington, Elmore and Kyabram.
It is on air 24/7 and is run by a team of dedicated volunteers.
You can purchase a membership at https://radioemfm.org.au/membership
St Joseph’s College reunion
St Joseph’s College’s class of 1989 (starting in 1984) will have a reunion on Saturday, November 19.
The event will include a tour of St Joseph’s College, which will start at the school gate at 4pm.
An evening event will then take place from 5pm at the Shamrock Hotel in Echuca, where people can gather at their leisure and catch up on old times.
For more information, email Katrina Skewes at kskewes@unimelb.edu.au
Campaspe Murray Probus Club
Do you enjoy meeting people in a happy and safe place?
Why not come and give Campaspe Murray Probus Club a try? You will be made so welcome.
We enjoy many varied activities, such as bus and caravan trips for the adventurers.
Coffee mornings, walks, cards, lunches and so much more.
It’s all about fun, friendship and fellowship for active retirees.
We meet on the second Monday of the month at 10am at Rich River Golf Club.
For more information, phone Michael on 0490 772 562.
Breast cancer support group
The Wild Orchids Breast Cancer Support Group meets on the last Thursday of the month at 10am at the Caledonian Hotel in Hare St, Echuca.
For more information, phone Jeanette on 0417 317 893.
Wild Orchids Walking Group
WOW meets at the Echuca Visitor Information Centre at 2 Heygarth St, Echuca, at 10am every Monday.
For more information, phone Maryann on 0438 812 339.
Indoor bias bowls
Indoor bias bowls are held at Echuca Senior Citizens Centre on Fridays from 9.30am to noon and Saturdays from 1.30pm to 4pm.
New players are welcome, names to be in by 9am on 5482 4179.
Echuca-Moama Stroke Support Group
The Echuca-Moama Stroke Support Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the ERH Education Centre from 10am to 11am.
It is an opportunity for stroke survivors, carers and family members to attend for light-hearted chat and get-together.
For further information, phone Dave on 0475 388 986.
Rich River TOWN Club
Rich River TOWN Club (Take Off Weight Naturally) meets at Apex Park room on Wednesdays at 9.30am.
For more information, phone Helen Murray on 0409 333 366.
Echuca Bridge Club
Echuca Bridge Club has weekly duplicate tournaments on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 4pm, with hand records always available.
The club uses BridgePads, so scores are available within a few seconds of the end of each session and are then emailed to all participants and uploaded to the website.
The club plays at the Senior Citizens’ Centre in Landsborough St, Echuca.
For more information or to request a partner, phone Chris Turner on 0409 008 612.
Echuca-Moama Twin Rivers Probus Club
The Echuca-Moama Twin Rivers Probus Club meets on the first Monday of each month at Echuca Workers at 10am.
This is a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and join in the many and varied activities the club has to offer, such as indoor bowls, cards, garden lovers, coffee morning and more.
For more information, phone Bruce Haines on 0428 862 217.
Mr Perfect
Join us to meet people from your own community. It is a great chance to get out of the house and into the sun.
Family, friends, men, women and children are all welcome.
Mental health discussion is purely optional.
For more information, phone Andy Rogers on 0467 094 061.
Free monthly barbecue: Held on the first Sunday of every month from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Apex Park in High St, Echuca.
Free monthly coffee meet-up: Held on the third Friday of every month from 1pm at Beechworth Bakery in High St, Echuca.
Moama Bowling Club indoor bias bowls
Indoor bias bowls are held each Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm at Moama Bowling Club.
Members and visitors welcome. Names to be in by 6pm.
Al-Anon meeting
A meeting for the relatives and friends of problem drinkers is held on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10.30am to noon in the foyer of St Aloysius Catholic Church in Francis St, Moama.
For more information, visit www.al-anon.org.au
Echuca TOWN Club
Echuca TOWN Club (Take Off Weight Naturally) meets every Monday at 5.30pm at the Echuca Senior Citizens Hall at 39 Landsborough St, Echuca.
For more information, phone Judi on 0477 120 158.
Bella A’Capella
Bella A’Capella is a small choir of enthusiastic singers who meet every Monday night at the Uniting Church Hall on the corner of Hare and Pakenham streets, Echuca.
The harmonies produced are usually in four parts, without musical accompaniment.
Newcomers are most welcome, any Monday at 7pm. We meet all year round except for a six-week break in the middle of winter.
Follow us on Facebook, or phone 0458 916 910.
River Voices Choir
River Voices Choir is a community choir with a wide selection of chorale music, singing in four-part harmonies.
The choir meets weekly on a Sunday afternoon during school terms at the Uniting Church chapel in Hare St, Echuca.
It is professionally led and has performed in concerts, Anzac Day services, aged care homes and its annual Christmas carols in December.
Choir members come from all around the district, including Deniliquin, Tongala, Kyabram, Gunbower and Echuca-Moama.
The choir is seeking new members.
For information, phone Glenys on 0438 871 438 or email: rivervoicesechuca@gmail.com
Echuca-Moama and District Probus Club
We are the founding club of four Probus clubs in the area and we are looking to expand our membership.
We meet on the last Monday of the month at Rich River Golf Club at 10am, with the exception of December.
We meet for morning tea on the first Monday of the month at various venues as we try to support all the businesses in the area.
We meet for lunch on the Monday before the meeting, again at a venue around town.
If anyone is interested in becoming a member of our club either come to a general meeting at Rich River Golf Club on the last Monday in the month where you will be made very welcome or, if you fancy a morning tea or lunch, phone Val Cosway on 0409 416 078 to find out where that month’s venues are.
Victorian Clay Target Titles date moved
Following a meeting of the state executive and after consultation with the members of the Echuca Clay Target Club, the date has been changed to December 8 to 11.
Tatura Community House reunion
Come along and celebrate 40 years of the Tatura community while also catching up with old friends and revisiting the past.
It will be held at the Tatura Community House at 12-16 Casey St, Tatura, on Thursday, November 17.
RSVP by Friday, November 11 on 5824 1315.
Displays and finger food will be provided.
Flooded farmers can apply for assistance
Australia's most trusted charity is offering immediate financial assistance to primary producers impacted by the recent flooding events.
Eligible, registered farmers across Victoria, NSW and Tasmania can now apply for a $500 pre-paid Visa card from Rural Aid.
Rural Aid chief executive officer John Warlters said the financial assistance would help farmers make ends meet in this difficult time.
“Many farmers are in an anxious state right now, with floodwater putting livestock, crops and livelihoods at serious risk,” Mr Warlters said.
“When the floodwater recedes and farmers survey the damage, the true extent of this flooding crisis will become clear.
“Rural Aid is standing with our farmers to help them work through what will be a lengthy, expensive and overwhelming recovery.
“This flood-specific financial assistance will help make the recovery that little bit easier.”
Leading agribusinesses GrainCorp and Elders have made generous donations collectively totalling $250,000 to support Rural Aid’s flood response efforts.
Mr Warlters said the donations were very welcome and meant Rural Aid would be able to assist more families in more communities.
Deniliquin farmer and Rural Aid board member Airlie Landale said the floods had been devastating.
“It is nearly summer, yet it still feels like winter is rolling on and haunting us. It feels wrong to be speaking about too much rain, but the impact of recent floods has been devastating for so many,” Ms Landale said.
“Farmers have lost thousands upon thousands of hectares of crop, producers have lost livestock, fences and their homes, and rural communities and businesses have been isolated and inundated with water. It will take months — if not years — for people to recover, but I know the strength and resilience of our rural people will once again shine though.”
Farmers can register at www.ruralaid.org.au or by calling 1300 327 624.
Flood-affected farmers can apply for assistance here: https://www.ruralaid.org.au/services-provided/flood-assistance/
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