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Local news and sport for Loddon Shire communities.

Sweetness of good gum life

SWEET flowers, nectar and sap of the Loddon’s famous blue eucalypts had helped birds adapt to life in Australia. According to audio ecologist and author of Deep Listening in the Bush, Andrew Skeoch, the success of eucalypts adjusting the...

22 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

All News

River rescue man being treated for spinal injuries

All News

POLICE and State Emergency Service volunteers brought a man stranded on a Loddon River island to safety after unsuccessful attempts by friends to rescue him on Friday night. The man, 22, fell from the disused railway bridge at Bridgewater before...

22 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Merger will means stronger league, says McClelland

Sport

NORTH Central sport will be strengthened by the merger of Nullawil and Wycheproof Narraport, football league president Mick McClelland said at the league’s season launch on Sunday. Representatives of the league’s eight clubs were in Charlton in...

22 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Title courses are released

Sport

THE 2025 Australian Easter Orienteering Carnival is coming to the Shire of Loddon, with four events, two at Tarnagulla, and one at each of Inglewood and Mt Egbert near Borung. This Easter event will attracts around 800 orienteers from Australia and...

22 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Make it a date: Off to polls on May 3 after dawn meeting

Politics & Council

AT LEAST seven candidates will contest the seat of Mallee when Australia heads to the polls on May 3. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the election this morning after a crack-of-dawn drive to Government House to advise Governor General Sam...

28 Mar 2025

By Loddon Herald

News

Bridgewater Nursery’s 5th birthday celebrations start Friday

News

AUTUMN heralds the new garden planting season and on cue, Bridgewater Nursery is celebrating its fifth birthday this weekend with great prices on amazing stock. “We love bringing our annual sale to gardeners from across Loddon and beyond ... and...

27 Mar 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Boort tennis finals Friday night, club champions are decided

Sport

LEAGHUR and Barrapool will meet in the grand final of the Boort Lawn Tennis Club season tomorrow night. Leaghur made the decider the hard way, battling past Marmal in a toughly contested semi-final clash. The score was six sets and 51 games to...

27 Mar 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Bulldogs ready to host fifth community charity day

Sport

WITH only a week to go until the start of the 2025 football and netball season, Pyramid Hill is holding its fifth charity community day, this year bringing together 10 teams from five different leagues. Three of the clubs are based in Loddon Shire...

27 Mar 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Croquet pair headed to state finals

Sport

TWO BOORT Lakeside croquet players are off to Melbourne to play in the regional titles after success in play-offs at Charlton. Daryl Henderson and Alister McDougal won their respective levels at the Murray Valley regional competition last Saturday...

27 Mar 2025

By Loddon Herald