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Photo: Emily Godfrey Echuca was founded in 1854, and very quickly became Australias largest inland port. Part of this was due to being on a relatively narrow bend in the Murray River, which proved a logical crossing point between Victoria and NSW. The key geographical bonus, though, was being the closest point on the Murray to Melbourne. Goods from across the Murray Darling basin could be brought to Echuca for unloading, then transported to Melbourne. You will now receiv...

The year kicked off with record-breaking heat and devastating bushfires which ravaged the countrys east coast. IN PICTURES: Two bushfires approach a home located on the outskirts of the town of Bargo.(Getty) During the 2019-2020 season, now known as Black Summer, 24 million hectares of land was burnt, 3000 homes destroyed and three billion animals were killed or displaced. Thirty-three people died, including six Australian firefighters and three American aerial firefighters. Huge fires first er...

Premium Content Subscriber only WARWICK residents have been given their first hint at what the new Kmart Hub will look like, with construction of the new store imminent. The company submitted its initial first fit-out look for the Warwick and Stanthorpe K Hub stores to Southern Downs Regional Council this week. Conversion works for the existing Target store are due to begin January 18 with an early February opening. Similarily, conversion works for Stanthorpe will begin February with a late m...

VIC Premier The Andrews Labor Government is making Victoria’s roads smoother and safer for drivers right across the state, with this year’s road maintenance season underway. Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll said crews are out in force upgrading 2,000 kilometres of roads, filling an estimated 220,000 potholes and repairing or replacing more than 30,000 signs during the warmer, drier months. Sections of vital routes across Melbourne are being rebuilt, including Eltham-Yarra Glen...

A New Start in Vietnam’s Most Livable City Tony (“Hilly”) Hill, 54, moved to Da Nang in 2010. It wasn’t his first time living abroad—he’d been away from his hometown of Echuca, in the Australian state of Victoria, for six years working as an insurance broker in hectic Hong Kong before he discovered this dynamic city on Vietnam’s central coast. It was a place where I could start over again. He first came here for a month’s stay, working as a volunteer, “There was something magi...

Handle dispute without inflaming the situation We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Handle dispute without inflaming the situation December 17, 2020 — 11.08pm Save Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Jim Pavlidis To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. CHINA Handle dispute without inflaming the situation Our government has decided to poke the Chinese dragon with ...

SHOOTING AUSTRALIA UNVEILS 2021 NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SERIES 12/14/20 Shooting Australia today announced a comprehensive program of events for the 2021 National Performance Series. The series that was cancelled in 2020, will see up to 40 major competitions held across the Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun and Fullbore disciplines with several of them fully integrated with Able and Para athletes shooting side by side. Commencing next month, the majority of Performance Series events in each discipline will...