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 The Hindmarsh Shire Council was successful in their application to substitute days for the 2024 Melbourne Cup Day public holiday in Nhill and Rainbow. |
 When nominations closed at 12 pm on Tuesday, eight individuals had nominated for the six positions across the three Wards in the Hindmarsh Shire.  Three big grand finals brought the Wimmera hockey season to an end in style at Dimboola on Saturday.  The Wimmera hockey season will culminate on the turf at the Dimboola Health and Fitness Centre on Saturday, with three eagerly anticipated grand finals to decide the premierships. |
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 At the Hindmarsh Shire Council meeting held at the end of August, the recipients of several rounds of grants were announced.  After three hotly contested preliminary finals played out in ideal conditions on the Kaniva hockey field on Saturday, the race for the 2024 premierships has been reduced to two teams in each division for the grand finals next Saturday.  A close look over the head-to-head records and overall performances of the six teams that will take to the Kaniva field on Saturday for the Wimmera hockey preliminary finals suggests an intriguing round of matches to finalise the lineups for the grand finals the following week.  After a drier-than average autumn and winter, Victoria’s far west and southwest are facing an increased fire risk leading into summer.  Young people living, working or going to school in Hindmarsh Shire who want the opportunity to do more for the people in the community are encouraged to nominate for the 2025 Hindmarsh Shire Youth Council.  With the opening of the spring firewood season last Sunday, the locations where firewood can be collected have been announced.  Four of the Wimmera hockey semi-finals played at Anzac Park in Warracknabeal on Saturday followed the script with the higher team on the ladder coming out victorious, but the two Horsham senior teams had different ideas.  Find out what has been happening in the Hindmarsh Shire with this month’s Mayoral Matters.  The first stage of a proposed multi-stage redevelopment of Nhill’s Davis Park is set to commence in coming months following the appointment of a contractor to undertake stage one construction works.  With the fifteen rounds of the regular season now behind us, the four teams in each division remaining in the race for the premierships can now turn their attention to the first round of finals played on Anzac Park in Warracknabeal on Saturday.  Optus is currently undertaking a network upgrade on their Dimboola tower, which may result in some interruptions to their service.  Victorians can prepare for next winter by collecting free firewood for personal use from state forest firewood collection areas from 1 September until 30 November. NoticeboardLOCAL BUSINESS ADVERT. 
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