Seymour News

Seymour Golf Club encourages displaced athletes to give golf a go

With most sports postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19, Seymour Golf Club is encouraging people to try a new sport. The club recently opened when restrictions were lifted and is hoping to provide an outlet for local athletes. Club member Irene...

David Rak

05 Jun 2020

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Goulburn Options using Zoom to stay in touch

The restrictions on community activities due to COVID-19 have left many people with disability unable to access their usual supports. Because of this, technology has become an important tool for NDIS participants to stay in touch with their service...

David Rak

04 Jun 2020

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Local Lions deliver cakes to thank first responders

The Lions Club of Seymour Goulburn recently donated Lions Cakes to emergency services and health workers.

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Local Lions deliver cakes to thank first responders

The Lions Club of Seymour Goulburn recently donated Lions Cakes to emergency services and health workers.

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Seymour Rotary collects rubbish around Seymour

Rotarian Catriona Jarman said it was shameful the countryside next to what should be a picturesque area adjacent to the billabong could be littered

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Seymour Working Sheep Dog Club founders get pride of place in new pavilion

A plaque commemorating the founding members of the Seymour Working Sheep Dog Club will be displayed in the new Kings Park pavilion. Dan Donovan was a founding member in 1963 and organised the plaque to recognise people who have given years of...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Seymour Health encouraging staff and patients to quit smoking

Patients and staff of Seymour Health will be encouraged to stop smoking to help reduce the burden on the health system. People who smoke have an increased risk of catching influenza and typically have more complications from COVID-19. There’s...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Road repairs ongoing in Mitchell Shire after storm damage

Repair works continue on more than 60 damaged Mitchell Shire Council-managed roads in towns stretching from Kilmore to Seymour following a wild storm on April 4.

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Plenty of information on offer for region’s visitors

While many tourist-based services are slowly coming back online following COVID-19 shutdowns, there will be no shortage of promoting Seymour and district this Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Mitchell Shire Council’s visitor information...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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CFA urges people to check safety of heat sources

With winter officially here, the CFA is urging residents to keep themselves safe by checking and maintaining their fireplaces, chimneys, fireboxes and flues. Each year the CFA sees an increase in the number of chimney fires from both fireplaces and...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Extra time to register pools and spas

Homeowners now have until November 1 to register their pool or spa with local councils, after the Victorian Government announced a five-month extension of the deadline. In December last year, the government introduced new regulations requiring...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Seymour flood levee on the agenda at June council meeting

The future of the proposed Seymour Flood Levee will be discussed at a council meeting on June 29. A future directions report will be considered by councillors outlining several issues including the proposed levee’s cost, safety value, economic...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Upgrades have begun at Nagambie Healthcare

With most of its rooms more than 90 years old, Nagambie Healthcare is due for an upgrade. The health service was built in 1929 and its rooms are small and antiquated with shared bathrooms not up to 2019 standards. Essential upgrades recently began...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Tree planting completed at Nagambie Golf Club

Nagambie Golf Club has used the lack of golf to spruce up its course, planting more than 300 new trees and shrubs recently. The club is keen to create more biodiversity around the course and hoped the inclusion of a greater variety of native plants...

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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Tallarook Farmers’ Market to return in June

For more information or contact details of regular stallholders, visit tallarookfarmersmarket. com. au/meet-our-makers

David Rak

02 Jun 2020

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There’s more to palliative care than you might think

Two Seymour Health nurses have joined the campaign to help create awareness and education about the importance of palliative care. Palliative Care Victoria aims to celebrate palliative care workers with the ‘Palliative care, it’s more...

David Rak

01 Jun 2020

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Shires attract state government funding to connect workers to jobs

Employment opportunities across Mitchell and Strathbogie shires have been bolstered thanks to the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria initiative which will see a range of recovery roles supported for six months. Mitchell Shire Council...

David Rak

29 May 2020

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Mitchell Shire Council supports COVID-19 recovery package

Mitchell Shire Council has supported a recovery package that will help assist residents and businesses during the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the breakout of COVID-19, the council has been evaluating delivery of frontline services...

David Rak

29 May 2020

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Locals urged to not eat wild mushrooms

Strathbogie Shire residents are being warned not to eat mushrooms that have been appearing in gardens around Victoria for fear they could be the poisonous Death Cap or Yellow-staining mushrooms. The recent heavy rain throughout the state has seen an...

David Rak

29 May 2020