The Bombers had a great build up to the game, with hundreds of fans attending their final training session on Friday night and again at Sunday’s game at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve.
Club president John Guinan thanked the Kyabram fans for their support and also the local business owners and staff who went to the trouble of putting up decorations to add to the premiership build-up.
One Kyabram fan who had to survive a week in enemy country was Kate Whitford.
Kate just happens to be the Kyabram Football Netball Club treasurer and mother of star Bomber Brad Whitford.
She is also the principal of the Rochester Primary School and had to tough it out for the week leading into the grand final before getting the last laugh.
Unusual catch
While the Murray cod season is closed, our Moulamein mate China Gibson has reported an unusual catch in the Billabong Creek which runs through his property just near the town.
A fishing group there recently landed two keepers; one was a 40cm yellowbelly and the other a 40.5cm catfish.
The same fishing group hauled a catfish only 5cm smaller from near the same place last year.
They returned it to the river and there is speculation it may be the same fish, although catfish have been introduced into this stream in recent years and which once yielded regular hauls of that variety.
China said he had not witnessed a catfish being caught in the era for 40 years.
And most keen fish eaters will vouch catfish cooked properly is a real delicacy, hey Aub!
Are trains returning?
Will passenger trains again be active in Cobram?
They will if local Peter Sutton gets his way.
Being raised in a time Cobram had rail transport, he is hellbent on reinstating passenger trains.
An accident in 2006 forced him into travelling in buses and triggered his drive to reinstate a train passenger service in the town which ceased in 1993.
The former train service linked up with Tocumwal rail line at Strathmerton, which runs to Shepparton and then onto Melbourne.
A $4 billion Regional Rail Revival Plan, co-funded by the state and federal governments under Victoria’s Big Build projects, and which aims to upgrade every regional passenger rail line in Victoria is also raising hopes Mr Sutton’s mission is not derailed.
Weather boost
The rain district croppers had been eagerly waiting for arrived on Tuesday of last week and has given the seasonal outlook a huge boost.
Kyabram weather station has recorded 9.4mm over the past week, which has been enough to trigger late growth for crops that have been surviving with sprinkles of rain since the last heavy rainfall of 16.6mm on July 26.
One cropper told the Free Press last week’s rain had guaranteed ‘‘a good to extra good’’ season for cropping farmers despite a late start to the season, providing there was no torrential rain now until harvest time.
Milestones reached
Milestones are being ticked off at Benalla and Berrigan at present.
Benalla’s Art Galley has reached its 50th year, with anniversary celebrations taking place on Thursday, September 25.
And those linked with Benalla Historical Society has also reason to celebrate reaching a 60-year milestone.
Over the border in NSW, Berrigan Rural Fire Brigade recently celebrated 125 years of service to the community.
Appeal for information
The mystery disappearance of a Bunnaloo farmer is still a mystery.
Ian Gray was last seen leaving his home in his white Holden Rodeo on Septemer 11, 2015, and hasn’t been seen since.
His bank accounts have never been accessed.
There have been several reported sightings in Victorian towns since, but none have been confirmed.
His disappearance is regarded as completely out of character, and anyone who may have any information on his whereabouts are asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
Square dinkum
G’day
It’s been a bit of a strange day today.
First, I found a hat full of money, then I was chased by a really angry man with a guitar ...
Hooroo!!!
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