The Big Strawberry, pictured here with owner Tarn Hayes, has made its way on to a national coin collection in time for its 20th birthday year.
Photo by
Owen Sinclair
Local connections
Craig Easton, guest speaker at the recent successful Kyabram business breakfast, is the son of former Free Press editor Paul Easton, who ran this paper in the late 1950s and the 1960s.
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Craig was accompanied at the breakfast by his wife, Caron, and sons Jordan and Brodie, who both run businesses with him in Melbourne.
Both the boys pulled on the footy boots for the Kyabram Bombers a few years ago.
Craig expressed his continued interest in Kyabram and the developments around the district.
Sludge is heading to Deni
Fans of TV’s Outback Truckers can meet one its stars in person this month.
‘Sludge’ is to make a guest appearance at the Deniliquin Truck Show weekend on October 24 and 25.
‘Sludge’ is Paul Andrew, who was raised in Freshford, New Zealand, where his parents started the business Andrews Transport.
He then formed his own business and moved to Australia where he has worked for the past 30 years.
He and his truck The Phantom have been regular favourites on Outback Truckers, now in its 11th season.
A dinner will be held on the first night of the Truck Show weekend. For more information and how to enter the Truck Show, head to denitruckshow.com.au
Landmark on a coin
Koonoomoo’s Big Strawberry has hit the big time in roadside attractions, with recognition by newly minted gold coins and stamps.
It has been included with these honours along with nine other ‘big things’ on the Royal Australian Mint’s latest coin collection celebrating roadside landmarks.
The collections are available for purchase from Australia Post outlets.
Pie winners
It may not appeal to some taste buds but a recipe of rabbit, walnut and figs added to pastry won over the judges at the recent Official Great Aussie Pie competition.
Cobram’s Diman Gow and Lina Galati of Hungie Fangs came up with the concoction titled Rustic Rabbit and claimed a gold medal in the gourmet game pie section of the competition.
Mr Gow said he was inspired to make the pie after growing up eating his grandfather’s rabbit stews, a popular meal in the hard times of the Great Depression.
Landfill contract
A $2,958,703.78 contract has been approved by Moira Council for a Hawthorn East company to develop the Cobram landfill.
Goldsmith Civil and Environmental Works has landed the lucrative contract, which was eagerly sought after.
Water release
Fully treated recycled water will soon be released in Sunday Creek.
Goulburn Valley Water will release the water from its Broadford waste water management facility over the coming weeks.
The release will not alter the strict water quality monitoring processes in place to protect the health of local communities and the environment.
Square dinkum
G’day.
My wife told me I can be an idiot sometimes ... I thought it was rather nice of her to give me permission.
Hooroo!
A bolting horse connected to a trailer loaded with full milk bottles is a scary thought but 63 years ago this scenario played out in Kyabram. Elieen Sullivan of the Kyabram Historical Society produced this story, printed in the Free Press at the time, of the incident.
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Kyabram Free Press
