Paddlers set course for Torrumbarry
Competitors in the Murray Marathon face a short day of paddling today, as the race travels from Echuca to Torrumbarry.
View ArticleMan missing after speedboat crash
A 22-year-old man is missing and five people are injured after a speedboat crash on the Murray River, north of Echuca, in northern Victoria this morning.
View ArticlePolice call off search for man missing after boat crash
A 22-year-old man from Rochester is feared dead after a boating accident in northern Victoria today.
View ArticleMan still missing after Murray boat crash
Police will resume the search this morning for a 22-year-old man missing after two boats crashed on the Murray River in Victoria's north yesterday.
View ArticleBody found near site of Murray boat crash
Police have located a body in the Murray River near where two boats crashed at Torrumbarry on the Victoria-New South Wales border at the weekend.
View ArticleBig crowds expected for Southern 80 waterski races
Tens of thousands of spectators will gather on the banks of the Murray River between Torrumbarry and Echuca, in northern Victoria, for high-speed ski races this weekend.
View ArticleHot weather forces weir pools to be lowered
The Murray-Darling Basin Association says some Murray River weir pools will be lowered because of the hot weather.
View ArticleDPI prepares for hopper hatchings
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) will consider a combination of ground and aerial spraying of insecticide in an effort to control a new generation of young locusts in Victoria's central-north.
View ArticleLocust hatchlings sighted near Echuca
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says there have been sightings of newly hatched locusts west of Echuca.
View ArticleExtreme heat warning for ski race entrants
Organisers of this weekend's Southern 80 ski race are warning competitors and spectators to prepare for extreme heat.
View ArticleExpert predicts more Murray algal blooms
A research scientist says drought conditions are contributing to large outbreaks of blue-green algae in the Murray-Darling system on the Victorian/New South Wales border.
View ArticleMurray Marathon opened to one-day racers
Organisers of the Murray Marathon river race have opened today's race from Echuca to Torrumbarry to one-day competitors for the first time.
View ArticleWaterski race resumes after fatal accident
The 2010 Southern 80 waterski race will continue on the Murray River today after the death of a competitor yesterday afternoon.
View ArticleBureau keeps watch on Murray flooding
Flooding along the Murray River is continuing, with a minor flood warning issued for Torrumbarry Weir and downstream to Barham.
View ArticleIrrigators fear flood fix costs
Northern Victorian irrigators say they are worried they will have to foot the large damage bill to fix infrastructure damaged by the summer's floods.
View ArticleWoman burnt after tent catches fire
An elderly woman is being treated for burns after fire engulfed her tent at a camp site near Echuca, in northern Victoria.
View ArticleNumber of ducks killed by hunters doubled
Figures from the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) show hunters killed double the number of ducks this season.
View ArticleExtra police brought in for Murray race
About 100 extra police are heading to northern Victoria today for the start of this weekend's big water ski race on the Murray River.
View ArticleBlaze destroys Torrumbarry house
Police are guarding the scene of a suspicious house fire in northern Victoria.
View ArticleBlaze claims Torrumbarry house
Police are investigating a fire that has destroyed an unoccupied house in northern Victoria.
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