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This weekend marks the last chance for residents of several municipalities in the Wimmera to burn off garden waste in 2026.

Last weekend before Fire Danger Period

THE Fire Danger Period will commence at 1am on Monday, November 9, for the Horsham Rural City, Hindmarsh, Yarriambiack and West Wimmera municipalities.

4 November, 2026

Dimboola photographer, Andrew Bertuleit created an online local visitor guide “as a community service” and would love to see more people leveraging it to promote the town’s tourism trade.

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Online gateway to Dimboola

Left image: Colonel James Lawson DSO VD. Right image: George Lambert's 'The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October, 1917' (1920). In March 1918, Lambert rode the course that the charge had taken to obtain facts for his painting, where one of his guides was Lawson, who is depicted in the artwork. Photo: Bidgee

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Veterans Voices: James Lawson

Bushfire sparks a surge in searches - feature photo

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Bushfire sparks a surge in searches

Residents in Horsham, Dimboola and Warracknabeal will be welcoming a nbn fibre optic cable connection over the next few years, enabling much faster internet.

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nbn fibre network expanding in Wimmera

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Ollie getting into the Halloween vibe with his skeleton costume.

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Tower Park events coming up

The Container Deposit Scheme in Dimboola notched up a million units in July last year and continues to raise valuable funds for the town through community grants and the Dimboola Dollars programs. But angry yelling recently directed at volunteers from those having trouble with operating the machines has been condemned by the Lions Club, making it clear abuse “will not be tolerated by anyone”.

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Container Deposit Scream

Leadership Wimmera graduates participate in an outdoor activity as part of the program, which has supported more than 750 regional leaders since 2002.

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Leadership program leaves a lasting mark

Robert Frank Eastick pictured on enlistment.

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Veteran's Voices: Robert Eastick

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Tash Humberstone from Horsham and Hayden Brown from Warracknabeal travelled to Dimboola to attend the Steampunk Festival with friends on Saturday night in 2022.

Search trends track rise of Dimboola's Steampunk Festival

The unique experience of Dimboola Imaginarium has been recognised for the business to be a finalist in the 40th Victorian Tourism Awards announced on November 26.

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Dimboola Imaginarium up for state awards

The Coalition have proposed reinstating passenger trains to Dimboola, Horsham, Murtoa and Stawell, with connections to V/Line VLocity services at Ararat. Photo credit: Rail Geelong

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Calls grow for passenger trains to return to Dimboola

Wildlife handler, Neve Lawson showing off Bob the Shingleback Lizard while Archie Ward, 11 watches.

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Fair Dinkum appreciation of animals

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