WHAT are dust storms good for? In the past week the eastern Riverina has experienced a couple of these storms.
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Minimal amounts of rain falls and the red dust is lifted from the ground and colours the skies.
Unfortunately the storms are part of the drought conditions currently being experienced throughout Australia.
Although if there had to be something "good" about these storms they have the ability to unite people.
The photos of the dust storms recently have been nothing short of fantastic. And if social media is to be a gauge people are keen to share their clever photography.
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IF you have been to Morven or live in the community chances are you would have met Diesel.
Eastern Riverina Chronicle photographer Lorri Roden attended a special "farewell" to Diesel last week. After
Diesel died the locals got together and had a gathering to remember the life of this special dog. So many people had fond memories of Diesel and it was an opportunity to share stories and anecdotes.
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LOCKHART Neighbourhood Watch is gaining traction and a meeting was recently held in the town. Lessons can be learned from other locations that have already signed up to the neighbourhood watch program.
And if history can be a guide these pages work well in rural and regional areas. Although it is not affiliated with Neighbourhood Watch, the Junee Shire Farm Watch Facebook page has earned a reputation for letting people in the area know what is going on and sharing updates on crime in the region. So far the Junee Shire Farm Watch page has more than 600 likes.
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TWO successful triathlons have been held in the eastern Riverina with The Rock and Holbrook. The Riverina Tri Series will move to West Wyalong on March 24 to culminate what has been a successful season for The Rock triathlete Briony Mazzocchi.
- easternriverinachronicle.com.au