Rain and volunteers brighten the week
...Pictured is one of Kathy Koop’s amazing sunrises, captured during the week. National Volunteer Week is being celebrated this week, with the 2026 theme, Your Year To Volunteer.
Volunteers take the spotlight in Hindmarsh
National Volunteer Week will be celebrated across Hindmarsh Shire from 18 to 24 May, with a series of local activities recognising the people who give their time, skills and energy to the community. This year’s theme, Your Year to Volunteer, encourages people to think about the role volunteering plays in building connection, purpose and stronger communities.
Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times, 20 May 2026
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Fibre artists spin creativity from wool
Janet Heenan and Cheryl Lowe share a love of wool, fibre and the slow, skilled art of spinning. The two fibre artists, who both began spinning in the late 1970s, are members of the local spinning group ... Their early spinning days began with raw fleece...
Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times, 13 May 2026
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New guide to help Wimmera migrants settle in region
Wimmera Settlement Services has released a comprehensive Guide and Directory outlining dozens of services, supports and sporting, work, training and social opportunities for new settlers to the region. Available in hard copy and online it aims to help new migrants feel welcome, supported and ready to start of new life in the Wimmera.
Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times, 6 May 2026
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ANZAC Day 2026
A large crowd gathered at Nhill's dawn service on Saturday morning, with people of all ages paying tribute to those who served in the nation's defence forces. Nhill RSL president John Dunbar said it was the largest crowd he had seen at the dawn service.
Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times, 29 April 2026
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Getting Ready for ANZAC Day 2026
Last weekend, members of the Nhill RSL Sub-Branch, Nhill Lions Club and the Lowan Lodge spent a busy afternoon erecting a great many of the Australian flags at the gravestones of military persons who had served in conflicts across the world. Mrs Jenny Blackwood is to be congratulated on her rigorous research as well as those who have made suitable the boring of holes for the Australian flags.
