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Loddon HERALD
from Loddon Herald 13 July 2023
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LIVE music will take centre stage across the region in October with the State Government yesterday announcing the Whole Loddon Love festival.
Performances in Boort, Bridgewater, Pyramid Hill and Newbridge over four nights will be part of flood recovery initiatives.
“The shows will be free for locals, superaffordable for those travelling from outside the Loddon Valley, and feature live music from a minimum of three acts each night, including artists from the local community,” said producer Fionna Allan.
Performances will raise funds for local organisations in their flood recovery programs.
Fionna said: “The artists performing at Whole Loddon Love hold regional Victoria close to their heart, and are all excited to be hitting up country pubs and community halls in support of the locals and each other, bringing not only a joyful and rollicking good time, but bringing together communities and acknowledging the tough times they have been through.”
The music festival tour will kick off in Pyramid Hill on October 6 and Boort the following night. The next weekend bands will head to Bridgewater and Newbridge before a third performance in Baringhup.
Loddon Shire performances will be in local town hotels. Owner of Pyramid Hill’s Victoria Hotel and manager of the Railway in Boort, Paul Carter said: “Our towns love their live music and to be part of the Whole Loddon Love tour will bring joy to local communities in the journey of recovery from last October’s floods.”
Fionna is teaming with Loddon Shire for the festival that is part of the Government’s Live Music for Flood Recovery Program.

WEATHER, spiders and afternoon tea. There’s a common link by degrees of little separation between the three and Bradley of Boort’s midJuly Treemendous sign that sets the scene for this week’s OTF on the antics, swift and all, of some Loddon residents.

WE’LL start with weather and spiders. The Good Doc must have by-passed airport security and dispatched his Bill Collins of weather forecasting off the land of Uncle Sam after failing to accurately predict weekend rain. It would appear Bill has been exiled to Horeshoe Bend, Idaho, to torment our golden rally girl Rhianon Gelsomino and endure temperatures up in the high 30s. She spotted one in the bowl of her toilet and then ventured outside to spot a snake. “Can’t remember a spider in the toilet and a snake in my garage in one morning when I lived in Australia,” Rhiannon said.
THE Good Doc is temporarily enjoying similar temperatures dispensing the Hippocratic Oath that has some of his Bendigo-based footy umpires stocking up the larder for their road trips to Loddon Valley and North Central matches. For they have blown the whistle on the dietary requirements of the Good Doc at half-time. “He devours the afternoon offering faster than ... ants escaping a spider,” one said.


THE speed of ants must have been inspiration for two Loddon residents - King Richard and the Cockerell. Wanting to preserve marital bliss, they spent hours peddling the erratic internet connection around Serpentine and Calivil in a bid to secure coveted tickets for a Taylor Swift concert. King Richard prevailed and we can confirm the Queen Consort is off to hear this music diva. Only problem, he missed out on a Melbourne golden ticket and instead she will be heading to the Sydney gig. The King fears the flight will be from Melbourne, not Bendigo. More shops to browse while waiting to board, perhaps.
FOR those asking who the heck is Taylor Swift, apparently she is an American pop and country music singer-songwriter whose tales of young heartache achieved widespread success in the early 21st century, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
WE RECKON that in any weather, it would be easier on the wallet to put on a lavish
BRIGADE’S NEW TOOLS Pyramid Hill Fire Brigade has taken delivery of new tools purchased from gold coin donations at the local football club’s annual community football and netball day earlier this year. Brigade captain Steve Mann on Saturday displayed a sabre saw, impact drive and drill to club secretary Geoff Hickmott and president Bruce Moon. The community day involved clubs from central and northern Victoria, including Boort and Newbridge teams. For a third year, gate donations were given to the fire brigade. LH PHOTO
Plates snatched from parked car
POLICE are investigating the theft of car registration plates from a parked vehicle in Inglewood.
Leading Senior Constable Stephen Thomas said the plates were stolen between July 1 and last Tuesday.
“The victim parked her vehicle on the nature strip outside her home in Sullivan Street and sometime between 11.30am on July 1 and 12.25am on the July
4, unknown person/s have attended to the victims vehicle and removed the rear registration plate and screws from the victim’s vehicle,” he said. Police have appealed for any witnesses to assist in their investigation.
People can contact Leading Senior Constable Thomas at the Inglewood Police Station on 54383200 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.