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Hello again
Welcome again to another edition of the SLF. Well what a week for the district with around 40mm of rain in what would be described as “a perfectly timed rainfall event”. One local farmer described it as “wet” and with more rain forecast for Wednesday of this week our hope is that we can fill some dams and creeks. Especially everybody’s favourite creek, the Muddy Waterholes Creek!!!!!

Welcome Hamish Mitchell Slee
The local couple with the funniest nicknames “Winebar” and “Chook” have just given birth to a baby boy Hamish Mitchell Slee. Of course I am referring to popular Machinery dealer Nigel “Winebar” Slee and his lovely wife Leanne. Son is travelling better than his father when I reported in on the weekend as a group of “unlikely types” turned up to help Wino wet the baby’s head. I talk about non other that Gary “Larry” Cameron, Ben “Glendemar” Duxson, Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson and Armand “Herbie” Duxson. Wooooh what a crew

All well behaved
I’m told from the above mentioned few that Wino was very well behaved and was showing distinct signs of maturity only hours into his new role of fatherhood (lol). But I have it on good authority that plenty of shenanigans went on when the above mentioned crew met up in Ballarat. One stumped the pub, a couple got kicked out and I won’t even mention where another ended up…….

Spring has sprung
With the district getting needed rain at the right time and with some further falls, the season in the district should be a good one. But spare a thought for those who are on a knifes edge and are facing another year of failed crops or next to no pasture growth. The “Muddy” may not be running but we are defiantly in a better position than some….

Ausfarm Online almost there
My Yarrawonga neighbour Dwain “Daryl” Duxson said his long awaited website www.ausfarmonline.com.au is nearly ready to roll. It’s been 8 month in the building and he said it will provide plenty of products and services for the farmers as well as being a platform for Agricultural businesses (like Harberger’s, Johnson’s, Mt Bolungum Grain & Freight etc) to grow and attract new clients. More about it at release time but you can leave you contact details on the interim page that is currently up which will alert you the very minute it goes to air. Watch this space…

Finals footy
We are expecting a exciting finals series in the AFL but who is going to win, well that’s well and truly up in the air. I myself will be barracking for either the Bulldogs or the Saints. The reason being is that it gives us Tigers supporters some hope because these two clubs have also experienced a long premiership drought as well.

That’s all for this week

Welcome again

Another week just flies on by as we get closer to spring and the business end of the season. I was actually back in the district last week and spoke to a couple of the leading district farmers who were “cautiously optimistic” about the rest of the season ahead.

 

Dam full

I had a couple at the corner shop last week and caught up with a few district leading lights, non-more so than legendary SLF Hall of Famer John “Jack” Cameron. The conversation got onto rainfall (as it does) and the lack of dam water once again. Jack rose to his feet and said “well you don’t have to worry Square Leg because your dam is full”, I looked at him quizzically, “you know Lake Mulwala, it’s full”. He mightn’t go anywhere but he is switched on is our “Jack”

 

Ashes Horror

You think you are doing the right thing by waking up and turning the radio to check out the score, with Hussey and Haddin in and only 200 needed you get up and turn the TV on and bang bang the wickets fall. I don’t know what it was but every time I got up to watch the Aussies, they went worse than a wheat grower in a drought. Anyway that’s the way it goes but do you recon that Ricky “Punter” Ponting will be remembered for one thing in his career when it finishes, as one of only two Aussie captains to lose the Ashes twice.

 

What’s happening at the Royal?

Things have got a little bit quiet at the “Royal” or it might be just me. Perhaps President Norm “Guru” Duxson has put his foot down and told his troops not to talk to the press. I guess if I want to find out what’s going on I better get there myself. Well I suppose it’s not long until my favourite event, the Corporate Cup and I can tell you the lads up this ways are already starting to talk about it.

 

It’ll soon be cricket

The cricket season is just around the corner as training is well and truly underway in this part of the country. I and many other will be interested in what team captain Gary “Larry” Cameron has up his sleeve as he has made an unwavering prediction that the MCC will be this years premiers. My thinking is that he is onto a couple of more-than-handy recruits. Watch this space for more.

 

Parrots drop a couple

My team Yarrawonga hasn’t had it all there way over the last couple of weeks having dropped a couple of games to the 1^st and 3^rd placed teams. However that is all forgotten as they move into the finals having finished 2^nd and getting the double chance. But as my great mate and Parrots (they are actually the Pigeons but a group of us call them the Parrots) president Glen “Wally” Brear is confident that they have the cattle to pull it off. We will just have to wait and see on that one.

 

That’s all folks

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Spring on the way

Once or twice last week you could feel a hint of spring-in-the-air, with the official starting date a couple of weeks away yet. I think I would be speaking on behalf of all district farmers in saying, hold the warmer weather, it can wait a month of so, it’s now the business end of the season and rain will be needed.

 

Last week

I missed last week and apologise for that, I just got caught up doing other things (as you do) and missed the Monday night deadline. I guess I should prioritise things more!!!

 

Rolling out the red carpet

The message pigeon has just landed and it was reported that about 50 Marnooians gathered to thank Dave “Smuffy” Smith on training all the Under 14 kids on a Tuesday nights at the MCG. Young Thomas “Wally” Walter thanked him for his “random act of kindness” and I’m also told that they were looking for the red carpet to roll out, but it was nowhere to be seen. The last time the red carpet was rolled out at the MCG was when luminaries KB Newall and JW Cameron officially opened the joint.

 

End of the line

I’m told that Chris “Tangled” Webb and his lovely wife Gaileen enjoyed themselves at the Nisbet’s the other weekend. Of course John and “Tangled” headed off to the footy (as blokes do) and they also took along former native Greg “Grog bucket” Falla. Well enter at your own risk, would be my advice to the grogster…….And yes they did a reasonable job on him as security in the train had to wake him up at the end of the line!!!!!!

 

Trifecta for noisy Nisbet

He may as well come and live back in Marnoo because over three weekends John “Noisy” Nisbet has done the footy thing with Duxson, Webb and then Cameron. Derek “The Mayor” Cameron was once again escorted by wifey, the lovely Donna to yet another Tupperware “love in”. But on the Saturday he managed to sneak away and caught up with Nisbet at the Collingwood/Richmond flogging. I’m told that they got into it early and I’m just wondering how The Mayor went at the black tie Tupperware “love in” ball that Saturday night.

 

An unexpected tour guide

I was talking to Rostran funnyman Rueben “Rostran” Cheesman the other day when he was in Yarrawonga. I caught up with him and the lovely “Wifey” and he was giving me a rundown on Newag Consulting’s trip to the black soil plains of the Darling Downs. Apparently part time Marnoo/Coolangatta/Taiwan resident Al “Aldo” Smith made an unexpected appearance on the bus and ended up being the tour guide all the way along the trip. He was tour guide because he has worked out in that country and knows it “pretty well” and took all the guys to the more interesting places. His work didn’t stop when the lads got to the Gold Coast on the last night as he continued his tour guide role by taking the crew to some more “interesting places” or so I’m told.

 

Jumping fever

It was sad that local swine farmer Gary “Mr Asia” Baker lost his good jumper in that race a couple of weekends ago. But as one jumping career drew to an unfortunate close another one is about to blossom. Former Callawadda Primary School Dux Sandy “The Know All” McGregor is the chief owner of Black and Bent, the most promising jumper in the land after he secure the $100K Hurdle and Sandown last Sunday. After owning million dollar earner Some are Bent McGregor is certainly in a purple patch with the jumpers. When I asked him about the push to ban jumping he quickly and confidently said, “it won’t happen”. I guess you will have to watch this space.

 

That’ all for this week

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Another week

Hello and welcome to another edition of the SLF. It’s been a slow news week this week but we will try our very best.

 

Fruity hit’s town

I had the pleasure of hosting John “Noisy” Nisbet and his lovely wife Joybells last weekend up here in sunny Yarrawonga. It was a big weekend for all of us but non bigger than the weekend Noisy is about to have this coming weekend when Chris “Tangled” Webb and the lovely Gaileen hit Werribee. Last weekend was only an entrée.

 

It’s either me or the suit

Joybells tells me that John purchased a suit about a year ago when he was searching for a job of choice, at that time he was a little lighter and now has to shed some 6kg to get into the suit for his upstart son’s wedding next February. So it’s either him or the suit, I’ll back that he has to buy a new suit!!!!!

 

Ladies hit town

There is nothing like a couple of young ladies hitting town to keep the natives out late. You see a couple of young nieces of Gary and Jo Baker decided to visit the “Corner Shop” on Friday night and they were looked after well by a few late night natives. It was reported that one or two of the late night natives had rarely been seen ever staying out that late…Interesting

 

Clown trip a circus

No I haven’t heard how the trip to Queensland went for Andrew “Clown” Newall and his enterprising cropping clients. I just wanted to use that headline as I thought it sounded good. But I will get to the bottom of it as I’m guessing that it would have been entertainment plus.

 

That’s all