Welcome to another week
Another week just flies on by as we gear up for the second half of the year. For all the local farmers this half of the year is very important and it will be interesting to answer a few of the following questions. Will grain prices lift? Will this be the best ever Marnoo Rams Sales season? Will we get lots of rain in the spring as forecasted? Will Jack’s favourite, Julia win the election? As you can see it’s interesting time ahead.

Coldest day on record
Fair dinkum I have never seen a day like it. I had spent the weekend in Melbourne and returned to Yarrawonga mid afternoon on Sunday. I went the Shepparton way and as we got closer to Yarra the fog got thicker and thicker and even though I had the heater on you could feel the cold. The fog just didn’t lift all day and I can’t really remember that happening before and for this part of the world to experience a top of only 6 degrees would have to be a record. And they talk about global warming Jack………

Stoke the fire
What do you do when it’s the coldest day on record? You start a fire of course and I kid you not every 5th property I went past on the way home from Melbourne had a fire going. It just so happened that I got a phone call when I arrived back in Yarra to head out to Marcus “H” Hargreaves’s farm for a stick burn (we call them twiggies in Marnoo). So there they were in the middle of the foggy paddock with a lovely fire revved up….Just add beer, nothing better don’t you reckon Jack!!!!

Yellow and Black
Well I haven’t’ gloated about the Tiges for some time as frankly there was nothing to gloat about. For 20 years we have been in “five year” building blocks and currently we are in another one. But this one has the feel of a little more substance to it, unlike the ones Danny and Terry tried to sell us. We can only hope Jack…

Coin Tosser
My Yarrawonga mate and current Parrots president Glen “Wally” Brear has revealed that he is to toss the coin at the Bombers, Kangaroos game in a couple of weeks time. It will be a big moment for the current Yarrawonga citizen of the year and avid Bombers fan. My only concern is that the big fella (with a couple of gummy knees) makes it off the ground in time so they can start the game. What do you think about that Jack???

Know All kicking on
Last Friday I and a couple of other Wimmera celebrities namely, John “Stick” Richards, Damian “The Major” Drum and Dwain “Daryl” Duxson did a tour of former Callawadda resident Sandy “The Know All” McGregor’s spacious warehouse where his highly successful business Quality Logistic Services (QLS) is based. When I mean spacious, I mean spacious, so much so that we needed a golf cart to get around. He also has equivalent sized warehouses in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. This lad has come along way since the Callawadda Primary days ay Jack……

Larry off for a couple of weeks
Marnoo’s most eccentric individual Gary “Larry” Cameron is off for a couple of weeks to Asia. We all hope he has a great trip and we can only imagine what he might get up to over there. I only have two things to say Larry, make sure you have a good time and make sure you come back, this little publication might have to go into recess if you don’t. I’m sure you agree Jack…….

As Kevin Hienze (of Sow What fame) would say “Cheerio”