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Loddon HERALD Vol 4 No 18, THURSDAY MAY 16, 2024 ISSN 2653-1550
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Great Southern Lights Clear nights at the weekend showed Loddon skies in their Aurora Australis brilliance for the first time since 2003. Loddon Herald reader Sarah Beth in Serpentine was among avid amateur photographers capturing the moment that will not return to our night skies for another 20 years when Aurora Australis and borealis, caused by geomagnetic storms, put on their next show.
BEATTIE CALLS TIME NEIL Beattie will bring his 20-year local council career to a close in October.
Neil Beattie
The Boort Ward councillor this week confirmed he would not seek-re-election to Loddon Shire. The three-time mayor was first elected in 2005 and said increased bureaucracy had made the function of local government more difficult. However, fellow veteran coun-
cillor and current mayor Gavan Holt said he was undecided on whether to seek a fifth full term. Elected to fill a casual vacancy in 2003, Cr Holt said: “At this stage, I’m still to make up my mind one way or the other.” And first-term councillor Wendy Murphy said she was also undecided. Cr Murphy was unsuccessful in a tilt for the mayor’s position last November. Cr Beattie said: “There have
been lots of good things done, infrastructure projects we have got across the line.” “But then there’s the flood levee bank project in Boort that was identified after the 2011 floods. We identifed the problem but 12 or 13 years later we are extremely close but it is still not completed,” he said. Cr Beattie said he would be leaving council with a strong team headed by CEO Lincoln
Fitzgerald and three directors. “Morale in the team is high and everyone is working together,” he said. First-term councillor Dan Straub (Terrick Ward) said he would be a candidate at the council elections. Cr Linda Jungwirth (Tarnagulla Ward) announced in February that she would seek a second term.
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INGLEWOOD KURTING DISTRICT Lot 7B 11 12 Kingower - Kurting Road Kurting Very Fertile Land Parcel, 128.6 Hectares equalling 317 Acres in 3 Titles. Comprising 3 paddocks. Water from 4 dams with 2 WM Pipeline connection points available and one spring. Seasonal “Hope Creek” water flows. Rich Red loam soil with timber shelter belts for livestock protection. Power close by, allowing for this allotment to be an excellent future homesite STCA. Land suited to all facets of the agricultural sector. 5 minutes from Inglewood and 2 hours from Melbourne Price: $3,200 per Acre FP NEVINS DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ABOVE