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Loddon HERALD Vol 5 No 39, THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 2025 ISSN 2653-1550
Loddon Mayor Dan Straub and Australian National Veterans’ Arts Museum board member Tom Salom at the exhibition opening. LH PHOTO
ARTISTIC MECCA
LODDON communities will be a magnet for artistic discovery this weekend.
The annual Loddon Valley Arts Trail has slotted exhibitions into traditional, contemporary and quirky spaces in local towns. Organisers are expecting the threeday festival will boost the economy of every town in the shire, engaging Loddon residents and attracting visitors from across the region. There was a sneak peak in Wedderburn on Sunday afternoon with a preview opening of The Unknown Widow and Our Forgotten Dead, an exhibition from the Australian National Veterans’ Arts Museum while the inaugural Blue
Eucy Art Show will be launched in Inglewood this evening. Trail co-ordinator Rosemary Sorensen has assembled a blend of local artists and creatives from Bendigo and other parts of Victoria for the weekend festival. “Artists are heading to all the venues right across the shire, installing everything from big sculptures to embroideries,” she said. “Community groups will be selling barbeque snags and chops outside the halls and the cafes in the bigger towns are geared up for a busy weekend. “In every community there is surging enthusiasm to be part of the trail, promote their towns and celebrate art and local artists.”
Roger Paterson and Rosemary Sorensen on the weekend trail discovering great art. LH PHOTO
Small groups please, says wind farmer EUROPEAN Energy has capped attendance at proposed landowner meetings as it prepares to release details of a proposed wind farm at Mincha. The Danish-owned company has sent letters saying it wants no more than six people at meetings this month. “Small groups often allow for more focused and meaningful discussion,” said the company letter received by neighbouring landowners on Thursday. “We respectfully request that attendance be limited to a maximum of six people, excluding European Energy staff. “We will then hold additional community drop-in sessions and meetings with other local groups within three weeks of our neighbour meetings.” Neighbouring landowners have to book their one-hour meetings for one of nine days at the end of October. European Energy has sent letters to landowners within 3km of the proposed wind farm site. Some Pyramid Hill district residents have already erected “no turbine” banners on roadsides and attended a forum organised by the newly-formed Loddon Valley Renewables Awareness Group where agriculture and rural community advocates called on landowners not to sign any agreements with wind and solar farm speculators. The European Energy letters came the same day VicGrid released draft community engagement guidelines for renewable energy companies.
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