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Photograph by Chris Van Hove Echuca wasn’t always such a gentle idyll. Back in the riverboat days of the mid- to late 19th century, it was all illegal drinking dens, fruity language on the wharf and whirring sawmills. Dot Hammond, president of the Echuca Historical Society, says its location led to Echuca becoming Australia’s biggest inland port. “Echuca is the closest settlement to Melbourne along the Murray River, and at the time it had the only river-crossing punts. After 1864, when rail came from Melbourne to Echuca, a line ran directly to the wharf,” she explains. “The paddle steamers would often unload goods directly onto the train at the wharf for the journey to the markets at Bendigo or Melbourne.” ....
Land Roverâs Thredbo spectacular is a surprisingly cheap thrill The companyâs Experience packages in the Snowy Mountains feature great scenery and plenty of grunt for a low price tag. A Land Rover Defender high country experience can be yours for just $50 per passenger. Â Save Share Letâs start with the car, though thereâs also quite a bit to say about the location. The new Defender is the toughest, more purposeful machine in the Land Rover/Range Rover stable. In its 110 guise with the P400 drive-train, it has a six-cylinder petrol engine that is both turbocharged and electrically supercharged to give near sports car acceleration, despite an overall weight of nearly 2.4 tonnes. Air-suspension that rises (and rises and rises) and some very clever electronics allow it to wade 900mm deep water, and tackle almost any terrain. And it swallows a family of five and all its gear. ....
Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports gathered from the Sevier County Jail. All are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Names ....
The year kicked off with record-breaking heat and devastating bushfires which ravaged the country s east coast. IN PICTURES: Two bushfires approach a home located on the outskirts of the town of Bargo.(Getty) During the 2019-2020 season, now known as Black Summer, 24 million hectares of land was burnt, 3000 homes destroyed and three billion animals were killed or displaced. Thirty-three people died, including six Australian firefighters and three American aerial firefighters. Huge fires first erupted across regional NSW on the North and South coasts, the Riverina and Snowy Mountains. READ MORE: NSW RFS fire fighters surrounded by smoke as they work on battling a fire near the Inghams Bargo Chicken Breeder Production Complex at Tahmoor, NSW. this fire is a part of the Green Wattle Creek Fire South West of Sydney on December 20, 2019.(Kate Geraghty/Sydney Morning Herald) ....