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The Country Women’s Association Moira group will hold its creative arts exhibition in the Wangaratta Uniting Church hall on Friday, April 19 at 1pm to 4pm and on Saturday, April 20 at 9.30am to 3pm.
The public is invited to attend and view the sewing, embroidery, crochet, knitting, spinning, weaving, felting, toys, patchwork, scrapbooking, cooking, jams, preserves, horticulture, art and photography entries made by the CWA members.
CWA members from Boorhaman, Benalla, Corowa, Swanpool, Thoona and Yarrawonga branches have all created the beautiful entries.
There will be demonstrations of card making, crochet and making Christmas trees.
Come and enjoy a delicious Devonshire tea which is included in the $10 entry fee.
Mini yacht sailing on the lake
The Yarrawonga Yacht Club's mini yacht division has started its autumn carnival.
No sailing experience is required to get these fun craft up and going and we have members who can help new people in need of advice.
We have four club boats for the use of newcomers of all ages. Sailing is on Wednesday from 2pm and Saturday at 10am. Please contact Geoff Bradford on 0427 392 495 for more information.
Meanwhile, the yacht club's annual Royal Children's Hospital Appeal has come in at more than $6000.
About 300 locals and tourists enjoyed a live band, wood-fired pizza and salads, barbecue, raffles, silent auctions and Catherine and Peter's yummy GF doughnuts.
Commodore Glen Trevena said the club was amazed at the generosity of those who attended, adding that he hopes next year's gift will be bigger.
Helicopters in area checking powerlines
Helicopter crews use Light Detection and Ranging (LiDaR) to scan the distance between tree branches and powerlines.
Helicopters buzzing low overhead this month could be checking powerlines.
Electricity distributor Powercor is scanning powerlines in the Yarrawonga area as well as around Cobram and Shepparton “for the next few weeks”.
The choppers generally fly about 300m above the ground, scanning powerlines as part of the company’s year-round bushfire mitigation and vegetation management program.
Using Light Detection and Ranging data, Powercor teams create 3D models of powerlines and their surroundings to see what vegetation needs to be cut.
Year-on-year data also helps keep track of growth rates for different vegetation, allowing cutting teams to plan ahead for areas that show faster growth.
“Our work is about reducing the risk of trees and branches coming into contact with powerlines, which can lead to power outages and fires,” Powercor’s head of vegetation management, Ayce Cordy, said.
Each year Powercor uses a fleet of three helicopters to inspect more than 77,000km of powerlines across northern and western Victoria.
Since 2022, Powercor has increased its cutting resources by 60 per cent across the network.
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