Trafalgar Fire Brigade, founded in 1927 as a Country Urban Fire Brigade before transitioning to a Country Fire Brigade in 1945, is approaching its 100-year milestone in 2027.
Throughout that century of service, the brigade has relied heavily on its firefighting fleet, now the focus of growing concern among members of the local community.
On a typical 18 April morning, the Trafalgar cemetery was transformed into a moving tribute ahead of Anzac Day, as a band of more than 70 enthusiastic volunteers assembled in the rotunda for a moving working-bee.
The community of Yarragon raised a whopping $61,281.56 for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Good Friday appeal.
It was the community’s biggest effort yet, raising $20,000 more than last year, and bringing the 12-year total to an incredible $428,557.97.
Gosh, it’s been 18 years since I wrote regular articles about my new, vibrant experiences of living and teaching in Dubai.
What was meant to be a two-year interlude became an exciting 12 years of professional and personal opportunities in a safe, creative country.
Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL secretary, Paul Altamore , a former warrant officer in the Australian Army, was farewelled from the Australian Defence Force on 27 March 2026, with a Regimental Dinner held at Kokoda Barracks in Canunga, Queensland.
One of Bill Robinson's biggest regrets in life is not asking his father more about the history of vintage tractors before his death a decade ago.
The retired Thorpdale farmer inherited his infectious passion for mainly German-built Lanz Bulldogs from his late father, Len Robinson, who died in December 2016.
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