Beyond the goggles: The Wimmera Steampunk community’s impact
What do you get when you combine top hats, goggles, corsets and a rollicking street party? A very enthusiastic crowd at the Wimmera Steampunk Festival, that’s what.
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Wimmera farm land heads to auction with obvious appeal
A handy sized piece of mixed farming country is heading to auction at Dimboola in Victoria's Wimmera.
Victorian fire crews contain two major blazes in national parks
Firefighters have contained two major bushfires burning in national parks across Victoria's south-west. The Little Desert and Grampians fire, burning near Wallaby Rocks have been raging for nearly ...
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Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...
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Fires continue in Victoria as severe weather warnings issued
The Dimboola fire is one of two that are said to be out of control in Victoria, while scorching temperatures were felt on both sides of the day on Tuesday. Wild weather is sweeping across the ...
Daily Mail26d
Little Desert Nature Lodge destroyed in Dimboola fire
Dimboola resident and Hindmarsh Shire Council ... Park and Wail State Forest remain closed and the rain line between Victoria and SA has been suspended. A second emergency warning issued for ...
thenewdaily26d
Winds, terrain could merge national park bushfires
With locals in the north-west Victoria town of Dimboola returning home after a fast-moving bushfire destroyed property, authorities are shifting their focus to two out-of-control blazes in the ...
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Little Desert, Grampians fires keep western Vic on alert
The major fire is burning in the Little Desert National Park, which stretches west from the south-western outskirts of Dimboola. The park’s longest boundary sits roughly 10km south of the main rail ...
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'It came in hot and fast': lucky locals count blessings
About 10,000 lightning strikes hit the ground in Victoria on Monday, with crews on alert for other ... they are greeted as they pass one residence by a giant sign reading "thank you fireys". Dimboola ...
Nine News Australia26d
'Everything I worked for': Man's home destroyed in Victorian bushfire as threat downgraded
Property News: The suburb with less buzz but better value than Bondi. © 2025 Nine Entertainment Co.
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Firefighters seek ‘upper hand’ as blaze hits rural Australia
The bush fire in a western area of Victoria state has burned through 65,000ha, or almost the size of Singapore – and was now moving towards the small farming town of Dimboola, about 330km north ...
The Australian26d
‘Too late to leave’: residents told to seek shelter as bushfire threatens Victorian town
An out of control bushfire is threatening the town of Dimboola in Victoria’s west, with residents being told to seek shelter and that it is too late to leave. Dry lightening strikes ignited a ...