That story is no longer available or has been moved Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] A proposed caravan park on Irymple Avenue is causing a stir among some area residents RESIDENTS surrounding a proposed caravan park at Irymple have taken their objections to Mildura Rural City Council claiming the development would spoil the amenity of the area Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] THE Magpies may be atop the AFL ladder but the local Merbein team are still finding their wings in 2025 Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Shelby Trigg and Ella Lane jockey for position SHELBY Trigg got her coaching career off to a hot start on Good Friday with Irymple completing an all-the-way 11-goal victory over hosts South Mildura at the Mildura Sporting Precinct Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymples Citzen of the Year Gordon Woithe and Young Citizen of the Year India Droffelaar with Councillor Rebecca Crossling at the Irymple celebrations for Australia Day A PERFECT summer's morning greeted greeted residents who marked Australia Day at Irymple under shady trees at Henshilwood Oval Reserve Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple premiership footballer Alex Hollingworth will make his SANFL under 18s debut for North Adelaide this weekend well-built teenage defender from the Irymple Swallows Alex Hollingworth will make his SANFL under 18s debut for the North Adelaide Roosters in the opening round of the season Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple Progress Association volunteers Peter Knight and Rob Marshall are getting into the Christmas spirit THE Irymple Progress Association has gotten into the Christmas spirit and unveiling a brand new community sleigh Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Gol Gol's Greg Beresi made a solid 25 at the top of the batting order SUNRAYSIA Cricket Association heavyweights Gol Gol and Irymple will do battle in this weekend's first division grand final Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Mildura West's Josh Driscoll celebrates the wicket of Gol Gol Coomealla's Cooper McDowall during the under-16 grand final MILDURA West and Irymple have both celebrated Sunraysia Cricket Association junior premierships on Sunday Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Bowls Mildura Pennant 1 - Irymple v Mildura11 year old Jimmy Presley-Barwick in action at the match between Irymple and Mildura at Irymple Bowling Club in Irymple on Saturday 25 January IN A scintillating replay of last year’s Bowls Sunraysia Saturday Pennant Division 1 grand final the Irymple Suns have sent a clear message to the rest of the competition after they recorded a come from behind victory over ladder leaders Mildura Magic Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Two cars collided at the Fifteenth Street/Karadoc Avenue intersection on Tuesday afternoon NO one was injured in a two car smash at the intersection of Karadoc Avenue and Fifteenth Street at Irymple on Tuesday afternoon Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Garraway Developments finance manager Craig Baker and MCBG Karadoc director Ben Garraway at the site where they are set to build 10 new houses for worker accommodation TEN new houses specifically for needed workers and their families are set to be built in Irymple in an effort to bridge workforce gaps Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple Knights vice-captain Daisy Sheehan and Mildura City captain Isabella Palamara ahead of Sunday's S-League senior women's grand final Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple coach Bryson Lush (right) with Gol Gol captain-coach Adam Thomson holding the AS Hopkins Shield ahead of this weekend's SCA First Division grand final Gol Gol captain-coach Adam Thomson and Irymple coach Bryson Lush ahead of this weekend's First Division grand final This weekend marks the crowning of the Sunraysia Cricket Association premiers for the 2024/25 season with Gol Gol aiming to return to the top of the First Division while Irymple are searching for back-to back flags for the first time in their history Gol Gol captain coach Adam Thomson and Irymple coach Bryson Lush get their hands on the AS Hopkins Shield earlier this week but only one will hold it after Sunday’s finale at Alcheringa Oval See also: Swallows chase a piece of history See also: Experience counts for Gol Gol Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Employees and contractors were busy at work at a Karadoc Avenue housing allotment this week THE development of 10 homes that'll seek to provide accommodation for key workers at Irymple is well ahead of schedule Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] There’s been a groundswell of anger after it was heavily publicised last week that beverage giant Coca Cola Europacific Partners has been carting truckloads of precious groundwater from Karragullen each week for its bottled water The practice has been going on for decades people around the state have been quenching their thirst without a second thought that the bottle they just cracked open likely came from our neck of the woods for Roleystone local Meg Travers that was absolutely the case Until a neighbour shed some light on the subject for her “I had no interest in bottled water up until about a week ago I was talking to a local about how sad the bush looked at the moment and that there were a lot of old trees dying and that’s when they dropped the bombshell about Coca Cola,” she said “My first thought was that it’s obviously so wrong “We’re living in a drying climate – the last season has really brought that home “And WA is basically giving away a key resource for free it’s as valuable as iron ore or anything else.” The City of Armadale granted a planning approval in 1992 for the cartage of spring water from a private property on Irymple Rd two to three times a week But they balked at a request to increase the supply to 18-22 truckloads a week in 1996 opting to wait for a hydrogeological report before making a decision Then-Minister for Planning Graham Kierath overrode the city’s authority and approved a maximum of 15 x 28,000L loads per week citing that: “It has not been demonstrated that the owners of any other rural lots in the vicinity have been required to obtain planning approval for this part of their activities” City of Armadale CEO Joanne Abbiss said there is “no end date on the Minister’s approval” and that “Minister Kierath’s decision does not allow the City to monitor the bore for groundwater extraction from the property as part of this planning approval” the multinational bought the rural-residential lot at 15 Irymple Rd for $1.42 million A spokesperson for Coca Cola has said the company replenished water it extracted and that it has “consistently drawn less water that the permitted extraction volume limit” we ensure that the source is sustainable both for us and for that of all other users of the same aquifer,” they said “In addition to adhering to all relevant regulatory requirements for the extraction all sites that we extract water from are monitored regularly through independent hydrological assessments and rigorous site management plans.” But locals are curious how they test their impact on the local environment and water table The extracted water in the Roleystone-Karragullen hills does not come from a single aquifer but rather multiple sources through a series of fissures between fractured rocks and clay – so monitoring it often proves difficult The rub is that there is nothing illegal about this apparent carte blanche to mine water for commercial gain the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) confirmed that Coca Cola was not required to pay license fees for the water as the bore was located in an “unproclaimed groundwater area” Water Minister Simone McGurk said there would likely be other companies exploiting bore water for financial gains This is the reality of our state and the way that our water systems work,” she said Ms Travers and a small group of other Roleystone locals have begun to uncover information about other local properties bought up by water bottlers for the purposes of tapping into the unregulated water source “We think we’ve found evidence of up to seven properties between Bedfordale and Martin where this could be happening,” she said so we’re having to go through 30 years of records in our spare time “I think it’s just like the wild west for water bottlers out here – no one is monitoring it.” The state government scrapped 18 years-worth of water resource management reforms just before Christmas last year despite every other state working towards compliance with an Australia-wide standard – the National Water Initiative Water Minister Simone McGurk said after speaking with stakeholders it was decided the reforms weren’t needed anymore and therefore legislative change is not required when there are other immediate practical avenues to improve water security,” a statement from the minister’s office read The Rights in Water and Irrigation Act is more than 100 years old But Minister McGurk has come to the table over the Roleystone issue “I think most people are frustrated knowing that they have to buy a bottle of water knowing that a company as big as Coca Cola can source that for free,” she said “I think it just doesn’t pass the pub test.” She said she would be working closely with Coca Cola and the City of Armadale to ‘revisit’ the arrangement On Friday the minister also said that her department was looking into the possibility of ‘proclaiming’ the land but warned that imposing regulations could have knock-on effects for local orchardists and horticulturalists who also draw on the groundwater But orchardists believe there could be an easy fix to the solution: a simple legislative change to the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 which makes it a requirement to obtain a licence for those who wish to use bores for the removal of water And many local orchardists have said they’re already suffering; The Bureau of Meteorology has reported that Perth and coastal areas of the South West have just experienced the driest nine months since records began 120 years ago residents believe watching the Coca Cola trucks cart up to 400,000L of water away each week is a cruel joke have operated a cherry orchard in the Irymple Valley for 123 years She said they’ve noticed the water table dropping significantly over the past 30 years “We chose the valley because we had a permanent water supply “And the orchardists here all get along with each other – when one person says their water is low someone further up the hill stops their pump for a day or so “But there has been a huge decline over the past 30 years which is exacerbated this year by the weather we’ve been having “But it doesn’t seem to be affecting Coca Cola “This is not a new problem – we’ve been opposing this since the 90s.” Minister McGurk said there’d been some good progress made after an initial meeting with Coca Cola on Monday arrangements will be made so Coca Cola can work with scientists at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation so we are able to better understand their operations,” she said I want to address community concerns around whether there is any impact on water users nearby “There is also a mutual commitment to boosting Coca-Cola’s transparency in relation to this matter.” The local community is watching with interest as things develop and has started a Facebook group – Save Perth Hills Water – to share information they discover along the journey Get your Local Examiner Digital Edition straight to your InboxName*Email* Are You a Human Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Leading Corporal Ian Taylor from the 623 Squadron Air Force Cadets formed part of the cataphract party at the Irymple Anzac Day service WITH a march led by the members of the 623 Squadron Air Force Cadets hundreds of people from Irymple gathered at Henshilwood Reserve on Thursday morning to remember those who served and died for Australia Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] A bygone era modernised at 1083 Karadoc Ave Original period features bring character and warmth to this California bungalow on the fringe of Mildura The humble abode at 1083 Karadoc Ave, Irymple sitting on just under 1ha was built by “influential business people of the district” and is said to have direct links to the Chaffey brothers pioneering businessman who brought irrigation to Victoria in the 1880s three-bathroom home with a price tag of $750,000 fuses period details and contemporary updates to create the perfect family home Elders Real Estate director Marty Deacon said the home radiated “old-world charm” through its character and quality and “there aren’t a lot like that in Mildura” “There are still a lot of original aspects in this home and you can really feel the history; it takes you back to another time,” he said “You can almost picture someone meeting you with champagne at the door and leading you through to the formal lounge with a cigar in hand; it oozes that traditional and formal 1930s style.” A lovely little peep hole between the kitchen and dining The entry and formal lounge room have original mantles and timber fireplaces the bedrooms have picture shelves and rails and coffered and vaulted ceilings add to the traditional character of the home Among the charming features of yesteryear are the original chandeliers This kitchen is decked out with Smeg appliances and ample storage Mr Deacon said there had been a few updates to the home but the restored kitchen was a standout feature “The lovely cottage-style kitchen really suits the era you still have a sense of that originality,” he said An indoor pool and entertainment area for year-round enjoyment Tranquil scenes on the outside of this charming home The property also has an indoor swimming pool A deck and veranda are surrounded by established gardens third parties have written and supplied the content and we are not responsible for it completeness or reliability of the information nor do we accept any liability or responsibility arising in any way from omissions or errors contained in the content We do not recommend sponsored lenders or loan 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Our Pizza Kitchen's Carmel Scarfo and Joe Scarfo Picture: Ben Gross Irymple couple Carmel and Joe Scarfo will be opening the town's newest shopfront on Monday Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Aphisit Morris scored Nichols Point's solitary goal in their loss to Irymple Knights IRYMPLE Knights had a great start to the Football Federation Sunraysia S-League after both senior sides recorded victories in the opening round of the campaign Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] James Kedmenec at Irymple Hotel's renovated front bar IRYMPLE Hotel's new bar is on track to be completed in time for the pub's reopening on Monday Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Dagogo Obogo of Dance Mob shares his dance secrets with Irymple Primary School students Josh Williams IRYMPLE Primary School students were inspired to top-rock pass the wave and breakdance their way through the day when Dance Mob's Dagogo Obogo came to town on Wednesday Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple Football Club senior co-coach Nick Mee Adam Luitjes and the returning Sam Brinsmead and Ben Tankard at training FOOTBALL clubs talk about culture and how it defines them Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] Irymple South Primary School students Connor Whitworth IRYMPLE South Primary School students are enjoying an addition to their playground thanks to the school's generous cleaning team Editorial [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Admin [email protected] Classifieds [email protected]