District 2 News

** Primary Care Partnership media release **The Bendigo Loddon Primary Care Partnership, Sexual Health Task Group, will launch its Sexual and Reproductive Health Screening Awareness Campaign this month, beginning with the promotion of prostate cancer testing in line with the national promotion of Movember (www.movember.com).

0625h Saturday morning 17th November with Kyneton Agricultural Show commitments ahead, Kyneton Fire Brigade & Woodend SES were paged to a Motor Vehicle Crash, possible person trapped.

On Wednesday 7 November students who make up the CFA Advance Youth Crew at Crusoe Secondary College, East Loddon P-12 and Rushworth P-12 College descended on the CFA training facility at Huntly to compete in the Loddon Mallee Regional Youth Games.

A firebombing helicopter and support aircraft have again begun operations from their Sea Lake airbase following last year’s successful trial.

Just before 3pm on Sunday afternoon (4th November), Bulla, Diggers Rest, and Sunbury were paged to a reported Grass and Scrub Fire in the vicinity of Glencoe Drive in Diggers Rest.

Investigations will centre on a possible fuel leak or spill, after a speed boat caught fire at Lake Eppalock, Sunday 4 November.

Malmsbury Fire Brigade commenced conducting some roadside burns as part of its township protection strategies.

CFA fire investigators are at the scene of a fire that destroyed a house in Maiden Gully early this morning (27 October).

Report for October meetings by Operations Manager Mark Gilmore

The dedicated members of the Loddon Mallee Region Community Education Group were out in force at the Elmore Field Days this week.