đź—“ Things to Do
Things to do in Murray Bridge: September 13-19, 2024
Your guide to all the events happening in the Murraylands this week, thanks to Murraylands Life magazine.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
🏛️ Council
East side CWMS showdown will have to wait
The Murray Bridge council has defused some community anger at two myth-busting drop-in sessions, but made one concession to opponents of a sewer scheme.
🏛️ Council
So, Murray Bridge council, about that BMX track…?
A BMX rider has urged the rural city to fund a two-year-old plan for a dirt track at Sturt Reserve.
Barbershop offers free haircuts to Murray Bridge locals in need
“If we all did something, imagine how much better the whole world would be.”
đź“· Social Photos
Social photos: MTE SA awards 2024
The group training organisation's annual awards have attracted a big crowd as usual to the Bridges Event Centre at Gifford Hill.
Hundred-year-old Patricia Marsden gets her birthday wish
A Murray Bridge resident wanted firefighters at her birthday party, and Murray Bridge MFS were happy to oblige.
🏆 Sport
Sports reports: Stacey Smith named RMNA’s best and fairest for 2024
Plus footballer Oscar Merrett and trainer Garret Lynch win awards, the latest in Murray Bridge table tennis and golf, Murraylands cycle speedway and River Murray football.
Driver caught doing 142 in an 80 zone in Murray Bridge
Plus SA Police report two drink drivers.
Town hall trainee, mechanical apprentices win at MTE SA awards
The Murray Bridge council’s Shannen Holmes is among a dozen model employees who have been recognised at the group training organisation’s 2024 awards.
Former X-ray manager joins local health network board
Elaine Ashworth has replaced the retiring Peter Joyner OAM as chair of the Riverland Mallee Coorong LHN.
📢 Sponsored
Has the Murraylands’ property market topped out yet?
Raine and Horne’s Michael Cox answers a common question from local property owners wondering whether they should hold out for a better deal.
More must be done to stop men dying too young, advocates say
Representatives of Movember, Healthy Male and the Australian Men’s Shed Association are calling on governments to invest in preventative health.