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🗓 Things to Do
Things to do in Murray Bridge: March 29-April 4, 2024
Your guide to the Australasian Speedcar Championship, Easter events and more.
This week in history: March 28, 1924
Candidates make their pitches ahead of a state election, the Murray Bridge council prepares for electric lights and a man is arrested for passing a fake cheque.
🏛️ Council
Murray Bridge swimming pool will close for school holidays
The city’s swimming centre will close on Easter Monday, April 1, 2024 after councillors rejected calls for it to stay open longer.
👟 Walk/Ride
Ride of the month: Murray Bridge sculpture trail
Dale Manson invites you to take a 16-kilometre ride around the city in search of 20 pieces of public art. How many have you seen before?
Prescribed burn carried out at Monarto South
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has burnt off an area of Ferries McDonald Conservation Park to encourage growth of a rare species of wattle.
🏘️ Housing
Plans filed for 229-home retirement community in Murray Bridge
More information has come to light about Living Choice’s plans for the old racecourse site on Maurice Road, Murray Bridge.
🏆 Sport
Sports reports: Karoonda wins first divison one bowls premiership
Plus reports from the lower divisions and Murray Bridge golf, rifle shooting and soccer.
🏛️ Council
Murray Bridge council watch: Gymnastics academy gets a $20,000 lifeline
Plus arguments for a spruce-up of two town entrances, less rubbish on city streets and a possible site for a new hospital.
Ex-local cyclist killed in Eyre Highway road crash
Plus SA Police make arrests for drug smuggling at Mobilong, speeding at Tailem Bend, shoplifting in Murray Bridge and more.
📷 Social Photos
Social photos: Yuntu-Walun Multicultural Festival 2024
Hundreds have come to celebrate the Murraylands’ many cultures on Murray Bridge’s riverfront.
Tom Haig wins Murray Bridge News subscriber giveaway for March 2024
In a quirk of fate, the president of a local Justices of the Peace association had welcomed managing editor Peri Strathearn as a guest speaker only days earlier.