February 3 2018

A group has been established on Facebook to discuss the NBN Rollout and the quality of service the NBN provides around town.

The group is called ‘Nbn Rollout/Quality Of Service In Deniliquin‘ and it was launched today.

Hopefully many users will join the group to share information on topics such as the best provider, service quality, installation times and more.

Don’t forget there is also the NBN Roll out Map that can tell users where there is service and when parts that don’t have it will have it, having NBN is compulsory to have and the change must be done no later than 18 months after the service is established around your home.

February 2 2018

It has been just over two months since ‘Return and Earn’ was launched by the NSW Government across the state.

Deniliquin was part of the first wave of cities and towns to receive a ‘Return and Earn’ machine giving locals a chance to recycle and get ten cents back per item.

The success of the the machine outside Central IGA has led to the expansion of the program with two more machines coming to sit with the machine already there.

65 million items have been recycled in NSW since the program started, that’s $650 million dollars back in NSW residents pockets but most importantly that is 65 million items out of landfill, streets, rivers and more.

There are a couple of things to be reminded of when using the machines;

If you need the TOMRA app, you can get it by following the instructions here, the page also shows how to use the app with the machine.

Users of the machines are urged to please park and stay in the section marked with the yellow lines.

Be aware of the Trucks, Forklifts, Cars and People when going in to do your recycling.

Trucks have right of way in the loading area and also keep an eye out for the Forklifts, both types of vehicles have blind spots and you could end up standing in one if not careful.

If you see flags, come back another time as it means that the area is too busy to be used.

Mid morning is the best time to use the machine as this is the time the machine is emptied, one machine can hold up to 500 items.

If there is a problem with the machines, call the number listed on the machine, the staff of Central IGA cannot fix the machine as they aren’t qualified to do so.

Congratulations Deniliquin on making ‘Return and Earn’ a great success and proving that recycling is very important to locals.

January 27 2018

Update November 4 2018: Investment website for the Federal Hotel no longer exists.

Last year readers may of heard around town that there are plans to put a cinema in the Federal Hotel.

If you haven’t heard about it,  they want to put a 60 to 80 seat cinema inside the Hotel building but that’s not all they want restaurants put in there and even bed and breakfast accommodation

If you got $2,500 you can even invest in the plan, they are chasing $1.5 million, they already got $400,000 and investors have so far put in somewhere around $600,000, you can’t tell the exact figure because all you see is a bar and it is around 70% filled in.

They think they yield will go up 7% a year and the value of the building itself would jump up 15-20% when it is all done up which doesn’t sound too far-fetched after sticking all that stuff into the historic building that has seen it all.

Hopefully it does happen in the end or maybe somebody will take that cinema idea and build that 60-80 seat cinema elsewhere, we can only hope and wait and see.

January 27 2018

Thursday’s storm surprised locals especially after the Globe suffered total damage to its roof and its famous veranda.

Cressy Street was blocked off as the flying roof landed on the street, damaging several cars.

The street was cleared early on Australia Day and plans for the restoration of the Globe are underway with fencing already up to cut the area off so the experts can do their thing.

Deniliquin History in Photos was on the scene taking pictures and one shot does show the Hotel without its roof.

It is not the first time a storm has damaged the Hotel, A wild storm in 1948 damaged the Globe with the upstairs lounge soaked and the bar had several inches of water in it, the Primrose Cafe was also hit with the ceiling of the kitchen collapsing, a brief fire started and it also flooded.

The Primrose is now Deniliquin Florist and it escaped damage from the store with everything looking and running like it did at closing time Thursday afternoon.