Deniliquin Fine Food & Wine Festival

Deni Events

Lovers of Fine Food and Wine better start preparing themselves as the Deniliquin Fine Food & Wine Festival takes place on May 28.

A quick look at their Facebook page shows that many of the towns fine establishments and businesses are on board with the festival by offering lots of entertainment, various wines and good food on the day.

Below are some of the places where you can be part of the action throughout the day and night of the 28th;

Sportsmans Arms
RSL Club
Coach House
Crossing Café
Farmers & Friends Market
Main Market
Rinaldi’s Restaurant
Exchange Hotel

Some of the places that are offering deals on accommodation are the following;

Deniliquin Pioneer Tourist Park
Big4 Deniliquin Holiday Park
Sportsmans Arms
Coach House
Cottages on Edward
Deniliquin Riverside Caravan Park

In addition to the Food & Wine, there will be music playing through the day and night making it a wide interest festival that should attract visitors from near and far.

The Festival has provided on their Facebook page and below a map of where everything is for locals and tourists alike plus the map also details what will be happening at these locations through the 28th.

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For further details, please see the festival’s Facebook Page or indicate that you are interested in the event or will be attending the event upon visiting the event page.

DNS will continue to update this piece as further information comes to hand as we get closer to the event.

Where is Deniliquin?

News, , ,

Before anyone gets alarmed or mad, DNS knows exactly where Deniliquin is but as many people have pointed out throughout time some people and organizations have no idea.

It is true that Deniliquin gets Victorian TV, Victoria’s 03 when it comes to dialling, the Herald Sun is also the paper of choice but we are not located in Victoria as some publications have listed the town under.

There have been photographs of a dried out river that was said to be the Edward a few years back and that really got people mad as it was damaging for tourism because if people thought the Edward River was dry, nobody would come.

A statement on visitdeni.com.au has gotten peoples attention, the page is very nice with great use of colours and photographs though some of the eating out lists need updating but there’s a sticking point on the front page.

Welcome

The sticking point to people is that it says Deniliquin is ‘The Murrays Best Kept Secret’ which is amusing to some because the Murray River is about a 45 minute drive to the south.

Perhaps the writers say the Murrays because the Edward River is an anabranch of the Murray River therefore it is all the Murrays.

The counter argument to the Murrays statement is that just because the Edward’s water flows from the Murray doesn’t make it the Murray River and Deniliquin cannot be the Murrays best kept secret because that’s for towns that are on the banks of the Murray and we should be the best kept secret of the Edward River.

No doubt this sticky point will reach the eyes and ears in charge of Tourism and perhaps a correction be made for the good of everyone to make total sense, we wouldn’t want tourists driving the roads around the Murray looking for a town that’s just not there because we are on the anabranch of it.

EDIT: Story edited to better explain the position of the debate between being on the Murray and not being on the Murray.

Rovers Talk (14/5/16)

Rovers Talk

Bye, The word bye can be a terrible word because usually it means somebody is going away for a bit or even longer but in the Rovers case bye means it’s their week off because the competition has an odd number of teams.

We can think of ten things that Rovers players and officials could be doing today as they await the continuance of their season after next week because of the general bye is next week so the feet are up again.

1. Family Time
2. Housework
3. Netflix
4. Football or Netball on TV
5. Mowing the lawn
6. Working
7. Partying
8. Doing nothing
9. Bus Trip
10. Homework

All ten events are pretty important though some may say otherwise to some of them, the first one is most likely of the highest importance, two has to be done, three is excellent especially when you’re watching seasons in bulk, four is not unusual, five also has to be done, six is unlucky, seven is considered good but be careful, eight is preferable to some, ninth is something that looks fun and tenth is another thing that has to be done.

There would of been some Rovers action today which the Rovers Bus Trip, unfortunately there was not enough interest for the bus to go down south and drop off the passengers for them to enjoy all the great venues down there before returning safely tonight and so the event has been postponed.

The Rovers Facebook Page now has 1,341 likes which is an increase of likes compared to our previous report and there is a lot of great information pieces on the page from reunion plans to the availability of nice looking Rovers Jackets and the dates of the remaining functions of the season.

We wish everyone a pleasant rest of their Saturday and we look forward to coming up with something for you to read next Thursday.

Go Rovers!

Goodbye DC, Hello ERC

News

Deniliquin Council was killed off by NSW Premier Mike Baird yesterday putting an end to one era and starting a new but uncertain one.

Deniliquin Council was the only Council to exist with the purpose of serving only one town and that meant that Deniliquin had something truly unique even if rate payers and residents were not satisfied with the level of care in the last few months of the Council’s life.

We should acknowledge that those who were under Conargo Shire’s jurisdiction have also lost those who served them as the terms for those elected to Deniliquin Council and Conargo Shire were dumped effective yesterday.

With the merger, visitors to Deniliquin will no longer be puzzled after seeing Conargo Shire offices on one street and Deniliquin Council offices on another.

Edward River Council is the new name of the merged Council and Shire and the merger is designed to make things easier as well as having benefits in terms of bigger amounts of money and faster built and maintained infrastructure though many have doubt this will truly be the case.

News.com.au have written an article on what the merger means for residents of all merged areas and DNS encourages readers to check it out by clicking here.

We hope for the sakes of Deniliquin and surrounding areas that this merger does everything it’s supposed to do even though we all know that throughout Australian history, Mergers have never been a popular thing across Australia.

Rovers Talk (12/5/16)

Rovers Talk

For the past six weeks, DNS has had the pleasure in reporting on the latest from Memorial Park as the Netball and Football teams played their games at home and away.

This week is different, The Rovers have the bye and so there is no Netball or Football analysis to do before the games and no scores to report on after the games but never fear because Rovers Talk always has something to talk about.

Netball

After six games, B Grade is the sole undefeated team amongst the Senior Grades and that is a fantastic achievement by the ladies, B Grade is one and a half wins on top of the ladder at this stage of the season.

C Grade and C Reserve are next up with 5-1 records after their six matches in their competitions, C Grade are running third in their competition and C Reserve are top of the ladder in their competition by four points.

A Grade have a 4-2 record after their six matches and are at this present time comfortably in the final five by one a half wins, their two losses have been by a combined total of eight goals which shows the A Grade side have been in it to win it every game of the season.

In the Juniors, The U/17’s side is currently sitting on top of the ladder in their competition thanks to their undefeated start to the season, The side is 1st when it comes to goals scored and second when it comes to the opposition scoring on them.

The U/15’s side has had it tough at times this season but they finished the six game run with a win to give them two wins from their six matches, whilst some may say 2-4 is not ideal it is however a win behind fifth place which is held by Strathmerton who also have a percentage margin of 17.34% on the Rovers.

The U/13’s side is sitting on top of their ladder at this moment with an undefeated start to the season, The side has a win in hand over second place Blighty ensuring that no matter what happens during the bye, the team will still be on top ready for Round 8.

Football

The Rovers Seniors are sitting second on the ladder with a 4-2 record, the side has picked up wins against Yarroweyah, Jerilderie, Strathmerton and Mathoura with their two losses being against Blighty and Picola United.

The Rovers Reserves are doing well with the side being undefeated after their six matches, Picola United are one win behind the Rovers and can replace the Rovers on top of the ladder providing they win on the weekend due to a superior percentage.

U/17’s enjoyed the perfect start to the season and like the Reserves are rewarded with being on top of the ladder, Second on the ladder Berrigan is a win behind but has played only five games and can get ahead of the Rovers should they win on the weekend due to superior percentage.

U/14’s are running third on the ladder with a 4-2 record and is one of three teams sitting on 16 competition points, the Rovers may drop to 4th after this weekends matches but should drop no further with Blighty in 5th place needing to both win and boost their percentage by just over 120% to pass the Rovers.

Thoughts

In many of the competitions, the competition is fierce so nothing can be taken for granted but the Rovers have done well so far this season and deserve their weekend off.

It will be interesting to see where the Rovers end up as the teams catch up to the amount of games the Rovers has played as the complexion of the season becomes clearer for we are getting closer to everyone playing each other once this season.

Rovers Talk will be back on Saturday as usual to talk about sport in some way, shape or form.

Go Rovers!