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Market stall pushed back

November 13, 2015UncategorizedDeniliquin, Flowers, Garden, Herbs, Naponda, TAFE, Tomato, VeggiesRKS

Bad news for those wanting to see the TAFE students in action at the market in the Waring Gardens for the stall has been pushed back until December.

As you can see in the pictures below, the students are amassing a large amount of flowers, herbs and veggies to satisfy the desires of market visitors when it finally gets underway.

TAFE is officially over for most of the Cert 1 students though a small group will remain as part of the SEE program, DNS hopes that they will continue to maintain the gardens until the market happens and some students really do hope the stall happens after so much time and expense has gone into the garden.

DNS will report on the garden’s fate as soon as word arrives.

TAFE and Naponda aim for the market

November 3, 2015NewsDeniliquin, Naponda, TAFERKS

November 14 will be the day when the Cert 1 Access to Work and Training class at TAFE works with Naponda at the local market.

Herbs are on the menu and it is hoped that townspeople will be tempted to buy the chives, mints and other herbs on offer.

The project began with a two person team researching the right mix of vegetables and flowers to plant at Denilquin TAFE before the project was moved to Vinnies Outreach for several weeks with the team expanding to three then falling back to two before all plants and materials were moved back to Deniliquin TAFE which required all class members in order to make things happen.

The class is confident that it will go well as the herbs are continuing to grow at an excellent rate ensuring that any demand from market goers are met when November 14 comes around.

Classic cars make Deniliquin motor along

April 13, 2015NewsDeniliquinRKS

Deniliquin is known to all as the town with the Ute Muster but it should be noted that the townspeople have a large amount of classic cars.

From Corvette Stingray’s to the Plymouth Plaza there are lots of great cars to see if you look closely at the cars that pass you by in the streets or the ones in that sit in people’s driveways.

Imagine if a classic car convention happened in town? The amount of cars available at short notice would make any car enthusiast sit up and take notice, This writer is not a big fan of Deniliquin’s obsession for events for they seemingly override the need for services and entertainment for all ages but this is one event that could bring benefits long into the future.

It is true there are many small car events going on in town during the year but Deniliquin would have to have an event that is reasonably large and is run by locals preferably ones that know the subject matter and know what they are doing, If the event is successful money would be held onto for the next event and anything left over should be used to help the community out making it an event that gives long after the last year motors away from the event.

Have the birds of Deniliquin been poisoned?

March 6, 2015NewsDeni Show, Deniliquin, dying birdsRKS

Today is the beginning of two days of the Deni Show but just a few hundred metres away a serious environmental event is taking place as birds are falling from the sky dying from what is believed to be poison.

Dozens of dying birds have been reported to been picked up by the Ranger around Deniliquin in what can only be a man made disaster as the weather has been perfect for bird survival and with the area having multiple lakes and healthy grass and trees starvation cannot be the cause.

The death of so many birds has saddened those who witnessed the birds on the ground unable to fly and slowly dying and there is a building up of anger as the poisoning of birds while seen by some as a nice population control method is seen by others as a cruel and needless method to animals that are harmless.

Total number of bird deaths is unknown at this time but it is likely that many of the birds seen in the photographs attached to this blog entry are among the dead, tonight the skies of Deniliquin as the sun is setting will be less spectacular as it is always a great sight to see hundreds of birds go across the sky before the arrival of night and now the sky will be less populated.

Rubbish still a problem outside Coles

February 14, 2015NewsColes, Deniliquin, disgusting, RubbishRKS

Several months ago we reported on the amount of rubbish that is seen outside of Coles and in the surrounding streets and today little has changed.

It still does not make sense to the Deniliquin News Service why people cannot carry their rubbish until they arrive home to put the rubbish in their bin, are shoppers at Coles, Green Pepper and The Reject Shop really that lazy?.

Could a bin or two placed on the nature strip outside Coles and down the Coles side of Henry Street change things for the better for residents, shop owners and tourists?.

High concentrations of Rubbish are found between Coles and the corner of Henry and Macaulay Street and perhaps with a bin it could really change things for the better and enhance Deniliquin’s reputation as a nice town.

DNS will continue to monitor and report on the rubbish levels in future blog entries.