Timbercorp olive assets to be offloaded for $60m Oct 14, 2009
Also included are 26,000 megalitres of water rights on the Murray and Goulburn River systems, an olive processing plant at Boort 00004000 and Timbercorp's 19. 4 per cent equity interest in Boundary Bend. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Downside to tanks: no monopoly Aug 1, 2009
Through measures to capture, use, cleanse and recycle that water, we would have no need to augment existing catchments with an expensive desalination plant or a pipeline taking the dregs of water from the Goulburn River. Moreover, this could be done relatively cheaply through co-ordinated participation of households, businesses, sporting facilities and local government a true community-building exercise with benefits easily demonstrable to all. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Saga of nude Brett Whiteley's cave painting Mar 12, 2009
And Brett Whiteley strips naked to paint an Aboriginal-inspired mural on a sandstone underhang at The Drip gorge, scoured by the Goulburn River over millions of years into one of the most beautiful scenic wonders of NSW. ... Whenever the Goulburn River flooded, they disappeared underwater. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Historic Wineries of Victoria Mar 2, 2009
Established on the banks of the Goulburn River in 1860 Tahbilk has now been in the Purbrick family since 1925. Visiting the National Trust classified building is a rite of passage for Victorian winelovers, but many come for the wine as well. (Suite101.com)
