Warracknabeal Herald

20/08/2025

The Warracknabeal Herald has meticulously chronicled countless significant events throughout its 140-year history, connecting us to our past and shaping our present.

20/08/2025

Racegoers will also have a chance to meet true racing royalty later this month in Warracknabeal, as the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour arrives in town for the 2025 Sheep Hills Cup, featuring the coveted 18-carat gold trophy.

20/08/2025

WIN TICKETS to the National 4x4 Outdoors Show - Melbourne!
This Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th August

We’ve got double passes up for grabs – and it’s super easy to enter!

👉 Here’s how:
1. Purchase a copy of one of our papers this week (Wimmera Mail-Times, Warracknabeal Herald, Hopetoun Courier, Rainbow Argus, or Dimboola Banner) or a screen grab from one of our digital copies.
2. Find the 4x4 story inside
3. Snap a pic 📸 and send it to us via Messenger!

🎟 Limited passes available, first in, best dressed!
📩 Winners will be contacted directly via Messenger.

Don’t miss your chance to explore the latest 4x4s, camping, fishing, off-road gear and more at Melbourne Showgrounds this weekend.

19/08/2025

Although farmers have welcomed recent rains in this part of Victoria, there's still a long way back to "get back to an average" after nearly two years of reduced rainfall, according to National Farmers Federation president, David Jochinke.

Although farmers have welcomed recent rains in this part of Victoria, there's still a long way back to

19/08/2025

The second-last round of the Wimmera Hockey Association’s regular season threw up several intriguing results on Saturday that have kept the make-up of the finals up in the air in all three divisions with just one round remaining.

18/08/2025

The Sporting Complex, now known as The Community Sports Centre, recently underwent extensive building repairs, and now the facility has marked 50 years.

18/08/2025

The August 2025 regular meeting of the Combined Probus Club of Hopetoun was held on Monday, August 11, from 10.30am at Hopetoun with a luncheon catered by Hopetoun Southern Mallee church ladies.

17/08/2025

Warracknabeal's Danny Johnson has just turned 80 and remembers January 4, 35 years ago, as if it were yesterday.

17/08/2025

🎤 30 years. Countless gigs. Endless laughs.
Dave O’Neil is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile comedians – with a career spanning stand-up, TV, radio, pub gigs, and even weddings!
Catch him live in Warracknabeal on Friday, 5 Sept alongside Des Dowling – all for the Warracknabeal Memorial Kindergarten fundraiser.
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16/08/2025

It's not every day you meet someone who has lived for 105 years and can recount life before electricity, radio, television, and farm machinery.

16/08/2025

Many of the first men to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force slept rough, warmed only by their own coats and blankets.

15/08/2025

Bishop Paul Bird visited St Mary's Catholic Primary School on Tuesday, August 5, as part of a wider Wimmera visit by the Diocese of Ballarat Education.