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25.01.2022 Great news! The Junction Hotel is re-opening this Thursday at 4pm! The pub will be operating Thursday, Friday and Saturday at this stage. We’ll update you when we have more.

21.01.2022 Were you aware that, across the Southern Grampians Shire, we can put our new GREEN wheelie bin out to the kerb for pickup every week in September. That’s the bin containing your kitchen scraps and garden waste.

20.01.2022 Final update! Angel has been found and is back home with her family with a story to tell!!!! Duane and Donna expressed their thanks to everyone for your support.

16.01.2022 So if you want to increase your body movement, we’re kicking of a weekly half hour body movement session this morning at 8.30am on the front naturestrip at Leigh’s- 47 Brown Street, Branxholme. Hope to see you there. Bring your yoga mat, towel, water and mask.

09.01.2022 Remember, if you’re interested in joining the locals for a session of body grooving to get the quarantine bodies moving again, join us on the lawn at 47 Brown Street, Branxholme at 8.30 am tomorrow (Saturday). And every Saturday through November. We have some undercover space if there’s light rain. Hope you can come.

08.01.2022 Welcome back Donna and Stocky! The pub has reopened and is strictly following protocols to protect everyone’s health. At this stage the pub will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 4pm. A maximum of 20 is allowed inside at any given time. So get on down, reconnect with other locals and let’s celebrate having our pub back.

08.01.2022 Don’t forget to register to have your say about the district vision for the future, it’s not too late.

07.01.2022 Week 1 - check We managed to tuck under the awning of the shop so we stayed dry this morning. We’ll be back to do it again next Saturday at 8.30am and you’re welcome to join us and stop for a cuppa afterwards if you’re free.

07.01.2022 We’re back on the lawn at 47 Brown Street for exercise in the morning at 8.30am. Hope to see you there.

06.01.2022 Have you put on unwanted kilos during Covid but need support to kickstart a new weight loss program. Well.....every Saturday morning (weather permitting) from this Saturday October 24 and going right through November there will be free body movement get togethers on the naturestrip and front lawn of 47 Brown Street, Branxholme from 8.30am - 9am. Just bring your yoga mat, a towel and your mask. Leigh will get a playlist together. Let’s help each other to get this started!!!!

05.01.2022 With the second wave restrictions in place, we’d like to provide an update on businesses in Branxholme. The Junction Hotel and Branxholme Vintage Co are now closed till further notice. Berwell Farm Airbnb is offering services to locals only. And Stalkers Bend Store is operating on reduced weekend hours for the duration. Also, the Post Office is now closed on Saturdays until further notice. If you have a business in Branxholme that hasn’t been mentioned above, please let us know your procedures in this period and we’ll update the post. Stay fit, healthy and masked up everyone. See you on the other side of this.

03.01.2022 Have your say folks. What do you want from the council for the shire into the future.

02.01.2022 The last photo showed the doors of the Junction Hotel at Branxholme. The main photo below shows the hotel as it was when I was in Branxholme in mid-January this... year. It dates back to 1882 when William Gough Jr first opened the doors. He and his wife Agnes Begg operated the hotel and raised eight children. In 1886, William transferred the licence to John Gough in order to take up farming, but in 1889, Agnes took up the licence again. The b&w photo shows the family and a housemaid at the back of the Junction Hotel c1900. The Gough family had a long involvement in the hotel business in Branxholme from the 1850s when William Gough Snr leased the Travellers' Rest from Thomas Best. He later operated the Branxholme Hotel which was operated by another two generations of the family until 1918. Members of the Gough family are buried in the Branxholme Cemetery and the photos below show the graves of William Snr and Mary Ann Gough and their children, and William Jr and Agnes Gough and their son Thomas Begg Gough. B&W Image courtesy of the Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/770160

02.01.2022 Good news. Berwell Farm has reopened to bookings, so if you know of anyone who wants to use Branxholme as their accommodation base while exploring the region, check them out! https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/33167140