Casterton, Australia News

WHERE else in the world does a town close down a main highway that runs right through its centre for a gathering of dogs? Granted, they are special dogs, but it could only happen in Australia and in south-west Victoria to boot.

Jarrod Quick encourages Moe to the winning leap in the high jump. He cleared 2.32 metres.

ESKY the Kelpie cannot wait for the Australian Muster Parade this weekend when the town is inundated with thousands of visitors and their Kelpie dogs as well as lots of other breeds.

FUNDING for the Upwelling Festival has been secured for the next three years, giving organisers the confidence to make it one of the shire's premier events.

A NUMBER of Casterton residents have been targeted by an international telephone scam that has caught hundreds of people Australia-wide. Residents are called by people from an overseas call centre that identify themselves as Australian Government representatives and advise the resident they are owed $5248 by the government.

The second running of the National Road Series competition will retain nine stages, with alterations made to include Mount Gambier.

On the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June one of Australia's top stockwomen and Kelpie breeders, Nancy Withers, held up her bidders' card until the selling price of a Kelpie reached a world-record, crowd-gasping price of $5,400 at the Casterton Dog Auction in Victoria.