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Ian Clark is an outdoor recreation pioneer who’s given thrill seekers a unique reason to visit Melbourne: to rip it up at Victoria’s only cable wakeboarding lake facility.

Something feels different the moment you drive into Wilandra Farms. The pastures are rich with different plants, there are neat belts of trees regularly spread across paddocks, there’s a plethora of bird life, solar and wind installations and some very healthy-looking British Friesian cows. This is what regenerative dairy farming looks like and it’s paying off in higher value milk, better soil health, lower energy costs and less water use.

We are inviting the public to provide feedback on our draft recreational area management plans in a consultation that will run until 5pm on Monday, 9 February 2026.

Southern Rural Water as the declared waterway manager for Lake Glenmaggie, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).

Southern Rural Water is inviting customers to apply to become members of the Macalister Customer Consultative Committee (MCCC) and the Southern Groundwater and Rivers Forum. 

The last few years have been very dry and difficult for some farmers in south west Victoria. However, it’s not dampened the spirits of two determined first-generation dairy farmers in Illowa.