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Swan Hill is a well laid out city of some 10 000 people with a pleasant, garden-like main street, located at the eastern edge of the Mallee area in north-western Victoria. Here the Murray River meets the Little Murray River. Together they denote the eastern boundary of the settlement. The Murray proper forms the border with NSW and, as the town's Giant Murray Cod indicates, the river provides good opportunities for fishing, as well as boating and water sports. In all it extends 2530 km from north-eastern Victoria to the coast of South Australia, making it one of the longest navigable rivers in the world with a catchment area covering 14 per cent of the continent.

Swan Hill is 344 km north-west of Melbourne on the Murray Valley Highway and 70 m above sea-level. Its large saleyards indicate its role as a market centre for part of NSW's Riverina district, although irrigation has also led to the production, in the shire, of wheat, wool, citrus fruits, grapes, wine, dairy products, fat stock, fodder crops and maize. Local manufacturing centres on farm machinery.

Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Wemba-wemba Aboriginal people. Surveyor and explorer, Thomas Mitchell, camped here in 1836 and gave the site its current European name. In his journal he writes of a 'shallow lagoon, where swans and other wild fowl so abounded that, although half a mile from our camp, their noise disturbed us through the night. I, therefore, named this somewhat remarkable and isolated feature, Swan-hill'. The Beveridge brothers established 'Tyntynder', the first European property in the district, around 1846.

A punt began operating at Swan Hill in 1847. It was the only point at which the Murray could be crossed within 160 km and this would remain the case until the 1930s. When the first punt sank the wood was salvaged and used to build the town's first hotel.

In 1853 Swan Hill was visited by Francis Cadell who here concluded a rather famous steamship voyage from the mouth of the Murray. Despite popular claim it was not the first such voyage but it did herald the start of the inland river trade and Swan Hill became the first major inland port. A wharf was built and remained in use until the 1920s (the remnants can still be seen on the riverbank along with a photograph and explanation plaque).

Swan Hill became a municipality in 1871. The river trade declined with the growth of the railways but the town received a new lease of life when the Mallee was cleared and developed for agricultural purposes. It became a borough in 1939 and a city in 1965.

The town hosts the Red Gum Festival in March, the Racing Cup Carnival in June, the Italian Fiesta and Fireworks in mid-July, the Inland Irrigated Wine Show in October and the Swan Hill Agricultural and Pastoral Show on the first Friday and Saturday of October.

Tourist Information Visitors can garner local information at the Swan Hill Development and Information Centre at 306 Campbell St which is open weekdays from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., tel: (03) 5032 3033, or, toll-free, 1800 625 373.

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Here are the 12 clues for the 2015 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt and their meanings. The medallion was found Thursday.

Our hunt this year tinged with a tear

For a master who kept us in stitches.

With humor and wit, clues cleverly writ

Led many from Rags to riches.

The rules of the game, remain much the same --

Both inside the box and out.

Public property bound, don't dig in the ground.

Golf courses: Don't cast about.

Clue #1 pays tribute to Pioneer Press reporter and former Treasure Hunt clue writer Jim Ragsdale, who passed away this past year. The "riches" (medallion) is wrapped in rags. "Both inside the box and out" reprises an image from recent hunts and reminds hunters that the medallion can be hidden inside or outside St. Paul city limits, anywhere in Ramsey County.

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Riverslea protest heats up

Concerned Riverslea residents staged a protest at Darch Brook this morning to stop tree clearing and call for more information on private subdivision plans.

Margaret River resident Jim Matan said the group wanted the clearing stopped until more information had been given on plans by developer Walsec to clear land for 70 new houses.

He said the group requested the workers hold off until such time as we can totally ascertain the legality of what theyre doing.

Mr Matan said protestors were at the site at 8am for about an hour before police asked them to leave. Resident Trudy Hayman said members of the group was concerned they had not been consulted before the clearing.

We had questions for them regarding the legality of their operations, she said.

Mrs Hayman said the group had inquired about the developers permission to clear the site, which was granted in 2002.

Were following up on a few avenues in relation to their permits to clear the land, Mrs Hayman said.

We just want to know all the boxes have been ticked.

Mrs Hayman said the developers were bulldozing trees like they were matchsticks.

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Michaela Hoej is a young Czech designer whose ambition it is to bring a breath of fresh air into peoples homes. Her design studio Natureza provides customized interior design solutions that combine quality, beauty and a simple elegance. But, talking about her work she says that sometimes it is an uphill struggle to make her clients accept an unconventional solution. When I met up with Michaela I started by asking about her love of design and Nature.

Michaela Hoej, photo: archive of Michaela Hoej I wanted to live my dream and my dream was to do interior design. So I studied at the design school and now I work as an interior designer. I recently designed a pillow and sheet line with motifs inspired by Nature.

Those are two things that you love and have combined interior design and Nature.

Can you explain what kind of things you do and where you seek inspiration?

I like nice surroundings, generally. I love simple, useful and beautiful things and all that you can find in Nature. It is important for me to feel the magic of space and I want to bring Nature into the interior.

When you say that you have a line of pillow cases what kind of motifs do you chose I noticed things like cobwebs and dew dropshow do you go about selecting them?

I spend a lot of time in Nature and I like to focus on details. So I have a concrete idea in my head, but then I need a photo. And when I searched the internet for suitable photos of the given motif I could not contact any of the authors except one, Frank, who is now my colleague from England.

So he takes photos of what you need?

Yes, I say to him that I need as many pictures as possible say of a cone and hell send me a hundred pictures of a cone. From that I will select one or two, sometimes nothing because it is necessary to capture the correct perspective, light, mood etc.

Photo: Natureza And then I process the picture I want with my graphic designer and we spend hours on that.

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More than 40 percent of the previously-owned homes on the market have at least one serious defect, according to HouseMaster, a major home inspection company with offices in more than 390 cities in the United States and Canada.

"Virtually every used home needs some repair or improvement," said Kathleen Kuhn, CEO and president of HouseMaster. "Thats to be expected. But with todays high prices, you want to make sure that you are aware of any major problems in a house you are considering purchasing, and what it will take to remedy the situation."

Drawing from their own findings from more than one million home inspections, HouseMaster says the most serious home defects to be on the lookout for are:

Cracked heater exchange

Failing air-conditioning compressor

Environmental hazards including radon, water contamination, asbestos, lead paint, and underground storage tanks

Moisture in the basement

Defective roofing and/or flashings

Insect infestation - termites or carpenter ants

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