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Gecko Gallery to continue framing
AFTER 14 years Gecko Gallery, framing and cafe has been sold. Felicity ‘Flick’ Jones has taken over the Fish Creek, 15 Falls Road store, opening as Little Oberon Cafe.
Gecko Gallery to continue framing
AFTER 14 years Gecko Gallery, framing and cafe has been sold. Felicity ‘Flick’ Jones has taken over the Fish Creek, 15 Falls Road store, opening as Little Oberon Cafe.
Always giving our best is the Foster Primary way
WHAT a day it was for school children across the region from Phillip Island to Yarram and everywhere in between. Foster Primary School was ecstatic
Lyric’s triumphant return
IT was a triumphant post-COVID return to community theatre for Lyric Theatre with its staging of The Wind in the Willows at Mossvale Park.
Helpers need a helping hand
THE Salvos give a lot of help in the Leongatha community – Foodbank, showers for the homeless, wood for winter, community meals, financial aid, vouchers – as well as hope.
Transforming dolls to be more realistic
SICK of seeing young children play with glamorous, unrealistic looking dolls, two Loch kindergarten teachers decided to do something about it.
Delburn Wind Farm sell off
THE proposed Delburn Wind Farm will be sold off to a London-based company before construction starts. Proponent OSMI announced this morning, Thursday, January 28, it
SOLD: Isle of Wight set to rise from the ashes
WHETHER it was ‘Speedy’ picking up empty pots in the public bar, Matthew Brady barking orders at staff, a black-tie New Years’ Eve party up
Cultivating oyster mushrooms in a Wattlebank garage
As a family which eats a mainly plant-based diet, Beatrice and Peter wanted to grow their own mushrooms and began with grow kits before moving into the industrial-style operation they have now.
Slow down! Police target school zones
POLICE will be out in force at school zones across South Gippsland and Bass Coast this week as students return to classrooms.
School plans revealed
PRELIMINARY designs and a site plan for the new San Remo-based junior campus of Wonthaggi Secondary College have been unveiled.
Hot reopening for Tarwin Lower’s Riverview
LOCALS and tourists turned out in droves for the long-awaited reopening of the Riverview Hotel at Tarwin Lower.
Janet named South Gippsland Citizen of the Year
DUMBALK resident Janet Auchterlone has been named South Gippsland Shire Council Citizen of the Year with the young Citizen award going to Korumburra’s Danni Amor.
Honours for South Gippslanders
VENUS Bay lifesaving legend, Richard (Ric) Mitchell, and Inverloch water catchment and agribusiness stalwart, Angus Hume, have been recognised in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List. Former Leongatha netballer, Lisa Alexander (pictured above), and past executive director of the Yarram and District Health Service, Peter Craighead, also received gongs for their service.
Meet the new principal of Newhaven College, Tony Corr
What school did you teach at prior to Newhaven? I have most recently been at Melbourne Grammar School in South Yarra where the two roles
Sport
Caring for the clerk’s Horse
ONE of the Woolamai Racing Club’s most important members has been having a rough go of it lately, but the community is getting behind him.
McQualter cracks open Club on turf
Inverloch was comfortable with the score of 151 under its belt, as it fielded out in the afternoon heat on Saturday.
Premier move for Noah
MIRBOO North teen Noah Jackson has some pretty big boots to fill as he follows in the footsteps of his football hero, Archie Thompson.
Hill takes three-in-a-row at state MTB champs
MOUNTAIN biker Karen Hill has taken out the fourth round of the Victorian Championship Mountain bike race at Eildon on Saturday, January 9.
Caring for the clerk’s Horse
ONE of the Woolamai Racing Club’s most important members has been having a rough go of it lately, but the community is getting behind him.
McQualter cracks open Club on turf
Inverloch was comfortable with the score of 151 under its belt, as it fielded out in the afternoon heat on Saturday.
Premier move for Noah
MIRBOO North teen Noah Jackson has some pretty big boots to fill as he follows in the footsteps of his football hero, Archie Thompson.
Hill takes three-in-a-row at state MTB champs
MOUNTAIN biker Karen Hill has taken out the fourth round of the Victorian Championship Mountain bike race at Eildon on Saturday, January 9.
Real Estate
Charming and peaceful at Poowong
Set on a gentle rise with views across the rolling farmland you will feel calm and contented in this beautiful and charming family home at 55 North Poowong Road, Poowong.
Location, lifestyle and living
Located at the ever-popular Koonwarra is this immaculately presented property which not only offers a prestigious residence, but also two fully self-contained cottages that provide an excellent source of income.
Superb dairy or beef property
Situated in the renowned farming district of Mardan is this superb 130-hectare (320-acre) dairy farm.
Lifestyle and location
Here is a property that comes with the lot – the location, the luxurious home, the acreage and the infrastructure. Situated on the town boundary at 165 Nerrena Road, Leongatha,
Charming and peaceful at Poowong
Set on a gentle rise with views across the rolling farmland you will feel calm and contented in this beautiful and charming family home at 55 North Poowong Road, Poowong.
Location, lifestyle and living
Located at the ever-popular Koonwarra is this immaculately presented property which not only offers a prestigious residence, but also two fully self-contained cottages that provide an excellent source of income.
Superb dairy or beef property
Situated in the renowned farming district of Mardan is this superb 130-hectare (320-acre) dairy farm.
Lifestyle and location
Here is a property that comes with the lot – the location, the luxurious home, the acreage and the infrastructure.
On The Land
Beef returns to show ring
BEEF returned to the show ring for the first time post-COVID as part of the closed-gate Lang Lang Show.
Pilot mangrove plot established
“DON’T take our sticks”. That’s the plea of the Tarwin Lower Landcare Group, which recently spent a morning establishing a pilot plot of mangrove seedlings at Doyles Road, Venus Bay.
Ellinbank SmartFarm is cream of the crop
A WEST Gippsland research facility is on track to become the world’s first carbon-neutral dairy farm, setting a gold standard for Victoria’s dairy sector.
Premium livestock from Beef Week stalwarts
THE Meikle family at Tarwin Poll Herefords have been regular participants in Stock and Land Beef Week since it began. This is typical of their long-term commitment to breeding and presenting their Poll Herefords to Gippsland commercial producers.
Beef returns to show ring
BEEF returned to the show ring for the first time post-COVID as part of the closed-gate Lang Lang Show.
Pilot mangrove plot established
“DON’T take our sticks”. That’s the plea of the Tarwin Lower Landcare Group, which recently spent a morning establishing a pilot plot of mangrove seedlings at Doyles Road, Venus Bay.
Ellinbank SmartFarm is cream of the crop
A WEST Gippsland research facility is on track to become the world’s first carbon-neutral dairy farm, setting a gold standard for Victoria’s dairy sector.
Premium livestock from Beef Week stalwarts
THE Meikle family at Tarwin Poll Herefords have been regular participants in Stock and Land Beef Week since it began. This is typical of their long-term commitment to breeding and presenting their Poll Herefords to Gippsland commercial producers.
