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More than ever, Phillip Island’s short-tailed shearwater chicks need our help

ONE of the bravest journeys in all of the natural world is about to begin. Hundreds of thousands of short-tailed shearwater chicks from Phillip Island are set to take off in the next few days on their maiden long-distance flight, a 14,000 kilometres...

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Fire Danger Period frustration in South Gippsland

Dumbalk North farmer and long-term CFA member Adrian Harris is furious at the bureaucratic approach taken in relation to burn off restrictions, with a lack of flexibility to bring forward the end date following recent rain, with May 1 still the end...

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Korumburra’s brothers at arms remembered

mgKorumburraAnzacHISTORY_1724 three pics KburraAnzac1_1724 Gunner Cecil St Leger Lousada (DCM MSM) was one of three Lousada brothers from Korumburra to serve in WW1, and sadly, one of two to be killed. KburraAnzac2_1724 Private Barrow Helbert Ellis...

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Brian Cadd’s album launch in Cowes and Yarram

THROUGH a career spanning over six decades, Brian Cadd stands among the greats as a trailblazer in Australian music. His latest offering ‘Dream Train’, out now, is the country album he was always destined to make and represents a return to his...

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Where there’s a generator, there’s a way, says Craig Young

THE Sulo bins were tumbling down the main street, debris from stripped trees covered cars and you couldn’t see the footpath from the shop window as the winds reached cyclone force and rain and hail swept through the town. Amazingly, though Craig...