What’s on this month with Zoe Askew
Goodbye 2022, hello 2023.
The year 2023 is well and truly underway, with a plethora of local events happening across the year's first month.
Whether you...
Longford Kindergarten Art Show
Longford Kindergarten recently hosted an art show, celebrating children’s creativity and showcasing the importance of art for a child’s overall development.
It was also a...
Summer street art comes to Lake Tyers
Picturesque Gippsland seaside village Lake Tyers Beach is ringing in the new year with a brand new street art mural.
Local café The General, overlooking...
Spectacular Loch Sport
Carnival and marketgoers braved the strong south-westerly winds ripping across the foreshore on Wednesday, December 28, to attend the opening of The Loch Sport...
Eileen’s Wish continues on
OVER the past 10 years, a small group of Heyfield residents has distributed Christmas presents and food hampers to children and families in need.
It...
Christmas cheer from the Port of Sale
Children threw fabric bean bags into cut-out holes on angled boards and kicked footys under the shade of towering trees, while others lined excitedly...
History of Maffra Mardi Gras
THE Rotary Club of Maffra Mardi Gras is one of the longest running events in the Wellington Shire. It started in 1957 when a...
Beau Vernon a guest speaker for IPDWD
GIPPSLAND Disability Advocacy and Overcoming Obstacles collaborated to organise a dinner and dance at the Vines Winery in Maffra to celebrate International Day of...
Reflecting on the year that was, 2022
Liam Durkin
WHAT if we were to tell you most of the pages written in your local newspaper this year were by a team all...
Maffra and District Bendigo Bank sponsor Mardi Gras
The Maffra and District Bendigo Bank will offer cash prizes for the three best overall floats in the Rotary Club of Maffra Mardi Gras...
Tips for reducing kids’ screen time this holidays
As the end of year approaches, and with weeks of school holidays on the horizon, how to manage kids' screen time is front-of-mind for...
Schedules out for local film societies
MOVIE buffs are well-catered for in our area by local community groups, with two film societies that locals can join.
Films at the Bundy was...
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