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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...
Loch Sport Spectacular Carnival and Twilight Market

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 at the Port of Sale

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...

Inside Gippsland’s neighbourhood houses

GIPPSLAND’S Neighbourhood Houses (NH) are continuing to provide for the community the best they can, following bipartisan support for ongoing funding in the lead-up...
Santa Claus

The brightest and best

It was three sleeps until Christmas and Ken Baade, I mean Santa, sat jollily on his mighty sleigh; the bearded, white-haired man handed candy...

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David Schwarz’s story sparks a conversation that counts for Gippsland Grammar...

MORE than 100 members of the Gippsland Grammar community gathered on Friday morning for the school's second Dad's Talk breakfast, where former AFL star...