Poison mushroom warning
POISONOUS mushrooms have begun growing in Victoria following widespread recent rain and ideal growing conditions.Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Angie Bone has issued...
Maffra pump track work is underway
CONSTRUCTION of Maffra's new pump track is underway.The all-weather pump track, suggested by Maffra Secondary College students during the development of the Wellington Youth...
Awaiting the Easter Bunny
AS the anticipation builds for the arrival of the Easter Bunny this Sunday, Gippsland Grammar's Early Learning Centre children this week made Easter hats...
Hopes Sale Show will go ahead this year
PLANNING for the 2021 Sale Show will be advanced at the Sale and District Agricultural Society's impending annual meeting.Society secretary Vanessa Telfer said it...
COVID vaccine now available in Gippsland
IT was history in the making in Moe on Monday, as the first COVID-19 vaccination in a Gippsland general practice clinic was distributed.Moe's Barry...
Art festival coming to Moe
THE people of Gippsland will be treated to some of the state's greatest art work this weekend as the inaugural Show Me Some Art...
Celebrating release of flathead
LOCH Sport Fishing Association recently visited Metung to celebrate the first release of 42,000 dusky flathead fingerlings into the Gippsland Lakes.The release was part...
Funding to help towns transition from timber
HEYFIELD and Yarram are two timber towns earmarked to receive money to develop a plan transitioning their economies from native timber harvesting.The state government...
East coast rain brings a drenching
AN autumn deluge has dumped more than 100 millimetres in 24 hours across some parts of Wellington Shire this week, causing flash flooding, closing...
Ideas man who turned dreams into reality
THERE is a common saying in tight-knit communities that you have to be a resident for at least 20 years before you can be...
Jabs for the over 70s
WELLINGTON Shire residents aged over 70 can now book to receive the COVID-19 vaccination from one of 22 GP clinics across Gippsland as part...
Sion opens its doors
SALE'S historic Sion building was open to the public at the weekend, as the school continued to celebrate the 130-year anniversary since the first...
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Offshore wind venture Blue Mackerel meets with communities
SEASPRAY and Woodside communities had their say as offshore wind venture Blue Mackerel visited the towns as part of its social impact assessments on...
