Letters to the Editor – 23 January 2023
Duck cruelty
DURING the Inquiry into Victoria’s Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements, traditional owner Gary Murray said that “It is our view that duck shooting...
Excitement for Italian Festa
SAGRA, CARNEVALE, FESTA, - Italian words for Festival, Carnival, Party.
In any town or city in Italy throughout the year but mainly in Spring, Summer...
Reader Gallery – January 19 2023
Seaspray night carnival. John Morgan
Sunsets and silhouettes in Longford. Melanie Tancred
Sunset at The Honeysuckles. Melanie Tancred
Merriman Creek flood waters running into Bass Strait. John...
Sale Combined Probus’ first few months
THE past few months of 2023 were full of firsts for the newly-formed Sale Combined Probus Club.
The club held its first meeting, their first...
Letters to the Editor – January 16 2024
Native forests provided opportunities
Philip Hopkins' article in the Gippsland Times on January 9 ('A Railway journey back in time' pages 6-7') regards Nick Anchen's...
Telling stories from the grave
Katrina Brandon
DURING the saddest time of your life, when a loved one dies, one of the hardest things is picking the words on the...
Kids Day Out at Sale Turf Club
Sale Turf Club has a proud history of racing, and during the Sale Kids Day Out, that turf was occupied by kids having fun,...
New year, new us: Azalea-Rose
IF baby Azalea-Rose Susana Rodriguez could tell us what her New Year’s resolution is, she’d probably say sleep, or be held by mum and...
Reader Gallery – January 9 2024
Seaspray from the air on New Year’s Eve. Photo: John Morgan
Moon rising behind clouds at The Honeysuckles. Photo: Melanie Tancred
Duck pondering the meaning of...
Merrycember celebrations at CGH
Judging of the annual Christmas decoration competition took place at all Central Gippsland Health (CGH) sites in the lead up to the festive season.
The...
Letters to the Editor – December 22
Timber Town's opinion
On May 23 2023, without any prior warning, the Victorian government announced the closure of the native timber industry on December 31,...
Jim Fairchild’s decades of curly tales
Former pig farmer, Jim Fairchild, born 1936, has spent nearly his entire life in Tinamba and Maffra.
It’s been over a century since his father,...
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Paying tribute with Keegan O’Brien Millinery Award
It’s the same fashionable award with a new name to mark a legacy for much-loved Maffra local, the late Keegan O’Brien.
The millinery award for...
