Erika’s favourite photos of 2024

Jacob and Darnall from Briagolong were piloting their gliders through the crowd at the 2024 Anzac Weekend Air show at the West Sale Airport.

 Maffra Show: Maffra Agricultural Society president Kath Coggan, Maffra Show food and wine coordinator Connie Dwyer and Anastasia Dwyer enjoying the 134th Maffra Show after tirelessly organising the event.
Lest we forget. Maffra Primary School students (from left) Kelsey Hasler, Mason McLernon and Zara McKinnon laying a wreath at Maffra’s morning Anzac Day service, 2024.
Yarram Chalk Art Festival: Warrnambool artist Jimmi Buscombe was inspired by the children’s book ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ that he used to read to his daughter when drawing in the 2024 festival.
Maffra Triathlon: Ben Osmand speeds into the interchange at the Maffra Triathlon in February 2024, almost losing balance as he dislodges his feet from the stirrups.
Watching woodchopping at the 2024 Heyfield Timber Festival.
Jacob and Darnall from Briagolong were piloting their gliders through the crowd at the 2024 Anzac Weekend Air show at the West Sale Airport.
The Gippsland Centre Sale turned 40 years old in October, 2024. Former Sale City engineer Alan Lewis, along with Gippsland Centre Sale administration manager Tamara Williams, Wellington Shire mayor Scott Rossetti, and Centre manager Emma Waghorne attended a celebration in the Centre.
East Gippsland Football-Netball League premier Boisdale-Briagolong broke a 23-year drought to leave Bairnsdale City Oval with the silverware in 2024.
Brilliant Bombers. Sam Bedggood embraces his brother Daniel after winning the 2024 EGFNL senior premiership.
Stratford’s Christmas spirit. Maureen Petty stands nearby a new edition to the Stratford Bowls Club fence, a six foot tall Santa’s House.
As keen as anything. Kevin Oliver and Gladys Tatterson, two of the longest continuous members of the Sale Keenagers Social Table Tennis Club cut the cake at the club’s 21st anniversary celebrations in October 2024.
Sale Show: Evie from Sale and winner of ‘Best Kept Dog’ at the Pet Parade, Dash a Saluki. Evie and Dash were runners-up in the ‘Prettiest Dog’ and third in the well mannered category.
Nine-year-old Abigail Williams browses the shelves of the new Wellington Toy Library before it was officially opened last year.
Cue Top Gun soundtrack. Flight Lieutenant Max Harlen (left) and Pilot Officer Cooper McClymont disembarked an EA-18G Growler at RAAF Base East Sale in April, 2024, as RAAF pilots completed a circumnavigation of Australia. 
Harry Bates and co-driver Coral Taylor from Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia kicking up dust and stones in a Toyota GR Yaris – Rally 2 in the Stockdale hills.
Gippsland’s Biggest PJ Day: Araluen Primary School student Ben Cutts and Groot on Gippsland’s Biggest PJ Day, which is a fundraising day for A Better Life for Foster Kids, a Sale charity that turned 10 this year.