LIVES are at risk and the region’s economy will suffer unless the State Government upgrades the South Gippsland Highway. The region’s peak municipal group, the Gippsland Local Government Network (GLGN), has called for the government to fund works to improve safety in next Tuesday’s (May 5) state budget. At the top of the GLGN’s list […]
WONTHAGGI residents are on high alert as police chase a firebug in the wake of four fires over the weekend. The blazes follow two blazes at neighbouring properties in Wonthaggi on Friday, April 17. News of the latest fires worried 11 year old Chad Cameron, whose family lives in Garden Street, in the vicinity […]
AUSTRALIAN nurses were commemorated by those who attended the Inverloch Anzac Day service on Saturday. Local guest Kate Sutton spoke about Lily Stewart, who joined the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1916. She was the late wife of Inverloch RSL member Vin Crisp. “Lily was employed at Five Australian General Hospital on home service […]
WONTHAGGI drew the biggest crowd ever to an Anzac Day service in the town on Saturday. More than 700 people attended the dawn service, led by RSL president David Weekes and secretary Rod Gallagher. A gunfire breakfast was attended by over 250 people. Following an extended dawn service, the celebrations continued out front of […]
AN historic day in Leongatha’s history saw a magnificent crowd turn out to commemorations for Anzac Day, this year marking the centenary of the landings at Gallipoli. There was great support for both the Anzac Day Dawn Service and the March and Commemoration Service on Saturday, April 25. Police estimates put the dawn attendance at […]
MEMBERS of the Korumburra and district community showed huge support at the main event for Anzac Day, the dawn service in Queen Street. Estimates put the crowd at between1200-1500, the biggest in many a year according to Korumburra’s RSL president Kevin Moon. Hundreds of cars were parked in adjoining streets, with […]
AS PEOPLE gathered at the Anzac Day at service at Meeniyan on Saturday, patriotic music provided an appropriate backdrop to a day of national pride. Young musicians from Leongatha and South Gippsland secondary colleges united to perform a selection of Australian songs before and during the community-focused service hosted by the Meeniyan and District RSL. […]
