TWO councillors were disappointed with the rate rise of 6.3 per cent in Bass Coast Shire Council’s 2015-16 budget. Council confirmed the rate increase at last Wednesday’s meeting. Bass Coast residents will be forced to pay an average extra $102 in rates. Rates for commercial properties increased by $188, while industrial properties rose by $125 […]
A FOCUS Farm field day at Toora North recently took some of the focus off Dan and Cindy Knee and put it on dry and transition cow feeding. Tarwin Veterinary Clinic’s Peter DeGaris was the guest speaker at the event, which saw around 40 farmers and service providers turnout for a fascinating insight into an […]
MURRAY Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited (MG) has opened the 2015-16 season with the second highest price in the company’s history. It has set its southern milk region opening price at $5.60 per kilogram milk solids and forecast a full year price of $6.05kgMS. Traditionally milk companies start the new financial year with an opening price […]
A WINTRY Friday night at the Stony Creek Recreation Reserve was an ideal setting for an information session on wild deer recently. A large group of landholders and farmers enjoyed a cosy sit down meal and heard presentations on wild deer from the perspectives of: a government regulator, a landholder and a hunter. The session […]
RESIDENTIAL ratepayers in South Gippsland Shire will pay an average of $71.21 extra in rates next financial year. Commercial rates will increase by an average of $223.19 and industrial rates will climb by $567.47. Farm rates, on the other hand, will increase by average of $24.11. The average rate rise is 4.9 per cent. […]
IT was set to be a clash of the titans, with the top two teams Dalyston and Phillip Island going head to head last Saturday. Fans eagerly awaited the match, with both teams performing strongly so far in the season. With both Dalyston and Phillip Island missing players due to injuries, the match was highly […]
WONTHAGGI Theatrical Group’s recent production of Pippin wowed its South Gippsland audience. So much so that Bass MLA Brian Paynter thought the show – and the theatrical group – highlighted the opportunities young people have in Wonthaggi and the Bass Coast. “I believe we need to support all forms of talent. Pippin was just something […]
A DINOSAUR is lurking in an Inverloch neighbourhood, but the local children are far from terrified – in fact, they’re delighted. A vacant block in Wallace Avenue has been transformed into an attractive park as a result of a community campaign to save the block from development. The centrepiece is a dinosaur – a sculpture […]
GLAMOUR and glitz filled Leongatha Memorial Hall on Saturday night, when 150 people had a memorable time at the Stony Creek Football Netball Club Mid-Year Ball. The event was held under lights designed by Events by Kate, and kicked off with an amazing happy hour and finished with great music by Luke Matthew’s band The […]
THIS Sunday, June 28, Stephanie McDonald will board a plane and fly to the place of her dreams: Africa. The Tarwin Lower Primary School teacher will spend seven weeks teaching in a school in Zambia. Based in the city of Livingstone, population around 137,000, she will teach classes of up to 50 students – a […]