ATTENDANCE at the Port Welshpool Sea Days Festival was severely affected by the heat on Saturday, but Sunday was a different story. While the heat even kept some exhibitors away on the first day of the festival, Sunday’s cooler conditions saw them return to a huge audience. Run by the Port Welshpool Working Group, the […]
THE Koonwarra Farmers Market is held, rain hail or shine and last Saturday was no exception, despite soaring temperatures before midday. People did their shopping early to escape the heat and enjoyed a cool treat to help keep the summer warmth at bay. The next Koonwarra Farmers Market will be on Saturday, February 3.
VICTORIAN State Emergency Service (VICSES) units at Leongatha and Foster received new equipment as part of the annual AAMI equipment grants program. VICSES volunteers from the units attended an equipment presentation evening as part of the partnership with insurance company AAMI. Val Bremner from Leongatha VICSES said the new equipment the unit received would help […]
THE Leongatha Farmers Market pre Christmas event on Saturday, December 23 was a popular place to be for all that last minute shopping. Visitors were able to enjoy a visit from Santa himself, as well as plenty of local stalls, live music, face painting, and some were lucky enough to give baby goat Melly a […]
THE recent Foster street party not only commemorated the festive season, but also the opening of the town’s streetscape works. The party was held by the Foster Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, December 23 to thank people who shop in the town. Many stories extended trading hours for the event and there was a […]
FIVE year-old Gemma Van Den Broek from San Remo is the first child in the region to reach the major milestone of reading 1000 books before starting school. Gemma signed up to state-wide 1000 Books Before School program with West Gippsland Libraries after it was launched at libraries across the region earlier in the […]
WONTHAGGI Secondary College Dudley Campus finished off 2017 with a presentation day recently. Year 7 students were congratulated in the morning, whilst years 8 and 9 students enjoyed a combined ceremony during the afternoon. The Year 7 award recipients were Nick Raven and Caleb Weir (encouragement), Daniella Mascaros (most improved academic performance), Louise Strickland […]
SOUTH Gippsland Specialist School’s focus for 2017 was sustainability. Students designed reusable Boomerang Bags during term four to donate to Leongatha Health Foods store. Boomerang Bags is a community driven movement tackling plastic pollution. Not only have the students designed bags, but they also raised more than $350 to buy gifts for Oxfam, a global […]
LEONGATHA Secondary College held its excellence awards presentation ceremony last Tuesday, December 19, where around 150 certificates were presented to students at Mesley Hall. Sarah Bouquet was awarded the senior principal’s award and Angus Ritchie was awarded the junior principal’s award. Awards ranged from individual subject awards to whole school sponsored awards. The Arts Megan […]
LEONGATHA Primary School (LPS) celebrated the year with a final assembly and awards ceremony in Mesley Hall recently. The hall was filled with excitement as the 2018 school captains, house captains and specialist leaders were announced. Students were acknowledged for excellence with certificates and special awards. These special awards included academic, citizenship, music, physical […]