SOUTH Gippsland is well represented at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games: Leongatha school girl sensation Eleanor Paterson who high jumped 1.96 as a 17 year old last year. She is the best female high jump prospect the world has seen in decades. Kaila McKnight, our middle distance Track and Field hope, is also from Leongatha. Kaila […]
CHINESE pilots could learn to fly crop dusting planes at Leongatha Aerodrome in a $1 million deal with Woorayl Air Services. The deal could benefit the Leongatha airfield to the tune of $40,000 per pilot. Woorayl Air Services CEO Barry Foster predicted a total of 25 pilots could be trained if the plan proceeded, equating […]
REPRESENTATIVES of Asian dairy companies visited Leongatha and Korumburra recently as part of a two week tour of Australia. The participants in the Greater China Scholarship, hosted by Dairy Australia, hailed from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The tour visited Murray Goulburn’s factory at Leongatha and Korumburra’s Burra Foods. The group also visited Longwarry Food […]
WONTHAGGI Power stepped it up at footy training under the coaching of Gippsland Power coach and former AFL premiership player Leigh Brown on Thursday night. Brown kicked off the evening with a football clinic with the Juniors at 4pm, encouraging all players from U/11s and U/13s to bring along a friend for the session. […]
DID you watch The Footy Show on Thursday? If you did, chances are you saw the Meeniyan and Dumbalk United Football Netball Club featured on the show. Last Monday and Tuesday, the player’s room and warm-up area received a makeover courtesy of the show’s Nissan Navara Tough Love campaign. Billy Brownless and James Brayshaw from […]
WINGLESS sprintcar enthusiast, 27 year old Dayn Bentvelzen of Leongatha is passionate about his sport. While it may not be a high profile sport and victory does not bring much other than the trophy and small cash prizes, for Bentvelzen it is about the challenge and to gain the respect of his racing peers for […]
EMERGENCY services were called to a man with his leg trapped under a Bobcat loader arm in Grantville on Saturday. His leg was jammed between the arm and machine and was crushed significantly. CFA units from Loch, Grantville and Kernot, the San Remo SES and Ambulance Victoria were called to the scene at 3.30pm. The […]
BASS Coast Regional Health (BCRH) brought the community together in commemoration of NAIDOC Week on Thursday morning. Despite the miserable weather, a crowd huddled under umbrellas to witness the smoking ceremony led by Bunurong descendant Steve Parker and the raising of the Torres Strait Islander, Aboriginal and Australian flags at the Wonthaggi hospital. Ramahyuck […]
BASS Coast Shire Council proposed a bike path from Inverloch to Wonthaggi as part of its 2014-15 capital works program. The initial investigation and feasibility study into the construction of the pathway, listed in the budget draft, is estimated to cost $60,000. “We are only in our very early stages,” council’s infrastructure director Felicity Sist […]
THE Meeniyan Hall is 75 years old and plans are in place to celebrate. To mark the occasion, the hall committee is planning an old-fashioned film night on Friday, July 18 and live band on July 19. President of the committee Brian Hoskins said the Friday program starts at 4.30pm with films for the kids […]