SKATERS in Leongatha are pumped flowing the announcement of a $100,000 Coalition State Government funding contribution to the $420,000 project to redevelop the 22 year old local skate park. Deputy Premier and Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan addressed a gathering of skaters at the park on Friday morning and said, “The new skate park […]
KORUMBURRA Secondary College will be completely rebuilt with $9 million funding from a re-elected Victorian Coalition Government. Deputy Premier and The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan visited the school on Friday to announce the funding commitment. “Korumburra Secondary College desperately needs this funding to rebuild its ageing and deteriorating school buildings,” Mr Ryan […]
IT was a busy weekend for Leongatha Cycling Club members beginning on Friday night with track racing for 17 starters on a cool and breezy night. This was followed by the Bass Coast Challenge charity bike ride at Inverloch on Saturday for some whilst our top juniors were battling it out over Saturday and Sunday […]
BASS Coast Regional Health, now known as Bass Coast Health (BCH) held its annual general meeting last Thursday night. Board of management chair, Jeff Bennett said the future of the health service is exciting, particularly since the merger of Bass Coast Regional Health and Bass Coast Community Health Service on July 1 this year. “As […]
ASKED if he was surprised at how easy the used synthetic surface of the greens had been to sell and Leongatha Bowls Club president, Mr Barry Davidson said, “It worked out pretty quickly. “We had the idea from Dromana where they sold quickly.” Eight unlucky buyers were left on the waiting list once all the […]
BASEBALL is coming to South Gippsland with the team hopefully based at The Town Cricket Club on Horn St, Leongatha. To be called the South Gippsland Baseball Club it will play in the La Trobe Valley League winter competition. The team will be known as The Miners. Negotiations are taking place with the cricket club […]
BORN into a family of horse enthusiasts, Middle Tarwin’s Bev Shandley was destined to become a person involved in all things equine. Her father was a horseman, he used to break them in and right back from when he left school he was working with horses. Bev, her brothers and sister used to ride to […]
MORE than 100 sheep dogs and their owners converged on Korumburra Recreation Reserve last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the Korumburra Sheep Dog Trials. “We’ve had them from Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales and all over Victoria,” assistant event organiser Judy Macdonald of Leongatha South said. Local competitors included Chris Davis and dog […]
THE South Coast Stars has begun a new era with a name. They will now be known as the Inverloch Stars and move to a permanent home at Thompson Reserve, Inverloch. Season 2015 promises to be the biggest, most important year yet for the Stars with the relocation allowing for further expansion. Since it was […]
KNOWLEDGE is power and there’s lots to learn at THIS weekend’s Small Farm and Lifestyle Expo! The inaugural expo, to be held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit this Saturday and Sunday, November 22 and 23, will feature speakers from Landcare, the Bass Coast Shire and Phillip Island Nature Park Reserve in the seminar […]