NOT even a fallen eucalypt blocking the road could stop more than 50 people attending a Landcare event to celebrate the beauty, history and future plans for Turton’s Creek recently.. The tree had fallen in the morning and blocked traffic in either direction. Undeterred, attendees sat up their deck chairs up on the road around […]
EVERYONE knows that walking is good for one’s health but an Inverloch woman is proving cupcakes also have their medical benefits. In fact, Sheila Downey is combining walking and cupcakes to raise money for the fight against women’s cancers. She, her husband Andrew and their eldest daughter Catherine are taking part in The 2015 Weekend […]
THE inaugural Gippsland Geekfest was held at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum in Korumburra on Saturday, drawing hundreds of visitors. Best dressed competitions, medieval displays, workshops and guest speakers, Minecraft sessions, role-playing sessions, gaming and Steam Punk demonstrations were just some of the day’s highlights. Coal Creek site coordinator Rowena Ashley said this year’s […]
BASS Coast Shire Council has revealed the concept plans for the shared pathway along Surf Parade in Inverloch. Council’s acting general manager infrastructure, Cohen Van Der Velde, said the planning and design for the project had progressed, as well as the integration of improved traffic controls. “This is a very important project for both residents […]
A LEONGATHA man has been charged in relation to a fire that destroyed the historic Port Albert Hotel on February 17, 2014. Detectives from the Wellington Criminal Investigation Unit at Sale arrested the 68 year old man at a property in Callaway Crescent, Leongatha this morning. The man was interviewed and released pending summons. The investigation […]
CRICKETER Chelsea Moscript was honoured to be invited to play in an exhibition match to encourage girls to take up the sport. The Leongatha South woman travelled to Bendigo last Thursday at the urging of Cricket Victoria to play. Lining up for the Melbourne Ladies Stars, Moscript scored 18 runs and bowled two overs for […]
THE Leongatha and District Cricket Association’s Under 15 team went through the Country Week Carnival undefeated to take out the title. This year’s carnival was held at Traralgon with weather conditions different on every day with some hot days, rain and storms making for an interesting week. The Under 15’s coach Steve Brann and manager […]
THE $250,000 redevelopment of the Inverloch Bowls Club will open soon. The clubrooms are being extended to include a new kitchen, committee room, store room and toilets, providing more room and modern facilities for members to enjoy. The kitchen was upstairs and inconvenient to access, but the new kitchen will enable the club to offer […]
MIRBOO North’s Sam Quirk and his father Steve Quirk took out first and second places respectively in the annual Waratah Bay to Sandy Point Fun Run held on Sunday, January 11. There were exactly 400 participants this year in the 11th annual run held by the Fish Creek Football/Netball Club. In the women’s section it […]
WITH the summer holidays in full swing horse riders from Phillip Island, Drouin and Melbourne saddled up for their annual three day pony club camp last week. The New Year camp on the Island continues on a tradition that started many years ago at Mossvale Park that attracted many local pony clubs from around the […]