WONTHAGGI Hospital will receive $3 million to replace aging infrastructure and equipment. Eastern Victoria Region MLC Harriet Shing yesterday (Monday) announced Bass Coast Health would receive just over $3 million through the first round of the government’s new Regional Health Infrastructure Fund. The $3.088million for Bass Coast will be used to fund: replacement of operating […]
A MAN died after his car left the road and crashed into a tree at Phillip Island on Saturday morning. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash at Newhaven. The Cranbourne man, 25, was travelling east along Phillip Island Road in a blue Holden sedan about 4.15am. Police said he lost control of […]
TENSIONS from the previous South Gippsland Shire Council have boiled over into the new council. Cr Don Hill is incensed Cr Lorraine Brunt forwarded he email to sent to other councillors to a council candidate, Jim Forbes, and former councillor Jim Fawcett, in November last year. Cr Hill last week obtained a copy of […]
A LEONGATHA South woman was fortunate to survive after her car collided with a truck on the South Gippsland Highway at Stony Creek last Thursday. Police said the 18 year old was travelling in a Suzuki Swift along the South Gippsland Highway towards Foster at 8.25am, when she veered on to the wrong side of […]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has unveiled a suite of projects that will benefit the region, in an ambitious proposed budget and council plan released last Wednesday. The new councillors are eager to uphold their election commitments to deliver for the shire, with among the goals they have set themselves for 2017-18 being: the mooted redevelopment […]
THE annual Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Rally was held at Nyora on the weekend and gave people an opportunity to experience living history. People could see Clydesdales performing farm work, the popular tractor pull, a blacksmith at work, vintage tractor and vehicle displays, wood chopping, earthmoving displays and much more. President of the rally […]
ST LAURENCE’S Primary School held its annual fete on Friday night and the community turned out in droves to enjoy the evening. There were lambs, chooks, bunnies and more in the animal nursery and children enjoyed lots of cuddles. There was fairy floss and much more to eat, plenty of balloons and treasures to take home. […]
LEONGATHA Secondary College Year 12 student Tèa Clark will be taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave 2017 to benefit the Leukaemia Foundation. “I’ve planned to do this for a long time now so I’ve adjusted to the idea of having all my hair shaved off,” Tèa said. Tea will be shaving her hair off […]
DATA showed that in 2015, 193 people were diagnosed with cancer in the South Gippsland shire, with 76 locals losing their lives to the disease. Raising money to combat cancer by furthering research is a big part of the Cancer Council’s Relay for Life, which has been running in Australia since 1999. The third South […]
NEWHAVEN College will host the Independent Schools Arts Learning Festival next week, as it embarks on a regional tour across Victoria. The festival will be held on Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31. The Arts Learning Festival is organised by Independent Schools Victoria, and celebrates the importance of art and creative thinking in education […]