Meet with neighbours and be fire aware

MEET with your neighbours and a knowledgeable, friendly representative from your local Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigade to learn what to do before as well as on those bad fire […]

Service clubs look forward to Promontory Market’s return

THE Rotary Club of Foster and the Toora Lions Club are looking forward to the return of the Promontory Produce and Craft Market that will take place in a COVID-safe […]

Local business gift vouchers are best local presents

A LOCAL gift voucher really is quite the best local present to give and to be given, especially during this year’s festive season. Not only may the lucky receiver select […]

Lucky escape last Saturday

House, silage cart saved from fire

QUICK thinking and decisive action on behalf of a Foster resident and a nearby neighbour, as well the rapid turnout of local Country Fire Authority brigades, meant that a house […]

Shire says Franklin River Reserve stays shut to campers

THE Franklin River Reserve will stay shut to campers despite pressure and repeated requests from the Corner Inlet district community and local groups to allow at least local people and […]

Organisational Performance Report

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s latest meeting saw a number of critical items discussed.  One of those items included the Organisational Performance Report. The report reflects on the July to September […]

Book Sale 2021

 FRIENDS of Corner Inlet Libraries (FOCIL) are pleased to announce their summer Book Sale will take place at Foster War Memorial Arts Centre on January 8 & 9, 2021. Donations […]

Ten-kilometre fence creates Prom “sanctuary”

– “A Galapagos of our own” WILSONS Promontory National Park will become a world-unique, 50,000-hectare native flora and fauna sanctuary when a 10-kilometre-long predator-proof fence is built from coast to […]

Functioning, contented lives are mental health counsellor’s aim

HELPING people of all ages to lead well-functioning and contented lives is the main aim for newly-appointed South Gippsland Hospital Mental Health Counsellor and Psychotherapist Karen Santos. Karen began her […]

Prom Coast Festival – (March 5-8, 2021) IS GOING AHEAD

AS 2020 draws to a close (and most of us will agree good riddance) and we can all start enjoying seeing family and friends again,  the volunteer Bi Annual Prom […]

Caring a common link between retiring and new Prom Country Aged Care CEOs

CARING in a practical way for people young and old in all sorts of circumstance is the common link between Prom Coast Aged Care’s retiring chief executive officer Justin Wightman and […]

Community reaps friendship at Yanakie Grow, Gather, Share shed

MEMBERS of the Yanakie community are reaping not only freshly harvested and made home produce at the Yanakie Grow, Gather, Share shed in Millar Road but also new and lasting friendships, […]

Police Operation Compass checking drivers on regional roads

RECENT relaxing of metropolitan COVID-19 restrictions has prompted Victoria Police to launch Operation Compass state-wide in response to expected high volumes of traffic on regional roads over three consecutive weekends. Last […]

Opening up of Victoria

Foster and Toora Medical Centres IT is with a heady mixture of relief and joy that we celebrate the continuing reopening up of Victoria as a result of an impressive […]

Shire audit and risk committee reports to panel

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s independent audit and risk committee reported on its 2019/2020 activities and findings to the municipality’s administration panel at a public virtual briefing held on Wednesday October […]

Fish Creek CBD WiFi hub “all up by Christmas”

A HUB supplying free WiFi throughout Fish Creek’s central business district will be “all up by Christmas”, according to Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival Committee president Marge Arnup and technologically […]

Shire COVID-19 Community Support Package

GRANTS from South Gippsland Shire Council are still available to eligible community groups and service providers through the municipality’s COVID-19 Community Support Package. About a quarter of the $2 million-worth of […]

Dress up your letterbox for Foster’s 150th

HOUSEHOLDERS and residents from throughout the Foster mail district are invited to dress up their letterbox just for fun as well as for the chance to win a prize during November […]

Larger than Life

 YARRAM has another wonderful mural to add to the other 17 works already completed by Mongolian born, Melbourne based street artist, Heesco Khosnaran. The larger than life portrait on the […]

John’s service recognised …

TO coincide with his milestone birthday last week, Foster Cemetery Trust took the opportunity to show Volunteer John Taylor their appreciation for his extraordinary contribution to the workings of the […]

Petition to call for shire action on climate change

A PETITION with more than 2000 signatures calling on South Gippsland Shire Council for urgent action on climate change will be presented to the municipality’s administration panel at its ordinary meeting on […]

Medical Precinct Coronavirus update

Foster and Toora Medical Centres THE numbers are coming down and the restrictions are finally being relaxed. It has been a long hard lockdown which we know our city friends […]

Breast cancer silhouettes show support and pay tribute

A FIELD of pink and blue silhouettes has been established in front of the South Gippsland Hospital Community Health Centre in Foster to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month during October. The silhouettes […]

Glad-hearted queue outside Foster’s reopened Little Opp Shop

KEEN browsers and prospective customers had formed a glad-hearted queue even before the front door of Foster’s Little Opp Shop at the Pearl Park end of Main Street reopened for […]

Shire to start Toora boat ramp jetty repairs next week

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council plans to start repairs to the jetty beside theToora boat ramp on Corner Inlet next week. The jetty and its associated pontoon is currently closed to […]

The Show Must Go On … Line

IT is with great disappointment that we announce that the 2021 Foster & District Show planned for Saturday, February 27 will not go ahead as a normal show. Concerns about […]

CEO movements at Prom Country Aged Care

Announcement of Resignation of PCAC CEO It is with regret that the Board of Management of Prom Country Aged Care (PCAC) wishes to announce the resignation of Justin Wightman, our […]

Wellbeing packs posted to college students

WELLBEING packs full of health information and resources, plus a few special treats, are being posted to the home of every Foster Secondary College student, thanks to a $5000 South […]

Precinct Coronavirus Update

Foster and Toora Medical Centres OPTIMISM. Quiet optimism is creeping back as the numbers decline.  Relief. And relief that the harsh measures imposed seem at this stage to be working.  Who […]

Ensure PCAC’s future in your will

PROM Country Aged Care has just launched its new Bequest Program and is asking the people of the Corner Inlet district to ensure PCAC’s future by remembering the community-based facility […]

Yarram woman dies after road crash at Foster

A 60-year-old Yarram woman died while being airlifted to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after the car she was driving crashed on the South Gippsland Highway at Foster on Friday […]

Shire announces 20 leadership program people

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has announced the names and postcodes of the 20 people chosen to take part in the 2020 Community Leadership Program. Selected from a field of 36 […]

Members announced for new South Gippsland Advisory Groups

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council would like to congratulate the newly appointed members of the Economic Development Strategy Advisory Group (EDSAG) and the Visitor Economy Strategy Advisory Group (VESAG). These recently […]

EXTENDED LOCKDOWN MEASURES

AS Father’s Days go, this one wasn’t one filled with good news on the COVID front.  It wasn’t a great surprise that the government extended lockdown measures, as the numbers […]

Shire community asset committees start

COMMUNITY asset committees and their membership have now started managing South Gippsland Shire’s public facilities such as halls, recreation reserves, an art gallery, showgrounds, and a museum; all previously run by […]

Twenty chosen for shire leadership program

TWENTY  people have been chosen from a field of 36 applicants for a place in the South Gippsland Shire Council’s 2020/2021 Community Leadership Program. The shire’s administration panel voted to endorse […]

Wild storm claims shop windows, fences, trees, power lines

SHORT in duration but particularly wild, the storm that swept through the Corner Inlet district last Thursday August 27, 2020 claimed shop windows along Toora’s Stanley Street as well as […]

Free cloth masks at SGH Community Health Centre

REUSABLE face masks from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are now available at the South Gippsland Hospital Community Health Centre in Foster. A washable black cloth mask […]

Present strategy working

Foster and Toora Medical Centres A FRIEND said that life is a little in grey monochrome at present. It certainly is. The colour and vibrancy of normal life is harder to find […]