Mirror news
Foster-Tidal bus recommendations
SOUTH Gippsland’s Transport Connections Advisory Committee is recommending to the Department of Transport that the summer bus service between Foster and Tidal River be continued on a permanent basis for […]
Hospital helipads
A PLANNING Panel convened to consider submissions made in relation to a planning scheme amendment sought by the Department of Health to secure helicopter flight access to the helipad serving […]
Plans underway for Port Welshpool’s Long Jetty
DEPUTY Premier and Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan has announced that the Victorian Coalition Government is committing $300,000 towards detailed planning for the redevelopment of the Port Welshpool Long […]
Police report
Cattle Truck Rollover POLICE from Foster, Leongatha and the Traffic Management Unit at Wonthaggi attended the scene of a truck rollover on the Tarwin-Buffalo Road last Wednesday. It was about […]
Shellcott Road petition
A PETITION signed by 41 people requesting a priority resurfacing [re-sheeting] of Shellcott Road Yanakie on grounds of safety will be submitted to South Gippsland Shire Council at its February […]
Children’s Hub approaching ‘the sharp end’
LAST Monday, South Gippsland Shire Projects Coordinator Shelley Fixter described the under-construction Corner Inlet Children’s Hub in Pioneer Street Foster as “approaching the sharp end”, which was “very exciting”. She […]
Campdrafters generosity continues
SINCE their commencement in 1995, the annual Yanakie campdrafts have raised enough profits to allow Yanakie Campdraft Association to donate a total of $30,000 back to the local community, with […]
Police report
BREAK-IN POLICE are seeking witnesses who may have seen a suspicious car or person in the vicinity of a house at 55 Ameys Track Foster (located south of the former […]
Sustainability Strategy – final say
THE final chance to make comments in support of, for fine-tuning or criticising South Gippsland Shire’s first Sustainability Strategy ends on Monday February 28. Council’s Sustainability Planner Christine Hamilton said […]
Passion and pursuits at Foster Show
If you have been considering entering Foster Show with anything ranging from a jar of tasty homemade preserves to a classy computer graphic, an inspiring invention, a showy pot plant, […]
Meeniyan sewerage scheme nears completion
THE heavy rains and flooding that have ravaged much of the state in recent times have left South Gippsland largely unscathed. While parts of the state received between 100ml and […]
Back to school in 2011
FISH CREEK & DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL A TOTAL of 106 students began the school year at Fish Creek last Friday, including 16 prep students enjoying their first day of school. […]
Road safety upgrade for South Gippsland Highway
WORK starts this week on a series of road safety upgrades along the South Gippsland Highway from east of Bena to Meeniyan. VicRoads Acting Regional Director Harvey Dinelli said the […]
South Gippsland Water good ‘NABERS’
IT IS official! South Gippsland Water are good NABERS. NABERS is the National Australian Built Environment Rating System, and SGW head office at 14-18 Pioneer Street in Foster recently received […]
CFAs Mick Dorling is Citizen of the Year
LONG-TIME Fish Creek CFA volunteer Mick Dorling received the ultimate community accolade of Corner Inlet Citizen of the Year in the Australia Day celebrations at Foster last Wednesday. Mick was […]
New CEO for Prom Country Aged Care
THE board of Prom Country Aged Care (PCAC), which comprises Banksia Lodge in Foster and Prom View Lodge at Toora, has appointed a new chief executive officer, Claire Schmierer. Ms […]
Make a health pitstop at Foster Show
THERE will be a strong focus on men’s health at the forthcoming Foster Show on Saturday February 26, with South Gippsland Hospital Community Health Centre running the Pitstop Men’s Health […]
Prize money and prestige for Rural Ambassadors
THE search is on for young people to represent Foster and District Show in the Rural Ambassador Awards. It’s a great opportunity and there is only until February 14 to […]
District scores highly in sports funding
THE very sporty State Minister for Sport and Recreation, Hugh Delahunty, visited South Gippsland last Wednesday and announced funding for a variety of projects keenly sought by local sporting clubs. […]
Fay is South Gippsland Citizen of the Year
STONY Creek dairy farmer Fay Sinclair is the 2011 South Gippsland Shire Citizen of the Year. The announcement was made at a gala awards ceremony in the Leongatha Memorial Hall […]
Life Aquatic opens with a splash
THE second annual Life Aquatic exhibition opened with a splash last Sunday at Foster’s Stockyard Gallery. The inaugural Life Aquatic exhibition last year was such a success it was held […]
Local students thrilled with tertiary offers
TERTIARY offers were made early last week to many of the thousands of students who sat for their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) last year. The Year 12 class of […]
Police news
PENALTIES FOR POOR DRIVING POLICE have continued to be very busy issuing penalty notices to drivers in the district over the holiday period. Penalty notices have been issued for numerous […]
Local face for hospital CEO
ACCOUNTANT Peter Rushen, who has lived in Corner Inlet full time for the last 10 years plus a further 18 years part time before that, has been appointed as South […]
Post-fire Prom looking good
THE walking track to Tongue Point, a popular destination for walkers in Wilsons Promontory National Park, re-opened earlier this month, following reconstruction work in the wake of the massive fire […]
Quieter week for local business
PARTLY due to the wet weather and partly due to more people returning to work after the Christmas-New Year holiday peak, business noticeably quietened down around the district last week. […]
Police report
Firm action on neighbourhood disturbance AT 3.10AM last Sunday police were called to Dutton Street, Toora, in relation to another complaint of a noisy party at this residence. Police have […]
Busiest summer ever in Prom district?
VISITORS have flocked to the district in recent weeks, creating new sales records for local businesses, particularly food retailers. “It’s been enormous!” said Joe Bucello, proprietor of Foster Foodworks supermarket. […]
Star studded performance
The annual Foster Football Club’s “Biggest Night Ever” cabaret lived up to expectations on Saturday night with 550 people attending to hear rock legends Wilbur Wilde and Joe Camilleri strut […]
Police news
Police kept busy as summer population swells POLICE have been kept busy over the summer period with an influx of holidaymakers into the district creating extra traffic on local roads […]
Corner Inlet at its sparkling best
Articles supplied directly by the Mirror. Therefore, the page numbers this article refer to the Mirror newspaper. IT NEVER rains but it pours. So the saying goes, and so has […]
Local expertise at SEJ Sandy Point
THE arrival of Diane Casbolt to the role of holiday rental manager in the SEJ Real Estate team brings with it the promise of local expertise for holidaymakers at Sandy […]
Bonzer book sale
BOTH new and well-read books will be laid out for bargain hunters on a hall full of trestle tables at the traditionally bonzer summer book sale held by Friends of […]
Fire danger fizzles as the rain keeps falling
WELL into the first official month of summer and there is as yet no sign of fire restrictions coming into force on private land. If the wet conditions persist, the […]
Season’s greetings from The Mirror
WHAT happens to you at Christmas? Yule be happy! Ho, Ho, ho! It’s Christmas time again, a time traditionally of good cheer, when people get together in a spirit of […]
Access Youth Clinic seeks support
‘Access’ youth clinic is a bulk-billed medical service that operates on Mondays from 1.30pm-5.30pm at 1st floor, 3 Lyon Street Leongatha and is specifically set up for young people to […]
Police news
Boot rider injured in beach accident A YOUNG man sustained serious injuries after he fell from the boot lid of a moving vehicle on the beach at Sandy Point last […]
Farmers’ market with Christmas cheer
CHRISTMAS is being celebrated at the Prom Country Farmers’ Market this Saturday, December 18. The market will be having lucky customer raffles at its regular monthly event held at the […]
Hub vision
A SERIES of workshops is being held to set up Corner Inlet Children’s Hub so that it functions in a way that truly integrates its delivery of services to families […]
Swimming win for Waratah House
GREY skies, a cool wind and intermittent showers notwithstanding, Foster Primary School held its inter-house swimming sports at Foster pool last Friday. Parents and teachers rugged up to run the […]
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