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Seachange Festival a Prom Coast attraction
STATEWIDE promotion of the Prom Coast Seachange Festival is expected to result in a big influx of visitors to the district over the weekend of April 8-11 next year, reaping […]
Horticultural Society calendar
AS A practical fundraiser, Welshpool and District Horticultural Society is selling a delightful and handy perpetual desktop calendar graced with photographs of exotic and native flowers, landscapes and fruit taken […]
Plenty of history in Reserve
STONY Creek Reserve is celebrating its 100th birthday by inviting its future to uncover its past. Children from across South Gippsland are being asked to collect memories of the racing […]
Community planning involves students
The ‘Toora/Welshpool & District Community Strengthening Initiative’ is proud to be working in partnership with the Toora Primary School to get local students involved with the current development of the […]
Safe Cycle Month
OCTOBER is Safe Cycle Month. Police across the district have been rewarding young cyclists who they see riding responsibly, by presenting them with wrist bands. They will all go into […]
Yanakie Settlement – reunion and reminiscences
THE development of modern Yanakie as an established dairy district occurred in 1954 when the natural swamps were cleared wholesale, first for a State Government soldier-settlement farm scheme and then […]
Toora celebrates its beautiful new school
THERE will be great celebration next Tuesday, October 26, at the official opening of the multi-million dollar Toora Primary School rebuild. Students and teachers have been enjoying their spacious new […]
New website launched in Foster
‘VICTORIA’S best kept secret! www.foster.vic.au’ proclaim the bumper stickers. And ‘Come for the beauty, stay for the lifestyle www.foster.vic.au’ Showcasing Foster as a great place to live, work and play […]
Kelly’s Surfing Success
Sandy Point teenager Kelly Laity shows the surfing style which secured her second place in the Ocean and Earth Teenage Rampage, presented by Vodaphone with the support of Surfing Victoria, […]
EPA fines Esso over waste storage at Barry Beach
THE EPA has fined Esso Australia nearly $6,000 for incorrect storage of liquid waste at its Barry Beach marine terminal. EPA Gippsland regional manager Elizabeth Radcliffe said two officers inspected […]
Parks Champions take on the Prom
THE collaborative ‘Parks Champions’ program between Parks Victoria and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) is taking place this week (October 11 to 15) at Wilsons Promontory National Park. Parks Victoria Chief […]
1st draft fire plans for coastal towns
PRE-FIRE season, first-draft Township Protection Plan consultations in South Gippsland’s coastal settlements on a weekday during business hours? Sounds a bit strange when not a lot of people are around […]
foster.vic.au – a welcome website
THE brand new website foster.vic.au is already attracting interest, reportedly from as far away as the Congo! The Foster Chamber of Commerce and Industry has built the website, which features […]
Improved service or volunteer insult?
SUDDEN change without prior notification from South Gippsland Shire Council to the booking and coordination arrangements for Corner Inlet’s community car has incensed the Foster Community Car Committee and a […]
Breast Cancer Month’s pretty pink tribute
OCTOBER is Australia’s Breast Cancer Month, a month marked by breast cancer survivors, those who care for them, and by people all over Australia who want to show their support […]
Police News
CAR ACCIDENT AT YANAKIE POLICE are investigating the cause of a single vehicle accident on the Promontory Road at Yanakie on Monday in which a woman was lucky to escape […]
Three new Directors appointed to Council
TWO Victorians and a New Zealander have been appointed to the three new Directors’ positions that have been created by the recent organisational restructure of South Gippsland Shire Council. Council’s […]
Top traffic cop visits Foster
DEPUTY Commissioner (Road Policing) Ken Lay visited Foster last week. The distinguished traffic policeman gave an address to members of the local Rotary Club and their partners at a function […]
Going for rural tourism
WITH South Gippsland Shire Council’s formal endorsement last Wednesday of its Rural Tourism Strategy, a major step forward has been taken to redress the problem of many tourism businesses being […]
Set for an ace tennis season
FOSTER Tennis Club is inviting aspiring tennis players to participate in an Open Day at the courts in Pioneer Street this Sunday, October 3. Come along for a hit from […]
Spring burning starts in Gippsland
THE Department of Sustainability and Environment has commenced its spring burning program with a series of small burns in Gippsland. “Gippsland is a logical area for us to recommence burning […]
C51 helps improve rates income
AFTER the Minister for Planning Justin Madden stopped South Gippsland Shire Council from considering some categories of planning applications in the Farming Zone through imposition of Amendment C48 from May […]
Grant will fund hospital air conditioning
PATIENTS and staff will be more comfortable at South Gippsland Hospital, even on the hottest and coldest days, with the announcement of funding for a new air conditioning system. The […]
Criminal damage in Foster
A 27-YEAR-OLD Foster man was charged on Sunday with burglary and criminal damage. The charges relate to an incident which occurred in Foster late on Saturday or in the early […]
Motorbike accident at Prom
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Melbourne was airlifted to hospital in Melbourne after she came to grief while riding her motorcycle towards Tidal River last Sunday. The woman was rounding a […]
What future for water?
RECENT rains may have eased Gippslanders’ water worries in the short term, but it would be foolhardy not to look at a long-term sustainable water strategy. The grim rainfall statistics […]
100 years of racing and recreation at Stony Creek
THE close-knit Stony Creek community is celebrating a major milestone. One hundred years ago, on September 14, 1910, the Stony Creek Racecourse and Recreation Reserve was gazetted. Now a new […]
A family of Aussies
ANNE-MARIE Joosten of Foster was the sole Citizenship candidate at last Wednesday’s Council meeting. The singular Ceremony was organised by Council to assist with Anne-Marie’s imminent travel requirements. Anne-Marie came […]
Foster’s mail delivery in the family
THE Cardilini family of Fish Creek have taken on the contract for delivering mail and posted parcels in Foster. Son Peter is the person wearing the helmet and delivering mail […]
Genuine help on locality review
THE part-time project officer working on South Gippsland Shire’s Locality Review, Clare Gilmartin, is someone who genuinely wants to help make the process work for people who want to have […]
Two community plans presented
MEENIYAN Community Plan and Poowong Community Plan were presented to South Gippsland Shire Council at a public briefing session last Wednesday and were accompanied by sharply contrasting perceptions from their […]
$478 Fine for drunk in public
IN PEARL Park, Foster, at 10.45pm last Saturday, September 18, police arrested a man for being drunk in a public place. As a result of his actions, the 19-year-old Toora […]
The Year of the Tiger!
2010 turned out to be the year of the Tiger with Foster seniors breaking a 17 year premiership drought when they defeated Stony Creek at Inverloch on Saturday in the […]
Attempted break-in
STAFF of the Foster Community House and Neighbourhood Learning Centre are mystified at the interest being shown in the centre by would-be thieves. They stress that they work for a […]
50-lot subdivision proposed
FOSTER’S next area of urban expansion is moving forward with public advertising and notification of adjoining landowners in relation to a planning application for 50-lot residential subdivision in the town’s […]
Patient transfer faces tyranny of distance
AFTER nine years based at Foster, the vehicle handling the non-emergency transfer of South Gippsland patients moves this week to Wonthaggi. The vehicle transfers non-emergency patients between local hospitals and […]
Foster premiers
Foster, the best performed side of 2010 proved on Saturday that they were the best side all season when they defeated Stony Creek in the grand final at Inverloch in […]
Foster’s Shaun Everington wins AFL’s B&F
FOSTER’ Shaun Everington became the first Foster senior player to win the Alberton Football League’s best and fairest award since Rob Davies was a joint winner in 1984. The 22-year-old […]
The show will go on!
FOSTER will have its show next February. “The show will go on,” said the treasurer of the show society, Amanda Afflitto, shrugging off the lack of a show secretary – […]
Three Burglaries in Foster
POLICE are investigating three burglaries which took place in Foster last weekend. At some stage over the weekend Foster Kindergarten in Pioneer Street was broken into and petty cash stolen. […]
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