THE CFA will be holding a community bushfire exercise in Sandy Point this weekend. CFA’s Ivan Smith will be facilitating the exercise in the Waratah Beach Surf Lifesaving Club on [...]
PRUE Fleming’s invaluable contribution to the community was recognised during the Australia Day celebrations at Foster, when she was announced as the Corner Inlet Citizen of the Year 2012. Prue’s [...]
A BOAT carrying seven people struck trouble attempting to negotiate the entrance to Shallow Inlet last Tuesday. The seven on board the four metre boat, all aged about 14 to [...]
RAIN or shine, business has been booming across the Promontory district this summer, with food outlets doing particularly well. Rick Bromley of Bromleys on Main Café in Main Street, Foster, [...]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is introducing an annual hard waste collection service for residential properties, following requests from the community. “The process will differ from what many might consider a [...]
LOCAL history will play a large part in this year’s Australia Day celebrations on Thursday in Foster. A display of books depicting and detailing the history of towns around the [...]
A GRASS fire on a property between Foster and Fish Creek last Friday served as a timely warning of the especial danger posed this summer by fires of this nature. [...]
Opinion is divided on the appropriateness of a townhouse development proposed for the popular local seaside resort of Sandy Point. The owner of the local caravan park, Chris Cope, is [...]
THE annual festival of all things marine and coastal, ‘Summer by the Sea,’ began at the start of January and continues until January 22. Run by the Department of Sustainability [...]
DEPUTY Premier and Member for Gippsland South this week announced $55,000 in funding to improve safety at Stony Creek Racecourse. The funding includes $27,500 from the state government with the [...]
HARD work has paid off for local students who studied the VCE this year, with some excellent results in the mix. Results, including an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) for [...]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is distributing a total of $186,650 in community grants in the first round of the 2011-12 program. Chief Executive Officer Tim Tamlin looked out over a [...]
THE Foster sub-branch of the RSL reached the membership figure of 147 last Friday. This is a massive and relatively sudden increase since January 1 of this year, which at [...]
FURIOUS Foster business owners are vowing to seek compensation from Telstra following the sudden and prolonged loss of their internet service. The internet went down without warning at about two [...]
The summer swimming season has officially begun at Foster Swimming Pool – so here’s hoping for some summer weather! All this week Foster Primary School is running water safety classes [...]
GENEROUS pledges totalling $6 million have given a massive boost to the campaign to restore the Port Welshpool Long Jetty. Leading the backers is the member for Gippsland South and [...]
“THIS is a really positive news story for the Corner Inlet area,” said Cr Kieran Kennedy, as South Gippsland Shire Council gave wholehearted support to the Corner Inlet Tourism Development [...]
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is giving consideration to a bold tourism proposal that could shape the future of Corner Inlet. Council will discuss the Corner Inlet Tourism Development Project as [...]
REGIONAL Development Victoria (RDV) will host a community meeting next Monday, November 28, to update the Corner Inlet community on the work and findings of the Long Jetty Project Control [...]
FIRE razed a 100-year-old farmhouse to the ground in Grip Road, Toora last Friday. Owned by Ian and Chris Dubignon, the house was tenanted by their son and daughter-in-law, who [...]
A generous pledge of $300,000 from The James Charitable Trust has given a welcome boost to the Prom Country Aged Care (PCAC) building project. President of the PCAC committee of [...]
FOSTER Community Association is calling for volunteers to carry out projects to improve the town and surrounding area. At the launch of the Foster Community Plan 2011 at the Exchange [...]
THE publication of a public notice in this week’s Mirror signals that a measure of progress has been made in the long, involved process to get all-tide access for small [...]
PORT Franklin, Toora, Welshpool, Port Welshpool, Mt Best, Agnes, Hedley – there will soon be a guide for land use and urban design in these towns and localities in the [...]
IF some local dairy farmers have their way, there could soon be an automated local weather station providing information specific to the Tarwin Valley. This is one of the ideas [...]
RED carpet, not red tape – an increasing focus on customer service. That, said chief executive officer Tim Tamlin, is what the shire council is aiming for. Mr Tamlin was [...]
FOLLOWING the dismissal of its transfer station contractors on October 7, South Gippsland Shire Council has moved swiftly to ensure that the community’s domestic and commercial waste disposal requirements continue [...]
AUSTRALIAN Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, heralded it as “a big green day for Australia,” but the dairy industry has largely seen red over the successful passage of the Clean [...]
THE high rainfall over the last year has left the bush sodden in many areas, reducing the risk of forest fires this summer. A far greater danger is posed by [...]
AS THE Royal Melbourne Show (September 24 – October 4) draws to a close this week, preparations are ramping up for the Corner Inlet district’s own show. The 2012 Foster [...]
CHANNEL 9’s ‘Today Show’ helped put Toora on the map last Wednesday, beaming the national weather forecast out around the nation with weather presenter Steve Jacobs live from Toora Tourist [...]
IN RECOGNITION of the crucial role Wilsons Promontory National Park plays in attracting visitors to South Gippsland, the State Government is giving Gippsland’s peak tourism body, Destination Gippsland, funding of [...]
THE focus was on Fish Creek last Wednesday, when triple celebrations were held at the primary school. Fish Creek and District Primary School, to give the school its full title, [...]
THE excitement is palpable across the district with the imminent reopening of the southern section of Wilsons Promontory National Park, including Tidal River and many of the most popular walks. [...]
“THE Foster community is a great community, and it can only improve. Let us all help it do so,” says Larry Giddy. The president of Foster Community Association is calling [...]
THE culmination of the 2011 Alberton Football and Netball League grand finals saw seven clubs come away with premierships with close and exciting matches in all grades. In front of [...]
A BREEZE and a burst of sunshine last Thursday heralded a new and much anticipated beginning for Port Anthony. Speaking on site, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural [...]
FOSTER footballer Shaun Everington won the 2011 Alberton Football League senior best and fairest award and Peter Moore medal for the second year running when votes were counted at the [...]
THERE was great community celebration in Foster on Monday with the official opening of the Prom Coast Centre for Children. Several of the speakers remarked on the huge community effort [...]
Senator Collins took the opportunity of her visit to Corner Inlet to tour the site of another major winner in South Gippsland Shire of federal government largesse through its stimulus [...]
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