Top priority… clean water
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WHEN natural disasters rip through communities across the world, people have to deal with much more than just rebuilding their homes.
Vital drinking...
Shingles virus still a mystery
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WHEN Annette Bate started experiencing intense pain in her leg and foot, she thought she had a sciatic injury and saw a...
Two decades of Viewing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IT was back to school for the Berwick VIEW Club as they celebrated their 20th anniversary on Monday 15 September.
The strong, all-women...
Supreme champ on show
By BEN CAMERON
After nearly three decades of exhibiting, four Cardinia dairy farmers have taken out a prestigious award at the Royal Melbourne Dairy Show.
A...
Gippsland… Salt of the earth
By DARBY BUTTLER-REID
BERNARD Salt, internationally renowned demographer, said that Gippsland - and Pakenham in particular - is full of endless possibilities.
Mr Salt presented the...
College open to landscaping
By BEN CAMERON
COMMUNITY College Gippsland is open to working with Cardinia Shire Council on certain projects which require horticulture expertise.
The Pakenham Gazette revealed last...
Hardy’s… an unauthorised story
By GARRY HOWE
INTERVIEWING Darrell Hardy is a tough gig.
Not that he is rude or arrogant.
Quite the opposite - he is so bloody humble and...
Time for change on rooms
By MELISSA MEEHAN
FEMALE umpires and netballers get changed in their cars before matches at Chandler Reserve in Avonsleigh.
The awkward situation isn’t their choice,...
Little Aths bogged down
By MELISSA MEEHAN
DEEP puddles and poor drainage means Cockatoo’s little athletes can’t use the whole track in the early months of their season.
As...
Yakkerboo! The circus is coming
By BEN CAMERON
The 39th annual Yakkerboo Festival will return on 18 and 19 April next year but this time around with a circus theme.
“There...
Firies keep watch on house fires
By BEN CAMERON
THE number of preventable house fires in the Cardinia Shire have nearly halved over the past year.
Unattended cooking is one of the...
Nowhere to run for wildlife
By BEN CAMERON
AN EMERALD wildlife carer has urged Cardinia Shire Council to do more to protect local fauna as urban areas within the region...
Greater horror: southeast firefighters face the fire beast
Victoria is battling major blazes as catastrophic fire danger unleashes a fierce, fast-moving threat across multiple districts, forcing southeast brigades into the fight.
Hundreds of...
