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...
Animals ‘bred for the bullet’
By MELISSA MEEHAN
THEY’RE brought to life, only to be slaughtered for recreation.
Lions, elephants and other animals in the wild are bred into captivity only...
Pensioners find the living ain’t easy
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RETIREES struggling with the rising cost of living aren’t soothed by the recent increase of pension payments.
Some members of Australia’s ageing population...
Rita, the reliever
By BEN CAMERON
She was known as the “town reliever”.
Over 65 years living in Kooweerup, Rita Mathews worked at the butchers, the newsagency, the bakers,...
Scouts do their best
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WITH more than 200 years of service between them, local Scouts members were commended for their dedication to the community at an...
Building futures
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ENVIRONMENTAL sustainability and youth care have come together in an innovative new project at the Kooweerup Community House.
The group is in the...
Sonya’s decades-long contribution to guiding and veterans
PRECEDE
Pakenham’s Sonya Boloski has called Australia home for almost 30 years, but she would be the last person to ever give up her pride...
