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Police seek ute driver

Ute driver soughtPolice are seeking information on a blue Ford Falcon reported in Drouin on Friday night. It follows reports of a suspicious person loitering outside a vacant unit in Darnum St at about 11.30pm. Police said the person had left before...

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Plenty of twins for Drouin Secondary’s class of 2030

Twin sets infashionat schoolHaving twins in your year at school is rare, but having four sets of twins in the same year level is more rare! Last week, four sets of twins began year seven at Drouin Secondary College, walking through the school gates...

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04 Feb 2025
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Mason St set to remain open on Friday

A street in Warragul’s central business district is set to be closed on Friday. However, Baw Baw Shire Council said it had not yet approved a traffic management plan which was legally required for the Mason St closure to proceed. Nearby businesses...

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19 Feb 2025
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Defibrillator saves Greg’s life

by Nicholas DuckWhen Moe Tennis Club player Greg Wiggins showed up to play his weekly Saturday competition, he didn’t expect to be leaving in the back of an ambulance. Partway through a match, an irregular heart rhythm sent the 64-year-old crashing...

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04 Feb 2025
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Works continue into March

Disruptions to traffic for a Warragul streetscaping project are set to continue into March. Roadworks began on Queen St in mid-January for the Baw Baw Shire project, which is due to be completed in early March. The ninth and final stage of the...

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12 Feb 2025

Boy robbed and assaulted in Trafalgar

A teenage boy was robbed and assaulted in Trafalgar last Tuesday afternoon. Police believe the 14-year-old may have been the victim of mistaken identity. The boy told police he attended the public toilets in Contingent St at about 4.20pm. It is...

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Mason St set to remain open on Friday

A street in Warragul’s central business district is set to be closed on Friday. However, Baw Baw Shire Council said it had not yet approved a traffic management plan which was legally required for the Mason St closure to proceed. Nearby businesses...

Leonard wants Independents crossbench having balance of power

by Keith AndersonIndependent candidate for Monash Deb Leonard wants to be part of an independents’ crossbench holding balance of power in the next federal government. In her second campaign for the seat and before about 120 supporters that packed the...

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Family first names candidate for Monash

A retired school teacher and principal has been nominated as the Family First party’s candidate in the Monash election. Geoff Dethlefs, who has lived in the electorate for the past 19 years, and his wife taught in schools in New South Wales...

Police seek ute driver

Ute driver soughtPolice are seeking information on a blue Ford Falcon reported in Drouin on Friday night. It follows reports of a suspicious person loitering outside a vacant unit in Darnum St at about 11.30pm. Police said the person had left before...

Boy robbed and assaulted in Trafalgar

A teenage boy was robbed and assaulted in Trafalgar last Tuesday afternoon. Police believe the 14-year-old may have been the victim of mistaken identity. The boy told police he attended the public toilets in Contingent St at about 4.20pm. It is...

The Warragul and Drouin Gazette

Mason St set to remain open on Friday

A street in Warragul’s central business district is set to be closed on Friday. However, Baw Baw Shire Council said it had not yet approved a traffic management plan which was legally required for the Mason St closure to proceed. Nearby businesses...

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Crit success for cycling club

The Warragul Cycling Club’s second Friday night criterium in February was successfully held on the Endeavor Street circuit in Warragul. The brainchild of local cyclist Brett Kennedy, the concept is gaining traction with cyclists from across the...

Bowls & Croquet

Warragul bowls

Two Warragul teams will head into week two of Saturday finals after one won and one loss in the semis. Division four: Warragul (2) lost to Longwarry (2) 72/85Brian Kennedy, Lyn Morrison, Linda McCoy and David Gatewood (skip) lost 20/26. Ian Belling...

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Neerim District bowls

The first week of Saturday pennant finals was played in cold, wet and windy conditions on Saturday. Despite the weather, Neerim District’s top team won to progress to the preliminary final. However, the club’s division six players had a loss which...

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Ask questions before upgrading equipment

Seasonal conditions have led to a shortage of stock water across most of Victoria which has renewed interest in constructing farm dams, and the addition of pumps, bores, tanks, troughs and piping. Farmers are advised to ask some important questions...

Maintain cover to protect soils

Isolated dust storms recently are a reminder of how fragile some of our soils are. They are also a good reminder there is still time to prevent this damage by de-stocking more vulnerable areas of the farm. While dust storms contain mostly mineral...

Get it right - is it fit to load?

It’s important to remember, if you are the person in charge of an animal it is your responsibility for its welfare. Community values and expectations will not accept anything less. It always pleases me when someone reaches out to ask, ‘is this...

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A journey of discovery at the Yarragon Studio Festival

The Yarragon Studio Festival is once again set to take audiences on a journey of discovery and entertainment on Sunday, March 2. Held across three locations, this edition of the festival will focus on a selection of talented performing artists, well...

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Learn to tango in Yarragon

Gippsland Tango has a new foundation class program available for anyone looking to kick-start their tango journey. Designed for people new to Argentine tango and those who haven’t danced in a while, the aim of the beginner class program is to provide...

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Classical and Czech chamber music at WOW

Drouin pianist Brian Chapman will be joined by violinist Susan Pierotti and cellist Rosanne Hunt at Wesley of Warragul on Saturday, March 8 for a varied program of chamber music. Beginning at 3pm, the program will range from the traditional, formal...

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In paint instead of clay

WAS Gallery resident potter Gary McPhedran, has left the clay to dry for a while, producing a collection of drawings and paintings for his solo exhibition “Some Men”.The images he draws are similar to those he paints on his pottery, friezes of...

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February at BBAA

Baw Baw Arts Alliance member and Warragul Camera Club president Russell Monson was recently awarded “TDFS best work of art” in the BBAA exhibition “Wonder of Mt Worth” at the Station Gallery in Yarragon. The awards were judged by Trafalgar and...

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Pies treat for Ellinbank

Students all around the region were in for a treat on Tuesday when Collingwood Football Club players visited Baw Baw schools as part of their Community Camp. The Magpies headed to 24 primary and secondary schools across the region, answering...

Storytime a hit at Drouin

Storytime ahit at DrouinStories, songs and craft were a featurewhen Storytime returned to Drouin Library in 2025. Aimed at pre-schoolers, the popular program is a great way to introduce youngsters to the library and reading in a fun and engaging...

Leaders of the future

Senior students at Nilma Primary School were presented with their student leadership badges at a special assembly marking the beginning of the new school year..The school community came together for the presentation, with Member for Narracan Wayne...

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Snapshot of the past

A photograph of Drouin nurse Kate Ethel Hearn standing outside her home “Thorney” at 144 Princes Way in the early 1900s. Kate opened “Thorney” - located opposite the primary school site - as a private hospital. Kate was born in St Arnaud in 1878 to...

Snapshot of the past

Jim Fitzpatrick’s 1944 series of photos of Drouin includes two of women from the Women’s Land Army working at the Drouin Flax Mill. In 1942 Australia’s farmers were struggling. The countryside emptied as young men enlisted to fight in the war and...

The single copper wire

Most of us know about the Overland Telegraph between Adelaide and Darwin. We don’t all realise that it was built in three stages, beginning with the middle section for some reason I have never found out. The contractors had to deal with a lack of...

Snapshot of the past - 1944 Drouin: A Small Town at War

This ‘staged’ photograph from the ‘1944 Drouin: A Small Town at War’ collection of photos taken by Jim Fitzpatrick, shows Arthur Holmes the Chairman of the War Agricultural Committee for Central Gippsland with its headquarters in Drouin. The photo...

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Is the cost of car ownership on the rise in Australia?

You need to spend money to make money – there’s no avoiding it. Whether it’s paying your rent or mortgage to keep your housing, paying for groceries each week, for your phone bill, your power bill, your gas bill, most of the expenses that...