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From car headlights to a home for boxing

by Nicholas Duck The Warragul Boxing Club is back on its feet and throwing plenty of punches after moving into its own gym. Now known officially as the Warragul Boxing Gym, located on North Rd, the club has finally found sanctuary after months in...

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Leading the charge off-field

by Emma BallingallAn awkward secret ballot draw was required 21-years ago for Annie van der Heyden to become the first female club president in the Ellinbank and District Football Netball League. Now back for a second stint at Longwarry, Annie isn’t...

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23 Jun 2025
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Housing crisis is urgent and real

by Emma Ballingall The homelessness crisis is urgent, real and here in Baw Baw Shire. As it stands across the shire, more than 130 people are currently experiencing homelessness, some 770 households are facing housing stress and 1000 households are...

Emma Ballingall

16 Jun 2025
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Civic Park fencing rejected - but super park to be considered

The idea of a “super park” was floated after a petition failed to achieve full fencing of the Civic Park playground in Warragul. Despite a last minute plea from lead petitioner Elysha Clarke to deliver “real infrastructure for real families,“ Baw Baw...

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17 Jun 2025
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Drouin members support move

by Nicholas DuckDrouin Football and Netball Clubs are a step closer to potentially joining a new league following a members’ vote last Monday night. Hawks members endorsed the club’s application for a move to the West Gippsland Football Netball...

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30 Jun 2025

Court told financial distress led to cattle fraud offending

The County Court has heard a West Gippsland livestock agent who falsified export cattle documents, was not motivated by greed or an extravagant lifestyle. Nathan Gibbon, 50, of Lardner, pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining financial advantage...

Eagles ease past Cats in reserves

Third-placed Ellinbank were tested by finals hopeful Neerim-Neerim South in the reserves, holding on to win 6-14 (50) to 5-5 (35).The fifth-placed Cats scored two of the first three goals to take an early lead and trailed by just one-point at the...

Bravely breaking down the stigma

by Bonnie CollingsMaggie and Hans Rehorn know the wide-reaching impacts of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) all too well. Their 54 years of marriage have been filled with challenges as they navigated the impacts and trauma of Hans’ Vietnam...

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Legacy lives on in new Holden heritage centre

by Bonnie CollingsVolunteers, special guests and car enthusiasts came together at the Trafalgar Holden Museum on Thursday for the official opening of the Neil Joiner Holden Heritage Centre. Named in honour of museum founder the late Neil Joiner, the...

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Car stolen from hospital

A red vehicle featuring Warragul Trots Club signage stickers as well as a yellow trailer were reported stolen from Logan Park on Sunday night. Police believe the burglary at Warragul Trots Club in Howitt St occurred between 4.30pm on Sunday and 7am...

Bath seeks guarantee for V/Line services

Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath wants a guarantee that Gippsland’s V/Line rail service will be fully reinstated following the current winter shutdown. The Nationals’ member has written to Minister for Public and Active Transport Gabrielle...

Suspended driver crashes car

Suspended drivercrashes carA suspended driver lost control and crashed his vehicle in Princes Way, Warragul on Sunday morning. Police interviewed a 36-year-old Warragul man following the crash between Lardners Trk and Crole Drv at 1.13am. It is...

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Wells aims for 100 in Ellinbank and District footy

by Davyd ReidAll attention in the EDFNL will turn to Longwarry Recreation Reserve on Saturday, as Jason Wells will shoot for his 100th goal of the season. Trying to restrict him from doing so for as long as possible will be Catani. The dynamic Crows...

Drouin members support move

by Nicholas DuckDrouin Football and Netball Clubs are a step closer to potentially joining a new league following a members’ vote last Monday night. Hawks members endorsed the club’s application for a move to the West Gippsland Football Netball...

Spoilers: Alix can play

Warragul’s Alixzander Tauru turned plenty of heads in his second AFL game on Sunday night as he worked his way into St Kilda’s history books. Tauru racked up a whopping 14 spoils during the Saints’ 12-point loss to Fremantle, equalling the highest...

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50 pairs for 50 years

Fifty pairs of steers have been through their first weighing for the 50th anniversary steer trial at Lardner Park. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Lardner Park steer trial, Australia’s only grass-based steer trial. Participating beef...

AgVic’s latest agronomy tool

An early estimation of crop emergence in these challenging, dry winter conditions is an important agronomy tool to later manage canopy density for the season and spring outlook. If plant establishment is poor it can have a major influence on final...

Don’t sacrifice perennial pastures

With good rain across most of Victoria, farmers may be looking to return stock to paddocks following months of containment feeding. Agriculture Victoria livestock and land management extension officer Neil James said returning stock too early may...

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Extensive ceramic collection on display at WAS Gallery

The latest exhibition at the WAS Gallery in Warragul showcases a variety of ceramic pieces from the late Judy Kefford’s private collection. Titled “The Judy Kefford Collection”, the exhibition consists of more than 65 ceramic pieces selected from...

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Performance evening marks 50th anniversary

Marist-Sion College celebrated its 50th anniversary recently with a special performance evening at the West Gippsland Arts Centre. The event brought together past and present staff, students, and community members for an evening of music, memories...

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CJ Finley to perform in Warragul

Variety style entertainer and comedy ventriloquist CJ Finley will return to Community Church Warragul on Friday, July 4 to perform his successful show, “Look Who’s Talking!” A Warragul resident, CJ Finley will make the rare hometown appearance...

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Lecture recital at Yarragon Studio

Drouin pianist Brian Chapman will hold a lecture-recital about Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata at the Yarragon Studio on Sunday, July 6. Beginning at 3pm, the program will begin with a lecture from Brian titled “Grief, Denial and Rage: A personal...

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Flip the script with Ghostlight

Ghostlight Theatre will perform its fundraising revue concert “Miscast Musicals” at Wesley of Warragul on Friday. A revue style concert filled with popular songs from different musicals, “Miscast Musicals” will see 21 local talents take on a song...

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St Paul’s goes back in time

Students goback in timeBy stepping back in time at Old Gippstown, teachers from St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School provided Drouin campus students a unique opportunity to experience life in a bygone era and reflect on how much has changed. Seated at...

Maths mandalas

Year seven students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School have taken a creative approach to mathematics, designing mathematical mandalas as part of a recent ‘Maths in Motion’ lesson. Teachers delivered the lesson to encourage students to explore...

Moot court assists with legal studies

Class of 2006 alumna Jessica Hotchkin returned to St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School for a day to share her knowledge of practising law with VCE legal studies students and selected debating students. Students engaged with Jessica throughout the day as...

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Snapshot of the past

A photograph of busy Williams St in Warragul from November 1967. Taken from the Regent Theatre building, the photograph was taken to illustrate the crowded thoroughfare often referred to as Williams Lane. However, it hasn’t been officially Williams...

Tracks winding through Gippsland

The Old Sale Road, as the Gippsland Track became known, a name which seems to have been used from about 1878 when the railway was coming through Gippsland, was a new route created to follow the line, and the railway lines were carefully surveyed to...

Travelling the Gippsland track

Gippsland was first entered by white people down the Tambo Valley and on to the Gippsland Lakes. From 1835 there were squatters in the Omeo district, and they gradually extended their use of the land down that valley. We’ve talked about that...

The hole beside our road

We have been really lucky this year, in Quamby Rd. We have had two official holes down at the other end, where there is bitumen. The hole men seem to prefer places where there is that black bit in the middle of the road. Let me say at the outset that...

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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...