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Smash and grab targets motorbikes

A Warragul business was disappointed after seven motorbikes were stolen in a targeted smash and grab on Wednesday morning. Police believe at least five people were involved in the Queen St burglary at 1.30am. They said a white Haval SUV pulled up to...

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Record breaking A Girls’ Day Out

by Yvette BrandA record breaking $158,000 was raised at the annual A Girls’ Day Out event on Saturday, when 700 women gathered at Lardner Park for a day set in the Greek Islands with a Mamma Mia theme. The community’s generosity again overwhelmed the...

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02 Jun 2025
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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...

Emma Ballingall

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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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...

Emma Ballingall

Drought support expanded

On-farm drought infrastructure grants are now available as part of the State Government’s drought support packages. The program, managed by Rural Finance, makes available co-contribution grants of $5000 for all primary producers across 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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Help feed the need this winter

As winter sets in across the region, Baw Baw Food Relief is asking the community to help support local families facing food insecurity. Baw Baw Food Relief volunteers will be at the Palmerston St kiosk in Warragul on Saturday accepting donations for...

Smash and grab targets motorbikes

A Warragul business was disappointed after seven motorbikes were stolen in a targeted smash and grab on Wednesday morning. Police believe at least five people were involved in the Queen St burglary at 1.30am. They said a white Haval SUV pulled up to...

Cardinia adopts budget- $74m capital works

A three per cent rate rise in line with the State Government rates cap and a $74 million capital works program were part of the final budget adopted by Cardinia Shire Council last week. The budget is the new council’s first budget and strives to...

New leaders for Drouin Rotary

Rotarians Ian Bennett and Russell Ford will share leadership of Drouin Rotary Club for the upcoming year. At the club’s annual changeover dinner last week, which marked the end of Michael Kelleher’s term as president, Ian and Russell were installed...

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Sixty years since success

Efforts to organise a 60-year reunion of Warragul premiership players are underway. Barry Davies, now living in Boronia, was a member of the Gulls’ victorious fourths side in 1965 and is hoping to meet up with some of his old teammates six decades...

Rovers face reigning premier in Mid Gippsland footy

by Rob Popplestone Local teams are travelling to South Gippsland for round 11 of Mid Gippsland football, with Hill End taking on reigning premiers Fish Creek and Thorpdale facing a fork in the road match at Toora. Fish Creek v Hill End It’s top...

Locals hit the big time

by Nicholas DuckWarragul’s footballing talent was on display on the weekend as locals Alixzander Tauru and Jasper Alger both made their AFL debuts. Tauru was in action on Saturday night for St Kilda, while Alger played on Sunday afternoon for...

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Helping Victorian farmer access interstate fodder

Importers looking to bring fodder into Victoria from interstate can go through Agriculture Victoria to apply for a Plant Biosecurity Permit (PBP) to ensure biosecurity risks are properly managed. Agriculture Victoria is providing a free service to...

Manage the biosecurity risks of agistment

If you’re considering agisting cattle on your property alongside your own herd or sending your stock for agistment elsewhere, taking some simple precautions may help avoid the risk of a costly disease outbreak. There are three main considerations to...

Weather and costs a concern for dairy

The latest Dairy Australia Situation and Outlook report revealed better product returns and tighter milk production will support higher farmgate milk prices for the upcoming season. However, high operating costs will continue to challenge...

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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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Wildlife up close in “Wild Encounters in Kenya” exhibition

An exhibition of photographs captured by Jodie Hemingway is currently on display at the Station Gallery in Yarragon. Titled “Wild Encounters in Kenya” the exhibition features a collection of wildlife photography captured while Jodie was on safari in...

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Celebrating 10 years of the GSO

by Bonnie CollingsContinuing its 10th anniversary year celebrations, Gippsland Symphony Orchestra will take audiences on another stunning musical journey this Sunday at the West Gippsland Arts Centre. The second concert in the “Symphonic Journeys”...

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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...

West Gippsland Debutante Ball

The West Gippsland Debutante Ball saw 114 participants presented to family, friends and official guests at Lardner Park recently. The were presented to Gary and Fritha Blackwood, David Hobbs, Louis Patterson, Hayden Susigan and Emily Lace. They had...

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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...

Snapshot of the past

A photograph of the Longwarry Scout Hall in Collett St c1969. The town once had a prolific scout pack, producing no less than five Queen Scouts. However, it is the story of the community banding together to build this scout hall which stands...

Old dogs and good mates

It is the night of January 15. More correctly, it is 30 minutes into January 16, and I am sitting on the roofed deck at the back of my house listening to the grumbling thunder, enjoying the lightning and enjoying even more the sound of the occasion...

Snapshot of the past

A sketch by early Drouin South settler Franklin Jackson of his property “Ferntree” on Weebar Rd, dated 1876. Franklin Jackson arrived at Drouin South in 1874, leaving a selection at Nar Nar Goon. An extract from “Buln Buln” by Graeme Butler tells of...

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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...