Love and kisses in the Wren World You don’t have to go haring off into the bush to see really interesting things happening in the bird world. A while back I was watching the test cricket. Because nothing had happened for a couple of hours my attention wandered, and

The first cab off the ranks in our previews of the 2025 West Gippsland football and netball seasons are last year’s senior’s footy grand final winners, the ever-resilient Fish Creek Kangaroos. The Fish Creek Kangaroos will kick off the 2025 campaign by unfurling the senior premiership flag during

The Foster U15s are through to the finals after a rain interrupted match against Leongatha Town/Koonwarra LRSL which resulted in a win for Foster. LK were 5-82 and Foster 2-166. Pedlow opened for LK and made a tidy 33 runs before being caught by Gee at mid on. Lund

A misty morning did not deter attendees to Toora’s Pear Party last weekend. The annual event is held in the Toora Heritage Pear Orchard park on Mill Street, and seems to be going from strength to strength with as yet unconfirmed record numbers turning out for a fun day

Overnight storms did not deter owners of a healthy mix of classic and collector cars from turning out at the annual Fish Creek Show n Shine last weekend. It was still firm under foot, so with no chance of bogging down, everything from a split window Morris Minor to a

The housing crisis is pushing increasing numbers of single and older women in Gippsland into unstable living situations, with experts warning the problem is largely invisible but rapidly worsening. The Grattan Institute’s latest analysis reveals alarming statistics, with nearly 80 percent of single retired women who rent privately living

Meeniyan residents and businesses are demanding answers from Telstra as a significant phone outage enters its second week, despite the telecommunications giant claiming the issue was resolved. The outage has severely impacted local businesses, with Lyrebird Arts Council unable to process ticket sales and taking IOUs at the Cash Savage