Prom Coast News

Well known former Buffalo pastoralist, Maria Bell, was on hand at Federation Square in the second week of November proudly supporting her 19 year old grandson, Charlie Bell, who along with 373 fellow bagpipers were attempting to blast their way to a new mass piping world record.

It was a big winter for the Foster Tigers, and it looks like summer will be a cracker too, with tiger snake sightings hotting up across the Prom Coast. South Gippsland Snake Catcher, Todd McWilliams, has already been out and about relocating snakes so far this spring.

When two local choirs combine for a Christmas Concert, it's very exciting! So don't miss Bass Coast Chorale (BCC) and the South Gippsland Singers (SGS) when they present ‘Sing We Now’ at Wonthaggi on Saturday 29 November at 2pm, and at Leongatha on Sunday 30 November, also at 2pm.

It was a very wet and muddy day visiting the Little Oberon Gallery & Café in Fish Creek. The rain has been relentless these past few weeks and walking into Little Oberon, I was met with a warm smell and welcoming ambiance.

Ocean Vuong knows reference. There’s enough in The Emperor of Gladness, to fiction, music, TV, and poetic language vivid enough to signal deep genealogy.

South Gippsland women are confronting significantly poorer health outcomes and barriers to care than the Victorian average, according to the landmark Healthy Women, Healthy Gippsland 2025 Report Card released by Gippsland Women's Health last week.

Alex Berry, Vice President of the Toora Community Action Team (TCAT) explains how Christmas used to be in Toora.