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Picture and writing entries have been flowing in and we are amazed by the imagination and excitement in the pages so far. If you haven’t entered yet, now is the time: the Fishy Stories Writing Challenge closes on 19 September 2025.

It’s September, the days are getting longer, the sun is shining more brilliantly and our soil is beginning to warm in readiness for summer planting. But don’t be fooled by these sunny, balmy days because very quickly we can get wind, rain, frost and cold.

Foster Football Netball Club enjoyed a stellar 2025 season, with their stars dominating the major league awards across both football and netball. Foster's success shone on the netball courts, where they claimed both A Grade League Best and Fairest awards through Madeline Stewart and Kelsey Angwin. However, it

Nineteen people from ten different nations became Australian citizens at a ceremony in Leongatha on Wednesday night, adding to South Gippsland's small but growing multicultural community.

Anyone who was part of the 2025 South Gippsland Badminton season will know that this was one of our best ever. After 16 years of competition, that’s saying something. With a record 42 players travelling from Yarram through to Inverloch, the courts were buzzing every single week. From absolute

Horrifying new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed the scale of the crisis facing homeless children and young people across Australia - a crisis that is also playing out in South Gippsland.

As winter comes to an end, capsicums get cheaper, so at my place it’s time to make this versatile Ginger Chilli Jam (normally in double batches because it’s so addictive).