More than 40 volunteers turned out on Saturday 8 August to plant 1,100 native seedlings along Battery Creek in Fish Creek, restoring vital Wet Forest habitat and building on revegetation work already underway in the Hoddle Range.

The Bass Coast South Gippsland Food System Alliance is offering an Introduction to Permaculture weekend in Fish Creek in November, and it’s open to complete beginners and those with some prior knowledge alike.

Foster Primary School is investing significantly in its Prep and Year 1 classrooms this year, introducing a co-teaching model that places two teachers and an Education Support Staff member in the room together every morning to deliver targeted, small-group learning.

H5 bird flu has been confirmed in South Gippsland, with a positive case in a Greater Crested Tern recorded on 15 August at Hourigan’s Camp Lane, Sandy Point, and several other sick and dead birds reported to the authorities at the Spit at Sandy Point, as well as a Black Swan at Shallow Inlet.

Local performers will have a strong presence when FAMDA’s 24th South Gippsland One Act Play Festival takes over the Foster War Memorial Arts Centre on August 29 and 30.

The Buffalo Hall will host its annual community BBQ this Sunday 30 August as an opportunity for new and old local families to come together to meet or catch up over lunch.

Fish Creek Football Netball Club has been named a recipient of the 2026 Woolworths Netball Grants program, receiving $2,000 to support its netball operations as the club continues to rebuild following the arson attack that destroyed its facilities in November 2023.