Foster and Fish Creek will face off in Saturday's qualifying final at Stony Creek on Saturday 30 August, with the winner earning direct passage to the 2025 MGFNL Grand Final in a high-stakes clash between the competition's top two sides.

Toora is blessed with a main street, supporting side streets and an inner pattern of connecting laneways. Four of these streets or lanes are named after members of one rather elusive family – the Sheppards.

The Under 10s delivered a commanding 4.9.33 to 2.0.12 victory over Tarwin to book their grand final spot.

The weather gods were on our side last Sunday morning for the 59th Prom Coast Pack Run in Buffalo.

Two years ago, the Fish Creek Memorial Hall was filled with the sounds of world-class jazz as a fundraising concert launched the Grand Hall Grand Piano Project.

As heavy as a seven tonne elephant and costing north of $20 million, the Victorian Air Ambulance Helimed rescue chopper AW`139 carried out a highly successful off a boat rescue drill in Singapore Deep south of Port Welshpool in the second week of August.

Like a movie, you can consume a short story in an evening. Yet frequently it is as complex as a novel. For me at least, it is as difficult to write.