Over 1000 years of service was acknowledged earlier this month at the South Gippsland Group Dinner and Awards night. A special highlight was the awarding of National Medals to four very deserving recipients.

Call outs to a burning car are becoming something of a regular occurrence for our CFA crews of late. A 3am pager led the Fish Creek & District fire crew to a burning ute that was “stolen, dumped and torched” just outside the town at the end of last month.

With Rob Pobblestone ROUND 16 Toora heartbreak in season defining loss Boolarra 15-14-104 v Toora 9-6-60 Round 16, Boolarra Rec Reserve There was no guarantee of finals action for the winner, but it would most certainly be the end of the road for the loser, as these two finals contenders

The world is a beautiful and bizarrely complex place. We in Australia are fortunate in being a biodiversity hotspot for a large number of highly specialised creatures found nowhere else on the globe - including the ones that can sometimes give us bad dreams.

Escaped livestock, particularly cattle, have become a growing safety and liability concern in parts of South Gippsland, culminating in court action, local government intervention, and mounting frustration among residents and road users.

Call outs to a burning car are becoming something of a regular occurrence for our CFA crews of late. A 3am pager led the Fish Creek & District fire crew to a burning ute that was “stolen, dumped and torched” just outside the town at the end of last month.

While the closures of Bendigo Bank branches in Korumburra and Yarram have sparked protests and political intervention, the quiet upcoming shutdown of Welshpool's banking agency on October 6 has gone largely unreported, despite representing a 26-year history of community-driven financial services.