Community

More than a century ago, a man named John Gunn designed a postcard to promote the township of Toora to the world. Now the Toora Family History Group is asking locals a simple but thought-provoking question: if you were designing that postcard today, what would you include?

Many picture the Prom Coast as pristine windswept beaches, rolling ocean waves and sand dunes. Summer holidays and surf!

If recent open days at the Toora Lions Club’s new den on Stanley Street are anything to go by, the official grand opening on Saturday 20 June will surely attract an even greater crowd to the newly bought premises.

When Anna Briggs posted a video earlier this year announcing that her and partner Chris Muggeridge were closing Tarwin Lower’s Flock Stock and Basil farm gate, the response from the community caught them off guard. People were sad.

When Janine Best was a young student completing her Diploma of Clothing Industry Studies, she took a part-time job at a little clothing shop in Foster called South Gippsland Clothing Co. She had no idea she would end up owning it.

Walkerville farmer and community leader Joan Liley has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the King's Birthday Honours List, recognised for a lifetime of service to conservation, water management, aged care and community life across South Gippsland. Born and raised on the Prom Coast,

The Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival has wrapped up its biggest edition yet, with around 8,000 visitors making their way to the town over the nine-day event, and a spectacular Saturday night bonfire that is sure to be burnt into the minds of everyone who was there.