Community

Thanks to the generosity of AUSNet through an Energy Resilience Grant, Fish Creek Memorial Hall has recently installed a diesel generator and Starlink services to support people who live in Fish Creek and surrounding districts during times of extended power outages.

On World Rivers Day, celebrated on Sunday 27 September, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) joined the world in celebrating and caring for rivers with a new initiative bringing people together to take action for the Tarwin River.

Two members of the First Peoples Assembly, Bunurong woman Zoe Upton and Gunnai/Gundijmara man Andrew Thorpe, spoke with passion, optimism and clarity about the Victorian Treaty, when addressing a crowd of Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group members in Leongatha recently.

A free workshop designed to help older drivers stay safe and confident on the road is coming to Foster during Seniors' Month, with expert speakers from Victoria Police, pharmacy and occupational therapy all on the program.

For the entire month of October, West Gippsland CMA is inviting community members to become citizen scientists and help document the remarkable biodiversity in our backyards, school grounds, favourite patches of bush and wetlands across the region.  The first ever West Gippy Bio-Blitz is a community-wide effort to