Community

A koala struck by a vehicle on the South Gippsland Highway is being monitored by wildlife carers after a veterinary assessment found no fractures or obvious serious injuries, though she is not yet out of the woods.

What in us makes us want to volunteer? In the recent play ‘No Exit’ by Jean-Paul Sartre, performed by FAMDA, ‘Hell is other people’. In many respects this can be true and yet we still find ourselves drawn to be a part of a group, to help, to try.

Foster Secondary College is proud to celebrate two students awarded with the Murrung Education Scholarship Program: Wiradjuri woman, Jahkoa Morton, and Kamilaroi woman, Myunah Duroux.

The Foster Agricultural Show has taken out a state-level honour, winning the Best Innovation award in the Large Section category at the 2026 Victorian Agricultural Shows State Final awards.

Prom Coasters can expect a transformed experience at Tidal River, with a new operator announced for the beloved General Store and volunteers and rangers this week completing a major planting effort around the new visitor centre.

Representatives from the South Gippsland Landcare Network were among dozens of regional groups from across Victoria who gathered at Parliament House in Melbourne recently to make the case for sustained government investment in community-led conservation.

A rare opportunity to learn one of the world's oldest continuous art practices is coming to Foster next week, with Gunaikurnai, Latji Latji, Bidwell and Gudnitjmara man Adrian (Ringo) Morgan leading a free emu egg carving workshop at Manna Gum Community House as part of NAIDOC Week.