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Well known former Buffalo pastoralist, Maria Bell, was on hand at Federation Square in the second week of November proudly supporting her 19 year old grandson, Charlie Bell, who along with 373 fellow bagpipers were attempting to blast their way to a new mass piping world record.

It was a big winter for the Foster Tigers, and it looks like summer will be a cracker too, with tiger snake sightings hotting up across the Prom Coast. South Gippsland Snake Catcher, Todd McWilliams, has already been out and about relocating snakes so far this spring.

South Gippsland women are confronting significantly poorer health outcomes and barriers to care than the Victorian average, according to the landmark Healthy Women, Healthy Gippsland 2025 Report Card released by Gippsland Women's Health last week.

With a new South Gippsland Shire Mayor set to be elected in today's Council meeting (19 November), it’s rumoured that councillors will be asked to choose between Sarah Gilligan, Scott Rae, and Nathan Hersey.

Keen-eyed visitors to Toora’s bird hide may have noticed a new ship being refitted across the inlet at the dock at Port Anthony near Barry Beach - called the Bandero.

In stinky but positive news, South Gippsland Shire Council has welcomed a $21.5 million state funding boost to combat illegal dumping, as the region grapples with over 260 reported dumping incidents so far this year.

Last week’s Victorian Government decision to maintain protection for deer under the Wildlife Act has drawn strong criticism from the South Gippsland Landcare Network, which says the move leaves local farmers and landholders without crucial support to combat a growing biosecurity threat.