When a full life hits a full stop
The Letdown,
ABC-TV, Wednesdays, 9.35pm
Audrey (Alison Bell) is a first-time mum - she’s gone from a full-on busy, self-centred life to full-stop and selfless in...
Prices break $1000
Last Wednesdays yarding at Baw Baw Livestock Exchange increased by 200 head with the market average of $1009 which is up $61 on the...
Market gets a spring in its step
There were approximately 440 export and 300 young cattle penned representing a similar overall number week-on-week at Pakenham’s Victorian Livestock Exchange.
Competition strengthened with a...
Inspired to do more
By Brendan Rees
Some of the South-East region’s best businesses are vying for this year’s Casey Cardinia Business Awards. In the lead up to the...
Three new faces on GippsDairy board
Three new directors were appointed to the GippsDairy Board at the recent annual general meeting.
Neerim South’s David Johnson, DataGene evaluation manager Michelle Axford...
Sustainable future for village festival
The inaugural Pakenham Village Fest has been hailed as one of the most diverse gatherings in recent years.
The festival, held on 21 October, was...
School stories raise a laugh
By Bonny Burrows
Berwick College’s 40th birthday bash was full of fun, friendship and laughs.
The school community, past and presented, united on 19 October at...
Drug rehab worker in line for award
By Bonny Burrows
Drug rehabilitation and recovery practitioner Janice Ablett is among the nominees for the 2018 Victorian Australian of the Year Awards.
The Drouin resident...
Tree book helps dream flourish
By Kyra Gillespie
Recently co-launching children’s book The Get Well Tree, a young student proves that showing bravery in the most hopeless of circumstances can...
Parents slam rusty and rickety playground
By Bonny Burrows
Maryknoll parents who have long advocated for a revamp of the town’s playground describe upgrades to surrounding parks as “a kick in...
Cheese factory matures
By Bonny Burrows
It was fate that united the Cora Lynn Cheese Factory with its current vendors, the Panellis.
“I had been looking at it for...
Stitches in time for hope
By Kyra Gillespie
Members of Pakenham Patchworkers worked over the weekend of 21-22 October at the Stitch! Craft Show to produce six quilts to donate...
A century of grace
Turning 100 last week, she has lived a life full of unexpected adventures, quiet victories, and lessons that generations still carry forward. In a...
