Faraway adventures
Kooweerup siblings Sophie, Paddy and Annabel O’Hara from Kooweerup love their reading - and agreed to share their favorites.
Favourite book
Sophie - Just Disgusting by...
Odds-on favourite
Stan Young
Favourite book
Against All Odds by Kevin Perkins about Gai Waterhouse.
Currently reading
The Pakky Gazette. When I retire I plan to read more gangster...
Mischief maker
With Cath Binding from Gembrook, former librarian at Kooweerup Secondary College.
Favourite book
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod.
Currently reading
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter.
Always looking to new pastures
Favourite book
We were always reading when we were children.
Mum was a big reader and encouraged us to read anything we wanted except, for...
New hospital appeal rejected
By Bonny Burrows
The State Government has shunned Narracan MP Gary Blackwood’s calls to fund a new West Gippsland hospital, instead reiterating plans to upgrade...
Simple steps away from crime
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia police officers have encouraged residents to be proactive rather than reactive to crime.
Police told residents at the Cardinia Neighbourhood Watch crime...
Senate released dairy recommendations
The long overdue Senate inquiry into the dairy industry gained a muted response from farmer groups when the final report was released.
The Senate Standing...
Keeping youth off booze
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia Shire Council has received $10,000 to launch a program aimed at reducing drug and alcohol use by young people.
The shire is...
Meeting through time
Essendon Football Club Champion Jobe Watson has just announced his retirement from football at the end of this season. Bunyip resident ROMAN KULKEWYCZ recalls...
Top tips for best milk fodder
Better quality home grown silage is the cheapest way to feed cows while still producing high quality milk.
To help farmers improve their silage making...
Keeping the faith
“As a goalkeeper your mistakes can really cost you - you can’t really make a mistake and get away with it. Nobody seems to...
Helping youth find their place
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia Shire’s youngest councillor has continued his quest to engage youth within the community.
Hot on the heels of applications for his Youth...
Grants for groups supporting Victorians with disability
More Victorians living with disability will have access to peer support, with the state government opening a new round of Self-Help Grants.
Minister for Disability...
