Firewood collection season opens
Victorians will be able to collect firewood for domestic use now that collection areas have reopened for spring.
Firewood collection is only allowed from state...
Volunteering at Living Learning Pakenham
Living Learning Pakenham (LLP) relies on volunteers who give their time, skills, and experience to contribute to our community.
Volunteering brings people together and strengthens...
Let’s do lunch next year
Organising committee chairman Dan O’Loughlin shared a sobering fact when welcoming a record crowd to Friday’s 10th Cardinia Casey Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch.
O’Loughlin pointed...
Lang Lang artwork officially revealed
Lang Lang’s new public artwork is finally complete with more than 1km of steel used to craft the sculpture that honours the town’s proud...
Horse show gallops on
Another successful year for the Pakenham Horse Show, showcasing the best of local equestrians from ponies to thoroughbreds.
The show was back in 2025 at...
Man charged after $50K worth of stolen goods seized
Cardinia Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man and seized more than $50,000 worth of goods in Pakenham.
Detectives executed a search warrant at...
Casting stones
Gembrook residents are demanding answers from Cardinia Shire Council after repeated tyre damage and safety risks on Ure Road have left drivers out of...
Machetes officially banned
Machetes, long feared as a deadly weapon in the south east, are now banned in Victoria with tough penalties kicking in this month.
Anyone caught...
WTE incinerators under the blowtorch
A State Parliament inquiry has been launched into waste-to-energy incinerators, with the support of Government MPs.
Meanwhile during a debate on the issue, Upper House...
Principal hits the drums for charity
Beaconhills College will launch an inaugural Battle of the Super Bands charity event on Friday 5 September.
The event will see student bands from...
Planting the seed for the next gen
Volunteering is just a fact of life for Meg Platte, so when she moved to Garfield it was only natural to join the first...
Where lives are transformed
The quiet, unassuming town of Nyora is one of the last places you’d expect to find men of all ages turning their lives around.
Just...
Basketball dream slammed by Council
A Pakenham father has launched a petition urging Cardinia Shire Council to “Let the Kids Play” after his 14-year-old son was told to remove...
