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The local charity making life better for foster kids commemorates 10 years
TEN years ago, Heather Baird started a charity out of her kitchen.
Its purpose is in its name – A Better Life for Foster Kids...
Wellington’s ward boundaries updated for 2024 council election
BY Erika Allen and Tom Hayes
WELLINGTON Shire is among 10 Victorian councils, including four in Gippsland, whose ward boundaries will be altered for the...
Letters to the Editor – May 7 2024
What has happened to community?
WE built the house we live in more than 32 years ago.
Paddocks quickly transformed into estates and grazing cows were...
How the 2024/25 state budget affects Wellington
IS Victoria's 2024/25 State Budget a positive plan for the future or a "horror budget"? Does it offer nothing, or does it instead show...
Wellington offshore wind projects granted feasibility licences
AUSTRALIA’S offshore wind ambitions have advanced significantly after the federal government announced last week that the first six proponents have been granted feasibility licences...
Wellington Shire Council’s Facebook page wiped
Stefan Bradley
WELLINGTON Shire Council has launched a temporary replacement Facebook page until the old one is restored by the social media platform.
On March 26,...
Gippsland agriculture and tourism to be boosted by new strategy
GIPPSLAND agritourism has been given a boost by a new strategy developed by Destination Gippsland and Food and Fibre Gippsland.
The recently completed Towards 2030...
Council’s listed emergency events costs $12 million
WELLINGTON SHIRE experienced 14 declared emergency events between March 2021 and February 2024, including floods, wind and thunderstorms, bushfires and an earthquake. Five of...
Reader Gallery – January 19 2023
Seaspray night carnival. John Morgan
Sunsets and silhouettes in Longford. Melanie Tancred
Sunset at The Honeysuckles. Melanie Tancred
Merriman Creek flood waters running into Bass Strait. John...
Reader Gallery – January 9 2024
Seaspray from the air on New Year’s Eve. Photo: John Morgan
Moon rising behind clouds at The Honeysuckles. Photo: Melanie Tancred
Duck pondering the meaning of...
Council Beat: December 5 2023
The second-to-last ordinary Wellington Shire Council meeting for the year was held on December 5, going for about 37 minutes with no apologies. The...
Vols on Hols a new pilot program for Mallacoota
Wellington CFA members holidaying in Mallacoota may not be expecting to volunteer for the local brigade, but with 10,000 visitors in the town during...
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Professional Gippsland wood carver Olivia O’Connor sculpts her way forward
Olivia O’Connor, a full-time professional wood carver since 2013, creates contemporary sculptures and rocking horses using traditional techniques and hand tools.
A resident of Mirboo...
