Tag: News
High and dry meeting
GIPPSDAIRY will meet with farmers to determine what action needs to be taken to assist the industry if seasonal conditions worsen.
Recent high temperatures have...
Market down for poor finish
There were approximately 800 export and 830 young cattle penned at the Victorian Livestock Exchange representing an increase of 600 head week-on-week.
There was...
Car flips on highway
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MAN is being treated by paramedics at the scene of an overturned car on Princes Highway Pakenham.
The bloodied man was sitting...
‘One in a million’ Mal
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
KOOWEERUP'S own balladeer, Mal Pugh, has died after a battle with serious illness.
The well-known local poet was a much-loved contributor to the...
Fine time to cool down
CARDINIA shire’s four seasonal outdoor pools are set to open in the coming weeks but will operate under temperature requirements and for limited hours.
Opening...
Complaint leads to safety signs
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CARDINIA Shire Council has reacted to out-dated safety conditions outside a Pakenham gym after two near traffic accidents involving children.
An Officer parent...
Day at the races
By RUSSELL BENNETT
PUNTERS and fashionistas alike were treated with brilliant spring sunshine at the new Pakenham Racecourse for Empire Guineas Day on Saturday.
Pakenham Racing...
Hughes ‘Pumped’ here
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
In the words of Dave Hughes, “to be alive is ridiculous.”
The veteran comic has spent 20 years doing stand-up and performed to...
Fun day after festival Mass
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
THE 43rd annual Saint Sofia Festival will be celebrated at St John’s Parish, Kooweerup, on Sunday 25 October 2015.
The day will begin...
Inspiring secrets to happiness for women
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WOMEN in Cardinia Shire are being invited to treat themselves to an afternoon of wellness and inspiration as part of an upcoming...
Awake and in high spirits
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
EIGHT-year-old crash victim Deakin Garth, of Pakenham, is said to be in high spirits in hospital, having awoken from his induced coma...
School lifts toilet restrictions after ‘accident’
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
REPORTED toilet restrictions placed on students at a Cardinia Shire primary school have resulted in at least one child wetting himself in...