Helping parents navigate tough conversations
LIMESTONE Coast primary schools will distribute 1,500 vital alcohol education booklets to parents this week, funded by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation’s Local Drug...
New equestrian club has early success
PINES Working Equitation Group, a newly formed equestrian club in Mount Gambier, recently achieved outstanding results at the 2025 Victorian Working Equitation State Championships. A...
Windfall for three community projects
THERE were tears, cheers and standing ovations at SharkPitch 2025 last night, as the Glenelg Shire community came together to celebrate courage, compassion, and...
Children’s testing proves popular
THE Lions Club of Mount Gambier has taken its successful children’s vision screening project to a public venue for the first time, with about...
Big shoes to fill
EXCITIFIED. It is a word invented by a former boss of new Pioneers coach Peter Godfrey and it perfectly sums up his feelings towards...
Ladies try new format
IT was a very windy day for 39 ladies to take part in the very popular Gentsome Competition, generously sponsored by Carol Smith and...
Golfers raise money for local cancer group
THE weather gods looked favourably on the women at the Blue Lake Golf Club last week when they held their annual fundraiser for the...
Celebrating the timber industry
THANKS to the generous support of their major sponsor, Gambier Earth Movers, the Mount Gambier Spring Show is back for its 164th year –...
Running for a cause
THE countdown is on to next month’s Coonawarra Running Festival. Now is the time to register for one of the November 8 events — choose...
Open for business
IN a moment that brings the Drakes story full circle, South Australia’s largest family-owned and operated independent supermarket chain has officially opened its doors...
Shining Light Award winners unveiled
OLD Scholars, staff, friends, family and members of the Tenison Woods College Board came together at The Henty to celebrate the recipients of the...
Back on the bike & the road
COBWEBS were dusted off the bikes earlier this month for the opening race of the Mount Gambier Cycling Club’s first race of the spring...
