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School helps with Yarra Pygmy Perch program
MOUNT Gambier High School environmental biology students have been learning all about endangered fish by taking part in a Yarra Pygmy Perch captive breeding...
Karters chase cup glory at Glenburnie raceway season finale
MOUNT Gambier Karting Club has held its final race meeting of 2017 recently with the Glenburnie-based fraternity hosting the inaugural 2017 South Australian State...
Former South East resident launches first book
INSPIRED by his life growing up in the South East, former Bordertown resident Alex Dunkin has launched his first book - Fair Day -...
Holiday no good for Saints
A MID South East Football League club has shunned a $3000 cash incentive to play a Good Friday match at Robe in 2018.[...]
Madgen a Magpie
MOUNT Gambier officially lost one of its star basketball recruits this week, with Jack Madgen headed to the Collingwood Football Club, with an AFL...
Rose signifies latest visitors from Canada
A NEW rose bush was added to the garden outside the Mount Gambier Civic Centre on Monday to signify a visit from overseas Friendship...
Students wrap their heads around Japanese art
STUDENTS at Penola Primary School immersed themselves in Japanese culture last week with the help of Adelaide Open Access College teacher Rayna Pryce.
Ms Pryce...
Basketball: Entries surge for annual tournament
THE recent Mount Gambier Junior Basketball Tournament was deemed a success with the Blue Lake city association hosting its biggest event two-day in history.
A...
Fishing: Flathead bump continues
SOME magnificent weather over the last week prompted plenty of anglers onto the water and with fish reports coming through from far and wide, I do not think many went home empty handed.[...]
Todd collects medal haul
MOUNT Gambier's Azure Taekwondo coach and competitor Kye Todd has returned home from the New South Wales State Championships in Sydney with a gold,...
The Sisters Sinkhole explored
THE surface water is green and murky, but as I descend it becomes somewhat clearer and before long the wreck of a truck becomes...
Athletes hit street for annual fun run
HUNDREDS of people will put their fitness to the test this Sunday at the annual 2017 OneFortyOne Blue Lake Fun Run in an effort to raise funds for a range of local community health and wellbeing organisations.[...]
Mixed summer weather greets MGGC men
LAST Thursday's Stableford competition for Mount Gambier Golf Club men was hosted in fine but blustery conditions, with a total of 110 players on...
