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25.01.2022 GO ON, IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE.... Show us your best landscape photo, tell us where it is and why it's the most beautiful spot in our patch. : Robbie Beel
25.01.2022 #LIVE: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference. Victoria has recorded its 16th day in a row of no new coronavirus cases and no COVID-19 deaths. MORE: https://ab.co/32IM5FI
24.01.2022 INSPIRING ART MAKING US FEEL GOOD This print by Adelaide artist Peter Drew was spotted outside the Raw Harvest Café in Newborough. It’s been there for a while but we thought it was moving seeing it the day after hearing that restrictions in Melbourne are easing.... Has someone in your community done something like this to boost people’s morale during the pandemic?
24.01.2022 Sooooooooo.......What are your plans for Christmas now?
23.01.2022 Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is urging the Government to speed up the rollout of funding for blackspot upgrades. "We got lucky on that day, we can't rely on good luck all the time, we need to rely on good connectivity," Mr Chester told the ABC. "I'm very keen to see the Government roll out that money with a greater sense of urgency. Let's get the work done and not make excuses."
23.01.2022 #LIVE: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference with Treasurer Tim Pallas.
23.01.2022 UPDATE MIDDAY: Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says the case linked to Bairnsdale Secondary College was acquired in Melbourne. The individual had their entire acquisition period, the two weeks before they became symptomatic, in Melbourne, Professor Sutton said. Earlier, the school's principal, Trudie Nagle, said the person had not been on the school grounds since July.... The school remains open, and students in years seven to 12 returned to the campus on Monday after months of remote learning. Principal Trudie Nagle said the infected person has not been in Bairnsdale while contagious. The individual has been self isolating since having got the result as a positive then they have been doing everything right, There is absolutely no risk that they have been anywhere in the township of Bairnsdale at all. **** WEDS AM: Bairnsdale Secondary College will remain open to students despite a new case of coronavirus linked to the school this week. The school's principal, Trudie Nagle, sent a message to parents last night advising them of the positive case. Ms Nagle said the school did not need to close as the person did not come on to school grounds while they were contagious. It’s really important that we reassure the community that there is no threat, no safety danger whatsoever because the individual has not been on site since July. Students in years seven to 12 returned to the campus on Monday after months of remote learning.
22.01.2022 #LIVE Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference. Victoria has recorded seven new cases of coronavirus and five more deaths overnight. MORE: https://ab.co/33VxpUL
22.01.2022 NAUGHTY AND NICE It's that time of the year where your Facebook friends start posting pictures of different places the ever so creepy Elf on the Shelf has shown up. Is Santa used as an incentive for your kids to be good in the lead up to Christmas? ... We all know that the big fella only delivers to well-behaved kids... The movies say so. So do some carols. So is Santa used as a bribe in your household or have you got another parenting tactic?
22.01.2022 Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference. Victoria has recorded six new cases of coronavirus and zero deaths overnight. MORE: https://ab.co/33YMDs7
21.01.2022 EVER WONDERED WHAT A KOALA SOUNDS LIKE? Have you been in the great outdoors and heard this sound before? Yowi? Big Foot? Nope it's our friendly koala!! Koalas of Raymond Island are full to the brim with koalas to care for and George was not happy to have to share his accommodation!!
21.01.2022 Thousands of tutors will be recruited and deployed to Victorian schools next year to help vulnerable students who have struggled during the state's coronavirus lockdown. The Education Minister, James Merlino, said the funding was the single biggest boost to individual learning in the state's history and would benefit every government school across Victoria. Another $30 million will go towards hiring 600 tutors to work with disadvantaged students in Catholic and independent s...chools. The funding will support more than 200,000 students who have may have fallen behind in their studies or become disengaged during remote learning.
20.01.2022 The ownership rights of the Aboriginal flag are in the national spotlight, it comes as some Aboriginal nations are choosing to embrace their own flags as symbols of their identity #NAIDOC2020
20.01.2022 Round the Twist, the Goodies, the Simpsons...there are some cracking kids TV shows that work for adults. Which one is most watchable for you?
20.01.2022 THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE AT SALE'S GIPPSLAND GALLERY IN 2021 !! Australia's most talked about art prize will show at one Victorian gallery only in 2021- the Gippsland Art Gallery This loved portraiture prize is known for it's controversy, celebration of who we are as Australians and side competitions like the people's prize which will be voted for right here in Gippsland.... Anyone can enter the Archibald Portrait Prize... 2021 might just be the year a Gippslander wins don't you think?! When it was held in Geelong around 100,000 people visited the exhibition. The below painting is Brett Whitely's self portrait which won in 1976.
18.01.2022 "The fact of the matter is, Speaker, there has been some disagreement between the Government and the company in regards to whether or not milestones have been reached by the company," Jobs Minister Martin Pakula said.
18.01.2022 It's not just Melbourne that's celebrating restrictions easing today, in Gippsland gyms are now open for the first time in months. Are you making the most of our new freedoms? From today, live music is back at outdoor venues, food courts can reopen, indoor religious gatherings can have up to 20 people, and up to 50 people can attend outdoor funerals.
18.01.2022 Did you attend an indoor religious service or a yoga class today?
17.01.2022 ABANDONED GIPPSLAND There is something haunting and captivating about abandoned structures... they feel full of stories.... What abandoned buildings and structures have caught your attention? ... This is the old a-frame bridge at Hiawatha in South Gippsland, near the Minneha'ha Falls (great name right!). It was built in 1933. Share your photos and stories Thanks for this photo Anne Roussac-Hoyne!
17.01.2022 Do you think Melbourne weather forecasters would do a better job than the crew at the East Sale RAAF Base? Bureau of Meteorology
17.01.2022 The calves died yesterday and detectives have been called in to investigate.
16.01.2022 AUSSIE COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT BROUGHT FORWARD The rollout of a coronavirus vaccine in Australia will be brought forward to next month, with the Prime Minister saying the first groups are expected to receive a jab in mid-to-late-February. The Government is hoping to initially vaccinate 80,000 people a week. ... By the end of March its target is to have four million people inoculated. What do you think? https://www.abc.net.au//australia-coronavirus-vac/13039078
16.01.2022 THE SHOW MUST GO ON Carnival workers have seen an increase in numbers since trading resumed post lockdown. Rural councils want to see agricultural shows return for the economic and mental health benefits they provide. ... Have you been back on the rides since the COVID lockdowns? https://www.abc.net.au//covid-cant-stop-the-carni/13036332
16.01.2022 BACKBEAT: CALLING ALL GIPPSLAND AND GOULBURN MURRAY MUSICIANS WHO HAVE RECORDED MUSIC THIS YEAR! Have you recorded a killer dance track in your bedroom...an ode isolation on your iphone...a rockin' rap in a studio or a mesmerising instrumental this year? To celebrate Oz Music Month, this Wednesday's Backbeat show is all about local musicians from Gippsland and Goulburn Murray! To be considered of our Oz Music Month Mixtape, email your best track recorded in 2020 (MP3 File) with a paragraph about your act, where you are from and a short story behind how you wrote and recorded the song to Rachael [email protected] by Tuesday 6pm, 24th November.
16.01.2022 #LIVE: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference with Police and Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville.
15.01.2022 THOUSANDS OF GREY-HEADED FLYING FOXES IN SALE BOTANIC GARDENS Have you noticed more flying foxes around than usual? Does anyone have any information about why they are en masse in the Sale Botanic Gardens?
14.01.2022 James Glindemann was having an ordinary day eating his lunch at a park bench, outside the mall in Sale when he was suddenly swooped by a magpie. "First it struck my left eye and when it landed back on the ground, I didn't drop my food and so it attacked me again in the right eye."
13.01.2022 UNDER CONSTRUCTION: COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECT TO HOUSE YOUNGER PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES UNDERWAY! Construction is currently under way for a new $1.8 million community housing development in Sale, to accommodate up to seven people living with disabilities under the age of 65. The housing development marks Stage 2 of the broader $5 million project in McCole St, and is designed to house residents who require a high level of care. The share house facility, w...hich features five bedrooms with an overnight carers room, as well as two independent units, is the first dedicated housing facility for younger people requiring access to 24/7 care in the town. For young people, who have previously only had the option of living with their family or entering an aged care home, Victorian Government Minister, the Hon Melissa Horne, described the opportunity to live independently with other young people as a 'game changer'. "We're all about providing accessible affordable accommodation for people with disabilities for their whole of life, and getting young people out of aged care facilities", says Five Star project chair Leo O'Brien. "Some of them have been under their parents care for quite a few years, so there's things like life skills like cooking, shopping and looking after their money that are needed, so we run programs for all those sorts of things." State Manager of Community Housing Ltd, Grant McNeil commended the Sale community on raising the money for the project in collaboration with funding from the Victorian Government. Community fundraising events such as 'Dancing With The Stars', held between 2010 and 2013, were instrumental in bring the project to fruition. The project is due for completion in April 2021.
13.01.2022 Everyone knows where their milk comes from, but not everyone knows where their seafood comes from."
13.01.2022 Are you getting sick of your mask?
12.01.2022 "The Commonwealth Government supports and welcomes this recommendation which recognises that such a declaration is necessary in an 'all hazards' approach to national natural disaster events, including those beyond fires and floods."
12.01.2022 #LIVE Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference. Victoria has recorded two new cases of coronavirus and two deaths in the past 24 hours. MORE: https://ab.co/31PhExd
12.01.2022 GO THORPDALE! THE RE-OPENING OF A GRAND OLE GIPPSLAND HOTEL! After a six month hiatus, the Travellers Rest Hotel in Thorpdale reopened on Friday under new ownership and management. The vacuum cleaners were out, and final touches of paint were added to spruce up the old building, which will begin a new life as a destination pub that will hopefully attract tourists and new life to the town. Originally built in 1905, the pub was run by four generations of the Bantock family, wh...o gave the interior of the building an Art Deco makeover in 1937, with winnings from the Melbourne Cup. As the centre piece of picturesque Thorpdale, backpackers who worked on the neighbouring potato farms would often stay at the pub, which was well patronised by the local farming and football loving community. But tragedy struck in 2017, when beloved publican Johnny Bantock perished in a fire which engulfed the building. Johnny’s memory and the Bantock legacy which has been honoured by the new owners with the renaming of the front bar as the ‘Bantock Bar’. As the new hotel navigates the delicate balance between serving long-time locals and the palettes of weekend tourists from Melbourne, the building has been renovated with a spectacular beer garden and deck to make the most of the town’s exquisite views. Plans for upstairs accommodation, wedding receptions and even a potato vodka distillery are also on the cards. The new kitchen and bistro is set to reopen in February next year, and will showcase local produce, bush foods and dishes featuring Thorpdale’s most famous export- potatoes!
11.01.2022 HAVE YOU BEEN TEMPTED BY THEM? Afterpay, ZipPay, ZipMoney... Like everything, laybys are different these days. On most shopping websites and in a lot of stores and even salons, buy now, pay later schemes are there for people who don't have the cash then and there. But in the eyes of the banks, available limits on accounts with these companies are regarded as credit facilities, just like credit cards and will be seen as debts if you're applying for a loan.
11.01.2022 Sad news on Phillip Island. A woman has drowned at Smiths Beach last night. Emergency services were called at 6.40pm when the 24-year old Melton woman was seen struggling in the water. She was brought to shore by other swimmers before paramedics arrived but she was unresponsive.
11.01.2022 #LIVE: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference with Education Minister James Merlino. Victoria has recorded 12 new cases of coronavirus and one death overnight. Melbourne's rolling 14-day average of new cases now stands at 10, which is up from 9.9 yesterday.... MORE: https://ab.co/33ThRAV
10.01.2022 BREAKING: ZERO DAY Victoria has recorded a day with no new locally acquired coronavirus cases, and none in hotel quarantine. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) says there are 38 active COVID-19 cases in Victoria.... DHHS received 32,767 test results on Wednesday. The Department's data also show not a single COVID case has been recorded in East Gippsland local government area since the recent community outbreak. This is despite more than a thousand tests being done in the region. There is currently one active coronavirus case at the South Gippsland local government area. https://www.abc.net.au//victoria-records-no-new-c/13038150
10.01.2022 In December 2019, ABC Gippsland presenter Mim Cook was on the Radio telling everyone to get out of East Gippsland, there were fires on the way. Fast forward 12 months, and Mim is back on the Radio telling everyone to get to East Gippsland. There really is no other place like it. Tomorrow Mim is broadcasting Saturday breakfast from the verandah of the Marlo pub. Hard at work, or hardly working?!?
10.01.2022 "With solar and with wind, when the wind's not blowing or the sun's not shining, like on a day like today, then we need to have that capacity to be able to buffer the supply," Ms Martin said.
10.01.2022 "If they are wanting to fine someone, fine the person who is doing the wrong thing," Bakery owner Sally Cannon.
10.01.2022 MISSING JEERALANG JUNCTION MAN Police are appealing for public help to find missing man Steven Van Eyk The 30-year-old was last seen at Jeeralang West Road, Jeeralang Junction, about 11pm on 25 October.... He could be travelling in a 2013 dark grey Holden Captiva with registration 1OP-3MD. Police and Steve's family are worried because he has a condition which requires medication.
10.01.2022 Bairnsdale's Kevin Nunn, 56 has been named Australia's VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year. Based at TAFE Gippsland Forestech, Kevin teachers all sorts of courses, including chainsawing, tree felling, excavator, harvester and dozer courses. When Forestech closed due to bushfires, Kevin and his colleagues worked on the fires for 4 months. "When you win something like this... I get the accodades for it, but the Forestech team is a really strong team... that's how you look good, because of a good team."
08.01.2022 Live and local on the deck of the Marlo pub. Still morning, sun out. An East Gippi town reawakening after an enormously challenging 2020. On this crisp start to a Saturday, with ABC Gippsland presenter Mim Cook, the summer feels like it has enormous potential and a chance to put the smoke and stress of this year behind. What are your Summer plans?
06.01.2022 The State Emergency Service is warning people to take care driving to work and school this morning, with local units called 77 times overnight. Power is out across parts of Central and West Gippsland, including at more than 800 properties in Rosedale. There are also outages at Willow Grove, Erica, Rawson, Denison, Cowwarr and Longford.
06.01.2022 It's a chuckout! What's your little one's fave toy?
06.01.2022 Heavy rain across Gippsland is driving garden slugs, spiders and mozzies indoors. Have you noticed more around? Are they coming into your place? How do you live deal with them at your place?
06.01.2022 Fitness gyms have reopened today in regional Victoria - and in Gippsland some residents have hit the gym as early as 4am! To listen to that story and more from the ABC Gippsland newsroom this morning follow the link below
05.01.2022 CRICKET RETURNS TO WALHALLA Wet and windy conditions weren’t enough to deter Walhalla and Rawson from taking part in a Twenty20 match today to raise money for men’s health charity Movember. The match was the first this year at Walhalla’s historic cricket ground which sits on a mountain overlooking the town.... Some big hitting, especially from Rawson, meant that lost balls were a challenge throughout the day. Rawson’s team was made up of members of the local community, while the Walhalla XI comprised players from clubs across Gippsland. Rawson finished the winner after choking Walhalla’s run scoring. The two teams will face off again in February at Rawson’s home ground for a Pink Stumps Day match to raise money for breast cancer.
05.01.2022 ABSEILING THE LOY YANG COOLING TOWER This routine maintenence work by Absafe Group might be all in a days work for these professionals... but HOLY MOLY... helicopters, harnesses and helmets... this is extreme! What would be running through your mind as the chopper flies away and leaves you on the edge?!
04.01.2022 The Queensland and South Australian borders have reopened to Victorians today. Do you have an interstate trip planned? We can now travel anywhere in the country without quarantining, except WA. "Accommodation is booking out in holiday destinations like you wouldn't believe. Plan ahead now for Easter and for school holidays for next year. With no one being able to go overseas, Australia is it." - Jacqui Ingram, travel agent based in Sale
04.01.2022 THE BOGONG MOTH RETURNS !!! The thousand kilometre migration of the bogong moth into our Gippsland Alpine Region is almost complete. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 the bogong moth stopped arriving in any real numbers and almost disappeared. Over 4 billion usually turn up each Spring.... Scientists from Zoos Victoria are in the mountains documenting the moths' 2020 arrival... and this year they are noticing a very exciting increase in population... bogong moths are fluttering in in high numbers! The moth is the second biggest energy provider to the alpine region other than the sun.
03.01.2022 HOW DO YOU MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION? You might see hand shakes (or 2020 elbow bumps) as a tried and true method... but have you got a special trick? Or is there something that always wins you over when you meet someone new? Other than a smile of course...
03.01.2022 That water is moving quick! The Yeerung River has broken through after all the rain in East Gippsland. Yesterday it was a calm spot for family swimming....now there’s rapids. : Isabelle Poole
03.01.2022 SOAKING UP THE SERENITY: WHAT KIND OF 'WELLBEING' SPACES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? With a number of `wellbeing' spaces popping up around Gippsland, some of our popular local parks are being re-imagined with community gardens, meditative spaces and thoughtfully designed public furniture. What are some examples of progressive design with outdoor spaces that you have come across in Gippsland? These serene peacocks were photographed roaming freely, near a new meditative space featuring banana lounge inspired park benches around the Fauna Park at the Sale Botanic Gardens over the weekend.
03.01.2022 This week we've had whales passing by Lakes Entrance, with some stunning photos. Mel Fredericks from Lonsdale Eco Cruises snapped this.
02.01.2022 Clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon said the Telstra outages in Mallacoota could trigger anxiety and trauma after the bushfires almost a year ago. " It could be hot weather, it could be smoke, it could be sirens or wind and the phone going dead."he said.
02.01.2022 CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JOHN LENNON This month would have marked the 80th birthday of John Lennon, one of the world's most prolific song writers. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of his passing at 40 years of age, shortly after release of his album Double Fantasy, with wife Yoko Ono. Tomorrow on Backbeat we will be remembering John Lennon's musical legacy after the Beatles.... What are your favourite John Lennon songs and lyrics?
02.01.2022 "We're already on the dry trajectory. Under that scenario, there will be less water in the Latrobe river system than is currently needed for minimum environmental flows," Dr Nick Aberle from Environment Victoria said.
01.01.2022 WOMAN ATTACKED IN TRARALGON Gippsland detectives have released an digital image of a man who grabbed a woman and tried to drag her into a park in Traralgon last week. The woman was walking along Whittakers Road, near an underpass bridge, when a man with a rottweiler started following her, at 6.45pm on Thursday October 8. ... Victoria Police say he made sexual advances towards her and tried to pull her into a nearby park. She managed to break free and run away. The man is believed to be aged in his 20s, of thin build with bushy eyebrows and dark circles under his eyes. He was wearing a black hooded jumper at the time of the incident. Anyone with information is urged to call Crimestoppers.
01.01.2022 #LIVE: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference with Health Minister Martin Foley. Victoria has recorded its second consecutive day of no new coronavirus cases and no deaths. MORE: https://ab.co/3owolOk
01.01.2022 TAFE 'timber training' students are logging in unburnt forest in East Gippsland. Publicly-owned forest agency VicForests has allowed an unburnt coupe at Nowa Nowa, four hours east of Melbourne, to be logged by Gippsland TAFE students for training. This is despite about half of East Gippsland forests marked for logging being destroyed during last summer's bushfires.... Environmentalists say bushfire-damaged forests in East Gippsland should be protected. What do you think? https://www.abc.net.au//east-gippsland-logging-fi/12973870
01.01.2022 75 YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY This Thursday is a big day for ABC Rural. It marks 75 years since the department started providing Australians with daily information about farming and agriculture. Plenty has changed in that time, but that’s also true of the industries our reporters follow. Including dairy! ... Decades after surviving one of the industry's most significant changes, Australian dairy farmers continue to evolve and reinvent their businesses to stay competitive. After dairying at Lockington in northern Victoria for 20 years, and another seven years before that at a nearby property, Lisa Broad and her family moved their farming business to Gippsland last year. See how Lisa and her family have adapted to the move here: https://www.abc.net.au//dairy-deregulation-a-majo/12905028 You can also hear more from Lisa on the Country Hour this Thursday.
01.01.2022 #breaking Christmas in WA is back on the cards!
