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Save the Poowong Earthworm colony “It is clear that not doing anything is no longer an option.”-South Gippsland Council statement on Coal Creek Local Lemon Law update Municipal Office Project Return Return of the Municipal Office Project

Nats support crashes late 2020 in Roy Morgan Polls

A series of opinion polls conducted by Roy Morgan research between Sept 2020 and Nov 2020 show a remarkable shift in support from the Lib/Nat coalition to Labor after Covid-19 restrictions were removed.

Michele Levine, CEO Roy Morgan, said back in Nov 2020:

“Victorian ALP two-party preferred support has jumped 7% points from a month ago after the end of Melbourne’s 16-week lockdown. The Victorian ALP 58.5% (up 7% since mid-October) now has a commanding lead over the L-NP 41.5% (down 7%) on a two-party preferred basis”.

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Prom Coast Regional Tourism Committee finally sent on permanent vacation

At the Council meeting on April 21st, 2021 Council received a report titled Prom Coast Regional Tourism (PCRT)-update April 2021.

Administrator Zahra spoke to the motion as follows:

“Madam Chair, what we are dealing with today is the …conclusion of the cancellation process associated with the Prom Coast Tourism. Madam chair this completes a task which the Council has taken on following a decision which was made by the members of the committee of the prom country regional tourism organisation itself. Madam chair it was distributed in the papers a notice of the special meeting which was on the 20th Nov 2019 to consider the special resolution to wind up prom coast regional tourism and other related business.

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Koonwarra fossil bed

The Koonwarra fossil bed was found by accident in 1961 during roadworks to realign a segment of the South Gippsland Highway. Dating from the early Cretaceous 115 million years ago, they are composed of mudstone sediment thought to have been laid down in a freshwater (possibly cool-climate subalpine) lake. The site is an important element of Australia’s fossil record, with plants, insects (including mayflies, dragonflies, cockroaches, beetles, fleas, flies and wasps), spiders, crustaceans and fish recovered.

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Car fire in Leongatha

Around 3pm April 19th a car caught fire in Leongatha on Bellingham Street.

Smoke was seen pouring from the engine bay with initial responders using fire extinguishers to try and keep the smoke down while the CFA truck arrived shortly afterwards.

The smoke was acrid but seemed worse further south along the road at Roughead Street. The CFA crew were quickly on scene and opened up the front bonnet before rapidly putting the fire under control.

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Beloka sheep dog trials Welshpool Easter weekend

Beloka Kelpies is a Kelpie Stud in Welshpool, Victoria, Australia. The stud is run by Paul Macphail and his partner Anneke Homan. Paul started the stud in 1992 and has been breeding and training dogs ever since. Beloka Kelpies are well known in Australia and their dogs have been sold all over the world.

The facilities at the Beloka Farm are excellent with a charming old historic shearing shed alongside yard and race setups that looks like it was put together some time in the past which gives the place a rustic Aussie feel quite unexpected down in South Gippsland.

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