Tag: pandemic

Builders step up to challenge

Tradesmen across the region are experiencing a decline in demand for their services as the rate of houses being built slows from peak pandemic...

Christmas parade returns to city streets

The much-loved NF McDonnell and Sons Christmas Parade is returning to Mount Gambier this November after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After...

Emergency declaration ends

The Major Emergency Declaration in South Australia for COVID-19 has ended after 793 days in an historic and significant step forward in the state’s...

Jazz festival thirsty work

There are only 10 days left to enter the GIJ Vocal Scholarship and James Morrison Jazz Scholarship and have the chance of joining an...

Backstage meet held

Backstage Incorporated, producers of the Mount Gambier Eisteddfod, have hosted the annual general meeting and bi-annual conference of the association of Eisteddfod Societies of...

Fighting on the frontline

Boandik Lodge staff have been making enormous sacrifices working on the frontline during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Boandik St. Mary’s enrolled nurse Crystal Palmer is...

Flu ‘razed’ from region

Influenza all but disappeared from the Wattle Range Council area during the last financial year. There was just one case of the ‘flu’ reported by...

Left in the Shadows

Mount Gambier nightclub Shadows Entertainment Complex has been faced with uncertainty since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and has felt the effects of restrictions first-hand. The...

Grants help sporting clubs and athletes through COVID chaos

Sporting clubs and elite athletes can now apply for their share in more than $1.1m of funding through two grant programs. To help sport bounce...

Hey, you up?

Since I have strut my way into the life of a single human, it has come to my attention how wildly outrageous and challenging...