YOUTH Fest are calling all skate, scoot, and BMX enthusiasts to get ready and show off their skills at the Youth Skate Fest, an event coming to the Coleraine and Hamilton Skate Parks.

FOLLOWING reports of asbestos -contaminated mulch at metropolitan playgrounds, Moyne Shire has taken proactive steps to ensure the mulch it uses is safe.

DAVID “Kochie” Koch visited the Southern Grampians Shire Council during last week to share his financial knowledge to help residents prepare for the future with a focus on areas prone to natural disaster, including Coleraine, Dunkeld and Balmoral.

AFTER eight years, boxing is set to return to Hamilton with an event scheduled at the Hamilton Showgrounds on May 5.

PORT FAIRY Folk Festival was the location for a catch up with local Member of Parliament for South West Coast Roma Britnell.

A big field took part in Saturday’s par event with 71 men and 21 women playing.

TODAY 13-year-old Ajay Sonti will deliver a five-minute speech at the Melbourne Legacy’s 92nd Annual Anzac Commemoration for Students, taking place at the Shrine of Remembrance.

GEORGINA Gubbins’ resume gives the impression of a high-flying corporate executive, but the reality of the newly-inducted Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) recipient in the General Division at this year’s Australia Day Awards, could not be further from that picture and her story is truly inspirational.