MIDCOAST Council hosted a fundraising workshop for Gloucester community groups in December 2024. During the workshop, attendees suggested the idea of organising a community group networking session. In response, MidCoast Council will hold a speed networking session for Gloucester community groups on Friday, 4 April at 10am in the Gloucester Council building. Gloucester is home […]

GLOUCESTER’S Steve Parkin is on a mission to raise over $20,000 with his Alice in Wonderland-themed Ford Falcon in this year’s Mystery Box Rally. The event, a five-day return trip from Broken Hill on a mystery route, combines adventure and fun with raising critical funds for the Cancer Council. Over 300 people are expected to […]

THE Gloucester community will soon see the restoration of the Billabong Park playground, with work beginning on 24 March to replace the damaged softfall, a key feature of the playground, which was affected by the 2021 floods. The replacement of the softfall is funded under the Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Package (CLIRP), as part of […]

    WHEN the word “permaculture” is uttered, some readers might have a vision of someone clad in well-worn gardening gear, with an old tattered hat, clutching a freshly dug bunch of carrots or spuds. Few would imagine a smartly dressed group, beers in hand, chatting animatedly at the local pub about gardening in general, […]