Tag: News
Healthy course
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE launch of a huge initiative aimed at getting families more active was held at St Patrick’s Primary School in Pakenham on...
Hot cars a killer
AMBULANCE Victoria paramedics were called out 22 times to cases where children had been locked in cars last summer in Pakenham alone.
In the lead-up...
Charity Cruise day out
THE Wild Violet Wedding Cars Annual Charity Cruise will leave Pakenham bound for Noojee next month.
Up to 100 classic pre-1985 cars will cruise in...
Deferral not refusal
By DANIELLE GALVIN
PLANS for a medical and child care centre on Pakenham Road are on hold after a Cardinia Shire Council meeting on Monday...
They just keep coming back
THROWING a boomerang does take skill.
Last week, 112 Japanese students visiting Beaconhills College were excited to try boomerang-throwing and learn a little about aboriginal...
Season to share
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
THE silly season is ramping up to be crazier than ever for Pakenham’s primary crisis relief centre.
4Cs is expecting to supply...
Schools Go flat out
STUDENTS from across 14 schools in the Cardinia Shire will put their best foot forward this ’GOvember’ in an attempt to become more physically...
Lunch’s canned
By DANIELLE GALVIN
The annual free Cardinia community Christmas...
THE annual free Cardinia Community Christmas lunch will not go ahead this year, but will be back...
An Aussi-dog barbecue
HUNGRY pet pooches turned out on Saturday for a special doggie barbecue.
At the Pakenham Produce and Saddlery at Bald Hill Road on Saturday,...
Great Lake’s race raises hope
GNOMES and Oompa Loompas ran rampant around Lakeside Pakenham last week when students of Lakeside Lutheran College organised ‘The Great Lake’s Race - Where’s...
Big bucks to fight cancer
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE team at Gippsland Foods were tickled pink by the success of their breast cancer fund-raiser late last month.
An employee of the...
The last of the Oaks
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE Pakenham Oaks Day marked the end of an era this year, when more than 3000 people turned out for the last...