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Round two of City of Mount Gambier’s Grants and Sponsorships program is now open for applications. The newly revised program includes consideration of all grants and sponsorship applications together, distributed in two funding rounds each year. Read full article

The Mount Gambier community has generously donated more than $30,000 to the 2024 Mount Gambier Community Mayor’s Christmas Appeal. Read full article

The annual Mount Gambier and District Tertiary Health Education Grants (THEG) program is now open for 2025, offering $2,000 grants to local applicants pursuing tertiary health-related studies. Read full article

Bestselling Australian author Darry Fraser is set to return to Mount Gambier Library with her latest release ‘The Night on the Darling River’ on Tuesday 11 February at 7:00pm. Read full article

Launching the 2025 program, The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre will open two new exhibitions next week, kicking off a calendar of touring and collection exhibitions, events and creative experiences. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier is pleased to announce the 2025 Citizen of the Year recipients. Citizen of the Year will be awarded to Trudi Shelton, Senior Citizen of the Year will be presented to Rodney Summers, Young Citizen of the Year will be awarded to Brad Hann, the Community Event of the Year will be presented to the Mount Gambier Family Truck Show and the Active Citizenship Award will be given to Mount Gambier Breast Cancer Awareness Group. Awardees will be formally acknowledged at the Australia Day Breakfast and Awards event at the Cave Garden/Thugi on Sunday 26 January 2025. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier welcomes Chris White to the role of General Manager People, Place and Liveability. Chris is a qualified town planner from the United Kingdom, with 30 years experience in the public and private sector, most recently in Victoria and New South Wales. He specialises in planning, placemaking, engagement, community development, tourism, economic development, sport, recreation, arts and culture. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund is pleased to advise that the Rotary Club of Mount Gambier Lakes has provided a $3,000 donation to the Youth Empowerment Sports Program for 2025. Read full article

For the month of October 2024, Engelbrecht Cave was the top clicked Limestone Coast attraction and second most clicked attraction in the state on the online tourism information portal the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW). Read full article

Award-winning crime writer Margaret Hickey will return to Mount Gambier Library for the launch of Rural Dreams, and a discussion on her previous novel The Creeper on Monday 17 January 2025 at 7:00pm. Read full article