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The 80 km/h speed limit on two sections of road on the outskirts of the city on Lake Terrace East and O’Leary Road Mount Gambier has been lowered to 50 km/h from today. The 50 km/h speed limit has been extended 500 metres on Lake Terrace East towards Lewis Avenue. The 50 km/h speed limit has also been extended by 450 metres on O’Leary Road to include Springview Drive. Read full article

Bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe will return to the Mount Gambier Library on Monday 8 April at 7:00pm with her latest release ‘The Accident’. Read full article

Mount Gambier will celebrate all things footy in the lead up to the AFL Gather Round with ‘Before the Bounce’ community activities to be held from Saturday 23 March 2024 until Sunday 7 April 2024. More than 40,000 people are expected to travel through Mount Gambier on the way to the Gather Round in Adelaide. Before the Bounce is a program of footy based events and activities to be held throughout the city designed to capitalise on the influx of visitors. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier and South East Animal Welfare League (SEAWL) have signed a rehoming partnership agreement for Council to transfer unclaimed impounded dogs after the mandatory 72-hour holding period to SEAWL for rehoming. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier has identified key themes following community consultation to develop a vision to guide Council’s strategic planning process for the next 10 years – Mount Gambier 2035. In the initial phase of the project, Council engaged with the community in late 2023 to hear about what residents collectively value, what we want to be known for, and the opportunities to embrace or challenges to overcome as we approach 2035. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library is pleased to host a very special family event, the launch of picture book ‘Banjo Frog’s Concert Spectacular’ with author Kirstin Martin and illustrator Bianca Richardson on Sunday 17 March at 11:00am. Read full article

Council has drafted a Shared Path Masterplan outlining future needs to improve connectivity and shared pathway networks throughout Mount Gambier. The community is invited to review the document and provide feedback by mid-March. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier has reunited 93 per cent of wandering dogs with their owners since it began operating its own dog pound on 1 July 2023. Read full article

The local community has donated more than $40,000 to the 2023 Mount Gambier Community Mayor’s Christmas Appeal. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is finalising remediation work at the sinkhole in the walkway between Margaret Street and the Railway Lands, with public thoroughfare access to be reopened next week. Read full article