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City of Mount Gambier has received $50,000 in funds through the Limestone Coast Landscape Board Grassroots Grants 2021/2022 program to undertake weed control measures in the Crater Lakes area. Council will target pest weeds and plants found throughout the precinct including Olive trees, Sweet Pittosporum, Cotoneaster, Italian Buckthorn and Ash trees on the Centenary Tower slope. Read full article

Local athletes Emily Lynch and Elwood Geary have been named the 2020 City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund Exceptional Juniors. The 13-year-old athletes will receive a $1000 cash prize each, sponsored by the Mount Gambier Commercial Club. Read full article

Due to COVID restrictions, the NF McDonnell and Sons annual Christmas Parade will return in a modified format once again in 2021. City of Mount Gambier will present Santa’s Boulevard, a drive by static Christmas spectacle including floats, lights and decorations to be held on Haig Drive at the Valley Lake over five nights in November. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host a live event with embryologist and fertility educator Lucy Lines at 7:00pm on Tuesday 14 September for the launch of ‘Achieving Parenthood; The struggles are real, the hope is eternal’. Read full article

The Riddoch Arts and Culture Centre is leaping into spring with a series of exhibitions focusing on textiles. Two solo exhibitions with local connections will launch on Friday 10 September at 6:00pm, including Domestic Arts by Sera Waters and Close to Home by Joann Fife. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will welcome back bestselling author Meredith Appleyard on Wednesday 8 September 2021 at 7:00pm for the launch of her sixth book ‘All About Ella’. Read full article

Four City of Mount Gambier projects will share in more than $1 million in Federal grant funding under Phase 2 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI). Read full article

City of Mount Gambier will donate a portion of the salvaged timber beams from the Railway Lands Roundhouse building to the National Trust of South Australia. The timber will be used for the repair and restoration of the Roundhouse building at Peterborough and follows a request from the Trust discussed at the August Council meeting. Read full article

Local volunteer group Friends of the Mount Gambier Library will host the rescheduled Big Book Sale on Sunday 29 August 2021 at the Mount Gambier Library. Providing a chance for the community to grab a bargain with thousands of books, and other items including DVDs, CDs and jigsaw puzzles, the sale will be scattered throughout the Library to comply with current COVID-19 directions. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier will amend the scope of the shared path extension connecting the Rail Trail to TAFE SA on Wireless Road due to construction constraints identified on the original routes proposed. Read full article