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City of Mount Gambier is seeking community input to identify and understand the priorities for dog and cat management in Mount Gambier as Council develops the draft Dog and Cat Management Plan 2024 - 2028. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier continues to investigate the sinkhole located in the walkway between Margaret Street and the Railway Lands that appeared after the bitumen collapsed at 7:10am on Sunday 25 June 2023 following heavy rain. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier 2023/2024 Sport and Recreation Capital Works Program is now open for applications for sporting and recreation clubs in Mount Gambier to assist with capital works or upgrades. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier Creative Arts Fund is now open for applications with a total of $50,000 available to local artists, not-for-profit organisations and community groups to support the delivery of creative public art projects within Mount Gambier. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host bestselling author Liz Harfull with her latest release A Farming Life; Tales of Resilience from Inspiring Rural Women on Thursday 17 August at 7:00pm. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host Dr Harry Gaffney for the launch of his children’s picture book 'Tiny Adventures Inside Me: A Journey into Microbiology' as part of the City of Mount Gambier’s Science Week program of events. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host two bestselling authors in one night with Darry Fraser and Maya Linnell on Monday 31 July at 7:00pm. Darry Fraser is well known for writing stories of ordinary people in nineteenth century Australia, who are drawn into difficult circumstances: adventure, mystery, mayhem, love, life, against the backdrop of historical events. While Maya Linnell’s rural romances ooze warmth and authenticity drawing inspiration from her rural upbringing. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier has endorsed the Blue Lake Sports Park Master Plan. The high level document provides a road map for future development at the site, informed by the Sport, Recreation and Open Spaces Strategy (SROSS), current and future participation trends, sporting compliance and feedback from the community and key stakeholders. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to the many local junior sports people of Mount Gambier and district who have achieved selection in a formal State team to compete at national sporting events and who are members of an affiliated contributing sporting organisation. The fund provides an ongoing pool of money for distribution to those juniors to assist with the financial burden these selections can place on regional families. Read full article

The Rotary Club of Mount Gambier Lakes has donated $3,000 from the proceeds of the 2022 OneFortyOne Blue Lake Fun Run to financially disadvantaged junior sports people through the Junior Sports Assistance Fund. Read full article