Mount Gambier, Australia News

SteamRanger Heritage Railway is running two steam locomotives and two diesel powered railcars from Goolwa as part of the annual About Time History Festival.

A Mount Gambier-based air charter operation says having a fly-in, fly-out hub in south-east South Australia will greatly reduce the time workers are away from their families.

Mooroopna music students are still breathless after a visit to South Australia where they met the greats of Australian jazz.

AN AIR Mauritius airliner that made an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport yesterday was being swept by the Victoria Police arson and explosives squad last night after a soft drink can with the word "bomb" written on it was found on board during the flight.

Mount Gambier's most famous landmark - the Blue Lake. The town may play host to a workforce for the Outback mining industry DIRECT flights from Mt Gambier to South Australia's Outback mining sites are being planned by the local council and a recruitment firm.

The intrepid Fiordland penguin who swam 3000km to Australia will have to repeat the feat if she wants to get home, with the Department of Conservation saying plans to fly her back are unnecessary.

It's believed two lost cane toads have found their way down to Mount Gambier in the south-east corner of South Australia.

A RESTORED replica of a historic sailing ship will soon make a return voyage by road from Warrnambool to Mount Gambier.

FARMERS aren't the only ones to benefit from Naracoorte Regional Livestock Exchange's $6.2 million upgrade this year.

Major retailers are set to come under scrutiny after police levelled more than 1000 charges against the executives of four trucking companies.

The Birchip Cropping Group in western Victoria is hoping that closures of Department of Primary Industries offices in the region, could actually mean a boost for business.

It has beaten six others, including Mornington in Victoria, Tasmania's Wynyard and Mount Gambier in South Australia, to win the title at a ceremony hosted by the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO at her Yarralumla residence in Canberra.

It's a long way from Michael Greenham's farm in Dartmoor to the hills of Turkey, but Michael is no stranger to travel, or bicycles, and is currently cycling through Turkey making his way to Athens.

Katrina is only the third of her species known to have made the long journey to SA from her home on New Zealand's South Island.

It might be difficult to get Australians to work on dairy dairy farms, but people from overseas are lining up to fill the void.

But in the South East dairy owners are turning to backpackers to fill the void left by rural worker shortage in Australia.

The fate of the national dairy lobby group is still undecided after its members failed to come to a decision at yesterday's vote.