Category: Stories

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Duursma’s promising footy career built on Gippsland foundations

By Greg Allen-Pretty 9 April 2020 With only one AFL round played so far this season, a second year Port Adelaide player from Gippsland is keeping himself fit and match-ready for when a resumption of the season is announced. Meet the impressive Xavier Duursma who excelled at Gippsland Power and with Vic Country, and is now making his mark in the AFL. He’s smart, he’s … Continue reading Duursma’s promising footy career built on Gippsland foundations

Unknown's avatarGreg Allen-Pretty
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Gippsland’s musos won’t be torn apart

High profile Gippsland musician and music teacher Brett Glover has looked to what he knows best to raise our spirits and keep the region’s music community together. Brett’s idea of a music clip featuring singers and musicians collaborating from home on a classic Aussie hit has just gone online. More than a hundred of them contributed to a Gippslandesque rendition of INXS’s Never Tear Us … Continue reading Gippsland’s musos won’t be torn apart

Unknown's avatarGreg Allen-Pretty
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Life after Koko: Unmasking Frank Bezzina

For 22 years, Frank Bezzina brought happiness to the lives of people of all ages as Koko the Clown. There was hardly a weekend when the power station worker wasn’t seen somewhere in the Latrobe Valley with his smiling face, corny jokes and clown props. I sat down with Frank for chat in Gippsland’s Gold and TRFM’s Gippsland Connected video series. During his career, Frank’s alter-ego Koko … Continue reading Life after Koko: Unmasking Frank Bezzina

Unknown's avatarGreg Allen-Pretty
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Roses lure Costa back to Morwell

Costa Georgiadis oozes passion when it comes to all things gardening and that inspires ordinary backyard gardeners to find their passion, their green thumb. Known for his work on ABC’s Gardening Australia, Costa is a well known landscape architect who travels the country promoting sustainability and environmental issues. He said his love of nature developed in his grandfather’s market garden while growing up in Sydney’s … Continue reading Roses lure Costa back to Morwell

Unknown's avatarGreg Allen-Pretty
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Live at Spectrum takes its final bow

The final ever ‘Live at Spectrum’ TV show will be broadcast this Sunday night after four years of highlighting Gippsland’s live music scene. Monthly shows have been broadcast live over digital platforms from the Spectrum studio in Traralgon and replayed later on Foxtel and Melbourne’s Channel 31. Creator and Producer Brett Tippet said over the four years, the program has lifted the profile of many … Continue reading Live at Spectrum takes its final bow

Unknown's avatarGreg Allen-Pretty