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The AAM Timber Mount Gambier Christmas Parade celebrates the beginning of the festive season down Commercial Street on Saturday 16 November 2024 at 11:00am. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library hosted the South Australian Libraries Board on Thursday 24 October 2024 while on a tour of the Limestone Coast region. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host local author Cindy Bunt for the launch of her second cookbook Fall in Love with Baking on Thursday 21 November at 7:00pm at The Mount Gambier Library. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is encouraging residents, traders, staff, shoppers and visitors to complete a short digital survey on the city’s Central Business District (CBD) to capture community perceptions on what makes an ideal city centre. Read full article

The learn to ride mini streetscape located on the western platform at the Railway Lands is now open for use. Read full article

The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre will host the launch of Enjoy This Trip: The Art of Music Posters, a national touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia on Friday 1 November 2024. Drawn from the National Gallery’s collection of Australian and International music posters spanning the 1960s to 1980s, Enjoy This Trip: The Art of Music Posters captures the spirit of the times and an era of experimentation. Read full article

The draft 2024-2028 City of Mount Gambier Strategic Plan is now open for community feedback following Council endorsement at the October 2024 meeting. The draft plan has been informed by the aspirations, priorities and values articulated in the Community Vision – Mount Gambier 2035 and will guide Council’s work over the next four years. Read full article

A mythical megafauna creature, inspired by paleontological discoveries in the sinkholes and caves of the Limestone Coast region will be brought to life as the Mount Gambier Beacon Art Project, after it was endorsed as the successful EOI application at the October Council meeting. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is now offering visitor servicing from the Umpherston Sinkhole/Balumbul building, further implementing the new ‘hub and spoke’ model. Occupation of the site follows the retirement of the previous operator at the end of the lease period and successful activation of Engelbrecht Cave in July 2024. Read full article

A recent kerbside bin audit undertaken by Rawtec and Dynamic 3E on behalf of the City of Mount Gambier identified that more than half the general waste stream could be diverted away from landfill with food organics making up 27 per cent of the average residential general waste bin. Read full article