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The City of Mount Gambier is pleased to announce the 2024 Citizen of the Year recipients. Citizen of the Year will be awarded to Richard Harry, Senior Citizen of the Year will be presented to Kevin Douglas, Young Citizen of the Year will be awarded to Luke Thomson, the Community Event of the Year will be presented to the Mount Gambier Community Christmas Lunch and the Active Citizenship Award will be given to Julian Mattay. Awardees will be formally acknowledged at the Australia Day Breakfast and Awards event at the Cave Garden/Thugi on Friday 26 January 2024. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is consulting with the community to explore and develop a community vision to guide Council’s strategic planning process for the next 10 years – Mount Gambier 2035. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier will host a family friendly New Year's Eve celebration at the Cave Garden/Thugi between 4:00pm and 9:00pm on Sunday 31 December 2023. Read full article

Each year as Christmas draws closer, we remark how quickly the year disappears and it reminds me how important it is that we stop and reflect on how fortunate we are to live in the wonderful community that Mount Gambier is. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier will apply for a permit from the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) to restock the Valley Lake/Ketla Malpi with native fish following a proposal from RecFish SA to consider the recreational fishing and ecotourism initiative. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library is pleased host a children’s book launch with local budding artist Olive Cotton, Illustrator of ‘The Cat Surprise’ on Thursday 11 January at 10:30am, as part of the City of Mount Gambier’s school holiday program of events. Read full article

About 50 Akuna Kindergarten students presented their ideas for activating the Railway Lands play precinct to the City of Mount Gambier for consideration during the school year. Read full article

Donations to the Mount Gambier Community Mayor’s Christmas Appeal are rolling in, the total sitting at just over $30,000 a week before Christmas. Read full article

Throughout the 2023/2024 Christmas and New Year period, Council's hours of operation and services are as follows: Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier has completed the task of felling large burnt pine trees along the Crater Lakes rim following a fire that ravaged the area in January 2022. The stairs and crater rim path to Centenary Tower are now open to the public following the work, enabling walkers and runners to complete a full loop of the Mountain Trail once again. Read full article