Fire services and toy run parade

December 5, 2009

Fire services paraded down Commercial Street, Mount Gambier, on Saturday to raise awareness about the fire danger season.

Units from the Metropolitan Fire Service, Country Fire Service and ForestrySA participated. Read more

Motorbike parking bays discussed

November 18, 2009

Mount Gambier City Council has rejected a request by a Commercial Street East business to install a number of motorcycle-only parking bays.

This follows a request by business Bike Bling.

But council will explore the possibility of implementing motorcycle parking bays in other parts of the city.

Levi Day experiences GP action

October 21, 2009

Mount Gambier motorcycle ace Levi Day had a baptism of fire in his brush with the world’s best 125cc riders at Phillip Island last weekend.

Racing at the Island in one of the curtain raiser events to the Australian MotoGP Grand Prix, which forms a leg of the world title, Day was able to brush shoulders with some of the highest profile riders in the sport, including Valetino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo. Read more