Gisborne Gazette Community Newspaper

Gisborne Gazette Community Newspaper The Gisborne Gazette is the free monthly community newspaper of the South Ward of Macedon Ranges Shire.

We are a proud group of over one hundred dedicated volunteers.

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„Rotary Christmas Lights Competition๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„Cut out a voting slip from the Gazette or pick one up at Hello World Travel Gisbo...
08/12/2025

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„Rotary Christmas Lights Competition๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„
Cut out a voting slip from the Gazette or pick one up at Hello World Travel Gisborne (opposite IGA).
Vote for the Best Christmas Lights Display by Dec 19th for your favourite display to win a Bunnings voucher.

The big news on the front page of the December Gazette is the retirement of Dr Kulbir Gil from medical practice after ca...
29/11/2025

The big news on the front page of the December Gazette is the retirement of Dr Kulbir Gil from medical practice after caring for the Gisborne community for over 40 years. Congratulations Kulbir and THANK YOU.
As we forge our way into December, the Gazette has details of many Carols events in Gisborne:
๐ŸŽ„Sun Dec 7 St Brigids Hall 2-4pm
๐ŸŽ„Sun Dec 7 Dixon Field from 6pm
๐ŸŽ„Fri 19 and Sun 21 Aitken Reserve 6-9pm
๐ŸŽ„Wed 24 Christmas Eve Gisborne Uniting Church 7.30pm
๐ŸŽ„Thurs 25 Christmas Day Gisborne Uniting Church 9.30am

We also have the very popular Gisborne Festival Friday 12 Dec 4.30-9.30pm Gardiner reserve and aitken St Parade.

For more details, some fascinating articles to read and great sports photos of local teams, go to
www.gisborne.org.au

YOUNG LOCALS EXCEL in TENNIS and GOLFCongratulations Moser and SebastianSouth Gisborne Tennis Club player Moser Pretoriu...
07/11/2025

YOUNG LOCALS EXCEL in TENNIS and GOLF
Congratulations Moser and Sebastian

South Gisborne Tennis Club player Moser Pretorius recently won the doubles title in the Under 12s Victorian State Championships; he was also a runner-up in the singles. Congratulations Moser!

Just one year into his golfing journey, seven-year-old Sebastian has achieved what many players dream of.
Since picking up his first club, Sebastian has won an impressive 14 medals and three trophies over 22 tournaments across three states, highlighting his focus and determination as well as his natural talent.

Some big events to read about in the November Gazette, available in letterboxes now, in baskets at shopping centres and ...
03/11/2025

Some big events to read about in the November Gazette, available in letterboxes now, in baskets at shopping centres and library and online here: https://www.gisbornegazette.org.au

We are so excited about winning Best Community Newspaper in Victoria at the CNAV Awards Night [pages 3 and 19]

Macedon Primary School are gearing up for their huge 150th celebration with a big day on November 15th at the school [page 21]

So many of our fabulous young athletes are forging their way into division, regional, state and national competitions, WELL DONE.

Of particular note are the many successful FUTSAL players:
Clio, Ava, Connor, Cooper, Isaac and Joe [pages 22]
The following super star Macedon boys all represented Victoria in the Nationals and then made it into the Australian All Stars Team!! Nate Warner, U12 Boys, Harper Kowlessur, U11 and Mitch Burton, U19 [page 28]

Special congratulations also to Moser Pretorius who won the State doubles in tennis and was runner up in the singles. [page 2]

Our swimmers always do well and Angus Sharp was one of the recipients of the Young Leader of the Year award at the Victorian Swimming Awards. [page 28]

And one of our youngest stars, seven-year old Sebastian Azzopardi is having incredible success in golf on the National and International stage [page 30]

The list of successes goes on ..

Gisborne Soccer Club has a fabulous girl's U17/18 team who won the Football Victoria Grand Final, congratulations also to the Club's U14 girls soccer team. [page 30]

The Gazette Committee are proud as punch having been awarded ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ by CNAV!We also won ๐—•๐—ฒ...
19/10/2025

The Gazette Committee are proud as punch having been awarded ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ by CNAV!

We also won ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, Harry Meets Alice, written by Pip Butler; and ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, Log This Catch, July edition.

Special thanks for dedication, efficiency and excellence goes to our production team: Katrina Buttigieg, Bryan Power, Corinne Shaddock, Pip Butler and Maxine Barker.

On Friday Night our many volunteers gathered for our ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป where the awards were announced. Much celebrating and chatting with like minded people was enjoyed. Many thanks to Gisborne CWA for providing delicious savouries and desserts.

If you are interested in joining our team of over 100, go to our website and follow the link to our Volunteer Page www.gisbornegazette.org.au

Huge congratulations to JOE VELLA and the team at Gisborne Post Office for being awarded Corporate Post Office of the Ye...
06/10/2025

Huge congratulations to JOE VELLA and the team at Gisborne Post Office for being awarded Corporate Post Office of the Year - best in Australia!!
Read the Gazette online on our website:
www.gisbornegazette.org.au

All copies of the book "Tales of Old Gisborne" by Eddie and Peter Gardiner have been sold (450 copies!!)What sensational...
22/09/2025

All copies of the book "Tales of Old Gisborne" by Eddie and Peter Gardiner have been sold (450 copies!!)
What sensational community interest.
The Gisborne Library has copies for loan.

Our September edition is online now ...www.gisbornegazette.org.auRead about Brianna Woodburn and Riley Vernon's huge suc...
02/09/2025

Our September edition is online now ...
www.gisbornegazette.org.au

Read about Brianna Woodburn and Riley Vernon's huge successes with Cricket Victoria [pages 1 and 37]

Vale Councillor Christine Walker [Mayor's tribute to Christine page 3] ..

Congratulations to the victorious junior netball and football teams [photos page 31]
Good luck to all teams having the joy and challenge of finals matches.

Our August edition is available online here:www.gisbornegazette.org.auRead all about:** Gisborne Secondary College's mus...
04/08/2025

Our August edition is available online here:
www.gisbornegazette.org.au

Read all about:
** Gisborne Secondary College's musical ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด

** These lucky community groups are recipients of funding:
Gisborne Library, Gisborne SES, Gisborne Soccer Club

** Genealogical Group celebrates Family History Month

** Gisborne Singers share music and friendship in Hobart

** The Mount Players' next production, ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข opens soon, get your tickets now

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