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Run The Gap founder Monique Cummings is passing the baton after 15 years building a family idea born during a difficult time for Halls Gap into one of the region’s major tourism events.

From a town in crisis to a running success

WHEN floods struck Halls Gap in 2011, the damage was measured not only in closed roads and battered infrastructure. Visitor numbers fell. For a town built around tourism, the

22 July, 2026

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Stawell Little Athletics volunteers Greg Carter and Elishia Murphy have been recognised as finalists in the 2026 Little Athletics Victoria Awards for their outstanding contributions to the local club.

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Stawell volunteers in running for state honours

CT Global Initiative recruits.

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From Around the World to Regional Victoria: How Country Therapy is Creating Connections

Mayor Karen Hyslop and hundreds of others attended Steve Gliese’s open garden in mid June just before his passing. The open garden raised $13,500 for the Oncology Unit at Stawell Hospital.

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Steve’s journey with cancer

The volunteers behind Stawell Uniting Church’s Pop-Up Shop — Peter Evans, Kay Evans, Noelene Castle, Elva Raggatt and Allison Rasche — have helped transform the seasonal event into one of Stawell’s most enduring community gatherings, raising more than $118,000 since it began in 2015.

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Geoff Carr speaks in Stawell last year during a reading from his book Dickie Larsen’s Pumpkin & Other Stories, which continues to find new readers across Victoria.

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Carr’s stories find new readers

Annie Monaghan says volunteering introduced her to lifelong friends and helped transform Stawell from a place she once considered leaving into a town she cannot imagine living without.

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The long way home: Fifty years of friendship, service and community

Joyce Dowsett has been posthumously recognised in today's King's Birthday Honours List.

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Joyce Dowsett OAM recognised posthumously in King’s Honours

Ararat, Pomonal and Stawell Men's shed gather to celebrate the Pumpkin Competition victors.

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Pumpkin Rivalry at Men’s Shed

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Black and Ginger Wines Hadyn Black is vying for honours in the Young Gun of Wine Award.

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Black and Ginger Wines chasing young gun honours

Stawell Harness Racing Club volunteer Jeff Hargreaves with committee chair Angela Towers after Hargreaves received a Paul James Volunteer Service Award at the Trots Clubs Victoria awards night at Rich River Resort. Photo supplied.

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Surprise honour for Stawell harness stalwart

Ron Davies, front left, celebrates his 90th birthday at Stawell Library with friends from the How’s It Going? men’s social group. Ron is pictured with, from left, back, Richard Dodds, Stephen Ware, Peter Seeary, Don Sturt and Robert de Clifford; and front, Geoffrey Wallace and Murray McPherson.

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Cheers to 90 years

Y-Zetts members at a recent gathering — front: Lyn Bibby, Di O’Donnell, Meg Blake and Jan West; back: Pam West, Helena Nicholson, Janine Sibson and Carolyn McDonald — with a reunion planned next month to mark more than 50 years of fundraising for Stawell Hospital.

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Y-Zetts mark half a century of giving

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