South Gippsland: Our People South Gippsland Shire Council

Jay and Kim are organic market gardeners from Bena, in South Gippsland. Hear their story as they tell you all about their business, and their passion for sharing their sustainable agriculture knowledge with everyone from farmers to home veggie-growers.

Melanie Caple is an artist and arts manager from Berry's Creek in South Gippsland, Victoria. Join Melanie at her studio in Berrys Creek, where she shares her experience of growing up on a dairy farm in Nerrena, leaving Leongatha to pursue her artistic dreams, and art’s growing importance in the South Gippsland community.

Jaci Hicken runs Jacican Food Studio in Mirboo North, South Gippsland, where she grows vegetables, cooks, and teaches other people to do the same.

Jackie Newman moved to South Gippsland in search of a 'Sea Change', and hasn't looked back.

We join Robert Waycott at the former Mirboo Shire Hall, home of the Mirboo North Historical Society, where he shares his passion for the history of South Gippsland and documenting the events of his local area through his local community newspaper.

Rondinne’s journey to South Gippsland has been longer and more eventful than most, she’s lived on four continents, having had a professional career taking her to the UK and North America. But even that can’t compare to Rondinne’s story of her escape from Kuwait as a refugee when she was a young adult.