Pindimar business owner and resident Jan Goroncy has received a Gold Award for his “Italian Pink” garlic at this year’s prestigious Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards. Jan and his wife Lesley, are the owners of an import/distribution business in the Tea Gardens Industrial Estate called NTP Health Products. They also own and operate a 250 acre… click for more
Kye Richards from Pindimar’s struggle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Pindimar boy Kye Richards may look like your average nearly 4-year-old boy, but that could be further from the truth. Sure he plays with his toys, gets into mischief and does what most boys his age are doing. But Kye suffers from an incurable genetic disease, the biggest childhood genetic killer in the world, Duchenne… click for more
Drainage issues on the agenda for Pindimar Bundabah residents
Overall maintenance and public works requests for the Pindimar area to Great Lakes Council (GLC) appear to have fallen on deaf ears despite several calls, according to members from the Pindimar – Bundabah Community Association Inc (PBCA) Works Committee. Some requests for even the simplest of tasks appear to have been given a low priority according… click for more
Sea Turtle dead and washed up at Pindimar
With an abundance of sea grass currently present around the Pindimar foreshore, turtle sightings are becoming more frequent for those out on light water craft, and can even be seen from shore bobbing their curious heads out of the water checking out the surroundings. The location and healthy grass beds have been a popular area… click for more
Weed at Pindimar makes its return
Pindimar has beautiful scenery and is a lovely place to live with its waterside residences and nature surroundings, but over the last few years there has been a loss to the fragile environment with its deterioration of sea grass. Don Payne, a local of the Pindimar area, has been researching the problem and has taken… click for more
Emily Legge, 16, is walking the catwalk in the model world
Sixteen year old Emily Legge from Pindimar has been making a splash in the fashion world, recently hitting to the runway for Fashion Aid 2015 in Melbourne, and the Heart of Gold Foundation in Sydney Olympic Park. This natural beauty who grew up in the local area is definitely going places. Emily is fast becoming the… click for more
Pindimar waterfront comes alive with Santa
Children of all ages along with their families and friends enjoyed the start of the festive season last Saturday evening at the Pindimar waterfront. Organised by the Pindimar Bundabah Community Association, and held on the last Saturday before Christmas annually, the BBQ area near the boat ramp at South Pindimar was decorated by members with plenty… click for more
Fire burn by owner at Pindimar area was put out by Fire Brigade
During the recent Pindimar Bundabah Community Associations Market Day, festivities were unnecessarily interrupted just after lunch with a call out for a bushfire. It was an unnecessary callout on a couple of counts. One, the location of the fire did not have a permit to activate the back burn that the Rural Fire Service (R.F.S)… click for more
Bundabah land owner repeatedly fined for illegal tree clearling
Fines recently issued by Great Lakes Council in regards to illegal clearing of trees resulting in polluting and blocking Nanabah Creek by a property developer at Bundabah, have reportedly been met with remorse by the owner, Tea Gardens Farms, who complied with Councils direction to stop works immediately once the infringement had been noticed. Tree’s… click for more
Pindimar Bundabah Community Association Market Day.
Thongs will be flying sky high and going the distance yet again on Saturday 7 November at the Pindimar RFS Shed and Community Hall in Koree Street North Pindimar, as part of the Pindimar Bundabah Community Association Inc annual Market Day. Why throw a perfectly good thong I hear you ask? Having been a participant in… click for more