The Berwick and District Agricultural & Horticultural Society hold an annual show at Akoonah Park in Berwick. The Show can trace its origins back to the first event organised by the predecessor of the Berwick and District Agricultural & Horticultural Society, the Mornington Farmers’ Society in 1857. The name Berwick and District Agricultural & Horticultural Society was… Read More
Archives for March 2014
Akoonah Park
Akoonah Park was orginally called the New Berwick Showgrounds and Recreation Reserve but in 1959 Cr CA Harris of the Shire of Berwick suggested the name be changed to Akoonah Park. Akoonah is an Aboriginal word for ‘running waters’ which are just beside the park in the form of the Cardinia Creek. Terence O’Connor took up… Read More
Stan Henwood Award
Lifetime achievements in the community services field are recognised by the Cardinia Shire with the Stan Henwood Award. Stan was actively involved with the Tynong Hall Committee, Tynong Recreation Reserve Committee and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. He was a Life Member of the Tynong Tennis Club, the West Gippsland Tennis Association, the Tynong Fire Brigade and… Read More