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2 hours ago

Council

How healthy is your community? Tell us what you think!

Some of the Post It Note ideas contributed at Bass Coast’s Healthy Communities Plan pop-up sessions. THE Bass Coast Shire Council has its Healthy Communities Plan 2025-29 out for public consultation and there’s already been a healthy response to...

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10 hours ago

Four attempted murder charges dropped in Patterson case

The prosecution has dropped the attempted murder charges where Simon Patterson was the alleged victim. IN A sensational development on day one of the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, the prosecution has dropped the attempted murder charges...

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18 hours ago

More childcare access needed

By Trent Westaway and Chloe Kent ACCESS to affordable, high-quality early childhood education is a pressing concern for families in Bass Coast and South Gippsland, and as the 2025 federal election approaches, childcare has emerged as a pivotal...

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Chloe Kent

20 hours ago

Community

CWA Wonthaggi Owl Women’s Mother’s Day stall

THE CWA Wonthaggi Owl Women are holding a Mother’s Day stall on Saturday, May 10, at the Wonthaggi Plaza (outside Kmart) from 9 am to 1 pm or until sold out. Brand president Heidi Vanzet said all proceeds from the stall will go directly to support...

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22 hours ago

Don’t mess with our local weather station

YANAKIE Automatic Weather station is set to be decommissioned from Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Locals are concerned with one resident posing the question to the Sentinel-Times for the Monash candidates, highlighting that sailors, kayakers and boaties...

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Chloe Kent

22 hours ago

Community

Short but powerful – Bass Coast hosts weekend of film

HOW do you begin to describe the utter devastation of losing your soulmate to illness, suicide or violent death? Film maker, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, knows what it must be like and with his short film ‘Dusty’ in the Open section of the Bass Coast...

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27 Apr 2025

Funding approval for Kongwak Avenue of Honour

THE KONGWAK Community Group (KCG) have applied for and received State Government funding for stage one of their project to protect and improve the trees in Kongwak’s Avenue of Honour. The grant will deliver $30,000 to KCG, through the State...

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26 Apr 2025

Community

Community out in force for San Remo’s ANZAC Day service

THE advertised time for the ANZAC Day service on the foreshore at San Remo was 10.45am but from 10am onwards they started to arrive and well before the appointed hour, the seats were full and there were ranks of people standing behind in an...

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26 Apr 2025

Loch Resilience Project moves to next phase

LOCH residents are showing strong and growing support for the Loch Resilience Project, a local initiative focused on building practical, community-led solutions to energy, communication, and emergency challenges. A successful project launch in...

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26 Apr 2025

Leongatha teens to visit Kokoda with local RSL support

Two Leongatha students will experience the lifechanging challenge of walking the Kokoda Track next year, Leongatha RSL president Bill Verboon announcing on Anzac Day that the Sub Branch will sponsor their educational adventure. The annual trip is...

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Andrew Paloczi

25 Apr 2025

Sport

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Football

Power switches to wet weather footy

YOU’D like to have three Jakeb Thomas’s in your team; one as a powerful lead-up forward, one as a key defender and one to pinch-hit in the ruck. Wonthaggi had all that and more from their big-hearted onballer on Saturday as he led them through...

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1 hour ago

Football

Tough and honest but not enough for Killy Bass

COMING off an unexpected win against Inverloch-Kongwak over Easter, the next challenge for Kilcunda Bass was taking on Phillip Island. It was always going to be a battle for the Panthers against one of the best teams in the side. An intense and...

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20 hours ago

Sport

Meadley earns her spot in the 17/U Victorian state netball team

GEMMA Meadley has taken a major leap in her netball journey, earning herself a spot in the Victorian 17 and Under state team, and returning from the National Championships with bronze. “Vic only lost one game prior to finals (to SA, the gold medal...

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22 hours ago

Real Estate

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On The Land

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Council

New emergency levy prompts South Gippsland to cut farm rates

A FEATURE of the draft South Gippsland Shire Council’s $94 million budget, handed down at a meeting of council last Wednesday, April 16 is the proposal to shift part of the burden of rates off the shire’s farmers. While many in the rural sector...

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18 Apr 2025

Council

Here’s a chance for Bass Coast farmers to cut their rates

THE Bass Coast Shire Council is set to release its draft new ‘Revenue and Rating Plan’ at this week’s council meeting, going out for public comment and feedback over a 28-day period from Thursday, April 17 until Wednesday, May 14, 2025. It’s...

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13 Apr 2025

On the land

Appetite for Success – dairy productivity, sustainability, and profitability

“DAIRY farmers and those in the associated industries supporting dairy are invited to attend Appetite for Success, a series of events focused on increasing dairy productivity, sustainability, and profitability,” said Greg Morris, Dairy...

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08 Apr 2025

On the land

Burra Foods notes ‘tough conditions’ with price rise

LAST week, Burra Foods announced a $0.10/kgMS step up to Milk Supply Partners for the period July 1, 2024 to June 30 2025. This takes the Burra Foods milk price range for FY25 to $8.10/kgMs - $8.60/kgMS. This improved price is in line with a 20 per...

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30 Mar 2025

Local Business & Tourism

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Reliable mess-free firewood available in Bass Coast and South Gippsland

SUSTAINABLY grown kiln-dried hardwood mill ends that make excellent firewood are again available from four businesses in South Gippsland and Bass Coast Shires. The timber is grown in Tasmania and milled in East Gippsland for the building trade and...

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18 Apr 2025

Trustworthy hair and beauty solutions

STYLING tips and trends are continually circulating online. So, whether it’s a bouncy, natural, effortless blow wave or a sleek, precision-cut bob, having a trustworthy hairdresser to create the desired look is necessary, and the owner of Admire...

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08 Apr 2025

Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese collects more awards

BERRYS Creek Gourmet Cheese has cemented its reputation as one of Australia’s leading cheese producers, winning multiple awards at the 2025 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show. The business, led by Barry Charlton and his partner Cheryl...

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04 Mar 2025

Helping Victorian businesses grow with grants of up to $500,000

VICTORIAN farmers and food and drink producers seeking financial support can now apply for grants of up to $500,000 to help them transform their business, deliver market-leading products and drive sustainable operations. The Coles Nurture Fund has...

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30 Jan 2025

Tourist numbers surge across South Gippsland

A SURGE in tourism across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast has resulted in the highest visitor numbers to the region since COVID. Visitor numbers have well exceeded seven hundred over summer for the Foster Visitors Information Centre and the Big4...

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29 Jan 2025

Kilcunda Lobster Festival returns for their 39th year

THE community is invited to join the Kilcunda community association for their annual Kilcunda Lobster Festival on the town foreshore on Sunday, January 26 with market stalls, live music, and amusement rides to entertain the entire family. The first...

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14 Jan 2025

Swag of honours for Leongatha Lyric Theatre

LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre not only hosted the recent Gippsland Associated Theatre Awards but collected a swag of honours for its popular production of Into the Woods, Colin Mitchell OAM’s final show as director. Into the Woods won Most Outstanding...

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19 Dec 2024

Rising and experienced musical theatre talent recognised

LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre performed at the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria’s ‘Bruce Awards’ on Saturday and collected some of the evening’s honours for this year’s production of Into the Woods, those awards going to a vastly experienced...

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19 Dec 2024

Events

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04 May

High Tea at Bena Hall

04th May

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18 May

Car Rally & Scavenger Hunt @ Outtrim

18th May

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