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Local business called to jump onboard with Marinus Link

LOCAL businesses have been invited to meet the lead contractors in the giant Marinus Link energy infrastructure project ahead of construction starting next year. Up to a thousand jobs are expected to be created by Marinus Link directly and...

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05 Nov 2025

Hooded plovers nesting on South Gippsland and Bass Coast beaches

NEW and returning pairs of hooded plovers have been sighted nesting on local beaches. Although the forces of nature have taken their toll on some parts of the coastline pairs of hooded plovers have been seen starting to nest a little higher up in...

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05 Nov 2025

Lockout stalemate as Council takes control of Wonthaggi Men’s Shed

BASS Coast Shire Council has taken possession of the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed (WMS) after the Community Garden Group was locked out last week. WMS explained in an advertisement last Tuesday that they had made an executive decision to shut down the...

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05 Nov 2025

Fashion scholarship sponsored by Martin Carlson Foundation

LYRIC Theatre Backstage Manager Pete Clarkson has been awarded a two-year scholarship by the Martin Carlson Foundation to undertake a Certificate IV in Apparel and Fashion at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE. Pete’s theatre experience began in...

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03 Nov 2025

Gardens to refresh, relax and inspire at Inverloch

SPRING will be celebrated at Inverloch next weekend with Inverloch Open Gardens. A wide variety of gardens will be open to the public including Michelle Millane’s native style garden which is only two years old. “It was just lawn when we moved...

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31 Oct 2025

Council takes control of Wonthaggi Men’s Shed

BASS Coast Shire Council has taken possession of the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed after the Community Garden Group was locked out earlier this week. The Wonthaggi Men’s Shed explained in an advertisement that they had made an executive decision to shut...

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South Gippsland Sentinel Times

31 Oct 2025

New citizens come to the Bass Coast from all over the world

BASS Coast’s newest Australian citizens pledged their allegiance to Australia at the Bass Coast Citizenship Ceremony held last week at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club. Coming from all over the world to Australia, from Cuba to Canada and Portugal to...

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31 Oct 2025

Garden group forced out of their Wonthaggi Men’s Shed home

THE EVICITION of the Wonthaggi Community Garden Group from their long-standing home in the grounds of the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed has left members shocked and disappointed. Describing the move as making some changes the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed...

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28 Oct 2025

People and Lifestyle

Heartbreak Choir hits all the right notes on opening night

OPENING night at Leongatha for Leongatha’s Lyric Theatre production of The Heartbreak Choir was filled with warmth and heartfelt emotion. Heartbreak Choir written by Aidan Fennessy under the direction of Bernadette Grainger is a touching and...

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26 Oct 2025

Lift houses out of coastal flood zones say The Greens

IN what could prove to be a costly solution to climate change Greens Senator for Victoria Steph Hodgins and Gippsland Greens candidate Mat Morgan have called on the State Labor Government to look at the cost of lifting coastal homes out of flood...

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24 Oct 2025

Council

Petition to Bass Coast Council to lower local speed limit

ONE TRAGIC fatality and another accident waiting to happen according to local residents of Chisholm Road Wonthaggi who want the current 100km/h speed limit on Chisholm Road to be halved. “None of the locals travel at 100km/h on Chisholm Road...

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20 Oct 2025

The secret world of Freemasonry a myth

AS SOCIETY changes the essence of Freemasonry remains the same, according to the Woolamai Daylight Masonic Lodge based in Wonthaggi. How old is your grandmother was once a question attributed to Freemasons seeking to identify another Freemason. The...

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