Featured Stories

UPDATED: Drowned Buffalo man can finally be laid to rest

THE latest advances in the forensic identification of human remains have been brought to bear on the mystery of a Sandy Point skeleton, discovered by a snorkeler on the ocean floor at Shallow Inlet on Christmas Day, 2017. The human remains...

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Michael Giles

04 Aug 2023

News

Leongatha, Wonthaggi and THAT image of the Vietnam War

THE first time Leongatha’s Rob Fennell saw his best army mate, Stan Whitford, was when he caught sight of him barrelling down the South Gippsland Highway in his old Zephyr. The next time he was travelling down the highway to Puckapunyal, with his...

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Michael Giles

01 Aug 2023

Football

Bigger than sport: Parrots celebrate Xavier Bolge’s return to footy

- Parrots celebrate Xavier Bolge’s return to footy AFTER four months of chemotherapy, and other equally nasty treatments for cancer, Leongatha Under 18s footballer Xavier Bolge received the all-clear from his medicos at the Monash Children’s...

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Sentinel-Times

01 Aug 2023

Featured Stories

Loch’s heritage and culture shortlisted for award

SOUTH Gippsland’s beautiful town of Loch has been shortlisted for the 2023 Tidy Towns and Cities - Sustainability Awards. Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria announced the shortlist last week. The awards are now in its 41st year which recognise...

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Sentinel-Times

26 Jul 2023

Featured Stories

‘Udderly’ bizarre visitors at Leongatha Golf Club

Potential new members of Leongatha Golf Club did themselves no favours during a Tuesday visit, with the 100-strong heard of cows conducting themselves in a fashion that doesn’t match the sport’s expected etiquette. Misdemeanours noted were not...

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Andrew Paloczi

26 Jul 2023

News

Say cheese, why Berrys Creek is the world’s best!

BARRY Charlton, and his team at Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese, are officially the best specialist or artisan cheesemakers in the world. And the fact that their entries, in the 2023 International Cheese and Dairy Awards, in Staffordshire England...

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Michael Giles

25 Jul 2023

News

Inverloch’s disappearing dunes: What are they doing about it?

THE USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have called it, El Nino has started in a key area of the Pacific Ocean, near the equator, affecting Australia’s weather. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is yet to declare an...

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Michael Giles

10 Jun 2023

News

Do shark sightings signal a change in our oceans.

Wonthaggi surfer Dave Dockery is concerned his White Pointer sighting could indicate a change in our oceans. WONTHAGGI surfer Dave Dockery has seen the common Bronze Whaler Shark out in the water while out surfing and even a Tiger Shark on one...

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Sparks are flying in Korumburra

The Weld Like a Girl classes have been so popular that waitlists are long and people come from Melbourne and further afield to attend.

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That’s gold! ‘Paul The Pieman’ scores 10 out of 10

THE official industry event for 2023, the Australia’s Best Pie and Pastie Competition, put on by Baking Association of Australia, has just wrapped up in Sydney and Inverloch’s Paul The Pieman owners and operators, Paul and Robyn Woods have come...

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Guy Road officially open in Corinella!

THE Guy Road Shared Pathway in Corinella has finally opened after years of delay much to the delight of Bass Valley Primary School. The Guy Road Shared Pathway is a six-kilometre-long, 2.5-metre-wide shared cycling and walking link between the...

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Sentinel-Times

02 Jun 2023

Featured Stories

Furry helper brings joy to Inverloch library

INVERLOCH library has a fun, furry and fabulous assistant who listens to children read on Thursday afternoons. Bindi is an Australian Shepard and a Story Dog who will sit and hear children, typically aged between seven and eight, read a story. Story...

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Courtney O'Brien

01 Jun 2023

News

Jodi, Estée Lauder and the beauty of good communication

A LOT changed about the way we did things during COVID… some forever. For a while there, women had to do their own hair dying at home, blokes unused to buying stuff online discovered a whole new world and working from home became the norm. Someone...

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Michael Giles

31 May 2023