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Michael
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Shack Bay staircase closed for works from November 5

A POPULAR spot for locals to exercise and to take a quiet dip in the ocean, Shack Bay near Inverloch will be inaccessible during much of November and December this year. Parks Victoria has advised that the Shack Bay Beach Access Staircase will be...

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Michael Giles

18 hours ago

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Symbol of hope, support and remembrance

THE Phillip Island RSL Sub-branch is reminding everyone that their Remembrance Day service actually starts at 10.45am on Tuesday, November 11, not at 11am, so that the preliminaries can take place prior to the ‘Minute’s Silence’ promptly at...

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Michael Giles

19 hours ago

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Free throws for Premier on surprise visit to Mirboo North

NO ONE is complaining about the unexpected visit by Premier Jacinta Allan to Mirboo North last Tuesday, October 21, or that she practiced shooting hoops with Belinda Snell, the town’s much-loved Olympic hero. Practice makes perfect, they say. And...

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Michael Giles

28 Oct 2025

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Sign up if you can help make our beaches safer

MONASH University and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) are looking for anyone aged 18 or over to help with a research project on how to design more effective coastal safety signage. Participants will take part in a short virtual reality experience to test...

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Michael Giles

27 Oct 2025

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Splashdown: CMA acts on Bass Highway flooding at Kilcunda

THE West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has just approved an artificial opening of Bourne Creek estuary at Kilcunda after flooding of the Bass Highway in recent days. Blocked by the highway, creek waters have lapped at the edge of...

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Michael Giles

27 Oct 2025

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Smooth sailing after rocky start to Cowes’ streetscape upgrade

IT’S safe to say the Bass Coast Shire Council made a rocky start to its $8.3 million Stage 1 of the Cowes Streetscape Master Plan Delivery Project and there could well be more tears before the initial phase of the works gets wrapped up just before...

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Michael Giles

23 Oct 2025

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Stand-up Paddleboard surfers beat the storm at Phillip Island

THEY heard the weather warning yesterday but undeterred, competitors in the 2025 Australian SUP Titles at Phillip Island still hit the waves in surprisingly good conditions at Surfies Point on Wednesday, October 23. With a stiff north-westerly wind...

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Michael Giles

23 Oct 2025

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Bass Coast riding high on back-to-back major events

THE Australian MotoGP circus might have left town, but it’s been replaced by yet another Australian championship event this week, the Australian SUP Titles, officially launched on Tuesday night, but with competition starting at Phillip Island on...

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Michael Giles

21 Oct 2025

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Why another Archies Creek season is music to our ears

RUSSELL Morris, Judith Durham, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Renee Geyer, Peter Garrett, Wally de Backer, John Farnham of course, and even Bon Scott. They all have it. A vocal quality that rings out like a bell. The clarity, the musicality, the tone...

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Michael Giles

19 Oct 2025

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Crashed out, crashed out… Miller out!

IN THE big race, it didn’t start well for Jack Miller off the front row of the grid, slipping back to third, then fourth and finally fifth as the riders behind him surged forward over the first three laps. Marco Bezzecchi took up the lead and...

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Michael Giles

19 Oct 2025

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Aussie Senna Agius brings it home with a win in Moto2 at Phillip Island

AUSSIE Senna Agius, 20 from Sydney, won his way to the front row of the grid in Moto2 and stepped away best to lead the World Championship race for the first time at home and held on through six laps in a thrilling contest with Manuel Gonzalez and...

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Michael Giles

19 Oct 2025

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Last-gasp effort just fails for Aussie Jack Miller in MotoGP sprint

JACK Miller did what he had to do and provided local fans with plenty of thrills on Saturday, putting himself on the front row of the grid for the start of the MotoGP Sprint for championship points, and going with in an ace of a podium finish...

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Michael Giles

18 Oct 2025

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DEECA backs off on ‘retreat’ rhetoric in response to Inverloch erosion

IT WAS less about retreat and more about protection as the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DEECA) and the Cape-to-Cape Resilience Project team continued to soften their language around the response to Inverloch’s erosion...

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Michael Giles

17 Oct 2025