South Gippsland Sentinel Times

News

View all

Postcards visits Mirboo North

Channel nines travel show, Postcards, journeyed to Mirboo North and embraced the warm community atmosphere, visiting Lamezleighs Coffee House and Eatery, the Art Space and Jacican in March. The town, showing its resilience after the storm that...

Sentinel-Times

1 hour ago

News

Fears new overlay could cost residents ‘$100,000-plus’

THE move by the Victorian Planning Authority and the Bass Coast Shire Council to retrospectively introduce the highly restrictive ‘Environmental Audit Overlay’ (EAO) on housing estates in Wonthaggi’s north-east development area, on January 18...

Michael Giles

20 hours ago

Community

Little Shop of Horrors - Newhaven College Production

NEWHAVEN College’s calendar highlight is the Senior School production. This year, students ranging from Years 7-12 will bring the beloved musical Little Shop of Horrors to life on the Wonthaggi Arts Centre stage. All are welcome to come along to...

Nicole May

20 hours ago

Community

Anzac Day Services and events

Bass Bass Valley Friends of the RSL invite all to attend the Anzac Day Dawn Service which will be held at the Bass cenotaph, Hade Avenue Bass, commencing at 6am, followed by a free gunfire breakfast at the Bass Community Hall, School Road, Bass on...

Sentinel-Times

20 hours ago

Community

Korumburra Fire Brigade reach 125-year milestone

THE Korumburra Fire Brigade celebrated 125 years on Sunday. The milestone event was attended by the community, members of the Korumburra Fire Brigade and surrounding CFA and SES units, and honoured guests including CFA board member Tony Peake...

Sentinel-Times

24 Apr 2024

News

How these Wonthaggi homes have been overlayed with uncertainty

THE Bass Coast Shire Council is being forced to play catch-up after the owners of new blocks of land in several Wonthaggi housing estates, many with new homes already built and occupied, realised they are now subject to a costly and potentially...

Michael Giles

24 Apr 2024

News

Have your say on South Gippsland Shire Council Budget priorities

South Gippsland Shire community members are encouraged to have a say on how their rates are spent, with a period of community engagement running until Sunday May 5 to comment on council’s Proposed Budget 2024/25 – 2027/28 and Long-Term Financial...

Andrew Paloczi

23 Apr 2024

News

John Bowler: Here for a good time, not a long time

Michael ‘John’ Bowler: February 22, 1947 – April 4, 2024 IT’S OK to laugh at a funeral, we know that. But the family of the late Michael ‘John’ Bowler made it compulsory last Friday, April 19 when a packed St Laurence O’Toole’s Catholic...

Michael Giles

23 Apr 2024

Community

Revitalising habitat for native koalas

THE CAPE community are proud to announce significant progress in Project Koala, a community led initiative to restore and enhance the local koala habitat in Cape Paterson. This environmentally focused project was launched in February 2021 and seeks...

Sentinel-Times

23 Apr 2024

Community

Coal Creek celebrates 50 years of history

KORUMBURRA’S historical hotspot Coal Creek Community Park and Museum celebrated 50 years on Saturday. Around 600 tickets were sold in the lead up to the big event, with many more sold at the door. Visitors were encouraged to join in the...

Sentinel-Times

23 Apr 2024

News

Anzac spirit thrives at Korumburra Primary School

The origins of the acronym ANZAC were shared with Korumburra Primary School students during a Monday afternoon service in the lead up to Anzac Day. Korumburra RSL president David Jackson spoke of Australian and New Zealand soldiers landing at...

Andrew Paloczi

22 Apr 2024

Sport

View all

Football

IK’s winning margin no guide to tight contest

TO LOOK at it, with a 104-point margin at the end of the day, you’d have every right to say Inverloch-Kongwak had an easy win over Kooweerup on Saturday at Inverloch. However, they still had to do all the hard things, particularly as the game was...

Sentinel-Times

46 minutes ago

Football

Highlight reel finish when Dalyston hosts Stars

DALYSTON and Garfield substituted normal Saturday football for a highlight reel in the last quarter of their match at Dalyston on the weekend, featuring spectacular marks at both ends of the ground, courageous acts by players and at least one...

Sentinel-Times

19 hours ago

Sport

Island groms get the feel of competition surfing

SHREDDING with smiles and good vibes. 21 groms aged from seven to 13 years from Phillip Island Boardriders Club (PIBC) put on a show in near perfect conditions at Shelley Beach last Saturday. It was the second Supergroms judged competition for the...

Nicole May

20 hours ago

Real Estate

View all

For Sale

Hamptons Inspired

3 Tulloch Street, Dalyston

$599,000

For Sale

A property that ticks all the boxes

16 Gibson Street, Leongatha

$925,000

For Sale

Experience elegant & elevated living on a double block in Valley View

17-19 Valley View Parade, Korumburra

$880,000

For Sale

“Avonmore”

2065 Foster-Mirboo Road, Mirboo

$1,650,000

On The Land

View all

On the land

Dairy farmers encourage employment in the industry

OVER 1 million Australians have shown an interest in learning more about a job in dairy farming, thanks to an innovative industry initiative and marketing campaign to attract Australians to work on farm. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a shift in...

Nicole May

16 Apr 2024

On the land

Handle with care: bobby calf transport requirements

AGRICULTURE Victoria is keen to remind producers of their responsibilities when transporting bobby calves. Agriculture Victoria conducts regular audits of bobby calves at saleyards, calf scales and abattoirs. Agriculture Victoria Livestock Welfare...

Nicole May

27 Mar 2024

On the land

Dairy farmers come together at GippsDairy Muster

THE latest trends, technologies and dairy farming practices were on-show at the 2024 GippsDairy Muster, with over 200 dairy industry members gathering on-farm in Trafalgar. Held this month, the theme of the day was Pasture, Pathways and Performance...

Nicole May

20 Mar 2024

On the land

GippsDairy helps farmers along the succession path

THROUGHOUT the process of delivering Our Farm Our Plan in Gippsland, GippsDairy Extension Advisor Kim Price realised the need for more information to be readily available to dairy farmers in Gippsland about succession planning. “Statistics would...

Nicole May

05 Mar 2024

Local Business & Tourism

View all

News

Brian Cadd’s album launch in Cowes and Yarram

THROUGH a career spanning over six decades, Brian Cadd stands among the greats as a trailblazer in Australian music. His latest offering ‘Dream Train’, out now, is the country album he was always destined to make and represents a return to his...

Michael Giles

05 Apr 2024

Local Business and Tourism

Friends of Coal Creek makes submission to council on the park’s future

By Andrew Paloczi FRIENDS of Coal Creek (FOCC) is calling for revitalisation of the tourist attraction, which would entail restoration, maintenance of the facility and an increase in activities there, advising South Gippsland Shire Council that...

Andrew Paloczi

14 Mar 2024

Local Business and Tourism

High and wide praise for Sundays at Archies Creek

THEY must be doing something right, a lot right at the Archies Creek Hotel after earning the high praise of renowned Irish folk singer-songwriter Luka Bloom who called by last Sunday as part of his Australian tour which next heads to Canberra and...

Sentinel-Times

27 Feb 2024

News

Where there’s a generator, there’s a way, says Craig Young

THE Sulo bins were tumbling down the main street, debris from stripped trees covered cars and you couldn’t see the footpath from the shop window as the winds reached cyclone force and rain and hail swept through the town. Amazingly, though Craig...

Michael Giles

18 Feb 2024

News

What they did when ‘the love boat’ arrived on Valentine’s Day

DON’T worry, the famous Phillip Island Penguin Parade will be open tonight, Wednesday, February 14, for the guests from the latest cruise ship to anchor off Rhyll in Western Port, the Viking Neptune, but there have had to be some hasty alterations...

Michael Giles

14 Feb 2024

Local Business and Tourism

Three more cruise ships for Phillip Island’s summer

IT’S been quite a lucrative summer for Phillip Island and its cruise shop schedule with seven boats arriving and another two to come before the end of February. On Sunday this week, it was the boutique ship, Viking Sky, with its 930-passenger and...

Michael Giles

11 Feb 2024

Local Business and Tourism

Squeaky Beach success a boost for Gippsland, they say

THE peak body for tourism promotion in this region, Destination Gippsland, has, predictably, jumped on the back of Squeaky Beach’s success to lead up its push into autumn. But don’t stop at the Prom, they say, Gippsland has a lot going for it!...

Sentinel-Times

11 Feb 2024

News

Yarram high on the list of Australia’s best murals

IF THE idea of turning Yarram into ‘Heesco town’ with 25 stunning murals by one of the world’s best mural artists, Heesco Khosnaran, was to get noticed then it’s mission accomplished for the movers and shakers whose initiative it was to put...

Michael Giles

10 Feb 2024

Events

See more events

05 May

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

05th May

Sunday, 7:00pm - 9:30pm

18 May

Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival

18th - 26th May

09 Jun

Loch Village Food & Wine Festival

09th June

Sunday, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Digital Editions

View all

Digital Editions

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Welcome to this week’s digital edition. When clicking the link below, please allow a few moments for the page to load. To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

23 Apr 2024

Digital Editions

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Welcome to this week’s digital edition. When clicking the link below, please allow a few moments for the page to load. To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

16 Apr 2024

Digital Editions

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Welcome to this week’s digital edition. When clicking the link below, please allow a few moments for the page to load. To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

09 Apr 2024

Digital Editions

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Welcome to this week’s digital edition. When clicking the link below, please allow a few moments for the page to load. To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

03 Apr 2024

Digital Editions

Discover - Autumn 2024

To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

29 Mar 2024

Digital Editions

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

To start reading, just click HERE

Sentinel-Times

26 Mar 2024