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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

7 hours ago

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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

10 hours ago

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...

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14 hours ago

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...

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14 hours ago

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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

Community

VICSES CEO supporting regional units

VICSES CEO Greg Leach made a visit to the regional VICSES sites last week, visiting members of the San Remo Unit with unit controller Mandy Chancellor discussing resource management, funding, and plans for future expansion to house their rise in...

Nicole May

22 Apr 2024

News

Keep it local, says Erin Patterson

ACCUSED Leongatha mass murderer, Erin Patterson, has petitioned the Latrobe Valley Magistrate’s Court to keep her committal hearing in the local area, that is at Morwell, where it would be heard by Magistrate Tim Walsh, even if it means delaying...

Michael Giles

22 Apr 2024

News

A night to remember for Poowong’s 150th anniversary

THERE were speeches, the cutting of a 150th birthday cake by one of the district’s oldest residents, Margaret Monk 97, the launch of several history books and the unveiling of commemorative artworks. But the centrepiece of Poowong’s...

Michael Giles

21 Apr 2024

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Poowong’s 150th anniversary celebrations in full swing

POOWONG’S 150th birthday celebrations kicked off in fine style on Friday night, April 19 with the old Poowong Hall resplendent in decorations for the 150th Anniversary Old Time Dance, from 8pm to midnight with the band, ‘The Silhouettes’...

Michael Giles

20 Apr 2024

Community

Leongatha South Fire Brigade members honoured

LEONGATHA South Fire Brigade held its awards dinner on Saturday recognising the committed service of a number of its members. Paul Norton, a founding member of the brigade, was awarded a Life Membership and a 65 Year Service Award, amusing attendees...

Sentinel-Times

19 Apr 2024

News

More than ever, Phillip Island’s short-tailed shearwater chicks need our help

ONE of the bravest journeys in all of the natural world is about to begin. Hundreds of thousands of short-tailed shearwater chicks from Phillip Island are set to take off in the next few days on their maiden long-distance flight, a 14,000 kilometres...

Sentinel-Times

19 Apr 2024

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Football

Tigers take Power out with last quarter surge

APART from a minute and a half burst at the start of the last quarter when Morwell turned a three-point deficit into a nine-point lead with two lightning goals, there was nothing between Wonthaggi Power and Morwell at Wonthaggi on Saturday. But in...

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14 hours ago

Sport

PIBC impressive finish at the Woolworths Junior Titles

PHILLIP Island Boardriders Club (PIBC) had a strong representation at round 2 of Surfing Victoria’s Woolworths Junior State Titles at Gunnamatta, Mornington Peninsula. Over two days Saturday, April 20 to Sunday, April 21 PIBC’s Juniors and Cadets...

Nicole May

22 Apr 2024

Football

Lions dominate Hillsmen

By Rob Popplestone HILL End at home under the reins of MGFNL superstar player Ambu Uliando were always going to throw everything they could at anticipated improvers Stony Creek. The question was whether the Hillsmen had the depth of talent to run...

Sentinel-Times

18 Apr 2024

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On The Land

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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

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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

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