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Moving Anzac Day service in Leongatha

There was an impressive turnout at Leongatha’s war memorial, with only a little rain falling as locals marked Anzac Day. Wreaths were laid to the moving sounds of ‘Abide with Me’ from the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, new Leongatha RSL...

Andrew Paloczi

49 minutes ago

Community

Keeping council accountable for their predicted costs

THE 2024/2025 council draft budget was released for community consultation at the April 17 council meeting, a budget put together under the third year of rate capping at a current rate increase of 2.75%, yet still containing a capital works program...

Sentinel-Times

3 hours ago

Community

Korumburra brothers lost at war, remembered

THE SOUNDS of the South Gippsland Concert band welcomed all those to the Cenotaph in Colman Park, Korumburra at 10:30am this morning, who came to remember the soldiers who fight and died in Gallipoli in 1915. Under grey skies the commemorators heard...

Courtney O'Brien

3 hours ago

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History of Kongwak Avenue of Honour shared in Leongatha

Leongatha & District Historical Society’s annual Anzac lunch featured speaker Jillian Durance who gave attendees an appreciation of the importance of the Kongwak Avenue of Honour and that form of commemoration more broadly. She spoke of the...

Andrew Paloczi

6 hours ago

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Spirit of mateship and resilience on show at Cowes dawn service

SKIES were grey and a light shower of rain fell as the crowds came out of the darkness and into the light at the dawn service in Cowes on Thursday morning this week for another highly successful Anzac Day commemoration. During a solemn moment at the...

Michael Giles

6 hours ago

Community

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

8 hours ago

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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

24 Apr 2024

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

24 Apr 2024

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

24 Apr 2024

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

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Leongatha Knights FC V Mirboo North

Under 12B WITH a number of players away at school camp and ill, LKFC and coach Gerry were very grateful to the players who answered the call up early Sunday morning. The weather was perfect for the first round of the 2024 season. As a number of new...

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2 hours ago

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...

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7 hours 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

24 Apr 2024

Real Estate

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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

Events

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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

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