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90 Berrys Beach abalone too damaged to be saved

SEVERAL abalone poachers, in a group of seven family members and friends, were observed by Victorian Fisheries Authority officers in January last year, throwing some of illegally collected shellfish at each other while they frolicked in the shallow...

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27 Nov 2025

Council

Hundreds of Bass Coast farmers worse off under rate relief options

FARMERS in Bass Coast are paying too much in rates, they say, and too great a share of the overall rate burden of $61 million. The Bass Coast Shire Council seems to have acknowledged this by proposing to cut the amount of rates levied on farms from...

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23 Nov 2025

Fearful legacy for new hospital chiefs

THE annual reports from our local hospitals have been tabled in State Parliament ahead of their local reporting season, starting this Thursday, November 27, with the annual general meeting of Bass Coast Health (BCH) in Wonthaggi. It’s a pivotal...

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23 Nov 2025

In sunshine, wind and rain we will remember them

THE rain cleared for a sunny start to the Phillip Island Remembrance Day observance on Tuesday, November 11 at the Cowes cenotaph. But the blustery wind blew over the table holding a chrome bowl for the Remembrance poppies and sent the white plastic...

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13 Nov 2025

Great weather for gardens not so much visiting them!

EVERYTHING in the garden is growing so well at the moment here in South Gippsland with a kind winter, moderate spring and good recent rain. The tomato plants are coming on well and sure to have fruit by Christmas, there’s a blaze of healthy colour...

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10 Nov 2025

How Cape Liptrap poachers narrowly avoided the death penalty

TYPICALLY, you’ll get a fine or a good-behaviour bond if you’re caught taking too many abalone. Occasionally, in cases of repeat or serious offending, you might get a term of imprisonment. But a family from Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne, who...

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07 Nov 2025

Council

Ideas picnic for old Wonthaggi Tech site... before it’s too late!

IT’S been six years since the doors of old McBride Campus of the Wonthaggi Secondary College closed for the last time. And frankly, according to members of the Wonthaggi Old Tech Creative Hub Group (WOTCH), it’s simply taking too long for...

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06 Nov 2025

Cell tower data, Facebook friends, mushroom photos prejudiced trial, says Erin

THE grounds for Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction have been released. They reveal wide-ranging dissatisfaction with the material admitted into evidence by trial judge Justice Christopher Beale, with how Ms Patterson was cross-examined...

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05 Nov 2025

Heartwarming Wonthaggi farewell for Susan Goodwin

AS A sign of the community spirit that still burns brightly in Wonthaggi, despite its burgeoning growth over the past decade or so, 200 people turned out at a memorial service for Susan Goodwin at the Wonthaggi Golf Club on Wednesday, November 5...

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05 Nov 2025

Bargain city at Inverloch farmer’s clearing sale

Brendan Fletcher picked up a stash of old tools for $15 from a clearing sale at Inverloch last Friday. COLLECTORS of old wooden tools, firewood enthusiasts, farmers, gardeners, just about anyone… If you didn’t turn out at a genuinely good...

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02 Nov 2025

The original Prom Market at Foster is still the best

The Oxley family of Fish Creek, including Daisy the Dachshund, who couldn’t be left in a hot car, enjoyed the shady trees at the Foster Showgrounds during a warm start to the summer Prom Produce and Craft Market season on Sunday. oster2_4425...

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02 Nov 2025

Council

Korumburra Hub: You flushed it they fixed it

SO, what’s going on at the Korumburra Community Hub. Not even two years old, writes a local Sentinel-Times’ reader, and they’ve already got major problems with the underfloor plumbing. Turns out it’s the users of the facility, and not the...

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