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11 hours ago

Power back on for most of Bass Coast

POWER was off over a wide area of Bass Coast from early in the morning on Monday of the Australia Day long weekend, to around 3.15pm in the afternoon but the exact cause of the outage has still not been identified. A spokesperson for Ausnet said...

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14 hours ago

Relaxed vibe at Rhyll’s Australia Day gathering

THERE was no flag raising, no singing of the national anthem and no community awards but there was no mistaking the fact that the ‘Gathering of Neighbours’ at Rhyll on Sunday was an Australia Day celebration all the same. The Rotary Club of...

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26 Jan 2025

Here’s a magic way to celebrate Australia Day

THERE could be no better way to celebrate Australia Day than a classic Aussie day at the beach, with the family, playing beach cricket, having a swim and having fun. And with the weather in the high 20s locally, ahead of a scorcher on Monday...

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26 Jan 2025

Inverloch Surf Club built ‘too close’ he said

THERE’S only one thing that’s worse than being talked about and that’s not being talked about. And in the case of Inverloch’s beach erosion problems, it continually gets talked about whenever coastal erosion and the impacts of storm surge...

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25 Jan 2025

Real Estate

Auction with a view to Inverloch’s future

A LARGE, centrally located commercial property has hit the market in Inverloch which the town’s most experienced real estate agent, Kevin McMahon, has described as one of the best he’s seen in many years. With a combined area of 1280 sqm and...

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24 Jan 2025

How they’re walking away from their Prom responsibilities

THE popular Tidal River Footbridge, connecting visitors to the iconic Squeaky Beach Walk, is closed. It was closed sometime prior to the Melbourne Cup Weekend last year, but first highlighted in a post on the not-for-profit Victoria Walks’...

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23 Jan 2025

Here’s how Ted Grambeau pictured his life

HE’S simply the best surfing photographer in the world and last Tuesday Ted Grambeau was back where it all began, where he snapped some of his first published works, at Phillip Island. Pictures of local legends, back in the day, including Neil...

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15 Jan 2025

The mysteries that surround these magnificent creatures

IT’S a strange thing to say, but even top ornithologists know just about nothing about one of the most common waterbirds in Australia – the majestic Australian Pelican or Pelecanus Conspicillatus. Members of the Westernport Pelican Study Group...

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14 Jan 2025

Let The Gurdies regeneration begin!

- But lessons to be learned MEMBERS of The Gurdies community, including residents, firefighters and members of the Western Port Woodlands group got together with Bass Coast Shire Councillors, Parks Victoria representatives and others at the The...

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14 Jan 2025

Golf

Wonthaggi golf marathon all for a good cause - donate here!

mgGOLFmarathon_0225 golfmarathon1_0225 Wonthaggi Golf Club member Layla Robinson (left) is joined by Wendy Cross, Yvonne Everett and Steve Tyrell as she starts her golfing marathon for the Cancer Council last Sunday. golfmarathon2_0225...

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14 Jan 2025

Camping fail …but we told you so!

THE State Government’s “$9 million investment” in a first summer of “free camping”, announced last October for all of its 131 Parks Victoria campgrounds, has been a notable failure. However, some say the policy might still be salvageable...

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12 Jan 2025

Police

OFFICIAL: Police seek help after Wonthaggi shooting

OFFICIAL POLICE STATEMENT Armed Crime Squad detectives are investigating a firearms incident in Wonthaggi on Sunday, 12 January. Emergency services were called to reports a man was shot following an altercation on Fahey Street about 2am. The man was...

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