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Digital Editions

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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Sport

Woolamai’s Community Race Day

WOOLAMAI and District Racing Club held its second successful race meeting of the season on Saturday. The Bendigo Bank Christmas Party Race Day gave racegoers the opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere of the picnic races before winding down for...

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Sentinel-Times Comment

Should we be in the forestry business?

AT THE ‘Inquiry into Local Government Funding and Services’ in September this year, Bass Coast Shire CEO Greg Box told a panel of State MPs, which incidentally included beleaguered Liberal MP Moira Deeming, that the shire struggled to maintain...

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Yet another Bass Coast planning failure

CAN you build a three-level, 8.5+ metre high, boundary-to-boundary, 50+ square house on a 600- square metre residential lot in a Bass Coast coastal hamlet which drastically impacts views to and from the coast at just 75 metres from the Phillip...

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Time for action

IN RESPONSE to the Australian Government on the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide We at Inverloch RSL extend our sincere appreciation for the Australian Government’s comprehensive response to the final report of...

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Dune planting will not fix the problem

I TOTALLY agree with Kevin Griffins letter in last week’s Sentinel-Times, talk about putting the cart before the horse, thinking that dune planting will fix the problem. As I’ve said in this paper before, you have to push for a rock wall...

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Discover - Summer 2024/25

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23 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

Advice alert issued for Boolarra and Boolarra South

AN ADVICE alert has been issued for Boolarra and Boolarra South this evening as a bush fire travels from Barktown Road in a northerly direction towards the Mirboo North Regional Park. The bush fire is not yet under control. There is currently no...

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22 Dec 2024

News

Kernot Santa Run comes to Grantville and community hub for bushfire advice

MEMBERS of CFA’s Community Education Team and ICC will be on hand at Grantville Transaction Centre at 1pm today to answer questions from the community about the current bushfire at The Gurdies and provide guidance, information and educational...

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22 Dec 2024

News

The Gurdies bushfire downgraded to Advice

DUE to favourable weather conditions today (Saturday, December 21) fire activity has reduced with no significant fire spread today and as such The Gurdies bushfire has been reduced to an Advice level alert. Advice - Bushfire - Stay Informed Issued...

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21 Dec 2024

News

The Gurdies and St Heliers roads reopen to residents only

RESIDENTS of The Gurdies and St Heliers can return home this afternoon with Gurdies-St Helier Road reopened to residents only. This advice has been confirmed by the CFA Divisional Commander Dave Breadmore at 4.30pm. It must be stressed the roads are...

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21 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

UPDATE Saturday 1.00pm: ‘Watch & Act’ still in place for The Gurdies

A Watch and Act message is still in place for St Helier and The Gurdies according to the latest message issued by Emergency Vic at 12:23pm on Saturday, December 12. There is a bushfire at The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR) that is not yet...

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