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Michael
Giles

Why another Archies Creek season is music to our ears

RUSSELL Morris, Judith Durham, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Renee Geyer, Peter Garrett, Wally de Backer, John Farnham of course, and even Bon Scott. They all have it. A vocal quality that rings out like a bell. The clarity, the musicality, the tone...

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Michael Giles

22 hours ago

News

Crashed out, crashed out… Miller out!

IN THE big race, it didn’t start well for Jack Miller off the front row of the grid, slipping back to third, then fourth and finally fifth as the riders behind him surged forward over the first three laps. Marco Bezzecchi took up the lead and...

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Michael Giles

19 Oct 2025

News

Aussie Senna Agius brings it home with a win in Moto2 at Phillip Island

AUSSIE Senna Agius, 20 from Sydney, won his way to the front row of the grid in Moto2 and stepped away best to lead the World Championship race for the first time at home and held on through six laps in a thrilling contest with Manuel Gonzalez and...

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Michael Giles

19 Oct 2025

News

Last-gasp effort just fails for Aussie Jack Miller in MotoGP sprint

JACK Miller did what he had to do and provided local fans with plenty of thrills on Saturday, putting himself on the front row of the grid for the start of the MotoGP Sprint for championship points, and going with in an ace of a podium finish...

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Michael Giles

18 Oct 2025

News

DEECA backs off on ‘retreat’ rhetoric in response to Inverloch erosion

IT WAS less about retreat and more about protection as the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DEECA) and the Cape-to-Cape Resilience Project team continued to soften their language around the response to Inverloch’s erosion...

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Michael Giles

17 Oct 2025

News

Council still trying to kick Meeniyan pensioner out of her ‘home’

THE South Gippsland Shire Council is still threatening to take Meeniyan pensioner Aileen Hughes to court. They’ve charged her with failing to comply with a Building Order, dated September 17, 2024, to cease occupation of a home she has lived in...

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Michael Giles

17 Oct 2025

News

Casey Stoner talks about his secret Island love affair

IT’S easy to understand why Casey Stoner is the fans’ favourite at Phillip Island. Starting with his first win on home soil in 2007, Casey Stoner sent the crowd into raptures on six consecutive occasions at the famous Phillip Island circuit...

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Michael Giles

17 Oct 2025

News

Bass Coast Council’s bark worse than its bite, they say

BASS Coast Shire Councillors were talking tough when they ushered in a new era in domestic animal management at their council meeting on Wednesday, October 15. And their enforcement-rich approach wasn’t lost on a group of Phillip Island Bass Coast...

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Michael Giles

16 Oct 2025

News

How to watch Phillip Island’s ‘Homecoming Ride’ led by Casey Stoner

IT’S all starting to happen at Phillip Island ahead of the Liqui Moly Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2025. While finishing touches are being applied out at the famous Phillip Island Motor Racing Circuit, in town at Cowes, the entertainment stage...

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Michael Giles

15 Oct 2025

Council

Big crowd turns out for debate on Phillip Island’s doomed pool project

A big crowd turned out at the Bass Coast Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, October 15 at which a veritable “library of planning and reporting documents” was presented to council for adoption. However, while Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead lauded...

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Michael Giles

15 Oct 2025

News

Work starts soon on reopening iconic Sealers Cove Walk

PRESIDENT of Bushwalking Australia, Jeff McDonell, considers the Sealers Cove Walk the best walking track in Victoria and more’s the pity then that it has been closed due to flooding damage since 2021. The good news is a contract has been awarded...

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Michael Giles

15 Oct 2025

News

Power goes out again on Monday night in central Cowes

THE instability of the power grid on Phillip Island, especially at one of the extremities in Cowes, was called into question again on Monday night this week, October 13, just as international motorcycle teams started arriving for the Australian...

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Michael Giles

13 Oct 2025

News

Phillip Island firies impressed with record turnout

MORE than 200 people took the opportunity to ‘Get Fire Ready’ for summer by attending the Phillip Island Fire Brigade’s open day last Saturday ahead of the onset of the Fire Danger Period for 2025. Also, at Foster on Saturday, and Kongwak and...

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Michael Giles

12 Oct 2025