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Feb 25 2025 Updated February 14, 2025

Anna Carson

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Help police identify those responsible for Venus Bay wombat deaths

Venus Bay residents are in shock and Inverloch police are calling for witnesses or anyone with footage or information that may help reveal the identity of those responsible for the death of up to 10 wombats overnight on Tuesday February 18. Most of...

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Andrew Paloczi

19 Feb 2025

News

Fisheries fiasco: ‘There will be no more Fisheries Officer positions in the State of Victoria’

NO recreational fisher wants to see the checkerboard coloured car or boat, emblazoned with Fisheries logo of the Victorian Fisheries Authority pull up in the car park or berth next to them at the boat ramp. Even if you’re doing the right thing...

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Michael Giles

19 Feb 2025

Emergency Services

Bushfire reported in Wonthaggi wetlands close to town

TEN fire trucks have responded to a ‘small’ bushfire in the Wonthaggi Wetland Reserve at 3pm today, Thursday, February 13, a Total Fire Ban day in the Central region of the state, including Bass Coast. The fire is located behind the Wonthaggi...

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Sentinel-Times

13 Feb 2025

Emergency Services

Wentworth Road fire likely an ‘illegal burn-off’, they say

WONTHAGGI fire fighters had a busy day on Thursday, February 13. There was another bin fire in Biggs Drive in the morning. Twelve fire trucks and a helicopter water bomber responded to a relatively small but concerning bushfire in the Wonthaggi...

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UPDATED: Drowned Buffalo man can finally be laid to rest

THE latest advances in the forensic identification of human remains have been brought to bear on the mystery of a Sandy Point skeleton, discovered by a snorkeler on the ocean floor at Shallow Inlet on Christmas Day, 2017. The human remains...

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Leongatha, Wonthaggi and THAT image of the Vietnam War

THE first time Leongatha’s Rob Fennell saw his best army mate, Stan Whitford, was when he caught sight of him barrelling down the South Gippsland Highway in his old Zephyr. The next time he was travelling down the highway to Puckapunyal, with his...

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Bigger than sport: Parrots celebrate Xavier Bolge’s return to footy

- Parrots celebrate Xavier Bolge’s return to footy AFTER four months of chemotherapy, and other equally nasty treatments for cancer, Leongatha Under 18s footballer Xavier Bolge received the all-clear from his medicos at the Monash Children’s...

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Sentinel-Times

01 Aug 2023

Featured Stories

Loch’s heritage and culture shortlisted for award

SOUTH Gippsland’s beautiful town of Loch has been shortlisted for the 2023 Tidy Towns and Cities - Sustainability Awards. Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria announced the shortlist last week. The awards are now in its 41st year which recognise...

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Sentinel-Times

26 Jul 2023