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Splashdown: CMA acts on Bass Highway flooding at Kilcunda

THE West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has just approved an artificial opening of Bourne Creek estuary at Kilcunda after flooding of the Bass Highway in recent days. Blocked by the highway, creek waters have lapped at the edge of...

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Smooth sailing after rocky start to Cowes’ streetscape upgrade

IT’S safe to say the Bass Coast Shire Council made a rocky start to its $8.3 million Stage 1 of the Cowes Streetscape Master Plan Delivery Project and there could well be more tears before the initial phase of the works gets wrapped up just before...

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Stand-up Paddleboard surfers beat the storm at Phillip Island

THEY heard the weather warning yesterday but undeterred, competitors in the 2025 Australian SUP Titles at Phillip Island still hit the waves in surprisingly good conditions at Surfies Point on Wednesday, October 23. With a stiff north-westerly wind...

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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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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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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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