News

11 hours ago

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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Michael Giles

11 hours ago

Find the perfect cheese at the Loch Cheese Merchant

ARTISAN cheese crafted by skilled cheese makers from as far away as Europe and as close to home as Fish Creek can be discovered at the newly established Loch Cheese Merchant. With up to 100 different cheeses stocked at any one time, the choice is...

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12 hours ago

Emergency Services

Practice makes perfect for brigades at Port Welshpool boat fire

TRAINING in exactly the situation encountered at Port Welshpool on Wednesday this week, January 22, when a recreational fishing boat caught fire and ultimately burnt to the waterline, likely saved the Port Welshpool fishing jetty. Brigades from...

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16 hours ago

Jetty jumpers anger Inverloch boaties

TEENAGE jetty jumpers at the new Inverloch jetty have local residents seeing red. “It is difficult to pull up boats to the jetty because of swimmers,” said one fisherman. “The signs say no jumping from the jetty.” “There is also no...

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17 hours ago

Fiona Bilborough triumphs again at Leongatha Art Show

KORUMBURRA’S Fiona Bilbrough has again won ‘Best in Show’ at Leongatha Rotary Club’s Art & Photography Show, this time with her still life oil painting ‘Blue Gum Haze’, the announcement made in front of a large gathering at the...

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22 Jan 2025

Sharing Our Shores

Stay on tracks and avoid walking on dunes  

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Nicole May

22 Jan 2025

Model trains try new stop at Berninneit

THE arrival of the first Phillip Island Model Railway Exhibition at Cowes’ $32 million cultural centre on the weekend wasn’t without its teething troubles. It was the first time in decades that the popular annual event had ventured away from the...

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22 Jan 2025

No apprenticeship for koala Frank

A koala walked into the workshop; no seriously! Koala ‘Frank’ stopped in for a job as a mechanic in the service section of the combined Ford and Mitsubishi dealership in Leongatha. That was after pondering his career move while stationed in the...

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Andrew Paloczi

Festival of Small Halls autumn tour 2025 featuring Lucy Farrell and Hat Fitz and Cara

FESTIVAL of Small Halls has announced the 44th edition of its beloved touring project will feature Lucy Farrell and Hat Fitz and Cara on the Autumn Tour 2025: Port Fairy Folk Festival to Regional Victoria. Presented by veteran festival producers...

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Nicole May

I’ll be back! Arnie-style pothole causes unending frustration

POTHOLES that have caused chaos for two years on the South Gippsland Highway in Lang Lang are leaving locals furious at long wait times and dangerous driver behaviour. Two lanes have been forced to merge into one on the northbound lane of the...

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Courtney O'Brien

Time to get vaccinated against Q Fever

AGRICULTURE workers in Gippsland who have contact with cattle, sheep, or goats are being urged to get vaccinated against Q fever as the region continues to record high rates of infection. This includes dairy farmers, stock agents, livestock...

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