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Koony-Leongatha RSL claim women’s cricket premiership

KOONWARRA Leongatha RSL have narrowly defended their 20-over total of 131 to take out the first premiership of the 2024-25 Leongatha and District Cricket Association season. Batting first at the McMahon Reserve in Wonthaggi on Sunday, the Koony-RSL...

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2 hours ago

Sport

Hat trick of wins at Phillip Island superbikes for Bulega

ITALY’S Nicolo Bulega made it three in this weekend’s rounds of the 2025 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, holding off Alvaro Baltista (Spain) and Andrea Iannone (Italy) in the final race at Phillip Island’s world-famous GP track. Buleg...

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2 hours ago

$980,000 pathway funding a win-win for Phillip Island

IT WAS a case of one door closes and another door opens, across two days last week, for the Bass Coast Shire Council with a $1 million pay day at the end of it! At the urging of Phillip Island councillor Tim O’Brien, the council removed the...

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5 hours ago

Record 42 questions raised at Bass Coast Council meeting

QUESTIONS about the coastal erosion crisis at Silverleaves on Phillip Island, why the council refused to allow local students to display their art at Berninneit, the cost of the mayor’s electric car and the opening up of council briefing...

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22 Feb 2025

Sport

UPDATED: Action sizzling on and off the track

THE action is heating up on day two of the World Superbikes at Phillip Island. This morning, the Australian Supersport 300 riders hit the track for Race 2 (1: Jordy Simpson (SA) 14:47.247, 2: Hudson Thompson (NSW) +0.018, 3: Scott Nicholson (Vic)...

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Chloe Kent

22 Feb 2025

Bass Coast takes the plunge with Aligned Leisure

THE Bass Coast Shire Council announced on Friday that it had appointed Aligned Leisure to manage the Phillip Island Leisure Centre and Bass Coast Aquatic Centre in Wonthaggi from July 1, 2025, following a competitive tender process. It ends more...

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22 Feb 2025

Football

How Isaac Chugg will split his time between Tassie and Wonthaggi

IT WOULD have dumbfounded good judges of the Gippsland League to hear that Wonthaggi Power’s star recruit of 2024, the pacey winger from Collingwood, Isaac Chugg, received umpires’ votes in only one match last season. Chugg played 20 games for...

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Endangered plants and people power block Grantville sand miners’ application

THE homeowners of the bushy Adams residential estate, south of Grantville, have won the first round. But long-time residents like Janet Grimes are still up for the fight. At last Wednesday’s council meeting, a majority of Bass Coast Shire...

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Ghost camping trend hurts Gippsland’s tourism industry

CONCERNS are being raised for Gippsland’s local tourism industry following the emergence of a new trend being referred to as “ghost camping” under the State Government’s free camping policy. “Ghost camping” is the practice of booking...

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Community

Mobile pantry supporting locals in need

A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN initiative is making a difference for those struggling to afford necessities in Wonthaggi. The Wonthaggi Owl Ute, a mobile pantry run by the Wonthaggi Owl Women – a branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) – is...

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Sam’s raft of rubbish aims to interrupt our thinking about just about everything

HE’S built a raft entirely out of the rubbish he’s found on the beach and he’s sailing it all the way from Tasmania to Sydney. Maybe further. Picture Chuck Noland and ‘Wilson’ on their raft (only bigger with a better sail) trying to escape...

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20 Feb 2025

News

Korumburra hills easy target for wind turbines and high-voltage towers

THE glorious, green rolling hills around Korumburra have been designated as a Tier 1 study area by VicGrid, the State Government’s renewable planning authority, “for future renewable energy generation and transmission infrastructure”. The are...

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