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19 Apr 2025

Community

Nyora students hand-deliver easter messages

MANY of the residents in Nyora were overjoyed to receive heartfelt and delicious surprises in their letterboxes last week, ahead of Easter. For the past eight years students from Nyora Primary School have made Easter cards and hand delivered them...

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News

Locals voice concerns over cemetery restrictions

A NEWLY erected sign at the Wonthaggi Cemetery listing a range of prohibited items has caused a stir among locals, with many taking to social media to express their frustration and disappointment. The sign, recently installed by the Southern...

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Council

New emergency levy prompts South Gippsland to cut farm rates

A FEATURE of the draft South Gippsland Shire Council’s $94 million budget, handed down at a meeting of council last Wednesday, April 16 is the proposal to shift part of the burden of rates off the shire’s farmers. While many in the rural sector...

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Sport

Archie selected for Victorian Talent Squad

ARCHIE Smyth is a talented swimmer who was recently selected for the Victorian Talent Squad. In the past year, he has won 13 state and country titles. On top of this, he has broken the LC Country records for 12yr-boys 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly...

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Police

Woman dies as three swept off Punch Bowl near San Remo

POLICE will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in San Remo this morning. Emergency services were called to a beach off Punch Bowl Road about 8.30am on April 18 after reports two women and a man had been washed off rocks...

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Local Business and Tourism

Reliable mess-free firewood available in Bass Coast and South Gippsland

SUSTAINABLY grown kiln-dried hardwood mill ends that make excellent firewood are again available from four businesses in South Gippsland and Bass Coast Shires. The timber is grown in Tasmania and milled in East Gippsland for the building trade and...

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Sport

Fisheries information night in Gerald’s Shed

THE main roller door of Gerald’s Shed in Venus Bay was damaged, but not breached, by a night-time ram raid at the Venus Bay Angling Club. “The alarms went off, but nothing was stolen,” said club treasurer Tony Bryant. Undeterred, the club is...

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Football

Lions roar to victory over Sharks

By Rob Popplestone Early season wins are like gold and there is no better time to make a real statement by taking the four precious premiership points than when your opponenet is your neighbouring rival. The Sharks hosting the Creek found themselves...

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Football

Magpies overpowered by Nar Nar Goon

WITH six players out of the lineup, Dalyston knew Saturday’s match was going to be a tough slog, but Nar Nar Goon showed it is in a league of its own. Playing at Nar Nar Goon, the reigning premiers unfurled the 2024 flag before heading out onto...

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Council

Reid Street dustbowl not an option, they say

THE prospect of the Bass Coast Shire Council tearing up a relatively good bitumen road, in Reid Street Rhyll, as early as next month, and leaving it as a dust bowl for likely years before a solution could be found was simply too much for the good...

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Football

Demons double down on Tigers

BOOLARRA doubled Mirboo North’s score in its 34-point victory over the mighty Tigers in honeyful 27c sunshine, at Boolarra Recreation Reserve on Saturday. In doing so, the Demons also retained the George Lewis Memorial Trophy, played between the...

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News

Updated: Safe as houses at Silverleaves this Easter

HIGH tides leading up to the Easter weekend, and several king tides in early May, will test the success of construction work in the past few weeks to protect erosion hotspots along the Silverleaves foreshore, between Sanders Street and Coghlan Road...

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