South Gippsland Sentinel-Times

09/11/2025

The Bass Valley School Fete and Ducklotto fundraiser will be held from 5pm this Friday November 14. Tickets are only $25 per child which provides endless, all-night entertainment on the carnival rides. Numbered rubber ducks are released into the school swimming pool for Ducklotto and the winning duck is plucked from beneath the water by School Principal Aaron Bickery pictured with School Captains Charli and Rosco.

08/11/2025

THE chance discovery of two colonies of giant Gippsland earthworms in the vicinity of the closed Kernot Bridge will not delay funding for a replacement bridge according to Bass Coast Shire Council. The Giant Gippsland Earthworm is endemic to Kernot.

08/11/2025

All cricket has been cancelled today.

07/11/2025

THE STREETS of Wonthaggi will echo to the notes of the Last Post and Reveille on Remembrance Day when it is hoped the town's historic P.A. system will burst into life courtesy of the Wonthaggi sub-branch of the RSL. After months of work the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month will be observed by the broadcast of the Last Post on the P.A. system before a minute silence to acknowledge, honour and remember those who have served our country. This will be followed by three short blasts from the State Coal Mine whistle in addition to the normal whistle blast at midday. Remembrance Day will be observed at the Wonthaggi Cenotaph from 10.30am.

07/11/2025

Seventy local residents joined Bass Coast Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead, Cr Jan Thompson and Cr Mat Morgan at a rally today at the closed Kernot bridge expressing their frustration at delays in getting funding approved for a new bridge. Member for Monash Mary Aldred MP said the Federal Government was dragging its feet on funding to fix the bridge. Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead said the longer it takes for funding to be approved the longer the bridge will stay closed.

07/11/2025

‘BREAKING’ NEWS: Hows your Friday morning going? This is how some lucky Bass Coasters have started their day at a popular local beach!

06/11/2025

CONFIDENCE and prices were high at today’s Leongatha Store Sale following good recent rain.

CONFIDENCE and prices were high at today’s Leongatha Store Sale following good recent rain. “It was a grass driven market,” SEJ livestock agent Owen Kindellan said. Auctioneer Jimmy Kyle, fondly known to those at SEJ as ‘Hollywood’ lived...

06/11/2025

A LARGE gathering of over 90 ladies attended Oaks Day at the San Remo Bowls Club. Adopting the theme Birds of a Feather for Ladies Day 2025 a willing group of 15 men provided table service throughout the afternoon allowing the women to enjoy an elegant day of racing fun, fashion and fabulous company.

06/11/2025

It is understood that a Highway Patrol vehicle and a civilian vehicle collided at the intersection of Billson Street and Merrin Crescent about 10.55 am today (November 6). The investigation of the collision is ongoing.

POLICE are investigating a two-vehicle collision in Wonthaggi today (November 6). It is understood that a Highway Patrol vehicle and a civilian vehicle collided at the intersection of Billson Street and Merron Crescent about 10.55 am. The driver and...

05/11/2025

NEWS UPDATE: Police and security guards are on the scene of an attempted theft of an ATM machine in Commercial Street Korumburra at 2.30am on Thursday morning. The would-be thieves backed their truck into the shop front and made multiple attempts to remove the ATM without success. No money was stolen. Police investigations are ongoing. Anyone with information or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800333000.

05/11/2025

REMEMBRANCE Day is a lower-profile event than Anzac Day but still an important occasion, a chance to reflect on sacrifices made and to make a difference in the lives of veterans and their families through the Poppy Appeal, Leongatha Secondary College students taking to the town’s streets to help raise funds.

REMEMBRANCE Day is a lower-profile event than Anzac Day but still an important occasion, a chance to reflect on sacrifices made and to make a difference in the lives of veterans and their families through the Poppy Appeal, Leongatha Secondary...

05/11/2025

BREAKING: Grounds for mushroom murderer’s appeal released. See details:

THE grounds for Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction have been released. They reveal wide-ranging dissatisfaction with the material admitted into evidence by trial judge Justice Christopher Beale, with how Ms Patterson was cross-examined...