A station manager and his cook vanished in December 1917.
History
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Tour the region's architectural past with hotels, courthouses and a dilapidated milk factory.
Lifestyle
"Some people grow up on dairy farms, we grew up pouring beers and washing dishes."
For decades it operated as a pub, post office, general store, courthouse, church and community centre all at once.
Latrobe City Council
Over the decades, neighbouring structures - including the former police station - were demolished and paved.
Most people driving on the Princes Highway probably don't notice the final resting place of railway worker John Molison.
The 149-year-old pub started as a stagecoach stop before it was named after the famed English folk hero.
There were 52 sightings of the beast - thought to be a Tasmanian Tiger - back in the day, but no one ever caught it.
Bass Coast Shire
It's said to share characteristics with a tiger and a thylacine. Here's what locals think.
Publican Charlie Taberner paid £25 for the jaw of the animal in 1923.
Patricia Freeman and her five sisters bring the tale of the vanished estate heiresses to the stage.
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It's been 42 years since the council's mayoral chains were last photographed and there’s still no real clues as to where the trinkets ended up.
An expansion of the shed in Newhaven, which has become a major repository for historical vehicles and equipment, is in the works.
“He was a big part of the community for over 50 years, and he drove a lot of the development.”
As the vessel was approaching Victoria’s coast, the captain made a grave navigational error.
The former assault helicopter pilot sat down for an interview with the Monitor in Mirboo North.
“The very first day I went flying, I thought: ‘Shit, what happens if I get killed today?’”
“If they're prepared to go and keep us safe then I can’t whinge about a blister and a rolled ankle.”
The building includes two dining rooms, a spacious beer garden and seven bedrooms.
“I was the city engineer, town planner, building surveyor, all of them rolled into one.”
There have been spooky tales surrounding the slopes of Hernes Oak since the days of early settlers.
The site changed through many hands over the decades but it now sits derelict and rusting.
It was once the state's "most inaccessible region, cut off to the north and west by mountains and dense rainforests”.
The stop was opened in 1890 as part of the South Eastern Railway that ran from Lang Lang.
South Gippsland Shire
The money will go to preserving the historical village, which attracts 7,000 visitors annually, hosts community events and runs educational programs for local schools.
