With winter just around the corner, could it be time to invest in your very very own coastal escape? Now could be the perfect time to start your search. These 6 homes all offer an amazing coastal lifestyle for anyone looking for a sea change only two hours from Melbourne. In between your family holidays, they could also bring in a tidy sum from short or long-term term rentals.

We had a great afternoon earlier this week, talking all things finance with local mortgage guru Lynda Sainsbury from LS Finance Broking based in Wonthaggi. If you currently have a mortgage, are thinking of getting a mortgage or refinancing, don't do anything without speaking to Lynda and her team first. She has a wealth of knowledge and is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stuffy industry.

If you haven't discovered it yet, The Burra Brewing Co. is a microbrewery located in the beautiful rolling hills of Korumburra, the gateway to South Gippsland. Korumburra is going through a bit of a resurgence lately with property prices recording good growth over the last few years and new businesses opening that are injecting a little bit of "cool" to the 'Burra'.

When it comes to your home, few things make as big an impact as window dressings. Get it right and you will of made a great future investment in the ​value of your home, get it wrong and it can spell disaster! Like most things in life it pays to get the experts involved. Inverloch 3996 caught up with Brock & Trina from Invisage Inverloch, the regions's no #1 authority on all things window dressings to find out the right way to make windows look fabulous.

We escaped the heat this afternoon and called into Inverloch's latest pop up store Fig & Willow and caught up with the delightful owner April Morris, a lifelong Inverloch local who has been running her business online successfully for the last year and has just opened her first pop up store right next door to Gusto, possibly the best Gelato shop this side of Melbourne.

Earlier this week Inverloch 3996 caught up with Troy & Kelly Harris, the dynamic duo behind some of the most stylish additions to the new build scene in Inverloch and beyond to find out what makes them tick, and to discuss some of the coastal construction trends that are emerging for 2019 and beyond.

How does your Inverloch holiday home stack up financially? Is it a cash positive investment or a vacant weekender? If your Inverloch property is listed on Air BnB, Stayz or one of the local agent portals, are you happy with the number of bookings you are currently receiving? What would more frequent and consistent bookings mean to your bottom line?

Inverloch 3996 caught up with Emma Davey earlier this week - owner of Nest Giftware & Gallery tucked away neatly behind Dirty Three Wines in Cashin Street. If you haven't visited Nest yet, you are in for a special treat. Nest is a veritable smorgasbord of all things delightful, an Aladdin's cave of unusual and unique pieces curated by Emma Davey & her faithful assistant Coco Chanel.