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News
Brief pause for surf beach works
July 9, 2026 - Pump failure halts sand renourishment but project team expects work to resume on Friday. 
Banking on biodiversity
July 2, 2026 - Drive to repair Bass Coast’s fragmented natural landscape picks up pace with launch of nature fund. 
Bass Coast braces for deadly bird flu
July 3, 2026 - Catastrophic losses in Antarctic penguin and seal colonies raise concerns for Phillip Island's wildlife icons. 
After BCAL, what next?
July 2, 2026 - Abrupt closure of learning centre leaves students in limbo. Arts
Going, going, gone
June 30, 2026 - You’d better get in quickly if you want to buy an artwork in this year’s NAIDOC exhibition, writes Liane Arno 
Lights, cameras, action
July 2, 2026 - Time to get out the cameras or phones and make your mini masterpiece for the Bass Coast Shorts film festival. Nature notes
New hope for curlew comeback
July 2 2026 - After the first signs of breeding in the wild, 14 more bush stone-curlews have been released to join Phillip Island’s growing population. |
Features
The trip I didn’t take
July 2, 2026 - Ed Thexton’s friends got the Himalayas, he got a different adventure. 
The fox man
July 1, 2026 - Alan Cleeland hunted foxes on Phillip Island for 55 years and reckoned he still didn’t know what makes them tick. 
History
Stories from the coalface
July 3, 2026 - Short films reveal the community spirit that built Wonthaggi. 
A cook's journal
June 30, 2026 - One of the “lost crops of the Incas”, tamarillos have found a happy home with Matt Stone. 
Community diary
What's on and where |
