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News
$12.7m social housing project unveiled
Dec 12, 2025 - The State Government will fast track a 30-unit social housing development on the edge of the Wonthaggi CBD. 
Beach works take shape
Dec 11, 2025 - Contractors are working against the clock to extend the sandbag wall on the Inverloch foreshore before the start of the holidays. Fossil-free is small change
Dec 11, 2025 - Despite the outrage, council’s ‘woke’ investment policy cost just 0.03%. 
It’s good night, BURT
Most council strategies are entirely un-noticed by the community. BURT was different. It raised hackles before, during and after its short life. Local history
Are we there yet?
Dec 9, 2025 - No gears, no lycra – kids’ epic ride to Inverloch amazes six decades on. 
Kernot Bridge: the vital link
Dec 12, 2025 - Current closure is latest chapter in a century of collapses, repairs and community perseverance, writes Rob Parsons. 
Happy 200th Birthday, Baron von Mueller
Dec 10, 2025 - Reminders of the renowned botanist abound on Phillip and Churchill Islands, writes Christine Grayden 
Lost and found
Dec 10, 2025 - Despite the peaceful beauty of the Phillip Island Cemetery, finding a loved one’s resting place was a challenge, writes Pamela Rothfield. 
Sun, surf … and a dash of history
Dec 11, 2025 - Wonthaggi Historical Society’s mini history talks have become an unlikely highlight of the Bass Coast summer. Community diary
What's on and where |
Environment
Just mucking around
Dec 9, 2025 - Retirement and the freedom of her own patch of earth combined at just the right moment for Barbara McNulty. 
The gardener’s friend
Dec 12, 2025 - Gayle Marien welcomes the return of the not-so-humble hover fly. 
Eye to eye
Dec 5, 2025 - Andrew Keir's birds look straight down the barrel of the lens as if they’re letting him into their world. 
A nose for trouble
Dec 4, 2025 - Dogs and humans alike are being trained to keep Phillip Island fox-free. 
Who’s in charge of tidal matters?
Dec 10, 2025 - The two major parties show little interest in helping Victorian communities adapt to coastal erosion, writes Neil Daly. FeaturesArts
The summer canvas
Dec 11, 2025 - As 50 artists descended on Berninneit Art Gallery carrying around 130 artworks it was bedlam … and curator Warren Nichols loved it. 
A cook’s journal
Now 12, 2025 - While the coriander's in season, do yourself a favour and try some pani puri, writes Liane Arno |
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