Welcome to the Bass Coast Post, an online magazine written by and for residents of Bass Coast. The next edition will be published on October 16. Email submissions to editor@basscoastpost.com
NEWS
Hit them where it hurts!
Anabelle Bremner’s too young to vote – but she’s urging climate action at the ballot box.
$123m budget open for comment
BASS Coast Shire Council’s draft 2025-26 budget reveals total income of $123 million, including $61.6 million in rate revenue and $18.9 million in waste charges.
Beach bags steady as a rock
Seven Silverleaves families are sleeping a lot easier this week after emergency dune works to stabilise the beach in front of their houses.
Fish pie
Liane Arno calls on her Scottish ancestry to perfect this fish pie - an economical and delicious way to mark Easter.
Bring back the town hall debate!
Robert Durkacz laments the lack of serious discussion in the Monash election.
Shelter from the storm
IT'S been a long time in the planning and a shelter for homeless people is finally going to open in Bass Coast.
Wombat woes
Pushed into an ever-dwindling corridor of habitat, San Remo’s wombats need our help, writes Eve Kelly.
Home is where the art is
In his 90th year, Phillip Island artist John Adam is enjoying a purple patch.
Lights off for shearwater chicks
PHILLIP Island Nature Parks is calling on the community to help protect the thousands of short-tailed shearwater chicks about to embark on their first annual 15,000km migration north.
VIEWPOINT
Come on Labor, finish the job!
Despite years of promises, the nationally significant Western Port Woodlands remain as vulnerable as ever to sand quarrying.
From ram raids to road repairs
After a couple of busy weeks in Canberra, Mary Aldred is back to the issues closer to home
Harriet Shing bows out
After 12 years representing Eastern Victoria in the Victorian Parliament, there were a few digs, some personal reflections and a spirited defence of the record of the Labor governments she served under.
ENVIRONMENT
The bush as supermarket
On a walk through The Gurdies, Bunurong ranger Ross Henry reveals a landscape where every plant has a story and most have a use.
Planting against the odds
Eighty volunteers brave wind, sand and salt to begin the long haul to restore Inverloch’s lost dune habitat
What’s killing Phillip Island’s eucalypts?
Research student Evie Cowling discovered the answer is complicated.
Don’t dream it’s over
Fifty-five years ago Professor Shapiro wrote “Western Port is more than an amenity; it is a treasure to be cherished for generations to come”. By Neil Daly
The koala detectives
Koalas living in the Western Port Woodlands are part of the special Strzelecki genetic lineage, but there is still much to learn.
ARTS
Breakthrough
Anabelle Bremner was there to see Bass Coast’s young performers take their first steps into the real music world.
A colourful call for Western Port
Community gathering celebrates the bay’s biodiversity and calls for stronger protection
LOCAL HISTORY
‘We never stand still!’
For over 100 years, the Kongwak Hall has been the heart of this community. By Jillian Durance
Gordon House and the Union Café
Newly arrived in Wonthaggi, Nannie Grieve found a way to make a living and a home for her family.
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