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
A few home truths
What would you do if you lost your home? Leslie Adams imagines how we might offer practical to the scores of people now homeless in our own community.
‘Wonthaggi needs a music festival!’
Ellen Hubble heard the call and so Wonthaggi’s first Acoustic Music Festival was born.
‘A delightful place for gathering’
Berninneit - the new Cowes Cultural Centre - has won Victoria’s highest accolade in the public category of the Victorian Architecture Awards, announced last Friday night. The new Cowes Cultural and Community Centre was the jury’s unanimous choice for wh
Autumn idyll
Autumn is the settled season, when everything takes a breather. But it didn’t start off that way, writes Linda Cuttriss.
The line of Counihan
At last we are beginning to see glimpses of some of the treasures within the Robert Smith Art Collection, and how they relate to our own community and time.
Penguin chicks come through
Phillip Island’s little penguin population has survived a strong El Nino event, with a higher than expected number of fledgling chicks this breeding season.
Local legends shine
Bass Coast volunteers were honoured for their leadership at the second annual Bass Coast Community Awards at Berninneit last week.
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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