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
'Select few' sink town plan
How the big end of town hijacked the community’s vision for Wonthaggi ... Frank Coldebella reports.
Call of the wild: Scenic Estate Reserve
Linda Cuttriss visits Scenic Estate Reserve and finds Nature has reclaimed it despite the efforts of developers, boy racers and vandals.
Fancy footwork
After a lifetime of dancing, Gay Gibson is still spreading the joy of a good workout for the body and the mind. Liane Arno reports
Crugnale is back
AFTER 13 days of counting, scrutineering, recounting and rechecking, Labor's Jordan Crugnale has retained the seat of Bass, just 202 votes ahead of Liberal Aaron Brown.
Questions remain over poll chaos
Despite the election day chaos at local voting centres, the VEC isn’t saying how it got it so wrong.
Hospital ready for business
WE'VE had the preview and on Friday the Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion opens for business with the new Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit, Radiology and Main Reception in place.
Bass election update
The result of the Bass election should be known tomorrow when a full distribution of preferences will take place.
Sands of Time
Cape Paterson author and publisher Kit Fennessy has won third prize in the short section of the Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction with Sands of Time, a witty slice of memoir that seamlessly weaves together metaphysics, geology, history and Jimmy Hendrix.
She and I (and truth and fiction)
Grace Elizabeth Elkins, a Cape Woolamai writer and teacher, has won the short section with She and I (and truth and fiction), an intriguing exploration of the way an adolescent illness has informed personal perspective and memory.
VIEWPOINT
Why I went to Afghanistan
25 years after Australian soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan, Lindsay Guerin reflects on the human costs of that war.
Government has delivered for woodlands: MP
Advocates should press council to complete the work, says Jordan Crugnale
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
Just do it
No more excuses - time to work on your entry for the Bass Coast Artists’ Society’s spring art show.
A colourful call for Western Port
Community gathering celebrates the bay’s biodiversity and calls for stronger protection
Breakthrough
Anabelle Bremner was there to see Bass Coast’s young performers take their first steps into the real music world.
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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