The good oil
The good oil You’d hate to be paid by the litre for picking olives, but OMG, what olive oil! Catherine Watson was there for the first pressing of Wonny Olives.
That’s a wrap!
AS THE Bass Coast Distinctive Areas and Landscapes hearings draw to a close, we can reflect on a tumultuous two months in which our landscape and community has been probed, questioned, discussed, debated, pondered and revised as never before.
Trees versus views
Photo: Corinella Foreshore Committee By Catherine Watson THE Corinella foreshore has become the battleground for a bitter dispute between those who believe the foreshore reserve should be a natural...
‘This is our story!’
A double blow has left the State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi’s premiere – and only – tourist attraction reeling. Catherine Watson reports
Call this a compromise?
After years of community consultation and planning on McBride Avenue, the Wonthaggi Club takes all. Catherine Watson reports
Guide Park: the review
Adventure playground experts Esme and Clem check out the $1.77m makeover and give their verdict.
When knowledge is power
Werner Theinert is explaining the miracle of heat pumps to us. He’s so excited he strides the room, like one of the old Energizer ads, writes. Catherine Watson.
The alchemy of art
The moment every artist is waiting for, says John Adam, is the moment when they lose control of a work. That’s when the magic happens.
One for the birds
When Emma and Steve Plowright bought a small farm, they had no intention of pretending to be farmers.
The new post
We could have got in a team of expensive management consultants to explain how to add value to the Post and leverage engagement but my friend Linda Cuttriss came up with a plan for nothing.
The cycle of life
A walk with Terri Allen is an education. The conversation roams from history to botany to bird watching but it might also cover drainage, swamps and local politics.
On the koala trail
A century ago Victoria’s koalas were hunted to the point of extinction. Last weekend Catherine Watson joined a search for a survivor population in the Western Port Woodlands.
Back to nature
In the 1960s and 70s a dodgy developer sold 337 seaside blocks on Phillip Island, many to overseas buyers. The former housing estate is now a conservation success story.
My spider and I
Catherine Watson tries to remember the good times. Cartoon by Natasha Williams-Novak
Never mind the devastation; look at the vista
Never mind the devastation; look at the vista There is nothing in the Distinctive Areas and Landscapes about how to protect our woodlands. There is, however, plenty about how to protect sand mining. Catherine Watson reports
A tale of two cooks
As Jan Cheshire hangs up the cooking apron after nine years, The Post welcomes Pip (Philippa) Sibley, one of Melbourne’s most acclaimed chefs.
Making peace
Australia Day, 2022 ... In the shade of a casuarina tree, overlooking a glittering Andersons Bay, two women are undoing some of the wrongs of the past. Catherine Watson reports
‘I have nothing to hide …'
Francesca Curtis was buried on the hill in the beautiful Phillip Island cemetery on January 7, in the midst of a spectacular electrical storm that seemed apt to mark the life of a freedom fighter.
Missing in action
Cr Les Larke has long claimed to be the voice of financial prudence on the council but Catherine Watson questions whether we’re getting value for money from him.