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On catastrophe

28/8/2019

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PicturePhotoL CSIRO
A FEW weeks ago, at the Inverloch library I picked up Black Saturday – Not the End of the Story by Peg Fraser, a cultural history of a small place, Strathewen, with an extraordinary story. 
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In this Museum Victoria publication about the afternoon of Saturday February 9, 2009, I could hear the voices of Barry, Barbara and Bronwyn as they spoke of a day, or more precisely a few hours of a day, that changed them. Like the expanding ripples from a pebble thrown into water, it also changed me. ​


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The cool dudes of Bass Coast

8/10/2016

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Cartoon by Natasha Williams-Novak
Ed Thexton salutes Inverloch's seachangers for their valiant attempts to impose the suburban dream on the  wilds of Bass Coast. ​

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Sam goes sailing, or how a community works

6/5/2016

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Sam and Gary aboard the Pink Pig
Sunday, autumn, April 17, Inverloch, Victoria, Australia. A perfect day that ended with a young boy’s first taste of sailing under the guidance of an old hand.

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Dogs vs plovers

5/12/2015

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Photo: Kim Wormald
A hooded plover chick is collateral damage to a joyful, bounding dog on a beach, writes Ed Thexton.

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