Our whales are back, earlier and in greater numbers than usual on their annual migration north to breed. Photos by Lisa Schonberg

When you dip a camera into a rock pool and fire it off, sight unseen, you can end up with 100 photos of brown slime. But every now and then there is one that takes Helen Keellings’ breath away.

New sand mining projects in Bass Coast risk polluting Western Port’s precious wetlands, warns Professor Dick Wettenhall.

Yallock-Bulluk coastal trail plan suffers from lack of local knowledge.

For 20 years Phillip Island carbon farmer Bob Davie has been a voice in the wilderness. Suddenly everyone is listening.

More than a decade ago, John Clarke was pushing for a plan to protect Western Port. Neil Daly reports.

Speeches and a march through Wonthaggi CBD as students join national climate protest. Aidan Windle reports.

BASS Coast Council will be powered by 100 per cent renewable power from July 1 in a landmark deal that also cuts the shire’s energy bill. The council is one of 46 to sign on to VECO, the Victorian Energy...

Campaigners threaten to take forest battle to Labor’s inner-city electorates

Wonthaggi’s intrepid seed collectors brave the elements and a dwindling supply of seed. Terri Allen reports

We have to start undoing the damage we have done to the environment, writes Neil Daly.

Creating a walking/cycling trail from San Remo to Inverloch sounds easy; the reality is very different.

​The AGL decision is a breakthrough on the journey towards a Western Port Strategic Management Plan, writes Neil Daly.

A Grantville sand mining company does not have to meet the same environmental standards as other land users, the company’s lawyer has told a planning panel hearing.

Once more the community has had to ward off an assault on Western Port by big business, writes Jeff Nottle.

Neil Daly is delighted to report that his plan for Western Port has actually made it inside the Victorian Parliament, courtesy of the Sustainable Australia Party.

Western Port is a World Heritage Site waiting in the wings, writes Neil Daly.

A sensor camera in a Grantville garden shed just happened to catch a tiger snake as it fought to free itself from a mouse trap. Video by Gil Smith

A chance sighting prompted Gil Smith to learn more about the short-finned eel and its epic journey from Deep Creek to the Coral Sea. Now his concern is what happens when the bush around the creek is cleared for sand mining.

Without a long-term management plan, Western Port will continue to be a battleground for industrialists and residents, writes Neil Daly.