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Wonthaggi hopes and fears
Jan 26, 2024 - With our little country town destined to become a major regional centre, the Post asked residents to reflect on what lies ahead. Bigger - or better?
Jan 25, 2024 - The developers are already circling Wonthaggi, eyeing the prize and working out how to maximise the carve-up, writes Mark Robertson. The views have it
Jan 24, 2024 - Corinella homeowners have won the right to a sea view, with the long awaited landscape plan. Debate remains whether that's a victory for common sense or environmental vandalism. John Lippmann and Jenny Date put the case for and against. Yes, no, dunno
Jan 25, 2024 - Bass Coast councillor Les Larke continues to perplex. His latest council lark is not to vote, reports Catherine Watson. Not a good look
Jan 25, 2024 - Writer Selena Routley sometimes works in convivial spaces such as cafés and pubs. And that seems to upset some people. Australian made
Jan 25, 2024 - Geoff Ellis finds himself the custodian of things that were built to last. Total immersion
Jan 25, 2024 - There’s no separation between Mae Adams’ life and art. Her bush block provides the materials for her exquisite weavings. |
Time at the Tech
Feb 16, 2024 - It only takes one teacher to change a life, and Bruce Phillips was lucky enough to find several in his Wonthaggi school years. Across the Narrows
Feb 20, 2024 - Time and tide wait for no man and nowhere is the saying more apt than in the narrow channel between San Remo and Phillip Island, writes Linda Cuttriss The great ships of Phillip Island Millowl
Jan 19, 2024 - As the Phillip Island Conservation Society marks its first 55 years, Christine Grayden ponders how members have kept up the good fight for decades without wavering. The other war
Jan 22, 2024 - If you love living here, imagine how much First Nations people must have loved it before the British invasion, writes Frank Coldebella. Not a murder, just an unkindness
Jan 25, 2024 - A mass gathering of ravens at The Oaks intrigues Ed Thexton. Shootout at the RK Homestead
Jan 22, 2024 - You might think they’re cute. Ron Kousal begs to differ. Extreme painting
Jan 26, 2024 - Mark Schaller’s been having fun. He hopes we’ll enjoy the results. 'The eye of a hawk and the hand of a surgeon'
Jan 25, 2024 - Noted ceramicist Rob Matheson has been engaged to run a monthly class in Wonthaggi. Liane Arno gets to know the man behind the work. |