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![]() Why the secrecy?
June 14, 2024 - Sand miners ride roughshod over our community with mining regulator’s acquiescence, writes Neil Rankine ![]() Our little battler
June 15, 2024 - The survival of the koala in Gippsland is a modern-day miracle but now, more than ever, they need our help, writes Ed Thexton ![]() A few home truths
June 14, 2024 - What would you do if you lost your home? Leslie Adams imagines how we might offer practical to the scores of people now homeless in our own community. ![]() Autumn idyll
June 11, 2024 – What an autumn. You could see the smiles, writes Linda Cuttriss. But it didn’t start off that way, ![]() Penguin chicks come through
June 3, 2024 - Phillip Island’s little penguin population has survived a strong El Nino event, with a higher than expected number of fledgling chicks this breeding season. |
![]() Our woodlands, frame by frame
June 15, 2024 - Artists respond to exhibition challenge. ![]() ‘Wonthaggi needs a music festival!’
June 14, 2024 - Ellen Hubble heard the call and so Wonthaggi’s first Acoustic Music Festival was born. ![]() On a high
June 11, 2024 - Julie Statkus discovers the joy of singing together in the Good News Community Choir. Photo: Cath Moutafis ![]() Life of the party
June 14, 2024 - They worked hard in Wonthaggi’s early days and they partied just as hard, writes Carolyn Landon. |
![]() Back on track
May 16, 2024 - After 10 years of cantankerous debate, the third and final stage of Inverloch’s beachside pathway is cleared for take off, though it won’t please everyone. ![]() Greg Box Q&A
May 17, 2024 - As an arts graduate, local government – then he learned it was the place to make a difference. ![]() A welcome for Berninneit
May 14, 2024 - Tim Shannon discovers no grand statement but a fitting portrait of the Phillip Island community. ![]() What remains
May 16, 2024 - The eroded vegetated dunes of Inverloch hold more than most of us could imagine, writes Ed Thexton ![]() Parrot puzzle
May 15, 2024 - The discovery of a rarely seen Eastern Ground Parrot in Inverloch has local birdwatchers wondering if there might be others around. Dallas Wyatt reports. ![]() Don’t mess with my miniature creatures
May 10, 2024 - Tiny insects, bacteria and fungi keep our forests functioning, writes Dick Wettenhall in an extract from his guide book to the hidden world of the Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve. ![]() Solidarity forever
May 15, 2024 - On May 1 each year a motley crew gather in Wonthaggi’s Apex Park for an ancient ritual. Catherine Watson is one of them. |
May 16, 2024 - Bass Coasters were in the box seat for one of Nature’s exhilarating light shows.
![]() A golden age
May 15, 2024 - Angela Newberry told her children to hang on to her work for at least 20 years because by then no one would be making linocuts. ![]() Stepping up
May 14, 2024 - Sometimes it’s easier to accept a new challenge than to worry about it, writes Etsuko Yasunaga. ![]() Chicory and the Island
May 14, 2024 - For almost a century, Phillip Island’s main crop was a coffee additive, writes Pamela Rothfield. ![]() ![]() Rock on for refugees
May 10, 2024 - A night of music and dancing with Lionel Loves Vinyl will raise money to help resettle refugee families in Bass Coast. ![]() A cook’s journal
May 15, 2024 - Liane Arno’s fruit cake with a difference uses the autumn harvest. ![]() A budget for hard times
April 18, 2024 - Wonthaggi-Inverloch shared pathway is the single ‘big ticket’ item in a budget described by Bass Coast Mayor Clare Le Serve as ‘conservative and responsible’. |
![]() The laggard
April 17, 2024 - For every farmer working to retain native vegetation, there are neighbours who continue to clear it, because that’s what Dad did. Ed Thexton reports. ![]() Nirvana Park
April 19, 2024 - Ivee Strazzabosco created a magnificent garden, but nature always wins in the end. By Catherine Watson ![]() Rick and the beanstalk
April 16, 2024 - There’s a fairy tale quality to Rick Coleman’s introduction to gardening. And he’s ready to share the magic in the Garden Gems series of workshops. ![]() Silver lining for little old penguin
April 3, 2024 - One of the oldest penguins ever seen at the Phillip Island mega-colony has returned to sea after five weeks of intensive rehab. |
![]() Greg Johnson Q&A
April 18, 2024 - The newly elected president of the Phillip Island Conservation Society learned activism from some of the best. ![]() Post cards from World War One
April 19, 2024 - Private Percy Dominick’s war story is recorded in a series of postcards he wrote home to Phillip Island. By Christine Grayden ![]() The view from the other side
April 18, 2024 - Like the rest of us, artists usually stare put to sea, but Lindy Yeates has turned her gaze around to document our ceaselessly changing shorelines. ![]() These precious things
April 16, 2024 - It’s not just the objects in the Wonthaggi Museum that intrigue but the stories that come with them, writes Mark Robertson. |
![]() Dear Corinella and beyond
March 22, 2024 - In a few shocking minutes Jen Rutherford lost her house. That’s when a community wrapped their arms around her and told her she was not alone. ![]() Get used to it
March 22, 2024 - As climate change accelerates, Helen Zervopoulos says it’s time to stop the blame game and get ready. ![]() Back from the brink
March 22, 2024 - The astounding recovery of Eastern Barred Bandicoots highlights the potential of the former Holden Proving Ground as a predator-proof sanctuary for threatened species. ![]() Relief for Ruttle Estate residents
March 23, 2024 - Residents chalk up second victory in their battle to preserve the wetland reserve. ![]() The thin green line
March 22, 2024 - Ed Thexton visits the Corinella Foreshore and finds the locals have achieved something remarkable. ![]() Road upgrades back on the agenda
March 20, 2024 - After a resounding collective NO! to a $32 million scheme to seal, pave and drain Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay, more than 130 property owners are requesting road upgrades. ![]() Say that again
March 22, 2024 - Hard of hearing? Then you might need a different kind of smoke alarm. Liane Arno reports. |
![]() Lights out for shearwaters
April 12, 2024 - Phillip Island residents and business are being asked to dim the lights to protect short-tailed shearwater chicks on the first leg of their first migration to the northern hemisphere. ![]() The power trip continues
March 22, 2024 - The lights stayed on during our recent prolonger power outage, reports Werner Theinert. ![]() Facing Island, Facing Mortality
March 22, 2024 - Christine Grayden revisits the life of Jan Bassett, a remarkable historian whose family roots were deep in Phillip Island. ![]() Art of the woodlands
March 23, 2024 - Prize money of $2500 is up for grabs in an art exhibition celebrating the Western Port Woodlands. ![]() The wreck of the Speke
March 11, 32024 - How one of the world’s biggest steel rigged ships came to grief on Phillip Island’s rugged south coast. By Pam Rothfield ![]() A family affair
March 22, 2024 - Open Gardens Victoria features two contrasting Inverloch gardens, owned by mother and daughter Judy Morcom and Sue Jarvis. |
![]() The forgotten south
Feb 23, 2024 - It’s all very well to expand to the north of Wonthaggi but what about the south, asks Beryl Farr. ![]() Ian Robinson Q&A
Feb 23, 2024 - After a long writing career, Ian Robinson’s first children’s picture book opened up a rich vein of creativity. ![]() 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. ![]() AI and me
Feb 23, 2024 - Catherine Watson discovers that we’re all replaceable. Except perhaps for cleaners. |
![]() The woman with the x-ray eyes
Feb 23, 2024 - Melissa Lowery sees things that no one else does. And she’s transformed our knowledge of the dinosaurs that once roamed Bass Coast. ![]() A splash of joy
Feb 22, 2024 - Our mortality reminds us to cherish each special day, writes Etsuko Yasunaga ![]() 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 ![]() On the arrival of Warren at the Homestead
Feb 22, 2024 - Ron Kousal’s mostly fallacious rabbiter’s guide to Rhyll, from Don Giovanni to La Causa Nostril. |
![]() 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. |