At last ... it’s arty time once more at ArtSpace, but the path to reopening the gallery has been full of twists and turns. Geoff Ellis reports.

The Wonthaggi Woodies are turning timber into very special pens for homesick Aussie troops.

Those much-mocked cat videos served a valuable purpose, writes Joy Herring in her book on the joys, heartbreak and laughter of rescuing cats. Geoff Ellis reports.

Warning: if you’ve rung a financial institution lately, Geoff Ellis’s story may reawaken traumatic memories.

Geoff Ellis and Neil Rankine made good use of their COVID daily exercise time to fill in one of the missing links on the proposed San Remo-Inverloch trail.

Bright smiles and yellow flowers belied the bravery of the participants in a recent endometriosis forum at Corinella, writes Geoff Ellis

Daryl Hook on the sorrow of pulling the gate closed on a farm and wildlife haven he has created over 40 years.

In the second part of his article on the housing crisis in Bass Coast, Geoff Ellis looks at the response from welfare services, the community and council and the government.

Beneath the surface, many of Bass Coast’s most disadvantaged residents are on the brink of a housing crisis. Report by Geoff Ellis

Roy likes to push his luck, writes Geoff Ellis, but then he was born lucky.

Geoff Ellis focuses between the squalls on the first outing of the revamped Bass Coast Camera Group.

As renowned wall artist Ash Keating unleashed his fire extinguishers in Grantville last week, Geoff Ellis was there to watch the paint fly.

And on the seventh day he went cold turkey. Geoff Ellis samples life without the net.

A restored carriage in Ian Hitchings’ farm museum is a triumph of home-grown ingenuity, writes Geoff Ellis

Heads turn when Gary Griffin drives his ’39 Packard to the local supermarket. Just don’t mention the restoration word to him, writes Geoff Ellis

Post readers shared the start of David Kemp’s journey two years ago as he prepared for brain surgery. Geoff Ellis finds out what happened next.

Hair cuts, tyre repairs, petrol, supermarket specials, an internet connection ... Bass Coast beneficiaries tell Geoff Ellis how they’re spending their temporary JobSeeker windfall.

After decades of lobbying, Jam Jerrup residents welcome a plan to protect the crumbling cliffs in front of their homes.