Years of hard work to control weeds is being undone by infestations of ragwort, thistles and blackberry on neglected properties. Geoff Ellis reports

Sheepways Road, Krowera, December 2018. The rising sun creates a magical landscape. Photo: Geoff Ellis

The reality for older job seekers is a humiliating round of interviews with their job service agency and a complete lack of interest from employers, writes Geoff Ellis.

Driving on the back roads was always a source of joy for Geoff Ellis. These days he wonders what’s around the next bend.

Most of us assume the owner of a heritage-listed building has to protect it. Geoff Ellis discovers it isn’t so.

With the range meter dropping precipitously in their hired electric car, Neil Rankine and Geoff Ellis find themselves half way between the shire’s two recharge stations.

One-hour jobs, cheap cab rides, cheap food deliveries ... whether the digital economy has freed us or enslaved us was a hot topic at a recent discussion in the Wonthaggi library. By Geoff Ellis

The first Australian win in the famous Indianapolis 500 reminded Geoff Ellis of another Australian, Rupert Jeffkins, who lost the race but won many hearts doing it.

Bert had places to go but she didn't know how to ask for help along the way. In the tragic death of one of our own, Geoff Ellis sees the unfolding of a national tragedy.

Ross and Tracey Denby are growing a community of diners who value companionship and conversation as much as good food. Geoff Ellis reports

Geoff Ellis had every reason to be suspicious when a stranger rang about an inheritance from a relation he had never met.

David Kemp has been ticking off milestones on a path few others will travel. Next is brain surgery under a local anaesthetic. Geoff Ellis reports

Over 43 years at the Holden proving ground in Lang Lang, Allan George drove every new Holden model. Geoff Ellis reports

History is written by the victors, who also get the naming rights. Geoff Ellis argues that we have a chance to redress the balance when it comes to Angus McMillan.

Geoff Ellis wonders why we mourn the victims of the Las Vegas killer but are indifferent to the Rohingya genocide.

The joy of a labradoodle led Geoff Ellis to Bass Coast.

By Geoff Ellis ​UP IN the Bass Coast hills the temperature drops rapidly once the sun dips below the ridgelines. Lew Potter’s beanie keeps him warm but there’s not much daylight left and those new-borns...

Friends of the State Coal Mine president Steve Harrop. Visitors to the mine will be able to compare the performance of different panels and batteries. Wonthaggi’s state coal mine has long been a magnet...

Geoff Ellis meets the legendary Mike Cleeland, who’s been digging for clues for three decades. A HEAD full of knowledge with a pocket full of rocks: that’s how Mike Cleeland wants to leave people....

By Geoff Ellis STORM surges and high tides regularly inundate car parks in Rhyll and Inverloch. Anyone who walks the beaches along the Grantville waterline can show you where the foreshore once was...