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The great unknown

22/6/2018

By Janice Orchard

LAST week my partner was in hospital in Melbourne and I was staying in an apartment within five minutes’ walk so I could be with him through the day.

At night after visiting hours ended at 8pm I would walk back to my digs. It was on these walks that I found how very long five minutes could be. Very much aware of my surroundings, I held my umbrella and keys in my hands ready to defend myself. Every man on the street made me uneasy. They may have simply been on their way home from work to their own families but I still saw them as a threat.

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Day of reckoning

9/3/2018

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‘Baroness’ Raymonde de Laroche: the first woman to earn a pilot’s licence, in 1910

On International Women's Day, Pamela Rothfield looks forward to the day when no one will be surprised to see a woman driving a petrol tanker.

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The last resort

23/2/2018

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You probably wouldn’t be staying in the Miners Rest Caravan Park or Motel if you had somewhere else to go. With a major redevelopment planned for the landmark Wonthaggi site, Tom McNish finds residents face an uncertain future.

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Island farewells Cherry McFee

12/2/2018

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A young Cherry McFee

By John Eddy

Long-time resident and much-loved Island identity Cherry McFee was farewelled by the Phillip Island community recently at a large funeral at St Philips Anglican Church, Cowes. She was approaching 94.

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Under the boardwalk

1/2/2018

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It’s not for the faint-hearted but diver David Haintz discovers a gorgeous new world beneath the San Remo Pier.

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Don’t miss this boat

31/1/2018

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A car ferry would see Phillip Island evolve from a “dead-end destination” into the new gateway to Bass Coast and beyond, writes Rob Easton.

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Oasis on a crowded planet

15/12/2017

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Photo Linda Cuttriss

The strategies are in place to protect Phillip island for future generations, writes Phil Wright. The question now is whether we have the will.

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Wonthaggi à la mode

15/12/2017

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Fashion collector Ann Dixon pictured at a family wedding. Her daughter Marny says she would have picked up the outfit at an op shop.

An exhibition of vintage couture in Wonthaggi originated in one woman’s passion for fashion.

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A diamond is forever

15/12/2017

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Long-time information centre volunteer Jill Muir with Ursula Theinert (Artspace Wonthaggi president), left, and Marny Javornik (Artspace volunteer).

Born and bred in Wonthaggi, Jill Muir loved to share her knowledge and passion for the area with visitors and newcomers to the town.

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Island ride review

15/12/2017

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Keen city cyclist Paris Pollock and his partner sample the Phillip Island coastal bike trail and find plenty to like and a few niggles.

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Not the retiring kind

28/11/2017

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Sarah Roycroft looks back in wonder on her pre-retirement dreams.

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Out of the shadows

17/11/2017

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Wayne Moloney, left, has been with his partner Keith Ritchie for 48 years.

Bass Coasters reflect on Wednesday’s momentous events when it became clear that the last bastion of official discrimination against LGBTI people was about to fall.

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Why I won’t watch the Oils

15/11/2017

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Peter Garrett, Photo Mark Rogers

As a veteran of the campaign against desalination, John Gemmell won't fall for Peter Garrett again.

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MP: 90% against assisted dying

3/11/2017

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MP Melina Bath says that of the 2000 people who have contacted her on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, just 200 were in favour.

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Changing trains

3/11/2017

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Sakura Studio, Wonthaggi

A small Japanese cottage in Wonthaggi marks the year Mark Gross got his life back on the rails.

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Euthanasia a step too far

3/11/2017

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Daniel Mulino explains why he’ll be voting against the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill.

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Life and death

6/10/2017

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Harriet Shing

MPs are feeling the weight of community expectation as they consider a bill to enable voluntary assisted dying, writes Harriet Shing.

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On the sick list

6/10/2017

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A sudden serious illness prompts Robyn Arianrhod to think about the contrasting approaches of three very different hospitals.

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Sweet as

6/10/2017

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A bucket of chips. Really? Fresh from New Zealand, Megan Watson tries to navigate the local language and culture.

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Built to last

20/9/2017

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By Peter Brown

IT WAS placed there on the kitchen bench early in July.

Store-bought, an oblique spheroid with a dimpled umbilical on top, perfectly shaped, and evenly red, it had not a blemish.

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Calling Australia home

1/9/2017

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Cartoon by Natasha Williams-Novak

As these last few weeks in Canberra have demonstrated, the Australian monoculture is a myth, writes Dawn Rollins.

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Memories of Wally

15/8/2017

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Memories of a proud and generous gardener abound in Ant Gent’s garden.

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A brief history of Grantville

15/8/2017

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In 2004, when Helen Zervopoulos arrived in Grantville, it was just a set of traffic lights on the way to Phillip Island.

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Tales of the Waterline, 2017

3/8/2017

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By Bob Wheeler

A FEW months back, empty pockets and an ill-timed bus schedule forced a Waterline couple to hitch hike to their Centrelink appointment in Wonthaggi. They couldn't get a lift all the way so much of the journey was on foot. They still managed to turn up half way through their allotted time slot. Too late. They were kicked off the dole.

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Paradise lost

3/8/2017

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Ten dwellings are proposed for this Red Rocks site.

The council must rein in over-development that threatens what remains of Phillip Island’s precious natural environment, argue Lorna and Doug Elms.

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