Everyone reaches a stage when they say “Enough!” For Joy Button it was when she heard the Waterline communities are to lose their mobile library service.

Etsuko Yasunaga came to Australia with a suitcase, a little savings and a little English. These days she is happy to call Inverloch home.

After eight years in PNG, Jennifer Boer counts her blessings to be living in Cape Paterson – but also recalls a taste of paradise in PNG.

Twelve years ago, Joy Button knew nothing about depression or suicide. Hers was just a normal family with two daughters and a mortgage.

Bass Coast's emerging reputation as a premium cool climate wine region augurs well for local tourism, writes Dick Wettenhall.

As the Coles plastic bag debate raged, Susan Hall watched another plastic disaster unfold on Inverloch beach.

Tired of waiting for federal action on climate change, councils and communities - including Bass Coast - are leading the way, writes Cr Michael Whelan.

Councillors have to make some tough choices, but shaving 30 local jobs would diminish our community, argues Neil Rankine.

By Pete Granger RECENTLY I visited the abandoned St Paul’s Boys’ Home at Newhaven. I was amazed at the beauty of the Romanesque buildings and chapel. No problem gaining open access. Doors and windows...

THE Westernport Peninsula Protection Council’s award for the stupidest idea of 2018 goes to Daniel Andrew and Malcolm Turnbull for their plan to turn brown coal into hydrogen and export it out of Hastings.

“When we are told it’s not all men, it’s said as though this is new information to us.” Janice Orchard reflects on the response to Eurydice Dixon’s murder.

With Monash trumping Bunjileene-Purrine as the new name for our federal electorate, we must find other ways to honour indigenous culture and people, writes Marg Lynn.

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.

With a major redevelopment planned for Wonthaggi’s Miners Rest motel and caravan park Tom McNish finds residents face an uncertain future.

This much-loved Island identity enriched the life of others, writes John Eddy

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

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.

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

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

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