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

Peter Brown ponders the secret to a winter tomato and finds no answer.

As these last few weeks in Canberra have demonstrated, the Australian monoculture is a myth, writes Dawn Rollins. By Dawn Rollins IN THE past month, seven members of the Federal Parliament have been...

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

Memories of a proud and generous gardener abound in Ant Gent’s garden. By Ant Gent I RECENTLY discovered the sad news that one of our quirky, local icons had passed ... Wally, the garden guru. Many...

The council must rein in over-development that threatens what remains of Phillip Island’s precious natural environment, argue Lorna and Doug Elms. By Lorna and Doug Elms IN THE 1840s the first European...

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...

Jen Rutherford looks forward to joining the lucky people of Corinella. Dear Bass Coast Post readers. I WRITE to you from a suburb 12 kilometres north-east of Melbourne’s CBD. I live not far from Olympic...

Local philosophers are grappling with the big questions at the Wonthaggi library. By Maddy Harford COULD we? Should we? Take a pill to make us better human beings? What if we knew that empathy with...

Obi made a big impression during his 18 months on Phillip Island. By Jenni Wills ​OBI has gone, and he's left quite a gap. But to start at the beginning … when I moved to Phillip Island six years...

Most of us have wondered how we would respond in an emergency. Bass Coast surfing mates Fabio Contu and Troy Joyner found out on Wednesday when a man threatened to blow up their flight. By Nina Barry-Macaulay...

After 47 years with her partner, Phyllis Papps would like her relationship to be given the same respect as that of any heterosexual couple. ​ By Phyllis Papps AUSTRALIA. 1970. John Gorton was Prime...

“Selective equality” doesn’t exist, writes Rob Easton. We are either equal before the law or we are not. By Rob Easton “WHEN we look at modern Man, we have to face the fact that modern Man suffers from...

Local action group Preserve Western Port is celebrating a hard-fought victory after a long campaign to prove that Hastings is not the place to build Victoria’s second port. By Jeff Nottle THE Phillip...

By Sally Conning May 20, 2017 AS I write this, I am proud to say that Bass Coast Shire Council has just passed a motion to support marriage equality. I’m sure there will be letters to the editors of...

Bass Coasters share precious memories of the private man behind the public profile.

Think your internet is slow? Gurdies resident Rob Parsons has been trying for the past three years to get a basic ADSL connection.

Tony Hughes celebrates the magic of glass. ​

Tony Hughes celebrates the magic of glass

Robbie Viglietti surveys the tide of outrage at either end of Bass Coast Shire and calls for a dose of realism.