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

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

Two Bass Coasters in long-term relationships, Wayne Moloney and Phyllis Papps, reflect on Wednesday’s momentous events when it became clear that the last bastion of official discrimination against LGBTI people was about to fall.

​As a veteran of the campaign against desalination, John Gemmell can’t believe in Peter Garrett’s resurrection.

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

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

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

MPs are feeling the weight of community expectation as they consider a bill to enable voluntary assisted dying, writes Harriet Shing. By Harriet Shing Labor Member of the Legislative Chamber for Eastern...

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

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...