More surgeries on offer
April 9, 2024 - Shoulder replacements and endoscopic gastric stents have been added to the list of surgeries that can be performed at Wonthaggi Hospital. Flood risk sinks Silverleaves house plan
March 23, 2024 - Should landowners be allowed to build on a site that’s likely to be swamped by rising sea waters? Cowes caravan park gets the nod
March 23, 2024 - … but councillors aren’t happy about Holiday Lifestyle Cowes. Dear Corinella and beyond
March 22, 2024 - In a few shocking minutes Jen Rutherford lost her house. That’s when a community wrapped their arms around her and told her she was not alone. Get used to it
March 22, 2024 - As climate change accelerates, Helen Zervopoulos says it’s time to stop the blame game and get ready. Back from the brink
March 22, 2024 - The astounding recovery of Eastern Barred Bandicoots highlights the potential of the former Holden Proving Ground as a predator-proof sanctuary for threatened species. Relief for Ruttle Estate residents
March 23, 2024 - Residents chalk up second victory in their battle to preserve the wetland reserve. The thin green line
March 22, 2024 - Ed Thexton visits the Corinella Foreshore and finds the locals have achieved something remarkable. Road upgrades back on the agenda
March 20, 2024 - After a resounding collective NO! to a $32 million scheme to seal, pave and drain Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay, more than 130 property owners are requesting road upgrades. |
Silver lining for little old penguin
April 3, 2024 - One of the oldest penguins ever seen at the Phillip Island mega-colony has returned to sea after five weeks of intensive rehab. Lights out for shearwaters
April 12, 2024 - Phillip Island residents and business are being asked to dim the lights to protect short-tailed shearwater chicks on the first leg of their first migration to the northern hemisphere. The power trip continues
March 22, 2024 - The lights stayed on during our recent prolonger power outage, reports Werner Theinert. Facing Island, Facing Mortality
March 22, 2024 - Christine Grayden revisits the life of Jan Bassett, a remarkable historian whose family roots were deep in Phillip Island. Art of the woodlands
March 23, 2024 - Prize money of $2500 is up for grabs in an art exhibition celebrating the Western Port Woodlands. The wreck of the Speke
March 11, 32024 - How one of the world’s biggest steel rigged ships came to grief on Phillip Island’s rugged south coast. By Pam Rothfield A family affair
March 22, 2024 - Open Gardens Victoria features two contrasting Inverloch gardens, owned by mother and daughter Judy Morcom and Sue Jarvis. Say that again
March 22, 2024 - Hard of hearing? Then you might need a different kind of smoke alarm. Liane Arno reports. |
Council turnaround boosts Cape campaign
Feb 21, 2024 - Community cautiously optimistic that with strong council support it will finally win a decade-long battle to stop a massive expansion of the township. There goes the neighbourhood
Feb 24, 2024 - It’s only just gone out for public consultation but Bass Coast’s housing strategy is already having an impact. Farmer fined for illegal land clearing
Feb 12 2024 - Conservationists slam “paltry fine” for Inverloch man who cleared 31 mature trees from his farm. Surf Beach owners think small
Feb 24, 2024 - After a resounding no to the grand plan to seal, pave and drain Surf Beach Sunderland Bay, neighbours are banding together to seek upgrades for their road. You do the maths
Feb 21, 2024 - The VEC wants to redraw the Bass Coast ward boundaries to balance voter numbers. And they need our help. Wonthaggi takes one for the team
Feb 23, 2024 - Wonthaggi’s growth spares the rest of the shire, but not everyone is happy about it. The forgotten south
Feb 23, 2024 - It’s all very well to expand to the north of Wonthaggi but what about the south, asks Beryl Farr. Ian Robinson Q&A
Feb 23, 2024 - After a long writing career, Ian Robinson’s first children’s picture book opened up a rich vein of creativity. |
The woman with the x-ray eyes
Feb 23, 2024 - Melissa Lowery sees things that no one else does. And she’s transformed our knowledge of the dinosaurs that once roamed Bass Coast. A splash of joy
Feb 22, 2024 - Our mortality reminds us to cherish each special day, writes Etsuko Yasunaga Across the Narrows
Feb 20, 2024 - Time and tide wait for no man and nowhere is the saying more apt than in the narrow channel between San Remo and Phillip Island, writes Linda Cuttriss Time at the Tech
Feb 16, 2024 - It only takes one teacher to change a life, and Bruce Phillips was lucky enough to find several in his Wonthaggi school years. AI and me
Feb 23, 2024 - Catherine Watson discovers that we’re all replaceable. Except perhaps for cleaners. On the arrival of Warren at the Homestead
Feb 22, 2024 - Ron Kousal’s mostly fallacious rabbiter’s guide to Rhyll, from Don Giovanni to La Causa Nostril. A cook’s journal
Feb 23, 2024 - Run out of ideas about what to do with zucchinis? Get grating for this tangy Asian salad, says Liane Arno. Community diary
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Holden plan wins support
Jan 25, 2024 - Entrepreneur joins forces with conservationists on Holden Proving Ground. Wonthaggi set to double
Jan 18, 2024 - If you think Wonthaggi seems busy lately, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Wonthaggi hopes and fears
Jan 26, 2024 - With our little country town destined to become a major regional centre, the Post asked residents to reflect on what lies ahead. Bigger - or better?
Jan 25, 2024 - The developers are already circling Wonthaggi, eyeing the prize and working out how to maximise the carve-up, writes Mark Robertson. The views have it
Jan 24, 2024 - Corinella homeowners have won the right to a sea view, with the long awaited landscape plan. Debate remains whether that's a victory for common sense or environmental vandalism. John Lippmann and Jenny Date put the case for and against. VCAT to rule on Ruttle wetlands
Jan 22, 2024 - Cait McMahon urges council to hold the line on developers’ open space contributions. Yes, no, dunno
Jan 25, 2024 - Bass Coast councillor Les Larke continues to perplex. His latest council lark is not to vote, reports Catherine Watson. Not a good look
Jan 25, 2024 - Writer Selena Routley sometimes works in convivial spaces such as cafés and pubs. And that seems to upset some people. Australian made
Jan 25, 2024 - Geoff Ellis finds himself the custodian of things that were built to last. |
The great ships of Phillip Island Millowl
Jan 19, 2024 - As the Phillip Island Conservation Society marks its first 55 years, Christine Grayden ponders how members have kept up the good fight for decades without wavering. The other war
Jan 22, 2024 - If you love living here, imagine how much First Nations people must have loved it before the British invasion, writes Frank Coldebella. Not a murder, just an unkindness
Jan 25, 2024 - A mass gathering of ravens at The Oaks intrigues Ed Thexton. Shootout at the RK Homestead
Jan 22, 2024 - You might think they’re cute. Ron Kousal begs to differ. Extreme painting
Jan 26, 2024 - Mark Schaller’s been having fun. He hopes we’ll enjoy the results. Total immersion
Jan 25, 2024 - There’s no separation between Mae Adams’ life and art. Her bush block provides the materials for her exquisite weavings. A feast of good gardening
Jan 25, 2024 - Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting out, the Bass Coast Edible Gardens weekend is a wonderful opportunity to learn more. 'The eye of a hawk and the hand of a surgeon'
Jan 25, 2024 - Noted ceramicist Rob Matheson has been engaged to run a monthly class in Wonthaggi. Liane Arno gets to know the man behind the work. A cook’s journal
Jan 22, 2024 - It’s taken Liane Arno some time but she’s worked out the best pizza dough. |
Recent stories
Holden plan wins support
Jan 25, 2024 - Entrepreneur joins forces with conservationists on Holden Proving Ground. Wonthaggi set to double
Jan 18, 2024 - If you think Wonthaggi seems busy lately, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Wonthaggi hopes and fears
Jan 26, 2024 - With our little country town destined to become a major regional centre, the Post asked residents to reflect on what lies ahead. Bigger - or better?
Jan 25, 2024 - The developers are already circling Wonthaggi, eyeing the prize and working out how to maximise the carve-up, writes Mark Robertson. The views have it
Jan 24, 2024 - Corinella homeowners have won the right to a sea view, with the long awaited landscape plan. Debate remains whether that's a victory for common sense or environmental vandalism. John Lippmann and Jenny Date put the case for and against. VCAT to rule on Ruttle wetlands
Jan 22, 2024 - Cait McMahon urges council to hold the line on developers’ open space contributions. Yes, no, dunno
Jan 25, 2024 - Bass Coast councillor Les Larke continues to perplex. His latest council lark is not to vote, reports Catherine Watson. Not a good look
Jan 25, 2024 - Writer Selena Routley sometimes works in convivial spaces such as cafés and pubs. And that seems to upset some people. Australian made
Jan 25, 2024 - Geoff Ellis finds himself the custodian of things that were built to last. |
The great ships of Phillip Island Millowl
Jan 19, 2024 - As the Phillip Island Conservation Society marks its first 55 years, Christine Grayden ponders how members have kept up the good fight for decades without wavering. The other war
Jan 22, 2024 - If you love living here, imagine how much First Nations people must have loved it before the British invasion, writes Frank Coldebella. Not a murder, just an unkindness
Jan 25, 2024 - A mass gathering of ravens at The Oaks intrigues Ed Thexton. Shootout at the RK Homestead
Jan 22, 2024 - You might think they’re cute. Ron Kousal begs to differ. Extreme painting
Jan 26, 2024 - Mark Schaller’s been having fun. He hopes we’ll enjoy the results. Total immersion
Jan 25, 2024 - There’s no separation between Mae Adams’ life and art. Her bush block provides the materials for her exquisite weavings. A feast of good gardening
Jan 25, 2024 - Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting out, the Bass Coast Edible Gardens weekend is a wonderful opportunity to learn more. 'The eye of a hawk and the hand of a surgeon'
Jan 25, 2024 - Noted ceramicist Rob Matheson has been engaged to run a monthly class in Wonthaggi. Liane Arno gets to know the man behind the work. A cook’s journal
Jan 22, 2024 - It’s taken Liane Arno some time but she’s worked out the best pizza dough. |
Box bags top job
Dec 14, 2023 - After five months, 25 applications and an exhaustive interview process, Bass Coast councillors have chosen an old hand as the new CEO. Take that, Westpac!
“A disgrace … charlatans of the worst order … dirty money …” Cr Michael Whelan explains why council is giving the big four banks the flick. No thanks, say homeowners
Dec 13, 2023 - Council will review its urban roads and drainage policy following overwhelming rejection of Surf Beach scheme Punching above your weight
Dec 13, 2023 - Inverloch Surf Beach will feature in a monumental legal case against fossil fuel giant Shell, writes Ed Thexton Tell them they’re dreaming
Dec 13, 2023 - From Bass Coast to the Murray Darling Basin, there’s a credibility gap in our response to the climate crisis, writes Ken Blackman What price clean energy?
Dec 11, 2023 - Western Port is under threat once more, this time from a proposed offshore wind terminal at Hastings. Neil Daly reports. The things we do for love!
Dec 12, 2023 - An empty shop in Inverloch sparked Carla van Laar’s imagination. And so the Inverloch Pop-Up Art CO was born. The master muralist
Dec 9, 2023 - Experience painting scenery stood Dennis Leversha in good stead when he began painting the extraordinary murals that tell Wonthaggi’s history. Story by Carolyn Landon |
Plain sailing
Dec 14, 2023 - Some people dream of cruising the Pacific; others of cruising the Rhine; for Catherine Watson it was a cruise through the Tooradin mangroves. Thank you … and sorry
Dec 14, 2023 - At dusk on a full moon the Inverloch jetty was transformed by a Buddhist ritual: Loy Krathong, or the Full Moon Ceremony. Back on the rails
Dec 15, 2023 - The songs are still sad but this time round Tim O’Brien is enjoying the ride a whole lot more. Let the show begin!
Dec 9, 2023 - This summer’s pop-up exhibition marks a watershed moment for the PICES art group as it moves to the gallery at Berninneit. Curator Warren Nichols reports. The Wonthaggi wave
Dec 13, 2023 - Liane Arno fears the small courtesies may be going the way of button up boots. Winging my way on my website
Dec 11, 2023 - As she approached her 70th birthday, Christine Grayden set herself four challenges. Wildlife toll hits home
Dec 14, 2023 - In just seven days over the last Easter holiday period at least 105 wild animals from 19 different species were killed or injured on roads across Phillip Island. A cook’s journal
Dec 13, 2023 - Magnificent, evil and easy as... is this the best banana cake ever? Dreams come true
Dec 2, 2023 - A racing car ride and swimming were on the bucket list of Griffiths Point Lodge residents. |