Forget the close proximity of the proposed McDonald’s Restaurant in Cowes to the local primary school, if you can, there appears to be a fatal flaw in the company's planning application. See details.
Phillip Island's Angus Kennedy is into the quarter-finals and Sandy Point's Lillian Bassed is through to round 2 at Cape Woolamai.
About 1.4 million short-tailed shearwaters are heading back to Phillip Island and anyone who finds a sick or dead bird is urged to leave it and report it.
Wonthaggi-based Mycelia Renewables won the grant earlier this year and applications for the next round close on Sunday November 1.
