People and Lifestyle

27 Jul 2025

Duo knit to help children through tough times

IF YOU’VE ever brought your child to the emergency department at Wonthaggi Hospital, there’s a fair chance they’ve left with a Trauma Teddy knitted by two Wonthaggi women. For many years, Jill Demo has been a quiet force of kindness in the...

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24 Jul 2025

Inverloch Jazz Festival the perfect excuse for a coastal escape

WINTER is in full swing and so is Inverloch with the Inverloch Jazz Festival about to brighten-up the Bass Coast over three days and nights from August 1 to August 3. With 40 bands and 200 artists across all jazz styles, big band, bebop, Latin...

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23 Jul 2025

The Mikado top notch entertainment for Berninneit in Cowes

GILBERT and Sullivan Opera Victoria (GSSV)’s 90th anniversary performance of The Mikado at Berninneit on August 9 & 10 promises an afternoon of pure delight. Prepare to be entertained right from the first few bars of The Mikado overture with...

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21 Jul 2025

Phillip Island Whale Festival open this weekend

MORE than a festival the Phillip Island Whale Festival is seen by Bass Coast Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead as a reflection of who we are as a community. Opening the Whale Festival at Berninneit in Cowes Cr Halstead said it was a beloved event that...

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12 Jul 2025

Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival at the Wonthaggi Town Hall

THERE’s no place like home and the Bass Coast Pickers bring it all together for a hometown audience at the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival. Opening on Friday July 4 the Wonthaggi Acoustic Music Festival continues through to Sunday July 6 with...

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04 Jul 2025

Nathan and Trev prepare for the 2025 Mystery Box rally in Broken Hill

LOCAL Volkswagen Beetle enthusiasts Nathan Leversha and Trevor Heawood are preparing to compete in the gruelling five-day Mystery Box rally starting from Broken Hill. Raising funds for cancer research the 2025 Mystery Box rally will start on August...

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01 Jul 2025

Celebrating NAIDOC Week at Berninneit Art Gallery with Steven Ulula Parker

A COMPELLING exhibition of contemporary and traditional work from Millowl artist Steven Ulula Parker is a feature of NAIDOC Week at the Berninneit Art Gallery. ‘Warreeny Ngulu’ or ‘Ocean Voice’ showcases Parker’s latest works including...

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30 Jun 2025

Ngangga NAIDOC Celebration on Milawul

BASS Coast Reconciliation Network is excited to announce the very first Ngangga on Milawul (Phillip Island) – a free event celebrating NAIDOC Week on Sunday, July 6. The event, run in partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

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27 Jun 2025

Wrong price tag on ‘Carnival Land’ rezoning, they say

IT IS recommended in the Phillip Island Recreation Reserve Master Plan that the 33-hectare site in Cowes, owned by the Bass Coast Shire Council for the development of sporting facilities on the Island, be rezoned to ‘Public Park and Recreation...

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Michael Giles

25 Jun 2025

It’s not a house, it’s a home, says Aileen Hughes

IF THE outcome of a bureaucratic process, in the middle of a serious housing crisis, is to issue a local pensioner with an order to “cease occupation”, then there’s something seriously wrong with the process. But that’s the situation that...

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Michael Giles

24 Jun 2025

Students shine at the Good Food and Wine Show

BASS Coast College are thrilled to share that four of our talented students had the incredible opportunity to attend the Good Food and Wine Show in Melbourne from Thursday, May 29 to Sunday, June 1. Throughout the event, they worked alongside none...

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20 Jun 2025

Principal bids farewell to once-in-a-lifetime job

HIGHLY regarded Bass Coast College principal Darren Parker recently announced his retirement at the beginning of term two. He was given a wonderful send-off – organised by Marg O’Donnell – which was attended by past and present staff. “I was...

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