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Coming Council elections LATMP, Working Bees
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Our next Working Bee will be
This month we're doing a planting on the slope just north of the boat ramp turning circle. Bass Coast Shire Council have prepared the ground by removing the weeds and we're planting this area out with indigenous plant species.
Meet at the Wonthaggi Life Saving Club car park at 9am.
Please wear clothing appropriate to the weather. The slope to be planted is quite steep so sturdy, ankle supporting footwear is strongly recommended. We will be able to provide planting equipment and gloves. Bass Coast Shire Council will provide the plants.
Without consultation and ignoring reports they commissioned themselves, the State Government extended Cape Paterson’s Northern Boundary.
This means the area north of Seaward Drive is open to MASSIVE overdevelopment. Currently there is a proposal for the addition of over 900 new houses, more than doubling the current size of Cape Paterson. It’s just too much.
FIND OUT THE LATEST, AND HOW YOU CAN HELPThe committee advising the Minister for Planning is currently reviewing the evidence and submissions from the last year and submitted a report in late June 2023. See the Victorian government website for a whole of shire overview.
Cool, rainy days follow misty mornings.
The time of highest rainfall and lowest temperatures.
Waring (wombats) emerge to bask and graze in the sunshine.
Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform their courtship displays.
Hearts of Kombadik (Soft Tree-ferns) are the major food when no fruits are available.
Days are short and nights are long.
The constellation of Sagittarius rises in the southeast after sunset, indicating the mid-point of cold weather.
'Wumangurruditj, that's wombat.Put a piece of wombat, a piece of pork and a piece of porcupine [echidna] and you can't tell the difference.' Jessie Hunter, 1999
