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 HELPUPDATE: March 2025
NORTHERN DEVELOPMENTOn 18 December the Victorian State Government released a revised proposed ‘Protected Settlement Boundary’ (PSB) for Cape Paterson, no longer including the farming land north of Seaward Drive.
This reduced boundary is what our community has been campaigning for so strongly and for so long. Thanks to those who added your voice to those that agree with this decision to revise the boundary back.
We are hoping to hear the result later in 2025.
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Our next Working Bee will be
This month, We're revisiting the Cassia Street Reserve to remove the next big patch of invasive tacoma.
Meet at the Wonthaggi Life Saving Club Car Park at 9:00am.
Please bring clothes appropriate to the weather. As usual, our friends from Bass Coast Shire Council will provide loppers, dabbers and secateurs. Please bring your own water / refreshments for morning tea. CPRRA will provide a lunch BBQ at the WLSC barbeque area after the working bee.
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
