Victorian Government announces on December 17 that the Cape Paterson Settlement Boundary is proposed to return to Seaward Drive https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/distinctive-areas-and-landscapes-program/page/cape-paterson-protected-settlement-boundary-consultation
Parents' Group
A report from Rohan Brown , President Peter Allitt's account of the Great Victorian Fish Count An update on the Wonthaggi Inverloch trail Whats on at the Community Hall
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Our next Working Bee will be
To be announced - likely sea spurge
To be announced
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.
The weather is warm, and it is often raining.
Kangaroo Grass is flowering.
Buliyong (bats) are catching insects in flight.
Balayang, the Creation Being, is also referred to as the bat.
Male Common Brown butterflies are flying.
Coranderrk (Victorian Christmas Bush) is coming into flower.
The Orion constellation is setting in the western sky around sunrise.
"They must have done something with the seeds for damper to pulp down into a floury thing for damper. That's when the butterflies come to the flowers. They were food." Brian Paterson, 1999
