Parents' Group
Covers the AGM , Council's 21 February vote to recommend to set protected settlement boundary to Seaward Drive; updates on the Strategic Plan and Parents' group
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Our next Working Bee will be
This month we'll be continuing our removal of boneseed from the council managed coastal reserve, west and north of the the Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club. We hope to do a planting in this area in the coming months.
First Surf Beach car park, Surf Beach Road, Cape Paterson at 9:00 am
It's expected that there will be some showers so please bring appropriate wet weather gear and sturdy footwear. Bass Coast Council will be providing loppers, gloves and dabbers. Unfortunately we can't provide a lunch or morning tea this time so please bring water and any refreshments for morning tea.
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 baskand graze in the sunshine.
Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform their courtship displays.
Hearts of Kombadik (SoftTree-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
