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.
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NORTHERN DEVELOPMENTThe recent article in the Sentinel Times (29/7/2025) quotes Jim Watson (of Wallis Watson) confirming they “will” take Supreme Court action. Their argument is with a decision by the Planning Minister, not with the CPRRA.
We believe that everyone had the same opportunity to make submissions during consultation on the revised boundary in Dec 2024 and during the previous 5 years. After the endorsed DAL Statement of Planning Policy is gazetted, it becomes legally enforceable, will be reviewed in ten years, and can only be changed by both Houses of the Victorian parliament.
When the Surf Coast (Torquay region) DAL SPP was declared (where a previous Planning Minister had also changed a boundary against panel advice), the developers sought to have the decision set aside in the Supreme Court. They lost and had costs awarded against them.Stay tuned for further updates.
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Our next Working Bee will be
This month we'll finally be doing another planting working bee (yay!) at the boat ramp slope at the end of Hut View Road. It will make a change from our usual weed removal activities.
Alan Birt Reserve shelters, Hut View Road at 9:00am.
Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring your favourite garden tools. Note that the slope is steep and possibly a bit slippery so please wear footwear with some traction. We'll still need to remove kikuyu runners in the areas where we will be planting so weeding grubbers will be handy. Bass Coast Shire Council will provide gloves, trowels, secateurs, stakes and guards for our use. A BBQ lunch with refreshments will be provided at the conclusion of our working bee.
Cold weather is coming to an end. Guling (orchids) are flowering. Ae-noke (caterpillars) of Common Brown butterfly feed on grasses at night. Muyan (Silver Wattles) are flowering. Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform the last of their courtship displays.The star Arcturus is seen on the northwestern horizon soon after sunset. Gurrborra (Koalas) begin mating. Males bellow at night.
"The orchids, that's those little ones. They grow down on the flat too across Badger Creek - has a little flower like a star. If we had a headache Granny Jemima would pick that and boil it and give you a very little bit to drink." Jessie Hunter, 1999
