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4 days ago

This snap of cold, rainy weather we are having now, reminds us of the freezing day in October 2016 when the wind was so strong and bitter on Churchill Island that the Pied Oystercatchers that normally live on the west coast actually came up into the paddocks to feed! ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

A few years ago the Churchill Island farm staff had some campfire activities during one lot of school holidays. Each morning they'd light the campfire in the fenced off paddock near the shearing shed and boil some billy tea and cook up a stew in a camp oven in the coals or cook up some chops on an improvised hot plate over the fire . The visitors loved seeing it, and the workers got to eat and drink the results! Here are Peter, Trevor and Wazza cooking a feed of chops and eggs. Can't you just smell that!? ... See MoreSee Less

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And Toby! I made most of that....

1 week ago

We can't go to Churchill Island at present, but some of us can view it from a distance. Here it is from Rhyll beach, with a moored boat and some very "chilled" seagulls in the foreground. FOCIS hopes everyone is staying safe. We'll keep bringing you CI photos from our archives to cheer you up. ... See MoreSee Less

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Lovely peaceful photo.. thanks.

Thank you.

2 weeks ago

Message from Bass Coast Shire Council president Brett Tessari ... See MoreSee Less

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