The Bastion Point issue took a positive turn at last, with Council voting unanimously on 3 April 2012 for the government to finalise the design of its preferred option at the existing boat ramp site and seek broad community support for that option.

East Gippsland Council  made the following resoluion:

1. Notes the Victorian Government’s commitment to undertake a review (the review) and subsequent construction of an upgraded Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp and the associated Department of Transport proposal to provide an upgraded two lane boat ramp with protective breakwater, known as Alternative H2 (Refer Appendix 1), generally at the location of the existing boat ramp; and
2. Seeks an urgent determination on the review from the State Government and detailed advice on its preferred option, including: cultural heritage, detailed design including costings and visual impact, environmental impact, car parking, further sand management studies etc.to enable prompt implementation of the project.
3. Requests State Government works with the Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp Community Advisory Committee to finalise the design of the State Government’s preferred option and seek broad community support for that option.

Please see our Media Release.

The East Gippsland Shire Council executive has recommended to Councillors that Council continue with its Coastal Management Act application to construct the Option 3b breakwater and beach road.  The Councillors will vote on this recommendation on 3 April 2012. Please see our Media Release, and the agenda item here.
The council proposal references the report by [...]

The Campaign would like to thank the many supporters who made submissions over the very short period allotted for us to review the complex engineering plans exhibited by the Department of Transport project team. The Department is now analysing the submissions, and will present the results to East Gippsland Shire Council. Council is believed to [...]

The deadline on the 11 March is fast approaching for submissions on the Hyder Proposal. Please get your feedback in now – either by emailing to bastionpoint@transport.vic.gov.au or filling in the attached feedback form and faxing, mailing or attaching pdf to email address.
The Melbourne consultation session was held on 7 March with about 50 people [...]

Please see our new web pages on the Hyder Proposal, and our Analysis of Hyder. The Department of Transport page on the Hyder proposals may be accessed here.

There will be an information session in Melbourne on Wednesday 7 March, 4-6 pm at the College of Surgeons, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne (Melways Ref: Page 2B, Ref J12).  This will take the form of an “open house” and you can drop by at any time during the session. If possible, please attend [...]

Submissions on the Hyder designs will be taken from the public until just 11 March 2012.  Please send your submission to bastionpoint@transport.vic.gov.au.
Or mail:
Bastion Point Project Team
Freight, Logistics and Marine Division
Department of Transport
PO Box 2797
Melbourne VIC 3001

The design for a boat ramp at the current site has been released. The design was by Hyder Consulting, and can be viewed on the Department of Transport (DoT) site here.
There will be a public meeting at Mallacoota Golf and Country Club on Thursday 1 March 2012, when DoT will consult on the design. All [...]

A decision on Bastion Point will now not be made until after the Christmas /New year season.
In June this year, Hyder Consultants were engaged by the inter-departmental Bastion Point Project Control Board (the Board) to undertake a detailed assessment of the alternative option at the current site, in order to  produce a report using specific [...]

Friends of Mallacoota (FoM), represented by the Environment Defenders Office (EDO) and barrister Sam Ure, have been successful in a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) case involving Freedom of Information (FOI).
In October 2010, FoM, a key body in the Save Bastion Point Campaign, went to VCAT to obtain documents relating to Bastion Point from [...]