LAZY afternoons pulling barramundi out of balmy waters — it might not sound like Gippsland, but it could soon be a reality under a proposal for the controversial Hazelwood power station.

A frolicking humpback whale lifts its tail into the air during a spectacular display in the waters off Shellharbour Beach. Warilla's JO SHEIL snapped two humpbacks during a family fishing trip.

UNCHARTED waters, dangerous territory, storm clouds. Whatever your choice of metaphor, there is no understating the seriousness of the situation in which we now find ourselves.

WORLD experts will discuss the discovery of 100 shark and ray species in Australian waters and how best to protect them.

WHAT'S old is new again. The Berowra Waters Inn was once considered Australia's best restaurant under Gay Bilson and Janni Kyritsis before the Glenn Murcutt-designed sandstone pile on Berowra Creek eventually became a private home. The Sydney Morning Herald's 2009 Good Food Guide awards