Cr Tessari is a third generation local who is very passionate about the Bass Coast community and where we live.

He lives with his wife, Leanne, and together have raised three children who have all grown up and been educated in the Shire.

Cr Tessari is an active community member, having been President of the Wonthaggi Power Football Netball Club for five years and a member of the Wonthaggi Relay For Life Committee, presiding as Master of Ceremonies for the event for the past two years.

He was also involved in the Centenary of Wonthaggi, where he was also Master of Ceremonies the event at the State Coal Mine. Cr Tessari has worked across the Shire on Phillip Island, Inverloch and currently in Wonthaggi. As a Councillor for Bunurong, Cr Tessari intends to work hand-in-hand with the community on issues that concern us all.

He wants to get people passionate again about where we live and reinstall community pride in Bass Coast.