WATERCOLOURIST Greg Allen, above, won the best exhibit (any medium) section of this year’s Mornington Art Show. His Lazy Days watercolour on paper has a price tag of $6500 and can be viewed at the Mornington Rotary Club organised show until Australia Day (Wednesday 26 January) or online until the end of the month at morningtonartshow.com.au Allen is a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters’ Society and is highly regarded as a teacher and has won many art awards. The 50th Mornington Art Show opened last Thursday night in the new studio and community house building at the corner of…
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FRANKSTON’S Waterfront Festival returns next month. Sneaky Sound System, Jack Jones, Andrew Swift, Gretta Ziller, and Spirit Lines are among the acts confirmed for the two day event. The festival will run on the Frankston Foreshore on 19 and 20 February. A fireworks show over the bay will conclude the event. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said “this is truly one of those special moments you and your loved ones will remember and look forward to until the Waterfront Festival comes around next year”. Food trucks, amusement rides, and other activities will be offered throughout the event. For more information on…
PEDAL-assisted bikes for public use have been introduced in Frankston. As part of a one year trial, 150 “e-bikes” from Neuron Mobility have been brought into Frankston. Neuron Mobility head of Australia and New Zealand Richard Hannah said that Frankston made an ideal location for a trial of the initiative. “The Frankston landscape provides a superb environment for pedal-assisted e-bikes, with its numerous bike trails, stunning foreshore scenery and numerous parks and open spaces,” he said. “Our pedal-assisted e-bike program is very different from previous bike sharing schemes. We have operations teams working around the clock changing batteries, safety checking,…
MORE than 20 CFA vehicles and air support were called in to put out a dangerous grass fire in Langwarrin last week. At 12.45pm on 19 January, the CFA were alerted to the blaze. A fire had broken out on land near Lyppards Road. The CFA said in a statement that by the time the fire was extinguished “approximately five hectares of grass was burnt, and the fire had impacted some non-residential assets including sheds and vehicles.” A Watch and Act alert was sent out at 1.17pm. A second Watch and Act alert sent out for Botanic Ridge, Carrum Downs,…
A DRIVER has had his car impounded after being caught allegedly speeding on the new Mordialloc Freeway. Highway patrol members on the newly opened road allege that they spotted the speeding car at around 5.15pm on 10 January. They say the car was detected driving at 147 kmph. Police pulled over the driver and impounded the car at a cost of just over $1000. The driver will face court at a later date. “The new Mordialloc Freeway opening has made thousands of peoples commutes that little bit easier and Kingston Highway Patrol are doing their best to be out on…