MOONLIT Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park in Pearcedale opened its new reptile centre on Thursday, 4 July. The sanctuary’s newest attraction includes venomous snakes, pythons, a freshwater crocodile, green tree frogs, and a range of lizards in purpose-built reptile habitats.Each habitat in the new reptile centre has been designed to cater to the specific needs of its inhabitants, with precise requirements for temperature, humidity, water quality, and lighting. The centre has seven climate-controlled zones that provide basking, climbing, and camouflage areas. The enclosures replicate south-eastern bushland, Central Australia, and the scrubland of Western Australia.The sanctuary’s owner and director Michael Johnson said…
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STUDENTS from a Langwarrin school have helped donate hundreds of care packages to people in need.Year 9 students from Bayside Christian College have partnered with not-for-profit Bayside Bags to put together packages for people experiencing homelessness. The 60 students have helped donate more than 800 packages.Blessing Bags is a not-for-profit organisation which supports people experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The Mornington Peninsula-based charity puts together and distributes hygiene packs featuring essential personal care itemsBlessing Bags is volunteer-run, and has provided over 15,000 packages to those in need so far. For more information on the charity visit blessingbagsmelbourne.com…
FOUR artists will headline a contemporary opera performance at McClelland Gallery later this month. Performers on the schedule include First Nations soprano Nina Korbe, soprano Jesse Linke, mezzo-soprano Syrah Torii, and baritone Aidan Hodder.McClelland artistic and executive director Lisa Byrne said it is an “absolute coup to have such a gifted group of young singers perform this operatic program in our acoustically attuned pavilion.” “Melba Opera Trust supports singers of exceptional ability, and our audience will be delighted,” she said.Melba Opera Trust CEO Amy Black said “we’re thrilled to be performing at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery.”“Our artists spend their…
A RECORD number of motorcyclist deaths on Victorian roads has prompted calls for greater caution. As of 28 June, 35 motorcyclists have died on Victorian roads in 2024. That figure is up 75 per cent from the same time last year, and 56 per cent higher than the five-year average. In May eight motorcyclists were killed, the highest number in a decade. In June so far, three have died – two of those deaths were in Chelsea and Highett.Victoria Police says the Kingston, Glen Eira and Bayside municipalities are the worst-affected by motorcylist deaths. Victoria Police road policing assistant commissioner…
CONDITIONAL approval for a multi-storey building on Young Street has been granted by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.Plans for a 22-storey mixed-use building at 89 Young Street in Frankston were submitted to council last year. The developer applied for VCAT to hear the proposal after Frankston Council failed to consider it in time – last December council informed VCAT it would have refused the proposal. Revised 18-storey plans were submitted to VCAT.Late last month, the tribunal approved the plans under the condition that four storeys are removed from that proposal. In its decision, VCAT wrote that it would “require…