EXCITEMENT is building for the 97th Red Hill Show, Saturday 8th March 2025 at Red Hill Recreation Reserve and Showgrounds! This much-loved event brings together families, farmers, artisans, and competitors for a day packed with tradition and excitement.From the moment the gates swing open, the showgrounds will be a hive of activity. Champion livestock competitions will be in full swing—cattle, alpacas, poultry and sheep – are proudly on display, showcasing the dedication of our local exhibitors.And of course, no Red Hill Show would be complete without the thrilling woodchop competition – a crowd favourite where strength, skill, and sawdust fly!…
Author: BaysideNews
A MURAL of Victor The Goat now overlooks Olivers Hill.Victor (pictured) was a famous face in Frankston, and often welcomed visitors at his Olivers Hill home. He died in January. A mural memorialising the local legend has been painted by artist Sheldon Headspeath.
Chelsea police have charged a man following an alleged hit and run collision in Seaford on Saturday. Officers have been told a cyclist was travelling at the rear of a group of cyclists along Nepean Highway when he was allegedly struck by a blue VW Golf about 7.55am. The 53-year-old cyclist came off his bike and was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries. Police will allege the driver of the VW Golf fled the scene after the collision occurred. A 20-year-old Cranbourne North man has since been charged with reckless conduct endangering life, dangerous driving, careless driving, fail to…
Two men were arrested in Seaford last night after they broke into a storage yard and made off with a passenger bus. The alarm was raised when a witness noticed two men with bolt cutters break into the depot on Milne Avenue about 7.30pm. Frankston police were quickly on scene and spotted the decommissioned bus in Bardia Avenue travelling in convoy with a 2010 Holden Colorado utility. Police activated their lights to intercept the vehicles before they pulled over to the side of the road. The driver of the bus, a 43-year-old man from Dandenong and the driver of the…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughMR. E. P. Davies, the radio expert of Bay street, Frankston is installing a complete wireless set (4-valve) at the popular Pier Hotel for Mr. G. M. Yuill, the new licensee.Yesterday morning, Mr. Davies was busily engaged testing the set at his well-known parlours when a representative of “The Standard” made his appearance on the scene, and the journalist spent a few minutes listening to a violin solo broadcasted by the 3LO station from Buckley & Nunn’s, Melbourne. Frankston Fire Brigade. Tomorrow Night the Bell Will Ring.When the alarm re-sounds at 8.30 o’clock tomorrow (Thursday) night, do…