FLASH flooding and wild weather has been striking across Victoria this month, and Chelsea has been no exception. Chelsea SES received more than 10 calls for help on 7 October when flash flooding hit the area. Calls for assistance came from Bonbeach, Mentone, Aspendale, Chelsea Heights, and Chelsea. Houses on Sherwood Avenue were affected by rising flood waters (pictured). SES crews attended to pump water away from the badly affected areas. The Chelsea area avoided the worst of the storms that hit Victoria last week. Thompsons Road closed in both directions between McCormicks Road and Taylors Road due to flooding…
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AN exhibition celebrating artworks by people living with autism and other disabilities will open next month. The initiative is run by Statewide Autistic Services. The organisation’s CEO Kath Ferry said the “SASI art show and competition gives us the chance to show the wider community the creativity and sheer talent of people from within community.” “There are very few opportunities across Victoria for people with autism and other disabilities to present their art in a public forum and have their work appreciated by the wider community and SASI is proud to showcase such an opportunity,” she said. At an opening…
FOR the Bertram family, nursing runs in the bloodline. Sharell Bertram is the granddaughter of a nurse. She works in Chisholm’s nursing department and has recently welcomed her two daughters into the industry. Hannah and Isabelle Bertram have enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing course at Chisholm in Frankston. The Health Department estimates that there will be a shortfall of 85,000 nurses by 2025 and 123,000 nurses by 2030. To read more about Chisholm’s nursing course options visit chisholm.edu.au/career-fields/nursing First published in the Frankston Times – 18 October 2022
CHRISTMAS presents were stolen from a Carrum Downs charity by two brazen thieves earlier this month. The organisation on Fifth Close was broken into at around 2am on 5 October. Two thieves stole Christmas presents from the premises – bicycles, fishing rods, and makeup. In a statement, police say that one of the offenders was “believed to be male and was wearing a face mask, cap and hooded top. He was carrying a large backpack and riding a racer bicycle. The other offender is believed to be male and was wearing white runners and an Adidas jacket.” Images of people…
FOR local artist Alison Tedesco, there is no greater inspiration than the city she lives in. Tedesco moved from Sydney to Frankston to be closer to her family. Since moving, Frankston has become the subject of her work. Tedesco’s new exhibition Nothings into Something features interpretations of Frankston’s streets and laneways, the Frankston Mechanics Institute, the Grand Hotel, and more. “I’m proud to live in Frankston and I know its community is, too. This particular avenue of art I hope represents all that Frankston is and what we have come to love about our suburb and surrounds,” she said. The…