THE Mordialloc Sailing Club’s St Ayles Skiff will set off on a long voyage this week. The club’s six metre skiff, inspired by the traditional Scottish Fair Isle skiff, took members a year to build. In 2022 the boat’s crew rowed from Mordialloc down to Portsea with a Coast Guard escort, travelling 110 kilometres over 7 days. On Tuesday 27 February the skiff was scheduled to set off from Port of Sale, and is set to land in Lakes Entrance on 1 March. Six skiffs, with 40 crew between them, were expected to set sail on Tuesday. Each boat weighs…
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ONE of Australia’s favourite sporting heroes, John Bertrand AO, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, will be guest speaker at the Mornington Yacht Club’s foundation business lunch on Friday 5 April. The win etched Bertrand’s name into sporting history, ending 132 years of American supremacy in the prestigious sailing race, and giving Australia its only win in the event’s history. The now 77-year-old went on to represent Australia in five America’s Cups, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983 and 1995, and two Olympic Games, Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976, winning bronze in Montreal in the Finn class.…
FRANKSTON Council officers are drafting their draft budget for the next financial year. Consultation has begun to shape the budget. Council is asking residents whether it should be spending more or less in the areas of community health, sports and recreation, community safety, community development, and arts and culture. Submissions close on 14 March. To make a submission visit engage.frankston.vic.gov.au/draft-budget-2024-2025 First published in the Frankston Times – 27 February 2024
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man at a Edithvale beach Thursday afternoon (22 February). Emergency services were called to reports a man had been pulled unresponsive from the water at Edithvale Beach, off the Denman Avenue, about 3pm. A 77-year-old man from Ireland died at the scene. Victoria Police News – Thursday 22 February 2024
Frankston police have charged a man over the alleged manufacture and distribution of cloned licence plates across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area. Police will allege the false plates were copied from Victorian registration plates already in use, before the vehicles with the cloned plates were then involved in additional crimes across the local area, as well as in alleged burglaries in Cranbourne. It’s believed the cloned plates were being made to order, after being copied from car sale advertisements online. Following enquiries, the Frankston Crime Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at a home on Mahogany Avenue, Frankston North,…