ACCESS to the Mornington Peninsula Freeway from Springvale Road will be cut off for a night this week to accommodate Mordialloc Freeway works. The right turn lanes on Springvale Road to the M11 close from 8pm to 6am on 19 November. Left lane access to the M11 is also cut off until 21 November. Detours via Wells Road and Thames Promenade will be laid out for drivers. Detours are currently in place for motorists wanting to turn left onto the Mornington Peninsula Freeway from Springvale Road, via Hutton Road, Frankston-Dandenong Road and Thompson Road. Motorists can still exit the M11…
Author: Bayside News
THE new train stations at Edithvale, Chelsea, and Bonbeach are scheduled to open next week. The rebuilt stations will open and normal service will resume on the line on Monday 22 November. Bonbeach resident Craig Lemon was hurt at one of the now removed level crossings three years ago. He said he was glad to see it taken down. “I was seriously injured at the Swanpool Avenue level crossing three years ago and so I am very pleased to see it’s being removed,” he said. “I have lived in Bonbeach for about five years and really wanted to support local…
PRESENTED as part of MPRG’s Festival of Drawing 2021, the exhibition Wall Drawings brings together eleven leading contemporary artists from across Australia, exploring the expansive nature of wall drawings and paintings, through newly commissioned wall-based works, showing 12 November – 13 March. Curated by Danny Lacy and Ellinor Pelz, featured artists create diverse spaces of intimate, vast and imagined landscapes throughout the gallery’s foyer, walls, alcoves and façade. The exhibition features work from artists: Penny Evans, Emily Floyd, Tony Garifalakis, Julia Gorman, Yuria Okamura, Jason Phu, Kerrie Poliness, Cameron Robbins, Gemma Smith,…
THE Peninsula Music festival is a music and food festival located within the natural amphitheatre and surrounds of the Briars on the Mornington Peninsula. A family-friendly event with a line-up that would rival even the most renowned music festivals, featuring some of the most celebrated names in the Australian music scene. Music legends, good vibes, food trucks, and affordable drinks. If this sounds like a great time, then the Peninsula Music Festival is definitely worth adding to your calendar this year. The December 2021 festival is a whose who of the 80 and 90’s The lineup includes: Mark Seymour, Boom…
PENINSULA Leisure has set up a program to address what it calls an “industry-wide swim teacher shortage”. COVID-19 lockdowns have forced many swim teachers into other jobs. At Frankston’s Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre, problems were compounded by the fact that workers were ineligible for Jobkeeper payments last year. The Swim Teacher Active Recruitment Program has been set up by Peninsula Leisure. The organisation’s CEO Katherine Thom said “sadly, we are in the midst of our national swim teacher shortage. It’s hard to become a swim teacher – you need to fork out money to get qualified and then do in-water…