A CHELSEA Heights man was among those injured when a car slammed into the back of an emergency response truck on Eastlink last week. An emergency response car was attending to a car with a flat tyre in Boronia, around 3.30pm on 10 November. The cars were in the emergency lane, with the occupants of the broken down vehicle standing on the side of the road. A white Ford wagon is alleged to have smashed into the back of the emergency response vehicle. The emergency response truck was moved in the collision, and struck a 56-year-old Clyde North man and…
Author: Bayside News
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…
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…