A COALITION of councils in the south-east of Victoria have put together a plan to fight climate change. The South East Councils Climate Change Alliance features representatives from Kingston, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula, Bayside, Bass Coast, Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong, and Port Phillip councils. It has released a strategy outlining measures to focus on to tackle the growing dangers of climate change. Many of the SECCCA councils, including Frankston, Kingston, and the Mornington Peninsula, are along the coastline. A report commissioned by the Victorian Marine and Coastal Council and Life Saving Victoria earlier this year estimates that hundreds of houses in…
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A GROUP of Frankston High School students are training to tackle a 550 kilometre bike ride later this month. The 2023 RACV Great Vic Bike Ride runs from 25 November to 3 December – the ride spans from Orbost to Wonthaggi. Frankston High School students have been taking part in the annual event since 2009. This year 29 students from years seven to ten will join three teachers and six parents on the ride. Teacher Jason Burt helps organise the trip. He said the bike ride “poses an enormous physical and mental challenge for the students.” “They have to commit…
WORK has begun to create a new sculpture to call Peninsula Link home. McClelland Gallery is accepting expressions of interest for its $300,000 “Southern Way McClelland Commission”. The successful applicant will create an artwork to be installed along Peninsula Link adjacent to the Skye Road bridge near the southbound Langwarrin exit ramp. The new sculpture will be installed in 2025. Peninsula Pearls by Manon Van Kouswijk was placed at the site in 2021. McClelland Gallery director Lisa Byrne is encouraging artists to “think expansively and creatively as to what may be possible for the Skye Road site.” “Don’t be swayed…
Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers are appealing for public assistance after a two-car collision in Chelsea Heights that has left one man in a critical condition yesterday. It’s believed a silver Toyota van with three male occupants was travelling inbound on Mornington Peninsula Freeway at 3.48pm. The Toyota turned off at Springvale Road and approached the intersection when it collided with a white Nissan van. All occupants from both vehicles were injured and taken to hospital. The driver of the Toyota, who is yet to be formally identified, remains in a critical condition in hospital. The two passengers in the Toyota…
IRISH dancing will bring Christmas spirit to Frankston later this month. A Celtic Christmas will come to Frankston on 24 November. The show’s cast of 15 dancers is led by Lord of The Dance company veteran Sean Michael McHugh. The show (pictured) has toured around Australia, New Zealand, and the UK in the last year. A Celtic Christmas will take place at the Frankston Arts Centre from 7.30pm on 24 November. For tickets visit artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/Whats-On/Search-All-Events/A-Celtic-Christmas-by-A-Taste-of-Ireland First published in the Frankston Times – 14 November 2023