Author: Bayside News

THE new $14.5 million Mentone Life Saving Club facility has opened. An event to officially mark the end of construction works was held last week. Representatives from Mentone LSC, Kingston Council, Life Saving Victoria, and the state government attended. The new clubhouse features upgraded training spaces, a publicly accessible rooftop viewing deck, and public toilets and change facilities. It will serve more than 1000 members of the lifesaving club. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson said the new facility would benefit club members and beachgoers. “I’m proud that the Mentone Life Saving Club now has the dedicated facility it needs and deserves…

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A DINGLEY Village tableware business has come away from an awards night with two trophies for its sustainability efforts. The inaugural Kingston Sustainable Business Awards were held last week. Five awards were handed out on the night to businesses in the Kingston municipality displaying sustainable business practices. EcoSouLife won two awards – it took home the ethical sourcing and procurement prize and the award for sustainable leadership. EcoSouLife’s tableware products use alternatives to harmful plastics, foams, and metals, and naturally degrade when buried. Other award-winning businesses included Moorabbin-based online marketplace Reluv Clothing in the waste reduction and circular economy category,…

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THE Pines Pool will open for the season this week. The Pines Forest Aquatic Centre reopens on 1 November. Peninsula Leisure operations manager Jarrah Wynne has invited visitors to return this year. “As always over summer, Pines pool will be a great place to come together, be active, cool down, and most importantly, have fun. Memories are made at the local outdoor pool over summer, with families and friends making the most of the opportunity to connect and enjoy being outdoors. We are lucky to have this hidden gem right here in Frankston,” Wynne said. The Pines Forest Aquatic Centre…

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THE towering chrome gnome has been removed from his Frankston home, but his fans have not forgotten him. Reflective Lullaby (below) by artist Gregor Kregar was positioned at the corner of Moorooduc Highway and Hastings Road in Frankston for the last four years. Earlier this month it returned to its permanent home at the McClelland Gallery sculpture park in Langwarrin. Tributes to the chrome gnome, known affectionately to many as “Frankie”, have popped up at his former home. A dozen smaller gnomes have been left by fans and followers to fill his enormous silver shoes. A new sculpture is set…

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KINGSTON Council will refuse to consider the proposed redevelopment of Aspendale’s Rossdale Golf Course until receiving advice from the planning minister. Earlier this year, the Rossdale Golf Club consulted with its members on a proposed redevelopment of the site. Club members agreed to relocate in 2018. The 43.5 hectare Aspendale site is currently zoned “special use zone”, and would need to be rezoned to allow for development. In June, Kingston Council publicly called for the plans to be halted and flagged concerns about the process being undertaken. On Monday, 23 October, Kingston councillors voted to ask the planning minister to…

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