MORDIALLOC Sailing Club members take a journey into the past each week by setting sail on a traditional six metre St Ayles skiff. The boat took Mordialloc Sailing Club members a year to build. It was sponsored by Bendigo Bank’s Parkdale branch. The group takes the boat out each Thursday evening at 5pm. In 2022 the Mordialloc Sailing Club crew rowed from Mordialloc down to Portsea with a Coast Guard escort – they travelled 110kms over 7 days. In February 2024 the club plans to row from the Port of Sale to Paynesville before going on to Lakes Entrance. The…
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ICONIC Frankston bookshop Robinsons will celebrate its 60th birthday later this month. Philip and Moira Robinson opened Robinsons Bookshop in Frankston in 1963. In 1992 it moved from Frankston’s Central Carpark to Station Street Mall, where it remains today. The bookshop will host a party for its 60th anniversary on 26 October, 6pm to 9pm. It will feature giveaways, prizes, trivia, refreshments, authors, memorabilia, and an “exclusive members” sale. Robinsons now has locations across Victoria. It was acquired by Susanne Horman in 2007. Philip Robinson died in 2019 aged 89. Robinsons Bookshop can be found at 3/11 Station Street Mall,…
GRANTS of up to $150,000 are available to coastal crown land managers, such as volunteer committees of management and local governments, to develop projects to improve coastal land. The VicCoasts “coastal public access and risk grant” program is now open. Previous grants have helped fund boardwalks, access ramps, and foreshore paths around Victoria. VicCoasts statewide coastal programs manager Angeline Charles said, “Victoria is home to some of our country’s most spectacular coastlines, and it’s important we preserve and protect them for future generations to enjoy.” “The coastal public access and risk grants will support coastal crown land managers to identify,…
Police are investigating a fatal collision in Bangholme Friday morning (13 October). It is understood a male rider was travelling along Frankston-Dandenong Road when he collided with a car at the intersection of Jayco Drive, about 6.25am. Witnesses performed CPR on the man until emergency services arrived, but sadly the rider died at the scene. The 36-year-old female driver of the car stopped at the scene and is assisting police with their enquiries. Police were told a truck crashed into the motorbike shortly afterwards. The male driver was not injured. Investigations are ongoing into the exact cause of the collision.…
AWARD winning author Tricia Stringer will bring her book tour to Frankston later this month. Stringer’s latest book Back on Track touches on relationships and ageism in a story about unlikely travel companions on a train trip across Australia. Stringer’s other books include Keeping Up Appearances, Birds of a Feather, The Family Inheritance, The Model Wife, and Table for Eight. The Australian author will speak at Frankston Library on Monday, 23 October at 2pm. First published in the Frankston Times – 10 October 2023