Mornington Peninsula Shire has collaborated with NBN Co and six Aboriginal groups on a project to wrap 16 NBN street cabinets, or nodes, in art. The project promotes the relationship between the shire and the traditional owners through its arts and culture and reconciliation action plans. The mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said the pieces “beautify the streetscapes and give the First People living on, or visiting the peninsula, visibility as they see their culture proudly on display”. “Art is what shapes us,” she said. “It takes us on a journey of discovery and is an important part of our everyday…
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CUBE 37 at the Frankston Arts Centre is set to become a place for young artists to test the limits of their creativity. The Hot Arts for Cool Kids program begins on 13 January. Cube 37 will transform into a hub of interactive art activities for kids aged four to twelve. Frankston mum Helen James is planning to take her daughters Stella, 6, and Hazel, 4, to Cube 37 to get involved. “It’s a great opportunity for them to be fully immersed in art and craft, as well as using materials that I don’t have at home. Hot Arts for…
TWO new speed cameras on the Peninsula Link freeway are zooming in on north and south-bound traffic. The cameras, on the Ballarto Road bridge, are instantaneous and point-to-point fixed speed cameras. Also, in the lead up to the cameras being installed, drivers on the freeway were being monitored by specialist cameras designed to detect mobile phone use and “dangerous driving activities”. The cameras in the three-month study, which assessed 200,000 drivers and identified 4000 possible offences in their first four weeks “on the job”, were not set up to fine drivers so no infringements will be issued. Early results showed…
AFTER a long and anxious wait, Year 12 students have finally received their ATAR scores. It was a year like no other for the class of 2020, but their long journey finally came to an end when their final results were revealed to them on 30 December. Lam Yeung finished at the top of the class at Frankston High School. She received an ATAR score of 95.65. Frankston High School senior campus principal Helen Wilson said “Lam is an outstanding and conscientious student who strives to achieve her best at all times. In my 35 years of teaching, it would…
ROBOTIC spine surgery has been performed on 100 patients at Peninsula Private Hospital. The procedure sounds a little like something from a dystopian sci-fi novel, but Dr John Choi said the assistance of the technology helps to make surgery techniques nearly 100 per cent accurate. “It comes down to a few things, precision, accuracy and reproducibility in the outcomes. Patient time in the operating room is precious and as surgeons we need to drive efficiency to improve on patient’s outcomes by reducing morbidity, errors and aim to achieve consistent results,’’ Dr Choi said about the procedure. Dr Choi has performed…