THE enormously popular Sesame Street Circus Spectacular is back! With new COVID-19 protocols in place, and in close coordination with government agency guidelines, live performances will return to thrill audiences in 2021! The tour will kick off in Mornington, Victoria from 6th January. This 90-minute spectacular features all your favourite Sesame Street characters under the big top, including Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Bert and Ernie, Super Grover and Big Bird, along with incredible performers from Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Morocco and more! In a spectacular circus performance, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Super Grover and the Sesame Street characters all…
Author: Bayside News
Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 44-year-old man after a woman was allegedly held captive and threatened with a firearm in Cranbourne on Monday night. A 23-year-old woman parked her car in the carpark of The Lost Dogs’ Home on Thompsons Road when a man allegedly threatened her with a firearm about 10.45pm. It’s alleged the man walked the female staff member into the animal welfare property and tied her up before leaving. The woman, who wasn’t physically injured, was able to free herself and seek help. Detectives arrested a Langwarrin man and last night charged him with…
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…
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…