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…
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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…
FRANKSTON artist Bronwyn Kidd is exhibiting her photography at the Frankston Arts Centre until the end of this month. Ms Kidd’s (pictured) exhibition #STYLE runs until 22 January. The exhibition displays two decades of fashion photography. Prints of Ms Kidd’s work are available for purchase. Entry is free. The exhibition is open from 11am to 4pm. Picture: Supplied First published in the Frankston Times – 12 January 2021
A MAN broke both legs after hitting rocks when jumping at The Pillars, Mount Martha, on Boxing Day (Saturday 26 December). A specialist high-angle ropes team from Fire Rescue Victoria was called in to winch the 31-year-old Northcote man up the cliff face about 5.20pm. He was taken by ambulance to Frankston Hospital with “non-life threatening injuries”. Somerville detectives said the Esplanade was closed for three hours in both directions while the rescue took place. First published in the Frankston Times – 12 January 2021