THE 2019 Big Picture Fest was heralded as a “great week” by Frankston mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly. The festival saw talented artists come to Frankston from overseas to put up massive, towering artworks. Local artists also expressed themselves by getting in on the action. “In my opinion, our street art now rivals that of any city,” Cr O’Reilly said. “We have a growing collection of urban and vibrant street art by renowned artists not only from around the world, but also from right here home grown in Frankston City. It was such a great week that culminated in an explosive…
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WITNESSES are being sought after two collisions in Parkdale and Mordialloc after 8.30pm, Friday 22 March. Police were told a blue ford ute had been driving erratically and crashed into a pole on Station Street Mordialloc. The driver was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The 21-year-old Chelsea Heights man struck the pole at around 8.50pm. It is alleged that 20 minutes earlier he had been driving dangerously on the Nepean Highway and collided with a grey Toyota. The Toyota rolled and the driver of the ute allegedly fled. The driver of the Toyota, a 69-year-old woman from Mount…
KINGSTON’S annual Pet Expo will return this weekend, offering a range of services and activities for pet owners to enjoy. The mayor Georgina Oxley said “ the Pet Expo is a fun, and cheap, day out for the whole family where animals get to take centre stage.” “With obstacle courses, demonstrations pet-look-alike competitions and a petting zoo, Kingston’s Pet Expo is a terrific way to promote responsible pet ownership and to celebrate our love for animals and pets within the community,” she said. “Animal enthusiasts, pet owners and their four-legged friends are all invited to Kingston Council’s annual Pet Expo…
THE tale of a war hero will be told in Parkdale on 4 April, as performers bring to life the story of Nancy Wake. Nancy Wake was an Australian woman born in New Zealand who was trained as a spy and was living in France when the second World War broke out. She is credited for saving thousands of lives by working to help people escape from the hands of the Nazis occupying France. After Ms Wake’s heroic efforts in the second World War she returned to Australia and dabbled in politics before eventually moving to London. She died in…
Human rights advocate and lawyer Nyadol Nyuon spoke of her family’s difficulties of adjusting to a new society after being brought to Australia from a refugee camp in Kenya. Ms Nyuon, who was born in the refugee camp in Itang, Ethiopia, said the difficulties were faced mainly by her mother, who spoke with “limited English” and had a longing for the place and friends of her birth. Since her family settled in Ballarat, Ms Nyuon has completed a Bachelor Arts from Victoria University and a Juris Doctor from University of Melbourne and currently practises in commercial litigation and as community…