THUNDEROUS serpentine space-rock and smouldering falsetto R’nB. Stadium supports for Aerosmith and AC/DC and earnest covers of Destiny’s Child and First Aid Kit. Fly-by-night gigs in war-torn Afghanistan and recurring religious pilgrimages to the wood-grained heart of Nashville. Welcome to the world of Kingswood. Don’t be confused by the veneer. Like the iconic Aussie car of the same name, it’s all about what’s under the hood. “We wanted to make something that would rival Abbey Road,” guitarist Alex Laska told Rolling Stone magazine in the throes of their second album, After Hours, Close to Dawn. “I know it sounds insane…
Author: Bayside News
A WOMAN has had a letter from her deceased sister stolen from her in a cruel theft. The letter was written to the woman before her sister had passed away from leukemia. It was kept inside the victim’s purse, which was stolen after a thief broke into her car on Gould Street, Frankston overnight on 13 October. The offender, a 46-year-old Cranbourne woman, was arrested on 14 November and charged with theft from a motor vehicle and obtaining property by deception. She was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment on 16 November. Although the offender was sentenced, police were unable to…
FRANKSTON Life Community are teaming with council to help collect Christmas gifts for visitors to Frankston Life Community lunch. Unwrapped gifts can be left under the Christmas tree for donation at Frankston Library. A crowd of nearly 600 people are expected to attend the lunch at the Arts Centre on Christmas Day. A team of nearly 150 volunteers will be on hand to help out. Frankston Life Community CEO Pastor Mark Whitby said “Christmas is an important time of the year to think about those less fortunate in our community.” “For many in our community, Christmas isn’t a happy time.…
POLICE presence at schools in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula will soon increase to issue fines to speeding drivers. A Frankston Council statement said that “due to ongoing complaints and incidents” there would be an increase in police “patrolling local school zones and issuing fines to drivers doing the wrong thing.” Frankston mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly said “keeping kids safe as they get to and from school is everyone’s responsibility.” “Reducing your speed from 60kph to 40kph to travel through a 400 metre school speed zone only adds around twelve seconds to your overall travel time. This reduction in…
THE Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has this week started its summer water quality tests at Frankston and Mornington Peninsula beaches. The forecasts over the next four months will cover eight peninsula beaches and four at Frankston. EPA chief environmental scientist Dr Andrea Hinwood said last year’s forecasts for peninsula illustrated how conditions could vary from beach to beach. “Last season, good water quality was forecast for Sorrento beach 81 per cent of time – the second highest score [out of 36 beaches in Port Phillip],” she said. “But a few kilometres away, Rye beach had forecasted good water quality…