THEY might be among the most common animals in our backyards, but they are also among the least seen. Microbat expert Dr Casey Visintin will reveal much about these flying animals during a talk at the Australian Garden Auditorium, Cranbourne Gardens. Microbats are among the most common animals in our backyards and in bushland. They come out at night to feed on insects. Children are much more likely to hear their high-pitched squeaks at night than adults. Microbats use echo-location (sonar) to navigate and hunt and consume huge numbers of insects each night, including mosquitoes and other pest insects. Through…
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AN experienced Pt Leo surfer paddled out to rescue a teenage girl stranded in choppy and gusty conditions last week. Hastings police Sergeant John Cannon said the girl, 18, got into trouble on her board at popular break “Suicides” just north of the Pt Leo Lifesaving Club, 12.45pm, Tuesday 11 September. She had been surfing with a friend when they got into difficulties in the strong north wind and current and was exhausted. With conditions deteriorating, her companion managed to paddle ashore and alert authorities. The girl was unable to follow him. First Constable Daniel Crisp, of Hastings police, said…
A WOMAN on the run after she and her male friend crashed a stolen car on the Frankston Freeway last week ran across eight lanes of traffic to escape police causing two cars to collide. Detective Senior Constable Ryan Collins, of Frankston CIU, said the couple was driving a stolen Nissan Pulsar towards Carrum Downs when they left the road and ran into a fence. Both jumped out and ran off towards the Eastlink turnoff, with other motorists reporting the incident to triple zero. Police set up a cordon to corral them but the woman, 31, allegedly ran off and…
FRANKSTON City’s 2018–2019 Tourism Event Attraction program lineup has been announced. The program will kick off with the Seaside Street Food Festival, which will take place on the Frankston Waterfront between 10 October and 14 October. The council supported Tourism Event Attraction Program is currently in its third year, with last year’s events attracting 85,000 visitors into the municipality. Frankston Council mayor Colin Hampton said that the lineup of events would help cement Frankston as a tourist destination. “The city’s Tourism Event Attraction program has been proven to bring Frankston City alive, by further enhancing Frankston City’s status as a…
A CROWDFUNDING campaign is underway to help raise funds to replace a teepee destroyed by vandals at Nepean School for students with disabilities. The teepee was burnt down at the Seaford school earlier this month, and was valued at $12,000. Fire crews and police were called to the fire at the Nepean School in Klauer Street at 10pm, Monday 3 September. They were told youths had entered the school grounds and set fire to the large teepee in the playground area. Dunkley MP Chris Crewther spoke in parliament about the fire. “Devastatingly very recently a group of vandals entered the…