VISITORS with a spring in their step are being invited to take a walk among “the rare and wonderful” in Braeside Park. The Friends of Braeside Park community group is hosting a spring walk through the area usually closed to the public for conservation reasons. “Spring is definitely the best time to visit this very special heathland,” Parks Victoria ranger and team leader Des Lucas said. “The Wedding Bush is in full magnificent flower at the moment, along with the Common Heath, Victoria’s Floral Emblem. There are also some very special trees, like the six rare Snow Gums and an…
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YARNS about yarns are weaving their way from Chelsea to Frankston as part of the annual Longbeach Storybook Yarn Art Trail. Wander and wonder at yarn displays based on children’s tales including The Jungle Book, The Magic Hat and My Aussie Ocean Adventure. The storybook yarn art trail, organised by Longbeach PLACE community centre, runs from 9-31 October and families can drop in at schools, libraries, aged care centres and churches along the way to see art works that will fire up young children’s imagination. Volunteer co-organiser Penny Clay said the Longbeach Storybook Yarn Art Trail is an all-ages event.…
By Brodie Cowburn FOR most football fans, 30 September 2016 was a day of excitement and anticipation. With the AFL Grand Final one day away many were stocking up on frozen sausage rolls and cheap grocery store meats for their Grand Final barbecues. No matter if you spent the day buying beer, drinking beer, or making room in your fridge for even more beer, the chances are that whatever you were doing as a football fan on Grand Final eve 2016, you were doing it quite happily. But for fans of the Frankston Dolphins, the day was far from happy.…
AN elderly man was lucky to escape serious injury when his car ran into the back of a truck under the Skye Rd bridge on Peninsula Link, Frankston, Thursday 5 October. Roadworks up ahead had slowed traffic at the accident site and only one lane was getting through. Leading Senior Constable Greg Wolfe, of Somerville Highway Patrol, said the 83-year-old, of Carrum, passed out before running into the truck. He was alone in the car. His 1993 Toyota Corolla was extensively damaged and he was taken to Frankston Hospital for observation. Leading Senior Constable Wolfe said drivers aged over 80…
MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives charged a man last week in the wake of a fatal crash in Seaford, Sunday 1 October. Police had attempted to intercept a blue Mitsubishi on Overton Rd about 1am but it did not stop and was later found crashed into a pole. A 23-year-old Seaford man was found dead in the back seat. The police dog squad was called in and the alleged driver, a 28-year-old Carrum Downs man, was later allegedly found hiding in a boat at a Seaford property. He was charged with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death and failing to…