FRONTMAN of The Cruel Sea, singer-songwriter Tex Perkins, will headline this year’s Kingston Harvest Festival on Saturday 13 May. The annual Harvest Festival brings country music mixed with bluegrass and rockabilly to Kingston at Bicentennial Park in Chelsea. “Harvest Festival has something for the whole family including non-stop music, workshops, market stalls, delicious locally produced food, licensed bars and amusement rides,” Kingston mayor Cr David Eden said. “This is the final event in Kingston Council’s fantastic Season of Festivals and we invite you to join us for yet another great event where our community can gather together and celebrate.” This…
Author: Bayside News
PUBLIC help is being sought in finding the killer of a 22–year-old man shot in Keysborough last week. Homicide Squad detectives were told six men in their 20s were in a garage at a house on Church Rd, 9.55pm, Tuesday 2 May. One of the men was leaving the garage via a laneway when shots were fired. He was hit in the chest and died at the scene. Two other Keysborough men were wounded: a 23-year-old was shot in the arm and a 22-year-old shot in the leg. They were taken to hospital and are in a stable condition. A…
Police continue to appeal for public assistance to help locate missing 15-year-old Jade Robson. Jade was last seen on 24 March in the Frankston area. Police have concerns for her welfare due to her age and the length of time she has been missing. Jade is 150cm tall, slim, with long auburn-coloured hair and green and brown eyes. She is known to frequent the Frankston, Dandenong and Warrugal area. Police have also released an image of Jade in the hope someone recognises her and can provide information regarding her current whereabouts. Anyone with information about Jade is asked to contact…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN remained on top of the State 1 South-East ladder after downing St Kilda 2-0 at Lawton Park on Saturday. Gus Macleod’s side now faces a crunch fixture against second-placed outfit Caulfield United Cobras at Victory Park next weekend. Langy’s new Scottish signing Liam Baxter took just three minutes to make a major impact last weekend when he skinned an opponent on the left and surged into the penalty area before watching his cutback deflected by Sam Sweeney for an own goal. Big George Whiteoak was at the near post to head home Connor Belger’s corner…
Coranderrk is about what might have been. This special production pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them. Coranderrk recreates the…