IT gobbles fuel and emits smoke and steam like a legendary dragon, but the historic 75-year-old steam train K163 is a drawcard for children where it is stabled at Moorooduc railway station. The engine will be all fired up on Sunday (19 March) when the train again takes to the tracks to see if it can beat a bunch of fleet-footed children. Mt Eliza Rotary Club’s annual kids’ fun run is open to children aged three to 12 and has graded distances (150-1200 metres) according to competitors’ ages. The children race on a separate purpose built and secure track alongside…
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LITTLE girls often want to grow up to be just like “mum”, and Langwarrin nurse Emily McCulloch has done just that – completing her graduate year at Peninsula Health almost 30 years after her mother. Mrs McCulloch, who graduated in 1988 and is now an associate nurse unit manager and lactation consultant in the women’s health unit at Frankston Hospital, said she had never pushed her daughter to pursue a career in nursing, but did advise her of the rewards. “I advised Emily that pursuing nursing had to be her choice, but also that it’s a very rewarding profession where you…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses following three burglaries on a Frankston hairdressing salon in one night. The incidents happened at the Kareela Road hair salon on Monday 27 February between the hours of 2.40 – 7.30am. Investigators believe the first burglary took place at 2.40am when two men broke a large front window to gain access into the salon. Once inside the premises the men removed a computer and a television, leaving through the smashed window. About three hours later a second burglary took place, when a man stepped through the damaged window and had a walk…
A COUPLE found sitting in a car in the Waterways estate allegedly had stolen goods, drugs, knives and a home-made shotgun in their possession, 4.47am, Wednesday 1 March. The Mordialloc divisional van was called to Portland Place when four people were seen getting out a Mitsubishi Lancer, changing their clothes, and looking into parked cars. Police arrived to find the car with a towel covering the front number plate and the rear number plate missing. It was later found in the boot. A man and woman in the car “had no real reason for being there”, police said later. The…
A BAY Trail cyclist was punched in the face by a jogger after they almost ran into each other, 1.25pm, Sunday 5 March. The victim said he was riding south on the Beach Rd track near Herbert St, Parkdale, when a runner approached on his side of the path. He told the man to keep left. The runner called for him to stop, then punched him in the face causing two cuts, swelling and bleeding. The attacker, who continued running north, is described as 40-50, tall, fit looking, tanned, possibly red hair, wearing a cap, white shirt and shorts. The…