RESIDENTS and visitors to the Mornington Peninsula are being asked to help native wildlife affected by high temperatures. Prolonged heat can make animals appear lethargic, disorientated or unresponsive, so it’s important to take care when helping them. Tree-dwelling and nocturnal animals, such as possums and koalas, which are suffering from heat stress, may be seen on the ground during the day searching for water. Birds will often pant and stretch their wings to cool down. To help, place bowls of water around shady areas and spray mist into trees and shrubs from a garden hose. Place small animals which appear…
Author: Bayside News
A SERIES of commercial break-ins in Braeside and Moorabbin is concerning police. Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Cashman, of Kingston CIU, said the robberies occurred overnight Friday and Saturday 20 and 21 January. One was in Downard St, Braeside, where offenders forced the doors of a scrap metal business. It is not known what was stolen. Cash and power tools were stolen from an auto mechanics in Industrial Drive, Braeside. Burglars climbed through an unlocked window to enter an auto panel and repairs business in Keys Rd, Moorabbin, overnight Tuesday 24 January. After rummaging through offices looking for valuables and unsuccessfully…
A BONBEACH man waiting to be picked up by friends on Nepean Highway in the late evening, Wednesday 25 January, was assaulted by three young men thought to be escapees from the Malmsbury youth justice centre. The 45-year-old told police a brown or beige four-wheel-drive pulled up and the men got out and approached him carrying a baseball bat and a knife. He said they demanded he hand over his bag and, when he refused, struck him in the stomach with the bat. The man then handed over the bag containing his mobile phone, laptop and clothing. He was not…
AN adult bull seal that has become a regular attraction at Dromana is now also visiting Chelsea beach. Arcto has become a regular attraction for beachgoers, but the rules are: look but don’t touch. The adult bull seal first landed on the beach in Dromana two summers ago and this year took up residence for four days early in January. Last Friday (27 January) he decided to make the trip to Chelsea. On warm days beachgoers vying for their own bit of sand make it a bit hard to avoid the Australian fur seal, although Arcto seems happy enough to…
SOME of the City of Kingston’s most deserved community volunteers and advocates have been recognised in the 2017 Kingston Australia Day Awards. Four awards were announced during the Australia Day breakfast last Thursday (26 January) at the Kingston City Hall – Citizen of the Year, Outstanding Citizen Award, Community Group of the Year and Young Community Group of the Year. Presenting the awards, Kingston mayor Cr David Eden said the winners were selected from a fantastic group of nominees, all of whom had helped make Kingston a stronger community. “The winners, and indeed all of the nominees, have made outstanding contributions…