MORDIALLOC Life Saving Club and Kingston Council are rolling out the blue carpet this summer to help wheelchair users enjoy the beach. Sixty metres of blue beach matting will improve access to the water for the elderly and people in wheelchairs. The mayor Cr David Eden said the recycled rubber matting provides a firm surface across the soft sand to the water’s edge. “The matting will be trialled at Mordialloc beach over the summer season with the support of Mordialloc Life Saving Club, Cr Eden said. “Volunteer lifeguards will be rolling out the ‘blue carpet’ for community use during patrolled…
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THIEVES coming up from the beach stole valuables from residents at a Patterson Lakes retirement village, overnight Monday 9 January. The victims were asleep in their units in the Gladesville Blvd premises when laptops, purses, iPad and backpacks were stolen. In one unit two offenders moved a handbag from a door handle and stole $600 cash from a purse. A resident gave the alarm when she awoke at 2am to see a torch shining on the walls of her unit. She said the offenders were dressed in dark grey hoodies and dark pants. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers…
THIEVES used a wheelie bin to steal up to 100 men’s and women’s T-shirts, bags and sports shoes from the A-Mart sports store, Mentone, early Monday 9 January. They jemmied a glass panel door to gain entry to the Nepean Hwy store and were on the premises only two or three minutes in the $3000 raid. CCTV footage shows the male and female offenders were wearing gloves, hoodies and dark clothing. The woman has long blonde hair. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 18 January 2017
TUESDAY’S hot weather made it ideal for a splash at Melbourne Cable Park’s new Aqua Fun Park with its tracks, hamster wheels, giant slide and an aqua-trampoline. Thrill seekers Leo, Jack, Jai, Jack and Kynan enjoyed the action at the facility next to the National Watersports Centre, Bangholme. Open since last Monday, the outdoor recreation facility will have two full-size cable lakes for participants to wakeboard and kneeboard. Those riding wake boards can grab onto handles for a thrilling ride around the lake. Later in the year, a high ropes aerial adventure playground, with 90 different graded challenge courses, will…
FRIDAY nights in February will see the re-emergence of the annual Kingston Arts Pop Up Bar at Moorabbin. Free live music will entertain bar goers when the bar returns for its fifth year. “The Pop Up Bar is a much-loved annual event that is a great way to discover the fantastic Kingston Arts Centre,” Kingston mayor Cr David Eden said. Performers at the 2017 Pop Up Bar include: 3 February – Blues and roots performer Geoff Achison 10 February – Soul Sacrifice, The Music of Santana 17 February – Popular local cover band Takin’ Cover 24 February – The Dirty…