KINGSTON’S 17th annual Globe to Globe World Music Festival on Australia Day will feature talented performers, free workshops, children’s entertainment and a spectacular fireworks finale. The festival will be hosted by Kingston Council at Namatjira Park in Springs Rd, Clayton South on Thursday 26 January, 11am-10pm where talented musicians will showcase the best in world music over three stages. Travel the world through song with headline performers Bustamento and their Caribbean groove, indigenous musician Gawurra and French gypsy swing virtuosos La Mauvaise Reputation. A wide range of community groups – including hip-hop, Bollywood and Chinese Drum dancers – will take…
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LABOR comrades Mark Dreyfus and Tim Richardson are set to run against each other in a first over the line contest. Mr Dreyfus, federal Isaacs MP, and Mr Richardson, state Mordialloc MP, have made a $500 bet that they can outrun each other in this year’s Edithvale CFA All Fired Up Fun Run. Whoever loses the Country Fire Authority will win with the $500 donated to the Edithvale brigade. “This will be my second Edithvale CFA Fun Run,” Mr Dreyfus said. “I’ll be training by doing a few laps up and down Mordialloc beach over the summer. “In the end,…
TWO Carrum mums have launched a fund-raising campaign for a six-year-old girl with brain cancer so her family can take her to Sydney for a clinical trial which may prolong her life. Louise Childs and Brooke Baxter, who heard of the family’s plight only months ago, started a ‘gofundme’ campaign with a $10,000 target to allow the youngster to access 12 weeks of specialised treatment in Sydney this month. In August, the grade one student was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a fast-growing cancerous brain tumour that causes deterioration of basic daily functions such as eating, walking and…
THE first stage of the Thompsons Rd upgrade has been started. The $175 million works will replace the level crossing on the Cranbourne rail line at Lyndhurst with a six-lane bridge, and the roadway from Marriott Blvd to the South Gippsland Highway will be duplicated. New paths and improved lighting will aid pedestrians and cyclists in connecting to and from Merinda Park train station. Between Dandenong-Frankston Rd and Berwick-Cranbourne (Clyde) Rd 156 accidents have been reported in the five years to 30 June 2015 – with 45 of them resulting in serious injury. “We are putting people first by working…
CARRUM surf lifesavers are pleading with beachgoers to follow water safety advice following a busy weekend that included mass rescues, blue-ringed octopus sightings and a missing child. On Saturday (7 January) lifesavers were called into action when a blue-ringed octopus was found at Carrum beach in the afternoon. Carrum Surf Life Saving Club captain Catherine Paulsen said the sighting, the second one this summer, highlighted the need for parents to educate their children of the dangers of touching blue-ringed octopus and to know what to do if someone is bitten. On Sunday, shortly after 5pm, a person was rescued from…