THE team at the Dolphin Research Institute has a lot to celebrate, with the beginning of its research “fellow” program, measurable success of its programs to protect and monitor dolphins, and the continued expansions of its ambassador program with schools. The institute was formed in 1991, with a focus on research on dolphins and whales, conservation in education, environmental leadership for the community, and being a strong and sustainable organisation. A registered charity, it is self-financed from the community, foundations, the corporate sector and government grants, and is about to release its Impact report, documenting key data it has collected.…
Author: Bayside News
PENINSULA Aquatic Recreation Centre (PARC) in Frankston has again been re-accredited with Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV’s) prized Platinum Pool Award. In doing so, the facility continues to hold its exclusive position among just 40 Victorian aquatic facilities currently holding the accreditation in the leisure centre category. Platinum Pool status is awarded to aquatic facilities providing outstanding levels of safety. To achieve the award PARC had to undertake a rigorous series of assessments to ensure it met all of LSV’s criteria for the accreditation. Passing with an incredible Compliance Score of 100 per cent the award provides recognition for the tireless…
PLANNING experts and community and environmental groups across Victoria are uniting to demand mandatory height controls to stop a future wall of high-rise developments in Frankston’s City Centre adjacent to the Kananook Creek and within 200 metres of the coastline. Community groups – Long Island Residents Group Inc., Frankston Beach Association Inc. and Mornington Environment Association Inc. – are off to VCAT to appeal a 5–to–4 vote by Frankston City Council (FCC) to grant a permit for a 14–storey/50–metre–high mixed–use building, at Frankston’s Waterfront Precinct. Hot on its heels, an application for an even higher 16 storey / 60-metre-high apartment…
MIKE Green is a Mornington Peninula-based self-taught representational artist who works across painting and printmaking. He has a new exhibition at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery featuring a print portfolio he generously donated to the Gallery’s collection. Standing on the inside (Prints 1980 – 1991) presents a selection from this body of work. The etchings, lithographs and screenprints depict a range of semi-abandoned, ageing and intimate interior spaces, within homesteads, houses and beach boxes; many are the fruit of Mike’s epic journeys throughout rural and urban Australia, Boston and beyond. Alive with the possibility of artistic adventure; the prints highlight Mike’s…
POLICE seized around 200 grams of alleged methylamphetamine and cash from a house in Bonbeach last week. Police raided the property on Wednesday, 29 March. It was one of 17 raids made under Firearm Prohibition Orders on the day. Firearm Prohibition Orders were first implemented in May 2018. Police issue FPOs to individuals to prevent them from acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using firearm related items for up to a decade. Around 1800 FPOs have been issued by Victoria Police in the last five years. Victoria Police illicit firearms squad detective acting inspector Ash Ryan said “the implementation of the illicit…