IT was Patterson River Secondary College’s turn to host the annual Singfest that sees choirs from schools across the South Eastern Region meet, learn and perform choral music under the leadership of a guest conductor. Conductor Dr Kathleen McGuire, co-artistic director of the School of Hard Knocks, took up the baton in Carrum last Wednesday (16 March) to lead about 200 students from ten schools across the south east this year. Dr McGuire’s career as a conductor, composer and educator spans more than three decades and five countries. She has earned multiple degrees including the Doctor of Musical Arts from…
Author: Bayside News
This iconic event, on Easter Saturday, March 26 from 8.30am to 5pm, is one for all the family! The Big Air BMX School will not only be thrilling us with their stunts but running four 45 minute workshops throughout the day. The cooking stage will be on fire with two special guests, Marlene Hoff from 100 mile foodie and Dani Venn, MasterChef All Star. Clydesdales & Gypsy Cobs are back at Red Hill after 14 years. Exhibits include Art, Craft, Photography, Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables, Alpacas, Cattle, Miniature Goats, Sheep, Poultry, Rats and Woodchop. See the mustering talents of the…
By DAVID HARRISON A MORNINGTON Peninsula councillor wants municipalities around Port Phillip to ban jet skis. Nepean ward councillor Hugh Fraser will try to drum up support for a jet ski ban from the 10-member Association of Bayside Municipalities. If they agree, the state government would then be asked to implement the ban. “This [ban] has been successfully accomplished on Sydney Harbour and I simply ask the question, as to whether that is a matter of interest to the association,” Cr Fraser said. He raised the jet ski ban at the 15 March council meeting, asking Cr Bev Colomb –…
LIFESAVING Victoria has issued a list of safety measures for rock fishing which it sees as one of the most dangerous aquatic sports in Australia. The rocky shorelines of Mornington Peninsula facing Bass Strait are as much a lure to anglers as their baits are to fish, and just as deadly. On 10 January a 67-year-old man died after being swept from rocks while fishing at Sorrento. One week later a 26-year-old fisherman was washed off the rocks at Bridgewater Bay in Portland. The two deaths sparked an appeal from Life Saving Victoria for anglers to take more precautions. Top…
FRANKSTON police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a theft and subsequent deceptions which occurred in Skye and Carrum Downs earlier this month. Investigators have been told a credit card was stolen from a letterbox in Jurang Way, Skye on Wednesday 2 March. The card was then used at various stores in a shopping complex on Hall Rd, Carrum Downs to buy gift cards and toiletries. Investigators have made numerous of enquiries and have released images of a woman that may be able to assist with the investigation. Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333…