Don Charlwood was an RAAF navigator in Bomber Command during the Second World War. In two autobiographical books, No Moon Tonight and Journeys into Night, Charlwood recalls the excitement, tedium and terror of navigating nighttime air raids in Europe and his years in Bomber Command. He is also the author of All the Green Year, a novel about boyhood and adolescence in a coastal Australian town (Charlwood grew up in Frankston), and Marching as to War, a memoir of life in Australia between the two world wars. Here he remembers the tragedy and utter futility of war; a time without…
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CONSTRUCTION companies, landscapers, tradespeople and suppliers are welcome to attend a free ‘Meet the Builder’ event on Thursday 25 February, to register for any opportunities that may arise from Frankston Private Hospital’s $45 million expansion project. According to Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley, the Frankston Private Expansion project, delivered by Watpac on behalf of Healthscope and Generation Healthcare REIT, will include opportunities for local suppliers to bid for work packages on the project. “This opportunity has been arranged through Frankston City’s ‘Buy Local’ program, which has brought about some amazing partnerships through major construction projects in the last few years,”…
THIS summer, Frankston has come to life with pop-up activities, information counters and shops across the city centre. “With the sun shining and so many people visiting our city by the bay, it makes sense to activate the unused spaces around our city,” Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley said. Frankston Youth Hangouts have introduced a summer pop-up into White Street Mall, where local young people are welcome to meet and hang out. “With a retro caravan, deck chairs, a basketball ring and totem tennis available, this is a fun and safe space for locals aged 12-24 to get together and…
A STOLEN Subaru WRX sedan was thrown into reverse on the Frankston freeway when the driver tried to evade police, Friday 5 February. Frankston Highway Patrol had tried to intercept the car, stolen from Elsternwick on 24 January, near the Seaford Rd off-ramp. But, instead of pulling over, the 21-year-old driver and his 17-year-old passenger, both of Seaford, slammed on the brakes, causing other cars to swerve out of the way, reversed and drove the wrong way down the off-ramp. The car’s muffler dropped off in the pursuit. Detective Acting Sergeant Ryan Collins said the pair “did a runner” but…
THE case against a Victorian motorcyclist fined for having cameras attached to his helmet has been thrown out by a County Court judge on appeal. Max Lichtenbaum was fined $289 and lost three demerit points after being pulled over by police in Frankston in March 2014 for wearing a helmet with cameras affixed. Mr Lichtenbaum was found guilty in the Frankston Magistrates Court last year of not wearing an approved motorcycle helmet (‘No go for GoPro cams on helmets’, The Times 28/9/15). Lawyers Maurice Blackburn appealed the magistrate’s decision, arguing successfully that the Australian Standard governing motorcycle helmets was not…