Author: Bayside News

A NEW production will bring together cabaret, dance, vaudeville, magic, circus, and comedy on the Frankston Arts Centre stage next month. Club Soda is a new show from Raconteur Productions, the team behind The Paris Underground Cabaret. Club Soda features performances from dancer Eden Read, magician Julia Madotti, illusionist Richard Vegas, circus artist Hannah Trott, and actor Tim Rutty. Club Soda will be performed on one night only. The show will take place at 8pm on 18 March at the Frankston Arts Centre. For tickets visit artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/Home First published in the Frankston Times – 14 February 2023

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AUSTRALIAN band You Am I headlines this weekend’s Waterfront Festival in Frankston. The free two-day event takes place across Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February. You Am I takes the stage from 8.45pm on Saturday. Other music acts scheduled to play for the crowd are The Casanovas, Thndo, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, The Merindas, and Kylie Auldist. Amusement rides, food trucks, and Lucha Libre professional wrestling will also feature at the festival. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said “clearly one day is not enough to enjoy the finest Frankston City has to offer. Last year was spectacular, and this year we’ve…

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A NEW pipeline will deliver 73 megalitres of recycled water a year to open space areas in Frankston North. The new pipeline will run past the Long Island National Golf Club, Eric Bell Reserve, Monterey Soccer Fields, and Pat Rollo Reserve. The state government announced it would spend $1.3 million on the project, titled the Monterey Recycled Water Scheme, last week. The total cost of the project is expected to be $4 million, with funding also coming from South East Water, Frankston Council, and the Long Island National Golf Club. Victorian water minister Harriet Shing visited Frankston North last week…

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A CARAVAN worth more than $60,000 has been stolen from Moorabbin. Victoria Police say that two men in a stolen Toyota Hilux were seen at the caravan on Elna Court at around 2.30pm on 31 December. They allegedly used an angle grinder to break through the tow ball lock, then towed it away on the back of the stolen Hilux. The stolen caravan in an Avan Aspire 555. Police found the Hilux dumped in Noble Park on 11 January. A statement from Victoria Police read “the first offender is perceived to be Caucasian in appearance, aged in his 30s to…

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A SANDRINGHAM swimming pool is offering free classes for infants to help them get used to being in the water. The free Splash Time program is running at Sandringham Family Leisure Centre. Classes, for infants aged up to four months, are run by two qualified swim teachers. The swimming centre says “with mum or dad in the water with bub and guided by two fully qualified swim instructors, Splash Time is an educational program structured around developing parental aquatic skills and building experience in handling a baby in water.” “Parents are given direction on how to gradually expose their baby…

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