FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke says he is thankful to be alive after surviving a plane crash last week. Edbrooke was one of 17 people aboard a Skydive Australia light plane which crashed in Connewarre near Barwon Heads shortly after taking off at around 8am on Friday, 20 October. He sustained injuries and was taken to hospital. Ambulance Victoria has confirmed that seven people were taken to hospital after the crash – all injured are in a stable condition. Edbrooke told The Times that he received “routine” tests in hospital and was released on Friday evening. “Apart from a couple of…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
WEAPONS were seized by police in Aspendale and Parkdale last week as part of an operation across the Kingston and Glen Eira Council areas. Victoria Police conducted nearly 50 firearm prohibition order checks between 9 October and 13 October for “Operation Relentless”. They seized a handgun from an Aspendale home, two machetes from Parkdale, a handmade firearm from Caulfield South, and a dagger from Clayton. A 42-year-old man was arrested at the Aspendale unit and was charged with prohibited person possess firearm. He was bailed to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on 8 April next year. While arresting a 41-year-old…
THE Registered Aboriginal Party overseeing the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas entered “special administration” last month. Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed to provide advice and knowledge on Aboriginal places and Aboriginal objects in their region. Their responsibilities include evaluating cultural heritage management plans and cultural heritage permit applications. The Bunurong Land Council is the appointed RAP for an area covering Frankston, the Mornington Peninsula, Kingston, Casey, Cardinia, Wyndham, and Bass Coast. It was placed into special administration on 11 September – a special administrator has been appointed to overhaul the organisation’s governance. A Bunurong Land Council newsletter published last month…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL A MASSIVE opening stand between Dale Elmi and Luke Long has helped Baden Powell score an impressive win over Pines. Baden Powell was sent in to bat first on Saturday at Pat Rollo Reserve. Elmi and Long were awesome, scoring 166 runs between them before the first wicket fell. Dale Elmi fell agonisingly short of a century – he was dismissed first for 97. Soon after, Long managed to pass his century. He scored 103 before being caught out off the bowling of Ricky Ramsdale. A tail order collapse prevented Baden Powell from scoring an enormous total. They…
AFTER eight years on public display, the infamous Reflective Lullaby sculpture is set to return to McClelland Gallery. Gregor Kregar’s Reflective Lullaby, a giant chrome gnome, was installed at Peninsula Link’s Cranbourne Road exit eight years ago. Four years later the gnome was moved to the corner of Moorooduc Highway and Hastings Road in Frankston. Last week, Reflective Lullaby was removed from its site and taken to McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. The ten metre tall artwork will be permanently installed in the gallery’s sculpture park. As revealed earlier this month, the Love Flower sculpture which replaced the chrome gnome near…