AN estimated 10,000 cyclists took to the roads on Sunday in the 23rd annual Around the Bay – Ride for a Child in Need. Most of those opting for the longer 250 kilometre ride around Port Phillip had some relief from pedalling while aboard the Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry. However, the 28 members of the Pirates Sporting Club swapped handle bar for oars, rowing surf boats across the 12 kilometre stretch of water. Other riders followed courses ranging from 20 to 10 kilometres, including ones starting at Geelong and Sorrento. From the beach at Sorrento the Pirates were back on their bikes…
Author: Keith Platt
THE environmental health of Port Phillip and job creation are major arguments being used by Mornington Peninsula and Frankston councils to justify a second container port being built at Hastings. In submissions to a select committee into the lease of the Port of Melbourne the two councils have lined up with other bayside municipalities wanting to protect the bay. The shire, Frankston and Greater Dandenong are also part of the South East Melbourne (SEMS) group of councils lobbying to expand the Port of Hastings. At least one member of SEMS, the Shire of Bass Coast, is less enthusiastic and wants…
IN a show of peace that reflects a main tenet of the Ahmadiyyan Islamic sect, the leader of a mosque in Langwarrin has shared a meal with the father of a young man who allegedly attacked members of his congregation. A 61-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a broken nose and other injuries after being attacked by three men who are believed to have jumped a fence to gain entry to the Bait-ul-Salam Mosque in Leisureland Drive (‘Mosque ‘mauraders attack three’, The Times 14/9/15). Police are believed to have identified and spoken with the three alleged intruders who were…
A FRANKSTON-based organisation working within the murky world of drug users for more than two decades wants the law changed to force drug addicts into rehabilitation. The Rev Angel Roldan, who along with his wife Ulli heads the Christian Life-Gate organisation, says Victoria should follow Singapore with a compulsory four-month rehabilitation for drug users and 15-20 year jail sentences for drug traffickers. He said legislation would be required so that police, doctors or agencies could force drug users into a rehabilitation centre. Waiting for a court to decide “takes too long … these people are killing themselves”. Mr Roldan stops…
IT might be getting to the pointy end of the season for the AFL, but players were not too busy when asked to sign surfboards for a charity auction. The players came off the field long enough to take turns with black markers to autograph boards made in their team colours for the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula branch. The auction for the 18 boards starts 2.30pm Sunday 13 September at the Baha taco and music bar, 2201 Point Nepean Rd, Rye. Bids, starting at $650 a board, will be taken from the floor and over the phone. Unsold boards…