WOULD-BE guide dog Heidi’s got a lot to learn – and where better to learn it than at school? The three-month-old Labrador is right at home among the students at Patterson River Secondary College under the care of teacher Paul Robinson, who is her puppy walker for the year. “She goes most places with me,” said Mr Robinson, who volunteered for the role last year. “It’s a big commitment because they need a lot of care. “She comes to class and assemblies and I’m about to start taking her to the shops.” Although “a little bit cheeky”, Heidi doesn’t forget…
Author: Stephen Taylor
POLICE divers were yesterday still searching for the body of 55-year-old Mordialloc man Daniel Flinn, who died when the plane in which he was flying with three friends crashed into Bass Strait, off Barwon Heads, late last month. The fuselage of the Piper Cherokee carrying the bodies of Donald Hately, 68, of Noble Park, Di Bradley, 63, of Black Rock, and her 65-year-old husband Ian Chamberlain, was recovered soon after the accident but Mr Flinn’s body has yet to be found. The friends had left Moorabbin airport on Friday 29 January intending to spend the weekend at the races at…
A GOLF course designed and developed by experts from the Mornington Peninsula has been ranked 24th best in the world – and it has been open just two months. The Cape Wickham Links course on King Island was given the honour by Golf Digest magazine from 32,000 courses world-wide. The Digest is regarded as the world’s most widely-read golf publication, with monthly exposure to 5.5 million readers. It produces its World’s 100 Greatest Golf Course rankings every two years. The links course was developed by Duncan Andrews, of Flinders, owner of The Dunes Golf Links, Rye, and was co-designed by…
POLICE reportedly used spike strips in a dramatic stolen-car intercept in Chestfield Ct, Frankston, Thursday (4 February) night. They had earlier followed the Holden Statesmen in the Lynbrook and Lyndhurst areas but could not overtly chase it due to non-pursuit rules. It was then seen in Cranbourne. The police helicopter followed the car to Frankston where it was seen hooning in a shopping centre car park. Police closed off Chestfield Court, near Frank St, with the spike strips, and called in the dog squad to track down one of the two offenders who had jumped a fence and had an…
ON hot days, police and Mornington Peninsula Shire rangers are busy booking motorists parked in No Standing areas or banked up opposite double lines near Mt Martha’s now famous swim spot, The Pillars. Their owners don’t seem to care: they are too busy jumping from the rocky outcrops or taking selfies with their friends on the cliffs or in the water. Hundreds are flocking to the go to summer bathing spot on the Esplanade between Marguerita Av and Deakin Drive every hot summer’s day. The spot even has its own Facebook page. Despite warnings from medical experts, the cliffs are…