TWO snorkelers were rescued by the Police Air Wing Saturday afternoon after being stuck in an inlet near Tasman Drive, Rye. The Frankston couple were with a Richmond man – all aged 23 – when the woman was dumped by a large wave about 5pm. This inflamed an asthmatic condition causing her distress and she and the man managed to swim to an isolated inlet to shelter in a cave. The receding tide left them high and dry – but unable to get to safety. Senior Sergeant Steve Duffee, of Rosebud police, said their friend managed to scale the cliff while…
Day: September 22, 2015
SOMERS Residents’ Association (SRA) has issued a written explanation to correct “misinformation” about its role in Mornington Peninsula’s Shire’s footpath plan for the village. SRA president Kingsley Culley said much of the “misinformation” being circulated came “from people who did not even live in Somers”. Property owners are being billed for 50 per cent of the cost if the project goes ahead. He said the misinformation included suggestions that the SRA was putting its weight behind the project, that the 14-member committee was promoting it and that the association had misled residents. “We have at all times consulted with residents…
HORSE trainer Graeme Little has some healthy plans for the house and property formerly owned by pop star Kylie Minogue. Instead of the lavish lifestyle portrayed by the carefully courtured pop jet-setting princess, Mr Little wants the property to be seen as a bedrock of taking agriculture back to basics with permaculture. Permaculture is described as being a regenerative and self-maintained agricultural system modelled from natural ecosystems. Mr Little bought the 20 hectare property, Beauciel (French for beautiful sky), and four-bedroom house in 2009 with hopes of turning it into an exclusive retreat for a small number of guests. In…
THE involvement of secondary college students in managing the environmental health of a creek draining into Western Port has attracted the interest of Chinese water quality experts. Somerville Secondary College, the first school to sign up to the Western Port Biosphere’s water stewardship program, last Friday hosted a group from Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai, led by Dr Zhu Donglin from Jiangsu Engineering Consulting and Dr Zhou Fengqi from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Biosphere executive officer Cecelia Witton said the visit was “a fabulous opportunity to showcase the work the school already has underway in protecting their waterway [Watson…
THE $16.3 million police station about to be opened at Somerville is a debacle, according to a former detective. Former CIB chief David Killin was speaking at a Saturday morning public meeting at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Somerville, along with Police Association officers and local MPs. “To move all the detectives and the traffic police to Somerville and lock the station to the public, purely so the station has people in it and gives the appearance of being used, is a debacle,” Mr Killin said. “It is like something out of Yes Minister. A very brave decision, as Sir Humphrey…
Two brothers have had their cars impounded after one was caught over the limit doing a burnout and the other unlicensed in Mornington. Mornington police were patrolling Main Street when they heard the sound of screeching tyres about 1am Sunday morning. A Mercedes sedan was found to be doing a burn-out and the air filled with smoke. The members intercepted the car and found a 24-year-old learner driving with his mum in the car. The Mornington man returned a positive breath test however refused to accompany police back to the police station for an evidentiary breath test. He was arrested…