Day: December 13, 2016

STUDENTS from Western Port Secondary College have created a mural which the Carry On organisation believes depicts the spirit of their organisation. It shows a digger reaching down to give a hand up to another digger, pulling him towards the sun. The school’s Outreach Education Program’s Helen Smith said she and colleague Miles Lindqvist invited students who were struggling at school, due to a range of reasons, to get involved with the Cool Store Rd, Hastings project. “We discussed the design with them, in line with the Carry On spirit, and the project result was amazing,” she said. “Students had…

ROSEBUD Christmas Carols in the Park will be held in the sound shell on the Rosebud Village Green foreshore, Saturday 17 December, with activities starting at 5pm and carols, 7pm. Residents, friends and family are invited to come along and enjoy this free community event with food stalls and entertainment and to meet Santa. Entertainers will include the Southern Peninsula Band, Ladies Singing Group, and Max and Sam with their band, including Ken Ferguson, singing Christmas songs. There will be display shops and market stalls, lolly trolley and children busking. First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 13 December 2016

DOZENS of dead fish have been turning up in Merricks Creek over the past few weeks. “Most of the fish carcasses, 30-40cm adult black bream, are on the creek margins to the west of the Balnarring Beach road bridge,” Barry Greer, of Balnarring, said. “I have contacted Melbourne Water and the Balnarring Foreshore Committee but both entities insist that it’s a natural event and there’s no cause for concern. “I have spent much time around the creek and have never seen this number of dead fish in the creek or estuary before. The strange part is that only these large…

MANAGEMENT of the Port of Hastings will come under state government control on 1 July next year. The government has decided against renewing its port management lease with the LINX Cargo Group, owned by asset manager Brookfield, and the Port of Hastings Development Authority will take over as port manager. “The Port of Hastings will continue to be very much open for business throughout this transition period and well into the future as a key bulk port for Victoria,” the authority’s CEO Malcolm Geier said. “The Port of Hastings is one of Victoria’s key bulk ports and as Victoria’s deepest…