WHALE researchers are hoping a humpback whale calf born off Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island will be able to reach warmer waters. It is the youngest ever humpback spotted in Victorian waters and only the third calf recorded. David Donnelly of the Hastings-based Dolphin Research Institute said the calf, less than four metres long, was about two days old when first spotted this week swimming alongside its 16 metre long mother. “It’s possible that our cold waters could be dangerous for the calf,” Mr Donnelly said. “Humpback whales are usually born and spend their first months in warmer waters off northern…
Day: August 2, 2018
WHAT’S a home? Is it a house, apartment, building, car, or perhaps a bench in a park? Sadly, some young people in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula don’t have the luxury of a warm bed, their own room, or protective walls, with a reported 220 sleeping rough on any given night. To help them, Fusion Australia – which has a branch in Mt Martha – is gearing up to host its fourth Sleep In Your Car event at Mornington Park, Saturday 4 August. To be held during Homelessness Week, the event is part of a nation-wide campaign prompting people…
Somerville Highway Patrol officers nabbed a driver speeding at more than 75km over the speed limit in Frankston last night (1 August). Police clocked the Ford Territory allegedly travelling at 175kmp/h in a 100km zone on the Peninsula Link near the intersection of Frankston-Dandenong Road just after 8.30pm. The vehicle exited Peninsula Link on Thames Promenade and police located the vehicle on the side of the road with what appeared to be a blown engine. The driver, a 39-year-old Carrum Downs man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, manner dangerous, speed dangerous and…