MARK Daw has spent more than a decade responding to floods, fires and road accidents across the Mornington Peninsula as a volunteer with the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) – and that commitment has now been recognised with one of the country’s top honours. The Rye resident has been awarded an Emergency Services Medal (ESM) in the King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List, recognising his distinguished service as a member of an Australian emergency service. An official ceremony is set to take place in August. Daw found out about the award by email, before he even knew who had nominated him.…
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THE creative director of the Share Sustainability Agency has won third place in the Melbourne international flowering garden show border garden design competition.Josie Jones, of Rye, said that stepping into the realm of the competition was “a complete leap of love”.The Mornington Peninsula clean-up hero, who daily picks up litter from the beach and heads rubbish awareness programs, drew on her love of the rare weedy seadragon and gardening to create a garden bed that impressed judges.“As someone who has quietly nurtured a passion for gardening my entire life, the joy and humility I feel in securing a place on…