GLENN Browne was a merchant seaman for almost 20 years. He sailed the world on all sorts of vessels and had salt air in his blood. He believed his future…
A MT MARTHA family has taken Halloween festivities to spine-tingling heights after turning their front yard into a frightful spectacle.“It’s something we do every year and it’s gotten bigger and…
MOONLIT Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park and Western Port Biosphere have joined forces to launch a new project to save the region’s precious koala population. Named the Western Port Koala Corridor…
AT least three bus stop shelters in Mornington have been vandalised with glass panes shattered across the pavement in what has been labelled as “disgraceful” behaviour. The affected bus shelters…
MEMBERS of the Hastings Western Port Historical Society are concerned that one of Hastings’ oldest buildings will be soon be lost to the elements, due to neglect by Mornington Peninsula…
A MAN who drove onto the wrong side of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Dromana is wanted by police. At around 7.30am on 1 October, a black Ford Ranger utility…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council reduced the gender pay gap for staff by 12% over the last financial year, from 24.3% to 12.4%. They also achieved an equal gender balance in…
PROVINCIALDROMANA has fired an early warning shot to the rest of the division after a dominant win over Heatherhill. Dromana wrapped up their second win of the season on Saturday…
SOCCER IT’S taken six years but Langwarrin head coach Jamie Skelly hopes it’s going to be well worth the wait. Wind the clock back to 2018 and Skelly is coaching…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO have put themselves in a good position to defeat Baden Powell. Sorrento hosted day one of the two-day clash at David MacFarlane Reserve on Saturday. The Sharks batted…
SOCCER TOMMY Wood has been involved in a tug of war between former club Mornington and current club Peninsula Strikers.And it looks like Mornington has won the battle to clinch…
MUSICIANS from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) will be performing at Elgee Park in a special two-concert event, as part of their multi-year collaboration.Set against the backdrop of…
MORNINGTON Peninsula-based screenwriter and crime author Christian White is excited to launch his new book, with events to be held at Frankston Library and Farrells Bookshop in Mornington. The award-winning…
FOR artist Emma Davies, the enchanting beauty of the Mornington Peninsula is not just a backdrop; it’s a wellspring of inspiration that helps create her creations. The Frankston South resident…
NATIONAL Works on Paper is one of the finest art awards and exhibitions in the country, attracting Australia’s leading contemporary artists working with paper, and is on at Mornington Peninsula…
SCIENTIST Hans Brunner, who helped exonerate Lindy Chamberlain, died last week on Thursday, 25 April.A large portrait, that he has referred to as representing “the other me”, has been entered…
GEORGE MORBY INGRAM was born in Bendigo in 1889, but lived much of his life in Hastings. He died in 1961 and is buried in Frankston cemetery.On 4 October 1918,…
By Max Bryant* WESTERN Port Oberon Association has celebrated the 100th birthday of its oldest member, Duncan Lamont Mackinnon.Born on a sailing ship, the steel barque Garthsnaid, on 5 December…
OBITUARY Carl Robert Bryant 22 September 1928 – 13 November 2023 Carl Bryant was born in Hastings and was a descendant of three pioneering Western Port families: the Bryants, the…
