Author Archives: Mike Hast

Late bid to move water HQ

November 9, 2012 no comments
MEMBERS of two influential community groups say fast-tracking the move by South East Water to Frankston could add to the woes of Frankston MP Geoff Shaw. They are targeting Mr Shaw in their 11th hour...

Fig tree rescue $750,000 plus

November 9, 2012 no comments
THE new Frankston Council was confronted by a thorny problem at its first meeting in Thursday night – how to save one of the city’s iconic trees. A problem solved 10 years ago has come back to haunt ...

Rosebud 2100 flood risk

November 2, 2012 no comments
TOWNS and suburbs on Port Phillip including Rosebud and McCrae could be submerged by coastal flooding combined with heavy rain events by the end of the century, says an unpublished confidential repor...

Our youngest councillor

November 1, 2012 no comments
MT Eliza university student Andrew Dixon has a new interest in his busy life – Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. The 25-year-old was perhaps a surprising winner at the council elec­tion on Saturday...

Three months to fix collapsed wall

October 26, 2012 no comments
RECONSTRUCTION of the retaining wall on Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston will take three and a half months. Work started on the $1.4 million wall in February, but it collapsed on Thursda...

Tulli and Wilma back in the bush

October 24, 2012 no comments
TULLI the wombat was rescued from his dead mother’s pouch more than a year ago and last weekend was taken back to the bush as a 20kg adult. Tulli and her “sheltermate” Wilma are among the animals res...

Navy hitches a ride on Blue Marlin

October 18, 2012 no comments
THE heavy lift ship MV Blue Marlin steamed through The Heads into Port Phillip on Wednesday morning carrying the newest vessel of the Royal Australian Navy. The hull of LHD Canberra, the first of the...

Lew pool demolition

October 16, 2012 no comments
THE last chapter in the Solomon Lew pool saga played out on Monday when contractors started demolishing the $400,000 horizon pool built on Crown land at Mt Eliza. Workers from Templestowe-based demol...

Porsche-driving candidate a planning wiz

October 16, 2012 no comments
ELECTION candidates delivering final statements to the election office in Rosebud late last month were surprised to see one of their number pull up in a Porsche. Leaving the engine running, John Wood...