Category Archives: Latest News

Beaches a battleground for fees and charges

June 3, 2019
SOME of the Mornington Peninsula most idyllic beaches have become an unlikely battleground between beach box owners and shire councillors. The councillors want to increase annual licence fees for bea...

Collector’s court threat over permits

June 3, 2019
A BONEO car collector is prepared to go to the Supreme Court after being told by planning authorities that he cannot keep more than 10 cars at his property. Victor Hycenko, of Old Cape Schanck Road, ...

Spring takeover for boat ramps

June 3, 2019
THE state government says spring will be the time it takes over running boat launching ramps on the Mornington Peninsula. The Better Boating Fund was given $47.2 million in the recent state budget to...

Higher ruling sought on holy hour

May 28, 2019
PENINSULA Aero Club is blaming “a small noisy anti-airport lobby group” for making it observe a “holy hour” ban on flying. The 9.30am-10.30am restriction on Sunday take-offs and landings from the Tya...

Double fatality in Mount Eliza

May 28, 2019
Two people have died and a third has been injured following a collision in Mount Eliza late last night. Investigators believe a vehicle was travelling north on the Nepean Highway when it collided wit...

Traps for straying cats

May 27, 2019
A QUICK fix solution is being offered to property owners annoyed by straying cats. Mornington Peninsula Shire has a new four-step system to reduce the number of cats prowling outside their owners’ pr...

The Pillars fence gone for now

May 27, 2019
THE temporary concrete and wire fence erected at The Pillars cliff jumping site at Mt Martha in December has gone. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council contracted out its removal early last week. Infra...

Property marketer sees upside in gloom

May 27, 2019
DROPS in property prices and the number being sold on the Mornington Peninsula are being blamed on changes to lending rules in the wake of the banking royal commission. Real estate agents see the pri...

Search for missing Crib Point man

May 25, 2019
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 34-year old Crib Point man Cody Graham. Cody was last seen at his address in Milne Street about 9.30pm on Tuesday 21 May. He made pho...

Two arrested following Mornington assault

May 24, 2019
Detectives from Mornington Crime Investigation Unit have arrested two people following an assault that occurred in Mornington earlier this month. A 20-year-old Mount Martha man was interviewed and re...