Holding Ground for Arthurs Seat
2 Mins Read Silver Leaf Art Box’s Chiara Finnigan, artist Rosie Weiss and Holding Ground curator Penelope Gebhardt at Silver Leaf Artbox. Picture: Elizabeth Clancy Share
Rachel Derum’s ‘Improbable, Beautiful as though I had wings’, 2021 paper collage
WORKS by 76 contemporary artists come together in Holding Ground, an online art exhibition and fundraiser being held to stop the proposed expansion of a contentious granite quarry at Arthurs Seat.
Charitable organisation the Ross Trust, and the company it owns, Hillview Quarries, plan to dig the quarry on the north face of Arthurs Seat which would destroy remnant old-growth bushland that is home to koalas and 27 threatened or endangered species.
No shortage of challengers on mountain trails
2 Mins Read Trailblazing the main attraction: It may be a bumpy, strenuous ride but there is no doubting the ever-growing attraction of the mountain bike trails in Arthurs Seat State Park. Picture: Yanni Share
AN appetite for self-inflicted punishment appears to have no boundaries when it comes to mountain bike riding.
Steep, winding trails, peppered with rocks and tree roots that quickly turn into slippery, muddy slides are more drawcard than deterrent.
Recent years have seen an ever increasing number of mountain bikers descend (literally) from near the heights of Arthurs Seat State Park to Boundary Road, Dromana along a series of graded trails.
VIC Premier
The Andrews Labor Government is investing in the Mornington Peninsula community with the completion of a new bike trail at Arthur’s Seat and Rosebud soon to be home to a new youth hub.
Local Government and Suburban Development Minister Shaun Leane and Member for Nepean Chris Brayne today announced Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will receive $4.3 million towards the new Southern Peninsula Youth Services Hub from the Growing Suburbs Fund.
One of the largest investments in the fund’s history, the hub will be a new, modern and accessible home for a wide range of different services and programs, with a strong focus on mental health support, advice and counselling.
Ideally it works, but too often itâs a disaster
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UNIVERSITIES
Ideally it works, but too often itâs a disaster
As someone who was active in off-campus teaching for some 30 of a 50-year career in higher education, and with awards and media coverage for my innovations, I am nevertheless concerned at proposals such as the use of pre-recorded lectures combined with a weekly or fortnightly seminar. This strategy can work where lecture equivalents are updated, seminar sizes are limited to 30 or so well-prepared students, and they take place in purpose-designed classrooms with movable seating to allow for break-out groups.
The next generation of scientists is being robbed
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HIGHER EDUCATION
The nex generation of scientists is being robbed
As a graduate student of a beloved Melbourne University chemistry professor made redundant as a result of the universityâs pandemic âreset planâ (âUni set to slash subjects and jobsâ,
The Age, 3/4), the news has been shattering. Morale among fellow chemistry students has plummeted as the future of scientific research in Australia grows bleaker by the day.