Car show supports young patients
2 Mins Read All revved up: Flinders Motoring Heritage event organiser Mary Iles with one of this year’s winning entries. Picture: Supplied. Share
MOTORING buffs were in top gear at the Flinders Motoring Heritage event on Easter Sunday, 4 April.
After missing out last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, more than 1000 fans were able to admire prestige, vintage, unique and collector vehicles at the event which raised $28,000 for Peninsula Health.
Lions Club of Flinders event organiser Mary Iles said: “We were really excited to be back this year because this event already means so much to the exhibitors and the hundreds of people who attend.
Waves at Portsea as legal stoush looms
2 Mins Read LARGE swells recently saw Portsea’s famed front beach resemble its equally famous back beach, with surfers flocking to the southern peninsula for a rare wave in Port Phillip. Pictures: Greg Piggall Share
LARGE swells outside the Port Phillip Heads two weeks ago also saw surfable waves at Portsea front beach.
While surfers enjoyed the rare chance to ride a wave near Portsea pier and within sight of its beachfront hotel, the incoming swells also revived concerns about the beach’s loss of sand and the increase of sand at nearby Point King beach.
Mates serve up a mixed brew on podcast
3 Mins Read Hamming it up: Dan Gray, Trent Reardon and Kyle Wright get together to discuss a future podcast and Gray, below, acts out a part in one of the films he makes with former schoolmates. Pictures: Supplied Share
THREE mates who grew up together and attended the same schools on the Mornington Peninsula have combined their passion for the media and product placement with their own witty podcasts.
Kyle Wright, Trent Reardon and Daniel Gray over the past eight years have used their own production company, Bacon Squash, to make movies and provide web content with the help of mates Nick Hollowood and Johnathon Cadd. Their latest film An Australian werewolf in Melbourne’ premiered last weekend.
Train mounts platform in Seaford accident
DURING shunting operations on Tuesday night last, when a train of over 1000 tons weight was being manoeuvred, an accident occurred, resulting in a loaded 10 ton truck leaving the rails and mounting the platform.
At the time the staff was working at full pressure in order to clear the “down” road for the passenger train.
Owing to the darkness, and the curve in the road, great difficulty was experienced in signalling the crew.
A train of this weight acquires very great momentum, and a driver requires ample time in which to pull his train up but owing to the conditions prevailing at the time, sufficient warning evidently could not reach the crew.
Rubbish truck on fire near Matata takes 6 hours to put out
19 Apr, 2021 10:11 PM
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Fire fighters were called to the scene at 1.45am. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
A rubbish truck engulfed in flames this morning needed to be taken apart in a six-hour effort to put the fire out.
Firefighters were called to a rubbish truck on fire on the side of the road at the intersection of State Highways 2 and 34 at 1.45am.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said the truck was well-involved when they arrived.
Crews from Matata, Edgecumbe, and Whakatāne were on the scene as well as a tanker.