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Eyes spy from hillside SPECTACULAR views from Olivers Hill are now even better with the installation this month of a public telescope that is free to use. It offers a fresh look across Port Phillip Bay at Melbourne, the You Yangs and Mount Macedon from this stunning perspective. “Hopefully locals and visitors will use the telescope to educate their children about proximity, the beauty of our coastline and the importance of protecting and preserving our natural environment,” Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley said. “We plan to include signage highlighting the unique history of Olivers Hill and the Frankston area, which will be a great accompaniment to the telescope. “The view is so good it’s up there with the likes of Sky High in the Dandenong Ranges.” “The telescope is a second-hand model and has all the charm of the ones many adults will remember using as kids; however unlike back then when you had to insert a coin for viewing time, Frankston’s telescope is free for everyone to enjoy.” The telescope has a raised platform base so children can easily reach the eye-piece.
Magnify-cent views: Summer and mum Sarah Singleton enjoying the new telescope installed at Olivers Hill. Picture: Gary Sissons
Sky rail ‘must be dropped’ Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au ANY plan to build elevated rail along the Frankston line should be dumped in favour of ‘underground’ rail according to the state opposition. Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy told The Times he would be willing to back the government’s planned sale of the Port of Melbourne to finance ‘rail
under road’ instead of sky rail to remove level crossings across Melbourne’s rail network. He said sky rail “would be devastating for the Frankston line”. “It’s not what was promised and would destroy what should be a bayside Riviera for Melbourne,” Mr Guy said. “If it [rail under road] is more expensive the opposition is prepared to work with the government to get the port sale through to give the government the
money to do it properly and I don’t understand why they’re being so arrogant not considering that.” “We have this government that wants to put dirty great big sky rails - elevated railway – which you would never do anywhere else in the world on your most visually beautiful parts of your city. “New York wouldn’t do it on Long Island, the South of France wouldn’t do it along the coast near Marseilles.” The opposition leader said elevated
rail is “a substandard option” and previous Liberal and Labor state governments had opted for underground rail to remove level crossings. State Treasurer Tim Pallas accused Mr Guy of an about turn on the sale of the Port of Melbourne. “The government has worked very constructively to negotiate with Matthew Guy and the opposition but they are hell bent on holding the government to ransom,” Mr Pallas said.
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“This latest U-turn by Matthew Guy just shows that the Liberals have sunk to gutter politics - after all, leasing the port was the same policy they took to the election.” “We made a commitment to the Victorian people that we would lease the Port of Melbourne, remove 50 of our worst and most congested level crossings, and create thousands of jobs - but the opposition is standing in the way of that.” Continued Page 10
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