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Girls walk for good cause A GROUP of friends from Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula are discovering the beauty and serenity of some of the Mornington Peninsula’s best-kept secrets while they train for the upcoming Wild Women on Top ‘Melbourne Coastrek’ walk. Frankston South woman Sarah Watson is one of 12 friends who have been enjoying parts of the peninsula they never knew existed while training for the 60km charity walk, in between dodging Tiger snakes, brushing past kangaroos and echidnas, and marvelling at the beauty of the coastline. “We’ve been doing walks around Cape Schanck and Point Nepean and without doubt one of the best things about training is the incredible scenery we see,” she said. Ms Watson said most of the group’s participants were mothers, who were enjoying the opportunity of bringing their children with them to enjoy the scenery and discover the more remote parts of “our own backyard”.
“It’s amazing just how pretty the peninsula is, we’ve been really enjoying looking at some magnificent parts we didn’t really know existed.” The women began fundraising for the 30km and 60km charity event months ago, kicking it off with a trivia night in June that raised $6500, all of which goes to the Fred Hollows Foundation to restore the eyesight of underprivileged people in Australia and overseas. The women, divided into three teams, had a target when they started, but have already surpassed that thanks to the trivia night and fundraising on World Sight Day in October, and are hoping to keep collecting until the day before the walk. The Coastrek walk, from Cape Schanck to Point Nepean, will be held on 18 November. Donations can be made to Coastrek online at melbourne.coastrek.com.au or by calling 02 8039 3580.
Feet first: Sarah Watson and friend Diana Bothe training hard for the 60km Coastrek. Picture: Gary Sissons
Five businesses hit by thieves CCTV footage shows a man placing a magazine between the back door and the wall of the Nepean Hwy premises about 10pm, possibly to prevent it closing. A man is then seen attempting to jemmy open a wall mounted change machine before using a sledgehammer to smash his way through a plaster wall into an office where he stole $50 coins. He is also seen cutting through electrical wiring, possibly to disable the CCTV camera. A man was arrested on the week-
end and charged with robbery. He appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 13 October and was further remanded until 14 November. Thieves climbed over a two-metrehigh wire fence and smashed a glass door to enter a Chelsea antiques shop, corner Nepean Hwy and Chadwell Gr. They ransacked the counter and office area and stole $200 in coins and notes as well as a charity tin. Next door, a few hours later, thieves broke into a fast food caravan by bending metal surrounding a door
vent and stealing a small number of gold coins. The van was previously robbed on 21 September. Police are checking a fingerprint found at the scene with records held by Australian Border Force officials. It may match those contained in a possible suspect’s immigration application. A pizza shop proprietor told police thieves tried to enter his Station St premises by jemmying open a back door and placing a garbage bin near a fence. They also jemmied plaster from a
wall and damaged a wall jamb. Nothing was stolen. Thieves pushed down a two-metrehigh wire fence topped with barbed wire in an attempt to enter a Station St tavern the same night. They failed in their attempts to unscrew bolts on the backdoor and window and ripped flywire off window screens at the tavern, which is next door to the pizza shop. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incidents. They should call Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000. Stephen Taylor
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FIVE businesses in Carrum and Chelsea were robbed or had attempts made to rob them overnight on Tuesday (11 October) last week. The businesses – all in Station St or Nepean Hwy – included a coin laundry, pizza shop, fast food caravan, antique shop, and licenced tavern. In two of the robberies, thieves used heavy implements to punch holes through plaster walls to gain entry. Police have charged a 36-year-old Whittlesea man with the coin laundry robbery.
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