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Caravan for food cravings and training EIGHTIES pop culture inspired Work for the Dole participants to convert a Millard Caravan into a food outlet for youngsters being trained in hospitality. Seaford’s Envision Employment Services handed the food caravan, dubbed “Frankie Goes to”, to Frankston Council last week at Frankston North Community Centre. The mayor Cr Colin Hampton said the mobile coffee and snack caravan will become a common sight at pop-up events and real life hospitality training sessions around Frankston. “We are thrilled to receive this multi-purpose caravan, which will be a vibrant mobile space that allows
hospitality students to gain experience working and interacting directly with the community,” Cr Hampton said. “We have already seen this caravan used to up-skill community members through refurbishment works, including design, extensive woodworking including joinery, framing and construction, mechanical work and painting. “We look forward to seeing the skills learnt within these courses, including barista skills, taken out to the streets, for the whole community to enjoy.” Direct Recruitment partnered with Envision Employment Services on the project.
“Many of the participants on the activity had little or no skills in these areas and have together produced a visually pleasing and versatile space to support council projects and initiatives,” Direct Recruitment manager Jessica Bartlett said.
Frankie goes to...Frankston: Mayor Colin Hampton, left, junior mayor Gerard Felipe, Dave Helm, Sean Teer, Joe Di Pane, Keely Robertson and Jessica Bartlett at the official handover of the Envision Employment Services caravan. Picture: Yanni
Kayakers in bay ‘rescue’
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Frankston Times
2 July 2018
MT ELIZA man Bill Robinson got a shock when he saw what he thought was a man’s body floating face down in the water off Sunnyside beach last week. The retired veterinary surgeon, 74, was on a regular training paddle with Mornington friend Tamsin Visick, Tuesday 26 June, when they came across the wetsuit-clad figure on the way back to Mt Eliza. After the initial shock, they realised the wetsuit did not contain a real person and attached a line to it. “It was hard work getting it back to shore and we appreciated the difficulty we would have had in a real-life scenario, particularly in rougher conditions,” said Mr Robinson, who then called police. “We brought it in because, if it had stayed out there, it could have sparked a few false alarms. To see it from a light aircraft it looks like the real thing.” Mornington Senior Sergeant Neil Aubert said the “body” turned out to be a training dummy missing from an emergency services rescue exercise. He said police had traced the owner and it was later collected. Calls by The News to Volunteer Marine Rescue, Mornington, and Coast Guard Safety Beach, failed to find out who had lost it. The episode won’t quell Mr Robinson’s passion for sea kayaking. “I paddle between Mt Eliza and Mornington on a regular basis throughout the year,” he said. Stephen Taylor