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Digging it: Sign-writer Michael Reid has volunteered at Sages Cottage Farm for more than four years. Picture: Supplied
Gardens open up for visitors
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VOLUNTEERS with green fingers can help out at Baxter’s Sage Cottage Farm to keep the gardens in shape for visitors. The gardens gates are now open to the public and visitors can stroll around and enjoy one of the most beautiful gardens on the Mornington Peninsula. Disability support provider Wallara Australia welcomes volunteers who want to get involved, even just for a few hours each week, to make a difference to the lives of people with disabilities who are trained to be work ready. “We have a team of volunteers who look after the gardens, clear the bushland, help with the maintenance of the
grounds, look after the animals and get involved in activities with our clients,” Wallara CEO Phil Hayes-Brown said. Visitors are welcome to leisurely stroll through the 38acre property, see the animals, visit the historic cottage and outbuildings and enjoy lunch and light snacks at Harvest Cafe where there is also a small gift shop which sells items made by people with different abilities. Sages Cottage Farm, 85 Sages Road, Baxter is open Monday-Thursday, 10am-2pm. Volunteer enquiries to Sam Gentry at sgentry@wallara. com.au or by calling 9792 2985.
LEVEL CROSSING REMOVAL WORKS
IN MAY AND JUNE
Upcoming changes to the Frankston Line Works along the Frankston Line are being carried out simultaneously to allow the level crossing removal at Skye/Overton Road and new Frankston Station works to progress faster and minimise disruptions to passengers. To allow for this, changes have been made to replacement bus services on the Frankston Line. This will affect the way you travel. The sooner we get this done, the sooner you’ll be on your way.
Buses replace trains
Frankston Station closure
• On the Frankston Line between Carrum and Frankston from now until last service on Sunday 17 June. • On the Stony Point Line between Carrum and Stony Point from now until last service on Sunday 17 June. • On the Frankston Line between Flinders Street and Moorabbin from Saturday 9 June until last service on Monday 11 June.
Road closures
• Frankston station will remain closed to passengers until Monday 18 June when train services resume running to the station.
• To allow for parts of the current station to be demolished, the southbound lane of Young Street, Frankston will be closed from now until Monday 25 June.
• A temporary station will be in the Fletcher Road carpark to service replacement buses before, during and after this period.
• To allow for works to continue to remove the Skye/Overton level crossing, Skye/ Overton Road will be closed at the level crossing until Sunday 17 June. • There will also be changes to traffic conditions and reduced speed limits in the vicinity of the Skye/Overton Road level crossing until mid June.
Please plan ahead and allow extra time for your journey. Local traders will be open for business during this time, so please support businesses in the area.
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Frankston Times 4 June 2018
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