Police track stolen boat through ‘known’ car straight out before running aground on a sandbar,” he said. “When they got off they headed towards Dromana.” Mr Hibbert called Rosebud police and kept an eye on the beach but, while they were occupied, one of the men returned unnoticed, possibly about 7.30am, and drove off in the car. “It and the boat have both gone now,” he said. “The funny thing was that if they had shut the gate in the first place we wouldn’t have noticed the Territory hidden in the bushes.” Mr Hibbert gave police a USB stick with footage of the incident. “They immediately knew the car, and presumably the occupants,” he said. Detective Harry Simpson, of Somerville CIU, said the suspect was not yet in custody. “I will let you know when we get him,” he said. Stephen Taylor
A ROSEBUD Motor Boat Squadron member became suspicious when he noticed the club’s front gate had been forced open and a car and boat trailer hidden in bushes, 6.45am, Thursday 4 April. Club commodore Mike Hibbert arrived at the foreshore clubhouse soon after and the pair watched CCTV footage of two men arriving earlier that morning in a Ford Territory towing a Quintrex boat with Mercury outboard and cutting the bolt to the club’s yard. They learned later that the boat had been stolen from outside a house in Ocean Street, Rosebud at 5.35am the same day. Mr Hibbert said the men launched the boat in front of the club in the dark using a torch. “They must have been unfamiliar with the beach because they left the propeller down and attempted to go
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The Peninsula School of Dance has a 58-year history in which it has nurtured such dancers as Jason Coleman. It also operates from two custom built studio’s and a “satellite” dance class at Tyabb. Picture: Yanni
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the streets of an industrial estate at Rosebud The tour will also see them performing dance routines choreographed by Peninsula School of Dance teachers at Universal Studios and on Hollywood Boulevard.
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TWENTY-TWO student dancers from the Mornington Peninsula, flew out this week to perform in the Dance the Magic parade at Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California. The students, aged eight to 42, have been practicing for weeks in
Kids Cooking are also mon offer. Point Nepean Men’s Shed will offer two afternoon sessions for those wanting to try out Working with Wood. The session Drones on the Go is an opportunity to fly a drone or see how drone photography works. Details: Call 5984 3360. Activities start at $20 per session, with season passes available for one or both weeks of the school holidays. Call Sorrento Community Centre manager Heather Barton, 0418 974 994, for more information.
WITH school holidays here, Sorrento Community Centre has a full program in store for primary school-aged children. Activities will run until 18 April at Sorrento Community Centre, 860 Melbourne Road, Sorrento (adjacent to the shopping centre car park). Children wanting to keep fit and active will enjoy multi-sports, basketball and making and flying kites. Creative activities include card making, working with clay, the Dream House drama school, Shutterbugs photography and making a journal. Lego activities and
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