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Challenge takes hen’s day to new heights
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JANELLE Da Silva celebrated her hen’s day last year by persuading her friends to dress up and take up the Arthurs Seat Challenge. “I dragged all the women up Arthurs Seat with me,” she said. Ms Da Silva, of Frankston, says running gives her “a sense of freedom”, and has previously entered two marathons, two ultra-marathons and a 36 kilometre “trot” up Mount Rosea, in the Grampians. The Arthurs Seat Challenge is an annual 6.7km fun run, including a 3.2km climb with gradients of up to 9.5 per cent. This year the challenge will be
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held on Sunday 12 November. Ms Da Silva is returning to the challenge this year to raise money and awareness for the Cathy Freeman Foundation. While a teenager she wrote a poem after being the victim of a traumatic racial attack which led to her campaigning for Indigenous children to “have the same amount of privilege and support, in education, that all children do”. She has now raised more than
$15,000 for the Cathy Freeman Foundation, one of the charity’s largest single donations. While the Arthurs Seat Challenge supports Fit2Drive, a road safety education program for secondary students across the Mornington Peninsula and in Frankston, organisers welcome its use as a platform to support other causes. Register for this year’s Arthurs Seat Challenge at www.arthursseatchallenge.com.au
Open Air Burning October 2017 only During October 2017, we’re making some changes to our Open Air Burning Local Law to assist property owners to clean up properties in preparation for the fire season. The changes will enable burning off on properties below 1500m². At all other times, burning off on properties below 1500m² is prohibited. Oct only
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Not chicken to run: Janelle Da Silva was joined by friends for her “hen’s day” in a race to the top of Arthurs Seat to raise money for charity. Picture: Supplied
Land less than 1500m²
Open Air Burning is permitted on Fridays and Saturdays throughout October between 9am and 4pm provided that:
Land more than 1500m² Open Air Burning is permitted on Fridays and Saturdays throughout October between 9am and 4pm provided that:
Land more than 40,000m² Open Air Burning is permitted throughout October provided that:
• No more than 100 cubic metres of vegetation is burnt • No more than 1 cubic • No more than 10 cubic at any one time; metre of vegetation is metres of vegetation is • The fire is not within burnt at any one time; burnt at any one time; 100 metres of any • The fire is not within • The fire is not within neighbouring dwelling; 10 metres of any 10 metres of any • All the General Fire neighbouring dwelling; neighbouring dwelling; Safety Provisions • All the General Fire • All the General Fire are followed. Safety Provisions Safety Provisions are followed. are followed. You must follow the General Fire Safety Provisions when burning off.
For more information 5950 1050 mornpen.vic.gov.au/openairburning