| Friday 31 July 2026 |
Issue #12 |
Frankston City, VIC |
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📬 A note from the editor — Issue #12
G'day Frankston,
If you or someone you look after relies on Council's home care services, there's a change worth knowing about — a chunk of it has just quietly shifted to a new provider. Full story below.
The Dolphins are home tonight at Kinetic Stadium — good excuse to get out of the house. Safety Update this week covers a fatal collision in Seaford, a stolen-car crash involving two 14-year-olds in Langwarrin, and a very specific boat theft in Carrum Downs — all sourced from Eyewatch.
Suburb Spotlight heads to Frankston South this week, where construction has quietly started on a 20-year plan for Baxter Park. Community Food Feature turns to the Red Cross Shop on Thompson Street — what your $5 rummage actually funds.
Resident Voice is still quiet — we're trying a different question this week, have a read below and see if it jogs something loose. And Only in Frankston delivers exactly the kind of fashion statement this city is known for, courtesy of Tracy in Seaford.
— Topher, Editor · The Frankston Local
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👵 Aged Care
Council Hands Off Aged Care Services to Kingston Provider AccessCare
If you or someone you care for uses Frankston City Council's home care services, there's a change that's already taken effect and is worth knowing about. From 1 July, a set of Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) services — personal care, domestic assistance, respite care, escorted shopping and home maintenance and modifications — has moved from Council to AccessCare, the City of Kingston's long-running aged care provider.
The move follows a 2025 review Council ran off the back of national aged care reforms and community feedback, which found an external, sustainable provider was the better long-term fit for those particular services. AccessCare brings more than 30 years in the sector and access to the newer, more flexible Support at Home program.
Council isn't stepping back from aged care altogether — Meals on Wheels, the group outings program and community transport all stay with Council. A new Community Care Navigation and Advocacy Service is also being introduced to help residents make sense of the wider aged care reforms.
What this means for you: if you're an existing client of the affected services, Council says transferring to AccessCare should be straightforward, and its Community Care Transition team is on hand to help you weigh up your options. Contact them on (03) 9784 1818 or [email protected]. Full detail at frankston.vic.gov.au
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👵 Still To Come
Younger People's Program Still in Limbo
This announcement only covers CHSP services for older residents. The separate Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC-PYP) — which we've been flagging as an open thread since Issue #6 — still doesn't have a confirmed new provider. Council says a separate announcement will follow once that's settled. We'll keep tracking it.
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| Fri–Sat |
PLOS: Jersey Boys 🎭
Frankston Arts Centre, 27 Davey Street · Final two shows of the run, Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August. The jukebox musical telling the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, documentary-style. Details at artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au
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| Sun 2 Aug |
The Sunday Set 🎸
Frankston Brewhouse, 10 New Street · 1–4pm · Free. Weekly live acoustic session, rotating through a curated lineup of resident local musicians. Details at frankstonbrewhouse.com.au
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| Sun 2 Aug |
Weekend Board Games 🎲
Frankston Library · 10am–4pm · Free, no booking needed. Family-friendly board and card games, weekly. Details at library.frankston.vic.gov.au
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| Thu 6 Aug |
HP Films Trivia Night 🍿
The Sporting Globe Bar & Grill Frankston · 7pm · Free. A wizarding-world-themed trivia night for anyone who knows their Horcruxes from their House Cups. Details at whatsonfrankston.com
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| Thursdays |
Bush Regeneration 🌱
28R Fenton Crescent, Frankston South · 9–11am · Free. Hands-on native bush restoration, weekly, no experience needed. Details on imaginefrankston.com.au or call 0412 844 112.
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| Thursdays |
Free Pub Trivia 🍺
Moon Dog Beach Club · 7–9pm · Free to play, prizes on offer. Weekly.
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| Thursdays |
$1 Day at Carrum Gardens Bingo 🎱
Carrum Gardens Bingo Centre · Eyes down 11am · $8 per set, all books and flyers $1. Weekly.
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| Thursdays |
Free Zumba Night 💃
Frankston North Community Centre, 26 Mahogany Avenue · 5:45pm · First class free. No experience needed — just bring suitable shoes and a drink.
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This Week: Frankston South
Twenty Years in the Making, Starting Now
We first stopped by Frankston South back in Issue #2, so it's well overdue a return — and there's a good reason to come back now. Construction has quietly begun on the Baxter Park Master Plan, a 20-year blueprint for one of the suburb's biggest chunks of green space.
Baxter Park is 59 hectares of Crown land off Frankston-Flinders Road, managed by Council under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act — despite the name, it's squarely in Frankston South, not the Mornington Peninsula township of Baxter. It's already doing a lot of jobs at once: walking tracks through remnant native bush, AFL and soccer ovals, tennis and netball courts, cricket, archery, a dog off-leash area and equestrian facilities.
The Master Plan is Council's attempt to bring some order to all of that and guide investment in the park over the next two decades, shaped by feedback from sporting clubs, community groups and residents at pop-up sessions on-site. With construction now underway, it's worth keeping half an eye on if you use the park regularly — expect staged works rather than one big disruption.
Full plan and feedback history at engage.frankston.vic.gov.au. If you're a regular at Baxter Park and have noticed works starting, let us know what you're seeing — [email protected]
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Frankston Safety — Week of 25–30 July
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Fatal collision, Seaford. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman following a fatal collision earlier this week. A Toyota RAV4 and Holden Captiva collided on the Nepean Highway, near Station Street, just after 2.30pm on Monday 27 July. A 64-year-old Frankston East woman was interviewed by detectives and has been charged with culpable driving. Source: Eyewatch — Frankston Police Service Area. |
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Two 14-year-olds hurt in stolen-car crash, Langwarrin. Victoria Police are investigating after a teenage girl crashed an allegedly stolen vehicle in Langwarrin. The car was travelling north on Peninsula Link, near the Cranbourne-Frankston Road exit, when the driver lost control and it rolled numerous times about 10.15pm. The 14-year-old driver was pulled from the overturned vehicle and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Her 14-year-old female passenger was also taken to hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. Source: Eyewatch — Frankston Police Service Area. |
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Boat stolen from Carrum Downs address. At 5.44am on 26 July, unknown offenders stole a 2025 Stabi Craft Super Cab, a 6.2-metre boat with registration XY979, from an address on Coleman Road, Carrum Downs. An Isuzu flatbed truck was observed towing the boat away. Investigators have released an image of the boat for the public to keep a look out for. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Source: Eyewatch — Frankston Police Service Area. |
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Bayside Shopping Centre weapons-search powers renewed. Victoria Police has renewed its Designated Place declaration for Bayside Shopping Centre, meaning protective services officers retain warrantless search powers — including electronic wand searches, bag and vehicle checks, and frisks — within the centre precinct. The new declaration runs from 1 July to 31 December 2026. Full notice at police.vic.gov.au |
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Update
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Aged care services transition to AccessCare from 1 July
A set of Council-run home care services has moved to Kingston's AccessCare, while Meals on Wheels, outings and community transport stay put — see the Big Story above for the full picture.
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Ongoing
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Frankston City First's $19M — still no candidate response
Sporting pavilions, active transport, homelessness support, community safety and gateway repairs — state election candidates still haven't publicly committed to any of it. November's getting closer. We're still counting the silence.
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Dolphins home tonight. Frankston take on Port Melbourne in Round 19, Kinetic Stadium, tonight — Friday 31 July, 7.35pm. Tickets and details at portmelbournefc.com.au |
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Community Food Feature — Issue #12: Red Cross Shop Frankston
A quick rummage on Thompson Street does more than clear out your wardrobe. Australian Red Cross runs more than 170 shops nationwide, and the Frankston store is a working part of that network — selling quality new and pre-loved clothing, shoes, accessories and homewares. Every purchase and donation goes toward funding Red Cross's humanitarian work here in Australia and across the Asia Pacific: things like welfare checks on isolated older residents, disaster recovery support, and helping newly arrived refugee families settle in.
It's also doing quiet environmental work — keeping good-quality clothing and homewares out of landfill.
Red Cross Shop Frankston, Shop 2 (13B), 13–15 Thompson Street, Frankston
(03) 9770 2355 · Cash and card accepted
redcross.org.au
Each issue we spotlight one of the organisations quietly keeping Frankston connected. Know one we should feature? [email protected]
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Last week — Council funding rounds closing soon. Annual Community Grants (up to $7,500 per category for not-for-profits) close Tuesday 4 August. Artist Project Grants (up to $5,000, six recipients) close midnight 11 August. Details at frankston.vic.gov.au |
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This slot's been quiet a few issues running, so we're trying a different question this week: what's something in Frankston City that's quietly better than it gets credit for? Not the big headline stuff — a park that's always tidy, a shop that still remembers your name, a bus that's actually on time. The small, unglamorous things that make living here easier.
Reply to this email or send to [email protected] — include your suburb, and we'll run the best ones next issue.
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OVER TO YOU
Only in Frankston does someone commit to a puffer jacket, boardshorts and Ugg boots — all at once, all seriously. Spotted by Tracy in Seaford, who did not say whether she stopped to ask why. Some questions don't need answers.
— Tracy, Seaford · Seen something that could only happen in Frankston? Send it to [email protected]
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— 😄 Joke of the Week —
I got fired from the calendar factory.
Apparently I took a couple of days off. 📅
— Alf, Frankston · Got one? Send it to [email protected] — best ones get published with full credit.
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That's Issue #12 done. A quiet change to aged care that's worth flagging to anyone it touches, a corner of Frankston South about to get some love, and a joke about calendars that Alf swears is true.
If you've got a tip, a story, or something happening in your street that deserves a look — [email protected] comes straight to me. That's how this stays local.
And if you reckon someone in your street would get something out of this, forward it on. No algorithm, no ad budget — just word of mouth.
See you Friday. ☀️
— Topher · The Frankston Local
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