Thank you to Tra-La Thai Restaurant for an excellent night

I'd just like to thank Tra-La Thai Restaurant and in particule Es and Wee for their hospitality and an excellent night with their Free Food Tasting. It was a great opportunity to sample a range of different foods, all of which were excellent.

Everyone was having great time and there were lots of people and smiling faces. I did however see a bit of sweat on one person trying the hot (as in spicy) food which was a good laugh.

I did hear the Tra-La Thai Restaurant has taken over from a previous Asian take-away and that some people didn't want to go there. But those that did now realise it is a completely different business and the quality of the food is excellent.

Well done and thanks once again.

Kelvin Eldridge

Manningham students break down barriers

STUDENTS from Doncaster Secondary College are broadening their friendship group through a new integration program.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Free Food Tasting at Tra-La Thai Restaurant Bulleen

I was at the Tra-La Thai Restaurant for lunch with a business colleague the other day and the owners let us know about their Free Food Tasting which is on Sunday the 26th of September from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. I've had three meals at the Tra-La Thai and all of them have been very tasty.

The location of the Tra-La Thai Restaurant is 188 Bulleen Road, Bulleen.

I'll be dropping in to say hello and sample their tasty dishes. I look forward to seeing other locals there.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au/3105

UPDATE: 15 October 2010

You can now find the online menu for Tra-La Thai Restaurant at http://www.tra-lathairestaurant.com/. You can also find Tra-La Thai Restaurant on the www.JustLocal.com.au/3105 postcode page.

Pair attack woman in Bulleen

TWO thugs attacked and robbed a 65-year-old woman in broad daylight in Bulleen this week.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Bumpy road for Bulleen to Greensborough link

OPPONENTS of a 9km road link through Bulleen say the plan threatens significant Aboriginal sites, endangers environmentally sensitive bushland and will clog Bulleen Rd.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Bridge St and Templestowe Rd Traffic

motorists said the corner of Bridge St and Templestowe Rd was Manningham’s second worst traffic junction when it came to congestion

- Kelvin Eldridge

Doncaster burglary squad team leader Det Sgt Doug Beare said the results were pleasing

RESIDENTIAL burglary reports are down, but the number of commercial burglaries reported to police in Manningham have increased over the past year, newly released police figures show.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Firefighters put out a fire in a van on the Eastern Freeway

A VAN fire in Bulleen was one of two accidents to cause chaos for motorists on the Eastern Freeway today.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Eastern freeway traffic cameras show up-to-date traffic conditions (Bulleen Road, Yarra Bend)

Frequently when I get to around Bulleen Road on the Eastern Freeway of a night, the bank up of traffic ahead is shocking. I’ve often wondered if there was a way I could check out the traffic beforehand. As it turns out VicRoads provides a live feed from their cameras which are updated frequently. Below are the links to the cameras that interest me and may be of interest to others in the local area.

 

Bulleen Road looking East

http://livetraffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/region/23010?expanddiv=group3

 

Eastern Freeway at Yarra Bend looking East

http://livetraffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/region/23002?expanddiv=group3

 

Happy motoring.

 

Kelvin Eldridge

 

MELBOURNE'S 10 most violent railway stations aren't Eltham, Heidelbery or Box Hill

The analysis showed 45 per cent of all reported assaults occurred at Flinders Street, Dandenong, Broadmeadows, Footscray, St Albans, Ringwood, Bayswater, Frankston, Southern Cross and Thomastown stations.
I was pleased to read in this article in The Age, the local railway stations which are typically used by people from my local area weren’t in the top ten list of stations. Of course Southern Cross is a concern as it is one of the common destinations in the city.
I also liked reading that by being sensible and covering just 10 stations where 45% of the violence occurs, targeted use of enforcement resources may be able to make a difference for a lot of commuters. One of the concerns with public transport is always safety and poor safety can easily dissuade people from using public transport.

- Kelvin Eldridge

A MAN has been injured in a car crash at the Bulleen Rd exit of the Eastern Freeway

Paramedics were called to the inbound exit of the freeway just before 2.30pm to treat a man in his 30s whose car hit a barrier.

- Kelvin Eldridge

MELBOURNE'S ring road is to be completed in a $6 billion link from Greensborough to Bulleen.

Premier John Brumby today announced the State Government would spend $15 million on detailed planning for the North East Link from the Metropolitan Ring Rd to the Eastern Freeway.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) project,

The Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) project, which will significantly boost services on four city-to-Manningham routes, will start October 4, less than two months before the state election.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Two alleged offenders arrested Manningham Bullen

AN 85-year-old man has been left traumatised after two men broke into his house and assaulted him in a terrifying two-hour ordeal.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Road plan threatens gallery

A MAP submitted by the state government to Canberra for a freeway linking the Eastern Freeway with the Metropolitan Ring Road in Greensborough shows it next to the grounds of the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen.

- Kelvin Eldridge

Police investigage armed robbery at Country Club in Bulleen

Investigators have been told two masked men brandishing a firearm each entered a Country Club in Templestowe Road shortly after 11pm.

- Kelvin Eldridge

News items from the internet relating to Bulleen

The knife-wielding bandits entered the petrol outlet on the corner of Bulleen and Bridge Roads, Bulleen, about 3am

Jane Edmanson questioned how the government could spend millions of dollars on advertising campaigns exhorting us not to use water, then change its tune.

Kelvi n Eldridge