The Melbourne Snap⚡- Thursday 20 February
Car drives down footpath in wild "GTA" rampage, fourth best coffee shop in the world, tragedy at top Melbourne school and mini golf inside Flinders Street Station.
G’day and welcome back to The Melbourne Snap, all 500+ of you. It was amazing to blast past the 500 subs milestone yesterday morning. Thank you. We now have the equivalent of 0.01% of Melbourne’s population as subscribers so there is a lot of room to grow. Frankly, I’m just chuffed hundreds of people find the Snap a useful, enjoyable and hassle-free way to get their news each morning. My favourite part of this is when people get in touch to share stories, comment, let me know about events or even tell me I got the date wrong (which has happened twice😳). Now on to Thursday’s edition.
⚫Melbourne Grammar is mourning 17-year-old Ed Millear, who collapsed during rowing training by the Yarra River and died in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. - Allanah Sciberras, Nine News
🚗Residents of Port Melbourne looked on in horror last night as a car was filmed speeding along a footpath in what onlookers described as like “something out of GTA” (the popular video game). The footage was sent to 3AW’s Jacqui Felgate who posted it to her Instagram. The comments on the post reflect a growing concern about crime in the city. - Instagram
➡️I contacted the police for comment last night but got no response.
☀️The cold snap which brought record-low temperatures to Melbourne on Saturday and unseasonal snowfalls to the Victorian Alps, is coming to an end. Warmer weather (but also elevated fire risk) is expected to return over the weekend with 36C forecast for the CBD this weekend. - BOM Victoria
⛅ Thursday weather
Crime Watch
This section is dedicated to crime news. Scroll on if you want to skip to lighter news.
🔪A man was fatally stabbed near a bus stop on Melbourne’s south-western edge around 8pm yesterday, with two offenders fleeing the scene before police arrived. Emergency services were called to Haines Drive, Wyndham Vale, following reports of a fight and arrived to find a man with stab wounds. - Victoria Police
➡️It’s the second stabbing on the street this year. Lino Atem was jumped, stabbed and killed by six men in mid-January.
🥷An aggravated burglary in the city’s north is being investigated after a man allegedly broke into a Devereaux Street, Oak Park, home on 10 February. He stole cash and a garage remote then drove off. - Victoria Police
🕵🏻♀️Detectives are seeking public help after a man stole multiple electronic items from an unoccupied Elizabeth Street apartment on 31 January. Cops have gotten hold of CCTV of the suspect looking sheepishly right at the camera. Victoria Police
💎Police are investigating a South Yarra burglary where four offenders smashed a Toorak Road shop window around 4am on Wednesday, stealing jewellery, handbags and clothing. They fled in a silver Holden sedan, leaving behind a sledgehammer and some stolen items. - Victoria Police
🥷There was another burglary in Camberwell, where a man and a pant-less woman stole clothing, jewellery, a Porsche and a Mercedes from a home on 4 January. Both vehicles have since been recovered, and detectives in the inner east have released images of the suspects, urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers. - Victoria Police
🚔A 35-year-old man has been charged with vehicle theft after the attempted home invasion in Cranbourne North on Tuesday night (reported yesterday). Four other men are expected to be charged on summons after allegedly stealing a dirt bike and fleeing in a stolen minibus, which police intercepted with stop sticks in the city’s south-east. - Victoria Police
👮A 31-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting two Muslim women in an Epping shopping complex last week, with police saying the attack was targeted due to their head coverings. - Victoria Police
🔨The destruction of car windows along a street in Ivanhoe, north-east Melbourne, is being investigated by police. Two people on a moped travelled up Ivanhoe Parade at 1:26am on 14 February smashing in the windows of parked vehicles. - Ivanhoe 3079
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☕A Melbourne cafe has been ranked the 4th best coffee shop in the world in the inaugural World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops guide. Proud Mary in Collingwood came fourth in the global ranking but it was behind Toby’s Estate Coffee Roasters in Sydney which took the number one spot. - Broadsheet
🏗️Victoria’s major project costs have surged by $11.66 billion in the past year, with the auditor-general reporting an 8.7% increase across 113 projects. - Rachel Eddie, The Age
⚫Police are investigating after an infant died at a family daycare facility in Skye, Melbourne's south-east. The death is not being treated as suspicious and the facility has been cordoned off. - news.com.au
⛳Flinders Street Station’s hidden ballroom will transform into a surreal nine-hole mini golf course for Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf, an immersive art experience running from June 4 to August 31, 2025, as part of the RISING festival. - Instagram
🏛️The state government has appointed two new Victorian Traditional Owners, Tya Lovett and Dr. Jennifer Mason, to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, while reappointing another two councillors for a second term. The body protects and manages Victoria’s Aboriginal heritage. - Vic Gov
👨💼The Mayor of Casey Council in the city’s south-east has spoken out after a council meeting was so badly disrupted on Tuesday that police had to be called. Mayor Stefan Koomen said he was “disappointed” and that the “behaviour is not welcome and will not be tolerated.” - City of Casey
📢Community Noticeboard📢
📌” Kirsty Webeck, the popular upbeat comedian (and loyal ready of The Melbourne Snap), brings her new sea creature-themed show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival following a massive 2024 tour and the release of two comedy specials. There are six shows across two venues from 28 March - 12 April. - More details
📌”Mordi Fest is back for 2025! Join us as we deliver the best of the region’s food, wine and entertainment and bring Mordialloc’s foreshore to life from 1-2 March. - more details
📌Celebrate International Women’s Day with stories of women who have helped shaped our Peninsula. Join us for HERstory: Women of the Mornington Peninsula, a public art project on display 📅 8 March – 8 June 2025 | 📍 Mornington Office (2 Queen St).” - more details
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🤔And finally…Inspired by President Donald Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the people of Frankston have an idea for Port Phillip Bay…. - Frankston Noticeboard
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