Frankston, Victoria
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Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the main town in the Local Government Area of the City of Frankston.
It is a seaside suburb on Port Phillip Bay, 41km southeast of Melbourne CBD. It is bordered to the north by the traditionally poorer Frankston North (also known as 'The Pines', and to the south by the wealthier granite uplands of Mt. Eliza. Open, sandy beaches are found on the western side of Frankston. Kannanook Creek flows through Frankston. As the northenmost city on the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston is sometimes known as The Gateway to the Peninsula.
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The weather (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV65250/IDV65250.94871.shtml) in Frankston is mild, typically ranging from a few degrees C in winter to low 40s in summer. Frankston is usually around 2 deg C cooler than Melbourne city and first to feel the Cool Change weather pattern that occurs during the summer season.
The civic centre grew in the 1980s-1990s and now contains several interlocking malls and department stores. A healthy pub scene centres around the Nepean Highway.
An aging population in older areas near the centre is balanced by several new housing estates on the fringes and eastern margins of the city.
There are many sporting and recreational clubs in Frankston. Australian rules football is played at many clubs in the area. The beach area supports sailing clubs and Life Saving clubs (http://www.surflifesaver.com.au/). Several stadiums in the area support Netball, Basketball and other indoor sports. There are Golf courses, Tennis clubs and Lawn Bowls clubs throughout the area.
Frankston Pier is one of the more prominent landmarks, and the weekend will find young children dive-bombing off it in contravention of local by-laws.
Frankston was the site of the first Australian Scout Jamboree in 1935. The jamboree was attended by the founder of the scouting movement, Baden Powell. Several streets in the southern residential area are named after the event. The grandstand at the Frankston Football Club, and the Quality Street Scout hall remain today.
Notable Frankstonians include:
- Dermott Brereton (Australian rules football player - Hawthorn Football Club)
- Stewart Loewe (football player - St Kilda Football Club)
- Rod 'Burger' Mcleod (ex-lead singer of Superheist)
- Campbell Spooner (Extreme Skier - Author of 'Ski Touring in the Kullu Valley')
- Greg Payne (Spritual Leader - retired)
On September 2 2004, Frankston was nominated for a Bursary Award in the International Awards for Liveable Communities.
As beautiful as the bayside suburb is, it also attracts some unwanted attention, see the sourced information below.
The Frankston railway line has one of the highest crime rates on the metropolitan rail network.
The number of criminal offenses recorded in Frankston (postcode 3199) from Victoria Police statistics for the 2003/2004 financial year are 7,164. This is an increase from 6,785 in 2001/2002. This is almost double the offenses of a large city such as Geelong. Much more than other infamous suburbs such as Footscray (4,495 for 2003/2004) and slightly more than Dandenong (7,016 for 2003/2004). This is the highest suburb on the Victoria Police list for offences per postcode. That document can be found here (http://www.police.vic.gov.au/showContentPage.cfm?contentPageId=10759).
| City of Frankston All Melbourne suburbs | ||
| Port Phillip | Seaford | NE |
| Port Phillip | Frankston | E |
| Port Phillip | Mount Eliza | SE |