Oliver Hill "Always Frankston"

12/08/2025

Beautiful sight this morning with Jupiter and Venus hanging out together in the dawn sky. Look towards the east.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and Venus is the brightest

09/08/2025

Super low tide at Frankston beach this morning and the Kananook Creek is almost empty.

It's a full moon tonight. 🌕
The Moon's gravity plays a primary role in generating tides by pulling on Earth's oceans, creating a bulge of water on the side facing the Moon—this results in a high tide.

The Sun also contributes to tidal forces through its gravitational pull. When the Sun, Moon, and Earth align, such as during full and new moons, their combined gravitational effects intensify, producing especially high and low tides known as spring tides.

31/07/2025

A walk through Kananook.

Kananook is a quiet coastal locality nestled in the northern part of Frankston. Though not officially designated as a suburb, it is widely recognised by locals and carries a strong sense of identity. Named after the winding Kananook Creek , which flows into Port Phillip Bay ,the area is a blend of natural beauty and modest urban development.

The neighborhood features a mix of older weatherboard homes, newer units, public housing pockets, and a scattering of quirky old factories that hint at its light industrial past.

Kananook Railway Station, opened on 25 August 1975, connects the area to Melbourne via the Frankston line. Nearby are the extensive Kananook railway stabling yards, Ventura bus depot, and the Frankston City Council depot, making Kananook a key part of the city's transport and service infrastructure. It is also home to many of Frankston car dealerships, service industries, mechanics and repair shops.

The area also boasts several community and recreational features including Kananook Primary School, the well-used Kananook Reserve oval, and the peaceful Kananook Creek Reserve with its popular walking and cycling trail that meanders alongside the creek.

Although Kananook shares the 3199 postcode and is technically part of Frankston, its informal boundaries - stretching from Eel Race Road in the north to Overton Road in the south, bounded by the Frankston Freeway to the east and the Kananook Creek and Port Phillip Bay to the west — give it a clear local identity. With its combination of nature, infrastructure, and community spaces, Kananook remains a low-key but fascinating corner of the Frankston municipality .

30/07/2025

23/07/2025

Ship Ahoy!! 🛳⚓️

22/07/2025

Frankston. Moments in monochrome
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22/07/2025

Frankston Hospital ⚕️❤️🩺

Frankston Hospital will be renamed Peninsula University Hospital in early 2026, coinciding with the opening of a new clinical services tower. The change reflects the hospital’s evolving role as a centre for research, education, and clinical care, and its deepening affiliation with Monash University.

While the rebranding highlights a new chapter for the hospital, it also raises a broader issue: the gradual disappearance of the name “Frankston” from key institutions located within the city. The hospital has long been a central part of the Frankston community. It began as a grassroots initiative in 1935, led by local councillor J.L. Pratt and his wife Myra, who helped establish the Frankston Community Hospital Movement and raised over £50,000 for the original construction and future expansions. The foundation stone was laid by Pratt in December 1941.

Link to my post on the history of the Frankston Hospital. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0VpBr5fraidjKrztVzqL47eedT5GugHxYYABbcaVcH8UfoMPHDTF4Qnay8aRp1wxyl&id=100064115470507

For many residents, the hospital is more than just a medical facility, it’s a place of birth, healing, work, volunteering, and remembrance. It holds decades of shared history and community effort. While it is understandable that names may change to reflect institutional growth and partnerships, it is also worth recognising the value of place and the significance of maintaining a visible connection to the community that built and sustained it.

Frankston is proud to host important regional assets, such as the Monash Peninsula Campus, Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre, Peninsula Kingswood Golf Club, and now Peninsula University Hospital. Yet it is notable that many of these do not carry the Frankston name. The question is not one of branding alone, but of acknowledging the contributions and identity of the local community.

The history, effort, and legacy of Frankston deserve to be remembered, not written out.

21/07/2025

THANK YOU . “3100 ’Til I Flatline” – 100,000+ VIEWS 🙏💥
Hey everyone! Just a quick but massive THANK YOU from me, Oliver Hill.

My song, or should I say, our song, “3199 ’Til I Flatline” just cracked 100,000 views on Facebook Reels.
Here is a link in case you wanna watch it again.
https://www.facebook.com/100064115470507/videos/1916154175806908

I’m honestly blown away.
That number’s big , but what’s behind it means even more.

Only 4% of views came from followers. The other 96%?
They came from Facebook’s Home and Video tabs, meaning the algorithm picked it up and pushed it out to people who don’t even follow the page. That kind of reach doesn’t just happen. It was powered by the 424 shares from you who backed it, passed it on, and helped it break past the local bubble. Even today, 21 days since it was first posted, it is still getting views, reactions and shares .

Facebook metrics on my page tell me that the total watch time on this video comes to 507 hours 8 mins and 4 seconds, That’s 21 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 4 seconds of people watching between 3 seconds and the entire 3 min 40 second video, all added together.

And the response? Overwhelmingly positive.
Only two negative comments that I saw, calling Frankston a sh****le. Weirdly, I appreciate them too. You almost need one or two grumps in the mix to round out the sample.

Some time back, I posted about how people are quick to write us off, to paint Frankston as a punchline. But when locals speak with pride and honesty , when we control the narrative, it hits different.
Here is a link to that post. It contains some positive and negative video on Frankston.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02wJ1yHiPa9Kr9vHQiSjweSduxLj898LTDdNFjMU71fdsTH548v1aH27vnDrzVZ4yul&id=100064115470507

Thanks again to everyone who watched, liked, and especially shared.
This one’s for the locals, the lifers, and the ones who still rep 3199 no matter where they live.

19/07/2025

💰 Frankston winner. 💰
Did you buy your Saturday night tatts ticket from the newsagents, upstairs in the Bayside Shopping Centre?

The staff just told me they sold the winning ticket
$913 000 will be hitting someone's bank account Let’s hope it's a Frankston local.
Unfortunately it wasn't me. boooooo 😆

18/07/2025

Another brutal winter's day in Frankston!
Have a great weekend everyone,