That's it for Melbourne Express. Liam Mannix will have a round up of the Monash Freeway traffic chaos this morning shortly.
Check in again tomorrow.
Traffic crawling by the Blackburn Road on-ramp on the Monash Freeway earlier this morning. Photo: Jason South
Our David Hockney exhibition competition is now closed. Winners will be notified today.
Updating the headlines: Traffic chaos as a truck rolls over on a Monash Freeway on-ramp losing 42 tonnes of rubbish, while outbound two trucks crash and later three cars crash, causing delays (see Express); police pursue a stolen Porsche through Dandenong and along the Monash Freeway, believed to be stolen from a home in Croydon; and a man fired a rifle inside a Washington pizza restaurant that has been subjected to harassment based on fake stories that surfaced during the US presidential election.
The truck rolled over at Blackburn Road on-ramp causing traffic chaos on the Monash Freeway. Photo: Jason South
If you are in a state of flux about Christmas and where to eat out, Lee Tran Lam for Good Food, has some suggestions.
One Eleven at The Hotel Windsor offers you an out from Christmas cooking - it's one of several Melbourne venues serving food on the public holiday. Photo: Supplied
The Monash Freeway in-bound is travelling well enough now. It is taking 53 minutes to travel from Clyde Road to Kings Way with the worst of the traffic still between Eastlink and Warrigal Road which is taking 20 minutes.
Traffic crawling by the Blackburn Road on-ramp on the Monash Freeway earlier this morning. Photo: Jason South
The Porsche pursued by police.
Stolen #Porsche Maccan was on emergency lane of Monash inbound. Now northbound on Springvale rd. @9NewsMelb @9NewsAUS pic.twitter.com/2fRpMT8B8F
— Kate McGrath (@KateMcG6) December 5, 2016
The Werribee and Williamstown lines city-bound have delays of up to 10 minutes due to a signal fault in the Newport and Spotswood areas.
We won't have a weekly meal planner this week, but let's check out the best of the best recipes published by Good Food this year. Jane Holroyd writes about the recipes that wowed readers in 2016.
Getting heaps of entries to our David Hockney-National Gallery of Victoria family ticket giveaway. Entries close 9am. Winners notified via email.
Stuck on the desert island which books would you take to read? Presuming you've got time with all the catching your own fish, building shelters and fires that you will be doing….
Myf Warhurst will talk about the books she cannot live without at Desert Island Books at the Library at The Dock today at 6pm. It's a free event and runs for an hour 107-117 Victoria Harbour Promenade Docklands. Bookings online.
Myf Warhurst on the books she cannot live without. Photo: Elize Strydom
Yet more pain on the Monash Freeway, again out-bound.
This time it is a breakdown near Burke Road, Glen Iris, closing one lane. The speed limit is down to 40km/h with delays on the approach.
More on the trams with a disruption to Lygon Street trams.
Customers for Lygon St! ⚠️ From 7pm tonight @yarratrams routes 1 & 8 will be replaced by buses in Brunswick East https://t.co/lnWQmG8vEj pic.twitter.com/X7NVADmVZW
— PTV (@ptv_official) December 5, 2016
The right hand lane on the Monash at Glen Iris has reopened after the three-car crash was cleared.
Also in Croydon this morning. The public transport selfies are back.
On our way to meet a coding club at Croydon Public with @GregHuntMP & quantum computing pioneer Prof Michelle Simmons @cqc2t_ #NISA pic.twitter.com/ZtKyUZinGf
— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) December 5, 2016
Police are chasing a car and there is speculation on 3AW that it is the Porsche stolen from Croydon in the early hours of this morning.
#BREAKING - Caller says stolen Porsche just turned into Bowmore Rd Noble Park toward Dandenong ...
— 3AW Breakfast (@RossAndJohn) December 5, 2016
#BREAKING: Caller Darren say police chopper hovering over Heatherton Rd Dandenong, not sure if that is related to stolen Porsche
— 3AW Breakfast (@RossAndJohn) December 5, 2016
Traffic is crawling inbound.
Monash freeway today. Cursed. So much traffic. I move maybe 300m before stopping. Lord knows what time I'll get to work.
— Liz (@nightxshade) December 5, 2016
While you contemplate whether you really need to drive anywhere near the Monash Freeway today, let's take a look at Royal Arcade this Christmas.
Just as the truck crash was cleared outbound on the Monash, there is another smash, this time involving three cars blocking the right-hand lane at High Street, Glen Iris.
Traffic is heavy past Toorak Road.
VicRoads says the traffic inbound is backed up to Heatherton Road.
Drivers are being directed to the Ferntree Gully and Forster roads on ramps instead and traffic is flowing OK on those roads, VicRoads says.
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