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TWENTY-THREE fl ags are now fl ying at Rosebud, Rye and Sorrento as part of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s A Creative Peninsula arts fl ag project.

The mayor Cr Bev Colomb said images on the fl ags refl ect the artists’ lives on the Mornington Peninsula.

“The art fl ags celebrate our creative and engaged communities, and feature works by six artists who call the peninsula home – and their muse,” she said.

Artists whose work is on the fl ags are Jus-tine McNamara, Miodrag Jankovic, Sharron Okines, Michael Leeworthy, Jennifer Ellen and Sabra Lazarus.

The shire says the fl ags will enhance the vibrancy of the three towns, adding colour and art and encouraging greater pride within the communities.

“Council and artists worked closely with chambers of commerce and businesses to bring the project to life and I am so pleased

to see the fl ags fl ying to promote art and creativity within our community,” Cr Co-lomb said.

The fl ags have been installed at the corner of Boneo Rd and Nepean Highway, Rose-bud, at the entrance to Rye pier on Point Nepean Rd and along Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento.

Cr Colomb said the project would be “pro-gressing” to Blairgowrie, McCrae, Dromana and Safety Beach later this year.

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Overseas investor eyes on usTWO iconic Mornington Peninsula properties are set to change hands as overseas, interstate and Victorian investors consider the delights of owning real estate in “Melbourne’s playground”.

The investors include a group from overseas who recently toured the peninsula looking at opportunities.

Sunny Ridge strawberry farm in Main Ridge, and Moonah Links golf course in Fingal (inland from Rye) are the two lat-est properties to join a growing list of landmark holdings on the market or already sold.

Moonah Links leads the pack, having been sold two weeks ago to overseas buyers for an undisclosed after being on the market for more than a year.

The list includes the Portsea Hotel, Sorrento’s Continen-tal Hotel ($15 million), Eagle Ridge golf course in Boneo ($10m), Whitehall Guest House in Sorrento ($4.5m), and Pig and Whistle Tavern in Main Ridge ($3.4m).

Sunny Ridge, Australia’s second-biggest strawberry pro-ducer, is offered for sale by tender with three serious buyers shown over the operation recently. The business has four farm blocks, one in Queensland (104 hectares), one in the Yarra Valley (118ha) and two on the peninsula (combined 108ha) that include the lucrative retail outlet and pick-your-own fi elds at Main Ridge. Sunny Ridge also grows blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, and has a turnover of $30 mil-lion a year. The company sold 2.6 million kilograms of berries in 2013-14.

Moonah Links with its 88-room Peppers hotel and confer-ence centre went on the market more than a year ago with a price of between $10-15 million. Set on 238 hectares, it com-prises two golf courses designed by fi ve-time British Open champion Peter Thomson. It was owned by Paddy Handbury, a nephew of Rupert Murdoch.

Eagle Ridge golf course is about 45 hectares. It started out as the smaller Carlogie golf course. It 1988 an additional parcel of land was purchased, and a championship-standard course opened in 1989. It was acquired by the Russo family in 1995. A new clubhouse with ballroom and commercial kitchen was built in 2000, and fairways were changed to drought-tolerant grass in 2007-08, nearly halving water use. Its replacement value has been reported as being $15 million plus but it’s on the market for about $10 million. Continued Page 4

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POLICE, security companies, retail-ers, major shopping chains and mu-nicipalities joined forces last week to plan how to better combat crime in Frankston and on the Mornington Pen-insula.

The Frankston and Mornington Pen-insula Crime Prevention Alliance – the fi rst of its kind in Victoria and running since February – aims to fi nd ways to cut anti-social and criminal behaviour around public places and shopping centres.

This will be done by “sharing good practice and crime prevention strate-gies”, according to its initiator, Senior Sergeant Dean Clinton, of Frankston’s Proactive Programs Unit.

The alliance’s 16 members met at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Queen St offi ces to discuss potential anti-crime themes and cross-match tactics and strategies.

Sergeant Clinton said the alliance wanted to empower retailers and shop-ping centre managemers to adopt their own crime prevention plans over 12 months and to take action to prevent crime.

“We meet on a regular basis and share ideas and gather information to help spot trends in offender behav-iour,” he said.

“The idea is to give businesses the tools and knowledge to implement bet-ter prevention measures against com-mon crimes, such as shoplifting, theft from motor vehicles, and property damage.

“We’re also engaging with contrac-tors in industrial estates and retailers in shopping strips to implement simi-lar preventative strategies. We share ideas that are proven to reduce or pre-vent theft – GPS tracking, positioning of warning signs and security cameras, marking high risk items and training staff to be on the lookout for suspect customers.

“Something as simple as implement-ing a Crime Stoppers board can lead to a drop in crime rates as it shows repeat offenders that they’ve been spotted.”

Last year, about 1400 thefts from stores were reported in the Frankston and on the peninsula.

“The fl ow-on effects can dramati-cally impact perceptions among the community and people may choose to avoid certain areas as a result,” Senior Sergeant Clinton said. “We’re all re-sponsible for helping to prevent crime in our community and by working together we can work smarter to help make a difference.”

Karingal Hub general manager Bev McCaughey said the aim of the alli-ance was to get a variety of community movers and shakers “out of our silos and networking with each other”.

“We are able to absorb new ideas and initiatives which we are able to use to make the community safer,” Ms McCaughey said.

One initiative is Look, Lock and Leave, which reminds and encourages shoppers to lock their cars and either remove or stow valuables after park-ing their cars. “We want people to be more conscious of their surroundings and not complacent,” she said.

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Crime fi ghters: Members of the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Crime Prevention Alliance pictured after last week’s meeting are Senior Sergeant Dean Clinton, Frankston Crime Prevention Offi cer Sharron Coburn, Stuart West (PARC), Paul Maas (Frankston Council), Ray Vanweert (Bayside Shopping Centre), Bev McCaughey (Karingal Hub), Rob Goren (Karingal Hub), Frank Toth (Rosebud Plaza), Damien Taylor (Mornington Peninsula Shire), Karin Hann (Frankston Chamber of Commerce), Paul Bonnici (Mornington Peninsula Shire) and Miranda Markovic (Pelican Park). Picture: Yanni

“We will devise themes throughout the year all with a community safety aspect and everyone will take them back to their precincts to promote a greater awareness.”

Frankston Business Chamber ex-ecutive offi cer Karin Hann said the “constructive” meeting discussed what business could do to reduce, for ex-ample, illegal rubbish dumping. “We report to each other on areas of con-cern, and we then pass this on to our

neighbours so that they are also in the loop,” she said. “We also discuss how retail customers can make themselves and their property safer. We all have this perception that ‘it won’t happen to us’, but, of course, it could.”

Senior Sergeant Clinton said extra CCTV cameras to watch over shop-ping centres and industrial estates to combat graffi ti, bollards to help pre-vent ram-raids at shopping centres, and greater out-reach by youth work-

ers, were examples of strategic think-ing to benefi t the community.

So was the tactic of having Karingal Hub loss prevention offi cers wear hi-vis vests – “making themselves obvi-ous to thieves” – to deter shoplifters.

“There’s a fl ow-on effect: If people feel safer in a shopping centre they will be inclined to stay longer and spend more money,” Senior Sergeant Clinton said.

A PARAMEDIC working on the south-ern peninsula says Rosebud is “being short-changed” over its prescribed 24-hour ambulance coverage.

The offi cer says it is unfair to resi-dents that funding – “specifi cally pro-vided to Ambulance Victoria by the state government for a second 24-hour ambulance resource in the Rosebud area – is likely never to be used” for that purpose.

The concerned paramedic, who asked not to be named “to protect my job”, said the vehicle designated to provide a 24-hour ambulance service for Rosebud was often 45 kilome-tres away transporting patients on the northern peninsula.

“When it fi nally is based in Rosebud in November its coverage is likely to be diluted severely, and not provide the second 24-hour resource as it was spe-cifi cally funded,” he warned.

“It will not provide any extra over-night coverage and, in fact, there will be a reduction from the current over-night coverage across the entire pen-insula.”

Ambulance Victoria regional manag-er Cath Anderson disputes the claims.

“The Rye ambulance is temporarily located in the Somerville area due to the current reconstruction of the Rose-bud ambulance branch,” Ms Anderson said.

“It will continue to be a 24-hour

resource when it relocates to the new Rosebud ambulance branch once renovations are completed in coming months.

“Ambulance Victoria utilises a real-time resource management model to see where all ambulances are at any given time and relocates ambulances throughout the day to ensure optimal coverage for the community.

“Therefore, while the Rye vehicle is temporarily commencing shifts in the Somerville area, it is moved to the southern peninsula as required to pro-vide appropriate coverage.”

Ms Anderson said the service “con-tinually reviews operational demand and resource coverage, and undertakes

comprehensive modelling, to ensure it can continue to deliver optimal re-sponse and clinical care to the com-munity”.

The paramedic said “management talk is just that — talk”.

“Word around Rosebud branch is that the Rye truck will stay 24-hours when it returns to the new Rosebud branch, but with the intention of converting it to a blended roster, which means los-ing the 24-hour night shift coverage as promised after a three-month review.

“It is a forgone conclusion that the southern peninsula will, indeed, lose the funded 24-hour coverage, with lip service and corporate speak used to cover up the changes.

“I assume that it is going to be 24 hours initially, but it is unfortunate that they have already decided a way to sneakily get it in anyway.”

The ambulance offi cer said the southern peninsula had an ageing de-mographic, proliferation of nursing homes and a many holiday visitors.

“Overnight ambulance coverage is often impacted by frequent inter-hospital transfers from Rosebud to Frankston. This often leaves the south-ern peninsula with reduced coverage leading to dangerously increased re-sponse times,” the offi cer said.

“Not providing a second 24 hour re-source in Rosebud is a contravention of the stipulated funding directive.”

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Continued from Page 1Sorrento’s Continental Hotel has

been for sale since March (“Sorrento hotel on market for $15m”, The News, 17/3/15) and has attracted wide inter-est. It was built by the “Father of Sor-rento” George Coppin in 1875 and is the only four-storey limestone struc-ture in the southern hemisphere. It’s had just eight owners in 140 years including the Di Pietro family, who bought it in 1996.

Whitehall Guest House at the ocean end of Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento, is reputedly another Coppin creation. It was built in about 1903 and is one of the town’s few remaining grand guest houses from the halcyon days of the late 19th and early 20th century. It has 31 bedrooms, two large lounges, a courtyard, dining area for 100 and is not subject to foreign investment restrictions, according to its selling agent.

The Pig and Whistle Tavern on Purves Rd, Main Ridge, is on the mar-ket again after just two years. It is list-ed at $3.4 million and is being sold by Mornington commercial estate agent Kevin Wright.

Colonial Leisure Group, owned by Computershare founder and million-aire Chris Morris, is selling the Portsea Hotel, a version of which has existed since 1876.

The price has been reported as $25

million but an industry insider told The News the property itself was worth $16 million and the value of the business would go on top of this.

Rumours of the sale being due to the loss of the beach below the hotel since channel dredging in 2009 have been scotched by several sources but The News understands the business is not doing as well as several years ago when it was under different manage-ment. Mr Morris acquired a 100 per

cent interest in the pub in 2012.Colonial Leisure Group owns sev-

eral other well-known pubs in greater Melbourne. It also owns Barragunda, the historic property in the green wedge at Cape Schanck that has a per-mit for a brewery, restaurant, function room, produce outlet, retail plant nurs-ery and caretaker’s house. The permit was issued by the shire council more than four years ago but nothing has been built.

Sunny Ridge farm a tasty targetSUNNY Ridge strawberry farm is one of the peninsula’s top tourist attractions and primary producers.

The original Sunny Ridge property in Shands Rd, Main Ridge, was bought by Pietro and Rosa Gallace in 1964 as an apple and cherry orchard. The family started growing strawberries in the late 1960s and son Mick Gallace opened “Upick Strawberries” in 1984.

The enterprise is now run by Mick, his wife Anne and their two adult children Nicole and Mathew (who with his wife Ruth operates award-winning Rebello Wines, making berry-based ciders, sparkling wine and liqueur).

Sunny Ridge attracts at least 250,000 people each year to pick their own strawberries or buy strawberry-based products such as jams, syrups, freeze dried strawberries, ice cream, sorbet and meringues.

Mick Gallace told a state government inquiry into sustainable development of agribusiness that his father bought 12 hectares (30 acres) at Main Ridge in the 1960s. He grew apples, cherries and a variety of vegetable crops including potatoes, beans, tomatoes and peas. Mick was 14 when the family moved to the farm.

“Around 1967 we helped harvest our neighbour’s strawberries. The following year my father decided strawberries were the go as they seemed to thrive in the fertile soils in this maritime climate. One-third of an acre was a lot of strawberries back in those days, so from sun-up to sundown we picked and packed strawberries. The strawberry enterprise grew to one acre by 1974.

“By 1985 strawberries had become our principal crop. We were growing fi ve acres [two hectares] of strawberries – about 80,000 plants. It was about this time visitors began arriving at our farm to buy fresh from the farm gate. Gradually we succumbed to pressure from customers wanting to pick their own strawberries.”

The tourist facility at Sunny Ridge insulated the enterprise from bad years.“We have travelled the world to source varieties that grow in our environment and have grown more

than 100 varieties in more than 30 years,” Mick Gallace said. Mike Hast Berry nice: Matt and Mick Gallace at Sunny Ridge strawberry farm, which is on the market. Picture supplied

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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is looking to improve itself by carrying out a survey to gauge how it interacts with residents, ratepayers and visitors.

The mayor, Cr Bev Colomb, said councillors were interested in hearing about the interac-tions – both positive and negative – at a series of community consultations in September.

Chief executive offi cer Carl Cowie said the consultations would review the shire’s existing customer service arrangements and consider improvements. “We want people to tell us about the good and bad experiences they have had with the shire so that we can identify areas that we can improve,” he said.

Questions include:

How do you want us to engage with you?Is there an opportunity to improve processes and reduce paperwork?Would residents like more options to self-serve online?

Consultations will be held 7-9pm, Thursday 3 September, Mornington shire offi ces, 2 Queen St, Mornington; 7-9pm, Thursday 10 September,

Hastings Community Hub, 1973 Frankston-Flin-ders Rd; and 10am-noon, Saturday 12 Septem-ber, Rosebud shire offi ce, Besgrove St, Rosebud.

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AN historic view at Sullivan Bay in Sorrento has been preserved after a VCAT decision that ensures a “view cone” from a public lookout will not be impeded by buildings or vegetation on an adjoining property.

The site of Victoria’s fi rst settle-ment in 1803 is bounded by headlands known as the Eastern Sister and the Western Sister. The lookout on the Eastern Sister provides a view across the bay to the Western Sister through the so-called view cone, which “pro-tects” the view.

Mornington Peninsula Shire im-posed stringent conditions to protect the view when it approved a multi-million fi ve-lot subdivision of beach-front land on the Eastern Sister in 2010.

Wealthy developer Martin Strode, who owns Lot 5, asked the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to review various conditions placed on his proposed development of the block, including a ruling on the shape of the view cone. This was the “key” dispute, the tribunal said.

VCAT stated that the dispute arose over the “picture” of the view pro-vided via the cone, which accompa-nied approved plans for Lot 5. “While this picture may arguably be ‘worth a thousand words’, the fact that there are no words attached to it means the pic-ture is being interpreted differently by the parties,” the tribunal stated.

The shire’s 2010 development ap-proval insisted on maintaining the view. The permit included a photo across the bay to the Western Sister showing the view “surrounded by a dashed blue oval-shaped circle”, plus an aerial photo of the lookout location and “blue lines of the ‘approx view cone, interpreting from the photo’.”

The question was “whether the view cone is effectively a horizontal line or a circular area”, the tribunal stated – that is, was the cone intended to be one- or three-dimensional.

Its decision indicates that a typical VCAT lawyers’ contest then ensued

Historic first settlement view saved

Room for a view: A planning tribunal decision has preserved the view of the Western Sister (centre top) at Sullivan Bay in Sorrento, site of the fi rst European settlement in 1803. Picture: Yanni

over defi nitions, a contest familiar to those who have been involved in plan-ning tribunal cases. VCAT noted that “specifi c dimensions relating to the view cone were not debated or contest-ed” in the 2010 hearing. This could be taken to mean that all parties in 2010 implicitly agreed that the cone was three-dimensional.

But debated and contested the matter was in this year’s case, heard in June.

Mr Strode argued for the horizontal line. The shire submitted that “the en-tirety of the circle” comprised the cone.

Adjudicating, VCAT Senior Member Michael Wright QC and Member Ra-chel Naylor found that a horizontal line would have made sense in 2010 rather than to “include and require dimen-

sions [of the cone] in a photograph”. But, it said, maintenance of the view

across Sullivan Bay was the goal and had been achieved by way of endors-ing a plan and a photo “with a couple of angles specifi ed”.

“The circle in the photograph in-cludes some of the jetties, the water, the beach, the entirety of the head-land of the Western Sister and the sky above,” VCAT ruled. “In other words, the circle identifi es the Western Sister headland within its context of water, beach and sky.

“In our opinion, this context gives meaning to the view. We are not per-suaded the intent of the inclusion of the view cone in the endorsed plans was to restrict the view to a horizontal view ...”

The tribunal specifi ed the cone di-mensions with great precision – lines bearing 331 degrees and 298 degrees from 1.6 metres above the public view-ing platform and a circle “with and perpendicular to” these lines at a point where they are eight metres apart.

It admits this is complex, adding that the obligations regarding the view cone “need to be clear and enforce-able”. It falls back on the 2010 photo and calculations and analysis provided by land surveyor Alan Runting, an ex-pert witness for the shire.

“These documents in combination provide clear direction about what the view cone means, which the pho-tograph or words alone cannot do,” it concluded.

The Strode property came to public attention in January this year when VCAT ordered that its luxury camping set-up be dismantled.

The “glamp” or glamour camp, had been established the previous summer but the shire was unable to stop it being used. It comprised tents, decking and a caravan.

The tribunal stated Mr Strode did not have a permit from the shire to install tents, caravans, trailers or the timber decking. It ordered him to stop using the site for accommodation from 12 January and to remove “all trailers (including those intended for use as en suite or bathroom facilities) from the subject land”.

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ALTHOUGH the number of snapper spawned in Port Phillip last year

Was less than in previous years Fisheries Victoria executive director, Travis Dowling, says it is “nothing to be alarmed about”.

Mr Dowling says “natural fl uctua-tions” are “perfectly normal in wild fi sh populations”.

And he does not see the drop in spawning success affecting catches in the bay.

“We are fortunate that this lower spawning year follows two very suc-cessful spawning seasons for snapper, which will ensure the fi shery remains

productive for years to come,” Mr Dowling said.

“Our scientists have undertaken these surveys of baby snapper in late March for 23 years and know to expect variation in spawning success depend-ing on environmental conditions.

“Port Phillip is the most important spawning area for snapper in central and western Victoria.

“The surveys indicate low spawning success is more common than high spawning success, but the snapper fi shery can remain strong with only a few highly successful spawnings each decade.”

Mr Dowling said key factors af-fecting the numbers of baby snapper included how many adults produced eggs, water temperature and nutrient input.

“The latter two factors affect the survival rate of young snapper and are infl uenced by the timing and magni-tude of spring/summer temperature increases and fl ows down the Yarra River,” he said.

Mr Dowling said it was important anglers obeyed bag and size limits for snapper “to ensure a high quality fi sh-ery that is robust to these variations in spawning success”.

Snapper down, but not outFish assured: Fisheries Victoria says a drop in the number of snapper spawned in Port Phillip will not cause a loss in catch either in the bay or central and western Victorian waters. These boats are returning to the boat ramp near Flinders pier. Picture: Keith Platt


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A passionate Mr Hunt told The News last Friday he believed media claims of internal party divisions in the after-math of a Liberal party room meeting earlier this month to discuss same-sex marriage legalisation have been over-blown.

Workplace Minister Eric Abetz slamming cabinet leakers as “gutless” as differences of opinion on same-sex marriage emerged publicly after the

meeting held behind closed doors in the Liberal party room on Tuesday 11 August.

Mr Hunt revealed he spoke in fa-vour of marriage equality during the Liberal party room debate and backed a “free conscience vote” by MPs not tied along party policy lines.

“I do support same-sex marriage and that view has evolved over recent years through conversations with the community,” he said.

Mr Hunt has changed his mind on same-sex marriage since voting against a private members bill in Sep-tember 2012 to legalise marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

The member for Flinders was among 98 MPs who voted against the

proposal. Just 42 supported the bill at the time.

Mr Hunt said he now supports same-sex marriage “subject to strong protec-tions of religious freedom”.

The Environment Minister in the Abbott government says there is no animosity between himself and Dunk-ley Liberal MP and Small Business Minister Bruce Billson, for example, despite differing views on same-sex marriage (‘Liberals remain divided on same-sex marriage’, The News 18/8/15).

Mr Billson favours “the formal rec-ognition of same-sex relationships” rather than its legalisation and says “going to a process after the next elec-tion that puts the question [on legalis-

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Hunt converts to same-sex marriage causeing same-sex marriage] to the people enables all individuals to have their say”.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a long-time opponent of same-sex marriage, has rejected any party room backing of a free vote for Liberal MPs and in-stead favours a national plebiscite or referendum if the Coalition govern-ment wins a second term in offi ce.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has vowed to legalise same-sex marriage without a plebiscite or referendum within 100 days of Labor winning government.

Changed vows: Flinders MP Greg Hunt now backs same-sex marriage having previously voted against its legalisation.

A HIGH-PROFILE federal govern-ment appointee with family links to the Mornington Peninsula is set to address a Liberal Party event in Mt Martha early next month.

Australia’s Human Rights Commis-sioner Tim Wilson, who makes regu-lar media appearances on shows such as the ABC’s Q&A and Channel Ten’s The Project, will be guest speaker at the Briars Historic Homestead in Mt Martha and it is a homecoming of sorts for the man dubbed the “Freedom Com-missioner” by federal Attorney-General George Brandis.

Mr Wilson lived in Mt Martha before

heading for the bright lights of Mel-bourne and is a former student of The Peninsula School.

His mother is Linda Morris, wife of Liberal Mornington MP David Morris, and the ‘Advanced Human Rights in Australia’ event at The Briars features both Mr Morris and Mr Wilson on pro-motional material.

“It’s not a fundraiser,” Mr Wilson said.

“I speak to a lot of political parties because political parties are where you often fi nd people who are interested in human rights and part of my role is hu-man rights education so I try to do that as often as possible.”

Mr Wilson has spoken at events host-ed by The Australian Greens and Lib-eral Democrats parties during his time

as Human Rights Commissioner.The former research fellow at right-

wing think tank the Institute of Public Affairs resigned as a Liberal Party and IPA member when contentiously em-ployed by the Abbott government as Human Rights Commissioner early last year.

He did admit to bias last week.Mr Wilson said he agreed to speak

at the Mornington electorate confer-ence hosted by Mr Morris “because my mother asked me”.

“She asked me to come down and speak … I’ll confess my mother does get better treatment than anyone else.”

The Human Rights Commissioner will talk about freedom of speech, re-ligious freedom and same-sex marriage as part of his talk at the Liberal Party

Human rights czar puts family first at forumevent in Mt Martha.

He makes it clear to political parties that any forum he speaks at not be a fundraising event and a modest fee to cover any necessary costs only is al-lowed. Any event must also fi t in with existing Human Rights Commission travel unless the political party is pre-pared to cover his travel expenses.

Mr Wilson has a holiday home on the peninsula. “I actually head down to the penin-sula regularly,” he said.

The Advanced Human Rights in Aus-tralia event will be held at the Briars Historic Homestead, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha on Monday 7 September, 6.30pm. Tickets $20 each. Call Linda Morris on 03 5975 4799 for bookings. Non-Liberal Party members welcome.

Mt Martha bound: Human Rights Commissioner will speak at a Liberal Party event early next month.


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OBITUARYElizabeth (Betty) Weir (nee Shaw), 28 February 1914–14 July 2015, champion bowler and last link to two pioneering Dromana familiesTHE last link with two Dromana pioneering families, Betty Weir, has died at age 101.

Mrs Weir was the only daughter in a family of fi ve children of Archie Shaw and Maud McKeown, both of whom were descended from early families in the town.

Archie’s descendants Benjamin and Elizabeth Shaw arrived in Dromana in 1875. In the 1880s they established Kangerong guest house, where Betty was born in 1914. It remained in the family until the 1940s and was on Point Nepean Rd near where a Caltex service station stands today.

Benjamin and Elizabeth’s son Archie Shaw was a councillor with the Shire of Flinders and shire president in 1924. Archie married Maud McKeown (daughter of James and Catherine McKeown) in 1903. Two further generations of the family have lived in Dromana.

Maud’s descendants James and Catherine McKeown moved from Red Hill to Dromana in 1864, and established an orchard and farm at Gracefi eld on Boundary Rd. James cut wood for the Dromana pier in 1874. They raised 12 children – fi ve sons and seven daughters. In 1892 they established Aringa guest house on the corner of Foote and Clarendon streets, which was managed by their daughters until after the Second World War.

Farewell to last link with Dromana pioneers

Centurion: Betty Weir, who was descended from two Dromana pioneering families, with her friend Jacqueline Farquer in 2011. Picture supplied

At a recent meeting of the shire council, area councillor Graham Pittock said he met Mrs Weir in 2011 during his year as mayor. “It was soon after her 97th birthday when the shire was approached by her son, John Weir, to name a reserve in Dromana after these two pioneering families,” he said.

“Archie and Maud Shaw played a signifi cant role in the establishment and management of Heronswood.”

(One son, Maurice, owned and operated Shaw’s Motors on Point Nepean Rd for many years.)

“When Edith, Betty’s aunt, died at the age of 100 without children, she left some land near her house at the corner of Towerhill and Arthurs Seat roads to her niece Betty and nephews – the four Shaw boys and Henry McKeown

“The land was subdivided and the original bushland was preserved in a

central reserve, which linked Attunga Court and Edith Place.

It was given to the shire for public open space in 1977, and named the Shaw McKeown Reserve in 2011 during Dromana’s 150th year.”

Cr Pittock said both pioneer families were in Colin McLear’s book A Dreamtime of Dromana: A History of Dromana Through the Eyes of a Pioneering Family and Lime Land Leisure: Peninsula History in the

Shire of Flinders by Charles N Hollinshed.

“In 1990 a project called the ‘Pioneer Pathway’ by the Dromana and District Historical Society was dedicated to the memory of the men and women who settled permanently in the district prior to 1875. Small plaques dedicated to each family can be seen on rocks outside the society’s museum,” he said.

“Betty was an important member of Dromana Bowling Club for many years and only gave up playing pennant a few years before I met her. She touched the hearts of all who met her and became a very close friend to a shire offi cer, Jacqueline Farquer, over the past four years. In her 101 years, Betty experienced many changes on the peninsula and was passionate about ‘her’ Dromana. Betty will be sadly missed but not forgotten.”

Betty’s son John told The News his mum joined the bowling club after her husband William (known to Betty as Fon) died in 1975 at age 63. “The club became an all-consuming interest and she was club champion and later an umpire. She entered results in a database every week, ran the Melbourne Cup sweep until she turned 100, and worked in the kitchen after social events.”

Mrs Weir is survived by her children John and Heather, their partners Jan and Peter, and grandchildren Belinda, Katie, Jane, Sally and Susie.

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ANALYSISDavid HarrisonTHE north face of Arthurs Seat has ex-tremely unstable soil vulnerable to landslip and erosion, a 1990 planning tribunal hear-ing was told in an appeal against the then Shire of Flinders’ refusal to allow a house to be built on the precipitous slope.

The locality had been given the top rat-ing of 5 – “severe risk of adverse effects to land and/or water is always present” – as an area of erosion hazard by Victoria’s Soil Conservation Authority (SCA) in 1983, the tribunal stated in its decision.

This was “because of the extreme gra-dients (20-65 per cent), shallow soils and rainfall (average 900mm a year)”, the Ad-ministrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), fore-runner of VCAT, said in upholding the shire refusal.

The unsuccessful site, in Tower Hill Rd, is just north of the corridor along which Skylift’s gondolas will travel a kilometre from the summit to the lower station near Dromana cemetery. It is believed to have been incorporated into the state park.

At their meeting a fortnight ago on 10 August Mornington Peninsula Shire coun-cillors approved “removal, lopping or prun-ing” of up to 82 trees along the corridor.

Residents are concerned that the corridor, with a width of 40 metres – nearly as wide as the length of two cricket pitches – could be so disturbed by work on trees that it will be vulnerable to fl ooding and that sudden storms could strip away soil and rocks on the slope.

They say that heavy rain already sends water and debris fl ooding over Arthurs Seat Rd in several places, even though vegeta-tion along the corridor has recovered well

since the old chairlift stopped operating in 2006.

VCAT had approved removal or pruning of 26 trees, but Skylift says at least 39 trees must be removed. Ten will be retained, the council was told, and the rest will be re-ex-amined when the project is fi nished.

The 1990 case was told that the steep land was “not suitable for onsite disposal of effl uent and … any type of septic system would be diffi cult to install” because of the terrain. Run-off is not permitted: all effl uent must be contained on the land.

The AAT accepted shire evidence that the CFA placed the land in the “very high haz-ard” category on fi re maps.

A Department of Conservation and Envi-ronment witness said the site, “because of its steep slopes, sandy soils and high rain-fall has a severe erosion risk, which would be exacerbated by excavation for houses, driveways and other works”.

A department offi cer had reassessed the SCA survey and confi rmed the site’s unsuit-ability for development.

In a “prequel” of the case conducted by anti-gondola lobby group Save Our Seat, the department argued that the landscape value of Arthurs Seat would be affected by approval of the planned house “because of the height of the dwelling and the fact that the escarpment has been registered by the National Trust”.

“Furthermore, Arthurs Seat’s importance is recognised in the [then Labor] State Gov-ernment’s Draft Plan for the two bays [Port Phillip and Western Port].”

Dromana resident Len Warfe stressed at the AAT hearing the need to protect the escarpment from development. He agreed that run-off down the steep slope was a se-rious problem.

Old case shows Seat ‘liable to landslip’

All downhill: The old chairlift corridor on the north face of Arthurs Seat, which will be substantially widened and cleared for the new gondola. Picture: Yanni


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ANIMALS are about to come under scrutiny in northern parts of Western Port.

The Western Port Biosphere is recruiting residents of Yaringa, Cannons Creek, Warneet and Blind Bight to join in an animal survey which starts this month.

“We need baseline data about what animals are living in this area,” biosphere executive offi cer Cecelia Witton said.

“Residents of this area can help us with this important work by recording what native and pest animals they see on their properties and in neigh-bouring areas.”

Using motion sensing cameras in reserves the biosphere has already built a record of birds, wal-labies, echidnas and possums as well as foxes, dogs and cats and now wants to extend its range of data by including observations by residents.

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A TRAINEE with four legs has been at-tracting attention where ever he goes at HMAS Cerberus.

It’s hard not to notice Ellis, the 13-month-old Labrador, who is nearing the end of his guide dog training at the Navy training school under the fond, but fi rm, guidance of Chaplain Andrew Thorburn.

The chaplain volunteered to take Ellis early this year, saying it was something his family had wanted to do for a long time, and that being posted to HMAS Cerberus had made the task possible.

“Having a dog in training on a training base fi ts in well,” he said. “Interacting with Ellis is a morale booster for a lot of our people as many have left much-loved pets behind to come and do their training.”

Chaplain Thorburn said Ellis had taken to his recruit training “like a chaplain takes to prayer”.

But, like anyone learning new skills, a major challenge is keeping the pup focused on his role among all the other distractions of a busy naval base.

“Being comfortable around people, vehicles, wildlife - he is said to like ducks -while being able to concentrate on his job, is the main aim,” Chaplain Thorburn said. “The more experiences he has in different environments the better.

“Ellis is very cute and people naturally want to say ‘hello’, but when he has his blue jacket on he’s in working dog mode and is off limits to smooching and pats. Although it often takes great restraint from people, he essentially needs to be ignored.

“When the jacket is off, he’s fair game

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for a bit of love and attention.”Ellis came from a litter bred to undergo

training with Vision Australia and all his brothers and sisters were given names starting with ‘E’. “Elvis had already been taken,” quipped Chaplain Thorburn.

As future working dogs, their stays with host families inevitably come to an end. Ellis has been assessed and declared “fi t for further training” by Vision Australia and his time at the base is limited.

“We know we will get the call soon,” Chaplain Thorburn said.

“The family knows this and is preparing for the sad day when we bid farewell. It’ll be a big wrench and my six-year-old son has shed a few tears.”

Ellis will then start another 12-15 months of rigorous seeing-eye dog training, which has a 44 per cent failure rate. Chaplain Thorburn has faith that his mate has what it takes to make it all the way and he’s pleased his family could help.

“We think of this phase as his recruit training before he moves on to his category training. He’s very smart, willing to learn and has a lot of loyalty to give.”


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WHILE the federal government spends billions of dollars preventing asylum seekers and refugees from landing on Australian soil, the Victorian govern-ment has recruited thousands of unpaid workers to stem the predicted tide of voracious hordes from Asia.

Although Operation Sovereign Bor-ders carries out the government’s turn-back-the-boats policy the state govern-ment’s keep out the mites program depends on the humble bumblebee.

If the bees are unable to detect an invasion a $90 million a year industry is threatened.

The federal government has never quite spelt out what is under threat if asylum seekers and refugees are al-lowed to land in Australia before their bon fi des are checked.

The Andrews Labor government last week announced a new line of defence was being established from Flinders to Somerville to check for unwanted boat arrivals.

A series of sentinel beehives are in place to watch the Western Port coast for the varroa mite, which could be brought ashore by Asian bees, which have stowed away on ships heading to Crib Point and Hastings.

If they gain a foothold, the mites could devastate the domestic honey market.

Six sentinel hives and four swarm catch boxes have been set up under the National Bee Pest Surveillance Pro-gram. The sentinel hives are checked every six weeks, with any mites on bees

sticking to sticky strips hung between wax brood combs. Samples are then sent to government entomologists for assessment.

The swarm catch boxes are monitored daily by landholders. Any bee swarms found near the port, but not in catch boxes, are sampled and destroyed.

In the year to May, fi ve swarms were detected in catch boxes, including one at Hastings.

Other methods of detecting infected bees include sweep netting of fl owers near ports using butterfl y nets. Another is the sugar shake program involving 187 mainly hobbyist beekeepers who monitor their hives for varroa mite three times a year.

A sample of 300 bees from a hive is shaken with a tablespoon of icing sugar which causes any of the reddish-brown mites to fall off bees where they can be easily seen against the white icing sugar.

The government says the state’s hon-ey industry also contributes to the polli-nation of up to $6 billion worth of crops.

Agriculture minister Jaala Pulford said the sentinel bee hives “look simple but they play a critical role in safeguard-ing this multi-million dollar industry from exotic pests and diseases”.

“With more than 4000 registered bee keepers in Victoria it is critical they get the right information to help keep their hives free of pests and diseases – that’s why the Australian Beekeeping guide is such an important resource.”

Moorooduc beekeeper John Winkels said up to 80 per cent of bees would die in the fi rst year if the varroa mite estab-lished itself in Victoria.

“We are the last bastion in the world

against the mite and there’s not been enough effort to stop it,” he said.

“If it came, we would need to double our workforce to combat its effects – and we’ve been trying to get ready for 20 years.”

After a mite incursion, he said pol-lination fees would rise, as would the cost of food production – with the now $80 hives costing up to $200 after wide-spread infestation.

However, a serious mite infestation would not spell the end of the industry, Mr Winkels said.

“It’s not all negative. We would need to import breeding bees that have devel-oped antibodies against varroa but, of course, they would be more expensive and there’s the risk they would bring in other diseases.

“It would become more effi cient but more expensive.”

He said New Zealand bee populations had survived and honey production was now rising since a crash in 2000 when 80 per cent of the bee population died. The feral hives have gone and the indus-try is reportedly “better managed”.

“The NZ industry has never looked back since they got varroa,” Mr Winkels said.

But the timing of a mite invasion is crucial: “We need to know when it is coming.”

Referring to Victoria’s $500 million almond industry centred on Robinvale and Mildura, Mr Winkels said: “If it comes before the pollination season it could mean a whole crop failure. If there are no bees, there will be no crop and that would be a huge cost to the state’s economy.” with Keith Platt

Hive watch: Bees swarm around one of the sentinel hives at Western Port. Picture: Keith Platt

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SUMMER planning by Sorrento Visitors Information Centre includes offering a “charge bar” for mobile phones and tablets and free for public wi-fi .

The centre will also have satellite information stands at newsagencies in Rosebud and Rye, Extreme Water-sports, Rosebud West and Bayplay, Portsea.

The centre’s annual general meeting at the Rye Hotel elected Sharon Rich-ardson, of Harmony B&B, as presi-dent and saw Steve Dale, Extreme Watersports, join the committee.

“We want to get our members and volunteers networking and do-ing business together so Beachside tourism will be running a number of networking functions and encourage

doing business amongst friends,” Ms Richardson said.

She urged any business “that inter-acts with tourists, a restaurant, winery, accommodation or tourist related ac-tivity” to consider joining the Sorrento Visitors Information centre which is part of the Southern Peninsula Beach-side Tourism Association.

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Tourism CEO was guest chairperson.The meeting was followed by dinner

and a talk about expansion plans for the RACV’s Cape Schanck resort by its manger, Conleth Roche.

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Tourist attractors: Sorrento Visitors Information Centre president Sharon Richardson, left, with Conleth Roche, manager of the RACV’s Cape Schanck resort who spoke at the centre’s annual general meeting which was also attended by, above, Barb Pow, Peter Haughton and Naomi Nicholson.

Driver checksTHE mental state of a man charged with killing two elderly Rosebud nursing home residents in a car crash on Wednesday 12 August will be assessed by a doctor and mental health nurse.

Coburg man Michael Pat-rick Trueman, 23, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for a fi ling hearing. He has been charged with two counts of culpable driving, two counts of dangerous driving causing death, reckless conduct endangering life, theft of motor vehicle and driving while disqualifi ed.

Wearing a black T-shirt, he ap-peared unshaven and had his dark hair crimson-streaked.

Mr Trueman’s Holden Com-modore collided head-on with a minibus carrying Ti Tree Lodge residents Katharina Nenstriel, 88, and Betty May Fox, 91, on East-bourne Rd at 9.44am. Ms Nenstriel died at the scene and Ms Fox died later in hospital.

The women were with fi ve oth-ers on the minibus on an outing to Mornington. A funeral service was held for Ms Nenstriel on Friday and for Ms Fox on Monday. The families have requested privacy during this time.

The disqualifi ed driver told police he was travelling to his brother's grave on the anniver-sary of his death when the crash occurred. This is his fi rst time in custody.

Mr Trueman did not apply for bail. Magistrate Donna Bakos noted his need for a mental health assessment and remanded him to appear at a committal mention on 25 November.


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TWO men will be charged on summons after they were allegedly caught taking abalone at Portsea on Friday 7 August. Their haul was over the catch limit and in the closed season.

Fisheries offi cers patrolling the ocean beach at London Bridge intercepted the men just before midnight.

A 42-year-old man from Cranbourne will be charged on summons with taking 49 abalone dur-ing the closed season, at night and with taking undersized abalone.

He and another man are also expected to be charged on summons for allegedly obstructing fi sheries offi cers in their duties, which carries a maximum penalty of $18,000, 12 months’ jail or both.

Fisheries Victoria education and enforcement director Ian Parks said the abalone season was

permanently closed in central Victorian waters, except for nominated open days during the year. Abalone can only be taken between sunrise and sunset.

“Abalone poaching threatens the sustainability of the fi shery and opportunities for future genera-tions of fi shers,” Mr Parks said. “This is a good reminder that strict restrictions are in place to protect our resources and ensure they are shared among all users.”

He said shellfi sh can only be taken in more than two metres of water to protect the intertidal zone.

On open days, the daily bag limit is fi ve aba-lone a person, of which no more than two can be greenlip.

For details go to vic.gov.au/fi sheries or the Vic-torian Recreational Fishing Guide.

Midnight bust catches abalone poachers

THE report submitted to the shire council by a group of Rosebud West residents wanting to change the area’s name to Capel Sound is online.

The unnamed group of 14 people led by Terry Wright says there is a disconnection between the name and the area’s real character “and the im-pact this has on the pride we feel about our place”.

The suggestion has been dismissed by other residents including the shire’s 2011 citizen of the year, Juanita Aitken, and Rosebud West resident and trader Steve Dale of Extreme Watersports, who has a Facebook page to promote the town and keep the name.

Earlier this month, shire councillor Antonella Celi said she wanted to see overwhelming com-munity support for a change before she backed it.

“Three levels of government and many resi-

dents have been working hard to improve Rose-bud West for many years and the name was never seen as an issue,” she said.

The proposal will go before a council meeting and six of 11 councillors must vote in favour of starting a statutory process that includes sending a survey to all owners and occupiers of homes and businesses in the 3940 (Rosebud West) area.

Results will be included in a report to council-lors who then decide if the name change goes ahead. It would need to be ratifi ed by Victoria’s Offi ce of Geographical Names. The name change group’s report to the shire council and other information is at: capel-sound3940.org and Steve Dale’s Facebook page is at: www.facebook.com/groups/rosebudwest

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A RENOWNED concert pianist and an acclaimed jazz pianist will present a masterclass followed by a concert in Frankston on 13 September, bringing a touch of musical genius to Monash University’s George Jenkins Theatre.

Alan Kogosowski and Joe Chindamo are pioneering a new concept for the region in conjunction with the university – giving budding musicians a chance to learn from highly experienced professionals who have played around the world.

Kogosowski is a world leading authority on the music of Chopin. Jazz pianist Chindamo is an internationally acclaimed composer.

From Chopin to Chindamo is the fi rst of Monash University’s “Masterclass and Concert

Program” at its peninsula campus.Four piano students from the region will

perform two classical and two jazz pieces of about fi ve minutes each in front of a live audience at the theatre from 11am-1pm on Sunday 13 September.

Kogosowski and Chindamo will share their experiences and insights into performance techniques and give tips to the young performers. This session is free of charge.

The pianists will then perform at 3pm, Kogosowski fi rst, playing Beethoven and Chopin, followed by Chindamo. Tickets $25, concession $20. For more information and tickets, call 9532 7593.

Tickling the ivories: Joe Chindamo (left) and Alan Kogosowski perform in Frankston next month. Pictures supplied

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MORNINGTON Racing Club has been given more than $2 million of state gov-ernment money towards a $5m renova-tion of its grandstand.

Once the refurbishment is fi nished, the club will have the “largest events centre on the peninsula”, according to Racing Minister Martin Pakula.

The work includes renovating the grandstand’s ground fl oor “creating a new range of quality spaces for the race going public and club members on racedays”, Melbourne Racing Club CEO Brodie Arnhold said.

Work is planned to be fi nished in time for the William Hill Peninsula Cup Day on 1 November.

Mr Arnold said the “new spaces” would offer “luxury options” for non-raceday events, “positioning Mornington Race-course as the new premium event destina-tion on the Mornington Peninsula”.

“In 2010 when we merged with Morn-ington Racing Club we made a commit-ment to invest in upgrading the facilities and it’s great to see these plans come to fruition with the support of the industry,” Mr Arnold said.

“At Mornington Racecourse we strive to maintain our place as the best country track in Victoria and grow as a key penin-sula tourist attraction.”

The Racing Minister Martin Pakula said racing at Mornington provided a “spec-tacular day out”.

“This $5 million refurbishment will make Mornington Racecourse the largest events centre on the peninsula, attract-ing even bigger crowds to its many race days throughout the season and providing the local community with an outstanding venue,” Mr Pakula said.

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Art of racing: An artist’s impressions of the changes being made at Mornington Racecourse with $2 million from the state government and $3m of the club’s own money.

Raffle a winnerRYE Football and Netball Club’s raf-fl e offers a $35,000 fi rst prize. It will be drawn 3pm, Sunday 18 October, at the football club, with free drinks and food to all ticket holders. The club is selling 800 tickets at $100 each.

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Politics, wine, musicTHE Mornington Peninsula branch of Australian Greens is holding a wine tasting and music fundraiser 11.30am-6pm on Sunday 13 September at Hickinbotham’s of Dromana, 194 Nepean Highway, Dromana.

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Offer ‘insulting’: MPMORNINGTON MP David Morris has slammed the state government’s announcement of $19,000 funding for Osborne Primary School as “insult-ing”.

Mr Morris said the state Coalition before the election had commit-ted $960,000 towards works at the school. “That is an astonishing 50 times what they have received.”


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Willing to workSpeaking from Nepean Ward as councillors, we make no apology for the additional burden placed on councillors as the shire drives to modernise and deliver better service to the com-munity (“Councillors working too hard” The News, 18/8/15).

In nine months, gone are three of the directo-rates that once managed the shire – sustainable organisation, sustainable infrastructure, and sustainable environment – in favour of practical, no nonsense functional offi ces of chief fi nancial offi cer and chief operating offi cer.

Our new CEO Carl Cowie and CFO Matt Hubbard are disciplined like no other on the fi nancial side of things.

The shire’s commitment to sustainability – articulated in its fl awed triangular triumvirate logo of people, environment and also economics - has been discarded by council in favour of its commitment to carbon neutrality. No longer is the shire to be managed on such a theoretical framework.

As in fi nancial matters, council’s commitment to carbon neutrality will require discipline in our use of carbon. This is a practical commitment solidly founded on council’s development of a carbon neutral policy, implementation plan and business plans.

These plans will include energy and operation-al effi ciency initiatives, street lighting upgrade, maximising solar panels, consideration of use of the Rye landfi ll (48 per cent of council’s carbon footprint) to cease on or before 30 June 2018 and offsetting remaining emissions.

At the top, council has reformed its meeting structure and practice – discarding three sub-committees meeting at random.

Council now requires all its usual business to come to its fortnightly Monday meeting where it is transacted in an orderly, routine and transpar-ent manner for all to see.

These are robust, practical council initiatives driving policy, fi nancial and carbon discipline in the shire. And yes, reform and policy innovation does place additional burdens on councillors but for the benefi t of Mornington Peninsula Shire

Anger over ratesPeninsula residents who received rates notices this week are outraged by the size of the in-crease. The Mornington Peninsula Shire claims the average increase is 5.9 per cent. Many are now facing a bill of more than $2000 and are fi nding that the actual increase is over 6 per cent, which is more than twice the cost of living (CPI).

The concern is compounded by the increase in the fi re levy which the shire is required to collect on behalf of the state government. An increase in the levy of over 10 per cent is common. This is about four times more than CPI.

However, this may be the last year that coun-cils can slug ratepayers. A draft report prepared by the Essential Services Commission for the state government proposes that future rate rises should be capped and determined by CPI and the State Revenue Offi ce’s prediction of the rise in wages. If the government adopts the proposal the average increase per assessment excluding service charges in 2016/17 will be around 3 per cent.

Fortunately, after15 years of consistently high rate increases and signifi cant increase in debt under the previous administration, the new CEO Carl Cowie is implementing changes to the shire organisation to improve effi ciencies and deliver better service to the community. This should enable the shire to maintain its level of service despite future capping of rate increases.

Our association suggests that long serving councillors David Gibb (18 years) and Anne Shaw (12 years) should follow the example set by the change of CEO and allow for the election of new, fresh-thinking councillors.

This may enable the council to focus on rate reduction rather than being distracted by the division in council which is still evident despite the recent Red Hill by-election.

Alan Nelsen, Mornington PeninsulaRatepayers’ and Residents’ Association

Secret contractOh I wish Stuart Allen’s claim (“Who’s in charge” Letters 18/8/2015) were true and that VNPA is the tail wagging the state government’s dog. But it’s not.

and its community.Cr Tim Rodgers and Cr Hugh Fraser, Nepean

Ward, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

Overworked, underpaid Yes, councillors are overworked. It is a hard thankless job. Professional time management training would be a good help.

The whole system needs a hard look. Reading 300-page “confi dential” reports does not help, especially when there are several and they can-not talk to ratepayers and get their help. Maybe the councillors should address it.

I have been putting a budget submission for-ward for several years:

Councillor Support: I have made budget sub-missions in the past that our councillors would be more effective in supporting their constitu-ents if they each had a personal assistant (PA) rather than sharing one.

This would allow each councillor to use their PA to gather information, monitor projects and get answers to ratepayers on time. The PA, prop-erly “managed”, could do most of the routine stuff (85 per cent) and then assist the councillor in solving the hard stuff.

When the PA forwards issues to the appropri-ate offi cer an email should go to the ratepayer with a message similar to what is supposed to be sent from customer service indicating that they should to expect an answer in 12 working days or ,if not then, why not. This request should then be entered into the reporting system that tracks performance to the 12 working day customer service standard.

In fact, any request by a ratepayer should go into this system including communications di-rectly with offi cers or staff that are not initiated through customer service or the councillors PA.

Our councillors are “part time” and their com-pensation refl ects this, however, many of them spend much more time doing their jobs than a “part time” person would. They need this sup-port to make them more effective and to meet the ratepayers’ (customers’) expectation.

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In support of his claim, Mr Allen asserts that the VNPA has obtained, presumably from the current government, a copy of the secret lease signed between the previous Napthine govern-ment and the property developer.

How else could I have known about the clause, referred to in my earlier letter (“Point planning”, The News 11/8/2015), that required certain planning changes to be made by 1 July 2015 otherwise the lease would lapse and the new government could be exposed to a compensation claim of up to $1 million? My source was The Age on 1 July 2015.

Mr Allen also claims that the VNPA “sees no role for the private development in the restora-tion of the historic Quarantine Station” and is opposed to any commercial activity.

With Parks Victoria as the manager of Point Nepean National Park and responsible for enter-ing into leases for the adaptive reuse of buildings in the Quarantine Station, it is quite possible that some of those uses could be commercial activi-ties, even future proposals from Point Leisure Group.

As long as proposed uses are consistent with the objectives of the park’s management and master plans and, most importantly, provide genuine benefi ts to the park, then VNPA would likely support them.

What we do not support is commercial develop-ment of the scale and kind proposed and with management rights given to a property developer.

The best future for the Quarantine Station is one where there is a diversity of uses being carried out by many lessees with various back-grounds under leases signed with Parks Victoria and having the park’s best interests at heart.

Chris Smyth, acting executive director Victorian National Parks Association

Encourage investmentThank you Mr Smyth for confi rming (“Point planning”, Letters 11/8/15) what I had thought to be the case, that the VNPA is completely op-posed to any form of private development within Victoria's national parks.

In acknowledging that a substantial investment in the Quarantine Station is needed, the VNPA

considers that such funding should come from "government, philanthropic, community, educa-tion and tourism organisations". The private sector is not mentioned, nor is any reference to the VNPA actually making a contribution.

Why would any of these entities (perhaps other than the state government) seriously consider supporting the Quarantine Station project when the peak body for Victoria's national parks is fully prepared - and absolutely instrumental, in respect of Point Nepean – to reject a capital injection of over $40 million to restore key parts of Victoria's history; for the next 50 years de-prive the state budget of about $365,000 in rent each year; and adding to Parks Victoria's annual operating costs by over $900,000?

By any measure, this does not make any com-mercial or practical sense.

Why the VNPA would think that access to any commercial activity within Point Nepean "would only be available to those people who could afford it" shows a lack of reality. Does not the affordability test apply to everything we do? For example, it is free to go to the National Gallery, but if you want to attend a special exhibit, then you pay for it. Clearly, if you can't afford the visit, you don't go.

The PLG proposal included a cafe and other affordable activities, the profi ts from which would have funded PLG's commitment to restore the Quarantine Station. Prudent business people encourage patronage, not scare it away.

The PLG type of investment and commitment should be encouraged, not rejected.

Peter Curtin, Sorrento

Time to get planningAlong with other groups in the local community, Nepean Historical Society recognises that the proposed lease for Point Nepean Quarantine Station has lapsed. Planning provisions required under the lease were not achieved before the trigger date of June 30, and the lease was voided.

The NHS believes that this nationally signifi -cant historic site, gifted to Victoria by the Com-monwealth to become a national park, should be developed, but only in appropriate ways and with maximisation of public benefi t.

NHS is now turning its attention to engaging with the government which has announced the intention of going back to the previously agreed master plan which was prepared in 2010 but is to be updated where necessary.

We look forward to appropriate and sensitive re-development of this great heritage precinct site without further delay.

Joy Kitch, Nepean Historical Societyand Sorrento Museum

Bay too shallowJust in case you missed it, mainstream news recently reported the Suez Canal is now widened and deepened, obviously to attract new super-maxi, ludicrous sized container ships.

The reason for writing this is about detail, omitted from some reports, that depth is 24 metres. For the not-deepwater Port of Hastings, there’s an occasional deep hole in the channel to this depth, but much of it is a lot shallower. For the amount of traffi c nominated by proponents, the channel needs to be two-lane, which means, a channel width of 500m, with shallow angle sloping sides. Then there’s always the anchorage, mostly just 10m, from mid-range tide datum. Western Port is subject to three metre king tides, so design for minimum tide is 1.5m lower.

To compete with Suez we need to dredge from 8.5m to 24m to take the 20,000 odd-sized con-tainer ships which are headed our way. Hastings was always Plan B. Time to get serious about Plan A in Port Phillip, providing for not so large container ships, surplus to requirements in the Northern Hemisphere. Bernie McComb, Cowes

Position weakenedAn outrageous attack by the Abbott government against democracy and the environment is now being crafted in Canberra.

Tony Abbott wants his environment minister to be above the law by repealing section 487(2) of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act preventing the community from mounting legal challenges to ministerial decisions.

It seems “good government starts now” by

removing accountability, lack of transparency, attacking anything related to environment and more importantly changing the law to suit its dirty coal agenda.

Under the EPBC Act just 2.2 per cent of pro-jects have been rejected and only 0.4 per cent of mining approvals have ever been refused.

We remind the minister [Greg Hunt] that in his own electorate of Flinders, the loss of mammals now locally extinct or endangered on the Morn-ington Peninsula is tragically 66 per cent, with many species of fl ora and fauna now in decline.

His position further weakens the core values of his own portfolio.

The Abbott government lacks any vision to position our economy towards a sustainable future. It is stuck in the past and entrenched in a devaluing commodity. The environment minister should stand up for his portfolio rather than “dig it up, ship it out and burn it”.

Kelvin Stingel, Mornington Peninsula Greens

Tuff turf talkToday I ate a chicken and lettuce roll while parked overlooking the playing fi eld at Alexan-der Park, Mornington, and enjoying some audio phonic culture, thanks to ABC Classic FM. As I sat thoroughly enjoying the moment, I realised that I was looking at a playing fi eld which repre-sented a signifi cant safety risk to footballers.

Knowing I was a turf craft specialist for over 40 years, a concerned Mornington Football Club member approached me a few years back because he was very concerned at learning of the shire’s intention to completely change the fi eld’s turf type to a summer grass variety. He felt that this would leave the footballers with a surface which would provide little protection while play-ing their game, yet conversely providing a lovely cushion of turf for the cricketers. To me it was, as they say, a no brainer.

Today I was presented with exactly what that concerned gentleman and I expected. A ground covered in a dead sward of hard grass more suit-ed to a turf cricket wicket than a reasonable, safe surface on which our wonderful game of Aussie rules can be played with vigour on a protective living grass cushion. Continued Page 18


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The football club should not accept that what it is being presented with is a safe and appropriate surface for its players. Rob Boundy, Mt Martha

Rights reducedAustralia is the land of environmental wholesale destruction when it comes to our present govern-ment.And just in case some environmental group would be bold enough to hold the government to its own laws, the fi rst thing Abbott and his cronies thinks of is the further destruction of our lawful safeguards of democracy.

It is a well-practiced method the Abbott gov-ernment has used ever since it came to power. Be that immigration, citizenship or privacy of data of the individual.

The public is slowly cut out of any decision-making on anything of importance and, in many instances, is not allowed to know what is going on. I hope this time the Labor party will not pass the attempted disenfranchisement of our last defence against the runaway greed of big money and it's champion Abbott.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring

Independent concernsThe concern currently being expressed about the suitability of Tony Abbott's captain’s pick being allowed to continue as the royal commission into union behaviour brings bad memories for me.

One of the last actions of [former planning minister] Matthew Guy towards the end of the Napthine Liberal government was to remove long held rights of landowners in Mt Eliza to subdivide their large unmanageable properties.

Guy's decision was based on the fi ndings of a so-called independent panel. A few years previ-ously a truly independent panel had came to a totally opposite recommendation to that of the Guy-appointed panel.

Makes me question how Matthew Guy's panel could possibly be independent in the same way that I cannot see how Dyson Heydon can be seen to be independent.

Terry O’Shea, Halls head, WA

Liberal praiseMike Hast’s article (“MP calls for dam land handover,” The News 18/8/15) was most ap-propriate and Mornington MP David Morris is to be congratulated in taking this environmentally responsible stand showing support for a worth-while peninsula cause. His support for the local community group led by Rebecca Taylor and the Kunyung Rd Action Group, and his approach to the state Environment Minister Lisa Neville, is evidence of how often the impression the electorate gets of Liberal environmental policy, as being uncaring and out of touch with general opinion, can be overcome and wholeheartedly savoured.

Mr Morris has nothing to lose being in the Op-position but everything to gain from an increas-ingly disenchanted environmental section of the peninsula electorate.

Perhaps the other entrenched peninsula Liberal members of various parliaments should take note of what one of their number has done for the environmental health of our beautiful peninsula. Too often we see green wedge land developed such as the service stations on the Peninsula Link or threats to Point Nepean National Park which thankfully have been averted by the state Labor government’s actions forcing the cancel-lation of commercial development. It is now up to the National Trust of Victoria to show some leadership in taking on the guardianship of these important buildings and surrounds. We are fortu-nate to have Mulberry Hill and McCrae Cottage in this area so it is not so far fetched to suggest that the trust takes on this project of restoration.

Ian Morrison, secretary Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association

PM’s rethinkIs the Prime Minister rethinking his recent wrong decision not allowing regional meetings on the constitutional reforms, recognising our fi rst nation people in proposed changes to our Constitution.

What is wrong with the concept of engaging all our indigenous people who want to engage in

this important conversation, and having regional meetings for all who want to have a say on this most vital change to our Constitution.

Surely its not the cost, we are currently spend-ing millions searching for that plane that tragi-cally crashed. Leave it to the Chinese to fi nish the job.

So often in the past we have not bothered to listen to what they want or need.

If it needs heated debate and protracted nego-tiations so be it. It has to be inclusive.

This has to be done correctly so when it comes to the referendum, there is and has been the full-est consultation for all Australians.

Being fully informed is a must.Surely this is how democracy works. OK, it

might take time and money, but we must get it right, for the sake of our future.

Surely if you have Noel Pearson, Patrick Dod-son, Kirstie Parker and Megan Davis agreeing to these local consultations, don’t you embrace it.

Denise Hassett, Mt Martha

Class upsetIn your last edition I noticed that correspondent, Denise Hassett, wrote that the age of entitle-ment is alive and well for the hoi polloi (“Wages penalty”, Letters 18/8/15), which does not refer to the aristocracy or the big end of town, but the opposite. It refers to the great unwashed, or com-mon herd, with the same disparaging connota-tion. What Ms Hassett wrote was not what she meant, surely? Tony Nemaric, Somerville

Union, not marriageI am becoming very annoyed at the never-ending gay marriage debate designed, I think, to sell newspapers or to gain (or lose) votes, or likely as a diversion to point the sheep elsewhere.

Please understand that the family is the basis and the building block of society. From the marriage perspective, a man and a woman marry and have children and society starts from here: home, health, education, upbringing, nurturing the progeny until adulthood. Daddy’s hug and Mummy’s love.

A mother’s love is essential and cannot be re-

placed. Motherhood is regarded as almost sacred in our society. Similarly, father will provide for and protect his children and wife through hell or high water. This is what marriage is.

A “marriage” of two homosexuals is none of the above. Calling such a union a marriage in the same sense as my marriage is an insult to me.

Their union and the consummation of their marriage is unnatural, not part of human evolu-tion and cannot possibly bear genetic fruit.

My settler ancestors, after the consummation of their marriage, precipitated a thousand or so descendants who have helped build this country and this society.

I have no objection to a homosexual couple having all and full legal rights in their union equivalent to a normally married couple, but please, defi ne their union as a union, or a con-tract, or a partnership, anything but a”marriage”.

I do not despise or fear homosexuals therefore I am not homophobic. In fact, I can understand their feelings.

Should one wish to discuss the religious aspect, a church wedding for homosexuals, then there would be a debate of biblical proportions. However it seems to me that most homosexu-als have “Godophobia and hold the church in disdain. Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

ALP’s debt problemA number of your correspondents are very

critical of the federal Coalition government. They have very short memories and are viewing the past through very rose-tinted glasses. They forget about the past rotating ALP leadership, with each one being routinely stabbed by Bill Shorten.

Then there was the waste associated with the pink batts and the school hall building program, the greenhouse tax that wasn’t and then was.

The biggest problem left by the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments are the unfunded commit-ments to the NDIS and Gonski schools’ program.

The ALP also left behind an enormous debt, which it has no intention of repaying and does its best to prevent the government from getting Australia out of this debt crisis. More Page xx

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193 Point Nepean Road Dromana, Vic, 3936

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14 Manna Street Dromana

This property has two separate dwellings. One has 2BR’s, s/contained bedsitter, full kitchen and 2 bathrooms. Dwelling two also has 2BR’s, kitchen and bathroom. Separated by a solar heated pool and entertaining area, all with spectacular views

FOR SALE $699,000 plusInspect Saturday 1-1.30pmContact Jarrod Eastwood 0403 983 310

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46 Florence Avenue Rosebud West

Fabulous 2BR timber cottage close to the beach and shops on a 414sqm corner block. Boasting polished timber floors, two street frontages, secure back yard & enclosed deck. Ideal holiday cottage or investment property available with vacant possession.

FOR SALE $380,000Inspect Saturday 12-12.30pmContact Adam King 0422 337 337

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Three bedroom property with perfect presentation that willimpress. Separate lounge, modern kitchen with dining area, separate bathroom, tiled and carpeted floors and outside is a double garage. This property says perfection.

Contact Des Skelton 0419 902 936

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38/113 Country Club Dr. Safety Beach

10 Beverley Street Dromana

Views day or night from this fantastic home on Dromana’s hillside. The BV home has three bedrooms + study, two living areas, air-conditioning, gas fire, master bedroom with FES, and a choice of entertaining areas. Currently leased month to month.

FOR SALE $790,000 plusInspect Saturday 3-3.30pmContact Jarrod Eastwood 0403 983 310

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4/186 Dromana Parade Safety Beach

Only minutes walk to the beach, this beautifully presented 2BR townhouse has vaulted ceilings in the dining & living area and polished hardwood floors. A private courtyard area is ideal for summer BBQ’s, there is a single garage and secure front gate.

FOR SALE $389,500Inspect Saturday 11-11.30amContact Des Skelton 0419 902 936

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12 Rainier Avenue Dromana

Situated close to cafes, shops and beaches, this immaculately presented 4BR home offers plenty of space for a large family with tiled, open plan living areas, modern kitchen, ducted heating & cooling, great backyard, off street parking and double carport.

FOR SALE $469,000Inspect Saturday 1-1.30pmContact Des Skelton 0419 902 936

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57 Lombardy Avenue Dromana

Perfect house for the family that likes to entertain.Covered entertaining area with bar, 3BR’s, lounge & dining area, timber kitchen, sunken spa bath in bathroom, huge covered deck area with bar, triple garage, and all on a 726m2 fully fenced block.

FOR SALE Offers above $539,000Inspect Saturday 3-3.00pmContact Des Skelton 0419 902 936

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Permanent home or development site (STCA) close to the beach. 745 sqm (approx.) block is home to a double storey 3BR residence with 1 bathroom, living area, kitchen & dining area opening to rear deck. Terms 10% Deposit, Settlement 30/60/90 days

AUCTION Saturday 12th September at 1.00pmInspect Saturday 12-12.30pmContact Jarrod Eastwood 0403 983 310

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78 Rymer Avenue Safety Beach

7 Rose Street Rosebud West

This property is priced to sell. An original style home with plenty of character, complete with cosy lounge and dining room plus a bright kitchen with lovely outlook to the cottage garden. Two bedrooms both with BIR’s, and a second living could be a third bedroom.

FOR SALE $370,000 plusInspect Saturday 12-12.30pmContact Adam King 0422 337 337

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RYE 1 Glen Drive

A GREAT ALL-ROUND PACKAGESituated on a landscaped lot, well over 2000sqm, this comfortable 4BR home is close to the beach and shops. A separate study could be a 5th bedroom if required, there are two bathrooms including FES to main, two living areas, updated kitchen and double garage. Priced to sell this really is great value.Price: $680,000 - $720,000Contact: Michael Prentice 0417 369 235

TOOTGAROOK 6 Fleur Avenue

SENSATIONAL BEACHSIDE GETAWAYStunning 3BR home with stylish interior beautifully lit with natural light. An open plan living area has a calming outlook with a funky kitchen including European laundry. Main bedroom has FES, a sunny entertaining deck overlooks the rear yard, and there is a double garage underneath with storage space.

Price: $489,000Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

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RYE 2 Sunshine Grove

STYLISH, FUNKY BEACH LIVING

3BR’s plus study, two bathrooms including FES to main, two living areas and an inviting outdoor barbecue and entertaining area. Also featuring evaporative cooling and electric heating,bore water and

Contact: Michael Prentice 0417 369 235

TOOTGAROOK 1873 Point Nepean Road

BEACH IS JUST STEPS FROM THE DOORPretty as a picture and modestly updated this classic beachside week-ender consists of 3BR’s, 2 bathrooms, open plan dining and lounge with separate kitchen, separate laundry, and 3rd toilet. An undercover alfresco dining area is privately situated at the rear of the property overlooking the fully fenced lot of 920m2.

BLAIRGOWRIE 9 Lansdowne Street

AFFORDABLE BEACHSIDE LIVINGLocated in a quiet street, this 3BR home offers modern beachside appeal with comfort and lifestyle in mind. Functional and elegant, the interiior has a central kitchen with s/steel appliances, a spacious dining and lounge area and main bedroom with ensuite. This family home is designed for easy living with low maintenance features.Price: $700,000 plusContact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724Contact: Michael Prentice 0417 369 235

CAPE SCHANCK 1086 Boneo Road

WELCOME TO THE CAPEA true escape from the rat race with absolute privacy, this allotment of 10 acres has a rustic BV retreat comprising two self contained living areas under the one roof. Features include 4BR’s, 2 bathrooms, double carport & garage, town and tank water plus additional sheds. Potential ocean views from a second storey (STCA).

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FOR a true attention grabbing property, this splendid Frankston South residence holds tight and never lets go. Set on a 938-square metre block, this near-new home has been built to a high standard with an enviable list of features. Stone, steel and wood are all used to amazing effect throughout the home and there are many clever extras that are going to appeal to the tech-savvy buyer. Beautiful chestnut timber fl oors fl ow throughout the entire home and the many banks of fl oor-to-ceiling windows fl ood the interior with natural light. A contemporary open

plan zone comprises a stylish lounge area and a dazzling galley-style kitchen has a wall of stainless-steel ovens and a dishwasher. There is an intriguing use of timber that integrates with the massive Caesarstone benchtops that give this room a real mark of distinction. From here, the excellent alfresco timber deck beckons with the remote-control louvre roof promising an exciting space for entertaining all year round. Three enormous bedrooms each have their own walk-in wardrobe and ceiling fans, with the larger main bedroom– discreetly set in the

west wing of the home, featuring an ensuite bathroom with a walk-through shower set behind an incredible mosaic feature wall. A separate study could be a fourth bedroom if required. The block is well-established with low maintenance gardens and from the street, remote gates guard the driveway which leads up to a double garage. For a home of this scale it has an impressive 5.7 star energy rating with a 6kw solar power system no doubt aiding that fi gure. A long list of extras here include hydronic heating and tinted double glazed windows.

Address: 104 Overport Road, FRANKSTON SOUTHAuction: This Sunday at 12.30pmAgency: Hockingstuart, 204 Main Street, Mornington, 5973 5444Agent: James Arnold, 0403 883 322

For all the right reasons


Rosebud 1/28 McCombe Street 5986 8880

ROSEBUD WEST 21 Ruyton Drive

Dual Living Zone Family Home

Modern family home on a 663sqm approx. lot offering spacious living with formal dining area, kitchen with gas cooking and an plenty of bench and and storage space, second living area opening to a covered patio, and main bedroom with FES & WIR. Two more bed-rooms have BIR’s and share the main bathroom. Double garage, sunny rear barden and room to park a boat or caravan.

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$380,000INSPECT As AdvertisedCONTACT Paul Cunnington 0457 047 962

For SALEOffers over $200,000INSPECT As advertised CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

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FINGAL 36/50 Peter Thompson Drive

Fantastic Lifestyle Property

furnished with art work, cutlery, soft furnishings and electrical goods, and can be used for personal use or investment. The modern decor open plan living opens

well as access to the pool, club house and members facility and car space. Lock-up, leave and fully secure holiday getaway. Act now, vendor motivated.

For SALE

For SALE

ROSEBUD 3 / 119 Jetty Road

Brand New 2 Bedroom with Lock-up GarageWhat a bargain, What an Investment! Current return $285 per week each. Last remaining units in this group of 4 with seven year builders’ warranty. Units feature two bedrooms with built-robes, private courtyards, kitchen with stone benchtops and s/steel appliances, choice

hot water service and single garage.

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$290,000 Offers OverINSPECT As AdvertisedCONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

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RYE 1/19 Weeroona Street

Location, Location, LocationSet on approx. 400sqm and located only 200 metres to the Rye foreshore and entertainment precinct , this sunny 3BR, 2 bathroom property, on its own title & with no body corp, offers open plan living, FES to main bedroom, modern decor/soft furnishings, polished boards and new carpets. The property also has single garage, air conditioning, LED lighting and private en-tertaining space. The property has a 99 year lease for exclusive use of the now secure front area. Expected holiday rental return $2000 per week and full time $380 per week.

Saturday 14th September at 5pmINSPECT As Advertised CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

Sale by SET DATE

ROSEBUD 2/769 Point Nepean Road

Position, Position, PositionIdeally located only metres from the foreshore and McCrae Plaza, this neatly presented unit has newly laid carpet and recently painted internal walls. This fresh residence provides open plan living, two bedrooms, new kitchen appliances and private courtyard. The home is serviced by gas heating, r/cycle air-conditioning and a lock up garage. Live with peace of mind, with great access to everything whether it be full time or part time.

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$299,000 Offers OverINSPECT As advertisedCONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

For SALE

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ROSEBUD 18 Josie Place

Modern AppealSituated on corner allotment measuring approx. 800m2, this well-presented modern family home offers 3 open plan living areas with warm soft furnishings and cool decor throughout. With all the appeal a modern family residence should afford, the home also offers a fully equipped kitchen with stone benches, breakfast bar, and stainless-steel appliances. Outdoors is an undercover decked alfresco area, landscaped gardens, and side rear access for boat or caravan. The 5 star energy rated home is serviced by gas ducted heating, ducted cooling, double garage with internal access. Offered by genuine sellers inspection is a must!

CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

SOLDIN 3 DAYS5 2 2

ROSEBUD 21 Marion Road

Exclusive Location,Outstanding ViewsSet on about 900sqm in an elevated position at the foot of Arthur’s Seat National Park this outstanding property featuring 3 levels of sophistication and entertaining spaces. The property offers 5BR’s – main

offers fully equipped kitchen,

dining, deck with spa and bay views, Upstairs is a rumpus room & 2nd living area with excellent views. The property has a double garage with rear access, gas heating, air-con,

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ROSEBUD 31 Sixth Avenue

Rare Land! - 2 minutes walk to the beachSTOP! ACT NOW! VENDOR MUST LIQUIDATE! This 400m2 unencumbered vacant allotment is only minutes to the Rosebud foreshore and entertainment precinct. This land is close to all amenities and is being offered by genuine sellers. Make the most of low interest rates, free gas connection & builders incentives to build your next holiday residence or permanent home

$290,000 offers overINSPECT As advertisedCONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

For SALE

CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

4 2 2ROSEBUD 26 Harridge StreetPerfect Family Home, Perfect LocationSet on approx. 650m2 this refurbished 4BR plus study home provides open plan living, galley kitchen, FES & WIR to main bedroom plus attractive plantation shutters. The resi-dence allows for future dual occupancy, perfect for extended families with an extension at the rear and separate access. Also featuring GDH, gas space heating, air conditioning, ceiling fans, double carport, single garage and landscaped grounds.

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AUCTIONSaturday 19th Sept at 12.30pmINSPECT Wednesday 26th Aug 5-5.30pm CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938 Mandy Dyke 0417 492 722


2327 Point Nepean Road, RYE

5985 8800www.jkre.com.au

27 Timmins CrescentRYE

$520,000 - $550,000HIDDEN GEM Three bedroom home just 10 minutes walk to Rye shops and beach.This Timber home has a large open plan living area, gas kitchen, ensuite and rear deck overlooking treed garden.This home would make an ideal investment/holiday home, as it has great appeal.

ContactJohn Kennedy 0401 984 842

54 Collins ParadeSORRENTO

$980,000 - $1,050,000CONTEMPORARY ELEGANCE Stylish & contemporary 4-bedroom home close to the beach and Sorrento village. Featuring polished concrete

and zoned living over 3 levels with a kid’s wing, formal lounge with feature

kitchen/dining area. North-facing deck overlooking in-ground pool. Double lock up garage and 2 x split system air-conditioning.

ContactJohn Kennedy 0401 984 842

13 Acheron AvenueTOOTGAROOK

$390,000 - $430,000NEAT & TIDY, READY FOR YOU This 3 bedroom home with 2 living areas plus an outdoor entertaining area has so much to offer. It sits on a 585m2 block which has fruit trees and vegetables awaiting. A single carport and only minutes to the beach, this solid/low maintenance property would make a great 1st home or holiday house with all the bells and whistles.

ContactLeah Pancic 0421 700 749

8 Royadie Road BLAIRGOWRIE

Expressions of InterestSWAYING PALMS With a professional landscaped garden over the entire property, you will enjoy your outdoor living & entertaining with

living areas & a custom crafted kitchen

your heated salt water pool oasis. A 4 car garage as well as a carport, what more can you ask for? How about a loft bedroom for the kids. The location of this property is simply hard to beat!

ContactLeah Pancic 0421 700 749

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‘Serving the Langwarrin community since 1982’

PERFECTLY located less than 200 metres to the beach, this fabulous, low-maintenance home has great character and is priced to sell. A cosy lounge and dining room are warmed by a gas pot belly heater with an adjoining kitchen enjoying a lovely view to the beautiful cottage-style gardens. Two bedrooms both have built in robes and a second living area could be a third bedroom if required. Set at the top of a no through road on a corner block, this quiet position offers plenty of parking space with a single garage, and side access to the backyard for storing a boat and trailer.

Address: 7 Rose Street, ROSEBUDPrice: $380,000 plusAgency: Stockdale & Leggo, 193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5987 3233Agent: Adam King, 0422 337 337

A rose by any other name


5981 8181

ESTATE AGENTS - AUCTIONEERS

www.rogermcmillan.com.au211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana. Phone 5981 8181 [email protected]

Close to beach, creatively designed and

attention to detail, this low maintenance holiday or permanent home has the best of everything. Comprising large open plan lounge & dining with access to private rear courtyard, well-appointed kitchen with breakfast bar, 3BRs – main with WIR & ensuite, separate study or 4th bedroom, large central family bathroom, single garage and central

to living and carpet to all bedrooms.

SAFETY BEACH 1/22 Tonkin Street

AUCTION: THIS SATURDAY at 12pm

CONTACT: Peter Bennett 0418 366 310 [email protected]

BRAND NEW, SINGLE-LEVEL LUXURYINSPECT

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Dromana Industrial Estate is a window of opportunity only open for a short time if you wish to secure the best spot available with own street access, high visibility and high clearance. Also featuring kitchen, disabled toilet and powder room.

DROMANA 5/ 5 Trewhitt Court

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CONTACT: Peter Bennett 0418 366 310 [email protected]

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Layne Pearce 0437 744 094Inspect: Saturday 29th August 2:00-2:30pm

• Wonderful family holiday home, leased as holiday accommodation and all set up to start bringing in a great return• Semi-circle driveway provides plenty of off-street parking• Formal entry with cupboard and feature glass brick wall opening to large main living area, open-plan dining and kitchen area • Main bedroom with modern ensuite and walk in robe, two more bedrooms with built-in robes, providing sleeping quarters for up to ten people. • Main bathroom with spa bath • Upstairs is a second living area with floor to ceiling windows affording a great outlook over the back yard• Decked undercover entertaining area overlooks the private rear yard


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We love spring and it is just around the corner. The property marketon the Peninsula is booming and we have buyers wanting to purchase now.

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168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888

A Seaside Site to be Seen! In a location revered for its proximity to the beachfront, this well-maintained single-level three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence on a flat block with a sunny north-west deck is an exceptional buy into beachside Mornington. Enjoy the current home’s immediate appeal or capitalise on the development potential in this prime beachside position with a luxury new home, multi-dwelling development or possible sub-division (STCA). The potential and position create a winning formula for future success within a short radius of schools, cafes, transport and cliff top walking tracks and virtually only 200 metres to the Esplanade.

73 Prince Street, Mornington23 2

Auction This Saturday at 1.00pmInspect Saturday from 12.30pmContact Jamie Johnston 0432 143 037

Alex Campbell 0432 344 394 bowmanandcompany.com.au

AuctionMornington

For Lease

Auction this Saturday

A Brilliant Buy Near Bentons SquareIn a quiet cul-de-sac with a park at the end of the street and Bentons Square just a few minutes walk away, this single-levelthree-bedroom, two-bathroom residence is a fabulous first family home, downsize option or quality investment. Meticulouslymaintained and with great character, the interior enjoys a warm ambience with Tasmanian Oak floorboards and timber panelling.Desirable zoned living is on offer with two spacious living zones complemented by a timber kitchen and a private garden withpaved alfresco entertaining. An en suite, ducted heating, laundry with toilet and double remote garage underscore the appeal ofthis delightful home close to schools, childcare, shops and buses.

5 Meribah Street, Mornington23 2

Auction This Saturday at 11.00amInspect Saturday from 10.30amContact Alex Campbell 0432 344 394

Rachel Crook 0419 300 515bowmanandcompany.com.au

AuctionMornington

For Lease

Auction this Saturday



Sizzling Designer Style, Village Living A stylish contemporary profile filters through this stunning one-year-old two-storey residence on the cusp of Main Street’s vibrant cafes, shops, entertainment and the beach. Designed to reflect the demand for quality custom-built low-maintenance surroundings, this three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence with a 7 star energy rating, double glazed windows/doors and 3,000 litre underdeck water tank combines superb dimensions with eye-catching appointments. From the vast open-plan living and dining area to the private front and rear entertaining decks, sublime stone and SMEG appliances, rumpus room and main bedroom with French doors leading outside and stylish en suite, this superb home will impress.

4 Foam Street, Mornington23 2

Auction Saturday 5th September at 1.00pmInspect As advertised or by appointmentContact Jamie Johnston 0432 143 037

Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 bowmanandcompany.com.au

AuctionMornington

For Lease

Grandstand Water Views, Luxurious Family Living Priceless 180 degree panoramic bay views that can never be lost add an irreplaceable aspect to this stunning two-storey four-bedroom, two-bathroom plus a study residence. Designed to maximise the magnetic outlook, the spacious interior is pointed towards the water with sea-viewing entertaining balconies leading off the ground-floor media room and top-floor family living and dining room. Every room conveys the wonderful style and quality of the custom built home from the stone kitchen to a luxurious main bedroom with stunning views, en suite with double shower and spa, retreat and terrace access. Close to a choice of schools, Mt Martha Village and beautiful beaches, this is the perfect family home.

41 Ponyara Road, Mount Martha24 2

Price On ApplicationInspect As advertised or by appointmentContact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103

Rachel Crook 0419 300 515 bowmanandcompany.com.au

For SaleMount Martha

For Lease


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Offering loads of charm and character, this 3BR plus study home will impress. Kitchen with dishwasher, gas cooking and storage space. Three separate living areas, big laundry with storage and the family bathroom with separate bath and shower. Other features include ducted heating, air conditioner and a great size backyard. Available 30th September

For LeaseRent $470 per weekContact Caitlin Brown 0408 546 132bowmanandcompany.com.au

26 Kent Street, Mornington

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Mornington

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If everyone thinks that there is not a debt crisis they should just consider the fact that taxpayers are having to fork out $1 billion a month (and growing) to pay the interest on this ALP debt.

Just think about what could be done if the government had an extra billion dollars a month to spend on community issues. And worse is yet to come if the ALP wins the next election.

The ALP has stated that it wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. No plan has been proposed as to how this would be achieved, no indication of the enor-mous rise in electricity and other costs and no consideration of the destruction of industry that would result. Have a happy future.

Barrie Hunt, Mt Eliza

Teach anti-violenceFamily violence is not just brutal stuff occurring from dysfunctional men and women - there are nine types of family violence including psycho-logical, verbal, social and sexual. Terrible things happen to men (don’t get angry, get even) that manifests quite often as suicide (200 a month). Also remember that gender entitlement occurs towards both genders and cannot be stereotyped.

Having said all that, the fundamental rule is that no man should ever hit a woman. All men cannot be held culpable and should not because it is wrong and incorrect. Young fellows coming out of high school should not have to apologise for their masculinity.

This diffi cult conundrum must have a best way to manage it in a way that will reduce the incidence in future.

I suggest education and collaboration. We all want our kids to be able to have happy and productive lives without the spectre of 50 per cent marriage breakdown impacting on them and I suggest that the solution lies in education of students year 7 to year 12 about relationships, realistic expectations, respect and all those noble motives to prepare them for life.

Even though my views differ from theirs, I

am sure in this context Justice Neave and Rosie Batty are amazing and nobody should get their knickers in twist over them. I have grave reser-vations about some of the others and the intent of their submissions to the Royal Commission into Family Violence though.

Tony Nicholl, Mt Eliza

Recognising womenInspiring, successful women, who contribute to positive change in Victoria, are scattered across the state and indeed across the country.

Now is the time to get these energetic and passionate women recognised for their hard work and dedication. Nominations for the 2016 Victorian Honour Roll of Women close on Fri-day but there is still time to nominate someone you know.

Since its start in 2001, the Victorian Honour Roll of Women has acknowledged and celebrat-ed the outstanding achievements of more than 500 Victorian women. Nominations are open to women who have made a signifi cant and lasting contribution at a local, state, international or national level and who were either born in Vic-toria, have spent a considerable part of their life in Victoria or have made a signifi cant contribu-tion to our state.

Categories include arts, police and emergency services, human rights, prevention of family vio-lence, health, rural and regional, environment, education, disability, science and planning.

Inductees help demonstrate that women are leading in many fi elds of endeavour and serve as positive role models for young women to become leaders and visionaries of the future.

I urge you to consider the passionate and driven women in your life and nominate them for their achievements and leadership before nominations close on Friday. To nominate, visit www.dpc.vic.gov.auFiona Richardson, Minister for the Preventio of

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PLAYING golf has “kept me alive”, says Mt Eliza enthusiast Ralph Godfrey, who is about to celebrate his 100th birthday.

He likes nothing better than spending time each week on the course – sometimes playing three rounds with his mates at Frankston Golf Club in Golf Links Rd.

“I always look forward to playing golf,” Mr Godfrey said.

“I like meeting people and I’ve found that hitting a little white ball around the course for two and a half hours makes me forget any problems.”

After losing his wife in 2008 he maintains he would not be alive today if it were not for his love of the game and the deep friendships he has with club members.

A member since 1982, Mr Godfrey has won two club Eclectic competitions and, when a mere 90, was good enough to win the John Rob-inson Trophy. This came on top of a hole-in-one he scored while playing at Seabrook Golf Club, Wynyard, Tasmania, in 1956.

The old soldier, a lieutenant in the Second 21st Battalion, better known as Gulf Force, was a prisoner of war for four years after the Japanese overran the island of Ambon in World War II. Mr Godfrey believes he may be one of three sur-viving members of the battalion of 1031 men, of who hundreds were executed by the enemy.

The memories of those dangerous days and his strength of commitment run deep and have led Mr Godfrey and the other survivors to return to Ambon to help the islanders, providing gen-erators, electrical and hospital equipment and water pumps. This goes some way to adequately thanking them for their “behind the lines” as-sistance in helping the AIF soldiers imprisoned on their island.

But the terrors of those fateful days are long gone for this convivial sportsman. He is looking forward to enjoying his 100th birthday lunch with golfi ng friends on Tuesday 13 October, as well as the company of his family and especially

Game of his life: Ralph Godfrey relaxes at Frankston Golf Club after wet weather delayed his round on Tuesday. Picture: Gary Sissons

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his daughter, Penny, who is coming from South Africa for the occasion.

“The event is in support of his great achieve-ment in attaining 100 years of age and also surviving the inhumane treatment he suffered during his wartime imprisonment,” long-time friend and playing partner Alan Glover said.


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THE relevance of Frankston police’s Operation Walker was highlighted early on Friday morning when a pedestrian was struck by a four-wheel-drive ute while crossing Frankston-Flinders Rd, opposite the football ovals and up the hill from Sages Rd, near Baxter.

Paramedics reportedly restarted the 37-year-old man’s heart after he went into cardiac arrest, and made him ready for air transfer to The Alfred hospital. He was in a critical condition on Friday. The driver of the car is assisting police with their inquiries.

Anyone who witnessed the incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confi dential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au

“We pray that he survives,” Frankston station commander Senior Sergeant Stephen Burt said. “If so, he will no doubt need many months – if not years – of rehabilitation to recover from his injuries.

“Do you want this to be you?”Thursday’s Operation Walker, 10am-6pm, in-

volved 10 plain clothes police from Frankston and Transit Police who were on the look-out for

improper pedestrian and anti-social behaviour around the Frankston railway station and the CBD.

Senior Sergeant Stephen Burt said 98 people were “spoken to” about their behaviour and 73 penalty notices issued, ranging from jay walking to other street offences.

“It is clear that pedestrian behaviour when crossing roads is high risk and full attention to the surroundings should be given when crossing roads,” he said.

“It is vital that people understand the risks in-volved. Police will be further targeting vulnerable road users in the future to reduce this type of road trauma.”

Operation Walker will continue throughout the year along with Operation Pedestrian Safe in-volving uniform and plain clothes police in the Frankston area.

Police appeal to pedestrians to take care on the roads and use pedestrian crossings where avail-able.

“Arrogance on the roads does not mean immor-tality,” Senior Sergeant Stephen Burt said.

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Critical injuries: Police take measurements at the Frankston-Flinders Rd crash scene early Friday morning. Picture: Gary Sissons


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HOW would you treat your husband if you found he were a German spy? Come and see at the Red Cross Dra-matic Entertainment by St Paul’s Club next Wednesday night.

***“IS war ever right?” Come and hear the dialogue at St Paul’s Club dra-matic entertainment, at Frankston on Wednesday. All money taken at the door goes to the local Red Cross Fund—no expenses.

***THE many friends of Mr Corlett Senr, of Langwarrin will be pleased to hear that he is recovering from his illness and hopes to be about as usual in a few days.

***THE President of the Shire (Cr W. J Oates) will offi cially open the Morn-ington Junction Miniature Rifl e Range this afternoon at 3pm, All interested in rifl e shooting are given a cordial invi-tation.

***THE friends of Mr D Downs, who recently enlisted and went into camp, will regret to hear that be is danger-ously ill with meningitis, and is at present in the Alfred Hospital.

***WE regret to learn that Mr C. O’Connell, who met with a serious accident some months ago, by being thrown from his jinker, is still con-fi ned to his bed, and it will still be some time before he is able to return to Frankston.

***THE Hon Treasurer of the Frankston Belgian Relief Fund desires to ac-knowledge the donation, through Mr W. H. Prosser, of the sum of £1 10s from the Wesleyan Sunday School prize winners. They unanimously de-cided to forego their prizes and donate the value of them to the above Fund.

***THE many friends of Mr. J. E. Ridout will regret to hear of his death, which occurred at his residence, Frankston on Friday evening, 20th inst. On Tuesday previous a blood ves-sel on his brain burst, and he gradu-ally became unconscious, and died as above stated. The deceased was highly respected by all who knew him and his loss will be sincerely mourned by his wife and family, and a large circle of friends. The remains were interred in the Frankston cemetery on Sunday after-noon, the Rev R. Jackson offi ciating at the grave.

***MR C. W. Murray of Langwarrin, left on Wednesday last by the S.S. Katoomba for West Australia. As he for some time past has fi lled the po-sition of hon secretary to the progress Association and correspondent of the school committee, his departure has left those positions vacant. So far no one seems willing to fi ll those positions, but it is hoped some-one will be public spirited enough to fi ll the gap and keep those public insti-tutions on the road to well doing.

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WE have again to record this week, of several of our Peninsula lads be-ing wounded at the Dardanelles; and unfortunately of the death of Private Colin Thomas, of Somerville, who succumbed to his wounds, while in the hospital ship, and Private Norman Tetley, who was killed while in action. Private A. Meldrum, of Somerville, is reported wounded, and Lieut.Corporal W L Cooke, of Flinders, as ill.

***A very happy evening was enjoyed on Saturday last August 21st at Sea-ford, where a concert and social was arranged by the Church of England in aid of the fund to reduce the debt. The musical part of the evening was arranged by Mrs Glidden, who, with help of Miss Draper as accompanist, trained about twenty children as a choir. The children sang very delightfully four sacred songs, and pleased every-one. Others who took part in the pro-gramme were Mr and Mrs Galway, and Mr M. Galway, the Misses Long-more, Mrs Armstrong, Mr Peebles, and Mr Hoare. At the end of the musical programme supper was served, and a short dance completed the evening’s enjoyment.

***THE hon. sec. (Dr Plowman) of the fund for presentation to volunteers recently enlisted from Frankston and the immediate district, desires to ac-knowledge the receipt of the following donations to the fund :—Lieut. Colo-nel Grimwade, £5 ; Sir John Madden, £2 2s ; G. W. Booth, Esq., £2 2s; C.

P. Watson, Esq, and Miss Watson, £1 2s 6d ; Mrs (Captain) Pidgeon, £1 1s; C. G. V. Williams, Esq., £1 1s ; W. Beckwith, Esq, £1; Jas Grice, Esq., 10s; Mrs Moloney, 10s; Mrs Hunt, 10s ; Captain Sherlock, 5s; Mrs W. H. O’Grady, 5s; Mrs Garrood, 5s ; Messrs Ritchie and Co., 5s; M. Jacobs, Esq., 5s; 44 donations of 2s 6d each ; 2 of 2s each; and 4 of 1s each.

***ST Paul’s Club advertise a social for next Wednesday night at 8.15 at the Mechanics’ Hall Frankston. The whole of the takings are to go to the Red Cross Fund. Some of the items will be appropriate to the occasion, for example a dialogue on “Peace and War”, and a dramatic item entitled “The Spy”. Songs and other musical items will be also on the programme, which will include a farce entitled “An Inter-rupted Proposal”. At the end of the programme a short dance will be held, and Mr and Miss Cowan have kindly promised to supply the music, with fl ute, piccolo and piano. It is hoped the social, admission for which will be one shilling, will be well attended. Two or three raffl es will be drawn dur-ing the evening, notably one for a pug puppy, and one for a doll. It is hoped during the evening that a presentation from the club will be made to Private Matthew Elliott.

***ON Wednesday afternoon an offi cial visit was paid to the Frankston State School by members of the Board of Advice, for the purpose of present-

ing junior certifi cates from the De-partment of Education to eight of the scholars who had passed the necessary test for juniors in swimming, diving, fl oating and methods of resuscitation. The chairman of the Board (Mr E.M’Comb) in presenting the certifi -cates, impressed on the children the necessity of going still further than they had gone, and thus being able to compete for a higher grade when the Department sent an offi cer to examine them. The following are the names of the successful competitors:—Nancy Cameron, Lexie Richardson, Chris-tina Hay, Ivy Bray, Arthur Gale, Geo Bradbury Raymond Coxall, and Hec-tor M’Comb. After the presentations the children sang the National Anthem, and Mr Richardson (the head teacher) returned thanks to the Board on behalf of the children, who were then dismissed. The members of the Board, after an inspection of the school, were invited by Mrs Richardson to partake of a cup of tea ,which was much appreciated, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the lady for her kindness.

***ALEX Scott and Co. report,— A moderate supply of both milkers and springers, prices on the whole being without alterations. Milkers £11 15 to £14, springers to £10 15s to £12 12s 6d. chopping cows to £9, fat cows to £18, store cows £6, to £8, poddies 40s to 67s 6d, From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 28 August, 1915


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TWO years for Collingwood’s Lachie Keefe and Josh Thomas and $50,000 apiece? Like a thousand oth-ers on any one night they took an il-legal drug which apparently included a performing enhancement. So much for Collingwood looking after “their boys”. Everyone scampering to come out of it with halos. Worse still the Essendon boys. Three years now. “They had a choice”? What choice if they refused? Ten years focussed on “making it” with the probability of bye byes for a supplements refusal? The fi rst choice was to protect those kids, lying and leaking unabated. For the good of the game? Nathan Buck-ley suggested it may be the making of his two boys; sweet nonsense. The clubs, ASADA, WADA, AFL, Her-ald Sun, The Age, Fox Footy. Like most politicians; hypocrites.

***Nathan Buckley, James Hird and Mi-chael Voss; champion footballers not necessarily champion coaches. James Hird blamed the AFL as expected, never him, then added “it’s about the players”, a shade late James? Rather sad, but it’s diffi cult to shed tears for millionaires. Tony Shaw on extend-ing Nathan’s contract: “I thought they might have gone a bit too hard a bit too early in dumping really talented players”. Shaw being the fi rst to call for Heath Shaw to be dropped; a convenient memory. If Nathan could coach half as well as he talks my once mighty Magpies would be right up there.

***Dear Danny Andrews, (John Ken-nedy, ex-Hawthorn coach “Don’t think, do!”); GF Eve holiday and a $220,000 logo design for nine

months work? Don’t hurry yourself Mr Popularity Premier. No surprise regarding the suggested bias of Com-missioner Dyson Heydon. We knew this before and after his comments on Julia Gillard’s evidence, well before Billy stepped up to the plate. Always amusing; the assumption judges are beyond reproach. Nobody is beyond reproach. Imagine Gillian Trigg at a Labor fundraiser?

***All those labour saving devices in the 50s to 80s have disintegrated. The sheer need to keep up with tech-nology is overwhelming. The more I let one go the further I get behind, to the point of near surrender. A word processor, Google and away we go; once upon a time. Now they upgrade, be it software or new models, and to comfort you they restrict your usage of the old model. Buy a new one or stay behind to the point of more confusion, more money and memory breakdown. I assume (on the basis of George Orwell’s prediction) we are but a step away from security control through our screens. Therein lies the danger of emitting wind being interpreted as a boo?

***$40 billion on Navy ships in South Australia. Why?...Nick Kyrgios sentenced to all of January in Rye?...What goes on in the bedroom stays in the bedroom, when the wife and kids are out for the day?...“Humour is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our ir-ritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place” [Mark Twain]..“And thus the whirli-gig of time brings in his revenges” [Shakespeare]...

***This is my last column. 130,000 words is quite enough. I’m saddling up my horse and riding into the set-ting sun. My hero (Hopalong Cassi-dy) has lived through his adventures, and, when it was over, he got on his horse and rode into the sunset.

What happened when he disap-peared over the horizon with Lucky and California? What happens after the “The End” placard covers the screen? Do they take time off before fi nding another adventure? Do they die of wounds suffered dur-ing those 66 movies? Do they live happily ever after in some frontier town? Not a bit of it. They run out of daylight puff, camping quietly in a unit, listening to a Roy Rog-ers CD, or Gene Autrey. Rear of the Rye shopping precinct, dodging psychologists, doctors and council-lors, happily ever after until the big fellow calls it quits.

As the saying goes “I’ve been everywhere mate”; 20 years as a public servant, 37 at racetracks, 40 in theatre and television, freelance activities including eight years with this column. The consist-ent thread throughout is trying to dodge morons. I’m not referring to acquaintances, relatives, people you say hello to etc, always taken at face value.

I’ve got my faults, probably more than I realise and like everything there are pluses; working with some-one you respect, who in the scheme of things is better than you in mat-ters which concern your outlook on life or simply the job at hand. I’ve been lucky, not often but enough to give me strength.

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By Stuart McCulloughIT’S hard to be ‘the one’. Fate can play some pretty nasty pranks from time to time and, without really mean-ing to, you might fi nd yourself being held responsible for an absolute dis-aster. No one wants to be the person who undoes a good idea. There’s not a soul on this earth who deliberately sets out to be the one that sinks the ship whilst simultaneously slaying the golden goose. It was a decade before they could make another Batman af-ter George Clooney was done with him. Poor George. It wasn’t his fault the whole thing stunk like a week-old trout in the sun. He was simply in the wrong place in the wrong time.

There is no franchise as beloved as Star Wars. I was never a fanatic, but that one trip to the Burwood Drive-In in the family Volkswagen remains one of the greatest cinematic experiences of my life. I knew nothing of it when we arrived. By the time we left, my life had been forever changed. Star Wars was to become a defi ning part of my childhood, something I’d talk about with classmates. I had action fi gures, the classic Luke Skywalker haircut and a light saber for about thirty seconds after I received it as a gift for Christmas but promptly bent in half during an overly vigorous duel with my brother. But after three fi lms, George Lucas wisely called time; leaving behind a fantastic, epic story that each new generation of moviego-ers can discover for themselves. Then, of course, he changed his mind.

After years of begging, the public were fi nally getting what they had so

long demanded – more Star Wars fi lms were on the way. New fi lms meant new creatures which, in turn, meant new merchandise that could appear on lunchboxes the world over and be purchasable as plastic fi gurines. They must have had such high hopes. Enter

Jar Jar Binks.You’ve got to feel a little sorry for

him. Prior to The Phantom Menace, he was just quietly going about his life, working as a barista and an organic whole foods café called ‘The Mighty Turnip’, supplementing his income by

picking up occasional gigs as an ac-tor. He’d appeared as Blanche’s love-interest in an episode of The Golden Girls and been a back-up singer / danc-er for Madonna on her ‘Who’s That Girl’ world tour but had never really threatened to breakout as a bona fi de star. But, one fateful night, everything changed, after Jar Jar got a message on his pager to call George Lucas.

Imagine it. Someone tells you they’re going to change your life for-ever by putting you in one of the most anticipated movies of the decade. Then they tell you you’ll be playing the role of a Gungan from the planet Naboo. So far, so weird. But regardless of how strange it might sound, Jar Jar would have consoled himself with the thought that these people were respon-sible for some pretty wonderful fi lms and, doubtless, they knew what they were doing. With the benefi t of hind-sight, Jar Jar might also have paused to consider that these very same peo-ple were also responsible for Howard the Duck, one of the most spectacular cinematic fl ops within memory, living and dead and even not quite feeling itself.

When The Phantom Menace was fi nally unleashed on an expectant public, the results were mixed. It was, without a shadow of a doubt, a huge fi nancial success, paving the way for two further fi lms. But things did not go so well for Jar Jar. To say that his performance was poorly received is like describing the maiden voyage of the Titanic as leaving room for im-provement. Put simply, it was a disas-ter for the aspirant actor. Jar Jar Binks

has since been described as one of the most reviled characters in fi lm history.

Jar Jar Binks appeared in the next two installments but in a drastically reduced role. Inevitably, the work dried up. Madonna changed her mu-sical direction. Blanche from The Golden Girls no longer returned his calls. Jar Jar got bumped from barista to clearing tables at ‘The Mighty Tur-nip’. He withdrew from public life, even quitting as keyboard player for Keanu Reeves’ band, ‘Dogstar’.

In the process of moving house, there have been many discoveries. Perhaps most startling of all is that I appear to possess any number of neck-ties that I would only ever wear at gun-point. As I was sorting through a pile of ties, there was one that caught my attention. Black and made a synthetic material that was both unpleasant to the touch and (probably) highly fl am-mable, there was a picture at the bot-tom. There, at the end of the tie, was a picture of Jar Jar Binks, smiling as though he hadn’t a care in the world.

I have no idea why I have a Jar Jar Binks necktie and cannot imagine a circumstance under which I’d wear it to work. But that’s not the point. Rath-er, it’s a reminder of another time. One where Jar Jar thought the world was not merely his oyster but his seafood platter. Where anything was possible. Now it’s a souvenir of an unmitigated disaster. Soon there will be another Star Wars fi lm. But as you await its release, spare a thought for the guy clearing coffee cups at The Mighty Turnip.

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LENNON: YESTERDAYS IN THE LIFE“I would love to be Doctor Who!”

Actor and musician John Waters’ declara-tion has been prompted by mint magazine’s suggestion the 66-year-old would be a perfect choice to play the Time Lord in BBC TV’s long-running sci-fi show now the Beeb has seen sense and is skewing older in its casting of the good Doctor in the form of current incarnation Peter Capaldi.

While mint hopes the Scotsman does not immediately vacate the TARDIS there will come a time – as for all 11 of his Doctor Who predecessors – for the 57-year-old Capaldi to regenerate.

“Of course, the body is only a vehicle for The Doctor but I think he looks better when he’s older,” Waters says.

“I think the original Doctor William Hartnell was fantastic because I was around for him but there’s been a few good ones.”

You read it here fi rst. The time could soon be right for the fi rst Australian Doctor Who. Kind of. Waters was born in London but he is also an Aussie, spending time between this country and England between acting jobs.

This push to install Waters as the next Doctor is thanks to his role as D’arcy in hugely-suc-cessful TV comedy drama Offspring, since mint reckons there was an almost Jon Pertwee-ian sparkle to the character, the father of Asher Keddie’s Nina.

But enough Doctor Who. Let’s talk another UK cultural icon: John Lennon.

Waters has been “playing” the role of Lennon on and off since 1991 when he had the idea for a stage show based on the former Beatles man’s life and he’s bringing the show to Frankston Arts Centre in early September.

Thankfully Waters doesn’t dress up as and impersonate Lennon, rather he tries to capture the attitude and spirit of the legendary singer-songwriter.

“I wanted it to be based around the songs and what they said about him because they are quite autobiographical. I also based what I was doing on some of the things he had said and his attitudes. I’d read enough and followed enough through the newspapers, ever since I was 16 really.”

While interest in Lennon’s life has risen in the past two decades – boosted by the likes of Oasis singing his praises during the Britpop boom of the ‘90s to a generation not around in the ‘60s – Waters says no-one had thought about staging a show about his life and songs a decade after Lennon’s death in 1980.

At fi rst, Waters decision to rope in musical part-ner Stewart D’Arrietta to perform the Lennon: Through A Glass Onion show was a pragmatic one despite the actor’s love of The Beatles’ and Lennon’s music.

“The short answer is ‘unemployment’. You’re looking around for something to do in one of those down times,” he says.

“My career was good but I just had ‘a hole’ and guys I knew who ran the entertainment room at The Tilbury Hotel in Woolloomooloo in Sydney said ‘Hey, we’ve got a spare three weeks com-ing up in a month’s time, do you have a show you could do?’ and I went ‘yep’ but hadn’t actu-ally thought about it at that stage.”

Co-opting D’Arrietta proved to be the start of a long and winding road for the Glass Onion show which made its way to Lennon’s adopted home city – New York – two years ago, decades after its fi rst small shows in the Sydney suburb in 1991.

Waters was thrilled by the audience reaction to the show in New York during a sold-out 122 shows run off Broadway at the Union Square Theatre.

“We loved it ... I think John Lennon is more revered in New York than anywhere else, including Liverpool. They just loved him there. They loved the way he’d chosen their town and adopted it and thought very highly of New York. He was recognised on the streets but they left him alone and that’s what he liked about it. New York is like that. There’s a lot of famous people walking down the street and nobody really bothers about them too much.”

But, much like Lennon’s real-life character, there was a dark side to the freedom afforded the famous in The Big Apple when Lennon was callously shot and murdered.

“Rather tragically that was what killed him in

the end – his accessibility and a random luna-tic thing that happened to him because of his celebrity,” Waters says.

It’s this premature end to Lennon’s life that Waters credits with keeping the Glass Onion show alive in audiences’ minds.

“People didn’t realise they felt as much as they do about Lennon, about the tragedy of a man who’s just really actually reached a pinnacle of peace in his own life and his own head ... set-tling down and calming down.

“So suddenly for it all to end there it gives people an emotional jolt and I think there’s no stage show that lasts the distance unless it has an emotional impact. I didn’t know how to strive for that, being a bit of fi rst timer when I put it together, but it must have hit the target. It does provoke an emotional reaction in people.”

The dark side of Lennon’s character could be hurtful to those close to the late Beatle but Wa-ters says people who have seen the show who knew Lennon reckon Waters and D’Arrietta’s Glass Onion show captures the essence of the man who they could not help but forgive.

“He was rejected by both his parents and brought up by his aunt so there was a lot of anger there,” he says.

“I found him to be a very angry man and most of the people who’ve seen my show who knew him said ‘he was a really nice guy but he couldn’t help the anger, it came out and made him quite prone to some violent outbursts now and then’. He did have that side to him.”

Before heading to the US to perform the Len-non show, Waters and D’Arrietta had to seek Yoko Ono’s permission to stage the Glass Onion show off Broadway.

“I think she’s always supported it and thinks it’s a good idea,” Waters says.

“There’s no big money in it for her because her percentage of our percentage is pretty tiny so it’s more about protecting the image and I un-derstand why she does that I think she does a great job. She’s been fabulous with us. We got great reviews in New York and we were relaxed because we knew we had her full backing.”

Waters admires Ono (“We couldn’t have done the show without Yoko’s support”) and remem-bers the harsh public criticism she copped at the height of The Beatles’ career in the 1960s.

“Yoko was reviled by the press. They slagged her off all the time and used racist epithets about her, called her ‘inscrutably Oriental’ and all that and she really supported John. She herself was an avant-garde artist of very high standing in her own right in New York City.”

In fact, Waters believes Ono was pivotal to the success of much of Lennon’s best later music.

“Even though his angry political songs were good in that decade it was great to hear him going back to those great groove-based pop songs he was so good at writing. Songs like (Just Like) Starting Over.“It’s a Yoko word ‘Imagine’. It’s a whole concept by her about bringing something into existence by imagining it. She did contribute to John’s work in a major way because she was the big-gest infl uence in his life at that time.”

Fast forward forty years or so – and three decades since the Glass Onion show made its debut – and the spirit of John Lennon is still very much alive and heading to Frankston next month.

After that, the show must go on to the Edin-burgh International Festival in August. It began as “something to do between gigs” for Waters but has morphed into something bigger than he ever anticipated.

“It has sort of taken over my life to a certain extent,” he says.

But then Lennon and The Beatles had dominated many days in his life since Waters’ mid-teens.

“I was born in late 1948 so was 16 when The Beatles arrived so I was really in that dead set target audience. It dominated all of our lives. It wasn’t really a case of whether you were a Beatles fan or not, The Beatles were the soundtrack for us.”

And a soundtrack for subsequent generations.

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion will be per-formed at Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey St, Frankston on Saturday 12 September, 8pm. See artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au or call 9784 1060 for bookings.


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Hillmen rocket into finalsHillmen rocket into finalsNEPEAN LEAGUEBy Toe Punt RED Hill will take enormous momentum into its Elimination fi nal against Hastings this weekend after belting Dromana to the tune of 86 points on Saturday.

The Hillmen have won four match-es in a row by an average margin of 59 points and have regained that confi dence that eluded them in the middle part of the season. The Hill-men’s last two wins against Dromana and Frankston Bombers have been by 86 and 113 points respectively.

Red Hill beat Hastings at the start of the month (three rounds ago) in a hard fought, tough contest by 27 points.

Red Hill went into the fi nal home and away game of the season having to beat Dromana, while relying on Sorrento to beat Rye.

While Red Hill went in as favourite, it had lost to Dromana on the previ-ous three occasions.

From the very fi rst bounce, the Hillmen got their backyard in order and opened up a 30 point lead at the fi rst change.

In the corresponding game earlier in the season, the Hillmen did the same and went on to kick just one more goal for the game.

Not this time. By half time, the margin had blown out to ten goals and Red Hill had placed itself in a position to jump into the top fi ve.

Jake Mold booted fi ve goals, Jared Eames four and teenager Danny All-sop three majors while Jake Mitchell and Daniel McNamara also domi-nated.

Daniel Guerts and Kieran Voelkl were the best of the Tigers.

After the match, Red Hill coach Tony Blackford was obviously very pleased to be part of another fi nals campaign.

“Once you’re in Toey, anything can happen,” said Blackford.

“Our game fi nished a lot earlier than the Sorrento v Rye game so we all got in the rooms to listen to the last ten minutes on the radio. The guys were obviously pretty excited.

“We go into next week knowing we’re playing really good footy again and we were lucky enough to beat

Hastings a few weeks ago.“Finals are a different ball game

altogether though and as far as I’m concerned, it all starts again.

“We’ll prepare the best we can and no doubt give it our best shot.

“We’re the underdogs of all the teams in the fi nals but we don’t plan to be there just making up numbers. We’re confi dent we can have a real impact if we play to our potential,” said Blackford.

While Red Hill got the four points, it had to rely on Sorrento to knock over Rye.

It wasn’t until the 20-minute mark of the last quarter that Red Hill could start to celebrate.

Rye played the best football I had witnessed it play this season and took it right up to the Sharks.

On a couple of occasions through-

out the match, it appeared as though Sorrento was going to break the game open, however, with their season on the line, the Demons kept fi ghting back.

Scores were locked together at half time and the margin was just nine points at three quarter time in favour of the home side. The fi nal margin was three goals, 16.10 (106) to 13.10 (88).

Jon Croad was superb for the Sharks, despite not being named in their best, while Daniel Grant was also a solid four-quarter contributor.

Brady Egan is a star of the com-petition and he was excellent for the Demons, while Adam Kirkwood was superb in the back half, despite his opponent Myles Pitt kicking three goals.

The other big game everyone was

keeping an eye on was Hastings versus Rosebud.

What a fi zzer that turned out to be. Rosebud mauled the Blues from the fi rst bounce and won by more than 100 points.

The Buds kicked 20.12 (132) while restricting the Blues to just 4.6 (30).

The Buds went into the game without Greg Bentley and Paul Ken-nedy and full back Chris Zurek. Chris Rogers, Jackson McRae and Brenton Payne all played in the reserves while Sean Downie was at Stingrays.

Rob Forrest was at his devastat-ing best with fi ve goals while Ryan Spooner booted four and Tom Baker three. Matt Baker was superb on Luke Clark.

Jake Hewitt and Shaun Foster were the best of the Blues.

Hastings now has a week to regroup

before playing Red Hill in the knock-out Elimination Final.

Rosebud has been the best side all season and deserves the week off.

Crib Point was put out of its misery at 4.30pm yesterday by Somerville, losing by a whopping 106 points.

It’s a far cry from the club that was fl ying this time last year and was a genuine premiership threat.

This season has been a disaster for the black and white, winning just three games for the season.

Coach of the Year in 2014 Duane Annable has stepped down and the popular choice if you listen to the beating drums is that Brad Arnold will take control.

The Eagles were sensational on Sat-urday, despite a lacklustre opposition.

Make no mistake, Somerville is right there with Rosebud as the best teams in the competition.

Tom Shaw booted fi ve goals, Rowan Hogenbirk was back from a quad injury with four goals and Billy Rolfe is just winding up for a big fi nals series – he fi nished with four goals.

Adrian Speedy and Justin Allsop were outstanding.

Devon Meadows fi nished the season on a real high, winning its fi nal four games. It beat Tyabb on Saturday 24.17 (161) to 9.14 (68).

Dylan Hand booted seven goals and Beau Miller and Pat Harmes dominated.

Jake Anderson kicked fi ve majors for the Yabbies and Adrian Clay in his 150th game was outstanding.

In the fi nal game, Pearcedale fi nished on a high too and beat Frankston Bombers, 18.7 (115) to 12.10 (82).

In what has been a tough season for both clubs, they both fi nished where expected. I think both clubs misun-derstood the strength of the competi-tion and there was talk of fi nals from both camps.

Pearcedale must resign its coach Jamie Merchan and invest in ad-ditional talent.

If Merchan was to go, and he doesn’t want to, I think the ripple ef-fect could be signifi cant.

Both the Panthers and Bombers can’t keep treading the boards and expect things to improve.

Season slips away: The siren couldn’t come quickly enough for Crib Point, going down to Somerville by 106 points. Picture: Andrew Hurst


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By Toe Punt DROMANA Football Club will an-nounce its Team of the Century and Teams of the Decade over the past 70 years at a special gala function next season.

All members of Teams of the Dec-ade (TOTD) will be notifi ed of their selection in the next six weeks to give them plenty of time to plan to attend. Almost all of these players will have met the criteria to be a member of the main team.

Each of the TOTD will have a coach, captain and vice-captain, as well as an interchange of six.

The Team of the Century will only feature players post World War II. This team will feature captain, coach, vice-captain and an interchange of 12.

The selection committee is made up of eight Life Members, including six former players who have played a total of 1060 senior games for the club from the early 1950s.

With quite a number of players be-ing named in two TOTD, the club has a total of 142 individual players and two non-playing coaches.

Dromana Football Club would like the assistance of the footy public to locate the following nominees for the 1946-55 team or family mem-bers. They are Alan Hosking, Vern Humphreys, Ken Coy, Jack Duncan, Harold Parkes, Doug Goad, Gordon Johnson, and former Army/Balcombe member Peter Burns.

Another player who the club last heard was in Western Australia and is in both 76/85 and 86/95 teams and played a total of 201 senior games is Michael James.

As a matter of history, Wally Guy fi rst played in the 1931 premier-ship team and was capt/coach of the 1937/40/50 teams. His younger brother Eric (later St Kilda legend) played in the 1950 premiership and in 1958 after seven years in retirement, Wally came back and played in 1958 when another brother Ivan joined the club.

Former post 1940 players who played at least 175 club games have been recognised previously by the club with certifi cates given to family members and will have that recogni-tion exhibited on an honour board next season.

By Craig MacKenzie A HISTORIC liaison between six local soccer clubs underpins the Women’s National Premier League of Victoria application by newly formed Southern United.

Casey Comets, Mornington, Lang-warrin, Seaford United, Skye United and Peninsula Strikers juniors have formed a consortium to back a single bid representing one of the largest catchment areas in Victoria.

The consortium has formal backing from the City of Casey and City of Frankston and a verbal pledge of support from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

There were 22 applicants for Vic-toria’s inaugural WNPLV competi-tion due to kick off next year with just eight applicants to be granted a licence.

Applications closed last month and have been screened by an Assessment Panel that is preparing a report to be presented to the Football Federation Victoria board at its meeting on 28 August.

FFV also created a WNPLV Assess-ment Support Team to assist both the panel and applicants but also to act as a go-between in terms of communica-

tion and to maintain an arm’s length approach between the panel and applicants.

Applicants will be assessed on the following 13 criteria:

1. Teams 2. Youth development 3. Coaching 4. Governance 5. Or-ganisational structure 6. Finance 7. Facilities 8. Medical 9. Reporting 10. Member protection 11. Council sup-port for facilities 12. Track record in women’s and girls’ football, and 13. Geography.

The impetus for the Southern Unit-ed consortium bid initially came from Langwarrin where junior girls coach James Honey broached the subject with club president Tanya Wallace.

“James was really, really keen on the elite women’s side of things and we soon realised that it was too big for one club to go it alone,” said Wallace.

“We also believed that we would have a better chance of winning a licence if we took a regional approach so I contacted the presidents of the other fi ve clubs.

“To be honest I expected more opposition to the idea than what we received so it didn’t take long to form a consortium committee with repre-

sentatives from all six clubs.”Michael Woodward, former South-

ern region zone representative from Strikers, is the inaugural Southern United secretary and former Matilda and Victorian state goalkeeper The-resa Deas is also involved.

The budget submitted with South-ern United’s application forecast six-fi gure expenses and revenue with an anticipated profi t in excess of $14,000.

The club also has produced a con-stitution, a logo and a number of de-signs and colours for home and away strips with a pink trim prominent.

Southern United proposes to play its home games on a rotating basis at Casey Comets, Mornington and Langwarrin as they fulfi l the match-day venue criteria while training looks like being shared among the other consortium members.

“Casey Comets already have a WPL team but they felt it was better to be part of the bid rather than go it alone,” Wallace added.

“For all these clubs to come together like this is a fi rst for the area and we’re pretty excited about the pros-pects but for now it’s just a matter of fi ngers crossed and hope for the best.”

PENINSULA LEAGUEBy Toe Punt MT Eliza full forward Justin Van Unen booted the fi ve goals he needed against Pines on Saturday to notch his second century in the MPNFL.

‘JV’ fi rst kicked 100 goals when he was playing for Rye in an Elimination Final and while he was still wearing the red and blue on Saturday, this time it was for the Redlegs.

Van Unen had the tough job of play-ing on the returning Beau Hendry on Saturday, making the feat even that much more impressive.

In 16 games, Van Unen has averaged almost six goals a game and he holds the key to the success of the Redlegs this season.

Despite the potency of Van Unen in attack, the strong midfi eld group and the experienced defence, many still say Mt Eliza and the rest of the teams in the Peninsula competition are play-ing for second place.

Many believe that Frankston YCW is by far the best team in the competi-tion.

It’s hard to argue following their shaky start. Figures don’t lie and the Stonecats are head and shoulders bet-ter in the points for and against col-umn.

Regardless, it’s not a theory that sits well with Mt Eliza coach John Geor-giou.

“I think it’s very disrespectful to my players and the other teams in the competition to hear we are all playing for second prize,” said Georgiou.

“We didn’t play a great game against YCW the last time we played them but we’re really confi dent in the way we are playing.

“Mornington have been very good this season too and Pines and Edith-vale-Aspendale have shown that they are more than capable on their day.

“I think the season is wide open for the team that brings its best on any given day. Frankston YCW has lost three games, so we know they can be beaten.

“They (YCW) are a strong team, we know that, but they can be beaten.”

Georgiou said there was no chance of a return for his star forward Scott Lockwood.

“Scott has been a great player for us for a long time and unfortunately his knee won’t allow him to get up for the rest of the year,” said Georgiou.

“We have made some adjustments in personnel but our structures are still the same. We’re very confi dent our best is still good enough,” he said.

Mt Eliza’s best was good enough on Saturday against Pines.

While the Pythons came storming home with a four goal to one last quar-ter, Mt Eliza was still able to record a pretty comfortable victory, 11.19 (85) to 11.11 (77).

Sam Gill, Karl Lombardozzi and Dave Barton dominated for the Redlegs.

Aaron Edwards booted four goals and Guy Hendry three for Pythons while Chris Guganovic and Shaun White also had a heap of the footy.

Mornington put the second last nail in Langwarrin’s coffi n, smashing the Kangas 23.12 (150) to 8.8 (56).

Langwarrin has just one more week to go in what has been an extremely frustrating season.

They have been cursed with injuries again this season. They couldn’t afford one.

Their coach, Gavin Artico, has re-signed and its best player Rikki John-ston has accepted the Dromana coach-ing job. It’s highly likely that Luke O’Neil and Liam Hogan will return to the Tigers with Johnston. Who could blame them.

The Langwarrin job is still a very good one for a coach that wants to in-vest three years.

The 2015 season has been a write-off.

Jackson Calder had a fi eld day on

Saturday with six goals for the Dog-gies while Daniel Moss and Warwick Miller brought their own Sherrin.

Shane Paterson, Rikki J and Jar-rod Amalfi , who is rumoured to have signed at Frankston Bombers, were among the best for the blue and white.

Jarrod Garth booted eight goals for Edithvale-Aspendale as they torched Seaford on Saturday.

The Eagles booted 14 goals to fi ve in the second half to win 24.15 (159) to 9.11 (65).

Brett O’Hanlon booted four goals and Mark Mullins and Matt Clark dominated.

Dean Williamson and Brendan Doyle were the best of the Tigers.

Frankston YCW opened up a 32-point quarter time lead against Bonbeach and fi nished with a solid 50-point win, 21.12 (138) to 13.10

(88).Ryan Santon kicked four goals and

Lew Roberts and Kyle Hutchison three while Brad Ulms and Byron Barry were dominant.

Jackson Casey and Jackson Sole were the best of the Sharks.

Chelsea was able to turn around a real form slump to get the job done against Karingal, 17.15 (117) to 12.9 (81).

Todd Gardiner was clearly the best player on the ground for the Gulls while Jayden Attard also worked pretty hard. Curtis Bywater played his best game for the club and Chris Char-ity booted six goals in only his fourth senior match.

Zac Clements, Brad Occhipinmti and Aaron Lees were the best of the Bulls.

Another ton for Justin Van UnenAnother ton for Justin Van Unen

Dromana to announce Dromana to announce its team of the centuryits team of the century

Six say yes to Southern UnitedSix say yes to Southern United

Redlegs manage to hold on: Despite Pines storming home, Mt Eliza won by eight points. Picture: Gary Bradshaw


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$42,990 EXCLUSIVE 3.0L ISUZU TURBO DIESEL• 17” ALLOY WHEELS, FOG LIGHTS, SIDE STEPS & ROOF RAILS• PREMIUM AUDIO, SAT NAV & 10” DVD ROOF MONITOR• PASSIVE ENTRY & START SYSTEM• LEATHER SEATS§

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$15,990 DRIVE AWAY2

MIRAGE ES SEDAN

FREE AUTO VALUED AT $2,000

LANCER ES SPORT$19,990 DRIVE

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See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information. Participating Mitsubishi dealers only. While stocks last. Mitsubishi Motors Australia reserves the right to extend or modify these offers. Offers available on new vehicles purchased & delivered between 1 and 31 August 2015 unless offers extended. Excludes Govt., Rental & National Fleet buyers. See participating dealers for full terms and conditions. 1. Buy manual and receive free upgrade to automatic transmission valued at $2,000 on Mirage ES Sedan and Lancer, and $2,250 on 16MY Outlander LS 2WD until August 31. Excludes Ralliart and Evolution. 2. Manual. Recommended Drive Away selling price, including 12 months registration, CTP insurance, Stamp Duty & Dealer Delivery. DIAMOND ADVANTAGE: † NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY: 5 years or 100,000km (whichever occurs first). Service conditions apply. * CAPPED PRICE SERVICING: 4 years or 60,000km (whichever occurs first). Covers all items specified under the standard “Regular Service Table” for normal operating conditions detailed in the service and warranty booklet. Additional service/repair items (if required) are at additional cost. ^ROADSIDE ASSIST (Service conditions apply). For purchases of new Mitsubishi vehicles, your initial 12 month roadside assist will be extended for a period of 12 months from the date of the most recent eligible Capped Price Service for that vehicle performed at an authorised Mitsubishi dealer. Roadside assist, if extended in accordance with these items, is available for a maximum of up to 5 years. Conditions apply. See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information.

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