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By Cameron McCulloughPOLITICIANS and community lead-ers have rallied behind a former police offi cer’s efforts to rejoin Victoria Po-lice.

Former Hastings police sergeant Andrew Brady’s hopes of re-entering the police force appeared to have been dashed after an offi cial report labelled

his approach to policing as dated and one-dimensional.

The only option now open to Mr Brady, who spent nearly a quarter of a century in the force before leaving in 2007, is to rejoin as a recruit, do the full 33-week course, and be eligible for promotion to senior constable after four years.

Hasting MP Neale Burgess emailed

Mr Brady to say that he had spoken with Police Minister Peter Ryan “and your case is going to be raised directly with the Chief Commissioner [Ken Lay]”.

“I have spoken to police command seeking a review, and I will continue to push the issue” Mr Burgess told The News.

Federal MP Greg Hunt described Mr

Brady as “the best and most creative youth worker I have ever seen”.

Mr Brady was awarded the Victoria Police Ethical Standards Medal in 1997, a Divisional Commendation in 2005 and was named Mornington Pe-ninsula Shire’s Citizen of the Year in 2008 for services to the community. He hoped his vast experience would have allowed him to re-enter the force

by undergoing a refresher course, rath-er than the full rookie training.

“It is offensive to suggest my 22 years’ service counts for nothing,” he said.

Mr Brady gained a reputation for working outside the square in his years of policing at Hastings.

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SUMMER by the Sea returns to the Victorian coastline in January with 300 events at 80 places including Hastings, Somers, Balnarring Beach and Point Leo.

The festival is run by Coastcare, a division of the Department of Sustainability and Environment, using local experts.

Coastcare’s Phillip Wierzbowski said the events included rockpool rambles, kayak adventures, marine monitoring, nature walks, geology adventures and snorkelling safaris.

“The program aims to teach people of all ages about marine conservation, making it fun, safe and active,” he said.

Activities in Hastings include a walk along Warringine Park boardwalk, looking at birds and wildlife, and a Coastcare program about how to care for the environment on 17 January. The boardwalk activity is on three Tuesdays from 3 January.

Midnight walks at Somers are on Thursdays 12 and 19 January.

Rockpool rambles are at Balnarring Beach on Wednesday 4 January and Point Leo on Friday 6 January.

Activities at other beaches in the region include Phillip Island, Corinella, Tooradin, Pearcedale and St Andrews Beach on Western Port, and Seaford, Frankston, Mornington, Dromana, Rosebud, Rye, Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea on Port Phillip.

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FOUR people are recovering in hospi-tal after a two-car collision on Saturday morning on the Western Port Highway south of the Bungower Rd intersection near Somerville.

A 39-year-old Hastings man was fl own by helicopter ambulance to The Alfred hospital after being trapped for four hours in his Ford ute.

The man was placed in an induced coma while emergency crews freed him from the wreckage.

He was admitted to hospital in a crit-ical condition with serious injuries to his legs, pelvis and upper body.

The head-on collision between the ute and a near-new Audi sedan oc-curred at about 8.30.

It is understood the sedan had been travelling north along the highway as the ute turned left into the highway from the east side of Bungower Rd.

The driver of the Audi, a 63-year-old man of Somers, was fl own to the Royal

Melbourne Hospital where he is being treated for a broken arm, broken ribs and a broken upper leg.

His two female passengers were tak-en to The Alfred hospital with spinal injuries. One had a broken arm and the other a broken toe.

Anyone who saw the accident or has information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Hastings police on 5970 7800.

Rescued: Emergency crews spent four hours freeing the driver of a Ford ute after itcollided with an Audi sedan near Somerville on Saturday. Top picture Rudy Chitty

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ONE of the key aims of the Victoria Police operation Summer Stay – running from mid-November to 8 January – is to remove “impaired drivers” from roads.

Road Policing Superintendent Neville Taylor said that during this seven-week period last year, 38 people lost their lives on Victorian roads.

“We know this a high-risk time for drink driving on our roads,” he said.

“Our key message during this summer enforcement campaign is to stay alert, stay sober, stay within the limit and stay alive.”

He said the police presence would be boosted in 15 high-risk road trauma areas including the municipalities of Mornington Peninsula, Frankston, Kingston, Casey, Dandenong, Boroondara, Brimbank, Geelong, Glen Eira, Monash, Wyndham, Hume, Whittlesea, Wyndham and Yarra Ranges.

“Police will conduct drink and drug-driving testing at all times of day and night. Just don’t risk it,” Superintendent Taylor said.

Booze buses would be supported by mobile breath testing sites and numerous satellite vehicles aimed at catching drink drivers taking back roads in a bid to avoid detection.

Local police would be joined by State Highway Patrol offi cers and police from the Road Policing Drug

Peninsula one of 15 Peninsula one of 15 police ‘trauma targets’police ‘trauma targets’

and Alcohol Section (RPDAS). Superintendent Taylor said every

police offi cer in the state would have a focus on road safety as part of Summer Stay.

There would be three separate operations in Summer Stay with the fi rst being Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers).

Police in marked and unmarked cars would conduct drink and drug-driving tests, and all types of vehicles would be targeted, he said.

“We are now well and truly into the festive time of year and with that comes a heightened risk of drink and

drug driving on our roads.“Every booze bus is a drug bus, and

every state highway patrol offi cer also has the ability to conduct a roadside drug test at any time.

“We all know the science behind this. If you drink and drive or take drugs and drive, your chances of being involved in a crash signifi cantly increase.”

In 2010, one in every 60 drivers pulled over by police was driving with illicit drugs in their system.

“The message is clear, stay sober and stay off drugs. If you can’t do that – then stay off the road.”

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By Keith PlattA FLASH of colour catches a driver’s eye. A closer look reveals bunches of fl owers carefully placed at the foot of a power pole.

Dark lines running across the bitumen road are the skid marks of heavy duty tyres. They point to where the wheels have left the road, churning up the roadside grass before stopping by some shrubs.

Fifty metres away an echidna scurries safely across the road into a blackberry thicket.

The quiet rural scene belies the tragic tale be-hind the scars on the road.

Weather will wipe them off the surface, but not the scars that will forever be born in the lives of friends and relatives of David and Heather Churcher, the husband and wife who died on this stretch of road mid-afternoon on Tuesday 6 De-cember.

The Churchers, both 55, of Mt Martha, had been enjoying a carefully planned retirement.

Taking time off from sailing the world, the cou-ple was back home for Christmas and taking a tandem bike ride on the peninsula’s back roads at Merricks when they were hit by a tip truck.

Both died at the scene.

The tip truck driver has told police that he swerved to miss a dog on the road.

Senior Sergeant Andy Brockway of Rosebud said on Monday that police were looking for wit-nesses while preparing a report for the coroner.

A dentist by profession and assisted by Heather, David Churcher would put his skills to good use while sailing.

Their 13-metre yacht Courtesan was outfi tted for him to provide dental treatment, especially to disadvantaged people they met when visiting islands on their travels. In one 15-month trip to the South Pacifi c in 2006-07 they handed out 500 toothbrushes.

A sailor since a young lad, David was a life-long member of McCrae Yacht Club and had three times helped the current Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon, in the defence of the Little America’s Cup.

The Churchers had also earlier this year sailed the Atlantic with two of Mr McKeon’s sons.

After storing their latest yacht, the 17-metre Sula, a Discovery 55, at the Norfolk Broads in the UK for the northern hemisphere winter, the Churchers returned to Mt Martha several weeks ago, looking forward to Christmas with family

and New Year’s Eve with friends at the McCrae Yacht Club. A tribute posted on mysailing.com said the couple had “faced many dangers at sea and sailed through some horrible storms”.

“As well as offering support to remote coun-tries, the pair also helped to raise thousands of dollars for charities through cycling events.

“David and Heather are survived by their two children, Andrew and Jacqui, and will be greatly missed by all at McCrae Yacht Club and their lo-cal community.”

Through a relative, the children issued a state-ment saying their parents were “adventurous, car-ing and loving people living their lives to the full-est … They died together doing what they love. Their loss is devastating to all who knew them and they will be greatly missed.”

One family’s memoriam notice summed up the feelings of many: “How could this have hap-pened? They did so many wonderful things for so many people.”

Hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service for Heather and David Churcher at Pen-bank School, Mornington-Tyabb Rd, Moorooduc, on Friday 16 December.

Silent witnesses: A trail of black rubber plus bright fl owers beside the road are the only physical reminders of the events that led to the deaths at Merricks of Mt Martha couple David and Heather Churcher.

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“While I don’t know the details of Andrew’s police career, I do know that he is the best and most creative youth worker I have ever seen. He would be an asset in any team.”Greg Hunt, Federal MP for Flinders

“I believe he was an outstanding police offi cer, and he is an outstanding man. Any police force should bend over backwards to have him as one of their members.Neale Burgess, State MP for Hastings

“This is a disgrace. Andrew Brady would have to be the best police offi cer this area has ever seen. If they don’t get him back into the local police force, it will be a huge loss for Hastings and the Western Port region.”David Nelli, past president of Western Port Chamber of Commerce

“It is beyond belief that Victoria Police would not take the opportunity to get Andrew Brady back into policing. He was an asset to the community and, from a community policing point of view, was the best we’ve ever had.”Brian Stahl, JP OAM, former Hastings area shire councillor and shire mayor

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He’s one of the best cops the town has ever seen, but the brass rate him dated and one dimensional He’s one of the best cops the town has ever seen, but the brass rate him dated and one dimensional

Continued from Page 1FORMER police sergeant Andrew Brady is well known for establishing the Western Port Warriors RecLink football team, which has proved to be highly successful in helping disadvan-taged people in the community.

He also pioneered other community projects including the Walking School Bus, essay competitions on the dan-gers of throwing rocks at trains and the importance of bike helmets, giving all Hastings Westpark Primary School preps a Christmas present, and many other community projects.

“The idea was to get to kids before they got into trouble, and get them on-side. While it proved successful and popular in the community, this kind of policing was not encouraged [by supe-riors],” Mr Brady said.

“The frustrations I felt lead me to taking leave and eventually resigning from the force.

“I fully believed that the approach had [now] changed in the force and that my approach may have been more acceptable, but it seems I am wrong.”

While Mr Brady says his motivation for rejoining was to continue to serve the community he loves, the current recommendation means he may have to wait years before being able to re-turn to Hastings.

The assessor, Sergeant Philip Brad-ley, simply stated that “service in a policing jurisdiction for a minimum of four years” would be required to be “eligible for consideration for in-situ promotion to the rank of senior con-stable”.

This is still below the rank of ser-geant, which Mr Brady held at the time of his resignation.

The assessor stated that Mr Brady’s rank at the time of his resignation was senior constable.

There are no guarantees that Mr Brady would be based in Hastings in the four years it would take to reach senior constable.

“I can’t rejoin as a rookie,” Mr Brady. “It is akin to them saying they just don’t want me back and fl ies in the face of the very thing I was trying to achieve.”

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The centres, one north-bound and one south-bound, will be built on farming land, and were due to open by early 2013 when the freeway is com-pleted.

Plans show each will have a ‘truck-ies’ lounge’, showers, toilets and laun-dry; baby changing room, children’s playground and picnic area; buildings of about 3000 square metres; parking for 100 cars, four buses, fi ve caravans and 16 trucks; 26 refuelling points for cars and four for trucks; a convenience store, fi ve food or retail shops and a tourist information kiosk; indoor seat-ing for 272 people and outside seating for 52; and about 13 toilets, including one for people with disabilities.

On Monday last week, the council voted 7-3 to refuse the application, going against the recommendation of shire planners.

Councillors said it would impinge on the green wedge zone, was a “com-mercial development of excessive scale within the Green Wedge”, the design and location of the develop-ment failed to adequately protect the landscape and environmental values of the Moorooduc fl ood plain, and it would “have an adverse impact on the amenity of the area with regard to noise, light and visual bulk”.

“The proposal will result in the loss of agriculture land in the Green Wedge Zone which cumulatively jeopardises

the economic viability of the Morn-ington Peninsula in terms of agricul-tural productivity,” the decision stated.

AA Holdings owns the land, is the builder and will operate the freeway service centres (FSCs).

AA Holdings’ town planner David Hansen he the company disappointed with the decision and the matter would go to the Victorian Civil and Admin-istrative Tribunal, where the company would seek to have the shire’s deci-sion overturned.

“We prepared an appropriate and com prehensive proposal that addres-sed all issues,” he said.

The proponent had met a wide range of stakeholders, including seven ob-jectors.

Mr Hansen said the shire had re-ceived the planning application in May. He was concerned about the long waiting list at the VCAT. “We

had hoped to open the FSCs when the freeway opens in early 2013. It takes about 12 months to build,” he said.

Mr Hansen said FSCs were allowed in green wedges.

In the tribunal, the shire will bat-tle the family-owned AA Holdings, which builds service stations for BP.

AA Holdings states on its website that it “is BP’s largest retail custom-er in Australia and BP’s third largest over all customer after BHP [Billiton] and Rio Tinto”.

The company, led by Andreas An-drianopoulos, has been building and operating service stations and car washes for more than 40 years.

It has twin freeway service centres on the Calder Fwy in Keilor North, Hume Fwy at Wallan and Princes Fwy at Offi cer. It is constructing twin cen-tres on EastLink tollway near Ferntree

Gully Rd at Scoresby and on the Gee-long Bypass at Lovely Banks.

Mr Andrianopoulos is active in busi-ness politics and made submissions to federal government inquiries into the ill-fated Fuel Watch website – which was meant to give consumers the best petrol prices, but was blocked by the Senate in November 2008 – and the recent inquiry into plain cigarette packaging.

AA Holdings states it has “dedicated distribution centres and an established network of 50 service stations in Vic-toria”. It has service stations in Mt Eliza and Dromana, and car washes in McCrae and Rye.

Supporting AA Holdings behind the scenes is Linking Melbourne Author-ity, the state government body formed to oversee the building of EastLink tollway, the under-construction Penin-

sula Link, and the proposed WestLink, an 18-kilometre freeway connecting the Eastern Fwy and Western Ring Rd.

LMA awarded the tender for the Baxter twin servos to AA Holdings about 12 months ago.

LMA spokeswoman Erin Coldham said the authority did not want to com-ment on the council refusal and direct-ed The News to AA Holdings.

Another organisation disappointed by the council’s decision is BRAT-PAC – Baxter Residents and Traders Progress Action Committee.

President Peter Baulch said the group had supported the twin servos project from when it was fi rst mooted. “It’s a necessity for people using the freeway as there was nothing between Ringwood, where EastLink starts, and Rosebud at the time it was proposed. Now a service centre is being built at Scoresby.”

Mr Baulch said there would be no street access from Baxter, so it wouldn’t take trade from the town, and AA Holdings had a policy that it would employ local people as a prior-ity. The company had stated the cen-tres would employ up to 450 people.

He said there would be no major im-pairment of the environment as “the land has been used as a cow and sheep paddock for many years”.

Councillors voting against the project were Frank Martin, David Gibb, Leigh Eustace, Tim Rodgers, Graham Pittock, Bill Goodrem and Reade Smith.

For the project were Antonella Celi, Anne Shaw and Lynn Bowden. Cr Bev Colomb was absent.

Shire picks fight on Baxter twin servosShire picks fight on Baxter twin servos

Holding out: Artist’s drawing of how one of the twin service centres on Peninsula Link freeway at Baxter would look.


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Summer haze: Parks Victoria is warning about the dangers of jumping off piers. Anglers try their luck at Hastings jetty.

PARKS Victoria is urging swimmers not to jump or dive off piers and jetties this summer as warmer weather attracts more people to beaches on Western Port and Port Phillip.

“Parents especially should be vigi lant to en-sure their children are aware of the dangers of jumping and diving from piers,” Parks Victo-ria chief ranger Graeme Davis said.

Diving from piers and jetties is highly dan-gerous, especially on the bays, where varying tidal and sand movements constantly change the water depths and submerged debris can

pose an unexpected hazard.“Not only is the practice of diving or jump-

ing off piers hazardous to those engaged in the activity, it also puts at risk boat operators at-tempting to berth and disembark passengers,” he said.

“The safety of swimmers who continue to dive from piers despite clear ‘no diving’ signs is of great concern to Parks Victoria.

“There are much safer places than piers to enter the water to swim and enjoy the beach.”

Every year several people are seriously in-

jured or sometimes die as a result of injuries caused by jumping off piers.

“The last thing anyone wants to hear is a sto-ry of a fun day by the bay resulting in a severe injury or, even worse, loss of life.”

Parks Victoria regularly patrol piers and jet-ties and has recently upgraded signs at all piers and jetties on Port Phillip and Western Port in-cluding clear ‘no diving’ signs.

For more information, call Parks Victoria on 13 1963 or visit www.parks.vic.gov.au

Parents urged to end pier jumpsParents urged to end pier jumps

By Ursula FenwickSINGING “No more writing, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks” was the way we, as children, start-ed our long Christmas holidays.

Having been a teacher for many years, I was most sur-prised to hear my Hastings University of the Third Age (U3A) book club members say, “Do we have to have such a long break?”

During this time many of us will be minding grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren and, in my case, a West High-land terrier posing as a reindeer.

Our committee members will be busy moving to 13 Teal Court, our new home in West Park. Members who would like to assist would be welcomed with open arms.

We have had an excellent year with several exciting new courses (fl ower arranging, digital camera workshop, gentle exercise, and Adobe) and our regular programs.

New courses for 2012 will include beginners French and we are seeking expressions of interest for mosaics, ceramics, sculpture and pottery. Diabetics Victoria has also offered a fi ve-week course on diabetes, which we will conduct later in Term 1.

Most of our tutors and leaders will be returning in 2012, but new leaders and new courses are al-ways welcomed.

Anyone who has a hob-by or interest they would like to share with others is welcome to run a course. You do not have to be a teacher; just have a good knowledge of your sub-ject. Members are always keen to learn new things.

We would like to wish everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas and new year.

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A MEMORIAL for Jack Foy was unveiled in the Peace Garden at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School last Friday.

Jack, aged 13, tragically died when a shade sail he was on gave way at Hastings Westpark Primary School on 8 March 2009.

Jack, other members of Hastings Cricket Club’s under-15 team and friends were sitting on the shade sail after the team won the premiership earlier that day.

Five other teenagers were injured in the accident.All pupils and staff members attended the cer-

emony, where a mural of the school’s emblem – Mary with the baby Jesus – was unveiled as well as a plaque in memory of Jack, who attended the school.

Reports of the 2009 accident said paramedics took half an hour to get to the boys because they were blocked by locked gates, which had to be cut open.

Jack’s friends, paramedics and Jack’s father Pat Foy all tried to resuscitate him.

Pat Foy is a former Sydney Swans player and a former captain-coach of Hastings Football Club who took the team to a premiership in 1992.

The school’s Peace Garden was inspired by the loss of Jack, and construction started last year with the support and donations from school families and local businesses Wickham Glass and Flooring Xtra.

It contains many student-made sculptures and to-tems. Students, parents and staff all had a hand in constructing the memorial and the mural.

The ceremony was hosted by St Mary’s art teach-er Sam Perry who organised the memorial and the garden.

Jack’s parents planted a tree in his honour.At the end of the ceremony, parish priest Father

Grant O’Neill blessed the garden, and pupils and teachers said prayers and sang songs.

Father O’Neill said St Mary’s hopes that through the beauty and dedication that went into the garden, Jack’s spirit will remain part of the school forever.

By Matt Vowell

Memorial for Jack Foy unveiledMemorial for Jack Foy unveiled

Remembering Jack: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School community at the Jack Foy memorial unveiling last Friday. Inset, Jack Foy after his team’s victory in the under-15 cricket premiership in 2009.


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By Keith PlattSCIENTISTS have found a signifi cant drop in the number of water birds in Western Port over the past four decades.

A long-running survey found increased num-bers in just one of 38 bird species.

The decline in numbers is blamed on changes in land use from as far away as the Yellow Sea off east China and nesting grounds in Western Port being disturbed by dogs and people.

Reports of the demise of water birds in Western Port coincide with a survey that shows booming populations of inland wetland birds.

The University of New South Wales has re-leased fi ndings of a survey covering 30 per cent of Australia that shows high breeding rates among water birds following rainfall increases, which signalled the end of the drought.

Scientists from the Department of Sustain-ability and Environment’s Arthur Rylah Institute worked with volunteer birders from Bird Obser-vation & Conservation Australia to track birds using Western Port internationally recognised Ramsar wetlands.

Project offi cer Birgita Hansen said the Austral-ian pied oystercatcher was the only species to have increased in numbers.

“The counts found numbers of 16 species have declined signifi cantly, including migratory shore-bird species like the common greenshank, curlew sandpiper, eastern curlew and grey-tailed tattler,” Dr Hansen said.

“There’s increasing evidence from elsewhere in Australia and around the world showing migra-tory shorebirds may be declining because of the changes in land use in Asia, including reclama-tion projects on the Yellow Sea.

“These birds fl y a long way to get to their breeding grounds in the northern hemisphere dur-ing our winter and so they are sensitive to any-thing which makes them work harder to fi nd food on the way.

Scientists warn of bird dropScientists warn of bird drop

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FORMER long-time Tyabb resident Jean Flood has died at age 79.

Jean lived in Tyabb for 47 years before she and her husband Roy Flood moved to Mt Martha.

Jean Mavis Boyle was born at Oakleigh on 1 February 1932, the second child of Alexander and Mar-garet Boyle.

She had an older brother, Alex, a fi ne sportsman who excelled at crick-et and football. He played full-back with clubs at Pearcedale, Frankston, Oakleigh and Carlton, and his abili-ties were tested by opponents such as John Coleman and Ron Todd. Later he coached Tongala and Narrandera, and now lives in Rye.

Jean was educated at Baxter and worked at Pelaco in Frankston in the old Wattle Palais dance hall near Kananook Creek. She was a netballer and captained Baxter.

In 1948 Jean met Roy Flood at a dance at the RSL in Frankston and they married at the old Presbyterian church in Playne St, Frankston, on 30 January 1953.

From 1953 till 2000 they lived on a property in Boes Rd, Tyabb, which had been in Roy’s family for several generations.

For 25 years Roy and his brother, Alan, operated the garage in Tyabb and then Roy became a shopkeeper: he owned Beach Side Hardware in Mt Martha between 1983 and 1986. Then, with son Rob, he operated Doveton Hardware for the follow-ing 10 years.

Jean was busy raising the fam-ily – sons Gary (born 1955), Rob (1957) and Jamie (1962), and

daughter Cathie (1970). As the chil-dren grew, Jean decided she needed a challenge and for about 10 years operated Peninsula Home Help from Boes Rd.

Later, when Roy owned hardware stores, she enjoyed serving the cus-tomers. Her pleasant, easy-going nature made her ideally suited to the role.

Another interest was the mothers’ club at Tyabb Primary School of

which she was a member for more than 20 years.

She supported Roy and, later, the boys when they played football for Hastings, and supported Roy in his many community activities, par-ticularly scouting; he was district commissioner of the Boy Scout movement on the peninsula for more than 20 years.

Jean and Roy moved to Mt Mar-tha 11 years ago and Jean enjoyed

good health until she was diagnosed with cancer about four years ago. She died on 5 November 2011.

Jean is survived by Roy, Gary, Rob, Jamie and Cathie and their families. The Western Port News of 14 September 2010 published ‘The Footballing Floods’, about Roy and his sons, by peninsula sports histo-rian Vic Jeremiah.

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Chain of command: The shire’s new mayor Frank Martin with daughter Jodie and wife Di. The couple have fi ve adult children – three daughters and two sons

FRANK Martin is the new mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire, elected in a close vote over Cr Leigh Eustace on Monday night 5 December.

Cr Martin, 67, who lives at Arthurs Seat, said he would work hard to protect the green wedge as well as the unique character of peninsula townships.

He would lobby for completion of the bay trial, improved sports pavilions, the shire’s bicycle strategy and “go on the front foot as the Port of Hastings and Peninsula Link freeway” projects came to fruition.

“My pet wish [is] a velodrome on the peninsula,” he said during his acceptance speech.

He said upgrades of existing public toilets and construction of new toilets in strategic areas was needed.

Cr Martin’s spoils of offi ce include an $80,000 salary, council car, gold chain and invitations to hundreds of events in the coming 12 months.

During his acceptance speech, Cr Martin said the Mornington Peninsula was a very special place. “We as councillors have a commitment, and a mandated duty, to ensure that it remains that way.

“We must maintain our green wedge; its magnifi cence is the lungs and the heart and soul of the peninsula.

“We must maintain the uniqueness of our townships and our iconic beaches as well.”

Cr Martin said the peninsula was not a sprawling suburb of Melbourne. “Each town and beach had its own identity and must be preserved.

“To ensure that we continue our direction, my fi rst duty will be to meet with the councillors to prioritise what still needs to be done in this term. We can’t let a ‘it can’t be done’, ‘it’s a caretaker year’ or ‘there’s not the time’ attitude prevent the outcomes we seek.”

On our agenda will be the fi nalisation of the Green Wedge Management Plan, together with our various coastal management and street scape plans.

Mayor to protect ‘wedge’Mayor to protect ‘wedge’

“We need to be on the front foot as the roll out of the Port of Hastings and Peninsula Link become even more of a reality. We must be vigilant to ensure the best possible outcomes are secured for the peninsula.”

Cr Martin said he would “carry out the [mayoral] duties with integrity, dignity and to the best of my ability”.

Married to Di and with fi ve adult children, the building designer has set aside his business for the mayoral year.

TWO women a day are found to be at risk of ante-natal or postnatal depression by the women’s health services at Frankston and Rosebud hospitals.

Although the statistic appears alarming “this is a good thing”, according to Peninsula Health’s head of psychology Dr Priscilla Yardley (right).

“It means the signs of postnatal depression are being identifi ed early thanks to the introduction of routine screening,” Dr Yardley said.

Postnatal depression is experienced by women in the months after giving birth.

Dr Yardley said up to 15 per cent of women suf-fer from depression, with most being diagnosed in the fi rst three months after having their babies.

Clinics to help identify the signs of postnatal depression have been running since March.

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Depression hits 15% of new mothersDepression hits 15% of new mothers

MORNINGTON Peninsula News Group area manager Anton Hoffman and wife Sandra are the proud grandparents of a baby boy. Tyson Jamie MacRae was born on 8 December at the Royal Women’s Hos-pital weighing 1164 grams. Parents Sara Hoffman and Ian MacRae, along with brother Jett, are busily preparing for Tyson’s arrival home in the new year.


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THE Mornington Art Show enters its 40th year in January.

Presented by Mornington Rotary Club in conjunction with the Morning-ton Peninsula News Group, publisher of The News, the annual display and sale features high quality works from local, regional and interstate artists.

Rotarian John Renowden said about 1000 pieces of art will be on display.

“Many local businesses support the work of Rotary through their sponsor-ship of this exhibition,” Mr Renowden said.

“Some sponsors have been support-ing the exhibition for more than 20 of the show’s 40 years.”

Sponsorship and art sales, for which Mornington Rotary receives

a commission, has raised more than $600,000 for local, national and inter-national projects.

In recent years these projects have included: Building the clock tower in Main St, Mornington, in partnership with the shire. Supporting Australian Rotary Health, now the country’s largest health research fund. Providing “shelter boxes” to house families left homeless by natural dis-asters. Building two gazebos on the Morn-ington foreshore and another in Me-morial Park. Buying yachts for Mornington Yacht Club’s Sailability program.

Financing an Interplast team for cleft lip and palate surgery in the Philippines. Financial and hands-on support for people affected by bushfi res and fl oods. Providing money to assist those af-fected by famine in Africa. Supplying malaria nets for New Guinea villagers. Sending an aluminium boat and out-board motor to East Timor. Annually giving money to help erad-icate polio.

Opening night for the 40th Morning-ton Art Show is Friday 20 January. The exhibition will run until Saturday 28 January at Peninsula Community The-atre, corner Nepean Hwy and Wilsons Rd, Mornington.

Art, Rotary combine to helpArt, Rotary combine to helpAll aboard: Proceeds from Mornington Rotary’s annual ahow have been used to buy yachts for the Sailability program at Mornington Yacht Club.

BUSINESSES across the Mornington Peninsula and in Frankston are being warned by WorkSafe Victoria to be wary of cold callers offering health and safety services.

The warning followed action by the Australian Competition and Con-sumer Commission against a company selling safety products that was al-leged to have made false or misleading representations concerning the need

for workplace safety materials and/or harassment or coercion.

“WorkSafe Victoria has no com-mercial operations and we don’t en-dorse commercial products, directly test equipment or conduct training,” WorkSafe’s operations general man-ager Lisa Sturzenegger said.

To check, call WorkSafe on 1800 136 089.

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THE shire council continues its policy of ‘No entertainment – no nonsense’ for New Year’s Eve.

There will be no organised public events on the peninsula, no carnival at Rye, no organised fi reworks, no camp-ing in public parks or reserves (camp-ing in foreshore areas is fully booked), and no alcohol in public places.

The policy started in 2007 as a re-action to a riot at the Rye pier precinct in 2006 when about 500 people hurled bottles and fought police, with several offi cers injured and one admitted to hospital.

Public events were stopped at Sor-rento in 2002 after three people were seriously injured on New Year’s Eve in 2001.

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places start at 9pm on Friday 30 De-cember and run till midnight on Sun-day 1 January.

Possession of sealed and unsealed containers of alcohol in public places is prohibited unless sealed containers are being transported from hotel and liquor shops to a vehicle or private home for consumption.

Having a glass container in a public place is also prohibited.

The shire said southern peninsula venues open on New Year’s Eve would only be accessible by pre-pur-chased tickets.

Rye pier car parks will be closed from 4pm on New Year’s Eve.

For details, call the shire on 1300 850 600.

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Can I drop off a bomb?Can I drop off a bomb?A QUIET day for Rosebud police got very busy last Thursday when a man walking in to the station and asked if it would be possible to drop off a bomb he had found.

It is believed the man discovered the unexploded ordinance, which dated back to the Second World War or the Korean War, dumped in bushland in

Tootgarook and decided the best course of action would be to take it to local au-thorities.

The police station was quickly evacu-ated, as was Rosebud Secondary Col-lege, which is opposite the station on Boneo Rd.

A large perimeter was set up around the station, creating traffi c chaos for

hours, while bomb disposal experts from the Australian Arnmy were brought in from Melbourne to investi-gate the device.

Eventually it was found to be inoper-able, and was taken away for disposal.

Cameron McCullough

Tough day at the offi ce: Right, Rosebud police station boss Inspector Martin Tynan works his phone. Below left, the car with unexploded ordinance parked in front of Rosebud police station. Below right, Army explosives specialists carry the suspect item to an Army car.


By Keith PlattEYES lighting up; smiles spread across faces; giving something back; it makes me feel good.

The comments come at different times from two different people.

Two surfers who have offered their time to encourage and help people with disabilities enjoy surfi ng.

Coincidentally, both are surfer Joes – Joe Lemon and Joe Hart.

Both Joes live on the peninsula, Hart in Rosebud and Lemon in Morning-ton. And both have volunteered their time and expertise during events held at Ocean Grove by the Disabled Surf-ers Association of Australia (DSA).

A branch has now sprung up on the Mornington Peninsula with a training day for volunteers being held at Point Leo on Saturday 4 February followed a month later by a day at the beach for those with disabilities.

The reactions of the two peninsula surfers have shown that when it comes to helping others, giving is as good as receiving.

“My wife Janine and I attended our fi rst event in February 2010 and we were overwhelmed by the level of support from surfers and non-surfers committed to the cause of helping oth-ers, putting smiles on dials,” Hart said.

“I have always felt that I would like to put something back into the sport that literally changed my life.”

Hart said that fi rst DSA event gave him the chance to help others “enjoy the same things that I can do each and every day … seeing the smiles, the laughter, the thrill of catching your

Surfer Joes bring ‘smiles to dials’Surfer Joes bring ‘smiles to dials’Surf’s up for allSurf’s up for allTHE Disabled Surfers Asso-ciation was formed in 1986 by Gary Blaschke who was injured in a motorbike accident, but wanted to remain a surfer.

There are 14 branches in fi ve states, working to make beaches more accessible to people with a disability as well as holding “hands-on days” in the surf.

There is usually a ratio of six volunteers to one disabled par-ticipant at the hands-on events, sometimes with up to 30 vol-unteers forming a “runway” for the surfboard.

People are taken in waist-deep broken waves with a 10-foot two-inch soft board.

Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club has offered its facilities for the training day in February and the committee of the peninsula branch is seeking sponsors to help run events and get more equipment.

Training for volunteers will be held 9am-2pm at Point Leo on Saturday 4 February.

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fi rst wave or even the once-a-year op-portunity to even ride only one wave”.

“Imagine that as a surfer you can only have the opportunity to catch one or two waves a year and then only with the assistance of others. It quickly puts things into perspective.

“It seemed like the perfect way to help others to be able to enjoy some-thing I take for granted each day.

“You can never wake up in the morn-ing and say life’s tough. Our daily challenges seem incidental compared to the challenges that a disabled person faces each and every day.”

Joe and Janine Hart are members

of the committee behind the newly formed Disabled Surfers Association peninsula committee.

The feedback from participants at the Ocean Grove event also left its mark on Joe Lemon.

“At fi rst I was surprised at the differ-ing disabilities of those needing help to get in the water,” he said.

“A lot of them didn’t know what the day would be about.

“There was a man in his 70s who had suffered a stroke and just needed help to walk into the water so it was up to his chest.

“There was a former surfer who had

been in a car crash and all he could do to signal us was lift his fi nger.

“If I was a surfer and became disa-bled, it would be nice to know some-one was willing to help me into the water.”

Lemon said a few of the people with disabilities had not enjoyed the surfi ng experience “but they’ll never know what’s in it for them until they try”.

He urged volunteers to go to the training day “if they enjoy the water and enjoy seeing others being happy”.

“There’s nothing better than getting out in the water and, if some people can’t do it themselves, we can help.”

Shared experience: Joe Hart, left, and Joe Lemon have volunteered to help people with disabilities enjoy the surfi ng experience.

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Secondhand fairSecondhand fairSECONDHAND books and records will be sold at the St Mark’s Anglican Church, Balnarring, opportunity shop on Saturday 14 January.

This is the shop’s 15th secondhand “fair” and will be held in the church hall next to the opportunity shop 8.30am-4pm.

No books will be over $5 while records are $1-$5.

For details call 0427 040 639.

BOAT and jet ski drivers have been told to keep away from dolphins and seals.

Last year two dolphins were killed by possible boat strikes to the head and three people were bitten by seals.

While licensed tour operators can go within 50 metres of a dolphin and 100m of a whale, the distance is more than doubled for recreational boats and jet skis.

The Department of Sustainability and Environment’s compliance opera-tions manager Glenn Sharp said it is important that people who use the wa-ter understand that marine mammals are protected wildlife.

“It is great to see dolphins and seals in our waters, but we need everyone to behave safely and lawfully to ensure these amazing animals aren’t harmed or placed under pressure in their natu-ral environment,” Mr Sharp said.

“If people are not willing to meet their legal responsibilities and they approach a dolphin or seal at a dis-tance closer than the law allows, they will be penalised.

The rules are:Recreational boaters must stay

100m away from dolphins and 200m from whales, except if approached by the animals.

High impact vessels like jet skis must stay 300m away from whales and dolphins.

If people fi nd themselves close to a dolphin, whale or seal, they should

It’s a dolphin, so It’s a dolphin, so keep your distancekeep your distance

PROCEEDS from the second annual Balnarring Art Exhibition will go to-ward the purchase of a defi brillator at Balnarring Bowls and Social Club as part of the ‘Defi b Your Club For Life’ program.

The program was started by MICA paramedic Andrew White of Ru-pertswood Football Club, who wants a defi brillator at every sporting club in the state after his club lost a young player to a heart attack.

Mr White worked on Stephen Buck-man, 19, after he collapsed at a training session. An ambulance arrived after 20 minutes, but Mr White says a defi bril-lator may have saved Stephen’s life.

He said Defi b Your Club For Life was a non-for profi t program aiming

to install public access defi brillators across Victoria following a spate of collapses at sporting venues.

“People affected have included play-ers, coaches, umpires and supporters,” he said.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said automatic defi brillators were safe, cost about $2400 and could be used by people with minimal or no training.

The art show on Sunday 8 January at Balnarring Bowls and Social Club will feature a wide range of artwork from peninsula artists.

There will be a silent auction, voting for the “People’s Choice Award” and an opportunity to meet artists.

Entrance is $5 (under 12 free) and in-cludes a cup of tea or coffee or a glass

of wine as well as snacks.A bowls club spokesman said the

exhibition would allow artists to show their work as well as provide an op-portunity for people to fi nd out about the club.

He said it was a meeting place for residents including the Lions Club of Balnarring and Red Cross.

“Last year’s exhibition was a great success with several hundred visitors and 147 art entries.”

For details, visit the club’s website atwww.balnarringbowls.com or phone 5983 1655.

Information about the defi brillator project is at www.defi bforlife.org.au

Art for heart’s sakeArt for heart’s sake

Summer rangers: Parks Victoria launched its Summer Junior Ranger program on Saturday at London Bridge in the Mornington Peninsula National Park with budding junior rangers. During the summer school holidays, selected parks will provide activities led by Parks rangers, with hundreds of children expected to participate. To fi nd out about the junior ranger program go to www.junior-rangers.com.au or call Parks Victoria on 13 1963.

reduce their speed to fi ve knots or less and steer away from the animal.

People must keep 30m from a seal on a beach.

Swimmers must not go within 50m of a whale or 30m of a dolphin.

Aircraft including helicopters must be at least 500m above a whale or dol-phin.

Recreational boaters must stay 200m away from dolphins within the Ticon-deroga Bay Sanctuary between Police Point and the Port Phillip Heads.

All boat and jet ski operators must not exceed fi ve knots within 200m of shore within all coastal waters and ports of Victoria.

For more information on the new regulations, visit www.dse.vic.gov.au or call 136 186. To report an emergen-cy (stranding, entanglement, injury or death) involving a whale or dolphin, call 1300 136 017.



THEY are noisy and sometimes enjoy eatingcedar window frames, but sulphur-crested cock-atoo are also entertaining and generally welcome in backyards.

Some of the noise comes from their search for a mate and the Backyard Buddies group has list-ed tips on how to make the cockies feel at home.

Run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, Backyard Buddies gives advice on making household gardens “inviting and safe for native animals”.

“Almost everyone will have seen a sulphur-crested cockatoo. They are the familiar large white birds with a lemon yellow crest and an infamous blood curdling call,” the foundation’s CEO Steve Corbett said.

“They breed from August to January in south-ern Australia. To attract a mate, a male sulphur-crested cockatoo struts Mick Jagger-style toward the female with his crest held high and his tail feathers spread out wide.

“Sulphur-crested cockatoos lay one to three eggs in tree hollows and both parents incubate them for 30 days. The chicks stay in the nest for two months after hatching, and then remain with their parents and family group indefi nitely.

“So that’s why if you see one cocky around, chances are there’s many more about, too.”

Mr Corbett said the best ways to “be a buddy to clucky cockies” included: Leaving old gum trees with hollows for nest sites. Providing nest boxes. Not feeding wild cockatoos. Keeping cats and dogs indoors as much as pos-sible, especially at night. Avoiding using chemicals and pesticides on your garden. Reporting injured birds to wildlife rescue or care groups. Never releasing a pet cockatoo into the wild.

“If you want to be a buddy to cockatoos, a

Cockies at home in the backyardCockies at home in the backyard

great thing you can do is plant local native plants, grasses, shrubs and trees that they love in your garden. Two trees they particularly love are yel-low box gums and macadamia nut,” Mr Corbett said.

“Avoid feeding a cockatoo, as what starts as one cute visitor can quickly become a large group descending on your place. These guys are used to feeding in fl ocks, so if a good food source is found, the word will get around.

“Sulphur-crested cockatoos also are prone to stripping bark, small branches and leaves from trees while not feeding to keep their beaks trimmed and sharp, particularly when they are bored.

“So if you regularly feed cockies, you might come home one day to fi nd a few waiting for you,

and stripping timberwork, windowsills or deck-ing while they wait.”

Mr Corbett said planting a native garden cocka-toos could feed from harmlessly would avoid the problem.

“If cockies are already stripping the woodwork, you can deter them by attaching strips of alumin-ium foil, fabric or feathers from a feather duster that will fl utter in the wind near where the birds are chewing. This will frighten them away, but be warned that it will also deter other birds, too.” The State of the Environment Report released this week shows a continuing decline in the num-bers of native animals and birds. The 900-page report also lists Port Phillip region as possibly the southern hemisphere marine environment most invaded by foreign pests.

SIXTEEN years after the wars in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, and 12 years after the end of the con-fl ict in Kosovo, thousands of civilians remain unaccounted for. A Red Cross photography ex-hibition showing in Mornington tells the story of some of the missing.

The photos by award-winning British photog-rapher Nick Danziger document the plight of families still waiting for news of loved ones who went missing during the wars in the former Yu-goslavia. Beside each photograph is a short de-scription of the missing person and their family’s search for answers, compiled by Canadian writer Rory MacLean.

Missing Lives will be shown at the Mornington Library Foyer Exhibition Space in Vancouver St, Mornington, until 29 January.

Pictures trace tragedy Pictures trace tragedy of Balkans ‘missing’of Balkans ‘missing’

Landcare Landcare $$50,000 for 50,000 for peninsula networkpeninsula networkTHE peninsula is a step closer to having a Landcare network after the state government awarded the re-gion one of 60 grants to pay for a coordinator.

A grant of $50,000 will go toward paying for a person to guide the peninsula’s 10 volunteer Landcare groups and coordinate important envi-ronmental work, says Bernie Schedvin of Main Creek Catchment Landcare Group.

Ms Schedvin said the peninsula’s groups mainly worked within their own catchments, but a region-wide approach was needed to deal with pest plants and animals, for example, and a network would en-able greater effi ciencies and more ambitious plans to be set up.

The creation of biolinks – natural areas en-abling animals to move between private and pub-licly owned bushland – would be easier with a strong peninsula Landcare network, she said.

A coordinator would help prepare grant applica-tions, monitor and report on projects, and liaise with public bodies and the community.

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real estate directory

The people to call for your real estate needs...

Sid FergusonMobile:0418 321 963

Satchwells1/97 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 1888

Tallon

Alf TallonMobile:0417 711 958

Tallon First National35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000

David NelliMobile: 0403 111 234

Baywest Real Estate87 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 4412

Jason DowlerMobile: 0403 598 754Harcourts HastingsShop 10, 14 High Street. HASTINGS 5970 7733

Ben TallonMobile:0419 339 489

Ben Tallon Real Estate1/34 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8003

Craig MannMobile: 0412 559 816

First National Craig Mann 4/1085 F’ston-Flinders Rd, SOMERVILLE 5978 0955

Rob PryzlerMobile:0408 808 698

Stockdale & Leggo 1/109 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 2288

Michael CurryMobile:0409 410 456

MC Real Estate 4/82 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8833

Tony LatessaMobile: 0412 525 151

Latessa Business Sales50 Playne StreetFrankston 9781 1588

Kevin Wright Real Estate 72 Main Street, MorningtonPHONE: 03 5975 2255

EMAIL: [email protected]@kevinwrightcommercial.com.au

Ty LuffMobile:0408 368 892

Stockdale & Leggo3/1065 F’ston-Flinders Rd, SOMERVILLE 5977 8877

Gabriele FrenkelMobile: 0413 773 075Peninsula PropertyInvestment Centre2/80 Baxter-Tooradin Rd, BAXTER 5971 3999

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Phil StoneMobile: 0412 226 758

L. Cooper Real Estate1067 F’ston-Flinders Rd,SOMERVILLE 5977 7766

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Brian RotherhamMobile: 0417 056 938

Baywest Real Estate1/1085 F’ston-Flinders Rd SOMERVILLE 5977 9660

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Wilma GreenMobile: 0407 833 996

Century 21 Homeport2100 F’ston–Flinders Rd, HASTINGS 5979 3555

EMAIL: [email protected]

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FEATURE PROPERTY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Address: 113 The Bittern Boulevard, BITTERNPrice: $482,000Agency: Satchwells Real Estate 1/97 High Street, Hastings, 5979 1888Agent: Don McKenzie, 0419 955 177

Time for display home quality

WITH an amazing amount of space that surprises you once inside, this superbly maintained home is almost like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. As you enter, there is a separate study to the right and internal access from the double garage to your left. Living areas keep materialising with each step down the long hallway with a formal lounge situated just before you enter the main, open-plan living area. The lounge has enough room for a three-piece suite and television cabinet, while the dining area is positioned towards one corner with the large kitchen centrally located. Featuring quality gas cooking appliances and a dishwasher, there is also plenty of bench space. A third living area makes for a great games room or home theatre room, and there is even a paved entertainment area. Toward the back of the home are the bedrooms, two with built-in robes, and the master bedroom features an ensuite and walk-in robe. Situated in one of the more popular streets in Bittern, this great home is only a short walk to central Bittern and when all shops are occupied at the Bittern Fields Shopping Village, this address will become even more desirable.

Season’s greetings to all our readers andbest wishes for the New Year.Jason Richardson, real estate advertising account manager


Address: 108a Disney Street, CRIB POINTPrice: $469,950Agency: Ben Tallon Real Estate, 1/34 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8003Agent: Ben Tallon, 0419 339 489

High societyPERHAPS more in keeping with cosmopolitan towns on the western side of the peninsula, this designer home in Crib Point is a real fi nd for anyone seeking fi ne stylings without the Mornington price tag. Framed by low-maintenance gardens front and back, the home has an interior that is fi rst class. Well-defi ned living areas feature plush carpet and there are fl oating timber fl oors in the high traffi c areas between rooms as well as in the open-plan kitchen and dining area, which has a nice fl ow through to a second area, ideal for a family room. Positioned to overlook a concreted, undercover area and a pleasant garden, the kitchen has a large under-bench oven, dishwasher and pantry. All three bedrooms have built-in robes and the master bedroom also has an ensuite. There is a spa bath in the main bathroom. The block measure about 1000 square metres and is well set up for the tradesman with a wide circular driveway, double garage under the roof line and, behind secure double gates, a steel workshop and a large unsealed area for extra vehicles.

MARKET PLACE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Small wonderYOU know the saying about good things and small packages? With this well-maintained cottage the adage rings true. Situated on the corner of Woolleys Road and Stony Point Road, with driveway access from both, the home was the area’s original ice cream shop. The interior is nothing if not compact with one room encompassing the kitchen, dining and a lounge. There are two bedrooms, the larger main bedroom has an ensuite, and there is real character in the delightful sun porch. A paved driveway leads to the carport, which has a roller door and through the back this extends to an undercover area with a separate studio or possibly a third bedroom. The home is on a good-sized, 1000-square metre block and is quite private from the road. There are several outbuildings for extra storage and the expansive lawn area is complemented by lovely cottage gardens.

Address: 113 Woolleys Road, BITTERNPrice: $331,000Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

Address: 4 Chesterfi eld Road, SOMERVILLEPrice: $369,950Agency: Baywest Real Esate, 1/1085 Frankston-Flinders Road Somerville, 5977 9660Agent: Wayne Bourke, 0411 266 696

Presents as newRECENTLY renovated, with a colour scheme that complements the modern style of the home and the slate tile fl oors in the walkways and dining room, this ultra-neat property represents fantastic buying for the large family. The main, central living area consists of a neat kitchen and a good-sized dining area with a separate lounge room. Dining space is increased, especially during the warmer months, with an undercover al fresco dining area along the side of the home. There are four bedrooms, three with built-in robes, and the main bedroom has an ensuite and walk-in robe. Outside is a large shed positioned toward the rear of the block with drive-through access to the back yard via the single carport. The block is well fenced with mature trees dotted around the boundary for shade and privacy.

Just a splendid propertyTHIS majestic property situated on a lush 9100-square metre (2.2-acre) site is the epitome of style and grace. From the manicured gardens and raked gravel paths, every base has been covered to ensure the property presents to the highest standard. With a country feel and views across Western Port Bay, the property also brings contemporary living to the spacious interior that includes an open-plan kitchen, huge lounge room and dining room with a table for eight guests. An additional two living rooms include a formal lounge and family room. There are four bedrooms, three with built-in robes, and the master bedroom has an ensuite. Outdoor entertaining areas include a beautiful, tiled patio area and a massive timber-decked gazebo that really has to be seen to be believed. It has power and includes a 50-inch television that is part of the chattels. The property has a full security system and the triple garage has automated doors and a mezzanine level.

Address: 13 Sandstone Island Circle, BITTERNPrice: Offers over $975,000Agency: Baywest Real Estate, 87 High Street, Hastings, 5979 4412Agent: David Nelli, 0403 111 234


LOVE THIS HOME<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The address says it allSEABREEZES, sunsets and good times. All can be yours with this fi ne country property in ever-popular Balnarring. Set on a magnifi cent 1000-square metre allotment with lush lawns and gardens, this well-maintained home has a graceful atmosphere with character touches such as exposed beams and high ceilings in the timber kitchen. There are two separate living areas, both upstairs and down, a separate study and three bedrooms with the family bathroom featuring a spa bath. On either side of the home are balconies with most rooms on the second level having access to them. From the big double garage there is through access to the back yard. For comings and goings by car, there is a semi-circular driveway with entry and exit points. Exceeding all expectations, this solid home would be a qual-ity weekend home or a place for retirees looking for the ultimate seachange–treechange property.

Address: 6 Seabreeze Avenue, BALNARRINGPrice: Negotiable over $498,000Agency: Harcourts, Shop 10/14 High Street, Hastings, 5970 7333Agent: Malcolm Parkinson, 0421 704 246

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5970 7333HASTINGSShop 10, 14 High St Photo ID required for all Inspections

Hastings Priced from $289,950Be Quick These High Quality Villas Won’t Last (Only 3 Left!!)These sparkling Villas provide the astute buyer a rare combination of location, value & quality all within close proximity to schools, shops & public amenities. With only three of these fantastic quality villas left, be quick to secure your piece of real estate heaven, Situated right on Marine Parade, this sensational development will consist of 4 brand new villas. Unit 4 having 3 separate bedrooms, open plan kitchen-meals and living area, lock up garage with remote auto panel. These fantastic individual properties will be fitted with quality fixtures and fittings including Caeser Stone bench-tops in the kitchen, ducted heating and cooling, security screen, garden shed, dishwasher and s/steel appliances. Outside, the properties will be landscaped and will include pattern concrete to front doors. A full list of inclusions is available as is a copy of the floor plans and property layouts. Should you be looking for a higher quality villa for yourself or as an investment property then look no further.

Harcourts HastingsADDRESS: 1, 2 & 4/209 Marine ParadeINSPECT: By appointment

Jason Dowler 0403 598 754Lauren Dunsford 0422 385 869

ONE ALREADY SOLD




Bittern Neg. Over $370,000Offering an Easy Family LifestyleNestle in privacy behind strong fencing, this modern 3-bedroom brick-veneer family-home offers relaxed living and entertaining in pleasant surroundings. It also delivers openness, space, a flowing floorplan, and excellent areas for family living and entertaining. The living room - with brick feature wall, and an open fireplace with wood storage beside it - leads to the tidy well-designed kitchen which incorporates a breakfast bar and is open to the dining area (with wall heater). A bright floor-to-ceiling tiled bathroom is centrally located and features a corner spa bath.

ADDRESS: 22 Myers RoadINSPECT: By appointment

Harcourts Hastings

Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246 Lauren Wild 0413 487 179

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Balnarring Price by Negotiation“Kylinda” - It’s all about the Lifestyle!Imagine your own bolthole, your escape, your haven! Picture 10 beautiful acres of land. Think of the sweeping views - the reality is better than anything you can imagine...Bass Strait, Seal Rocks, Phillip Island, The Nobbies, Cowes, and the Anderson Hills at Bass... Consider a home that is almost 100-years-old yet is comfortable and relaxing for today’s family. Picturesque, peaceful, perfect “Kylinda” is where it is happening. Glory in living the good life - country-style - but only minutes away from Balnarring village (shopping centre, primary school, community wetlands) and Westernport beaches. A circular driveway leads to a weatherboard 4-bedroom home with a wraparound verandah that gives a real homestead feel. Twelve-foot ceilings, polished floorboards, pressed metal wall panelling, strapped ceilings are part of the bygone era but the reverse-cycle air conditioning and the updated bathroom are definitely for today’s family. The living room has a Coonara (just think of the snug cosiness on cold winter days!) There is gas cooking in the country-style eat-in kitchen. Years ago this was a chook farm but today it’s divided into 6-7 paddocks with a dam, plenty of shedding, multiple workshops, race, shearing shed, 2 stock ramps (sheep and cattle) and a sheep yard. There is tank water. Whether you want a country property for permanent residence or you plan to use it as the occasional escape from the big city, know that life is good at “Kylinda”.

ADDRESS: 5 Stanleys RoadINSPECT: By appointment

Harcourts Hastings

Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246Lauren Wild 0413 487 179

Hastings Negotiable over $247,000Neat and completeWhether you are thinking about investing, resting or nesting this home is ideal for you!! This neat little package includes 3 bedrooms, a family bathroom, timber floor boards, kitchen/meals area and a great family living area. Outside comprises a large spacious backyard fenced off allowing peace and quiet, a garden shed and rear yard access perfect for the boat or caravan. The property is perfectly positioned in close proximity to all amenities such as, the local shops, primary school and public transport.

ADDRESS: 10 Otway CourtINSPECT: By appointment

Harcourts Hastings

Lisa Drake 0449 269 390Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246

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Balnarring Negotiable over $595,000Coastal Living With City Flair!This property is just the place for enjoying a coastal lifestyle - close to Balnarring Beach and in walking distance of Balnarring village shops! The shady L-shaped front verandah and the neat well-cared-for weatherboard façade say this home is “country-style”, yet - without losing the relaxing, airy, easy ambience - a modern renovation has added the comforts and the style to suit city dwellers. Polished timber flooring (painted white in some rooms) adds appeal, and also low- maintenance liveability. A large open-plan living room (with ceiling fan and a Jetmaster fire) incorporates a sleek “chef’s delight” kitchen with stainless steel rangehood, appliances and splashbacks, as well as an island bench and breakfast bar topped with beautiful timber recycled from a bowling alley. French doors open to a paved courtyard and to the rear garden. This home (with gas ducted heating) has 3 bedrooms (all with built-in wardrobes) plus a study, and also a separate studio/4th bedroom at the rear of the property. The plus-size master bedroom also has ceiling fan and an ensuite. The main bathroom is floor-to-ceiling tiled and features a freestanding bath and a frameless glass shower screen. On land approx 981sqm, the property includes off-street parking, and a massive shed for vehicle accommodation.

ADDRESS: 2980 Frankston Flinders RoadINSPECT: By appointment

Harcourts Hastings

Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246Lauren Wild 0413 487 179

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Bittern Neg. over $750,000What a view!This spacious designer home is located on one of the best blocks in the exclusive Kinfauns Estate and has (approx) 25 squares of living. High vaulted ceilings and big feature cathederal windows are used to help capture the picturesque views of Westernport Bay and Sandstone Island. Featuring a unique split level design with 3 living zones and a great central kitchen so you can soak up the view while preparing the family dinner or entertaining guests. Three bedrooms plus a study, master with huge walk-in robe and full ensuite. Further features include ducted heating, cooling, vacuum, outdoor spa and plenty of room for the kids to play and all set on 1.2 acres.

ADDRESS: 8 Sandstone Island CircleINSPECT: By appointment


Harcourts Hastings

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Hastings Neg. over $250,000Walk to everything!This newly renovated two bedroom unit is ready for you to move in with nothing left to do. Complete with stylish updated kitchen, bathroom with separate toilet, new carpet, floor boards, down lights and split system A/C. Located in a prime position within walking distance to all the shops, restaurants and cafes Hastings village has to offer. The package is complete with a rear courtyard and single garage. With an estimated rental return of $260 per week it also makes a sound investment property.

ADDRESS: 3/14 Martin StreetINSPECT: By appointment


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Hastings Neg. over $475,000It’s Value-added Buying!Prepare your family for a relaxing lifestyle! At 50 Rosemary Drive they’ll be able to enjoy an open, natural light-flooded home that has excellent living, sleeping and entertaining areas plus an undercover alfresco space as well as a huge deck and the exciting bonus of a solar-heated salt-chlorinated inground swimming pool with pool cover, safety fence and paved surroundings. Beautifully presented, sparkling from the care lavished upon it, and filled with those extras we require to make today’s busy lifestyle more comfortable, the residence includes a tiled entry; lounge room with electric log fire; and tiled flooring in the large open plan living room where there’s reverse-cycle air conditioning and a family-size kitchen with breakfast bar, walk-in pantry, “chef’s” oven, rangehood and an island bench. Built-in wardrobes feature in 2 of the 3 bedrooms, while the master bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and an ensuite.

ADDRESS: 50 Rosemary DriveINSPECT: By appointment

Harcourts Hastings

Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246 Lauren Wild 0413 487 179

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Bittern Neg. Over $390,000Stylish & Very Convenient.... Modern Townhouse Living!Set in this popular, well maintained and very central complex in growing Bittern this impressive townhouse will sell quickly!! This home includes master bedroom with full ensuite and walk in robe, large living zone downstairs, study nook and two remaining bedrooms on its second level. Additional features include gas ducted heating, ducted cooling, generous cupboard space, double lock up garage with direct access into the home, paved private courtyard with water feature, your very own spa bath and rain sensing open/ shutting pergola. Showcasing a quality downstairs kitchen with stainless steel appliances and ample bench/ storage space overlooking the large meals and family room. The front yard is fully landscaped and requires zero maintenance.

ADDRESS: 2/21 Portsmouth RoadINSPECT: By appointment


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HASTINGS

Peace & Tranquility

For Sale: $377,000

This freshly painted beautiful brick veneer home is set in a nice quiet court and is ready for a family. Starting with a good size kitchen/dining area with brand new stainless steel appliances & ample cupboard space, you then walk through to the large dual access lounge room with a wonderful feature wall complete with a fan assisted coonara & wood box. The rest of the property incorporates a master bedroom with full ensuite & walk in robes.

OLD TYABB

Build Your Dream

For Sale: $235,000

Land for sale in the leafy suburb of Old Tyabb. Rear block of 512m2 with all services.

35 High Street,Hastings tallon.com.au 5979 3000

LANGWARRIN

Move to the Heath Estate!

For Sale: From $359,950

House & land package prices reduced! 3 Bedrooms, walk in robe, full ensuite, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, double garage & driveway. Complete package.

BITTERN

2.25 Acres 50 sqs “Peace & Privacy”

For Sale: $850,000

You could be anywhere as you gaze out at private native surrounds from this elegant 2 storey homestead. A sweeping asphalt drive past gum studded lawns, your family will breathe easy as there’s loads of room inside & out. A grand entry faces the feature 2-way staircase with formal & informal living. 9’ ornate ceilings, vast formal lounge & guest suite with full ensuite. Large family/meals

HASTINGS

What A Gem

For Sale: $399,000

Set on a large block at the end of a court, this 3BR family home - main bedroom with full ensuite & WIR, the other two have BIR, comprises 2 living areas plus an outside paved pergola from the family/living area, modern kitchen with 900mm s/s gas cooktop, u/b oven, d/w, pantry, breakfast bar, duct heating & split system air con & new

side, a large workshop with concrete & power.

Tallon

Dual Occupancy Spectacular in Kinfauns (Approx 1.58 Acres)

For Sale: $969,000

A unique lifestyle awaits you in this huge 1.58 acre property situated in the sought after Kinfauns Estate. Public transport stops at the Estate’s entrance, Hastings town center two minutes drive and the brand new Bittern shops two minutes in the other direction. Fully serviced and surrounded by homes of equal quality and prestige.

BITTERN

HASTINGS

Near the Township

For Sale: $328,000

home or investment rental - currently returning $240.00 per week. Set on a good size block of land with plenty of room for the kids to play this property comprises a separate lounge with gas column heater & ceiling fan which goes through to the kitchen with gas cooker, laminex cupboards & tops. Adjacent to the kitchen is a meals area that overlooks the rear pergola.

PRICEREDUCED

CRIB POINT

Shady Summer Days

For Sale: $375,000

Relax on the verandah’s of this well presented 3 bedroom home, which comprises a large lounge/dining area, modern kitchen with gas stove, pantry and ample bench space and the main bedroom comes with a walk in robe and dual access bathroom. The home has ducted heating and air conditioning in the lounge for all year comfort. Outside features a single carport & rear decked entertaining area, which is set on a large, fully fenced block.

PRICEREDUCED

BITTERN

Westernport Retirement Village

For Sale: $250,000

Situated close to the community hall. This unit comprises of 2 good size bedrooms, an open plan lounge with separate dining, a large kitchen with plenty of cupboard space, dishwasher, wall oven and gas cooktop. The bathroom has a large shower with easy access (wheelchair friendly). Outside features neat gardens with a paved pergola area and single garage.

CRIB POINT

Mangrove Terrace

For Sale: $279,950

With federation facade, these quality 3 & 2 bedroom units have a touch of class. Featuring stone bench tops, quality appliances, dual access bathroom & internal door entry

gardens and speckled concrete patio. With the units being close to completion, be quick as these won’t last. First home buyers receive your $20,000 bonus or investors save on stamp duty.

Cozy Cottage Charm

For Sale: $331,000

A bygone era set on a 1/4 acre (the original ice cream shop), a well maintained home in neutral tones. The main bedroom has a WIR & full ensuite, second bedroom is close to the second bathroom and laundry. Outside is a covered pergola, another covered area & large retreat or 3rd bedroom. At the rear a single carport with roller door, brick paved pathways, cottage gardens, garden shed & double gates with side entry complete this cosy cottage.

BITTERNPRICE

REDUCED

HASTINGS

Land For Sale

For Sale: $295,000

Pick your own builder and design your dream home on the largest block in the estate. Situated at the end of the court in a quiet location framed by trees and close to recreational facilities. It’s an ideal position for family safety. This is your chance to live in the ‘Toorak’ end of Hastings, the Old Tyabb area.

HASTINGS

Commercial Land or Business, take your pick!

For Sale: $280,000

the busy commercial/industrial street of Hastings. Cur-rently set up with a nursery business you can purchase

use it for your own purposes or purchase the land + business WIWO for an extra $25,000 + GST.

HASTINGS

Unique Investment Opportunity

For Sale: $1,850,000

Rarely do commercial properties of this scale present themselves for sale! Hastings has been labelled a high

this increase in activity. With Bunnings near completion the commercial/industrial market of Westernport is clearly on the rise, this is your opportunity to jump

DOMINIC TALLONPhone:0408 528 857

NIGEL EVANSPhone:0439 540 055


INVESTMENT

Somerville 1/1085 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville Victoria 3915

Ph: 03 5977 9660Email: [email protected]

Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

TOP OF THE LIST

FROM ALL OF US - TO ALL OF YOUMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Crib Point From $235,000

NEW TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT

Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233

Hastings From $239,000

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Crib Point From $289,000

FIVE ONLY

QUALITY


Somerville $344,950

PRICED TO SELL

MAKE AN OFFER

Agent: Wayne Bourke 0411 266 696

Somerville $459,950


Pearcedale $639,000 Neg

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Somerville $349,950

PRESENTS AS NEW

Agent: Brian Rotherham 0417 056 938

IMMACULATE

Somerville $369,950

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BEDROOMS

Langwarrin from $387,500

HOUSE & LAND PACKS

$359,950


Somerville $310,000

ONLY 3 ON THE BLOCK

CLEAR WINNER


Crib Point $475,000

CRIB POINT MANOR


FOUR OF A KIND - YOU WIN!


Hastings $389,000

PICTURE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY

Somerville From $295,000

Frankston $379,000

GREEN THUMB REQUIRED


GOOD VALUE

HERE

Hastings $769,000


RURAL ACREAGE WITH VIEWS

T.L.C. REQUIRED

QUARTER ACRE

BLOCK

Hastings $569,000

GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM


LOW MAINTENANCE 3 BEDROOM UNIT


BE IMPRESSED

CIRCA1910

*CONDITIONS

APPLY

PRICED TO SELL

FIRST HOME

BUYERS


CENTURY 21 Home Port2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, HastingsTelephone: 5979 3555 century21hastings.com.au

Smart move.Home Port

6 Guildford Close

FRANKSTON

REALISATION SALE - CLOSE TO GOLF COURSE

Lovingly maintained family residence needing some re-decoration. The extra’s include crackling open fire to lounge, GDH, FES & WIR to master an BIR’s other bedrooms. Air con. to living area, formal meals area leading out to partly paved back yard. Updated kitchen with breakfast bar & near new appliances. Corner block with North facing full length verandah, brick drive through double garage.

Inspect By AppointmentPrice $399,950 NegotiableContact Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

HASTINGS15 Kuan Yin Place

FOUR BEDROOMS - SUPERIOR LOCALE

Inspect By AppointmentPrice $419,000 NegotiableContact Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

Make this property your new home or investment. 4 bedrooms, two bathrooms, two living areas and including double remote garage, this home has everything covered and is complete with ducted heating and evaporative cooling throughout. Within walking distance to schools, parks, exercise tracks and transport, at this price this home is sure not to last long. Property is still under builder’s warranty. Book your inspection now.

NEW LISTING

SOMERVILLE37 Deanswood Drive

CHEAPEST HOUSE IN SOMERVILLE

If you are looking for a three bedroom home located opposite a park and reserve this property is worth an inspection. Set on a slightly elevated block of 643 square metres, this home has sandstone brick front and back with side verandahs making for a pleasant street appeal. Internally the home has everything a first home buyer, retireee or astute investor would require.

InspectBy AppointmentPrice $310,000 NegotiableContact Wilma Green 0407 833 9963 1 0 4 2 2

BITTERN21 Bennett Street

FOUR BEDROOM HOME WITHIN SHORT WALK TO SHOPS

This affordable family home, situated on approximately 700sqm allotment, is only a short walk to the Bittern Village and all town amenities. Surrounded by established gardens the home has 4 bedrooms, master has walk in robe and ensuite. There are two separate living areas and formal dining/ study room. Outside boasts a large entertaining area surrounded by a tropical oasis, there is an enclosed spa room with sitting area, plenty of storage sheds and room for the boat or caravan. A Must See!

Inspect By AppointmentPrice $375,000 NegotiableContact Wilma Green 0407 833 9964 2 0

PRICE REDUCTION

NEW LISTING

4 2 2


(03) 5979 8003www.btre.com.au

Ben Tallon Real Estate Pty Ltd1/34 High Street Hastings 3915

“Your Local Expert”B T R E YOU’LL SOON BE HOME

®

Hastings $275,000

All set up for investment....This 3 bedroom home is in a great location, close to the school and has been freshly decorated and renovated throughout! Lounge with gas

bedrooms have robes and outside there is a great yard (560m2) with a 6

Crib Point $279,950

Get in before the market goes up….

feature internal doors to your garage, dual access bathrooms and energy

Crib Point $325,000

Ermes Villas

Crib Point $395,000

1/3 Acre - “Down Woolley’s Beach Way”

Crib Point $398,000

1/4 Acre - The quieter life...

Hastings $435,000

So new it Sparkles!!

Hastings $349,000

Opposite reserve - Take a walk....

Crib Point $325,000

Simply Astounding!

Bittern $475,000

800m2 - Space......and Space!!

UNDER CONTRACT

Crib Point $305,000

3 Bedroom Brick – Bargain!!

Tyabb $395,000 - $425,000

A Must SeeWhy go through the hassle of building a new home when you can buy

Somerville $549,000

Woodlands....Be Amazed!

Somerville $369,950

Quality And Location

Hastings $495,000

1/4 Acre.... A Country StunnerWarmth, individuality and style are some of the words that come

Hastings $520,000

State Of The Art Design

UNDER CONTRACT

UNDER CONTRACT


Hastings87 High Street, Hastings Victoria 3915Ph: 03 5979 4412Fax: 03 5979 3097Email: [email protected]: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

David Nelli Sales Manager0403 111 234

Sean CrimminsSales Consultant0411 734 814

Crib Point $195,000

LOCATION WITH PRIVACY!

Park Street

Hastings $290,000 - $320,000

Hastings $390,000 - $420,000

at rear

Bittern $975,000+ Hastings $340,000 - $370,000

Hastings $300,000 - $330,000

Crib Point $360,000 - $380,000 Hastings $535,500 - $595,000

Central location close to all amenities

Pearcedale $2.2M Gross

Thinking of selling?

Talk to the Baywest Sales Team now for an appraisal!

Ask David, Sean or Dayle about our

Thinking of growing your investment portfolio?

Talk to our Property Management Team Sue, Kylie & Sally

WE WILL LOOK AFTER YOUR PROPERTY LIKE WE OWN IT OURSELVES!!

If you’re tired of:- Late rent - Untidy problem tenants

- Unaccountable agents - Out of date inspections

- Low rent - Lack of communication

Sue 0421 473 135WE WON’T LET YOU DOWN!


Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years

www.satchwells.com.au1/97 High Street

14 Balnarring VillageCnr Cook and Wood Streets

HASTINGSBALNARRINGFLINDERS

03 5979 188803 5983 550903 5989 0744

SatchwellsHASTINGS

Asking $559,000

You enter this 4 BR property through a pleasant well maintained front garden. Access is also via Salmon St & through the private common area grounds. The property has a r/c gate & single garage. A colour video pedestrian gate door phone with remote opening & a security alarm system is provided for peace of mind.

THE VIEWS ARE A PRICELESS BONUSInspect by Appointment

REDUCED

TO SELL

HASTINGSAsking $480,000

Expansive water frontage views of Westernport bay and Hastings Marina. Executive lifestyle property with all the trimmings. Double remote gated entrance, security camera/monitor screen, reverse cycle heating & cooling, ducted vacuum, 2 toilets and spa bath. Also a communal tennis court.

EXPANSIVE WATER FRONTAGE TOWNHOUSEInspect by Appointment


A short stroll to everything Hastings has to offer. This unit features 3BR, a galley kitchen, d/heating plus r/c s/s to keep you comfortable. Open plan lounge & meals area opens onto paved landscaped garden/entertainment

POSITION PERFECTInspect by Appointment

BITTERNNeg Over $539,000

Ideal for a young family/tradesman this property boasts a classic cedar home nestled in a no thru road on approx 3000sqms of land. Spacious family room with gas d/heating, natural gas coonara, split system heating & cooling, 2BRs with BIRs, neat & tidy kitchen with gas cooking & polished timber boards.

LARGE ALLOTMENT LARGE SHEDDING Inspect by Appointment

HASTINGSAsking $440,000 - $510,000

Only 6 years young and close to public transport and High Street shopping is this unique family home equipped with a fully self-contained unit - all on a spacious, low-maintenance corner allotment.

A UNIQUE 2 FOR 1 PACKAGEInspect by Appointment

BITTERNAsking $359,000

Located in one of Bitterns most sought-after streets is this delightful 3 bedroom home set amongst a 653sqm secluded and private setting with English style gardens that will capture your heart. The Home offers 3 bedrooms all with built in robes.

COTTAGE STYLE GARDEN WITH SOLID HOMEInspect by Appointment

CRIB POINTAsking $440,000 - $480,000

This fantastic Corner allotment Zoned Res 1... is on approx 1619 Sqms and offers dual street frontage with many different possibilities.. The weatherboard home on the property affords 4 bedrooms, 3 comfy living areas with wood heating and neat open plan timber kitchen.

CORNER SITE WITH SUB DIVISION POTENTIALInspect by Appointment


Unlimited potential to further renovate and extend. Compromis-ing of 3 bedrooms all with BIRs, larger than normal dining kitchen and gas coonara. Outdoors is a 2 car carport, large double garage with power, 2 large water tanks and a decked entertainment area.

CALLING ALL INVESTORSInspect by Appointment

CRIB POINTAsking $499,000

Natural bushland is the setting of this wonderful property.

to accommodate 2 families with separate living quarters for a dependant person/parents.

2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1Inspect by Appointment

CRIB POINTAsking $280,000+

This neat & tidy 3BR BV home is tucked away in the heart of Crib Point. Offers slate/carpet throughout, gas appliances, BIRs in all bedrooms, kitchen with meals area, bathroom, laundry & separate toilet. Needing

PUT YOUR OWN STAMP ON ITInspect by Appointment

NEW

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BITTERNAsking $482,000

Situated in a prime location and short walk to the new Bittern shopping centre and railway station is this 6 year young home offering everything. Comprising 3 bedrooms with study, main ensuite & WIR, BIRs to the

PERFECTLY POSITIONED IN BITTERN TOWNSHIP

NEW

LISTIN

G

HASTINGSAsking $280,000+

This property is positioned minutes from transport, schools and shops.

bedrooms with BIRs, gas heating, split system cooling and a separate lounge area. The entry hall leads to the hostess kitchen.

LIVE IN OR INVEST


This property is one out of the box. Positioned a 5 minute walk to schools and transport. This 3 bedroom home offers ducted heating, a galley kitchen comprising meals area and separate lounge area, all recently renovated including bathroom, home has been recently painted throughout.

VALUE PLUS!


An opportunity has become available to purchase this 3 bedroom brick veneer home in what must be a prime location in the heart of the Hastings and Marina location. Recently painted, carpeted and new blinds installed throughout, other features include upgraded bathroom.

A RARE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS

MERRICKSAsking $1.4m

accommodation with resort-style facilities against a backdrop of Botanic

tennis court to an indoor pool, outdoor meditation centre and putting green.

4.2 GLORIOUS ACRES WITH STUNNING BOTANIC GARDENS

HASTINGSP.O.A.

This affordable 3 bedroom home on an approx 657sqm block will appeal to all types of buyers and has real potential to have sea views from a 2nd storey with its great position/location. Renovated taste-fully this brick home built to last offers new carpet and built in robes.

POTENTIAL SEAVIEWS

BALNARRINGAsking $615,000-$635,000

In a location synonymous with pristine beaches, International Golf Courses and award winning wineries, properties of this quality in

-cant stamp duty savings.

Inspect by Appointment Inspect by Appointment


Don’t look back in 5 years time with regret at not entering the property market at an affordable time. This 3 bedroom home will help you begin the dream of being a home owner before its to late.

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!Inspect by Appointment


This attractive brick home comprises 3 bedrooms built in robes to 2 beds, gas heating, spacious kitchen with electric cooking and an adjoining dining area. An

only a stones throw from main street Hastings, public transport and medical needs.

WATER SIDE OF TOWN

LOCAT

ION

LOCAT

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Inspect by Appointment

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TO SELL

SOLD

SOLD

BITTERNAsking $650,000+

Comfortable 3 bedroom home features main with ensuite and WIR, remaining 2 bedrooms have BIRs, hostess kitchen including dishwasher, meals area incorporates 2 living areas opening onto an undercover alfresco dining area. positioned on approx 1.5 acres.

THIS PROPERTY IS A RARE RURAL FIND

MUST

BE SOLD

2519 Frankston-Flinders Road. Inspect Thurs 11.30 - 12.00

Inspect by Appointment

Inspect by Appointment Inspect by Appointment


For Sale 25 Lynn Close, Mornington

Nestled at the end of a peaceful court in

maintenance gardens. This 3 bedroom plus

then some. Features include high ceilings and

split system heating and cooling & undercover outdoor entertaining area. Huge shed great for tradesman.

Sensational Lifestyle In

Price: $660,000 - $710,000Inspect: Contact agent for times

For Sale 34 Finlayson Avenue, Mount Martha

offers 2 bedrooms plus rumpus room that

and outdoor entertaining area. Great holiday

build your dream home.

Views


For Sale 19 Dorset Road, Mount Martha

Absolutely immaculate four bedroom plus

holidaying there is lots of natural light beaming into the family room and main living area

side entertaining area and established gar

home has master living and ensuite upstairs

Fabulous Family Home


For Sale 6 Avery Court, Mount Martha

situated in cul de sac location of prestigious Mount Martha location. The grand entrance

leading to the family’s four bedrooms and large

formal area from the main living areas. A

has large pantry and the meals and family room


All offe

rs

VENDOR

MUST SELL

For Sale 8 Chateaux Close, Mount Martha

This absolutely stunning entertainers home

and solar heated pool. From the rumpus/

the home.

we come!


All offe

rs

VENDOR

MUST SELL

For Sale

storage including a large pantry. The huge

Price: $720,000 - $760,000 Inspect: Contact agent for times

For Sale 9 Alfred Street, Mornington

the bay this 3 bedroom home radiates quality

sun drenched north facing living and dining

Spacious Sanctuary in Prime Position

Price: $890,000 -$950,000Inspect: Contact agent for times

5 Meridian Way, Mornington

A stunning 4 bedroom plus study home in the

schools and shopping centre. Offering a mecca in

contemporary resort style living and complete

Exquisite Family Entertaining

[email protected]

NEW

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Wholesale BakeryIconic well established wholesale bakery allows you to step out of the rat race with three days a week, no weekends & very easy

Sale Price $77,000 + SAVContact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

Sale Price: $85,000 WIWO

Sale Price: $365,000 each

Lease Price: $2,500pcm + GST + OGS Sale Price: $450,000

Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503


Fish & Chips


successful purchaser. Priced to Sell.Sale Price: $80,000 WIWO

Sale Price: $200,000 + SAV

Factory to lease

REDUCED

Peppertree Cafe

Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

Sale Price: $375,000

3 Archer Drive

Sale Price $880,000Sale Price: $400,000

YIELD


Takeaway Icon

priced to sell. Rent is approx $499/week (no GST) + outgoings.

Sale Price: $240,000 + SAVContact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Sale – Mornington Peninsula

Price Reduced - Must Sell

Sale Price: $80,000Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Rosebud

Main Street Deli

Sale Price: $220,000 + SAVContact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Sale – Mornington

General Store & Newsagency


For Sale – Crib Point

If The Shoe Fits

Sale Price: $220,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184



For Sale – Mornington Peninsula

Sale Price: $89,000 + SAVContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Mount Martha

Sale Price: $79,000 Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

and is priced to sell.

Sale Price: $150,000Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454


One Of The Best

Sale Price: $250,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184


World Leading Fitness Franchise


For Sale – Somerville

This is A Bargain

Sale Price: $89,000 + SAVContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859


Not Just A Factory

Lease Price: $2000pcm + GST + OGSContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Lease - Rosebud


Investment / Development

Sale Price: $850,000 + GST if applicableContact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Sale – Crib Point

Industrial Takeaway

Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Seaford

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Wiener Tango

18.00CRUM

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Wiener M

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CRUMBED

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Wiener A

rrabiata (hot’n spicy)18.00

CRUMBED

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Wiener B

BQ

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18.00CRUM

BED BEEF (YEARLIN

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18.00CRUM

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18.00CRUM

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18.00

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18.00C

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18.00C

HIC

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, melted cheese topped with chilli and garlic

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BQ

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18.00

CH

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BREAST FILLET with BBQ sauce, ham

, melted cheese

Chicken H

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18.00

CH

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BREAST FILLET with Honey Mustard sauce, ham

, melted cheese

Chicken C

ream of G

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18.00CRUM

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19.00CRUM

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of 1 or 2 Items:


All meals

served with choice

of 1 or 2 Items:


Large piece of Porterhouse Steak, char grilled, approx. 350-400grm grilled m

edium to well done

Porterhouse Steak24.50

Large piece of Porterhouse Steak, char grilled, approx. 350-400grm with cream mushroom and cracked pepper saucePorterhouse M

ontecarlo27.00

Large piece of Porterhouse Steak, char grilled, approx. 350-400grm with cream

, garlic and parsley saucePorterhouse C

ream of G

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Pork Cutlets

15.90

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Tiramisu 4.70

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A real strawberry fruit ice cream ball centered with classic vanilla

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Sauteed mushroom

s, cream and spring onions

Napoletana ____________________________________ 7.00

9.00 16.00

(No m

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Cream

& Spinach ______________________________ 9.00

11.00 17.00

Fresh baby cut spinach, spring onions cooked in a cream sauce

Carbonara ____________________________________ 9.50

11.50 18.50

Pan tossed mushroom

, bacon, cream, spring onions and egg

Spinach Supreme ______________________________ 9.50

12.00 18.00

Fried bacon, spinach tossed in a cream garlic sauce

Gourm

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18.00Sundried tom

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Eggplant Parm

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16.00Sauteed eggplant, napoli sauce, parm

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11.00 17.00

Seasonal vegetables tossed in napoli sauceVegetarian La C

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11.00 17.00

Seasonal vegetables tossed in a cream sauce

Pum

pkin Rosette ______________________________ 9.50

11.50 17.50

Jap pumpkin, spinach leaves, sundried tom

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bled fetta cheeseC

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10.50 16.00

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11.50 17.50

Fried bacon, New Zealand m

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11.50 17.50

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17.50Chicken, capsicum

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hicken & C

orn ________________________________ 9.50 11.50

17.50Sweet corn kernels, chicken pan tossed with cream

and spring onionsC

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vocado ____________________________ 9.50 11.50

17.50Freshly sliced avocado, chicken pan tossed with cream

, cracked pepper and spring onionsC

hicken Mystique ______________________________ 10.50

12.50 18.50

Chicken, avocado, bacon with cracked pepper tossed in cream sauce

Pesto Scallops _________________________________ 10.50 12.50

18.50Pan fried scallops tossed with cream

pesto, bacon and spring onionM

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Sauteed shellfi sh tossed through napoli sauce and garlicM

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Tuna Temptation _______________________________ 10.50

12.50 18.50

Tuna, onions, mushroom

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Lasagna _______________________________________ 8.50 10.50

17.50Pasta sheets, bolognese sauce and m

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11.90

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THE road-making spoil and rub-ble dumped at the old quarry on the Esplanade in Mt Martha will not be cleared until next year.

Although community groups have to pay to use reserves and public halls, offi cers at Mornington Peninsula Shire gave permission for the quarry to be used without charge as a dump while roads were being made by contractor Maw Civil.

Under the original agreement, the spoil was to have been shifted by the contractor once roadworks off Stanley Cres were fi nished, but the offi cers then decided it could be used to combat gully erosion be-tween the Eyrie and Point Nepean Rd in McCrae.

The shire says rain has delayed the works and “stabilisation, drain-age and path works will be under-taken to stabilise the area and im-prove drainage”.

The shire says more work at the Eyrie “is expected to commence in the new year” and that “the quarry will be restored after completion of the works”.

A shire sign on Point Nepean Rd at the base of the Eyrie gully says the $948,000 “drainage stabilisa-tion workls and path construction” was completed by contractor Maw Civil in August 2010. However, a smaller sign says the track is closed.

A garden and bridge cover part of the gully near the Eyrie and the shire has yet to respond to requests from The News about ownership of the land.

Keith Platt

Gully work: A garden and bridge cover the top of the Eyrie gully at McCrae (above) while a sign at the lower end says the $948,000 stabilisation project is complete (top). The shire says spoil dumped in the former Mt Martha quarry is yet to be taken to the gully.

Quarry clearance delayQuarry clearance delay

SEVEN young voices are in training to lead the way in singing the national anthem during the coming Australia Day ceremonies on the Morn-ington Peninsula.

The voices belong to the seven winners of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s national anthem singer competition: Caitlin Morgan, Madison Smith, Brooke Miller, Ruby Benjamin, Laila Cooke, Aria Lloyd and Tia Lloyd.

Singing teacher Erik Don-nison and pianist Laurie Davis are tutoring the singers in the lead-up to the big day.

The seven were chosen by

judges on their performances of singing the fi rst two verses of Advance Australia Fair un-accompanied and in traditional fashion.

Radio Port Phillip FM has recorded the seven who will all sing at fl ag-raising ceremonies on Australia Day around the peninsula, as part of the shire’s celebrations on Thursday 26 January.

The singers will be at events organised by the shire around the theme Recognising Our Heroes: Dromana foreshore 10.30-11am near the pier, Caitlin Morgan.

Hastings foreshore 11-11.30am, Madison Smith. Mornington Park 6.15-6.45pm, Aria and Tia Lloyd. Mt Eliza Community Centre 9.35-10am, Aria and Tia Lloyd. Rosebud Village Green 10.15-10.30am, Brooke Miller. Rye foreshore 11am, Laila Cooke. Sorrento-Portsea RSL, Hurley St, 10.30am, Ruby Benjamin.

For information on all the shire’s Australia Day activi-ties, call 1300 850 600 or visit www.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Set to sing: National anthem singer competition winners who will perform on Australia Day are, from left, Caitlin Morgan, Madison Smith, Brooke Miller, Ruby Benjamin, Laila Cooke, Aria Lloyd and Tia Lloyd.

In tune with the anthem judges In tune with the anthem judges



By Mike HastPORTSEA’S iconic front beach could be “let go” under a worst case scenario, says Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Port Phillip re-gional director Rodney Warren.

Mr Warren gave the grim news at a meeting of stakeholders in Portsea on Tuesday last week, the third such meeting since last August when about 30 people then heard talks, studied maps and dia-grams, and vigorously debated possible causes of the catastrophic loss of the beach, dunes and trees near the jetty and below the Portsea pub.

At Portsea Tennis Club about 20 people – in-cluding representatives of DSE and Mornington Peninsula Shire – met and much the same oc-curred, although new charts and photos were dis-played, the result of the fi rst year of a two-year monitoring program.

Mr Warren outlined the works that had been done to save the foreshore since July 2010 in-cluding the building of a 150-metre long sandbag seawall before last summer.

The very large elephant in the room was the dredging of Port Phillip Heads in 2008 and 2009, which authorities continue to deny caused the de-struction of a once-popular bay beach in less than two years.

Theories about natural erosion, stronger winds, high ocean waves or some other cause not yet identifi ed by scientists don’t convince people such as Len Salter, founder of Dive Victoria; Judy Muir of the Sorrento-based Pol perro Dol-phins Swims; Gary Grant of Bayplay, the marine adventure company; and Portsea Hotel manager Andrew Henderson, who has daily watched the massive erosion and ocean-type waves remove the beach.

The three tourism operators once used the beach, but have abandoned it for alternative plac-es nearby.

Len Salter has consistently said the removal of rock at a section of The Heads known as The Pla-teau is letting in a greater amount of water and from a different direction.

“Portsea pier has been a safe place for divers for more than 30 years. That’s all changed. The swell we are getting now means it’s unsafe for up to 12 hours a day. It’s unprecedented.”

Mr Salter claimed up to six metres of rock had been removed from The Plateau, a statement re-futed by the Port of Melbourne Corporation last year when CEO Stephen Bradford stated no more than three metres had been removed.

Mr Warren said the next stage of DSE’s inves-tigations was “a pre-feasibility study of coastal erosion management options to protect and man-age public assets at Portsea front beach”. Con-sultants would be appointed before Christmas.

He said options might include constructing an artifi cial reef, groynes or other treatments.

“Maybe we will fi nd the beach is no longer vi-able and we’ll have to walk away,” he said.

He said erosion of beaches was occurring around the world: “It’s a natural event.”

Average erosion on Port Phillip beaches was between half and one metre, he said, but Portsea had lost 10-15 metres since May 2010. (The DSE website quotes Mr Warren stating it was 20-25

metres.) The 150-metre long sandbag revetment had been damaged during a storm in early July this year and bags had been replaced.

A line of rocks placed to protect workers had been removed last Friday, he said.

A sand movement monitoring program had been started in May and would continue for an-other 12 months, Mr Warren said. Results would guide “future management options”.

“We’re looking for a pattern, a trend in erosion or accretion [addition] of sand, and don’t want to jump in if natural events will rectify the prob-lem.”

Mike Behnke, DSE’s infrastructure and risk manager, said the sandbag wall had been built with insuffi cient slope last summer as “we were running out of space; we were confi ned as the sand was going so quickly”.

Andrew Henderson said the beach had been there for more than 1000 years and nothing would convince him the loss was caused by any-thing other than dredging of The Heads. “The swell started after the dredging.”

Gary Grant said there had been massive sand loss further west of Portsea in Point Nepean Na-tional Park, at a place called The Bend.

He said a walkway built by Parks Victoria had been closed one month after opening due to mas-sive erosion. Moonah trees 500 years old had been washed away.

Mr Warren said the channel deepening project “was not our area”. “We take our information from the Offi ce of Environmental Monitor,” he said.

This statement later led conservationist and ar-chitectural historian Ursula de Jong to suggest the meeting pass a resolution asking for a whole of government approach to investigate the erosion. “Government should look at channel deepening, sea level rise, weather and climate,” she said.

Mr Warren said Environment Minister Ryan Smith knew about the meeting and would want a briefi ng. Mr Warren said he would tell the minis-ter about people’s concerns.

Replying to a question from Len Salter about safety and that he had seen people jumping off the sandbag wall, John Ault-Connell of the shire council said warning signs would be erected soon, “hopefully before Christmas”.

The bottom line is that Portsea beach is no longer the jewel in the crown of the coastal vil-lage that contains some of Australia’s most valu-able real estate.

Strolling along the sands with water lapping at bare feet is a thing of the past.

Last week, when a three-metre swell swept in from Bass Strait and through The Heads, a huge shorebreak pounded Portsea beach, spray fl ying up onto where the jetty joins the land.

The News saw just three people near the beach: schoolies who were walking along the top of the sandbags and then climbed over two sandbags placed near the jetty access road. The current ac-cess track starts further east. The Offi ce of the Environmental Monitor is to close at the end of December, four years after it was established by the state government to over-see the Port of Melbourne’s channel deepening project. See Page 40.

Portsea beach could be ‘let go’Portsea beach could be ‘let go’

10 years of maintenance dredging10 years of maintenance dredgingTHE Port of Melbourne Corporation begins a 10-year maintenance dredging program next March. It says all work will be done “in accordance with an approved Environmental Management Plan”.

It will dredge the Yarra River, Hodsons Bay, channels in the north, ship berths, swing basins, Maribyrnong River, Webb Dock, other port areas, the Port Melbourne Channel, the South Channel between Rosebud and The Heads, and the Great Ship Channel through The Heads.

Dredged material will again be dumped at the northern dredged material ground, which is in the middle of Port Phillip west of Mordialloc, and the South East DMG off Martha Point near Safety Beach.

Some information is on the Port of Melbourne Corporation website: www.portofmelbourne.com or phone 1300 857 662.

Back beach or front?: Portsea front beach on Tuesday afternoon last week with a huge shore break making a walk along the water’s edge diffi cult. Three visitors stroll along the top of the 150-metre sandbag wall, or revetment, erected by DSE last year to stop further erosion, which had already taken at least 20 metres of beach and land.

THE founder and driving force behind Morning-ton Botanical Rose Gardens, Don Gordon, has died at age 79.

Mr Gordon was a man of many parts. He founded Gordon Glass in 1957, served on many community groups including Rotary, and was a councillor on the Shire of Mornington including shire president in 1978.

His glass business grew to become the domi-nant retail and trade supplier and installer of glass products in the region.

Mr Gordon’s passion in recent years was estab-lishing and running the rose gardens. He and Jill Hardy (pictured) built a team of volunteers with a passion for gardening and roses in particular.

The rose garden was opened in November 2008 by another great gardener of the region, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.

Mr Gordon had been lobbying Mornington Peninsula Shire for an education centre next to

the garden. Last April, Mr Gordon unveiled the ‘Mornington rose’, bred from a French rose and an Australian rose, which has been registered.

Mornington Rose Garden is at Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd, Mornington.

A memorial service for Mr Gordon was held at Mornington Civic Bowls and Social Club on Tuesday 20 December.

Mike Hast

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By Mike HastMORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has ordered the demolition of 42 Barkly St, Mornington, after an engineer reported the chimney was in danger of collapsing.

The order, issued on 7 Decem-ber, brings to an end a distressing chapter in the lives of owners Elio and Angela Giucastro, who in July were ordered to restore their fi re-damaged house, which was herit-age listed by the shire after they bought it in 2006.

The couple, who operate Biscot-tini cafe in the Main St, Morning-ton, faced a costly legal battle in the planning tribunal after the shire rejected their plans.

The pending demolition of Bloomfi eld Lodge is also distress-ing for heritage buffs as the house was a link with one of the most fl amboyant characters of the last century – James Louis Edgeworth Somers.

Dr Somers was a “beloved phy-sician” who ministered to the sick from 1893 to 1938, built the house at 42 Barkly St in 1920, and is still remembered by the town’s older citizens.

He rode a white horse around Mornington accompanied by his baying hounds, and drove to all parts of the peninsula to care for his patients.

On Wednesday 14 December, Mrs Giucastro told The News the shire had ordered the house be pulled down within 14 days, but an extension had been granted when

they told the shire no one could do it within that time.

She said the demolition, expect-ed to cost about $16,000, would start some time in the new year.

Mrs Giucastro was relieved more than triumphant when The News spoke to her. “It’s been almost six years since we bought the house and has been along and frustrating journey,” she said.

The 1920s California bungalow was placed under a permanent heritage overlay in 2010, after the Giucastros had applied to demol-ish it.

They claim they were told there was no heritage value when dis-cussing the property with the shire soon after purchase.

The Giucastros bought the prop-erty from Denise Hassett in 2006 for $715,000. Ms Hassett and her then-husband David Hassett had operated a bed and breakfast there since 1995 when they bought it from Dr Stewart Johnston, the last doctor to work out of the house since it was built 75 years before.

The house had been vacant since March 2007 and had been vandal-ised as well as partly damaged by fi res including one in January 2009 and one on 27 October last year.

Objections to the original demo-lition application came from the peninsula branch of the National Trust, a heritage protection lobby-ist from Dromana, Mornington En-vironment Association and several Mornington residents.

History set for the wrecking crewHistory set for the wrecking crew


By Keith PlattPLANS have been approved for the Peninsula Centre to be converted into an apartment block, complete with tavern, restaurants and offi ces.

The latest proposal to fi x Frank-ston’s most prominent eyesore has been given the go-ahead by Frankston Council.

However, council’s urban designer has given the design the thumbs down, saying such a prominent building “should be of an excellent quality, not just reasonable”.

“It is my opinion that this develop-ment is not up to standard and requires revision,” the designer said.

The expert’s views are at odds with those of the mayor Brian Cunial who sees the proposal as “the right devel-opment”.

“We are confi dent this development will bring the right mix of people to invest, live, work and visit our city centre. The redevelopment will bring long-lasting economic benefi ts to our municipality,” Cr Cunial said.

The latest plan to add value to the derelict, 43-metre high Nepean Hwy building includes 149 apartments and a new name, The Peninsula on the Bay.

The 49 single-bedroom apartments on the top three fl oors are likely to go on the market for $300,000-$350,000, with the leases on the remaining 100 being managed by Quest Apartments.

The Deague family hopes to have the $40 million refi t of its 11-storey building completed in 12 months.

The family’s building arm, Asian

New life proposed for ‘eyesore’New life proposed for ‘eyesore’

Pacifi c Building Corporation, paid $11.2 million for the building.

Geoff Crowder of the Nichols Crow-der real estate agency said council ap-proval of the latest plan “may be the catalyst we’ve been looking for” for a revival of the city centre.

Earlier this year the Deague fam-ily took the centre off the market and signalled it would proceed with earlier

plans to redevelop the Peninsula Cen-tre as a “corporate hotel”.

Mr Crowder believed the building would retain the Peninsula Centre name “for good or for bad”.

The go-ahead for the Peninsula Cen-tre closely follows Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal approval of an apartment block in Davey St – des-tined to be Frankston tallest building.

Owners of the proposed 14-storey, $65 million Airio building won against an objection lodged with the VCAT, gaining permission for an additional eight apartments in the fi nal ruling.

There were no objections to the plans for the Peninsula Centre, which included a reduction in spaces in two basement car parks.

Several major planning permits have been issued previously for the Penin-sula Centre, but none have been acted on.

These have included restaurants and nightclubs, advertising signs, apart-ments and a hotel.

Built in 1973, the building was ini-tially occupied by offi ces, shops, twin cinemas and restaurants, and other ten-ants over the years included an amuse-ment parlour.

In the latest plans the restaurant/cafe would have 100 seats and the tavern be licensed for 60 patrons. Two shops at the rear of the building would face Keys St with offi ces on the ground fl oor and fi rst level.

The apartments include 132 single-bedroom and 17 two-bedroom dwell-ings from levels one to 10 with a gym-nasium for residents.

The owners say the external look of the building will be changed by “improving the facades” at the street level to Nepean Hwy and Keys St, and replacing the blank concrete panels above the lower ground fl oor level on Keys St with balconies and windows.

A ‘dark grey’ external fi nish would be used to “break down the exist-ing builtform and to upgrade the

appearance of the building”.New windows on the east and south

would “add interest and provide im-proved internal amenity”.

Council’s urban designer said the architects of the latest proposal “seem to have been somewhat hampered by the retrofi t of the existing building”, citing lack of balconies and opening windows.

“The nature of the original use of the building for commercial purposes has to be recognised as a design constraint that appears to be either unable to be fi xed given the nature of the existing structural components and the feasibil-ity of doing so,” the designer said.

“To change its use to permanent resi-dential sees a less than optimal level of internal amenity for future occupants.”

However, the designer said the ground fl oor tavern, restaurant and shops would “activate the street edge and provide vibrancy to this part of the highway and Keys Street that is cur-rently not activated”.

“It would appear that while this would get something happening with this building that has sat idle for so long, there are concerns with the use of the older site for permanent residen-tial use and the poor levels of internal amenity offered by the redevelopment.

“The levels of articulation are not particularly interesting or innovative and they should be for our tallest, most visible and well recognised building. Design solutions should be of an ex-cellent quality not just reasonable.”

CUSTOMERS at Centro Karingal have a chance to win a special Christmas “gift” that doesn’t come close to fi tting into Santa’s sack, let alone going down a chimney.

Shoppers who spend $20 at one of the Centro Karingal or Star Zone’s speciality stores or res-taurants this Christmas could win a Nissan Micra.

A bonus entry will go to anyone spending $100 or more at Safeway or Big W.

To enter, shoppers must take their receipts to the hostess at the Freebies machines11am-3pm daily.

Children visiting Santa at Centro Karingal be-tween 10am-5pm every day and Fridays to 7pm, until Christmas Eve will receive a free gift while stocks last.

Photo packages are available, including super-imposing shy children with Santa.

Christmas wish upon a carChristmas wish upon a carGift rapt: Centro’s Santa with the car that will go to a lucky shopper.

THE Offi ce of the Environmental Monitor ceases operations at the end of December.

OEM was established by the state government in December 2007 as a requirement of the Port of Melbourne Corporation’s channel deepening project, and was funded by PoMC.

The position of Environmental Monitor was held by EPA head Mick Bourke and then Don Hough, a career public servant who helped set up the state’s marine management and was involved in work on the deepening project from 2001.

The offi ce did no scientifi c monitoring of its own and did not have the power to stop dredging if anything went wrong.

It analysed data collected by others, assessed whether PoMC was doing all it should environ-mentally, and reported publicly on what it found.

The OEM had fi ve people including two marine

ecologists. The offi ce reported quarterly, annual-ly, after major parts of dredging were completed, and responded to public concerns.

It “called” the PoMC and its dredging partner Boskalis on just a few minor matters.

The state government has not yet announced which department will take on the OEM duties.

This includes monitoring the long-term op-eration of the northern dredged material ground, where toxic material was taken from the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers as well as dock areas, placed in a bund and covered with clean sand from the South Channel.

This was one of the most controversial aspects of channel deepening as the material was deemed too toxic to be dumped on land.

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SOMETHING peculiar is happening with the Tyabb Township Plan.

Following public submissions on the draft plan sent in between last November and this April, the fi nal version was due to be submitted to the council in September or October.

Then, from out of the blue, three late submissions appeared and the whole thing has been pushed back.

First it was September or October, then November, then later this year and now it’s early next year.

The plan is designed to, as the shire states, “guide land use, development, and transport, including public and private investment, within the Tyabb Township over the next 15 years”.

The Whisperer has done his best,

but been unable to fi nd out who wrote the late submissions. It’s all very hush-hush, but this enables The Whisperer to speculate: could the late submissions have come from the state government?

Might they be about the plans to expand the Port of Hastings into the state’s second-biggest container port?

A huge chunk of land at Tyabb is zoned “port-related” and would be part of any expansion.

Denis Napthine visited our port areas in August, soon after BlueScope said it would sack 200 workers and close the hot strip mill and a metal coating line. It’s been an “interesting year” in Western Port, as the old Chinese curse goes.

In October, Dr Napthine (he’s a vet) said the government’s vision for the port included giant driverless electric trucks trundling up and down beside Western Port Hwy between Hastings and Dandenong.

The government is promising to fast-track development within 10 to 13 years, at a 2011 cost of $10 billion.

There would be compulsory acquisition of land for the port and transport links, including a port operations centre with quarantine, storage, customs and logistics facilities located inland. At Tyabb?

***SPEAKING of port-related stuff, The Whisperer hears more than 120 people have applied for the

board of the new Port of Hastings Development Authority.

The Whisperer tried to apply, but they wanted him to sign a non-disclosure document and as he only talks in whispers, he wouldn’t be heard above the throng of applicants anyway.

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Shapespeare is an acquired taste that The Whisperer has never managed to acquire, but that won’t stop some of his acquaintances wanting to hightail it to Coolart Homestead at Somers mid-January for the OZACT production of Romeo and Juliet.

Fans of The Bard will see Bill’s greatest tale of love against a back-ground of mature formal gardens and majestic trees.

Two star-crossed lovers from rival families fi nd love against all odds, and risk all they have to be together – hey, who’s been reading The Whisperer’s diary?

See Romeo and Juliet on the weekend of 14 and 15 January at 3pm each day. Book at www.ozact.com or call 0419 330 516 and tell ’em The Whisperer sent you as he has just sent a play to OZACT about a young man, a dog and an abandoned submarine.

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MRS Emu is particularly taken with strong-legged men. It is one of the at-tributes of Cr David Gibb – the long-striding pursuer of prime beeves across his ancestral Dromana paddocks – that sets her heart a fl utter.

Now she’s turned her rapt gaze to-wards the new mayor, Cr Frank Martin. “Strong and silent,” she breathed when she heard the news that, in his mayoral speech, he stated that he wants a velo-drome built on the peninsula.

The Emu wonders about the cost, the demand for it, and whether Lycra-clad pelotons could be detoured into it for a bit of lap work, in lieu of endanger-ing emus and assorted possums getting about their legitimate business along the shire’s highways and byways.

Perhaps, he speculates, it could be built at Rosebud beside, or even around, the proposed pool. A quick 80 circuits then a sweaty splash, Lycra, helmet and all – good idea!

But he agrees that Mayor Martin and his pushbiking mate, CEO Michael Kennedy OAM DBA, need some-where to ride that is of a more sport-ing and less perilous nature than Point Nepean Rd.

And – here’s a thought that might just appeal to the CEO’s and Cr Gibb’s herding instincts – it could become a mandatory part of all councillors’ weekly program to throw the leg over a treadly and follow the Kennedy-Martin team onto the steeply sloped track for a score or two of laps.

A couple of councillors might need trikes, but that would be a small cost to the shire for ensuring a healthy body driving a well-tuned, decision-making mind.

A slim majority of councillors, now known as the Rusties (short for Rust-ed-Ons, members of the Gibb-Kenne-dy faction), would take to it with ease: they are already accustomed to follow-ing their leader in circles.

The rest, dubbed the Trusties, would (as they do in the council chamber) run the Rusties a close second.

So well done, Mr Mayor, thinks The Emu, whose powerful lower limbs enabled him to run down his bride all those years ago. She now has a new objet d’heart to divert her from fl utter-ing her eyelashes at him, giving The Emu time to ponder the sombre wis-dom of the German proverb: “An emu chases a female emu until she catches him.”

Six degrees/votesSix degrees/votesSOME wag has pointed out to The Emu that our fi rst among equals coun-cillor, mayor Frank Martin, has only ever received six votes in his career in local government.

Mayor Frank waltzed into Red Hill Ward at the elections in late 2008 as he was the only candidate to nominate for the seat vacated by long-time council-lor David Jarman.

So no votes there.On Monday night, the vote for mayor

was between Cr Martin and Mt Eliza Ward councillor Leigh Eustace, who joined the shire at the same elections as Cr Martin, although Cr Eustace had

Mayor thinks riding in circles a safe propositionMayor thinks riding in circles a safe proposition

Squash caughts: Outoing mayoress Prue Pittock cuts the ribbon at the Dromana Sporting Club, being built by her husband Graham, the outgoing mayor, watched by Cr Pittock’s mum Kath.

to beat a fi eld of eight candidates.At the mayoral election on Monday

5 December, three blokes threw their hat in the ring – Frank Martin, Leigh Eustace and Cr Bill Goodrem.

Goodrem was knocked out in the fi rst round when he received three votes to Martin four and Eustace four.

Now it was head to head between Martin and Eustace.

The Rusted-Ons held sway with Crs Anne Shaw, David Gibb, Reade Smith, Bill Goodrem and Antonella Celi vot-ing for Cr Martin.

Frank voted for himself, of course. Six votes.

Eustace had his own vote plus those of Crs Graham Pittock, Tim Rodgers, Bev Colomb and Lynn Bowden. Five votes.

The same thing happened for the election of deputy mayor – Anne Shaw voted for herself plus her fi ve Rusted-On mates.

Cr Colomb received fi ve votes – see above.

Squeezed in Squeezed in WHILE the new mayor was being lauded, the outgoing mayor, Cr Gra-ham Pittock, cleverly asked his wife, mayoress Prue Pittock, to open their

under-construction squash courts and gymnasium in Collins Rd, Dromana, on his last full day as the shire’s top dog.

On Sunday 4 December, the couple were joined by Cr Pittock’s mum Kath and a small group of friends and rela-tives to witness Prue cutting the ribbon among the rubble and disarray that goes with an ongoing building project, to be called Dromana Sporting Club.

“At least when we open for business early in the new year we will have a plaque saying it was offi cially opened by the mayoress,” Cr Pittock told by-standers with a broad grin.

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Class of ’33: After the photo of Balnarring Primary School pupils was in The News on 22 November, a number of long-time residents have asked if we can help to identify the children. Fortunately, Joyce Temby had meticulously written all the names on the back. Back row, from left: Mary Eastwood, Leila Bickers, Alma Eastwood and Dulcie Williams. Centre row (standing): June Bickers, Mrs Murphy (teacher), Pat Murphy, Jean Usher, Winnie Waldron, June Ford, Doris Strain, Joyce Neville, Betty Eastwood, Mora Cavanagh, Mr Fred Murphy (teacher) and Elva Russell. Centre row (kneeling): Ray Neville, Harold Ford, Keith Eastwood and Lewin Cupitt. Sitting: Don Cavanagh,Jack Cavanagh, Heath Rowsill and Bryce Usher.

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For the fi rst time in Australia offers a fully automated climbing area called Climb Time.

Unlike regular climbing gyms where parents and partners are required to go through training and have to belay (do the rope work) for the climbers, Climb Time is all action for climbers while parents can sit back and relax.

The automatic belay stations are the safest of their kind and are suitable for climbers ranging from 10 kilograms to 100 kilograms so the fun isn’t limited to the kids.

Parents can now climb safely up the wall next to their children or sit back and relax while enjoying a hot or cold drink, in air-conditioned comfort, another fi rst for a centre of this kind.

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SUMMER is here and the Mornington Peninsula is all of a buzz, especially at Market @ Drive In at Dromana Drive In every Sunday in January from 8am to 1pm.

Each market day brings unique and interesting fi nds, daily needs, one-offs and hard to fi nd items.

A wide array of stallholders sell fresh produce, plants, antiques and collectibles, art and craft, toys, clothing, and new and pre-loved tools.

There is a playground for the children, plenty of parking; it’s a place to chill out for a while. Shel’s Diner, 1950s

retro styled, is open from 8am for brunch.

A wide range of food and drinks is available including egg and bacon rolls, burgers, scones with jam and cream, cappuccino, milkshakes, Dip’n’Dots Ice Cream and more.

Dine in or grab a bite to stroll around.

So come along and visit Dromana Drive In, National Trust and Heritage Victoria listed.

For more information including dates of coming markets, having a stall at the market, see the website, http://

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The drive in is the perfect place to take in a fi lm and enjoy the nostalgia of a classic 1960s drive in.

Movies screen nightly at sunset, so grab the kids, your friends, partner and ‘Make a Memory at the Dromana 3 Drive In’ this summer.

See www.drivein.net.au or call 5987 2492 for movie titles.

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A market with the A market with the community at heartcommunity at heartBITTERN Sunday Market has a long association with the town of Bittern and the Hastings area. The fi rst market was on Sunday 20 July 1980, and it was monthly.

It enjoyed considerable success and in March 1989 the market went weekly. It is managed by an elected volunteer committee.

The aim is “to a conduct a weekly market on Sundays at Bittern, the site fees to be disbursed for the welfare of the community or other organisations as deemed appropriate”.

The fi rst recorded donation, in September 1983, was $500 to Bittern fi re brigade. Total donations to the community now exceed $480,000, not bad for a small market of 65 stalls.

In 1999 the market started giving scholarships to local primary schools and Western Port Secondary College.

The market has always supported local schools and it was decided this was a way some students could benefi t directly by receiving the scholarship money themselves. The two scholarships offered were $100 each to two children at each school per year. This has been well received and 15 schools are involved with the program.

The committee has continued to fund youth groups, scholarships for students, primary schools and sporting groups, to name a few. The market has a dedicated group of stallholders who attend weekly despite the weather.

The local community gives continued support to the market, enabling it to continue to serve the community. Marketgoers enjoy browsing through the wide variety of stalls, have a coffee and purchase a bargain or two.

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By Stuart McCulloughTRUTH be told, it took me a very long time to fi nd Kate. The mere fact that I am 40 years of age and have not previously been married says it all. Indeed, many who know me well must have wondered whether I would ever fi nd anyone willing to regard me as a suitable partner for life.

Certainly, while it’s fair to say I’ve had my fair share of offers when it comes to wedlock, it must be said those offers were exclusively in email form, were from Russia and required me to deposit large amounts of money into a bank account as a sign of ‘good faith’.

As much as I appreciated the re peated offers by strangers to travel around the world to live with me in exchange for cash, I declined them all. Call me old fashioned, but I hoped for something more.

For a long time, I believed that in order for anyone to fi nd me a suitable partner, I would need present a certain image of myself. Like a blue-light mos-quito zapper, I hoped to lure peo ple to my luminous glow.

Through sheer hard work and de ter mination, I was committed to creating a version of myself that the world at large would regard as irresistible. This, I now concede, resulted in any number of strange and, indeed, dis ingenuous attempts to make

myself a more likeable and interesting person.

Now seems as good a time as any to make a confession. I feel it may go some way to explaining what many of you may well have long suspected. My various eccentricities were, in fact, desperate and doomed attempts to be more interesting.

For example, during the period 1994 to 1997, I wore a

woollen cardigan in the genuine belief that this would make me appear more sensitive. It must be understood that this was during the period in which the ‘Sensitive New Age Guy’ was said to be the ideal man, a theory I managed to single-handedly disprove. Wearing a cardigan did not make me look ‘sensitive’. It made me look semi-retired.

In the summer of 1997, I became the world’s worst vege tarian. This is something of an achievement as the world is full of vegetarians, many of whom range from ‘occasional’ through to ‘lapsed’.

I did it not because I was overly concerned for the wel-fare of animals, although I did own several Morrissey albums, but because all the vegetarians I knew seemed interesting, not to mention healthy, and I thought it was as good a club as any to belong to.

With the benefi t of hindsight, I doubt that vegetarians were ever fool ed by this blatant charade. The fact that I kept smothering my tofu with bar-becue sauce was probably some thing of a giveaway.

These days I regard myself as a ‘non-practising’ vegetarian and still regret the steakless summer of ’97. When I fi nally capitulated and returned to my true, carnivorous self I thought that outraged vegetarians would intervene and try and make me see the error of my ways. Instead, they greeted the news with a shrug of the shoulder, while I marked the occasion by a shoulder of lamb.

The likelihood that a large number of animal activists will suddenly appear on my doorstep as part of an intervention is becoming ever more remote.

In 1989, I had my ears pierced. This, I believed, would give me the appearance of a hard-edged rebel with a heart of gold. Instead, it made me look like a poorly dressed pirate. This was partly attributable to the fact that the fi rst earrings I owned were purchased from the local chemist and may have been designed with ladies north of 60 and a purple rinse fi rmly in mind.

It is true, I feel that it’s dif-fi cult to look like a hard-edged rebel when you’re wearing earrings that rightly belong to Dame Edna Everage.

From 1993 to 2002, I rou-tinely carried large and diffi cult books with me wherever I went. These would be produced while on public transport for the sole purpose of impressing all those within my immediate vicinity and drawing attention to my awesome intellect.

For years I carted the works of Foucault, Sartre, Camus and Nietzsche as a not-too-subtle means of advertising what a brainiac I was. It must be said, I do not remember a single word I read during that time. In fact, I doubt that carrying diffi cult books fooled anyone, although it did ensure that I always got a seat all to myself.

In truth, all my attempts to make a better me failed spectacularly.

I met Kate on 17 November

2005. My business partner had agreed to give a talk to some clients of a law fi rm, before booking himself an overseas holiday. I arrived not knowing anyone and it was then that I met Kate.

What I remember most about that night is how easy it was to talk to her. I didn’t feel anxious or panicked. I didn’t feel the urge to re-insert my earrings, slap on a cardigan or pretend to be a vegetarian. There wasn’t any need. I could just be myself. In many ways, the conversation that we started that night has continued ever since.

When I look back at the years before I met Kate, I don’t think of them as having been wasted, although I do deeply regret wearing that cardigan for as long as I did.

I’d like to think that I was waiting for the right moment. I will be forever grateful to Kate.

If history is any guide, it takes a person of extraordinary patience and grace to endure my myriad eccentricities.

It seems as remarkable to me today that such a person should even exist. I am pleased to have found her, when I least expected it. www.stuartmccullough.com

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duck is dead”. The women says: “No, I am not so sure, can you check into it a little bit further.” So the vet whistles and in comes his golden labrador dog. The dog puts his paws up on the table and sniffs the duck from front to back, shakes his head and leaves the room.

The vet says “Lady, your duck is dead”. The woman says: “No, no, no, I am not so sure that my duck is dead. Can you please check again?” The vet whistles again and in comes his cat. The cat jumps up on the table, sniffs the duck from head to tail, shakes his head and leaves the room. “I’m sorry, lady, but your duck is dead!” The woman says: “Okay, I’ll accept that the duck is dead. Now how much do I owe you?”

Well, the vet says, that will be $285. The woman says: “$285 – for what?” The vet says: “The diagnosis was free, but the lab costs were $135 and the cat scan was $150.”

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WAR and Peace (aquatic centre, Rose-bud foreshore) continues. Coun cillors have dismissed my brilliant sug gestion of the “Rye Aquatic Cen tre” with Judy Durham singing The Carnival is Over.

Voting was 6-5 to back the Rose bud Foreshore Reserve Coastal Manage-ment Plan. I can imagine Eunice Cain’s interjections watched by afi cio-nados John Cain and David Harrison, but why must they personalise those with opposing opinions? Mother told me years ago “Why be nasty when nice is so much better”.

Cr Tim Rodgers suggested they failed to consult residents. Funny man. Still, might be worth putting it to a vote, but what if they vote for? I have no problem with Eunice & Co’s point of view; just that problem of ap-preciating other points of view. Let us hope our new mayor Frank Martin (aka Russell Mockridge) and deputy, the beautiful Anne Shaw, are properly prepared for battle with the usual sus-pects.

***NOTHING changes, as I’ve often said. Teddy’s mob gets stuck into Brum by’s mob about taxes, gets into government, makes a fortune from rising water bills, continues on with speed cameras saga, gets his min-ister to scream about nurses putting child ren at risk knowing it’s his mates crea ting the risk and knowing we all agree that nurses are underpaid and

under-respected. All this without men-tioning the treat ment of the $8 an hour workers at the Baiada chicken factory in Laver ton North working in less than ideal conditions and criticised by Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh for “putting animals at risk”?

I respect the fact that it’s almost Christ mas, Teddy, so I won’t men-tion the stripping back of our be loved Rosebud Hospital.

Ever been from Rosebud to Frank-ston in an ambu lance? Make sure you’re strapped in tight. Building up the coffers for the next election, I sus-pect.

***TASTE is strange indeed. I’m a fi rm believer in laughter as an antidote to melancholia and grief, having expe-rienced both. “Man that is born of a woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.”

Laughter is medicine, so I love com-edy, satire in particular but, please, un-derplayed. I go back to the best – Jack Benny, Burns and Allen right up to today’s best.

What I don’t like is this assumption that some comics display about our Australian character; the over-the-top Ocker concept. Paul Hogan was funny, sometimes spoilt by this necessity to belittle our national charac ter. John Doyle is occasionally funny as Ram-paging Roy Slavin. Greig Pickhaver (H G Nelson) is not funny, never was.

Barry Humphries is accorded royalty status as is his due mostly, except when he insults our lowest comment denominator and particularly when his far-right views come into focus. Dave Hughes and Shaun Micallef? Give me a break.

***SOME people go through life without enemies? I cannot remember when I couldn’t name at least two and that only includes the obvious ones; those who take a dislike for reasons best known to themselves.

At racetracks for 37 years, the last 10 as a supervisor, I had a female boss forever trying to “get me”. In the Commonwealth Public Service I was reported half a dozen times; once to Canberra for “answering the counter in a suggestive manner”? Ushers at the movies as a teenager? Gestapos. I was innocent! Never bothered me. Simply wondering what it is that rubs the odd person up the wrong way? A perse-cution complex, or should I shower more?

***DO men like females? Are females our equals or sometimes superior? The Amazons of Greek mythology not only participated in fi ghting and controlled politics but also exclusively made up both the population and the fi ghting force.

With females now available for front line duties as a fi ghting force and

our Queen, Governor-General and Prime Minister all females, it can ap-pear that the previous order of things is undergoing change. Far from it. I look at reports of the Taliban attitude to females in Afghanistan. In Papua New Guinea 67 per cent of wo men are beaten by their husbands; in Tuvalu half the females lost their virginity in forced sex; in Samoa 46 per cent are physically abused; Fiji 66 per cent and likewise Vanuatu. An AusAID survey reveals nearly one in three are sexu-ally abused be fore they turn 15. Then there’s the unreported happenings to females in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Here in Australia females are sub-jected to domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence. It’s all very well to say different countries, differ-ent customs, but you have to ask your-self if men, even perhaps the majority of men, have a secret fear of females? Thoughts never spoken?

***WHY is it that a Greens representa-tive is so immediately recognisable on tele vision? Is it their clothes, their way of speaking or is it that they resemble the up and coming breed of theatre and fi lm assistant directors? Former hippies who have seen the light or intellectual odd bods? Sarah Hanson-Young looked a bit that way initially, but not now. Look out Bob.

***I WISH my two mates, handsome Greggy Hunt and aquatic Marty Dix-on, a Merry Christmas. Keep those pictures coming; they’re on my fridge as pinups. Also our melodious Prime Minister for her courage, and all the RSL poker players who keep my beer at a manageable price. As for holiday television, including all Rupert Mur-doch’s channels, thank God for the ABC. And so to Christmas, the anni-versary of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem and presents for the lovely spoilt chil-dren. Enjoy.

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you!

Women are like phones: they like to be held, talked to and touched often. But push the wrong button, and you’re disconnected.

Back in 2012.cliffi [email protected]

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By Cliff Ellen

UK popsters Duran Duran named themselves after a character in Roger Vadim’s fi lm Barbarella. The band formed in 1978, disbanded in 1990 and reformed in 1992. It recorded the New Romantic anthem Planet Earth in 1981, which raced into the UK charts, and Duran Duran looked set for world domination.

Its eponymous debut album also con tained Girls on Film. Hits follow-ing including Rio, Save a Prayer, Hun-gry Like the Wolf and Is There Some-thing I Should Know? The unstop-pable chart success continued with The Wild Boys, The Refl ex and the live album Arena.

The band split, reformed and in 1993 had two US top 10 singles, Or-dinary World and Come Undone. Du-ran Duran also recorded the James Bond theme for the fi lm View to a Kill (1985).

Duran Duran tour Australia in 2012, six concerts to coincide with the re-lease of its current album, All You Need is Now (Shock).

The trip will comprise arena shows and outdoor concerts in Perth and the

Hunter Valley. Last in Australia in 2008, the band will showcase songs from the album as well as hits from a 30-year career.

The album has been praised by fans and critics alike, and hit No. 1 on the download charts in the top 15 markets around the world when it was released.

Produced by Grammy Award-win-ner Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen) and mixed by Spike Stent (Madonna, Bjork, No Doubt), it features guest vo-cals/rap from long-time Duran Duran collaborator Ana Matronic of the Scis-

sor Sisters, and R&B/neo-soul superstar Kelis.

The original Duran line-up of Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Ro-ge r Taylor and Nick Rhodes continues to reign supreme as one of the biggest British bands of all time

– reimagining pop music, crea ting in-novative vid eos and winning over mil-lions of new fans with a unique fusion of music, art, technology and fashion.

Duran Duran has sold more than 80 million records, had more than 30 hit singles and won six lifetime achieve-ment awards.

The band performs at Rod Laver Arena on Monday 19 March. Tickets 132 849 or www.duranduranmusic.com www.daintygroup.com

***ALSO touring next year:

There are still some tickets for the

Rod Stewart concert at Rod Laver Arena on 17 February with support act Diesel. Call 132 849.

www.rodstewart.com Purchase tickets for Roger Water’s

The Wall Live concert at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 11 February from 132 849. www.roger-waters.com.

Seal performs at Rod Laver Arena on 15 February. Tickets 132 849.

Original Liverpool group The Sear-chers play Palms Crown on Satur day 4 February. Book on 1300 795 012.

Daryl Hall and John Oates with sup-port Icehouse play the Plenary Theatre on Thursday 2 February and Rochford Winery on 12 February. Tickets 136 100.

Coinciding with his Australian tour, Elton John has released a double CD – Elton John The Defi nitive Hits Aus-tralian Tour Edition 2011 (Univer-sal) with 33 songs including Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Goodbye Yel-low Brick Road, Candle in the Wind, Nikita, Philadelphia Freedom, Benny & The Jets, Lucy in the Sky with Dia-monds, Club at the End of the Street, and Sad Songs.

www.eltonjohn.comUniversal Music has released the

2011 reissue of the album Some Girls, which introduced the Rolling Stones to a new generation of fans. Some Girls topped the US charts over three decades and remains the bestselling album of their career. The reissue in-cludes gems from the Rolling Stones vault “discovered” by producer Don Was. Mick Jagger’s love of 1970s funk is refl ected in Miss You and the album has the Keith Richards’ classic Before They Make Me Run.

Thirty years on from its original release, the remastered, deluxe edi-tion contains Respectable, Beast of Burden, Miss You, So Young, When the Whip Comes Down and Tallahas-see Lassie. www.rollingstones.com www.getmusic.com.au

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BEFORE the holidays, and a road trip to your favourite destination, a pre-summer check of your car should always be a priority.

According to the RACV website, the most common problem affecting motorists during summer is an overheated engine, but a few simple checks can reduce your risk of being stranded.

The pre-summer checklist should include not only the radiator and cooling system, but also the electrical system, brakes and tyres, plus an overall “spring clean”.Cooling systemTOP up your radiator coolant to the required level, taking care to add the correct amount of coolant mixture as recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. Check all radiator hoses (including heater hoses) for fi rmness, replace any that are spongy or leaking, and keep spares of the main hoses and belts in the boot for emergencies.

The fan belt and any other drive belts, such as for air-conditioning or power steering, need to be inspected thoroughly – for fraying and correct tension – so they do not slip, and any belts that are even slightly frayed should be replaced.ElectricalMODERN batteries are maintenance free but you should check the water levels and top them up if necessary. Use distilled

water – never use tap water as it will harm the battery.

Routine maintenance should include removing any corrosion from the battery terminals, which can then be smeared with petroleum jelly to slow the corrosion process. An added precaution is to wipe the high tension leads, spark plugs and distributor cap with a dry cloth.TyresALL tyres, including the spare,

must be properly infl ated to cope with the demands of long trips and hot weather. Check the pressures when the tyres are cold. Recommended tyre pressures are printed on a sticker affi xed to most cars. Tread depth should not be less than a match head, while many tyres now have tread wear indicators to remove the guesswork.

Uneven wearing of tyres may indicate a fault with the steering,

suspension or wheel alignment, and these items should be checked if in doubt.BrakesCONSULT a brake specialist if the car has a tendency to pull to one side when braking, if the brake pedal goes too close to the fl oor or has any other symptoms that seem unusual.

Check the hand brake as well – park the car on a hill, put it in neutral and, if it does not hold fi rm on the handbrake, have it checked and adjusted.Clean lights and windowsCAR windows should always be kept clean, as dirty glass can drastically reduce the driver’s vision when heading towards oncoming headlights or a low sun. Dirt increases the effect of glare.

Exterior dirt is easy to wash off, but it can be a constant battle to keep the inside of the glass free from the hazy fi lm that builds up when a car is parked in the sun.

The “haze” can usually be wiped off with a chamois, methylated spirits, or most domestic glass or general cleaners, but there is no magic formula to eliminate the problem altogether.

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THERE are a number of families who have put a lot of work and effort into this club of ours, and two that come to mind are the Mirabella and the French families.

There were nine Mirabella boys and I think they all played football for the club.

Frank I can just remember as a veteran; he was a very polished player and gave Hastings long service.

Jack, also a good footballer, had his career shortened by a serious accident resulting in the loss of three fi ngers; he continued to give valuable service on the committee for a number of years.

Jim also did more than his share for the club, being captain of a premiership side.

Sandy and “Kruger” also made

their contribution. Tony, one of the best full-backs Hastings has ever had, was also president of the club and a committeeman for many years.

I don’t think that there was any job at the club that Tony did not have a hand in, including trainer and manager of the seconds for many years, and his contributions were rewarded with life-membership.

“Yanna” was another stylish player who went from Hastings to Footscray in the old VFL.

The youngest of the family, “Sonny”,

also played at full-back and, although he was the smallest of the boys, he was one of the hardest hitting footballers I have ever seen.

Then, of course, there was “Boysey” who was the club’s best “highest and lowest” seller!

Of the next generation, Jack’s son John also displayed the Mirabella fl air for football but, unfortunately for Hastings, he did not play for long.

Tim’s two sons, Dennis and Jimmy, played many fi ne games, while Laurie, who has inherited his father’s tradition of playing straight ahead, is still carrying on the Mirabella tradition.

The French family also has a record that they can be equally proud of.

Jack French senior and his wife were very actively involved in the

club many years ago – Jack was a committeeman and delegate, and earned life membership, while Mrs French worked on the women’s committee for many years.

The French boys wore the blue jumper with distinction and now grandson Ian continues the good work both on and off the fi eld.

His contribution includes two or three hours every Saturday morning marking out the oval, which is hard work as I have done it on quite a few occasions.

Thanks, Ian.Then, of course, there is that other

member of the clan who came to Hastings many years ago with his hat pulled down over one eye, headed straight for the football ground, and

his efforts on the committee, including a term as secretary, for a number of years was rewarded with another life membership for the French family.

Although no longer a committeeman, Eddy does not miss a meeting and, while he might be a bit slow and grumpy, he does a sterling job for the boys each Saturday.

Thanks to you, too, Ed.These are the kind of people who

have helped to lay the foundations for our club.

With efforts such as these, our club has to be strong.

From Blue Power 1978 edition 10 (written by the late Norm Francis).

Stalwart families the life blood of BluesStalwart families the life blood of Blues

By Yard OnLAWN bowlers are often asked what they do in the off-season and members of Balnarring Bowls and Social Club have a simple answer – for the last 10 months they’ve been watching grass grow.

The club’s number one green was ageing and needed to be replaced, so the committee decided it would be dug up and replaced. But fi rst they would raffl e off the green, which occurred in

November last year.Many people wondered how they

would raffl e a lawn bowls green, but the answer was also simple. They held a ‘Cow Lotto’.

First you mark the old green into squares and sell them. Then you fi nd a cow, or in this case a young calf, and after giving it a good feed, take it for a walk around the green.

Sooner or later, and in this case it was later, the calf needed to do what a calf needs to do after a good feed, and

they buyer of the ‘right’ square won a large sum of money.

Club chairman Charlie Burgess said the Cow Lotto and other fundraising activities by the club meant that work could start.

“The earthmovers arrived, the old green was removed and new drainage installed. Then came the soil and Tifd-warf grass,” he said.

“Our members then sat back and carefully watched and waited. It grew into a beautiful lawn bowls green,

which is the envy of many other clubs on the Mornington Peninsula.

“The hard work to replace the green paid off after an inspection by the Bowls Victoria greens inspection committee, which gave it an A rating, meaning it was suitable for champion-ship matches.

“Thanks to the committee, construc-tion team, greenkeepers and many volunteers, the green has now been opened.

“About 30 members enjoyed their

fi rst social lawn bowls game on this magnifi cent green.”

The club invites people of all ages to view the green and join “barefoot community bowls” at 5pm every Fri-day over summer after the Christmas and new year break. Bowls and tuition is free as is a sausage sizzle.

For details, visit the club’s website atwww.balnarringbowls.com or phone Char lie Burgess on 5983 9794 or the club 5983 1655.

Bowl-narring’s A rated greenBowl-narring’s A rated green

Greens old and new: Far left, the club ran Cow Lotto, an unusual method to raise funds for the replacement green, left, which has been rated suitable for championship matches.


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HASTINGS Junior Football Club is looking for coaches for the 2012 junior football season in all age groups.

The club has put together a comprehensive coach’s application and information document that can be downloaded from the club’s website (www.hastingsjfc.org.au) or by calling director of coaching Pat Foy.

Mr Foy will be handling coaching enquiries and applications for the 2012 season. He will also oversee all coaches at the club for the season.

Expressions of interest can be made in writing and sent to the club at: Hastings Junior Football Club, Coaches Expression of Interest, PO Box 186, Hastings 3915.

Details: Pat Foy, 0414 925 595.

Deaths spark calls Deaths spark calls for safety on baysfor safety on baysPOLICE and safety experts have issued warnings following the deaths of two kayakers whose bod-ies were found washed ashore at Seaford and Car-rum on Tuesday 29 November.

The two men had left Sandringham at about 6.30am the previous day, but were not reported missing until 11pm.

Police said they were wearing lifejackets but were inexperienced and using their kayaks for the fi rst time.

Inspector Tim Hansen was reported as saying the deaths were a reminder to take into account weather conditions on Port Phillip in the lead-up to the holiday season.

Transport Safety Victoria (TSV) said other kay-akers should treat the drownings “as a sobering reminder of the importance of boating safety”.

Director of maritime safety Peter Corcoran said increasing numbers of kayakers will head out on the water as the weather warmed.

“Kayakers need to refresh their knowledge of important safety procedures and be aware of the risks they face,” he said.

“Kayaks are more susceptible to the impact of

wave and weather conditions and can easily cap-size.”

TSV issued a safety checklist for all boaters: Always wear an approved life jacket. Check the weather before going out. Let someone know where you are going, the point of departure and when you plan to return. Make sure safety equipment is in good working condition. Carry a marine radio or mobile phone in a water proof pouch. Carry a registered EPIRB, a personal locator beacon or fl ares to raise the alarm in an emer-gency. Wear suitable clothing for the conditions. Remember that conditions change suddenly. Display some identifi cation on your vessel such as a car registration or a telephone number. Attach refl ective tape to your vessel and pad-dles to increase visibility.

To obtain a free recreational boating safety handbook, call Transport Safety Victoria on 1800 223 022 or visit www.transportsafety.vic.gov.au/maritime-safety

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