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Fifth term Fifth term for mayorfor mayorBy Jo Winterbottom

KINGSTON Council has opted for experience in electing Ron Brownlees mayor; his fi fth stint in the mayoral robes in a council career begun more than 30 years ago.

Cr Brownlees said he would demand coun-cillors treat each other with “dignity and re-spect” in an effort to elevate the tone of debate.

The monthly council meetings of 2011 have been marked by rancorous argument in the chamber.

Outgoing mayor John Ronke said the behav-iour of some councillors was the worst he had ever witnessed in his 18 years on council and chairing the monthly general meetings had be-come an unpleasant chore.

Cr Brownlees, who was this year awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for ser-vices to local government and the community, said councillors needed to be reminded of their responsibilities as elected representatives.

“It’s not about personal agendas; it should always be about representing your commu-nity,” he said.

Although a member of the Liberal Party “about 20 years ago”, Cr Brownlees said he operated as an independent.

“Politics should have no role in local gov-ernment,” he said.

Kingston’s elder statesman said more expe-rienced councillors could take on a mentoring role with younger, fi rst-time councillors like David Eden, the Chelsea schoolboy who is Victoria’s youngest local government repre-sentative.

Other fi rst-time councillors are Tamara Bar-th in North Ward, Geoff Gledhill in Central Ward and Tamsin Bearsley in South Ward.

“We’ll learn a lot from someone like David Eden, who seems to have a very astute mind and is mature beyond his years, but I’ll be say-ing to him, ‘I’ve got lots of experience, if you want to pick my brain, feel free’.”

Among the challenges facing the nine-mem-ber council were new planning zones recently announced by the state government and imple-

mentation of Kingston’s green wedge manage-ment plan.

Budget concerns would intensify with carbon pricing and escalating waste charges and he anticipated a backlash to the new fi re services levy, which will be collected by councils at the same time as rates.

“People will blame local government,” he predicted.

Cr Brownlees was fi rst elected to the for-mer City of Moorabbin in 1982. He was twice Moorabbin mayor before the municipality was carved up during state-wide municipal restruc-tures in the 1990s.

Much of Moorabbin was combined with the City of Chelsea, most of the City of Mordial-loc, and parts of Springvale and Oakleigh mu-nicipalities, to create the City of Kingston in 1994.

Cr Brownlees was a member of the advisory council which guided the commissioners who ran the new municipality for three years and he was elected to the fi rst Kingston Council in 1997.

He retired from council in 2003 but was back again in 2008, by popular demand he says.

“I thought I would hang up my hat and let someone younger come in, but that didn’t hap-pen,” he remembered.

“There was a lot of pressure from people and groups that felt they needed me back in there.”

Rosemary West had been elected to the seat he vacated; she remains a Central Ward coun-cillor.

Cr Brownlees is a life member of the Apex Club of Bentleigh and an active Rotarian.

Last year he retired from the post of chief ra-diographer at Sandringham Hospital, where he had worked for 39 years.

Taking offi ce: Ron Brownlees OAM has been elected Kingston mayor for a fi fth time. Picture: Yanni

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Sea rise could be 1.6 metresSea rise could be 1.6 metresPROJECTIONS of global sea level rise have become more pessimistic over the past fi ve years.In 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted a rise of more than one metre by

2100. In 2009, the Delta Commission of the Dutch government projected up to 1.10 metres as a “high-end” scenario.In the same year, the Scientifi c Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) projected up to 1.40 metres.In 2011, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme gave a range of 0.90-1.60 metres.Also last year, the US Army Corps of Engineers recommended using low, intermediate and high scenarios for

global sea level rise when planning civil works programs, with high being 1.50 metres.The more pessimistic views are based on a number of observations, most importantly that sea level has been rising

at least 50 per cent faster in the past decades than projected by the IPCC in 2007. Also, the rate of rise averaged over two decades has accelerated threefold, from about one millimetre a year at the start of the 20th century to about three millimetres a year over the past 20 years.

The observed net mass loss of the two big continental ice sheets calls into question the assumption that ice accumulation in Antarctica would largely balance ice loss from Greenland during further global warming

With serious sea level rise coming, experts are increasingly looking at potential impacts on coasts to plan local adaptation.

Melbourne climate scientist Dr Roger Jones, a research fellow at Victoria University and former research scientist at CSIRO, says a rise of 1.5 metres “is virtually unavoidable”.

“Right right now $3 trillion worth of property and 40 million people are exposed to expected sea level rise. By 2070 those numbers become $35 trillion (roughly 9 per cent of forecast world GDP) and 147 million people,” he said.

“There is a 74 per cent chance of one or more of the world’s low-lying cities being impacted by a once-in-a-century event every year.”

Americans on the east coast have just experienced that 100-year storm.

An early December storm at McCrae in 2010.

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MORDIALLOC would be subject to more frequent and severe fl ooding as sea levels rise and heavy rain events increase, says an unpublished confi -dential report.

Low-lying towns and suburbs on Port Phillip could be submerged during storms, according to the Port Phillip Coastal Adaption Pathways Program.

The report studied the potential ef-fects of climate change in four bayside areas – Mordialloc, Rosebud-McCrae, Elwood and Southbank as well as a low-lying area in North Melbourne.

The existence of the report was re-vealed after audio of a confi dential briefi ng of Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors and senior offi cers in late September was accidentally posted on the shire’s website.

The private meeting was called to discuss what the council would say if the report was leaked or made public by the federal government or the Munici-pal Association of Victoria.

The federal and state governments have fi nanced the report directed by the MAV, the Central Coastal Board and the Association of Bayside Municipali-ties, of which the City of Kingston is a member.

The report warns bayside areas face huge damage bills after big storms.

But MAV CEO Rob Spence tried to quell speculation about dire predictions in the report, which is to be released in February.

“Reassuringly for all fi ve case study areas, even under the worst possible scenarios modelled, the research con-fi rms it is economically viable to con-tinue to occupy the areas,” he said.

The research found that if nothing was done, fl ooding could get worse with “climate impacts”, but that “moderate investment early is cost-effective and gives the best economic re-turn on in-vestment”.

“While the research identifi ed a num-ber of limitations, this study will provide an important input for councils to take the next steps required to assist com-munities to deal with the impacts of a changing climate,” Mr Spence said.

“Councils have also strengthened their relationships with state government au-thorities involved in fl ood protection, and the project has identifi ed areas that could benefi t from more agreement and structure,” he said.

A map leaked to the media shows fl ooding in large areas of Rosebud and parts of McCrae. This would occur dur-ing a “perfect storm” of coastal fl ooding combined with heavy rains when storm-water would not run into Port Phillip.

The damage bill could be many mil-

lions of dollars a year by 2100 from these extreme conditions – $20 million at Southbank, $15 million at Elwood, unknown millions at Mordialloc and $100 million at Rosebud-McCrae.

The report has a cost-benefi t analy-sis on “retreat” or “adapt” options as sea levels rise. It urges Port Phillip’s fl ood-prone communities to “adapt”, as the cost of “retreat” would be far greater.

NSW and Queensland landowners are being told by climate experts they should consider retreating from the coast as storm surges from the Pacifi c combined with high sea levels threat-en coastal communities.

NSW has 15 “hot spots” including Batemans Bay, Collaroy and Byron Bay, while Queensland has more, in-cluding the Gold Coast, Caloundra and Noosa Heads. Places like the Gold Coast and Noosa have battled erosion for many years, but the rate has in-creased in modern times.

Last year the federal government’s climate change unit said 250,000 coastal homes worth more than $60 billion were at risk of fl ooding from sea rises over the next 90 years.

Although the study covered four ar-eas, many other communities on the shores of Port Phillip and Western Port would be at risk.

Report: ‘Perfect storm’ flood warningReport: ‘Perfect storm’ flood warning

Creek dredge completeCreek dredge completeTHE dredging works at Mordialloc Creek have been completed.

The two-year project, including repairs to seawalls and moorings, cost $8 million.

Approximately 16,000 tonnes of silt and debris was removed from the creek, increasing the channel dept to more than 1.5 metres.

During the past two years, $8 million has been invested at Mor-dialloc Creek on dredging and as-sociated works, such as repairing seawalls and moorings.

The fi rst $1.5 million stage of the project, completed last year, was fully funded by council and involved dredging 6,000 tonnes of silt from around Lambert Island and other works on moorings.

The $6.5 million second stage began in April this year.

Approximately 16,000 tonnes of silt and debris was removed from the creek, increasing the channel depth to more than 1.5 metres. Associated works included install-

ing sheet piles and concrete on the northern wall of Lambert Island, mooring pole and jetty replace-ment.

Stage 2 was funded with a $6 million state government grant and $500,000 from council.

Kingston Council CEO John Nevins said dredging the creek has been a signifi cant project for the Mordialloc neighbourhood, which has a large boating and fi shing community.

“Dredging Mordialloc Creek was one of Council’s biggest Capi-tal Works projects this year. Coun-cil is pleased to have achieved this major milestone and we know the community will be celebrating the return of a healthier, cleaner and more navigable creek,” said Mr Nevins.

Council’s next Mordialloc Creek project in the creek will look to address dislodged and damaged mooring poles, in consultation with the community.


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MOORABIN detectives are seeking witnesses to the assault of an elderly man who was out walking with his four-year-old grandson in Carrum.

Detective Senior Sergeant Wade Mat-thews of Moorabbin crime investigation unit said the unprovoked attack occurred about 8pm on Monday 29 October out-side Patterson River fi re brigade on McLeod Rd.

The man and his grandson were walk-ing along McLeod Rd when a large dog rushed at the child, frightening him. The dog, which is thought to be a Rottweiler or similar breed, was being walked without a lead by its owners, a man and woman in their thirties.

Detective Matthews said words were exchanged and the man and woman became aggressive, kicking the elderly man and verbally abusing him and the child.

They continued to follow the man and his grandson, taunting them all the while, before grabbing the elderly man and punching him three times in the face.

The attackers decamped in the direc-tion of Patterson Lakes.

The man was described as Caucasian aged 35-40, 170cm tall of medium build and with short black hair. He was un-shaven with a goatee and was wearing a black t-shirt and black pants.

The woman was described as Cauca-sian, aged 35, 160cm tall and of medium build with long blonde hair in a pigtail.

She was wearing a red, black and white dress with a fl oral print.

Anyone with information can contact Moorabbin police on 9556 6565.

Grandfather Grandfather assaultedassaultedBy Jo Winterbottom

CHARLIE Scales’ fi rst attempt to join the army was not a success.

In 1939, aged just 16 and a trainee storeman at Coles in Albury, NSW, he had effectively run away from home to join the militia.

“Poor old mum and dad were dement-ed with worry,” he remembers.

“I was on guard duty at Hume Weir when the police turned up and dragged me out of there; they’d been looking eve-rywhere for me.”

World War II had begun and he wanted to enlist, like his father Bill and uncle Joe, both of whom had served with dis-tinction in The Great War. In the 1/24th Battalion, they had fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in Europe. Both were decorated soldiers and Bill was repatriated after losing his leg dur-ing fi ghting at Ypres in France.

Charlie went home to Corryong in northern Victoria and “started bludging off mum and dad” until they would al-low him to enlist.

It seemed a coincidence that in Wan-garatta in mid-1940 he joined the 2/24th Battalion.

By the end of the year Charlie Scales was in the Middle East training for the desert warfare that would take the lives of many of his friends in the 2/24th.

“People without training can’t make good soldiers,” he said from his home in Bonbeach. “It’s training that helps you overcome the fear.”

The 2/24th Battalion was involved in two of the most decisive battles of the war - at Tobruk, in modern day Libya, where they became known as the Rats of Tobruk, and at El Alamein, on the shores of the Mediterranean in Egypt.

They were battles which halted Rom-mel’s advance into Africa and brought strategic and morale-boosting success at critical times, when the Allied Forces were experiencing heavy losses and set-backs elsewhere.

“The holding of Tobruk was one of the major turning points in the war and El Alamein stopped Rommel getting hold of a deep water port in North Africa,” Mr Scales said.

But the price of that success was terri-bly high and Charlie Scales saw most of his commanding offi cers and friends die or be badly wounded. He was wounded in El Alamein and recuperated in a Brit-ish war hospital in Egypt.

“We were pretty professional after To-bruk, but even so, at El Alamein a battal-

ion of 700 went in [to the battle] and only 59 came out on the truck at the end of it.”

Private Charlie Scales returned to Aus-tralia and joined the elite 1st Parachute Battalion, which trained on the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland, but the end of World War II came before the crack troop was deployed.

“I was half stupid for a long time af-ter the war,” he said. “In those days I’d get on the beer and make a nuisance of myself.”

He drifted and worked at different jobs, unable to settle down until he met his future wife Loris at a New Years Eve ball.

“I don’t know where I would be with-out Loris,” he said.

The experience of war did not confer

indifference on Charlie Scales and he laments the wars and unrest still punish-ing people in the desert regions where he fought over more than 60 years ago.

“I was at Homs,” he remembers. “It’s where all the trouble started in Syria re-cently. It’s shocking what’s happening there.”

A proud member of Chelsea RSL, Mr Scales had a busy Remembrance Day weekend with a 2/24th Battalion reunion in Wangaratta, a function at the RSL and a “terrifi c party” for his 90th birthday, also on Sunday 11 November.

He shares his story not to glorify or mythologise war.

“I just want to promote the memory of the 2/24th Battalion and the Rats of To-bruk,” he said.

Remembering Charlie’s warRemembering Charlie’s war

War veteran: Bonbeach resident Charlie Scales fought at Tobruk and El Alamein during World War II.


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LETTERS

Real journalism Real journalism WHAT a great article (‘Election ‘bully’ ruckus, 16/10/12).Good to see some real journalism that posed some real questions about local politics and associated dirty tactics, and confl ict of interests.

I’ll be doing what I can to circulate your story so locals can see the real side to this.

Well done.Paul Munro, Kingston South Ward Candidate

New council hopeNew council hopeIT is a parlous state of affairs when so many councillors can be elected to Bayside and Kingston councils without elec-tors knowing anything about what issues or values intend-ing councillors held as part of their agendas.

It could be argued that even with the publication of results in the local newspapers, we are still in the dark about the quality of elected councillors.

This is especially troubling, as in Kingston, for the fi rst time, dirt sheets and death threats were prominent in the campaign material of one political party.

Mary Rimington, Mordialloc

Smear campaignSmear campaignSINCERE thanks to the citizens of Kingston , especially in the South Ward, for providing me with the opportunity to represent you. Unfortunately I was not successful in this last election campaign, losing by the small margin of 98 votes.

I am sure that the very dirty smear campaign run against me had an impact on the way people voted.

I would be glad to hear from anyone who is concerned that their vote may have been infl uenced in this way. Inves-tigations by STOPline and the Local Government Inspec-torate cleared me on all counts, but were not released until after most people had voted.

I met some amazing people along the way and I was for-tunate to be in a position as a councilor to vote for protec-tion of the green wedge for parks environmental conserva-tion, sustainable agriculture, nurseries, recreation and open

space, the uses most residents told council’s consultants they want there.

I hope this unscrupulous campaign has not resulted in a council that disregards the community’s wishes and best in-terests in this regard.

I have consistently supported citizens’ rights to be con-sulted on local government issues and always voted to pro-tect residents’ amenity, supporting development only when it met the community’s needs and aspirations.

I am looking forward to my next chapter in life whatever that might be.

Trevor Shewan, Carrum, Former South Ward councillor, e: [email protected], 0417 127 197

Public boozing blightPublic boozing blightWITH the onset of the warmer weather, the inevitable pub-lic boozers come out of hiding.

Even after Kingston Council erected “No Alcohol Zone” signs all through Kingston, these drinkers defy authorities because they know that actually being caught is so slim that it’s worth taking the risk.

Council offi cers are never seen at Chelsea and the only police seen are those getting their lunch or the traffi c branch booking U-turners.

City travellers get off the trains at Chelsea Station, then cross Nepean Highway and walk down the Strand to the beach, straight past these unthinking boozers; great adver-tising for Chelsea, I don’t think.

Peter Crawford, Bonbeach

New newspaper newsNew newspaper newsTHANK you so much for your new community paper for the Carrum-Mentone area. It’s a good, factual read, and a breath of fresh air! Good luck with your endeavour.

Nina Earl, Mordialloc

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Creek clean up a trolley good effortCreek clean up a trolley good effortShopping tip: Patterson River Secondary College students haul a dumped shopping troll up from the depths of Kananook Creek.

By Jo Winterbottom

KINGSTON Council has refused to re-veal the cost of investigations into bul-lying allegations levelled by a senior manager.

Kingston CEO John Nevins said he would not take further questions on the investigations, saying on Monday: “Council will not disclose any further information in relation to this confi -dential matter”.

The allegations against three coun-cillors were found to be unsubstanti-ated in two major reports – one by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate and one commissioned by the council and conducted by private investigators STOPline.

It is understood council also sought legal advice from Macpherson & Kel-ley Lawyers.

Former South Ward councillor Tre-vor Shewan, who was one of the three accused of bullying, has raised ques-tions about the timing of the reports; both reports exonerating the three

councillors were released during the fi nal days of the council election cam-paign, when the great majority of elec-tors had already cast their votes in the postal ballot.

Mr Shewan polled poorly in the bal-lot which closed on 26 October and was not re-elected (see Letters, page 6).

Mr Nevins said on Monday 22 Oc-tober he received advice from the In-spectorate that the three councillors had been cleared of all charges.

The STOPline report exonerat-ing them was received by council on Wednesday 24 October.

On Friday 26 October The News asked Mr Nevins the cost of the STOPline report and was told, “The cost of the report is still being fi nal-ised.”

But questions regarding the cost of the report and legal fees in connection with the bullying allegations went un-answered last week and by Monday, Mr Nevins issued the above statement declaring he would “not disclose any further information”.

PATTERSON River Secondary Col-lege Year 9 students removed litter from Kananook Creek on Friday 2 No-vember as part of a Community Lead-ership Program.

Dumped rubbish clogging up parts of Kananook Creek and the Eel Race drain have been a problem recently.

The program’s focus this year has been on environmentalism as the stu-dents work towards earning a Duke of Edinburgh certifi cate.

Pattersons Lakes CFA and Life Sav-ing Victoria have helped with projects throughout the year.

The Kananook Creek Association, Clean Up Australia and Frankston Council helped the students with clean-up operations on the day. Car-rum MP Donna Bauer was also on site to lend a helping hand.

Preparation was key with the stu-dents spending a few weeks before the clean up day practising their kayaking

skills and scouring the creek for areas requiring attention.

Many students paddled along the creek in kayaks to fi nish the clean up, with others picked up litter along the creek banks.

The fi nal rubbish collection tally at the end of the day was a massive 240 kilograms of debris.

A submerged shopping trolley, ex-cluded from the fi nal weigh-in, was the catch of the day.

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A CAR narrowly escaped blowing up in fl ames after a fi re was lit underneath it, according to Moorabbin police.

It was one of a spate of fi res lit in rubbish bins in the Chelsea area on October 30 and 31, coinciding with Halloween parties.

Detective Senior Sergeant Wade Matthews of Moorabbin crime inves-tigation unit said police were seeking information to put a stop to the trend.

“At this stage there has been mini-mal damage, but the one under the car could have been much worse,” he said.

“We really want to nip it in the bud, so it does not become a more serious problem.”

Solid fuel fi relighters were being used to start the fi res in wheelie bins around Chelsea Rd.

Anyone with information can con-tact Moorabbin police in 9556 6565.

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School’s future funding boost School’s future funding boost Hanging out: Carrum MP Donna Bauer, Kingston Mayor Ron Brownlees and Patterson Lakes Kindergarten vice-president Courtney Smith with children from the kindergarten.

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Panel duo: Alan Kearon and Richard Paul of SafePanel, with one of the simple precast connection devices developed by Mr Paul.

PATTERSON Lakes Kindergarten received a state government grant of $300,000 as part of a state-wide allo-cation of more than $40 million in state and national partnership capital grants.

Edithvale Integrated Children’s Cen-tre also received a $1.5 million grant to increase the scope of its community-based long-day care program by pro-viding a new double-unit kindergarten with 33 and 22 places, dual consulting rooms for maternal and child health

and allied health services, and commu-nity rooms.

Carrum MP Donna Bauer and King-ston Council mayor Ron Brownlees visited Patterson Lakes Kindergarten to share the good news with staff and children.

“This funding will have a huge im-pact on children, not just now, but for many years to come,” Mrs Bauer said. Cr Brownlees welcomed the funding for local childcares services.

“Council is planning a $5.6 million Edithvale Integrated Children’s Centre that will place Kingston at the fore-front of contemporary early childhood services and integrated practice,” Cr Brownlees said.

Council consulted with the commu-nity on the location of the centre.

“Council aims to begin construction in late-2013 and the project will take approximately one year to complete,” Cr Brownlees said.

WHEN Richard Paul couldn’t fi nd a solution to a structural engineering problem, he had to invent a new way of building.

Now his company SafePanel is poised to transform precast concrete construc-tion around the world.

The company received an award for excellence from the Concrete Institute of Australia last year and has now been rec-ognised for improving worksite safety.

SafePanel, run from an offi ce at Mr Paul’s home in Chelsea, has won the gong for ‘best solution to a workplace health and safety issue’ in the 2012 WorkSafe awards.

Like many great ideas, Mr Paul’s is beautifully simple.

“An engineer came to me with a prob-lem on a diffi cult site and he could not get a welder in to fi nish the structure,” he said.

“The solution didn’t exist, so I have to invent one.”

The SafePanel system of installing automatic connections in precast pan-els at ground level eliminates the need for welders to be working at heights welding panels together.

The invention draws on Mr Paul’s experience as a consultant to the pre-cast construction industry and has been in development for three years. He is now setting up distribution in North America and exploring options in China.

“Even with the recession, the US market is twenty times bigger than Australia,” he said.

“But the real opportunity is in China, where the production in one precast yard north of Beijing is equal to the en-tire output of all precast yards in Aus-tralia, and there are dozens of them.”


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ing a family fun day to welcome summer on Saturday 24 November 2012.

The event is in support of local charity, the Isabella and Marcus Fund, which raises money for research into childhood brain stem cancers.

Namesakes, Marcus from Edithvale and Isabella from Endeavour Hills both suffered from this terminal illness.

Their families are now working together to extend the lives of children diagnosed with brainstem tumours and ultimately to fi nd a cure.

ABC TV’s newest hit character, Raa Raa the noisy lion, is the special guest for the day.

Raa Raa will also be joined by Waves’ very own Ollie the Octopus, who will keep all the children entertained with his friendly antics.

Marcus’ mum, Daniela and co-founder of the Isabella and Marcus Fund was thrilled by

the offer of support and is looking forward to participating in the day.

“This will be a great day for kids and it will be so lovely to see all them all having lots of fun at the pool. My youngest son Simon loves Raa Raa the noisy lion so I am sure it will at-tract mobs of little people,” she said.

Starting at 1pm, there will be lots of free activities throughout the afternoon, including a mobile animal farm, jumping castle, face painting and fi tness demonstrations.

And, for those who enjoy the water, a spe-cial Waves DJ will be presiding over the Wave Pool with an active aqua disco, while the giant infl atables take over the 50-metre pool.

For further details about the fundraising event, visit www.wavesleisurecentre.com.au

More information about the Isabella and Marcus Fund is available at www.isabellaand-marcusfund.org.au

Making waves for charityMaking waves for charity

By Tony MurrellPLANS unveiled for a multi-million dollar 500-seat function centre at Frankston Park headlined a campaign launched by new community group Proudly Frankston.

An initiative of Frankston Dolphins Football Club, Proudly Frankston’s broad aim is to make residents feel good about where they live.

The group hosted a lunch for 120 businessmen and women, sports rep-resentatives and local government of-fi cials at the Dolphins’ rooms on 25 October.

Helping to establish the function centre above the existing social club is Proudly Frankston’s fi rst major undertaking. The project has support from the state government, Frankston Council and the AFL-VFL.

“A source of pride for the whole Frankston community, the new centre will help secure the future of VFL foot-ball in Frankston,” Proudly Frankston founding member and leader Alan Wickes said.

“Proudly Frankston is working with businesses, sporting groups, educa-tional institutions, community groups and service clubs to make Frankston even better.”

The launch included the inaugural Proudly Frankston business and com-munity award to Ritchies Stores plus the announcement of an annual $5000 award to a junior sporting club.

Ritchies and Coca-Cola Amatil will fund the lucrative award, starting next year. It will recognise an outstanding commitment to community help by a junior team with members 15 years

On the job: Proudly Frankston founding member and leader Alan Wickes (right) with former Dolphin player Paul Kennedy, MC of the Proudly Frankston launch.

Our town: Former Frankston Council chief executive Adrian Butler, left; Robert Thurley, chartered accountant of Kananook Creek Association; and Max Butler of Wine Swap, a former CEO of City of Chelsea.

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and younger. Accepting the ward were Ritchies director David Welch and Judy Rebecca, the company’s commu-nity benefi ts pro gram coordinator.

Mr Wickes said the award refl ected research showing that team sport and physical activity programs positively infl uenced personal and social devel-opment in young people.

“Rarely do 120 leading citizens get together for the common goal of pro-moting Frankston,” he said.

“The lunch represented a microcosm

of the Frankston community, meeting in a warm atmosphere.”

He praised the food from Wise Choice, wine from Mornington Pen-insula vignerons and music by inter-nationally trained trumpeter Tom Jo-na novic, a former Frankston High School student, and his contemporary jazz quartet.

Mr Wickes said federal MP Bruce Billson spoke proudly about his Frank ston heritage, his love of the city and challenged citizens not to ac-

cept “unfair criticism of our fi ne city”.Also supporting Proudly Frankston

were outgoing mayor Brian Cunial and the council’s Jane Homewood, acting CEO until the recent appointment of Dennis Hovenden.

Mr Wickes said Proudly Frankston had a wider community role – to pro-mote business activity, improve train-ing and employment opportunities, and encourage teamwork through par-ticipation in sport and community ac-tivities.

Membership of the group includes former Dolphin coaches, former club offi cials, business people and educa-tors.

“The group has no part in the admin-istration of the football club, but offers a helping hand as part of its broad push to promote the assets of Frankston,” Mr Wickes said.

“Frankston Dolphins VFL team, as an AFL affi liate, is the best-placed community entity able to broadly pro-mote the city and the community.”


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PENINSULA Health’s chief executive Sherene Dev-anesen has presented awards to staff who have spent more than 10 years with the organisation.

Among the recipients were paediatrics nurse unit manager Helen Hutchins, who has spent 40 years with Peninsula Health.

Mercedes Williams, Janet Payne, Lorraine McPher-son, Terence Hewens, Anne Donnelly and Patricia Kardinaal were awarded for 35 years of service.

“It is marvellous to see so many employees cel-ebrating long service. We thank all award recipients for their commitment to the health service and help-ing us to build a healthy community,” Dr Devanesen said.Awarded: Helen Hutchins, left, after receiving her 40-year service award from Peninsula Health’s chief executive Sherene Devanesen.

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THE Department of Sustainability and Environment has released details of planned burns and other fi re prevention activities over the next three years on the Mornington Peninsula.

Burns planned between now and autumn include Arthurs Seat, Cape Schanck (Greens Bush), Tuerong (Devil bend), Balnarring, French Is-land, Portsea, Rosebud, Langwarrin, Frankston and Frankston North.

The amount of land to be burnt in the Port Phillip region jumps from 6228ha in 2012-13 to 9885ha in 2013-14.

DSE fi re program manager Ber-

nard Barbetti said the fi re operations plans had been fi nalised after DSE and Parks Victoria reviewed feedback from “communities and stakeholders” on the draft plans.

“The fi re operations plans outline where planned burns, slashing, track works and construction of fi re breaks are intended to be carried out over the next three years, depending on weather and other conditions,” Mr Barbetti said.

“The decision to burn is driven by the need to reduce bushfi re risk to hu-man life, communities, essential and community infrastructure, industry, the

DSE three-year plan for burnsDSE three-year plan for burnseconomy and the environment.”

Mr Barbetti said the plans were de-signed to be fl exible so burns could be moved forward or back over the three-year period to respond to conditions.

Port Phillip’s fi re operations plans can be seen online at www.dse.vic.gov.au/burns or at DSE and Parks Victoria offi ces.

To fi nd out where and when burns are likely to happen, visit www.dse.vic.gov.au/burns, call Victorian Bushfi res Information Line on 1800 240 667 or download the FireReady smart phone app to see burns on a map.

Sports grants openSports grants openKINGSTON sports clubs can apply for VicHealth grants of up to $2,500 each for new equipment, portable shade and volunteer training.

Applications for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Vi-cHealth) 2012/2013 Active Club Grants funding can be submitted un-til 6 December 2012.

A total of $1 million is available to local sporting clubs, regional sport-ing leagues and associations and local active recreation clubs across Victoria.

This year’s grants also focus on people aged over 60, who tradition-ally have low rates of sports partici-pation and young people aged fi ve to 17-years-old and sports that are vulnerable to on-fi eld emergencies.

Eligible sport and recreation or-ganisations are invited to apply for this grant online at www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/activeclub

The funding round closes 4pm Thursday 6 December, 2012. Suc-cessful recipients will be notifi ed March 2013.


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Six community forum meetings will be held to discuss ideas received to determine which are most important to local areas.

Kingston Council Mayor Ron Brownlees said “Council has received thousands of submissions from people who live, work or play in Kingston and what we’re hearing is that people like our beaches, parks, green wedge, festivals, leisure centres and libraries. Looking forward to 2035, people wish to preserve green open spaces, turn landfi ll areas into parks, and continue having appropriate density living as well as affordable housing.”

“A light-hearted submission wanted to see a chocolate fountain on the Nepean Highway, but on a more serious note this is your chance to di-rectly tell us what you want and play a part in building a long-term vision for the future,” Cr Brownlees said.Dingley: Saturday 17 November 2pm to 4pm - Harold Box Hall, 31 Marcus Road

Mordialloc: Wednesday 21 November 1pm to 3pm - Allan McLean Hall, Cnr. Lewis & Albert StreetsClarinda: Thursday, 22 November from 6pm to 8pm - Clarinda Community Centre, 58 Viney StreetChelsea: Saturday 24 November 2pm to 4pm - LF Payne Hall in Station Street Aspendale Gardens: Tuesday 27 November 6pm to 8pm - Aspendale Gardens Community Centre, 103-105 Kearney RoadCheltenham: Wednesday, 28 November 6pm to 8pm - Council offi ces, 1230 Nepean Highway

Children’s activities are available at the forums and catering will be provided. Bookings are es-sential. Call 9581 4518 or email [email protected]

Budding Willy Wonkas and otherwise are in-vited to attend the community forums.

Visit www.livingkingston.com.au for online debate and further information about the Living Kingston 2035 project.

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By Keith PlattMEMBERS of two infl uential commu-nity groups say fast-tracking the move by South East Water to Frankston could add to the woes of Frankston MP Geoff Shaw.

They are targeting Mr Shaw in their 11th hour bid to have the water author-ity’s headquarters sited away from Kananook Creek and the foreshore.

“We agree that Frankston is the ideal location for South East Water HQ, but why was it that the state government demanded this key waterfront site and this site only?” former Kananook Creek Association president Rob Thur-ley has told The News.

“Why were better located, less sen-sitive sites never considered by the minister?

“Highly peculiar. No explanation provided. Consequently, many are sus picious that local political motives have driven this.

“If so, this is another major scandal that could engulf embattled Frankston MP Geoff Shaw.”

The Kananook Creek Association and Long Island Residents’ Group be-lieve the 10-storey building represents a major change in plans for the beauti-fi cation and development of the creek banks.

Mr Shaw says the creekside site had been offered by council to South East Water.

“After SEW evaluated a number of different sites for its new headquarters, Frankston was chosen. And why not? Access to public transport, major roads,

a designated CAA, Victoria’s best beach; so many benefi ts for moving to Frankston,” he said.

An accountant, Mr Shaw was “surprised” that Mr Thurley, also an accountant, “cannot realise that SEW also has fi nancial reasons for moving to Frankston, and that Frankston busi-nesses will benefi t greatly and be able to provide more local jobs”.

Council was paid $4 million for the site and South East Water has already appointed architects BVN to design the new building.

The groups say land near the railway station is better suited for the proposed building, “with easy access to public transport and the CAD for the 700 staff”.

“This site would require no changes to the planning scheme and would leave the most signifi cant creek front-age site available to be developed in a more appropriate manner as was origi-nally intended – a public plaza for the people of Frankston.”

The groups say the “strategic site” on the seaward side of the fi ve-storey Landmark building between Wells and Playne streets was “created by steady consolidation by successive councils over more than 60 years”.

They see the site as “the obvious fu-ture connection of the waterfront with the town centre”.

It is more than 30 years since the KCA wrote to the then state govern-ment that the creek’s eastern bank “be developed by the Frankston City Council for recreational and enter-tainment purposes … [including] the

reclamation of car parking areas, the acquisition of private property and iso-lation from all vehicular traffi c”.

This aim had been followed by suc-cessive councils, including the “high-quality” Landmark building with its sea views.

In 2004 the state government and council published a booklet with a conceptual drawing of a “grand pub-lic plaza between Wells and Playne streets”.

“Frankston’s nomination by state government as a key centre under Melbourne’s 2030 program and the priority placed on the Kananook Creek Boulevard for urban renewal gave us real heart.”

The creek bank was to be the key site in Frank ston’s urban renewal.

The election in 2010 of the Liberal-National Party Coalition state govern-ment had been applauded by the KCA, with no “10-storey offi ce block ever suggested or contemplated”.

The KCA says losing the publicly owned site to South East Water fol-lows a pattern: The loss of Central Park (“sold to Gandel Corporation”); loss of McComb Reserve to the commercial sand sculpture show (“a business sub-sidised by ratepayers to $100,000”); the loss of sections of Samuel Sherlock Reserve for the new aquatic centre (“in-stead of locating it within Monash Uni-versity as originally planned”).

Mr Shaw said the 700 extra jobs “will activate Frankston like never before”.

“Cafes, restaurants, service providers and re tail ers in Frankston will benefi t greatly with extra customers.”

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Target: Frankston MP Geoff Shaw could become embroiled in a dispute over the location of South East Water’s new headquarters. Picture: Yanni

AMANDA Gome is the feature keynote speaker at a Kingston Business Women’s Network event on Wednesday 21 November.

Amanda is an entrepreneur, journalist, educator, business authority and former CEO of Smart Company. She is currently an adjunct professor of business at RMIT University where she lec-tures students in entrepreneurship and regularly comments on business and digital publishing issues, while juggling her roles as a mother and making time for maintaining her own health and wellbeing.

The next Kingston Business Women’s Network event is on from 12noon to 2pm on Wednesday 21 November 2012 at the Hemisphere Hotel & Conference Centre, 488 South Road, Moorab-bin. The cost is $49 and includes a two course meal and glass of wine.

All business women are welcome at the networking events, whether they are located in King-ston or outside the municipality.

Bookings can be made via www.kingstonbusiness.com.au online.For further information about this event or the Kingston Business Women’s Network, contact

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Convenient to Beach Street shops and Chisholm TAFE with Bayside Shopping Cen-tre, restaurants and beaches all relatively close by, this is one of the area’s most affordable homes. Presenting a great opportunity to spruce up and modernise the home or redevelop the site to build two brand new townhouses (STCA), the 604sqm(approx) block is in an up and coming neighbourhood. The 3 to 4 bedroom home is in need of some TLC but has great bones, ripe for a makeover. Original

side and a large kitchen with wall oven and dishwasher. Outside is a large workshop and there is storage room under the house.

5 ARABIL STREET, FRANKSTON

SPRUCE UP OR REDEVELOP

AUCTION: Saturday 1st December at 11amTERMS: 10% deposit, balance 60 daysPRICE GUIDE: $270,000-$290,000INSPECT: Saturday 11.00-11.30amCONTACT: John Young 0412 766 804 James Crowder 0407 813 377

AUCTION


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Rotary Club of Langwarrin4th Annual Art Show

Friday 23rd to

Sunday 25th November

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch College

Warrandyte Road, LangwarrinVIEWING TIMES:

Opening Night:- Friday 23rd 7-10 pmSaturday 24th:- 10 am - 4 pmSunday 25th:- 10 am - 3 pm

for all further information go to www.rotarylangwarrin.org.au

Industrial warehouseLOCATED off Frankston Gardens Drive and very close to the interchange off the Peninsula and Eastlink freeways, this offi ce and warehouse is of tilt slab construction. The fl oor area measures 275 square metres and has a mezzanine offi ce and a 60-square metre hard stand yard at the rear. The premises also features air-conditioning, new kitchen facilities and three-phase power.

3 / 8-12 Lieber Grove, CARRUM DOWNSPrice: $349,000 exclusive of GSTAgency: Nichols Crowder Property Solutions, 1 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs, 9775 1535Agent: Josh Monks, 0409 335 179

COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL<<


NEW

Business Sales Specialistswww.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588

Great little café in main street location, sells breakfast, lunch, French patisseries etc. Easily

operated by two staff, new lease offered. Seating inside for 16

& outside for 8. Trades Tues to Sunday.

CAFE

$57,000

MECHANICAL REPAIRSLarge modern shop in Somerville

with good equipment inc. coolroom, large preparation area. Bright and well presented. Trades 6 ½ days,

long lease, good potential to further increase takings.

FISH & CHIPS

$70,000 + sav

STREET SWEEPING

HAIR SALON

Large shop with double storey 3BR premises attached. High

density residential area provides captured market. Small amount of

takeaways. Est 20+ years.

GENERAL STORE/MILKBAR

$79,000 + sav

All manner of photography requirements, custom framing,

restoration. Prime Main St location, well known, good

equipment. Training will be given, vendor wishes to retire.

PHOTOS & FRAMES

$167,500 + sav

Long established in prime area. Near new equipment, new lease

available, some alterations done. Pick ups and deliveries.

DRY CLEANING

$180,000

Ducted vacuum & security systems for new & existing homes. DIY kits or fully installed. Est 25yrs, supplier

database, established clients inc builders. 3 vehicles included.

FREEHOLD $270,000

FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD

Business: $190,000 + sav

Selling takeaways, snacks etc and Myki. Simple to run, cheap rent, captured commuter market

& little expenses. Early start,

$10,000+ pw.

RAILWAY KIOSKAdjacent shops, bakery/kitchen and

café/retail sales, internal access between. Very well presented, with

high quality equipment and spacious work area. Café seats 18 in/8 out. Fine European cakes, pastries etc.

CAFE & BAKERY

$189,000 + sav

Established 19 years hiring all party requirements from cutlery to large marquees. Operates

from twin factories, two leases.

and experienced new owner.

HIRE SERVICE

Area covers South East suburbs, 15 sub-contractors. Clients

include medical centres, childcare centres, body corporates etc.

Easy to manage.

COMMERCIAL CLEANING

$600,000 + sav

Set daily run from Dandenong to northern suburbs, food industry. Work 5 days, hours to suit. 2009

Hino refrigerated truck in excellent condition, serviced regularly.

.

REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT MANUFACTURING

Currently managed, kiosk style in busy Bayside S/centre. All new

equipment when set up less than 2 years ago. Seats 34. Vendor will trial on $5,000 pw. Opens

shopping centre hours. WIWO.

CAFE

NOW $70,000 + sav

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

Currently fully managed in shopping centre, well-established with

excellent marketing systems in place. Manicurist space sub-let. Weekly T/O

HAIR & BEAUTY

Great location opposite station, selling chicken & pizza with deliveries. Opens daily from

11.30am. Well presented shop with good equipment. Established 8 years.

TAKEAWAY

NOW $110,000 + sav

Freehold & leasehold on app 4.5 acres, home with pool. Fully indoor

kennels & cattery with cooling, heating, fully automated irrigation.

35oo sq m exercise areas. No limit of animals, closest kennels

to CBD.

BOARDING KENNELS/CATTERY

Traditional Thai massage in 3 locations – Berwick (4 rooms)

Cranbourne (3 rooms) & Pakenham (5 rooms). Clean rooms, each venue has 3 foot massage chairs. Can be

bought separately.

MASSAGE

$230,000 + sav for all 3

Family shoe shop, impressive presentation, main street, no

competition. Long lease options, easy to run with 1 staff + casual over Xmas

period. Vendor happy to assist with changeover.

SHOE RETAIL

NOW $69,950 + sav

Lovely, large, modern shop trading 5 days 6am to 3pm. Seats 15

inside with smokers’ courtyard. Very smart exterior presentation.

Rent $1964per month inc. with long lease.

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

$70,000 + sav

Supplies local families, farms & holidaymakers with pet supplies

and animal feed. Large showroom/factory with aquarium & hydrobath.

All stock delivered, long lease, website.

PET SHOP

$259,000 + sav

commercial and domestic. Forward orders in place, vendor willing to stay on for 6 months.

ROOFING

$315,000 + sav

Great position in very busy S/C,

seating area, consultancy room , juice bar (can be sublet). Promote organic products, specialty breads,

competitive prices. Long lease.

HEALTH FOOD RETAILER

$250,000 + sav

Large well presented showroom/factory on main road. Large base of repeat customers inc architects,

builders, renovators. Also do installation, sanding & polishing.

Vendor will assist with changeover & introductions.

FLOORING RETAIL

$270,000 + sav

old business offering it’s services mainly on M’ton Peninsula as well as insurance jobs. T/O increasing

annually, vendor will train. Purpose built Nissan truck inc in price.

TREE LOPPING

$315,000

Resort style, 4star rated, 8 units + 2 storey residence on 1 hectare. Pool, tennis court, children’s playground, large storage, BBQ areas, laundry.

Located Phillip Island, popular tourist destination.

HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION

made to order hampers. Delivers in area, only one in this part of the

Peninsula. Can be a single operation, beautifully presented shop and

website.

FLORIST

$58,500 + sav

Franchise business established 20 years, trading 6 days.

Averages about 54 cars from car yards and 25 from retail cars,

about 4 rolls per month.

TINT A CAR

$150,000 + sav

TAKEAWAY

NOW $95,000 + sav

etc. Located in busy food court of large shopping centre with plenty

of seating available. Recently

for a while if wanted.

GIFTS & HOMEWARES

$75,000 + sav

Pleasure to run this fully managed, lovely shop in a busy retail &

commercial location, also selling jewellery lines. Only 5 days a week

with short hours. Full assistance will be given with changeover.

Custom made switchboards, general sheetmetal fabricating. Two weeks training to operate machinery. New lease offered

.

Well equipped factory, operate and maintain their own sweepers as well as others in the industry. All P & E inc, new lease negotiable.

Established 21 years, has 3 street sweeping machines.

$320,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

business, big and bright in busy M’ton. Excellent equipment, RPR

stock. Keen vendor is willing to stay on part-time. New lease offered.

Trades 6 days.

NOW $480,000$325,000 $355,000 Business $420,000 + sav

Freehold $2.7million + GST if appl.

COFFEE LOUNGE

Recently fully renovated & new equipment. Seats 36 in & 8 outside,

sells 95% gluten free products, approx 12kgs coffee per week. Has 2BR dwelling, courtyard, multi-use

rear storage area.

SECOND HAND DEALER

$185,000 inc. stock

$75,000 + sav

NOW $2.2 million + sav

$190,000 + sav

Well equipped shop with commercial kitchen, seats 4 in & 8 out. Est 30 years in industrial

estate, trades Mon-Fri 6.30am to 3pm. Large base of regular cash

customers. Easy to run with 2 staff.

$149,000 + sav

Large shop in great location with huge amount of stock. Selling at

only due to needing an urgent sale. This is a great buy!!!

NOW $35,000 + sav

All repairs inc. trans reconditioning and air-conditioning. Trades 5 days,

currently fully managed. Good

waiting room. Main road position, regular clients.

$46,500 inc. stock

8 stations & 3 basins, in the heart of Frankston. Trades

Tues to Sat, Mon by appt. Well presented, long lease, ideal for

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151 No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria

32 years selling experience based on honesty and reliabilityREIV Business Brokers Committee Member

$100,000 + sav $150,000 + sav

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

Video starESTABLISHED for eight years, this well-presented shop is situated in the busy shopping strip of a residential area. The sale includes 18,000 DVDs and a fully-computerised hiring system. Opening hours are daily from 10am. The business shows excellent takings and still offers further scope to improve. It could easily be run under management.

Video and DVD hire, FRANKSTONPrice: $180,000 + SAVAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

The hair essentialsTHIS brightly presented salon has six cutting stations and two shampoo basins. It also has a spray tan room, a waxing room and there are kitchen and laundry facilities. Hair extensions are one of the many services the salon offers and they carry an exclusive range of products. Trading hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm.

Hair salon, HASTINGSPrice: $75,000 + stock of approx. $5000Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151


By Mike HastRECONSTRUCTION of the retaining wall on Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston will take three and a half months.

Work started on the $1.4 million wall in February, but it collapsed on Thursday 19 April before it could be fi nished.

Dramatic pictures of the wall collap-sing were taken by a man walking his dog.

The fi rst wall was built of rocks in steel cages and backfi lled with sand.

The second attempt is being con-structed using steel posts hammered into the ground, horizontal wooden planks and backfi lled with lighter ma-terial.

The lighter material would “reduce the load imposed on it”, said Peter Todd, VicRoads’ regional director of Metro South East.

He said VicRoads engaged consul-tant ARUP Pty Ltd to undertake an in-

dependent investigation into the April incident.

“The new retaining wall design has been independently verifi ed to ensure the safety of road users and workers.”

Mr Todd said no lanes would be closed to motorists “however VicRo-ads request all road users observe the 40km/h speed limit and drive with cau-tion”.

“The bicycle lane and footpath will continue to be unavailable” during construction.

“Cyclists can use the left traffi c lane and pedestrians … the footpath on the foreshore side.”

Mr Todd thanked Frankston residents “for their patience while this important reconstruction work is undertaken”.

VicRoads decided to build the wall to stem erosion of the cliff face, which had been monitored by a resident whose house was built close to the cliff edge.

The erosion has now gone inland be-yond the boundary between the VicRo-

ads land and private property.Properties on the cliff have lost up

to three metres of land in the past fi ve years.

The area near the foot of Olivers Hill was once part of Frankston Brickworks and backfi lled before being opened up for residential development.

Houses on the steep land have to comply with strict building regulations that include concrete foundations up to 15 metres deep.

Backs to the wall: VicRoads contractors rebuild the retaining wall on the Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston, which collapsed earlier this year. Pictures: Yanni

Three months to fix collapsed wallThree months to fix collapsed wall

AROUND THE REGION

Home base: The Dolphin Research Institute is trying to fi nd out more about the common dolphins that have become residents of Port Phillip. Picture: Dolphin Research Institute (taken under research permit from DSE)

Dolphins call Port Phillip homeDolphins call Port Phillip homeA COMMUNITY of common dolphins has left the open ocean to live in the shallows of east-ern Port Phillip, something unique to the bay.

Compared to the bay’s long-time resi dent bottlenose dolphins, the “com mons” are much smaller and their backs are darker. They also have a pattern on their sides and many have a prominent fl ash of yellow.

“We are doing our best to understand why they are here and what we need to do to protect them. We need help,” the institute’s research director Sue Mason said.

The study is part of her PhD. The population of nearly 20 seems to live

between Frankston and Dromana and includes at least two new calves born in recent months.

Institute director Jeff Weir said the com-munity can help the dolphins by obeying the

dolphin watching regulations when out on the water.

“Don’t deliberately approach them closer than 100 metres in a boat or 300 metres on a power ski,” he said.

“It’s fi ne if they come to you, but slow down or stop if it is safe, and don’t follow when they swim away.”

Mr Weir said reports of sightings helped researchers build up a picture of dolphin movements.

“For those lucky enough to see the dol-phins from their balconies – especially from Mornington to Safety Beach – the institute is looking for land-based vantage points to track the dolphins,” he said.

To fi nd out more go to www.dolphin re-search.org.au online or call 1300 130 949.


By Lauren Ostrowski FentonAS we grow older, we literally wear the journey of our life on our faces.

The lines of grief, the valleys of laughter and the crevices of our wellbeing become permanent-ly etched on our features. Our appearance and our level of happiness is a direct refl ection of the choices we have made physically, emotionally, and spiritually in our life.

So why not choose to stay younger? Choose to commit to behaviours that are proven to reduce the ageing process.

I look at video footage of me years ago and at video footage now and I can defi nitely see the effect of decisions I have made refl ected in my face. I know now that the main key to my present health is the choices I have made about how to be comfortable within my own skin.

Research shows it is possible to take steps to reduce the ageing process.

Choose to reduce the aging process:Be proud of your age; be the best you can pos-sibly be in the skin you have.Be strong and fi t; lift weights and promote lean body mass to stimulate your metabolism and reduce muscle wasting.You are what you eat so make sure you eat the super foods.Your body is a temple; don’t go near alcohol, cigarettes or saturated fat.Stand tall with poise and remain mobile by doing yoga.Relax the years away; live mindfully with meditation.Be positive yet maintain a degree of reality.Be grateful and forgive; do not carry unneces-sary baggage.Life is sometimes unfair but build a bridge and get over it; don’t get caught up in the trap of be-ing a victim.www.laurenostrowskifenton.com.au

Stay younger for longerStay younger for longer

Healthy Living

OSTEOPATHIC therapy is a unique holistic ap-proach to health care.

It is based on all parts of the body functioning together in an integrated manner. When the body is free of restrictions in movement, osteopathic treatment assists the body with pain minimisa-tion, reduced stress and greater mobility provid-ing the body with the opportunity to heal itself.

Osteopaths use a board range of gentle hands-on techniques including soft tissue, stretching, deep tactile pressure and mobilization or manipu-lation of joints. Using these techniques, osteo-paths treat a range of conditions including, neck and back pain, sports injuries arthritic conditions, work-related injuries, pregnancy related pain, headaches and migraines and joint pain.

Patterson Allied Health pride themselves on of-fering premium health care using a holistic ap-proach for the whole family offering a range of modalities for everyone wanting to achieve the best possible health outcome.

Head osteopath, Dr Louise Harvey, specialises in the areas of sports rehabilitation and postural analysis. Dr Harvey has completed courses in

clinical pilates, core stabilisation and strength conditioning. Dr. Tracy Nguyen addresses all areas of the body to create balance and alleviate discomfort. Dr Harvey and Dr Nguyen have a vast array of experience and knowledge and look forward to assisting you with achieving optimal health and maintaining overall wellbeing.

Patterson Allied Health also offers podiatry, dietitians’ services, acupuncture, myotherapy/remedial massage.

All their practitioners are fully qualifi ed and registered with all the private health funds. Their clinic is equipped with HICAPS and Medicare Ezyclaim for processing clients’ claims on the spot.

To make an appointment call Patterson Lakes clinic on 9776 1600 - a 20% off initial consul-tation for osteopathy is valid until 30 November 2012.

Patterson Allied HealthShop 7 & 8 Harbour Plaza, Thompson Road, Pat-terson Lakes www.pattersonalliedhealth.com.au

Hands-on with osteopathyHands-on with osteopathy


By Keith PlattWHILE Australia’s two-speed econo-my is becoming one of the most over-used phrases, brothers Brett and Stuart Davies are running a $250 million turnover company that is staking part of its future profi ts on the stop-start principle.

But rather than lurching from one fi -nancial imperative to another, their fo-cus on “stop-start” is all about vehicle engines: ones that turn themselves off at red lights and become active again when the lights go green.

The Davies brothers head the Club Assist Corporation, a global company that is 80 per cent owned by Australian motoring clubs, principally the RACV in Victoria and the NRMA in New South Wales.

Brett Davies is chairman and group chief executive; Stuart is chief execu-tive offi cer and executive president.

Their rise to prominence in the mo-toring world comes from what now seems a very simple idea – offering to help members of motoring clubs fi x the most common fault that brings cars to a standstill – fl at batteries.

While car clubs had mobile mechan-ics (or agents) to send to emergency breakdowns, callouts to merely re-start a car or fi t and supply a battery were costly and time-consuming. An 18-month study of emergency call-outs identifi ed for the Davies brothers a niche where they could step in and help out.

Already running a family-owned battery sales company, they were ide-ally situated to fi ll the obvious gap in services offered to members by the

RACV. This was in 1992. Club Assist now boasts being “the largest mobile battery service product and service provider in the world today”.

In the past year the company sold more than 1.2 million batteries.

The advent of all-electric cars holds little fear for Brett Davies, who says Club Assist believes EVs (electric ve-hicles) and stop-start technology can only increase the company’s customer base.

Studies show internal combustion engines powered by petrol, diesel or gas operate up to 12.5 per cent more effi ciently if they are not left to idle at traffi c lights. However, turning them off and then turning them on, without any loss of momentum, requires a new electrical system with two batteries, not one.

So there will be more batteries break-ing down and going fl at – and Club As-sist will be there to help.

This is the theory propelling the com pany’s thrust into the ever-chang-ing world of motorised transport.

“We think start-stop technology will slow the transition to EVs,” Brett Davies says, sitting in the boardroom of the company’s headquarters in Dan-denong.

“Start-stop is here already, but you don’t know when you see them on the road.”

Davies says the start-stop technology is “fl ying under the radar, it’s been here eight years”. BMW, Kia and Mazda are already selling cars equipped with the fuel-saving systems.

Club Assist also has provided for broken down electric vehicles with a

lithium-based emergency charging unit that will provide enough power for fi ve or six kilometres.

The compnay’s product and tech-nical development vice-president Al Bradshaw believes 60 per cent of new cars will be stop-start by 2015.

“The do-it-yourself battery charger will become a thing of the past,” Brad-shaw says, while explaining the three different battery technologies needed to power the change.

He says lithium batteries, suited to electric vehicles because of their light-ness, are 10 times more expensive than heavy lead acid batteries.

Davies believes United States au-thorities will next year recognise the fuel effi ciencies of stop-start technolo-gy, leading the way for it to be adopted in fl eet vehicles that have government-regulated fuel effi ciency targets.

With no end in sight for batteries – which have a life of about 42 months – and by gearing up services for elec-tric cars, Club Assist’s future seems assured.

The gradual sale of a large chunk of the company to car clubs was always something the Davies family planned “but it has happened probably quick-er than we anticipated”, says Brett Davies.

One of four brothers who all went to Frankston High School, the Davies family links to car batteries go back to when his late father, Ian, owned Dan-denong Batteries.

Club Assist was launched by the brothers in 1991 after they spent 18 months assessing breakdowns report-ed by RACV members. The statistics

showed that 40 per cent of breakdowns were battery-related and 16 per cent of all breakdowns needed a new battery.

“We approached the RACV and pro posed offering a fully integrated service to its members. We were effec-tively sub-contracting to them,” Brett Davies says.

“They couldn’t offer the solution on the roadside that we could.”

A third brother, Scott, became part of the business in 1996, but has since been bought out by Brett and Stuart.

The family remains close, with Brett and Stuart living in Mt Eliza, Scott at Red Hill and Russell about to return to Victoria.

Control of Club Assist has effective-ly passed to motoring clubs through the Davies brothers “selling down” in three tranches, although they hold the most senior positions on the board of directors (Brett) and in the senior man-agement team (Stuart).

Sixty per cent of Club Assist is owned jointly by the RACV and NRMA, with four other clubs holding 20 per cent and the two Davies broth-ers 20 per cent.

There are 600 employees and 3000 contractors involved in roadside ser-vice, which has been extended to in-clude windscreens, alternators and starter motors.

Its services are provided to motor-ing clubs in New Zealand, Europe, the United States and Canada.

Brett Davies says no other roadside car repairers can respond as quickly or effectively.

“There’s no direct competitor to what we do,” he says.

Batteries are all made overseas, mainly in South Korea, with some coming from China and the US.

While running Dandenong Batteries the Davies family also owned the Aus-tralian Battery Company with a manu-facturing plant in Western Australia, but this was eventually sold to Fiji.

A decision to adopt a “cradle to the grave” approach to their products led them to set a target of recycling one battery for every one sold.

“Ninety-six per cent of a battery can be recycled,” Brett Davies says, “in-cluding the lead, polypropylene casing and, to some extent, the acid.

“The world is reliant on this ‘above-ground mining’ and for us it is another income stream.

“We made recycling part of our fi rst proposal to the motoring clubs. We saw the environment would be important to them and their members.”

Club Assist has this year made big inroads in France, which had no mo-toring clubs of its own. Motorists from other countries stranded in the Gallic countryside had limited roadside assis-tance, but 50 per cent of vehicles were unable to be made mobile because they belonged to motoring clubs in other countries.

“We went on a rescue mission to get their members moving and we’ve now got 60 vehicles on the road in France and the number of club members be-ing made mobile again in their own vehicles has jumped from 50 to 80 per cent.”

Reprinted courtesy BusinessTimeswww.businesstimes.net.au

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F D& ENTERTAINMENT

ACROSS1. Movement5. Walkway7. Delete8. Megastar9. Streetcar10. Parish minister11. Beefy13. Decorated (cake)

14. Adult (video) (1-5)18. Most timid21. Ammunition22. Skewers of meat24. Male duck25. Nudge26. Social slight27. Older of two28. Church song

29. Servile aide (3,3)

DOWN1. Letters receptacle2. Relative (2-3)3. Jumpy4. Incubates5. Terrify6. Journeys

12. Born as15. Wed again16. Stepped (on)17. Insists19. Garden tool20. Nuclear agreement (4,3)22. SW Irish county23. Commuter vehicles

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Poppy’s Problem-solvingALISTAIR bought a new fi shing boat as advised by Poppy. He made sure the motor was a four-stroke so he would not add to an already polluted bay system. He also bought “local” on the peninsula. This set him back a lot of “thousands”, three or four more than disclosed to his wife, the lovely Aubrey.

He also purchased a yearly ticket for boat ramps, or actually just some of them on the peninsula (fun-ny that!), fi guring this was the best option.

As you cannot catch fi sh without gear, he also spent a couple more of those four nought things on getting the right rods and reels, lines, lures and tackle. Boy was he ready to supply his family and friends with fresh fi sh and delectable calamari. Bring it on, he said.

He heard about the Tea Tree festival at Morning-ton where big snapper are presented to the weigh-master for prizes and thought he might give that a go.

First, though, he needed a bit of experience in getting the snapper in the boat. Off (to a boat ramp near you) he went at an ungodly hour in the morn-ing. He was excited and ready to go. Fresh bait had been purchased, together with soft plastics and fi sh-attracting sprays. The lovely Aubrey had made cof-fee and sandwiches, and Alistair had some stubbies on ice to cele brate the catch. What could possibly go wrong?

On arrival at the entrance to the parking area for boats and trailers, Alistair could not believe his eyes – the whole place was gridlocked. He parked in the non-moving queue 400 metres from the ramp, and did what the other drivers were doing – walked down to check out the action at the ramp. He could not believe what he saw.

In lane one was the bonnet and roof of a white Mazda four-wheel drive just visible above the water with a boat sort of trying to fl oat still attached to its trailer. Alistair did not think this was quite normal, but a lot of onlookers were laughing and cheering.

In lane two were two cars with boats on trailers wedged up against each other, and two men were “punching the stuffi ng” out of each other. To add to the pandemonium, blokes were tooting car horns

and shouting obscenities.Alistair asked an older gentleman standing quietly

on the side if this was normal. He replied it was for the whole snapper season, and that it was great en-tertainment every day and that he would not miss it for quids.

Alistair went back to his boat, drove most of the way home, pulled up on the side of the road, ate his sandwiches, drank the coffee, and then the stubbies (he was almost home and hoped that blue highway patrol car was not around) and drove the last 200 metres and into his driveway.

The lovely Aubrey asked him about his fi shing trip and he told her it was the most amazing experi-ence of his life, and could she go shopping as he had to make a phone call. That’s when the phone rang at my place! Funny that.Poppy’s solutionI told Alistair that what he witnessed was normal be-cause the shire spent heaps of money on bike tracks, and nothing on boat ramps and parking facilities, while at the same time, promoting the beach and water activities.

I explained the reason boat owners had to pay to use the ramps, and bike riders didn’t to use the tracks, was because of a lack of planning and fore-thought, but the council needed the ramp money to spend on self-advertising.

I told him to wait until February when everyone had done enough damage to their cars and boats, and were recovering from assault injuries, and then he could fi sh to his heart’s content.

I explained big snapper are not great eating any-way, and to further his experience to take his stub-bies and watch the carnage at the boat ramp for en-tertainment until then.

I also pointed out that the council could have in-sisted that “Cove” place at Safety Beach include a much bigger public boat ramp that was not “day-light hours only” when they approved the original development to relieve the congestion, but that’s another story. Poppy will solve problems every fortnight.

MEMBERS of the public will be able to walk along a section of the Peninsula Link freeway at a Community Day hosted by project company Southern Way and construction fi rm Abigroup.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk on the freeway before it opens to traffi c in early 2013,” Victorian Minister for Roads Terry Mulder said. “Representatives of the project will be there to answer your questions about construc-tion and give you an insight about what’s to come in the months leading up to opening.”

The site will be open at at the Cranbourne Road interchange between 10am and 4pm on Sunday 25 November to showcase progress on the mas-sive construction project.

“As well as being able to walk a section of the freeway between Cranbourne Road and Skye Road, there will be entertainment and activities on the day including a unique car display and gi-ant super screen showing the latest fl yover video

and construction highlights,” Mr Mulder said. “More than 20 local businesses and community groups will have a marquee on the road to pro-mote the region. wIf you’re interested in new ve-hicle technology, don’t miss the electric vehicle display featuring cars like the Nissan Leaf and Holden Volt.”

The Peninsula Link project is partnering with Frankston North Rotary Club for the event to raise funds for local projects. Gold coin donations are welcome and snacks will be available to buy on the day.

Access to the event is available via the Centro Karingal shopping centre, with limited parking available. Follow traffi c controllers’ directions or, if possible, travel by public transport to the event.

Bus routes information and further details about the Community Day are available at www.peninsulalink.com.au and www.facebook.com/linkingmelbourne

Walk on Peninsula Link Walk on Peninsula Link Link lad: Local Jarrod Harrison at the Peninsula Link freeway section where a Community Day will be held.


FOR more than 30 Port Fairy Folk Music Festival has celebrated folk, roots, blues and world music to be-come one of the staples of the Austra-lian musical year.

It is known as one of the great folk festivals of the world and this year’s line-up was described as mind blow-ing.

The 37th festival will add to the rich ta pes try of the summer music season and al ready confi rmed for 2013 are Arlo Guthrie, Gurrumul, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ruthie Foster, Christine Anu, Eric Bogle, Finbar Furey and Glen Hansard.

Like his father Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie has carved out a career as a folksinger and songwriter with a social conscience who leavens political mes-sages with humour. His 1967 album Alice’s Restaurant established him as more than just the son of Woody.

Scottish-born Eric Bogle is consid-ered to be one of the fi nest songwriters in the modern folk tradition and many international artists such as Joan Baez, The Dubliners and The Pogues have recorded his material. His classics include And the Band Played Waltz-ing Matilda and The Green Fields of France, with many cover versions re-corded by Slim Dusty, John William-son and Deniese Morrison.

The festival is on Labor Day long weekend, 8-11 March 2013. Tickets (03) 5568 2227 or www.portfairyfolk-festival.com

***TO celebrate a life-changing year, a number of artists from the television show The Voice have collaborated for The Voices of Christmas, a collection of Christmas songs to be released 9 November.

The album features many favourite perform ers from the show including a rendition of Merry Christmas Baby from winner Karise Eden.

Darren Percival sings Winter Won-derland, Ra chael Leahcar performs Jingle Bell Rock, Sarah De Bono sings All I Want For Christmas Is You plus many more from the entire cast.

Sarah De Bono said: “I’m honoured to be singing one of the greatest and most popular Christmas songs ever written. I love this song and if there’s one thing this song is sure to do, it will get you up and dancing and enjoying what Christmas is all about.”

The Voices of Christmas (Universal) is out on Friday 9 November. www.getmusic.com.au

***DARREN Percival, runner-up of The Voice Australia 2012 and resident soul singer, is set to release a new album, A Tribute to Ray Charles, covers of the late great American musician.

Long-time friends soul songstresses Prinnie Stevens and Mahalia Barnes as well as acclaimed trumpeter James Morrison stepped in to add their Midas touches and make this a special record.

It’s been a wild ride in 2012 for Per-cival – capturing the hearts of Austra-lia on The Voice and having his debut album Happy Home storm into ARIA album chart at No 3 and being certi-fi ed gold.

Having embarked on a national tour in September, which continues

through to December, Percival is per-forming songs from Happy Home and A Tribute to Ray Charles including I Can’t Stop Loving You, Georgia On My Mind, Unchain My Heart, Hit the Road Jack, and Shake a Tail Feather. www.mrpercival.com

*** THE Rolling Stones release a new al-bum GRRR! (Universal) on 12 Novem-ber. It is a must for Stones fans featur-ing the new One More Shot as well as classic tracks Gimme Shelter, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, Tumbling Dice, and Love Is Strong.

GRRR! also will be available to pre-order on iTunes. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an instant down-load of the single Doom and Gloom. www.rollingstonesstore.com.au

Hard of earring – my early days as a pirateHard of earring – my early days as a pirate... and other short stories

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By Stuart McCulloughIT’S Bono’s fault. In 1987, the lead singer of U2 unwittingly created the template for young men who saw themselves as inwardly sensitive and poetic. In the music video for their song With or Without You, Bono wore a leather vest without a shirt and had a ponytail. He also had pierced ears. Suddenly, wearing a ponytail and get-ting your ears pierced was a way to tell the world that, just like Bono, beneath your adolescent exterior lurked deep pools of untapped emotion. And while such young men may, indeed, have seen themselves as inwardly sensitive and poetic, the world at large simply viewed them as idiots. I should know – I was one of those idiots.

Back then, getting to ponytail stage was something of a challenge as the school I attended had a strict policy prohibiting boys from having hair on their shirt collar. It was incredibly unjust. The unfairness of the rule was magnifi ed by the fact that our school principal at the time wore a spectacu-lar toupee and was largely believed to be motivated by jealousy. Many of us pushed the boundaries as we cultivated nascent mullets with all the care of a prizewinning rose hedge. But such at-tempts were forever in peril as, at any moment, you were at risk of a teacher spotting your developing locks and de-manding you get a haircut.

In retrospect, I should have taken the principal on as a matter of principle. I ought to have bought myself a toupee with an inbuilt mullet. Luxurious locks would have spilled over my collar like a hairy waterfall. Demands that I recti-fy the fl agrant breach of the “no hair on your collar” rule could be met by the simple removal of the wig. Problem solved. Sadly, I was not so clever then.

If hair over your collar was frowned on, having your ear pierced was greet-

ed with slack-jawed disbelief more befi tting David Copperfi eld magic spectacular than a piece of jewellery. I couldn’t wait to get one. But with the weight of the entire educational estab-lishment against us, we were forced to improvise. For a time, we would take the small metal loops that hold groups of keys together and prise them far enough apart to slip them over our pristine lobes as “faux” earrings. This was remarkably effective for short pe-riods of time. But because there had to be a reasonable degree of pressure to keep the ring clamped onto your ear, after 10 or so minutes your lobe would turn crimson before becoming puce. By then, people would look right past the earring to the miniature eggplant lobe to which it was clinging.

It wasn’t until I reached the end of year 12 that I could fi nally get a pierc-ing. Some of my friends, who were older and had left high school, had already done so and they would tell stories as to how they had used little more than a rusty nail and a glass of whisky to do the job. Such stories, and the fl aming red earlobes that were in-evitably ripe with infection that went with them, stood as testament to their bravery. But I didn’t have any whisky nor did I own nail – rusty or otherwise.

The local chemist sold ear-piercing kits. They came with a generous quan-tity of disinfectant and a length of clamping leather to stick between your teeth as you braced for the inevitable, awesome pain that comes with having a stud injected into your fl esh. It was the sensible way to go about things.

I’d like to think that Bono, too, had dropped by his chemist when making the leap to pierced ears.

In the weeks leading up to exams and after classes were fi nished, I got my ears pierced. Or, to be precise, I had one ear pierced. It was the fashion at the time.

For the fi rst few weeks, you had to make do with a stud and apply large amounts of cream to ward off infec-tion. No doubt my ear lobe wondered what it had done to deserve being harpooned in such a cavalier manner. Throughout this entire period, I was counting down the days. Finally, the day came and I would wear a proper earring. At the time, the only place that sold earrings was the chemist and they were designed only for women. I was not to be deterred and selected some large gold hoops. By that time, I had grown out my hair and nearly had enough for a ponytail. Together with a single earring in my left ear, I thought I

looked amazing if not a little like Bono himself.

Photos from the era strongly suggest that this impression was largely mis-conceived. I did not look like Bono, nor did I look amazing. I looked ex-actly like the idiot I undoubtedly was. Or maybe a pirate.

Things got worse from there. I got two more piercings the following year at university.

But as 1990s progressed, it wasn’t enough to have your ears pierced – people were sticking metal in belly buttons, noses and eyebrows. For a time, young people had so much metal in their faces that many looked

as though they’d been victims of an industrial accident. I couldn’t keep up.

People often refer to the folly of youth but I don’t see it that way. It’s a good thing to be that enthusiastic and open to new ideas. To this day, there are pock holes in my ear lobes where three quite lady-like earrings once hung. I’m glad the earrings are gone, but I don’t regret for a moment getting them pierced. Besides, it could have been worse. I may have gotten my ears pierced, but at least I never wore a leather vest without a shirt. Unlike Bono.

www.stuartmccullough.com

By Gary Turner


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DISTRICTBy IT GullyFLINDERS will be aiming to win its fi rst game of the season in MPCA Dis-trict grade after a solid day’s cricket against third-placed Pines at Eric Bell Reserve.

After scoring a more than competi-tive 181, Flinders took the ball for the fi nal 11 overs of the afternoon.

What unfolded was extraordinary.Harley Parker and Lai Leaunoa were

both dismissed before Pines got off the mark and then Jarryd McClelland and Rhys Chalkley were sent packing when the score was on six.

Pines was in all sorts of trouble at 4/6.

Heath Peace-Stirling and Nick Wil-cox hung around for a bit, before Wil-

cox had his stumps rattled by Dwayne Field. The Piners were 5/16.

Trav Pastuska joined Peace-Stirling at the crease and at stumps Pines was 5/24. Ricky Ramsdale is still to bat.

Earlier in the day, Flinders’ middle order ensured the visitors put together a competitive total.

Nathan Hunt top-scored with 35, Shane Beggs hit 32, and Andrew Po-wer and Tommy Clements each con-tributed 30 runs.

Wilcox was the star with the ball for Pines, snaring 6/51 from 23 overs, while Parker and Leaunoa each snared a couple.

Top-of-the-table Langwarrin ap-pears to be in the box seat against Ba-den Powell at Lloyd Park.

The Braves won the toss and elected

to bat, but wickets fell in a hurry and the visitors were dismissed for 108.

Andy Johnson claimed 4/30 for the Kangas, while Mal Coutts (2/11) and Dwayne Doig (2/24) were the other wicket-takers.

In reply, the Kangas are 0/36, the ever green Simon McEvoy unbeaten on 25.

Keith Burdett top-scored with 40 in Somerville’s 9/198 against Hastings.

Fellow opener Nick Marshall enjoy-ed a 68-run opening partnership with Burdett before he was bowled by Scot-ty Phillips for 28.

Marshall was the fi rst of fi ve Scott Phillips wickets.

Andrew West (25), Jarryd Bailey (18), Ben Delaney (18) and Brenton Alp (18) all got starts but couldn’t turn

them into bigger scores. Phillips fi n-ished the afternoon with 5/80 from 26 overs, while Timmy Birch chipped in with 2/53.

Seaford’s Damien Lawrence again top-scored for his side, this time against Boneo, compiling 58 of his team’s total of 210.

Nick Simpendorfer (30) and Nathan Volpe (25) were the next best bats for the yellow and black.

In reply, Boneo is 2/20, Andrew Mc-Mannis claiming 2/9.

Carrum will need to bowl well to prevent Delacombe Park from hunt-ing down the 180 it set at Roy Dore Reserve.

The Lions batted fi rst and Shaun Foster top-scored with 40, and Jeremy Graves contributed 37 and Dean Pol-

son 31. Shane Deal is one of the most underrated cricketers in MPCA and he tore it up with the ball once again for the Parkers, snaring 4/35. Chris Brit-tain also had a solid afternoon, taking 4/55.

Main Ridge shouldn’t have too many problems reeling in its oppo-nent’s total of 131 for victory.

Frankston YCW batted fi rst at Frank Street Reserve and made 131, not enough to cause any concern for the Ridge.

Brian Jones was the best of the Ridge bowlers with 3/22, while part-timer Jordan McCulley played a key role late in the YCW innings, snaring 2/14. Jason Albress and Gareth Wyatt each took two wickets for the visitors.

Flinders chop Pines’ bats as ladder Flinders chop Pines’ bats as ladder leaders Langy put Braves to swordleaders Langy put Braves to sword

THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association has selected its squad for the 2013 Country Week series.

It is one of the strongest represen-tative squads ever selected.

The introduction of Leigh Low-ery (Boneo), Simon Dart (Red Hill), Nick Jewell (Sorrento) and Darren Groves (Rye) gives the squad incredible potency. All four were playing Premier cricket last season.

You can add Shaun Foster (Car-rum) to the list, the former opening bat for Casey-South Melbourne.

Add the likes of newcomers in Dwayne Doig (Langwarrin), Simon Plunkett (Moorooduc) and Rob Hearn (Mornington) and the squad looks unstoppable.

The squad is: Evi Bowan (POB), Anthony Black well (Sorrento), Chris Brittain (Delacombe Park), Simon Dart (Red Hill), Isi Dias (Hastings), Dwayne Doig (Lang-warrin), Luke Doyle (Red Hill),

Rhys Elmi (Baden Powell), Jed Falck (Sorrento), Shaun Foster (Carrum), Ben Frith (Heatherhill), Justin Grant (Mt Eliza), Darren Groves (Rye), Corey Hand (Seaford Tigers), Rob Hearn (Mornington), Lyle House (Mt Eliza), Dale Irving (Baxter), Nick Jewell (Sorrento), Andy Johnson (Langwarrin), Adam Jones (POB), Andrew J King (Sor-rento), Damien Lawrence (Sea-ford), Leigh Lowry (Boneo), Matt Meagher (Heatherhill), Wade Pel-zer (POB), Anjula Perera (Baden Powell), Scott Phillips (Hastings), Stuart Plunkett (Moorooduc), Daniel Polson (Carrum), Luke Popov (Mornington), Andy Power (Flinders), Rick Ramsdale (Pines), David Ross (Langwarrin), Riley Shaw (Red Hill), Shane Speedie (Mt Eliza), Tim Strickland (Mt Eli-za), Daniel Warwick (Baxter) and Bob Wilson (Moorooduc).

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MPCA names best-ever MPCA names best-ever Country Week squadCountry Week squad

Two away from a twin: Somerville scored 9/198 against Hastings. Picture: Andrew Hurst

PROVINCIALBy IT GullyLONG Island has backs to the wall in MPCA Provincial cricket, despite bowling out the highly fancied Baxter for just 107.

On day one of the round four match, a staggering 16 wickets fell at Ballam Park. The highest score day was 18, by the Islanders’ Paul Hartle.

Long Island is in all sorts of bother at 6/36.

Baxter won the toss and elected to bat, but it looked like the wrong call with wickets falling regularly.

The best batting partnership for the afternoon was between Baxter’s num-ber 10 and 11 batsmen, Adrian Mack (15) and Sam Wolsgrove (11), who compiled 29 runs. There were three

ducks – Baxter’s Travis Sawers and Long Island’s Joel Stevenson and Jus-tin Bridgeman.

Paul Hartle had a day out for the Islanders with the ball, snaring 5/44 from 20 overs, while Andrew Tweddle claimed 2/28.

For Baxter, opening bowlers Dale Ir-ving and Adrian Mack did the da mage, snaring all six wickets. Irving claimed 4/27 from nine and Mack 2/9 from eight overs.

Sorrento’s Jedd Falck continued his superb form, this time against Mt Martha at Ferraro Reserve where he belted 129 in his team’s total of 6/286.

Anthony Blackwell was also cruis-ing on 52 before he was run out, and Liam O’Connor and Nick Jewell (also run out) both contributed 25.

Brett Wil kinson was the unlikely

wicket-taker for the Reds, snaring 3/63.

Mt Eliza continued to make an im-pression in the top grade, despite the threat of points being taken away, when it cruised to 9/245 against Rye.

While no one starred with the bat for the Mounties, a number of players con-tributed. Scott Tansley made 41, Tim-my Strick land 38 and Justin Grant 37.

The best of the Demons’ bowlers was Justin King with 3/65.

Mt Eliza was promoted from District to Provincial for season 2012-13 and it has been alleged the club selected a player who pushed the points total over the limit. The club is being investigat-ed and could lose game points received to date. This happened to Hastings last season.

Peninsula Old Boys had to work

hard to get its score past 200 against Bal lam Park.

The Old Boys were in some trouble before the middle and lower order came to the rescue.

Zac Fillipone played a very good in-nings late in the afternoon, scoring an unbeaten 59, and Glenn Prendergast (33) and Jon Forrest (25) played sup-porting roles.

Matty Roach snared 5/64 for the Knights, and Mark Miller and Justin Parkes each claimed a couple of wick-ets.

The Knights got away to a reason-able start and will resume week two at 2/41 after facing the last 18 overs of the day.

Crib Point is in a commanding posi-tion against Mornington after scoring 258 at Crib Point Reserve.

Luke Herrington’s outstanding form continued with a top score of 61, while opener Matty Blake got his side away to a good start with 37.

The middle order of Ricky Thomp-son (23) and Brad Davidson (28) were more than serviceable when it mat-tered and Waide Symes, batting at 10, caused some real frustration for the Doggies’ bowlers with 33.

The last three wickets put on more than 50 runs for the Magpies.

Glenn Wood was the best of the bowl ers with 3/61, and Matt Harper (2/66) and Luke Popov (2/52) also got among the wickets.

The Dogs were forced to face the last four overs of the day, but did not lose a wicket.

In the fi nal match, Moorooduc has set Heatherhill 278 for victory.

Baxter strikes back in day for bowlersBaxter strikes back in day for bowlers


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Our horse trainers on a rollOur horse trainers on a roll

Leading the pack: Below, Nikki Burke, trainer of Unpretentious, one of the favoured runners at Sandown Park on Saturday. Left, Craig Williams with his wife Larysa celebrates his Caulfi eld Cup victory aboard Dunaden. Pictures: Slickpix

CRANBOURNE trainer Nikki Burke is poised to notch one of the most im portant wins of her career with Unpre tentious in the weight-for-age Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) at Sandown Park on Saturday.

A four-year-old by Golden Slipper winner Stratum, Unpretentious has sud denly blossomed into a star per-form er in this preparation.

After resuming with an effortless win at Ballarat, he showed his class when scoring an authoritative win in the listed $150,000 MSS Security Sprint at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day.

The run convinced Burke to tackle the Sandown Park event, worth $120,000. The decision has been sup-ported by Craig Williams, who has ridden Un pre tentious in each of the three wins he has registered so far.

“He has always given me a good feeling,” Williams said.

“He had a few problems in the au-

tumn but his preparation this spring has gone without a hitch and I wouldn’t be surprised if he developed into the type of horse that could win a race like the Group 1 Galaxy at Randwick in the autumn,” the Caulfi eld Cup-winning rider said.

While Melbourne trainers have en-dured a diffi cult spring carnival, their southeast and peninsula counterparts have punched above their weight.

As well as Nikki Burke, Cranbourne trainers Michael Kent, Rob bie Laing and Ricky Maund all train ed winners during Melbourne Cup week.

Mornington trainers Pat Carey and Simon Vercoe saddled winners on cup day while Anthony Freedman, who is based at Rye, scored an im pressive win with the lightly raced Zydeco in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes. The Darley-owned fi lly then went on to fi nish second to Dear Demi in the Group 1 Crown Oaks.

Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams can fi nish off the Melbourne spring carnival in a blaze of glory with Mou-rayan in the $350,000 Zipping Classic (2400m).

Williams, who notched up his

fourth Melbourne Cup with Green Moon, enjoyed a high degree of success in the race when in was known as the San down Cup. He won the event with Legible in 2003 and four times with the grand old performer Zipping, who now has the race named after him.

A placegetter in the 2009 Irish Derby, Mourayan has proven a valuable com modity since joining the Williams team. His efforts include a win in the Bart Cummings at Flemington and the Craven Plate at Randwick as well as a second in the Group 1 Metropolitan.

The entire showed he is ready for this week’s assignment by fi nishing a creditable seventh in the cup.

Last year the father and son combi-nation of Bill and Simon Wilde took the Sandown Guineas with roughie So Swift and the partnership has bright prospects again this year. The stable will be represented by Gold Medal, who fi nished a slashing third in the Hilton Hotel Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.

It is likely he will have the services of Michael Rodd, who had the mount on Saturday. Rodd has been riding in

brilliant style throughout the spring carnival. His wins include the Group 1 Myer Classic on Appearance and the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes.

The partnership of trainer Paul Mes sara and Craig Williams will join forces with Mahisara in the Sandown Stakes.

Messara and Williams successfully joined forces with top-class mare Ortensia last season resulting in victo-ries in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes in Perth and the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at Dubai in March this year.

A four-year-old by More Than Ready, Mahisara scored his fi fth win from 14 starts in the 1400-metre han-dicap at Flemington on cup day with Williams in the saddle. He quickly had him in the box seat and after hitting the lead in the straight, was able to hold off all challengers.

It is expected a similar pattern will evolve at Sandown and on this basis he will again be hard to beat.

Other horses worth a look on Sa-tur day are Union Gap (Guineas), Amarachi, Meidung (Twilight Glow), Exceptionally (Zipping Classic), Iron stein (Sandown Cup), Angel

Of Mercy, Sheila’s Star (Summoned Stakes) and Extra Zero (Eclipse Stakes). International form expert Peter Ellis provides weekly racing tips on a weekly podcast at www.racingandsports.com.au and at the Tatts website. Visit www.tatts.com after 2pm each Friday. Listen to Peter’s race analysis and tips for Melbourne and Adelaide meets on Saturday mornings at 10.45am in Under The Microscope on RadioTAB. Visit www.tatts.com > Racing > RadioTAB.

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