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Nursing runs in the family TWO nursing students had some familiar support during their placement at Peninsula Health. Caitlyn Paine and Lucy Cameron (pictured foreground L to R) finished their final placement as part of their diploma this year. On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, their situation was made even more unique by the fact they were placed at the same hospital as their mothers, Michelle Paine and Jenny Cameron (background L to R). Ms Paine said “as a new mother herself now, Caity had her concerns at the start of COVID about continuing with her course and coming home to a newborn. But the way she and Lucy are determined to stay committed to honing their craft, when both could have easily put their studies on hold, is a testament to each of them.” Her daughter Caitlyn said “it’s been so empowering to be able to learn in this challenging environment, knowing I have the support network of the great staff here, including Mum.” Picture: Supplied

Second shutdown hits Frankston Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON residents will be subject to stage three lockdown restrictions for the next five weeks. Premier Daniel Andrews last week announced that all metropolitan council areas would move back to harsher restrictions following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Neighbouring council areas Kingston and Morning-

ton Peninsula are also bound by the newly imposed rules. The four reasons for leaving home under a stage three lockdown are to shop for food and essential items, caregiving, exercise, and to work or study. Some local businesses and services that had begun to reopen after the first lockdown will once again be forced to shut their doors. Cafes and restaurants will revert back to takeaway. The Peninsula Aquatic Recreation

Centre had finally reopened after a three-month closure period, but shut their doors once again on 8 July. Library branches in Frankston and Carrum Downs had also reopened, but have now closed. Click and collect is not running at the library, and current loans have been extended until 1 September. Other businesses including cinemas and gyms that had reopened will again be forced to close. Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer

said “we understand this is disappointing for many residents, however we’ve worked hard to offer services online where possible, including via the PARC Your Way app, online borrowing and community centre Facebook pages.” “We understand the second lockdown has placed added pressure on our diverse communities and our $6.434 million relief and recovery package aims to support their recovery in the long term.”

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said “these restrictions have become necessary because of the sharp increase in cases.” “Restaurants and cafes will return to takeaway and delivery services only, and beauty and personal services will need to close. Entertainment and cultural venues will need to close. Community sport will also stop.” The current lockdown restrictions will run until at least mid-August.

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A PARCEL of public land in Frankston. The attempted sale of the land was subject of an internal audit. Picture: Gary Sissons

Evelyn Street investigation done Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au AN internal audit into the abandoned sale of Frankston Council-owned land on Evelyn Street has been completed. Council resolved to sell off the parcel of land at the beginning of 2019, before later backing out of the sale. An investigation was called into the sale of the land, with Cr Glenn Aitken expressing concerns that negotiations may have occurred without the knowledge of councillors (Public space sale investigated”, The Times, 9/9/19). The internal audit into the matter was conducted by HLB Mann Judd.

Auditors found three issues that presented a “high risk” to council. They were that “there are no policy and procedures for the disposal of significant assets, there was limited documentation in the minutes of EMT meetings in respect of the sale of the Evelyn Street property”, and that “there was no evidence that council officers involved in the proposed sale of Evelyn Street declared conflict of interest.” The report prepared by council officers after the completion of the audit read that “overall the outcomes of the proposed sale of Evelyn Street internal audit conducted by HLD Mann Judd were unsatisfactory. Management will address the weaknesses

identified and introduce relevant opportunities to address the issues of the lack of policy and governance and improve the transparency and accountability of the process moving forward.” In similar fashion to council’s internal audit into planning processes, an abbreviated summary will be prepared by council and made public rather than the full report prepared by auditors. Council had intended to sell the parcel of land, opposite from the Frankston Police Station, to the Department of Justice (“Sale of Evelyn Street open space stopped, The Times, 11/6/19).

THE Mornington Peninsula should be excluded from the metropolitan “lockdown” areas to prevent infected outsiders coming in, Shire mayor Cr Sam Hearn said last week. He fears residents from hard-hit areas of inner-Melbourne may interpret the “one-region” status as a “reason to travel to the peninsula and inadvertently put our local community health containment at risk”. Cr Hearn was speaking after the state government reintroduced stage three COVID-19 restrictions and included the peninsula as part of the Greater Melbourne urban area. Television news bulletins on Thursday showed hordes of visitors making the most of the warm weather in peninsula towns and on foreshores. Cr Hearn said the council acknowledged the appropriateness of the state government’s actions “given the grave urgency of the situation” and affirmed the shire’s commitment to supporting them over coming weeks. But he said a better approach to ensuring public health and safety would be to keep the areas separate so people could not travel here. “With no active cases on the peninsula we encourage everyone throughout greater Melbourne to do the right thing and stay away for the next six weeks.” Cr David Gill agreed: “The peninsula is in lockdown again because we are classified as metropolitan. As a semi-rural shire, some distance from Melbourne, we do not belong in the suburban classification.” Cr Hearn said he was “encouraging our whole community to understand what the stay-at-home restrictions are and to use common sense over the

coming weeks”. “We have been through this before and I’m confident we will band together as a community and get through this,” he said. “The highest priority is to care for each other by remaining vigilant, continuing to keep 1.5 metres between yourself and others and practicing good hygiene. Staying the course during this next phase will make sure we all get through this.” Cr Hearn also said the lockdown would have a huge impact on local jobs. He said the peninsula had lost up to 6000 jobs, seen a 21 per cent drop in gross regional product, and an 11 per cent fall in job prospects. Statistics released over the weekend show that Victoria and New South Wales have only one job vacancy for every 10 people registered as unemployed. In Victoria there are 389,000 people on the dole and 28,700 available jobs. “A further six-week lockdown has the potential to send many local businesses to the wall,” Cr Hearn said. “We would welcome a conversation with the state government about the rationale for our current classification as a metropolitan council when there are a number of compelling reasons to reinstate us as a regional municipality.” MPSC mayor Cr Sam Hearn.

Transparency measures approved by council Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A SERIES of over 100 measures designed to improve transparency have been given a final tick of approval by Frankston Council at their most recent meeting. Council received the final update

for their Accountability and Transparency Reform document at their 29 June meeting. Work started on the document in May 2018, and has been receiving updates over the last two years. The latest update outlined a series of transparency measures which are set to be implemented at council by the end of this year. They include:

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Stage 3 "Stay at Home" restrictions are now in place for Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire Reasons to leave your house

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• Libraries and community venues: only to host an essential public support service, or a wedding or funeral • Galleries, museums, zoos: closed • Outdoor amusement parks and arcades: closed • Indoor cinemas: closed • Drive-in cinemas: closed • Concert venues, theatres, auditoriums: closed • Arenas and stadiums: closed • Gaming venues: closed

For work and education if necessary For medical care Shopping for necessary goods Exercise

Gathering of people

• Private: no visitors • Public: up to 2 people or household members only

Sporting activities

• Community sport: not allowed • Indoor sport and recreation: closed • Outdoor sport: only allowed to exercise, or sporting activities such as fishing, golf, tennis, surfing and drive range shooting with one other person or household members, provided 1.5 metre distance can be maintained • Outdoor sporting facilities: closed, except for facilities where public gathering and physical distancing limits can be adhered to and there is no use of shared equipment or communal facilities (e.g. tennis courts, golf courses). Two persons or members of household only • Swimming pools: closed • Playcentres: closed • Playgrounds: closed

Shopping, retail and dining

• Restaurants and cafes: take away only • Pubs, bars, clubs, nightclubs: closed, bottle shop and take away only • Food courts: takeaway only • Markets and shopping centres: open, subject to capacity limits, but people can only visit for necessary goods and services • Markets stalls: stalls can operate for provision of take away food and drink only • Other retail: open, subject to capacity limits, but people can only visit for necessary goods and services

Personal services

• Beauty and personal care services: closed, apart from hairdressers

Real estate and auction houses

• Auction houses: operate remotely • Real estate auctions and inspections: operate remotely, and inspections by appointment

Ceremonies

• Religious ceremonies and private worship: broadcast only • Weddings: up to 5 people (couple, two witnesses and celebrant) • Funerals: up to 10 people, plus those conducting the funeral (Attending a wedding or funeral is a permitted reason to leave home)

Travel

• Travel within Victoria outside restricted areas: allowed for work, education (if necessary), necessary good and services and care/compassionate purposes only • Holiday accommodation and camping: closed except for emergency accommodation, or work purposes • Second place of residence: you cannot visit a second place of residence outside restricted area with limited exceptions (e.g. emergency maintenance; shared custody; to stay with intimate partner who does not live with you) • People on current on holidays away from their primary place of resididence can complete their holiday: from 11.59PM on 8 July, people cannot travel for a holiday

Beaches and boat ramps

• Remain open for exercise however must be accessed with one other person only or household members. 1.5 metre distance must be maintained

Restricted metropolitan Melbourne Local Government Areas inlude:

• Banyule, Hume, Moreland, Bayside, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Boroondara, Knox, Nillumbik, Brimbank, Manningham, Port Phillip, Cardinia, Maribyrnong, Stonnington, Casey, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Darebin, Melbourne, Whittlesea, Frankston, Melton, Wyndham, Glen Eira, Monash, Yarra, Greater Dandenong , Moonee Valley, Yarra Ranges, Hobsons Bay

To learn more about impacted Council facilities To learn more about Stage 3 Restrictions visit: and services visit: frankston.vic.gov.au/COVID19 dhhs.vic.gov.au

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Second Bay Trail stage finished WORK on the second stage of the Bay Trail has been completed. Construction of the project between Naples Road in Mentone and Rennison Street in Parkdale was finished last month. The contract for that section of the trail was handed to CDN Constructors Pty Ltd in May 2019 at a cost of over $5 million. The next stage of works will take the Bay Trail from Rennison Street to Mordialloc. The finished project will link a shared pedestrian and cyclist off-road path between Mentone

and Mordialloc. A safety report ordered earlier this year by Kingston Council showed that there were seven reported incidents related to the project (“Seven incidents during Bay Trail works, The Times, 13/5/20).

KINGSTON mayor Georgina Oxley walking on the newly completed section of the Bay Trail. Picture: Supplied

PENINSULA Grammar students are back to online learning this week. Pictured are junior school head Celeste Hudson and principal Stuart Johnston. Picture: Gary Sissons

Lockdown no limit on learning at grammar WHEN the Premier Daniel Andrews announced a return to stage three restrictions last Tuesday, he also tackled the vexing question of what to do with the hundreds of thousands of student due back at school this week for the beginning of term three. The premier’s solution was to get VCE and specialist school children back, but to extend school holidays for those in prep to year 10, returning them to remote learning on 20 July. Peninsula Grammar, Mount Eliza, is one of a handful of Independent schools that will return to its online learning program today (Tuesday 14 July), rather than giving students an extra week of holidays. In a letter to parents, principal Stuart Johnston said the school had

again found itself “in a situation that requires both resilience and resoluteness”. “I write today to inform you we will not waiver in our determination to secure the learning journey of each child at the school,” Mr Johnston stated. Preparations began in early March to take the school curriculum online at the first sign of an escalation of the coronavirus crisis. During remote learning in term two, students were required to be at their computers during usual school hours, in school uniform, and were directly taught by their teachers with only slight variations to their in-class timetables. Having proven the effectiveness of their online learning program, the school has decided that students’ best

interests are served by reverting to online learning for the beginning of term three. “Throughout the duration of this crisis, we have placed the students and their learning at the centre of all decisions, and so we remain determined to provide for them the routine they need at this point in time,” Mr Johnston said. “We are inherently proud of the quality of the learning our exceptional teachers have provided and will continue to provide our students and we will not compromise on this.” Students in years 10, 11 and 12, as well as those whose parents are unable to be at home, will return to the school’s classrooms on Tuesday. Cameron McCullough

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Single desk Centrelink Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au THE reincarnation of the Mornington Centrelink office as a part-time agency service at Mornington Post Office is pleasing its creators but disappointing members of the community. Sandy Mamo, an acting general manager of Services Australia – the company tasked with easing the transition away from the former CES office in Main Street – said on 6 May that the new service was working well. “I am very pleased to say that the [centre] continues to see a significant decrease in customer traffic – reduced by an additional 80 contacts per day from just a few months ago,” she said. “The new agent is seeing a very small number of contacts, however, it is early days and this may pick up.” These comments are at odds with local concerns that Centrelink services are being stretched as never before because of layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic and fears the jobless rate is set to soar at the end of September when the federal government’s Jobseeker program winds up. Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Sam Hearn said he had written to Government Services Minister Stuart Robert “highlighting our community’s concerns about the inadequacy of the level of service, adding that council very much shares this view”. He said he had asked to meet the minister to “discuss how we can work together to ensure there is an ongoing Centrelink service at Mornington that

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Self serve: Mornington Post Office has been set up as an agent service for Centrelink. Picture: Supplied

adequately reflects the needs of our community”. Ms Mamo said her staff had visited 14 local businesses/services and none had raised concerns about the changes. The announced closure of the Mornington CES and Medicare offices in February generated a wave of protest and even talk of a public rally (“Rallying to save Centrelink” The Times 2/3/20). The planned public show of support – which was cancelled due to the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions – was a salvo in the campaign to retain the Centrelink office which was slated to close 30 March and be replaced by a 15-hour a week agency. Mornington Community Information and Support Centre manager Stuart Davis-Meehan said last week he

doubted “anyone has the energy” to run another protest rally. “As far as I can tell the office will close [at the end of September], leaving the agent to continue. “I would have thought there would have been an increase in demand from anyone newly unemployed due to the pandemic. Maybe they are all millennials who are completely familiar with and happy to use the internet for services?” Services Australia general manager Hank Jongen said the agency service at Mornington Australia Post opened on 31 March. Self-service equipment is available during regular business hours while personalised support is available 9am-4.30pmTuesdays and Thursdays.

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Armed robbery attempt investigated POLICE are looking for a man they believe was involved in an attempted armed robbery last month. The incident allegedly occurred on 7 June. The man police wish to speak to is described as being around approximately 40 years old, caucasian,

and thin with short brown hair. The man was wearing a grey HSV hoodie, and camouflage cargo trousers. An image of a man police wish to speak to has been released. Anyone who recognises the man or who has information can contact Crime

Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or the Frankston Crime Investigation Unit on 9784 5555.

POLICE in Frankston conducting random COVID-19 restriction compliance checks. Picture: Supplied

A MAN police wish to speak to in relation to an attempted armed robbery. Picture: Supplied

Man blows .277 A FRANKSTON man returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.277 after being pulled over on the Nepean Highway last week. Police sitting in an unmarked car at Bunnings Mornington spotted a Mazda 2 driving erratically at around 11.40am on 8 July, and pulled the car over. The driver, a 45-year-old man, failed his roadside breath test. The man blew 0.277 on his breath test at the police station. He was

charged with drink driving and unlicensed driving, and was bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court in February 2021. Police wish to speak to someone who may have witnessed the incident. They are calling for a woman driving a silver or white 4 wheel drive that may have been overtaken by the man to come forward. Any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or file a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com. au.

ANY SYMPTOMS GET TESTED It’s important to get tested for coronavirus at the first sign of any symptom and stay home until you get your result. Getting tested means you keep yourself, your friends, family, workplace and your community safe. It’s not over yet.

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MELBOURNE AND MITCHELL SHIRE STAY HOME Stay at Home restrictions are now in place for Melbourne and Mitchell Shire. There are only 4 reasons to leave home.

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Wildlife rescue secures funding A FRANKSTON-based wildlife rescue has received a grant of $12,000 to keep up their hard work. AWARE, Australian Wildlife Assistance Rescue and Education, cares for around 1500 animals every year. The volunteer group received the funding through the Dunkley Environmental Grants Program. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “AWARE volunteers give up their time to care for native animals and educate our local community about native animal welfare. They deserve our support.”

“This funding will enable AWARE to undertake crucial administration work and purchase appropriate formula and food to care for animals in need,” she said. “All our local environmental groups play an important role in our community, I’m very proud to be supporting them with this funding”.

DUNKLEY MP Peta Murphy with AWARE volunteers. Picture: Supplied

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Expressions of Interest are sought for 2 honorary Directors to join the Board of Rosebud West Community Hub, known as Seawinds Community Hub, a not-for-profit Community Centre, based in Capel Sound. We are seeking people who are committed to supporting the local community through the delivery of learning opportunities. The Hub includes an Early Learning Centre (3 & 4 year old Kindergarten and Long Day Care), in addition to providing space for adult learning, mutual support groups and community activities including a Men’s Shed. Previous governance experience and Skills including Business and management experience; Analytical abilities; Risk and financial management; along with a strong commitment to supporting community development would be valued.

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Arts grants close soon APPLICATIONS for council’s arts grants programs close this month. Local artists can apply for up to $4000 through the Artist Project Grant and up to $2500 through the Creative Industries Professional Development Grant. Nearly $1 million in ratepayer money has been made available for this year’s program. The mayor Sandra Mayer said “I am privileged to have met so many of our city’s incredible established

and emerging artists, who have the potential to contribute beautiful work and events to the wider community.” “If you have been dreaming of creating something culturally significant for your fellow residents, please share your idea with us and apply for funding through our grants program,” she said. For more information visit frankston.vic.gov. au/FTLOF

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

A visit to Balnarring - Thoughts about the peninsula’s future Compiled by Cameron McCullough AWAY in the bygone past, when the pioneering stalwarts battled grimly with Nature and misfortune to make the Mornington Peninsula a fit place for the orchardist, the pastoralist, and the agriculturist, some doughty old settlers smiled meaningly at the hardships of the pioneering life. They worked day and night, from sunrise to sunset, and late into the night. They smiled in those days of woe, simply because they were peering into the microscope of the future, and there they detected visionary glimpses of those more successful days which ultimately became realities. Much the same today, we are peering into the future, as have done the forefathers of many residents here today. On Saturday last “The Standard’s” representative had the pleasure of visiting Balnarring with representative Frankston sports. Despite the chilly extremity of the breezes, it was a very pleasing outing. It gave to me a glimpse of the country between Frankston and Balnarring. And, in turn, that glimpse gave rise to these thoughts, which I here subscribe, as I passed. But, first, I must say something about what caught my eye. One of these sightly things was the adorable, flowering wattles those soft, downy, little petals resonant of Nature’s love which moved the heart of Adam Lindsay Gordon, and made that joyous singer of sweet verse, the late Miss Jennings Carmichael, glory in its ecstacies. Really, the wattles at the Bittern

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railway station were lovely. It is one of Nature’s whimsicalities to please the eye, and the wattles at Bittern have surely had that happy result many times. The homes en route are another pleasing sight. There are, indeed, some very fine homes to be seen. In front, are “the smiles of the rose,” the purity of the lily, and the various exquisite beauties of floriculture; at the side, mostly shrubberis, but sometimes the useful cabbage and carrot. These homes indicate the general nature of the country. In a desolate country, remarkable for its un-productivity, one does not see fine homes like these. In the distance one’s eye detected the silvery waters of Westernport Bay, but almost everywhere, through the horticultural districts, we were rushing swiftly past young, but vigorous crops, past sheep and cattle grazing in the fields, past wealth giving orchards. There were vistas of rural scenery unfolded one to the minute. As we sped past urban scenes, through sylvan groves, one could not help thinking of mystical lore. Here, surely, the mystic Pan would have delighted to make music on his mystic pipes; here, amongst the noble avenues of gums, and the ti-tree thickets, one might, like the visionaries, see the hiding planes of fearful dryads. We did not have the chance to visualise the Baxter district, but appearances suggested that Tyabb, Hastings, and Somerville enjoy that spirit and atmosphere that serves to denote

general prosperity and the demeane of rural hospitality. In short time, these places will thrive. They are fostering the co-operative spirit, uniting the producers into a compact body with a unity of purpose and the desire to improve the district as a whole. Bittern and Balnarring, both handy to the Naval Base, are more strictly devoted to agricultural and pastoral industries. Balnarring is on the maps alright, but it is difficult for one so prosaic as the average journalist to say precisely whether its a township, a village, or just merely a place. Take away Stone’s Store, the Church of England, and the Mechanics’ Hall, and Balnarring has gone. All the residences are farm-houses, and are very scattered. But there’s money in Balnarring the rich pastures, the grassy solitudes, and the cultivated fields alike prove that. Unlike many other places to my knowledge, Balnarring does not forget those who paved the way in the early days. In its public hall, it has some of their photos, including one of the Hon. Alfred Downward, M.L.A. who for the past 25 years has represented the Mornington Peninsula in the State Legislature. The photo of Mr. Peter Nowlan, who, from 1868 to 1897, as Shire Secretary of the Flinders Shire Council, is there; likewise those of Messrs John Davies, Robert Stanley, and David Mars, three old pioneers, who took an active part in municipal life

for more than 20 years. Men like Messrs William Davies, Robert Johnson, George Cole, John Campbell Downward, William Hurley, John Buckley, John Oswin, Paul Van Suylen, Edward Downward, Edward Stanley, and Captain Bryant Tonkin are all honored in the same style. Some have crossed the Great Divide, some are here yet, but Balnarring pays tribute in the truly thankful spirit. *** A NOTE of simplicity is shown in the smart bathing costume worn by Viola Dana in “Some Bride” at the Frankston Pictures Saturday night. *** WIDOWS, orphans, widowed mothers and other immediate dependents of deceased soldiers, and also the more seriously disabled soldiers, are entitled to claim from the A.I.F Canteen Funds Trust. Particulars may be obtained from Mr E. Barrett, secretary of the Frankston Repatriation Committee, Frankston. *** FOR Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. *** AT the monthly meeting of the Frankston Mechanics’ Committee held on Monday evening there were present – Cr. W. P. .Mason (president), Cr Oates, Messrs W. W. Young, P. Wheeler, W. Crawford Young and the secretary, C. Dalman. An offer from the Sale library to exchange books periodically was considered. It was thought that the idea could be

better worked between towns closer together. Miss P. Twining, secretary of the Welcome Home Committee, wrote asking permission to place an Honor Board in the main hall. The request was readily granted. Mr H. Vicars was elected to fill a vacancy on the committee. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr James Lambie, of “Karinza”, Mornington Road, for his gift of two framed photographs of Murray district views. Accounts amounting to £23 17s 3d were passed for payment. *** THE 12.26 p.m. train for Melbourne now leaves Frankston at 12.36, and running express from Mordialloc to Glenhuntley, arrives at Flinders Street at the same time as formerly. *** THE annual statement and balance sheet in connection with the Frankston branch of the Protestant Federation has been prepared and duly audited, and will be presented at the annual meeting of members to be held during the current month. *** NEXT Monday night Mrs Wheeler, the gifted elocutionist will appear in the Frankston Mechanics’ Institute under the auspices of the W.C.T.U. and the Rechabite Lodge. The recital will be illustrated by lantern views, and the Frankston Brass band will assist. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 9 July 1920

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The Gypsy Barber Fortune Telling Debacle By Stuart McCullough WE’VE all had to make sacrifices. Avoiding family for extended periods of time. Treating on-coming strangers as if they might be radioactive. Piling up furniture against the front door to prevent intruders (who may or may not be zombies) while ruining the lawn as you dig yourself a fall out shelter. But of all these indignities, there is one that rises above any other – not being able to get a haircut. We’ve all had to endure various degrees of shagginess over the past few months. I had been somewhat preoccupied in the weeks leading up to lockdown, so I’ll admit that I was especially impacted. I have the kind of hair that, notwithstanding its status as a diminishing resource, tends to look wild and demented at a certain point if left to its own devices. I knew that I’d crossed a line when people started referring to me as ‘Einstein’. For a brief and glorious moment, I genuinely believed this was a reference to my awesome intellectual capacity before realizing that I simply needed a haircut. I am not so much a creature of habit as I am hopelessly habitual. I do the same thing over and over again and take great comfort from order. But sometimes order is not an option. When I called my barber, the phone rang out. Like a lot of people, he shut up shop for a time as things first started to unfold. I’d been going to the same barber for twenty years or so. There’s a rapport and understanding that you develop with the person who cuts your hair. It’s not something

you can easily replace. But these were desperate times that called for equally desperate measures. Things were getting critical and getting to the stage that every time I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, I gave myself a little fright. One

morning I completely terrified myself and hid in a cupboard. The time had come to do something decisive. This would mean either cutting my own hair or finding someone else to do it for me. Given that I have the kind of dexterity that, at times, struggles to

open a packet of Tim Tams, I decided that this was a job best left, if not to experts, then certainly to someone other than myself. I realize that in this day and age, the Internet gives you a whole host of ways to choose a service provider based on the views of others. Rather than critical acclaim, I used another method – sheer geographical convenience. This meant that I made an appointment with the hairdresser around the corner from my house. It had a sign out the front boasting that the proprietor had undertaken specific training to reduce the risk of infection. When I arrived, I was handed a business card. Somewhat disconcertingly, the sum total of that training seemed to be a quick squirt of Mr. Sheen in the general direction of the chair. I’ll admit, I found it kind of threatening. Rather than the easy conversation I was used to, everything felt stilted. My hairdresser was really into astrology. I am really not. Despite giving subtle clues such as standing on my chair and declaring that astrology was hokum and that I never wanted to hear anything more about it, she continued. I felt trapped. She asked me what star sign I was. Foolishly, I told her I was a Scorpio. She nodded, knowingly, as if to say ‘that explains everything’ before declaring that Scorpios were renown for not having any friends. Suddenly, frightening myself in the mirror seemed preferable to getting insulted while having a haircut. Later, I contemplated contacting all my friends to laugh at her, frankly, ludicrous claim,

before realizing I didn’t have any. She then revealed that prior to being a hairdresser, she had trained as an accountant but had never practiced, as she had elected to work full time as a gypsy. It was only then that I noticed that instead of the traditional mirror I was, instead, seated in front of a crystal ball. Looking at the business card I’d been given, I realized that it was, in actual fact, a tarot card. As she waved the scissors around, she declared that she would now read my fortune. I could have saved her the trouble and told her that my future involved never returning here for a haircut ever again. Only by creating a distraction did I manage to escape with my life although the same cannot be said for my dignity. I’m not sure how you’d describe the results but for several weeks I bore a strong resemblance to a gypsy. Mostly this was the haircut. But my decision to fully embrace casual dress day by wearing a single gold earring, an eye patch and a pirate shirt probably didn’t help matters much. This week I returned to my regular barber. Were it not for the strictures of social distancing, I’d probably have given him a hug. I’d go so far as to say that we were happy to see each other. Immediately, we fell into our old routine and, suddenly, everything felt right in the world. By the time I emerged, I no longer looked like a gypsy and no one is trying to tell my fortune against my will. Tossing my golden earring, neckerchief and pirate shirt to the side, I strode off down the street on a mission to make some friends. stuart@stuartmccullough.com Frankston Times

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By Craig MacKenzie WHILE Adam Jamieson thinks the 2020 season is all but a write-off he has an idea how Football Victoria could salvage something from the wreckage. The Mornington gaffer has called for the state body to make the most of the opportunity to align elite junior and senior competitions for 2021. “I think the season is pretty much done now,” Jamieson said. “But this is a chance for FV to address what I think is a real disconnect between what they’ve done with the NPL junior season and what the seniors are doing. “I don’t understand how juniors play 33 games and (State 1) seniors play 22. “Here’s a chance to start early next year, say February, and at least revamp some of the higher leagues into 16-team competitions. “If seniors then play a 30-game season that makes sense to me but the way things are I don’t know how we are supposed to continually produce players with that disconnect between the lengths of the different seasons.” Last week FV announced another suspension of all football activity for six weeks in line with Victoria’s return to stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions. It’s the second suspension this year and it came on the same day that Football Federation Australia called off the 2020 FFA Cup and the Australia-wide NPL finals series. Just three local clubs were still in the Cup – Langwarrin, Mornington and Seaford United. At senior level it’s believed that FV is holding on to the rapidly fading prospect of organising an 11-game season where clubs in leagues of 12 play each other once. Promotion still would be up for grabs and there would be no relegation. “That could happen only if they (FV) were prepared to play midweek games and I don’t know if they are,” Jamieson said. “I think they’ve got the venues to play midweek games and if they went Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday then maybe have a week off then back to Saturday, Wednesday they could get six games played

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in three weeks but how far down the leagues does that happen? “Probably only NPL1, 2, 3 and maybe State 1 and I’m tipping they’d want everyone involved in it if they are still going to try.” Jamieson belongs to a select group of observers not prepared to buy into the criticism of FV’s stewardship of the game throughout the pandemic. “I think a lot of people don’t understand that it’s a business and they have employees so they have to make money to pay their employees,” he said. “I run a business myself so I know it’s bloody hard in these times. “To be fair to them (FV) I think they’ve been pretty good. “I think a lot of the criticism they’ve received is unwarranted because none of us know what’s going on out there.” Much has changed since Morning-

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ton realised last season that its promotion prospects were over and switched its gaze to 2020 little knowing what it would face both on and off the field. “We started planning back in August when we pretty much knew our fate last season and where we were at as a football club. “Pre-season started and we played games before Christmas then ramped it up in January and February. “We aimed at a lot of NPL and State 1 clubs for pre-season practice matches to really test ourselves then with about a week to go we had the tragedy of losing Tony (McKay, senior team manager).” Jamieson paused, took a deep breath and continued. “Then a few days out from the start of the season and suddenly we’re stopped.

through this year because we’d set ourselves to try and win things not just personally but for Tony. “We just want to play so, yeah, mentally it’s been very, very hard.” Prior to the forced suspensions of training and playing Mornington was one of the favourites for the State 1 South-East title but nearby rival Casey Comets has been rumoured to have gone on a spending spree and agreed terms with a number of topflight players. Jamieson isn’t fazed. “I would have said before COVID that we would have been one of the teams to beat over a 22-game season but the changes since then and what some of our rivals have done I’d hope we still would be a top two or three side but if we have any sort of season it becomes more like a cup competition than a half-marathon,” he said. “I’ve heard the rumours about Casey and it looks like they’ve signed some very good players. “We actually spoke to the players that have been linked with them. “To be honest it doesn’t bother me at all. We know what it’s like to get labelled as the club that throws the money around but we’re in a different position nowadays. “We’ve gone out and recruited some quality kids and that’s where we want to be. “We don’t pay overs any more and our sustainability is for the long term. “We want to be as high as we possibly can but we want to build it from our kids because we’re now an NPL junior club and you’ve got to give pathways to kids. “It’s the only way football clubs like Mornington will survive. “I’m not saying that we don’t go out there and buy players every now and again – that’s football – but we’ve got to produce young talented kids. “Look I’ve got nothing against Casey – they can do what they want.” What Mornington’s rivals do is their business and Jamieson is focussed on his own club and what he can control. That focus has brought multiple promotions and championships since 2009 and we should soon find out whether or not he’ll be given another chance to bring success to Dallas Brooks Park this season.

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Frost warms up with metro winner life since he was a yearling. He’s Group One placed in New Zealand and stakes placed here, too. Hopefully now that he’s got the form, he’ll hold it – he’s pretty good at that. He just keeps going.” Frost said it normally takes a few runs to get the gelding up and going but he really relishes being in work. “He might get ten days off every now and again,” she said. “But he’d rather be in work than in the paddock.” With the victory on Saturday, Travimyfriend took his earnings to $357,164 in prizemoney and brought up his ninth top-three finish since moving to Mornington.

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2 June with a modified program. A statement on the club’s Facebook page read “to all of our 2020 Members, we thank you for your great support this year which has been absolutely amazing and imperative to our survival.” “To our coaches, players, support staff who have stuck with the club from the commencement of preseason training in the last week of October 2019 to our last training run last night, we thank you so much for all you have put in to this year. “We will all regroup and work towards 2021 season now with great anticipation.”

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The son of Tavistock was given a perfect steer from jockey Dean Yendall and pounced on the opportunity to run away for a one-and-ahalf length victory over the Nick Ryan-trained Battle Torque. Trainer Rachael Frost, who also rides Travimyfriend in all of his work, was ecstatic to see the hard work pay off and land another metropolitan victory with the gutsy gelding. “It’s not through the lack of trying,” Frost said. “Flemington was a bit of a disaster and then last start he went good here. We probably just rode him wrong. “I’ve had him for his whole

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