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By Mike Hast FRANKSTO N has waited decades nearly three made promises for train station a safer, more not kept, ment Frankston precinct, says functional lions bureaucrats have state governlobby group of dollars the Community wasted on the precin The group mil- by station precinct three levels Coalition. had been a succes – formed ct, and of govern pressure gripped in Januar politicians ment have all bor govern sion of both Liberaneglected beache by inertia y to the city for a better been ments. l and La. s and Community in Top of six deal for and interna "a much-loved state electiothe run-up to the coaliti man Ken Novem list” is "the items on the groups n – says Rowe, formeron park" but tional-standard art centre stop" spokes politicians ber Franks need “wish after the ton principal - tive and drug-f to develop have mines the the station precin sculpture to failure by of Friend High School and of public develop ree [train] an attracct "under s of Franks a memb confidence image of Franks the eastern governments transpo WINDOW station er ton and - sides of the ton Station and It of Mr Rowe rt precinct". the station precin and western TINTIN is a disince people using , said Mr Rowe the area. assets such said Frankston ct. G ntive to had many travellers" and went back said government potential as parks, shoppers train award-winnin away. to the neglect & ASSoci were staying Beach St 1980s when AteS PtY g overpa public LtD Young St the major throug ss was built accou had becom ntants e "one big city centre. h-traffic away to direct from the bus

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The Red Hill Show – there’s nothing like it NOW in its 86th year, the iconic Red Hill Show will be held on Saturday 22 March from 8.30am until 5pm. It’s the agricultural show for all the family – there’s something for all ages! Relax and meander around the Red Hill Showgrounds and enjoy all that the show has to offer. Watch the Whip Industries motorbike team perform high-flying tricks over specially-designed jumping ramps. Meet Tubby the Robot and marvel at the stiltwalkers skilfully walking among and above the crowd. Wildlife lovers can listen to the Black Snake Productions team speak about the plight of Australia’s endangered species whilst having the opportunity to handle and learn more about reptiles and snakes in a safe environment. Soak up the sights, sounds and smells of the show with many stallholders selling food from rock candy to pizzas, fresh fruit, Danish pastries, cooked prawns, sauces and jams. Sweet tooths can indulge themselves with a range of fudge and nougat for sale. Do you enjoy watching the TV shows MasterChef or My Kitchen Rules? Head along to watch the open judging of the fruitcakes and non-commercial cheeses. Cheese and yoghurt will be tasted and judged by an acclaimed international cheese judge with the coveted title of Champion Non-Commercial Cheese of the 2014 Red Hill Show up for grabs. And, even though you’re escaping the hustle and bustle of shopping centres for the day to spend time in the fresh open air, there will be stalls selling clothing, jewellery, outdoor furniture, garden tools, country antiques

and collectables. Let’s not forget the two regular crowd favourites – the woodchop competition and Kelpie working dog demonstrations in the main arena. Last – but certainly not least – make sure you don’t miss all the fun of the Mornington Peninsula News Group grand parade at 2.45pm. The Red Hill Show is definitely great value for money. nAdmittance: Family ticket (2 adults, 3 children 6-18 years) $50, adults $15, children (6-18 years) $10, 5 years and under free, students and pensioners $10. Parking is free. Red Hill Show dates for your 2014 diary: nShow Day: Saturday 22 March from 8.30am to 5pm. nClydesdales and Heavy Harness Feature Show: Saturday 5 April at Boneo Park Equestrian Centre. nShow Jumping: Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April at Boneo Park Equestrian Centre. nInternational Cool Climate Wine Show: Tuesday 27 May to Friday 30 May at Mornington Racing Club, Racecourse Rd, Mornington. Keep checking the Red Hill Show website at www.redhillshow.com.au for ongoing updates on entertainment and activities. Call 5989 2357 or email info@redhillshow.com.au for further details. ‘Like’ the Red Hill Show on Facebook or follow the Red Hill Show on Twitter @redhillshow.

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Taking to the road for record FRANK Peniguel is out to set a record by travelling around Victoria playing bowls. The 70-year-old, left. has given himself a year to play 600-900 games on different greens to join the holders of Guinness World Records. Last week he was in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula: Rosebud and Dromana on Tuesday, Mt Martha and Mornington, Wednesday, and Frankston South (Yamala Park) and Frankston on Thursday. Peniguel joined Elsternwick Bowls Club in 2005 and left his Daylesford home in his Kombi van on 9 January to set a new world record. He will play 10 ends against one bowler from each of the clubs he visits. Distance is the only thing keeping him away from the Northern Territory and Western Australia. "It's just too far between clubs and I need to play all games within one year," Peniguel said on Wednesday after playing his 100th game at Dromana. He was also lining up some expert help to enable him to upload photos to his website, hittheroadjack.net.au KeithPlatt Picture: Yanni

Call to action station By Mike Hast FRANKSTON has waited nearly three decades for a safer, more functional train station precinct, says lobby group Frankston Community Coalition. The group – formed in January to pressure politicians for a better deal for the city in the run-up to the November state election – says politicians have

made promises not kept, state government bureaucrats have wasted millions of dollars on the precinct, and all three levels of government have been gripped by inertia. Community coalition spokesman Ken Rowe, former principal of Frankston High School and a member of Friends of Frankston Station, said

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New addition to Waterfront plan By Keith Platt FRANKSTON Council has given the go ahead to another key part of its major foreshore development plan – a new building to house Frankston Yacht Club, a cafe and a restaurant. The three-storey building bringing more commercial development to the Waterfront “precinct” near the pier is being allowed with reduced car parking requirements and despite being identified as “not wholly consistent with the purpose” of the use of Crown land. It was “considered unlikely to impact adversely on any protected vegetation”. Objectors claim photos used to justify clearing represented “the least quality vegetation”, although this was denied by consultants hired by council. “Reasonable” is a word used throughout an officer’s report recommending council approve the yacht club project. While not resulting in “a proliferation of buildings” the development “advance objectives to facilitate business, employment, tourism, and a vibrant and safe waterfront”. Sandwiched between the beach and Kananook Creek plans for the new building will be on public exhibition before construction begins. The existing yacht club and nearby toilet block will be demolished. “It is considered the building form, floor layout and design detail of the proposal displays a high quality design response, flair and attention to detail,” the report given to councillors on 3 March stated. “The location of the cafe and restaurant to the south-west corner of the building and wide terraces offer dining views to the wider community, present an active interface and provides passive surveillance over the creek and beach.

Seaside development: An artist’s impression of the new yacht club, a key component of Frankston Council’s Waterfront “precinct”.

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Council’s traffic department believed it was “reasonable” to reduce the car parking requirement and noted that providing 16 bicycle spaces exceeds the requirement by nine. Its governance department had no objection; “The proposal is considered to be not wholly consistent with the purpose of the crown reservation, however, the proposal is not considered to be detrimental to the purpose of the reservation.” The foreshore reserve included “significant” unrestricted open space while the proposed development “represents a minor area of the reserve”. “The governance department also acknowledge Sofia’s Restaurant, Waves Restaurant, the

Seaford Beach Cafe and Crackerjack Cafe which are located on Crown Land reserved for public purposes,” the report stated. The amount of coastal acid sulphate soil (CASS) on the site will also need to be assessed before construction of the building which is set back up to eight metres from the existing yacht club. A report prepared by GHD “indicates that site is vulnerable to coastal processes and risks including sea-level rise, erosion and beach recession”. New seawalls have been designed to minimise scour and protect against inundation and damage associated with increased storm surges. The height of the ground floor (2.8m to AHD) is based on a projected sea

level rise of 0.8m by 2100, and a 50year life of the building. “Although wave splash of the public promenade in large storm events could still be expected this is acceptable for the promenade as its use would not be encouraged during an extreme storm tide event,” the report states. “The revised design of the seawalls will reduce scour but the seawalls will still cause some scour and erosion of the beach. Maintenance of the existing beach could be achieved through top up nourishment of sand. “Overall, it is considered the proposals achieve a reasonable balance of social, economic and environmental objectives, will result in a net community benefit and warrant support.”

Death-row dogs live to fight another day By Chris Brennan TWO “dangerous” dogs due to be euthanised last Thursday after escaping their owners’ Frankston property and killing two pet cats have won an 11th hour reprieve after an appeal was lodged with the Supreme Court. Charlie, a male mastiff cross, and Sharni, a sharpei female cross, were just hours from being put down when Frankston Council was informed by a barrister representing the owners that an injunction had been sought. It is understood an anonymous donor provided financial assistance to owners

Evan Jeremiejczyk and Shannon Holt to fund a Supreme Court appeal. A council spokesperson confirmed the injunction late on Thursday. “We have been informed that a Supreme Court injunction is to be lodged by the dog owners’ barrister this afternoon,” the spokesperson said. “Our CEO met personally with the dog owners today to let them know the service provider currently housing the dogs has been informed to postpone any further action at this time.” The dogs were impounded on 8 November after they escaped their

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owners’ property and allegedly killed two cats. However, only one of the cat deaths was recorded as the second cat owner failed to appear in court. Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor said the dog owners were informed by council in advance of the Magistrates’ Court hearing on 27 February that the charges were serious and “should the presiding magistrate find the owners guilty, it may result in their two dogs being humanely euthanised”. “Evidence confirmed the dogs absconded from their property as a result of the fencing being inadequate

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and mauled and killed a cat, with evidence of a second killing obtained from a witness who was unable to attend court,” Cr Taylor said. “The owners have been infringed previously for their dog being allowed to wander, not being registered or desexed. Fines imposed have still not been paid by these dog owners and remain lodged with the Infringements Court, despite the owners being offered a repayment plan by council. While the dog owners are of the belief that their dogs no longer pose a threat, council must consider the safety of the community as its priority.

GEOFF Shaw is facing the chop. But not in the way many of his former Liberal colleagues might like. The independent MP’s facial fuzz was cut off on Friday after Mr Shaw revealed he was ready for another close shave in support of the Leukaemia Foundation. The MP for Frankston attracted plenty of media attention in January when he appeared for the first 2014 sitting of parliament sporting a beard. He hoped its removal as part of the World’s Greatest Shave would create even more of a buzz. Mr Shaw revealed he had grown the beard specifically for the cause and has invited admirers and detractors alike to get behind the Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser. Sponsorship of Mr Shaw’s shave can be made at www.geoffshaw.com.au while donations can be made directly to the foundation on 1800 500 088.

Vote looms for MP LIBERAL Party members are expected to vote on the future of rebel Frankston MP Geoff Shaw on Friday. Some Liberals have been pushing for Mr Shaw to be expelled from the party but others fear he will cause even more problems in the parliament if he is cut loose. Mr Shaw has voted against his former party four times in the parliament in recent months including twice rejecting the government's business program. Last week it was reported Mr Shaw was likely to vote against pending legislation to collect an extra $287 million in poker machine taxes. The government withdrew the legislation when it appeared it would be defeated in the parliament by Mr Shaw and the Labor Party, which said the bill was a blatant tax grab that would hurt local communities. Mr Shaw resigned from the Parliamentary Liberal Party last March just hours before Premier Ted Baillieu fell on his sword. The rebel MP is likely to stand as an independent in Frankston at the state election in November although there have been reports of Mr Shaw holding discussions with minor parties including Clive Palmer's Palmer United Party. Mike Hast

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Volunteering Workshop

• Belvedere Community Centre • Ebdale Community Hub and 36 Belvedere Road, Seaford Learning Centre Open Day Sunday 30 March, 11am–2pm 20R Ebdale Street, Frankston Thursday 27 March, 11.30am– • Elisabeth Murdoch College 2.30pm. Details: 9293 7102. & Langwarrin Primary School Warrandyte Road, Langwarrin FREE including Easter egg hunt, Sunday 30 March, 11am–2pm arts, crafts, storytelling, kids games, Hosted by the Langwarrin Township sausage sizzle and find out more Committee about services at Ebdale Hub. • Sandhurst Club • Groundswell Community Sandhurst Boulevard, Sandhurst Garden Sunday 30 March, 11am–2pm Montague Park, Bentley Place, • Kareela Reserve Karingal Frankston, Saturday 29 March, Kareela Road, Frankston 12pm–1.30pm Sunday 30 March, 12pm–3pm

Council Council Meeting Monday 24 March, 7pm, Council Chambers, Civic Centre, enter via Young Street, Frankston Agenda: frankston.vic.gov.au

Bruce Park Kindergarten Proposed Relocation Tuesday 25 March, 7.30pm, Frankston South Community and Recreation Centre, 55 Towerhill Road, Frankston South All interested families are welcome to this meeting to find out more.

Frankston South Local Community Planning

Council Communication Survey Closes Friday 28 March

Please complete for your chance to win one of three double passes to Gold Class Cinemas, Karingal. Visit: ‘Have your say’ on frankston.vic.gov.au

Welcoming Babies Friday 28 March, Karingal Local families with a baby born in the past 12 months are invited to come along to this event honouring our newest citizens. Register online: frankston.vic.gov.au or 1300 322 322.

• Frankston Forest Baptist Church 43 Monterey Boulevard, Frankston North, Sunday 30 March, 12.30pm–3pm Hosted by Frankston North Rotary

Open to everyone interested in volunteering. FREE event, please register: info@frankstonvolunteer.org.au or 9770 6492 (Monday-Friday, 9am–4pm)

Frankston U3A AGM Monday 31 March, 9.30am, U3A, Gate 7, Stella Maris Centre, McMahons Road, Frankston

Elections for University of the Third Age Committee to be held at this Annual General Meeting. Nomination forms can be collected from the U3A Office and returned by Friday 21 March, 4pm. Details: 9770 1042.

Book Now for April Vacation Care Book by Friday 28 March, 5pm for program which runs 7–17 April at Karingal and Kingsley Park

Wednesday 9 April 2014

A wide range of themes and activities for primary school aged children including workshops and excursions, art and craft, sports and games. Booking forms: available at Council Customer Service Centres or frankston.vic.gov.au

10am - 2pm Ballam Park & Homestead, Cranbourne Road, Frankston www.frankston.vic.gov.au

Earth Hour Saturday 29 March, 8:30pm

Turn off lights in support of this global event for a more sustainable future. Details: earthhour.org.au

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Thursday 3 April, 6pm, Asian Pacific Wednesday 26 March, 3pm–4.30pm, Serviced Offices, 435-437 Nepean Frankston South Community and Highway, Frankston Recreation Centre, 55 Towerhill Workshop for small business on health Road, Frankston South and wellbeing, dealing with stress and toxic Find out more and have your say about local area priorities. RSVP: 9784 1035 or cindy.plowman@frankston.vic.gov.au

• Frankston South Community and Recreation Centre 55 Towerhill Road, Frankston South, Sunday 30 March, 12.30pm–2.30pm. Barbecue and unveiling of new community mosaic. RSVP: 9293 7122

Tuesday 25 March, 11am, The Long Room, Frankston Library, 60 Playne Street, Frankston

employees/employers. $35–$40. Bookings: frankston.vic.gov.au/business

Vote for Frankston Library Voting open for ‘Australia’s Best Library’ until Tuesday 22 April

• SMS ‘Frankston Library’: 0426 143 349 • Vote online at: www.alia.org.au/ ausfavlibvote • Email your vote to: media@alia.org.au

Local Karingal Kids ‘Arvo’ Wednesday 26 March, 3.30pm– 6pm, Karingal PLACE, 103 Ashleigh Avenue, Frankston

FREE family activities including face painting, craft, St Kilda Football Club, Police, SES, music, zumba and more. Fruit and drinks will also be available.

Playgroup Week: Games in the Gardens Thursday 27 March, 10am–12pm, Gate 7, George Pentland Botanic Gardens, Yuille Street, Frankston

Come and join in FREE fun active play and entertainment. Information available about how to join a playgroup in your local area. Bring a hat, sunscreen, water bottle and snack. The event will be cancelled on a wet weather day.

Ventana Arte: FREE Event Afro-Latin American Immersion Hub Saturday 29 March, 6pm, Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston

Music, food, dance and drums with the Hispanic Society of Victoria. Bookings: 9784 1060.

Penguin Books: Kids Day Now on Sunday 30 March, 10am– 7pm, Sand Sculpting Australia, 510N Nepean Highway, Frankston

New War Memorial Fund Needs You!

Children dressed as their favourite storybook character will enter free of charge (with a paying adult). Meet author/ illustrator Graeme Base, ‘Spot the Dog’, face painting and more including a free Penguin book for first 500 kids.

Donations are welcome toward Frankston City’s new War Memorial to be built at Beauty Park before Anzac Day 2015. Details: frankston.vic.gov.au or 1300 322 322.

Show Your Support

Enjoy IRONMAN from Event Sites

Sunday 23 March, Frankston Waterfront and City Centre

Frankston Waterfront View the transition for the Swim, Bike and Run leg from the Waterfront. Swim starts 7.20am at Frankston Pier.

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See all the Bike leg action along Playne Street with event sites offering roving entertainment, a free jumping Food and coffee vendors operating: castle and cafes open. Information on city centre businesses • Saturday 9.30am–3pm opening early on Sunday for breakfast • Sunday 5.30am–6pm or coffee: visitfrankston.com

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‘Harmony’ is flowing at the creek A COMMUNITY project to replant and build a barbecue and picnic area alongside a neglected creek in Langwarrin symbolises the Islamic principles of “personal and societal cleanliness”. A plaque marking the start of the Harmony Creek project in Leisureland Drive was unveiled on Clean Up Australia Day. The project is being undertaken by members of the adjoining Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Bait-ul-Salam (House of Peace) mosque, Frankston Council and Melbourne Water. The mosque is in the renovated former Leisureland Fair amusement park off North Rd. Bait-ul-Salam is the state’s only Ahmadiyya centre with people coming to attend prayers and community functions from Geelong and Ballarat. On Sunday 2 March, Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor inaugurated the Harmony Creek project by planting a tree on Clean Up Australia

Day at the reserve. More than 200 members of the Ahmadiyya community, neighbours and council officers attended the ceremony, which started with a reading from the Quran by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria president Javed Safdar Choudhary. Mr Javed said Islam stressed the need for cleanliness and described it as a part of the faith. He said Islam also taught harmony, peace and loyalty to homeland, and for all Muslims to obey and cooperate with higher authorities. The Harmony Creek project was a small example of the Muslim association’s cooperation with local authorities and a gesture to show its concern for cleanliness and for the environment. Cr Taylor said he was “happy and delighted” to begin the project on Clean Up Australia Day. He said the project aimed to convert the area

into a useful urban space, with barbecues, picnic tables and better walking tracks. Cr Taylor and Mr Javed planted a memorial tree on the banks of the creek after unveiling a plaque. When announcing the project at the association’s annual Australia Day dinner, Cr Taylor described it as “a great news story that will allow the local community here to go jogging around the creek area. I think it’s just a great example of how the mateship and giving back comes into play”. In harmony: Top, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community gathered in front of Bait-ul-Salam mosque in Langwarrin. Right, Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor, Rehmat Sami, Vito Albicini and Javed Safdar Choudhary planted a tree and unveiled a commemorative plaque. Pictures: MTA Victoria

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Critics wage war By Chris Brennan UNEMPLOYED young people from Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula will soon be able to apply to join the Coalition government’s Green Army environmental training scheme but they will be paid well below the minimum wage and won’t be covered by national health and safety laws or be eligible for workers compensation. Legislation for $300 million Green Army scheme recently tabled in federal parliament by Environment Minister and member for Flinders Greg Hunt has drawn fierce criticism from unions, environmental groups and legal experts. Under the Green Army legislation, 250 projects involving approximately 2500 “volunteer trainees” will begin around Australia this year before the scheme is expanded to become Australia’s largest-ever environmental workforce, with 15,000 participants engaged in 1500 projects by 2018. If the legislation is passed, programs in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula will be among the country’s first, with the Frankston Bushland Weed and Fire Management Project slated to begin on 1 July. This project will see recruits undertake “weed eradication and fuel reduction activities in the many natural bushland reserves in Frankston City”, according to federal member for Dunkley Bruce Billson. But those carrying out the work – which will be mostly manual labour – will be paid as little as $304.20 a week. Of greater concern to critics is the fact Green Army workers would be exempt from Commonwealth workplace laws, including the Work Health and Safety Act, the Fair Work Act and the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act. Slater & Gordon senior compensation claims lawyer Rachael James said the lack of worker compensation provisions in the Green Army legislation was “extremely worrying for people

who care about the consequences of work place injuries”. “We are very concerned that members of the [Green Army] will not be protected in the same way as other workers,” she said. “These young workers will undertake heavy manual labour, including clearing local creeks and waterways, fencing and tree planting – work that carries a high level of physical risk.” Ms James said workers compensation schemes focused on early intervention for injured employees in order to help them return to work as quickly as possible. Without compensation and rehabilitation assistance there was a risk workers suffering a serious injury may never be able to return to work. “If state and federal governments are serious about providing these young workers with a fair and reasonable opportunity to join the workforce, they should work together to provide them with the same workplace injury protection as other employees in Australia,” she said. The Green Army scheme is open to people aged 17 to 24, with each project involving nine trainees and one team leader who will work up to 30 hours a week over a 20-26 week training period. Wages budgeted in the legislation are based on the national training allowance and depend upon the participant’s age and educational level. Responding to criticism that the allowance approved for trainees would be below award wages, Environment Minister and Flinders MP Greg Hunt said the Green Army scheme was intended as a job creation scheme. “The Green Army is a voluntary environmental and training program, not an employment program,” he said. “The pay will be commensurate to the national training wage. It ranges between $608.40 and $987.00 per fortnight, depending on a participant’s age and educational level. “It is substantially higher than Newstart, which ranges between $452.30 and $699.90 a fortnight, or

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on green scheme Youth Allowance, which ranges between $226.80 and $699.90 per fortnight.” The program aimed to encourage “hands-on, practical, grassroots action to support local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia” while at the same time providing an opportunity for young people to gain training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields “to help them explore career options in conservation management”, Mr Hunt said. But Australian Council of Trade Unions president Ged Kearney said the government should not be paying rates below the minimum wage and participants should be protected by national workplace laws. “This whole concept of the Green Army is the latest attempt by the Abbott Government to cut wages [and] cut conditions of working people in this country,” she said. “If these jobs actually exist, then they should be advertised; they should be structured so they are well-paid, safe jobs.” Australian Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt said it was concerning that Green Army workers would be exempt from appropriate workplace laws. “Only Tony Abbott could create a ‘workforce’ where the workers aren’t legally workers and have no workplace rights,” he said. “If a Green Army supervisor and a worker under their command get injured while wielding a pick or building a lookout, the supervisor will have the same safety and compensation protections as ordinary employees but the worker won’t.’’ Opposition environment spokesman Mark Butler agreed, while also criticising the lack of details thus far provided by the government. “With only four months until this program is due to start, no one is clear on the specific detail about how the Green Army will work,” he said. “Of considerable concern are the exemptions from work health and safety, compensation and industrial relations laws.’’ Mr Hunt said the government would soon open a tender process for the service providers who

would “engage Green Army teams and supervisors manage activities to ensure projects are completed safely and report regularly on progress”. Frankston’s Green Army project will be managed by Frankston City Council and will work on “priority areas determined following consultation with local fire authorities and stakeholders”, Mr Billson said. These areas would include bushland reserves such as the Frankston Reservoir Reserve, Langwarrin and Pines Flora and Fauna Reserves, Seaford foreshore and wetlands, Sweetwater Creek and Boggy Creek Reserve, Bunarong Park, Paratea Reserve, Baxter Park and Belvedere Bushland Reserve. Mr Billson also said the government would create “dedicated Green Army teams to support Kananook Creek clean-up works and weed eradication, access improvement and fuel reduction in Mt Eliza creek and coastal reserves”. “Managing the fuel load while conserving significant habitat and flora in a balanced way requires careful, knowledgeable and time-consuming effort,” Mr Billson said. “This important work, led by council, committed volunteers and ‘friends’ groups, will be greatly aided and accelerated by the Green Army project.” On the Mornington Peninsula, Green Army projects will focus on Mt Martha-Balcombe Creek Nature Trail habitat enhancement, Southern Peninsula foreshore and creek rejuvenation, Red Hill South biolink and community reserve creation, and a peninsula-wide “war on weeds”. A separate Western Port Green Army project will have four main areas of focus: Watsons Creek rehabilitation in Baxter and Somerville; foreshore revegetation and walking track construction in Hastings, Crib Point and Somers. The projects will be carried out in conjunction with Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group, Red Hill Community Action Group and local Landcare groups.

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By Neil Walker FIRIES are turning up the heat on the state government in an election year with a high-profile campaign highlighting union concerns about fire brigade staffing levels. The United Firefighters Union has launched an aggressive campaign directly targeting Premier Denis Napthine over the number of professional firefighters employed by the Country Fire Authority. Union banners with the slogan ‘Napthine slashes. You burn’ are on prominent display at several locations, including Frankston and Patterson River fire stations. The union told The Times it had not organised the erection of the banners and said the actions taken by firefight-

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ers at local stations must be “spontaneous”. The UFU is angry that the Liberal National coalition state government has broken a pre-election promise to employ an additional 342 firefighters in the aftermath of Black Saturday in 2009 and has slashed the CFA’s annual operational budget by $41 million. UFU Victorian branch secretary Peter Marshall justified the decision to personally target the premier with its latest slogan. “We’re addressing the premier because he is the person responsible for cutting funds to the fire services and not hiring the firefighters this state needs,” Mr Marshall said. “His government’s decision could result in the loss of firefighter life or

injury and also impact on the safety of the community. The buck stops with him.” The firefighters’ determination to publicise their discontent with the state government comes as ambulance paramedics also publicly push their case for better pay and conditions. Ambulance vehicles have been daubed with slogans accusing the premier of putting lives at risk due to budget cuts. The UFU is organising a ‘Napthine slashes. You burn’ protest rally at Melbourne Trades Hall on Tuesday 25 March. Fire brigade members from Frankston will join colleagues from throughout Victoria at the march from Trades Hall to state parliament.

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Three Endeavour Hills men aged 30, 23 and 17 were arrested after allegedly being found with 222 abalone, including 98 undersized, from reefs off Mornington. Mr Barber said the three were interviewed at Mornington police station and will be charged on summons with offences relating to the taking of a commercial quantity of abalone, exceeding the catch limit and taking undersized abalone. It will be alleged that the men left two bags containing the abalone in bushes to be picked up at a later time. In a second separate incident, two men, a 29-year-old from Lynbrook and a 25-year-old from Cranbourne, were arrested after allegedly taking 200 abalone (including 148 undersized) and one undersized snapper from reefs off Mt Eliza. The daily bag limit for abalone is five, of which no more than two can be greenlip. The minimum

size for abalone taken from Port Phillip is 10cm. “In both instances, all of the diving equipment and the vehicles used on the day were seized. The five men each face harsh penalties for abalone taken in excess of the catch limit and undersized,” Mr Barber said. “While the vast majority of fishers do the right thing, a small minority continue to flout restrictions, risking harsh fines and threatening the sustainability of our fisheries for future generations.” “The ramifications once caught are enormous for offenders and their families. Courts are imposing heavy fines and significant forfeitures and jail sentences to send clear messages that this rampant disregard for Victoria’s valuable and important fisheries resources will not be tolerated.” Anyone seeing suspicious or illegal fishing activities can report it to the 13FISH hotline on 133 474.

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Big send-off for former fire chief Brian Potter By Mike Hast THE man who blew the whistle on the CFA's Fiskville training centre scandal was sent off with full honours last month at a private funeral service at St Jude's Church in Langwarrin and a memorial service at Langwarrin fire station. Brian Potter, 70, was the CFA's chief between 1985 and his retirement in late 1991. He spoke out for fair treatment of firefighters suffering from cancers related to their work, especially those who had died young after being exposed to cancer-causing chemicals at Fiskville in the 1970s and 1980s. Dozens of cancer cases were linked to the use of chemicals at the centre, and the CFA was criticised for being too slow to react to concerns. Mr Potter had a rare auto-immune disease and suffered from a series of cancers over about 20 years after working at Fiskville, north of Melbourne. In 2011 he revealed firefighters were exposed to contaminated water and chemicals that had been burnt and buried at the facility, prompting the Premier, Ted Baillieu, to set up an inquiry. After its recommendations were handed down in June 2012, the CFA altered its work practices. Mr Potter lobbied for changes to laws to give greater access to workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer. The changes have not yet been supported by the Victorian govern-

Fireyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farewell: A vintage fire truck carrying the late Brian Potter, former CFA chief and Langwarrin fire brigade member, passes the guard of honour in Centre Rd, Langwarrin. Picture: Gary Sissons

ment but have been passed in South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. In 2012, Mr Potter was told by the CFA's insurer that his cancers were not related to exposure to chemicals during his 33 years with the authority. He was denied compensation after earlier being told by the CFA and state government that CFA fireys would be looked after. Mr Potter joined Upper Ferntree Gully CFA as a volunteer in 1958 and became a staff member in 1964. He was involved with major fires in Gippsland in 1965, where he and his crew were burnt when they became trapped between two fire fronts.

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Appointed chief officer in 1985, he successfully lobbied the state government for money to buy hundreds of large pumpers and tankers as well as build new fire stations. Mr Potter introduced the concept of a single, national command and control system for fighting fires in Australia, based on what he had seen in the US. After leaving the CFA in 1991, he worked as a consultant for fire authorities and forestry services around Australia. He also served on the Metropolitan Ambulance Service committee 1997 to 2001. Following serious illness and a

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EastLink driver cops fines mess DRIVERS with outstanding fines have no place to hide. Authorities now know where they will be. Hi-tech equipment is being used to track down serial fine evaders. Police and sheriff officers set up a roadblock on the Rutherford Rd on-ramp at EastLink in Carrum Downs on a Wednesday morning earlier this month in the expectation of nabbing some big fish. The operation paid off. A driver was caught with 445 outstanding warrants totalling just under $125,000. His 4WD vehicle was impounded on the spot and towed away. Victorian Sheriff Brendan Facey said data analysis found 33 people with outstanding warrants used the Rutherford Rd access road regularly. “Some people are using toll roads every day and refusing to pay their

tolls, building a huge debt from the fines they are ignoring,” Mr Facey said. Sheriff officers recovered $27,710 as a result of the roadblock. 36 fare evaders with 1047 warrants owing $312,974 were pulled over. “This operation should serve as a warning to other fine evaders that we are looking to target people where we know they are,” Mr Facey said. Six cars were clamped with all but one of the car owners making immediate payments to ensure they could drive on. Motorists should call 1300 SHERIFF to discuss outstanding fines. Sheriff’s officers have powers to suspend drivers’ licenses and registration, place clamps on cars, seize property and arrest people.

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Baxter Boxster burnout turns into a costly affair By Chris Brennan A PORSCHE-driving hoon narrowly escaped a bill of almost $15,000 when police impounded a high-performance hire car after catching the driver doing burnouts in Baxter last Monday. The 30-year-old Queensland man was on holiday in Melbourne with his partner and had hired the late-model black Porsche Boxster 987 at a weekend rate of $1000 a day to explore the Mornington Peninsula.

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30km/h in Tooradin last Friday week. Police detected the ute travelling at 130km/h in a 100 zone on the South Gippsland Highway. The ute was impounded and the driver found to be driving while disqualified and driving a prohibited vehicle. The Tooradin man is expected to be charged on summons. Another driver was clocked travelling at more than double the speed limit in Seaford last Monday in an unsafe and unregistered vehicle.

Police were parked on Seaford Rd about 9pm when they detected the Holden station wagon travelling in excess of 135km/h in a 60 zone. Police discovered the car had an under-inflated tyre and three wheels had several wheel nuts missing. The 41-year-old Frankston North driver had his car impounded for 30 days and faces charges of driving at a dangerous speed, using an unsafe vehicle and driving an unregistered vehicle.

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Planting to preserve dunes STAFF from Frankston Council's foreshore team will join forces with volunteers of Frankston Beach Association to plant 4000 indigenous species to stabilise sand dunes at the southern end of the city's beach. The work follows Department of Environment and Primary Industries contractors last October placing 15,000 cubic metres of land sand along 700 metres of beach that had been seriously eroded during the winter. Some of the new sand was swept out to sea soon after it was trucked in from an inland quarry. Frankston's mayor, Cr Darrel Taylor, said significant dune revegetation and erosion control works would be done between April and November from the pier to near Olivers Hill. "Erosion control fences, partly funded by DEPI, also will be installed over the next three months

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and will complement the renourishment project carried out in the area late last year," he said. The beach will remain open at all times but some access points may be closed temporarily during the works. Cr Taylor said the foreshore was significantly damaged during tidal surges and storms in late 2013. "We undertook significant works in conjunction with DEPI to repair the damage to infrastructure along the Frankston and Seaford foreshore coastline," Cr Taylor said. "This included the beach renourishment works, redevelopment of the pier, stabilisation of the seawall, and erosion control works at beach access points." He said the council would continue to "work closely with other bayside councils to deliver holistic approaches to coastal management".

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tolls, building a huge debt from the fines they are ignoring,” Mr Facey said. Sheriff officers recovered $27,710 as a result of the roadblock. 36 fare evaders with 1047 warrants owing $312,974 were pulled over. “This operation should serve as a warning to other fine evaders that we are looking to target people where we know they are,” Mr Facey said. Six cars were clamped with all but one of the car owners making immediate payments to ensure they could drive on. Call 1300 SHERIFF to discuss outstanding fines Sheriff’s officers have powers to suspend drivers’ licenses and registration, place clamps on cars, seize property and arrest people.

Clamp down: Sheriff officers confiscated the car of a motorist who owed almost $125,000. Picture: Gary Sissons

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Funding doubts put women’s lives at risk

Club swells peninsula’s surfing history

SOCIAL service organisations warn Frankston and peninsula women and children will be put at greater risk of harm unless federal and state governments funding for domestic violence and homelessness support services are secured in the near future. Mornington Community Information and Support Service manager Lisa Elliott said that with government funding commitments under the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness due to run out at the end of June, it was vital ongoing funding was secured if woman and children were to continue to be protected. “There’s a lot of fear out there among support service providers that we are facing some hefty cuts, which is going to hit our clients first and foremost, and they are our most vulnerable members of the community,” she said. “Rumours have been circulating suggesting figures of 30 per cent in funding cuts, and this is really going to hurt our ability to support the community, particularly women and children who always seem to bear the brunt of funding cuts. Ms Elliott’s concerns were echoed during a meeting last week of representatives from peak bodies and service providers that discussed the critical nature of family violence services in providing accommodation, preventing homelessness and offering essential practical, economic, psychological and legal support to at-risk and vulnerable women. Among the organisations attending last week’s crisis week were Domestic Violence Victoria, the peak body for Victorian family violence services, Australian Council of Social Service, the Council to Homeless Persons, Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service, WRISC Family Violence Support, and McAuley Community Services. ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie urged the state and federal governments not to use the expiration of funding contracts on 30 June to deliver budget savings. Chris Brennan

PENINSULA Surfriders Club is planning a “spectacular event” to celebrate it 40th anniversary later this month. Secretary Jane Featherston said the club had cultivated a “rich history of surfing life throughout the Mornington Peninsula”. Peninsula “surfing pioneers” Ted Bainbridge, John Wilson, Skip Easton, Mick Pearce and Michael Schaeffer had officially started the club at a committee meeting held behind a surf shop in Frankston. “At that time, in the early 1970s, there was a growing group of surfers on the peninsula who were becoming a force to be reconed with in Victorian surfing,” Ms Featherston said. This “force” from the peninsula started in 1972 when Mick Parkinson, of Blairgowrie, won the Victorian junior title. This was followed the following year by Ian Portingale and Carol Watts who won the women’s title. “In 1974 we had Ian first and Phil Trigger second in the Victorian open men’s event, which was a huge effort,” Ms Featherston said. “Carol won the women’s again. Rob Licciardo won the juniors in 1975 and Warren Partington the senior men’s title.” Ms Featherston said the club’s strength was proved again in 1976 when Portingale and Phil Trigger “did a one/two again in the open men’s” and its juniors took out the first three places in state titles: Kelly Pritchard, 1; Gary Burns, 2; and Ian Cochrane, 3. That same year Alan “Wally” Tibballs won the Easter Bells trials event. Mick Pierce won in 1977 and Ian Cochrane won the juniors that year with Phil Coates in 1978 & 79. And in 1986 Garry Taylor won the Easter Bells trials event. “Before the PSC started there were no regular peninsula surfers who attained such high positions in the Victorian contests. There were plenty from the northern bayside suburbs, but

Wave master: Garry Taylor and the style that saw him made Peninsula Surfriders Club champion 11 times.

they all surfed the Torquay area,” Ms Featherston said. “Now, 40 years later, after thousands of memberships, PSC has grown and evolved to be one of the most respected and successful surfriding clubs in Australia. “Friendships and families have been built upon mutual lifetimes spent in the waves around the

peninsula, and the world.” All past and present members of the club, their families and friends. have been invited to celebrate its 40th anniversary from 2pm at the clubhouse, 691 Truemans Rd, Fingal (near Gunnamatta) on Saturday 22 March. Entry is $10. Keith Platt

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The plan was to free up Young St "so that it could become a boulevard featuring safe pedestrian movement and high-quality shops [to] create a more vibrant business centre around the station precinct". "This plan has never been acted on," he said. "Stand in Young St at any time and experience the sight and sound of a constant procession of buses. While many stop on the station side, there are numerous bus stops on the business side of Young St, where stationary buses run idle, belching out fumes while they pick up queues of passengers just outside shop doorways." A government plan for Frankston's next 20 years – prepared by state government bureaucrats and Frankston Council officers – "correctly lists as a top priority the 'upgrade [of] the transport interchange precinct as a key component of the revitalisation of the Frankston Activities Area'. It then fails to commit the state government and the council to any solid capital works to develop a transit interchange over that 20-year period", Mr Rowe said. The latest in a long line of ineffective governments was the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, which had promised $3 million for Frankston station in 2010 but bureaucrats had spent it on "projects largely unrelated to the station, for example, on plans for creating a boulevard in Nepean Highway and traffic lights on the corner of Wells St and Nepean Highway". Mr Rowe said the money was supposed to be spent on business plans and architectural drawings for an upgraded railway station, bus interchange area, multi-deck car park, housing options in the centre of the city and new and improved space to attract major employers to Frankston. The government had recently promised $13.8 million to improve and develop the station precinct but it would be spent on a facelift – lighting, street furniture and "another upgrade to the entrance that was upgraded just four years ago" – as well as a bus-calming roundabout, a dedicated

Time to act: Lobby group Frankston Community Coalition says it’s time to move buses out of Young St. Picture: Gary Sissons

bus lane, and upgraded bus shelters and traffic signals for buses. "This will further entrench Young St as one big bus stop, effectively giving the street to the bus companies." He said $16.8 million of public funding destined for the train station was being "frittered away" in a “scandalous misspending of taxpayers' money". The community coalition would be asking all major political parties to make sure the station was developed into a "safe and attractive interchange" by: • Removing all buses from Young St and building bus stops at an interchange on the other side of the station in Fletcher Rd. • Developing the Fletcher Rd land owned by the Department of Transport for "major employment, multi-deck car parking and apartments" as soon as possible rather than between 2017 and 2025 as proposed by the government. • Creating a public park directly in front of the station entrance on Young St. • Setting up a community committee chaired by the "newly elected" state MP for Frankston to advise the government and Frankston Council how to transform the station precinct.

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Lakelands - 62 acres of potential income and lifestyle Welcome to Lakelands Thoroughbred Farm, a first class agistment facility located on the picturesque Mornington Peninsula. A great opportunity to secure a decent holding within short distance to the Balnarring village. An impressive, private entrance with secure automatic gates, extensive post and rail fencing, a quality federation home, ample water and shedding. Move in and simply enjoy the lifestyle of your dreams. Located less than an hour from Melbourne CBD, with sweeping rural vistas and great business potential, there are 32 large paddocks with year round pasture of the highest quality. Having the luxury of onsite natural springs ensuring the paddocks maintain a good cover of grass all year round. A newly built Harkaway Home from the ‘Gabled Homestead Series’ is well positioned to the rear of the property with a great rural outlook. Described as ‘Australia’s finest character’ builder the home includes open living zones, 5 bedrooms, study, 2 bathrooms, deluxe kitchen and quality fixtures and fittings. High ceilings, complemented by rooms that enjoy full natural ligh, there are also verandahs around all four sides of the home. A large barn has power, overnight boxes and a concrete floor. Simply buy a fantastic, very well equipped lifestyle property or continue establishing this respected business. Don’t settle for second best.

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BEACHSIDE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Savvy investors willl be quick off the mark to secure this brilliant beachside development opportunity in one of Seaford’s best streets. The level 721sqm (approx) block with existing original 2 bedroom brick veneer home and clear side access offers fabulous scope for 2 units (STCA) all within easy walking distance of the beach, shops, cafes, school and station. Ideal for your first (or next) project with demand for quality townhouses in this popular parkside pocket showing no sign of slowing. The existing home features a bright meals area, cosy lounge with gas heating, original kitchen plus separate bathroom and laundry. Home must go to auction.

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AUCTION: TERMS: PRICE GUIDE: INSPECT:

This Saturday, 22nd March at 11am 10% deposit, balance 60 days $410,000 - $435,000 Saturday from 10.30am

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‘AMBLESIDE’ - OPPORTUNITY ON BELEURA HILL! Moments from Mornington’s magical Mills Beach, restaurants, boutiques and the cosmopolitan café scene of Main St, this original 1950s cottage has seen its day and now presents a golden opportunity to secure a blue chip 1278sqm (approx.) beachside block with fabulous potential to redevelop (STCA). An address to impress, the possibilities are limited only by your imagination with space for a luxury coastal home or a prestigious multi-unit development. Harking back to earlier times, the existing 2 bedroom weatherboard home features a large living and dining area with wood heater, separate kitchen, bathroom plus separate shower room, lock-up garage, bungalow and garden shed. AUCTION:

Saturday 12th April at 11.00am

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RENOVATORS ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! Ripe and ready for a modern makeover, this exceptionally well-priced 3 bedroom brick veneer home offers investors or budget conscious first-home buyers an affordable start and fabulous opportunity to finally break free of the rental trap. On a 616sqm (approx.) corner block handy to all amenities, just roll up your sleeves and reap the rewards! In need of some TLC, inside a traditional layout offers a spacious main lounge and separate open plan kitchen/meals area, while accommodation is by way of 3 bedrooms serviced by the original bathroom. Extras include hardwood floor, gas heating, window shutters, secure yard and off-street parking. AUCTION:

Saturday 5th April at 11am

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PRICE GUIDE: $190,000 - $220,000

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A one-owner family home, this cherished three bedroom home in super convenient location will appeal to couples, young families and investors. Beautifully presented, the home comprises separate entrance, formal lounge & dining room, kitchen/meals, walk in pantry, renovated bathroom, gas ducted heating, awnings, low maintenance garden, lock up garage plus carport for boat, caravan or trailer. So close to general store, bus service and parklands, this is a must see.

Perfectly positioned, no owners corp & low maintenance. With quality features and a comfortable feel, this unit is an absolute must see for any owner occupier or investor. Offering attractive faรงade and front entrance, generous open plan kitchen, dining & living, private courtyard for entertaining, two bedrooms and a bathroom. Extras include electric heating, air conditioning, rear access double garage and gorgeous polished concrete floors. Altogether this property packs a punch and will not last.

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WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET An incredible development site (S.T.C.A.) or an exciting renovation challenge in leafy Frankston South. This 866sqm site includes a BV home with potential for bay views, comprises formal lounge, family room, functional kitchen & meals area, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge storage areas & generous lock up garage. Lease out while deciding how to utilise this viable investment located within walking distance to fashionable Norman Avenue shops, beach, restaurants, tennis club & kindergarten plus positioned within the Frankston High School zone. Act now to secure your part of this highly regarded pocket of Frankston South.

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A great opportunity awaits with this neat 1 bedroom unit in a block of 6, located within walking distance to Frankston train station. The unit is tucked away and has off street parking, good size lounge with gas wall furnace, kitchen overlooking rear garden, separate bathroom and laundry, spacious bedroom with built in robes. Currently tenanted, showing around 5% return. Vacant possession is also available. Great first home, investment or self managed super fund asset.

FANTASTIC LONG ISLAND LOCATION. Character brick home just steps from the beach & Kananook Creek. Comprising 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lovely kitchen with polished timber floors, cosy lounge overlooking private front garden & second living area. Two street frontages with vehicle access off Fitzroy Avenue and also a parking permit for along Beach Street itself. Potential to live in as is, renovate or develop site (S.T.C.A.). The choice is yours. The position is unbeatable.

Price Buyers Over $195,000

AUCTION Sat. 29th March at 1pm

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This stately double storey clinker brick home is proudly positioned at the end of a sweeping driveway, privately set behind high fences & gates on an allotment of over 3000 square metres. Amongst lush English style gardens, the home comprises 3 large bedrooms with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & storage, huge formal lounge & dining room, large kitchen & tiled meals area, family bathroom with spa bath, FES to master, freshly painted interior & new carpets throughout, 10â&#x20AC;? ceilings with decorative cornices & ceiling roses, double garage with remote & work shop. A free standing cottage has new bathroom facilities, there is a decorative bridge over a water fountain, GDH & open fire place in lounge room, intercom system for remote gates, terracotta tiles & quality light fittings. A home with room to expand & maybe add a pool (STCA), using the cottage as a change room or as a teenage retreat, studio or play house. Close to renowned schools, shopping centres & all of the wonderful amenities & attractions that the Mornington Peninsula has to offer.

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Hidden in a cul-de-sac at the rear of a small quiet block of eight, this modern, well-kept unit hides a further surprise behind one of its doors. The front door opens to a comfortable lounge with gas heating and reverse cycle air conditioning. Turn to the left and you find two light filled bedrooms; the guest room with built in robes and the master with a walk in robe. Both bedrooms, and the living room, have floor to ceiling windows. The next door opens to the separate bathroom, then toilet, linen cupboard and laundry with access to rear yard. To the right of the lounge is a modern kitchen with ample cupboards lining the walls and modern splash backs above the benches. There is a breakfast bar and a dining area. By now, you may have glanced through the kitchen window and seen the water feature and large timber deck. As you open the last door, the sliding door to the deck, you are possibly thinking how nice it will be for entertaining when you notice the pool fence, and beyond, the landscaped garden and the in-built 8-person spa. A small stroll behind the spa takes you to the storage shed named ‘The beach house’. It is your own private paradise. This large and comfortable rear yard will certainly make you feel at home and the best part is it’s all low maintenance with artificial grass. The home also has a single remote control lock up garage and is located within walking distance to schools, playgrounds, parks and shops. Also close to freeways and transport. Prior offers will be considered

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Robert Austin 0418 347 750 Tracey Austin 0417 155 554 L.J. Hooker Seaford 112a Nepean Highway, 9785 3888

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THIS prime retail investment beside a busy road has massive potential to be further developed into a mix of retail and residential accommodation. Build up (STCA) and incorporate a first floor apartment or even an alfresco deck that will capture the magnificent bay views on offer. The building measures about 193 square metres and has 130 square metres of floor space. Other C: 46 M: at 0 the rear with lock-up features include a kitchen with staff amenities and a double carport Y: 100 K: 0 storage area.

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S T & S ES ALI L A CI S S SPE S NE IAL I S C BU ER M M CO For Sale - Bittern

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For Sale - Seaford

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Key To The Door

Takeaway Opportunity

Industrial Cafe

This double shop in the Mall, 78-94 Main Street, Mornington is well fitted out with offices and three split system air conditioners and is ready for your business. Long term lease with affordable rental package and is available mid-March.

The Bittern Food Store specialises in takeaway fish ‘n’ chips, coffee & cold drinks. This well-established business caters to locals and passing tradies alike. Consistent takings and great lease terms make this one an attractive proposition. Owner willing to trial at $8000 per week!

This newly equipped café in the heart of Seaford industrial area opens 5 days a week, taking a minimum of $1000 a day. Cheap rent at $2000pcm inc GST, very loyal clientele and excellent reputation with scope for further hours if desired. Owner willing to trial.

Sale Price: $39,950 walk in - walk out Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price: $125,000 walk-in-walk-out Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $145,000 Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Sale - Rosebud

For Lease - Mornington

For Sale - Mornington

Sale Price: $450,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

If you want prime Mornington location, then this is it. Although only recently opened, this business has quickly gained a reputation for its great vibe and the place to be seen. With long lease and prime Main St location, this business has plenty of scope for growth. Ideally suited for first business or downsize from a larger venue. Be Quick.

Sale Price: $195,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale - Mount Eliza

Factory With The Lot

190sqm factory with office/ air con/ 3 phase power/ 3 car spaces/ mezzanine floor plus upstairs accommodation. Current tenant on a month to month basis. Excellent location on Colchester Road Rosebud. Call to arrange an inspection

For Sale - Red Hill

3/15 Kenji Street – 84sqm

$492pw + GST + OG

27 Progress Street - 40sqm

$134pw + GST + OG

6 / 11 Railway Grove - 20sqm

$250pw + GST + OG

28 Main Street - From 12sqm

$250pw + GST + OG $350pw + OG fee

Lease Price: $8750pcm + GST + OG Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

4/4 Trewitt Court, Dromana - 250sqm

From $350pw +GST +OG

FACTORIES FOR LEASE (Mornington unless specified) $460pw + GST + OG

33 Progress Street - From 176sqm From $300pw + GST + OG 7 / 14 Latham Street - 220sqm

$350pw + GST + OG

6/33 Progress Street - 214sqm

$508pw+GST+OG

28/6 Satu Way - 42sqm

$120pw+GST+OG

46 Glendale Ave. Hastings - 290sqm

$370pw+GST+OG

2/6 Kenji Street - 170sqm

$300pw+GST+OG

SHOPS FOR LEASE (Mornington unless specified)

3 Main Street - 150sqm

Factory Space

$2105pw+GST+OG

150 Main Street - 200sqm

$1442.31 pw + GST + OG $330pw + OG

Prime Main Street shop measuring 92sqm. With four car parks at rear and a great fit-out, this property would suit retail or office purposes. The shop comes with a long term lease and affordable rental.

670 Glenhuntly Rd, Caulfield - 82sqm

Sale Price: Offers over $1.5 million considered Lease Price: $5008pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sentry Storage - Variety of sizes and prices available

For Lease - Mount Eliza

CONTAINERS & STORAGE UNITS

Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Lease - Mornington

$196pw + GST + OG

328 Main Street – 40sqm

W Sale Price: $189,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

$560pw + GST + OG

10/27 Progress Street - 40sqm

L3, 1/28 Main Street

For Sale or Lease - Mornington

Easily run, this highly profitable business is located in the Mt Eliza Village. This long standing business enjoys strong regular clientele, long lease, cheap rent and provides a great income to the current owner who wishes to retire. Be Quick- Won’t Last

2 Seventh Ave Rosebud - 95sqm

Lease Price: $2000 pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Bayside Laundrette

Properties For Lease

OFFICES FOR LEASE (Mornington unless specified)

Experienced operator sought to secure prime position on Main St Mornington. Formerly the site of Gloria Jeans Coffee, this shop is approx. 100sqm, has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, heating and cooling.

For Lease - Rosebud

Arguably The Best Seat In Town

Without doubt, this is one of the best blocks in the Dromana Industrial Estate. On the corner of Thompson Tce and Collins Rd, this block of approx. 2000sqm, is directly opposite Vic Roads and is zoned Industrial 3. Be Quick – Won’t Last.

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Top Floor Corporate Office Space

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FREEHOLD - This 1.5 acre property includes a magnificent Five consulting suites, 2 permits, 8 car parks and large 3BR homestead and the well known gallery/restaurant, reception area all with Nepean Hwy exposure. This Noels Gallery. Situated in the heart of town, ready for property won’t last. Available 1/04/2014. you to take over, the outbuildings can be converted into B&B accommodation for 10.

This premier office suite consists of the entire first floor overlooking Main Street. With loads of natural light, 5 separate offices, open plan reception, board room and 5 car spaces. Available 1st April 2014.

Lease Price: $50,000pa + GST + OGS Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: Offers Over $1.6 million considered Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL All things nice

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THIS is arguably the peninsula’s leading lingerie specialist selling quality sleepwear and bodywear for everyone from teenagers to the elderly. Specialising in natural fibres, stock lines are predominantly silks and cottons. The shop has a great fit-out and is also air-conditioned with a good site on Main Street. Turnover is more than $12,000 a week.

POSITIONED on Point Nepean Road with seating for customers both inside and out, this well-established bakery and cafe does some wholesale selling in addition to retail trade. Opening hours are 7am to 4pm, with baking starting at 3am. Stock lines include pastries and rolls, with about 4 kilograms of coffee sales a week. A long lease is in place.

Lingerie retail, MORNINGTON Price: $195,000 plus SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Bakery and cafe, RYE Price: $298,000 plus SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

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GARDENING SERVICES

CAFE

DISCOUNT RETAILER

STOCKFEED & GARDEN

FRANKSTON Well presented in good location, plenty of lease remaining for transfer. Easily managed with 2 staff + casual in busy season. Commercial kitchen, walk in coolroom, seats 16 in & 8 outside.

FRANKSTON Retail sales of discount products in great location on outskirts of Frankston. Huge variety, trades 5 ½ days.

FRANKSTON Large shop & yard, Est about 40 years. Outbuilding houses the feed, also sells pet products, electrical fencing, garden supplies. Trades 5 ½ days, vendor ready to retire. Includes stock, equipment & forklift.

$75,00 + sav

$75,000 + sav

HUGE REDUCTION - $80,000

HOME BASED

ROSEBUD

140 clients, mower, ride-on mower, whipper snipper, hedger & blower. Work 5 days 7.30am until 4pm. Has 2 sub-contractors. Established 6 years.

Established 10 years, has seating for 30 inside & 35 outside. Exterior of large shopping centre, well presented. Keen vendor ready to move on, wants quick sale.

NOW $25,000

$65,000

$65,000 walk-in-walk-out

HAIR & BEAUTY

GATE & GARAGE AUTOMATION

FITNESS CENTRE

BUTCHERY

ASIAN TAKEAWAY

LAUNDRETTE

FRANKSTON SOUTH 6 cutting stations & 2 basins, separate wax & beauty room. Vendor is willing to stay on for extended period. Nail & beauty sub-let opportunities exist. Recently signed long lease. Steady cash flow.

Design, installation & service. Easy

85 members includes 25-30

HASTINGS

FRANKSTON Located in food court of Power Centre, excellent position. Takeaway or eat-in, easy to operate. 6 days, no late nights. Huge potential!!

FRANKSTON 1x30 power washer, 11 Speed Queen washers, 8 dryers. Air-con, monitored alarm, phone system. Automatic doors 7am – 9.30pm. Attended Mon-Fri 8am-5pm and Sat 9am-12pm.l!

$110,000 + sav

$119,500

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RYE Only florist in town, Petals member, also sells plants, gifts and made to order hampers. Delivers in the area. 5 days. Can be a single person operation. Well-presented, price inc. stock, fittings, fixtures & sundries.

Very well presented shop opposite supermarket in arcade, also close clients. Two consulting rooms both to liquor store. Trades 6 days 8amsub-let. Est 5 yrs, has detox sauna, 6pm, has qualified butcher. Long reception area, beauty, massages. 7 lease in place, quick sale required. personal training, database of 1100

required. Home-based, no lease. Lots of potential for expansion. Includes work ute, tools, equipment & web page.

days various hours..

$85,000 + sav negotiable

$88,000 + sav

$90,000 + sav

CLEANING

YOGHURT & SALAD BAR

$100,000 + sav

COMMERCIAL UPHOLSTERY

SE SUBURBS & PENINSULA

FOUNTAIN GATE

Commercial & residential cleaning, some garden maintenance. Work the hours you wish. 2001 Ford Econovan & 2005 Holden ute included in the asking price.

One of 8 franchise shops, shopping centre location. All natural yoghurt, gourmet salads, smoothies, juice, gelato, wraps etc. Illness forces urgent sale and all offers will be considered.

MORNINGTON Home-based retail sales from website with online ordering system. Easy to operate with full training given. Many clients include schools & Govt organisations. Freehold home also available $950,000.

Boutique wear from newborns to 14 years. Clothing, footwear, accessories etc. Good position in renovated Centre, website inc, vendor assistance offered. Est 40 years. Managed by staff.

$135,000 + sav

$137,000 + sav

CABINET MAKING

COFFEE LOUNGE

DROMANA Niche business in the heart of town. Upmarket recycling, unique stock includes handmade and exclusive items sourced from local artists and afar. Sub-lets café for half rent and outgoings.

CARRUM DOWNS Manufacture and custom design of upholstered commercial furniture. Regular clients include noted designers. Long standing business, website. Large factory in good location, all assistance offered, vendor willing to stay 6 months to teach. Vehicle included.

$150,000 + sav

$109,500 + sav

$140,000 + sav

DANDENONG

FRANKSTON

Huge potential for owner operator in this 5 day business. Covers all Victoria for cigarette units/machines. Est 1985. Freehold also available @ $420,000 + GST.

Large store in excellent location close to TAFE. Huge commercial kitchen, 60% retail, 40% wholesale. Outsources deliveries to other cafes. Trades 5 ½ days.

$176,000 + sav

W NE

MORNINGTON PENINSULA Wholesale manufacturer supplying retail outlets locally and interstate, also direct sales from factory and online store website. Sales continue to strengthen, new equipment & building works done.

W NE

$135,000 + sav ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

W NE

$120,000 CONFECTIONARY

MOUNT ELIZA

$190,000 + sav

STEEL FABRICATION

FRUIT & VEG & ICE CREAM

LICENSED RESTAURANT/CAFE

SOMERVILLE

Est 8 yrs, sales award winner in leading franchising network. Solid business, no competition in area, well presented premises with good lease. Deals with residential and business customers.

Timber fencing, paling, screening, retaining walls etc. Average 10-14 jobs a week, regular customer demand. Vehicles inc, full training & handover period. Established 30+ years.

Large coolstore on busy main road, est 30+ years. Good profits & large turnover, well worth an inspection. Van and ute included. Market 2-3 times a week.

MORNINGTON PENINSULA Biggest in the area, trading name in excess of 30 years service. Selling plant , equipment and name. Buyer will assume goodwill of customers. T/O has been in excess of $4M. BARGAIN PRICE – MUST SELL

DROMANA Large fruit & veg shop in prime location with attached ice-creamery that closes for 4 months over winter. Vehicles included for market and deliveries. Large turnover. Est 30 years.

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES South West of Melbourne CBD, ultra modern, new equipment. 15-20 kgs coffee & full menu, fully licensed but not currently utilizing it so huge potential to reintroduce liquor.

$225,000 + sav

$235,000 + sav

NOW $280,000 + sav

$350,000 + gst

$390,000 + sav

SALES & MANUFACTURING

FREEHOLD

TOUR OPERATOR

SMALLGOODS

MANUFACTURING

HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION

CLAYTON

DANDENONG Cabinet making & shop fitting workshop with office and showroom. 320 sq m. Major road location. Business also available @ $176,000 + sav.

Higer coach 2 years old, endorsed licence required. Highly profitable business well known on the Peninsula, pre-set tours or caters for special interest groups. 2014 fully booked.Hours to suit clients

MANUFACTURE & RETAIL Est 25 yrs using traditional recipes & techniques, over 60 products. State of the art purpose built factory/retail outlet in ideal position. Near new equipment in excellent condition. Confidentialty applies.

CHELSEA HEIGHTS Range of kitchen cabinets to commercial (builders etc) and private clients. Total package is full design service, removal of old cabinets, supply of new cabinets/bench tops, installation. High exposure premises.

WARATAH NORTH 10Ac property, group lodge for up to 20 people, 3 cottages, solar heated IG pool. Communal laundry, play area, bushland. Near Wilsons Prom, Waratah Bay & Sandy Point..

$425,000 + sav

$550,000 + sav

$900,000 + sav

Promotional products supply company operating in 1000sq m factory/warehouse. Garment manufacture, in-house embroidery, custom made. Quality control systems. Est 20 yrs.

$400,000 + sav

$420,000 + gst

W NE

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

HALLAM

W NE

FENCING & TIMBER

DANDENONG

W NE

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Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

BUSINESS $350,000+ sav FREEHOLD $1.2 million

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 33 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

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Taking place at Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort on 5-6 April, the festival will feature all manner of activities aimed at re-engaging children with nature while introducing them to the huge variety of adventure pursuits that make the most of nature’s playground. Further updates and news will be available on www.kidsadventurefest.com.au and on the “Mt Baw Baw Kids Adventure Festival” Facebook page.

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ST JOHN of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Monday 3 March. In 2004, St John of God Healthcare bought Nepean Rehabilitation Hospital, previously the Peninsula Private Hospital. The owners of Nepean had taken the risk of turning their 76 bed acute hospital into a 56 bed rehabilitation hospital. Innovatively, they used the operating theatres as the therapy areas and installed in the car park a hydrotherapy pool. In 2004 St John of God Health Care purchased “Nepean” and in those early years the aim was to improve the range of services and the quality of care for patients. They also knew they needed to improve the facilities in the hospital and a number of investments were made to do this. In 2012, the hospital changed its name to St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital

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to better reflect the community they serve in Frankston. Mrs Sally Faulkner, the hospital’s CEO said: “We are proud to be part of the Frankston community and we want our name to reflect that. More than 65% of our patients come from the Frankston and surrounding communities.” The hospital now has 69 beds and over 1600 in-patients are treated every year. The outpatient services continue to grow and last year over 37,000 outpatient sessions were held. St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital is actively involved in the local community, including providing funds for a youth worker assisting homeless young people in Frankston and providing supplies and volunteers each month to the Frankston Churches Community Breakfast. If you would like to know more about their services, call 9788 3333 or visit www.sjog.org. au/frankston

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The Coles Fresh Produce section will be introducing ice trays in order to ensure the high level of freshness to all produce in store. “We are confident that we are doing everything we can to provide our customers with the highest quality in all areas,” Jarrod said. “Coles are happy to invest more in the Langwarrin area to give our local shoppers more of what they want and need. After all, this is a community store.” As part of Coles’ Australiafirst sourcing policy across Victoria, about 96 per cent of DR Jodie Ann Senior is the director of cardiolHis wife is there and calls an ambulance but she the fresh fruit and vegetables ogy at The Valley Private Hospital in Mulgrave doesn’t know CPR and the man passes away on offer at Coles Langwarrin and is one of handful of trained heart transplant before help can arrive.” will be Australian grown, 100 physicians in Victoria. The case she describes is Dr Senior says: “We all have heard stories like per cent of Coles fresh meat is typical of those Dr Senior has encountered in her this one and know the statistics for heart disease Australian and approximately long career dealing with heart disease. aren’t good. Heart disease is still the number one 90 per cent of Coles Brand “A 61 year old man walks on the beach each killer. 10 per cent of people still die from sudden food and drink products are day while on holidays. He’s usually well but cardiac death, before they can get help. We want Australian made. doesn’t feel quite right. His energy is a bit low to bring that number down.” (via Chisholm TAFE/Frankston railway station and Monash Uni P Coles will host a range of and he feels like he’s getting what he assumes is She advises anyone with chest, throat or neck, activities to celebrate the newheart burn in the lower part of his chest and uparm, shoulder, upper abdominal discomfort - eslook store launch on the day per part of his stomach when he goes for a walk pecially if it relates to exertion of some kind – to including balloon art, and a each morning. It goes away when he rests and act quickly. Discomfort or pain while walking or BBQ raising money for Red then he feels alright. This happens for a while. doing housework, or going up inclines or stairs Kite. (via Chisholm TAFE/Frankston and Monash Uninever Peninsula The pain isn’trailway pain, ratherstation he feels uncomfortshould be ignored.Campus) The new-look Coles store is in able, maybe a bit tight, like there’s a pressure in There is no time to lose when it comes to your The Gateway Village Shopping the chest. So he doesn’t take too much notice but health and your heart. Centre, 230 Cranbournethinks something’s not quite right. If you ever have any symptoms like those Frankston Road, Langwarrin. The next day, he gets that same feeling but described in the case study, quickly let your docThe store is open from 6am to keeps walking. This time it becomes more tor know and ask to have an assessment as soon intense but before he can act on it, he collapses. as possible. midnight seven days a week.

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“We are really excited to to have the redesigned bakery since being able to bake on-site ensures we can deliver fresh baked goods to match the fresh quality of all our other sections. I think the bakery will be a real hit with customers and the new look and feel will give the whole store a new and exciting lift,” Jarrod said. Coles’ bakery team – led by bakery manager Paula Brown – will prepare Coles’ signature range of bread daily, producing handmade sourdough bread and buttery croissants for shoppers to enjoy hot off the shelves at the self-service artisan counter. Onsite bakers will be employed from the local area.

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Monumental as anything By Stuart McCullough WHEN news broke that a giant, threestorey mango had gone missing, I’ll admit I feared the worst. Not since someone blew the backside off the Giant Pheasant outside Gumbuya Park had our nation faced so dark a day. Presumably when something of this magnitude occurs, the authorities activate some top-secret emergency plan and other national icons are immediately placed into high-security lockdown. For its own safety, Lang Lang’s Giant Earthworm would be cordoned off from the public. South Australia’s The Big Lobster would be ushered into its own underground reinforced concrete bunker. Adaminaby’s Big Trout would be placed into the witness protection program and forced to change its name to ‘Dennis’. Not that everything needs such high level security. Such measures are largely unnecessary for Tasmania’s The Big Potato. Nobody’s going to steal that thing. Nobody. When a humungous piece of fruit goes missing, it’s natural to speculate whether it’s the first part of a broader campaign of terror. My fear was that we were obviously dealing with some kind of evil genius super-villain hellbent on making a gigantic fruit salad and that the Big Pineapple and Big Banana might be next. But who would do such a thing? It’s obvious. I don’t want to point the finger but, personally, I’d be on the lookout for a mutant forty-foot Wiggle.

He shouldn’t be hard to spot. Granted, he’ll probably be wearing a black skivvy rather than the customary red, yellow, blue or purple, but it’s difficult to hide your getaway vehicle when it’s a Big Red Car, no matter how hard you try. A fruit salad may well be ‘yummy, yummy’, but there’s just no excuse for this kind of anarchic malarkey. For a few anxious days, there was little to do other than wait for the ransom demands. They never arrived. Turns out, it was merely a publicity stunt. What, precisely, they were seeking to publicise remains a mystery. Which, when it comes to publicity stunts, suggests failure on an epic scale. If these people want to perform a

stunt, next time they should try jumping a motorcycle over thirty burning busses whilst blindfolded and, for all our sakes, leave the oversized fruit alone. On the plus side, I guess this means The Wiggles are now free to go. But whilst pretending to abduct a giant mango might sound like a bit of harmless fun, it speaks to a diminished respect for our national treasures. Suffice to say, for someone to load America’s Lincoln Memorial onto the back of a ute for a bit of laugh would be utterly unthinkable. Sadly, the Western Port region has not been immune to this tidal wave of disrespect. On Frankston Flinders Rd in Somerville stands a fibreglass Tyrannosaurus

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ing down. Granted, I’d be lying down for a while, but only because some fool pushed me over and it’s hard to right yourself when you’re made of steel and fibreglass. But wouldn’t it be glorious? The culprit will be sitting at home when there’s a polite but insistent knock. He opens the front door to find a four and half metre T-rex standing out the front with a baseball bat. Maybe he’s brought a few buddies along with him. Two paces behind the dinosaur, Goulburn’s The Big Merino stands menacingly with a pair of numchucks whilst beside him, Ballina’s The Big Prawn is nursing a piece of timber with some nails sticking out. Suddenly, picking on a fibreglass dinosaur doesn’t seem so funny. If only. In real life, things don’t always turn out quite so neatly. These objects can’t defend themselves, so it’s up to the rest of us. These monuments shouldn’t be abducted, blown up or pushed over. They ought to be cherished. I, for one, love that there are people among us who are willing to take a chance and build these objects. They don’t always make a lot of sense but that’s precisely what’s so great about them. Big objects help bring a little wonder and surprise into our lives and, if for no other reason, they deserve our love and respect. So if it’s been a while between dinosaurs, maybe it’s time for you to head over to Somerville and pay your respects. I’ll see you there. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

Joyce Blanton’s 100th birthday Joyce was born 18th March 1914 in Surrey Hills, Melbourne. Her parents Henry and Florence Blanton emigrated to Australia in 1911, seeking a warmer climate for her father’s health. Joyce had two siblings, Dora born in 1917 and Kenneth born in 1924. Their father died in 1927 leaving his widow to raise the children. Generous help from the Masonic Lodge enabled their half finished house to be completed and sold to pay off commitments. Typical JOYCE ANNIE BLANTON of the times, the Depression, with no pensions and only occasional handouts meant that life was very hard. Joyce and her siblings were intensely loyal to their mother Florence and spoke lovingly of her sacrifices to keep the family together. Joyce went to work early, earning 7s 6p a week at a delicatessen in Port Melbourne, every penny of which she contributed to the family. She worked there for over 30 years. In 1937 her mother remarried and life was a little easier. Joyce did not marry, even though her stepfather was a kind man who cared for the family, Joyce did not relinquish her feeling of responsibility towards her mother. As a young woman she loved to dance, her beautiful thick auburn hair attracted plenty of dance partners. On Saturday nights she would walk home with her sister from the Palais in St. Kilda to Albert Park where they then lived. She was an accomplished tennis player and staunch supporter of Red Cross where she volunteered until retirement. She was a great cook and made the best rabbit pie her nieces and nephews ever had. Joyce knitted for all the family and organised visits to the Christmas Pantomimes, with a visit to the Downyflake Donut shop in Swanston Street afterwards. After her mother died in 1955, and her stepfather only 5 months later, Joyce sold the home in Albert Park and moved to a unit in Nunawading. Later she moved to Greenways Retirement Village where she has spent many years as an active and interested resident. Joyce broke a hip one Melbourne Cup Day whilst dancing to entertain fellow villagers. Unfortunately Joyce’s sister Dora and brother Kenneth are now deceased, however, her nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great, great niece and nephew are so proud to celebrate her one hundredth birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOYCE!

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Performance JEANNE Pratt AC, chair of The Production Company, has announced her company’s 2014 season. “Three very different musicals are coming to Melbourne for this year’s season. They are three of my favourite Broadway classics Guys and Dolls, Showboat and our third musical and our third musical La Cage Aux Follies,” Mrs Pratt said. “To star in these musicals, we have engaged artists who will shine and enchant our audiences. Unique stagings for each musical will be created by our brightest directors, choreographers and conductors. Melbourne is in for another great year of musical theatre entertainment”. Guys and Dolls opens in Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre on July 19 for a season of ten performances. Showered with Tony, Drama Desk, Olivier and Helpmann Awards since its debut, this new staging will be directed by the award winning Gale Edwards, musical director is Guy Simpson and the choreographer is Nathan M. Wright. Show Boat opens in Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre on 16 August for a season of ten performances. Alinta Chidzey, Christina O’Neill, Gareth Keegan, Philip Gould and Eddie Muliaumaseali’I star in this musical masterpiece created by Oscar Hammerstein ll and Jerome Kern. The creative team responsible for the award winning Grey Gardens, Director Roger Hodgman, Musical Director Kellie Dickerson, and Choreographer Dana Jolly return to stage Show Boat. La Cage Aux Folles opens in Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse on November 22 for a run of seventeen performances. Todd McKenney and Simon Burke star as the two brilliant characters, Albin and Georges, who have lived together happily for twenty years above their nightclub La Cage Aux Folles. Georges is the owner and MC and Albin is its star drag performer,

Zaza. Rhonda Burchmore returns in the role of Jacqueline. Launching the new season at her home, Raheen, Jeanne Pratt said “With the ever increasing demand for tickets to our shows, this year we are introducing additional Performances for each production. We will be presenting a total of 37 performances. Our ticket prices are being kept competitive and we are especially proud of our 50% discount for anyone under 18, with tickets for as little as $23.” www.theproductioncompany.com.au *** Robbie Williams will appear at the Rod Laver Arena on 16 September….. Singer Percy Sledge, 73, has pulled out of a UK tour after he was diagnosed

with liver cancer. His biggest hit was When a Man Loves a Woman…..Devo guitarist Bob Casale has died of heat failure aged 61. The group’s drummer, Alan Myers, died last year after a battle with cancer at age 58. Their biggest hit was Whip it….Shirley Bassey aged 77 is set to return to Broadway in the musical After Midnight replacing k.d lang…… *** AUSTRALIAN rockers AC/DC will celebrate their 40th anniversary this year by performing 40 shows around the world, while recording their first album in five years. AC/DC formed in Melbourne in 1974 and their debut single Can I Sit Next to You Girl sold only moderately. However, the follow up single Baby,

Please Don’t Go (1975) the old Them single became a hit from the album High Voltage which became the second biggest Australian album of the year and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks. Original singer Dave Evans left the band before recording the debut album and was replaced by Bon Scott. Drummer Peter Clark departed to be replaced by Phillip Rudd and bass player Rob Bailey left to be replaced by Mark Evans. The band developed a hard rock image with a young Angus Young performing a stage act portraying a schoolboy. Follow up singles High Voltage, It’s A Long Way To The Top made the Top 10 as did the album of the same name High Voltage which also contained the controversial songs The Jack and She’s Got Balls. On 19 February 1980 Bon Scott was found dead in his car. The official verdict was that he had choked to death. After much deliberation it was announced in April 1980 that Brian Johnston from the English band Geordie had been chosen to replace Bon. Despite the setback, AC/DC went on to produce the very successful album, Back In Black, released in August 1980 which sold well over 300,000 copies in Australia and well over 4 million copies in the USA, and worldwide sales were well over the 8 million mark. Hit singles from the album included You Shook Me All Night Long, Hells Bells, Rock n Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution, and What Do You Do for Money Honey. AC/DC is rumoured to be touring Australia in November. www.acdc.com *** INTERNATIONAL superstar Katy Perry has announced that she will head to Australia in November, kicking off in Perth and playing dates in Adelaide, Melbourne (November 14 & 15), Syd-

By Gary Turner

ney and Brisbane. Presented by the Dainty Group, the tour is in support of Katy’s smash hit album PRISM, which debuted at number one in Australia and has since been certified triple platinum. The album has given Katy her biggest ever single in Australia with Roar currently certified 9 x platinum. The latest single Dark Horse from PRISM is already triple platinum in Australia with the amazing video just released on 21 February. In the US, Dark Horse is Katy’s ninth No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and her eleventh No.1 hit on American pop radio. In Australia alone, Katy’s single and album sales total more than 4.6 million. Tickets 132 849. www.katyperry.com *** WOLF Creek 2 has made a killing at the Australian box office this weekend, taking in over 35 per cent more than original. The Australian-made film grossed $1,702,073 on 218 screens nationally across its opening weekend (Thursday to Sunday). “Mick Taylor is back with a vengeance,” Roadshow Films managing director Joel Pearlman said. “Greg McLean has crafted a great successor in Wolf Creek 2 and Australian audiences made this the No.1 film at the box office, which is particularly exciting for a local production.” Wolf Creek 2 is screening in cinemas nationally. Visit www.wolfcreek2. com.au for further information.

A Grain of Salt THEY hit the line in a photo finish! The judge calls for a second print in the crass stupidity stakes. Result: Myki ticketing system by a nostril from the pink batts investigation. Tony’s revenge, after some three years across the table copping it from Lady Julia. My goodness, how Tony must have seethed. Reminds me of The Taming of the Shrew. *** WELCOME back Kotter (Christopher Pyne). “Better schools, better teachers and better outcomes for students”. Chrissy is not one to go off at the mouth, allowing for his tendency to be “away with the fairies” the following hour? His reaction to the Craig Thomson saga: “Politicians have been accused of sometimes gilding the lily, but that is a far cry from standing up in the Parliament and making statements which are deliberately misleading, which are lies.”. Classic Chrissy. Politicians will lie inside and outside parliament according to their interests. Likewise judges will regularly bring down judgements according to their own advantage, sometimes at the expense of innocents, never forgetting journalists, who regularly lie to make their story and betray during the editing process without remorse. And so on. *** THIS Craig Thomson story doesn’t add up. As secretary of the Health Services Union for five years and a former feder-

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al MP we can assume the man had a few brains, in his skull at least. We can assume he was getting paid good money: enough for cigarettes, movies, even the smorgasbord naughty night at $2475. So why use the card for cash withdrawals? Why use it after he left the HSU job? Where were his wages going during all this time? Where was the accounting for these items by the HSU over such a long period? According to The Age (Fairfax’s Kate McClymont) it’s been proven as truth. Maybe, but for mine there’s a back story, perhaps forever hidden? Also, the HSU gives out a dodgy feeling about it all. *** A SWEET choice: 165,000 public servants offered zero pay rise in return for three years employment and deep cuts to their entitlements. It’s always the side issue which fascinates. The government talk of wages being too high is political nonsense, however, slowly but surely the letters build up in favour of overpaid workers. So easy to con the general public into a way of thinking. I wonder if those same people truly believe Victoria is Tony’s second home? *** IN an effort to reduce excessive health costs there’s a push for the public to be educated to stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol and take up a daily exercise routine. It doesn’t concern me personally, but a ban on sex should be included.

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Filthy habit. *** I WENT to Sydney. You remember Sydney? Similar to Manilla, run by crooks with different accents? Watched ABC TV at night (dangerous outside). More accurately Sydney TV. (Not 7, 9 or 10 obviously; I’m not that desperate). The Moodys is hot and cold. Good stuff from Darren Gilshenan, Patrick Brammall and Tina Bursill but Ian Meadows should look for another job. Rake Season 3 was dreadful, particularly the painful Matt Day. Janet King was OK, apart from Damian Walshe-Howling, and Vince Colosimo out of their depth and Titiel Mora (as a judge) unbeliebably still pretending to be an actor. Shaun Micallef’s work on Mad As Hell with a talented support cast (Francis Greenslade and Roz Hammond) is funny and clever. The Returned (SBS2) is spooky but good. Then I read Sigrid Thornton is playing Blanche DuBoir (A Streetcar Named Desire) in Perth. What is the world coming to, I ask? Bring on the football. *** YOU have to feel sympathy for the recently overthrown Ukraine government. Hopefully, the alleged transfer of $70 billion to offshore accounts will provide a comfort in their latter years, or

until the new government has done their dirty deeds, thus allowing the outgoing government to come home. Will Russia intervene, or back off in fear of the wrath of Julie Bishop? *** A QUIET coffee and he says to me: “I’m an organ donor”. “Well done,” I replied, which should have been the end of it, but no. He said: “Are you an organ donor?” and I replied: “No”. “Why not?” he said. “It’s a good thing and you’re helping another life”. Why do so many people, over and over, believe not only that they think they know what may or not be appropriate, but regularly take it further by giving you their unsolicitered advice? My advice to him was “piss off!” *** OPERATION Sovereign Borders. The 2300 asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru and the acquiescence of the Labor Party leave us with no heroes and a state of general meloncholy. Politicians all, bring shame on us. *** HAS the cricket finished yet? Cricket Australia’s mission statement is for cricket to be Australia’s favourite sport. Test matches a forlorn chance, even four-day state matches. The rest, money-grubbing rubbish. *** JOE, Joe, Joe...you should have been an actor. Joe commits to an econmic growth rate of 3 per cent and sweeping reforms at the G20 summit.

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Was it a summit? What is a summit? Cutting the unemployment rate but in fact no different to Wayne Swan’s stream of blowhard nonsense served up from half baked ideas. Jerry Seinfeld’s show about nothing. *** I ASSUME Hawthorn supporters adore Shane Crawford, but why should everyone else?...Andrew Demetriou commenting on his role as AFL supremo adds to the chorus “we need to have more women in senior roles”. Why Andrew?...Former cricket great Keith Miller “Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse”...”The drugs were planted by a dingo” (Richard Opat)...“I want to go to rehab, to be away from Tony. I want to be alone with me, I want a little pony, a sturdy little pony, a eucalyptus tree, so far away from Tony Land. I’ll be alone with me” [Leunig]...Message to Nathan Buckley: I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you... hooroo...www.ello8.com cliffie9@bigpond.com

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Doggies dance over Sharks PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully MORNINGTON was in the box seat to turn years’ of disappointment into a year of great achievement in the MPCA Provincial grand final. The Doggies have been the most consistent side in the competition this season and went into the match against Sorrento as favourite. Meanwhile, the Sharks were looking to make amends for their poor showing against Peninsula Old Boys the season before in the big dance. In that match against the Old Boys,

the Sharks were bowled out for 133 chasing 197. History seemed to set to repeat itself on the first day of the 2013/14 grand final, with Sorrento up against it at 8/120 off 56 overs before rain put a stop to the day’s play. The Sharks’ only source of hope could be to draw on last year’s final when they had POB reeling at 8/123 before the Old boy’s Trevor Johnson went on to make 59 to help his side to 197 and victory. On Saturday, the Sharks won the toss and elected to bat.

Despite heavy rain prior to the match at Dromana Reserve, the ground was playing well but was still slippery under foot. Luke Popov and Michael Heib took the new ball for the Dogs and were right on target early. Nick Jewell opened the batting with Jedd Falck and while Falck was scratchy, Jewell belted a short Heib ball to the boundary with a classic pull shot off the first delivery he faced. The Mornington fieldsmen were up and about and their efforts in the field were first class, a number of cracking

Jewell shots stopped without a run being made. Both Popov and Heib were swinging the ball away from the left-handed Falck and into Jewell. Sorrento quickly fell to 2/22 after Popov got rid of Falck and Heib knocked over Liam O’Connor before he could add to the scoreboard. Mornington skipper Matt Foon then rattled the pegs of Jewell with his second delivery of the day, and when Leigh Poholke became Popov’s second victim after a blinding one-handed catch at fine gully, the Sharks were

reeling at 4/30 from just 13 overs. Anthony Blackwell, who averages just eight in finals, needed a big score to get his side back in the contest. He top scored with 26 but that wasn’t enough. Chris King contributed 17. At the end of play, Nick Davern was unbeaten on 23, with AJ King at the other end. AJ’s highest score this season was seven. Davern has already passed his highest score of 16, which happened to be against Mornington in round seven. Popov finished day one with 3/27, while Foon finished with 3/28.

Two flags in three seasons for Pines DISTRICT

By IT Gully A MAGNIFICENT spell of fast bowling from Pines opening quick Brett Remy placed his side in the box seat to win the MPCA District flag. In front of a massive crowd at Mornington’s Alexandra Park, Pines rolled Delacombe Park for just 94 in 52.5 overs on Saturday, before finishing the afternoon themselves on 0/37. The evergreen Remy, who seems to threaten retirement every season, bowled 21 overs against Delacombe Park. Remy finished with the more than tidy figures of 5/33, including 10 maidens. When he took his fifth wicket, his figures were 5/11 from 14 overs. The Parkers were never in the contest, losing wickets at quick intervals.

Jon Gurthrie was rolled for a duck by Nick Wilcox after facing 20 balls and, although Nick Christides’ first two scoring shots found the boundary, he was rolled for 13. After eight overs, Delacombe Park was 2/13. They then struggled to 5/42 from 28 overs. Joel Malcolm scored 13, Chris Brittain seven, Simon Dignan eight and Andrew Christides was out for a duck. Ben Brittain (13) and Shane Deal offered a little bit of resistance in the middle order, taking the score from 6/43 in the 30th over to 6/70 at tea. Brett Chard made a handy 17 at the end, while Varun Singh scored nine, but it wasn’t enough to push the score beyond 100. Chasing just 95 for victory, Pines resumed on day two at 0/37, Remy unbeaten on 21 and Rhys Chalkley on 16 not out.

Third time lucky for Hillmen in final SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully AFTER years of heartache, it appears Red Hill has finally kicked the monkey off its back. Going into the grand final against Rosebud as hot favourites, the Hillmen had to put seasons of failed attempts behind them to place themselves in a position to taste the ultimate reward. The Hillmen have lost their past two grand finals against Pines and Seaford Tigers. And despite rain interruptions throughout the day’s play, the Hillmen were able to set-up their win with a sensational opening day of batting. After winning the toss and batting at Pearcedale Reserve, the Hillmen got away to a flier, with openers Andrew Mock and Ken Sullivan putting on 84. Sullivan was the attacking batsman in the opening stand and lost his wicket a short time after Mock (25) for 51. That brought Rheede Hopgood and Simon Dart to the crease together within a short space of time.

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Hopgood was the aggressor in that partnership and with Dart, helped take the score from 2/84 to 181 before he was tragically run out for 64. Riley Shaw (six) and Brent Martin (five) didn’t hang around long and at the close of play on Saturday afternoon, the Hillmen were in the box seat at 5/216. With Dart unbeaten on 49 and with Lincoln Toy (two not out) and Andrew Brown and Jamie McCall still to come, the Hillmen are well set up to push 250plus. In anyone’s language, it’s not often a side that scores over 250 in a grand final lose. The Hillmen scored 197 in the grand final last season against Seaford Tigers (7/296), while the year before, the Hillmen were rolled for 99, chasing Pines’ 281. History says Red Hill was in a terrific position on Saturday night. Jason Nagel was the pick of the Rosebud bowlers after the first day with 2/61 from 26 overs. Darren Kerr and Peter Doughty were the other wicket takers.

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Final battle: Action from the Delacombe Park vs Pines District grand final. Pictures: Andrew Hurst

FRANKSTON TIMES scoreboard

Clements crowned number 1 for season By IT Gully MORNINGTON run machine Ben Clements was crowned with the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association’s highest honour last week when he won the W B Wedgewood Medal. Clements (17 votes) polled in seven of the 11 games this season, finishing three votes clear of two allrounders, Long Island’s Scott Phillips and Baxter’s Dale Irving, as well as Sorrento skipper Nick Jewell, who all finished on 14 votes. Crib Point’s Luke Herrington was a further vote back on 13.

Clements scored 1185 runs this season, 806 of them coming in 13 innings in home-and-away matches. This gave him an average of 62 for the season, with a high score of 129 against Mt Eliza in round 3 (he also scored 126 against Heatherhill in round nine). Clements’ lowest score for the season was five against Long Island. He scored 40 in the second innings of that match. Clements also scored plenty of runs in the Jack Peacock Cup, including knocks of 99, 70, 84 and 118. District

In District ranks, Delacombe Park teammates Chris Brittain and Jon Guthrie drove each other to the line in a tight and tense medal count. But the skipper, Brittain, finally nudged out the opening batsman to win the E G Betts Medal. Brittain polled in six games to give him 15 votes while Guthrie was just one vote back after polling in five matches. Seaford star Damien Lawrence was third in the count on 13 votes while Shaun Foster (Carrum) and Corey Hand (Seaford Tigers) both polled 12 votes.

Brittain scored 407 runs this season with a highest score of 104 against Baden Powell in Round nine. His batting average was 36.45. He also snared 39 wickets at an average of 9.10. His best bowling figures were 6/36 against Hastings in Round four. Sub District In the Subbies, Red Hill star Simon Dart was a raging-hot favourite for the Robert Thompson Award and won it with 14 votes. Dart tipped out Dromana’s Danny Timmer and Balnarring’s Mark Walles, who both polled 11 votes.

Rosebud’s Jason Nagel, along with Paul Bradley (YCW), Glenn Collett (Red Hill), Jacob Cook (Balnarring) and Shayne Gillings (Pearcedale) all polled 10 votes. Dart scored 608 runs this season and picked-up 12 wickets. He scored his first century (111) of the season in the final home-and-away game against YCW. He then backed it up with 135 in the semi-final. He averaged 67.44 for the season. His best bowling was against Dromana in round one when he snared 5/11 from eight overs but he didn’t bowl beyond round eight.

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By Toe Punt WITH only a couple of weeks before the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League season opens, there are still plenty of player movements. Pearcedale will be devastated that both Rohan Hensby and Chris Swan have applied for clearances to head to the Goulburn Valley League. Hensby and Swan arrived from Tasmania a few years ago and have been sensational additions to the Panthers. The defender and midfielder will be big losses and come on the back of the loss of underrated Glenn Anderson, who is heading to the Ellinbank League. Nick Watersone is the latest player

to want out of Tyabb after applying for a clearance to Bonbeach, while Warren Hubbard also wants out. Red Hill has picked up promising former Mornington player Rhys McConville-Brain. Darren Booth has finally applied for a clearance from Rye to head back to Mt Eliza. The Demons knew at the end of last season that the star defender would be heading home. Hastings meanwhile has picked up Jarryd Elton from Tooradin. The Blues have also snared Karingal speedster Dale Alainis, a very dangerous small forward. From all reports, the Blues’ practice-match form has been superb. Meanwhile, there’s been talk for a few years about when Seaford gun Brayden Irving would join his

brothers at Frankston to play VFL. He has made the move this year, coming as a major blow for the Tigers. Bonbeach is adding some depth, none bigger than former Melbourne and Brisbane Lion player Travis Johnstone. Harley Ambrose is the latest player to want out of Karingal, joining the likes of Sam McGarry, Chris Hay, Brendan Dunne, David and Tim Hirst, Callan Dixon, Stephen Charalambous, Daniel Noble, Dale Alainis, Jared Eames, Ryan Jenke, Jack Johnson, Kane McKenzie, Anthony Joel and James Tyquin. Finally, clever and talented Mornington forward/midfielder James Cameron is going to try his luck in the VFL.

Premiers: Dromana clinched the MPNFL flag last season. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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