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How will you spend this Valentine’s Day? Spoilt with roses and chocolates, a lavish dinner out? Or will you be crying into your pillow or commiserating with friends? Perhaps it’s just another uneventful day? However, try as you may, Valentine’s Day is a little hard to ignore - with page upon page of love messages in the newspapers, red love hearts and long stemmed roses for as far as the eye can see…It’s like love on steroids. Even the television is strewn with love stories and romantic comedies and it seems even the most level headed of us get caught up in this day of love. Much like New Year’s Eve, the pressure is on with many lovers remembering disappointing Valentine’s Days for years. So what does it mean in the year 2014? And how can we do things a little differently? For those in love, it is a starry-eyed way of showing your loved one how much you care. And there’s no shortage of ways to spend Valentine’s Day, with restaurants, cafes and pubs all offering

Florists work for weeks around the clock just to prepare for this day of love that compares only to Mother’s Day in terms of demand.

And let’s not forget the men who inevitably succumb to the pressure of buying a gift, whether it be lingerie, flowers or chocolates, or anything heart shaped and wrapped in a red ribbon. Now this isn’t to say that I personally am not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. After all, any day you get to demonstrate your love is a good day and who doesn’t love getting spoilt and pampered? While I have a husband now, I have spent my fair share of Valentine’s Days alone, avoiding couples and being acutely aware that I was single. Not quite as bad as Bridget Jones, (I didn’t hide under my doona eating chocolate), but I still tried to do everything to avoid acknowledging that day. Some singletons have even gone so far as creating events to oppose it the PAV dinner where People Against Valentines get together for a meal, or acknowledging their own day called SAD, Singles Awareness Day, wearing

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Melissa Hodge talks to Paul Dillon about his tales of the wetlands, photo Haydn Godony

POBBLEBONK FROGS AND GURUS Living near the wetlands in Balnarring, Paul Dillon would spend his evening hours blissfully listening to the symphony of the wildlife. Then one day it came to him. This was the perfect backdrop for a story and so ‘The Symphony’ was born.

“It is an eco-adventure based on the Mornington Peninsula, like an Australian Wind in the Willows,” says Paul of his first venture into writing a book. “The symphony of the wetlands is disrupted when some builders who are doing painting go to clean their brushes. The youngest is in a hurry and pours the brush cleaning fluid down the roadside drain and that enters the wetlands. The symphony stops when the pobblebonk frogs pack their bags to find a clean wetlands to live in.” What follows is an enchanting adventure where a group of young girls set out to track down the frogs on their bikes, which in turn leads to their own dramas. Readers will be intrigued and engrossed with characters like the Balbirooroo guru, an elderly frog who stops the symphony and appears to humans for the first time in history, and the spider whose magical weavings are intertwined with the symphony notes. What ensues is a fantastical journey into the world of the wetlands, as only a true eco-writer like Paul Dillon could create. He literally lets these characters come to life before our very eyes. The UK born, local songwriter and musician has been living on the peninsula for 14 years and fell in love with the community and the environment. Now living in Red Hill, Paul says he loves the fact you can be among the mountains and have the ocean just five minutes away. Proud to have always earnt a quid doing what he loves, Paul’s venture into writing ‘The Symphony’ has evolved as naturally as the wetlands’ harmonies.

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“I used to go to the wetlands every night after jam nights at The Heritage, and listen to the different rhythms and notes of the wildlife. I came up with two main characters, the frog and the spider, and drew them first. I showed them to my mum and she remembered them. Before she passed away, she said you should revisit those drawings. So I did about two years ago and it has evolved from there,” says Paul, who then locked himself in with a bottle of red and started writing. Before he knew it, Paul’s characters did come to life when it was performed at Frankston Cultural Centre last year by children from Balnarring Primary School. “Watching my work come to life was surreal and lovely and very moving, the most satisfying thing I’ve done apart from having my own children,” says Paul, of the process which still continues, being produced as a community play in conjunction with a live orchestra in the future. “And with illustrations for the book being completed at the moment, hard copies and online books should be available before you know it.” And of the writing process? Paul says it flowed but it is very tiring. “I didn’t use a computer but pencil wrote it in a book. It feels natural to me and flows much better. It’s a fluid movement, like painting. The process was a mixture of frustration and excitement because I knew I was onto something good,” he says. And as for his inspiration, like many writers Paul’s muse also involved his children. “My two daughters were the inspiration for the young girls in the story, for some of the adventures the girls have are actual things we have done together,” he says of his girls who are following in dad’s footsteps with their love of music and singing. It’s pretty clear that his mum was there too, guiding him along the path, and as Paul says “a strong amazing woman who was a guru of love”. read online www.mpmag.com.au

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ENCHANTING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE Like many great success stories, The Enchanted Child started by chance, and now it has become one of the most beautiful childrens’ clothing and toy stores you could find anywhere! A true inspiration of what one woman can do when she sets her mind to it, single mother, Julie Halpern started her business as a tiny shop in Flinders on a shoestring budget six years ago. Since then the business has grown into the beautiful store it is today in the heart of Balnarring, plus a flourishing online store. The name ‘The Enchanted Child’ was chosen to reflect that pure magic within all children. “There is a divine purity in kids. You can see it in their eyes. You can feel it when you hold a newborn baby and when you see kids laugh and play. Close your eyes and you can feel it in your heart.” says Julie. The bright and colourful store has a joyous feeling about it from the moment you walk in the door with rows of babies and children’s clothes in all the colours of the rainbow, cuddly baby gifts, wooden toys, dolls, puzzles, canvas shoes and little handbags, just to name a few of the treasures you will find.

By the end of Year 12, students should be equipped with all the skills they need for the years ahead. That’s why at Woodleigh, we strive to develop their confidence and independence, as well as their intellect. Our girls and boys are presented with a range of activities designed to expand their academic, creative and social horizons. Diverse experiences prepare them for whatever the future may hold.

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All the toys and clothing have been lovingly hand-picked to reflect the boutique style of The Enchanted Child. Julie chooses each item with the kids in mind. “I am constantly searching for new and fun toys and craft activities that will make kids smile,” says Julie. “Each piece of clothing is carefully selected for its style, quality and also affordability. This is the shop where you are sure to find the ideal gift and outfit and at reasonable prices, plus have it beautifully gift wrapped!” Call into the Balnarring shop where the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Customer service is a key element of The Enchanted Child so feel free to ask for advice. There’s also a play area with a tv and toys so you can browse in peace. Alternatively, you can shop online and have your orders delivered or pick them up from the shop. The online store is www.enchantedchild. com.au.

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AND THEY’RE RACING At last the day has arrived and the Sportingbet Mornington Cup is here again on Wednesday February 12th. Women all over the peninsula are primping and preening, creating the perfect outfit to saunter into the Mornington Racecourse on the day. Hairdressers, make up artists, fashion houses and stylists are working overtime for that fabulous day that locals and visitors alike look forward to all year. Now one of the richest non-metropolitan race days in Australia, boasting the nation’s most valuable country cup, Sportingbet Mornington Cup Day mixes the very best in horse racing with a social atmosphere to match. With a strong card of racing, the $70,000 Mornington BMW Fashions on the Field competition, plus a quality range of dining packages available, make for a fabulous day at the races. There’s something for all race goers, whether its relaxing on the lawn with a picnic, or enjoying the hospitality of one of the many marquees and this year is no exception with popular Beehive Marquee still a favourite, The Schweppes Chairman’s Marquee, private corporate marquees and of course the new Saddle Club Marquee which is proving to be a winner with racegoers showing plenty of interest. At $300 per head, the Saddle Club includes rail frontage, betting facilities and full food and beverage package. Just $20 will get you in or choose a package from $75 per person at The Furlong Club, which includes entry, a twocourse meal with drinks at bar prices, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the track with betting facilities. There are also corporate dining and hospitality packages available. And there’s just as much off the course as on with

Mornington BMW proud sponsors of the Fashions on the Field where you can showcase your race wear fashions for a chance to win a share in the $70,000 prize pool. Entry is open to persons over 18 years and millinery is mandatory in all categories which includes Stylish Ladies 18-40 Years, Stylish Ladies 40+ Years, Stylish Gentlemen and Marvellous Millinery. Join in the fun and glamour of Fashions on the Field where Jessica Whitfort, the Face of the Mornington Cup will be there and is judging along with Beckie White from Miss Velvet. And if you do turn your attention to the track, Mornington Cup Day boasts two Listed Feature Races - Sportingbet $350,000 Mornington Cup and Melbourne Truck Centre $120,000 Hareeba Stakes. Check out the Mornington Peninsula Magazine’s Facebook page for a Deane Lester tip or two on Mornington Cup Day, and back yourself a winner.

Rosebud Kite Fest Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th March Now in it’s 11th year, the Rosebud Kite festival has grown from small beginnings to become one of Victoria’s largest kite-flying events. Special exhibition kite makers for 2014, include a team from New Zealand as well as our own local kite flyers with their latest designs. This free family event offers aerial kite displays, unique kite-craft, live entertainment and more. The program in 2014, welcomes back Craig Hansen’s team from Peter Lynn Kites New Zealand, and their amazing super-sized maxi kite aerials. Craig Hansen and the Peter Lynn Kite makers are the creative team behind the huge custom-made inflatable kites that are famous around the world for their designs and sophisticated air-filled constructions. Alongside the New Zealand team will be our own stars of the international kite flying circuit, Frankston family Jo, Trent and Maggie Baker who specialise in both

air-filled Maxi and dynamic Sport Kite designs. Visitors to the Sunday’s main event can get up close and experience the sheer size and artistry of these colourful Maxi-kites and marvel at the skill involved at keeping them flying high. If you’re a kite enthusiast you will also have an added opportunity to ‘Meet the Maker’ at a warm-up kite exhibition on Saturday 8th March from 10-1pm. There’s a jam packed festival program on Sunday 9th March, headed by a fun line-up of live entertainment including Melbourne’s hip-hop boy dance troupe, the Little Munchkins

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and supported by popular local Mornington Peninsula bands; The Warrains, Mama Blue and Son and Heidi Louise Luckhurst among others. Adding to the list of kids performers is the ever popular Tubby the Robot, Eisha the Elephant and the fabulous Miss Ellaneous with her Hoola Hoop tricks as well as a host of workshops under a new kids big-top marquee. There’ll be kite surfing displays, come and try stand-up paddle boarding, and a host of children’s carnival rides. Families can enjoy making a kite with Kites for Kids and fly their hand made creations alongside the stars of the kite world in a designated family kite flying area. The festival is held over two days on Sat 8th & Sun 9th of March on the foreshore at Jetty Rd, Rosebud. Meet the festival kite makers on Saturday between 10am-1pm (no other entertainment) or enjoy the kite activities and full program of family entertainment on Sunday between 11am-5pm. Refer to the festival website for the full program of events: www.rosebudkitefestival.com.au.

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Magical Mornington Shop Play Stay and Spoil Yourself Entering Main Street Mornington from the Esplanade in Summer is truly spectacular. The beauty of the crystal blue bay set against its backdrop of rugged cliff tops will delight and amaze you, while taking in the sparkling waves that lap gently along the pristine beaches will leave you wanting more! Main Street is alive with the sights and sounds of Summer. Visiting families enjoying fish and chips and an ice-cream in the park, weekenders out to shop till they drop along the one kilometre boutique shopping strip and, of course, the locals scattered throughout the bars and cafes sitting back and enjoying everything that their Main Street Mornington in Summer has to offer.

Time to spoil yourself… Of course being February there is one special date on the calendar not to be missed and that’s Valentine’s Day on February 14th. This year Main Street Mornington is giving one lucky couple the chance to WIN the “Ultimate Valentine’s Day.”

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Simply spend $30 or more in any Main Street Mornington business and you can enter. The package includes, Main Street Shopping Vouchers, Beauty and Spa Vouchers and a romantic dinner for two in Mornington. The entire “Ultimate Valentines Day” package and details on how to enter can be found on our website: www. mainstreetmornington.com.au, or connect with us socially, www.facebook.com/mainstreetmornington Whether you’re here for a good time or a long time this summer, there are some ‘things to do’ in and around Mornington that should not be missed… Main Street Mornington – Open 7 Days Main Street Market – Every Wednesday 9am-3pm Mornington Farmers Market – Second Saturday of the month 8am-1pm Mornington Historical Walk – Daily (self guided) Mornington Cup – February 12th at Mornington Racecourse I look forward to seeing you around Mornington this Summer! Until next month, Kim Rowe, Marketing and Promotions Manager

Leave the house to us and the holiday to you!

A growing trend is taking off across Australia where thousands of individuals are getting to see the world while house sitting for holidaymakers. All it takes is a desire to travel, to be level headed, flexible, love animals and open to new experiences, as UK-born couple, Charli and Ben discovered when they took on their first house sitting assignment three years ago. Little did they know they would be spending their Christmas on the other side of the world in Mt Eliza and enjoying the beautiful Mornington Peninsula for two weeks. Charli said: “We signed up to a website called trustedhousesitters.com, created a profile and the next thing we knew, we were in Costa Rica on our first assignment. “From there, we have travelled to Vancouver, America, the UK and now Australia.” Professional house and pet sitting becomes not only a lifestyle but a career for those who have the life skills and experience, a way to see the world and integrate with the locals that your typical hotel accommodation can’t offer. “While we’ve been on the Peninsula, we’ve met up with some amazing people,” said Charli. “The best experience was definitely the horseback winery tours (pictured). I hadn’t ridden for some time but this was seriously the highlight of our stay. We visited a few different wineries and the Red Hill Brewery and bought what is still my favourite sparkling wine from Montalto, which we drank on Christmas Day.” Charli says the first thing you need to do is create a good profile with recent photographs of yourselves and linking these to any online blogging you do. “We do a travel blog called Wanderlusters and an adventure column for US magazine WildJunket,” added Charli who is still totally in love with the house sitting lifestyle.

“It’s become a lifestyle for us now and it’s definitely becoming more popular. It’s such a win-win situation. The homeowners get their house looked after and animals cared for and we have the chance to subsidise our living expenses and to travel to amazing places like the Mornington Peninsula. It’s a simple process but it works so well.” The website, aussiehousesitters.com.au explains it all - house sitters avoid rent in exchange for the responsibility of looking after a house and the pets living in it when the owners are away on holiday. For some young people, house sitting has another advantage. In an age of rising costs and house prices, it turns out to be a way to avoid paying renting costs, freeing them up to save for their own home. So, what sort of person is the ideal house sitter and how do you know if it’s right for you? Check out any number of the house sitting websites, register your interest for a small fee, and see if the work comes to you. It could be the chance of a lifetime you have been waiting for. - Melissa Hodge

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George Wallis is ninety-five years young. Large, dextrous hands still steady supporting the tray he carries with two mugs of tea and biscuits on top as he makes his way down the stairs of his mud brick house in Main Ridge. He mostly potters about these days - his hobbies used to be photography and bee keeping - but throughout his working life as an engineer, his love of family has remained steadfast and true. (George had eight children with wife Shirley who passed 14 years ago). Moving to Adelaide when he was four years old with boot maker father Charles, full time mother Lotti and siblings, George started his engineering life as a junior draftsman in 1934 before being called up for service in 1939. ‘I studied Mechanical Engineering at the School of Mines and Industries in Adelaide and then went on to a correspondence course with The British Institute of Engineering Technology’.

Engineering Wallis – an ever evolving life by Liz Rogers

‘I’d been working at the Woodville Holden Plant in Adelaide developing two and six pounder anti-tank guns and bomb casings before being called up’. That’s what General Motors did before producing the all Australian footballs, meat-pies, kangaroos and Holden cars classic automobile in 1948. His time in the army training as a Vickers machine gunner was short lived. ‘There was a shortage of technical people while the war was taking place so I was transferred to Melbourne in 1941 to work as a project engineer on special vehicles and work boats’. (Think troop

transporters, mobile photographic units and vehicle recovery units for the army and RAAF). ‘We also worked on forty foot work boats for the navy, army and air force’, he goes on. These original boats had the same hull as the Plover of Bay Fish N Trips fame docked in Mornington. ‘But there has been a new superstructure built on the Plover’, says George. ‘These projects shut down after the war was over. It was then that GM got onto producing the Holden car’. George was instrumental in the implementation of Three D graphics at the Fisherman’s Bend General Motors plant in the late seventies after travelling to head office in Detroit and realising how a computer system could revolutionise an engineering department. He retired as executive engineer in 1980. George Wallis likes to get things done. His owner/builder home in Main Ridge built thirty years ago was a labour of love. Local materials were used, including the beautiful stone (from the Mount Martha quarry) fire place in the lounge built by one of his sons. ‘Engineering has been a great choice for me. It’s an ever evolving industry and the work is a challenge, plus you meet lots of different people of diverse histories. Automotive engineering is particularly like this. You are continually reworking concepts and taking from the best to create something even greater’. And that is what George Wallis has engineered for himself and those he loves, a greatness of legacy that has a life of its very own.

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ONE TOUGH MOTHER What do you get when a group of women decide to do something positive in the fight against breast cancer? A team called Tough Mothers, that’s what… Instigated by one tough mother, breast cancer survivor and team captain, Louise McIlwraith, Tough Mothers is all about a group of everyday women wanting to do something proactive to help other women. “I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and of course it came as a complete shock to me. I was one of the lucky ones but it made me decide I wanted to do something to help, so I started raising money for The Weekend to End Women’s Cancers, benefiting the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,” said Louise. “It is a two-day, 60-kilometre walk through the neighbourhoods of Melbourne. It’s going to be a challenge, but we are ready to do something bold and powerful in effort to end women’s cancers once and for all.” With her mind set on raising funds, Louise then went about raising the $2,000 needed to enter the walk and the response from Peninsula women was overwhelming. She added: “It all happened pretty quickly. I had a lot of contacts who were more than happy to help and, as the word got out, more and more women wanted to be involved. Our team has already raised about $38,000. We have lots of different women from all walks of life, some who have been affected by breast cancer and others who want to help this worthy cause.” Another local lady, Francesca from Amica Hair, has joined the fight after experiencing first hand her mother’s long two year

fight with pancreatic cancer. Francesca and Louise, along with the 26 other strong, caring women are testament to what people can do when they set their mind to it. “We are proof of the power of what women can do once they get together,” said Louise, who stresses the importance of having regular mammograms. “I went for a routine mammogram which is what led me on this path. Like many others, if I hadn’t gone early enough it could have been far worse. It is important that women know if you are over 40 you can get free mammograms. You simply need to contact Breast Screen Victoria and they will refer you to your local breast screen clinic. They are free in Victoria and it saved my life.” To find out more information or donate to this wonderful cause, call up the website www.endcancer.org.au, choose the Melbourne link and search for Tough Mothers in the ‘Donate’ section.

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New Owners, New Attitude, New Direction! After almost three decades in the car industry, Dealer Principal of Toyota Mornington and Rosebud, Anthony Smith, certainly knows his stuff.

Bringing his passion for the product and the people to the Peninsula, Anthony said: “We have recently celebrated our first birthday since I bought the Mornington and Rosebud dealerships in October 2012 and renamed them Mornington Toyota and Rosebud Toyota.” Anthony, who also owned Anthony Smith Toyota in Coburg for 10 years, is committed to delivering exceptional service to his customers in all aspects of their motoring needs. The dealership has new and used vehicle sales, a 13 bay Service Centre with Toyota certified trained technicians and a state of the art Parts Facility boasting a wide range of parts and accessories readily available, all located on the Nepean Highway. The Service Department at Mornington Toyota offers a variety of servicing, from fixed price servicing through to the ‘Toyota

Service Advantage’ program, to minor and major repairs on all vehicle makes and models, as well as roadworthy testing. The dealership also offers finance and insurance at competitive rates on all vehicle sales. In 2012, Mornington Toyota was a Toyota award winner for its customer service, something Anthony prides himself on. Anthony is also a great believer in supporting local sporting teams and clubs and the dealership sponsors many in the area. He added: “Our customers are the core of our business, their happiness and experience at my dealership is most important to my team and I.” Mornington Toyota is located at 915 Nepean Highway, Mornington. Call 5976 0500 or visit the website at www. morningtontoyota.com.au Rosebud Toyota can be found at 1343 Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud. Call 5986 5000 or log on to www.rosebudtoyota.com.au

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

Lose weight, eat well, quit smoking, be a better parent, change career, donate to more charities, read books, watch less tv, walk the dog more, exercise - the list goes on. The list, that is, of our never ending New Years resolutions.

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Chances are, by February, you’ve already decided that these are going to be next year’s goals as you get hooked on more tv

and less books, the dog is still waiting to be walked, and the stairmaster you bought in a positive fleeting moment on ebay sits alone in the corner still in its box. The good news is, its not just you failing miserably for another year. We’re all guilty of it and, according to the experts, most resolutions are doomed to failure. Be positive and try again!

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Remember those hazy, lazy summer days at the beach when you were a kid? At Lovin’ Summer, they are all about making those days as enjoyable as possible - that’s why they developed their unique beach tents. “Unlike any other beach shade product on the market, we designed our Lovin’ Summer beach tents to put an end to uncomfortable

shade protection, tricky knots and complicated instructions.” explained Kel Farrington. Lovin’ Summer beach tents combine coastal style with practical design to create a simple, innovative product that looks great while offering maximum light, airflow and UV protection. “Our four stunning designs – Santorini, Biarittz, Bondi and South Beach - are lightweight, easy to carry and can easily be put up by one person.”

Kel continued. They can be angled to gain optimal protection from the sun all day while capturing the cool breeze. Lovin’ Summer beach tents are compact yet big enough to cover the whole family in comfort, and they come in a great range of contemporary designs. It’s the first beach tent in the world that can be put up by one person, all preassembled with no tricky knots and takes less than a

WALKING THE TALK - SMART! “Have a good day at work” is a catchphrase heard every morning and local businesswoman, Shannon Smit is actually doing something about it. Shannon relocated her accounting firm, SMART Business Solutions, to 328 Main Street, a state of the art building right here in Mornington. Shannon also wanted to do it smarter, creating an environment where people would actually like to come to work. Shannon said: “With the move to the new offices, I wanted to ensure the office was going to be great place to work. “I had done some research into the trends with offices around the world and learnt that while Europe is leading the world with this approach, why can’t this be done in Mornington? “We now have a leading office that takes care of the health and wellbeing of our employees, with open space and natural daylight, and ergonomic features like electronic height adjustable desks and boardroom tables that can be flipped up and adjusted to accommodate the meeting style.” SMART Business Solutions, true to its name, has created a paperless office with only two filing cabinets moved to the new office. “It is a cloud based firm with the ability to work from any location and has high energy efficiency with four air conditioning units rather than one for the whole office. There is also a water tank under the car park,” said Shannon, proud of her achievements in creating a great team culture and environmentally friendly work space. “Even the colour scheme has been designed to motivate rather

than depress as my research showed colour schemes can affect how we work on a day to day basis.” Supporting the local community, the office was designed by a local designer, JR Design, constructed by Geoff Taylor Constructions using local contractors wherever possible to build the office. The interior was designed by Peschek Designs. “’We are excited that we must have got it right as the building was nearly fully leased before completion,” added Shannon, who is a particular fan of the electronic standing desk SMART Business Solutions started using two years ago. “It’s an electronically controlled desk, that is height adjustable. You can put it down low to work sitting down or you can raise it up so that you can stand upright while working. We also have an office spin bike and a treadmill. This type of office environment is starting to become the norm in Europe,” said Shannon, who has actually lost kilos following the purchase of her height adjustable desk doing literally just one hour a day on the bike or treadmill under the desk. Other staff have also noticed marked improvement in their health with back problems disappearing from the ability to alternate between sitting and standing at their desks, weight loss and better overall health and wellbeing. So it seems SMART Business Solutions Accounting & Taxation Advisors really do walk the talk. Find out for yourself by visiting Shannon, Nadia and the team at 328 Main Street, Mornington. Ph 5911 7000 or www.smartbusinesssolutions.com.au

couple of minutes. Priced at just $149. Now you’re ready to give your family the shade they need so you can enjoy the beach in style …so what are you waiting for? This is a local peninsula based web-business, started by Kellie Farrington and Jackie Wales. www.lovinsummer.com.au Info@lovinsummer.com.au M: 0408 442 203 T:8609 6562

Why Toorak?

Where girls excel...

Toorak College is a leading independent school with a 140 year history of success behind it. It is a school built on strong foundations, with wisdom and learning. This year the school marks its’ 140th anniversary with a calendar of special events to celebrate its’ heritage and the achievements of current and past students. For the second year in a row Toorak College has achieved the top VCE results on the Mornington Peninsula, with its best results in 10 years. It is ranked 38th in the top schools of Victoria (source: Better Education). Principal Helen Carmody says, “We consistently achieve strong academic results, and in 2013 30% of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or higher with our DUX, Lorinda Hartley, achieving an ATAR of 99.4 placing her in the top .5% of all VCE students in the State.” “Ours is a small school where teachers know and care for individuals,” continues Mrs Carmody. “Our teachers are outstanding and passionately dedicated to developing the most effective ways for all students to learn. Our focus is on each individual striving to achieve personal best, with an emphasis on small class sizes from Prep to Year 12 for core learning areas of literacy and numeracy.”

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Toorak College provides the best start for girls and boys from ELC to Year 4, and specialized programs and approaches for girls from Middle School (Years 5-8), continuing into Senior School (Years 7-12). The school offers a variety of scholarships each year for girls attending other schools and current students. Scholarship testing is on Saturday, 22 February (applications close 16 February). For further information visit www. toorakcollege.vic.edu.au or call 9788 7234

Mornington families encouraged to have the chat that saves lives

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Mornington Peninsula residents are being encouraged to discuss their organ donation decisions with their loved ones during DonateLife Week, Australia’s national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation.

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In Australia, the family will always be asked to confirm the donation wishes of the deceased before donation for transplantation can proceed. Families that have discussed and know each other’s wishes are much more likely to support donation proceeding. While almost anyone can register their intent to donate their organs, less than one per cent of people will die in hospital in the specific circumstances where organ donation is actually possible, although many more have the opportunity to donate tissue. To help optimise every opportunity for potential donation, local families should ‘have the chat that saves lives’ this DonateLife Week. With one organ and tissue donor able to transform the lives of ten or more people, it’s a conversation that could one day save lives. For more information, visit www.donatelife.gov.au FEBRUARY 2014 (27)

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Mr Perkins and His Ape Yes he IS coming!

I grew up with Tex. He didn’t live next door, nor down the street, but he was everywhere to anyone involved in the club/pub/music scene during the 80s and 90s in Melbourne. Tex (Beasts of Bourbon, The Cruel Sea, Salamander Jim, Thug and The Dark Horses et al) was – and still is - a musical maverick. The Thug gigs would end with mock brawls between band and sometimes audience members Once Perkins had to be stitched up after landing on broken glass that had been chucked on stage. Beasts of Bourbon and The Cruel Sea were known for draining every last drop. ‘That time was intense and punishing. The Ape’ – a combination of Perkins’ animal grunt side and aping around with his primitive mates – ‘is all about having a ball’. I’d heard about Perkins before we speak. Doesn’t like interviews, arrogant, is an arse hole (quoted from The Ape website folks!) Never one to take too much notice of talk, I thought I’d kick off with asking him how much fun he was having aping around with Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt), Gus Agars (The Dark Horses) and Pat Bourke (on bass and piano) in The Ape which will be playing at the Between the Bays Music Festival on February 22nd. The voice at the end of the phone is full, friendly and in harmony with the world and all its dirty laundry. Plus there’s much kindness to be heard. ‘I love it! It’s all enthusiasm. There are solid songs like Man on a Mission and there are tracks like Monkey in The Kitchen that morph each time we play. We start out with a drum and base groove and guitar lead from me. The rest is improvised. It changes every time’. Oh, and before he gives this answer, he excuses himself because it’s been a few months since he’s done any interviews and I may get some weird answers. Smooth as silk. Monkey in The Kitchen is one of the best instrumental tracks I’ve heard for ages. It sends you into The Shining, High Plains Drifter and Morning of the Earth all at once. The other tracks on The Ape’s self-titled debut album

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catapult you into musical history where Slade, Pink Floyd, The Stooges, Iggy Pop and Crazy Horse rule. It sounds like home. ‘This is a referential album’, he goes on. ‘I’m a student. I listen to music constantly, so I’m always learning. I love a random shuffle play list’ (and St Kilda Footy club and the wacky sport ‘zone ball’) ‘or even Gold FM. Gotta love the classics. This album blends lots of influences together’. Crawl Back is the first single released. It loops inside and sets you in a trance you never want to leave. ‘I think only of you as my boss’ writes Tex, so I’ve just got to ask who that may be. ‘She’s the boss’, he answers. So that’s left a gap I’m prepared to fill. Tex has a long standing partner and five kids to boot! Do kids make your creative life better? ‘No, not necessarily, but they do enhance everything. There are no more long tours away. If I’m going they come with me’ - He also croons he’s going to make you love him in Gonna Make You Love Me and that’s for sure. I’ve met people besotted with this Man (In Black in 2010/11 playing Johnny Cash) even though they’ve never met him. Has this ‘rock god’ persona been worked on or has it grown organically? ‘I control everything you’ve ever thought and done. I am the all mighty powerful…, no really - people build up a mythology without any help from me’. Much chuckling converges. Over thirty years is a long time to survive in any industry. (Mr Perkins turns fifty at the end of 2014, but I’ve told him it won’t hurt…much!), Will ‘crossing over’ mean writing lyrics becomes any easier? ‘They are rare and precious’ and so is the fact that you can’t believe everything you hear. I’m not in love, but I am in like big time Mr Perkins. The Ape Performing at Between the Bays Music Festival Feb 22nd Penbank School, Rickards Road Moorooduc All proceeds raised go to Penbank’s partnership with the Wugularr School in the Northern Territory www.betweenthebays.com www.penbank.vic.edu.au texperkins.com.au fresh every month

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NEWS ON BONEO

Boneo Maze and Mini Golf is an outstanding entertainment and ecotourism complex designed to give all who visit an environment experience and a lot of pleasant memories to take away. The garden is the showpiece and is completely fenced to enable families to enjoy family picnics, and play a variety of games, which include chess, draughts, snakes and ladders, noughts and crosses, connect four and many other lawn games and all the new mini Golf Course is now another major attraction. Boneo Maze is an ideal setting for weddings. Photos and the diversity of trees and shrubs

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will enthrall garden lovers. When the wetlands is in full flood, it is very similar to the Florida Everglades and is magnificent site. Birthdays Parties are very popular at Boneo Maze & Mini Golf. You are encouraged to bring a picnic and other party treats and setup in the garden and games area where children are able to run around and play. If you are looking for Corporate events with a difference, Boneo Maze & Wetlands Centre will help you create your own individual corporate team building exercises to suit your needs and requirements. They can provide many areas for your team building, from

exercises in the large maze to puzzles in the garden area. Morning or afternoon tea and light lunches are available or you can bring your own refreshments and have a picnic in the gardens. Tea-rooms are available for seminars. Boneo Maze and Mini Golf is a great place to have a picnic. If you are wanting to have a picnic with a small group of people of less than 15 you are more than welcome to come down on the day without having to book or contact the office. Boneo Maze and Mini Golf is an overall fantastic venue for all occasions!

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A Peninsula landmark has become so popular that it has opened a second eatery to cope with the demand. The Blue Mini café has been serving up great food and drink in a relaxed atmosphere for nearly seven years from its fantastic beachside location in Rosebud and as a result of its friendly retro feel, with a personality that is uniquely Mornington Peninsula, there is now another one to visit! Tracey believes that every day should be a special occasion and so she has made the Blue Mini all about fresh informal dining with delicious food, served with a smile. The café has a large outdoor dining area which is doggy friendly and a bright and airy interior with plenty of space for small gatherings or groups of up to 25 people. BMC is open for all day breakfast and lunch with a vibrant seasonal menu that reflects the identity of the Peninsula, drawing on fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The philosophy behind the menu is simple - great tasting food, honestly presented in a range of mouth-watering dishes which are reasonably priced. Tracey describes running the Blue Mini as a labour of love. She has surrounded herself with passionate and friendly people who share her positive approach and she encourages her staff to inject their own personality into the café and have a chat with visitors. For a light lunch or just coffee with friends, if you like friendly, personal service you can’t go past the Mini!

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The Blue Mini is more than just a café – a meal at the BMC is complemented by a clever and quirky range of food, kitchen and lifestyle related giftware, individually selected from local suppliers to ensure you discover something here that you won’t find anywhere else. A range of personally blended, hand-made teas offer unique flavours to help you remember your visit to the Mornington Peninsula. BMC specialises in preparing picnics and packed lunches for families or tour groups visiting the region – why not call in for a coffee and some breakfast, then pick up your hand made lunch and take off to see some of the Peninsula’s many attractions in style? From high tea in the park to a picnic on the beach, every taste can be catered for.

Tracey now wants to offer visitors an even more memorable experience - the perfect starting point for their exploration of the beautiful Mornington Peninsula!

BMC also offers a fully personalised catering service that can transform any function into a unique and memorable celebration. From weddings and parties to corporate events or business luncheons, the Blue Mini team can provide a total catering service with menu, staff and service - themed and styled in accordance with your tastes. The BMC kitchen is fully equipped to cater for large or small events, on-site or in your home or business.

Tracey explains, “In addition to the delicious breakfast and lunch menu, you will find outdoor dining in landscaped surrounds, fresh Peninsula market produce and giftware as well as doorstep access to local golf courses, gym and aquatic centre. A dedicated function room will provide a sensational venue for larger parties, conferences and tour groups, comfortably seating up to 25 people. And of course you will still find the friendly, open and personal approach which has made the Blue Mini a local favourite.

The new Mini

Come and see us at our new café restaurant on your next visit to the Mornington Peninsula.”

This year, the Blue Mini enters an exciting period of growth and rejuvenation, expanding its menu and services as #2 is opened at a new location in Rosebud. After seven years, the current café has been outgrown and

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BRINGING INTERNATIONAL CULTURE HOME What are the steps to hosting an international exchange student? How do you gain a cross-cultural experience, at the right moment, for your family? Why host an exchange student – without pay – for Southern Cross Cultural Exchange? The questions can fly like paper planes, but the answers are down-to-earth simple. Think about why and how you can show off your Australian culture and way of life on the Peninsula to an international exchange student, from France, Germany, Italy, USA or Scandinavia. The exchange student is here not as a guest but as a member of your family – to learn about life on the other side of the world, to learn about a different education system overseas, to learn about how to adjust to a different culture –yours! It may just be the right time to alter or transform your family dynamics, or perspectives. Your family’s participation in an exchange program through voluntary hosting is the perfect excuse to imbibe in a different culture, in the heart of your own home. It couldn’t be easier as S.C.C.E. takes care of all the rest.

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If you have ever sent your son or daughter overseas on exchange, you know the strides he or she is making or has made to his or her personal development. How tremendous was your own child’s experience of being hosted? Reciprocity is a heart-felt reason. Or you and your family might have always been interested in that culture? Or are you planning to visit or return to visit that country again? Go international – live local. Whatever the reason, having an international exchange student can make a lasting impact to your family. S.C.C.E. welcomes parents and students enquiring about international exchange programs or hosting an international student. Visit S.C.C.E.’S National Office at 14 Ranelagh Drive, Mt. Eliza or their website at www.scce.com.au

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MORNINGTON PENINSULA: There are still some very nice snapper being taken out in the deep from Mornington to Mt.Martha. Hit the 18 to 20m line and concentrate on the early morning tide changes for best results. There has been snapper to 6kg taken on squid and silver whiting so it’s still not quite time to write them off yet! Some really solid reports of nice table sized whiting from Portsea. Anchor up around the boat moorings and send down plenty of berley and the fish will be there in no time. Pipi, mussel and strips of squid have all been doing the damage. From the southern part of the bay, some big gummy sharks to 20kg have been taken from both the Symonds and Pinnace Channels. Chunky fresh baits like squid and salmon have been the best baits. WESTERNPORT: Whiting reports have completely dominated from everywhere in Westernport of recent. Tyabb Bank, the Middle Spit and Tortoise Head have all

been on fire. Though the average size of the fish has been down a little bit some very nice pockets of bigger fish are well and truly there so keep on the move as fish to 48cm are still on offer. The usual baits in pipi, mussel and squid are all producing. Corinella through to Stoney Point has seen some nice gummies. Most fish are around the 6 to 8kg mark, which are prefect for the table, with the odd 15kg fish thrown in. OFFSHORE: It’s been a solid start to the shark season with Mako’s being caught to 100kg. The odd Blue Shark has also been about and the Threshers are also around a little bit closer to shore. For the full fishing report log onto www. ifish.com.au. You can also text your fishing reports to the reports hotline on 0427 693 759. Keep the reports coming and head on down to Tackle World Mornington to say Hi! Team Tackle World Mornington.

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TRAVEL - WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NOT The Trip of a Lifetime At Peninsula Travel, our goal is to make every trip the trip of a lifetime. I opened the agency because I’m passionate about travel. My aim was to give Mt Martha a one-stop shop for all its travel needs, providing unbeatable service and attention to detail. To make the dream a reality, I put together a team of people who share that passion and commitment to quality. Katie, Alejandra, Jessica, Bridget, Catinka and I are here to ensure everything runs smoothly, from your first consultation to your welcome home. Our clients reap the rewards of our combined 80-plus years’ experience in retail, wholesale and airline travel, teaching and writing. Together we have visited more than 100 countries around the world. We’re in this industry because, just like you, we love travel. We’re here to take care of as much – or as little – of your trip as you need. It’s your choice.

African Adventure Africa offers a travel experience unlike any other.

From the spectacular beauty of its rugged landscape, to its exotic wildlife and fascinating tribal culture, this continent is truly one of the world’s last untamed frontiers. Michele from Peninsula Travel was lucky enough to have recently returned from leading a group through Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda and can say from her personal experience that a trip to Africa is a life-changing experience.

Our team will provide you with the most up-to-date travel advice on everything from flights and cruising, to accommodation, touring and group travel. Travelling with Peninsula Travel gives you the peace of mind to enjoy your holiday. You won’t turn up at the airport to find your passport has expired, be denied boarding because you don’t have a visa, spend hundreds of dollars changing a ticket that has been booked incorrectly or be stuck online for hours trying to reschedule flights if natural disaster strikes. We care about your travel as if it was our own. Over the coming months we’ll be seen here in Mornington Peninsula Magazine giving you the latest travel trends and updating you with what’s hot and what’s not in travel. You’ll see some amazing special offers and be tantalised with tales of exotic destinations. Let us guide you through the travel maze and steer you towards your dream holiday. Michele Saunderson, Managing Director, Peninsula Travel

“The rush of watching a migration crossing, as an enormous herd of wildebeest and zebra scrambled for their lives across the croc-infested rapids of a river, is still with me today. “On this truly amazing journey, we also glimpsed cheetahs hunting in the rain, a male lion sleeping next to his lioness in isolation from their pride, a sole shy leopard walking through the Masai and so much more!

“Wild and beautiful Africa has become one of the most rewarding travel experiences of my life.” Let Peninsula Travel help make it one of yours. Meet our friendly and enthusiastic staff at Peninsula Travel where we live and breathe travel. We have many stamps in our passports and many more ideas to help design your dream holiday. Pop in anytime for a chat with Michele, Katie, Alejandra, Jessica, Bridget or Catinka. Find us on Facebook.

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“This house was owned by my grandmother – going back 85 years ago, she had a little toilet down the back yard under the pine tree,” chuckles 90-year-old Douglas Eddington about his limestone heritage listed house in Sorrento. Douglas is one of the first to apply for early connection to the new sewerage system being constructed by South East Water. Reminiscing about his home, he recalled: “A man used to come along every week and change the pan over and away it’d go. About 75 years ago, my grandmother had a very good septic tank built in the back yard and that’s been going ever since. I feel like after the septic tank has been there doing a good job for 75 years, it’s time it was replaced with a good sewerage system.” With the early connection option (ECO) customers can pay to connect to the new sewerage system up to 16 years ahead of the scheduled rollout. This will enable customers to take advantage of the benefits of a sewer connection sooner – such as enhancing the value of their property, eliminating odours associated with failing septic tanks and removing the ongoing cost of maintenance.

Seeing the gorillas of Rwanda, at ease in their natural environment, is a privilege she will never forget. “We spent one hour with these incredible distant relatives of ours. Young gorillas frolicked on the forest floor, annoying their older siblings, while the majestic silverbacks sat lazily casting their watchful eyes over the scene. I am truly blessed to have seen and been a part of this amazing experience,” Michele said.

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A former local bank manager, Douglas says the property is now mostly used as a holiday house – much like many of the properties in the area. During peak times of the year, families and holidaymakers flock to the region, which can often put pressure on septic tank systems that, in some cases, are old and failing. “I don’t think people realise how good a sewerage system is. I know the septic tanks are okay, but for the past 10 or 15 years I couldn’t understand why something wasn’t done about the sewerage because there are too many houses down there to be putting a septic tank in,” he added. “From a personal point of view, I think it’s a very, very big improvement.” Local residents with any questions about the new sewerage system or the early connection option are encouraged to visit the South East Water sewerage connection shop at 2449 Point Nepean Road (next to the Rye Hotel) or alternatively call 1800 720 613 or visit southeastwater.com.au/eco for more information read online www.mpmag.com.au

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WINNING TIPSTER Councillor Bev Colomb talks all things Briars. Hello everyone, Once again time has gone quickly and here we are well into 2014. It’s certainly shaping up to be a busy one for Council and I’m sure also for all of you too. There are a lot of projects and events ahead for our favourite place, the Mornington Peninsula. As a Councillor for the Briars ward, along with Anne and Andrew, I am looking forward to seeing the community at upcoming ward and community meetings. These will be in different places in the ward to reach as many as possible. Our next one will be at the community hall in Mount Eliza on February 25th 2014 in the evening. Contact councillor. support@mornpen.vic.gov.au for more information. Towards the end of last year we caught up with our sporting clubs and groups and enjoyed the networking. We also caught up with our service groups and community groups. There are certainly a lot of good folk out there working within our community. This time of the year too we think often of our fire fighters and our life savers and the many hours they volunteer – a big thank you to them all. We have a big project addressing the laneways near Mornington Main Street kicking off with community consultation. This will include better lighting. Also the public space of Empire Mall will have a lift, discussion with traders is about to start. Works are progressing on the $8 million redevelopment of Mornington Civic Reserve. Earthworks have been completed, underground services and drainage installed and concrete slabs poured. Structural steel framework is currently being erected. David Collings Leisure Centre is being expanded to provide new and improved recreation and leisure programs at Civic Reserve. Mornington Tennis Club will relocate to their new clubrooms and outdoor courts. Mornington Youth Club will be accommodated in a new purpose built gymnastics hall. An expanded table tennis stadium has been designed for Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association. The existing entry foyer will be reconfigured to include an expanded program room, kiosk, administration offices, amenities, crèche and small gym room. Services infrastructure to the building is being upgraded and a new car park constructed. The next stage in the Mount Eliza streetscape works is starting soon and we are working with Rotary to create a fun space for children at Rotary Park. The chamber has been partnering with us to enhance the Village Green. Upcoming events and recent news is listed on the Council website www.mornpen.vic.gov.au. Contact the Briars Ward Councillors on 5950 1428 Catch up on facebook or check out our Council profiles on the Council website: mornpen.vic.gov.au Don’t forget to also check out the new Library website: ourlibrary.mornpen.vic.gov.au or download the Shire App. Best wishes for now: Councillor Bev Colomb

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Deane Lester With the Mornington Cup upon us for another year, it was time to turn to Australia’s number 1 racing analyst Deane Lester to help us find a winner. The 45-year-old has developed a cult following through his work on Radio Sport National with his tips, followed more closely by more punters than any other tipster. What might surprise Lester’s fans is that becoming one of the country’s leading form analysts wasn’t always his dream job. A career in racing was always his preference, much to the dismay of his father, Bob, who wanted him to be a lawyer, just not specialising in form. Bob and Deane Lester’s mother, Sandra, were operating a stud farm when Deane was born and growing up around horses left the youngster with a yearning desire to one day become a top trainer. “I had a very good education but I just couldn’t get away from the racing,” said Lester, who was educated at the Peninsula School in Mt Eliza. “Even when I was five or six, I had a great interest in it. There was a time when I tried to get away from it. I played cricket and football and all those things, but I just kept coming back to the racing.” Sandra took Lester’s involvement to the next level when he was around 13 years old, by obtaining her trainer’s licence and Lester acted as virtual stable foreman to the small team in between school commitments. In September 1989, Cranbourne ‘clocker’ Graeme Schofield fell ill and was unable to continue doing the track notes for the Sporting Globe, The Truth and Radio Sport National’s former guise, Sport 927. Unable to find a replacement, the Sporting Globe took to asking Cranbourne trainers if they knew of anyone who would be suitable and Ken Keys suggested Lester. Shortly after, in the week of his 21st birthday, Lester started as the Cranbourne trackman. And that’s when things began to snowball. The year after starting his trackwork post, Lester started doing form comment for the Winning Post with South Australian racing his beat. He combined those positions with a bit of horse trading and helping out at the stables as much as he could until the mid1990s when he landed the gig as Sport 927’s No 2 mounting yard reporter behind Roy Higgins. Lester’s posts were generally far-flung country cup meetings but it didn’t prevent him from tipping the listeners into a winner and by 1998, he had graduated to a spot on the popular Saturday morning panel, a position he retains to this day. Lester is also part of the Correct Weight team that reviews the previous day’s racing on a Sunday morning and makes brief appearances on the breakfast show throughout the week. But unbeknown to many Victorian punters, Lester is heard even more often on Sydney’s Sky Sports Radio. In addition to joining Ron Dufficy and Terry Kennedy for an hour every Monday morning for Punters Post Mortem, Lester also provides a daily Victorian form preview.

Sydney isn’t his only regular interstate gig. He has been a Perth radio regular for longer than he has in his home state, having started in 1995, and provides a Victorian racing update, including the all-important Quaddie selections every Wednesday and Friday. He is also heard every Friday morning on Radio TAB in Queensland, previews the Melbourne meeting on New Zealand radio every Saturday morning and writes columns for the West Australian newspaper.

With the Mornington Cup in mind, Deane Lester gives us some key pointers for consideration when betting on a horse. Deane feels that barrier draws, race tempo, rider changes, class factors and track conditions are the integral factors to assess in every race. Barrier draws and race tempo are often reliant on eachother and the way a race sets up is determined by barrier draws. He looks for significant riding changes, i.e. apprentice to senior riders, out of form riders to in-form riders or significantly more aggressive riders taking the reins. He also looks for horses that are shifting sharply in class, either up or down. It is essential to make sure that you know what condition the track is in that you are planning to bet on. Deane places a huge emphasis on barrier draws. He is a great believer in doing speed maps that help to assess where the pressure is going to be applied from in a race. Barrier 1 is not always the best gate in a race and conversely barrier 16 isn’t a curse to certain horses if the race pace suits them. For Deane’s Mornington Cup tips, tune in to RSN 927am from 10am on Cup Day. Deane’s Daily Best Bet are available at www.rsn.com.au and for all of Deane’s selections on Victorian meetings, call Trackwatch on 1902 241 524 after 10am each raceday. Cost is $3.30 per minute, higher rates for mobiles apply, service provider Telads Pty Ltd. Follow Deane on Twitter - @defier1 fresh every month mornington PENINSULA MAGAZINE

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Orchestra Victoria heads to Mornington for two days of summer sounds Local music lovers and students are in for a treat next month when Orchestra Victoria once again returns to Mornington. On February 25 & 26, approximately 50 local music students will come together for the annual On the mOVe workshop at the Peninsula Community Theatre to extend their ensemble playing and instrumental techniques under the guidance of Orchestra Victoria musicians and conductor Stephen Williams. This year students from Nossal High School, Padua College, Rosebud Secondary College, The Peninsula School, Toorak College and Woodleigh School, will participate with further school applications expected in the coming weeks. Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Councillor Antonella Celi welcomed Orchestra Victoria back to the Peninsula: “Orchestra Victoria’s two-day Mornington and Rosebud Education Program is an exceptional opportunity for students to participate in master classes and for teachers to gain valuable professional development.The ‘On the mOVe’ program contributes so much to enriching the Peninsula’s local young musicians and the musical teaching sector.Last year’s community concert was inspiring. I encourage everyone to attend this year’s community concert to hear these amazing

local talents in action.” The workshop will culminate in a joint concert at 6.30pm on 26 February that will showcase students’ progress under Orchestra Victoria players’ mentorship. This is FREE to the public and no bookings are required. Last year’s showcase drew a large crowd who marveled at the standard of the Peninsula’s students as they played alongside the professional musicians of Orchestra Victoria. Featuring works by Henri Mancini, John Williams and Richard Wagner this is a fun filled, family friendly event and we encourage the Mornington community to come along and enjoy an uplifting evening of music. It’s definitely one event not to miss. Presented in association with Mornington Peninsula Shire, with the support of The Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust, The William Buckland Foundation, Arts Victoria and Orchestra Victoria’s Principal Regional Partner - Bendigo Bank. For more information, please contact Orchestra Victoria on 9694 3600.

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CATCH a SOUNDWAVE Tash Parker performing at Mornington Peninsula Libraries for the ‘Catch a Soundwave this Summer’ series of concerts. - photos Haydn Godony

Writer, publisher and art consultant Susan McCulloch OAM, with daughter Emily, presented a curator’s floor talk, detailing the heritage of a broad range of indigenous art, at the historic Whistlewood property in Shoreham.

From the Cultural Planning Desk of Mornington Peninsula Shire Mornington Peninsula Shire is 720 square kilometres in area with 44 towns and villages with each community having distinct community groups, artistic and creative populations, interests, activities and events being enjoyed and celebrated. Often arts groups and artists have either a limited or no budget to promote events and activities, relying on word of mouth, placement in community sections of newspaper, flyers and posters in shop windows and in halls and with a hope that newspapers might include their editorials. Apart from encouraging artists and groups to consider marketing and communications campaigns early in project planning, the Shire’s arts and culture team believed it could assist through innovative and cooperative advertising strategies.

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the blog roll. This further provides a point of reference in understanding the breadth of the creative industries. The arts blog has received over 64,000 views to date, making this around 100 views on average per day. Further, in lieu of the Shire having dedicated arts and cultural facilities; those centralised places where people can meet, find out what’s on, share creative ideas, engage in workshops and tuition programs, forums, events planning or to exhibit, Our libraries are a crucial community hub providing access to information on what’s on to over 2500 people per day with a reported 30% increase in attendance to events and activities from the dedicated arts information wall. So when thinking of promoting your event or activities consider these opportunities when developing your marketing and promotions plan.

To find out more contact Andrea, One viable strategy has been the establishment arts@mornpen.vic.gov.au or phone 5950 1716 of the arts blog www.artsonthepeninsula.com.au artsonthepeninsula.com in 2010 to become a highly successful platform for artists, community-based arts groups, art centres, galleries, arts businesses, musicians, A Creative Peninsula schools, creative projects and programs to ARTS & CULTURE STRATEGY reach and attract new audiences, volunteers and viewers interested in arts and cultural information. The arts blog also provides links to most arts and cultural groups on the Mornington Peninsula along with metropolitan, state and artsonthepeninsula.com federal arts and funding organisations through fresh every month mornington PENINSULA MAGAZINE

It’s Festival Hall, circa 1978, where crowds of screaming girls are lining up to see Sherbet and where my mum takes me to see my first crush, lead singer Daryl Braithwaite. Like all my friends, my room was strewn with Sherbet posters I had torn out of TV Week and my one and only Sherbet record would be played on the turntable over and over again. Some thirty odd years later and Daryl Braithwaite is still going strong. He has left the hazy days of Sherbet behind but still manages to do what he loves - making music with his latest album, Forever The Tourist, released last year and playing at Between The Bays this month. Often reported as an Australian icon, 64 year old Daryl says you should never be restricted by age, recently re-signing with Sony to release his new album which he started four decades ago. “I love singing and performing on stage more so than live recording, I still love the spontaneity of live gigs and I’ve heard from James Reyne that the Between The Bays event is a lot of fun,” said Daryl who has spent some time on the Peninsula surfing - his other great passion. “It’s just really important to keep passionate about what you do. I was lucky enough to have a great start with Sherbet in 1970. We were all guys just doing what we loved. When I started with Sherbet, it was that or surfing and the music was a lot of fun.” Daryl says keeping a straight head was easy for them in those days compared to the young artists of today. “When growing up, everyone goes through a crazy period,” said Daryl, who started with Sherbet at the age of 20. “But in relation to the band, we were able to keep a grip on it. I think it’s because of our personalities. “We knew what success was but also knew the other side of the coin. We were just excited about making music then and it was a lot simpler. It’s harder now for bands to have success in the music industry. “As each generation comes along, they have to reassess how they do things. For bands, it’s harder now to have success and also the record industry seemingly don’t play as big a part as they did in the 70’s, so young bands and their managers are

finding different ways to play to audiences on a world level and they are very smart about it. With pop music going for 50 or 60 years now, it constantly changes how to get your music out there.” When Daryl plays at Between The Bays, you will be able to feast your ears to all his hits - from the multi-platinum selling albums Edge and Rise through to his new single ‘Not Too Late’, when he will no doubt start a sing-along on the oval of Penbank School. “You will definitely hear a few old and new songs at the festival, one or two Sherbet songs and the rest mainly solo songs from Edge with some favourites from the new album,” said Daryl whose “Never Too Late” single could be said to be the philosophy by which he lives. “As you get older, you think you are restricted by age but it’s not true. I just love that attitude that it’s never too late when it comes to having a go at anything.” With a list of accomplishments a mile long, extensive Australian and international success, a plethora of hits including One Summer, As The Days Go By, and of course, The Horses, along with a brand new album release, Daryl is living proof that it’s never too late. Check out Daryl at Between The Bays on February 22 at Penbank School, Moorooduc. For further details, check out the website at www.betweenthebays.com Melissa Hodge

STAND AND UP HAVE YOUR SAY Who doesn’t love having a say over their lives and now the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council invites you to well and truly have your say on the development of its 2014-2015 Annual Budget. Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Councillor Antonella Celi said all of the local community - including residents, businesses, sporting and community groups – are invited to make a submission. “Council considers it important to offer this opportunity for the community to provide input for their ideas and priorities for consideration in the preparation of the draft budget, so that the budget continues to reflect the priorities identified by our community as well as providing ongoing service enhancements and infrastructure upgrades,” Antonella said.

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“Council welcomes the community to provide their ideas and priorities for the coming year as Council develops its draft budget for 2014-2015,” says Antonella. “The community will also have the opportunity to comment on the draft budget through the statutory process later in the year.”

The community meeting will be held on Feb 12th, 4pm6pm, at Mornington Peninsula Shire, Council Chamber, Rosebud Office. If you wish to make a presentation please register via email - budget@mornpen.vic.gov.au by 5pm February 10, 2014. For those who are unable to attend submissions may also be made online, by post or by e-mail. Submission forms may be downloaded from the Shire website at: www.mornpen.vic.gov.au. read online www.mpmag.com.au

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Markets on the Mornington Peninsula Bittern Community: Each Sunday at Bittern railway station.

Boneo Community: Third Saturday of month, Cnr Boneo & Limestone Rds, Boneo. Chelsea Nanna Cool Markets: Saturday 8 February, 10-2pm at Chelsea Activity Hub, 3-5 Showers Avenue. Dromana Drive In: March 9. Dromana Drive-In, 113 Nepean Hwy, Dromana Sunday 7am-1pm Emu Plains: Third Saturday of each month. Balnarring racecourse. 9am - 2pm Flinders Market: 20 April 2014, 9am-2pm. B.A Cairns Reserve, 26 Barker St, Flinders

Hastings Street Market: Every Thursday. Over 40 stalls everything home made, home grown and craft, High St, Hastings 9-1pm.

Loved It Market Mornington: Sunday March 16, 9.30am - 1pm between Peninsula Community Theatre, enter from Wilsons Rd.

Mt Eliza Farmers’: Fourth Sunday of the month, Mt Eliza Village Green. 9am - 1pm

Primrose Fair Mt Eliza: Saturday 1 March 2014, 10am to 4pm. The Cloisters, Toorak College, Old Mornington Rd, Mt Eliza.

Mornington Farmers’: Second Saturday of the month, Mornington Park Schnapper Point Drive, Mornington 8:30am-1pm

Oak Hill Community Arts Cooperative’ monthly Artist Inspired Car Boot Sale first Sunday of each month at Oak Hill 100 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Mornington

Mornington’s Main Street: Every Wednesday 9am - 3pm between Cromwell and Albert Sts.

Red Hill: First Saturday of the month, September-May, RH Showgrounds, Arthur’s Seat Rd, Red Hill 8am to 1pm

Mornington Racecourse Craft Market: Second Sunday of each month. Racecourse Rd, Mornington 9am to 2pm

Red Hill Vintage Fair: Fouth Sunday of the month 8am - 2pm Red Hill Consolidated School, Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill

Rosebud Community School: Second Saturday of the month, Rosebud Primary School Cnr Pt Nepean and Jetty Road.

Rosebud Trash n Treasure: Fifth Saturday months, Rosebud Primary School Cnr Pt Nepean and Jetty Road. 7.30am till noon Rosebud Lions Club: First Sunday of the month, Rosebud Village Green. 7am till 2pm Rye Vintage and Handmade Fair First Saturday of month 9am-1pm Rye Scout Hall, Tootgarook Primary School Market: fourth Saturday of the month 7.30am - 12.30pm. Please email your market details for a free listing to editor@mpmag.com.au

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fashion health & beauty Get ready to Relay The 2014 Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life event is geared up to be bigger and more impressive than ever as participants celebrate the 10th Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life. The committee have been working tirelessly to organise a memorable event which will include an impressive fireworks display kindly donated by Generation Next Fireworks set to go off at 9.30pm Saturday March 1st. Co-chairperson of the Mornington Peninsula Relay for Life committee Craig Wotherspoon, said this year’s relay, set for the first weekend in March, 2014, is expected to be monumental. “Record numbers of participants attended the 2013 event enjoying the activities and entertainment including a spectacular fireworks display and I am very excited to say that everything at the 2014 Relay will be bigger and better,” he said. Mr Wotherspoon said the local community are rallying behind this year’s Relay with support and contributions proving to be overwhelming.

to support one another and raise money for cancer support and research in a unique, fun, friendly and family atmosphere.” “There is something special about making the commitment to walk through the night for your family, friends, neighbours and strangers who have been affected by cancer in some way.” Mr Wotherspoon said the committee encourages people to get their teams registered soon or join an existing team. “If you know anybody that has been affected by cancer you can walk for them. It isn’t too late to register,” he said “Be a part of this event and you will have the time of your life.” To register for the 2014 Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life head to www.relayforlife.org.au, and follow the prompts. Registrations are $20 per person. Registrations can be made any time from now and also at the event. For more information about the 2014 Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life or to get involved in the organising committee please don’t hesitate to contact event coordinator Emily at emily.groszek@cancervic.org. au RELAY FOR LIFE: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd March 2013 Location: Mornington Secondary College By Fiona Hitchcock

“The Relay has something for everyone – bands and singers, face painters and magicians, ceremonies and speeches, sumo suits and jumping castles, food, information, guest speakers and even a thrilling fireworks display on Saturday night,” said Mr Wotherspoon. The Relay For Life event, which is held in more than 20 countries around the world, brings registered teams together to walk their “baton”, which could be anything a hat, a sash or a shirt, relay-style around a track for 20 hours overnight. This family friendly event is suitable for everyone and doesn’t even require you to actually walk or run you can frog jump, skip or even dance your way around the track. The celebrations are also open to unregistered members of the public and everyone is welcome to join the festival atmosphere with everything needed for the overnight event on site from food to entertainment. The Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life 2013 proved to be a success with more than 1500 registered participants and spectators attending and $106,938.31 raised. Past Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life events have raised a total of $660,957. These funds are used to provide support to the 1156 people diagnosed with cancer in our local shire every year. Mr Wotherspoon said the success of previous events not only shows the community’s eagerness to be involved it is indicative of how widespread the devastating impact of cancer is. “Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life really is an event like no other,” he said “It’s where the local community comes together

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Turn on The On Button Do you ever feel like you’re walking around in a daze? Do you feel like you have little control over your life? Or have you come to a fork in the road and find yourself unable to make decisions? Do you feel stuck? If you have some of these feelings, you’re not alone, according to Mt Eliza Life and Mindset Coach, Dr Ben Carvosso of The On Button.

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“At The On Button we can help people find their ideal path and create a better life for themselves. I find many clients have become disconnected from what is important resulting in symptoms of procrastination and even self sabotage and just need some help getting unstuck and back on track” says Dr Ben, whose business name, The On Button, is a true reflection of what they do. “We will definitely press your buttons, get you turned back on and then help you move forward to a more fulfilling life. Coaching is not about woo-woo, motivation, nor is it counselling. There is a scientific strategy to getting out of life what you really want.” With an energetic personality and joy for life, Dr Ben believes that we are all extraordinary and have the

ability to lead our ideal life. “It is all about self empowerment, teaching clients to be responsible for their actions and take charge of their lives. Through this process, career, relationships, health and just life itself will improve,” says Dr Ben. “To watch that transformation and know people are living up to their potential is such a reward for me.” At The On Button one on one life coaching, group and leadership coaching, chiropractic and myotherapy is all under the one roof with the sole purpose of helping clients reach their true potential. “Whatever you choose to do, be it life coaching, chiropractic or myotherapy treatments, you can be sure your life will improve,” says Dr Ben, who from the age of 17, knew his purpose in life was to help people be their best. “We have a professional experienced team and run regular workshops on mindset as well as health and nutrition. We believe in our clients, creating a nurturing, structured and supportive relationship as we guide them down their ideal path,” says Dr Ben. The On Button is at 1392 Nepean Highway, Mt Eliza. Phone 9787 8518. Check out www.theonbutton.com.au or go to the Facebook page www.facebook. com/youronbutton for further information.

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With a fast growing customer base and great customer feedback this is one place you need to come and see. Located in the heart of Mornington and tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Main Street, Red Rejuvenation Skin Clinic offers you exceptional treatments by our highly trained professional staff. Beautifully appointed rooms under one luxurious roof with state of the art equipment and serious skincare customised to your individual skin, no matter how concerned you are with your skin, we are committed to giving you results. Does your skin show your age? We strongly believe serious high end skincare should be accessible to everyone. We plan to improve and maintain skin quality from a range of only the best dermatological products with dermaviduals and Pevonia skin & body care. This month we are very excited to be introducing IPL and Laser hair removal and IPL Skin Rejuvenation for sun damage, freckles and red veins. Other products we have include Jane Iredale mineral makeup which not only looks good but nurtures your skin as well, our trained professional therapists can individually colour match your foundation and give you a complete guide on how to use your products.

Operating a little differently than most jewellers, Diamond Coco displays the bulk of its jewellery in the form of low cost prototypes that look and feel like the real thing only they are there to represent your finished piece. Once a suitable design is chosen you are then offered the choice of white gold, yellow gold, platinum or palladium depending on your budget or preferences. From there you are educated about the various diamond and gemstone qualities so that you are making an informed choice. Many remarking that they learn more about diamonds in 10 minutes than they ever did trolling the stores! Ultimately you will walk away having not only saved a great deal of money but just as importantly you get to be involved in the design process. To put the savings into perspective, Anthony points out several recent customer experiences. One was very close to paying $13,999 for a diamond engagement ring. At

Diamond Coco they paid just $7,560 for identical quality. Another was tempted by a sale price of $5,999 at another store for a pair of diamond stud earrings only to find much better quality at Diamond Coco for only $2,750. Anthony goes on to explain that these are not isolated examples, but rather regular client experiences. Despite the low prices Anthony is passionate about diamonds and refuses to sell inferior diamonds found in so many retail stores. As Anthony puts it, his diamonds are his business card to the world which is why over 80% of his business comes from repeat customers and referrals. If you are in the market for quality diamond jewellery then there really is no better place to shop than Diamond Coco. Customers could be forgiven for thinking they need to travel to the big smoke and track down so called wholesalers when in truth the best deals are at their front door. Give Anthony a call on 1300 230 430 and tell them the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mornington Peninsula Magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sent you! Diamond Coco is located at Suite 6 (Upper Level) 38A Main Street Mornington. Appointments can be made on 1300 230 430.

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fashion health & beauty Team Barefoot stepping it up Consistency is the key to success As the Australian Triathlon season settles into its second half, Team Barefoot Age Group Squad are well into their final push towards the Melbourne Ironman Triathlon Asian Pacific Championships on March 23 starting at Frankston Pier. For those not familiar, the event consists of a 3.8km swim off Frankston Pier, 180km ride over two laps along Eastlink and culminating with a gruelling 42.2km marathon from Frankston Pier to Catani Gardens in St Kilda. Two thousand athletes from all over the world including some of the world’s best and fittest on the planet will be there racing head to head. “The professionals don’t just survive the event distance of 226km but actually race it going head to head with one another, sometimes with only seconds separating them at the finish line” said coach and manager, Stephen Foster. The Team Barefoot Junior Development Squad’s aim at the start of the season was to qualify all three members - Hamish Martin, Yoann Colins and Shane Strahan - for the Victorian Schools Triathlon Team and that’s exactly what they did with all three successfully making the team over the three qualifier races. The Australian Schools Triathlon Championships are in Bendigo from April 8-11 this year. “All three have done a great job applying themselves and showing that consistency is the key to success in all aspects of life” continued Foster. Team Barefoot Elite Team athletes are going great guns this

season with Grace Deveson currently leading the Gatorade Triathlon Series Open Female Elite and Nathan Buschkuehl and Nathan Barry holding second and third overall in the Men’s Open Elite. “They are all doing a fantastic job, especially Nathan Buschkuehl, who was Junior Elite Series Champion last year and has made a smooth transition to senior division this season.” As the sport continues to grow at a rate of knots,Team Barefoot is gradually expanding to cater for all levels of triathletes from beginner to professional and will soon bring on board a few more assistant coaches and new programs. They are affiliated with local club, Mornington Peninsula Triathlon Club, of which Stephen is a life member. Stephen Foster and long-time friend and team sponsor, Rob Licciardo of The Gallery Bar & Grill, catching up after training.

TEARS AND LUNCH BOXES - SURVIVING THE SCHOOL YEARS Finally the day has arrived and Peninsula parents share a sigh of relief as they send their little ones back to school. For some there will be tears as the inevitable milestone arrives when the little one leaves the nest to start school for the first time. This is often much harder for parents than it is for the children, as you see your baby dressed in their school uniform, with a school bag on their back and, of course, mandatory sun-safe hat. Whether you are sending your fiveyear-old to school for the first time or watching your soon-to-be teenager head out into the big world of secondary school, there is no doubt it’s a landmark in your family life. You wonder where those years went all of a sudden and wish you hadn’t spent so much time wanting them to grow up as you see it happening in front of your eyes. Stepping into a new school with teachers, books, uniforms, excursions, interviews and other school mums is a foreign experience for all of us.

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So here’s a few tips I have learnt along the way….

•H ave everything your child needs before the first day of school to ease their way into the first year. Children like to feel that they fit in and if they are missing an item, be it a book or part of the school uniform, it creates a rocky start. •B e on time. Punctuality is important for children and, as you will find, teachers as well. At primary schools, children will get a late pass which makes them stand out (the very thing they don’t like), and secondary is more severe on tardiness, often punished with a detention. • S pare some time to spend at school. You will not believe what a difference it makes to your child when you attend school for any reason. Watch their little chest puff up when you go to school to do the reading, help in the canteen or go to the school open days. With so many parents working, it’s harder to get to school events but any appearance is better than none. •P ack a healthy lunch. Of course children would much prefer junk food and, everything in moderation, but a lunch box full of unhealthy food will fresh every month

only make them stand out more. With a sandwich, rice cakes or roll, a small treat, drink bottle and fruit you can’t go wrong. • Develop a good rapport with your child’s teacher. Teachers actually appreciate when a parent takes an interest in their child’s education. You don’t have to just hand your child over to the system, and have every right to be part of your child’s school life. • Be aware that you WILL embarrass your child. No matter how cool we try to be, there will eventually be a time when we embarrass our children. Usually this starts in the late primary school years. Don’t worry. It’s not personal, just a child and parent’s initiation into the next part of the process - adolescence. Finally, to all those mums, make the most of it. Enjoy your free time now. You deserve it. If this is your only, or last child, to go off to school, crack a champers and celebrate the good job you have done so far. Start a new career, go to school yourself or embrace your freedom - even if it’s only from 9am till 3.15pm. - Melissa Hodge

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A chic hand-painted sheath in 100% silk, this dress is perfect for race day. It is cool and practical to wear in hot weather, yet dazzles with a dramatic print in gorgeous colours. This is a winner with a simple hat, shoes and bag in a plain colour. Let the gorgeous dress be the star on the day. Morrison dress $215.

With the fabulous Mornington Cup on this month, it is the perfect day out in which to shine as a style star! Great accessories are key to dressing for the day, as we might already have a dress from the spring carnival, so all we have to do is top up with a gorgeous new bag and/or shoes. Or perhaps it is having a lovely new dress to wear that is a statement piece. Something in a beautiful fabric, print and colour. Something that not only will be a great dress to wear on the day remember, the weather is usually very warm - but also something that will become a favoured dress in our everyday summer wardrobe, both this year and beyond. Whilst it’s great to stand out in a fashion piece, we also must be comfortable, as it’s impossible to look fabulous if we are too hot or too cold, or in something too big or too small. Comfort is Queen! So think shoes that are both chic and comfortable, bags that are both pretty and practical, and a statement dress that is cool and classic. Good betting, have fun and enjoy!

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If you have a plain coloured dress for race day, this bag is the perfect piece to make a statement. Creatively hand-crafted from vintage Parisian-style scarves, this bag has the ‘wow factor. A collector’s piece to enjoy in your wardrobe for years to come. Axel Mano bag $295

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This very pretty headpiece is a timeless colour combination of cream and black with a sweet touch of blue. I especially like the Chanel-style feel to this dainty fascinator with the pearl detailing and feathers and netting. Wear it with your hair done in a French roll and feel very ooh la la on race day! Day hire of $50.

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Pretty shoes and a pretty bag are a girl’s best friend on race day. This set is quite gorgeous with all the lovely colours in the print fabric and will obviously work with any coloured plain dress. The peep-toe shoes are super cute - so pretty pedicured toes are a must! nude ‘Waltz’ shoes $89.95 and clutch chain bag $59.95

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PeTer yOunG ShOeS One of the big trends for 2014 is ‘lady-like’ style. This bag is classic in shape, rich in colour and in pearl patent-leather it is a perfect addition to your race day wardrobe and beyond. Grace and Jackie would approve! Ada G cream handbag $209.95. Comfortable, elegant shoes are a must on race day. your feet must remain fresh, pretty and able to withstand many hours whilst sipping on many champagnes! So neutral snakeskin and cork wedges are your winning style! naturalizer ‘Drama’ shoes $139.95

Bella Once Loved Shop 2/154 Main Street, Mornington Miss velvet 28 Wells Street, Frankston Pollen by hunterminx Shop 6/87 Mt eliza Way, Mt eliza Peter young Shoes 75 Main Street, Mornington Style Temple 114b Mt eliza Way, Mt eliza

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YOUR LOCAL MEDICAL SERVICES Right place. Right care. Anytime

There are many medical services available to residents and visitors of the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region, some of which you may be aware of, others not. Understanding your options can help you to make better choices when accessing medical services.

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• Rosebud Hospital 1527 Nepean Highway, Rosebud VIC 3939 • Peninsula Health Mental Health Triage Service 1300 792 977 • Visit Peninsula Health website for services and directions peninsulahealth.org.au

WHERE DO I FIND RELIABLE INFORMATION TO LOOK AFTER MYSELF? There are many reliable organisations that can point you in the right direction to assist with your illness or injury. Better Health website betterhealth.vic.gov.au

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fashion health & beauty Feel like your are in paradise at Saya

It’s all happening at Saya with a new beauty room meaning the fabulous team can now offer even more appointments and even more services. Saya Beauté Bar has become the number one destination for women around the area when it comes to the ultimate in pampering and beauty. Now with three beauty rooms, a sauna room and spray tan room, there will be more services on offer for their loyal clientele. A purpose-built beauty spa in Somerville, Saya offers everything from massage, facials and microdermabrasion to eyelash extensions, make-up, waxing, and spray tans to name a few on their long list of services. Using a special spray tan formula, for the ultimate summer glow, you can wash your spray tan off after just two hours and go on your way and the colour is divine. Saya has made sure to only employ top quality beauty therapists who are experts in

their field, making sure your Saya experience is one you will never forget and, without a doubt, you will keep coming back for more. Adding the cosmetic injectables, Restylane fillers and anti-ageing treatments to their services has proven to be a winner with registered nurse, Bianca Williamson, extending her hours at the Somerville salon. Bianca will be available for cosmetic injectables, Restylane fillers, anti-ageing treatments and consultations on 19th February, 12th March, 9th April, 7th May and 4th June. And if that’s not enough, Saya are looking into expanding into IPL, laser hair removal, all part of the grand plan to serve customers better and offer all their beauty needs under the one roof. Call in and meet the friendly team at Saya Beauté Bar, 2/10 Eramosa Road, Somerville. Call 5977 6790 for details and appointments.

DON’T END UP LIKE A PRUNE We all long for that healthy summer glow but, truth be told, in the warmer months, too much sun, chlorine and air-conditioning only leads to dry, lifeless skin. With a few helpful hints it is possible to save your skin this summer, and get that fabulous complexion we see in magazines. 1. Drink lots of water. Staying hydrated is number one. Seems simple but it’s not always easy to do. Drink around eight glasses of water a day to keep your skin moisturised. 2. W ear sunscreen every time you are out in the sun, even when undercover. A tan is great but who wants leathery skin so make sure you continually top up the sunscreen to avoid skin damage. 3. A void the sun from 11am till 3pm. If at all possible stay out of the sun during these hottest hours of the day to avoid adverse reactions to your skin. 4. F ollow a skin routine. Even if you don’t normally have a set routine, summer is the time you need to start. Use a toner and moisturiser every day to replenish the lost moisture in your skin. 5. D rink less soft drink and alcohol. Aerated drinks and alcoholic beverages only dehydrate the skin and body more so remember to have them in moderation. 6. U se artificial tans. Whether its a tan in a can or a spray tan, using artificial tans is far better in the long term for your skin and they look great. 7. N ever get your face burnt. If you must get a sun tan, make sure you always protect your face as it will age much quicker with sun damage than the rest of your body. 8. K eep cool. Replenish your body on the inside with water, and use natural face masks and body masks to rehydrate from the outside. Natural yoghurt and cucumber offers great skin relief. FEBRUARY 2014 (27)

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TRADITIONAL FAMILY BEACHHOUSE WITH OUTSTANDING VIEWS AND SECLUSION Nestled privately in exclusive location, a short walk via tracks across Reserve Land opposite, to beautiful clean swimming beach. Indulge your family & friends with amazingly wide bayviews on a unique 1950m2 terraced site with ROW at rear. This original 60’s beachhouse with hardwood floors & extensive glass to maximize views, has plenty of room to move. A classic dining area with feature ceilings and wood combustion OFP, living flowing to slate sealed sundeck, 4 bedrooms + separate family rumpus, 2nd shower & WC. Direct ground level entry from rear garden & protected BBQ area, fresh presentation

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throughout, bitumen sealed drive & ample parking. This unique property has the wow factor, elevation, style, space & sunshine. A rare find in popular blue chip location by the bay. For Sale $960k - $1.050m View Inspection by Appointment Map Ref 159 D8 Contact Linda Wooley 0408 148 041 MJ Ross & Co Dromana 5987 2800 mjross.com.au

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SOVEREIGN POINT GIVES BERTH TO A LUXURIOUS NEW OPPORTUNITY

Waterfront living on the Mornington Peninsula has never been this easy with house and land packages – each with a marina berth – selling for less than a million dollars. Thirty lots have been released at Sovereign Point, the only waterfront blocks currently available in the Martha Cove marina development on Safety Beach. Priced from just $499,000 for prime waterfront land and less than $1 million for land with a luxury house, the sites range in size from 697 to 920 square metres, each boasting harbour frontage of up to 22.5 metres and the title to a berth at your back door.

include a variety of styles from award-winning Latitude 37 Homes, including the single-storey, double-storey and split level homes. Homes are available with three, four or five bedrooms. Alternatively, buyers can design and build their own. “Sovereign Point is a unique offering that gives buyers the chance to enjoy waterfront living and all the high-end attractions for which the peninsula is famous, including world-class golf courses and wineries. And the city is less than an hour away on Peninsula Link,” Mr Carson said. Another attraction is the revamped Martha Cove Café & Store, where catering supremo Peter Rowland has launched his latest

enterprise to offer the best of the region’s renowned food, wine and coffee. Martha Cove is a 94-hectare residential marina development, being overseen by a unique alliance between three key stakeholders – development company Three Pillars, and receivers and managers KordaMentha and PPB Advisory. When completed, it will include around 1100 residential dwellings, 750 marina berths, a commercial precinct and an aged care facility. Sovereign Point’s waterfront location and style is showcased now on site with the opening of the Spinnaker Display Home.

The sale is being managed by PPB Advisory, the receivers and managers for waterfront land at Martha Cove in conjunction with Foxwood Innovative Property Solutions. “Sovereign Point gives people a rare opportunity to build their dream architecturally designed home in a masterplanned waterfront community with parks, cycle paths and walkways,” the Chairman of Partners at PPB Advisory, Ian Carson, said. “You can have it all for less than $1 million.”

The architecturally designed home will feature four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, two living areas, a study, an alfresco dining area, a two-door garage, plus a 13.6-metre marina berth. It includes a spacious alfresco area with views to the pool and marina. The Sovereign Point, Martha Cove sales office is located within the Martha Cove Café & Store at the corner of Anchorage Avenue and Harbourside Esplanade, Safety Beach. The Sovereign Point display home is located at Lot 676, Sovereign Point, Safety Beach. Visit www.marthacove. com.au or ring Jules Alexander at Foxwood on 0401 255 555.

Prices for waterfront house and land packages start from just $899,000 and range up to $1.45 million. They

KNOW YOUR BERTH RIGHTS Homeowners can live like millionaires on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula with luxury waterfront lots selling from $499,000, with a marina berth at your back door you need never launch your boat again! Thirty lots have been released at Sovereign Point, the only waterfront blocks currently available in the Martha Cove marina development on Safety Beach. Selling agent Jules Alexander from Foxwood Innovative Property Solutions expects strong interest from buyers with each site at Sovereign Point boasting harbour frontage of up to 22.5 metres and a berth lot entitlement. “When people look for marina berths there are several things they must consider and Sovereign Point ticks all the boxes,” Ms Alexander said. “Firstly, always look for possible power and water connections to the berth,” she said. “It’s not safe or practical to run extension cords across large distances if you don’t have power near your boat.” Onsite fuel supply is also important, with Martha Cove the only site on the peninsula where boats don’t have to leave the water to refuel. “Make sure your berth is well protected from the weather. Your boat represents a significant investment and should not be

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subject to high swells or bad weather, as they are when moored in the ocean or the bay. Also make sure your berth has a water depth of at least 2.4 metres at low tide.” Martha Cove offers 24-hour onsite security with patrols on land and water to keep your property safe. At Sovereign Point waterfront house and land packages start from $899,000. They include a variety of styles from award-winning Latitude 37 Homes, including single-storey, double-storey and split level homes. Homes are available with three, four or five bedrooms. Alternatively, buyers can design and build their own. “Sovereign Point is a unique offering that gives buyers the chance to enjoy waterfront living in a master planned community at a surprisingly affordable price,” Ms Alexander said. “It offers all the high-end attractions for which the peninsula is famous, including world-class golf courses and wineries. The city is less than an hour away on Peninsula Link.” The Sovereign Point, Martha Cove sales office is located within the Martha Cove Café & Store at the corner of Anchorage Avenue and Harbourside Esplanade, Safety Beach. The Sovereign Point display home is located at Lot 676, Sovereign Point, Safety Beach. Visit www.marthacove. com.au or ring Jules Alexander at Foxwood on 0401 255 555. fresh every month

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The Eyes have it Marcus Bland is anything but. With over thirty years’ experience in the spectacle making trade, this craftsman who gained his English qualifications while working in Oxford Street London, loves to smile, go roller blading and ride motor bikes. Not your typical eyewear specialist perhaps, but certainly one who focuses on finding the perfect fit, style and optimum comfort for each ‘unique’ client. Marcus knows spectacle construction inside out. His eyewear salon, which proudly hangs a chalk board out front with quirky lines which all relate to smiling on it, is something different. ‘Keep it in place, the smile on your face’, is one of his favourites,

and smile is what you’ll do when you enter this Davies Ave store because Marcus takes the time and care for you. There are no time constraints and advice is free when you come into Mt Eliza Optical. Attention to fit is of supreme importance. (There will be no slipping down the nose or off the ears while smiling with a pair of specs from the spectacle specialists). Here you’ll find high end, high quality European frames and perfectly crafted lenses while the Couta Boat inspired décor invites you in and makes you want to stay. 2014 sees the introduction of the Mt Eliza Optical package. Receive two pairs of (single vision) glasses for $200 – see in

store for conditions. Home visits for pick-up and delivery of spectacles are a given and remember, if you’ve broken your eyewear, Marcus can fix it - always with a smile. Opening hours: Closed Monday. Open 9.305.30 Tuesday to Friday, Sat 9am till 2pm Marcus Bland, Mt Eliza Optical, 5 Davies Ave. Mt Eliza Ph.: 9775 2922 www.meoptical.com.au

Special discounts for our readers Elite Bedheads and Reupholstery believes an upholstered bedhead should be the focal point of every amazing bedroom. And their online shop is the place to get it!

Each bedhead is custom made, handcrafted and designed right here on the Mornington Peninsula. With an endless array of options - from deep buttoning, stab buttons, pleated borders, decorative studded work or standout fabrics with intricate piping detail, there’s an endless amount of options to make your masterpiece a reality. But it doesn’t stop there. With a standout service, staff will visit you at home bringing fabric samples to inspire you to free your inner designer to create your perfect domain. There’s nothing better than actually seeing your fabric choices in situ for a true reflection of how your creation will look. You can even add in matching cushions, ottomans, valances

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or storage boxes in decorative fabric or maybe re-cover a sentimental chair to make your whole bedroom appear as if it’s out of a magazine. Master upholsterer, Andy, with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry, has the finest attention to detail and with Elite Bedheads and Reupholstery using only the highest quality materials, this makes them the Peninsula’s premium bedhead and re-cover specialist. The company is offering Mornington Peninsula Magazine readers a special offer to take 10% off all orders and bedheads made before March 15, 2014 (fabric not included in this discount). To find out more about this offer and the services provided, call Sheree on 0438 786 120 or 0497 068 593, email to askus@elite-upholstery.com.au or visit the website at www. elite-upholstery.com.au

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Form, Fit and Mt Eliza Flair Having worked in the fashion industry for around fortyfive years, Yvonne West from Euro Collections knows how to make fashion work for you. The trick is? – None – just the understanding that each body type is different. Yvonne explains. ‘I do four bust and hip measurements of a client. Most women are a different size in each area of the body. At Euro Collections a garment fits in all the right places’. Sourcing uniquely gorgeous designer fabrics from across the globe and selecting from up to five thousand pieces from each range each year, means you’ll find a hand-picked item as individual as you at Euro Collections. There are up to one hundred labels in store. ‘We have clients who shop at Euro Collections for their complete wardrobe because we offer the entire collection; bags, belts, hats, wallets, shoes and jewellery’ says Yvonne. ‘We also offer an alteration service on all our garments - we can take boots in (for the thinner leg) or extend for the wider calf, or take in/let out a garment’. Personalised service (Yvonne’s son James is known as ‘the stylist’ at their Armadale store) is a given at Euro Collections. Yvonne specialises in Mother of the Bride and Groom collections, special occasion dressing, travel wear (just right jerseys, cotton and silks which unpack beautifully) and corporate style. Book an appointment with Yvonne to find your true style or drop in during February to view the new Autumn/Winter range. Sizes range from six to twenty-six, shoes from size five to eleven, and you’ll also find an ever changing range of items on sale. Euro Collections - creative clothing for women with style. Euro Collections – open seven days a week 72 Mt Eliza Way, Mt Eliza. 9775 4022. Also at Mornington, Armadale and Bendigo by Liz Rogers

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MT ELIZA Instinctively home – and business If you’re looking for expert interior design advice, look no further than Eliza Furniture and Interiors. Firmly established as one of the industry’s top design stops for all things home and office, and for excellence in hotel and restaurant fit outs, Eliza Furniture and Interiors is your number one design choice. This company’s longevity in the interior design business is due to creativity and hard work. Workmanship has a ten year guarantee, it’s built to last. (Eliza Furniture & Interiors supplied all the furniture for the Hotel Sofitel refurbishment plus the Fashion Lounge Nightclub and Royce Hotel in St Kilda Rd). Custom Built furniture is what they know. Working with clients to produce furniture to exact specifications and using Australian Hardwood timbers and premium quality fillings ensures the final product is of the highest standard. Working alongside cabinet makers, carpenters, and upholsterers means Eliza Furniture and Interiors can conceptualise, design, construct and fit your space to create something truly wonderful. Customer

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satisfaction is paramount. No job is too big or too small for Eliza Furniture and Interiors. They can give your home a mini makeover or your work space a complete overhaul. Reupholster with beautiful fabrics from Warwick, Harlequin, Zepel or Sanderson, or change your view with fresh shutters, curtains or Roman and Roller blinds. They’ll come to your home with samples and give you a measure and quote. Starting out in 1983 with one man reupholstering, Eliza Furniture and Interiors now has a factory employing seven staff. Working directly with clients in their homes and businesses means they no longer run a retail outlet (formerly at 114 Mt Eliza Way), but nothing else has changed. The service, quality and creative inspiration just keeps getting better and better. Eliza Furniture and Interiors www. elizainteriors.com.au elizainteriors@ bigpond.com Call Maryanne Galley on 0425 741 983 to make an appointment

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Style Temple is very excited to introduce itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new range of outdoor furniture. Made in the USA the Breezesta range looks like painted wood, but lasts a lifetime with no re-painting or sanding required. Available in a range of colours, Breezesta Adirondack chairs, benches, sunlounges and swings are extraordinarily comfortable and stylish! Also new in store are Di Zonda silk dresses, a new style of Retromarine boardshorts, an expanded range of ecobamboo tableware and new hand-beaded Marigolde necklaces. More Tom Dixon decorator pieces have arrived, plus new rug styles and the latest in lighting in-store. The team at Style Temple send a big thank you to their new friends for supporting them through their first Christmas. With new stock arriving daily, they look forward to helping you with your decorating, gift and fashion choices through 2014. Style Temple, not just a shop, a destination.

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PRIMROSE FAIR MARCH 1ST 10AM-4PM ‘ AUTUMN HARVEST ’ TOORAK COLLEGE, MT ELIZA

This Autumn, The Cloisters at Toorak College will provide a gorgeous backdrop for a curated collection of “Primrose Fair will stillchildren’s have all of the wonderful Primrose Fair is returning to The Cloisters on Saturday 1 March 2014, so designer fashion, wear,entertainment food, and food that visitors have come to expect” says Lara Tweedie. “Rhys Horobin, our resident DJ will be filling The Cloisters will Mornington Peninsula Magazine caught up with Lara Tweedie and Marlee beautiful sounds. We&willhomewares. also have Corey Fowler from Grazen cooking up a storm. Corey will be jewellery Horobin to hear about all of the exciting developments for the next event.

PRIMROSE FAIR RETURNS SATURDAY MARCH 1ST “Primrose Fair is a free entry, family friendly event” says Marlee Horobin. “We have decided to introduce a dedicated Parents with Prams section in the car park to help make visiting the market an enjoyable and relaxing experience for all of the Mums with little ones.”

preparing his fabulous and famous pulled pork rolls for the event. Locally sourced pork shoulder braised in Mornington Peninsula Brewery Pale Ale matched with sweet corn coleslaw and house made whiskey BBQ sauce. All we can say is yum!”

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“We are also delighted to welcome some fabulous new stallholders” says Marlee. “Etherique is a local business who create beautiful fragrances, candles and massage oils. Their Lychee and Black Tea candle is already a favourite in the Primrose office. We also love kids clothing label, Mr Moo. Mr Moo uses vintage and retro fabrics to create gorgeous, handmade, one off pieces.”

“We would love all of the Peninsula locals to come down, grab a coffee and meet our wonderful

stall holders amongst the falling leaves of The Cloisters.” www.primrosefair.com.au

Primrose Fair will take place at The Cloisters, Toorak College, Mt Eliza on Saturday 1st March 2014 between 10am and 4pm. Entry is free. Visit www.primrosefair.com.au for more details.

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MARCH 1ST 10AM-4PM ‘ AUTUMN GLOW ’ VENUE: TOORAK COLLEGE, MT ELIZA

FREE ENTRY, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.

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Problem Plumbing?

Smart Flow can fix it Smart Flow Plumbing is the company to call for all plumbing concerns.

Servicing the Peninsula and suburban Melbourne, Smart Flow Plumbing’s range of services is key to their success within the industry. Plumbing services are core to their business. Extensive knowledge and experience plus the right materials and equipment mean they can craft solutions for all kinds of plumbing challenges. They just know what to do and getting the job done quickly and ‘right the first time’ is part of their credo. Smart Flow Plumbing is licensed to carry out a large variety of repairs and installations in cold water supply systems. A leak can be fixed or a new fixture, appliance or basin can be installed. Standard hot water units can be put in, replaced or serviced. Pipe renewals and repairs can be done on both hot and cold water pipes. No job is too big or too small. But that is just the beginning – the team at Smart Flow also offer an experienced gas fitting and repair service including installation of new gas pipes at properties that previously had no connection to the natural and LPG gas distribution network. Gas line testing, storm water and sewerage draining systems repair/installation and a drainage inspection and cleaning service sees Smart Flow ahead of their competitors. They’ve got all plumbing problems covered - including heating and cooling. Call Smart Flow

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to get your evaporative cooling and air conditioning split systems up and running. Now’s the time! Gas heaters, ducted heating, boilers and hydronic water heating systems work better with Smart Flow Plumbing. Leak detection is their speciality, while use of CCTV cameras can uncover unseen problems in storm water drains, pits and sewage lines. Do you want more? If you’re considering a major renovation or upgrade of your property call Smart Flow Plumbing to locate your underground water, sewer and electrical services before you get going. They’ll give you the green light so you won’t be confronted by any unexpected and costly delays, while roof condition/insurance reportage means your property is in the hands of experts. The Smart Flow Plumbing experts. www.smartflowplumbing.net.au Call 0450 694 161 to get the job done or mail to PO Box 1130 Kunyung Mt Eliza by Liz Rogers

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NOW is the time

to change your life forever! What are you waiting for? Right now is the beginning of the rest of your life, so why not give the team at Body Change in Mt Eliza a call to get you to where you know you should be going! Everyone has the power to turn things around, to change bad habits and to live the life they were born to live. Body Change, the newest and most exciting private personal training and group fitness studio on the Mornington Peninsula, can show you the way. Owner Tim Johnston and his partner Jess know what they are talking about. Tim lives health and fitness and Jess is proof The Sixty Day Body Change Challenge works. Her body (and mind) transformation is astounding. ‘You wouldn’t take financial advice from a person who is broke, so why would you risk making the same mistake with your body which is your most valuable asset’, says Tim who knows fitness inside out. ‘The Sixty Day Challenge fast tracks you to the body you want through attention to training, nutrition and motivation. Jess has been there’ – see before and after shot –‘so you know you’re getting the right advice and she’ll share all her secrets with you. She’s living proof the Sixty Day Challenge works’. Physical activity is not only imperative for mind/ body health. It reduces the risks of

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heart disease, type two diabetes, high blood pressure and many other health concerns. It also helps reduce anxiety, depression and gets you looking fantastic! Body Change run group training sessions six days per week as well. They’re so confident you’ll love the variety of training and the atmosphere they’re inviting you to try an entire week absolutely FREE! The variety in training from session to session and within the sessions themselves means you’re never bored and continually challenged. Each session brings a new approach to fitness. Boxing on the beach, stair climbs, battle ropes, kettle bells and tyres are just a few of the tools used in the quest for a fitter, more sensational you. ‘Our location means we have the beach, an indoor studio, outdoor training area, the hills and a synthetic running track all within two hundred metres’, says Tim. Say goodbye to boring treadmills and repetitive training sessions forever. So stop wasting time and step into a life where you’re the front runner in mind and body. Fitness never felt so good. Body Change 13 Manatee Ave, Mt Eliza 0422 693 537 www.bodychange.com.au - by Liz Rogers read online www.mpmag.com.au

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Dental Care Mt Eliza The journey of dental health is one that culminates in our entire overall wellbeing. Health dentistry is all about understanding why problems happen in the first place and then providing the correct treatment to improve them. Dr Scott Robertson has lived locally since 1975 and has operated a practice in Mt Eliza since 1989. His aim is simple – to provide clear advice and quality health dentistry answering simply the questions that all patients ask – • Will it hurt? • How much will it cost? • Is it worth it? The decision making process is ultimately controlled by

A great smile please! BEFORE

AFTER Modern Dentistry has many options to tackle the appearance of your smile. Correct understanding of the issues/impediments is essential! there is nothing more disappointing than a result less than the expectation.

The Science and Art of Smile Design requires an understanding of all the components of a smile, not just the teeth. success is dependent on this understanding and what changes are necessary and possible because... Smiley people feel better!

the patient – after the provision of effective, efficient and accurate advice involving a written estimate and clear direction regarding the options available. Complex dentistry must be broken into simple parts in order to obtain the best possible results. Choices in dentistry must be balanced with risks and benefits – where the dental professional’s expert knowledge is provided in a way that the patient can fully understand in order for the correct choices to be made. Dental Care Mt Eliza is a hands on service that supports and co-ordinates the journey to dental health. The team will show you exactly what is possible with intraoral cameras and photography and examples to make it easier to understand proposed treatments. Treatment co-ordinator, Robyn Maini, has a wealth of experience in demystifying dentistry and costs and written estimates are always provided. Evening appointments are also available. Call 9787 4439 for more information.

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February 21st 2014 could be the first day of the rest of your life. Anna Jorgensen has the clue; her fresh teacher training course in Hatha Yoga (which is a physical style of yoga) at The Yoga House in Ranelagh Drive. Want to know more? Anna Talks; ‘This course is all about personal development and is for people who currently practice yoga. Yoga provides a guide-line for personal growth, focussing on the connection between mental and physical strength which ultimately leads to a holistic way of living where the mind, body and soul are nurtured and strengthened’. PLUS you get a new career as a fully qualified yoga teacher while morphing into a better, stronger version of yourself. Sounds too good to be true! Anna has been practicing yoga since she was a teenager and running the two hundred hour Teacher Training Course for the last two years. Many of her previous graduates have gone on to teach with The Yoga House at their two studios. All have changed their lives for the better. Look out for the exiting new classes just launched; a more spiritually based class Healing with Yoga and Reiki on Tuesdays and the Sunday Sanctuary which is a gentle yoga practice with long guided meditation (obviously on Sundays!) in term one. These classes are ideal for all ability levels because all TYH teachers work with each individual to achieve their ideal outcome. And guys, you have not been forgotten! Term two sees a new ‘Less Fluff, More Stuff’ class for the boys where challenge is the operative word. So there’s absolutely no excuse not to get moving in 2014; whether into a new physically and mentally rewarding career or into a more centred, fitter and fabulous you – at The Yoga House.

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PILATES ON THE ‘GROW’ The team at Peninsula Pilates Studios is now offering expanded services from their studio at Shop 10, 87 Mt Eliza Way (opposite the Mt Eliza Deli). Studio Principal Jodie Furness explained that the business has grown from its humble beginnings. “We’ve expanded from originally having just one pilates instructor to now offering six instructors, four physiotherapists and myotherapy,” she said. Treatment by their qualified therapists is claimable against private health extras. Peninsula Pilates Studios offers pilates classes to suit everybody: • • • • •

elite athletes people rehabilitating after injury/surgery elderly people wishing to improve mobility pelvic floor weakness (incl. pre/post natal) general strength / flexibility

Classes range from beginner mat classes to private

studio sessions which include the use of their extensive range of specialized pilates equipment. Clinical pilates and rehabilitation is offered by their highly experienced physiotherapists. The studios hip and gluteal tendon pain rehab programs are proving to be a big hit with women experiencing this discomfort when exercising or in bed at night, due to the high success rate of pain free outcomes. Peninsula Pilates Studios - Mt Eliza can be contacted on 9775 4000. For more information see: www.psmgroup.com.au

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CRAFTY CLASSES IN MT ELIZA Mt Eliza Needlework (formerly Eliza Craft and Wool) continues to pride itself on providing expert tuition in a range of needlework techniques.

Offering daily classes and One Day Saturday Workshops in a variety of needlework techniques, they also boast an extensive range of specialist threads, fabrics, kits and patterns, those of which are designed and developed by the group’s teachers and are not commercially available. New and experienced stitchers are encouraged to join a class with the teacher who actually designed their chosen project…… a very rare and unique opportunity.

of general tapestries, cross stitch, long stitch, latch hook and crewel embroidery kits. Not to mention the range of linen for the discerning stitcher together with an extensive range of decorative ribbons and hand dyed ribbons exclusively for ribbon embroidery. The shop has also enjoyed a long standing reputation for teaching wool embroidery and producing an amazing range of baby blankets for the arrival of that ‘special someone’. All day Saturday classes in handmade teddy bears are also popular as are the weekly or Saturday classes in patchwork for both the novice and more experienced stitcher.

Now a Victorian stockist for Elizabeth Bradley Tapestries and Jolly Red Tapestries - both quality kits imported direct from the UK – they also offer a selection

Visitors to the store enjoy the colour and quiet creativeness while students enjoy expert tuition, friendship and frivolity while crafting their projects. There is a warm

welcome for those new stitchers who haven’t yet started but have always wanted to. Prepare to be amazed at what YOU can do! The following services are also offered: • Custom framing • Professional quilting service • Make up service for embellished cushions or embroidered blankets • Commissioned baby blankets Also on offer is a selection of special occasion giftware and gift vouchers that are a perfect solution for those hard to buy for. Why not visit their website for details on current classes, projects and sale items and ‘like’ their Facebook page to keep up to date with newly completed and work in progress photographs from the students.

Mt Eliza Mowers and Chainsaws Under New Management After many years of talking, Steve and Murray Holt have finally got together and taken over Mt. Eliza Mowers and Chainsaws. Both are experienced with Murray having over 30 years as a qualified small engine mechanic and Steve coming from the Automotive Spare Parts Industry. Together they are working to provide a fast, reliable, friendly and competitive service. They also offer a pick-up and delivery service for those who are not able to bring their equipment in. “The workshop is very well equipped to cater to all your needs.” explained Steve. “Murray can repair or service any make or model from push mowers to ride-ons, chainsaws, brushcutters and hedge trimmers. He can also sharpen your hand tools and power equipment.” Steve continued. Pop in and see Steve and Murray at Mt Eliza Mowers and Chainsaws, 1/3 Davies Avenue, Mt Eliza (behind Bistro Maison) phone 9787 6277.

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Harba Oyster Bar and Grill never stops. Now open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, this Mornington Peninsula institution is well known for letting the good times roll with live music, delicious restaurant quality menus – specialising in seafood, steak and sizzling grills - plus cocktails that pack a punch. It’s all about feeling good at Harba whether you’re catching a bite at the restaurant downstairs or partying on in the Sunset Lounge and restaurant up above. Live music and comedy nights get the groove going, while the open deck upstairs has views to die for. Trivia comes to Morning-town on Thursday nights at Harba where five dollars will get you in. First and second prizes are available plus plenty of give-aways throughout the evening. (Harba proudly sponsors Variety, The Children’s Charity with this event). Live music from five on Sundays wraps up the weekend. Now let’s talk food. Harba Oyster Bar and Grill knows seafood. Tuck into a dozen (or more!) of your favourite zinc and iron fuelled oysters. Natural, Kilpatrick, chorizo, mango salsa or Vietnamese style will do the trick. For seafood seekers, look no further than wonderful Wednesdays where ordering Harba’s famous seafood platter for two gets you a free bottle of wine from their fabulous Rothbury range. Fresh and mouth-watering local, Harba’s seafood (and wine!) is second to none. Try a Porterhouse or Wagyu steak on Tuesdays, served up with a side of salad and chips of mashed potato and vegetables – bookings essential. A-la-Carte lunch (smoked salmon flatbread with citrus dill cream and fried baby capers and sliced fennel) and dinner (calamari dusted with salt and pepper flour, harissa aioli and roquette) menus cover all tastes. And remember – Harba is available for private hire for engagements/weddings, birthdays and any old celebration. That’s what they do best; make sure you have the best time. Harba Oyster Bar & Grill restaurant | functions | catering 786 Esplanade Mornington p 5975 1183 e info@harba.com.au FEBRUARY 2014 (27)

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Fans of Italian food and tapas bars will love the new Assaggini in Mornington. Assaggini, meaning ‘small tastes’ is the latest venture for the guys who are brains behind the Red Hill Epicurean. Casual and convivial it delivers honestly priced small plates, share plates and a full bar sporting a fabulous selection of wines, including many Peninsula varieties. The sleek looking bar area will soon be noisy with patrons enjoying themselves on the clusters of high tables, low tables, benches and bars. With the rustic looking interior, they are skewing towards couples and larger groups in their, 20’s, 30’s or 40’s. Who will find the staff diligent, friendly and well acquainted with both the wine list and menu offerings. Salumi and formaggi plates, bruschetta, meat ball sliders, local mussels and their famous Epicurean inspired pizzas will be the order of the day.

It is not all finger food though, as larger dishes will be on offer also. The ‘feed me’ menu will be interesting - for a fixed fee per person groups will have dish after dish arrive until they are satisfied. Ask staff for all the details. Assaggini will open initially from 6pm nightly. Watch for details of breakfast and lunch hours, set to open shortly. Some delicious local produce will also be on display and can be purchased to take home. Assaggini will have a fresh local food emphasis, with a distinct Italian twist. This casual lounging bar will no doubt be a welcome addition to dining in Mornington. Don’t forget to try the Little Rebel coffee. Assaggini, 1c Albert Street, Mornington. Phone 5973 5791

LOVEBIRDS GATHER AT EDEN GARDENS For all you lovebirds out there, there’s a special treat in store! Eden Gardens Mt Eliza have teamed up with the beautiful Linton’s Café (located inside Eden Gardens premises) for a special Valentine’s Day promotion. One lucky couple will win a free private lunch, set under the cherry tree in the herb garden with use of the romantic Private Haven Daybed. Dine on a scrumptious meal in the ultimate romantic setting, with a free bottle of sparkling wine, personal waiter service and a free potted rose gift to take home. All you need to do to enter is come into Eden Gardens and make any purchase of $25 or more, or make a Valentine’s Day booking in the café. Then visit the Eden Gardens facebook page (facebook.com/edengardensclub) and write in 25 words or less why you deserve to win.

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For more information see their website www.edengardens. com.au Winners from each store will be notified on facebook or by email on 10th February. First prize is not transferable, or redeemable for cash and is only valid on Valentine’s Day (14/2/14), weather permitting. The lucky winners will have their photographs featured on social media. And there’s even runner up prizes so visit www.edengardens.com.au for full terms and conditions. Eden Gardens and Linton’s Café is at the corner Nepean Highway and Canadian Bay Road, Mount Eliza. Phone 9787 3244 fresh every month

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NEW EATERY AT MARTHA COVE A gloriously sunny Saturday January 25th saw more than 100 people attend the official opening of the Martha Cove Cafe and Store, the peninsula’s newest foodie hot spot. Locals and visitors alike enjoyed a divine lunch provided by catering supremo Peter Rowland as part of the celebration of the opening of his latest enterprise, the

revamped Martha Cove Cafe and Store.

Looking out over the marina, the bubbles flowed and guests enjoyed some of Peter’s famous canapés, a barbecue lunch and progressive dessert dining experience in three of Martha Cove’s latest property development display homes. The cafe also houses the sales offices for properties to purchase at Martha Cove.

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Feel the love at Heritage Something super for husbands, wives and long-time lovers, Heritage Tavern and Restaurant in Balnarring has you very much in mind this Valentine’s Day. “Parents, especially the ones with young kids, have been so under the pump with all the fuss of Christmas and the new year, school holidays, returning to work, and worrying about everyone else in the family. When Valentine’s Day comes around it’s actually a great opportunity to say ‘leave the kids at home’ and go out for a lovely dinner,” said proprietor Gail Loverage. “Have some uninterrupted ‘quality time’ with someone you love, investing in the relationship.” You will be spoilt with a memorable meal at a table crisply clothed in white linen and adorned with a flickering candle and a red, red rose - hailing the occasion. A courtesy bus is available for local patrons. After dinner, on Friday February 14,

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EVERYONE LOVES THE HERITAGE melodic music will feature from local duo Mojo Pearls (above) who will perform in the tavern, topping off a great night out. Other Friday night performers during February include Geoff Achison, Andy Phillips & the Cadillac Walk and Joel Plymin & them Blues Cats. Throughout the year, Heritage is also home-base for a number of gatherings. Balnarring Business Group will dedicate the meeting on February 7 to ‘Women in Business’. Heritage Tavern and Restaurant is at 3059 Frankston-Flinders Road, Balnarring. Book on 5983 2597.

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Bucket Sunday at The Rocks The Rocks restaurant, overlooking Mornington Harbor, is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner at this time of the year. Now that the ‘high summer’ visitors have returned to the city, we can once again enjoy the pleasure of having our own backyard, a little more ‘just for us’. Something special to add to your bucket-list, The Rocks has Bucket Sundays each week from 4pm.

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Laze away on the shady deck, overlooking the harbour, and enjoy a bucket of mussels for $18, a bucket of tiger prawns for $28, a bucket of fish & chips for $26 and a bucket of Coronas for $28. The mussels arrive fabulously fresh, straight from the boat at the pier, thanks to Peter Lillie at Bay Sea Farms. Seats are now very limited for this year’s Valentine’s Day dinner, so call now or you could be disappointed. The romantic three course menu

begins with a complimentary flute of French champagne which is a superb ‘taster’ for the seafood platter which presents an array of more than eight varieties of crustaceans and fresh fish. The main course is an 18-hour slowbraised lamb shoulder, accompanied by a traditional Greek salad using Main Ridge marinated fetta. An assiette of house-made sweets follows for dessert, cost is $105pp. Visit The Rocks website for more menu details at therocksmornington. com.au or phone 5973 5599

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A New Lease of Life for a Mornington Peninsula Icon Local couple Robert and Analou Lawson have taken on the task of re-inventing Main Ridge’s Pig and Whistle Tavern. After purchasing the freehold ownership mid 2013 – which includes 30 acres of property and the business Bayview Estate Winery – their grand plan is to restore the iconic English style tavern to its former glory. Located just five minutes from the top of Arthurs Seat, The Pig and Whistle is set amongst picturesque gardens with a spectacular view overlooking Port Phillip Bay. The venue has indoor seating near an open fire for winter dining and outdoor seating for the warmer months. Open daily for lunch and dinner the menu features hearty pub style meals, an extensive wine list and a famous range of domestic and imported beers. While extensive renovations are planned for the future, The Lawsons intend to retain the original character, warm atmosphere and eclectic collections that have built the reputation of the property. “We will continue serving quality, affordable food and provide friendly service with a smile.” Along with building expansion and landscaping, the changes include a revamp of the Bayview Estate Winery – which re opened in December 2013 for wine sales, tastings and group bookings – and an increase in the services offered to locals and tourists. “We are open 365 days a year and have the space and facilities to cater for groups, to host weddings and be a place for community functions and meetings.”

The Food With new owners, comes a new menu! Still serving the hearty pub meals it is famous for, the menu features house-made pies, fresh seafood, juicy steaks and decadent desserts with vegetarian, gluten free and childrens’ meals available. Also choose from an extensive range of wines and over 25 different beers (including 12 international). There is something to suit everyones tastes with indoor and outdoor seating available.

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The Pig and Whistle Tavern also hosts free family friendly live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon - see the online gig guide at www.thepigandwhistle.com.au for details. There are also future plans for concerts after the success of ‘A Concert in the Vines’ held on Saturday 18th January featuring international performer Analou, the acclaimed ABBA tribute Bjorn to be Wild and the dynamic Australian Queen Tribute Show.

Bayview Estate Cellar Door The recently renovated Bayview Estate cellar door is now open to the public for sales & tastings of house wines & award winning Peninsula beer, wine, cider & produce. Open daily 11am – 6pm, the space is also available for group bookings & functions. The Pig and Whistle Tavern, Open Daily 12pm – 11pm, www.thepigandwhistle.com.au Bayview Estate Cellar Door, Open Daily 11am – 6pm, www.bayviewestate.com.au 365 Purves Road, Main Ridge Ph: 5989 6130 Melway Ref: 171 G8

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CHILL OUT AT THE GALLERY BAR GRILL

New Licciardo’s Gallery Bar Grill

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The Gallery Bar and Grill is all abuzz this summer. Treat your senses with their light, fresh and creative menu, or try one of the classics Rob Licciardo is famous for. New to the Gallery Bar and Grill is the latest city music, every weekend, under the shade of the massive oak tree. Diners can sit back in the cocktail bar or enjoy fine dining in the brasserie. Outside on the deck, chill out with some tapa’s and wine while you groove to music under that 100 year old oak tree.

Rob Licciardo with Raymond Blanc and David Moore from The Restaurant

Chef Rob Licciardo’s influence is obvious, boasting the latest trends in food and music from his recent stint in the UK. For the past three years Rob has been cultivating his craft in the UK, with successful chefs Raymond Blanc, JJ Goodman and Aussie export Shane Osborn. Licciardo was head chef opening Blanc & Goodman’s London Cocktail Club. He was also head chef at The Moat located in Port Isaac, Cornwall and frequently featured in the UK TV series Doc Martin. After returning to Australia Licciardo decided he wanted to bring a city-feel to Mount Eliza. “I’ve lived in Mount Eliza all my life,” Licciardo explains, “It’s a great place to be. I love surfing, horse riding and competing in triathlons. I just wanted to give this place a fresh modern look; the sophistication of London nestled amongst the beauty of Mount Eliza.” Start the night at the gallery bar and grill with some decadent, price-friendly cocktails or choose from the extensive wine list, then head over to the restaurant where your tastebuds will be titillated. Perhaps you could start off with raw yellow kingfish with accents of lime, green chilli and coconut cream. Licciardo recommends the flamed grilled duck with blackberry sauce and celeriac purée for mains. Then you could finish off with a chocolate marshmallow soufflé with homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Tapa’s are available, for those who enjoy grazing and sharing. Paella can be ordered for groups who will enjoy the combination of flavours only found in this classic Spanish dish. And if you are looking for a place to celebrate a special occasion, the gallery bar and grill has an expansive menu of delicious

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tapas & gourmet pizzas cocktail bar & chill out deck fresh creative menu try Rob’s classics in the brassierie

summer tunes to groove to finger food. They can now cater for up to 150 for weddings or celebrations. Perfect for large or small gatherings, business and school groups welcome. Licciardo describes the warm atmosphere: “This place is definitely friendly, everyone feels welcome.” Licciardo isn’t afraid of a slightly younger crowd, “I love the youth, they bring in energy and I tap into that. This Summer we are introducing the latest city style live music.” Trying to create harmony in his food is what Licciardo enjoys most by using the freshest ingredients. “I want to create flavours which will heighten a person’s tastebuds.” Come in for lunch or dinner from Wednesday onwards; breakfast is offered on Saturdays and Sundays; or if you’re in a rush, order takeaway food and a coffee from the kiosk. Open Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner plus available for weddings, functions and takeaways. 1408 Nepean Hwy Mt Eliza ph 9787 2001.

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THE SURPRISES KEEP ON COMING AT MORNINGTON ON TANTI It’s all happening at Mornington on Tanti and it’s going great guns with a new management team, and a fabulous new playground for the kids. Manager Simon Tickner says the new playground installation is part of the process towards creating a more family friendly environment. “We are now attracting lots of different clientele”, says Simon, “Of course we are also making sure our old clients are looked after in so many ways, the Sportsbar has been extended and we have great food at great prices.” Talking about food and beverages, the bistro at the Tanti is back bustling, with a great new menu – try Chilli Prawns & Chirozo, prawns, pan fried with chilli oil, chorizo and spring onion served with wild rice and fried shallots at $17, Thai Beef Salad with shaved porterhouse, marinated in a light soy and fresh Thai dressing. Tossed with snow pea tendrills, beanshoots, herbs and finished with fried noodles, at $24, and Seafood Paella, with mussels, scallops, prawns, calamari chorizo bacon, chicken, tomato and peas tossed in saffron rice and finished with chilli oil at $30 or choose from their extensive steak, seafood and pasta menu. Simon says to book early, as the word is getting out about the great new menu and new vibe at Mornington on Tanti. “Lunches have become a great venue for more mothers and families with the play area a real drawcard,” explained Simon. “Our Seniors are well catered for with 2 courses for a mere $16.50 every day for lunch and dinner with a venue voucher included.” Standard pub favourites have not been forgotten either, many of these are available to be eaten in the sports bar at budget prices. The Sportsbar has also been extended with two smoking areas and the inclusion of pool tables. And for those wanting a delicious breakfast, Mornington on Tanti has a full breakfast menu with fruit toast, muesli, pancakes, eggs benedict and scrumptious omelettes to name a few. Wednesday night is parma night, Thursday is steak night and Friday, fish and chips, all on special in the bistro. “It is a great local bar. There are no pokies in this area, as these have been moved to the former Raffles bar,” says Simon. “So come and check it out.” Mornington on Tanti is at 917 - 921 Nepean Highway, Mornington. Phone 5975 2015.

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Natural ambience Shoreham style Celebrate Valentines Day with that special someone looking out over the rolling vineyards at Pier 10. Renowned for creating the perfect atmosphere whatever the occasion, Pier 10 will provide the ultimate romantic setting for loved up couples with a Valentines dinner for just $75 per head. Dine on a five course feast and treat your partner to the experience of a lifetime with Pier 10, the perfect venue to watch the sunset, and the ideal wine or bubbles to complement the meal. Pier 10 Restaurant, Winery and Cellar Door in Shoreham is a family owned and run vineyard that ticks all the boxes alfresco entertainment, a la carte dining and wine tasting. The cellar door and winery are still operated by owners Eric and Sue, serving up tasty morsels to accompany wine tastings on weekends. The fully licensed restaurant, which

offers a full al a carte menu as well as tapas options, is operated by Ericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Stuart Baker. Relax outside on the deck with a glass of your favourite vino; enjoy a game of Bocce or the amazing sunsets during a candlelit dinner. The restaurant is open Thursday to Sunday for lunch, and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, with live music every Sunday. The cellar door will be doing light food and wine tastings Friday to Sunday. Drop in to Pier 10 Winery, Restaurant and Cellar Door to experience estate and locally produced food, premium wines and a wonderfully natural ambience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; pure hospitality, Shoreham style. Pier 10 Restaurant, Winery and Cellar Door 10 Shoreham Road Shoreham restaurant@pier10wine.com.au wine@pier10wine.com.au www.pier10wine.com.au Ph 5989 8848

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RED HILL EPICUREAN This place has it all and then some more. The Red Hill Epicurean is one of the most complete and innovative venues to come to the local area. A pinnacle for casual fine dining, Red Hill Epicurean’s now abundant flock of fans are regularly found flying in to the venue for a tasty weekend or weekday treat.

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Modelling the Italian concept of ‘agritourismo’, The Epicurean is where you can celebrate with the best of local wine and produce. A dedicated wine tasting facility with over 100 Peninsula wines to taste or buy, a bakery cafe, cheese larder and even onsite coffee roasting. Their fresh Summer menu is now running, celebrating everything local and in-season. On entry the aroma of fresh-baked country style breads wafts your way, priming the palette. A meander through to the enormous yet relaxed ‘shed’ bistrorestaurant presents a European influenced world of delightful dining with wines made to match.

home and enjoy. And if all that isn’t enough, you can wander upstairs to the mezzanine level and check out some amazing work from local artists. This is truly a top class destination point that must be on every visitor’s itinerary. It can also be the staging point as you plan and prepare your own food and wine trail through the beautiful local countryside. Nowhere else can you experience a taste of the Peninsula in such a beautiful environment and come away with a true appreciation of the area. Whether you have ten minutes, half an hour or three hours to spare, this is one place that you simply must visit. Celebrate the best local wines and produce at Red Hill Epicurean The Red Hill Epicurean is located at 165 Shoreham Road, Red Hill South. Phone 5989 4000.

A private dining room can seat a few or a few dozen. Specialised homewares as well as locally sourced and house-made food products are available for purchase. Choose from delicious jams, relishes and spreads to take

Get Involved! The Mornington Winter Jazz Festival will be back in 2014 over the Queen’s Birthday Weekend! The inaugural 2013 Mornington Winter Jazz Festival was a huge success which saw more than 30,000 visitors come to Mornington and attend the Queens Birthday Weekend festivities.

Celebrate the Taste of the Peninsula With over 100 Peninsula Wines to Taste or Buy Fresh Local Produce to enjoy or take home Your Ultimate Culinary Destination for Breakfast Lunch & Dinner Thursdays Pizza & Steak Night Meet the Winemaker Function Rooms available for all events

165 SHOREHAM RD, RED HILL SOUTH WEB: www.redhillepicurean.com.au PHONE: 5989 4000 • OPEN 7days

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Street corners, restaurants, cafes and bars came alive with a celebrations of Music, Art and Heritage with artists including internationally recognised James Morrison, Vince Jones, Andy Cowan and Frank Bennet just to name a few. The 2014 Jazz Festival is set to be even better with new acts and new venues already in place. With June just around the corner the time has come now to show your interest in becoming a part of this annual celebration of Mornington Peninsula’s finest. Artists, community groups and business sponsors are now invited to show their interest and support for the Mornington Winter Jazz Festival 2014. Further information about the event and sponsorship packages are available from the Mornington Chamber of Commerce on 03 5975 4522 or visit www. morningtonjazz.com.au and www.facebook.com/Morningtonjazz. Mornington Winter Jazz Festival is quickly becoming Mornington Peninsulas most prominent event. Don’t miss your opportunity to get involved applications and sponsorship close April 15th 2014. fresh every month

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The Burger Book: Victoria

FEED THE SENSES AT VERAISON Love is in the air at Veraison where chef Mark Poulter creates sensuous delicacies to tempt the tastebuds and turn an evening into an event. Book now for Valentines Day where couples can enjoy a romantic evening of fine dining and a drop of the grape, looking out over the vineyards while the grand piano serenades in the background. Enjoy a fine selection from the a la carte menu which seduces with its Wallaby done with cherry crust, braised pistachios and celeriac. Why not try the blood plum duck with dates and coconut rice spring roll, or the tantalising porcini mushroom and scallops. For dessert, the signature dish of Veraison is the ever popular aerated violet parfait with honeycomb, strawberries and white chocolate. As always, Veraison continue to offer their weekday two course special on Thursdays, Fridays and Mondays with two courses for $39 and three courses fro $49 representing great value. Visit the website to book at www.veraison. com.au or phone 5989 7081. Veraison is at 269 Myers Road, Merricks North.

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With the warm summer weather upon us, it’s the perfect time to discover the tasty secrets behind Victoria’s best burgers.

In The Burger Book (Smudge Publishing $39.95), a team of passionate burger-lovers have searched through Victoria’s pubs, cafes, restaurants & food trucks to compile a best-of guide to the finest burgers on offer. The book explores the humble burger in all its forms, from the pre-football fix, the ultimate hangover cure to the newer gourmet varieties (soft-shell crab, anyone?) – The Burger Book will guide you, along with providing home chefs tried and tested recipes for the ultimate aioli, buns, patties & chips! Complete with mouth-watering photos of signature burgers, maps to locate the burger of choice and a history explaining its delicious origins, The Burger Book is a must-read for meat-lovers everywhere.

WIN YOUR OWN COPY! To enter simply look for the pic on our Facebook Page (www. facebook/MPmag), ensure you have ‘liked our page’ and make a comment about Mornington Peninsula Magazine. 3 lucky Facebook likers will win! Winners announced February 21st on Facebook

OR BUY ONE The Burger Book: Victoria, by Ethan Jenkins & Jimmy Hurlston can be found at various bookstores and newsagencies across the peninsula including Blairgowrie Newsagency, MP Info Centre Dromana, Frankston Info Centre, Robinsons Bookshop, Page 8 Mornington, MP Regional Gallery, Mornington Newsagency and Mt Martha Newsagency.

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AUSDAY Mornington comes alive with festivities on Australia Day, Photos by Haydn Godony

Treats freshly baked 100% Fresh cream Birthday cakes Fresh Coffee Home of the famous

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Australia’s first mustard emporium opens in Mount Eliza Saturday February 1 closed Sunday February 2 closed Thursday February 6 closed Friday February 7 Musicians Nitemusicians, please ring to book your performance slot Saturday February 8 - Casmagic Sunday February 9 - Linda and Harry Thursday February 13 - Trivia Nite Friday February 14 - see our ad below Saturday February 15 - Harri Sunday February 16 - Frankie Carter, Leigh and Bev Fraser Thursday February 20 - Trivia nite Friday February 21 -Musicians Nite, please ring to book your performance slot Saturday February 22 - see our ad below Sunday February 23 - Paul Barry Thursday February 27 - Trivia nite Friday February 28 - Casmagic Saturday March 1 - Paul Barry Sunday March 2 - Linda and Harry

Ritchies IGA in Mt Eliza will become a destination for mustard connoisseurs, following the announcement of the La Maison Maille shop-in-shop condiment boutique. Ritchie’s flagship Mt Eliza store is evolving into a Mecca for foodies, with the Maille boutique now complementing the existing gourmet food and wine offerings, with a set of 22 mustards, vinegar and vinaigrette varieties. The Maille boutique houses the complete Maille range, all exclusive and stocked nowhere else in Australia. Thanks to La Maison Maille’s famous history, the gastronomic transformation at Ritchies has been 267 years in the making, with the renovated store’s stylish new fit-out proudly including the mustard emporium. The Maille shop-in-shop boutique features their authentic French sandstone mustard pump and will serve the exclusive fresh Maille Chablis Mustard. Exotic varieties include Parmesan Cheese & Basil and Dijon Blackcurrant Liqueur, as well as unique fruit-flavoured vinaigrettes and aged Modena vinegars. A premium cut of beef warrants the finest condiments. The mix of flavours combined with premium ingredients is the recipe for the perfect dining experience. The world’s most exclusive mustard ‘Maille Chablis white wine and black truffles’, which is only produced for a five month period each year, will be on offer. Flown express to Australia, from the pump in Paris La Madelaine. Retailing for $100 per 100ml, this special blend of elegant flavours includes wine sourced from Chablis, the renowned Burgundy region, and black truffles from Drome in France. “The only La Maison Maille boutiques worldwide are in Paris, Dijon and London, and we are incredibly excited for Mt Eliza to be the only Australian location included in this line-up,” said Fred Harrison, CEO of Ritchies. “The Mornington Peninsula has a rich heritage of wonderful food and wine. Adding the Maille Mustard shop-in-shop boutique to the region will become a further destination for food-lovers to visit.” The heritage and quality of Maille products make the ideal way to highlight any meal. The right sauce, mustard, vinegar or vinaigrette can propel your entrée, main or dessert to a meal fit for royalty.

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Thanks to Maille and Ritchies Mt Eliza, Mornington Peninsula Magazine has 3 gift to be won by lucky readers. Each pack will contain products exclusive to the La Maison Maille boutique in Mount Eliza including varieties of gourmet mustards as well as one of their beautiful aged balsamics. To be in the running to win simply post a comment about your favourite Maille product under the Maille pic on our Facebook Page. Winners selected on February 21st.

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ANYONE FOR

POLO?

Mornington Peninsula Magazine captured the moments at January’s annual Portsea Polo competition. AFL Football stars, Olympic swimmers, models were among the celebs who popped down to Portsea for ‘the polo’. Don’t you agree, Mikaela (left) looks stunning!

JUPPY’S Meanwhile at Juppy’s, Andy Cowan and Andrew Farrell played some awesome tunes, duelling pianos in Peter Jupp’s fabulous garden ‘venue’.

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SIMPLE ITALIAN CUCINA Marisa and Claudio have done it again, with the opening of their second restaurant Doppiozero at the Coolstores complex in Moorooduc.

After five years success with their fabulous Italian restaurant Ciao Bella in Balnarring, the couple decided to spread their wings to the fantastic new site which was built in 1910 as an orchard storage facility and has been rebuilt and modernised to be able to house this new fantastic restaurant. Doppiozero is conveniently located with easy access from Mt Eliza, Mornington, Somerville, Tyabb, Frankston and Mt Martha, and offers all the tantalising dishes that Ciao Bella has become famous for. Dine in a funky, modern setting, with treats to tempt the tastebuds like gnocchi, lasagne and scampi on the grill, or aroncini, grilled polenta and calamari per stuzzicare. Of course, Doppiozero Pizzeria and Wine Bar offers an amazing array of pizza options. You will be surprised that pizza can taste this good with the chefs creating dishes

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like Milano with taleggio, rocket and cured meat, Parma – mozzarella with parmigiano and prosciutto and Livorno, the catch of the day. When this couple put their minds to something, they certainly do it right, creating a cosy environment that makes you feel welcome the moment you walk through the door. “Doppiozero and Ciao Bella both offer an expression of simple Italian cucina, where we source the best quality produce and allow it to speak for itself,” says Claudio, whose Sicilian heritage is featured in the cuisine, making its most creative use of land and sea. “Our in house garden at Ciao Bella is a very strong part of our philosophy, and our menu is designed around what is in season, and what will be harvested on the day.” Ciao Bella is at 2998 Frankston-Flinders Road, Balnarring. Phone 5931 3098 for bookings. Newly opened Doppiozero is at the Coolstores, 475 Moorooduc Highway, Moorooduc. Phone 5978 8970. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11.30 lunch and dinner.

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february - march 2014 ALL THROUGH FEBRUARY Sea of Dreams: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Dunns Road, Mornington. Various depictions on and around Port Phillip Bay, displaying works painted from 1915-2013, 10am-4pm daily. Ph:5975 4395. FEBRUARY-MARCH Acting workshops: Blairgowrie Senior Citizens Hall at 13 William Road. Participate in free storytelling workshops, with professional actors, writers and directors. Details: actorsshed.com.au Saturday, February 1 Peninsula Short Film Festival: The Village Green, Rosebud. Entertainment from noon, films screen 7pm. Blues at the Briars: Heaps of Blues bands and music, headlined by the Bondi Cigars, Chris Wilson and Shannon Bourne at The Briars, Nepean Highway, Mt Martha. Details www.bluesatthebriars.com Sorrento Ghost Tour: Visit historical locations, 8 of which are said to be occupied by ghosts. Details: sorrentoghosttours.com.au Huck n Hold Jetski championships: Portsea Back Beach, 100 riders competing from 8am-6pm. Details: 9038 8818 or beck@bridgebuilders.com.au Dromana Bay Pier Swim: 600-1200 metre swims in various age groups. Details: dblsc@optusnet.com.au Pt Leo Beach Carnival: Junior and senior surf life-saving carnivals. Events include surf race, board race, board rescue, beach sprints and flags. Details: lifesavingvictoria.com.au

Mornington BMW Fashions on the Field at Mornington Racecourse. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Silvie Paladino Sings: Frankston Arts Centre, 35 Davey St, Frankston. 10.30am and 1.30pm. Well known through her stage and screen appearances, Silvie will showcase songs from her debut solo album On My Own and much more. Her remarkable range includes jazz, contemporary, musical theatre and light opera. David Cameron will accompany on piano. Adult $18 or concession. Details: 9784 1060 or thefac@frankston.vic.gov.au SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Carl & Eric’s Family Day: Stillwater at Crittenden, 25 Harrisons Road, Dromana. Chilled-out picnic day for family and friends, face painting, bocce, hula hoops, soul and jazz music. Details: Eric Powell 0450 605 285.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Sportingbet Mornington Cup: Mornington Racecourse, 11am-6pm. Boasting the nation’s most valuable country cup, Mornington Cup day mixes top horseracing with a social atmosphere to match. See a strong card of racing and the $70,000

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Wiggle Cycling Series: The Morning-TON 100km event starts at Dromana College, 110 Harrisons Road, Dromana at 7am. Details: wiggle.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Move Symphonic Showcase: Following a two-day workshop, students join Orchestra Victoria to perform a free concert from 6.30pm at PCT, Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Details: orchestravictoria.com.au

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 Primrose Fair: Toorak College, Mt Eliza, 10am-4pm. A launch-pad for creative small businesses, new and talented designers. Details: primrosefair.com.au SUNDAY, MARCH 2 Opera & High Tea: Woodman Estate, 136 Graydens Road, Moorooduc. Acclaimed as one of the best high teas in Victoria. Some wonderful songs from the acclaimed operatic duo. Bookings essential. Details: res@woodmanestate.com or 5978 8455. Cruden Farm Discovery Day: Cruden Farm, Cranhaven Road, Langwarrin. 10am-3pm. Join the family fun and enjoy live music, craft, market stalls and great food by the lake. Adult $25, child $10 includes all rides and entertainment. Details: crudenfarm. com.au SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Between the Bays Music Fest: Penbank School, Rickards Road, Moorooduc. Live entertainment from Tex Perkins, Diesel, Daryl Braithwaite, The Basics, Boom Crash Opera and Russel Beggs. Heaps of kids activities and gourmet food. Details: betweenthebays.com

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SUNDAY, MARCH 9 Tyabb Air Show: Mornington Peninsula Airport, Stuart Road, Tyabb 10am-4pm. The air show will trace the progress of flying machines from the early First World War models through to the modern era. The aerial display begins at noon. Details: tyabbairshow.com SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Heronswood Harvest Festival: Heronswood Gardens, 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana. Join The Diggers team for a free workshop, tour the Gardens and enjoy lunch, a coffee or glass of wine on the pool lawn before shopping for your favourite perennials and heirloom seeds. Details: nickn@diggers.com.au Australian String Quartet: Peninsula Music Society presents the Australian String Quartet performing a program including Boccherini, Mozart and Brahms. Adults $40. Complimentary pre-concert wine and Red Hill cheese tasting. PCT, Wilsons Road, Mornington. Details: pmsmusic.asn.au

FEBRUARY 21-23 Western Port Festival: On the picturesque Hastings Foreshore. Entry is free and so is the entertainment, theme is ‘The Sky’s The Limit’. Details: westernportfestival.com.au

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 The Great Peninsula Paddle: Paddle along the stunning peninsula shoreline from Sorrento to Portsea, 11am-2pm. Details: 9598 5621 helen@kingperformance.com.au High Tea at Mornington Rose Garden: Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington 2.30-4.30pm. High tea in the Garden Room. Delicious homemade cakes, slices, sandwiches and sausage rolls, unlimited tea and coffee, complimentary glass of sparkling. Also on March 9. Details: eyemc@bigpond.com or 0447 982 887

Summer pruning: Learn how to properly prune fruit trees to maximise fruit production and prevent diseases. $15pp. The Briars , Nepean Highway, Mt Martha. Details: 5987 3078.

MARCH 8-9 Rosebud Kite Festival: A free kite-flying event, for all the family, on Rosebud foreshore. Entertainment includes live music, carnival rides, roving performers, kite making workshops and spectacular air-filled maxi sport kites. Details: rosebudkitefestival. com.au

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SUNDAY, MARCH 30 Youth Concerto Competition: Inaugural Vera Bradford Youth Concerto Competition presented by Frankston Music Society. Young musicians will play part of a concerto with Frankston Symphony Orchestra. Prizes will be awarded. PCT, Wilsons Road, Mornington. Details: frankstonmusicsociety. org.au LISTING ARE FREE For inclusion, please keep brief, include your contact details, email to DIARY DATES: molly@mpmag.com.au

DECOR HOME GARDEN It’s all happening at Snooze Mornington What’s Your Style? Find your own style from Snooze Mornington’s large collection of bedroom furniture arranged into Classic, Country & Coastal, Shabby Chic, Contemporary or Bold & Beautiful. Or if you’re after Kids, Teens or something simple for the spare bedroom Snooze has styles to fit your needs all beautifully displayed in their 1100 square metre showroom.

BedBUILDER The Snooze bedBUILDER makes it easy and affordable to custom-build your dream bed. Simply log onto snooze. com.au and click on the bedBUILDER logo. Choose your headboard and base design in the timber finish or fabric of your choice online, and you’ll see your design come to life with the completed photo, price and dimensions provided.

The Right Bedding The Snooze range of sheet sets, pillows, quilts and protectors are easy to care for, practical, affordable,

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comfortable and boast excellent quality. The entire Snooze range has been independently quality tested and in-store buying guides help you choose the right bedding to suit your needs.

RACV Discounts Due to Snooze’s relationship with the RACV members can show their card to save 15% off regular prices or a further 5% off already discounted prices.

Everyday Interest Free At Snooze, they offer a choice of repayment options, allowing you to choose the finance option that best suits your individual needs with an easy online application with GE Finance.

The EXTRA mile Snooze Mornington customers are given the best care with free delivery anywhere on the Peninsula for purchases over $1000 and services for both removal of your old mattress and assembly available for a small fee.

And Who Knows Best? All their Sleep Consultants offer no hard sell and definitely no pressure. As Sarah says “We just give you all the information you need to make an informed decision. We are all about making sure our customers find the right bed...not the one we’re trying to get rid of. We are all highly trained experts in sleep and are passionate about interiors so we can help match colours & textures and provide advice in designing your dream bedroom.” Is it any wonder Snooze Mornington won the Snooze Team of the Year in 2012 along with and Outstanding Achievement award for Kade and Sarah Miller as franchisees in both 2012 and 2013. Snooze is located in the Peninsula Homemaker Centre on the corner of Bungower Road and Nepean Highway, Mornington next to Howards and Best Friends. Ph. 5976 2411 snooze.com.au

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Light up your home .. and you’ll light up your life !!

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by Sandra Whelehan

Light is a very powerful tool to create the illusion of space in our homes. New-build homes often have wonderfully large windows, through which floods natural daylight. However, owners of older homes with small windows need to maximise natural sunlight, and some tricks for this include placing mirrors opposite windows, carefully selecting paint with high ‘light reflective value’ and, where possible, using polished floorboards and gloss surfaces to bounce off light into the room.

Top Interior Designers use three basic layers of lighting:

Light is very important to our general wellbeing, stimulating our central nervous system and affecting melatonin, the hormone which regulates sleep. When we’re deprived of light, we can become depressed and lethargic.

Although not possible to fully replicate sunlight, downlights provide clean working light close to natural daylight, which is ideal in active areas and distributes an even flow throughout the home.

Paint colours such as red, orange, black and brown will absorb light, whereas pale green, blue and lilac will bounce light around walls, making rooms appear larger, and a skylight will let in twice as much light as a window of the same size.

So whether your lighting challenges are natural or artificial, embrace the challenge and spread some light ... you’ll be glad you did!

General Lighting in the centre of the room which can be updated, if necessary, using rods of directional lighting to spotlight certain areas; Accent Lighting creates mood and atmosphere, whether these be wall lights, table lamps or candles; and Task Lighting, which is used for specific purposes, such as lamps for reading, desk lights for study, and under-cabinet lighting in kitchens.

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Gifts galore at Bayleaves In case you haven’t found this little gem yet, Bayleaves of Mornington is a herb inspired shop with something for all, food lovers, cooks, gardeners, kids and even pets. The first thing you notice when you walk in the door is the smell, a heady combination of fragrant spices, fresh herbs, scented candles and a range of personal care products. Food lovers will find many local brands at Bayleaves including Aromatic Spices, Joys of Red Hill, Atomic Chillies from Rosebud, Peninsula Honey and the brand new Peninsula Larder Flavour Pearls in 10 different flavours. Bayleaves also stocks an extensive range of Yarra Valley Gourmet Food, from infused oils, salad dressings, jams, jellies, mustards and a selection of relishes and chutneys. You can also spice up your cooking with Herbies Spices, you will find a huge range and if it’s not there you can order it in.

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Bayleaves features the Thurlby Herb Farm range of soaps, drawer sachets, bug busters, heat packs, eye bliss pillows and much more for women, men, children, babies and pets. At Bayleaves you will find a large selection of seasonal potted herbs and herb gardens can be made to order. Simply select your pot, tin or wheel barrow and your favourite herbs. Stuck for gift ideas, why not create your own hamper. Select from linen boxes, woven baskets, wire baskets or traditional hampers boxed, fill with your favourite goodies and have it gift wrapped. Check out the back courtyard, a serene paved area showcasing herbs, pots and outdoor products. Bay Leaves is at 103 Main Street, Mornington. Phone 5977 0054 or go to info@bayleaves.com.au

rchies All Services Property Maintenance and Gardening Services • Reasonable rates • Regular maintenance • Rentals & holiday homes a specialty • Fully Insured, local, highly recommended • Once off general tidy of gardens & property

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Phone or text Archie 0432 476 398

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REVOLUTIONARY NEW BLOCK After taking over in May last year it didn’t take long for the new owner of The Garden of Quasimodo to revamp the place, fill it up with amazing stock and get the people talking again. The Garden of Quasimodo has a huge range of unique and very affordable garden décor and home wares with the water feature range proving to be a big hit this summer. Qscape, a local Landscape supply and construction company, has also moved in at The Garden of Quasimodo bringing the Qscape sales office and landscape display showcasing and promising unbeatable prices on a large range of landscape materials. You will find Strathayr instant turf, QG Artificial grass, stacked stone, Natural stone paving including, Granite, Bluestone and sandstone and more. You will also find a pool display showcasing the latest self-cleaning Compass pool with frameless glass and aluminum fencing display. Also being launched this month is the revolutionary PENTA BLOCK display, the latest and definitely greatest masonry construction block available making construction four times quicker stronger and yes it has a 100% natural stone face. Come and see for yourself and you will not build with anything else again. PENTA BLOCK is a unique interlocking vertical construction block system faced in natural stone. These blocks feature a patent pending design with a simple tongue and groove mortar less quick and easy construction process. PENTA BLOCK creates pure vertical walling used for all applications in construction industry including retaining walls, feature walls, house construction and all domestic and commercial building construction. PENTA BLOCK will soon take over from the traditional construction methods as its quicker stronger and looks amazing with more than 15 natural stone options to choose from. The Garden of Quasimodo, Moorooduc Highway, Moorooduc. Phone 5978 8700 www.gardenofquasimodo.com.au

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DECOR HOME GARDEN THINK LESS WASTE is a community behavior change, engagement and communications project that aims to encourage the Mornington Peninsula community to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill… About Think Less Waste Think Less - know your waste, reduce your waste is a conversation about waste with the Mornington Peninsula community. It offers practical tips and hints and builds conversation among residents and visitors to the Mornington Peninsula to inspire a reduction in the amount of valuable material thrown into rubbish bins every week. In 2013, a look inside the rubbish and recycling bins on the Mornington Peninsula revealed far too much valuable material in our rubbish bins. • There was rubbish in bins that could have been recycled • Recyclables were tied up in plastic bags (which prevents them from being sorted at the recycling facility) • And an abundance of edible food and other organic material was headed for landfill via rubbish bins.

This isn’t only wasteful - it also means our landfill is filling up faster than it needs to. Samantha Ackland, Education Officer for Peninsula Zero Waste said: “Earlier this year, Council conducted a random audit of waste bins on the Peninsula. We found that people were putting recyclables into their garbage bins, plastic bags in recycling bins and perfectly edible food straight into the garbage. “We developed the Think Less Waste (know your waste, reduce your waste) program in response to this to give our community the right information, advice and tools needed to ensure we are recovering as many resources as possible and that we minimise what gets sent to landfill. “One aim of the program is to encourage residents and holidaymakers to reduce their food waste. They can do this by using a shopping list to avoid buying too much food, storing food and leftovers correctly, using up all leftovers in new meals, and if there’s something they can’t use in time, give it to a neighbour or friend who can use it. We don’t want to send good food to landfill.” Think Less Waste representatives will be at forthcoming local markets and events and will provide information through Mornington

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Peninsula Magazine and other local publications over the next few months. They will be talking about the four key elements of ‘know your waste, reduce your waste’, that includes smart shopping, recycling right, making the most of food and leaving less for the rubbish bin. The Think Less Waste challenge will commence in March, when 200 homes will get the chance to be part of a tailored, practical waste-in-the-home program complete with incentives. For further

information, visit the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/thinklesswaste to connect with other community members and get practical advice, tips and information on waste reduction. The website address is www.mornpen.vic. gov.au or email thinklesswaste@mornpen. vic.gov.au Download a factsheet from the website or alternatively pick one up from council customer service centres.

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Madison 30%

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