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AN interest in youth culture led Tess Saunders to some of the great old masters of the art world. The resulting photographs exploring the connections between 21st century teenagers and the old masters are on display in a prestigious student art exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Now in year 12 at Mornington Secondary College, Ms Saunders was completing photography studies in year 11 when she took the photos chosen for the Top Arts exhibition. The exhibition highlights the best work by students of VCE art and studio arts. This year it has 43 artists chosen by a panel of art teachers and gallery curators. Ms Saunders’ photos explore the idea of appropriation, taking classic works such as Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and reworking them in a modern setting, with her friends and family members as her subjects. This year she is exploring contemporary art forms such as graffiti and multimedia paste-ups and hopes to study photography at RMIT. Her advice to new students is “Document everything and look deeply into every idea you have, big or small, because you never know where it will take you.” Top Arts is at the Ian Potter Centre in Federation Square until 7 July.

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Senior’s call for respect By Mike Hast RETIRED nurse Joan Coomber of Mornington is mightily annoyed about the lack of respect shown toward older people. In recent years she has experienced sarcasm, verbal abuse, bullying, intimidation, lies and what she calls “duck shoving”. People patronise her in the mistaken belief that when you get old, your brain stops working.

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public occurred just a few weeks ago but other, earlier incidents also have coloured her thinking. A building and development company bought the house next door to her unit, which is one of three. One day she returned home from shopping, aboard her mobility scooter, to see a surveyor and a builder in her driveway. She was polite, said hello but didn’t chip them about being on her property.

Soon after, the fence between the two properties was demolished. “There was no notification, no phone call, no one knocking on my door to let me know what was happening,” she said. “I complained to the fence contractor that people now had access to my backyard.” Couldn’t a temporary barrier be erected, she asked. Continued Page 7

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Teens to air with feet grounded THE state government’s $5000 Be Heard! grant to Radio Port Phillip earlier this year has enabled the station to provide work experience for students from across the region. RPP manager Brendon Telfer said the station had pre-empted the grant by introducing a work experience training module that had given young people hands-on experience working in radio. “We were already training students but the Be Heard! grant has enabled the station to take on more young people,” he said. “We have a program called Kidz Hour that is broadcast every Monday from midday. It invites children from primary schools such as Frankston Heights, Kingsley Park, Mornington Park, Rosebud, Somerville Rise and Woodland to talk on radio and have their say, which in turn empowers them.” Year 10 students had spent up to five days at RPP, which is based in the renovated science wing of the former Mornington Secondary College, researching, writing and producing their own voice-overs and news grabs. Two students broadcasted their own program, Teen Time, just before Easter. “It was a one-off but we’ll have more student programs this year including some by media students,” Mr Telfer said. An upcoming debating series was

Talking planning VICTORIANS can rate and compare their suburbs and streets with a new state government liveability index. Neighbourhoods will be scored based on results and Census data, which will help form the Metropolitan Planning Strategy, the state government blueprint for development in the next four decades. The survey is at planmelbourne.vic. gov.au

Self-funding ideas THE peninsula branch of the Association of Independent Retirees meets at 10am on the third Monday each month in the Community of Christ Hall, 2 Logan St, Frankston. The branch helps members protect self-funded and partly self-funded funds and their rights, and has a guest speaker each month. Details: Call 9773 1452 or 0418 137 841.

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Radio heads: David Morris, left, Neale Burgess and Ryan Smith at Radio Port Phillip for the announcement of a Be Heard grant that helps young people gain radio work experience. Picture: RPP-FM

being organised by Peninsula School students, he said. “Kids love media but before now had to travel to Melbourne and work at SYN [Student Youth Network] or RRR.” This was a long trek for students living on the southern peninsula. Mr Telfer said RPP’s application for the Be Heard grant had been supported by peninsula MPs David Morris, Martin Dixon and Neale Burgess.

“With our amazing BlueScope studio, our state-of-the-art studios and production facilities, we can offer young people some real radio time, giving them a powerful voice, helping with their career options and giving them a chance to showcase their talents,” Mr Telfer said. The grant was part of $200,000 over four years to help increase the participation of regional and rural young people from 12 to 25 in producing and

broadcasting radio programs. “Establishing a career in radio broadcasting can be challenging for young people in regional and rural areas. Be Heard helps to provide industry skills while providing a voice for young people over the airwaves,” youth affairs minister Ryan Smith said when he visited the station. For details about Be Heard and work experience at RPP, call Brendon Telfer on 5975 2650.

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire last year changed its local law on burning off in the open. Residents on a property of less than 1500 square metres, which is most residential blocks in the shire, are no longer allowed to burn off. They can use a barbecue or pizza oven to cook food or a fire in a brazier for heating. People on properties of more than 1500sqm can burn off between 9am and 4pm on Fridays and Saturdays as long as no more than 10 cubic metres of vegetation is burnt at one time and the fire is more than 10 metres from a neighbour’s dwelling. To find out the size of a property, call the shire’s customer service officers on 1300 850 600 or 5950 1000 or visit the shire’s PenMaps at www. gisweb.mornpen.vic.gov.au/penmaps

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See creations of CWA COUNTRY Women’s Association Mornington Peninsula is holding its annual Creative Arts Exhibition from 10am-3pm on 20 and 21 April at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilson Rd, Mornington. The exhibition is run by all CWA branches in the region – Balnarring, Blairgowrie, Dromana, Frankston, Frankston South, Moorooduc,

Mornington, Pearcedale, Rosebud and Rosebud East. Items on display will include knitting, crochet, embroidery, patchwork and quilting, floral art, painting and cookery. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea available. Admittance $5 with children free of charge when accompanied by an adult.

In flight: Terns are among the many seabirds that spend time in Western Port. Picture: Annette Hatten

Walk for research THE Dolphin Research Institute’s annual Walk for Western Port is on Sunday 5 May. “The goal is to help the broad community appreciate Western Port’s wonders,” the institute’s executive director Jeff Weir said. The walk also raises money for the institute to continue its educational work and research into the dolphins living in Port Phillip and Western Port. Walkers can choose one of two courses on the foreshore at Hastings or go along the boardwalk through Warringine Park, although dogs are not allowed. Entry fees are $5 a person, and the two- or four-kilometre walks at Hastings foreshore start at 11am. The course is a smooth, flat and suitable for all people of all abilities and dogs are allowed. The seven-kilometre walk through Warringine Park starts at 10am and ends at Hastings Park. It is recommended for people of medium fitness. The walks end with a sausage sizzle and environmental education activities for families as well as prizes. Register at www.dolphinresearch. org.au or call 1300 130 949.

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Farewell to an inspiration: Kimberley Anderson, left, Barbara Hutchins, Camille Awburn and Lheianne Ku.

TOORAK College students and staff celebrate the life of Barbara Hutchins, a dedicated teacher, colleague and friend, who died recently from a serious illness. After 30 years of service to the school she will be missed greatly, says Donna Wallis who retired as head of music performance last year after 20 years at the school “Barbara was first employed at Toorak College as a music teacher in 1982. Music was a very large part of her life and, up until a year ago, teaching had been a constant throughout her adult life,” Ms Wallis said. “Barbara has been an inspiration to many students and staff. She was a contemporary teacher who pursued new teaching methods, approaches and materials. Barbara was always searching for different and effective ways of teaching. “When CDs were new, Barbara knew they could revolutionise her teaching and provide interesting backings for her students. “In her quest to keep students engaged and invigorated, Barbara saw it as necessary to learn how to use the music software Sibelius. “She embraced other areas of technology even when others her age were finding it a struggle to change over to computers. “Barbara was there to help out, tune violins, reassure nervous performers and generally support our many events in any way she could. Her students loved her and parents respected her as a teacher.

“Barbara will long be remembered as a wonderful colleague and an inspiration to young people especially through her leadership of the Wardle House Instrumental Strings Program.” The Mt Eliza college formally farewelled Ms Hutchins last year with a concert and the unveiling of the Barbara Hutchins Music Studio. A memorial service was held on 15 March in the college’s music centre.

Athletes on show A DIZZYING show of athleticism is promised at Frankston Arts Centre this month. The 360 Allstars is billed as a “theatrical performance exploring all forms of rotation” and an “urban circus”. There will be BMX stunts, breakdancing, basketball freestyling, Cyr Wheel acrobatics, live loop music, beat boxing and audiovisuals. The seven performers – Gene Peterson, B-Boy Physicx, B-Boy Simonster, Peter Sore, Rashaun Daniels, Rhys Miller and Sam Perry – hail from Europe, Korea, Australia and the United States and many are international champions in their fields. The show is by Onyx Productions and will tour Australia and Europe. There will be a 360 Allstars workshop from 4.30-5.30pm on performance day. The free workshop is open to people aged 10 years and over. The 360 Allstars perform at Frankston Arts Centre at 7.30pm on Saturday 6 April. Tickets are $16 children, $30 for 1630 years and $38 adults. To book for the show or workshop, call 9784 1896.

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By Cameron McCullough STEPHANY Avila is no stranger to drama. The 22-year-old Mt Eliza resident has been training as an actor since age four and has worked in the film and television industry for more than a decade. She has performed in comedies, dramas and children’s television shows, and as a presenter. Ms Avila is of Argentine heritage, speaks fluent Spanish, and can speak with English, American and Spanish or European accents. She has just graduated from university and is setting up her own creative production company. “I want to produce great and inspirational creative projects for all artistic mediums,” she said. The company will generate projects for film, television and the web. It will be involved in producing songwriting, designer jewellery and clothing. “I want to do all that is creative and influence others in a positive way.” Ms Avila is also a columnist and a mentor for aspiring actors. Recently she accepted the lead role in a new teenage drama called Clique. The series began filming last December, and a pilot and narrative has been produced for showing to television networks. Clique is a “raw teen drama series that reveals the reality of growing up and discovering your identity”, Ms Avila said.

The narrative follows Mackenzie “Mack” Rodriguez and her clique, 17-year-olds living in Melbourne. The series touches on body image issues, mental health, substance abuse, sexuality, crime and death. Ms Avila plays Mackenzie, a popular girl with attitude. “Mack is an independent, rebellious and confident girl who is a little isolated yet interesting and an attractive individual. “Growing up without a father and living with her workaholic mother she independently raises herself. Although Mack is the most popular teen at her school, she likes being disconnected from others and left to think for herself. “She lives in the moment and enjoys rebelling against everything that is ‘right’; this includes substance abuse, sexual exploration and failing to attend school. She’s angry with life but cries out in silence.” Ms Avila and the new cast of young actors believe Clique will quickly become popular because “there is nothing this honest about teenagers on television now”. It is not just the actors who are young – the writer and producer is 19-year-old Amanda Duckworth who is funding the filming of the pilot with a Mornington Peninsula swimming pool company. Pool party scenes were filmed on 22 March at a Mt Eliza house. Clique can be found on Facebook at “cliquetvau” and has a website: http://www.cliquetvau.com

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A TOUR of businesses in Seaford, Frankston and Mornington has identified a lack of confidence among Australian consumers, says Dunkley MP Bruce Billson. Mr Billson, the Liberal Party spokesman on small business, competition policy and consumer affairs, made the tour earlier this week with fellow MP and Liberal spokeswoman on innovation, industry and science Sophie Mirabella. The pair focused on small to medium manufacturing businesses and, with the federal election barely six months away and the smell of a landslide victory in the air for the Liberal Party, it was an ideal opportunity for Mr Billson to discuss his portfolio interests with industry people. “They are telling us there is a lack of confidence; their customers aren’t wanting to spend a dollar more than they have to,” Mr Billson said after a morning tour of food maker Blue Bay Cheese and boatbuilder Hart Marine, both in Mornington. The tour included Replas in Carrum Downs, where used plastic is recycled for building materials and furniture; textile manufacturer Hysport, which makes the Merino Snug knitwear range at its Seaford factory, and Seaford component manufacturer Colin Guest and Co. Mr Billson said a common challenge for all the businesses was com-

Watching widgets: Bruce Billson, left, and Peter Guest of Colin Guest and Co at its component factory in Seaford. Picture courtesy BusinessTimes

peting with low-cost products from overseas. The answer for many was to create niche markets based on a high-quality product. “Our manufacturers need to be world class every day,” Mr Billson said. There was too much focus on policies and assistance aimed at

large business and not enough attention on the needs of smalland medium-sized businesses. “The real sweet spot in terms of job creation and business growth is in small to medium enterprises,” Mr Billson said. The MPs also attended a business forum organised by Dandenong businessman and former

Liberal Party candidate Peter Angelico. “The main barriers identified as stunting business growth and employment were the carbon tax and an overburden of regulation,” Mr Angelico said. The forum was at the offices of Action Coaching business consultancy in Carrum Downs.

Mrs Coomber is quick to point out she is not against development but “why should the amenity of one person be sacrificed for another person?”. She says the fencer was rude and threatened to not erect the new fence for several days. “It was all bluff and intimidation, of course, as he was under a contract to erect the fence soon after removing the old one.” Her irrigation system was cut off the fence and damaged. “It would have been so easy to take it off and lay it on my garden,” she said. The fencer said her backyard was a disgrace. “I had been in hospital for five months and had not been able to organise anyone to cut the grass,” she said. “Anyway, he had no right to criticise me without knowing the facts.” Mrs Coomber complained to Mornington Peninsula Shire and was told there was nothing that could be done. She called the police and two officers arrived and listened to her story. “One of the officers said the fencer could have shown some goodwill.” Other incidents to get her goat included finding a cleaner poking around in her wardrobe. Her complaints fell on deaf ears. Mrs Coomber is unhappy with the way she is sometimes treated by medical people. Then there was the nasty incident when she was in a peninsula hospital and was attacked by a patient who seized her leg and bashed it on the bed. “The nurses said they had taken this man back to his bedroom three times after he had invaded other rooms and they thought he would stay there. It was a ridiculous claim.” Dissatisfied with the hospital’s handling of the incident, Mrs Coomber went to a well-known Melbourne injury lawyer but was told: “Even if the case was won, you won’t get much because you are so old.” The feisty octogenarian has put her unit on the market. It is on one of the town’s main roads and the traffic has become worse in recent years. “And there’s no way I want to listen to the builders next door for the next few months. I’ll buy something in a quieter part of town.”

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Developer eyes again on Point Nepean By Mike Hast POINT Nepean at the end of the Mornington Peninsula is one of four national parks slated for tourism development. Over Easter, the state government released guidelines for the building of hotels, restaurants and other visitor facilities at Point Nepean, Port Campbell, Wilsons Promontory and the Grampians (Gariwerd). The government’s intentions were first outlined in The News last year (“Parks a govt development target”, Western Port News 14/8/12 and Mornington News 21/8/12). The News reported that extensive work had already been done developing Point Nepean National Park. It is one of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s top tourist priorities – “accommodation, conferencing and marine infrastructure at Point Nepean”. A boutique hotel has been mooted for some years although previous attempts by

the government’s Parks Victoria to find a developer failed. Last year speculation about the Victorian government’s further plans to open up the state for tourism came from the 2011 report Unlocking Victorian Tourism by Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission. The speculation has now become reality with Environment Minister Ryan Smith on Easter Sunday releasing guidelines for new accommodation, restaurants and activities in national parks that used to be forbidden. The Napthine government’s ambitions for Point Nepean are bound to attract criticism from peninsula conservationists as well as southern peninsula residents. Mr Smith said applicants must submit a detailed environmental management plan as part of a five-stage approval process that included proving development would benefit the local community.

However, Matt Ruchel of the Victorian National Parks Association said it had no confidence in the government’s guidelines. He said the guidelines were vague and would not ensure sensitive environmental values were protected. “We’ll continue our campaign to oppose commercial development in national parks,” he said. There had been proposals to open national parks to development for more than 50 years, he said. “This is just another attempt in a long line of people trying to open the door to development in parks.” Mr Smith said rigorous environmental conditions would be applied. “The guiding principles will also make sure that any developments are sensitive to localised risk such as bushfires,” he said. The Brumby Labor government produced a draft master plan for Point Nepean in 2010 but lost office later that

year before it was fully implemented. It included proposals for a hotel, restaurants, cafes, public meeting places and a museum. Parts of Point Nepean were declared a national park in 1988. The federal government offered to sell the land to Victoria in 1998 and again in 2001, but the state rejected the offer. In 2002 the Department of Defence proposed selling 311 hectares of land for development, retaining 1.6 hectares of contaminated soil and unexploded ordnance, since removed. The sale was abandoned in 2003 following strong community protest. In 2004, 90 hectares of Department of Defence land was transferred to the federal government’s Point Nepean Community Trust, which managed the former quarantine station until the land was transferred to the state government in June 2009. The federal government transferred 205 hectares of bushland, the old fir-

ing range, to Parks Victoria and the remaining 17.6 hectares to Mornington Peninsula Shire for community use. The quarantine station was opened to the community as part of Point Nepean National Park in December 2009. Point Nepean had been used by Aboriginal people for at least 40,000 years and has about 70 registered sites. After European settlement, the area was used by limeburners and from 1852 as a quarantine station, home to people arriving by ship who had infectious diseases. Fortifications were built from 1878 with gun batteries installed at Fort Nepean in 1886, Eagles Nest in 1888 and at Fort Pearce in 1911. The guns were removed after the Second World War and the old quarantine station became the army’s Officer Cadet School and the School of Army Health from 1951 to 1985.

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Shire rules prohibit dissent COMMENT By David Harrison THE council meeting of 12 March revealed a disturbing gap in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s meeting procedure – lack of a means to challenge decisions by the chair. The right to do this “protects the [council] against the arbitrary control of the meeting by its presiding officer”, according to an American expert on meeting procedure, George Demeter, and by the “bible” of meeting rules, Robert’s Rules of Order. The issue arose when new councillor Hugh Fraser moved dissent against a ruling by the chair, mayor Lynn Bowden, against his motion to have a tabled document debated. She rejected the motion. Cr Bowden’s ruling was explained by shire governance officer Noel Buck, who quoted the shire’s meeting protocol clause 22, that “Where this protocol does not provide guidance on a matter before a meeting, the chairperson shall decide the procedure to be followed”. Dissent is not mentioned in the protocol, Local Law No 1. At the next council meeting, on 25 March, Mr Buck was queried about this lack of councillors’ ability to appeal against a ruling by the chair. It was pointed out that both other levels of Australian government, federal and state – and local governments across Australia, as well as most other groups who hold meetings – allow such dissent as a sensible and essential democratic safeguard.

Mr Buck’s explanation concluded with the words: “I’m certainly not aware of any other Victorian councils that provide for dissent motions, but I’ll have a look to see whether there is.” Responding to a second question, which pointed to a dissent motion being successful at a shire council meeting held on 14 November 2011, Mr Buck acknowledged: “There’s no provision either in the [Local Government] Act or in our local law to accommodate for that.” He added that since 2011 “we sought some advice as to the relevance of it – the advice was ... that it doesn’t have any relevance as far as any legal stance goes”. The meeting protocol had been reviewed since then, he said, and “where the local law doesn’t – the protocol doesn’t provide for – on a matter before a meeting then the chairperson shall decide the process to follow”. Mr Buck’s responses raise interesting points. First, his implied suggestion that no other Victorian council allows dissent proved to be incorrect. Of 13 councils surveyed almost at random – neighbours Frankston and Casey were the first to be visited online – more than three-quarters allow dissent, or “disagreement”, with chair rulings. These range from the Shire of Northern Grampians to Ararat and Macedon Ranges shires, and Boroondara, Hobsons Bay and Wyndham councils. Three councils surveyed – Casey,

Where dissent is the rule Council Dissent rule Boroondara Yes Cardinia Yes Casey No Frankston Yes Hobsons Bay Yes Kingston Yes Macedon Ranges Yes Nillumbik Yes Northern Grampians Yes Whitehorse No Whittlesea Yes Wyndham Yes Yarra Ranges No A brief exploration online revealed that dissent is also allowed at the Shire of Carnarvon, WA, and Katherine Town Council, NT, as well as at Flinders University Council and Melbourne University Postgraduate Association and the NSW Justices Association.

Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges – had no dissent provision (see table). Second, since Mr Buck, as a highly experienced governance officer, is effectively custodian of the meeting protocol, he should know that the Local Government Act does not contain any specific instructions on the rules or conduct of council meetings. At section 91 the Act merely states

that councils “must make local laws governing the conduct of meetings” and that “the conduct of meetings of a council is in the council’s discretion”. At section 111 it states that councils “may make local laws” including rules for meetings, but that they “must not be inconsistent with any Act or regulation”. And that’s it. Third, from his assertions about the Act and his other statements, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that Mr Buck was being disingenuous in his responses. He gave clear indications that (a) the shire council was in step with all other Victorian councils in its stance on dissent; (b) that unspecified “advice” supported its position that dissent “has no meaning as far as the legal position goes”; and (c) that since the Act does not mention dissent it follows that it has no legal relevance. Fourth, arising out of Mr Buck’s statement that this “advice” had stated that dissent “doesn’t have any relevance as far as any legal stance goes” – that it is both meaningless and irrelevant to meeting procedure – one might wonder why state and federal parliaments and probably most Victorian councils have embraced it as an essential democratic safeguard against Mr Demeter’s “arbitrary control” of council meetings. Perhaps Mr Buck will release the advice so it can be examined. Fifth, it is highly unlikely that Mr Buck is solely responsible for our shire’s meeting rules. Certainly they

need approval from councillors, as occurred late last year, possibly after shire CEO Michael Kennedy had reviewed them. But our councillors are generally not closely conversant with meeting procedures and rely on staff to compile this protocol and then advise them, and the chair, at meetings. It is likely Mr Buck advised then mayor Graham Pittock at the 2011 meeting that the dissent motion proposed was relevant, meaningful and lawful. Councillors should call urgently for dissent to be included in the shire’s meeting rules. They should receive instruction and refresher courses in meeting procedure at least annually from an independent expert. Also, the state government should be urged to compile a meeting protocol to be used across the state – and add it to the Local Government Act to avoid any confusion about its legality. It should mandate the right for councillors to dissent against the chair.

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Work to start on the ‘Missing Link’ By Stuart McCullough CONSTRUCTION on the final instalment of Victoria’s Peninsula Road Project begins this week. After the completion of Peninsula Link in late January, the first sod is set to be turned on the last and most ambitious stage of the development, the Missing Link. The new freeway will stretch from Rosebud to Point Nepean with an 800-metre bridge across to Point Lonsdale. The idea of a ring road running all the way around Port Phillip was originally floated in the state’s official transport blueprint in 1977 but quickly sank without a trace. Successive governments have talked of reviving the plan. At one stage, the chatter became fevered speculation, which resulted in a review that proposed a study, which recommended a feasibility assessment, that established a reference group, that became the basis for a taskforce, that devised a plan for immediate action. Now, 17 years later, what was once a dream is now on the verge of becoming a reality. Project spokesman Ernest Ofalporil has described it as the biggest infrastructure project on the peninsula since Arthurs Seat was constructed in 1943. “Currently, the freeway comes to an abrupt halt in Rosebud,” Mr Ofalporil said. “It means that after kilometres on cruise control, drivers are suddenly confronted by the kind of gridlock normally found only in Beijing or Chadstone Shopping Centre at Christ-

Bridge over troubled water: An artist’s impression of the proposed bridge over the entrance to Port Phillip.

mas.” He said the new road would put an end to the congestion. Mr Ofalporil is also eager to point out that, unlike many road projects, not a single house will be compulsorily acquired or bulldozed. The reason, at least according to Ernest, is simple: “We’re going underground.” Using the same technology pioneered in Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the new road will run beneath residential areas between Rosebud and Portsea. When asked why such a long tunnel would be built, the response was direct: “No one wants to repeat the Baxter Experiment.” It’s a reference to the controversial decision to run Peninsula Link through

the middle of Baxter, cutting it in two. Much like Berlin after the Second World War, Baxter is now divided into East and West factions, with the split running so deep that it is rumoured they will field separate football teams in the upcoming home and away season. But not everyone supports the tunnel. Residents have expressed alarm at the nearly 20 ventilation stacks. Mr Ofalporil has dismissed these concerns as a minority view. “Pollution is a bit like red wine. Any doctor will tell you that a little bit every day is actually good for you. It toughens you up for the cold and flu season.” As for concerns about noise and vibrations from underground works, he

is equally dismissive. “There will be virtually no noise and the vibrations will be minor. Although we do suggest people remove glassware from shelves during the two-year construction period.” Portsea resident and retired currency speculator Malcolm Rich-Jones has slammed Mr Ofalporil’s claims, saying he’d describe them as a sick joke but that they’re not actually funny. Mr Rich-Jones thinks many of his neighbours feel the same away and intends to discuss it if any of them unwittingly leave open the electric gates at the front of their properties. He also raises the risk of unplanned sinkholes sucking houses into the earth. The project’s spokesman, however, is emphatic. When the possibility of large-scale land collapse is raised, the response is instant. “There’s no way that’s going to happen again.” The freeway will return to the surface near Portsea pier. When asked if there were any concerns about building a major road through Point Nepean National Park, Mr Ofalporil said: “If it weren’t for roads like this one, nobody would ever see a major national park.” He is particularly enthusiastic about the incorporation of some of Point Nepean’s historical artefacts into the structure. “If you think the giant ram skull or the miniature hotel are impressive, this is going to blow your mind.” It is rumoured that a bridge from Point Nepean to Point Lonsdale was not the first choice. An early draft

mooted a land bridge across the mouth of Port Phillip, creating a large saltwater lake. This plan required the Port of Hastings to be operational. A tunnel was also considered, but deemed impractical. “The depth of the recent dredging meant any tunnel would end up close to the magma table. If you pierce that, all hell would break loose. Pyroclastic flows in Portsea might create new prime real estate but they’re something we’re keen to avoid.” As work begins on the bridge, construction will also start on large service stations at either end. “You’ll be able to pick up a bucket of the Colonel’s finest before you cross the bridge, drumstick in hand,” Mr Ofalporil said. Once finished, the road will complete a transport circle that will allow motorists to travel right around Port Phillip. “It will open up a world of opportunities. One idea being discussed is the Grand Prix. I mean, why do 80 laps around that bird-bath in Albert Park when you could do one really big lap?” But outside of motor sport events, the building of the Missing Link will benefit everyday motorists. As Mr Ofalporil puts it: “You’ll be able to leave Werribee, drive right around Port Phillip and get back to Werribee without hitting a single traffic light.” When pressed as to why anyone might wish to do such a thing, he promised to get back to us but failed to do so before we went to press.

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/ĚĞĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ϴ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŚŽǁƌŽŽŵ Θ ĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ĂůŽŶŐ &ƌĂŶŬƐƚŽŶͲ ĂŶĚĞŶŽŶŐ ZĚ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ mowers and associated products with repairs and sales. ^ƚŽĐŬƐ ŵĂũŽƌ ďƌĂŶĚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ <ĂǁĂƐĂŬŝ͕ ĐŚŽ͕ ^ŚŝŶĚĂŝǁĂ͕ ^ƵƉĞƌƐǁŝŌ͕ WƌŽͲƐĐĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ dW ͘

Sale Price: $420,000 + SAV Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price: $120,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $130,000 + SAV Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

For Lease - Red Hill

For Sale – Rosebud West

For Sale – Mornington

W NE

For Sale – Mount Eliza

For Sale – Carrum Downs

Vacant Block

Well-Known Cafe & Takeaway

'ƌĞĂƚ ĞĂĐŚĨƌŽŶƚ >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ

WƌŝŵĞ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ

ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďƵƌŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝƉƐ͘ WƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ͘ Ψϲ͕ϱϬϬ Ɖͬǁ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂů ƐŵĂůů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ŝŶ the town.

^ƵƉĞƌď ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ƐŝƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ϴϬ ƐĞĂƚ͕ ĨƵůůǇ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ĐĂĨĠͬƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ĂƐ dŚĞ ĂƉĞů ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ ŶŽŶĞ͘ 'ŽůĚĞŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂǀǀǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ůĞǀĞů͘ dŚƌĞĞ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŝŶ ůĞĂƐĞ͘

WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ZĞĚ ,ŝůů ^ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƉŝĐƵƌĞĂŶ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ϴϬ ƐƋŵ ŽĨ ƉƌŝŵĞ ƌĞƚĂŝů ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ͕ ĐĂůů ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƚ͘

Prime vacant land well located in the Mornington Industrial Estate. •810sqm approx. •Zoned Industrial 3 ͻDŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ǀĞŶĚŽƌ ŵƵƐƚ ƐĞůů

Sale Price: $95,000 + SAV Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

^ĂůĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ ůů ŽīĞƌƐ ŽǀĞƌ Ψϴϱ͕ϬϬϬ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Lease Price: $2200pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $249,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Mornington

For Sale – Mornington Peninsula

For Lease - Frankston

Be Your Own Boss

KĸĐĞ ^ƉĂĐĞ

Bay Hotel & Social - A Unique Opportunity Not To Be Missed dŚĞ ĂǇ ,ŽƚĞů ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĂů͕ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂůŝƚǇ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ͚WĂƌŝƐ ͚ĞŶĚ ŽĨ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵƵůƟ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĂƚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ Įƚ ŽƵƚƐ͕ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƌĞŶƚƐ͘ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ĂŐĞŶƚ͕ <ĞǀŝŶ tƌŝŐŚƚ ZĞĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ͘

ĂůůŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚƌĂĚŝĞƐ Žƌ ŚĂŶĚǇŵĞŶ͘ tŽƌŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƉ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ĚĞĐŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ Θ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ĚĞĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϴ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͘ /ŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ĂƐͲŶĞǁ ϮϬϭϮ EŝƐƐĂŶ EĂǀĂƌĂ ƵƚĞ ;ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĂůĞͿ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ͕ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ͕ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ dD Θ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘

Lease Price: $500 pcm all inclusive Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

Sale Price: $2.7 million ( Business Only) Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454 or Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $125,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ <ĂƌŝŶŐĂů ,Ƶď ^ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͘ ϭϮŵϮ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĐůŽƐĞƚ͕ tŝͲ&ŝ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂŝƌͲĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ͕ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůůͲůŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĸĐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽƚĂůůŝŶŐ ϮϮŵϮ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽƵƌƚǇĂƌĚ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ Λ ΨϵϱϬ ƉĐŵ Ăůů ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƌŽŬĞƌ͕ ĐĐŽƵŶƚĂŶƚ͕ ^ŽůŝĐŝƚŽƌ ĞƚĐ͘

For Sale – Rye

For Lease - Mornington

&Žƌ ^ĂůĞ Ͳ ŝƩĞƌŶ

SL PRIC AS E HE D

For Sale – Somerville

Bargain Basement Somerville

Opportunity Knocks

Bargain Buying

ŝƩĞƌŶ WŽƐƚ KĸĐĞ

tĞůůͲůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŵŝůŬďĂƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ůŽǁ ƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ Ψϰ͕ϬϬϬƉǁ͘ ƌĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ΨϲϮ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽ ΨϰϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ WƌŝĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƐƚŽĐŬ͕ ƉůĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͘ Be quick – this won’t last long.

ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƌŝƐĞŶ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ǇŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ DǇŽƚŚĞƌĂƉǇ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ ĐůŝŶŝĐ͘ ŽͲŽƉĞƌĂƚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŽŽĨ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ŝĨ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͕ ĨƵůů ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ Ϯ ĐŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽǁŶ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚĞŶĂŶƚ͘ ŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ Ă ŵƵƐƚ͘

/ĚĞĂůůǇ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ZǇĞ ƉŝĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌĞƐŚ ƐĞĂĨŽŽĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŵƵƐƚ ƐĞůů ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ Ăůů ĨĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ŽīĞƌƐ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ͕ ůŝƋƵŽƌ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͘

tĞůů ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌ ŶĞǁ ŝƩĞƌŶ ^ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŽŵƉůĞǆ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƩĞƌŶ WŽƐƚ KĸĐĞ ĂŶĚ EĞǁƐĂŐĞŶĐǇ͘ ǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ Įƚ ŽƵƚ͕ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚƵƌŶŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐ ůĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ tĞůů ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŽŶůǇ ϱ Ъ ĚĂǇƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŽ hand over to new operators.

Sale Price: $40,000 W.I.W.O. Contact: Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309

Lease Price: $600 per week + GST + OGS Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price: $89,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

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

jo@kevinwrightre.com.au

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COMMERCIAL 10-11/14 Milgate Drive, Mornington

For ForLease Sale

1st Floor 3/211 Main Street, Mornington

Warehouse & Office For Lease

Main Street Office/ Shop For Lease

t N2 HSPVOE รธPPS XBSFIPVTF PรณDF BNFOJUJFT t N2 TU รธPPS PรณDF TQBDF t #VJMEJOH DBO CF TQMJU JO IBMG UP TVJU UFOBOU t 8FMM QSFTFOUFE EPVCMF GSPOU CVJMEJOH XJUI HMBTT GSPOU SPMMFS EPPS BDDFTT t "NQMF DBSQBSLJOH t MBSHF IJHI DMFBSBODF SPMMFS EPPST t "WBJMBCMF /PX For Lease: $6500 pcm + GST + outgoings

t -PDBUFE PO UIF 'JSTU 'MPPS PWFSMPPLJOH .BJO 4USFFU t "DDFTT GSPN .BJO 4U BOE SFBS DBSQBSL t N2 BQQSPY For Lease: $750pcm + GST + outgoings

For ForLease Sale

Contact: Kara James 0412 939224

24 Milgate Drive, Mornington

For Sale

Contact: Kara James 0412 939224 ??? Floor, 50 Ranelagh Drive, Mt Eliza 1st

Vacant Industrial Land For Sale

Office Space For Lease

t N2 BQQSPY t 7BDBOU -BOE t ;POFE *OEVTUSJBM For Sale $160,000

t -PDBUFE JO .PVOU &MJ[B t 4JUVBUFE PO UIF TU 'MPPS BCPWF UIF /BUJPOBM "VTUSBMJB #BOL t N2 PG PรณDF TQBDF For Lease: 1680pcm + GST + outgoings

For ForLease Sale

Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858 ??? Bargain Box Fabrics, Mornington

For Sale

Contact: David Toms 0418 995 366 2/99 High Street, Hastings

Bargain Box Fabrics at a Bargain Price

High Street Retail Shop For Sale

t 3FDFOUMZ SFGVSCJTIFE XJUI TNBMM DBGF t -BSHF TIPXSPPN GVMMZ TUPDLFE t -PZBM DVTUPNFS CBTF t 3FHVMBS TFXJOH DMBTTFT t 3PPN GPS FYQBOTJPO XJUI POMJOF TBMFT t -POH MFBTF HSFBU MPDBUJPO XJUI FYDFMMFOU FYQPTVSF For Sale: $95,000 + SAV

t N2 BQQSPY t 1SJNF )JHI 4USFFU FYQPTVSF t $VSSFOUMZ UFOBOUFE BOE PQFSBUFE BT B KVJDF CBS t 1MFOUZ PG TQBDF QMFOUZ PG PQQPSUVOJUZ t 7BDBOU 1PTTFTTJPO BWBJMBCMF For Sale: $450,000

For Sale

Contact: Kara James 0412 939224 6/16-18 Henry Wilson Drive, Rosebud

For Sale

Contact: Kara James 0412 939224 2/185 Mornington Tyabb Road, Mornington

Vacant Possession - Rosebud!!

Prime Position on Main Road - For Lease

t N2 BQQSPY

t 8BSFIPVTF XJUI PรณDF t &YDFMMFOU JOWFTUNFOU PQQPSUVOJUZ t 5IJT QSPQFSUZ JT OPX BWBJMBCMF XJUI 7BDBOU 1PTTFTTJPO For Sale: $275,000

t N2 BQQSPY PG FYDFMMFOUMZ QSFTFOUFE TIPXSPPN t "QQSPY DBST QBTTJOH EBJMZ t 1MFOUZ PG QBSLJOH t .BJO SPBE FYQPTVSF t +PJO PUIFS TU DMBTT UFOBOUT JO UIJT FYDMVTJWF CMPDL For Lease: $5977.87pcm + GST + outgoings Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 5900 81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red HIll 5989 2364 Page 6

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jacobsandlowe.com.au

For ForLease Sale

Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

131 Pt Nepean Road, Dromana 5987 2000 2117 Pt Nepean Road, Rye 5987 9000

MORTGAGEE’S

AUCTION

HASTINGS Wednesday 17th April at 12 noon At 7/145 Salmon Street, Hastings 3 leased and vacant commercial premises

8 High Street Prime ofﬁce premises of 79sqm with internal toilet and 2 underground car spaces on separate titles. Securely leased to Mornington Peninsula News Group for 3 years commencing on 1st March 2012 showing a net return of $18,486.00 per annum to be sold as a going concern.

Shop 7, No. 145 Salmon Street Office, retail or medical premises of 82sqm in high traffic flow location right at the entrance to town, opposite Western Port Hotel. Wide footpath to front, grease trap for food installed plus internal toilet and floating plaster ceiling with concealed lighting. Includes title to 2 unencumbered underground car spaces. Potential return $16,800.00 net per annum when leased. To be sold with vacant possession on a + GST basis.

4 High Street Prominent retail or ofﬁce premises of 87-square metres situated at the very top of High Street close to foreshore, opposite Library and Town Hall with ﬂoating plaster ceilings, concealed lighting and internal toilet. Includes title to 3 underground car spaces and prominent side wall for advertising. Potential return $19,500.00 net per annum when leased. To be sold with vacant possession on a + GST basis.

TERMS:

10% Deposit, Balance 60 Days.

CONTACT:

Chris Watt on 0417 588 321 for details and inspection.

CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT PHONE: 5979 3555 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings www.century21hastings.com.au

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Doing it for the kids

My beautiful laundrette

TRADING in Mount Eliza since 1974, this well-established clothing stockist opened its Mornington store in 2009. Well-positioned in Main Street, Chipps Clothing Boutique sells an extensive range of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing, footwear and accessories that are mostly brand name labels, with many stocked on an exclusive locality basis. Trading hours are 9.30am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday and 11am-4pm Sunday.

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150th anniversary of Balnarring races

Above: The ever-popular bar at Balnarring races Below: Julia Rendell, Melissa and Chester Young, Brendon Shaw and John Randerson.

Above: Best dressed placegetters: Bonnie Terreira (second), Kellie Bray (first), Meg Parry (third) and Yolanda Filip (best hat). Below: Connections of High Regal.

Above: Buck Chris Everett enjoying his last days of freedom. Below: Noel Hicklin manning the Navy Steam Club engine.

Above: Slowing down at the end of a race. Below: The betting ring.

Above: Lea Henderson enjoying the races with friends. Below: Charlotte, Harry, Sophie, Eleah and Julia.

Above: Out of the starting gate. Below: Balnarring Racing Club president Peter Spyker.

Above: Rebecca McGrath and Lieutenant Commander Damon Craig.

Above: Correct weight. Left: John Heffer came from Riddles Creek for a day at the races in Balnarring.

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HISTORY

Who killed Jim Barclay? By Peter McCullough THIS is the title of one of a number of books written about the unsolved murders which occurred at Wonnangatta Station in Victoria’s high country in January, 1918. The mystery has close links to the Mornington Peninsula, and Hastings in particular. ***

Part two:

How were the murders discovered? On 22nd January, 1918 Harry Smith arrived at Wonnangatta Station about 6pm to deliver mail. Barclay and Bamford were both absent but the words “Home tonight” were written in chalk across the kitchen door. Smith stayed two nights but when no-one appeared he went on to Eaglevale on the 24th January, 1918. In the late afternoon of 14th February, 1918 Harry Smith returned to the Wonnangatta homestead to find it still deserted and the mail sitting where he had left it on the kitchen table. Furthermore, Barclay’s favourite dog, “Baron”, was starving and neglected. Smith briefly searched the area but left for Dargo the next morning to raise the alarm. From there the owners in Mansfield (Phillips and Ritchie) were telegraphed. On 23rd February,1918 Phillips and stockman Jack Jebb arrived at Eaglevale from Mansfield and the next day, accompanied by Harry Smith,

Above: Harry Smith at his hut at Eaglevale. Right: An article from The Argus on 28 February 1918.

they returned to Wonnangatta. After a prolonged search they found a badly decomposed body near Conglomerate Creek, about 420 paces from the homestead. The body had been buried

in a shallow grave but wild animals had apparently uncovered it; only the skull was protruding from the sand. From the remaining pieces of clothing, a belt and a tobacco pouch Smith

identified the body as that of Barclay. After the body was reburied, Phillips returned to Mansfield and informed the police. From Melbourne Detective Alex. McKerral was despatched, together with Constable Ryan who had grown up in the district and had good local knowledge. Several days later the police party set out on the 80 mile ride from Mansfield to collect Barclay’s remains and return them for a post-mortem at Mansfield hospital. On arrival at the homestead another disaster was narrowly averted when two of the policemen decided to prepare an evening meal of bacon and eggs. They sprinkled pepper from a

tin on the mantlepiece and were about to eat when the eggs turned a peculiar colour. The “pepper” was in fact rabbit and dingo poison, and the case had almost taken a very dramatic twist! Police found a shotgun in Barclay’s room; although it had been discharged recently there were no bloodstains in the room. His bed was in a state of disorder. Bamford’s room was also in a state of disorder, and his horse, “Thelma”, saddle and some belongings were missing. On the return journey with the remains the police party came across “Thelma” running wild without a saddle or bridle on the Howitt High Plains.

Left: Conglomerate Creek where Jim Barclay’s body was found. Below Left: The pile of logs at Howitt Hut where Bamford’s body can be seen. Below: The grave of Jim Barclay with his parents at Tyabb Cemetery in Hastings.

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The post-mortem found that Barclay had been murdered by a shotgun blast in the back and had been dead for several weeks at the time of discovery. At the inquest that followed Detective McKerral said “I am of the opinion that Barclay and Bamford had an argument over working matters and that Bamford loaded the gun and shot Barclay. He removed his working clothes and dressed himself in Barclay’s suit, which is missing, saddled his horse and, after dragging the deceased to the creek, rode the horse away.”The verdict of the inquest was murder by person or persons unknown. Jim Barclay’s body was released to his extended family and he was buried in the Tyabb cemetery in Hastings on 9th March,1918. On March 16th The Leader carried the following report: HASTINGS. The remains of James Barclay, the victim of the Mt. Howitt tragedy, were on Saturday buried in the local cemetery. The deceased’s brother is an orchardist here. Many of the deceased’s schoolmates attended the funeral. The deceased, who was 49 years of age, left Hastings for the North-East when a youth. He has the reputation of being remarkably expert in the mustering of cattle. A wreath composed of leaves from Barclay’s favourite tree at Wonnangatta Station was placed on the coffin. To mark his resting place the family added to Jim’s parents’ gravestone the words: AND OUR DEARLY LOVED BROTHER JIM. JANUARY 1918 AGED 48 YEARS With the notoriety the murder caused, the simple wording showed the family wanted to place the tragedy behind them.

Did they find Bamford? Bamford was the obvious suspectperhaps too obvious-and a state-wide search was soon underway. A reward of 200 pounds was offered by the government for information regarding Barclay’s murder. The police search was side-tracked by repeated reports of sightings of the suspect from all over the state. Furthermore, two men were apprehended at the time, each believed to be Bamford. The first was arrested by Constables Farley and Ryan of Frankston police station:they received information that a man answering to the description of John Bamford had been seen between Seaford and Carrum. The police found the man at Carrum but, according to a report in The Leader, when Constable Ryan questioned the suspect he “found that he was apparently out of his mind.”Due to his mental state, the constable arrested the man on a vagrancy charge and took him to the Frankston lock-up. The man told police that his name was John Thomas and that “he had just arrived from heaven to save the world.”The Frankston police were quick to advise investigators that the man arrested was not John Bamford. Then on 11th March,1918 another man believed to be Bamford was apprehended at Balloong, near Yarram. He attempted to elude police but, when arrested, confessed to the murder of Barclay. He was charged and the following day Detective McKerral and Constable Hayes from Dargo arrived at Yarram to transport the prisoner back to Melbourne. Constable Hayes knew Bamford and, as soon as he saw the prisoner, he realized that this was not the missing man. It turned out that “Bamford” was in fact a vagrant who was suffering from delusions.

The winter months made searching difficult. Then in early November,1918 Constable Hayes, together with local bushmen Harry Smith, William Hearne and Jim Fry, was searching the Mt. Howitt area when Hearne noticed a boot protruding from a pile of logs near the Howitt Plains hut. Under the pile they found Bamford’s body. The reason for the search of Mt. Howitt was ostensibly that Harry Smith had dreamed that Bamford would be found there! As the route to Mansfield was still under snow, the body was taken to Dargo. The postmortem found a bullet lodged in the skull and, again, at the inquest a verdict of murder by person or persons unknown was made. So who killed Jim Barclay? Up to this point it had been taken for granted that Barclay had been killed by Bamford. One might have thought that the discovery of Bamford’s body provided him with a reasonable alibi. This was not the case and he remained the chief suspect: speculation now followed the line that Bamford did in fact shoot Barclay and he in turn was hunted down and shot by some friend of the manager in a revenge killing. Police suspicion naturally fell on Harry Smith, especially as his “dream” had led to the finding of Bamford’s body. But there was no direct evidence. In addition he would have had to carry out a complex deception about the discovery of Barclay’s body, and he was present at the discovery of Bamford’s. It is also unlikely that he would have knowingly allowed the body of his friend Jim Barclay to lie where the murderer left it and be disturbed by animals for three weeks. Smith was not charged. A variation of the “Bamford did it”

theory expressed by one writer suggests that Bamford killed Barclay following an argument but, full of remorse, he committed suicide when he reached Howitt Hut. This seems unlikely as it does not accord with the general view of Bamford’s temperament. Besides, there was no sign of the revolver in the vicinity of the Hut, and Bamford could hardly have buried himself under such heavy logs. Another point which suggests the killer was not Bamford is that he was quite a small man and yet Barclay was tall and strongly built. It seems unlikely that he could have dragged the body of Barclay 420 paces to the burial site. The second main theory is that the two men were the victims of stock thieves who had been caught at work. The police report refutes this, pointing out that the only stock missing from Wonnangatta was Bamford’s horse, and that had been recovered on Mt. Howitt. Be that as it may one author even names the killers as Jack and Sid Beveridge , renowned cattle duffers from the Buckland area; he maintains that Sid admitted his guilt to a neighbour in his old age. It is apparently part of the folk lore on the Buckland that Jack Beveridge courted a local lady named Dolly Eccleston for 40 years and he visited her every Sunday night wearing Jim Barclay’s good suit!This was the suit listed by Detective McKerral as “missing” at the inquest. This second theory has an interesting variation expressed by one author. He suggests that Jim Barclay was a cattle thief who would stop at nothing to make money and become as successful as his brother John. This obsession led to him going too far with someone’s livelihood and as a result he was murdered. The regard in which Barclay was held by Arthur Phillips and others would suggest that this variation of the cattle thieves theory is not plausible The third theory that is at times presented is that Jim Barclay was a ladies man who was killed by a jealous husband. Although one author discredits this suggestion as “the work of a novelist who had obviously done

little or no research in the matter”, another author names the object of Jim’s affection as Annie Klingsporn from Merrijig. The killers were her husband, Robert Klingsporn, and his brother-in-law, Jack Ware. This theory also has several variations: one is that the killers were in fact Robert Klingsporn and one or both of his brothers; another is that Jim Barclay had not honoured promises made to Robert Klingsporn’s sister, Fanny, and was made to pay the price for his indiscretions. The Klingsporns and Jack Ware were highly respected in the area and this seems a very unlikely theory. Besides Jim Barclay had been at the remote Wonnangatta Station for almost three years and a liaison with Annie, Fanny or some other lady would seem to be highly unlikely. The current descendants of the Barclay family who still live in the Hastings area not only stress the remoteness angle, but also state that Jim’s brother, John, was firmly of the view that Jim was “not that sort of a person.” The Wonnangatta murders were the subject of many yarns in pubs and around campfires in the high country; many claimed to know who had killed Barclay and Bamford but no-one would tell. The mystery remains.

Left: Arthur Phillips (left) with Jim Barclay on the Howitt High Plains Right: The article in The Argus dated 11th November 1918. Below: Harry Smith on the Howitt High Plains.

What happened to Jim junior After he finished schooling, Jim Barclay’s son, Jim junior, spent many years working for Harry Smith at Eaglevale. Harry died in 1945 aged 86 and left the property to young Jim. He lived there until he eventually sold it and moved to Stratford where he worked for the Country Roads Board. At the time he had set up in one of the Country Roads Board’s huts but one day a fire broke out which destroyed the hut . Jim managed to escape unscathed but unfortunately a lifetime of Harry Smith’s prized possessions, including documents and letters, all went up in smoke. The truth as to what really happened at Wonnangatta Station may well have disappeared as well. Jim Barclay junior married Lottie Binns later in life and he lived at Lindenow South after his retirement from the Coun-

try Roads Board. It was there that he was visited by one author (Wallace Mortimer) and his enigmatic com-

ment on the murders was “It was a long time ago and both the murderers are long since dead. It’s all best forgotten.”He followed Mortimer out to his car and his parting words were “You know, Harry Smith told me that the men who killed my father were Robert Klingsporn and Jack Ware.” This stunned Mortimer: was the least likely explanation perhaps the correct one? Young Jim died at the age of 77 on 27th May, 1987. The Wonnangatta Station homestead was accidentally burnt down by careless bushwalkers in 1957. Some stockyards and the old cemetery survive. Today the area is part of the Alpine National Park, and is only accessible by 4WD, horse, or foot. The nearby mining towns of Grant and Talbotville have disappeared.

Credits Thanks to Jennie Bryant of Tyabb for her assistance; her grandmother was a niece of Jim Barclay. BIBLIOGRAPHY Some of the books on the subject are: Leydon,Keith and Ray,Michael “The Wonnangatta Mystery:an inquiry into the unsolved murders.” Warrior Press,2000.

Mortimer,Wallace “The History of Wonnangatta Station”Spectrum Publications,1980. Mortimer,Wallace “Wonnangatta Station-the Next Twenty Years.”McPhersons,1995 Mortimer,Wallace “Who Killed Jim Barclay?” 2009 Ricketts,JohnJ. “Victoria’s Wonnangatta Murders” E-Gee printers, 1993. Mornington News 2 April 2013

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

The newly opened Olivers Hill road already showing signs of wear Compiled by Cameron McCullough From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 5 April 1913. IN a recent issue of the “Argus” a Frankston ‘Ratepayer’ directed attention to “the dangerous state of the new road on Oliver’s Hill,” which, when opened by the Minister of Public Works two months ago, was declared to be a triumph of engineering skill. ‘Ratepayer’ stated that the road consisted for the most part of a soft clay, with the result that after heavy rain the ground was saturated. Heavy subsidences had already taken place, posts had sunk below the original level, and a heavy expense would have to he incurred to avert disaster. The chief engineer of Public Works (Mr Catani) stated on Tuesday that he had received no definite information on the subject. He had communicated with the shire engineer who had promised to make inquiries. The road being a new one it was certain to suffer from such exceptionally heavy rains as those of the last month. The banks of the road were now soft, but they would be gradually hardened by maintenance works. There was not an unlimited amount of money available for the work, but the dangers to which ‘Ratepayer’ called attention would, if found to exist, be rectified. *** IN the Mornington Police Court, Constable Stephens has brought a case against Robert Burton for driving a motor car without an illuminated rear lamp. The defendant failed to appear and was fined 10s, and in default distress 24 hours imprisonment. Licence

to be endorsed with conviction. *** IN the court of petty sessions in Mornington, Dr Somers has brought a case against M. Richardson for a claim of medical services rendered. Mr Cook appeared for the complainant and Mr Kidson of Fitzroy for the defence. Evidence was given by the complainant and Dr Plowman of Frankston. The defence was that the charge was

excessive. The case arose out of an unfortunate incident in Mount Martha where the son of the defendant was shot. An order was made for the full amount with £4.3s costs. *** MR D Edelston, optician, will visit Mornington Monday next (April 7, 1913) when he may be consulted at Tait’s Pharmacy. ***

FRANKSTON residents will learn with deep sorrow of the death of Mrs E. J. Watson, which occurred suddenly at her late residence St Kilda on March 26, 1913. The deceased lady resided in Frankston some five years ago where her name was a household word for generosity and charity and to all who knew her she has a general favourite. She was the first president of the Mornington Peninsula Football Association, in a year that an unfortunate complication arose as to the proclaiming of the premiership team. Mrs Watson presented each of the Frankston players with premiership caps although the association ruled Hastings the winners. Many acts of kindness on the part of Mrs Watson could be cried and by her bright and cheerful disposition her departure from Frankston was much felt. Mrs. Watson died a comparatively young woman, and her bereaved husband and two young lads have the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends in the loss of a wife and mother, possessed of so many esteemed characteristics in the mid-day of life. *** MR A Rutter Clarke, of Mornington, who has been over a year absent in England and on the continent, is on his way out, and will land in Melbourne in a fortnight. *** NOTICE: Anybody caught taking wood out of any of my paddocks will the prosecuted. W. H. Dunn, Park Hill, Mornington. *** LARGE quantities of produce are being sent away from the Somerville

District. One day last week the roughly computed weight of the train as it left the station was 400 tons. *** IN connection with the forthcoming match at Emu Plains races between Tired Tim and Minrup, the stake has been lifted to £20 a side. *** MISS Elma Mary Stark, a pupil of the College of Our Lady of the Sea, Mornington, has recently passed in junior public examinations in the following subjects: English, arithmetic, algebra, history and distinction in French. *** THE Somerville State School is closed for a couple of weeks. Mr. G. Reed, the head teacher, is away at the military depot going through the physical course of drills, etc. It is a little bit strenuous at times, but he is enjoying the course, but will take in hand the drilling of the state school children. *** THE Frankston Methodist Church quarterly meeting was held on Wednesday last week at Frankston. This being the last meeting at which Rev. Jas Lowe was to preside, it was decided to mark the close of his ministry in this circuit in a substantial way. At the public meeting held in the church during the evening, Mr Lowe was made the recipient of a purse of sovereigns by the members of the circuit. Mrs Lowe was presented with a gold bangle set with an amethyst. Mr and Mrs Lowe suitably responded. *** PIGS wanted (alive) – Highest price for good quality. Weight 120 lbs preferred. J. Lloyd and Sons, Bacon Curers, Cranleigh, Frankston.

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Rise and fall of the billy cart kid By Stuart McCullough WE used to make our own fun. This was back in a time when “fun” could be built pretty much from nothing and didn’t have to be downloaded, inserted into a gaming console or placed on lay-by. In an effort to fill the weekend hours, we embarked on all manner of enterprises. Some were abandoned (attempting to build a rocket big enough to hold one of my siblings), some we ought to have abandoned (the rope swing from which I fell and broke my leg) and some came to glorious fruition. These included the BMX track – which was basically a dirt track with a lump of earth at the end we called a “jump” – and a cloned Hereford calf we called “The Sequel”. We also made our own billy cart. Despite my enthusiasm, I was inept. I’ve never been much good with my hands; unable even to build suspense, I stood no chance of building anything resembling a billy cart. At scouts, in art classes or at pottery lessons, everything I touched ended up an ashtray. Had either of my parents smoked, this might have been useful. Had they known anyone who smoked, we would have had a steady supply of presents. Instead, they ended up mostly as decorations that, after a time, would simply go missing. This deficiency was made all the more clear to me because I had a younger brother who was very good at building anything he turned his mind to. He could build an internal combustion engine out of toothpicks. To spite me, he’d take pipe cleaners,

old toilet rolls and a tub of glue and build a fully functioning robot. Most of the time I ignored him but when he’d bring out the Lego and use it to re-create 16th century Venice, complete with canals, it was impossible. Anxious to compete, I produced my own Lego to make something that looked a lot like an ashtray. Why I thought I could build a billy cart I’ll never know. More mysterious still is why I thought it would be a good idea. We had a gravel driveway leading to a road, also made of gravel. It was a world of dirt and stone. By its very nature, it made certain activities – rollerskating, skateboarding and, indeed, billycarting –inherently difficult. We were not to be deterred.

Luckily for me, my brother agreed to help me build the billy cart. The body was made of wood and bore an uncanny resemblance to a miniature coffin. The wheels were transplanted from an old pram and steering was a length of a twine that had once held a hay bale together. We took turns pushing each other down the driveway, doing our best to avoid the potholes. The lack of suspension meant that every bump bit into your buttocks. There was also risk of splinters. As for brakes, they were notable only for their absence. But despite its obvious flaws, I thought our billy cart was a thing of beauty. Everyone knows a kid like Neville Newman when they’re growing up.

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He was in my class at primary school and his family always seemed to be doing something impossibly cool like riding jetskis or racing motorbikes. As I excitedly revealed the existence of the billy cart, Neville shrugged his shoulders and told me that he, too, had built a billy cart. What’s more, his was faster than mine. There is a time for talking and a time for action. We agreed that determining which of us, indeed, had the fastest billy cart was a matter best resolved by way of a race. Nev suggested we meet at Vista Court on Saturday. On arriving that weekend, I knew instantly that I was out of my depth. For starters, Vista Court was not made of gravel but of

bitumen. The street name was a reference to the fact that you could see over the entire Western Port region. The whole thing was downhill. Suddenly, I realised that Neville’s selection of Vista Court was no accident. Then he revealed his billy cart. It was made of fibreglass. Being the Seventies, this may well have been the first time that fibreglass was ever used in Australia. The wheels were large and sturdy and unlikely to have ever been attached to a pram. For a moment I deluded myself; that what I lacked in terms of equipment I could more than make up through sheer heart and determination. As I have grown older I have realised that people who are about to receive the beating of their lives often think such thoughts. Had you been watching from a distance, it would not even have looked like a race. Neville streamed down Vista Court, shoulders curled over the steering wheel and moving with a speed of a startled rabbit. I could only watch as the speck that was Nev grew smaller and smaller as his lead grew ever more substantial. By the time I reached the end of Vista Court, Neville had not only finished the race but also completed primary school. It was my first absolute shellacking. I tried to be gracious, but the bitter taste of defeat, as well as a few random insects, was hard to dislodge. I immediately announced my retirement and the billy cart was never again pressed into service. It sat in the shed along with all the things I had tried but surrendered. Maybe someone could use it as an ashtray. www.stuartmccullough.com

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MOTORCYCLES HONDA, NTV700 Deauville, 2006, shaft drive tourer-screen panniers, reg 10/13, RWC, 1C7EC, 61,000kms. $3,250ono. 0417 222 173.

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Buds in bloom, Sharks maul Tigers NEPEAN By Toe Punt NEW Rosebud coach Nick Jewell had “a very enjoyable” Easter following his team’s big win over arch-rival Rye on Good Friday. In the Nepean League opener, the Buds booted six unanswered goals in the final term to record an emphatic 15.15-105 to 8.8-56 win. At three-quarter time, the margin was just 12 points, but with the run from half-back of Greg Bentley and Nick Boswell, and the injection of Daniel Giarusso into the midfield, the Buds were able to turn on the afterburners in the final 25 minutes to steamroll the opposition. Jewell told The News that a lot of fitness and ball work in the off-season came to the fore in the final term. “It was a long and hard pre-season and the boys worked really hard in the break to prepare for the season,” Jewell said. “I guess the way we played in the last quarter was testament to that workload.” Buds spearhead Ben Schultz booted eight goals in the victory, his first big

bag for some time including last season. “Ben had knee surgery in the offseason and worked really hard to get himself right. When you can get the ball into his area often enough, he’s going to make the most of the opportunities. We all know he’s a lovely kick at goal,” Jewell said. It was the players through the middle of the ground who most impressed Jewell. “Matty Payne; what a player he is. He’s so fit and has such a sensational work rate. He really lifts his brother Brenton, too, who I believe will take his game to yet another level. “Our midfield depth is something that is going to be a key for us this season. Brad McDonald is only at about 80 per cent (he had groin surgery in the off-season) but he was good, while Daniel Giarusso played in the forward half until the last quarter and gave us plenty then.” Jewell said while it was great to win against the arch-enemy, the focus quickly needed to shift to its next opponent, Devon Meadows. “From all reports Devon has recruited extremely well, so it’s not going to

be an easy game in a fortnight. Then we play Frankston Bombers, so there are no easy contests. “We couldn’t have asked for a better start though, which was pleasing.” Rye coach Ben Holmes was the standout player for his team with five goals. Karingal recruit Matty Sibberas tried hard while Sean Kain and Adam Kirkwood also flew the flag. On Easter Saturday, Dromana gave up a 38-point three-quarter time lead to lose to Sorrento by 13 points. The reigning premiers booted eight goals to a single point in the final 30 minutes of the match to completely outclass the Tigers. The last time the two sides played was the 2012 grand final. On that ocassion, Dromana had every opportunity to put Sorrento away, but failed to drive in the final nail. Sorrento’s self-belief can never be questioned and while the door is ajar, they’ll keep coming. It happened again on Saturday. The Tigers led by three goals at quarter time and by almost eight goals at the major break. For the Sorrento faithful who had

turned up to the game in droves, it appeared the “chardy” was going to come out a little earlier. Things didn’t look a great deal better on the scoreboard at three-quarter time either, although the Sorrento coaching staff believed the team was back in the game. “At half-time things weren’t looking great for us,” Sorrento coach Nick Claringbold said. “In the third quarter I thought we wrested some of the momentum off Dromana and played the better football for the quarter. Really, we should have been a couple of goals closer at the final break. “I told the players at three-quarter time to take risks, move the ball quickly and basically to have a red hot crack. “I thought that if we could kick the first couple of goals in the last quarter, we were back in the contest on the scoreboard. “As it turned out, we kicked the first goal in 20 seconds and booted three in four minutes. “Our clearance work really picked up in the last quarter, we changed a few things and the result was a good, fighting win.”

Dion Phillips, a fit Cayden Beetham and Ben Schwarze (four goals) in attack were all keys to the victory. Leigh Poholke, who only finished cricket last weekend, booted three goals, while recruits James Hallahan and Ryan Jeffrey each booted two goals. Jeffrey had a stint in the ruck to give Scott Cameron a spell. Chris Bagot was sharp in defence and Matt Debrowlski, who will get more opportunities this season, repaid the faith of his coach with a solid performance. The Tigers stopped to a walk. There were plenty of new faces too. Christian Ongarello was a stand-out, while Daniel Waddell, who made a name as a defender at Frankston YCW, played in attack and finished with five goals. Michael Falconer from Noble Park also played a significant role. After all the hype of the pre-season, Dromana was expected to win. Some Sorrento players were underdone. However, mentally, they are the toughest in the competition and once again it proved to be the difference when the heat was turned up.

Footy’s here: Dromana set out to exact some revenge for last year’s grand final loss against Sorrento on Easter Saturday but it was not to be with the Tigers giving up a 38-point three-quarter time lead to lose to Sorrento Sharks by 13 points. The News’s photographer Andrew Hurst was at Sorrento to capture all the action. Mornington News 2 April 2013

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Coach Goosey says no limitations By Finn the Dolphin ON their pre-season camp, Frankston Dolphins Football Club players climbed Mt Stirling and Mt Buller in one day, but coach Simon Goosey won’t speculate about the onfield heights they can reach in 2013. “We’re not going to be put a ceiling on how high we can go. You aim high and don’t put limitations on the players,” he said. After finishing last in 2012 despite many close games, Goosey and his coaching team have focused on the little things to bridge the gap to the top teams. One particular focus has been

cutting down on the cheap turnovers that exposed the Dolphins’ attacking game plan. “We’ve been doing a lot of game sense training and putting them in those situations, and the kicking has really improved over the pre-season,” Goosey said. Another has been challenging the fitness levels of the core group of 21 to 25-year-olds to ensure there are no crucial lapses late in quarters. “We spoke about keeping the boys on for that little bit longer; the ones who were capable we really wanted to push the boundary with how far they could run.” But the real buzz at Frankston Park

has been generated by the bevy of new recruits to support the emerging core headed by Mitch Bosward, Luke Potts, Shane Hockey, Leigh Kitchin and Luke Clark. Goosey said the coaching group identified some key areas where support was needed. “One was the ruck where we had no presence, hence the reason we have signed big Russ [Gabriel],” he said of the trumpeted return of Frankston’s 2011 VFL team of the year big man. Not surprisingly, the coach also chased recruits who would bring more attacking flair. “I have a soft spot for forwards and think Sam Lloyd and Michael Lourey

from Mt Eliza are exciting players. They take a nice pack mark and they’ll kick some goals.” As for which new player will excite the Dolphins’ loud and proud fans the most, “Goose” thinks it could be a Seaford legend who has finally decided to pull on the red, white and black. “Chris Irving in the middle. As a supporter they’ll love seeing what he’s capable of with his tackling,” he said. “He brings a big body and can really splits the packs. “He demands a lot off his teammates too, which I’ve been impressed with; he brings a fair bit of leadership.”

Dolphins coach Simon Goosey.

Eight for Langwarrin, Seaford hits Skye for six By Craig MacKenzie LOCAL soccer kicks off on Saturday 6 April with all six clubs in the Frankston area undergoing major changes in players during the off-season. Langwarrin went down in a penalty shootout against Casey Comets last weekend in the final of the Steve Wallace Memorial Cup but has high hopes of starting the State 2 SouthEast season in style at home against Diamond Valley. The eight off-season newcomers to the Langy senior squad are: goalkeeper Orwin Castel (capped 16 times for Mauritius), fellow keeper Sean Skelly, defender Alex van Heerwarden, utility Ben Caffrey, Irish midfielder Mark O’Connor, Kiwi sweeper Paul Stewart, midfielder Berkan Sakaci and striker Koray Suat. Midfielder-defender Neil O’Sullivan and midfielder Daniel Fotopoulos were released last week. The State 3 South-East season opener for Frankston Pines is a difficult away assignment against Old Scotch. Utility player Sam Jennens has joined Pines from Croydon, midfielder Ross Robertson has switched from Strikers along with utility Chris Aldonato while Peter Dimcevski is back after a year-long break. “There’s a lad called Yusuf Zara who has come back after breaking his leg with Dandy Thunder’s under-21s and he could be a real surprise pack-

Net gain: Casey Comets hitman Matt Morris-Thomas scored the decisive penalty in the final of the Steve Wallace Memorial Cup at Lawton Park last weekend. Picture: Paul Seeley

et,” said senior coach Danny Verdun, who remains in the hunt for a strike partner for ace predator Chris Hodgson. Pines won promotion last season from the recently disbanded Provisional Leagues

and is now in the same league as traditional rival Peninsula Strikers. Jamie Skelly’s controversial axing as Strikers head coach at the end of last season led to a player walkout and just three of

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last year’s first team squad are still at the club. The trio is left-sided midfielder Shane Sinclair, attacking midfielder Alex Akrivopoulos and goalkeeper Steve Eleftheriou. The man in the coaching hot seat is Davie Reid who oversees one of the youngest squads in the league. Reid has signed former Kingston City midfielder Onur Tufan, defender Jack Pilgram, former Langy sweeper Lewis Potter and striker Blake Hicks from Baxter. The former captain, midfielder Alex Calder, is recovering from injury but Reid is hopeful former Strikers midfielder Gerald Lawler, who was named All-New England Collegiate Conference rookie of the year last November with his United States college team, will be back in time to face Casey Comets in the season opener at Comets Stadium. Seaford United has added an edge to its derby battles with Skye United by signing six players from its State 4 South rival during the off-season. Former Skye player-coach Darren Roberts and his son Alex led the exodus and were joined by defender Jason Alizzi, defender or midfielder Alan Busuttil, goalkeeper Paul DiGiorgio and striker Adrian Busso. Seaford coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor also laid out the welcome mat for forwards Alistair

Wallace and Jack Wrobel from Peninsula Strikers, Jamie Baxter (ex-Dandenong Thunder), defender Harry Chapman from Mornington and English imports Luke Noble, a defender, and Andy Packer, a left-sided midfielder. Taylor hopes to complete the signing of attacking midfielder Li Nam Wong from Hampton Park United this week. “This is the biggest senior squad we’ve had down here for a long time but contrary to all the rumours we are not paying one single cent to any of our players,” Taylor said. Seaford’s season starts with a home game against South Yarra. Skye United opens its campaign at home against Old Brighton Grammarians and head coach John Bruce is delighted to have signed experienced central defender Stuart Scott, who has played in England’s Football Conference Leagues, and Daniel Tagliaferro, a holding midfielder or central defender from Hampton Park United. Bruce also has nabbed goalkeeper Lee Herron from Berwick City and has promoted teenage full-backs Marcus Collier and Dale Atkins who were part of the club’s all-conquering under-16 side last season. Frank Dimu has been appointed captain after a stellar 2012 season when he was the club’s top scorer and best and fairest winner.

“We’ve got a couple more players in mind but we’ll keep them under our hat for now because we don’t want a rival club pinching them,” Bruce said pointedly. State League 5 South outfit Baxter kicks off with an away clash against Noble Park. Central midfielder and former Glen Waverley captain Martin Sutherland, central defender Jim Moore, an English import, midfielder Michael Naughton and ex-Seaford custodian Brad Klarenbeek have been the major off-season signings. “I think we’ll be competitive but we’re a wee bit thin in terms of depth,” senior coach Jim Hardie said. “Our most important resigning has been club captain John Camburn who is my assistant coach and who has retained some of the players from last year who were thinking of leaving.” Fixtures for the opening round of the 2013 league season: Saturday 6 April, 3pm: Langwarrin v Diamond Valley (Lawton Park), Casey Comets v Peninsula Strikers (Comets Park), Old Scotch v Frankston Pines (H A Smith Reserve), Seaford Utd v South Yarra (North Seaford Reserve), Skye Utd v Old Brighton Grammarians (Skye Recreational Reserve), Noble Park v Baxter (Luth Reserve).

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