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In step with the first Australians NAIDOC Week every July celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Activities begin with the opening of an exhibition and sale of artworks by indigenous artists on Monday 8 July. From 4pm at Mornington Peninsula Shire offices in Besgrove St, Rosebud, there will be a welcome to country, smoking ceremony and cultural performance. The exhibition is on until Friday 19 July. On Sunday 14 July Mornington Interchurch Aboriginal Awareness Group will show the film Our Generation at 2pm at St Mark’s Uniting Church, Barkly Street, Mornington. In Frankston, Baluk Arts will hold an exhibition at Frankston Arts Centre from Wednesday 26 June to Monday 12 August. Ancient connection: Bunurong elder Aunty Carolyn Briggs, centre rear, with a traditional dance group at a reconciliation presentation at Mornington Peninsula Shire in May.
Pier wave screens at last By Mike Hast THE contractor installing wave screens on Mornington pier started setting up equipment on Monday and work is expected to start next week. Carrum Downs-based K V Johnson Constructions is attaching 76 concrete screens – 43 on the bay side of the middle section replaced in 2011 and 33 on the harbour side. The screens are 1.2-metres wide on the bay side and 1.6-metres wide on the harbour side with some up to 6.7 metres long. Made in Geelong, the screens weigh 14 to 15 tonnes, are 700mm thick and will be lifted into place by crane.
The long-awaited screens will provide some measure of protection for the harbour when westerly and northerly storms sweep into the precinct. Between August 2010 and September 2011, Johnson Constructions replaced the middle section of the iconic pier, a version of which has existed for more than 150 years. This cost $3.6 million. The screen project is costing $1.5 million and is expected to take six to eight weeks, weather permitting. Next stage is the replacement of the outside, condemned section of about 75 metres, which will cost about $13.5 million. It also will have wave screens. In May, Graeme Davis, Parks Victo-
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The yacht club and other harbour users have been lobbying the government for almost 30 years to protect Mornington from big northerly storms. Two notable events in April 1983 and April 2008 sunk or washed onto beaches and rocks more than 30 boats each time. Mornington MP David Morris said wave screens were a significant investment in boating safety and would better protect the harbour. Mr Morris and Ports Minister David Hodgett announced the screens project in May. M Hodgett said part of the middle section of the pier would remain open while the screens were being installed.
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Mr Morris said the pier was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very important asset, not only for the town, but also for the whole regionâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the most visited piers on Port Phillip and incredibly popular with both locals and visitors. Any day of the year you will see people boating, fishing, enjoying a stroll on the pier on simply taking in the scenery,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am looking forward to seeing the pier fully reconstructed and ready to reclaim its iconic status, with greater strength and safety but all the character and personality of a pier that has been a much loved part of our town for generations.â&#x20AC;? More information on the pier project is at www.parks.vic.gov.au
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