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BY KATE SEARS

This comic designer dons his superhero cape, grabs his SurfacePro tablet and gets creative on his daily commute on the train.

By day he’s an animation director at communication agency 21-19 in Melbourne — but out of hours he’s creating humorous and heart-warming comics.

At 29, Stephen Elliget takes inspiration from his life experiences, video games, comical jokes and pop culture references to create comics that not only get the chuckles flowing but also encourage his readers to spread the joy by sharing his comics with their friends on social media. His preferred source of inspiration is to encapsulate a moment that happened to himself or a friend, and share the humour or joy that he got out of it. Often, a lot of conversations with friends that have included endless laughter and injokes have inevitably become a comic — no brainstorming required.

While growing up in Baxter, Stephen went through the phase of drawing the typical suspects like dragons, wolves, and Dragon Ball Z characters. His father was a teacher, so Stephen would stay back after high school playing in the computer lab while his dad wrapped up his work day. He’s self-taught and has progressed his digital skills from drawing with a mouse in Microsoft Paint and making stick figure animations in PowerPoint to using Photoshop and a tablet to paint digitally.

Having been an avid drawer since he was a kid, Stephen moved on to study an advanced Diploma of Multimedia at Chisholm, then went on to complete a Bachelor of Multimedia Design at Swinburne. It was in 2010 in his first year at university that Total BS Comics was born from a desire to create short narratives that he could share with others. Bryce, his friend and co-owner of their

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brand, not only brought the ‘B’ to the name and subbed the comic dialogue (with high sarcasm levels) but also introduced Stephen to the world of web comics. They’d spend hours engaging in back and forth banter over coffee with Stephen manning the sketch book, where they’d find themselves saying, “Hey, that’d make a good comic!”

“I realised that the ideas I get the most excited about tend to be the ones that come from the heart and from my own experiences,” said Stephen. “So I’ve been trying to embrace my own ideas a bit more.”

After a six-year hiatus due to full-time work and general life stuff getting in the way, Stephen decided it was time to revive the comic with a fresh illustration style and new character designs, with Bryce taking a step back while remaining Stephen’s sounding board. Ultimately, Stephen’s dream is that one day the comic takes off to truly become something that he could dedicate more time to.

“I follow a lot of artists on Instagram — some super-talented, some who just post the occasional scribble. I honestly just love seeing an illustration that portrays a bit of heart from the person who drew it. That’s what I admire the most, capturing an honest or emotive moment.”

To get your giggle on, check out Stephen’s work on Facebook at TotalBSComics or follow the comics on Instagram at totalbscomics

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More than 6000 people are expected to descend on Point Nepean National Park on Saturday, January 12, for a day of world-class polo matches, glamour, unparalleled hospitality and an abundance of captivating entertainment.

The Alfa Romeo Portsea Polo, in association with Stella Artois, returns for its 19th year with a fresh new general admission precinct, Amalia

by Portsea Polo, which will offer event-goers an elevated field-side experience. With a thrilling line-up of musical performances, gourmet food trucks and beverage offerings, Amalia by Portsea Polo will be the place to be to catch all the polo action and dance the afternoon away.

Tickets are available from $75.

Channel 10 presenter Natalie Hunter looks forward to the event each year. “The Alfa Romeo Portsea Polo is the perfect celebration of summer, whether you’re enjoying exclusive hospitality in a marquee or soaking up the atmosphere in the general admission precinct. The polo on the field is action-packed and the activity around it is just as exciting, with delicious food and drink offerings and eye-catching entertainment everywhere you turn.”

The event will again play host to Fashions on the Field judged by representatives from the event’s fashion partners, Forever New and Politix, the 6Ft6 ladies’ and men’s dash, divot stomping, vox pops and some of the world’s best polo players on show.

The Portsea Polo welcomes back its naming rights partner, Alfa Romeo, to debut the hotly anticipated all-new Stelvio Quadrifoglio performance SUV. This year’s Alfa Romeo marquee is set to tell the story of the revered Quadrifoglio badge, one of the automotive world’s hallmarks of high-performance that has adorned Alfa Romeo vehicles since 1923.

“The 2019 Portsea Polo forms the perfect backdrop to showcase the all-new performance Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio SUV,” Alfa Romeo Australia chief executive Steve Zanlunghi said. “Set in an idyllic location, the Portsea Polo embodies passion, performance and style; qualities which lie at the heart of every Alfa Romeo vehicle.”

Associate partner Stella Artois is excited to welcome international supermodel Georgia Fowler as a guest exclusively of Stella Artois. The European-inspired marquee will feature a custom Stella Artois bar where guests can experience the brand’s iconic four-step pouring ritual.

Forever New has announced its Face of Polo, Rozalia Russian. Rozalia will attend the Forever New marquee and join the Fashions on the Field panel as a representative of the brand, wearing the latest collection from Forever New. “We are thrilled to align with Portsea Polo for the second year as the official women’s fashion partner,” Forever New brand director Carolyn Mackenzie said. “The Portsea Polo is such an iconic Melbourne event, and one that has become synonymous with summer and fashion.”

The Alfa Romeo Portsea Polo is the must-attend event of the summer social calendar and with the Polo Club Point Nepean Marquee already sold out, event-goers are encouraged to secure their place quickly.

Tickets are available to purchase now at portseapolo.com.au

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ADVENTUROUS

MINDS are seekers, they are testers. They challenge theories, ideals and convention. They find a way when others retreat.

Unafraid of mistakes and failure, they will deconstruct, reinterpret, refine their understanding and find a new way forward.

CONGR ATUL ATIONS TO THE CL ASS OF 2018 Students who leave us with more than a list of academic successes. They leave with real life skills.

3 PERFECT STUDY SCORES OF 50 20% 90+ ATAR 44% 80+ ATAR Best wishes to all 2018 graduates as they move into the world.

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Woodleigh’s 95+ ATAR achievers Tom Poyser, Lachlan Evenden, Isaac Yeong (in Japan), 2018 Dux Ruby Crofts (in Queensland), Jack Hall and Emily Thomas with principal Jonathan Walter.

I’ve always considered our greatest strength as a school to be the series of life experiences we deliver throughout the curriculum. These experiential events prove to be the most transformative learning that happens here at Woodleigh. As teachers, we see the change in students as they are immersed in their learning. The changes in their thinking, their movement from inertia to action — and a growing understanding of their ability to impact a situation and its outcome.

They learn that what they do and how hard they try will influence their future.

Knowing this equips Woodleigh students with the scope to grow as individuals, to the point where they leave us as wellrounded young adults — people with an understanding of who they are, equipped with the skills to travel a variety of pathways.

This year’s VCE results are testament to this strength. The students of the Class of 2018 have undertaken a broad range of learning experiences beyond the core academic program and as a result leave the sanctuary and support of Woodleigh School ready for life. They leave with the necessary skills to communicate, empathise, and find

creative solutions to problems. They leave with much more than a list of academic successes. They leave with confidence and a rich bank of experiences upon which to draw.

Congratulations again to the Class of 2018.

This year, the Dux of Woodleigh School is Ruby Crofts, who achieved the most impressive ATAR of 99.2. We also celebrate the efforts of Tom Poyser, Lachlan Evenden, Emily Thomas, Jack Hall and Isaac Yeong, who all achieved ATARs in excess of 95 — tremendous results. Congratulations again to Tom Poyser and Emily Thomas, who both received perfect study scores of 50 in English, and to Ruby Crofts who also achieved a perfect score of 50 in Biology.

Stories of success at Woodleigh range from those who have completed their education against all odds and are now are venturing into a career path of their choosing, to those who have achieved outstanding academic scores. We are proud of them all.

As a community, we wish all students from the Class of 2018 the very best as they head off to university, TAFE, work and, for some, travel and service programs abroad.

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He’s danced his way from the Mornington Peninsula to London, and now to Los Angeles. Nick Geurts has worked alongside the likes of Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Ricky Martin and Katy Perry. Kate Sears speaks to 30-year-old Nick about living out every dancer’s dream in LA, becoming a choreographer and how it all started at age 16.

How did you come to find yourself in Los Angeles?

It wasn’t an easy journey but it sure has been worth it. I started working in Australia in 2008 with no idea what I was working towards, and after accomplishing everything I wanted to in Australia I then decided to move to London in 2010. It turned out to be the best decision for me as I was able to work with many choreographers from LA. When my visa was coming to an end in London, the next step was Los Angeles. It’s not an easy process to get a working visa in the US but it is possible for those that are at the top of the industry in their home country. Once in LA, it was like starting all over again, being the new guy in the mecca of the entertainment industry.

How did you first get involved in dancing?

I first started dancing when I was 16. It started as a fit hobby and a way to meet people when I started at a new school. I was terrible when I first started. I couldn’t clap on beat, had no natural rhythm and was so far behind all the other students. But there was something in me that wanted to keep going. I didn’t know what I was working towards or why I wanted to push myself so hard to catch up to everyone else, but I just focused on myself and worked on the foundations of my training.

What is your favourite part about dancing?

When I first started it was about finding a way to express myself and be creative. Once I was a working dancer it was definitely being on stage and performing in front of an audience. There is nothing like it. Now that I’m not dancing as much and mostly choreographing, I would say seeing a vision come to life and pushing my creativity to new levels is my favourite part.

How was it touring the world with Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and Kesha?

Having the opportunity to tour with incredible artists like these was an absolute dream come true. Sharing the stage with them and performing for thousands of people every night in a different city or country was beyond incredible. Aside from touring I did have the opportunity to work with other artists such as Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Ariana Grande, Nicole Scherzinger, and Kylie Minogue.

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What’s been your most memorable moment so far in your career?

I would have to say having the opportunity to come back to Melbourne and perform at the Rod Laver Arena with Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin with my family and friends in the audience. Having my career go full circle back to where it all started was amazing. There have been so many memorable moments such as Super Bowl and Coachella with Lady Gaga, performing at the Kremlin in Moscow with Christina Aguilera, MTV VMAs with Ariana Grande in 2016 and with Katy Perry in 2017.

Check out Nick’s dance moves for yourself on Instagram via @nick_geurts

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Music is a key part of Peninsula Grammar life “Peninsula Grammar really is the only place to be for music education that is relevant, excellent and inspiring.” Dr Richard Vaudrey, Head of Ensemble and Studio Music Music plays a central role in the educational and cultural life of Peninsula Grammar.

Students are offered a 21st century music education that is both stimulating and relevant to each child.

Music not only develops new skills but also consolidates skills learned in other areas of Peninsula Grammar’s school curriculum.

Gross and fine motor skills consolidate co-ordination, rhythm and pitch to assist with language development.

Music theory improves literacy, ensemble music promotes collaborative social interaction and leadership skills, instrumental and vocal lessons help students develop individual learning strategies and music technology complements e-learning.

Directed by Dr Richard Vaudrey, Peninsula Grammar’s Music Department presents more than 30 concerts a year, including the incredibly popular Peninsula Grammar Presents concert series, which brings leading artists from around Australia and the world to its very own Performing Arts Centre on campus: www. peninsulagrammarmusic.com For further information regarding Peninsula Grammar’s music program, please contact the school on 9788 7733 or via email at: vmaclachlan@peninsulagrammar. vic.edu.au Peninsula Grammar is proudly co-educational from Kindergarten to Year 12 with leading-edge programs and targeted teaching to meet individual needs.

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Carrum resident James ‘The Hammer’ Harding speaks to Kate Sears about his autobiography, Hard Cuddles, and how he turned his back on a life of drugs, violence and crime to become a mentor, public speaker and devoted dad.

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What has your mentoring experience been like?

It’s tremendously humbling to be part of another human’s healing process. There is a huge amount of vulnerability involved in sharing emotional challenges with another human, so to be able to create a comfortable space for a client to share those experiences with me is amazing. Whatever is shareable is bearable, so with my mentoring process I removed all judgement a long time ago and have a tendency to look at a situation from the eyes of the person telling the story.

Active listening with compassion and empathy is incredibly healing.

Was your book challenging or cathartic to write?

A little of both. I knew instinctively when I was writing that I was healing myself and I could feel a massive amount of residual emotion being cleared as I penned down every one of the 121,000 words in the book. Situations, stories and certain people would consistently run in my head very much like I wasn’t able to let them go. There was a real sense of releasing the pain, so certain chapters in the book had me in tears as I wrote them and I felt like I was being torn apart. I remember how hard certain moments were for me and I can’t help but feel happiness at the mountain I have climbed to get here. The book was actually written for me, no one else. I had no ambition of letting it go public. My sister snuck on to the computer and read a few chapters and demanded I send it to a publisher.

Tell us about your public speaking?

I love speaking publicly. I have spoken and held workshops at various councils, community centres and large organisations. Corrections Victoria has recently contacted me to start organising a program for the inmates in prison. That particular presentation is something I hold very close to my heart. If things had’ve gone a bit differently for me I could very well have been listening to the presentations as one of the inmates. Ultimately, public speaking is a beautiful way of connecting with other human beings. It’s a massive energy transference. I give so much of myself and in turn receive a lot of energy back from the audience. It’s a very special feeling.

What do your love about our community?

I volunteer at the Pantry 5000 and the Bonbeach Football Club as a welfare manager under the tutelage of magnificent Matty Lowe, the president and director of Lowe Constructions. Specifically, during my time of darkness I promised myself that when I found some balance and peace I would do everything in my powers to help other people.

To me it makes a lot of sense to raise all of my children in a fashion that allows them to see that what their father does is normal, so in a lot of ways raising five caring and community-minded children is my greatest legacy and contribution to the universe.

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Ellen Marion Bromley was some kind of glamorous, outspoken, creative and brave babe.

The running joke is that her husband, Alan McLeod McCulloch, only married her in 1947 because she had a typewriter! That’s what her daughter Susan McCulloch and granddaughter Emily McCulloch Childs say as we chuckle over the possibility.

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BY LIZ ROGERS and art. The home was left to both of the Commonwealth Bank in the 1930s. them by Ellen, who bought it herself.

Alan became a writer for the Argus, the Hard to imagine when you know from Australasian Post and much later an where this stylish beauty came, but this art critic for the Melbourne Herald for smart bird had entrepreneurial instincts, 30 years. In New York he crafted her the guts to pursue them and the grunt to wedding ring out of cigarette paper and see her vision through to fruition where wire, which Susan and Emily treasure. “I’d others may have failed. much prefer being given this instead of some huge diamond ring,” says Emily as Ellen, or Ella as she was known on stage she opens the pink velvet box where this and will be known henceforth, was born delicate organic sculpture lies. “I just love in Footscray on August 12, 1908. Both jewellery. I mean, look at that!” We both her parents were dead by the time she sigh as the light drifts through the large was 18 and she went to live with an aunt windows into this wonderful Whistlewood who proceeded to pilfer all her worldly space in Shoreham surrounded by books goods. She began performing in her 20s and loved to sing, play the piano and act. Susan explains. “She was very serious about acting. She did Shakespeare and musicals while she worked in the Commonwealth Bank in town. She performed with the Cairns Memorial Players. She met her first husband, the US-based Tobias Moscovitz, who was a businessman, around this time. He had

lost all his family in the Holocaust and she had lost hers. She was living in various places in Melbourne with her piano when she was performing.”

Emily joins in. “She always had her piano.

I think she moved around 20 times and she always took her piano with her.” Much laughter falls between us and on to the table to caress the photos full of love, laughter, bike-riding and ladies’ lunches in all their visual glory spread out before us.

“She lived in a house in Port Melbourne for a while and shared a car with 18 other people,” continues Susan. “Times were tough back then and she had very little money. I think it was called the Green Monster . . . I’m not sure, but I know they ventured down to Sorrento in that car.”

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Susan continues. “It didn’t do very well, unfortunately, but when she married Toby she moved to America and did try out in Hollywood, which she later described as the ‘den of sin’.” And the laughter begins.

“That’s when she realised acting wasn’t for her. She had great principles and was interested in politics, art, literature and music. When she went to the cinema and they used to play those Nazi propaganda movies, she’d stand up and state, ‘This is not on!’ and leave the cinema. She was never afraid to voice her opinions.”

As a businesswoman, Ella worked for mentor Elizabeth Arden and set up salons across the US. She was also a Red Cross nurse. She came back to Australia for a while but returned to the States with Alan hotly pursuing her. “Dad chased after her back to America and they drove across the country together. He wrote two travelogues: the first was called Highway 40, about the trip across America, and the second was titled Trial by Tandem, which was inspired by the tandem bicycle ride they made from Paris to Positano. Mum had me in London when she was 41 years old. We came to Shoreham when I was two in 1951, but I think it was a difficult adjustment for her here — but she was saved by some great local friends who

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became lifelong soulmates. We also had heaps of international and Australian artists, writers, musicians, dancers and other stimulating people visiting. Dad had returned to look after his mother and Mum would listen to the ABC on the radio all day and argue out loud. She was part of the music society and had concerts in people’s houses.”

“She also loved feminist and Australian literature, which she introduced to me,” says Emily.

“I had two sets of godparents — Dorothy and Oscar Hammerstein and war correspondent William Winter.

Mum was an adventurer and had a strong belief in equality for all. She loved anything to do with culture,” Susan concludes.

The gift she’s passed on to the two remaining generations of determined McCulloch ladies making their way in the world from deep within Whistlewood.

Pictured clockwise from top: Ella (left) with Alan McCulloch, Nina Christesen, Susan McCulloch and Clem Christesen at Whistlewood in 1965; Ella, back right, with her first husband Toby Moscovitz in San Francisco circa 1943; A 1936 poster for Secret of the Skies; Alan and Ella explore Paris on a tandem bicycle in 1948.

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There she is. Red lips, wide smile and tattoos that splash over her milky skin, their forms moving in vibrant colours. Perched on a stool on a balcony overlooking the water, hair pulled back with a scarf wrapped around her head, Esther Yann is picture pin-up perfect. She’s 24. She’s curvaceous. She’s on her way to becoming a criminologist. And she’s tired. Working as a burlesque performer in Melbourne two nights a

week, studying criminology at Deakin University and working a daytime job keeps her busy. Then there’s the love of her life, musician Jackson — her husband to be — and her cats and bearded dragon Haku to hang out with. We’ve never met before, but this beautifully fragile yet tough, determined and compassionate young woman is easy to talk with over a glass of vino.

“I was always going to do something in the arts and performance sector.

Or work with animals. The problem is I have dyscalculia. I can’t work out mathematical equations and I can’t read big numbers. I can’t even read the time. It’s the equivalent of dyslexia but instead of having problems with words, I have problems with numbers. People at school always thought I was dumb. I wanted to be a vet nurse and worked in three different vet clinics in Sydney before moving back to Melbourne, but it was too hard and I became depressed. I acted for a while — even had a big audition for a movie with Toni Collette. I got down to the last two for the role and didn’t get it.

I thought, this doesn’t feel great. Maybe acting is not for me,” she explains.

Esther has a turbulent past. Growing up on the Peninsula with her sister and parents, family heartache and terror snuck into her world one day when she wasn’t looking and left its indelible mark burning through to her core. She is the daughter of Jeff Yann, whose mother was murdered in their lounge room (see July’s Mornington Peninsula Magazine). This has shaped her life and is the reason she’s set on becoming a criminologist, although she has always been interested in the psyche of serial killers and what motivates people to perpetuate and repeat crimes.

“I’m sure what happened to Nona has been a huge motivator in choosing this path. I’m in my second year of criminology and find the criminal mind fascinating.

After completing this degree I’ll do three more years of criminal psychology so I can work specifically with serial killers.

I suppose it was a choice to study them rather than become one!” We both laugh

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a little nervously. “You know, there was a mark on the lounge room floor where she was killed and we used to play around it. You never resolve this kind of thing, but I need to find out more about what motivates these perpetrators and how the criminal justice system works or sometimes doesn’t.”

Esther left the Peninsula and headed to Sydney soon after finishing school at Bayside Christian College, and although the acting didn’t work out, she has taken her love of performance and channelled it into her burlesque stage persona Pistolina. She’s a pole dancer too. It is here she celebrates womanhood, strength, feminism and creative freedom. There’s no worries about being so exposed in front of a crowd. She continues. “Taking your clothes off on stage is a massive ego boost. Standing up there with the crowd at arm’s length waiting. Long silk gloves, pencil skirt, a 1920s fake fur coat and roses in my hair.

It’s magical and empowering. I do five shows per night which are three to six minutes long. I finish at 11pm and then drive back to Dromana to Jackson — who is very supportive — and my little animal family. The people I work with come from all parts of the community and are so open and forgiving. They can adapt and are survivors.”

Watch out for this survivor’s future gig working with a correspondent from The Australian newspaper who will be presenting a podcast about her grandmother’s case. Esther will bring the family’s perspective. “I’m excited to be working on this,” she concludes.

Dance, Pistolina, dance. The strength is within.

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The Rosebud Vintage Bazaar is a treasure trove of all things vintage and retro. There are more than 50 stallholders inside this sensational 1920s Art Deco Broadway theatre and the ambience is unlike anything else.

Whether you’re looking for a 1920s Great Gatsby look or the groovy 1960s, this recycled clothing hot spot has got the lot. The Vintage Seamstress brand has got the 1940s and the ‘50s fashion era covered.

Showcasing an array of beautifully made dresses, skirts and shirts -all designed by Helen, who is a passionate vintage era clothing

designer - the Vintage Seamstress produces original fashions that could have been worn by the movie stars; shapes that highlight a woman’s silhouette are enhanced by the sumptuous fabrics used. This clothing is for the unique confident woman who is in search of a little bit of vintage glamour. Sizes at the Bazaar range from XXS to 4XL – for the more voluptuous goddess.

At the Rosebud Vintage Bazaar, Helen and Effie (pictured top left) love nothing more than dolling you up from head to toe when you drop by, because dressing and styling are what the girls do best.

There has been a real resurgence of vintage style over the past few years, and a visit to the Rosebud Vintage Bazaar is a wonderful day’s outing full of reminiscing and

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International recognition for student exchange organisation Southern Cross Cultural Exchange, Australia’s oldest student exchange organisation, has been internationally recognised with ISO 9001 Certification, a quality standard that confirms its commitment to providing the best procedures and safety standards possible for its student exchange programs.

Based right here on the Peninsula, SCCE specialises in exchange programs for high school students who can choose to live and study in 20 destinations around the world for a full academic year, a semester, or six weeks to three months over their summer break. They experience life in their host country as a local, living with a volunteer host family and going to a local school.

Many perfect a second language while discovering more about other cultures, helping create a future generation of globally aware, confident and understanding individuals.

SCCE also provides opportunities for international students to live in Australia with volunteer host families. Becoming a volunteer host family can be exceptionally rewarding in learning about other

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SCCE has grown rapidly since its inception in 1983. National director Patricia Grimsley said: “The SCCE team is delighted to receive ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification. This really recognises our commitment to deliver highquality programs with a strong focus on customer service.”

There are numerous ways to learn about SCCE’s programs, including free monthly webinars and information sessions. The next session on the Peninsula will be held at the Bentons Square Community Centre on Tuesday, March 5, at 7pm.

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BY TANYA FRY

December 7, 2018. Cebby is sitting in a wheelchair. We are on our front porch eating my mum’s homemade meat pie left on our doorstep earlier. After 120 days in the Royal Children’s Hospital, we have just got home and I am appreciating the roses in our garden that have bloomed while we have been away. Cebby can’t see them or smell them but he can taste the meat pie and feel the breeze. “This is heaven,” he says.

“It is so good to be home.”

It is good to be home. Our lives changed for ever on August 10, 2018. It was a fairly normal day. I had dropped Cebby off to school that morning. I had the flu and so was under blankets on the sofa watching the movie The Cup, about jockey Damien Oliver. In the movie Damien’s brother has just fallen and died. I am sobbing just as Cebby’s school calls.

Paramedics are working on him. He is breathing, they say. No, I’m not allowed to hold his hand. I look up at the 6m skylight he fell through at lunchtime. It is high, really high. I worry he has broken his neck or back. A policeman drives me to the oval where a chopper is waiting. I take my seat and then Cebby is carefully placed in front of me.

It is a sunny day.

“There’s been an accident,” she says. “Paramedics are here. We are not sure what has happened. The principal is heading over there now.” I grab my nearest shoes and drive to the school, fast.

Nearing the school it is obvious where I need to go. There are fire trucks, police, paramedics and ambulances. I sprint past them all towards a big shed. When I get there I see Cebby. He is lying on the concrete shirtless. His school shoes are still on his feet and they don’t move.

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The chopper lands at the Royal Children’s Hospital and we make our arrival through the roof. Nurses and surgeons are yelling, running, rushing, kind of like on TV. I’m ushered to a small room and a tiny woman — the brain surgeon who will operate — talks calmly. She says what has happened to Cebby and what they will do in the operation and what might happen. I hear words like “severe”, “bleeding in the brain”, “he might not survive”.

She is calm and emotionless while talking. I am not calm.

I can tell I am not calm because people are holding down my arms. Someone is making weird, loud noises and I realise it’s me. Then a social worker who talks too fast takes me to a room where I wait for hours.

Cebby is swollen beyond recognition. There are tubes in his mouth, up his nose, in his arms. His head has a

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a vow to keep on punching bandage on it that says “no bone”. The room is full of machinery all attached to Ceb. I learn quickly what each machine does and what each alarm sounds like. There is a Codman in his brain that measures brain swelling. The monitor that detects the swelling levels dominates my days for weeks. A nurse gives me a date and says if he reaches this day he should survive. “You look like a puffer fish, Ceb,” she says gently. The nurses tell me it’s 5am and I should get some sleep. I look at them like they are insane. But eventually I go, and then come back at 6am.

his chest within seconds. The bandages look like boxing wraps and in his half-sleep he knows this and constantly spars the air above him.

We need to wake him up; he’s been under too long, they say. They prepare me for an ugly wake-up scene. He will be a different boy, they say. His breathing tubes are taken out and he coughs. “Good cough, Cebby,” I say. “Thank you,” he says. “Love you. My head hurts.” I see the head doctor from the corner of my eye throw up her arms in shock and say, “I’ll never believe another MRI again.”

A week later he has his second operation to fix the many fractures in his face and eye socket and put his skull back on. “Cebby can’t see,” he said to me one day.

There has been no crying or anger. There have been milestones fought and won. He is learning to navigate the world in the dark and is doing so with his typical humour and wisdom. There are many battles ahead to be fought but the one thing I know is Cebby will keep on punching.

Thank you to our wonderful community that has shown kindness and love. Special thanks to Mornington Peninsula Foundation, Bahas in Rye and Karen Catalucci Boxing for holding fundraisers; Jodie Hornsby for setting up the Go Fund Me page even when I said no; Cheryl Beattie from the Music Industry for writing a song about

Cebby and giving the gift of a music scholarship; Jasmine Murray for checking in daily on our bird, Keats; the students at Dromana Secondary College who busked and baked to raise money for Ceb; my parents for looking after Early, our beloved kelpie; my brother for his love and support; our wonderful neighbours, Geoff and Linda, and my dear friend Tammy whose many visits to the hospital kept me nourished and sane.

“You are in hell right now,” a nurse tells me. I appreciate her honesty and imagine a doormat at the ward entry that says, “Welcome to hell”. Five days later Cebby turns 14 while he is in a coma. At 7am I imagine him unwrapping his present at home — a beautiful blue surfboard.

Pictured from far left: There’s nothing quite like a swim with the dolphins; A young Hawk and his hero — Cebby meets Hawthorn legend Cyril Rioli last year; Proud as punch, Cebby poses in his Dromana Tigers guernsey; The elation’s obvious as Tanya and Cebby leave the Royal Children’s Hospital after 120 days; Cebby tries out his drum kit, donated by Heidi Duell and family; Cebby still plans to ride the surfboard he got for his 14th birthday.

The days go fast and slow at the same time. Mel, one of his ICU nurses, calls Cebby “miracle boy”. But most call him “the ninja” because he constantly pulls off his ECG dots, IV drip and nasal gastric tube. His hands are bandaged but this doesn’t stop him. He uses his teeth to unravel the bandages. A pile of bandages is often left on

Tanya Fry is a highly regarded photographer who has worked in the media for decades. She and Cebby are well known and loved locally. Tanya and Cebby have a long road ahead. If you are interested in supporting them, go to https://au.gofundme.com/support-cebby

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Chisholm students have taken home 10 awards at the Hairdressing and Beauty Industry Association’s 2018 Student, Apprentice and Educator Awards — double the number of awards that Chisholm won in 2017.

Rye student Julie Taylor, who has been studying with Chisholm for two years, had back-to-back success for her studies in Screen and Media — Specialist Make-up. Her award for 2018 Student of the Year for the Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services) followed her win in 2017 for Student of the Year for the Certificate IV in Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services).

The other award-winners were: Certificate III in Make-Up: Georgia Thomas, Dandenong Certificate IV in Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services): Elena Sticca, Frankston Certificate III in Beauty Services (full-time): Georgia Lean, Dandenong Diploma of Beauty Therapy: Emma Long, Berwick

Certificate III in Barbering (full-time): Clay Jeans, Frankston Certificate III in Barbering (Apprenticeship) Stage 1: Harley James Campbell, Berwick, from Barber Town Men’s Grooming, Endeavour Hills Certificate III in Barbering (Apprenticeship) Stage 2: Jarvis Harp-Wilks, Berwick, from New York Barbers, Berwick Diploma of Beauty Therapy Encouragement Award: Stephanie Freeman, Berwick Certificate III in Hairdressing (full-time) Highly Commended Award: Fiona Jowett, Dandenong Twenty-one Chisholm students were nominated for awards. Vicki Tuchtan, Chisholm’s general manager services and creative industries, said: “I am so proud of the work of our students, many of whom have had to overcome major challenges to undertake their studies.

To have their efforts recognised by their industry peers is pure joy, and a true testament to their passion and

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From curve-conscious to confidence on the beach Summer means the beach. And while some curvaceous women might shudder at the thought of slipping into swimwear, there’s no reason why women of any shape or size should not be able to step on to the sand feeling confident and looking fantastic. Esther Labi, the founder of bra store Storm In A D Cup, has put together some tips to help women with big busts feel fabulous and comfortable in their swimwear this summer.

Envisage your summer: Consider all the activities you’ll be doing in your swimsuit. If you’ll be getting active, you’ll likely opt for a supportive underwire design with bra-style straps. Look for a tankini or swimsuit with an inbuilt bra and go for swimmers with three rows of hooks to do up inside.

Choose your bikini top as you would a bra: If the main activity of the day is lying on the beach, consider a halter neck or bandeau style. You won’t feel the weight of your bust on your neck if you’re merely lying on your towel.

The more fabric, the merrier: Thick straps or a wide elastic band under your bust will help keep your chest up and give you peace of mind that everything is where it should be. Iconic and retro styles are classic, look luxurious and provide far more coverage than more modern styles.

Use darker colours to define your physique: A darker colour around the waistline, with a dash of brightness to draw attention to your favourite assets, is a simple way to contour your shape.

Avoid the mono-boob look: A swimsuit with a deep V neckline or with convertible straps is a good option.

Stay in control: A zip-up front allows you to decide how low your V neckline sits, while changeable straps let you to change from a halter to a bandeau in a few seconds.

There are also swim bras that are plain enough to sit under a rash vest or a one-piece that has no support.

Smile — you are beautiful: There’s nothing more radiant

than a woman confident in her skin. With a beautiful body and a dazzling bust to show off, there is no reason to hide away from the surf and sand.

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BY LIZ ROGERS fibreglass and timber and makes life easier for DSAMP volunteers to deliver surfers back to the change rooms. This means no more navigating the dune from the beach, which puts smiles on everyone’s dials. DSAMP, the Point Leo Foreshore Committee and the Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club were involved in the project.

The Mornington Peninsula branch of the If you’d like to volunteer at an event that Disabled Surfers Association is putting together changes people’s lives, follow this team its well-loved annual event where people of innovative and empathetic movers and who have a disability come together to laugh, shakers on Facebook @letsgosurfing or email get wet and of course surf with the help of a infodsamp@gmail.com to register your interest. dedicated bunch of volunteers who bring their Aiming to “provide a safe and enjoyable surfing might, humour and good vibes with them. This experience for all disabled surfers and unite the year’s beach access will be better than ever local community”, DSAMP brings the best out of with a fully-functioning wheelchair-friendly people helping people who need help. boardwalk up and ready for action. Launched It’s been doing that since 2011. last May, the 82m structure, viewing platform and ramp down to the beach is made of tough Ripper!

Surf’s up again on Saturday, January 12, and Saturday, March 16, at Point Leo for all you surfers out there who need just a little bit of help getting in and out of the water.

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BY LIZ ROGERS Women’s cricket is nothing new.

The Frankston Women’s Cricket Club pioneered the game on the Peninsula more than 40 years ago, there were 14 teams playing in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association girls’ cricket competition last year and this year the girls hit the crease again with bats blazing.

Kim Jackson is a general board member of the MPCA and director of girls’ cricket and gives us the ‘goss’ on why this traditionally male-dominated sport has got girls between the ages of 10 and 15 on the go. Whether off-side or leg-side, the nine teams that begin their second season after Christmas are keen, clean and ready to strike.

She explains. “Girls’ cricket has been in full force for about three years on the Peninsula. The only reason we have nine teams participating in the competition this time is that

many of the girls have gone on to play premier women’s cricket and we are in the process of recruiting.

Elly Donald, from Rosebud, and Lucy Cripps, from Baden Powell, have just gone on to play in the Victorian women’s side, while bowler Natalie Plane, from Pines, has played a season on contract with the Melbourne Renegades. There are real pathways for girls to make a career out of playing the game.

There are competitions happening all around Australia.”

There are currently eight clubs on the Peninsula with girls’ teams: Baxter, Carrum, Carrum Downs, Heatherhill, Long Island, Mornington, Pines and Somerville.

Games are played on Tuesdays from 5-7.30pm and the clubs are always looking for more players.

Kim suggests dropping by your local cricket club if you want to start a

girls’ team. It only takes one inquiry to get the ball bowling.

“Girls’ cricket has a two-fold purpose. One, we want to give girls a pathway to elite sport, and two, we want to get girls moving and making social contacts. Girls love getting together with each other and cricket is a great way of doing that. My father (Colin Bowes) used to be on the MPCA board and really pushed the girls’ cricket contingent. Now I intend to do the same.” There are many clubs and individuals working together with a very supportive MPCA board and Cricket Victoria to develop not just ‘girls playing cricket’ but ‘cricket players’.

The second season of the MPCA girls’ cricket competition runs through January, February and March. Get cracking on giving them the support they deserve and let’s hit a few sixes for girls’ cricket.

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An ideal alternative for hens’ and birthday parties, proposals or wedding transfers, Victorian Yacht Charters offers sunset and day cruises that scream style and sophistication no matter your sailing needs — think divine dinner cruises against the backdrop of a setting sun, everyone. All yachts in the Victorian Yacht Charters fleet are luxuriously built and incorporate a full range of amenities and comfort for your sailing pleasure and are available for skippered charters.

If you’re searching for something different to do over the summer holidays or somewhere to celebrate with panache, then look no further than Victorian Yacht Charters. It provides a truly inspirational encounter alternative to redefine the meaning of experience and where it can take you.

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Now this is something mega, Mornington Peninsula people. Beaches Port Douglas has put together an extraordinary getaway package just for you that involves bucket list brilliance, beachside vistas, French champagne on arrival and private return airport transfers if you travel before Easter.

Ideal for couples who love travelling with like-minded people, this exclusive package includes five nights for four guests in a two-bedroom fully-equipped airconditioned apartment with premium facilities, including a pool, jacuzzi and free Wi-Fi — all with Four Mile Beach frontage. Then there’s the handmade chocolates!

As part of this luxe getaway for Mornington Peninsula far north holiday hunters who have time to explore, Beaches presents a 30-minute scenic helicopter flight for four over the greatest natural wonders in the region. Choose to fly over the Great Barrier Reef or Daintree Rainforest, soaking up the natural beauty with your companions as you sit back, relax and enjoy the fun. Bucket list begun!

Beaches is a multi-generational family-friendly holiday destination in the heart of gorgeous Port Douglas. Stroll along leafy, tree-lined Macrossan St and indulge your senses with award-winning restaurants, relaxing massages, and boutique shopping experiences.

Book now to indulge in this exclusive ‘travelling with friends is best’ escape offering.

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If Birte Moliere was a colour, she would be green, or perhaps blue. Growing up in Germany and now residing in Frankston South, this conservationist, tourism professional, sustainability coach and mother of two boys is “determined to leave the planet in the best shape possible for generations to come”. That’s why she’s the founder of beach cleans, zero-waste and sustainable business initiatives. She explains.

“I am passionate about connecting young people with nature and motivating environmental stewardship. Growing up in Germany near the border of Holland in an old university town, it was always considered just a part of life to recycle, to bring your own bag when you go shopping and to ride your bike everywhere. We never knew any different. I’ve just started working with the sustainability team at Kunyung Primary School, which focuses on things like energy usage, waste, vegie gardens, chooks and composting so that the kids can take the message home to the parents. This is where to start. Getting the kids involved in the bigger picture stuff from early on works.”

Birte, her husband Darryl and their two children Max and Henri are outdoors people. Hiking. Biking. Beaching. Living

their lives as sustainably as possible.

Birte brings years of experience and education to the environmental platform.

She has a Masters in Sustainable Destination Management and Majors in geography, marketing, development, market research and business from the University of Paderborn, Germany. She also has a Bachelor of Technology with first class honours in Ecotourism from Flinders University, Adelaide — so she’s got the knowledge to bring about true environmental change on a local level.

She continues.

“I discovered my ‘why’ early on. I remember going to a seal rescue station in the Northern Seas in Germany at about 10 years old. There had been an oil spill and I saw the effects first-hand.

The seals and birds were covered with oil. That was it really. I started writing to the German Chancellor about the importance of protecting our marine life. I have always been connected to the sea and have turned my passion into a career, freelancing with a number of organisations to develop sustainable business practises and engage customers through meaningful experiences. When I first came to Australia about 20 years ago after meeting my now husband, we lived and worked in Adelaide, then I took a

24/7 Emergency Response Commercial & Domestic trade services Birte Moliere (blue shirt) oversees monthly beach clean-ups in Mount Eliza.

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scene down south job as ecotourism specialist with Tourism Queensland and later as manager of events and visitor attraction at Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service in Queensland.”

Back on the Peninsula, Birte oversees Mount Eliza beach cleans under the Beach Patrol Australia umbrella on the last Sunday of each month. “It has been well-received since we began in 2018. We have around 400 active members on our social media platforms and people from all walks of life including many families come and help at different times. It doesn’t take long and makes a real difference,” she continues. Check out Mt Eliza Plastic Free at mtelizaplasticfree on Facebook to become part of a community forum that ‘encourages, educates and celebrates improved resource

use and works toward zero single plastic bag use’.

Landfill in Australia is very high per capita compared with many European nations. One of Birte’s goals is to reduce the reliance on single-use plastics here, which includes introducing a container deposit scheme that’s already in operation in other states. It may be a long way to the top of the ever-growing pile of waste accumulating in our waterways, but Birte has hope. “Small steps can make a huge difference and everyone plays an important part.

Think global. Act local.”

If you would like advice on how to further your sustainability journey in 2019, give Birte a call on 0478 597 373 to see how you can colour your world with green. Or blue.

Birte Moliere with her husband, Darryl, and their two children, Max and Henri

Max takes a break during a beach cleanup at Mount Eliza

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It’s time to get your kids back to school, so do it in style and comfort with Bata Shoes. This exceptional footwear company has been providing school shoes to generations of inquisitive minds for more than 35 years so you know the staff understand the growing foot and what it needs to keep moving forward.

Service is key at Bata Shoes. All staff are experienced and take the time to find and fit the shoe that’s right for your children’s precious feet. Offering both boys’ and girls’ ranges in premium leather, Bata Shoes provides a wide selection of supportive and stylish varieties to choose from, including t-buckle, lace-up and Mary Jane styles for girls and premium and action leather selections for boys. The prices are very competitive too, starting at $25 a pair, with sizes beginning from 9 for preps to 13 for adults. Bata Shoes prides itself on delivering excellent quality at a price that doesn’t break the bank.

There’s something for all tastes at Bata Shoes. The Cala, Cassie, Guide, Trail and Trace girls’ ranges offer comfort, choice and quality, while the boys’ Thor, Trooper, Jive and Astro lace-ups look good and play hard too. There’s also an incredible new summer ladies’ leather collection in-store, which means Mum gets to pick up a pair of greatlooking shoes as well.

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ONE STOP SHOP Tyrepower Mornington offers even more services. As part of their commitment to supplying customers with the best tyre service, Tyrepower has added brakes, batteries, full vehicle service and general repairs to the agenda.

They offer a free pick-up and delivery service, free tyre pressure check and free battery check.

Roger Sharp and his fully trained team of professionals know everything there is to know about tyres and can advise motorists about the correct tyre type for every vehicle. “Our business is not just selling tyres but following through with after sales service,” said Roger.

Roger provided the following tips for safer motoring: 1. Tyre pressure need to be checked regularly to retain the projected life of the tyre – and don’t forget to check the spare.

2. Before setting off on a trip, make sure the tyre pressure is right, keeping in mind the pressure will increase as the tyre warms through road friction.

3. Under-inflated tyres are dangerous and costly. Car handling can be adversely affected plus the life of the tyre will be shorter.

Petrol consumption will be more on a long journey as well.

4. Tyres showing uneven wear may be indicative of a mechanical or suspension fault, misalignment or under-inflation.

5. Rotation of tyres is more important than ever due to advanced tread designs, particularly with front or all-wheel drive vehicles.

Rotation extends tyre life and can make for smoother and quieter motoring.

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The guys and gals are riding their bikes into town this February, so get set to see plenty of shiny motorcycles in Mornington and around the Peninsula.

Named after the Greek hero Odysseus — Ulysses to the Romans — who had a long journey home after the Battle of Troy, the Ulysses Club brings motorcycle enthusiasts from across the nation together and is all about travelling with mates. Its annual rally is happening at the Mornington Racecourse from Monday, February 25, until Sunday, March 3, and is a week-long celebration of motorcycles, caravans and RVs, so there will be lots of silver and black metal for the community to look at.

There are up to 25,000 members of this club, whose mantra is ‘grow old disgracefully’ and which prides itself on being a social club that brings likeminded people together for life. Media and PR co-ordinator Alf Dennemoser explains. “The club started in Sydney in 1984. There’s currently 130 branches across Australia with nine people on the national committee. All members are over 40 and the oldest are in their

80s. Lots of them still ride motorbikes, but for those who can’t there’s a caravan section of the club which brings them together. We’re expecting around 2000 people in February. There will be dinners with live entertainment each night and entertainment with food trucks during the day. There are also lots of local rides out in the community which give club members the chance to explore. I’ll be leading a couple of them myself.”

The Ulysses Club used to be a maledominated club but not anymore.

“It’s split pretty much right down the middle these days. Each branch also has smaller rallies throughout the year.

The ladies are just as enthusiastic as the guys,” continues Alf. There’ll be a grand parade along Main St from 9-10am on Saturday, March 2, with the police at the helm too. Grab the kids to check it out for a taste of the riding life.

There will also be a public open day on Thursday, February 28, so look out for notices in your area.

To find out more, log on to agm2019. ulyssesclub.org/Home.aspx and get your motor running.

See Spectacular Italy on a Small Group Tour If you would like to travel through Italy but not by yourself or in a large group, then Canadian Bay Travel’s Sapori Tour of Italy could well be your solution.

Annette Went (formerly of La Veneta Italian Restaurant, Mount Eliza) and Hans Went of Canadian Bay Travel will once again be escorting up to 15 people to Italy on a 17-day/16-night tour of contrast.

First you’ll spend a week in the spectacular Dolomites in northern Italy’s Alps, followed by 10 days in the charming and rustic Puglia region of southern Italy indulging in its rich history and incredible, typically Italian food.

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A relaxed pace is ensured with three-night stays in four-star standard accommodation and most meals included. You will be in expert hands — Annette oozes with passion for Italy and speaks Italian fluently while Hans, with 30 years’ of work in the industry, puts together the interesting and varied itineraries.

Ask for an itinerary to get more details about the trip departing in September 2019 and please contact us if you have any questions. We would love you to join us.

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Hissy’s a big boy! He’s more than 3m long and weighs 10kg. Recently, after owners Stahle and Tahlia forgot to close his tank before they went to bed, he was found curled up in the morning under paperwork in the office drawer. Just snoozing with a trail of destruction behind him. Things overturned and out of place. Hisssssss!

At nine years old, this coastal carpet python who lives in Rye is very well-loved. Given to Tahlia

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by her dad when she was six years old as a Christmas present, Hissy arrived in a hessian bag with “wide open eyes” and in the mood for a snuggle. Stahle explains. “At first I was horrified because we had no idea how to look after a snake and I didn’t want to look after a pet because we travelled so much, but within a few hours he’d become the love of our lives. We called him Hissy because he made all these different hissing sounds that would give us an indication of whether or not what we were doing was a good or bad thing. We did our best and muddled through. Once we got into a routine and designed a proper house for him with the right tank temperature and sourced a reliable expert to get advice from, he became more than a pet; he became the man of the house.”

For some of us the thought of having a snake in the house gives us the shudders, but this giant carpet python has given Stahle and Tahlia some of the most memorable times of their lives. “We used to take him on walks to the supermarket in Rye and I took him to work in Sorrento when he was smaller.

Most people loved him although a small minority were upset. We also did annual school visits to teach children and adults how to look after snakes properly. We don’t take him out now because he is so long he can be in more than one place at a time. He still loves his walks around the house or in the garden though.”

Stahle says snakes are gentle creatures and are not to be feared. There were a few bites early on in their relationship, which Stahle says were entirely their fault, but other than that Hissy — who eats either a rabbit or extra-large rat once every six weeks — has only given them joy. He now hops on the bed and hangs on the couch with them.

“We love him so much but respect that he is a wild animal — and a big one at that! We look forward to spending the next 20 years or so with him.”

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Early diagnosis vital in Bairnsdale ulcer treatment Seaford resident Stephen Reed had just returned from Europe when his left ankle started to swell up. “I thought it must have just been due to the long flight,” Stephen says. “However, three to four days later it still wasn’t getting any better.”

Stephen sought medical treatment and was diagnosed with a Bairnsdale ulcer.

“The Bairnsdale ulcer is an infection caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium ulcerans,” explains Dr Peter Kelley, Head of Infectious Diseases at Peninsula Health. “It usually presents as a small lesion and looks a bit like an insect bite. If it gets left without treatment it can get bigger and cause ulcers and larger lesions.”

Stephen didn’t contract the Bairnsdale ulcer while on holiday in Scandinavia; rather, he suspects he got it while he was gardening, cleaning up possum poo in the backyard in Seaford.

The Bairnsdale ulcer is most commonly found in the Frankston region and on the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas.

“We’ve definitely been seeing an increase in the number of cases in Victoria,” Dr Kelley says. “We first started to notice it here in 2011/12 and it was gradually increasing up until 2015, and since then there has been a massive increase in the number of cases.”

From January to October 2018 there were 295 cases, compared with 277 for the whole of 2017.

Dr Kelley inspects a Bairnsdale ulcer on the leg of a patient

Dr Peter Kelley says there has been a “massive” increase in Bairnsdale ulcer cases since 2015

Once Stephen was diagnosed, he was referred to the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Frankston Hospital and put on antibiotics. “Often, when the ulcers are small, they can be managed with just antibiotics,” Dr Kelley says. “However, some people require surgery to cut out the infected tissue.”

Stephen’s ulcer wasn’t getting better with just antibiotics, so he had to have surgery to remove it. “I had the ulcer debrided and cleaned up by the plastic surgeons,” he says. “The ulcer is more than two inches (5cm) wide. They got rid of all the dead tissue and now I am waiting to find out whether I will need to have a skin graft. It was quite painful early on, but it’s not now. It seems to have settled down a bit.”

It is still not clear exactly what causes the Bairnsdale ulcer, but the bacteria has been detected in mosquitoes, vegetation and possum poo.

Dr Kelley has some simple advice on how to best protect yourself from the Bairnsdale ulcer.

“If you are outside in the summer months, cover up as much as possible and wear insect repellent. If you are gardening and get a cut or scratch, go inside and wash the area with soap and water as soon as possible to try to wash off any of the bacteria.”

Stephen agrees. “Wear long pants if you’re gardening; I always wore shorts but not anymore.”

If you do get a spot on your skin that looks like a mosquito or spider bite and keeps growing bigger — potentially forming a crusty, non-healing scab or an ulcer — go straight to your doctor. “Early diagnosis is key,” Dr Kelley says. “If you have an ulcer that is not getting better you need to see your GP as soon as possible. Ask them to do a special test for the Bairnsdale ulcer.

The sooner treatment is started, the better chance we have of minimising skin loss and stopping the infection without the need for surgery.”

For more information about the Bairnsdale ulcer, go to peninsulahealth.org.au/2018/11/05/ what-is-the-bairnsdale-ulcer

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Vibrant yet mellow, this year’s Pantone Colour of the Year is Living Coral. It embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment.

2019 looks like getting brighter, more vibrant and just a little bit tropical.

In reaction to the onslaught of digital technology and social media increasingly embedding into daily life, people are seeking authentic and immersive experiences that enable connection and intimacy. Sociable and spirited, the engaging nature of Pantone Living Coral welcomes and encourages lighthearted activity. Symbolising our innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits, Pantone Living Coral embodies our desire for playful expression. You will find fashion, homewares and artworks embracing this new colour.

Representing the fusion of modern life, Pantone Living Coral is a nurturing colour that appears in our natural surroundings and at the same time displays a lively presence within social media. Pantone Living Coral emits the desired, familiar, and energising aspects of colour found in nature. In its glorious, yet unfortunately more elusive, display beneath the sea, this vivifying and effervescent colour mesmerises the eye and mind.

Lying at the centre of our naturally vivid and chromatic ecosystem, Pantone Living Coral is evocative of how coral reefs provide shelter to a diverse kaleidoscope of colour.

For 20 years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, home furnishings, and industrial design, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design.

The Colour of the Year selection process requires thoughtful consideration and trend analysis. To arrive at the selection each year, Pantone’s colour experts at the Pantone Colour Institute comb the world looking for new colour influences. This can include the entertainment industry and films in production, travelling art collections and new artists, fashion, all areas of design, popular travel destinations, as well as new lifestyles, playstyles, and socio-economic conditions. Influences may also stem from new technologies, materials, textures, and effects that affect colour, relevant social media platforms and even upcoming sporting events that capture worldwide attention.

The Pantone Colour Institute is the business unit within Pantone that highlights top seasonal runway colours, forecasts global colour trends, and advises companies on colour for product and brand visual identity. Through seasonal trend forecasts, colour psychology, and colour consulting, the Pantone Colour Institute partners with global brands to leverage the power, psychology and emotion of colour in their design strategy.

Look out for trend-setters using this pretty new colour.

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A better way to buy diamonds There is a better – or, should we say, cheaper - way to buy diamond jewellery on the Mornington Peninsula and the name is Diamond Coco.

Owner Anthony Hansen is one of Australia’s leading diamond merchants and he says to expect prices about half that of a retail store! 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 more than 80 per cent of his business comes from repeat customers and referrals.

Phone Anthony to make an appointment.

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The benefits of retirement village living There is so much more to retirement villages than simply purpose-built accommodation.

A retirement village is your home, your community. It’s a place to meet new friends and discover new interests. You can be involved in village activities as much or as little as you like — the choice is yours. Services and facilities are right at your door, as is the opportunity for some fun and exercise, all in a safe and friendly environment.

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a person’s overall sense of well-being. Meaningful social ties have a positive impact on both physical and mental well-being. Most surveys show — whether it’s individual providers or the national McCrindle Baynes Census — that the vast majority of the approximate 184,000 people who live in retirement villages across Australia are happy — and happier than they were before making the move.

Retirement villages are a way for you to step into a low-maintenance lifestyle. Forget struggling to clean the gutters, mow the lawns or spending days pulling weeds — retirement living offers a low-maintenance lifestyle. That means more time to do the things you actually enjoy.

As your care needs change over time you may require additional support to maintain your independent lifestyle.

Villages can provide additional onsite home and lifestyle

services, including personal care, housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, transport, shopping and the monitoring of medications on a fee-per-service basis.

Australian Unity’s focus is to enhance the well-being of seniors by providing retirement living that aims to meet physical and social needs. Research shows that retirement village residents consistently achieve a higher sense of well-being than the general population. Diversity and community connections are key ingredients to Australian Unity villages.

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If the walls could speak Did you know that the Mornington Courthouse was the first public building and permanent courthouse on the Peninsula? Or that the masonry and stone lockup on the site was home to many an overnight drunkard and larcenist?

This sweet little simply-gabled slate-roofed building must have been privy to some rough and ready characters.

In continuous operation since 1860 and because of its position at the end of Main St, close to the pier where much of the freight and passengers originated, this cute yet pivotal piece of bricks and mortar history has probably heard it all. Think about it. All those tourists arriving at the pier right up until 1939, until the last

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BY LIZ ROGERS paddle steamer stopped operating. Civil disputes.

Breaking of by-laws. Gold being discovered in other parts of the state, resulting in Mornington providing produce and supplies to the rest of Melbourne. Everyone wanting to strike it rich.

But there haven’t been any sightings of ghosts! Yet! Now an Information and Tourism Centre, the courthouse and lockup – which is managed by Victoria Police - are classified by the National Trust and have been included as “objects and sites of historic interest in the Mornington planning scheme and the former Shire of Mornington planning scheme”, as stated in the Northern Mornington Peninsula Tourism courthouse booklet. Built

by William Vaughan & Co in 1860 and extended in 1862, the Mornington Courthouse serviced the whole of the Mornington Peninsula, while the lockup functioned as a

jail from 1862 until 1882.

As noted by the Mornington & District Historical Society on its website, “the court of petty sessions was held every Saturday at 12 noon”, as written in the Gazette on January 22, 1861, in Schnapper Point — now Mornington. One of the most infamous cases involved shire president John Blackner, who in 1919 was charged with forgery. The Northern Mornington Peninsula Tourism representatives now run mock trials for students, which may result in ‘wearing a ball and chain for five minutes assembling outside the lockup, plus one week of hard labour’.

If you’ve heard any stories about what went on in the Mornington Courthouse or lockup, let us know. If only the walls could speak.

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A Wolf in Port Phillip Bay During the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865, the southern states used armed merchant ships as raiders to attack the merchant vessels of the north. The visit of one of these ‘Wolves of the Sea’ to Melbourne was the only occasion on which Australia had a connection to the Civil War. Built in 1863, the Shenandoah was chosen and purchased by an agent of the Confederacy because of her speed. She left the Thames supposedly on a passage to India but actually to meet another ship at Madeira. This ship carried the guns the Shenandoah would use to attack Union shipping.

CSS Shenandoah arrived at Port Phillip on January 25, 1865, to replenish her coal supplies and to make repairs to her damaged machinery. Though strict international agreements limited the time the ship could spend in Melbourne, her captain gained the permission of the Governor to repair his ship.

The ship and her crew received an enthusiastic welcome to Melbourne and,

The CSS Shenandoah, a 70m full-rigged ship with a 250hp auxiliary steam engine, as depicted in the Illustrated Australian News, January 1865.

when opened to visitors, thousands took the opportunity to go aboard. While in Melbourne, the officers and crew members were invited to banquets in their honour, to the theatres, and seven officers accepted an invitation to visit

Ballarat. The vessel was undermanned but men could not be recruited in a neutral port under international law. Forty-two stowaways, however, signed on as crew members on February 19, the morning after the ship left Port Phillip.

During June 1865 in the northern Pacific, Shenandoah captured 25 whaling ships owned by states of the Union, having taken four more on her way north. She had previously taken nine ships before visiting Melbourne. After the war had ended, Shenandoah was sailed to Liverpool and surrendered to British authorities.

A tribunal set up in Geneva in 1871 found that Britain was responsible for acts committed by the Shenandoah after she left Melbourne. The decision of the tribunal was that the colonial government had allowed greater than necessary assistance to the ship and 42 men had illegally joined her crew. Nearly $US4 million in damages was awarded against the British Government.

BY MAURIE HUTCHINSON President, Peninsula Ship Society T: Maurie Hutchinson 9787 5780 E: mauriehutch@gmail.com The Peninsula Ship Society meets at Hastings Yacht Club on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 10am.

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Frankston City Council has rewarded four businesses for their commitment to providing customers with safe food at its inaugural Frantastic Food Safety Excellence Awards. Andrea Puddy and Helen Stokes, from Hope Frankston Heights Pty Ltd; Graeme Fedley, from Seaford Coffee Train; Boon Vargas, from Delight Inn; and Kerry Harrison, from Flourish Café, were presented with their awards at the council’s December meeting.

“These businesses are considered leaders within our local food industry and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to food safety,” said Frankston Mayor Michael O’Reilly. “These operators were found to have shown a commitment to excellence in food safety, and I congratulate all the businesses who have achieved this exceptional result.”

The awards celebrate food businesses that ensure the food sold to their consumers is safe, with recipients achieving a food safety score of 95 or higher out of a possible 100.

“Our environmental health officers conduct visits to around 800 local premises each year,” Cr O’Reilly said. “This year, 93 local food businesses achieved a score of 95 per cent or more following their unannounced inspection.”

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You’ve decided to explore one of the greatest places Australia has to offer, the beautifully dreamy Mornington Peninsula.

However, today you’re not here to sample the wineries, distilleries or cheeseries; you’re here to explore something new, something that inspires you to embrace the elements and swap the taste of luscious shiraz for invigorating sea air.

From a runner’s perspective,

BY MATT DAVY Station past the remnants of the former here is what I believe are the cattle jetty, to the long, undulating Top 5 running locations around quarantine Defence Road, which gives you views of the Peninsula.

Cheviot Beach, where former Australian prime minister Harold Holt disappeared in 1. Point Nepean National Park 1967, and past Fort Pearce and Fort Nepean (medium) — you’re absolutely spoilt for choice. Ensure you find some time to explore the various With sweeping views across both Port historical features that line your journey Phillip Bay and the rugged coastline towards the westernmost point of the of Bass Strait, Point Nepean offers an Peninsula. experience that can only be described as an Instagrammer’s dream. A run 2. Greens Bush (medium) through here offers all the ingredients Living up to its name, Greens Bush has an to make you want to come back every enormous variety of vegetation and wildlife. weekend. With numerous trails — There are numerous trails to run on, from from the flat, gravelled Coles track Baldry’s Short (1.6km) and Long circuits that weaves its way from Quarantine (3.6km) to part of the Two Bays Trail (8.9km), which you can extend past the exhilarating descent into Bushrangers Bay and across to Cape Schanck. You’ll traverse undulating sections of what seems like remote bushland and with a keen eye may even spot a koala. If you’re looking for a calming, invigorating run then you should hit somewhere green-and there’s no better place for this than Greens Bush.

3. Lifesaving Track-16th Beach to Sorrento Back Beach (hard) Part of the coastal walk that runs from Cape Schanck to Point Nepean, this section of trail offers a 10km stretch of picturesque, undulating and enriching terrain. Called the Lifesaving Track and built in the 1890s, its original purpose was to give better access to the coastline to assist with any shipwrecks. This run will take you past such

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sights as Dimmicks Beach, Bridgewater Bay and Diamond Bay. As a detour, I suggest taking the path to Spray Point, where in the right conditions you’ll be given an absolute spectacle as the waves crash on to the rocky ledge & set off a spray up to four storeys high.

4. Devilbend Reservoir (very easy) This is an absolute hidden gem of a run.

With an amazing 16km circuit, including the addition of a loop around the Bittern Reservoir, this run takes you around the largest inland water body on the Peninsula.

This run is mostly flat, but includes some slight inclines and declines. If you’re lucky you might spot some waterbirds, shorebirds or turtles while taking in the beautiful scenery.

5. Red Hill Rail Trail (easy) A hilly 6.5km one-way run that connects Red Hill to Merricks, this run gives you nice views across to Phillip Island and the Nobbies. It mostly follows the original railway that ran from Red Hill to Bittern, but most of that land is now privately owned. The surface can get a little rough at times, consisting of dirt, gravel, grass and crushed rock. An amazing part of the Peninsula, though, this trail is definitely worth a crack.

So why not make a trip down to this incredible part of the world and experience its beauty. After the run is done, don’t forget to sample some of the amazing food and drink on offer at the local cafes, wineries, breweries and restaurants.

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Safety Beach Country Club is well-known for providing golf enthusiasts with a picturesque worldclass course to play on. It is also recognised as a provider of wonderful wedding celebrations.

If you’re searching for the perfect place for your wedding or special ceremony, then the refurbished Safety Beach Country Club can deliver a unique made-for-memories Mornington Peninsula experience.

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This delightful venue is nestled between Arthurs Seat and Mount Martha and consists of a golf course that meanders around 22 lakes dotting the grounds, with the clubhouse overlooking the pristine undulating course. Just imagine having your marriage ceremony on the gorgeous green with family and friends, the beautiful lily-filled lakes providing a natural backdrop for photos before and after the ceremony. Then it’s an easy saunter back to the club for the choice of a fully catered or a canapes/ cocktail reception. The rooms can cater for up to 30 people for an intimate sit-down dinner or up to 80 people for a finger food cocktailstyle reception. There’s also an outdoor undercover patio that can accommodate all-weather drinks.

If required the venue can arrange a celebrant along with a personal selection of great Mornington Peninsula wines along with music for non-stop entertainment, all at

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If you’re after a personalised celebration of canapes and cocktails on the golf course or an intimate sitdown celebration with those closest to you, Safety Beach Country Club is the ideal place. The experienced team of event specialists will ensure your day runs smoothly while you sit back and relax and enjoy the view. For further information or to book your special day, phone 5981 0120 or visit the Safety Beach Country Club website, Facebook or Instagram for information on the latest events and let the specialists do the rest. They’re experts. Enjoy.

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Toni’s now a centenarian

BY LIZ ROGERS

Brian Davis’s mum Toni always ate right, and even though she had polio as a child growing up in Scotland, this mother of one, grandmother of three and great-grandmother of five and resident of the Village Glen in Mornington has lived an incredibly active life.

Turning 100 on December 6, she’s just come off the back of celebrating with a continuous party running over three

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days and Brian says she’s keen for more. He explains.

“The family organised a get-together of close friends in the boardroom of the nursing home on Thursday, catered for by Classic High Tea in Mornington, which was fit for a queen. Then we went to the Mornington Golf Club for dinner on the Saturday and then had another celebration on the Sunday. She was always very social. She played golf regularly and bridge, where she became a life master. She also did a bit of ice-skating too. Dad (Rex) is 98. They are like two budgerigars. Mum’s often sitting on

Dad’s knee when I drop by.”

Toni and Rex have been married for 77 years. They’ve lived in Sydney, where Rex was born, North Melbourne, Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, North Balwyn and have been on the Peninsula near Brian for the past six years. As a centenarian, Toni received letters from the Queen, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Governor General and other MPs in recognition of this milestone.

Happy birthday from us too, Toni!

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Where state-of-the-art meets hands-on care For seniors in need of the care they truly deserve, Village Glen Aged Care Residences on the Mornington Peninsula couldn’t be a better suit.

Our Capel Sound residences offer amenities you’d expect from a 6-star hotel. It’s all part of Village Glen’s unique philosophy towards aged care, with hospitality playing an important role. Walk in and discover a boutique café, hairdresser, cinema, day spa, massages and a sports bar. Little touches like private dining rooms make family occasions extra special.

We take our care model even further with our in-house physiotherapy programs, our team of executive chefs and most importantly, highly qualified staff ensuring respect, care and quality of life are behind everything we do.

Give us a call to book in your private tour today.

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BY LIZ ROGERS Look up, everybody, and behold the night sky. These shots have been taken by some very talented photographers from the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society at The Briars in Mount Martha and you’re in for an intergalactic visual feast. From viewing the moon close-up to the Milky Way and M42 — the Orion Nebula — these photos remind us just how small we are and how big and wonderful the endless universe is. Not all beauty lies on the land or at sea. Take the time to look up to the Mornington Peninsula night sky and dream. Photos by Nerida Langcake, Tony Nightingale, Jamie Pole and Greg Walton.

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BY LIZ ROGERS Sarah Ramsdale and her partner John King met each other chasing storms.

Sarah grew up on the Peninsula and used to love listening to thunder while lying in bed and heading down to the beach to check out the lightning lashing the coastal sky, but she became completely hooked when her Pa took her to see the movie Twister.

John grew up in central Australia and was frightened of storms as a kid, until he decided to defeat his fear and learn everything about them. He moved to the Peninsula from a storm hot spot in the Hunter Valley two years ago.

Now living in McCrae, this stormchasing duo are looking forward to getting up close and personal with Mother Nature in Tornado Alley in the US sometime this year. “Most people think we are crazy chasing clouds, but there’s nothing quite like standing in front of a powerful storm watching it doing its thing,” Sarah says. “It’s captivating, exciting, mind-blowing and wondrous all at the same time.”

Check out the pics to get a glimpse. All these images were taken by Sarah Ramsdale and John King on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Mount Martha has coastal beauty and a seaside atmosphere that locals love. This well-visited village by the bay delivers stellar services for residents and holidayhome vacationers alike, while providing pristine beaches where families and friends love to swim, wind surf, paddle board and sail.

Mount Martha offers the lot with professional and revitalisation beauty services available across the board.

From Bentons Rd down to Bay Rd, you’ll find first-class service providers including skin care professionals delivering a range of skin rejuvenation alternatives, flawless eyebrow shapers and vets that make sure your pet is taken care of. There’s plenty of summer entertainment at the local pub too.

Take the time to visit the coastal town where service and scenery blend to create the perfect lifestyle. It’s all here in Mount Martha.

The Perfect Brow

There’s no denying that natural fuller looking brows have become the go-to beauty trend over the last few years.

At Von’s Perfect Brows out of Chatterbox Hair and Beauty Mt Martha this look is achieved through a technique called Microblading Eyebrow Feathering.

This technique works with the individual as every face is asymmetrical.

All measuring and design work is done with the help of a special eyebrow ruler making sure to create perfectly symmetrical brows.

Von has been specialising in brows for over 3 years after completing her tattooing course at the Melbourne College of Cosmetics Tattooing and has seen lots of happy customers pass through her salon.

For more information, visit vonsperfectbrows.com.au or call 0421 373 647.

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Looking for a vet who gets it?

We at Bentons Road Vet Clinic are truly dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of all pets.

We strongly advocate fresh and natural diets for pets and are the only clinic on the peninsula to give advice on feeding natural diets, raw and cooked diets, commercial fresh and home formulated diets.

We have vets who practice herbal and traditional chinese medicine and acupuncture and we integrate these therapies into our approach for all pets.

We advise on herbal and nutritional supplements to support your pet's health; for both healthy pets and pets living with illness or disease.

We practice fear-free, low stress handling techniques to make each visit to the vet as good as it can be for both pets and people.

We individually assess the need for vaccinations in each pet and offer antibody testing (Titer testing) to guide the need for repeat vaccinations.

We assess the need for parasite prevention in each pet and aim to administer the least amount of medications as possible to ensure your pet stays well and healthy.

We are a feline friendly practice with a dedicated cat only consultation room, pheromone diffusers and again low stress handling.

We respect every pet and every owner and appreciate the differences that exist between all individuals.

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Via Battiste in the centre of Mount Martha village is the eclectic choice for eats and drinks over summer. You can sit out front and watch the waves. While you are there pick up a copy of the new EatDrink Mornington Peninsula book. Photos by Willow Creative

Nevine brings experience and passion to Peninsula Nevine Tomaino is an experienced dermal clinician with a Bachelor of Science, Grad Cert. in Dermatology & Scar Repair and Bachelor of Health Science (Dermal Therapies). As a senior educator she provides clinical training across Australia and New Zealand, with a particular interest in non-surgical anti-ageing treatments for skin rejuvenation.

“While I’m passionate about lasers and IPL, I also undertake non-laser modalities such as skin needling, plasma fibroblast and radio frequency treatments,” Nevine said. “I also enjoy working synergistically with physicians pre and postsurgery using my knowledge and training in wound healing management.

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“I made the exciting sea change a few weeks ago and look forward to bringing my expertise to the lovely Peninsula community and helping clients with their skin goals. I continue to practice as a dermal clinician in Toorak at The Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery and as an educator for The Australian Dermal & Laser Institute. I’m now delighted to announce I’m providing treatments from Silk Hair & Beauty Spa in Mount Martha.

“In addition to my passion for skin optimisation, I like to bring a sense of warmth and affinity ensuring clients and patients receive honest advice and an effective and safe experience during their appointment.”

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Rye rocks as far as Mornington Peninsula Magazine is concerned. This seaside holiday haven comes alive over the summertime with fun things to do, places to go and of course people to meet on the beach.

Point Nepean Rd is Rye’s main thoroughfare, running parallel to the town’s pristine bay beach, popular with campers, swimmers, fisherman and paddle boarders over summer.

If you love to swim, fish, paddle-board or kitesurf, Rye’s bay beach is the place for you. If you’re a surfer, the back beach has the best breaks. And if you’re looking for great service with a smile, head into the town centre where you’ll find health care professionals with the right advice.

Take some time out at a day spa to tap into your inner beauty or get your hair done, get your eyes checked by an experienced optometrist, or head down for a family fun day full of athleticism, children’s rides and market stalls in January.

You can also find the perfect coffee in Rye and they even sell the machines!

Rye is the place to be throughout summer. Take your shoes off and saunter down to the sand with family and friends or hit the street. Either way, it’s where the cool people meet.

Take a look through the following pages to find your scene.

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Upgrade ramps up the fun for boaties Boaties will be able to spend less time getting their boats into and out of the water and more time actually in them this summer after the launch of the new Rye boat ramp last month. The $1.23million upgrade is expected to slash launch and retrieval times from 51 minutes to 16 minutes.

The upgrade included the replacement of the old three-lane boat ramp with a four-lane ramp, construction of a second jetty, dredging the sea floor to accommodate the extra lane and jetty, and protection against erosion.

Mornington Peninsula Shire committed $648,000 for the work, with $588,000 from the State Government. Mayor David Gill said the upgrade represented an added investment by the Shire in its support of boating, fishing and diving on top of the $250,000 it spends on annual boat ramp maintenance.

Cr Hugh Fraser said the extra boat ramp and renewal of the existing ramps was much needed and would make a positive difference to the boating community. “It will ultimately make the area safer for its users and making it easier, quicker and safer to get all watercraft in and out of the water.”

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Treat yourself to a post-Christmas Gift Athletes from throughout Australia are making tracks for Rye for the 45th annual Rye Gift Athletics Carnival on Saturday, January 12. A key lead-up event for the Stawell Gift at Easter, the carnival is run by the Rye Sports and Social Club — a not-for-profit community organisation made up of representatives of Rye’s football, cricket, netball, basketball, tennis and athletics clubs — to raise money for sporting equipment.

The two main races on the card are the men’s and women’s 120m Gifts; other events include the 70m Restricted, 70m Open, 400m Open, 800m Open, 1600m Women’s and Veterans’, and the 1600m Open. The program begins about 10.30am with the various heats being held until lunch at 12.30pm. During the break

the Junior Rye Gift will be run, which is open to all registered Little Athletes. The finals of the main events will be held from about 5pm on, with presentations after each race.

As well as a full day’s racing, there will be a range of entertainment and activities to keep everyone occupied, including a jumping castle, face-painting, and stalls selling children’s clothing and toys. The various sporting groups that make up the club will also have stalls offering a range of drinks and food, including sandwiches and hamburgers, and an alcohol booth will be open from noon-6pm.

The club expects about 650 of Victoria’s finest runners will compete over the day, which traditionally attracts up to 4000 Peninsula residents and holidaymakers for a fabulous day of top-class entertainment both on and off the running track. There will be bookmakers on hand for those who enjoy a punt on four-legged runners racing in Melbourne and interstate, and you’ll even be able to bet on the Gift.

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It’s that time again when the Mornington Peninsula is primed for providing holidaymakers, outof-towners and local lovers of the good life with the best we have to offer. There’s plenty to do from coast to coast, whether you’re looking for live entertainment, art with heart, performers and contortionists or getting up close and personal with nature while sliding into the relaxing salt-water way of life.

The Peninsula brings brilliant seaside escape, world-class outdoor entertainment, a selection of stellar wines and produce to the world that is second to none. We pride ourselves on living a lifestyle where friends and family make and create together to provide foodstuffs, wines, ciders, beers and spirits, arts and craft and entertainment that delivers nonstop fun in the sun — and inside too!

For those of you who like to get up and groove, this summer sees a family-first Gig on the Green in Mount Eliza filled with live acoustics and gourmet food, plus blues, roots and rock at The Briars homestead

in Mount Martha. These two outdoor musical events are not to be missed and bring lovers of soothing tunes, fine food and brilliant bevvies together to celebrate all things musical and magical. Then you can head on down to Boneo Maze to discover the amazing sand sculptures of Neverland with Peter Pan and the clan and explore the gardens and wetlands afterwards or visit one of the open gardens.

Summertime on the Peninsula means catching up with your special people and sampling what’s on offer. Whether you’re perusing works of art at the Mornington Rotary Art Show or at Station Street Studio in Frankston, or holding your breath while circus performers whirl and twirl beneath the big top at Silvers Circus, your craving for fun in the sun will be satisfied. Gordon Glass Blowers in Red Hill creates and inspires. If you’ve got the gang gathered for a bit of suspenseful diversion, check out Locked in Escape Rooms where it’s all about clues and suspense. Or head to the Moonlit Sanctuary in Pearcedale to check out some of Australia’s most adorable nocturnal and endangered critters. The Australian International Air Show is also on the go in across the bay in Geelong, so why not jump on a ferry from Sorrento and make a day of it. Then there’s the 91st annual Red Hill Show, which brings thousands of people to the Peninsula hinterland each year in search of exhibitions, demonstrations, cute animals and endless entertainment.

For those of you who are on the hunt for delicious vino, food, tea or someone to take the domestic load off for a while, we’ve got you covered too, because service with a smile is our speciality down south.

We really do have everything on the Mornington Peninsula. Come one, come all to a place where natural beauty and endless possibilities abound. Under the great southern sun.

Read the following pages and get out your mobiles, pens and pencils, people. Enjoy!

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The Mornington Chamber Committee held its Christmas Network Night on Monday, December 3, from 6-8pm at Thanks Albert Burger Company, 32 Main St, Mornington. Guests enjoyed a warm summer night in the newly renovated beer garden as they celebrated another successful year with delectable mini burgers, popcorn chicken and canapes accompanied by refreshing beverages.

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There is a ‘Henrietta’ for every home “We create an individual package for every booking,” says Stephanie Tate, director of Henrietta’s Help @ Home, “and that’s not a complaint.”

Clients want this, and staff love to have the variety. With the business now well established throughout the Peninsula, clients were quick to realise they could help design the brief. Nannies can take up home duties during sleep time or cook the evening meal prior to school pick-up. Elderly clients also want the option to change the routine when their senior support carer attends for either home or external activities.

Weekly shopping, being taken to appointments or to visit friends are rotated with assistance around the home. Respite for one of the partners can be arranged if required.

All aspects of family life can be covered, including special events.

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are also available, allowing clients to focus on enjoying the celebrations with their guests.

Let Stephanie and her team free up some time for you to be out enjoying everything the Peninsula has to offer.

“Our help - your home” is their mantra.

Call today.

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Taste the delights of Greater Dandenong

Discover the vibrancy and diversity of Greater Dandenong and enjoy the region’s rich array of culinary delights on one of the city’s acclaimed food tours.

Join other food lovers for an authentic celebration of food and culture in one of Melbourne’s most celebrated and thriving food heartlands. A visit to the City of Greater Dandenong allows you to travel the world without the need for a passport.

Now officially recognised as Australia’s most culturally diverse community, Greater Dandenong provides a rich tapestry of cultural experiences that will awaken the senses and leave you

wanting more. The perfect way to get your first taste of the city is on a Food Lovers or Cultural Tour. Explore Afghani culture in Dandenong’s Afghan Bazaar precinct or travel to South-East Asia in Springvale.

Greater Dandenong’s celebrated twohour tours provide generous samplings of a rich array of cuisines and conclude with a delicious meal. Book one of the scheduled tours today or contact the City of Greater Dandenong to tailor one for a group of your closest family and friends.

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Be introduced to the wonderful Afghan business community learning how traditional Afghan bread is made, visiting a traditional homewares shop, supermarkets and finishing with an Afghan banquet. Guarantee you won’t walk away hungry!

Who doesn’t like dumplings and desserts and on this tour you can indulge in both.

You will be treated to a variety of dumplings along the way and finish with fabulous desserts.

Do you have a group of friends or colleagues and can’t make one of the scheduled dates? Did you know that we can organise group bookings for 8–16 people available upon request.

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Dinosaurs roar into Silvers Circus Roll up, roll up! The dinosaurs have stomped into Silvers Circus and they are heading to Mornington.

Now you can see one of Australia’s finest circuses along with everyone’s favourite prehistoric creatures all in one 90-minute international show.

Families will be able to enter through a free walk-through dinosaur exhibition on their way to Silvers Circus’s 90-minute international circus show. Be ready for these special prehistoric creatures to also pop in to visit during the Silvers’

performance!

Jurassic Unearthed by Silvers Circus is showing at Bata Shoe Grounds, Mornington, from January 2-February 3. So welcome to a world of spectacular family entertainment — there is no other circus like Silvers Circus.

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There’s never been a better time to visit Boneo Maze — the new home of Sand Sculpting Australia on the Peninsula — with the summer opening of Peter Pan. The classic tale of the little boy who never grew up has been reimagined in 3500 tonnes of sand by 15 award-winning Australian and international sand sculptors along the wetlands and garden pathways of Boneo Maze.

With several sculptures standing up to 4m high, Peter Pan is flanked by Captain Hook and Mr Smee, the Lost Boys of Neverland, Tinkerbell, Indians, mermaids and the tick-tock crocodile, with secret hideouts, swashbuckling adventures and feisty fairies bringing this children’s favourite to life. One of the sculptors, Joris Kivits from the Netherlands, estimated it took 5000 hours to create the artworks.

The move to Boneo Maze is a return home to the southern Peninsula for Sand Sculpting Australia, which was launched in Rye 11 years ago by the Wittingslow family. Since 2004, Sand Sculpting Australia has gone on to present 19 major sand sculpting events enjoyed by more than 2.2 million people across Australia.

“There’s something truly magical about seeing these characters we have grown up with come to life in giant sand sculptures before our eyes,” said Boneo Maze events director Evie Wittingslow. “Everyone loves the story of the boy who could fly and doesn’t grow up, and it’s fitting that we’re welcoming Peter Pan and his friends into our enchanting gardens here at Boneo Maze.”

Sand Sculpting Australia at Boneo Maze is now open daily from 10am-6pm until Monday, January 28 (closed Christmas Day). For ticket prices and more information, visit sandsculpting.com.au or phone 5988 6385.

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The line-up includes Quarry Mountain Dead Rats (pictured), Brooke Taylor, Chris Commerford Band, Nikki Nichols, Stockpile Band, Sam Connell, Glenn Brace, Heidi Louise, The Stokers, students from DSE Music School, Andy Phillips and Cadillac Walk and the ever-popular Marty Rose.

There will be several performance areas around the Village, with the main stage based on the Village Green outside Canadian Bay Hotel, inside the hotel itself, outside Vinnies Restaurant and in nearby Rotary Park, which is the family

zone. Music will run throughout the afternoon from 2pm, with each stage finishing at a different time. Vinnies’ stage will finish at 9pm and Canadian Bay Hotel will rock on into the night. There will also be buskers through the streets and kids’ entertainment in Rotary Park.

So leave the car at home and head into the heart of Mount Eliza to enjoy another amazing, foot-tapping festival. It’s all about bringing the community together, because it’s the community that makes our little Village so special!

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Awards highlight sanctuary’s commitment to conservation Moonlit Sanctuary has established itself as a major cornerstone of the Mornington Peninsula after receiving two gold awards at the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards on November 22. The sanctuary was awarded top honours for best Tourist Attraction and for Ecotourism.

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Moonlit Sanctuary is a magical wildlife attraction set in bushland in Pearcedale at the beginning of the Mornington Peninsula. Home to more than 400 native animals — 30 per cent of which are classified as threatened with extinction — Moonlit Sanctuary gives visitors the opportunity to enjoy close encounters with Australian wildlife while educating the community through its active work in conservation, research and sustainability.

The Victorian Tourism Awards is the tourism and events industry’s night of nights, celebrating winners across 30 categories for their outstanding contributions to the industry.

Sanctuary founder and director Michael Johnson said he and the staff were thrilled with their win.

“I think it’s a fantastic recognition of all the hard work we’ve been putting in and the significance of Moonlit in the local community now as a tourism attraction,” he said.

“Particularly, we’re pleased with the Tourist Attraction award because that’s a very hard-fought one with incredibly tough competition from attractions throughout Victoria.”

Mr Johnson attributed the sanctuary’s success to the quality of its presentation. “Commitment to conservation is very important and the fact that we work hard to make sure our standards are at the highest level possible to

make a great experience for our visitors.” He added that a “big part on the conservation front” was the sanctuary’s Orange-Bellied Parrot Breeding for Recovery program. “For the first time we’ve had an increase in numbers of birds in Melaleuca in Tasmania for the breeding season.”

Moonlit Sanctuary is the ideal place to learn more about our fascinating native animals, with keeper presentations and shows every 30 minutes. And when you visit, don’t forget to stop at the Koala Encounters to snap a photo with one of these very cute and cuddly little guys. At night, Moonlit Sanctuary comes alive with its world-famous lantern-lit tours. Night birds are active, tiny feathertail gliders and giant yellow-bellied gliders swoop around, and endangered quolls, pademelons and bettongs forage for food.

Moonlit Sanctuary is an ark for endangered creatures and a showcase of their unique beauty. It is a living classroom that encourages children and adults alike to unlock the mystery of Australian mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, insects and amphibians in a natural bush setting.

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Golfers spoilt for choice on Mornington Peninsula With 15 golf courses of international standard based here on the Mornington Peninsula, all within a half-hour drive of each other and only an hour and a half from Melbourne, locals and visitors are truly spoilt for choice. Course managements and clubs compete for members and green fee players through course quality, cost of play, clubhouse facilities, promotional activities and membership fees. Our first-class golfing facilities also attract a high level of tourism to the Peninsula all year round.

Eagle Ridge Golf Course CEO Wayne Lucas says: “To attract new members to our golf club we have to offer a well-maintained championship-quality course and facilities second to none while remaining competitive on fees. To achieve this, we have worked with our golf club committee to ensure that our annual membership fees will be frozen for at least five years for existing members and new members who join before October 2019. With our fees already low

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in comparison to many other local courses, our aim is to add many new members over the first year, both ladies and men. We are also confident of attracting a percentage of younger golfers to the club.”

Tourism Victoria is soon to embark on an international campaign to promote Victoria’s sand belt, Mornington Peninsula, Bellarine Peninsula and regional courses as national and international golf touring destinations.

Wayne adds: “Eagle Ridge, as no doubt other Peninsula-based golf courses will be, is competing even harder to attract a share of this hugely potential market, so we are determined to stay ahead of the rest by building a strong membership, welcoming and appealing facilities and promotional activities that will see a new broad spectrum of golfers from beginners to professionals playing our unique golf course.”

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Heart-stopping excitement hits new heights Buckle up for the high-octane ride of your life!

Experience the thrust and grunt of the latest military heavy metal . . . the roar of helicopters and the boom and zoom of vintage warbirds.

Marvel as world-class barnstormers strut their aerobatic stuff. The Australian International Airshow delivers a wow factor that soars skyhigh, and it’s coming to Avalon airport from February 26-March 3.

The first three and a half days of the biennial event — from Tuesday to noon on Friday — are reserved solely for the trade and visiting government and military delegations. The trade pavilions bristle with activity as products and technologies are compared and evaluated and deals are done. On the Friday afternoon, Airshow 2019 opens its doors to the public for two and a half days of high-flying excitement.

Airshow 2019 will feature an impressive array of modern military aircraft from home and abroad. Among them will be the two most modern jet fighters in the world: the F-35 Joint

Strike Fighter (pictured) and the F-22 Raptor.

Other combat aircraft such as the F-16, the Hornet and the Super Hornet will be on display, while World War II vintage warbirds including the Spitfire, Mustang, Boomerang and Hudson Bomber will take part in a series of simulated combat manoeuvres.

Nine world-class aerobatic acts have also been engaged for the event. Among them will be freestyle aerobatic champion Jurgis Kairys, from Lithuania, who will lead his new Air Bandits precision flying team.

Drones, aviation’s fastest growing sector, will have their own dedicated precinct at Airshow 2019, while a series of spectacular battlefield re-enactments will provide a unique dimension to the show. Battle sequences will be staged on several “historic combat zones” on a large tract to the east of the main Avalon runway.

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Join the Blues At The Briars team in 2019 for another first-class music festival on Saturday, February 23. Held in the beautiful native surrounds of The Briars in Mount Martha, the festival is a one-day celebration of blues and roots music, which delivers an outstanding selection of brilliant sounds for lovers of music and an aura that can only be described as unique.

This family-friendly festival has grown in popularity while remaining a boutique event held in the wilderness of the Briars, which is steeped in history.

Now entering its seventh year, this unique event is free for children and has a designated secure children’s activity area.

The Blues At The Briars organisers Minx and Rob Ramsay take pride in offering their patrons an immersive experience with a relaxed, chilled vibe that is suitable for all ages. Minx explains. “The festival is about patrons having an unforgettable experience.

We want them to leave with memories that will remain with them throughout the year.” Hailed as the Peninsula’s ‘best kept secret festival’, the stage has been graced by many world-class performers, including The Teskey Brothers, Russell Morris, Lloyd Spiegel, AJ Ghent and countless others. This year’s line-up, which has been created to entrance the audience from start to finish, is no exception. Artists include Tami Neilson (Canada), Child, 19 Twenty, Karen Lee Andrews, Hussy Hicks and more.

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to 80 patrons, has been revamped with an incredible menu designed and presented by the wonderful crew at Josephine’s restaurant. This experience comes with a food and beverage package, a comfortable private area with exclusive bar, all with a front-of-house view of the stage. Those who treat themselves to this experience always return, but there are several choices of food trucks and a well-stocked bar available at non-festival prices too. Craft beer is on tap, and Peninsula organic cider and wine and bubbles will be flowing.

The rapport that Blues At The Briars establishes with its international performers – some of whom have never visited Australia previously and are stunned when they’re thrown into the rural Victorian landscape — is one of support and excitement. The excitement from the visiting musicians is, as Minx says, reflected in their performances. “They love it.

They get blown away when they come to the site, with its native bush and undulating grassland creating a natural amphitheatre.”

Gates to this authentic music experience open at 11am with non-stop entertainment going well into the night. That’s 12 hours of gold-class talent. There’s plenty of car spaces, including disabled parking close to the festival entrance.

So bring your picnic rug or camp chair and soak up the good vibes at Blues At The Briars 2019. You will not find a better location and atmosphere for a festival like this. See you down the front getting your groove on.

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The 91th RED HILL SHOW Saturday 9 March, 2019

For a true taste of the Peninsula, you can’t go past the Red Hill Show.

With its focus on agriculture and horticulture, the 91st annual show at the Red Hill Showgrounds on Saturday, March 9 — Labour Day weekend — will feature the best craft, food, wine, beer and cider the Peninsula has to offer, as well as entertainment for all ages.

The Mornington Peninsula Paddock, sponsored by MPP, will be a chance to meet producers from across the region, and foodie Richard Cornish and chef Matt Wilkinson will hold discussions on honey, keeping chickens, sausage-making and much more.

There will be cider tastings and demonstrations, and novice cooks are invited to submit their best apple pie for a chance to take home $500.

Start planting your radishes, pruning the roses and grooming the alpacas because entries are open and show ribbons are up for grabs. For entries and inquiries, phone 5989 2357, email info@redhillshow.com.au, visit the website redhillshow.com.au or follow the Red Hill Show on Facebook and Instagram.

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Country racing at its best As the Mornington Peninsula braces itself for yet another ripper summer, why not start the year with some country racing action on Sunday, January 13, at the Balnarring Picnic Racing Club.

Swap the surfboards and beach towels for a picnic rug and ice-filled Esky and enjoy a day of top-class racing in a spectacular setting and family-friendly atmosphere, with young and vibrant race-caller Ben Sporle bringing you all the action on the track.

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The Mornington Art Show is one of the biggest and best on the Peninsula, and that high standard looks set to continue when the 47th annual show opens on Thursday, January 17, with more than 850 paintings on sale. Works by feature artists Kathy Van E and David Brayshaw will join art from Victoria and interstate, including quality glassware, and there will be a gallery of photographs for viewing and purchase.

Opening night will have a gala party atmosphere with a Rotary theme. Gourmet finger food will be served, refreshments will be available from the bar and live jazz music will punctuate the evening as the feature artists mingle with guests.

The show will then be open from January 18-26 from 10am-5pm at the Mornington Peninsula Community Theatre, cnr Nepean Highway and Wilsons Rd. Works are priced from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, with all profits funding a range of Mornington Rotary Club projects. Opening night tickets are available at morningtonartshow. com.au or from Farrell’s Bookstore in Mornington.

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Over the Australia Day long weekend, the Mornington Peninsula is buzzing as large numbers of Melburnians venture south for a well-deserved break to explore our beautiful beaches and wineries. If you’re down for the long weekend and looking for something to do with the whole family, then Boneo Park has just the event — and the best part is it’s free entry.

The Boneo Classic is a much anticipated international equestrian event that combines everything you need for a great day out — food, wine, entertainment and top international horse riders — all hosted in the beautiful grounds of the Boneo Park Equestrian Centre. There’s plenty of entertainment for the kids, including pony rides, face painting and racing cars, all while you soak up the sun and watch the horses.

The Boneo Classic offers you a unique opportunity to watch the Australian final of the World Cup Jumping Series, the Pacific League World Cup Dressage final and Equestrian Australia’s Para Equestrian classes all in one place at one event.

Watch as the top dressage riders perform and dance their way to the top of the leader board. The winner of the Pacific League World Cup Dressage will be given the opportunity to compete abroad on the World Cup Dressage series platform.

The World Cup Jumping Series comprises 13 leagues across the world. The top placed riders from each series are invited to attend the World Cup Jumping final in Europe. These horse and rider combinations show outstanding skill as they soar over 1.6m fences and push themselves and their horses for the win.

The largest event of its kind on the summer social calendar, the Boneo Classic brings together families, individuals, holidaymakers and equestrian enthusiasts to the Peninsula to witness a grand display of horsemanship and skill. It’s on from January 25-27 at Boneo Park, 312 Boneo Rd, Boneo. Go to BoneoClassic.com for more details.

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In today’s competitive cosmetic market, not all skincare brands can claim to be free from nasty chemical additives, synthetic fragrances, petrochemicals and artificial colours, as well as being kind to most skin types, vegan-friendly, free from palm oil and palm derivatives, and of course made right here in Australia.

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Dr Edis’ main interest is in the management of adult spinal conditions.

Having extensive experience in all facets of spine surgery, including both simple and more complex cervical and lumbopelvic conditions, he believes that surgery is only one part of the solution for patients. As each person presents with a unique set of requirements, Dr Edis encourages all recipients of his care to seek further information about their condition so they can make choices that are right for them because no two patients are the same. He also believes that sometimes it is best for patients to

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Like one in four Australians, Positive Psychology’s founder Peter Kyriakoulis has suffered anxiety for most of his life. From a very young age, Peter remembers feeling anxious. About what, he is not so sure. But he does recall the advice he received from his grandmother — his Giagia. Peter’s Giagia suggested he splash some cold water on his face. He felt significantly better. Within seconds.

Fast-forward to 12 years ago, and Peter has discovered something else to soothe his anxiety — free diving, which is the sport of diving on one breath. For Peter, Giagia’s advice and free diving were lifechanging. After a seven-year journey that inspired his PhD, he has the research to demonstrate why.

Peter found that free diving breathing techniques are effective in reducing anxiety. A typical panic attack lasts about 20 minutes. Peter discovered that when people immerse their faces in cold water, their panic can reverse within 30 seconds.

Cold water applied on the face activates the diving response, slowing down the heart.

Not everyone can hurl a bucket of water on themselves or dive into the ocean when panic strikes, so Peter is developing a cooling mask that activates the diving response. If made commercially available, it can fit in a handbag and will cost less than a cup of coffee. With this mask, people will be able to reverse symptoms

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Peter has a prototype of the mask and took his concept to Amplify Ignite in Sydney, where he received an overwhelmingly positive response to his pitch, giving him great encouragement to make the mask a commercial reality.

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Dr Jeremy Wilson is much more than a provider of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. He is a highly skilled and widely respected professional who delivers personal surgeon-to-client care results.

Dr Wilson is a pioneer in the art of blending science seamlessly with beauty to align a person’s outward appearance with their internal essence. Working from the central belief that “beautiful results are more than just a simple veneer”, he is an expert in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body and prides himself on attaining natural results. He also prides himself on ensuring the level of emotional and physical care offered to each patient is delivered respectfully, safely and in complete confidence.

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plastic surgery, breast and body surgery, and skin surgery, which are delivered on a need-by-need basis. Specialising in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, Dr Wilson seeks to identify the genuine beauty of a patient and then magnify it, while preserving and restoring key components. He has also had extensive experience in managing all forms of skin cancer and operates out of The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Dr Wilson knows that changing the shape or size of your breast is a deeply personal decision that requires personto-person practice. That’s why he works with patients on a one-to-one basis. He also provides surgical and non-surgical alternatives for body re-shaping.

If you are considering reconstructive or cosmetic surgery, give Dr Wilson in Mornington a call. He’s there to help.

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Sue exercises

BY LIZ ROGERS

Have you ever tried to make your way through the day in a world of groggy and foggy fatigue? Or felt so off balance and under the skin boiling and brainnumbing blurry that all you want to do is curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and stare at a blank screen?

Well, Sue Bugeja has. Living with multiple sclerosis has changed this 49-year-old Mount Martha resident’s life dramatically.

First diagnosed with optical neuritis and sent along to an eye specialist where the tests were inconclusive, Sue had been feeling exhausted, off-balance and weak for some time. But there were two young children to chase, a home to look after and a job that demanded attention. Surely everyone in the same situation felt that tired. But her body and mind felt strange. Her eyes were playing funny buggers and sometimes she felt so hot she thought she’d slipped on 20 shag-pile sweaters without knowing it. She explains.

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MS in 2010. I remember holding a kids’ party for my daughter a few days after and walking around as if nothing had changed — I was in a daze — until I began having injections two to three times a week. One of the worst things about MS is losing confidence. You second guess yourself because it’s hard to make decisions and you wonder if you’ve made the right one.”

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease and affects two to three times as many women as men. Put simply, it includes random autoimmune attacks that damage the insulating myelin sheath of the central nervous system, but Sue has found that regular exercise brings relief. She has begun working with exercise physiologist Elise Robinson at Pace Health Management in Mount Martha and the results have been impressive. “The more I do, the better I feel. You know, seven out of 10 people with MS are depressed and many consider ending their lives. Exercise has changed

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through MS diagnosis my outlook. It’s helped with my balance, strength, spasticity in my legs and brain fog.

There are always going to be days when I feel weak and not up to it, but the exercise keeps me going and has dramatically improved my quality of life. I’ve also lost around 25 kilos.”

Elise continues. “In 12 weeks, Sue has improved cognitively, emotionally and physically. She still experiences stress triggers, which ‘bring the blanket down’, but these episodes have been happening less. Her program is aerobics-based and includes balance, resistance and circuit/ strength exercise. You can exercise your way through MS.” Sue agrees. “I also do yoga twice a week and take time out when I need to, but I have to keep going. The kids need me. I need to feel the best I can to keep moving forward. There’s no choice.”

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Aries:

The start of the year is a powerful one for the Rams of the Zodiac, with your ruling planet Mars entering your Sign on January 1. Aries love new beginnings and 2019 is the ideal time for you to forge new pathways. You can leave 2018 in your wake and focus on your New Year’s resolutions. You have plenty of energy to achieve your ambitions. You need to ensure that others are not left in your wake, so make sure that you take special loved ones along for the ride.

Luckily, the Sun is shining in the 10th House of your Solar Chart at the start of the year, indicating that your friends and associates are likely to be supportive of your professional goals

Taurus: The start of 2019 is the ideal time for

Taureans to do a vision board, something that helps you plan the big-ticket items for the year. If you are not sure what a vision board entails, then you can Google it and find plenty of ideas. In fact, Google may be your best friend in 2019 as you seek to expand your horizons. Your year is likely to include some form of travel, study or spiritual expansion. What would you like to experience?

Your primary partnership needs to be your focus at the start of the year as your ruling planet Venus is in the 7th House of your Solar Chart, the sector connected to marriage and contracts. So make sure that you listen to your loved one.

Leo:

You may enjoy a New Year’s break planning new ventures or socialising with loved ones, but the planets are aligned in the 6th House of your Solar Chart, indicating that January is your ideal time for a new health regimen. If your New Year’s resolution is to get fit then you are on the right track. You can start a program at the gym or if this does not excite you then choose a hobby that gets you fit. You are more likely to enjoy an activity that is social rather than solitary. The 6th House is also the sector that is associated with pets. All pets are highlighted, but walking a dog — either your own or a neighbour’s — could be an attractive option.

Virgo: January is your time for putting your house

in order. You may have a quiet New Year planned but your ruling planet Mercury is in the 4th House of your Solar Chart, indicating busy times at home. This could be instigated by your own changes, or perhaps you are welcoming visitors. You are likely to be responsible for children, either your own or other people’s. Or perhaps a creative project is demanding your attention. These impact on your personal space, so you need to create space at home for New Year activities or to retreat from your responsibilities. Household repairs, improvements, expansion and other such changes can be fulfilling. You are creating space now for the forthcoming year, which may be busy at home.

Gemini: You are likely to yearn for a change of

Libra: Home is where the heart is for you at the start

scenery in January, a way to start 2019 on a different note. A holiday to a different part of the globe is likely to satisfy your urge for change. If this is not possible, then perhaps rearranging the furniture or rooms in your house help freshen your outlook. Day trips can also provide the stimulus you need. January 2019 is also the ideal time to reassess your fiscal investments. Joint finances come under the microscope. Do you have a nest egg? If so, how is it faring in the current financial climate? Do you need to make changes to your budget?

These matters are a focus right now.

of 2019. Planets are aligned in the 4th House of your Solar Chart, ensuring that you are never far from home.

House repairs, home improvements or even a change of abode may be on your mind. On the other hand, you may entertain many guests in your home. You are well able to create a peaceful environment for others to rest their weary heads. January also sees you tempted to spend your personal income on a beautiful object or an artistic outing. As long as you don’t stretch your budget too far then you can enjoy such a purchase. You may also be responsible for a family member who needs your support.

Cancer: The start of 2019 sees you well and truly

Scorpio:

focused on a primary loved one. This could be your spouse, or someone who has temporarily taken priority over your spouse because they need you. Major planets in your opposing Zodiac Sign have already pulled your attention to difficulties experienced in relationship to others. You are a natural caretaker but sometimes tough love is called for. This is not your natural modus operandi but the planets are calling on you to get a backbone, in the kindest possible way. This may mean standing up to someone who is taking advantage of your kind nature, or it could be that you need to spend some time nurturing your own emotional needs. Either way, the time is now, not later.

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You have much on your mind as the new calendar year dawns. Perhaps you are planning a short journey, which takes some organising skills. On the other hand, you may be immersed in family or neighbourhood politics. The communication lines are busy right now.

The idea is to keep focused on positive connections with others. Learning a new skill, taking up meditation or escaping with a good book could help relax your mind.

Venus, the planet of love and money, is in your Zodiac Sign at the start of the year, indicating that you can utilise resources for positive experiences. Relationships with women are likely to be particularly beneficial. It is not what you know but who you know, as the saying goes.

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In many ways 2019 is your year!

The lucky planet Jupiter is moving through Sagittarius, heralding all good things for the Archers of the Zodiac.

January does see some financial restraints imposed. You are likely to be assessing your personal resources to see if you have enough to achieve all of your 2019 goals.

You don’t need to fret too much. Rewards and resources come your way this year. Jupiter brings recognition, expansion and optimism. Others appreciate your efforts and help you along the way. Your self-confidence is likely to be boosted by your ruling planet Jupiter, but do you truly believe that you deserve good things? It is also important to make sure that you don’t overindulge.

Expansion is good in many areas, but perhaps not of the waistline!

Capricorn: 2019 is a big year for Capricorns.

Whether you are a domestic or mountain goat, you are being called on to make big changes. Planets have been aligned in Capricorn for some time and remain so this year. You need a makeover — physically, emotionally, intellectually and/or spiritually. If you don’t take charge yourself then events are likely to trigger changes for you.

It is time to build new structures if the old ones have outlived their usefulness. The key is never to say never.

What is possible? What can be changed and built anew?

These are the questions. By the time these planets move on, your life will look completely different in a good way as long as you learn your lessons.

Aquarius:

Aquarians need to hit the pause button during January. This is your time for reflection.

Contemplation rather than action is the key. Turn off the social media and other forms of extraneous distraction and tune into nature, meditation or a good book. A serene start sets the tone for the rest of the year. Your fellow Zodiac Signs may be under the spotlight right now but you can slowly and surely work towards your own goals. Your ruling planet Saturn, known as the Lord of Karma, moves into your Sign in mid-2020. You are able to work now to reap your rewards then. If you avoid your responsibilities then you may make extra work for yourself later.

Pisces:

Your ruling planet Jupiter is high in your Solar Chart, indicating that this is a fortunate year for Pisces. This is your year to shine in public. This could be through your chosen profession, as an office bearer in a voluntary organisation or through your marriage.

You are held in high esteem and receive the positive recognition that you deserve. You may make some changes to your life direction. Luckily, friendships are forged that support your personal and professional hopes, dreams and wishes. You need to continue to seek meaning rather than ambition in your life as the planet Neptune continues to wend its way through your Zodiac Sign. Spiritual and artistic pursuits can be healing.

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So, it’s that time of year again where adults and children alike all tend to lose their collective minds . . . are you prepared?

The kids get caught up in the sugar rush while the adults eat and drink themselves numb in order to cope, but what if there was a better way?

A healthier way?

Here are some signs to look out for that may suggest you are not managing yourself:

The purpose of this article is to get you to stop and think — are you consciously choosing with intent how to spend your time and energy . . . are you in the driver’s seat and moving through this period in an empowered manner?

• Switching off and disengaging

Or is everything around you dictating how you feel and in turn, how you’re behaving?

If you find that you are stuck or struggling, you may be having a negative impact on the environment and people around you, which is probably the last thing you want to be doing.

After all, no one wants to be “that person” who always gets angry at this time of year. That’s not who you are . . . you’re not the Grinch.

Please remember that there are some simple, fundamental things that you can do to create a big difference.

• Mood swings • Increase in alcohol and food intake • Easily irritable • Not sleeping well • Lack of motivation • Procrastinating • Feeling isolated or alone If you realise that you’re doing some or all of these, please don’t just put up with it or think “I just have to get through to the New Year, then things will be fine”. Make yourself a priority and come and learn how to get yourself back on track and enjoying all that this time of year has to offer.

This isn’t a sales pitch; it’s a reminder that there is always something you can do to make a change when you may not be your best self.

Have a safe and wonderful festive season everyone, and thanks for all of your support throughout the year.

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With the Christmas shopping rush and Boxing Day sales behind us for another year, it’s time for businesses to take a breather and reflect on what was hopefully a prosperous 12 months before knuckling down for 2019. Hopefully, too, you weren’t caught out by counterfeit banknotes.

Last October, the $50 note — the most widely-distributed and the most counterfeited banknote in circulation — was given a makeover with a suite of security features designed to foil the counterfeiters. This followed the release of the new $5 note in 2016 and the $10 note in 2017; the $20 and $100 notes are yet to get their security upgrades.

However, while the RBA says the new $50 note will be much harder to fake than older models, there is still a mix of old and new ‘pineapples’ in circulation. “It’s important people are familiar with the banknote security features — of both the new series and the older designs — to be able to quickly authenticate whether it’s a genuine note,” says the RBA’s deputy head of note issue, James Holloway. “We urge businesses to take advantage of our banknotes website (banknotes.rba.gov.au/banknote-features/#-newfifty). This material can help front-line staff become familiar with how to quickly and effectively check Australian banknotes.”

In 2017/18, about 26,000 counterfeits with a nominal value of almost $2 million were detected in circulation in Australia, corresponding to about 16 counterfeits per million genuine banknotes, which the RBA

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The $50 note accounts for almost half of all banknotes in use, and is the most targeted for counterfeiting. In 2017, 15,351 fake $50 notes were detected with a nominal value of more than $768,000.

NAB senior consultant Ruth Johnston urged businesses to “be aware but not alarmed” to protect themselves from counterfeiters. “Counterfeits have no value and there’s no compensation for them. Understand what the new notes look like but also be familiar with the features of the old notes as well.”

The new $50 note has the same security features as the $5 and $10 bills, including a top-to-bottom clear window with dynamic features including a reversing number and flying bird as well as microprint and a patch with a rolling colour effect. Tilting the note shows the effects in action. It also has four raised bumps on each of the long edges of the note to assist people who are blind or who have low vision.

If you believe notes you’ve received might be fake, make sure you handle them as little as possible, put them in an envelope and hand them in to police. You are within your rights not to accept a suspicious note from a customer and to ask for a different one instead. It is important to note that counterfeits have no value, and if you do accept one, you will not be reimbursed.

This is an edited version of an article by Business View Connect, NAB’s online source of economic updates, business trends and case studies for small to medium business.

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arts events leisure Three Mornington Peninsula gardens created by renowned landscape designer Fiona Brockhoff will be showcased by Open Gardens Victoria on the weekend of January 12-13.

Karkalla, at 10 Keating Ave, Sorrento, is Fiona’s own legendary seaside garden. Here she has created sheltered courtyards and experimented with Australian native plants — revealing sculptural trunks of local moonahs and pruning she-oaks and correas into spheres.

A 20-minute stroll along the cliff brings you to the Arnott Street Garden at 27 Arnott St, Sorrento, where Fiona has created spaces for three generations of the same family.

The coastal planting has lovely textural contrasts, while recycled pier timbers bring local character to the informal retaining walls and steps.

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plantings of ‘Big Red’ kangaroo paws are a vibrant feature against beautiful natural stonework.

The gardens are open from 10am-4.30pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Entry to each garden is $10 for adults and free for children under 18. Details: opengardensvictoria. org.au PICTURED: Top left: Karkalla is landscape designer Fiona Brockhoff’s own garden at Sorrento. Photo by Ben Wrigley Top right: Fiona Brockhoff created spaces for three generations of the same family with her Arnott Street Garden in Sorrento. Photo by Virginia Cummins Above: The Main Ridge Garden envelops an architecturally designed house overlooking a large dam. Photo by Virginia Cummins

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arts events leisure Dr Shinha’s Jazz Lobotomy features Frankston residents Chinmay Sinha (front, second from left) and Jared Hatton (far right).

Dr Shinha’s Jazz Lobotomy is shaking up Melbourne’s improvisational jazz and groove scene with their singles Grown Man and Invisible Kids. Kate Sears speaks to two members of the seven-piece collective, Frankston residents Jared Hatton and Chinmay Sinha.

How long have you been playing the drums?

Jared: It’s coming up to 15 years now since I had my first proper drum lesson. It was in Grade 5, when I had a great music teacher and an encouraging music program.

Drums were just fun from the get-go.

How would you describe your sound?

Jared: We’re always working to find how sounds blend together and what that does for us and an audience. So, on any given day, I’d say whatever is inspiring us at the time tends to come through and mould our playing and sound. It’s perhaps a blend of the newer jazz/hip-hop Issue 86, JANUARY 2019

style infused into pop music. We just approach playing the songs and performing with a certain soul and vigour.

What do you enjoy most about live gigs?

Chinmay: Offering something special, vulnerable and honest with a group of strangers who’ve trusted us to provide them with something special. And, of course, the energy of it all.

Invisible Kids is inspired by Dr Sinha’s work with at-risk children. Can you tell us more?

Chinmay: I actively provide a music program to kids who have experienced trauma and neglect, so much so that the state deems them ‘at-risk’. The kids I teach show resilience and courage in so many ways that I learn from them as much as they might learn from me. Aspects of our life that we consider ‘normal’ are often a privilege for many kids in our community. I think music provides a platform to develop positive identity. Through my own personal experience, as well as through my work as a music teacher, I know music can help to heal trauma. The goal in some sense from this track is to make the listener

aware that ‘at-risk’ kids are a part of our community and perhaps the system we have in place is not serving them that well. The proceeds we received from our single launch have been donated to White Lion who work with at-risk youth, and I urge others to donate and/or get involved in the community in some way.

What do you love about Frankston?

Jared: As I get older it has become more and more about the location and environment. I love that after a fiveminute drive west of my house, you can be on the sandy beaches by calm waters. Another five the other way and you’re in the middle of a bushland trail. When I was a kid, it was the access to things — a quality skate park, the cinemas, sporting clubs, Bayside shops, all that stuff.

Now more so I find having the open ocean and the many extensions of Melbourne within reach on any given day a real luxury. Grounding too, I think. I’ve grown up here and so in many ways Frankston and its surroundings feels like an extension of my backyard.

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Artists of all levels of experience are invited to a series of weekend workshops by Dromana artist Carole Foster. The workshops, designed for a maximum of 12 students, cost $350 for the two days from 9.30am4pm with morning and afternoon teas provided as well as gourmet lunches with wine. They’re on January 19-20, February 16-17, May 1819, August 17-18, and October 19-20.

The aim of the workshops is to paint up to four paintings over the two days while having plenty of fun. With Carole’s expert guidance you’ll be learning about abstracts with vibrant colours, painting the Aussie Outback, tackling landscapes in a modern way, using grouting tools, palette knives and compounds, and drip work. Whether you’re an experienced artist wanting to try something different or a budding artist looking to open new doors to the self, you’ll find plenty to delight and inspire.

You’ll be asked to bring four medium-size canvases — square or rectangle — paints, acrylic brushes, small to large flats, riggers, a signing brush and rags. Carole will supply water jars, mixing plates, easels, grouting tools, palette knifes, compounds and silver leafing, and she can also provide canvases for about $25 depending on the size as well as some brushes and palette knives — just let her know by phone or email beforehand.

With tables, chairs and a Coonara wood heater, your comfort’s assured. There’s also plenty of parking, and everyone who attends will receive an apron with a logo. So make 2019 the year you finally realise your potential as an artist, and book a weekend workshop today.

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McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery is celebrated as the home of Australian sculpture. With a wide-ranging collection of more than 100 sculptures, the park comprises 8ha of designed landscape and vast areas of indigenous bushland. McClelland’s light-filled café overlooks the sculpture park and serves innovative dishes with delicious produce from the Mornington Peninsula. The exhibition program focuses on the development of modern sculpture and various forms of spatial practice, and encourages contemporary artists to develop and address challenging issues current in Australia and a global context.

To be held every three years, the Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award has been established to showcase contemporary Australian watercolour practice. It is an acquisitive award enabled by the Fornari Bequest, by the will of the late Lena May Fornari, and is a legacy of her support of the arts in Victoria. Lena May was an ardent collector of watercolours and the first acquisitions through this bequest were significant watercolour paintings. Continuing this tradition, Splash presents the work of contemporary Australian artists who use this medium in highly accomplished and innovative ways.

The Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award is on until March 17.

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The art of Everywhen: past, present, future Art writers and gallerists Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs have moved their art exhibitions from their home gallery Whistlewood to a new space in Flinders. The new space, which opens officially in January, is called Everywhen Artspace.

The intriguing name, says co-curator Susan, pays tribute to the late anthropologist W.E.H. Stanner, who said in an article on the Dreaming in 1953: “One cannot ‘fix’ The Dreaming in time; it was and is everywhen.”

“We have always had huge respect for Stanner and his work as an advocate in bringing the significance of Aboriginal culture to wider attention,” Susan says.

“Stanner’s widely acclaimed 1968 Boyer lecture series After the Dreaming, in which he coined the phrase the “great Australian silence”, brought the complexities of Aboriginal life to a wide audience, largely for the first time. And historian Robert Manne described Stanner as possibly “the greatest of anthropologists and the most interesting writer on Aboriginal society Australia has ever seen”.

In the 2008 edition of their book Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Emily paid particular tribute to Stanner in exploring his concept of ‘the everywhen’ to better explain the past, present and future nature of the Aboriginal belief system. “I am particularly influenced by Stanner’s close work with Aboriginal people and am inspired by his enormous impact, which extended to the Aboriginal land rights movement,” Emily says.

“We felt his communication of the concept of everywhen was relevant given our own history of art writing, research and education, and in bringing today’s Aboriginal art to the Peninsula.”

The Peninsula’s only specialised Aboriginal art gallery, Everywhen will feature a regularly changing display of acrylics, barks, ochres, works on paper and 3D from the 30-plus leading Aboriginal art centres represented by the McCullochs, and a lively program of exhibitions, talks, art parades and other events will be held.

The new gallery and its inaugural exhibition Colours of My Country, which showcases more than 60 new pieces of Aboriginal art, will be opened by Barry Jones AC on January 5 at 3pm. The gallery is open daily from 10.30am-4pm.

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Contemporary expressionist painter Graham Jones gets ideas. At almost 71, he’s standing in the house he designed and built shooting brainwaves left and right out into the ether. From the Middle East to the north of Africa, Fiji to Bali and Champagne-Ardenne in France where his art and design work is making waves, Graham’s serial self-promotion capabilities have wrenched open big creative doors in the four years he’s been painting. Yep. Just four. This animated and fit passion-pistol of a man who “is still painting while in bed” is on the move making the story up as he goes. He explains.

“Everything I’ve done has been self-taught. Four years ago I decided I wanted to paint. Ella, my wife, bought me an easel. Four hundred and fifty works later. I’ve had to move studios three times to keep up with the size and

the amount of work I’m producing. I’ve always worked like a maniac.”

This prolific painter’s latest move has been into Southern Buoy Studios in Mornington where huge canvases are slapped and swirled with colour and form, texture, movement and ideas. He’s just returned from an artistin-residence experience in France and has come a long way from the 18-year-old fresh-faced man who fell in love with his then girlfriend who was just 15. “I love clothes and wanted to be a fashion designer. But in the ‘60s it’s not what you did. Ella’s mum designed and made her wedding dress. I designed my white suit based off The Kinks’ frock coat look and white patent leather shoes.” The creative die was cast. Next stop was singing on Bandstand and In Melbourne Tonight with Graham Kennedy on the tele, a wild foray into night life, settling

in Stuttgart, Germany, and working for the US European Command Military HQs before returning to Australia in 1972. Then in 1988 he set up his own design practice — Graham Jones Design — without having a clue how to do it!

“I’m a self-taught building designer. We won over 80 Victorian and national awards with Graham Jones Design.

Our Mangrove One gated community overlooking the Arabian Gulf we designed and built was arguably our crowning glory. Making ideas happen has always been in me, but I couldn’t have done it without Ella.” He’s also written an autobiography, No-One In Particular, which was published in 2016.

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BY KATE SEARS Under the Southern Stars — The Summer Festival drops into Hastings on Saturday, January 12, with the ultimate line-up of Australian rock royalty. Ahead of this, we speak to Kav Temperley, from alternative rock band Eskimo Joe. You’d know his unique voice, and now you can catch him live on the Peninsula with bass guitar in hand. Formed in 1997 in East Fremantle, Eskimo Joe also includes Stuart MacLeod on lead guitar and Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar.

To celebrate their 21st birthday in 2018, these much-loved indie rock kids re-released their back catalogue and set out on a national tour with the Sydney, Tasmanian and West Australian symphony orchestras early last year. No cakes were in sight, just bountiful high fives and a very prolonged period of birthday celebrations, which gave the band a chance to revisit songs they hadn’t thought about in years, such as their 2001 hit Who Sold Her Out. Soon after this, Kav realised his long-standing dream and released a solo album, All Your Devotion.

Kav broke our hearts by dropping the news that there would in fact be no new songs from the boys at the festival.

However, the band is ecstatic to dust off their old hits and pull them out to ignite the summer festival vibes for us.

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“We’d love to create another Eskimo Joe album. It’s just too hard to organise everyone. Everyone wanted to sink their teeth into new projects and get out of the two-year cycle of writing, recording and touring,” said Kav. “But we might pencil it in for 2030 so that we can actually get it done.”

With 35 ARIA nominations and six studio albums to their name, these concert legends are looking forward to sharing the bill with an incredible line-up of Aussie bands. Having toured with The Superjesus and You Am I before, Kav knows for certain that the backstage dynamics and antics will be fun-filled, which of course will spill out on to the stage for all to see.

You’ve still got time to snap up your tickets to once again enjoy Black Fingernails, Red Wine, From the Sea, Foreign Land, Sarah and many more. You won’t be disappointed — trust me, I’ve seen them perform live five times . . . but who’s counting? Eskimo Joe are simply a band not to be missed.

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With myeloma being a terminal cancer, Geoff is working with his volunteer committee to celebrate the importance of health and wellness while raising awareness of the blood cancer multiple myeloma.

“I’m determined to dance the funky chicken at my 80th birthday party,” Geoff said. “Life for cancer patients and their families is made easier with the support provided by the specialist nurses at Myeloma Australia.”

Over the past two years, the MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun

Festival has raised more than $70,000 for Myeloma Australia, which has funded a part-time nurse annually.

“In 2019, we have an ambitious goal to raise $80,000 for Myeloma Australia to fund two part-time nurses, all in the pursuit to help me and other patients reach 80 years of age,” Geoff said.

Geoff is asking the community to sign up to start fundraising via mymounteliza.org.au/fundraising for this great cause and to join in the fun of the annual MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival at Mount Eliza Regional Park.

“We also want our beloved family dogs to join us on March 17, so we have created the 4km All Paws Walk to ensure all members of our family can participate in this significant family event,” Geoff said.

You can read more about Geoff’s personal journey with multiple myeloma at geoffnyssen.com

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Exploring our obsession with detail Obsession: Devil in the Detail examines our fascination with the meticulous and micro, the real and the hyper-real and brings together a range of historical and contemporary works under three broad themes of still life, portraiture and landscape. The exhibition, at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery until February 17, seduces us with the power of realism and intricate detail and showcases 65 works across sculpture, painting, photography, drawing and video.

Obsession features work by Australian and international artists including Natasha Bieniek, Chris Bond, Christian Capurro, Erin Coates, Audrey Flack, Juan Ford, James Gleeson, Lucien Henry, Sam Jinks, Jess Johnson, Anna Kristensen, eX de Medici, Tully Moore, Callum Morton, Jan Nelson, Drew Pettifer, Patricia Piccinini, Tom Roberts, Henry Short, Sandra Selig, Vipoo Srivilasa, Nick Stathopoulas, Ricky Swallow, teamLab and Eugene von Guerard.

The centrepiece of the exhibition is a sculpture by artist Sam Jinks, who says: “Years ago I was going through a weird time with my mother being sick and my daughter Hazel being born, so I thought I’d try and combine the two in a way, with one figure holding the other. It was strange, kind of watching the rhythm of life unfolding around me, and it being unstoppable. As two humans who are at the beginning and end of their lives, the sculpture highlights our own human fragility, as both figures depend on others for their comfort and needs.”

Visit mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au to find out more about the exhibition and events, including the gallery’s preschooler program Young at Art, and to listen to podcasts with artists from Obsession: Devil in the Detail.

Pictured: Visitors at MPRG’s exhibition Obsession: Devil in the Detail.

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Rock legend and ARIA Hall of Fame winner Ross Wilson will play the Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival on February 9.

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rock the Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula has long been home to a vibrant and energetic blues scene. Now there are plans for a new festival that its organiser hopes will become a major event on the national blues calendar.

The Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival, which will be held at Mornington Racecourse on Saturday, February 9, is the brainchild of Peninsula resident Patrick Elliget, the man behind the highly successful Mornington Peninsula Blues Sessions over the past four years. It will feature Australian rock and blues legends Ross Wilson and Phil Manning along with Chris Finnen, Lloyd Spiegel, Geoff Achison and others from 11am- 8 pm.

Peninsula music-lovers will be able to enjoy food and refreshments courtesy of the Mornington Racing Club providers while they listen to eight high-class blues acts, and there will be various market stalls and displays in a celebration of what the Peninsula has to offer. Buses from Melbourne On The Move will be running to and from the festival, with pick-ups from Melbourne, Brighton, Mordialloc, Frankston, Blairgowrie, Dromana, Rosebud and Sorrento, so your transport options are sorted and you can relax and enjoy a day filled with sensational blues.

Patrick was recognised at the 2017 Victoria/Tasmania MBAS Blues Awards with the Alan Stafford Award for his

contribution to blues music. To book your Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival tickets, go to mornpenbluesfest. com; for your return bus tickets, go to melbourneonthemove.com.au/listing/ music-and-sporting-events

Bluesman Claude Hay is heading down from the Blue Mountains for the Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival.

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Cruden Farm at Langwarrin will host the 2019 EastLink Great Australian Rally on Sunday, January 20. Victoria’s largest veteran, vintage and classic car rally, organised and conducted by the All British Classics Car Club Vic Inc and sponsored by EastLink, is designed to promote the pleasures of historic motoring while raising money for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation’s cancer research.

Replicas of the first Benz and Ford cars will be on display as well as a selection of vehicles through the ages, right up to the Tesla e-vehicle, with the historic gardens of Cruden Farm as their magnificent backdrop. Bring your lunch or buy from a range of catering trucks on site and enjoy a picnic on the manicured lawns while listening to the Royal Australian Navy Band.

The rally will set off from EastLink Ringwood, Rowville and St Kilda Rd in the city as well as from Western Port Marina at Hastings. Veteran, vintage, classic and modern classic vehicles, motorcycles and commercial vehicles are eligible to enter if they’re at least 25 years old. An entry brochure with all details can be obtained at greataustralianrally.com.au or contact Rex Hall on 0408 303 129 or email rex@abccc.com.au

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The EastLink Great Australian Rally is a wonderful family day out and to date has raised nearly $800,000 for Peter Mac. So head along to Cruden Farm, marvel at the advancement of vehicle design and technology through the years and do your bit in the fight against cancer. Public entry is $20 a person, with children 14 and under admitted for free.

Did you find it an ordeal trying to buy that perfect Christmas gift?

Did you struggle to find something original and unique? Then why not get the jump on Christmas 2019 with a one-of-a-kind piece of seaside-inspired art from Sea Shell Art By Miffy.

This seaside treasures wreath (pictured) is a dramatic piece

by Mount Martha artist Miffy Pittaway, created from shells collected by Miffy over three decades from South Gippsland beaches and available for purchase from Mark and Cherie’s delightful Veraison Restaurant in Tootgarook.

It’s just one of Miffy’s Christmasthemed creations, which include burlap wreaths encrusted with beach, coastal and tideline finds, driftwood Christmas wreaths and reindeer, driftwood, twig and wire Christmas star wall-hanging wreaths and much more.

Miffy’s porthole mirror frames, ship-wheel mirrors and shell decorative boxes would make ideal gifts for any occasion and look stunning in any home. Her artwork creations are uniquely Australian handcrafted with all naturally

sourced beach, coastal and tideline finds. Miffy has a beautiful range of ready-made artwork pieces available for purchase, and she can even make artwork creations to order on request.

So get a head-start on Christmas 2019 — or even for an upcoming birthday, anniversary, or just to reward yourself — with Miffy’s amazing sea shell art.

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JANUARY 2019 UNTIL SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17 Obsession: Devil in the detail – Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 10am-5pm, mprg.mornpen. vic.gov.au, 5950 1580 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2 Suite Persane: Peninsula Chamber Musicians and guests – St Mark’s Anglican Church, 1 Balnarring Rd, Balnarring, 2-3pm, $50 or $40 concession, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 Sweeter than Roses: Janet Todd and Nicholas Pollok – Hurley Vineyard, 101 Balnarring Rd, Red Hill, 6-7pm, $65 or $55 concession, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 JANUARY 2 TO FEBRUARY 3 Jurassic Unearthed by Silvers Circus – 90-minute show plus free dinosaur exhibit, Bata Showgrounds, 1158 Nepean Highway, Mornington, book at Ticketmaster or circus, silverscir-cus.com.au, 0413 844 241 or 0413 880 044 THURSDAY JANUARY 3 International B14 National Titles – Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club, Pt Nepean Rd, Sorrento, 10am-4pm, $430 per boat, b14.org, 0448 901 772 Drip Drop Play: Ad Lib Collective – Cruden Farm, Cranhaven Rd, Langwarrin South, 11am12pm or 1-2pm, $20 per child, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 Ravel’s Blues: Sophie Rowell and Kristian Chong – Moorooduc Estate, 501 Derrill Rd, Moorooduc, 4-5pm and 6.30-7.30pm, $75 or $65 concession plus booking fee, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 FRIDAY JANUARY 4 Kids Carnival – St Mark’s Anglican Church, 1 Balnarring Rd, Balnarring,

1-3pm, $20 per child plus booking fee, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 Godfather, Father & Son: Duo Foster-Browne – Main Ridge Estate, 80 William Rd, Red Hill, 4-5pm and 7-8pm, $65 or $55 concession plus booking fee, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 SATURDAY JANUARY 5 Australian Haydn Ensemble – St John’s Church, King St, Flinders, noon-1pm, $70 or $60 concession plus booking fee, peninsulafestival. com.au, 0413 448 283 An Evening with Sara Macliver & the Australian Haydn Ensemble – St John’s Church, King St, Flinders, 7-8.40pm, $70 or $60 concession plus booking fee, peninsulafestival. com.au, 0413 448 283 SAT & SUNDAY JANUARY 5-6 Mornington Lion’s Club Annual Charity Book Fair – Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington, Sat 9am-5pm & Sun 9am-4pm, Mornington.vic.lions.org. au, 0413 507 000 SAT TO SUNDAY JANUARY 5-13 Sorrento Rotary Art Exhibition Sorrento Community Centre, 10am4pm daily, for details 5984 3360 or sorrentocommunitycentre.com JANUARY 5 TO FEBRUARY 28 Colours of my Country – Whistlewood Gallery, 1/39 Cook St, Flinders, mccullochandmcculloch. com.au SUNDAY JANUARY 6 Melbourne Recital Centre Great Romantics Winner – St John’s Church, King St, Flinders, 11.30am12.30pm, $55 or $45 concession, peninsulafestival.com.au, 0413 448 283 Schubert Songs – Australian Haydn Ensemble & David Greco –St John’s Church, King St, Flinders, 2-3pm, $65

DAYTIME MUSIC + THEATRE

Fri 8 Feb, 10.30am & 1.30pm Join Marina in an intimate performance during which she sings some of her favourite songs, including from such shows as The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Les Miserables.

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Crib Point Classic Motorcycle Show – Arthur Petersen Reserve, 204 Stony Point Rd, Crib Point, registration 10am, bike entry $10 MONDAY – FRIDAY JANUARY 7-11 Ranelagh Yacht Squadron Kidsail 2019 – Open to all kids aged 6-12, $300pp non-members welcome, fee incl lunch, awards & activities, 9am start & 3pm pick-up, 9787 0265, ranelagh.com.au WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9 School Holiday Workshops with Jill Anderson – Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 10am-noon, ages 5-8, $12, bookings essential, mprg. mornpen.vic.gov.au, 5950 1580 Portsea Swim Classic – Jarman Oval, Pt Nepean National Park, Defence Rd, Portsea, 8.30am4.30pm, Portsea Classic $65 online & $75 on the day, Portsea Gold $80, portseasurf.com.au/events/ portsea-swim-classic/online-entries FRIDAY JANUARY 11 Bach and Bathe – Peninsula Hot Springs, 140 Springs Lane, Fingal, performance only (no bathing) 7-9.30pm $75 per adult, Bach and bathe 6-9.30pm $100 per adult, premium Bach and bathe 4-9.30pm $130 per adult, trybooking.com/book/ event?eid=447200 SATURDAY JANUARY 12 Under the Southern Stars – Hastings Foreshore Reserve, tix and show details 13 61 00, underthesouthernstars.com.au or ticketmaster.com.au The Rye Gift Athletics Carnival Rye Football Ground, Melbourne Rd, Rye, gates open 7.30am, kids activities from 11am, Robyn 0414 564 531 Portsea Polo – Point Nepean National Park, portseapolo.com.au SAT & SUN JANUARY 12-13 Open Gardens Victoria Karkalla

by Fiona Brockhoff – 10 Keating Ave, Sorrento, 10am-4.30pm, entry $10, students $5, U18 free, opengardensvictoria.org.au

Open Gardens Victoria Main Ridge Garden by Fiona Brockhoff – 160 Barkers Rd, Main Ridge, 10am4.30pm, entry $10, students $5, U18 free, opengardensvictoria.org.au SUNDAY JANUARY 13 Balnarring Racing Meet – Coolart Rd, Balnarring, gates open 10am, $15 adults, children U18 free, balnarringraces.com A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Crittenden Estate Wine Centre, 25 Harrisons Rd, Dromana, bookings crittendenwines.com.au Seaside Scavenge Rye Festival – Rye Beach, 10am-2pm TUESDAY & WED JANUARY 15-16 School Holiday Workshops with Jill Anderson – Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 10am-noon, ages 9-12, $12, bookings essential, mprg. mornpen.vic.gov.au, 5950 1580 FRIDAY JANUARY 18 Mornington Life Saving Club – Twilight Swim Mornington Life Saving Club, Esplanade, Mornington, 5.30-7.30pm, 120m swim $45, morningtonlsc.com.au, 0414 795 627 JANUARY 18 - 26 Mornington Art Show – Peninsula Community Theatre, cnr Nepean Hwy & Wilsons Rd, Mornington, 10am-5pm SATURDAY JANUARY 19 Portsea Classic Swim – Jarman Oval, Pt Nepean National Park, Defence Rd, Sorrento, 8.30am4.30pm, $65 online, $75 on the day, Portsea gold $75, portseasurf.com. au/Events/Portsea-Swim-Classic/ Online-Entries, 0421 916 939 Beeswax Wrap Workshop – Eco Living Display Centre, The Briars, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha, 10am-12.30pm, $25, eventbrite. com/e/bees-wax-wraps-workshoptickets-53165653902 SAT & SUN JANUARY 19-20 Wine, Dine & Paint with Carole Foster – Studio 43 Rainer Ave, Dromana, 9.30am-4pm, up to 12

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Sat 23 Feb, 7.30pm This show pays homage to legendary songwriter, Sam Cooke. With hits such as Bring It On Home To Me and Cupid, this is a rare chance to relive the music that shaped history.

Tickets: $69-$79

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 Gig on the Green Mount Eliza – 2-8pm, facebook.com/ gig-on-the-green

students over 2 days $350, 0428 217 832, carolefosterartist.com.au SUNDAY JANUARY 20 Eastlink Great Australian Rally 2019 – Cruden Farm, Langwarrin, greataustralianrally.com.au

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 Marina Prior – Frankston Arts Centre, 10.30am & 1pm, tix $21, thefac.com.au, 9784 1060

FRIDAY-SUNDAY JANUARY 25-27 Boneo Classic – Boneo Park, 312 Boneo Rd, Boneo, boneoclassic.com

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9 Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival – Mornington Racecourse, tickets and more information mornpenbluesfest.com

SATURDAY JANUARY 26 Australia Day Celebrations Rye Foreshore – Rye Foreshore, Pt Nepean Rd, Rye, noon-9.30pm, live entertainment, free community BBQ

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14 Artists in conversation: Love in the detail – Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 5-6.30pm, members $20 and general $25, bookings essential mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au, 5950 1580

Balnarring Racing Meet - Coolart Rd, Balnarring, gates open 10am, balnarringraces.com Nick Charles Music – Hickinbotham of Dromana, 194 Nepean Hwy, Dromana, 1-4pm, hickinbotham.biz, 5981 0355

FRIDAY FERBRUARY 15 Offshore Cinema – St Andrews Recreation Reserve, 99 Bass Meadows Blvd, St Andrews, 6-10.15pm, adult $18, children $15, headphone hire $5, family $70, offshorecinema.com.au

Australian Day – Hastings Foreshore Festival, 9am-2pm, untoldevents.com.au SUNDAY JANUARY 27 Red Hill Free Community Barbecue – Red Hill Community Bank, cnr Shoreham & Point Leo roads, Red Hill South, noon-3pm, free, redhillcommunityassociation.org.au, 0415 514 440

SAT & SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16-17 The Waterfront Festival – Frankston Waterfront, Frankston, Saturday 11am-10pm & Sunday 11am-6pm

Backyard Brew Music – Hickinbotham of Dromana, 194 Nepean Hwy, Dromana, 1-4pm, hickinbotham.biz, 5981 0355

Wine, Dine & Paint with Carole Foster – Studio 43 Rainer Ave, Dromana, 9.30am-4pm, up to 12 students over 2 days $350, 0428 217 832, carolefosterartist.com.au

MONDAY JANUARY 28 Beat That Band Music – Hickinbotham of Dromana, 194 Nepean Hwy, Dromana, hickinbotham. biz, 5981 0355

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23 Songs & Times of Sam Cooke – Frankston Arts Centre, 7.30pm, tix $69-$79, thefac.com.au, 9784 1060

UNTIL MONDAY JANUARY 28 Sand Sculpting at Boneo Maze – Exhibiting Peter Pan! Boneo Maze, 695 Limestone Rd, Fingal, adult $15, child $10, senior/conc $12, child sand sculpting activities $18, 10am-6pm, tix sandsculpting.com.au, 5988 6385 JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 3 Jayco Herald Sun Tour – heraldsuntour.com.au FRIDAY & SAT FEBRUARY 8-9 Pinot Celebration Australia – RACV Cape Schanck, pinotcelebration. com.au

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 Ulysses Club National Rally Open Day – Mornington Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Mornington, 10am9pm, adults $15, children 5-16 $5, children U5 free, family $35, agm2019.ulyssesclub.org, Alf 0409 205 396 FRIDAY-SUNDAY MARCH 1-3 Australian International Air Show – Avalon airport, Geelong, purchase your tickets ticketmaster.com.au/ airshow2019, 136 100 MORE LISTINGS ON OUR WEBSITE morningtonpeninsulamagazine. com.au

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Sat 16 Mar, 7pm A breathtaking show full of beats, raps and storytelling about failed proposals and religious strictures, casual racism and empowerment through music as told by two half-Asian Australian hip-hop icons.

Tickets: $25-$49

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James Henry & Band St John’s Church, King St, Flinders, 7.309.10pm, $65/55 conc, 0413 448 283 peninsulafestival.com.au

Open Gardens Victoria Arnott Street Garden by Fiona Brockhoff – 27 Arnott St, Sorrento, 10am4.30pm, entry $10, students $5, U18 free, opengardensvictoria.org.au

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Like an hour with good friends — who just happen to have impeccable taste in tunes — In Between Two is a show that keeps to the beat of the human heart. Two trailblazing stars of the Australian music scene survey the forces that have shaped their way.

TZU band’s Joelistics and ARIA-nominated producer James Mangohig are icons of Australian hip-hop, but their family histories are as complex and layered as their lyrics. Both half-Asian, their respective heritages are woven through their experiences growing up in Australia.

From a nightclub-owning grandma in an open marriage to globetrotting parents with a political streak, the pair lovingly paint a canvas filled with failed proposals and religious strictures, casual racism and empowerment through music.

In Between Two will be performed on Saturday, March 16, at 7pm. Tickets to the show are $25-$49.

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Frankston Arts Centre launched its 2019 season with bubbles and nibbles on Thursday, November 29. Guests also enjoyed previews of some of the shows coming to FAC next year under the theme Do You Dare, with the FAC team encouraging audiences to step outside their comfort zone and see something they wouldn’t normally see. Pics: Chendelle Kolasa

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Peninsula Made clean green local . . .

BY LIZ ROGERS Hawkes Farm is passionate about providing fresh, seasonal produce to Peninsula people and beyond. The Hawkes family has been farming vegetables for six generations and specialises in growing potatoes, carrots, spring onions, strawberries and corn, while showcasing a range of Peninsula-made products they are proud to be associated with in their farm shop.

Evolving from a shed housing a few spuds and an honesty box to an amazing fresh produce store, you’ll find all their own home-grown paddock to plate produce plus Pure Peninsula Honey, Baker Boys bread, Main Ridge Dairy cheese, Cape Schanck Olive Oil, Mock Red Hill ciders and Red Hill Truffles inside. You’ll also find their famously scrumptious thrice-cooked crispy chips available on weekends from their food truck and cakes and coffee on offer seven days a week. Their Hawkes premium kipflers can be found at many gourmet restaurants on the Peninsula and in Melbourne.

Hawkes Farm opens its gates to the public three times a year in a quest to give guests a glimpse of farm life. Pop on down on January 19 to enjoy a tractor ride, some vegetable picking, food truck treats, a jumping castle and more. This is a great opportunity to give the kids a taste of living on the land while supporting Peninsula growers from the ground up —and it’s a fun day out too. This dedicated to distinction vegetable farm won bronze in the 2018 RACV VTIC Awards for Excellence in Food Tourism and loves letting the public know what it does. Farm tours for kinders, schools and community groups are available on request.

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the beach this summer by bringing the handmade market to summer holiday hotspot Sorrento on Saturday, January 19. This vibrant market will bring together some of the region’s most talented artists, designers, crafters and culinary creators from 10am-3pm at the Sorrento Community Centre, 860 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento.

With more than 45 stalls, live music, food trucks, plenty of parking and some of Victoria’s most creative talents displaying and selling their wares and produce, this family-friendly market offers something for everyone — and the best part is it’s also free to attend. Organised by Peninsula resident and event director Megan Luscombe, The Creators Market is an ideal way to support your community as well as small businesses while having a wonderful day out with your family and friends.

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marketing their brand,” Megan said.

The Creators Market takes place all around Victoria, including Bendigo, Ballarat, Prahran, the Bellarine Peninsula, Shepparton, Sorrento, Castlemaine and Dromana. “We’re keen to take it to more regional areas where the quality of the products from local makers is simply fantastic,” Megan said. “This year the market is popping up in new destinations such as Shepparton, Sorrento and Castlemaine. We’re thrilled to be bringing the event to even more destinations this year and watching it grow.”

Interested stallholders for future markets are invited to visit and register via The Creators Market website. Stalls for upcoming markets typically book to capacity quickly, so don’t delay! For further information, email Gwen Luscombe at gwen@theideaslibrary.com.au THE CREATORS MARKET W: TheCreatorsmarket.com.au FB: thecreatorsmarketaus INSTA: TheCreatorsMarket

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EVERY WEDNESDAY Main St, Mornington: 9am-3pm between Cromwell and Albert streets.

EVERY THURSDAY High St, Hastings: 9am-1pm; over 40 stalls; everything homemade, home grown & craft.

EVERY SUNDAY Bittern Community: Bittern station, Frankston-Flinders Rd, Bittern. Over 80 stalls selling new and used goods, crafts, plants, fruit and vegetables.

Frankston: 8am-1pm, Sherlock & Hay carpark, Young St, Frankston.

FRIDAY JANUARY 4 Pop-Up Market Sorrento: Sorrento Oval, Hotham Rd, Sorrento, 3-8pm, mypopupmarket.com.au

SATURDAY JANUARY 5 Emu Plains Twilight Market: Emu Plains Reserve, Balnarring Racecourse, Coolart Rd, 3-8pm, $4 parking, emuplainsmarket.com.au Rosebud West Outdoor Market: First Saturday of month 8.30am-12.30pm; Eastbourne Primary School, Allambie Ave, Rosebud West.

Rye Foreshore Rotary Market: First Saturday of month, runs all year, opposite Rye Post Office at the end of Lyons St, 2257-2319 Point Nepean Rd, Rye, 7am-1pm. Lovely local market that benefits a great cause.

SUNDAY JANUARY 6 Rosebud Lions Club: First Sunday of month, Rosebud Village Green 7am-2pm

SATURDAY JANUARY 12 Crib Point Community Market: Park Rd, Crib Point; every second Saturday 9am-1pm; market@cpch.org.au Karingal Uniting Church: Second Saturday of month, 8am-1pm, cnr Karingal Drive & Lindrum Rd, Frankston Rosebud Community School: Second Saturday of month, Rosebud Primary School, cnr Pt Nepean & Jetty roads.

Somerville Saturday Market: Second Saturday of month, 9am-1pm; crafts, bric-a-brac, cakes, plants and vegies; 2a Eramosa Rd West, Somerville.

The Creators Market: Dromana Estate, 555 Old Moorooduc Rd, Tuerong, 10am-3pm

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Cribby Koala Coffee, Community BBQ, Devonshire Teas and just for kids, the Cribby Koala Treasure Hunt.

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Enjoy the relaxed, social atmosphere of the Crib Point Community Market on Saturday, January 12 from 9am1pm. Held on the second Saturday of every month in a rural setting at 7 Park Rd, Crib Point, the market is one of community support and inclusion, promoting handcrafted products, produce, upcycled goods, and small home businesses from the Peninsula and surrounding areas. It’s run by Crib Point Community House and all money raised goes to community programs, events and projects. For stall bookings, email market@cpch.org.au And don’t miss the Quilt and Craft Expo on Saturday, March 30, from 10am-4pm at Crib Point Community House. You’ll see beautiful quilts and craft made by students and Peninsula crafters. Stalls include woodwork, buttons, materials, sewing notions, and bargains. To enter, email info@cpch.org.au

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PENINSULA & FRANKSTON Mega year Park, Pt Nepean Park, 9am-2pm, Portsea, craftmakets.com.au Seaford Farmers’: Third Sunday every month, 8am-1pm, Broughton St Reserve, Station St, Seaford Seaford Handmade Homemade: Third Sunday of month, 10am-3pm, Seaford Scout Hall, Seaford SATURDAY JANUARY 26 Hastings Australia Day Festival: 9am-2pm, Hastings Foreshore, Hastings, free breakfast, free family fun all day, untoldevents.com. au Little Beauty Twilight Market: 3pm-8pm, Beauty Park, Frankston littlebeautymarket. com.au Tootgarook Primary School: Fourth Saturday of month, 7.30am-12.30pm.

SUNDAY JANUARY 27 Mt Eliza Farmers’: Fourth Sunday of month, Mt Eliza Village Green, 9am-1pm

SUNDAY JANUARY 13 Mornington Racecourse Craft: Second Sunday of month, Racecourse Rd 9am-2pm.

Over 300 stalls with animal farm and face painting for the kids.

SATURDAY JANUARY 19 Boneo Community: Third Saturday of month, cnr Boneo & Limestone roads.

Emu Plains Market: 9am-2pm, Emu Plains Reserve, Balnarring Racecourse, Coolart Rd Frankston Makers Market: 2-7pm, Young St, Frankston Pearcedale Farmers Market: Third Saturday of the month, 8am-1pm, Pearcedale Community Centre, Baxter-Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale The Creators Market: Sorrento Community Centre, 868-860 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento, 10am-3pm SUNDAY JANUARY 20 Portsea Craft Market: Pt Nepean National

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On Australia Day the team present two events. Up first is their third amazing Hastings Australia Day Foreshore Festival, with free family entertainment including a community breakfast, amusements, face-painting and craft with Faery Emma, live music, delicious gourmet food and 80 stallholders. Finally, they wrap up January with the Little Beauty Twilight Market in Frankston from 3-8pm.

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For more information, take a look at untoldevents.com.au

Sat Jan 5th and Sat Jan 19th from 3pm to 8pm Bring the whole family for amazing live music, incredible food, beer & wine, fun for the kids andof course, the very best collection of market stallholders in Melbourne!

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Locals and the industry celebrated in style at the opening night of Zero95 in Dromana.

It was packed to the rafters but everyone got to sample ‘the best woodfire pizza in the world’ and many tasty delights from their extensive menu. Zero95 sits perfectly on the Mornington Peninsula with its flavours of the sea and sun.

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The history of wine in modern Europe has typically been built with wine styles reflective of the region in which they are made. Think rosé on a summer’s day in Provence, a decadent pinot noir down the river Saone in Burgundy or ripe and juicy reds from the islands of Sicily or Corsica.

There is a searching goodness to drinking local — and these three white wines are perfect for summer Peninsula sun. Drink them on one of our incredible beaches or bays.

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Portsea Estate Pinot Gris 2018, $28 How good does this sound for refreshing: lemon, lime, citrus rind, and freshly sliced apple.

Winemaker Tim Elphick has created a fresh and focused acidity-balanced gris, totally dry in style, which makes it thirst-quenchingly delicious when the mercury starts to rise.

Elgee Park Pinot Gris 2018, $35 This wine is delicious and one of my favourites from this iconic Merricks North estate, one of the first to plant vineyards on the Peninsula under the stewardship of the legendary Bails Myer. It’s one of ripe pear and almond while it has developed complexity using older oak and lees stirring to complement the richness of the fruit. It’s got weight but is as fresh as a daisy if your garden party needs a spritely lift.

Looking for the perfect spot? Incredible food, delicious wine, you’ll find it here at Barmah Park.

Restaurant and Cellar Door open 7 days.

Brothers McLean Viognier 2017, $33 The brothers McLean are Pete and Alex, and they sure are building a cult following with their tight and subtle viognier, which bears absolutely no resemblance to the South Australian fruit bombs. It’s clean and different and refreshing, and the incredible toucan label will really stand out in any Esky.

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Summer sizzlers at Food Star

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Food Star is a favourite to satisfy the whole family’s taste buds, and a budget-friendly destination for visitors to the area. A day trip to Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula isn’t complete without a delectable meal to top off a day in the sun.

At Food Star Frankston, you can choose from seafood, Asian cuisine, exotic curries, carvery, salads and your usual Western favourites. Desserts include Food Star’s famous mango pudding and homemade marshmallows as well as traditional black forest cake, tiramisu, fruit tarts, sundae station and much more.

All-you-can-eat prices start at $15.50 for adults, $12.40 for seniors, and $7.50 for kids aged three to five.

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A CHAT WITH OUR FOOD, WINE & DINING EXPERTS Executive chef

Colin Mooney The Winey Cow, 29A Main St, Mornington How would you describe the menu at The Winey Cow? The Winey Cow’s menu is diverse, exciting and fresh. We take inspiration from many regions globally, incorporate these flavours and ingredients in dishes that celebrate the produce of the Peninsula. There’s something for everyone in the family.

What sets it apart from other eateries?

The Winey Cow is a home away from home. Our regulars become our friends. We have always enjoyed a unique menu and vibe that sets us apart. Winning the Café of the Year in 2016 and Best Café Dining 2018 for Victoria/Tasmania, we always strive to improve and do better. We innovate and stay ahead of trends. Our contemporary dishes are inspired by the quality of produce and native flavours of different regions.

What inspires you to create and innovate?

Quality ingredients. Fresh produce. Feedback from my team and customers. I get excited when I discover a new or better ingredient that I can play with and get creative with.

Where and how did you begin your career?

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At 16 years old I started in kitchens in Glasgow washing dishes. Soon I was promoted and trained as a chef and since then I have never looked back. I love the industry and the buzz you get from creating amazing dishes and surviving a busy service.

Name your current favourite ingredient to work with and tell us why.

Right now I am obsessed with tea. I am experimenting with new and unique flavoured teas to see how I can potentially introduce them to the menu at Winey Cow. How do you cater for diverse dining requirements at The Winey Cow? We take this quite seriously. We make all our food from scratch and accommodate all types of requests from customers who want to make changes to certain dishes, whether that’s for allergies or personal tastes/beliefs. We have some amazing vegan dishes on our menu and recently we discovered Boatshed Cheese on the Peninsula who make the most delicious vegan feta. We cater for gluten-free, fructose etc. Our staff are well trained and experienced with diverse requirements.

What’s your favourite way of eating and cooking?

Cooking for my family and eating around the dining table at home is my favourite thing to do. My family are my biggest critics, particularly my kids. They keep me on my toes.

And finally, how do you like to spend time when you’re not in the kitchen?

Eating out with family. We are new to the Peninsula after moving from Scotland so we are still exploring and discovering the Peninsula and the little gems of eateries, wineries and of course local produce in the area.

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Nights @ Winey If you haven’t yet heard, we’re now open for dinner and extremely excited for you to experience our new night time menu! Our change for summer provides a broad range of options to satisfy everyone’s cravings. Come visit us every Wednesday to Saturday from 5:30pm - Late.

Featuring your classics like fish and chips or a charred 220g scotch fillet. Delicious burgers from our lunch time menu as well as unique favourites like our salt and pepper eggplant or irresistible BBQ chicken. There is something for absolutely everyone!

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Have you considered your next function with us? If not, perhaps you should! You could hire our whole space for your next birthday, engagement party, Christmas party or work function. We seat 45 or can do stand up functions of up to 70 people. We’re also flexible on working out the right food and beverage package to suit your needs. Email us to find out more at info@thewineycow.com.au

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We’ve been keeping this secret for a little while now but we’re super excited to share our new retail store! We’re going to have our own apparel and it’s launching very soon! From Tee’s, caps and hoodies to our very own brand of keep cups! Watch this space!

Award Winners...

This year our team won an award for ‘Best Cafe Dining 2018’ for Victoria and Tasmania. We were judged by industry professionals based on our products and service. This is a prestigious and competitive award against the best and we couldn’t be prouder.

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Peninsula shines at tourism awards

The Peninsula has dominated the New Tourism Business category at the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards for the second year in a row, with St Andrews Beach Brewery winning the award ahead of Pt Leo Estate and Sculpture Park, and Naturaliste Tours. The trifecta follows Arthurs Seat Eagle’s category win last year.

Moonlit Sanctuary was also a big winner, taking out the Tourist Attraction and Ecotourism categories. In all, 15 award nominees came from the Peninsula, with three taking gold, seven silver and three bronze, and one being named a category finalist.

The results delighted the Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism Board’s director of operations and industry, Angela Cleland. “The Mornington Peninsula tourism industry continues to evolve and these awards play a critical role in Mornington Peninsula’s growth as a tourism destination,” Angela said. “It is fantastic to see the region represented and awarded in such a positive and prolific way.”

Mornington Peninsula finalists and winners at the RACV Victorian Tourism Awards were: Gold: St Andrews Beach Brewery (New Tourism Business) Gold: Moonlit Sanctuary (Tourist Attractions) Gold: Moonlit Sanctuary (Ecotourism) Silver: Crittenden Estate (Tourism Wineries, Distilleries & Breweries) Silver: Peninsula Hot Springs (Cultural Tourism) Silver: Pt Leo Estate and Sculpture Park (New Tourism Business) Silver: Bunyip Tours (Major Tour and Transport Operators) Silver: Moonraker Dolphin Swims (Ecotourism) Silver: Moonraker Dolphin Swims (Tour & Transport Operators) Silver: Lindenderry Red Hill by Lancemore Group Silver: WaterMaarq Ocean Adventure (Adventure Tourism) Bronze: Hawkes Vegetables and Farm Store (Excellence in Food Tourism) Bronze: Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism/Mornington Peninsula Shire (Tourism Education and Training) Bronze: Naturaliste Tours (New Tourism Business) Finalist: Mornington Boat Hire (Tour & Transport Operators) Entrant: Mornington Railway (Cultural Tourism) All Victorian business category gold winners are automatically entered in the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, which will be held in Launceston on March 1.

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Or get together with friends over the weekend for a taste-infused nibble and a glass of wine in the afternoon sun.

That Pizza Shop provides the perfect spot for gathering and tasting, whether you’re after some Mexican-style meatballs or a big bowl of sweet potato chips with sour cream salsa or fries — with

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There’s room for up to 32 people outside while inside seats 20, and Darryl mixes up the menu according to seasonal sensations.

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Balnarring’s genius of meat preparation Many people are surprised to find the wide selection of meat offerings alongside the more traditional Japanese choices at Orita’s 2.

Hand-selected by Orita’s 2 chef, the Master, steak is prepared with the utmost respect and care to deliver a truly unique experience.

The Master is a culinary magician. As a student of the founder of Teppanyaki Cuisine in Japan, he is well-versed in the complexity of meat and it is this understanding of the whole animal and his spiritual connection with it that gives his dishes their undeniable inspirational qualities. Many ‘at home’ steak chefs return to Orita’s 2 to sample the Master’s creations because of his deep respect for and relationship to the animal. Preparing scotch fillet and aged beef to bring the flavour and the texture of the meat to its potential from his open kitchen where he works, the Master transforms the protein with

wisdom and care to bring his artisan’s gift to you.

The entire food preparation and production process at Orita’s 2 is guided by the Master’s soul and dedication to bringing the most authentic Japanese cuisine to his guests. The exquisite transformation of home-grown seasonal food, including fresh produce such as ume, yuzu, cherry blossom, apricots, persimmon, kumquat and daily shopped seafood and meat, by the Master is magic. He is often called ‘the food magician’ or ‘the moonlight gardener’ because his understanding of how the produce is grown and prepared is much broader than that of the average chef.

All genuine food-lovers can feel the spiritual association this culinary artist has with his produce.

Sprouted from the soul, the Master’s mantra is passion for producing exceptional food created from the love of and connection with its origins and the bountiful gifts it brings.

Japanese Restaurant Open everyday except Wednesday for lunch and dinner.

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RESTAURANT & FUNCTION CENTRE

Wine, food and conversation If you’re looking for a regular gathering with a group of men who appreciate their wine, food and conversation, then consider becoming a member of the Nepean branch of the Beefsteak and Burgundy Club. Begun in South Australia in the early ‘50s, the club presents an opportunity to learn about food and wine matching while tasting and dining. The club meets on the second Thursday of each month.

The Wine and Food Masters select a menu and match the appropriate wines.

Some may be from the club’s extensive cellar, while others are chosen from leading domestic and international wine

merchants. Club members evaluate and discuss the wines throughout the evening.

Ultimately, you will leave with a better appreciation of the wine and food from top Peninsula restaurants. In addition, members are invited to special events such as master classes and wine tastings.

Venues include restaurants in Red Hill, Main Ridge, Mornington and Balnarring. If you would like to come as a guest or join the club, call the Food Master on 0414 489 589.

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Rob is back in Mount Eliza Village with a great new concept bar & grill

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Licciardo’s Railway Bar & Grill is the third incarnation in Mount Eliza for ‘Chef Roberto’ - celebrity chef and local identity Rob Licciardo.

The cuisine is eclectic, always interesting and beautifully presented, quantities are sensible and the service is consistently good.

Always good humoured Rob Licciardo explains his newest concept, “Importantly for me the service is also rapid as my hamstrings don’t appreciate posing at a right angle for more than an hour at a time.”

Beverages feature local wines and beers and there is the option of starting the evening sinking a glass or two at the street level bar prior to dining. Prices are about average for an a la carte restaurant so there is no excuse not to get down there a couple of times a month and contribute to what will surely be his superannuation enterprise.

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BY LIZ ROGERS If you’re sick and tired of never getting a good night’s sleep, give the micro coil masters at Makin Mattresses in Sandringham a call. This Bayside bedding specialist is Australia’s largest independent mattress manufacturer and has been creating comfy-plus mattresses for more than 40 years.

Makin Mattresses has nine stores Australia-wide and six manufacturing sites. With a wide range of mattresses to suit every need — including the premium two-piece Bellissimo range, which provides a seven-zone support system that cradles the parts of your body that need it most — you’ll be snoozing in longevity-based style and comfort. It is also the only bedding manufacturer in

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Australia to have a micro coil machine that maximises mattress air flow to reduce heat and increase hygiene (sweat causes foam to degrade and flatten over time), which is great for spring/summer sleep.

All Makin Mattresses are double-sided and designed to be flipped and rotated to ensure an even sleep surface and double the life of your mattress. It also sells direct to the public and allows clients to try before they buy too.

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Professional person-to-person service So you’re looking for a no-fuss space to slip off your shoes and feel the sand beneath your feet. A holiday abode where you can stretch out and enjoy all the things the Mornington Peninsula has to offer, including pristine beaches, wineries, golf courses and endless rugged beauty.

Seachange Holiday Rentals can help.

This hard-working provider of exceptional holiday rentals prides itself on delivering first-class service to owners and guests from Mount Eliza to Rye, Sorrento, Balnarring, Mount Martha, Mornington and other locations across the Peninsula.

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Everyone deserves a dream home “My firm belief is that any project will have endless possibilities, as long as you search for them. Our role is to realise our clients’ dream homes.”

The is the guiding philosophy of Studio Griffiths, an internationally acclaimed interior design practice based in Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Offering a full interior architecture, design and decoration service, Studio Griffiths is well versed in realising its clients’ dream homes.

Established in 2014, Studio Griffiths designs high-end single and multiresidential interior projects, including small and large renovations. The studio takes a hands-on approach from commencement to completion and produces interiors that are modern, contemporary and minimalist.

Studio Griffiths’ creative director and founder, Gillianne Griffiths, has a Master’s degree in music, majoring in conducting, and began her career as a professional musician before embracing her passion for design.

As many qualities in the language of music are resonant in design, Gillianne achieves harmonious compositions based on shape, rhythm and form.

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to challenge the status quo. They blend styles to create timeless and joyful spaces that are as elegant as they are effortless. “I am renowned for an uncomplicated and considered approach to design,” Gillianne explains. “My style is understated luxury and sophistication, and spaces are restrained, warm and extremely functional.”

Layering neutral colours with natural textures and shimmering metallic finishes, Studio Griffiths creates spaces that exude peace and calm and have a connection to their surroundings.

Custom elements add one-of-a-kind detail, and clients are always left with space to add their own personality and expression. “Simplicity, style and elegance are key to a successful design and remain the cornerstone of creating my clients’ dream homes,” Gillianne says.

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BY LIZ ROGERS Bakka Design Furniture Showroom has been providing clients with incredibly comfortable and stylish furniture since the 1970s. Father and son Graham and Mark Harrop bring together years of experience in design and craftsmanship to the high-quality furniture table to deliver truly exceptional pieces of ‘art’ that go the distance.

Having had a showroom on Ranelagh Drive in Mount Eliza for many years and with a long history of providing artisanmade furniture to Melburnians with Mornington Peninsula holiday homes, Bakka Design delivers free of charge down south from its High St showroom in Armadale.

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in the time it takes to consider each client’s unique requirements, including the home’s colour palette, interior dimensions and personal style. Graham and Mark offer an unsurpassed one-toone person-first service because they know just how important the look and feel of your home is. That’s why Mark delivers all the furniture himself to ensure client satisfaction is guaranteed and offers furniture placement, layout and optimal functionality suggestions to ensure you’re getting the most out of your new furniture, whether it’s for your interior or outdoor living. Visit bakkadesign.com to fill out the form for their living room design service, which includes a full inhome consultation service that is second to none.

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The extensive range of indoor and outdoor furniture has something for everyone, whether you’re after recliners, sofas, dining settings, or fabulous outdoor living alternatives. Bakka Design is one of the original suppliers of the beautiful and comfort-first Stressless® recliner chairs and sofas made in Norway, which offer supreme comfort, style and longevity.

Bakka Design proudly delivers excellence to its clients. The outdoor range of long-lasting easy-care furniture includes stone-top tables, cast aluminum settings, bean bags, loungers and solid reclaimed hardwood settings to mention a few, and the team can help with placing them around your pool too.

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Design’s extensive range of furniture from around the globe, including many accessories such as coffee and side tables, stools and even luxurious soft beds with removable faux fur covers for your special four-legged friend. Call the team today if you’re looking to revamp your holiday home with comfort-plus high-quality furniture, or take a trip to Armadale and drop by in-store to begin your journey to premium interior/exterior stylishly seductive living.

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BY LIZ ROGERS A house is not a home without the people or the things that remind us of one another in it. Surrounding ourselves with visual reminders of where we have been and who we value in our lives brings calm to our interior world and protects us from the chaos that can sometimes ensue in our everyday lives.

Koh Living understands that your home should be a place of peace and happiness, an oasis full of meaningful reminders of travel, dining out, spiritual connection and balance.

From this understanding springs a store brimming with beautiful products across six collections with something for everyone, from gardeners to travellers to artists and the spiritually aware.

Koh Living brings an ethos of recognising

the essence and appreciation of self and others. The love of travel and the search for the meaning of life has led Koh Living to supply an ever-expanding range of divine ‘decorating with heart’ mementos direct to you. Bringing the gift of generosity to teenage and adult patients in 11 hospitals across the Mornington Peninsula, Koh Living donated and delivered between 400 and 600 presents to ensure they had a very Merry Christmas.

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The inviting new Cook collection offers a coastal design with modern accents, perfect for a range of seaside interior elements. Style this range and vibe total relaxation all summer long. Create a zone that reflects a retreat-worthy lifestyle with the range of décor available in-store. From coral to cushions and wall art to suit, you’ll find what your seaside spaces desire this new season.

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Hamptons-style classic beach home The Tempo Group has just completed its latest property in the heart of Sorrento, a Hamptons-style, luxuriously appointed classic beach home close to superb amenities and the Sorrento back beach.

Continuing to build on its reputation of custom design and bespoke quality construction in its latest project at 50 Normanby Rd, Sorrento, Tempo’s signature quality and attention to detail are at the fore of this beautifully balanced home — single level throughout with expansive living zones, indoor/outdoor entertaining and a swimming pool.

Particularly generous room sizes are accentuated by soaring ceilings with exposed timber trusses; the main living area is orientated due north and wraps around the swimming pool to ensure abundant natural light all year round.

Entertaining on any scale is achievable with the chef’s kitchen — fully equipped with European appliances, butler’s pantry and plentiful storage — and main living space with open fire place flowing effortlessly to the outdoor entertaining zones, barbecue and swimming pool, making it an ideal home in which to relax, entertain friends, or to simply lay back and enjoy life with family.

The perfectly proportioned luxury master bedroom includes custom cabinets in the walk-in robe and spacious luxury ensuite, and a second master bedroom or separate living zone/adults’ retreat adds flexibility for an extended family.

Features include heating/cooling throughout, state-ofthe-art security, custom light fittings and hand-crafted interior details, locally sourced stone exterior and double garage with ample additional storage.

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The Tempo Group has been involved in high-end residential and commercial developments on the Mornington Peninsula for more than 10 years. With current projects in South Yarra, Brunswick, Mornington

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Made from high-quality aluminium, they are specially engineered for the outdoors to withstand the harshest of Australian coastal conditions, extremely durable to protect your home from the heat, rain and wind. They are wind-rated to 180km/h, offering strength and protection for your home.

DC+B’s outdoor shutters provide stylish, affordable and practical solutions for patios, decks, balconies, verandahs and windows. They are ideal to use to create an extra room in an outdoor living area and suitable for areas of any size, height or width.

Outdoor shutters can also be fitted with a security locking system so you can fully secure outdoor areas.

Choose from a large colour range from modern whites through to wood grain colours, which offer the warmth of timber. Custom powder coating is also available to match back with Dulux colour ranges.

Call or drop into DC+B’s Mornington store to book your free in-home measure and quote. The store is open Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm, Saturdays 9am-5pm and Sundays 10am-4pm.

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While we are enjoying a nice cool-down over this warm holiday period, bear in mind the needs of your food crops and other plants. An extra splash of water here or there may not be enough to ward off the extreme temperatures during the next few months.

Unprotected soils will have become hydrophobic by now and will not be absorbing as much water as you think. That means that the feeding roots of most of your plants may be hot and dry, leading to a lack of uptake of water and nutrients and a decline in your plants’ health. To protect your gardens properly you need to ensure you can deliver water as directly to the roots of your plants as possible, and as you’ve heard many times before, mulch heavily. A well-functioning drip irrigation system and a thick layer of protective mulch will be a big step in helping your plants survive 30C-plus temperatures. Love your soil!

Most of our plants will be thriving in the sun this season.

The harvests coming from the blackberries and raspberries have been plentiful, and the apricots couldn’t be more

delicious. In the vegetable garden the goodies are also coming in regularly. As well as the tomatoes and basil, the zucchinis, cucumbers, asparagus, carrots and potatoes are all providing some tasty meals for family and friends.

If you are currently growing your own food at home, you will know what I am talking about. If, however, you have not yet got organised to grow some of your own food or have just dipped your toes in the water, seize the opportunity now to get a few things growing. You can still plant seedlings of your favourite summer vegies including salad greens, root crops like radish and beetroot, beans, leeks and spuds. And of course any herb would love to be part of your garden at this time. Just look after them.

This is a super time of year to grow your own food. We just have to remember that our gardens enjoy a cool break as much as we do.

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Don’t lay waste to our waterways Clean waterways are everyone’s business and we all have a role to play in protecting our natural environment.

To that end, Mornington Peninsula Shire is working with Melbourne Water and South East Water to help keep the Peninsula’s waterways clean and ensure industrial trade waste doesn’t make its way to our catchments and beaches.

Mayor David Gill urged business owners to be diligent when disposing of industrial trade waste. “It’s up to all of us to work together to ensure industrial trade waste is directed to the sewer and kept out of our waterways,” Cr Gill said. “Stormwater drains at industrial estates often feed into significant catchment areas. For example, Rosebud West and Mornington industrial estates flow into Port Phillip Bay. Monitoring and protecting local waterways and stormwater drains is an

essential part of the Shire’s efforts to protect our environment.”

Stormwater drains at the Rosebud West Industrial Estate also feed into Drum Drum Alloc catchment, which then flows into Chinamans Creek close to Tootgarook Wetland, the largest groundwaterdependent ecosystem and freshwater marsh in the region.

The Shire suggests Peninsula businesses follow five simple tips to keep waterways clean: 1. Check your drains and conduct a waste audit of your business. Identify and then manage your waste streams effectively, efficiently and legally. Is your wastewater going where it should?

Consider what other companies within your industry are doing.

2. Review your product choices. Set

environmental standards for your suppliers as well as yourselves. Ask your suppliers to help reduce your chemical use and therefore the risk to your business.

3. O nly store what you need, and keep all storage areas uncluttered, clean and clearly labelled. Ensure that stored materials cannot contaminate stormwater. Only stockpile waste if this enables more cost-effective recycling.

4. D esignate a bunded area. Have a spill kit available. Ensure your staff can quickly and safely block stormwater drains in an emergency.

5. E nsure all staff know the difference between stormwater and sewer. Ask for help. The Shire has a range of educational materials available to assist business owners and staff to prevent stormwater pollution while protecting

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If you see a contaminated waterway or witness incorrect disposal of industrial trade waste, contact the Shire or report it online at: mornpen.vic.gov.au/report-it

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