February 7th 2012

Southern Peninsula

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Class of three HUNDREDS of children on the Mornington Peninsula have started their 13-year school journey.

It all began last Thursday and Friday when pupils started the new school year at some schools, while others started on Monday.

Triplets Adam, Kelly and Ryan were in three separate classes.

They couldn’t wait to get to school for the start of a life of education.

The three pupils are attending Our Lady of Fatima Primary School in Rosebud.

More pictures of Sorrento, Boneo and Eastbourne primary schools on page 2.

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Dredging returns

By Mike Hast THE 84-metre long dredger Brisbane arrived in Port Phillip on Monday and started 35 days of work in the South Channel on Tuesday.

The Port of Melbourne Corporation said hydrographic surveys had shown “declared depths in sections of the South Channel have been compromised by up to 0.6 of a metre�.

The work is part of 10 years of maintenance dredging to keep shipping lanes to the depths achieved by

the Port of Melbourne Corporation’s controversial channel deepening project (CDP) of 2008-09.

Brisbane, a smaller version of the main CDP vessel Queen of the Netherlands, is a trailing suction hopper dredger, which works like a huge vacuum cleaner.

Sand and other matter that has been pushed into the channels by wind, waves and tide is sucked up into a hopper that can hold 2900 cubic metres.

As in 2008-09, the dredged material

will be dumped off Martha Point near Safety Beach in the PoMC’s south-east dredged material ground.

Brisbane was built in 2000 for the Port of Brisbane Corporation to service major ports on the Queensland east coast. It has a crew of 13 and travels at 11 knots when fully loaded.

Port of Melbourne CEO Stephen Bradford said the work was “required as a routine part of port operations to ensure safe navigation and will involve the removal of sediment which has

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He said the works would be governed by an approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

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Serious fun: Pea Sanders pretends she knows nothing about the surf to provide hands on training for volunteers at Saturday’s Train the Helper day at Pt Leo by the Disabled Surfers Association’s Mornington Peninsula branch.

Hands help out to cross the water

By Keith Platt DUDLEY the black Labrador provides unselfish, almost limitless help each day to Jenny Angliss-Goodall.

Anything she drops, he picks up – hairbrush, fruit, handbag, keys, saucepan, chopping board, soap in the shower, passes towels off the rack, opens and closes drawers, gets the phone and pushes buttons at pedestrian lights.

But on Saturday Dudley was a bit out of his depth when his mistress decided to go for a surf at Pt Leo. Normally, Dudley, an assistance dog, is her constant, faithful companion, even being allowed in the cabin on a commercial flight interstate.

Ms Angliss-Goodall had volunteered to brave the waves as part of the Train the Helper day for nearly 200 volunteers who had answered the call from the Disabled Surfers Association’s newly formed Mornington Peninsula branch.

While she was being ably assisted onto a surfboard to catch breaking waves to the beach, Dudley was dashing in and out of the shallows, keeping a watchful eye but frustrated at his inability to provide his usual assistance.

The end of Ms Angliss-Goodall’s

time in the surf set off frantic tail wagging and a close-up sniff to make sure she was safe and sound. And then Dudley was off, running alongside the special wheelchair being used to ferry disabled surfers across the sand into the water.

There had been no need for Dudley to worry, as his mistress was in good, safe hands as she swept beachwards through the middle of two lines of outstretched hands ready to pluck her out of the water in case of a wipeout.

The training day was the required lead-in for Saturday 17 March when to 40 people with disabilities are expected at Pt Leo to experience what it feels like to ride a surfboard.

The ratio of volunteers to a participant depends on the condition of the day and the nature of the surfer’s disability, but there are never fewer than six pairs of helping hands within arm’s reach.

Dudley has been with Ms AnglissGoodall for six years after a two-year wait through Assistance Dogs Australia. He was raised in Sydney “by a lovely family who taught him many things before he went back to boot camp for his intensive training. They loved him

Good dog: Jenny Angliss-Goodall, left. was one of the first to put her hand up to try surfing guided by the hands of volunteers of the the Disabled Surfers Association’s Mornington Peninsula branch. While she was surrounded by helpers, her dog Dudley was a bit at sea until he finally caught up with his mistress after she rode a wave to the Pt Leo shore.

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as much as I do; for me it was love at first sight”.

Ms Angliss-Goodall says Dudley obeys more than 30 commands.

“He does worry about me – which was evident when I was out surfing – but he could hear me so he was OK. He will swim out if I am in the water but otherwise he paddles around and runs in and out.”

Ms Angliss-Goodall described Saturday’s surfing experience “as awesome, fantastic, wonderful. It was fast, exciting, wet and I love the wind rushing by me”.

“I am a water person to start with so there was no fear involved for me, as strange as that may sound.

“That doesn’t mean that there won’t be fear in the next person. Trust is the number one requirement I believe.

Trust in self and in the people who are handling you.”

President of the DSA’s peninsula branch Gary Morton said it had been “humbling to see so many people giving their time to learn how to get disabled people safely into the water to catch a gentle wave”.

“The training day at Pt Leo reminded me that it’s not so easy for everyone to do something as simple as a walk on the beach or catch a gentle wave,” he said. “But many hands make light work.”

Before heading off the beach, the volunteer helpers were given a presentation at Pt Leo Surf Lifesaving Club, explaining how the DSA had evolved and developed the best ways of helping the disabled enjoy the surf.

Members of the DSA’s Ocean Grove branch loaned equipment and expertise while the Pt Leo helpers participated in practical demonstrations, lifting the disabled onto surfboards, and provid-

ing safety and encouragement without lessening the experience.

“The volunteers came from every imaginable background. We had Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors working in the surf with school students,” Mr Morton said.

“We had top business executives laughing with hard core surfers and participants with double amputations.

“We were all there, united by the joy of surfing and a desire to give back to the community.”  Volunteers who missed out on the training can still come to the DSA’s community disabled surfing event at Pt Leo from 9am-2pm on Saturday 17 March. Potential sponsors or volunteers can visit www.disabledsurfers. org, call Ash Gardner on 0417 362 983 or find the Facebook page by searching for “Mornington Peninsula Disabled Surfers Association”

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How Poms do it differently and a new mayormobile THE Emu spends a good deal of time researching at libraries – aka getting out of the house and out of the range of Mrs Emu’s candlelight suppers.

Recently he stumbled on a thin Pommy publication called Private Eye, which specialises in being cheeky and calling spades spades.

In the latest edition, The Emu found a column headed “Rotten Boroughs”, detailing the shenanigans of local government and its councillors in the United Kingdom.

Cripes! The Emu’s respect for our own elected officials has, relatively speaking, soared. The Pommy councillors appear to be a right shower.

There’s a woman councillor in a spot called Tower Hamlets who has been twice convicted of fraud, involving her being sentenced to 100 hours’ community service for dishonestly claiming job seeker’s allowance.

But, reports ‘PE’, she avoided jail and ignored calls for her to resign, then demanded her name be changed on all council documents, to cover up the fact she had two properties, one of which – belonging to a housing association – was being unlawfully sub-let.

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‘PE’ describes her as having a “brass neck” for staying on as a councillor.

But The Emu thinks we’d better keep an eye on our borders; we’ve had enough Pommy villains lob here – and long live our diligent, dull and lawabiding councillors!

Farewell Prius, hello Mondeo

A NEW vehicle has appeared recently in the parking spot used by councillor, now mayor, Frank Martin in Dromana from which he sallies forth in Lycra astride his two-wheeler.

And was it Hizonner the shire’s leading citizen, who The Emu spied behind the wheel of a gleaming new Ford Mondeo diesel, with room in the back for a bike?

And what of the previous mayoral conveyance, the Prius, the electric marvel and leading vehicle in the shire’s fleet – figurehead of its proud boast of sustainability?

Apparently it has served its purpose and, having lugged around the great weight of the gold mayoral chain adorning the neck of 2011 leading citizen Graham Pittock for a year, it needed to be pensioned off, exhausted.

Long live the smoke-belching Mondeo, says The Emu, a fitting reward for Cr Martin for his ascension to the mayoralty after years of arduous service.

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History afloat: MV Athena heads for the Port of Melbourne passed Portsea last Friday morning. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon

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By Mike Hast MELBOURNE is visited by many cruise ships each year, but perhaps none with as colourful history as MS Athena, which steamed into Port Phillip last Friday for an overnight stay.

Athena was built in 1948 for the Swedish America Line. She has had nine names – Stockholm, Völkerfreundschaft, Volker, Fridtjof Nansen, Italia I, Italia Prima, Valtur Prima and Caribe.

The ship was renamed Athena in 2005 and is operated by Classic International Cruises.

As Stockholm, she was the smallest liner on the trans-Atlantic route at 160 metres long (525 feet) with a gross tonnage of 12,165.

Originally built to carry 395 people, a 1953 refit expanded Stockholm’s capacity to 548 people.

In 1956 at 11pm in heavy fog off Nantucket, 50 kilometres south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts USA, Stockholm collided with the luxury liner Andrea Doria of the Italian Line.

It became one of the most famous maritime disasters.

The bow of Stockholm struck the side of the Italian ship, which capsized and sank the following morning.

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Crunch time: MV Stockholm, now called Athena, enters New York harbour under its own power after colliding with Andrea Doria off the coast of the US in 1956.

holm were killed instantly and several more were trapped in the wrecked bow.

A number of ships provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of life like that suffered by the Titanic more than 40 years earlier.

Despite having sunk about a metre, the crippled Stockholm helped in the rescue and ended up carrying 327 passengers and 245 crew members from Andrea Doria.

Stockholm sailed to New York City under her own power. The crushed bow was repaired at a cost of US$1 million.

Stockholm was sold to the East German government in 1960 and was operated as an ocean liner until 1985 when it was sold to a Panamanian company.

She was sold again in 1989 to an Italian company, which rebuilt her from the waterline in a modern cruise ship design.

When she arrived at Genoa, the home port of the ill-fated Andrea Doria, the Italian press dubbed her the “ship of death” (La nave della morte).

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On 3 December 2008, it was reported Athena had been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.

Australian passengers reported that the crew prevented pirates from boarding by firing high pressure water cannons at them.

Classic International Cruises denied the pirates report and said the boats surrounding the ship were fishermen.

The company’s website says Athena was “virtually stripped to her hull and reconstructed at an amazing cost of $US150 million and restored as a beautiful … contemporary cruise ship”.

“In contrast to the present generation of super liners, Athena offers a memorable cruising experience which combines luxury with the warmth and intimacy of a vessel carrying no more than 600 passengers.”

Watching Athena slice through choppy waters off Sorrento last Friday from just a few hundred metres away was a thrill.

Sorrento master mariner Andrew Mackinnon, who regularly contributes maritime photos to The News, took this image of the ship from his couta boat.

RYE Ward councillor Bill Goodrem is likely to be in Cairns next month, representing Mornington Peninsula Shire at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

The four-day trip will cost about $1800 for flights and accommodation, below the amount that Cr Goodrem can claim from the delegate conferences and seminars account.

During his term, Cr Goodrem has spent $6486 on conferences and seminars.

Cr Goodrem was invited to the awards, which run from 2-5 March, as council’s representative of Mornington Peninsula Tourism (MPT).

Joining Cr Goodrem at the awards will be the shire’s economic development manager Shane Murphy, tourism executive officer Alva Hemming and a tourism officer.

MPT is entered in the Specialised Tourism Services category, which it has won twice previously. A third win will see it inducted into the hall of fame.

The organisation won this category at the Victorian awards in November and is competing against the other state finalists.

Other tourism operators from the Mornington Peninsula that won at the state awards were Max’s at Red Hill, Montalto, Moonraker Dolphin Swims, Big Blue Backyard, Peninsula Hot Springs, Enchanted Maze and Blue Moon Cottages.

All are entered in the national finals except Peninsula Hot Springs, which does not qualify for a category at the national awards.

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Dredge back in the bay Continued from Page 1

The plan requires PoMC to notify DSE and the Environment Protection Authority within 24 hours if noise or turbidity levels exceed agreed limits.

A “pollution event or imminent environmental hazard” must be notified immediately.

“The need to undertake this work in South Channel has become increasingly urgent to maintain access to and from the port,” Mr Bradford said.

“As with all dredging of sand, there will be some turbidity. However, our detailed modelling drawn from our extensive previous experience indicates that it will not be long lasting and … does not pose a threat to marine life or public amenity.

“Nevertheless, we will meet the requirements of the approved EMP in both spirit and practice to undertake this necessary work in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

“We welcome anglers and boating enthusiasts to continue to enjoy the bay during these works, but to do so safely by steering clear of the dredging vessel and support craft and, of course, avoiding anchoring or mooring in shipping channels at all times.”

Blue Wedges Coalition, the main objector to the CDP in 2008-09, said there had been minimal community consultation about the maintenance dredging.

Blue Wedges coordinator Jenny Warfe said the port corporation had one meeting in Rosebud last October.

“It was a ramshackle affair – only a handful of handouts, a couple of cardboard posters on wonky sticks, and no

Medical equipment: Peninsula Health’s Sorrento/Portsea auxiliary president Shirley Leach at the group’s op shop.

Money raised for medical equipment Dredge away: The trailing suction hopper dredger Brisbane arrived in Port Phillip on Monday for 35 days of maintenance dredging in the South Channel between Rosebud and The Heads.

seating,” she said.

“We stood listening to several PoMC operatives delivering the usual assurances for almost two hours.

“Of course, they did not want to talk about the sudden massive erosion of Portsea front beach following channel deepening. And, like the DSE and Office of Environment Monitor, now disbanded, although they weren’t sure what had caused it, they were sure that it was not related to the removal of almost one million tonnes of reef and rock at The Heads.”

Ms Warfe said the meeting was told maintenance dredging was planned for

all channels dredged during the 200808 project, “including the north and south of the bay, Yarra River and The Heads, with up to 15 weeks of dredging a year for 10 years”.

Ms Warfe said the CDP officially ended 25 November 2009, but maintenance dredging had started in midNovember 2009.

“Maintenance dredging in the Yarra was scheduled for September 2011, so it’s been almost non-stop dredging since early 2008.

“We’ve had some mighty swift changes to southern peninsula beaches since then and several years of failed

snapper spawning, although there had been good catches of adult snapper.”

Ms Warfe said a major concern of Blue Wedges was the northern DMG, in the middle of Port Phillip off Mordialloc, where toxic sludge dredged in 2008-09 was dumped.

“We have a six square kilometre, clay-sided, underwater toxic dump that is not being monitored for toxins or contaminants.

“The Port Melbourne’s EMP did not require the sediments and waters surrounding the dumpsite to be monitored for potential contaminant leakage, except for one visual inspection each year.”

MEMBERS of the Sorrento/Portsea Auxiliary have raised another $24,345 for Rosebud Hospital, bringing their donation total since 1998 to $250,000.

The 14-member volunteer auxiliary runs an opportunity shop in Sorrento.

The latest donation will be used to buy equipment for the emergency and chemotherapy departments, dialysis unit, and day treatment centre.

The emergency department will receive a temporal artery scanner, a noninvasive piece of equipment that is swiped over a patient’s face to measure temperature.

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Finding music’s man of the year TEENAGERS Brock Woolley and Jesse Aldenhoven were hanging out at Brock’s place in Somers on Australia Day listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011.

They heard that Gotye, aka Wally De Backer, had the No 1 song, Somebody That I Used to Know, and his album Making Mirrors had been awarded album of the year at the 2011 J Awards.

Brock’s mum Lisa Roberts heard the boys raving about Gotye and said as a throwaway line: “I’ve heard he has a place nearby.”

That was enough for the 14-yearolds: they grabbed their longboards and skated down the road, looking for Wally’s place. It wasn’t hard to find as Wally and his girlfriend Tash were holding a party, and the line of cars filling the street and loud music were a bit of a giveaway.

When they arrived at the house soon after dark, their teenage bravado faded. “We couldn’t just walk in, could we?” Brock told The News the day after their big adventure.

“So we skated down the street some distance and came across some lounge chairs that someone had put next to the road for anyone to take. Jesse said to me half-joking ‘we should take a chair to Gotye and present it to him for winning the music awards’.”

The boys agreed it was a crazy plan, but loaded the best chair onto their longboards and pushed it back to Gotye’s place.

They waited for some time, working up the nerve to go in and find the man of the moment.

Two guests were leaving the party and asked them if they wanted to see Gotye, encouraging them to go up and knock on the door, which they did.

The teens were invited in by Wally and Tash, and were soon in the backyard chatting with Gotye.

“We chatted for 30 minutes out the back,” Brock said. “He was not what we expected.”

Brock, an aspiring drummer, and Gotye talked drums.

“He’s a great guy; just a normal Aussie bloke . He was dressed in shorts, T-shirts and thongs,” Jesse said.

The boys agreed Gotye deserved his

Here’s Wally

Got Gotye: Wally De Backer and Brock Woolley with the “reward” chair that now takes pride of place in Brock’s room. Picture: Jessie Aldenhoven

awards. They started listening to his music about two years ago and are big fans.

When it was time to leave, they remembered the chair out the front.

“We’ve got something for you,” they told Gotye.

Wally was very surprised and thanked them, but politely declined

their offer although he was happy to try it out.

Jesse took a photo of Brock and Gotye, to prove to family and friends their expedition wasn’t just a fantasy.

The photo has pride of place on Brock’s Facebook page. And the chair? It’s in Brock’s room.

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GOTYE is the man of the moment in Oz music. He’s been writing and recording for more than 10 years, but last year hit a sweet spot with a much-praised album Making Mirrors and its much-played single, Somebody That I Used to Know, featuring NZ songstress Kimbra.

Gotye’s real name is Wouter “Wally” De Backer and his stage name comes from the French translation of Wouter – Gaultier, his mum’s nickname for him. The multiinstrumentalist singersongwriter made the wider music industry sit up and take notice when he was nominated for seven ARIA Awards last October for Somebody That I Used to Know. He and his creative team won six of seven, including three “artisan” awards – best video (Natasha Pincus), engineer of the year (Francois Tetaz) and producer of the year (Wally De Backer). Gotye was nominated for highest selling single, single of the year, best pop release, best male artist and three awards in the ARIA Artisan category: best video (Natasha Pincus), engineer of the year (Francois Tetaz) and producer of the year (Wally De Backer).

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Award for cancer crusader

By Keith Platt TIME out for Jo Lovelock is riding her Suzuki 600 road bike.

She has also taken time out riding a Harley-Davidson from Brisbane to Sydney and another motorbike across the snow- and mud-covered mountain passes of India.

The longer rides raise money and awareness to combat breast cancer.

A motorbike rider in her student years, Ms Lovelock again sought the freedom of the road following a 20plus year break after being treated for breast cancer.

A lump the Mt Martha mother of three found in her breast while getting ready to go out just before Christmas 2002 was confirmed as cancer on New Year’s Eve. The year that followed involved a lot of soul searching, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

As a long-standing nurse and midwife, Ms Lovelock was no stranger to medical procedures, but being a patient brought its own stresses.

Not one to feel sorry for herself – “what you see is what you get with me” – Ms Lovelock, however, did have times when the cycles of chemotherapy seemed too much to bear.

“Andrew [her husband] just sat me down and said ‘you know what not going means’ so I went.”

Like many adverse situations, undergoing cancer treatment had an upside.

In no time at all, Ms Lovelock was being given strength from the support of other women who had gone down the same path to survival.

Riding out the storm: Mornington Peninsula’s 2012 Citizen of the Year Jo Lovelock spends much of her time helping women with breast cancer.

The disease, while potentially fatal, opened up a new life to Jo Lovelock and is one she still pursues today: helping women with breast cancer.

She is a member of support organisations and is first to put up her hand to speak about breast cancer to community and service clubs.

Fundraising for cancer research and treatment has taken her interstate and overseas, including the exciting motorcycle trips.

It seems just as cancer cells proliferate and gain strength in numbers, so too do people who want to ease the burden of those facing the disease.

Jo Lovelock is this year’s Mornington Peninsula Citizen of the Year, in recognition of her compassion and volunteer work.

“I was told about the award two weeks ago and was very surprised and humbled,” she said two days before the Australia Day announcement.

“I don’t think I’m special, just lucky.”

The award nomination was made by Marg Joyce, also a breast cancer survivor, and Ms Lovelock’s supervisor in the maternity ward at The Bays Hospital in Mornington.

Ms Lovelock sees her greatest

achievement as “our children, Sam, 22, Tom, 20, and Katie, 18”.

Ms Lovelock says she does not get depressed by continually being confronted by so many women with breast cancer “but I need time out”.

It will come as no surprise to those that know her to learn that Ms Lovelock’s most recent ride was combined with visiting a Sorrento woman diagnosed with breast cancer.

“I understand women’s frustrations and that they get scared when first diagnosed,” she said.

“We end up being able to laugh about really horrible things.

“It was the surgeon who first got us together and we met at our various homes. We laughed and cried, we all had issues.

“From there we started the Breast Intentions group, which now has 120 on its mailing list and we regularly get about 18 women to the meetings.

New people are added to the list each month.”

Ms Lovelock puts her cancer down to “just bad luck”.

“There’s no real evidence that stress causes it, but many people diagnosed with cancer have had a stressor.

“In my case, my mother had bowel cancer and my father pancreatic cancer, so it’s probably in my genes.

“A positive diagnosis definitely gives you a wake up call.”

That call for Ms Lovelock has given her a new appreciation for life and a friend for life for many other women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Shire names top citizens THE winners of the 2012 Mornington Peninsula Shire Australia Day local awards were announced as part of the Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Rosebud on Australia Day, 26 January.

Citizen of the Year was Joanne Lovelock; Young Citizen of the Year Fiona Sanford; and Community Event of the Year was the Australia Day fun run at Rosebud.

The mayor, Frank Martin, said the awards “recognise people and events that have made a significant contribution to our local community”.

“Joanne receives the award in recognition of her contribution to the local community and overseas through breast cancer care and awareness.”

Young Citizen of the Year Fiona Sanford, in year 12 at Mornington Secondary College, received the Pierre de Coubertin Award for showing academic excellence and sporting prowess “while exemplifying the Olympic values”. She was also one of eight young people to participate in the Beijing Youth Forum.

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Peninsula’s guardians make the connections CHRIS Johnston will talk about “Appreciating place: what is loved and how do we know?” at this month’s annual meeting of Nepean Conservation Group.

The founder and a director of Context Pty Ltd, a consultancy committed to active community engagement in heritage and environment projects, will speak about the ways we document place and its meanings to communities and groups.

Her talk will cover social and aesthetic values and the concept of inspirational landscapes.

The late afternoon meeting at Badcoe Hall in Point Nepean National Park will be followed by an early evening barbecue on the lawns outside the Commandant’s House overlooking Port Phillip (take chairs and or picnic rug).

Nepean Conservation Group was formed in 1973 by residents who felt “connected” to the area.

The jurisdiction of the NCG is the Nepean Peninsula, the sliver of land between Port Phillip and Bass Strait at the end of the Mornington Peninsula.

Together with the Bellarine Peninsula, the Nepean Paninsula forms the gateway to Port Philip at The Heads.

Europeans claimed land as their first settlement in Victoria in 1803.

By the 1970s, it was evident the historic coastal town of Sorrento and its environs were under pressure from development and the group’s constitution stated its primary objective as being “to make every effort to ensure that the land and waters of the Sorrento, Portsea, Blairgowrie area are used

with wisdom and foresight, and that the competing demands on them are resolved in the best-long term interests thereof …”

The group deals with issues such as vegetation and development overlays, heritage, townscapes, public access, neighbourhood character, hooded plovers, historic towns and fire protection.

Academic and landscape architect Raymond Green encapsulated the gathering pace of development by writing: “The upshot of these changes is that the locally unique constellation of landscape features that have traditionally defined the character of many coastal towns is slowly but surely being eroded and replaced by one of global uniformity in the built environment and a degraded natural environment.”

The pressures of the ‘sea change’ phenomenon, increased tourism and holiday home ownership, and everimproving access have had major impacts on the Nepean Peninsula.

Environmental and heritage overlays have not protected Sorrento or its hinterland.

In 2002 the group developed and published a brochure, “Conserving the Character”, to articulate the character of place, name the threats to character and offer suggestions to residents as to how character might be respected, conserved and maintained in the future.

In doing so, it described the natural character, history, vegetation and named the aims of the group as maintaining the character and amenity of the Sorrento, Portsea and Blairgowrie

Digging in: Members of a friends group planting and weeding at the E G Ritchie Memorial Flora Reserve in St Johns Wood Rd, Blairgowire, left, and, above, a Jacky lizard, which is found on the southern peninsula.

area; ensuring new developments are in harmony with the character of our area; and fostering conservation of the vegetation, wildlife, natural attributes and historic features of the area.

While coastal landscapes such as that of the Nepean Peninsula are highly valued by the wider community for their scenic beauty and for recreational activities, they are also highly desirable as real estate.

One of the consequences of increasing suburbanisation has been the loss of character of place. Balancing the economic, social and infrastructure needs of growing residential and tourism communities with environmental sustainability and the capacity of such

a sensitive coastal landscape is a considerable planning conundrum.

There is not simply one development or one project that needs to be dealt with, but a continuous barrage of residential and commercial planning and building permit applications, policy and planning overlays and management plans.

As the group’s membership ages, where are the next generation of volunteers to take their place?

Residents cry ‘time poor’ when invited to actively participate. The Nepean Peninsula community requires every type of volunteer from professional hours to fieldwork hours.

In a climate where the state gov-

ernment is opening green wedges for development, and flagging private development in Victoria’s national parks, protection and stewardship of the local are ever more important.

Nepean Conservation Group clearly has an ongoing role to empower local communities to preserve character of place.

The group’s annual meeting starts at 4pm on Saturday 18 February at Badcoe Hall, Point Nepean National Park.

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Big as Texas: Solomon Lew’s 45-metre long luxury super yacht in Mornington harbour last week. The boat was anchored off Sorrento in early January, providing a perfect vantage point for the billionaire retailer, family and friends to watch the annual couta boat races.

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RETAIL billionaire Solomon Lew might have lost the battle to keep his infinity pool, built on Crown land on Mt Eliza foreshore, but his boat (pictured far right) is a consolation.

The craft is Mr Lew’s 45-metre ocean-going super yacht Texas, seen at anchor in Mornington harbour mid-January.

In early January, Mr Lew and guests watched the annual Couta Boat Classic off Sorrento, the first big business deal day of the year, from his luxurious boat, believed to be worth more than $35 million. It sleeps 12 and has a crew of six plus the captain.

A Mornington fisherman said Mr Lew was very friendly and had invited some curious people on board to inspect Texas, with its antique ceiling mirrors from France, European marble, an antique Chinese bureau stretching along an entire wall, and walls with gold-leaf base overlaid with cream paint designed to crack and show veins of gold.

When not cruising around Port Phillip and the seven seas, Texas is moored at Victoria Harbour in Docklands.

Mornington Peninsula Shire and Mr Lew still have not agreed terms for the demolition of the

pool, to which the billionaire agreed in mid-December to avoid a court case.

The shire is tight-lipped about why it has not yet signed off on the deal, refusing to answer questions from The News for more than a month.

The private settlement will see Solomon Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew – co-owners of the property in Osprey Ave through a family company – pay for the pool’s removal as well as remediation of land that adjoins the holiday home.

The Lews are expected to cover the shire’s legal fees and pay a fine. In return, the council has dropped negligence charges that were due to be heard in Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 14 December.

The settlement marks the end of the pool saga, which started last May when it was revealed the pool had been built on public land and without planning permits from the shire.

Attempts by Mr Lew to buy or lease the land from the state government failed.

Shire engineers inspected the pool and its retaining wall and declared it unsafe, fencing off a section of Moondah Beach below the cliff-top luxury weekender, which also has an indoor pool.

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Eyrie works set to go Distant spectacle: Fireworks at Rye wow the beachside audience, but may not have seemed so attractive to an injured seal under the Rye pier. Picture: Yanni

Little bang theory to protect wildlife MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire says the Australia Day fireworks display at Rye was lower in height and quieter to minimise its effect on wildlife.

The shire’s team leader of community and special events, Lisa Wilson, said “additional measures were undertaken … to further minimise any impact and to conduct the fireworks in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for wildlife and spectators”.

The length of the Rye display was noticeably shorter than that at Mornington, although one of the organisers said this was due to less money being available since the withdrawal of Australia Day financial support by the

Rye & District / Dromana Community Bank.

Judy Muir of Sorrento-based Polperro Dolphin Swims was critical of the fireworks being detonated from Rye pier where an injured seal had been sheltering.

Ms Wilson told The News that the shire takes wildlife into account when planning fireworks. “Permits are required from Transport Safety Victoria and adhere to the Marine Safety Act. The shire meets the requirements of the permit and additionally the fireworks contractor undertakes ongoing assessments of the situation.”

Ms Muir: “It seems the shire picks

and chooses between legislation. Surely cruelty to animals is an offence?

“The shire allowed a pyrotechnic display to detonate at Rye pier on Australia Day evening.

“Never mind about the resting, compromised seal.”

The shire issued a news release the week before Australia Day explaining that celebrations included “fantastic fireworks displays at Rye and Mornington” which “can be a frightening time for pets”.

Details were given on how to find a missing pet. Upset or injured seals were not mentioned.

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By Keith Platt IT seems that whoever orders Mornington Peninsula Shire’s signs jumped the gun by ordering one claiming completion of the $948,000 project to fix erosion below The Eyrie at McCrae.

Up until a few weeks ago the sign said the job was finished by contractors Maw Civil in August 2010.

A sticker now says “Project delayed due to wet ground conditions – works to recommence February 2012”.

The shire’s sustainable infrastructure director Alex Atkins says a new “estimated completion date” will be discussed with Maws before works begins.

There were no penalties for late completion and Mr Atkins believes any changes in cost “are expected to be minor in the context of the project”.

“Delays can be expected with earthworks in an unstable and wet area during a period with a high likelihood of further rain, and works will not commence while there is an unacceptable risk to local residents,” Mr Atkins said.

Fill for the eroded gully, which stretches up the steep hill from Pt Nepean Rd to The Eyrie, remains dumped at the shire’s former quarry on the Esplanade at Mt Martha.

It, too, has been there much longer than anticipated since the shire agreed to it being used at McCrae rather than

being sent to landfill.

Meanwhile, Mr Atkins says the shire is investigating a bridge and garden on council-owned land at the top of the gully near The Eyrie.

“The shire is currently investigating the circumstances and what approvals/ consents are required from council if it is deemed appropriate to stay in its current location,” Mr Atkins said.

At Mt Eliza, the council has been trying to force the removal of a swimming pool built on cliff top land owned by a family company of retail billionaire Solomon Lew. Property and valuations manager Yasmin Woods said council had yet to decide on the future of the Mt Martha quarry.

“Any decisions regarding the quarry will not be made without a public consultation process first being undertaken,” she said.

“The quarry is not designated as a reserve and was originally acquired by council for quarrying purposes.

Asked about public access to the quarry, Ms Woods said: “It is not appropriate to allow access to a disused quarry.”

Residents have previously pointed out that there were no barriers preventing public access to cliffs along the Esplanade, which have similar safety risks.

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Pelican Pantry faces hard times

By Keith Platt MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is scrambling to find an operator for the Pelican Pantry, the training cafe at its multi-million dollar recreation and aquatic centre in Hastings.

The search follows years of losses at what was held as a shining example of public money being used to provide hospitality industry training for young people.

The award-winning Pelican Park recreation centre opened in December 2003, but has annual losses of more than $700,000.

Pelican Pantry cafe lost $250,000 last financial year.

Pelican Pantry has regularly been losing 50 per cent a year more than what was predicted in successive council budgets.

The Pantry was dealt a massive blow in December when Chisholm Institute of TAFE formally withdrew from its training agreement with the shire.

Senior council officers had known months earlier that the agreement with Chisholm was failing and had been actively looking for an alternative.

On Monday night, councillors were asked to sanction a further report to explore “a commercial project proposal/ framework for the Pantry; transfer of business implications for a commercial

Tables in waiting: Mornington Peninsula Shire is looking to stem losses at the Pelican Pantry cafe in Hastings.

lease; and that further consideration is given to expanding existing ‘core’ training program”.

Several ratepayer groups have been seeking information about the financial viability of Pelican Pantry, fearing it has been losing too much money.

Freedom of Information requests finally revealed losses of nearly $1.57 million since 2005.

Budgets presented to councillors and

ratepayers had underestimated these losses by about $1 million.

The failure of the Pantry to maintain momentum is being blamed on severe cutbacks in state government grants, a lack of interest by young people, record levels of low unemployment, and jobs being offered at the new Bunnings store in Hastings.

A report to council this week by recreation and leisure manager Peter

Gore admits “absenteeism has also had an impact on Pantry operations over a range of programs that have been provided to support disadvantaged youth”.

The report contains no profit or loss figures.

With the failure of the Pantry the shire is looking to see if it can use lessons learnt from its other training and mentoring programs, which “target the same cohort as those at Pelican Pantry”.

The programs include trainees in local government (5), tourism (8), conservation and land management (10), civil engineering (4), planning and business administration (4), local laws (8), aged and disability services (10) and 100 work experience students.

“There is an opportunity for the shire to consider building on the strengths of these programs given the training model at the Pantry appears unsustainable or requires significant increase in subsidy levels without guaranteed student numbers,” Mr Gore said.

He said a cafe/restaurant “would not be considered shire core business and accordingly, if it were to operate as a stand alone cafe, a commercial tender for future operation may be considered appropriate”.

Although it is a non-commercial enterprise, efforts by ratepayer groups to gain access to two reviews of the per-

formance of the Pantry have been stymied by the shire claiming the information is commercial-in-confidence.

Mr Gore said that in the past eight years the Pantry had provided “significant training opportunities for over 400 individuals” with “a number” gaining “sustainable employment through an opportunity that might normally not have been available to them”.

Training alternatives being considered would cater for just 10 trainees a year, well under earlier targets of 30 trainees.

“In essence, the training models considered in this report will be difficult to sustain over a period of time and may not be as cost effective as other core training programs currently offered by the shire,” Mr Gore said.

“The requirement to supplement trainee positions with casual staff has had a significant negative variance on wages and expenditure projections for the 2010/2011 Pantry budget.”

Figures provided under Freedom of Information reveal casual wages had blown out by $94,000 to $209,646 while overtime payments came in at $23,347 as opposed to the $6006 projected in the budget. A further $4465 was attributed to “agency labour”.

Never mind the cost, feel the publicity COMMENT

By David Harrison COST-shifting is a favourite game for federal and state governments. They love pushing expensive programs in the areas of training, health, education and law enforcement onto local government.

Some councils push right back, refusing to burden their ratepayers with financial imposts that belong at other levels of government.

So it was interesting to see two costshifting items on Mornington Peninsula Shire’s agenda for the first meeting of the year on 30 January, which sparked lively discussion among councillors.

First was the spectacularly financially unsuccessful Pelican Pantry at Hastings, which began in late 2003 with the sort of good news fanfare at which the shire excels – now a shabby tale going back to the councillors of day who agreed to a project to train youngsters in hospitality, as waiters and the like. It has cost ratepayers $1.8 million so far, give or take a hundred thou.

The Pantry recently staggered into 2012, shell-shocked, bandaged, limping, ready to collapse and expire (‘Pantry faces hard times, The News,

31/1/12). The shire’s venture partner, Chisholm Institute of TAFE, pulled out in December, leaving the Pantry loss-laden, with no one to train and nowhere to go – except the ignominy of suggesting that a commercial operator might take over the chronic financial invalid.

“A commercial tender for future operation may be considered appropriate,” stated a report to councillors from recreation and leisure manager Peter Gore, beautifully obfuscating the failure of those who conceived and cradled the idea.

Significant government training money was withdrawn, so the shire injected more funds. Losses were substantially underestimated by the shire, the number of trainees fell, then – phut! – vanished.

To illustrate: between 2007-08 and 2009-10, Pelican Pantry trained 47 people and lost more than $1 million – to repeat, one million dollars. All ratepayers’ money?

The resuscitators were called in: the vision must not be dimmed, the conceivers and cradlers must not be shown to be wrong. Chuck more rates money at the Pantry to plug the financial holes – and keep on bailing!

Visitors to the Pantry had, from time

to time, mixed reactions about the efficiency and utility of the training. Was it well managed? Were some of the trainees uninterested in learning the ropes?

Were they up to the task? Why did they walk away from their courses? Why was absenteeism high? Why, when the Pantry seemed so busy, was it racking up huge losses?

Now, according to the shire, its failure was the fault of absenteeism and of a large hardware retailer, which has seduced potential trainees away from the café by the bay. The trainees were nicked by private enterprise – the cheek! The shire appears to have a startling and unique problem: youth overemployment.

Or has it? Were the bulk of the trainees actually Mornington Peninsula residents, or were shire ratepayers subsidising Frankston youth?

The Pantry’s sentence should have been swift and brutal, but execution has been stayed in the hope a white knight can be found.

As Mr Gore said, a cafe/restaurant “would not be considered shire core business and accordingly, if it were to operate as a stand alone cafe, a commercial tender for future operation may be considered appropriate”.

Why not kill it now, asked Cr Gra-

Poppins ready to rock for hospital AN child life-sized rocking horse sitting in the foyer of Frankston Hospital needs a home.

The rocking horse donated by the Woodworkers Southern Peninsula of Rosebud has been valued at $2500 and is being raffled by the Frankston Hospital Pink Ladies.

Money raised in the raffle will be used to buy equipment for treating children in the hospital’s emergency department.

“The new equipment [a paediatric oximeter] will help us measure the

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oxygen saturation and pulse rate of children when they enter the emergency department,” director of emergency medicine Dr Helen Hewitt said.

“The whole process becomes less invasive and quicker for children, who are often scared and overwhelmed.”

The president of the Woodworkers, John Bayliss, said the horse was the result of about 50 hours of “loving labour by the Woodworkers”.

“The hardest part was the carving

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of the horse, to make sure all surfaces were smooth.

“There are eight woodworkers in the club and we work hard to make and donate about 800 toys a year, which we distribute to peninsula community and organisations.”

Raffle tickets are $2 and can be bought from the Frankston Hospital Pink Ladies kiosk in the hospital foyer.

Stable need: ‘Poppins the Palomino’ with Frankston Hospital Pink Ladies.

ham Pittock, the shire’s most skilled and experienced entrepreneur (who, by the way, puts his own money on the line).

And here’s another ‘why’ – why did the shire wait seven long, loss-making years to conclude a cafe/restaurant “would not be considered shire core business”?

Perhaps someone needed to save face? Step forward and confess, that man!

It is a bitter lesson for the shire.

Perhaps its executives will now stick to repairing roads, pruning rates and taking away our rubbish. If they yearn to be entrepreneurs, let them go into private enterprise where investors, not ratepayers, will bear the losses of their failures. Perhaps Cr Pittock can find a job for them.

The second cost-shifting agenda item was a proposal to help fund an extra police presence in Frankston and on the peninsula. The shire was to hand over $12,000 to the police, adding to some $30,000 from the City of Frankston to put two “stealth” police cars on local roads.

The initiative came from a senior Frankston cop. Some councillors were attracted to the idea, but wanted facts.

None were forthcoming, but the mon-

ey was approved anyway.

Cr David Gibb tartly and succinctly put the case against subsidising policing, a state government function, with ratepayer funds. To no avail. Had he put this argument against the Pelican Pantry at any stage, one wondered.

Another councillor said $12,000 wasn’t much for police protection from hooligans and speedsters.

In the public gallery, someone muttered: “Twelve grand? That would buy a nice little trip to Europe that many pensioner ratepayers will never have the cash to take. Or six $2000 grants to deserving community groups.

And what of the relative size of contributions? Will the shire get its $12,000 worth? Will we get one-third of the stealth car’s time?

As one councillor pointed out, how will we know – they are unmarked.

What if Frankston hooligans take up so much police time the stealth cars have no time to nab speeding bogans on the peninsula?

It looks like another shire good news fanfare. Watch out for it in the next edition of PeninsulaWide, “the residents’ newspaper” that brings us nothing but good news.

Southern Peninsula

7 February 2012

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Southern Peninsula

The people to call for your real estate needs...

Paul Basso

Troy Daly 0418 397 771

John Kennedy 0401 984 842

Cathy Watson 0400 867 154

Basso Real Estate 1649 Pt Nepean Rd, Rosebud West.

JP Dixon Portsea Sorrento 109 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento Ph: 5984 4388

John Kennedy Real Estate 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye. Ph: 5985 8800

Foreshore Real Estate 2283 Pt. Nepean Road, Rye

Ph: 5981 1200 EMAIL: paul@bassorealestate.com.au

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Jon Perrett 0405 123 921

Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

Adam Alexander 0416 236 393

Stockdale & Leggo 1089 Point Nepean Rd Rosebud

Stockdale & Leggo 2397 Pt. Nepean Road Rye

Stockdale & Leggo 193 Point Nepean Road Dromana Ph: 5987 3233

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Mal McInnes 0415 502 316 Hocking Stuart 2361 Point Nepean Rd. Rye Ph: 5985 9333 EMAIL: rye@hockingstuart.com.au

Email: aalexander@stockdaleleggo.com.au

McMillan Real Estate 211B Pt Nepean Road, Dromana 5981 8181 EMAIL:roger@rogermcmillan.com.au

David Short

Flynn & Co. Real Estate Shop 9, 967-991 Pt. Nepean Road Rosebud.

Ph:5986 3000

Terry Hobson 0408 545 654

David Short Real Estate 1377 Pt Nepean Road, Rosebud Ph: 5986 8188

T. Hobson Real Estate 1245 Pt. Nepean Road Rosebud

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Ph: 5986 8811 EMAIL: davidshort@davidshort.com.au

Peter Hildebrand 0407 335 841 Eview Real Estate Partners Cnr. Boneo & Pt. Nepean Roads ROSEBUD EMAIL: peter.hildebrand@eview.com.au

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Roger McMillan 0410 583 213

Michael Flynn

Kevin Wright Real Estate 72 Main Street Mornington Ph: 5975 2255

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Ben Nutbean 0413 125 996 YPA Estate Agents Shop 3, 2255 Pt. Nepean Road RYE. Ph: 5985 2600 EMAIL: bnutbean@ypa.com.au

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Investment potential ENJOYING a great central location close to schools, shops and the beach this neat threebedroom brick veneer home would make for a great starter home or for the seasoned investor, with an eye for quality, a great addition to any superannuation portfolio.

Positioned on a corner block, there is the possibility of a second access point, the home has a well-appointed kitchen, that overlooks the back yard, and a combined dining and lounge area with gas and wood heating. Outside is a carport and up the back is a garden shed.

Address: 1 Lutana Street, ROSEBUD WEST Price: $315,000 – $345,000 Agency: Basso Real Estate, 1649 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud West, 5981 1200

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INDUSTRY NEWS

UNITED: John Sanderson, Director of Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate Dromana and Monika Walters, Home Finance Manager at Westpac Rosebud, are delighted to announce their branches working partnership.

New alliance to advantage home buyers Purchasing, re-financing or investing in property can be daunting at the best of times with a maze of questions asked and decisions to be made. To assist their clients, Stockdale & Leggo Dromana and the Westpac Bank branch at Rosebud have joined together to bring alternative purchasing and finance options to their customers in a seamless and trouble free process.

“Stockdale & Leggo Dromana has been dealing with Westpac Rosebud for many years now and we have found the team there to be very like-minded to our sales team by believing in great customer service in all areas of the business.” John Sanderson, director of Stockdale & Leggo said. “This alliance will deliver to clients of both our organisations a solution for finance and property purchases with great knowledge and advice”.

The team at Westpac Rosebud consists of branch manager Britt Jago and Home Finance Manager, Monika Walters, who are both residents of the Mornington Peninsula.

“We offer great products and services and pride ourselves on being locals servicing the local community”. Ms Walters explained.

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14 Wondaree Street, Rye $540,000 THE OUTLOOK

1 Noel Street, Rye $459,000

Quality four bedroom home situated high on the hill with level entry. This home has excellent tree top, bay and Arthurs Seat views from the large north-east facing deck. Also comprises two good living areas, two toilets and separate laundry.

Light bright open plan kitchen and dining area. Corner block. Good value.

A PERFECT SEASIDE ESCAPE

Lose yourself amongst the tranquil gardens of this most appealing seaside home. %RDVWLQJ D JHQHURXV DQG Ă DW SDUFHO RI ODQG (approx 900m2) it sits in a highly sought after pocket only a short walk to the beach and shops. The home has been updated EHDXWLIXOO\ WR UHĂ HFW UHOD[HG EHDFKVLGH living. Comprising: Three bedrooms, central bathroom with separate toilet, modern kitchen and two separate living areas. Double garage and double carport means space for the boat and caravan!

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

10 Doe Street, Rye $359,000 TYRONE GOLDEN OLDIE

$Q LGHDO KROLGD\ KRPH RU Ă&#x20AC;UVW KRPH WKLV is a great opportunity in a quality location. &RQVLVWLQJ RI P DSSUR[ RI Ă DW ODQG this three bedroom home will not only give you plenty of scope to redevelop (STCA) but a great stepping stone into this tightly held location.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

1 Hill Street, Rye $750,000 - $795,000 ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Outstanding water views like this are a rare Ă&#x20AC;QG &DSWXULQJ WKH JORULRXV VXQULVH RYHU the hills to the east, sweeping panoramic bay views to the north and spectacular sunsets to the west, this is the ultimate entertainer with WOW factor. Comprises: Two separate living zones, three double size bedrooms, two bathrooms, full laundry, kitchen with stone bench tops and a large decking that sweeps most of WKH WRS Ă RRU WKLV WZR VWRUH\ KRPH LV RQH RI a kind. Other features include split system heating and cooling.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

5 Felecia Street, Rye $765,000-$795,000 BRAND NEW SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

20 Gawalla Street, Rye $349,000 VENDOR HITS â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;EJECTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BUTTON

Opportunities like this ought not to be missed. A centrally located solid brick home set on manageable and neat land.

Boasting 3 bedrooms, newly renovated kitchen with open plan living/meals, central bathroom, separate toilet and single carport, with extra parking space.

Ideal investment opportunity as currently tenanted until December. Inspection by appointment.

The home is architecturally inspired and built by a reputable local Master Builder, and is just three minutes by car to front and back beaches and Rye shopping centre. This home captures an abundance of natural light and features a stone bench top kitchen with loads of cupboards and drawers and incorporates a stylish butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pantry - all spilling on to a large alfresco entertaining area. This open plan also incorporates a dining area, a large sitting area and a separate TV/rumpus room.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

4 Silver Wattle Close, Rosebud West $495,000 - $530,000 SILVER WATTLE

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

46 Valentine Street, Rye $380,000 - $410,000 POTENTIAL PLUS

Tyrone position home in need of some minor renovation. Comprises: three bedrooms plus study, two living areas, kitchen, laundry, full bathroom, separate toilet plus fully self contained granny Ă DW ZLWK VHSDUDWH PHWHU VKRZHU WRLOHW kitchenette, living room and bedroom. Set on a corner block. Vendors keen to sell.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

Need peace and quiet? This well presented family home is situated at the end of a quiet court surrounded by quality homes and a Shire reserve. The home comprises: three bedrooms, study, ensuite, large open plan living, dining and modern kitchen leading out to undercover BBQ entertaining deck and then through the back gate to a walking track skirting nature reserve. Full bathroom, separate toilet, ducted heating SOXV JDV ORJ Ă&#x20AC;UH GRXEOH JDUDJH DQG PXFK more.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

2327 PT NEPEAN RD RYE

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Why build, with a better than new home THIS beautifully designed home by Rawdon Hill has been finished to the highest of standards and solves the dilemma of buying or building, for if you are looking for a quality built home in better than new condition, then look no further. The home has a slightly elevated position from the street with a landscaped front section next to the driveway which leads up to the double garage. Best of all, even with such a large home there is still a great-sized, and for an elevated block – a nice, flat backyard. Quality abounds throughout, in particular, the front formal lounge and main bedroom that both have stylish plantation shutters installed. The majority of the home has polished tile floors with plush carpets to the bedrooms and two of the three living areas. A hallway leads up to the main area which encompasses a splendid kitchen with island bench and under-bench oven. The “outdoor room” is a design feature of most Rawdon Hill homes are here is no exception.

The expansive family living area has an adjoining alfresco area with timber decked floor and concealed roll-down blinds that enclose the space to keep out the elements, allowing this area to serve as extended family living for most of the year. There are three large bedrooms, the main bedroom has an ensuite, and all have built-in robes. Being near-new and very low maintenance, there are so many time saving features to this property, making it ideal for busy young families or even active retirees. This is a home you’ll fall in love with.

Address: Price: Agency:

53 Peninsula Sands Circuit, ROSEBUD $565,000 Flynn & Co. Real Estate, Shop 9, 967-991Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 3000

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Revel in the delights THE famous Blairgowrie village lifestyle is yours for the taking with this rendered brick home pocketed away, close to the shopping strip. An ideal home base for permanent living or as your weekend retreat, this three bedroom home is situated on a sizeable 1204 square-metre allotment. Renovated to high standards there is little left for new owners to do, and comfort wise the interior features four head split-system air conditioning and energy saving down-lighting throughout. The stunning kitchen offers highly polished porcelain tile splash backs, induction cooktop with stainless steel under-bench oven and dishwasher. A cosy lounge features a solid fuel heater for colder nights and there are sliding doors out to a private, fenced entertaining deck. The property also offers a steel garage, currently being used as an outdoor games centre, that would easily convert back into a four car garage.

Address: 52 Revell Street, BLAIRGOWRIE Price: $725,000 Agency: Foreshore Real Estate, 2283 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 4301 Agent: Cathy Watson, 0400 867 154

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Strike the pose STRAIGHT from the pages of a home design magazine this luxurious property is breathtaking in its sense of flair and style. Situated on a 1459 square-metre block that offers privacy to enjoy all the facilities the interior of the home has been beautifully appointed with the finest in fixtures and fittings. The home comprises of four bedrooms, the master bedroom has an ensuite, there are a further two bathrooms and a double garage provides secure off-street parking. The generous open plan floor space flows seamlessly from room to room with a real emphasis on outdoor entertaining. A multitude of large windows and sliding doors bring the light in and from the lounge or kitchen you get the sense that you could almost reach out and dip your toe in the crystal clear swimming pool.

The centrepiece of what is a creative and inspiring piece of landscaping the pool area is surrounded by timber decking and paved areas and completely fenced. There is a wide expanse of lawn and a timber deck is positioned at the back of the home where the block slopes down to its far boundary.

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Price: $890,000 - $930,000 Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate, 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 8800 Agent: Sam Crowder, 0403 893 724

11 Wilfred Street THIS IS A REAL BEACH BEAUTY

$549,000 - $589,000

Situated on the Rosebud / McCrae border, only 200 metres to the foreshore and McCrae Plaza, is this ultra modern, 2yo, 2 storey townhouse. A private and secure rear property of 2, with separate driveway. Open plan living with stainless Euro appliances.

3 bedrooms with BIR’s & 2 bathrooms. Ducted heating and cooling. Double remote lock-up garage with internal access. Small easy to maintain courtyard garden.

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

ROSEBUD

19 St Andrews Avenue VACANT LAND, BIG WATER VIEWS

$380,000 - $420,000

Vacant lot approx 900sqm. Blue ribbon location. Massive bay and ocean views. Block located on the western slopes of Arthurs Seat overlooking the golf course. Cannot be built out. Build your dream home right here!! Block next door also available.

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

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1 Bayside Court,

Vacant land of approx 263 square metres, 2 doors from McCrae beach and foreshore and directly behind the McCrae Cafe strip. Opposite the lighthouse, yacht club and life saving club. Comes with approved plans for a 2 storey, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Inspection by appointment only.

OPPOSITE ROSEBUD BEACH

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

$320,000 - $350,000

Wonderful corner block on McCrae border. Approximately 502sqm, suitable for 2 units (STCA). Step across the road to walking tracks, foreshore and fabulous beach.

100 metres from McCrae plaza and the bus runs past the front.

RENTAL PROPERTIES

WANTED

Call our ofÀce on 5981 8181

211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana. Phone 5981 8181

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

Steve Edmund 0419 396976

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Beauty and the beach

Opportunity awaits

SITUATED only 200 metres to the foreshore and McCrae shopping plaza this ultra-modern, near-new townhouse on a block of two, offers privacy and low maintenance living. The home has its own driveway leading to a double garage that has internal access. The living areas are open plan with a very nice kitchen featuring European stainless steel appliances.

Perfect for a small family or retirees who like their space the townhouse has three bedrooms, all with built-in robes and there are also two bathrooms.

TAKE an easy walk to the Safety Beach foreshore from this lovely weekender that is full of charm. Upstairs features an open-plan lounge,dining and kitchen area with access out onto the balcony. The main bathroom is also on this level. Downstairs is another bathroom with combined laundry and for extra entertaining space there is a huge rumpus room. The block is well-maintained and is fully fenced with neat grounds. Measuring 939 square-metres there is potential for a multiple townhouse developement (STCA).

Address: 11 Wilfred St, ROSEBUD Price: $549,000 - $589,000 Agency: Roger McMillan Real Estate 211B Point Nepean Road Dromana, Vic 3936 Agent: Roger McMillan, 0410 583 213

Address: 89 Seaview Avenue, SAFETY BEACH Auction: Saturday 25 February at 2.00pm Agency: Stockdale & Leggo 193 Point Nepean Road Dromana, 5987 3233

WINNER of the 2010 Australian Achiever Awards “Excellence in Customer Service”

ROSEBUD

$399,000

ROSEBUD SOUTH

Auction: Saturday March 10 2012 at 11am Inspect Sat & Sun 11-11.30am

2/393 Waterfall Gully Road

64 Duells Road

MODERN STYLE UNIT-BLOCK OF 3.

New two bedroom unit with two bathrooms including ensuite to master with WIR. The second bedroom has BIR’s and easy access to main bathroom. Open plan living with bright kitchen incl dishwasher and all quality fitting, fixtures and appliances. Ducted gas heating, dble remote garage with direct access to house.

MUST BE SOLD ON THE DAY 3 bedroom house on large allotment ideal for a home handyman. Home consist of lounge, kitchen meals area, bathroom with separate shower. Lock-up garage set on low maintenance gardens. Just a great solid investment. A fantastic opportunity to get into the market. Owners instructions are simple. Must be sold.

Roy Thompson 0419 304 650

Gary Barrett 0415 479 896

Rentals ROSEBUD WEST Auction: Sat. March 10 2012 @ 2 Inspect Sat & Sun 2-2.30pm 1 Park Avenue CHERISHED VILLAGE LOCATION

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64 Back Beach Rd, Portsea 2 Bed, 1 Bath

$225 pw AVAILABLE 3rd Feb

4 Driftwood Avenue, Rye 3 Bed, 1 Bath, 1 Car

$300 pw AVAILABLE NOW!

13 Dundas Street, Rye 3 Bed, 2 Bath Fully Furnished

ROSEBUD WEST

$285,000 to $305,000

1/50 Flamingo Road

Just metres away from shopping village, beach and public transport this home has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan living, games room and secure parking. Set on approximately 800m2, big enough for you to redevelop (STCA) or just enjoy the space this home has to offer. A realistic vendor keen to sell and move on.

AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT WITH POTENTIAL BAY VIEWS

Gary Barrett 0415 479 896

Gary Barrett 0415 479 896

This two bedroom, two living room house on 300 sqm block is priced to sell. It has polished floors, air conditioning, gas heating and a galley kitchen. This property needs a little work and would suit a handy man. Buy at this low price, finish it off and make yourself some money.

66 Morris Street Tootgarook 3 bed 2 bath 1 car 2 living 30 Whyte Street Rosebud West 2 bed 1 bath 2 car 12 Mathis Ave Tootgarook 3 bed 1 bath 1 carport

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Coolangatta gold

Give me the simple life

YOU won’t need to be an ironman or women to claim this great family home as your own. Set in the foothills of Arthurs Seat State Park and designed to capture every degree of its north-facing view of Port Phillip Bay, this tremendous home is surprisingly large and spacious with sunny, open-plan living areas. It’s in a quiet street on a 1002-square metre block (approx) that has a gentle rise towards the back. There is a private rear deck overlooking the yard and a balcony off the living room. There are four bedrooms, no built-in robes, however the main bedroom has an ensuite. Downstairs is a multi-purpose room ideal for a rumpus room or second living area, or even a large fifth bedroom.

THIS classic weatherboard clad home has seen many seasons. Certainly liveable, the two-bedroom home could be a great bachelor pad for the keen surfer as its only a stroll to Koonya Ocean Beach. The 824 square-metre block though, should draw serious interest from developers. The corner block is sightly elevated and an on-site van for extra accommodation is included. Lliterally on the Sorrento town border with both the Blairgowrie and Sorrento Villages just down the road the dwelling is situated in a quiet and extremely private cul-de-sac location.

Address: 11 Coolangatta Terrace, DROMANA

Address: 28 Samuel Street, BLAIRGOWRIE Auction: Saturday 18 February at 1.00pm Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 2397 Point Nepean Road Rye, 5985 6555 Agent: Phil Key, 0418 516 470

Price: $595,000 - $650,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5987 3233 Agent: Adam Alexander, 0406 236 393

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$319,000 ROSEBUD WEST

They Don’t Come Much Closer

Situated just across the road from the beach & within a 3 minute stroll to the McCrae Shopping village is this fantastic little 2 bedroom unit. Currently lease to fantastic tenants until March 2012 this unit will make a great little investment property or holiday home. With a pretty park-like garden directly out the front as well as single garage, dishwasher, SS R/C air-con & freshly painted throughout, units like this get snapped up quick.

ROSEBUD

Get Your Groove On

$353,000 ROSEBUD

Great Presentation & Beachside Location

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Low maintenance living just 500m from the sand!

Superbly maintained home set behind established front gardens, enjoys spacious north facing open plan living with both gas heating and air-conditioning. A well fitted kitchen, master bedroom with WIR, large bathroom complete with spa bath and second bedroom with BIR. All complemented by a single carport, sealed driveway and paved outdoor area.

$399,000 ROSEBUD

This one of a kind retro home is a must have. With a unique curved lounge area and sloped ceiling, gas log fire place and ceiling fans. With 3 good sized B/R, & new ensuite. Situated close to all of what Rosebud has to offer. This really is a unique opportunity to get a slice of Rosebud’s history (as featured in Art Deco homes on the Mornington Peninsula) so don’t delay get in today!

Breathing new life into real estate

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Solid Brick Charm

Vendor Wants It Gone

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Neat and tidy brick veneer home with loads of potential as a brilliant investment, permanent residence or potential two lot development. On a very generous 755m2 block the home has a comfortable lounge room, well lit dining area and a good sized kitchen. Easy access is available through the single carport to a large backyard with a double steel garage. All located in a sought after position, close to shops and amenities.

$415,000 ROSEBUD

This double brick home has a cozy warm feel. A sunken lounge features a gas heater and a solid wood coonara. All bedrooms come with BIR’s and FES to master. Off the kitchen area is a second living space that could be used as a formal dining area, kid’s playroom or office. Great block backing onto peaceful farmland. Garage offers you plenty of storage & drive through access. This one is definitely worth a look.

$369,000 ROSEBUD

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Garden Splendour

SHOP 9, 967-991 PT NEPEAN RD, ROSEBUD

Move Right On In

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Superbly presented 3 bedroom brick veneer home found in a quiet tree lined cul-de-sac features a generous living, large galley style kitchen with stone bench tops and meals area. Plus built in robes to each bedrooms, GDH, new carpet, window furnishings and light fittings, along with great outdoor entertaining, double carport, colour bond garage and large paved driveway, all situated just a short walk to Golf Course, tennis courts and corner store.

$419,000 ROSEBUD

Built just 7 years ago featuring bright & living with all the comfort of both ducted reverse cycle air-cond & gas heating. A well fitted kitchen & meals area that opens out directly onto the alfresco area, master bedroom with a spacious ensuite, built in robes to each of the bedrooms, family bathroom & internal access from a single remote garage. Outdoors features beautifully landscaped gardens, extensive paving, rain water tanks & workshop.

$399,000

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$549,000

Its All Done

If you’re looking for a quality built home in better than new condition, then look no further! With 3 living areas + a great alfresco area with concealed roll down blinds making it perfect for entertaining. 3 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & plenty of storage make this a great home for couples or small families with a fully landscaped backyard. A double remote garage gives internal access to the laundry, 2 garden sheds ideal for storage/ workshop & solar hot water service.

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www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rosebud 1/30 Warranilla Avenue Rosebud BRAND NEW AND READY TO GO Pamper yourself in this luxury brand new three bedroom, two bathroom villa unit. Included in a host of features are: luxury appointed kitchen open plan to a good size lounge, main bedroom with en-suite plus 2nd guest bathroom, gas ducted heating plus climate controlled cooling, double garage plus lots of storage.

The plaza is within 500m and the beach a few metres more.

Close to hospitals, schools and easy access to the freeway, this has to be a great buy.

Price

$450,000 plus

2/30 Warranilla Avenue Rosebud BRAND NEW AND READY TO GO Conveniently located to Rosebud Plaza, public transport and the beach is this brand new luxury two bedroom part rendered brick veneer unit almost at lock up. Comprises briefly of single garage, ducted heating, climate control, two bedrooms with main bedroom having direct access to bathroom. Lounge open to luxury fully appointed kitchen. This will suit downsizers who wish to live in something special.

Price

$395,000 plus

3/30 Warranilla Avenue Rosebud BRAND NEW AND READY TO GO Pamper yourself in this luxury brand new three bedroom, two bathroom villa unit. Included in a host of features are: luxury appointed kitchen open plan to a good size lounge, main bedroom with en-suite plus 2nd guest bathroom, gas ducted heating plus climate controlled cooling, double garage plus lots of storage.

Price

$440,000 plus

Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

408 Waterfall Gully Road Rosebud

47 Wingara Drive Rosebud

14 Coral Close Rosebud

20 Rosebud Avenue Rosebud

YES IT HAS!

THE IDEAL STARTER OR INVESTMENT

IDEAL FOR THE GROWING FAMILY

INSPECTION A MUST!

Yes it has four bedrooms plus a study. Yes it has open plan living/dining. Yes it has a good kitchen with new appliances. Yes it has ducted heating and a split system.

Yes it has a fully fenced outdoor spa. Yes it has a lock up garage and a double carport.

Located an easy walk to Eastbourne Primary School and even closer to Rosebud Secondary College, public transport, shops and beach makes this the ideal first home or investment. The brick veneer home offers two living areas, three bedrooms and double garage.

Situated in prestigious Rosebud South, you will find this very well presented four bedroom rendered brick veneer home. Offering many features for the fastidious buyer! Two large living areas. Gas Ducted Heating plus a Coonara, plus a powerful split system heating/cooling unit.

This fantastic home has just been “run in” and presents as a brand new property and features. Open plan living/ dining/kitchen area with floating floors. Superb new appliances and big pantry. Three bedrooms, two with built in robes and master with full ensuite and walk in robe.

Price $449,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $349,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $499,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $420,000 - $440,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

52 Sunningdale Road Rosebud

6 Salvia Court Rosebud

20 Irving Court Rosebud West

3/142 Spray Street Rosebud

$365,000

THEY DONT BUILD THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE!

POTENTIAL THREE UNIT SITE!

VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY

This property offers tremendous value for money.

Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, but close to everything.

The well cared for three bedroom brick veneer offers L shaped living/dining, lots of natural light with celestial windows, split system heating/cooling.

Beautiful block of land of 966m2 (approx) at the bottom of a small quiet court, close to the popular Carrington Park Golf Club. This land is subdividable (STCA). The attractive, spacious house features separate entry hall, open plan lounge/dining with gas heating, plus split system heating/cooling.

Great location for this three unit site (STCA). The block is 873 m2 (approx) and situated in a quiet court approximately 500 metres from the bay. We’ll throw the house in for nothing! Brick front, three bedrooms, basic kitchen and bathroom, carport and large shed.

Add this one to your portfolio or just move in and enjoy!

This tidy and well presented 3 bedroom brick veneer unit in excellent condition is conveniently located to shops, beach, and entertainment, with transport at your door. One of a pair on the block, with street frontage.

Price $365,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $480,000 - $549,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $349,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

Price $290,000 - $310,000 Inspect By appointment Contact Rosebud Office 5986 8600

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1089 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud VIC 3939

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4 Bedroom Home

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Back Beach Oasis

Now this is a home not to be missed. Located in a fantastic part of town. Nicely presented with 3BRs, all with BIRs, o/ plan lounge/living, gas heating, excellent kitchen; separate bathroom, separate toilet & laundry facilities. Near new carpet throughout. Generous sized deck with Bay glimpses.

Solid brick home comprising 4 bedrooms, 2 with built in robes, well-appointed kitchen with electric cooking & plenty of cupboard and bench space. 2 living areas, gas heating. Separate laundry and bathroom with separate shower & bath. Very neat & tidy. Fully fenced yard with 2 garden sheds.

Fantastic property just a stones throw from the crystal clear waters of the beach. Neat and tidy 2BR home both with BIRs. Generous sized bathroom with access from both bedrooms.

Kitchen with gas cooking. Gas heating & air conditioner. Single lock up garage & shed included. Tidy outdoor area.

Located 400m (approx.) to paradise beach area on a sheltered block of 1388 sqm (1/3 Acre plus). The 3BR home is well presented. Spacious living room with gas heating & air cond, well-appointed kitchen with gas cooking & electric oven.

Carports for 3 cars. Garden maintenance is included.

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$290 pw

By Appoiintment Hollie Schultz 5985 6555

362 Melbourne Road Blairgowrie Fully Renovated & in Blairgowrie!

Fully re-furbished from front to rear. New kitchen, bathroom, carpets, paint, air con & BIRs in all bedrooms. Large covered rear deck, single garage, nice large block with house set to the rear. Simply move in & enjoy this 3BR BV. Remember the beach and village are close-by.

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$270 pw

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$350 pw

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Family Friendly Home Home comprises 3 spacious bedrooms all with BIRs. Bathroom with separate shower and toilet facilities. Brand new carpet, freshly painted, kitchen with electric cooking. Gas log fire. Generous sized yard, perfect for the kids to play & also pet friendly. Located only a short stroll to beach.

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Comfortable & close to the beach Fantastic opportunity presents itself here. Cosy 2 bedroom unit within walking distance to the beach and the shops. 2 generous sized living areas with gas heater and ceiling fan, well appointed kitchen with electric cooking and dishwasher. Single lock up garage and well manicured gardens.

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$250 pw

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$280 pw

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78 Elwers Road Rosebud Great Location This well maintained and presented family home in a prime residential location and is only a brief stroll to the beach.

Comprising living dining room opening to kitchen with servery.

3 Good sized bedrooms off hallway and bathroom with separate shower bath and vanity. Separate laundry and toilet room.

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48 Marshall Street Rye

12 Eureka Street Rye

1/7 Hunt Ave Rye

UNDER APPLICATION

A Very Good Home Indeed

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Gorgeous Townhouse

Set on a dual access corner block sits this brick veneer home offering 3 bedrooms, two with robes, L-shape lounge/dining, elegant polished concrete floors, timber ceilings, wood heater plus split system heat & cool, lock up garage plus carport .

The property is securely fenced and offers a well maintained 3 bedroom residence with nice open living area, well appointed modern kitchen, good bathroom facilities and many other features to ensure a comfortable lifestyle. There is also a lock up garage, a top producing veggie patch and fruit trees.

This delightful home is located in a very quiet area with lovely surrounds. Offers polished floorboards throughout, open plan meals/lounge/kitchen with gas cooktop and electric underbench oven, r/c air cond. Two BRs with BIR, modern bathroom. Deck at the rear, spacious grassed rear yard.

Beautifully presented townhouse finished to the highest quality and only a few steps to Rye main beach and shopping strip. Property features open plan lounge/dining/kitchen with gas log fire heating PLUS r/c air-conditioning, gas cooking, under bench oven, dishwasher and rangehood.

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$280 pw

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$360 pw

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2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941

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MORNINGTON

AUCTION SAT 10TH MARCH @ 1:30PM

MOUNT MARTHA

$430,000 - $450,000

RUSTIC DELIGHTS IN PARK-LKE SURROUNDS PARADISE CALLING! – 4 BEDROOMS PLUS RUMPUS IN EDEN PARK!

This spacious & charming BV home has a peaceful rural feel yet is only a short walk from Bentons Square & public transport. On a big 744M2 A beautiful garden setting and a big 989M2 lot only a short stroll from the Wetlands complement this stylish BV Home,offering 24.5 squares of zoned court lot , this appealing home offers 3 generous bedrooms, [ master with FENS & WIR ] , a large lounge/dining room, a central timber kitchen living plus alfresco plus an oversized auto d/garage with rear r/door & internal access. With 4 generous bedrooms (large master with FES, Insitu shower/ with dishwasher & adjacent meals area, a separate family room leading WIR),formal entry & lounge with gas log fireplace,a superb caesar stone kitchen with s/steel appliances, dining alcove, a bright spacious living room & out to the huge undercover paved entertaining area & a large private & a big separate rumpus room. Including 9’ceilings, ducted heating ,decorative cornice,& extensive paved areas for Boat & Caravan. secure rear yard with garden shed. Including ducted heating & cooling, NOTE: DISABLED FRIENDLY FEATURES! alarm system, corner spa & dishwasher.

Inspect Sat 1-1.30 or by appointment

14 Antony Dve

DROMANA

$487,500 NEG.

MORNINGTON

$450,000 - $495,000

17 Baystone Court

Inspect Sat 11- 11.30am or by appointment

MORNINGTON

$480,000 - $520,000

PALM COVE –

EASY-CARE LIVING ON OWN TITLE!

RETIREES – IT’S A REAL TREAT!

If a sea change is what you are after than this 3 bedroom BV property is just for you. With its own street frontage this well presented villa is more like a home & only 200m from the sandy shores of beautiful Dromana beach & approximately 500m to cafes & shopping. Boasting 3 large bedrooms, ensuite effect to master & WIR, spacious lounge, deluxe granite topped kitchen with S/S apps, adjacent meals area leading out to a large secure & private rear garden. Also including auto SLUG, high ceilings, ducted heating & cooling & much more.

This charming BV Home offers space & comfort to suit a home buyer but with low maintenance & convenience that may suit a villa buyer.

With 3 bedrooms (roomy master with FES/WIR), formal lounge, study nook, stylish kitchen with s/steel appliances & double pantry, an adjoining meals area,a spacious light-filled living room & internal access to the oversized auto d/garage with workshop area. Including 9’ ceilings, ducted heating, dishwasher, sunblinds, deck with pergola, excellent storage,& all very convenient to Bentons Square, buses, civic bowls & arts centre.

Presented as new, on an easy-care landscaped lot, this skilfullydesigned BV home combines style & space with privacy & seclusion.With 4 generous bedrooms (FES/WIR to master suite), central bathroom, sep powder room, a stone-topped kitchen with s/s Blanco appliances & a butlers pantry, tiled family/meals area, big sundrenched living room, 7 x 6.5m auto d/ garage with internal access. Paved courtyard for entertaining. Including 2 s/s r/cycle air cond’s., dishwasher, insitu showers, 9’ ceilings, downlights , Roman and Holland blinds and fly screens.

Inspect Sat 4-4.30pm or by appointment 281 Dunns Road

16 Williams Road

MORNINGTON

$567,500

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 3-3.30pm or by appointment 14B Snowgum Walk

$495,000 - $525,000

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 2- 2.30pm or by appointment

$570,000 - $620,000

YOU’LL LOVE LIVING IN LAKESIDE

A FAMILY FAVOURITE FOR PLAY AND WORK

ROOM FOR THE TOYS AND ROOMS FOR THE BOYS!

Beautiful gardens & a big 991m2 court lot in the Lakeside Estate provide a most attractive setting for this stylish brick veneer home. Offering 3 large bedrooms plus study (FES & WIR), formal lounge & dining rooms with vaulted ceilings & open fireplace, a light filled central kitchen with meals area, a large family room to the rear looking out over the huge yard and double auto garage & shed.

On a big 763m2 corner lot close to Civic Bowls & The Arts Centre , this spotless BV home has 3 generous bedrooms (FES/WIR to Master), 2 large & fully separate living areas, a stylish kitchen with as-new appliances & meals area, full security, zoned heating, d/vacuum & a delightful entertaining area with on-line gas brick BBQ & Balinese Hut. The auto d/ garage joins onto a huge 10x7 M powered c/bond shed with workbench, w/c, & 4x3M office with water & gas available. So many possibilities for work, play, hobbies & home occupation!

Room for all on this big 1112M2 corner Lot with a charming approx 21 square bull nose BV Home plus an 8X8 carport plus a powered 10X6M garage in a separate enclosed yard. With 4 Bedrooms plus study/dining [FES/WIR to Master], a stylish kitchen with s/s appliances, a tiled family/ meals area,& 2 spacious & separated living areas which might suit dual living. Including ducted heating & air conditioner,a7X4M hot house, water tank, spa bath, dishwasher & a large covered pergola.

6 Billabong Close

MOUNT MARTHA

Inspect Sat.12-12.30pm or by appointment 41 Parkside Cres

$630,000 NEG

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 12-12.30pm or by appointment 20 Moorhead Ave

NEG. OVER $630,000

A FAMILY FAVOURITE - WITH SPACE AND CHARM

FOUR BEDROOMS AND STUDY PLUS POOL!

An inviting garden setting on a superb 1055m2 lot invites you into this most attractive BV home, designed for zoned living & comprising 3 bedrooms plus study (FES/WIR to large master), 3 spacious & separate living areas, a stylish central kitchen, internal access to the double auto garage, & a fabulous covered/paved entertaining area with fireplace & caf blinds. Including GDH , s/s r/cycle air cond. , dishwasher, water tank & with side access to the big 9x5m powered colorbond shed at the rear.

On a superb 1211m2 court lot in the exclusive Summerfields Estate, this striking BV home offers approx. 24 squares of zoned family living & features polished timber flooring & a fenced solarheated I.G. pool.

With 4 double bedrooms plus study ( master with FENS (spa)/WIR ), formal lounge, a quality kitchen with timber benchtops , S/S 900mm appliances & W.I.Pantry, dining room, a large bright family room, a big separate rumpus , double auto garage , ducted heating & cooling.

Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment 4 Cottage Place

9 Sarshas Way

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MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment

$690,000 - $730,000

A SECLUDED GARDEN ESTATE IN SUMMERFIELDS Nestled amongst beautiful trees & gardens on a 1374M2 court lot, this stylish BV residence offers a wonderful family lifestyle with 5 bedrooms plus study (huge master suite with FES (corner spa)/WIR & parents retreat ], 2 other bedrooms with WIRs),formal lounge, dining alcove, central kitchen with s/s appliances & W.I.P, .tiled family room,a big separate rumpus and a triple auto garage with internal access & rear r/door.

Including security,9 ceilings, ducted heating & cooling, gas log fire, fountain ,alfresco deck with caf blinds & secure for boat/caravan.

Inspect Sat 12- 12.30pm or by appointment 36 Summerfield Drive

Inspect Sat 3-3.30pm or by appointment

Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

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MORNINGTON

$690,000 - $730,000

MORNINGTON

NEG. OVER $550,000

EXECUTIVE SUMMERFIELDS WITH SPACE AND CHARACTER

SKILLFULLY DESIGNED - CRAFTSMAN BUILT - A SPARKLING GEM

This stunning BV & weatherboard residence set amongst lush landscaped gardens on a 1373m2 lot offers approx. 25 squares of living comprising 4 bedrooms (master with FES & TWIN WIR’s), formal lounge, country style kitchen with s/steel appliances & butler’s pantry. Formal dining, large family room, separate rumpus room & covered deck with mesh blinds.

Auto garage, powered vanport, workshop with power, 24,000L water tanks feeding to the gardens & an auto sprinkler system.

Private and secure behind high fencing with delightful gardens and rear deck this superb home offers four bedrooms plus study, three full bathrooms and toilets, deluxe kitchen with adjoining meals area, spacious living rooms both upstairs and down, an internal entry to the large double auto garage. Beautiful timber flooring, gas log fire & a design that might suit dual living. Easy access to buses and Benton Junior College.

Inspect Sat 3-3.30pm or by appointment 11 Ruby Cove

9 Meridian Way

MORNINGTON

$745,000 - $785,000

LIFE ON A GRAND SCALE - WITH A BAY VIEW BONUS High and handsome in the prestigious Castle Hill Estate, this substantial rendered BV h ome offers a gracious lifestyle plus views across the Bay! With 4 bedrooms (superb master suite - FES with Bidet & corner SPA/WIR), striking entry, spacious formal lounge, a quality timber kitchen with s/steel appliances & pantry,dining alcove, large living room with polished timber flooring and internal access to the auto 3 car garage. Including 9’ ceilings, downstairs powder room with shower, ducted heating & evaporative cooling & beautifully landscaped rear gardens.

MORNINGTON

MORNINGTON

NEG. OVER $880,000

12 Turnbull St.

MORNINGTON

$472,250 - $516,250

$630,000 - $660,000

Inspect by appointment

$295,000 - $315,000

Room to spread out & relax in this substantial BV residence with 4 large bedrooms plus study (corner spa/sep.w/c & WIR to master), formal entry, stylish lounge & dining rooms, quality kitchen with Blanco s/steel appliances & pantry. A big tiled living room, auto garage with internal access. Freshly painted & with new carpet throughout this inviting family home also includes ducted heating & refrigerated cooling, ducted vacuum, paved entertaining area & shed. Quality area close to Eden Park Wetlands!

10 Samantha Drive

Inspect Sat 3-3.30pm or by appointment

MORNINGTON

$439,000 NEG.

BEACHSIDE FRONT VILLA - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING

STYLISH BEACHSIDE VILLA

Close to beach & bus , this attractive & spacious 2 Bedroom BV Villa has a L.U. garage & a roomy rear courtyard & comes with all gas facilities, a separate laundry & sun blinds. As a front unit in a small well maintained group, this property could be ideal for retirees/1st home buyers. Very comfortable now - easy cosmetic improver!

This modern BV Villa is in a small beachside group close to Dava shops and includes 2 double bedrooms (BIR’s), quality kitchen with s/steel appliances, an adjoining meals are, a light-filled living room leading out to the delightful rear courtyard, ducted heating,d/washer & an auto garage.

Inspect Wed & Sat 11-11.30am or by appt. 1/4-10 Napier Street

MORNINGTON

MORNINGTON

MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT - FOR FAMILY SPACE & HARMONY

It doesn’t get better than sitting at the waters edge, taking in the water views,yet to be within a comfortable walking distance of Mornington shops. This prime lot of approx.602m has a comfortable 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with L.U. garage and would be suitable for permanent or holiday living or for rental. A wonderful site for a new luxury home.

Inspect Sat 11-11.30am or by appointment 708 Esplanade

This luxurious new townhouse enjoys a fabulous position just an easy stroll from Main St shopping & lovely sandy beaches. Offering a craftsmanbuilt 26.5sq living space plus auto garage with internal access this fine home comprises 4 bedrooms (downstairs master with FES/WIR), deluxe stone kitchen with s/steel appliances & pantry, light-filled living room looking out over a deck to a generous grassed yard, another living room upstairs & a delightful alfresco deck area, design finishes include high ceilings, beautiful timber flooring, porcelain tiling & ducted heating.

NEG OVER $830,000

PRIME WATERFRONT LAND – PANORAMIC BAY VIEWS! CREATE YOUR OWN DREAM!

2 Coney Hurst Cres.

IN CLOSE & QUITE EXCEPTIONAL

Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment

MORNINGTON

Inspect Wed/Sat 4-4.30pm or by appointment

NEG. OVER $495,000

2/ 21 Kooyonga Gr. Inspect Thurs & Sat 11-11.30am or by appt.

MORNINGTON

$670,000 - $685,000

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NEW BRICK VENEER VILLAS - SPACE & LUXURY!

Near Bentons Square with granite tops to kitchen & bathrooms, ASKO LAKESIDE SPECIAL - THIS HOME HAS YOU COVERED Amongst delightful gardens on a generous 710M2 Lot, this most appealing s/steel appliances, & zoned ducted heating & cooling.

BV Homeoffers 3 Bedrooms (FES/WIR to Master), 3 w/c’s, formal lounge/ Unit 1 3 Bed FES/WIR 14.0sq Living D/G $499,500 dining, attractive timber kitchen with family/meals, a large entertaining Unit 2 3 Bed FES/WIR 13.0sq Living D/G $472,250 sunroom & double auto enclosed carport. Ducted heating & cooling, Unit 3 3 Bed FES/WIR 13.0sq Living D/G $472,250 gazebo, shed & possible subdivision potential (S.T.C.A.) Unit 8 3 Bed FES/WIR 14.3sq Living D/G $481,750 Unit 10 3 Bed FES/WIR 15.8sq Living D/G $516,250

57 Green Island Ave

Inspect Wed & Sat 1-1.30pm 30 Parkside Avenue

5975 7733

NEW & BEACHSIDE - ONLY 2 REMAINING Ideally located only a short stroll from the cafes & boutique shopping of vibrant Main Street these luxurious new townhouses offer 20-21sq. of living with downstairs master bedroo with twin WIR’s & FES, study, deluxe kitchen with s/steel appliances and spacious living/dining room with double doors leading to the paved entertaining area. Internal access from the double garage. Upstairs offers 2 large bedrooms with BIR’s, a stylish central bathroom & generous living area.

Inspect Sat 12-12.30pm or by appointment 2&3 / 4 Beatty Parade

Inspect by appointment

Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

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17/2a Bentons Road, Mount Martha Beachside Modern Townhouse Beaches and coastal walking tracks across the road and situated in a peaceful location this 3 bedroom townhouse is sure to impress. Open plan living that combines dining/kitchen and overlooks a private and beautifully landscaped courtyard. Kitchen features stainless steel appliances, gas cooking and dishwasher. Second storey comprises 3 bedrooms, 2nd living area and spacious bathroom with shower and bath.

Extras include powder room, ducted gas heating and DLUG with internal access.

Price: $450,000 Inspect: &RQWDFW RIÀFH

For Sale

19 Dorset Road, Mount Martha Fabulous Family Home

For Sale

For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Seaview at Martha Cove Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the main foreshore, this luxury townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprising of 3 bedrooms plus parents retreat, 2 bathrooms, powder room, 2 separate living areas, Caesar stone kitchen bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg s/steel appliances, Rinnai 24hr gas HWS, heating with programmable thermostat and s/system air conditioning. Landscaping and fenced with coloured concrete aggregate to front driveway.

Price Guide: $550,000 -$590,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

Price: $695,000 - $740,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

For Sale

34 Finlayson Avenue, Mount Martha Un-interrupted Bay and City Views

This gorgeous home has been tastefully GHFRUDWHG ZLWK TXDOLW\ À[WXUHV DQG ÀWWLQJV Approx 24sq. in size with master bedroom, FES & WIR on the ground level that leads into a open plan living area spilling out into alfresco outdoor entertaining area. Gourmet kitchen with granite bench tops, porcelain tiles. Internal access from the double lock up garage.Separate laundry and powder room. Top level, 2 double bedrooms, separate living / study area, main bathroom and spa.

)URP WKH ODUJH EDOFRQ\ HQMR\ PDJQLÀFHQW 180 degree views with un-interrupted bay and city skyline vista that will leave you spellbound. Set on approx 1530 sqm of land the main house offers 2 bedrooms plus rumpus room that could be converted into another two bedrooms. Open style living, renovated kitchen, meals and family room. In-ground pool and outdoor entertaining area. Great holiday home or live comfortably while planning to build your dream home.

Price: On Application Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

Price: On Application ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

2/130a Bentons Road,Mount Martha Elegant Townhouse Walk To Everything.

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For all you real estate needs please contact Louise on 0408 885 982 or Antoinette on 0429 539 882

Absolutely immaculate four bedroom plus study family home set on approx. 900sqm block. Ideal for permanent living or just for holidaying there is lots of natural light beaming into the family room and main living DUHD ZLWK RSHQ ÀUH SODFH DQG RYHUORRNLQJ WKH outside entertaining area and established gardens. Cook up a storm in the gourmet kitchen with Caesar stone bench tops. The two storey home has master living and ensuite upstairs with bay views and natural setting.

1/16-14 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington Gorgeous Beachside Townhouse

For Sale

Kevin Wright Real Estate is delighted to announce two new appointments to our sales team.

We are pleased to welcome Louise Varigos and to introduce Antoinette Schrandt.

This simply irresistible residence comprises 3 bedrooms with WIR’s, main with ensuite, second large bathroom with bath, shower & vanity, formal lounge, open plan family room, hostess kitchen with Ceaserstone benchtops and stainless steel appliances. Other features include ducted heating, 2 x reverse cycle cooling, delightful courtyard & alfresco area, DLUG with rear access and internal access.

Don’t delay, inspect today and submit your offer!!!

Price: $489,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

For Sale W G NE TIN LIS

6 Meadow Crest Circuit, Mount Martha Investors, First Home Buyers and Retiree’s Set in an exclusive conclave this 3 bedroom townhouse is real value for money. The main bedroom has full ensuite and BIR’s, further 2 bedrooms have BIR’s, large family bathroom with separate W/C. Kitchen has laminate benchtops, stainless steel appliances, open plan living areas with outdoor pergola! Internal access to DLUG.

Price: $395,000 - $420,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

jo@kevinwrightcommercial.com.au

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Boutique fine food and wine

The name says it all

SPECIALISING in exclusive gourmet foods, giftware and boutique wine, Darriwill Farm sources the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest produce and wines and sells direct from the farm gate. The farm is a favourite destination for lovers of the best things life has to offer and represents a unique opportunity to secure a prime location in the heart of Sorrento, ideally located on Ocean Beach Road with plenty of foot traffic. The farm has existing hamper contracts with major banks and there is the potential to extend the business into outdoor coffee and dining trade. Additional extras include a full point of sale system with MYOB, date base of clients and web-site.

IT is refreshing to still see the good old corner shop providing a service to their community.

For over 40 years , this still-thriving small business has been the corner stone of the Tootgarook community. The current owner has this business running like clockwork and is ready to move on. New owners can benfit from excellent lease terms and very cheap rent, and the business shows healthy trading figures. The owner is willing to offer the business on a trial basis.

Food and wine sales, SORRENTO Price: $239,000 + sav Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Gary Ralph, 0418 535 503

Milk bar / mixed business, TOOTGAROOK Price: $225,000 + sav Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Freehold investment with dual access An opportunity to purchase a freehold retail store now exists in the Kareela Road shopping strip of Frankston. The current tenant is a beauty therapist with a shop size of approx. 81 square-metres on a total land size of approx. 180 square metres with Business 1 zoning.

There is a second access point via a rear laneway to the back of the block.

Retail shop, FRANKSTON Price: $179,000 Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Dominic Tallon, 0408 528 857

To advertise in the next edition of the Southern Peninsula News commercial real estate section, contact Jason Richardson on 0421 190 318 or email jason@mpnews.com.au Page 18

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Electric dreams

Power-ful pasta

THIS retail store sells telecommunication and electronics equipment, computing and entertainment systems. The business is an Optus Premium Dealer handling mobile and broadband contracts with 5 per cent airtime representing around $735 per month with 25 contracts on average per month, without canvassing this sector as yet. This is a pleasant, easy-to-run business in a main street, currently staffed by the owner and two casuals.

ESTABLISHED for two years in the food court of Frankston Power Centre, this attractive takeaway business has highquality equipment and trades from 8.30am to 5.30pm daily. The menu includes pizza, pasta, parmagiana, salads, chips, Chinese food, and hot and cold beverages.

Electronics, HASTINGS Price: $50,000 + sav Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Takeaway, FRANKSTON Price: $110,000 + sav Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON

LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE

DRAMA ACEDEMY

Only 5 days!

Seats 8 inside & more outside, has coolroom and equipment is in good working order. ATM on premises, attractive shop with side delivery. Ample parking.

Great location in Red Hill, lovely views, well presented. 6 stations, 2 basins, laundry, beauty room, staff room. Easy to run with 2 full time staff. 7 years remaining on lease.

Clients are based from Sth Melbourne to SE suburbs, includes Body Corps and Estate Agents as well as private residential properties. Est.12 years, work hours to suit.

One of 32 in Aust, worldwide organization. Full training in aspects of teaching, marketing & admin. Exclusive territory, unique curriculum, operation manual. Repeat enrolments.

NOW $55,000

$57,500 + F/fee

$40,000 + sav

W NE

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

W NE

HAIR & BEAUTY Long established in good part of town. 6 stations, 3 dryers, 2 basins. Very reasonable rent, opening 5 ½ days. This will be a JUHDW ¿UVW VDORQ RSSRUWXQLW\

$45,000 + sav

$49,950 + sav

CAFE Large, corner position, with large windows overlooking attractive courtyard. Seats 36 in & 15 outside. Commercial kitchen.

Trains young adults with special needs. 6 days.

$65,500 + sav

CLEANING SERVICE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

CAFE

MANUFACTURING

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Indian/Pakistani cuisine, dine in / takeaway. Seats 20 in/10 out. Easy to run with 2 staff. Well equipped kitchen with W.I coolroom. Potential to increase T/O with more opening hours.

Services one main customer every day of the year, vendor works 28 hrs pw, 3 sub-contractors. Stock inc.

Plenty of potential for more work.

Vendor retiring.

600 clients. Works Tue to Thurs.

7DNLQJ SD :% 3URÂżW app $45,000. Great part-time business. Huge potential.

Attractive shop fully renovated, in prime area. Seats 40 inside & 6 outside. Good equipment. 2 bdm accomm upstairs. New lease DYDLODEOH *UHDW ÂżUVW EXVLQHVV

0DMRU DFFRXQW RI \UV PDQ\ stores, makes security lanyards.

All machinery in excellent condition inc. straightening & cutting machine, 6 stamping machines, wire cutting machine, 6 presses.

Sales, installation & servicing for commercial & domestic, specialising in apartment/gated community style access control systems. All major brands. Client base 1500-2000.

NOW $69,000 + sav

$79,000

HAIR SALON

$90,000 CAR DETAILING

AUTO ELECTRICAL

Well established in large modern All repairs inc truck, trailer & marine, in large factory with hoist. Good s/centre. Hair & beauty, rents out GLVSOD\ URRP RIÂżFH 2QO\ RQH LQ manicurist space. Fully managed, Frankston & surrounds doing Inter5 fulltime staff, good marketing systems in place. Full assistance lock. Long standing clients inc corps.

Ozone safe air-con service. offered.

$100,000 + sav CONTINENTAL DELI / CAFE Good location near food court in busy S/C. Well equipped & very ZHOO SUHVHQWHG *RRG FDVK Ă&#x20AC;RZ VKRZLQJ JRRG WXUQRYHU DQG SURÂżW ÂżJXUHV 6HDWV LQ FDIH VHFWLRQ

Dine in & takeaway. Only one in S/Centre. Very clean, great kitchen, fantastic equipment.

Seats 36 inside & outside. Can change usage with landlord approval

COIN LAUNDRY

$95,000 + sav

$100,000 + sav

FISH & CHIPS

DISTRIBUTION

THAI TAKEAWAY

Near new, bright, clean â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all the hard work has been done. New equipment, coolroom and freezer. 6 days from 11am. Long lease options.

11.30am to 4pm daily, pick up at Moorabbin, deliveries take 4 hours.

Refrigerated van with racking. One of approx 90 franchises in Victoria, two separate rounds available.

In the heart of beautiful San Remo. Main road with good bay views, seats 30 in & 16 out. Rear courtyard, front eatery section with well laid out kitchen, staff SDUNLQJ 3URÂżWDEOH.

$120,000 + sav

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

$140,000 + sav

$130,000 each

ASIAN FOOD

Wonderful shop in food court of Looking for a seachange? large S/C, great kitchen. Huge Located in Mooroopna, only one in town. Opens 7 days, services 5 WDNLQJV 5H¿W GRQH RQO\ \HDUV ½ days. Well presented and well ago. Owner willing to run business for 2 years if wanted. equipped. 11 washers and 8 gas dryers.

$170,000 + sav

NOW $100,000

BAKERY & CAFE

GENERAL STORE

Large well equipped shop with all baking done on site. Fully managed, very busy, seat 20 in & 8 out. Large storage area under shop with separate access. Trades 7 days.

VDY

Very busy, well known store, only one in the area. Newsagency, bottle store, sandwich bar. 2 large coolrooms, storage area, garage, function/dining room. 4 BR house attached.

W NE

LAUNDRETTE

$120,000 + sav

$120,000 + sav LICENSED JAPANESE RESTAURANT

$145,000 + sav

Well set up factory close to many car yards, some of which are major clients. Always busy, bookings essential, prices range from $25 to $280. Short hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 days 8am to 4pm.

W NE

CAFE

NOW $225,000 + sav

$290,000 + sav

$295,000 + sav

HEAT & GLO DEALERSHIP

LAUNDROMAT

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

Indian cafĂŠ/takeaway with 2 storey 4 bdm unit within walking distance. Well equipped, well presented business with commercial kitchen & walk-in coolroom. Seats up to 50..

Long established with long serving staff. All manner of products from artwork & design stage. In house printing, in house NLOQ GLJLWDO ODVHU &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ applies

Fireplace retail to building trade 20 washers, 15 dryers, commercial & public. One man operation will ironing equipment. Open 7 days suit tradesperson. Installers subwith service offered 5 ½ days. contracted, could do the lot and Long lease, great T/O, Attached SUR¿WV ZLOO VRDU ([FHOOHQW ORFDWLRQ residence inc in monthly rental. No huge potential. competition.

$299,000 + sav

Beautifully presented, all modern refrigeration, prime position in S/C. 10 tonne truck for market inc. Plenty of prep area and rear space for unloading.

$350,000

NOW $360,000 + sav

$399,000 + sav

$449,000 + sav

$550,000 + sav

$750,000 + sav

PARTY HIRE SERVICE

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

ART GALLERY & RESTAURANT

REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT

KENNELS & CATTERY

FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD

Operates from twin factories, hires all party requirements, large or small. Good reputation, H[FHOOHQW SURÂżWV HVW \UV

½ acre with 3BR B/V home & brick shop on main road. Selling ¿VKLQJ WDFNOH EDLW ERDW VWRUDJH right on waterway/main street.

Garden setting w/ courtyard, bar area, separate function areas.

Wonderful presentation with Mediterranean atmosphere. Sells art & gifts. CafĂŠ & restaurant Thu/ Fri/Sat

3 large prime movers, 5 refrigerated trailers, 1 Mazda truck, 2 forklifts. Mainly local work, some interstate. 2 large coolrooms, Written contract & standing orders.

5 year old fully indoor boarding kennels and cattery, property approx 4.5 acres. Fully automated irrigation, heating and cooling.

Home with pool & entertainment DUHD &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DSSOLHV

Fully managed motel and serviced apartments with Nepean Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;way frontage. Prominent, high exposure position, 100 units.

$1.9 million

$2.5 million + sav

$7.6 million

NOW $825,000

B:$150,000 + sav F:$800,000 + GST if appl.

W NE

8 washers, 7 dryers. Also offers washing, ironing service and dry cleaning agent. Corner position offers great exposure, free parking at rear. Summer very busy, peaks in January.

Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hold:$1.2 million Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hold:$850,000

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 27 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

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Home Among The Gum Trees

Less than 600 metres to one of the area’s best beaches and on approx. 660sqm sits a much loved holiday home held by the same family for scores of happy summers. With some TLC hyou can bring this home back to its former glory; build a great family home on a block close to the sea or (STCA) develop this into a 2 unit site. The choice belongs entirely to the lucky purchaser.

Ideal for permanent living or investment this 3 bedroom home has open plan living,renovated kitchen & bathroom plus two entertaining decks with bay glimpses. A huge garage has power & water. Currently tenanted, Land 742sqm approx. could be sub-divided (STCA)

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

Tucked away on a good size block (approx. 789sqm) with rear lane access this home is crying out to be renovated and modernized. Currently there are 2 bedrooms with downstairs studio, private entertaining area & loads of space. Totally usable as a home or weekender and just minutes to the beach and shops this is the perfect spot upon which to create a new lifestyle, in a wonderful location.

Price $395,000 - $430,000 Inspect: Sun 2-2.30pm 03 5987 3233 Contact

Most Affordable Iconic Bathing Box!

Walk To The Beach

Buy now and be in for Summer! Gorgeous, cute yet totally practical bathing box. Great position, Fish & Chips, Pizza, Seven Eleven, parking & wash room, all within 50 metres.

Totally re-built less than 10 years ago with c/b roof; this is a great and very affordable opportunity to buy foreshore heritage. First in, gets undressed Price Inspect Contact

$115,000

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New port five years away

By Mike Hast CONSTRUCTION of the first stage of an expanded Port of Hastings would not start for four or five years, says the new head of the board charged with bringing the project to reality, Yehudi Blacher.

Mr Blacher and other members of the authority met for the first time at lunchtime on Wednesday 18 January.

Earlier, they visited the existing facilities at Hastings with Ports Minister Denis Napthine and Hastings MP Neale Burgess.

On the Esso jetty at Long Island Point, near where the first of three stages will be built, Mr Blacher said Hastings was well suited to become Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second container port within 10 to 13 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is natural deepwater access from Bass Strait, a port already here, and a large area of land already set aside for port development,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ports were critical elements of modern economies, he said.

He was â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely confidentâ&#x20AC;? the expansion could be finished on time and on budget, but could not say how much it would cost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is extensive planning work to be done.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Blacher said it was a big and exciting project, and there was a great advantage to starting the planning well before construction started in four to five years.

The Port of Melbourne was the most significant container port in Australia, and expansion at Hastings would keep Melbourne at the forefront of national

Place for a port: Ports Minister Denis Napthine is interviewed by a television news reporter on Essoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jetty at Long Island Point. On the left is Hastings MP Neale Burgess and Dr Napthineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief of staff Phil Connole. At right is Yehudi Blacher, chairman of the new Port of Hastings Development Authority board.

exports and imports, he said.

Dr Napthine said Mr Blacher brought a wealth of experience to the board and had served as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;senior public servant under Coalition and Labor governments for more than 20 years, including roles as the secretary for the Department of Planning and Community Development, and Department for Victorian Communitiesâ&#x20AC;?.

Dr Napthine said the meeting brought together â&#x20AC;&#x153;the highly experienced team for the first time and would help set the agenda for the way forward, and had instilled a great level of confidence for the future of the projectâ&#x20AC;?.

The minister said Hastings would serve the state for 50 to 100 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a nation-building project.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Container movements are estimated

CFA warns on children in cars THE Country Fire Authority has issued a warning about the dangers of locking children in cars.

A spokesman said statistics show that on a 20 degree day, the temperature inside a car can rise by 75 per cent in just a few minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The danger of being left alone isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just limited to children getting overheated; leaving the car running and the air-conditioning on doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make your child any safer, even if it is just for a few minutes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your child might be abducted, put the car into gear or get caught in a closing power window. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locking children in cars can be life threatening, especially on warm days. It can only take a few minutes for a child locked in a car to become seriously ill due to heatstroke or dehydration and in some cases die.

What to do if your child is locked in a car 1 Do not panic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; keep calm and think clearly.

Think about what you can do, rather than focusing on negative thoughts. Put on a brave face to your child; if your child sees you distressed, they will become distressed.

2 Take note of the time. It seems time stands still during an emergency. If you are aware of how long the car has been locked, you will know how long you have before a window must be broken.

3 Call 000 and the RACV on 13 1111. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a mobile, ask to use someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

4 Cover windows with blankets or tarps, and the roof if you can get enough blankets. Do this quickly. The heat and light entering through the windows is absorbed through the roof and causes the temperature in the car to rise rapidly. Covers will help slow the rate of temperature increase.

5 Break a window, but only with planning and extreme caution. This should be done as a last resort as glass can spray everywhere. Break the window furthest from the child.

6 Once your child is out of the car, rehydrate

and slowly cool them. Ensure you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t chill the child. Give them plenty to drink. Liquids should be at room temperature. Very cold liquids can make an overheated child sick. A cool washcloth is fine, but a cold one can cause more problems.

Take off their shoes and clothes. See a doctor or paramedic if you are concerned.

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8 Treat the incident as a learning experience.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blame yourself, but rather reflect on ways that could prevent it from happening again.

Tips to avoid locking your child in a car take your children with you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even if you will be away from the car for just a few minutes. ď Ž Never give your keys to your children; put on the car seat or in the ignition. ď Ž Never let children play in unattended or unlocked cars. ď Ž Make sure all children are out of the car before locking. ď Ž Keep a spare key in a magnetic box under the car or in your purse or wallet. ď Ž Hook keys to your clothing, bags or stroller. ď Ž Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t close the car door until the keys are in your hand. ď Ž Warn your kids about playing in the car without adult supervision. ď Ž When you arrive home, get the children out of the car before worrying about the shopping. ď Ž Always

to quadruple over the next 30 years and it is critical that we begin planning for this growth now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The port authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first task will be to begin the key social, economic and environmental studies that will underpin this important project.â&#x20AC;?

When it started operating, one million TEUs would be moved each year, rising to two or three million after that,

Dr Napthine said. (A TEU, or twentyfoot equivalent, is a measure of capacity in container transportation as containers come in many sizes.)

Dr Napthine said a challenge facing the Port of Hastings Development Authority board was freight and logistics.

The board would work with the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Transport to get the right mix of road and rail transport, he said.

Neale Burgess said 4000 jobs would be created when all three stages were operating.

The figure comes from a 2009 study prepared for the previous, Labor government by the Port of Hastings Corporation, which was disbanded in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most important roles of a state government is to create jobs,â&#x20AC;? he said.

An expanded port would bring jobs and money into the community, he said.

Mr Burgess conceded some people would be nervous about the effect on the Western Port environment of an expanded port.

Dr Napthine said the channel in Western Port to the stage one site between the Esso and BlueScope jetties was 14.3 metres. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a little bit of dredging needed near the quays,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The state government this year will ask the federal government for money for Hastings port.

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Accidental rise of a mumpreneur

By Keith Platt NICKY Johnston became a businesswoman – a publisher – almost by accident. The self-described mumpreneur was catapulted into the business world on the back of a book she wrote and illustrated to help her oldest son overcome anxiety.

Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! was handwritten and pasted together, but she was encouraged to have it published after reading it to her son Bayley’s class and lending it to teachers.

The book and its Happythoughts are Everywhere sequel have been reprinted several times and Johnston now heads a home-based business in Langwarrin that has extended into public speaking and showbiz. Book sales have topped 10,000 and the latest reprints totalled 12,000.

The stage version of Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! is the first show produced by Frankston Arts Centre. The show, like the book, deals with anxiety and guiding children away from worrisome thoughts. Johnston says art centre manager Robin Batt asked her about turning Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! into a stage production.

“She had seen me speak and then spent 18 months arranging funding and production. It’s now been staged in 40 schools and seen by more than 8000 children.”

Although the second book “shows how to keep going” and maintain defences against anxiety, “it’s a follow up but you don’t need to have read the first one”.

While used to a growing groundswell of acceptance after the publication of Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts!, Johnston was unprepared for what followed – an on-air interview on radio station 3AW with morning show host Neil Mitchell.

“I’d bought 10 stamps on my way to the interview thinking I might get a few orders. But my phone started ringing from the time I left the studio and by the time I got home there were 250 orders on my website.”

The radio station’s phone lines were jammed and its website crashed. The sales meant that she was able to pay the print bill without borrowing. A year later, when Mitchell interviewed Johnston about the follow-up book, the station put in a second receptionist in anticipation of feedback.

Homework: Author and illustrator Nicky Johnston with two of her four sons, Asher, 5, and Bowen, 1. Above, Johnston’s two published books, which followed concerns for a child’s wellbeing.

The “light bulb” moment when Johnston realised she was a businesswoman – or mumpreneur – came in August last year while attending a conference in Sydney organised by the Connect2Mums organisation in conjunction with the AusMumpreneur Awards, where Johnston was one of five finalists out of 100 entrants.

“As I sat there, I realised that I am running a business and came away determined to draw up a business plan, with goals and time frames.”

The other big revelation was that many of the conference attendees wanted to start a business to earn money while Johnston’s motivation had been to help parents confronted by a worrying situation. Now she has a business plan (written with help from husband Andrew on butcher’s paper hanging from the back of a door) and more definite ideas of how her business, “Happy Hero – Helping little worriers find happiness”, will develop.

Trained as a primary school teacher, Johnston remains a regular in the classroom as an incursion teacher hired by the RACV to teach road safety.

“That’s my real job and it keeps me in the loop with education.”

She also continues to hand draw and frame motivational cards that are sold

at markets or made on request.

Slogans also adorn the walls of her house, with those on white boards and a blackboard being regularly changed.

“The children read them and I change them without saying anything, so they’ll get the message without me telling them to read it.”

A mother of four, Johnston says her involvement with treating anxiety in children helps her “pick kids in the class who are anxious and tailor my approach to involve them”.

At public speaking engagements she often shares the stage with psychologists who “welcome” her personal experience and see it as a balance with their professional training.

“I give them credibility,” Johnston says. “It is difficult to understand anxiety; it’s like trying to describe a colour to someone who has never seen it.”

Johnston has now taken complete control over the marketing and distribution of her books, retaining up to 80 per cent of the retail price that went to distributors and bookshops.

Most sales come directly from orders on her website and bookshops generally buy copies on request from customers rather than hold stock.

Part of Johnston’s business plan is to enter as many business awards as pos-

sible, seeing them as a valuable marketing tool as well as an opportunity for networking and self-analysis of her own business. Last year she won the mayoral special recognition award at the business excellence awards run by Frankston and Mornington Peninsula councils.

“I find discussing the progression of my accidental business quite uplifting as sometimes it is this process that forces reflection on how far I have come, how much has been achieved and what possibilities lay ahead for a mum who stumbled into business,” Johnston said.

“Business was not my goal but the process to reach my goal. Support agencies all tackle problems for people aged 12 and over; there was no one to help parents or teachers with younger children.”

Being author and illustrator of her books is “my niche, my main point of difference”.

She has several other books in mind, but is also exploring a series of ehandbooks for children, parents and teachers that would not be printed.

Johnston’s decision to be a teacher and stand in front of a class followed her own early years as an “anxious child”.

“I also had post-natal depression af-

ter having Bayley, so I know where he got it from – me. Now, I’m not worried about public speaking because I know what I am doing.”

The hardest thing Johnston has done “was going before the judges to get my black belt in karate”.

“I had treatment after the post-natal depression and it made me realise I had been living my life with anxiety.

“I believe Bayley had a level of depression as well. He didn’t laugh or feel any real sense of joy until he was about 10, and that’s a long time in a little person’s life.

“I wrote the book and read it to him.

It was all for him.”

When she was urged to publish Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! Johnston Googled “how to publish a book”.

That book has led to Johnston growing into the role of running a business and seen her inspiration, Bayley, now 13, start secondary school with a confidence and outlook that once never seemed possible.

And, if you have a worrythought?: “Ask yourself if you can control it. If yes, make the change, if no, let it go.”

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Anti-marina group tackles minister

By Mike Hast MORNINGTON Environment Association has questioned Planning Minister Matthew Guy’s criticised to support a planning panel recommendation in favour of the proposed marina in Mornington harbour.

Just before Christmas, Mr Guy backed the panel’s report to allow the $19 million safe harbour project, or marina, being proposed by Mornington Boat Haven Ltd (MBH), a company associated with Mornington Yacht Club.

MEA president Jan Oliver says Mr Guy signed off on the 2011 panel report “despite having reservations about public benefit and relying on the previous government’s policies”.

The association has written to Mr Guy asking him to “clarify his position”.

“Is he really satisfied there will be no long-lasting environmental effects?

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He has supported recommendations that call for a redesign of the 210-metre long wave screen and the proposed hook on the pier as well as onerous monitoring and strict management,” Ms Oliver said.

“The panel decision was curious as it supported the marina, but called for a raft of extra design work. The panel effectively sent the marina proponents back to the drawing board.

“The minister’s assessment was a flabby whitewash, as was the panel report, which acknowledged all major concerns with the proposal yet supported it.

“The minister has endorsed what amounts to a virtual complete redesign of the proposal including redesigning the wave screen to reduce reflected waves, reducing its height to minimise visual impact, and redesigning the entrance to allow tall ships to enter harbour.”

Ms Oliver said Mornington MP Da-

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vid Morris had strongly declared the state government would not contribute to the multi-million dollar wave screen, the key element in making the harbour safe from wild northerly storms.

“Earlier this month Mr Morris called on Mornington Peninsula Shire to reject the marina plans,” she said.

The News reported Mr Morris’s objections to the project on 12 January – ‘Axe marina call’. He said the environment effects statement was based on the Labor government’s “flawed policy framework” and the public release of the document “sets the stage for a speedy conclusion to this longrunning and divisive attempt at privatisation of Mornington harbour”.

Mr Morris said the report identified a number of significant issues “which provide justification for the shire council to abandon the amendment”.

(An amendment of the shire’s planning scheme is required for the private

marina to be built in public waters.)

Jan Oliver said some yacht club members had approached MEA and were unhappy with the club and Mornington Boat Haven.

“We’ve been told the yacht club has loaned thousands of dollars to Boat Haven and members have been slugged with an infrastructure levy.”

Mornington Boat Haven spokesman Phil Coombs told The News he was happy with Mr Guy’s support of the panel recommendations.

“We have strong policy support from the government,” he said.

“The technical issues [raised by the panel] can be managed.”

He said the marina would provide a “net community benefit” and MBH was looking forward to workshops with state government agencies and the shire council to advance the project to the next stage.

Further complicating the issue is the failure of Parks Victoria to install

wave screen panels on the $3.65 million renovated section of Mornington pier.

Yacht club members privately concede the harbour is less well protected than before the middle section of the pier was rebuilt, a project completed late last year.

Bolts to hold the wave screen panels have been installed, but The News understands Parks Victoria told its contractor it could not afford to pay him to attach the panels.  Planning Minister Matthew Guy sat on his department’s assessment of the panel report into the marina proposal for seven months. The panel sent its report to Mr Guy’s Department of Planning and Community Development in May and the ministry had completed its assessment by June. But Mr Guy’s report was not released to the shire council until 23 December. It was posted on the shire website on 4 January.

Council’s flood plea ignored

By Keith Platt and Mike Hast FRANKSTON Council’s plea to its neighbour City of Greater Dandenong to not allow industry to build on lowlying land at Bangholme has been ignored.

Frankston wrote to Greater Dandenong mid-January saying it was worried that allowing 340 hectares for industry would increase the risk of flooding in Frankston.

The two municipalities are in the 855-square kilometre Dandenong Valley, which includes floodplains, wetlands and 485 kilometres of rivers and creeks that originally drained into a swamp (see box at right).

On 23 December, Greater Dandenong rammed through the rezoning, with councillors, led by Cr Peter Brown, voting 5-4 for the land to be changed from green wedge.

Their decision now goes to Planning Minister Matthew Guy for approval.

The move has angered some Frankston councillors as well as Alan Hood of Bangholme Rural Land Holders’ Association, a long-time critic of flood planning and infrastructure in the valley.

The Times understands Frankston CEO George Modrich is privately upset Greater Dandenong did not take into account a comprehensive letter outlining Frankston’s flood concerns.

A next step for Frankston would be to complain to Mr Guy. The issue highlights the lack of coordination between councils in dealing with flood threats in the region.

Mr Hood said Greater Dandenong had missed an opportunity “to correct its decision of 14 November to rezone the Bangholme land, which was made without a report from council officers”.

He said the flooding that followed heavy rain in the region in early February 2011, when Melbourne Water was forced to release diluted sewage into the valley’s rivers and creeks, showed councils in the catchment – Casey, Greater Dandenong, Frankston and Kingston – were issuing permits for development but not making provision to dispose of stormwater runoff.

At Frankston’s first council meeting of the year, 16 January, councillors voted unanimously to write to Greater Dandenong council to express “concerns and objection to the proposed inclusion of the Bangholme Precinct in the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) due to the potential discharge of stormwater flows indirectly into the Frankston catchment which currently has significant constraints in capacity”.

Frankston councillors called for Greater Dandenong to “confer with Melbourne Water, South East Water,

and Frankston City Council to ensure that there is no negative downstream impact on Frankston City Council in terms of stormwater discharge” before allowing development to go ahead.

Frankston councillors wanted their northern counterparts to “ensure that there is no negative downstream impact on Frankston City Council in terms of stormwater discharge”.

In the letter expressing “concerns and objection” to Greater Dandenong’s rezoning plans, Frankston said that its “catchment … has significant constraints in capacity.”

The wording of the letter approved by council was a watered-down version of that first proposed by Cr Brad Hill, which called on Greater Dandenong to reverse its plans to rezone the floodprone land bounded by Harwood and Frankston-Dandenong roads, EastLink and Eumemmering Creek.

Cr Hill wanted copies of the letter sent to Planning Minister Matthew Guy, Frankston MP Geoff Shaw, Carrum MP Donna Bauer, Melbourne Water and South East Water.

Instead, his colleagues agreed to send the letter to the two water authorities as well as asking them and the City of Kingston to “review the capacity of stormwater outfalls and infrastructure protecting the northern parts of Frankston and southern suburbs of Kingston from catastrophic flooding”.

Frankston said commissioning a review was justified “given the extent of development that has occurred in the Dandenong Valley and Carrum lowlands within the past 20 years, the height reached by floodwaters on the southern levee bank at Pillars Crossing, the flooding of Thompsons Rd, the flooding of Frankston-Dandenong Rd, and the discharge of grey and black, noxious and offensive water from the Eastern Treatment Plant to Frankston waterways on 5 February 2011”.

Several reports have already shown parts of Frankston could be inundated by floods if the low-lying area near Bangholme was further developed.

Experts say it is impossible and uneconomic to flood-proof Frankston and the amount of money being spent each year on vital drainage falls well short of the minimum needed.

However, Melbourne Water has spent $60,000 developing a flood management plan for Frankston and the city spent $39,000 drawing up water sensitive urban design guidelines to lessen runoff from new developments.

Frankston’s current budget includes $755,000 for drainage, well short of the $12 million of “identified” drainage and flood mitigation works.

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The flood management plan states it is impossible to protect all 1635 of the city’s flood-prone properties, and warns that higher rainfall and rising sea levels as a result of climate change could see many parts of the city inundated (‘City flood alert’, The Times, 1/9/11).

It warns of the need to avoid “downstream flooding” from 20 projects already flagged over the next decade that will produce 888 dwellings. Also, there are plans to create thousands of lots on another 247 hectares of greenfield sites.

Frankston has no flood warning system and the municipal emergency management plan does not assess the flood risk within the municipality.

Self-styled flood expert Alan Hood says a canal from Knox to Western Port is the only way to protect lowlying areas of Frankston from floods.

“It’s a pipe dream that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but we have to do something,” he told The Times last year (‘Pipe dream canal to fix city’s flood risk’, 15/9/11).

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The 45-square kilometre swamp stretched from Mordialloc to Frankston and across to Dandenong, but was drained for farmland in the late 1800s, including by the man-made Patterson River. A small section remains, now called the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands.

About 45 per cent of the valley is urbanised although there are large tracts of farmland at Bangholme and Narre Warren East.

The valley has 485 kilometres of rivers and creeks that originally drained to the swamp. Melbourne Water says the remaining wetland areas were retained to provide critical flood protection.

Kananook Creek, the major outlet, and Mordialloc Creek carry excess water from the wetlands into Port Phillip. The two creeks are fed by Dandenong Creek, with headwaters in the Dandenong Ranges, and Eumemmerring Creek.

Mike Hast building his house, he found floods had seen more than two metres of water pour through a school two kilometres south of his 5.5-hectare property.

“I built my house site up by eight foot [2.4 metres], but the floods suggested that probably wasn’t high enough,” he said. “That’s what started my interest in floods.”

Mr Hood accuses bureaucrats of sidestepping issues and not making the hard decisions needed to flood-proof the area from Dandenong to Frankston.

“There’s no point cutting drains through the primary dune [running parallel to Nepean Highway from

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“I told the environmental effects study [into the EastLink tollway] that it will send water towards Frankston and the resulting flood will be an act of negligence, not an accident.”

He estimated there were up to 800 houses in Seaford that would be inundated in a major flood.

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By Stuart McCullough IT was an object without peer. The Stuart Surridge cricket bat was right up there with a light saber in terms of sheer awesomeness. Indeed, had Luke Skywalker been clutching one of the Surridge family’s finest, he probably could have knocked Darth Vader off in half an hour rather than needing the best part of three whole films.

Cricket games at school were always an ordeal and the trial began with the selection of teams. There is no indignity greater than watching as each of your classmates is chosen ahead of you.

As the numbers dwindled, the belated sound of my name would send a surge of relief coursing through my veins. I was rarely last, but always a very great distance from first.

In addition to hand-eye coordination, those at the top of the order had one thing in common – they had proper cricket bats. These were so much more than mere lumps of wood with a handle. They were absolute works of art.

When they removed their cricket bats from their bags, it was like Arthur unsheathing Excalibur.

Some of my mates preferred the Gray Nicholls bat, with its revolutionary weight-reducing “scoop”, but not me. I was only interested in a Stuart Surridge. At the time they seemed to cost a fortune and, frankly, there was little in the way I played to suggest this might be a wise investment.

The SS was a very solid piece of sporting equipment.

While West Indian cricketers could throw these bats around like toothpicks, to a nine year old, it was like

trying to swing a bag of cement.

There was no greater test of primary school friendship than to ask to borrow the cricket bat of your classmate. Such requests were often met with a narrowing of the eyes and a shake of the head, as a quick assessment was undertaken

in which the benefit to the team was weighed up against the risk that a lack of skill might be contagious, possibly ruining the bat forever.

Unless I wanted to use the cricket bat provided by the school – an anonymous piece of balsawood that sent

reverberations running up your arm when you struck a ball – I would have to bring my own bat.

My first bat was a hand-me-down, which would have been all right if I’d had an older brother. Rather, the first bat I owned was handed down from a far greater height. It had belonged to my father and was the only bat at our entire primary school to have been classified by the National Trust.

Time had turned it a ripe, brown colour. The grip on the handle was made of thread rather than rubber and, over the years, it had become as slippery as a pair of bad suit pants. Attempts to hoist the ball over the infield would often result in the bat escaping my grip and travelling at speed towards the forehead of whoever was standing at mid-wicket.

My teammates took their revenge when we fielded: I was either placed so far away that I needed to catch a bus to get there, or so close as to defy the instinct for human survival. The position of “silly mid on” is something of an understatement. As far as I was concerned, this was a position better described as “human piñata”. Or, if you prefer, “target practice”.

Cricket was such a serious affair.

Kids lugged huge bags full of equipment to school and back, dragging them through the car park. There were pads, gloves, helmets and “boxes” – in spite of the fact that we were using a tennis ball and, truth be told, in primary school there’s not much to protect.

I didn’t bother asking to borrow one.

If you can’t borrow somebody’s bat, they’re unlikely to loan you their box.

I never really enjoyed those matches.

I vastly preferred the games we played at home. Despite the numbers, we never divided into teams. It was always a case of one batsman versus everybody else.

To this day, after family meals, there is a procession from the house to the back of the yard where the pitch lies waiting. When last I played, I was with my brothers, father and my nephews. It made me smile as I watched them haul their bags of gear across the paddock, before putting on pads, gloves and helmets.

My turn to bat came when I took a catch, not because I was picked. I then disgraced myself by sending the ball sailing over into the paddock with the long grass, meaning that it could only be retrieved by sliding under an electric fence.

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I guess that’s the difference with family – there is no selection process.

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THE Mt Eliza Australia Day celebrations were enjoyed by many people. A small crowd gathered in perfect weather to meet the Australia Day ambassador, former Essendon premiership player John Birt.

Standing out in the crowd was 14-year-old Mt Eliza student Georgia White, who dressed as a Bindi Irwin, with a huge snake draped around her neck.

Georgia said: “l have a lot of admi-

ration for the Irwin family and what they have achieved for wildlife conservation. I still think we should all learn to treat animals better.”

Georgia (pictured with yours truly) will attend Woodleigh School and hopes to become a palaeontologist, who study prehistoric life including the remains of dinosaurs.

“We still have a lot to learn about dinosaurs and my childhood memories were playing prehistoric park with my

friends. We had some wonderful dinosaur species in Australia including the Koolasuchus and Leaellynasaura.”

There is no doubting Georgia’s love for animals; in her backyard and garage are guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, cats, budgies, goldfish, green tree frogs and her favourite – northern carpet pythons Baggers and Skittles.

“I get my love of animals from my mother Michelle, who helps me look after my animals. I also dedicated

Australia Day to my golden retriever, Asher, who died recently from an illness; we all miss him so much.” Georgia is also a keen sportswoman and enjoys basketball, swimming, tennis, rock climbing and bushwalking.

“I hope one day to do work experience at the Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.”

Is there anything missing from her collection? “My parents won’t allow me to have a pet spider, but I intend to buy a bird-eating spider after I move out of home.”

If you share Georgia’s interest in dinosaurs, snakes and spiders, email georgia_snake@hotmail.com *** TO commemorate the 40th anniversary of Thick As a Brick, Ian Anderson will release a sequel, Thick As a Brick 2, on 30 March through EMI. Anderson is the flutist and voice of the legendary Jethro Tull, formed in the north of England in 1968.

He wrote and recorded the progressive rock classic in 1972. The lyrics were credited to the fictitious child character Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age.

The record became a number one Billboard Chart album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries, including Australia.

Anderson says of the album: “As we baby boomers look back on our lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead a preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?”

To coincide with the release, for the first time since 1972 Anderson and fellow musicians John O’Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) – as well as guest performers – will take to the road in the United Kingdom to perform the first album in its entirety. The second part of the show will see Anderson and the band perform the sequel.

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the train station, further on I’ll leave to the natives. *** STILL on January and something called “Australia Day”. Oh, how I cringe at all this “Happy Australia Day” nonsense. Happy Christmas, New Year, Mother’s Day, Easter and birthday is surely enough, so why add something the meaning of which is almost universally a blur on the brain?

What say we have a happy “Pig’s Bottom Day”?

It’s become bigger and bigger, and with it more and more nonsense; designed to make us feel special and with it to forget the sad state of our politics.

Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award winner and fine actor, is our Australian of the Year. Why? Possibly because he lives in Camberwell – sometimes?

Then there’s the Aboriginal tent embassy looking for sovereignty and land rights. Hmmm. Just the one question: What is it they’re looking for that we other Australians get that they don’t get? Stop it, Cliffie. OK, I support constitutional recognition of Aborigines, but really ... sorry. *** IT’S all about choice, surely. Yes, Mzzz Melody backed away from the

poker machine reform fiasco as indeed Tony would have, and, yes, almost all those letters of criticism to the dailies came with their political bias showing.

But no. Time after time we have these faceless people thinking up new ways to make our life a misery. I’m a smoker so I put up with the dirty looks, mainly from members of the enchanting sisterhood or the odd feminine-looking male, not that there’s anything wrong with it. What next? Stop people buying Tatts tickets? God help the young single mother with the unwanted pregnancy, and so on. *** WHAT big mistakes are we making now? The two biggest of our past were, of course, the stolen generation in the 1930s where Aboriginal babies were taken from their parents to turn them into white people, followed by the Royal Women’s Hospital idea of forced adoption for single mothers.

They no doubt appeared reasonable to the decision-makers at that time, based on the “for their own good” principle.

Both clearly very wrong in retrospect.

So can we assume we are more sensible in this day and age? No, no, no!

The “for their own good” crowd is always there, pushing, pushing for what

they believe is social justice, for us. It could be the boat people. It could be the half truth as to what causes cancer.

Whatever, they will be there to steer us onto the path of their righteousness.

Glory be to the committees to discuss our welfare. *** AS for we voters, that’s the rub. We are either entrenched Liberals or Labor or of the fascinating swinging lot, who for reasons best known to themselves believe they make a difference.

Entrenched voters are more loyal than footy fans. They will justify any policy of party and oppose any policy of the other party. If the Libs suggest we bomb the boats, that’s OK. If Labor suggests we welcome Nigeria, that’s OK too. Or at the very least justify the decision. That’s overstating it obviously, but only just. True, a few have switched to the Greens, which provides us with another fascination, namely that they put themselves forward as “thinking” voters. Save my soul! We are all puppets, boys and girls. Tony, Julia, big business, the newspapers and television rule the roost and I’m not even sure about Tony and Julia. Don’t panic; relax. A brick wall is a brick wall. Simply en-

By Gary Turner studio and live albums, and earned a prominent place in rock history. www.jethrotull.com www.theinsoundfromwayout.com *** CONGRATS to Melbourne group Jetty Road for its second Golden Guitar – the 2012 Group or Duo of the Year at Australian Country Music’s night of nights. The band will perform on the main stage at Whittlesea Country Music Festival on Saturday 11 February. *** COLDPLAY is making a two-day promotional visit to Sydney on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February after playing at the 54th Grammy Awards on Sunday 12 February. The band will play two performances in Sydney.

Fans also have a chance to catch the band at Coldplay Live on Friday 17 February. The concert will be broadcast on the Seven Network and streamed from Huawei Mobile’s Facebook page.

For a chance to win tickets to one of the events, head to www.facebook. com/huaweimobile and or Seven’s Sunrise.

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A Grain of Salt I’M missing the young darlings and bare-chested males, not to mention the nightly world of adventure at that carnival. Even the little bairns are at school.

What a pity. The bins are not overflowing, at last, which is something the shire should note to rectify next summer, although I expect nothing. In an effort to escape the mayhem here, I visited Flinders (too crowded; coffee and choofing) and pleasant trips to Balnarring and Hastings. A calming effect on my jangled nerves, ever so slowly welcoming in the year of the dragon. *** I GOT up the courage to drive to the big smoke mid-January. Opening night of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Rubbing shoulders with the hoi poloi. Actor John Wood said hello.

Thank God I remembered his name. I thought it prudent not to mention I’d rubbished his superannuation commercials in this column. Other big names were also present, strutting their stuff, but as I’m against namedropping, one is enough. Besides, they looked right through me. Don’t they read my column? The play was a treat, top shelf, but even so, at my age (68), it remains a big effort to go to Melbourne. Frankston is fine if you dodge

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By Cliff Ellen joy the ride. Is climate change a reality? That depends on which party you support. *** ANNA Bligh says “I want us to remember who we are. We are Queenslanders”. What does she mean?

Whatever happened to that attractive, although seemingly mixed up, young woman from Frankston who was connected with tricky Ricky Nixon? I miss her.

I saw a big cockroach in my sink. Go back to Queesland! I took a second, imagined it was a Carlton footballer, and squashed it.

I feel for Captain Queeg of the Costa Concordia. I may well have done the same, only earlier.

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Unusual juxtapositions a Sowersby motif SEAFORD artist Tony Sowersby has again entered controversial paintings in the Bald Archy Prize, the satirical portraiture contest that spoofs the Archibald Prize.

Sowersby has won the People’s Choice award three times – in 1998, 2004 and 2005 with The Cardinal with his Abbott, a portrait of Cardinal George Pell and Tony Abbott.

His 2012 entries are Andrew and Usain Bolt – Brothers Under the Skin (below) and Macpherson and the Murdochs – A Marriage of Connivance (right).

The Bald Archy Prize was created in 1994 and attracts artists of all standards and styles.

It encourages portraits ranging from hilarious to vulgar.

Winning subjects have included Kerry Packer, Amanda Vanstone,

Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everage, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, and Ian Thorpe.

The comic portraits will be shown in Canberra before being taken on tour in eastern Australia including Melbourne.

An art critic wrote last year: “The satirical side of this event has its basis in the irreverent, larrikin Australian comic comment, with great appeal to people from all walks of life, the reason why the exhibition of finalists keeps breaking attendance records wherever it is shown.”

Sowersby’s artist statements, which accompany the works, are: Andrew and Usain Bolt “I am sure that Andrew Bolt, the News Ltd columnist, and his distant relative, Usain, the fastest human ever, would have posed for me like this if I had asked them “That would have put aside permanently the notion, which has taken hold unfathomably among a tiny minority of Andrew’s readers, of white supremacy.

“So, without the real Bolts in front of me, I tried to copy their most obvious qualities in my arts practice.

Joke!!!

Like Usain, I trained really hard and, like Andrew, I did absolutely no research.

“A special thank you goes to Tony Abbott for the loan of the budgie smugglers.”

Macpherson and the Murdochs “Elle Macpherson was just one of many celebrities and others who had their phones hacked by the Murdochs’

tabloid the News of the World.

“But she didn’t grandstand, or complain or play the blame game; well except for sacking her business manager who had nothing to do with it!

“True, Elle did accept an incredibly well-paid TV gig from a Murdoch station, but that wasn’t to buy her silence. No way. She only took that money to help her favourite charity.

She wanted to help young, tall, emaciated girls to become so famous that one day their phones could be hacked, too.

“Disclaimer: this painting is satirical and does not mean to imply that either James or Rupert Murdoch had any idea what was going on in the most profitable areas of their business empire.”

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ART SHOW

Art show night a big hit for charity THE Mornington Peninsula’s ‘glitter-arty’ flocked to the opening of the Mornington Art Exhibition on Friday night last week at the Peninsula Community Theatre.

More than 200 people strolled through the hall that was set up like a giant art gallery to admire almost 1000 works.

Members of the Rotary Club of Mornington, the show organiser, happily sold paintings to patrons, with all proceeds going to peninsula,

statewide, national and international Rotary projects. Last year the show, which ends on Saturday at 6pm, raised more than $50,000.

Highlights included the trad jazz band Julie Wulie and The Pop-ees, works by peninsula VCE art students, and feature artist Lyn Mellady, an internationally acclaimed painter, who had nine works on display.

Representatives of many of the 64 sponsors, including the Mornington News, attended the opening.

Dave and Anita Hilet with, centre, Rotarian John Renowden.

Peter Hanton.

Michael King, Mark and Lisa Bedin, Mark Sangalli and Mandy Geroni.

Julie Wulie (aka Julie Walters) and The Pop-ees entertained with trad jazz.

Mornington Rotary president Jack Carter.

Artist Eric Shepherd of Mt Martha shows off his work Tranquillity.

Art show patrons with their catalogues plan purchases. More than 200 people attended the opening night of the show, which ends on Saturday at 6pm.

Cr Bev Colomb, Bruce Stewart of The News and his wife Christine Stewart.

Artist Tim Hadler with Paige, 3, his wife Rachel with Indigo, 1, and his mum Kathy Hadler. Tim’s work To Defy the Laws of Tradition is bottom centre.

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‘07 Holden VE Calais V V8

V6, Auto, ABS, Air Cond, Airbags, Alloys, CD, Cruise, International Series, Limited Edition, Auto, ABS, ESC, P/Windows, Very Sporty. WXH186 Climate, Alloys, ESC, Cruise, Leather, Sat Nav. UXA100

24

‘07 Holden VE Omega

Great Value, V6, Auto, ABS, Air Cond, Airbags, CD, Cruise, ESC. UWL084

$

$

PER DAY^

PER DAY^

‘09 Ford Focus

4 Cyl, Auto, ABS, Air Cond, Airbags, CD, P/Steering, P/Windows. YOV648

24

$

$

$

4 Cyl, Air Cond, Airbags, Alloys, CD, P/W, P/S, 5 Door Hatchback. WQN654

PER DAY^

DRIVE DRIVE $39,990 AWAY 32,990 AWAY

$

‘06 Nissan Pathfinder

Auto, Diesel, ABS, Air Cond, Airbags, Alloys, CD, 7 Seater, Turbo Diesel. TXT273

‘11 Holden Captiva LX

7 Seater, Auto, ABS, Airbags, Alloys, CD, Climate, Cruise, ESC, Only 3,000 Kms. YCL723

976 Nepean Hwy, Mornington.

Phone 5975 4433 www.jch.com.au ^Finance to approved purchasers based on corporate hire purchase (for business purposes only) over 60 months with 10.95% deposit. No balloon payment. No fees and charges payable. While stocks last.

LMCT7858

Great Wall 2011 Plate Clearance!

V240 Cab Chassis

V240 Dual Cab

Petrol 4x2 Was

$22,990 Drive Away You Pay

$20,990 Drive Away

4x2 Was

4x4 Was

$16 888

$19 990

Petrol 4x4 Was $25,990 Drive Away

You Pay

$23,990 Drive Away Turbo Diesel 4x2

Was $24,990 Drive Away You Pay Drive Away

$22,990

Metallic paint $350 extra.

$17,990 Drive Away $20,990 Drive Away You Pay You Pay Drive Drive Away Away , , Metallic paint $350 extra.

Metallic paint $350 extra.

Pictures are either base model, same model or actual vehicle. LMCT7858 Southern Peninsula News 7 February 2012

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High Country T-bone 250gm Members: $15.90 Non-members: $19.90 Certified Australian Black Angus Rump 350gm Members: $22.50 Non-members: $30.00

Grass-fed New Zealand Porterhouse 350gm Members: $25.00 Non-members: $32.00

Join us every Wednesday night at The Portsea Hotel for our popular weekly Steak Night that has more menu choices than anyone else on the Peninsula!

High Country Porterhouse 250gm Members: $13.90 Non-members: $18.90

All Steaks

are served with Creamy Sliced Potatoes & Fresh Steamed Vegetables with a selection of tempting sauces including Pepper, Mushroom & Garlic!

And remember,

you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a hotel member for great weekly deals!

For bookings please call (03) 5984 2213 or book online at portseahotel.com.au PAGE 48

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