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Fire safety bungle Traffic issues rule out reserve fire refuge at Red Hill
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corded his response as “... a Neighbourhood Safer Place in Red Hill will be considered by the officers�. Red Hill Recreation Reserve was previously approved twice in the three-stage designation process, but was later knocked back when the CFA strongly opposed sharing the 20-hectare site with residents. The minutes of the Mornington Peninsula Fire Management Planning Committee meeting on 3 October reveal that municipal fire prevention officer Damien Taylor stated that the shire feared that four-wheel drives towing “horse floats, etc� would put an “extra load� on police dealing with traffic at the reserve if it were a NSP. The minutes record Mr Taylor saying that police “have a priority to guard CFA’s security� and that they are required “to look after pets at relief centres. If you get people that decide that their [bushfire plan] doesn’t work� they are “going to bring their animals there and they have to be dealt with�. Mr Taylor then moved that the Red Hill reserve be rejected as a NSP. He had been recorded in the minutes as stating earlier: “I have been told to put forward to this committee for a decision [sic].� In an email to this writer, Mr Taylor referred to the minutes, stating they “are not an accurate reflection of the meeting’s discussion�. The mayor Frank Martin, who is also Red Hill Ward councillor, said the “stance had been taken� by CFA and Victoria Police not to permit the reserve to be used as a “place of last resort�. Continued Page 11
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Portsea beach could be ‘let go’ By Mike Hast PORTSEA’S iconic front beach could be “let go� under a worst case scenario, says Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Port Phillip regional director Rodney Warren. Mr Warren gave the grim news at a meeting of stakeholders in Portsea last month, the third such meeting since August 2010 when about 30 people then heard talks, studied maps and diagrams, and vigorously debated possible causes of the catastrophic loss of the beach, dunes and trees near the jetty and below the Portsea pub. At the December meeting, about 20 people – including representatives of DSE and Mornington Peninsula Shire – met and much the same occurred, although new charts and photos were displayed, the result of the first year of a two-year monitoring program. Mr Warren outlined the works that had been done to save the foreshore since July 2010 including the building of a 150-metre long sandbag seawall before last summer. The very large elephant in the room was the dredging of Port Phillip Heads in 2008 and 2009, which authorities continue to deny caused the destruction of a once-popular bay beach in less than two years. Theories about natural erosion, stronger winds, high ocean waves or some other cause not yet identified by scientists don’t convince people such as Len Salter, founder of Dive Victoria; Judy Muir of the Sorrento-based Polperro Dolphins Swims; Gary Grant of Bayplay, the marine adventure company; and Portsea Hotel manager Andrew Henderson, who has daily watched the massive erosion and ocean-type waves remove the beach. The three tourism operators once used the beach, but have abandoned it for alternative places nearby. Len Salter has consistently said the removal of rock at a section of The Heads known as The Plateau is letting in a greater amount of water and from a different direction. “Portsea pier has been a safe place for divers for more than 30 years. That’s all changed. The swell we are getting now means it’s unsafe for up to 12 hours a day. It’s unprecedented.� Mr Salter claimed up to six metres of rock had been removed from The Plateau, a statement refuted by the Port of Melbourne Corporation last year when CEO Stephen Bradford stated no more than three metres had been removed. Mr Warren said the next stage of DSE’s investigations was “a pre-feasibility study of coastal erosion management options to protect and manage public assets at Portsea front beach�. Consultants would be appointed before Christmas. He said options might include constructing an artificial reef, groynes or other treatments. “Maybe we will find the beach is no longer viable and we’ll have to walk away,� he said. He said erosion of beaches was occurring around the world: “It’s a natural event.� Average erosion on Port Phillip beaches was between half and one metre, he said, but Portsea had lost 10-15 metres since May 2010. (The DSE website quotes Mr Warren stating it was 20-25
metres.) The 150-metre long sandbag revetment had been damaged during a storm in early July this year and bags had been replaced. A line of rocks placed to protect workers had been removed in time for the holiday season, he said. A sand movement monitoring program had been started in May and would continue for another 12 months, Mr Warren said. Results would guide “future management optionsâ€?. “We’re looking for a pattern, a trend in erosion or accretion [addition] of sand, and don’t want to jump in if natural events will rectify the problem.â€? Mike Behnke, DSE’s infrastructure and risk manager, said the sandbag wall had been built with insufficient slope last summer as “we were running out of space; we were confined as the sand was going so quicklyâ€?. Andrew Henderson said the beach had been there for more than 1000 years and nothing would convince him the loss was caused by anything other than dredging of The Heads. “The swell started after the dredging.â€? Gary Grant said there had been massive sand loss further west of Portsea in Point Nepean National Park, at a place called The Bend. He said a walkway built by Parks Victoria had been closed one month after opening due to massive erosion. Moonah trees 500 years old had been washed away. Mr Warren said the channel deepening project “was not our areaâ€?. “We take our information from the Office of Environmental Monitor,â€? he said. This statement later led conservationist and architectural historian Ursula de Jong to suggest the meeting pass a resolution asking for a whole of government approach to investigate the erosion. “Government should look at channel deepening, sea level rise, weather and climate,â€? she said. Mr Warren said Environment Minister Ryan Smith knew about the meeting and would want a briefing. Mr Warren said he would tell the minister about people’s concerns. Replying to a question from Len Salter about safety and that he had seen people jumping off the sandbag wall, John Ault-Connell of the shire council said warning signs would be erected. The bottom line is that Portsea beach is no longer the jewel in the crown of the coastal village that contains some of Australia’s most valuable real estate. Strolling along the sands with water lapping at bare feet is a thing of the past. An hour after the Portsea meeting, when a threemetre swell was sweeping in from Bass Strait and through The Heads, a huge shorebreak pounded Portsea beach, spray flying up onto where the jetty joins the land. The News saw just three people near the beach: schoolies who were walking along the top of the sandbags and then climbed over two sandbags placed near the jetty access road. The current access track starts further east. ď Ž The Office of the Environmental Monitor closed on 31 December, four years after it was established by the state government to oversee the Port of Melbourne’s channel deepening project.
Back beach or front?: Portsea front beach with a huge shore break making a walk along the water’s edge difficult. Three visitors stroll along the top of the 150-metre sandbag wall, or revetment, erected by DSE last year to stop further erosion, which had already taken at least 20 metres of beach and land.
10 years of maintenance dredging THE Port of Melbourne Corporation begins a 10-year maintenance dredging program in March. It says all work will be done “in accordance with an approved Environmental Management Plan�. It will dredge the Yarra River, Hodsons Bay, channels in the north, ship berths, swing basins, Maribyrnong River, Webb Dock, other port areas, the Port Melbourne Channel, the South Channel between Rosebud and The Heads, and the Great Ship Channel through The Heads. Dredged material will again be dumped at the northern dredged material ground, which is in the middle of Port Phillip west of Mordialloc, and the South East DMG off Martha Point near Safety Beach. Some information is on the Port of Melbourne Corporation website: www.portofmelbourne. com or phone 1300 857 662.
Australia Day run for heroes ELITE runner Karen Barlow says the Mornington Peninsula’s Australia Day fun run is getting bigger every year. She also loves the entertainment and free barbecue for the entrants. This year’s 10-kilometre run is from the Coast Guard headquarters at Safety Beach to the Village Green at Rosebud. There are many prizes and medals for all contestants, and the first 1000 pre-registered entrants receive an Australian-made singlet. There are also prizes for runners who dress up in keeping with the theme of ‘Recognising Our Heroes’. The run starts at 8.30am on Thursday 26 January and competitors can enter online until 10pm on 25 January at www.ausdayfunrun.com.au or at
the Village Green 4-7pm on 25 January. A six-kilometre combined run and walk for children and adults starts at 9am from the scout hall near Dromana pier. Registrations will be taken on the day before the start of each event. The fun run follows the Bay Trail with breakfast and free activities available at the finish. The cost of entering the fun run is $35 for adults, $25 for under-13 and under-16 entrants and $100 for a family of two adults and two children. Registrations can be made online, at Mornington Peninsula Shire offices or by post to PO Box 2260 Rosebud Plaza 3939. For details call 1300 850 600 or visit www.mornpen.vic.gov.au
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Looking back to see the way ahead By Keith Platt HAPPINESS may have been a warm gun for John Lennon, but it’s an emotion infinitely more elusive than a song lyric for the social scientist. Not personal happiness, mind you, but the happiness of a whole population is a formidable quarry to flush out. David Chalke spends his life looking over his shoulder or, more accurately, he’s looking over all our shoulders to gauge our collective happiness, among many other emotions and attitudes. Chalke is not peering backwards from wariness or nostalgia, but because he wants to know what the future holds. As a social scientist, he believes knowing how we have reacted to situations and events can be interpreted as data and mapped to show where we are going. Simply, David Chalke spends a big chunk of his life looking for trends. Besides happiness and satisfaction, Chalke tracks isms: ‘Feminism’, ‘Economic Rationalism’, ‘Environmentalism’ and ‘New Ageism’. The answers on which his graphs and predictions are based come from a prodigious questionnaire filled out each year by 2000 randomly chosen Australian residents. The AustraliaSCAN survey is de-
scribed as “a unique, independent, cultural change monitor providing a view of Australians and how they are changing”. Chalke says the survey began in 1992 and is completed using a mix of face-to-face interviews and self-completion. The methodology is tailored to meeting the tricky task of measuring culture. Its results can be used to provide large and small businesses with an understanding of how Australian society is changing, what the established and emerging cultural trends are, and how they are manifesting themselves in a particular category. Chalke’s Mornington Peninsulabased Strategy Planning Group is a freelance market research company working with Quantum Market Research, which owns AustraliaSCAN. A graduate in medical science, Chalke says his early work as an epidemiologist in Britain involved tracking the spread of disease through human populations. This included the resurgence of TB in Asia, Iraq and Iran. His thesis was based on the transmission of pathogens through frozen foods “It was all good training for the kind
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of work I’m now doing as a social scientist,” he says. He came to Australia in the mid1970s and fell into advertising planning, becoming planning director at McCann Erickson in Melbourne In 1992 he was a part-owner of AustraliaSCAN with Quantum Market Research when they started monitoring cultural change. Quantum was eventually bought out by another company, which also bought Chalke’s AustraliaSCAN product. These days Quantum is one of his major clients. Chalke said AustraliaSCAN “works across cultures”. His analysis of trends incorporates the impacts of external forces – economical, technological, political, environmental (climatic and seasonal) and demographical. It is “easy to get a handle”, but culture is more difficult and is a knowledge gap that he “quantifies to find and measure the missing bits”. “I’m a specialist in social and cultural change, not product testing or advertisements, purely U and A – usage and attitude,” Chalke says. “Areas associated with cultural change are always a strategic focus.
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Themes for 2012 A COMBINATION of uncertainty about the future, relearned prudence and a reappraisal of what is really important in people’s lives has set the mood for 2012, says David Chalke. “As Australians sail into the new year, the orders from the bridge are ‘Slow ahead together, wheel amidships, check the watertight doors and double the lookouts’.” Theme 1. Smarter shopping: Everything is now negotiable and can be traded. New versus used, in-store versus online, durable quality versus cheap disposable, decision versus delay. All businesses will need to review their business model to ensure that they are flexible enough to cope with the evolving market place. Theme 2. Apps with everything: This year will see most Australians owning a smart phone. The internet, which has disrupted so many markets already, is set to take another great disruptive leap forward as it is liberated from the desktop. Any business without a good smart phone app will be at growing disadvantage. Theme 3. Familiar faces: With change accelerating and the choice fatigue setting in, there will be a premium on genuine expertise and trust in a familiar face. Keeping in touch with previous customers will secure the core of future business. Theme 4. Causes lost: Good causes will be put on the backburner. Matters of faith such as the environment will hold less sway and will be lost under the rising tide of practical considerations such as the cost of living. Appeals to people’s altruistic side will need a hardedged, pragmatic outcome to justify action, otherwise economics and self-interest will win out. Theme 5. Fun and games: The uncertainties of the outside world will sharpen further the focus on home, family and friends. At the same time the desire for entertainment and escapism will grow. From Wii Bobsleigh to speed Monopoly and ‘teapotting’ (similar to the planking craze except people hold a teapot pose), new forms of fun and games will be well received.
Futurist: David Chalke starts each year with a look at social trends.
“We interview 2000 people in their homes each year, making sure they’re a random sample of the adult population. “Thirty per cent of questions are done face to face and they are paid $50 to complete the questionnaire. Everybody likes to express their opinion and this is a guide for government and business. “It is a measurement of social values, attitudes and beliefs. Subjects come and go, like gay marriage, nuclear power. “We have a huge 20-year database that includes opinions of 40,000 people; there are 10,000 data points recorded for every person.” Looking back over the years Chalke sees a “hole” where uranium mining has dropped away from being a current issue. “So much of what we assess as a hot issue eventually passes as white noise.” However, it seems such hot topics rarely change overall attitudes. Plans for a carbon tax had created “a lot of debate and we tease out the difference between resentment to the tax and the prime minister’s having fibbed about introducing it”. Chalke said while opinion polls showed 65 per cent of people were against a carbon tax, he believed the community was evenly split, with 15 per cent being upset at the fib not the tax. AustraliaSCAN is a subscription service and results are interpreted for specific businesses. “They want to know what’s coming up that is of interest to their business,” Chalke says. “Find out what attracts people to their competitors or diagnose why they like a particular product.” Chalke is the first to admit predicting trends is not an exact science and lists the November 2010 federal election as proof: “I was convinced Julia would romp in. Possibly I was wrong because AustraliaSCAN is an annual monitor. “Australia is essentially a Labor country, social democratic, with big interventionist governments that don’t mind spending. It’s Scandinavian style.” Chalke says Opposition leader Tony Abbott is not selling a strategic vision, but appears successful because prime minister Julia Gillard is preferred less. “There’s a horrible sense of unease and uncertainty in the community. Where are we going? There’s no light on the hill and an absence of leadership. “The Liberals are not putting forward any alter-
native hope but they’ll just keep kicking and slide into government. “The reality is nobody is enunciating a vision. Things are looking very shaky. People are not unhappy, just not happy.” Confusion also reigns when it comes to the Great Australian Dream. “The dream taps into all homes and families, but marriage is dying out, de facto is the one bit of Latin in everyday Australian speech. “Births are below replacement levels and material extravagance is not making us happy. “In 35 years the number of couples with children has more than halved and yet migrants are religious, conservative and will marry and have children. Catholics are coming out of southeast Asia and orthodox Muslims out of the Middle East.” Recorded high on the list of concerns is being in control of life: “We’re exhausted and there’s a sense of our lives falling out of control. “We want the government to fix everything, but we’re uneasy about disempowerment. “Nobody says this is rational; I wouldn’t have a job if it were.” An emerging social trend that has made Chalke “gleeful and surprised” are figures showing disquiet with the use of social media. “It may have a short turnaround because of privacy issues; employers check Facebook to see why someone is absent. “We have Facebook fatigue addiction and people give it away because it’s unnerving. Specific, very targeted networks appealing to certain types of people will replace it. “The intrusion of advertisements is also causing dropouts. “Give customers aspiration, inspiration and an option: roast lamb or sausages. Offer an option to trade down or trade up.” Chalke sees small business as being nimble and able to cope with changing circumstances. “Don’t wait for things to go back to normal – they never will. “Even if you remove uncertainties, the underlying tensions of uncertainty are still there. “Savings were negative in the early 2000s but now back up to 12 per cent of income, bingo, reemerged prudence.” His recipe for small business includes providing certainty on price and delivery. “Be authentic, not a flim flammer. Display your certificates; wear a tie if you’re an accountant.
Customers are looking for clues as to whether you can cut the mustard. “Have old values, but be modern and up-tospeed, show you have a business that’s underpinned by tradition and has basic values. “Engage, entertain. We celebrate little victories: send clients congratulations. If you don’t know about your clients’ successes, something’s wrong, because 80 per cent of business is from return clients. “It is critical to harness that, keep talking to existing customers, you’ll never hear about an opportunity unless you engage people. “Be positive, don’t share your worries or problems. Find solutions for uneasiness, small business has agility, knows its customers and can pull off things better than bigger businesses.” Chalke sees house prices “settling down slowly – similarly to what happened in Canada – until earnings and inflation catch up.
While house prices were too high, a floor was created by fewer being built and a migrant-led population increase. “House sizes are going down and conspicuous consumption is disappearing. It’s now: don’t look at me.” Chalke says the peninsula is divided economically, predicting “Hastings will do it tough until the port gets going, while the other side of the peninsula is continually booming for service industries because of the ageing population”. Away from economics, Chalke says it “seems incredible” but the young are tenaciously hanging onto their bit of the Great Australian Dream. “They have this sense of uber patriotism because of threats to the dream. It’s shown by the excessive celebration of Australia Day and Anzac Day and the flag. These things have massive support.” Courtesy BusinessTimes magazine www.businesstimes.net.au
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Not enough buses for peninsula – lobby group VICTORIA’S peak body for public transport users has criticised the state government for failing to provide enough buses on the peninsula. The Public Transport Users Association said services over the summer on route 788 between Frankston and Portsea were among the worst of all the 337 bus services in Melbourne. PTUA is a non-profit, voluntary organisation with no political affiliations and has been lobbying governments for better public transport since 1976. The association has also accused the government of poorly advertising service amendments, and not promoting the service as an alternative to driving. “With a 45-minute service frequency each day until 29 January, the 788 ranks among the very worst in Melbourne over the holiday period,” PTUA spokesman Jeremy Lunn said.
Even with revised weekend and public holiday service frequencies between 26 December and 29 January running every 45 minutes from the usual 75 minutes, many travellers have been left confused because the timetable changes were announced very late and still remain virtually unadvertised. Passengers from Frankston have been told at Frankston station that there has been no change to the timetable for the summer period. Advice about the altered service has not even been seen in the buses providing the service, and no printed timetables are available. “It’s almost as if the government doesn’t care whether people even know about the 788 service,” Mr Lunn said. He said on average an estimated 70 passengers had been using each bus over the holiday period. This means between 2450 and 3220 passenger
movements each day, including weekdays and weekends, he said. “Patronage could have been even greater because there have been reports of overloading and buses unable to pick up passengers because buses were full,” Mr Lunn said. The state government should provide buses every 15 minutes during the holiday period. The association says this could increase patronage to well in excess of 10,000 trips a day during the holidays. “Not only would that be a boon to local residents and holiday makers, it would take the pressure off the road system and car parks,” Mr Lunn said. “It would help return the southern peninsula to the relaxing holiday destination it used to be, rather than the de facto car lot that it has become.”
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Men who stare at boats By Keith Platt FEW things can be as satisfying as standing at the helm, piloting your pride and joy out onto the water for a day. However, your pride can promote prejudice in others, drawing attention and attracting thieves and vandals. It can also cause a few headaches when the wind is blowing and you know your boat is on an exposed mooring. Then again, you might be at work dreaming about being at the helm and just want to have a peek at the real world outside. Matthew Gordon knows all of those feelings and along with boat builder Byron Miller has invented a multipurpose electronic surveillance device that can feed real time information and pictures back to a phone or computer. They call it The Smartboat System. Since buying a boat Gordon has felt the worries that come with leaving it unattended in the water. “When it’s blowing 40 knots you wonder if it’s on the beach or rocks,” he said. But now he can access a website that allows him to monitor an on-board camera or a variety of sensors that take regular readings of the amount of water in the bilge and can tell if the pump that keeps the level down is working. A GPS can track the boat’s movements if it breaks free from its mooring. Small enough to fit in the palm of his hand, Gordon says the electronic box is weatherproof and can be installed anywhere on board.
“Even if someone breaks in through the hatch, finds the security device and cuts all the leads, their picture will have already been taken and put on the net.” Sensors could also set off an alarm, but Gordon sees little value in this, as passersby are unlikely to swim out to investigate. But the sensors can turn on the bilge pump and switch on lights. The camera can take stills every 15 minutes and no information is stored in the device itself; all data is relayed immediately to a remote computer or smart phone anywhere there is reception. A security firm will be alerted to any break-in. On the Mornington Peninsula Gordon and Miller have teamed up with Telsec, a Sorrento security company, although this can be arranged with other companies anywhere in Australia. Buying and restoring his own 1961 vintage wooden-hulled boat set Gordon thinking about security, and dreaming about conditions aboard while he worked at his Dromana-based Solution One computer network business. Speaking with Miller, who was refitting the boat at his Rosebud shipyard, Peninsula Wooden Boats, Gordon realised other boat owners would be just as concerned as he was about their boats. “Wooden boats do leak, it’s par for the course,” Miller says. “We are really recognising the need to monitor the general health and wellbeing of a boat. “The SMS service [automatically generated by the The Smartboat System] can tell people when particular
thresholds have been reached, especially onboard water levels. “I’ve known three boats to partially sink because of stuffed floats in the bilge. Seagull feathers are bad for pumps.” A boat moored at Blairgowrie had collected “a bellyful of water” and needed a new fitout, leading to a $45,000 insurance claim and the loss of its use for an entire summer. The cost of The Smartboat System is $1000 with ongoing charges of $2 a day. Each unit is fitted with a SIM card and gets its own mobile number and has six sensors, although this number can be increased. “We can set as many alarms as you like,” Gordon says. “If the boat moves more than 10 metres or the battery gets below a certain level, the information will be relayed back. “This will work anywhere there is mobile phone coverage.” It has taken Gordon and Miller eight months to get their device to a marketing level. At the moment it stores information monitored over three months but this could be doubled if they use cloud computing. A provisional patent has been issued on the intellectual property. Several boats are now being monitored, – at Yaringa near Somerville, Sorrento, Blairgowrie and Queenscliff. For details about The Smartboat System, call 1300 289 044.
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Call to arms: fresh voices, ideas needed THE Emu has been a raging republican since an art teacher named King (who was rumoured to be a queen) took a set against him for drawing a moustache on the British monarch’s portrait in the school assembly hall. A silly youthful jape, admittedly, but the unwarranted “F” for fail has always stung. So it is with keen anticipation – kept well hidden from his devout monarchist bride – that he awaits what he sees as the now-inevitable decline of the Mornington Peninsula royal family, known more generally as the Mornington Peninsula Shire council. The king and his courtiers, firmly in control down to the finest details (such as HM having the power to vet any public statement the mayor may wish to make), may face a brace of Cromwells at the council elections later this year, and growing council chamber unrest in the near term. The days of the divine right are drawing to a close, predicts The Emu. He would not be surprised if the monarch is not already thinking of abdicating early and seeking a role in, say, the development of the Port of Hastings, or elsewhere in the great freewheeling world of private enterprise. He might even take a couple of acolytes with him, who may not wish to see a revival of democracy among hoi polloi (educative note: no definite article required, since “hoi” is Greek for “the”: “hoi polloi” translates as “the many”). Such a rebirth could well disrupt the royal
court’s well-regulated lives. So, The Emu believes, the shire could well benefit from a tempest of change – rather than a mere wind – in the next 12 months. It needs to be a storm that will knock over some tired old wood and give aspiring young saplings a glimpse of the sun. The Emu is urging readers with an urge to effect change, and the energy to devote to the task, to step up and announce they are candidates for council elections in November. Step up early: you’ll need time to build a public profile well before the poll. Local government has frequently been a launching pad for state and federal political careers. Think Robin Cooper and David Morris, the former and current MP for Mornington, and Judith Graley, the MP for Narre Warren South. Cooper and Morris were councillors (and mayors) on the old Shire of Mornington, while Graley was a councillor and mayor of the enlarged Mornington Peninsula Shire. As to the tediously inaccurate but oft-repeated canard that “there are no politics” in the council chamber, The Emu’s attention has been drawn, by
a creature that lives behind the shire’s wainscoting, to the following policy statement: “The Mayor is the lead spokesperson for the council on issues arising from matters before and affecting Council including matters of a ‘political’ nature.” No politics? Bah! A council with no politics would be intellectually moribund. Step forward, aspiring young saplings and old hands with lots of life experience – send a tempest through the place.
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LOCAL councils love coming up with a good acronym when it comes to aquatic centres, Mornington Peninsula Shire included. The City of Casey has the Casey RACE (Recreation & Aquatic CEntre) at Cranbourne and the Casey Aquatic and Recreation Centre (ARC) at Narre Warren. On the Mornington Peninsula, there is the proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (dubbed SPA) and now in Frankston there is the $46.35 million Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre (FRAC). Frankston’s mega-pool was approved late last year, bringing a certain angst to those who have been waiting for years for a pool at Rosebud. One of The Emu’s rude mates reckons Frankston should call it the Frankston Aquatic and Recreation Tank. Send gossip and hot tips (confidentiality assured) to The Emu at emutips@yahoo.com.au
Depression hits 15% of new mothers Put cold callers on TWO women a day are found to be at risk of antenatal or postnatal depression by the women’s health services at Frankston and Rosebud hospitals. Although the statistic appears alarming “this is a good thing”, according to Peninsula Health’s head of psychology Dr Priscilla Yardley (right). “It means the signs of postnatal depression are being identified early thanks to the introduction of routine screening,” Dr Yardley said. Postnatal depression is experienced by women in the months after giving birth. Dr Yardley said up to 15 per cent of women suffer from depression, with most being diagnosed in the first three months after having their babies. Clinics to help identify the signs of postnatal depression have been running since March. For all mental health concerns, call Peninsula Health mental health service on 1300 792 977 or beyondblue on 1300 224 636.
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THIS had placed the decision “out of the shire’s control”, he wrote in an email. Earlier, in a letter to this writer, who was acting on behalf of Red Hill Community Action group, bushfire committee chair John Francis of the CFA wrote that “Whilst the Shire was notified that the site was deemed compliant, the Council is then required to consult with other agencies and stakeholders, including the CFA as part of the approval processes before a final decision is made. “... It was the unanimous decision of the voting delegates [to refuse endorsement to the reserve’s] Top Oval...” Mr Francis’s letter made no mention of whether the rest of the reserve could be used by residents. His reasons for refusing NSP status were: “The site is already an identified Emergency Services Staging Area; “Identifying the site as an NSP will cause traffic management issues; “Messaging to the Red Hill residents should be targeted at leaving early and away from the high
bushfire risk area, not staying in the township and relying on the NSP as a ‘Contingency’ or bushfire plan.” On 12 December 2010, responding to a further question from this writer, the shire’s director of sustainable environment, Stephen Chapple, stated: “A Neighbourhood Safer Place is a place of last resort, when all other plans have failed. NSPs may still be subject to ember attack and do not guarantee safety. “They are not relief centres. There are limited facilities and no support or services are provided. They are not places to relocate when leaving early. And finally, can I just point you to a very helpful website for further information, and that’s saferplaces.cfa.vic.gov.au.” Ten NSPs have been endorsed on the peninsula – Blairgowrie, Dromana, Flinders, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha, Portsea, Rosebud, Tootgarook, Rye and Sorrento. Details of their locations are available from the shire. Balnarring and McCrae are likely to be formally designated by the council as NSPs in winter.
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Safer places bungle a fire fiasco WHAT a fiasco. In a fire-prone shire, and in a shire-designated “wildfire” zone, Red Hill, residents are refused a Neighbourhood Safer Place because, according to the shire’s fire prevention officer, people might turn up with “horse floats, etc” behind their four-wheel drives. And McCrae and Balnarring miss out because the shire missed a statutory deadline to get NSP approval through council. No matter how the shire might try to spin this, it is a bungling, fumbling disgrace. Almost three years ago, great swathes of the state were ablaze. The peninsula was spared on Black Saturday, 7 February 2009. It’s to be hoped the peninsula is spared this year, and every year. On Black Saturday, 173 people died and many communities were devastated. The shire budgeted another million dollars to make us safe, and has bragged about it endlessly since. FireSafe Victoria is not all that impressed, apparently. Nor are those still waiting for roadside slashing and dangerous tree removal. At the bushfire committee meeting on 3 October, convened to consider NSPs, the shire itself led the charge to deny Red Hill such a place, despite a specific promise made publicly by a senior and very experienced shire officer, Alex Atkins. Mayor and ward councillor Frank Martin later tried to exonerate the shire on the Red Hill decision, saying the matter was taken “out of the shire’s control”. Come again? The meeting’s minutes show that municipal fire prevention officer Damien Taylor recommended against Red Hill getting a NSP, then moved the motion, which was carried unanimously. Why did Mr Taylor do this? And why did he tell the committee he had “been told” to put the matter to the committee? Told by whom? Were his riding orders to support a Red Hill NSP? The latest bushfire slogan from government and various authorities is “Have a plan. Get out early when a Code Red day is announced”. Easily said. But what of fires deliberately lit on non-Code Red days or those accidentally started during storms? Arsonists and lightning don’t observe bureaucratic diktats. The CFA estimates about 43 per cent of bushfires are deliberately lit. Can the CFA provide a fire plan to cope with them? And where does one escape to on the day before a Code Red day? Presumably we are all to join the gridlock on the totally inadequate road system north – to join the traffic jam caused by up to 150,000 locals and the tens of thousands of holidaymakers also dutifully leaving early, with their caravans, boats, jet skis and horse floats. Red Hill’s recreation reserve was once a “safer place”. It is where locals will almost certainly head in an emergency, as a last resort. Will the shire, the police and the CFA turn them away? David Harrison
Four prizes in art raffle A HIGHLIGHT of the Mornington News Rotary Art Show this month is a raffle with four prizes. First prize is a luxury Italian designed outdoor kitchen/barbecue worth more than $3000 supplied by Ian Garrow. Second prize is a $1000 travel voucher from either Travel World or Harvey World Travel Mornington. Third is an oriental painting by peninsula artist Celia Lawrence valued at $750. Fourth prize is an iPod Touch 8GB courtesy of Officeworks and valued at $220. Raffle tickets are available at the art show, which runs from opening night, Friday 20 January, till Saturday 28 Jan. Winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday 29 January and winners notified. The results will be published in The News.
The art show opening night extravaganza is at 7pm on Friday 20 January. “The gala night with sumptuous food and a range of refreshments is one of Mornington’s great social events of the year,” a Rotary spokesman said. “It is held in Peninsula Community Theatre, on the corner of Nepean Hwy and Wilsons Rd, and attracts residents and visitors of all ages.” Opening night tickets are available from Farrell’s book store and Ken Cameron’s Menswear, both in Main St, Mornington. Tickets will also be available from 6.30pm at the door on opening night. All proceeds from the raffle and art show will go to local, national and international Rotary projects.
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46 Valentine Street, Rye $410,000 POTENTIAL PLUS
23 Yarrayne Street, Rye Auction: Sat 28th Jan 2012 at 1.00pm AUCTION - WILL BE SOLD Great opportunity to build on this SUHGRPLQDQWO\ ÁDW SDUFHO RI ODQG QHVWOHG amongst quality homes. With existing SODQV DQG SHUPLWV IRU D KRPH ZLWK WKH SRVVLELOLW\ RI YLHZV DV IDU DV 6RUUHQWR WKLV FRXOG EH \RXU FKDQFH WR VHFXUH D IXWXUH OLIHVW\OH \RX·YH EHHQ ZLVKLQJ IRU )XOO\ FRVWHG SODQV DQG SHUPLWV DYDLODEOH
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Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724
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Steals the scene with beautiful bay vistas WITH a complete 180-degree view of Port Phillip Bay, the spectacular scenery on offer is only one of the many reasons to view this remarkable home. Sited on a large, 1400-square metre block that runs horizontally across the gentle slopes of McCrae, the grounds have a Zen quality with large pebbled areas landscaped with pavers and drought-tolerant plants. The home is a very practical design with three bedrooms for children or guests on the lower level with their own bathroom and spacious living area, which is to the right of the formal entry. A timber staircase takes you up the second level of the home to the main living area. Open plan in design there is a designer kitchen with stone bench tops and stainless-steel appliances, dining and lounge areas, all with access to the sundeck where you can wine and dine with family and friends or catch some rays. A rumpus room is adjacent to the kitchen and also on this level is the master bedroom with a luxuriously appointed ensuite including his and hers vanities either side of a large double shower.
Price: Address: Agency: Agent:
$1.150 million 4 Bayvista Court, McCRAE Stockdale & Leggo, 193 Point Nepean Road Dromana, 5987 3233 Adam Alexander, 0416 236 393
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Let’s look through the square window today
Private oasis HERE is a blue ribbon address that offers superb Port Philip Bay views and serene tranquillity on a 2656-square metre block (approx). The design of the home embraces the beautiful garden surrounds and from different aspects throughout the home there are water views. McCrae’s famous sandy beach is only a few minutes’ drive away. This family home boasts both formal and informal living areas with all the internal comforts you could ask for.The kitchen is centrally located and well-appointed with stainless-steel appliances and plenty of cupboard and bench space. Adjacent is the family room, which leads to a paved entertaining area featuring an outdoor spa.
Address: 2 Parkes Street, McCRAE Price: $870,000 – $940,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 1089 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8600 Agent: Amanda Kaye, 0408 888 607
AN absolute delight in every respect, this home has spectacular, far-reaching rural vistas as far as the eye can see. On a secluded block of approx 1340 square metres, the home exudes character with lofted ceilings in the main living area and a timber decked verandah a few steps away. A gorgeous kitchen with a picture window view out to sea has an adjacent slate tiled, family dining area. The home has four bedrooms with a large main bedroom also having views and an ensuite. Conveniences include ducted heating, evaporative cooling and ducted vacuum system, and all fixtures and fittings are in excellent condition. The gardens are a real feature and are well tended by bore water and a 40,000-litre water tank. The home has mains water. There is a large paved area in front of the double garage, which includes extra storage space and work benches.
Address: 71 Avon Road, RYE Price: $575,000 – $625,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 6555 Agent: Glenn Key, 0402 445 208
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$358,000 ROSEBUD
Great Presentation & Beachside Location
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.
ROSEBUD
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Not A Thing To Do
Fabulous 3 bedroom BV property set on a spacious 785m2 block. Easy flowing floor plan incorporates a formal lounge, master with FES & WIR, plus family bathroom. Bright and airy O/P kitchen and meals area opens out to a large, paved entertaining area with 8 seat gas heated spa. Double garage has drive through access, the home has an alarm system and there is an additional 9m x 6m steel garage - ideal games room or as a workshop.
$359,000 ROSEBUD
Sure To Please
This welcoming, well presented home has been recently refurbished to include a stylish new kitchen and modern bathroom. Easy flowing living area, complete with gas log fire and split system airconditioner adjoins a large outdoor undercover area. Includes timber flooring and BIR’s to all bedrooms. Beautifully landscaped gardens, a double carport, sealed driveway and storage shed all sitting on a tidy 436m2 corner block.
$455,000 ROSEBUD
Breathing new life into real estate
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Simply Superb
Delightful western red cedar home situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac. Features a formal entry, north facing L-shaped living and dining area, spacious kitchen with d/w plus meals area and with both GDH and air-conditioning for your comfort. Large master bedroom with WIR. Full length front and rear verandahs plus a double garage that’s large enough for a caravan or boat. A very impressive home that is sure to appeal!
$499,000 ROSEBUD
400 Metres to Beach & Shops!
Quintessential Rosebud! Located just a few minutes stroll (approximately 400m) to the beach and shopping strip in the quiet end of the Avenues on a double block of approx 780m2. With 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and heaps of living space, you’ll have room for the whole family to enjoy as well as plenty of scope for modernization. Large carport, undercover entertaining area and garden shed/workshop plus room for the boat or caravan.
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Designed around light & airy open plan living this great home enjoys a large living area incorporating both an impressive kitchen and meals area, a second living zone or rumpus room, timber flooring, cedar windows and complemented by gas heating and air-conditioning. Master bedroom set well away from the second and third bedrooms ( both on the lower level), plus a stylish family bathroom, full length front verandah and rear sun deck.
$409,000
Get Your Groove On
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!
$418,000 ROSEBUD
Far From Average
SHOP 9, 967-991 PT NEPEAN RD, ROSEBUD Page 6
$369,000 ROSEBUD
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$315,000
Beach And Shops Beckon
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Ideal two bedroom unit for those seeking a low maintenance lifestyle within easy reach of transport, shopping & fabulous beaches. Lounge has gas heating, meals area with courtyard access and a spacious north facing kitchen. BIR’s to both bedrooms with access to paved courtyard from the generous master bedroom. Single remote garage & set in a peaceful complex
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An oldie but a goodie
Groovy, baby
THIS traditional brick home offers a solid and secure base for first home buyers or investors. In original condition, the three-bedroom home is on a very manageable 585-square metre block with a long driveway up the side leading to a single carport and garage. Homes of this era were built to a standard floor plan offering separate living areas and reasonably sized bedrooms. There is a lounge with gas heater, combined kitchen and dining area plus bathroom. The basis for many achievements by renovators, this simple but tidy property has good street appeal and is perfect for a buyer who wants to roll up their sleeves and maximise the property’s full potential.
WITH Art Deco influences, this retro home is one of a kind with a style and colour scheme all of its own. Anyone wanting a home that offers something distinctive will love the big lounge at the front, which makes full use of the home’s unique curvature and has been renovated with polished timber floors, gas log fire and ceiling fans. The improvements continue into the master bedroom, which now features a walk-in robe and ensuite. Outside is a very stylish undercover area with expansive timber decking. The large kitchen is in original condition and big enough to have the family table as the centrepiece. This really is welcome find and will appeal to many smaller families or maybe a couple looking for a bit of space and true character.
Address: 14 Cain Street, ROSEBUD Price: $325,000 Agency: T Hobson Real Estate, 1245 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8811 Agent: Terry Hobson, 0408 545 654
Address: 96 Ocean Street, ROSEBUD Price: $399,000 Agency: Flynn & Co Real Estate, Shop 9, 967-991 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 3000
5986 8811
1245 Pt Nepean Road, Rosebud www.thobson.com.au
ROSEBUD
$300,000 - $325,000 CLOSE TO BEACH & POINT NEPEAN ROAD A highly sought after position near the border of McCrae and just a few minutes walk to the beach. This two EHGURRP XQLW LV RQH RI RQO\ ¿YH RQ WKH EORFN 7KH\ DUH EHDXWLIXOO\ PDLQWDLQHG DQG KRXVH SURXG 7KH ÀRRU SODQ is just like a two bedroom house with a lounge and dining room, kitchen and laundry. There are two large bedrooms with built-ion robes, bathroom with shower, bath, basin and seperate toilet. Gas heating, cooking, air conditioner and gas hot water system. Courtyard VW\OH SULYDWH EDFN\DUG ZLWK DFFHVV LQWR WKH EDFN RI WKH garage. Remote control for the garage door. Very clean and well presented. Units such as this are in demand, so don’t delay your inspection-call today.
Contact: Terry Hobson 0408 545 654 Inspect: By Appointment
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Silver takes first place
Storybook cottage
IF first impressions count, save yours until you step inside this family home, which is located at the end of a quiet court. Not that the home doesn’t present well from the street, but the interior is truly spectacular with an enormous open-plan living area highlighted by a stunning, polished timber floor. At one end of this area is the large kitchen with bench space and a massive amount of cupboards, both overhead and under the bench, running along the length of the wall. There is also an island breakfast bar, stainless-steel oven and rangehood. The lounge area has a gas log fire and ducted heating, and from here there is access to the undercover, timber decked entertaining area. There are three bedrooms, the main bedroom has an ensuite, and an unusual feature is an adjoining room ideal for a home office or nursery.
THIS rustic home enjoys a serene bush setting nestled among tall gum trees. Certainly different and offering something out of the ordinary, the A-frame design allows for a large, spacious interior dominated by the timber pole that runs through the centre. The neat kitchen includes an under-bench oven, rangehood, dishwasher and pantry. There is also a dining area, lounge and family room with wood and gas ducted heating. From three points there is access to a beautiful timber deck with views down the peninsula. The big picture windows work to great effect, bringing the natural light and bush setting right into the living areas. There are three bedrooms, the main bedroom is upstairs with an ensuite and wardrobe, and a second bathroom is downstairs. A storage area under the house can be accessed via a private lane with driveway and off-street parking.
Address: 4 Silverwattle Close, ROSEBUD WEST
Address: 16 Bowen Street, McCRAE Price: $699,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 1089 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8600 Agent: Jon Perrett, 0405 123 921
Price: $545,000 Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate, 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 8800 Agent: John Kennedy, 0401 984 842
LANDLORDS: PUT YOUR INVESTMENT IN GOOD HANDS Since 2006 hockingstuart has been the Peninsula’s number one Real Estate Agency. Our three offices stay open 7 days to make sure nothing is left to chance and you can enjoy a stress-free investment. • Long-term Rental management From selecting the most suitable tenants to conducting regular inspections and ensuring your property is well maintained, your personal property manager will attend to every detail.
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TOOTGAROOK
12 Andrew Crescent
$199,000 – $230,000
ROSEBUD
F115 Boat Shed
$69,950
ROSEBUD
$280,000 – $310,000
62 Seventh Avenue
AFFORDABLE LAND - VENDOR SAYS SELL This large block measures 702m2 approx. and is just waiting for you. The driveway comes down off the road to this lovely level block to build your dream home on. Suitable for either an elevated or single storey home this property is situated close to a local shop, beach, schools and recreation reserve. First to see will buy.
MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS This one of a kind, fully set up boat shed measures 3x7 metres and is located opposite the Rosebud shops and features a fully functioning camp / caravan style kitchen complete with tank water, stove and freezer ice chest PLUS low voltage lighting, shower / toilet room and mezzanine sleeping and storage area.
200 METRES TO ROSEBUD BEACH AND SHOPS This property is in need of some work and features separate lounge with gas heating and hard wood floors, separate kitchen & meals area with gas cooking and combined wet areas. Out back there is a bungalow and single garage. This is the most affordable property this close to the beach on the peninsula.
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
RYE
12 Yarrayne Street
$300,000 – $330,000
DROMANA
3 & 5 / 61 Kangerong Avenue
$200,000 - $220,000
RYE
$330,000 – $360,000
144 Melbourne Road
AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT WITH POTENTIAL BAY VIEWS This cute 2 bedroom beach shack is high-set with potential bay views & is one of the most affordable investment properties in Rye. There is an open plan living layout, large deck area and is currently let at $225pw until March 2012. Lease out or re-develop the site to take in the views of Port Phillip Bay.
2 FULLY RENOVATED FLATS CLOSE TO SHOPS & BEACH These 2nd level flats have been fully renovated to the highest standards. Unit 5 is let at $230pw. Located within an easy stroll to Dromana Beach and shops these flats have it all. Features include open plan living, 2 bedrooms and combined bathroom / toilet / laundry. Just perfect for a rental investment property.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT This fantastic Western Red Cedar home is ideally suited for permanent or holiday living or as an investment with a projected rental return of $280 - $310pw. The property comprises of 3 bedrooms all with BIR’s, lounge with exposed beams, polished floor boards, gas heater, kitchen & dining area.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Ryan Duetrom 0406 426 766
BLAIRGOWRIE
260 Melbourne Road
$260,000 – $290,000
DROMANA
2/61 Kangerong Avenue
$185,000 – $205,000
ROSEBUD
$320,000 – $350,000
73 First Avenue
A BLANK CANVAS IN BLAIRGOWRIE What a great opportunity to purchase this 800 sqm, level building block in beautiful Blairgowrie. The block is private and is located between the front and back beaches which makes it perfect for the family. Vacant blocks are becoming a rare thing down here so be quick before they’re all gone. Call today.
CLOSE TO EVERYTHING DROMANA HAS TO OFFER This ground floor flat is currently rented at $175pw till 1/3/2012. Located within an easy stroll to Dromana Beach and shops this flat has it all. Location, location and price! Features include open plan living, 2 bedrooms and combined bathroom / toilet / laundry. Just perfect for a rental investment property or holiday getaway.
CLOSE TO EVERYTHING ROSEBUD HAS TO OFFER Currently let at $245pw til Feb 2012, this partly renovated 2 bedroom beach house is located within an easy stroll to the shops and beach. The home features separate lounge with gas heating, renovated kitchen with d/w & s/steel appliances looking over meals area and a 2nd living area.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
TOOTGAROOK
4 John Street
$349,950
RYE
12 Prentice Avenue
$310,000 - $340,000
ROSEBUD WEST
46 Florence Avenue
$320,000 - $350,000
CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE BEST LOCATION This affordable 3 bedroom home features an open plan living area, gas appliances and a single lock up garage. The property is located within an easy stroll to the beach and is positioned on a corner block for easy access for boats or caravan storage. The property has a projected rental of $250.00 p/w.
AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT This 3 bedroom BV home is located within an easy stroll to Rye Beach and shopping village. Positioned on a large 816m2 block this property has plenty of room to move. Features include a separate lounge room, and meals area. The property is currently let at $200pw on month-to-month basis.
THE PERFECT WEEKENDER Within walking distance to the bay & Rosebud West shopping village this two bedroom home is ideal for the first home buyer/ holiday home or investor. Also comprises of kitchen with electric & wood fired stove, cosy lounge with gas furnace, central bathroom with seperate toilet/laundry and decking outside for BBQ.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Ryan Duetrom 0406 426 766
Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Road
5981 1200
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ROSEBUD
$300,000 – $330,000
23 Deighton Drive
RYE
61 Highbury Road
$330,000 – $360,000
ROSEBUD WEST
16 Greenhood Crescent
$350,000 – $380,000
LOCATED CLOSE TO EVERYTHING Currently let at $165pw this well maintained two bedroom home features good sized lounge with s/system heating and cooling, separate dining / meals area, separate kitchen with gas cooking, well appointed bathroom with a separate toilet & laundry. Outside are low maintenance gardens, carport plus large garage.
QUIET LOCATION MAKES FOR A GREAT INVESTMENT This well presented 3 bedroom Western Red Cedar home features a versatile floor plan with a central living room, well appointed kitchen, bathroom and laundry. There is also a gas heater & air conditioner. The block is fully fenced with a huge double garage with plenty of room for all the toys.
EASY STROLL TO THE BEACH Located within an easy stroll to the beach this large 3 bedroom BV home features a separate lounge, separate family / rumpus room, separate kitchen with meals area and ensuite to master. The property is positioned on a corner block with a large double lock up garage. Needs a little work but has all the foundations.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
ROSEBUD WEST
2/23 Grenville Grove
$375,000 – $410,000
ROSEBUD WEST
18 Johnson Street
$350,000 – $385,000
TOOTGAROOK
12 Boomerang Court
$265,000 – $300,000
ONLY TWO LEFT This is a great opportunity to purchase a brand new two bedroom unit located two streets back from the beach at an affordable price. Each unit has BIR’s to both bedrooms, large open plan living, well appointed kitchen, new floor coverings and s/system heating & cooling. Outside there is a single garage.
RENOVATORS DELIGHT Walking distance from Capel Foreshore this 588sqm block has a timber cottage suitable for the renovator or develop into a possible 2 unit site (STCA) - the choice is yours. Comprising of cosy lounge with gas heater, kitchen with meals area, 2 bedrooms with BIR’s, bathroom,laundry & undercover deck. Single garage & carport.
VIEWS! Large elevated block measuring approx 1460m2. Build your dream home and you will have Bay and rural views in a lovely area. Not much land left, let alone one with views! See the potential. There are plans available ready to submit to Council.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
TOOTGAROOK
$390,000 – $420,000
14 Vincent Street
ROSEBUD
15 Windella Avenue
$430,000 – $470,000
ROSEBUD
8 Phillip Street
$450,000 – $495,000
GREAT HOUSE IN A GREAT LOCATION This 8 year old, 3 bedroom weatherboard home is the perfect holiday house. Located close to the beach and general store this property features open plan living, modern kitchen, gas heating and s/system cooling. Outside you will find a second outdoor kitchen with gas cooking overlooking an outdoor area perfect for entertaining.
GREAT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Currently let at $285pw, this 3 bedroom, rendered home on 960m2 block is situated right behind Rosebud Plaza Shopping Centre. Suitable for a 3 unit development (STCA). The property features 2 living areas, large kitchen/meals area, polished floors throughout, gas heating and single lock up garage.
EASY WALK TO MCCRAE SHOPS AND BEACH Perfectly positioned & presented western red cedar property situated only 1 street back from the beach and with 3 bedrooms, large open plan living area with open fire place and gas heating, high vaulted pine lined ceilings, pine kitchen with s/steel appliances, separate spa room and a large double garage.
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Rental Listings
ROSEBUD
$450,000 - $495,000
13 The Avenue
TOOTGAROOK
17 Kevin Street
$480,000 - $520,000
REBUILT & A STONES THROW TO THE BEACH Re-built from the foundations up & in a prime location within walking distance to the bay & Rosebud West shopping village, this property features 3 large bedrooms all with BIRS, FES to master, modern kitchen with s/steel appliances, open plan living with polished floor boards, cosy gas log fire plus split system A/C.
POSITION & PEACE WITH 12 MONTH LEASE... Only a short stroll to the waters edge & currently let with 12 month lease in place, this home is set on approx. 970sqm corner block and the timber cottage consists of lounge with GWF, 3 bedrooms, bathroom with seperate toilet & gas HWS, open plan combined kitchen & dining with carport and workshop.
Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766
Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766
Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Road Page 10
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3/61 Kangerong Ave Dromana 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 carport 4 Cain Street Rosebud 3 bed, 1 bath, garage
$210.00 pw AVAILABLE NOW $220.00 pw AVAILABLE FROM 9.1.2012
4 Foam Street Rosebud 3bed, 1 bath 42 Cain Street Rosebud 3bed, 1 bath 1/13 Hygia Street Rye 2 bed, 1 bath, 38 Keith Street Tootgarook 2 bed, 1 bath 8 Alma Street Tootgarook 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 carport
$250.00 pw AVAILABLE 13.1.12 $250.00 pw AVAILABLE FROM 9.1.12 $220.00 pw AVAILABLE NOW $260.00 pw AVAILABLE FROM 9.1.2012 $300.00 pw AVAILABLE NOW
66 Morris Street Tootgarook 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 carport,
$430.00 pw AVAILABLE NOW
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ROSEBUD WEST
From $465,000
1,2 & 4 / 49 Truemans Road
ROSEBUD WEST
$479,000
2/18 Capel Avenue
TOOTGAROOK
$479,950
43 Wilkinson Street
VENDOR WANTS THEM SOLD - ASAP! These most reasonably priced & appealing sandstone executive 2 storey townhouses are perfectly positioned within walking distance to beach, local transport & schools. Comprising 3 generous bedrooms ,master with FES, 2nd bathroom, great kitchen, fantastic living areas, GDH, water tanks & double garage.
2 LUXURY UNITS AND ONLY METRES TO BEACH AND RESTAURANTS. 3 bedroom unit measuring 20sq on approx 302m2 block with own title. Separated by brush panel fencing each unit includes ducted heating, s/system cooling, polished floorboards, stone bench tops, s/steel appliances, quality porcelain tiles & carpets. Alfresco dining area will have merbau decking and courtyards all fully landscaped.
BETHANY SEASIDE COTTAGE Only 200m to the beach and local restaurant, this spotless fibre cement cottage has 3 bedrooms, 2 with BIR’s and is situated on a huge 920m2 flat block with potential. Including a quaint kitchen, air conditioner, ducted heating, two toilets, low maintenance gardens, two garages, separate cabin with power. Outside laundry & shower.
Gary Barrett 0415 479 896
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
ROSEBUD
42 Besgrove Street
$230,000 – $250,000
ROSEBUD
4/3 Thamer Street
$285,000 + GST
ROSEBUD
4 Lawson Crescent
$450,000 – $490,000
GREAT BUYING AT THIS PRICE The block is over 600m2 and is sub-dividable (STCA). Rising gently from the street the block offers fantastic rural views and is close to schools and short drive to supermarket and the fabulous Rosebud Foreshore. Build your dream home amongst the other quality homes in this sought after area
AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT WITH POTENTIAL BAY VIEWS Brand new factory for sale right behind Bunnings Rosebud. The factory size is 160sqm, features a mezzanine floor approx. 65sqm and has great access to the Peninsula Freeway. Perfect for the astute investor or owner occupier. Be quick because at this price, it won’t last.
3 UNIT SITE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING Currently let at $290pw till September 2012, this great 3 bedroom brick home has been fully renovated with a good sized open plan living area, brand new separate kitchen / meals area, brand new bathroom and laundry. The home has a single garage and plenty of room out back for the family to move around and enjoy.
Roy Thompson 0419 304 650
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
ROSEBUD WEST
1 Park Avenue
$580,000 - $620,000
TOOTGAROOK
10 Cowrie Court
$540,000 – $590,000
RYE
470-474 Browns Road
$570,000 – $630,000
CHERISHED VILLAGE LOCATION 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.
HOME WITH FANTASTIC 360 DEGREE VIEWS Suitable for permanent or holiday living with breath taking views of Port Phillip Bay from the deck where you can enjoy sun sets & BBQ’s. From the formal entry, you are led to a large rumpus area on the first floor, the second floor comprises of a large lounge, well appointed kitchen, dining area, 3 bedrooms, main with FES.
RARE 2 ACRE ALLOTMENT WITH 2 STREET FRONTAGES This very rare (slightly undulating) allotment is located within an easy stroll to Rye Back Beach. The property has a small shed with power, water and septic all connected. The added bonus of 2 street frontages make the possibility of a subdivision (STCA) very real. The property is fenced, lightly treed and pretty as a picture.
Gary Barrett 0415 479 896
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Paul Basso 5981 1200
TOOTGAROOK
1-4 / 15 Burdett Street
$630,000 - $700,000
RYE
95 Beauna Vista Drive
$690,000 - $750,000
4 HOLIDAY FLATS ONLY 200 MTRS TO THE BEACH Offered for sale for the first time in 30 years the Gretel Holiday Units are ideally located opposite Quinns Park and only a short stroll to the beach and boat ramp facilities. This property consists of 4 selfcontained two bedroom flats, located on a huge 1115 sqm (approx) corner block of land. No. 1 & 3 are currently let at $130pw
GRAND LOCATION WITH A GRAND VIEW Situated on approx. 734sqm of land with grand views of Port Phillip Bay right through to Sorrento, this brick home of approx 35 squares features formal lounge with cathedral ceilings, separate formal dining, large family room, modern kitchen with meals area on the ground floor. All 4 bedrooms are on the upper level.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766
Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Road
5981 1200
ROSEBUD WEST
65 Swans Way
$290,000 - $320,000
CAN’T GO WRONG WITH THIS AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT Situated on a 400m2 block this home is ideal for the investor or someone looking for the perfect holiday home. Currently returning $265pw in rent until Sept. 2012 this property comprises 3 large bedrooms, 2 living areas, family / kitchen meals area that has a lovely private outlook to the garden.
Paul Basso 5981 1200
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Christmas/New Year best wishes from all the staff layout www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rosebud 1/70 Warranilla Avenue Rosebud 42
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LARGE VILLA CLOSE TO SHOPS & BEACH Just a leisurely stroll to the sand, services and Rosebud Plaza shops, this 8 year old, large 2 bedroom villa unit is heaven for the retired couples or singles. Complete with a flickering gas log fire, a large sun drenched courtyard and a garage, the home provides all the comforts of a full-size home without the timeconsuming maintenance. This villa unit also comes with the rare option of buying a second luxury 3 bedroom home at the rear making the pair ideal for extended families who want their elderly parents nearby or to house semidependent family. For the more traditionalist, the front villa offers timeless design and decor including a large open plan living and dining area opening to the entertaining courtyard, a hostess kitchen with stainless steel appliances, while 2 large bedrooms have built-in robes and a light-filled bathroom with large open ended shower. Also features a spacious laundry/utility room, reverse cycle aircon and internal access to the garage.
Auction Saturday 11th February 2012 at 11.00am Inspect Wednesday & Saturday 11-11.30am Contact Amanda Kaye 0408 888 607
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STYLISH VILLA UNIT Just a pleasant stroll to popular Rosebud town centre and the beach, this stylish compact 8 y/o home is your own private oasis in the heart of the southern peninsula. Heavenly for the active retiree, young family or as a low maintenance beach escape away from busy suburbia, the 3 bedroom home offers unique style and fabulous entertaining space as well as the option of also buying a neighbouring 2 bedroom villa that is perfect for housing extended family or elderly parents. Featuring an indulgent alfresco undercover entertaining area complemented by a stand of colourful Japanese maples and designer water feature, the home looks superb with polished concrete floors, bold splashes of contemporary colour, open plan living and dining, a sleek modern kitchen, in-floor heating, a gas log fire, evaporative cooling and a remote double garage. The neighbouring villa is styled for more traditional furnishing and features a gas fireplace, large outdoor entertaining courtyard and a garage.
Auction Saturday 11th February 2012 at 11.00am Inspect Wednesday & Saturday 11-11.30am Contact Amanda Kaye 0408 888 607
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1089 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud VIC 3939
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www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rosebud 15 Lyndon Drive Rosebud 43
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Move in And Enjoy
Perfection Personified
Bound to impress the most discerning buyer this BV home, located on 649 m2 (approx) of land and within metres to schools, transport and a few minutes drive to the shopping strip and the beach. Two living areas, open plan kitchen, meals and family room opens onto a fantastic undercover entertaining area. Beautiful high quality slate floors flow through the family wing and a wood fire adds warmth and ambience. The kitchen is well appointed with gas cooking, modern appliances and the family room which has tranquil garden views. Complete with a modern central bathroom with two way access from the main bedroom. Price $389,000 Inspect By Appointment Agent Rosebud Office 5986 8600
This elite property in the popular Avenues has been extended and renovated to the highest standards and is offered for sale on a “walk in - walk out” basis with all white goods and furniture included! A low maintenance home for any discerning buyer and will appeal to investors, holiday home buyers, retirees and young people alike. The home briefly comprises of open plan lounge\dining\kitchen with s/system heat/cooling, BIR’s to all bedrooms, polished floorboards throughout, bathroom and laundry, new deck for outdoor living, attractive colour scheme and classy furnishings.
16 Bowen Street McCrae
2 Parkes Street McCrae
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Price Inspect Agent
$399,000 By Appointment Rosebud Office 5986 8600
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The Reason We Live Here
Your Own Private Oasis
Stunning light and spacious A -Frame fronted timber pole house. Massive uninterrupted views of the bay extending to the heads and across to the Bass Strait; breathtaking. Home briefly comprises of three bedrooms with the main bedroom upstairs with its own suite complete with bathroom and wardrobe. Spacious and light living room open plan to kitchen which is fully equipped including dishwasher. Lounge room has three doors which all flow on to the extensive deck which faces due West and North.
A blue ribbon address offering superb Port Philip Bay views, surreal tranquillity and a fabulous leafy backdrop. This tri-level family home on 2656m2 (approx) embraces the beautiful garden surrounds and the serenity of water views from all different aspects of the home. The unique 22sq (approx) family home boasts both formal and informal living areas with gas heating, wood fire, split system and security system. All fixtures and fittings are of a high quality and standard, the kitchen is well appointed with s/steel appliances, plenty of cupboard and bench space and overlooks the family room, which leads on to the paved bbq/entertaining area. Price $870,000 - $940,000 Inspect By appointment Agent Rosebud Office 5986 8600
Price Inspect Agent
$699,000 By Appointment Rosebud Office 5986 8600
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Welcome To The House Of Fun
Quiet Rear Unit In Block Of Two
Remember when holidays were fun, well it will all come back to you when you inspect this double story fun house. Invite the family, friends and neighbors with accommodation up to six bedrooms and three living rooms. Down stairs you have rumpus room, and a huge open plan lounge & dining with kitchenette. This is a fabulous home with many possibilities whether you are looking for a great holiday escape, upsizing or just simply looking for a sea change for you and your family. This property has a huge tradesmans garage with plenty of room for the boys toys and through access to a very private leafy back yard.
Enjoying a location that is both convenient and practical this refurbished B.V. unit is on its own title with no body corporate fees. Brand new carpets have been laid and the interior has been professionally painted throughout. You will love the great floor plan with L shaped lounge/ dining, kitchen opening onto a large rear garden, two large bedrooms both with BIR’s, spacious central bathroom, separate toilet and laundry with access to the back yard. Located on 460m2 of land with a single lockup garage there is plenty of room for guests with a separate visitor parking area.
Price $379,000 Inspect By appointment Agent Rosebud Office 5986 8600
Price $325,000 Inspect By appointment Agent Rosebud Office 5986 8600
1/137 Boneo Road Rosebud
20 Barragowa Drive Rosebud
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Sunnyside Up!
Value Plus!
Spacious, light and bright unit on a separately titled two lot subdivision. In excellent order and ready to move into or rent out, the property offers generous living accommodation with a spacious lounge plus dining area, recessed kitchen with gas stove and wall mounted gas oven. There are two bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes. Main bedroom has r/cycle air conditioning. Back undercover patio, single garage, under cover washing line, rain water tank with pump and fully fenced, gated and secure. Located just south of Eastbourne Road with easy access to the Freeway and there is a regular bus service to the shops, town and beach at your doorstep. Fantastic Value.
Solid three bedroom home in this popular location close to the Capel Foreshore. Built in wardrobes to all bedrooms, good size living room, dining area open plan to kitchen, neat and low maintenance back yard with shed, carport under roof-line, patio area and off street parking for at least two cars. Could benefit from some minor cosmetic updating which would make this a great home indeed. Currently leased to great tenants therefore ready for investors or simply move into a great home
Price Inspect Agent
Price Inspect Agent
$315,000 By Appointment Rosebud Office 5986 8600
$359,000 By Appointment Rosebud Office 5986 8600
1089 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud VIC 3939
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9 Meadow Avenue Rye
43 Walbrook Road Rye
BRICK VENEER BARGAIN
SPOTLESS HOME/HUGE BLOCK
Block of approx 700 m2 Three bedrooms, two bathrooms 2 large living areas Price: Agent
Garage Great potential for permanent/ holiday/ rent Top street location
Suit $375,000 to $395,000 buyers Glenn Key 0402 445 208
Block of approx 1250m2 Pretty garden setting Two bedroom BV home Price: Agent
Suit $395,000 to $425,000 buyers Glenn Key 0402 445 208
3 Doig Avenue Tootgarook
127 Brights Drive Rye
HOLIDAY HAVEN!
READY TO ENJOY
Large, fully secured block 3 bedrooms 2 living areas Price: Agent
2 split system air conditioners Walk to beach Buy and enjoy immediately
Suit $395,000 to $425,000 buyers Alana Balog 0412 536 624
Surprisingly large block 3 - 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms Price: Agent
16 Peter Street Rye
BRILLIANT WITH BAY VIEWS
WOW!WOW!WOW!
Price: Agent
Polished floors, ducted heatinf & air con. Rear deck with water views Tandem garage below
Now $439,000 Glenn Key 0402 445 208
Fully refurbished throughout 3 generous bedrooms 2 ripper bathrooms Price: Agent
2/21 Hygeia Street Rye
RENOVATE OR REBUILD
1 OF ONLY 3
Price: Agent
Forthcoming Auction Alana Balog 0412 536 624
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No operating body corporate 2 bedrooms Single garage Price: Agent
2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941
SOUTHERN PENINSULA NEWS realestate 10 January 2012
Two huge living rooms Hostess kitchen Massive garage/workshop
Now $495,000 to $520,000 Phil Key 0418 516 470
115 John Street Tootgarook Block of approx 700 m2 Walk to beach Two bedroom home
2 living areas Character filled Big under house garage
$399,000 Diane Key 0419 324 515
6 Nalong Street Rye Absolute low maintenance block Magic 3 bedroom/ 2 bathroom home Dual living areas
Garage/workshop and sheds Room to extend if required Reduced to sell ASAP
$320,000 to $340,000 buyers Phil Key 0418 516 470
Big backyard 200 metres to beach Good as new
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YƵĂůŝƚLJ ĐƌĂŌƐŵĂŶ ďƵŝůƚ ŚŽŵĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƟĐŬ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŽdžĞƐ͘ KīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ϯϭ ƐƋƵĂƌĞƐ ;ĂƉƉƌŽdžͿ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĨƵůůLJ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞĚ ϭϭϬϬƐƋŵ ĂůůŽƚŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ^ƵŵŵĞƌĮĞůĚƐ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ &ĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ͗ ϵŌ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ͕ ƐƚƵĚLJ͕ ĚŽǁŶƐƚĂŝƌƐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ t/Z͕ ƐƉŽƩĞĚ ŐƵŵ ƟŵďĞƌ ŇŽŽƌŝŶŐ͕ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ďĞŶĐŚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐͬƐ ĂƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƌŽŽŵ ĂĚũŽŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƌƵŵƉƵƐͬŐĂŵĞƐ ƌŽŽŵ Θ ϮŶĚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ͘ ŽǀĞƌĞĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĚĞĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŝĐŬ Y͕ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ Θ ĚƵĐƚĞĚ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ͘
WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ^ĂůĞ Inspect: LJ ƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ
WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ^ĂůĞ
3 Contact: Contact: Chris Chris Wilson Wilson 0417 0417 147 147 307 307
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Home Open Sat 11.30-12 Noon
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4 Contact: Chris Wilson 0417 147 307
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ĞĂĐŚ Ždž /Ŷ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ DĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĂƉƉƌŽdž ϯ͘ϱŵ dž ϳ͘ϱŵ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŶƚ ƌŽǁ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ &ŽƌĞƐŚŽƌĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŶǀŝŽƵƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ Ă ƐƚƌŽůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ŚŽƚĞů͘ ĞĂĐŚ ďŽdž ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƵůůLJ ĨƵƌŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚůLJ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŵŝŶŝ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŶŬ͘ >ŽǀĞůLJ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĞƌĞŶĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ǁŝƚŚ access to toilets & showers. Laze those summer days ĂǁĂLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ƐĂŶĚLJ ďĞĂĐŚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ͘
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^ƉŽŝů LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ ĂƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŇŽŽƌ ŽĨ ϮϮ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͘ &ĂĐŝŶŐ ĚƵĞ EŽƌƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƉĂƌŬůŝŶŐ ďůƵĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ďĂLJ ǀŝƐƚĂǭƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ across the bay to the city. Features include grand ĨŽLJĞƌ͕ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ĞŶƚƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌĐŽŵ ĂŶĚ ůŝŌ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĐĂƌ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚǁŽ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ƉĞƌ ĂƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ н ĐĂŐĞĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ ƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ϯϬϯ ŚĂƐ ŽƉĞŶ ƉůĂŶ ŵĞĂůƐ ĨĂŵŝůLJͬůŽƵŶŐĞ ƌŽŽŵ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ďĂůĐŽŶLJ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ĚĂƌŬ marble bench tops and all the mod cons.
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WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ^ĂůĞ
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LJ ƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ
2 Contact: Chris Wilson 0417 147 307
ϭͬϭϬ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͘ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ s/ ϯϵϯϭ
www.noblewilson.com.au
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ROSEBUD126 126Rosebud RosebudForeshore Foreshore ROSEBUD $79,000 $74,950- $85,000
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LJ ƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ
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Contact: Contact:Chris ChrisWilson Wilson0417 0417147 147307 307
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For Sale
9 Alfred Street, Mornington Spacious Sanctuary in Prime Position Exclusively positioned in a picturesque beachside pocket between Main Street and the bay this 3 bedroom home radiates quality and class. This luxury townhouse features a sun drenched north facing living and dining area overlooking private patio and entertaining area, granite bench tops & European appliances to the kitchen. The master bedroom is Àt for a queen with grandeur surroundings, large en-suite, a dressing room and bay views.
For Sale
For Sale W G NE TIN S LI
Price: On Application
Inspect: Contact agent for times
Inspect: Contact agent for times
For Sale
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 area with open Àre place and overlooking the 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.
rs ffe ered o l All Offers Submitted A l nsid Inspect: Contact agent for times co
Inspect: Contact agent for times
3/5 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington Luxury Beachside Townhouse Possibly the Ànest townhouse on the Peninsula, this is an outstanding opportunity to secure this 26 square residence that is so close to town. Including a 10.5m x 2.7m solar heated lap pool, extensive decking, covered day bed and alfresco BBQ area. Fabulous atate of the art aitchen with integrated appliances. Three spacious bedrooms plus large studio or study, beautiful light Àlled bathroom, powder room and ensuite. Impressive timber Áoors are throughout the large living area that spills into the outdoor area.
For Sale R L D O SEL N V E ST MU
Inspect: Contact agent for times
6 Avery Court, Mount Martha Elegant and sophistication on a grand scale
R L D O SEL N V E ST MU
A luxury two storey rendered Simmons home situated in cul de sac location of prestigious Mount Martha location. The grand entrance has high ceilings and a sweeping stair case leading to the family’s four bedrooms and large retreat with balcony overlooking a semi-rural vista. The double bi- fold doors separate the formal area from the main living areas. A Master chef kitchen with granite bench tops has large pantry and the meals and family room area surrounded by Áoor to ceiling bay window overlooking in-ground pool.
rs ffe ered o l Price: $790,000 - $840,000 A l nsid Inspect: Contact agent for times co
8 Chateaux Close, Mount Martha Still time for Summer fun! This absolutely stunning entertainers home consists of Àve large bedrooms, master with parents retreat and FES. If you love entertaining this grand home is for you! Open plan living with a modern kitchen, European appliances and breakfast bar central to family and meals area overlooking alfresco decking and sandstone in ground salt water and solar heated pool. From the rumpus/ lounge room to the pool area, your family and friends will envy the large space that surround the home.
rs ffe ered o l Price: $710,000 - $740,000 A l nsid Inspect: Contact agent for times co
Price: $790,000 - $840,000
For Sale
25 Lynn Close, Mornington Sensational Lifestyle In SummerÀelds Nestled at the end of a peaceful court with low maintenance gardens, this 3 bedroom plus study family home will tick all the boxes. Features include quality Àttings, three separate bright & open plan living areas, three large bedrooms with BIR’s, master with WIR & FES with corner spa. Ducted vacuum, split system heating and cooling & undercover outdoor entertaining area. Huge shed great for tradesman. ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED. OFFERS TO BE SUBMITTED BY 5.00PM MONDAY 16TH JANUARY 2012.
Price: On Application
W G NE TIN S LI
This gorgeous two storey townhouse has been tastefully decorated with quality Àxtures and Àttings. Approx 24 square in size with master bedroom, ensuite and walk in robes on the ground level that leads into a open plan style 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.
Price: $890,000 -$950,000
19 Dorset Road, Mount Martha Fabulous Family Home
For Sale
1/16-14 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington Gorgeous Beachside Townhouse
For Sale
34 Finlayson Avenue, Mount Martha Uninterrupted Bay and City Views From the large balcony enjoy magniÀcent 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: $830,000 - $870,000 Inspect: Contact agent for times
jo@kevinwrightcommercial.com.au
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WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ ŝĐŽŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ͕ ǀĞŶĚŽƌ ǁŝůů ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ƐƉůŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĮƚʹŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ priced to sell. Rent is approx $499/week (no GST) + outgoings. ƉƉƌŽdž ϭϬϯŵϮ ƐŚŽƉ͘ KƉĞŶ ϱͲϭϬƉŵ ϳ ĚĂLJƐ
ďƐŽůƵƚĞ ƉƌŝŵĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ďĞĂĐŚ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ ͘ dŽƚĂůůLJ ƌĞĨƵƌďŝƐŚĞĚ Įƚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ďŝ ĨŽůĚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽƚƉĂƚŚ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĞĂƐĞ͕ ůŽǁ ƌĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͘ Ğ ƋƵŝĐŬ͕ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐ͘
ŽĚLJ ƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ Ăůů ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂdžŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŬŝŶ ƌĞũƵǀĞŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚŽdžŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ƉƌŝǀĂĐLJ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĐůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐLJ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ͘ ^Ğƚ ƵƉ ĐŽƐƚ ǁĞůů ŝŶ ĞdžĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƉƌŝĐĞ͘
KīĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĂůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ϰϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƐƚŽƌĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ĂƌĞĂ͘ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĞdžŝƐƚƐ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ĨƌĞĞŚŽůĚ͘ /ŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ůŝƋƵŽƌ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ͕ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝnjĞĚ ŶĞǁƐ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ͕ ŇŽŽƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŽĨ ϮϳϮƐƋŵ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŽů ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͘
Sale Price: $240,000 + SAV Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503
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Sale Price: $89,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859
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WƌŝŵĞ ĨƌĞĞŚŽůĚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ƐŝƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌLJ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ džĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ;^d Ϳ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ ǀĂĐĂŶƚ ůĂŶĚ͕ ƚŽƚĂů ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ƐŝnjĞ ŝƐ ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJ ϭ͕ϮϴϲŵϮ͘dŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ ŝƐ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ^ƚŽŶLJ WŽŝŶƚ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,D ^ ĞƌďĞƌƵƐ͘
dŚĞ 'ĂƌůŝĐ <ŝƐƐ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐŝůLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŽŶůLJ ϱ ůƵŶĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ϰ ĚŝŶŶĞƌƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϱ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ƐĐŽƉĞ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͘ ZĞĂůŝƐƟĐĂůůLJ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ͘
KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂƐ ďĞƐƚ ŬŶŽǁŶ ůĂĚŝĞƐ ďŽƵƟƋƵĞƐ ƚƌĂĚĞƐ ϱ Ъ ĚĂLJƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƉůƵƐĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁĞůůͲĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĐůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ͘
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Sale Price: $850,000 + GST if applicable Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503
Sale Price: $250,000 + SAV Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454
Sale Price: $89,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859
Sale Price: $229,000 + SAV Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503
For Sale – Crib Point
For Sale – Mornington
For Sale – Rosebud
Industrial Takeaway
Wholesale Bakery
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WƌŝĐĞ KŶ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859
For Sale – Mount Martha
NE
Main Street Deli
Calling All Foodies
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'ƌĞĂƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐĂĨĠͬƉƌŽǀĞĚŽƌĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ŽŶ Wƚ EĞƉĞĂŶ ZĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ůŝĐĞŶĐĞĚ ĐĂĨĠ enjoys strong, regular clientele, solid takings, great lease terms ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ǁĞůů ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ĂƐ ǀĞŶĚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘
Sale Price: $220,000 + SAV Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454
Sale Price $95,000 + SAV Contact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184
Mornington
For Sale – Rosebud
NE
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For Sale – Rosebud
Sale Price $77,000 + SAV Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503
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For Sale – Seaford
Urgent Sale - Vendor Must Sell
'ƌĞĂƚ >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ Ͳ KƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ĞĂĐŚ
Backpackers Mornington
&ƌĞĞŚŽůĚ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJͬKĸĐĞ ^ƉĂĐĞ
dŚĞ ǁĞůů ŬŶŽǁŶ >ĞŵŽŶŐƌĂƐƐ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƐŽůĚ͘ tŝƚŚ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ Įƚ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ůŝƋƵŽƌ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀĂůƵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ƐĐŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘
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tĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ Ă ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ĂĐŬƉĂĐŬĞƌ ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ďĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ ƌĞƚĂŝů ƐƚƌŝƉ͘ ^ĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͘
dŚŝƐ ǁĞůů ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĨĂĐƚŽƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ĐĂƐĞ ĞŶƚƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ϭϬϬƐƋ ŵĞƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ϭϱϬ ƐƋ ŵĞƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĨĂĐƚŽƌLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƵŶŶŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ͘ /ŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ Ă ŵƵƐƚ͘
Sale Price: $85,000 WIWO
Sale Price: $250,000 + SAV
Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184
Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859
Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454
Sale Price $450,000 Contact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184
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MORNINGTON PENINSULA PROPERTY SELLOUT Investors and DEVELOPERS OFFER: FUNDING FROM ͻ ϱϬй sĞŶĚŽƌ dĞƌŵƐ owner occupiers DO NOT MISS OUT ͻ ĂůĂŶĐĞ Ϯ LJĞĂƌƐ DEVELOPER ͻ /ŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ ŽĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ EŽ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŶ
TOO GOOD TO MISS
ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘
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DROMANA SELF STORAGE GARAGE DEVELOPMENT SITE WITH PA 3351 SQM
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$220,000
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72 Main Street, Mornington VIC 3931
INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL
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Ready-made business
Ahoy me hearties
ANY opportunity to purchase a well-known business with all set-up costs covered must be worth a look. Established in 2009, this niche market business is being offered for sale on a walk-in walk-out basis with a fully signwritten Ford Transit van included in the asking price as well as all tools, grinders and associated equipment. The owner is prepared to provide professional training if required.
SITUATED in the Seaford industrial estate, this family business does a healthy trade in breakfasts and lunches. Open Monday to Friday from 5.30am to 3pm, the business works in well with school hours and you can still have your weekends free. Showing excellent takings and good profits, the rent is also very reasonable.
Concreting, MORNINGTON PENINSULA Price: $85,000 WIWO Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184
Industrial Takeaway, SEAFORD Price: On Application Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Tanya Scagliarini, 0438 289 859
Landmark hospitality venue THE Atrium is one of the Mornington Peninsula’s largest and bestknown restaurant and function centres. It overlooks the fairways and tennis courts of Mt Martha Valley Country Club. The Atrium offers sports and casual bar areas, an 80-seat restaurant and a function room with individual seating for 400 (220 with tables). There is also a large outdoor patio and the building’s signature atrium reception area.This highly flexible complex also features a three-bedroom manager’s residence and parking for 85 cars. Now catering for wedding receptions and conferences, casual family dining and a local clientele drawn from the surrounding housing development and from further afield, this is a great chance to step into a successful and well-established business. There is also potential to use the premises for a private golf, football or other sporting club venture offering administration, accommodation, offices, medical centre, gaming venue, church, nightclub or hotel. There are two fully operational commercial kitchens, which allow for multiple events to be catered for at one time, two walk-in coolroomsa walk-in freezer and chef’s office. With the new Peninsula Link freeway set to cut travel times to and from the city and continued new housing development around the nearby marina, this is a great time to invest in this remarkable seaside business opportunity. To be sold on a walk-in walk-out basis. Address: 10 Country Club Drive, SAFETY BEACH Auction: Saturday 11 February at 2pm Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5987 3233 Agent: John Sanderson, 5987 3233
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Deceased estate - Must be sold! 74 Marine Drive Safety Beach Just under 1000sqm of prime land opposite the beach ready for further development (STCA). The current brick veneer dwelling has been very well maintained and features three bedrooms and a bathroom with combined lounge and dining and separate kitchen. The home has a flat roof, so going upwards is an option and there is plenty of space on the flat block that measures 15m x 65m. Plenty of options here to sub-divide, re-build, go up or extend. Property will be sold on or before auction day. t es nv i r yo a d li ho
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Safety Beach
McCrae
12 Henry Court McCrae
Safety Beach
So Close To Everything
Bargain Hunters
Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Serenity
The Atrium - Unique Business Opportunity
You are located close to beaches, golf, restaurants, cafes, shops & public transport - what else do you need? If you are looking for a holiday, investment or permanent home then look no further. Boasting 3 bedrooms with BIRs, master with ensuite, modern kitchen with gas cooking and dishwasher, heating and air conditioning. Also featuring lock up garage and plenty of storage. Just sit back and relax.
This very neat and tidy, 5 year old (approx) brick townhouse is a fantastic buy - so be quick. The front townhouse of only two on the block, this lovely residence features large open plan living, high ceilings, quality marble tiling in the bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, ensuite to main, gas heating and cooking and paved entertaining area ideal for summer BBQs. Complete with double remote garage and remote front security gate.
Located only a short stroll to the beach this stunning modern residence allows you to relax & entertain your family & friends with bay glimpses from this 1/4 acre, private garden oasis. This contemporary home boasts a remarkable open plan indoor/ outdoor living space, complete with a glorious entertainment deck. The kitchen includes an island bench, European appliances and is filled with natural light. Blue-chip weekender or permanent base.
A unique landmark commercial development overlooking the fairways and tennis courts of the Mt Martha Valley Country Club and moments from the Martha Cove Marina, The Atrium is one of the Mornington Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest restaurant/function centres with potential to further develop the business or change its use (STCA). Offering sports and casual bar areas, an 80 seat restaurant, function room that can seat 400 or 220 at tables.
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Price Inspect Contact
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Auction Inspect Contact
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$395,000 plus By appointment 03 5987 3233
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Safety Beach
61 Pickings Road Safety Beach
Safety Beach
Super Close To Beach - Hot Position!
Why Are The Owners Selling?
Walk To The Beach
Style, Sophistication & Sure To Impress
Ready, set, go!!! Be quick to view this ideally located home just a short walk to the foreshore, public transport and yacht club. Recently refurbished, the home features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, spacious open plan living, room for upto 5 vehicles, an excellent storage shed and a circular drive way. With million dollar water front homes selling just across the road this trendy beach pad is a must see. Price $485,000 plus Inspect By appointment Contact 03 5987 3233
With an abundance of style and character this home will impress with its many pleasing features. Situated opposite the golf course and a short stroll to the beach and public transport this incredible residence is set on approx 782sqm of land and offers 3-4 spacious bedrooms all with BIRs, master bedroom with FES & WIR, spacious open plan living/kitchen/meals area & polished timber floors.
Located within walking distance to pristine sands this immaculately presented, 35sq approx home on approx 641sqm block boasts 4 bedrooms, master with FES & WIR, open plan modern kitchen/dining/ living area with another two living areas giving plenty of room for the whole family. GDH throughout, split system in master bedroom, ducted vacuum. Remote DLUG with internal entry and side access.
Uniquely designed and positioned in a picturesque setting this contemporary family home is set on over 834sqm approx of land. Huge open plan living features polished timber floors, there are 3 spacious bedrooms, ensuite to master, large entertainment balcony with views as far as the eye can see. Huge 4 car garage which could be converted to extra living or bedrooms if required. Paved driveway and rear enclosed yard.
Price Inspect Contact
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$595,000 - $645,000 Sat 2-2.30pm 03 5987 3233
193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana VIC 3936
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$699,000 By appointment 03 5987 3233
McCrae
$685,000 - $725,000 By Appointment 03 5987 3233
AROUND THE REGION
Aquatic centre with the lot By Mike Hast FRANKSTON will get an aquatic centre with the lot after councillors last month agreed to spend $46.35 million. The so-called “full scope” Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre (FRAC) at Samuel Sherlock Reserve on Cranbourne Rd will have: A 51.5-metre main pool. Program pool and learn to swim, leisure and play water and water slide. Spa, dry, wet sauna and wellness centre. Gymnasium, twin program rooms and a dedicated spin room. Entry foyer with retail shops, ground floor administration, cafe and changing areas, Occasional care centre with outdoor area. Lift, stairs and parking for 250 cars. Enhanced environmentally sustainable design elements estimated to cost $4 million. Last June, councillors agreed to build a basic centre for $33 million, with the council spending $20.6 million and the state government $12.5 million. The state money was promised in the lead-up to the 2010 state election by then Frankston MP Alistair Harkness. A builder will be appointed in August 2012 and the pool will open in May or June 2014. Concept designs will be prepared by Williams Ross Architects and the project consultant is SGL (Simply Great Leisure), one of the Australia’s leading sports and recreation companies, which has been involved in Mornington Peninsula
Investing in saving water and dollars
Aquatic vision: An artist’s drawing of how the aquatic centre with the lot might look in Samuel Sherlock Reserve. More designs are being created.
Shire’s Rosebud aquatic centre project. The Frankston pool will be adjacent to Chisholm TAFE’s proposed multistorey development. The 1929-vintage Samuel Sherlock Hall in Quality St, also known as the Scout Hall, will be demolished and new homes found for Frankston District Scouts, Frankston Senior Citizens’ Club, Russian Seniors, Polish Senior Citizens’ Club, Frankston Chess Club, and Grace Christian Community Church. Moving from the sports reserve will be Frankston Baseball Club and
YCW Cricket Club. It will cost about $850,000 to move the baseballers to Robinsons Park in Robinsons Rd for the 2012 winter season and $465,000 to move the cricketers to Peninsula Reserve in Frank St in October 2012. Frankston Council now has the task of finding more than $13 million extra. A report to councillors stated Mike King of SGL had recommended the council “forms a high level lobby group to make representation to Federal Government Ministers in Canberra”. Last September, the federal government knocked back a request for pool
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AQUATIC centres traditionally use lots of energy and water, and the proposed Frankston centre could use as much as 15 per cent of the council’s energy budget. Frankston Council says investing $4 million in environmentally sustainable design elements will reduce greenhouse gas emission and costs. “The Environment Department is preparing a submission for a stormwater grant from the Federal Government,” the pool report stated. “We have had some initial discussions with Chisholm TAFE and they welcome the idea of a ‘precinct’ approach to stormwater management.” This could include catching water off the roofs of the proposed TAFE trade training centre and existing buildings for treatment and reuse at the aquatic centre. Future Chisholm development could use FRAC treated water for toilet flushing.
funding under the Regional Development Australia Fund. Frankston was relying on getting between $5 and $8 million from Canberra, and will reapply. The mayor, Cr Brian Cunial, said a deputation had visited Canberra in early 2011 and lobbied MPs. “Kris Bolam, Christine Richards, Colin Hampton and I met MPs. There was some interest there, but there was nothing promised, of course.” He said the council could afford to borrow some money. Even if Canberra says no again, the
council will go ahead with the aquatic centre, says Cr Brad Hill, who with a few council colleagues revived the pool idea when he joined the council in 2008. “It’s taken a long time to get our aquatic centre,” he told The News. “The idea has been around since the early 2000s and in that time, the City of Casey has built two aquatic centres – at Narre Warren and Cranbourne.” The News understands the council will find the extra money through a combination of loans, rate rises and cutting other capital works.
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RYE TEMPORARY CAR PARK CLOSURE Location: Scout Hall Car Park, Rye Boat Ramp & Rye Pier Car Park Time: Installation of barriers commence at 9.00am (earlier at police discretion)
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Matear returns to his barefoot playground
Carnival is far from over FOR more than five decades the Wittingslow family has provided family entertainment at Rye and Rosebud carnivals on the Mornington Peninsula. Now with the fourth generation actively involved in continuing the family tradition, this summer once again sees Wittingslow bringing rides, games, entertainment and a great family night out for holidaymakers on the peninsula. Rosebud carnival continues to focus on younger families, with lots of rides, games and food specifically catering for the junior set.
Rye (pictured) also has a variety of family and kiddie rides as well as the exciting thrill rides for older and braver patrons. During the day the giant waterslide at Rye will be popular and this year there is also â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trapeze Schoolâ&#x20AC;?, giving budding trapeze artists a real feel of flying through the air. It operate during the day, weather permitting. Unlimited ride wristbands are available 7-10pm every day, happy hour is 6-7pm Monday to Friday, and discount tickets makes the carnival affordable family fun.
SHUFFLING along the beaches of his childhood, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great unlocking in the artist, a disarming that happens in a usually reserved Rick Matear (pictured). A smile spreads as he reminisces about his barefooted Sorrento days: summer maintenance on the family home, working in a Sorrento cafe just as his daughter is now, relaxing times, sunburnt afternoons, sandflies, Easter egg hunts and studying the shoreline from a canoe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your home, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something familiar. People travel overseas to go to a beautiful beach, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realise one of the best beaches is only an hour and a half away from Melbourne.â&#x20AC;? The summery stroll is a great opening to the processes and subjects that first inspired the young artist. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d wander off as a boy to the beaches, mostly in the Point King area: painting water, sand and sky studies, beach moods, changes and movements, the erosion on wood, tide turning and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the trickiest one â&#x20AC;&#x201C; seaweed studies. Early themes included observations of impermanence, attempting to capture in his works â&#x20AC;&#x153;decades of natural processes on man-made structuresâ&#x20AC;?.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The southern peninsula is a great place to get up close and see that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a whole lot of different elements working together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like bringing the painting together as a whole, though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a community of elements as such: layers on layers, just like the shoreline.â&#x20AC;? Just as in those childhood summers, he is still amazed by the colour and the textures. There is also the challenge of capturing â&#x20AC;&#x153;the emotional aspects of summer in Sorrentoâ&#x20AC;?. His compositions can be surreal with high key things paler or more washed out than they actually are to achieve this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something to always remember that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been very lucky to experience these places, these beaches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the character of the area, the limestone.â&#x20AC;?
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Matear the botanist waxes lyrical in a favourite foreshore setting, too, naming the seaweeds and grasses at Shelley Beach. Growing up in Arthur Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground, he was concerned he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what he was going to do at school: â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I enjoyed paintingâ&#x20AC;?. Matear has held more than 30 solo exhibitions. His work is represented in private and corporate collections in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. As part of its â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peninsula at Playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; series, Manyung at Sorrento hosts more than 20 new works in Rick Matearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest exhibition, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Memories of Seaside Summersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, during January at 113a Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento. James Clark-Kennedy
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The Peninsula at Play… The Manyung at Sorrento and Mt Eliza galleries are each featuring over 100 new works in our Summer Exhibition Series of wonderful, Australian contemporary paintings and sculptures. Rick Matear will be on exhibition from Saturday 7th January with over 20 new works. New paintings from Janine Daddo will be on exhibition at Sorrento from 22nd January. Couta and fishing boats Rick Matear
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A market for everyone SUMMER is here and the Mornington Peninsula is all of a buzz, especially at Market @ Drive In at Dromana Drive In every Sunday in January from 8am to 1pm. Each market day brings unique and interesting finds, daily needs, one-offs and hard to find items. A wide array of stallholders sell fresh produce, plants, antiques and collectibles, art and craft, toys, clothing, and new and pre-loved tools. There is a playground for the children, plenty of parking; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place to chill out for a
while. Shelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diner, 1950s retro styled, is open from 8am for brunch. A wide range of food and drinks is available including egg and bacon rolls, burgers, scones with jam and cream, cappuccino, milkshakes, Dipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dots Ice Cream and more. Dine in or grab a bite to stroll around. So come along and visit Dromana Drive In, National Trust and Heritage Victoria listed. For more information including dates of coming
markets, having a stall at the market, see website, http:// www.drivein.net.au/market. htm or call Shelley, 0428 314025. The drive in is the perfect place to take in a film and enjoy the nostalgia of a classic 1960s drive in. Movies screen nightly at sunset, so grab the kids, your friends, partner and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Make a Memory at the Dromana 3 Drive Inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; this summer. See www.drivein.net.au or call 0359 872492 for movie titles. The drive in is at 133 Nepean Hwy, Dromana, Melway 160 E5.
Riding h high igh in the saddle Open day set for smooth sailing BLAIRGOWRIE Yacht Squadron is holding an open day on from 10am-1pm on Sunday 15 January. A club spokesman said all members of the public â&#x20AC;&#x153;can come and experience the warm, friendly, family atmosphere of our clubâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We offer boating and social opportunities for people of all ages. Our sailing facilities are second to none. We provide boat storage for off-the-beach yachts, swing moorings within a short distance of the club and
a fully equipped safe boat harbour for keel and power boats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are renowned for our very strong family culture and relaxed atmosphere and we offer and encourage participation in all aspects of our sailing and social activities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are delighted that over the next 2-3 years we will be expanding our harbour facilities and undertaking a major renovation of our clubhouse, which will provide further comfort, amenities and benefits to all our members, families
and guests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have extensive sail training programs from the age of 7 up to and including adults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a Tackers program, a club sail training program in Minnows for kids from the ages of 8 to 14 and for youth from 14 to 18 and over. We also offer adult sail training courses in club-owned Pacers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Join us on Sunday at 2900 Point Nepean Rd, Blairgowrie, from 10am to 1pm. For more information call the club office on 5988 8453.
THERE are many activities for families to enjoy on the Mornington Peninsula and one is horse riding along a beach. No experience is necessary when riding with Gunnamatta Trail Rides and so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if you have never ridden before. Riding a beautiful horse along a pristine ocean beach is a memorable adventure and a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;must doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience. The two-hour St Andrews Bush and Beach ride starts at the refurbished stables of Gunnamatta Trail Rides, which is 10 minutes from Rosebud and Rye. The ride to the ocean beach takes 45 minutes and is mainly
a walking ride with short bursts of trotting. The track leads up and over some lofty sand dunes from where the views are simply breathtaking. The horses then walk down to the expansive sands of St Andrews Beach, which is a part of the coastal Mornington Peninsula National Park. Riders can choose to keep their horses walking or go for a trot beside crashing ocean waves where
surfers can often be seen. Having experienced riding a horse along the beach, there are photo opportunities to capture the moment and provide you with proof that â&#x20AC;&#x153;you did itâ&#x20AC;?. The St Andrews Beach ride is the most popular ride and has been seen on numerous television shows such as Postcards and Coxyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Break. If Coxy can do it, so can you. Details at gunnamatta. com.au or call 5988 6755.
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All the fun of the circus
FROM breathtaking stunts to amazing skills, take a trip through magic and illusions, comedy and the unexpected. Family fun is promised and certainly will be delivered under the Big Top of Silvers Circus. It’s action from start to finish with beautiful women high in the air and the fabulous talents of international artists providing an impressive display of acrobatics and strength. Hoola Hoop twirling, wire walking, balancing – it’s all there; live entertainment at its best. The Wheel of Steel has the
audience holding on to the edge of their seats as it rotates from the floor to the tip of the big top while Phoenix Harrison performs on this giant apparatus. See the talented Miss Emma demonstrates her graceful ballet routine on the high wire. Hold your breath as the Phoenix Riders enter the big top and ride into the four-metre diameter ‘Globe of Death’. It’s up and down and round and round at a cracking pace as the three riders cross over and under each other with only millimetres to spare. There’s
no room for errors in their performance. This is an amazing spectacle and affordable for everyone with tickets selling from just $20 for children (3-12 years) and $30 for adults. Family tickets cost $80. Silvers is in the Bata Shoe grounds, 1158 Nepean Hwy, Mornington, until 22 January with shows at 8pm Wednesday to Saturday evenings and 1pm from Tuesday to Sunday every week Details and bookings: Silvers on 0413 880 044 or Ticketmaster.
Train shop maintains a head of steam TRAINS and model trains is one hobby that most stores have really missed the train on. The world’s greatest hobby, and one of the oldest, is sadly overlooked by many, and good train sets are hard to find. For close to 40 years one of Australia’s largest pure train stores has been tucked away in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, supplying train enthusiasts worldwide with local and imported products to satisfy all their hobby needs. Train World is all about
trains and anything to do with trains including model train sets, locomotive, carriages, freight wagons, track, accessories, spare parts, tools, scenic materials, glues, paints, books, DIY books, magazines, CDs, videos, DVDs and more. For younger customers there is Thomas the Tank engine and friends, Chuggington and Hogwarts Express from Harry Potter. It’s a one-stop shop for train and model train enthusiasts as well as beginners.
A wide variety of goods is stocked or can be ordered from one of Train World’s many local and overseas suppliers. Mail order, special orders, purchases and advice are only a phone, fax or email away or you can post Train World a letter. See the Train World advert for details and have a train running around your Christmas tree this year or surprise the special someone with a train set for Christmas.
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Boneoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing wetlands BONEO Maze and Wetlands is only a five minute drive from Rosebud, off Boneo Rd on the Mornington Peninsula. With heaps of activities and great things to do and see, it is a must-visit location this school holidays. Take a stroll along the boardwalk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; winding through the unique 15 acres of swamp and wetlands, stopping to view the native wildlife, tall tea tree and fern glade. Get lost in the mazes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the largest hedge maze stands two metres tall with a centre viewing platform. The small maze was designed for the
young and the young at heart. The timber â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; maze has 1.5-metre long tunnels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; enter if you dare. Play giant games and puzzles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have a friendly game of chess or draughts and other games and lawn puzzles within the gardens, complemented by tall shady trees and luscious green grass perfect for family picnics. Bring a picnic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; stage coach and picnic tables in the gardens, but bring a blanket (no barbecues). The Tearooms serve homemade Devonshire tea, light refreshments and great coffee.
The Gift Shop offers a range of puzzles, games, chess sets, garden gifts and other quality giftware. It is closed Christmas Day and on extreme weather days. Opening hours: Monday to Thurday 10am to 4pm, Friday to Sunday, public and school holidays 10am to 5pm. Boneo Maze and Wetlands is at 695 Limestone Rd, Fingal. Melway 252 H4. Phone (03) 5988 6385, fax (03) 5988 6058 or email boneomaze@ bigpond.com Website: boneomaze.com.au
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A business business born of passion RODDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RC Hobbies is a new radio-controlled vehicles hobby business with outlets in Mornington and Rosebud. There is a huge range of helicopters, planes, tanks, boats, cars, monster trucks and nitro buggies. The shops also stock spare
parts and nitro fuel, and offer a repair service. Roddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RC Hobbies is a long-time passion that has evolved into becoming a reality in 2011, bringing lots of fun into peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. It can be fast and furious for those who love the thrill
of power, but the shops also cater for first-timers who are interested in starting a new hobby. So come and see Martin or Kim at Roddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RC Hobbies in Mornington, 5977 1444 or Rosebud, 5986 2008.
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Mt Eliza farmers’ market building a top reputation LOOKING for a place to buy locally sourced and sustainably produced food that tastes amazing and is affordable? Mt Eliza’s farmers’ market has gained an excellent reputation for being the perfect place to shop, says co-organiser Melanie Wigg. Held on the fourth Sunday of the month (not always the last), the market operates from 9am to 1pm, rain, hail or shine. “An abundance of produce is available that has travelled the bare minimum distance from paddock to plate and is being sold by its genuine producer,” Ms Wigg said. “Since starting in March 2010, the market has been
touted as one of the best in the state due to high-quality produce, festive atmosphere and entertainment.” The market has also gained accreditation with the Victorian Farmers’ Market Association, meaning the stallholders and market organisers have gone through a rigorous process ensuring that the shopper is buying direct from the land. VFMA accreditation also means there is no craft, bric-a-brac, onsellers or re-packagers. It’s a farmers’ market in the true sense of the word. “The next market will be held on Sunday 22 January and will have wonderful summer stone fruit as well as
berries, local cheeses, organic sourdough bread, free range eggs and meat, organic salad greens and more,” Ms Wigg said. “Come and enjoy brekkie cooked by the Rotary Club of Mt Eliza while perusing the stalls.” The market is a not-forprofit initiative of the Mt Eliza Chamber of Commerce, contributing to the Mt Eliza Lions and Rotary clubs. It is held in Mt Eliza Village, corner of Mt Eliza Way and Canadian Bay Rd. BYO shopping bags or trolleys Detaikls: 0429 398 684 or www.mtelizafarmersmarket. com.au
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Keeping music alive on the Mornington Peninsula MELBOURNE has always had a reputation for its vibrant music scene and its plethora of live music venues but the Mornington Peninsula is catching up fast. The number of venues providing a showcase for live music has grown so much in the last year that if you’re a live music enthusiast, living on the peninsula you’ll be have plenty to chose from. Merryn and Ray Oborn, peninsula residents and live music travel specialists, are taking advantage of this growth and
adding the promotion of local and live Sunday sessions at Sorrento-Portsea RSL to their business. They run tours to international music festivals and events as well as coach tours from the peninsula to music concerts in and around Melbourne, but they also want to ensure perninsula musicians can perform in front of local audiences. “We’ve been successful in promoting the enjoyment of live music internationally but feel we want to make sure that it doesn’t take anything
away from the peninsula music scene,” Merryn said. MezRay Tours provides residents with the opportunity to travel to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival and to the Austin City Limits festival in Texas each year. If you want to sample music a bit closer to home, they also operate regular coach tours to Melbourne music festivals and events for groups of 10 or more. For more information about local, national or international live music events visit www. mezraytours.com
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Shameless pursuit of happiness By Stuart McCullough TRUTH be told, it took me a very long time to find Kate. The mere fact that I am 40 years of age and have not previously been married says it all. Indeed, many who know me well must have wondered whether I would ever find anyone willing to regard me as a suitable partner for life. Certainly, while it’s fair to say I’ve had my fair share of offers when it comes to wedlock, it must be said those offers were exclusively in email form, were from Russia and required me to deposit large amounts of money into a bank account as a sign of ‘good faith’. As much as I appreciated the repeated offers by strangers to travel around the world to live with me in exchange for cash, I declined them all. Call me old fashioned, but I hoped for something more. For a long time, I believed that in order for anyone to find me a suitable partner, I would need present a certain image of myself. Like a blue-light mosquito zapper, I hoped to lure people to my luminous glow. Through sheer hard work and determination, I was committed to creating a version of myself that the world at large would regard as irresistible. This, I now concede, resulted in any number of strange and, indeed, disingenuous attempts to make
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myself a more likeable and interesting person. Now seems as good a time as any to make a confession. I feel it may go some way to explaining what many of you may well have long suspected. My various eccentricities were, in fact, desperate and doomed attempts to be more interesting. For example, during the period 1994 to 1997, I wore a
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woollen cardigan in the genuine belief that this would make me appear more sensitive. It must be understood that this was during the period in which the ‘Sensitive New Age Guy’ was said to be the ideal man, a theory I managed to singlehandedly disprove. Wearing a cardigan did not make me look ‘sensitive’. It made me look semi-retired.
In the summer of 1997, I became the world’s worst vegetarian. This is something of an achievement as the world is full of vegetarians, many of whom range from ‘occasional’ through to ‘lapsed’. I did it not because I was overly concerned for the welfare of animals, although I did own several Morrissey albums, but because all the vegetarians I knew seemed interesting, not to mention healthy, and I thought it was as good a club as any to belong to. With the benefit of hindsight, I doubt that vegetarians were ever fooled by this blatant charade. The fact that I kept smothering my tofu with barbecue sauce was probably something of a giveaway. These days I regard myself as a ‘non-practising’ vegetarian and still regret the steakless summer of ’97. When I finally capitulated and returned to my true, carnivorous self I thought that outraged vegetarians would intervene and try and make me see the error of my ways. Instead, they greeted the news with a shrug of the shoulder, while I marked the occasion by a shoulder of lamb. The likelihood that a large number of animal activists will suddenly appear on my doorstep as part of an intervention is becoming ever more remote.
In 1989, I had my ears pierced. This, I believed, would give me the appearance of a hard-edged rebel with a heart of gold. Instead, it made me look like a poorly dressed pirate. This was partly attributable to the fact that the first earrings I owned were purchased from the local chemist and may have been designed with ladies north of 60 and a purple rinse firmly in mind. It is true, I feel that it’s difficult to look like a hard-edged rebel when you’re wearing earrings that rightly belong to Dame Edna Everage. From 1993 to 2002, I routinely carried large and difficult books with me wherever I went. These would be produced while on public transport for the sole purpose of impressing all those within my immediate vicinity and drawing attention to my awesome intellect. For years I carted the works of Foucault, Sartre, Camus and Nietzsche as a not-too-subtle means of advertising what a brainiac I was. It must be said, I do not remember a single word I read during that time. In fact, I doubt that carrying difficult books fooled anyone, although it did ensure that I always got a seat all to myself. In truth, all my attempts to make a better me failed spectacularly. I met Kate on 17 November
2005. My business partner had agreed to give a talk to some clients of a law firm, before booking himself an overseas holiday. I arrived not knowing anyone and it was then that I met Kate. What I remember most about that night is how easy it was to talk to her. I didn’t feel anxious or panicked. I didn’t feel the urge to re-insert my earrings, slap on a cardigan or pretend to be a vegetarian. There wasn’t any need. I could just be myself. In many ways, the conversation that we started that night has continued ever since. When I look back at the years before I met Kate, I don’t think of them as having been wasted, although I do deeply regret wearing that cardigan for as long as I did. I’d like to think that I was waiting for the right moment. I will be forever grateful to Kate. If history is any guide, it takes a person of extraordinary patience and grace to endure my myriad eccentricities. It seems as remarkable to me today that such a person should even exist. I am pleased to have found her, when I least expected it. www.stuartmccullough.com
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Performance AFTER the tragic death of Amy Winehouse last July, some of the producers and musicians who worked with her revisited the many recordings she made before, during and after the release of Frank and Back to Black. It’s been said Amy never performed a song the same way twice. It quickly became apparent to close friends Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi they had a collection of songs that deserved to be heard, a fitting testament to their artist friend. Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Island Records), the third album from Amy Winehouse – one of the most talented artists to emerge in popular music for decades – has been released by Universal Music. The 12-track album features previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of classics and a couple of new Winehouse compositions. Amy’s family helped put the album together. Amy’s father Mitch said: “I spent so much time chasing after Amy, telling her off, that I never realised what a true genius she was. It wasn’t until I sat down with the rest of the family and listened to this new album that I fully appreciated the breadth of Amy’s talent, from jazz standards to hip hop songs; it really took my breath away.”
Amy performs a reworking of the classic 1960s song Our Day Will Come, a big hit for Ruby and The Romantics; Between The Cheats, a song Amy recorded in 2008; Tears Dry, a ballad she wrote in 2005; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, the Carole King classic; and The Girl From Ipanema, the first song an 18-year-old Amy sang when she went to Miami to record with producer Salaam Remi in 2002. Amy teams up with Tony Bennett to cover the 1930s jazz standard Body and Soul, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in March 2011 and produced by Phil Ramone. This was Amy’s final studio recording. Amy recorded an emotional version
of the Leon Russell classic A Song For You, made famous by Donny Hathaway, who was Amy’s all-time favourite artist. The song was recorded in one take, just Amy and her guitar at her London home in 2009 as she battled her demons. Amy also teams up with rapper Nas and sings Like Smoke, recorded in 2008. Other tracks include Wake Up Alone, Valerie, Halftime, and Best Friends. The 27-year-old singer had been troubled by alcohol and drug problems throughout her career and news of her death was quickly followed by suggestions that it could be related to one or the other. The troubled artist had cancelled all performances after a series of erratic public appearances, but news that she had been found dead at her north London home in July 2011 came as a shock to many. Her father – taxi driver-turned jazz singer Mitch Winehouse – was returning to the UK from New York where he had been due to give a concert. As is the case with all the true greats, Winehouse became an icon almost overnight when she first hit the music scene. Her tattooed arms made her an instant antidote to the Britneys and
Christinas who had for too long dominated the pop music landscape, and her constant run-ins, flare-ups and lack of concern for her public image made her a true rebel. Lioness: Hidden Treasures gives fans another chance to experience Amy’s trademark vocals and wonder what could have been. For much too short a time, Amy offered listeners the vintage visceral soul that poured out of her. www.amywinehousefoundation.co.uk www.amywinehouse.com www.getmusic.com.au *** SHOCK Entertainment will release the blu-ray format of the classic DVD The Doors: The Story of LA Woman on January 27. Last year was the 40 th anniversary of the album’s release and the death of Jim Morrison, and this program details how the album came about, its recording and what was happening to the band at the time. The story is told through new interviews with the three surviving Doors – Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore with contributions from Jac Holzman, founder of their label Elektra Records; Bill Siddons, who was their manager; Bruce Bot-
did a fine job under enormous pressure? Why use the F word in every sentence? Are parents partly to blame? I was at a cafe next morning with an episode of the ABC’s The Slap right in front of me. A little monster ignored, broken glass, non-stop banging; sadly no slap; not even mild admonishment. Fascinating selfishness. And so, if you happen to be lazing on the beach on a sunny day this month catching up from lost sleep, and you’re hit by a tennis ball or football or sand is accidentally sprayed on your face, do not be alarmed. It’s all in fun. I suggest you laugh and say something along the lines of “That was fun. Thanks for including me. Love the music. Can you turn the volume up?” If you really want to communicate with them, include the F word indiscriminately. Enough. *** WHAT motivates us? Big question, many answers. I’ll name six but there are many more: Power, obviously, the desire for approval, vengeance, idealism, food and pleasure. Oscar Wilde put it all down to pleasure. He would have enjoyed NYE. A survey of men and women taken at a university campus in the United States (where else)
notes the difference in the pursuit of perceived pleasure. Women approached by men accepted a date 50 per cent of the time, but if asked to come back to their flat only 6 per cent agreed. None agreed to have sex. They reversed the test, as in women asking men, and 69 per cent of men agreed to go back to their flat and 75 per cent agreed to sex. PS: Nobody approached me. *** THE year 12 results came out and there he was, our very own Martin Dixon, the former headmaster now Minister for Education, happy for the kids’ results, on the telly. I said “Hi” from my couch, but he probably couldn’t hear me. Those photographers must follow Marty everywhere he goes, which would be most annoying, but, to his credit and full marks, he keeps on smiling. Go Marty. Don’t forget our swimming pool, mate. It’s in my diary for 2020. *** IT’S all good news politically in Victoria with Teddy’s mob cutting 3600 public service jobs, forcing us to have smart meters, upping the cost of driving licences, and freedom of information slammed shut. A budget surplus to
take to the next election. A surplus or deficit has to be the biggest con of the past 40 years. So many times the worries about this come from people who rely on our daily newspapers to form their opinions. Teddy and Julia believe that with a budget surplus their re-election chances are improved, even though 90 per cent of us voters haven’t a clue about what it means. The basic philosophy of finance remains, which is to take the money out of our pockets to put into theirs. Some say this is simplistic and they may be right, but so am I. What was it those Christians said centuries ago; “You can justify any actions with good intentions.” Yeah, right. *** JUST for a change I’ll write about females because they’re everywhere this month; in your face, so to speak, beautiful as ever in short shorts, soft dresses, even bikinis. It reminds me of the Easter parade they apparently had 100 years ago where everyone strolled to be noticed, in fully covered bodies. All ages now, even in my age group (30 to 59), some finding their way to my RSL drinking spot. I’d never seen thighs until I was past 50. You may be
By Gary Turner nick, engineer and co-producer of the album; and others associated with The Doors. The show includes archival footage of the band performing live and in the studio, classic photographs and new musical demonstrations from The Doors. Bonus features include additional interviews not featured in the broadcast version. There is also a previously unreleased track, She Smells So Nice. The DVD also features excerpts from The Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, Hyacinth House, Crawling King Snake, The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) and the classic Riders on the Storm. The authorised story of the album was made with the full involvement and approval of The Doors and was filmed in high definition. www.shock.com.au
A Grain of Salt YEAH, yeah. Happy new year; I know the drill. Thirty thousand visitors and we’re all in holiday mode, particularly Woolworths, Coles, petrol stations and the coffee shops. This is the issue where I can write nonsense (again?) because the holiday crowds grab every free newspaper to fill in the days when it’s pouring with rain (hopefully); so desperate they even get to the last three pages of this newspaper where the editor hides my meanderings. Are you on the peninsula for a holiday? Be very careful because I’m watching every misdemeanour. Lock up your jet skis, ditto those flash utes. We even have cameras on our blue bins. Be clean, be responsible. Yes, I know, I’m fantasising. *** I WONDER about respect. In a population of 22.8 million it’s reasonable to assume we have some 100,000 ratbags living among us. OK, we cope, but why is it they all converge on the Mornington Peninsula on new year’s eve? It’s one thing to be an idiot but it’s another thing altogether to wear it as a badge of honour. Young teens strutting their stuff with nary a thought for anyone other than themselves. Why the aggro for the police, who
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By Cliff Ellen thinking I’m a DOM but you would be wrong. In fact I’m a normal (is there such a thing?) male who appreciates this month of frivolity, apart from the ratbags and mostly free of politicians. So there. Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher: “Trust your instincts to the end, though you can render no reason.” It can work sometimes. I attended a dance in my late teens and three of us bet good money on who would get the most refusals. I won in a canter with 32. I simply concentrated on all the shapely blonde dolly birds. “The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind, that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they possess their wealth” Pliny. Byeee. cliffie9@bigpond.com
Joke!!! A WOMAN brings a duck into the veterinary clinic and says “I think my duck is unwell”. The vet takes a look at the duck, examines its heart, checks from head to tail and says “Lady, your duck is dead”. The women says: “No, I am not so sure, can you check into it a little bit further.” So the vet whistles and in comes his golden labrador dog. The dog puts his paws up on the table and sniffs the duck from front to back, shakes his head and leaves the room. The vet says “Lady, your duck is dead”. The woman says: “No, no, no, I am not so sure that my duck is dead. Can you please check again?” The vet whistles again and in comes his cat. The cat jumps up on the table, sniffs the duck from head to tail, shakes his head and leaves the room. “I’m sorry, lady, but your duck is dead!” The woman says: “Okay, I’ll accept that the duck is dead. Now how much do I owe you?” Well, the vet says, that will be $285. The woman says: “$285 – for what?” The vet says: “The diagnosis was free, but the lab costs were $135 and the cat scan was $150.”
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Drawcard has also put together shows to raise money for people in need of medical equipment. The company will be hosting a number of shows at the Peninsula Community Theatre in Mornington throughout 2012 with a great line-up of acts kicking off the season in April with The Eagles Story. Drawcard sales manager John Wells said the tribute show played to a full house late last year. “It was a spectacular sight with more than 300 people
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Surfer Joes bring ‘smiles to dials’ By Keith Platt EYES lighting up; smiles spread across faces; giving something back; it makes me feel good. The comments come at different times from two different people. Two surfers who have offered their time to encourage and help people with disabilities enjoy surfing. Coincidentally, both are surfer Joes – Joe Lemon and Joe Hart. Both Joes live on the peninsula, Hart in Rosebud and Lemon in Mornington. And both have volunteered their time and expertise during events held at Ocean Grove by the Disabled Surfers Association of Australia (DSA). A branch has now sprung up on the Mornington Peninsula with a training day for volunteers being held at Point Leo on Saturday 4 February followed a month later by a day at the beach for those with disabilities. The reactions of the two peninsula surfers have shown that when it comes to helping others, giving is as good as receiving. “My wife Janine and I attended our first event in February 2010 and we were overwhelmed by the level of support from surfers and non-surfers committed to the cause of helping others, putting smiles on dials,” Hart said. “I have always felt that I would like to put something back into the sport that
Shared experience: Joe Hart, left, and Joe Lemon have volunteered to help people with disabilities enjoy the surfing experience.
literally changed my life.” Hart said that first DSA event gave him the chance to help others “enjoy the same things that I can do each and every day … seeing the smiles, the laughter, the thrill of catching your first wave or even the once-a-year opportunity to even ride only one wave”. “Imagine that as a surfer you can only have the opportunity to catch one or two
waves a year and then only with the assistance of others. It quickly puts things into perspective. “It seemed like the perfect way to help others to be able to enjoy something I take for granted each day. “You can never wake up in the morning and say life’s tough. Our daily challenges seem incidental compared to the challenges that a disabled person faces
each and every day.” Joe and Janine Hart are members of the committee behind the newly formed Disabled Surfers Association peninsula committee. The feedback from participants at the Ocean Grove event also left its mark on Joe Lemon. “At first I was surprised at the differing disabilities of those needing help to get in the water,” he said. “A lot of them didn’t know what the day would be about. “There was a man in his 70s who had suffered a stroke and just needed help to walk into the water so it was up to his chest. “There was a former surfer who had been in a car crash and all he could do to signal us was lift his finger. “If I was a surfer and became disabled, it would be nice to know someone was willing to help me into the water.” Lemon said a few of the people with disabilities had not enjoyed the surfing experience “but they’ll never know what’s in it for them until they try”. He urged volunteers to go to the training day “if they enjoy the water and enjoy seeing others being happy”. “There’s nothing better than getting out in the water and, if some people can’t do it themselves, we can help.”
Surf’s up for all THE Disabled Surfers Association was formed in 1986 by Gary Blaschke who was injured in a motorbike accident, but wanted to remain a surfer. There are 14 branches in five states, working to make beaches more accessible to people with a disability as well as holding “hands-on days” in the surf. There is usually a ratio of six volunteers to one disabled participant at the hands-on events, sometimes with up to 30 volunteers forming a “runway” for the surfboard. People are taken in waistdeep broken waves with a 10foot two-inch soft board. Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club has offered its facilities for the training day in February and the committee of the peninsula branch is seeking sponsors to help run events and get more equipment. Training for volunteers will be held 9am-2pm at Point Leo on Saturday 4 February. Volunteers can bring their wetsuits and by the end of the training will receive a Level 1 DSA “TtH” certificate. For more details, potential sponsors or volunteers can visit www.disabledsurfers.org or call Ash Gardner on 0417 362 983.
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