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Nod for ride to the top Answering the call of the wild

THIS penguin is unlikely to know it, but wildlife carer Klarissa Garnaut is a lifesaver. The fairy, or little blue, penguin was found sheltering under Rosebud pier. Unable to safely head out to sea until it had stopped moulting, the penguin was at the mercy of predators – dogs, cats, rats and larger birds. Once installed at Ms Garnaut’s Balnarring property, the penguin found that it was one of three being fed a daily diet of pilchards while its feathers grew, providing waterproofing for a bird that spends much of its life at sea. One of the trio was last week released at Flinders, opposite its Phillip Island home base. As expected by Ms Garnaut, the bird quickly darted into the water without a backward glance. And the bundle being held aloft for the camera? It’s immediate reaction is to swivel its head in an effort to bite the hand that feeds it. But the lack of affection or gratitude is a welcome reaction for Ms Garnaut, who knows that the animals and birds under her care are better off steering well clear of humans. See ‘Call of the wild’ Page 3.

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By Mike Hast THE Arthurs Seat chairlift consortium rolled out the big guns last week when it launched concept drawings for its $5 million attraction due to open in 2013. On a wet Wednesday on Arthurs Seat, Melbourne and local media joined Environment Minister Ryan Smith, Parks Victoria boss Dr Bill Russell and consortium spokesman Simon McKeon to unveil drawings in the comfort of Arthurs Hotel’s dining room. Dr Russell praised Mr McKeon – the 2011 Australian of the Year, Macquarie Group Melbourne office executive chairman and CSIRO chairman – saying he was a lover of the Mornington Peninsula and determined to rebuild the iconic tourism attraction. Mr Ryan said he was delighted to be back on the peninsula where he had spent an enjoyable Easter break. The new chairlift would be a great addition to tourism attractions on the peninsula, he said, and there was great talent in the consortium. The government acknowledged the importance of tourism attractions such as the chairlift, and Parks Victoria had recently spent $100,000 on the car park, shelters and barbecues at the summit, Mr Smith said. He congratulated Mr McKeon and his team on their plans, “which will take into account the local environmental sensibilities”. Continued Page 4

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Tracing family’s record FOOTPRINTS: the journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper is an exhibition produced by the Public Record Office Victoria, being displayed at Mornington Library from Friday 10 June to Friday 8 July. Footprints explores the different places the Pepper family lived as well as details about the events of its members’ lives, their resilience in the face of adversity, and the strong family connections they protected despite government policies aimed at separating “half-caste” Aboriginal people from their full-blood family relations. The exhibition and accompanying book is a search through public and family records that traces the lives of one Aboriginal family in the first half of the 20th century. Featuring information panels and a short film, Footprints also illustrates how Aboriginal people can retrace the steps of their ancestors through public records, and in the case of the Stolen Generations, reconnect with families and communities. Mornington Peninsula Library Service is staging several events in conjunction with the free Footprints travelling exhibition. For further details about the events – including during NAIDOC Week 3-10 July – visit ourlibrary.mornpen.vic.gov.au.

Time lapse: Lucy Pepper (centre) with her children, circa 1917, clockwise from top left Gwendoline, Phillip, Alice, Sarah, Lena and Sam. Photo courtesy Watkins family.

Film shows indigenous social issues FILM is being used by Mornington Peninsula Shire to arouse social conscience, with special screenings planned this month and next. First on the bill is Liyarn Ngarn, a documentary featuring British actor Pete Postlethwaite, with musician Archie Roach and Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson. The title means ‘the coming together of the spirit’ and the film shows Postlethwaite, Roach and Dodson in the outback tracing the past “in an effort to change people’s perceptions and attitudes towards indigenous people”, according to an ABC Radio National review.

The film was made in the wake of the murder of a 19-year-old Aboriginal man “allegedly because he was black”. Liyarn Ngarn is being shown at 6pm at Rosebud Cinema on 25 May as part of the Reconciliation Week activities. Bookings essential, call 5950 1685 or email: spcd. admin@mornpen.vic.gov.au. In June four award-winning short films will be screened at the shire’s Mornington office as part of the national Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. To see Kids might fly, Sin Pais, This chair is not me and Change at 6.30pm 0on Wednesday 1 June call 5950 1685 or email spcdadmin@mornpen.vic. gov.au and quote ‘Film’.

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Call of help from the wild By Keith Platt HAVING Easter stretch over five days brought little comfort to Klarissa Garnaut. Most of her time was spent collecting injured and orphaned animals and then deciding how best to bring them back to health or watch as they died. The Balnarring-based wildlife carer’s life normally revolves around feeding habits and lifestyle needs of animals under her care, but Easter was worse than usual. “It was disastrous, with dead animals all over the place,” Ms Garnaut said. While receiving a regular influx of animals is nothing new, Ms Garnaut is concerned that authorities make no provision for the loss of wildlife habitat when promoting the peninsula as a holiday destination or allowing subdivisions and developments involving land clearing. Most recently the alarm was raised when bush was cleared at Mt Martha to make way for the 27-kilometre Peninsula Link freeway. Fauna conservationist Mal Legg said the clearing where the freeway joins

the Moorooduc Hwy led to 13 possums being killed by vehicles. A spokeswoman for the consortium building Peninsula Link said all necessary approvals were in place for the clearing. Ms Garnaut said land clearing “has a ripple effect” among wildlife populations, forcing possums, kangaroos and wallabies “into the open or unfriendly territories”. “I don’t think there is any way the animals were properly assessed before clearing for the freeway. “Subdividers clear whole blocks and there are no laws to force replacement of native trees. “There should be regulations to force people to keep native trees or have them replaced by mature native trees.” Ms Garnaut said the peninsula was being promoted “as the place to be” and attracted some people who “don’t want to live among wildlife”. “Half the possums are brought here by people who say ‘don’t bring them back’.” Orphaned baby possums cared for by Ms Garnaut usually weigh about 45

grams and need to be about 600 grams before they can be released. It takes about six months to achieve the desired release weight. “This is expensive for carers and virtually takes up their whole lives and they burn out,” Ms Garnaut, a carer with Wildlife Help On Mornington Peninsula (WHOMP), said. A week ago Ms Garnaut was caring for 15 possums and three penguins as well as several other larger native animals. Over a year, the number of possums brought in for care tops 200 and she is getting ready for the breeding season influx in August. “We also get kangaroos, wallabies and many species of birds. The penguins that are here now are late in moulting, which means they can’t swim until their feathers are fully developed.” Tourists see them on the beach like this and put them back in the water. The adult penguins each eat 20 pilchards a day, costing Ms Garnaut $15 every two days. A Rosebud man had watched

horrified last month as a dog savaged and killed a swan at Rosebud beach. It too had been moulting and was among a flock of swans sheltering in the shallows and on the beach until new feathers came through. The beach was not a leash-free area and the man had told Ms Garnaut that the dog’s owner walked off seemingly without a care. When able to be reintroduced into the wild, possums are given a “soft release”, which means being provided with a box (brush-tailed) or a round fibre nest (ringtails), which is placed in a tree and surrounded by a wire cage. Food is delivered for the first few days and then the cage door is left open so the animal can leave and enter at will. After about two weeks the possums become acquainted with their new territory and accepted by their neighbours, allowing Ms Garnaut to remove the wire cage. To report an injured native animal call 0417 380 687 or visit the WHOMP website.

Marking time HISTORIAN and poet Professor Weston Bate will speak at a “celebration of community” marking the 150th year of gazetted history of Dromana, Rye Mornington and Hastings/Tyabb. The multi-faith service is being organised by Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Order of Australia Association. Prof Bate, OAM, has taught at every education level from primary to PhD. He was educated at Brighton and Melbourne grammar schools before going to Melbourne University where he became Reader in History and Chairman of Department. He was Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University until retiring in 1989. An author of 16 history-themed books, Professor Bate was a pilot in the RAAF from 1943 to 1945, a footballer and golfer, and twice president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. His talk at the celebration will explore the pacesetting democratic society of 19th century Victoria and the interplay of its two powerful and contrasting foundations – pastoral and gold. The event to acknowledge the contribution of historical societies will be start at 1pm Sunday 12 June at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Details 5979 4343 or 0407 683 525.

New places for faces at school THE 50-year-old Tootgarook Primary School has had a $5 million rebuild. Pupils are now being taught in state-ofthe-art classrooms after being housed in portables during the reconstruction. Education Minister and MP for Nepean Martin Dixon was on home ground last week when he officially opened the changes. Mr Dixon, left, with Cr Tim Rodgers, and school captains Jessica Page and Julian Beagley posed in front of a poster of every pupil at the school as drawn by each child. The computer at left was being set up to control music for a disco. See ‘Full steam ahead at Tootgarook’, Page 6.

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Heavy lifting: Architect’s drawings of the proposed glass and steel top station showing open chairs and closed gondolas, and the viewing tower planned for stage two with the vista over the southern peninsula and Port Phillip. Pictures: Chairlift Group Arthurs Seat

Chairlift gets government backing Continued from Page 1

Mr Smith stated in a press release: “There is enormous anticipation with this project. Arthurs Seat offers one of the great views in Victoria. The new chairlift will take that experience to new heights.” He stated the project would create “local jobs, support the local economy and further opportunities for tourism providers”. Mr Smith said members of the public

would be consulted “later this year”. Mr McKeon, dressed in what he said was his Arthurs Seat workgear, introduced members of the consortium – James McGann of McGann Architects; consortium chief executive Hans Brugman, a former aircraft maintenance engineer; retired engineer Ron McCallum, who Mr McKeon called the doyen of Victoria’s chairlift industry and who built the Portsea back beach chairlift in 1961 and many others in ski fields; and Ron’s son Andrew

McCallum, a former Qantas maintenance engineer. “We’re interested in making the chairlift a great experience and in safety – all else is secondary,” he said. “Today we launch concept plans, which will not be lodged with the relevant planning authorities. There is a need to work carefully with Parks Victoria.” He said the existing chairlift corridor up Arthurs Seat would be trimmed “a little bit” and the chairlift would come

over the existing car park and road, largely for safety reasons. The existing top station location was narrow and restrictive, and people getting off the old chairlift spilled on to the road. A new top station would allow more room and be well away from traffic. The building would have large areas of glass to cut the visible bulk. The consortium aspired to build a new viewing tower that would be accessible to more people, including senior citizens and people with disabilities. It would be above the treetops and allow 360-degree views, including of Bass Strait, Phillip Island, the Otways and Mt Macedon. The tower would be part of stage two. “I want to get the chairlift built first,” he said. The bottom station would get a bigger car park. “People will be able to drive down the new freeway [Peninsula Link], park at the bottom and use the chairlift to get to the summit,” he said. Mr McKeon unveiled the concept drawings with the help of Mr Smith to reveal a futuristic top station with a kiosk and adjacent viewing tower. The bottom station would have a cafe and large car park.

“The chairs will be slightly bigger and have room for three or four people rather than the previous two. Every 10 minutes a train of six-seat gondolas would arrive,” he said. They would be safer as people would enter a gondola and doors would be sealed until the end of the ride. They also would allow people to make the journey in comfort during bad weather. Arthurs Hotel operator Jason Griffith, and Enchanted Maze Garden owner Michael Savage and his media officer Nelly Shaw all supported the chairlift plan in principle. Tourist numbers had been affected by the chairlift not running since 2006 and at least one Arthurs Seat business had closed. Mr Griffith said there had been several proposals to either restart or rebuild the chairlift since it stopped operating. “I hope this one is the real deal,” he said. He was not concerned a chairlift kiosk would take custom away from his restaurant and kiosk. “People ride up on the chairlift then go for a walk around the precinct and often end up here.”

Towering ambition Big guns: Chairlift consortium spokesman Simon McKeon, left, Environment Minister Ryan Smith and Parks Victoria chief Dr Bill Russell with architect’s drawings of the chairlift top station.

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THE chairlift consortium might have the backing of “city hall”, but faces a fight over its plans to demolish the Arthurs Seat lookout tower to make way for the top station. The tower, built by the Shire of Flinders to commemorate the 1935 centenary of the founding of Melbourne, is heritage listed. Even though it has been closed to the public for almost 20 years due to a deteriorating interior, the outside remains in good condition, says Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock, who attended the chairlift launch last Wednesday. “The outside is structurally sound and they [the consortium] can’t just come in and knock it down. At the minimum, they’ll have to move it to another significant location,” he told The News. Dromana and District Historical Society president Peter Holloway said the chairlift consortium had completely ignored heritage considerations. “Much has changed on Arthurs Seat since 1960 when the first chair-

lift was installed. Not only is the mountain now legally protected by five Significant Landscape Overlays, but also the lookout tower is heritage listed,” he said. The tower’s significance to the Mornington Peninsula cannot be overrated, he said. “It was erected in 1935 to a unique art deco design by George Brown, shire engineer of the Shire of Flinders.” He said the exterior was in excellent condition and the tower provided a highly significant visual, cultural and architectural connection to the past. Mr Holloway said the historical society did not object to a new chairlift “which adheres to ... heritage and planning regulations”, but was concerned a new cafe with views to Melbourne would “destroy this unique peninsula heritage icon for purely commercial gain”. Last November, Mr McKeon was quoted in a local newspaper saying he hoped Parks Victoria would restore the observation tower.

MP plugs away at pool site Bid to allow use of Rosebud foreshore

Cracker colours: Bird fancier Glenda is helping promote the Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society’s annual bird sale with a little help from her eclectus parrots Annie (red) and Daniel. Picture: Peter Rankine

Birds of a feather flock to their annual show BIRDS of a feather flock to the 27th annual bird sale and expo run by Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society at the State Dog Centre in Skye later this month. The society was founded on the peninsula in 1983 and is regarded as one of the strongest in the state. It meets at New Peninsula Church, 370 Craigie Rd, Mt Martha, every month. Club member Peter Rankine said the show is “Victoria’s premier bird sale and expo and one of the largest bird sales staged in Australia, with more than 2000 people attending last year”. “More than 100 Victorian and interstate breeders will be selling a large variety of Australian and exotic birds including parrots, finches, quails and doves as well as the ever-popular budgies and canaries,” he said.

By Keith Platt NEPEAN MP Martin Dixon wants to “break the circle” preventing detailed plans being made for a pool and aquatic centre on the foreshore at Rosebud. Mr Dixon said a meeting would soon be held between himself, Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Minister for Environment Ryan Smith in a bid to gain “provisional consent” for the centre to be on the foreshore. “Once this consent is given, the proponents, the shire, can spend money on more detailed planning,” Mr Dixon said. “We can’t have a debate without knowing where exactly the aquatic centre should be. “I want to break the circle; we’re going round in circles.” Mr Dixon said Mr Smith had indicated he wanted to take the project to the next step – provisional approval – even though the state government had not allocated any money for it in this year’s budget. “There’s no money in the budget, but some election commitments were nonbudgetary. “In this case we need to get consent, or provisional consent, so the process can start.” Now Education Minister and a mem-

ber of Cabinet in the Baillieu government, Mr Dixon continues to be frustrated by inaction on the pool. In late January he told The News that he had set an Easter deadline for DSE approval to use one of two sites on Rosebud foreshore. In the run-up to the November 2010 state election, he said a Liberal government would “give immediate consent for it to go on the foreshore”. “The planning and design processes can then start. People have got sick of waiting,” he told The News. “I never thought I’d be going to the election with this as a policy, but it’s been going on for so long that the community needs some certainty.” He said the issue that had created the most feedback from a survey last year was the site of an aquatic centre for Rosebud. The foreshore sites earmarked for the pool are the old pool site on the foreshore at the end of Boneo Rd and near the Rosebud Memorial Hall, opposite Fifth Ave. The old pool was demolished in 1996 after being closed for several years. It developed a huge crack through the middle after groundwater shifted the concrete structure and it was deemed too expensive to repair.

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About 30 trade stands will offer a range of bird products such as seed and other foods, cage accessories, bird toys, aviaries, breeding boxes and artwork. Mr Rankine said bird specialists would provide advice and tips to people starting out. Other highlights include refreshments and free face painting for children. Details: Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society’s bird sale and expo, incorporating the Victorian Zebra Finch Show, Sunday 29 May, 9.30am (bird sales 11am-2pm), State Dog Centre (KCC Park), 655 Western Port Hwy, Skye (Melway 128, J12). Admittance $2 adults, children under 8 free. For information call David Renshaw, 0428 518 646 or go to www.mpas.webs.com

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New bank telling for the future Photos and story Barry Irving AFTER 10 years the Rye Community Bank branch has moved to its new home at 2271 Point Nepean Rd, Rye. The board decided on the move as opposed to paying for an expensive upgrade. Customers are no longer faced with the traditional counter-style service speaking through Perspex to bank staff. Business is handled at customer desks and standing counters provide contact with staff. A new TCR machine (like an ATM) takes cash deposits so that no cash is kept in tellers’ drawers. The branch has an automated coin counting machine and access to a 24-hour ATM with CCTV camera security.

The official opening on Tuesday 10 May was attended by members of the board, customers, shareholders and former board members. Senior manager Gary Sanford said praised staff who worked all weekend to make sure that the branch would be up and running on the first day of trading. Deputy chairman Steve Edmund acknowledged the bracnh’s “journey” over the past 10 years while Mornington Peninsula retail operations manager for Bendigo Bank Clyde Greene spoke spoke about the growth and success of the Rye Branch and of the high regard that the Rye and Dromana branches were held by the bank.

School days: One of the new learning centre wings, built with funds from both state and federal governments.

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Triumphant team: from left, Bendigo Bank retail operations manager Clyde Greene, senior manager Gary Sanford, deputy chairman Steve Edmund and branch manager Julie Toward.

A big crowd: Guests enjoy a cocktail opening night at the new premises of the Rye Community Bank.

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By Mike Hast FACILITIES at the rebuilt Tootgarook Primary School are so modern it almost makes you wish you were back at school again. The $5 million project was officially opened by local MP and education minister Martin Dixon last Thursday. A tour of the 50-year-old school was an eye-opener for oldies who recalled the days of classrooms, chalk, blackboards and the aroma of slightly spoiled milk. The 200 plus students and their 16 teachers now have two large “learning centres” – flexible, open plan buildings that can be configured for individual, small group or whole grade gatherings. No longer are there big classrooms of 30 or more kids stacked in rows of desks facing a giant blackboard. Round tables hold six or more new computers. A teacher can take a dozen pupils into a comfortably furnished area for reading. The school looks more like a senior college or a university. Tootgarook now consists of a multi-purpose hall, administration area, library learning centre, art learning centre, kitchen/cafe and outside learning courtyards with sculptures created by a chainsaw artist. One courtyard has a giant chess board with metre-high pieces, which was being used by pupils waiting for the disco to start after

official proceedings. Much of the landscaping, costing about $50,000, has been done by the school community since the start of the school year, including a boardwalk, harmony garden, crushed rock pathways, garden beds with native grasses, shrubs and trees, and a sandpit. The front of the school has undergone a complete transformation. The pièce de résistance is the big adventure playground. The buildings have natural cooling and warming built into the design. Extensive landscaping includes indigenous plants. For principal Wayne Whitworth, it’s the realisation of a dream. “I love this school. We have just 200 pupils, eight class teachers and 16 in all. You know every child and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else,” he said. The two learning centres are occupied by preps to grade three, and grades four to six who all have laptop computers. All grades use the kitchen for cooking classes and a vegetable garden is underway. Mr Whitworth praised the efforts of the parents and school council. Toot pupils were having a ball on Thursday afternoon when The News visited. After the speeches and a performance by the choir, there was a sausage sizzle and children lined up

excitedly for a snag and bread. Then there was an extended playtime before a disco in the hall. Everywhere were happy children. Adults mingled in the hall, juggling sandwiches and cups of tea, and marvelling at the rebuilt school. Martin Dixon told The News the state government had provided $1.9 million for the rebuild and the federal government $3.1 million. “It’s a fantastic school led by a great principal and teachers,” he said. Shire councillor Tim Rodgers said Tootgarook was a great example of what could be done to make a school more sustainable. “You have shown it can be easy and fun to live more sustainably by reducing the amount of rubbish we create and using less energy and water,” he said. Last year the school had earned two mayoral sustainability awards for “nude food” days (reducing rubbish and promoting healthy eating) and installing a water garden, water tanks to flush toilets and solar panels, he said. He praised the new kitchen and vegetable garden. “I’ve just started growing vegies at home so I might come back in a few months so we can compare who grows the best vegies.” He said the challenge now was for pupils to take the lessons they’d learnt and share them with family, friends and the wider community.

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Teenager beats $1000 ‘knife’ fine By Mike Hast A TEENAGER fined $1000 for carrying a work box cutter in her bag near Frankston rail station has had the fine withdrawn by Victoria Police. Eighteen-year-old Ashleigh Hicks of Somerville, a qualified disability support worker, and her family were more worried about the effect on her budding career than the fine. Ms Hicks works part time at Kmart in Hastings stacking shelves while she seeks a full-time job in the disability services sector. She started at Kmart four years ago while still at school. She is also a parttime teacher’s aide at schools for children with disabilities in the region and was worried the fine would make her ineligible to work with children. Police withdrew the infringement notice last week after high-profile Melbourne lawyer David Galbally QC went in to bat for Ms Hicks. “I am just so relieved; it’s been a big weight on me and my family,” Ms Hicks told The News on Friday as she was about to leave for Melbourne where she was among a group of volunteers looking after teenagers with disabilities on an outing. Her mother Trudy Hicks said commonsense had prevailed. “It was a difficult few months and it was hard for our family. We’re just an ordinary family who do ordinary things and being under the media and police spotlight was a stressful experience.” The incident occurred at about 2pm on Friday 25 February when Ms Hicks was walking into the station to catch a train to the city to visit friends. She was stopped by a transit police officer and her bag searched. Inside was her work box cutter, which the officer told her was a prohibited weapon. “I thought he was joking at first, but then realised how serious it was. I explained why I had it, but this had no effect. I couldn’t believe it when he wrote out an on-the-spot fine for $1000. I burst into tears,” she told The News in April. “When I found out later the infringement could threaten by chances of getting work, I was even more upset.” After police rejected her written plea for the fine to be withdrawn, Ms Hicks called Neil Mitchell of 3AW who enlisted the support of Mr Galbally, a partner with Madgwicks lawyers and a regular guest on the Mitchell show.

Back to normality: Victoria Police have withdrawn Ashleigh Hicks’s $1000 fine for carrying a box cutter that she was afraid would threaten her career working with children.

After the 3AW interview, Ms Hicks received widespread support from callers including other people who had been fined for carrying what new laws categorise as prohibited weapons. Ms Hicks met Mr Galbally midApril and he wrote to police Deputy Commissioner Ken Lay, putting her case and seeking a second review and the withdrawal of the infringement notice. Mr Galbally wrote: “Ms Hicks is required to take the box cutter home, as there is no provision for her to safely leave it at Kmart. Unfortunately she

had inadvertently neglected to remove the box cutter from her bag when she arrived home from work the previous night and it was still in her possession. “By letter dated 3 March 2011, Ms Hicks requested an internal review of the decision of Officer Boag-Wells who issued the infringement notice. Ms Hicks was advised by letter dated 24 March 2011 written by Leading Senior Constable S Baker that her request for a review had been rejected.” Mr Galbally quoted a section of the Department of Justice website to Mr Lay: Police will consider all the cir-

cumstances when deciding if someone has a lawful excuse for carrying a knife or other controlled weapon. “Unfortunately at the time Ms Hicks spoke with Officer Boag-Wells, he was not interested in any explanation by her despite the fact that she attempted to explain that as part of her employment she works with children and a clean record is imperative and that prior to this she does not have any criminal history.” Mr Galbally told the Assistant Commissioner that the March police internal review of Ms Hicks’s case had not

exercised discretion as it “did not entertain any of the circumstances that” Ms Hicks had attempted to explain to the police officer. “The fact that there is discretion clearly allows for an opportunity for a young person such as Ms Hicks of good character to be given a chance when it is clear that the breach of the law is one of inadvertence.” Mr Galbally told Mr Lay it would be most unfortunate if Ms Hick had to go to court. “... the revocation of this infringement would be seen as a sign of good faith and acceptance of a young person’s honest and reasonable belief and good character. An act such as this would go a long way to repairing what has already been an unsavoury experience with the Victoria Police Force.” A copy of Mr Galbally’s letter was sent to Chief Commissioner Simon Overland. Trudy Hicks said the family was told of the fine withdrawal over the phone by a policewoman. “We have been told that in recent months there had been 902 fines handed out to people carrying prohibited weapons, but Ashleigh is the only one to be let off,” she said. “I’m sure there are other people in similar circumstances to Ashleigh.” Ashleigh Hicks said she had not applied for jobs in the disability services sector because of the fine hanging over her head, but would now do so. She still works at Kmart and has come up with an ingenious way of ensuring she does not walk out of work with her box cutter: “I’ve put a security tag on it. If I walk out at the end of my shift and have forgotten to take it out of my bag, the tag beeps.”

VCAT slams shire over Red Hill restaurant, wine sales A SENIOR Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal arbitrator has declared that Noel’s Restaurant Gallery in Red Hill has no valid permission to operate a restaurant or to sell liquor from the property. Senior member Russell Byard also made a scathing attack on Mornington Peninsula Shire planners, saying that “an examination of the permits concerned has led me to doubt whether there is any valid planning permission for the use of this land as a restaurant”. The shire had sought declarations from the tribunal relating to business activities on the property at 1175 Mornington-Flinders Rd, which began trading in September 1981 as an art and craft gallery. Further permits issued over the years have had parts of their validity called into question by the VCAT ruling, which was issued on 29 April. In making the declarations sought by the shire, Mr Byard writes: “The use of the land to operate wine tasting and sell packaged liquor for

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consumption off the land:  is not ancillary to the use of the land as a restaurant and gallery;  falls within the ambit of the land use “shop”;  is prohibited under the Green Wedge Zone of the Planning Scheme;  is not authorised by the Planning Permits issued for the land.” He goes on: “The land may have been used as a restaurant, but contrary to the planning laws. To make declarations assuming that a restaurant in accordance with the planning laws on the basis of the agreed facts, but where such significant doubt exists would, in my opinion, amount to making a declaration about a hypothetical question.” In a further declaration, Mr Byard states: “I am not satisfied that there is valid planning permission for tea rooms or restaurant.” “I do not want to make a declaration in terms that might imply or rely upon the proposition that there has been a lawful, (as opposed to a de facto, but unauthorised under planning law) use

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of the land for that purpose.” Under the heading “Permits and purported permits”, he writes that “municipal council, whether acting as responsible authorities under planning legislation or otherwise, are creatures of statute and have only the powers granted to them by a statute”. They “cannot do just as they might wish. They are obliged to carry out the duties bestowed upon them by legislation, but have only the powers granted them by legislation. “They cannot make up statutory processes or grant permits or privileges, or regulate activities except by and in accordance with statutory powers.” Mr Byard cites a 1994 permit that refers to “the existing gallery/tea rooms”, asking: “Where did the tea rooms spring from? There has been no permit to allow the use of the land as tea rooms.” He then describes the administration of the permit and the drafting of the documents as “shoddy and unclear” before turning to a subsequent permit

that mentions a “restaurant”. “... where did the restaurant spring from?” he asks. “No permission, according to all the detailed evidence produced to me, has ever been given for a restaurant use on this land.” Continuing his criticism of the shire, Mr Byard deals with a permit condition that states: “The restaurant use must cease at midnight”, observing caustically: “It is but a minor point to observe that this probably means that the restaurant is not to remain open after midnight. If the land is ‘used’ for a restaurant, the use continues whether the premises are open to the public or not.” He describes another permit condition in these terms: “The poor drafting at this stage seems to me to be reduced to something that is unintelligible”, concluding that “I am not satisfied that it is a valid planning permit.” The VCAT ruling deals with a letter sent to Noel’s Gallery licensee in 2007, in which the unnamed planning officer concludes: “I also wish to advise that

the [liquor licence] proposal does not contravene the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme.” Mr Byard: “... the responsible authority now repents of that sentence because it does not consider that it is correct.” He records that the shire’s objection to the existing liquor licences at the property included the statement that: “The existing cellar licence is not part of a vineyard or winery on the subject land. It is a shop selling wine from five difference vineyards that are not part of the subject land or adjacent land. Under the provisions of the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme the use of the land to sell wine from grapes not grown on the land is prohibited.” But he writes that the statement in the shire letter “cannot provide valid planning permission and cannot legally authorise the sale of packaged liquor ... Such other questions are beyond the scope of the current proceedings, and, I suspect, beyond the jurisdiction of this Tribunal.”

Green thumbs in training at St Joseph’s SCHOOL leaders from St Joseph’s School in Sorrento have joined volunteers from Nepean Conservation Group to plant more than 100 plants around the old Sorrento tram platform. The planting of indigenous native trees is an important part of efforts to maintain the level of vegetation around this significant Sorrento landmark, a conservation group spokesman said. The students of St Joseph’s were only too

happy to volunteer their time and green thumbs. “At first it looked like too many to plant but when we all worked together it was easy, even though there were more than 100 plants,” one of the students said. When the planting was completed and the watering done, volunteers from the conservation group cooked a barbecue and poured welcome refreshments.

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Arrests after rooftop protest By Keith Platt FIFTEEN people were arrested and charged with trespass after spending 12 hours on the roof of a Somerville egg farm. They were among 20 members Animal Liberation Victoria protesting against what they claim to be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;horrific suffering of the hens on the propertyâ&#x20AC;?. Somerville Egg Farm manager Linda Larkins said the business was given the all clear by a Department of Primary Industries vet who inspected the chickens during the protest. Ms Larkins said the noise of protesters on the roof of a chicken shed had caused distress among the chickens underneath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a higher mortality rate among the birds the following day,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are supposed to be animal lovers, but they were more concerned with getting their faces in the media than caring for animals.â&#x20AC;? Ms Larkins said protesters had held up a â&#x20AC;&#x153;veganâ&#x20AC;? banner and yelled at customers, criticising them for eating eggs. She said the family-run farm abided by a lawful code of animal welfare. It had about 36,000 birds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; free range and in cages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and employed about 15 people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the birds are not happy we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get eggs,â&#x20AC;? Ms Larkins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The protest was very alarming and very distressing. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had anything to do with these people before

Waiting game: Police wait while below Animal Liberal Victoria protesters hold signs and placards urging veganism and alleging cruelty to chickens inside Somerville Egg Farm in Eramosa Rd, Somerville.

ands what they are saying is a lie.â&#x20AC;? Senior Sergeant Steve Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil of Hastings police said the case against the charged protesters would be heard in Frankston magistratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; court on 15 June. He said the animal liberationists agreed to end their vigil at about

4.30pm after he told them that a vet would look at a chicken they claimed was injured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They said they wanted to come without us arresting them, but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that,â&#x20AC;? Senior Sergeant Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came down and handed over

the chicken which was looking pretty cosy all wrapped up in a pink blanket.â&#x20AC;? Jo Osborne, one of the protest organisers, said the injured chicken had been caught under a fence. She said animal liberationists had twice been inside the farm at night and taken images of dead and dying

chickens and others living in â&#x20AC;&#x153;terrible conditionsâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our aim is to show people that these chickens, caged and free range, are not being kept well,â&#x20AC;? Ms Osborne said. She said members of her group had been at the farm under cover of darkness on 14 March and 23 February. A news release issued by Animal Liberation Victoria said Melbourne shoppers were â&#x20AC;&#x153;being duped by an egg industry out of control, while millions of laying hens in Australia live tormented lives in cages, barns and on free range egg farmsâ&#x20AC;?. Activists had inspected the property more than 10 years ago and â&#x20AC;&#x153;lodged a photographic cruelty complaint to legal authoritiesâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rescue team members are haunted by what they found â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thousands of screaming and thrashing hens, many who had gone crazy due to the horrific living conditions forced on them. The birds were overcrowded and tightly packed in tiers of wire cages and suffering severe feather loss.â&#x20AC;? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;free rangeâ&#x20AC;? birds were â&#x20AC;&#x153;crowded together on their accumulated droppings, many were sickly, some dying unattendedâ&#x20AC;?.

Fish litter shows ones that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get away End of the line for bus THE cross-peninsula bus from Hastings to Mornington will stop on Thursday 30 June. The end of the service is a blow to the few residents who used the bus, and therein lies the problem: it was not patronised well enough for Mornington Peninsula Shire to keep it operating. An item hidden on the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The shire acknowledges that public transport access between Western Port Bay and Port Phillip Bay is vital for both communities and tourism, however this was a trial service the shire cannot financially support on an

IF you see a sign, ignore it. At least that seems to be the rule for anglers who have dumped filleted snapper carcasses into the shallows near boat launching ramps at Mornington. Bins are provided under the signs warning against dumping the â&#x20AC;&#x153;carcasesâ&#x20AC;? and warning of heavy penalties for â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggregated litteringâ&#x20AC;? (shire spelling). A regular fisherman contacted by The News said the dumping may have been retaliatory action against Mornington Peninsula Shire, which had increased boat launching fees although â&#x20AC;&#x153;the facilities have not changedâ&#x20AC;?. The fisherman said it was against the law to fillet fish at sea â&#x20AC;&#x153;because fisheries officers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t measure the length of a fish from a filletâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe people should be able to dump the carcasses off the end of the jetty where they can be cleaned up by stingrays.â&#x20AC;?

ongoing basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Advocacy to the Department of Transport on behalf of residents will continue, and residents will be informed of any positive outcomes when they become apparent. In the meantime, the current timetable will continue up until the final day. Thank you for your support and patronage to date.â&#x20AC;? A transport insider said the service was bound to fail as it was not frequent enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do you expect when you run a bus just two days a week and twice a day?â&#x20AC;? they asked. Mike Hast

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AUTHORITIES are drawing up a fire management plan for the high fire risk freeway reserve from Truemans Rd, Tootgarook, to Canterbury Jetty Rd, Rye. The project is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;great opportunityâ&#x20AC;? for Mornington Peninsula Shire, VicRoads and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) to work together, according to CFA community safety manager Chris Wyborn. He said a â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly regarded fire management consultancyâ&#x20AC;? would study â&#x20AC;&#x153;all the parameters that contribute to fire risk along the freeway alignmentâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These parameters include fuel levels, vegetation types contributing to fuel, changes in slope and aspect, proximity of assets such as houses and opportunities for risk reduction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opportunities to protect ecological values such as endangered coastal alkaline scrub, bird habitat and individual species such as coast helmet orchid and leafy greenhood will also be assessed.â&#x20AC;? Mr Wyborn said each of the three agencies

â&#x20AC;&#x153;will then plan complementary fuel management/ weed reduction works according to the requirements of the adopted planâ&#x20AC;?. Residents would be told the most effective works they can undertake to reduce risk to their properties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These may relate to simple inexpensive modifications to houses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or more elaborate modifications â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and effective vegetation management to reduce fire risk.â&#x20AC;? Mr Wyborn said the CFA will provide advice through its home bushfire advice service, which involves a free visit from a fire safety officer. Other residents interested in the advice service but whose properties would not be covered by the freeway reserve fire management plan can register for a visit through the CFA website or by calling the bushfire information line on 1800 240 667. Anyone wanting to comment on the fire management plan can attend a meeting in Rye Civic Hall 12.30-4.30pm on Saturday 16 July.

Sorrento SES thanks supporters for $9000 THE Sorrento SES inaugural Family Fun Day raised more than $9000 towards a new building and equipment. An SES spokesman said the day would not have been possible without the support of Peninsula Probus clubs, Paul’s Fine Jewellery, Sports Power, Free Wheeling Cycles, Barke’s Retravision, Nepean Music, Momentum, Peninsula Surf, Fish Hooked Tackle and Bait, Nepean Disposals, Auto Barn, Rosebud Mowers, Rosebud Saw Service, Port Phillip Mowers, Blazing Signs, Dromana Waste, Peninsula Diaries, Betta Electrical, D’Alias, Two Buoys, Rosebud Hotel, Rose GPO, Pier View Café, Chinaman’s Hat, Stringers Store, Acquolina, Joey’s Place, Via Sorrento, Just Fine Foods, Greg Family Butchers, Peninsula Caravan Centre, Henderson’s Real Estate, and Archer Signs. “A special thanks to all the fantastic supporters who provided activities, music, market stalls, prizes, carnival rides, food and many others. “We are grateful for you involvement. “Our fundraising officer, Bill Cosimi, spent many months working behind the scenes to bring the day together. “Bill has already begun planning next year’s event. Anyone who is interested in supporting us next year

can contact Bill on 0405 118 391. “Our major raffle, a trailer full of $4000 worth of prizes, continues throughout the year and will be drawn on Australia Day 2012. “Tickets are $3 each and can be purchased through Sorrento SES. We

will be attending a number of local places throughout the year to sell the tickets. “We take new members twice a year. If you want to join Sorrento SES, contact membership officer Peter LeBoeuf on 0405 806 317.

Living can be easy with ‘sustainable’ neighbours NEIGHBOURS are being encouraged to band together to live more “sustainably at a local level”. Lessons in the ways and means of reducing waste and using less energy are available under the Sustainability Street program, being promoted by Mornington Peninsula Shire. “Sustainability Street is a fun, easy, neighbourhood based program that provides information on how to live more sustainably at a local level,” according to a new release from the shire which invites residents “to join with other like-minded people … and create a sustainable village”. Since 2001, more than 200 local Sustainability Street villages have developed around Australia and overseas. Statistics show that a Sustainability Street program in the City of Manningham east of Melbourne achieved reductions of 13.5 per cent in water use, 33 per cent in waste, 13 per cent energy and 10 per cent gas. A similar program in West Melbourne saw water use drop 26 per cent, waste 33 per cent and energy 13 per cent. Anecdotal results of the program show that it is almost as much about getting to know the neighbours than reducing waste. Comments published on the sustainability street website mention friendships formed with people living in the same street through having a common purpose. The Sustainability Street Approach “brings about a values reevaluation

among participants at the deepest personal level involving identity, belonging and relationships to family, friends and precious new neighbours - who’ve actually lived down the road for years”. This outcome is seen as the multiplier effect following research which indicates that people will react positively to information passed on through “community based social marketing” than from organisations with which they have no direct connection. Sustainability Street has its roots in the Vox Bandicoot organisation which began with street theatre more than 20 years ago before branching into the environmental education sector. “We all know why it is so important to change the way we live, Sustainability Street guides people in how to change behaviour,” media personality and Sustainability Street patron Geraldine Doogue said. The program’s founder Frank Fitzgerald-Ryan will speak at three information sessions: Rye Beach Community Centre, 27 Nelson St, Rye, 10am –11am Sunday 29 May then 1pm–2pm at Rosebud West Hall, Vern Wright Reserve, (entry off Swans Way), West Rosebud and then at Balnarring Community Hall, 3041 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring 1pm– 2pm Sunday 5 June. For bookings and details call Nicci Tsernjavski on 5950 1259, 0428 351 778 or Nicci.Tsernjavski@mornpen. vic.gov.au or visit www.sustainabilitystreet.org.au.

Late lead-in to show GRAPES are being harvested up to four weeks later than usual on the Mornington Peninsula because of unseasonable rains and cooler temperatures. “The extra time being given to grapes for ripening can concentrate the flavour, so quality will be up, but it can also see them suffer downy mildew and other diseases,” Cool Climate Wine Show manager Steve Robin said. “On the peninsula quality is on par with last year but some areas of Victoria have suffered. “A few vineyards have left grapes on the vine which won’t be harvested because they didn’t ripen.” Mr Robin said “the other sleeper” was organic vineyards that had been hit by diseases because grapes were not sprayed. However, the current harvest has not affected this year’s cool climate wine show, which has received 670 entries, below last year’s 690 but up on the 660 entries in 2009. “Following a very challenging vintage this year, it was expected entries would be down, but this has not happened,” Mr Robin said. “With increased production of wine and reduction in overseas markets, vignerons need a marketing edge, which medals from prestigious wine

shows like ours can provide.” He said entries from New Zealand vineyards had held up, despite their drop in export markets, and they still made up 20 per cent of wine show entries, with a similar number coming from the peninsula and Tasmanian. The rest of the entries come from the Yarra Valley, Geelong, Gippsland, the Port Phillip region and small wine-growing regions in South Australia and New South Wales. “Variation in entries each year is caused by regional or seasonal factors,” Mr Robin said. Wine show judging will be on 24 and 25 May at Mornington Racing Club, with a public tasting following the second day of judging on the Wednesday. As part of wine show week, 10 of the peninsula’s top restaurants and cafes are offering a two-course lunch featuring local products with a glass of cool climate wine for $49.50 on Friday 27 May. The public tasting costs $20 (including a glass) 6-8pm Wednesday 25 May at Mornington Racing Club, Racecourse Rd. Awards will be presented at a dinner on Friday 27 May. For details, visit www.classiclunches.com.au Southern Peninsula News 17 May 2011

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NAB Business Excellence awards back for 2011 The Rosebud Chamber of Commerce NAB Business Excellence Awards are back for 2011, bigger and better than before. โ We are really excited to be able to present these awardsโ explained chamber promotions coordinator Alison Doherty. โ This is the fourth year they have been running and we have been able to build on previous years success.โ The Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye are partners in the awards and

the President, Richard Brown explained the reasons for holding them: โ They are about rewarding individuals who are passionate about what they do and go the extra mile when dealing with their customers and clients.โ โ It isnโ t just limited to Rosebud retails shops either. It can include professional services where great service and passion has resulted in a great customer experience.โ Alison Doherty made

a point to thank all the sponsors of the event. โ And especially the NAB without whom the event would not be possible.โ Locals are urged to fill out the nomination form below and take the opportunity to participate in these awards that are becoming so important on the Rosebud business calendar. โ It really is an opportunity to give out a few well-deserved pats on the back,โ said Alison.

Above: Angelo from Lazy Joes, Deb Collins from Sarina Russo with Andrew Nikakis from Rosebud Hotel, at last years awards. Left: Overall Winner Nicole Worsley with Chamber President Kevin Sheaves. Photos by Barry Irving.

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Geese fly in for a graze and a gander CAPE Barren Geese spend much of their time on small windswept islands in Bass Strait. They can drink salt or brackish water, so the absence of lakes or creeks is no problem. Tussock grass on the strait’s uninhabited or sparsely-populated islands provide a food source as does spear grass, herbs and succulents. When summer comes, the birds broaden their horizons and head north to the mainland before teaming up and going south to breed. Many geese fly to the Mornington Peninsula to dine out on pasture grasses, including barley grass and clover. Snez Plunkett spotted and photographed a flock of 50 geese two weeks ago flying over the mangroves north of Hastings before settling in what she described as “the most degraded paddock they could possibly find”. However, the sheltered paddock probably looked pretty inviting compared to a rugged island. Numbers of Cape Barren geese

Human rights up for debate ISSUES surrounding the call for a charter of human rights charter in Australia will be up for debate in Mornington next month. The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke will chair a public debate entitled Protecting human rights in Australia. The debate is being organised by Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group with support from Mornington Peninsula Shire. Greg Hunt, MP for Flinders (Liberal), and Mark Dreyfus, MP for Isaacs (Labor), will speak during the debate. The politicians will be questioned after their presentations by Emily Howie, director of advocacy and strategic litigation at the Human Rights Law Centre, and Dr Russell Soloman, a director of Amnesty International and senior lecturer at RMIT University. The human rights public debate, 7.30pm Thursday 9 June is at Peninsula Community Theatre, corner Wilsons Rd and Nepean Hwy, Mornington. To attend call 5950 1685 or email spcadmin@mornpen.vic.gov.au by Monday 6 June.

Dining out: Visiting Cape Barren geese graze in a paddock north of Hastings. Picture: Snez Plunkett

Winging it: Cape Barren geese flow over Western Port’s mangroves in search of a paddock on which to dine out. Picture: Snez Plunkett

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have increased since the 1950s when biologists feared they were close to extinction. Although they are among the rarest of the world’s geese scientists estimate there are 16- 20 000 Cape Barren geese, more than at any time since settlement of Australia.

FIVE bands, including Built on Sand and Ikarri, share the bill this Friday 20 May at a concert in Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Doors to the concert being staged by the iMPAkT FReeZA youth committee open at 6pm. Tickets at the door are $10 or $7 on presentation of a flyer promoting the event.

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SOUTHERN PENINSULA

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Paul Basso Mobile: 0428 107 867

Fletchers SORRENTO 136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento PHONE: 03 5984 2600

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John Kennedy Mobile: 0401 984 842 John Kennedy Real Estate 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye PHONE: 03 5985 8800 EMAIL: jkre@bigpond.net.au

1087 Point Nepean Rd, Tootgarook

PHONE: 03 5985 9000

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Troy Daly Mobile: 0418 397 771

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Stockdale & Leggo Rosebud 1089 Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud PHONE: 03 5986 8600

JP Dixon Portsea Sorrento 109 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento PHONE: 03 5984 4388

Email: jon@stockdaleleggo.com.au

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Stockdale & Leggo Rye 2397 Point Nepean Rd, Rye PHONE: 03 5985 6555

YPA Estate Agents Shop 3, 2255 Pt Nepean Rd, RYE PHONE: 03 5985 2600

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Rye

$780,000-$830,000

Contemporary, peaceful and secluded THIS contemporary beach house is a great example of modern and practical coastal design. The functional layout provides ample space and accommodation with five large bedrooms, three bathrooms, and extensive open-plan living areas spilling seamlessly

onto an amazing outdoor area featuring built-in spa and kitchen. The large allotment of 1060 square metres requires minimum maintenance. The sympathetic landscaping and the soft palettes of the exterior sit beautifully among the tea-trees. In all, a beautiful home, ready to enjoy.

Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate Rye. Phone: (03) 5985 8800. Agent: Sam Crowder, 0403 893 724.

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2/1889 Point Nepean Rd, Tootgarook $580,000 - $600,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;BEACH BUMZâ&#x20AC;?

35 Dunlane Court, Rye $490,000 - $520,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;BED & BREAKFASTâ&#x20AC;? Secure this fantastic beach house, currently operating as a small B&B situated in a private and peaceful location and only a short walk to town and the beach (approx 1km). Consisting of three bedrooms plus study, three ensuites, four toilets, large timber kitchen and two living areas. Private GHFNLQJ RII WKH EHGURRPV Ă DW XVHDEOH ODQG at rear with single carport and garaging.

Brand new three bedroom apartment opposite bay beach with excellent water YLHZV 7KLV VHFRQG Ă RRU XQLW FRPSULVHV three good size bedrooms, full bathroom, two toilets, separate laundry and large open plan kitchen and living area leading out to north facing deck with views over 3RUW 3KLOOLS %D\ 4XDOLW\ Ă&#x20AC;WWLQJV WKURXJKRXW LQFOXGLQJ SROLVKHG WLPEHU Ă RRUV VWRQH bench tops, ducted heating and cooling and single garage plus second car park. Ideal holiday or permanent living.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

42 Pasadena Street, Rye $570,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;FAMILY FIRSTâ&#x20AC;?

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

9 Lewana Street, Rye $475,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;MODERN COASTAL LIVINGâ&#x20AC;? Fully renovated as new three bedroom KRPH ZLWK RSHQ SODQ NLWFKHQ Ă RZLQJ RXW to north facing undercover deck. New bathroom, European laundry, exposed Agg, driveway plus paths. Huge double garage/ workshop and carport screened behind private brush panel fence with electric remote gate, minutes walk to cafĂŠ/milk bar. Call now to inspect.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

20 Shipman Street, Blairgowrie $435,000

Spacious four bedroom home comprising two good size living areas, full bathroom plus ensuite to main and a light, bright kitchen. North facing deck, landscaped gardens plus a huge garage/workshop approx 12 x 15 metres. A great value home priced to sell. Inspect anytime

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

6 Crestview Court, Rye $270 per week â&#x20AC;&#x153;TRANQUILITYâ&#x20AC;? Beautifully maintained two bedroom home. Comprises: One bathroom, open plan kitchen, living and dining. Undercover deck area at the front of property with single lock up garage. 12 month lease available. No pets.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BARGAIN BUYINGâ&#x20AC;? Entry level buying into the highly sort after Blairgowrie property market. A short 5 minute walk to the back beach, this home represents a golden opportunity for the renovator or holiday maker alike. Comprising 2/3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen/dining area, separate bathroom and laundry with double carport accommodation. A private and peaceful position, 715m2 (42.6m x 16.7m). Get your hands dirty and capitalize on this great opportunity.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

14 Norma Avenue, Rye $549,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;BEACH LOVERS, BEACH HOUSEâ&#x20AC;? Fantastic home. Amazing position. Beautiful land of 880m2 approx. You will love this well presented three bedroom, two bathroom home which is just a three minute walk to one of the Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular beaches. The home also boasts two living areas, ensuite to main bedroom with walk in robe and existing garage and double carport, plenty of room for your boat or caravan. Much sought after, but seldom foundâ&#x20AC;Ś.....this is a beauty.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

4 Bruce Street, Rye $300 per week â&#x20AC;&#x153;BACK BEACH BLISSâ&#x20AC;? This neat and tidy three bedroom situated in the popular Bruce St will delight you. Home comprises: Three bedrooms, one bathroom, electric kitchen, living with coonara and separate meals area opening onto undercover decking. Fully fenced and private. 12 month lease.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

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Blairgowrie

$800,000 - $850,000

Blairgowrie chic THIS in vogue, four-bedroom rendered brick home is a superb coastal getaway hidden among trees. With two living zones, commercial framed bifold doors open to a garden entertainment deck, stunning stone kitchen with stainless steel appliances and Blanco stove and family/meals area. The four bedrooms all have wardrobes; the large main bedroom boasts a beautiful stone ensuite and generous walk-in robe. There’s reverse cycle split system airconditioning; a crisp, central, stone bathroom; quality carpets throughout; double carport

and neat garden shed. All this is nestled in a landscaped, level garden of gravel paths, tea-tree and lawn areas for an easy care retreat that provides low-maintenance holiday living. It’s a 10-minute stroll to the vibrant Blairgowrie Village and the sands of Port Phillip Bay. In addition, back beach walking tracks and Montfort’s Beach are just an 800-metre walk away. Winifred Grove is a chic beachside escape, a home to be savoured and admired. Go on, spoil yourself with a villa close to the sea.

Agency: J.P. Dixon Sorrento. Phone (03) 5984 4388. Agent: Troy Daly, 0418 397 771.

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RYE Position, Position, Position!

SHOREHAM 1 Home PLUS 2 Cottages on 1.25 acres

Immaculate in every way possible and only 200m (approx) to bay beach and Rye township. This character ﬁlled home set on 860 sq m approx is an investment in your future. Ready to live in or rent out immediately, accommodation comprises of 3 bedrooms all with built-in robes, 1 bathroom and 2 living areas.

With 3 existing cottages located in tightly held ‘Old Shoreham’, literally steps to the gorgeous ‘Honeysuckle Beach’ and abutting 14 acres of bushland reserve is this 1 1/4 acre (approx) property boasting a rare lifestyle opportunity. Currently operating as successful B&B.

For Sale Guide $670,000 - $690,000 Inspect Sat 3–3.30pm Land 860 sq m approx

Forthcoming Auction Guide Contact Agent Inspect Thur 2–2.30pm Land 1.25 acres approx

Contact Joshua Callaghan 0418 595 719 Michelle Callaghan 0401 977 075 Ofﬁce 136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 5984 2600

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CONTACT: Samantha Christmas 5984 2600 Senior Portfolio Manager Sorrento Rob Fletcher 0411 222 988 Tim Fletcher 0411 222 966

BLAIRGOWRIE Bed & Breakfast Style Accommodation

SORRENTO A Bargain Just A Stroll To Village

Become acquainted with this beautifully presented Mt Gambier Limestone/ Weatherboard family home. Provides additional space for the extended family or an opportunity to operate as your very own B&B. Offering 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 living areas and outdoor entertaining.

Walk 150 metres from this tastefully refurbished 2 bedroom Unit with lock up garage and you are sipping coffee in the main street or casually meandering down to the Bay Beach or Back Beach of Sorrento. With just 4 units on the site this truly is an outstanding opportunity.

For Sale Guide $880,000 - $920,000 Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm Land 743 sq m approx

For Sale Guide $510,000 Inspect Sat 2–2.30pm

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Rye

$475,000

Modern touches on a classic ALL the hard work has been done. Just put your feet up. Immaculately presented, this property can accommodate any need. It has been faultlessly renovated, has three bedrooms and all the comforts. It has a combination of timber cladding and Colorbond exterior to blend in with its surroundings. It also incorporates a very high carport for the largest of boats or caravans with access to a huge double car garage or as a hideaway for the “big boys’ toys”. The fantastic transformation includes a brand new kitchen with stainless steel gas appliances, glass splash backs and caesar

stone benchtops with breakfast bench. It also features a brand new tiled bathroom with bath. The Constantine doors leading to the front deck verandah allow indoor and outdoor living. There are polished floorboards throughout and split system heating and cooling. The three generous bedrooms all have built-in robes. Other features include a European-style laundry, family area with meals area, landscaped gardens in a low-maintenance allotment of 615 square metres, fully fenced with merbau decking and brush tea-tree with remote control gates.

Agency: YPA Estate Agents, Shop 3, 2255 Pt Nepean Rd, Rye. Phone: (03) 5985 2600. Agent: Robert Magnano, 0425 772 073.

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Rosebud

Auction Saturday 4-June @ 1:00pm

Stunning, stylish and position perfect ONLY 18 months young, this beautiful, modern, three bedroom plus study home is only two minutes’ walk to the beach and Rosebud Plaza. It has been constructed by the owner, a registered builder, using the best quality materials, fixtures and fittings. The stunning kitchen takes pride of place with stainless steel appliances, stone bench

tops and overlooking the large open-plan living area. There are three large bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk-in robe, plus a study (or fourth bedroom), powder room, and an opulent main bathroom with spa. All this is complemented by a private rear courtyard with undercover entertaining, gas ducted heating, split system, and a lock-up garage with internal access.

Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rosebud. 1089 Pt Nepean Road, Rosebud. Ph (03) 5986 8600 Agent: Amanda Kaye, 0408 888 607.

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Tootgarook

$430,000 - $450,000

Rosebud West

$360,000 - $390,000

It’s worth every cent Potential income producer THIS property is unique and offers huge potential to investors, potential B&B operators, large family home buyers or dual family accommodation seekers. There is separate accommodation on each of the two levels plus self-contained sleepout accommodation. The ground level offers two bedrooms, living,

dining and kitchen plus bathroom. There is an extra toilet and shower in the sleepout attached to the garage. Views in the distance from the balcony are a bonus. The block is generous and very well positioned. Each of the two levels can be let independently or combined to offer accommodation for a huge family.

Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rye, 2271 Pt Nepean Rd. Phone: (03) 5985 6555. Agent: Diane & Phil Key, 0419 324 515.

THIS magnificent, renovated home is ideal for permanent or holiday living, only 200 metres from the bay and within walking distance of Rosebud West shops and cafes. It features two double bedrooms, lounge with open fireplace, polished floor boards throughout, main bathroom with toilet, sunroom/study or third bedroom, laundry with second toilet adjacent, kitchen with gas cooking and dining combined, reverse cycle split-system airconditioning and gas wall furnace in lounge. There is access to the rear yard with room to store a boat or caravan. This affordable home would be ideal for a young family or young-at -heart retirees seeking a beachside lifestyle.

Agency: Basso Real Estate, 1807 Pt Nepean Rd, Tootgarook. Phone: (03) 5985 9000. Agent: Ryan Deutrom, 0406 426 766.

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ROSEBUD WEST

$440,000-$475,000

ROSEBUD WEST

$410,000 - $450,000

RYE

$520,000 - $570,000

POSITION PERFECT 200 mtrs to Beach & Shops. Nothing to spend on this exceptional 3 bdrm home main has ensuite. As they say ‘A picture paints a 1000 words’ you can see the pictures show this home to be ideal for permanent or holiday living. terracotta tiles throughout. Large open plan living with bright galley kitchen and has both heating & cooling, outside entertaining area and low maintenance garden. Private fenced back yard with lock up garage. This one has it all and is priced to sell. Private inspection can be arranged anytime.

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY / INVESTMENT PROPERTY ON OFFER! Within an easy walk down the road to one of Port Phillip Bays premier beaches.This versatile beachside beauty comprises of separate living areas upstairs and downstairs, Modern kitchen, 3 bedrooms with BIR’s, 2 bathrooms, polished ﬂoorboards, L/U garage with remote, workshop area, paved and covered patio area leading out from rumpus room, rear bungalow with running water and BIR’s, all set on approx. 724m2 of land. The property also offers plenty of off street parking with room to accommodate a boat or caravan. Inspection is by appointment only.

PEACE & TRANQUILITY This substantial property is ideal for holidays or permanent living. Comprising 5 bdrms & study all with BIR, 2 bthrms, entertaining deck, established garden including veggie patch. Set on 835m2 block, all within walking distance to Rye foreshore, shops, clubs & cafes. Large carport with access to rear, room to store boat & caravan, outside hotwater shower & bore water. Inspection by appointment is highly recommended!

Roy Thompson 0419 304 650

Paul Basso 5985 9000

Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766

WE ARE MOVING After 11 years in Tootgarook, Basso Real Estate will be moving to new offices located in the heart of the busy Rosebud West Shopping Village as from the 1st of July 2011. TOOTGAROOK

$640,000 - $700,000

FULLY RENOVATED OPPOSITE THE BEACH Absolutely nothing to spend. A great opportunity to purchase this fully renovated 3 bedroom beachside property. Features include: 3 great sized bedrooms, ensuite to master, large open plan living area, modern kitchen with stainless steel stove, dishwasher, central wood heater, split system A/C, spa bath, great BBQ area, large double lock up garage with work shop area and bore water. All of this situated on a huge 914m2 level block of land opposite one of the Peninsula’s Premier Beaches and boat launching facilities. An excellent opportunity to secure a great property with all the work already done for you.

SAME GREAT STAFF, SAME GREAT SERVICE, SAME GREAT NO SALE NO CHARGE SELLING OPTION, JUST A DIFFERENT ADDRESS!

Paul Basso 5985 9000

Tootgarook 1807 Pt Nepean Rd 5985 9000

OPENING SOON Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Rd

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Tootgarook

Huge Vacant Block - 2418Sqmt

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This is a magic block that will enable you to build your dream home complete with pool, workshops or just about any addition youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like. Best of all itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s located in a quiet no-through street within easy reach of the beach and shops.This is the ideal block for tradies or someone with a collection of toys. $360,000 - $400,000 By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

Vendor hot to trot. Home has a total of 6 bedrooms, 4 inside, 2 in bungalow, 2 bathrooms, massive decked area, dual living.Walk to beach in minutes. Great buy for 2011. Inspect and make your offer today. Offers invited $450,000 plus By Appointment Diane Key 0419 324 515

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$480,000- $520,000 By Appointment Diane Key 0419 324 515

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B&B or Simply Big Home

On Blairgowrie Border

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Be proud of your home, live in the exclusive back beach area in this spotless BV beauty. Features 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, excellent kitchen. Double garage, full width covered verandah.

$430,000-$460,000 By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

Currently operating as 2 B & B type suites this home has heaps of potential. Ideal full time investment. Live in one rent out other. Perfect for permanent home with dependant relative accommodation. Home has great bay view and is brilliantly located. $430,000-$450,000 By Appointment Diane Key 0419 324 515

(YHU\RQH ORYHV 5RELQ 3GH YHU\ IHZ JHW WKH FKDQFH WR OLYH WKHUH Now you can. On approx 1200sqmt this contemporary style 3 bedrooms/ 2 living room home affords the idyllic setting. Close to beaches and village. Priced to please the most discerning buyers. $460,000 By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

A home that truly gives 100%. Look at it from any angle, inside or out and it is drop dead gorgeous. There are 4 bedrooms, 3 living, 2 bathroom, 1 powder room, 1 massive deck, 1 double garage, heating, cooling and much much more Nothing Compares. $600,000-$650,000 By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Rye

Sell Me, Sell Me Now

Surprisingly Good Bay Views

Lovely Renovated Unit

Brand New Listing

Price: Inspect: Agent:

Come one, come all, this is now priced to sell, sell, sell. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spotlessly clean, located to perfection, on the best block in town and ready to simply drop the bags and enjoy from day 1. A brilliant buy for a great 3 B/R beach house. $360,000- $390,000 By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

At this price you would expect a glimpse. This brilliant property has excellent bay views. Spotless throughout and ready to enjoy. Upstairs has 3 beds, living, kitchen, bathroom plus large deck. Downstairs has 4th bedroom, bathroom, lounge and kitchenette. Top Buy. $470,000 - $490,000 By Appointment Diane Key 0419 324 515

A top investment for anyone with $300k or so to spend. Walk to beach, shops, schools, etc in a couple of minutes. Spacious 2 bedroom free standing villa. Nothing compares in this price range. Inspect and offer now. Offers Invited By Appointment Claire Kerr 0423 945 409

Top buy close to town. Very well presented 3 bedroom home with lock up garage. Lovely spacious living area, well appointed kitchen and a host of features. Fully fenced, private, with large veggie garden.Well worth your instant action to secure yourself a top home. $380,000-$410,000 By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Tootgarook

Priced Reduced - Sure to Please

Vacant Block- Bay Views

Oh So Close to Beach

Big House - Small Price Tag

Price: Inspect: Agent:

Now this is a home not to be missed. Has only had one owner, maintained very well, nicely presented with 3 bedrooms, open plan lounge/living, excellent kitchen and more inside. Double garage full width verandah and large veggie patch plus plenty of fruit trees. Wow. $345,000 - $365,000 By Appointment Claire Kerr 0423 945 409

The message is loud and clear. The vendor wants to sell and move on. Their plans to build have now changed and this delightful end of court block is to be sold. One of the rare few good blocks with views. Sure to please. $220,000- $240,000 By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

This 2 bedroom unit is ready to enjoy. Tastefully renovated throughout with a full compliment of furniture. Basically nothing more to spend.Walk to beach, park, school and market. Great opportunity for 1st home buyer. $298,950 By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye

A red hot opportunity to secure a 4/5 bedroom home with tons of character. In brilliant condition throughout. 2 bathrooms, extra loo and shower, big open kitchen etc. Garage with extra off street parking. Close to beach, park, school etc. Priced to sell. 35,&( 5('8&(' By Appointment Phil Key 0418 516 470

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Rosebud

Lovely Property Close To The Freeway And Beach!

Doer Upper!

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Rosebud 184 Eighth Avenue

- Rosebud 48 Hayes Avenue

Investment Opportunity

Blairgowrie 2 Foam Avenue

$325,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

$320,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

Breathtaking Views

We have all heard of properties with the ‘WOW’ factor, Price this is the one they all refer to! The photos only give Inspect you a glimpse of this amazing property, once you Contact enter this magnificent home you immediately feel the ambiance of tranquillity & quality. Ideally located approximately 400 metres from the ocean beach.

Rye 33 Willonga Street

$939,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

Take advantage of some of the best treetop views Rye Price has to offer. Comprising two bedrooms, a bathroom Inspect and a living area downstairs, upstairs features another Contact bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, separate dining area and the large lounge from which you can see those great views.

2 Rye 3 Bruce Street

Guest’s paradise with 5 bedrooms

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Love entertaining? Love the great outdoors? Price

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Five bedrooms with built in robes, master with walk Price in robe, amazing views and en-suite with spa, central Inspect bathroom as well as powder room all with top quality Contact fittings, home theatre room with built in surround sound system, rumpus room with fully functioning bar, purpose built wine cellar and a double remote garage.

Then you’ll love this property with an abundance of Price amazing features from the gorgeous gardens to the Inspect delightful outdoor entertaining area, this home is sure Contact to impress the most fastidious buyer. The covered outdoor living room on the decking is an amazing space complete with day bed and bluestone benchtops.

2 Tootgarook 47 Bella Vista Drive

Take it easy all year round

Shop 3, 2255 Point Nepean Road, Rye

An original classic beach side property! Ideally Price located within minutes of the main shopping Inspect precinct, beaches, main roads, schools and public transportation! With all this at your door step this is a Contact perfect investment opportunity or holiday residence.

2 Rye 59 Grandview Avenue

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5985 2600

Ideal Investment opportunity - Bargain basement entry

Cute, neat & complete! Genuine Vendors ready to sell! Price Perfect as an investment property, beach getaway Inspect or permanent living. Ideally located minutes from Rosebud’s main shopping precinct, bay beaches and Contact public transport. This fantastic property comprises polished floorboards throughout.

Quality built and individually designed with the large family in mind, situated within walking distance to Rye’s main shopping precinct and bay beach. Beautifully landscaped and ready to go there is nothing more needed to spend on this fantastic property.

$549,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

Ever Fallen in Love... $740,000 - $760,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

You will fall in love with this extremely well maintained Price three bedroom home which boasts bay glimpses from Inspect the balcony and the upper living area. Built over four levels, this homely property will relax you as soon as you Contact step through the front door, and with the private back garden with in ground spa, you’ll never want to leave!

Offers in excess of $450,000 By Appointment Robert Magnano 0425 772 073 Wendy Ross 0403 596 466

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Shop with three-bedroom apartment LOOKING out over the beach, foreshore and beyond to Port Phillip Bay, the ground level shop has an excellent tenant with a long-term lease. The business is extremely well regarded locally with another branch in Rosebud. Excellent fitout and presentation and one of the best tenancies you could wish for. Solid brick and concrete construction, the building was completed five years ago. There are two access points to the apartment, one at the rear (where each property has a parking space) with the main entrance at the front of the building facing the beach and leading up the staircase to the first-floor residence. As soon as you enter this space there is a feeling of open and luxury living.

The light, bright colour scheme and simple uncluttered decor has been designed to be easy to maintain. Be in no doubt this apartment has class and plenty of it. There are uninterrupted views from your private balcony, which provides even more living space adjacent to the main family room with the best view in town overlooking the Rye foreshore across to the bay. Most locals cannot remember the last time an opportunity like this was publicly offered. It has separate titles, which is rare as most other Rye shop/residences are not separate. The shop and dwelling will be offered separately. The owner says sell. Offers prior to auction considered.

Agency: Jacobs & Lowe-Bennetts Rye. 2115 Point Nepean Road, Rye. Phone: 5987 9000. Agent: Brendan Adams, 0419 566 944.

Home and two cottages on 1.25 acres THIS property has three homes located in tightly held â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old Shorehamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, literally steps from gorgeous Honeysuckle Beach and abutting 14 acres of bushland reserve. The 1.25-acre (approx) property offers a rare lifestyle opportunity. You enter off a rustic road and meander along a driveway bordered by native landscaping, which leads to the completely renovated two cottages and the house, all spaciously positioned throughout the property. It is currently operating as a successful B&B and the new owner has the opportunity to continue running it as an income-producing property or use it as an exclusive getaway or

permanent residence with room for extended family and friends. House: Two bedrooms, one bathroom with large kitchen meals area plus living room overlooking native bushland reserve. Opportunity to extend (STCA) utilising large, unused flat grass area. Cottage 1: Modern and spacious with a stunning bedroom and ensuite. Open plan living area with floorboards extending to a private balcony plus separate sundeck area. Cottage 2: A cosy abode with defined living area opening to a private, sun-drenched outdoor area and a large bedroom with full ensuite.

Agency: Fletchers, 136 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento. Phone: (03) 5984 2600. Agent: Joshua Callaghan, 0418 595 719.

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Rye Great Location, Great Price

Conveniently located close to the Rye shopping village, safe family beach and public transport, this neat 2 bedroom unit would make an ideal holiday escape, permanent home or investment property. Comprising 2 bedrooms, kitchen with gas appliances, gas heating, central laundry and bathroom, separate toilet, single lock up garage.

Rosebud One of only two on the block

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$365,000

$299,000

Contact Brendan Adams 0419 566 944

4 Rye Vacant Land with plans & permits. Fantastic bay views!

Rye Homestead Hideaway

With approved plans and permits ready go for a multi-storey luxury 4 bedroom dwelling this vacant block is located just one street Privately tucked away off the street towards the rear of the block, the relaxed feel of this home makes it an ideal Peninsula getaway DCEM HTQO VJG RQRWNCT 6[TQPG $GCEJ HQTGUJQTG 6JG JQOG KU FGUKIPGF VQ OCZKOKUG VJG WUG QH VJG NCPF CPF CEJKGXG VJG DGUV RQUUKDNG for the family or an excellent investment for permanent/holiday rental. Comprising 3 good sized bedrooms all with built in robes, large bay views and would suit the astute home buyer or quality builder with an appreciation of excellence. kitchen with plenty of cupboard space, gas cook top and electric oven, open living and dining area, coonara heater, central bathroom, UGRCTCVG VQKNGV CPF NCWPFT[ 1VJGT HGCVWTGU KPENWFG UNCVG Ć&#x20AC;QQTU NCTIG UKPING FTKXG VJTQWIJ ICTCIG DWPICNQY QWVFQQT DWKNV KP PCVWTCN ICU $$3 CPF C NCTIG IC\GDQ HQT UWOOGT GPVGTVCKPKPI #NN QH VJKU QP C RTKXCVG VTGG ĹżNNGF DNQEM QH CRRTQZ USO

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Tootgarook Cosy 3 Bedroom House With Bungalow

Rye Shop & 3 Bedroom Apartment Rye Foreshore

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Contact Brendan Adams 0419 566 944 or Ian Oldstein 0408 994 705

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AROUND THE PENINSULA

When fear of German invasion galvanised peninsula community The Invasion The Germans are off to Calais and from thence to England, and after that to America, and then – when you’ve taken all those places there will be Mornington left. As you sit under your pine and fig tree counting your ill-gotten gains after the Cup, do you ever think of what would happen but for the Boy Scouts? Who would mind your losses – or the prophet (see under, no extra charge) When the Germans come to Mornington, We all will start to mourn; We’ll all be sorry in Mornington That ever we were born. Some scalps will hang on the Royal Hotel; And some will have spirits agoing to – well Where noses will burn before they smell The odour of lives well done. When the Germans come to Mornington, We will all be in a tear; When the Germans come to Mornington There won’t be none of us there. We’ll run with our tails all half-mast high That’s a jolly lot better to do; and die Of a fine and fat old age! When the Germans come to Mornington, We’ll none of us sit on The Post. We won’t stay sitting in Mornington; Nor soaking our corns on the coast. We’ll stretch our legs as far as we can, While the Germans are prodding the hindermost man– We hope we won’t count ’mong the “also-ran” – When we run in the German Cup. – The Bandy Coot THIS is one of about 140 poems in the recently published book Our Boys at the Front: 1914-18 The Mornington Peninsula at War from the pages of The Peninsula Post ($39.95 inc DVD). Compiled and published by the Mornington & District Historical Society, the book was launched at Mornington’s historic Royal Hotel last month and tells the story of peninsula men who went to the First World War through letters, diary entries, stories, war poems and photos from The Peninsula Post, the peninsula’s dominant local paper between 1913 and the late 1970s. It also covers what was happening on the home front through the pages of the newspaper, including the controversial issue of recruitment as Australia suffered mounting losses of its finest men. The three illustrations are from the paper. The book is available from Mornington Peninsula bookshops and newsagents, the Shrine of Remembrance bookshop, Hylands, 1/23-31 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne, 9654 7448 and by mail order from Mornington & District Historical Society, PO Box 71, Mornington 3931 (add $9.50 for post and handling).

Lucky streak brings car home for Chris and Bill

Oh what raffle: Rob Christie, left, with an excited Christine and Bill Crawford and their raffle prize.

CHRISTINE and Bill Crawford won’t easily forget their 50th wedding anniversary – every time they hop into their new car, smiles will spread across their faces. The Somerville couple won a $26,000 Toyota Corolla sedan in the Rotary Club of Somerville Tyabb raffle for radio station 3RPP last Monday. The club ran the raffle in conjunction with other peninsula Rotary clubs in support of a renovation project at the former Mornington Secondary School site in Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Half the last remaining classroom block will be 3RPP’s new studio and the other half will be used by community groups. Mrs Crawford was ecstatic when she and her husband received the car keys from Rob Christie of Motor Court Toyota in Mornington on Monday morning. It was also the week of her 70th birthday. “We’ve never won anything in our lives and we’ve never owned a new car,” she said with a smile as broad as

a Cheshire cat. Mrs Crawford bought one ticket in the raffle and her lucky streak didn’t end there; the day after being told of the win, she found a $10 note on the footpath and went straight into a newsagent and bought a lottery ticket. “I didn’t win anything, so the run of good luck is over,” she said with a laugh, “but we’re about to set off on a trip of the lifetime to the United States so we’ll see what happens.” Second prize in the raffle, a $19,500 Toyota Yaris, was won by Martin Saunders of Carrum Downs. Third prize, a $10,000 cruise package supplied by Travelscene Westernport, was won by Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock, who had earlier drawn the first two prizes. The mayor’s ticket was pulled out of the bag by Lions Club of Rye member Tony Howard. His grandson Ben pulled out the fourth prize ticket, giving Marie Ratten of Rosebud the 50-inch plasma television from Rosebud Retravision.

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Keep in touch with what keeps us alive This is the third of an occasional series of articles by Andrew Raff and Peter North covering a range of environmental topics including the CO2 debate, use of resources, future energy and the nuclear power debate. Both are members of SHIPPS – St Andrew’s Habitat Improvement, Preservation and Protection Society – on the southern peninsula. IN days long ago, humans were just another member of the animal kingdom and top among the hierarchy of our needs was getting enough food to eat, enough water to drink and staying alive from one day to the next. Later in human history the development of permanent agriculture created a less precarious lifestyle. But even at the start of the Industrial Revolution about 250 years ago, 95 per cent of the population lived on the land. People were in daily touch with what kept them alive. In places like Ethiopia, where famine and starvation is commonplace, this is still the case. But Ethiopians don’t have much of a say in how the world is run. In developed countries where the planet’s policies are forged, people have become increasingly separated from their life support systems. For example, a mere 3.7 per cent of the community grows Australia’s food, plus exports that feed twice the Australian population overseas. (ABS Labour Force Statistics, May 2002, Catalogue 6203.0, Tables 1 and 46. Total persons employed in agriculture (excluding hunting, trapping, fishing and forestry).) Most of Australia’s population takes the food supply for granted. Availability of food, as distinct from price of food, is not an issue in the lives of most citizens in developed nations. For the average urban dweller, what maintains the supply of food to the supermarket shelves may not be all that obvious. Most people probably understand that agriculture requires fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides. Fewer know these industries use natural gas (fossil fuel) as their principle feedstock and energy source. Fewer still realise looming shortages

Machine age: The development of permanent agriculture has created a less precarious lifestyle for modern humans, but looming shortages of fossil fuel might threaten our food supply.

of fossil fuel might threaten not only their petrol requirements but also their food supply. (Other methods of making ammoniabased fertilisers are possible. But presently, 95 per cent of the fertiliser industry uses natural gas as a feedstock and as an energy source.) The link between fossil fuels and

food is just one of the many almost invisible dependencies of the modern world. In the long term this dependency is unsustainable. Unless some other feedstock and energy source comes along, when natural gas runs out in few decades, fertiliser, herbicide and insecticide supplies also will run out. At this point, sustaining

the supply of food to supermarket shelves will become much more difficult. Policymakers and the broader community seem indifferent or unaware of such threats. People, whether citizens or leaders, take for granted availability of resources that in previous ages were more highly valued because people

had to work hard to get them. Water that flows at the turn of a tap creates the illusion of an infinite supply. Food just arrives on supermarket shelves. Eggs appear to be laid in cardboard boxes. Electricity comes magically out of wall sockets. Sewage disappears down a hole to who knows where? Petrol comes out of a nozzle at the local service station. Telephones connect the world and half the developed world uses computers that do magical things. But how does it all work? Few know; few care. But occasionally some do wonder. As one curious individual was once heard to remark, “I still marvel that when I flip a switch here, the light goes on over there”. The technological web that sustains people is mostly invisible to the consumer. It is itself sustained by key resources like fresh water and fossil fuel. Power generators, telephone exchanges, oil refineries, steelworks and myriad factories are out there somewhere, producing essential products. Only when part of the web fails does it make news. Only then are we reminded of the existence and importance of technology that enables 6.9 billion to live on planet Earth in various degrees of comfort. Less are we reminded of the physical environment and resources on which these wonders of technology depend, and that it is a finite resource. A future article will discuss “environmental economics” showing several (and there are many) unbelievably stupid world food resource systems that simply don’t stack up.  Andrew Raff has lived on the Mornington Peninsula for 50 years, was in the Royal Australian Navy for 20 years, served in Vietnam, and has studied the nuclear industry and climate change. He is a member of Sustainable Population Australia and founded SHIPPS last year.  Peter North has degrees in engineering and commerce, and has worked in the petrochemical, mining, manufacturing and construction industries in Australia and overseas. He has published nine books on business, travel, environment and economics, has written for the environmental magazine Pacific Ecologist and is also a member of Sustainable Population Australia.

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Finding freeway offsets a tough task By Mike Hast THE state government body managing the construction of Peninsula Link Fwy has looked at 4000 sites to replace protected native vegetation removed for the freeway project. The $760 million road joining the freeway north of Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Fwy at Mt Martha is well underway and will be completed by early 2013. A key element of the project is replacing native vegetation bulldozed for the 27-kilometre, four-lane freeway with “like for like” bushland. The project is being managed on behalf of the government by Linking Melbourne Authority, which also managed the $2.5 billion EastLink project. LMA is partway through a five-stage process to find and buy bushland to replace land taken for the freeway. Known as native vegetation “net gain offsets”, LMA officers have scoured the south-east and Mornington Peninsula looking for replacement land to satisfy Department of Sustainability and Environment requirements. Precious bushland such as that removed at the historic Westerfield at Frankston South is unlikely to be found in the immediate region and will likely be replaced by bushland in Gippsland. Land most difficult to replace included plains grassy wetland. Under complex DSE “net gain offset” rules, LMA is required to replace 56 hectares of precious bushland with five times this amount – 280 hectares with lower conservation values. All replacement bushland must be approved by DSE.

Dozer days: Abigroup bulldozers wait beside heritage-listed Westerfield before being given permission to clear its precious bushland last year. Now freeway manager Linking Melbourne Authority is on the hunt for replacement land.

The formula rates bushland areas by taking into account the quality and type of trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses as well as fauna living on the land. A “habitat score” is allocated to each area to see if it is an appropriate offset. Bushland with rare plants has a very high score and if “like for like” land cannot be found, a larger block of land will have to be purchased as a replacement and money spent

improving its conservation value. In recent months, LMA has whittled down the 4000 sites to just eight. It has signed agreements with private landowners that allow wildlife and plant experts to closely inspect the properties to ensure they fit guidelines. LMA’s Bill Hooker said at a Peninsula Link net gain offsets meeting late last month the authority would likely need to buy only four of the eight

blocks being considered. At the meeting were conservationists, environment staff from Frankston and Mornington Peninsula councils, a representative of DSE and staff from LMA and road builder Abigroup. Mr Hooker said it had been difficult finding replacement land in the City of Frankston. This is where most of the precious bushland had been bulldozed.

He indicated two of the four areas of land would be in Mornington Peninsula Shire, and in the immediate vicinity of Peninsula Link. There was a limited market as landowners had to be willing to place a covenant on their titles restricting any further development of their land. When the two councils’ environment officers report to their managers, there is likely to be a level of annoyance among councillors who supported Peninsula Link on the basis that all native vegetation offsets were to be in the two municipalities. Mr Hooker said LMA was still considering sites.  Last fortnight, Mornington Peninsula fauna conservationist Mal Legg said LMA contractors had knocked down snow and manna gums where Moorooduc Hwy joins the freeway at Mt Martha and “13 possums were displaced and run down by cars, including six that were pregnant”. He alleged no zoologist was present during the clearing. “I can’t understand why the pines were left and the native vegetation was removed. The trunks and limbs are full of hollows and needed to be retained not mulched.” Carol Bartley of Southern Way, the consortium building the freeeway, said Abigroup cleared the vegetation along the median strip of the Moorooduc Hwy with all necessary approvals in place. “The project zoologist undertook pre- and post-clearing inspections and was present at all times during clearing,” she said.

Mornington pier at risk of closure By Mike Hast THE unrenovated end section of Mornington pier is just one big blow away from being closed to the public. Work on the middle, 53-metre long section of the pier is due to be completed by July, but the state government needs to find about $7 million to repair the outer section. The pier has been battered by severe storms in recent years, including three last year, leaving parts of it unstable. Parks Victoria contractor K V Johnson Constructions started work on the middle section last August. It was scheduled to be completed by December, which was then revised to April. Bad weather saw the completion date again revised to July. The work is costing $3.5 million and includes replacing pylons and installing a threepiece reinforced concrete deck with timber decking on top of this. Now there is a big question mark over the stability of the unrenovated section. The News understands Parks Victoria has had divers and engineers checking the section for a preliminary report. The three possible scenarios are:  A moderate amount of work would make it safe and it would be reopened to the public.  The structure would be safe to leave unrenovated and repair money would have to be found at a later date. It would be closed to the public.  The section would not be able to be saved and would be pulled down before it became a hazard to boating. On Tuesday, Mornington MP David Morris told The News the pier was one of the most popular on Port Phillip and “very important to the town”. Mr Morris said he had held dis-

cussions with Parks Victoria’s chief executive officer Dr Bill Jackson and Environment Minister Ryan Smith, and had stressed the pier needed to be fixed as soon as possible. He said the pier has been neglected for many years by several governments. Any work on the unrenovated section was not dependent on this week’s state budget, he said. Pier contractor Kevin Johnson said a concrete pour of 500 tonnes had created a 24-metre section of the pier. “We’re aiming to do our last pour on 30 May to connect the new section with the old one and then we’ll need a month to clean up,” he said. He had received no instructions about working on the unrenovated section. “I know there are a lot of loose planks out there.” Mr Johnson confirmed there had been damage to a couple of pylons in the unrenovated section during a recent storm. “The pier was closed in April 2010 after a storm and then we were hit with 62 knots last August and another bad storm in September,” he said. After Mornington his company would be doing jobs at Patterson River in Carrum and Point Wilson pier near Avalon, he said. Plans for the installation of wave screen panels on the pier are unclear. Mr Johnson said this was not part of his contract with Parks, but his workers had installed bolts on the side to take wave screens at some future time. Rubber covers would be fitted to the bolts to protect them from weathering. Mr Johnson estimated it would cost $10 million to renovate “the whole show”.

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An eye to the sky By Stuart McCullough SOME things cannot be explained – the Bermuda Triangle, the ongoing popularity of Glee, or why the normally dependable John Cusack agreed to star in a turkey of a film like Hot Tub Time Machine. (Why, John Cusack, why?) Add to this list is the habit of perching sunglasses on top of the head. There are two types of people in this world: those who wear their sunglasses on top of their head and the rest of us. A person will often remark that they don’t have eyes in the back of their head. Such comments are commonly made in exasperation, but never fail to spark a curiosity in me. I can’t help but wonder whether, beneath the hair that inhabits the dark side of their face, there could very well lurk another set of eyes, a mouth and maybe even a nose. Dismiss such thoughts if you will, but a person can still protest too much. But while the jury may still be out as to whether or not people do have eyes in the back of their heads, they apparently have them on top. All of sudden, what was once a cult practise has suddenly

gone absolutely gangbusters. When Corey Hart bravely declared to the world that he wore his sunglasses at night, many assumed him to be a dead-set idiot. However, even Corey would be left to scratch his noggin in bewilderment at the current fashion craze of placing sunglasses on your head. No good can possibly

come of it. It’s hard to know who to blame. Personally, I attribute the trend to the same people that gave us the perpetually turned up polo shirt collar. To this day, the thought of them makes me shudder. Often worn in tandem with baggy bottom shorts and the plastic atrocity that must

be every podiatrist’s worst nightmare – the Croc sandal – these ostentatious no-goodniks look as though they’re ready to go yachting at a moment’s notice. Which, if you’re being dressed by Duran Duran, might be fair enough, but is otherwise totally mystifying. Human beings are a strange creation – we are seemingly at the mercy of whatever senseless trend sweeps over us. It is for this reason that the most obscure object can suddenly be catapulted into the ordinary. It’s not just oddly positioned sunglasses, either. Consider lycra. Let’s get something out on the table – not everyone looks good in lycra. Just because you ride a bicycle doesn’t automatically mean that you should dress yourself like a human sausage. I firmly believe that even in an age where the world’s military secrets are revealed through the simple click of a mouse, there is still such a thing as “too much information”. There’s an old saying: lycra doesn’t lie. Actually, it’s not an old saying, but it would look like an old saying if I selected a more sympathetic typeface and said: lycra doesn’t lie. It squeezes, moulds and grips,

but it conceals nothing. The closest it comes is by providing unnatural support to those parts of your anatomy that would more instinctively reach towards terra firma with their arms outstretched. As such, the best lycra can muster is to act as some kind of buttock brassiere. Should your lycra ride a little high, you’re in real danger of having your trouser hams end up somewhere behind your ear lobes. Worse than its tendency to drag the saggiest of derrières to an altitude at which it may require oxygen is the ability of lycra to wear out. Let it be said, at some point lycra loses the structural integrity without which it might as well cease to exist. I saw him on Beach Rd. High on his haunches, buttocks waving like a flag. Like fairy floss in the rain, his lycra bike shorts had started their steady descent towards disintegration. The overall effect was more like a pair of stockings. As a result, even casual passers-by were confronted with what, in Sale of the Century terms, would be referred to as “the lot”. Or, put another way, the whole box and dice, the entire fruit bowl, the full packet of Arnott’s family assortment.

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Peninsula artists give a Continental THE Continental Hotel’s annual art prize will be announced in June. A spokesman for the hotel said the annual art prize has become an institution on the Mornington Peninsula. “It attracts Australia-wide attention and has been judged by many well-known and respected artists.” As well as a first prize of $1500, there is an encouragement award of $500, which aims to inspire emerging artists. “The Continental’s hanging space is more relaxed than a formal gallery and we don’t

charge the fees to hang works that galleries do, which makes it accessible to more artists. “By supporting local artists, the Continental hopes to encourage young artists as well as promote artists who cannot afford to show their works in galleries.” There are no subject restraints for the competition, but conditions apply and can be viewed on the hotel’s website. Entries are due on Sunday 22 May between 11am and 2pm at the Balcony Bar at the hotel, 1-21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento.

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Enter on Constitution Hill Rd, via the stairwell up the side of building. The exhibition opening and award announcement is on Friday 3 June at 4.30pm in the Continental Hotel Restaurant. Judging is at 5pm. “The Continental Hotel Restaurant gallery space hosts four exhibitions a year and only artists who participate in our annual art prize can exhibit in our other exhibitions. Entry forms are available at the Continental Hotel Restaurant or on the hotel’s website www.continentalhotel. com.au

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The musicians had played a fascinating program, which included part of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in an arrangement for cello and piano, and sonatas by Brahms, Beethoven and Barber. As an encore they played an intense movement by Rachmaninov. The next concert is on 11 June with Caroline Almonte on piano and the Emerald Hill String Quartet performing Mozart and Schumann. Tickets from 5984 0652.

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TASTE of Sorrento offers a mouth-watering blend of gourmet food and fine wine events aimed at showcasing some of the Mornington Peninsula’s finest. With cooking demonstrations and tastings from Top 4 Junior Masterchef Siena Johnston, well-known chef–author Guy Mirabella, Peter Watson from the Spice company and Red Hill Cheese, themed dinners, meet the winemaker evening, chef authors, cocktail making and, of course, chocolate, it really is a treat for the senses. With events spread over the week from Friday 3 to Friday 10 June prior to the June long weekend, there’s plenty of time to visit. To give you a taste of what’s happening, some of the events include:  Cup cake decorating competition after school from 1-3 June at Buckleys Chance followed by winner announcement, talk and cooking demonstrations by Top 4 Junior Master Chef contestant Siena Johnston on Saturday 4 June. An irresistible ‘Pinot & Paella’ night will be held at The Continental Hotel on Friday 3 June.  Scicluna’s Real Food Merchants will be hosting a funfilled farmer’s market in store for the whole weekend of 4 and 5 June, including tastings, cooking demonstrations, spot specials and giveaways.  Visit the Absolut Vodka cocktail-making classes at the Three Palms Bar on Saturday 4 June where you can drink what you make for $10 a person.

The Age Good Food Guidelisted Three Palms will host a ‘Game, Set & Match’ game degustation dinner on Sunday 5 June matched with Mornington Peninsula wines, $120 a person. Bookings essential on 5984 1057.  Peter Watson of the Spice Company will provide a cooking demonstration and lunch – Seriously Good Food, Fast at Stringers Store on Monday 6 June, $45 a person served with a glass of peninsula wine. Bookings essential on 5984 2010.  Renowned restaurant Acquolina will treat guests to a mouth-watering northern Italian cuisine dinner on Monday 6 June.  Red Hill Cheese will host a tutored tasting at Stringers Store on Tuesday 7 June, including a light lunch and glass of Mornington Peninsula wine.  Experience a Taste of Asia at Sorrento Portsea RSL with demonstrations and tastings of traditional Thai food plus a travel expo from Travelscene Sorrento on Tuesday 7 June.  The Smokehouse will host a Middle Eastern dinner with a series of courses inspired by Lebanon and Turkey on Wednesday 8 June Guest chef and author Guy Mirabella will deliver a talk and book signing on Thursday 9 June. A series of tasting plates will be prepared from his book by local chefs at Over Easy in a relaxed, casual setting overlooking Port Phillip.  Loquat Restaurant will be offering a themed dinner using

seasonal produce and accompanied by Foxeys Hangout Wines on Thursday 9 June.  Hotel Sorrento will host a meet the winemaker evening. Winemakers will share their knowledge about wines through tastings of two chardonnays and two pinot noirs, matched with tasting plates from Hotel Sorrento chefs. The Baths will offer a Restaurant Express for the Taste of Sorrento Week with a main meal using the finest Mornington Peninsula produce and a glass of Mornington Peninsula wine for $25. Just Fine Food goes chocolate, offering a gourmet chocolate lovers’ menu including its world famous vanilla slice.  Buckleys Chance Restaurant Cafe has a number of specials for the Taste of Sorrento week including breakfasts such as pancakes benedict, and winter warming pies and pots for lunch.  Otrher events include food films, kids in the kitchen program, meal and wine deals, music and gourmet menus throughout Sorrento at places like Via Sorrento, The Koonya Hotel, Morgan’s Bar, Sorrento Community Centre, Sorrento Couta Boat Sailing Club by Sorrento Catering, Baked in Sorrento, Glace Gelato & Juice, Brumby’s and others. To find out more visit www. tasteofsorrento.com.au or SMS taste@SPCC to 0427 800 800 (no voice calls) to be kept informed and for special offers.

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do hospitality while Paula took on photography. Although the girls were keen on their new careers, they felt something was missing. At age 18 they abandoned their careers and headed to Box Hill College of Music to study. There they met Julian Sammut and Simon Ross who both majored in piano. Jetty Road was born, named after a road in Nungurner. In 2005 Jetty Road released the

debut album Full Circle before heading to Tamworth to do some busking before releasing the second album, Dirt Roads City Lights (2007), and then the award-winning album Life at a Million Miles (2009). The album went to No. 1 on the country charts and the group won the Golden Guitar for Best Group in 2010. Jetty Road has won a host of awards including Australian Independent Group of the Year, Independent Album of the Year, People’s Choice Awards and National Music Oz Award. Jetty Road’s new album Far Away Places is released this week and the first single, Serves You Right, has raced into the Australian country charts. Jetty Road fans are celebrating that the single has raced into the US radio airplay charts debuting at No. 86, something an Australian country act has not achieved before. One of Canada’s top labels, Onramp Records, has signed Jetty Road to its country music label, the first nonCanadian act signed to Onramp. Paula said: “Things are heating up in the US and Canada and there are many possibilities at the moment with the Canadian and US charts. It would be nice to follow 2011 with another Golden Guitar just to prove it wasn’t a fluke.”

The album was recorded in Julian’s studio The Cool Room in Melbourne’s outer east and The Factory Studios in Vancouver, Canada. “The Factory was awesome with bands like AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith recording there and for us little Australians to record there was cool,” Paula said. Paula and Lee are influenced by a variety of music but don’t hide the secret that they are big Keith Urban fans. Paula enjoys Fleetwood Mac, Miranda Lambert, Neil Diamond and a touch of classical. Lee likes Brandy Carlisle, Iva Davies, Icehouse, classical and music of the 1980s. Paula, Lee, Julian and Simon wrote four tracks on the album and co-wrote the remainder with other songwriters, produced by Paul Shatto and David Wills. Musically, the album is a masterpiece with well-crafted songs interwoven with clever lyrics and superb production. Highlights include Serves You Right, Wrong, Me & You, Sweet Goodbye, Dream West and Bye Bye Baby. The album provides an uplifting take on life and some incredibly catchy, appealing songs.

*** THE AFL cops $1.25 million for the television rights and, as they tell us, it will be good for football and “good for the fans”. First they have to give themselves big bonuses, then the players will want more money as will all the clubs and executives. All games live to air and, whacko, all games accessed on a mobile phone. Will it cost us more? No, says Foxtel, if you can afford Foxtel. The television stations will not pay more without a plan to make more; ditto Telstra. Lavish lunches will become more lavish, and so it goes. AFL, Foxtel and Telstra the big winners and us the likely losers, eventually. From our pockets to theirs. A big con? As for that “good for the fans” bit, where are these fans who support twilight Sunday games and the inclusion of two more teams and no Tassie team? One day it may come to pass that the monolithic AFL resembles Humpty Dumpty. PS: Andrew Demetriou and federal sports minister Mark Arbib (you remember Mark? He’s one of the twins

who stabbed Kevvy) have expressed concern about the level of gambling advertising. The AFL hired an “integrity officer” to combat internal match fixing. Almost as funny as that commercial I heard on the wireless: “Buy Australian. Buy Anxiety Aid today. From health stores and pharmacies.” Begone. *** WHEN I was a kid, around the time of Socrates, we were poor apparently. I say apparently as I was unaware of my social standing. No locks on the doors, very few clothes (we went to bed in a state of excitement when Mum bought us new pyjamas), lemonade on birthdays, self-management as in unabated roaming, no television to guide us to a state of envy, no cars to drive through Toorak, no Tattslotto to live in hope and no big deal. But, we ate well. Beautiful meals and sumptuous puddings; the works. And yet, a look around today and it’s not difficult to see the severe (at times) downgrading in the quality of meals. Why? Obviously cigarettes are a cause – $120 a week and $300 for rent takes a mighty toll. I can’t help wondering whether or

not the do-gooders who whack on extortionate cigarette taxes realise how kids are suffering at the dinner table. Stop smoking and save to buy a house, they reply. Well, they stuffed up the house purchase idea by looking after the rich. And Kevvy was responsible for the last massive tax hike on cigarettes. The government estimates smokingrelated illnesses cost $300 million a year and collects $5.8 billion a year in tax excise duty. Ben Chifley said, many moons ago, “Never separate the working man from his beer and cigarettes”. Beer? Look out! A Cancer Council analysis has now linked longterm drinking to a broad range of cancers. Let them whack a bigger tax on alcohol – for our own good? *** SOME females don’t like men and it’s easy enough to understand why, but why is it that some men don’t “like” females? Men regularly accept verbal aggression from one another but rarely can they accept it from females. Some males assume they’re more intelligent; God knows why. Was my wife the boss or more intelligent than me? Secretly I may have harboured

with Gary Turner Paula and Lee said: “We are ambitious, want to be a worldwide act, have put in a lot of hard work and want to see our names up in lights.” You don’t need a GPS to find Jetty Road: travel down any highway and Jetty Road is straight ahead. www.jettyroad.com GTs Top 10 Country Albums 1. Far Away Places – Jetty Road 2. Holding My Breath – Adam Toms 3. Vintage Reg – Reg Poole 4. Boots ‘N’ All – Chris Lee 3. Diesel Boy – Travis Sinclair 4. Middle of Blue – Nia Robertson 5. Woman of Substance – Nicki Gillis 6. 14 Funny Songs – Jim Haynes 7. Cattle Town – Dean Perrett 8. Bad Machines – Shane Nicholson 9. Straight to the Pool Room – Smokin’ Crawdads 10. Left of Center – Left of Center

A Grain of Salt I SAW a tiny bit of The Wedding before the footy. I was interested in The Kiss, missed it, but caught one of the trillion repeats. It was more a peck, or two. I fancied a passionate embrace followed by a you-know-what kiss. I look forward to the glossy Women’s Weekly photos in the doctor’s waiting room during 2013. Let’s hope Julia was uplifted by it all. After the next election, despite my vote (I’m anti-populist right-wing conservative, for now), marriage may be her best option. Surely the Yanks (Bin Laden) could have waited another fortnight to give The Wedding (and the Logies) their time in the sun. Laurie Oakes was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame. He’s a long way off being a favourite of mine (on a par with Shaun Micallef), but I bow to his excellent speech and congratulate him. It’s fair to add he’s a good journalist, unlike Micallef’s (and Shane Jacobson’s) supposed comedy. Not so Shane Bourne, who was classy. Congrats to Asher Keddie and Richard Roxburgh for winning the real acting awards. The Logies were once again embarrassing, as were most of the presenters.

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the thought that I was more relaxed emotionally than Darling and a better driver, but in the interests of harmony (and fear), I rarely voiced this thought. Two questions I always refrained from asking: “Who was on the phone?” and “When will you be back?” On the other hand I secretly enjoyed Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady singing “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”. I’m told that some of them are, in a particular street in St Kilda. “We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waiting ’round the bend, my huckleberry friend, moon river and me.” A little chaos is good for the soul. I met a very nice lady recently. Barracked for Carlton and voted Liberal. Here endeth the conversation. Bye for now. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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JUST when you think you have seen it all, up pops this photo. Fanatics of Colombian soccer side Cucuta Deportiva managed to sneak a coffin carrying the body of a teenager, Cristopher Jacome, into the game against Envigado allowing him to be “on hand” for the team’s equalising goal. The 17-year-old was shot dead playing the game he loved in a local paddock – reportedly by hired assassins. (Shades of

his fellow countryman Andres Escobar who we told you about in a recent edition of The News). The next day, after the wake for their fallen brother and fellow Cucuta Deportivo supporter, members of the “Barra del Indio” fan group broke into the funeral home, stole the body, which was paraded through the streets, and then slipped it into the match of the day at the 45,000-capacity General Santander Stadium in

Cucuta. The game against Envigado finished in a 1-1 draw. Not surprisingly, the event has generated some interest in Cucuta. In something of an understatement, Deportivo doctor Julio Rivera stated: “This is the only part of the world where this has happened.” At the same time police and stadium officials were asking a few questions about how an occupied coffin got past security.

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Three peninsula golfers bound for state finals THREE southern peninsula golfers have qualified for the state finals of the Victorian Secondary Schools Golfing Championships to be played at the Eastern Golf Club. Bec Stevens, Kirsty Horne and Dillon Hobbs (pictured left to right) all started at the age of 1012 years, first competing in the junior program run at the Dunes Golf Club every Saturday morning. Here they learned the skills and etiquette of golf as well as play-

ing the game in a friendly and competitive environment. A club spokesman said the three gifted students and golfers had developed their golfing skills enormously over the past 12 months. “They are a credit to their families and the Dunes Golf Club. “The club and their supporters wish them all the best in the state finals.” For information about the junior golfing program at the Dunes, call 59851334.

Second pennant team for Dunes THE 2011 Men’s Pennant season is well under way and the Dunes Golf Club has entered a second team consisting entirely of players aged under 21. This is yet another avenue to introduce the juniors to senior competition and

allows the involvement of players who have recently graduated from the under 18 program, a club spokesman said. “With a strong background playing in the Saturday junior competition, this young group of men will take a high

level of experience and knowledge that will stand them in good stead against the seniors.” For enquiries about the junior program call the Dunes Golf Club on 5985 1334.

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Animal Kingdom romps home in Kentucky Derby By Steve Bailey JOCKEY John Velazquez did not have a mount for the Kentucky Derby the day before the race. A little more than 24 hours later, the 39-year-old Puerto Rican was celebrating his first career Derby victory aboard Team Valor International’s Animal Kingdom (pictured). Animal Kingdom took over in the straight, charged down the centre and won America’s most famous thoroughbred race by 3½ lengths in front of a record 164,858 fans on 7 May. On Friday, Velazquez thought he would be riding two-year-old champion Uncle Mo in the $2,171,800 first leg of the Triple Crown. Owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher, however, decided that Uncle Mo had not recovered sufficiently from a gastrointestinal tract infection and scratched him from the race, leaving Velazquez without a mount. This was nothing new for Velasquez, who was supposed to ride the early favourites in both 2009 (Quality Road) and 2010 (Eskendereya), but was forced to pick up secondary mounts during Derby week when those horses were withdrawn because of injuries. On Friday afternoon, Velazquez picked up the mount on Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes winner Animal Kingdom, whose original rider, Robby Albarado, was kicked in the face by his mount after being thrown during the post parade before the third race at

Picture: Alex Evers – EquiSport Churchill Downs on Wednesday. Following his breakthrough victory, Velazquez was quick to pay homage to his longtime friend and fellow rider, mentioning him on the live television broadcast before he had even dismounted the horse. “I feel bad for Robby, winning the Derby when he was here,” Velazquez said. “I know he got hurt. I know you are not on him, but I know you were there with me.” Trained by Graham Motion for Team Valor, Animal Kingdom, a chestnut colt from the second crop of 2005 champion turf male Leroidesanimaux (Brazil), entered the race with two victories and two seconds from his four career starts, including a win in the Spiral Stakes on 26 March at Turfway Park. The Derby, however, was his first start on a traditional dirt track after three races on synthetic surfaces and one on turf. With the victory, Animal Kingdom

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became the first Derby winner to have never previously raced on a dirt track. He also became the first horse since Exterminator in 1918 to win the Derby with only four previous starts and the first since Needles in 1956 to win the race after a six-week layoff. “I like to try to make history when I enter these big races, and I think we made a lot of history today,” said Team Valor chief executive Barry Irwin, whose Captain Bodgit finished second by a head to Silver Charm in the 1997 Derby. Team Valor bred Animal Kingdom out of its German Group 3 winner Dalicia (Germany), by Acatenango. The victory also was the first Derby triumph for Motion, who expected to come to Churchill Downs with two horses but lost one in the days leading up to the race when Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) winner Toby’s Corner was withdrawn on 3 May with a leg injury following a workout at Fair Hill Train-

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second aboard Invisible Ink behind Monarchos in 2001. “I was a little tight in the first turn and by the threeeighths pole, I was in a tight spot, but held my ground. Once I got him pulled out by the eighth pole, I knew he was gone.” Nehro charged home to take second, a neck in front of game third-place finisher Mucho Macho Man. Dialed In, the post-time favourite at odds of 5.2-to-1 under jockey Julien Leparoux, finished a non-threatening eighth after he was taken back to last early and had no pace to set up his closing kick. “He had a good trip,” Leparoux said. “It went the way we planned it in the back, but they didn’t back up to us today.” Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch suffered a non-life-threatening lateral condylar fracture in his left front leg, but walked from the track onto the ambulance on his own and should recover following surgery, said Larry Bramlage, a veterinary surgeon at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital and the veterinarian for the Derby. (The horse subsequently was retired on Sunday following successful surgery in Lexington, Kentucky.)  This issue’s racing column is by Steve Bailey, deputy news editor of US-based Thoroughbred Times, who is filling in for our racing writer Peter Ellis. Steve interviewed Peter at the Churchill Downs racecourse in Louisville, Kentucky, the day before the Derby. Peter tipped Dialed In. He returns to Australia on Thursday, flying via Japan.

Blues tackle unbeaten Geelong as Saints and Demons battle for respect Round 9 previews Friday 20 May Carlton v Geelong, Etihad Stadium 7.40pm And then there was one... Geelong is now the only undefeated team in the league. Despite the Magpies missing several of their premiership players, the Cats got the four points in the end. Carlton however will be every chance to keep up their great start to the season; there may be injury concerns over Edward Curnow and Chris Yarran so it will be interesting to see how the Blues can counter this. Another major injury concern is Geelong skipper Cameron Ling who damaged his shoulder last week. Geelong by 16 points. Saturday 21 May St Kilda v Melbourne, Etihad Stadium 2.10pm Another bad week for the Demons after they surrendered a decent first-quarter lead then failed to put up a fight as the Roos came storming home. Funnily enough, the exact same thing happened to St Kilda, except this time Hawthorn were the victors. Even though Stefan Martin held his own in the ruck, Melbourne is going to miss Mark Jamar over the next month. I think St Kilda can get the win here; the Dees have always struggled playing away from the MCG and they did push Carlton a fortnight ago. St Kilda by 18 points. Port Adelaide v Fremantle, AAMI Stadium 3.10pm Two losses in a row and the warning bells are

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ing Center in Maryland. That left Motion with Animal Kingdom, a colt he thought was very talented from the beginning, although he had not received the same recognition as Toby’s Corner. “I’ve always thought he was special,” Motion said. “When we used to gallop him in the morning with the stable’s star, [2010] Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G2) winner] Pluck, you could just tell this horse was special. I’m not really sure we had him characterised as our second-tier horse.” Irwin was emotional after the victory and talked about his decision to transfer all of his horses to Motion last winter. “I can’t believe it. I’m overwhelmed,” Irwin said. “I just was tired of other trainers lying to me and I wanted a guy who would tell me the truth.” Velazquez said both he and Animal Kingdom, who was sent off at odds of 20-to-1, were calm in the post parade and in the starting gate and quickly dropped back to 12th as Shackleford and jockey Jesus Castanon hustled to the front and took the 19-horse field through an easy half-mile in 48.63 and six furlongs in 1:13.40. Shackleford continued to set the pace into the stretch as Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up Nehro, a deep closer, and Animal Kingdom took aim at the leader. Driving down the centre of the track, Animal Kingdom surged ahead in the final sixteenth and drew off to a 2¾-length victory, covering 1¼ miles in 2:02.04 on a track rated as fast. “I had a really good trip,” said Velazquez, whose best career Derby finish in 13 previous attempts was a

ringing for Fremantle. You could’ve forgiven them for losing in Melbourne, but in the derby they had their chances and couldn’t get their hands on the ball. They need some more A-list midfielders so they can free Pavlich to go into the forward line. Mundy isn’t enough at the moment, especially with the absence of Michael Barlow. Port Adelaide however failed dismally in Sydney when they had the Swans where they wanted them early on. They were playing great football and just lost all momentum. Fremantle by 22 points.

the Pies lost their first game for the season in a tight one against Geelong. Unlike last year, the Pies have several injured premiership stars. Alan Toovey, Leigh Brown, Nick Maxwell and Ben Johnson all could possibly miss this game. The Crows have just come off an easy win against the Suns. The Magpies will have a task stopping Patrick Dangerfield after he dominated on the weekend and kicked six goals; maybe Harry O’Brien could run with him. Collingwood by 62 points.

Brisbane v North Melbourne, Gabba 7.10pm I think the ladder sums up Brisbane’s season -17th position on the ladder followed by countless disappointing losses including four at home. North Melbourne had a great come-from-behind win against the Demons. Daniel Wells has hit form and they look like taking it up to the Lions in Brisbane. Brisbane is due for a win and they haven’t lost to the Kangaroos at home since 2005, but North are on the up and the Lions are struggling. North Melbourne by 54 points.

Sydney v Hawthorn, SCG 2.10pm Both teams had good wins on the weekend, and both started slowly. The Hawks again failed to put in a four-quarter performance, which could be a liability come finals time. Also they will be without big men Stephen Gilham and David Hale, which could give the Swans an advantage. Jude Bolton for the Swans is getting better with age, after he tore up the track with 33 disposals. So this will be a tight game. Keep a leash on Franklin and you can beat Hawthorn, especially considering their recent form. Sydney by 2 points.

Richmond v Essendon, MCG 7.40pm Dreamtime at the ’G, and these old rivals will put on a show. Essendon continue to push aside the younger teams of the competition when they won easily against Brisbane. Richmond’s winning streak was finally ended by the Bulldogs in a shootout at Docklands. With an injury cloud over Jobe Watson, Essendon’s depth will be tested, but they’ve recovered from the loss of Dempsey and Winderlich well enough and now it’s time for them to crack the top two. Essendon by 31 points. Sunday 22 May Collingwood v Adelaide, Etihad Stadium 1.10pm The media debated if it was even possible but

West Coast v Western Bulldogs, Patersons Stadium 4.40pm The Eagles have the bragging rights in Perth at the moment and will be full of confidence when they face a reinvigorated Bulldogs. The Dogs showed us last weekend the type of games they’ve been playing over the last few years. Lindsay Gilbee played out of his skin in kicking six goals against the in-form Tigers. With players returning from injury, there’s plenty of upside for the Dogs. Going on last weekend’s game, I can’t see West Coast’s form dipping too soon; if Andrew Embley returns all the better for them. West Coast by 37 points

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World Environment Day, Sunday June 5th. The Sunshine Reserve and Fireguard Group in Mount Martha will be having their working bee from 9.30am to 12.30. Come and learn skills and make a difference to our environment. Meet at the Alexandrina St. fire access track, with long pants and sleeves, hat and sturdy boots. All welcome, morning tea supplied. Details, Gill 5974 1288 Rosebud Branch of National Seniors Australia will hold its AGM on Wednesday 13th July at Rosebud Library Community room, McDowell Street, Rosebud at 1.30pm. Zone Chair Peter Feeney will chair the election of incoming Committee. Members attendance is important to show your support for the Committee. Margot: 59812974.

Women’s Shed. meets Wednesdays from 9:45am till 11:30am. Mt Martha Uniting Church Hall, Bay Rd. Mt Martha. “Time out group for women of all ages”. A supportive environment for women of all ages and backgrounds Wednesday 25th May Guest Cook will be Michelle, Cooking Delicious “ Pumpkin Scones”. Cost of morning $5.00. For Further information Please Call Merrilyn 58744072.

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Rosebud Branch of National Seniors will hold its next meeting on Wednesday 8th June at Rosebud Library Community room, McDowell Street, Rosebud at 1.30pm. Guest speaker will be Sister Carmel McFaull Coordinator of Southern Peninsula Cancer support. Visitors are most welcome. Margot: 5981-2974

Southern Peninsula Family History Group will hold it’s monthly meeting on the May 26th. at 1.30pm. in the community room at Rosebud libary. The guest speaker will be Des Young. on Locating the First Settlement Graves. afternoon tea will be served. Entry by donation. The Research rooms are located in Rosebud Community Centre 111 Boneo Rd. Rosebud . The rooms are open Monday 1-3pm. Wednesday !0am-3pm. Saturday 1-3pm. Records on Births, Deaths, Marriages, Convicts, Mirgration and many others .No appointment necessary Enquiries phone 5986 5882. Mornington Peninsula Family History Society will meet on Saturday 4th June at 1.30pm in the Frankston South Recreation Centre, Towerhill Road Frankston Mel ref 102 D7.Subject “Researching Irish Family History”. Members $3.00 Visitors $5.00 Details ph 9785 6814 or www. mpfhs.org Arthritis Self-help Group meet the last Tuesday of the month in the Baptist Church Hall, Boneo Road, Rosebud, at 1:30pm.New members welcome. Contact Lorna 59822678.

Cancer Support Group meets every second Tuesday of the month. All welcome. Community Health. 185 High Street, Hastings, or ring 0419 020 543. Your event here? Email team@ mpnews.com.au to have your community group’s event listed in the ‘What’s On Around The Peninsula’ section’. ROSEBUD SENIOR CITIZENS have Bingo in their Club Rooms 121 Ninth Avenue, Rosebud, up the hill from the Commonwealth Bank & Vinnies, on Mondays, rain, hail or shine, commencing at 1.00p.m. Any residents 18 and over are welcome. The more patrons the better the prizes. Lunch is available at a reasonable price, afternoon tea free. Hope to see all Bingo fans soon, we will make you most welcome.

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Furniture for sale Sofa-bed in good condition $99 T.V unit $80 2 Wall units , $90 + $75 Call 0402 673 113 Tyabb Decking boards. Cypress 70 x 20mm. 105@ 2.7m. $1.55 per LinM. Excellent condition. Arthurs Seat. 0408 919 707. Phone 7 days. Support belts. Less than half price. New. Sizes medium and x-large. Thermoskin with trioxin. Adjustable. $30. Safety beach. 5987 1194.

General Goods Single Bed. Good condition. Good clean mattress. Solid light wood head and foot board. 2.1mx1.2m approx. Ideal for spare room, or for teenager or young adult. $50 Phone 0435 442291 Balnarring Deb/Wedding dress Size 8-10. Style niccolina, embroided top with scolloped chiffon overlay. Very elegant, warn once and drycleaned. Ex con - must see. Paid $695 will sell $300. Ph: 0407556204 after 6pm. White desk and hutch with two drawers 120x90 VGC $40. 3 sliding mirrored doors 235x110 $90. Flat screen wall bracket never used 76-140 $40. 59755364. Mornington.

Situations Vacant Property Manager Century 21 Hastings, the leaders in property management in the Western Port area, are seeking an agent’s representative with residential property management experience. A current, Victorian driver’s license and a reliable car are all essential. Familiarity with REST software package would be an advantage. The successful candidate will be a mature team player, with excellent communication and customer service skills, seeking a long term career in Property Management. Immediate start available. WE KNOW GOOD PEOPLE COST MONEY! Enquiries in the first instance to Abby Furniss – Senior Property Manager on 5979 3555 or abbyfurniss@century21. com.au Chef/cook required for cafe. Must have experience. Able to do all aspects of kitchen work including front of house. Start on one shift per week and cover holidays and sick days. Avaiable weekends. No evenings. Phone 5979 8129.

Business for Sale Navy bed settee. As new. Generous 2 seat length. Comfortable with two small matching cushions. $500 ono. Phone 59774562. Workbench, folding new B&D assembled for inspection. Adjustable. Ideal for limited space, home & hobby. $50. Safety beach. 5987 1194.

Hairdressing salon with spray tan room and beauty therapy room with all equipment. In busy High Street location in Hastings. Walk in and start work. Purchase at below set-up cost. $23,000. Phone: 0403 733 879

Public Notices The winners of the Mitre 10 21st birthday raffle were Trevor and Leslie of Spruce Drive, Hastings. Southern Peninsula News 17 May 2011

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