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Pier’s late opening IT might be a bit late, but the new concrete section of Flinders pier opened for business this week.

The $2.1 million project means that heavy vehicles servicing commercial fisheries and the pilot boat no longer need to use the ageing wooden pier.

First built in 1870, the wooden structure has received several refurbishments and a breakwater on its northern side was removed after being damaged by storms in 1998.

A favourite platform for squid fishers, the pier is also a popular destination for divers and seals who swim across from the more turbulent seas surrounding their Seal Rocks home off Phillip Island.

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Cheers, boos for brewery

By Mike Hast SHIRE councillors are being asked to approve a $6.8 million “microbrewery�, restaurant and function room complex on the historic Barragunda Estate at Cape Schanck.

Senior shire planner Sotirios Katakouzinos last night recommended the 11 councillors give the controversial project the go-ahead.

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The project – which also includes a shop selling produce grown on the property, a retail plant nursery and a caretaker’s house – is the brainchild of Colonial Leisure Group, a brewing and hospitality company based in WA and Victoria.

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Mr Katakouzinos’s report to the council states the Colonial Cape Schanck brewery does not conform to the definition of a micro-brewery, but it should be approved.

Cathy Nuttman, of Friends of Cape Schanck and a lawyer, said the report to the council stated the proposal was an industrial and commercial enterprise. “How is this compatible with the green wedge zone?�

She said key concerns included:

There had been inadequate consultation with neighbours.

The entrance to the brewery had not been resolved and neighbours were worried about extra traffic, including late at night. The entrance should be off Boneo Rd, well away from the Cape Schanck Rd residential area.

The shire had not heard from the National Trust and the EPA on critical parts of the proposal.

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Pier opens for business

By Keith Platt THE concrete section of Flinders pier is now open for business, providing new access for commercial activities.

The pier has a 10-tonne load limit for trucks collecting mussels and delivering fuel, although the pilot boat is expected to continue refuelling from a trailer.

Money to revamp the pier was set aside by the state government in 2006 and the original finish date was March this year.

The existing 325-metre long wooden pier will continue to be open to the public, although it is unsafe for vehicles.

Although, unwilling to be quoted, commercial users have told The News they believe the new concrete section should have been made longer and wider.

Tides at Flinders combined with wave action can see water levels at the pier varying by nearly four metres, which could mean that some boats cannot be brought alongside on all tides. “The contractors are nearly finished and say they were only following plans but it appears a commercial pier has been built that has limited commercial use and serious reservations for the intended users who it was meant to help,� one source told The News a week before the opening.

The source also said the small number of commercial users of the pier were “quite happy� having so much money spent for their benefit but felt their complaints “are falling on deaf ears�. “The problem is in the way the new pier has been built. Loading and unloading mussels can’t be done safely and the new section is about 20 feet [6 metres] too short to get the pilot boat in and out on all tides.�

The master plan for the redevelopment of the pier was prepared and adopted by Parks Victoria and Mornington Peninsula Shire in August 2008.

It said the $2 million budget in-

cluded a contingency of 40 per cent and recommended $600,000 be spent on design plans, investigating the construction, and its effects of the environment.

The master plan said the pier was “currently utilised for promenading, recreational fishing, diving, and swimming and also serves as a base for commercial aquaculture and fishing activities�. “Due to the range of different users of the pier there is often conflict in the use of the pier, primarily between the commercial and recreational purposes. “Due to the structural condition of the pier, a load limit restriction of six tonnes has been placed on the pier and vehicle access restricted beyond the halfway point of the pier.�

The plan said “budget constraintsâ€? meant “it may not be possible to redevelop a pier which is the length, width and size the community prefersâ€? but would “improve safety, improve accessibility for vehicles and pedestrians and minimise conflicts between recreational usersâ€?. “The length of the pier will be retained at its current length of 325 metres. The pier will be widened by approximately 2.25 metres up to the central service landing area‌ This allows for a two-metre wide timber pedestrian promenade and a separated 3.2m wide concrete deck vehicle lane.â€?

Pier views: Right, The new concrete and steel section of Flinders pier contrasts with the time-worn timber section; top right, the pilot boat has a permanent mooring near the pier; centre, the Building Better Piers sign says the project would be completed by March; top left, a seal checks out the changes.

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Indigenous art on show at Coolart AN indigenous art show assembled

by Mornington Peninsula art curators and writers Susan McCulloch and her daughter Emily McCulloch Childs opens at Coolart Homestead in Somers on Melbourne Cup weekend.

The pair travelled to Central Australia, the Top End and Queensland to select more than 80 indigenous paintings, sculptures, ochres, jewellery and fabrics for the exhibition, “Living the Land�.

Their inaugural show at Coolart last year attracted more than 800 people, with many also attending talks given by the McCullochs.

Susan is the daughter of Alan McCulloch, one of Australia’s foremost art critics, and Emily is his granddaughter.

Mr McCulloch – also an art historian, gallery director and painter – is best known as the author of The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, first published in 1968.

It started as a scrapbook of cuttings kept since the 1940s and is the main reference work for collectors, dealers, critics and historians of Australian art.

Susan worked with her father on later editions of the Encyclopedia, and was joined by her daughter in 2003.

The McCullochs operate an art company that publishes books and organises exhibitions.

Their McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide

(1999, 2001 and 2008) has become a classic reference work on indigenous art.

Susan McCulloch said they had designed the exhibition especially for Coolart. “It will demonstrate indigenous care of the land through art and celebrate the significance of the Parks Victoria property as a native bird sanctuary and flora and fauna reserve,� she said. “It’s wonderful to be able to present an event of such great cross-cultural benefit for the peninsula.�

The pair curate about eight exhibitions in Australia and overseas each year. Susan is curating an exhibition in Singapore before the Coolart event. “We have worked closely with indigenous arts centres and artists’ representatives for many decades and have chosen works from the most famous to rising stars of indigenous art for the Coolart show,� she said. “Highlights include elegant Mimih Spirit sculptures from Arnhem Land; vibrant canvases from the painters of the APY lands, whose works featured in ‘Desert Country’, recently at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery; brilliantly hued works from Utopia and the western deserts; striking ochres by Kimberley artists; lyrical works by leading Queensland artists; and a variety of smaller items.�

Featured also is the work of Baluk Arts, a collective of indigenous artists

from the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston.

The McCullochs will give two talks about indigenous art at Coolart. “Living the Land� is at Coolart Homestead, Lord Somers Rd, Somers, from Saturday 29 October to Tuesday 8 November, 10am-5pm. Opening is at 2.30pm on Saturday. Curators’ floor talk 3pm Sunday 29 October (free) and illustrated lecture “History and Rise of Indigenous Art� 3pm Saturday 5 November ($15) in the Coolart lecture theatre.

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The hunter: One of the works to be exhibited at Coolart – Linda Syddick Napaltjarri, artist’s father (Renti) with spears, Western Desert 2011. Courtesy Alpitye Studio.

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Groups rally to save wetlands

By Mike Hast THE failed attempt by Community Villages Australia to win planning tribunal approval to fill a section of Tootgarook Wetlands for retirement units has inspired environment groups to organise a public meeting.

CVA, owner of the Village Glen retirement complex in Rosebud West, asked the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to allow it to bring in about 27,000 cubic metres of earth excavated from Balaka St – where CVA is building a nursing home – to 9 St Elmos Close.

Due to a planning anomally, 9 St Elmos Close is an “island” of residential land in the middle of the Mornington Peninsula Shire-owned Sanctuary Park Bushland Reserve, part of the larger wetlands.

The 2.7-hectare site is slated to contain 36 units worth about $20 million and is stage six of Village Glen, started in 1980 and now home to about 900 people.

Community Villages Australia is a company owned by Mt Eliza millionaire Charles Jacobsen and his family.

The meeting at 2pm on Sunday 23 October in Rosebud West Community Hall, 20 Eliza St, is designed to garner support to better protect the wetlands from development, coorganiser Andrew Raff said.

Mr Raff, of St Andrews Habitat Improvement Preservation and Protection Society, said the wetlands should have permanent protection.

“All future development that encroaches into these wetlands should

permanently cease,” he said.

He said the Department of Sustainability and Environment had identified the wetlands as being of international significance.

“There are many rare, threatened, endangered and critically endangered species that inhabit these wetlands permanently, and there are many that utilise the wetlands as a migratory stop over.

“It is highly probable that many species that have not been identified within the wetlands as there appears to be little serious research undertaken.”

Mr Raff said he hoped all peninsula all environment groups would attend.

“We should be protecting and preserving what little remains of our natural environment, especially this only remaining wetland on the southern peninsula.”

A spokesman for Peninsula Speaks said the next “pressure point is coming up soon with the auction of another wetland block with permits for a 41-unit development at 85 Elizabeth Ave, in a little over a month”.

“This is remnant swampland with standing water, wetland vegetation and rare fauna species including swamp skinks and the federally protected Australasian bittern.

“The greater swamp has eight bioregionally or state endangered vegetation types and eight JAMBA and/ or CAMBA listed bird species.”

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Birds of a feather: New development pressure on Tootgarook Wetlands, home to rare, endangered and common birds such as the egrets, above, has inspired groups to seek greater protection of the last major wetlands on the southern peninsula.

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No friendly shouts for cape brewery Continued from Page 1 A response had not been received from Parks Victoria, which controls the adjoining national park, or the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority.

There was doubt about how much barley and hops could be grown on the property with one of the shire’s conditions being that “no hops, other than hops grown on the land, shall be used in the brewing of beer on the land … unless with the permission of the [shire]”.

There was no plan for storage of hops and insufficient detail about the source of water for brewing.

The complex would be on sensitive coastal land beside a national park, with flora and fauna implications governed by federal law.

Mr Katakouzinos stated Colonial Cape Schanck wanted to produce up to four brews a week, which equated to 3500 litres per brew or 250 kegs per week, about 13,000 kegs a year. Colonial would produce 728,000 litres a year.

He said the restaurant and function centre would have a joint maximum capacity of 150 patrons at any one time.

The restaurant and function centre would be open till 6pm on Mondays, 10pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sundays, and 11pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.

Produce and plant sales would be

from 10am-4pm seven days a week.

The brewery was 740 metres minimum from the nearest house.

Colonial’s proposal states the combined brewery, restaurant and function room building would use timber from a 1900s industrial pier in Sydney as well as concrete, stone and a copper roof.

“The aim is for the building to look even more beautiful in 20 years’ time, ageing gracefully in the landscape.”

Double glazing along the south and the acoustic treatment of the building would ensure noise did not escape and annoy neighbours.

Cathy Nuttman said the area was so quiet you could the lowing of one cow at night.

“We’ve only lived here for a year after escaping the noise and smell of inner city Abbotsford,” she said.

“We love the sound of the ocean crashing, the birds singing; until recently, I enjoyed hearing the lowing of cattle from the Barragunda Estate: now it fills my heart with dread.

“If I can hear one lone cow from the estate then surely the still Cape Schanck air will carry a host of unwanted noises to our homes: noises associated with brewing and machinery; from rowdy patrons and background music in the beer garden; and, most disturbingly, from the endless stream of industrial, commercial and private vehicles to and from the venue – straight past our property.”

Loud and clear as RPP turns on

RADIO Port Phillip broadcast the first show from its new studios in Mornington on Monday morning at 9am sharp – and loud and clear.

Ellice Viggers, the host of Mersey View and RPP-FM committee secretary, spoke the first words (and played the first song – Tina Turner singing Simply the Best) from Studio 1 in the renovated former science wing of Mornington Secondary College.

She was watched by former station

manager Maria McColl and Rotary stalwart and renovation boss Dick Cox (pictured) of Somerville Tyabb Rotary Club.

Capturing the moment for posterity was Alison Kuiter (right), who also presents a show on the station and was part of the “future” team that created the first plans for the new station complex.

Back at the old studios were station manager Brendon Telfer, a former ABC Sport producer, and Andrew

“The Sheriff” Hudson, hosting the last show from Moorooduc Coolstores, Breakfast Country Magic.

The creation of RPP-FM’s new home was a joint venture between Mornington Peninsula Shire, a cluster of peninsula Rotary clubs, the radio station and a host of businesses and individuals who gave time, money and goods to create what Mr Telfer said was a “national quality broadcast facility”.

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By Keith Platt THE type of bright lights usually associated with big cities and inner city freeways are now illuminating a large expanse of land around The Briars Park in Mt Martha.

The overhead lights that burn all night were installed along with traffic signals earlier this year on Nepean Hwy near the entrance to Balcombe Grammar School.

VicRoads has told Mornington MP David Morris that the 24 lights are â&#x20AC;&#x153;in accordance with the relevant Australian Standards â&#x20AC;Ś to ensure the safety of traffic using this intersectionâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The traffic lights are in use at all times, including outside school hours, and it is therefore necessary for the street lights to remain on at night to meet appropriate safety standards,â&#x20AC;? acting chief operating officer David Shelton stated in a letter to Mr Morris.

Other intersections, which are far busier at night, appear to fall outside the regulations.

Travelling along the highway towards Balcombe Hill from Mornington, the traffic signals at Craigie Rd have six overhead lights.

A few hundred metres further on, the Helena St intersection has one light; Uralla Rd has two; and the entrance to Forest Dve and Fairbairn Ave at the top of the hill has four lights.

On Tuesday the traffic lights were not used in the 40 minutes The News spent outside the school (9.20pm to 10pm).

Ann Scally, who lives on a nearby rural property, said the number of overhead lights was unnecessary and wasted power.

In June she told The News that the street lights outside the grammar school were â&#x20AC;&#x153;burning fossil fuel hour after hour for no logical reasonâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outside school hours, including school holidays, there is no one crossing the road so they should turn off all the lights.â&#x20AC;?

Ms Scally said Flinders MP Greg Hunt, who is the Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;finding out why the lights are on when there are no students at the schoolâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all value the rural environment. It provides the green wedge, sense of space, serenity and important habitat,â&#x20AC;? Ms Scally said.

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By Jason Richardson COMMERCIAL real estate agent Kevin Wright is off to promote some Mornington Peninsula businesses on the international market.

As the sole Australian representative invited to next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luxury Property Show in England, Mr Wright will also have details of a few interstate properties.

The two-day show to exhibit luxurious properties from around the world starts 1 November at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, on the banks of the River Thames.

The 60 companies invited to the show include Trump International,

Ritz-Carlton Properties, Christies International Real Estate, International Residences of Russia and others from Europe, the Caribbean and South Africa.

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Kevin Wright Real Estate is the only agent at the show who can promote commercial businesses.

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which previously failed to sell at auction with a reserve believed to be just over $7 million.

Mr Wright is also exhibiting a six-bedroom â&#x20AC;&#x153;mansionâ&#x20AC;? at 339 the Esplanade, Mt Martha, for $4.7-$5 million.

He plans to take kits to the show prepared by lawyer Mark Featherby so that international buyers can learn about buying a business in Australia and fast-tracking visa applications. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being the sole exhibitor of commercial freeholds and businesses for sale will give us a real point of difference to others exhibitors,â&#x20AC;? Mr Wright said.

In a rare spirit of cooperation, several other Australian real estate agencies have given Mr Wright details of properties from around the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had approaches from Perth, Queensland and several large Melbourne firms to showcase their properties and we have been granted sole rights to Fijian properties, which include two island resorts,â&#x20AC;?

Mr Wright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If other real estate agencies would like us to take any suitable properties we are more than happy to work on a conjunctional basis and give them exposure like never before.â&#x20AC;?

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VCAT OK for winery to serve up to 190

By David Harrison CORKS will be popping at the two T’Gallant restaurants in Main Ridge after Victoria’s planning tribunal approved an application for up to 190 patrons on the land at any one time – up from 60.

The tribunal also approved an increase in car parking from 41 to “at least” 117.

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal described the 190-patron proposal as “far more modest” than its previous application to expand to 274 patrons.

In fact, the patron number that VCAT deputy president Helen Gibson and tribunal member Bill Sibonis have approved is a shade under 70 per cent of the proposed 274 patrons.

It is also 40 more than allowed at any proposed new restaurant, which can only be established on land of 40 hectares or more, and can have a maximum of 150 patrons.

Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors unanimously rejected both T’Gallant applications to expand.

T’Gallant comprises two restaurants – La Baracca and Spuntino – and a private dining room.

The property, now owned by Treasury Wine Estates Limited following the Foster’s Group decision to split its beer and wine operations, is able to have 190 patrons on its

15.8 hectares. This is because its restaurant was established before the green wedge laws were enacted and has existing use rights that have been more than trebled by the VCAT ruling.

Community groups Manton and Stony Creeks Landcare Group and Red Hill Community Action expressed concern and alarm at the precedent VCAT has set for future intrusion of business into green wedge zones.

The concern comes following VCAT’s arguments that: The “scale and intensity” of the proposal “are acceptable” and will result in considerable improvements to the current operations.

While the shire and community groups both alleged permit condition breaches, “there have been no enforcement proceedings initiated by the council”. (T’Gallant was fined $1145 for breaches in November 2008, but the shire has not collected the fine.)

“We are dealing with an established, very popular restaurant that has been trading at current levels for some time ... [shire arguments] fail to give appropriate weight to the recreation and employment benefits of the restaurant and wine tasting uses on the land ...”

The fact that wine is no longer made at the property does not remove the essential association be-

tween restaurant use and agricultural use of the land: “We accept that moving winemaking off the site is part of the applicant’s business model.”

“We consider it unrealistic to suggest that only wines made by [sic] grapes grown on the site should be marketed or served from the premises. The business of T’Gallant has grown beyond that. We do not believe it should be penalised because of its success ...”

“Our conclusion is that the increase in patron numbers and the other changes proposed will not conflict with the policy and principles underlying the Green Wedge provisions in the planning scheme.”

A spokesman for Red Hill Community Action said some of the reasons the VCAT had put forward to approve T’Gallant’s application “leave me open-mouthed with astonishment”.

“They are effectively opening the door for businesses to seek out small existing-use rights restaurants and other such businesses in the green wedge and then getting VCAT’s tick to quadruple, quintuple their size,” he said.

“It could be disastrous for the green wedge zones around Melbourne – not only on the Mornington Peninsula.

“And it fits perfectly with the state government’s declared intention to

exploit GW zones for tourism and business.”

Manton and Stony Creeks Landcare Group spokesman David Maddocks said it appeared the VCAT accepted that being an “established” and “very popular” business – even if there were queries over adherence to permit conditions – were valid reasons for approval of applications.

“This decision has severely weakened the notion that restaurants associated with grape growing are established to showcase the wine made on the property,” he said.

“VCAT has said that ‘no alcoholic beverage other than wine predominantly of the T’Gallant label’ can be sold to cellar door customers. This in effect means that the premises becomes a bottleshop for the entire T’Gallant range, most of which comes from grapes grown across southeast Australia.

“It opens the possibility of large wine companies setting up bottleshops with a restaurant and a few vines attached. It could put existing operations out of business.”

Mr Maddocks queried the need for “at least” 117 car parking spaces.

“That number of car parks will enable a continuation of crowds over 300 at the property, which have been common in the past,” he said.

“It is surprising the shire did not seek a car park size that reflected the proposed patron number.”

Wetland pest campaign A CAMPAIGN has been launched to eradicate pest animals and weeds infesting the Mornington Peninsula’s internationally recognised wetlands.

Work to protect the environment is part of a three-year program to help preserve 5300 hectares of Ramsar wetlands around Western Port and the western shoreline of Port Phillip.

“These wetlands are locally significant but have also been identified as globally significant under the Ramsar convention,” Kacie Melfi, environmental projects coordinator at the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority, said.

“Keeping these wetlands in pristine condition is critical for a thriving ecosystem that is a great place to visit and to ensure we protect the birds, animals and plants that depend on them for survival.”

In the line of fire are foxes, feral cats, rabbits and black rats – the most common threats to na-

tive species and migratory birds in and around the wetlands.

The program is designed to protect such native animal species as southern brown bandicoots and ground-nesting red-capped plovers.

Organisations involved include Mornington Peninsula Shire, Parks Victoria, Phillip Island Nature Park, City of Casey, Western Port Biosphere Reserve, Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority as well as commercial and private landowners.

Activities on the peninsula have included feral animal management and environmental weed control works at Yaringa foreshore reserve and the Bittern wetlands, as well as installing fences and gates to protect the saltmarsh on Hastings foreshore.

The program is being paid for by the federal government’s Caring for Our Country program and grants from other organisations.

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FEATURE

Come in spinner, but The Thoughts of David Gibb WE don’t have party politics in this shire. I am aware of some municipalities up in Melbourne where they’re all card-carrying members of a party, albeit different factions of a party. It’s a very unhealthy situation in my opinion.

Nine councillors worked well in the shire. No one complained about lack of access to the councillor. Lack of access to councillors is a furphy.

Two more councillors have provided no better value for the ratepayers.

If you could think of a boardroom table with 11 around it, where everyone wants to have a chatter, it takes longer to come to consensus. We have to go to that extra layer of work (committees) to get around the problem of a dysfunctional 11 – an excessive number.

In Macedon Ranges Shire you’ve [the VEC] deemed it appropriate that there be only 3700 ratepayers per councillor so I can’t see the rhyme or reason as to how you’ve just defaulted to 11 for the Mornington Peninsula when on that logic of 3700 you’d allocate 39 councillors to MP to give us 3700 ratepayers per councillor.

The silent majority is comfortable with the status quo ... you tend to get only a few activists in the community who will make a

submission. I’d say to you that 78 out of 140,000 people is a darned good referendum to say that the population is very happy with the shire and the electoral system we’ve got.

In terms of uncontested wards, it shouldn’t be assumed that this is symptomatic of a malaise or a problem. In fact it indicates a satisfaction and trust in the performance of the council and the councillors.

I genuinely receive comments from residents who say “Don’t ask me about it – do it. We trust you. If you think it’s the right thing, and the council thinks it’s the right thing, proceed with it”.

The level of goodwill and harmony and satisfaction with community is extraordinarily high, contrary to the grumbles you will hear from a handful of people here tonight.

In my opinion there’s a great diversity with the current council. You have, for example, both genders represented. You have a range of socio-economic classes represented. You have retirees, you have ... in the past you’ve had unemployed councillors, you’ve got self-employed, you’ve got employees, you’ve got a range of ages. So I would say that in fact you’ve got quite a degree of diversity in the shire [council].

I’m independent, says councillor’s partner PIERRE Uri told the VEC forum he did not “belong or represent any organisation or special interest group. Basically I am here representing myself, my own personal views and opinions. I am not politically minded”.

“I want to share a few opinions, make a few comments based on my own observation and based on my past life experience,” he said.

Mr Uri, partner of Cr Antonella Celi, suggested that perhaps voters in the six uncontested wards in 2008 were happy with their councillor. He asked how one could distinguish between three single-ward councillors and three councillors from a multi-member ward.

He read from a prepared statement: “Can anyone here tonight see a single problem with singlecouncillor wards? With no disrespect to our councillors, I can see multiple problems to multicouncillor wards.”

Solo councillors could provide: More effective service to their constituents.

Were better positioned to

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provide equitable and just representation.

Could offer more meaningful collaboration and mediation between community members and local government.

Were more able to give personalised accountability and responsiveness to their community members.

“Victoria utilises the principle of [the VEC’s] Option A structure to elect our state premier.

Also, Australia utilises the principle of Option A structure to elect our prime minister,” Mr Uri said.

“Can you imagine a multipremier state or even a multiprime minister nation? Just think – Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Bob Brown as multi-prime ministers.

“I’m confident that the VEC review panel’s final report recommended to the minister of local government will ultimately prove that Option A is the best option for our diverse and thriving community and be conducive to an equitable and democratic outcome for the Mornington Peninsula.”

Southern Peninsula News 18 October 2011

By David Harrison IT was a memorable clash. Irresistible spin met immovable bureaucrat when Michael Kennedy tackled Victoria’s electoral commissioner Steve Tully, the former with an opening pirouette reminiscent of Nureyev; the latter composed, watchful and not about to chase one outside the off stump.

The event was final public submissions on the VEC’s review of the shire’s voting system held at the Rosebud council chamber, Dr Kennedy’s home ground, on Wednesday 12 October.

Dr Kennedy, self-described “principal servant” of the shire, entered stage right – a trifle late, adding drama to the appearance – with a confidently executed grand jeté.

He was, he told Mr Tully, a local government practitioner, a doctoral researcher and a peninsula resident. He clearly felt no need to explain why, as CEO with (one might assume) some responsibility to stand disinterestedly above vulgar politics, that he felt the shire should take a vigorous partisan stance, and back it with ratepayers’ cash.

Then came the blinding opening pirouette. Have a listen: “We do good policy work, we’re efficient and effective, we lead on sustainability and a number of other things, we have no infrastructure renewal gap, we deliver a high level of services, we are financially strong, and this shire’s rates are among the lowest in Victoria,” Dr Kennedy said.

“That’s because our model works. And all those things are evidence: they’re not my assertions.”

By “model” he meant single-member wards. Multi-member wards, favoured by a clear and substantial majority of submitters to the electoral review, including this writer, would be “impossible”.

Multi-member wards had been tried by the shire and found wanting, despite being favoured by most Victorian councils, he said. “It was stressful, it was clumsy, it was costly and it was unresponsive.

That’s why the council changed it.”

By contrast, Dr Kennedy said, a sole councillor is someone who knows their particular community, their particular club, their needs, their priorities. Someone who is easily contactable and will respond quickly and involve council officers quickly to address whatever the issue is.

A problem means a meeting, a phone call, a referral, a solution. Job done.

“How does that work with three councillors jointly responsible for a ward that stretches from Mt Eliza to Mornington East, Mornington to Mt Martha, from Mt Martha, Safety Beach, Dromana, McCrae, Rosebud, Rosebud West and Tootgarook, which are remarkably different places? The answer is, it doesn’t,” he declared.

“While council can’t please absolutely everyone they do in fact please the majority of people. Look at the record.

“Our councillors keep getting reelected. And re-elected. And re-elected.

Our shire performance is there for all to see. It’s what 150,000 or 200,000 people think, not what 10 or 12 think that matters. Look at the record.” (The shire’s permanent population is about 148,000.)

Then, with slow and solemn emphasis: “Our model of single-member wards works.”

He had, Dr Kennedy told Mr Tully, “attended many, many local ward meetings with each councillor in their patch, seeing how different those communities are, seeing how well those councillors

Shire CEO Michael Kennedy.

connect with their particular local community of which they are a part, and having seen how that helps us keep local government ‘local’ in a very large, very diverse municipality. I am in no doubt that the VEC recommendation (its preferred option is to retain the status quo) is correct.”

The Kennedy virtuoso solo over, Mr Tully began his questions. They have been edited, because both men had a tendency to be long-winded.

Tully: “Do you make any concession that under a different system of election that that arrangement might be different? When it’s winner take all and immediately you’ve got a bloc because they’re all of the same mind ... under proportional representation (PR, the Senate system, used in voting for multimember elections) that’s very unlikely if not impossible for a group of two or more to be elected of the same mind.”

Kennedy: It depends on the individuals. I can name municipalities around Melbourne [where] there’s five there, there’s five there, the mayor’s there, and guess what? The six carries everything. ... If they are of a mind to play that game – which does not get played here – it has portents of disaster. What it does is it engineers conflict potentially into the system: what our model does, it engineers conflict out of the system.

T: I’m interested in your notion that conflict is bad ...

K: (Interjects) Too much conflict is bad.

T: ... and I would have thought that good robust debate from different points of view is good ...

K: (Interjects) It is.

T: ... and that conflict can be productive.

K: Yes, but ... but ... we ... again, I don’t want to become doctoral ... a level of tension and, quite frankly, we have that all the time, and diversity of opinion and all those things is absolutely fantastic.

Then, another classic Dr Kennedy explanation: “But if part of the process of being an elected representative is ... the aim is to be re-elected then there’s the issue of who does the work, who is seen to do the work, and how many votes do I need to get, and you’re saying, well, we’ll all compete with each other and then when the election is over and someone is a winner then we’ll all be good friends and then we are now

one year from an election so councillors are looking forward and saying right, there’s four of us in this great big ward and I want to make sure I win. Is that something that’s going to facilitate and encourage cooperation? I don’t think so. So there is what’s called a functional level of conflict. My concern is a dysfunctional level of conflict.”

T: People [argue] that what’s good for state and federal is good for local. I reject that there’s any real comparison you can make.

K: I agree with you.

T: Federal and state have got builtin opposition. But in local government everyone needs to work to the common goal ...

K: (Interjects) Indeed.

T: ... so ...

K: (Interjects) I agree with you wholeheartedly on that.

T: ... umm, that’s good ... umm, so there is a different structural issue ... the thing that I have to say weighs heavily on my mind [is that] the council, in 12 years’ time, will be judged on what we’ve done and whether it would have been done differently. What worries me in all of these is that we get one crack at it in 12 years. If our colleagues tonight will say we’ve got some major problems with the environment, we’ve got some major problems with transport, we’ve got major problems in other areas, that need a different approach and that our structure of single-member wards is a direct impediment for dealing with those wider issues ... and our friend who says Hastings could be the new Port of Melbourne – and that’s not the first time I’ve heard that – how does the council – how do the people in the council’s area get the best representation they can to deal with such a massive change?

Dr Kennedy then began outlining the shire’s successes in public transport. He was interrupted.

T: No, no, I’m not asking you to defend ...

K: (Resumes public transport argument, then adds:) The assertions of others should be held up to the light to be tested because, with respect, they will not withstand that scrutiny.

T: Mmm. I’m a bit more troubled than that because hindsight is the only way they’ll be truly assessed ...

K: And ...

T: ... and people will look back and say ‘Look at what’s happened, how did

watch the cover drive this occur, what structures were in place to stop this happening that didn’t work?’

K: Well, again, if you wanted to talk about the port, the council has had ...

T: No, I ...

K: ... a strong, a clear position...

T: ... Mmm ...

K: ... over a period of time with regard to the development of a port and it is my expectation that we will have the opportunity to contribute positively to the development of that port ... and that’s because we have a sound track record on sustainability.

Mr Tully then moved on to the crucial matter of uncontested wards.

T: It troubles me, the lack of contests in a number of wards. I don’t think you can dress it up in any other way [except] to say it’s a problem. People aren’t getting to make a choice. I think there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that single-member wards will bring out to a multiplier factor of 10 the problem of nocontests.

K: And my ...

T: ... and that really worries me.

K: Without having time to reflect on it my proposition would be that somebody considering running for a particular ward has a look at the record of the person who’s there, what they’ve done and see if they’re going to be able to knock [them] off: that’s because they’re doing well, not because they’re doing badly.

Now, a council would be keen to encourage more people to stand ... I would love it if the next time there’s an election I’ve got 10 people running against me. That’s great. But I struggle to see ... if you bear in mind that you’re going to create a ward that covers four of our current wards, the time, effort and cost of running for that ward is going to be absolutely immense; and the notion that you’re going to have a well-informed public, the notion that people covering – I won’t name all those localities again – are going to be well informed ... they’re going to have 150 words and a picture ... are they going to have much else?

I seriously doubt it. And the cost of running will be four

times as great. Does that facilitate the ordinary person running for council? No it doesn’t. Our model does because ...

T: (Interrupts) I’m not sure that the facts support that argument. I just pulled out some figures before we came. At the last election there were 164 singlemember electorates throughout Victoria. Forty-five of them, or 27.4 per cent, were uncontested.

K: (Indistinct interjection) T: You [the shire] were a heavy contributor to that. [Six of the 11 shire wards were uncontested in 2008.] But in terms of multi-member wards there were 458 vacancies. Only 11 were not contested. So in comparing single-member electorates uncontested throughout Victoria, nearly a quarter – nearly a third – whereas multi-member is only 2.5 per cent.

K: I’m struggling a bit with the relative importance of ...

T: Well ...

K: ... the council meeting its ...

T: ... well, that’s probably why we’re struggling ...

K: (Indistinct interjection) T: ... because I’m on about fair and equitable representation and I wouldn’t want to mount an argument that it’s good democracy to have 27 per cent of single-member wards in Victoria uncontested. I think it’s a sad reflection.

K: That might be so, but again, what is the purpose of an electoral system? The purpose of an electoral system is to run an election, and if people get elected to deliver on issues, what I’m saying, using the hindsight argument, if you look at this council’s record over the time period when we went to single-councillor wards ... its track record on everything that is examinable is outstanding.

T: I have to look at fair and equitable representation and what I’m suggesting to you is that that’s a criterion we have to take into consideration and that when people don’t have the choice through not standing themselves, or whatever reasons [there may be] there is something that needs addressing. And you don’t agree.

K: I’m sure that if some of those councils performed less well you’ve solved your prob-

VEC Electoral Commissioner Steve Tully.

lem. Would that be a good thing?

I don’t think so. That’s my opinion.

T: Well, OK ...

K: ... and that’s not an academic perspective, that’s a practitioner’s perspective after 18 years in local government. I’d rather work with a council that’s delivering for its community and, given another 20 minutes, I could recite all the ...

T: No, no, no. Again, it’s not our business to judge how well the council is going. Our sole criterion, or driving criterion, is fair and equitable representation. And I think, coming back to what is my issue, as a practitioner of democracy, is the key factor in democracy is choice, and when you haven’t got choice I start to struggle with whether you’ve got a true ...

K: People can more easily stand, and more easily be elected...

T: The stats don’t prove that: they don’t back your argument.

Anyone can...

K: I’m sure councils can address [indistinct] the fact of the matter is that if I want to run for one of our single-member wards I can more easily do that than I can mount a campaign when...

Interjector: Is this a debate?

We weren’t supposed to debate tonight.

T: No, no. I’m trying to tease out the question. A key question is fair and equitable representation. We have a man who has a doctorate in this type of study: not all of us have. I wanted to test my fundamental concern that when you get six – when there is no choice for the great majority of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council – I think that’s an issue.

K: (Indistinct comment) T: You may not [agree with me] ...

K: ... and so the assertion that is made is not correct. It’s not the case that the majority of our people don’t have a choice.

T: How many [councillors] were elected unopposed?

K: I don’t know...

T: Six. Interjectors: Six, six out of 11.

One interjector: It’s actually a majority, Michael.

Another interjector (indignantly): Excuse me!

T: That’s right. And I’m asking you, that’s why. Because I think ... And you’re saying it’s because the quality of the people is the ... and it’s [indistinct] I have to take that into account. I would rather ask you than make assumptions myself. And I’d like to test that with you.

K: Can you remember this, Noel? (Shire governance manager Noel Buck makes an indistinct reply.)

T: All right, I’m sorry, it’s not meant to be ... it’s airing of something – of two things – that troubled me. I would rather put them to you and have them tested than just make my assumptions.

K: Thank you very much.

T: Thank you.

Shire might not be broken, but it needs fixing, says long-time critic LONG-time council watcher Roger Lambert likened Mornington Peninsula Shire to an old and inefficient gas-fired boiler: proponents of retaining the current 11 single-member wards were arguing that it still works, it ain’t broke, so there’s no need to fix it.

“Taking the gas boiler as the shire council and the cost of running it as shire rates, we have a direct comparison with an old-model council being run at high cost to ratepayers, with councillors, officers and their financially dependent affiliates saying they don’t want change,” he said.

But change was essential to ensure that the shire could deal with three vital challenges in particular: The proposed development of the Port of Hastings.

The commissioning of Peninsula Link freeway.

A forecast increase of 10,000 in the aged population by 2016.

“The Port of Hastings is a community of interest in itself,” he said, referring to arguments other submitters had put to leave the current electoral system largely untouched so as to maintain “communities of interest”.

The VEC’s preferred Option A – preserve 11 single-member wards – “doesn’t satisfy the main community of interest – namely the ratepayers,” he said.

He pointed out that electoral reviews held elsewhere in Victoria had prompted few submissions. Seven of them had received less than 10 submissions each, with the greatest number being 23.

By contrast, more than 70 submissions were received by the Mornington Peninsula Shire review, showing “a healthy concern” about the shire’s electoral process.

Mr Lambert said concern had been growing in the community since the 2008 council poll, when six of the 11 wards – a majority – had been uncontested. The entire state had had only 46 uncontested wards at the 2008 elections.

“Fifty-five per cent of Mornington [Peninsula] ratepayers were disenfranchised in 2008 – wiped off,” he said.

“And for someone to suggest [as an earlier submitter had] that that was because they were happy with their councillors ... well, I nearly boiled over at that point.”

In the Frankston Council electoral review, only one of the 20 responses to the preliminary report had mentioned returning to single-member wards.

Mr Lambert said the current singlemember system “discourages people from

offering themselves as candidates”.

The main factor was the prevalence of the donkey vote. His scrutineers had reported this was as high as 25-30 per cent on both occasions he stood for council.

“It’s a tremendous hurdle for candidates to overcome using the preferential system of voting in single-councillor wards,” he said.

“I have not yet researched to discover how many successful candidates in past elections did not also have the most primary votes, but I suspect I already know the answer. This research could well earn a doctorate, I would think.”

Preferential voting “may technically work but is inefficient and unsatisfactory, just like my gas boiler,” he said.

Proportional representation (PR) would partially overcome the donkey vote as “it works on a quota system, and distribution of surplus votes [is] only undertaken when the quotas aren’t met to elect the required number of candidates”.

PR would attract prospective councillors with a wider range of expertise, he said, which would greatly benefit the community.

Referring to the single-member system, Mr Lambert said: “Disconnection of ratepayers from local government has become entrenched. Community consultations – when they occur – result in little if any observable ratepayer input being taken into consideration.

“In fact, ratepayer input is not welcome.”

He cited “two local and recent incidents”.

In the first, he claimed that “an email dated 16 August from an entrenched councillor who was unopposed in the last two elections [had said] that all [nuisance] ratepayers should be microchipped and spend time in the pound or [be] sued for sedition.

“It tells you the attitude,” he said.

In the second incident, Mr Lambert said “the current mayor has been quoted as telling ratepayers to butt out” of the debate on the reappointment of the CEO. The mayor had said “it was nothing to do with them”, he said.

Mr Lambert said that multi-councillor wards “afford ratepayers a chance of being able to present their concerns to more than one councillor.

“Currently if a single councillor is unavailable, for instance is in Copenhagen, or not speaking to them, or ignores their emails, or fails to provide a clear answer, they have no one else to turn to. That is lack of effective representation.”

Buck queried on conflict of interest SHIRE governance manager Noel Buck was queried about his possible conflict of interest as a senior shire staff member when making a verbal presentation to the committee.

Mr Tully, stating he was not familiar “with all the rules on conflict of interest and arm’s length and local government protocols”, said: “What I do know is we don’t get many submissions from people in positions such as yours.”

Mr Buck replied: “Well, that’s unfortunate, isn’t it.”

Mr Tully: “Well, it may be; therefore I am, just as a friend – and I certainly will hear [your submission] – just asking you to reflect whether that creates any problems for you in any sense.”

Mr Buck said that in discussions with colleagues at Local Government Victoria it was indicated there was no conflict of interest.

Mr Tully responded: “If you’re happy, I’m happy. I’m just raising it because it’s so unusual ... so unusual ... I’m not saying it’s wrong ...”

Mr Buck said that “as a practitioner of 35 years in local government I think that I should have at least a view on council structures and council wards etcetera”.

“That may be true, Mr Tully said. “As I say, I’m only putting it there for you to consider.”

Mr Buck then proceeded with his submission, telling the chairman: “Look, I don’t have a lot to add.”

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OPINION

After much toing and froing, the Sandman goeth HAVE you followed the beach sand debacle at Half Moon Bay in Black Rock?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of interest to anyone who has been to the once-lovely front beach at Portsea.

The state governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Sustainability and Environment spent millions of dollars last year attempting to restore the middle section of the beach near Portsea pier by bringing in sand from Gippsland and building a retaining wall made of huge sandbags.

Sand is returning to the western and eastern sections of the beach, but not where the sandbag walls was installed.

This was predicted by coastal erosion experts.

Up at Black Rock, DSE allocated $500,000 to put 13,500 tonnes of new sand on the beach to widen it by up to 10 metres after claiming it was at risk of disappearing due to erosion.

Last month trucks and loaders moved in, dumping huge piles of â&#x20AC;&#x153;land sandâ&#x20AC;? brought in from a Gippsland quarry prior to spreading it along the beach, which is where the historic shipwreck HMVS Cerberus was scuttled as a breakwater in 1924.

Residents objected, saying there was no erosion, the sand had not been tested for contamination, and the larger beach would attract more visitors yet the government had no plans for extra car parking or toilets.

Environment Minister Ryan Smith took a long walk off a short pier last week and cancelled the job. He also ordered DSE to remove the sand.

Mr Smith said the replenishment was based on a 2008 DSE report that had

predicted a higher level of erosion than what had occurred.

Hey, Ryan! Send it down to Portsea!

Innumerates unite EMUS are an innumerate species, having a dearth of digits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no fingers and only four claws per foot with which to calculate (although this emu is short half a claw due to careless lawnmowing.

This is not a problem in Kevin Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shire finance department, where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off with the shoes and socks during budget estimates -- although some shire sums lead The Emu to suspect some missing appendages there, too.

The Pelican Pantry accounts and the Dromana flagpole balance sheet spring immediately to mind.

This lack of avian numeracy is partly why, in a recent epistle, The Emu understated by a massive factor of 10 the size of shire rate rises in the past decade.

This corresponds almost precisely with the tenure of our recently reappointed CEO, Sir Dr Michael Kennedy OAM (with bar), the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greatest Shire CEO, with a claim to be the Steve Jobs of shire CEOs, except that Mr Jobs has recently thrown a seven.

The shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sine qua non, indeed, according to the Latin-babbling Mrs Emu. The other factor in making this error was Mrs Emuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aggressive assertion that the figure was indeed 10 per cent.

Her vehemence always intimidates The Emu and he was not about to gainsay her and possibly put another claw

in danger. His face-to-face cowardice was, alas, exposed in print.

But The Emu notes that the shire, in denying that rates have doubled in a decade, talks only of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the rate in the dollarâ&#x20AC;?.

Other councils (the City of Bayside, to name one), which are less prone to spinning as a reflex action, talk about â&#x20AC;&#x153;rates and chargesâ&#x20AC;?, to include charges such as tip and parking fees â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;realâ&#x20AC;? rate increase figure. Even Mrs Emu agrees on that.

A pity the shire is so chronically unable to live up to its â&#x20AC;&#x153;open and transparentâ&#x20AC;? boast.

Perhaps Mrs Emu will drop in and inflict a bit of vehement persuasion on them.

Shocking memory IS it paranoia or fear of the paranormal that would prompt someone to install an electric fence around an otherwise normal looking suburban block containing an unremarkable brick veneer?

The Emu is not unfamiliar with the sight of electric fences and is usually able to avoid any unpleasantness with a single bound, although there was that time when he turned his head to check if Mrs E was still bringing up the rear and ended up in a shocking state.

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No, The Emu really was surprised when loping along a small peninsula town street the other day to see the familiar â&#x20AC;&#x153;Electric fenceâ&#x20AC;? warning signs.

So we then began to wonder whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind the fence that could warrant such security?

The second thought was whether or not the fence is legal, being so far away from rural areas more often associated with straying animals.

However, from The Emuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick scan of the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local laws (1 and 2), government regulations and Acts, there seems to be no law against an electric fence in suburbia.

Provided the hot wire is out of reach it would not seem to pose a public health risk.

The hot wire is out of reach for anyone but the tallest basketballers and gi-

raffes, both species not regularly seen strolling through the back streets.

The only thing the fence might do is attract interest as to what lies beyond.

Whoever or whatever can rest assured that this wise old bird will be keeping well clear. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had the shocking lessons before.

And, yes, Mrs E did manage to catch him before he became fried chicken.

His goose has been cooked ever since!

Pothole pics DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T forget to send The Emu your favourite pothole photos and a short description of where they were taken for his Pothole Appreciation Society.

Send gossip and hot news tips (confidentiality assured) to The Emu at emutips@yahoo.com.au

AROUND THE PENINSULA

Pool reprieve, but walls to go

By Keith Platt THE Building Appeals Board has lifted a demolition order against a swimming pool built on public land without a permit.

However, retaining walls must be removed from around the pool at the rear of a $2.5 million Mt Eliza property owned by Shuttlehall Pty Ltd, a family company of billionaire Solomon Lew. The board lifted the demolition order against the $80,000 pool, but ordered that it must remain empty, covered and fenced off for public safety.

The boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order stated that soil fill surrounding the pool must also be removed.

The order issued on 28 September said a safety fence should be erected immediately â&#x20AC;&#x153;for the full lengthâ&#x20AC;? of the propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boundary with the Crown land.

It allowed seven days for the pool to be covered.

No work appeared to have been carried out when The News visited the site on Tuesday morning 4 October.

The pool was empty and uncovered and the only sign of a safety fence was red plastic tape and warning signs erected by Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Meanwhile, it is understood the Lew family continues to negotiate with the state government to buy or lease the public land on which the pool stands.

Mornington MP David Morris has called on his Coalition government colleague, assistant treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips, to refuse to hand over the land and the Department of Sustainability and Environment also appears opposed to the land being sold or leased. An agreement to allow the pool

ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S not easy getting to the private swimming pool built on public land at Mt Eliza.

The entry is a bit tricky, with the illdefined track beginning under a bush at the top of the beach access stairs above Moondah Beach at the end of Studio Pde. The second obstacle is a piece of steel fencing at the end of a fence around private property, which someone must have left lying there by mistake.

No matter, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to step over this and follow the line of the fence, which leads to an area that has been planted with grass and endowed with a garden bench commanding impressive views of Port Phillip.

The bench is a thoughtful addition to the public land at the cliff top, providing as it does a chance for a rest before pressing on, under more bushes, to the pool itself.

The community-minded folk whose houses back onto the cliff top have also been willing to use their lawn clippings and garden cuttings as mulch for the shrubs growing on the Crown land.

A lattice fence running some metres into the public land is the final obstacle before the brushwood fence and treated pine retaining wall that surround the pool.

Once alongside the pool, though, the bush bash is well worth it.

Mornington harbour is an impres-

sive backdrop to the south, while the gently lapping waters of Port Phillip appear to stretch to infinity in front.

Once again it seems generous folk have been here, providing some poolside furniture.

Modern in a cubic style, the seats are made of a weatherproof material that from a distance could pass for painted woven cane.

Anyone sunning themselves poolside would benefit from the clear glass safety fence, a handy windbreak.

A mixture of white tiles and lawn complete the picture.

Tasteful is a word that comes to mind, with the deep blue of the pool tiles blending with the hues of the bay.

The two areas of water seem destined to complement one another, a designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream.

Closer inspection shows something amiss here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost no water in the pool, and what liquid there is seems a bit murky.

No doubt once bright and beautiful, the pool on public land is unusable today. But tomorrow, who knows? The cliff top might again ring with laughter and splashes as delighted bathers dip their toes.

Or, more likely, it will all be hidden by a pool cover as ordered by the Building Appeals Board on 27 September, pending efforts by the poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner to lease or buy the public land on which it stands.

Keith Platt

Poolside at Mt Eliza

to stay on public land would follow the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embarrassing back flip after initially allowing a housing subdivision at Ventnor, Phillip Island, and questions about the accuracy of declared bushfire prone areas.

The original order to demolish the pool was made by the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s municipal building surveyor David Kotsiakos, who said the retaining walls, pool and fences had been built on unstable land.

He listed safety problems that included defects in the retaining wall and water seepage.

Mr Kotsiakos said the pool was dangerous and â&#x20AC;&#x153;at risk of collapseâ&#x20AC;?.

However, the demolition order has now been overturned by the Building Appeals Board, which has given Shuttlehall 42 days to demolish â&#x20AC;&#x153;all retaining walls and associated fences on the

propertyâ&#x20AC;?.

Shuttlehall Pty Ltd was also ordered to hire an engineer to advise the shire on any works â&#x20AC;&#x153;deemed necessary to ensure the stability of the land is returned to its natural stateâ&#x20AC;?.

The findings of the board noted that the builder of the pool and retaining walls â&#x20AC;&#x153;failed to appear in response to the summons issued by the boardâ&#x20AC;?.

It said that if Shuttlehall failed to acquire the Crown land, the shire â&#x20AC;&#x153;may exercise other rights, or pursue alternate legal avenues, to compel removal of the swimming pool. This is a matter for themâ&#x20AC;?.

A news release issued by the shire two days later said the government â&#x20AC;&#x153;has not reached a decision whether or not to sell the land to Shuttlehall Pty Ltdâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Council understands the communi-

ty is anxious to see this matter resolved quickly and is seeking further legal advice and considering further options.â&#x20AC;?

It said the beach below the pool â&#x20AC;&#x153;will remain closed until appropriate works have been carried out to ensure public safety is maintained.â&#x20AC;?

The latest manoeuvres to legitimise the swimming pool follow months of publicity and activity, including an â&#x20AC;&#x153;open dayâ&#x20AC;? organised by Mt Eliza Coastcare and Mt Eliza Association for Environmental Care.

About 20 people made the trek to see the pool for themselves.

On Saturday, DSE announced it would not sell or lease the land to the Lew family. The decision appears to have sealed the poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate, but Mr Lew and his legal advisers may not have given up.

Beauty spot: The pool at Mt Eliza built on public land, top. A sign of danger placed by experts from Mornington Peninsula Shire who have warned of a landslide, above. A place to rest on the way to the pool, left.

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Art, karate and hip hop WORKSHOPS at this year’s Somers Art Fair include cartooning with Geoff Hook, pastel drawing with Somers artist Monique Morey, an introduction to karate with sensei Peter Smedley, and hip hop with dance teacher Kaela Nicholls.

The ninth annual fair – Somers Primary School’s major fundraising event and one of the seaside town’s major social events – is from 10am-4pm on Sunday 23 October in the school grounds on Camp Hill Rd. About 40 artists will display more than 350 works including paintings, photography, printmaking, handblown glass, jewellery and sculpture.

A highlight is the art auction with donated works generating fierce but good-natured bidding.

Totem poles are a major part of the

fair and symbolic of the school’s connection to the community.

There is a strong tradition of peninsula artists working with Somers primary pupils to create striking creations, which will be auctioned alongside totem poles donated by area artists.

One of Australia’s most successful expressionist painters, David Larwill, who lived in Somers for almost 20 years until his death in June, will be sorely missed this year, but his name will be on many people’s lips for his generous support of the town, its school, the wider peninsula and national causes such as diabetes, child poverty and children’s medical research.

Pupils have created artwork inspired

by David, which will be on display in the old school house, and his mother

Heather McAdie is again donating some of her work for the auction.

Other highlights and activities include market stalls, food and beverages, musicians, children’s games, native animal display, face painting, showbags and stalls run by Somers pupils.

The fair’s business sponsors include Bendigo Bank, Removals by the Bay, The Coast Real Estate, Balnarring Motors, Rod Hannah and Associates, Ciao Bella Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Southern Stoneworks, and Vision Gardens.

Event organisers received a grant from Mornington Peninsula Shire.

For more information, go to the primary school website: www.somers ps.vic.edu.au or call 5983 5546.

Mike Hast The art of fun: Somers Art Fair is the primary school’s major fundraising effort, providing essential funds for art, computers and support for students needing extra help. Left, last year’s fair and, above and below, totem poles created for the popular art auction.

A Christie classic THE iconic Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap will be performed by Southern Peninsula Players at Rosebud Memorial Hall at 8pm on 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 November, and at 2pm on Sunday 13 November.

The two Saturday night performances will be cabaret style and patrons can bring their own drinks, glasses and nibbles.

The Mousetrap enters its 60th year of production on London’s West End next year and has been seen more than 24,000 times since 1952.

Tickets: Adult $20, concession $15. Book online at spptheatre.org or call 5982 2777 or 5976 4494.

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$320,000 - $350,000

HOME WITH FANTASTIC 360 DEGREE VIEWS This triple storey brick veneer home is suited for permanent or holiday living for the family to enjoy, with breath taking views of Port Phillip Bay from the deck whilst enjoying the sun setting over a BBQ. This property has views from Arthurs Seat through to Cape Schank from most places around the property. Walking in from the formal entry, you are lead to a large rumpus area on the first floor which can be easily turned into a teenage retreat or possible inlaw accommodation. The second floor comprises of a large lounge with views, well appointed kitchen combined with dining, 3 bedrooms - master with ensuite.

AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT WITH POTENTIAL BAY VIEWS This cute 2 bedroom beach shack which is situated high with potential bay views is one of the most affordable investment properties in Rye. The property has an open plan living layout, large deck area and is currently tenanted till 27/3/2012 at $225.00 p/w. Continue to lease the property while you organise plans and permits which take in the views of Port Phillip Bay and build your dream beach house, leave it as a rental property or use it as a holiday house the choice is yours. Inspection is by appointment only.

Ryan Deutrom 0406 426 766

Paul Basso 03 5981 1200

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WALK TO THE BEACH AND SHOPS This fantastic home which is set on approximately 800m2 will have you offering before the Auction. The home consists of: 3 bedrooms, 2 with BIR, main bathroom with separate shower, lovely kitchen, electric cooking, open plan living, double lock-up garage with internal entry, brand new fencing with a secure backyard. Situated within easy walking distance to beach, public transport and local shops which are all close by. This property is also a possible subdivision (STCA). The vendor is very keen and willing to accept offers before the Auction, so be quick here or miss out. Inspection is by appointment only or as advertised.

Gary Barrett 0415 479 896

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The ultimate in family living FROM the driveway down through the double carport and backyard there is plenty of space for kids to play and you can enjoy the summer days out on the enclosed rear patio that overlooks a woodchipped play area. This spacious brick veneer home has four bedrooms, including a main bedroom with ensuite and walk-in robe, and built-in robes in the other three. The kitchen is quite spacious with lots of cupboards and stainless steel appliances including under-bench oven and dishwasher. A separate formal lounge is at the front of the home and has two large, timber-framed picture windows. Recently reduced in price, this is one of the best family favourite homes on offer.

Address: 20 Duels Road, ROSEBUD Price: $469,500 Agency: David Short Real Estate, 1377 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8188.

DROMANA

$430,000+

DROMANA

$420,000

DROMANA

$595,000 - $620,000

33 Shaw Street

14 Catalina Avenue

17 Seaview Street

BEACHSIDE

MODERN 4 BEDROOM - ON A BUDGET

VIEWS + LOCATION = LIFESTYLE

Dual occupancy site with permits and plans for 2nd dwelling. Neat and tidy 3Br brick veneer home. Sought after area beachside of freeway 2 min walk to beach and shops/ cafes. House block with huge backyard.

- Open plan living , kitchen with stainless steel appliances.

- 4 bed (main with en-suite & WIR ) 2 bathrooms.

- Large block 715 sq.mt. with paved double width driveway.

- Slow combustion wood heater plus gas heating.

- Landscaped gardens includes large shed & covered deck area.

Set high on the hill side of Dromana this 2 storey family home offers good Bay and City views. 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms over 2 levels with a large open plan living area on the rst level. Leading through to a large kitchen and meals area overlooking the rear garden. 2 zone living is possible with a kitchenette on the upper level. 2 decks, one on each level look out over the bay, great for entertaining.

Steve Edmund 0419 396976

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

SAFETY BEACH

$665,000

DROMANA

$425,000 to $498,000

119 Dromana Parade

1 - 6/3 Como Court

4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 UNIT SITE (STCA)

BE QUICK - TAKE YOUR PICK

1 street from beach this block approx. 1407 m2 comes with an existing 3Br brick veneer home, in excellent condition. Live in or let it out until plans and permits are in place. Approx. rental return $300 p/w (15,600 per year).

Brand new stylish 3 bedroom townhouses, now under construction. 2 bathroom, 2 car garage in landscaped court setting. High level of tout, stainless steel appliances, stone bench top & dishwasher plus water tank.

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana. Phone 5981 8181

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

Steve Edmund 0419 396976

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Base camp for grey nomads

Touch of the tropics

BUILT on a large double block measuring more than 1250 square metres with plenty of room to store the campervan, this pristine home is surrounded by manicured gardens and is in a leafy, quiet neighborhood. The living areas are an impressive sight with brick feature walls, exposed beams and slate tile flooring. The kitchen is up a small set of stairs and looks over the living room. It has lots of cupboards and a large breakfast bar. There are two proper bedrooms with a third smaller bedroom created from an area off the lounge room.

However, with the great block size, extending the home further is a definite option or it would be very suitable for active retirees who still enjoy the garden.

LOCATED at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on a large 1676-square metre (approx) block, this imposing property takes in views over the township of Sorrento and is only a short walk to cafes and restaurants. The home features a beautiful oregon timber kitchen with plenty of bench space and large pantry, a lounge with gas log fire, beautiful polished hardwood floors, split-system air-conditioning and ducted heating throughout plus ceiling fans. The second living area overlooks a swim jet pool and spa with generous decking. There are three gorgeous double bedrooms upstairs all with built-in robes. The main bedroom has an ensuite and separate toilet plus a sunken bath and shower. Downstairs there is a fully self-contained, open-plan apartment or fourth bedroom. This beautifully built property is perfect for the large family and has parking for at least four vehicles.

Address: 43 Walbrook Road, RYE Price: $460,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $490,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo, 2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 6555 Agent: Glenn Key, 0402 445 208

Address: 10 Whites Way, SORRENTO Price: On application Agency: JP Dixon Portsea Sorrento, 109 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento, 5984 4388 Agent: Troy Daly, 0418 397 771

5986 8188

DAVID

SHORT REAL ESTATE PTY. LTD.

McCRAE

AUCTION

44 Years on the Peninsula www.davidshort.com.au

ROSEBUD

$787,000

ROSEBUD

$359,500

TOOTGAROOK

$395,000

EN N OP & SU T SA

72 RUSSELL STREET

118 THIRD AVENUE

126 ELIZABETH DRIVE

UNIT 1/10 BENTLEY ROAD

INSPECTION A DELIGHT

PRICED TO SELL

Set in a quiet central street this beautifully maintained 3 bedroom brick home has roomy open plan living.

planned kitchen with breakfast bar, laminated benches, pantry and electric cooking, plus single remote garage.

INSPECT TODAY!

This delightful three bedroom BV & tile home on generous block is ideal for retirement, holiday or investment purposes. Features are an entry area, lounge room with GDH, dining area, kitchen with gas stove & pantry, bathroom, separate laundry and separate toilet. Together with double brick garage, single carport and easy care garden.

McCRAE SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER POTENTIAL FOR SUB-DIVISION (stca) AT 12 NOON SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME GENUINE SELLER! This well presented three bedroom, BV & tile unit is one of only two on the block and is ideal for retirement or investment. Comprising of entry area, formal lounge room with gas heating, dining area with R/cycle air conditioner and well-appointed kitchen with gas cooking. Separate bathroom, toilet, laundry and single garage.

Attractive three bedroom, BV home on generous, secluded block. Comprising of entry area, dining/family area with gas log

large billiards room. Semi-ensuite to main bedroom plus second bathroom and toilet.

Together with double garage & double carport, all in lovely park-like setting.

2596 sqm approx. block

TERMS: 10% DEPOSIT, BALANCE 30 DAYS

$415,000

ROSEBUD WEST

4/20 CATHERINE STREET

213 JETTY ROAD

IDYLLIC MCCRAE BY THE BAY

3-4 BEDROOM HOME ON CORNER BLOCK

Perfectly positioned, 300m to the beautiful McCrae Beach, restaurants and shopping this impeccably presented 2 bedroom brick home is sure to impress. With an as new updated kitchen, bathroom and laundry, ducted evaporative cooling/heating, undercover and paved outdoor living areas that add to the allure of McCrae living.

Easy living 3-4 bedroom brick home within walking distance to local shops and well set on a generous corner allotment with a Northerly aspect. This home has open plan living, R/cycle s/system cooling and separate double steel garage. The main bedroom has double built in robes, ceiling fan and dual entry bathroom.

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CONTACT: Cathy 0400 867 154 INSPECT: Saturday & Sunday 11.00-11.30am or by appointment

CONTACT: Cathy 0400 867 154 INSPECT: Sat. & Sun.1.00-1.30pm or by appointment

58 Darvall Street, Tootgarook $362,000

6/12 Vicki Court, Rosebud $339,500

Ideal Renovator - Vendor Says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;!

Everything You Could Wish For!!!

Immaculate 3 bedroom home just waiting for the savvy buyer who is looking for a good solid property to either live in and renovate or use as a weekender. Enter through a tiled foyer opening to the family lounge and dining areas with refreshed kitchen. The master bedroom is a good size with BIRs and ceiling fan, the second bedroom also has BIRs while the third bedroom could easily accommodate a free standing robe.

Outside is a double tandem carport and double gates to the second entry which is very handy for boat, trailer or caravan access.

This stunning and secure unit has an array of extras perfect for the fussy buyer! With remote gate access and paved driveway the unit also has two bedrooms, master with WIR & dual access bathroom with

sunblinds to the front windows, d/heating and s/system cooling.

CONTACT: Cathy 0400 867 154 INSPECT: By appointment

CONTACT: Cathy 0400 867 154 INSPECT: Sat. & Sun.12.00-12.30pm or by appointment

MORNINGTON RARE OPPORTUNITY ON BARKLY STREET This gorgeous Californian Bungalow is situated only metres from Main Street and is currently being utilised as medical rooms. In excellent condition, this property is perfectly positioned on a 754.88m2 block with off-street parking for 6 cars and side access to the rear garden and garage There are 3 large bedrooms which are currently being used as professional offices by the existing tenants, a large formal sitting room with picture bay window, two bathrooms, sunroom and kitchen and laundry facilities. This is a rare opportunity to secure a property in a most sought after location with the possibility of redeveloping in a variety of ways: t 4QFDJBMJTU SPPNT JO UIF FYJTUJOH IPVTF (existing Council Permit) + two apartments above with North facing terraces t 3F EFWFMPQ TJUF FOUJSFMZ JOUP UXP GBCVMPVT UXP TUPSFZ town houses (STCA).

Contact: Maree Greensill 0417 515 207 Inspect: Strictly By Appointment Only

209 Main Street, Mornington

5976 6688 7A Bay Road, Mount Martha

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Blairgowrie 2857 Point Nepean Road Grab your towel and hit the beach in seconds from this older-style 3 bedroom house on a generous 846sqm (approx.) allotment directly opposite the beach and just doors from the charming Blairgowrie village. Complete with a twinkling glimpse of the water, make this your family’s ultimate summer fun package.

Blairgowrie 83 William Road 3

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> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 167 / F2 > EPR $880,000 - $940,000

Curved ceilings & bold colours give this seaside 4 2 2 home a touch of the dramatic & create a brilliant modern environment for relaxed living. Includes > PRIVATE SALE 3/4 BRs, study, 3 living, ensuite, heating/cooling, > MEL REF 167 / F4 > EPR $750,000 - $820,000 bore water & remote dble garage.

> OFFICE Blairgowrie, 2819 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5988 9095 > CONTACT Sally Johnstone 0417 577 194

> OFFICE Blairgowrie, 2819 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5988 9095 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

McCrae 12 Navigator Street Watch the ships sail past this much loved 5BR home! The BRs on the upper level have BIR’s, main with ensuite. Light & bright living, pol floors & GDH, through the french doors is a covered verandah & protected bay views. The dining/kitchen overlooks the lush garden. Your ambitions (STCA) could include further renovation or knockdown & rebuild taking advantage of the large over half acre allotment. > AUCTION > MEL REF > OFFICE > TEL > CONTACT

Saturday 29th October - 12.00noon 159 / A12 Rosebud, 1/991 Point Nepean Road 5986 5777 Paul Cooper 0408 778 877

McCrae 1/273 Bayview Road

McCrae 2/24 William Street

Stylish & appealing, this 3 bedroom unit just minutes from McCrae’s & Rosebud shops and beach features vast living, ensuite, deck and double garage.

Brand new 3BR townhouse just 650m from McCrae beach & café strip enjoys stunning views across the bay. Option to buy 3 adjoining townhouses.

> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 168 / D11 > EPR $390,000 - $420,000 > OFFICE Rosebud, 1/991 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5986 5777 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 158 / K11 > EPR $580,000 - $625,000 > OFFICE Rosebud, 1/991 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5986 5777 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

Safety Beach 177 Dromana Parade

Rye 8 Weir Street

Cape Schanck 2 Crichton Court

Rosebud 36 Ocean Street

Steps from the sand, this 3BR home with bay views sits on a long 1133sq.m (approx) allot. leaving glorious space to subdivide (STCA).

Comfortable much-loved 3 bedroom home on 627sqm (approx) doors from cafes and beach offers potential for 2 townhouses (STCA).

On course for lifestyle living! A golfer’s dream, this unique 3BR residence enjoys a privileged position with ocean views, swim spa, 2 living & 2 bathrms.

This solid 3 bedroom brick veneer home offers real value - convenient location / foothold on the property ladder.

> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 150 / D12 > EPR $1,150,000 > OFFICE Rosebud, 1/991 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5986 5777 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 168 / G5 > EPR $580,000 > OFFICE Rye, 2361 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5985 9333 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

> PRIVATE SALE > MEL REF 259 / B3 > EPR $690,000 - $790,000 > OFFICE Rye, 2361 Point Nepean Road > TEL 5985 9333 > CONTACT Mal McInnes 0415 502 316

> AUCTION > MEL REF > OFFICE > TEL > CONTACT

Saturday 29th October - 1.30pm 170 / E3 Rosebud, 1/991 Point Nepean Road 5986 5777 Paul Cooper 0408 778 877

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MOOROODUC

AUCTION: SAT. 26TH NOVEMBER AT 2.30PM

MORNINGTON

NEG OVER $520,000

“TOORONG”- LUXURY HOME ON 5 PARK-LIKE ACRES

A BIG LIVING 4 BEDDER!

Set in the peninsula’s equestrian heartland this beautifully renocated BV residence. Enjoys heavenly peace and serenity on 5 park-like acres. With large light-filled living, brand new European Kitchen, master bedroom with ensuite & dressing room, a semi-attached home office/rumpas, d/ carport,d/garage, 12x6m machinery shed, 2 stables & I.G. pool.

This spotless 4 bedroom brick veneer home has 3 separate living areas, an entertainer’s kitchen with s/steel appliances, an elegant formal lounge, separate dining or study and huge tiled family room. Large rumpus room with a fabulous paved outdoor BBQ area and pergola.

Including ducted heating and s/system r/cycle air/conditioning, double garage & double gated rear access to the superb 1000m2 lot.

395 Bentons Road

Inspect Sat 2- 2.30pm or by appointment 61 St. Mitchell Circuit

MORNINGTON

NEG. OVER $540,000

MORNINGTON

$500,000 - 540,000

AFFORDABLE & INVITING BEACHSIDE HOME!

Enjoy a delightful treed setting in the established Fairways Estate. This stylish brick veneer home has 3 bedrooms plus study (FES/WIR to master), large open living areas including formal lounge & dining rooms, a large kitchen/family/meals area with vaulted ceilings, a double auto garage & a north-facing undercover entertaining area. Also including gas ducted heating, s/system r/cycle air conditioning, security system & dishwasher.

Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment 15 Parry Court

MORNINGTON

$555,000 - $585,000

Inspect Sat 4-4.30 or by appointment

MORNINGTON

$689,000 NEG.

A STATEMENT IN STYLE!

PRESENTED TO IMPRESS – WITH SENSATIONAL SHEDDING

SPACE & COMFORT AND IN-GROUND POOL!

Be captivated by this brand new craftsman’s’ built home with all the extras & a 6 star energy rating. Set on an easy care 322m2 allotment within easy walking distance to Benton’s Junior College, Benton’s Square shopping centre, buses & local parks this ultra-modern home consists of 4 large bedrooms, master with FES & WIR, separate formal lounge with gas log fire, large central kitchen with stone benches, pantry & s/steel appliances, spacious family/meals area with s/ system air condi & decked alfresco entertaining area.

Private & secure on a big 763m2 corner block this spacious and spotless BV home comprises 3 generous bedrooms (FES/WIR to master), 2 large, sep living areas, central kitchen, meals area, large covered and paved entertaining area with on-line gas brick BBQ & delightful balinese hut. Dble brick garage joins onto a huge 10x7m powered colorbond shed which incls a 4x3m home office with water & gas available. Security system, slab & ceiling heating & ducted vacuum.

A superb 1304m2 court lot in the exclusive Summerfields Estate is an ideal setting for this big living B/V home, featuring a West Australian Limestone faade & beautiful polished timber flooring. With 4 bedrooms plus study (master with FES (spa)/WIR), formal entry & spacious lounge, vinyl wrap kitchen with S/S 900mm appliances & W.I. Pantry, dining room, a large family room, a separate rumpus/games room & double auto garage.

13 Ruby Cove

Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment 41 Parkside Crescent

MORNINGTON

$930,000–$970,000

Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment 4 Cottage Place

MOUNT MARTHA

$529,000 NEG.

Inspect Sat. 2-2.30pm or by appointment

MORNINGTON

$379,000 NEG

A SENSE OF LUXURY & GRANDEUR!

A PERFECT FIT FOR THE FAMILY!

NEST OR INVEST!

High in the exclusive Summerfields Estate with views across to Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat this magnificent home, on a superb 1200m2 lot offers 36 squares of living plus a triple auto garage & existing in-ground pool with pool house. Home comprises of 4-5 bedrooms, deluxe granite kitchen, 3 full bathrooms, & spacious living areas both up & down.

In a word – WOW!

Secure behind a high brick fence on a 560m2 lot this BV home offers 3 bedrooms plus study (master with FES & WIR), spacious lounge & dining room, central timber kitchen with s/steel appliances & an adjoining meals area, a huge open living room leads out to the sensational undercover entertaining area & auto double garage. GDH, evaporative cooling, high ceilings, a large private rear yard & a garden shed complete this charming package. Easy access to Bentons Square shopping, buses & parks.

This spotlessly presented BV unit would be an ideal starter for a first home buyer or astute investor. Set at the rear of a small group of only 4, this 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit offers a large granite topped kitchen with S/steel appliances, an adjacent dining area, large open living room that leads out to an entertaining area & courtyard garden. Other features include GDH, S/ system R/cycle air conditioning, decorative cornices & single garage..

84 Summerfields Drive

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat. 3-3.30pm or by appointment 84 Harrap Road

$469,000

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 11-11.30am or by appointment 4/7 Wood Street

$610,000 - $645,000

Inspect Sat 11-11.30am or by appointment

MORNINGTON

NEPEAN HIGHWAY

$267,500

2 518m2

TO LIVE IN OR INVEST

EXITING NEW TOWNHOUSE - BEACHSIDE!

For either a homebuyer who would be suited by an initial tenancy or an investor looking for a quality property with an excellent tenant this stylish BV Home, with FES/WIR to master, double auto garage and a superb covered entertaining area might just fit the bill!

On its own title & street frontage this townhouse is just a short stroll from the Rear battle axe shaped block measuring 518m2. STCA new owners can beach , bus & Mornington Village. Offering 20sq of living comprising of 3 build either single or double storey residence with close proximity to bedrooms [ FES/WIR to large master ] , deluxe kitchen with stone bench tops & Mornington Village. s/steel appliances , spacious living room with beautiful polished timber flooring & 9’ ceilings , upstairs living room with raked ceilings , powder room & main bathroom , double auto garage with internal access, ducted heating & glass concertina doors leading out to the paved outdoor entertaining area.

13 Jenner Close

Inspect by appointment 4 Wilgul Way

5975 7733

VACANT LAND

Inspect Sat 10-10.30am or by appointment 2/934 Nepean Hwy

Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

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For Sale

14 Thurloo Drive, Safety Beach An opportunity not to be missed

For Sale

Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the Safety Beach fore-shore this superb, luxury two storey townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprise three bedrooms plus a parents retreat, 2 bathrooms and a powder room and two separate living areas.

The kitchen has Caesar stone bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg stainless steel appliances, designer tap wear, Rinnai 24hr gas hot water and the living areas have heating with programmable thermostat and split system air conditioning, generous allowance of lighting and television points & alarm system.

Prime block for land ready to build your dream home or holiday house upon. Situated a mere 500m to the Safety Beach foreshore and boat ramp and a casual walk from the multi-million dollar Martha Cove marina. Land Size approx 958 sqm.

For Sale

For Sale R L DO SEL N VE ST MU

Price: $595,000

Price: $695,000-$740,000

Inspect: By Appointment

Inspect: By Appointment

32 Meridian Way, Mornington Inspired living and entertaining

For Sale

This brilliantly designed and precision built home is on a large 1406m2 block and offers four bedrooms, master with spa ensuite, study, formal and informal living areas, expansive kitchen with stone bench tops and high quality appliances. Key additions include a large entertaining deck, second driveway (ideal for boat or caravan) leading to a large workshop, porcelain tiles and wool carpet, with ducted heating & refrigerated cooling.

Price: $750,000 - $780,000

Price: Offers Over $1,500,000

Inspect: By Appointment

Inspect: Saturday 11-11.30am

4 Lesa Court, Mount Martha Home sweet home

For Sale OR ELL D N S VE ST MU

6 Avery Court, Mount Martha Elegant and sophisticated on a grand scale A luxury two storey rendered Simmons home situated in cul de sac location of prestigious Mount Martha location. The grand entrance has high ceilings and a sweeping stair case leading to the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four bedrooms and large retreat with balcony overlooking a semi-rural vista. The double bi- fold doors separate the formal area from the main living areas. A Master chef kitchen with granite bench tops has large pantry and the

to ceiling bay window overlooking in-ground pool.

Vendor must sell - All offers will be considered.

rs ffe ered o l Price: $820,000 + Al nsid Inspect: Saturday 12-12.30pm co

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8 Chateaux Close, Mount Martha Look out summer here we come!

This absolutely stunning entertainers home

parents retreat and FES. If you love entertaining this grand home is for you! Open plan living with a modern kitchen, European appliances and breakfast bar central to family and meals area overlooking alfresco decking and sandstone in ground salt water and solar heated pool. From the rumpus/lounge room to the pool area, your family and friends will envy the large space that surround the home.

rs ffe ered o l Price: $740,000 - $770,000 Al nsid co Inspect: Saturday 1-1.30pm

rs ffe ered o l Price: $595,000 - $640,000 Al nsid Inspect: Saturday 2-2.30pm co R L DO SEL N VE ST MU

21A Bath Street, Mornington Elegant Beachside Residence Brand new and with a fabulous position, luxurious appointments & immaculate attention to detail. Abundant natural light spills throughout the large open plan living room with rich natu

balcony and are overlooked by the designer stone kitchen with quality European s/ steel appliances. This home consists of 5 spacious bedrooms, three decadent bathrooms plus powder room and is built over three levels with

three distinct living areas, plenty of storage space and a spacious sunny front sitting room overlooking the designer landscaped gardens.

Located in a quiet court close to local schools and shopping centre, this family home has four large bedrooms plus a study. The formal lounge has a bay window, there is an open plan second living area, family room, meals area and kitchen. Entertain with family and friends over looking alfresco area and inground solar heated, salt chlorinated pool.

Double lock up garage with rear access. Two good sized garden sheds and a large backyard with plenty of room for kids to play. Central heating, evaporative cooling and split system heating and cooling.

For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Seaview at Martha Cove

For Sale

Nagambie 6 Acres Of Beautiful Land Nestled amongst the major wineries such as Chateau Tahbilk and the famous Mitchelton Winery this 6 acre block has water frontage for the enthusiastic skier adjacent to the boat ramp, permits for 6 waterfront town houses, all with power and septic connected. Do not miss out on securing this prime parcel of land your retirement years.

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For Sale or Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

For Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

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Retail shop of approx. 60sqm situated in Barkly Square. Good parking and close to center of town. Available 1st of November.

Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last at this price.

Only a couple of years young and with outstanding exposure,, this / 7 D >? $ # H disappoint. Available now.

Sale Price: $575,000/Lease Price: POA Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Lease Price: $2,000 +GST+OG Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Lease Price: $1,42o pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

First Time Available

For Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

Kevin Wright is the only Australian Real Estate Agency represented at the Luxury Property Show Set within the stunning grounds of The Hurlingham Club, The Luxury Property Show will be offering guests a unique opportunity to view and buy some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most exclusive properties. Kevin Wright is the only Australian Real Estate Agency represented at the show and we would like to invite you to participate conjunctionally with us in presenting Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luxury Real Estate to the world.

The investment of having your property showcased to a world network of buyers is only $495. This includes:

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Professional photography Brochures Design and production of digital package Media screens Display brochures to exhibit at the show

To secure your place at this unique event, please call Kevin Wright 0417 564 454 For more information on the event and participating agents from around the world please visit

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For Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

For Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

9 ' 7 " '=) * >? # 7 # # with 5 parking spaces and even a BBQ area outside adjoining the $ D E

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Lease Price: $2,500pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Lease Price: $5,861.84 inc. GST+OGS Kevin Wright: 0417 564 454

For Lease - Mornington

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Lease Price: From $780pcm + GST + Service Fee Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Baxter

Expressions Of Interest Invited

Inspect: By Appointment

Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mornington

Freehold area measuring 1493 square meters and zoned Business 7 " ) * ' 5 8 9 ' 9 )'' Well situated between Frankston and thriving Westernport area.

Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

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Lease Price: $1,565 PCM+GST+OG Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

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Lease Price: $750PCM + GST + OG Contact:Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

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Shops For Lease

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Lease Price: From $1170 pcm + GST + OG Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Sale Price $950,000 Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454.

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Business lifestyle opportunity

Are you being served?

SITUATED on a 21-hectare (52-acre) property with a four bedroom home, this is an opportunity to purchase the ultimate in tree-change properties. Currently operating from the site is a nursery that specialises in native and drought-tolerant plants, but also stocks pre-packaged foods and local freerange eggs. The nursery business is in a large shed, which has been professionally set up and is fully lined and insulated with all shop fittings included. There is plenty of parking at the front. The lease figure of $600 per week includes the nursery and the four-bedroom home.

THIS licensed cafe comes fully equipped with an excellent fitout and is on a main road with no competition in the area. The cafe has seating for 20 diners inside with space for 12 outside. It has a large backyard with water feature that could be converted into a beer garden. Plant and equipment includes a walk-in coolroom plus additional storage.

With summer on the way, new buyers can take advantage of the coming busy months with virtually nothing to do but move in and start trading while new ideas are developed.

Nursery, BALNARRING Price: $55,000 + SAV / Lease: $600pw Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Gary Ralph, 0418 535 503

Cafe, CRIB POINT Price: $155,000 offers invited Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Gary Ralph, 0418 535 503

Prime investment on the menu

Mixed business milk bar

ARGUABLY the most prominent site in the industrial heart of Carrum Downs, this versatile property includes takeway food shop, warehouse and two offices.

The anchor tenant is the Homestyle Cafe, which has a new 5x5x5 year lease. There are also 22 on-site car parks.The total land area measures 1647 square metres with all properties on the one title. Current return is $72,504 per year (approx).

THIS prime mixed business shop is opposite Rosebud Secondary College and on a main arterial road. With regular passing trade and nearby residential clientele, the business currently trades five days a week from 6.30am to 4pm. The business is ready for new owners to take to the next level and with an extension of trading days and opening hours, there is potentially a massive increase in takings and profitability. The premises have a sit-down cafe area, two-bedroom dwelling at the rear, big backyard and off-street parking.

1-4/2 Brett Drive, CARRUM DOWNS Price: $1.1 million not including GST Agency: Nichols Crowder, 2/1 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs, 9775 1535 Agent: Richard Wraith, 0419 564 528

376 Eastbourne Road, ROSEBUD Price: $89,000 not including GST. W.I.W.O Agency: T. Hobson Real Estate, 1245 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8811 Agent: Alex Menassa, 0419 328 775

Satchwells

Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years

HASTINGS - 184 SALMON STREET

Quality OfďŹ ce / Retail Investment Securely leased, low maintenance tilt panel retail premises divided into 5 separate tenancies

Building Size: 715m2 Site Area: 1545m2 Zoned: Business 1 Rent: $153,613 net per annum

With just under 40% of ďŹ&#x201A;oor space occupied by government tenants and located at the entry to the busy Hastings commercial area, you are guaranteed that this is an exceptional investment.

Contact: Sid Ferguson 0418 321 963

www.satchwells.com.au HASTINGS BALNARRING FLINDERS

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1/97 High Street 14 Balnarring Village Cnr Cook and Wood Streets

03 5979 1888 03 5983 5509 03 5989 0744

INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL Busy food court

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Full grocery lines ESTABLISHED for more than 40 years, with the current owners in place for the past 11 years, this well-known business supplies a complete range of products from fresh fruit and vegetables, grocery lines and imported and dried products. Also included in the sale is a 2001 model two-tonne truck. The business trades seven days a week with two full-time staff and two part-time staff.

THIS wonderfully presented Asian food business, located in the food court of the busy Bayside Shopping Centre, has had a recent reďŹ t that now features an excellent kitchen. With huge takings, this business offers a trial period for $12,000 per week.

The current owner is willing to stay on for two years and run the business for new owners if required.

Asian Grocery, SPRINGVALE Price: $810,000 + stock ($200,000) Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Asian Food, FRANKSTON Price: $290,000 + sav Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON Good lease, very reasonable rent. Small appealing salon with 3 stations, 2 basins.

Reception and kitchen/ storage area.

HAIR & BEAUTY

HAIR & BEAUTY

NOW $59,900 + SAV

HAIRDRESSING

CAFE

LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE

$57,500 + Franchise Fee

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING SERVICE

CHARCOAL CHICKEN

CLEANING

Extensive coolroom, good vehicle. Renovated 18 months ago.

KEEN VENDOR

Building & town planning plans.

Residential & light commercial projects â&#x20AC;&#x201C; regular clients builders & property developers. Work max 20 hours per week.

Large fully renovated shop with plenty of preparation area, has coolroom. Est 40 yrs, keen vendor. Trades daily from 10.30am.

Residential & commercial customers mainly on Mornington Peninsula. Major contracts in place.

Past Business Award winner.

$65,000 + SAV

$70,000

NOW $75,000 + sav

NOW $79,500 + sav

CHINESE RESTAURANT

CAFĂ&#x2030;

HAIR SALON

COFFEE LOUNGE

Well established in modern

staff. Fully managed. Full assistance offered.

Purpose built, wonderful appearance, split level.

Mainly coffee & cakes, corner location with huge frontage. Nothing to be done. $150,000 + sav

NOW $45,000 + sav

NOW $55,000 + sav

CAFE

FRUIT & VEG RETAIL

Large, corner position with windows overlooking courtyard. Seats 36 in & 15 out. Commercial kitchen.

Trains young adults with N special needs. 6 days..

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NOW $57,000 + sav

$40,000 + sav

$65,000 + sav

MANUFACTURING

Cuts only, male & female.

Innovative components est Commercial kitchen, Located in kiosk in busy S/C, 4 stations, 1 basin. Small 30 yrs, working one day a seats 60, full air-con, BYO has seating for 34. All new attractive shop, trades 6 week. Excellent equipment, licence. Corner location with equipment when set up less

major account and many pleasant outlook, ample than a year ago. Currently to run. Stock included. stores. Full assistance given. parking. partly managed.! $84,000

$100,000 + sav

HEALTH FOOD STORE

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Only 3 owners in 25 years, prime area, no opposition. Huge potential to introduce more lines, ideal H/W team. Excellent takings. Comprehensive website inc. $159,900 + sav

HEALTH FOODS

$119,000 + sav

FRANCHISE RESTAURANT

Well known, bbq chicken.

Ideal location, modern premises and kitchen facilities. Indoor/outdoor

applies.

NOW $380,000 + sav

NE W

$130,000 + sav

$135,000 + sav

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

Installation & servicing Main road location with Well equipped workshop of all manner of security plenty of parking. Large with hi-tech equipment & systems, plus ongoing client commercial kitchen. Opens latest software technology. maintenance and upgrades.

Mon-Fri 5.30am-4pm & Sat Easily run by two, good Industry experience an 6am-noon. Extensive menu. lease arrangements NE advantage. available. 5 days.

W $160,000 + sav $160,000 + sav $160,000

Small shop in corner position. Has coolroom.

Large factory development

HUGE POTENTIAL! NE ONLY 5 DAYS! W $165,000 + sav

HOMEWARES & GIFTS

FISH & CHIPS

EMBROIDERY

DRUM HANDLING EQUIPMENT

One of the Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treasures now available.

Well known with high T/O

Well stocked, beautifully presented.

Will trial on $10,000 pw. Busy shopping strip in residential area. 4 self cleaning deep fryers. 2 bm accomm. Lease has 5 years to run.

Great money spinner with low rental in large factory.

Work 5 days on demand, logos, awards, digitizing new designs, tailoring. Vendors retiring after 17 years.

Manufacturing and supplying to forklift, petroleum, chemical and manufacturing industries. Supplemented by accessories. Est 1982.

PLUMBING, PUMPS & IRRIGATION

Sales & service, well

equipped showroom & S/centre, very well stocked with food & supplements, f/ fees cover workshop. Est 10 yrs, vendor owns freehold & offers new advertising and admin. Huge lease with neg terms.

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NOW $200,000 + sav

DRAMA ACADEMY

Clients are based from Sth Long established in good part Large spacious salon on Worldwide organization, Cosy cafĂŠ easy to run with Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;SE suburbs, of town. 6 stations, 3 dryers, busy road. Has 5 beauty 6 locations on Peninsula.

2 staff. Opens Tues to Sat, includes body corp.,estate 2 basins. Reasonable rent, rooms, 8 stations, 2 basins.

Full training in teaching, breakfasts, lunches etc. agents and private residential Good display, seating in and marketing & admin. Unique

Nothing to be done, very properties. Est. 12 years, salon opportunity! attractive. Good equipment. creative curriculum. out, new lease available. hours to suit. Vehicle optional.

NOW $34,000 + sav 10 work stations and small laundry. Large salon on main road. Brightly presented with rear courtyard. Staff parking.

Est 20+ yrs.

HAIR SALON

$225,000 + sav

$300,000 + sav

FIREPLACES

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

$340,000 inc stock

$300,000 + sav

$399,000 + sav

$530,000 + sav

$170,000 + sav

$372,000 + sav

Operates from twin factories, hires all party requirements, large or small. Good

' est 18 yrs.

BOARDING KENNEL & CATTERY Business & freehold.

4.5 acre property with 5 bdm residence. Pool & entertainment area.

NOW $825,000

$2.5 Million + sav

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Retail to building trade & New, located in the Sale & installation of tiles, public. One man operation will entertainment precincts of

# large S/Centres. Brand new suit tradesperson. Installers retaining wall blocks etc. sub-contracted, could do %

Main road in industrial estate. franchises.

Store recently expanded.

Huge opportunity!

Only 5 days a week with short hours in the heart of Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ton industrial area. Small shop, simple to run, est 40 yrs. Trial on $7200 pw.

PARTY HIRE SERVICE

P.O.A

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

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

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www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rosebud Units 1,2 and 3 Warranilla Avenue Rosebud Unit 1 price $430,000 - $490,000

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

Inspect Agent

Inspect by appointment Jon Perrett - 0405 123 921

Unit 2 price $395,000 - $440,000

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

Inspect Inspect by appointment Agent Jon Perrett - 0405 123 921 Unit 3 price $430,000 - $490,000

83 Ninth Avenue Rosebud Innovative Style For Bayside Living High on space, high on style and quality, this 3 year old tri level, 3BR, two living area family home is only 200m to the shops and foreshore. This property will amaze you from the moment you enter, going above & beyond the usual prestige fixtures & fittings. Comprising an opulent master bedroom with full ensuite and a parents retreat great for getting away for a quiet read or snooze, two further spacious bedrooms all with BIR are serviced by a stunning main bathroom, complete with full size bath shower & vanity. Upstairs you have the main living area which combines family, dining & gourmet kitchen with granite bench tops s/s appliances & a larger than normal breakfast bar. The balcony that opens off the main living room has lovely views to Arthurs Seat. This home is spectacular and has to be seen to be believed. The property will be open for inspection as advertised.

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Pamper yourself in this luxury brand new three bedroom, two bathroom villa unit.

Included in a host of features are: luxury appointed kitchen open plan to a good size lounge, main bedroom with en-suite plus 2nd guest bathroom, gas ducted heating plus climate controlled cooling, double garage plus lots of storage.

The plaza is within 500m and the beach a few metres more. Close to hospitals, schools and easy access to the freeway, this has to be a great buy. Almost at lockup.

Auction Sat 22 October 2011 at 2pm

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18 Laura Street Tootgarook

8 Locke Street Rye

LAURA COTTAGE 250m To Beach

Locke it in Eddie

The current owners of this classic beach property believe that the block itself is the best on the Peninsula and we are inclined to agree. It’s level, measures 920m2 (approx) with a massive 24m frontage and is just 250m or so from the beach. There’s room for a boat, van or just a place for the kids to kick the footy. The home itself whilst not grand is a real cutie. Constructed when times were tough and building materials were in short supply they managed to create a rambling little holiday home and have enjoyed it ever since. The stories of family gatherings and sailing club BBQ’s are endless. There are currently 3 bedrooms with a study nook, a basic kitchen, a couple of living rooms and bathroom facilities. All in useable condition but still as original as ever. Outside there’s a carport, lots of storage sheds and bore water.

This property offers a large array of unseen delights. Much larger than it appears with 4 great sized bedrooms, 2 separate living areas plus a massive kitchen meals area. There are 2 toilets, bathroom and laundry. Outside and the surprises continue. A wonderful corner block of 950m2 approx fully fenced with a lock up garage. Located within the Tyrone precinct this area is very popular due to its private aspect and its close proximity to the beaches and town. Make no mistake this is a ripper. Perfect holiday home, ideal first home or simply add it to your investment portfolio. So what will you do?

Price Inspect Agent

Auction Inspect Agent

$490,000 - $520,000 By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Saturday, 12 November at 2pm By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

397-399 Browns Road Rye

9 Burdoo Street Rye

2 Properties, 2 titles, 2 good 2 miss!

Outstanding Bay Views

A rare opportunity to secure 2 adjoining properties separately titled forming a substantial back beach corner location. There is a 4 bedroom solid home with shedding on 1 block and the 2nd is vacant with majestic old olive trees and assorted fruit trees. Totaling a massive 1820m2 (approx) the options for potential uses are numerous and will test your imagination. Keep house and build on block, live in house and sell block, demolish house and build on both blocks, renovate/extend house and retain as one property, so on and so on. Together they are certainly priced to sell and represent a rare and exciting find indeed. Don’t hesitate as this fantastic opportunity is sure to be snapped up quickly.

Vendors may consider splitting the 2 lots.

This wonderful property has amazing bay views, the best alfresco dining possible and a lift to take the hassle out of moving through the 2 levels.

Situated quite close to the beach and town and beautifully appointed and maintained. Lower level has separate entrance if required, suit flat, dependant relative or B & B. Top level offers open plan living, master bedroom, 2nd bedroom and recently renovated kitchen, the views are brilliant, There’s a garage, carports, tanks, veggie gardens and more.

Price Inspect Agent

Price Inspect Agent

$500,000 - $550,000 By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

$580,000 - $638,000 By appointment Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

6 Nalong Street Rye

96 Grandview Avenue Rye

This house is hot

Grandstyle on Grandview

Just listed and sure to please. A lovely modern home, freshly painted, spotlessly clean and in brilliant condition. A trendy split level design offers a large lounge on one level and a second living/dining area up a couple of stairs. There are 3 bedrooms with a full ensuite to the master plus a 2nd family bathroom. The kitchen is well appointed and has a lovely outlook including glimpse of the bay. Gleaming polished timber floors are a feature throughout the living zones. There’s also split system A/C and ducted heating for year round comfort. A large covered deck across the back offers great outdoor entertaining. We also have a garage with remote door. The garden setting is quite natural with wonderful Moonahs. Now for the best bit, there are bay views from the house and the top deck. A great home in a top location and definitely priced to sell.

Build your sparkling new home on this wonderful block and reap the benefits that this idyllic lightly treed area has to offer. Situated in the no-through section of Grandview you sit proudly in an area that boasts picturesque rural views. The block itself has been partially prepared with a driveway cut and a septic system installed (5 years ago). This is one of the last remaining easy build blocks in this highly sought yet affordable part of town. The vendor has placed a very realistic price on the property to ensure a prompt sale. The block should also appeal to builders as a good quality spec home should sell well.

Price Inspect Agent

Price Inspect Agent

$440,000 - $480,000 By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

$235,000 - $250,000 By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

34 Agnes Avenue Blairgowrie

2/21 Hygeia Street Rye

Best block in town

ABSOLUTLEY NO CAR REQUIRED

Bold words but true. Location wise, size, ease of build and dollar for dollar this has to be the best opportunity on the Peninsula. Located in a quiet highly sought address backing directly onto Stringer Reserve it offers the perfect position to construct your dream residence or idyllic holiday home. Just a few minutes in any direction will have you in a hub of activity whether it’s the pounding waves of the ocean beach, the crystal clear waters of the family friendly bay beaches or the vibrancy of the Blairgowrie or Sorrento Villages. Add to this a myriad of other activities available on the fabulous Mornington Peninsula and this is the block that everyone will want to own. Will you be the lucky one?

Units this close to the beach and township are very difficult to find. Being the centre unit of only three on the block it offers a quiet, convenient location to retire in comfort or would equally suit a wonderful work free weekend getaway. Featuring a comfortable floor plan with 2 bedrooms, nice big lounge, kitchen and bathroom facilities plus a surprisingly large backyard area and lock up garage. Having been owned for many years by its current owners and used sparingly as a holiday home it presents in excellent condition and ready to play host for many years to come to its new owners. Most of all remember it is only 300mts to the beach and shopping centre.

Price Inspect Agent

Price Inspect Agent

$399,950 By appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

5985 6555

$330,000 - $350,000 By appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941

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Safety Beach

27 Jackson Way Dromana

The Ideal Lifestyle

The View Speaks For Itself

Located in one of Safety Beach’s finest locations, you are situated within walking distance of the The Atrium offering dining, golf, tennis and swimming pool, with the added bonus of being minutes to the golden sands of Safety Beach and Dromana central. This home is spacious, bright with views across the golf course, lake and Arthurs Seat as a back drop. Boasting 3 bedrooms, master with recently renovated ensuite and WIR, GDH, S/S air conditioner, open plan modern kitchen/meals, formal dining/living, family room, double remote garage, paved and covered outdoor entertaining area and much more. This lifestyle will be the envy of all. Call now, you won’t be disappointed.

Price $529,000

By Appointment Inspect Melissa Walker 0407 508 555 Contact

Located high on Dromana Hill & boasting a blend of rustic charm and magnificent bay views from Safety Beach to the You Yangs and Port Phillip heads. With 3 bedrooms master with WIR & FES, large open plan living, with views from living areas, dining and master bedroom, large kitchen with timber bench tops and dishwasher. Also featuring GDH, ducted vac, double garage and plenty of storage. Just sit back on the entertaining deck, relax and watch the world go by. Land size 1530sqm approx

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Saturday 12 November 2011 at 2.00pm

Wednesday 5-5.30pm & Saturday 1.30-2.00pm Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

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27 Elizabeth Avenue Dromana

1102 Arthurs Seat Road Dromana

A Fantastic Opportunity

Brick Veneer On A Corner Block

9 Great Reasons Why...

Home Among The Gum Trees!

This appealing BV home is set on a 601m2 block (approx) and boast 3 bedrooms all with BIRs and brand new carpets, floating floor boards in the lounge and near new kitchen, Coonara wood fire, fully fenced rear yard & rear deck with second toilet.

There is a single carport and plenty of room for the boat or caravan. This home is a great buy, don’t miss out.

The heading says it all. This very neat & tidy home has potential for a possible 2 lot subdivision (STCA). The home has 3 bedrooms with BIR’s, polished floors, open plan dining/meals area and kitchen with ample bench space. A substantial carport is at the rear of the home that is low maintenance, has near new fencing and some established fruit trees.

Call Now sure to not last!

Positioned in a fantastic part of Dromana is this great home ideal as a weekend getaway, permanent home or investment property. With 3 bedrooms, open plan living, renovated kitchen & bathroom, 2 great entertaining decks & garage with power & water. Possible subdivision potential (STCA), land 742sqm approx.

Tucked away on an approx. 789m2 block with rear lane access this home is crying out to be renovated and modernized. Currently there are 2 bedrooms with downstairs studio, entertaining area & loads of space. Ideal as a home or weekender and just minutes to the beach and shops this is the perfect spot upon which to create a new lifestyle, in a wonderful location & at an affordable price.

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

Price Inspect Contact

$360,000 plus

By Appointment 03 5987 3233

$399,000

By Appointment 03 5987 3233

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Terrific Beach Retreat

Owner Says Sell! Ready To Realise!

Location, Location, Location!!!

Heart Stopping Bay Views

Set just 300 meters approx. from the Dromana foreshore and the shops this fantastic property can be either a permanent home or use for holidays. There are 3 bedrooms, gas heating, ample bench space in the kitchen & side rear access for boats.

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AROUND THE PENINSULA

Earth watch for shaky hill

By Keith Platt FRANKSTON landmark Olivers Hill is recognised as shaky ground. Strict planning regulations are in place to ensure the safety of structures built on the hill, which is zoned “high to very high risk”.

Last week soil samples were again being taken from beneath the bitumen at the car park halfway up the hill.

Engineering and environmental services consultancy Golder Associates took the soil samples as part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s “normal monitoring and management regime of the area”.

“There are no plans to undertake stabilisation works at this time,” a spokesperson for the DSE said.

Golder did not return calls from The Times.

The car park and footpath was closed about six years ago after the ground subsided. The path has since been reopened but cars are still kept at bay.

The highway was closed for almost two years after a major landslide near the car park in 1948. More recent

soil movements have been blamed on “poor compaction” of the soil used as fill.

When contacted about last week’s soil testing, Frankston Council said its infrastructure team “have confirmed the works there are being done by VicRoads and it is soil testing for what purpose we haven’t been told”.

The risks on the hill are well documented in the planning scheme amendment C46: landslide; erosion (caused by waves and flooded waterways); perennial springs destabilising the ground; water flowing across slopes; and from “turbulent and high velocity water flows in gullies and channels after rain events”.

However, future movement on the hill remains an unknown, creating a problem for planners.

Concrete barriers have been placed on the beach to protect houses close to the shore at the northern end of Daveys Bay. Opponents of the proposed Olivers Hill marina say construction work could trigger landslides.

Boring time: A drilling crew check the stability of the ground beneath the car park that remains closed on Olivers Hill in Frankston.

Shire has win over ‘gay’ fence

By Mike Hast NORMAN Lodge owner Charles Jacobsen has lost his battle to build a fence in line with the front of his beach house on Sunnyside Beach North.

The so-called “gay fence” issue raised the ire of conservationists and homosexual lobby groups earlier this year when Mr Jacobsen told Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors he wanted to build a 1.8-metre high chainlink fence to keep people off a coastal reserve.

Erecting the new fence would have

meant the loss of vegetation.

The Mt Eliza millionaire said in February the fence would preserve future regeneration work and stop homosexuals engaging in “illegal and antisocial behavior” in scrub between the existing old fence and the beach.

After a March meeting of the council, Mr Jacobsen said he regretted making the homosexuals remark and wished he had said sex acts by heterosexuals and homosexuals. “Some of my best friends are homosexuals; I am not anti-gay,” he said after the meeting

Last month the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal dismissed Mr Jacobsen’s challenge of a shire decision for a new fence in the same position as an old one on the beach side of the southern reserve. He wanted the fence closer to the water.

The tribunal also supported the council’s decision to permit a 1.2-metre high fence across the beach side of the northern reserve. Mr Jacobsen wanted a 1.8-metre high fence.

Mr Jacobsen gave the shire the two reserves, which are either side of his

beach house, formerly owned by Sir Reg Ansett, as part of a deal to allow him to build two new homes on Norman Lodge estate.

The millionaire was also in the VCAT arguing that the shire should pay half of the cost of revegetating the two reserves over 10 years.

In March, councillors said Mr Jacobsen should pay the full cost of revegetating the reserve -- $442,420.

Mr Jacobsen distributed 6500 copies of a pamphlet to Mt Eliza’s 16,000 residents in 2007 saying he would pay

for the revegetation when first applying for the boundary realignment to build four houses for his children.

The shire cut the four home sites back to two.

In its decision last month, the VCAT said Mr Jacobsen and the shire must negotiate the cost of the work in the reserves or come back to the tribunal next January.

The shire was suppported at the tribunal hearing by Mt Eliza Action Group, which was an original objector to the Norman Lodge estate carve-up.

Society brushing up for spring ONE of the highlights of the region’s arts calendar is at Peninsula Arts Society’s studio and gallery in Frankston South over Melbourne Cup weekend.

The society’s annual spring art show features the work of many professional artists, students and emerging artists who have used a variety of mediums.

Opening night is at 7pm on Friday 28 October at the society’s gallery at 157 Overport Rd, Frankston South.

Tickets cost $15 and include finger food and wine.

Entry is free for the rest of the weekend, and refreshments will be available courtesy of Red Cross.

The society was formed in 1954 following a public meeting in Frankston’s Mechanics Hall called by Colin and Maidie McGowan.

Early meetings were held at the home of Harry and Nan McClelland, the bohemian brother and sister – he a painter, she a poet – who lived in Palm Court on Frankston’s Long Island.

(The McClelland Gallery was established in 1971 with money from Nan’s estate on the property that Harry called his country studio. Harry died in 1954, Nan in 1961.)

The society then met on the first floor of the Pier Hotel and later above Ritchies before it bought a property in Overton Rd. Frankston Council leased part of Overport Park to the society, and a studio and gallery were built in 1988. This was extended in 1999 and again in 2006.

The society has more than 600 members and plays a key role in the visual arts scene of the region.

“As well as enjoying the artwork, the show will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to see the facilities of one of Australia’s most active art societies,” society member Bill Caldwell said.

For more information, contact Peninsula Arts Society, 9775 2640 or www.peninsulaartssociety.org.au

Hoyle’s view: Venice, a watercolour by award-winning artist and tutor Glenn Hoyle.

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NATURE

Enormous, clucky visitors in our skies

If any bird can, a pelican THEY’RE Australia’s biggest flying bird and are soaring around Mornington Peninsula this month.

It’s October, and pelicans in southern Australia are listening to their biological clocks. They’ll be looking for a mate and starting a family very soon after good winter and spring rains.

Peninsula residents can be a “buddy” to clucky pelicans by joining the free Backyard Buddies program run by Australia’s Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.

Members receive an email with tips to make a backyard inviting and safe for native animals. Pelicans feature in the October email.

“The Australian pelican is an amazing creature,” Steve Corbett, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, said.

“It has the longest bill of any bird in the world and can fly up to 3000 metres above sea level by hitching a ride on thermal currents of warm air.

“Look out for clucky pelicans around the peninsula. They develop special colouring on their bills and bill pouches when they’re ready to mate. The front two-thirds of the pouch turn scarlet, the rear third turns pink, and a dark line appears on either side.

“It’s easy to tell which pelicans already have partners as their courtship colours fade and the dark line on their bills becomes red. It’s a bit like a pelican wedding band.

“When a female pelican is ready to find a partner, she starts some strenuous exercise – either a long distance

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from its stomach and the baby sticks its beak a long way down its parent’s throat to eat.

“After the parent thinks enough is enough and pulls away, the baby pelican throws a tantrum. It convulses violently, biting anything nearby and collapses on the ground, which can sometimes result in the pelican falling unconscious. This behaviour lasts for about a minute and is thought to be an exaggerated form of begging.

“There is a lot that peninsula residents can do to be a buddy to these fascinating birds.”

Pelican tips

Drawcard: Pelicans are a daily attraction at Hastings pier, often competing with seagulls for scraps or bait tossed from the pier.

swim, walk or flight. Several males follow her, but eventually drop off as they run out of steam. The last male following will be her mate, and she leads him to a good nesting site.

“Pelicans lay two to four pure white eggs in a scrape, or basic nest, on the ground. Usually only one chick sur-

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vives because of competition among each other in the first few weeks. Pelicans breed in colonies of up to 40,000 birds on islands or secluded shores.

“It’s a pretty odd sight to see an adult pelican feeding its young. The adult regurgitates partially digested food such as fish, crustaceans, tadpoles and so on

Dispose of fishing line and hooks carefully as they can easily damage the pelican’s sensitive bill pouch.

Pick up rubbish when you walk so it doesn’t enter waterways, where it can tear the guts or intestines of marine animals and birds such as pelicans.

Avoid using chemicals and pesticides on your garden, as rain will cause runoff to enter waterways where chemicals where can cause algal blooms or accumulate in the food chain and make marine animals and birds sick.

Keep cats and dogs indoors as much as possible, especially at night.

“Enjoy pelican antics in your area.

Look out for them near large expanses of open water that don’t have a lot of aquatic vegetation. Although they are graceful in the air, they’re quite comical on land, waddling along on their large blue webbed feet,” Mr Corbett said.

Pelican facts Australian pelicans grow up to 1.8 metres long and have a wingspan of up to 2.5 metres.

Their bills grows up to 50cm long and the bill pouch holds up to 13 litres.

Pelicans live for up to 25 years.

They can stay in the air for 24 hours by riding thermal currents, and can travel hundreds of kilometres in one go.

They fly at up to 56km an hour.

Pelicans are mainly quiet, but during breeding periods listen out for their “orrh, thu-thuh, ah-ah-ahah” and “uh-uhhr” calls.

During periods of starvation, pelicans will eat seagulls, pigeons or ducks. They scoop them up in their bill pouches and swallow them whole, after much flapping and struggling. It is a really bizarre sight to see.

Share photos of your native animal buddies on www.facebook.com/backyardbuddies.

According to The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds, Australian pelicans live all over Australia. They are capable of flying long distances in a short amount of time and may turn up anywhere where conditions are suitable. They are most abundant in estuaries, but are also commonly found on other types of waterways.

For more information, sign up for the Backyard Buddies email and download a free fact sheet about pelicans at www.backyardbuddies.net.au.

The misunderstood mangrove

By Keith Platt THE treatment of mangroves by planners at Hastings fits neatly with the findings of a study by Professor Paul Boon, from Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation.

While mangrove mudflats at Hastings were seen as a convenient place for a tip, which was later reclaimed for parkland, land managers elsewhere continue to misunderstand and undervalue the plants that are essential to the marine ecology.

The study showed how up to half the mangroves and saltmarshes around Port Phillip and Western Port were cleared for housing and port developments, with many mangroves in other areas around South Gippsland burnt to produce ash for soap-making in the 19th century.

Professor Boon’s four-year study showed mangroves remain threatened by public attitudes, rising sea levels and coastal development.

Human impacts and development are blamed for the destruction of up to 20 per cent of the state’s coastal marshes.

He says the future looks even bleaker and predicts sea level rises will push coastal marsh systems inland, where their retreat will be blocked by seawalls, farms and housing.

“These saltmarshes with nowhere to go will simply drown,” he said.

He said mangroves and saltmarshes – important breeding grounds for birds, fish and other marine and estuarine species – protect against erosion and provided filtration of runoff from the land. ”Despite this, mangroves and salt-

marshes are not referred to specifically under Victorian legislation for protection. ”Disturbingly, the knowledge of mangroves and coastal saltmarsh across different management agencies is patchy and the management of these areas is poorly coordinated.”

He said the Department of Primary Industries had recommended planting tall wheat grass to rehabilitate salty coastal areas “even though it is one of the worst and most invasive weeds of saltmarshes, particularly where they occur next to agricultural lands”.

Surveys in Torquay and Tooradin had found public knowledge of the environmental role fulfilled by saltmarshes was “almost nonexistent”.

“Saltmarshes are largely unknown and therefore ‘invisible’ to the community,” Professor Boon said. “Most people saw saltmarshes as little more than muddy, smelly breeding grounds for mosquitoes.”

He said mangroves had a slightly higher profile than saltmarshes but remained unappreciated by almost everyone, except fishermen who recognised their importance for angling.

Professor Boon’s 500-page report Mangroves and coastal saltmarsh of Victoria recommends reserving or buying land to allow the inland retreat of mangroves and saltmarshes; buffer zones to coastal development; and a single body to coordinate management of mangroves and saltmarshes.

The study included the first fine-scale mapping of all current mangroves and saltmarshes in Victoria, as well as an analysis of the likely coverage before European colonisation of Victoria.

Mudflat marvel: Mangroves near Jacks Beach in Bittern provide shelter and a food source for Western Port’s marine life.

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Riddle: What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain it’s original pronunciation?

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Community Fire Information Day The Mornington Peninsula Shire in conjunction with Nepean Conservation Group, Parks Victoria and CFA are running a Bush Fire Information Day for residents living in the Nepean area of the Peninsula When: 22 October, 11:00am – 1:00pm Where: Sorrento Community Centre (in the stadium) Why: To enable the community and special interest groups to discuss any re related issues and concerns with emergency agencies and the shire and encourage community discussion and collaboration.

How: The forum will begin with a number of short presentations from agencies including Parks Victoria/DSE, Mornington Peninsula Shire and the CFA. There will be an opportunity to ask questions. A range of information stalls from all agencies (PV, MPS, CFA, etc) and community groups such as the Nepean Conservation Group, the Nepean Historical Society, SPIFFA and others will run from 11.00 am until 1.00 pm leaving plenty of time for one on one discussion with shire of cers and agency representatives.

The forum will be followed by a free BBQ lunch.

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It’s my Tea Party and I’ll cry if I want to

By Stuart McCullough SOME things cannot be allowed to remain unchallenged. They are such an affront to sense – common or otherwise – that reasonable human beings everywhere will feel compelled to storm their local shopping centre in search of a six-pack of gauntlets so that these may be thrown down to the floor with a vigour and passion usually reserved for warfare.

I, for one, am presently writing with gauntlet clasped firmly in hand which, while seriously impeding my ability to type, will give you a fair indication of how hopelessly outraged I am. My only wish is that I will shortly catch the eye of my antagonist so that the gauntlet tossing may commence in earnest.

Imagine this. You’re a band. You toil for years to build up a following in your native Canada, tour relentlessly and make nearly a dozen trips to places like Australia in order to sate the appetite of hungry fans, eager to sample the delights of your musical buffet.

This melodious feast only ends after that most acute case of creative indigestion better known as “musical differences”. (Incidentally, I long to live in a world where musical differences can be given as a reason for everything from resigning to failing to take out the rubbish.)

Having gone their separate ways in 2005, they find the number of hits to their website has increased exponentially. What could explain such a renewed surge of interest? Perhaps the general public only now appreciates

the depths of their artistic genius.

Doubtless that would be great in terms of moving a few units of a back catalogue that is presently occupying the best part of somebody’s garage.

Maybe a song has been selected for the soundtrack of a large Hollywood motion picture and an invite to next year’s Oscars is as good as in the mail?

Or perhaps even a freak radio hit?

Sadly, the answer to all these questions is “no”.

The Tea Party formed in 1990.

The band members could never have known that years later an archly conservative political movement, which

famously counts a moose-worrying Alaskan among its supporters, would claim the name as their own and make a lot of far less musical noise.

The band was best known for mixing rock music with what they call “Middle Eastern influences”, resulting in some referring to their music as “Moroccan Roll”. While this sounds like something you ought to be able to order from your local North African bakery, in practical terms, it meant crashing drums, crushing guitars and a singer who wailed as if he just sat at the wrong end of a swordfish.

In my opinion, they tended toward

overdoing things on the angst front from time to time.

When supporters of a conservative political movement, also prone to setting the controls to “angst-ridden apoplexy”, type “teaparty.com” into their web browsers, they are transported to a world not of politics but of rock music with a Middle Eastern tinge.

This has proved so confusing that the band has felt a duty to explain the website by adding the words “no politics, just rock and roll”. Despite their best efforts to be helpful, it hasn’t stopped newspapers from putting the boots in.

When reports emerged that the band was considering selling the domain name to the American political movement, they were invariably described as a “little known Canadian band”.

What an outrage! There is, quite frankly, no need for this kind of talk. While the music of The Tea Party may not be my cup of tea, they should be entitled to a little respect for their efforts.

“Same name syndrome” happens all the time with bands, but almost always with other musical groups. You struggle for weeks to come up with a half-decent name only to discover that some bunch of no-hopers not only thought of it first, but also already has a record out.

It often results in one demanding the other give up the name unless, of course, the success of one band simply overshadows the other.

In the 1960s there was a psychedelic pop group named Nirvana that is largely unremembered. Sometimes,

November Bin y t t go Nu

Seeking iconic Dromana image THE Mornington Peninsula is synonymous with arts and crafts and the Dromana Art & Craft Show, as it is now called, has been expanded this year to include crafts, sculptures, photography and a special one-off competition called “Dromana 150 – A Tribute to Buvelot”, which aims to bring forward a painting of Dromana that shows an aspect of the town today that may become as iconic in future years as Buvelot’s painting entitled “Mount Martha from Dromana’s Hill 1877”. It will be conducted alongside the normal Dromana Art Show, which has been running for 37 years. The winning painting

will be hung permanently in the Old Flinders Shire Offices, Dromana and an acquisitive prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the artist whose painting best achieves the competition’s objectives.

The special competition recognises that this is the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Dromana as a township and also the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Dromana Primary School.

The prize is funded equally by the Bendigo Bank and the Rotary Club of Dromana.

The normal Dromana Art Show will feature several hundred paintings on show for people’s enjoyment and

purchase.

The Dromana Art & Craft Show will be held in the new stadium at Dromana Primary School in McCulloch St, Dromana, and it opens at 7pm on Friday 28 October and continues for the next three days from 10am to 5pm each day.

A light supper and drinks will be served at the opening night function and Devonshire teas will be available on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets to the opening night are $15 each and on the other days,$5 each, with children free of charge.

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though, one group may be forced to back down and make a minor adjustment to avoid confusion. Thus British group Squeeze became UK Squeeze because of a band in Sydney. Jack White’s The Raconteurs, on the other hand, is known as The Saboteurs only in Australia after a band of the same name in Queensland declined to surrender it.

I hope The Tea Party (band) make a squillion from the Tea Party (not very musical at all). That would go some way to assuaging the pain that comes from having someone describe you as “little known”.

Otherwise, like any band worth their salt, pepper and Moroccan five spice, band members should throw down the gauntlet and demand that the other bunch of jokers change their name.

The political movement could call itself the US Tea Party. If that didn’t take members’ fancy, perhaps they could call themselves The Saboteurs except, of course, in Australia.

Granted, for a political movement to change its name would be a difficult decision, one filled with a great deal of angst.

There is band in Canada that is more than qualified to provide an appropriate soundtrack. Then again, if it all gets too hard the US political movement may end up fracturing or even breaking up. If so, the only reason they need give is “musical differences”. www.stuartmccullough.com

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Entertainment THE American superstar group of the 1960s The Four Seasons (pictured) came together in 1956 with a line-up of Frankie Valli (born Francis Castelluccio), brothers Nick and Tommy De Vito, and Hank Majewski.

First called the Variatones, then the Four Lovers, they enjoyed a minor hit with You’re the Apple of My Eye. After combining with Bob Gaudio, the group evolved into The Four Seasons and released Sherry (1962), which became a No. 1 hit.

A brilliant example of falsetto, harmony pop, Sherry established the group as one of America’s most popular. A few months later they were back in the charts with Big Girl’s Don’t Cry and finished 1962 off with a Christmas song, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, which made the Top 20.

They continued to dominate the charts in 1963 with another five Top 10 hits including Walk Like a Man, Stay and Candy Girl. In 1964 they met fierce competition from The Beatles.

There was even an album released called Battle of the Bands featuring The Four Seasons and The Beatles.

When The Beatles held four of the Top 5 positions on the Billboard chart in 1964, The Four Seasons represented the solitary competition with Dawn at No. 3. In the later half of 1964 the

band was back at No. 1 with Rag Doll.

Many hits followed including Working My Way Back to You, Silence is Golden, Who Loves You, Ronnie, Let’s Hang On, and December 1963 (Oh, What a Night).

Frankie Valli also enjoyed solo success with a No. 1 hit My Eyes Adored You (1975) and the Barry Gibb film theme Grease and Can’t Take My Eyes off You. Valli also received some unexpected success in the UK in 1971 thanks to a northern soul dance floor revival of

You’re Ready Now, which made the UK Top 20 chart. Six years later The Four Seasons became part of the disco boom with the nostalgic December 1963 (Oh, What a Night).

Jersey Boys, a musical based on the lives of The Four Seasons and directed by Des McAnuff (The Who’s Tommy, 700 Sundays), premiered at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne in March 2009.

Jersey Boys is the winner of four 2006 Tony Awards including for best musical. The Original Cast Recording

genes; we’re all mad to some extent.

When I was 11 and returning from my forced Sunday indoctrination school via Merri Creek dressed in my one good suit, I was accosted by three older, distorted-looking males – similar in appearance to jet ski riders – who dispossessed me of my suit trousers for a pair of cruddy, smelly holey shorts.

They forced me up a tunnel that went underneath a railway line and threw rocks (called yonnies back then) at me.

Fortunately there was an end to the tunnel leading to a side ladder to a smaller tunnel to the other side. I escaped. Could this be relevant? Did my genes survive this massive stress factor with no counsellor available?

When I arrived home to tell my tale of woe, my sister laughed at me. A female psychiatrist might be the go, or maybe ... no, not a sex therapist. Still? *** MUCH has been said and written about Solomon Lew and his swimming pool on public land overlooking our magnificent Port Phillip, but it needs a comment on his outrageous cheek or, to put it bluntly, “spitting in our faces”. Not only should it be demolished, but also he should receive the heaviest of possible cash penalties.

A sincere apology wouldn’t go astray either. *** A VISIT to the doctor is vastly different from 50 years ago when they would listen, diagnose and detail what was to be done. No sitting at a computer, an antibiotics prescription and a quick verbal response before ending back at reception. One feels guilty if one holds the doctor up with too much detail. I recall sitting in the doctor’s office with Mum. Nothing on the face of this earth would hurry her until she was fully conversant with the ailment and treatment. Always good to spend a couple of days in bed. I would feel special; a bottle of lemonade, a real treat. I would sip on it very, very slowly. Lemonade was liquid gold back then, like whisky 20 years later. Now? Light beer. *** ANDREW Bolt’s conviction under racial vilification laws was so sad. Are you related to Derryn Hinch by any chance, Andrew; you two freedom of speech, self-righteous buccaneers? Or right-wing fascist doctors of innuendo depending on one’s point of view.

A suggestion, Andrew: say what you really think about the Police As-

of Jersey Boys won the 2007 Grammy Award for best musical show album and in its award-winning week topped the Billboard albums chart.

I went to the Melbourne opening night and entered the theatre a sceptic, but became a believer.

The band has become an institution with an illustrious history that spans several musical eras, from the barber shop harmonies of the 1950s to the disco beat of the 1970s, but it is the timeless hit singles of the 1960s with which the group is indelibly linked.

The hits were underpinned by lustrous, soaring harmonies and thick, upfront production, which gave the band a sound that was unique in pop.

Frankie Valli and The Four Seaons perform at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 3 April. Tickets from 132 849.

More info www.daintygroup.com www.frankievallifourseasons.com *** UNIVERSAL Music has signed Australian icon Judith Durham to an international deal on Decca Records.

Her new album Epiphany will be released 28 October and her 50-year retrospective compilation album Colours of My Life CD/DVD will be available 18 November. www.judithdurham.com www.getmusic.com.au

with Gary Turner *** BLINK-182 has released its longawaited album Neighborhoods (Universal). This is Blink’s first album of new material in eight years; its recording followed the band’s 2009 reunion after a four-year hiatus www.blink182.com *** TICKETS are still available for the Dolly Parton show at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 1 December. Details: 132 849. Her latest album Better Day is out. Also tune into Dolly Parton TV at www.dollypartonmusic.net www.chuggenteratinment.com *** TICKETS for Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill are on sale for their 20 March concert at Rod Laver. This will be the first time they have toured Australia together. Tickets 132 849. www. timmcgraw.com www.faithhill.com

A Grain of Salt WITH all the “green belt” carryings on and what is best for Sir Reg’s land and anything else that might upset the comfort and serenity of our Mt Eliza residents, I’m amused. A hundred metres behind my unit they’re building four double-storey apartments, sometimes with loud machinery until 8 at night.

Another three double storeys to my left on three blocks, and a block away near the school, another three; popping up like daisies. Would the council come to my rescue? Should I write to my newspaper? No influence, no chance. Fortunately Aldi abandoned its Rye store plans, so if the two-storey craze continues on through summer the construction noise will be drowned out by the sweet sounds of utes, motorbikes and, of course, the beloved jet skis. Life is gooood. *** PSYCHOTIC disturbances are in the news. The likes of schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and major or minor depressions; the impact on the quality of life. I’ve never visited a psychiatrist due to a chronic fear of couches, which can mysteriously dissipate depending on the company.

Who knows what resides in one’s

Joke!!!

As a priest was visiting an elderly lady in the hospital he noticed a bowl of peanuts by her bed. He began to nibble the peanuts as they visited and by the end of the visit realized he had consumed the entire bowl. Feeling badly he bought a bag and brought them to her the next day. As he gave them to her he explained they were to replace those he’d eaten the day before. “Why you didn’t need to do that Pastor”, the lady explained. “The thing is, I don’t have any teeth, so when my nephew brings me chocolate-covered peanuts. Well, I just suck the chocolate off and spit the peanuts in the bowl.”

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sociation and its relationship with our government. You and Greg Davies and Teddy Baillieu and Pete Ryan. Or do you all belong to the same club? Freedom of speech? A selection based on assumed racial superiority more likely.

I suppose we all want to be famous to some degree at some point in our lives, but Andrew obviously wants it more than most. Oops. I’ve just realised I’m agreeing with lovable Martin Flanagan. Oh well, once every five is OK. *** HEALTH organisations want to “denormalise” tobacco. Victorian Heart Foundation chief Kathy Bell believes smoking bans at beaches and most outdoor areas take ciggies out of the public eye. “This makes it less likely that children will see smoking as normal and attractive behaviour they want to copy,” she said.

One local newspapers ran a “Have your say” as to “Should smoking be banned on peninsula beaches?” No prizes for who would respond to that.

Let’s hope they don’t ban it from our RSL dedicated smoking zones.

My sympathies are for pensioners and single mothers who have to pay the government’s massive, world record tax. Smoking (not passive smoking)

with Cliff Ellen clearly aggravates chest complaints, etc, as do thousands of cars driving by during my morning coffee, but does it cause cancer? We are guessing, as are Nicola Roxon and darling Kathy Bell. *** PREMIER Teddy says “the circumstances surrounding Carl Williams’s death will be made public eventually”.

Never, Teddy mate.

I’m a union man by nature but I couldn’t help noticing the striking Qantas baggage handlers obviously loved their tucker.

The Slap on ABC TV was good yawn stuff, but it’s a light slap for the boy and jail for his parents.

A tax summit? GST, negative gearing, family trusts? Never ever, but it sounds sincere, albeit bulldust.

Gone Pies. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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Women’s art talk by Antique Roadshow man PAUL Atterbury of the BBC television program Antiques Roadshow is giving an illustrated talk at a Sorrento art gallery next month, a fundraiser for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

His talk at Temple Gallery, “Crossing boundaries: women artists in Britain and Australia”, coincides with an exhibition “Australian Women Artists – Early to Contemporary”.

Paul specialises in the art, architecture, design and decorative arts of the 19 th and 20 th centuries.

Trained as a graphic designer, he later studied art history, worked for Sotheby Publications, as an historical adviser for Royal Doulton and as editor of Connoisseur magazine.

Since 1981 he has been a freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster and exhibition curator, usually for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

He has written or edited more than 30 books, mostly on ceramics, but also on his travels and on railways and canals. Paul recently published books on the Dorset villages of Eype and West Bay as seen through old postcards.

For the past 14 years he has been with the Antiques Roadshow team of experts, working usually in the miscellaneous section, which gives him ample opportunity to explore the antiques and collectables of the 19th and 20th centuries.

He has been on more than 100 Roadshows and appeared regularly on the Great Antiques Hunt, The

Art expert: Left, Paul Atterbury will present a talk on women artists of Britain and Australia. Evening on the Thames by renowned artist Dora Meeson is one of many works on show.

Antiques Show and on Hidden Treasures on BBC Radio Four.

The talk and slide show is at Temple Gallery, 3385 Point Nepean Rd, Sorrento, at 2pm on Saturday 12 November.

Tickets $15 and seating is limited.

Book with Renée Dent on 59 84 41 34 or renee@templegallery.com.au.

“Australian Women Artists – Early to Contemporary” follows the success of the 2005 Early Australian Women Painters exhibition held by Temple Gallery,” Temple Gallery director Renee Dent says.

The show includes six pieces by Dora Meeson (1869-1955), a major artist of the 20th century. Meeson

was born in Melbourne, but spent much of her life in London. She is renowned for her participation in the suffrage movement in London. Her work rarely appears on the market.

Centred around Dora Meeson are many of her contemporaries including Christina Asquith-Baker, Ida Knox and Jean P Sutherland, Margery Withers, Ethel Carrick-Fox. “The show moves to the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, and includes pictures by Alma Figuerola, Clarice Beckett, Mary Macqueen, Aileen Dent, Edith Holmes and a mystery potter.

“The exhibition finishes with a number of paintings and sculptures by outstanding contemporary artists such as Dorothy Braund, Norma Bailey-Ramsay, Helen Cole, Johanna Dootjes and Juliana Hilton.

“To obtain works by these artists is a major feat.

“I am delighted with the encouragement and support offered by a number of collectors and experts as well as by the living artists,” Renee said.

The show runs from 29 October until 4 December.

Major Exhibition Early & Contemporary Australian Women Artists 29 October – 4 December 2011

Dora Meeson, Boats at dock (detail) 3385 Point Nepean Road, Sorrento Telephone: 5984 4134 www.templegallery.com.au Open Sat & Sun 11.00am – 4.30pm and Melbourne Cup Weekend (Mon 31 Oct & Tues 1 Nov) and by appointment Contact: Renée Dent on 0429 94 33 64 Southern Peninsula News 18 October 2011

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Little athletes on the go Photos Barry Irving SOUTHERN Peninsula Little Athletics caters for children aged from under six to early teens.

Club spokesman David Elhage said little athletics is “a wonderful way to develop skills and build healthy bodies over the summer months”.

“Children develop new skills and make new friends. The opportunity to better their own personal best results, rather than just winning, is the goal for many youngsters,” he said.

“Events are all age and distance appropriate.

They include sprints, distance running, high jump, triple jump, long jump, hurdles, shot put, vortex, turbo, discus and walk.

“All competitors receive personal best ribbons during the season, with trophies presentation at season end.

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Mr Elhage said the season had started and children could come for a free trial.

“Our main focus is on children having fun, being active and achieving their personal best.

“We are a volunteer organisation and always need individual and corporate sponsors to help fund activities.

“We encourage parents, grandparents and friends to help out and share in the growth and socialisation of children.

“We rely on adult assistance with the canteen, age group leaders and timing, and are currently seeking enthusiastic parents interested in doing a short coaching or ‘starters’ course.

Southern Peninsula Little Athletics is based at Truemans Road Reserve on Truemans Rd in Rosebud West.

For details, contact David Elhage on 0438 987 448 or email southernpeninsula@lavic.com.au

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Cranny pair look to chomp Choux IN a very competitive $3 million Tatts Cox Plate, Cranbourne pair Rekindled Interest and Pinker Pinker appear among the most serious threats to New Zealander Jimmy Choux.

The Jim Conlan-trained Rekindled Interest has put together impressive credentials going into Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age event.

A year ago he won the AAMI Vase over the Cox Plate course and distance and then on 10 September he won the Group 2 Dato Chin Nam Stakes over 1600m at Moonee Valley.

At his only subsequent appearance, he ran on stoutly to a satisfactory fifth in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

It should play into his hands that a hectic pace is expected on Saturday because he likes to settle back in his races and swoop home.

A highly credentialled mare Pinker Pinker has been performing impressively with a win in the Group 2 Let’s Elope at Flemington. She followed that victory with seconds in the Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley and the Group 1 Epsom at Randwick.

Pinker Pinker has pleased trainer Greg Eurell since returning from Sydney and she now has reached a stage where the 2040m will suit her.

At the same time Jimmy Choux is clearly going to be very hard to beat.

After a series of dominant performances as a three-year-old, Jimmy Choux seems to have come back better than ever.

After a slashing second to subsequent Toorak Handicap winner King Mufhasa over 1400m, he scored convincing wins over 1600m and 2000m

and appears to have a class edge over his rivals.

While Jimmy Choux is ruling favourite, there is sure to be heavy support for the outstanding three-yearold Helmet who races in the colours of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed.

Already a winner of three Group 1s, Helmet dictated the terms when winning the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at his last appearance and is expected to take plenty of catching.

Another Sheikh Mohammed-owned horse who is well worth following is Galah. A lightly raced three-yearold, Galah won against the trend at Caulfield on Saturday and will be the testing material in the Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on 29 October.

Horse-to-follow Cross Of Gold, who was fourth behind Galah, is worth another chance as he is clearly a better proposition when ridden more patiently.

Legendary trainer Bart Cummings has unearthed another classic contender in Gliding. A maiden going into Saturday’s Ethereal Stakes, Gliding took a more forward position before dashing clear of her rivals in the straight.

New Zealand filly Dowager Queen will also be hard to beat in the Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and the Crown Oaks (2500m) over the Flemington carnival judging by her luckless second.

Global champion: Above, last year’s Cox Plate winner So You Think. Right, Rekindled Interest trainer Jim Conlan. Pictures: Slickpix

A noted backmarker, Dowager Queen had nowhere to go in the home straight but once jockey Craig Williams was able to find some room, she rocketed home.

Another Kiwi to catch the eye at Caulfield on Saturday was the Trent Bussuttin-trained Sangster. A son of Cox Plate winner Savabeel, Sangster took off much too early and was only collared in the last few strides when second in the Norman Robinson Stakes, a race that more often than not provides the AAMI Victoria Derby winner.

Gai Waterhouse’s Niagra also cemented his Derby claims when a fast-finishing third. After settling in a nice position, he was shuffled back before the home turn and did well to finish as close as he did. The spacious Flemington circuit will suit his style perfectly.

Another stellar year for evergreen Stringer

By Scot Palmer SORRENTO Football Club stalwart Guy Stringer, 39, continues to astound MPNFL Nepean Division watchers.

They saw him being awarded the competition’s grand final medal in September for his solid game as well as stouthearted resistance in the gripping last seconds when Hastings was charging at Sorrento, which was a solitary point in front when the siren sounded.

The same track-watchers shook their heads in amazement when Stringer, whose family has a long heritage in the town, snared the Shark’s best and fairest award for 2011.

The 250 guests at the club’s presentation night at Portsea Hotel rose to give the courageous backman a standing ovation.

He edged out Sorrento’s outstanding playing coach Troy Schwarze for the coveted award in the flag-winning season.

Club president Gary Woodhams said Stringer’s career with the Sharks had established him as one of the icons of the old club.

Woodhams is confident the superbly fit Stringer, the club’s oldest player, will continue into 2012 when the Sharks will be aiming for a trifecta of premierships.

Stringer joined the seniors in 1989 and won the best and fairest in 1992.

He has played for Pines, in Darwin, for Frankston VFA in the late 1990s, at Hastings, Edithvale-Aspendale, before returning to Sorrento at the end of 2003 and was a key player in the 2004 premiership.

He went back to Edi-Asp for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, before again coming back to Sorrento in 2007.

Stringer is a life member of the MPNFL, has represented the league 21 times, and is a three-time VCFL representative.

The count for best first-year player was a tie between Leigh Poholke and Terryn Head with midfielder Grant Johnson win-

Group 1 performer Love Conquers All had failed in three previous starts the left-handed way of going, but put that behind him when easily beating a good field over 1400m at Caulfield.

That run should bring him to peak fitness and the $1 million Emirates Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on 5 November is well within his grasp.

Warwick Farm-trained Hurtle Myrtle fought on bravely after a wide run when fifth behind Love Conquers All and is worth backing when she returns to races against her own sex.

Group 1 winning Kiwi Booming had been a tad disappointing this campaign but with blinkers applied ran a much more forward race when fifth in the David Jones Cup (2000m). He will be even better for the run and should grace the winner’s stall before he heads home.

The Caulfield Cup is usually the best

guide when looking for the Melbourne Cup winner, but this year’s edition was one of the worst ever and it would be a surprise if anything from Caulfield troubles the judge in the Flemington two-miler. Unusual Suspect and Macedonian both worked to the post stylishly and are capable of picking up a minor race over the carnival.

Adelaide mare Goon Serpent hit the line hard when fourth (60/1) behind the classy More Joyous in the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) and is worth backing as soon as she steps up to 1600m.

Off And Laughing appears set for a good campaign. Off the scene for 31 weeks, the daughter of Street Cry looked a picture of health before finishing third to speedy Satin Shoes in the Carlton Draught Plate (1100m).

Horses to catch my attention on the middle days at the Caulfield carnival were Jimando, Halle Rocks, Hi Belle, Cascabel and Nine Tales.

Best: Dowager Queen

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ning the coach’s award and Ben Schwarze the goalkicking trophy.

The flag-winning Seconds players and their partners cheered when Patrick Hall took the best and fairest, with runner-up being Aaron Ballock.

The Under-18s award went to Luke Schuldt from Wes Doyle. Terryn Head took the best and fairest.

During the evening there was a buzz about AFL runners-up Collingwood showing interest in one of Sorrento’s brilliant young brigade from which the Gold Coast Suns Tom Lynch was drafted last year.

you can now view our papers online at: Energiser: Guy Stringer. Picture: MPNFL

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Cricketer takes Rye sports award Photos Barry Irving RYE Cricket Club’s Corey Harris is the winner of the Rye Sports and Social Club’s sportsperson of the year award.

The junior award was shared by Luke Davies-Uniacke of Rye Junior Football Club and Nic Senior of Rye Basketball Club.

Sports administrator of the year was shared by Fay McCormick of Rye Basketball Club and Jackie McKenzie of Rye Cricket Club.

Rye’s seven sporting clubs came together at Rye RSL on Friday 7 Oc-

tober for the annual sportsperson and sport administrator awards.

For the second year, Gary Sanford of Rye and Dromana Community Bank was the master of ceremonies.

Gary’s relaxed and informative style put all at ease as he interviewed every nominee between courses.

Gary asked the juniors about how they balanced training, school work and other activities.

He posed similar questions of senior nominees, including those with young families. From all their responses, it was obvious that a commitment and

passion to their chosen sport and clubs was paramount to success.

All nominees were presented with a framed certificate acknowledging their nomination.

Nominees were: Administrator of the year: Kylie King of Rye Netball Club, Suzy Watson of Southern Peninsula Little Athletics, Fay McCormick, and Jackie McKenzie.

Senior sportsperson of year: Sarah Forward of Rye Tennis Club, Adam Kirkwood of Rye Football-Netball Club, and Corey Harris.

Junior sportsperson of the year: Thomas Wheatley of Southern Peninsula Little Athletics, Shannon Young of Rye Netball, Emma White of Rye Football-Netball Club, Josh O’Day of Rye Tennis Club, Luke Davies-Uniacke and Nic Senior.

Major sponsors of the awards were Rye and Dromana Community Bank Bendigo Bank, and John and Georgie Plumridge representing Maw Civil.

Mornington Peninsula Shire was represented by CEO Michael Kennedy and Cr Bill Goodrem.

Cr Goodrem presented the awards

and said a panel from the shire had found the task daunting due to the high standard and the calibre of each nominee.

The panel could not split two finalists in the administrator and junior awards, he said.

Rye Sports and Social Club past president Bob Martin was presented with an engraved glass beer mug by president Andrea Egan for his 30 years as a committeeman including the past 16 years as president. Bob will stay on the committee.

Night of stars: Clockwise from top right, Georgie Plumridge, Adam Kirkwood, Sarah Forward, Andrea Egan and John Plumridge.

Andrea Egan, Georgie Plumridge, Jackie McKenzie, Fay McCormick and John Plumridge.

Cr Bill Goodrem, Georgie Plumridge, Kylie King, Suzy Watson, Andrea Egan, Jackie McKenzie, Gary Sanford, Fay McCormick and John Plumridge.

President Andrea Egan and secretary Robyn congratulate Bob Martin.

Shannon Young, Andrea Egan, Josh O’Day, Bill Goodrem, John Plumridge, Nic Senior, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Georgie Plumridge and Thomas Wheatley.

MC Gary Sanford brings a smile to Jackie McKenzie.

Gary Sanford shares a joke with Nic Senior.

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HOLDEN’S soon to be released Cruze hatch has been awarded the highest possible five-star safety rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).

Launching in November, the Australian designed and built Cruze hatch maintains the high safety standards set by the Series II Cruze sedan which went on sale earlier this year.

Like the sedan, hatch receives the maximum safety rating thanks to standard fitment of a comprehensive range of hightechnology active and passive safety features.

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Cruze.

“We knew we were building an extremely safe car but it’s great to get this third party recognition,” Mr Devereux said.

“The high level of safety features is just one of the many reasons Cruze has been so well received in this country, making it Australia’s third best selling passenger car in 2011* with just one body style.

“With stunning Cruze hatch styling, a high level of standard features and now this safety stamp of approval, we believe we’re on to a real winner.

“We can’t wait to get the hatch version into our showrooms next month and into customer’s hands.”

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