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SHISHA cafe owners are in a fight with Greater Dandenong Council to keep their businesses open. Ali Adam, who has run the popular Cafe Asmara in Springvale Road for the past 10 years, said he is battling a “shisha phobia” as he negotiates with the council to keep his venue’s couches, large TVs and entertainment stage. He said council officers claimed his alcohol-free venue, which serves coffee, live music and stand-up comedy, was more of a place of assembly than a cafe. As part of the ultimatum, the council required him to reduce the venue’s seating from 48 to 40, Mr Adam said. “The council says it’s more of a place of assembly because people stay there longer. “They’re not just drinking a coffee and leaving.” Mr Adam is applying for a new permit but said the council’s stance “potentially shuts down all shisha places”. “They are trying to stop me operating. Every owner is fighting the closure of shisha.” Maruf Ahmed has spent $60,000 to overturn Greater Dandenong’s rejection of his proposed 50-patron shisha lounge in Buckley Street, Noble Park. At a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing in December, the council argued against the proposal on parking grounds. It was unacceptable to open the venue with no onsite-parking or elsewhere in the crowded commercial district, the council argued. VCAT member Michael Nelthorpe said Mr Ahmed should expect council

support for more businesses in the area to match the planned rise of multi-storey apartments in the activity centre. He said the peak demand of 15 car spaces could be “readily accommodated” in the evenings. “I find the lack of parking on this site will have an indiscernible impact on local amenity.” The council won’t comment on Mr Adam’s case but insists it’s dealing with “each matter on its merits”. “Council’s approach in each case is dependent upon the specific circumstances,” city planning director Jody Bosman said. “In some cases it may be driven by community complaints, in others it may relate to compliance with specific legislation. “Often it is about council taking a proactive approach to ensure community amenity is preserved.” The council has a stated opposition on public health grounds to the exemption of shisha smoking under the Tobacco Act. Unlike cigars and cigarettes, shisha can be smoked without age restriction inside public venues. As part of a state review of the Tobacco Act, the council is seeking support from other councils and public health bodies to lobby the State Government to treat shisha smoking with other tobacco products. Mr Adam argues his fruit-flavoured shisha has minimal tobacco content, estimated at less than 0.1 per cent, and causes fewer problems than alcohol. “This shisha phobia is wrong. Most of Hollywood’s stars go to shisha places – it’s more sociable.”

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Police sweep streets in hoon car clean up By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE have put the brakes on people involved in illegal hoon meets after three days of raids in Melbourne’s south-east and north on 3, 4 and 5 February. A total of 26 people were arrested and 17 cars seized during the raids, including in Dandenong, Cranbourne and Narre Warren. Among those charged were a 20-year-old Dandenong man, a 23-year-old Noble Park man, an 18-year-old Cranbourne man, and 18-year-old Cranbourne East man, a 23-year-old Clyde North man, a 22-year-old Hampton Park man, a 20-year-old Narre Warren man, a 24-year-old Narre Warren South man and a 39-year-old Narre Warren man. Eighteen cars were also seized. Inspector Brian Sharp, who headed Greater Dandenong police’s involvement in the raids, said investigations were still ongoing into the so-called South East Skids meets. “We’re not finished yet,” he said - with the investigation to include organisers and spectators. Inspector Bruce Kitchen of Greater Dandenong police said the

Melbourne South East Skids YouTube video still, December 2013 arrests should have a “dramatic effect” on the rising number of hoon meets. “Hopefully other potential hoons will take heed of the message.” Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill said most of those arrested were aged between 18 and 25 and did not have a criminal history. Others were involved in Northern Skids meets in Melbourne’s north. Mr Hill said the two groups would hold joint meetings, lining up like a drag meeting and performing burnouts in front of hundreds of

spectators in industrial estates. The cars would then leave “in the same erratic way” he said. Mr Hill told of two police officers being “beset” by crowds at a recent meet of 200 cars and 500 people in Melbourne’s south. The crowds “en masse” and with “no regard for authority” threw rocks at police, he said. “Their attitude changed markedly since they were arrested today.” He said social media had been an “invaluable investigatory tool” for police who had been surveying the

hoons since Operation Regarder was set up in November. “They brag about their behaviour online and our message to them is we see you, we’ll find you, we’ll charge you and seize your car. “Their arrogance, their poor attitude, their lack of concern for themselves and others, their brazenness has brought themselves undone.” Those arrested face charges of conduct endangering life, conduct endangering serious injury, dangerous driving, careless driving, improper control of a vehicle and emitting excessive smoke and noise from a vehicle. They face potential jail terms of up to 10 years, loss of licence and having their vehicles crushed or sold off by the state. Many will be bailed, subject to a night curfew and banned from attending hoon meets. Mr Hill warned that more arrests could follow and that event organisers who did not drive at the meets were not immune from charges. “These irresponsible people, including the event organisers and drivers, place their lives and the lives of others at risk,” he said.

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Zomorodi cannot return to Australia if he goes overseas. This rules him out of coaching or competing in upcoming World Games. Mr Zomorodi is providing expert coaching to the club’s 17-yearold Emily Blundell ahead of her representing Australia in Junior World Games in June. Mr Corles said sending Mr Zomorodi, a national champ in his Iranian homeland, to the Indonesia games could make a difference to Blundell’s medal aspirations. Mr Zomorodi was spending much of his time coaching and helping at the martial arts club, but struggling with the “limbo” of having no work rights, Mr Corles said. “It’s funny because the sport is so huge in Iran. “When Yaser came to Australia on the boat, he thought the (wushu) association would just grab on to him. “They just haven’t seemed to be interested.” Kung Fu Wushu Australia president Walt Missingham did not return the Journal’s calls.

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History’s fiery lessons can’t be ignored IT’S now seven years since the tragic events of Black Saturday on 7 February 2009. I’m often asked questions: what did we learn from this experience? How have we improved? Could it happen again? As the most senior operational officer of the region on 7 February, I know all too well how we saved so much, but also know just how close we came to losing much more. As individuals we assess risk in our own way. What is a risk to one person differs to the next. Some in the community live with a degree of naivety of the risk and many others believe it won’t happen to them. Within a few years after Black Saturday, it was evident that apathy was starting to come back our community. This is a concerning trend that is somewhat linked to our human behaviour. Strangely enough it seems we often forget our history, which in many ways tells our future. We only have to remind ourselves of Victoria’s bushfire history to understand that it will happen again (Wye River 2015, Black Saturday 2009, Alpine National Park and Grampians 2006, North

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East and Gippsland 2003, Dadswells Bridge 2000, Linton 1998, Dandenong Ranges 1997, Ash Wednesday 1983, West Victoria 1997, South West Victoria 1969, The Basin 1968, Central and Western Victoria 1944, Black Friday 1939). So what’s different today and why are we at risk from fire more than ever before? Whether you believe in climate change or not doesn’t take away the fact that since the late ’90s we have been facing an ever-increasing grass and bushfire risk. I know from over 30 years of experience with CFA that our response to significant fires over the summer period has increased dramatically in the past 18 years. Combine this fact with an explosion in population in outer metropolitan Mel-

sponsibility to educate the community about the risk. We all have a responsibility to our families, friends and the wider community to listen and learn so that we are all prepared. As fire agencies, we can’t make people act with common sense. We can, however, continue to educate, inform and guide the community so we all make the best decisions when faced with the fire threat. With the increasing risk of hotter, dryer, longer summers, we need to be prepared. We are tackling the risk head-on with advancements in processes, systems and tools that we’ve never had before. We all need to listen, learn and, importantly, act when it comes to bushfire. Don’t think that it won’t or can’t happen to you because more than likely you will face a large fire in your lifetime and you will only get one chance to make the right decisions. Don’t be naïve enough to think it won’t happen again - prepare, act, survive. For more information on how to prepare check out www.cfa.vic.gov.au.

bourne and provincial cities across Victoria and the challenge in protecting our communities has never been so great. The interface areas (residential, commercial and industrial precincts adjacent to grass, scrub and bushland) present a real danger. Life risk exists beside nature’s beauty. Many within the community still believe that they’re not at risk because they live in a densely populated suburb. It’s not until you explain that the dry reserve next door, the grass on the nature strip and the overgrown shrubs in the neighbour’s yard all present a risk. Then bring to their attention that many of our fences are made of timber, and the garden contains mulch and small trees that are all ready to burn on a hot dry windy day. As firefighters we see the risk that many others don’t, but it’s not until you really point things out that people then begin to realise. As the saying goes, “We can’t see the forest for trees!” The same principle applies if you can’t see what you should be looking for - bushfire risk. Fire agencies (CFA, DELWP, MFB) have a re-

LOOKING BACK Looking Back 100 years ago 10 February 1916 Dandenong Recruits Dr Taylor and Recruiting Sergeant Pickett have been busy during the past week dealing with batches of recruits who have answered “yes” to the Government’s appeal. The first batch proceeded to the final depot last evening and the second batch will leave a fortnight later. Great credit is due to Mr J Hemmings for his splendid patriotic action in allowing the recruiting sergeant the free use of his motor car. Other offers of assistance have

been received from Major Wilson and Mr Rossiter, and it is hoped that all who can assist in their manner will do so. A recruiting meeting is to be held at the Dandenong Town Hall on Tuesday evening 15th at 8pm. 50 years ago 3 February 1966 Police check on area hotel, but no trouble Dandenong - Everything quiet, no disturbances, no arrests and not a drunk in sight. That was the story on Tuesday night in Dandenong, the night when 10 o’clock hotel closing returned af-

ter an absence of 50 years. Police kept a careful eye on the situation and checked every hotel in the district, but the story was the same from Hallam to Noble Park. They found bars no more crowded than a normal mid-week afternoon. Lounges were comfortably full with family groups having a night out to experience drinking legally in a hotel after 6pm. 20 years ago 12 February 1996 City on the Move A new Image unfurls Dandenong’s “drugs and dragsters” reputation will fade into the back-

ground when the city “goes on display” this Thursday. For the first time in history of local government, the City of Greater Dandenong will join 200 exhibitors from around the State and will flaunt itself at the “Victoria on Show” Expo, at the new $12.9 million Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Council’s involvement in the expo is just one step in a move to shed the city’s old struggle-town image. 5 years ago 7 February 2011 Good Heavens, it’s Hell Motorists in Greater Dandenong got the fright of their lives on Friday

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“We can’t in all conscience remove those people to Nauru.” He hoped Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton would hold to his word not to send children back into harm’s way. “The lack of transparency is the worst aspect of the whole thing.” Rev Parker told of being left speechless when he met an Afghan new arrival at the church recently. The man had been in detention for two years since arriving by boat, his former house had been destroyed and he had little prospect of getting his family over here. “There’s a lot of talk about stopping drownings at sea which is a very important consideration. “But to stop them by extra cruelty is very problematic. “Surely there’s a better way.” Father Declan O’Brien of St Mary’s Catholic Church said he was inspired by Pope Francis’s declaration that “every convent and every parish house should

be open as a place of welcome” to asylum seekers. To him it’s about acting in a Christ-like fashion. “At the end of the day, you ask what would have Jesus done? He would offer sanctuary.” If asylum seekers asked for sanctuary from the Australian Border Force, Fr O’Brien said he’d hope to have the “courage of my convictions and do the same (as Jesus)”. One church in Melbourne - St John’s Uniting Church in Essendon - has pledged sanctuary as part of the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce. “Where a state is causing grievous harm, churches can provide sanctuary and immunity from arrest by authorities,” said the taskforce’s chairman, the Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt. “The legality of sanctuary has never been tested under Australian law, nevertheless we are determined to apply its moral precepts and protect the most vulnerable from certain harm.”

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Budget woe By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council needs to find $3 million in savings in its June budget to comply with the State Government’s rate-capping policy. Councillors have agreed not to apply for a rate cap variation and so bound the council to a rates rise of no more than 2.5 per cent – equivalent to CPI. Mayor Heang Tak said the council faced a “big shortfall” in its financial plans. The council would not have details on budget cuts until it completes a review in May, he said. Australian Services Union state branch secretary Richard Duffy warned of the cumulative pain of rate capping. Over the next five years Greater Dandenong would suffer a $50.1 million projected funding cut and $219 million in the next decade, he said. “History has shown councils do not adopt a ‘business as usual’ approach when faced with financial challenges such as rate capping. “Inevitably, infrastructure is run down, capital works projects are deferred or abandoned, services are cut and ultimately jobs are lost.”

Councillor Matthew Kirwan said the council would try to absorb the revenue slump in 2016-17 “but I’m confident that that is not sustainable”. He said the council would be more dependent on state and federal grants for infrastructure if it didn’t seek a rates-cap variation in future years. Cr Tak noted that even under the rates cap, some ratepayers would face rises significantly more than 2.5 per cent due to a municipality-wide property re-evaluation. “All properties will be revalued this year, so if your property value has increased by more than the average in Greater Dandenong, you will pay a higher amount in rates. "But if your value has increased by less than the average, your rates will be lower.” Cr Tak said the council didn’t apply for a variation because there was not enough time to conduct the required “high level of community consultation” before the Essential Services Commission’s March deadline. He noted the State Government’s landfill and fire services levies - both collected on rates notices – were not subject to the rates cap.

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Green wedge set for u-turn By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong councillors are prepared to vote against their own endorsed Green Wedge Management Plan to pave the way for a proposed housing estate at Keysborough Golf Club, according to councillor Peter Brown. The council has advertised for a planning scheme amendment C143 to rezone the golf club’s land to Green Wedge A which contradicts the council’s recent support for the housing estate. The rezoning, in fact, entrenches the area’s rural character and retains massive subdivision minimum lots of four hectares. Defenders of the Green Wedge spokesman Barry Ross welcomed the council’s apparent change of direction.

“We are particularly pleased that the Keysborough Golf Course will receive stronger protection through the rezoning to Green Wedge A Zone and the change to the local planning policy,” Mr Ross said. “Hopefully, this will put an end to the moves to have the course taken out of the Green Wedge and carved up for housing” Mr Ross said it would be interesting to see how the State Government responds. Planning Minister Richard Wynne has the final say on the golf course land’s fate and Amendment C143. Last year he reiterated his opposition to excising the golf course from the green wedge. The amendment was proposed in the council’s 2014 Green Wedge Management Plan, and endorsed by a slim six to five majority by councillors.

Cr Brown said that councillors - including himself - were not aware of the “devil in the detail” at the time of voting for the GWMP. “I didn’t see inside the detail was a shiny pair of handcuffs,” he said. Since then, Cr Brown said a “substantial” majority of councillors backed a submission for the State Government to include the golf club in the urban growth boundary. That would pave the way for an Intrapac housing estate on the 76-hectare site, and the golf club gaining $40 million and a state-of-the-art home in Pillars Road, Keysborough. Cr Brown conceded that even if councillors altered lot sizes as part of Amendment C143, the final say rested with Mr Wynne.

Brutal tomahawk attack A MAN was hacked in the back with a tomahawk during an argument in front of his Dandenong house on Monday 1 February. About 8.10pm, the victim and his fiancee started bickering with another male known to them outside the Olive Street home. Soon afterwards, a third male arrived in a dark blue se-

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‘Kangaroo’ trial By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SOUTHERN Migrant and Refugee Centre’s new board is set to rub salt in the wounds of ousted “Australian professional” board members, accusing them of bringing the SMRC into disrepute. Nine former board members, including two lawyers, a senior public servant, a former TAFE chief executive and an aged care firm’s chief executive, were deposed by a Migrant Team ticket during a heated board spill in November. Several of them, including public servant Helen Cester, who have stayed on as members, will face a disciplinary hearing which could result in their suspension or expulsion. They stand accused by the new board, led by ongoing chairman Brian Oates, of distributing a pamphlet before the election that harmed the SMRC’s reputation. An angry Ms Cester likened the upcoming hearing to a “kangaroo court”. She said the pamphlet had

been used to dispute Mr Oates’s pre-election claims that the previous board intended to remove migrants from the board, have only “Australian professionals”, and to become corporatised without any members. “What we were trying to do was to defend ourselves against those allegations,” Ms Cester said. She said Mr Oates, a UK migrant, was making the allegations to gain control of the board. Some removed board members were “devastated” at how they were removed. “They’ve given hours and hours of time. It gets tainted with an unhappy brush.” Ms Cester said she was worried about the expertise removed from the board. “The organisation is answering to people on the board who don’t understand how and why you do things. “I doubt many people on the board have skills in strategic planning.” In response, Mr Oates said that “going to the press” would

only harm Ms Cester’s case at the disciplinary hearing. “(The pamphlet) said I refused to talk to them and didn’t provide evidence,” Mr Oates said. “Well, I didn’t provide evidence. There was a lot of talk about what they were doing so I didn’t bother to give them evidence, but I certainly met with them. “The fact that it was distributed far and wide didn’t do the reputation of the SMRC any good.” Mr Oates said the board, which includes migrants of Tamil, English, Albanian and Romanian backgrounds, would bring in an accountant and solicitor after “clearing the decks”. “A lot of those people thought just them and their friends were capable of running the board,” Mr Oates said this week. “It’s not hard for ordinary people to run a board. “Some of these people with diplomas couldn’t make a decision to save themselves.”

THE Alannah and Madeline Foundation and the Telstra Foundation have acknowledged Greater Dandenong Libraries as an eSmart Library Service. Greater Dandenong Mayor Heang Tak said eSmart Libraries was one of the most significant community cyber safety programs ever undertaken in Australia with more than one-

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Nicole Rich says legal aid will be available to more disadvantaged people from 1 March. 149841

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By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS VICTORIA Legal Aid has announced a more generous means test for legal assistance to people who can’t afford a private lawyer. Nicole Rich, executive director of VLA’s Westernport region, said the updated means test from 1 March was fairer, acknowledging a lot of disadvantaged people who struggle to pay for a lawyer have “missed out”. “The general point of legal aid is it’s there for people who can’t afford to pay for their own lawyer. “The most intensive help is for people most in need of help, such as those facing jail. “A lot of people miss out on that because there’s only a finite amount of legal aid funds.” The means test is expected

to deliver 700 more legal assistance grants a year. It has been adjusted to take into account soaring cost-of-living expenses such as child care and house rent, which will be particularly crucial for clients in Greater Dandenong, There’s higher asset thresholds, lifting allowable home equity from $300,000 to $500,000 as well as other cut-off levels. This could potentially help a disability pensioner, who might own their own home - which has rocketed in value - but are otherwise income-poor. Ms Rich predicts the change will have a big impact in the family law area. Often the means test can potentially determine which partner gets the help of a lawyer during mediation or court hearings.

Ms Rich gives the example of a woman, who may have left the home due to family violence and so gets the family car to take the kids to school. The woman may be denied legal aid because her “humble” vehicle may be worth more than the $11,280 vehicle equity threshold. From March, that threshold will be lifted to $20,000. VLA legal practice executive director Kristen Hilton said even under the extended means test, too many people would miss out on help. “We know that better access to justice requires increased government investment in the legal assistance sector and implementation of the Productivity Commission’s recommendation for an extra $200 million would begin to address existing need.”

Free information sessions/grant application writing workshops Tuesday 16 February, 6pm–7.30pm Council Chamber, Dandenong Civic Centre 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong Wednesday 17 February, 1pm–2.30pm Chamber Room, Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre 31 Clow Street, Dandenong Thursday 18 February, 2pm–3.30pm Supper Room, Springvale Learning & Activities Centre 1 Osborne Avenue, Springvale Friday 19 February, 10.30am–12pm Multi-Purpose Room, Noble Park Community Centre Ross Reserve, Memorial Drive, Noble Park Further information Matthew Bulloch, Community Funding Officer 8571 5179 commgrants@cgd.vic.gov.au

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Set for the big league By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong should be home to an A-League soccer team in the next five to 10 years, according to councillor Jim Memeti. The council area, with its rising numbers of soccer players, would be a natural fit for Victoria’s next A-League side outside Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City. Cr Memeti thinks the ready-made fanbase – extending into Casey and Cardinia – could create a passionate club along the lines of the Western Sydney Wanderers. “Soccer is growing at a ridiculous rate. We have more teams in Greater Dandenong than any other municipality in the state. “If (Football Federation Australia) wants to grow the game nationally, the south-east of Melbourne should be the next place to locate a club.” Cr Memeti said the council had been in talks with Melbourne’s A-League teams about setting up a local junior academy. He said it would offer children “opportunities to reach their highest potential” as well as creating social dividends. “There should always be opportunities for all kids to play team sports with adult supervision. It’s better than having them out on the streets.” According to the council’s 2014 sports facilities report, the sport also has more registered players in the municipality than Australian Rules. In the past six years, its numbers have risen to 1918 players while Aussie Rules has dropped to 1395. Two possible sites for an A-League club are Greaves Reserve and Tatterson Park, both nominated by the council as venues for a possible soccer hub, with its A-grade pitch, two synthetic pitches, an overflow pitch, a futsal court and pavilion.

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its significant cost, according to the council report. Mark Doubleday, the council’s community director, said the council would be prepared to talk to groups interested in setting up a local A-League side. He said the council had to take into the account how such a plan could be a winwin for residents and an A-League club.

“One of council’s key goals is building partnerships that benefit residents.” He said Greaves Reserve site was a “worthwhile” option for further development but current groups and clubs had to be taken into account. “Cr Memeti is right to think this could be a success and council would need to take into account all views in any future planning on this.”

Threat empties college KEYSBOROUGH College was evacuated due to a hoax threat about 8.40am on Thursday morning 4 February. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said a man had approached a student outside the Noble Park campus, who “relayed a threat to the school and the students”. Police were determining the circumstances of the incident and whether an offence had occurred, she said. Principal John Baston confirmed the threat did not fit in the pattern of hundreds of recent automated hoax calls received by schools across Australia since 29 January. Mr Baston said the received threat warned: “Something is going to happen”. All students were then evacuated as police searched the school “end to end”, he said. After the all-clear, students returned to classes by noon. “The kids are well at the moment,” Mr Baston said. The evacuation followed similar scares at schools across Victoria over the past week. In those cases the bomb threats were made in automated telephone calls.

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Monkey moon on the rise SPRINGVALE came alive on Sunday when thousands of people flocked to the city to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Organised by the Springvale Asian Business Association, the 24th festival ushered in the Year of the Monkey. Festival goers enjoyed a fabulous array of food as well as spectacular lion dancing performances and fire crackers. Other cultures were also invited to take part including a New Zealand dance troupe and Japanese drummers. Lunar New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival. Celebrations traditionally run for 15 days.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR History takes same route I whole heartedly agree with Cr Roz Blades in her push to reopen Maralinga Primary School in Keysborough. I also agree with all the other correspondents that the area around Maralinga school is indeed redeveloping, with new families moving in all the time. We already have four youngsters on either side of us. But the main point I want to raise is the fact that it is now 54 years since the families around the Chandler Road area found themselves in the same position as those families in Keysborough South. We had no bus service, no shops, no school or kindergarten. The only shop in Chandler Road was a lock-up milkbar. This was the reason The Chandler Civic Association was formed. I believe the two situations are so alike that it

is history repeating itself. We had around 400 children needing a school to go to. The Education Department decided that our children would have to go to Dandenong West Primary School. They would be taken to and from school by bus. This went on until Yarram Primary School was built then all our youngsters were transferred to that school, still taken by bus. When Chandler Primary School was finally built, another transfer was done. This meant our two eldest went to three different schools in their short primary years. I strongly believe that Maralinga Primary School is the ideal answer for the Education Department to take care of the needs of those families in Keysborough South while they work out when and where a local school is built. Because Maralinga has not been closed that long, all that should be needed is a good clean-up. Then school staff can finally make arrange-

ments for school buses to do their part. Maralinga school is a lot closer than Dandenong West was back them. If the Education Department could do it in the 1960s why can’t they do it now in 2016. Bob Malcolm, Keysborough.

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Still grateful for new life By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FOR former Vietnamese refugee Be Ha, her 35plus years of ongoing charitable and communityminded work is payback. The Greater Dandenong Community Hall of Fame inductee still feels indebted for the kindness and sacrifice that allowed her to escape from communist Vietnam in a small fishing boat with her husband, two children and sister in 1979. The 150 passengers had just a week’s rations of food and water. Ms Ha said it was a “miracle” that they arrived in Australia despite towering seas, pirates and near starvation. It was amazing to see the bright lights of Melbourne after Vietnam’s communist regime had consigned them to poverty, stealing their land, homes, money and choices, she said. “I felt reborn.” She is overcome with tears when she thinks back to the fishing boat’s captain. He had bravely led a mutiny against the Thai pirates who captured all the men and left the women and children to starve on the fishing boat. While stowed in the hull, the young captain, with three other captives, jumped the pirates. In the scuffle, the captain was slain by a pirate’s sword. “If it were not for their sacrifices, we would have surely died,” Ms Ha said. There’s special mention to the kind Captain Sloan on the British cargo ship Entalina who later rescued Ms Ha and the other passengers from starving after a month on the sea. “Many, many ships passed by without rescuing us. “On the day he rescued us, the sea was very rough. As the last of us was rescued, a great big wave came and took out the fishing boat. “It was a miracle of God.” From that came her determination to pay it forward to those who “opened their hearts”. She, like many refugees, wanted to help build the country that has given them a new home. Her first stop, after quarantine detention, was

Greater Dandenong Community Hall of Fame inductee Be Ha. the Enterprise Hostel in Springvale in 1980. There she and her family made life-long friends, practised English, learnt new skills and

foods and what it meant to be Australian. “We painted dreams for our new bright future,” she said.

In 1982, she and her friends started several not-for-profit organisations including Springvale Indo-Chinese Mutual Assistance Association (SICMAA). To this day, SICMAA delivers help to the Vietnamese community, such as its large numbers of problem gamblers and, until recently, ice addicts. Ms Ha, the organisation’s president, said many Vietnamese families had been destroyed by pokies. It had spurred family violence and ensnared even professional adults into financial ruin. She recently refused to write a letter of support for Springvale RSL’s push to increase its poker machines, despite the RSL helping her establish a community garden. “I said no way. You’ve helped me but that’s just a drop in the ocean. “Our people have suffered enough.” Ms Ha continues to fight for government funding to revive SICMAA’s ice-addict counselling program. She argues the $70,000 annual cost is more than repaid by helping young people become drug-free. She has also founded the Hoa Nghiem Buddhist temple in Springvale, initiated and run the Springvale Children’s Festival, and is treasurer of the Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Centre including the Vietnam War memorial at Dandenong RSL. Her other causes include Melbourne’s Vietnamese Lions Club branch, the state’s Vietnamese Community in Australia chapter and tinrattling for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. It’s been hard to balance her community devotion with her family life, but her children support and take part in her charitable work. There is an overarching pride in her work, of continuing to pay back the freedom and kindness she has received. “People accepted me like a good Australian person, not just as from a community overseas,” she said of her life in Springvale. “Everyone is equal.”

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Mary enjoys a lucky life By NARELLE COULTER WHEN Mary Colquhoun celebrated her 100th birthday on 29 January there was one very important person missing - her identical twin sister Alice. Born an hour apart in 1916, Mary and Alice spent 97 years together before Alice’s death in 2013. “They were soulmates and she was very sad Alice wasn’t there to join the celebration with her,” said Mary’s son Bob Powell. “When Alice died mum said she felt like she had lost her right arm.” Mary celebrated her remarkable milestone with not one but two parties. On 29 January she celebrated with her friends at the Outlook Gardens nursing home in Dandenong North. And on Sunday 31 January Mary was joined by more than 100 family and friends for a second celebration at the Dandenong Club. In his speech, manager of the Dandenong Club Charlie Daly, whose father went to school with Mary at Archies Creek, remarked that Mary had the distinction of being the club’s oldest card carrying member. She still pops into the Dandenong Club occasionally for dinner. Another good friend, councillor Angela Long, spoke of their shared passion for bingo and how Mary and Alice are immortalised in the centenary mural which hangs in the council offices near the library. The most heartfelt tribute came from grandson Justin Colquhoun. “Justin was glowing in his affection for Grandma Mary. He said that no matter what they did she never got cross and was always good at giving cuddles,” Bob said. Mary has five grand-children and seven great-grandchildren.

Also present was a representative of the Victorian Multiple Birth Association. Mary and Alice were born at Wonthaggi to Elizabeth and Robert Suckling. In her memoir, written when she was 96, Mary reminisced about growing up in a large rural family. “When we arrived there were already eight children in the family and another son was born five years later in 1921, which made 11 children - six boys and five girls. “Looking back over 96 years, I still believe that even though we were such a large family we did have a fairly happy childhood. “Our parents experienced the disruption of the Great War of 1914-1918 and the Depression years and had to battle for survival all their married life and, yes, we were poor but we never went hungry. “Mum could make a meal out of so little. I don’t think that our family noticed the Depression much as we had been on the poverty line for years. “We seldom had new clothes and there were good second-hand clothing shops in Wonthaggi. “I do know that we all felt loved and were thoroughly spoilt, I’ll admit that.” Mary fell in love with Bert Powell and the couple married on 1935 and moved to Bass to manage a farm. Their son Robert was born on 3 November. Tragically Bert died of tuberculosis before the couple could celebrate their first wedding anniversary. By the time war broke out in 1939 Mary had become friendly with John Colquhoun who worked on her fatherin-law’s farm. John (Jack) was called up by the army and the couple married on the 16

Mary Colquhoun gets a kiss from her son Bob Powell on her 100th birthday. Bob is holding a message from the Queen. 149263 July 1940, just before he left for overseas. Mary had a second son, John, on 4 November 1944. After the war, Jack and Mary sharefarmed on three farms in the Gippsland area and owned 15 acres in Woolamai. Jack worked for the Wonthaggi Council and in Dandenong for the Westminster Carpet Factory. In 1956 the family moved to Dandenong. “We bought a small home at 143 Cleeland Street and an old Chevy car

first and then later a Holden. “Money was tight so I went to work in the fruit shop in Cleeland Street just a few doors from home. “I was there for three years. It was tiring work lifting heavy boxes of fruit and vegetables. “Then I spent the next three years at the Dandenong Hospital where I worked as a cleaner washing the floors throughout the nurses’ quarters.” The couple eventually sold Clee-

land Street and bought a brick veneer house in May Court, Dandenong. Mary later worked for the council in its home help program. Jack and second son John both died in 2003. “She has lost two husbands and son. All her siblings and their partners have gone. She is the only one left,” said Bob. “However, she just keeps saying ‘I am so lucky’.”

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BUYERS BID FOR LUSH LIVING \ 5 RIVERSTONE BOULEVARD, CLYDE NORTH Berwick Waters, the signature masterplanned community by Frasers Property Australia and Mondous Property Australia, has announced a significant upcoming event. An auction of three dream blocks of land in The Strand precinct – all facing the expanse of established wetlands – is scheduled for Saturday 20 February. The pick of the bunch of these land lots is the development’s first ever quarter-acre block, boasting a water outlook in two directions. The other two blocks are more than 600 square metres and are expected to be top of the list for eager buyers. According to Frasers Property’s development director Jill Lim, who is proud of the evolution of this landmark estate, land lots of this size and in such prized positions are not common, even in new developments. “Berwick Waters is a flagship development that continues to attract tremendous interest. The release of these blocks is quite special,” she said. “The Strand is an exciting precinct with a stunning vista of water views and lush surrounds perfect for young families or empty nesters looking for living options that suit their interests and needs.” Upon completion, homes at Berwick Waters will be set among 52 hectares of tranquil wetlands with nine kilometres of walking and bike trails, fitness stations and picturesque viewing platforms over the wetlands making for inspirational living. Interested bidders can inspect the blocks on a tour this weekend and prior to the 11am auction, which will be held in a marquee in the Waterfront Park. Preregistration is required to enable bidding on 20 February. Berwick Waters is at 5 Riverstone Boulevard, Clyde North (Melway reference: 131 C8). For further information, contact Frasers Property on 133 838.

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Once buyers set foot inside this spectacular home they will realize that it’s the dream they’ve been waiting for. The selling agent says it is rare to find a four-bedroom home on Bakers Road that’s revitalized and so well maintained to the highest of standards. It has four great sized rooms, solid hardwood floors, a contemporary style kitchen and bathroom, a huge front yard in addition to an entertainer’s haven with the pergola at the rear all positioned on a block size of 669 square metres. The reserve is practically across the street, bus stops are almost at the doorstep so the new owners will be surrounded by schools plus, in a matter of minutes, they could shop at Waverley Gardens or hop on the Monash or EastLink. This is the ultimate family home and it’s perfectly positioned and prepared for easy living.

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KEYSBOROUGH Contemporary simplicity, sophistication and attention to detail combine seamlessly in this beautifully executed three-bedroom family home which is conveniently located in the heart of Keysborough. It has an immaculate presentation and offers a generous open plan design. The sun-filled lounge, dining and modern kitchen with stylish black cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and convenient breakfast bar will delight those who are seeking a relaxed lifestyle and low maintenance living. It features expansive wall-to-wall picture windows and seamless flow to the undercover pergola and lush outdoor surrounds.

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The outdoors and interior marry effortlessly offering enviable opportunities for long lunches and balmy summer nights of entertaining. Accommodation includes three bedrooms, two of them with built-in wardrobes and the master bedroom featuring walk-in wardrobes and ensuite plus a large family bathroom with bath and toilet facilities. Highlights include a generous laundry, split-system heating/cooling, gas heater, super low-maintenance gardens, large shed and a double garage with remote controlled entry and internal access. It boasts a functional design and the entire space is blanked with crisp modern finishes, hardwood timber flooring, plush carpeted bedrooms and tiled wet zones. This easy-care residence is the ideal

property for families, investors and downsizers alike. It is positioned in an excellent location, within short walking distance to local Parkmore Shopping Centre, gorgeous parklands and excellent schools just a short drive away. 3

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KEYSBOROUGH 21 MALMO COURT

Malmo’s True Entertainer in a Perfect Locale If you love to wine, dine and entertain on any size or scale and you love space in every direction, this has to be the home for you. With such an exceptional alfresco entertaining area, an endless amount of grass for kids & pets in addition to the dual living areas and everything in between, this has it all. Add in the bonus of its superb location where you have schools, shops, freeways all nearby not to mention ducted heating, ducted vacuum, a dual oven, multiple living rooms, great sized BDRs and it’s all on a block size of 664m2 (approx).

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A Contemporary Castle! This versatile, refreshed & well designed home has been revitalized for today’s easy living. With a newly installed kitchen, renovated bathroom, revitalized living room with gorgeous cathedral ceilings & a new pergola with deck at the rear – it’s truly a fantastic find! With 3 good sized BDRs, all with floating floors, MSTR with en suite, room to entertain all year long outdoors, a secure front yard & open plan living and dining, this is your complete package. METHOD PRICE INSPECT CONTACT

Tuesday 1st March at 5pm unless sold prior $530,000+ Wed 6 - 6:30pm & Sat 12 - 12:30pm Photo ID required Chang Wang 0450 706 668 KEYSBOROUGH 8769 1888

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Vibrant, Warm, Modern & Spacious - these are the words that come to mind when you set your eyes on this magnificent family home. Inside enjoy a spacious living room, an open plan meals & kitchen, 3 great sized BDRs & an undercover retreat area with on a block of 540m2 (approx).

Saturday 27th February at 12pm AUCTION Wed 6 - 6:30pm & Sat 10 - 10:30am Photo ID required Jeremy Phillips 0402 751 001 Chee-ky Dunlop 0422 910 881 KEYSBOROUGH 8769 1888

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Saturday 27th February at 12pm INSPECT Thurs 6 - 6:30pm & Sat 1:30 - 2pm PRICE Contact Agent TERMS 10% Deposit. Balance 30/60 Days CONTACT Kush Chetri 0425 199 192 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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DANDENONG NORTH 12 FRANCESCO DRIVE Realise Your Dreams in Rosewood Downs Entertain on any scale, in any weather condition, enjoy the exceptional amount of space in every direction and make the most of this multi level, unique super sized family home. Large families will love the indoor/outdoor entertaining on offer, all while you have zoned bedrooms throughout in addition to modern feel bathrooms, plenty of living areas, an oversized double lock up garage plus a secure swimming pool on a block size of 826m2 (approx). It’s all positioned in the esteemed and central locale of the Rosewood Downs Estate where schools, shops, parks, freeways and so much more are at your fingertips. For an easy living lifestyle in an A1 position, make this large family home the one where you can build your own memories for years to come. Terms: 10% Deposit. Balance 60/90/120 Days.

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Saturday 5th March at 12:30pm Contact Agent Sat 1 - 1:30pm Photo ID required Jessejames Mariñas 0431 108 933 Chee-ky Dunlop 0422 910 881 KEYSBOROUGH 8769 1888

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NOBLE PARK 1/36 JASPER STREET

SPRINGVALE 40 DONALD STREET

Easy living home with minimal fuss! This is what you’ve been waiting for - a low maintenance, easy to please, lifestyle unit that feels more like a house. With its own street frontage & garden, a serene outdoor living area plus 3 BDRs and the versatility for multiple living areas... this is near picture perfect for all comers! Add in ducted heating, evap cooling, high ceilings, a water tank, 2 robed BDR with fans & a modern bathroom.

Vendor Says Sell! This is excellent buying so be quick or risk missing out. Absolute brilliant location, prized residential area. Walking distance to Spring Park primary school, Springvale Plaza & Aldi Shopping. Quick access to Springvale central, railway station, and all other amenities. Offering: 3 good size bedrooms, separate living area, kitchen and everyday meals area, central bathroom, lock up garage and single bungalow at the rear.

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Tuesday 16th February at 5pm unless sold prior $460,000 Fixed As advertised or by appointment Photo ID required Mehmet Atesel 0419 333 553 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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Saturday 13th February at 12:30pm $550,000+ 10% Deposit. Balance: 60/90 Sat 12 - 12:30pm Photo ID required Lee Phuong 0402 660 880 Nalaka Weerakoon 0414 445 403 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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Versatile Family Home with Great Future Prospects! Quietly positioned in this esteemed street sits this three bedroom home on a block size of 543m2 (approx) - the perfect home for first home buyers, families and wise investors. With warmth and homely charm, this home is destined to have appeal for all buyers with its immaculate presentation and great location. Room to entertain outdoors, room for kids & pets, room for everything… this has it all.

Perfectly positioned in a quiet location and in the heart of Endeavour Hills, on a generous allotment of 668sqm approx. This gorgeous home has been lovingly cared for by the owners and with its low maintenance magical garden setting, gives you the feeling of peace and tranquillity. Offering 3 good-sized bedrooms, sparkling central bathroom, spacious separate lounge and dining areas and an updated kitchen. A lovely rear bedroom overlooks the beautiful garden.

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Tuesday 1st March at 5pm unless sold prior $460,000+ As advertised or by appointment Photo ID required Janina Ksiezycka 0422 991 439 Nalaka Weerakoon 0414 445 403 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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Tuesday 1st March at 5pm unless sold prior $450,000+ Sat 3 - 3:30pm Photo ID required Lee Phuong 0402 660 880 NOBLE PARK / SPRINGVALE 8710 0000

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Zoned Residential Growth Zone - Schedule 1 and sitting on a block of 820m2 (approx) with high exposure, this property is ideal for a Medical Practice, residence or development (STCA). Previously operated as a Dental practice, it features two consulting rooms, administration/reception area overlooking patient waiting area, staff rest room, storeroom and six car parking spaces at the rear. A short walk to the Dandenong Hospital, High Schools, Dandenong Market and Plaza. LEASE OUT - REDEVELOP - OR JUST MOVE IN!

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This tidy three bedroom solid family home won’t last long. Adorned with very generous sized bedrooms, all with built in robes, two living areas, two bathrooms and single lock up garage. Located in a high demand area of Dandenong, you have access to Eastlink, Dandenong Bypass, Princes Highway and seconds away from Dandenong South Primary School. DON'T LET THIS ONE SLIP AWAY!

auCtiON: Saturday, 27th February, 2016 @ 12:30pm (if not sold prior) OPeN: thurs 4:40pm to 5:00pm & Sat 10:40am to 11:00am

FOr Sale: $520,000 to $560,000 OPeN: thurs 3:40pm to 4:00pm & Sat 11:00am to 11:20am

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SEMI RURAL - 5 MINUTES TO WESTFIELD!

A well constructed circa late 1960’s brick veneer home set on approximately 650m2 of gently rising land. Set behind enormous Oak trees and surrounded by quality homes on larger sites. The vista from the dining area and formal lounge room is truly tranquil. The elevated home also comprises three bedrooms, family room of 4.5m x 5.5m (approx) and rear verandah – sunroom. There is a single garage under roofline and a garage sized steel workshop. Extras include water tanks, hydronic heating, automated awnings, split system air conditioning, hardwood floors and alarm system. Lots of storage space under. A truly rare opportunity to secure a slice of country life close to all facilities. BEAT SUBURBIA!

FOr Sale: $460,000 plus OPeN: Wed 5:00pm to 5:20pm & Sat 12:00pm to 12:20pm

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As Cranbourne is powering through its growth spurt, this ideal investment is in the heart of it all! Featuring three generous bedrooms with built in robes, floorboards throughout, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar and plenty of cupboards, large sunroom which leads out to the single garage and large backyard. Situated in between para-medical clinics and Zoned GRZ1 and will suit such usage (STCA). Currently Tenanted until August, 2016. OPPOSITE CRANBOURNE PARK SHOPPING CENTRE!

FOr Sale: $450,000 plus OPeN: thurs 3:00pm to 3:20pm & Sat 12:40pm to 1:00pm

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3 BEDROOMS PLUS LARGE SUNROOM!

Located within minutes of Schools, train station and Dandenong City. Features a spacious formal lounge, spacious kitchen, dining area, full bathroom, separate toilet, laundry room, sunroom/rumpus and a double garage with remote door. Offers ducted heating, air conditioning, floorboards and tiles to wet areas.

Email applications to: sales@mclennanrealestate.com.au

FOr Sale: $300,000 plus buyers OPeN: thurs 5:20-5:40pm & Sat 11:20-11:40am

Dandenong 8 Orgill Street

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME!

Walk to schools, parks, railway station and city centre in minutes! This fabulous site of approximately 414m2 accommodates a period style two bedroom timber home currently leased on a monthly tenancy. Ideal home site or redevelop (STCA). One of the better central locations in Dandenong’s ‘Golden Mile’.

FOr Sale: $350,000 to $370,000 OPeN: Sat 10:20am to 10:40am

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This well presented two bedroom, two storey flat will make a perfect investment or first home. Gas cooking, split system A/C and lovely carpets. This property is ready to be moved in to or leave the current tenants who would be more than happy to stay. Located in Dandenong’s CBD, this property will not last long.

FOr Sale: $220,000 plus OPeN: Wed 3:00-3:20pm & Sat 11:40-12:00pm

Two bedroom apartment located close to everything including parks, shops, transport and school. Includes covered garage, built in robes, two balconies and a split system air conditioner with a bright sunny outlook. Ideally priced, as carpets need replacing and a good paint throughout will make a huge difference.

FOr Sale: $200,000 to $220,000 OPeN: Wed 3:00-3:20pm & Sat 11:40-12:00pm

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This almost new property is surely one of the best in town! The bright sunny North facing balcony is large and has sweeping views over the city and towards the Dandenong Ranges. NRAS approval is current which provides a massive return of approximately 6.7% per annum with rent and Government rebate.

FOr Sale: $335,000 plus OPeN: Sat 11:00am to11:20am

Very neat ground floor flat featuring two double bedrooms with robes, large separate lounge room and separate kitchen/meals area with emprite gloss cupboards and sliding door to outdoor sitting area. Currently leased to excellent tenants for $250.00 per week. Private carspace. INVEST NOW!

FOr Sale: $215,000 plus OPeN: Sat 10:00am to 10:20am 1215910

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John Wysham 0418 322 618 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

SPRINGVALE SOUTH 35 GLENWOOD DRIVE

815M2: FIRST TIME EVER OFFERED FOR SALE Built by the vendor 50 years ago, they moved in the day we converted to decimal currency (14 Feb 1966)! Situated on a huge 815m2 approx. Allotment at the head of a quiet yet extremely central court location; the home has been loving maintained, updated and extended over the years, and today presents in an excellent condition. Whilst the site will be considered by many as perfect for a multiple dwelling redevelopment (STCA), the existing home presents as a great family home with heaps of room for kids to run around in their own back yard. There are lots of living options with a formal living room, a family room, a dining room adjacent to the kitchen, plus a study-cum-bar room. There are also 3 very generously proportioned bedrooms serviced by 2 updated, all-white bathrooms. Features include ducted cooling throughout, polished hardwood floors, garden outlooks from almost every room, a large carport, 2 storage sheds, mature trees and established gardens all around. Backing onto Burden Park and being extremely close to schools, retail and transport hubs; this rare offering will have enormous appeal for home buyers, new home site buyers and developers alike.

Auction: Saturday 20th Feb at 12:30pm Price: Contact Agent Inspect: Wednesday 5:00 - 5:30pm Saturday 11:00 - 11:30am

KEYSBOROUGH 1/8 KENDRA PLACE 2 BEDROOM UNIT 250M FROM PARKMORE Set at the front of a boutique group of just 4, this delightful, east-facing villa unit is the perfect retirement option, investment or affordable first home. Comprising a formal entry hall, a light and bright, heated and air-conditioned living room, an airy kitchen with adjacent dining area, 2 double bedrooms both with built-in robes, an all-white, recently updated bathroom, separate WC., laundry with door to a lawned, private rear courtyard enclosed inside a high fence. There is also a brick, lock-up garage on title with a door to the courtyard. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to secure a really great unit in a blue-ribbon location. Terms: VP. 10% Deposit. Balance 60 days

Office: Keysborough Ph: 9701 8611

Price: $380,000+ Inspect: Saturday 3:00 - 3:30pm

John Wysham 0418 322 618 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

John Wysham 0418 566 133 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

KEYSBOROUGH 2/424 CORRIGAN ROAD STUNNING, CENTRALLY LOCATED TOWN RESIDENCE This house-sized, 4 bedroom town residence provides family accommodation over 2 generous levels. It boasts the perfect floorplan with a generous, robed bedroom and a full bathroom downstairs. The home has an expansive timber-floored living and dining area, a large, well-appointed, family kitchen overlooking the timber-decked al fresco area, a fully tiled bathroom and separate laundry. Ascend the architectural, timber and stainless steel, open-tread stair to a stylish living area upstairs from which you can access the master suite which includes a WIR and an en-suite. There are 2 more bedrooms and a principal bathroom. There is also a private balcony up here appended to the master suite. The home also features ducted heating, refrigerated cooling to the living areas, polished hardwood flooring and a RC garage with internal access and a 2nd car park on site. Terms: VP. 10% Deposit. Balance 30/60 days

Office: Keysborough Ph: 9701 8611

Auction: Saturday 27th Feb at 11am Price: $500,000+ Inspect: Thursday 4:00 - 4:30pm Saturday 2:00 - 2:30pm

John Wysham 0418 322 618 Anthony Mondous 0417 508 189

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NOBLE PARK 1A Cypress Court

3A2B3D2L

Your Own Frontage - Luxurious and Contemporary Town House

Private Sale:

$450,000+

Combining an excellent design with quality ittings, this townhouse offers a genuinely luxurious yet contemporary living environment that is only a stone’s throw from Noble Park’s diverse shopping precinct. With great access to reputable schools, Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, Sandown Racecourse and Noble Park station provided by Princess Highway and Corrigan Road, there is little keeping this residence from becoming a family residential delight. The stunning interior begins with a light illed living, area featuring quality looring that lead to a modern kitchen with Caesar tone bench tops. Accommodation is abundant as walking up the exquisite stair case you will ind 3 carpeted bedrooms complemented by a generous bathrooms and the master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe. There is ducted heating and evaporative cooling system as well as single remote control garage with internal entry, LED downlights, stainless steel appliances including dishwasher and water tank complete this wonderful home. A delightful residential package that includes convenience, excellent accessibility and a charming yet contemporary interior perfect for any lifestyle,

Inspect:

Saturday 11:00am - 11:30am Photo ID Require

SPRINGVALE 29 Woodward Street

3A1B1D4L

Pure Potential In A Prized Pocket

Private Sale:

$550,000+

Inspect:

Wed 6 - 6:30pm Sat 1:30 -2:00pm Photo ID Require

Elegantly appointed on a quiet street with so much scope for more, this single storey home being offered for the 1st time in over 55 years is waiting to be lovingly restored. Generous dimensions that boast unlimited potential for homebuyers, investors or developers certainly present a irm foundation for future success. A 586m2 (approx) land parcel suggests ine rewards will low to build a brand new home or dual occupancy project (STCA), whilst also providing an attractive leasing/living option. Currently offering kitchen/meals area, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a spacious family lounge area complete with a reverse cycle AC and original space heater. Prominently situated in one of Springvale’s most in-demanded pockets loved for its close proximity to Springvale Central and newly developed Springvale Station. Whatever the plan, with grand land, great proportions and a view to the future, this one is ready to step up! Make sure you secure it today.

858 10 999 12 DANDENONG JOURNAL Monday, 8 February, 2016

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KeYSBorouGH 384 Corrigan road

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SPrINGVALe SoutH 4/12-18 Harold road

2A1B1D2L

Pure Potential In A Prized Pocket

Private Sale: $500,000+ Inspect: Wed 6 -6:30pm Sat 12;30 - 1:00 Photo ID Require

Calling all buyers, downsizer or investor!!!

Private Sale: $360,000+ Inspect: Saturday 10:00am - 10:30am Photo Id Require

The sky is the limit here in this meticulously well maintained 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home, lying in wait for its next exciting chapter. A single owner home being offered for the 1st time in over 30 years, enthusiastic renovators may be tempted to launt their creative lair throughout the immaculate layout sitting on a spacious parcel of land. Perfect for quick access to Parkmore Shopping Centre, for swinging on to the Eastlink up to Melbourne CBD or nailing the school drop off. This charming low maintenance brick home is ideal for young or growing families, irst home buyers, down sizers and astute investors. Showcasing pristine condition kitchen with meals area, a light-illed bathroom and divine deco including original ozan Kanbur Corey (Khoi) Le timber work.

Low maintenance living at its best! This unit is sure to impress with internal features including 2 large sized bedrooms with built in robes, spacious living area, wall to wall plush carpets, tiled kitchen and dining with plenty of cupboard space and ducted heating throughout. Externally you will ind a generously sized courtyard, manicured gardens, lock up garage and shed with extra double allocated car space. In addition, there is a communal BBQ and children playing area. Currently tenanted for $1368.75 per calendar month Lease expire 19/08/2016. Located within walking distance to Mackay Shopping Centre, various schools and transport services, this unit presents a perfect opportunity for small families, irst home buyers and astute investors.

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Perfect In Many Ways

Private Sale: $480,000+ Inspect: Saturday 2:00pm - 2:30pm Photo ID Require

Corner block, with multiple options!!!

Private Sale:

0403 644 379

Featuring 4 bedrooms, master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe, large formal lounge adjacent to Rumpus/Study. Family and guest can enjoy large open plan living with spacious meals area. Featuring modern kitchen with plenty of cupboards for storage and bench space for the talented chief, looking to cook up a great meal. Including two bathrooms, two toilets and double garage with internal access, providing that extra convenience and safety. Extra features include, ducted heating, evaporative cooling, dishwasher, loor tiles throughout and carpet in lounge and bedrooms. Sitting on a 560m2 (Approx) of land with established gardens and private back yard. Location is irst class being close all amenities including Amberly Park shopping centre, Casey Central shopping centre, P-12 College, Strathaird Primary

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$470,000+ Positioned on a low-maintenance and fully fenced block within easy access to desired amenities-Springvale Inspect: Central, this well presented 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home Saturday 11:00 - 11:30 pm with updated bathroom/kitchen and alarm system is the Photo ID Require perfect opportunity to purchase in a well-established family friendly suburb and take that irst step onto the property ladder and/or upgrade from your current residence. With plenty of natural light lowing through well placed windows, this lovely home has a spacious open-plan kitchen with ample bench and cupboard space. Adjacent to this is a sizeable family meals and air-conditioned living area with direct access to an undercover outdoor entertaining zone. All two bright and airy bedrooms Varun Ahuja feature low-maintenance looring and has air-conditioning.Corey (Khoi) Le 0417 311 491

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WE LOVE IT 31 Mitchell Street, Nyora

VACANT LAND IN NYORA Large 1414 square metre allotment with old weather board cottage frame. Mains water and power available. Close to shops and Post Office.

For Sale Inspect Contact

$130,000 Plus By Appointment Ray Wilkinson 0417 515 649

Lang Lang - langlang@alexscott.com.au 35A Westernport Road. 5997 5599

DANDENONG

DANDENONG 96 LANGHORNE STREET Renovated home on a flat level 735m2 block, either live in & enjoy the guaranteed capital growth, retain the existing home & build at the rear or demolish & develop the site STCA. Offers large kitchen/meals area, master + WIR, 2 driveways & a large backyard. Blue chip location in the heart of Dandenong.

3a 1b 1c 1e Sat 27th Feb at 12pm unless sold prior TERMS 10% dep, 60-120 day settlement INSPECT Wed 5-5.30 & Sat 11-11.30 PRICE Contact Agent CONTACT Ari Oinonen 0402 349 644

An opportunity to secure this fully renovated three-bedroom home in one of Central Dandenongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest streets, on a flat level 735 square metre block The potential here is enormous, either live in as a family home and enjoy the guaranteed capital growth, retain the existing home and build at the rear or demolish and develop the whole site, subject to approvals, either now or in the future. Set behind a secure front fence, the house has a large kitchen with plenty of bench and cupboard space, an adjoining meals area and spacious lounge with solid-fuel heater, three generous bedrooms, the main with walk-in wardrobe, a stunning central bathroom, separate toilet and laundry all complemented by a single-car garage, two reverse-cycle air-conditioners, two driveways and of the large backyard. Located in the heart of Dandenong just a short stroll to the CBD, Plaza, schools and train station.

POSTCODE

3175

BARRY PLANT DANDENONG, 9706 7455 ARI OINONEN, 0402 349 644 INSPECT: BY APPOINTMENT AUCTION: SATURDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, AT NOON

DANDENONG 4 Langhorne Street 9706 7455

Hall & Partners EUMEMMERRING 22 Riverview Crescent AUCTION

DANDENONG 13 Edith Street UNIQUE CHARACTER HOME WITH A MODERN TOUCH On a great sized allotment of approx. 711m2. This tastefully presented home comprises of 4 spacious bedrooms BIR & full ensuite to master plus an updated family bathroom. Complemented with a family room with adjacent dining area, plus a 2nd living room, brand new stylish kitchen with new appliances, dishwasher, self-cleaning oven, ceramic cooktop & handcrafted wormy chestnut bench tops. Ducted & reverse cycle air conditioning, gas & polished floorboards. Established & double garage. Adjoins onto Waratah Reserve. Auction: Saturday 20th February at 1pm Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Leigh Hall 0401 408 580 Chen Liu 0451 384 722

DANDENONG NORTH 309 Stud Road AUCTION

LOCATION IS THE KEY You have been searching for property in a quiet street, one street from Dandenong markets and on a massive block of land- well, here it is!! Brick veneer house has 3 bedrooms, lounge, dining, gas ducted heating, solid timber, kitchen, polished floorboards and plenty of fruit trees. Terms 10% deposit, Balance 60 Days.

AUCTION

Auction: Saturday 20th February at 11am Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Michael Cervenjak 0419 389 039

ENDEAVOUR HILLS 10 Anderson Court ROSEWOOD DOWNS! On top of the hill (Service road) with views this large & most original one owner home on a wide frontage allotment of approx. 1050m2. Comes with 3 bedrooms & lots of living space & a generous sized lounge, opening to a large formal dining room which leads to the kitchen & meals area.This craftsman built home features terra cotta tiled roof plus large double garage under the roof line (remote entry) which also has direct access to the back yard. Enjoy the views & an early morning walk nearby Tirhatuan park frequented by the locals & noted for its tranquillity & nearby golf course!

FABULOUS ENTERTAINER This great home features 3 spacious bedrooms, Master with full Ensuite, family bathroom, Large kitchen/Dining, & sep lounge with built in TV leading out to a covered deck & huge manicured & landscaped backyard.With a large Rumpus room & an additional bdm with WIR, & room to install another Ensuite, great for teens or extended family. Ducted Heating & Evap Air Cond & ducted vacuum system on a 664 sqmt block with heaps of storage & plenty of off street parking. Nestled amongst quality homes in a quiet court in a great part of Endeavour Hills close to Shopping Centre & schools.

Auction: Saturday 20th February at 12 noon Inspect: Thursday 5:30-6pm Saturday 2-2:30pm Contact: Tim Retallack 0419 391 804

For Sale: $550,000 Plus Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Geraldine Kyte 0401 377 676

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4/49 Potter Street Dandenong

3 Ash Grove Dandenong Central

VALUE PACKED APARTMENT

LIVE IN OR RE-DEVELOP

Ideal for investment or to live in, this spacious 1st loor apartment with only 8 on the block comprises spacious lounge opening to a balcony, separate kitchen with meals area, 2 double bedrooms with double BIR’s. Ducted ARV ventilation system & ceiling fans for year round comfort. Tiled bathroom with laundry facilities & separate toilet. Needs some cosmetic work but excellent potential here. Sell the car, walk to all facilities & bus at door stop. Don’t miss this!

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 13th Feb at 11am 10% dep - bal 30/60 days $180,000+ Wednesday 5-5.30pm Saturday from 10.30am Chris Drieberg 0411 737 303

Comfortable 3 bed home on approx. 600m2 lot in this central location close to all facilities. Offers spacious lounge & dining, separate kitchen/meals & 2 bathrooms. Zone Res Growth this site has potential for dual occupancy (STP) or demolish & re-develop. Walk to schools, hospital, market & Plaza. Don’t miss this!

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 13th Feb at 12pm 10% dep - bal 30/60 days $460,000+ Tues & Thurs 5-5.30pm Saturday from 11.30am Nigel Raymond 0425 721 593

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1/32 Olive Road Eumemmerring

5 Taylor Court Dandenong North

IMMACULATE RENOVATED UNIT

IMMACULATE BV ON HUGE COURT BLOCK

Recently renovated this 2 bed villa presents like new. Offers spacious lounge with solid wood heater & RC split air conditioning, new quality kitchen with gas cooking & DW. Neutral decore & including polished floorboards throughout. Externally there is a decked area, private garden & single garage. Convenient location close to schools, bus & local parks.

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Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 13th Feb at 1pm 10% dep-bal 30/60/90 days $290,000+ Tues & Thurs 4-4.30pm Saturday from 12.30pm Nigel Raymond 0425 721 593

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Close to schools, shops & freeway access, this well maintained home is sure to impress. Offers 3 double bedrooms with BIR’s, tiled bathroom with separate toilet, comfortable gas heated lounge opens to family size kitchen with WO & gas HP + spacious meals area opening to large rear yard with lots of fruit trees. Features all gas appliances, a/c, stunning polished hardwood loors & security shutters. Externally a huge brick garage with internal toilet, lots of extra parking & approx. 770m2 lot (with room to extend) complete this great package.

W NE

9 Bickford Place Hallam

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 5th March at 1pm 10% dep - bal 60/90 days $500,000+ Wednesday 5-5.30pm Saturday 3-3.30pm Neil Butler 0411 637 088

G TIN S I L

63 Hinrichsen Drive Hallam

DEVELOPMENT OR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Huge 970m2 block with permit to build 3 bed unit behind existing BV. Otherwise site would suit 3 new units (STP). Existing 3 bed BV includes spacious lounge, modern kitchen with WO & HP, good carpets & ducted RC air conditioning. Let at $320 per week until Jan’17. Rare opportunity here!

VALUE PACKED 1ST HOME OR INVESTMENT Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 5th March at 2pm 10% dep-bal 30/60/90 days $400,000+ Saturday 1-1.30pm Neil Butler 0411 637 088

Set on a large 650m2 lot this spacious 3 BV features a large lounge, cupboard packed kitchen with WO & HP, spacious family room plus full ensuite to master. All gas appliances including ducted heating. Large garage plus extra parking. Let at $325p.w. but vacant possession is available.

Auction Terms Price Inspect Agent

Sat 12th March at 12pm 10% dep-bal 60 days $400,000+ Saturday 2-2.30pm Neil Butler 0411 637 088

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AGENT’S CHOICE

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NO NEED FOR THE CAR..

This great five acre lifestyle property is located on a bitumen road in the heart of Modella and is surrounded by broad acreage allotments offering loads of privacy and a true rural aspect. It is set up for a family looking for a manageable in size property and yet still has plenty of room to move. The sturdy brick home has three bedrooms plus a study. All bedrooms have built-in wardrobes, there is a family room and lounge/dining area, a large nine by nine metre two car garage, and a 7.5m x 18m workshop which is perfect for all tradespeople with its three metre clearance and power. There are five fenced paddocks, all with water and quality pasture. This is not one to be missed.

POSTCODE

3816

DROuIN

1/8 AsHby sT TRAFAlgAR

Land in a prime location like this seldom comes along! Just a stroll to shops & even less to the gorgeous Civic Park in Drouin linking to the two towns walking trail & incl Playground, BBQ’s, Tranquil Gardens & a peaceful space to Ride, Walk Relax or Play. A fantastic sized block (~750m²) with all services available in a beautiful & established location about as close to transport, schools & all CBD services as you could hope to ind! Make your choice..Invest, develop or build your dream home. Easily accessible to fway entrance & only 1hr to Melbourne. $150,000 Internet ID: 9268529 View property and more details at www.sej.com.au

A quality townhouse you won’t need to think twice on exists right here in the most convenient of locations! Built by a local builder with the utmost attention to detail & offering so much more than expected – A true diamond. 3 BR’s, full ensuite & WIR, exceptional kitchen, all-seasons outdoor entertaining area, oversized garage incl space for the workshop & a large studio/sewing room! All within a short stroll of public transport, shops, parks, restaurants, doctors & more. From this position you’ll bring the car out only by choice never by necessity. $350,000 Internet ID: 9266964 View property and more details at www.sej.com.au

5622 3800 Cnr smith & Queen st, Warragul

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With genuine sellers and at a great price, an inspection is a must to see what this great lifestyle property has to offer.

FINNING FIRST NATIONAL REAL ESTATE, CRANBOURNE, 5996 1200 JASON BROWN, 0423 768 424 870 KOOWEERUP-LONGWARRY ROAD PRICE: $549,950 INSPECT: BY APPOINTMENT

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Closing Thursday 3 March at 3:00pm

TWO RESIDENTIAL SITES TWO PLANNING PERMITS SPRINGVALE 782–794 Princes Highway

2–4 Hillside Street

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Land: 5,000 sqm (approx.)

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Land: 1,820 sqm (approx.)

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Planning Permit allows three 4 level buildings comprising 104 apartments (when developed jointly with 2–4 Hillside Street)

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Planning Permit allows for eight 2 storey townhouses (when developed jointly with 782–794 Princes Hwy.)

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Three road frontages

Alternative standalone Planning Permit allows for ten 2 storey townhouses on 2–4 Hillside Street land

Paul Sutherland 0418 360 162

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Springvale 101/31B Buckingham Avenue

3B 2C 2F 1I

Noble Park 2/4 Nithsdale Road

Top Location & Quality Apartment!

For Sale Buyer over $470,000

A Lovely Modern Unit Close To Everything!

For Sale Buyer over $390,000

Located in the heart of Springvale SC, doorsteps to shops, restaurants, schools & train. This young apartment ofers 3 spacious bedrooms, master with FES, BIRs to all rooms, open living & gas kitchen, timber floor throughout, tiles in wet area, quality curtains to all windows, 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets & 2 car spaces. Extra features: heat & cool split system, private balcony & European style laundry.

Open Sat 11:00am - 11:30am

This young & modern 3 bedrooms unit has no body corporate fees & the current rental $19,032 pa. It ofers spacious open plan living with kitchen, ducted heating, 2 good size bedrooms with BIRs, master with FES, separated toilet & laundry, low maintenance courtyard, remote control garage with drive way space for a second car. And just minutes to train station, bus stop and much more.

View Sat 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Gina Beng Heng M 0401 337 966 gina.bengheng@harcourts.com.au

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Dandenong 14/3 Close Avenue

Gina Beng Heng M 0401 337 966 gina.bengheng@harcourts.com.au

Frankston 374 Nepean Highway

Spacious Apartment in Convenient Location !

For Sale Buyer over $375,000

PRIME CORNER DEVELOPMENT SITE!

For Sale price contact agent

Only few minutes to Dandenong Plaza and walking distance to schools, shops, and public transport and all facilities. - This as-new apartment is now for sale! it features: 3 spacious bedrooms all with mirror BIRs, master with FES, Large open living and dining, kitchen with stainless steel appliances, 2 bathrooms with toilets + laundry, private balcony, intercom, lit access, secure parking and storage.

View By Appointment

Situated in the heart of Frankston, walking distance to Bayside shops & the beach, this appro. 3420m2 corner block in Zone 1 has potential to build multilevel up to 66 apartments (STCA). The consulting suite consists reception, ofices, meeting rooms, storage & huge car park. The floor area approx. 1215sqm currently rental $104,400 pa GST incl until 2017, if fully leased can get extra up to $156,000 pa.

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SEAFORD 3 Wilson Grove

DANDENONG Potter Street

FAMILY ENTERTAINER!!!

MAKE ME YOUR FIRST!

Families look no further Boasting 4 bedrooms with built in robes, master with full ensuite and walk in robes. Versatile study room located down stairs with built in cupboards which could be used as a 5th bedroom. Step through the front door and be greeted with open plan living,. This lovely family entertainer has 3 living areas and 3 bathrooms, open kitchen/dining, ducted heating, evaporative cooling . Accompanying this lovely home is a double remote garage & remote gated, sun-room & a large garden shed in manicured gardens. Nestled on a block of 651m2 approx. All within walking distance to wetlands, shops, beaches and schools. Open for inspection Thursday 6:00 – 6:30 pm, Saturday 11:00 – 11:30 am

Here is your perfect opportunity to capitalise on the ever popular Dandenong Real Estate market. This renovated 2 bedroom with BIR, open plan living is a must inspect for the first home buyer, investor looking to add to their portfolio or someone looking to downsize to a low maintenance living. Currently returning $1129 pcm. Within minutes to Dandenong plaza, station, Dandenong Market, restaurants and café, Dandenong hospital, bus stops and more....

Call David 0412 414 475

NOBLE PARK Henry Street

ATTENTION BUILDERS/DEVELOPERS/INVESTORS...... Stamped Plans for 6 dwellings located in the heart of Noble Park. Positioned perfect within a stone throw to Coles, Schools, Station and all central facilities, you will find it hard to be more central than this! Surrounded by cafes, shops and all you will need for a convenient lifestyle. Investors and first home buyers are snapping up these opportunities and on a rising market sale prices are strong making this project very safe and secure for a good return. The approved plans for 6 townhouses are stunning. Each enjoy sought after open planned ground floor living, with 2 bedrooms and adjoining leisure area upstairs with a private balcony. Ranging from 13 - 14 squares. Plus all come with a single lock up garage and a powder room downstairs and private court yard. Plans in office for viewing by appointment, buy this and reap the rewards for a fruitful future.

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WIDE RANGE OF HOMES TO SUIT Aaron J Homes has been building quality homes for more than nine years and is proud of the fact that it has successfully completed approximately 400 homes to date. Being a local family builder and very much hands-on in all aspects of the business, the owners are well aware of what their clients need, want, expect and deserve in a quality product. Every display home built by Aaron J Homes is constructed with many of the same contractors that helped build its first display home. These same contractors help build each client’s home to ensure the quality and construction is maintained as per display standard, a true testament of the relationship the owners have with their tradies. Being a multi award winning builder, including having won major awards with the HIA and MBAV, its clients can have the confidence of knowing their home will be completed on time and supported by excellent customer service. Aaron J Homes has two distinct ranges within its product line with more than 70 designs to choose from with different sizes and facades available. The Xpress range of homes, between 16 to 24 squares, is suited more to the first or second home buyer or investor client with prices from as low as $129,900 to $170,200. The Infinity range of homes is for the more astute buyers who like that little bit extra included and has larger home sizes available between 19 to 40 squares and prices from $173,200 to $317,900. The Xpress range comes with a guaranteed build time of 16 weeks while

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Hands up for great education ESTABLISHED in 1919, Dandenong High School is one of the oldest, largest and most culturally diverse secondary schools in the state. It is a co-educational school from years seven to 12 with an enrolment of approximately 2000 students. The school community has 77 nationalities and 83 different language groups. To ensure students develop a deep sense of connectedness to the school, it has a highly unique house model. Within each of the seven houses there are 300 students, 50 from each year level from year seven through to year 12. Each house contains 25 teaching staff from across all teaching areas and a house leadership team. The school has an innovative curriculum based on the principles of inquiry and deep learning and offers a broad range of opportunities for all students including VCE, VET and VCAL programs. Strong links with Chisholm TAFE allow students to undertake Industry Tasters and year 10 VET at the DREAM Trade Training Centre. The school offers a comprehensive EAL program, an extensive sports program and a dynamic performing arts program which includes dance, drama and music. There is also a select entry learning program, which is an accredited SELP program, for years seven to nine. For further information contact Dandenong High School at 92-106 Princes Highway, Dandenong. Phone 9792 0561.

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Parents lead the way at Maranatha AS the oldest parent controlled Christian school in Victoria, Maranatha Christian School has always been a leader in providing high quality Christian education. With its focus on high academic outcomes, genuine student care and opportunity for students to serve by using their God given skills and talents, Maranatha graduates can be found across Victoria contributing to and building a better society. 2015 was no exception to this. Building on its excellent NAPLAN results, Maranatha students excelled in the 2015 VCE. School valedictorian Paul Michalski achieved a remarkable ATAR of 99.5 while Stephen Capon, the 2015 boys school captain, achieved 98.65. In addition, Jordi Sutato and Sarah Ciortuz finished first in Victoria in their subjects, Indonesian and Romanian respectively. This is a testament to the hard work of both students and staff. Across the board it has been wonderful to see the students fulfil the school’s motto, My Utmost for His Glory, by giving of their best, with more than 80 per cent of all students achieving results which placed them in the top half of the state. Maranatha continues to lead Christian education in a number of innovative ways to help students become the leaders of tomorrow. Its partnership with the Apple store at Fountain Gate to support the school’s iPad program is genuinely unique, while the teaching staff are all currently applying Teaching for Understanding, a teaching methodology designed at Harvard University with its Christian perspective to help children learn to think about the world through Christian values. The school will be hosting a conference on Developing Christian Thinkers in July, the first of its kind in Australia. For more information phone the school registrar on 9709 7217 or visit Maranatha.vic.edu.au.

Pre Kinder kids enjoy a session at the Hallam Community Learning Centre.

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THE Hallam Community Learning Centre is running Pre Kinder sessions for three and four-year-olds. The centre prides itself on preparing the children that attend these sessions for all sorts of things that might come their way. Last year, they learnt about different countries and were lucky enough to have had some mums come and sing happy birthday and nursery rhymes in

their native languages. Other topics covered included science with erupting volcanos, Da vinci paintings during art time and nature and wild animals. The centre can’t wait to see what the staff have in store for 2016. The kids also hosted morning tea for Mother’s and Father’s Day making yummy scones with jam and cream. Currently, there are vacancies for the 2016 sessions so why

not call on 9703 1688. The centre has undergone a massive renovation since November last year, thanks to the City of Casey, and staff are looking forward to welcoming the groups, starting Monday 8 February. The answering machine is on and we are checking messages. Hallam Community Learning Centre is situated at 56 Kays Avenue, Hallam.

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Nazareth College students enjoy the benefits of co-education.

Raising the bar Learning including PreCAL (year 10) and VCAL (years 11 and 12). VET music is also offered to both Nazareth College students and those from other schools. To encourage excellence in learning Nazareth College offers both academic and music scholarships to students in year seven, years nine and 10 and in VCE. The focus on personalised learning means that Nazareth College provides its students with an experience of Catholic co-education at its best! For further information about Nazareth College phone the college Registrar on 9795 8100.

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Diverse range of opportunities LOCATED in the heart of Endeavour Hills and within walking distance of the shopping centre and library, the neighbourhood centre may be one of the area’s best kept secrets. The Endeavour Hills UnitingCare Neighbourhood Centre (EHUNC) is a not-for-profit adult learning centre that delivers a diverse range of low cost classes including English, computer, art, craft and recreational exercise. It also has children’s services such as occasional care, three-year-old pre-kinder and after school activities. Manager Bev Lamont said: “Even though the centre is small, we aim to provide a caring, nurturing, learning environment open to all members of the community. “We provide classes and activities that are innovative and applicable to a wide range of ages and cultural backgrounds. “Many of the people who come to the centre enjoy the friendly atmosphere created by the welcoming staff and talented, caring teachers. “Our participants make meaningful friendships that go beyond the classroom. “Some of our friendship groups, like the knitting group and patchwork group, share their love of craft to the greater community by donating hundreds of handmade items to charity each year.” This year the neighbourhood centre has received funding from the City of Casey to deliver free computer and iPad classes for seniors. It also has Victorian State Government funding to hold low-cost English classes for migrants who are permanent residents. More information about any of the classes and activities can be found on the neighbourhood centre website at www.ehunc.org.au or phone 9700 3789 to have a term program posted out.

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Same numbers add up By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MORE than $650,000 has been shared by 11 syndicate members at Tattslotto outlets in Dandenong and Springvale. Dande Lotto owner Verica Beliga said the head of the syndicate thought his leg was being pulled when he was told that he was a joint division-one winner in the 30 January Tattslotto draw. The man - a local business owner - had routinely submitted the same five lines of System 10 numbers every Saturday at the Thomas Street outlet for the past 20 years, Ms Beliga said. “He told me he’s going to put in the same numbers this Saturday,” Ms Beliga said. Three of the syndicate shares were also bought at Springvale Authorised Newsagency and Lotto. Over those 20 years, a few people had dropped out of the syndicate - and now were no doubt kicking themselves, she said. The winners are each $62,798 richer and

relieved of a few financial burdens. One of them was a new father who had recently taken on additional borrowing to secure a home loan. That loan can now be paid outright. One other family was struggling to manage after a bread-winner recently had her work hours cut. Ms Beliga had the pleasant task of correcting a syndicate member who thought he’d won just a division-two share of about $13,000. “I told him ‘well I’ll keep the other 50’ (thousand dollars),” Ms Beliga said. She now basks in the reflected good fortune - the agency’s first division-one win since she took over three years ago. “Now that we’ve had a win, I feel that yes it can happen,” Ms Beliga said. In a way, she feels she struck it lucky when she bought the business after months of struggling to find work. “It’s been the best thing for me. I’m my own boss - I can play the radio whenever I want and nothing can stop me.”

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Market hosts a wonderful day of Maori culture DANDENONG Market celebrated Waitangi Day on Sunday 7 February with performances and activities for market visitors. Waitangi Day commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840. The treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Maori rights to their land and gave Maoris the same rights as British subjects.

Entertainment and activities included performances by Maori cultural troop Te Hononga O Nga Iwi, moko face stencilling and a traditional weaving workshop. Moko is a traditional body art often associated with cultural performances such as Kapa Haka performances. The designs are often created for cultural performances with face paint, using intricate stencils. Raranga is a traditional Maori weaving

style used to make rourou (food baskets), kete (bags) and other adornment which were necessities in everyday life for traditional Maori society. All entertainment and activities were free. One of Dandenong Market’s favourite new street food vans, NZ Street Food, fed market visitors. NZ Street Food Kiwi offer inspired kai (food) and is best known for their hugely

popular hangi, a traditional dish made with chicken, lamb, potato, pumpkin, sweet potato, cabbage, stuffing and fried bread. NZ Street food also offer other delicious NZ delicacies, including raw fish, mussel fritters, NZ kina, fried bread burgers, pulled pork with coleslaw and steamed pudding with custard. See next week’s Journal for full coverage of the event.

Push for young leaders DANDENONG council is looking for young people aged 16 to 25 who live, work or study in Greater Dandenong to take part in its 2016 Young Leaders’ Program. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the program provides opportunities for young people to develop their skills across a wide range of topics including public speaking, media and promotion, effective communication, conflict resolution, stress management, and project planning and implementation. The program enables participants to work in small teams on the development and delivery of a community project. Greater Dandenong mayor Heang Tak said participants had the opportunity to make an important contribution. “While making new friends and having fun, the potential young leaders of Greater Dandenong are learning new skills and discovering the tools to make a difference in our community.” Meetings are held weekly on Tuesday from 4.30pm to 6.30pm between April and October.

WHAT’S ON Sunset cinema DANDENONG’S Harmony Square will be open over the warmer months for free popular release movies. The sunset cinema will be showing Red Dog (PG) among other movies from January to March. Red Dog is the story of a legendary, lovable red dog who roamed the outback looking for his original master. On his journey he finds his way into the hearts of everyone he meets, bringing people and communities together, some who find love, and others who find themselves. The film is based on true events.  Red Dog will be shown on Friday 5 February at Harmony Square, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, at 7pm. For all the sunset cinema screenings visit www.greaterdandenong. com.

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Stallholders wanted STALLHOLDERS are needed for a one off market to coincide with the YMCA Swimathon in Noble Park. The pool canteen will sell hot food, drinks, sandwiches and cakes on the day.  Noble Park Aquatic Centre, 9 Memorial Drive, Noble Park, 10am to 3pm, stallholders are to set up at 9.30am. Pay stalls before Sunday 21 February, non-refundable. To book phone Glenn at NPAC on 9546 7955. Cost: Inside stall including one table and chair $20, outside stalls, BYO table $10.

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Summer community festival PRESENTED by the Lions Club, the summer community festival runs over three days and includes live music, amusements and rides for all ages. There will be a fireworks display at 9.30pm.  Burden Park, corner of Heatherton and Springvale roads, Springvale South. The festival will be running from Friday 19 February, 5pm-11pm, Saturday 20 February 11am11pm, Sunday 21 February 11am-4pm. For further information contact Ashley Lewis on 0418 380 555.

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Robotics workshop IN PARTNERSHIP with Robogals the Greater Dandenong Libraries will be holding free robotics workshops. The workshops will introduce participants to pathways in engineering, science and IT. - The four week workshop will be held Saturday mornings, from 10am to 11.30am on 6 February, 20 February, 5 March and 19 March at Dandenong Library, 225 Lonsdale Street. For further information and registrations contact the library on 1300 630 920. Neighbourhood Watch public forum THIS Neighbourhood Watch event will include guest speaker Inspector Bruce Kitchen, who has more than 35 years’ service with the Victoria Police and oversees the Greater Dandenong police service area.  Paddy O’Donoghue Centre, 18-34 Buckley Street, Noble Park. Wednesday 16 March, 7.30 to 9pm.

Light catering will be provided at the free event and bookings are not required.  Dandenong Civic Centre, 225 Lonsdale Street, Wednesday 17 February, 5.30pm to7.30pm. For more information phone 8571 1000.

Dandenong food lover’s tour EXPERIENCE food from around the world in one evening. The walking tour visits central Dandenong businesses sampling food and includes a sit down meal.  Thursday 18 February from 10am to 1pm. Cost $45 per person. Bookings essential, phone 8571 1377. Once booking and payment is received a confirmation letter will be sent with meeting location details. For more information visit www.greaterdandenong. com. THE Somerfield Social Club will hold a Lunar New Year party to celebrate the Year of the Monkey, which heralds a year of energy and change. There will be activities between 3pm and 5pm and lion dancing and a firecracker display by the Hong De Lion and Dragon Dance Association. Free fortune cookies will be available for children.  Barbecue area along Clarendon Drive near the lake, Saturday 13 February, 3.30pm to 4.30pm with dragon dance at 4pm.

DISCOVER the natural beauty of Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve at its regular open days held every Friday and third Sunday of the month. Take a picnic and wander the grounds to view a variety of flora and fauna. Park rangers are available for guided tours and live steamer mini-trains are available for rides on Sunday open days. The reserve is closed on public holidays and days of total fire ban.  Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve, Mackay Street, Springvale South.

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GOLD is the name of the newest ABBA tribute show to hit Dandenong. Dancing Queen: The 40th Anniversary Tour has been staged around Australia and performed to more than 20,000 people since it started in 2014.  Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker Street, Dandenong. Saturday 14 May, 8pm. Tickets adult $59.90, concession $49.90, child (15 years and under) $49.90.

THIS workshop will help reduce energy use and manage energy bill costs. The program is suitable for tenants, families, home owners and residents in need of financial support or people interested in energy efficiency. The evening includes presentations followed by the chance to speak directly with the experts.

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LEARN ways to reduce environmental footprints on the world at this sustainability festival. Tricks to save money as well as practical skills will be taught by experts. Games and entertainment will be on and some of the activities include pedal powered smoothies, live native animals, live seethrough bee-hive and cooking demonstrations by Jamie Ward.  Dandenong Market, corner Clow and Cleeland Streets. Sunday, 21 February, 10am to 3pm. Free.

Little Mermaid DISNEY’S musical tale of the Hans Christian Andersen classic will come to life on the Drum Theatre stage by the Windmill Theatre Company.  Drum Theatre, Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong. Opening night, Friday, 10 June, 7.30pm.

Al-Anon family groups AL-ANON family groups provides support to families and friends living with alcohol abuse and problem drinking.  Meetings are held on Wednesdays 8pm at Dandenong Hospital, David Street, Seminar Room Two, West Entrance. Fridays 10.30am at Springvale Church of Christ (hall at rear) Buckingham Avenue, corner Windsor Avenue and on Saturdays 2pm at St Gerard’s Community Centre, 71 Gladstone Road, Dandenong North. For more information phone 1300 252 666.

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Chipping in for biofuels By NARELLE COULTER REBECCA Yee and her business partner Dale Barnett are big fans of the humble fish and chip dinner. The more people tuck into this takeaway staple the more source product the entrepreneurial duo has for their fledging biofuel business. Rebecca and Dale’s Dandenong South business, Biofuel Innovations, turns waste oil into biodiesel, an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum diesel. Rebecca, who has a doctorate in chemical engineering and Dale, who is also an engineer, met through friends. They share a commitment to sustainability which has now grown into a business. “It all started because Dale was brewing his own beer and using biofuel to run his car,” explained Rebecca. “I love gardening and grow a lot of my own food. We both shared a passion for sustainability and both thought we had the know how to make a contribution.” In an Australian first, the pair have perfected a second generation technology method which uses a natural catalyst enzyme to convert used fish and chip fryer oil into biodiesel. About 10 Greater Dandenong fish and chip shops store their waste oil for Rebecca and Dale to collect once a month. They also collected the waste oil from the weekend’s Lunar New Year celebrations in Springvale. “A lot of people don’t think about their waste,” said Rebecca. “Fish and chip shop owners have a lot of things to manage and in many cases up to 20 litres of oil a week is just dumped,” Rebecca said. Much of Australia’s waste commercial cooking oil is sent overseas. “We export our waste oil then import it back again, but we don’t know what has been done to it. We essentially wash our hands of it. That’s where we want to get involved. “We want fuel that is Melbourne made,” Rebecca said.

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Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine without modification as a replacement for fossil diesel. Biodiesel’s lubricating qualities helps prolong an engine’s life and is much better than diesel for the environment with cleaner exhaust emissions and zero sulphur emissions. Biofuel Innovations sells its fuel wholesale direct to trucking and transport companies for $1.10 per litre. Biofuel Innovations also sells glycerine, a by-product of the refining process, which is used for soap, cosmetics and candles and as a hand degreaser. At the moment, the company is producing 30,000 litres of biofuel a month. Rebecca said that would be scaled up once the business moves to

new permanent premises in England Street at the start of April. “Demand is out there, it’s just a matter of finding the right people interested in sustainable fuel. A lot of businesses we talk to are very supportive. “A lot of people are particularly keen on the whole made in Melbourne aspect of our business, that our product is made by accredited engineers to accredited standards.” Before Christmas Biofuel Innovations was awarded an $8000 City of Greater Dandenong business grant. Rebecca and Dale are using the money to fund their move to a larger factory and buy equipment. “The grant has really helped us get

a foot in the door with a lease.” They are delighted to be part of the Dandenong South business community, which has welcomed them with plenty of expert help and friendly advice. Through the business grant process, Rebecca met follow recipient Mona Lumani, owner of Arabian Bites. Biofuel Innovations is now collecting Arabian Bites’s waste oil. “Dale grew up in Endeavour Hills and I grew up in Wantirna so Dandenong South was perfect for our business,” Rebecca said. “I love that whatever we need, like a steel or glass fitter for instance, you can find them here in Dandenong. You

draw up a plan, they make it and we go pick it up.” And she and Dale love popping into central Dandenong for lunch, lured by the array of international fare on offer. However, fish and chips are not high on their list of lunch favourites. As Rebecca shows the Journal around the firm’s temporary factory, she lifts the lid off a drum of newly arrived waste oil. “Initially working with this oil did put us off eating fish and chips but you do get used to it,” she said. For more information on Biofuel Innovations email info@biofuelsinnovations.com.au.

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Place for fitness, any time ANYTIME Fitness at Springvale strives to provide the best experience to its clients to help reach their goals according to club manager Karen Lilley. “We have a fantastic location, 24-seven access, a variety of equipment ranging from functional weights to free weights,” she said. “We offer personal training and small group training.” It stocks pre-workout and post work-out protein supple-

ments and has a fully stocked vending machine. “Our focus is to grow the club into a family, friendly, environment and to be very community based,” she said. The club has been open since August last year while manager Karen has been 12 years in the fitness industry and has experience in personal training and group fitness. The staff also includes assis-

Anytime Fitness is holding a one-day sale.

tant manager Michael Krywyn and personal trainer Nicholas Taylor. The club will have a one-day sale on 10 February and take part in the Walk for Monash Children’s Hospital on 6 March. It is at 273 Springvale Road, Springvale, and is open Monday to Thursday 10am to 7pm, Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm. Phone 954 8544.

Convenient legal advice when and where you need it ADVICELINE Injury Lawyers has just completed the second expansion of its Springvale office since opening it in 2011 as it responds to increasing demands for legal advice in the suburban areas of Melbourne. A team of one partner, a senior associate, a lawyer and four support staff now work in the office. The expansion has seen three offices, two workspaces and a boardroom added. Head partner of the Springvale office Bree Knoester said: “Being

based in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs means that our clients do not have to travel into the city to access expert legal advice if they have been injured at work, in a public place or in a traffic accident - or if they suffer from an asbestos related disease. “This new extension has seen the installation of offices for additional staff and larger meeting facilities which means we are able to meet with more clients and offer a greater range of legal services.”

Recently appointed senior associate Naomi Riggs, who will shortly return from maternity leave, will be based in the expanded Springvale office, occasionally also working out of the Melbourne CBD office. Naomi is an experienced litigator and specialises in personal injury and employment law. Adviceline demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the local community as Presenting Partner of the 2015 Springvale Lunar New Year Festival, and has already confirmed

its support of the 2016 event. Ms Knoester said: “Adviceline is proud to once again support the community we work in and give back when we can. “We are a multicultural office that speaks four languages so we are a perfect fit for this very diverse part of Melbourne.” Contact Bree and the team at the Springvale Office, 369C Springvale Road, Springvale. Phone 9321 9879.

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Pavilion a smash hit By JARROD POTTER ANOTHER sporting landmark on the Greaves Reserve map was officially opened on Saturday as the City of Greater Dandenong unveiled the redeveloped Alan Carter Pavilion. After undergoing a significant upgrade courtesy of the council’s $1.34 million contribution to the Dandenong facility - the pavilion will be a year-round haven for the region’s cricket, soccer and rugby league players. The three major tenants - Dandenong Women’s Cricket Club, South East Titans Rugby League Club and White Star Dandenong Soccer Club - are set to benefit greatly from the pavilion renovations. The works included the refurbishment and extension of the existing pavilion and improvements to change rooms, shower and toilets as well as a multi-purpose space, canteen, commercial kitchen, storage rooms, first aid room and umpires rooms. The pavilion was opened by Mayor Heang Tak, who believes the facility is a boon for Greater Dandenong and will encourage residents to come along and try out the tenant sports at the reserve. “It’s a fantastic venue for our sports so that our residents near and far can come and help have a healthy lifestyle,” councillor Tak said. “We’ve been waiting for a long time and today is the day we’ve come to celebrate at the start of the year and the start of the season.” Dandenong WCC coach Cathryn Fitzpatrick said the redevelopment will improve the club’s professionalism as well as cater for even more junior players from the south eastern suburbs. “Being involved in community sport is exactly that - community,” Fitzpatrick said. “I know we’ve got an elite program running - in that we’ve got Australian players and Women’s’ BBL players out there - but this is really about bringing the young girls through. “It’s a vibrant precinct here and it’s long overdue, but it’s fantastic.” With five fields, tennis courts and the Gloria Pyke Netball Complex, Greaves Reserve stands

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While Big Bash and Governor General XI selection were amazing, Molineux rated Victoria’s under-18 championships victory as her season highlight. Picture: CRICKET VICTORIA

Sophie Molineux’s cricketing summer has been highlight after highlight – starting with her selection for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

In a league of her own By JARROD POTTER FOR many it would be hard to top Sophie Molineux’s 2015-16 season, but the Dandenong Lions’ all-rounder is no ordinary cricketer. For someone who has only just turned 18, the cricketing world has been at her beck and call this year with a cavalcade of phenomenal achievements. The Bairnsdale girl’s 2015-16 resume is better than most players’ whole careers: she played for the Melbourne Renegades in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League, picked for the Australian Governor General’s XI and captained the Victorian under-18s to a national championship victory.

And to cap it off she’s been sensational whenever she could don the Dandenong colours after smashing her maiden first XI century, smashing 112 against Box Hill in October. Even with the senior successes she had with the Renegades and the national-level selection, her greatest joy from this year was winning the national championship – captaining Victoria to a 59-run win over NSW Metropolitan in the final. She averaged 62.5 in the championships with three half-tons including a match-defining 59 in the finale. “Probably the national championship – just winning that,” Molineux said. “Taking the national championship

we had a great bunch of girls and was great to win it as it was a long time coming. “All the hard work we’ve done throughout the year we put into practice and we pretty comfortably won every game which was good to see. “It was huge to be involved - just to see how far women’s cricket has come in the last three months – it’s grown so much and the profiles of so many girls have just risen,” Molineux said. “You’ve got to sort of sit back and pinch yourself as it’s happened so quick – and happened too quick for a lot of girls in this Big Bash. “There’s so much exposure that’s happening in women’s cricket and it’s good to be a part of.”

While it wasn’t a successful tournament for the Renegades – finishing last – the women in red upset eventual premiers Sydney Thunder on television as one of many highlights from Molineux’s inaugural campaign. “I think beating the Thunder on Etihad Stadium on a televised game was huge for us,” Molineux said. “We were on the bottom and they were on the top and for us to go out there and beat them pretty easily was fairly special.” She was also one of the inaugural Australians picked for the GovernorGeneral’s XI to play India and even though the match was rained out, Molineux loved every second in her first international-level clash.

Her cricketing ambitions will be put on the back foot this year, though, with her VCE studies taking priority. But Molineux is determined to get back to the crease as much as possible in 2016. “I start year 12 so I’m going to have to juggle cricket at home – for West Bairnsdale – and Dandenong and school at once – so I’ll see how many games I can get in with Dandenong this year and next season I’ll be able to play most games,” Molineux said. “Love to win a few games with Dandy – they’ve been struggling the last couple of months but it would be good to get back there and help out as much as I can… and just keep enjoying my cricket.”

Demons are hot on the talent trail By JARROD POTTER SOUTH-EASTERN footballers will get a chance to join the Melbourne Demons through a new talent pathway program. Introduced across the state for all Victorian clubs this year, the south-east is where Melbourne Football Club’s Next Generation AFL Academy will be located. Allocated to the Dandenong Stingrays’ TAC Cup region across the southeast from Mornington-Peninsula, Casey and Greater Dandenong - the Melbourne Demons will join the ranks to cultivate and develop junior talent entering the TAC Cup. The Demons’ south-east academy is one of 10 set up by the AFL to get 1118 boys and girls from diverse backgrounds or with indigenous heritage to, hopefully, play elite football, while also raising the talent pool within those areas. While many of the academy’s details were yet to be finalised, the Demons were thrilled to play its part in the south-east’s elite football future. “We’re excited to start up the Next Generation AFL Academy and give south-east Melbourne’s boys and girls a new football opportunity,” a Melbourne Football Club spokesman said. “Seeing the more of region’s talented juniors follow the path of south-

eastern footballers, like Nathan Jones and Ellie Blackburn, into the Demons is something we’re keen to develop further in the next few years.” Dandenong Stingrays region manager Mark Wheeler sees the Melbourne academy as an extension of the successful Stingrays/Demons multicultural academy - known last year as the Jimmy Toumpas Squad. “The diversity program is to work off what was started here with the Jimmy Toumpas Squad,” Wheeler said. “Having it aligned to an AFL club – it’s to help generate some interest from diversity and multicultural areas so we’ll be aligned to Melbourne and it will be aimed at those kids who aren’t currently aligned to football. “We’ve only got 450 on our books but we could have 2000 players in this academy in that zone. “With high level sports – basketball, cricket, soccer – that’s where they’re aiming it at and can attract some of those boys and girls.” With Greater Dandenong and Casey leading the state for diversity and migrant communities who might not have played football before – including the Stingrays ruckman Gach Nyuon just recruited by Essendon – the program is set to boost the chances for many young footballers this season and beyond.

“Pete Dye has done an amazing job with our AusKick program and the Jimmy Toumpas Squad... and this academy will take that even further so we can attract those five to 10 young boys or girls who can’t get into footy because of either access or socio-economic reasons,” Wheeler said. “It’s all about that little extra push to grab a few of those talented players.” The program isn’t just for the boys most importantly and Wheeler thought the academy would get the south-east’s young girls to speed up their development and potentially push all the way through the Stingrays Youth Girls Academy onwards to Melbourne’s AFL Women’s team. “It’s a huge push by the AFL, which we are 100 per cent supportive with our program,” Wheeler said. “The future of footy is really strong in the female arena but we’ve got to push it and develop it more in that arena. “By the time they roll out this academy and what we’re doing with the youth girls academy – you need to know how to stretch and work on your fitness before you play a game of footy – that’s the idea of playing those academies.” Melbourne’s region has been altered slightly from the Dandenong Stingrays’ region as the City of Frankston will be with St Kilda’s academy area.

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Bloods, Eagles on the hunt By JARROD POTTER DDCA TURF 1 - ROUND 9 (Day 2) THE colours were on show Saturday as Springvale South flexed its one-day muscles again to build a handy buffer atop the DDCA Turf 1 ladder. SPRINGVALE SOUTH v PARKFIELD Brutalising Parkfield (52) in a 31-over massacre, Springvale South (0/55) showed no mercy to capture yet another win - the seventh of the season for the high-flying Bloods. Tim Ford (5/18) took matters into his hands early. He devastated the Bears’ top order - sending four men back to the sheds in four consecutive balls; snaring a rare double hat-trick at the local level. A fifth Bear soon went back to hibernation as Nilochana Perera (0) lost his bails to ... you guessed it, Ford. Travis D’Souza (15no) held on valiantly as the procession of wickets continued at the other end via Jarrod Armitage (2/12) and Matt Wetering (2/11) joining the party to stop the innings quickly.The chase was even quicker than the initial hunt for wickets; Dylan Quirk (27no) and Michael Vandort (22no) did it in a canter to leave Parkfield speechless come day’s end. DANDENONG WEST v HALLAM KALORA PARK In the only white-clothed Turf 1 clash, Dandenong West’s (167) efforts last week proved enough to vanquish Hallam Kalora Park (149) and effectively kill off the Hawks’ finals hopes. Led by Shaun Weir (5/36), the Bulls put in their best performance of the season to roll all and sundry. Leigh Booth (36) was a lone Hallam hold out, but even his efforts soon fell apart. His wicket proved the catalyst for demise as the Hawks slumped after the evergreen allrounder fell. Peter Atkinson (3/39) finished the job as he and Weir burdened the workload to rattle off 50 overs between them. CRANBOURNE v BUCKLEY RIDGES Buckley Ridges (88) had its finals hopes quashed by Cranbourne (5/89) after a woeful collapse at Casey Fields. The Ridges’ recognised bats were held to ransom by Eagles’ devastators Matt Chasemore (4/6) and Steve Spoljaric (3/25). The visitors’ top four barely registered a peep,

falling to 4/10 in the opening few overs. It left the heavy lifting to Paul Rudd (27) and the skipper Dan Watson (16), but even they fell after the defences were ripped to shreds. Cranbourne’s Ben Ingham (2/13) - making his Turf 1 debut - skittled Rudd and Lukas Hoogenboom (9) to start his top grade career in style. The chase had similar hiccups - especially against Hoogenboom (3/13) - but in the end Spoljaric (27no) and Chasemore (29) did the damage once again to take Cranbourne to its fifth win in a row. NORTH DANDENONG v BERWICK Middle order mastery from Berwick (8/165) and some nuanced bowling was more than enough to blow away North Dandenong (63). Ryan Crawford (51) grit his teeth and held on through the middle overs alongside Josh Holden (36) and Jack Williams (25). The trio then counterattacked to set a par-target for the Northerners, but it would be far too much for them to chase. Matt Crosby (3/14) and Williams (3/11) had a spinner’s field day running through the hosts, taking only 30 overs to complete the rout and bolster its finals credentials heading into the final rounds. NARRE WARREN v LYNDALE Narre Warren (5/273) bounced away from the bottom with a sensational 111-run victory over Lyndale (162). The Magpies’ charge was left by Janaka Liyanabadalge (138), who helped rescue his side after two early wickets. With support from Wendell Perumal (40) and the skipper Kaushalya Weeraratne (43), Narre Warren set an impressive stage with the blade and finished it with the ball. Perumal (3/18) and Steve Woodward (2/23) cleaned up the Dales with seven overs to spare. The win also ensures the Magpies can not be relegated in their first season back up to Turf 1 - making for plenty of celebrations at Sweeney Reserve. VSDCA NORTH/EAST 1ST XI - ROUND 11 (One Day) In the Subbies’ one-day round, Noble Park and Endeavour Hills had similar disappointing fortunes. The Bulls were overrun by Brunswick (6/182)

Susantha Pradeep slashes hard for Buckley Ridges - one of the only positive strokes from Picture: JARROD POTTER its disastrous day at Cranbourne. 149892 and the loss leaves Noble Park (118) hanging on by a thread to a finals chance. Issy Perera (3/26) was miserly as usual with the ball, but struggled to hold down the highly ranked Wickers late in the innings. Taking to the pitch for a difficult run chase, Sanjeewa de Silva (25) was the best with the blade on a fairly average day for the visitors. Captain-coach Luke Wintle (23) stuck to the crease with a few other helpers in the middle order, but the efforts weren’t enough to give Noble Park the much needed six points. Jake Bradshaw’s (17no) cameo at the end was fun but not functional enough to get the Bulls the win. Noble Park has two rounds left to sneak into the finals and pray for other results to fall its way

Dandy Lions roar, Dandy Panthers sigh By JARROD POTTER WOMEN’S VICTORIAN PREMIER CRICKET - ROUND 16 (Twenty20) CHRISTENING its new-look pavilion in the best way possible, Dandenong Lions (3/95) sung the song proudly and loudly in the change rooms after a seven-wicket win over Essendon-Maribyrnong Park (6/94). City of Greater Dandenong councillors and staff members on hand to unveil the redeveloped Alan Carter Pavilion. With a vocal crowd right behind them, it created the perfect backdrop for Dandenong Women’s Cricket Club to start the next chapter in its storied history. It started with the ball as the ladder leader’s experienced heads - Emma Kearney (26) and skipper Briana Binch (20) - couldn’t curtail Dandenong’s attack. Chelsea Moscript (2/13) was exceptional with her spin as the Lions threw the ball around to eight bowlers to hold the Bombers to 6/94. The Lions’ response started poorly - losing Erica Kershaw (0) for a golden duck via Kearney (1/17) - but the tide turned quickly through a pair of Women’s Big Bash Leaguers. Captain Kelly Applebee (42no) and Sophie Molineux (44) carted the Bombers to all parts of Greaves Reserve. The shifting tempo came especially off the blade of Molineux who sensationally flat-batted a couple of sixes. The 86-run stand between Applebee and Molineux would prove criti-

Chelsea Moscript shows off her follow-through in Dandenong’s Picture: GARY SISSONS seven-wicket win on Saturday. 149894 cal in the end, as the Bombers ran out of options to restrict the Stars/ Renegades one-two combo. Molineux succumbed late in the clash, holing out to Mikayla Haddow off Taylah Lynn (1/6), but her knock was more than enough to hold up her end of the bargain. It was a sensational display in only her fourth VPC clash this season - as Molineux has been off and about on state and WBBL duties throughout the summer.

Another to miss a large chunk of the season finished it off as Applebee struck the winning runs to keep Dandenong’s finals hopes alive, sitting two points off fourth placed Prahran. Dandenong Lions will face Prahran at home on Sunday. The Premier Cricket race is just about run and done for Dandenong (157 and 1/54). It’s hopes of making the Men’s competition final eight took a huge

blow on Saturday with its narrow first-innings loss to Melbourne Uni (224) Hopes were revived by a sensational bowling performance after the Panthers had to bat through tough, monsoonal conditions last weekend. At 8/128 the match remained in the balance. Dandenong’s spearheads Justin Butterfield (3/43) and Adam McMaster (2/61) seared through the top order. With Peter Cassidy (4/36) and Tanner Stanton working through the tail, the Panthers hopes were sadly dashed. It took a miraculous partnership from the scholars’ tailenders to avert crisis. The stellar ninthwicket stand between Steven Reid (66) and Elias Karageorgiou (35) turned the game on its head and left Dandenong scrambling to stop the onslaught. Reid in particular took to the Panthers’ attack and ensured Melbourne Uni would make the target and then some. Brenton Murphy (25no) and Cameron Forsyth (22no) saw out the overs on a tough day at the office in Dandenong’s second innings. Sitting 10 points outside the top eight, with only two rounds to go, it will take a lot of outright success to sneak the Panthers into Premier finals. It starts this round at home against Fitzroy-Doncaster before squaring off in the final home-andaway match against Greenvale.

- starting this weekend against second-placed Mt Waverley. Endeavour Hills (117) was blitzed by Plenty Valley (3/265) - especially the hosts’ opener Will Wright (137no). There wasn’t much the visitors could do to halt the Valley with bat or ball. Wright took the game away from the visiting Eagles early as he cashed in alongside Simon Bray (51) and fellow opener Harjinder Chahal (34). After a top order collapse, only only a middle order stand from Luke Cody (29) and Richard Saniga (28) saved any face for the Eagles. But that only delayed the inevitable as the Eagles slumped to their fifth loss in a row, leaving them securely fixed to the bottom of the VSDCA ladder.

Dandy destination WNBL - ROUND 16 TAKING the first win across a harrowing schedule, Dandenong’s WNBL finals spot seems secured after its 77-33 nail-biting victory over Sydney Uni. It was a first term shoot-out as neither side gave an inch ... but the second quarter opened a serious chasm between the two as the Flames lit it up. Sydney Uni’s nine-point margin at the mainbreak - bolstered by the shooting of Katie-Rae Ebzery (18 points), Tahlia Tupaea (16 points) and import Joslyn Tinkle (15 points) - could’ve broken the Rangers, but the visitors’ resolve was put to the test and stood tall in the second half. The tables turned dramatically through the third, but not before the Flames’ lead shot out to 11. Dandenong started to reel in the hosts as Steph Cumming (19 points) got her trademark jump shot going while Sara Blicavs (18 points, eight rebounds) started crashing the key and creating headaches for the under-sized Sydney defence. Amazingly Dandenong turned minus-nine into plus-four by the final change as Lauren Scherf (17 points, seven rebounds) starred once again off the bench - nailing two tricky field goals to vanquish the deficit completely before starting the side’s push ahead. The domination continued in the opposing end as the Rangers reeled in 33 defensive rebounds to monster the Flames 43-26 overall under the ring. Blicavs proved a game-changer through the final term as she had the ball on a string. The Australian Opals’ forward plucked an offensive board after her own missed three, hit the two-pointer before making a match-defining steal. Her next two pointer left the Flames on the back-foot as Dandenong’s lead ballooned to eight. The Flames brought it back to three late in the clash after a Tinkle trey, but Cumming showed the way to hit the match-winner and give Dandenong its 14th win of the season. Dandenong’s second clash of the weekend only 13 hours after its Flames’ win - was against Canberra in the nation’s capital on Sunday afternoon.

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Battle hardened after tour By JARROD POTTER

Josh Battle, right, alongside Dandenong team mate Myles Poholke, was part of the AFL Academy’s preseason tour of America. Picture: AFL MEDIA White and Bailey Rice to walk him through the process. “With all the running and that we were doing... my second week I did most of the training and that was un-

real,” Battle said. “Training with the likes of Armitage and all that, I guess looking up to them as a youngster it was weird running around with him, that’s for sure.

“Was only (Rice and White’s) third training session - so we were all going in there pretty nervous and they went on a leadership camp so I didn’t spend much time with them but it was super.”

Amin strives for the next level of success By JARROD POTTER INSPIRATION to take his football to the next level and pride in his religious heritage are the great insights Musa Amin will take from his time with Bachar Houli. Amin, 18, from Narre Warren South, was one of four footballers to best embody the Bachar Houli Academy’s Wall of Success values. After making a great impact at Houli’s AFL Academy Camp - a sixday program for 35 up-and-coming Muslim footballers held last year - Amin was voted by his peers to receive a Bachar Houli Leadership Medal. The players voted for a person they thought met the academy’s criteria - including trust, voice, ability and pride among other necessary attributes - which Amin felt extremely

privileged to receive. “That was an honour to get it there were about 30 other blokes wanting that medal, but I got it in the end which was great,” Amin said. “I saw a website on the internet with Bachar Houli and his mission to come to his program and see if I could get an opportunity there, and I did. “I did it for the past two years which was really good - I took away a lot off Bachar. “What to do, how to position myself and what to do and how to improve on - and I’m always asking questions as well.” It wasn’t just about footwork and strategy, as the Richmond defender Houli set up the camp to encourage the footballers to engage in leadership roles and learn more about their

Musa Amin.

religious and cultural background. It’s been a long road through junior football for Amin - starting with North Dandenong before heading to Endeavour Hills and finally ending up at Noble Park. He’s trying to make inroads towards an EFL senior debut this season with the Bulls after he was en-

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couraged by Houli to make the most of his talents. There’s also the question of getting into the VFL, which Amin hopes to answer in 2017 after another year working on his game. “Just talking to him (Houli) whenever I can - he told me to carry on with my running and my weights to get fit for the season,” Amin said. “He’s encouraged me to try for VFL, which wasn’t a good go for me this year, so I’m playing Noble under-19s and can hopefully get a senior gig sometime this year. “Hopefully, play round one that’s my ambition - and I want to try and get into the VFL next year.” Amin wanted to thank Houli, former coach Dean Rice, brother Adam Amin and Rick Millman for their support.

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JOSH Battle received his first taste of life as a professional athlete... and is hungry for more. The Berwick 17-year-old has gone at break-neck speed this off season as he looks towards the big leagues. His selection in the AFL Academy first allowed him to play against the Australian Allies on Grand Final day at the MCG before he was whisked away to join St Kilda’s training group for nearly three weeks of intense preseason training. Handpicked as one of a handful of top AFL draft prospects to head over to the elite IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, Battle got put through the ringer to see where his skills and athleticism stacked up. While he went through the hard yards during this pre-season period, Battle thinks he’s all the better for the experience and is ready for another big crack at the TAC Cup. “Definitely came away from that a little bit fitter and a bit wiser,” Battle said. “I’ve learned a lot about me as a person over there and just what it takes to live as a professional athlete in that environment. “Sando (Brenton Sanderson) said in one of his meetings ‘you’ll realise how bad you do want it or you don’t want it’ after club week and America. “It’s definitely something that I want.” It felt a bit strange for Battle to run alongside men he’d looked up to for years such as David Armitage and Nick Riewoldt... but he had a couple of familiar Dandenong faces in Brandon

His time in Florida taught him how to stay at the professional level for longer and to keep pushing himself to the next level. “Flew off for the states and that was a pretty surreal experience in America,” Battle said. “I guess what it takes to be a professional athlete, because being in that environment, surrounded by all these terrific athletes, just implementing that and living like one of them, which was good.” He returned to the Stingrays’ training track this week and his hopes for the season have been set high - but that’s what it will take to get a ticket into the AFL. Battle will have to balance schoolwork with playing commitments for Haileybury College, Dandenong Stingrays and likely Vic Country in a frenetic year for the 190cm utility. After a strong start to 2016, Battle wants to keep the good news flowing as he aims to move into the midfield and add another string to his bow making him that much more enticing as a draft prospect. “Just want a good strong pre-season, finish that off well and, hopefully, have a consistent year at the Stingrays and we’ll hopefully be up there again,” Battle said. “Definitely this year I’d like to get into the midfield as I think my endurance is probably one of my strengths, so if I can take that into the midfield that would be really good. “Been doing a bit of stoppage work at the Stingrays on the first night back.” Battle’s Stingrays had their first pre-season skirmish on Sunday morning in an intra-club match at Frankston.

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