Western Port News 17th April 2024

Events denied

at The Briars

INSIDE: n Residents upset by plastics plan n Sites set to camp out at Quarantine n Autism campaigner loses cancer battle

The Mornington Cup’s Most Famous Winner Returns Home

BY JULIAN COOK

Twenty years on from his historic Mornington Cup three-peat, champion galloper Gunnamatta has been laid to rest at the track.

The locally trained son of Snippets won over $500,000 in a career spanning five years, breaking his maiden over 1200m at his home track in January 2001. He’d retire in 2005 with victories at Caulfield, Flemington and a Warrnambool Cup in his keeping, but it was his historic Mornington Cup treble that will forever tie his name to Mornington.

“Well, he was a little champion,” Gunnamatta’s trainer, Tony Noonan, reflected.

“He wasn’t very big and probably, realistically, I’ve had better horses than him to train, but he just shone here. That one day every year for three years he was able to peak on that day.

“He loved the track, loved the contour of the track and no horse I don’t think will ever do it again, so he’ll always be etched

into my memory as a little champion at Mornington.”

The crowd that packed into Mornington to watch him complete his hattrick is a testament to the following that Gunnamatta built. Noonan estimates that around 18,000 were on course in 2004 to witness history which was fortuitus for the trainer with the mass of punters acting as his eyes and ears in the run.

“He had huge local backing and I wasn’t in a position to get to a stand or a TV to watch it so I just had to wait on the crowd involvement,” he said.

“I knew that if there was a roar that he must have been somewhere there but when he went across the line, I didn’t know that he had won until people came rushing to me to congratulate me.

“But it was a huge day, great party after it and I’ll never forget it.”

Gunnamatta passed away this year at the age of 26. He had spent his retirement years under the care of his owner, Jonathon Munz, at his Pinecliff

property at Mt Eliza. Munz, in conjunction with the Melbourne Racing Club, decided that Mornington would be a fitting resting place.

“It’s enormous. Fantastic by the Club, fantastic by Jonathon Munz,” Noonan said.

“A special horse and as I say, he’ll be etched into history here and they’ll never do that again so it’s a great resting place for him.”

The 2024 Sportsbet Mornington Cup will be run on Saturday, 20 April with Gunnamatta’s Garden open for the public to view.

Kindred signs for ‘welcome’

HASTINGS not-for-profit Kindred Clubhouse has launched a new project to increase mental health awareness and care in the community, while raising money for peer support and homelessness.

Kindred Clubhouse offers a free peer support model in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas for people wanting to improve or maintain their mental health through friendships and purpose.

Its new project, the Welcome Project, is giving the community a chance to get involved by decorating a sign and entering it in the clubhouse competition. Signs can be collected from Wednesdays to Fridays at 29 Marine Parade, Hastings between 10am and 3pm for donations of $5 to $35, depending on sign size.

All money raised will be donated to charity. For more details of the competition call 0435 086 729.

Liz Bell

Events denied sanctuary at The Briars

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

EIGHT months after agreeing to stage a large scale sound and light event at The Briars in Mount Martha, Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors have declared the property’s wildlife sanctuary is out of bounds for similar events.

The deal councillors embraced in August last year to stage Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience in the sanctuary was in February moved to the property’s “community forest”, a dog walking park.

Tickets starting at $56 for adults and $41 for children went on sale in December for the show which started this month (April).

The change of venue within The Briars followed widespread public

criticism of a wildlife sanctuary being used to stage a nighttime show, complete with sound and lighting effects. Using the sanctuary for the show was labelled “inappropriate” within days of the venue being made public in December last year (Sanctuary a stage for Potter show, The News 19/12/24).

While the financial side of the deal with the show’s promoters has never been revealed, heavily redacted minutes from the 23 August 2023 council meeting have retrospectively been added to the shire’s website.

While still labelled “confidential”, the minutes show that money for the shire’s contribution to the Potter show would come from the shire’s capital works program with officers looking for “grant opportunities” to reduce those costs.

The names of councillors who

moved and seconded that motion have been redacted from the minutes along with the names of the officers who wrote the report.

The Briars operating costs for the 2024 financial year have been put at $4.646 million.

The secrecy surrounding the arrangement between the shire and the show’s promoters saw nine of the shire’s 11 councillors sign a nondisclosure agreement and more than 20,000 signature’s added to a protest petition.

It also came at the same time councillors were debating how much information should be posted online and in the lead-up to October’s council elections (All clear for transparency hub, The News 8/1/24).

At their 19 March meeting councillors decided that “no events other than those activities that have low impact

in keeping with caring for and the welfare of wildlife will be held within the wildlife sanctuary at The Briars”.

In an “executive summary”, community strengthening director Tanya Scicluna and destination, recreation and community connection manager Rebecca Levy said there had been “significant community opposition” along with “strong support” for the “event experience” planned in the wildlife sanctuary.

Further into the report, the officers stated: “There has been a cohort of the community who strongly opposed the location of a recent event experience proposed within the sanctuary.” Feedback” had been “noted and considered by council and shire officers”.

Their recommendation adopted by council also noted “that any events that are held within the wildlife sanctuary are required to comply with all

relevant Acts”.

The officers’ executive summary did not say if the Potter proposal adopted last August complied with the various Acts.

“Community events and activities that promote The Briars are critical to support its ongoing financial viability and to help secure the longer-term sustainability of this vital and critically important community asset,” the report stated.

“Connecting people to nature is a critical part of wildlife conservation.”

The report listed activities allowed under the sanctuary’s “carefully planned program” as including “nature and heritage tours, Aboriginal cultural heritage walks and experiences, school holiday programs, school education programs, ranger walks, after-dark night walks, seasonal artwork trails”.

THE community is invited to select a sign to decorate in their individual style. Pictured are the team and volunteers at Kindred Clubhouse. Picture: Supplied

Brigade looks out for new members

FLINDERS CFA is recruiting new members. The brigade, which started in 1945 as the South East Bushfire Brigade in an old shed in Flinders Park, was incorporated in the Country Fire Authority in 1945, moving to Barker Street in 1981, where a new fire station was built in 2017.

Flinders is one of the CFA’s 1222 brigades and has 23 members including five women. The brigade trains or meets three times a month and responds to about 30 calls a year, mostly during the December to March bushfire season. It also attends major fires throughout

Victoria and interstate. For more details about Flinders CFA call Jan Connell on 0421 323 481 or Warren Joel 0418 316 135. Interested volunteers can also go to CFA online for more information and to lodge an expression of interest in joining the brigade. Picture: Nick Clarke

Residents upset by plastics plan

A GROUP of Tyabb residents opposed to a proposed marine manufacturing factory near the Port of Hastings say the plant could have “dire” consequences for the community and the environment.

Save Tyabb has started an online petition and is calling for others to write to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to object to the manufacturing of plastic components from a factory at 31 McKirdys Road, Tyabb.

The Change.org petition states that the manufacturing of “plastics” involves releasing “harmful pollutants” into the air and water, which residents fear could pose health risks to people and animals.

The petition states that governments had been allowed to “privatise” Tyabb's foreshore and taken away the community's use of “such a great natural resource“.

“Let's stand together against this proposal before our beautiful town is overrun by big industry,” the petition states.

Petitioners are also angry that the factory would be built next to a koala hospital which provides care and rehabilitation to the peninsula’s koalas.

The discontent relates to planning application P23/0705 for use and development of the site (including a new purpose-built factory) for the marine industry, plus a change in the number of car parking spaces

required.

The special use zoned 41,000 square metre property is mostly surrounded by rural residential allotments but is close to the Port of Hastings. It has previously been used as a sand blasting business that operated within two large sheds.

The company behind the proposal, DNS Holdings, manufactures a range of marine fittings, including boat rollers, fishing rod holders, trailer strips, pontoon fenders and buffers, boat/ marine craft and trailer kits and accessories for wholesale distribution.

Its manufacturing activities are classed as being light industrial, with the principal activity involving moving products around the site and passing heated plastic through hydraulic presses and rollers.

The small pellets come in large holding bags and are stored on site, but there is not expected to be any noise, smell or fumes omitted from the existing storage sheds or the new building, which will be 100 metres from the nearest dwelling.

In a report by UrbanArc, planners stated that the manufacturing business would be located within an area “that is designated for port-related uses, with a number of commercial operations present which brings with it different amenity expectations…”.

Save Tyabb was contacted for comment.

Deer hunters recruited for Devilbend shoot

implementation of coordinated ground shooting operations”.

The association was formed in 1969 “to be advocates for deer herds and deer hunting”.

Park closures will take place during the deer hunt and more information is available by phoning 13 19 63.

The signs include the logos of Parks Victoria, the Sporting Shooters of Australia (Victoria) and Australian Deer Association, a not-for-profit that bills itself as “the leading advocates for appropriate, evidence-based management of wild deer”.

Keith Platt

Picture: Gary Sissons

Sites set to camp out at Quarantine

THE camping area with a difference is being expanded at Point Nepean National Park.

The campground, with its pre-pitched “discovery tents” has been popular since opening early last year, with more than 2000 people have staying overnight.

Thirteen more tent platforms are now being built within the historic Quarantine Station precinct, creating a “woodland” camping area among the park’s moonah trees.

Parks Victoria says it worked with Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, Heritage Victoria and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to pass the relevant cultural heritage and environmental assessments for approvals to complete the works.

The project is part of a $6.4 million state government grant and forms part of the Point Nepean master plan.

Also, under the master plan Defence Road has been upgraded and new picnic tables, barbecues, shelters and drinking fountains installed.

Further planned improvements this year include new interpretive signs to help visitors learn more about Point Nepean’s cultural and environmental values.

At Fort Nepean, $6 million has been provided by the government for heritage conservation works, part of $16.5 million to enable the safe reopening of several historic features in the park. Planning and assessments for these works are underway.

Point Nepean National Park is seen as a significant place for the Bunurong people and provides protection for native plants and animals within a coastal setting.

The Quarantine Station and Fort Nepean have played important roles in the history of Victoria’s early immigration and defence.

For more details about projects at Point Nepean National Park go to parks.vic.gov.au/ news/2024/03/19/03/02/sleep-under-the-stars-atpoint-nepean-national-park

Generational inspiration

BALUK Arts, in Mount Eliza, will launch Nature's Dreaming on Thursday 18 April, a solo exhibition by Aboriginal artist aunty Bea “Nambooka” Edwards.

Edwards is an established artist with cultural connections stemming from her Gunai Kurnai ancestry on her father’s side and Tasmanian Aboriginal descent on her mother’s side.

Edwards says her acrylic and watercolour pieces explore Australian wildlife layered in their environment.

She says her grandmother, who taught her how to paint and to observe the natural world, gave her the name “Nambooka”, which means many flows of water, reflective of her personality as a spirited child.

Edwards worked for many years in community health and has now retired from her role as manager of the Winja Ulupna Women's Recovery Centre. She raised three children of her own and fostered many others.

Her work shows that she is drawn to the beauty of the natural environment, taking inspiration from wildlife and capturing now lost family connections and cultural practices.

Nature's Dreaming opens 6pm-8pm Thursday 18 April at Baluk Arts, 5 Davies Avenue, Mount Eliza. Liz Bell

Trio to celebrate Schubert’s music

AUSTRIAN composer Franz Schubert died at the age of 31 at a time when he should have been at his most productive. He left a symphony incomplete, his famous Unfinished Symphony in B Minor.

Schubert was, however, best known for his songs (lieder) and chamber music of which he left the world a treasure trove of work.

Somers Chamber Music Society will celebrate the composer’s work with a concert at St John’s Anglican Church, King Street, Flinders on the afternoon of Sunday 5 May.

The society’s Homage to Franz Schubert concert features Susan Pierotti, violin, Zoe Knighton, cello and Brian Chapman, piano.

The trio will play:

n Sonatina in G minor for Violin and Piano, D.408.

n Arpeggione Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, D.821.

n Trio No. 2 in E flat major for Piano, Violin and Cello, D.929.

There will be interval between the second and third works.

Tickets are $55 and include post-concert refreshments. Bookings: trybooking.com/CPSUV or call the society’s secretary Roger Price on 0403 592 195.

Somers Chamber Music Society has been bringing top-class classical music to the peninsula for more than 30 years.

Tony Duboudin

SOMERS Chamber Music Society musicians (above) who will be “paying homage” to composer Franz Schubert (left) are, from left, Susan Pierotti, Brian Chapman and Zoe Knighton.

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Photos: Yanni

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Words from the front

EXTRACTS from WWI diaries of Australian nurse Sister Nan Reay, who served on the Western Front in northern France will be read out on Saturday (20 April) at St John’s Anglican Church, Flinders.

The diary extracts were selected and will be presented by Geraldine Cook-Dafner, a teacher of voice at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Sister Reay’s “dispatches” are a first person account of the gruelling hardship in the trenches and field hospitals on the frontline.

The first woman president of Flinders Golf Club, Helen Bowie, was also a “Lady Dudley-trained nurse and a colleague of Sister Reay.

One of the organisers of the diary reading, Susan Humphries, said they showed “exposition of character and professionalism, endurance, adaptability, resilience and effort beyond the call of duty”.

They also resonated with “efforts of frontline workers today, in disasters, emergencies”.

She said diaries and records provided vivid stories to many Australians whose forebears had served.

These connections were “strong in the Flinders community and with families with similar stories and connections”.

Bookings at $30 each can be made through Trybooking or paid at door.

The reading 4to 5pm reading will be followed by wine and cheese and a discussion

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Hospital works ‘half way’

WORKS on the Frankston Hospital redevelopment have passed the halfway mark. Major construction on the $1.1 billion project began in June 2022. A new 12-storey tower for clinical services with 130 more beds, rooms for mental health and cancer treatment services, and 15 operating theatres is being built.

The redevelopment is being financed by the state governmentand Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the project would be a “gamechanger for the south-east” and “cut wait times and ease pressure on other hospitals.”

Concrete slabs for the first seven floors of

the new tower have now been poured. Construction is also under way on a new sevenstorey car park. The state government expects the project, undertaken in partnership with Peninsula Health and the Exemplar Health consortium, will be completed in late 2025 and open in 2026.

Health Infrastructure Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said “the bigger and better Frankston Hospital was going up quickly – workers are on-site every day to deliver the massive project which will support 35,000 more people every year, get care close to home.”

THE new tower takes shape at Frankston Hospital.

Picture: Gary Sissons

Autism campaigner loses cancer battle

AUTISM

students

peninsula

Autism Spectrum Dis-

The Rye resident, who has an autistic son, received an Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 for “service to people living with autism”.

Appleford had previously been honoured by being named Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Citizen of the Year in 2017 and Queen’s Batonbearer for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on

in 2012.

This led to integration aides becoming available at the school to assist autistic children or others suffering various disabilities either in class or in the playground. The Light-Up Autism Foundation was up and running.

The program now assists primary and secondary school students at Rye, Rosebud, Dromana, Padua and Tyabb, as well as to after school care groups and those on the NDIS.

Appleford is survived by her husband Sean, and children Mikaela, Sam, Stella and Mick. Her funeral will be held at Moonah Links on Tuesday 23 April at 11am.

Charities

pay the price for unwanted ‘donations’

MORNINGTON Peninsula communities are being urged not to leave donations at charity bins that are already overflowing, with a recent case in Hastings highlighting the public nuisance element of dumping.

In recent months dozens of bags of charity donations have been left around the Deafness

Victoria charity bins outside Coles in Hastings, with uncovered items exposed to the weather.

Pictures of the mess show the two bins and the surrounding area overflowing with donations which have to be taken to the tip.

All phone numbers listed online for Deafness

Victoria, the charity raising money for the deaf community, have been disconnected. Coles has told The News that it had contacted the people responsible for the bins and a cleanup had begun.

Charities say they are losing millions of dollars a year to illegal dumping, with the start of every year the height of dumping season.

Charities Recycling Australia estimates the illegal dumping at charity centres costs around $418 million a year to clean up, and renders most of the items unusable.

Liz Bell

Waste donation: This mess left at charity bins in Hastings ended up at the tip at the charity’s expense.

Picture: Supplied

crusader Bianca Appleford died on Friday 12 April after a battle with cancer. The mother of four was renowned for her work in the autism field. In 2012 she founded the Light-Up Autism Foundation to introduce improved teaching aids into southern

schools so

with

order, and those with other learning difficulties, could more easily stay happy, and focused, in the mainstream system.

the Gold Coast. Appleford’s work in the autism field began when she arranged for a therapist to work at Boneo Primary School, which led to a pilot program starting

Bianca Appleford in 2020 at the time of being awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her service to people living with autism. Picture: Yanni

Dining out to celebrate end of fast

MORE than 400 guests attended to the Sunday 7 April Ramadan Iftar dinner held at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait-us-Salam (House of Peace) mosque in Langwarrin. The dinner is held to signify the ending of fasting and prayer during the one-month long Ramadan. Dinner guests from several religions, municipal councils CFA and Victoria Police, shared their “insights, experiences, and practices related to fasting and building harmony”.

A statement issued by the Ahmadiyya community said the dinner “aimed to foster dialogue, promote mutual understanding, and celebrate the rich diversity of religious traditions within our communities”.

Religions represented at the dinner included Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. In a video played at the dinner

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Rabbi Ralph Genende spoke about the importance of holding events to bring communities together and promote harmony among Muslims and Jews in current situations and fasting in Judaism.

Sri Rama Das Adhikari spoke about fasting in Hinduism and in another video Hojun Futen explained fasting in Buddhism.

The Imam Masjid at the Langwarrin mosque, Imtiaz Ahmed Naveed, em-

phasised the importance of breaking bread together and fostering a culture of respect, empathy, and cooperation.

“Though we are representing our different faiths here tonight, we are all here for our common passion of fostering interfaith dialogue through our shared understanding of the significance of fasting in our religions,” he said.

The statement issued by the mosque after the dinner said the Ahmadiyya

community looked forward to “continuing our efforts to promote dialogue, cooperation, and peace among people of all faiths and build bridges within the broader Melbourne community”. The community says it is the leading Islamic organisation to “categorically reject terrorism in any form” and the only Islamic organisation to endorse a separation of mosque and state.

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Imam Masjid at the Langwarrin mosque, Imtiaz Ahmed Naveed, above, speaking at the dinner held to mark the end of Ramadan. Pictures: Supplied

The Guide

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7.30 Murder In Provence. (Final, Mav) Part 3 of 3. A love affair seems to be at the heart of a young woman’s death in a nearby town.

9.00 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) Part 3 of 5. Joe embarks on his own investigation, while the police continues theirs.

9.50 A Life In Ten Pictures: Carrie Fisher. (PG, R) Takes a look at Carrie Fisher’s life in 10 pictures, revealing 10 key turning points and new truths. 10.45 Happy Valley. (Final, Malv, R) Scores are settled for good.

Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Ireland’s Wild Islands: Echoes Of The Past. (PGa) Part 3 of 3.

8.25 Nick Knowles Into Death Valley. (PG) Part 1 of 2.

9.20 Miniseries: The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family. (Mas, R) Part 1 of 3.

10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGa, R)

11.20 Between Two Worlds. (Malv)

12.15 While The Men Are Away. (MA15+s, R)

1.15 Miniseries: New Gold Mountain. (Madl, R)

3.15 Employable Me (UK) (Mal, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines

The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.05 MythBusters. 10.55 Portlandia. 11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.15am Upstart Crow. 1.20 Would I Lie To You? 1.50 Unprotected Sets. 2.35 Russell Howard Stands Up To The World. 3.20 ABC News Update. 3.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am

6am WorldWatch. 10.00 The Movie Show. Noon Gymnastics. FIG Trampoline World Cup Series. H’lights. 1.05 Gymnastics. Rhythmic World Challenge Cup. H’lights. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Woman. 5.30

Shortland St. 6.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 2. 9.30 Impossible Engineering. 10.25 AK47: The Legend Behind The Gun. 11.20 Juice. 11.50 Late Programs.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. All Aged Stakes Day, Mornington Cup Day, Charity Race Day and Morphettville Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Brisbane

Lions v Geelong. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.45 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 3. Taupo Super400. Day 1. Highlights. From Taupo International Motorsport Park, New Zealand. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Mystic. (R) Issie rides Blaze in the cross-country trials against rivals Dulmoth Park. 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R) A look at locations that highlight living well.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Take Me Home. (PG) The SAFE team is pushed to its limit.

8.30 MOVIE: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2015, PGls, R) A young Indian hotelier with expansionist dreams tries to juggle a full house as well as his upcoming marriage. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy.

11.00 See No Evil. (Mav)

11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

12.45 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.35 World’s Greatest Man Made Wonders. (R) 2.30 Ageless. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. Special guest is Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann. 7.30 Ready Steady Cook. Hosted by Miguel Maestre.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ma, R) Graham Norton chats with Michelle Yeoh, Austin Butler, Jack Lowden, Ashley Banjo and Mimi Webb.

10.30 Fire Country. (Mv, R)

A massive tree falls on Eve. 11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Take Me Home. (PG, R) 1.00 Ageless. (PGa) 1.30 Destination WA. (R) 2.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PGl, R) 3.30 Renovate Or Rebuild. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Jeopardy! Australia. (Premiere) Hosted by Stephen Fry.

8.30 MOVIE: Penguin Bloom. (2020, PGal, R) Based on a true story. A mother’s world is shattered after a near-fatal accident leaves her paralysed. Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver.

10.20 To Be Advised.

12.30 Renovate Or Rebuild. (R)

1.30 The Garden Gurus. (R)

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Ready Steady Cook.

6.00 Ready Steady Cook. (R) Everyday Aussie home cooks team up with acclaimed chefs Diana Chan and Mike Reid.

7.00 The Dog House. (PGa) A couple are looking for an outgoing pup and a playful spaniel may be the perfect match.

8.00 Ambulance UK. (Mad) It is a busy weekend night shift across Lancashire as crews attend to patients with mental health issues. A paramedic is dispatched to a baby born in the passenger seat of a car. 10.30 So Help Me Todd. (PG, R) Todd takes on the role of babysitter. 11.30 FBI: International. (Mv, R) Kellett questions her new relationship. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6am Children’s Programs. 1.40pm Motor Racing. Formula E C’ship. 2.50 Motor Racing. Formula E C’ship. 4.00 Surfing Australia TV. 4.30 The Bradshaw Bunch. 5.00

Kenan. 5.30 MOVIE: Playing With Fire. (2019, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (2013, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Ad Astra. (2019, M) 12.50am Kardashians. 1.40 The Bradshaw Bunch. 2.10 Love After Lockup. 3.00 Late Programs.

Sunday,

3.30

Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs

NZ. (Final, R) 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Ageing Fabulously. Investigates options for elderly LGBTQI people.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Call The Midwife. (PGa) Lucille struggles with her own health.

8.30 Vera. (Ma) Part 3 of 3. Vera investigates when the body of the co-owner of a chip shop is found in his own freezer.

10.05 Happy Valley. (Final, Malv, R) Scores are settled for good.

11.15 The Messenger. (Mal, R)

1.05 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.55 Rage Closer. (R)

4.00 The Soundtrack Of Australia. (R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux Interviews... 9.20 You Can’t Ask That. 9.50 The Beast Must Die. 10.35 Death In Paradise. 11.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.20am Would I Lie To You? 12.50 Inside The Met. 1.40 Vera. (Final) 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.25 Pablo. 5.40 Late Programs.

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Programs. 12.30pm Boxing Night To Remember V. 1.30 Ray Charles At Salle Pleyel. 3.00 Where The Dreamings Come From. 3.10 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 4.10 Ray Charles At Salle Pleyel. 5.40 Talking Language. 6.10 News. 6.20 Animal Babies. 7.30 Burn Gently. 8.30 The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show. 10.00 MOVIE: Limbo. (2020, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Ageless Gardens. (R) 10.05 Vintage Voltage. 11.00 Surf Life Saving. National Championships. 2.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne. Women’s race. Highlights. 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Flèche Wallonne. Men’s race. Highlights. 5.00 Cycling. National Road Series. Tour of Brisbane. Highlights. 5.30 Untold Arctic Wars. (PGalw)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Cambridgeshire Crucifixion. (PG) A look at a Roman crucifixion.

8.35 Destination Ancient Rome. An exploration of ancient Rome, the largest city in the world during antiquity with one million inhabitants.

10.20 Egypt Code Breakers. (R)

11.25 End Of The World: The Mayans. (PGa, R)

12.25 The Riddle Of The Roman Coneheads. (PGa, R)

1.20 Secrets Of Playboy. (Mads, R)

3.45 Employable Me (UK) (MA15+l, R) 4.50

Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00

NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France

24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm The Other Fellow. 2.05 Climate Crisis: Make The World Greta Again. 2.45 Queer Sports. 3.40 Athletics. Marathon de Paris. H’lights.

4.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.35 Shortland St. 6.05 Monty Python’s Best Bits (Mostly) 6.40 Abandoned Engineering.

8.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

Men’s race. 12.45am Late Programs.

6am

Bicentennial Man. (1999, PG) 8.25 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 10.10 T-34. (2018, M, Russian) 12.15pm Defiance. (2008) 2.45 All At Sea. (2010, PG) 4.20

Roxanne. (1987, PG) 6.20 Topkapi. (1964, PG) 8.30 Angel Heart. (1987, MA15+) 10.40

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 2.00 Football. VFL. Round 4. Carlton v Port Melbourne. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Melbourne Weekender. (PG) 6.00

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal)

It’s fireworks at the first get-together.

8.40 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusive, special investigation.

9.40 The Latest: Seven News.

10.10 Tears Of Hope… With David Wenham. (Ma) Narrated by David Wenham.

11.25 Quantum Leap. (Mav)

12.25 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 3. Taupo Super400. Day 2. Highlights.

1.25 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG)

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) A look at the latest round of football.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 Transplant. (MA15+m, R)

12.00 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. (R) 1.00 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. (PGa, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

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6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Final, PGals) The top three celebrities receive a visit from their loved ones, before the King or Queen of the Jungle is crowned.

9.00 FBI. (Mv) After a local club owner is found dead, the team works quickly to find the motive behind the murder. OA is smitten with a new love interest, but is concerned that she’s mixed up with the wrong crowd.

12.00 The Sunday Project.

(R) A look at the day’s news.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am Children’s Programs. 1.40pm MOVIE: Pokémon: The Rise Of Darkrai. (2007) 3.25 MOVIE: Pokémon: Giratina And The Sky Warrior. (2008) 5.25 MOVIE: The Nanny Diaries. (2007, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Edge Of Tomorrow. (2014, M) 9.45 Aussie Lobster Men. 10.45 MOVIE: Nobody’s Fool. (2018, MA15+) 12.45am Life After Lockup. 3.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. 4.00 Power Players. 4.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Dipper’s Destinations. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 ITM Fishing. 1.30

April 22

(9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Our Vietnam War. (PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Final, Ma, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 Old People’s Home For Teenagers. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

Grand Designs. (PG, R)

Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.20 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.20 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (PG, R) 11.10 Ancient Invisible Cities. (PG, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 Tony Robinson: WWII By Drone. (PG, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Infected Earth. (PGal) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Finding Your Roots: Out Of The Past. (PG)

8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. Preparations are underway for the coronation.

9.25 24 Hours In Emergency: About A Boy. (Ma) A teen is struck in the eye with an arrow.

Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Adventures In Americana. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Under The Knife. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 12.10am QI. 12.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.25 Pablo. 5.40 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Paris Can Wait. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.45 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 8.35 All At Sea. (2010, PG) 10.15 Boundaries. (2018, M) 12.15pm Little Joe. (2019, M) 2.10 Bicentennial Man. (1999, PG)

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.05pm WorldWatch. 12.30 Wild Things. 1.40 Sloths Save The World. 2.05 Insight. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Faithless. 10.25 Alone Australia. 11.25 Over The Black Dot. 12.15am Late Programs.

Seven News.

Home And Away. (PG)

Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) The ladies explore rural life.

9.15 9-1-1. (Mav) Bobby and Athena respond to the explosion on the cruise, racing to aid injured passengers.

10.15 The Irrational. (Final, Mav) Alec and Marisa close in on the culprit.

11.15 The Latest: Seven News.

Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise. 6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG) Hosted by Hamish Blake.

8.45 Paramedics. (Mm) A woman has a life-threatening allergic reaction.

9.45 Footy Classified. (M) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.

10.45 9News Late.

11.15 La Brea. (Mav)

12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (Return) A fresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges.

9.15 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) Rookie agent Ray Cannon struggles to prove himself when he joins the fugitive task force.

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

Tuesday, April 23

ABC (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 The Pacific. (R) 11.00 Our Vietnam War. (PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (Final, PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.55 Old People’s Home For Teenagers. (Final, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.10 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (PGa, R) 11.00 Ancient Invisible Cities. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Tony Robinson: WWII By Drone. (PG, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian: Broken Hill. (PGl)

9.00 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli: Marta Dusseldorp. Virginia Trioli meets Marta Dusseldorp.

9.30 Shakespeare: Rise Of A Genius: Treason And Mortality. (Ma)

10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson. (Ml, R) 12.50 Media

Watch. (PG, R) 1.05 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

1.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 Rage Closer. (R) 4.30

Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30

7.30. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great British Railway

Journeys: Hackney Wick To Oxford Circus. (PG, R)

8.30 Insight. (R) Presented by Kumi Taguchi.

9.30 Dateline: Japan’s Cheap Homes. (R) Explores Japan’s abandoned houses.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Living Black. (R)

11.00 The Murdochs: Empire Of Influence. (Ms, R) 11.50 Faking Hitler. (Mln) 12.45 Reyka. (MA15+av, R) 3.45 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 White Fever. 9.00 Upstart Crow. 10.00 Portlandia. 10.40 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.

Pablo. 5.40 Late Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 10.00 The Movie Show. Noon WorldWatch. 12.25 UFOs. 1.00 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars. 1.55 Framed. 2.25 The Loop. 2.50 Where Are You Really From? 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man. (Return) 9.30 Dark Side Of Comedy. 11.20 Count Abdulla. 11.50 Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGav)

7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGl) Farmer Dean makes a decision.

9.10 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

10.10 Talking Footy. A look at the week’s AFL news.

11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Unbelievable Moments

Caught On Camera. (PGa, R)

12.40 Gold Digger. (Mal, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG)

8.45 Clarkson’s Farm: Cowering. (Malms) The new herd of cows are settling in.

9.45 Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Roadtrip.

(PGl) Rod and JC hunt for sapphires.

10.45 9News Late.

11.15 Chicago Med. (MA15+am)

12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless.

(PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30

A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. A fresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 9.00 NCIS. (Mv) The team is in a race against time to find an officer who disappeared during his wedding proposal. 11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Bamay. 6.35 News. 6.45 Arabian Inferno. 7.35 The First Inventors. 8.30 The Rap Game UK. 9.20 Black As. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.20 Rugby League. English Super League. Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers. Replay. 12.20am Late Programs. NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News.

6am All At Sea. Continued. (2010, PG) 6.40 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 8.30 Topkapi. (1964, PG) 10.45 Motherhood. (2018, M) 12.20pm Shirley. (2020, M) 2.20 Nights In Rodanthe. (2008, PG) 4.10 A King In New York. (1957, PG) 6.10 Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005, PG) 7.50 Iron Sky 2. (2019, M) 9.30 The Conference. (2022, M, German) 11.35 The Fortress. (2017, MA15+, Korean) 2.10am Late Programs.

Wednesday, April

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ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)

(9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.55 Our Vietnam War. (PGa,

Australia. (Ml) Torrential rain threatens contestants.

8.35 Swift Street. (Premiere, Malv)

A 21-year-old street-smart hustler agrees to help her father pay back a bad debt.

9.35 Putin And The West: The Next Chapter: Invasion. Part 1 of 2.

10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 You Shall Not Lie. (MA15+als) 12.10 COBRA. (Mal, R)

3.45 Employable Me (UK) (PGal, R) 4.50

Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey.

6am WorldWatch.

The Equalizer. (Mv, R)

Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Destination WA. 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.25 Anzac Day Dawn Service.

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. A fresh batch of amateur cooks competes.

8.45 FBI: International. (Mv, R) Jubal Valentine and Nina Chase join the fly team in Rome to gather intel after an American architect is abducted.

9.40 FBI. (Mv, R) To bolster Scola’s mission, Maggie calls in Remy Scott.

10.35 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Death In Paradise. (Final) 9.30 The Beast Must Die. 10.20 Close To Me. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 12.10am Louis Theroux Interviews... 12.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.20 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. (2012, M) 3.00 ABC News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.25 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Rabbit-Proof Fence. Continued. (2002, PG) 6.25 Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005, PG) 8.10 A King In New York. (1957, PG) 10.05 The Kindergarten Teacher. (2014, M, Hebrew) 12.15pm

10.00 The Movie Show. Noon WorldWatch. 12.25 Alone. 1.35 Chad. 2.00 Outsider: World’s Weirdest Films. 2.30 Abandoned. 3.25 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The War On Disco. 9.35 MOVIE: The Promise. (2016, M) Midnight Warped By War: Inside Putin’s Russia. 12.50 Late Programs.

Need to protect the ‘gem’ that is Western Port

I was shocked to read that “the Ramsar information sheet for Western Port has not been updated since 1999” (“Forum a chance to protect Western Port’s future”, Letters, 9/4/2024). In that 25-year period, climate change has worsened considerably, and several species have moved from vulnerable to endangered, even critically endangered – the step before extinction.

Growing industrial pressure, all energy related, has also increased the threat to the internationally acclaimed wetlands and heightened the need and urgency to conduct new “baseline environmental studies”.

I sincerely hope that the Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny has some good news for the Future Forum held on Tuesday 16 April by the Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula. The Environment Minister Steve Dimopoulos must get behind the Western Port framework, especially since none of the 15 recommendations from the 2023 State of the Environment report specifically mention Western Port or even Ramsar wetlands.

By visiting tinyurl.com/VNPAaction readers can express their support for the framework and stand up for the gem that is Western Port.

Ray Peck, Hawthorn, Hawthorn

Quarries in wedge

In the front page article this almost went unnoticed [by me]: “The protection of farmland will also apply to quarries” in a 100km radius from Melbourne (Mayor welcomes green wedge controls, The News 9/4/24). This means Western Port woodlands from Lang Lang to Grantville fall under this zoning. Is anyone concerned about this, and existing quarries?

Sue King, Balnarring

Historic ‘Cerberus’

As suspected by many residents on the Mornington Peninsula, several shire councillors have once again demonstrated their ignorance and complete lack of wisdom with total disregard for the history of this area and the will of the people. The ward of Cerberus is home to a maritime museum and the home of the HMAS Cerberus

naval base, responsible for the defense and protection of Australia during the second world war as it is today.

Why would you councillors even suppose a name change is a good idea? What a total lack of understanding of our connection to the name Cerberus

Please friends say “no” to changing the name of this ward.

Has anyone sought the opinion of the residents regarding name changes?

I feel democracy is dead on the peninsula.

Maureen Sharpe, Bittern

No need to change

Why are we changing to 11 wards for Mornington Peninsula Shire (Reasons to shout from the rooftops, The News 9/4/24)? According to the shire’s Peninsula Wide magazine, it sounds like it’s a done deal. And why are we changing the names, no one will know where they are?

How does giving the wards Aboriginal names help the communities living in remote areas? It seems to be all touchy-feely lip service stuff that doesn’t really achieve anything except confuse everyone.

Maria Clarkson, Mornington

Council should vote ‘no’

The planning and infrastructure team at Mornington Peninsula Shire has asked councillors to vote on options for the future of Mornington’s Beleura cliff path, which has been closed for 18 months.

The Save Beleura Cliff Path community group is asking councillors to vote against the options presented because they do not offer real progress towards the re-opening of the path.

Council previously allocated $100,000 in the 2023-24 budget towards planning and design work, but $90,000 of this has now been effectively frozen. Instead, $10,000 will be allocated for “advocacy” to persuade DEECA (the state government environment department) to contribute to the costs.

In the same breath, the proposal denigrates the cliff path by exaggerating the safety concerns of the path, when most of the path is safer now than

it has ever been in its 102 years.

The officers’ submission states that “there is a total of six land slip areas” on the path. This is misleading. There are two landslips that have cut the path, and both could be fixed without excessive cost once the causes of the slips are tackled.

The council is being asked to approve a plan for the path which doesn’t properly analyse the issues the cliff path faces and does not initiate any of the actions needed if the path is to be re-opened. If a cliff path like ours was built in today’s world, it would cost at least $30 million.

which may trigger some sort of response, even if it is a Battle of the Duds? Sam Bowen, Flinders

Wake-up calls

The headline about the killing of aid workers in Gaza - Poor visibility and a communication stuff up? - is hard to believe. Meanwhile, another 141 people have become billionaires and the poor have become poorer; unending, avarice. April, minus daylight saving. Scams, home phone, iPhone, internet. They pop up on Instagram, then ask where I’m from. If I choose to answer they ask for a picture. So, I block.

Peter Nicholson, Mornington

We should not let this popular, useful and stunningly beautiful public asset be lost to future generations.

Playing the game

The ironic nature of the ABC TV game show Hard Quiz was evident with Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor Kate Roper actually answering questions - even winning the big brass mug (Phar Lap returns to the winners’ circle, The News 9/4/24)

Could we perhaps engage [the show’s compere] Tom Gleeson for the next shire meeting to pose questions on behalf of the community

Safari advises of preventing 87 trackers from profiling me. Nonsense? Experience of nastiness online is experienced by 29 per cent of users. Collingwood supporters? Collingwood survived, not so Fremantle, a product of influential umpires with far too much power and no thanks to a complicit media and the constant gushing over Gather (money) Round.

Sadly, the more an untruth, particularly if the phrase “everyday Australians” is used, the higher the dickhead numbers. Ever onwards at 88, ever hoping to wake up, tomorrow.

Cliff Ellen, Rye

State government eyes planning changes

ject will “build on the council’s work”.

THE Victorian Planning Authority is undertaking consultation to draft new building height limits and rules around Frankston’s city centre.

The VPA is a state government authority reporting to the planning minister. Its website states that it is “reviewing building heights and design rules for the Frankston Activity Centre to allow for more good quality homes to be built in the area.”

Frankston is one of the areas identified by the state government’s 2023 housing statement as being ideal for future housing growth. Late last month the state government released maps of 10 proposed growth areas and began the consultation process.

Height limits in Frankston’s city center have been fiercely debated in recent years as Frankston Council drafted its Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan. That plan and its associated planning scheme amendment, which enforces preferred height limits of up to 16 storeys in some parts of Frankston’s city centre, is set to be assessed by a planning panel this month.

The VPA website reads that its own pro-

“We know the Frankston community has been consulted extensively over the past few years about the future of central Frankston,” the VPA website read. “Insights from the council’s recent community consultation, as well as input from the council, will inform the development of clear new rules for the area.”

Council’s proposed 12-storey height limits in the precinct bordered by Nepean Highway, Beach Street, Wells Street, and Kananook Creek Boulevard have drawn the most negative attention - more than 200 submissions opposing the plan were made to council earlier this year (“Planning changes progress to panel” The News 26/3/24).

Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny has implemented interim 12-storey height limits in the Kananook

Creek precinct while the FMAC structure plan goes through the planning process. Late last month, after the VPA began consultation on its own draft rules, Kilkenny said “we want to hear from communities on how best we can accommodate more housing choice, while ensuring their suburbs maintain their liveability.”

“As part of our landmark housing statement we’re enabling 60,000 more homes to be built across established suburbs, ensuring more Victorians have access to affordable housing close to services, jobs and transport.”

The VPA’s consultation process finishes on 29 April. For more information on the VPA’s project visit vpa.vic.gov. au/project/frankston/p/key-ideas-activity-centres/

Brodie Cowburn brodie@mpnews.com.au

25 April 2024

ANZAC DAY 2024

Anzac Day 2024 marks the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing in 1915. The spirit of Anzac continues to play a role in the local community to this day, with its qualities of courage, mateship and sacrifice.

Balnarring Service

9.30am Anzac Park

Crib Point

Dawn Service

6am Cenotaph at Tingira Place

March

10.45am Crib Point RSL Service

11am Cenotaph at Tingira Place

Dromana

Dawn Service

6am War Memorial

The Peninsula Club March

9.15am O’Donohue Street Service

9.30am Dromana

Cenotaph

Flinders Service

10am Flinders Hall

March

11am Flinders Hall Service and wreath laying

11.30am Flinders

War Memorial

Hastings

Dawn Service

6am Cenotaph

Hastings Foreshore March

10.30am Hastings RSL Service

11am Cenotaph

Hastings Foreshore Mornington

Dawn Service 6am Memorial Park March

9.30am Corner Queen Street and Main Street Service

10am Memorial Park

Mount Eliza Service

2pm Remembrance Garden Cenotaph

Mount Eliza Community Centre

Red Hill Service

10.15am Red Hill Community Park

We’re proudly supporting RSL and Rotary Clubs around our Peninsula and our community is welcome to pay tribute to those who’ve served or lost their lives in war.

Rosebud

Dawn Service

6am Rosebud RSL Memorial March

9.30am Corner

9th Avenue and Point Nepean Road Service

9.45am Rosebud Cenotaph

Rye

Dawn Service

6am Memorial Wall

Rye RSL

March

12pm Rye Pier Service

12.30pm Memorial Wall

Rye RSL

Somerville

Dawn Service

6am Fruit Growers Reserve

Sorrento

Dawn Service

6am Sorrento Foreshore War Memorial March

11.30am Corner

Ocean Beach Road and Melbourne Road Service

12pm Sorrento Foreshore War Memorial

Tyabb

Dawn Service

6am Tyabb Central Reserve

For more information please contact the respective RSL/Rotary Club websites or call

1300 850 600

Floods – Ratepayers ask for improved drainage

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

A LARGE deputation waited on the council on Friday last with the request that action be taken to provide adequate drainage for the residential area from Beach Street to Overton Road, Frankston.

Cr. Gray read a letter from Mr. E. A. Evans, asking him to introduce the deputation of residents affected by the recent floods, and it was evident from the commencement that the deputation had the sympathy of the whole council.

Under the circumstances it was extremely unfortunate that Mr. W. Milvain, who was absolutely “straining at the leash” in his eagerness to address the council, should have had the opportunity of abusing a privilege. His attack on one of the council’s officers was unwarranted and extremely spiteful. It is due to the other members of the deputation to say that they greatly resented the false position in which their co-deputationist’s excess of rancour placed them, and many of them afterwards personally apologised to the councillors and officers.

Messrs. Robt. Burnside and E. A. Evans, who spoke after Mr. Milvain, must have felt their position very keenly, and they repaired as far as possible the unfavorable impression created by the intemperate remarks of the first speaker.

Mr. Milvain, in the course of his speech, attributed the cause of the flooding partly to the golf links drainage, and his concluding remarks consisted of a vicious attack on the Shire Engineer.

Mr. Burnside put the case very clearly and with convincing reasonableness. He did not hold the council blameless, but at the same time made no direful threats as to what would eventuate if relief was not forthcoming.

He contended that if existing drains were cleaned out and culverts enlarged the result would be satisfactory.

He specially mentioned the culvert at Overton Road as requiring immediate attention.

He urged that the reputation of Frankston as a tourist resort would be seriously jeopardised if something was not done immediately to prevent a recurrence of the recent floods.

Mr. Evans said if the drain at Overton Road was enlarged there would be no backing up of water such as was experienced within the last few days.

The drain there should have a 4ft. outlet at least. Provision should also be made to make full use of the Beach Street drain.

The president (Cr. Unthank) assured the deputation that there were hundreds of acres of cultivated land on the Peninsula inundated as the result of the recent abnormal rainfall.

Cr. Oates said he agreed that Mr. Milvain had put the position correctly.

He was prepared to do all he could to help the people who had suffered, and the council would have to meet the position. He had already spent three days down about the parts that were affected by the flood waters and had told the people that the council would do something to relieve them.

Many of these people were quite surrounded by water, and could not get out of their houses.

Cr. McCulloch was of the opinion that the bridges over the drains required lifting and the drains cleaned out. The Beach Street drain now carried a vast volume of water from as far back as Cranbourne Road. Seaford also was flooded just as much as Frankston. It was apparent that larger outlets would have to be provided to give the water a quicker getaway.

Cr. Gray said he had inspected the Beach Street drain, and he did not spend three days in doing so. If it was considered necessary to attach blame to someone he might as well blame the Frankston riding councillors. He was not going to do so, although there was a motion put on the books two months ago authorising them to inspect the Beach street drain. ***

SOME time between Friday evening and Monday morning an entrance was effected by some person or persons into the Frankston State school. Lockers and drawers were forced open, and the contents scattered about the floor. It is not known exactly how an entrance was effected, but it is surmised that either a window or door was not securely fastened and once inside the building a thin person could easily get through a hole in the head teacher’s office door where the keys of the other lockers are kept.

It is not known what really has been taken, but it is believed that only about 1/3 rewarded the thieves.

When interviewed on Monday the head teacher (Mr. J. D. Jennings, B.Sc.) said that apparently the intruders were after money as they had lifted out of his box a very valuable microscope and left it on the table;

also a case of mathematical instruments and a gold locket. The matter has been placed in the hands of the local police officers, and it is hoped that the perpetrators will be speedily found.

***

WE are requested to notify the general public that where the main entrance to a building is, via the recognised pathway from the street thereto, more than twelve feet from the street the building faces, a letter box must be provided on the street alignment in such a position as to allow the postman to deliver correspondence therein from the street.

However, where the main entrance door is twelve feet or less, a slot for the reception of mail matter must be provided in the front door; or if a slot is not provided at box must be erected on the street alignment in the same manner as before described.

This regulation has been framed to meet the increasing demand for early delivery of correspondence by postmen, and it is imperative that householders and others should assist with this.

The regulation comes into force as and from July 1, 1924, and when the foregoing paragraphs have been given effect to, delivery of mail matter will have to be taken at the post office under the conditions applicable to “Poste Restante” correspondence or through a private letter-box thereat.

***

MR. P. O. Gray, who has been appointed to the Frankston post office in place of Mr. Emerson, commenced his duties this week.

***

RAY Baxter, the popular young footballer, has received an offer from both the Melbourne and Geelong football clubs to play with them during the forthcoming season.

However, Ray has decided to stick to Frankston.

***

Frankston Police Court

Tuesday, April 15. Before Messrs. P. Wheeler (chairman), C. Gray and J. Brown, J. P.

H. Gale was charged with having driven a vehicle after sunset on 22nd March without a light. There was no appearance of defendant, who was fined £2 in default seven days.

H. J. Kendall was charged with riding a motor cycle at an excessive speed, which was dangerous to the public.

The chairman said this was a most dangerous practice and must be stopped.

Defendant was fined £3.

J. Mitchell was charged with being drunk. Fined 5/-.

Two cases of not sending their children to school a sufficient number of times were dealt with, and fines of 2/6 in each case were imposed.

Several debt cases were also dealt with and orders made for the amount claimed with costs.

A case of being under the influence of liquor while in charge of a motor truck was also dealt with, it being pointed out that the defendant was not driving but was trying to effect some repairs. Fined £2 and 10/- costs. ***

From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 16 & 18 Apr 1924

PUZZLE ZONE

THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

From the Desk of Kevin Rudd, Ambassador Extraordinaire

By Stuart McCullough STREWTH Donald!

I’m not sure you know, but someone has just leaked footage of you sinking the boot into yours truly. Fair suck of the sauce bottle! Some dopey galah has left the camera rolling during a break before distributing copies of the resulting footage behind the shelter shed to any dingbat stupid enough to broadcast it. Flamin’ heck! Excuse the French, but you really ought to try shutting your yap for a bit. It seems every time you open your cakehole, you get caught on a hot mic saying something stupid and end up looking like a complete nitwit.

Now that you’ve made a mess, it’s left to me to clean things up. Lucky for you, there’s no one more qualified to smooth over troubled diplomatic waters. Just wheel me out, point me at a camera and let me weave my own particular brand of magic. You’ll be amazed. But whilst I’m willing to sort things out, I’d ask that you take a long, hard look at yourself so we don’t both end up the creek that dare not speak its name without a paddle again.

Try and see it from my point of view – after turning in last night after a warm Milo, I wake up to find your size six Hush Puppies fair up my clacker. I can’t imagine what I’ve done to turn you into a right flaming mongrel. Fair dinkum, Donald; the rubbish coming out your mouth made you sound madder than a cut snake. Was it something I said?

Granted, you and I see some things differently. Whereas you appear to take any and every opportunity to suck up to murderous dictators you can, I come from a country where we threat-

en to shirtfront these drongos before refusing to sit with them at lunch time. Sadly, for all of us, this didn’t have the sobering effect on Vladimir we hoped, and he now seems hell-bent on rampaging his way across Europe. But at least we tried. You, in contrast, appear determined to make Putin your best mate. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the pair of you rocking up in matching shirts to the Deni Ute Muster before scooting off to the B and S Ball

together. Turn it up, Donald. You can’t very well dislike me without having met me, even if saves time. In the interests of fairness, you ought to get to know me first, perhaps even get stuck in a lift with me, then dislike me. Like regular folk. But even if your comments suggesting you might not like me were bewildering, the suggestion that I might not be ‘the brightest bulb’ was a complete shocker. Truly, Don-

ald, you have been misinformed. I don’t know if you know this, but I introduced the term ‘programmatic specificity’ into the Australian idiom. Fact is, when I first dropped ‘programmatic specificity’ into casual conversation, the entire country went completely psycho and had a complete fit. People were beside themselves. They’d never heard so potent a sentence from a leader. It’s like our country suddenly came of age. Ten years later, it’s common to hear school kids use the term ‘programmatic specificity’ over school drinking fountains and footy fields.

I note you mentioned that I’d, ‘said some nasty things.’ Once again, you’ve been misled. It would be more accurate to say that I ate some nasty things, namely my own ear wax whilst sitting in Parliament (there’s footageit’s all over YouTube like a rash!). It’s one thing to get caught on a ‘hot mic’. It’s entirely another to be filmed chowing down on whatever you’ve pulled out of your ear with your index finger whilst sitting in the nation’s temple to democracy. If Putin had been filmed eating his own ear wax, the camera man would never have been seen again. It’s my ability to forgive others that truly sets me apart. Granted, I called you the ‘most destructive President in history’ but I meant it as a compliment. Giving each other a hard time is just what real mates do. If you’re out of sorts, you’d be welcome to even things up by giving me one of your trademark nicknames. To make things easy, I’ve prepared some suggestions for you to consider – ‘KRudd’ and ‘Kevin Rude’ were all pretty popular in Australia.

My personal favourite, though, has to be ‘Kevin Ruddy Wilson’. Trust me, that’s a cracker.

The irony of all this is that you and I have heaps in common. Like you, I too know the bitter sting of having power wrenched away by someone heaps less deserving. And, like you, I understand how it feels to harbour resentment and bitterness as I plot my way back to power. Now that I think about it, instead of trying to stitch me up, you should be calling me for advice. Because after I was turfed from office, I managed to claw my way back and regain the throne. All hail the mighty Kevin! That’s right – instead of trying to give me the diplomatic equivalent of an atomic nipple cripple, you should be calling me your hero.

Frankly, Donald, you’re lucky I’m an ambassador. Because if I wasn’t my nation’s chief diplomatic emissary to your country, I’d be bound by Australian custom to say: ‘You. Me. Carpark. Now’. If that sounds confusing, it loosely translates as an invitation to resolve our dispute through an informal means. Preferably in a car park.

Let’s agree to bury the hatchet somewhere besides each other and try to get along. It would be shame if our two great nations got into a tiff just because you had hurt feelings following a classic (if I do say myself) K Rudd burn. Toughen up, princess! If you don’t stop being such a sook, I’ll be short sheeting your bed and sticking a mango in your tailpipe before you know it.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin

stuart@stuartmccullough.com

Ryder runs rampant, Sharks win a tight one

MPNFL

By Brodie Cowburn

MEN'S DIV ONE

SORRENTO came from behind to pip Frankston YCW in a thriller last weekend.

Sorrento hosted the Stonecats at David Macfarlane Reserve. Frankston YCW were the better side early on, and took a three-goal lead into the first break.

Sorrento managed to chip the lead back to two points at half-time, but were still trailing by the final break. The Stonecats went into the final quarter ahead by 13 points.

Sorrento stormed home to claim a nail-biting four point win. They held the Stonecats to just one goal in the

final term.

Sorrento beat Frankston YCW 11.12 (78) to 11.8 (74). Former Essendon Bomber Dylan Clarke was named best-on-ground for Sorrento, while forward Riley D’Arcy booted five goals for YCW.

Pines won a thriller away from home against Langwarrin last Saturday. The Pythons beat the Kangaroos 8.14 (62) to 10.6 (66).

Mt Eliza and Red Hill scored comfortable wins over Dromana and Frankston Bombers respectively last Saturday. Mornington closed out the round by beating Rosebud under lights 18.5 (113) to 14.13 (97).

MEN'S DIV TWO

EDITHVALE-Aspendale held on to defeat a fast-finishing Somerville last

Saturday.

Somerville was the better side in the first half. They led Edi-Asp by 10 points at the main break.

A six-goal third quarter put Edithvale-Aspendale firmly in the box seat. They only added one more goal to their tally in the final term, but managed to do enough to hold off Somerville.

It went right down to the wire, but Edithvale-Aspendale managed to emerge victorious 11.7 (73) to 11.10 (76).

Kurt Lo Po, Colby Nayna, and Ty Vickery were named among Edi-Asp’s best. Michael Meehan also contributed four goals.

Tyabb also picked up a nail-biting win last weekend. The Yabbies bested Bonbeach 12.14 (86) to 12.10 (82).

Hastings’ tumultuous 2024 continued last weekend when they travelled to Glover Reserve to take on Devon Meadows. The home side ran rampant, going on to win by 204 points. Paddy Ryder booted 11 of Devon Meadows' 36 goals.

Chelsea smashed Rye by 105 points on Saturday. Crib Point and Pearcedale each claimed four points with comfortable victories over Karingal and Seaford respectively.

WOMEN'S DIV ONE

MORNINGTON backed up their big round one win with a 106 - 0 demolition of Bass Coast last Friday. Mornington Blue ran out under lights at Dalyston Recreation Reserve ready to make a big impact. They kept Bass Coast scoreless, going on to

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claim a 14.22 (106) to 0.0 (0) win. Hayley Monk booted five goals for Mornington. Ashley Jans and Anna McGlade were also named among the best.

Mornington Blue sits atop the Division One ladder of the newly formed MPFNL women’s league. Warragul Industrials are second - they claimed their second straight win last weekend by beating Mornington White.

Frankston defeated Karingal 1.2 (8) to 5.6 (36) to claim their first win of the season on Saturday. Pearcedale couldn’t build on their dominant 98-point round one win, and fell to Seaford away from home.

Too strong: The Sharks got the better of the Stonecats in a tight clash. Picture: Craig Barrett

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

ROSEBUD remains on top of the State 5 South ladder after a stirring 3-1 away win over Aspendale on Saturday.

It didn’t take long for Nathan Yole’s threat to emerge after he got clear in the 10th minute only to hammer a shot against the Aspendale crossbar.

In the 22nd minute Rosebud went 1-0 up after a slick spin by Yole off a defender before squaring the ball for Davis Markulin to tap in from point-blank range.

Aspendale captain Matthew Bruce had a great chance in the 37th minute when he ran onto a fine through ball only to be denied by a well-timed sliding challenge from Billy Painting.

After the break the home side upped the ante but cried out for someone to add a finishing touch.

The breakthrough came when referee Tina Zafiropoulos correctly pointed to the spot and James Macnab gave ’Buds keeper Colin McCormack no chance.

Rosebud gaffer Stuart Johnston had brought on two veterans at half-time in Stef Papaluca and Dave Greening then in the 72nd minute on came another battle-hardened sub in Mark Pagliarulo.

In the 78th minute they combined for the go-ahead goal that could be described as being 126 years in the making.

Forty-five-year-old Papaluca played a long ball over the top for 42-yearold Greening to charge onto and when Greening slewed his strike across the face of goal there was 39-year-old “Pags” storming in and slamming a first-time shot into the roof of the net.

Aspendale heads didn’t drop and the home side kept pressing forward especially down its left side where Dom Paul was its most dangerous weapon in the second half.

It took until the second minute of added time for Rosebud fans to breathe easy after a Greening volley struck the bar and recent signing from Peninsula Strikers, Ben Symonds, was on hand to head home the rebound.

In other State 5 news Seaford’s unbeaten start to the season continued with a tough 1-0 win over Mount Eliza at Emil Madsen Reserve last weekend.

From the first whistle it was clear that both teams were up for this derby.

In the 12th minute Mount Eliza was forced to make a change after Cohan King was on the receiving end of a tackle and had to be stretchered off.

In the 38th minute the ball fell to Seaford captain Blake Hicks on the edge of the box who curled a first-time effort that looked destined for the top corner until Mount Eliza keeper Luke Armao palmed the ball away.

It was the turn of Seaford keeper Hayden Hicks to keep the scoreline blank moments before half-time.

Mount Eliza’s Nickel Chand was in a one-on-one with Hicks but couldn’t round the keeper who made a fine save.

The second half was just as intense as the first with tackles flying in left, right

and centre.

The derby was sitting on a knife’s edge and it didn’t take long to boil over.

In the 55th minute Seaford striker Josh Vega received a straight red for violent conduct and with the visitors down to 10 men Mount Eliza began to win the lion’s share of possession.

But Seaford looked more dangerous on the counter albeit that the pivotal moment came from a set piece in the 70th minute.

That was when a Backy Barakzoi winner straight from a corner proved to be the difference in this enthralling encounter.

Seaford still has not heard from Football Victoria as to the outcome of its abandoned round one home game against Cleeland United.

Seaford led 10-0 a couple of minutes into the second half when two Cleeland players went down injured and the already undermanned visitors didn’t have enough players left on the pitch to continue.

That match took place on Saturday 23 March and as we went to press both Seaford and Cleeland United still await FV’s ruling.

Mount Martha lost 3-2 to Casey Panthers at Civic Reserve on Saturday. Jacob Platt and Daniel Bancroft scored for the home team.

In VPL1 news Langwarrin’s sixgame road trip ended on Monday this week when it played Bulleen at the Veneto Club.

The local outfit faces a blockbuster clash on Saturday when it welcomes Melbourne Victory to its Lawton Park headquarters.

Last week Langy staged a remarkable comeback from 3-0 and 4-1 down to draw 4-4 with Kingston City at The Grange Reserve.

Luke Adams, Tom Youngs, Joe O’Brien and Luke Goulding scored for Langwarrin.

In State 1 Mornington lost its second match in a row going down 3-2 at home to South Springvale on Saturday.

Sammy Orritt’s double wasn’t enough for the Seagulls who travel to Comets Stadium this Saturday to face Mazenod. A third loss in four games would raise serious questions about Mornington’s promotion aspirations.

In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers announced themselves as serious title contenders when they smashed home team Mooroolbark 5-1 on Saturday.

Nine minutes in Cooper Andrews scored with an outrageous bicycle kick from the edge of the box that looped over Barkers’ keeper Mark Naumowicz for the opener.

In the 26th minute a long clearance from Billy Rae was pounced on by Wayne Gordon who neatly lobbed Naumowicz to make it 2-0.

Nine minutes later the home team hit back when Daniel Aye went down the left then squared for Geordie Scott whose volley made it 2-1.

Scott should have equalised early in the second half but instead rattled the crossbar from close range.

Strikers regained control and Andrews made it 3-1 in the 61st minute after combining with Taylan Geylan.

In the 83rd minute it was man-of-thematch Andrews once more tormenting the Barkers’ right back before setting

up Tommy Wood who made no mistake smashing the ball into the back of the net.

The final goal came in the 94th minute after a one-two between Jaiden Madafferi and Andrew Goff saw Madafferi set up Wood for another sidefoot volley to cap an emphatic display from the visitors.

On Sunday Skye United lost 1-0 away to North Caulfield.

A Marcus Collier own goal settled the issue.

In State 3 news Frankston Pines lost 6-1 away to Rowville Eagles on Saturday.

Pines went behind early but Cal Bradbury levelled after 10 minutes when he pounced on a goalkeeping error.

Rowville hit back and led 2-1 at the break and overran the visitors in the second half.

Pines’ best on a tough day for the local outfit were goalkeeper Matt Halliwell and Sam Delaney.

In State 4 news Chelsea’s table-topping start to the season ended at Reema Reserve last weekend when a match that doubles as the Carlo Melino Cup saw Endeavour United run out a 5-3 winner.

There’s little between these sides but forced first-half substitutions of Chelsea’s Dylan Scott (knee) and Jacob Ross (hamstring) highlighted a lack of depth in head coach Gus Macleod’s squad. James Stinson, Daniel Vella and Tim Koulouris scored for Chelsea but the match highlight was a world-class goal from veteran Endeavour striker Matty Durand that gave Chelsea keeper Thomas Carter no chance.

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It took a late winner to save Somerville Eagles from paying the price of a wasteful display against Lyndale United at Lyndale Secondary College on Saturday.

The decisive moment came in the 84th minute when a pinpoint cross from Tom Simmons on the right found an unmarked Kyan Taberner whose header sailed over Lyndale keeper Michael Napolitano.

Baxter went down 4-0 away to league leader Monash University last weekend.

Monash led 3-0 at half-time and there was no way back for Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor’s side whose afternoon went from bad to worse with the dismissals of Tom Hawkins and Dylan Tervit in the second half.

“I’m embarrassed by the first-half performance,” Taylor said.

“We need to improve rapidly in a lot of areas if we want to compete week-in week-out, let alone challenge for promotion.”

Mentone and Sandown Lions drew 1-1 at Mentone Grammar Playing Fields in Keysborough last weekend.

Chris Gibson had the ball in the net for the hosts after 25 minutes but it was ruled offside in a goalless first half.

Mentone had a number of opportunities in the second period but it was Math Thowat who put the visitors in front on 75 minutes prodding home at the back post.

Ten minutes later Mentone was level through captain Marcus Spivey’s close range header.

Both sides had chances to take all three points but couldn’t convert and in the end Mentone had goalkeeper Quinn Carter to thank for saving a penalty in the closing moments.

Friday 19 April, 8.30pm:

Chelsea v Hampton Park Utd, Edithvale Recreation Reserve

Weekend winners: Rosebud veteran Stef Papaluca (left) and Endeavour United’s Jason Nowakowski pictured with son Ethan and the Carlo Melino Cup. Endeavour beat Chelsea 5-3 on Saturday. Pictures: Darryl Kennedy

The $300,000 Sportsbet Mornington Cup returns to Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 20 April for an odds-on great day.

This year, the stakes have been raised with Sportsbet offering a $1 million bonus to any horse that can take out both the Sportsbet Mornington Cup and the Sportsbet Caulfield Cup, bringing the best equine athletes down to the Peninsula.

Bars + Food Trucks

There is a whole range of delicious pop-up bars and food trucks at your fingertips to keep the cravings at bay. Whet the palate with a beverage or two and taste everything from fresh Asian Fusion bites at Three Little Chefs to the catch of the day at Chef Calamari.

FacepainTing & carnival rides

Kids can look forward to non-stop entertainment with free entry and unlimited carnival rides all day long.

From facepainting to Chairoplane adventures, cup and saucer spins, and carousel delights, there is something for everyone to love.

live dJ + enTerTainMenT

A live DJ will get the party started at both the Garden Bar and Homes & Acreage Marquee, with a soulful saxophonist to later set the tempo for an unforgettable day on course.

preMiuM dining

The Gunnamatta dining room will open its doors to the public, with an exquisite dine-in menu and drinks list keeping the cravings at bay.

Alternatively, secure your spot in Schweppes Final Furlong and be greeted with sweeping views of the home turn and straight.

ALL-INCLUSIVE FOOD TRUCKS, BEVERAGES, RACING & ENTERTAINMENT

COME PLAY, PARTY AND ENJOY YOUR RACE DAY TRACKSIDE IN THE GARDEN BAR.

Whether you're a seasoned punter or first-time racegoer, it’s the perfect place to perch for a premium race day experience. Complete with an all-inclusive menu and picturesque views of Mornington Racecourse, this trackside haven is more than just a place to watch the races.

SATURDAY 20 APRIL