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Resorting to imagery WITH a bit of imagination the curved construction on the left could be seen as about to devour the quaint Cape Schanck lighthouse.

No one is trying to hide the fact that two pictures have been merged, but this arresting image is being used to contrast the size of a building planned for the RACV resort and its historic near neighbour.

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Flood relief for thousands David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au ABOUT 20,000 peninsula properties are no longer designated flood-prone and more could be removed from the list as a result of “state of the art” mapping and weather modelling still under way across the shire, shire councillors have been told.

But while councillors voted to endorse the amended maps already com-

pleted, municipal building surveyor David Kotsiakos faced a torrent of questions from councillors dissatisfied with aspects of the maps, presented at the 9 June council meeting.

The maps’ aim is to set floor heights for new building works, which will keep them above floodwater.

The mapping program is separate from measures needed to deal with predicted sea level rise.

Mr Kotsiakos said the new maps

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“These areas are currently experiencing a high level of development and/or redevelopment,” he said. “Community members operating in this space expect council to promptly provide them with accurate and reliable information.”

Several councillors said flood maps were not accurate enough and that property owners needed to rely on them when planning to build or extend.

“Building [work] is being severely hampered,” Cr Graham Pittock told the meeting. “The problem is that land is not properly designated and builders can’t be sure [of getting floor levels correct] in flood-prone areas.

“The private person needs to do due diligence up front.”

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Cr Lynn Bowden said the maps were too small to be useful.

All 34 maps were made available for public inspection on 10 June at shire offices. Acting director of planning Allan Cowley said the maps were an improvement on the old ones.

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Federal cuts force up child care costs MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire says it will continue to provide family day care, despite the imminent slashing of federal funding for the service.

As a result, the shire says it has been forced to double its administration levee from mid-July from 75 cents to $1.50 an hour for each child “rather than see this service lost to the community”.

The shire regards its family day care as a high quality, regulated home based child care service for children up to 13. Children are looked after in a registered carer’s home – not a day care centre.

Operators provide flexible care day and night, seven days a week under a licence agreement with the shire.

The shire is regarded as the administrator of the service which provides places for about 200 peninsula families. It compiles timesheets, ensures child care providers run clean and tidy premises and have relevant licences. Home visits ensure compliance.

Fees depend on family incomes and are usually paid fortnightly. Rebates are recouped through child care assistance schemes.

The shire receives $140,000 from the federal government to help run of the service – but this will stop on 1 July.

Parents will be able to recoup a proportion of the increased fees through either the child care rebate or child care assistance. It is expected that no parent will be asked to pay the full amount of the increase.

The mayor Cr Bev Colomb said the family day care program was highly respected and had consistently met the requirements of the national quality framework (NQF). It was awarded a rating of “exceeding the national quality standards” at the most recent assessments and ratings visit.

“Council is committed to the FDC program and the wonderful service it provides in our community,” she said.

“It is always a difficult decision to raise fees, but to continue this important service in light of funding cuts leaves us no option.”

Cr Colomb said family day care users should contact the shire for further information about the new fees.

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Mixed choice for school holiday activities MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s school holiday program offers a range of activities for children, including incursions and excursions.

Programs are run weekdays Monday 29 JuneFriday 10 July and are open to primary schoolaged children. Venues are the Civic Reserve Recreation Centre, Mornington, 7.30am-6.30pm; Bentons Square Community Centre, Mornington, 7.30am-6.30pm and Hastings Community Hub, Hastings, 7.30am-6.30pm.

Annual family registration fees are $20. A Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate can

reduce these fees.

Details: mornpen.vic.gov.au The Youth Services Team will also be hosting its winter school holiday program. It is open to all young people living in, or going to school, on the Mornington Peninsula.

Activities will be based at Shed 11 and the Hastings Youth Centre. They are open to those aged 10-17 years.

Activities at Shed 11 are free and bookings are not required, although staff require completed consent forms.

Volunteer VIPs: Cr Antonella Celi, the mayor Cr Bev Colomb, volunteer Elaine Russell and library services coordinator Stephanie Wilson celebrate the work of volunteers.

Thanks for library volunteers VOLUNTEERS play a big role in the life of Mornington Peninsula Shire. The library service has 137 volunteers, including 67 in the home library service and 70 in four branches and the mobile library.

Branch volunteers assist at the library each day in ensuring items are correctly shelved and that the presentation of libraries is first class. Home library volunteers provide an essential community service by providing reading, audio and other

library items to those unable to visit a branch.

Library volunteer Elaine Russell, who has just celebrated 20 years of volunteer service at Rosebud Library, was praised at a recent volunteers’ luncheon – part of National Volunteers’ Week.

“The shire and library’s team is delighted to take a moment to focus on the contribution volunteers make, their community spirit and their selflessness. Thank you volunteers,” Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Cr Bev Colomb said.

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Model flyer speeds into world challenge Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au SITTING around at home after a series of ankle operations didn’t appeal to Mornington student Daniel Arapakis. He couldn’t walk but he still wanted to do something interesting.

That “something” has now earned him a place as a junior in the Australian team to contest the world model aeroplane championships in the Czech Republic next month.

Daniel, 13, will contest the F3D class – the Formula 1 of model aeroplane flying. It’s the fastest class in the world, reaching speeds of 350kph.

His opponents are 50 other worldclass flyers whose average age is 30.

“It’s so much fun; I love it,” he said last week. “It’s something I can do that impresses people, but it requires a lot of practise.”

Good hand-to-eye coordination and complete concentration is vital, he says, as is “sticking to a race plan”.

Maintaining a fast but steady pace around the course is the best tactic, leaving an all-out assault on the fastest times to the final two races, when the worst two results can be discarded.

“The trick is not to freak out if things go wrong,” Daniel said.

His plane is several classes removed from the $200 starter plane bought from a Hastings hobby shop in the beginning. It was suitable at the time, but was only a stepping stone as the young pilot pushed himself to be the best with the best plane.

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High hopes: Daniel Arapakis with his Minute Master radio controlled plane. He will tackle the world’s best pilots in the Czech Republic next month.

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member of the Western Port Model Aeroplane Club has been racing pylon planes – so called because they race around pylons - for two and a half years, practising most weekends since October, competing in the season’s race calendar and hoping to qualify for the Australian team in the world championships.

Each 400-metre lap has three turns

and competitors must complete 10 laps in under 60 seconds.

The world championship is held every two years and an entrant team can only consist of one junior (aged under 18) and three seniors.

To qualify, Daniel had to win two of three qualifying time trials last year.

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“Dan won the junior category and then flew very well to achieve sixth place overall in the men’s open category,” father Andrew Arapakis said.

“The next qualifying event was the state championships at Munro, near Bairnsdale, in August. Dan is the youngest pilot in Australia flying in this class and he won the junior

category and also came third overall in the men’s open division.”

Daniel’s Minute Master plane was custom designed by his coach, Barry Murphy. It is fibreglass and carbon, making it light weight (2250 grams) and very strong. It travels at 350kph and pulls 40gs in the turns. The 1.8 metre long wing was custom made in Queensland and the fuselage is from Werribee.

The plane’s MB40 engines are custom made in Holland and enhanced by Mr Murphy. They race at 33,000rpm and have hand carved carbon propellers also designed and built by Mr Murphy.

“The Murphy family are world renowned for some of the quickest and most reliable planes in the world,” Mr Arapakis said.

“Daniel has been practising weekly at the Munro field for almost 20 months to prepare and fine tune the engine start-up procedure and flight skills. He has race-prepared four models that will be air freighted to Europe next week in time for the world championships.”

While flying model aeroplanes is only a hobby now, Daniel sees it as his future. “I love planes and want to fly them all my life: this is where my future lies.”

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Make it safe: An online petition is demanding a roundabout be installed at the Robinsons Rd-Western Port Hwy intersection after a fatality last month. Picture: Gary Sissons

‘No more deaths’: petition plea “This deadly intersection’s damning reputation has again been underscored by the tragic and unnecessary death that occurred there,” he said.

“Minister, your community is relying on you; you are the only one that can stop people dying at this intersection.”

The online petition at change.org asks that immediate traffic management strategies include cuts in the speed limit on that section of the Western Port Highway to 80kmh “to prevent further injury and/or loss of life at this location”.

Petitions are usually presented when parliament is sitting. The next sitting days are 23-25 June.

THE tragic death of Mt Eliza woman Olivia Steadman-Meconi at the Robinsons Rd-Western Port Hwy intersection last month has prompted demands for a roundabout.

A petition to be presented to Roads Minister Luke Donnellan says the safety upgrade is necessary “before more innocent lives are lost”.

The woman, 19, died after her car collided with a ute towing a trailer 6pm, Friday 29 May. Organiser, Hastings Liberal MP Neale Burgess, said the Pearcedale intersection had a “long and deadly history with 18 casualty crashes, including two deaths, in the past five years”.

The online response at change.org was quick: “I’m a first responder from the local area and responded to this collision,” James Oswald.

“This death is not a one-off occurrence, and, as the Hastings area grows, the main road networks must grow, too.

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Planners urge action over eatery permit Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors will be asked if they want to continue legal action against an award-winning business that, although preparing and regularly serving food, claims it is not a restaurant.

Green Olive of Red Hill in 2008 was given a permit for “primary produce sales” and “manufacturing sales” after presenting plans that showed a small sales counter and tasting area in an existing shed.

Council officers say Green Olive now offers “a substantive menu of food and drink” prepared by two chefs in a commercial-sized kitchen served in an area equipped with 80 chairs.

It also runs cooking classes, has a large dry store and has “drastically modified” the internal layout of the endorsed plans.

Last year Green Olive won the “excellence in food tourism” section of the Victorian Tourism Awards and a silver medal at the Australian Tourism Awards.

However, Green Olive operates on a 10-hectare block of land and under the peninsula’s Green Wedge regulations a restaurant cannot be considered on land of less than 40ha.

Greg O’Donohue, who runs Green

Olive with his wife Sue on MorningtonFlinders Rd, Main Ridge, last Thursday said “we don’t run a restaurant”.

Before discontinuing a phone call from The News, Mr O’Donohue said the shire had previously threatened to take the issue to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) “but they seem to back off when they see our legal advice”.

“It seems all quiet at the moment,” Mr O’Donohue said.

The shire’s claim of non-compliance

by Green Olive appears to revolve around the definition of what constitutes a restaurant.

At a 1 June briefing, councillors were told that complaints about the use of the land were first made in 2011.

“After considering the relevant factors … it was determined that the land was being used as a restaurant and the owners were asked to comply with their planning permit and/or planning scheme,” the briefing was told.

The issue remained unresolved after several other meetings and in 2013 the council “sought high-level legal advice that confirmed our belief”.

Lawyers representing the council and Green Olive were also unable to reach an agreement and in August 2014 the council engaged Susan Brennan SC about obtaining an enforce-

ment order from VCAT. Instead of acting immediately, the council again wrote to the O’Donohues seeking more information “to allow council to better understand the land use”.

The response, given to the council on 9 April “was deemed insufficient” and officers are now recommending that a non-compliance order be sought from VCAT. They say the matter should be pursued because of evidence of breaches of the planning scheme, which the shire has a statutory obligation to enforce (“and there is a potential for criticism should we not act”).

Risks of not taking action include the “perception” of a business being granted an “unfair advantage”.

The officers also warn that the council could attract “negative publicity” by forcing a change “to a successful business with tourism links and high public profile”.

The officers acknowledge Green Olive is “successful and very popular” but say any potential losses “would only result due to [its] failure to act in accordance with the approved permit and/or scheme”.

On Friday the shire’s environment protection and community safety manager Claire Smith said discussions

were being held with the operators of Green Olive “over alleged non-compliance with planning permit conditions”.

“No formal enforcement activities have been undertaken at this stage,” Ms Smith said.

The Green Olive website makes plenty of references to food and wine served at its “farm shop” as well as the following: “On a visit to our Farm Shop and Restaurant at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula you can enjoy coffee from beans roasted on site, savour the smell of our herbs and spices as they roast, enjoy our homemade sausages or tapas dishes and even take a small taste of our farm home with you.”

The popular tripadvisor website says it is “#2 of 6 restaurants” in Main Ridge.

The visitmorningtonpeninsula website, the “official” website of the Mornington Peninsula, carries the following first-person description: “At Green Olive at Red Hill. … Our restaurant is located in the middle of our farm so we have plenty of outdoor space for the children to run around, away from the busy roads.”

When is a restaurant not a restaurant? In this case that’s a question lawyers may be dining out on for some time come.

Shire shake-up delays review MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have ignored a legislative requirement to review a key buying policy because of the “organisational review” instigated by CEO Carl Cowie.

The Local Government Act requires the shire to review its procurement policy each financial year, but councillors last week agreed to a delay.

Compliance liaison officer Jackie Thorne, in a report to councillors, “acknowledged” the legislative requirement but said a delay would be “appropriate” with the review being made after finalisation of an internal audit and “the CEO’s organisational review is further progressed”.

Councillors will be presented with the review by October, two years since the policy was last formally considered by council.

Ms Thorne expects “improved clarity” from the organisational review which has already led to new appointments of senior managers, staff resignations and redundancies amid concerns raised by unions and staff associations.

Ms Thorne said trials being undertaken of a “Computron system” to “provide the internal control enhancements”.

“The CEO is conducting a shirewide organisational review which may result in structural changes as well as significant changes to what, as well as how, operations are conducted,” Ms Thorne said.

“This could have ramifications for resources that are available to be utilised in the procurement function and also significantly influence what goods and services (and in what volumes) are required to be procured.” Keith Platt

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Adding a name to sustain an image THE self-described “sustainable” Mornington Peninsula Shire has a neighbour that’s now officially known as the “sustainable city” – Frankston.

While the peninsula gave itself the title of sustainable, Frankston has been named Sustainable City of the Year by Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria.

Frankston earned its right to use sustainable through its 10-year plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.

Frankston has also pipped the peninsula on naming rights with the September 2014 opening of its $50 million Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre built close to the city’ central commercial area.

The shire has dropped its plans for a $44m Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre on the foreshore at Rosebud,

but remains committed, on paper at least, to a pool being built as part of the redevelopment of the Rosebud Central Shopping centre, which it bought in 2012.

Meanwhile, the peninsula’s latest crop of councillors (and a new CEO) last year voted to strip the shire of its sustainable tag, although the cost of replacing existing signs, stationary and vehicle liveries was seen as too expensive to replace overnight.

“Committed to a Sustainable Peninsula” remains ubiquitous throughout the shire and its website.

Peninsula residents are this month invited to “drop-in information sessions” to “have a say about Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s carbon neutral options report and the Sustainable Peninsula symbol associated with the shire logo”.

They can also save fuel and time by completing an online survey by 7 July on the shire’s website www.mornpen. vic.gov.au under the YourSay tab.

The peninsula’s carbon neutral report lists ways of achieving carbon neutrality “to ensure council and its community reduces risks associated with climate change, lowers energy costs, and minimises impacts of shire activities”.

A council news releases says the

move towards carbon neutrality “is an opportune time to review the Sustainable Peninsula symbol associated with the shire logo, and how it could be amended or removed to better reflect council’s future direction”. Unusually for the shire, no councillor, or officer was quoted in the release.

“The Sustainable Peninsula symbol was added to the shire’s logo in 2001 and reflects the social, environmental and economic elements of sustainabil-

ity coming together on the Mornington Peninsula.”

The information sessions will be at: Somerville Recreation and Community Centre, Edwards St, Somerville, 5.30–6.30pm Tuesday 23 June.

Meeting Room 2 – Rosebud Shire office, 90 Besgrove St, Rosebud, 6-7pm Wednesday 24 June.

Mornington Library Meeting Room, 2 Queen St, Mornington, 5.30–6.30pm Thursday 25th June.

Residents can also make verbal submissions at the Tuesday 14 July Forward Planning Committee Meeting which starts at 5pm at the Rosebud council chambers, call Linda Yorke on 5950 1000.

Shire officer are also available to speak to community groups or committees, call Jess Wingad on 5950 1000.

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Maps show lie of the land Continued from Page 1 Mr Cowley said the maps would not be perfect but would reduce worries for the building industry overall. Certificates would be issued to indicate the status of land.

“In terms of individual properties, the purpose of mapping is to seek [to establish] a floor level, so when people come to build they seek that floor level and if there is a dispute there is an appeal process,” he said.

The shire is using a computer program that combines a topographical map with an image showing the location of buildings. Rainfall is modelled at varying levels of intensity and run-off tracked.

Mr Kotsiakos said flash storms must generate a certain water depth to be classed as flooding. Rising water caused by blocked drains was not classed as a flood, but if an area’s drain network was undersize, the affected area could be classed as flood-prone.

Cr Tim Rodgers drew attention to a disclaimer on the maps, which states that Victoria and Mornington Peninsula Shire “do not warrant the [maps’] accuracy or completeness of information ... and any person using or relying upon such information does so on the basis that [Victoria and the shire] shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any errors, faults, defects or ommissions [sic] in the information.”

Mr Kotsiakos said this was a standard statement.

Cr Rodgers queried difficulties with loading the maps on to the shire website, asking shire CEO Carl Cowie if he had a comment on the website. “Not a polite one,” Mr Cowie said, saying the files “are massive; very, very substantial.”

Crs Antonella Celi and Anne Shaw, supporting the map plan, said it was a significant step forward and provided certainty for builders and property owners.

It was part of the shire’s extensive drainage strategy and was just a stage in a continuing program.

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Shire’s future rubbish target ups capacity THE landfill in Hampton Park likely to be the destination for shire rubbish after Rye tip closes is set to be expanded.

Last week it was reported that French-based Suez Environnement, operator of the Hampton Park landfill, or tip, would expand to adjacent land that could take waste for many more years (“Quarry waste target again�, The News, 9/6/15).

The Hampton Park landfill is a key plank in the shire’s future waste disposal strategy as it looks for sites to set up a so-called bulk haul centre that would take waste from smaller trucks and take it off the peninsula in larger vehicles.

The shire is looking at several places for the bulk haul centre including Rye, Mornington, Tyabb and two sites in Dromana – a shire depot in Brasser Ave in the town’s industrial estate and the disused Pioneer quarry on the Arthurs Seat escarpment.

Suez, asked by The News if it had bought more property for its Hampton Park landfill, said it had “no current plan to purchase adjoining property�.

It was later revealed Suez had already bought the adjoining land, which is a sand quarry about to be closed and converted into a rubbish tip.

Melbourne’s waste management authority, Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group, stated that the quarry had been bought by SITA Australia, now trading under the name of its parent company, Suez Environnement.

It said the company had “purchased the Kingsvale site (adjacent to the Hallam Rd landfill site) from Rinker.

The Kingsvale site is soon to be closed as a sandmining operation.

This site could potentially be used as an extension of the existing Hallam Rd landfill, when the space at the Hallam Rd site is filled�.

At a public meeting last month about the shire’s draft Waste and Resource Recovery report, meet-

ing chairman Cr David Gibb, who has been the council’s waste expert since 1999 and is now its representative on the metro group, said Suez’s Hampton Park landfill would be full in 13 years.

Later a shire officer said the landfill had an expected life of 15-20 years.

Mornington Peninsula Shire was subsumed into the metro waste group last August.

The group had previously been the independent Mornington Peninsula Regional Waste Management Group (trading as Peninsula Zero Waste) from 1999 until 2014.

Cr Gibb was the peninsula group’s chairman.

He and former CEO Michael Kennedy had fought off several previous attempts to force the shire into the metro region.

Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group recently announced more organic waste would be diverted from landfill with the approval of a new organics processing facility in the southeast that would take up to 120,000 tonnes of green waste. “EPA Victoria recently granted a works approval to Sacyr Industrial for the construction of a new, fully enclosed, in-vessel aerobic composting and maturation facility in Dandenong South to process organic waste collected from kerbsides in eight council areas in the southeast of Melbourne,� the group stated. “Sacyr is one of three companies developing organics processing facilities in the southeast as part of the Metropolitan Organics Strategy to increase the recovery, processing and beneficial use of organic waste (garden and food) collected by metropolitan councils for the next 15 years.�

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Way cleared to open ‘landlocked’ block THE Barkers Rd closure saga may have come to an end but such is the nature of epic tales that it may well have a stanza or two to run.

The story so far: a vacant block at 2 Barkers Rd, Main Ridge, was bought by Antoinette Noronho for $425,000 at a mortgagee’s auction in early 2013 after the previous owner had failed to get permission for an access road to his “landlocked�

16-hectare property. Previous sale price: nearly $1 million.

Ms Noronho seeks access to her land via a track through a Parks Victoria reserve, the Main Ridge Nature Conservation Reserve, which abounds, according to 12 neighbourhood objectors, with flora including “a rare native orchid�.

But access she will get, since all landowners have a legal right to this, which was made clear at

the 9 June council meeting.

The access road sought will do far less damage than a possible alternative, which would require expensive roadworks that would destroy a fern gully down the slope of Manton Creek, the meeting was told.

The nature reserve will gain about 5700 square metres as a result of closing Barkers Rd. The reserve will gain a further 7000 square metres of land from Ms Noronho. She will pay for the new compacted crushed rock access road along a sixmetre wide road reserve. The unused section will be left to return to its natural state.

The motion, moved Cr Wood, seconded Cr Fraser, was carried. Like all good sagas, we can await a strange or unusual twist in the tale.

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Farewell to an entertainer A VOICE and stage presence that has long delighted residents of nursing homes and retirement villages was farewelled on Friday 29 May at the funeral Theodora Katherine Mary Wiese.

Thea, as she was known, moved to Hastings to live with family members about 12 years ago following the death of her husband, Graham. She was 82 when she died on 22 May after a battle with cancer.

Her lifelong interest was in the performing arts and, blessed with a good singing voice, she soon established a wide circle of friends in the community.

She attended the Uniting Church and, as a member of the Happy Hour Singers, would often dress for the occasion and, armed with appropriate "props", entertain from her repertoire of old favourites. The group performs regularly at nursing homes and retirement villages.

Thea was also heavily involved in Legacy; she was treasurer of the Hastings branch and convenor for the Mornington Peninsula Legacy group.

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Thea's funeral was held at Hastings Uniting Church on Friday 29 May and was conducted by the Rev Fiona Morrison.

It was largely attended by her family and wide circle of friends who remember her loving and caring nature, theatrical capabilities and impeccable style.

Thea is survived by her sons Ashley and Stafford, daughters-in-law Erin and Maree, and grandchildren Timothy, Madeleine and Laura.

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Thief targets garage sale A HASTINGS woman was overjoyed on Saturday morning to see the initial turn up of potential buyers to her garage sale. But she was less than impressed when the first thing to “go” was her bag of petty cash and car keys.

She turned her back for less than one minute to adjust a table and the bag containing $50 in change and keys were gone.

“I just want other people to be aware of what can happen,” the woman said. There were cars parked on both sides of the street and there was a rush of people coming in. One woman told me she had seen a man walking back down the drive to his car.

“I was robbed and everyone was shocked. But I did meet some lovely people.”

OPPONENTS of the RACV’s proposed $135 million resort at Cape Schanck are using image warfare and the internet to win converts and keep pressure on decision-makers.

The latest tactic is an internet survey that allows comments both for and against the controversial development that will rise five storeys – almost 30 metres – and accommodate 650 conference delegates, up from the existing 250 limit.

A pamphlet promoting the six-question survey includes an arresting image of the proposed resort dwarfing Cape Schanck’s iconic lighthouse.

The new anti-resort push comes as the issue gained complexity following an abandoned meeting of Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors last month. Councillors had been set to approve the resort mid-May but got cold feet over potential conflict of interest as most of the 11 councillors are members of the RACV (“Conflict call puts brakes on resort”, The News, 26/5/15).

The shire asked Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins to rule on the potential conflict and The News understands a report was due on 5 June but a decision had not been made by last Friday.

The resort application was on the council agenda of 22 June but was withdrawn and is likely to be debated at a council meeting in July, assuming the conflict matter is resolved.

Objectors have been lobbying Nepean state MP Martin Dixon, who last month was critical of councillors for

baulking at voting on the resort, and also criticised the council for dumping its planning committee in favour of bringing important planning matters to full council meetings.

“The nonsense at council over the past few weeks is only helping them avoid their responsibility to vote,” he told one objector.

“I will be finalising my letter to both the Planning Minister and the Local Government Minister ... to express my deep concern at what can only be described as ‘amateur hour’ by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.”

The News understands that Mr Dixon, under pressure from objectors, suggested to the RACV that it lower the resort by setting about 3.5 metres into the ground but this was rejected.

Objectors also have lobbied the state Opposition’s planning and local government spokesman David Davis, who has been showing an increased interest in peninsula affairs in recent months.

Ian Renwick of Friends of Cape Schanck, one of several groups in a loose alliance opposing the project, said Mornington Peninsula Shire had asked the RACV to “erect height poles to provide residents and councillors with a clear indication of the scale of the proposed building to assist in their planning approval process” but the RACV said this was too complicated.

“The RACV and its consultants Tract tried to show the height with blue party balloons one midweek afternoon but couldn’t get them high enough due to the wind,” he said.

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“So we were left to think of other ways to try and comprehend what the RACV has planned, and came up with the photo montage. The lighthouse is 21 metres high compared to the proposed redevelopment at 31 metres.”

Objectors have taken to calling the proposed resort the “mothership” or “Ayers Rock”, and it is the bulk of the building that has upset many people. Many locals supported the concept initially but then saw plans for the huge building and changed their minds.

Mr Renwick said the top of the proposed resort would be 45 metres higher than the lighthouse,

and would be seen from far out to sea. “Perhaps the RACV’s resorts at Torquay and Cape Schanck can signal each other,” he said with tongue in cheek.

He said some objectors were concerned the RACV would repeat the tactics used at Torquay where the organisation won council approval for four storeys but then went to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in 2010 and won approval for a fifth storey, taking the building on golf club land from 16 to 19.6 metres high. At Cape Schanck, the RACV is allowed to erect a 160-room resort but has said it will build a 120room complex.

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Western Port’s ‘ex-parrot’ hit by disease Rare bird: One of the orange-bellied parrots in the captive breeding program at Moonlit Sanctuary in Pearcedale.

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Mike Hast mike@mpnews.com.au THE orange-bellied parrot wild population has been hit by a disease that can kill young birds or adults with weak immune systems.

Two-thirds of 30 birds born in the wild last summer in Tasmania have been diagnosed with common beak and feather disease, also known as Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease.

This is the parrot that once graced the saltmarsh shores of Western Port and became famous as a political football when its endangered status was blamed for delaying a wind farm in Gippsland in 2006 and the proposed marina expansion at Yaringa boat harbour near Somerville in 2012.

The OBP is of only three parrot species worldwide that migrates.

They spend their winters in Victoria and South Australia before flying to Melaleuca in Tasmania’s remote southwest wilderness to breed.

The disease, called bird AIDS by some reseachers, causes beaks and feathers to become malformed.

Birds end up with shortened, stubby feathers so can’t fly, and malformed beaks so they can’t eat properly.

ABC radio reported last week: “A deadly disease is infecting the nestling population of one of the world’s most critically endangered birds – the orange-bellied parrot.

Nineteen of the estimated 30 birds that were born in Tasmania last summer tested have positive to beak and feather disease.�

It’s thought that there are fewer than 50 birds in the wild but a captive breeding program started about 30 years ago means there are about 320 birds in special facilities at Healesville Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo, a state government centre near Hobart, Halls Gap, a private centre in the ACT, and Moonlit Sanctuary in Pearcedale, where the birds are kept just 500 metres from saltmarsh on the edge of Western Port where they used to live in the wild. The first Moonlit birds were released into the wild in Tasmania last year.

The parrot has not been seen in the wild at Western Port since 1987. This prompted now environment minister Greg Hunt to exclaim in early 2012 when asked about the parrot delaying the Yaringa marina expansion: “There is no parrot, there hasn’t been a parrot for five years, for 10 years, for 15, for 20, or even for a quarter of a century. “It is ludicrous that a major project, which will create hundreds of local jobs, has been put on hold because one day an orange-bellied parrot

may decide to fly over the area, even though they have not been seen in this location for a quarter of a century.�

Mr Hunt’s outburst reminded many people of Monty Python’s famous and hilarious “Dead Parrot Sketch�.

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shuffled off ’is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EXPARROT! Environment minister Hunt has ordered his Threatened Species Commissioner Gregory Andrews to prepare an “urgent strategic response� to deal with the disease.

Mr Andrews reportedly said the wild population was infected despite the best efforts of the Tasmanian government, wildlife managers and volunteer groups. “It’s a risk for the parrot because of [its] very low numbers, but also because the parrot is dependent on human management, feed tables, captive breeding programs, and that puts it at greater risk,� he said.

Mr Andrews said the captive breeding population had not been

affected by the outbreak.

He told the ABC that “the bird has had very low reproductive success for many years, and beak and feather disease could be one of the causes of that low reproductive success. So there is actually ... a silver lining in every cloud, and with this advice, we now have greater clarity on why the birds’ reproduction rate has been so low�. “We have some of the best scientists in Australia, and as part of the urgent strategic response that minister Hunt’s asked me to initiate, I’ll be talking to the National Environmental Science Program leaders, which is a $30 million investment program for threatened species’ science. I’ll also be talking to BirdLife Australia, the department, my advisers, and the Tasmanian government so that we can design the best approach to tackling this problem.�

Michael Johnson of Moonlit Sanctuary, which has had an OBP breeding program for two seasons, said birds with strong immune systems were able to shrug off the disease. “Numbers are better than a few years ago when it was thought that only 36 wild birds remained,� he said. “Two years ago there were 50 and last year 70.�

He said the parrots’ winter range was between Inverloch and the Coorong in South Australia.

Moonlit has five aviaries for its OBPs, which cost about $12,000 and were paid for by a philanthropic grant.

It is hoping to build 10 more and eventually have 30. “We had six chicks fledge [fly] in season 2014-15 with one of our females producing five of the six chicks,� he said.

The sanctuary on Tyabb-Tooradin Rd looks after six rare species. It is becoming increasingly popular with overseas visitors to Melbourne. ď Ž The Yaringa marina project is before an independent planning panel, which is holding a hearing in Hastings this month. The first four days were last week at Hastings Community Hub (9-12 June) with three days on 22-24 June. The panel will prepare a report for the state planning minister.

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Groups share grants TWENTY-SEVEN community groups will share in $110,000 under Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 2015 Placemaking Grants Program. The grants range from $5000 to $2000.

Recipients include Western Port Chamber of Commerce and Industry which has received $4500 for eight pop-up garden patches on castors maintained by local businesses.

The boxes form pop-up barriers around the town and will be judged on the appearance and maintenance of each box, with winners rewarded and the last-placed box handed to another business. “This collaboration between the traders and the community will build a sense of connection to the township while enhancing and developing new skills,� organisers said.

Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management, will receive $4500 to pay for one of four fitness stations along the Dromana Foreshore bay trail, from the service station corner down to the Boat Hire Shed near Anthony’s Nose.

It is hoped the fitness stations will attract residents to the foreshore.

Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group, Mt Martha, will receive $4555 to renovate the rotunda at the former camping ground at Balcombe Estuary.

Mounted graffiti-proof panels will feature flora, fauna and water themes.

Artwork by children from four primary schools will be produced under the direction of a professional artist.

Music on mount SAVE Our Seat is holding “Wonga Weekend� in the lower level of Arthurs Hotel on Arthurs Seat 10am5pm on Saturday and Sunday 27 and 28 June.

Organisers call it a celebration at Arthurs Seat with “art, music, talk, Devonshire tea and a few bubbles� to raise funds for the group’s ongoing opposition to the proposed $18 million gondola. The event is named after the wonga pigeon that once nested on the summit.

Co-organiser Kylie Greer said there would be music sessions, artists painting their versions of the Seat, kids’ painting sessions and Devonshire tea. “On Saturday at 5pm we present Tendrils (Charlie Owen and Joel Silbersher), solo singer-songwriter Alexandra Pye, and the Originals singing country rock ’n’ roll,� she said. This session costs $25 but the rest of the weekend is free. Sunday free sessions include singer-songwriter David O’Connell, and a talk by peninsula flora expert Gidja Walker at 3pm.

Volunteers wanting to help run the event can call 0423 225 182, saveourseat.org, facebook/saveourseat.com or email info@brightspace.com.au

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Line to change lives Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au THE Labor state government’s pre-election pledge to remove 11 Frankston line level crossings will transform suburbs along the rail line.

Many commuters and road users understand the separation of road and rail at crossings will ultimately reduce travel times but the look and feel of the suburbs around train stations will also be changed.

RMIT University lecturer on urban design Ian Woodcock says suburbs will be radically transformed after grade separations at rail and road intersections are complete. “It leaves a very long legacy ... the suburbs are going to look a lot different than what they do now.�

The office of the Victorian Government Architect released a two-page report last year, entitled Level Crossings Removals: Lessons Learned, which noted such projects should be “viewed as a catalyst for urban renewal� and planning should “establish a vision for the site that is broader than improving transport efficiency�.

Mr Woodcock believes elevated rail lines are a better option than a “road over rail� solution since the former effectively frees up land under the railway tracks for other uses. “You can use the land for all kinds of stuff. You can create open public land there,� Mr Woodcock said. “You can put shops around the station area and integrate it better with the neighbourhood. There’s potentially a huge public benefit with elevated rail at the right locations.�

The office of the Victorian Government Architect takes the opposite view. Its report, lodged as part of a Victorian Design Review Panel series, stated “lowering a section of the rail corridor under an atgrade road is the most supportable solution in most circumstances�.

The Level Crossings Removals: Lessons Learned report found an elevated road of rail structure is “of-

ten a cheaper solution� but “will have a significant physical presence and impact on a place�.

Mr Woodcock said the digging of trenches to lower railway tracks disrupts habitats and can cause problems with waterways. “I don’t think construction costs are really the issue. What everyone should be arguing for is the best overall outcome for all concerned.�

A triple social, economic and environmental costbenefit analysis would show “it is better overall�, according to Mr Woodcock.

The RMIT lecturer says elevated rail may not be possible at all level crossing sites.

Last month the Andrews government awarded the contract to remove the first three level crossings along the Frankston line – at Bentleigh, Ormond and McKinnon – and a spokesperson for Transport Minister Jacinta Allan said the rail line will be lowered at all three sites.

Train stations will be rebuilt to give pedestrian access down to the platforms.

The type of level crossing removal at the other eight Frankston line sites have not yet been decided. “The best way to remove a level crossing depends on a number of factors including the geography of the local area, surrounding infrastructure, and the needs of the local community,� the spokesperson said. “We will work closely with the residents, businesses and construction contractors to determine the best way to remove these level crossings and make these communities safe, less congested and better places to live and work.�

The state government has promised to remove 50 level crossings across Victoria’s rail network within eight years with 20 to be gone within four years.

The eleven Frankston line crossings to be removed are: North Rd (Ormond), Balcombe Rd (Mentone), Centre Rd (Bentleigh), Charman Rd (Cheltenham), Edithvale Rd (Edithvale), Eel Race Rd (Carrum), McKinnon Rd (McKinnon), Seaford Rd (Seaford), Skye Rd (Frankston), Station St (Bonbeach), Station St (Carrum).

Treasure hunt: A full scale replica of the projectile fired by gunners from Pt Nepean intrigues Mornington Peninsula Justices Association chairman Graham Unwin, Southern Ocean Exploration’s Mark Ryan and Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices director Ben Loois. It was made by Mt Eliza Secondary College student Josh Daly.

Confident of finding lost shot ment has allowed the exploration company use of a Royal Navy magnetometer - specialist sonar equipment – said to be capable of “finding a .22 shell buried deep in sand�.

Mr Ryan admitted finding a six-inch shell inside the deep and fast-flowing Rip would be a “difficult mission�. “Our group of divers believe it is there and will make every endeavour to find it,� he said. “It can be found.�

Mr Ryan said Southern Ocean Exploration was not a treasure hunting group. “Our main aim is to find ship wrecks, photograph them and submit reports to Heritage Victoria,� he said. “We were much encouraged by [former Premier] Ted Baillieu in 2013 to search for the long shot.�

PROJECT Longshot is a most timely event in the centenary of Anzac. So says Mark Ryan, of Southern Ocean Exploration, who addressed the Mornington Peninsula Justices’ Association last week.

He described the circumstances surrounding the firing of the first British Empire shot in World War I – and the modern-day efforts of his volunteer divers to find the relic.

Records show that war had been declared for only a matter of hours when gunners at Fort Nepean were ordered to “stop or sink� the German freighter SS Pfalz as it steamed for the Heads and open sea on 5 August 1914.

Their "heave to" shot across the bow forced the ship to return to Portsea and internment for the duration of the war.

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Trivia night to raise funds for fire fighters ON Saturday June 27, The Heritage Balnarring will be holding a trivia night with all proceeds going to the local CFA. Gail Loveridge, owner of The Heritage Tavern was inspired to run the trivia night in honor of our local fire fighters for their tireless work.

“When the bush fires threatened Bittern and Crib Point earlier this year, I am sure we all thought of our volunteers who stepped up to fight this fight,” said Gail. “It was a time when you wished you could do something to help and knowing you had neither the skillset nor expertise to face those flames. Many locals

sheltered at the Heritage to see if their property would survive. I have decided to run a Trivia night on Saturday 27th June with all proceeds going to our local CFA. If you can help us make this night a success I would be very grateful.

Perhaps you would like to come along, perhaps a donation of goods to be used for raffles and prizes. Our fire fighters all donate their time, often their own machinery and selflessly go out and face that danger.”

To find out more about the trivia night, and how you can help out, phone The Heritage Tavern on 5983 2597.

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Pizzeria Restaurant and Wine Bar • Best Pizza in Victoria 2010, 2011, 2014

Simple Italian fare at Ciao Bella CLAUDIO and Marisa opened Ciao Bella in 2008, and since then since then it has taken off in leaps and bounds, becoming a popular restaurant for locals and visitors alike.

“Our focus is on simple Italian food, in a warm, cosy environment with a strong belief in local produce and our own kitchen garden,” says Claudio. “Our wood fired pizza are crisp and full of fresh local ingredients.”

In winter the Ciao Bella kitchen produces

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hearty meals like porchetta (roast pork ), Osso Buco and black squid ink risotto.

While in Summer, enjoy the beautiful outdoor deck where you can share an antipasto pizza and a glass of vino while the kids play in the garden.

The Ciao Bella wine list specialises in Italian aperitivi, local and Italian wines.

Ciao Bella is at 2998 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring.

Phone 5931 3098.

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BAKEHOUSE bakery & cafe

Bank celebrates birthday BALNARRING & District Community Bank Branch turned seven this month and Branch Manager, Jason Symonds, said the locally owned and operated branch has grown from strength to strength.

“Thanks to wonderful community support and the hard work of our staff and directors, we have built the business steadily since it was established,” Jason said.

“With over 2,000 customers and more than $120 million in banking business, our Community Bank has obviously been welcomed by many locals and our birthday was a great opportunity to reflect on all that we have achieved for the community.”

Jason said that residents, traders and community organisations have all seen the benefits of banking locally as Balnarring & District Community Bank Branch delivers all the products and services they need, from loans, credit cards and insurance to business banking, financial planning and much more.

“But there is one key difference that makes us bigger – our branch invests its profits back into the community to support local projects and initiatives, because we think banking is about more than just money. We’re about the good that money can bring and the difference that a bank can make.”

Since opening in 2008, Balnarring & District Community Bank Branch has returned in excess of $400,000 to community groups and to shareholders, strengthening the economy and the community.

“As our profitability continues to grow, so too will our ability to invest profits into much-needed community projects throughout our district from Somers to Flinders and across to Red Hill South,” said Jason.

“Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend we were thrilled to sponsor two exciting and long-standing events – the 48th Flinders Art Show and the Gala 10th Anniversary of St Johns Anglican Church Flinders Recitals.”

“We are able to support hard-working groups such as these because local people invest in our Community Bank®, so we encourage those who are not banking with us already to join us and be part of something bigger,” Jason said.

Freshly baked bread, homemade pastries, full sandwich bar, coffee, cakes and slices.

Hours Monday - Friday 6am till 5pm Saturday - Sunday 6.30am till 3pm Shop 9 & 10 Balnarring Village, 3050 Frankston - Flinders Road, Balnarring. Phone: 5983 1494

Photos: • Flinders Art Show Emerging Young Artist winner Kerrie O’James with Community Bank® director Andrew Thomas • St Johns Recital guitar maestros Slava & Leonard Grigoryan with Community Bank® Chair Heather Goddard

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Bittern CFA – new ipads for vehicles

Proud to support our local CFA volunteers.

At Balnarring & District Community Bank® Branch we recognise that local clubs, projects and community groups are an important part of the community.

That’s why we show our support in many different ways – like supporting our local CFA volunteers who work with our communities to keep us safe from fire and other emergencies.

We are incredibly proud of the work CFA volunteers do to protect us and on behalf of our communities we would like to say ‘thank you’ to the many dedicated people who are members of the five local brigades with which we have a very special relationship.

We think that Bendigo Bank can only be successful if our customers and our communities are successful. So just by banking g with us, you’re automatically part off something bigger.

Thank you to our CFA members

Somers CFA – gas ‘flare-off’

Drop into your nearest branch at 3050 Frankston Flinders Road, Balnarring or phone 5983 5543 to find out more.

Balnarring CFA – Family Fun Day

Flinders CFA – Mothers’ Day Classic walk

Shoreham CFA – new station

Balnarring & District Community Bank® Branch

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LETTERS Change for better The mayor, Cr Bev Colomb, Cr Hugh Fraser and other councillors who voted to support the “streamlining and regularising” of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s planning processes are to be congratulated.

The mayor’s comment (“Council scraps planning group” The News, 2/6/15) supported by Cr Hugh Fraser’s letter (“Council changes”) in the same edition indicates that planning matters which were previously considered by council at a special committee meeting will now be dealt with at full council meetings, which are generally more widely attended by the public.

The new process should improve rather than diminish transparency, scrutiny and consistency. There is no change in the ability of developers and objectors to present their case before the council. The only difference being that those applications which were previously heard by the council in committee will now be heard at council meetings.

The new process does not alter the state government’s mandatory requirement that planning applications be exhibited for 14 days and planning amendments for at least one month.

Under the new streamlined process and procedures any councillor can more quickly call in a planning application and, rather than being considered by the officers, it will be considered by the full council. In the opinion of the Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ & Residents’ Association this change makes it less likely that an individual councillor will be able to influence a planning decision.

It is pleasing to see that the council is moving into the 21st century. We are encouraged by recent comments by the new CEO and are hopeful that under his leadership and with support from many of the good employees who we have encountered at the shire that it will become more open and transparent.

Alan Nelsen, president Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ & Residents’ Association

Doing their best It was with dismay that so many readers saw the article “Claws bared over cattery” (The News 2/6/15) about the recent council meeting and the attack on the Mornington animal shelter.

At last we have an animal shelter which we can all take pride in. It could serve as a role model for so many others. The staff are caring, compassionate and knowledgeable.

The animals are treated with love and respect. The re-homing rates are growing due to the enormous effort of staff and rescue groups.

Why then are a few people complaining? Do these people have expe-

rience and a background in this area?

Are they contributing positively to the future of our shelter and the animals?

I think not; they have their own agenda.

Let us all work towards a good outcome for these little ones.

We can start with pushing for public awareness of the necessity of desexing pets. No more backyard breeders, no more 'just letting the cat/dog just have one litter so that the kids can experience it' or because they think it is good for their pet.

Make people aware of the consequences of their actions. Make people responsible for their actions.

Perhaps the paper might like to make a difference by helping to promote the re-homing work done by the pound and the rescue groups.

Karen Willeard, Mt Martha

Pet problems Statistics for pets adopted from the Shire Community Animal Shelter are not good (“Claws bared over Cattery”, The News 2/6/15). According to the April monthly report to the community, only five pets were directly adopted from the shelter.

If it were not for staff and volunteers directly liaising with pet rescue groups and vets, the kill rate for unclaimed pets would be closer to 100 per cent.

A horrifying fact.

Animals at the shelter are not being adopted because prices for adult pets are much higher than other shelters.

The first step in direct adoptions is to lower prices and advertise these.

The funds are there to have a full time, qualified, onsite hands on kennel supervisor. This supervisor would be used to recruit, train and oversee volunteers, implement and advertise direct adoptions and deal with problems that arise from the daily routine of caring for the animals. This would allow the staff to do their jobs without interruption.

Clare Smith [shire environment protection and community safety manager] is wrong about [the shire] having “recently allocated” $250,000 to build the new cattery. This was allocated in last year’s budget.

So far, all we have from the architects are concept drawings, in short, only an artist’s impression that takes only a few hours to draft.

Volunteers working full time at the shelter are a valuable resource. Thank you to the shire CEO Carl Cowie and the mayor Bev Colomb for meeting with the barred volunteers to try to resolve this situation.

The longer this goes on, the more volunteers we lose. This is costing the shire and ratepayers money and extra care for the pets at the shelter.

Doris Campbell, member Morninton Peninsula Ratepayers’ & Residents’ Association

Value experience Per Carlson states: “My experience has shown the resident minority groups are dominated by retirees with time to kill” (“Silent challenge”, Letters, The News 2/6/15). While I might agree with a few points made in his letter, I would draw attention to what I see as the reality of the situation regarding “minority” resident groups.

Firstly, those who wish to control others often endeavour to keep them so busy that they have no time for (or are prevented from) reflecting on and considering the bigger picture (can’t see the forest for the trees), so the silent majority focus on more immediate personal issues with no spare time to participate in resident groups.

Retirees, on the other hand, have lived a life within that realm, amassing much knowledge, experience and wisdom. In retirement one has time to reflect on the past and more fully consider the bigger picture.

To denigrate or belittle such elders, as appears to be the intention of the quote, demonstrates a poor understanding of the valuable role in our society’s elders or “retirees with time to kill” play.

Gary Naughton, Sorrento

Available data Recently Mornington Peninsula Shire Council voted to spend $50,000 to obtain a report that examined a range of issues associated with the provision of a warm water pool at the Colchester Rd, Rosebud, swimming centre.

While the intended outcome may be an admirable, it is quite absurd to pay a consultant to prepare a report that will be based on information and data that it already knows (or should know) or is freely available to it.

Would not shire officers just refer to section 189 of the Local Government Act to ascertain how it may form a partnership with the private sector?

Should the shire not know what are “best practices” in Local government procurement, given that it does it every day?

Could shire officers not speak with Sport and Recreation Victoria directly regarding its Better Pools funding program as a possible source of funds?

Does the shire not have internal expertise in respect of sustainable energy, in particular the potential of geothermal techniques for the warm water pool?

Given the vast amounts of costly reports that the shire procured as part of the SPA project, surely a review of these documents would provide it with relevant information about what’s necessary for a warm water pool?

Would not shire officers speaking directly with the owner operator of the Colchester Rd pool be the most expeditious way for the shire to determine

what infrastructure improvements are needed at the facility?

It is all well and good building something, but where is the analysis that clearly demonstrates the demand for a warm water pool? Notwithstanding, if the $50,000 earmarked for the report was actually spent on providing the facilities that were supported by the analysis and recommendation of shire officers, rather than giving more money to a group of consultants (from which a recommendation for capital expenditure would no doubt ensue), there probably would not be too many complaints from the local community.

Shire CEO Carl Cowie sure has his work cut out for him in the real world education of not only his staff, but also our elected councillors.

Ian Bennett, Fingal

Learn tip lessons On 2 June, I was among residents who attended a “Have your say” meeting to comment on Mornington Peninsula Shire’s new draft strategy on waste disposal and resource recovery.

We listened in horror as Rye tip neighbours described the stench, invading litter and pet dogs kept indoors so as to not eat the rubbish dropped by scavenging birds.

Why is the shire so adamant on keeping waste on the peninsula by extending Rye tip? Taking it to a nearby established landfill is best practice, is favoured by state government policy and will cost us peanuts.

I recall when the shire earmarked the old Pioneer quarry in Dromana as our next tip. Despite the stupidity of dumping rubbish next to Arthurs Seat State Park, we were told it was the only viable option – what a crock that turned out to be. That the Ross Trust’s commercial interests took precedence over the wellbeing of our environment, community, reputation and businesses was scandalous.

So why in this latest waste strategy report would the shire again consider Dromana for a “rubbish bulk haul facility”, a site for compacting rubbish for haulage to landfill? (“Quarry waste target again”, The News, 9/6/15.)

That Dromana is “centrally” located is a nonsense – the bulk haul facility won’t be available for residents to bring their trailers. Sure it needs to be accessible for the kerbside rubbish trucks and the outgoing haulage trucks, but mostly it needs to be well away from residences, high season traffic and our state or national parks.

Take heed from those who’ve endured the repugnance of Rye tip. Putrescible rubbish does not belong near residences in the Dromana industrial estate, and it certainly does not belong at the old Pioneer quarry site next to our treasured state park (speaking of which, why are we still waiting for its

long overdue rehabilitation?)

We have plenty of space on the peninsula. Other municipalities would envy the relatively easy task faced by our council – shut the Rye tip and build a bulk haul facility with state-of-the-art resource recovery well away from towns. One could throw a dart on a map and come up with any number of smarter bulk haul sites than those currently on offer.

Mary Karamitsios, Dromana

Recycle, rename The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s waste and resource recovery draft report and newspaper articles mention the Rye Resource and Recovery Centre. Last year, prior to the report being written, l was asked by a council officer as to which groups in Rye should they consult regarding contributing to the draft report. I advised her that there very well may be Rye people who would be interested in being consulted but, as the centre is in Fingal, the residents who actually live adjacent to it - Tootgarook, Boneo and West Rosebud - might be more interested and should be consulted.

I can understand how The News repeated the myth that the tip is in Rye, but why the council persists in saying that its resource and recovery centre is at 280 Truemans Rd, Rye, is a mystery to me, when no such address exists on the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning’s website, Melway’s website, Google Maps website and my satnav. Even a 2002 Melway I found in my garage clearly shows the resource and recovery centre is in Fingal, so I believe it well and truly time that it is renamed.

Locals all know where it is, but to visitors it must be very confusing.

David Trunfull, Rye

Time to stop When will these short-sighted attacks on our natural environment stop? Is it so hard for our elected representatives to understand that a great many thinking people on the Mornington Peninsula and in Victoria are not happy with seeing their green spaces put under ever more pressure?

We thought that the Hillcrest Quarry debate was finally settled and our waterways and aquifers where safe from a polluting tip. And the Port of Hastings debate should be once and for all closed by the state government coming out and saying it will not proceed with the destructive proposal of turning Western Port into a mega port.

It does not matter if it is a bulk material or a container port; the destruction of these precious world heritage wetlands is un-acceptable.

Increased shipping and dredging would be a backwards step for the green and clean image of our Bay. Rupert Steiner, Balnarring

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BITTERN 75 Hendersons Road

Surrounded by quality homes, adjacent to small acreage properties and located in the leafy area of Bittern, but still within a short stroll to the Bittern Fields Village, bus and train services as well as the local primary school and kindergarten. A rare opportunity presents itself to build your dream home on approximately 700m2 allotment (22.5m depth x 31.08m width.) All services are provided.

Quality units within a well-built and well-designed complex, complete with ducted heating, double garage and landscaping to the front and rear of the property, plus s/steel appliances and LCD down lights throughout. Finished with fly screens, letterbox and clothes line.

9 units SOLD, only 6 left!

PRICE VIEW AGENT

$265,000 By appointment Wilma Green 0407 833 996

CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT 5979 3555

COUNTRY COTTAGE

Set on approx. 864m2, this home offers galley kitchen adjoining a lounge & meals area with a lovely brick feature wall and Coonara wood heater. Extra features include air conditioning and BIR’s. Surrounded by secure fencing, there is a single carport at rear and double garage with power on a concrete slab.

Ideal family home featuring two separate living areas, bright kitchen and dining room, three bedrooms with BIR’s and main bedroom with WIR & FES. Other features include ducted heating, double garage, and from the dining room you step out to an outdoor entertaining area and large yard for the kids to enjoy.

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From $360,000 Saturday 2:00-2:30pm Wilma Green 0407 833 996

CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT 5979 3555

BITTERN 1/35 Sudholz Street This lovely unit comprises 3 bedrooms with built in robes, bathroom with access from master bedroom, separate laundry, kitchen with gas stove top and electric oven, tiled dining area, large lounge and double garage. Front position allows private access with front yard as well as a private rear courtyard.

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BITTERN 52 Bittern Boulevard

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BITTERN 14 Park Street

BITTERN 11 Buckley Street

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TYABB 12 Thornells Road Renovated 3BR + study farm cottage on approx 14.5 acres (5.87ha) on two titles with extensive horticultural infrastructure, 350m² steel factory with adjacent 50m² annex, and 45m² free standing office plus additional shedding with mains water, clear water bore and large permanent dam to 3 paddocks and surrounding household garden.

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CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT 5979 3555

TYABB

PRIVATE, SPACIOUS AND IMMACULATE

$299,000 plus

R E D UN E R OFF days in 11

$395,000 plus

SUITED FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS, FAMILIES AND INVESTORS! •3 Bedrooms with built in robes, master with walk in robe and ensuite •Spacious living and dining areas, kitchen with plenty of bench and cupboard space •Huge outdoor undercover entertaining area •Ducted heating •Double remote garage with internal access

•2 bedrooms with built in robes •Spacious open plan living and dining •Well equipped kitchen with plenty of bench & cupboard space •Dual-entry bathroom •Private rear courtyard and single garage •4,500Lt water tank and garden shed

BITTERN

HASTINGS

$440,000 plus

HASTINGS

$280,000 plus

QUIET LEAFY BITTERN - CLOSING DATE SALE (IF NOT SOLD PRIOR) 28TH OF JUNE @ 5:30PM

3 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM - CENTRALLY LOCATED - INCREDIBLE VALUE!

•3 bedrooms with built in robes, master with walk in robe and dual-entry bathroom •Separate living and dining area •Fully renovated kitchen with ILVE oven •Self contained 2 room bungalow (perfect for teenagers) •Double garage with large adjoining tool shed •1290sqm (approx) with crossover off Park St, possibility of subdivision (stca)

•3 bedrooms including main with ensuite and walk in robe •Combined lounge and dining area •Kitchen with plenty of cupboard/bench space •Central family bathroom •Single carport and enclosed front yard •Situated on 335sqm approx

TYABB

$850,000 plus

HASTINGS

$285,000 plus

CENTRAL LIFESTYLE FAMILY LIVING ON 2 ACRES!

PLENTY OF PRIVACY AND EXTRAS

• 4 Bedrooms all with air-conditioning, main bedroom with WIR & FES • Formal and informal living plus dining area and spacious kitchen with s/steel appliances •Ducted heating and vacuum systems •Outdoor entertainment area with in-ground pool and spa •Double garage plus plenty of open parking space •Fenced grounds with mature trees, paved driveway, 7 taps for the gardens, and a chicken coop

• 3 bedrooms with built in robes • Renovated galley style kitchen with premium Caesar stone bench tops and Àltered drinking water tap • Spacious living area with polished boards, gas heating and evaporative cooling • Updated family bathroom • Expansive outdoor enclosed entertaining area - potbelly heater would be the cherry on top!

• Single garage with garden shed at rear and double carport with electric gates

HASTINGS

RENTAL PROPERTIES

$260,000 plus

30 Campbell Street, CRIB POINT $330 per week - Available Now 3/3 Victoria Street, HASTINGS $330 per week - Available Now 6/37 Lorimer Street, CRIB POINT $320 per week - Available Now GREAT BLOCK TO BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME •North facing block in sought after location, close to parks and playgrounds.

•Surrounded by stylish, contemporary homes •750sqm block presents the opportunity to build your dream!

39 Church Street, HASTINGS $270 per week - Available 22/6/15 8 Pelican Place, HASTINGS $350 per week - Available 15/7/15

Property Management: Dayle Wilcox Ph 0421 473 135 Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd. 1/109 High Street Hastings, VIC 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

Sales: Sean Crimmins Ph 0411 734 814 Property Management Team: Ph 0421 473 135

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Central Home or Ivestment with Development Potential Located in general residential zone 1 with a generous land size of 882m2 (approx) this is a rare opportunity to secure a property that is an ideal budget pleasing home or investment property with the scope to subdivide and develop (S.T.C.A). The home itself features 3 bedrooms, a practical kitchen with meals area and open living room with gas heating and is currently tenanted on a periodic basis returning $300 per week. Outside there is a double carport, double garage/workshop at the rear of the property and a solar heated swimming pool. Positioned only meters from High Street and a short walk to the growing town centre of Hastings and public transport this is an affordable opportunity not to be missed.

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BALNARRING 15 Bittern Dromana Road

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This modest home is located on a fantastic block of 996m2 (approx) in a quiet residential zon that will suit the Àrst home buyer, investor or anyone looking for a foothold in the Crib Point property market. The home itself is well presented and features: - 3 bedrooms with new carpet and built in robes - Bathroom plus separate toilet and laundry - Gas heater in the lounge room - Kitchen with gas upright cooker - Single carport - Rear covered pergola and garden shed.

For Sale: $910,000 Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm

AUCTION Saturday 27th June at 1.00pm Inspect: Wednesday 4.30 -5.00pm and Saturday1.00 -1.30pm

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A peaceful 2.2 acres of land with a federation-style home boasting ornate cornice and ceiling roses, quality carpets, polished Áoorboards and tiles to the bathroom, laundry and kitchen. There are four bedrooms, including the main bedroom with walk-through robe to an ensuite, a central bathroom plus separate powder room. The central kitchen has Tasmanian Blackwood cabinetry, stone benchtops plus a 900mm free standing cooker and dishwasher.There is an adjacent dining room and a choice of two living areas - one with an open Àre place and the other has a free standing Coonara. Through the French doors is an expansive deck surrounding a swimming pool, there are several sheds with power and a large Americanstyle barn.

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Colonial Homestead

Behind The Double Gates

Set on a large 1000m2 block, this 4 bedroom home has been renovated from top to bottom. Re-located and clad with original clinker bricks and complemented by timber decks to all four sides of the home, there is a wide tiled entry and lovely high ceilings with plenty of natural light throughout the interior.

With three living areas, there is a timber kitchen with lots of bench space and stainless-steel appliances include a gas cooktop, wall oven and a dishwasher. All four bedrooms have built-in robes and there are two bathrooms.Tastefully renovated with neutral tones, there are also new carpets, down lights, ducted heating and a HRV heating system.With an open canvas there is plenty of space to build a shed, carport or garage out the back.

This is a solid family home that will not last on the market, make your move today.

If you are looking for privacy this rendered and renovated home has had the full makeover, from freshly painted ceilings and walls, to a new modern kitchen, hotel style bathroom with walk in shower, 2 good size bedrooms plus a study.

This house has had new carpets installed plus ducted heating for winter comfort. Outside, a full length covered entertainment area has an open Àre at one end and a barbecue area at the other, however the extras don’t stop there as there is a selfcontained Áat with kitchen, lounge, bedroom,bathroom and laundry.There is also a large double Colorbond shed with a rear roller door which has lane access. Don’t miss your chance to secure this home.

R E D UN RACT T N O C For Sale: $520,000

Inspect: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm For Sale: $375,000

TYABB 1/1529 Frankston-Flinders Road Forthcoming Auction Vacant Retail Shop In Tyabb

HASTINGS 63 High Street Best Location In Town

HASTINGS 170 Marine Parade Development Site - Industrial 3 zoning

Available for the Àrst time in decades, this high exposure property is available for lease from 7th June onwards. Situated on the corner of High and Victoria Streets, corner sites like this are always in high demand. The premises has two levels, totalling 447m2.The ground Áoor is approx 361m2 with multiple ofÀce space etc and the upstairs area is approx 86m2 with bathrooms, and plant and equipment storage space. Includes 4 car parks.

Double frontage block with high trafÀc exposure from Marine Parade and access off Lyall Street. Block size is approx 1578m2 with Industrial 3 zoning making it suitable for factories or for a storage yard and any other light industrial use.

Price negotiable dependant on terms

For Lease: Price On Application

For Sale: $330,000 negotiable

Positioned along the busy Frankston-Flinders Road is the last available shop in a block of 4. All others now sold. Tyabb is a tightly held area with limited expansion opporunities, it is not often you have the opporunity to buy here. Internal size is approx 85m2 with multiple ofÀces, a waiting area and a staff kitchen with bathroom. Ideal use for a solicitor, builders ofÀces, real estate agency, insurance broker or any other ofÀce use. Zoning will allow for further possibilities such as retail or food. Carpeted throughout with tiled kitchen + split system aircon inside. Rear parking with a dedicated car space + public parking lot.

For Sale: Forthcoming Auction N NATIO AL TALL ST ON FIR

CYNTHIA DOBBIN Phone: 0438 773 627

NIGEL EVANS Phone: 0439 540 055

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MARKET PLACE

First Class Living With Brilliant Views Address: Price: Agency: Agent:

63 Ponyara Road, MOUNT MARTHA $1,075,000 plus Bowman and Company, 168 Main Street, Mornington, 5975 6888 Robert Bowman, 0417 173 103 or Alex Campbell, 0432 344 394

Enjoy spectacular bay views from this elevated contemporary five-bedroom threebathroom plus a study residence positioned opposite Seaside Creek Bushland Reserve.

Entertain in the elegant reception rooms with a gas fireplace for ambience and enjoy pre-dinner drinks on the sandstone balcony with the beautiful bay as a backdrop. An entertainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen adjoins a casual meals area and family room each extending outdoors to a wrap-around deck set beneath a pergola with retractable blinds and gas plumbed BBQ. Upstairs a rumpus room, four fitted bedrooms and study, include two with en suite access, to a family bathroom with spa. The master bedroom enjoys a deep seaviewing balcony positioned to capture spectacular sunsets, an en suite and walk-in robe.

Exceptional appointments include a double remote garage with internal access, additional off-street parking, excellent storage, zoned air conditioning and heating, alarm system, ducted vacuum and water tank.

168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931 T. 03 5975 6888 For Lease

Safety Beach

For Lease

Mornington

168 Clipper Quay, Safety Beach

14 Moomba Street, Mornington

Immaculate, furnished, contemporary two story home with the finest of furnishings. 4 bedrooms + study, plenty of living spaces inc family room upstairs and alfresco. Designer kitchen, huge master suite master suite.

Landscaped gardens and double lock up garage with internal access.

Available Now

3 bedroom character bungalow, walking distance to Main Street. Featuring living, dining/ kitchen space and large sunroom, floorboards throughout, ducted heating, gas heater, split system air con, gas cooktop, dishwasher, double lock up garage and private gardens. PET FRIENDLY (On application) Available Now

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For Lease Rent $420 per week Contact Caitlin Brown 0408 546 132 bowmanandcompany.com.au

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Mornington

41 Helm Avenue, Safety Beach

5 Meribah Close, Mornington

Stunning two storey new residence, 3 bedrooms plus study, located in the picturesque Martha Cove. A spacious and light open plan kitchen and living area flows to a timber deck with views to the Martha Cove Marina. Ducted heating and cooling, everything has been thought of here!

Available Now

Plenty of room to spread out in this roomy and private 3 bedroom home. Great floor plan, large living area at the front with gas heater, a huge family, dining and kitchen space, 3 good sized bedrooms and big yard. Polished floorboards and ducted heating throughout.

DLUG. Walk to Bentons Square, public transport and schools.

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For Lease Rent $420 per week Contact Kym Colliver 0408 666 763 bowmanandcompany.com.au

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168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931 T. 03 5975 6888 Auction

Mount Martha Auction this Saturday

6 Clearwater Close, Mount Martha

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An Oasis Of Excellence This spectacular 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom plus a study residence draws its inspiration from its scene stealing surroundings with breathtaking views across lush bush land to the bay. Natural textures establish the context of the home from a glassframed boardwalk entrance to Spotted gum floorboards & extensive limestone features. The open-plan living area flows out to a peaked entertaining deck with brilliant views; while the stone kitchen is state-of-the-art. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a family room & a 2nd outdoor area overlooking a 12 meter lap pool. The luxurious master ensuite bedroom frames the bay while the 5th ensuite bedroom adjoins a wet bar & gym. Features a massive workshop & double remote garage.

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Saturday 20th June at 11.00am Saturday from 10.30am Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Rachel Crook 0419 300 515 bowmanandcompany.com.au Auction Inspect Contact

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Auction

Auction this Saturday

For Lease

11 Swansea Grove, Mornington

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Grab Yourself A Great Beachside Buy Snap up the chance to secure yourself a well-maintained single-level residence on a great block in a coveted location close to the beach, walking tracks and Main Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cafes and shops. An equally appealing opportunity for owner-occupiers or investors, this bright and welcoming three-bedroom home is the perfect foot in the door of a Mornington lifestyle. A living room framed by glass opens to a deck and front garden perfect for summer enjoyment; while an air conditioned dining room adjoins an efficient kitchen. Step out to the large rear garden with ample room for the kids to play alongside a shed and single garage. This is an affordable chance to create your perfect seaside lifestyle.

Saturday 20th June at 1.00pm Saturday from 12.30pm Alex Campbell 0432 344 394 Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 bowmanandcompany.com.au Auction Inspect Contact

Mornington

Auction

For Lease

1/45 Carnoustie Grove, Mornington Boutique Beachside Living Designer living comes to the fore with this luxurious three bedroom, 2.5 bathroom plus a study residence in a first class setting close to the Esplanade, Fossil Beach, cafes and transport. The boutique nature of this residence is highlighted from start to finish from the sleek contemporary facades to the emphasis on indoor-outdoor living and consideration for ease of living and comfort throughout the seasons. Offering in excess of 25 squares of living space, expansive alfresco entertaining, two living areas, ground-floor main bedroom with en suite and WIR and the very best finishes.

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Harcourts Hastings 10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Hastings 14 Sunset Rise

Harcourts SINCE 1888

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This well presented contemporary family home located in a peaceful cul-de-sac would suit a bustling family or savvy investor. Comprising of 3 large bedrooms and study, generous living space, an open plan living and dining area, separate lounge and rumpus room, ducted heating, air con, spacious bright kitchen with dishwasher, oven and gas appliances, large backyard, outdoor undercover entertaining area and DLUG. This lovely home has the space for entertaining and is only minutes away from Hastings village, public transport, Hastings foreshore and local schools.

For Sale View Open

Negotiable over $390,000 www.harcourts.com.au Saturday 11.00 - 11.30am

Claudia Ruhland 0416 176 410 E Claudia.ruhland@harcourts.com.au

Hastings 1/62 Victoria St Front Unit with a Huge Court Yard!

Here lie’s a great opportunity to secure one of Hastings finest unit’s only minutes stroll to all the High St has to offer. With open living, updated kitchen and a huge wrap around courtyard/garden makes this low maintenance gem well suited to all investors, downsizers, first home buyers and anyone after that ideal pad to call home. Comprising: 2 bedrooms, central bathroom, open plan kitchen, meals and lounge, separate laundry, rear sun room, single car garage, undercover entertaining and large garden. Close to High St, shops, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, schools, the foreshore reserve and minutes drive to freeway access and the Mornington Peninsula’s leading beaches.

AUCTION Saturday 4th July at 12.00pm View www.harcourts.com.au Open Saturday 11.00 – 11.30am Tim Ripper 0434 513 640 E tim.ripper@harcourts.com.au

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Harcourts

10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

SINCE 1888

Tyabb 8 Londres Way

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Great Location in Quiet Cul-de-Sac The property is just a stroll to all the amenities Tyabb can offer such as schools, shops, public transport and train station. The home features 3 bedrooms, the master bedroom includes a full Ensuite and Walk in Robe, with 2 other sizable bedrooms one with built in robes. The home also features a Garage and workshop of some 57 sq meters (approx) Ideal for Tradesman or Home handyman. The modern kitchen offers high quality appliances, including dishwasher, with plenty of bench and cupboard space and generous pantry, leading on to an open plan meals area and spacious formal lounge room. Leading off the open plan living area is a private outdoor entertaining and barbeque area.

The property also offers a generous family bathroom & spacious laundry. The home features solar power, ducted heating and reverse cycle air conditioning. Moving outdoors to the rear is a landscaped garden with private deck area. The property would suit a range of purchases including first home buyers, those wanting to down size and a great opportunity for the property investor.

AUCTION Saturday 20th June at 12.00pm View www.harcourts.com.au Open Wednesday 5.30-6.00pm & Saturday 12.00-12.30pm Phil Bravo 0417 381 212 E phil.bravo@harcourts.com.au

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Harcourts Hastings 10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Tyabb 38 Boes Rd

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10 Superior Elevated Acres With Great Views A rare opportunity only minutes from major shopping centres, some of the best Schools on the Peninsula, Beaches, Public Transport and more. This Residence is situated at the end of a long tree lined driveway. Set in a peaceful secluded garden is this unique Barn House featuring a huge open plan living area, which includes a large quality kitchen and family meals area and a generous lounge/entertainment area with a cosy wood fire and enough space for the pool table. The home features 4 generous double bedrooms 2 ensuites plus family bathroom. There is also a private office to make work at home easy. Outside youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discover an undercover bbq and entertainment area. Off the family room is a sheltered pool area and kabana to relax away those summer days. The farm yard comprises an abundance of outdoor buildings including a workshop, garage and a double carport with attached bungalow. There are a 8 paddocks some with animal shelters suitable for a variety of livestock. At the front of the property is a large dam with the water being reticulated to all of the paddocks. This one is not to be missed!

AUCTION Saturday 4th July at 12.00pm View www.harcourts.com.au Open Saturday 2.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2.30pm Phil Bravo 0417 381 212 E phil.bravo@harcourts.com.au

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10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

SINCE 1888

FOR LEASE

FOR LEASE

Bittern 3 Julia Court

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Rustic Home

This beautiful home is set in a quiet court in Bittern that offers three bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk in robe. The open plan kitchen, meals and living areas are modern and stylish there. A renovated central bathroom and separate laundry combine with a superb outdoor undercover entertaining area and a great yard for the kids.

Located in a quiet street with established trees is this three bedroom home, two with built in robes, family bathroom, formal lounge with open fire place, separate dining/family area and kitchen with electric appliances.

Outside comprises of carport and good sized rear yard with small shed and cubby house.

For Lease $395 per week Inspect

By Appointment

For Lease $255 per week Inspect By Appointment

Hastings Office 5970 7333

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Hastings Office 5970 7333

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FOR LEASE

Hastings 7 Kurrajong Street

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Three Bedrooms Plus Study!

This charming three bedroom home is just a short stroll to shops and transport and features 3BR’s with BIR’s, hardwood polished floor boards, light neutral tones, kitchen/ meals area, neat bathroom and separate toilet. Outside is a secure back yard with plenty of space, single carport and lock up shed. Great value for money

Three bedroom plus study home - main with FES & WIR, large kitchen facing dining area, there is a home office and separate lounge room plus GDH and double garage with rear roller door through to the enormous undercover entertaining area.

For Lease $265 per week Inspect

By Appointment

For Lease $380 per week Inspect

By Appointment

Hastings Office 5970 7333

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Jade Loizzo PROPERTY MANAGER 5970 7333

Hastings Office 5970 7333

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Jess Rollins RENTAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER 0433 215 257

Georgia Irving ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER 5970 7333

When it comes to managing your property, we have an unwavering commitment to place the best tenants into your number one asset. For outstanding service, knowledge and a property management experience that exceeds your expectations, talk to us. Contact Jess, Jade or Georgia for any property management needs, to them it’s not just a job it’s a passion.

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(03) 5979 8003 btre.com.au $890,000 - $940,000

BITTERN

Offers over $799,000

BITTERN

NEW I L STING

2 CEDAR ROSE TERRACE - INSPECT SAT 2.00-2.30PM

4 WELLINGTON ROAD - INSPECT SAT 12.00-12.30PM

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

PICTURE PERFECT ON 4 ACRES

Brick and cedar home set on approx. 2 acres, perfect for a family seeking a tree change in one of Westernport’s best locations. With glorious views of Western Port Bay, this beautiful 2 storey home offers 3BR’s - main with WIR & FES, separate study, family room with Jetmaster Àreplace, family area adjoining the timber kitchen with dishwasher, heating and cooling, storage space under the stairs, ducted vacuum system, double garage and three-bay barn.

$355,000

BITTERN

Ideal for a young family looking for a tree change, this weatherboard home offers 3BR’s – FES & WIR to main bedroom, separate study, open-plan kitchen and dining area with wood heating and 3 air-conditioning units.

Parents retreat with open Àre and large rumpus room for the kids and great for entertaining where you walk out to the IG pool, topped up with tank or bore water. Also outside is a 40m x 16m workshop with phone line & power which will accomodate up to 6 vehicles. There are 6 paddocks in total with good fencing for horses.

$440,000 - $460,000

HASTINGS

NEW I L STING

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

PERFECT FIRST HOME OR INVESTMENT This brick home would make a great starter for someone looking to enter the market. Solid as a rock, neat and tidy, this property is on a 732sqm block with 3 bedrooms - main with WIR & FES, central kitchen, dining and living areas, gas wall furnace and air-conditioning. Outdoors is a water tank and a concrete drive leading up to a double garage. Close to school, transport and shops, this well-priced property has good bones and with little work could be turned into a modern delight.

On a corner location along a no through road, this charming weatherboard home offers three bedrooms including main with WIR & FES, two living areas with Áoating timber Áoors and comforts such as GDH and airconditioning. The spacious kitchen has a dishwasher and from the adjoining dining area you step out to an under cover entertainment patio overlooking the native gardens. Externally there is a double garage and access through to the back for a caravan or boat.

Shop 1/34 High Street, Hastings, HASTINGS

$470,000 - $495,000 HASTINGS

Offers over $365,000

SOLD

$305,000 BALNARRING Sat 27th June at 1.30pm

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ALL YOU COULD WANT

IN THE HEART OF TOWN

WHEN POSITION AND PRICE COUNT

BAY GLIMPSES WITH BUDGET PRICE TAG

Measuring approx. 24 + squares, this home is perfect for a family with its generous, spacious Áoor-plan and 4BR’s all with BIR’s. Main bedroom has WIR & FES, there is a separatetheatre room and an open-plan kitchen and dining area includes a family room . The kitchen has a gas cooktop, electric oven and a dishwasher. Outside is side access for a trailer, and a double garage under the roof line. The undercover entertainment area includes a decked spa overlooking the spacious block.

This home offers low-maintenance gardens on a 578sqm block along with a great Áoor-plan boasting 4BR’s including main with WIR & FES. The front entrance adjoins the lounge area which Áows through to an open plan kitchen, dining and second living area. The kitchen has pantry, electric wall oven and gas cook-top plus dishwasher. There is GDH throughout and a wood-Àre.

Outside is a double garage with roller door accessing the backyard.

This modern 2BR unit is set in a complex of only 3 and has no Owners Corporation fees. The open plan interior features a spacious kitchen with s/steel appliances including dishwasher, and a large dining and living area. Two bedrooms include main bedroom with WIR and dual-entry to the bathroom. Other features include Áoating Áoors throughout, r/cycle heating & cooling, plenty of storage, private courtyard and single garage with internal access. About 5 years old, this property has been well-maintained.

This single story elevated home offers sea glimpses and is set on a 900sqm + block (approx.). The spacious Áoor plan has 3BR’s, 2bathrooms, kitchen with electric appliances and an adjoining dining area. The large living area has bay glimpses, with decking at the front and rear of the home. At the rear of the property is a garage and a large yard for the kids to play. There is plenty of storage under the house and a single carport for car accommodation. Bring your imagination and tools and take advantage of this brilliant location.

BITTERN

$465,000 - $495,000 HASTINGS

Offers over $265,000 HASTINGS

$299,000

BITTERN

$165,000 - $185,000

77 HENDERSONS ROAD - INSPECT SAT 11-11.30AM

2/10 RANKIN ROAD - INSPECT SAT 10.30-11AM

FABULOUS FAMILY HOME

TRANSPORT, SHOPS & SCHOOLS

SIMPLY THE BEST

GREAT BLOCK IN DESIRABLE LOCATION

This unit is in the heart of the town and is immaculate throughout. Currently tenanted this fabulous front unit offers; 2 bedrooms with built in robes, kitchen with electric upright oven and dishwasher. Both bedrooms offer built in robes and a spacious lounge has air condition, gas heating and an adjoining dining area.

Throughout this unit is new carpet and the laundry and bathroom are immaculate. Outdoors is a generous yard for a unit and single car garage.

One of just four on the block, this spacious unit has a kitchen with dining area and separate living area. There is electric and gas cooking with reverse cycle heating and cooling throughout. Both bedrooms have built-in robes, the main has dual-entry access to the bathroom, and the interior has been painted throughout and has had new carpet installed. Outside there is a neat backyard and a single garage. Located adjacent to primary school and transport, this unit is a solid earner as an investment property.

Build your new home on this 525sq.m. block in a desirable location of Bittern. Land these days is hard to come by and does not sit around for long. The building area of the block is approx 21.34 mts wide and approx 17.63mts long. All services will be available by settlement.

This 3BR plus study home boasts an intelligent Áoor plan with main bedroom featuring WIR & FES, formal lounge with gas Àreplace, marble benctops to bathrooms, open plan kitchen & dining area – kitchen has large walk in pantry, adjoining family room, separate laundry, GDH, double garage under roof line, entertainment area, workshop tor ear of block and water tanks for the garden. Only 18 months old, still in near-new condition this home is on a 700sqm (approx.) block.

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Charles in charge Address: Price: Agency: Agent:

66 Charles Street, DROMANA $650,000 plus Roger McMillan Real Estate, 211b Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5981 8181 Peter Bennett, 0418 366 310

NEAT as a pin, this quality home is in as-new condition, perfect for buyers seeking a low-maintenance property within walking distance to the beach and shops. From the formal entrance, there is a separate lounge room, and the main bedroom with walkin robe and ensuite is across the hall. A tiled hallway leads up to the main open plan zone incorporating space for dining and a modern kitchen that features a wall-oven and dishwasher. There is access through to the laundry and the double garage from here.

Opening from the dining area is a pleasant alfresco courtyard and a nice grassed area for pets and children that is privately set behind a tall hedge. Two more bedrooms with built-in robes share the main bathroom, with other features including central heating, a ducted vacuum system and drive through access to the rear of the block from the double garage.

HASTINGS 25 Michelle Drive

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An outstanding opportunity exists for the Ă&#x17E;rst home owner and investors wishing to take advantage with this extremely affordable colonial style 3 bedroom brick veneer home, perfectly positioned in a quiet no through cul de-sac in a well desired family location.

Easily within walking distance to schools, day care centres, parks, and most importantly vibrant shopping precinct and public transport.

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Saturday 20th June 11.00-11.30am $335,000 - $355,000 Leigh Donovan 0418 106 309 / ldonovan@hockingstuart.com.au James Arnold 0403 883 322 / jarnold@hockingstuart.com.au

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This single story elevated home is a ripper property, in an affordable price bracket and offering sea glimpses. The block measures over 900sqm and offers a spacious Ă oor plan with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with electric appliances and an adjoining dining area. The large living area, located at the front of the home has bay glimpses.

There is decking to the front and rear, with the front deck a great place to watch the rolling waves. At the rear of the property is a garage and a large yard for the kids to play. There is plenty of storage under the house and a single carport. You may wish to add a second story (STCA) or just live in as is whilst deciding what to do. Bring your imagination and tools and take advantage of this brilliant opportunity to add your personal touch and make this home your own.

At BTRE, we were very proud to put the UNDER CONTRACT sticker on this piece of prime commercial real estate.

BTRE worked persistently to achieve great results with the sale of this property.

Please contact Wendy Tallon on 0419 135 836 for all commercial property sales and leasing enquiries.

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Satchwells

HASTINGS 1/97 High Street BALNARRING 14 Balnarring Village

5979 1888 5983 5509

Real Estate

local agents with local knowledge for over 55 years $312,000

LI NE ST W IN G

“VICTORIA HEIGHTS”

A chance for close connections, wit this 2 bedroom unit set within 50 metres of Kmart and Woolworths.

Featuring open plan living, built in robes to bedrooms, family bathroom, separate toilet and lock up garage.

With quality Àxtures and Àttings throughout stainless steel appliances, gas cooking, quality carpets, Áoating Áoor boards, heating & cooling and landscaped gardens. Being in such a prime location and at a great price this unit will not last long

CRIB POINT

$315,000 COUNTRY COTTAGE

SA VEN YS D O SE R LL

HASTINGS

Tucked away in a beautifully treed quiet court location, this 3 bedroom home in excellent condition. Freshly painted throughout, the home features large lounge with outlook to garden, kitchen with dishwasher and adjoining meals area, central bathroom with seperate w/c plus all bedrooms with built in robes. Great storage/parking facilities with single carport, single garage with power, shed & undercover parking, suit small boat or caravan, paved low maintenance rear yard.

R E D N U OFFER

Don McKenzie 0419 955 177 Hastings OfÀce - 5979 1888

14 Victoria Street - Inspect Sat 12.30-1.00pm

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$410,000

Sid Ferguson 0418 321 963 Hastings OfÀce - 5979 1888

CRIB POINT

OFFERS OVER $410,000

Price reduced to attract holiday-home buyers, investors, Àrst home owners as well as potential retirees.

It has proximity to beaches, wineries, bike paths and other leisure pursuits as well as the primary school.

Or if you’re thinking of downsizing, but not ready for a retirement village, this is the perfect option.This free-standing unit allows you to live in the centre of Balnarring within walking distance of the shops and medical facilities. With 3 bedrooms and 2 living areas plus a generous back yard there is ample space for living and gardening, whilst the front yard gives plenty of separation from the rest of the complex. Great views of gardens and trees from every room.

GREAT LOCATION - GREAT OPPORTUNITY LI NE ST W IN G

LI NE ST W IN G

MORE LIKE A HOME THAN A UNIT

A magniÀcent home featuring 3 bedrooms with study and open plan kitchen and dining area. Classic timber Áoors, a stylish kitchen with gas and electric cooking and Caesar stone benches greet you on entry to this stylish home.The kitchen opens on to a living/dining room creating a large space great for family entertaining. The master bedroom is spacious in size and has built in robes, bedrooms 2 & 3 also with built in robes.

Additional features are modern and impressive bathroom, gas ducted heating, and evaporative cooling.This magniÀcent setting is on approx. 750sqm with remote timber gates at entrance, a private entertainment area, a 2000 litre water tank and a double garage.

Murray Hill 0419 375 373 Balnarring OfÀce - 5983 5509

OFFERS OVER $360,000

LO PR C IM AT E IO N

NEW UNIT CLOSE TO TOWN

This single level, 3 bedroom unit is just one minute walk to heart of town with all the facilities that’s available.This lovely light and airy property comprises a large living area, good quality kitchen with stainless steel appliances including dishwasher, all bedrooms have built-in robes and main bedroom has ensuite bathroom. main bathroom, separate laundry and double garage with remote.The living area opens onto a lovely courtyard and delightful low maintenance garden. Currently tenanted at $325pw.

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Don McKenzie 0419 955 177 Hastings OfÀce - 5979 1888

Don McKenzie 0419 955 177 Hastings OfÀce - 5979 1888

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HASTINGS

$318,000

This outstanding equestrian property ( 8.39Ha 21Ac) is an attractive, gently rising allotment that has been extensively improved. The property includes a substantial 4BR homestead with wide verandahs, 10 paddocks all with post & rail fencing, troughs, loose boxes and electric fencing, 60 x 20 metre sand arena, large dam, stable complex with hot and cold wash, 20m round yard, outside wash and stalls, machinery shed with studio and 120,000L water storage.

HASTINGS

$385,000

100 METRES TO TOWN

QUALITY AND STYLE

If location & lifestyle is what you’re looking for this elegant 2 bedroom unit ticks all the boxes, literally a 2 minute walk to the heart of town.

The kitchen includes good quality appliances, carpet & tiles throughout, separate meals area, evaporative cooling, gas heating, dual-entryu bathroom from main bedroom, and a separate lounge complete the package inside. Outside features an undercover paved outdoor entertaining area and a remote controlled garage.

This unit is in a prime location and would suit retiree/ investor.

Expression of interest are required in these two double storey townhouses ready for completion June - July. The inclusions consist of tin roof with Colorbond gutters & down pipes, brick and rendered plaster board construction, aluminum glazed windows, 6 star energy rating, quality kitchen with s/steel appliances, two bathrooms, open plan living with heating & cooling and quality carpets, tiling to entry foyer, kitchen and all other wet areas, paved area accessed from dining and lounge rooms, single garage with internal access, water tanks plumbed to grey water and security lighting. Measuring approx 18sq.

(Final product may have slight variations)

6/73 Victoria Street - Inspect Sat 1.30-2.00pm

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Cranbourne road fatal accident Compiled by Melissa Walsh

MISS Nellie Jolly, of Frankston, is at present on a holiday in Brisbane, Queensland. *** TRADESMEN are reminded that it is necessary to renew their tobacco licenses on or before 1st July next, thus avoiding trouble. *** MR S. S. Price, dentist, will be in attendance at weekend at Garroods’ Prince of Wales Hotel of June 27th, and July 11th and 25th. *** A meeting of ladies and committee of Frankston Football Club will meet in the Mechanics’ Institute, on Monday evening, for the purpose of taking steps to get up a concert to clear off the debt at present existing on the club. *** THE following names were inadvertently omitted in our last issue as having been collected by means of the monthly collecting cards in aid of the Belgian fund:—Connie Mason 10s 6d, Louie Coxell 3s. *** MR L. Wilding, who is well known on the Peninsula, and has carried on the business of an estate agent, has been accepted as a volunteer for the front, and has received instructions to report himself at Broadmeadows in about ten days. *** THE annual meeting of the Frankston Tennis Club will be held in the

Mechanics’ Institute, on Saturday evening next, at 8 o’clock, when members and intending members will be made welcome. The business will be election of officers and routine. *** THE members of the Frankston Progress Association would be pleased to see a large number of willing hands to assist in clearing the rubbish from the reserve in front of the tennis court on Wednesday and Saturday afternoon next. Rakes spades and axes will be needed. *** MESSRS Alex Scott and Co will hold an unreserved clearing and property sale at Shoreham on Friday next, by order of the executrix of the late Mr John J. Smidt. The property consists of Crown allots in parish of Flinders and a township block in Flinders.

The stock, implements and furniture will also he sold. Full particulars are advertised in another column. *** THE drawing for the Eiderdown Quilt given by business people of Frankston, in aid of the distressed Belgians took place in the Mechanics’ Hall on Saturday evening under the supervision of a committee of Ladies.

The winning ticket (No 1023) was held by Mrs Acland, of Camberwell road, Auburn. Nearly 3000 tickets were disposed of at one penny each which speaks well for the energy shown by the hon. secretary (Mr M. Brody) and his assistants.

The fund will benefit to the extent of £10 by the effort. The following is

a statement of the receipts and expenditure. —Receipts—Sale of tickets. £12, money collected, 30s; total £13 10. Expenditure—Printing tickets £2; cost of quilt 30s, credit balance £10, total £13 10s. *** A fatal accident occurred on Monday evening on the Cranbourne road, the victim being a farmer, named Patrick Lyons, 52 years of age, residing at Pearcedale.

It appears that the deceased, in company with his son, aged about 14 years, and a man named H Smith were returning from the Cranbourne Market half past five in the evening, when about 4 miles on the journey, Lyons sat on a bag of chaff, and jolting of the cart cause, him to fall out over the back.

The son tried to assist his father, but the latter told him to let him alone and take the horse and cart home, and when he felt better he would come after him. This the lad did, and the following morning the dead body of Lyons was found by a young man named Savage.

The body was conveyed to Frankston, where a post-mortem examination was held by Dr Maxwell, who found that the deceased had met his death by falling in an alcoholic coma. The coroner communicated with but he did not consider that an inquiry was necessary and the body was buried in Cranbourne Cemetery on Thursday afternoon. *** FRANKSTON Red Cross Society.

A public meeting, convened by Mr Brody, was held in the Mechanics’ Hall, Frankston, on Thursday evening, June 17th. There was a large attendance, and Dr Maxwell was voted to the chair.

Mr Brody explained his object in calling the meeting was to start a properly organised local committee to raise funds for Red Cross work.

A letter to Mrs Deane, from Mr Walter C. Towns, official organiser, Federal Government House, Melbourne, of Australian Branch of the Red Cross Society, was read by Rev Kitchen.

It was decided to form a branch to be known as the Frankston Red Cross Society, the Committee of management to consist of 7 ladies.

The following names were nominated —Mesdames Kitchen, Jackson, Max- well, O’Grady, H. McComb, Deane, and Miss Watson.

The committee are to meet, by kind invitation, at the Vicarage, at 3 p.m, on Saturday, June 19th, to elect officers, collectors and workers.

Rev Kitchen, on behalf of St Paul’s Club, promised an entertainment in about 4 weeks, and Mr Brody to arrange an entertainment at an early date.

Miss Minnie Frost proposed to form a Girls’ Club, to work for the Frankston Red Cross Branch.

Mesdames Maxwell, Walsh, Connell, Deane, and O’Grady promised use of room and sewing machines.

The first meeting will be held at Mrs Deane’s residence, on Tuesday

evening, June 22nd, at 8 o’clock, to form their own committee. *** ST Paul’s Club socials are becoming quite popular judging by the attendance at the last two which have been held. On Tuesday night last, the hall was well filled by an expectant audience who, as time went on, got more than they expected.

The commotion caused by some at the rear of the hall was disgusting to say the least of it ,and its hoped steps will be taken to have such offensive behavior checked in future.

Under the circumstances, the dialogues were thoroughly successful.

The stage which was arranged with excellent tastes, was divided into two compartments, on representing a breakfast room and the other a garden.

At the concert Mr. W. Cal who was in splendid voice, sang ‘My little home in the West’ and was loudly applauded. *** THE monthly meeting of the Frankston Progress Association was held on Wednesday evening in the Mechanics’ Institute, the following members being present:—Dr Maxwell (in the chair), Rev. G. A. Kitchen, Messrs McComb, Hay, Oates, Richardson, Wheeler, Young, Dalman, Bonner and W. Gregory (hon. sec). The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 19 June, 1915

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A Grain of Salt As a kid I didn’t mind the odd funeral; meet all the rellies, go to the pub with the men, a lemonade and raspberry, back to Auntie’s house for delicious food. It didn’t hit me till mum died when I was 30, yet after the sadness, shock, loss, I vaguely knew it wasn’t going to happen to me, on the ridiculous assumption older people would precede me.

People didn’t like to talk about the dreaded death subject, superstition equal almost to the sex taboo. Yet it’s always there, a subconscious, no escape, by the scruff of the neck clause which nothing can assuage.

Eventually I accepted the inevitable on the understanding “so long as I avoid pain”. It doesn’t quite work that way. Life goes on, all appears to be well and good again, and yet when it comes, again, we are so often caught unawares, unprepared, despair, confusion. An uncle joked at countless funerals “I’ll be next” and he was right, at 100.

I recall the Jiving contest I entered years ago. In the city, surrounded by a mix of shady characters and enthusiastic innocents. A big prize and a slinky lowlife character judging, watching, purving, every so often tapping a couple on the back; OUT! A shiver down my spine as the mongrel passed.

A few weeks ago actors/acquaintances Peter Curtain and Terry Gill copped the tap. A fortnight ago theatricals Bobby Hornery and John Pinder; Wayne, who sat at the table next to me at Maggies, Gary from the RSL. I didn’t win of course, more about lasting as long as possible.

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the

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illusion for the moment that we’re not alone” [Orson Welles]. As an older friend advises: “Ever onwards”. Shivers. Bloody Godot! *** Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones) and Pamela Rabe as the Governor (Wentworth).

More nightmares that the witch in The Wizard of Oz. Memories of the schoolyard at Falconer Street Central; keeping clear of female bullies, more frightening than the boys.

Staying with Midsomer Murders. *** A devout Christian a devout Moslem; there’s lots of devouts floating about with their head buried in the Alcoran, the Talmud; various bibles.

Am I devout? Maybe not, but I did go to church Sundays. Mum’s free time? Four kids, 5 long working days a week and father at war.

I found love sitting alongside me in religious instruction, the spark being a female, any female, saying hello.

This devout business is confusing. So many parts of our world in chaos as in the previous 2000 years, killings in the name of religion, albeit including wealth and power.

Treating people how you would expect them to treat you seems to have gone by the wayside.

Mark Twain: “In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue, but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.”

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stricted to eight Melbourne football teams and power hungry politicians who bring in new laws which fail in equity because they hate equality? *** Aside from the continuous silly racism angle (we’re all racist; a question of degree) it comes down to Adam Goodes being a little “over the top” in highlightling matters outside his talented football status.

The Age’s Caroline Wilson called on Hawthorn to implore its fans to stop the booing. The Herald Sun’s Mark Robinson and ABC’s Gerard Whateley huffed and puffed. Eddie McGuire’s slip of the tongue in jest, though bad taste, followed by the “hula hula” (war dance?) seemingly to the Carlton supporters.

Had Adam ignored the 13 year old would this have happened? I don’t deny his right to self expression but wonder if his 2014 award as Australian of the Year, albeit as always a political appointment, wasn’t the best place to have his say.

The booing is from idiots obviously, but the three amigos probably worsened the situation. *** Two years jail for whistleblowers; doctors, teachers on Nauru, and the Border Force Act. Tony’s political agenda: Tough on terrorists, strong on national security and badmouthing all Labor policies equals proven vote winners.

Barnaby Joyce “If you don’t have enough evidence to charge somebody with a crime, how can you have enough evidence to take their citizenship away?” A rare sensible comment from Barnaby.

Tony’s consistent “national conversation we need to have” is only relevant devoid of criticism, as in “you’re either with us or against

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us”. Neo-liberal bordering on fascism, totalitarianism? Not quite, but perhaps closing fast?

Not to worry. Our Billy, apparently happy with metadata retention, asylum seekers action and more soldiers for Iraq and Syria, is on the job. Billy who? (The Libs brutal on Sarah Hanson-Young and Gillian Triggs; super soft on Kathy Jackson; why?).

Must I vote Greens? *** Our man Danny Andrews is on the job. Too many deaths from traffic accidents, a five-year plan, feedback from all angles.

It’s not Danny’s fault he’s never heard of the Mornington Peninsula.

Question: A container port at Hastings Danny? Danny: Where is Hastings exactly? Answer: Western side, Mornington Peninsula, Danny.

Danny: Where is the Mornington Peninsula? *** Same sex marriages?

Whatever...“Have a talk with your pharmacist-use generic alternatives where appropriate” They crack me up....Apparently it’s OK for the Yanks to have military installations anywhere, but not for China in the South China Sea Islands...

Small business grants and 80 per cent approval in the Fairfax-Ipsos poll. Conducted in South Yarra and Sorrento?....Seven pages of Queen’s Birthday honours and still no Cliff Ellen?...“It is not what is transmitted by the words but what is underneath them” [Stanislavsky].... hooroo...cliffie9@bigpond.com www.ello8.com

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scoreboard Hillmen sink to a new low NEPEAN LEAGUE

By Toe Punt RED Hill has dropped to fourth place on the ladder after losing its third game in succession in embarrassing fashion on Saturday.

For the second match in a row, Red Hill failed to score in the second and third quarters after leading at quarter time.

That means that the Hillmen have failed to hit the scoreboard in four of its past six quarters.

Red Hill kicked a goal after the quarter time siren through a ripper from Benny McGuiness on the boundary line to give the visitors a 4.3 (27) to 1.5 (11) lead.

However, the Hillmen didn’t trouble the scorers again for the next 49 minutes, when they scored a rushed behind.

It wasn’t until the 13 and a half minute mark of the last quarter that Red Hill kicked their fifth goal. They kicked two on the trot before Rosebud kicked the last two of the match to win 21.14 (140) to 6.5. (41).

Embarrassing isn’t a term that footballers would like to be labelled after a game of footy. Witches hats would be even more offensive I suspect.

However, that’s the only way to describe the Hillmen’s performance.

They simply gave up half way through the second quarter.

Red Hill gave it their all early in the third quarter too but when Rosebud hit the scoreboard again, down went their heads.

It’s easy to point the finger at the coach after these horrible losses and question their ability to have strategies the stop the onslaught.

However, as Red Hill coach Tony Blackford pointed out, he is almost powerless to respond to pressure.

“I asked for effort. That’s all I wanted from the boys today across four quarters. At quarter time, I couldn’t have been happier with their output,”

Feeling the pinch: Tyabb had a tough day at the office going down to Hastings by a thumping 224 points. Picture: Andrew Hurst

said Blackford.

“However, when the blow torch got turned on them in the second quarter, the effort disappeared. They had no fight in them. You’re right, they just gave up.

“I might be wrong but I think that (effort and desire) comes from the individual, not something the coach can manufacture.

“Rosebud were superb, take nothing away from them. Their hunger and appetite for every contest was first class. We just folded and let them take control,” a shattered Blackford said.

While the big story was Red Hill’s pathetic performance, the positive spin was Rosebud’s absolute domination.

The Buds booted 20.9 to 2.2 after quarter time. Tom Baker booted eight

goals in the final three quarters to again be the dominant player on the ground.

Greg Bentley was magnificent leading out of the attacking 50 and Jason Bristow, Ryan Spooner and Rhys Bancroft smashed the Hillmen through the middle of the ground.

The Rosebud small forwards in Cade Williams (four goals) and Glen Peterson (two goals) were also a nuisance while Keegan Downie was the best player on the ground in the first half and finished with three goals. Off half back, Nick Boswell had his own footy.

The only negative for the Buds was the broken jaw suffered by Rob Forrest late in the second quarter. He was dominating to that point.

A very happy Rosebud coach Nick Jewell said after the game that the

key for his side was pressure.

“When we played Red Hill the first time they had 108 marks. Today they had 44,” said Jewell.

“The key for us was to put pressure on their ball carriers and make it hard for them to kick cleanly.

“We had 60 tackles to their 40-odd, despite winning comfortably, so it showed we still worked hard even when we were in control.

“Adversely, Red Hill had 20 tackles in the first quarter, which is their quota, before having 11, 9 and 9 in the next three quarters.

“That says it all,” Blackford said.

“We chased tail all afternoon but still couldn’t work hard enough to lay tackles. It was very disappointing.”

Despite saying before the game that scrapping is his team’s strategy, the Buds clearly showed they have a sen-

sational ability to attack.

If I was coaching Rosebud and the armoury that they possess, I’d be encouraging them to move the ball quickly like they did against Red Hill. It was the best brand of footy yours truly has seen this season.

Crib Point’s season is officially over after it went down to Devon Meadows 11.14 (80) to 11.10 (76).

The Panthers kicked away in the second quarter and held off a fast finishing Magpies in the last.

Meadows’ coach Glenn Michie led from the front with five goals in a best on ground performance.

Rye maintained its position on top of the ladder with a hard fought 16.18 (114) to 13.8 (86) victory against Dromana.

Dromana led 32 to 16 at quarter time but Rye hit back in the second and were never headed.

Ryan Mullet and Brodie Egan dominated for the Demons while Sammy Guerts and Shaun Clarke were superb for the Tigers.

Sorrento got back on the winners’ list with a 14.15 (99) to 6.7 (43) victory against Pearcedale.

Leigh Poholke booted six to be one of the team’s best while Leigh Treeby dominated. In further good news for the Sharks, Myles Pitt will be back in two weeks, cutting back his overseas trip by six weeks.

Somerville put a couple of horrid weeks off the field behind them with a strong four quarter effort against Frankston Bombers.

The Eagles set up the win with a seven goal to two second quarter.

Scott Simpson booted four goals for the winners while Beau Muston kicked five for the Bombers.

In the final game Luke Clark booted nine goals and Dale Alanis six as Hastings kicking a whopping 38.23.251 to Tyabb’s 4.3.27. Hastings had 16 different goal kickers.

MPNFL apologises to clubs – clubs bite back

By Toe Punt THREE weeks after going into hiding over the bungled Play Points System (PPS), the Mornington Peninsula Football League has finally apologised.

In a statement sent by league CEO Jeff Jones on Saturday afternoon, the league “acknowledge that the ruling made in relation to David Hirst was incorrect and apologise for the mistake that has been made at the MPNFL Administration level with the Player Points System. We further extended our apologies to the player, the clubs and their committees”.

The statement also tried to clarify the ruling that was handed down by the Independent Tribunal.

The statement read: Section 6 (a) Not Applicable Mr Hirst has not remained at his present MPNFL clubs for 2 years. If Mr Hirst plays for Somerville next year, there will be a deduction of 1 point.

Specifically, we reject Somerville’s contention that 2 years is satisfied

by Mr Hirst playing for Somerville in the 2011 and 2014 seasons. If this

interpretation were to be adopted the remained with his present MPNFL club would be redundant.

Section 6(b) Not Applicable as Mr Hirst was first registered for Karingal Section 6 (c) Not Applicable Section 6 (d) Not Applicable (assuming that Mr Hirst was not notified as Somerville Exemption Player for the 2015) Section 6 (e) Not Applicable Section 8 Not Applicable You then can replace the players name and club when accessing this section against other players.

However, despite the apology and explanation, clubs maintain that the ruling was still blatantly wrong.

Rosebud Football Club secretary Anthony Matthews said while he welcomed the statement from the league he and other clubs (Dromana and Red Hill specifically) were still firmly of the view that the MPNFL and the Qualifying Committee have completely misinterpreted the MPNFL Player Points System 2010 (PPS).

“In particular we disagree with the determination that Section 6b of the

PPS does not apply to the example player in question and as a result believe that the example player in question is a 3 point player,” Matthews wrote.

The logic for this is outlined below: For ease of reference Section 6b of the PPS states: A player shall revert to a base player points rating if he returns to the club at which he was first registered as an MPNFL player. The player will return to the appropriate higher premium points level should he transfer to another MPNFL club within a 3 year period.

Taking this into account, the following logic clearly demonstrates that Section 6b is relevant to the example player and therefore results in this player being designated as a 3 point player:  In 2009 he was first registered with Karingal – at that time he was a 1 point player.  In 2011 he was cleared to Somerville – pursuant to Section 5 he became a 3 point player (ie. 1 base point + 2 points for playing 6 senior games at another MPNFL club).

 In 2012 he was cleared to Karingal – pursuant to the first limb of Section 6b he reverted to “… base player points rating if he returns to the club at which he was first registered as an MPNFL player.” and therefore became a 1 point player (ie. he returned to the Karingal which was the MPNFL club at which he was registered).  In 2014 he was cleared to Somerville – pursuant to the second limb of Section 6b he returned “… to the appropriate higher premium points level” because at this time he transferred to another MPNFL club within a 3 year period. Accordingly at this time he became a 3 point player.  As of today he has not completed 2 seasons with Somerville and therefore a 1 point deduction under Section 6ai is not applicable (as agreed by the MPNFL & Qualifying Committee).  As of today he remains a 3 point player.

“I have discussed this logic with Graham Stelling (Dromana) and Chris Rye (Red Hill) and we are all of the same opinion that the example

player in question is a 3 point player,” Matthews said.

“In addition to failing to correctly apply Section 6b of the PPS – and therefore incorrectly determining the points which apply to the player in question – it follows from this that the determination by the MPNFL and Qualifying Committee:  Is completely inconsistent with the approach that we understand Clubs and the MPNFL have applied to date in relation to Section 6 of the Guidelines – from the time of its inception until the recent airing of the issues surrounding the player in question.  Seriously compromises the integrity of the MPNFL competition.

This arises for because Clubs could, by mutual agreement, clear any player that is currently a 2 or 3 point player (by virtue of having attracted premium points from having previously played at another MPNFL Club) to another MPNFL Club, have that clearance approved and then prior to the next game have Continued Next Page

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MPNFL apologises cont. that player cleared back to their Club. In these circumstances, and applying the incorrect logic of the MPNFL and Qualifying Committee, the player/s in question would revert to a base 1 point. I see nothing in the AFL or MPNFL Rules or By-Laws that was prevent Clubs from taking this course of action.

We seek a prompt explanation from the MPNFL – and by not later than midday on Tuesday 16th June – as to whether the combined effect of the first and second limbs of Section 6b of the PPS was specifically taken into account by the MPNFL, Qualifying Committee and MPNFL solicitor in making the determination in relation to the example player in question, and:  If not we request that the Qualifying Committee be re-constituted by no later than Wednesday 17th June to re-consider the allocation of points to the player in question and for the MPNFL to communicate in writing the outcome of that re-consideration – together with a detailed explanation as to the reasons for the determination – to all Nepean & Peninsula League clubs by no later than 4 pm on Thursday 18th June.  If so why, we request that the MPNFL communicate in writing to all Nepean & Peninsula League Clubs by no later than midday on Thursday 18th June the reasons why the MPNFL, Qualifying Committee and MPNFL solicitor determined that the second limb of Section 6b of the PPS did not apply to the player in question.

For absolute clarity I repeat that the pursuit of this issue is entirely driven by a desire to protect the integrity of the MPNFL competition and is in no way intended as an attack on the Somerville Football Netball Club who, there can be no question, have been seriously and inexcusably let down by the MPNFL administration.

There is little question that despite the league communication, this issue will continue for some time to come.

16 in Victoria squads

By Toe Punt THE MPNFL has 16 players who have been invited to train in the Victoria Country One and Two squads.

The following players have been selected in the Initial 39-man Victoria Country Squad to play VAFA: Rob Forrest (Rosebud), Dylan Jones (Bonbeach), Brett O’Hanlon (Edi-Asp), Lachy Wallace (YCW), Warrick Miller (Mornington), Sam Gill (Mt Eliza), Justin Van Unen (Mt Eliza), Guy Hendry (Pines), Luke Potts (Pines).

Van Unen is an interesting one considering he didn’t play in the Championships.

Forrest broke his jaw for Rosebud on Saturday and will not be considered.

The Vic Country No.2 49-man Squad was released with seven Nepean Players - Leigh Poholke, James Hallahan (Sorrento), Adam Kirkwood, Dean Millhouse, Kris Bardon (Rye), Luke Clark (Hastings), Dean Warry (Crib Point).

There were 8 South East (former Casey-Cardinia) Players selected. The squad will be trimmed in the coming weeks. They’ll play in Bendigo also on July 11.

Doggies win a thriller PENINSULA LEAGUE

By Toe Punt LANGWARRIN lost its second game on the trot by less than a kick after it went down to Mornington by one point on Saturday.

Leading by eight points at half time and seven points at three quarter time, the Kangas gave up the lead in the last quarter before regaining it midway through the term.

Both the Dogs and Kangas traded goals at the close of the quarter before Mornington full back Adam Symes was sent forward and became the difference between the sides.

The Dogs won 11.7 (73) to 11.6 (72).

Langwarrin coach Gavin Artico said that Symes took a couple of telling marks and kicked a goal in the last quarter. He said it was definitely one of the key reasons Mornington was able to get the points.

“We gave Symes best on ground for Mornington. He was good in defence and was a key for them in the last when he was moved forward,” Artico said.

“Mornington was also a bit cleaner coming out of the stoppages, which when you boil it down, was the significant difference between the sides.”

Artico said that he couldn’t have been happier with the team’s effort.

“Both sides played some cracking footy and I thought it was a really even contest.

“We lost the game I know and by a point is a bitter pill to swallow but it was much easier to handle knowing we gave it everything.

“At a minimum 95 per cent of the team had an impact on the game. As a coach, you can’t ask for more than that.”

Artico did concede though that the team’s inconsistency had put them in a tough position.

“Other than Mt Eliza, which kicked away from us in junk time, we have been right in games. We had Edithvale covered before we allowed them back in and drew. Last week we had Chelsea where we wanted them before some discipline issues cost us. We had our chances in Saturday’s game.

“We win those three tight ones and we’re in third place and almost assured of a finals place.

“What we do know is that we are right in the mix. We improve our consistency, get the little things right, improve our ability to grasp what we’re trying to do and get our best players on the park and I’m confident we can cause some damage,” Artico said.

Rikki Johnston was Langwarrin’s best player.

He is playing the best football of his career, according to Artico.

“I have had the fortune of watching Rikki for a lot of years now and I have no problems saying he’s in career-best form.

“I also had the privilege of playing alongside one of the best I’ve seen in Brendan Long. I think Rikki has him covered,” Artico said.

Pines took a major step in its development this season, beating the previously undefeated Mt Eliza by seven points.

Pines overcame a 22 point quarter time deficit to boot 13 of the next 18 goals and go in at three

Close call: Pines managed a seven point win over Mount Eliza. Picture: Gary Bradshaw

quarter time with a 20 point break.

Mt Eliza came home hard in the last but the Pythons managed to hang-on to a 17.12 (114) to 15.17 (107) victory.

Pines’ coach Pat Swayne said despite trailing at quarter time and being held goalless, his team did miss three goals from set shots and “were right in the contest”.

“I thought we went toe to toe with them in the first quarter despite being four goals to none,” Swayne said.

“After quarter time, we kicked 17.6 to 11.13, so we were able to turn it around.”

Pines’ ability to win the game despite being two rotations down for most of the second half was a super performance.

“We played Adam Maling on Scott Lockwood and Adam was struggling with an ankle – we just had to keep him out there.

“Corey Ash has been good for us in the backline this year too and he had a bout of gastro. He had it before the game but we played him and really shouldn’t have.

“And Paul McLean-Wilson popped a calf or Achilles, so we didn’t have him either.”

Aaron Edwards played as a high half forward and through the middle and booted five goals. He was the best player on the ground.

Billy Humphries, a gifted teenager and out-

standing junior, didn’t do a pre-season but came into the side and played a midfield role. Billy too was superb.

“We talked about the loss of Jimmy Messina (out for the season with a knee) and how important he is to us and Billy was able to come in and play that role for us. His fitness base is up now and I have no doubt he’ll improve as the season develops,” Swayne said.

Justin Van Unen kicked seven goals for the Redlegs. He has 53 goals from eight games at an average of 6.62 per game.

“He’s like a cat at ground level. I remember Jason ‘Super’ Marsh at Seaford, who, despite being a sensational mark, would recover quicker than any backman at ground level.

“JV is the same – he’s a super player.”

In other games, Chelsea coach Brent Guerra booted seven goals in Chelsea’s 23.18 (156) to 6.6 (42) win against Karingal.

David Bodley and Anthony Bruhn kicked five goals each and Craig Nankervis and Scott Macleod dominated as Frankston YCW belted Bonbeach 21.13 (139) to 4.8 (32).

Edithvale-Aspendale beat Seaford 20.18 (138) to 12.13 (85) with Jarrod Garth booting six goals and Matt Meehan five while Timmy Mannix was at his brilliant best.

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Winless home run continues CRIB POINT FC

By Jared Newton CRIB POINT remains winless on their home deck after a narrow 4 point loss to Devon Meadows on Saturday.

The game ended in nail biting fashion with Crib Point surging late and having a few chances late in the game to pinch the lead but failing to do so before time ran out.

The Pies put in a stuttering performance managing five goals in their first three quarters before piling on six in the final term only to fall short.

Had the Pies got up it probably wouldn’t have been warranted as Devon Meadows were the better side throughout the day and Crib really only played the better football for a 25-minute stretch late in the game.

Despite the disappointing result there were some positive personal performances with Dean Kairies putting in a best afield game across the half back line.

Evergreen Michael Cook also played another ripping game in the backline with Luke Herrington doing what he does each week through the middle.

The reserves for the second game

in a row played a game that was almost a carbon copy of what happened in the seniors with a sub-par performance for three quarters before clicking into gear when the sting went out of game late to go down by 20 points.

After a great win a fortnight earlier, the discipline deserted the reserves with a few of the bad habits creeping back in.

To the side’s credit, they managed to pull themselves out of it and finish strongly but should never have let it get to that in the first place.

Neil Clark was a clear cut best afield clunking mark after mark and in his current form can really solve some of the issues facing the seniors such as having a big marking target in the forward line.

Dan White also played a great game and is really knocking on the door for a senior recall which would be his first since his knee injury several years ago.

The 19s delivered an 84 point win and percentage boost as their confidence continues to build as the season progresses.

The boys have answered nearly all challenges presented to them this year and are getting the results they

thoroughly deserve after sticking fat through a few lean years.

After an up and down first half the boys really clicked into gear with a nine goal to zero second half.

Tyler Wilton has one hand on the goal kicking trophy with a seven goal haul and captain Liam O’Connor was best afield from the middle with a dominant display.

Billy Heritage keeps getting better each week and snagged three goals to give another avenue to goal which provides plenty of headaches for opposing clubs.

The under 19s have really been the pride of the club and been very exciting to watch each week and lead the way in how to go about it. Keep a lid on it though boys, it’s still a long season!

Magpie flies: Under 19s player Nick Rutherford leads the charge against Devon Meadows. Picture: Barb Ross

Hastings largest margin win since 1948 HASTINGS FNC

By Phil Stone, club president SENIORS REPORT OUR focus was to play team first footy. We knew that if we were mentally focused we could maintain our good form. I felt like the boys played to their roles well. I was really happy with our stoppage work. It was good to see us gel well, our delivery to our forwards was outstanding and it was good having 16 goal scorers which is awesome. It was great to get a big win and percentage could be key later in the year. We got hit with a few injuries, so now it is a matter of recovering and focusing on a big game next week. Well done to all the boys. On a side note our club historian has informed the club that Saturday’s score line was the biggest win the club has had 1948 when the score back then was Hastings 39.22 vs Sorrento 4.2 and the great John Coleman kicked 23 goals. What a superstar. Our score line on Saturday was 38.23 vs Tyabb FNC 4.3 with our club having 16 goal-kickers on the day.

RESERVES REPORT We hosted Tyabb at home in a must win game to stay with the top bracket of teams. The boys started at a frantic pace and in perfect conditions Nic Guest kicked a couple of freakish goals early to get off to a great start.

The midfield was well on top to finish off the quarter with a 6 goal lead.

Into the second Benny Schroen broke free with the ball from the centre a couple of times and delivered the ball perfectly into the forward line to Dan Noble and Guest to add a couple of goals each. Guest by halftime had 5 goals to his name in a great first half, Mickey Cave was doing all the hard stuff around the packs with some great tackles, the boys finished off with a 5 goal quarter going into the halftime break with a 11 goal lead .

Into the third the boys we urged to maintain their desire for the footy and not drop off and they did just that with a 7 goal quarter. The back line stopped everything that came their way and cleared it out not allowing Tyabb to kick a goal to this point.

Into the last quarter the boys were set a task to hold Tyabb goalless and

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to their credit they did and added a couple more goals to the scoreboard.

Dan Noble got 5 goals for the day playing forward and ruck and took some fantastic marks with one being a screamer. Fantastic effort by everyone in a highly skilled full fast flowing game. All 22 players could be named in the best from that performance, finishing the day off with a 120 point win. Great stuff, boys.

UNDER 19s by Aaron Wilson Hastings Under 19s notched their second win of the season by dismantling an underdone Tyabb. With a handful of players in the seniors Tyabb weren’t able to keep up with Hastings as the first quarter blew out to a 4 goal lead. Tyabb pegged the deficit back by a goal at the main break showing some fight. After half time it was all Hastings running away with the match to win by 12 goals.

Kayne Lewis in the midfield showed great strength in the packs whilst Sean Hewitt had his best game for the season as did Joel Goetz and Kyle Robb proving to be pivotal across half back. A great morale booster for

NETBALL REPORT A huge congratulations to Talia, Lance and Jobe Brouwer on the arrival of beautiful Nate. It was a beautiful sunny winter’s day to be playing sport against the highly rated Tyabb. It was a tough contest for us across all grades.

C grade continued with some good passages of play but need to be more consistent over the four quarters to see better results, but well done to Tyabb who played a very good standard of netball. Abbey Baker was very good again in the goal circle making the most of her opportunities.

B grade battled hard early but fell away and allowed Tyabb to score easily which was reflected in the score. The young girls Bec, Keely and Grace continue improve and adjust to senior netball.

A grade produced their best performance for the year so far. Tyabb are a very tall experienced side but the girls took it up to them and gave them a great contest, unfortunately

we battled hard to get it into the goal circle which in turn caused us then to miss vital goals that could have seen the score look a little more respectable. On the positive side the team is really starting to gel together and looked a far more improved side.

Local rivals Crib Point this week will be another tough contest but we’ll give it our all and compete with them at every contest.

Upcoming Functions: Past players/ Premiership reunion this Saturday 20 June from 11.30am onwards, Two course Meal $35.00 a head for bookings call the club 5979 1740 or contact Philip Stone 0412 226 758.

Comedy Night on Saturday 4 July, 8pm at The Hastings Club. Cost $30 single or $50 double. Bookings through the club or see Emma Smith at the club.

This Saturday the Hastings FNC is at home to Crib Point FNC, playing for the for the Ron Moncrief Shield, which will be a fantastic day of football/netball. We look forward to seeing all our supporters there in big numbers.

FRANKSTON VFL FOOTBALL CLUB ROUND 10

Sunday June 21 Vs Port Melbourne

Dev League 11am Seniors 2pm Played at Frankston Park Come & support the Dolphins at Home!

ROUND 11 Sunday June 28 Vs Northern Blues

Dev League 12pm Played at Preston City Oval

Seniors 11.25am Played at Etihad Stadium

Frankston VFL Football Club est. 1887 Cnr Plowman Place & Young Street, Frankston Ph: 9783 7888 email:info@frankstonfc.com.au www.frankstonfc.com.au

Come & support the Dolphins!

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