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Foreshore camp for lycra crew By Mike Hast THE population of Hastings will soar later this month when more than 5000 people arrive for the second annual Ride to Conquer Cancer in aid of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. The foreshore will resemble a gigantic camping ground when an expected 1600 bicycle riders plus cancer survivors, supporters, donors and sponsors stay overnight on Saturday 26 October. Cyclists will ride from Melbourne to Hastings on the Saturday and return to the city on Sunday, a distance of about 200 kilometres. Last year’s inaugural ride from Melbourne to Healesville and return raised more than $6.2 million, the largest single fundraising event in Australia. Western Port Chamber of Commerce has started a campaign encouraging traders to stay open on Saturday afternoon and Sunday to serve the arrivals. Chamber president Lisa Dixon said it would be a great opportunity for “Hastings to put on show”. “Winning the event is a big coup for our town,” she said. The chamber is hoping traders will put together special deals to encourage visitors to spend in the town. A colouring competition for children will be run by traders with first prize of a bicycle donated by Kmart Hastings. The chamber is running buses on the Saturday to Western Port Oberon Association’s Victorian Maritime Centre in Crib Point for tours of the centre and viewing of HMAS Otama, the submarine moored off the Crib Point jetty.
Other events and activities are being organised. Money raised will support cancer research at Peter MacCallum including research into melanoma. A Peter Mac spokesman said one in two Australian men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Cancer kills more than 43,000 people in Australia each year with 115,000 new cases diagnosed. “Australia has the highest rate of melanoma in the world, and we’re working hard to find better and more targeted treatments for the disease,” the spokesman said. “Our team of researchers and clinicians were the only group outside of north America to initially test a new, highly selective drug called PLX4032, developed to target and destroy a gene mutation responsible for more than half of all known melanoma cases. “This therapy is now available for patients throughout the world. Vital funds raised by the ride will support the platform technologies our researchers rely on to continue their critical work in cancer discovery.” For more information and to register, go to www.conquercancer.org.au or call 1300 00 RIDE (7433). To book for the maritime centre tour, call Western Port Visitor Centre on 5979 7029. The tour costs $5. The Western Port area will be busy on the last weekend of the month with HMAS Cerberus holding its annual open day on 27 October.
Bloomin’ beaut idea stands test of time AFTER 73 years, Balnarring Flower Show is one the region’s oldest and most popular events, with its roots going back to the darkest days of Second World War when Western Port was braced for a seemingly imminent Japanese invasion. The flower show is pitched as “a celebration of the history of the
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