24th December 2013

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MPNEWS (1300 676 397) or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au Vegie rustlers: Bernie, Mel, Bonnie and Ngaira watch Kids Community Kitchen program manager Iain Ritchie cook vegies at Hastings Westpark Primary School. Picture: Gary Sissons

Wok right in, kids BUDDING chefs of Hastings Westpark Primary School helped Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service celebrate a year of its “Kids Community Kitchen� program last week.

Program manager Iain Ritchie said the program had become so popular it had moved from Good Shepherd Community House in Hastings to Westpark school next door to cater for the number of children attending. “The number of overweight children in Australia has doubled in recent years, with a quarter of youngsters considered overweight or obese,� he said. “Causes of obesity in children include unhealthy food choices, lack of physical activity, and family eating habits.�

He said early intervention was the key to prevent a further increase in childhood obesity. “The program shows children, young people and parents how to make healthy food choices. “The aim is to increase the kids’ knowledge of healthier food choice and improve cooking skills.�

The program operates with volunteers and parents.

Fresh food is sourced weekly from Second Bite at no cost and a menu is prepared.

Trail bike rider set on fire

By Chris Brennan A MAN riding a trail bike suffered “severe burns� after being set on fire in an apparent ambush in Hastings last week.

The man had been riding near Kings Creek Bushland Reserve when the attack occurred about 10.20pm on Wednesday 18 December.

Hastings police were called to Curacoa Drive near the intersection of

Vampire Court where they found a man aged in his late 20s lying on the ground suffering extensive burns to his upper body. “Police located a man suffering severe burns from some kind of fire attack,� Senior Sergeant Karen Nyholm of Hastings police said. “An ambulance was called and conveyed the man to The Alfred hospital where he was admitted for treatment.

“Police located a trail bike near the scene, which it is believed was being ridden by the victim.�

Senior Sergeant Nyholm said some details of the incident remained unclear but initial investigations indicated the victim was known to his attacker. “At this stage we don’t have many details of what has occurred other that he has been somehow set alight and we believe this was an attack.

“It was clearly not self-inflicted or an accident. Police have conducted a forensic examination of the scene, conducted a door knock of the area and spoken with several witnesses. “We hope to speak further to [the victim] in coming days.�

She said any attack involving setting a person on fire could easily lead to death and the victim had been lucky to survive.

“This is clearly a very serious incident that could have proved fatal. Any attack involving fire can obviously cause severe injury or death. It’s a very concerning matter for police and we will be doing everything in our power to identify the perpetrator.�

Ambulance Victoria said the victim was taken to The Alfred’s specialist burns unit in a serious condition with burns to 15-20 per cent of his body.

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Coal in stockings unwelcome GetUp ‘gift’

By Mike Hast GREG Hunt was not happy. Standing in his Hastings office on Friday, five days before Christmas, were two members of the activist group GetUp, holding three Christmas stockings.

They wanted to give them to the federal Environment Minister.

Why would Mr Hunt be unhappy about receiving a Chrissy stocking?

Because they were full of coal. (Actually, briquettes bought from Bunnings.)

A tradition started in Holland many years ago saw children who had misbehaved during the year given coal instead of toys and lollies.

The stocking stunt was GetUp’s way of protesting about Mr Hunt approving the expansion of a coal port at Abbot Point in Queensland, including the dumping of dredged spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Sam Regester of GetUp said there were more than 15,000 GetUp members in Mr Hunt’s electorate of Flinders, and 3000 of them had signed petitions and sent postcards objecting to dredging and spoil dumping.

“Our members had a meeting with Minister Hunt to discuss their concerns about the industrialisation of the reef, and deliver their poignant Christmas present,” he said.

“The event was organised by Mt Martha resident Lauren Collinge, who was inspired to act after Mr Hunt’s decision.”

Ms Collinge, 21, who is at RMIT University, said she joined GetUp about three months ago. “I am a member of Australian Youth Climate Coali-

Briquette brickbat: Environment Minister and federal Flinders MP Greg Hunt, left, listens to Mornington Peninsula GetUp members Simon Meyers and Lauren Collinge before reluctantly accepting three Christmas stockings filled with coal. Picture: Yanni

tion and am concerned Australia is not doing enough on the climate,” she said.

“We wanted to send a message to Mr Hunt that the people of Flinders are appalled he has caved in to the interest of the mining industry,” she said.

Ms Collinge said Mr Hunt was not happy to accept the three stockings but took them anyway.

“He asked us where did we get our electricity.”

“I asked him why he was against the dredging of Port Phillip in 2008-09 but not against dredging in the Great Barrier Reef.

“He said the Port Phillip dredging was putting clean sand on clean sand, but it is well known the dredging also involved removing toxic sludge from

the Yarra and Port of Melbourne dock areas and dumping it in the middle of Port Phillip.

“We won’t sit down and do nothing while he allows 3 million cubic metres of seabed to be dug up and dumped in the World Heritage Area he’s supposed to be protecting.”

Mr Regester said Mr Hunt strongly opposed dredging in Port Phillip, describing dredged spoil as “toxic waste”.

“In 2007, Mr Hunt wrote in a Melbourne daily newspaper about his opposition to dredging under the heading ‘Dredging casts dark shadow on beautiful Port Phillip’.”

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Friday was the second Great Barrier Reef GetUp protest at Mr Hunt’s office.

In October, about 100 residents delivered one of GetUp’s largest-ever petitions to Mr Hunt – 240,000 signatures calling on him to prevent a “coalshipping superhighway” in the reef.

Mr Regester said peninsula GetUp members had recruited 2000 residents last month to help run the reef campaign.

Greg Hunt has had a high profile since the Abbott Coalition government

won power in August.

His name and pronouncements appear in national media outlets every few days in connection with environment matters.

On Sunday, Mr Hunt announced the government would send an Airbus A319 aircraft to monitor the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which has been opposing Japanese whaling for 10 years in Antarctica, and 10 days ago sent three ships to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet, said the government had broken an election promise of sending Ocean Protector, custom-built to patrol the Southern Ocean, to monitor whaling activity.

Mr Hunt said the aircraft would monitor activities by “all groups in the Southern Ocean”.

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Alas, poor Yorick at Coolart Homestead YORICK and the Hamlet crew will be at Coolart Homestead in Somers, courtesy of Shakespeare theatre company OZACT, for two performances in early January.

OZACT director Bruce Widdop said Hamlet was the most powerful of Shakespeare’s plays.

“It is the tale of an aspiring young prince, seeking love and justice, driven to madness by the stifling world around him,” he said.

“It is Shakespeare’s political, philosophical and psychological thriller, and 400 years on still has the power to haunt us.”

He said the company had performed six Shakespeare plays at Coolart in the past seven years.

“Coolart provides the perfect setting for

Shakespeare’s greatest works with its gentle sloped lawns, colourful floral borders, dramatic forests, and exhilarating garden vistas.”

Patrons are advised to bring a cushion for the open air performances at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday 4 and 5 January. Tickets: Adults $33, concession $28, children $20 (under 6 free).

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A fellow of infinite jest: Hamlet (Seton Pollock) contemplates his own mortality (and the skull of the fictional character Yorick) in OZACT’s production of Hamlet, to be performed in early January at Coolart Homestead in Somers.

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Safety plan for home violence

By Chris Brennan A SAFETY plan that encourages children to speak up about family violence has been launched on the Mornington Peninsula following a conference of service providers.

The Chatterbox safety plan has been developed as a tool used by service providers to start conversations about family violence with children and to work with them to develop safety strategies for violent situations.

The tool was launched after a recent conference at Hastings Hub attended by more than 140 professionals from organisations providing support for people who have suffered family violence.

Keynote speakers at the event included Victoria Police family violence adviser Sergeant Craig Millar and Professor Cathy Humphreys of the University of Melbourne.

The mayor, Cr Antonella Celi, welcomed the introduction of Chatterbox, saying it was another tool that would help turn the tide against violence in the home.

“The development of the Chatterbox safety plan for service providers to assist children dealing with family violence is another great step toward making a difference,” she said.

Western Port area councillor David Garnock, who attended the conference, said family violence was a violation of the most basic human rights.

“Intimidating, violent behaviour

in the home has profound effects on the health and wellbeing of everyone involved, often causing emotional and psychological distress,” he said.

“The council is proud to be involved in events such as this to highlight the importance of speaking out and saying no to family violence. Everyone has a right to live in a healthy, safe and connected community. This event is a small step toward achieving this goal.”

Senior Sergeant Karen Nyholm of Hastings police said Christmas brought a spike in the number of family violence incidents.

“Unfortunately, we see incidents of family violence peak over the Christmas period,” she said. “The combination of warmer weather and the consumption of alcohol is dangerous in itself, but then we also often see family members being forced to come together when they might not otherwise want to have close contact.

“It can sometimes be a case of old tensions and arguments boiling to the surface again, or separated parents brought into conflict over shared custody arrangements.

“So we’d ask family members to try to remain calm and respectful of each other during the holiday period, and try to moderate alcohol intake.”

She said anyone subjected to family violence should not hesitate to contact police.

“We’re here 24/7 every day over the holiday period to help.”

Hamper handout time A MERRY Christmas was assured for at least 400 families in the Western Port region when hampers and gifts were distributed last week.

Hastings Hall looked like one of Santa’s storerooms as mothers arrived and were presented with a hamper and chose toys for their children.

The gifts and hampers were prepared and distributed by the Christmas Giving Program Hasting.

Helping out at the hall are, from left, John Copeland, Charlotte Seedsman, Alison Smyrk, Paris Hourn, John Fraser, Hastings MP Neale Burgess, Win Bodilly, June King, Charmain Dainton and Margaret Mildern.

Collecting their hampers were Alby James and Tara Vanzon. Pictures: Keith Platt

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Looking up: Right, Verco’s nudibranch (Tambja verconis) moving across a pink rose sponge, photographed

by Glenys Greenwood.

Below, Dave Bryant captured this hydroid colony (Ralpharia magnifica) under Flinders pier.

Imaging what lies beneath waves TRADERS in Flinders are using their walls to display photographs of the hidden parts of the protected Mushroom Reef as well as Flinders pier.

The pictures have been taken by members of the voluntary Friends of Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary who work with Parks Victoria to monitor, enhance and protect its natural values.

A trail brochure being distributed in Flinders shops and cafes has information about the undersea environment off the town’s coast.

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Balnarring reserve changes: $845,000 A NEW master plan has been adopted for Balnarring Recreation Reserve.

The plan adopted by Mornington Peninsula Shire on 16 December follows a “comprehensive process of stakeholder and community consultation”.

Changes to the reserve will come in stages as money becomes available, starting with $300,000 from the state government for netball courts.

The reserve is presently used for cricket and Australian Rules football as well as passive recreation activities including dog walking.

The entire plan will cost an estimated $845,000 (excluding costs of a new pavilion) and be implemented over the next five to 10 years.

Minor changes were made after a draft plan was placed on public exhibition in September, although Balnarring guides and scouts were told there was not enough room to keep the existing pavilion for their exclusive use.

Instead, the shire says its officers “will continue to … investigate

options for improving their existing facilities at Somers Hall or finding an alternative site or venue”.

Changes made to the draft master plan included “reference” to water sensitive urban drainage; pathway widths; approaching VicRoads to reduce the speed limit at the reserve entrance; and sealing the entrance and disabled car parking area.

“The master plan addresses issues such as provision of sport and recreation facilities, opportunities for informal recreation, traffic and parking, and environmental management,” recreation planning team leader Fiona Colquhoun stated in a report to councillors.

“Through the master plan it is intended that outdoor recreation and sports participation will be fostered, community connections enhanced, and natural values protected and enhanced.

“Those taking part in the consultation process have been encouraged to provide feedback on what they consider to be the constraints of Balnarring Recreation Reserve and importantly what they consider to be great opportunities for the reserve.”

Making a racquet: Hastings Tennis Club coach Gavin McCoy with some of the primary pupils from the Hastings area at the tennis morning last week. Picture: Keith Platt

Youngsters in a tennis class of their own MANY primary school pupils had their first taste of tennis last week under the guidance of Hastings Tennis Club coach Gavin McCoy. The play morning organised by Mr McCoy and Kieran Brophy of Active After-School Communities saw many of

the children have their first hit of tennis on a real tennis court.

“The day was a smashing success with the children thoroughly enjoying themselves,” Mr McCoy said.

“Many of them said they would take up tennis as a sport.”

The club is hoping the event will lead to a boost in its junior ranks and participation in summer activities.

The first event is a three-day holiday camp 10am-midday 7-9 January.

For bookings or details call Gavin McCoy on 0430 221 027.

Shire concern over coast approach

By Keith Platt MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire believes the official approach to coastal strategies is being “watered down”.

It is concerned that accepting “natural coastal processes” as a consequence of climate change will be “impossible and impractical in a metropolitan context”.

The shire has told the Victorian Coastal Council that no changes should be made to current coastal action plans (CAPs) until their “replacement policy documents” are provided.

At their 16 December meeting, councillors endorsed comments already made by sustainable environment director Stephen Chapple about proposed changes to the existing Victorian Coastal Strategy.

Mr Chapple described the strategy’s approach to adapting to climate change in built-up areas as of “limited guidance”.

“This is the first iteration of the VCS that has indicated support for private

protective infrastructure on the coast to protect private assets,” Mr Chapple told councillors. “However, the information provided is contradictory and does not capture the long-term maintenance, liability and replacement issues should such structures be placed on Crown land where local government or other committees of management are responsible.”

Mr Chapple did not give any specific examples, but neighbouring Frankston Council has been unable to reach a satisfactory result over the use by a private landowner of concrete barriers to protect an eroding cliff in the north of Daveys Bay. On the peninsula, beach stairways have been swept away by storms, and beaches at Mt Martha and Portsea have already been “renourished” by imported sand, with sandbags and rocks being used to protect cliffs and foreshores.

With 192 kilometres of coastline, some of the shire’s low-lying shores

have been identified as being at risk from inundation.

Western Port is one of four pilot projects being undertaken to “assist with longer-term adaptation” to climate change. The other three areas being studied are Port Fairy, Corio Bay and Bellarine Peninsula, and Gippsland Lakes and Ninety Mile Beach.

The shire is also concerned that the state government is ruled out as being the lead agency or land manager under the proposed coastal strategy.

“The role, capacity and future viability of volunteers and community groups on the coast is identified as a future risk,” Mr Chapple stated.

“With a significant number of volunteer committees of management across the Mornington Peninsula, what does this mean for the shire? Will it be expected that local government accept responsibility for the management of these foreshores as it becomes more and more difficult for volunteers to be

recruited to these groups or the issues are no longer able to be managed by them?”

The proposed strategy says that sea level rises of 2.4 millimetres a year have been recorded at Stony Point since 1991.

“Sea level rises will inundate some coastal foreshores and coastlines are expected to retreat. Sea level rise will also increase the risk of private land and property being flooded or eroded,” the strategy states.

He said the VCS appeared to have been drafted “for the regional coast, not for the metropolitan Melbourne or outer metropolitan coastline”.

He said the draft created “ambiguity and potential for differing policy interpretations”.

“Both Port Phillip and Western Port have been given little attention throughout the document and the maps. The draft VCS appears to lose the distinction which exists in the cur-

rent VCS between regional coastal areas and the ‘urban coast’.

“The current section of the VCS relating to the urban coast is important in providing an explanation of the designation of recreation and activity nodes – in contrast to the majority of the coastline being included in conservation areas.”

Mr Chapple said the shire was likely to regard the shifting of responsibility for tackling climate change issues to local government as being unsustainable.

“The situation would be even more critical for voluntary community based [management committees] which lack an effective funding base, and face growing demands,” he said.

“In these cases it may be more realistic to appoint a state agency with a revenue raising capacity, such as Parks Victoria or Melbourne Water, as the public land manager.”

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Award for pro bono lawyer LAWYER Amanda Humphreys has received the Kath Neilsen Memorial Award for her work over the past 15 years with Peninsula Community Legal Centre.

The award was created in 2002 in honour of the late Kath Neilsen, a founder and strong supporter of the centre.

General manager of volunteers and education Andrea Staunton said the award recognised a volunteer who had made an outstanding contribution to the legal centre.

“With pro bono support from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the centre presented long-service awards to 17 volunteers who have donated 10 or more years of service – a cumulative total of more than 255 years,” Ms Staunton said.

The centre’s annual awards were announced a week after International Volunteer Day. Volunteers to receive awards were: Michael Denison (30 years); Chris Hill, Victoria Campbell, Lance Guymer, Amanda Humphreys, Vivien Mavropoulos, Lola Peeters, Patrick Smith, Scott Whitechurch, Patrick Smith, Greg Russo, Justin Lewis and Chris Gunasekera (15 years); Heather Perry, Trish Samson, Jason Coppard, George Erlichster and Jennifer Maher (10 years), Volunteer encouragement awards went to Stephanie Richardson, Clair Humpheys and Claire Loughnan.

The centre has been providing free legal services since 1977. For more information, call (03) 9783 3600 or visit www.pclc.org.au

Bittern pupils shine at next level YEAR 6 pupils Shannon Welsh and Nicole Fisher are leaving Bittern Primary School to join the select entry accelerated learning (SEAL) program at Mt Erin Secondary College.

Fellow pupils Ben Schneider, Apache Grace, Amber Guiney and Georgia McNamara have been awarded scholarships to Western Port Secondary College.

The latest successes are in line with what has become a tradition, with former Bittern primary pupils regularly appearing among awardwinners at Western Port and Dromana secondary colleges.

Awards to former Bittern pupils at Western Port went to: Middle school sports award, Georgia Baker; excellence in sport, Shaye Williams; Citizenship awards: Georgia Baker, Emily Monck, Georgia Walker, Luke Reardon; memorial scholarship for instrumental music, Angel Laghou; memorial scholarship for music, Braydon Cartwright; Rotary citizenship award, Luke Reardon; literature appreciation award, Tenee Schneider; defence forces award for leadership and teamwork, Luke Reardon; Beleza award, Rhianna Hicklin; Maritime Union scholarship award, Rachel Robins; environment award, Luke Reardon; vice-captain’s award, Bianca Gillon; Year 7 academic achievement award: Emily Heath, Jordan Gillon, Hugo Hamlin and Angel Laghou; Year 7 dux, Max Harrison; Year 8 academic award: Thomas Pengally, Tahnee Moncrieff, Georgie Walker and Georgia Baker; Year 8 duxes: Adam Busana and Tenee Schneider; Year 9 academic

achievement award: Bridgette Kupsch, Delaney Kupsch and Andre Harrison; Year 10 academic achievement award, Natasha Green, Luke Reardon and Luke White; Year 11 academic achievement award: Bianca Gillon and Rachel Robins; Year 12 academic achievement award, Jesse Harrison.

Awards at Dromana: Outstanding sporting individuals in athletics: Year 8 Caitlin Murphy and Year 11 Caleb Gray; VET Sport and Recreation and Photography Year 10 Hannah Burr; General Maths and Extension Maths Year 10, Alicia Jackson; VCAL Literature and VCAL Numeracy Year 11, Kiarna Bailey; English, Outdoor Education, Physical Education and Biology Year 11, Caleb Gray; Physical Education and Silver College Award, Dylan Barker.

Scholarships Year 11: Dromana Australia Day Community Youth Awards, Caleb Gray; Southern Peninsula Basketball Association, Will Lanigan.

Special awards: Animation and Game Design, Finance, Health Education, Maths, English, Melbourne Big City and Global Issues Year 9, Chris Burr.

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NEWS DESK

Two hurt in late night assault

By Chris Brennan TWO men were taken to hospital – one of them for surgery – after being bashed near a late-night drinking venue in Mornington early last Sunday morning.

A 23-year-old man of Frankston South underwent surgery at The Alfred hospital for serious facial injuries on Monday following the attack – the third serious assault in the area this month.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack and have released an image, right, of a man they believe may be able to help identify the perpetrators.

Senior Constable Saul Stones of Mornington crime investigation unit said the two victims were in a laneway off Main St when they were approached by two unknown men from a nearby car park about 4.30am.

“A verbal altercation occurred before the offenders assaulted both men, punching one of the victims in the head,” he said. “The offenders, believed to be aged 20-21 years old fled the scene.”

Both men, from Frankston South, were taken to Frankston Hospital before the more seriously injured victim was transferred to The Alfred hospital for surgery.

“One offender is believed to be Caucasian in appearance, with long dark hair, possible dreadlocks, of medium build, 170cm tall with a tanned complexion. He was wearing a dark

or grey T-shirt with dark pants. The second offender is described as Caucasian in appearance, 175cm tall with short blond waxed messy hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt and light blue jeans.”

The incident followed two earlier assaults in the same location in the early hours of Sunday morning.

On 15 December, a man was bashed by a gang of up to four men in a laneway next to the Commonwealth Bank about 3am.

Two weeks earlier, on 1 December, a man was king hit while standing at the taxi rank near the corner of Main and Barkly streets about 3.20am.

Police said the victim began talking to an unknown female also in the taxi rank queue and had called her a derogatory name. A man responded by punching the victim in the mouth.

Anyone with information on any of the assaults can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Building bonds: At the site for the proposed Baxter Men’s Shed are (from left, rear) Darrell Croft, Geoff Walton, John Hitchiner, Derek Fisher and Doug Renaud; (front), Russ Davidson, Antonella Celi, Neale Burgess, Geoff Carson and John Drysdale.

New men’s shed for Baxter SOMERVILLE and Tyabb Men’s Shed members have welcomed news that a new shed will be built at Baxter thanks to a $60,000 grant from the state government and support from Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Hastings MP Neale Burgess Burgess was joined by men’s shed members, shire mayor Cr Antonella Celi, and Baxter Residents and Traders Progress Action Committee member Peter Baulch to announce news of the funding.

Cr Celi said the shire would provide land at the rear of Baxter Hall and make a financial contribution toward construction of the shed.

“We are fortunate to have a number of men’s sheds on the peninsula and they provide a wonderful service to men, including those with a disability, within our community,” Cr Celi said.

“I know the Baxter community and Watson Ward councillor Lynn Bowden, who advocated strongly for this project, will be delighted with today’s announcement.”

Somerville and Tyabb Men’s Shed president Russ Davidson said the new facility was an important addition to services in the Western Port region.

“It is planned to build our membership and provide three days of activities a week for various

interest groups, including the current membership as well as veterans and indigenous groups not catered for due to the lack of capacity in the men’s shed,” he said.

Mr Burgess said the men’s shed movement provided men with the opportunity to develop and use new skills, establish social networks and give back to their local community.

“I know that a great many local people will be looking forward to using the new facilities and the shed will provide another avenue for community building across Somerville, Tyabb and Baxter,” he said.

Plaques tell Somie history PART of the history of Somerville is told in three plaques unveiled a fortnight ago – two news ones and an old one relocated.

The new plaques are at Aldi supermarket and the Avenue of Honour, 50 Manchurian pear trees planted in May 2012 along Station St and Jones Rd. The old one was the plaque at the infant welfare centre (later preschool) site in Frankston-Flinders Rd, which Mornington Peninsula Shire controversially sold to the German supermarket giant for about $750,000 for its new supermarket, which opened in October.

The plaque has been moved to the new preschool behind Somerville Primary School.

The sign at Aldi reads: “This plaque is in recognition of the history of this site, which was an Infant Welfare Centre built by community donations in 1954 as a memorial to

local servicemen and women who served and died in World War 2. The land was donated by Mr T W Brunning for this purpose in 1949. A pre-school was later built on this site and was re-located to the Somerville Primary School, No. 2656, in 2013. Lest We Forget.”

The Avenue of Honour trees replace those removed when Eramosa Rd East was widened many years ago.

It had been planted after the First World War to honour the town’s soldiers.

Mike Hast History on a board: Somerville residents Joy Coleman, left, and Brenda Thornell, both members of pioneering families in the town, with plaque designer Jason Wilson and the new plaque on the Aldi supermarket site.

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Mystery remains over shearwater wreck

By Keith Platt IT’S Melbourne Cup day and there could not be a more contrasting set of fashions. Six-inch high heels. Short, tight dresses (geometric patterns and contrasting colours are popular), hats and fascinators. There is no lack of feathers.

Crossing the road or alighting from vehicles at the kerb, these finely made-up women totter along the footpath, mingling with the throng wearing thongs, boardshorts and T-shirts.

A few brightly coloured cheesecloth creations, but all beachwear.

I’m in Hastings St, Noosa Heads.

A cloudless sky and the well-dressed (if not well-heeled, certainly looking the part) are off to the closest thing Queensland can offer to the Melbourne Cup races – a restaurant or hotel cashing in with a cup day special.

Security guards make sure the passing parade is kept at a safe distance.

Over the sand dune (covered by multi-storey developments), the sea laps the beaches of Laguna Bay the same as always – crystal clear and emerald segueing to azure toward the horizon.

Kids make a splash on their bodyboards and a stand-up paddler moves toward the point. There’s no chance of a wave, but he’s dressed for the sun and has a backpack, so he’s probably aiming to have a private picnic under a pandanus somewhere around the corner.

All seems well with the world until the kids call their parents to look at the brown bundle of feathers being buffeted in the shorebreak.

The feathers are soft, downy, almost like fur.

Finally washed onto the sand and then left by the retreating wave, the bundle gives a slight tremor. A head with a black beak is half-raised, drops down, and sand fills its nostrils.

A short-tailed shearwater, or muttonbird (Puffinus tenuirostris), dies.

The father consoles his children and carries the stricken bird up the beach.

As a family they will bury the bird and the children will have a lesson in the ways of the world. Nature in action.

Weeks ago, this bird, one of an estimated 23 million, responded to instinct and had a final feed in the Bering Sea (between Alaska and Siberia) before flying south to its birthplace on a tussock-covered cliff face overlooking Bass Strait in southern Australia.

But something happened on the way home.

One of tens, probably hundreds of thousands being washed up on beaches all down the east coast, the shearwater is a victim of a phenomenon that seems to occur every decade or so.

The birds can’t make it back to their breeding colony.

The day after the Cup, the dressedup men (less flamboyant than the women: shirts, few ties, lightweight shoes and cotton trousers, some shorts) and women have escaped their birdcage. Hoarse-voiced they sit sipping coffees, watching the parade in Hastings St. On the beach, more bodies have been left by the overnight tide to be overrun by insects and pecked by crows and seagulls. Nature nourishes at the same time as it ravages a population.

The number of dead appears much greater at nearby Sunshine and Alexandria beaches where the council isn’t collecting the bodies that might offend sensitive tourists.

Sitting out in the surf, boardriders are buzzed by seemingly healthy

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Race to the strait: Partygoers celebrated Cup Day at Noosa, above, while hundreds of thousands of short-tailed shearwaters were dying during their annual migration to nesting colonies in Bass Strait, left.

Pictures: Keith Platt (top and left) and Gary Sissons (far left)

shearwaters while other birds paddle aimlessly, sometimes heading for a board or, more often, going toward shore.

The paddlers can only watch as the flock wheels above the waves, birds peeling off every now and then to catch an updraft along a swell.

The birds cry out to each other with a sort of squeak. Do those in the water know they will never again spread their wings and seek an updraft along the line of a wave? Do those passing overhead recognise those below are doomed?

Sitting on a board between swells, several shearwaters at different times plop near me into the water. They paddle and preen, but never take off.

Exhausted, they paddle toward the board, only seeming to see the human straddled across it when they get within a few centimetres. I slide off, gently offering the board, but there are no takers.

Away they drift, blown gently toward the beach by the slight afternoon onshore wind. Once in the break they are powerless. Short legs and narrow, pointed wings so essential to longdistance flight are useless against the whitewater.

Soon, their bodies join hundreds of others strewn along the sand, part of the high tide line of flotsam where spiders crabs emerge from holes to grab a morsel before disappearing underground.

Less than a week earlier I was sitting in another beach break. Colder and more powerful, the scene at Gunnamatta was the same: bird bodies.

Bird observers describe this mass

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periodic death of shearwaters as a wreck.

I can only recall seeing such numbers of dead and dying shearwaters once before, on beaches north and south of Eden on the NSW south coast. That was in the mid-1970s and I spent some time on a glassy morning “rescuing” beached shearwaters.

With my limited knowledge about shearwaters, I presumed they needed a launching pad, a take-off platform to get back into the air.

One after another was carried gingerly up to the top of the small sand dune from where, I presumed, it would rest up a bit before heading back out to sea to resume the journey south.

On returning, I was dismayed to find each and every one of my rescued birds either dead at the top of the dune or dead at the bottom, totally drained of life force.

Back in Noosa, the Noosa News runs a story headed “Sad deaths but it is nature’s work” listing the second wave of “natural strandings” in three weeks.

The paper says the birds die of “exhaustion or natural causes” and carries a “recommendation” from the council not to touch dead or dying birds.

“Sadly, there is a low recovery and release rate from natural stranding events such as this one.”

Coincidentally, there is a lot of pumice stone being washed onto the beaches and in the past week I haven’t spotted one whale, usually quite common at this time of year.

My imagination pictures the pumice and noxious gases spewing from the

mouth of an undersea volcano.

One week after the Cup there are still plenty of shearwaters in the air around Noosa’s beaches, but fewer new bodies on the beach. Those that are flying seem to be heading north, the opposite direction to where they nest.

The latest expert opinion points to warmer water being responsible for fewer krill, a species near the base of the marine food chain.

Scientists say krill, squid and smaller fish are seeking deeper, colder waters.

Phillip Island Nature Park’s ranger Graeme Burgan said fewer muttonbirds than normal had arrived in the first week of September.

The drop in numbers was initially attributed to strong onshore winds, even a typhoon off Thailand, “but we don’t really know – no one is travelling with the birds”.

He said tens of thousands had died between Fraser Island and Adelaide, something that seemed to happen about once a decade in conjunction with El Nino events that affected winds across the Pacific Ocean.

However, mass deaths “seem to have occurred every two years or so lately”.

Burgan said muttonbirds travelled up to 2000 kilometres a day, often flying close to the jet stream or near the surface of the ocean.

They did not feed during the twoweek migration south and if not “full of food” at the start were “behind the eight ball” with no energy left to look for food on arrival at their nesting grounds.

While estimates are continuing with this year’s count, it is known that more than one million muttonbirds were once recorded dying off the Tasmanian coast.

Despite the deaths, most nesting burrows at Phillip Islands are being used by muttonbirds.

“I think many of the dead birds are last year’s juveniles, which usually stay in the northern hemisphere until they are three,” Burgan said. “They hang out mainly in the eastern Pacific, including California and Canada, before making their way to the Bering Sea where they meet up with adult birds coming south to breed.”

He said there had been anecdotal reports of a drop in the amount of krill in the areas where muttonbirds feed “but no one is monitoring this to any extent”.

Burgan said the sardine industry in the north “collapsed this year but it’s still early days and all we can do is observe. This is all hypothetical”.

“The birds do not eat much krill in the northern hemisphere, mainly small fish and crustaceans. If they do not eat enough before they leave, they may have an energy debt and run out of energy when returning [south].

“The krill in Bass Strait is a smaller species than the krill in Antarctic waters. Unless there are swarms on the surface, the birds have to expend too much energy diving for them individually – too much effort for too little reward and they can’t build energy reserves.”

However, the larger species of krill made up part of the muttonbird diet when the birds flew close to Antarctica during their “honeymoon” – after mating and selecting a burrow but before laying and incubating their eggs.

Although muttonbirds are one of the most researched birds in the world, the mass deaths remain unexplained.

While they seem in no way threatened as a species, the wreck and reasons for it may be a graphic illustration of the effects of global warming.

100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Footballer drowns at Sorrento, Tyabb Xmas Fair a great success Compiled by Matt Vowell From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 3 January 2014 A GLOOM was cast over the holiday weekend at Sorrento by the occurrence of a drowning fatality early Sunday morning.

The victim, Hugh Augustus Johns, was a well known figure in Melbourne football circles, a keen player in his younger days, and had lately been acting as trainer for the Essendon club.

He was 44 years of age, single, and resided at 50 Curzon Street, North Melbourne.

In company with several young men Johns was spending a few days on holiday at Sorrento, and about 8am on Sunday he went with his companions to bathe from the back beach.

Shortly after entering the water he was heard to cry that he had taken cramp, and immediately one of the party named Hendy went to his assistance.

Johns was, however, carried out by the undertow, and although Sweetman, another member of the party, also went to his assistance, the unfortunate man was carried out to sea.

By this time Sweetman and Hendry were themselves in difficulties, but fortunately members of the Port Melbourne Swimming Club, who were camped on the cliffs,witnessed the accident, and arrived on the beach with ropes.

Mr Howlett, a teacher of life saving in the Education department, tied a rope around his waist, and, in swimming out, he was able to rescue Sweetman, who was in a thoroughly

exhausted condition. Hendy managed to make his own way to land. *** OWING to the closing of the Melbourne Printing Works for the holiday we were unable to secure the calendars for this issue. They will be presented to our readers, next issue. *** MRS H. Cameron advertises in this issue that she has commenced a grocery business in Bay Street, Frankston. A share of public patronage is solicited. *** WE are pleased to learn that Mr R. Nunn, our old and tried representative, has consented to again seek municipal honors.

Mr B Ford, who was mentioned as a likely starter, hasb been scratched, but the old stayer, Mr W. A. Korner, is in good nick and going some. *** THE Bazar and Sale of Gifts in aid of the Catholic Church debt was opened on Thursday afternoon by the Hon. A. Downward,M.L.A. There has been a good attendance each evening. The bazaar closes tonight (Saturday), and the art union will be publicly drawn in the Mechanic’s Institute, Mornington. *** MESSRS Brody and .Mason notify that, owing to the Frankston show being held on the date of their usual monthly market at Somerville, the date for this month has been altered to Wednesday January 21st. *** TENDERS will be received by the secretary of the Frankston H and A Association, up to Saturday 10th

January, for sole rights to sell light refreshments, fruits, soft drinks, and ice cream. *** WE are desired by the Chief Inspector under the Sheep Dipping Act, Department of Agriculture, to intimate to Sheep Owners that the Amending Sheep Dipping Act 1913 abolishes the Clean Certificate provided for under the Act of 1909, and prescibes that, with only one minor exception, all sheep and lambs must be dipped off shears, or kept in a securely fenced paddock and dipped within sixty days. A return of Sheep Dipped must be furnished to the Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture, within thirty days of Dipping. The period during which an Owner may not be compelled to dip Unshorn Sheep and Lambs is reduced to the period, April to October both months inclusive. *** AN interesting relic in the form of a map by Charles Laing, Architect and Surveyor and dated December 8th, 1847 is now on exhibition in Messrs Brody and Mason’s window, Bay Street office.

This map exibits its subdivisions into Wards, Blocks, and Allotments with the names of the original purchasers, of all sold lands; the position of public buildings, and other valuable topographical information of the period, compiled and arranged from the most authentic sources.

The document is the property of Mr Benjamin Baxter, JP of Frankston.

Amongst the many names thereon of original purchasers. we notice the name of Benjamin Baxter, being the late Captain Baxter, father of the

present person under that name. John Bateman, A. B. Spark, Robert Hodle, Geo Ward Cole, J. P. Fawkner and many more well known men of those times appear.

The map takes in from Spencer Street along Flinders Street to Spring Street, along Spring Street to Latrobe Street, back to Spencer Street, with sections of East Melbourne, Collingwood and Fitzroy, If these old purchasers of 66 years ago could attend a clearing sale of all the above lots as then sold at current values including improvements, they would require a trifle more cash or a more sympathetic banking community than exists at the present time, and Mr Mason of the above firm states that he would consider having done a fair days work with the hammer, if entrusted with the selling thereof. *** THE Tyabb Xmas Fair and Tree, in aid of the Church of England building fund, has, like all the previous efforts of the Ladie’s Guild, resulted in a splendid financial success.

The hall was attractively decorated, and contained five stalls and the “Tree” which held 200 articles that were distributed by one shilling tickets.

Refreshments were served in a large marquee, adjoining the hall, (kindly lent by Mr Hoban) and was splendidly managed by Mesdames Oakley, Steer, Boe, Bramsden, and Miss Alden.

The Guild stall, which contained a splendid assortment of valuable articles of every description, was in the capable hands of Mesdames Woodhouse, and C Denham, and Misses

Eva and Houfe.

The toy stall, which was continually monopolized by the children, was managed by Misses Mair, Ross, and Mills.

Soft drinks and ice cream, (sold out both evenings) was in the hands of Mesdames A Mills and F Unthank, while the sweets and fruit stalls were in charge of Miss Cole and Miss E, Grienke.

The tree tickets were all sold on Xmas eve and the tree was dismantled about 10pm after which everyone had a prize and wore smiling faces which indicated that they were pleased with their evening’s investment.

The members of the Guild are to be again congratulated on their success.

The gross takings amounted to £10 odd, which, after the expenses have been deducted, will leave a very substantial profit, which will be handed over to the building fund. *** THE secretary of the Tyabb Cricket Club has made arrangements for the annual trip to Rhyll, (Phillip Island) again this year. A party of thirty have booked their seats in the motor launch “Undaunted” which will leave Hastings at 11 o’clock this morning and return the same evening. The trip is looked forward to every year with great interest and has always been thoroughly enjoyed by those who join in. *** THE heavy gales, which raged here during last week have done consider able damage among the fruit trees.

Several sheds were unroofed and pine trees blown to the ground, in some places doing considerable damage.

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How Alexander Graham Bell ruined everything

By Stuart McCullough THEY’RE everywhere. It’s now officially impossible to walk down the street without having to scrape one off the bottom of your shoe.

Somebody should do something. I speak, of course, of those individuals who insist on trying to operate their mobile phone whilst walking at the same time. These people are a hazard to themselves and others.

For ages, it’s been illegal to operate a mobile phone whilst driving. The same should apply to walking. That’s because if your face is buried in the screen of a ‘so-called’ smart phone, you won’t be able to see where you’re going. At some point, that’s going to be a problem. Clearly, tough action is required.

We should start with a hard-hitting advertising campaign. Just like the TAC adverts that so terrified me that I gave up driving altogether between the years 1995 to 1997, we should start with a series of commercials so depraved and undeniably horrifying that people will not only stop using their phones whilst walking but will take to their devices with the nearest hammer, just to be sure. I can see it now – a young man is walking down the street, wholly absorbed in his smart phone as he updates his status to ‘idiot’, before being blown to smithereens by a stray bolt of lightning. Granted, it’s an unlikely scenario, but it’s more believable than having him get eaten by a giant rocket-propelled guinea pig screaming out of the storm water drain. Although that too would be awesome.

I know it’s too late. The digital horse has bolted and can now be downloaded as an app. People are addicted to their smart phones. So much so that they’re quite happy to ignore all the things that are actually happening around them simply to stare longingly into its electronic face. But as absorbing as a phone might be, it’s a useful thing to look up every once in a while, if for no other reason than to avoid crashing into something else. Surely the day cannot be too far away where tech-savvy people can download an app that will alert them to on-coming hazards without having to go to the extraordinary effort of raising their chins.

It undermines a key construct of civilization that has evolved over generations. For thousands of years it

has been a fundamental part of how we interact with each other. You’re heading in one direction whilst another person – most likely a complete and utter stranger – is heading in the exact opposite direction. No words are spoken. They are simply not required. A quick glance. A furtive nod. A slight alteration to your course and a collision is duly avoided. This social contract has been in operation ever since we grew legs and started to walk. Without it, we’d be lost. Thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, it is now seriously under threat.

Bell is best known as the inventor of the telephone. However, I prefer to think of him as a deeply disturbed misanthrope who – if he were alive today – would be regarded with the kind of disdain usually reserved for

Big Brother contestants. Most kids want a bicycle or a new book for their birthday. Not Alexander Bell.

This weirdo devoted his childhood to badgering his parents into giving him a middle name, until they finally acquiesced when he turned eleven.

Apparently, when he unwrapped it, young Bell was inconsolable as he desperately wanted ‘Danger’ to be his middle name but was lumped, instead, with ‘Graham’. They should have just given him a Playstation.

Notwithstanding that he invented the infernal device that no so plagues us, Bell himself refused to have a telephone in his own study. Chances are, Alexander Graham Bell rarely felt the need to check his facebook page.

It is said that to survive in the modern age you must be adept at multi-

tasking. I couldn’t disagree more. To be a described as a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none used to be an insult. Now it’s the default setting. It’s not enough just to be walking down the street. You have to be bidding on a vintage radio shaped like a hamburger whilst downloading a meme of a cat dressed as Darth Vader battling a mouse with a miniature light saber taped to its tiny paw, all whilst putting one foot in front of the other and hoping that you don’t plunge headlong off a cliff. It’s the premise that’s insulting: get out of my way because I have more important things to do than to watch where I’m going.

I, for one, am not for getting out of the way. Should you make eye contact and we each amend our course to avoid collision, so much the better.

But if you can’t stop what you’re doing, then running into me is the least of your problems. Surely, the day can’t be too far away when broken noses become endemic as hoards of mobile phone users go face-first into metal poles and parked cars. It would be poetic justice if someone filmed the whole thing on their mobile and immediately placed the footage on ‘You Tube’. It is, so it seems, the way things are done these days.

If you’re reading this on your phone whilst walking down the street, stop immediately and find a quiet spot to sit down. That’s better. Trust me, you’ll get a lot more out of it and you won’t be an annoyance to others.

Unless, of course, you decide to blog about it. But that’s another story. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Performance AZTEC Records has released two of Madder Lakes’ classic 70s albums, Stillpoint and Butterfly Farm. All of their singles are included, along with some rare live tracks.

Released in 1973, Stillpoint remains one of the most innovative and enduring progressive albums of the period.

The two hit singles released from the album, Goodbye Lollipop and 12-lb Toothbrush, were balanced by the longer psychedelic blues of album track Salmon Song and Listen to the Morning Sunshine.

Recorded in just six days, Stillpoint highlights Madder Lake’s distinctive sound, which was mostly due to the combination of Fettes unique (often effects laden) vocals, Mason’s understated blues-tinged guitar playing, the sparse yet effective use of McKinnon’s keyboards, and the agile drive of the rhythm section. The album contains bonus tracks Bumper Bar Song, Country Blues, Down the River (live), 12-lb Toothbrush (live), plus some tracks live at Garrison.

The follow-up, Butterfly Farm, was to be Madder Lake’s last album of the 70s – an all too brief run for one of our best bands of the 70s. This set features one of my favourite Madder Lake songs, Booze Blues. Bonus tracks include It’s All in Your Head, I Get High, Rodney’s Birthday (live at Garrison) and Lizards (live at Garrison).

Madder lake was born in Melbourne and came to prominence after the Sunbury Rock Festival in 1972 and scored a recording contract with Mushroom Records then recorded their first single, Goodbye Lollipop, later that year, which was released in February 1973 and made the national charts. The album Stillpoint followed a few months later. The second single from the album 12-lb Toothbrush became their biggest hit.

Madder Lake is Kerri McKenna (bass), Jack Kreemers (drums), John McKinnon (keyboards), Mick Fettes (vocals), Brendan Mason (guitar) and Andy Cowan (keyboards).

Both albums digitally remastered

by Gil Matthews and liner notes by Ian McFarlane. www.aztecrecords.com.au *** FROM May 1965 to January 1971, Normie Rowe (pictured above with Gary Turner) dominated the Top 40 charts, scoring thirteen hits. It would have been greater if not for the Vietnam War, in which Normie served for almost two years.

Normie was a church choir boy and took up playing the guitar in his school years at Northcote High School and he would play at the Alphington Methodist Church.

Normie was later discovered

by Melbourne DJ Stan Rofe, who introduced Normie to a local dance promoter.

Normie signed a record deal with Sunshine Records and had his first No.1 hit with It Ain’t Necessarily So from the musical Porgy and Bess.

Aztec Records has released Normie Rowe’s first three albums on CD remastered by Gil Matthews and include It Ain’t Necessarily So, But it is Normie Rowe (1965) was his debut album, featuring a searing version of Shakin All Over plus four bonus tracks live from Festival Hall and the

Coca-Cola jingle Normie Rowe A Go Go (1965), his second album, came just months after his debut album and contains the hit Que Sera Sera plus eight bonus tracks, including a rare live version of Que Sera Sera and six instrumental tracks by Normie’s backing band The Playboys.

A Wonderful Feeling (1967) Normie;s third album concentrating on his musical heartland, the singers he loved to listen to and who moved him, featuring the hit single Pride and Joy plus six bonus tracks, including Town Without Pity.

All these albums have been digitally remastered by Gil Matthews and A Wonderful Feeling features rare photos and liner notes by Ed Nimmervoll.

Ed Nimmervoll also assisted Normie with his latest book The Normie Rowe Story (New Holland) Normie: The Normie Rowe Story takes a journey from his early school days at Northcote, his army years, his family and his tough times through marriage and speaks about the death of his eight-year-old son, Adam, his time at drama school, his return to Vietnam and the major highs and lows of his career.

This is a great read and Nimmervoll and Rowe have given this book a unique edge, with providing readers a rare insight into the facts on Normie Rowe the singer, family man and general knockabout Aussie.

I have had the pleasure of working with Normie Rowe many times and find him one of the most humble entertainers in the Australian rock industry.

Christmas 2013 had brought a new woman into his life, Penny. Normie said: “Ms Penelope Perrin and l have become engaged to be married. We are looking forward to having an extremely happy life together.”

Normie Rowe will team up with Colleen Hewett and Johnny Young to take guests through their incredible musical journeys, with a show full of chartbusting hits and memories, with

some nice words in case she (and the big man) are listening. At my age it’s safer to have a bob each way. A haircut, shower and shave, different shirt.

Well, people tell you how well you’re travelling, niceness, part of the game.

Never forgetting Rudoph’s shiny nose and Denis Walter. The calm before the storm leading into the horror of January. Happy Christmas Day and New Year to all. Have respect for others, use the rubbish bins, enjoy the views. *** FURTHER, an unhappy new year to those holier than thou ASIO agents who raided the home and office of East Timor lawyer Bernard Collaery over the Timor spy claims.

They’re only doing their jobs yeah?

But we were doing the spying, for profit apparently? 1984? In what way is this benefitting we Australians? And Indonesia? Back in 1954 at Victoria Barracks, I was warned against associating with a friend by my ASIO mate. Advice I ignored.

They had (more so now obviously) a ‘born to rule’ mentality. Would Rudd have handled it better than Tony?

Surely there’s a need for ASIO, but equally, surely there’s a “no-go” area, particularly East Timor, the president’s wife, let alone the president?

Did Kevvy approve or like Manuel in Faulty Towers “I know nothing”? If

not, why not and who did? Shades of Murdoch’s crowd in London. As for wankers questioning the necessity of an apology and suggesting no foreign aid, ignorance reigns supreme. Politicians and power games. Humbug.

Enjoy your lobsters. *** MOSTLY we are no better and no worse off, so don’t get yourself all worked up to a state of selfrighteousness by mouthing off from what you’ve read/indoctrinated in the Herald-Sun. Saying Nelson Mandela was a great man doesn’t square you up from racism, or saying wogs are wogs or suggesting some females dress “asking for it”. If you’re going to put down other people, any other people – Italians, Greeks, Latvians, Aborigines – Andrew Bolt simply because of race, colour or stupidity, you have no right to stand in judgement of right or wrong in your attitude to political correctness, fairness and Andrew Demetriou. *** IT’S those little things. Betty Preston of Rosebud (in a letter to The News) was having a go at reporter Mike Hast who labelled her group of six ratepayers as a “loose alliance” in the matter of the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre. Says Betty: “six communityminded individuals as part of the silent majority”. What made Betty

assume she was part of the silent majority? Stuart Allen, again on the SPAC saga, suggests no need for another 25-metre lap pool when there’s one in close proximity, refering to the pool on the Rosebud industrial estate; restricted space, never to be compared to a same size lap pool envisaged for the open relaxed aquatic centre. *** ENGLISH actor Bill Nighy described the feeling of many actors “at any moment I thought someone would come and tap me on the shoulder and ask what I was doing here”. A form of insecurity common to many. Psychologists Suzanne Imes and Pauline Clance describe it as the “imposter syndrome”, as good a name as any.

Andrew Bolt said he felt it when he began on his Channel 10 show saying “Don’t love yourself more, work harder, learn, and do a good job.”

Good for you boyo; not sure about the “learn” bit. *** AT least I wasn’t silly enough to vote for Tony Abbott. No minister for science, no carbon pricing, no $500 super benefit for low paid workers, no mining tax, no childcare workers cash ($300 million), no Holdens, no negative gearing changes ($5 billion), no public transport money, Gonski crapski – and everything is Labor’s fault. Tony’s a Christian and I’m a

By Gary Turner songs such as Que Sera Sera, Ooh La La!, It’s Not Easy, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Day By Day, Superstar, Dreaming My Dreams, Wind Beneath My Wings, Step Back, Cara Lyn, All My Loving and many more. The concert is on at The Palms, Crown, on 14-15 February. Bookings 132 849 or 9299 9030. *** NOEL Gallagher has turned down a $36 million offer to reunite with his brother for an Oasis anniversary tour.

Noel has been embroiled in feud with singer Liam Gallagher since 2009, when tensions between the brothers resulted in a split of the band. *** OSCAR-winning actress Joan Fontaine has died aged 96 in California.

Fontaine won Best Actress in 1941 for her role as naïve wife in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Suspicion.

Fontaine was married four times. *** ACTOR Peter O’Toole died aged 81 in his London home last week. His Oscar nominations included Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (72), The Lion in Winter (1968).

O’Toole gave up drinking in 1975 after health issues and surgery, but he did not give up smoking. He accepted an honorary Oscar in 2003, quipping “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, my foot”. O’Toole will always be remembered for his role in Lawrence of Arabia. *** KISS, Peter Gabriel and Nirvana will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt and Hall & Oates will also be inducted. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first release.

A Grain of Salt IT’S enough to make a grown man cry. We had the pleasure of four hours from ‘par excellence’ interviewer Kerry O’Brien with Mr Paul Keating casting today’s leaders into insignificance, followed by the loss of the great Nelson Mandela and a feeling of melancholy, but importantly, a reflection on a great man. A democratic and free society in harmony and equal opportunity is but a dream, but it’s a nice dream. Alas to our leaders, the untried Bill Shorten with Tony Abbott and little Joey calling the shots. But there’s more, with Geoff Shaw bullying both sides of state politics and an ageing taxi driver. We search in vain for a hero. Only a matter of time before they start in on Mandela; racism never sleeps. Far right wing acolyte Andrew Bolt first in, as expected.

Mandela’s words: “It is only such a free press (critical and independent) that can temper the appetite of any government to amass power at the expense of the citizen.” We wish. *** YES, I know, merry Christmas, a time for giving. Tra lah lah lah lah, lah lah lah lah. Food, drink and empty pockets. Did I send gifts; no, rubbish.

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When a letter begins with the words “It’s quite obvious to anyone with intelligence”, the writer is a fool...

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By IT Gully AT the halfway mark of the MPCA Provincial cricket season, pre-season favourites Sorrento and Mornington are the teams to beat.

The Sharks and the Dogs, along with Baxter, remain undefeated after six rounds.

Sorrento is 12 points clear at the top of the table after scoring an outright victory against neighbour Rye. The Sharks don’t rely on any one player, despite the fact Nick Jewell has 342 runs at an average of 68. Leigh Poholke is next best with 196 and Jedd Falck with 156. The Sharks have two of the top 11 wicket-takers in the competition. Andrew (AJ) King has 23 wickets (ranked one) and Nick Davern has 15.

The Doggies are flying and are still the best side in the competition.

Ben Clements is at the top of the competition run-scorers with 433 runs at an average of 86.6. Anthony Gapes is in the top 10 with 245 runs at 61.25 and Luke Popov has 139 runs and 16 wickets.

Baxter is eight points behind second-placed Mornington after winning five of six games. Dale Irving has been the standout player for Baxter with 298 runs at 49.6 as well as 13 wickets. Shane McComb has 183 runs and Leigh Paterson 151.

Adrian Mack is the leading wickettaker with 15.

Long Island, which welcomed Scott Phillips and Andrew Tweddle (19 wickets at 8.47) back to the fold this season, has nudged its way into fourth place, slightly ahead of Langwarrin on percentage. Justin Bridgeman has been the best of the Islanders’ batsmen so far with 212 runs, ahead of Paul Hartle (175) and Phillips (169). Phillips also has 14 wickets, proving he is one of the best all-rounders in the game.

The Kangaroos were the surprise packet after the opening four rounds, winning all matches and sitting atop the ladder.

However, they have been brought back to earth somewhat in the past two games, losing to the two top teams. The Kangas’ first game in 2014 is against Baxter – it simply

must win to be considered a genuine finals contender.

Thirty-nine-year-old Danny Weare is the best of the Kangas’ bats and is ranked six in the competition with 278 runs at 69.5. Teenager Michael Edwards has 182 and Andy Johnson 161. As might be expected, Dwayne Doig leads the bowlers with 21, ranked fifth in the competition.

Crib Point, as always, has been inconsistent. The Magpies’ best is some of the best cricket of all teams in the competition but it doesn’t display it enough. It is the only other side in the competition with an outright win, achieved over Mt Martha.

Luke Herrington has again been the standout performer for the Pies with 357 runs at an average of 51 as well as 14 wickets. He has more runs than Phillips and the same number of wickets. Henry Dolphin has 204 runs and Matt Blake is the third-highest run-scorer for the Magpies with 146.

Brad Davidson has been the strongest performer with the ball and has snagged 21 wickets.

Mt Eliza has been a little

disappointing with three wins and three losses. Not having Justin Grant has been a big blow.

Luke Marshall heads the runscorers at the Mounties with 222, while Tristan Faithfull has been consistent with 200. Jason Mathers is third-best with 151. Tom Baron is third-best bowler in the competition with 22 wickets but the Mounties don’t have another bowler in the top 20.

Heatherhill and Peninsula Old Boys are locked together on two wins.

Kristian Miller, 18, is ranked 10th in the competition for runs with 216 at 36, and skipper Matty Meagher is second with the ball with 22 wickets at 10.86. Randal Gamage has contributed 157 runs and Dean Shaw 154.

Eivion Bowen is the unlikely top run-scorer for the Old Boys with 143, Glen Prendergast has 135 and Jon Forrest 129. POB doesn’t have a bowler in the top 25 with Justin Parkes at 28 with eight wickets.

Bobby Wilson heads the Moorooduc run table with 322

at 53 to be ranked fourth in the competition. The Ducs are in 10th place with one win, a draw and four losses. Myles Cordeux has 166 runs and Nick Williams 148. Sushant Gupta is the Ducs’ leading wickettaker with 10.

Mt Martha and Rye are both without wins. The Reds’ best runscorer is Mitch Darville with 134, while big off-season recruit Corey Harris has just 129 runs next to his name. Tim Bateman is ranked 12th for wickets, snaring 15 so far.

Darren Groves, known for his bowling (16 wickets), is the best of the run-makers at Rye with 136. Next best is Ben Ashworth with 96.

The best bowling performances this season in the competition have come from Tom Baron (8/40) and Matty Meagher (8/56), while Dwayne Doig snared 7/73.

With the bat, Luke Herrington had an outstanding innings of 185, while Nick Jewell scored an unbeaten 157 last weekend. Ben Clements also has a ton, an unbeaten 129.

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Parkers the team to beat after feasting DISTRICT

By IT Gully DELACOMBE Park and Somerville were the two teams many expected to be dominant forces in MPCA District cricket this season.

Delacombe Park is blessed with some outstanding talent and underachieved last season.

The club is sitting atop the ladder as we go into the Christmas break and is the one to beat heading into the second half of the season.

Jon Guthrie has been the standout performer with the bat for the Parkers, hitting 263 runs to be ranked third in the competition. The evergreen Nick Christides has 184 runs and Chris Brittain 178. Brittain also leads the way in the competition in bowling with 22 wickets, the underrated Shane Deal is ranked fifth with 14 wickets at an average of 8.29 and Varun Singh has 14 wickets and is ranked seven.

Somerville made the grand final last season and was expected to lift to another level.

At the halfway mark, Somerville sits in fourth on the ladder. Justin

Allsop (212 runs), Ben Delaney (198) and Nick Marshall (193) are all ranked in the top 12. Russell Wilkes leads the charge with the ball for the Eagles with 11 wickets and Aaron Kaddadz has 10.

Pines has probably been the surprise packet in District, winning five of its six games to be in second place, just eight points from the top.

The surprise comes when you look at the run-scorers. Brett Hudgson is the best with 176, although 96 of came in the last match. Jeremy Weare, who came out of retirement after about four seasons away, has 152 runs, while Ricky Ramsdale has 149. Pines’ bowlers are pretty good with the ball, too, with Ramsdale on 17 wickets and Brett Remy 14 wickets. Nick Wilcox has 10.

Main Ridge had a slow start to the season but has really hit its straps in the lead-up to Christmas. Its recent outright win over Seaford pushed it into third place, eight points clear of Somerville.

Run machine Gareth Wyatt leads the competition with 339 at an average of 84.75, while Ridge skipper

Brad Rossborough has 245. Michael Holmes is also in the top eight with 222. Jordan McCulley is the best of the bowlers with 14 wickets and Scott Millar has 13.

Seaford Tigers has also made a strong impression in District after winning the Sub-district grand final last season. Star all-rounder Corey Hand has been at his finest again this season with bat and ball. He has 244 runs and 12 wickets. Ash Mills is the chief run-scorer for the Tigers with 257 and David James sneaks into the top 10 with 207.

Carrum has dropped off a little after playing finals last season. The Lions are three wins and three losses, but boast a pretty good percentage, which has kept them in the mix.

The team’s young bowlers, Jackson Fry (10 wickets) and Lachy Dobson (nine wickets), have not had the same impact as last season, and Dean Polson has left the team. Shaun Foster continues to lead the way with the bat for the Lions with 258 runs and Jeremy Graves does the job with the ball with 12 wickets.

Hastings has been inconsistent. Its

good is strong enough to win games and its worst is woeful. A 50 per cent strike rate at this stage would be considered a pass mark for the Blues.

Luke Hewitt has been the gun player with 168 runs and 14 wickets. Timmy Birch has also been good with the bat to be the club’s leading run-scorer with 188. Isuru Dias has 11 wickets.

Boneo has been a little disappointing but is still one of the teams fighting for fourth place, one of three teams on 36 points. Ryan Jellie with 169 runs is the best of the bats while Leigh Lowry is ranked 30 in the competition with 138 at an average of 23. Chris Jobling is the team’s leading wicket-taker with 11.

Flinders and Baden Powell have two wins from six matches.

Flinders is rebuilding and must be patient. It certainly isn’t in danger of relegation. Andrew Power has been the talk of the town, scoring 270 runs to be ranked number two in the competition. Shane Beggs has 163 runs.

Baden Powell has underperformed, despite having a new look line-up. Its stars, including Anjula

Title is Hillmen’s to lose

SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully RED Hill is head and shoulders above all other teams in MPCA Sub-district competition this season.

The Hillmen were arguably the best side last season, too, but failed to fire at the business end.

The year before, 2011-12, Red Hill played off in the grand final, losing to Pines.

Surely season 2013-14 is the year of the Hillmen.

Red Hill is blessed with talent, both young and old, and is led very well by the likes of Glenn Collett, Simon Dart and Nick Wood.

Dart has 214 runs for the season to be ranked third in the competition, while Collett has 132 and Oliver McKillop 120. It’s not enough runs for a top side but the team makes up for it with the ball. Collett has 17 wickets so far, Ross Corfield has 12, Brent Martin 12 and Dart 11.

While Skye sits in second place and has performed well, winning four of its six matches, Rosebud looks the team most likely to challenge the Hillmen.

Skye has had a very even contribution with bat and ball. Leigh Smith has 181 runs, Paul Fillipone 141 and Davyd Stockman 127 runs.

Smith has also bowled well and has 15 wickets, receiving good support from Ben Milano with 11.

Rosebud has been incredibly inconsistent, which comes with blooding new kids. In saying this, the youngsters have performed extremely well. The Buds don’t have a batsman in the top 10, Matthew Maher coming in at number 16 with 144 runs. Les Parslow has 133. Brian Doughty with 14 wickets is the Buds’ chief wicket-taker, while Jason Nagel has 13.

Balnarring is in fourth place and locked in battle with fifth-placed Pearcedale and sixthplaced Tyabb.

All three sides, along with Rosebud, are on 36 points.

Jacob Cook with 162 runs is the best of Balnarring’s bats, while he leads the charge with the ball also, ranked number one in the competition with 23 scalps. Andrew Dowey and Brenton Taylor have 153 and 146 runs respectively.

Pearcedale’s Chris Dew leads the competition for runs with 232, while teammate Brad Trotter is at six with 179. All-rounder Kaine Smith has 158 runs. Shayne Gillings has 20 wickets for the Panthers to be the second-ranked bowler in the comp, while Smith has 14 victims.

Tyabb has relied on Luke Rus yet again with the bat; he has 178 runs to date, while Josh Creaney is next best with 118. The Yabbies don’t have a bowler in the competition’s top 20. Adam DiTrocchio with 11 is the team’s best.

Tootgarook is still in the mix, thanks largely

to an outright victory, and is on 32 points.

Sorrento recruit Klint James has 167 runs for the season to be ranked eighth in the competition, while Travis French has 131. Zac Stevenson is the leading wicket-taker with 20, and Todd Harnett has 15.

Frankston YCW is in eighth place with two wins. Many believed the team would improve significantly, given Andrew Kitson, Rob Bedford, Paul Bradley and Jason Bedford had all returned.

The future is bright with some talented kids but the team needs to lift in the second half of the season. Although it well down on the ladder, YCW is only one game outside third.

Bradley leads the charge with the bat for the Stonecats, scoring 216 runs as well as the ball with 16 wickets. Jack Greenwood, 18, has 161 runs and Adam Muirhead has 16 wickets.

Carrum Downs also has two wins, while Dromana sits on the bottom with just the one win from six games.

The Cougars have two batsmen in the top 10.

Shane Walford has 184 runs and Josh Spittal 165. With the ball, Chamara Perera continues his consistency from year to year with 16 wickets.

Zacc Klan continues to do the job for the Dromana, scoring 157 runs and snaring 13 wickets, while Jedd Savage has 127 runs from just two matches. Best of the bowlers is Danny TImmer with 14 wickets.

Perera (86 runs at 14), haven’t set the world on fire. Sam Mullavey is the top-ranked batsmen with 147 runs (ranked 27). Rhys Elmi is next best with 118. Thankfully Nathan Rice with 18 wickets has kept the Braves in some matches, while Perera has done a little better with the ball, snagging 12 scalps.

Seaford had a lot of players walk out on at the end of last season and was only a middle-of-the-road side in 2012-13. The team couldn’t afford to lose players, which is why it has just one win for the season. Damien Lawrence leads the way with both bat and ball, scoring 176 runs and taking 18 wickets. David Anderson has 136 runs.

This season has been another horror stretch for Ballam Park.

After being relegated two seasons ago (only to be reinstated because Hastings lost its points), it was relegated from Provincial last season.

At the end of this season, the Knights will be relegated once again – to Subdistrict. Matty Roach has 188 runs at an average of 23.50 and is the leading wicket-taker with 10.

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