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Standards drop in virus fight VISITORS and locals on the southern Mornington Peninsula appear to be taking a relaxed approach to the rules around COVID-19 safety. A Portsea resident complained that people there, and in Sorrento, were treating the area as a “get-outof-jail-free card” by congregating in groups, chatting face-to-face, and ignoring mask rules. “All you need to do is drive and walk around and have a look,” he said. “It is an absolute joke with nobody wearing masks outdoors in any capacity, and gathering at the coffee shops every day, especially the one at Portsea pier from 8.45-10am. “Point Nepean National Park is being used for freedom purposes with no rules apparent.” When the two towns were visited by The News many people on the street were not wearing masks. Workers at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Yawa aquatic centre in Rosebud were photographed standing in groups with masks on their chins under tucked under their noses. The Portsea resident, who asked not to be named, said streets had filled up again after the lockdown extension last week. “Builders continue to work but wear no masks while doing so. Neighbours are having family members coming and going and others are still having dinners and catch ups.” The resident said people “need to stop being so entitled and selfish when the minority are trying to do the right thing”. Stephen Taylor

False reviews: Hastings cafe proprietor Jenny Sok obeyed the face mask rules and felt the wrath of a recalcitrant customer online. Picture: Gary Sissons

Trolls try for lockdown revenge Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A HASTINGS cafe proprietor was targeted by online trolls last week for simply doing the right thing. Pitstop Cafe’s Jenny Sok, who has run the Frankston-Flinders Road eatery for five years, was trolled on social media after asking a customer to put on a face mask before entering her busi-

ness one day last week. The customer told her he was not wearing a mask for medical reasons and refused to comply before leaving the shop and posting complaints about the incident on the Reignite Democracy Australia Facebook page. Other anti-maskers followed up with negative reviews and criticised her business for being discriminatory. The episode so upset Ms Sok that she

closed her cafe for the day. “That guy never said he has a medical condition at all when he comes to the shop,” she said. “Our shop always allows people to walk in without a face mask with a medical condition.” The episode was repeated on Monday when another customer entered the shop saying he would not wear a mask for medical reasons.

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“This is very hard for us. In previous lockdowns we have not had any problems,” Ms Sok said. Regular customers rallied to support the business on social media with Mitch Owun posting: “You are sadly a business that is the victim of an agenda. Hopefully you can get it sorted out. Doesn’t look like too much reputational damage has been done.” Joel Hill: “They don’t have a medi-

cal condition, don’t worry. They use the exemptions as a way of making a political point. Almost none of these people have a valid reason not to wear masks and they bully good people like you who play by the rules.” Alicia Wilson: “They’re from the Reignite Democracy anti-vax page. I saw someone share your link and encourage others to leave false reviews. So infuriating …”

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Around our Peninsula Local vaccination centres

Peninsula 2040 – it’s our shared vision

For people who meet the State and Federal Government’s eligibility criteria: • Frankston Hospital Rosebud Hospital (Eleanora House) Cranbourne Turf Club (high-volume centre) For bookings call: 1800 675 398 • Rosebud Respiratory Clinic: 0436 033 507

Thousands of people on the Mornington Peninsula have been dreaming big about what they would like life to look like here in 2040. Mornington Peninsula Shire says “thank you” to all our wonderful community members who have given their time and energy to help shape the future of the Mornington Peninsula.

Join the conversation

Nearly 3,000 people have shared their ideas with us, either by filling out a survey, speaking with our community ambassadors, attending online forums, meeting for community discussions, sharing drawings and sending in postcards.

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The next phase of the visioning process is the Citizens’ Panel – a randomly selected group of 40 people who will represent the community. They will take all of the community feedback and distil it down into a shared community vision. We’ll keep everyone up to date on the progress of the Citizens’ Panel and share the Community Vision once it’s complete.

Pride of place

Winter brings on the chilly weather but there’s still plenty to enjoy outdoors like a walk along the foreshore Bay Trail or a visit to a local park or recreation reserve. To combat graffiti and encourage creative art, we are commissioning two murals in Rosebud by local artists that tell meaningful stories about our Peninsula. We are proud that Dromana is a finalist in the Victorian Top Tourism Awards - winners announced in July.

Briars: Crs Steve Holland, Anthony Marsh, Mayor Cr Despi O’Connor With the latest outbreak of Coronavirus in Victoria we encourage everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated it protects you, your family and the community. Great news for the environment – soon all households with a green bin can choose to put food waste into it as well as garden waste. It will be turned into compost for our farmers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. mornpen.vic.gov.au/foodwaste

Save the Peninsula’s giant spider crabs

Nepean: Cr Susan Bissinger, Deputy Mayor Cr Sarah Race

The protection of thousands of spider crabs during their annual moulting event in southern Port Phillip Bay has become a real issue and we are calling on the relevant Ministers for a fishing exclusion zone for the crabs from May to July. In the spirit of Sir David Attenborough’s documentary, we want to protect the crabs so people can witness the wonders of nature, not harm the crab population and risk the future of this species and the local ecosystem.

Sharing ideas and feedback

Cerberus: Cr Lisa Dixon

When restrictions allow, please drop in to my new office at 10 High Street, Hastings – just opposite the library. Or call to make an appointment – your feedback and concerns are important. While unfortunately the Reconciliation Walk to Willum Warrain had to be cancelled, interest in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gathering place has been growing steadily and it’s time to look at some new ideas to expand. A concept master plan has been created – please take a look and give Council your feedback by 22 June. mornpen.vic.gov.au/willumwarrainmasterplan

Drive Safely Because campaign launches in Somerville

Watson: Cr Paul Mercurio AM

Together with the Transport Accident Commission, we have launched a great initiative called Drive Safely Because. It is a road safety campaign aimed at reminding us why we need to be more aware of how we drive on our roads and to think about good reasons we should drive safely. Things like: Drive Safely Because my mum walks her dog along this street or because our kids ride their bikes here. There are lots of good reasons to Drive Safely. Keep an eye out for the blue signs across the Peninsula.

Protect our wildlife

Red Hill: Cr David Gill

Wildlife protection has developed into a major problem on the Peninsula. Emus and wombats were common here not long ago, now gone because they were shot as pests. Migratory shore birds, marsupials and reptiles are disappearing. Even essential pollinators, insects and bees are becoming endangered. Without examining existing numbers, kangaroos are shot on the Peninsula and joeys also killed. We have many fauna species at risk of extinction on the Peninsula; we should not also risk losing our kangaroos.

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closes 15 June

Shire governance rules:

closes 18 June

Road management plan:

closes 20 June

Willum Warrain Aboriginal Gathering Place conceptual master plan: closes 22 June

Seawinds: Crs Antonella Celi, Debra Mar, Kerri McCafferty

Food waste collection starts 19 July

Mural projects – street art opportunities EOIs:

Balcombe Estuary Reserves ecological and planning study: closes 28 June Websters Corner and Sullivans Bay concept plans: closes 2 July Mayor’s short story writing awards: closes 1 August

Online events June 10

MPRG Connect launch, 6-7.30pm mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Easy recycling at home, 12-1.15pm mornpen.vic.gov.au/ourwastefuture

Food waste collection info session 7-7.45pm mornpen.vic.gov.au/foodwaste

Composting pet waste at home info session, 10.30-11.30am mornpen.vic.gov.au/foodwaste

Easy recycling at home, 12-1.15pm mornpen.vic.gov.au/ourwastefuture

Information is correct at time of printing. COVID-19 restrictions may cause changes or cancellations. For a full list of all Shire events see our website: mornpen.vic.gov.au/events mornpen.vic.gov.au/markets

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Colleagues back Marsh for $8000 course Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au NINE out of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 11 councillors have voted in favour of their colleague Anthony Marsh being able to spend more than $8000 on a director’s course. The money will come from the $16,000 each councillor is allowed to spend on courses or conferences during their four-year term. Cr Steve Holland, the only dissenting councillor during debate at the council’s 1 June online meeting, said spending the money “doesn’t pass the pub test”. “I know councillors can spend $16,000 on conferences and training, but this needs to be linked to community benefit,” he said. “I don’t know how this can be justified … especially when we reject submissions [for council money] all the time that are of a similar or lesser value to this. “In my view, I don’t see $8000 of value to community here. I think Cr Marsh will be the direct personal beneficiary of the majority of that value. “We need to be funding community projects and not giving councillors a leg-up into the company directors’ circuit.” Cr Kerri McCafferty described Cr Marsh as a person of “integrity and honesty” and a “critical thinker” who

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she often looked to for guidance. She would be “leaning towards” Cr Holland’s assessment if the course was being undertaken towards the end of Cr Marsh’s four-term term but thought the community and council would benefit with three and a half years to go. “There is a lot of benefit here, and an area where [Cr Marsh] would thrive and bring a lot of benefit back to the council,” Cr McCafferty said. Amanda Sapolu, head of governance and legal, in a report to council’s 1 June meeting said the five-day Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) company directors’ course “is widely promoted as an essential qualification for company directors and those decision makers in similar roles”. It was a course supported by the Municipal Association of Victoria “as a key qualification for councillors”. Cr Paul Mercurio said he had “watched quite a few ... councillors take courses - whether worth $400 or $4000 - and can see the return for the community is well worth it”. He did not believe any councillor would take a course without being sure it would benefit the community. “The point is, we are able to spend money so we can be better councillors for our community,” Cr Mercurio said. “So yes, we could use that $8000 to fix or help with some drainage or a very small bit of footpath, but the fact of the matter is we’re here to help with

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our community and that’s what that allocation of funding is for - $16,000 over four years is for our community.” Cr David Gill supported councillors being able to spend the $16,000 on conferences and training although “it’s a decision for each councillor, I’ve never taken a course that I didn’t pay for”. “Councillors should make sure the purpose is valid and [the benefits] returned to our community and not just personal.” The expenses of individual councillors are only listed for discussion on the council agenda if it is more than $2000. The shire’s website shows that Cr Sarah Race has spent $2387 of her conference and training allowance, closely followed by Cr Debra Mar, $2236. Other councillors to have used some of this allowance are Cr Antonella Celi, $1770, the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor, $1454, Cr Lisa Dixon, $1336 and Cr McCafferty $1054. Two councillors have claimed child care expenses: Cr McCafferty $2339 and Cr Race $418. When it comes to claiming for travel in their own vehicles, Cr Celi has claimed $2971,Cr Dixon $2481, Cr Holland $2458, Cr Mar $2194, Cr McCafferty $1670, Cr Hugh Fraser (who retired in March) $1576 and Cr Race $822.

Indigenous garden a place to bee

EVERYTHING is a-buzz at St Joseph’s Primary School, Sorrento. The school’s years four, five and six students are learning how to be “bee friendly” after using a junior landcare grant to help build a bee and butterfly garden. Members of Point Nepean Men’s Shed are pitching in to help the students build native bee and insect hotels, and staff from Mornington Peninsula Nursery at The Briars, Mount Martha have propagated indigenous plants and created native seed bombs. The students will monitor the garden for blue banded, carpenter, teddy bear and resin bees. They will also be keeping an eye out for indigenous moths and butterflies.

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The Briar’s Indigenous nursery staff members Kim Day and Kate Skvor organised the excursion. Ms Day is pictured with year 3/4 students Liam Bernadas and James McDonell. Picture: Supplied The Resource Smart School recently received a biodiversity and core unit star. “The school sees itself as having an important role in the community,” sustainability teacher Jane Byrne said. “We are contributing to environmental biodiversity by planting indigenous plants which will encourage native bees and butterflies to the school grounds. Ms Byrne said the indigenous resource garden was planted with edible, medicinal and fibre plants.

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‘New faces’ try basketball MANY “new faces” attended last month’s after school come-and-try sessions run by Beachcombers Basketball Club and Red Hill Basketball Club. The clubs are members of the Southern Peninsula Basketball Association The junior clinics, at Red Hill Consolidated Primary School and Dromana Primary School, attracted about 80 and 60 children. “We are in such a great place with all of our clubs and local schools now engaging the community,” association general manager Ben White said. He said a main focus was to bring excitement and new opportunities to children while providing an opportunity to be active and involved within their own school. Competitions manager Jenna McCormick said the sessions were the “first step in providing both the opportunity and the knowledge of what basketball is and how SPBA can cater for a range of families throughout the peninsula”. Schools or clubs interested in the program should contact Peter Caspersz at community@ sthpen.com.au OWEN Gilbert found there was no shortage of volunteers when asking who wanted a shot at the hoop during a coaching lesson at Red Hill Consolidated. Picture: Supplied

Mayor’s Short Story Writing Awards Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Peninsula Writers’ Club invite local writers to apply for the Mayor’s Short Story Writing Awards! The Awards aim to encourage and support Mornington Peninsula writers of all abilities, celebrate our diverse talent and showcase local stories and voices. Applications are currently open and close Sunday 1 August 2021 at 5pm. Applications will be judged by authors Gary Disher, Paul Kennedy and Danielle Binks alongside Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Despi O’Connor.

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Award categories and prizes 8 – 12 years 500-word limit / short creative fiction only $500 prize and bookstore vouchers 12 – 17 years 1000-word limit / short creative fiction only $500 prize and bookstore vouchers 18+ years 2,000-word limit / short creative fiction only $1,000 prize and two-week Police Point Artist Residency

‘$20m to fix Pillars problem’ Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au STUDIES into cliff stability, Aboriginal cultural values and a possible bill of $20 million are in the mix to find a “solution” to deal with problems at The Pillars cliff jumping site at Mount Martha. Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors last week agreed to hire consultants to report by October after undertaking geotechnical survey and speaking to Traditional Owners about cultural values at the site. The report will include an assessment of what could be provided to improve safety at The Pillars, such as a boardwalk and viewing platforms, toilets, paths and signs. The council has also asked the Department of Environment, Land and Water to pay for a study into building a boardwalk “based on the outcomes” of the yet-to-be-undertaken report. Meanwhile, councillors have decided to “revisit” the second priority of a September 2018 management that dealt with “traffic management and parking restrictions in local streets”. The shire is keeping secret a legal report into its culpability in the event of injuries being sustained at The Pillars. Part of last week’s decision also saw the mayor, Cr Despi O’Connor writing to Mornington Liberal MP, David Morris and the Labor Eastern Victoria MP Harriet Shing to advocate “as appropriate” to DELWP and the state

THE Pillars at Mount Martha, left, has become an online hit and tourist drawcard and also provided at least one idea for making money - $13 badges, above. government on the shire’s behalf. Mr Morris will also be asked for the results of a survey he undertook “gauging community views on The Pillars”. Mr Morris told The News that initial analysis of his survey results showed the highest concerns were parking, pedestrian access and destruction of vegetation. Anti-social behaviour and rubbish were of a lesser concern. “I’m still irritated that the state government has completely wiped its hands [with the issue] since I raised it in parliament in 2016,” Mr Morris said. He said the “hand balling” between ministers had been “absolutely despicable”. “It’s just ridiculous to just leave it to the council. People won’t stop going there, but it needs to be managed so

there is zero impact on vegetation and erosion.” Cr David Gill said that when he was mayor in 2016, he had to speak in favour of fencing off The Pillars even though he had voted against it. “I voted against it as a waste of money … and [tonight’s decision] is going to lead to another waste of money,” he said. “Seriously, what are we voting for? A site to be used by tourists jumping into water where there are rocks. “The risks are not going to go away, and it will be the council and ratepayers who pay.” He later told The News that his estimate of $20 million for infrastructure was based on numerous officers’ reports to council. “I want this to be finished. I want this to be not the site that some people

want it to be because of the way it’s put out there on social media. This has to stop, and it should stop now.” Cr Steve Holland said the previous four years had not been wasted and the consultant’s report now being commissioned would arrive in time to “review protecting the amenity of residents” before summer. He said council needed to know what was possible for The Pillars and how much it was likely to cost. Cr Anthony Marsh, who successfully moved for the report and correspondence with state politicians, said most councillors had been in council for six months “so any history, sorry Cr Gill, but that’s on your watch”. “This is not a silver bullet but is asking for more information to come back … we have to do something. “It’s not good enough to say ‘well,

this is not going to get anywhere’.” In a report to council’s 1 June meeting (held online due to the latest coronavirus lockdown) coastal planner Laura Crilly described The Pillars as having “a complex set of issues to which there is no simple management solution”. The number of visitors to the cliff jumping site had “exploded” in 2016 as a result of its location being shared on social media and the internet. The popularity of The Pillars also resulted in a series of reports and actions designed to manage the problems, including a fence along a section of the Esplanade, blocking access tracks, signs, parking restrictions, patrols by police (who refused to clamber over the fence) and council rangers. Work has also been started to protect areas of “indigenous cultural sensitivity”. The $180,000 fence was erected in December 2018 and removed in May 2019, amid safety concerns for motorists and pedestrians which were later backed up by legal advice. However, over summer crowds - some drunk - had continued to descend on The Pillars leaving a trail of “distressed residents with reduced amenity and wellbeing”, litter and illegal parking (241 vehicles booked in two months) as well as safety concerns for the cliff jumpers, and drivers and pedestrians on the Esplanade. Ms Crilly said police responded to four “reportable incidents” and the Country Fire Authority attended five incidents.

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The fourth was with them when scouts saw stars MEMBERS of the 1st Balnarring Scouts went to the source to celebrate Stars Wars day on Tuesday 4 May. Scouts and friends participated in Star Wars games, Star Wars trivia, Stars Wars food (including Ham Solo sandwiches, and Jabba the Hummus) and a visit from Star Wars writer, Tom Taylor. Taylor is a Melbourne-based writer

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Our Library has teamed up with the Be Connected Network to run programs throughout the Peninsula for people over 50 years old who would like more help with their digital skills.

You’ll learn about: • being safe online and avoiding scams • online shopping • using social media platforms • video calling • shopping and paying safely online • the cloud • setting up a smart home Courses have commenced and run 5950 1230 until July. To enrol: ourlibrary.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ digitalskills

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Swim safety for elderly THE need to refocus efforts on preventing drowning towards older people has been highlighted by the 2008-2020 Australian Water Safety Strategy study. This comes as the so-called baby boomers continue to make up an increasing proportion of Australia’s population, with the Mornington Peninsula having the second highest proportion of older residents in the state. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health study found that the introduction of pool fencing legislation and associated enforcement had helped reduce drownings, especially among children, as had legislation requiring boaters to wear life jackets. Drownings in Tasmania, South Australia, and New South Wales reduced the most overall, while Queensland halved the rate of child drowning. “Victoria had the lowest drowning rate at the baseline, and they lowered that further,” lead author Royal Life Saving Society – Australia CEO, Justin Scarr said. “This may be due, in part, to legislative changes to mandate lifejackets on small boats, which was found to have a significant impact in reducing drownings.” Life Saving Victoria’s Dr Bernadette Matthews said 44 people drowned on the peninsula between 2010 and 2020. The loss of the 36 men and eight women made up about 11 per cent of fatal drownings in Victoria in that time. The most affected age group was 25-44 years with 18 drownings. In 35 per cent of the drownings, the person lived on the peninsula. Peninsula lifesavers were busy, being involved in 63 of the state’s 602 rescues in the 2020-21 season and 124 rescues the previous season. “With Victoria having experienced one of its deadliest drowning tolls in 2020-21, with 55 people drowning since 1 July 2020, it is a timely reminder to always exercise caution

when planning a day at a waterway,” Portsea Portsea Surf Life Saving Club president Matthew Mahon said. “During the off-season, we strongly encourage swimmers on the peninsula to consider if a public pool is their safest option until lifesavers put up the red and yellow flags next season,” Mr Mahon said. Stephen Taylor

Art show called off THE Flinders Art Show scheduled for the Queen’s Birthday weekend has been cancelled. “After so much work and commitment from artists, generous donors, prize givers and our hard working committee, we are so disappointed that due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions we have had to cancel,” art show president Christine Hayden said. The 12-13-14 June show could not be rescheduled to a later date as there are no guarantees the hall would be available. Ms Hayden said even if the lockdown was lifted on Thursday night there would not be enough time to get organised. “It really takes three days to set up and we have no other date available,” she said. Flinders hall is due to be pulled down and replaced by a new, bigger hall later in the year but build dates are uncertain, with the new hall expected to take 12 months to complete. This would mean the 53rd art show – unable to be held over the past two years because of the pandemic, and not next year due to the hall rebuild – will most likely be held in 2023. “We have always been limited by the size of the old hall to about 300 works and next time we will have a bigger, modern hall so it will be a better presentation,” Ms Hayden said. Sponsors, donors, advertisers, artists and ticket holders are being asked whether they want their money back or if it can be and distributed to those the show usually supports.

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DESPITE using an increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in three-year-old kindergarten as an example of its “positive action towards reconciliation”, Mornington Peninsula Shire will not release actual statistics. The shire says there has been a 300 per cent increase in Aboriginal enrolments since 2016 but will not reveal how many children are involved. “We cannot provide the actual numbers … because it may allow individual members of the community to be identified and this is not culturally safe,” community services manager Jo Bradshaw said. The shire also chose to highlight higher rates in “Aboriginal business procurement, and work” as being among “a number of important actions against the [shire’s] Reconciliation Action Plan”. When asked to detail the nature of business the shire told The News it had “engaged Aboriginal businesses in the areas of catering and graphic design”. "Our peninsula is one of the fastest growing Aboriginal areas in Victoria, with a 34 per cent increase, especially in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people under the age of 30,” Ms Bradshaw said. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that in 2016 there were 1618 Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders living on the peninsula which has about 170,000 residents. The original statement about the threeyear-old kindergarten increases was contained in a 20 May news release during National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 3 June) listing the shire’s achievements towards reconciliation (“Reconciliation plan’s ‘positive’ outcomes” The News 24/5/21). Keith Platt

FORMER Commonwealth Games archer Dawn NelsonFurnell is on target to prove age is no barrier in sport at the Australian Masters Games in Perth in October. The 56-year-old of Crib Point, has done things differently than most after “retiring” to have a daughter in 1984 and then, aged 42, reigniting her passion for archery and picking up her bow again in 2006. Despite those around her saying she was “too old” she powered on and has experienced great success ever since. Within a year of resuming, Nelson-Furnell was chosen to represent Australia at various world field championships and world cups. She also won repeat state and national championships as well as a place on the 2010 Australian Commonwealth Games Team. Dedication has made her successful. “I’m training a couple of days a week and every weekend and competing in every competition I can,” she said. Nelson-Furnell has broken two world records, one of which is still standing: At the World Masters Championships in Switzerland in 2018 she shot 662 points out of a possible 720 over 60 metres – a world highest mark. On the back of that success, as well as her general excellence, she was presented with an exceptional sportsmanship medal from the secretary-general of world archery. “It came as quite a shock,” she recalled. “I was packing my bow away before the medal presentation and they were talking about this ‘special person’ and I was thinking ‘that’s nice’ when they called me up to the podium,” she said. “It was lovely but unexpected.” At the Adelaide World Masters Games in 2019 she won eight gold medals –some in events in which she does not regularly compete. This year will mark Nelson-Furnell’s eighth Australian Masters Games, an event at which she met her now-husband Peter 13 years ago. “Yes, there certainly is a rivalry,” she quipped. Peter became her coach and together they run the Angel Archers archery club at Balnarring. She is hoping to once again prove that age does not mean a thing when she competes at this year’s Australian Masters Games in Perth.

Taking aim: Archer Dawn Nelson-Furnell is out to prove age is no barrier to sports success. Picture: Yanni

‘Vision’ for a larger Gathering Place AN open amphitheatre, artefacts and art display area, an area for elders, a “welcome and yarning area” and a base for cultural tourism are included in a conceptual plan for Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association’s headquarters at Hastings. The Gathering Place, in Pound Road, is where members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community meet to explore identity and cultural heritage. However, with the Mornington Peninsula regarded as one of the fastest growing Aboriginal areas in Victoria,

with a 34 per cent increase, especially in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people under 30, more space is needed. Mornington Peninsula Shire says projections show that in five years Willum Warrain will attract more than 10,000 visitors a year and membership will increase to 3000. The shire, in partnership with Jaffe Consulting and Peter Wright Architects, has created the master plan to develop a vision of what can be achieved there to cope with the increase.

The plan also includes ways to expand the wetlands at Warringine Park for a wildlife corridor, an outdoor men’s shed area and a carport for community buses. The community hub in Pound Road will include a cafe, kitchen, bush nursery, shop and vegetable garden. Cultural events, tours and “on country” experiences are also part of the vision. “The master plan sets the vision and direction for a renewed Gathering Place. Cultural opportunities will be created which will allow the

rekindling of cultural practices and traditional knowledge. This is vital for Willum Warrain as the area grows,” the mayor Cr Despi O’Connor said. Cr Kerri McCafferty, a member of the Inter Council Aboriginal Consultative Committee, saw the design concepts as offering “amazing opportunities to engage with our First Nations people and culture and support them into the future”. The shire says Willum Warrain employs more Aboriginal people than any other entity on the peninsula and is regarded as a “channel for recon-

ciliation”. It said First Nations People “know the importance of maintaining and strengthening the spiritual relationship with their traditionally owned or occupied and used lands and waters, to uphold their responsibilities to country, ancestors, community, and future generations”. Public feedback on the Willum Warrain master plan closes Tuesday 22 June. Visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/ willumwarrainmasterplan Hard copy forms are available at the shire’s customer service centres.

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Councillors line up to condemn annual ‘decimation’ of crabs We, the councillors from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, are appalled by the comments from Dallas D’Silva of the Victorian Fisheries Authority (“Spider crabs stay on the menu” The News 2/6/21). Our community has been advocating for a notake season since 2019, due to the decimation of the giant spider crabs during their annual moult. The aggregation is used by the crabs to protect themselves from natural predators. This annual marine phenomenon is something to be celebrated, yet here the VFA is advocating for the crabs to be plundered and pillaged at their most vulnerable. On 18 May our council unanimously passed a motion for the Victorian government to institute either a seasonal ban, or an exclusion zone, during the aggregation. Members of the Mornington Peninsula community have been very strident in their support for the giant spider crabs, and we will stand with them and advocate until these animals are protected during this period. Mayor Despi O’Connor, deputy mayor Sarah Race and Crs Susan Bissinger, Antonella Celi, Lisa Dixon, David Gill, Steve Holland, Kerri McCafferty, Debra Mar, Anthony Marsh and Paul Mercurio.

Crab plunder ‘no joke’ I see Dallas D’Silva from the Victorian Fisheries Authority as a comedian. He claims (not for the first time) the mass plundering of spider crabs is a family activity he actively is encouraging (“Spider crabs stay on the menu” The News 2/6/21). Essentially, he is saying he doesn’t give a damn what the Rye community thinks or even Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. Locals and visitors who have witnessed this plundering spectacle know there is absolutely nothing of the “family activity” about it. Before 2019, the family activity for most people was passively observing this amazing phenomenon, not watching them being carted away in car fridges. Those of us who have strongly and consistently advocated to ban this carnage are aware of Mr D’Silva’s refusal to consider banning crabbing from Rye pier and Blairgowrie marina during the moulting season. He makes no mention of these two carnage spots, preferring to talk generically about the bay. He appears totally indifferent to complaints about chicken carcasses, wire cages and rubbish strewn around Rye pier and foreshore. He also seems to be indifferent to the destruction of marine habit (such as that of seahorses) by the metal cages or disruption of the food chain - rays feed off the moulting crabs. Wake up Melissa Horne, Minister for Fishing and Boating, and stop your director, Dallas D’Silva, from regarding the plundering as a benign family activity. Banning the taking of spider crabs from Rye pier and Blairgowrie marina during the moulting period would be the act of a responsible minister

who thinks beyond a client only, revenue raising mentality. Mechelle Cheers, Rye

Quarantine time waste I am feeling completely disappointed and very upset that our prime minister [Scott Morrison] and Flinders MP Health Minister Greg Hunt have taken so long to admit their constitutional duty to provide adequate quarantine facilities for Australia and finally agreed to building a facility in Victoria. From the beginning of this [coronavirus] pandemic, expert epidemiologists have been calling for purpose-built quarantine facilities, but have been ignored by a prime minister who just doesn’t seem to get it. In our constitution, quarantine is a federal responsibility. In August, Mr Morrison said: “I think, yes, we have to live alongside the virus … The real strength of our ability to live alongside COVID is testing, tracing and outbreak containment.” This is a very risky and foolhardy strategy, as we have seen around the world, and completely ignores the fact that adequate quarantine is our first major defence against this virus. Hotels were a short term, stop gap measure when nothing else was ready but now, more than a year has passed with 21 breaches of quarantine from hotels around Australia while Howard Springs [in the Northern Territory] has not had one breach. Hotels have shared airspace, so it is common sense that they are not adequate for this deadly contagious virus. I was speaking to a friend who did hotel quarantine in Sydney who said she could smell cigarette smoke through the air conditioning, so of course the virus can move the same way. Mr Morrison and Mr Hunt twiddled their thumbs for more than a year and should have done the math earlier - it is cheaper to build adequate facilities than to lose billions of dollars in lockdown after lockdown due to the federal failure on quarantine. Vicki Sullivan, Rye

Trust misplaced I might find myself applauding Hillview Quarries’ efforts in planting trees in Arthurs Seat State Park were it not for the clanging irony that it is gearing up to destroy up to 94 acres of neighbouring pristine bushland (“Quarry pays for state park trees”, The News, 2/6/2021). Staff spent two hours planting 100 trees. Yes, that would be commendable if quarry owner the Ross Trust was not planning to spend several decades blasting millions of tonnes of granite out of the ground next door. If the trust gets its way, its new quarry will wipe out a crucial biolink and jeopardise the already identified 28 threatened species of flora and fauna in the area. Those 100 trees look like a drop in the ocean. It’s almost like if AGL had offered to raise a few tadpoles to offset the catastrophic damage a gas facility in Western Port would have wrought had that equally disastrous proposal been granted. In your article, Greg Fitzgerald tells us the 10year relationship between his Habitat Restora-

SPIDER crabs caught in a net during their June 2020 moult at Rye. Picture: Jane Headley tion Fund and Hillview Quarries “has consistently achieved positive outcomes for the state park”. The outcomes over the 70-year lifespan of this quarry would, on the other hand, be consistently cataclysmic. “Habitat restoration in our natural bushland requires a long-term view approach,” Mr Fitzgerald adds. And yet the only long-term outcome of the trust’s open-cut mine would be environmental devastation. You have to ask yourself what friend of nature gives with one hand while laying waste with the other? The Ross Trust can’t have its cake and eat it. It is either a philanthropic conservationist or a profit-hungry miner. It can’t be both. Let’s hope the trustees’ conscience guides them down a green and righteous path. Elizabeth Clancy, Shoreham

Groups ‘greenwashed’ I wonder if the Habitat Restoration Fund knew that in exactly the same year (2018) the Ross Trust (Hillview Quarries) gave it the grant, it also applied to the state government to destroy up to 94 acres of a critical biolink on the north face of Arthurs Seat (“Quarry Pays for State Park Trees” The News 2/6/21)? Shame Ross Trust, trying to greenwash groups. Michelle de la Coeur, Red Hill

Food waste fear Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has announced it knows “many have waited patiently for this exciting new chapter and it’s finally here. We will start collecting your food scraps from Monday 19 July. You’ll be able to add all your food waste into the green waste bin, including bread, dairy and meats” (“Food waste pick-ups to cut rubbish load” The News 3/5/21). Many councils, including the Surf Coast and Boroondara, have a similar service which is known as FOGO. These councils provide ratepayers with a separate FOGO bin which is collected weekly. Many peninsula ratepayers are not permanent residents and their green waste bins may not be put out for collection for many weeks, indeed months. In order to avoid any health risks from such things as meat and dairy remaining in green waste bins for protracted periods, I suggest that ratepayers should not follow the advice of the shire and that they do not place foodstuffs in their green bins, the health risk is too great. Imagine if bins with meat and dairy products in them for extended periods are tipped over after being put out for collection? The consequences do not bear thinking about. Bill Holmes, Sorrento

Roadside helpers I am always reading a lot of bad things about people and what they do, but it is great to see that there are many people in this world who do a lot of good work and do not get recognised for their effort, as I found out last week. As a regular cyclist I was riding with another rider from our bike club when I collapsed off my bike. Upon being moved to the nature strip my co-rider was helping me when a lady pulled up who, by the way, was going for a dental appointment, to render assistance as she was a nurse, she then attended to me until the ambulance arrived. Meanwhile, a tradesman, who was on his way for a flu shot, also pulled up to further help and offered to take care of my bike and returned it to me after I was back from hospital. These two strangers I did not know, and my co-rider all stayed with me until I was taken to hospital by ambulance, even though they had appointments. Thanks to you all for your care and assistance. Graham Bailes, Mornington

No handouts If capitalism is so great, why do capitalists ask socialism to bail it out or pay for its unquenchable thirst over and over again? So, this “private” group of businesspeople the Committee for Mornington Peninsula - wants Mornington Peninsula Shire to fund its agenda (“Questions over shire’s ‘promised’ $50,000” The News 25/5/21). I suggest they go to the ideologically motivated, neo-liberal, pseudo-Christian extremist federal government for the money. It could make a “ministerial decision” and hand it out from the 1more than $10 billion corporate welfare to the fossil fuel industry which pays little or no taxes. The ideologically motivated, neo-liberal, pseudo-Christian extremist federal government loves to give money to the entitled class, good ol’ boys private schools (at the expense of the public system) and corporate mafia agendas. The Committee for Mornington Peninsula might actually have some self-serving good ideas, but lest we forget, they are a business group with a minimum membership fee of $1000 and do not represent the general community. They need to pay their own way to get what they want and stop asking for handouts. They do not even represent the greater business community as most [businesses] could not afford the membership fee. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

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New arrivals experience terrible misfortune Compiled by Cameron McCullough MR and Mrs James Liddle, who with their family, arrived in this district about ten days ago, from Hopetoun, have had an unusually sad experience. Two members of the family, a boy and a girl, aged six and three years respectively, were suffering from severe colds on arrival here, unfortunately these developed into bronchial asthma, and despite all that could be done by Dr Griffiths to save them the girl passed away on Sunday and the boy on Wednesday. It is stated by Dr Griffiths that the sudden climatic change from the Mallee district to the prevailing cold temperature here is chiefly responsible for the sad event. Both have been interred in the Frankston cemetery. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their bereavement. *** YESTERDAY the Council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings decided to acquire the celebrated electric light outfit at Frankston. When the contract is signed, which will probably be some time next week, a deposit of £500 will be paid, and later on other payments, totalling something like £4000, will have to be met. This bold step has been taken as the result of a conference between the Electricity Commissioners, the Frankston Gas and Electric Light Company and the Council. It can be reasonably assumed that the Council is not looking forward with any degree of pleasure to the handling of its new possession. Cr Wells does not like the idea at all.

He emphatically stated that he would not give £100 for the whole turn out, and none of his colleagues seemed anxious to outbid him in the matter of personal speculation. The Council, quite obviously, is not acting on its own judgment. It is being influenced largely by the views of the Electricity Commissioners. Unfortunately the Commissioners do not have to find the money – the ratepayers of the Shire have to foot the bill. Frankston ratepayers, from bitter experience, have formed a very accurate idea of the value of the electricity turn-out. The Commissioners have also arrived at an estimate of the value of the plant with a long name. We are inclined to back the opinion of the ratepayers against that of the visiting expert. The expert tells us that the plant he saw is capable of effectively lighting Frankston and Seaford. Frankston people know that the Company has been trying to provide an effective lighting system for years and has never given satisfaction. Is it expected that change of ownership or management will work a miracle, and that the noisy back-firing engines will be docile and effective in the hands of the Council when they refused to work satisfactorily under the company’s management. It is a foregone conclusion that the expenditure in sight will be doubled before the Council succeeds in giving an effective light service. Talking of light, it would be illuminating to know where the Council gets its authority to enter on this new venture, involving a large financial outlay,

without first seeking the sanction of the ratepayers. If the ratepayers are not concerned about the matter, and are indifferent as to how thousands of pounds are expended on any old proposal that comes along well and good. The ratepayers must find the money. If they are not particular as to the manner of its expenditure the Council cannot be blamed for splashing it about. The Local Government Act contains provisions protecting the ratepayers in matters of large expenditure. It would be strange if it proved nonprotective in this case. *** THE scheme suggested for the improvement of Kananook Creek has been condemned by the Government. The matter was before the Council yesterday, as will be seen from the report appearing in another column, and on Saturday (tomorrow) night a special meeting of the Seaford Progress Association will be held to consider the position. Nearly 12 months ago the Minister for Public Works assured a large deputation from this district that the creek would receive attention. All he asked was that the officers of his department be allowed a week or two in which to verify the figures submitted by the shire engineer, Mr A. K. T. Sambell. This promise received tardy fulfillment and it was only after much letter writing and agitating on the part of the Seaford Progress Association that the Department finally sent an engineer to inspect the creek. It is to be hoped that the Depart-

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ment, having condemned the scheme proposed, will come forward with some practicable suggestion to meet the difficulty. The Minister has admitted that a certain amount of responsibility rested with the Government in improving the existing condition of the creek.. *** DR V. J. E. Zichy Woinarski died suddenly on Friday last, at his home in Mornington, as a result of a heart seizure which overcame him while he was returning from a sick call. Dr Woinarski, who was a brother to Judge Woinarski, gained his medical degree at Melbourne University after receiving his education at Melbourne Grammar School, and prior to the war he practiced for several years at North Melbourne. He was 56 years of age, and he has left a widow, two sons and a daughter. *** THE dry spell has broken, and the nice, steady rains will keep the grass going and enable the ground to be worked. Nurserymen should be particularly thankful, for, although insufficient to penetrate deeply into the soil, it will facilitate the lifting of trees. Orders for young trees are coming steadily, but, as the nurseries are carrying lighter stocks, many kinds are unobtainable. The areas planted during the past three years have been more restricted than in pre-war seasons. *** FRANKSTON Police Court Before Mr Knight, P.M. Allan Tivendale was charged with having converted to his own use

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By Craig MacKenzie LOCAL soccer is blessed with some excellent sports photographers covering the exploits of clubs throughout the broad peninsula area. They include Darryl Kennedy, Gemma Sliz, Paul Seeley and John Punshon and their photographs have appeared in these pages supporting our coverage of the local game. Kennedy is a former player, coach, team manager and administrator who turns 60 this year and has been involved in the sport since he was 12 years old. Most of his playing career was with Seaford United (including stints with Seaford North and Belvedere, the forerunners of the current club at North Seaford Reserve) but he also played for Frankston City colts, Peninsula, Carrum and Baxter. “I started as a teenager through playing with mates at school and at first I was a right back until I got moved into the centre-half position,” Kennedy said. “I never won anything. No personal stuff, nothing. “Even had a few coaches that refused to play me because they were afraid of me giving away penalties. “Just let’s say brutality rather than finesse was an apt description. “There aren’t any playing highlights to be honest and I was one of those guys that was just happy to play in the reserves.” His connection with Seaford spans over 40 years as a player (over 10 years), thirds’ coach (11 years), junior coach (over 10 years), senior team manager (two years), committee member (four years), junior co-ordinator (one year), club president (two years) and supporter. “One year at Seaford stands out when I was president, team manager, coach of the thirds, coach of my son’s junior team and Bayside Football Association president,” he said. “That was a very long year. I don’t think I could go through anything like that again.” Kennedy also had two years as the team manager at Frankston Pines (2004, 2005) after being surprised by an approach from then Pines coach Stan Webster. “I was in the pub one day with (wife) Louise and (son) Liam and I think from memory the Webster family had some function when Stan came over and asked me if I’d be interested in becoming his team manager. “I have no idea why he approached me and I went down there with some reservations at first but I ended up having a very enjoyable time – apart from chasing Tommy (Mitchell) about the place trying to get equipment off him but that was part of the fun down there.” Kennedy’s interest in sports photography had been sparked during his time at Seaford by Steve Gray, now one of the premier football videographers whose website Football Chaos and its facebook counterpart have become synonymous with grassroots Victorian soccer. “I first met Steve at a Seaford game against Rosanna and I think he was living up that way at the time. “He was taking photographs and you rarely saw someone doing that and doing it well.” But it was during Kennedy’s stint as Pines team manager that his interest took hold and his skills and knowledge of photography grew.

Football in focus: Sports photographer Darryl Kennedy at the London Stadium in 2019. Picture: supplied

“A few years later I think Steve had moved to Cranbourne and rather than taking photos had started videoing games. “I thought to myself I don’t see many people taking photos and I’d like to do that so I went out and bought myself a camera. “As Pines’ team manager I had access to all these areas so I started taking photographs and when my time at Pines ended I discovered that I could get accreditation through the FV or FFV at the time so I did and started going to games, mainly Premier League, and taking photos. “That’s how it all started.” And Kennedy’s journey as a sports photographer has many highlights. They include his connection with the Gaelic Athletic Association of Victoria and rugby union (Wallabies and Melbourne Rebels). For years he freelanced for ex-pat publication the Irish Echo, and even went to Ireland to cover the GAA World Games in 2019. “Some of the best moments of that trip were walking on the hallowed turf of Croke Park and going over to England to watch West Ham play at London Stadium,” the Hammers’ tragic said. He’s had many cherished football moments among them covering Glasgow Celtic and LA Galaxy tour games and many Melbourne Victory A-League matches and while being photographed with David Beckham and meeting then Irish international striker Robbie Keane might be seen by some as highlights there’s one match at the MCG in 2013 that stands out. “Being there while thousands and thousands of Liverpool fans sang ‘You’ll Never Walk

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operate the curtain. “Others might think that that’s not much of a job but they’re wrong. “You’re now up on stage getting to meet the stars, to see them perform, to see how it all works. “That’s the enjoyable part ‫ –ؘ‬meeting all these people I never thought I’d meet in my lifetime. “I’ve not just been up close to world-class footballers I’ve also met state premiers, the president of Ireland and plenty of politicians among many others and that’s a part of what makes photography so interesting and so great. “That’s the attraction.” Meanwhile in Football Victoria news the state body emailed clubs last week with Saturday 20 June pencilled in as the season reboot pending restrictions. All clubs were encouraged to prepare for a number of possible impacts of the current season pause including: n playing matches already scheduled for catch-up rounds during midweek n an extended season and playing postponed matches/rounds during the proposed finals series n fixtures that cannot be rescheduled and have no impact on promotion or relegation to be deemed as a no result n any club not wishing to participate in a postponed fixture being deemed the forfeiting team n the sequence of playing opposition teams and home and away patterns being amended. The remaining local club in the FFA Cup, Langwarrin, is now likely to play its away tie away against Moreland Zebras in the week after the proposed league resumption.

Alone’ was something you never forget.” But Kennedy’s attraction to sports photography is much more than working at iconic stadia or being at big games. “People used to ask me what it’s like being a photographer and I’d say it’s like going to see a play and sitting in the audience then someone comes up to you and asks you if you’d like to

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PINE MGP10 70x35 Long .......................................... $3.75mt 70x45 Long ...........................................$5.05mt 90x35 Studs ......................................... $3.45mt 90x35 Long .......................................... $3.75mt 90x45 Studs ......................................... $4.55mt 90x45 Long ...........................................$5.05mt

PINE MERCH 90x35 ................................................... $1.80mt 90x45 ................................................... $2.40mt

PINE F7/MGP10 – LASER CUT 140x45 ................................................. $7.75mt 190x45 ............................................... $10.50mt 240x45 ............................................... $14.25mt

GALV SLEEPER CHANNEL

‘H’ SECTION $47.00mt ‘C’ SECTION $31.00mt 90° CORNER $78.00mt

1 Dalkeith Drive, Dromana Mon-Fri 7am-4pm Sat 7am-12noon

www.dromanatimber.com.au

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