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Crying fowl over fruit MERRICKS North applegrower Ian Cousins stands among his devastated crop and curses the beautiful rainbow and musk lorikeets that soar above his head.

He can see no beauty in the prolific parrots as their voracious eating habits are costing him his livelihood.

Mr Cousins is among a handful of orchardists left on the Mornington Peninsula who despair at what has occurred this growing season. It shows the imbalance between agriculture and native fauna.

The lorikeets have been coming to the peninsula for thousands of years, according to experts, but their natural tucker has been reduced by humans.

It’s a problem with no economically viable solution.

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Tyabb rail death inquest

By Mike Hast THE inquest into the death of preschool teacher Kay Stanley on the Mornington-Tyabb Rd level crossing at Tyabb in 2008 is scheduled to start on Monday 7 May. The hearing in the Coroner’s Court will consider the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Frankston-bound Stony Point train and Ms Stanley’s brown VW Beetle at about 10.30am on the Australia Day holiday on 28 January 2008.

Ms Stanley, 32, and a few weeks’ pregnant, was on her way to get ready for the new school year when her car was struck by the train, pushed almost 200 metres and crushed against the

Tyabb station platform by the twocarriage country train then operated by Connex.

Police said Ms Stanley went through flashing red lights at the crossing, which did not have boom gates.

Her mother Gwen Bates was at home in the United Kingdom getting ready to fly to Australia to attend the March wedding of her daughter and Brett Vogel of Mornington.

Mrs Bates has campaigned tirelessly since the tragic day to clear her daughter’s name, claiming the lights were dull and the train was speeding.

She also lobbied the state government to install safer crossings on the Stony Point line, which had five cross-

ings without boom gates in 2008. All have now been installed after money was found in the 2010 state budget.

Mrs Bates said the installation of boom gates at Tyabb started one day after her daughter was killed .

Obsolete incandescent flashing lights were replaced with brighter LED lights the day after the collision.

Mrs Bates said the Tyabb crossing was supposed to have boom gates installed 19 months before her daughter was killed.

Then Transport Minister Peter Batchelor announced boom gates for Tyabb on 29 September 2005.

The inquest is expected to last for 10 days. A directions hearing was held

last November and was attended by lawyers representing Veolia Transport (Connex), VicTrack (which owns the tracks), the Department of Transport, VicRoads, V/Line Pty Ltd, Transport Safety Victoria and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

The coroner, Jacinta M Heffey, is expected to hear from accident eyewitnesses, police, and various companies and government authorities. Not all bodies that attended the directions hearing will necessarily be required to attend the inquest.

Mrs Bates was originally represented

by Portsea lawyer Michael Morehead, but is now being represented by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

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In May 2010, Mrs Bates obtained an order to exhume her daughter’s body from Flinders cemetery and took her back to Yorkshire, where Ms Stanley was laid to rest in a woodland cemetery in south Yorkshire, not far from where she grew up.

Late last year she told The News the level crossing should be removed and replaced with a bridge.

“Plans to expand the Port of Hastings, which include Tyabb with its port use land, mean the crossing should be modernised. The grade separation should also be part of the Tyabb township plan released by the shire recently.

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Let there be lights THE pedestrian signals on FrankstonFlinders Rd opposite Macca’s in Hastings were turned on Monday afternoon after months of delay.

They were installed last September, but stood unused as Mornington Peninsula Shire and VicRoads blamed each other for the delay.

The lights were installed to improve the safety of Western Port Secondary College students walking between the school on High St west of the busy, four-lane road and Hastings township.

In late February the shire said it had completed its part of the work.

“VicRoads has the responsibility for power connection and switching on the lights,” the shire’s manager of infrastructure strategy, Niall McDonagh, said.

But a VicRoads spokesman said there were “power issues with Telstra” and that “the project wasn’t referred to us early enough by the shire”.

The VicRoads spokesman said it took three months to work its way through the system, but admitted the “job didn’t end up in the right channels at VicRoads”.

The signals are about 50 metre north of the intersection of High St, between High St and Glendale Ave. An earlier shire report stated “the need for pedestrian operated signals to be installed at this location was identified in both the Hastings Commercial Area Parking and Traffic Management Strategy, and in the Hastings Township Ride Safe Linking Shared Paths Strategy”.

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Lorikeets wing in for fill of apples

By Mike Hast DON’T talk to Merricks North farmer Ian Cousins about the beautiful lorikeets in his neck of the woods – they’ve munched their way through two-thirds of his precious apple crop this year.

The rainbow and musk lorikeets chattering in the background are a constant reminder of the loss as he goes about daily tasks on his farm near Tubbarubba Rd. “It’s the worst season for bird damage in my 55 years on this land,” he says as he takes The News tramping through hectares of what should be a bounteous harvest from the January to June growing season.

“We lost a quarter of the crop to lorikeets last year, but this season has been devastating,” he says, squinting into the sun as maybe 100 birds swirl overhead then dive into a different part of his 20-acre orchard.

“See these trees,” he says with a sweep of a tanned arm, “they’re usually loaded to the top with fruit.” He shakes his head as he looks at his mangled crop of golden delicious, red delicious, Jonathan, Granny Smith, Abbas, Fuji and Gravenstein apples.

Mr Cousins called The News after reading our story about wildlife control (‘Kill permits are too easy: MP’, 13/3/12).

He was dismayed to read comments

by Greens MP Greg Barber, who is conducting a campaign to force the Department of Sustainability and Environment to reveal how many Authority to Control Wildlife permits it has

issued this year.

“I met a greenie at the shops and asked him how much he was paid each week. He said $600 and I said ‘Well, how would you like it if I took $400 of that – every week?’.

Mr Cousins, 75, virtually runs the orchard of apples and pears on his own with a part-time worker at peak times.

It hasn’t helped that apple prices have crashed to a low that has many orchardists in Victoria considering their future.

“We’re getting only $10-15 a case at the moment,” he said.

He says pesticide sprays are soaring in price and fuel costs are higher.

Netting is not an option. “It would cost $1.5 million to protect my orchard. You need high timber frames so the tractor with spray attachment can move underneath.

“It’s not like grapes where you can roll out nets on top of the vines.”

He’s tried everything to dissuade the birds – shotgun blasts, driving one of his tractors between the rows of trees, fake goshawks on a pole.

“I fired off a packet of 25 shells and the blighters didn’t even leave the trees. The goshawks cost $66 each and I reckon the lorikeets just laughed at me.”

His brother-in-law in Tyabb bought two expensive gas-driven scare guns, but they only worked for two days.

Lorikeets are in huge numbers on the peninsula this year, squawking and whistling in banksia trees in the south, hanging upside down in flowering gums on the Western Port side and

Apple blight: They may be colourful and cute, but lorikeets are creating crunch time for orchardist Ian Cousins.

eating apples from Red Hill to Moorooduc and Tyabb.

After inspecting his orchard, Mr Cousins heads back to the packing shed to get ready for market next day.

He’ll have an early tea with his wife Win, get some sleep, rise at 11.30pm, be at the fruit and vegie market at 1am and spend two hours unloading and setting up for when the buyers arrive at 3am.

Later in the day he’ll work in his market garden, created a few years ago when crop losses started to hurt.

He pulled up pear trees and planted zucchinis, squashes, tomatoes, peas, beans and corn. It doesn’t make up for the apple losses, but it’s some income.

Would he consider selling up and retiring?

“I like growing things; it’s what I’ve done all my life. It’s my hobby and my job.

“Every year brings a new challenge, every year is different and it keeps me going.

“I don’t want to sell; I want the birds to buzz off. They’re eating my orchard at the crack of dawn; all day long we watch them ruin our fruit and they’re still eating when the sun goes down.”

Ian Cousins of IFT & WA Cousins, orchardists, is one of the last of a breed. “When I started there were 53 orchardists on the peninsula and now there are 10.”

And hundreds of well-fed lorikeets.

Nets the only real deterrent

THE Department of Sustainability and Environment says in its guide to damage to orchard fruit by birds and flying-fox bats that there are only three options: non-lethal scaring, erecting nets or limited destruction of birds using an Authority to Control Wildlife permit.

It specifically points out that lorikeets are almost impossible to scare off so effective damage control can only be had by using nets.

Peninsula ornithologist Roger Richards of Somers, who coordinates the bird monitoring team at Devilbend Reservoir, says he sympathises with Ian Cousins’s plight, but “there is no solution; it’s a shame”.

“Australian birds are nomadic and lorikeets have probably been coming to the peninsula on a seasonal basis for tens of thousands of years,” he said.

“They go where they can find food.”

He said it was a complex issue, but loss of habitat and therefore usual food sources such as seeds, pollen and nectar of native plants was a key element to why they had recently become a problem for orchardists.

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Teacher remembered with music

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Musicman: Top, Tim Bridge at the end of year concert in 2010. Below, the Western Port Secondary College jazz band playing Son of a Preacher Man. Below right, the taiko drum band playing the drums made by Tim Bridge.

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By Matt Vowell THE life and legacy of Tim Bridge, Western Port Secondary College’s beloved music teacher, was honoured at a memorial service last Wednesday.

It was a shock to everyone who knew him when Mr Bridge revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer late last year.

Even though he was at times very ill from chemotherapy, Mr Bridge still came to school most days to teach his students.

Everyone was very optimistic he would fight and beat the disease, but he lost the battle on Tuesday 3 March.

Mr Bridge was known by all his students as a loving and caring teacher with great passion for what he did.

He also was known for a quirky sense of humour and a unique teaching style as well as his dedication to his art.

He was an amazing musician who could play almost all instruments to a beginner’s level, but he specialised in piano, which he played to a high level, despite missing one of his fingers.

Year 11 music student Sam Malcolm said Mr Bridge was “the most dedicated, passionate and enthusiastic teacher I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing”.

One of Mr Bridge’s great achievements was the Western Port Secondary taiko band, which he started from

the ground up. He spent lots of his own time making each of the school’s 26 taiko drums from scratch.

At the service, assistant principal Hannah Lewis said: “Tim made a profound contribution to the college community, nurturing the talents of all of his musical students.

“He single-handedly made the taiko program an icon at the school.”

At the college, Mr Bridge organised dozens of school productions from school concerts to adaptations of stories such as Little Shop of Horrors in 2010 and Seussical the Musical in 2007.

“He was always big on ideas and wanted to create great opportunities for all students,” principal Andrew Nicholls said.

Tim Bridge was at Western Port secondary for about eight years and made a massive contribution to the school’s music department and all the arts.

On Wednesday, family, friends,

teachers and past and present students packed the college auditorium to pay their respects to Mr Bridge.

It was a fantastic night, with musical performances from past and present students as well as teachers, and eulogies by people who he most influenced including students. His wife Helen also spoke.

Many bands performed including the school’s taiko band, the jazz band, a soul band and a 1980s rock band.

There was a song from the stars of Mr Bridge’s production of Little Shop of Horrors and a performance by teachers Stuart Miller and Tim Ward.

One of Mr Bridge’s quirks was he would sometimes skip the last note of a song to see the reaction. This was a good metaphor for how he lived – a song cut too short.

Tim was taken too young, but he leaves a legacy with all of his students.

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Hundreds farewell firey, sportsman Bobby Kupsch MORE than 800 people attended a celebration of the life of Robert William Drayton “Bobby� Kupsch at the Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverley on 5 March.

Members of the Hastings Fire Brigade, surrounding brigades and Victoria Police form a guard of honour at the end of the service (pictured).

The large number of people honouring Bobby (pictured) was a measure of the regard in which he was held in the Western Port community as well as the number of friends and acquaintances he had made in his 14 years.

Bobby died in his sleep at home on Friday 24 February of dilated cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart) and the news shocked the Western Port Secondary College community, Crib Point and Hastings football and cricket clubs, and Hastings CFA and the wider CFA community.

His parents Jo and Robert Kupsch said Bobby was “a kind, jovial kid; the one with cheeky one-liners and a great sense of humour�. “He was a typical teen boy who loved his Xbox, but also had a passion for music and played bass in the jazz band at school,� they said. “He enjoyed the camaraderie of playing sports with his mates, won a premiership with Crib Point Cricket Club’s under-13 team and was school captain at Bittern Primary School in 2009. “Even though he devoted time to school, sports and his Xbox, he was community minded, giving back to his town as a junior member at the Hastings fire brigade.

“He took this role on with pride, mentoring many others at training and winning the Junior Fire Fighter of the Year award two years in a row. “He was appointed Junior Lieutenant three years running and also received the Junior Leader’s Encourage-

ment award.�

Bobby’s mum and dad said he had “great mates who thought of him as a brother�. “We and his sisters Bridgette and Delaney could not have been prouder of him.�

Mr and Mrs Kupsch thanked Victoria Police, CFA Hastings and surrounding brigades, Crib Point junior football and cricket clubs, Western Port Secondary College, Bittern Primary School “and all of our family, great friends, teachers and students� for support.

Bobby achievements included: AusKick participant 2003-06.

Hastings Junior Football Club member 2007-08.

Hastings Junior Football Club under-11s coaching award 2008.

Hastings Cricket Club member 2005-07.

School captain at Bittern Primary School 2009.

Hastings CFA junior volunteer development program’s junior leader encouragement award 2009, voted a junior lieutenant in 2009, 2010 and

2011, and junior firefighter of the year in 2010 and 2011.

Tyabb Junior Football Club member 2010.

Crib Point Cricket Club member 2008-11, under-13 fielding award 2009-10, member of under-13 premiership side 2009-10.

Ratbags Reading Award medallion for Western Port Secondary College 2010.

Crib Point Junior Football Club member 2011-12 and won coach’s award for best on ground in a semifinal side in 2011.

Scholarship from Western Port Secondary College for community involvement 2010 and academic achievement award in 2011.

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Review of marine ‘health’ zones THE future of Western Port’s marine national parks and sanctuaries could depend on a review being conducted for the state government by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council.

The review follows a report by the Auditor-General that said there were gaps and failings in the protection of marine animals and plants living in the so-called safe havens on the Mornington Peninsula’s coast.

A report tabled in parliament in February 2010 recommended more active on-ground management and the introduction of integrated statewide policy and planning for the whole marine environment as the best way to manage environmental threats.

Asked if the VEAC review could lead to a reduction in protected marine areas, the Victorian National Parks Association marine and coastal project officer Simon Branigan said the state government “has continued to support Victoria’s current network of marine national parks and sanctuaries in any public comments and have also highlighted that the vast majority of Victorians do as well”.

“A recent Victorian Coastal Council community attitudes and behaviour report strongly confirmed this, with 92 per cent of Victorians surveyed stating they support marine national parks.”

The VEAC review is to be completed by February 2014.

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Mr Branigan last year said the Auditor-General’s report, Environmental Management of Marine Protected Areas, found the government is failing to protect coastal waters from invasive pests and diseases, and recommends the development of a marine pest biosecurity plan.

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resource management”.

However, while conservationists warn that the “health” of Port Phillip and Western Port could be in jeopardy, fishers say there is no evidence that coastal controls have improved marine life.

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FEATURE

Bittern Sunday Market a real chat room IF you’re looking for a chat, the place to go is Bittern Sunday Market.

It’s one big chat room from about 7am until 1pm every Sunday, rain, hail and whatever else Mother Nature throws at us.

Stalls featuring everything from fine china to nuts and old hammers also offer a key economic indicator, a model of recycling and renewed passion for local produce.

The market has really come of age.

When we started going for fruit and veg, some stalls were a tad scruffy.

But in 30 years at the Bittern Railway Reserve, the market has matured. The market committee chaired by Peter Bryan (flowers) ensures a quality mix of stalls and quality presentation. He’s on site every Sunday by 6am to set up.

Committee secretary and now coordinator John Bryce started out on retirement as a stallholder but now is paid a small amount to manage market business such as banking, collection of fees and dispersal of donations.

“Over 30 years we’ve given out more than $500,000,” John said.

“The money goes to schools, preschools, emergency services, sporting organisations from Karingal to Mornington and this side of the peninsula. We also give to individuals* in special cases,” he said.

Organisations can pick up a requestfor-funding form from the market trailer.

Requests are considered on need, community benefit and availability of funds.

“We give back 80 per cent of fees from 72 sites, 20 per cent goes to maintenance of the reserve – rubbish collection, gravel, and advertising. Some stallholders come weekly, others fortnightly and monthly.

There are 10 casual vacancies.”

The market is a grassroots reflection of the economy.

John said that over the past three years people tend to come with their dogs for a walk and a chat. “They’ll look at items, say how nice and walk on without spending.

“The impulse buying of earlier years is just not there. Things are tight,” he said.

As other stallholders confirm. Janet Baker – selling books, art supplies and collectables – agrees. She has been coming for the past eight years, cutting back to fortnightly owing to ill health in the family.

“But I still love coming,” Janet said. “I love the friendly atmosphere. People are looking rather than buying these days.”

I buck the trend and buy a piece of South American crewel work embroidery for $10, feeding a passion for ethnic textiles – after agreeing that there comes a time when you have to get rid of ‘stuff’, ‘dust collectors’.

Over years of shopping at the market, stallholders become friends.

Peter puts my gladdies in a bucket while I do the rest of the market because if you don’t get in early the best flowers

Pictures, clockwise from above. Don’s hat: The face that launch a class of portraits, plantsman Don. Sue: Sue Korevaar, vegetables, jams and good cheer. Heavy metal: Any old iron?

Can’t travel?: Fine china on display. Cute caps: nah, grow up! John and Richard: Market co-ordinator John Bryce with native plant expert Richard Cumming.

are gone; Sue Korevaar used to grow the superb hydroponic tomatoes then moved into hanging baskets. Her mum’s scones are a must. She’s working on a website with old-fashioned garden tips.

You have to queue for Andre’s goat cheese, yoghurts and interesting cakes.

Waiting is no pain as folk in the line are chatting about favourite products and recipes.

Don’s plant stall is unpassable. He offers advice on what vegies to put in and when; he also sells fertilisers. A man with a fascinating face and battered hat, Don has been recruited for portrait classes at McClelland Guild of Artists.

This Sunday I note that the stall where I buy rainbow coloured socks has diversified into hats with animal faces. Nah, grow up, I tell myself.

That’s one circuit. Time for hot chocolate and a sit. The coffee stall has umbrellas, chairs and tables. A young dad with a teddy bear hanging out of his pocket juggles three kids; older couples share confidences about their dogs; dogs of all sizes drag their owners past.

No sign of Ray – the popular chook, duck and egg man – at first. He’s moved under the trees I see. The proactive Western Port Men’s Shed has all kinds of ‘refurbed’ furniture though.

The coffee is good. Not sure about ‘baby

chinos’ for kids, though. More people are bringing takeaway mugs rather than waste cardboard cups, I note.

So better collect the flowers (forgot one day, had to drive back) and head home.

The new shopping centre at Bittern has given the market more off-road parking.

Two disabled parking spots have been provided.

A pedestrian crossing from the railway station to the shops would be of benefit now Bittern is growing. While new lights slow traffic across the railway line and a new 60km/h limit, it’s a risky dash for young and old.

Bittern market has become an institution, an essential part of Sunday socialising, better than Facebook, certainly beats Twittering (whatever that is). * On the subject of individual cases, I should say that Bittern Sunday Market has supported me over the past five years to attend polio conferences in America, Sydney and Canberra. Very few funding organisations support individuals and I am extremely grateful the committee has recognised that it’s not just about me. I am attending on behalf of Mornington Peninsula polio survivors and as chair of the Victorian Polio Reference Group.

Last week I attended the Parliamentary roundtable on the late effects of polio. It was magnificent after 20 years of campaigning to listen as four federal MPs heard representatives from five states talk for five hours about the needs of this country’s largest disability group. The hearing was broadcast and will be in Hansard.

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OPINION

The road to ruin runs passed aquatic centre COMMENT

By David Harrison THE VicRoads letter to Mornington Peninsula Shire was beautifully bureaucratic. Responding to shire plans for a foreshore pool at Rosebud, it delivers admonishments with silky finesse; it presses home its stiletto of rebuke with subtle and regretful politeness; it veils criticism as helpful suggestion.

Verily a Sir Humphrey Appleby work from VicRoads, delivering a deadpan and largely negative appraisal of the shire proposal.

The letter is littered with courteous disbelief. Can you be serious, it effectively inquires, in proposing to build a major attraction on the foreshore, with busy Point Nepean Rd between it and the Rosebud shopping precinct?

It briskly gets to this point after thanking the shire for its letter (of 22 September 2009), which sought VicRoads’ comment on its draft structure plan for Rosebud and the draft “Rosebud foreshore reserve management plan”, with the proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA) at its heart.

The shire probably did not anticipate the shellacking VicRoads gave it.

The opening salvo is withering: “Given the dependency principle and the Coastal Action Plan (CAP) statement that ‘Avoiding the construction of additional structures on the foreshore except where substantial net benefits to the community and/or coastal environment are clearly demonstrated,’ it seems unlikely that an aquatic centre would occupy foreshore land,” writes

VicRoads strategic planner Greg Beeton (his emphasis).

Note that emphasis. The benefit has to be “substantial” for foreshore land to be used. Opponents of the foreshore being taken over by a non-coastal dependent facility argue strongly that any community benefit falls way short of “substantial”.

How wrong Mr Beeton was in believing his political masters would respect the logic of this foreshore policy, which bars all but coastal-dependent structures – yacht and boat clubs, launching ramps, lifesaving clubs, etc – beside the sea.

How unable he was to foresee the pressure brought to bear on environment and climate change minister Ryan Smith to ensure that local MP Martin Dixon did not lose face over his ill-considered 2010 election promise to ensure that a pool was built on the foreshore.

Mr Beeton continues: “VicRoads would like to consider the report on traffic generation for an aquatic centre before commenting further.” Astonishingly, the shire failed to provide him with one.

At the 19 March “special” council meeting about SPA, mention was made of the bus service that would bring hordes of eager bathers to the pool.

If this occurs it will be a first – studies elsewhere show that only a few per cent of pool users arrive by public transport.

So, with the likelihood that some 90 per cent of pool patrons will come by car, where will they park? Will cars occupy foreshore land? Plans so far do

not mention the area that will be required for 120-150 vehicles.

Mr Beeton kindly suggests that better sites exist for the SPA “from a traffic generation perspective ... based on council’s access policies”. But they have all been rejected. To hell with the shire’s access policies.

He “notes” the proposal to link shops to SPA with five “formalised pedestrian crossing points” interrupting traffic flow on busy Point Nepean Rd and suggests they might not be appropriate. He seeks “advice” on their form and location. At the 19 March meeting, four crossings were shown on plans.

He further “notes” – a polite bureaucratic term for being “astounded by” – shire references in the Rosebud Activity Centre Structure Plan to “a policy direction ... to reduce traffic volumes on Point Nepean Rd and to reduce its through road function”.

There follow several VicRoads’ uncertainties about just what the shire is driving at with its proposals, and a short pithy lecture on the purpose of arterial roads, pointing out that, with the likely growth of Rosebud, a “connector link” might be needed to compensate for what appears to be a plan to reduce “lane capacity” on Point Nepean Rd through Rosebud.

Then a slightly irritated tone creeps in: development on the freeway reserve behind Rosebud “is, on traffic predictions, unlikely to allow for downgrading of Point Nepean Rd ...” nor is “a future significant transport mode shift” likely.

Mr Beeton continues his Traffic 101 lecture: “It is the existing and future

activity centre-related traffic that requires a four-lane road cross-section in Rye and Rosebud ... The [shire’s] structure plan for Rosebud is not specific on this issue and in the absence of any collector road initiative, it must be taken that the status quo is to be maintained for Point Nepean Rd ...”

Dropping his bureaucratic mask even further, he asks snippily: “Should [a reference] be removed [from the document] ... as it otherwise implies that Rosebud has two hearts?”

He suggests that the activity centre core “should not encompass foreshore land which is not the sole jurisdiction of council, and that a civic plaza and aquatic centre may not be appropriate foreshore use under the Victorian Coastal Strategy criteria...”

A civic plaza? But no mention yet of a water slide. Stay tuned to this aquatic saga – the announcement of a water slide is inevitable.

Frankston’s pool will have at least two, so SPA will need one to compete, especially for the patronage of the hordes arriving on public transport.

More from Mr Beeton: “Generally, major activity centre core areas avoid spanning significant roads for the very reason that core precincts are usually planned as pedestrian-only precincts and aim to avoid [mixing] pedestrians and traffic where possible.”

And, one might add, especially where the pedestrians are distracted mums herding inattentive ice creameating youngsters in sunhats and bathers across a baking road full of holidaying drivers carrying their own ice cream-eating youngsters.

The VicRoads letter points to “frequent references” in the shire document about how the council sees future development along this part of Point Nepean Rd. They include:  “Future retail and office development.  Consolidate office, employment, entertainment and accommodation uses in a mixed use form.  Encourage significant residential ‘consolidation and choice’ within the activity centre.  Facilitate youth facilities and services equitably along the activity spine.  Focus tourism along Point Nepean Rd.  Facilitate a mixed use activity spine along Point Nepean Rd.” Based on the inclusions and omissions in the shire document, “VicRoads does not see any redefinition of the role of Point Nepean Rd through the activity centre ... the report does not include any traffic analysis or specific reference to existing [or] future public transport services.

“Such future information,” the letter states drily, “would enhance the structure plan.”

Mr Beeton ends with a stinger: “VicRoads is surprised [read “flabbergasted”] that input to this structure plan has not been requested at an earlier time by consultants on behalf of council.”

So it was back to the drawing board and another dip into the ratepayer piggy bank for the shire, and presumably another phone call to the consultants, in a bid to get it right.

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Sunken trawler won’t be salvaged

By Mike Hast and Keith Platt THE fishing trawler that sank off Point Nepean last Saturday week is unlikely to be salvaged.

The 160-tonne, 27-metre long Lady Cheryl, owned by Corporate Alliance Enterprises of Lakes Entrance, struck Corsair Rock in The Heads at about 1am on Saturday 24 March.

Six crewman were rescued by a Port Phillip Sea Pilots tender as huge seas with waves up to six metres swept through the entrance to Port Phillip.

The trawler, heading out for a fiveday fishing expedition, was carrying about 30,000 litres of diesel as well as hydraulic oil and commercial lubricant.

Attempts to salvage the vessel have failed in the nine days since the incident, raising questions about the ability of government authorities to deal with such an incident.

On Saturday, the Department of Transport reported on its website that “salvage diving efforts have continued over the last week at every allowable opportunity�. “Diving at the site is only possible approximately 90 minutes per day due [to] the dangerous conditions created by ocean swells and strong tidal flows at The Heads. “Despite all salvage efforts and hard work from divers, recent reports have revealed that the vessel has firmly embedded around five metres into the seabed due to water current pressure. “The reports have also revealed the vessel has deteriorated to such an extent that recovery intact may not be

possible. Heavy wave movements and strong currents have caused the vessel to break apart, leaving no option for making the vessel buoyant and refloating it.�

The department said the trawler may be left on the bottom.

It also said there had been “no impact to wildlife to date and only small amounts of diesel fuel at the site and in the bay�, but this was contradicted

by Port of Melbourne spokesman Peter Harry, who on Monday told The News a lot of fuel had been lost when the trawler struck Corsair Rock.

Judy Muir, of Sorrento-based Polperro Dolphin Swims, said the sinking of the Lady Cheryl highlighted the need for a single authority to take charge of such marine incidents. “Decisions on what to do should not be left to the owners or an insurance company,� Ms Muir said. “If the insurance company or skipper can’t pay, the public should pay.

It should not be the environment that pays. “I’d like to see a plan where a single authority can override everybody else.

Surely the EPA should have to spell out the risks involved. “What has happened shows there is no plan, only reaction, and reaction can vary.�

Ms Muir said the trawler could have been pulled off the reef soon after it ran aground. “We need a government agency to give an uncompromised assessment of the situation. “What has happened this time does

not auger well if there is a major incident, like the cruise ship that was grounded off Italy. “At the moment there is no certainty.

Do we want the outcome determined by an insurance company concerned only for itself?�

Ms Muir said it was more than six days before government agencies made contact with tourism operators about the wreck.

She now believed a decision had been made to leave the wreck on the reef. “It seems there is no diesel left on board, although the engine oils are a concern. “They should also consider closing the port under certain conditions – there was a seven-metre swell running when the trawler went aground. “If a vessel cannot be recovered that message should be sent out.�

Simon Branigan, marine and coastal projects officer with the Victorian National Parks Association, said the association wanted the trawler salvaged. “After the trawler grounding there were a few days of calm weather that would have been the ideal window to act quickly and salvage the vessel,� he said. “If the authorities are considering not salvaging the trawler it needs to be cleaned of all contaminants including diesel, oil and paint, which is the usual process and its critically important that there is a strategic plan to determine where the most appropriate place for it to be placed so there’s no further environmental damage.�

What lies beneath: Divers from their dive boat, right, inspected the sunken trawler Lady Cheryl overseen by Port of Melbourne security officers aboard Tim Muir near Port Phillip Heads on Thursday. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon of aquamanships.com

Mr Branigan said the impact of the diesel spill had been “underplayed� by authorities. “Diesel is a toxic substance and there were reports of dolphins swimming through the spill aftermath and divers being covered in oil diving at Pope’s Eye,� he said. “The grounding site is also very close to the Point Nepean section of Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, an area that has incredible underwater values such as seagrass meadows and is a dolphin sanctuary.

“The response of Port of Melbourne and the government agencies appears to have been slow, with local tourism operators on the bay not being communicated to about the threats posed by the diesel leak. “What will happen if we have a bigger accident in the bay, including a grounding of a container ship full of bunker oil? “The consequences of this will be devastating to the bay’s fragile environment.�

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Scientists watching seagrass grow PORT Phillip’s seagrass and reefs are being put under the microscope.

A team of marine scientists have started a four-year study looking at how seagrass reproduces and bounces back from disturbance in different parts of the bay.

The project is one of four being funded under the DSE’s $5.5 million Seagrass and Reefs Program.

Deakin University researcher Dr Tim Smith said seagrass meadows cover up to 64 square kilometres of Port Phillip, making it one of the largest areas of seagrass in Victoria.

“Although seagrasses grow like the lawn in our backyard, they are not true grasses at all – they are more closely related to ginger and lilies. We have

marked out 15 locations stretching from Blairgowrie to Swan Bay to compare their recovery processes, and to see how well connected each area is.

“Their underwater flowers produce plenty of seeds – at least in some years – but new plants can also grow from when bits break off and are carried some distance.”

Dr Smith said samples over the past few months showed Port Phillip was undergoing “one of the largest seagrass flowering events seen for some time”.

Seagrass meadows are home to many creatures including worms, crabs, shrimps and snails.

They are also fish nurseries, nurturing species such as the commercially important King George whiting.

Seagrass is known to have a role in maintaining water quality by absorbing and recycling nutrients from its underwater environment.

“All this starts from a seed no bigger than a pinhead, which our researchers are painstakingly removing from hundreds of samples,” DSE marine biodiversity policy officer Stephanie Spry said.

“Together with findings from the other projects being funded by DSE, this work will help to determine how resilient seagrass is to environmental change and how seagrass habitats operate around different regions of Port Phillip.”

Blooming underwater: Port Phillip’s seagrass meadows are flowering, much to the delight of Deakin University researcher Tim Smith, seen above collecting seagrass seed. Left, a shallow water seagrass meadow.

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Auction Saturday 14th April at 12.30pm Inspect Call to Inspect Agent Shelly Brown 0431 1881 66

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4 Stefan Court Somerville

127 Bungower Road Somerville

Vendor Purchased Elsewhere - Must Be Sold

Resort Style Living on 4 Acres

This sparkling home is perfect for the growing family.

Featuring 4 bedrooms + study (or fifth bedroom), formal lounge, formal dining, large meals area & family room.

Luxury master suite with direct access to outdoor spa, polished hardwood floors, ornate cornices & ceiling roses give the quality touch. A decked outdoor entertaining area flows off the family room which overlooks the landscaped garden & water feature. The 960m2 (approx) block also includes a freestanding drive- through 4 car garage, room for a boat, small caravan or trailer plus a 4500L rainwater tank and grey water recovery system. Inspect without delay!

Immerse yourself in a life of luxury with this quality home set on 4 acres (approx) offering loads of character, gorgeous gardens and mature trees. The moment you drive up the tree lined meandering driveway you will be very impressed as it leads you to the quality filled residence comprising of 4 good sized bedrooms including master with WIR & ENS, gorgeous open plan timber kitchen and family room with timber lined ceilings, formal dining area and separate lounge with fire place and cathedral ceilings, huge laundry and beautiful outlooks from every window. Outdoor entertaining has been catered for with a built in BBQ, outdoor wood oven and resort style entertaining areas overlooking the sparkling in ground pool.

Auction Saturday 14th April at 2.30pm Inspect Call to Inspect Agent Shelly Brown 0431 188 166

Price $899,000 Inspect Call to Inspect Agent Shelly Brown 0431 188 166

3/1065 Frankston Flinders Road Somerville, Vic 3912

>WESTERN PORT realestate 3 April 2012

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‘Sandstone Lodge’

Big and tall with space for all

SET in a quiet and tree-lined street, this two-storey, four-bedroom home has high fences for privacy and double gates for security. A cobblestone driveway leads to the home and there is plenty of room for cars, a boat or caravan. There are two living areas, the main lounge room has a Coonara woodheater – and is adjacent to the casual meals area – and the modern kitchen features stainless-steel appliances. The main bathroom, laundry and two more bedrooms are on this ground floor. A timber staircase leads to a second lounge room and the master bedroom, which has an ensuite and built-in robes. A separate study could be a fourth bedroom or nursery. The home is on a large, well-landscaped, 1013-square metre (approx) allotment and outbuildings include a large garage on a concrete slab with power and two nice, shady pergola areas.

THERE is room for the whole family and then some in this handsome, double-storey, red cedar home. Through the front door are polished timber floors that lead to the formal dining room and you can have a pre-dinner drink in the lounge with its built-in bar. The impressive kitchen has stainless-steel appliances. The master bedroom is also on the ground floor and has an ensuite with spa bath as well as a large dressing room. Three more bedrooms, all with built-in robes, are upstairs as is a second bathroom and another living area, which accesses the balcony with views over Hastings township. Other comforts include gas ducted heating and air-conditioning and ample off-street car parking, which would be convenient for the tradesman or the multi-vehicle family.

Address: 11 Market Street, CRIB POINT Price: $495,000 Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

Address: 16 Pinewood Drive, HASTINGS Price: $400,000 Agency: Bay West Real Estate Hastings, 87 High Street, Hastings, 5979 4412 Agent: Lee Swift, 0434 871 536

We have arrived

Highly accomplished sales agents Elizabeth Wall and Leonie Worrall have joined forces to open Ray White Hastings. As local agents

And so have some familiar faces

for more than 13 years combined, we have expanded the Ray White network to the ever growing Hastings region.

We are an extremely dedicated, determined and enthusiastic team eager to offer a high quality service to our clients in all aspects of real estate. We have high professional standards and expertise covering rural, residential and property management.

For our clients this means a greater level of care, attention and

Ray White Hastings 69 High Street, Hastings Tel. 5979 4177 Fax. 5979 2177 hastings.vic@raywhite.com raywhitehastings.com

a commitment to excellence in everything we do.

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Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd. 87 High Street, Hastings Victoria 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

COVERING THE WESTERN PORT REGION

We will look after your property like we own it ourselves

Hastings, Somerville, Tyabb, Crib Point & Bittern HASTINGS - 2 Warren Crescent

$370,000

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HASTINGS

$400,000

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HASTINGS

$365,000-$395,000

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$329,000

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A lifestyle village for the over 50s 249 High Street Hastings, Victoria 3915 www.peninsula parklands.com.au

$180,000

$145,000

LEE SWIFT 0434 871 536 lswift@baywestrealestate.com.au

SEAN CRIMMINS 0411 734 814 scrimmins@baywestrealestate.com.au

Need to sell your house prior to buying at Peninsula Parklands?

Ask us how we can make it very simple and easy

Â&#x201E;Sealing

of our roads is almost complete Â&#x201E;Limited number of homes available

- Sell Your Existing Home + Buy at Parklands = Reap the Financial Rewards email us at info@penpark.com.au

$145,000

5979 2700

A.H. Brad Wilcox 0419 583 634

$210,000

SECURE LONG TERM TENURE SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL zLow maintenance z24 hour security access zA carefree lifestyle zFreedom to travel zEconomical zFull-time on site managers zSocial club zCommunity centre Page 6

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Z E N TOR I Property Made Easy

152 KUNYUNG ROAD, MOUNT ELIZA

OFFERS OVER $570,0000

11 PARAMOUNT CRESCENT, MOUNT MARTHA

Kunyung....It’s A Keeper

$890,000 - $960,000

Picturesque Gardens with Bay Views

zBeachside three bedroom home

zTranquil 1/3 acre allotment

zMaster bedroom with ensuite & walk-in robe

zStunning water views

zTwo generous living areas

zFour bedroom plus study home

zLarge corner allotment of 1012sqm approx.

zMaster with ensuite, walk in robe and corner spa

zWalking distance to all amenities

zLarge decked veranda zEvap cooling, gas ducted heating zUnder house storage

Inspect: Saturday 11.00-11.30am Agent: Brad Ericson 29 LANTONS WAY, HASTINGS

Mobile 0421 358 962

Inspect: By Appointment Agent: Jenny Bastin

$420,000 - $460,000 10 KATHLEEN CRESCENT, TYABB

Mobile 0432 685 961

$430,000 - $465,000

16 ELLE WAY, TYABB

$410,000 - $450,000

Three bedroom + study family home

Turn your dream home into a reality

Don’t buy anything until you have seen this!

zMaster with WIR & FES boasting dual vanities zState of the art kitchen with stone bench tops & s/steel appliances zDouble remote controlled garage with internal access zTwo large living areas plus formal dining zDecked alfresco outdoor living area

zFour bedrooms with the WOW factor zMaster bedroom with large ensuite and WIR zKitchen w/ stone benchtops, wine rack & servery window zDecked undercover area for entertaining in both style and luxury zDouble remote control garage with internal access

zFour bedrooms plus study, Porter Davis home zMaster bedroom with ‘his n hers’ WIR & FES with dual vanities zMultiple living areas with open floor plan zDecked alfresco area zRear gate access for caravans, trailers etc.

Agent: Jenny Bastin

Agent: Jordan Hendrix

Agent: Jordan Hendrix

Mobile 0432 685 961

29 BUCKLEY STREET, SAFETY BEACH

$550,000 NEG. 9 BUCKLEY STREET, SAFETY BEACH

Ideal weekender & sub-divisional site

Mobile 0415 346 866

$595,000 NEG.

Sparkling new interior & fabulous position

Mobile 0415 346 866

5/24 LUCERNE AVENUE, MORNINGTON

FROM $480,000

Only 1 left - Be Quick!

zLarge allotment of 842sqm(approx.) zSub-divisional potential (STCA) zThree generous-sized bedrooms zTwo living areas zSituated close to the Marina, no body-corp. fees

zFully renovated three bedroom home z790sqm (approx.) allotment zSub-divisional potential (STCA) zSet behind the waterfront homes of Martha Cove marina z Large rear deck for outdoor entertainment

zBeachside townhouse with three bedrooms zMaster with ensuite plus WIR zKitchen with stone bench tops and s/ steel appliances zDouble remote controlled garage zLarge rear deck

Agent: Dean Toy

Agent: Dean Toy

Agent: Jenny Bastin

Mobile 0403 908 134

Mobile 0403 908 134

Mobile 0432 685 961

1549 Frankston Flinders Road, Tyabb

Phone: (03) 5977 3747

La Marina Plaza, 171 Marine Drive, Safety Beach

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Tallon RED HILL

CRIB POINT

Secluded Homestead

Imagine your own Homestead tucked away behind high fences with bullnose timber decked verandahs. The sweeping path & treed surrounds add to the country feel.

The home comprises of 4 bedrooms main with full ensuite, 2 living areas with high vaulted ceilings, split system airconditioning, gas column heater & coonara for year round comfort. A good size country style kitchen with gas up right cooker and plenty of bench space.

For Sale:

Mud Brick Masterpiece

If you are looking for the peaceful life this home is it!

Set in the tranquil surrounds of Red Hill this architect designed double story home overlooks a 1/3 acre of land.

Walk through the large monastery doors where the light Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ORXQJH DZDLWV ZKLFK OHDGV WKURXJK WR WKH NLWFKHQ and dining area. The home features 4 bedrooms - main with walk in robe and full ensuite, a separate study, high SLWFKHG FHLOLQJV SROLVKHG Ă RRUERDUGV WKURXJKRXW

For Sale:

$412,000

$770,000

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Modern Renovation

This gleaming renovated 4 bedroom home, positioned in a quiet court features a large new kitchen with s/ steel appliances & dishwasher. The large main bathroom with sparkling tiles, seamless glass shower & bath blends through to the modern laundry. A good size lounge & study area & 2 toilets. The home has ducted heating, s/system air-conditioning and downlights throughout.

Neutral tones with new quality carpets throughout.

For Sale:

HASTINGS

CRIB POINT

Sandstone Lodge

Exquisite Two Bedroom Unit

Look No More

Close to the shopping precinct, this immaculate unit will delight with a large lounge/dining area overlooking the kitchen that has solid timber cupboards, upright gas FRRNHU SDQWU\ WLPEHU Ă RRULQJ DQG TXDOLW\ FDUSHWV throughout. Large main bathroom has shower & bath, there is a separate laundry & 2 bedrooms have BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Private courtyard with gate access, beautifully landscaped with extensive colour.

For Sale:

For Sale:

$495,000

$345,000

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as your own. This as new BV unit (still under builders warranty) comes with a single carport. Inside you will Ă&#x20AC;QG D ODUJH PDLQ EHGURRP ZLWK :,5 DQG GXDO DFFHVV bathroom, decent size lounge/dining area that overlooks the modern kitchen which has ample cupboard space & s/steel appliances. A separate laundry leads to the rear garden with a paved patio ideal for the barbeque.

For Sale:

$420,000

CRIB POINT

Ideal for the larger family the home has 2 living areas, main living with Coonara wood heater adjacent to the meals and a modern kitchen with s/steel appliances. The main bathroom, laundry and 2 bedrooms are on the lower level.

A timber staircase leads to the 2nd living and main bedroom with FES & BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s + 4th bedroom or study. Outside is a large garage shed with power, concrete slab, water tanks, pergola and verandahs to keep the harsh sun out.

CRIB POINT

$229,000

CRIB POINT

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A Quiet Retreat

Builders/Investors 3-4 unit site S.T.C.A. Build 3 with rental income from house or build 4 if the house is removed. Set on a 1439m2 approx block of land all services available. Be quick to secure your next project.

As new unit set on a block of 4. Two bedrooms, main with WIR & dual access bathroom, lounge, modern kitchen with s/steel appliances & separate meals area with sliding doors leading to paved courtyard. Tiled and carpeted throughout.

S/system, air con, single garage with internal entry and remote door. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for an investment rental look no further, or perhaps a starting point to get into the market. Walking distance to schools shops + navy base.

For Sale:

For Sale:

$358,000

$279,000

HASTINGS

BITTERN

This well presented unit consists of 2 bedrooms both with built in robes, a good size lounge, bathroom with large shower, separate laundry, kitchen with gas cooking and wall oven and single remote garage. The home comes with ducted heating, split system air-conditioning and good quality drapes & carpets throughout. Outside you will be able to sit and enjoy the ferns under your covered pergola area.

Hop, Skip & Jump

Spectacular Kinfauns (app.1.58 acres)

Set on a beautiful treed block of 847m2. This home has sprawling verandahs, three edrooms, main bedroom overlooks garden and has FES with spa bath. The open plan lounge/dining has exposed beams, gas heating & A/C also with garden outlook. The modern kitchen with servery, s/steel upright gas cooker, dishwasher, pantry & stained glass window adds to the country feel. The home has been tastefully decorated with as new carpets.

This well maintained unit is a must see. Two bedrooms, main with dual access bathroom, separate laundry, large lounge with high vaulted ceilings & meals area. The modern kitchen has under bench oven & gas cook top, a third room could be used as a study or bedroom. The home comes with gas heating & air-conditioning and single garage. Leased until November 2012, walking distance to shopping precinct, doctors surgery & foreshore.

A unique lifestyle awaits you in this huge 1.58 acre property situated in the sought after Kinfauns Estate.

Public transport stops at the Estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrance, Hastings town center two minutes drive and the brand new Bittern shops two minutes in the other direction. Fully serviced and surrounded by homes of equal quality and prestige.

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale:

Westernport Retirement Village

Country Style Living

$385,000

$229,500

$295,000

$949,000

HASTINGS

HASTINGS

HASTINGS

HASTINGS

Build Your Dream

Land For Sale

Land For Sale

Land For Sale

Land for sale in the leafy suburb of Old Tyabb. Front block of 502m2 with all services.

For Sale:

$220,000

DOMINIC TALLON Phone: 0408 528 857 Page 8

Pick your own builder and design your dream home on a block of 609m2. Situated on a corner block in a quiet location framed by trees with views overlooking the Hastings Football Oval. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ideal position for family safety. This is your chance to live in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toorakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end of Hastings, the Old Tyabb area.

For Sale: NIGEL EVANS Phone: 0439 540 055

>WESTERN PORT realestate 3 April 2012

$269,500

35 High Street, Hastings

Buy off the plan and save on stamp duty. z 4 bedrooms z 2 bathrooms z Living room z Family/meals area z Rumpus room z W.I.R to main z BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to bedrooms z Double garage

Pick your own builder and design your dream home on the largest block in the estate. Situated at the end of the court in a quiet location framed by trees and close to recreational facilities. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ideal position for family safety.

This is your chance to live in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toorakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end of Hastings, the Old Tyabb area.

For Sale:

For Sale:

$412,870

tallon.com.au

$295,000

5979 3000

REAL ESTATE SOMERVILLE

Somerville

From $275,000

Somerville

Est 1989

$285,000

Somerville

$300,000 - $400,000

Purchase Separately or as a Whole

Position Position Position

Ć&#x201D; One of three units available. Ć&#x201D; Recently renovated & located close to town facilities Ć&#x201D; Good sized lounge & dining area, modern kitchen Ć&#x201D; Two bedrooms Ć&#x201D; Reverse cycle air-conditioning Ć&#x201D; Outdoor garden area & double carport

Ć&#x201D; 4uality built 3 bedroom, low maintenance unit Ć&#x201D; Only minutes walk to local shopping, transport, schools Ć&#x201D; Large lounge/dining area Ć&#x201D; Floating ďŹ&#x201A;oor boards Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen with s/steel appliances plus dishwasher Ć&#x201D; Security shutters on all windows,

Ć&#x201D; 2 x three bedroom units, FES to main bedroom Ć&#x201D; 7LOHG ZHW DUHDV V VWHHO DSSOLDQFHV WR NLWFKHQ Ć&#x201D; Open plan living areas, 9ft ceilings Ć&#x201D; Double garage with remote, landscaped gardens Ć&#x201D; Minutes walk to local shops & transport Ć&#x201D; Buy off the plan and save on stamp duty

Somerville

Somerville

Somerville

$465,000

Brand New Units - Only 3 On The Block

$475,000

$498,000

A Home That Positively Shines

Simple Yet Stylish

Ć&#x201D; Perfect home boasting 4 bedrooms, master with FES Ć&#x201D; Formal lounge, dining room, kitchen with gas cooking + d/w Ć&#x201D; )amily room, rumpus room with slow combustion heater Ć&#x201D; $ir-conditioner Ć&#x201D; Ducted heating, double garage, paved outdoor area

Seriously Surprising Living

Ć&#x201D; Four bedrooms, ensuite to main Ć&#x201D; Lounge room with wood heater and ducted heating Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen & family area Ć&#x201D; TerriďŹ c outdoor entertaining area, lovely gardens Ć&#x201D; Room for boat, trailer or caravan Ć&#x201D; Double garage with workshop

Ć&#x201D; Located only minutes walk to Somerville township Ć&#x201D; Federation home with open plan timber kitchen Ć&#x201D; 4 Bedrooms plus study, full ensuite to master Ć&#x201D; Outside a pergola area, Gazebo, garden shed Ć&#x201D; Electric front gates to remote controlled DLUG.

Somerville

Somerville

Somerville

$735,000

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wayneleighâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ć&#x201D; Picturesque 5 acre semi-rural property Ć&#x201D; 4 bedrooms plus study, main bedroom with ensuite Ć&#x201D; Timber kitchen with dishwasher Ć&#x201D; Family room with air-conditioning, separate rumpus room Ć&#x201D; Excellent equestrian property fully equipped Ć&#x201D; Five separate paddocks with electric fences

Baxter Capture The Opportunity

$800,000

$750,000 - $795,000

$780,000

Seaview Gums

Golden Opportunity

Ć&#x201D; Outstanding solid brick 30sq approx. residence Ć&#x201D; Picturesque 2 acres approx well-treed block Ć&#x201D; Includes 4 bedrooms, FES, formal lounge/dining area with A/C Ć&#x201D; Modern tiled kitchen/family area with coonara heating Ć&#x201D; Plus 2 bedroom semi self-contained in-law accomadation Ć&#x201D; Tennis court, triple carport, large sheds plus car parking.

Ć&#x201D; Fabulous 2255m2 approx. developemt site Ć&#x201D; Potential 6 - 8 unit site (STCA) Ć&#x201D; Existing 3BR, BV home with ensuite and lounge Ć&#x201D; Outdoor paved pergola area Ć&#x201D; Timber kitchen / family area Ć&#x201D; Single carport, close to town

Pearcedale

French Island

$840,000

$1.4 million

Sages Road 64.72M

50M

3.170Ha

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Picnic Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Norwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 208.75M

323.52M

Wonderfully located 3.17ha ( 7.83 acres) approx. block only minutes drive to shopping centre, schools and transport & on and off ramps of the new Peninsula Link. 10 minute drive to Frankston or Mornington and 45 minutes to Melbourne. Ideal property for hobby farmer / agriculture / build your dream home or future land development.

(STCA - currently zoned rural green wedge)

116.79M

Peninsula Link

Ć&#x201D; Beautiful 8-acre property with charming colonial style homestead Ć&#x201D; Large open plan lounge and dining areas Ć&#x201D; Blackwood timber kitchen and meals area Ć&#x201D; Three bedrooms, FES to main Ć&#x201D; Verandah overlooks two ornamental dams Ć&#x201D; Lots of sheds for storage and separate bungalow

1067 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville 5977 7766

Ć&#x201D; 50 acre (approx.) allotment with incredible Western Port Bay views Ć&#x201D; Short drive to Crib Point ferry Ć&#x201D; Build your dream getaway (STCA) with access to your own beach Ć&#x201D; All measurements in above image are approximates. For all enquiries contact Phil Stone

PHIL STONE 0412 226 758 HUGH GAMBLE 0401 319 811

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Satchwells

Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years HASTINGS

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Asking $320,000

Asking $1.1m

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HASTINGS

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3/8 Albert Street - Agent-on-site Wed 12.30-1.00pm

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Burmese days â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;more relaxedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By Keith Platt BURMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S surprising turnaround toward democracy and a more relaxed attitude to overseas visitors and business is both a blessing and a problem for a Mornington Peninsula-based church aid group.

Teams from the New Peninsula Baptist Church in Mt Martha and Rosebud have been regular visitors to Burma over the past six years, helping disadvantaged villages with such things as buildings for schools and orphanages, and wells for water.

Political discussions, if held at all, were kept private between individuals as any hint of interference by the church groups would have seen a quick exit ordered from the country and an end to their projects.

That has now changed.

Unimagined a year ago, democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi and several other National League for Democracy candidates are headed for parliament after last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People never before mentioned her name in public; she was always The Lady,â&#x20AC;? Mark Brown said on Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone sings her praises.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Brown returned from Burma last week after his sixth visit as part of a Baptist church team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was shocked â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in a good way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by the changes that had occurred since I was there last year.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can talk about what you want in the open. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different in some of the villages, but in Yangon [formerly Rangoon] we were wearing [Aung San Suu Kyi] badges, which weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d bought in the market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw groups marching to advertise her party and people were running up to us, excited to see westerners wearing the badges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d always been wary, but we asked our translators and they said it was OK, no problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more relaxed.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Brown, of Mt Martha was in Burma with his wife as well as Elmer and Jenny Rafeld, also of Mt Martha, and Chris and Tricia Hill of Mornington.

He said the three couples were able to meet Aung San Suu Kyi â&#x20AC;&#x153;which was a real thrillâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was very casual and referred to friends in Australia,â&#x20AC;? Mr Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If her meetings are publicised over there it is not unusual for 100,000 to turn up.â&#x20AC;?

While in Burma the three couples handed over donations collected by the church that will go toward completion of a double-storey orphanage.

Mr Brown said the welcome now being offered to outsiders by Burma â&#x20AC;&#x153;means everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more relaxed, but the downside is making it harder for us to go thereâ&#x20AC;?.

Election win: Six Mornington Peninsula people were at a meeting addressed by Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi while in the country to help build an orphanage for children, pictured with Mark Brown, right.

Members of the church group pay their own way when visiting Burma and Mr Brown said hotel rooms that two years ago cost $35 a night were now up to $200. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prices have skyrocketed because there are so many people going there,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Businesspeople are flocking there and [guide book publisher] Lonely Planet is recommending people go.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Brown said New Peninsula Baptist Church was now raising money to complete the installation of a pump and a roof over a village well.

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Canal plan divides community

By Stuart McCullough THE state government’s Department of Transport and a private consortium have proposed the construction of a canal across the peninsula between Mornington and Hastings.

The $2.2 billion project would link the Port of Melbourne with the planned expanded Port of Hastings, making the state’s two main ports more efficient and “future proofing” the state’s vital export and import sector.

On Sunday, a department spokeswoman revealed work could start as early as 2015 and would be financed by a combination of shipping levies, a federal government grant, taxes from the soaring value of properties adjacent to the canal, and a public-private partnership similar to the structure used to pay for the Peninsula Link freeway and the Wonthaggi desalination plant.

The government’s partner in the Peninsula Canal Project (PCP) includes engineers and financiers from the European consortium that is developing the 106-kilometre long Seine-Nord Europe Canal, a major transportation waterway linking France with Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

The spokeswoman, April Dupé, said it would be the biggest engineering project on the peninsula since the construction of Arthurs Seat in 1934.

“There’s really nothing else to compare it to in Australia,” Ms Dupé enthused. “It will be almost 20 kilometres long, 20 metres deep and 250 metres wide. According to projections,

Short cut: An artist’s impression of the canal to link Port Phillip and Western Port.

along with the Great Wall of China and Chadstone shopping centre, it would be one of only three man-made structures able to be seen from space.

“Even supertankers will be able to travel from Hastings directly to Melbourne. It will save hours of travel

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The project will be overseen by a special “canal panel”, she said.

“The panel’s first task will be to consult with the community, but we don’t

think there will be much opposition.

“Many landowners will suddenly have a waterfront property. Land values will skyrocket.”

Ms Dupé said there would be a number of side benefits including new places for water sports and waterside

recreation parks and reserves.

“There will, of course, be some compulsory property acquisitions,” she said.

“A number of bridges over the canal will be needed and we’re looking at one high bridge for Peninsula Link freeway as well as a number of drawbridges for the Esplanade, the Nepean Highway and Frankston-Flinders Rd. “By 2022, it’s estimated that up to 50 ships a day will make the trip between the bays.”

Ms Dupé rejected the suggestion this would result in substantial disruption for motorists.

“These will be terrific bridges.

Sometimes you’ve got to look at the bigger picture. In this case, the bigger picture has a massive shipping channel running through it.”

At the same time, work will begin on a tunnel linking Stony Point and Phillip Island.

“We’re making a substantial contribution to the construction costs. It will be our way of saying thanks.”

The tunnel will cut travelling time between the peninsula and Phillip Island by more than an hour.

Inspired by the tunnel linking Britain and France, the Phillip Island tunnel is likely to be christened “the Phunnel”.

“We’re hoping to have both projects finished about the same time,” Ms Dupé said.

“We’re aiming for 2018, around the end of March. If not by then, then definitely the day after.”

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By Cameron McCullough SECRET documents reveal a longdormant volcano vent at the southern end of Frankston Beach, in the area now known as Olivers Hill, could become active in the next 10 to 20 years.

The vent at Olivers Hill was last active about 7000 years ago when modern-day Mount Eliza was the main volcano in the Frankston region. Further south were the volcanoes of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat.

Volcanologists and seismologists have been gathering data, often under the cover of darkness, at Olivers Hill to enable an accurate prediction about the likelihood and timing of an eruption.

Large landslips in recent years were the first telltale signs of renewed activity deep under ground.

The documents reveal that heat, pressure and steam sensors all point toward a build up of a composite form volcano vent at the top of the hill that could de-

velop a steep cone over the next decade or two with the potential for both lava flows and pyroclastic eruptions.

Gases that may be released in an eruption include carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, methane, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulphide, carbon monoxide and hydrochloric acid.

“We really don’t want to alarm people,” volcanologist Hugh Gritten said.

“We don’t know how you got hold of the documents, but we don’t want to comment at this stage; we would hate to unnecessarily panic residents.”

Frankston City Council is taking the news of the potential eruption in its stride and is already making plans to market the event far and wide.

Priscilla Speedial of the council’s marketing department said it was a “great opportunity” for the bayside city.

“The sand sculpting festival, cafes and restaurants on the beach, the ironman event two weekends ago and now

Even better than sand sculpting: Left, an artist’s impression of what will greet visitors to Frankston in the future. Above, volcanologists drill to measure heat, pressure and steam build up late last month.

we’re getting Australia’s only active volcano. Gee, I love Frankston,” she said.

“Hang on. Lava, love – they almost sound the same: how about a new sticker? ‘I Lava Frankston’.”

The council’s planning department has been liaising with volcanologists as they analyse data and produce computer modelling of predicted lava flows.

Senior planner Barry Gyrd said the most likely scenario was the lava would flow into Port Phillip.

“We are hoping it will flow outwards and then a little to the north. Bingo!

We’ve got the land for a marina that people have long been nagging us about.

Asked about the disruption to Olivers Hill residents, Mr Gyrd said people live on the sides of active volcanoes all over the world.

“We expect it to be just part of life for people. One day you’ll have a nice

lawn and water feature in the backyard, and the next you’ll have a rolling tongue of 1600 degree lava. Modern landscaping at its most cutting edge.”

One of Australia’s foremost volcano experts, Richard Selwyn, said he was initially surprised when shown the Olivers Hill data.

“There is no doubt about it. It’s coming back to life,” he said.

“This vent has been dormant for a long time. The last big eruption in Victoria was about 7000 years ago in the Western District.

“The last activity in this part of Victoria pre-dates most of the dinosaurs fossils that have been discovered on the south coast of Gippsland, and even predates the construction of the revolving dance floor at the 21st Century dance club in Frankston.”

Estate agent Barry Smelkin was optimistic about the future opportunities any lava flows could bring.

“Who said land is not being made any more? We predict lava flows could add as much as 15 hectares of waterfront land to the Olivers Hill precinct every year. We’ve already put in preliminary plans for townhouses, and are accepting deposits now.”

Mr Smelkin urged interested parties to act now to avoid disappointment and stamp duty.

One issue of concern to Frankston Council’s local laws officers was the possible violation of the council’s ban on smoking in the CBD, with the volcano vent’s toxic cloud expected to hang over the area.

“The ban on smoke will be vigorously enforced by officers and Street Watch teams under the provisions of the Local Government Act,” the team leader of the enforcement department said.

“There will be no exemption to these rules for a volcano.”

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A bear who loves the sea KEITH “Bear” Rawlinson is the Master of MV Sorrento, one of the two ferries that travels between Sorrento and Queenscliff.

He was been with the company since its inception 25 years ago.

He loves the job because it is different all the time.

“People may think it is the same travelling back and forth, but it’s not.

When you are at sea all you see is sea, but on Port Phillip the scenery changes all the time,” he said.

“I see dolphins, whales at certain times of the year, killer whales every now and then, huge stingrays and magnificent birdlife.

“I have fascination with birds. I love the Australian gannets. Being former scallop and trawler fisherman, I admire the gannets as they are superb fishers.

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know there are plenty of fish. Gannets have evolved into magnificent diving birds.

“They have a huge wingspan of about two metres. Both male and female have a yellowy golden head and the most amazing eyes that look like they have eyeliner round them.

“Even though they are originally from Bass Strait, gannets are all around the world, but the species you see here in Port Phillip are uniqu.

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to Pope’s Eye, which they have made their rookery. Pope’s Eye is about six kilometres off Sorrento and is now a marine sanctuary.

“Depending on the tide, I love to take the ferry close to Pope’s Eye and tell all our passengers about these magnificent birds and their sanctuary.

My passion for gannets has been passed on to my crew.”

Searoad Ferries operate every day of the year between Sorrento and Queenscliff.

AT the beginning of the 20th century, printmaking was established as a significant art form.

Its rise as an artistic medium had been over the three previous centuries assured by the efforts of Rembrandt, Goya and others, but the real impetus came with the arrival of the Japanese woodblock print in the 1850s, particularly in France.

This led the way in how contemporary artists saw the world and was a major factor in the creation of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements in France, directly leading to the art of Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre Bonnard.

By 1910, major printmaking studios were founded in Paris, exclusively for etching, lithography, woodblock and linocut – studios in which the world’s great artists devoted their energies to this art.

One studio was Atelier Lacourière, in Montmartre in the Rue Foyatier where Picasso produced his Vollard Suite.

The tradition arrived in force in Australia after the Second World War and centred in Melbourne.

Three of the artists in the Master Printmakers exhibition at Temple Gallery in Sorrento this month and next come from the school – Armstrong, Dent and van der Sluys.

Their prints are a strong part of their output.

Mario Avati worked exclusively in Paris, and principally at Atelier Lacourière, Montmartre. It was due to Avati that mezzotint once again acquired a position of importance.

The exhibition shows the work of all four artists as significant printmakers in etching (Dent), mezzotint (Avati), woodblock (Armstrong) and linocuts (van der Sluys).

Dent’s etchings span from his Australian printmaking period to his Paris printmaking at Atelier Lacourière.

The art of Avati’s quirky mezzotints resides in the fact that he introduced colour to the predominantly blacks of mezzotints; and that he did with brio.

Armstong’s woodblocks have a freshness and humour that show the artist’s draughtsmanship and use of colour.

Van der Sluys’s hand-coloured linocuts, strongly delineated, represent the Australian flora and fauna that he loved.

Each print is unique, the fruit of a lengthy and complicated process.

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Performance IN 1966, while stuck in a Los Angeles traffic jam, Stephen Stills noticed a hearse with Ontario number plates ahead of him. Stills recognised the driver as Canadian singer Neil Young.

They stopped to talk and before long agreed to form a band, Buffalo Springfield.

After Young left Buffalo Springfield in 1968, he slowly established himself as one of the most influential and idiosyncratic singer-songwriters of his generation. I believe Young’s body of work ranks second only to Bob Dylan in terms of depth.

Young continually explored new musical territory, from rockabilly and blues to electronic music. He recorded frequently with LA garage band Crazy Horse, which backed him on several albums and produced songs like Down by the River and Cinnamon Girl.

In 1970 Young released his solo album After the Goldrush with contributions from Stephen Stills and Nils Lofgren, and the single from the album, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, crashed into the UK and US top 10 with Southern Man following.

Harvest (Reprise) in 1972, Young’s third consecutive platinum album, was his most commercial work, topped

charts all over the world and included the hit single Heart of Gold featuring backing vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release an album entitled Americana (Warner) on 1 June. It is the first album from the outfit in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank “Poncho” Sampedro.

Americana is collection of classic American folk songs. In their day, some were referred to as “protest songs”, “murder ballads” or campfire songs, which have been passed down and are universal, relatable tales for everyman.

Some compositions such as Tom Dooley and Oh Susannah were written in the 1800s, while others like This Land is Your Land and Get a Job are mid-20 th century folk classics.

God Save the Queen, Britain’s national anthem, was America’s de facto national anthem before the establishment of the Union and the adoption of The Star Spangled Banner, which was used as early as 1889 but became America’s official anthem in 1931.

The album has been produced by Neil and John Hanlon and Mark Humphreys. www.neilyoung.com www.facebook.com/NeilYoung www.warnermusic.com.au

*** MORE than 50 characters from 16 classic and contemporary Disney stories feature when Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate!

It tours Australia in June and July and will be in Melbourne from 4 to 9 July at Hisense Arena, during school holidays.

Details are at www.disneyonice. com.au or Ticketek 132 849. *** JEANNE Pratt has announced three musicals in her company’s new season – The Producers (10-15 July), Chess the Musical (21-26 August) and Promises, Promises (3-7 October).

“In planning the 2012 season we have kept our thinking light, bright and focused on comedy and great music. The season opens with probably the funniest musical ever to grace the stage, Mel Brooks’s The Producers,” Ms Pratt said.

“Chess has a brilliant score from ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, while Promises, Promises is a delicious romantic comedy with songs by Burt Bacharach and a script by Neil Simon, based on the Oscar-winning Billy Wilder film The Apartment.”

Shakespeare; perhaps switch to female warders at HM Prison Barwon.

Does time stand still without love?

Why all this love talk? Because I had a birthday, and as each one passes the light gets dimmer. Am I depressed?

No, just a shade sadder. Am I being selfish? Of course. And so it goes. Are you out there, my darling, to guide me through the final stage; feed me my soups? *** WHAT is a cunning (or more accurately perhaps) shifty b*stard? They can be male or female but more regularly male. Perhaps the females hide it better. They can be any age and, for some instinctive reason, they are bereft of communicating sincerity.

They will say hello, but it will be perfunctory at best. Perhaps they do shady money deals or stalk females or simply put out this aura as their own contribution to uniqueness?

The strange thing is if they have sons or daughters this shady “look” is often transferred as a form of indoctrination, like being born to vote for a particular political party. Sometimes they’re invisible but in time their shifty character slowly blossoms. They are easy to spot in American movies because they cast those who look shifty; like in the

old cowboy movies where the crooks always had moustaches. I’ve yet to see a handsome terrorist. Do you know anyone who looks dead-set shifty, but isn’t? Not likely. *** MICHAEL Long on the Liam Jurrah incident: “You can’t judge someone if you haven’t walked in their shoes.

Liam has an obligation to the Melbourne Football Club, but he also has other obligations which are thousands of years old.”

How can any of us walk in another’s shoes? Surely we all come from a background of “thousands of years”?

Liam may be a lovely fellow but, please, let’s not separate things on the grounds of Aboriginality.

Then followed Matt Rendell, crucified by the AFL’s Righteous Brothers (Andrew Demetriou and Adrian Anderson) for being honest, similar to the Spanish Inquisition or John Cleese, “don’t mention the war” and “radically offensive” comments.

A visit to my local RSL dedicated smoking zone will produce a plethora of “radically offensive” comments.

Are we all racists? Yes. Are we all hypocrites? Yes. Do we all suffer from melancholy? Yes. It’s all a question of degree obvi-

ously. Dear oh dear. *** I WRITE this column a week before it hits the streets so the HawthornCollingwood match is yet to be decided. Considering Hawthorn’s whinges after last year’s final and during summer, not to mention Collingwood’s pre-season injuries, revenge will likely be accomplished. I wish them well, particularly all the very nice people of Templestowe, Upper and Lower. *** CAR thefts are on the rise, particularly in West Melton and Geelong. So it was that we saw Warren on the television news telling us how he had spent hundreds of hours working on the car he loved so much. Poor Warren had the love of his life stolen; never mind the insurance. The TV reporter concluded: “Warren may never see his car again, but he wanted to come forward in the hope that it will help others.” Isn’t that sweet? That is so sweet. Cars love back apparently. *** MARY Crooks, executive director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, writes of a true story. A woman felt a man looking her up and down. The man said to the chemist, loudly, “You can always tell a depressed lesbian, can’t you?”

By Gary Turner All performances feature Orchestra Victoria. The Producers opens on 10 July. Details: www.theproduction company.com.au

Top 10 albums 1 Tuskegee – Lionel Richie (Mercury) 2 Ultimate Hits – Bob Seger (Capitol) 3 A Different Kind of Truth – Van Halen (Universal) 4 Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney (Universal) 5 Dirty Dirty – Jim Keays 6 CMC Rocks the Hunter 2012 – Various (Universal) 7 Alfie – Alfie Boe (Decca) 8 Born to Die – Lana Del Rey (Polydor) 9 Hope (Songs of Inspiration) – Various (ABC) 10 Around the World – Raul Malo

A Grain of Salt THE local newspapers consistently print letters from residents criticising our beloved councillors. You would think that with half dozen councillors elected unopposed in 2008 some of the letter writers would put their two hands up. Put up or shut up?

Having said this, here’s my contribution: please name the council people who suggested the 40km/h signs in residential streets. It just gets worse doesn’t it? Hello council! Are you awake? Bad enough driving from Sorrento to Dromana with a constant speedo watch including the ever-present fear of the car behind going right up your bottom.

Don’t the people at the council realise that with these constant speed changes they take away the instinct and anticipation factor? Stupid. Very. *** HOW many times has love knocked on your door? Some say love comes only to those who believe in it. I never quite agreed, but when I see those who say there is no such thing as love, in fact insist on it and in fact never find it, I’m inclined to think it’s true.

Shakespeare said something along the lines of even the basest of us can acquire a sense of nobility when love is added. One does not argue with

By Cliff Ellen The chemist offered no comment, so Mary took him to task, suggesting he had become complicit in the comment.

Perhaps, dear Mary, the chemist is thinking of his health and family. If I took a stance against anything like that I’d be in Rosebud Hospital before the day was out. Females may be safe to stand up to ratbags, but my safest plan is to ignore them and hope that God will find a way, eventually. *** SOME people who you give an inch will take a mile. I like the people you give an inch and that inch is all they take. Why does PITA Derryn Hinch get so much publicity? There’s a good arts show on Radio Port Phillip 98.7FM Sundays at 11am and Wednesdays at midday hosted by Andrea Louise Thomas with crosses to the lovelies Kaarin Fairfax and Sally Baillieu.

I did it; a column without mentioning state or federal politics. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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Pedals used to power safety message

By Keith Platt POLITICIANS have taken to the road to pedal a message about road safety.

Dunkley MP Bruce Billson, a “less frequent” cyclist than federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott, elected to wear Lycra to bring attention to the dangers of being on two wheels.

Mr Abbott passed through Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula as part of his annual charity Pollie Pedal to Canberra, dedicating the section to James Cross, a Mt Eliza student who died under the wheels of a five-tonne truck.

Mr Billson said the ride was a chance to raise money for Carers Australia and raise awareness about the risks of incidents involving cyclists.

Mr Cross was riding his bike in a shared parking and cycling area in Hawthorn in March 2010 when hit by a motorist’s opening door, throwing him into the truck’s path.

The 22-year-old’s parents, Nicky Martin and Michael Cross, have been campaigning for safer cycling since their son’s death and last weekend spoke at the Royal Hotel, Mornington, to participants in Mr Abbott’s Pollie Pedal.

The couple stressed the need for more education to encourage drivers to be aware of bike riders.

“James’s family has committed themselves to making sure no more lives are lost,” Mr Billson said.

“Nicky and Michael have taken an extraordinary family tragedy and turned it into a positive for all road users with their work and support for the peninsula-based Teenage Road Accident Group aimed at ensuring other families are not confronted with the anguish they have had to endure.

“Hopefully by dedicating a section of the ride we can raise awareness in the community

that we need to take extra care when opening our car doors so as not to put cyclists in harm’s way.

“Greater awareness of the dangers of dooring by all road users is our goal and this dedication and other initiatives such as reflective stickers on side rear vision mirrors will help alert both motorists and cyclists to the risks.”

The state government is about to distribute stickers to remind drivers to check for bike riders before opening car doors.

A similar scheme launched in 2002 was abandoned after about two years when the public lost interest, according to a VicRoads spokesperson quoted

by The Age (‘Baillieu backs car-door stickers’, 12/3/12) Mr Abbott’s Pollie Pedal, from Geelong to Canberra, has so far raised about $500,000 for Carers Australia.

Safety talk: The parents of road accident victim James Cross, Nicky Martin and Michael Cross, share their efforts to improve road safety with Tony Abbott and Bruce Billson.

Easter Monday set for clash of modern-day rivals Round 2 previews Thursday 5 April Brisbane v Carlton, Gabba 7.40pm THE Lions came up against a fired-up Melbourne side, but surprised everyone by easily beating the Demons, by 41 points. This was exceptional considering Brisbane played without a permanent key forward, instead Polkinghorne, Rockliff and Banfield chipped in with three goals each. Carlton continued its dominance over Richmond with a pleasing victory.

Matthew Kreuzer showed everyone how much he has improved over the off-season by putting on an impressive display. Last time the teams met Carlton dominated the

match, winning by 61 points.

This is a big opportunity for the Lions, but I doubt they’re ready yet. Carlton by 54 points.

Saturday 7 April Essendon v Port Adelaide, Etihad Stadium 1.45pm The Bombers started the season in terrific fashion by holding out North Melbourne in a thriller. Brent Stanton forgot his mediocre 2011 season and played almost a perfect game with 35 disposals and two goals. For the future Essendon has to maintain its intensity for four quarters. Port Adelaide also was involved in a thriller, defeating a lacklustre St Kilda by four points. After a terrible 2011, it was great to see the Power improve and signs that they’re heading in the right direction. Despite this great win, the Power’s skill level isn’t up to the standard

of Essendon’s and Port will struggle to win on the road.

Essendon by 27 points.

Fremantle who won the day by 11 points at the SCG. Fremantle by 18 points.

Sydney v Fremantle, SCG 2.10pm The Swans go into this game after thrashing the GWS in the standalone match two weeks ago. In the first game of the season Josh Kennedy announced himself as a much improved midfielder, racking up 27 disposals. Sam Reid also showed how effective he can be up the ground, gaining 19 possessions as a key forward.

The Dockers on the weekend played the match of their lives, upsetting the reigning premiers at home. It was good to see Aaron Sandilands injuryfree and dominating the ruck hitouts. Hayden Ballantyne showed his talent, kicking two goals and earning several free kicks. Last time the teams met, it was the injury-ravaged

West Coast v Melbourne, Patersons Stadium 2.40pm Despite not playing amazingly well, the Eagles cruised through the first round match against the Western Bulldogs, winning easily by 49 points.

Josh Kennedy was the star, kicking seven goals despite no match practice in the lead-up.

Nic Naitanui showed off his excellent ground ball skills.

The Demons have a lot of work to do to make up for the weekend’s dismal performance against Brisbane. Coach Mark Neeld has said there will be plenty of changes made before the the trip west this week. On a positive note, Melbourne rookie James Magner played a great first game, kicking two goals and collecting 23 possessions. West Coast by 77 points.

Collingwood v Richmond, MCG 7.40pm After suffering first-round losses both these sides will be looking to get season 2012 going. The Tigers came into the first round with great optimism and but weren’t able to defeat the Blues despite a late fightback. The Pies came up against a rampaging Hawthorn and were no match over the four quarters. There were positives for the Pies, who had seven players with 27 games between them and were able to push the Hawks all the way to the 10-minute mark of the last quarter before they were overrun. This week Collingwood could have Tarrant, Johnson, Beams and Wood and will be more than a match for the Tigers.

Collingwood by 29 points.

Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, AAMI Stadium 7.10pm The Crows backed up their NAB Cup premiership when they belted the Suns by 69 points. Adelaide looked to have a potent forward line with Taylor Walker and Kurt Tippett kicking nine goals between them. As usual Scott Thompson was scintillating in the midfield, collecting 39 possessions, and Patrick Dangerfield had 25. For the Bulldogs, they came into round one with a tough assignment against the Eagles; it’s fair to say they exceeded expectations by being competitive for three quarters. Clay Smith had a debut to remember, kicking four goals in two and a half

Sunday 8 April North Melbourne v GWS Giants, Blundstone Arena 1.10pm At the first AFL match at Blundstone Arena in Hobart, aka Bellerive Oval, the Kangaroos and Giants meet for the first time. On the weekend the Roos failed to consolidate an early lead against the Bombers and lost by a narrow margin. Brent Harvey was outstanding; the same goes for Aaron Edwards. The Giants played better than expected in the first match, but still got smashed by 60 plus points.

There were many positives with debutants Adam Kennedy and Jonathan Giles playing well. North Melbourne is an accomplished side and will have no problems defeating

FRANKSTON VFL DOLPHINS ROUND THREE Sunday 8th April Vs Casey Scorpions Seniors: 2pm Dev League: 11am PLAYED AT CASEY FIELDS

ROUND FOUR Saturday 14th April Vs Geelong Cats Seniors: 1pm PLAYED AT SIMONDS STADIUM Sunday 15th April Vs Northern Blues Dev League: 11am PLAYED AT PRESTON CITY OVAL

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quarters before being subbed off. Tipping-wise, Adelaide’s form is too good to ignore.

Adelaide by 41 points.

the Giants easily. North Melbourne by 44 points.

St Kilda v Gold Coast, Etihad Stadium 4.40pm On Sunday evening two teams with less than ideal starts to the season will meet at Etihad Stadium. The Saints had everything to lose going into their game against the Power and weren’t able to defeat an up and down Power line-up.

St Kilda had every opportunity to take the game away from Port in the second half but failed. Gold Coast lacked the manpower required to beat Adelaide on Saturday. The Suns desperately missed utility Nathan Bock who is serving a two-week AFL-imposed suspension. On a positive note, first-gamer Aaron Hall was lively during the first half and looks a champion of the future.

St Kilda by 36 points.

Monday 9 April Geelong v Hawthorn, MCG 3.10pm The traditional Easter Monday match features two great rivals of the modern era. The Cats started their season off by losing to last year’s 11th ranked team – Fremantle.

Geelong was undisciplined, giving away 50-metre penalties, which cost it the match. With Kelly, Podsiadly and Scarlett on report, the Cats could go into this match a few stars short. Hawthorn showed everyone they are the real deal in running over the top of Collingwood by 22 points. Lance Franklin played an outstanding game and everything he touched turned to gold. The Hawks haven’t beaten the Cats since 2008, but change is in the air and I think they’ll get up. Hawthorn by 13 points.

Courting success: Miranda Worcester puts some oomph into a pass during a Hastings practice match against Hampton Park at the new Western Port Secondary College gym. Netball starts on Saturday 14 April.

For details of the 2012 season, go to www.hastingsfc.com.au Picture: Andrew Hurst

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