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Letter from the 2015 President On behalf of the Western Port Festival, we would like to warmly welcome you, your friends and family to the 46th Western Port Festival, to be held on the Hastings Foreshore, 20-22 February 2015.

The Western Port Festival is all about bringing the Western Port community together for what is the largest event on the Mornington Peninsula events calendar. It’s also one of only a handful of remaining community festivals in Victoria which is entirely volunteer run and free to attend!

You may have noticed that we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to rebuild this classic community event, winding back the clock and providing opportunities within the local community.

We’ve been thinking and planning long term, so our focus has been to revisit some of the classic activities, attractions and

entertainment that once took place at the Western Port Festival. This is why we brought back the Wood Chop Competition last year, the Miss Western Port Pageant, a revamped Classic Car Show and an ALL LOCAL live music line-up this year. We already have bigger plans for 2016, with the aim to reintroduce another massive event which hasn’t been seen at the festival in over 20 years!

This year, we will be paying our respects for the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women in the First World War, through our theme commemorating 100 years of ANZAC. Our theme will feature as part of our annual street parade, and commemorative displays can be found at the festival and Hastings RSL across the weekend.

In addition to our commemorative theme, we are going BIG with free kids entertainment and activities all weekend long!

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A massive outdoor cinema will feature on the Friday night and our kids corner will be busy Saturday with the Scouts ropes course, balloons, prize giveaways, Ronald McDonald & Friends meet and greet, stilt walking, art & craft, outdoor board games and seedling planting to name a few, whilst Sunday will include our famous Teddy Bears Picnic and FREE mini golf.

Parade, LOCAL live music,

Other features of the festival weekend include the Street

and much more. There is

Classic Car Show, fireworks display, scooter competition, Miss Western Port Pageant, McDonald’s & Friends stage show, Wood Chop Competition, Art & Craft Show, freestyle motocross, archery lessons, steam truck rides, Model Aircraft Air Show, carnival rides, our favourite community stalls something for everyone,

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so make sure you come down and have a great time!

Finally, this event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors and dedication from our great team of volunteers, so on behalf of the Western Port Festival I would like to express a sincere thank you for your involvement and for being part of this wonderful community event.

Chris McLennan, President 2015 Western Port Festival

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Bringing back old favourites: Miss Western Port Each year, the committee’s aim has been to bring back a feature of past festivals – and there’s a lot to choose from, considering how long the festival has run for.

In 2014, we brought back the Wood Chopping Competition from the Royal Melbourne Show (which was such a hit that it’s back this year). One of the features on our “wish list” was to bring back the Miss Shire of Hastings Quest, but it needed the right person to run it, who has experience in pageants.

By chance, local resident and Miss Galaxy Australia 2014, Jessica Martini, contacted the festival wanting to get involved somehow. Sarah McLennan, from the general committee, told her about Miss Shire of Hastings, and the committee’s interest in finding a way to bring it back... and the rest is history.

Within a week of that first conversation, the Miss Western Port Pageant was up and running, with local young women aged between 16–28 signing up to be a part of the pageant soon after.

Miss Western Port is breaking the stereotype of what most people expect a pageant to be about – so instead of beauty and modelling being the focus, it is the entrants involvement in the community is what counts.

Each of the 11 entrants for the 2015 pageant have been working very hard in the Western Port community over the past few months, running fundraisers, awareness events for issues and charities close to their hearts, and even helping out other local community groups. They have also been documenting all of their community work, which is a part of the judging.

Another part of the judging was completed at the preliminary event, held in Hastings Hall in January. At this event, they were judged on their poise, grace and interviewing skills.

The preliminary was very popular, with over 100 people attending.

The entrants were surprised at the end of the evening, where all were crowned as finalists.

Jessica Martini, director of the Miss Western Port Pageant, said: “I have had the absolute pleasure of mentoring 11 amazing ladies over the last few months, and have been helping them discover their self worth, finding their passions and getting them actively involved within the community.”

“It has been a great experience for myself, the girls who entered, our community and the businesses and people that live here. I look forward to running the pageant in the years to come and making fearless young women into leaders!”

The 11 finalists will be in the Street Parade on February 21, with the winner crowned at the RPP FM Main Stage at 1:45pm. The winner will become an ambassador for the Western Port Festival and region throughout 2015, and will go on to crown the winner in 2016.

The festival committee hopes to continue bringing back old favourites, with big plans ahead for next year and beyond.

LILY WARREN-VENTURIN

SARAH DENNIS

CHENEE FOLEY

MIKAELA FOWLER

ALICIA JACKSON

STEPHANIE MCROE

JESSICA UNDERWOOD

HANNAH SWINNERTON

ASHLEA TAYLOR

STEPHANIE LONG

ISABELLA SHEPHERD

MISS GALAXY AUSTRALIA 2014 & MISS WESTERN PORT DIRECTOR, JESSICA MARTINI

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Cleanaway Free Outdoor Cinema Friday 20 February, 8:30pm Coates Hire Waterfront Arena Brought to you by Cleanaway, with support of the Pelican Theatre Company, watch Frozen under the stars on the foreshore – bring a picnic blanket!

When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna’s sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell.

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ASA Scooter Competition Saturday 22 February, 10am–midday & 6pm–9pm McDonald’s Skate Park The Australian Scooter Association will be running trials and qualifying competitions throughout the day, including the pro scooters under lights. This competition will draw all the best riders in Victoria and from interstate.

Hastings Community House Art & Craft Show Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February Hastings Community Hall, High St

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Our annual Street Parade starts in High St near the railway line and makes its way down the road to the foreshore from midday.

The 2015 street parade will be broadcast live on 98.7 RPP FM, so turn up your radio!

Friday 20 February, 9:00pm–1 Saturday 21 February, 10:0am Hastings Foreshore

The main display will be on Satu clubs from all over Victoria joinin day of flying for the public.

Saturday 21 February, 12:00pm High St, Hastings

We have over 30 groups participating which include local schools, volunteers, businesses, sporting and hobby clubs and community groups. The 2015 theme is “100 Years of ANZAC”, which each group will depict in their own way, making for many colourful and exciting floats and entries.

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Saturday 21 February, 2pm Coates Hire Waterfront Arena Hastings Hall will be awash with community art and craft, colourful quilt displays and quilting demonstrations. ANZAC Day tributes from across Western Port will be on display as part of the 5000 Poppies project.

Our kids art & craft corner will be open all weekend and Devonshire tea is available on Sunday afternoon.

Plus local live music and pop up classes to try.

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Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February Hastings Foreshore In 2015, the Western Port Festival’s Classic Car Show will be taking over High St, after the Street Parade.

High St will remain closed, with some of the best classic and vintage cars, motorbikes, trucks and buses from all eras, from prior to the Second World War, through the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and today on show.

Brought to you by the Western Port Motorcycle Action Group, the Whip Industries Freestyle Motocross team will be lining up their KLX110 motorcycles on the foreshore to perform stunts and jumps all weekend long.

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Hastings RSL is sponsoring the Classic Car Show People’s Choice Award. It will be given to the vehicle voted the most popular by the public. Voting forms will be available at the corner of High St and King St. Entries close 4:30pm, with the award ceremony at 5:00pm.

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Stars shine for school’s film night SOMERS Primary School is being turned into an outdoor cinema for one night to raise money for children with special needs.

In October last year, the Bendigo Bank organised a workshop for Somers pupils, teachers and business people which identified the “Starlight Cinema” as worthy of a $1000 community grant.

Rob Reiner’s children’s fantasy The Princess Bride (PG) and Billy Wilder’s multiple Academy Award winning Some Like It Hot (PG) starring Marilyn Monroe will be shown on the school oval Saturday 14 March.

Pupil numbers have doubled since the 2008 apppontment of principal David Ingham (134 to 260) and in 2012 the school achieved a NAPLAN rating that placed it among the top 100 primary schools in Australia.

“The choice of films is inspired. I love film and literature; in fact I simply love great narrative, particularly films that encourage children to think,” Mr Ingham said.

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Hospital after glass attack Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A 30-year-old Somerville man was rushed to hospital early Saturday morning after being slashed in the face by a broken bottle.

It was the second time in three weeks that a man had been glassed at Somerville.

In the unprovoked attack at around 4.15am on Saturday, three youths aged 15-17 used a vodka bottle to stab the man as he and a friend were walking home past the plaza shopping centre.

He was taken to Frankston Hospital for surgery and was allowed home later in the day.

Early on February 1, one of a group of up to nine youths threatened police with a bottle near Somerville Secondary College. Earlier, the youths had reportedly damaged the walls of the recreation and community centre and windows of shops.

Police call for back-up but the youths ran away.

Detective Senior Constable Luke Walsh, of Hastings CIU, said the latest victim was walking home with a mate

down Edward St near the skate park after playing the pokies at Somerville hotel.

The youths were sheltering from rain under a shop veranda. Three members then reportedly “peeled off” from the others and followed the men before threatening and assaulting one.

“There was a bit of banter and then a tense situation between them for a while before the attack,” Detective Walsh said.

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“The victim, a local man, was minding his own business before the unprovoked attack,” Detective Walsh said.

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MPs trade blame over child detentions Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au THE blame game between the major political parties over the offshore detention and processing of refugees shows no sign of abating.

The release of The Forgotten Children report by the Australian Human Rights Commission late last week into children in immigration detention sparked another round of political posturing in Canberra over immigration policies while 211 children continue to languish in detention centres, including 119 at the Nauru offshore processing centre.

While the major political parties’ leaders traded barbs about the report in Canberra, The News sought the views of federal MPs closer to home about the commission’s findings about children in detention.

Flinders MP and Environment Minister Greg Hunt (Liberal) laid the blame squarely at Labor’s doorstep with regards to refugees’ lives lost at sea.

“The catastrophe that unfolded under Labor was one of the biggest peacetime tragedies we have seen,” he said.

“As someone who has taught international human rights, the loss of 1200 lives at sea is a monumental failure in human rights and humanity.

“Since the Coalition came into government, we have made deep and profound changes, reducing the number of children in detention from the 2000 at Labor’s peak to 200 and we are continuing to work to ensure all children are released from detention.”

Drawing attention to their plight: Pictures sketched by young children in detention included in the Australian Human Rights Commission’s The Forgotten Children report released last week.

In neighbouring Dunkley, MP and Small Business Minister Bruce Billson (Liberal) saw the report as being to “a large extent … out of date and fails to take account of the many necessary improvements in care and support services that have been implemented since the election of the Coalition government”.

“We are still working hard to move as many children as possible, but many of the cases involve complex security concerns, or other matters, around their parents. It may also be the parent’s wish for the children to remain with them in held detention.”

The commission’s report found there were 233 reported assaults involving children in detention and 33 reported sexual assaults involving children from January 2013 to March 2014.

The report criticised both the previous federal Labor government and current Coalition government for their immigration policies.

“It is also clear that the laws, policies and practices of Labor and Coalition governments are in serious breach of the rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” the report stated.

“The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also suggests in his opening address to the Human Rights Council that Australia’s policy of offshore processing and boat turn backs is ‘leading to a chain of human rights violations, including arbitrary detention and possible torture following return to home countries’.”

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Minister Tony Abbott said the commission should “be ashamed of itself” and claimed its report is “a blatantly partisan politicised exercise”.

In Parliament last week, Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten said the report highlighted “new, disturbing findings”.

Mr Abbott said Labor MPs “should be hanging their heads in shame” because the number of children in detention under the previous government peaked at “almost 2000”.

The release of the report saw the Coalition government criticise the independent human rights body and its president Professor Gillian Triggs.

The secretary of federal attorney general George Brandis’ department, Chris Moraitis, reportedly asked Professor Triggs to resign two weeks be-

fore the report’s release, hinting another job would be made available.

When the report was launched, Professor Triggs denied the report is a “politicised exercise”.

“The facts, frankly, speak for themselves and this report speaks for itself,” she said.

Isaacs MP and former attorney general Mark Dreyfus (Labor) said “good governments don’t attack independent institutions, they respect them”.

“It is shameful that the government has questioned the integrity of the Human Rights Commission’s president,” he said.

“Labor supports every effort to continue the work that began under Labor in moving children and their families out of immigration detention.”

The commission’s report: “It is troubling that members of the government and Parliament and departmental officials are either uninformed about, or ignore, the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party.

“It is imperative that Australian governments never again use the lives of children to achieve political or strategic advantage. The aims of stopping people smugglers and deaths at sea do not justify the cruel and illegal means adopted.”

Professor Triggs, in The Forgotten Children report’s foreword, said: “My hope is that the evidence detailed in this report will prompt fair-minded Australians, members of parliament and the federal government to reconsider our asylum seeker policies and to release all children and their families immediately, or as soon as practical.

“Australia is better than this.”

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what about that thing rumbling along outside the paddock? It came through here, barely taking a glance in my direction and then just slipped under the fence.

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horse have in common with an echidna?

Or, what does a horse even think about an animal covered in spines that uses a needle-like tongue to scoop ants and other small bugs into its mouth?

Does the horse know the echidna and the platypus are the only egg-laying mammals? Not likely. And it’s even less

likely to give a whinny! Many questions to which we will never know the answer.

But the spectacle of the meeting of these two animals is a sight to behold, and one that photoragpher Yanni couldn’t resist taking time out to capture when driving near Somers last week on another assignment.

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Important changes to Emergency at Frankston Hospital From 7am Thursday 19 February 2015 all patients requiring urgent treatment must present to the new Emergency Department in Building A at Frankston Hospital.

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Short-term parking is available directly outside and paid parking is nearby.

No medical services will be provided at the old Emergency Department after the above time NEW LOCATION Our landmark $80 million Frankston Stage 3 development provides 92 beds, three new wards and the new Emergency Department which is two and a half times the size of our old facility.

These exciting changes will allow us to progressively upgrade older areas of the hospital to improve patient comfort and amenity.

It’s all part of our commitment to building a healthy community, in partnership, for residents of the Mornington Peninsula.

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Airfield update ‘all clear’ for take-off Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A $1 MILLION state government grant to the Tyabb airfield has been used to build a concrete apron where planes can park, install radio-controlled runway lighting and lay 1100 metres of concrete taxi way with crossovers to take planes off the main north-south runway.

The facilities are a boon to the aero club, which was formed in 1962, as well as its 550 members and 150 planes. Local industry has benefitted, too: The solar powered lights were made by Somerville company Sealite to “talk to each other” electronically, providing the ideal landing aide. Construction workers on the airfield are employed by peninsula firms.

The grant money was contentious last October because it was made through the department of Tyabb Aero Club member and then aviation minister, Gordon Rich-Phillips.

But, says club president Peter Bernardi, it was sorely needed to replace worn and outmoded infrastructure – some dating back 50 years – and makes the club’s contribution to the community more valuable and efficient.

He says comments on professional pilots rumour network PPRuNe - that the money for the work “had been withdrawn” - were “way off the mark”, pointing to work in progress and much that had been completed.

“We are an open airfield supporting all emergency services, such as the air ambulance, firebombing air tankers and Royal Flying Doctor Service,” he said.

The new taxi way being built alongside the main north-south runway will allow planes to land, quickly taxi back for refuelling, and keep the runway free for more take offs – a vital service in times of fire emergency, such as the 3 January bushfires in Hastings.

“It is in our charter to be a force for good in our community,” vice president Jack Vevers said.

On the job: Tyabb Aero Club president Peter Bernardi inspects the new taxi way.

Picture: Gary Sissons

Examples of this, he says, are the so-called Angel flights, where Tyabb pilots freely volunteer to fly as far as mid-NSW to collect patients from remote areas and bring them back for hospital treatment in Melbourne.

Once a year club pilots take sick children on joy flight respite days, and participate in Pink Lady days and Blue Balls to raise money for charities.

Every second year the Tyabb Air Show raises money for such causes as the CFA and Legacy.

Members fly over Anzac Day dawn service ceremonies, HMAS Cerberus open days, and at Australia Day parades in Hastings all for free as their way of contributing to the community.

With about 15,000 landings and departures each year, Tyabb is small fry compared to Moorabbin airport’s 35,000 a month, and considers itself a “grass roots” airfield.

But it is possibly the biggest employer in the district with around 100 staff and a flying school, five maintenance companies, fly-in motel, and The Old Aeroplane Company within its boundaries. Here,

old – but cherished – planes of all descriptions and vintages are being refurbished and made airworthy by dedicated volunteers – similar to a men’s shed group.

The hangar is a museum of aviation history – possibly the best in Australia – with displays of historic aircraft by local owners dating back to WWI. Age-old skills in their repair and maintenance are closely guarded and much-sought-after by technicians from other airfields, such as those at Point Cook.

Similarly, the airfield itself boasts the world’s largest display of privately-owned antique, historic and warbird planes in the country.

“More than 100,000 people world-wide know about us,” Mr Vevers said. “At every air show American and British enthusiasts come here on tours having heard about the airfield and wanting to see how we operate.”

Mr Bernardi, president for five years, admitted the club “had its detractors”, but added: “We give back to the community much more than we take.”

Barbecue thanks CRIB Point Community House is organising a public barbecue to say “thank you” to volunteers and professionals who helped fight the fire that threatened parts of Hastings, Bittern and Crib Point on 3 January.

“Evacuation was the order of the day for many residents of these townships,” community house coordinator Mary Budd said. “Fortunately, no lives or houses were lost thanks to the efforts of more than 250 firefighters who worked tirelessly that afternoon, throughout the night, and into the next day.

“These marvellous men and women left their own homes and families to assist us and it is for this reason that we are organising the one-on-one thank you barbecue.”

Money raised through donations or raffles will go to Western Port CFA and SES units.

The barbecue starts midday at the community house, 7 Park Rd, Crib Point, Sunday, 22 March.

Donations can be made to Emergency Services Support, BSB 633 000, account no 1538 42869. To offer a prize as part of the raffle, call Ms Budd on 5983 9888.

Storm damage SOMERVILLE and Tyabb residents may be able to recover expenses incurred as a result of storms and floods on January 7.

Assistance from the state and federal governments can pay up to $520 an adult and $260 a child (maximum $1300 a household) to cover emergency food, shelter, clothing, and personal items.

Emergency re-establishment assistance is limited to $31,950 a household for cleanup, emergency accommodation, repairs, rebuilding (a principal place of residence), and replacing damaged contents.

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Cop this! It’s the Finest in force and a few cyclists EMU has been pottering this pleasant Sunday, while his splendid spouse pots. He is stacking firewood and the Blushing Bride is separating plants out of clumps to put individually in little pots. He knows not why, but she is intent on her task and humming as she works.

Emu leans on his axe, wipes his brow and sighs contentedly. This is life at its best. The countryside is quiet and still, except for kookas cackling high in distant gum trees. Thornbills are squeaking in the shrubbery, the greengages are hanging, red and juicy, in the orchard and the water tank repairs are holding. Life could not be better.

And certainly not improved by the sudden caterwauling of sirens along the road. A bushfire? Emu rapidly scans for smoke. Mrs Emu has abandoned her pots and is galloping out the front gate. And now galloping back, agog. She does a good agog.

“It’s the bike race!” she gasps.

“They’re clearing the road for the bikes. There’s dozens of them.”

Emu is intrigued. He follows the BB to the roadside. A few neighbours are already out. And here they come – black-clad, helmeted, leaning into the curve, some of Victoria’s Finest, the full-leathered motorcycle police.

They appear seemingly by the dozen. The pushbikes, the actual contestants in the annual Tour de Victoria, are nowhere to be seen.

And here come more of the Finest.

One waves regally to onlookers. A pause, then another, whirling away out of sight around the curve. Now some non-police bikers whiz past, anonymous behind their Darth Vader headgear. One stops and guards a driveway, restraining folk in cars

wanting to leave a Sunday wineryeatery. They remonstrate. Darth Vader shakes his helmet. Some cars U-turn and head back in for a top-up.

The bikes are joined by 4WDs in police livery, then other cars with notices across their windscreens.

Emu thinks one reads ̔Tour Guests’, another ̔Media’. There are others.

Perhaps ̔Uncle Tom Cobley’ will come past in a moment.

Are the Finest doing circuits? Their number appears endless. Who needs pushbikes – these blokes are the show, all colour and movement. Another waves, maybe the same one who waved before. Emu notices the BB waving back coyly.

Then, finally, the Tour, actual pedal-pushers, disappointingly silent, lacking both light and siren. But they are intent, so intent, after the initial fracas caused by saluting police and the rest of the huge, noisy cavalcade.

First comes a quite large “breakaway” group, followed by more motorbikes, then cars with forests of spare bikes up top. Emu is knowledgable about cycling. He is a Tour de France fan: he knows the lingo, about “breakaways” and what follows.

After what seems minutes the “peleton” whooshes past, also silently, hunched over their handlebars, their task to “rein in” the now distant “breakaway”.

Emu feels the drama of the race would be enhanced by bits of cardboard affixed to rear forks with

clothes pegs, rat-a-tat-a-tat-ing against the spokes, to make the sound of your actual motorbike engine.

Emu and his mates did this as lads, using breakfast cereal box cardboard, even before the packet was empty, and promising mothers they would return the pegs.

Mrs Emu suddenly realises there are no helicopters. The tours de France and other European nations always feature swarms of helicopters, hovering, as TV reporters insist on saying, “overhead”. Emu still keenly awaits the spectacle of a helicopter hovering underground. Mrs Emu, also an avid Tour de France follower, found this absence d'hélicoptères rather déclassé.

She likes showing off her French.

And that was the end of the 2015 Tour. They may never pass this way again. We stroll inside to resume our tasks. Emu recalls reading once about an early 20th century Tour de France – the “tour” based on the national journey French apprentices took after graduation, learning to live by selling their new skills along the way.

A century or so ago, as the Tour riders headed into Brittany, a gang of local cycling enthusiasts lay in wait by the route. They had decided to give their entrant a helping hand. They ambushed the field, laying about them enthusiastically with fist and boot as their champion sped away to a good lead.

“It wasn’t very sporting,” Mrs Emu observed as she took up a pot. “But then, I suppose Lance Armstrong did worse. The Bretons had a pure motive, pure in a French sort of way.”

Emu nodded, in an argument-avoiding husbandly sort of way and picked up his axe. The kookas resumed their refrain.

All was again well with the world.

Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au ISAACS federal Labor MP Mark Dreyfus has slammed the “chaos and division” of the Abbott government after federal Liberal MPs voted 61-39 against a leadership spill last Monday morning.

The former attorney-general said Prime Minister Tony Abbott had “promised he would run a stable and united government” before the Coalition won the 2013 federal election.

A divided Labor government torn apart by leadership switches between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd lost the 2013 election to the Liberal National Coalition led by Mr Abbott.

Mr Abbott now faces growing internal Liberal Party dissent with many backbenchers agitating for a change in leadership since opinion polls consistently showing many could lose their seats if Mr Abbott leads them to the next federal election in late 2016.

Former Coalition opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull, ousted by Mr Abbott in 2009 by the margin of just one Liberal MP’s vote, is seen as the most likely challenger if a future spill motion succeeds.

“While ‘the Tony and Malcolm Show’ plays out in Canberra, community groups in Isaacs are having their funding cut and students are being told that they should pay $100,000 for their degree,” Mr Dreyfus said. “I call on Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and the rest of the government to end the charade and start working for Australia.”

Neighbouring Dunkley Liberal MP Bruce Billson said the Abbott government “is stable and focused on

building a strong, stable economy and creating jobs”.

“I am committed to getting on with this important work implementing our economic recovery plan, creating new opportunities and continuing to deliver local election commitments,” he said.

“In coming months this will include working on a small business package for the budget and other measures to create the very best environment for businesses to thrive.”

Mr Billson, the federal small business minister, has made no secret of his support for the embattled Prime Minister, using social media – dubbed “electronic graffiti” by Mr Abbott – to show his backing for Mr Abbott before Monday’s leadership spill vote.

His cabinet colleague, Flinders MP and environment minister Greg Hunt, had been less publicly visible online with his support for Mr Abbott but did say he would vote against a leadership spill last week.

Last Tuesday a spokesperson for Mr Hunt said the Minister said the Prime Minister has his support and expects him to lead the Liberal Party to the next election.

“The spill motion has been dealt with, and we’re now getting on with the job of delivering for Australian families,” Mr Hunt said in a statement to The News.

“People want and expect us to focus on jobs, families and the economy – and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

Mr Dreyfus believed the Liberals’ leadership troubles are not at an end.

“Tony Abbott might have dodged a leadership spill for now but the Liberals remain deeply divided,” he said.

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Asian tourists lift visitor numbers MORE international tourists visited the Mornington Peninsula over summer than last season with a large percentage using the region as a “gateway” to Phillip Island and the Great Ocean Road.

Peninsula tourism operators reported that visitors spent between 10-20 per cent more, and more bookings were made in advance.

These and other trends were reported to shire councillors last week by the shire’s communications manager Todd Trimble in his annual “summer report”.

“Tourists complained less, perhaps due to improvement in quality of services and products,” he said.

The increase in international visitors came particularly from Asian markets.

Statistics on the number of daytrippers scooting down Peninsula Link freeway have not yet been compiled.

There were more accommodation bookings coming via popular online channels such as wotif and bookings.com, and the average accommodation spend per night increased from $230 to $247.

The number of tourism website “page views” was up 15 per cent.

As up to 75,000 people “migrated” to the peninsula and its coast during December and January – boosting the population from 150,000 to as high as 225,000 – the shire collected almost 800,000 domestic garbage bins and more than 405,000 domestic recycling bins.

This represented 6378 tonnes of garbage and 4823 tonnes of recycled items.

The municipality’s foreshore camping sites were 100 per cent occupied by about 6000 people at a time, with the total number of campers topping 100,000 for the first time.

“The campers have really acknowledged and

appreciated all the enhancements to facilities, cleaning and operations,” Mr Trimble said.

“The 2014-15 peak has been a huge success, with maintenance, cleaning and general issues substantially down.”

Mr Trimble said the shire’s water leak detection program using 13 monitoring devices in various foreshore buildings had saved water and “reduced associated costs”.

“Previously, leaks were only able to be detected when the quarterly water use reports were received. This meant a leak could be wasting water for months before it was detected and fixed.”

About 1000 campers attended a camping safety awareness night run with Victoria Police, CFA and SES, and it was a success, he said.

The controversial food van park at Rye had now gone to the state planning tribunal, which would “adjudicate on both the use of the land and the fixtures on the land”.

Mr Trimble said the shire’s aged and disability services unit had been busy before and after Christmas with community care workers providing 21,011 hours of service to 4056 clients. Meals on Wheels volunteers had delivered 2837 meals.

More than 300 seniors were served Christmas lunch at gatherings in Hastings, Rosebud and Mornington, supported by volunteers, organisations and peninsula businesses.

The shire’s libraries were busy, with information queries up seven per cent, “eResource” loans up 147 per cent, computer sessions up 6.5 per cent and WiFi use up 38 per cent.

Mornington and Rosebud libraries had more than 1000 people each on many days. More than 1600 children registered for the summer reading club.

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Ready for the road: Motorcyclists assembled near Frankston pier to promote the Saturday 14 March memorial ride for Luke Batty, murdered last February at Tyabb by his father. Picture: Yanni

On the road in memory of Luke AUSTRALIAN of the Year Rosie Batty is taking time out from official duties for a motorbike ride.

The inaugural Luke Batty Memorial Ride was held last year three weeks after 11-year-old Luke was killed by his father after cricket training at Tyabb.

Since then, Rosie batty has become a high profile symbol for the growing anti-domestic violence movement.

And with her being named by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott as Australian of the Year and a Royal Commission into domestic violence about to begin in Victoria, she is guaranteed never to be far from the limelight.

Ms Batty will be a pillion passenger on a bike ridden by a member of the Dandenong Hogs motorcycle club for the second ride dedicated to her son.

Motorcycle rider James Taylor organised last year’s ride after going to the Tyabb murder scene a week after Luke’s death and “seeing families just standing around”.

“I thought ‘how can I change this’,” Mr Taylor

said last week.

“I organised the ride to pay respect to Luke and make a statement on how men should behave.

“No one’s perfect and we’ve all been in trouble. But you live and learn - there’s got to be a better way.”

Mr Taylor says 70 motorbikes took part last year but estimates there could be up to 300 leaving from the car park near Frankston pier on Saturday 14 March.

They will have a police escort for the 37 kilometre ride to Rosebud Church of Christ where “prayers will be spoken and strong words said”.

Among the speakers are anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary and retired Australian heavyweight kickboxer and eight time world champion “Stan the Man” Longinidis.

Mr Taylor, a member of the Two Bays branch of the Ulysses motorcycle club, said the Luke Batty ride would leave Frankston at 9am Saturday 14 March. Details: 0407 054 966 or www. two-bays.com Keith Platt

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Report: axing of carbon tax may lead to cut in rates David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au REMOVAL of the carbon tax should curb any rate rise next year, according figures drawn from the Victorian Auditor-General’s report for 2012-13.

The federal Labor government’s tax, abolished by the current federal Coalition government after it was elected in 2013, is the fourth largest driver of rate increases, the report, Rating Practices in Local Government, stated.

The three bigger items were “maintaining services/cost shifting”, “general/other costs” and the state government’s landfill levy. The report was compiled using figures supplied

by Victorian councils.

Both federal and state governments “costshift” services on to local councils, often to achieve savings in their own budgets. Occasionally a council will seek to take over a state or federal responsibility, as Mornington Peninsula Shire did with the Rosebud foreshore in 2005, at a cost to ratepayers of up to $420,000 annually.

The end of the carbon tax as a factor in holding down Mornington Peninsula Shire’s rates next year was included in a submission to the shire from the Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association.

MPRRA listed nine savings measures in its submission, arguing that the shire “must carefully and wisely consider its next budget and use this as a learning experience to live within its means, as in future ̔buckets of cash’ will not be available because the new state government intends capping rates in 2016-17.

It said that “by any measure the shire’s rate increase over the last decade is outrageous”.

Rates had risen: • three times more than CPI. • twice the estimated increase in costs incurred by local government.

• three times more than the increase in wages.

• four times the increase in pensions.

Mornington Peninsula Shire now had “the dubious record” of having the third highest increase of 40 household expenditures measured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, MPRRA stated.

It suggested nine factors that could lead to a lower rate rise: • Redirecting the $17.9 million “underexpenditure” on the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA) budgeted for 2015-16.

SPA is now on hold.

• Handing over running of the loss-making Pelican Park to a professional organisation.

• Harnessing savings from removal of the carbon tax and recent lower fuel prices.

• Selling excess shire land as soon as practicable rather than waiting until the money is needed to build SPA. • Forming an internal task force to gather staff input on how the shire could be run more efficiently.

• Publications – simplifying the monthly report by providing the written component quarterly; publishing ̔Peninsula-Wide’ twice a year; and “producing a lean four-year Council Strategic Plan”.

• Passing on to ratepayers some of the claimed $65 million savings from the Safer Local Roads Program.

• Returning the management of the Rose-

bud Foreshore to Parks Victoria.

• Reviewing the need for the extensive use of consultants and advisers. As reported in The News two weeks ago, these cost the shire $6.42 million in 2013-14.

Nearly 50 budget submissions were made to council. At a meeting last Wednesday about 20 submitters each made a three-minute presentation. Almost all of them had a specific request of the shire, including a boardwalk for the disabled, a CFA request for 50,000-litre water tanks, a rise in the farm rate from 35 to 80 per cent, and more screens for the crowdpulling Rosebud film festival.

MPRRA ends its submission by repeating a past objection regarding how councillors decide the annual rates and charges increase.

“If the two councillors who are nominated to hear [budget submissions] do not have delegated authority and the full council is going to make the decisions then presentations should be made to the full council,” it states.

“The association does not understand why a complete copy of the submissions cannot be attached to the end of the [budget hearing report] rather than precis.

“Attaching the complete submissions ensures they are placed on public record. As only a small number of council agenda/ budget hearing reports are required to be printed, the additional cost of printing would be more than offset by the elimination of the need for staff to précis the submissions.”

As mentioned above, the recent budget meeting effectively involved all councillors and all senior shire staff: only two councillors did not attend the meeting. It remains to be seen if all submissions are made public, as the MPRRA urges.

In with the new: Chief operating officer Brendon Gardner at Frankston Hospital’s new emergency department.

Technology aids patient care THE $81 million redevelopment of Frankston Hospital’s emergency department opening tomorrow (Tuesday) will use the latest technology to enhance patient care. These medical advances are changing the way patients will be treated.

“The new emergency department is more than double the size of the previous department, has its own separate radiology facilities - including CAT scan - and features computers at every bed and treatment area,” Peninsula Health’s chief operating officer, Brendon Gardner, said.

“Tablet-style computers and swipe-card access will assist medical staff monitor patients’ health at the touch of a button.

New digital security measures will ensure multiple staff can access this information while patient confidentiality is respected.”

Mr Gardner said the resuscitation and treatment areas had mobile pendants with examination lights, cardiac monitors, and power-and-gas supply for critical care equipment.

“These highly sophisticated devices can be moved around the patient and enable more staff to access the patient at any time,” he said.

Brightly coloured zones are a feature of the hospital’s patient care model. “To improve patient flow through the department, zoned areas with specialist staff and equipment will provide paediatric, women’s health, bariatric and mental health services.”

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Statues for East Timor THE links between two churches in Mt Eliza and a Catholic parish in East Timor have been further strengthened with the donation of two statues.

They were created by Rev Ian Johnston of Mornington for Mt Eliza’s St Thomas More Catholic parish and The Village Uniting Church, and will be donated to St Thomas More in Tequinomata in the Laga region of East Timor, also known as Timor Leste.

Members of the St Thomas More Mt Eliza rebuilt the town’s school in 2011 and the church itself in 2012. Parishioners were so grateful they renamed their church St Thomas More.

Helene Seymour donated a portrait of St Thomas More to the Tequinomata parish in 2013.

The statues of Christ and St Thomas More were on display at The Village Uniting Church in Mt Eliza until last Sunday and will now be shipped to Timor Leste and dedicated in June.

The statues project is the brainchild of Les Harper of St Thomas More Mt Eliza, who has been a key member of the parish’s work in Timor Leste.

He approached painter and sculptor Ian Johnston after returning from a trip to Timor

Leste, where he was asked about the chance of finding one statue.

The project expanded when Uniting Church members heard about their former minister’s creation. Rev Johnston, 73, was the Uniting Church’s minister when the church was built in Canadian Bay Rd in the early 1980s. The congregation had been gathering at St James The Less Anglican Church on the Nepean Highway.

The statues are about 170cm tall (5ft 7in) and made of cast fibreglass on a lightweight steel frame. The costuming is made of cloth impregnated with fibreglass.

Rev Johnston said Timorese people value statues highly, a reflection of their animist ancestors.

He worked from a Hans Holbein portrait of St Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII in 1535 after failing to support the king’s move away from the Catholic church. King Henry had previously made Thomas More his Lord Chancellor but when their philosophies diverged, it was off to the Tower of London for the priest.

St Thomas More is patron saint of lawyers and wrote the famous book Utopia.

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Ashram disenchanted find solace online Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au LIKE ripples from a pebble tossed into a still pond, revelations of sexual impropriety at the Mt Eliza-based Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga have been echoing around the world.

The ripples have left a string of fractured and broken friendships and relationships in their wake.

Announced first to “members” of the school and ashram and then published in The News, the revelations that the school’s founder Swami Shankarananda had admitted to having secret sexual relations with women devotees was soon picked up by national news organisations.

Inevitably, it has also become a source of comment on social media, mostly on a website set up by disaffected followers of the swami but also well-established sites such as Facebook’s Guruphilia and the leavingsiddhayoga website. The leavingshivayoga website established by disaffected former members of the Shiva school provides advice and information to anyone feeling hurt or betrayed.

The school has also offered counselling, but it seems its customers – devotees, or followers, of Swami Shankarananda (also known as Swamiji and Russell Kruckman) – are staying away in droves.

The social media discussions have ranged from criticism of Swami Shankarananda to “failed” gurus and estimates of the ashram’s accumulated wealth.

One former member of the school said attendances at Satsang (a regular Saturday night event) had fallen from about 350 to 60.

“It breaks my heart that our beautiful Satsang [gathering for the truth] has been shaken and split by anger and confusion,” the 72-year-old United States-born swami wrote in a letter seeking forgiveness from ashram members.

A former member, who does not wish to be identified, is one of several people behind the leavingshivayoga website, “a kind of open source project run by ex-devotees … created by a group of us … [to] hit back at Shiva yoga as soon as it became apparent that what they intended to do was whitewash the issue ...”.

There is no mention of the problems caused by Swami Shankarananda’s admissions on the ashram’s own shivayoga website, although a $1330 ($800 days only) live-in summer retreat is listed as postponed.

The former member claims the

Apologist: Despite regrets for his actions, Swami Shankarananda remains as the spiritual leader of the Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga, Mt Eliza.

Picture: Gary Sissons

ashram has adopted a “bunker mentality”, with friendships and relationships being strained or, at worst, severed. Devotees who have stayed are being told not to speak “to anybody who left as we are apparently lost in enmity and hatred”.

There are also claims that the remaining devotees are being told to chant the 60-verse Guru-Gita for about two hours each day.

The Shiva school, through management committee member Stephen Stanford, has declined to respond to allegations made by some of those behind the website.

Operated by not-for-profit Shiva Yoga Incorporated, the school runs a live-in ashram on expansive grounds complete with lake and manicured gardens in Tower Rd. Several houses in the surrounding area are either owned by the ashram or its members.

Shiva Yoga Incorporated is billed for municipal rates by Mornington Peninsula Shire but is exempt from paying income tax, receives a GST concession and can claim a FBT (fringe benefits tax) rebate.

Former members claim Shiva Yoga “generated tens of thousands in cash” from its programs. “Put it this way, an ordinary one-day intensive program would typically cost $175 to attend, and they would get at least 200 people. Work that out.”

It now appears hundreds of people have stopped attending classes and meetings at the ashram since Swami Shankarananda – known to his followers as Swamiji – confessed to “secret sexual relations” with an undisclosed number of women.

While the school called in media-

tor Callum Campbell, CEO of the Australian Mediation Association, to come up with a solution to the crisis, it says his findings are confidential.

The management committee of Shiva Yoga has also declined to provide information beyond three statements which, after stating that Swami Shankarananda admitted sexual impropriety, said he would remain spiritual director.

The guru regretted and apologised for his actions and the managers said a “Dharma committee” was writing a code of conduct that would be required to be followed by all at the school, including its spiritual leader.

The management committee said it had “legal advice that, based on the information known, there is no basis for any criminal complaint”.

“Nonetheless, the committee is aware that the activities in question raise a number of potential ethical issues, and is urgently implementing ... internal processes to address any grievances as a result of past actions and the perceived risk of any future misconduct.”

A person involved with the leavingshivayoga website has told The News that several women have made statements to police.

The website last week claimed an “ex-Shiva Yoga community member”, who participated in the mediation run

by Callum Campbell, said his findings had been handed to the school’s management committee.

“As predicted, Shiva Yoga’s way of handling the fact that so many people have been hurt by the organisation and its leaders is to do and say nothing and carry on with the show.”

Shiva Yoga’s management committee spokesman Stephen Stanford said details of the mediation process “are confidential and we do not wish to comment further”.

The committee declined to respond to a number of question from The News including: Who is the ultimate owner of the ashram?

If Swamiji was legally Russell Kruckman, who is Joshua Russell Cross, a name listed on at least one website as having the address 27 Tower Rd, Mt Eliza?

Was Joshua Russell Cross a name formally used by Swamiji?

Why did Swamiji leave an ashram in Ann Arbor, United States?

How many people have “left” the Mt Eliza ashram since the allegations were made against Swamiji?

Have any previous or current devotees or members of the ashram demanded a return of their donations?

Beware of persuasive ways EAST Melbourne-based Integrative Psychology says methods used by cults to gain members include induced dissociation through chanting, meditation, isolation from family and friends, emotional manipulation, control of personal life, including finances, time, relationships, peer and leadership pressure; extensive indoctrination sessions, such as extensive one-on-one sessions with leaders, rigid security regulations and daily rules.

In the healing professions patients are protected by each profession’s governing body and their code of ethics. If you join an organisation that does not declare what you could reasonably and fully expect as a result of your involvement in it from the outset but allows the nature of your involvement to unfold through deepening engagement with that organisation, you may be involved in a cult.

Clinical psychologist Michael Langone says characteristics that distinguish cults from other communities or groups include the group displaying excessively zealous and

“The ashram does not wish to add any further to the statements it has publicly released,” Mr Stanford said.

The statement issued by the ashram’s management committee in January admitted “many people are hurt, angry and confused”.

A commentator on the Facebook page Guruphilia called the Shiva school’s initial response “outrageous … we have spoken to some of the women involved and heard their heartbreaking personal accounts in detail, and we see nothing in his actions that could in any way be called tantric or yogic, healing or spiritual”.

The site said Swami Shankarananda was involved in advising devotees about many aspects of their lives, including personal relationships, “when to get a new job or leave one, where to live”.

“For ashramites, this goes further, with some having to ask permission to even leave the premises for a few hours.”

The News has been told that “ashramites do most of the work there, with people who visit the ashram helping, cooking and cleaning and gardening” while the leaders “have all their meals made for them, clothes cleaned and

unquestioning commitment to its leader, and regards his/her belief system, ideology, and practices as the truth, as law.  Mind altering practices – such as meditation, chanting, work – are used in excess and used to suppress doubts about the group and its leader.  The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel, including getting permission to date, change jobs or marry.  The leader is not accountable to any authorities.  Subservience to the leader requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter personal goals and activities. This will often be enhanced by the adoption of a new name and new identity.  The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.  The group is preoccupied with making money.  Members are encouraged to live and socialise with other group members.

ironed, rooms cleaned, beds made … they live like king and queen”.

As well as providing a place for discussion of the yoga school, the leavingshivayoga website has also attracted the attention of Integrative Psychology, which supplied two papers: What is a cult and What’s the difference between a cult and another organisation?

Integrative Psychology says cults “present as a group or community that may provide idealism, friendship, love, freedom, belonging, mission, sincerity, salvation, enlightenment”.

“The prospective devotee is wooed with the promise of reward [such as spiritual growth or enlightenment]… the cult leader becomes like a genie holding out the promise of wish fulfilment.

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Shire activist Gary Howard dies GARY Howard, a tireless community worker over many years, died on 9 February in Rosebud hospital after losing his battle with cancer. He was 71.

Gary, a chartered accountant, was prominent in scrutinising shire finances, particularly annual budgets, and for his questioning of officers, both in and out of council meetings, about how they presented shire accounts to the public.

Councillors are considering awarding an annual $1000 prize, the Gary Howard Prize, for the best submission to the shire budget, “to encourage community service and public participation in the area of public finances”.

A particular Howard bugbear was what he regarded – rightly – as a manipulation of the annual rates and charges announcement, which for years omitted the hefty municipal charge from the calculation. He and others had a win when the then shire finance chief, Marilyn Kearney, admitted the error and amended the figure.

Gary also criticised how the shire presented the financial position of Pelican Park, a consistent money loser, omitting interest and depreciation charges. His complaint to a state government body was upheld and the accounts were amended.

He was also the bane of the shire and his local councillors about roads and, in particular, roads with potholes. Once, after numerous complaints about how the soft bitumen outside his house was torn up as he entered and left his drive, he got a letter from the shire advising him not to turn the steering wheel during this manoeuvre.

This both irritated and amused him.

Many saw the soft and compassionate side of Gary, including those with whom he tended the foreshores of McCrae and Rosebud. He boasted of his expertise in planting and maintaining coastal banksia, and took a proprietorial interest in the area.

Many more gained the benefit of his interest in the community, including those disadvantaged who visited the St Vincent’s kitchen for meals.

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Gary’s specialty was cutting up pumpkin, one of the heavier food preparation duties.

Gary was for years treasurer of the Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers and Residents Association, and also lent his financial expertise to the Blue Wedges Coalition, appearing for them at an Upper House inquiry into channel deepening. And he was no stranger at VCAT, opposing developments in Dromana and McCrae. More recently he belonged to the ABCD community group in Dromana.

Gary was a lifelong cricket devotee and regularly attended Dromana Tigers football matches.

Some said this attendance was driven to a large extent by the pie stall and by the presence of councillors whom he could harangue. His range of friendships was very wide.

He is survived by his wife, Sonia, three children and three grandchildren. The broader community will miss him without really ever having known him.

David Harrison

Loving cuddle: Owner Maggie Brown gives Sammy a hug after his ordeal.

Picture: Yanni

Quick action brings pet back to life A LITTLE black dog spotted floating face down off Fisherman’s beach was all but gone until some quick thinking brought him back to life.

Sammy, the Maltese-poodle cross, was enjoying a walk and a paddle near the boat ramp with owner Maggie Brown on Tuesday when, to her horror, she looked up to see him about eight metres off-shore – and motionless in the water. “I thought: “’Oh my god’, and I was trying to run through the water to reach him and hoping he would pop his little head up but he appeared drowned,� she said. “I grabbed him and rushed him ashore and began slapping and squeezing his chest and poking my fingers in his mouth for a good seven to 10 minutes but there was very little response. I thought he may have had a heart attack or swallowed his tongue.�

The adopted Sammy is more than 10 years old – he was found wandering aimlessly about the peninsula 12 months ago – and almost deaf and blind. Mrs Brown gave him a home – and lots of love – but can only guess at the trauma he has

been through.

Responding to the resuscitation, the dog began to vomit, sucking in air and dribbling salt water from his mouth. The more Mrs Brown squeezed his chest the more water came out until “he gave a huge shake and a shiver� and rejoined the land of the living. “I wrapped him up in towels and flew home and gave him a syringe of milk to ease the acidic taste of salt water and he licked it up. Then I put him out in the sun to keep warm.�

Sammy was “looking good, although a little wobbly� an hour later, and appeared none the worse for wear while he ate his dinner.

Mrs Brown, a former nurse, said she enjoyed the nickname ‘The Dog Whisperer’ and always felt an affinity with animals. “I was hoping we weren’t going to lose him after all the tough times he’s been through,� she said. “I was so relieved when he started to vomit because he was sucking in air. I knew we had him back then.�

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‘Higher power’ leads to anthology for Luke Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON poet Theresa O’Dea’s book Someone’s Child is a poetry anthology on grief and loss.

It has been written to raise funds for the Luke Batty Foundation and the Forgetmenot Foundation.

It will be launched on Wednesday 18 March at the Mornington Library in Vancouver St, from 5-7pm, and sell for $50 each.

Ms O’Dea started Poet’s Corner in Mornington many years ago “when it was just a small township”.

“When Luke Batty was murdered in February last year, I was brought into a higher power by his spirit to compile a book of poetry from other poets,” Ms O’Dea said.

“I met Rosy Batty and told her how her son had come to me from the afterlife and asked me to read some of my poems to her at a fund raiser.”

As the expression goes: There are many a poets, and they don’t even know it, she said. “This statement is so true and, in times of need, we can resort to pen and paper to express something that

has happened to us,” Ms O’Dea said.

“As a result of this tragic event - and for those who have touched our hearts we become enlightened and inspired to reach out for serenity to heal the loss of the tragic event that has taken our loved one from us.

“Writing poetry is a great source of mental healing and the rejuvenation of the very reason why we are who we are.”

Ms O’Dea said that, as a poet, she was working with women who had lost a child or who were closely involved with someone who had lost a child or person they loved dearly, and who had been affected by grief and loss in their lives.

“I have had my share of losing someone that I loved dearly through unforeseen circumstances. This inspired me to think about compiling a poetry anthology for those affected by grief and loss.”

The work has taken about eight months to put together - without any government grants.

It has the backing of Janet Greening, whose mother was murdered by two teenagers at Kananook in 2000. She has been an active supporter of victims of crime and established the Forgetmenot Foundation.

Ms O’Dea started a women’s help group just over a year ago with the help of her teenage son, Ocean. Hopeishope11 aims to help prevent violence against women.

“The creation of Hope - not just for women but for their children and partners affected by family violence inspired me as a poet to ask other poets to share their experiences, hope and humility by telling their stories in poetry form,” she said. “This, in return, would heal the poets through self-help, as well as help others.”

Ms O’Dea said the stories in the anthology had been told by the most courageous poets from all over the world.

“We are the writers in this anthology, not forgetting where we have been and how our loved ones have suffered. Here in these poems are people not left behind but reminded that we were once - and still are - in loving memory of these precious entireties (people).

“On behalf of the authors in this book, we invite you to read our poetry stories and hope that you are inspired as well.”

Theresa O’Dea: “Writing poetry is a great source of mental healing.” Picture: Yanni

LETTERS Swift helper We take this opportunity to thank you for the recent prompt publishing of our concerns about the condition of some pathways in Victoria St, Hastings, which seriously affect the disabled within our community.

We also thank Cr David Garnock for his swift reply and attention to this matter. Within hours of receiving our concerns arrangements had been made for us to meet with a view to addressing these issues.

David was totally unaware of the daily problems faced by people in manual wheelchairs and the difficulties as a carer of trying to even cross some roads in Hastings due to the lack of forethought when certain areas were constructed for pedestrians.

Mobility scooters have been addressed quite well, but people with walkers and manual wheelchairs face a daily struggle to cross roads. When the cross overs from the road to footpath have a raised edge, this involves tilting the appliance so that the raised edge can be cleared, which can be a falls risk and, in the case of the carer, tilting a wheelchair can be very difficult, especially if the chair and the person is still on the road.

David’s commitment to working with his community to provide better access and inclusion of marginalised

people and groups is amazing, he displays empathy and a great understanding of what we are about. He does face an uphill battle with the Mornington Peninsula Shire and of course funding is always a problem.

I for one am confident that we are in safe hands with such a dedicated person willing to take on the hard and unpopular issues and problems our community may face. We know that he has our best interests at heart, despite the wheels of council turning ever so slowly, especially on the Western Port side of the peninsula.

Angela Snelson, Bittern (Westernport Stroke Recovery Support Group)

Topic changer Maurice Newman, chairman of the Prime Minister’s business advisory council has uttered this chuckleinducing quote: “The climate change movement is rooted in power, money and emotion - not science - It is indecently obsessive and authoritarian. In fact, it’s the people behind this movement who pose the greatest threat to humanity, not the climate” (Australian Conservation Foundation website 5/2/15).

This statement helped to clarify my hypothesis that the issue is no longer about climate change at all. Regardless of wheather (my spelling) you

believe it or not the issue is changing our lives.

The conversation must move from wheather (my spelling) man is creating climate change to where are the jobs of the future going to come from?

When you look around the world, billions of dollars in investments and new job creation are the result of the climate change issue. Unfortunately, while other governments, including those of the United States, China, Europe, India and Africa are embracing the change and investing in future jobs, Australia lags significantly behind in creating jobs of the future and attracting the billions of investment being poured into the renewable energy industries. Statistics abound supporting this statement.

We have lost our auto Industry and many others. While many countries continue to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, Australia continues to put all of its support into the fossil fuel industry.

Rather than invest in industries that will provide the jobs of the future, Australia continues to give corporate welfare to the tune of billions of dollars a year to the fossil fuel industry while the same companies “launder” billions of dollars overseas to low tax havens to avoid paying $8.1 billion dollars a year in Australian taxes.

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change” continues to escalate, it looks like the future of Australia is to be left with many huge open pit mining holes in the ground with rusting equipment and no jobs. At that point we will be quite happy to recycle batteries with no safety equipment for a couple of bucks a day while the rest of the world enjoys a wonderful life filled with jobs created by the renewable energy.

Climate change due to man? A reality or not? Both can be debated, but what is clear is the fact that investment and jobs are being created in this industry at astounding rates while worldwide attitudes are dictating a significant reduction in the use of fossil fuels.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Investigation need Recent articles and letters supporting the leasing of the Point Nepean National Park by the Point Leisure Group do not address the many issues which the Andrew’s government should investigate in regard to the lease signed at the last minute before the Napthine government entered the caretaker period of government.

Issues which need careful scrutiny include the vast difference in the size of the lease area between 17 hectares repeatedly stated by the Napthine government and the final lease area

of 64ha, the abandonment of proper planning, the relevance to and impact of the proposed uses on the historical and environmental values of the park, the downgrading of Park Victoria's role in the park’s management, the demolition of Badcoe Hall, which I suspect would be of concern to the RSL, construction of a jetty in a dolphin sanctuary zone and the absence of due diligence on the history and experience of the proposed developers.

A good start would be to allow public scrutiny of the lease so the community can make an informed judgement on whether it has any benefits for the preservation, enhancement and maintenance of this peaceful haven which is much loved by Victorians and visitors who know it.

The Quarantine Station has only been fully open to the public since 2009 and many have still not discovered its beauty.

Commercial leases should be only for individual buildings and not for any land within the Quarantine Station.

Parks Victoria should be the leasing agency supported by an independent advisory group.

It must not become a building site, a glamorous for-profit resort or a mining site damaging the threatened coastal moonah woodland.

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WLA sets the scene for, strong positive communication and teamwork, perseverance, personal best, resilience and an enjoyment of life -long learning. We are currently the only government school on the Mornington Peninsula fully implementing this well researched approach. It is the aim of all staff to provide a warm, caring and stimulating learning environment for your child where all members of the school community have an active voice in their school.

We are equipped with modern Communication Technology equipment and expertise and a newly established science lab where students enjoy science as a specialist subject from grade prep to six. Our grounds are vast and visually inviting, including sensory tranquil gardens with a range of outdoor learning opportunities.

Wallaroo Primary School enjoys the positive support of parent groups and the wider community in our endeavour to encourage our students to dream big and to equip them with the skills, both academic and personal to follow their dreams.

Please feel free to book a tour.

Nicky Fammartino

NEWS DESK

Post fire park clean-up THE January fire that threatened parts of Hastings also uncovered rubbish that had been dumped in parts of Warringine Park.

A community clean-up of a burnt section of the park is being organised by Mornington Peninsula Shire Clean Up Australia Day, 1 March.

Cr David Garnock said rubbish would be cleared from the park near Salmon St and Reid Parade.

A barbeque lunch will be provided for volu8nteers helping with the clean-up and a representative of the Boon Wurrung Aboriginal community will invite the community to participate in regenerating and healing the land.

Members of the Warringine Friends group will also be there to explain how they help maintain all areas of park. “We’re encouraging people to re-connect with the park and observe first-hand how the bush regenerates after fire,� shire senior ranger Gerard Cook said. “You can help clean up before the grasses and understory plants begin to grow, and tell us your ideas for the park.�

Volunteers for the clean-up should meet at the park’s Salmon St entrance at 9am. Register online at www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au or call 5950 1685.

Scholarship offer

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YOUNG people and adults in the Western Port area experiencing hardship can apply for a vocational training scholarship.

Caroline Chisholm Education Foundation, the Chisholm Institute and business and community organisations are offering the scholarships under the WP Connect scheme.

A similar scholarship program, SMP Connect, is already operating on the southern Mornington Peninsula.

The age of students in the SMP Connect program last year was 16-43.

The scholarships are described as providing a

Wallaroo Primary School Stalwart Ave, Hastings VIC 3915 Phone: 03 5979 2654 Fax: 03 5979 4422 Web: www.wallaroops.vic.edu.au

“circuit breaker� for those who cannot afford an accredited TAFE course at Chisholm’s Frankston or Rosebud campuses.

The scholarships cover tuition fees, materials, tools, child care, transport and any other approved out-of-pocket expenses.

Call Kate Hulusi, Caroline Chisholm Education Foundation, on 9212 5111, or Janette Foster, Chisholm Institute, 5950 2065.

Day on the farm THE gardens of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s Cruden Farm will open to the public to raise money for not-for-profit medical research organisation, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute on Sunday 15 March.

It will be the 10th year the Edna Wallingdesigned garden has been used to raise money for the institute.

The property includes historic buildings, a lake and working farm.

Picnics can be taken or ordered when buying tickets.

The day will include live entertainment, talks and tips from gardening experts, including author Anne Latreille.

Cruden Farm will open 10am-3pm and entry is from Cranhaven Rd, Langwarrin (Melway 103 G6). Children under 18 free; Adults $25; groups of 10 or more - $20 a person. Tickets available on the day, call 1300 728 900 (business hours) or www.bakeridi.edu.au/crudenfarm2015.

Dog brochure FRIENDS of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Peninsula) and BirdLife Australia will release a brochure, “Where can I walk my dog on the beaches of the Mornington Peninsula?�, 9-11am on Saturday 21 February at Camerons Bight foreshore in Blairgowrie. The event will include a free “dogs’ breakfast� and giveaways including dog leads. The brochure has been produced with a grant from the RACV Cape Schanck Resort.

Meet the Principal

I am very honoured to be the Principal of Bittern Primary School, a small government school nestled in the heart of the Peninsula. We believe the partnership between school and home is a relationship that is imperative to support the valued education of our students. Our student leadership structure gives students a variety of experiences that EXLOG FRQĂ€GHQFH VHOI HVWHHP DQG SURPRWHV D VHQVH RI UHVSRQVLELOLW\ 2XU ,&7 SURJUDP FRQVLVWV RI D VWDQG DORQH FRPSXWHU ODE ZLWK WKH ODWHVW VWDWH RI WKH art equipment. Technology is imbedded throughout the curriculum with many mobile devices available for students.

We offer specialist areas in Visual Arts, Physical Education, ICT, Science & Home Economics in the form of a whole school kitchen and cooking program as well as many extra curricula activities which are introduced through lunchtime clubs.

We place a heavy emphasis on health and wellbeing which is evidenced by the intense sports program offered at Bittern Primary School and students’ further participation in Zone and District sports competitions.

Our ‘buddy’ program is aligned with the Madeleine & Alannah Foundation and promotes the sharing of a values education. Preps are matched with grade 5/6 students who support them in the playground and in the learning environment.

A Reading Recovery program is delivered by a specialist trained teacher . Education Support staff are integral to the support of students with special needs. The teaching staff are highly experienced and dedicated to improve student learning outcomes.

We provide an excellent Out of Hours School Care Program providing a highly educational focus on before and after care activities; another service for our community.

Student learning at Bittern PS is personalised to meet the needs of all students, taking into account the diverse learning styles of all learners. Bittern Primary School is committed to preparing students for the ever changing world, developing educated well informed global citizens.

We look forward to a productive successful 2015 for the Bittern PS community.

Lyn Fyfe PRINCIPAL

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Bittern Primary School

I am delighted to introduce myself as the newly appointed Principal at Insight Specialist Primary School, a state of the art facility for children who are blind or vision impaired. I look forward to a happy and productive 2015 for all involved in the school and wider community.

Insight Education Centre delivers best practice Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), enabling our students to fully access the Australian Curriculum (AusVels) whilst accelerating their skill development and rates of progress.

Components include assistive technologies, orientation/mobility, compensatory functional academic skills, social interaction and independent living skills.

As Principal I work in partnership with the mainstream education system so that every blind and vision impaired child in Victoria has access to a specialist education as a pathway to inclusion. Our specialist primary school in Berwick takes enrolments on a short/long term basis or as a shared enrolment with mainstream schools.

At Berwick we also provide Early Years support sessions for parents of children aged 0 - 6 years and I am proud to launch this year our Centre of Music Excellence, with master classes (including Braille Music) for all musically inclined and gifted students enrolling in 2015. ‘InsightOut’, is the unique Mobile Classroom outreach program that continues to provide students in outer Melbourne and regional Victoria with access to specialist teachers and (ECC) education.

Now and into the future, I will ensure that our intensive and targeted LQWHUYHQWLRQ DFURVV DOO OHYHOV RI OHDUQLQJ HPSRZHUV RXU VWXGHQWV WR ÀQG WKHLU SODFHV LQ WKH ZRUOG ZLWK FRQÀGHQFH DQG SXUSRVH DORQJVLGH WKHLU VLJKWHG SHHUV Contact me directly at the school to discuss your enrolment enquiry.

Timothy Hemphill PRINCIPAL

Insight Education Centre for the Blind and Vision Impaired 2120 Enterprize Ave, Berwick VIC 3199 03 9707 1585 Phone: Fax: 03 9707 4316 Web: www.insightvision.org.au

End of line for station THE derelict lower station of the old Arthurs Seat chairlift is no more. A Parks Victoria contractor operating a tracked excavator flattened the building, which contained a kiosk and storage sheds, in less than a day on Monday last week but a Parks spokeswoman said the work would take about a week as there was asbestos material throughout the building.

Parks Victoria said the building was surplus to its needs.

The demolition also removed graffiti that appeared on Thursday 5 February: “No vandalism in our park” and “I am not the vandal”, presumably painted by a person or people opposed to the proposed $18 million gondola chairlift to be built

by Arthurs Seat Skylift, headed by former Australian of the Year Simon McKeon.

Parks “inherited” the building and its sealed car park from former chairlift owner Richard Hudson, who is trying to erect the open-seat chairlift in South Australia.

Mike Hast

Anti-gondola group keeps up the fight COMMUNITY lobby group Save Our Seat (SOS) has not given up hope of stopping the proposed Arthurs Seat gondola chairlift despite its unsuccessful legal challenge late last year.

The group will hold a “Gondola information night” in Red Hill in early March to drum up support for its stance.

Kylie Greer of SOS said the develop-

ment would have a “large impact on all of the surrounding communities”.

“There are unacceptable bushfire risks for patrons and communities,” she said. “The fact the gondola will not be permitted to operate on Code Red fire danger days but can operate on days of extreme danger is a key concern.”

She said the group was concerned

about increased traffic 14 hours a day through Red Hill and Dromana, including past schools.

“The loss of summit parkland, which is public land that will be used for private gain, is a major concern as is the designated operating hours from 8am to 10pm, although reduced from the originally proposed 8am to midnight.”

Ms Greer said Save Our Seat had

framed five questions for the information night: Are you concerned about the impacts of the gondola on this area?

Are you concerned about the economic viability of the project?

Do you cherish the charm and natural beauty of the Mornington Peninsula?

Do you want to keep important open spaces free for visitors and communi-

ties alike?

Are you concerned about fire plans and emergency plans?  Gondola information night, 7-9pm Wednesday 4 March, Red Hill Recreation Reserve pavilion, Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill. Details: 0423 225 182, saveourseat.org, facebook/saveourseat.com, or email info@brightspace. com.au Mike Hast

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estern Port Secondary College is a dynamic learning community located in a beautiful rural setting in the seaside town of Hastings.

The school opened in 1974 and has recently undergone an extensive review and written a strategic plan to cover the next four years. The key focus of this plan in on our core business – Teaching and Learning. Our priority is your child’s learning and our key aim is to accurately map students to the relevant curriculum continuum and develop a differentiated, challenging and engaging personalised curriculum program for every student in every class. Our targets centre on the growth in learning our students make during each semester of their schooling, how we measure that growth, and how this growth is tracked and informs the continued differentiated learning program for each student.

Our school places a great emphasis on pastoral care and a very positive approach to student wellbeing. We are constantly seeking to develop each student’s personal and social skills. We believe that the best environment for students to learn is one that is safe, inclusive, respectful, caring and purposeful, and one where personalised and individual learning programs can be achieved. Being a mid-sized secondary college of 600 students this is achievable for us. Each and every student is known and has a place in our school.

Our recently completed Master Plan building project has ensured facilities are second to none with outstanding modern buildings, classrooms and learning areas. The construction of our own Trade Training Centre on site to begin shortly will complete the blueprint for a school offering a broad range of curriculum and vocationally based subjects and courses catering for the diversity of all student’s needs.

Every day is an open day at Western Port Secondary College and you can arrange a personal tour with the principal by contacting Sue Iles on 5979 1577 to arrange a time. Alternatively our Open Night will be held on 25th March 2015 between 5.00pm and 7.30pm – all welcome.

Michael Devine COLLEGE PRINCIPAL

Westernport Secondary College High Street, Hastings

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Change of mind occurs too late Beds for aged care THE second Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meeting of 2015 was short and sweet. One main item of business in the agenda – “What Happened Over Summer” – and an object lesson in why one should not speak with one’s mouth full, even if it’s only a mint, which appeared to rattle over the speaker’s teeth, causing odd pauses in verbal delivery.

But let us move swiftly on. Communications manager Todd Trimble presented his account of summer activities around the municipality, from bushfires and beach bashes to … CW confesses to not being as attentive as a Watcher should be, possibly lulled into a summer reverie by Mr Trimble’s mellifluous delivery. Luckily, it is available as a recording on the shire website.

Mr Trimble did start by offering an apology for the second word in the title of his opus. “Happened”, he said, had been pointed out as only partly appropriate.

“Occurred” was to be preferred.

He would probably liked to have attributed this to “an idiot pedant fogey” in the gallery, but he is far too well bred. The fogey had argued that lightning or a shark attack “happen” – no warning, spontaneous – but meetings and suchlike “occur”, being events arranged and organised in advance.

Most dictionaries are now using the words interchangeably, to their discredit, the fogey grumbled.

Pedants battle, Quixote-like, for the purity of the language by insisting on correct use of such commonly misused words as “uninterested” (not interested) and “disinterested” (neutral, objective). The battle has been utterly lost with “fulsome”, whose meaning has completely reversed over the decades. Readers are invited to submit their favourite misused word.

Possibly the most immediate item of news was acknowledgement of the passing earlier on 9 February of Gary John Howard, long time council watcher and community worker in many capacities.

He had sat in this gallery many a time over many a year, alongside his mate Barry Robinson – they were dubbed Baz ’n’ Gaz – the senior bank executive and the chartered accountant, bane of the finance department with their pestilent stiletto-sharp questions. Gary would interject just loudly enough: “Resign,” he would say, or

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“It’s/you’re a disgrace.”

CW makes this tribute to his friend, in words learned and savoured before he met Gary at Hampton High in the early 1960s: Let us now praise famous men – Men of little showing – For their work continueth, And their work continueth, Greater than their knowing.

Gary changed little from 17 to 71. The softly spoken sharp-tongued cricket devotee was always a substantial figure, intellectually and physically. Of course, he did not as a fifth-former deign to speak to a callow fourthformer, but we instantly knew each other on meeting again some half a century later. His passing is dealt with elsewhere in these pages.

In a philosophical mood and in mourning, CW idly let his thoughts wander around the significance of the Acknowledgement of Traditional Land Owners, wondering why, in a spirit of reconciliation, the Boon Wurrung and the Bunurong cannot settle on just one name for their branch of the Kulin nation.

And pondering the significance of the acknowledgement being followed by a prayer to our white and alien god – certainly alien to those who walked this land for 40,000 years with their own gods before Europeans arrived and bestowed on them, in the name of our god, true Christian welfare and civilised blessings: grog, disease, theft of their land, their children and, frequently, their lives.

CW will be feeling more positive and cheerful by the time of the next ordinary council meeting, an occurrence at which you can share a nourishing meal with your councillor, on 23 February at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Briefings at 5, meal at 6, council at 7.

Remember to RSVP.

ABOUT $13 million will be spent creating 258 aged care places in, Frankston, Mt Eliza and Mornington. These will include 178 residential care and 80 home care places.

The George Vowell Centre in Mt Eliza will receive grants for 40 residential care places, the yet-to-be-built Mt Eliza Gardens grants for 90 places, and Benton’s Lodge in Mornington grants for 48 places.

Baptcare in Frankston will receive 35 home care places, Vasey RSL Care Community Services in Frankston 20 places and South East Region Homecare in Mornington 25 places.

Home care is where residents needing medical care and looking after stay in their own homes and are visited by nurses. Residential care is a bed in a nursing or aged care home.

With a quarter of its 140,000 population aged 65 and over – and growing – demand for aged care places in the area is strong.

“These much-needed places will help meet the demand for aged care and support people to stay in their own home for longer,” Dunkley MP Bruce Billson said last week.

“Our older Australians should have a choice in aged care services, and want and deserve to live active and healthy lives. Providing both residential and inhome places enables them to do this.”

The money comes from federal government funding of $10.5 million for local residential care places and $2.7 million for local home care places.

Mr Billson said the government’s strat-

egy was to support senior citizens and plan for an ageing population “which is critical to maintaining our standard of living and building a strong, secure economy”.

“This ACAR was competitive, showing renewed interest in aged care, following recent changes aimed at making services viable, reducing providers’ compliance burden and increasing business flexibility.”

The proposed $30 million Mt Eliza Gardens, to be built on the corner of Canadian Bay Rd and Nepean Hwy, will be part of a “booming” residential aged care industry, CEO Greg Reeve said last week.

It will be run by Heritage Care Group, established in 2002.

“The land has been acquired and we are in the process of talking with the council about planning permits,” Mr Reeve said.

“We would hope to build larger than [the 90 beds announced in the ACAR].”

The centre will be built over the next two years and will offer a variety of accommodation and a mix of choices for patients of different ages and socio-economic backgrounds.

Ashes to go ST MARK’S Uniting Church Mornington will offer “ashes to go” at Wednesday’s Main St market.

Reverend John Haig said the wrists or foreheads of passers-by would be marked with ashes.

They would then be invited to “enter into reflective preparation for Easter by seeking forgiveness and renewal”.

Ash Wednesday on 18 February marks the start of the holy season of Lent.

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HASTINGS 1/11 Dylan Drive

CRIB POINT 23 Pearce Street

NEW LISTING

PERFECT LIFESTYLE & LOCATION

THE SECRET GARDEN

Thoughtfully designed, this modern home is the front unit of only three. Including 3BR’s - main with FES, two living zones, spacious kitchen with s/steel appliances, downlights and plenty of bench & cupboard space.

Other features include s/system heating & cooling, GDH and ceiling fans to the living areas. A double lock up garage has internal access, there are lush vegetable gardens, decked outdoor entertaining, security shutters, a garden shed and no body corporate fees. Contact Exclusive Agent.

Immaculate Marklew designed home set in quiet pocket surrounded by lush vegetable gardens, flowers and ornamental grape vines. On a 1060m2 (approx) allotment, other features include shed and free-standing double garage with power, 3BR’s and two living areas. The light and bright kitchen has a dishwasher and plenty of bench & storage space. This home exhibits a pride of ownership that shines throughout offering a lifestyle to be enjoyed by all.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE $330,000 Offers Over VIEW Saturday 12:00-12:30pm AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

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PRICE $395,000 Offers Over VIEW

By Appointment AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

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BALNARRING BEACH

NEW LISTING

2 Sidney Street

AFFORDABLE BAY VIEWS

PRIVATE BEACH HAVEN

Set in an elevated position on 770m2 (approx.) this multi-level home has a separately zoned lounge area on the second storey offering bay & coastal glimpses over the tree tops. Downstairs you will appreciate the neutral tones and original features with a lovely kitchen and adjoining dining and lounge with views over the front and rear gardens. 2BR’s share the main bathroom, with the main bedroom featuring WIR & FES. Boasting all the comforts with ducted heating, wood combustion heater and airconditioning. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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PRICE $585,000 Offers Over VIEW Saturday 1:30-2:00pm AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

BALNARRING BEACH 7 Highview Court

Backing onto parkland and just moments from Balnarring Beach and the general store, this 4BR home has comfortable living areas with air conditioning, a wood combustion heater and two bathrooms. The kitchen has an electric oven, a dishwasher, and there is a servery window through to the main living area. Step outdoors to an enormous alfresco entertaining area, surrounded by native flora and fauna. Other features include a single garage and a handy garden shed.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

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GREAT LOCATION!

2 & 14 / 75 Hendersons Road

STROLL TO THE BEACH

BITTERN IS THE NEW BALNARRING

Striking facade and floor-plan, this 4 bedroom plus study double storey home sits on ¼ acre allotment (approx.) Located in a quiet court location (still under builders warranty) and adjacent to a park and only a short walk to the beach. Featuring plenty of living space for the whole family to enjoy, plus a 14m x 13m workshop (under roof line) and 3 bay carport. Exceptional home in an idyllic location with many outstanding features. Contact Exclusive Agent.

For those looking for a quality unit within a well-built and well-designed complex this needs your immediate attention. Including GDH and air-con, double garage and landscaping to the front and rear of the property. Caesarstone benchtops and s/steel appliances to kitchen with LCD downlights to entry. Finished with fly screens, letterbox and clothes line. Save on stamp duty and get in now. Two-bedroom unit also available.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE $770,000 Offers Over VIEW Saturday 1:00-1:30pm AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

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HASTINGS 5/16 Skinner Street

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108 Coolart Road

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Picture perfect, this is a home that welcomes everyone. Large living spaces, raised ceilings and bamboo floors create a warm ambience throughout. Featuring a superb kitchen, main bedroom with WIR & FES, separate study and rumpus room with bar. Additional features include 3 phase power to 14m x 11m shed with 2 roller doors, 12 solar panels, plus a shower and toilet. There is also a water causeway that links to the dam. This home was built to impress. Contact Exclusive Agent.

Ultra chic townhouse, styled over two levels, overlooking the Marina, French and Sandstone Islands and surrounding parklands. Boasting the very best location, this renovated townhouse offers spacious open plan living downstairs, second living area upstairs and sleek designer kitchen with s/steel appliances. Other features include spacious bedrooms with BIR’s, main bedroom with balcony and a sparkling bathroom with double frameless shower.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE $1,250,000 Offers Over VIEW

By Appointment AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

PRICE $315,000 Offers Over VIEW

By Appointment AGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996

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Land from $167,100

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Hastings 6 Plymouth Street Great Possibilities This 3BR home offers the perfect opportunity for first home buyers, investors, downsizers and renovators.All bedrooms have BIR’s, there is a recently renovated bathroom, kitchen & meals area, and outside is plenty of space for cars and extra vehicles with a triple carport and single garage. Situated within walking distance of schools, parks, transport, Hastings Marina and Hastings shopping district, this home has plenty on offer.

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These quality units are in a desirable position situated a short walk to Somerville village. Each unit offers brand new, modern appliances and a contemporary colour scheme, open plan kitchen/dining areas and great outdoor living space. Units 2 and 3 have two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a single lock up garage. Unit 4 has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a double garage . All have internal access. These units will appeal to those looking to downsize or investment buying *Photo is artists impression, colours may vary.

For Sale From $335,000 View

By Appointment Leonie Worrall 0420 979 956 leonie.worrall@raywhite.com Ruby Smith 0434 744 744 ruby.smith@raywhite.com

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Ruby Smith 0434 744 744 ruby.smith@raywhite.com

Somerville 2 & 3 / 28 Eramosa Road East Purchase in a Prime Position

Somerville 18 Melrose Drive Great Value Buying This is one home where you can get everything you want for a great price. There are three good size bedrooms, master with walk in robe and full ensuite, two living areas consisting of a lounge plus meals zone and family room. The kitchen has a new Bosch stainless steel self cleaning oven and plenty of bench space. Outside you have fantastic undercover entertaining area, single carport, rear access to the backyard and large garden shed.

Completing the package is ducted heating, evaporative cooling, air conditioning and a double garage under roofline with remote door. All within walking distance to the local shopping centre, Schools, sporting facilities and public transport.

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Under contract in 2 days and 15 groups through the first open home inspection!

We have some very enthusiastic buyers on the lookout for properties in this area.

So if you are thinking of selling, call Leonie Worrall now on 0420 979 956 or at the office on 5979 4177 for a Free Market Appraisal and to discuss your real estate options.

69 High Street, HASTINGS, 5979 4177 hastings.vic@raywhite.com raywhitehastings.com.au

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INVESTORS FIRST HOME BUYERS RETIREEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S We have a great selection of units available in the Someville and Tyabb areas at prices to suit any budget. Call us today to arrange your inspection.

Chrissy Kouvaras 0418 570 521 chrissy@stockdaleleggo.com.au

Shelly Brown 0431 188 166 shelly@stockdaleleggo.com.au

1/4 SYDNEY STREET, SOMERVILLE

2/28 ORCHARD GROVE, TYABB

4a Sinclair Street, SOMERVILLE

$285,000 plus

$299,000 plus

$379,000

Contact Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown

Contact Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown

Contact Shelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras

10/42 ERAMOSA ROAD EAST, SOMERVILLE

280 JONES ROAD, SOMERVILLE

8/20-24 AUSTIN ROAD, SOMERVILLE

$260,000 plus

$280,000 plus

$355,000

Contact Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown

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Contact Shelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras

3/1065 Frankston Flinders Road Somerville, Vic 3912

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Contact Shelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras

28-30 WILLIAMS STREET, TYABB

From

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$620,000 plus

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$395,000 plus

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PERFECT FOR FAMILIES, INVESTORS OR THOSE JUST AFTER A BIT OF SPACE! â&#x20AC;˘4 bedrooms, main with walk-in robe and ensuite. BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to other bedrooms â&#x20AC;˘ Formal and informal living plus open plan kitchen with stainless steel appliances including dishwasher â&#x20AC;˘ Family bathroom â&#x20AC;˘ Paved alfresco area under roof-line â&#x20AC;˘ Double remote garage with rear access â&#x20AC;˘ Situated on 671sqm (approx) close to schools shops and transport

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Price By Negotiation

AN EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD HOME (C.1920) â&#x20AC;˘ One of the original houses of Bittern â&#x20AC;˘ 4 bedrooms (main with WIR), two bathrooms (main with double shower & marble topped vanity) Â&#x2021; 3DUORXU ZLWK RSHQ Ă&#x20AC;UH SODFH UHFHSWLRQ DUHD ZLWK Coonara woodheater â&#x20AC;˘Kitchen with new quality s/steel appliances including dishwasher and plumbed double-door refridgerator Â&#x2021;+XJH ORXQJH URRP ZLWK D PDJQLĂ&#x20AC;FHQW RSHQ Ă&#x20AC;UH SODFH â&#x20AC;˘High ceilings, ornate cornices, ceiling roses, stained glass and a myriad of period features run throughout â&#x20AC;˘GDH and four air conditioning units â&#x20AC;˘Full length verandahs front and back â&#x20AC;˘Set on 1745 sqm (approx) with established gardens and outdoor barbecue area. â&#x20AC;˘Fully lined 22sqm attic space with powered providing ample storage or a play area for the kids.

HASTINGS

$280,000 plus

DUAL â&#x20AC;&#x153;OCCâ&#x20AC;? ON LOCH! â&#x20AC;˘ 2 bedroom house and 1 bedroom s/contained bungalow for dual-occupancy potential â&#x20AC;˘ Gorgeous cottage style kitchen with 900mm stove and dishwasher â&#x20AC;˘ Living and dining areas, rustic-style bathroom â&#x20AC;˘ Huge sunroom or entertaining area â&#x20AC;˘ 2 storey studio with bathroom (perfect for teenagers) â&#x20AC;˘ Dual driveways with plenty of parking

BITTERN

$249,000 INCREDIBLE VALUE! QUIET LOCATION TO BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME! (STCA) â&#x20AC;˘ Leafy 822sqm block (approx) â&#x20AC;˘ Quiet family oriented area â&#x20AC;˘ Walking distance to primary school, kindergarten, transport and shops â&#x20AC;˘ All services available House blocks in Bittern are becoming harder and harder to come by - make the call and take advantage of this boutique development!

IDEAL FOR ANYONE AFTER CENTRAL AND LOW MAINTENANCE LIVING! â&#x20AC;˘2 bedrooms with BIR â&#x20AC;˘Spacious L shape living and dining â&#x20AC;˘Kitchen with plenty of bench/cupboard space and gas cooking â&#x20AC;˘Gas wall furnace â&#x20AC;˘Paved rear courtyard â&#x20AC;˘Single lock up garage

CRIB POINT

By Negotiation

RENTAL PROPERTIES 1/14 Central Avenue TYABB

25 Olivia Street, HASTINGS

$320 per week - Available 16th Feb

$390 per week

2/289-291 Stony Point Road, CRIB POINT $290 per week - Available 18th Feb 6/289-291 Stony Point Road, CRIB POINT $290 per week - Available 18th Feb 3 Villawood Drive, HASTINGS

VACANT LAND

$285 per week - Available 14th Feb

â&#x20AC;˘513sqm (approx) block â&#x20AC;˘Situated in a leafy setting close to schools shops and transport â&#x20AC;˘All services available â&#x20AC;˘Get a great deal on your new home build

Property Management: Dayle Wilcox Ph 0421 21 473 135 Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd. 1/109 High Street Hastings, VIC 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

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

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HASTINGS 1/97 High Street BALNARRING 14 Balnarring Village

5979 1888 5983 5509

Real Estate

local agents with local knowledge for over 55 years $330,000

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An opportunity has become available to purchase WKLV EHGURRP EULFN YHQHHU KRPH LQ ZKDW PXVW be a prime location in the heart of Hastings and marina location. Recently painted, carpeted and new blinds installed throughout, other features include an upgraded bathroom, sun blinds over kitchen and the WZR IURQW ZLQGRZV WR SURWHFW WKH KRPH %,5¡V WR DOO bedrooms and heating and cooling for your comfort all year round.The property is positioned a short stroll to the hub of Hastings.We are very excited to SUHVHQW WKLV KRPH IRU VDOH VR GRQ¡W KHVLWDWH WR DUUDQJH an inspection today. Currently tenanted at $285pw.

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12 Edward Street - Inspect Sat 12.30-1.00pm

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$585,000

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OFFERS OVERS $570,000

TWO LEVELS PLUS ATTIC

ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD

Located in a central position only a short stroll to the foreshore, boardwalk & High Street comprehensive shopping. Comprising open plan lounge, dining & kitchen with French doors to verandah & garden.

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446 Stony Point Road - Inspect Sat 1.30-2.00pm

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$360,000

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7KLV EHGURRP EULFN YHQHHU KRPH LV ORFDWHG LQ D quiet court of Hastings. Offering 2 large living areas a clean and tidy kitchen with gas appliances which adjoins a spacious tiled dining area and gas heating.

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SUPERB TREE-CHANGE OPPORTUNITY

AVOCA - TASMANIA (Eastern Midlands)

For the active retired or semi-retired couple this is a wonderful opportunity to experience a sensational tree-change lifestyle.

Owners are seeking a reliable, preferably mature aged couple looking for something different. For reduced rent figure below, garden upkeep would be required to this splendid, Heritage Listed, 1845 Georgian brick home nestled on 6 acres along the St Pauls River.

Q Approx. 45 mins from Launceston Airport (about 1 hour drive to either Launceston or Hobart)

Peaceful village of Avoca offers general store, take-away, coffee lounge, petrol station, hotel (with bar), museum and emergency services

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RENT: $230 per week To apply, or for further details, please contact Phil on 0417 381 212

The temple of room Address: 4 Temple Court, MOUNT MARTHA Price: $540,000 - $570,000 Agency: Blue Water Bay Real Estate, Shop 37a Bentons Square Shopping Centre Mornington, 5976 1188 Agent: Darren Sadler, 0417 916 820 THIS impressive property has a great floor plan incorporating a formal lounge and a spacious open-plan area that adjoins a recently renovated kitchen to create a vibrant, light-filled family living zone. The kitchen has plenty of bench space and stainless-steel appliances include a dishwasher. Air-conditioning, ducted heating an a natural, HVR heating system keeps things comfortable throughout. There are three bedrooms, two have built-in robes and share the main bathroom, whilst the main bedroom has a walkin robe and ensuite. A separate office at the front could be a fourth bedroom if required.

The outdoor entertaining area is excellent. Fully-enclosed, it is a wonderful complement to the already impressive living space and adds that value-adding extra dimension to the property. The rear yard is well-fenced and has been landscaped with fruit trees. From the street, there is a double carport under the roof line, with handy extra parking space.

$165,000

UNDER CONTRACT

SOLD

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X Social club

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X Community centre

X Low maintenance

X Secure long-term tenure

X Gated community

X Residents workshop

$179,000

$185,000

$185,000

$189,900

To enquire about any of these homes call David on 0403 111 234 or 5979 2700

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Harcourts SINCE 1888

Tyabb 59 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neills Road

5

Unsurpassed Elegance Finely Set on 50 Acres (approx) Setting the tone for luxury on the Mornington Peninsula, this beautiful top end designed Manière brick abode features stunning views across its botanically set landscape into greater Tyabb. This home has a free flowing and articulate setting that gives you a rewarding comfort that is unparalleled.

Circa 1998, there are three bedrooms, a study, 10 foot ceilings and period ceiling roses and a formal lounge area which wraps around with an associated dining space for private and formal gatherings. A spacious open-plan kitchen boasts quality Miele appliances, there is an adjoining family room, and a rumpus or billiards room lifts the occasion with a professional wet bar for entertainment. Also featuring a three car lock up remote garage, hydronic heating, home theatre, DVR security system, full intercom, two jet master fireplaces, two oversized machinery sheds ideal for the true worker or business person, and a care takers cottage to capitalise on insurmountable opportunity!

3

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Price Contact agent View luxurypropertyselection.com Tim Ripper 0434 513 640 tim.ripper@harcourts.com.au Harcourts Hastings

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

Harcourts SINCE 1888

AUCTION

Hastings 55 Reid Parade

3

2

6

Waterside, Lifestyle, Land Bank or Development Property! - $760,000+ buyers A stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw to Hastings Marina & High Street shopping precinct this unique lifestyle/Development opportunity offers a rare chance to secure your future holding in this rapidly expanding waterside suburb or develop into a multi-unit site incorporating the existing residence. Comprising 3900m2 (approx.) of landscaped grounds which can also be subdivided (STCA) features a substantial 30Sq (approx.) family home, featuring multiple living areas, three large bedrooms, master with ensuite plus study. Entertaining is made easy with a central and well-appointed timber kitchen and large meals area. while outside the picturesque gardens are the perfect place for a BBQ with friends while listening to the serene tropical water feature complete with foot bridge. Special features; gas ducted heating, wood fire coonara, ceiling fans throughout, double lock up garage under roof line with internal access, immaculately landscaped gardens, huge American style 11.5m x 10.5m (approx.) shed & assured future growth. Close to all the Peninsula has to offer, local shopping, marina, schools, freeway access, public transport and a short drive to some of the best wineries and beaches in the area.

Auction View Open

Saturday 7th March at 1.30pm www.harcourts.com.au/VHS5796 Saturday 1.00-1.30pm

Tim Hughes 0410 470 515

E tim.hughes@harcourts.com.au

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Harcourts Hastings

Harcourts

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

SINCE 1888

AUCTION

Crib Point 7 Jensen Court

4

2

4

Outstanding Lifestyle In A Peaceful Location - $400,000+ buyers Located in a highly sought after location and within walking distance to the village, train line and parkland is this perfectly presented 4 bedroom plus study (or kids retreat) home offering peace, privacy and a wonderful lifestyle. Boasting a large quarter acre (approx) block, an updated kitchen including a dishwasher, 3 split system coolers, huge master bedroom with parents retreat, 2 quality bathrooms (a huge ensuite), large formal lounge and dining. The home opens out onto a huge covered entertaining area complete with Spa, large feature bar and enough room to entertain all of your family and friends. Tradespeople or home handy men will love the huge shed to the rear of the yard. Drive a car right down the side of the home into the shed. Outside is a real feature with huge rear yard, double carport plus plenty of other parking - Just walk in and enjoy this home and get on with living your life!

AUCTION Saturday 14th March at 11.30am View www.harcourts.com.au Open

By Appointment Jason Dowler 0403 598 754

E jason.dowler@harcourts.com.au

www.harcourts.com.au

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113 High Street Hastings 7 NEW APARTMENTS /9 9FOR SALE

!

D L O ADY S

E R L A TWO

LUXURY CBD LIVING Undercover parking Luxury CBD living Pay on completion Turn-key inclusions Two bedrooms

FROM $274,950

Vinyl wrap kitchen Stone bench tops Stainless steel appliances Fully landscaped Stamp duty svaings Stamp Duty Savings

CONTACT SELLING AGENTS

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BTRE YOU’LL SOON BE HOME

LISA ROBERTS 0488 910 368

Harcourts Hastings

Harcourts

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

SINCE 1888

FOR LEASE

FOR LEASE

Crib Point 7/99 Disney Street

2

1

1

Hastings 5 Gaskin Avenue

3

1

1

Immacualte Unit

Be Quick! This One Will Rent Quickly

Two bedroom unit with single lock up garage, open plan living and meals area that includes the kitchen with gas and electric appliances, bedrooms with built in robes, walk through bathroom, gas wall furnace and court yard, all within walking distance to shops.

This tastefully remodelled 3BR home features polished hardwood boards, new gas wall heater, new roller blinds, open plan living & updated kitchen with large meals area. Three bedrooms all have r/control ceiling fans and share the central bathroom. Outside is an entertaining area, shed with power and side access to the yard

For Lease $250 per week Inspect By Appointment

For Lease $290 per week Inspect

By Appointment

Hastings Office 5970 7333

Hastings Office 5970 7333

E hastings@harcourts.com.au

FOR LEASE

E hastings@harcourts.com.au

FOR LEASE

Hastings 3 Martin Street

3

1

Hastings 188 High Street

3

1

Renovated and Freshly Painted

Close To Schools

Charming, renovated 3BR home with a light filled interior boasting kitchen with brand new appliances, gas wall heating, separate bath and shower, BIR’s to all abedrooms, and outside is a great backyard with plenty of room to move. There is a carport and shed with extra off-street parking space.

Neat and tidy home, centrally located and offering 3BR’s with brand new carpet, bathroom with shower and bath, open plan lounge, meals and kitchen area with air-conditioning, heating, venetian blinds and security window screens . Step outside to the backyard with undercover entertainment area, studio, bbq area and timber deck.

For Lease $295 per week Inspect

By Appointment

For Lease $310 per week Inspect

By Appointment

Hastings Office 5970 7333

E hastings@harcourts.com.au

Jade Loizzo PROPERTY MANAGER 5970 7333

Hastings Office 5970 7333

E hastings@harcourts.com.au

When it comes to managing your property, we have an unwavering commitment to ensure we place the best tenants into your number one asset.

For outstanding service, knowledge and a property management experience that exceeds your expectations, talk to us.

Contact Jess or Jade for any property management needs, to them it’s not just a job it’s a passion.

Jess Rollins RENTAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER 0433 215 257

www.harcourts.com.au

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

Mornington

20a Gleneagles Avenue, Mornington

4

3

2

Flawless Family Living No expense has been spared to create a first class family living environment in this one of only two custom designed two-storey townhouse designed in true New England style. Sophisticated, elegant and refined, the impeccable detail is evident throughout the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home and the perfect balance of light, space, form and function is achieved across the two levels. Offering 26sqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of living space plus a double garage with internal access, this stunning home also features direct street frontage with no active body corporate and luxurious imported finishes in this fabulous location just a few minutes away from the beach.

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Auction Saturday 28th February at 11.00am Inspect Saturday 12.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12.30pm Contact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Deborah Quinn 0428 205 555 bowmanandcompany.com.au

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

For Sale

16 Peach Grove, Tyabb

4

2

4

City Chic Meets Country Tranquility Renovated with a designer’s eye for style, this exciting property combines the luxury of 2.75 blissful acres, approx, with a cosmopolitan four-bedroom, two-bathroom family home with stunning views to Westernport Bay and French Island. Superb formal and casual living zones complement a sleek stone kitchen with induction cooking and knock-out entertaining cabana. Every luxury is here from zoned underfloor heating to R/C air conditioning and garaging for three cars. The fully fenced farmlet offers excellent amenity from remote gates to a picturesque dam, flourishing orchard and kitchen garden. Soak up the tranquility of this first class property while enjoying close proximity to Tyabb Village and schools.

Price Inspect Contact

$980,000 - $1,080,000 Saturday 1.00–1.30pm Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Rhiannon Kairys 0405 237 570 bowmanandcompany.com.au

Mount Eliza

For Sale

13 Warana Way, Mount Eliza

3

2

4

The Style File A polished performer, this one-year-old two-storey three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence set in a quiet avenue walking distance to Mt Eliza Village, schools and cafes offers a seriously stylish indoor-outdoor living environment and a fabulous view of the city skyline from the top-floor balcony. Striking wormy chestnut floorboards introduce the sleek interior with a sublime Carrara marble kitchen and a spacious living and dining wing flowing out to an undercover downlit Merbu deck.

The ground-floor master bedroom with WIR and fully-tiled ensuite is awash with designer style; while a rumpus room features an in-built study. Every luxury is here including a double remote garage with internal access.

Price Inspect Contact

$680,000–$760,000 Saturday 11.00–11.30am Deborah Quinn 0428 205 555 Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 bowmanandcompany.com.au

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No risk here, this is a great buy Address: Auction: Agency: Agent:

Tickets: $20 www.rotarypeninsula.org/marigold All proceeds got to End Polio Now Buy 10 tix - get 1 FREE For competitions & updates

150 Gamble Road, SKYE This Saturday at 11am LJ Hooker Real Estate, 112a Nepean Highway, Seaford, 9785 3888 Rob Austin, 0418 347 750

FROM the welcoming front entry you are easily whisked away into the heart of this tastefully designed home. To the left of the central hallway is the master bedroom featuring a walk-through robe to an ensuite bathroom, and to the right is a formal lounge. Also in this front section is a separate study. The main open plan living area incorporates a splendid kitchen fitted with stainless-steel appliances and there is plenty of cupboard and bench space. Branching off in several directions are three more bedrooms, all with built-in robes, the main bathroom, a separate laundry with built-in cupboard, and a handy rumpus room with carpeted floors. Opening from the kitchen is an undercover entertaining deck. From the street is a double and single roller door garage under the roof line, which has drive through access to the back yard for storing a trailer or boat. Value adding to the home are a host of smart features including ducted heating and evaporative cooling, solar panels and a grey water recycling system.

168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931 T. 03 5975 6888 Mount Martha

For Sale

38 Alexandria Road, Mount Martha Land Ahoy This 890sqm, allotment, approx, is one of the last opportunities of its kind to build your dream home from the ground up in beachside Mount Martha. Backing onto Sunshine Reserve, the level allotment enjoys a tranquil setting to be enjoyed for a lifetime. The location is second to none with Mount Martha Primary School, South Beach and the Village all nearby.

Price $495,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Amy Day 0408 559 086 bowmanandcompany.com.au Page 20

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Be by the Sea side.

Feel the sand between your toes.

Bowman and Company, Mornington Peninsula’s real estate experts, helping you find your ideal home or sell your current one. The beach is closer than you think. !

Contact us today to find out more.

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POPULAR childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boutique located in a recently renovated shopping centre with lines including clothing, accessories, footwear and toys suitable for newborns, and teenagers up to 14 years. Established in 1974, the business has a website, and the well-known trading name is included in the sale. The vendor is willing to assist with the changeover period if required.

THIS business manufactures custombuilt trailers as well as the construction and servicing on all types of trailers. They also manufacture tool boxes and gates.

In addition, there are steel fabrication services, sheet metal folding and MIG welding. This well-known business is sought out by tradesmen for minor and major repairs, which brings in a good part of the income.

Childrens wear boutique, MOUNT ELIZA Price: $120,000 plus sav Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Manufacturing, MORNINGTON Price: Offers invited Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Graham Haddock, 0417 360 963

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au 50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 Business Migrants Expert Advisory Service HUGE PRICE REDUCTION COMMERCIAL UPHOLSTERY

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33 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability

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AUCTION

2815 & 2817 POINT NEPEAN ROAD, BLAIGOWRIE

2/11-13 DIANE STREET, MORNINGTON

Premium Freehold Opportunity in Prime Location

Mornington Factory

Set in the tightly held Blairgowrie shopping strip are these 2 premium freehold properties, each on own title, zoned Commercial 1.

• Size: 105m2 approx • In the heart of Mornington industrial estate • Suited to a number of uses • Priced to sell

• First time offered in 50 years • Two prominent retail shops plus separate dwelling • Both properties currently tenanted • Directly opposite Blairgowrie foreshore • Would suit investors and/or developers

For Sale $220,000 + GST (if applicable) Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

AUCTION Friday 6th March at 12.00 noon Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

13 & 15 / 90 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

SUITE 1/176 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

10/61 WATT ROAD, MORNINGTON

Two Iconic Shops in The Mall

Office/ Medical/ Beauty Rooms

Mornington Investment

• 61m2 approx.

• First floor retail space • Great character with upto 4 rooms available • Available 1st February

• 366m2 approx.

• Leased for $34,992pa + GST + Ogs • 5 + 5 year lease commenced August 2014 • Impressive new development on Watt Road

For Sale $895,000 Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Sale $450,000 For Lease $2,000pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Sale $705,000 Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

MORNINGTON - BUSINESS FOR SALE

24 MILGATE DRIVE, MORNINGTON

2/185 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON

Yabbies

Retail / Convenience Store

Prime Position On Main Road

• Located in the heart of the Mornington retail precinct • Trading successfully for more than 10 years • Fantastic exposure • Great lease conditions

• Now under construction - available early 2015 • Ground floor retail space of 134m2 • First floor office space of 152m2 • Expressions of interest invited on one or both spaces

For Sale $145,000 walk-in-walk-out Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale $550,000 For Lease $4,691pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

• 500m2 (approx) of excellently presented showroom • Approx 20,000 cars passing daily • Plenty of parking • Main road exposure • Join other 1st class tenants in this exclusive block

• Shop 13: 5+5+5 year lease at $23,232 per annum • Shop 15: 5+5+5 year lease at $21,264 per annum • Shops are 43m2 approx. each • 2 lot subdivision available (STCA)

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Shop 11, 210 Dunns Road, Mornington 5976 8899

For Lease $5,416pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill 5989 2364

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185 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

9/64 YUILLES ROAD, MORNINGTON

83 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

Main Street Retail

Mornington Investment

Main Street Retail

• 158.4 m2 approx • Excellent location in Main Street • Rear access • Availablle now

• 198m2 approx • Situated in busy Yuilles Road • Popular complex • Would suit a variety of businesses

• 100m2 approx • Excellent foot traffic with strong surrounding tenants • Great location in the heart of busy Main Street • Rear access to Octavia Street with provision for dual carparking • Available 1st June 2015

For Lease $5,000 + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Lease $1,500 pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Lease $6,980 pcm + GST + ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

1ST FLR, 2/154 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

209 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON

3/137 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON

Main Street Office Space

Retail Shop and Office Space

Tyabb Road Showroom

•106m2 approx.

• Located on the corner of Main & Barkly Streets • Available Now

• 4 Retail Shops ideal for retail food outlets • Sizes range from 62 to 72 m2 approx • Lower & upper level office space • 326m2 total of office space • Now under construction completion expected mid 2015

• 333m2 approx.

• Great main road exposure • Customer car parking • Available Now

For Lease $1,920pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Lease Price On Application Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

For Lease $6,817.33pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

2-4 HENRY WILSON DRIVE, ROSEBUD

1-3 DIANE STREET, MORNINGTON

Space, Yard and Security

Tyabb Road Showroom & Yard

• High profile corner location • Building measures 2000m2 approx.

• Yard measures 4000m2 approx.

• Roller doors, reception area and double gates to secure yard

• Land size: 2251 m2 approx • Building size: 450 m2 & 110 m2 approx • Showroom, office, workshop & yard • Exposure plus on the corner of Diane St & Tyabb Road • Available Now

For Lease $13,167pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 5900

For Lease $7,000pcm + GST + Ogs Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

Due to our successful leasings recently we are short of suitable properties for our qualified tenants.

If you own commercial or industrial property that is available for lease or you would like to discuss the management of your property, please do not hesitate to contact Jacobs & Lowe on 5976 5900

Shop 11, 210 Dunns Road, Mornington 5976 8899

81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill 5989 2364

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This well established business of 12 years specialises in cleaning, maintenance and handyman services and ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ůŽĐĂů ƌĞĂů ĞƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĸĐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ sub contracts some of its larger jobs and takes a margin; ideally suited to tradesman or handyman..

Arthurs Views Bed and Breakfast, located on the very ƐƵŵŵŝƚ ŽĨ ƌƚŚƵƌƐ ^ĞĂƚ͕ ŝƐ Ă ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ďƵŝůƚ ƌĞƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌŐŽŶĞ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ superb bay vistas. This easily run business enjoys high occupancy levels and turnover with low overheads. The ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ă ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘

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ŽƵƟƋƵĞ ƌĞƚĂŝů ƐŚŽƉ ŝŶ ZĞĚ ,ŝůů ŵĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ĂƉƉƌŽdž͘ ϳϬƐƋŵ ϵϱϲ EĞƉĞĂŶ ,ǁLJ Ͳ &ƌŽŵ ϭϮƐƋŵ &ƌŽŵ Ψϱϱϴ Ɖǁн'^dнK' ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ĨƌŽŶƚĂŐĞ͕ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƌĞŶƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůLJ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĞĚ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŶĚŽƚĂ ƐƉĂ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ǀĂŝů DŝĚ ϮϬϭϱ ƉŝĐƵƌĞĂŶ͘ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ͘ ϭϯϭ dĂŶƟ ǀĞ ʹ ϮϬϬƐƋŵ ΨϵϲϮ Ɖǁн'^dнK'

>ĞĂƐĞ WƌŝĐĞ͗ Ψϭ͕ϴϱϬƉĐŵ н '^d н K'^ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ dĂŶLJĂ ^ĐĂŐůŝĂƌŝŶŝ Ϭϰϯϴ Ϯϴϵ ϴϱϵ

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ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ dĂŶLJĂ ^ĐĂŐůŝĂƌŝŶŝ Ϭϰϯϴ Ϯϴϵ ϴϱϵ

dŚŝƐ ůŽŶŐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ ĐĂĨĠ ŝŶ ƉƌŝŵĞ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ďŝŐ ǁĞĞŬůLJ takings. A very rare opportunity to purchase this iconic ĐĂĨĠ͘

dŚŝƐ ĚŽƵďůĞ ĨƌŽŶƚĞĚ ƌĞƚĂŝů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ϭϱ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŽĂƐƟŶŐ Ă ϳŵ ĨƌŽŶƚĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƚĂŝů ƐƉĂĐĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ĂƉƉƌŽdž͘ ϭϯϬƐƋŵ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐͬƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ Θ cooling, toilet and rear access for deliveries. New lease terms. Available mid-July

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ŶŝŵĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ Ͳ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ Θ &ƌĞĞŚŽůĚ

Trading for 15 years, this feed business caters for all ĂŶŝŵĂů ŶĞĞĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĨƌĞƐŚ ŚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ŽĂƚĞŶ ĐŚĂī ƚŽ ĚŽŐ foods, treats, collars, leads & veterinary products. The ŇŽŽƌ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ϰϱϬƐƋŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŵƉůĞ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚ ĨĂƌŵ Θ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĂŶŝŵĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͘

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Well-known residents leave for camp Compiled by Melissa Walsh MR J. P. Pratt has quite recovered his recent motor accident, and has now returned to Shepparton. *** MESSRS A. Eddie, H. Jackson and O. Palmer have returned to Melbourne after spending a most enjoyable holiday at Mr A. Eddie’s seaside residence, “Cheer-Oh”, Frankston. *** THE monthly meeting of the Somerville Fruit-growers’ Association will be held in the Somerville Hall on Monday next, when the matter of the cool storage project will be discussed. *** NOMINATIONS for the Flinders Naval Base Sports close with the secretary on Monday next. From what we hear there is likely to be a big entry, and everything points to the function being a gigantic success. *** MESSRS Brody and Mason will hold their bi-monthly produce sale at Frankston on Wednesday afternoon next, when in addition to the usual produce, they will offer a quantity of household furniture and gents wearing apparel.

In consequence of the Somerville Show falling on Brody and Mason’s usual sale day at Somerville, it will be postponed till 24th March. *** DURING the week several wellknown residents of the district left for the Camp at Broadmeadows, having determined to throw in their lot as defenders of their country.

ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN LIQUOR. E. V. Heffernan, of the Carrum Hotel, was charged by the police with illegally selling liquor on the 17th January last.

Sergeant Jones prosecuted and Mr Maher appeared for defendant.

All witnesses were ordered out of court. The action was taken under Section 134 of the Licensing Act. The following evidence was heard: Constable Revell deposed that he was stationed at the police depot, Melbourne.

On the 17th January was at Carrum on licensing duty.

Visited the Carrum Hotel about 3pm in company with Constable Knott.

We entered by the side door. As I went in, Heffernan (the husband of the licensee) asked me if I was a bonafide traveller.

I told him I was a constable on duty.

Saw four men with glasses in their hands. In reply, Mr Heffernan said they were travellers. I asked the men to produce their railway tickets. One

of them produced the return half of a ticket.

Heffernan said he was licensee. I said to one of the men (Dwyer) ‘You are not a bonafide traveller.’

He said he stayed with some friends at Carrum the previous night I then got his name and address.

I then went along and saw a man put a glass on the side counter. I asked him what he was doing on licensed premises. He said he came from Cranbourne that day and that he lived at Lyndhurst.

There were 7 or 8 travellers in the house besides these.

Again at 8 o’clock I visited the hotel and saw Heffernan again.

There were about 50 persons standing about in front of the house, more or less under the influence of liquor.

In consequence of what happened I again asked Heffernan if he was the licensee and he said his wife was.

Mrs Heffernan told me that she had stayed in the bar all day and tried to keep the men quiet, but in consequence of it being very hot, they had stayed there all day.

I examined 3 others besides Pearson and Dwyer.

Constable Knott corroborated the evidence of the former witness Frank Pearson deposed that he was at the hotel on 17th January.

Got there about 1 o’clock, saw Heffernan at the door. He asked me if I was a bonafide traveller, and I said I was, and I thought I was.

When I saw Constable Revell I was coming out. Never saw him inside

at all.

Mrs Heffernan was in the bar. A witness named Ray deposed that either himself or Heffernan watched the door all that Sunday.

The Bench dismissed the case, as it was considered the licensee had taken the proper precautions to prevent nontravellers being served on that day.

G. Dwyer was fined 5s in default distress, for being on licensed premises in unlawful hours. *** THE ladies’ Red Cross committee have just completed another section of their valuable work, and have as a second instalment, forwarded a large parcel of towels, pillowslips and woollen mittens to headquarters.

The mittens were all knitted by the local school girls, who are still busy knitting so as to include a large number in the next parcel.

The committee intends to canvas the district for donations so as to enable them to keep on sending these parcels for the benefit of our wounded soldiers, at intervals throughout the whole time the war lasts.

We trust that the collectors will meet with a ready response, and appeal to the residents, that their efforts will be successful.

Surely the greatest sacrifice for this work could not be too much, and when our own relations and friends have given up their whole services to fight for our country, it is the least we can do, who are living at home in peace and pleasure, to give, not a little, for a purpose that will bring to

too difficult really. If you the reader are unsure as to the wisdom or otherwise of little Joey you’re obviously a lost cause. I’ve always got Lord Tony for baloney words of wisdom. And the sex thing? It’s like riding a bike: the older you get the more you forget where the pedals are. Psychologist Dr John Norcross says up to 45% of resolvers are successful at 6 months falling to 19% by year end. That’s the beauty of psychologists; percentages available on any given subject; our hidden treasures I’m reliably told, but less than convinced. *** Your cappuccino is luke warm and you prefer it hot; send it back; ditto a pot of flat beer and so forth. January, where I constantly witnessed rudeness in restaurants and shops for no apparent reason, perhaps a feeling of misplaced superiority. I’ve decided it’s all down to dickheads who fail to realise they are in fact advertising their sad faults. Then the other type who never seem to take responsibilty for their own actions. In cars obviously. Travelling at the maximum 60 and he/she is “up your bum” using telepathy to transfer the aggression, spotting an opening, whoosh, the imaginary scream of “idiot”. A cancer of stupidity. A young blonde in a Honda called me a dickhead; cute? A career of all things being somebody else’s

fault amounting to the possibility of a life of self harm? Reminds me of the chap who booked a plane from New York to Rome, ended up in Georgia and blamed the airline. *** I adore Channel 9. Don’t we all? Perfect one day, predictable the next.

The non political piece on Julie Bishop on the 6 oclock Boxing Day News gave me another side to this sensitive lovely lady. If they did a similar story on Julia Gillard I must have missed it.

Followed by A Current Affair where they listed the worst shows of 2014 but forgot (apparently) to include their own show. *** “We are just vultures preying on the vulnerable” says The Age columnist Amanda Vanstone on the Sydney Siege media coverage with nary a whisper on the use of the “terrorist” word and our own preying situation at the Northern Territory detention centres, Nauru and Manus. Amanda is entitled, heavily in favour of all things right, as in wing, but surely the lady can see the occasional faults in the present administration? Or is it moi? Still, thankfully, on Andrew Bolt lines Amanda is at best a second cousin twice removed. A redress of the balance? *** The Curriculum review, when refer-

ring to the arts, as in only two compulsory subjects, music & visual arts, with electives (but not in all schools) of drama, dance and media arts. My experience was of confusion in music and visual arts, but somehow, had drama been compulsory perhaps this would have provided the necessary key to seeing the light a shade earlier in life? I’m a fully paid up member of the “whatif” society. *** Obviously the price of a pack of cigarettes has almost reached plague proportions so what to do? A check of my humble pension account displayed a shakey balance, thus the need to put my previous life as a CPA to good use, as in reducing outgoings in the sum of around $100 a week. The answer? Food. The freezer is now full of half loaves of bread, fish, meat and obviously home brand products.

Done. Success, until the next price hike. *** Again... Always remember (or never forget) the famous words “beware of the self righteous, particularly when it’s their duty”. *** Tony’s Sir Prince Phillip idea makes Joe Hockey look like an intellectual...”Come back soon” tent; entrance to Peninsula Link. January 27th....The celebrities who led the

We allude to Mr Robert Walker, of Mount Eliza, Mr W. Clements, of Frankston, and Messrs V. Jondahl and M. McDonald, of Langwarrin.

This will not be the first time that Mr Walker has gone to the front, as he enlisted and went through the South African war. We wish them success and a safe return. *** FRANKSTON Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, 15th February, 1915.

them some comfort during their terrible experiences.

The hon. secretary, Mrs E. P. Hair, announces that the smallest donation will be thankfully received, and surely the donations should be numerous, as it is realised throughout the whole state, that Mornington Peninsula, especially Somerville and Tyabb, is in a most prosperous and flourishing condition. *** THE anniversary services in connection with the Methodist Church were held in the hall on Sunday evening last.

The building was very tastefully decorated for the occasion, and reflects great credit on those who had taken part in making the preparation.

The choir had the very valuable services of Mrs Shaw, of Adelaide, who supplied excellent music with the violin. Rev. J. Jackson, brother of the Rev. Jackson, of Frankston, delivered the sermon. *** A NUMBER of areas have under the Game Acts been proclaimed by the Governor in Council as localities in which, during the whole year, it is unlawful for any person to kill any species of Native Game (birds and other animals). Full information of these localities can be obtained on application to the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game.

From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 20 February, 1915.

A Grain of Salt Streams of Consciousness...”What’s the time, half past nine, hang your britches on the line, when they’re dry bring ‘em in, hang ‘em on a dunny tin”. Mum and dad smoked cigarettes. Dad liked his beer but hated gambling. Mum loved her betting (the barber SP; a shilling each way all up, if any, the next race) but hated the grog. No seat belts (no car), no bike helmets, hitchhiked, ate white bread and had lemonade if too sick to walk to school. Westgarth theatre matinees, Buck Rogers. Played in the street till all hours, no telephones, no locked doors, fell out of trees, salvos, bread cart, ice-man and everybody rented. Watched young lovers under the peppercorn trees, screaming Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan catchcry, disappearing into Merri Creek, catching yabbies. Another year gone, the lottery continues. Count your blessings; a premiership, powerball and bills. Hope, though shrinking, springs eternal. *** I’m not big on new year resolutions. They need to be challenging, an achievement for the better so to speak. As last year drew to a close I looked back on resolution 2014 with pride of performance, or lack thereof.

I’m aiming for a bigger hurdle 2015, namely not to criticize Joe Hockey.

For 365 days he will be left alone. Not

By Cliff Ellen Paris march for freedom (of speech) included the Egyption Foreign Minister. Hypocrites all, no freedom with metadata?...I’m no Pedantic Pimpernel in the world of grammar but it would be nice to get through a day without hearing the word “totally”...

The dedicated smoking zone at the Rye RSL is not a telephone booth.

Surely those on the other end of the line aren’t all deaf?...Biassed sports reporters on the Indians bowling bumpers with no mention of Mitchell Johnson?...My 2014 orchids to Barack Obama for normalising relations with Cuba and to anything Anson Cameron, Ross Gittins and Greg Baum (sport) writes; 2014 axes to that morning newspaper for the 14 days before the state election, to Tony’s $550 mirage and parents who spent 24 hours daily in January finding things to entertain their kids...

Australia Day has passed and we all survived; well done Rosie Batty.... hallelelujah/hooroo...cliffie9@bigpond.com www.ello8.com

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Blackberry to the future

By Stuart McCullough IT was a shock to see them after so long. They were poured from a clipseal plastic bag onto the plate as casual as you like, but from the instant I caught sight of them, I felt a surge of adrenalin. There are all kinds of fruits in this world. There’s passionfruit, juicy fruit, the fruits of your labour and the fruits of the devil. But there’s only one kind of fruit, the mere mention of which causes me to assume the fetal position. Granted, they’re sweet and a great source of vitamin C. They are, however, also my nemesis.

Once upon a time, a blackberry was a kind of phone that had an awkward and near impossibly small keyboard.

According to legend, they were highly addictive and they threatened to take over the earth. That is, until someone invented the smart phone and the blackberry was seldom heard from again. It was as if it had joined the witness protection program or had decided to leave the band and launch a solo career. But long before a blackberry was a piece of redundant technology useful only as an eight hundred dollar paperweight, it was a fruit. Put simply, it was the nastiest, angriest fruit ever invented.

Some fruits grow in orchards. Others sprout in pots or in garden beds.

Blackberries grow wherever they want. They are, in that respect, anarchists. To the best of my knowledge, my father never planted a blackberry

bush. He didn’t head down to the feed and grain store and pick up a packet of blackberry seeds. Like an uninvited and highly inebriated party guest, the blackberry bushes rocked up unannounced and immediately started to make a nuisance of themselves. A blackberry bush is a tangle of green cane and razor wire thorns.

It grows like a child’s scribble and creeps across the earth like an advancing army.

They were a blight on the landscape.

Static on the screen. From the house you could see the densely tangled blackberry bushes clotting up the back paddock. There is nothing to be gained by ignoring them – once they arrive, they are destined to get bigger.

My father would survey their advance and mutter under his breath. His relationship to the barbed wire weed was, however, deeply complicated. On the one hand, he wanted to treat them like

the trespassers they were and obliterate them, if not from the face of the earth, then certainly from the back paddock. But on the other, he was addicted to the fruit they produced. It was a love, hate, pick, preserve, turninto-jam kind of relationship.

Some people reflect on their childhood and remember walks along the creek, games and butterflies, complete with a ‘Wonder Years’-style voiceover.

I, on the other hand, tend to look back on my early years as a period of indentured servitude punctuated by trips to school. There were chickens to feed (where I learned, first hand, that the term ‘hen-pecked’ was so much more than merely a turn of phrase) as well as plants to water. There was rubbish to take out and weeds to be chipped from the drive using a mattock. But the worst of the chores ever assigned to us concerned the blackberry bushes.

The task was always two fold.

First, we were to pillage every morsel of fruit that we could. My father, spoon piled high with berry plunder, could never understand why we’d turn them down. It wasn’t only that we’d already stuffed ourselves. It was that the pain of retrieving them was simply too great.

Say what you will about my father – I know I certainly do – but he is a man that appreciates the importance of an empty ice cream container. They were always available and put to a variety of uses. Feeling queasy in the back

of the car? Perhaps you’ll feel better nursing an empty ice cream container for the next three hundred kilometers until we pull over for lunch. They were an ideal place to store bits and pieces and the perfect receptacle for freshly plucked berries. My brother and I would be dispatched to the back paddock with nothing more than an ice cream container and warm thoughts for company. The parting words of ‘keep an eye out for snakes’ rarely inspired confidence.

To this day, I can’t look a blackberry in the eye. I appreciate that blackberries don’t have eyes as such, but if they did, rest assured I would be looking everywhere other than just there. So when our host produced blackberries, I raised my hand, feigning a chronic case of flatulence. It was an opportunity lost. After all this time, I missed my chance to reconcile myself with my fruity nemesis. It felt too soon.

We were visiting my father when my wife and one of my nieces disappeared. They returned hours later, buckets laden with blackberries. The grins on their faces were as wide as the sky. It was amazing. What I had long regarded as a form of punishment, they regarded as a treat. It’s all about how you see things, I guess. Maybe I should get over it. The next time they trek down to the back paddock, I think I’ll tag along. It’s time for me to get my just desserts. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Music Arts Food

‘AT LAST’ VIKA BULL COMES TO THE PENINSULA

By Melissa Walsh

LIFE has come full circle for Vika Bull who grew up listening to the late, great Etta James, and now returns to the soul sister’s songs she studied 30 years ago.

Following a sell-out season at the Sydney Opera House and major theatres, At Last: The Etta James Story is returning to the stage on 27 March at the Frankston Arts Centre, for one night only.

Starring the powerhouse talent of Vika Bull, one of Australia’s most respected, powerful soul singers, At Last has garnered standing ovations and rave reviews throughout its Australian tour.

Vika Bull has sung alongside some of Australia’s most iconic voices, but it is in At Last, her first solo headline show, Vika showcases the true depth and range of her soulful, gutsy voice, as she belts out the repertoire of one of the world’s most powerful female singers.

“It was actually hard to decide whether to do it when they first asked me. I originally said no because she is my favourite singer and I thought if I didn’t do it properly I would get crucified,” she says with a laugh. “I grew up listening to Etta James and studying her voice to sing like her so it was all the more important for me to do a good job.”

After some serious soul searching, Vika says she knew it would be a great opportunity, and after two years on the show she hasn’t looked back.

“It has been a bit of a challenge for me but a wonderful experience. The show started exactly a year after Etta James passed away in February 2013, and is a real tribute to her.

She is such an amazing singer and most people only know her for At Last, but she has such a huge repertoire,” says Vika, who puts her heart and soul into telling the telling the story of Etta’s turbulent life.

“During the show I sing a lot of Etta’s most beloved songs including Tell Mama and Something’s Got A Hold On Me, but there are very low points in her life, and we take the audience through an emotional journey,” says the singer.

“The great thing about her is she was a survivor. She talks about her life as a roller coaster and if she had to do it all over again, she wouldn’t change a thing,” says Vika, who is embracing the chance to be a singer and a storyteller.

“I believe one of the reasons she had such a magnificent voice was

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because of her life experience.”

Described as a show of raw emotion, punctuated by an intimate telling of Etta’s tumultuous life, Vika guides us through a two-hour narrative concert of the 57 year career of the woman who has been recognized as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues, rock and roll and pop.

For Vika Bull, whose career continues to take her to amazing places, the journey is still going.

“Singing has taken me to some really amazing places and I have met wonderful people,” says Vika, who has been busy touring with Paul Kelly and The Merri Soul Sessions.

“The Etta show is completely different from anything I have ever done though. Compared to a tour like this, the whole theatre world is completely different. I like it because it’s a new kind of discipline.”

Vika has already had a lifetime of adventures, from singing with the Black Sorrows to performing for the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela, but this down-to-earth songstress finds memorable moments in the simplest things. “Every gig you have great times, and meet interesting people. I even had a great time in Canberra when I went to a couple of exhibitions and saw Sidney Nolan paintings which were a highlight.”

For Vika, being on the road is not all sex, drugs and rock and roll. In fact, she explains, it is quite a subdued life.

“Because I am using my voice all the time, I have to rest it when I can so you have to sleep, drink lots of water, warm and cool down.

And I don’t drink alcohol anymore because that’s really bad for your throat.”

As for advice for would-be singers, Vika says it is most important to remain passionate about what you’re doing and also have a thick skin.

“You have to be committed to singing because you have a love of it. There are many times when you make no money. You have to have a thick skin because there are times when you are flavour of the month, and times when you are not,” says the mum of a 17 year old.

“My daughter plays bass in a band, and we’ve told her she can do whatever she wants but it is a commitment.”

For Vika the decision to be a singer happened when she was 5, having grown up listening to a lot of country

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music through to Bill Haley, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis and gospel.

“We grew up in Doncaster and my parents often got Linda and me to sing at church dinner dances. We were surrounded by music and it was common for the Tongans to go to church a few times a week.

Afterwards people would come back and sit around playing guitars and singing songs,” says Vika, who was born to a Tongan mother and Australian father. “I just knew it

As with all great artists, the learning still continues for Vika as she takes the show into its second year.

performance. “One thing I know for sure is we are always respectful of Etta when we tell her story. She was an incredible singer who lived the blues and it is an honour to be able to pay tribute to her in this way.”

“I’ve had to learn to speak to an audience and have had a lot of help with actors coming in and giving hints on how to connect and tell a story,” says Vika who admits to still feeling nervous before a

Vika Bull is backed by the sizzling hot 8-piece The Essential R&B Band in At Last, The Etta James Story at Frankston Arts Centre on Friday 27 March. Call 9784 1060 or see www. thefac.com.au

was what I wanted to do and I have always remained passionate about it.”

FIRST THINGS FIRST FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE FROM one of Australia’s most innovative performing artists comes First Things First - a one-man show of technically virtuosic dance and hilarious physical theatre that explores the art of ‘getting used to it’.

Joseph Simons blasted onto the international dance scene winning the Outstanding Emerging Artist Award for WA AusDance in 2009, since then, he has toured the world with many of Australia’s major dance companies, including the enormously popular Chunky Move.

Now, you can catch him live performing his own special brand of dance theatre, in an evening of firsts you’ll never forget at Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 7 March.

Do you remember your first day of school? The first time you rode a bike? Your first kiss? The first time is always memorable. But then you do it a second time, then a third. Suddenly, it’s second nature. Join award-winning performer Joseph Simons in this mindblowing display of physicality with his signature charm and wit.

First Things First begins in the foyer of Cube 37, where Joseph is hosting a party for all his friends – you! This is your chance to meet Joseph, have a chat, and be introduced to other members of the audience. Then head

into the Cube theatre to watch Joseph doing what he does best!

Joseph will also spend a week at Cube 37 rehearsing and perfecting his show as well as running a number of community workshops. First Things First is also (very aptly) the first in the season of “Make’n’ Move Frankston”, a dance initiative for creators and audiences alike.

Make ‘n Move Frankston will present a broad range of contemporary dance performances and engagement opportunities for dance makers and the general community over the next two years. The project is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts. Make’n’ Move Frankston include workshops, artist residencies, professional development, Q&As and industry nights. There’s no better way than Simons return home to perform First Things First at the FAC to kickstart the Make’n’ Move Frankston initiative.

There’s a first time for everything!

Don’t miss your chance to experience the physical comedy showman in action.

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Phillips the great PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully IT was an unbelievable day in MPCA Provincial cricket on Saturday.

While the highest score for the day was a staggering 136, arguably the peninsula’s greatest ever player, Long Island’s Scott Phillips, was single handedly tearing up Heatherhill.

The all-rounder snared nine wickets in a day, eight in the first innings and one in the second to have the Hills reeling at Bruce Park.

Although heavy rain threatened matches across the peninsula, five of the six Provincial games got underway. Baxter and Crib Point will play

a one-day match this Saturday after Baxter Park was unplayable for the second time this season.

It wasn’t a good afternoon to bat first with Sorrento recording the highest score for the day with 136.

There were two teams who failed to notch triple figures, Heatherhill being rolled for 62 and Pines skittled for 99 against Langwarrin.

It was yet another Saturday however that belonged to Scott Phillips.

Fresh from choosing not to represent the association at Country Week, Phillips tore through Heatherhill, taking the first four wickets before Andrew Tweddle chimed in. Phillips then took the next four before Tweddle took the

last of the innings.

Phillips would be an unbackable favourite for the Wedgewood medal.

Has there been another player dominate with both bat and ball like Phillips has this season?

The master has made almost 500 runs this season at an average about 50 and taken 38 wickets at an average of 10.3.

After rolling the Hills for 62, Long Island blasted a quickfire 4/132 before sending the home side back into bat.

At stumps they were 2/86, a lead of just 16.

Sorrento made the highest score of the round, scrambling to 136 against Moorooduc.

While Nick Jewell top scored with the bat for the Sorras with 42, Jack Kennedy was the chief wicket taker for the Ducs with 4/41. Kenny Cremen was back in the First XI also and snared 2/22.

In reply, the Ducs are in all sorts of trouble at 4/29. Anthony Blackwell has 2/0.

At the other end of the peninsula at Langwarrin, 13 wickets fell at Lloyd Park.

The Kangas rolled Pines for 99 with Nathan Volpe snaring 6/25.

At the close of play, Pines had the home side on the back foot at 3/43.

Jake Prosser had done it again, picking up 2/6, one of his victims being

his brother Matt, who he bowled for a duck.

Mornington rolled Rye for 116 but at stumps were in some trouble themselves at 2/12.

Luke Popov snared 3/16 for the Doggies while Beau Suffern top scored for Rye with 35.

Leigh Lambert took both Mornington wickets and finished the day with 2/7.

Mt Eliza is on the back foot against Peninsula Old Boys.

The Mounties were bundled out for 119 before POB finished the afternoon on 3/70.

The Hillmen bounce back DISTRICT

By IT Gully ONLY four of the six scheduled MPCA District matches got starts on Saturday.

Seaford and Carrum, a critical match in the context of the season, as well as Somerville and Boneo, will be played this Saturday in a one day format.

There was no stopping Red Hill though, who bounced back from their first loss of the season last week to post a massive 3/347 against Flinders at BA Cairns Reserve.

However, despite posting the massive score, there were no triple figures from any of the five Hillmen bats who went out into the middle. Mind you, none of them failed with the bat and they all made more than solid contributions.

Riley Shaw top scored for the visitors with 92, Simon Dart was unbeaten on 79, Rheede Hopgood made 72, Nick Shaw helped himself to 42 and Matthew Merifield blasted 57.

Eight Flinders’ bowlers rolled their arm over in a bid to try and slow Red Hill down.

Flinders will have their work cut out this weekend to try and run down the total.

Main Ridge has a wonderful opportunity to really threaten the top four after getting the better of Mt Martha on Saturday.

Going into the clash, the Ridge (sixth) were half a game behind third placed Mt Martha, fourth placed Carrum and fifthplaced Seaford.

The Ridge have the Reds on the ropes.

Mt Martha was bowled out for 154 on Saturday, Scott Millar getting three wickets.

In reply, the Ridge are 0/26.

Hastings has set Baden Powell 169 for victory.

The Blues racked up 168 on Saturday after Timmy Birch came to the rescue again with an unbeaten 41.

John Harrison wound back the clock for the Braves with 4/69.

Seaford Tigers and Delacombe Park will go down to the wire.

The Tigers batted first on Saturday and made 161 with David James top scoring with 51 and Jack Brooking scoring 38.

Shane Deal was again at his best for the Parkers with 4/36.

In reply, the home side is 1/34.

Top four push: Main Ridge downed Mt Martha in their DIstrict match on Saturday. Picture: Andrew Hurst Western Port News 17 February 2015

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Saints in box seat SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully BALNARRING has yet another opportunity for an outright victory after dominating Dromana on Saturday in Sub-District cricket.

Dromana won the toss and sent the Saints in to bat. It proved to be a pretty good decision when the Hoppers rolled the visitors for 168.

Tim Jessup top scored for the Saints with 40, taking the place of David Ross, who didn’t play.

Craig Dunlop was the pick of the bowlers for the Hoppers with 4/50 from 20 overs.

Dromana needed to capitalise with the bat and failed to do so, bowled out for 62 in 28 overs.

Jacob Cook was outstanding for the Saints, picking up 7/17 from 14 overs.

Dromana survived the last two overs of the day in their second innings and will resume at 0/1.

Carrum Downs is looking at a convincing win against neighbour

Skye after the first day’s play.

Skye batted first and was bundledout for just 108. Stuart Swift was the best of the Cougars’ bowlers with 3/25.

In reply, Carrum Downs is cruising at 1/58. No doubt they’ll have a crack at an outright win on day two.

All other Sub District matches will be one dayers this weekend after rain affected the playing surfaces on Saturday. The critical match of these is Frankston YCW v Pearcedale.

Tiger trouble THE fallout has continued at Dromana with favourite son Paul Minchington signing with Frankston YCW. The star forward/onballer, who hasn’t been fit since winning the flag with the Tigers, will be looking for a big year.

Minchington joins Dromana teammates Anthony Bruhn and

Daniel Waddell at the Stonecats.

Also walking out on the club was skipper Jay Neratzoglou, who will play in the amatuers.

Cal Park and Blake McGrath have gone to Fish Creek. Steven Gartner and Stuart Cleeve have gone to Dingley, Andy Kiely has gone to finish his career with his original home club and Christian Ongarello is undecided about where he will play.

Panthers on prowl

Pearcedale may have struggled last

season but it appears that thing are back on track.

The Panthers have just signed Mornington pair Callum Searle and Michael Williams. Williams burst onto the scene in last year’s grand final when he booted three goals and got the Dogs back into the game against YCW. Williams opted for the Panthers over Red Hill, who is was also in talks with.

Let’s just say that his three goals in the grand final last season has helped his hip pocket in 2015.

Forgetable carnival for the peninsula COUNTRY WEEK

By IT Gully THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association failed to have an impact in last week’s Country Week carnival for the first time in memory.

The MPCA finished in sixth place on the table with just one win for the carnival.

That win came in round one when the MPCA rolled South West at Melbourne University.

Sorrento’s Corey Harris made 82 and Moorooduc’s Bobby Wilson an unbeaten 75 in that first game when the team scored 3/260. Long Island’s Justin Bridgeman and Mornington’s Luke Popov snared two wickets each as the MPCA rolled South West for 225.

In Round two, despite making 9/249 with Carrum’s Shaun Foster scoring 59 and Crib Point’s Rob Hearn 44, the MPCA was beaten by eventual championship winner, SaleMaffra, who made 290. Carrum teenager Liam Dobson snared 3/32.

Mornington Peninsula was good with the bat again in round three, making 8/245. POB’s Matty Hyden top scored with 83, Bobby Wilson hit 71 and Justin Bridgeman 50.

However, Murray Valley was up for the challenge and got the runs eight wickets down. Main Ridge’s Gareth Wyatt and POB’s Adrian Jones took two wickets each.

MPCA was smashed in the final game by Bendigo, the eventual runner-up. Bendigo made 8/280 before MPCA were rolled for 179. Wilson took 3/20 and Hyden 2/45. Shaun Foster top scored with 43 and Matt Foon hit 35.

The Development Squad fared slightly better but still failed to make the finals.

Long Island’s Aaron Paxton made 55 in the first match against Hamilton while Hastings’ Luke Hewitt made 25. Hewitt was also the best of the bowlers with 2/22.

In round two, Seaford’s Damien Lawrence scored an unbeaten 100 and Sorrento’s Leigh Poholke hit an unbeaten 79. Brad Trotter from Pearcedale was good also with 58.

It was good enough to see them beat Ferntree Gully by 50 runs.

Hewitt was the pick of the bowlers with 3/31, POB’s Jon Forrest snared 3/49 and Lawrence 2/36.

The MPCA was well beaten in round three against Ballarat. Sorrento’s Liam O’Connor had a good game, scoring 38 and snaring 2/25.

In the final match, MPCA was well beaten by Warnambool. O’Connor top scored again with 53 while Forest scored 41 and Paxton 33. O’Connor also snared 3/44.

Warnambool defeated Ballarat in the final.

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We’re sure all parents will appreciate how expensive festivals can be, but the Hillview Quarries Kids Corner offers an array of free kids and family activities, plus giveaways across the weekend.

6:00pm

Happy Go Blues

7:30pm

Moistabury

8:30pm

Demolition Squad

Saturday 21 February 10:00am Nathan & Fee

Saturday: The Oasis Tent will provide fun activities for children of all ages, as well as some shaded tables, chairs and free cordial for refreshment.

11:00am Just 4 Kix 1:30pm

Bunnings Hastings will be doing seedling planting activities, and Lightning Party Balloons will be giving away free balloons from 1:30pm.

Parade Awards, Mayoral Commendations & Miss Western Port Crowning

2:15pm

McDonald’s Family Show

The Scouts ropes course will be set up all weekend, plus outdoor board games.

3:00pm

Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk

4:00pm

Safari Motel

There will also be a meet and greet with Ronald McDonald & Friends at 3:15pm in the Kids Corner!

5:00pm

Brad Kennedy

6:00pm

Westernport Regional Band

Sunday: The Oasis Tent will be back to provide more refreshment and entertainment but not before our fantastic Teddy Bears Picnic at 10:30am – and remember BYO teddy bears!

7:00pm

Roundhouse

8:00pm

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Dirty Boogie Band

There will also be FREE mini golf from 10am–4pm.

Sunday 22 February

NAVY Steam Truck Rides Saturday 21 February, 2pm–4pm Marine Pde

10:00am Catalina Cruisers 12:00pm Rob Papp & Blueshead 2:00pm

John Lawrence Band

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Saturday 21 February, 9:30pm Hastings Foreshore The NAVY Steam Club will be back in 2015 with their Foden Steam Truck. There will be opportunities to ride on the steam truck around Hastings after the Street Parade!

Free Community BBQ Friday 20 February, 6pm onwards Rotary Shelter, Hastings Foreshore Bring the family down and enjoy the free community BBQ, thanks to 1st Tyabb Scouts.

After the sun goes down, watch the Western Port News Fireworks Display over Western Port Bay.

We are expecting big crowds, so make sure you are down early to avoid any potential disappointment!

Always an amazing show of pyrotechnics not to be missed, put together by Southern Cross Fireworks.

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Road Closures & Festival Parking Temporary closures will be in force from 10am Saturday 21 February, with High St completely closed to traffic from 11am until the end of the street parade (approximately 1:30pm).

Portions of High St will remain closed between 1:30pm–6pm on Saturday 21 February for the car show. The crossroads will be open for traffic – Salmon St, King St and Victoria St. The 782/783 buses will be affected by the road closure, and a temporary bus stop will be set up on Church St between King St and Victoria St (replacing the King St bus stop) on Saturday 21 February between 11am–1:30pm. Timetables will remain the same.

Marine Pde will be closed all festival weekend; signposted detours to Hastings Marina will be in place.

Parking for people attending Western Port Festival will be available on the foreshore – enter via the Hastings Tennis Courts. Parking is by gold coin donation, with proceeds going to Hastings SES.

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