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Industry eyes Crib Point

By Mike Hast RUMOURS of reactivation of the old BP oil refinery site in Crib Point for heavy industry have been scotched by Hastings MP Neale Burgess.

Mr Burgess said he had been contacted last week by the Western Port Oberon Association, which leases the former BP administration centre as a museum and has its submarine moored nearby in Western Port.

“I’ve been told there has been activity at the site in recent weeks,” Mr Burgess said, “but the Coalition government’s policy is unchanged – no heavy industrial development at Crib Point.”

However, Mr Burgess says he will ask the community if it wants marine industry activities based at the site.

He said a valuable marine industry entity on the refinery land would block the return of the oil industry.

Last month The News reported the embryonic Mornington Peninsula Marine Alliance (‘Marine alliance launches study’, 10/6/12) had $60,000 from the federal government to conduct a feasibility study about how the marine industry on the peninsula could best be expanded.

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A WARNING has been issued for motorists and pet owners on the Mornington Peninsula to watch out for koalas over the next few months.

The koalas are more likely to be on the ground looking for a mate and patrolling their territories between July and September, according to the Backyard Buddies arm of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.

“Koalas mainly sleep during the day, and move from tree to tree during the night to feed,” foundation CEO Susanna Bradshaw said.

“Threats to koalas include habitat clearing, being hit by cars, dog attacks and fires.”

Ms Bradshaw said there were many ways of making the peninsula “friendlier for one of Australia’s favourite animals”, including: Driving carefully in areas where koalas may be trying to cross the road.

Keeping dogs on the leash when walking and training them not to chase animals.

Keeping dogs indoors at night as most dog attacks of koalas happen in a dog’s own backyard.

If you see an injured koala while driving but can’t stop, check your odometer and record the distance to a known point so you can give wildlife carers a good indication of where the animal is.

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“Koalas eat eucalyptus and some non-eucalyptus leaves,” Ms Bradshaw said.” They have local and seasonal preferences toward different plant species. If you can plant some eucalypts to help out your local koalas, it might be a good idea to contact your nearest national park office, council or native

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Green wedges face threat from new rules

By David Harrison MORNINGTON Peninsula’s extensive green wedge zone could face intensive development under far-reaching proposals released last week by Planning Minister Matthew Guy. Mr Guy claimed his “sweeping reforms” of rural zones, which include green wedges, would promote agriculture by removing “the onerous requirements for a planning permit”.

Seventy per cent of the peninsula is green wedge land, much of it productive farmland currently protected from development. Mr Guy’s plans strip away this protection.

With Mornington Peninsula Shire and many of the region’s conservation groups fighting to preserve green wedge land, two of Mr Guy’s changes in particular could deal a catastrophic blow to their efforts. They are:  An end to the requirement that tourist and other businesses must be built on more than 40-hectare blocks.  An end to the requirement that many such businesses must have an essential link to agriculture.

New businesses including restaurants, convention centres and residential hotels have been stymied by the need to meet the land size and agricultural link requirements.

With those restrictions swept away and many new non-agricultural uses of green wedge land introduced by Mr Guy’s plans, the battle to preserve the green wedge could become nearimpossible.

Proposed new uses include primary and secondary schools, medical centres, “residential buildings”, research centres and rural stores. It is unclear

if service stations and display homes would also be permitted.

Abattoirs, rural industry and the sale of primary produce will also be allowed. Of these, only abattoirs will need to seek a permit.

Service stations and display homes have been removed from the list of prohibited uses on green wedge land, but the government’s proposals do not indicate whether they will now be allowed in the zone. One government document refers to many prohibited uses becoming discretionary.

In his press release, Mr Guy said: “Green wedges are not stagnant zones, their intention is to be a working agricultural buffer for niche industries; these reforms will provide a much greater ability for the intention of the zone to be fully realised.”

He does not give examples of “niche industries” or expand on how they would expedite “the intention of the

zone”. But elsewhere his department’s documents state the proposed changes “will support agricultural activity, allow more tourism-related uses and support population retention to sustain rural communities”.

Mr Guy’s stated in his press release: “Proposed reforms to rural” (including green wedge) “zones will promote the growth of agricultural activity and give Council’s [sic] much-needed flexibility to adapt planning requirements to local circumstances.”

But Mornington Peninsula farmers could be heavily disadvantaged if Mr Guy’s proposals lead to increased demand for farmland, pushing up its price and their rates bills and making it difficult to acquire more land.

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Several proposals by Mr Guy are remarkably similar to the shire’s Green Wedge Action Plan, released about 18 months ago.

In it the shire advocated breaking the link between agriculture and businesses in green wedge zones, and making land use proportional – that is, allowing green wedge businesses to be proportional to land size – effectively abolishing the 40ha rule.

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Writer covered five decades of turbulent Asia OBITUARY

Denis Ashton Warner, OBE, CMG, 1917-2012 Foreign and war correspondent, author

By Annabel Warner DENIS Warner, distinguished war correspondent and author, whose career covered more than five decades of turbulence and change in Asia, has died at his home in Mt Eliza. He was 94.

As head boy at Hutchins School in Hobart in 1935, he wrote an editorial for the school magazine where he vehemently described his pacifist views, attacking militarism in all its forms.

Five years later (the fall of Paris and an earlier visit to Hitler’s Berlin Olympics in 1936 were enough to change his mind), he had enlisted in the Army and served as a soldier with the 9th Division Cavalry unit in the Middle East from 1941-43, including a period of time with the 9th Division Commando platoon in 1942.

After discharge from the Army in 1944, he became a front-line correspondent and remained deeply involved in reporting war and would continue to do so for the next 30 years of his life. With a willingness to take great risks, he was witness to many of the major events that shaped eastern Asia in the mid-20th century and beyond.

The last of the Second World War central Pacific correspondents, he wrote his dispatches for London’s Daily Telegraph and Melbourne Herald on a rusty and battered Remington typewriter, carried with him as he joined the assault waves of the United States marines at Saipan, Guam and Peleliu.

The only non-American journalist, he flew on the first mass Superfortress raid on Tokyo in 1944, taking off from Saipan. Only 24 of the 120 or so aircraft that took off reached their target. Denis was in one of them. After 16-hour round trip, his aircraft was hit over the target, a factory on the outskirts of Tokyo. The plane limped back to Saipan with the tail gunner and the co-pilot dead in the rear compartment.

By the time they landed, every gasoline tank gauge was on empty.

Aboard the British carrier HMS Formidable in May 1945, he survived a kamikaze attack near Okinawa, shouting a warning to his two colleagues as he dived for the deck.

Beneath them, not more than 10 metres from where they had been standing, the kamikaze and its bomb hit the deck with an ear-shattering explosion.

Casualties were relatively few – only nine men killed and 50 wounded – and the ship was not badly damaged.

Four days later, with the kamikaze campaign in full flight and Japanese planes seemingly everywhere, Formidable was hit again, almost in exactly the same spot. A fire developed in the hangar deck where the bombs were stored, so the crew hastily got to work to throw them overboard before they blew up. They succeeded and two days later Denis was evacuated and sent home to Australia.

He was lucky to escape with his life on numerous other occasions, especially in the first few months of the Korean War. He arrived in South Korea five days after the North Koreans crossed the 38th parallel on 25 June 1950, singularly ill-prepared for what lay ahead.

Wearing green suede shoes, light linen trousers and a sport coat and carrying a new, small typewriter and the minimum of necessities in a briefcase, he hitch-hiked a ride on a Douglas Dakota to Pusan, at the southern end of the Korean peninsula. From there

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On the beach: Denis Warner, left, and above working on the beach at Saipan on day two of the US landing with Marine combat correspondent Seg Da Costa. Saipan is in the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. Pictures courtesy Warner family

he travelled by troop train, headed for Taejon, the temporary headquarters of the South Korean government.

At night, with the lights dimmed for fear of an air attack, the troops began to sing hymns, rattling their way to war to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers.

He witnessed the first American casualty of the Korean War. A South Korean cavalryman, mounted on a horse about the size of a Shetland pony, came down the road scattering a mass of refugees, shouting “tanku, tanku” (tanks).

Proceeding by foot to the crest of the hills, beyond the maize fields, Denis and a fellow correspondent saw the tank 800 metres ahead of them. Hastening back to headquarters, Denis reported to the Lieutenant-Colonel, commander of the 24th Division: “There’s a tank coming down the road.”

“We don’t have any tanks,” replied the colonel. “Not ours, theirs,” said Denis.

The Americans sent a bazooka team to dispatch the tank. They found it and one another. Denis and his companion climbed the muddy bank of a small rise to gain a better view. The shell from the bazooka team simply bounced off the tank. The tanks then turned to depress their guns, firing burst after burst into the maize field where the bazooka team was hiding. A machine gun killed a young ammunition carrier.

That night the American headquarters was overrun and they were sud-

denly and deeply involved in the war.

Within three short weeks the 24th Division had lost its commanding officer and suffered more than 30 per cent casualties, including 2400 officers and men missing in action.

Korea was perhaps the most difficult of his reporting assignments. Every day he was under some kind of fire. In the first three months about 10 of the 30 correspondents stationed there had been killed.

After Korea, communist insurgencies and wars in Southeast Asia kept Denis busy. He had begun to cover the Indo-China War as early as 1949 and witnessed the end of French rule and the beginning of the American involvement in Vietnam.

Covering of the Vietnam War occupied about 23 years of his life. When the end finally came, the foreign editor of the London Telegraph, Ricky Marsh, summed up a view many felt about his reporting in a letter he wrote to Denis: “I do want to emphasise again on your return to Melbourne how much all of us in London have valued your masterly coverage of the final South Vietnam collapse. The occasion was an appalling personal one for you. But throughout those dreadful weeks your distinctive writing, with its authoritative judgement born of many years of first-hand knowledge, made your reporting far superior to anything else we read here.”

Denis and his wife Peggy helped

many Indochinese refugees relocate to Australia after the war. The children, now grown and who barely remember their time in refugee camps and leaky boats, have settled happily in Australia, some becoming lawyers, engineers and doctors.

The changing landscape of Asia fascinated Denis and the need to change the White Australia Policy drove him.

He felt it was madness for Australia to continue this policy and one of his proudest achievements was his role in helping to break this down and bring understanding to Australians about their near Asian neighbours.

Denis Warner wrote 15 books including several with Peggy. The Tide at Sunrise, a History of the RussoJapanese War 1904-05, was one of the first major accounts of Japan’s rise as a world power. Covering a previously little-known conflict, it was used as a textbook for students at the US Naval War College.

He wrote two autobiographical books, Wake Me if there’s Trouble and Not only on Horseback. He was a regular contributor to the Reporter, Atlantic Monthly and New Republic magazines in the United States and the Daily Telegraph in London.

He received the citation for excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America in 1964 and 1967 for his reporting on Southeast Asia. His column on Asian affairs appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne

Herald, Adelaide Advertiser and Courier-Mail in Australia and was widely syndicated in leading newspapers in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. He edited the respected magazine Pacific Defence Reporter for 14 years.

Rather by accident than design, Denis spent a lifetime covering war. He was a man of absolute integrity and honesty. He believed people were intrinsically good. He helped many young journalists nervously starting out on their careers. He loved opera and theatre and Swan Lake. He was inspired by intelligent, well-meaning people and a fast-moving stream where the trout were biting.

He grew up at Valleyfield, the family property at New Norfolk in southern Tasmania. An apple and hop farm, it was an idyllic place to begin life, with the Derwent River forming part of its boundary where he would swim and fish. Valleyfield would always remain close to his heart.

His wife Peggy, collaborator in life and in writing, died almost two years ago.

Denis is survived by his three children, Shelley, Nick and Annabel, and grandchildren Michael, Jacqui, Xian and Sam. He died peacefully at home on 12 July with his family at his side.

Editor’s note: The funeral of Denis Warner was held in Mt Martha on Monday afternoon followed by a private cremation.

Hinterland hall set for demolition RED Hill’s community hall is to be demolished following a shire review of halls in Red Hill Ward, says ward councillor and mayor Frank Martin.

The hall, which was renovated a few years ago, is the only readily accessible community meeting room in Red Hill. The other public area is the Red Hill Community Pavilion at Red Hill Recreation Reserve.

The pavilion, built about three years ago, is required almost exclusively for cricket and football club use.

The original recreation reserve pavilion has now been declared unsafe.

It had been used as a gymnasium after the sporting clubs moved into the pa-

vilion, but also could be demolished.

This would leave Red Hill without a community hall.

Cr Martin told a meeting of the Red Hill Ward Consultative Group – comprising groups from Flinders, Red Hill, Shoreham and Somers –the pavilion might be extended to provide a community meeting area.

The community hall on Mechanics Rd is used by many groups for activities such as dance classes and gentle exercise.

Cr Martin said Shoreham’s hall was also under review, but the historic building would remain.

Poster people: Cr Leigh Eustace with Australia Day poster competition runners-up Sam Howard, Natalie Smith and Madison Clent, winner Alex Bird and Mornington Peninsula mayor Cr Frank Martin.

Cash prize for A-Day poster FIFTEEN-year-old Alex Bird of Rye has won Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Australia Day poster competition.

His entry will be used to promote the shire’s 2012 Australia Day events.

The judges’ choice from 18 entries wins Alex a $500 bank account and $750 in cash.

Australia Day committee chairman

Cr Leigh Eustace said plans were being made for events at seven places on the peninsula.

Alex’s poster depicts fireworks in a stylised Australian flag.

The mayor Cr Frank Martin said the judges had been “presented with a difficult task as all entrants submitted a poster design that was very creative

and used a range of mixed techniques”.

Runners-up in the poster competition – graphic design student Natalie Smith, Diploma of Visual Art student Sam Howard and 11-year-old Madison Clent – received a $250 bank account with the Bendigo Bank’s Rye branch and a $25 voucher to open an account at the bank branch of their choice.

Sounds soon to be silenced: The Warrains at Red Hill Community Hall earlier this month playing live for the extras who had helped out with their music video, from left, Grant MacMillian, Chris Swayn, Brendon White and Sophie Pound. Picture: Yanni

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Sub HQ: The former BP administration building is now headquarters for the Western Port Oberon Association.

Where to park: Bird’s eye view of the location of the new visitor and patient car park entrance.

Parking changes at hospital ACCESS to the main visitor and patient car park at Frankston Hospital will be altered from 26 July.

As part of the construction of the $11.3 million multi-storey car park, the entrance to the eastern patient and visitor car park will be moved to a permanent new position directly opposite the main building and emergency department entrances.

“The move should have minimal impact on the accessibility to the parking areas at Frankston Hospital,” Simon Brewin of Peninsula Health said.

“The entrance is only being moved about 20 metres and the same level of accessibility to the car park will be maintained while the project is taking place.”

The road surrounding the main building entrance will become twoway for easier access for drivers entering the hospital from Yuille St. “Every effort is being taken to ensure there is minimal impact on patients and visitors. The entrance to the visitor and patient car park from Dundas St will remain open,” Mr Brewin said.

“We are aware of the current parking pressures at the hospital.

When the first stage of the new parking complex was completed later in the year, parking problems would dramatically decrease, he said.

Access from the former entrance would be completely closed from 26 July, weather permitting, once the new entrance had been constructed.

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by Woolleys Rd, The Esplanade and Disney St. The refinery at Crib Point, Esso’s natural gas processing plant at Long Island Point near Hastings and Lysaghts steel plant nearby were to be the first of many industrial complexes around Western Port.

Liberal Party state Premier Henry Bolte’s vision to make Western Port the “Ruhr of Victoria”, a reference to one of the great industrial centre of Germany, even included a nuclear reactor on French Island.

The BP refinery was closed and dismantled in 1985 when the British company “rationalised” its refining activities in Australia.

The land (pictured left) is now owned by Crib Point Terminals Pty Ltd, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell and Exxon Mobil. CPT has consistently stated in recent years it has no plans for the site.

It is one of only two places in Australia where there is extensive vacant land next to a deep water jetty, a valuable combination.

Nine petroleum storage tanks still exist and could be renovated.

The Western Port Oberon Association’s Oberon class submarine, the former HMAS Otama bought from the Royal Australian Navy, has been languishing at anchor for more than 10 years after WPOA repeatedly failed to win state government approval for the 2000-tonne sub to be brought ashore as the centrepiece of its Western Port Maritime Memorial Centre.

Mr Burgess said the government had given a guarantee to Mornington Peninsula Shire that the refinery site would not be used for heavy industry.

The shire asked for certainty about the site’s future before it embarked on preparation of the Crib Point Township Plan, which was submitted to the council last October.

The shire said the plan would “establish a vision for the township as a basis for future planning and decisionmaking”.

“The plan seeks to provide greater certainty for residents, landowners and stakeholders over the next 15-20 years,” the shire’s strategic planning manager Allan Cowley reported to councillors last year.

“The key aim of the plan is to recognise the particular character of the Crib Point township, including its relationship to the surrounding environment, and to reframe [the town] as one of the peninsula’s country/coastal towns, rather than a ‘port town’, with the associated expectations of heavy industrial development.”

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Row over concrete slab flares again Outdoor A NEW dispute has flared over the concrete slab and wall built to protect a large gas tank at Red Hill Epicurean Centre on Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South.

While shire mayor Frank Martin had previously told residents the wall and slab were illegally built on the road reserve and would be removed, the wall has been reduced to a height apparently requested by shire planners and the slab remains untouched.

The gas tank will be relocated (‘Big stink over Red Hill LP gas tank’, The News, 29/05/12).

The area around the slab was being prepared for concreting on Monday afternoon, including a large area beside it, also on the road reserve.

Contacted by a Red Hill resident regarding the imminent concrete pour, a shire manager asked repeatedly: “What’s your concern?” apparently not accepting that the slab was illegal and should be removed.

The resident’s concern that the slab

was dangerous to traffic was brushed aside.

In an email to Cr Martin, the manager stated that officers were “following a balanced approach and giving the owner a reasonable time to find a solution” to relocating the gas tank.

The brick wall “won’t be remaining as it does not have approval and is on our land,” the manager wrote, adding: “I understand that people are frustrated with this one, we are working through the issues, including reinstatement of the land, (all in the fullness of time).”

Red Hill Community Action notified the shire and VicRoads of the illegal

slab and wall several months ago and had been told several times both would have to be demolished.

They were concerned at the time it was taking for this to occur and were alarmed at the owner’s intention to install a huge concrete car park, which doubles the area of concrete that extended into the road reserve by about three metres.

VCAT gave property owner Joseph Alesci permission for a gravel car park in front of Centrepoint.

In May, Red Hill Community Action said the wall was “not in harmony with adjacent buildings and environment”.

The epicurean centre was due to open last summer, but Mr Alesci said there had been “bushfire management issues” being worked through by him, the CFA and the shire council.

He is hoping to open the centre “this year”.

Epicurean Centre developer Porsh Pty Ltd was granted a permit in 2008 to construct a two-storey building to house a 120-seat epicurean centre with a distillery, cheese shop, culinary education centre, tavern, coffee shop and bakery, and 23 second-storey serviced apartments.

Netball boost in 2012-13 budget MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council on Monday night approved its budget for 2012-13 with the shire saying rates would rise by 3.9 per cent.

Netballers on the Western Port side of the peninsula received a late gift when councillors voted in an extra $105,000 for courts – $30,000 in Hastings and Tyabb, and $15,000 in Crib Point. Rosebud received $30,000.

The News will provide full analysis of the budget next issue.

Ready to pour: Part of the area at Red Hill Epicurean Centre ready to be concreted. The slab and brick wall are centre rear and on the right is an area that also extends into the road reserve.

alternative for young MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s youth services wants volunteers to join its Backyard Blitz project.

The “blitz” will see Shed 11 drop-in centre at Hastings turned into a “sustainable backyard space for young people to hang out and socialise, away from technology and indoor pursuits”.

“The aim is to also create a usable space for environmental and cooking classes further down the track, with an emphasis on sustainable practices,” coordinator Laura Nicol said.

The shire will “partner” with Western Port Secondary College students throughout the next two school terms on projects such as a wood-fire pizza oven, paved barbecue area, signs and a brick fire pit.

“If you have some construction or environmental skills to share, have a green thumb, are passionate about influencing and mentoring young people or are keen to get your hands dirty and have some spare time, please let us know,” Ms Nicol said.

The Shed 11 project starts this Thursday and will run 1.30-4.30pm each Thursday until 13 September and restart on Thursday 25 October through to Thursday 6 December.

Volunteers will need to complete a working with children check.

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By Keith Platt MICHAEL Stanley has begun his campaign for election to Mornington Peninsula Shire by calling on Mt Martha residents to be involved in choosing a site for a skate park and criticising the lack of planning for another secondary school in Mt Martha or Mornington.

Mr Stanley, right, says he will stand in the newly created Briars Ward against sitting councillors Anne Shaw, Bev Colomb and Leigh Eustace.

The three sitting councillors at the moment are in single-councillor wards, a system that will change on Saturday 27 October as a result of last year’s Victorian Electoral Commission review into the shire’s electoral process.

At this year’s elections, three multi-councillor wards will replace six single-councillor wards.

The 11 councillors will be split unequally between the wards, with three each in Briars Ward and Seawinds Ward, two in Nepean Ward and one each in Watson, Cerberus and Red Hill wards, all on the Western Port side of the shire.

Mr Stanley unsuccessfully stood for election in 2003, gaining 20 per cent of the votes. The fourway contest was won by Cr Shaw.

This time around he has launched his campaign with a series of letters to the editor of community newspapers, including The News.

Mr Stanley says Mt Martha residents should involve themselves in choosing a site for a skate park “to avoid the problems that beset Mt Eliza with the development of its skate park”.

He said council was now looking at three possible sites: Eco Park, opposite Mt Martha Primary School in Glenisla Dve; the former parade ground below the tennis courts near Mt Martha Community House; and Ferraro Reserve.

Continuing his “youth” theme, Mr Stanley says there are “education problems looming for Mt Martha and Mornington”.

“With our population growth in the Mt Martha and Mornington region of the Mornington Peninsula, over the past 13 years a major problem is rising for parents with children nearing secondary school age, a genuine lack of secondary school places,” he states in his latest letter to newspapers.

He says the increasing population and number of babies “has caught many in authority offguard”.

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bers. The development of Bentons Junior College and Balcombe Grammar has offered some relief, thankfully, at primary level and to a lesser degree in secondary education.

“However, with so many additional students seeking secondary places at both state and independently operated secondary schools in and around Mt Martha and Mornington, especially those in year 4, by 2015 we could have the very real prospect of not having enough places to properly educate these children.

“It is all well and good for Mornington MP David Morris to state in parliament last month ‘Certainly the anecdotal evidence suggests there is likely to be continued high demand for some time’ and to call on the Baillieu government to review the plans of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development for the provision of public secondary education in the Mornington electorate.

“The time for a review was three or four years ago when it was becoming evident that our community was growing faster than we could cater for; now is not a time for review, now is a time for action.”

Mr Stanley said it was obvious that by 2015 “we will need a new secondary school built somewhere east of the Nepean Highway in either Mt Martha or Mornington”.

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Corker planning ideas topped by underground train THE shire council has been holding Plan Peninsula Conversations the length and breadth of our beloved peninsula. Ideas from hundreds of residents will go into a shire document to be sent to the state government, which has promised to prepare a “planning statement” specific to the peninsula.

It is claimed this will guide the future development of the peninsula over the next 30 years.

Emu has attended a few of the 15 town meetings and has been fascinated by some of the ideas:  Airships and hovercrafts for commercial deliveries.  Meditation and yoga sessions to provide artists with inspiration.  Cruise ships docking at Crib Point and Hastings to boost tourism.  An underground railway between Frankston and Rosebud.  Tourist tax toll gates on all entry roads to the peninsula.  Secede from Victoria and create our own sovereign state.

If at first you don’t secede...

THE last idea reminded Emu of a major stir in Mt Martha in 1964 (some Emus have long memories).

The Shire of Mornington had proposed doubling in size the camping and caravan park beside Balcombe Creek (now long gone) and Mt Martha’s citizens were revolting.

The acronym NIMBY had not yet been invented, but many locals had long been unhappy about the campers having the best spot by the creek.

Led by a bloke named Frank Galbally, the Mt Martha Citizens’ League threatened to secede from the shire.

Galbally was making a name as a criminal defence lawyer and was a formidable foe. (When he died in 2005, a day short of his 83rd birthday, many obituaries described him as Australia’s greatest defender of crims.)

At a public meeting on a Friday night in January 1964, Galbally and other league members railed against the plan and said they would petition the Governor-in-Council for the severance of Mt Martha Riding (now called ward) from the shire.

To their credit, most shire councillors attended the meeting. (Emu bets they didn’t linger in the car park after the fiery gathering.)

More pressure fell on the councillors when they opened up The Age the following Monday.

There on page 7 was a story about the threat to secede. Galbally had been on the phone to The Age on Sunday night.

“If Mornington shire council goes ahead with a plan to increase campers at Mt Martha, ... residents will petition for severance from the shire. Mr Frank Galbally, spokesman for the Mt Martha Citizens’ League, said this last night. Mr Galbally described himself as a resident and ratepayer of Mt Martha,” the newspaper story stated.

“He said the Citizens’ League had nothing against campers, but because less than one quarter of the beach line was accessible to the public, the area could not comfortably accommodate any more than the residents, existing campers and day trippers.”

The shire buckled and dumped the plan, but it was many years before the camping ground was closed. A mate of the Emu delivered ice to the campers for their iceboxes in the early 1970s.

Nothing fancy like electricity in those days.

The area is now public reserve with the creek estuary boardwalk running through it.

Emu can’t help but think residents had more influence over their council in 1964 than in 2012, although having a QC on your side was a big help.

Send ’em your carwash invoices

EMU has received correspondence from “Irate” of Moorooduc and “Annoyed” of Hastings.

They are complaining about the state of some roads either side of the underconstruction Peninsula Link freeway between Frankston and Mt Martha.

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NATIVE wildlife protection groups have long been angry about people eating kangaroo, wallaby and emu.

Guess where Emu stands on this?

A Fitzroy restaurant has started serving wallaby tartare and native-spiced kangaroo loin.

The wallaby is described thus: “A brilliantly flavoursome mound of finely sliced marsupial, served with crisp breads.” Errk. Luckily there’s no emu on the menu.

So Emu is thinking about starting a restaurant. Some of the dishes could include: Fricassee of parliamentarian – juicy legs of young MPs cooked in a rich red wine sauce and served on a bed of shredded hopes and dreams.

Hot pot of unionist – gnarled pieces of union officials slow cooked till ten-

EMUS, having few toes and no fingers, were innumerate until the invention of calculators. Then we went ahead in leaps and bounds – huge, Emu-sized leaps and bounds. We started calculating everything, just for the joy of it.

So when the thrifty Rhonda appeared on television, holidaying in what appears to be Bali, which she can now afford because of the 15 per cent discount on her vehicle insurance, out came Emu’s calculator. Fifteen per cent of what insurance bill would add up to the cost of a Bali break, he wondered.

Let’s say the holiday’s cost is $2000.

What is that sum 15 per cent of? Taptap-tap went Emu’s big left claw on the calculator. Answer: $13,333. So, what sort of vehicle costs $13,333 to insure?

Emu’s mind boggles. His spanking new sedan costs about $700 a year, full comprehensive. Rhonda must be running a fleet of million-dollar Bugattis.

But, Emu concludes, she is a fine example of looking after the cents and letting the dollars look after themselves. Good on you, Rhonda! Enjoy – but watch out for sunburn, and the leering valet.

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centre. We’ve made a commitment to give generous added support to the retailers who have invested considerably into making this new shopping centre the successful community centre and landmark we are all confident it will become,” Mr Paton said.

BitternFields includes a mix of food stores and essential service suppliers,

including IGA, a discount chemist, newsagency, post office, fast food outlet, bakery, pizza shop, and beauty and hair salons.

Mr Paton said the blinking bittern bird sign was a major structural engineering achievement that would become a central landmark on Frankston-Flinders Rd opposite Bittern station.

Yvonne Taylor of the managing estate agency Century-21 said the shopping centre would be the new “town centre” of Bittern.

She said it had “created considerable interest in improved residential sales since it was first conceived almost eight years ago”. One shop remained vacant.

BitternFields Shopping Centre will be officially opened on Sunday by Hastings MP Neale Burgess.

Other activities during the morning include a live broadcast by community radio station RPP FM (on 98.7 FM), a jumping castle in the car park for the kids from 9am to 3pm, a sausage sizzle, singers and musicians.

The usual Bittern Sunday Market will be in the station car park and shops will offer opening specials, including 50 per cent off vitamins at the chemist, $6 barbecue chickens at IGA and two family pizzas at Peppy’s for $30.

Double me up: Dozens of B-double trucks are carrying soil and clay from Frankston to Moorooduc. Picture: Yanni

“Irate” wrote: “Avoid Bentons and Loders roads in Moorooduc as dozens of B-doubles are carting dirt from the freeway site off Cranbourne Rd near Karingal shopping centre to Moorooduc. Bentons Rd was a big mess the other day. Some [expletive deleted] in a water truck was trying to wash clay off the road left by the trucks, but just made it worse.”

Irate reckons he’s going to send the freeway builder an invoice every week for cleaning his car. Good luck with that.

“Annoyed” of Hastings says the same thing is happening on Cranbourne Rd. “It’s a mess between Karingal shopping centre and McClelland Dve. My new car looks like it’s just come back from the Dakar rally.”

Annoyed said the B-doubles are doing multiple trips each day going north on Moorooduc Highway, then turning into Sages Rd, along Baxter-Tooradin Rd, McClelland Dve and Cranbourne Rd to the excavation site. Dirt is loaded into the trucks before they head west along Cranbourne Rd, left into Moorooduc Highway and back down to Bentons Rd. C’mon fellas, it’s called progress.

Emu is sure the freeway builder will fix all the local roads after the freeway

is completed. And then you’ll be able to cruise along the freeway between Carrum Downs and Mt Martha in just 17 minutes.

But remember to set your cruise control to 99km/h as the state government allocated almost $10 million in the recent budget for fixed speed cameras on the spanking new freeway.

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Bittern gets a new heart in the blink of an eye A CRANE was used on Friday to install a six-metre high sign at Bittern Fields Shopping Centre on FrankstonFlinders Rd. At night, the illuminated bird (a bittern) blinks.

The centre’s owners have adopted a graphic depiction of the elusive bird, which lives in the nearby Warringine wetlands, as their logo.

The pylon sign was built and installed by Prosigns of Tullamarine, and took two hours to install.

The centre’s marketing consultant Geoff Mathers described Bittern Fields as the town’s “new pulsating heart”.

“Where once you used to drive past the old Bittern general store in the blink of an eye, the newly installed six-metre symbolic Bittern bird at the front of the shopping centre blinks at you in a friendly welcoming gesture, inviting you to drive in,” Mr Mathers said.

Designed by Langwarrin architects Thomas Anderson Design and constructed by Tambry Developments, the new pitched-roof, single-level shopping centre has 12 stores.

Mr Mathers said the design “captures the unique character of Bittern’s prestigious rural community lifestyle – staying well clear of the bulky com-

mercial imposition of the more common shopping centre culture emerging far too often throughout Victoria”.

He said replacing the “old cluttered general store with a new personalised shopping centre was the vision of local businessman and property owner Hugh Paton”.

Mr Paton, who lives at Somers, said

it had been “obvious to me that Bittern needed a heart and soul”.

Mornington Peninsula Shire had agreed, “announcing their total support for the development in the belief that it would become the commercial and community hub of Bittern”.

“I also hope Bittern residents will be rightly proud of their new village

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Love in a post-punk world A STORY of love, loss and letting go set against a backdrop of 1980s post-punk music comes to Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre for a short season next month.

After a three-week run at Melbourne’s famous La Mama Theatre, Almost With You plays from 9-12 August.

The work is a new one by Elizabeth Coleman, whose first full-length play, It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To), debuted at La Mama as part of the 1993 Melbourne Comedy Festival and toured nationally in 1995.

This was followed by the successful Secret Bridesmaids’ Business, which premiered at Playbox in 1999 and toured Australia and New Zealand.

Almost With You is produced by Kaarin Fairfax and Sally Baillieu of Mt Eliza-based The Little Theatre Company, which puts on The Lineup, a musical mentoring program for young musicians at Cube 37.

Ms Fairfax directed the critically acclaimed Good People for Red Stitch Actors Theatre in January and directs Almost With You, performed by Fiona Macleod, Luke O’Sullivan, Raj Sidhu and Helen Hopkins, It is designed by Virginia Dowzer.

“It’s not often I read a play and feel so moved by the characters and their journey,” Ms Fairfax said.

“It is exciting to present a new and contemporary Australian work that explores loss and love, fear and courage.

Almost With You is a highly creative and sensitive piece of writing that will become an Australian theatre classic.”

The play includes the music of bands such as The Church, The Jam, and Simple Minds.

Love choices: Fiona Macleod and Luke O’Sullivan in Almost With You to be performed at Cube 37 next month.

Ms Fairfax established The Little Theatre Company in 2008 in honour of her late father, George Fairfax. She was joined by Sally Baillieu and they produce high-quality contemporary theatre works on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Pianist, cellist top radio concert bill CLASSICAL musicians Stefan Cassomenos, Amir Farid and Zoe Knighton headline a weekend of performances in Radio Port Phillip’s 40-seat recording studio on 18 and 19 August.

Mr Cassomenos, an internationally known pianist, tops the bill with a solo piano recital as part of the RPP FM Winter Concert series.

Farid is an Iranian-Australian solo pianist and chamber musician and Knighton is a cellist.

The weekend will feature some of the best young musicians from the peninsula including many from the Peninsula School in Mt Eliza.

The event has been organised by the community radio station’s classical music director Antony Ransome, now back in Australia after a career as a baritone soloist in Europe.

“Stefan is world renowned and to have him at the station will be wondrous,” Mr Ransome said.

“Our BlueScope Performance Studio will get a classic workout with students performing with renowned musicians, before a microphone and an audience with the recorded results to be played over the airways.”

Mr Ransome said the studio was big enough to seat an audience of 40 and “opens up all sorts of possibilities for the radio station to hold other musical events”.

Station manager Brendon Telfer said RPP had moved to Mornington late last year and had “some of the finest community radio facilities in the state”.

Stellar performer: International pianist Stefan Cassomenos.

“We’ve embarked on an ambitious program to reconnect with the community.”

The musical weekend was fundraiser for the station with all artists donating their time, he said.

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real estate directory Tallon Alf Tallon

Sid Ferguson

Mobile:0417 711 958

Mobile:0418 321 963

Satchwells 1/97 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 1888

Tallon First National 35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000

EMAIL: realestate@satchwells.com.au

EMAIL: info@tallon.com.au

Sean Crimmins

Michael Curry

Mobile: 0411 734 814

Mobile:0409 410 456

Baywest Real Estate 87 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 4412

MC Real Estate 4/83 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8833

EMAIL: scrimmins@baywestrealestate.com.au

Wilma Green

Phil Stone

Chris Jonker

Mobile: 0407 833 996

Mobile: 0412 226 758

Mobile:0404 299 854

Century 21 Homeport 2100 Frankston– Flinders Road, HASTINGS 5979 3555

L. Cooper Real Estate 1067 Frankston-Flinders Road,SOMERVILLE 5977 7766

Ben Tallon Real Estate 1/34 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8003

EMAIL: sales@lcooper.com.au

EMAIL: wilmagreen@century21.com.au

EMAIL: sales@mcrealestate.com.au

Jordan Hendrix Mobile: 0415 346 866

Zentori Real Estate 1549 F/Flinders Road TYABB, 5977 3747 EMAIL: jhendrix@zentori.com.au

EMAIL: realestate@btre.com.au

OPEN FOR INSPECTION SATURDAY 28th July SOMERVILLE 2/3 Seaton Court 10.15-10.45am L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 7/5 Alfred Street 11.00-11.30am L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 4/57 Station Street 11.00-11.30am Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Owen Court 12.00-12.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 38 Pembroke Drive 12.00-12.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 1/6 Clarinda Street 12.00-12.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Owen Court 12.00-12.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 38 Pembroke Drive 12.00-12.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 34 George Street 1.00-1.30pm Craig Mann First National 5978 0955 _________________________________________________________________________________ 29 Somerville Crescent 1.00-1.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 195 Jones Road 1.00-1.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Peppermint Place 1.00-1.30pm Baywest Somerville 5977 9660 _________________________________________________________________________________ 62 Clarendon Drive 2.00-2.30pm L.Cooper Real Estate 5977 7766 _________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Pembroke Drive 2.00-2.30pm Craig Mann First National 5978 0955 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

117 Clarendon Drive 2.00-2.30pm Craig Mann First National 5978 0955 _________________________________________________________________________________ 36 Wiltshire Drive 2.00-2.30pm Craig Mann First National 5978 0955 _________________________________________________________________________________ 65 Whitneys Road 2.00-2.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177

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9 Phillip Court 11.00-11.30am Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Madang Court 11.00-11.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Bataan Court 11.00-11.30am Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Rosemary Drive 12.00-12.30pm Satchwells Real Estate 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 2/46 James Street 12.00-12.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Thomas Place 12.00-12.30pm Stockdale & Leggo 5979 2288 _________________________________________________________________________________

2/10 Plymouth Street 12.30-1.00pm Satchwells Real Estate 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Spruce Drive 1.00-1.30pm Century 21 Homeport 5979 3555 _________________________________________________________________________________ 22 William Street 1.00-1.30pm Craig Mann First National 5978 0955 _________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Spruce Drive 1.30-2.00pm Satchwells Real Estate 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Sunset Rise 2.00-2.30pm Stockdale & Leggo 5979 2288 _________________________________________________________________________________ 231 Hendersons Road 2.30-3.00pm Satchwells Real Estate 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Samuel Court 3.00-3.30pm Stockdale & Leggo 5979 2288

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38 Park Road 10.00-10.30am Baywest Somerville 5977 9660 128 Disney Street 11.00-11.30am Baywest Somerville 5977 9660 _________________________________________________________________________________ 67 Disney Street 1.00-1.30pm Satchwells Real Estate 5979 1888 _________________________________________________________________________________ 103 Milne Street 3.00-3.30pm Ray White Hastings 5979 4177 _________________________________________________________________________________

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Room to move, down on the farm EMBRACE the tranquility of the rural life on this secluded setting surrounded by pristine hinterland and vineyards. Set on 4.04 hectares (10 acres), “The Farm” presents a superb opportunity to create an enviable country lifestyle on the Mornington Peninsula. The land has been configured into a set of verdant, well-fenced paddocks where you could keep horses and enjoy nearby riding trails. The homestead has been positioned so a pleasant rural outlook can be enjoyed from most rooms. It has four bedrooms and two large openplan living areas. An entry foyer leads to a light-filled family room that includes the formal dining room with bay window. A few steps down is a comfortable lounge with decorative fireplace and mantle. There is a notable sense of warmth in all the living areas, with high ceilings and exposed beams prominent in the second living area, which also has an open fireplace. The country-style kitchen has quality fixtures, breakfast bar and plenty of cupboards. The large master bedroom has a walk-in robe and ensuite bathroom and two more bedrooms have built-in robes as does a separate study. There is a double garage under the roofline. Set among rolling lawns peppered with established trees, “The Farm” is an exceptional rural property offering a peaceful and private lifestyle.

Address: 337 Myers Road, MERRICKS NORTH Price: Offers over $1.2 million Agency: Century 21 Elite Real Estate, 172 Main Street, Mornington, 5975 4999 Agent: Stewart Lardner, 0419 539 072

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1/97 High Street 14 Balnarring Village

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NESTLED in a quiet location, this well-presented home is set among native gardens.

The interior is very bright and open-plan in design, with gas ducted heating throughout, and there is a certain warmth to the inviting decor with most rooms having an outlook to the garden. The home opens straight into the dining area, which flows through to an oversized, covered entertaining area. The kitchen comes with gas cooking and a dishwasher, and there is a separate lounge room. Three bedrooms all have built-in robes and the main bedroom has access to a dual-entry bathroom. The spacious block has extra off-street parking for additional vehicles as well as a single lock-up garage.

THIS is a quaint property with a distinct rural feel and potential only limited by your imagination. Sited on a 1226-square metre block, there is room to go in any direction (STCA) and add further value. The four-bedroom, brick-veneer home is well presented with timber dados in the lounge room, which has ducted heating and air-conditioning.

There is a separate meals area with an adjoining galley-style kitchen with an upright gas cooker and dishwasher. Some of the wet areas have been updated with a newly renovated laundry and a massive ensuite with spa bath off the main bedroom is a real standout. Outbuildings include a large Colorbond garage/shed, which has a concrete floor and tandem carport.

Address: 25 Banksia Crescent, TYABB Price: $365,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $385,000 Agency: MC Real Estate, 4/82 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8833 Agent: Michael Curry, 0409 410 456

Address: 72 Disney Street, CRIB POINT Price: $395,000 Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

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HASTINGS Investors - Your Opportunity Is Now

$310,000

Located in a highly sought after area, this 3BR home is set on a good-size allotment and comprises of new carpet, blinds and paint work. Kitchen with meals area, gas cooking & dishwasher, spacious loungeroom with cathedral ceilings and central family bathroom. Additional features include sweeping verandahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, garden shed, concrete driveway and only 500m to High St shops.

HASTINGS $255,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $265,000 New Villa - Close to Shops & Foreshore

HASTINGS Neg. over $285,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Victoria Heightsâ&#x20AC;? - Nearing Completion

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HASTINGS Land, land, land

$210,000 - $220,000

A prime 511m2 allotment ready for your building plans. Located in stage 2 of the highly sought after Cottonwood Estate, the allotment has all services available and is overlooking a reserve with serene bush backdrop. This is a great opportunity to make your plans come true.

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$269,000

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CENTURY 21 AGENTS. SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER HOME PORT

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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY

AUCTION - CALLING ALL BARGAIN BUYERS!

TYABB 24 William Street

HASTINGS 8 Bataan Court

This 3 - 4 bedroom family home or excellent investment property is waiting for you now!!

Offering two large living areas, with kitchen providing ample storage options. The home also comes complete with gas heating and split-system air-con. Each bedroom is spacious with the master bedroom including W.I.R. and ensuite. The property also features a large outdoor pergola which is currently utilised as a fourth bedroom. The property boasts a double car port and three large sheds on a large allotment. Contact Exclusive Agent.

VIEW: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm AUCTION: FOR SALE NOW OR AUCTION on Saturday, July 28th at 2.30pm.

Terms: 10% Deposit, Balance 60 days.

AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings 5979 3555

3 2 6

Our instructions are clear, this property must be sold. Featuring 3 bedrooms with B.I.R’s, updated galley style kitchen and full bathroom, plus two separate living areas.

Other notable features include hardwood flooring, aluminium windows, and generous block of approx. 641square-metres, pergola and lock-up garage. A ripper of a property ideal for first home buyers and investors.

Must be sold on the day! Contact Exclusive Agent.

VIEW: Saturday 11.00-11.30am AUCTION: AUCTION on Saturday, August 18 at 11.30am.

Terms: 10% Deposit, Balance 30 days.

AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings 5979 3555

3 1 2

HASTINGS 9 Phillip Court

TYABB 96 Denham Road

This home will tick every box on 4 your checklist! 630sqm block 2 close to public transport & located in a very secure area. Featuring 4.5 2 bedrooms, ensuite, new floating floors, new bathroom inc. spa bath, new kitchen, double carport and garage, outdoor pergola and renovated throughout. The property also has an abundance of fruit trees. Contact Exclusive Agent.

Large home with versatile floor 4 plan on 4.3 acres of prime land!

3 The home features 4 bedrooms, 4 3 bathrooms and 3 separate living areas. Also boasts a double carport, large machinery shed, 2 x separate workshops and 3 wellfenced paddocks. Also including combustion wood fire heater, spa bath, huge rumpus room and loads of storage! Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE: $359,950 VIEW: Saturday 11.00 - 11.30am AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

PRICE: Price on Application VIEW: Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

BITTERN 59 Myers Road

HASTINGS 5 Spruce Drive

Development site or an affordable 3 home on a 700sqm (approx.)

1 allotment! The home boasts a recent renovated kitchen, spacious 2 lounge area, 3 generous size bedrooms, all with B.I.R’s. Outside has a decked outdoor area, side verandah under roofline & a large double garage with power and concrete. Contact Exclusive Agent.

Set on a 651sqm (approx.) corner 4 block + side access, comprising 2 four bedrooms with BIR’s, master 3 with WIR and full ensuite. 2 separate indoor living areas & outdoors guarantees plenty of space with a decked outdoor entertaining area, plus Bali style gazebo surrounded by tropical gardens. This property also boasts a double garage with rear access.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICE: $329,000 VIEW: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

PRICE: $419,950 Negotiable VIEW: Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pm AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686 OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

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Families or renovators wishing to extend hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the room to move! Well presented BV home on a large block of land overlooking farm land at the rear. A good size lounge has dado wall paneling with separate meals area overlooking a modern kitchen with upright gas cooker & d/w. Renovated laundry, bathroom & large ensuite with spa from the main bedroom. Good family home which has ducted heating and air-con. Outside is a colourbond garage shed.

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale:

Exquisite Two Bedroom Unit

Spotlight On McCallum

$345,000

$365,000

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$385,000

$395,000

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Build Your Dream Land for sale in the leafy suburb of Old Tyabb. Rear block of 512m2 with all services available. (we have a range of plans starting from $140,000)

For Sale:

Not often found, 2 BV homes on the one 1/4 acre block.

What an ideal rental investment or in-laws accommodation.

First home comprises of 4BRs, lounge & dining/meals area, 2 gas column heaters + modern kitchen with d/w. Outside is a double garage & concrete drive. The property is fully fenced with double gates. Second home comprises of 2 BRS with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, open plan lounge/dining, modern kitchen, exposed beams, bathroom & laundry.

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$220,000

$465,000

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CRIB POINT

$564,000

$412,000

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Sandstone Lodge

A Quiet Retreat

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Stately Presence

Ideal for the larger family this home has 2 living areas, main living with Coonara woodheater, a modern kitchen with s/steel appliances, main bathroom, laundry and 2 bedrooms all on the lower level. A timber staircase leads to the 2nd living and main bedroom with FES & BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s + 4th bedroom or study. Outside is a large garage with power, water tanks, pergola and verandahs

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

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

Be pleasantly surprised by this tastefully renovated home. Features include three bedrooms all with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, modern kitchen with dishwasher, bathroom, separate toilet, gas wall furnace, spilt system heating and cooling, SROLVKHG Ă RRU ERDUGV DQG VLQJOH FDUSRUW ZLWK SURYLVLRQ for more off street parking and all positioned on a low maintenance 561 sqm approx. parcel of land.

Immaculately presented home, set on 2 acres. Enter into a large foyer with study & powder room to one side & formal lounge with feature columns to the other. Glistening tiles carry through to the informal living & meals area. Stunning granite kitchen has walk-in pantry, twin draw dishwasher, gas s/steel cook top & wall oven. Upstairs is a theatre room, hotel quality main bedroom with spa ensuite & WIR, two more bedrooms with BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the main bathroom.

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale: $295,000 - $340,000

For Sale:

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$475,000

$279,000

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HASTINGS

$795,000

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Live the Country Life

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Pick your own builder and design your dream home on a block of 609m2. Situated on a corner block in a quiet location framed by trees with views overlooking the Hastings Football Oval. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ideal position for family safety.

This is your chance to live in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toorakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end of Hastings, the Old Tyabb area. (We have a range of plans starting from $140,000)

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

If you are looking for the peaceful life this home is it! Set in tranquil surrounds this architect designed home is set on a 1/3 acre. Walk through the large monastery doors ZKHUH WKH OLJKW Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ORXQJH DZDLWV ZKLFK OHDGV WKURXJK to the kitchen and dining area. The home features 4BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main with WIR & FES, separate study, high pitched ceilings, SROLVKHG Ă RRUERDUGV WKURXJKRXW

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For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale: $725,000

$269,500

DOMINIC TALLON Phone: 0408 528 857 Page 8

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$850,000

35 High Street, Hastings

$385,000

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35 High Street, Hastings

5979 3000 tallon.com.au

A RICH, timber interior creates a warm and inviting first impression of this handsome family home bursting with character. The home is on an elevated block, measuring 840 square metres and includes a double garage with drive-through access to a steel workshop toward the rear of the block. As you come up the drive there is a nice verandah at the front and the interior is timber-lined with dados and polished floors. Available with vacant possession, the property is ready to add your own furniture styles. A main family area provides plenty of space for casual meals and entertaining with a slightly raised kitchen a rarely seen addition. For formal occasions there is a sunken lounge with an open fireplace and in the family room is a woodheater. For convenience there is gas ducted heating and evaporative cooling. The home has four bedrooms, with the main bedroom featuring an ensuite. There is an extensive, undercover timber deck at the rear with a paved courtyard.

Address: 5 Peppermint Place, SOMERVILLE Price: $495,000 Agency: Baywest Somerville, PO Box 348 Somerville, 5977 9660 Agent: Gary Barnes, 0412 347 233

REAL ESTATE SOMERVILLE $299,000 Somerville

$315,000

$325,000 Somerville

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62 Clarendon Drive

Superb Single-Level Serenity

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Starting Here, Starting Now

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Ć&#x201D; Beautifully presented 2 bedroom unit Ć&#x201D; Comprising large lounge room with gas wall furnace Ć&#x201D; R/cycle air-conditioning Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen with s/steel appliances inc. dishwasher Ć&#x201D; Outdoor entertaining area Ć&#x201D; Single lock-up garage with remote.

Ć&#x201D; Well-presented 3BR residence only minutes to town. Ć&#x201D; Includes formal lounge with gas heater & ducted heating Ć&#x201D; Good sized kitchen with dishwasher plus family area Ć&#x201D; Two way bathroom, outdoor paved pergola area Ć&#x201D; Gardens, double garage. Ć&#x201D; Ideal property for the first home buyers & investors.

Ć&#x201D; TerriďŹ c three-bedroom family home on good sized block Ć&#x201D; Large formal lounge area, Ć&#x201D; Lovely timber kitchen and family area Ć&#x201D; Main bedroom with ensuite Ć&#x201D; Gas heating Ć&#x201D; Paved outdoor pergola area, double garage.

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38 Pembroke Drive

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Ć&#x201D; Three-bedroom residence in an outstanding location Ć&#x201D; Includes polished floor boards throughout Ć&#x201D; Lounge & dining area with ducted heating Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen with adjoining family area Ć&#x201D; French doors opening onto decked entertaining area Ć&#x201D; 7m x 3m (approx) shed.

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Ć&#x201D; Huge 4BR home on 1.25 acres w/ wrap around verandah. Ć&#x201D; Timber kitchen/family area with polished floor boards Ć&#x201D; Ducted heating, lounge/dining area with open fire place Ć&#x201D; +uge rumpus room Ć&#x201D; Entertaining area, flood lit mod grass tennis court Ć&#x201D; Huge 12m x 8m shed.

1067 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville 5977 7766

PHIL STONE 0412 226 758 HUGH GAMBLE 0401 319 811

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IDEALLY located next to Vic Roads, in the heart of the greater Frankston commercial area, this solid investment consists of a main road showroom and office with a total floor area of about 1012 square metres. The property is in excellent condition throughout with all services available and a large car parking area. For the investor, the propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current return is $78,900 per annum (nett) on a new 3 x 3 year lease.

THIS manufacturing business specialises in equipment for the marine industry, including the fabrication of stainless-steel handrails, davits and brackets for power boats and yachts, aluminium fabrication and marine rigging including standing masts and tuning rigs. The business has been going for nine years and operates from a 150-square metre workshop, which has a rental of $760 plus GST and outgoings per calendar month. There are six years left on the lease. The business trades five days a week with flexible business hours to suit demand. Extensive training is available and ongoing subcontracting work is possible if new parties are interested.

1/69 Hartnett Drive, SEAFORD Price: $1.1 million excluding GST Agency: Nichols Crowder Property Solutions, 1/1 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs, 9775 1535 Agent: Richard Wraith, 0419 564 528

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PeninsulaPets Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget your petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dental health HUMANS know how much it hurts to have a rotten or broken tooth.

We often canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat and even drinking water sends a stabbing pain through the head. This is something that our pets often live with every day.

How long is it since you looked at your dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth?

What about your horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s? A painful mouth may only show as bad breath, difficulty chewing hard food, avoiding eating hard feed, dropping food when eating or reluctance to eat a full meal.

Our pets are very good at hiding the obvious signs of teeth problems and unless we have a really careful look, we can often miss the subtle signs.

August is Pet Dental Health Month and Westernport Vet Clinics is offering free dental health checks for dogs and cats at its three clinics.

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Looking after your petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth is not just important to maintain a brilliant white smile. Dirty

teeth and infected gums can lead to serious internal disease.

Bacteria can get into the blood stream and flow to important organs like the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. The bacteria can then cause extensive damage and, in some cases, failure of the organ over time. This is something that can happen right under our noses as there are often very few signs this is occurring.

Prevention of dental disease is the best way to make sure your pet isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one of the many that suffer from these problems.

Your pet should have regular dental checks to make sure there are no reasons for concern. Even your horse should

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HISTORY

The war years in Africa and Borneo FRED Renouf celebrated his 100th birthday at the Baxter Retirement Village on 6 March. The following month he broke his arm in a fall and died on 28 April. When Fred was 96 his family urged him to set down his reminiscences. Here is the continuation of his story.

Part Five The war years MY brother Neal had been rejected by the air force because of his eyesight, which left Alec and I free to join the army; we did so as soon as the apple harvest was over. This was the period of the so-called phoney war and we spent many weeks in camp at Royal Park. We often had to help in the kitchens and I remember the coppers that were full of boiling rabbits; it put me off boiled rabbit for life!

While I was at Royal Park Evelyn and I decided we would become engaged on her 21st birthday in November 1940. I granted myself some leave without notice, met Evelyn at Gaunt’s Jewellery store and we chose a small square-cut diamond ring.

While at Royal Park I developed what was known as “Pucka throat”.

I had to go on sick parade and was put on a hessian mattress filled with straw (a palliasse) on the floor of the hut. The dust was terrible. Somehow I got leave, was able to go home and see my local doctor, and recovered after a few days. A few days later Alec became infected and was at home while he recovered. It was at this time that we were separated: I was moved out to Old Seymour and Alec, when he returned, went to Bendigo in the same unit as Gordon Borley (my sister Nell’s brother-in-law who was later killed at El Alamein).

While at Seymour, Evelyn wanted to come by train to see me. Her mother did not like the idea of her going by herself and her sister Ivy was persuaded to accompany her. Ivy then met my mate Walter; I never thought anything would come of it because they were not alike, but how wrong I was. After some months at Old Seymour the group that I was in was sent to Balcombe camp at Mt Martha. It was not a great distance from Tyabb (about nine miles) and Walter and I walked home through the paddocks one Sunday.

I was fortunate that I could nominate my brother Alec and he joined us at Balcombe. Often we were able to duck home of an evening in my car and we would return with bags of ripe Jonathon apples, which were very popular.

After many months of training, Alec

Fred the soldier: In uniform in 1940.

Prior to embarkation: At Royal Park, top, and with brother Alec at Balcombe, right.

and I were attached to the 9th Division Cavalry as reinforcements. Open Bren gun carriers were not suitable against the Japanese so we were sent to Palestine.

We embarked on Good Friday on the Isle de France, a huge ship that had been held up in Singapore at the start of the war. There were four or five other ships in the convoy, among them the luxury liner Queen Mary. She had big guns fitted and was top heavy; later she had 3000 tons of concrete placed in her bowels to counteract their weight.

We called in at Colombo in what was then known as Ceylon and, because of the danger of submarine attack, we stayed five or six days. The British were in charge and everything in the harbour worked like clockwork. We were well looked after by a wonderful group of women, mainly the wives of British officials, who provided free meals and organised tours. This enabled me to make a trip to Kandy. After leaving Colombo it was the job of

the 9th Division Cavalry to enforce no smoking on the ship at night. A lighted match could be seen from a mile away and cigarettes from less distance. “Put out that cigarette or I will shoot it out” was the order as the danger was everpresent.

When we arrived at Suez we were entertained by dozens of Arabs who tried to sell us hard-boiled eggs and all sorts of things. They could bring a snake out of their shirt, and asked for money for getting a monkey to perform tricks.

We went into camp in the Gaza area and very shortly, in May 1941, we had some leave available and were able to visit Jerusalem. Transport was provided and NAFFI, an organisation belonging to the British troops, provided lodging and meals at a cheap rate. What a thrill it was to walk where Jesus walked.

Our pay was five shillings a day and this later increased to six shillings.

When we qualified for specialist pay we got an extra two shillings a day.

On another visit to Jerusalem in July 1941 we were able to do some shopping. It was there that I first bought something – a quilt for a double bed – on time payment. The tapestries and fine silverwork, olivewood and metalwork made window shopping a pleasant pastime. In those early days in Palestine, Alec and I went to signal classes, which often enabled us to escape long route marches. The sight of Arabs with a donkey and perhaps a horse yoked together pulling a wooden plough took you back 1000 years.

Letters from home were non-existent when we arrived at Gaza.

One day Alec and I were called to headquarters and told that our mother had died and we were both allowed the day off. She had died while we were on the ship to Palestine. Later, when

the bombs were falling I always felt that her prayers would be answered and that Alec and I would return home safely.

With the push to get the Vichy French out of Lebanon and Syria, our unit was attached to the 7th Australian Division and the sergeant of the troop that I was attached to received the Military Medal. We went through Lebanon to Beaalbek where I spent a few days in a field hospital with sandfly fever. We had leave in Beirut and Damascus and later we were posted at Aleppo on the Turkish border. Turkey was neutral during the war but our unit had the job of patrol. It was there that I had my first experience of snow, and in my excitement I threw some at a Bren gun carrier for which I was taken before the powers-that-be

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and reprimanded. My punishment was extra picket duty. Prior to this we had been in the desert beyond Homs. The temperature was 120 degrees (46C) in the shade and certainly no less in the iron tanks. When waiting for orders I would climb out of the tank and climb under it for the only shade available. I suffered from dehydration and it was the only time in my life that I drank beer. We had to put salt tablets in our water bottles and, of course, the water in them got quite warm. The bottles of beer, however, were put in 44 gallon drums of petrol to cool as petrol does not heat like water.

From Aleppo the regiment made a quick dash down to Palestine. Some of us thought that we might be on our way home but we finished up at El Alamein. We seemed to be going against the tide of trucks and other vehicles retreating. I was wondering how I would stand up to the heat of the desert, but to my surprise the weather was good.

We camped by the Mediterranean and were able to go swimming. I had leave to go to Alexandria and I was there when the regiment was called to join the push in October 1942.

When I was in Alexandria I had an outbreak of boils on my knees: as many as 20. I did not report to the medical centre as I did not wish to miss out on the action, but I had some difficulty climbing into the tank. We were now supplied with the Winchester tank, which was far superior to the Mark Six. Alec, who was not in my troop, was still in a Bren gun carrier.

It was at El Alamein that we first came into contact with the Stuka bombers and the Messerschmitt fighters. If you heard the bombs you reckoned you were safe; it was the one that you did not hear that was the trouble.

After the breakthrough at El Alamein I thought that I would never want to see fireworks again; there was such a terrible scene when all hell broke loose with flares and tracer bullets illuminating the sky.

On one occasion during a bombing raid, Alec’s troop dived out of their vehicles and, on his return, Alec found that a large piece of shrapnel had penetrated his seat. We had no air cover until what we called the Boston football team arrived: 18 planes and they were very welcome!

We slept on the ground and it was alive with fleas. There were two things that I dreaded when having to face the enemy – fleas and boots that did not fit.

However we were able to get flea

powder, which we dusted onto a blanket and wrapped it securely around the body. It was the usual thing to go over the blanket in the morning and collect 20 or so fleas.

After the victory, as we proceeded, we were passed by thousands of defeated Italians going the other way and looking anything but happy. The 9th Division halted at Duna while the 8th Army continued on their way. I saw “the graveyard of 1000 tanks”, which told some gruesome stories.

We always felt safe with our metal shield around us, and pitied the infantry. They, in turn, never envied those in tanks.

After the 9th Division was recalled to Australia we travelled on the Queen Elizabeth and arrived back in Sydney in March 1943. And so came to an end that chapter of my experiences.

We arrived back in Melbourne with three weeks’ leave and, although I had thought that we would not be able to get married until after the war, I found that Evelyn had made all the necessary arrangements and we were married on 13 March 1943.

Evelyn had made the frocks for her mother, the two bridesmaids and herself. We were married in the East Ivanhoe Methodist Church with the reception in Ivanhoe Methodist Hall.

My side of the family was represented by my brothers, Alec and Neal, sister Nell and her husband Vern, and my father. (The only sadness of the leave was when Alec and I returned to “Island View” with thoughts of our mother, with father on his own and only in his 60s. Some time later he was fortunate to marry Elizabeth, a very lovely person who was by his side some 25 years later when he died.)

When we went to book for our honeymoon we had to take whatever was available because of the influx of 9th Division personnel and war conditions. We were able to stay one night at Menzies Hotel, and then next morning caught the train to Lilydale and then a bus to Buxton Farm. It was right out in the bush and very primitive so we returned to East Ivanhoe after a few days.

After leave it was back to the army and a long train trip to Cairns and then on to Atherton Tablelands. The lack of vehicles meant that we had to carry all our equipment on our backs, which took some time to get used to as we moved to various sites around Ravenshoe.

I was then sent to signal school and arrangements were made for Evelyn

to travel up to Maroochydore where we rented a flat and had a real honeymoon. Evelyn would come along the beach to meet me each day after I had finished training, and I would sneak back in the morning in time for rollcall.

The 9th Division were camped around Ravenshoe for more than 12 months and we had leave at different times. I had three lots of leave and it took four days to get home on trains that we said had square wheels. We tried to sleep on the seats, the floor or wherever. When the train stopped, as it often did to let another train pass, we would go to the engine to get a billy of hot water to make a cup of tea.

Alec and I had our last leave from the Tablelands at the same time. So we were at Ravenshoe when Alec got a telegram to say that he was the proud father of a son, David. I thought there

must have been a mistake as Evelyn was due a week earlier than Alec’s wife; Alec assured me that there was no mistake. In fact our daughter, Marilyn, was born a day after David but, because of the circumstances, we did not see our wives or children until the babies were more than seven months old. I did apply for leave but, as our unit was about to embark, it was not granted.

The proximity of the two births and the fact that David arrived a day before Marilyn was the cause for plenty of comment in the camp; the boys claimed that on our last leave Alec must have caught a taxi home while I caught the bus!

Coincidentally, Alec’s wife was also named Evelyn and this prompted one of my wife’s uncles to comment that Evelyn was a particularly clever young woman for in the paper he

learned that she had given birth to a son in Bethesda Hospital one day and a daughter at St George’s the next.

The Japanese were on the run by this time and we were sent to Brunei on the north shores of Borneo to root out pockets of resistance. For the first time I was witnessing man-to-man combat. We had been joined by a group of commandos who earlier had been pushed out of Timor; it came as something of a shock to see man’s inhumanity to man.

By this time Australian forces were being disbanded, with preference being given to longest serving and men with families. Alec and I were taken to Moratai to await shipment home, but then the war ended and all transport was devoted to getting prisoners back to Australia. So we spent three weeks in the sun, swimming and paddling native canoes.

Home safely: A telegram from Fred to Evelyn in 1943.

Happy couple: Fred and Evelyn.

Training for redeployment: Fred at signal school.

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By Stuart McCullough I’VE never really been one for alternative medicine. For me, the alternative to medicine was always to do nothing. But recent reports that some are calling for alternative medicine subjects to be banished from vocational degrees have caused something of a stir.

In particular, the naysayers seem to have homeopathy firmly in their sights. This, of course, is the most outrageous turn of events since leeches were outlawed. It is deeply unfair and must be resisted at all costs. Indeed, I ask, what’s next?

Bans on Extrasensory perception (ESP)? Next they’ll be telling us that spoon-bending does nothing to cure the common cold.

Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture, the frame it’s in and even the wall its hanging on. For even if science suggests otherwise; that spoon-bending teaches miscreant cutlery a thing or two about who’s the boss is beyond dispute. But while I’m concerned for many of the alternative medicines, I am especially worried for homeopathy.

For those unfamiliar with it, homeopathy involves the therapeutic use of rap music. It’s long been considered that bringing the rhyme is good for a whole host of ailments.

Inventive wordplay does more than just improve your vocabulary – it is good for the soul. But if homeopathy is outlawed, tens if not dozens of homeboys will no longer have anything to do.

the flouting of underpants as proof of a courageous, devil-may-care attitude, I respect it for its sheer, unadulterated stupidity. For better or for worse, I have spent much of my life ensuring that my undergarments remain hidden from public view.

There was a brief exception to this in high school when I briefly took to leaping the railing outside the year 10 home room while wearing shorts, oblivious to the fact that I was causing my classmates to cop an eyeful. But I learnt from that mistake and have avoided wearing shorts and leaping over balustrades – either separately or in combination – ever since.

But it’s not just the beats and the rhyming and the low-riding pants – there’s also the hats. I am in awe of the way they perch unevenly like drunken budgerigars atop the heads of homeboys as the loll down the street.

Their commitment to the hat is to

Secretly, I wish I was a homeboy – I love almost everything about the culture. Beyond the rhythm and rhyme, there’s also the baggy pants that are always at risk of careening onwards towards the ankle. It takes courage to wear your trousers at half-mast with your Reg Grundy’s on display. While some may regard

Joke!!!

be admired. It is something of an irony that at a time when the sun is more dangerous than ever, hats have fallen out of fashion. Unless, of course, you’re a homeboy. Because any homeboy worth his salt, pepper and paprika would never leave the house without a cap sitting crookedly on his homeboy melon.

That someone should stand up for the humble hat gives hope that they may one day return from fashion’s distant fringe. Homeboys should be proud of their stance on hats and are entitled to walk tall.

When I think about it, the way homeboys walk down the street is, of itself, a thing of splendour. You can tell a lot by the way a person walks.

In the case of the Bee Gees, the way they plonked one foot in front of the other said they were each “a woman’s man”. If you consider the clothes they were wearing and the altitude of their voices, such a description could conceivably have an alternate meaning.

In the case of chronic bike riders, they tend to have a stride that suggests they have just left a horse tethered at the doorstep, while dancers tend to walk on their toes.

Homeboys, however, have a gait that is one part 1970s pimp (complete with fur-trimmed hat and a pet jaguar named Cocheese) with the balance devoted to keeping their pants aloft.

You’ve really got to hand it to them.

Homeboys have it all over us mere mortals when it comes to hand gestures. Some cultures are accused of talking with their hands.

Personally, my own repertoire is limited to two gestures only, and they both mean pretty much the same thing.

It’s different with hip-hop. Homeboys have a veritable arsenal of hand sculptures at their disposal; their digits bent like the teeth of an abused hairbrush, the slightest variation altering the meaning in a manner invisible to all but those familiar with hip-hop.

All this is now at risk. For decades now, rap music has been on the receiving end of, well, a bum rap. If they scrub out homeopathy, there’s simply no telling where they’ll stop.

Will punks loose acupuncture too?

The mind boggles. And while it’s common for such disagreements to be described as a “battle of words”, when it comes to homeboys that’s exactly the kind of throwdown they prefer. Perhaps there’s hope after all.

As for me, I will do more than just declare my support – I will show it. Accordingly, I have selected my baggiest pair of pants and they are currently hovering somewhere between my hips and my knees.

There is a cap, too, balancing on top of my skull. Even now I can barely type as I throw a series of mystifying and random hand gestures into the air.

It feels good.

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Performance By Gary Turner his first album with the band, which produced a top 10 US hit Fool to Cry. Although The Rolling Stones remained popular during the first half of the 1970s, music critics had grown increasingly dismissive of the band’s output, and record sales failed to meet expectations. This changed in 1978 after the band released Some Girls, which included the hit singles Some Girls, Miss You and Beast of Burden.

I was a lucky recipient of the limited edition reissue of Some Girls (Universal) a few years ago. It had 12 previously unreleased tracks and a 24-page booklet. The bonus tracks included Claudine, No Spare Parts, Petrol Blues, Tallahassee Lassie, and You Win Again.

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IT’S only rock ’n’ roll, but the Rolling Stones made it. At a London party this month, the band celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first performance.

The band played for the first time at the Marquee Club billed as The Rollin’ Stones on 12 July 1962.

Dubbed the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world, the Stones established their reputation through live performances as well as an extensive catalogue of classic albums.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met at primary school and formed the first Rolling Stones line-up with bass guitarist Dick Taylor and drummer

Tony Chapman in 1962. Taylor left months later and was replaced by Bill Wyman and the following year Charlie Watts replaced Tony Chapman.

Ron Wood joined in 1975.

The band’s first single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s Come On, was released in 1963 and was a big hit.

Soon the band became one of the world’s biggest rock acts, rivalled only by The Beatles.

The Stones’ first album, mostly covers, topped the United Kingdom charts in 1964 and by mid-year the band was touring the United States for the first time.

The second album was recorded in

the US and gave the band a No 1 hit, I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (1965).

The Stones started to get recognition for their original material and the album Beggars Banquet gave them the hit single Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

Brian Jones was involved in Beggars Banquet, but quit the band in 1969 and was found dead in his swimming pool at Cotchford Manor from the combined effects of alcohol and barbiturates, which heightened a probable asthma attack when he went for a swim. It was said friend and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page found him and tried to revive him. Jones was 27.

Two days later his replacement Mick Taylor made his debut with the band at a free concert at Hyde Park in London.

The band’s last album of the Sixties was Let It Bleed, which featured Gimme Shelter, one of their greatest rock recordings; it featured the voice of Merry Clayton.

Many great albums followed including the live Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main Street (1972), which contained the hit single Tumbling Dice.

The 1976 album Black and Blue featured Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood,

lor for single females? I fancy that.

Fifty dollars an hour including coffee and carrot cake? Keep cash records for Centrelink? *** IS television culture? I read where Richmond has a vibrant culture. I watch the news, documentaries and Collingwood if they win. I tape my shows and see no point in watching a Magpie defeat. I watched Silk on recommendation. Too slow, but the message of a violent teenager from a poor background getting eight years and, in like cicumstances, a rich boy getting 100 days community service.

Not to worry, it’s only drama. It’s not, you know. This happens in our courts on a daily basis. Always has. A law for the rich and a law for the poor. So how does this line up with the impartiality of judges and magistrates? What impartiality? Never was, never will be. *** WHY do local newspapers give space to real estate promo nonsense? It’s obviously about selling advertising, but it’s surely misleading. Prices will rise, all looking forward to the new freeway, no traffic lights all the way to Rosebud; a world of pleasure with the beach at your door? Come on buddies! I live in Rye; gridlock in summer. Can’t get in or out, stock up at Woolworths; forget infrastructure, I’m not sure what it means anyway.

Imagine the queue at Point Nepean Rd and Truemans Rd lights December through March when the new freeway opens. The Age goes on about editorial independence at the same time as printing promos about the healthy property market. Move to Dromana? *** YES, I know, most of us are against the boat people. But really, about 15,000 in five years is no big deal.

Forget offshore processing, do it here; humane and so much cheaper, not to mention the loss of our reputation under the existing system. Some countries have arrivals in the 50,000 plus category over the same period. One of them is Greece; poor buggers. It hurts me to agree with sexy Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, but I do. Is that sexist? Oops, sorry, but as a male I’m not shielded from life’s indoctrinations. We went through all this with the Italians, Greeks and Vietnamese.

Embrace them, accept them, and while we are about it, accept the Aborigines.

No, yes? Just a thought. *** THOSE high and mighty Olympic officials are at it again in their neverending grasp for power. Wasn’t Dawn Fraser enough? Control freaks have and will be with us forever. No Stilnox, Rohypnol or Mogadon, calling it a vicious cycle of addiction, all surely useful if used properly. The addiction

lies clearly with those control freaks.

Russell and Lauren Mark sharing accommodation? Reverse discrimination against heterosexuals rubbish? No, a tick for the officials in this case. *** I LOVED the quote of our soon-to-beerstwhile mayor Cr Frank Martin: “Art and culture is more than just providing entertainment. Within a community it can foster creativity, inspiration and innovation”. Ha, ha. A panel to advise the shire on cultural policy and development priorities. Yeah, what?

Low-cost, community-based music festivals to create a more liveable community? Maybe like Richmond – a vibrant community? How exciting is all that, my friends? By the way, who is going to be on this mysterious panel? For all you culture vultures, try listening to RPP FM 98.7 Sundays at 11am, Wednesdays midday. You too, Frank. *** SO let me get this right: the two most important happenings were front page news on The Age dated 5 July. The discovery of a new particle known as Higgs Boson thanks to massive machinery costing billions of dollars and a training breach by a Richmond footballer. Sounds about right. Who coughed up the billions of dollars? *** RANDOM thoughts: Chris Judd,

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A Grain of Salt IT’S the time of year when I have little to say, but being unspoiled by failure I shall press on. Silence is golden, said poet Thomas Carlyle, but this does not help write my column. Something nice? George Kokkinos does a fantastic job selling his sausages and onions in bread. If I don’t come across him at Rye I spot him at Chelsea, always with a smile and, of course, giving heaps of money to his favourite charities. Top man is George. I feel better, for now. Press on. Winter. Yuk. *** HOW did I survive the 1950s? The absolute hell I went through. No financial counsellors back then. I had a bank book, the philosophy being earning a dollar and spending 99 cents equals happiness; spend $1.01, disaster. Marriage counsellors, settlements? You’re kidding. No psychologists, apparently experts in human behaviour, helping people to handle stress and family problems; very funny. Psychiatrists were a rare breed, sort of like priests.

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By Cliff Ellen

the rich man who stole a Brownlow Medal from Dane Swan? Chicken wing tackle, eye gouging and pressure points – charming. Swisse pills?

First Ricky Ponting shoved them at us, now Cadel Evans. Who takes them?

Air travel is hell; happiness arriving to a safe landing at Melbourne, the pleasure in retrospect. What is a social commentator? Use as much water as you want: those crooks just add it on to service charges. Telstra peak and offpeak? No difference; more crooks.

Housing prices down, insurance up; severe crooks. I read where stress and fatigue can have an impact on wellbeing; would never have guessed.

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In the other matches, Rosebud ended Red Hill’s season, while Rye recorded a fantastic victory despite missing two of its stars.

Hastings coach Glenn Michie was pleased with his side’s 71-point victory over the Eagles.

At quarter time, the Blues trailed by nine points, but led by 13 points at half-time.

In the third quarter, the Blues lifted and in the last quarter booted 10 goals to three to record a very comfortable victory.

Michie said games against sides with nothing to lose at this stage of the year were always dangerous.

“It’s been a tough year for Somerville, but they are still very dangerous on paper and we were aware of this,” Michie said.

“They had seven or eight kids in

their side, too, and they have no fear of the opposition.

“For under-18 players coming in, they have no idea who the good players are and they just play their hearts out.

“That’s exactly what Somerville’s kids did for three quarters. We were just able to break their backs a little in the last and the floodgates opened for us.”

Dylan Hand, Andrew Kiely, Luke Hewitt and Kyle Pinto all booted four goals each for the Blues.

“It was good to get an even spread once again,” Michie said.

“We’d all love Justin Van Unen (Rye’s full forward, who has 93 goals) in our side, but to be honest, I’d rather get a more even spread from our forwards.

“Hewitt was great. He is one of the first picked every week because he provides the team with such versatility. He could do anything as a player, in any position. On Saturday we used him as a permanent forward and he did his job for us.”

Richy Vandenham is another player

who has returned to the side in recent weeks and is playing an important role for the Blues.

“Richy’s in good form at the right time. He missed the first two finals last season and played in the preliminary and grand finals. He’s making his run at the right time again,” Michie said.

The Blues have now won four on the trot and enter the bye with great confidence.

They finish the season with three tough games, two of which are at home against the Bombers and Dromana.

The Blues also play Rye at Rye. Paul Rogasch was again a tower of strength for the Blues on Saturday, as was Mick Agnello.

Rowen Hogenbirk was outstanding for the Eagles, as was Will Jolley and Jed Sutton. Luke Rowe also finished with a couple of goals.

Rosebud played champagne football to outclass Red Hill by 69 points.

In a mini-final, the Buds were beaten for only 10 minutes early in the second quarter before completely dominating the home side.

Brenton Davidge booted six goals

and Greg Bentley five, and Jamie Clarke finished the afternoon with four majors.

Bentley dominated through the middle of the ground and was extremely dangerous in attack. He could have quite easily finished with eight or nine.

Daniel Giarusso and Ryan Spooner were all class through the middle by hand and foot, Brenton Payne typically won heaps of hard ball, and Cade Egan was one of the best on the ground across half-back. Jack Jarman was also impressive across four quarters.

The only downside of the match for Rosebud was the report of Ben Shultz.

Joe Krieger was easily Red Hill’s best player, providing enormous run from half-back and continually trying to create something for his team.

The large majority of his teammates looked scared too do something wrong.

Chris Farmer battled hard in the ruck, Andrew Gilmour was used in a variety of positions and looked dangerous early in attack with two goals, and Josh and Jake Mold also never stopped trying.

The Buds played as well as any team

we’ve seen in Nepean Division this season.

Rosebud is up and going at the right time of the year and has all the weapons to make this finals series very interesting.

They sit in fifth place and may cause some carnage should they make it.

Red Hill is now out of the finals equation.

Even without Rhett Sutton and Justin Van Unen on Victorian duties, Rye was able to boot 22 goals and smash Tyabb to the tune of 99 points.

Ben Holmes booted six, Lyle House four and Jai Lloyd three as the Demons kicked 12 goals in the opening half and another 10 in the second hour.

Sam Smith continued his dominance through the middle, Adam Kirkwood was again outstanding, Grant Wilson performed well in the ruck, and Andrew Dean ran and created all afternoon.

It wasn’t a great day for the Yabbies.

Scott Pickergill and Ryan Jones tried hard, and Timmy McGrath had a good game.

Eyes on the ball: Hastings Football Club seniors trounced Somerville 23.20-58 to 12.15-87, but Hastings netballers were beaten by near neighbours Crib Point 56 to 9. Pictures: Andrew Hurst Western Port News 24 July 2012

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Peninsula Division Seniors

Mt Eliza 4.6, 6.12, 14.16, 17.17 (119) Edi-Asp 3.2, 4.4, 7.7, 11.9 (75) Goals, Mt Eliza: S. Lockwood 5, S. Wettenhall 3, B. Landry 2, B. Lean 2, S. Lloyd 2, D. Emmons 1, T. Strickland 1, J. Anwyl 1 Edi-Asp: A. Lello 3, J. Derbyshire 2, B. Bowden 2, J. Dent 1, B. Tagg 1, N. Connellan 1, T. Mannix 1 Best, Mt Eliza: B. Landry, J. Grant, K. Docherty, S. Lockwood, W. Suhr, S. Gill Edi-Asp: M. Mullins, S. Mannix, R. Snashall, T. Ogier, Z. Muschialli, B. Turner Bonbeach 5.4, 8.8, 12.11, 16.16 (112) Langwarrin 4.2, 7.3, 10.4, 12.6 (78) Goals, Bonbeach: P. Liston 3, N. Robinson 2, S. McDonald 2, P. Rebeschini 2, S. Foster 1, D. Smith 1, B. Mathews 1, B. Hicks 1, L. Smith 1, A. Simpson 1, O. Hulett 1.

Langwarrin: A. Shaw 5, N. Pike 3, S. Urbans 2, B. Grose 1, D. Riley 1.

Best, Bonbeach: D. Smith, A. Hogan, M. Tyrell, P. Liston, J. Norton, N. Robinson Langwarrin: S. Urbans, A. Shaw, D. Wehner, M. Naughton, D. Bosward, M. Gill-Furness.

Karingal 6.3, 8.8, 11.13, 12.13 (85) Seaford 3.2, 4.2, 6.3, 7.3 (45) Goals, Karingal: C. Hay 4, C. Dixon 2, D. Noble 2, J. Bedford 1, J. Peckett 1, D. Alanis 1, B. Malloy 1.

Seaford: M. Kraska 5, J. Hallal 1, K. Shaw 1 Best, Karingal: S. Charalambous, J. Tyquin, D. Hirst, C. Hay, D. Proud, B. Malloy.

Seaford: M. Kraska, L. Davenport, K. Shaw, B. Doyle, A. Turner, L. Smith.

Mornington 4.3, 7.7, 9.9, 14.12 (96) Chelsea 4.1, 5.4, 6.7, 7.9 (51) Goals, Mornington: K. O’Brien 2, D. Villani 2, S. Seager 2, J. Calder 2, C. Paxino 1, P. Dadds 1, A. Speedy 1, B. Murphy 1, M. Altenkirch 1, J. McLerie 1.

Chelsea: C. Worner 2, S. MacLeod 1, J. Nanopoulos 1, L. Manders 1, J. Odell 1, M. Nightingale 1.

Best, Mornington: S. Matthews, J. Connell, M. Lacey, J. McLerie, M. Altenkirch, C. Paxino Chelsea: N. Abdallah, J. Clark, J. Hodge, B. Clark, B. Finemore, S. MacLeod Frankston YCW 5.4, 9.6, 16.9, 20.10 (130) Pines 0.2, 5.6, 7.8, 11.11 (77) Goals, Frankston YCW: B. Tellis 4, R. Morris

3, D. Carroll 3, R. Johnson 3, J. Mazurek 1, M. Chaplin 1, M. Roberts 1, L. Roberts 1, A. Eames 1, A. Harnett 1, B. Ulms 1.

Pines: G. Hendry 5, S. Ryan 2, B. Wicks 1, L. Houldcroft 1, J. Messina 1, S. Chalwell 1 Best, Frankston YCW: R. Johnson, R. Morris, B. Tellis, A. Eames, L. Roberts, D. Bodley Pines: G. Hendry, S. Faulkner, J. Messina, S. Stewart, C. Guganovic, S. Ryan.

Reserves

Edi-Asp 2.2, 3.4, 7.5, 10.6 (66) Mt Eliza 3.3, 5.7, 7.8, 9.10 (64) Goals, Edi-Asp: T. March 4, A. Patterson 2, M. Campbell 2, D. Graves 1, J. Shannon 1 Mt Eliza: R. Brock 2, L. Young 2, M. Wilson 1, B. Black 1, D. Kent 1, R. Crawley-Boevey 1, P. Trump 1.

Best, Edi-Asp: R. Snashall, T. March, D. Graves, R. Bedwell, B. Macquire, M. Campbell.

Mt Eliza: J. Smale, L. Young, D. Kent, H. Barclay, R. Patison, M. Cleary.

Langwarrin 2.1, 7.3, 10.5, 11.8 (74) Bonbeach 2.3, 4.4, 6.7, 8.7 (55) Goals, Langwarrin: M. Poore 6, J. Hammill 2, B. Caspar 1, S. Anderson 1, A. Moore 1 Bonbeach: D. Donkin 5, C. Pendleton 1, A. Biszko 1, R. Murphy 1.

Best, Langwarrin: D. Hayes, M. Poore, M. Wyss, S. Boyington, W. Thomas, R. Hessling Bonbeach: R. Ferri, D. Donkin, C. Hogan, B. Simpson, R. Murphy, C. Pendleton.

Karingal 1.2, 5.5, 8.8, 11.12 (78) Seaford 1.0, 3.1, 6.1, 9.3 (57) Goals, Karingal: A. Osborne 4, J. Johnson 2, J. Matthews 2, J. Eames 1, B. Groenendyk 1, S. Gillings 1.

Seaford: P. Vyverberg 2, S. Straughair 2, D. Chadwick 1, D. Sloan 1, C. Brooking 1, L. Hughes 1, J. Raftopoulos 1.

Best, Karingal: J. Eames, B. Kellerman, N. Shaw, A. Osborne, J. Matthews, J. Martinson Seaford: C. Brooking, L. Hughes, N. Pettitt, J. Raftopoulos, R. Harun.

Chelsea 3.2, 5.5, 8.7, 10.13 (73) Mornington 2.2, 2.7, 3.8, 5.9 (39) Goals, Chelsea: L. Shelton 2, S. Leyshan 2, C. Charity 2, L. Williams 1, N. Herrington 1, L. Clark 1, J. Schober 1.

Mornington: M. Mackenzie 2, T. Marmo 2, B. Loughrey 1.

Best, Chelsea: N. Allsep, C. McCormack, L. Shelton, J. McConnell, M. Dyer.

Mornington: D. McDowell, J. Matthews, S.

Powell, K. Wynne, B. Loughrey, K. McCarthy Frankston YCW 2.4, 7.5, 10.10, 16.16 (112) Pines 1.2, 1.3, 2.3, 3.3 (21) Goals, Frankston YCW: B. Buckley 4, D. Hoare 3, C. Barker 3, R. Hodson 2, D. Waddell 1, J. Coghlan 1, A. Totaro 1, J. Crouch 1.

Pines: S. McPherson 2, H. Peace-Stirling 1 Best, Frankston YCW: R. Hodson, A. Fowler, B. Buckley, J. Coghlan, J. Savage, D. Waddell Pines: J. Hughes, C. Perry, R. Chalkley, T. Foord, A. McPherson, S. McPherson.

Under-18

Mt Eliza 4.5, 7.9, 12.14, 19.18 (132) Edi-Asp 0.2, 0.5, 0.5, 1.5 (11) Goals, Mt Eliza: N. Strickland 4, Z. Jones 3, K. Rice 3, Z. White 3, M. Hill 2, S. Siggins 2, R. Maskiell 1, D. Jackson 1.

Edi-Asp: J. Childs 1.

Best, Mt Eliza: K. Rice, S. Siggins, Z. White, Z. Jones, L. Curtis, C. Cleary.

Edi-Asp: H. Livesey, P. Jamieson, J. McCulloch, J. Childs, J. Remedios, J. Cooper.

Langwarrin 3.2, 5.8, 7.8, 10.12 (72) Bonbeach 2.2, 3.4, 7.8, 8.9 (57) Goals, Langwarrin: J. Looms 3, M. Prosser 3, J. Warrington 2, B. Harkness 1, M. Napier 1 Bonbeach: A. Trowell 3, D. Dixon 2, D. Henry 1, J. Maxwell 1, M. Turville 1 Best, Langwarrin: A. Peebles, J. Looms, J. Minton, J. Warrington, R. Willems, M. Napier Bonbeach: J. Sole, J. Coul, A. Trowell, M. Turville, R. Sykes, J. Mulholland Chelsea 4.3, 6.7, 10.7, 13.9 (87) Mornington 0.3, 2.6, 5.9, 8.10 (58) Goals, Chelsea: J. Chevalier 3, J. Miller 2, Z. Graham 1, C. Ryan-Orchard 1, R. Archer 1, R. Chadwick 1, C. Dodson 1, J. Bennett 1, K. Harper 1, E. Greenway 1.

Mornington: N. Taylor 2, W. Goosey 2, D. Vercoe 1, R. Lee 1, B. De Ruyter 1, A. Marshall 1.

Best, Chelsea: Z. Graham, J. Miller, M. Shaw, E. Greenway, J. Chevalier, L. Pickett.

Mornington: J. Smart, A. Marshall, N. Cox, L. Chandler, J. Scott, J. Crossley.

Frankston YCW 3.6, 8.12, 13.19, 18.29 (137) Pines 0.0, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1 (1) Goals, Frankston YCW: R. Evans 5, K. Albanese 4, Z. Gibson 3, H. Jones 1, J. Thorne 1, J. Cheverly 1, Z. Mosimane 1, B. Credlin 1, C. Steele 1.

Pines: No goals.

Best, Frankston YCW: H. Jones, J. Thorne, C.

Steele, J. Bryant, B. Credlin, J. Cheverly Pines: P. Jackson, R. Chalkley, S. Rogers, J. Read, J. Peace-Stirling, C. Ludewig.

Peninsula Division Seniors

Rosebud 5.4, 10.7, 13.8, 19.15 (129) Red Hill 3.0, 7.1, 7.4, 9.6 (60) Goals, Rosebud: J. Clarke 4, B. Davidge 4, G. Bentley 4, B. Schultz 2, D. Giarrusso 2, R. Spooner 1, J. Jarman 1, M. Wells 1 Red Hill: A. Gilmour 2, A. Lee 1, J. Mold 1, T. Carter 1, D. Mapleston 1, J. Mold 1, B. Rogers 1, M. Boyd 1.

Best, Rosebud: B. Davidge, G. Bentley, D. Giarrusso, R. Spooner, J. Clarke, C. Egan Red Hill: J. Mold, C. Farmer, A. Gilmour, M. Boyd, B. Maguinness.

Rye 6.7, 12.11, 15.14, 22.15 (147) Tyabb 1.3, 1.5, 3.11, 6.12 (48) Goals, Rye: B. Holmes 6, L. House 4, J. Lloyd 3, H. Rice 2, A. Kirkwood 1, B. Winters-Kerr 1, G. Wilson 1, C. Ambrose 1, A. Dean 1, L. Morse 1, S. Cain 1.

Tyabb: A. Driscoll 2, C. Doria 1, S. Meyer 1, M. Dimkos 1, C. Conlan 1.

Best, Rye: S. Smith, A. Kirkwood, A. Dean, G. Wilson, B. Cain.

Tyabb: S. Pickersgill, R. Jones, T. McGrath, J. Rowley, B. Anderson, J. Alexander.

Hastings 3.2, 9.8, 13.14, 23.20 (158) Somerville 4.5, 7.7, 9.12, 12.15 (87) Goals, Hastings: D. Hand 4, A. Kiely 4, L. Hewitt 4, K. Pinto 4, A. Pike 2, R. Vandenham 2, A. Jago 1, P. Mawson 1, C. McVeigh 1.

Somerville: R. Hogenbirk 2, W. Jolley 2, L. Rowe 2, C. Cox 2, J. Allsopp 1, L. Stewart 1, N. Brown 1, R. Palmer 1.

Best, Hastings: P. Rogasch, M. Agnello, K. Pinto, D. Hull, L. Hewitt, C. McVeigh.

Somerville: R. Hogenbirk, W. Jolley, J. Sutton, J. Allsopp, R. Palmer, L. Stewart.

Reserves

Red Hill 4.3, 9.6, 15.9, 17.14 (116) Rosebud 2.0, 4.1, 6.1, 8.2 (50) Goals, Red Hill: T. Grostate 5, A. Mock 4, S. Hickey 3, J. Hitchiner 2, B. Williams 1, M. Shaw 1, B. Martin 1.

Rosebud: J. Wilde 2, C. Wilde 1, H. Thompson 1, R. Woods 1, S. Wells 1, L. Snooks 1, M. Rose 1.

Best, Red Hill: S. Hickey, T. Grostate, A. Mock, N. Shaw, B. Thomson, M. Holmes Rosebud: NA.

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THIS season’s goalkicking sensation Justin Van Unen (below) was selected in the forward pocket in the AllAustralian side following the

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Rye 4.2, 5.7, 8.8, 12.12 (84) Tyabb 3.2, 5.3, 6.4, 6.5 (41) Goals, Rye: T. Sawers 3, S. Baguley 3, D. Veliades 2, K. Lynch 1, B. Suffern 1, D. Schwind 1, A. Fiddes 1.

Tyabb: D. Binks 3, B. McLean 3.

Best, Rye: K. Lynch, B. Suffern, D. Howie, M. Dunn, M. Johnson, D. Schwind.

Tyabb: H. Turner, D. Binks, J. Wall, N. Bradley, B. McLean, B. Raeside.

Hastings 2.1, 4.2, 5.3, 9.4 (58) Somerville 2.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.6 (36) Goals, Hastings: D. Hollingsworth 2, B. Watson 2, S. Robb 2, C. Lehmann 1, C. Perrott 1, N. Guest 1.

Somerville: T. Farrelly 4, M. Page 1 Best, Hastings: L. Brouwer, T. Glass, A. Vinson, D. Lehmann, C. Lehmann, A. Booth.

Somerville: J. Boyes, P. Satur, M. Page, B. Page, M. Bate.

Under-18

Red Hill 6.1, 9.4, 12.7, 14.9 (93) Rosebud 3.1, 6.2, 10.5, 12.9 (81) Goals, Red Hill: C. Wood 5, J. Wood 3, C. Rogers 2, M. Skvor 1, W. Tuck 1, D. Neal 1, J. Sloggett 1.

Rosebud: R. Bos 3, S. Mathieson 3, K. Takakis 1, J. Fisher 1, D. Clarke 1.

Best, Red Hill: J. Bateman, C. Wood, D. Neal, J. Mitchell, J. Wood, L. Rositani.

Rosebud: D. Stephens, B. Garlick, D. Clarke, K. Takakis, J. Fisher.

Rye 5.5, 10.11, 15.14, 17.18 (120) Tyabb 0.0, 2.0, 4.1, 4.1 (25) Goals, Rye: R. Tipene 4, J. Johnston 3, M. Harris 3, F. Holt 2, J. Crowe 1, J. Noseda 1, D. Holt-Cooper 1, T. Dunstan 1, Z. Byrns 1.

Tyabb: M. Moran 1, T. Sonneveld 1, C. Rich 1, S. Waterstone 1.

Best, Rye: J. Noseda, Z. Byrns, M. Harris, R. Tipene, H. Kingston, M. Brown.

Tyabb: S. Waterstone, C. Rich, B. Hocking, J. Morhun, J. Regan, B. Klein-White.

Somerville 2.3, 7.4, 10.6, 16.11 (107) Hastings 1.4, 3.4, 4.6, 6.6 (42) Goals, Somerville: M. Hughes 6, J. Ryan 4, M. Watts 2, L. Burton 1, M. Watson 1, D. Dickinson 1, J. Day 1. Hastings: S. Robb 3, N. Goodacre 2, K. Pratt 1.

Best, Somerville: D. Snow, H. Thompson, M. Hughes, D. Dickinson, M. Watts, D. Ryan.

Hastings: S. Robb, W. Delahaye, I. Maloney, D. Paarlberg, D. Culnane, J. Hurst.

Australian Country Football championships on the weekend.

Van Unen, who has booted 93 goals for Rye, played deep in the forward line and across half-forward in his four matches in the championships.

While he did not kick a bag, he certainly made his presence felt and got on the scoreboard in all matches.

JV would like nothing

better than bringing up his ton against old foe Sorrento this weekend.

However, he told the RPP Footy Show last Saturday morning that it’s team success he is after.

“It’s nice kicking a goal, but it’s all about the winning,” he said.

No old age for Michie

HASTINGS coach Glenn Michie had a chuckle to himself when he read The News last week.

He told the newspaper last week in jest that his latest contract would probably see out his career, saying that he wouldn’t play on until he was 40 like Guy Stringer.

We may have left out the bit about Stringer being 40 and insinuated that Michie would be 40 at the end of his 2014 contract.

Not true; “Mouse” is only 31 and although he says his body sometimes feels older than 40, he looked forward to celebrating the milestone long after his footy career ended.

Also on Michie, he will be operated on this week to remove the pins in his hand and expects to return to the Blues for the Dromana game.

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McKenna, Stewart off; Strikers score twice

By Craig MacKenzie DIEHARD Langwarrin fans continue to believe their underperforming team can defy the odds and grab a play-off spot in State League 2.

But reality will finally bite if Langy loses to fierce rival Mornington at Lawton Park on Saturday.

To add spice to the contest, the match marks the league return of Wayne Gordon, a one-time Langy favourite who was dumped by coach Gus Macleod midway through the 2010 season and joined Dandenong City.

The former Gretna and Albion Rovers player scored the goal that gave Dandenong a 1-0 win over Langwarrin in last year’s Mirabella Cup. He joined Mornington a few weeks ago and will be the centre of attention in the weekend showdown.

Langwarrin lost 2-0 to South Springvale on Saturday, a game in which former Mornington defender Chris McKenna was sent off and will miss Saturday’s game.

He can sit back and have a quiet beverage with his pal Colin Stewart who scored but also was red carded in Mornington’s 5-3 home win over Noble Park United on Saturday.

Peninsula Strikers beat Beaumaris 2-0 in the State League 3 clash at Centenary Park on Saturday with both goalkeepers making superb reflex saves in a scoreless first half.

The deadlock was broken after an excellent one-two between Alex Akrivopoulos and Miron Andronicus in the 62nd minute with the latter slipping the ball past Beaumaris keeper Tyler Cudmore-Hall and

Challenging times: Strikers’ defender Alex Van Heerwarden, left, tackles Beaumaris star Casper Janholt at Centenary Park on Saturday. Picture: Rob Blake

inside the near post.

Despite good chances falling to Beaumaris strikers Casper Janholt and Tom Hogan, the result was sealed

in injury time when Strikers substitute Ross Robertson broke clear and shot against the post but steadied to bury the rebound.

Strikers’ recruit Simon O’Donnell made a successful comeback following a knee reconstruction with a confident display in the reserves capped by a superb curling strike into the top far corner during the first half.

Frankston Pines drew 1-1 with Monbulk Rangers up in the hills on Friday night to go eight games straight without defeat in Provisional League 1.

For the first time in five years the club boasts a positive goal difference in the second half of the season and despite losing key defender Michael McCluskey with broken ribs and midfielder Michael Hoogendyk who is overseas for a month, coach Danny Verdun remains typically upbeat.

“We’ve got the high-flying Warragul on Saturday on our own turf and we’ll have a go at them,” he said.

Mathew Hodgson came off the bench and played half a game in the seniors on Friday night and looked to be fully recovered from a broken bone in his foot that sidelined him for two months.

Seaford United dropped valuable points in the hunt for the Provisional League 2 title when it drew 1-1 at home with Collingwood City at North Seaford Reserve on Saturday.

The home team took the lead early thanks to Matty Curd, but the sides went into the interval locked at 1-1 and the second half stalemate couldn’t be resolved.

There’s a chance English import Luke Gale will be available this week after recovering from injury, but Matthew Pearce faces being sidelined for another few weeks due to an ankle

ligament injury, and goalkeeper Paul Seeley is available after suspension.

Skye United lost 6-3 away to championship-chasing Middle Park and now lies just three points above the Provisional League 2 drop zone.

Skye’s goals were scored by David Cori, Djuro Mirkovic and Daniel Attard. Darren Roberts recently stepped down as senior coach due to family reasons, but still plays for the first team, now under the guidance of John Bruce.

Baxter drew 1-1 at home with University of Melbourne in Saturday’s Provisional League 3 clash.

The varsity visitors led 1-0 at the break, but prolific scorer Blake Hicks levelled in the second half.

Baxter hit the post three times in the second period, had a goal controversially chalked off for offside and had Francis Beck red-carded for what coach Jim Morrison described as “handbags at 10 paces”.

There was some consolation for Morrison the following day when he nutmegged Seaford senior coach “Squizzy” Taylor in a Bayside Legends game, rumoured to be the first player to do this in 20 years.

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Dogs eye five as Redlegs clip Eagles PENINSULA DIVISION

By Toe Punt MORNINGTON is just one game out of the MPNFL Peninsula Division top five after recording a sensational victory over the struggling Chelsea on Saturday.

The Doggies are now eyeing off a place in the finals series and have high expectations.

While the top three places are sewn up by Frankston YCW, Mt Eliza and Karingal, a battle looms for fourth and fifth.

Chelsea (28 points) is a game clear in fourth position, while

Bonbeach (24 points) has moved into fifth place after a strong victory over Langwarrin.

Seaford has dropped out of the top five and is now equal with Mornington on 20 points.

There are five games left in the season.

Chelsea faces Bonbeach this weekend in what will be a season-defining game. If the Seagulls can complete a form reversal and beat the Sharks, they can expect to play finals.

They face Mt Eliza, Seaford, Karingal and Langwarrin in the final four games.

After Chelsea, Bonbeach faces just one side in the top five on the way home (Frankston YCW).

Seaford plays Langwarrin, Pines, Chelsea, YCW and EdAsp in the final five games.

The Doggies tackle YCW, Edi-Asp, Karingal, Langwarrin and Bonbeach in the last five games.

Current form suggests that Bonbeach and Seaford will play finals, leaving Chelsea outside the top five. However, Mornington coach Josh Beard has not ruled out finals for his team.

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“While we’re in the mix for finals, and we currently are, they have to be our aim,” Beard said.

“There’s no point being in the finals’ hunt and not having them as a realistic goal.

“Our form against Chelsea was fantastic on Saturday and it would have stacked up against any side.”

Mornington led all afternoon to convincing beat Chelsea by 45 points.

It was a mini-final for Chelsea, but other than a convincing first quarter, the Seagulls couldn’t match the intensity of the Doggies.

Beard said it was his side’s first four-quarter effort for the season.

“We usually have lapses in concentration at certain stages of matches, but on Saturday, we were fantastic in all four quarters,” Beard said.

“We lost Byron Holt with the flu prior to the game, which could have hurt us because a lot of our planning was done around Byron playing in the ruck.

“However, young Michael Altenkirch came in and did a sensational job.

“Matt Lacey was terrific in his second senior game, Byron Murphy had a hand in six of our goals and Scott Matthews led us well and nullified Scott McLeod.

“Usually before a big club function [Mornington had its mid-season ball], we play poorly, but on Saturday, they played great footy and were able to really enjoy the ball.

“I couldn’t have been happier with the way the boys performed. Now we need to make sure we back it up this weekend against the best opposition.”

Bonbeach moved into the top five with a strong fourquarter effort versus Langwarrin.

The Sharks led at every change and although the Kangas wouldn’t go away, the visitors still recorded a 34-point win.

Patty Liston booted three and skipper Daniel Smith was one of the best on the ground for the Sharks, and Mark Tyrell and Anthony Hogan continued their sensational form.

Aaron Shaw finished with five and Nathan Pike three for the Kangas. Shane Urbans and Daniel Wehner continued their impressive seasons.

Mt Eliza maintained its good run with a 44-point win over Edithvale-Aspendale.

The Redlegs had 34 scoring shots to 20 with Scott Lockwood booting five and Sam Wettenhall continuing his swinging roles, this time playing forward and converting three. Ben Landry and Justin Grant were also fine perform-

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Adam Lello was the chief contributor for the Eagles up front with three, and Mark Mullins, Steve Mannix and Rob Snashall shared the votes.

Karingal was able to turn around its early-season loss to Seaford by recording a convincing victory on Saturday.

The Bulls jumped out of the blocks, led by three goals at quarter time and finished with a 40-point win.

Chris Hay kicked four goals while Cal Dixon and Dan Noble finished with two each.

Steve Charalambous was again among the Bulls’ best, as was James Tyquin. David Hirst rarely plays a bad game and was at his best on Saturday.

Michael Kraska booted five and was Seaford’s best, and Luke Davenport and Kieran Shaw also worked hard.

Frankston YCW had 30 shots at goal against Pines and recorded a 53-point victory.

Ben Tellis finished with four in a near best-on-ground performance, and Rhys Johnson and Ricky Morris with three goals were outstanding.

Guy Hendry booted five for the Pythons, and Jamie Messina, Chris Guganovic and the evergreen Steve Ryan (two goals) were also among Pines’ better players.

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