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Leading the way for Legacy DOING push-ups might seem like an odd way to link Remembrance Day and the work of Legacy, but not for Mt Eliza Secondary College student Henry Barnes. The year 8 real time learning student has a special connection to the charity which cares for the families of deceased service personal. His father died 12 years ago while in the Defence Forces and, since then, Legacy has “helped the family get through� with school fees, camps and regular visits to check that things are all right. To give something back, Henry organised a push-up challenge on Remembrance Day, Wednesday 11 November, in which 140 year 7 and 8 students got down and pushed up for a good cause. Teacher Mike Lamond said the push-up fun added a “youthful feeling to the day� in which students sought sponsorship for fundraising activities, ran stalls, baked cakes and conducted sausage sizzles. Local butchers, bakers and florists generously helped out with donations. Picture: Yanni
Hot days trigger early beach reports Mike Hast mike@mpnews.com.au THE Environment Protection Authority has started testing water quality at Port Phillip beaches a month earlier than planned after a warmer than usual spring. The authority checks if the water is suitable for swimming ever week at 36 beaches including 10 on the Mornington Peninsula – Canadian Bay (Mt Eliza), Mills Beach (Mornington), Mt Martha, Safety Beach, Dromana, Rosebud, Rye, Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea. It puts water quality updates on its Beach Report website and via Twit-
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ter twice a day. Reports started on 31 October and will be done until April, a month later than usual. The warning system has green, orange or red "lights" to tell swimmers if the water is suitable or if bacterial levels are too high. Green (good) predicts that water quality is suitable for swimming, orange (fair) means the water is good but could be affected by rainfall – particularly if the beach has a stormwater outlet – and red (poor) warns people to avoid contact with the water. The EPA said forecast signs were also placed at life saving club beaches from December. On the peninsula, this includes Mornington, Mt Martha and Rosebud clubs.
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"Forecasts are based on the recreational water quality history of the beach, currents, predicted rainfall and sunlight," a spokesman said. "Beach Report keeps people informed about the recreational water quality through daily forecasts. People can make informed decisions about where to swim." Water samples are collected at Beach Report sites once a week during summer. "The samples are tested for enterococci, a group of bacteria found inside warm-blooded animals. Enterococci is recognised as the best indicator for measuring faecal contamination of marine recreational waters. "During poor forecasts there may be
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a higher risk of illness to swimmers from increased bacterial levels. A common illness is gastroenteritis. People should see a doctor if they have a suspected swim-related illness." State water minister Lisa Neville said the hot start to spring "and expected long summer meant the beach report had started a month early and would go a month later to April". She said summer was expected to be hotter and drier than average. If it did rain heavily, stormwater runoff could affect the quality of Port Phillip. "High bacteria levels normally clear within 24 hours." The EPA issued few warnings for peninsula beaches last summer and
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