NEWS DESK Skylift gets 50-year lease THE signing of a 50-year lease has cleared the way for the proposed $16 million Skylift gondola service at Arthurs Seat. Environment, Climate Change and Water Minister Lisa Neville yesterday (Monday) predicted the Skylift will “become a world-class tourism attraction for the Mornington Peninsula�. Parks Victoria will spend $1.5 million on car parks and “visitor facilities� to “compliment� the project. Ms Neville said construction of the gondola project was expected to start soon, “after all approvals have been received, with a proposed opening date in late 2016�. “An elevated cable ride has operated at Arthurs Seat since the early 1960s, and continues to be supported by Parks Victoria’s management plan since the closure of the previous chairlift, due to safety concerns in 2006,� a news release from Ms Neville’s department stated.
Summit start: Greg Hunt and supporters set off from the top of Arthurs Seat to walk 500 kilometres around his electorate, raising money for charity and awareness of autism. Picture supplied
Hunt’s walk to raise money and encourage talk FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt had an early start on Monday as he set off from the summit of Arthurs Seat for a 19-walk to raise awareness and money for autism. “It was terrific to see so many supporters turn out early in the morning to send me on my way, including children with autism and their parents,� Mr Hunt stated in a news release. He is hoping to raise $25,000 for the Abacus Learning Centre in Hastings and Amaze (Autism Victoria). Mr Hunt says he wants people in the community
talk “about what they can do to support people with autism�. The walk within his electorate will see Mr Hunt take his message to 56 schools and he is encouraging “anyone who knows someone with autism to walk with me for one kilometre a day, or any part of the walk’ to help me support this cause or to meet me along the way for a coffee and a chat�. Mr Hunt, who is also Environment Minister, will be supported on the road by members of his staff. “If anything urgent needs to be attended to he will receive deliveries from Canberra and staff and man-
age accordingly,� Mr Hunt’s electorate communications officer Samantha Robin said. “As a local MP, the main responsibility of Greg and his staff is to support the community, which is what the walk is about. All proceeds go to autism, which is an important community issue. “Greg is using his own car as a support vehicle, so he will just get in it at the end point of the walk each day and drive himself home.� Donations can be made at www.greghunt.com.au or to join Mr Hunt’s Walk for Autism, call his office on 5979 3188.
Tidy finalists HASTINGS and Mornington are finalists in the Keep Victoria Beautiful 2015 Tidy Town - Sustainable Communities Awards. The 14 other Mornington Peninsula groups which are category finalists, include St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Hastings; students of Western Port Secondary College, Hastings; students of St Joseph’s Primary School, Crib Point; Wallaroo Residents Action Group, Wallaroo Primary School and Mornington Peninsula Shire; Victorian Maritime Centre with its Otama submarine project; and Friends of Flinders Coastline.
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