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Picture perfect THE surf was up off Flinders and Angus Henderson decided to combine his love of surfing with his keen interest in photography.

The 18-year-old Patterson River Secondary College student snapped an underwater photo of his surfboard riding the waves.

His surf picture impressed Monash Gallery of Art judges and has been accepted as just one of 19 entries by schools from around Victoria to the gallery’s 2014-15 TOPshots exhibition.

The surfer is heading off to RMIT University to study a business degree but has always had an eye for a photo op.

“I’m really bad at drawing but like art so decided to give photography a go and it’s really interesting,” he said.

The Seaford resident’s hot shot will be on display at Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill from 4-29 March.

Gallery opening times: Tues-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun 12-5pm.

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Labor levels on crossings Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au LABOR plans to fast track its plan to remove 50 of Melbourne’s most dangerous level crossings but there is no indication yet on when Kingston road crossings will be separated from railway lines.

Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Monday at the level crossing at

Centre Rd, Bentleigh that “work has started on 50 level crossing removals”.

Mr Andrews called level crossings “our number one traffic nightmare”.

“They hold up cars, they slow down trains, they take young lives, they’ve got to go,” he said.

The Premier revealed $100 million will be earmarked to establish “a

dedicated” Level Crossings Removal Authority to oversee the mammoth project.

Mr Andrews said $3 million will be released immediately so work can begin.

When in opposition, Labor promised before last November’s election to remove 50 level crossings as part of Project 10,000 – a public transport

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Eight Frankston line crossings to be removed, so road vehicles and trains no longer cross paths, include Mentone’s Balcombe Rd, Bonbeach’s Station St and Seaford’s Eel Race Rd and Seaford Rd crossings.

Labor plans to have 20 of the 50 lev-

el crossings removed within the next four years before facing voters again.

Ormond’s North Rd crossing and crossings at St Albans, Blackburn, Glen Iris and St Albans will be the first four removed but there was no confirmation on Monday of when Kingston residents can expect level crossings to be removed.

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Police water, drug checks net tightens WATER police, drug and alcohol squad members and two marine safety inspectors ran one of their biggest combined road and marine operations at Launching Way, Patterson River at Carrum, last Sunday afternoon.

About 200 boats and jet skis were checked for correct safety equipment and their owners breath-tested and asked to produce valid boat licences.

Seventeen infringements were issued for breaches of boating regulations and not displaying correct registration certificates on trailers.

In the high-visibility operation, around 480 cars were scanned by number plate recognition technology and the drivers of 100 cars tested for excessive drugs and alcohol.

Only one was found to be drug affected – with cannabis. He will be summonsed to appear at court at a later date.

Acting Sergeant Ben Penrose, of the Water Police, said the day was a success.

“There was a good compliance ratio,” he said. “It was very promising.”

He said the more popular boat ramps on the bay would be targeted by police all summer.

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‘Pull over driver’: Police at Launching Way at Patterson River check drivers, boaties and jet ski riders for safety compliance. Pictures: Gary Sissons

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Fines for trees destruction A DEMOLITION company and property owner who illegally removed two protected trees from a Bonbeach development site have been fined after Kingston Council took them to court.

The Moorabbin Court Magistrate who heard the case on Friday 30 January fined the property owner $40,000 plus $10,000 in costs.

In a previous hearing in September last year the demolition company that carried out the removal works was fined $14,000 and $7,075 in costs.

The trees removed – a Corymbia ficifolia (Red Flowering Gum) and a Eucalyptus longifolia (Woollybutt) – were destroyed when the block was cleared to prepare for a development.

The owner had originally applied to build 16 dwellings on the site, however a permit was granted to build 13 dwellings on the site and the two trees were required to be retained as part of the development.

Council said those illegally removing protected trees face serious fines and prosecution via the Magistrates’ Court.

Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au SENIORS need not be scared of new technology. It may be new and unfamiliar, but it’s not difficult to master – especially with the right people showing them how.

Kingston’s Young Citizen of the Year Carrie Ewin knows all the right people. She won her award for her role in writing and receiving a grant to help seniors develop their digital literacy skills at Longbeach PLACE, in Chelsea.

The program she supports - Seniors IT - helps seniors learn and enjoy computers and technology. It is funded through a $40,000 state government grant provided by the Adult Community and Further Education Board “for which we are very grateful,” Ms Ewin said.

She and colleague Chris Ewin applied for the grant with support of Longbeach Place.

“Through our teaching experiences we became aware of a funding gap in technology education for this age group,” she said.

“Most of the funding is aimed at training adults to return to work with computers. The classes cover a large amount of material, focus on employability skills and assume a degree of prior knowledge.”

Experienced facilitators present on relevant technology topics to large groups of seniors. This is followed by a Q and A where any technology or computer related questions can be asked and answered.

“The presentations focus on fun and

Happy to help: Lorna Stevenson, left, Rojer Liberman, Carrie Ewin and Cheryl Ewin can assist seniors learn IT at Longbeach Place at Chelsea. Picture: Gary Sissons

include snacks, coffee and tea with time for mingling, prizes, free goodies and competitions,” Ms Ewin said.

“All levels of computer experience are very welcome.”

Free on-site technical support is offered at Longbeach Place on the first Saturday of each month. Help is offered for common problems, such as viruses and incorrect computer settings.

Time shortages mean problems are assessed on arrival and, if the problem cannot be fixed in the allotted

time, then the senior is referred to a computer technician.

A Facebook group allows seniors to meet other computer-minded people to receive help and advice. The group is monitored by experienced moderators so help is provided quickly. The Facebook group is called Seniors I.T Support Group.

The program includes short classes covering technology skills for seniors, such as Meet the Mouse, Using Email, Navigating Google to Services, Skype, Facebook, Online

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The classes run 1–4 weeks. A one-off $5 booking fee is charged for classes which are divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced to help seniors decide which class best suits them.

Class times and dates are listed at seniorsit.com.au - or seniors can learn more by calling 9976 1384.

All seniors in south east Melbourne are invited to participate in any part of the program.

Council wants concrete decision Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au

to the panel hearing which is “expected to last 6 to 7 days” in March.

State government agency Sustainability Victoria has previously advised council that the Clayton-Dingley area has been identified as one of several possible locations for a waste hub for Melbourne due to its “access to transport networks”.

Neighbouring residents were furious in 2008, when a ministerial order by former Labor planning minister Justin Madden allowed the Alex Fraser Group to conduct concrete crushing operations at a Kingston Rd site in Clarinda, against council’s wishes.

North Ward Cr Steve Staikos saw several notices of motion to seek protection for the area north of Kingston and Heatherton roads voted down

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KINGSTON councillors are trying to ensure a waste transfer hub for Melbourne is not established in Kingston’s Green Wedge.

At a special council meeting last week councillors unanimously voted to direct council officers to write to new Labor Planning Minister Richard Wynne to ask for an extension an 18-month interim protection clause.

The protection clause was granted

by Mr Wynne’s predecessor as planning minister, now Coalition opposition leader Matthew Guy. The state government’s materials recycling prohibition clause is due to end on 1 June having been extended twice before.

Kingston Council awaits the outcome of a formal council request to rezone green wedge land north of Kingston and Heatherton roads, at risk from the introduction of more recycling facilities, from Special Use Zone to Green Wedge A Zone land.

A state government panel hearing is scheduled for 16 March.

Cr Rosemary West said council “should not take any comfort” from the request for the planning minister to extend the protection clause.

“It should not be used as an excuse to delay any more than necessary rezoning that Special Use land to Green Wedge A zone.”

Council city strategy manager Jonathan Guttman said council officers has been advised several interested parties wanted to make submissions

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early last year as councillors debated the best use of parts of Kingston’s Green Wedge.

The Alex Fraser Group made an audacious attempt late last year to extend the licence for its controversial Clarinda concrete crusher, due to expire in 2016, but councillors unanimously opposed the request (‘Concrete path blocked’, The News 24/12/14).

That application’s timing seemed to exploit the uncertainty surrounding state government policy until the new Planning Minister responds.

The area remains vulnerable to waste recycling business applications while council awaits a decision from the state government on extending the protection clause or rezoning the area to Green Wedge A land.

KINGSTON’S two-day Mordialloc Food, Wine and Music Festival kicks off this Saturday with a huge line-up of musicians due to hit the stage.

Rising indie rock band Kingswood on Saturday and Aussie music legend Russell Morris on Sunday are set to entertain festival goers.

There will be non-stop music across three stages, roving performers, chef demonstrations, gourmet food and wine stalls, rides and children’s activities.

The Mordialloc Food, Wine and Music Festival is a family-friendly event with no BYO alcohol or dogs allowed.

Parking is available in Mordialloc around the festival site but patrons are encouraged to use public transport.

A free shuttle bus will run every 20 minutes each day of the festival from Parkdale Station to the festival and back stopping all bus stops.

The Mordialloc Food, Wine and Music Festival is on Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March at Peter Scullin Reserve, Beach Rd Mordialloc from 11am-10.30pm Saturday and 11am-6pm Sunday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On track: Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson, left, Premier Daniel Andrews and Catherine Andrews at Mentone’s Balcombe Rd level crossing last year. Picture: Gary Sissons

Level crossings plan fast tracked Continued from Page 1 The RACV welcomed the state government announcement to fast track the level crossing removal program.

“Our members have consistently identified level crossings as the worst traffic congestion locations,” RACV public policy general manager Brian Negus said.

“RACV has identified 30 top crossings from our survey and our analysis of delays and crashes at crossings around Melbourne.”

In December last year, the RACV listed 11 of the “most dangerous” crossings requiring urgent action

within two years.

None of the Frankston line crossings were included in the RACV list.

Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richardson said Labor MPs along the Frankston line would push for the Level Crossings Removal Authority to prioritise Frankston line level crossings removals.

“The Balcombe Rd crossing in Mentone is just one that certainly needs to be removed as soon as possible,” he said.

Kingston Council has been calling for the Balcombe Rd crossing to be abolished for at least four years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upon the report's release, Prime

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

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

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

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

The secretary of federal attorney general George Brandis’ department, Chris Moraitis, reportedly asked Professor Triggs to resign two weeks before the report’s release, hinting another job would be made available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Cutbacks clue to port’s future Keith Platt keith@baysidenews.com.au THE activities of the Port of Hastings Development Authority have been drastically scaled back following the election of the Labor state government.

Staff numbers have been slashed from about 100 (including consultants) to 31, with one insider telling The News that the authority is “shrinking fast, all the consultants are about to go”.

The authority’s CEO Mike Lean says the authority is working with the government to investigate logistics associated with the use of Hastings as a bulk port.

The authority was established by the former Coalition government in 2012 with $110 million (over four years) to manage the Port of Hastings and plan for a container terminal.

However, it seems that its role now has been cut back to managing the port and possibly planning to expand the port’s existing use to handle bulk commodities, such as oil and gas.

The South East Melbourne Councils Alliance, which includes Kingston Council, backs the use of Hastings as a bulk port although notes environmental concerns must be addressed.

Environmentalists have long opposed any increase in oil tankers coming to Western Port because of damage to the bay’s internationally-recognised wetlands that could result from spillages.

There have been about 50 ships a year coming to western Port in each of the past three years.

During the lead-up to the November 2014 election, Labor candidates on the Mornington Peninsula ruled out a container port at Hastings and the government says Infrastructure Victoria will be assessing the state’s port needs.

When in opposition, Labor proposed building a container port at “Bay West”, on the western shore of Port Phillip closer to Geelong. When previously in government it favoured Hastings.

Mr Lean was appointed by the Coalition state government in February 2013 to “lead the authority in the development of the Port of Hastings to become Victoria’s second international container port”.

The authority website now defines its role as being “responsible for managing existing trade at the Port of Hastings through the Port Management Agreement with Patrick Ports Hastings”.

It will be “working with the government to assist it in implementing its ports policy”.

In its Project 10,000 – Victorian Labor’s Transport Alternative report, the party said it would “seek independent expert advice from Infrastructure Victoria about the viability of Bay West as an alternative site for Melbourne’s second container port … Address the logistics needs of the state, including future bulk capacity at the Port of Hastings and Port of Geelong.”

However, the document is regarded as Labor’s platform, not its policy, and the Premier Daniel Andrews has only said Labor will deliver on its policies.

When asked about its role, the au-

Downsizing: The Port of Hastings Development Authority has seen a rapid decline in available jobs since the election of the Labor state government and its visions for a new port in Port Phillip. Picture: Yanni

thority last week said: “The Port of Hastings Development Authority is continuing to work with the Victorian government to provide information on studies completed to date, assist in implementing the current ports policy and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Port of Hastings” Mr Lean has also cancelled the first meeting for the year of the PORTicipate “community and engagement network”.

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bers of the authority’s future program as soon as is practicably possible,” Mr Lean said in an email “postponing” the 5 February meeting.

He said the authority “have had the great pleasure to be introduced to, and welcome” the new Ports Minister Luke Donnellan.

“We are working with Minister Donnellan and the newly formed Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources to determine how the authority may assist govern-

ment with the implementation of their policies as they relate to ports,” he said.

Executive director of the Victorian National Parks Association Matt Ruchel on Friday questioned the need for a second container port.

Revelations that the Port of Melbourne would relinquish 150 hectares of land showed “this has nothing to do with the capacity of ports and more to do with real estate”.

The government should “take a deep breath, properly assess all options and ask do we need another container port”.

“Politicians should stop throwing darts at maps and answer the question if it’s [a container port] needed at all.”

Mr Ruchel said existing ports – Melbourne, Geelong or Portland – should be expanded rather than developing “a Bay West or Port of Hastings”.

“The [Port Phillip] bay has already need dredged and mega ships are never going to come to Melbourne, it doesn’t make any sense. We have a population of five million, so where is the demand for them to come?”

Mr Ruchel said the VNPA would not support “a massive expansion” of existing bulk oil or gas facilities at Hastings and called for a review of land earmarked for port related purposes.

In the authority’s 2013-14 annual report chairman’s Yehudi Blache predicted “the next 12 months look to be equally challenging and exciting for the authority to ensure that planning for this vital link [a container port] in the state’s infrastructure network continues apace”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I thought ‘how can I change this’,” Mr Taylor said last week.

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

“No one’s perfect and we’ve all been in trouble.

But you live and learn - there’s got to be a better way.”

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

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

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

Mr Taylor, a member of the Two Bays branch of the Ulysses motorcycle club, said the Luke Batty ride would leave Frankston at 9am Saturday 14

March. Details: 0407 054 966 or two-bays.com

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You’re in for a treat if the breeze is up, as festival organisers are planning an even greater spectacle over the skies in Rosebud at this year event. In its eleventh year, the festival not only is packed with free family activities, circus workshops, kids carnival and roving entertainment but is also hosting a team of internationally acclaimed kite flying designers from both mainland Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

The majority of invited guests are famous for flying huge inflatable Maxi kites. Giant kites are so large they take a string of runner kites and a team of people to get them in the air and some pretty strong cabling attached to a car or two to keep them anchored to the ground. The art of the Maxi kite is also in the design, where they take the shape of everything from winged dragons and horses, to underwater sea creatures, dogs and cats, cartoon characters, spacemen and sharks.

Don’t miss the very special dragon ‘guests’ this year! Flying high in the sky, against a backdrop of blue and with the Rosebud foreshore below, they never fail to impress.

Also on display will be Cathedral Window Delta kites, being shown by one of Australia’s most eminent kite makers, Robert Brasington, who lives in Tasmania. Robert travels the world running kite workshops. His graceful, unique designs are influenced by modern Gothic art. Although smaller in size, these diamond kites are a beauty to watch and spectators should check them out within the big arena.

Visit the Rosebud Kite Festival on Saturday 7th March for a preview of Maxi Kite displays from 10am-1pm while the main event is on Sunday 8th March from 11am-5pm will have a full program of entertainment. More information; www.rosebudkitefestival.com.au or 0403 889 559

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NEWS DESK Police patrol Train damaged

Man grabbed

A MAN was arrested after dumping a shopping trolley on the southbound train tracks 200 metres north of Mentone station at 7.40pm on 15 February. Services were brought to a halt when the trolley became wedged under an approaching train’s wheels, damaging its undercarriage. Line delays of one and a half hours affected passengers. An off-duty police woman and an independent witness allegedly watched the offender placing the trolley on the track. He was later apprehended in Como Pde, Mentone. The man will be charged on summons with unspecified charges to face Moorabbin Court at a later date.

A 50-year-old man was allegedly grabbed on the genitals by another man as he left the public toilet block at Mentone beach around 11.15am on 10 February. The victim told police the offender was aged about 50, with grey shaggy hair, wearing faded blue button-up short sleeve shirt and black knee length shorts with a white stripe up each leg. The victim asked nearby workmen to call police and then saw the offender run from the toilet block towards the beach. He approached the offender who claimed the incident was “an accident”. The matter was reported to Mordialloc police.

Indecent assault

THE theft of tradesmen’s tools is concerning police. Thieves are targeting tools left overnight in utes and vans parked outside houses. Leading Senior Constable Peter Stephanoe said tradies could reduce the risk of tool theft by securely locking their vehicles and tool cabinets, keeping tools out of sight, and engraving their tools with licence numbers.

Moorabbin Proactive Unit is offering free engraving of new tools. Those interested should call 95566312 and have their licence numbers handy.

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was twice indecently assaulted on a Frankstonbound train at 4.25pm on 12 February. Police allege an older man had earlier started up a conversation with the girl’s female friend, asking whether she had “done any modelling”. The girl “became spooked” and moved away from the man, telling the first girl she thought he was “a paedophile”, and left the train. At Mentone, the man then allegedly approached the first girl and asked if she had “done any modelling”. Police say the man touched her inappropriately, twice claiming it was an accident, and twice the girl yelled at him not to do it. No other passengers on the crowded train came to the girl’s aid.

The girl left the train at Parkdale and the man continued on. She and her mother reported the incidents to Moorabbin police. A full description of the man is yet to be issued.

Tools the target

Traffic stop Did you know?

A DRIVER (or cyclist) cannot drive on a painted traffic island unless they are entering a turn lane immediately after the island or they are entering or leaving the road. Road Rule 138 prescribes a $295 on-the-spot fine and three demerit points, or up to $1400 at court.

SEW goes back to the well Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON Council has knocked back a request for it to pump more money into South East Water’s new headquarters being built besides Kananook Creek.

The News can reveal the water utility company asked council to contribute about $700,000 to help “beautify” a promenade area on the banks of Creek outside South East Water’s new building between Wells and Playne streets.

SEW has leased land around the building site, including the promenade area at the creek’s edge, from council to move heavy machinery in and out of the site while the 38-metre tall building is constructed and must return the area to its original state before building works began as part of its planning permit conditions.

The News understands SEW wished to “upgrade and beautify” the promenade area to better reflect its new building’s design but council baulked at contributing half towards a project estimated to cost about $1.5 million.

The mayor Cr Sandra Mayer attended a “topping out” ceremony with SEW managing director Kevin Hutchings last Tuesday to mark the main structure’s completion.

It was all smiles at the ceremony with the mayor declaring “South East Water’s new precinct next to Kananook Creek Boulevard will bring hundreds of jobs to the area, provide ongoing employment opportunities and inject millions of dollars into the local Frankston economy each year”.

However, behind the scenes there

Under construction: Builders at work inside the partially-built South East Water building in Frankston.

Picture source: BVN Architecture via Twitter

is some unease at council about SEW asking for more ratepayers’ money to improve the building’s surrounds since council has already made several contentious inducements to bring the company’s headquarters to Frankston amid competition from the Kingston and Dandenong areas in 2011.

At the time Mr Hutchings said the move to the new building in Frankston would “save us and our customers at least $20 million over the next 20 years”.

SEW paid council $4 million for the site stretching from Beach St in the north to Playne St. Council ignored its own building height restrictions and fast-tracked its planning process without architect plans to entice SEW to Frankston.

As a statutory body, SEW will pay no council rates.

When asked about the request from SEW for more money, Cr Mayer said “council has a strong relationship with South East Water and will regularly meet to discuss a wide variety of matters, in regards to the construction of their new

headquarters”. Cr Mayer confirmed “South East Water has requested a contribution from council towards the portion of public realm outside of the area required to be completed”.

“While no final costings for the works in this public realm have been determined, council has advised SEW that they would not be contributing to these works,” she said.

The mayor advised “council applied a rental charge on areas of land outside of the site occupied by SEW with the rental amount levied being $1.34 million”.

SEW spokeswoman Caitlin Rode said the company had made an “approaching move” to Frankston Council about “development of the area’s surrounds”.

“South East Water intends to reinstate the boulevard to its original condition, though we welcome opportunities to work collaboratively with council in regards to any further development of the area,” she said.

The building is expected to be open for business later this year with or without an upgraded promenade area.

Police hunt for woman’s killer DETECTIVES continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a woman’s body at a house in Frankston North.

Tracy O’Sullivan was found dead at around noon on Saturday 7 February.

The Homicide Squad is no longer seeking to identify a man seen in a black Mazda 3 in Timbertop Crt on the day her body was found. He came forward to police and it has been established he is not a suspect.

Anyone with any information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report to crimestoppersvic.com.au Search for clues: Police and SES conduct a thorough sweep of the Frankston North murder scene and surrounds. Pictures: Gary Sissons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The former member claims the

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

Picture: Gary Sissons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

While the school called in media-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Was Joshua Russell Cross a name formally used by Swamiji?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Research supports the idea that the majority of people who become involved with cults do so at such times [of major stress] and in fact do not have a prior psychological condition …Asserting that one human being fundamentally knows what’s best for another is authoritarian. If this is accepted, it sets up a chain of inevitable relational patterns that are detrimental to all players of the game.”

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

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

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

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

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

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

Sergeant Jones prosecuted and Mr Maher appeared for defendant.

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

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

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

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

I told him I was a constable on duty.

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

of them produced the return half of a ticket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I examined 3 others besides Pearson and Dwyer.

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

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

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

them some comfort during their terrible experiences.

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

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

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

at all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For 365 days he will be left alone. Not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Meet the Principal I am proud to be the Principal of Patterson River Secondary College, a school which is well respected in the community for offering high quality programs and for achieving excellent results.

The College motto of “Striving for Excellence” fosters excellence and high expectations in all that we do. We pride ourselves on providing a safe, challenging and stimulating environment for all our students.

In 2014 our College Dux achieved a 99.2 with a total of thirty 40+ study scores across our VCE cohort which is 4 to 5 times more than other local schools, with two perfect scores in Physics and Health and Human Development. We are very proud of these results.

Our select entry Excel class starts at Year 7 and continues through to Year 9. This class provides extension and enrichment for the more able students and ensures high academic results.

A challenging blend of academic, cultural and sporting activities equips all students with the essential skills and the breadth of outlook they will need to become successful citizens in a rapidly changing world.

We warmly invite you to learn more about Patterson River Secondary College. Weekly tours are available on Thursdays. Please call for an appointment or alternatively, the College will be in full swing for Open Night on 5th May, 2015 at 7.00 p.m.

Maree Vinocuroff

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

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Students are instilled with the confidence that they can make a difference in the world. They have the opportunity to put this into practice through the East Timor or Balgo outreach programs or by participating in World Challenge or the college’s Justice and Democracy Forum.

Education in an all-girl environment provides an exceptional opportunity for students to flourish.

Our students benefit from an education which is targeted towards their unique needs and talents.

The curriculum covers a wide range of subjects from the sciences to the arts. The majority of Kilbreda’s graduates achieve university places and the prospect of entering university is improved by students being able to begin their VCE studies in Year 10.

Students can also complete Vocational Studies within the college as well as through external providers. A wide range of enhancement studies and extra-curricular activities is offered.

Kilbreda College’s laptop program allows students to make good use of the latest information technology while being guided in its safe and proper practice.

Creative and performing arts are highly valued at Kilbreda College and supported by our association with St Bede’s College. This year’s theatrical production is ‘Hairspray’. As well, Kilbreda continues its involvement in WotOpera’s schools program.

Outdoor Education, the Duke of Edinburgh Award, physical education and competitive sport encourage students to meet personal challenges and to work in teams.

A model of service leadership is promoted at Kilbreda. As class captains, mentors, members of the senior leadership program or the Student Representative Council, students are encouraged to undertake specific responsibilities within the school and the wider community.

Currently the college is building the Kildare Centre, a contemporary and innovative learning centre for Year 9 students.

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Blackberry to the future

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

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

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

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

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

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

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They were a blight on the landscape.

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

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

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

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

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

The task was always two fold.

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

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

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

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

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

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Phillips the great PROVINCIAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

last of the innings.

Phillips would be an unbackable favourite for the Wedgewood medal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

his brother Matt, who he bowled for a duck.

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

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

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

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

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

The Hillmen bounce back DISTRICT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Ridge have the Reds on the ropes.

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

In reply, the Ridge are 0/26.

Hastings has set Baden Powell 169 for victory.

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

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

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

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

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

In reply, the home side is 1/34.

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Top four push: Main Ridge downed Mt Martha in their DIstrict match on Saturday. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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carnival Saints in box seat Forgetable for the peninsula SUB-DISTRICT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carrum Downs is looking at a convincing win against neighbour

Skye after the first day’s play.

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

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

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

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

Minchington joins Dromana teammates Anthony Bruhn and

Daniel Waddell at the Stonecats.

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

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

Panthers on prowl Pearcedale may have struggled last

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season but it appears that thing are back on track.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warnambool defeated Ballarat in the final.

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