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Pier group The heat was rising so these youngsters took the plunge at Mordialloc Pier on Friday 4 December when temperatures soared to a maximum of 41.5 degrees. Picture: Yanni
Scouting for funds By Jo Winterbottom TONY Swadling has set himself some big goals for 2013. And he’ll be calling on some help from his friends, community members, local businesses and Kingston Council. Mr Swadling is group leader of the
4th Mordialloc Sea Scouts and his goal is to renovate the club’s dilapidated home on Lambert Island in Mordialloc Creek. Much of the derelict building is unusable and the group has to keep its sea craft in a shed off site.
Works around the dredging of Mordialloc Creek, completed in December, included a new steel pile wall outside the scout hall and the group has lost its former easy access to the creek and the sea, a key consideration for a sea scouts group.
Mr Swadling said the group would approach Kingston Council to discuss the provision of a floating pontoon for boating and other water activities. “As sea scouts, it is necessary for us to not only master the land scout skills of camping, bushcraft and land navi-
gation, but also to master the sea,” he said. Plans being prepared include a refurbishment of the hall and a shed for storing boats. Also on the wish-list is a rock wall for abseiling and new sailboats. Continued Page 3