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Fifth term for mayor

By Jo Winterbottom KINGSTON Council has opted for experience in electing Ron Brownlees mayor; his fifth stint in the mayoral robes in a council career begun more than 30 years ago.

Cr Brownlees said he would demand councillors treat each other with “dignity and respect� in an effort to elevate the tone of debate.

The monthly council meetings of 2011 have been marked by rancorous argument in the chamber.

Outgoing mayor John Ronke said the behaviour of some councillors was the worst he had ever witnessed in his 18 years on council and chairing the monthly general meetings had become an unpleasant chore.

Cr Brownlees, who was this year awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to local government and the community, said councillors needed to be reminded of their responsibilities as elected representatives. “It’s not about personal agendas; it should always be about representing your community,� he said.

Although a member of the Liberal Party “about 20 years ago�, Cr Brownlees said he operated as an independent. “Politics should have no role in local government,� he said.

Kingston’s elder statesman said more experienced councillors could take on a mentoring role with younger, first-time councillors like David Eden, the Chelsea schoolboy who is Victoria’s youngest local government representative.

Other first-time councillors are Tamara Barth in North Ward, Geoff Gledhill in Central Ward and Tamsin Bearsley in South Ward. “We’ll learn a lot from someone like David Eden, who seems to have a very astute mind and is mature beyond his years, but I’ll be saying to him, ‘I’ve got lots of experience, if you want to pick my brain, feel free’.�

Among the challenges facing the nine-member council were new planning zones recently announced by the state government and imple-

mentation of Kingston’s green wedge management plan.

Budget concerns would intensify with carbon pricing and escalating waste charges and he anticipated a backlash to the new fire services levy, which will be collected by councils at the same time as rates. “People will blame local government,� he predicted.

Cr Brownlees was first elected to the former City of Moorabbin in 1982. He was twice Moorabbin mayor before the municipality was carved up during state-wide municipal restructures in the 1990s.

Much of Moorabbin was combined with the City of Chelsea, most of the City of Mordialloc, and parts of Springvale and Oakleigh municipalities, to create the City of Kingston in 1994.

Cr Brownlees was a member of the advisory council which guided the commissioners who ran the new municipality for three years and he was elected to the first Kingston Council in 1997.

He retired from council in 2003 but was back again in 2008, by popular demand he says. “I thought I would hang up my hat and let someone younger come in, but that didn’t happen,� he remembered. “There was a lot of pressure from people and groups that felt they needed me back in there.�

Rosemary West had been elected to the seat he vacated; she remains a Central Ward councillor.

Cr Brownlees is a life member of the Apex Club of Bentleigh and an active Rotarian.

Last year he retired from the post of chief radiographer at Sandringham Hospital, where he had worked for 39 years.

Taking office: Ron Brownlees OAM has been elected Kingston mayor for a fifth time.

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Report: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Perfect stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; flood warning

By Mike Hast and Jo Winterbottom MORDIALLOC would be subject to more frequent and severe flooding as sea levels rise and heavy rain events increase, says an unpublished confidential report.

Low-lying towns and suburbs on Port Phillip could be submerged during storms, according to the Port Phillip Coastal Adaption Pathways Program.

The report studied the potential effects of climate change in four bayside areas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mordialloc, Rosebud-McCrae, Elwood and Southbank as well as a low-lying area in North Melbourne.

The existence of the report was revealed after audio of a confidential briefing of Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors and senior officers in late September was accidentally posted on the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

The private meeting was called to discuss what the council would say if the report was leaked or made public by the federal government or the Municipal Association of Victoria.

The federal and state governments have financed the report directed by the MAV, the Central Coastal Board and the Association of Bayside Municipalities, of which the City of Kingston is a member.

The report warns bayside areas face huge damage bills after big storms.

But MAV CEO Rob Spence tried to quell speculation about dire predictions in the report, which is to be released in February. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reassuringly for all five case study areas, even under the worst possible scenarios modelled, the research confirms it is economically viable to continue to occupy the areas,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The research found that if nothing was done, flooding could get worse with â&#x20AC;&#x153;climate impactsâ&#x20AC;?, but that â&#x20AC;&#x153;moderate investment early is cost-effective and gives the best economic re-turn on investmentâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the research identified a number of limitations, this study will provide an important input for councils to take the next steps required to assist communities to deal with the impacts of a changing climate,â&#x20AC;? Mr Spence said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Councils have also strengthened their relationships with state government authorities involved in flood protection, and the project has identified areas that could benefit from more agreement and structure,â&#x20AC;? he said.

A map leaked to the media shows flooding in large areas of Rosebud and parts of McCrae. This would occur during a â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect stormâ&#x20AC;? of coastal flooding combined with heavy rains when stormwater would not run into Port Phillip.

The damage bill could be many mil-

lions of dollars a year by 2100 from these extreme conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $20 million at Southbank, $15 million at Elwood, unknown millions at Mordialloc and $100 million at Rosebud-McCrae.

The report has a cost-benefit analysis on â&#x20AC;&#x153;retreatâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;adaptâ&#x20AC;? options as sea levels rise. It urges Port Phillipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flood-prone communities to â&#x20AC;&#x153;adaptâ&#x20AC;?, as the cost of â&#x20AC;&#x153;retreatâ&#x20AC;? would be far greater.

NSW and Queensland landowners are being told by climate experts they should consider retreating from the coast as storm surges from the Pacific combined with high sea levels threaten coastal communities.

NSW has 15 â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot spotsâ&#x20AC;? including Batemans Bay, Collaroy and Byron Bay, while Queensland has more, including the Gold Coast, Caloundra and Noosa Heads. Places like the Gold Coast and Noosa have battled erosion for many years, but the rate has increased in modern times.

Last year the federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s climate change unit said 250,000 coastal homes worth more than $60 billion were at risk of flooding from sea rises over the next 90 years.

Although the study covered four areas, many other communities on the shores of Port Phillip and Western Port would be at risk.

Sea rise could be 1.6 metres

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PROJECTIONS of global sea level rise have become more pessimistic over the past five years.

In 2007, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted a rise of more than one metre by 2100. In 2009, the Delta Commission of the Dutch government projected up to 1.10 metres as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-endâ&#x20AC;? scenario.

In the same year, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) projected up to 1.40 metres.

In 2011, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme gave a range of 0.90-1.60 metres.

Also last year, the US Army Corps of Engineers recommended using low, intermediate and high scenarios for global sea level rise when planning civil works programs, with high being 1.50 metres.

The more pessimistic views are based on a number of observations, most importantly that sea level has been rising at least 50 per cent faster in the past decades than projected by the IPCC in 2007. Also, the rate of rise averaged over two decades has accelerated threefold, from about one millimetre a year at the start of the 20th century to about three millimetres a year over the past 20 years.

The observed net mass loss of the two big continental ice sheets calls into question the assumption that ice accumulation in Antarctica would largely balance ice loss from Greenland during further global warming With serious sea level rise coming, experts are increasingly looking at potential impacts on coasts to plan local adaptation.

Melbourne climate scientist Dr Roger Jones, a An early December storm at McCrae in 2010. research fellow at Victoria University and former research scientist at CSIRO, says a rise of 1.5 metres â&#x20AC;&#x153;is virtually unavoidableâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right right now $3 trillion worth of property and 40 million people are exposed to expected sea level rise. By 2070 those numbers become $35 trillion (roughly 9 per cent of forecast world GDP) and 147 million people,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a 74 per cent chance of one or more of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low-lying cities being impacted by a once-ina-century event every year.â&#x20AC;?

Americans on the east coast have just experienced that 100-year storm.

THE dredging works at Mordialloc Creek have been completed.

The two-year project, including repairs to seawalls and moorings, cost $8 million.

Approximately 16,000 tonnes of silt and debris was removed from the creek, increasing the channel dept to more than 1.5 metres.

During the past two years, $8 million has been invested at Mordialloc Creek on dredging and associated works, such as repairing seawalls and moorings.

The first $1.5 million stage of the project, completed last year, was fully funded by council and involved dredging 6,000 tonnes of silt from around Lambert Island and other works on moorings.

The $6.5 million second stage began in April this year.

Approximately 16,000 tonnes of silt and debris was removed from the creek, increasing the channel depth to more than 1.5 metres.

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Remembering Charlie’s war

By Jo Winterbottom CHARLIE Scales’ first attempt to join the army was not a success.

In 1939, aged just 16 and a trainee storeman at Coles in Albury, NSW, he had effectively run away from home to join the militia.

“Poor old mum and dad were demented with worry,” he remembers.

“I was on guard duty at Hume Weir when the police turned up and dragged me out of there; they’d been looking everywhere for me.”

World War II had begun and he wanted to enlist, like his father Bill and uncle Joe, both of whom had served with distinction in The Great War. In the 1/24th Battalion, they had fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in Europe.

Both were decorated soldiers and Bill was repatriated after losing his leg during fighting at Ypres in France.

Charlie went home to Corryong in northern Victoria and “started bludging off mum and dad” until they would allow him to enlist.

It seemed a coincidence that in Wangaratta in mid-1940 he joined the 2/24th Battalion.

By the end of the year Charlie Scales was in the Middle East training for the desert warfare that would take the lives of many of his friends in the 2/24th.

“People without training can’t make good soldiers,” he said from his home in Bonbeach. “It’s training that helps you overcome the fear.”

The 2/24th Battalion was involved in two of the most decisive battles of the war - at Tobruk, in modern day Libya, where they became known as the Rats of Tobruk, and at El Alamein, on the shores of the Mediterranean in Egypt.

War veteran: Bonbeach resident Charlie Scales fought at Tobruk and El Alamein during World War II.

They were battles which halted Rommel’s advance into Africa and brought strategic and morale-boosting success at critical times, when the Allied Forces were experiencing heavy losses and setbacks elsewhere.

“The holding of Tobruk was one of the major turning points in the war and El Alamein stopped Rommel getting hold of a deep water port in North Africa,” Mr Scales said.

But the price of that success was terribly high and Charlie Scales saw most of his commanding officers and friends die or be badly wounded. He was wounded in El Alamein and recuperated in a British war hospital in Egypt.

“We were pretty professional after Tobruk, but even so, at El Alamein a battal-

ion of 700 went in [to the battle] and only 59 came out on the truck at the end of it.”

Private Charlie Scales returned to Australia and joined the elite 1st Parachute Battalion, which trained on the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland, but the end of World War II came before the crack troop was deployed.

“I was half stupid for a long time after the war,” he said. “In those days I’d get on the beer and make a nuisance of myself.”

He drifted and worked at different jobs, unable to settle down until he met his future wife Loris at a New Years Eve ball.

“I don’t know where I would be without Loris,” he said.

The experience of war did not confer

indifference on Charlie Scales and he laments the wars and unrest still punishing people in the desert regions where he fought over more than 60 years ago.

“I was at Homs,” he remembers. “It’s where all the trouble started in Syria recently. It’s shocking what’s happening there.”

A proud member of Chelsea RSL, Mr Scales had a busy Remembrance Day weekend with a 2/24th Battalion reunion in Wangaratta, a function at the RSL and a “terrific party” for his 90th birthday, also on Sunday 11 November.

He shares his story not to glorify or mythologise war.

“I just want to promote the memory of the 2/24th Battalion and the Rats of Tobruk,” he said.

Grandfather assaulted MOORABIN detectives are seeking witnesses to the assault of an elderly man who was out walking with his fouryear-old grandson in Carrum.

Detective Senior Sergeant Wade Matthews of Moorabbin crime investigation unit said the unprovoked attack occurred about 8pm on Monday 29 October outside Patterson River fire brigade on McLeod Rd. The man and his grandson were walking along McLeod Rd when a large dog rushed at the child, frightening him. The dog, which is thought to be a Rottweiler or similar breed, was being walked without a lead by its owners, a man and woman in their thirties.

Detective Matthews said words were exchanged and the man and woman became aggressive, kicking the elderly man and verbally abusing him and the child.

They continued to follow the man and his grandson, taunting them all the while, before grabbing the elderly man and punching him three times in the face.

The attackers decamped in the direction of Patterson Lakes.

The man was described as Caucasian aged 35-40, 170cm tall of medium build and with short black hair. He was unshaven with a goatee and was wearing a black t-shirt and black pants.

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LETTERS Real journalism WHAT a great article (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Election â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bullyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ruckus, 16/10/12).

Good to see some real journalism that posed some real questions about local politics and associated dirty tactics, and conflict of interests.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing what I can to circulate your story so locals can see the real side to this.

Well done.

Paul Munro, Kingston South Ward Candidate

New council hope IT is a parlous state of affairs when so many councillors can be elected to Bayside and Kingston councils without electors knowing anything about what issues or values intending councillors held as part of their agendas.

It could be argued that even with the publication of results in the local newspapers, we are still in the dark about the quality of elected councillors.

This is especially troubling, as in Kingston, for the first time, dirt sheets and death threats were prominent in the campaign material of one political party.

Mary Rimington, Mordialloc

Smear campaign SINCERE thanks to the citizens of Kingston , especially in the South Ward, for providing me with the opportunity to represent you. Unfortunately I was not successful in this last election campaign, losing by the small margin of 98 votes.

I am sure that the very dirty smear campaign run against me had an impact on the way people voted.

I would be glad to hear from anyone who is concerned that their vote may have been influenced in this way. Investigations by STOPline and the Local Government Inspectorate cleared me on all counts, but were not released until after most people had voted.

I met some amazing people along the way and I was fortunate to be in a position as a councilor to vote for protection of the green wedge for parks environmental conservation, sustainable agriculture, nurseries, recreation and open

space, the uses most residents told councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultants they want there.

I hope this unscrupulous campaign has not resulted in a council that disregards the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes and best interests in this regard.

I have consistently supported citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights to be consulted on local government issues and always voted to protect residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; amenity, supporting development only when it met the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs and aspirations.

I am looking forward to my next chapter in life whatever that might be.

Trevor Shewan, Carrum, Former South Ward councillor, e: tshewan_1@yahoo.com.au, 0417 127 197

Public boozing blight WITH the onset of the warmer weather, the inevitable public boozers come out of hiding.

Even after Kingston Council erected â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Alcohol Zoneâ&#x20AC;? signs all through Kingston, these drinkers defy authorities because they know that actually being caught is so slim that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth taking the risk.

Council officers are never seen at Chelsea and the only police seen are those getting their lunch or the traffic branch booking U-turners.

City travellers get off the trains at Chelsea Station, then cross Nepean Highway and walk down the Strand to the beach, straight past these unthinking boozers; great advertising for Chelsea, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think.

Peter Crawford, Bonbeach

New newspaper news THANK you so much for your new community paper for the Carrum-Mentone area. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good, factual read, and a breath of fresh air! Good luck with your endeavour.

Nina Earl, Mordialloc Send letters to the editor to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or email team@mpnews.com.au Correspondence may be edited.

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Report cost ‘confidential’

By Jo Winterbottom KINGSTON Council has refused to reveal the cost of investigations into bullying allegations levelled by a senior manager.

Kingston CEO John Nevins said he would not take further questions on the investigations, saying on Monday: “Council will not disclose any further information in relation to this confidential matter”.

The allegations against three councillors were found to be unsubstantiated in two major reports – one by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate and one commissioned by the council and conducted by private investigators STOPline.

It is understood council also sought legal advice from Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers.

Former South Ward councillor Trevor Shewan, who was one of the three accused of bullying, has raised questions about the timing of the reports; both reports exonerating the three

councillors were released during the final days of the council election campaign, when the great majority of electors had already cast their votes in the postal ballot.

Mr Shewan polled poorly in the ballot which closed on 26 October and was not re-elected (see Letters, page 6).

Mr Nevins said on Monday 22 October he received advice from the Inspectorate that the three councillors had been cleared of all charges.

The STOPline report exonerating them was received by council on Wednesday 24 October.

On Friday 26 October The News asked Mr Nevins the cost of the STOPline report and was told, “The cost of the report is still being finalised.”

But questions regarding the cost of the report and legal fees in connection with the bullying allegations went unanswered last week and by Monday, Mr Nevins issued the above statement declaring he would “not disclose any further information”.

Halloween fires investigated A CAR narrowly escaped blowing up in flames after a fire was lit underneath it, according to Moorabbin police.

It was one of a spate of fires lit in rubbish bins in the Chelsea area on October 30 and 31, coinciding with Halloween parties.

Detective Senior Sergeant Wade Matthews of Moorabbin crime investigation unit said police were seeking information to put a stop to the trend.

“At this stage there has been minimal damage, but the one under the car could have been much worse,” he said.

“We really want to nip it in the bud, so it does not become a more serious problem.”

Solid fuel firelighters were being used to start the fires in wheelie bins around Chelsea Rd. Anyone with information can contact Moorabbin police in 9556 6565.

Shopping tip: Patterson River Secondary College students haul a dumped shopping troll up from the depths of Kananook Creek.

Creek clean up a trolley good effort PATTERSON River Secondary College Year 9 students removed litter from Kananook Creek on Friday 2 November as part of a Community Leadership Program.

Dumped rubbish clogging up parts of Kananook Creek and the Eel Race drain have been a problem recently.

The program’s focus this year has been on environmentalism as the students work towards earning a Duke of Edinburgh certificate.

Pattersons Lakes CFA and Life Saving Victoria have helped with projects throughout the year.

The Kananook Creek Association, Clean Up Australia and Frankston Council helped the students with clean-up operations on the day. Carrum MP Donna Bauer was also on site to lend a helping hand.

Preparation was key with the students spending a few weeks before the clean up day practising their kayaking

skills and scouring the creek for areas requiring attention.

Many students paddled along the creek in kayaks to finish the clean up, with others picked up litter along the creek banks.

The final rubbish collection tally at the end of the day was a massive 240 kilograms of debris.

A submerged shopping trolley, excluded from the final weigh-in, was the catch of the day.

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Safe and sound WHEN Richard Paul couldn’t find a solution to a structural engineering problem, he had to invent a new way of building.

Now his company SafePanel is poised to transform precast concrete construction around the world.

The company received an award for excellence from the Concrete Institute of Australia last year and has now been recognised for improving worksite safety.

SafePanel, run from an office at Mr Paul’s home in Chelsea, has won the gong for ‘best solution to a workplace health and safety issue’ in the 2012 WorkSafe awards.

Like many great ideas, Mr Paul’s is beautifully simple.

“An engineer came to me with a problem on a difficult site and he could not get a welder in to finish the structure,” he said.

“The solution didn’t exist, so I have to invent one.”

The SafePanel system of installing automatic connections in precast panels at ground level eliminates the need for welders to be working at heights welding panels together.

The invention draws on Mr Paul’s experience as a consultant to the precast construction industry and has been in development for three years.

He is now setting up distribution in North America and exploring options in China.

“Even with the recession, the US market is twenty times bigger than Australia,” he said.

“But the real opportunity is in China, where the production in one precast yard north of Beijing is equal to the entire output of all precast yards in Australia, and there are dozens of them.”

Hanging out: Carrum MP Donna Bauer, Kingston Mayor Ron Brownlees and Patterson Lakes Kindergarten vice-president Courtney Smith with children from the kindergarten.

School’s future funding boost

Panel duo: Alan Kearon and Richard Paul of SafePanel, with one of the simple precast connection devices developed by Mr Paul.

PATTERSON Lakes Kindergarten received a state government grant of $300,000 as part of a state-wide allocation of more than $40 million in state and national partnership capital grants.

Edithvale Integrated Children’s Centre also received a $1.5 million grant to increase the scope of its communitybased long-day care program by providing a new double-unit kindergarten with 33 and 22 places, dual consulting rooms for maternal and child health

and allied health services, and community rooms.

Carrum MP Donna Bauer and Kingston Council mayor Ron Brownlees visited Patterson Lakes Kindergarten to share the good news with staff and children.

“This funding will have a huge impact on children, not just now, but for many years to come,” Mrs Bauer said.

Cr Brownlees welcomed the funding for local childcares services.

“Council is planning a $5.6 million Edithvale Integrated Children’s Centre that will place Kingston at the forefront of contemporary early childhood services and integrated practice,” Cr Brownlees said.

Council consulted with the community on the location of the centre.

“Council aims to begin construction in late-2013 and the project will take approximately one year to complete,” Cr Brownlees said.

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By Tony Murrell PLANS unveiled for a multi-million dollar 500-seat function centre at Frankston Park headlined a campaign launched by new community group Proudly Frankston.

An initiative of Frankston Dolphins Football Club, Proudly Frankstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broad aim is to make residents feel good about where they live.

The group hosted a lunch for 120 businessmen and women, sports representatives and local government officials at the Dolphinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rooms on 25 October.

Helping to establish the function centre above the existing social club is Proudly Frankstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first major undertaking. The project has support from the state government, Frankston Council and the AFL-VFL. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A source of pride for the whole Frankston community, the new centre will help secure the future of VFL football in Frankston,â&#x20AC;? Proudly Frankston founding member and leader Alan Wickes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proudly Frankston is working with businesses, sporting groups, educational institutions, community groups and service clubs to make Frankston even better.â&#x20AC;?

The launch included the inaugural Proudly Frankston business and community award to Ritchies Stores plus the announcement of an annual $5000 award to a junior sporting club.

Ritchies and Coca-Cola Amatil will fund the lucrative award, starting next year. It will recognise an outstanding commitment to community help by a junior team with members 15 years

On the job: Proudly Frankston founding member and leader Alan Wickes (right) with former Dolphin player Paul Kennedy, MC of the Proudly Frankston launch.

Our town: Former Frankston Council chief executive Adrian Butler, left; Robert Thurley, chartered accountant of Kananook Creek Association; and Max Butler of Wine Swap, a former CEO of City of Chelsea.

and younger. Accepting the ward were Ritchies director David Welch and Judy Rebecca, the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community benefits program coordinator.â&#x20AC;¨ Mr Wickes said the award reflected research showing that team sport and physical activity programs positively influenced personal and social development in young people.â&#x20AC;¨ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rarely do 120 leading citizens get together for the common goal of promoting Frankston,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lunch represented a microcosm

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He praised the food from Wise Choice, wine from Mornington Peninsula vignerons and music by internationally trained trumpeter Tom Jonanovic, a former Frankston High School student, and his contemporary jazz quartet.

Mr Wickes said federal MP Bruce Billson spoke proudly about his Frankston heritage, his love of the city and challenged citizens not to ac-

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Also supporting Proudly Frankston were outgoing mayor Brian Cunial and the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jane Homewood, acting CEO until the recent appointment of Dennis Hovenden.

Mr Wickes said Proudly Frankston had a wider community role â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to promote business activity, improve training and employment opportunities, and encourage teamwork through participation in sport and community activities.

Membership of the group includes former Dolphin coaches, former club officials, business people and educators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The group has no part in the administration of the football club, but offers a helping hand as part of its broad push to promote the assets of Frankston,â&#x20AC;?

Mr Wickes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frankston Dolphins VFL team, as an AFL affiliate, is the best-placed community entity able to broadly promote the city and the community.â&#x20AC;?

Making waves for charity KINGSTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Waves Leisure Centre is holding a family fun day to welcome summer on Saturday 24 November 2012.

The event is in support of local charity, the Isabella and Marcus Fund, which raises money for research into childhood brain stem cancers.

Namesakes, Marcus from Edithvale and Isabella from Endeavour Hills both suffered from this terminal illness.

Their families are now working together to extend the lives of children diagnosed with brainstem tumours and ultimately to find a cure.

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Starting at 1pm, there will be lots of free activities throughout the afternoon, including a mobile animal farm, jumping castle, face painting and fitness demonstrations.

And, for those who enjoy the water, a special Waves DJ will be presiding over the Wave Pool with an active aqua disco, while the giant inflatables take over the 50-metre pool.

For further details about the fundraising event, visit www.wavesleisurecentre.com.au More information about the Isabella and Marcus Fund is available at www.isabellaandmarcusfund.org.au

Longevity in health work PENINSULA Health’s chief executive Sherene Devanesen has presented awards to staff who have spent more than 10 years with the organisation.

Among the recipients were paediatrics nurse unit manager Helen Hutchins, who has spent 40 years with Peninsula Health.

Mercedes Williams, Janet Payne, Lorraine McPherson, Terence Hewens, Anne Donnelly and Patricia Kardinaal were awarded for 35 years of service.

“It is marvellous to see so many employees celebrating long service. We thank all award recipients for their commitment to the health service and helping us to build a healthy community,” Dr Devanesen said.

Awarded: Helen Hutchins, left, after receiving her 40-year service award from Peninsula Health’s chief executive Sherene Devanesen.

DSE three-year plan for burns Sports grants open THE Department of Sustainability and Environment has released details of planned burns and other fire prevention activities over the next three years on the Mornington Peninsula.

Burns planned between now and autumn include Arthurs Seat, Cape Schanck (Greens Bush), Tuerong (Devilbend), Balnarring, French Island, Portsea, Rosebud, Langwarrin, Frankston and Frankston North.

The amount of land to be burnt in the Port Phillip region jumps from 6228ha in 2012-13 to 9885ha in 2013-14.

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“The fire operations plans outline where planned burns, slashing, track works and construction of fire breaks are intended to be carried out over the next three years, depending on weather and other conditions,” Mr Barbetti said.

“The decision to burn is driven by the need to reduce bushfire risk to human life, communities, essential and community infrastructure, industry, the

economy and the environment.”

Mr Barbetti said the plans were designed to be flexible so burns could be moved forward or back over the threeyear period to respond to conditions.

Port Phillip’s fire operations plans can be seen online at www.dse.vic.gov. au/burns or at DSE and Parks Victoria offices.

To find out where and when burns are likely to happen, visit www.dse.vic. gov.au/burns, call Victorian Bushfires Information Line on 1800 240 667 or download the FireReady smart phone app to see burns on a map.

KINGSTON sports clubs can apply for VicHealth grants of up to $2,500 each for new equipment, portable shade and volunteer training.

Applications for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) 2012/2013 Active Club Grants funding can be submitted until 6 December 2012.

A total of $1 million is available to local sporting clubs, regional sporting leagues and associations and local active recreation clubs across Victoria.

This year’s grants also focus on people aged over 60, who traditionally have low rates of sports participation and young people aged five to 17-years-old and sports that are vulnerable to on-field emergencies.

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Late bid to move water HQ

By Keith Platt MEMBERS of two influential community groups say fast-tracking the move

by South East Water to Frankston could add to the woes of Frankston MP Geoff Shaw.

They are targeting Mr Shaw in their 11th hour bid to have the water authority’s headquarters sited away from Kananook Creek and the foreshore.

“We agree that Frankston is the ideal location for South East Water HQ, but why was it that the state government demanded this key waterfront site and this site only?” former Kananook Creek Association president Rob Thurley has told The News.

“Why were better located, less sensitive sites never considered by the minister?

“Highly peculiar. No explanation provided. Consequently, many are suspicious that local political motives have driven this.

“If so, this is another major scandal that could engulf embattled Frankston MP Geoff Shaw.”

The Kananook Creek Association and Long Island Residents’ Group believe the 10-storey building represents a major change in plans for the beautification and development of the creek banks.

Mr Shaw says the creekside site had been offered by council to South East Water.

“After SEW evaluated a number of different sites for its new headquarters, Frankston was chosen. And why not?

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a designated CAA, Victoria’s best beach; so many benefits for moving to Frankston,” he said.

An accountant, Mr Shaw was “surprised” that Mr Thurley, also an accountant, “cannot realise that SEW also has financial reasons for moving to Frankston, and that Frankston businesses will benefit greatly and be able to provide more local jobs”.

Council was paid $4 million for the site and South East Water has already appointed architects BVN to design the new building.

The groups say land near the railway station is better suited for the proposed building, “with easy access to public transport and the CAD for the 700 staff”.

“This site would require no changes to the planning scheme and would leave the most significant creek frontage site available to be developed in a more appropriate manner as was originally intended – a public plaza for the people of Frankston.”

The groups say the “strategic site” on the seaward side of the five-storey Landmark building between Wells and Playne streets was “created by steady consolidation by successive councils over more than 60 years”.

They see the site as “the obvious future connection of the waterfront with the town centre”.

It is more than 30 years since the KCA wrote to the then state government that the creek’s eastern bank “be developed by the Frankston City Council for recreational and entertainment purposes … [including] the

reclamation of car parking areas, the acquisition of private property and isolation from all vehicular traffic”.

This aim had been followed by successive councils, including the “highquality” Landmark building with its sea views.

In 2004 the state government and council published a booklet with a conceptual drawing of a “grand public plaza between Wells and Playne streets”.

“Frankston’s nomination by state government as a key centre under Melbourne’s 2030 program and the priority placed on the Kananook Creek Boulevard for urban renewal gave us real heart.”

The creek bank was to be the key site in Frankston’s urban renewal.

The election in 2010 of the LiberalNational Party Coalition state government had been applauded by the KCA, with no “10-storey office block ever suggested or contemplated”.

The KCA says losing the publicly owned site to South East Water follows a pattern: The loss of Central Park (“sold to Gandel Corporation”); loss of McComb Reserve to the commercial sand sculpture show (“a business subsidised by ratepayers to $100,000”); the loss of sections of Samuel Sherlock Reserve for the new aquatic centre (“instead of locating it within Monash University as originally planned”).

Mr Shaw said the 700 extra jobs “will activate Frankston like never before”.

“Cafes, restaurants, service providers and retailers in Frankston will benefit greatly with extra customers.”

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Kingston Council is seeking community ideas for the Living Kingston 2035 project.

Six community forum meetings will be held to discuss ideas received to determine which are most important to local areas.

Kingston Council Mayor Ron Brownlees said “Council has received thousands of submissions from people who live, work or play in Kingston and what we’re hearing is that people like our beaches, parks, green wedge, festivals, leisure centres and libraries. Looking forward to 2035, people wish to preserve green open spaces, turn landfill areas into parks, and continue having appropriate density living as well as affordable housing.”

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Visit www.livingkingston.com.au for online debate and further information about the Living Kingston 2035 project.

Network with smart company AMANDA Gome is the feature keynote speaker at a Kingston Business Women’s Network event on Wednesday 21 November.

Amanda is an entrepreneur, journalist, educator, business authority and former CEO of Smart Company. She is currently an adjunct professor of business at RMIT University where she lectures students in entrepreneurship and regularly comments on business and digital publishing issues, while juggling her roles as a mother and making time for maintaining her own health and wellbeing.

The next Kingston Business Women’s Network event is on from 12noon to 2pm on Wednesday 21 November 2012 at the Hemisphere Hotel & Conference Centre, 488 South Road, Moorabbin. The cost is $49 and includes a two course meal and glass of wine.

All business women are welcome at the networking events, whether they are located in Kingston or outside the municipality.

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SHOP 2/1 FRANKSTON GARDENS DVE, CARRUM DOWNS, 9776 9900

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Chelsea 463 Nepean Highway 03 9772 7077 www.chelsea.harcourts.com.au FOR SALE

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This two-storey home is set on a 425sqm approx block of land, just a five-minute drive to Patterson Lakes Shopping Centre and a brief commute to Carrum Train Station. Soaring ceilings, private boat mooring, ducted vacuum system, BIR’s, s/-steel kitchen appliances & private balcony off the master bedroom.

Plus you have open-plan dining, water views from the master bedroom, separate powder room and Coonara woodheater.

Don’t settle for second-best, this rendered home boasts formal living & dining room and open-plan kitchen & family area. Other selling points are high ceilings, gas hot water service and landscaped gardens plus security system. You will also enjoy the spacious, covered entertaining area with spa and outdoor fireplace, perfect for entertainers or relaxing with friends. With all these great features, this home will go very quickly.

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By Negotiation www.harcourts.com.au/vcs6869 Saturday 1.30-1.50pm

Stavros Ambatzidis M 0409 708 000 E stavros@harcourts.com.au

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With this stylish unit the more you look, the more you want to buy. Boasting a private courtyard and with plenty of natural light, lets not overlook the handy intercom system, big open-plan feel and modern kitchen. You’ll especially appreciate the built in robes, fully fenced yard, fully renovated interior and the quiet location. With such a wide range of features, this unit won’t be available for long.

This beachside home has everything you’re after. Just a 1 minute walk from the shopping centre, 10 minute walk to the train station and 50 metres from the beach. This single-storey apartment has a Ceasarstone kitchen, living area and balcony. The contemporary design has bamboo hardwood flooring, s/system air-conditioning, lift access, intercom, underground parking, BIR’s and all on a sunny corner position. Such an array of features, be quick to secure this one.

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Forthcoming Auction Price Guide $390,000 - $430,000 View www.harcourts.com.au/ vcs6924 Open Saturday 10.30-10.50am

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UNIT 26 / 10 HALL ROAD, CARRUM DOWNS

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Saturday 1st December at 11am 10% deposit, balance 60 days $270,000-$290,000 Saturday 11.00-11.30am John Young 0412 766 804 James Crowder 0407 813 377

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL

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Video star

THIS brightly presented salon has six cutting stations and two shampoo basins. It also has a spray tan room, a waxing room and there are kitchen and laundry facilities.

Hair extensions are one of the many services the salon offers and they carry an exclusive range of products. Trading hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm.

ESTABLISHED for eight years, this wellpresented shop is situated in the busy shopping strip of a residential area.

The sale includes 18,000 DVDs and a fullycomputerised hiring system. Opening hours are daily from 10am. The business shows excellent takings and still offers further scope to improve. It could easily be run under management.

Hair salon, HASTINGS Price: $75,000 + stock of approx. $5000 Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Video and DVD hire, FRANKSTON Price: $180,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

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Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON 8 stations & 3 basins, in the heart of Frankston. Trades

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Great little cafĂŠ in main street location, sells breakfast, lunch, French patisseries etc. Easily operated by two staff, new lease offered. Seating inside for 16 & outside for 8. Trades Tues to Sunday.

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Currently managed, kiosk style in busy Bayside S/centre. All new equipment when set up less than 2 years ago. Seats 34. Vendor will trial on $5,000 pw. Opens shopping centre hours. WIWO.

Lovely, large, modern shop trading 5 days 6am to 3pm. Seats 15 inside with smokersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; courtyard.

Very smart exterior presentation.

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Trades 6 days.

Pleasure to run this fully managed, lovely shop in a busy retail & commercial location, also selling jewellery lines. Only 5 days a week with short hours. Full assistance will be given with changeover.

Large shop with double storey

NOW $70,000 + sav HAIR & BEAUTY Currently fully managed in shopping centre, well-established with excellent marketing systems in place.

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PHOTOS & FRAMES

Great location opposite station, selling chicken & pizza with deliveries. Opens daily from 11.30am. Well presented shop with good equipment.

Established 8 years.

Well equipped shop with commercial kitchen, seats 4 in & 8 out. Est 30 years in industrial estate, trades Mon-Fri 6.30am to 3pm. Large base of regular cash customers. Easy to run with 2 staff.

Franchise business established 20 years, trading 6 days.

Averages about 54 cars from car yards and 25 from retail cars, about 4 rolls per month.

Recently fully renovated & new equipment. Seats 36 in & 8 outside, sells 95% gluten free products, approx 12kgs coffee per week. Has 2BR dwelling, courtyard, multi-use rear storage area.

All manner of photography requirements, custom framing, restoration. Prime Main St location, well known, good equipment. Training will be given, vendor wishes to retire. *RRG SURÂżWV

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Long established in prime area.

Large shop in great location with

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Fine European cakes, pastries etc.

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Supplies local families, farms & holidaymakers with pet supplies and animal feed. Large showroom/ factory with aquarium & hydrobath.

All stock delivered, long lease, website.

Large well presented showroom/ factory on main road. Large base of repeat customers inc architects, builders, renovators. Also do installation, sanding & polishing.

Vendor will assist with changeover & introductions.

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Set daily run from Dandenong to northern suburbs, food industry. include medical centres, childcare Work 5 days, hours to suit. 2009 Hino refrigerated truck in excellent centres, body corporates etc. condition, serviced regularly.

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FISH & CHIPS

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Cranbourne (3 rooms) & Pakenham (5 rooms). Clean rooms, each venue

builders. 3 vehicles included.

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$315,000

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Custom made switchboards, general sheetmetal fabricating.

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Freehold & leasehold on app 4.5 acres, home with pool. Fully indoor kennels & cattery with cooling, heating, fully automated irrigation.

35oo sq m exercise areas. No limit of animals, closest kennels to CBD.

Resort style, 4star rated, 8 units + 2 storey residence on 1 hectare. Pool, tennis court, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground, large storage, BBQ areas, laundry.

Located Phillip Island, popular tourist destination.

NOW $480,000

$600,000 + sav

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$355,000

Established 21 years, has 3 street

Business $420,000 + sav Freehold $2.7million + GST if appl.

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 32 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

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AROUND THE REGION

Backs to the wall: VicRoads contractors rebuild the retaining wall on the Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston, which collapsed earlier this year.

Pictures: Yanni

Three months to fix collapsed wall

By Mike Hast RECONSTRUCTION of the retaining wall on Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston will take three and a half months.

Work started on the $1.4 million wall in February, but it collapsed on Thursday 19 April before it could be finished.

Dramatic pictures of the wall collapsing were taken by a man walking his dog.

The first wall was built of rocks in steel cages and backfilled with sand.

The second attempt is being constructed using steel posts hammered into the ground, horizontal wooden planks and backfilled with lighter material.

The lighter material would “reduce the load imposed on it”, said Peter Todd, VicRoads’ regional director of Metro South East.

He said VicRoads engaged consultant ARUP Pty Ltd to undertake an in-

dependent investigation into the April incident.

“The new retaining wall design has been independently verified to ensure the safety of road users and workers.”

Mr Todd said no lanes would be closed to motorists “however VicRoads request all road users observe the 40km/h speed limit and drive with caution”.

“The bicycle lane and footpath will continue to be unavailable” during construction.

“Cyclists can use the left traffic lane and pedestrians … the footpath on the foreshore side.”

Mr Todd thanked Frankston residents “for their patience while this important reconstruction work is undertaken”.

VicRoads decided to build the wall to stem erosion of the cliff face, which had been monitored by a resident whose house was built close to the cliff edge.

The erosion has now gone inland beyond the boundary between the VicRo-

ads land and private property.

Properties on the cliff have lost up to three metres of land in the past five years.

The area near the foot of Olivers Hill was once part of Frankston Brickworks and backfilled before being opened up for residential development.

Houses on the steep land have to comply with strict building regulations that include concrete foundations up to 15 metres deep.

Home base: The Dolphin Research Institute is trying to find out more about the common dolphins that have become residents of Port Phillip. Picture: Dolphin Research Institute (taken under research permit from DSE)

Dolphins call Port Phillip home A COMMUNITY of common dolphins has left the open ocean to live in the shallows of eastern Port Phillip, something unique to the bay.

Compared to the bay’s long-time resident bottlenose dolphins, the “commons” are much smaller and their backs are darker. They also have a pattern on their sides and many have a prominent flash of yellow.

“We are doing our best to understand why they are here and what we need to do to protect them. We need help,” the institute’s research director Sue Mason said.

The study is part of her PhD. The population of nearly 20 seems to live between Frankston and Dromana and includes at least two new calves born in recent months.

Institute director Jeff Weir said the community can help the dolphins by obeying the

dolphin watching regulations when out on the water.

“Don’t deliberately approach them closer than 100 metres in a boat or 300 metres on a power ski,” he said.

“It’s fine if they come to you, but slow down or stop if it is safe, and don’t follow when they swim away.”

Mr Weir said reports of sightings helped researchers build up a picture of dolphin movements.

“For those lucky enough to see the dolphins from their balconies – especially from Mornington to Safety Beach – the institute is looking for land-based vantage points to track the dolphins,” he said.

To find out more go to www.dolphin research.org.au online or call 1300 130 949.

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Healthy Living Hands-on with osteopathy OSTEOPATHIC therapy is a unique holistic approach to health care.

It is based on all parts of the body functioning together in an integrated manner. When the body is free of restrictions in movement, osteopathic treatment assists the body with pain minimisation, reduced stress and greater mobility providing the body with the opportunity to heal itself.

Osteopaths use a board range of gentle handson techniques including soft tissue, stretching, deep tactile pressure and mobilization or manipulation of joints. Using these techniques, osteopaths treat a range of conditions including, neck and back pain, sports injuries arthritic conditions, work-related injuries, pregnancy related pain, headaches and migraines and joint pain.

Patterson Allied Health pride themselves on offering premium health care using a holistic approach for the whole family offering a range of modalities for everyone wanting to achieve the best possible health outcome.

Head osteopath, Dr Louise Harvey, specialises in the areas of sports rehabilitation and postural analysis. Dr Harvey has completed courses in

clinical pilates, core stabilisation and strength conditioning. Dr. Tracy Nguyen addresses all areas of the body to create balance and alleviate discomfort. Dr Harvey and Dr Nguyen have a vast array of experience and knowledge and look forward to assisting you with achieving optimal health and maintaining overall wellbeing.

Patterson Allied Health also offers podiatry, dietitians’ services, acupuncture, myotherapy/ remedial massage.

All their practitioners are fully qualified and registered with all the private health funds. Their clinic is equipped with HICAPS and Medicare Ezyclaim for processing clients’ claims on the spot.

To make an appointment call Patterson Lakes clinic on 9776 1600 - a 20% off initial consultation for osteopathy is valid until 30 November 2012.

Patterson Allied Health Shop 7 & 8 Harbour Plaza, Thompson Road, Patterson Lakes www.pattersonalliedhealth.com.au

Stay younger for longer

By Lauren Ostrowski Fenton AS we grow older, we literally wear the journey of our life on our faces.

The lines of grief, the valleys of laughter and the crevices of our wellbeing become permanently etched on our features. Our appearance and our level of happiness is a direct reflection of the choices we have made physically, emotionally, and spiritually in our life.

So why not choose to stay younger? Choose to commit to behaviours that are proven to reduce the ageing process.

I look at video footage of me years ago and at video footage now and I can definitely see the effect of decisions I have made reflected in my face. I know now that the main key to my present health is the choices I have made about how to be comfortable within my own skin.

Research shows it is possible to take steps to reduce the ageing process.

Choose to reduce the aging process: Be proud of your age; be the best you can pos-

sibly be in the skin you have. Be strong and fit; lift weights and promote lean body mass to stimulate your metabolism and reduce muscle wasting. You are what you eat so make sure you eat the super foods. Your body is a temple; don’t go near alcohol, cigarettes or saturated fat. Stand tall with poise and remain mobile by doing yoga. Relax the years away; live mindfully with meditation. Be positive yet maintain a degree of reality. Be grateful and forgive; do not carry unnecessary baggage. Life is sometimes unfair but build a bridge and get over it; don’t get caught up in the trap of being a victim. www.laurenostrowskifenton.com.au

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AROUND THE REGION

Bringing power to the people

By Keith Platt WHILE Australia’s two-speed economy is becoming one of the most overused phrases, brothers Brett and Stuart Davies are running a $250 million turnover company that is staking part of its future profits on the stop-start principle.

But rather than lurching from one financial imperative to another, their focus on “stop-start” is all about vehicle engines: ones that turn themselves off at red lights and become active again when the lights go green.

The Davies brothers head the Club Assist Corporation, a global company that is 80 per cent owned by Australian motoring clubs, principally the RACV in Victoria and the NRMA in New South Wales.

Brett Davies is chairman and group chief executive; Stuart is chief executive officer and executive president.

Their rise to prominence in the motoring world comes from what now seems a very simple idea – offering to help members of motoring clubs fix the most common fault that brings cars to a standstill – flat batteries.

While car clubs had mobile mechanics (or agents) to send to emergency breakdowns, callouts to merely restart a car or fit and supply a battery were costly and time-consuming. An 18-month study of emergency callouts identified for the Davies brothers a niche where they could step in and help out.

Already running a family-owned battery sales company, they were ideally situated to fill the obvious gap in services offered to members by the

RACV. This was in 1992. Club Assist now boasts being “the largest mobile battery service product and service provider in the world today”.

In the past year the company sold more than 1.2 million batteries.

The advent of all-electric cars holds little fear for Brett Davies, who says Club Assist believes EVs (electric vehicles) and stop-start technology can only increase the company’s customer base.

Studies show internal combustion engines powered by petrol, diesel or gas operate up to 12.5 per cent more efficiently if they are not left to idle at traffic lights. However, turning them off and then turning them on, without any loss of momentum, requires a new electrical system with two batteries, not one.

So there will be more batteries breaking down and going flat – and Club Assist will be there to help.

This is the theory propelling the company’s thrust into the ever-changing world of motorised transport.

“We think start-stop technology will slow the transition to EVs,” Brett Davies says, sitting in the boardroom of the company’s headquarters in Dandenong.

“Start-stop is here already, but you don’t know when you see them on the road.”

Davies says the start-stop technology is “flying under the radar, it’s been here eight years”. BMW, Kia and Mazda are already selling cars equipped with the fuel-saving systems.

Club Assist also has provided for broken down electric vehicles with a

lithium-based emergency charging unit that will provide enough power for five or six kilometres.

The compnay’s product and technical development vice-president Al Bradshaw believes 60 per cent of new cars will be stop-start by 2015.

“The do-it-yourself battery charger will become a thing of the past,” Bradshaw says, while explaining the three different battery technologies needed to power the change.

He says lithium batteries, suited to electric vehicles because of their lightness, are 10 times more expensive than heavy lead acid batteries.

Davies believes United States authorities will next year recognise the fuel efficiencies of stop-start technology, leading the way for it to be adopted in fleet vehicles that have governmentregulated fuel efficiency targets.

With no end in sight for batteries – which have a life of about 42 months – and by gearing up services for electric cars, Club Assist’s future seems assured.

The gradual sale of a large chunk of the company to car clubs was always something the Davies family planned “but it has happened probably quicker than we anticipated”, says Brett Davies.

One of four brothers who all went to Frankston High School, the Davies family links to car batteries go back to when his late father, Ian, owned Dandenong Batteries.

Club Assist was launched by the brothers in 1991 after they spent 18 months assessing breakdowns reported by RACV members. The statistics

showed that 40 per cent of breakdowns were battery-related and 16 per cent of all breakdowns needed a new battery.

“We approached the RACV and proposed offering a fully integrated service to its members. We were effectively sub-contracting to them,” Brett Davies says.

“They couldn’t offer the solution on the roadside that we could.”

A third brother, Scott, became part of the business in 1996, but has since been bought out by Brett and Stuart.

The family remains close, with Brett and Stuart living in Mt Eliza, Scott at Red Hill and Russell about to return to Victoria.

Control of Club Assist has effectively passed to motoring clubs through the Davies brothers “selling down” in three tranches, although they hold the most senior positions on the board of directors (Brett) and in the senior management team (Stuart).

Sixty per cent of Club Assist is owned jointly by the RACV and NRMA, with four other clubs holding 20 per cent and the two Davies brothers 20 per cent.

There are 600 employees and 3000 contractors involved in roadside service, which has been extended to include windscreens, alternators and starter motors.

Its services are provided to motoring clubs in New Zealand, Europe, the United States and Canada.

Brett Davies says no other roadside car repairers can respond as quickly or effectively.

“There’s no direct competitor to what we do,” he says.

Batteries are all made overseas, mainly in South Korea, with some coming from China and the US. While running Dandenong Batteries the Davies family also owned the Australian Battery Company with a manufacturing plant in Western Australia, but this was eventually sold to Fiji.

A decision to adopt a “cradle to the grave” approach to their products led them to set a target of recycling one battery for every one sold.

“Ninety-six per cent of a battery can be recycled,” Brett Davies says, “including the lead, polypropylene casing and, to some extent, the acid.

“The world is reliant on this ‘aboveground mining’ and for us it is another income stream.

“We made recycling part of our first proposal to the motoring clubs. We saw the environment would be important to them and their members.”

Club Assist has this year made big inroads in France, which had no motoring clubs of its own. Motorists from other countries stranded in the Gallic countryside had limited roadside assistance, but 50 per cent of vehicles were unable to be made mobile because they belonged to motoring clubs in other countries.

“We went on a rescue mission to get their members moving and we’ve now got 60 vehicles on the road in France and the number of club members being made mobile again in their own vehicles has jumped from 50 to 80 per cent.”

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www.mpnews.com.au Highly charged: Brothers Stuart, left, and Brett Davies at their Dandenong headquarters.

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Poppy’s Problem-solving

Link lad: Local Jarrod Harrison at the Peninsula Link freeway section where a Community Day will be held.

Walk on Peninsula Link MEMBERS of the public will be able to walk along a section of the Peninsula Link freeway at a Community Day hosted by project company Southern Way and construction firm Abigroup.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk on the freeway before it opens to traffic in early 2013,” Victorian Minister for Roads Terry Mulder said. “Representatives of the project will be there to answer your questions about construction and give you an insight about what’s to come in the months leading up to opening.”

The site will be open at at the Cranbourne Road interchange between 10am and 4pm on Sunday 25 November to showcase progress on the massive construction project.

“As well as being able to walk a section of the freeway between Cranbourne Road and Skye Road, there will be entertainment and activities on the day including a unique car display and giant super screen showing the latest flyover video

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and construction highlights,” Mr Mulder said.

“More than 20 local businesses and community groups will have a marquee on the road to promote the region. wIf you’re interested in new vehicle technology, don’t miss the electric vehicle display featuring cars like the Nissan Leaf and Holden Volt.”

The Peninsula Link project is partnering with Frankston North Rotary Club for the event to raise funds for local projects. Gold coin donations are welcome and snacks will be available to buy on the day.

Access to the event is available via the Centro Karingal shopping centre, with limited parking available. Follow traffic controllers’ directions or, if possible, travel by public transport to the event.

Bus routes information and further details about the Community Day are available at www. peninsulalink.com.au and www.facebook.com/ linkingmelbourne

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ALISTAIR bought a new fishing boat as advised by Poppy. He made sure the motor was a four-stroke so he would not add to an already polluted bay system.

He also bought “local” on the peninsula. This set him back a lot of “thousands”, three or four more than disclosed to his wife, the lovely Aubrey.

He also purchased a yearly ticket for boat ramps, or actually just some of them on the peninsula (funny that!), figuring this was the best option.

As you cannot catch fish without gear, he also spent a couple more of those four nought things on getting the right rods and reels, lines, lures and tackle. Boy was he ready to supply his family and friends with fresh fish and delectable calamari.

Bring it on, he said.

He heard about the Tea Tree festival at Mornington where big snapper are presented to the weighmaster for prizes and thought he might give that a go.

First, though, he needed a bit of experience in getting the snapper in the boat. Off (to a boat ramp near you) he went at an ungodly hour in the morning. He was excited and ready to go. Fresh bait had been purchased, together with soft plastics and fishattracting sprays. The lovely Aubrey had made coffee and sandwiches, and Alistair had some stubbies on ice to celebrate the catch. What could possibly go wrong?

On arrival at the entrance to the parking area for boats and trailers, Alistair could not believe his eyes – the whole place was gridlocked. He parked in the non-moving queue 400 metres from the ramp, and did what the other drivers were doing – walked down to check out the action at the ramp. He could not believe what he saw.

In lane one was the bonnet and roof of a white Mazda four-wheel drive just visible above the water with a boat sort of trying to float still attached to its trailer. Alistair did not think this was quite normal, but a lot of onlookers were laughing and cheering.

In lane two were two cars with boats on trailers wedged up against each other, and two men were “punching the stuffing” out of each other. To add to the pandemonium, blokes were tooting car horns

and shouting obscenities.

Alistair asked an older gentleman standing quietly on the side if this was normal. He replied it was for the whole snapper season, and that it was great entertainment every day and that he would not miss it for quids.

Alistair went back to his boat, drove most of the way home, pulled up on the side of the road, ate his sandwiches, drank the coffee, and then the stubbies (he was almost home and hoped that blue highway patrol car was not around) and drove the last 200 metres and into his driveway.

The lovely Aubrey asked him about his fishing trip and he told her it was the most amazing experience of his life, and could she go shopping as he had to make a phone call. That’s when the phone rang at my place! Funny that.

Poppy’s solution I told Alistair that what he witnessed was normal because the shire spent heaps of money on bike tracks, and nothing on boat ramps and parking facilities, while at the same time, promoting the beach and water activities.

I explained the reason boat owners had to pay to use the ramps, and bike riders didn’t to use the tracks, was because of a lack of planning and forethought, but the council needed the ramp money to spend on self-advertising.

I told him to wait until February when everyone had done enough damage to their cars and boats, and were recovering from assault injuries, and then he could fish to his heart’s content.

I explained big snapper are not great eating anyway, and to further his experience to take his stubbies and watch the carnage at the boat ramp for entertainment until then.

I also pointed out that the council could have insisted that “Cove” place at Safety Beach include a much bigger public boat ramp that was not “daylight hours only” when they approved the original development to relieve the congestion, but that’s another story.  Poppy will solve problems every fortnight.

Performance FOR more than 30 Port Fairy Folk Music Festival has celebrated folk, roots, blues and world music to become one of the staples of the Australian musical year.

It is known as one of the great folk festivals of the world and this year’s line-up was described as mind blowing.

The 37th festival will add to the rich tapestry of the summer music season and already confirmed for 2013 are Arlo Guthrie, Gurrumul, Kate MillerHeidke, Ruthie Foster, Christine Anu, Eric Bogle, Finbar Furey and Glen Hansard.

Like his father Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie has carved out a career as a folksinger and songwriter with a social conscience who leavens political messages with humour. His 1967 album Alice’s Restaurant established him as more than just the son of Woody.

Scottish-born Eric Bogle is considered to be one of the finest songwriters in the modern folk tradition and many international artists such as Joan Baez, The Dubliners and The Pogues have recorded his material. His classics include And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda and The Green Fields of France, with many cover versions recorded by Slim Dusty, John Williamson and Deniese Morrison.

The festival is on Labor Day long weekend, 8-11 March 2013. Tickets (03) 5568 2227 or www.portfairyfolkfestival.com

*** TO celebrate a life-changing year, a number of artists from the television show The Voice have collaborated for The Voices of Christmas, a collection of Christmas songs to be released 9 November.

The album features many favourite performers from the show including a rendition of Merry Christmas Baby from winner Karise Eden.

Darren Percival sings Winter Wonderland, Rachael Leahcar performs Jingle Bell Rock, Sarah De Bono sings All I Want For Christmas Is You plus many more from the entire cast.

Sarah De Bono said: “I’m honoured to be singing one of the greatest and most popular Christmas songs ever written. I love this song and if there’s one thing this song is sure to do, it will get you up and dancing and enjoying what Christmas is all about.”

The Voices of Christmas (Universal) is out on Friday 9 November. www. getmusic.com.au *** DARREN Percival, runner-up of The Voice Australia 2012 and resident soul singer, is set to release a new album, A Tribute to Ray Charles, covers of the late great American musician.

Long-time friends soul songstresses Prinnie Stevens and Mahalia Barnes as well as acclaimed trumpeter James Morrison stepped in to add their Midas touches and make this a special record.

It’s been a wild ride in 2012 for Percival – capturing the hearts of Australia on The Voice and having his debut album Happy Home storm into ARIA album chart at No 3 and being certified gold.

Having embarked on a national tour in September, which continues

through to December, Percival is performing songs from Happy Home and A Tribute to Ray Charles including I Can’t Stop Loving You, Georgia On My Mind, Unchain My Heart, Hit the Road Jack, and Shake a Tail Feather. www.mrpercival.com ***

By Gary Turner THE Rolling Stones release a new album GRRR! (Universal) on 12 November. It is a must for Stones fans featuring the new One More Shot as well as classic tracks Gimme Shelter, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, Tumbling Dice, and Love Is Strong.

GRRR! also will be available to preorder on iTunes. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an instant download of the single Doom and Gloom. www.rollingstonesstore.com.au

... and other short stories

Hard of earring – my early days as a pirate

By Stuart McCullough IT’S Bono’s fault. In 1987, the lead singer of U2 unwittingly created the template for young men who saw themselves as inwardly sensitive and poetic. In the music video for their song With or Without You, Bono wore a leather vest without a shirt and had a ponytail. He also had pierced ears.

Suddenly, wearing a ponytail and getting your ears pierced was a way to tell the world that, just like Bono, beneath your adolescent exterior lurked deep pools of untapped emotion. And while such young men may, indeed, have seen themselves as inwardly sensitive and poetic, the world at large simply viewed them as idiots. I should know – I was one of those idiots.

Back then, getting to ponytail stage was something of a challenge as the school I attended had a strict policy prohibiting boys from having hair on their shirt collar. It was incredibly unjust. The unfairness of the rule was magnified by the fact that our school principal at the time wore a spectacular toupee and was largely believed to be motivated by jealousy. Many of us pushed the boundaries as we cultivated nascent mullets with all the care of a prizewinning rose hedge. But such attempts were forever in peril as, at any moment, you were at risk of a teacher spotting your developing locks and demanding you get a haircut.

In retrospect, I should have taken the principal on as a matter of principle. I ought to have bought myself a toupee with an inbuilt mullet. Luxurious locks would have spilled over my collar like a hairy waterfall. Demands that I rectify the flagrant breach of the “no hair on your collar” rule could be met by the simple removal of the wig. Problem solved. Sadly, I was not so clever then.

If hair over your collar was frowned on, having your ear pierced was greet-

ed with slack-jawed disbelief more befitting David Copperfield magic spectacular than a piece of jewellery.

I couldn’t wait to get one. But with the weight of the entire educational establishment against us, we were forced to improvise. For a time, we would take the small metal loops that hold groups of keys together and prise them far enough apart to slip them over our pristine lobes as “faux” earrings. This was remarkably effective for short periods of time. But because there had to be a reasonable degree of pressure to keep the ring clamped onto your ear, after 10 or so minutes your lobe would turn crimson before becoming puce.

By then, people would look right past the earring to the miniature eggplant lobe to which it was clinging.

It wasn’t until I reached the end of year 12 that I could finally get a piercing. Some of my friends, who were older and had left high school, had already done so and they would tell stories as to how they had used little more than a rusty nail and a glass of whisky to do the job. Such stories, and the flaming red earlobes that were inevitably ripe with infection that went with them, stood as testament to their bravery. But I didn’t have any whisky nor did I own nail – rusty or otherwise.

The local chemist sold ear-piercing kits. They came with a generous quantity of disinfectant and a length of clamping leather to stick between your teeth as you braced for the inevitable, awesome pain that comes with having a stud injected into your flesh. It was the sensible way to go about things.

I’d like to think that Bono, too, had dropped by his chemist when making the leap to pierced ears.

In the weeks leading up to exams and after classes were finished, I got my ears pierced. Or, to be precise, I had one ear pierced. It was the fashion at the time.

For the first few weeks, you had to make do with a stud and apply large amounts of cream to ward off infection. No doubt my ear lobe wondered what it had done to deserve being harpooned in such a cavalier manner.

Throughout this entire period, I was counting down the days. Finally, the day came and I would wear a proper earring. At the time, the only place that sold earrings was the chemist and they were designed only for women.

I was not to be deterred and selected some large gold hoops. By that time, I had grown out my hair and nearly had enough for a ponytail. Together with a single earring in my left ear, I thought I

looked amazing if not a little like Bono himself.

Photos from the era strongly suggest that this impression was largely misconceived. I did not look like Bono, nor did I look amazing. I looked exactly like the idiot I undoubtedly was.

Or maybe a pirate.

Things got worse from there. I got two more piercings the following year at university.

But as 1990s progressed, it wasn’t enough to have your ears pierced – people were sticking metal in belly buttons, noses and eyebrows. For a time, young people had so much metal in their faces that many looked

as though they’d been victims of an industrial accident. I couldn’t keep up.

People often refer to the folly of youth but I don’t see it that way. It’s a good thing to be that enthusiastic and open to new ideas. To this day, there are pock holes in my ear lobes where three quite lady-like earrings once hung. I’m glad the earrings are gone, but I don’t regret for a moment getting them pierced. Besides, it could have been worse. I may have gotten my ears pierced, but at least I never wore a leather vest without a shirt. Unlike Bono. www.stuartmccullough.com

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Baxter strikes back in day for bowlers PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully LONG Island has backs to the wall in MPCA Provincial cricket, despite bowling out the highly fancied Baxter for just 107.

On day one of the round four match, a staggering 16 wickets fell at Ballam Park. The highest score day was 18, by the Islanders’ Paul Hartle.

Long Island is in all sorts of bother at 6/36.

Baxter won the toss and elected to bat, but it looked like the wrong call with wickets falling regularly.

The best batting partnership for the afternoon was between Baxter’s number 10 and 11 batsmen, Adrian Mack (15) and Sam Wolsgrove (11), who compiled 29 runs. There were three

ducks – Baxter’s Travis Sawers and Long Island’s Joel Stevenson and Justin Bridgeman.

Paul Hartle had a day out for the Islanders with the ball, snaring 5/44 from 20 overs, while Andrew Tweddle claimed 2/28.

For Baxter, opening bowlers Dale Irving and Adrian Mack did the damage, snaring all six wickets. Irving claimed 4/27 from nine and Mack 2/9 from eight overs.

Sorrento’s Jedd Falck continued his superb form, this time against Mt Martha at Ferraro Reserve where he belted 129 in his team’s total of 6/286.

Anthony Blackwell was also cruising on 52 before he was run out, and Liam O’Connor and Nick Jewell (also run out) both contributed 25.

Brett Wilkinson was the unlikely

wicket-taker for the Reds, snaring 3/63.

Mt Eliza continued to make an impression in the top grade, despite the threat of points being taken away, when it cruised to 9/245 against Rye. While no one starred with the bat for the Mounties, a number of players contributed. Scott Tansley made 41, Timmy Strickland 38 and Justin Grant 37.

The best of the Demons’ bowlers was Justin King with 3/65.

Mt Eliza was promoted from District to Provincial for season 2012-13 and it has been alleged the club selected a player who pushed the points total over the limit. The club is being investigated and could lose game points received to date. This happened to Hastings last season.

Peninsula Old Boys had to work

hard to get its score past 200 against Ballam Park.

The Old Boys were in some trouble before the middle and lower order came to the rescue.

Zac Fillipone played a very good innings late in the afternoon, scoring an unbeaten 59, and Glenn Prendergast (33) and Jon Forrest (25) played supporting roles.

Matty Roach snared 5/64 for the Knights, and Mark Miller and Justin Parkes each claimed a couple of wickets.

The Knights got away to a reasonable start and will resume week two at 2/41 after facing the last 18 overs of the day.

Crib Point is in a commanding position against Mornington after scoring 258 at Crib Point Reserve.

Luke Herrington’s outstanding form continued with a top score of 61, while opener Matty Blake got his side away to a good start with 37.

The middle order of Ricky Thompson (23) and Brad Davidson (28) were more than serviceable when it mattered and Waide Symes, batting at 10, caused some real frustration for the Doggies’ bowlers with 33.

The last three wickets put on more than 50 runs for the Magpies.

Glenn Wood was the best of the bowlers with 3/61, and Matt Harper (2/66) and Luke Popov (2/52) also got among the wickets.

The Dogs were forced to face the last four overs of the day, but did not lose a wicket.

In the final match, Moorooduc has set Heatherhill 278 for victory.

Flinders chop Pines’ bats as ladder leaders Langy put Braves to sword DISTRICT

By IT Gully FLINDERS will be aiming to win its first game of the season in MPCA District grade after a solid day’s cricket against third-placed Pines at Eric Bell Reserve.

After scoring a more than competitive 181, Flinders took the ball for the final 11 overs of the afternoon.

What unfolded was extraordinary.

Harley Parker and Lai Leaunoa were both dismissed before Pines got off the mark and then Jarryd McClelland and Rhys Chalkley were sent packing when the score was on six.

Pines was in all sorts of trouble at 4/6.

Heath Peace-Stirling and Nick Wilcox hung around for a bit, before Wil-

cox had his stumps rattled by Dwayne Field. The Piners were 5/16.

Trav Pastuska joined Peace-Stirling at the crease and at stumps Pines was 5/24. Ricky Ramsdale is still to bat.

Earlier in the day, Flinders’ middle order ensured the visitors put together a competitive total.

Nathan Hunt top-scored with 35, Shane Beggs hit 32, and Andrew Power and Tommy Clements each contributed 30 runs.

Wilcox was the star with the ball for Pines, snaring 6/51 from 23 overs, while Parker and Leaunoa each snared a couple.

Top-of-the-table Langwarrin appears to be in the box seat against Baden Powell at Lloyd Park.

The Braves won the toss and elected

to bat, but wickets fell in a hurry and the visitors were dismissed for 108.

Andy Johnson claimed 4/30 for the Kangas, while Mal Coutts (2/11) and Dwayne Doig (2/24) were the other wicket-takers.

In reply, the Kangas are 0/36, the evergreen Simon McEvoy unbeaten on 25.

Keith Burdett top-scored with 40 in Somerville’s 9/198 against Hastings.

Fellow opener Nick Marshall enjoyed a 68-run opening partnership with Burdett before he was bowled by Scotty Phillips for 28.

Marshall was the first of five Scott Phillips wickets.

Andrew West (25), Jarryd Bailey (18), Ben Delaney (18) and Brenton Alp (18) all got starts but couldn’t turn

them into bigger scores. Phillips finished the afternoon with 5/80 from 26 overs, while Timmy Birch chipped in with 2/53.

Seaford’s Damien Lawrence again top-scored for his side, this time against Boneo, compiling 58 of his team’s total of 210.

Nick Simpendorfer (30) and Nathan Volpe (25) were the next best bats for the yellow and black.

In reply, Boneo is 2/20, Andrew McMannis claiming 2/9.

Carrum will need to bowl well to prevent Delacombe Park from hunting down the 180 it set at Roy Dore Reserve.

The Lions batted first and Shaun Foster top-scored with 40, and Jeremy Graves contributed 37 and Dean Pol-

son 31. Shane Deal is one of the most underrated cricketers in MPCA and he tore it up with the ball once again for the Parkers, snaring 4/35. Chris Brittain also had a solid afternoon, taking 4/55.

Main Ridge shouldn’t have too many problems reeling in its opponent’s total of 131 for victory.

Frankston YCW batted first at Frank Street Reserve and made 131, not enough to cause any concern for the Ridge.

Brian Jones was the best of the Ridge bowlers with 3/22, while part-timer Jordan McCulley played a key role late in the YCW innings, snaring 2/14.

Jason Albress and Gareth Wyatt each took two wickets for the visitors.

MPCA names best-ever Country Week squad

Two away from a twin: Somerville scored 9/198 against Hastings. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association has selected its squad for the 2013 Country Week series.

It is one of the strongest representative squads ever selected.

The introduction of Leigh Lowery (Boneo), Simon Dart (Red Hill), Nick Jewell (Sorrento) and Darren Groves (Rye) gives the squad incredible potency. All four were playing Premier cricket last season.

You can add Shaun Foster (Carrum) to the list, the former opening bat for Casey-South Melbourne.

Add the likes of newcomers in Dwayne Doig (Langwarrin), Simon Plunkett (Moorooduc) and Rob Hearn (Mornington) and the squad looks unstoppable.

The squad is: Evi Bowan (POB), Anthony Blackwell (Sorrento), Chris Brittain (Delacombe Park), Simon Dart (Red Hill), Isi Dias (Hastings), Dwayne Doig (Langwarrin), Luke Doyle (Red Hill),

Rhys Elmi (Baden Powell), Jed Falck (Sorrento), Shaun Foster (Carrum), Ben Frith (Heatherhill), Justin Grant (Mt Eliza), Darren Groves (Rye), Corey Hand (Seaford Tigers), Rob Hearn (Mornington), Lyle House (Mt Eliza), Dale Irving (Baxter), Nick Jewell (Sorrento), Andy Johnson (Langwarrin), Adam Jones (POB), Andrew J King (Sorrento), Damien Lawrence (Seaford), Leigh Lowry (Boneo), Matt Meagher (Heatherhill), Wade Pelzer (POB), Anjula Perera (Baden Powell), Scott Phillips (Hastings), Stuart Plunkett (Moorooduc), Daniel Polson (Carrum), Luke Popov (Mornington), Andy Power (Flinders), Rick Ramsdale (Pines), David Ross (Langwarrin), Riley Shaw (Red Hill), Shane Speedie (Mt Eliza), Tim Strickland (Mt Eliza), Daniel Warwick (Baxter) and Bob Wilson (Moorooduc).

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Our horse trainers on a roll CRANBOURNE trainer Nikki Burke is poised to notch one of the most important wins of her career with Unpretentious in the weight-for-age Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) at Sandown Park on Saturday.

A four-year-old by Golden Slipper winner Stratum, Unpretentious has suddenly blossomed into a star performer in this preparation.

After resuming with an effortless win at Ballarat, he showed his class when scoring an authoritative win in the listed $150,000 MSS Security Sprint at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day. The run convinced Burke to tackle the Sandown Park event, worth $120,000. The decision has been supported by Craig Williams, who has ridden Unpretentious in each of the three wins he has registered so far.

“He has always given me a good feeling,” Williams said.

“He had a few problems in the au-

tumn but his preparation this spring has gone without a hitch and I wouldn’t be surprised if he developed into the type of horse that could win a race like the Group 1 Galaxy at Randwick in the autumn,” the Caulfield Cup-winning rider said.

While Melbourne trainers have endured a difficult spring carnival, their southeast and peninsula counterparts have punched above their weight.

As well as Nikki Burke, Cranbourne trainers Michael Kent, Robbie Laing and Ricky Maund all trained winners during Melbourne Cup week.

Mornington trainers Pat Carey and Simon Vercoe saddled winners on cup day while Anthony Freedman, who is based at Rye, scored an impressive win with the lightly raced Zydeco in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes. The Darley-owned filly then went on to finish second to Dear Demi in the Group 1 Crown Oaks.

Leviathan owner Lloyd Williams can finish off the Melbourne spring carnival in a blaze of glory with Mourayan in the $350,000 Zipping Classic (2400m).

Williams, who notched up his

fourth Melbourne Cup with Green Moon, enjoyed a high degree of success in the race when in was known as the Sandown Cup. He won the event with Legible in 2003 and four times with the grand old performer Zipping, who now has the race named after him.

A placegetter in the 2009 Irish Derby, Mourayan has proven a valuable commodity since joining the Williams team. His efforts include a win in the Bart Cummings at Flemington and the Craven Plate at Randwick as well as a second in the Group 1 Metropolitan.

The entire showed he is ready for this week’s assignment by finishing a creditable seventh in the cup.

Last year the father and son combination of Bill and Simon Wilde took the Sandown Guineas with roughie So Swift and the partnership has bright prospects again this year. The stable will be represented by Gold Medal, who finished a slashing third in the Hilton Hotel Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.

It is likely he will have the services of Michael Rodd, who had the mount on Saturday. Rodd has been riding in

brilliant style throughout the spring carnival. His wins include the Group 1 Myer Classic on Appearance and the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes.

The partnership of trainer Paul Messara and Craig Williams will join forces with Mahisara in the Sandown Stakes.

Messara and Williams successfully joined forces with top-class mare Ortensia last season resulting in victories in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes in Perth and the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at Dubai in March this year.

A four-year-old by More Than Ready, Mahisara scored his fifth win from 14 starts in the 1400-metre handicap at Flemington on cup day with Williams in the saddle. He quickly had him in the box seat and after hitting the lead in the straight, was able to hold off all challengers.

It is expected a similar pattern will evolve at Sandown and on this basis he will again be hard to beat.

Other horses worth a look on Saturday are Union Gap (Guineas), Amarachi, Meidung (Twilight Glow), Exceptionally (Zipping Classic), Ironstein (Sandown Cup), Angel

Of Mercy, Sheila’s Star (Summoned Stakes) and Extra Zero (Eclipse Stakes).  International form expert Peter Ellis provides weekly racing tips on a weekly podcast at www. racingandsports.com.au and at the Tatts website. Visit www.tatts.com after 2pm each Friday. Listen to Peter’s race analysis and tips for Melbourne and Adelaide meets on Saturday mornings at 10.45am in Under The Microscope on RadioTAB. Visit www.tatts.com > Racing > RadioTAB.

Leading the pack: Below, Nikki Burke, trainer of Unpretentious, one of the favoured runners at Sandown Park on Saturday. Left, Craig Williams with his wife Larysa celebrates his Caulfield Cup victory aboard Dunaden. Pictures: Slickpix

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