Animal lover Bethany Swiggs (pic tured left) has been helping to find homes for unwanted cats and kittens for the last 18 months. She has found local homes for more than 60 cats in that time. Her tireless work has been recognised with an award. See story page 7. Picture: Supplied.
THE Frankston Coast Guard is being told to disband.
The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association, supported by Emergency Management Victoria, has been reviewing the viability of the Frankston Coast Guard. It has decided that the Frankston flotilla should be consolidated with the unit at Carrum.
The decision follows years of set backs and struggles for the Frankston
flotilla. The group has been without a permanent home for nearly four years following the demolition of its Pier Promenade headquarters.
Plans to build a boat harbour and permanent home for the Coast Guard at Oliver’s Hill were abandoned in 2019 after the project failed to receive support from the state and federal gov ernments. In the meantime the club has occupied the Frankston Mechanics Institute, while launching its primary rescue vessel from Patterson Lakes.
The flotilla responds to about 100 call outs a year.
The end of the Frankston unit would
bring to an end decades of history. The Frankston Coast Guard formed in the early 1960s, and was chartered as Flo tilla 1.
The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association declined to com ment on the decision to dissolve the flotilla. The Frankston unit was also contacted for comment.
Several former members of the Frankston Coast Guard have told The Times that the demise of the flotilla is a devastating blow. Former volunteer Anthony Mayall says that an Emergen cy Management Victoria decision to reallocate the Frankston unit’s primary
vessel was a major contributing factor.
“Emergency Management Victoria has taken away Frankston’s state sup plied primary rescue vessel and allo cated it to another area due to the lack of facilities at Frankston and the Coast Guard having to operate from Patter son River, whilst shortly afterwards declaring Frankston’s secondary Coast Guard owned vessel as being as be ing unfit for marine search and rescue despite its very successful history,” Mayall said.
The Times asked Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke why these decisions were made, but a direct response was not
provided. A state government spokes person said “the Frankston area will still be well protected on the water, with no reduction in service to the community and existing marine search and rescue flotillas based at Carrum and Mornington to patrol the area.”
“We’re incredibly grateful for the support from Frankston Coast Guard volunteers for more than 60 years in keeping the community safe,” the statement read.
Mayall also pointed the finger at Frankston Council for the demise of the Coast Guard.
THE Victorian Liberals have prom ised to extend the Frankston train line to Baxter if successful at next month’s state election.
The state opposition says it will electrify and duplicate the Stony Point line to Baxter. Two new stations would be built at Langwarrin and Frankston East.
Six level crossings would be re moved and both Frankston and Baxter Stations would be upgraded for the project.
The state opposition says the project would be delivered in the next four years at a cost of $971 million. A business case assessing the project released in 2020 revealed that it could cost $1.5 billion to extend the train line to Baxter (“Business case casts
doubt on rail extension” The Times 16/11/20).
Liberal candidate for Frankston Michael O’Reilly said the extension of the train line is “so long overdue”.
“This doesn’t just extend the train line, but it actually gets people out of cars. One of the biggest issues we have in Frankston is congestion in the CBD and a lack of parking at Frankston Train Station which is right at the end of the line,” he said. “This extension will not only service the hospital and the university, but it will also help kids get to major sporting infrastructures that will be underway soon.”
Last weekend the state government committed to making the Frankston line level crossing free by 2029.
Level crossings will be removed from Wickham Road and Highett Road in Highett, McDonald Street and Bear Street in Mordialloc, Station Street and Groves Street in Aspendale,
Armstrongs Road and Station Street in Seaford, and on Latrobe Street in Mentone.
The state government is planning to build rail over road at Armstrongs Road and Station Street in Seaford. New stations at Highett, Mordialloc, Aspendale, and Seaford will be built as part of the project.
A report released by the McKell Institute ranked Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula as the areas with the lowest percentage of public transport use compared to private vehicle use. Committee for Greater Frankston president Rod Evenden said “coming second-last and last on the public transport ladder is appalling but not surprising. For instance, everyone knows the present train service from Stony Point to Frankston, which is supposed to service Langwarrin and Karingal, is infrequent and notoriously unreliable”.
THE redevelopment of the Frankston Basketball Stadium looks certain to proceed.
Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke confirmed the state government’s support for the upgrade last month. The state opposition will make a funding promise imminently, The Times understands.
The federal government and Frankston Council have both com mitted $15 million to the project, meaning it is now expected to go ahead.
Edbrooke said in his announce ment “we’ll invest up to $15 million towards the redevelopment of the Frankston & District Basketball Association’s stadium in Seaford, delivering new facilities that the whole community can be proud of. I’m so thrilled to be able to provide this funding and deliver facilities that our community deserves. This fund ing will help keep our kids active and engaged through a re-developed stadium that the whole community can be proud of.
“A huge thank you to Frankston Basketball, FDBA CEO Wayne Holdsworth and his team, the FDBA family and our community who fought a long battle to get to this fantastic outcome,” Edbrooke said.
The stadium redevelopment has been a long running saga. In 2018, a planned upgrade to the stadium was abandoned and ratepayer funding for the project was diverted elsewhere after negotiations between FDBA and Frankston Council collapsed.
Frankston councillor Kris Bolam was sitting on council during the previous failed attempt to redevelop the site. He said “This time around there is a legitimate sense of trust between council and the FDBA. The scale of the redevelopment is much broader and thankfully we’ll also have the new multi-deck facility next door which will address any parking issues. It’s a clearer and more co hesive proposition than the previous iteration.”
LITTLE Olly’s Cafe will continue trading at Oliver’s Hill thanks to the success of a passionate, communitybacked campaign.
Earlier this month, the operators of Little Olly’s and neighbouring Cripps Fish and Chips were told that their permit to trade at the Oli ver’s Hill boat ramp would not be renewed. Frankston Council planned to replace the two businesses with a mobile Mercetta’s restaurant.
More than 12,000 people signed a petition protesting the removal of the popular portable cafe from its home at Oliver’s Hill. Late on Friday people power won out, and Frankston Council announced that Little Olly’s and Cripps Fish and Chips would be allowed to trade alongside Mercetta’s.
Little Olly’s cafe van has been operating for three years. An online statement from Little Olly’s after the closure announcement read that the cafe was being “forced to say goodbye to our wonderful custom ers, team and suppliers at the end of October.”
“Over the past three years, we have accomplished more than we ever imagined. Our vision was to build a community at the boat ramp by providing great coffee, and friendly service. We think, with your help and loyalty, we have achieved this and more. Apart from playing some part in helping you through lock down, we have loved sharing the joys of your lives,” the
statement read.
On Friday, a much happier state ment from Little Olly’s read “we are so grateful to share that we will be able to remain in our home at the bottom of Oliver’s Hill, for at least the next 12 months. Beyond that, the council have asked us to assist them in developing and improving the tender process for the future.
“We have been incredibly humbled by the unwavering, genuine support shown by you all - over 12,000 pe titioners. How incredibly lucky we feel having such a connected strong community.”
Frankston Council was savaged over the initial decision. Council CEO Phil Cantillon defended the call, saying that the recent lease application process had been fair. Council received 18 applications for 12 month leases as part of its license renewal process in August, with one of the locations under consideration the site at Oliver’s Hill.
“I have no reason to believe that the applications were not assessed fairly and by a diverse panel of council officers to inform the deci sions on each site,” he said.
Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke publicly signalled his support for the existing vendors on Facebook last week.
Before the decision was reversed, Frankston councillor Steven Hughes slammed council for the decision to move Little Olly’s on. “Tens of mil lions of ratepayers dollars are spent on big, flashy buildings that could easily be saved or deferred. This photo-op obsession is, I believe, the reason for the Olly’s permit non-
renewal. The prospect of having a well-to-do, high status food provider from Mornington at Oliver’s Hill was the death knell for the small, unassuming Olly’s. This is a council so focused on its image that it is willing to sell out small local busi nesses, and entirely ignore the finan cial plight of those they govern, for the purposes of their own relentless self promotion,” he said.
No boat ramp parking will be lost as a result of having three operators at the site.
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FRANKSTON councillor Steven Hughes is facing an allegation of serious misconduct.
At their most recent public meeting, seven Frankston councillors agreed to apply for a councillor conduct panel to assess the allega tion made against Hughes.
Since being elected in 2020, Steven Hughes has been the subject of two arbitration applica tions and has served a one month suspension. He was suspended following a series of social media posts criticising council spending and policy.
The Times understands that Hughes’ recent public social media activity was once again a trigger for seeking disciplinary action.
Only Steven Hughes and his son, fellow councillor Liam Hughes, voted against apply ing for a conduct panel.
Steven Hughes defended his actions in a speech at last week’s council meeting. He ad dressed his remarks towards a packed public gallery.
“I would love to talk to you about this because then you’d see the absurdity of this. What I can do is talk to you about what’s happened in the past,” he said. “I’ve had two arbitrations - one was in February last year, and one is still going on and is currently under investigation. Just wait for my social media post on that one, you’ll love that one.
“I got found guilty of bringing council into disrepute for saying your rates are too high. I got suspended for a month just for saying that. This is a council that won’t tolerate financial scrutiny. (...) They don’t want me here.”
One of Hughes’ closing remarks was an exasperated “peace out”.
Although councillors were instructed by the mayor to not address the nature of the most recent allegation, Hughes said aloud at the
meeting that “we aren’t supposed to talk about the social media post I did recently which is the reason why this is happening”.
Councillor Kris Bolam, who has been per sonally singled out by Steven Hughes in his two most recent Facebook posts, said that the situation had become “quite disheartening”.
“We are seeing a continued systematic disre gard for policies, procedures, and standards of conduct. That deserves and demands council lors to go to a councillor conduct panel which is very serious,” he said.
Councillor David Asker told the meeting that the lengthy dispute had been affecting the mental health of his fellow councillors. “The abuse we are receiving on Facebook is without measure and if this was a normal OH&S work place, I would not have a job if I was posting some of this stuff,” he said. “It’s having a toll on me, and it’s having a toll on my family.”
Hughes’ ward colleague Sue Baker told the meeting that Hughes is welcome on the coun cil, but that “the place for debate is here in the chamber where we have good advice from of ficers on legal matters, local laws, policies that are in place, [and] feedback from residents.”
Earlier this year Steven Hughes applied for a councillor conduct panel alleging that Kris Bolam had bullied him, but the allegations were dismissed. The published panel decision read that Hughes “showed a lack of aware ness of the impact of his actions and a lack of insight into his behaviour and the impact it has on others around him” (“Councillor conflict escalates to conduct panel” The Times 8/8/22). The process cost ratepayers more than $30,000.
If this complaint is upheld, Hughes may be suspended for up to a year. The previ ous Frankston Council, which was overseen by a state government appointed monitor at ratepayers’ expense, also weathered a council lor conduct panel scandal. Former councillor Steve Toms was suspended for four months
after a bullying complaint against him was upheld.
Hughes told The Times that even if he is found not guilty by the panel, he won’t seek to have ratepayers reimburse his legal fees. “If I am successful, by some miracle, in defending against these absurd allegations then I will not seek to be reimbursed for my legal expenses by ratepayers,” he said.
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“Frankston Council, in their efforts to beautify the beach area, condemned and demolished the Coast Guard building and have not made appropri ate or adequate efforts to rehouse them,” Mayall said. “So without a building, taken by Frankston Council, and without a vessel, taken by the state government, the first Coast Guard unit in Australia and the longest serving Coast Guard unit in Aus tralia will shortly cease to exist. To all current and past members, thank you for your service to the Frankston community.”
Frankston Council was willing to put $8 million of ratepayer money into the abandoned Oliver’s Hill project. It had planned to move the unit into the Yacht Club building, but eventually called off those plans too. In a statement, Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said that council had provided “significant” support to the Coast Guard.
“Council’s support has included providing use of the Mechanics Hall as an administrative base for Coast Guard Frankston. Improvements were made
to the hall in order to ensure they had the facilities they required to operate,” he said. “Council also hosted extensive consultation sessions with key stakeholders to develop and examine options with investigation, consultation and concept designs provided to federal and state governments for fund ing considerations for a new location.
“We thank Coast Guard Frankston for their many years of dedicated service to the community.”
Richard Burgess volunteered with the Coast Guard for more than 40 years. He said that the loss of the Frankston unit would be a loss to the whole community. “Surely the flotilla’s 60-year resume demonstrates that it has always strived to achieve a controlled environment. Prevention is better than cure, of which its members are well versed, particularly given the flotilla members were delivering boating safety courses and marine com munications services some 40 years prior to the introduction of Transport Safety Maritime’s boat licensing program and the outsourced marine radio network,” he said.
A NEW Medicare and Centrelink of fice in Frankston is now open.
The centre is now based out of Bayside Shopping Centre, 28 Beach Street in Frankston. The services previously operated out of a building on the corner of Davey and Young Streets.
The new office is open Monday to Friday - 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Market at sunset
THE Frankston waterfront area will host the sunset twilight market again this month.
This month’s market takes place on 16 October. In addition to the shopping stalls, the event will feature live music, food trucks, and other
entertainment.
Entry is free. The event runs from 3pm to 8pm on 16 October.
THE Peninsula Arts Society will hold its annual art exhibition in Frankston this month.
This year’s exhibition will feature more than 200 works. Artists who have their work shown at the exhibi tion will be eligible to win prizes.
The Peninsula Arts Society exhibi tion will take place at 159 Overport Road, Frankston. It runs from 29 October to 1 November, 10 am to 5pm daily. Entry is free.
For more information on the society visit peninsulaartssociety.org.au
MORE than 60 unwanted cats have found their forever homes thanks to the tireless work of Bethany Swiggs.
The passionate animal enthusiast founded her own cat rescue organisa tion last year, hoping to turn stray cats and unwanted kittens into beloved pets.
Big Dollan’s Fur Rescue has now been operating for 18 months. Swiggs said the organisation specialises in “rescuing, rehabbing, and rehoming cats and unwanted kittens in the local areas of Frankston and the Morning ton Peninsula.”
“I’ve been working in lower socioeconomic places in Frankston like the
Pines, working with residents to desex cats. We also take kittens into foster care as well and through that we find them forever homes,” she said. Swiggs said she was compelled to start the not-for-profit after volun teering in animal welfare. “This is a passion of mine - I fell into it at start 2021 when I became a volunteer and found there weren’t many resources. Vet clinics were often out in the east ern and northern suburbs. I wanted to focus on our community, so I went out and started our not-for-profit,” she said.
Big Dollan’s Fur Rescue was re
cently named a national finalist for Pet Insurance Australia’s outstanding new rescue group award. Swiggs said the honour left her “shocked”.
“Really it was the acknowledge ment that if just one person is playing their part, the impact can be quite large. If you’re thinking about doing something, just do it. You are making a difference.”
The cat rescue not-for-profit has helped find homes for 62 cats so far. To access Big Dollan’s Fur Rescue’s services visit bigdollansfurrescue.org or contact @bdfurrescue on Insta gram. Brodie Cowburn
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Paralympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kurt Fearnley (left) has found his second calling as an interviewer, with his third season of One Plus One featuring former AFL player Eddie Betts and conservationist and animal lover Robert Irwin, among others. Tonight, celebrated Torres Strait Islander chef Nornie Bero opens up about her childhood and her drive for people to embrace Indigenous, seasonal and local ingredients.
ABC TV, 7.30pm
Bearded host Costa Georgiadis’s (right) enthusiasm and passion for greenery and community spirit can fill anyone’s cup with joy and optimism – and you might even learn a thing or two about horticulture. Tonight, Georgiadis meets a turf technician to learn about creating nature’s green carpet. Jerry ColebyWilliams also visits a cloister garden and Sophie Thomson learns a topiary technique to give outdoor space the wow-factor.
NINE, 7.30pm
A marriage between Sony and Marvel Studios, Spider-Man: Homecoming marks the return of the lycra-clad superhero to the Marvel universe. Starring babyfaced Tom Holland (above) as the titular hero, we jump in after the events of Captain America: Civil War as Peter juggles schoolwork, friends and teenage issues while crafting his crime-fighting skills. Peter has a chance to prove himself when villain Vulture (Michael Keaton) arrives. Funny and lighthearted, Homecoming is a breezy, refreshing return to fun.
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Some very funny guests are dropping to take part in this light-hearted game show this week, as comedians Gen Fricker, Harley Breen and Concetta Caristo put their brains to the test. Host Michael Hing always keep things bright and breezy and the affable David Astle and Lily Serna (below) inject plenty of wit along the way. Fricker and Breen might have a tough time defeating Caristo, a veritable veteran of the show now, with this being her fifth appearance so far as a contestant. Expect plenty of laughs as the trio battle it out to win the episode’s prestigious prize – a single volume of the long-defunct Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.
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Little Bang’s New Eye. (PG, R) 3.25 Flightpaths, Freeways, Railroads. (Premiere, PG) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
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8.30 Frankly. Fran Kelly chats with some of the biggest names and brains in Australia and from around the globe.
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With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
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7.35 Secrets Of The Lost Liners: Andrea Doria. (PG)
A look at the Andrea Doria
8.30 Good With Wood. (PG) Hosted by Mel Giedroyc.
9.25 World’s Greatest Hotels: Browns, London. (PGn, R) Takes a look at the Browns Mayfair, London.
10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 Das Boot. (MA15+s, R)
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4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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8.30 MOVIE: Ladies In Black. (2018, PGl, R) A young woman learns about life and love while working at a department store in ’50s Sydney, when immigration was booming and multiculturalism was in its formative days. Angourie Rice, Julia Ormond, Rachael Taylor.
10.45 To Be Advised.
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Blindfolded contestants kiss 12 partners.
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)
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12.00 MOVIE: The Dating List. (2019, PGa, R)
1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R)
2.00 Pointless. (PG)
Tipping Point. (PG)
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Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)
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7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Gorilla. (PGm) Two gorillas are brought to the hospital.
8.30 MOVIE: Apollo 13. (1995, PGl, R)
Three NASA astronauts find their lives in danger after a potentially catastrophic explosion. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon.
11.20 MOVIE: The Beguiled. (2017, Mas, R) Nicole Kidman.
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1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
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Tonight. 2.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R)
3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork.
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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 3.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PGl, R)
Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 4.45 Landline. (R)
Armadillo: Narrated By David Attenborough. (PG, R)
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Kiss Bang Love. (PG, R)
Home Shopping. (R)
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7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man: Homecoming. (2017, Mv, R) Peter Parker tries to balance his life.
Tom Holland, Michael Keaton. 10.10 MOVIE: Assassin’s Creed. (2016, Malv, R) A condemned man relives his ancestors’ memories. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard.
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6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 The Living Room. Baz and Amanda take a mini road trip.
8.30 To Be Advised.
9.30 Just For Laughs. (Ml, R) Stand-up comedy featuring Demi Lardner, Guy Montgomery and Dave Thornton.
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10.30 Road To The Melbourne Cup Carnival. A look at the upcoming Melbourne Cup.
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7.40 Spicks And Specks. (Final, PG) Hosted by Adam Hills.
8.30 Significant Others. (Premiere, Mdl) Estranged siblings are reunited after one of them disappears, leaving behind two teenage children.
9.25 Silent Witness. (Ma) With their suspect in a coma, Nikki calls on Adam’s expertise to help solve the case.
10.25 The Newsreader. (Final, Ml, R)
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I note with some interest that Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is listing affordable housing as one of it’s priorities (“Shire ‘shouts’ for money” The News 4/10/22).
People may be aware that both the state and federal governments have committed billions to building additional housing. However, to do that they need to work with councils and the organi sations to find suitable land and develop partner ships to build. The problem we have here is that the council has crab-walked away from options for affordable housing to be built on council owned land that have been identified. The big gest one was at Capel Sound where council gave in to a local campaign to stop affordable housing being built (“Social housing site rejected” The News 13/9/22). The saddest thing was that the council had not even identified what type of affordable housing it would be or who would be the targeted population to occupy it.
It is the reality that even those on median incomes like nurses, childcare workers, hospi tality workers are now unable to afford rental properties on the peninsula. While one answer is to encourage those who have houses that are unoccupied for a significant part of the year to make their properties available for rental, the other is to build more housing.
weed is growing all along Arthur’s Seat Road which winds up from the bottom to the top of Arthurs Seat as well as at the lookout areas.
VicRoads is responsible for any foliage growing within two metres of the roadside.
The Department of Agriculture states that “boneseed is well adapted to fire, responding more rapidly than native species and responding to even low intensity fire”.
The risk to human life caused by a bushfire if this highly flammable weed catches on fire during the fire seasons of spring, summer and autumn is one that needs to be mitigated by VicRoads urgently.
As we are aware there are huge numbers of visitors to the tourist attractions of the Eagle Chairlift, the Enchanted Maze and Seawinds Gardens over most weekends and holidays, therefore the risk to these tourists becoming trapped by a bushfire at the top of Arthurs Seat is alarming.
VicRoads is shunning its responsibility to tour ists using this road if does nothing to eradicate this weed which has almost completely infested the roadside.
There appears to be no past or future plan to remove the Boneseed by VicRoads.
Road, Rosebud overpass. That could then be one less item she’ll have to fight for.
Good luck with the electrification of the Frankston to Baxter rail line. The internal road system is a shire responsibility, only the major roads are maintained by VicRoads, a state responsibility.
The LNP have held this seat since way back when Bob Chynoweth held it for Labor, so they have had all those years to improve telecommu nications.
It will be interesting to see how Zoe performs in her first term. It would be better if she rolled up her sleeves and got stuck into those issues instead of issuing pretty glossy pamphlets.
John Cain, McCrae
One cannot help but sympathise with the resi dents of Martha Cove having to contend with hordes of fishermen who regularly invade the area. I have seen them myself passing in our boat and often get abuse for proceeding through their lines.
However, I do not think that this is a problem that should be shunted solely to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
Martha Cove is private property and the residents have it within their power to engage whatever security measures are needed to en force compliance with the body corporate rules at their own expense.
If there is non-compliance with planning permit conditions, then the council has a role to ensure that these conditions are observed.
security people or patrol the canal on a jet ski to scatter the fish. I don’t know what the legal status of the breakwater is, but if they are to be confined to that area at least the residents will get some substantial relief. Excess bag limits can also be policed by Fisheries officers. Constant harassment is an effective tool.
Barry James Rumpf, McCraeWhen we consider just how Queen Elizabeth II was when she died recently, there seems to be three factors.
Firstly, she had recently lost her husband, the love of her life. Secondly, she caught COVID, who knows what effect that had on her health?
Thirdly, she was 96 and no doubt had some health issues as a result of reaching that age.
However, what have the doctors put on her death certificate? She died of “old age”.
I thought no one was supposed to die of “old age” nor of a “broken heart” for that matter. What they actually die of is the medical prob lems that come with advanced age or with the real misery of suffering a broken heart. To say a person dies of “old age” is just too simplistic.
Mary Lane, MorningtonFrankston Council claims its recent satisfaction survey is a good guide to the public’s perception as to how it is performing.
I have written to VicRoads about this issue, but I have received no response.
Mary Waterman, Arthurs SeatMarg D’Arcy, Rye
However, it appears that on the peninsula noone wants affordable housing in their neighbour hood and the council is unable to convince them otherwise. That is a sad indictment on our com munity.
I am extremely concerned about the fire risk of the highly flammable South African noxious weed called boneseed. This yellow flowering
The Liberal National Party gives money to wealthy developers but only “fights” for funding for projects affecting their electorate. Perhaps [Flinders MP] Zoe McKenzie should ask [her predecessor] Greg Hunt just where in the office did he put the phantom $70 million for the Jetty
The photo shows a large number of residents lined up against four fishermen (“Petition to tackle fishing ‘problem’ at marina” The News 27/9/22). Apart from looking and tut-tutting, what did they do?
The police will not respond to calls from residents in these circumstances, so the alterna tive is for council to request police support to enforce planning permit conditions. If there is wide-spread defecation and physical threats with knives occurring complaints could be made to the police for this and indecent exposure.
A more effective approach would be to engage
It should be noted only 800 people were surveyed, which is less than half a percent of the population, and one must question as to whether the responders were handpicked. Was the survey taken before or after it was made public about two councillors spending $30,000 of ratepayers money on legal costs?
If the council wants an honest appraisal then it should be far more transparent on these matters. I realise it has met its legal obligations, but why not be proactive instead of defensive.
I hope it does not hide behind the excuse of cost as one could be done entirely on line on a voluntary basis.
John Roberts, FrankstonCompiled by Cameron McCullough
AT 3.15 on Sunday afternoon
Archbishop Mannix arrived by car at Hastings.
His arrival was the signal for a cheer by the children attending the Catholic School.
He went straight to the Convent of the Sisters of St. Josephs and there performed the ceremony for which he had come from town – that of blessing the new building.
The ceremony over, His Grace as cended to a platform erected between the Convent and the school accompa nied by Father O’Hagan, Dean Carey and several other clergy.
Father O’Hagan, in outlining the reason for the visit of His Grace, Archbishop Mannix, said that though the school of which they were all so proud and had worked so hard for was now clear of debt, the other build ing – the new Convent – was rolling in debt.
The building cost £1600, £290 of which had been paid.
That was a lot of money, a large sum easily slipped of the tongue, but very hard to wipe off the slate.
A collection, however, was being made as he spoke, he said, and before His Grace spoke he would read out the list of subscribers.
The people, though not wealthy, had already done marvels, but he knew they would again rise to the occasion.
Dean Carey followed Father O’Hagan. He spoke most interestingly on Hastings as he knew it many years ago, when he had administered it as part of the Parish of Elsternwick, and
the only way of getting to it was by Cobb & Co’s coach.
Today there were 21 clergy where he had reigned and as the Archbishop mentioned later, all he recognised in the district was the seal.
Dr. McGuire, a missionary from China, spoke briefly, thanking sin cerely the Sisters and the children, with their parents, for the keen and practical interest which they were tak ing in the mission field.
Father O’Hagan then read out the subscription list, headed by His Grace and himself with £20 each. The total donations received amounted to £170.
His Grace on rising, received a warm greeting from his people gath ered to hear him.
Catholics, he said, the world over, did great things, and he doubted whether anywhere they had done as much as the people of Hastings had done.
He was glad to see Father O’Hagan restored to health, and in such good humor, and also to see so many mem bers of the clergy present.
He could talk a great deal on the school and about the Sisters.
The Sisters of the Order of St. Jo seph were second to none. The Order was an Australian Order, and being such should find a warm corner in the hearts of all Australian Catholics.
As teachers they undertook duties and work that others were afraid to face.
It was never an easy matter to find teachers, but where they were required there were the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Theirs as a great work, for it was from the backblocks of Australia where they labored that the future magnates of the city would be re cruited.
It was a matter of special credit to the Sisters that the Hastings school stood on terms of equality with Mel bourne schools, as Father O’Hagan re ported from the Inspector of Schools.
“We,” he continued, “are suffering from a burden almost too great to bear. For 50 years we have contribut ed every penny to keep in our schools, while at the same time we have been taxed for the upkeep of State Schools.
“We have contributed in order that these schools may now celebrate their jubilee.
“The first day I ever arrived in this country I had the hardihood to say that this was a disgrace to all Australians who are otherwise fair and broadminded in their outlook.
“We are compelled for conscien tious reasons to put up our own schools, and we should therefore either be assisted by the State or set apart and freed of such taxes.
“If we get such a concession we will engage to keep our schools up to standard. If not, we will certainly never give up our schools.
“State Schools are celebrating their Jubilee. I received an invitation to be present. Probably it was sent without thought or malice, but I could con sider it an offence to be asked to be present at such a celebration.
“When they established this system they thought they were going to upset Catholicism in Australia.
“It was to be the thin end of the wedge that was to rend us asunder.
“Fifty years have passed and we are more united than ever, more ready to make sacrifices.
“Our need now is more Australian priests, or Irish, if they are not avail able.
“And these people – what have they to say. Their churches – free seats, all welcome – are empty – it is their own statement.
“Sorry to say our seats are not free, but if anyone cannot afford it they come just the same.
“Their churches are empty – ours are full; and the reason is not far to seek, for ours is the True Church and theirs – is not.
“And to a great extent because they do not teach their religion in their schools. Their own Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne referred to the Act as the most desolating piece of legislation he had ever heard of.
“Nor could he see how the church could support such an Act, and not turn their backs on Christ their Master.
“His prediction had come true. Des olation has come in their churches, and on themselves.
“I did not go to the celebration, but I shouldn’t be surprised if the Anglican clergy and others were there. “Cer tainly the schools deserve great credit for their secular work, but then side by side with that see how the system has helped to Paganise Australia.
“We pay heavily for our schools, but thank God our church 50 years ago did not accept the State School system.
“We are doing our duty by God and our church. The ground once ruled over by Dr. Carey is now ministered to by twenty-one priests. I wish that the secular rulers had copied the church in this.
“Had they, Australia would now have 20 to 30 millions of people, as against her 5 and 6.
The cry now is to bring people out. There is plenty room for them if the country is properly divided, but the people who have first claim are the people who have been bred and born in Australia.
“I have just travelled the Riverina and coming from Balraneld across the Murray traversed over 3000 miles by car.
“I was told that all that land comprised seven stations. God never intended that to be.
“All that land should not be held by seven people, nor 70. There are young Australians living there accustomed to earning their living on the land look ing for ground.
“They put in for a plot and 100 to 300 compete against them, and yet there is land and to spare if properly divided up.
“These things have been on my mind since my recent tour, and I felt I must ventilate them. If they are not in accord with your ideas then find a bet ter policy and stand up to it, and see that Australia’s flag is top of the pole.” ***
From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 13 October 1922
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was, to put it mildly, unexpected.
an evening on which I anticipated keeping a very low profile, I ended up being crowned king and supreme ruler. Had I known that a simple after noon at a lawn bowls club would end with my coronation if not deification, I would probably have worn a better shirt. But some are born to greatness. Others have greatness thrust upon them. And then there’s the rest of us for whom greatness just rolls along as it pleases until it comes to a gradual resting touch. So it is with lawn bowls. This was the second time I’d ever set foot inside a bowls club. The first was decades ago in St Kilda to see one of my all time favourite bands, You Am I, play. Although they may well be terrific lawn bowlers for all I know, they stuck to playing rock music. And, as music goes, it was a great gig but it wasn’t much of a sporting event. Which, in retrospect, made my deci sion to dress in bowling whites all the more unfortunate. I’ll only say that I was misinformed as the venue entry requirements. Besides the ensuing mockery, I’ll simply say that bowling whites will always come off second best in a mosh pit. Always.
But this time, my visit to a lawn bowls club was different. This was no late night gig but an afternoon that would casually slip into the evening by which time spirits would be high and great sporting achievements would be honoured. My partner plays football.
In fact, she plays football really, really well. And this year, her football club’s end of season shindig was being held at a local bowling green. Naturally, I
went as her ‘plus one’.
I say ‘football’ instead of ‘soccer’ because I quickly learned that refer ring to God’s own game as ‘soccer’ is akin to referring to Penfold’s Grange
as ‘go-juice’ while drinking it from a plastic sippy cup, and is something that only the most ignorant of neo phytes would do. I’ve also learned to refer to potato chips as ‘crisps’ and
to ‘Eurovision’ as awesome. There’s been a lot of talk, too, about the World Cup but, to be honest, I’m still trying to get my head around that one. All I can tell you is that Meat Loaf won’t be playing at half time. I know because I expressly asked.
The end of year knees-up was dedicated to celebrating the sporting achievements of the club, whatever form they took. From great victories and bags of goals and glory, through to narrowly avoiding relegation – the teams within the club had experienced it all. For my part, I was there as the partner, not the star attraction, which is the role I feel I was born to play.
In attending, my mission was simple: don’t get sunburned and don’t do or say anything embarrassing that would result in being disowned. It was, with out a doubt, a low bar. As it happens, there was also a low bar directly be hind the bowling green that was doing a roaring trade, but I took up a discreet position against a wall and watched.
Early on in the pandemic, I stopped drinking alcohol. I’m not sure why. It was event without drama – there was no bottom of the barrel (or bottle) mo ment. Rather, it was a gradual loss of interest that was hurried along by a general sense that the world was spi raling out of control. That was more than two years ago, and I’m still very much enjoying life without it. But when it comes to lawn bowls, would being sober give me an unfair advan tage?
room, some of the teams were large, loud and were limbering up. Given the warm up exercises they were doing, I could only assume that some of them were intending to bowl over-arm off a long run-up. I was nervous.
I’ll admit there was a learning curve. One that saw my bowl skive off the green and into the path of someone else’s before high-tailing it to the gut ter. But the next one was better and, by some miracle, we won our match. And the next one and the one after that. Within an hour, we were in the grand final. The atmosphere was electric. The other team was taking things very seriously indeed, but our team held its nerve and we ultimately prevailed.
As the medal declaring me ‘Lawn Bowls Champion – 2022’ was being hung around my neck, it occurred to me that I may have made a mistake. Attending a sporting club function as the ‘plus one’ and designated driver, I had no business winning anything. Much less winning against a group of highly competitive humans. Mind you, I suspect I’ll have to return the medal once the results of the random drug test come back and it’s revealed that I was stone cold sober.
I wasn’t the only winner that night. As I sat at our table, I watched as my partner collected a ‘golden boot’ award. Unlike my medal, her trophy was hard earned and richly deserved. It was quite a night. And if you’d asked me a year ago whether being a ‘plus one’ at a sports team function held in a bowling club would be a glo rious experience, I’d have thought you were mad. It’s funny what time does.
Looking around the
We were broken up into teams. One of our players had played the game be fore and another had seen the movie ‘Crackerjack’.
AN unbeaten knock of 95 from Chris Brittain proved the difference between Langwarrin and Red Hill last week end.
Red Hill were first in to bat on Sat urday. They played well, setting Lang warrin a target of 201 to win.
Luke Robertson and Simon Dart were Red Hill’s best, scoring 42 runs each. Matthew Prosser’s three wickets helped to restrict Red Hill’s total.
Prosser backed up his good show ing with the ball with a handy innings as opener. He got Langwarrin off to a good start with a knock of 36.
First drop batter Brittain took the game by the scruff of the neck. He smashed 95 runs during his innings, hitting eight fours and three sixes.
Brittain’s efforts proved the differ ence. Langwarrin chased Red Hill’s total down with four wickets and three overs to spare.
Old Peninsula picked up a hard fought win at home over Pines on Saturday. They chased down a target of 127 with just three wickets left to spare.
Long Island and Baden Powell rounded out the winner’s list with victories over Baxter and Sorrento re spectively.
A MIDDLE order collapse cost Somerville the game against Heather hill on Saturday.
The two sides faced off at Somer ville Reserve. Heatherhill batted first and faced some struggles at the crease.
Heatherhill lost 4/10 at one stage. They finished their innings on 120, leaving the door open for Somerville to get the win.
Jack Kennedy bowled beautifully for Somerville. He posted figures of 6/28.
Somerville’s run chase never gath ered any momentum. After number four batter Leigh Lowry was dis missed for 27 the wheels fell off.
Somerville’s next five batters were dismissed for scores of 4, 11, 6, 1, and 5. They ended up all out for 116, five runs short of victory.
Seaford Tigers picked up a seven wicket win over Flinders at home last weekend. On the road, Mornington picked up a good win over Dromana.
Mt Eliza had little trouble dispatch ing Moorooduc on Saturday. They won by nine wickets.
OPENER Brad Lockhart’s sensa tional unbeaten 98 secured Carrum Downs a win last weekend.
Carrum Downs played Seaford at RF Miles Reserve on Saturday. Sea ford batted first and were bowled out for 173.
Lockhart opened the batting for
Carrum Downs, and took control of the match. He smashed 98 runs from 100 balls, carrying his bat through the innings.
Lockhart’s mammoth effort helped Carrum Downs pick up a five wicket win with just over three overs to play.
Delacombe Park had an excel lent day at home in their round two matchup against Hastings. The home side scored freely, making 245 runs and losing just three wickets. Hast ings were dismissed for 165, 80 runs short of a result.
Rosebud picked up a comfortable win over Crib Point on Saturday.
RYE have picked up a narrow win over Frankston YCW.
Rye played YCW at RJ Rowley Re serve on Saturday. Frankston YCW batted first and set their opponents a total of 134 to chase down.
Justin Barnes was pick of the bowl
ers for Rye. He took 3/15 off eight overs.
Rye had some early difficulties at the crease, but the efforts of opener Nathan Hunt kept them in it. Hunt made 53 runs while early wickets fell around him.
A strong showing from the middle order kept Rye chugging along, but a late collapse threatened to sink them.
Despite losing 3/7 late in the game, Rye managed to scrape over the line. They won with two wickets to spare and one over left to play.
Tootgarook had it easier on Sat urday. They smashed Skye by nine wickets, winning with 17 overs left to play.
Balnarring picked up a good win on the road against Ballam Park on Sat urday. Mt Martha and Boneo scored victories over Tyabb and Pearcedale respectively.
PENINSULA Strikers announced on Friday that they had signed Steve El liott and Campbell Steedman from Mornington.
There’s a sense of unfinished busi ness at Centenary Park after just missing out on promotion from State 2 this year and both new signings are expected to play pivotal roles in the club’s title tilt in 2023.
Strikers now have joint senior coaches in Donn Delaney and Scott Morrison with the latter switching from Mornington so he’s well posi tioned to assess the newcomers.
“There’d been initial contact with Campbell before I got involved (with Strikers) but obviously when I got in volved it was a no brainer to get him on board,” Morrison said.
“He brings attacking flair which is pretty exciting, he’s quick as and he’s going to cause some teams real head aches with his speed and how danger ous he is going forward.
“It’s exciting to think about the di versity he brings as he can play on ei ther wing or through the middle.”
Morrison describes Elliott as “a massive signing” both on and off the pitch.
“Stevie flagged his interest over a week ago and as soon as I found out I got straight onto the phone.
“On the pitch he gives us the quality of his football and his leadership but just as importantly off the pitch it’s what he brings to the group especially the young boys in terms of teaching them and guiding them.”
Steedman, 21, started his football journey at Mount Eliza before joining Bulleen’s NPL under-18s and making his mark in impressive fashion.
He spearheaded a successful cham pionship tilt in 2018 and won the league’s Golden Boot award with a 27-goal haul.
He played in Bulleen’s under-20s the following year with the team fin ishing second to Melbourne City.
It was with the under-20s that he switched from playing through the middle to often being used in a wide role.
He joined Mornington for the 2021 season and it was as a winger that Steedman was primarily called upon.
“When I first met with the people at Strikers they asked me what posi tion I preferred to play and I told them I liked playing out wide,” Steedman said.
He seems certain to get more game time at Centenary Park but switching to Strikers and playing in a division
below Mornington was prompted by other reasons too.
“I know a few of the players there and they’re good guys and I like the direction the club is taking.
“They don’t expect much of a play er turnover so if they keep the squad and maybe add a couple more sign ings I think they’ll be well positioned to challenge for promotion.”
Elliott, 34, didn’t take long to estab lish himself as a top-class defender with Mornington after arriving from England in November 2014.
He won the players’ player of the year and best and fairest awards in his first season at Dallas Brooks Park as Mornington captured the first of backto-back titles in State 1 South-East.
Elliott switched to Doveton in 2019 for a short stint before returning to Mornington but he stepped away from the sport last season choosing to concentrate on parenting his young
family.
Watching the exciting climax to the State 1 season with both Mornington and Strikers just missing promotion in the final round of matches sparked his interest in returning.
He spoke with Strikers assistant coach and good friend Jason Symonds and met with the club early last week.
Three days later it was a done deal.
“I’m excited by the challenge and I’m excited about what the future could hold for Strikers,” Elliott said.
“I’m impressed with the club not just on but off the field.
“They want to go for promotion, they want to be successful and they want me to be a part of that.”
Strikers are likely to have 19 to 20 players in their senior squad and are understood to have two more signings on their radar.
The buzz about the club is in stark contrast to the previous pre-sea
son when critics decried the senior squad’s quality and thought the team would be fortunate to avoid relega tion.
Delaney was in his first year as a senior coach and these critics knew little of his extensive NPL junior knowledge and his ability to put to gether an exciting and competitive young side.
“Donn has a wonderful relation ship with those younger guys around the ages of 20, 21 who have been in volved with the NPL program,” Mor rison said.
“He built trust with his players and everyone tells me the culture in the dressing room was amazing.
“They had an unbelievable season and played good attacking football and got on a roll.
“I think when injuries hit they stum bled a bit and probably lacked experi ence in closing off some games.”
No doubt Strikers hope Elliott’s capture goes some way to addressing that issue.
In other news the Mount Eliza Cup kicked off last weekend with 172 jun ior teams competing in the annual tournament.
Boys’ teams from under 7s to un der 15s were in action at Mount Eliza Secondary College and the under 14 and under 15 finals will take place this Saturday at Frankston Pines’ Monterey Reserve headquarters start ing at 11.30am.
This weekend is a girls-only event at the secondary college with teams from under 8s to under 16s in action.
Mount Eliza director of football Gary Talbot believes that “around 50 clubs” are represented.
“It’s the biggest junior tournament on the peninsula,” Talbot said.
“It’s been going for 10 years now and continues to grow.”
