Mornington News 15 November 2022

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

TWENTY seven candidates are contesting for the three state govern ment seats that cover the Mornington Peninsula in the Saturday 26 Novem ber election.

There are eight candidates each in the Mornington and Hastings elector ates and 11 in Nepean.

In 2018 there were 13 candidates spread across the peninsula’s three

districts.

The three peninsula seats had for years been regarded as safe Liberal, but that ended in 2018 with Chris Brayne’s unexpected win for Labor in Nepean.

Brayne is the only sitting MP seek ing re-election following the resigna tion of Hastings MP Neale Burgess and David Morris being dropped by his own party in Mornington.

After a redistribution of electoral boundaries, Hastings is nominally Labor while, Brayne’s hold on Nepean

is less than two per cent.

None of the major parties’ candi dates have scored the coveted top spot on the ballot paper, which sees Brayne coming 10th on the list of 11 in Nepean. The Companions and Pets Party’s Joy Miller enjoys being the first of the 11 candidates, with Liberal Sam Groth coming fifth.

In Mornington, independent Kate Lardner is first on the ballot paper, with Liberal Chris Crewther third and Labor’s Georgia Fowler seventh.

In Hastings, the Animal Justice

Party’s Tyson Jack has scored the top spot, followed by the Greens Paul Saunders and Labor’s Paul Mercurio. Liberal Briony Hutton is seventh. While candidates and their teams make themselves known in their own individual ways, what is notable and certainly higher profile than most candidates’ campaigns, is the electoral involvement of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

Following a fledgling foray into activist politics during the May federal election, the shire has taken its

Candidates’

have chance to speak

BILLED as a “must see” event, Mornington Peninsula Shire last week held election forums in Morn ington and Rosebud.

Six of the eight Mornington candi dates attended the Mornington Park Pavilion forum on Friday chaired by the mayor, Cr Anthony Marsh. Marsh said the forums were “an excellent opportunity to learn about what each candidate has planned for the peninsula if elected”.

“As a council, we are asking candidates to consider funding and support for our 10 key advocacy pri orities, including affordable housing, Rosebud Hospital redevelopment, mobile coverage, road safety and protecting our coastline.”

Mornington candidates at the shire’s forum, from left, Chris Crewther, Liberal; Kate Lardner, independent; Jane Agirtan, independent; Paul Pettit, Freedom party of Victoria; Harry Sinclair, Australian Greens ; and Georgia Fowler, Labor.

Picture: Yanni

Record entries in poll race

“advocacy”, or lobbying, well beyond listing candidates’ promises on its website.

Its Shout Out campaign goes be yond the pledge tracker introduced for the May poll. While the online pledge tracker lists the dollar value of candi dates’ pledges and promises, the shire has been running print advertisements and sent candidates a questionnaire about their attitudes towards some issues that do not require spending commitments.

Police out to keep the peace over schoolies

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

POLICE will be out in force patrol ling known party hot spots as young people are expected to converge on the Mornington Peninsula for school ies celebrations.

Most activity is expected around Rosebud and Rye, which have been the focus in previous years of outof-control schoolies parties that have turned violent.

In a shocking incident last year at Rosebud a policeman was king hit by a reveller after a party involving up to 300 schoolies on Rosebud pier.

Fifteen people were arrested, and a 15-year-old Rosebud teen was later charged with assaulting an emergency worker, reckless conduct likely to cause serious injury, resisting police and committing an indictable offence while on bail.

The increased pressure on services prompted Police Association Victoria secretary Wayne Gatt to call for staff ing of frontline police stations across the state to be made a priority.

Acting Inspector Ian Pregnell said this year had the potential to be busier following two years of lockdown, but police would be supported by the mounted branch, highway patrol, public order response team and drug and alcohol units.

Some media reports have put the expected number of schoolies on the peninsula at 9000.

Pregnell said the main message to get into the community was that police will be visible to ensure young

people can celebrate responsibly and they and the community can feel safe.

“Police are very familiar with schoolies, this has become business as usual for police,” he said.

“We welcome party-going schoolies to the peninsula, but are encouraging responsible behaviour so everyone can enjoy it.”

Pregnell said police would have a presence across the peninsula, but particularly at hot spots.

Rye is now marketed heavily by travel companies and “schoolies” ac commodation sites, which tout the pen insula as a “safe atmosphere”, beach setting with cafes, bars and clubs.

But accommodation providers are

also bracing themselves for a hectic few weeks, after last year saw rowdy schoolies damage several short-stay venues, including one Rye Airbnb property that suffered $40,000 damage.

Large bonds are now required upfront by most venue providers fol lowing holes being punched in walls, doors being ripped off hinges, and windows smashed on previous school ies bookings.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Coun cil, which on its website described last year’s Rye schoolies as a “success”, has also tried to take a proactive approach to the problem of drunken, partying youths on the peninsula, again organising its own schoolies

event over the weekend of 26 and 27 November - Peninsula Schoolies 2022.

The mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said this year’s event would have a “another bumper line up of music, we hope all attendees have a safe and enjoyable event”.

Last year around 7000 school leav ers and partygoers flocked to Rye for week of entertainment, with the council also organising activities and wellbeing support for school leavers.

For the full line up and to buy tickets visit: @peninsulaschoolies on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok or visit the website: peninsulaschoolies.com.au

Poll key to land use

RESULTS of the state election may decide the fate of two parcels of Mount Eliza land that are both the subjects of environmental concerns.

South Eastern Centre for Sustaina bility president Steve Karakitsos, who has led the fight to protect a 2.8-hec tare site at 57 Kunyung Road, said it was an important area of habitat and habitat corridors, and the only site in Mount Eliza where frogs regenerate, according to the Melbourne Water frog census.

Karakitsos said development of the former South East Water reservoir would lead to a local extinction of frogs but threaten other significant species identified in the ecological survey of the site by ecologist Mal colm Legg, author of the Morning ton Peninsula Shire commissioned, Mornington Peninsula Wildlife Atlas.

Nearby land at 60-70 Kunyung Road is currently the subject of a large retirement development applica tion and a planning scheme amend ment, which will both ultimately be decided by the state government after the election.

Liberal candidate Chris Crewther asked Planning Minister Lizzie Blandthorn to protect the green wedge zones and suggested the state government buy the site, but his re quest was not considered because the government is in caretaker mode.

A spokesperson for the Depart ment of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s planning director, Stuart Menzies, said DELWP would underassess the planning scheme amendment “on its merits” to enable the incoming planning minister to make a final decision.

Liz Bell

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Welcome schoolies: Leading Senior Constable Cameron Orr and Acting Inspector Ian Pregnell say police welcome party-going schoolies to the peninsula, but are encouraging responsible behaviour “so everyone can enjoy it”. Picture: Yanni

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Rescuers flooded with calls for help

PARTS of Mount Martha, Mornington, Hastings and Dromana were inundated with water again on Sunday night, as heavy rain caused localised flash flooding and building damage.

Hastings SES volunteers reported receiving re quests for assistance “every few seconds”, with most calls coming from Mornington and Mount Martha.

SES chief operations officer Tim Wiebusch said there were 140 calls for help from the Mount Martha area, with 23 flood rescues.

Wiebusch said the deluge had been an important reminder never to drive through any flood water.

Mount Martha residents reported as much as 90mm in rain guages over the weekend, with more

rain expected over coming days. In Messmate Court houses reported raw sewage coming through outlets as drainage systems were overwhelmed.

Mount Martha Lifesaving Club opened its doors to the public on Monday from 10am for hot showers, kitchen facilities, heating and wi fi.

On Monday morning the Bureau of Meteorology cancelled an earlier severe thunderstorm warning for Western Port and surrounding areas but advised resi dents to “stay informed and be aware of any hazards that may still exist, such as floodwater”.

A HOUSEHOLDER wading through his flooded yard in Augusta Street, Mount Martha.

Picture: Gary Sissons. More pictures Page 15

Housing costs raised as ‘an election issue’

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

THE pressure on politicians and state election candidates for more afford able housing on the Mornington Peninsula increased last week with a public forum in Mornington.

More than 200 at the forum heard the CEO of Anglicare Victoria Paul McDonald say, “the government have been asleep at the wheel for over a decade on housing”.

He said the raw reality of homeless ness in Victoria was “not new, and it has been ignored in terms of significant policy and investment for too long”.

The forum at the Peninsula Com munity Theatre was the second in a series of three by Peninsula Voice and focused on housing affordability on the peninsula.

Several election candidates attended

to hear the dialogue between panellists McDonald, Mornington Peninsula Shire CEO John Baker, and Katelyn Butterss, CEO of the Victorian Public Tenants Association.

Homelessness and the need for more affordable is one of the issues being pursued by the shire with its Shout Out campaign.

Peter Orton, chair of Peninsula Voice, said homelessness was affect ing all communities in Australia.

McDonald said the state govern ment’s decision to drop the 1.75 per cent social housing levy was shortsighted as it was a policy that could have added 1700 homes to housing stock each year.

“With eight Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors present, along with several from other councils, the issue is clearly proving to be a hot topic in local government circles, with repre sentatives seeking to listen and learn

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possible solutions,” Orton said.

“After the event, many councillors indicated that while it is regrettable the conversation is occurring, they have been inspired by those speaking out and facilitating public discussion to improve knowledge and outcomes.”

Butterss said the shire’s affordable housing project should include “all types of housing styles … not simply the low density salt and pepper type of developments being suggested as the best option”.

“Families, single parents, older community members, they all have different needs when it comes to housing, so it is critically important to listen to tenants when creating new developments,” she said.

Butterss said the “not in my back yard” attitude was a barrier to quality developments which would improve amenity and provide a positive out come for the whole community.

“Public housing today is not what it used to be,” she said, as homes were now designed and built in the same way as private homes.

Orton said community, public and social housing was increasingly seen as a debate between property owners and renters, but the panel confirmed that both public and private investment was needed “to ensure enough supply to keep prices affordable for many”.

Butterss said the government’s Big Build was “only a drop in the ocean for what is required”.

Baker said the state government had allocated the peninsula “only $7.5 million out of a total $5.3 billion, when our real need is $100 million”.

He said the amount “speaks volumes about how much the government care about the Mornington Peninsula”.

Baker agreed to investigate form ing a community consultation group which included those experiencing

homelessness and precarious housing. With more than 1000 people experi encing homelessness on the peninsula, and 4000 on the public housing wait ing list, the peninsula’s 1437 public houses were well below the housing stock needed.

McDonald and Ben Smith, CEO of Mornington Community Information and Support Centre, said finance for support services was essential to ensure those needing housing got the neces sary support to navigate the process.

“People experiencing trauma and difficult times are often left battling a stressful and confusing system alone, and support is essential to long term positive outcomes,” Smith said.

Orton said it was evident by the in terest shown by those at the forum that “homelessness and housing are issues which affect many on the peninsula and will likely inform many voters’ choices on the 26 November”.

Read about it, there’s no limit book lovers

THINK book club, and think literary discovery, conversation, friendship and the odd glass of wine.

But why should the adults have all the fun, says a new generation of avid readers and critical thinkers.

Mornington mum Danielle Binks is facilitator to a different kind of book club, where a group of grade five stu dents – including her daughter Liliana - get together on the weekend to read books. For fun.

There’s no wine, but there’s always snacks, toasted sangers and plenty of in-depth analysis.

Binks says she has been impressed

by the level of intellectual discourse, where the St Macartans Primary School students listen empathetically to each other and feel empowered to pick apart characters, plots and language.

“My daughter had the idea and so we started it at the beginning of the year and put together of program of books that everyone contributed to,” she said.

“I wasn’t really sure how far it would go, but the girls have so much fun, and their language and literary skills have grown so much. We’ve read some great books, and as they girls go on

their tastes have broadened.

“They’re actually revisiting their selections all the time and occasion ally change the program because their analytical skills have become more sophisticated as they go.”

Binks said she agreed to facilitate the sessions to guide the club but has found the girls get so involved in their discussions that she really just has to be there and enjoy it.

“I’m having as much fun as the girls, and hopefully this gives other young people the idea that a book club can be a whole lot of fun and friendship.” Liz Bell

Celebrating 50 years at BlueScope Western Port

Half a century of operations was celebrated on 3 November 2022 at Hastings, home of BlueScope’s Victorian COLORBOND® steel manufacturing site.

As the Mornington Peninsula’s largest private employer, BlueScope Western Port hosted an anniversary celebration for current and past employees, and unveiled a commemorative plaque.

Over 50 years, around 40 million tonnes of COLORBOND® steel, ZINCALUME® steel, and TRUECORE® steel has been made.

Since 1972, when the plant opened its doors as John Lysaght Australia, it’s estimated that it has employed around 10,000 people from the region.

The foundation for the next 50 years has been well laid. In March, we opened our new service centre, with a steel processing capacity of more than 100,000 tonnes per annum. The $34 million facility is an investment in the latest technology, secures local jobs and strengthens Victoria’s manufacturing industry.

in steel, to strengthen our communities for the future.

Book lovers: Farrah, Izzy, Liliana, Danielle Bink, Laura and Jaidah with some of their club selections.

Performers on stage to ease poverty

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

HIGH profile, local and internationally renowned per formers - including Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s associate principal flute Wendy Clarke - will perform at Mount Martha to raise money for disadvantaged Mornington Peninsula families.

The event is being run by the Mornington Peninsula Foundation, a place-based philanthropic organisation whose mission is to support peninsula communities to break the cycle of disadvantage.

MPF executive director Stephanie Exton said the foundation – which is independently financed by the George Hicks Foundation - started in 2017 after ABS statistics revealed people being severely disadvan taged despite the perception that it was a wealthy region.

The data showed that in some parts of the peninsula the incomes of one in four households were below the poverty line.

The foundation then put together programs that cen tred around education as the starting point for change, supporting literacy and oral language programs through partnerships with the community, and helping families to access music education.

Exton, who connects donors and government service providers with community organisations and businesses, said the foundation had started a threeyear partnership with Rosebud Secondary College and was integrating this work with Eastbourne and Tootgarook primary schools,.

With a focus on literacy and a phonics-based ap proach, the foundation works closely with the schools to address the underlying oral language issues in the early years, the learning and wellbeing in upper pri mary and literacy and engagement in early secondary.

Exton said language and literacy were important to the way a child progressed through schooling and life in general.

In addition, the foundation’s music education pro grams currently support 500 children in the Hastings

area and 50 in the Rosebud area.

“From observations and attendance of the music programs, we know that young people are benefit ing so much from these programs, music has such an emotional connection and is a great way to engage children,” Exton said.

MPF music education teacher Adrian Allen, who works in four primary schools and one secondary school in the Western Port region, said music was unique in the way it engages all parts of the brain.

“Unlike maths class, for example, where students sit down and focus on a task, a music class activates all the senses,” he said.

“Music requires listening, moving, thinking, creat ing all at once. The brain just lights up, every part of the brain is active.

“It’s amazing to see what happens with the students. Their confidence and passion for music grows, and the development of skills helps them feel good about themselves.”

Allen has many stories of children who have over come anxiety or other challenges to participate in the music program.

Exton, who was a professional musician for many years, said these life changing programs would not exist without the support of fundraising, donations and foundations like MPF,.

“I myself was a recipient of a cello scholarship when I was 11, and it changed my life in so many ways,” she said.

The event repertoire features a piece by Dvorak, The American Quartet, originally written for a string quartet. It has been arranged by Emmanuel Pahud, principal flute Berlin Philharmonic for a flute to join the strings and hasn’t been performed before in Australia.

The performance will be from 3pm-5pm on Sunday 27 November at Mount Martha Community House. Bookings: trybooking.com and search Music in Mount Martha.

All contributions are tax deductible. Booking is essential.

Art show wants ‘festival’ status

FOR the past 38 years Sorrento Rotary Club has presented an annual art show that its members claim trans forms the quiet holiday village into a popular tourist destination.

The club says The Festive Sorrento Spirit on 6 January will see the art show turn into a celebration of art and music that will eventually become an annual Sorrento festival.

In January, a sit-down performance will be opened by former Australian Liberal politician and ABC presenter Fran Bailey.

This will be followed by an opera performed by artists of the Melba Opera Trust, a scholarship program driven by Dame Nellie Melba’s legacy. Peter Smales, a “modern impressionist artist and teacher work ing in Melbourne, will introduce and evaluate the exhibited paintings.

Rotary club president Andrea Galgoczi-Kratochvil said the club expected “high quality paintings” to be entered in the exhibition.

“Despite the affluent image of the peninsula, most localities – including Sorrento – have a statistically relevant extreme of the opposite,” she said.

Sorrento Rotary Club would give art show proceeds towards supporting vulnerable children on the peninsula.

She said the club needed support from businesses and organisations “in our quest to promote Sorrento and raise the profile of this geographical location, as well as channel funds directly to disadvantaged children”.

Details: sorrentoartshow.com.au

The show starts at 6pm on 6 Janu ary. Tickets: $95 at trybooking.com/ CDRDC

MORNINGTON Peninsula Foundation CEO Stephanie Exton says the foundation works with the community to assess crucial needs and provide targeted support.

for a chat: Dreamer cafe owners Ben and Mel Rosenberg say The Chatty Cafe Scheme is great for customers.

Cafes serve up a place to chat

SUPPORT for The Chatty Cafe Scheme is growing, with more Mornington Peninsula cafes signing up to the non-profit scheme that is tack ling social isolation.

Mornington Peninsula Chatty Cafe regional manager Jacky Howgate predicts the morn ing coffee catch ups will go from strength to strength over the summer when customers can sit outside at some venues and enjoy the weather.

Dreamer Cafe on Dava Drive is the latest

Mornington venue to sign up to the scheme where strangers or friends can sit at a “chatty” table and enjoy the company of others.

Howgate said that in the past year a growing group of chatty patrons have gathered every Tuesday and Thursday from 11am-12pm to chat over a cup (or two) of coffee.

To learn more about the scheme contact Jacky Howgate on 0416 860 239 or mornpenchat tycafe@gmail.com or go to the website chat tycafeaustralia.com.au Liz Bell

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The “report card” issued by the shire based on can didates’ responses showed the major parties - except in Hastings where Cr Paul Mercurio is standing for Labor - as being unwilling to back the shire’s proposal to be classed peri-regional instead of the current metropoli tan or regional. Liberal candidate in Hastings, Briony Hutton, was previously executive officer of the business lobby group Committee for Mornington Peninsula, which wants the peninsula classed regional.

The shire’s questionnaire - distributed before all can didates were known - went to six candidates in Nepean and Mornington and five in Hastings.

Three of the 17 chose not to participate: Freedom Party of Victoria candidate Paul Pettitt in Mornington; Paul Saunders, Greens and Tyson Jack, Animal Justice Party in Hastings; and Esther Gleixner, Greens, Nepean.

As for the pledge tracker, on Tuesday 8 November it showed the Liberal candidates promising to spend more than $1.3 billion if their party wins government, com pared to Labor’s $12.7 million. The Liberals’ promise included $746m on an electric train service, includ ing new stations outside the Hastings electorate, from Frankston to Baxter.

Mornington candidates as they appear on the ballot paper:

Kate Lardner, independent Leonie Schween, Animal Justice Party Chris Crewther, Liberal Ross Hayward, Family First Victoria Paul Pettit, Freedom Party of Victoria Jane Agirtan, independent Harry Sinclair, Australian Greens Georgia Fowler, Labor

Up hill for virtually challenged

EVERY year since 2002, COVID aside, the residents of Mornington Peninsula have put their running shoes on for the 6.7 kilometre Arthur’s Seat Challenge.

This year the event is being run with a twistin recognition that people are still trying to stay COVID-safe, the Arthur’s Seat Challenge is being run virtually from 1 to 30 November.

The charity set up to support the Fit to Drive Foundation, started in 2001 by a group of Morn ington High School principals following a series of road deaths of young students.

One of the Fit to Drive founders and prin cipal, John Keysers, remembers that in 1999 road trauma involving the loss of young lives impacted severely on school communities and families in Frankston and on the peninsula.

“At that time, the percentage of fatal road crashes for young people on the peninsula was higher than many other areas of the state,” he said. “We needed to do something.”

Keysers said the Frankston and peninsula communities worked together to find ways to improve the safety of young drivers and their passengers.

While young drivers comprise a small por tion of licensed drivers, they are substantially overrepresented in road crashes, fatalities and injuries compared to other drivers in Victoria, according to Fit to Drive CEO, Brad Crofts.

“Drivers aged 18 to 25 are involved in nearly one third of all casualty crashes, with road acci dents killing more young people than any other single cause,” he said.

“The Fit to Drive program is unique in that it seeks to coordinate all of the educational road safety resources that are available and to deliver them in a systematic way to young people in Year 11 attending secondary colleges in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula, as well as across the state.”

By running or walking in The Arthurs Seat Challenge people can help to raise awareness and money to support Fit to Drive.

The program is co-presented with Victoria Police, Fire Rescue Victoria and VSES/CFA. It currently involves 37 local government areas and reaches 24,000 young people annually.

For information go to arthursseatchallenge. com.au/ Liz Bell

Shed’s chateau a model of its time

MEMBERS of Safety Beach Dromana Men's Shed have been keeping busy during the COV ID years, getting involved in some community projects that make a difference.

A replica chateau is now being raffled to raise money for an extension of the Pier Street, Dromana shed.

Secretary Denis McKeegan said the model (pictured right) was based on the Hotel Chateau Du Grand-Luce in the south of France, which was built in 1760, and was a classic example of the architecture of the era.

Most of the model is made from 3mm MDF, with some intricate details that also include curves and steps. The tiled roof has been hand made from a sheet of the MDF with precision individual knife cuts.

McKeegan said the project took 2080 hours over 22 months, weighs 18kg and has batteryrun LED lights in all 13 rooms on its two floors. It has been hand painted throughout.

“The roof can be raised, panels swing open on all sides so that you can see inside with the LED lights,” he said.

“It is so intricate, there are marble columns, staircases, lattice like windows, archways and hallways.”

The chateau will be on display with tickets being sold in the foyer of Bunnings Rosebud store 9am to 3pm on Sunday 4 December and at the Bunnings car park market 6pm to 8pm on Thursday 8 December.

McKeegan said the international men’s sheds organisation’s sole purpose was looking after the health and mental health of its members.

“One amazing fact is that not one member in any of the men’s sheds in Australia has commit ted suicide, which is a testament to how men mostly retired value the shed,” he said.

“There are some members who live alone after their wife has passed away and just like to come along for a chat and coffee and even participate in the workshop.

“Only this week, one member came to me thanking the shed and all the members for help ing him cope with his health and wellbeing. He looks forward to coming to the shed on a weekly basis.”

McKeegan said activities at Safety Beach Dromana Men's Shed included mobile phone, laptop, iPad and tablet training, woodwork, making wooden clocks, bread boards, hand towel holders, welding, wooden and plastic pens, beach boxes of different sizes and colours and library books.

“We are active in working with the local com munity, which the members have a real satisfac tion in helping organisations who need projects completed where they don’t have the expertise or time to complete,” he said.

Prospective new members can have a look at what the shed does. The shed is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to midday.

Liz Bell

Tradition of respect and silence since WWI

around the Mornington Peninsula were a place for solemn reflection on Friday, 11 November, as hundreds of people gathered on Remembrance Day to pay their respects to those who died in the line of duty.

Remembrance Day is a memo rial day held since the end of World Ward I and commemorates the loss of Australian lives from all wars and conflicts.

On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, one minute’s silence is observed and dedicated to those who have died fighting to protect the nation.

Great retirement living is not a destination, it’s a journey, that starts with taking your First Step to find the perfect place to call home.

Come on in and explore the vibrant retirement lifestyle on offer at the thriving communities near you. Fountain Court and Oak Tree Hill are a great choice; leafy villages with beautifully landscaped gardens to enjoy the outdoors.

REMEMBRANCE Day at Rye RSL, above, and far right, Frances Drew, with her mother Cathryn Gillian, places a poppy in memory of her grandfather while, centre, RSL president John Wilson and Max Love remember fallen comrades. Pictures: Barry Irving

TIME for reflection at Sorrento. Pictures: Yanni

‘Celebrating’ work of Interplast

MEMBERS of Rotary clubs across the Morning ton Peninsula came together on Tuesday 8 No vember with Interplast Australia and New Zea land at Toorak College’s dining hall in Mount Eliza to celebrate and learn more about the work money they have raised will go towards.

The event celebrated Rotary’s fundraising achievements for Interplast and saw almost 100 Rotary club members attend, as well as senior management from Interplast, including CEO Cameron Glover and vice-president Dr Kirstie MacGill.

For 40 years, Interplast has sent teams of med ical volunteers including surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and other allied health staff to developing countries across the Asia Pacific, where they provide life-changing surgery to those in need and train local medical teams.

The eight clubs from Rotary District 9820 (Mount Eliza, Mornington, Mount Martha, Dromana, Rosebud Rye, Sorrento, Hastings and

Somerville) helped pay for Interplast’s upcom ing surgical program to Tonga in May 2023.

President of the Mount Eliza Rotary John Welsh said it was a privilege for all of the penin sula clubs to support the work of Interplast.

“We’re proud that our local community can join forces to have such an enormous impact on people’s lives”,” he said.

Cameron Glover, Interplast CEO, said that since co-founding Interplast in 1983, Rotary’s ongoing support had played a critical role in helping to repair bodies and rebuild lives.

“The funds raised by the peninsula’s Rotary cluster means that we will be able to send a volunteer medical team to Tonga, and provide surgical treatment to locals who would otherwise be unable to afford it,” he said.

To support Interplast donate at interplast.org. au/donate/donate-now/ or call Carolyn and Chris Such of Mount Eliza Rotary 0400 492 873.

COMMUNITY Bank Mt Mar tha has launched its Mt Martha Stronger Community Grant Program on 25th October 2022, via its website: www.mmcel. com.au

The Board of Community Bank Mt Martha has allocated $200,000 to this Grant round, which Not-for-Profit entities located in the 3934 Postcode (Mt Martha) or who currently bank with Community Bank Mt Martha will be eligible to apply.

The timetable for the pro gramme is:

Opening Date: 10am AEDT on 25 October 2022

Closing date and time: 5pm AEDT on 18 January 2023

Please take account of time zone difference when submit ting your application

Operating policy entity: Mount Martha Community Enterprises Ltd (MMCE)

Administering entity: Mount Martha Community Enterprises Ltd

Enquiries: If you have any questions, contact Gary Sanford, Branch Manager, Community Bank Mt Martha on 0409194314.

Date guidelines released: 10 October 2022

Type of grant opportunity: Closed non-com petitive

Grant Guidelines, Facts Sheet and FAQ were released on 10 October 2022.

Up to 20 applicants will be considered in the Grant round and will be recommended by a local “Consultation Committee”, which will be formed around the time the applications close on 18 January 2023.

Nick Roberts, Chairman of the Board said” It’s very satisfying, that after all the hard work by past and present members of the Board, over the last 11 years, that the company is now in a position to embark of programs like this. This is on top of our annual sponsorship budget, which will see us fund almost $400,000 this financial year. Thank you to our local community who support our branch and are making funding likes these possible”

INTERPLAST CEO Cameron Glover and vice-president Dr Kirstie MacGill with Mount Eliza Rotarian Carolyn Such discuss the work of Interplast. Picture: Supplied

A FLOODED front yard in Augusta Street, Mount Martha, left, and seat with a watery view at Balcombe Estuary, above. Pictures: Gary Sissons Top, a house at Safety Beach.

Our priorities:

• Coastal Management – Do you support increased funding for local piers and coastal infrastructure to ensure amenity will be maintained into the future?

• Mobile/NBN – Do you support increased funding to resolve mobile blackspot and NBN accessibility issues?

• Peri-Regional – Do you support the Peninsula being recognised as peri-regional, which protects the green wedge while providing access to additional funding streams?

• Roads – Do you support a significant increase in road funding, to deliver road and pedestrian safety upgrades and meet future traffic needs?

• Homelessness – Do you support a significant boost in funding for social housing and the provision of Victorian Government funded crisis accommodation?

• Peninsula Trail – Do you support a 130km Peninsula trail network and will you help us advocate for funding?

• Transport – Do you support a cross-peninsula bus service from Hastings to Rosebud, Hastings to Mornington and similar bus services, to improve the transport connections of rural areas?

• Health – Do you support a significant upgrade for Rosebud Hospital?

• Arts Centre – Do you support a performing arts centre for the Peninsula and will you help us advocate for funding?

• Recycled Water - Do you support recycled water supply infrastructure upgrades for agriculture and other uses, including fire safety and environmental purposes?

We will continue to work with the candidates you elect on 26 November, to get our priorities funded. We will keep SHOUTING OUT for the Peninsula.

THE ULTIMATE COASTAL PARADISE

INTRIGUINGLY unassuming from the street, this surprisingly spacious home has been carefully renovated and extended to now double its original footprint. The works were carried out with a commitment to functionality whilst maintaining the integrity of that classic beach home feel where welcome natural light fills the internal spaces to create fresh and bright family zones. Blackbutt timber floors feature to two separate living areas and four good sized bedrooms with carpeted floors provide the space for a family of any

size or age. To bring the outside in, the front living area has bi-fold windows that open out to the front deck making for a great summertime vibe and maximising those coastal breezes. Natural light continues to be a consistent feature throughout the home as it expands towards the second living space; once again, the scope of the home is increased with access out to a large rear deck. The four bedrooms all have ceiling fans and include the private master bedroom with ensuite and walk-in robe, whilst to the three other bedrooms

are built-in robes and shared access to the spacious family bathroom with separate bath and shower. There is also a separate powder room for guests. This elegantly comfortable coastal retreat sprawls across a low-maintenance 899 square metre block with landscaped gardens front and back and in addition to the single garage, there is ample off-street parking for four cars plus boats and trailers.n

when you call our office, you’ll know the person who answers.

Policies and procedures are important but so are the human elements of property transactions. We are intentionally different and you will not be just a number to us.

Call Ellen at Susan Clavin Real Estate today for the quality of service you deserve.

You deserve better...

For a short time we are giving landlords the opportunity to transfer the management of their investment property over to us and receive 3 months of FREE management.

That’s good value!

• Stone’s throw from Coral Beach and Dava Drive shops.

• Low maintenance, beautifully renovated, set behind electric gates,

• A gorgeous master suite, a stunning kitchen, separate dining room with study alcove or possible 4th bedroom.

We’re really confident you’ll love our boutique approach. Give Ellen a call to take advantage of this limited promotion.

Contact: Ellen Mackie | 0466 626 940

VERSATILE INVESTMENT OPTION

EASILY accessible from major arterial roads - Nepean Highway, Moorooduc Highway and Mornington-Tyabb Road, this prime 619 square metre site is ensconced within the established, and highly regarded, medical, shopping and residential precinct along Dunns Road, directly opposite Bentons Square Shopping Centre. With a wide frontage, the current property, a bright 3 bedroom residence, is presently let on a short term month-to-month lease which would provide new owners with some investment income while plans are finalised. Current permitted plans include an approved medical centre – with an attached three practitioner permit- with a 282 square metre building area, a reception and office space, waiting area, four consulting rooms, a multi-purpose zone, two toilets, lift access and staff amenities. Given the enticing position of the block, the property can be sold with vacant position if requested.n

PROPERTY ESSENTIALS

ADDRESS: 203 Dunns Road, MORNINGTON FOR SALE By Expressions Of Interest, Closing Thursday 17th November 2022 at 3pm AGENT: Renato Daniele 0414 733 500, Nichols Crowder, 1 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs, 9775 1535

SUNDAY HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

7MATE, 8.30pm

The film series a generation grew up with finally reached its conclusion after 10 years with this thrilling send-off for the franchise. Director David Yates gets the most out of all that he had at his disposal – the script, the special effects, and not least of all, the stars. It would be unfair to pick out just a few performances at the expense of others, but Daniel Radcliffe (left) deserves praise for developing the enchanting role of the boy wizard.

SATURDAY SHETLAND

ABC TV, 8.20pm

The landscape of Shetland would be the stunning main character in this sombre crime drama, if it weren’t for Douglas Henshall’s arresting performance. In season six, which premieres tonight, Henshall’s Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez faces personal tragedy; his haunting glances speak louder than words as a perplexing case rears its ugly head. When a local lawyer is shot dead, Perez must return from his mother’s funeral to investigate.

SUNDAY KATH & KIM: OUR EFFLUENT LIFE

SEVEN, 7pm

Twenty years after Gina Riley and Jane Turner’s (above) suburban-set parody premiered, the comedians return with this anniversary special. The co-writers and costars are back as mother and daughter duo Kath Day-Knight (Turner) and her spoilt offspring Kim (Riley). Expect every character, including Magda Szubanski as Sharon, Glenn Robbins as Kel and Peter Rowsthorn as Brett, as well as a crowd of guests incluing Kylie Minogue and even a prime minister. Tonight’s premiere involves a tribute to Shane Warne.

SUNDAY LEGO MASTERS BRICKSMAS SPECIAL

NINE, 7pm

We are still working our way through November, but a Christmas special from the joy-filled LEGO Masters crew is here to imbue everyone with Christmas excitement and wonder. Expect festive puns and an array of garish knitted jumpers as host Hamish Blake pulls out all the stops in this two-part special, kicking off tonight. This year’s contestants ’s Darren Palmer, former Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins, Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis and cooking empress Poh Ling Yeow, who team up with past contestants to find out who can create the most impressive LEGO Christmas-themed build.

The Front Bar. (M) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the world of sport and catch up with the stars. 9.30 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) After the downstairs toilet becomes blocked, Kath and Kel’s ensuite gets a workout. 12.00 Fantasy Island. (Ma, R) Visitors experience their fantasies. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Hamish Black hosts the LEGO Masters Brickmas Special

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.10 Secrets Of

The Museum. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Significant Others. (Mals, R) 1.50 Doc Martin. (PGa, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 3.05 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R)

5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener.

8.30 Frankly. Fran Kelly chats with some of the biggest names and brains in Australia and from around the globe.

9.10 All Creatures Great And Small.

(PG) James has to settle old scores both on and off the playing field when a familiar face returns to Darrowby.

9.55 Fisk. (Ml, R) Roz is pursued by a gentleman caller.

10.20 Troppo. (Mal, R)

11.25 ABC Late News.

11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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The Record. 1.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 2.10 ABC News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck. 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Pablo. 5.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 10.05 Living With

The Boss. (M) 11.05 Good With Wood. (PGls, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Day Kennedy Died. (PGa, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30

Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.40

The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.10

Tony Robinson’s World By Rail. (PG, R) 5.05

Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition. (M) A look at the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

9.05 Good With Wood. (Final, PG) In order to win the competition, the three remaining woodworkers must build a bar in just two days.

10.00 Raiders Of The Lost Art: China.

(R) Takes a look at China’s Tang dynasty.

10.50 SBS World News Late.

11.20 Das Boot. (MA15+v, R)

12.20 The Sleepers. (Malv, R)

2.40 Atlanta. (Madls, R) 4.30 Food Safari. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30

ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Fugitive At 17. (2012, Madv, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh and Charlie continue their Alaskan cruise.

8.30 MOVIE: Pretty Woman. (1990, Mls, R) In need of an escort for social events while visiting Los Angeles, a ruthless, workaholic businessman gives a prostitute a first-hand look at the lives of the rich when he hires her to be his companion for a week. Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Hector Elizondo. 11.05 To Be Advised.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Just For The Summer. (2020, PGa, R) 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Pygmy Hippo. (PGa) A pygmy hippo is pregnant.

8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Diary. (2001, Mlsv, R) A British woman struggling with various romantic entanglements documents a year of her life in a diary.

Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) Barry Du Bois shares tips for wall art.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton is joined by Bono, Taylor Swift, Eddie Redmayne and Alex Scott.

9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mals, R) Hosted by Nick Cody.

10.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+als, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne.

12.50 Black-ish. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Cruise Away. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 House Of Wellness. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: International. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

10.30 MOVIE: Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past. (2009, Ms, R) 12.20 Reported Missing. (Ma, R) 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)

10.30 Matt Okine: Live At The Enmore. (MA15+ls, R) 12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am

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6am Morning Programs. 12.55pm The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Grantchester. 3.00 Garden Gurus Moments. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Dentist On The Job. (1961, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Antiques Downunder. 8.00 Antiques Roadshow Detectives. 8.40 MOVIE: Tears Of The Sun. (2003, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 LA Clippers Dance Squad. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00

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Friends. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30pm Frasier. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

Des. (Mal, R) Part 3 of 3. 11.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

R) 5.30 Trains At War.

SBS World News.

Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PGanw, R)

Secrets Of The Royal Palaces: Buckingham. (PG) Takes a look at Buckingham Palace.

Curse Of The Mummy. (PGa, R)

Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M, R) 11.15 MOVIE: The Keeper. (2018, Malv, R, , Germany) David Kross, Freya Mavor. 1.25 MOVIE: Don’t Tell. (2017, Malsw, R, Australia) Jack Thompson. 3.20 The Royal Family Affairs & Infidelities. (Ma, R) 4.15 Searching For The Tassie Tiger. (Ml, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. The latest news, sport and weather. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) Highlights from the past week. 12.00 Horse Racing. The Gong Race Day, Ballarat Cup Day and Mooloolaba Cup Day. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A French traveller attracts attention.

7.30 MOVIE: Aquaman. (2018, Mv, R)

A half-human, half-Atlantean goes on a quest to retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan and protect the water world. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard. 10.20 MOVIE: Anna. (2019, MA15+av, R) A woman becomes a feared government assassin. Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren. 12.50 Black-ish. (PGa, R) Pops and Ruby are getting remarried. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG) 12.30 Cross Court. 1.00 Drive TV. (Final) 1.30 My Way. (PG, R) 2.00 The 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards. (PGl) 4.00 Destination Australia. (Premiere) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Living Room. (PG, R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.00 Well Traveller. (PGa, R) 2.30 Cook It With Luke. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 5.00 News. 6.10 Secrets Of The Museum. 6.55

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Identity. (2002, Mlv, R) A man sets out to discover his identity. Matt Damon, Franka Potente. 9.45 MOVIE: The Bourne Supremacy. (2004, Mlv, R) A former CIA agent, suffering from amnesia, tries to clear his name after being framed for a botched assassination. Matt Damon, Franka Potente.

11.50 MOVIE: Fifty Shades Freed. (2018, MA15+ls, R) Dakota Johnson. 1.45 Talking Honey. (PGs, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing. 7.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. Jamie Oliver prepares a smoky noodle soup. 7.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv)

The Reagan family is harassed.

8.30 CSI: Vegas. (MA15+m) The CSI team investigates after all the guests attending a fundraising soiree fall ill. 9.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) Agent Parker steps up to protect Director Vance after he is subject to a terrifying home invasion.

10.30 My Life Is Murder. (Ma, R) An actor is murdered during a performance. 11.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Real Love Boat Australia. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) NITV (34) 10 BOLD (12) 9GO! (93) 7MATE (73)

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Insiders.

(R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Question Everything. (R) 3.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (Ml, R) 4.10 The Pacific. (PG, R) 4.55 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.25 Frankly. (R) Presented by Fran Kelly.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) An artist is poisoned in her studio.

8.30 Significant Others. (Final, Mals) Funeral planning leads to surprise healing as questions are answered and vows for a new future are made.

9.25 Freddie Mercury: The Final Act. (Ml, R) The story of Freddie Mercury’s battle with AIDS and the tribute concert Queen staged in his memory.

10.55 Mystery Road: Origin. (Ml, R)

11.50 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (PG) 10.00 The World From Above. (PG) 11.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 France 24 English News. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Round 6. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU UK Grand Prix. Highlights. 5.00 Countdown To Qatar 2022. 5.30 Trains At War. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Saving Venice. The citizens of Venice, Italy fight to save their city.

9.10 Pearl Harbor. (MA15+av, R) Takes a look at the attack on December 7, 1941, on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.

11.00 Charles And Diana: 1983. (PGa, R) A look at the 1983 royal tour.

12.00 Wonders Of Scotland. (Premiere, PG)

2.00 FIFA World Cup 2022: Opening Ceremony.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group A. Qatar v Ecuador.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Border Security: International. (PGad, R) 1.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 54. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. From North Sydney Oval. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life. (PGlns) A catch up with Kath and Kim.

8.10 Australia’s Got Talent. (Final, PG) In the grand final, the six remaining contestants battle it out for the chance to win $100,000.

9.50 Greatest ABBA Covers Versions Ever. (Premiere, PG) A look at the greatest ABBA covers of all time.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special. (PG) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGa) Graham Norton is joined by Paul Mescal.

8.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv) The team investigates the death of a Navy sailor and goes head-to-head with a ruthless local criminal organisation. Lucy looks for a new apartment.

11.00 The Front Bar. (M, R)

12.00 World’s Deadliest: Hostile Hangouts. (Ml, R)

10.10 The First 48: Deadly Favour/Just Kids. (Ma) 11.10 Murder In A Small Town. (MA15+av)

1.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

9.30 FBI. (Mv, R) The team investigates when a political reporter is kidnapped and held without a ransom demand. 11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am

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12.05 The Coolangatta Gold 2022. (R) 1.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch.

Beyond Today. 8.30

Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV

10.00

Favorite Martian. 10.30 Gideon’s Way. 11.40 The Miracle Tiger. 12.10pm MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (1947) 1.50 MOVIE: Frankie And Johnny. (1966) 3.40 MOVIE: Alexander The Great. (1956, PG) 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 Mega Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Last Samurai. (2003, MA15+) 11.20 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm To Be Advised. 2.00 Motor Racing. SpeedSeries. Touring Car Racing Aust. Replay. 4.00 Dance

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6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah. (PGa) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG) 12.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00 Soccer. Sydney Super Cup. Game 2. Celtic FC v Everton FC. From Accor Stadium, Sydney. 5.00 10 News First. ON SALE NOW!

Flatline.

Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (Final, R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Mal, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (Final, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Stuff The British Stole: Shadow Boxer. (PG) The story of a golden warrior statue.

8.30 Love On The Spectrum.

(PG, R) Part 1 of 4.

9.30 Fake Or Fortune? The Lost Gainsborough. (R) Part 1 of 4.

10.30 Space 22. (PGa, R)

11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business.

(R) 11.35 Folau. (PG, R) 12.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.50 Baby Surgeons. (Ma, R) 1.40

Parliament Question Time. 2.40 Miniseries: Des. (Mal, R) 3.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. USA v Wales. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Group A. Qatar v Ecuador. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Senegal v Netherlands. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. England v Iran. Replay. From Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022

Preview Show. (R) A preview of today’s FIFA World Cup matches.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Celia Pacquola. (PGal, R)

Celia Pacquola explores her roots.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Saudi Arabia. From Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group D. Denmark v Tunisia.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group C. Mexico v Poland.

5.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. France v Australia. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: No One Would Tell. (2018, Mav, R) 2.00 World’s Deadliest: Against The Odds. (Mal) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 The Roast Of Paul Hogan. (PGdls) Hosted by Shane Jacobson. 9.15 The Good Doctor. (M) After a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr Andrews splits the doctors into teams.

10.15 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PGa) Presented by Cherry Healey. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Chicago Fire. (MA15+av) 12.45 The Resident. (Ma, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 My Mum Your Dad. (R) 1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 My Mum Your Dad. Hosted by Kate Langbroek.

9.10 Travel Guides. (PGlns, R) Ordinary Australians become travel critics, experiencing a holiday in Tasmania.

10.10 Botched. (MA15+amn, R) A woman needs surgery to help with emotional pain.

11.10 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.40 Skin A&E. (Mm)

12.35 Bluff City Law. (Mv, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Challenge Australia. (PGl) A steamy hookup between two Challengers gets the rest of the players upset.

8.30 NCIS. (Ma) When an NCIS agent turns up dead and Kasie is suddenly unaccounted for, the team must work quickly to find the killer.

10.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) The team investigates the death of a Navy sailor.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show.

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. France v Australia. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Saudi Arabia. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Mexico v Poland. Replay. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. France v Australia. Replay. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

The Preview Show. (R) A preview

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 My Mum Your Dad. (R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Cup 2022

Group F. Morocco v Croatia. From Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Germany v Japan. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group E. Spain v Costa Rica. 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group F. Belgium v Canada. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon The Ghan: The Full Journey. 3.20 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 10.10 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.00 Art Works. (Final) 8.30 Days Like These With Diesel. (Final) 9.25 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 10.10 Stuff The British Stole. 10.40 Staged. 11.05 Our Brain. Midnight Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. 1.00 Catalyst. 2.00 ABC News Update. 2.05 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Strange Birds. Continued. (2017, PG, French) 7.00 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 8.40 Toast. (2010, PG) 10.30 Kuessipan. (2019, M, French Canadian) 12.40pm Lucky Grandma. (2019, M, Mandarin) 2.15 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 4.10 Little Nicolas. (2009, PG,

Programs.

French) 5.50 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 7.30 Churchill. (2017, M) 9.30 Flawless. (2007, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R)

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 8.30 Question Everything. Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran. 9.00 Fisk. (Ml) George is feeling overworked. 9.30 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) Hosted by Rob Brydon.

Law. (Ma) 11.20 Bluff City Law. (PGa, R) 12.10 A Current Affair: Tracy Grimshaw - The Farewell. (R) 1.05 Drive TV. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Reel Destinations: Lodge Life. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30

BOLD (12) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 7. New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers. Replay. 10.30 Becker. 11.30 Frasier. 12.30pm The King Of Queens. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.10 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Botched. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.30 MOVIE: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. (2013, M) Midnight Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. Noon American Pickers. 1.00 Shipping Wars. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Wild Transport. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs. 9GO! (93) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Camper Deals. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.20 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The Code. 3.10 ST: Next Gen. 4.05 MacGyver. 6am Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 Escape

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Bondi

Southern Women’s

from Dr Sarah Russell, on “Exploring Issues in the Aged Care Sector”. Mt Martha House on Sunday 20th November at 10am. Morning tea 9.30. Entry by donation. All women welcome. Erica: 0404 811 422

Mount Martha House Historical Collection protects and preserves the history of this wonderful building. Visit the WRAAC museum. Open on request, or Tuesdays and Fridays: 10 -2 pm. Tours third Wednesday of each month: 11.30 am. Booking required: 5974 2297

Frankston Symphony Orchestra invites you to a wonderful Christmas concert, including medleys from your favourite Christmas Movies,selections from Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker Suite’ plus Carols! Sunday 11 December, 2.30pm Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilson’s Road Mornington. Tickets : www.try booking.com/cdnza

Pop Up Petanque, twilight sessions: EVERY Friday in December, followed by BBQ sausage and drinks. $10 per person. Special group sessions can be booked by arrangement. Mt Martha Bowls, Petanque & Social Club 45 Watson Road.

Ring Andrea Bowles 0409413416

Mornington View Club

Members meet at Mornington Golf Club on the fourth Friday of each month at 11.30 am. An active club raising funds for The Smith Family. New members are always welcome. Call Judy 0410486204 or Diane 0414596942.

Mornington Rotary invites guests to our Wednesday night dinner meetings and to get involved with our community projects.

Details at: www.rotaryclubofmornington.org.au

Mornington Peninsula Community Dog Club

Every Saturday morning at Citation Oval, Mt Martha. Beginners class is at 10.15am. Train your dog to listen to you and be obedient through fun and games. For more info: www.mpcdogclub.org.au

Mornington Courthouse Visitor Centre

We are seeking additional volunteers. Are you interested in Tourism and possess a customer service orientated outlook? This could well be an ideal opportunity. Email your contact number and we will be pleased to discuss: coordinator@nmpt.com.au

Mt. Eliza Mah Jong Club

Monday morning from 9.30am to 12.30pm Monday evening from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the Mt.Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt. Eliza. All players welcome.

Contact Ann Burnell: 5977 1162

Play Darts

Mornington Peninsula Darts League are inviting men, women, juniors, adults & seniors to those interested in playing darts along the peninsula. If interested, contact Bryan 0413 295 868 or bmb2409@gmail.com

All Welcome @ OPEN DOOR

Pop in Every Wednesday 10.00am - 11.30am. Morning Tea/Coffee. No Cost! Make Friends! All Ages! Parking free – Level access.

370 Craigie Road, Mount Martha.

Email office@newpeninsula.com.au for more info

The combined Probus Club of Mount Eliza Central meets on the fourth Friday of each month at The Village Church, Mount Eliza. Meetings start at 9.45 and visitors are welcome.

Enquiries at 0428 995 617

Peninsula Transport Assist

Need for volunteer drivers is ongoing. Use your own car, or drive a bus (LR,MR,HR licence needed). Flexible hours and ongoing support. More info on our website www.peninsulatransportassist.org Phone 9078 8241 or email

peninsulatransportassist@gmail.com

Mt Eliza Mah Jong Club

Monday Morning: 9.30am - 12.30pm and Monday Evening:7.00pm - 9.00pm in the Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza. Experienced and new players welcome.

Ann Burnell: 5977 1162 or Joy: 0418 354 535.

Ladies Probus Club Mt. Eliza meets at the Uniting Church, Canadian Bay Rd. Every 1st Monday of the month at 9.45a.m. Visitors welcome. Interesting speakers, various monthly activities, fun and friendship. Ph: 9787 2383 or 0407 342562.

Mount Eliza Probus Club

Meet every second Monday of the month at Uniting Church, Canadian Bay Road commencing at 9.45am. Includes guest-speaker, fellowship and refreshments at no cost. Visitors most welcome. Contact Graeme Buckley: 0447384797.

Mornington

Mount Martha Rotary

Want to make a difference by volunteering in taking action to create a lasting change? Mount Martha Rotary meets on Mondays at 6.30pm.

Inquiries: www.mountmartharotary.org.au, Facebook or contact Carol on 0405 145 684

Mornington Seniors Citizens Club Monday 12.30pm - Indoor bowls Tuesday 11.00am - noon Tai Chai, followed by bingo at 12.30pm which includes coffee/tea/biscuits. 1 Flinders Dr, Mornington. Ph: 5975 3688

Mt Eliza Neighbourhood House Walking Group for Men. Join Lester and other men for a moderate paced 4km walk around Mount Eliza. Starts 8.30am every Tuesday. For further information contact Lester on 0407 414 955.

Mah Jong at Mt Martha House. Modern Australian Game. Every Wednesday 1pm to 4pm. All levels of play. One-on-one teaching for beginners. Plenty of handouts, lots of fun and noise. Contact Jill 0402 089353.

The Mt.Eliza over 55’s Plus Club

We offer activities including: Billards and Snooker,New Vogue dancing,line dancing,keep fit excercises,Table tennis,indoor bowls, card afternoons and a film shown every 2nd Friday afternoon. For more information go to www.mteliza55plusclub.org or phone Lorraine: 0434088821.

Love and Support Local

Mount Martha Men’s Probus Club

Mount Martha Men’s Probus Group, meet monthly, for further details go to our new web site: mount martha men’s probus club, and click on the link. For further details contact: Ron on 0407 327 470.

Polio

Do you know anyone who had polio, or is now experiencing after effects of polio? Support group meetings held at 11am on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Information Centre, Main St, Mornington. Enquiries: 5981 2540

Feldenkrais

‘Awareness Through Movement’ Classes

Gentle, intriguing exercise for your mind and body, at home! Taught online using Zoom, Mon 9.30am, Tues 6.30pm, Fri 10am. For information: phone Kate Tremlett on 0415 171 092 or email katetrem@satlink.com.au

Biala Peninsula

Offering new service delivery options for children with disabilities, birth to 12 years and their families - online, telepractice, home program packs and telephone counselling and support. Phone 5975 1820 for information.

Mt Martha Ladies Probus Club

Life Activities Club

Activities across the Peninsula and beyond, including, dineouts, indoor games, trivia nights, cinema, music evenings, special functions, book clubs, day and weekend trips, walking, golf, table tennis, cycling. Contact Miriam 0493 437 646, or email membership@lifemornington.org.au.

Mornington Lions Club

New member interest welcome. Meeting the 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month. Fundraising for local community projects our primary focus. Contact: Patricia 0419 299 196

CWA Mornington Branch Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the Month at 1:00pm.

Social Craft Group: 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the Month at 12:00pm. Church of Christ Hall, 84 Wilson’s Road, Mornington cwamornington@gmail.com or find us on Facebook

Mornington Environment Association.

Preserve & enhance Mornington and its surroundings. Monthly meetings: 2nd Thurs of the month at 7pm. Currawong Community Centre, Currawong St., Mornington. Further info visit morningtonenviro.org.au or call Margaret : 0414 641 999 or email morningtonea@gmail.com

Indoor Walk

Every Thursday, 7.45 am - 8.45 am. A mature aged group of men and women walk, do light exercises (conducted by a trained instructor), chat and socialise at Mornington Central Shopping Centre. Contact Bryan 0410 935 936

U3A Mornington

Enjoy low-cost activities for retired seniors. Learn something new, challenge and engage your mind and body. Make new friends. Enjoy your retirement and make your third age the time of your life.

More information: www.u3amornington.org.au OR email: office@u3amornington.org.au

Mornington Peninsula Toastmasters 2nd and 4th Thurs each month. Improve your presentation and leadership skills. Gain confidence speaking in front of others in a friendly, encouraging atmosphere. Mornington Community House 3/91 Wilsons Road, Mornington. Details call Sue 0439 650 883

Mornington Peninsula Patchworkers every 2nd Monday of month at The Studio, 91 Wilsons Rd, Mornington, and on the 3rd Saturday of the month at Currawong Stables, 5-17 Currawong St, Mornington. Craft activities relating to textiles. Book via: email: morningtonpatch@gmail.com. www.morningtonpatch.com.au

American Mah Jong now playing at Mt Martha Community House, cnr Esplanade and Dominion Rd. Come and play this exciting variation of Mah Jong. Easy to learn and very thrilling. Contact Jill on 0402 089 353.

Mornington TOWN Club

Take Off Weight Naturally, with weekly weigh-ins, group discussion and friendly, supportive fellowmembers. Meeting time 8.30 am on Wednesday mornings, at the Mornington Civic Bowls Club, Dunns Road, Mornington Pizza Appreciation Society 1st Thurs each month, 7pm - 8.30pm. Free support group for people coping with anxiety and depression. A safe and friendly place to share stories over a slice of pizza. 320 Main St, Mornington. Bookings: 0435 716 935.

The Australian Welsh Male Choir rehearse at Baxter Village chapel each Monday 7pm. We also sing in the pub at Kirk’s Hotel the Esplanade Mornington. Last Wednesday monthly. 8pm All welcome. Free event Secretary@awmc.org.au. Ph: 0425 725 525

IBS/FODMAP Sensitives Support and Self Help Association. Suffering bloat, pain, foggy-thinking, chronic food-related gut dysfunction. Free, guidance to self-diagnose specific food intolerances, resolutions, recipes. Search: IBS/FODMAP – a guide to FODMAPS for better gut health. Link: youtu.be/uT4z5WdRIaU. Sasha: 0422 918 074

Looking For a Fun Social Club?

Come & enjoy playing Petanque on Wednesdays and Sundays at Moorooduc Recreation Reserve Derril Rd Moorooduc from 2pm-4pm Est 3pm-5pm Dst for further info contact Barb on 0408394546 or Jan 0409132761 or email morningtonpeninsulapetanque@gmail.com

Meet on the first Wednesday of the month at Mt Martha House, commencing at 10am. Visitors and new members welcome. Join our friendly ladies. Contact information: Dorothy 0437 759 440, or Toni 0419 301 303.

Mornington Dutch Australian Seniors Club

Every Monday from 10.30am - 2pm.

Join us in a Dutch card game, “Klaverjas” and a social game of Rummicub. For information ring Nel: 59775680 or Elly: 0432933292. Tyabb HallFrankston Flinders Rd, Tyabb.

Angling Club Snapper Point Angling Club is looking for new members. Experience the friendly comradery between like-minded fishos and swap some of those legendary stories. For details call Russ on 0418320314 or www.spac.org.au

Card and Board Games Group

Social group looking for members interested in card and board games: 500, Bridge, SOLO, Scrabble, Chess and more. Wednesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm. Gold coin donation. Equipment is provided. Bentons Square Community Centre, 145 Bentons Rd, Mornington.

Mornington Peninsula Hockey Club

Under 10’s, 12’s, 14’. Men’s, Women’s and Masters. Come and join our family friendly, inclusive club. We can provide a team to suit all levels of experience. Please contact Cheryle: 03 9766 7478 or info@mphc.org.au

Probus Club

The Combined Mornington Peninsula Club meets at The Mornington Golf Club, Tallis Drive, Mornington. The Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month (except January) at 9.30 for 10.00am start. Call Membership Officer on 0422849177 for details.

Volunteers Wanted Enveco Health is an innovative social enterprise aiming to assist those with mental ill-health. We’re currently seeking volunteers to get involved in this innovative project. If you would like to know more visit www.enveco.org.au.

Mental Wellbeing Depressed? Anxious? Isolated? Suffering grief or loss? Know someone who is? Grow groups meet weekly to offer support and use a proven program for mental wellbeing. Expressions of interest. Visit www.grow.org.au for online groups. Details 1800 558 268.

Red Hatters

Every 3rd Thursday. Grey Foxx Venues 1192-1196 Nepean Hwy, Mount Eliza. A female only group for over 50’s wanting to join a fun group to enjoy life. For info: Vivienne Van ette Ph: 0422 399 920 or queentravelot@gmail.com

Mornington Croquet Club

Civic Reserve. Mornington. New members welcome. Social play, fresh air and as competitive as you want to be. Contact Daphne 5977 2206

BERG Mt Martha is a bushland friends group for the Balcombe Estuary Reserves, Mt Martha. Working bees on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, along with Waterwatch and Estuary watch. For more information Ph: 0447 160 288 info@berg.org.au, www.berg.org.au

Peninsula Prostate Cancer Support Group Bentons Square Community Centre

7:00pm second Wednesday each month

Share the journey in a relaxed, caring environment. Partners, carers and friends are most welcome. Contact 0422 608 345 peninsulapcsg@hotmail.com

Alcoholics Anonymous - Mornington Peninsula Do you need help to stop drinking? You’re not alone, contact us now on our 24 hour helpline 1300 880 390 or find a local meeting at www.aatimes.org. au/meetings

Are you a breast cancer survivor?

Join us in our Dragonboat every Sunday at Patterson Lakes. Three “Come and try’s “ before joining. Paddles and PFD’s provided. For info call Marilyn: 0433 114 338 or Lyndsay: 0425 743 455.

Family History

Melb PC Users Group, Mornington, Family History and DNA. Meet at the Mornington Information Centre every 3rd Monday for Family History and every last Wednesday for DNA (research) Q&A, information and presentations.

www.melbpc.org.au/sigs/mornington-peninsulasig/family-history. Contact Colin: 0417 103 678

Mornington Mahjong

Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Mornington RSL in Virginia Street Mornington. Come join us for a pleasant afternoon. Contact - Lucy: 0416 043 527 or Toni: 0416 301 303

Family Drug Support – Frankston

Non-religious, open meetings for those impacted by someone’s drug and/or alcohol use. Talk/listen in a non-judgemental, safe environment. Wednesday fortnightly, 6pm at Frankston Hospital, 2 Hastings Rd. Meetings are free. Further info Chloe: 0448 177 083

JP Locations

National & International documents inc affadavits, stat decs & cert copies signed FREE of charge at police stations on the Peninsula. Mornington: Mondays & Thursdays 11am to 2pm. or Google find a JP Victoria or Ph1300365567.

Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society View stars, planets, clusters and galaxies through our powerful telescopes at 8pm on the 1st Friday of every month at The Briars dark-sky observatory. Bookings are essential. Small fee payable. www.mpas.asn.au or phone 0419 253 252.

Impossible promises

A million dollars here, a million dollars there. Bus services, train upgrades, car parks. I’ve heard it all before. Every four years and nothing ever changes.

The Liberal Party has held the seat [of Morn ington] for decades. Is it the failed and inef fective advocacy from the four terms of David Morris? Is it the state government?

We’ve had state governments from both sides across the years and nothing. Or is it simply Mornington Peninsula Shire? I think our shire councillors are biased, politically motivated and can’t seem to ever get anything done. One even ran in the federal election.

The reality is that nothing [Liberal] Chris Crewther has promised will be delivered from an opposition government. Labor has made some mistakes, but at least it gets things done. The Liberals aren’t capable at the moment.

I’m politically agnostic. I’m voting for the candidate that will get the most done for Morn ington. Not false hopes and empty promises of electric trains and phantom bus services.

I’m voting on a track record of facts. Facts are, [Labor’s] Chris Brayne has delivered for Nepean over and over again. He’s worked with the state government and has gotten more done in four years than the 40 before him.

For this reason, I’m putting 1 in the box for Georgia Fowler for Mornington. I’ve never known a nurse that couldn’t get things done. Between her and [Dunkley Labor MP] Peta Murphy, we’ve got a powerhouse for Mount Eliza and the Mornington electorate. She’s a fighter, works with others and has the support of her peers to advocate for the peninsula.

Like it or not, [the Premier] Dan [Andrews] is favoured to win by more than 60 per cent. A Labor victory in Mornington is finally very probable in a two-party preferred system.

Lido Ritchie, Mount Eliza

Switch to state

It should have been mentioned that Chris Crewther, after losing the long held [by the Liberals federal] seat of Dunkley in 2019, tried to gain pre-selection for Dunkley at the last election, but was rejected by the Liberal Party (“Disenchanted Liberal” The News 8/11/22). It was only then that he applied for pre-selection for the state seat of Mornington.

Dr Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Promises proliferating

Promises from candidates for the upcoming state election are proliferating.

The teal independent [in Mornington] in par ticular is promising the world. Her promises are populist and indicate that she will say anything to pitch herself as the big deliverer. Many of her promises on health and climate are already being delivered by the Victorian government but Dr [Kate] Lardner is not giving any credit to the Andrews government. She is grandstand ing many of the same solutions that are already being delivered.

Being a solid representative for the people of the Mornington district is much more than say ing anything to try to win votes. Pretending to be the responsible candidate is just performative and not realistic.

It is very unlikely that independent candidates will hold the balance of power after the election, so the promises being made by Dr Lardner are way beyond what an independent can achieve.

Dr Helen Keleher, Mornington

Talking politics

What an uplifting experience it was to spend my Saturday afternoon chatting to members of the public about our wonderful local independent candidate for Mornington, Dr Kate Lardner.

To think that more than 50 members of our community willingly gave their time to help inform others about why it is time for change in our electorate. Well done and thank you to all of the volunteers, members of the public who stopped to chat and to all of those who like me are finally seeing an opportunity to have our voices heard. Greg Banks, Moorooduc

Two in running

It’s clear that the race to win Mornington in the upcoming state election is between two horses – independent candidate Dr Kate Lardner and

Liberal candidate Chris Crewther.

For Labor voters, it’s clear that candidate Georgia Fowler will not win – despite how wellmeaning she may be.

There is no scenario in which Labor gets above 50 per cent in two-candidate preferred terms. Perhaps this is why betting agency TAB has Labor at 17-to-one odds at winning, with Kate Lardner the slight favourite ($1.85) and Chris Crewther marginally behind ($1.95).

My message to Labor voters: If you want to beat the Liberals, your only hope is to vote independent. And to Liberal voters? Do some background research on your candidate – I’m not sure you’ll like what you find.

Tom Feehely, Mount Eliza

Poster ‘legitimate’

Further to my comment about the Liberal candi date following VEC poster protocol and having to retrieve his poster from the football ground in Main Street, Mornington, it was a complaint to Mornington Peninsula Shire that directed the football club to take down that poster. As the owner of the property leased to the football club, the shire intervened despite a perfectly legiti mate written application by the Liberal candi date to the club’s committee which authorised the placement until pressured by the shire.

The Liberal candidate took it down despite preliminary proper local application. Therefore, the aspersions insinuated are groundless (“Sign rules” Letters 1/11/22).

A case of a storm in a teacup from petty mind ed, manipulative, anti-establishment deniers.

Ian

Stay local

Morrison, Mount Eliza

Since being elected, the state Labor government has rebuilt Rosebud Primary with Dromana Primary and Rosebud Secondary now under construction. We have the new express bus to Frankston and the 788 bus goes every half an hour. Sporting clubs are beginning to be given deserved attention. Our green wedge is being protected.

But there’s so much more to do. We need to see the Rosebud Hospital master plan come to life, we need Eastbourne Primary School to be rebuilt, we need someone who will fight for sound barriers along Mornington Peninsula Freeway, and we need more things for our chil dren to do including a skatepark at Dromana and a new recreation area in Capel Sound.

For me, this election is about keeping up the momentum. Finally, things are getting done. People on the peninsula have now seen that elec tion promises mean very little, it’s about who is the person to get things done.

The reality is the previous MP for Nepean was the education minister and not one school was rebuilt. My federal counterpart was the health minister, but no upgrade to Rosebud Hospital.

As I said at the public debate on Thursday last week, if you’re running to be a local MP, it’d be handy to be a local. We don’t need a tourist as our MP, we need a local who has lived the problems we face on the peninsula and wants to address them.

At this election there is a choice: do we contin ue to get things done on the southern peninsula with a member of parliament who has lived and breathed this community their whole life, or do we simply go back to the previous situation where nothing happens on the peninsula.

Chris Brayne, MP for Nepean

Voting reminder

Remember this when casting your vote.

Remember who didn’t lift a finger to help a major tourism project for Western Port to survive.

Remember who cost the community millions of dollars annually in lost community revenue.

Remember the loss of 200 local jobs that disappeared with the project.

Remember the loss of a project to help in the wellbeing of our veterans.

Remember your vote is your only way to show your displeasure in the performance of a party.

Remember when casting your vote to cast a vote for a candidate that truly represents your community. Max Bryant, president Western Port Oberon Association

Imposed ideology

Am I alone in feeling that ideology and values

are huge issues in this election? Victorians have a critical decision to make on 26 November. To whom will we entrust the reins of power for the next four years?

Premier [Daniel] Andrews never obtained an electoral mandate to deconstruct traditional values and impose his own “culturally-pro gressive” ethical views on all Victorians, yet I believe he is using coercive state powers to force Victorians to conform to his personal moral views, to indoctrinate children with radical gender ideology, and deny parents the right to nurture their own children. Reverse discrimina tion in this state is out of control.

I don’t mind that he passionately holds his personal views, but I do object to his stealth in imposing his brand of morality on Victorians without a mandate. He was not transparent about this agenda before he was elected, and he has abused our trust. This is a massive over-reach and intrusion into our personal values and choices.

The imposition of this state-sponsored ideol ogy is stifling and terrifying. Will Victorians continue to submit meekly to this hijacking of traditional ethical values and the imposition of a culture of political correctness being orches trated by this government? Where are we headed next if this premier is given a further term at the helm? In this election, let’s cast our vote accord ing to our conscience, not expediency.

Fortunately, we are blessed with decent, wellgrounded and trustworthy political candidates who hold to the rich values of respect, compas sion and decency. Candidates like Bec Buchanan in Carrum, Chris Crewther in Mornington and Briony Hutton in Hastings, who I believe will bring wisdom, common sense and integrity into the parliament. Let’s give them our vote at this momentous time.

Frank Hoogenraad, Patterson Lakes

Brighter side

Fortunately, there’s always a bright side. We note the B52 bombers in Darwin and the Chinese port, the climate change conference (COP27), my $20 loss on the Melbourne Cup and food and petrol prices, not to mention the disappearance of our cleaning ladies and handy men. Head down bum up sort of everyday living.

We give thanks to residing on our beautiful Mornington Peninsula, anywhere except for Red Hill and, what I regard as the rantings of their Red Hill Ward councillor David Gill: “Moder ate Independents who support the values of peninsula residents, not the views of unelected pressure groups within the Liberal and Labor parties” (“Vote independent” Letters 1/11/22).

Cliff Ellen, Rye

secrecy over payout” Letters 1/11/22.

There seems to be more and more secrecy within our shire relating to its activities and operations. For example, councillors voted in secret about whether in-home aged care services should be privatised or maintained by our council. Why wasn’t the community consultedparticularly residents using this service - prior to it being outsourced?

Last year I submitted questions to the council to be read out at a council meeting. They were questions relating to our ratepayer funded pound. These questions were not read out, despite them being submitted online two days before the council meeting.

As a ratepayer, I feel this is totally undemo cratic and unacceptable.

Every resident should be able to submit ques tions (with meaningful discussion and explana tion by the council) relating to council facilities and their operations.

By not answering questions, I think the shire is hiding what it is up to, and certainly does not want the public to know the truth.

Residents pay for the provision of these coun cil services, yet many decisions by council are hidden from the public under a veil of secrecy.

Time for change Mornington Peninsula Shire. You need to lift your game and be more trans parent and accountable to the ratepayers who pay staff salaries. Rosy Fischer, Mornington

Dredging disaster

I object to the Port of Hastings because future dredging of Western Port would result in the same tragic outcome from the dredging of Port Phillip, which caused beaches to be washed away (“Hastings seen as ‘key’ link to offshore power” The News 1/11/22).

It has been scientifically proven that the dredg ing completely kills the habitat and all species in it.

Do we want our bay sacrificed so the multinationals can take their profits overseas, leaving an undersea desert in their wake?

Fay Roth, Carrum Downs

All take, no give

I decided to have an “on your honour” nature strip sale and put some items out with clear signs that each item was $10, and a good bargain at that.

As items started to vanish I looked in the post box, as indicated on the sign, for the cash and found none.

Believing in the “Christian” bent of Australia I did not despair and thought there must be people with honour somewhere.

Lift secrecy

I would like to know how much of ratepayers’ money was spent in legal costs by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council relating to the Tyabb airfield debacle (“Shire lowers iron curtain of

Then a couple of more items vanished [and still] no contribution in the post box.

The remainder will get donated to Habitat for Humanity Op Shop in Rosebud.

So, I must wonder, with 100 per cent observ able evidence, if Australians are not “Christians” and have no honour? Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

FBBB SHINES A LIGHT ON THE PENINSULA’S LAYERED HISTORY

ACROSS November, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery together with Deakin University’s Public Art Commission are presenting Front Beach, Back Beach (FBBB) at fifteen different locations across the Peninsula. Designed as a road-trip for art lovers, FBBB will feature the work of local and national artists and collectives who have been invited to respond to key sites, stories and communities which have shaped this unique region of Victoria.

The fifteen projects have been arranged into three geographical hubs – Western Port, Foreshore and Point Nepean – each of which contain five commissions. Point Nepean (Monmar) has a layered history. For Bunurong/ Boonwurrung Traditional Owners the site is significant as a sacred women’s place used for birthing, ceremony and initiation. Thousands of years later the site acquired its military history, with the first shots fired in both World Wars occurring from the same place at Point Nepean. Later again, national myths, conspiracy and modern political history were further shaped at Cheviot Beach, the site of Harold Holt’s disappearance in 1969.

These are some of the stories which the FBBB artists in the Point Nepean Hub are responding to. At Eagles Nest, within Point Nepean

National Park, Taree Mackenzie injects colour and light into a historical military site. With ‘Coloured Windows: Cyan, Magenta and Yellow’, Mackenzie dresses up a gun turret with multi-coloured perspex windows that, when viewed from different vantage points, show us how different colours mix to create other colours.

As Mackenzie explains "I was drawn to the window-like openings that surround the structure. I have installed coloured windows in these openings to draw attention to this feature, creating stained glass like windows. I have used the primary colours, cyan, yellow and magenta for the window panels and configured them to enable colour

mixing between the different panels." The brutalist turret sits next to original battery that was home to largest disappearing gun in the country, boasting a 270 degree firing line. When walking past and around Mackenzie’s work and looking through different layers of colour, audiences are forced to acknowledge the bunkers strategic vantage points

and fields of view.

Throughout Mackenzie's practice she explores the effects of colour, light and space. Simple tricks and clever framing create surprising visuals in her work, prompting audiences to re-think how they see. However, her piece in Front Beach, Back Beach, was diverged from her usual practice in that she traditionally displays work within the white cube of a gallery space, with her work held in the collections of ACMI, Heide Museum of Modern Art and QAGOMA.

"I don’t tend to work outdoors or make work in response to a particular site, so this project is my first time making a public artwork and extends my past practice both in the scale of the work and location."

‘Coloured Windows: Cyan, Magenta and Yellow’ is on display at Point Nepean National Park from November 4th to November 27th, with a drop-in family friendly workshop to be held on Saturday 26th. Walk, run, ride or catch the shuttle bus the two kilometres from the car park at Gunners Cottage. Also on display within the Point Nepean hub, are works by Geoff Robinson, James Geurts, Nat Randall & Anna Breckon and Kait James and Jarra Karalinar Steel. For more information visit www. fbbb.com.au

GALLERY TALK

Our ambitious public art project Front Beach, Back Beach (FBBB) is underway. FBBB is part road trip, part curatorial experiment and part exploration of how contemporary art in the public sphere can offer new and unique understandings of people, locale and time. A journey that firmly rewards the intrepid, FBBB encompasses the expanse of the Peninsula, divided into three geographical hubs across 723 square kilometres, each hosting 5 site responsive artworks.

Each artwork is the response of one of fifteen different artists, collectives or collaborations, contributing their distinct practices that span installation, sculpture, performance, participatory art, sound and video to unsettle, celebrate and illuminate the layered histories embedded at each site.

Guided by a custom designed website, you’ll unearth the secrets of the artworks and landscapes, accessing location content to discover new takes on what is right in front of you.

If you visit the Stories section of the FBBB website you will find short audio recordings that you can listen to as you navigate across the Peninsula. Narrated by a former resident and well known satirist, alongside an international star of stage and screen, these audio bites introduce the largest public art project the Mornington Peninsula has likely ever seen. You can visit fbbb.com.au to find out more.

Front Beach, Back Beach runs until 27 November.

MPRG Gallery Director

mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Danny Lacy

Something or Other for my Slightly Younger Brother

By Stuart McCullough

AS occasions go, I can’t let it go by without remark. Granted, there are others who are equally if not more qualified than I to say something but believe me when I say there are sound reasons as to why it should fall to me. I’m sure my father has plenty of thoughts on the matter, but this col umn is only half a page long and the risk of a voluminous outpouring that is unlikely to remain on topic is simply too great – as anyone who saw my fa ther give a speech at my sister’s wed ding would doubtless attest (ideally, wedding speeches should be about the wedding in question, and not about the time you and your best friend used dynamite to launch a tree stump into space). My brother, Cameron, has turned fifty.

I’d describe myself as his older brother but, traditionally, that has been a disputed statement. That’s because we’re the same age, he and I, for four days every year. As kids, these were the most fractious days of the year –I’m surprised our parents didn’t drive us out into the wilderness and leave us there, so incessant was out bickering. Our conflict was rooted in a mathe matically-challenged assertion that we were, for those four days, ‘the same age’ and, as a consequence, I was ‘no longer the boss’ of him.

As someone who, most of the year, was an undisputed older sibling, the news that I had ever been the ‘boss’ of my slightly younger brother, came as something as a shock. Had I been aware, I would have made more of it.

But once I overcame the initial shock, I quickly despaired at his cavalier at titude to maths. Granted, we’d accu

mulated the same number of years, but there were still nearly twelve months separating us and I was, with out doubt, still the older brother. Cam

wasn’t having it. He rejected my ap peals to reason outright. Not because he can’t count (he can) but because he knew that to do so would wind me up

like a watch. Which it did.

But as difficult as these four days were, there have been many advan tages to having a sibling who is (prac tically) the same age. It means that there are many things you don’t have to experience alone. This is particu larly true of social events, where my natural inclination would have led me to avoid them completely. But with my brother, I always had the option of tagging along. Were it not for him, I’d have seen, heard and done a lot less than I have. Mostly, that’s a good thing. Through my brother, I have lived an almost unparalleled vicarious life.

Because of him, I never have to wonder what would happen if I tried to make wine out of blackberries. Cam launched himself into the business of wine making in the same way he does everything else – with extraordinary gusto. This enthusiasm resulted in him generating litres of the stuff, poured into old sherry jugs and left to ferment on the back step. Then, without warn ing, the jugs began exploding, sending blackberry wine in all directions and the dog off the bush from where it re fused to return for several days.

He was passionate, too, about break dancing for a time, even going so far as to sign up for lessons. Although he only studied for a little while, he’s still known to break out the odd card board box for a few backspins now and again. There was a mercifully brief flirtation with motorbike rid ing, a short stint learning karate and a moment during which he was deeply committed to scuba diving. There was a phase in which he curated bonsai plants and the time he decided to build

a greenhouse and constructed some thing so elaborate and beautiful that it could easily have been upgraded to ‘primary residence’ status.

Somewhere along the line, he no longer fought with me for four days a year. Either he was confident that I was not the boss of him for the rest of the year (which I wasn’t) or he no longer considered being the same age as me to be a desirable outcome. He may even have been in denial. As late as last week, he insisted he was ‘mid-forties’. For my part, I took to labelling pictures of him in family calendars as ‘late 40s’ and, for several weeks before his actual birthday, sent ‘gifs’ wishing him a happy fiftieth. It was, so I claimed, to get him used to the idea. I may have gone slightly too far when I gave him a card that read ‘ninety years today’ and suggested I was ‘getting in early’.

Landmark birthdays are funny. Of ten, they’re an opportunity to remind that person how lucky they are. But I’m the lucky one. To have a brother who’s practically the same age has been a gift (not ‘gif’). I don’t mind the fact that we used for fight for four days every year as he challenged my authority.

I don’t care that, for years, his fa vourite trick whenever we went any where was to park so that the passen ger door was right up against a tree and I couldn’t get out. I’m fine with the fact that when he used to ask how I’d done in any kind of athletic event, he’d let me answer and then claimed he’d done ever so slightly better. I’m just thankful he’s here. Happy birth day, Cam.

stuart@stuartmccullough.com

Armistice Day observed in solemn ceremonies

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

THE Armistice ceremony was very solemnly conducted at the Frankston school on Friday.

Nice wreaths were sent by Betty James, Thelma Bean, Norah Grose and Vida Johns. These emblems helped to create the right atmosphere.

The children assembled round the flag, and after the saluting ceremony short addresses were given by Mr. Watkins and Lieut-Colonel Lazarus.

The “Stand Fast” was sounded and on the stroke of eleven, with bowed heads, and directed thoughts, a wonderful silence was kept for two minutes, broken at last by the clear notes of the “Last Post.”

Then all quietly, and in subdued mood, marched to the classrooms and resumed work.

It was feared that as Willie Lewis is now working for Mr. F. W. Marriott, of Latrobe St., Melbourne, there would be no bugle to help this year, but, a telephone call message to his employer brought the ready reply: “Certainly! I shall arrange that he can attend.”

Had Mr. Marriott heard the veteran Colonel’s eulogy of Willie’s bugling he would have been gratified.

IN THE TOWN

On the actual day, Saturday, 11th November, it was arranged that Capt. Petrie, of the fire brigade, should give the fire bell eleven tolls, the last finishing on eleven o’clock.

This was done, and the signal was heard at a great distance, but strange to say, owing to the direction of the wind, was not heard in Bay Street.

***

Dr. R. Bickart, the Shire’s Health

Inspector, reported as follows, at the last meeting of the Council on Friday of last week:

I have inspected “Balmoral House” in Melbourne Road, occupied by Miss Trenoweth, who has applied for registration of the place as a boarding house.

There is one room suitable for three boarders, six double rooms, four single rooms, and one single bunga low.

There are two bathrooms.

I therefore can recommend the registration of this place as a boarding house to accommodate twenty board ers.

In response to a communication from the Hastings school committee, I inspected the school.

They asked for a drain to carry off the excess surface water, but I cannot recommend this, as I fail to see how it will improve matters.

Another complaint is the damp ness of the infants’ room, and I would respectfully draw your Council’s attention to this room, which requires attention immediately, as I am given to understand that the Education Department have been very dilatory in the matter.

I inspected a house occupied by a Mrs. McArdle and her children.

This house has a well full of water at the back, and this well extends un der the house, making the place damp and very unhealthy.

I understand the place belongs to Mrs. Kelly Orsino, with whom I have been unable to get into communica tion.

I would urge that your Council take immediate steps to have the owner fill

in this well without delay.

There have been no cases of infec tious disease reported for the month.

***

MR Walter Golds, a brother to Mr Harry Golds, of Frankston, was drowned at Mornington on Friday last.

He saw active service, but had not enjoyed robust health since returning home.

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ARRANGEMENTS are now com plete at “Gracehill” for the Garden Fete in aid of the Alfred Hospital, which Lady Brudenell White has kindly consented to open at 2.30pm on Saturday (to-morrow).

Lady White will be accompanied by Sir Brudenell White, Senator Fairbairn and a big party from Melbourne.

Refreshments will be served on the shady lawns and in a large marquee to the strains of a first–class orchestra.

High tea commences at 5 o’clock.

Housewives will be glad to learn that the produce, home-made and util ity stalls are particularly well stocked.

Needless to say the little folk will find a good supply of toys and sweets, and unexpected joy.

Motorists and others are reminded that high tea will be served from 5 o’clock.

The police will regulate the traffic; cars and conveyances will park along the east side of Mornington Road.

Cabs will leave Frankston House at 1 o’clock; fare, 6d. Gates open at 2 p.m. Admission, 1/-.

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FRANKSTON POLICE COURT RAILWAY PROSECUTIONS

The Railways Department pro ceeded against Samuel Trussell for

smoking in a railway carriage not set apart for that purpose. – No appear ance of defendant.

The offence took place between Frankston and Seaford stations. Fined 20/- with 6/6 costs.

Robert T. Rose, for travelling without a ticket between Seaford and Carrum was fined 20/- with 6/6 costs.

John Hobbs, for smoking in a nonsmoking compartment, was similarly fined.

Defendant said he was not aware that he was in a non-smoking carriage.

Wm. Green, also charged, made the same excuse. He said there was no notice on the carriage to indicate it was a ladies’ compartment.

Fined 20/- with 6/6 costs.

VACCINATION CASES

Geo. W. C. Nelson and Robt.. H. Thompson were proceeded against under the Vaccination Act with failing to have their children vaccinated. They were both fined 10/-.

MOTOR CASES

Special Constables Keogh and Binks were on duty at Carrum on Sunday, 1st October.

With Constable Nolan they took up positions on the Point Nepean Road near the railway station, and from about 5 o’clock in the evening till 6 they took very great interest in the motor traffic going towards Mel bourne.

As a result of their observations a number of motor car drivers appeared at the Frankston Court charged with exceeding the speed limit.

Inspector Kennedy, who appeared to prosecute, pointed out that the spot opposite the Carrum station was a

particularly dangerous one, and it was necessary to afford pedestrians some protection.

A. E. Goodman was fined £7; E. H. Smith, £10; A D. Syme, £7; D. Duncan, £10; A. G. Healey, £10; A. Herschel, £10; C. C. Snow, £3. ***

CARRUM

News was received here on Satur day last of the death of the father of Mrs. A. Boyd, wife of our respected councillor, which occurred at Cam berwell.

The late gentleman lived to the advanced age of 87 years, and was highly respected.

We tender our sympathy to Mrs. Boyd and her family.

In regard to the presentation to the Carrum State school by the ex Mayor (Mr. J. James), it might be mentioned that the group contained nearly 2000 photos.

The work was finely executed and was a credit to the Cummings Studio, of Chelsea.

Mr. L. L. Warren, hon. sec. of the Carrum Progress Association, states that owing to several reasons, the meeting of that body called for last Saturday night has been postponed till to-night, when nominations of officers will be received.

The meeting will be held at the fire station.

Mrs. Doherty is the new hon. sec. of the tennis club, and in the hands of that lady everybody should be pleased and success should follow.

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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 15 & 17 Nov 1922

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King of French Island smashes triple century

By Brodie Cowburn GRADE A1

FRENCH Island batter Ben King made history last weekend by scoring one of the biggest totals ever seen in local cricket.

King finished the day unbeaten on a whopping 321 runs. He smashed 50 boundaries, 21 of them sixes. He made his mammoth score from just 184 balls.

French Island opener Keith Burdett would have been best on ground on any other day. He scored 136 runs. French Island finished the day at 3/602.

PROVINCIAL

TWO-day cricket has finally returned to the MPCA.

Baden Powell were the best performers in the Provincial division on Saturday. They played Red Hill away from home.

Led by an excellent knock of 77 from Craig Entwistle, Baden Powell finished the day at 4/257. Rhys Elmi and Jobe Gardner also scored half centuries.

At Lloyd Park, Langwarrin are in the box seat for the win against Long Island.

After losing the toss, Long Island was sent in to bat on day one. They only managed to score 103 in their first innings before being bowled out.

Aaron Barrett was by far his side’s best. He scored 57 runs. Tom Boxell scored 28, but all other Long Island batters were dismissed for sin gle digit scores.

Dylan Campbell was awesome with the ball. He posted figures of 4/13 off his 12 overs.

Langwarrin lost a couple of wickets before

stumps was called, but are still in a good posi tion. They will start day two at 2/34.

Old Peninsula set Baxter a target of 185 to chase down on day one of their matchup. Baxter finished the day at 2/33.

At Eric Bell Reserve, Pines and Sorrento played. Pines was bowled out for 166. Sorrento scored 1/11 before stumps.

PENINSULA

SOMERVILLE secured a first innings win on day one of their match against Mt Eliza on Sat urday.

Mt Eliza struggled at Emil Madsen Reserve. They were bowled out for 90 off 40 overs.

Somerville took advantage of Mt Eliza’s strug gles. They finished the day at 3/93, taking home a first innings victory.

Bradley McDonald was the top scorer for the day with 47.

Flinders put together a mammoth total of 371 on day one of their match with Moorooduc.

Flinders were led by knocks of 108 from first drop batter Sam Gove, and 80 from opener Kane Hawkins.

Moorooduc have a mountain to climb to avoid defeat.

Dromana also put themselves in a strong posi tion for victory on Saturday. They took on Sea ford Tigers at Dromana Reserve.

Dromana finished the day at 234. Dale Irving top scored with 106 runs.

At Alexandra Park, Mornington will have to chase down Heatherhill’s total of 214 to get a re sult. They will start day two from 0/11.

DISTRICT

EXCELLENT bowling looks almost certain to have secured Crib Point a win over Hastings.

The sides faced off at Crib Point Reserve in a two-day matchup. Hastings was sent in to bat first.

Thanks to a huge effort from bowler Elliott Carter, Hastings was bowled out for 98. Carter posted figures of 5/42 from his 17 overs.

Crib Point came in to bat for the second half of the day, and have nearly reached their target. They finished up at 3/70.

Delacombe Park are also in a strong position heading into day two thanks to a good bowling performance. They will start day two on 2/29, chasing down Carrum’s total of 103.

Main Ridge scored 181 in their first innings against Carrum Downs. Carrum Downs scored 0/8 before stumps on day one.

Rosebud scored 193 against Seaford at Olym pic Park before being bowled out. Seaford will start day two on 0/4 this Saturday.

SUB DISTRICT

TYABB is chasing an outright win over Pearce dale.

The two sides played at Bunguyan Reserve on Saturday. Pearcedale batted first, but were sent back to the sheds for just 52 runs.

Sam Holland-Burch was unstoppable for Ty

abb. He posted figures of 8/19 in the first innings.

Tyabb got off to a strong start in their first in nings, surpassing their target without losing a wicket. Opener Jarrod White played well, scor ing 73 runs.

The Yabbies declared at 4/197 to get a second bite at Pearcedale before stumps.

Pearcedale lost one wicket before the close of play. They will start day two at 1/13.

Rye have secured a first innings win over Skye at Skye Reserve.

Skye was bowled out for just 95 on their home deck. Rye chased down their target in just 27 overs, then declared shortly afterwards.

The bad news kept coming for Skye. They lost 4/15 to close out the day, and now face the pos sibility of an outright loss.

Tootgarook were also winners on Saturday. They wrapped up a first innings victory over Bal lam Park.

Tootgarook bowled Ballam Park out for 105 off 47 overs. They chased that target down quickly, finishing the day at 6/136.

Balnarring got started on the right foot in their two-day clash with Boneo on Saturday. They scored 225 runs on day one.

Mt Martha scored 188 on day one of their clash with Frankston YCW. The Stonecats came in to bat before stumps and lost one wicket for just two runs.

Solid start: Mt Martha scored 188 runs in day one against Frankston YCW. Picture: Craig Barrett Chase ahead: Mornington will have Heatherhill’s 214 to beat for a win. Picture: Alan Dillon

Strikers want Andy McIntyre

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

ANDY McIntyre could become the fourth Mornington player to join Pen insula Strikers in the off-season as the State 2 outfit closes in on the signa ture of the experienced defender.

Campbell Steedman, Stevie Elliott and Jamie Davidson have already moved from Dallas Brooks Park to Centenary Park.

Liverpool-born McIntyre, 31, joined Langwarrin during the 2014 season and switched to Mornington for the 2019 season.

The promise of better things to come at Strikers was part of the lure of Centenary Park.

“Strikers have a lot of young lads coming through and they said they just need a bit of experience to hold it together especially in the last 10 or 15 minutes of games,” McIntyre said.

“That’s why they wanted me and Steve (Elliott) there.”

Strikers’ joint senior coach Scott Morrison has been tracking McIntyre during the off-season and is keen for both parties to reach agreement.

“I knew Andy would be moving on and he would be a huge addition to Strikers,” Morrison said.

“We’d identified some areas that needed to be strengthened for a chance at promotion next season and Andy ticked the boxes for that and then some.

“He is a warrior on the pitch, a smart footballer, a leader and full of experience which will provide so much for our younger players and his personality and character will slot in perfectly to the change room.”

McIntyre can play on the left or as a central defender and Strikers’ defen sive signings open up the possibility of playing with just three at the back.

“Yes it does give us that versatil ity,” Morrison added.

“Jamie Davidson can also play in multiple positions so we’ve got great flexibility there.”

In NPL2 news Sammy Orritt re turns to Lawton Park next season in the colours of Eastern Lions after joining Langwarrin’s rival last week.

While Orritt remains on the cusp of being granted permanent residency Lions offered him one of their visa spots and the ex-Mornington star readily accepted.

“Eastern Lions are a good club, similar to ones I’ve been at before and it was a good fit for me to play in my natural position and continue to play in NPL 2,” Orritt said.

That was a reference to a recent

meeting with Lions coach Chris Greechan where using Orritt on the wing was mentioned.

He played at right back for Lang warrin for most of his stay there.

“It will be a little bit strange going back to Langy and being in the away dressing room.

“I’ll be playing against some good mates but I suppose that goes out the window once the games starts as we’re all there to do a job.

“But it will be nice to sit down and have a beer after the game with them.”

Meanwhile local Langwarrin prod uct Bailey Wright made his second Socceroos World Cup finals squad last week when national boss Graham

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Arnold announced the 26-member group for this month’s finals in Qatar.

Wright was in the squad that repre sented Australia in Brazil in 2014 but was an unused substitute.

He helped the Socceroos qualify for Russia four years later but was left out of the final World Cup squad when Bert van Marwijk took over from Ange Postecoglou.

Ironically it was playing in a friend ly under van Marwijk leading up to the finals that he injured a quad then a subsequent back injury forced him to miss nine months of football.

The Sunderland defender has worked hard to get back on the Soc ceroos’ radar and the important de fensive role he played in overcoming

Peru on penalties in the intercon tinental play-off in June certainly helped his cause.

Wright started his football journey as a junior at Langwarrin and made his senior debut for the club in 2009 as a 16-year-old.

In State 1 news Craig Davidson is the new reserves coach at Morning ton.

Davidson has been technical direc tor of the club’s junior boys NPL pro gram for the past three seasons.

“I’m absolutely rapt with this ap pointment,” senior coach Adam Jamieson said.

“It really enhances our NPL pro gram and our development pathway.

“What we want to do is bring boys

through from that junior program and eventually bring these kids into the seniors.”

Current senior players Damien Pe ters and Rhys Craigie have re-signed for the coming season.

There has been talk about Josh Hine joining Langwarrin but both clubs have dismissed the rumour and Langy already has filled its three visa spots.

Star striker Hine is holidaying in England and returns to Australia next month.

He has applied for permanent resi dency.

It’s believed that Mornington wants to bolster its strikeforce and has been looking at a Scottish-based option and an NPL forward.

In State 5 news Sonia Papaluca is the new president of Rosebud.

Her appointment at the club’s AGM last week was announced on its fa cebook page along with a statement about her aims.

“I am passionate about providing players opportunities to be engaged in a positive environment and to be the better version of themselves,” Pa paluca said.

“The vision for the club is for it to be a place that provides a safe and fun environment, where our players and their families feel a sense of belong ing and be a part of a club that cares about their outcomes.”

In other news Football Victoria’s deadline for applications from clubs wanting to join State League for the 2023 season is 5pm Thursday 17 No vember.

Mount Eliza has submitted its ap plication while Seaford United will lodge its application this week.

FV plans to announce the success ful candidates by mid-December.

Wanted man: Andy McIntyre in action for Mornington during the 2020 Steve Wallace Cup at Centenary Park. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

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