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Drowning at Mills beach A MORNINGTON man drowned in chest-deep water on Wednesday 25 January. The 39-year-old was found by another swimmer at Mills Beach and unsuccessfully treated with CPR in the car park. Police, Mornington CFA crews and ambulance officers attended the scene and comforted the man’s wife. Mornington Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Stock said a health issue may have contributed to the man’s death. He was unsure whether alcohol was a factor. Aftermath: Police, SES and ambulance services crews patrol Mills beach after the tragedy. Picture: Gary Sissons
Fencing off the Pillars Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au TOURIST hotspot the Pillars at Mt Martha will be fenced off for two years in a bid to stop further deterioration of the registered Aboriginal heritage site and appease residents appalled by young thrill-seekers trashing their neighbourhood. As well as erecting a $200,000 180-metre fence, the shire will meet with Aboriginal Affairs Victoria and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning to “reinforce and
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protect” the cultural heritage values of the site in accordance with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. It will also write to DELWP to seek its “direction and advice” on putting in place legal processes to prohibit public access to the Pillars. It will cost a further $60,000 to place a shire officer at the site to “promote awareness and educate visitors on the need to close the Pillars to protect the cultural heritage, preserve the natural environment and reduce the number of visitors jumping of the cliff face”. The fence will also require an estimated $20,000 a year to maintain.
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There will be no action taken to prevent boats or jet skis delivering jumpers to the cliffs and no real of stopping people walking around or over the fence. The two-metre high fence was agreed on at a special council meeting Tuesday night and backed by all councillors except newcomer David Gill, who said later the shire should ban visitors from the site. “Unless we have a ban it will not stop people climbing up from the water and doing the same damage. It’s a waste of money.” The council has been in a tight corner as it seeks to balance resident outrage
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at the swamping of their streets with illegally parked cars, litter, vandalism, cliff erosion and, often, aggressive youngsters from other suburbs, with its pledge to promote tourism to the natural attractions of the foreshore between Ellerina and Bay roads. Tired of carrying the can, it has now determined on a fall-back position: If the shire does not receive support from DELWP for the fencing, it will hand back its coastal management responsibility for the foreshore to the state government. Cr Antonella Celi, who moved the fence plan, later said the council had
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always encouraged visitors to the foreshore but that “it got out of hand” at the Pillars. “We have always wanted to promote tourism and we have done that; we have encouraged them here. “There are other places on the Mornington Peninsula and now it’s a matter of dispersing people from the one place.” Cr Celi said it was beyond the council’s powers to ban people from the site – which is a coastal reserve – but that total prohibition would give compliance officers the right to fine illegal visitors. Continued Page 10
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