Mornington News 6 December 2022

IT has been another interesting year.

At Mornington Peninsula News Group, we continued to work through the challenges many businesses faced. It was difficult, but we never

During the past few years, many publishers across the nation put their print editions on hold, or ceased altogether. We never missed a single edition. Not one.

I am immensely proud of our staff. Their tenacity and sense of purpose is testament to their commitment.

It is a constant effort, and they have never waivered.

I am also deeply grateful to our advertisers. They are the backbone of our news-gathering endeavours and without them we could not provide weekly community newspapers to you, the reader.

They support local news in your community. We thank each and every one of them for their support and ask readers to reward them with their custom.

Finally, I would like to thank our readers and assure you we are dedicated to making our papers bigger and better in 2023.

Cameron McCullough, publisher, Mornington Peninsula News Group

Silent night, holy night!

Son of God love’s pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face With dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord, at Thy birth. Jesus Lord, at Thy birth

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus; Look down from the sky, And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Be near me Lord Jesus,I ask Thee to stay Close by me for ever and love me I pray Bless all the dear children in thy tender care And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there.

In a one horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way

In a one horse open sleigh

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul, With a corn cob pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made of coal. Frosty the Snowman, is a fairytale, they say. He was made of snow, but the children know he came to life one day. There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found, For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around! Oh, Frosty, the Snowman, was alive as he could be; and the children say he could laugh and play,

Thumpety thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump, look at Frosty go.

Thumpety thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump, over the hills of snow.

Frosty the Snowman, knew the sun was hot that day, so he said, “Let’s run, and we’ll have some fun now, before I melt away.”

Down to the village, with a broomstick in his hand, Running here and there, all around the square, sayin’, “Catch me if you can.”

He led them down the streets of town, right to the traffic cop; and only paused a moment, when he heard him holler, “Stop!” For Frosty, the Snowman, had to hurry on his way, But he waved goodbye, sayin’ “Don’t cry, I’ll be back again some day.”

Santa has arrived at Bentons Square

photos are also available each day so you can bring your furry friends along for a Santa photo with the whole family – no bookings are required, just notify the team when you arrive.

Visit www.bentonsquare.com.au for more information on Christmas activities and Trading times over the festive period.

The retailers, staff and management of Bentons Square Shopping Centre wishes the Mornington community a very Merry Christmas and safe holiday period, and thank you for your patronage and support in 2022.

Oh, what fun it is to ride

Oh, what fun it is to ride

While

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Hail! the heav’n born Prince of peace!

Hail! the Son of Righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die:

Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.

Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”

No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness And wonders of His love And wonders of His love And wonder wonders of His love

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

Come they told me Pa rum pum pum pum A new born King to see Pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring Pa rum pum pum pum

To lay before the King Pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

So to honor Him Pa rum pum pum pum When we come

Little baby Pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too Pa rum pum pum pum I have no gift to bring Pa rum pum pum pum That’s fit to give our King

Pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time

Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my best for Him Pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

Then He smiled at me

Pa rum pum pum pum Me and my drum

Consistent contributor in the frame

OFTEN seen behind the camera, Glenys Slade was part of the picture when this shot was taken by Bev Lowe at Mornington’s Wednesday market.

Slade, a consistent contributor to The News with her photo graphs recording scenes around the town - flowering street trees, roses and catches at Mornington pier - plays piano accordion in Jack’s Band.

With Jack Kirby on guitar and banjo and Bruce Mitchell on ukulele, the band entertains during celebrations at aged care centres as well as performing regularly at the market.

“We met at the market and play old time music including such singalongs like It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, Pack Up Your Troubles, if You Knew Suzie and Roll Out the Barrell,” Slade said.

“We enjoy playing together and have a lot of fun entertaining the many people we meet.”

Fire risk buildings stay secret

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

A REPORT to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has revealed how many buildings are regarded being a fire safety risk because of combustible cladding, but their locations remain a secret.

Work required to make safe two buildings listed in the highest risk category is being overseen by the Vic torian Building Authority while another 11 properties have been issued with notices by the shire to be made safe.

The two buildings being supervised by the VBA are unlikely to qualify for financial help from Cladding Safety Victoria because they are not residen tial apartments or publicly owned.

In a report to council’s 22 No

vember meeting, municipal building surveyor Ashley Hansen said that of another 30 properties that did not fall within the scope of the VBA, council inspections had cleared 10 and the remaining 20 would be reviewed to see if any action was needed.

“Council is currently working on the 11 affected properties that have been served notices regarding their ESM (essential safety measures ). This is to ensure the safety of the occupants is maintained until further investigations and rectification can occur,” Hansen said.

Hansen’s report followed a council direction in May to “update our com munity on the situation regarding combustible cladding of buildings”.

Officers said they could provide councillors with “a brief update” by 19 July (“Building fire risk ‘update’

by August” The News 27/6/22).

Hansen last week said council was obligated to carry out safety investiga tions and ensure that non-compliant buildings were “brought up to the standard that is required by the build ing legislation”.

“On the basis of current criteria” it was estimated there would be fewer than 259 affected properties on the peninsula containing aluminium composite panels (ACP) or expanded polystyrene (EPS).

Hansen said the number was esti mated to be “significantly lower” as “the highest risk buildings of three or more storeys were prioritised by the VBA at the onset of the program”.

Hansen’s report gives specific num bers of buildings that may be a fire risk because of combustible cladding, but no addresses.

“This matter does not require en gagement with the broader community as there are also privacy principles that apply to the information that the council, VBA and CSV hold and council is not able to disclose personal information to third parties.”

Hansen said prospective buyers could ask council for information about any notices “if a building has been issued with a notice or order to rectify the buildings or works”.

Buildings included in the audit of combustible cladding are multi-unit residential buildings (Class 2); board ing houses, hotel, motel, backpackers (Class 3); and buildings of a public nature such as hospitals, schools, halls, churches, function centres, thea tres and aged care facilities (Class 9).

The municipal building surveyor has responsibility for fixing problems with

buildings not regarded by the VBA as high risk.

Hansen said the VBA based its clas sification on such factors as the num ber of storeys, the extent and location of combustible cladding and risk to occupants. “The primary concern relating to combustible cladding issue is to ensure the safety of the occupants of a building and the community, and take any action deemed necessary to achieve compliance.”

Alarm about the dangers of aluminium composite cladding was raised in June 2017 when 72 peo ple died when London’s 20-storey Grenfell Tower caught fire. In March 2019, a cigarette was blamed for a blaze in Melbourne’s Neo200 building that that jumped five storeys (“‘Fire risk’ audit excludes houses” The News 22/2/21).

Distance makes the difference to nudity

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

RESIDENTS living near Mount Eliza’s “nude” beach Sunnyside North are overwhelmingly in favour of shed ding the “clothes optional” status.

However, people who live outside the area believe it should remain clothing free.

Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors will this week (at their 6 December meeting) consider the results of a community survey and a council officer’s recommendation that the clothing optional status of the Sunnyside North Beach is maintained.

Earlier this year the council asked the community whether the beach should retain its clothing optional status and received 4285 responses that have now been assessed.

All respondents were asked if they thought “Sunnyside North beach should remain a clothing optional beach”, with 3865 answering yes, and 420 saying no.

Of the 94 residents who lived close to the beach and are most impacted by visitor behaviour in the area, only 14 wanted the clothing optional status to remain.

Councillors will decide on whether to ask the state government to remove the clothing optional status of the beach.

The beach – which was declared

clothing optional in 1986 under the Nudity (Prescribed Areas) Act 198 –has become a headache for council and police due to reports of unsa voury behaviour.

Last year, when the council voted to write to then planning minister Richard Wynne to seek a review of the beach’s status, the shire’s water and coasts team leader Laura Crilly said there was an ongoing problem with illegal and anti-social behaviour, which she said was a police matter.

“This is not exclusively associated with the clothing optional status. However, it is difficult for police to access the area as activities are often a long way from the carpark,” she said.

“Much of the behaviour is occur ring within the foreshore vegetation, above the beach, often within private property boundaries.”

The review was also sparked by lockdown when families were unable to travel to beaches outside of a fivekilometre radius of where they lived.

At the time Cr Steve Holland said all peninsula beaches were busy over summer and it seemed “like a waste” to have Sunnyside North unable to be used by families and residents due to the clothing optional status.

Last week, the now-mayor gave as surances that council would “carefully weigh up the wishes of both nearby residents and the broader community when making a decision on next steps”.

Hospital looks to raffle response for equipment

THE Bays Hospital in Mornington needs community help to raise money for medical equipment.

The hospital, run by the Bays Healthcare Group, is one of the few independent not-for-profit hospitals left in Victoria. The group also has an aged care home and dialysis centre in Hastings.

But with the number of orthopaedic surgeries performed at the hospital growing, the healthcare provider is aiming to raise $25,000 for to buy equipment for laparoscopy proce dures.

The Bays has teamed with Play For

Purpose and is inviting the commu nity to buy a ticket in its raffle.

Prizes include more than $138,000 in cashable gold bullion and a Range Rover Evoque R-Dynamic. Tickets are $10 each and 50 per cent of all ticket sales go to The Bays Healthcare Group.

Hospital CEO Jade Phelan said that as a charity, The Bays Healthcare Group relied on donations.

“Right now we are fundraising for important equipment for our theatres. We would love our community’s help to secure these items for our hospital,” she said.

“Ticket sales have now reached an amazing $9090, funds that will make a critical difference to our patients and their families, and our dedicated team who care for them.

“Last time we had held a raffle we raised $29,020 – an incredible result. Because we have no shareholders, the surplus goes straight back to the organisation.

“Everyone at The Bays is grateful to our community for their ongoing sup port. We wouldn’t have been where we are today without their backing.”

To buy tickets go to: playforpur pose.com.au/the-bays-hospital

THE Bays Hospital CEO Jade Phelan and Bec Hasler (community engagement) are hoping for community support to help buy new orthopaedic equipment. Picture: Supplied

Tops in schools’ table tennis

TWO Mount Martha Primary School students had a spectacular sporting win recently, when they took out the girls’ competition in the inau gural Table Tennis Victoria Primary Schools Cup at Melbourne Sports Centre.

Year five students Georgia Hollow and Billie Raymond demonstrated their table tennis skills and teamwork when they competed against primary school students from across the state on Friday 21 October.

Physical education teacher Cameron Sweat man said there were plenty of nerves and excite ment for the event, however the girls remained calm under pressure and went on to win the title of State Girls Champions for 2022. “But most importantly, the tournament was a lot of fun, with some new friendships formed and students saying they will be back next year –bigger and better in 2023,” he said.

Hearing Technology Hearing

Zeroing in on Rosebud in crime crackdown

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

POLICE say they will crackdown on crime in Rosebud after community meetings raised concerns about graffiti, anti-social behaviour, hoon driving and alcohol consumption on the foreshore.

The response is part of the Neighbourhood Policing Program which sees police work ing alongside the public address concerns and develop responses to local problems.

Rosebud has been historically identified as a hotspot for crime at 6686 crimes per 100,000 population in 2014, while still behind the Victo rian average of 7804.

A police Eyewatch post states that police would be taking a zero tolerance approach against anti-social issues, with members from Rosebud out in force alongside specialist units including highway patrol, mounted branch, water police, bike patrol and ATV units to provide a visible presence in the area and ensure public safety.

Police are asking people to familiarise them self with new local liquor laws that came into force in October and regulate and control the consumption, possession or control of liquor in designated areas, and prohibit the possession of liquor in other areas of the municipal district.

The General Purposes Local Law 2012 has recently been replaced by the Community Amenity Local Law 2022 which details the circumstances and locations where alcohol can be consumed.

As part of the zero tolerance approach, police are asking anyone suspicious of criminal activ ity to report it through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at bddy.me/3Etf7ex

Picture: Supplied

The community can download the Snap, Send, Solve app to notify the council of graffiti. Graffiti vandals in the southern region of the Mornington Peninsula can be reported to the police at Rosebud on 5986 0444.

GEORGIA Hollow and Billie Raymond gave it their all to win the inaugural Table Tennis Victoria Primary Schools Cup. Picture: Supplied

BIKES are just one of the means of transport police will use in their efforts to curb crime in and around Rosebud.

Trees trimmed for the season

IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the Mount Eliza commu nity takes hold of the festive spirit.

As part of a tree yarn bombing project, Mount Eliza Chamber of Commerce has invited the public to decorate the town centre’s trees in the Christmas spirit.

Chamber spokesperson Alison Do herty said the tree decoration project had created interest from residents and shoppers from further afield, with young and old stopping to observe,

touch and admire the different designs. More than 60 trees in the main Mount Eliza business area have been decorated by volunteers, including school groups, families, individuals and community groups.

Doherty said the project had proven to be popular and was helping to build on the village atmosphere of Mount Eliza and attract shoppers from fur ther afield to view the trees.

Mother and daughter Danielle and Ayla Sellman said it was a fantastic

experience to get involved with a community project that bought much joy to shoppers and visitors.

Primary school student Ayla said she came up the idea of decorating a tree in sequinned material because it would gain people’s attention and was a fitting tribute to the festive season.

Doherty said tree decorators were not given a brief on how to decorate the tree they were allocated but given creative freedom to do what they lik ed.

Liz Bell

Sequins attract: Danielle and Ayla Sellman show their love for the tree they decorated in Mount Eliza village. Pictures: Supplied

Lower limits sought for danger roads

OVER the past 20 years 32 people have been killed and more than 280 people severely injured on the roads included Mornington Pen insula Shire’s safer speeds trial.

A further 487 people sustained less severe injuries and six of the 32 deaths were in 2019 (“Trial speed limits to stay” The News 28/11/22 contained some incorrect data about the trial).

As a result of the Safer Speeds Trial the shire will ask the Department of Transport to make permanent the speed limits introduced during the trial.

The trial, which began in late 2019, introduced 80 kilometre an hour speed limits to 33 shiremanaged, high risk sealed rural roads.

These roads previously had 100kph and 90kph limits and had a significant history of road deaths and injuries, and high crash risk, including narrow lanes and large trees close to the road.

Data collected during the trial shows that in comparison to the two previous years, annual crashes were reduced from 19 a year to six – a 68 per cent total reduction and a net 20 per cent reduction when compared with similar roads in other municipalities where the speed limit hadn’t changed.

There have been no road deaths on any of the 33 roads where speed was reduced since the beginning of the trial.

The mayor Cr Steve Holland said the peninsu la's high rates of road trauma casts a long shadow.

“We experienced the equal highest number of road deaths of Victoria’s 79 municipalities between 2014 to 2021, with 64 deaths and over 1200 serious injuries, leaving devastating and life-long impacts to victims and their families,” he said.

For more information about road improvement projects, visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/majorpro jects or for more information about road safety: mornpen.vic.gov.au/towardszero

Ute rollover on unsealed road

A MAN in his 50s is escaped serious injury when his utility crashed on Stumpy Gully Road, Balnarring on 27 November.

The man is believed to have had a medical episode according to Ambulance Victoria.

Nearby resident Murray Goddard said the

road between Myers and Hunts roads had been turned into a dangerous thoroughfare after heavy rain, with deep culverts and potholes. Mornington Peninsula Shire, which is responsible for the road, was contacted for comment.

Justice worker for rehab centre

THE Bunjilwarra rehabilitation and healing service in Hastings will receive $400,000 to employ new a youth justice worker.

Bunjilwarra is a 12-bed residential complex for 16 to 25 year old Aboriginals.

The money is part of $4.8 million from the Victorian Legal Services Board shared between Bunjilwarra and 15 other Victorian projects, in cluding Australia’s first legal project dedicated to whistleblowing.

Bunjilwarra employ a youth justice worker for three years to coordinate legal assistance for Aboriginal people at risk aged 16 to 25 in its rehabilitation program.

A further $400,000 will go towards pilot ing restorative justice services in Melbourne’s outer east, helping Aboriginal children and young people connect with family, community and culture.

Under the grants program, the legal services commissioner is also providing $320,000 to help establish Australia’s first legal project dedicated to whistleblowing.

Women experiencing family violence will be better informed about preventive action they can take to secure a place to live, with Justice Connect receiving $185,000 to develop a new digital self-help tool for navigating Victoria’s rental laws.

The commissioner and board CEO Fiona McLeay, said this year’s grant recipients had impressed and inspired with their vision for fairer, more accessible justice in Victoria, where everyone gets the legal help they need, when they need it, no matter their circum stances.

“Our grants program acknowledges the important, passionate and tireless work of com munity legal centres and other grassroots or ganisations. They are the ones leading change to improve access to justice across the state, and we are proud to support them,” she said.

W I T H A N I M A T R O N I C D I N O S A U R S O P E N D E C 3 R D 2 0 2 2 B O N E O D I S C O V E R Y P A R K . C O M . A U

THE driver of this utility had a lucky escape when his vehicle overturned on Stumpy Gully Road. Picture: Supplied

Workshop shows how to get a job

A FREE careers counselling session in Rosebud is designed to advise job seekers on preparing for job inter views, resume writing, and how to “sell” their abilities.

Careers coach Merilyn Hill, who has a background in human relations and runs her own careers coaching business, said she wanted to help people develop the confidence and the knowledge to get them into the workforce, and to fill the thousands of job vacancies currently crippling Mornington Peninsula businesses.

Hill, who said she loves to help people develop their potential and understand what they do well, was motivated to hold the workshop after a visit to Rosebud Plaza.

“I was looking at the full jobs notice board at Rosebud Plaza which at last count had nine stores seeking staff, plus advertisements in the local paper and signs in local shops,” she said.

“I thought, there are heaps of jobs and lots of people who could fill them if they had the skills and knowledge to get them noticed.

“But I also know it’s easy for peo ple to lose their confidence when they get knocked back or have been out of the workforce or a stay-at-home mum, so this workshop is a great place to start.”

Hill said she was concerned that traders who can’t find staff to keep the doors open could be forced to

close, with the Christmas period the biggest time of the year for them.

“It would be a win-win for job seekers if we could match people to all these jobs,” she said.

The jobs workshop runs 10.30am12.30pm on 7 December, at Rosebud Baptist Church activity centre, 3 The Drive, Boneo Road. Details: 5982 0889.

Esso stands by to power up

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

ALTHOUGH the state government has yet to decide on Esso Australia’s bid to build an ethane gas-fired power plant, the company has already bought and is storing the necessary equipment at its Hastings plant.

The presence of the three Solar 10 generators and ancillary equipment was revealed during a tour of the site by members of a planning panel appointed to review Esso’s power generation application.

Save Westernport spokesperson Julia Stockigt said the panel chairper son “made it very clear that Esso’s decision to purchase equipment before the project’s assessment would not sway their decision or influence their recommendation to Planning Minister Lizzie Blandthorn”.

The panel hearings ended on 24 No vember, two days before the re-elec tion of the Labor state government.

Save Westernport says the project, if approved, will be the first new gaspowered generation plant in Victoria in more than a decade and the first to use ethane in the world as the fuel source.

“Esso cannot and will not com mence construction and installation before it has received a planning per mit,” the company’s communications and media adviser public and govern ment affairs, Travis Parnaby said.

“This is a critical [$120 million] project because of the significant environmental benefits, as well as the community benefits from reduced light

and noise associated with the flaring.”

Parnaby said Esso had “chosen to pre-invest” in the generators because of the uncertainty of international sup ply chains and “to ensure we can have this project online as soon as possible to the benefit of the broader Hastings community”.

“The units were delivered to our site in June and have remained non-oper ational and unopened in their delivery packaging until we receive a planning permit to proceed.”

In June, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s planning services committee voted to oppose Esso’s plan and called on the state government to investigate health risks and environmental im pacts despite a 13-page officer’s report which stated, “the proposal’s climate change impacts are acceptable” (“Shire ‘no’ to Esso’s bid for power” The News 22/6/22). Less than three months later the shire decided against opposing Environment Protection Au thority permits approving Esso’s plan (“EPA go ahead to Esso power plan” The News 5/9/22).

Esso also had Liberal party backing with its Hastings candidate Briony Hutton predicting it could “create 150 jobs and reduce greenhouse gases”.

Fellow Liberal Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie said: “We should look at all avenues for cheaper and more reliable electricity on the peninsula.”

Hutton previously worked for the business lobby group Committee for Mornington Peninsula where McKenzie was a board member.

Former Labor staffer and candidate for Flinders in 2019, Joshua Sinclair, is

the committee’s CEO.

Save Westernport says the state government should “show leadership on climate action in Western Port” by refusing Esso’s application.

“How can this power station be considered for approval, in the midst of the climate emergency, and the powerful targets and strategies set by the current Victorian government for emissions reductions and power gen eration through renewables?” Stockigt said. “It is not needed; it is a throw back to the past that poses significant impacts in terms of increased emis sions to the Mornington Peninsula and the environment of Western Port, which is internationally recognised as a Ramsar wetland.”

Save Westernport says it has been made aware of the limitations of the planning process through its participa tion before the planning panel but says “that does not mean such develop ments should be approved, based on this narrow interpretation of the law”.

“What sort of confidence can the public have that climate change is being treated seriously, when such outdated fossil fuel developments can still be considered for approval?”

Save Westernport estimates that at current wholesale prices Esso’s elec tricity generation project “would also generate large profits of between $29 and $30 million dollars a year”.

“The generators would operate 24 hours a day for the next 10 years [and] increase greenhouse gas emissions on the peninsula by six to 10 per cent, according to information in Esso’s application.”

CAREER coach and former human resources manager Merilyn Hill. Picture: Supplied

Stay home and talk about books

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A FREE online event for Mornington Peninsula library members will give book lovers a chance to enjoy literary interactions from the comfort of their own homes.

Christmas with Ben and Maya from 7pm on Wednesday 14 December is the combination of two monthly online events - Library Lovers with Maya Linnell and Ben’s Book Club, featuring author Ben Hobson. The interactive live streams are professionally run and presented, yet friendly and accessible, and readers from anywhere in Australia can access them.

Linnell will discuss her book Paperbark Hill as well as chat to the host of floristry and garden ing podcast, Dish the Dirt, Rebecca Noble, and Kristi Brooks from Mount Gambier Library. Hobson is a teacher and an author based in

Brisbane who has written two novels, To Be come a Whale, and the thriller Snake Island, and will release his third, The Death of John Lacey, in February 2023.

Ben’s Book Club will continue to be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month in 2023 and invites all attendees to engage and interact with authors from all genres.

The online initiatives are offered by library platform OverDrive for the Libby reading app, which features the digital books and magazines highlighted during the events along with other ebooks, audiobooks and magazines that can be accessed from participating libraries and bor rowed free of charge. To register for Christmas with Ben and Maya go to eventbrite.com.au/e/ christmas-with-ben-maya-tickets-468010771817

Awards for five tourism businesses

MORNINGTON

Red Hill Candle Co was awarded gold in the Tourism Retail and Hire Services section of the awards; Carmel at Sorrento gold, Five Star Luxury Accommodation; Searoad Ferries gold, Major Tour and Transport Operator; Grape Explorations silver, Tour and Transport Opera

tor; and Mornington Boat Hire silver, Adventure Tourism and Cultural Tourism.

Winners will compete at the Australian Tour ism Awards in Sydney early next year.

For details about tourism on the peninsula visit Mornington Peninsula Visitor Information Cen tre, Point Nepean Road, Dromana, or contact: info@tourism.mornpen.vic.gov.au or mpbusi ness.com.au/experience-local

library: Authors Maya Linnell and Ben Hobson will talk books and stories during their online session.

Peninsula tourism businesses won gold and silver in six categories at the 2022 Victorian Tourism Awards.

Still speaking after 40 years

MORNINGTON Peninsula Toastmas ters held its 40th anniversary celebra tion at Mornington Community House on Thursday 10 November.

Around 30 people, including past members, current members, district leaders and guests, celebrated Toast masters and heard testimonials from past and current members.

Author, public speaking coach and mentor Kaylene Ledgar was the keynote speaker, explaining how Toastmasters changed her life and set

her on her “true path”.

Ledgar is the author of Speaking It’s NOT Worse Than Death! and From the Heart with Tears – Plan and Deliver a Heartfelt Eulogy.

Toastmasters meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Mornington Community House, 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Con tact Mornington Peninsula Toastmas ters president Sue Macdonald on 0439 650 883.

Fringe at Flinders

A THREE-day fringe festival is being planned at Flinders 17-19 February.

The festival’s 30 free and ticketed events include performances and exhibitions by established and emerg ing artists.

Performances to be held at the Flinders Hotel, Cook Street busi nesses and the village common include visual arts, music, literature, workshops and “forage” (food).

The Flinders Fringe Festival is being organised by Melissa Jackson, known for her “sculptural millinery creations, her prowess in fashion education, her theatrical twist, sense of fun and generous spirit”.

Jackson says any profits will be directed to the Mornington Peninsula Foundation to provide music and creative arts programs for children and young people on the peninsula.

Opening after fire

THE Laura and Pt Leo restaurants at Pt Leo Estate are about to reopen for summer after having been closed for more than six months because of a kitchen fire. Bookings are open for the Pt Leo restaurant, which opens this week, and Laura which will reopen on 16 December.

Awards at Cape

CAPE Restaurant at RACV Cape Schanck Resort won a silver award at the 2022 Australian Restaurant and Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for being the best premium dining experi ence in regional Victoria.

Criteria for judging the awards is set by consumers and then decided by judges who anonymously visit venues.

Present and past: Mornington Peninsula Toastmasters president Sue Macdonald and former member Joan Kilby, who came back to help celebrate the 40-year anniversary. Pictures: Supplied

SELSDON PARK ESTATE - A FLAWLESS LIFESTYLE PROPERTY

HONOURING a century of architectural prestige, “Selsdon Park Estate” is a residence of unmatched quality that has seen the revival of the original 1920 era residence virtue of a flawless rejuvenation. Set in the beating heart of Mount Eliza on a coveted block measuring an impressive 2635 square metres of manicured gardens, the property embraces an idyllic balance of nature and lavish entertainment spaces for every occasion. From the travertine entry way the grand proportions of the home are fully revealed with a choice of formal living and dining spaces to the left that are oriented towards the lavish poolside entertainment space, and to the right is an opulent home office clad in gorgeous timber

panelling. Further to the right is a lovely guest bedroom, and occupying the south wing of the home is the superb master bedroom with walk-in robe, an ensuite bathroom and a full parent’s retreat has a stunning fireplace. Beautifully equipped for effortless entertaining, the sleek kitchen showcases a full complement of quality appointments including Caesarstone bench tops to the island bench and a deluxe Falcon stove has a gas cooktop. There are two dishwashers including one in the enormous butler’s pantry which also has a recessed area for a double fridge and a porcelain double sink. The kitchen is incorporated into a larger family room with casual dining space adjacent to

sliding glass doors that open to the alfresco timber deck. Across both levels there is an enchanting collaboration of bespoke and contemporary, with wonderfully vivid pastels complementing the softer tones seen in the family room and kitchen. Quality floor coverings and plantation shutters add comfort and class to all bedrooms, including two more bedrooms upstairs which also have ensuites and built-in wardrobes. Elevating this home into the stratosphere of the truly spectacular are the numerous external features which include a fully insulated three-car garage, a full-size flood-lit tennis court and a separate pool house with full bathroom and kitchen facilities.n

SPACE, STYLE AND SERENITY

An unprecedented experience of contemporary comfort awaits in a boutique collection of brand-new residences that will redefi ne your idea of luxury family living, leaving no stone unturned in the quest for lifestyle excellence. Wonderfully situated in a central residential pocket footsteps to vibrant cafe culture, and a short stroll from the pristine sands of McCrae beach, these three architecturally-designed freestanding residences offer a fantastic opportunity for young families, investors or holiday-makers to settle into a calming coastal lifestyle.

PERSPECTIVE

Experience understated beauty and individuality of design with each home boasting a fantastic dual-level, 4-bedroom layout. The rear dwelling covets a reverse fl oor plan with kitchen, living and dining spaces opening to a vast balcony terrace for alfresco enjoyment, whilst the two front properties offer a choice of master suites over two levels, with walk-in robes and ensuite bathrooms.

THURSDAY WAR OF THE WORLDS

SBS, 9.30pm

Returning for season three, this modern retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel about an alien invasion of Earth plays a bit like Terminator meets Independence Day Brilliant scientist Bill Ward (Gabriel Byrne) has saved humanity but finds himself further estranged from his family. He bristles at the news that people around the world are experiencing a mysterious phenomenon. Meanwhile, an interstellar discovery leads astrophysicist Catherine (Léa Drucker) to investigate the crisis.

FRIDAY CHRISTMAS WITH AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY

TEN, 7.30pm

Incoming host of The Project Sarah Harris, along with Santa’s team of elves at the Australian Women’s Weekly are here with some famous friends and a selection of handy tips for getting through the silly season unscathed. While Jessica Rowe gets creative with crafty Christmas decorations and eye-catching wrapping ideas, chefs Lyndey Milan and Warren Mendes share their most delicious recipes.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.35 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.05 Christmas In Australia With Christine Anu. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 2.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. 10.00 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. (Premiere) 11.00 The Shape Of History. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (R) 3.00 Railway Vietnam. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PGal, R) 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG) 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022.

Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Colorado To Utah, USA. (PG) Narrated by Bill Nighy.

SUNDAY FRANKLIN

NINE, 7.30pm

Delta Goodrem has reason to celebrate this Christmas – next year will mark the 20th anniversary of her record-breaking debut album Innocent Eyes; she’s loved up with her long-time boyfriend Matthew Copley; and she’s set to perform at a special event in the Maldives in May. But before she turns her focus to 2023, the Born to Try singer gets into the festive spirit with this cheerful special. Among the stars joining Goodrem to sing some Christmas classics are Hanson, Thelma Plum, The Lumineers, Conrad Sewell, Sam Fischer and Gwen Stefani.

Goodrem also pays a heartfelt tribute to her mentor and friend, the late, great Olivia Newton-

Delta Goodrem presnts Christmas With Delta

Afternoon News.

5.00

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

Antarctica and South Georgia.

(Mam) A suburban

paramedics battling

10.25

is estranged from his family.

L’Opera. (Premiere, Mdls)

The Eagle. (MA15+av, R)

Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R)

Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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The Project. (R)

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

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Friday, December 9

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 The Pool. (PG, R) 11.00

Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Belgravia. (PG, R) 1.45 Doc Martin. (PGa, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

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

7.30 Gardening Australia. Hannah Moloney protects fruit trees.

8.30 Vera. (Mdv, R) DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the case of a teenage boy found dead in a boatyard.

10.00 Troppo. (Malv, R) The investiga tion heads down a dark path.

11.00 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events.

11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) UK-based panel show.

12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Specially For Me. (R) 9.20 Peer To Peer. 9.50 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. 10.50 Employable Me (UK) (Mals) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (Ma, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG) 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022.

SBS World News.

6.30

7.30 Engineering Reborn: Maritime Museum, Coal Drops Yard, Peace Bunker. (PG)

8.30 Inside Central Station: Woman Faints Into Train. (PGa, R) Narrated by Shane Jacobson.

9.30 Autun: Rome’s Forgotten Sister. Takes a look at Autun in France.

10.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R)

11.20 Hold Up. 11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final. Match 53 Winner v Match 54 Winner. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter Final. Netherlands v Argentina.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 1.00 Gold Coast Medical. (R) 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval. 5.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

7.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and the West Indies.

8.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval.

10.30 MOVIE: Hitch. (2005, Mls, R)

A “date doctor” falls for a sassy journalist. Will Smith, Eva Mendes. 1.00 Black-ish. (PGl, R) Dre realises he may be out of touch.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.00 Our Town. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Long Story Short. (2021, Ml) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 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: Keeping It Real. (PG) Follows zoo keeper Paul.

8.30 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007, PGalv, R) Santa Claus’s cranky older brother comes to stay with him at the North Pole. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks.

10.50 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008, Ms, R) A couple spend the festive season with relatives. Reese Witherspoon.

12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, 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)

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6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Grantchester. 3.00 Explore. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Watch Your Stern. (1960, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Fawlty Towers. 8.40 MOVIE: The Man With The Golden Gun. (1974, PG) 11.15 Late Programs.

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

7.30 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. Hosted by Sarah Harris.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (R) Graham Norton chats with George Takai, Jamie Oliver and Claudia Winkleman. 10.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (MA15+s, R) Hosted by Nath Valvo.

11.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne. 11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

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(2016,

6.00 FIFA

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2. Now Stocking • Maui Jim • Sabine Be • Henau • Paul Taylor

Thatcher & Reagan. (PGav, R) Part 1 of 2. Please note: Due to major storm damage of our building we have temporarily moved to shop 7/68 Barkly Street, Mornington

Soccer.

Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M, R)

Football Saved My Life: Abraham. (R)

10.50 6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm Extreme Africa. 1.00 From The Heart Of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert. 3.00 Going Places. 4.00 The Case Of The Three Sided Dream. 5.30 Power To The People. 6.00 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.50 News. 7.00 On Country Kitchen. 7.30 Call Of The Baby Beluga. 8.30 MOVIE: Arizona Dream. (1992, M) 10.55 Late Programs.

FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter

Show. 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Gideon’s Way. 11.10 Explore. 11.15 MOVIE: Twice Round The Daffodils. (1962, PG) 1.10pm MOVIE: Please Turn Over. (1959, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: My Brother Jonathan. (1948) 5.15 MOVIE: Curse Of The Pink Panther. (1983, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Spy Who Loved Me. (1977, M) 10.05 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

intensifies when a lead suspect in Grace’s disappearance is found murdered.

56 Winner.

Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) A real estate agent is murdered in front of a crowd at the unveiling of a new doll’s house collection. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.35 Creation. (2009) 8.30 Tenderness. (2013, PG, French) 10.00 White Squall. (1996, M) 12.20pm Freshman Year. (2020) 2.15 Dean Spanley. (2008) 4.10 Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 6.10 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 8.30 Train To Busan Presents: The Peninsula. (2020, Korean) 10.40 End Of The Century. (2019, Catalan) 12.15am Late Programs.

Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime: Himalaya Pt 2. (PGal, R) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Motor Racing. AMRS. H’lights. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Carnage. 5.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 6.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Ultimate Rides. 8.30 Counting Cars. 9.30 Full Custom Garage. 10.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. 11.30 Late Programs.

My Life Is Murder. (Mas, R)

World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

World Cup 2022 10 PEACH (11) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 Australia’s Big Backyards. Noon Horse Racing. The Ingham Day, Gateway Raceday and Ladbrokes Park Race Day. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGls) 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. (R) 1.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. (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)

World News. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.40pm The Coolangatta Gold 2022. 2.40 Inside Phuket Airport. 4.40 About A Boy. 5.10 MOVIE: The Boss Baby. (2017) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek 2. (2004, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns. (2001, M) 11.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.30am Manifest. 2.20 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 2.30 Transformers Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. 3.00 Late Programs.

(PGv, R)

12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Friends. Noon The King Of Queens. 1.00 The Challenge Australia. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15am Home Shopping. 1.45 Mom. 2.15 NBL Slam. 2.45 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

MOVIE: Judy. (2019, Ml, R) Judy Garland heads to London. Renée Zellweger. 6am Shopping. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 10.00 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 All 4 Adventure. Noon The Love Boat. 1.00 ST: Next Gen. 2.00 A-League All Access. 2.30 Roads Less Travelled. 3.00 MacGyver. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 I Fish. 6.00 Scorpion. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Matchweek 7. Sydney FC v Melbourne City. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30

Landline: Summer Series. (R) 1.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.00 Wil Anderson: Wilogical. (Mls, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (Final, PG, R) 4.55 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 The ABC Of: Garry McDonald. (PG, R) Hosted by David Wenham.

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

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) A young woman is murdered.

8.30 MOVIE: The Post. (2017, Ml) The publisher of TheWashington Post and its driven editor race to expose a government cover-up. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson.

10.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mav, R) Part 3 of 4.

11.25 Mystery Road: Origin. (Ml, R)

12.20 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.00 Think Tank. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

7.30 Australia Remastered. (Final) 8.25 Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles. 9.30 A League Of Her Own. 10.45 A-ha: The Movie. 11.45 MOVIE: Two Hands. (1999, MA15+) 1.15am Long Lost Family. 2.00 ABC News Update. 2.05 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Baby Jake. 5.35 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final.

Match 51 Winner v Match 52 Winner. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final.

Match 55 Winner v Match 56 Winner. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final.

Match 51 Winner v Match 52 Winner. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final. Match 55 Winner v Match 56 Winner. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00

FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Peter O’Toole: Along Sky Roads To Aqaba. A look at the life of actor Peter O’Toole.

9.10 Franklin. Recounts the epic seven-year campaign to save Tasmania’s World Heritage-listed Franklin River.

10.50 The Real Peaky Blinders: The Racecourse Wars. (PGav, R)

11.50 I Am JFK Jr. (Ml, R)

1.30 Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor. (PGa, R) 3.30 The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6am Morning Programs. 1.00 Border Security: Int. (PGad, R) 1.30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v West Indies. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v West Indies. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

7.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and the West Indies.

8.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Evening session.

10.30 MOVIE: Red Sparrow. (2018, MA15+alsv, R) A ballerina becomes a spy. Jennifer Lawrence. 1.20 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.

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6am Morning Programs. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 DVine Living. 2.30 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 3.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Our Town. 4.00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 5.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 6.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Heathrow. 9.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. (R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R)

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Fishing Australia.

10.30 Surf Boats. 11.30 Reel Destinations: Lodge Life. 12.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 12.30 Aqua Rugby. 2.00 Driving Test. (PG, R) 2.30 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 3.30 Bondi Vet. (PGm) 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG)

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Snackmasters. (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.

10.10 The First 48: A Man’s Game. (Mal) A man is shot and left to die in some bushes.

11.10 Manhunt: The Railway Murders. (MA15+av)

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (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 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 8.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Living Room. (PGan, R) 1.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 2.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 3.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 3.30 Well Traveller. (PGa) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Olly Murs performs.

8.30 Tulsa King. (Premiere) After being blindsided by the news that his mob family has nothing left for him in New York, a man is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

9.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv) The NCIS team recruits a familiar face to help lead them to a ruthless international killer.

10.30 FBI. (Mv, R) Five prominent men are killed playing poker.

12.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am Morning Programs. 7.30

In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Skippy. 11.00 MOVIE: Mandy. (1952, PG)

1pm MOVIE: Saturday Island. (1952, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963, PG) 6.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 MOVIE: Moonraker. (1979, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012, M) Midnight Late Programs.

6am Morning

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6am

Coming Home. Continued. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 6.30 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 8.50 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 10.35 Dead Ringers. (1988, M) 12.45pm The Impossible. (2012, M) 2.50 Creation. (2009) 4.50 The Perfect Candidate. (2019, PG, Arabic) 6.50 Late Bloomers. (2011, PG) 8.30 The Big Short. (2015, M) 10.50 Whiplash. (2014, MA15+) 12.50am Late Programs.

Sea. (PGa, R) 3.00 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG) 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022.

Our Nation: A Celebration. Music concert from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, NT, featuring some of Australia’s best Indigenous artists. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Reunions. (PGal, R) A man inherits a hotel on Reunion. 11.55 Medici: The Magnificent Part II. (MA15+v, R) Lorenzo is consumed by thoughts of revenge. 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Crown For Christmas. (2015, PGa, R) 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Late afternoon session.

Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and the West Indies. 8.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 MOVIE: Pacific Rim. (2013, Mv, R) Earth is attacked by monstrous creatures. Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi. 1.10 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mal)

6am Children’s Programs.

2pm Filthy House SOS. (Premiere) 3.00 Full Bloom. (Return) 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 MOVIE: Megamind. (2010, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. (2000) 9.05 MOVIE: The Fate Of The Furious. (2017, M) 11.45 Duncanville. 12.15am

9.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 MOVIE: Dear John. (2010, PG) 3.30 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Beach marshals work with the lifeguards to check numbers and enforce social distancing.

FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+v) After trying to help a young girl in peril at a rest stop, Hana is kidnapped on the way to her sister’s house in Connecticut. Remy and the team desperately pull out all the stops to find her.

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

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

Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: X-Men: The Last Stand. (2006, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

Tuesday, December 13

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.05 Shetland. (Malv, R) 2.05 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, 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 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Lisa Wilkinson. (R) Anh Do paints Lisa Wilkinson.

8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) Part 4 of 4.

9.30 Fake Or Fortune? A Venetian View. (R) Part 4 of 4.

10.30 Summer Love. (Mdls, R)

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 Harley & Katya. (Ml, R)

12.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.05 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.50 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R)

2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (R) 9.30 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. 10.30 Employable Me (UK) (Ma) 11.40 The City Of Art. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (Ma, R) 3.00 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG) 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Malcolm Turnbull. (PGa, R) Malcolm Turnbull explores his roots.

8.30 Navalny. An investigation into the 2020 assassination attempt against Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Cheyenne & Lola. (Premiere, Mlsv) Two women are linked by a murder.

11.55 Unit One. (Malsv, R)

4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Semi-final. Match 57 Winner v Match 58 Winner. From Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Star-Crossed Christmas. (2017, G, R) 2.00 Gold Coast Medical. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 1. Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars.

11.00 The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a look into the world of cricket.

11.30 Chicago Fire. (Ma, R) Kidd struggles to keep her team together.

12.30 The Real Dirty Dancing. (PGa, R) Celebrities recreate moments from Dirty Dancing

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

TEN (10) NINE (9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 1. Heats. From the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. 1.00 Inside The Superbrands. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 1. Finals.

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

11.00 Skin A&E. (Mm) Dr Adil Sheraz operates on a 28-year-old.

12.00 Bluff City Law. (Ma, R) Emerson plans a Thanksgiving surprise.

1.00 Fishing Australia. (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 Ent. Tonight. (R) 7.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News

First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight.

2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 10 News First.

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

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) A head-on collision leaves a driver trapped.

8.30 Miniseries: Crossfire. (MA15+v) Part 1 of 3. A woman’s world shatters when gunmen attack the Spanish hotel where she is holidaying.

9.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) NCIS investigates a ring of teenage partygoers who are believed to be responsible for a string of break-ins.

10.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

Partridge. 11.20 Back. 11.50 Black Comedy. 12.15am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.00 Live At The Apollo. 1.45 Late Programs.

Media Watch. (Final, PG, R) 1.15 Walkabout Wickets. (Ml, R) 2.00

3.00

The Drum.

ABC News.

7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

Hard Quiz Celebrity Special. (PG, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.

QI. (Mal) Bonnie Langford, Joe Lycett

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6am The Late Show

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 10. South East Melbourne Phoenix 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 Late Programs.

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6am

The Perfect Candidate. (2019, PG, Arabic) 7.55

Mon Oncle. (1958, French) 10.05 The Big Short. (2015, M) 12.30pm Lola Versus. (2012, M) 2.05

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Semi-final. Match 57 Winner v Match 58 Winner. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Semi-final. Match 57 Winner v Match 58 Winner. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter Final. Netherlands v Argentina. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Semi-final. Match 57 Winner v Match 58 Winner. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

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6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 The Bionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 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. 9.40 MOVIE: 22 Jump Street. (2014, MA15+) 11.55 Young Sheldon. 12.20am Satisfaction. 1.10 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. Noon Aussie Lobster Men. 1.00 Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 No Man’s Land. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Motorway Patrol. 8.00 Beach Cops. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Train Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs. 9GO! (93) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 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 Miniseries: Crossfire. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The Code. 3.10 ST: Next Gen. 4.05 MacGyver.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 2. Heats. From the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. 1.00 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 2. Finals.

Nine News Late. A look

6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Frasier.

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12.30pm Friends. 1.00 Becker. 2.00 NBL Slam. 2.30 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 Two And A Half Men. 10.10 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Late Programs. 10 PEACH (11) 10 PEACH (11) 7MATE (73) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Late Programs. 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Christmas In New York: Inside The Plaza. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair. (1949) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 MOVIE: Octopussy. (1983, PG) 11.20 Late Programs. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 The Bionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 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. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.40 MOVIE: The Inbetweeners 2. (2014, MA15+) 11.40 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Satisfaction. 1.10 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 No Man’s Land. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Robin Hood. (2018, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Flash Gordon. (1980, M) Midnight Late Programs. 9GO! (93) 7MATE (73) OPEN 7 DAYS Mon - Fri 9.00-5.30 Sat 9-5 Sun 10-4 03 5976 8868 www.denorhomeswares.com.au Shop 3/26 McLaren Place, Mornington (across the carpark from Mornington Central) Christmas just around the corner has all you need Denor with ...and much more!

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For safety’s sake, it’s time to remove beach boxes

Port Phillip Conservation Council attended the Department of Land, Water and Planning’s Mount Martha north beach stakeholder group meetings, overseeing the $1.5 million federal grant for beach renourishment initiated by then Flinders MP Greg Hunt (“Beach closed in face of ‘cliff collapse’ fears” The News 22/11/22).

DELWP advised the grant was specifically for beach renourishment, however several mem bers demanded consideration of other options to “save” their beach and boxes. Unhappy their ideas for hard engineering (rock groyne) were not in the mix, they demanded to see the funding agreement between the two governments. The copy provided confirmed DELWP’s advice.

Meanwhile, DELWP was undertaking studies at Mount Martha north, investigating both the beach erosion and the unstable cliff face behind. The study found no engineering treatment would return sand long-term to the beach without adverse impacts, so DELWP determined hard engineering was not appropriate.

The geotechnical study confirmed a deep clay lens existed within the cliff, rendering it unsta ble, posing risks to the beach and boxes below, and even the Esplanade above. Despite being the land managers and coastal management experts, DELWP was in a no win situation, required to deliver beach renourishment - at best a window dressing exercise.

When the beach boxes were built geotechni cal, and climate change-related threats were not well known. Now, the futility of trying to beat back nature has become apparent. The beach boxes will increasingly be under siege from these forces and, when they succumb again, will diminish the beach amenity and safety for all.

With risks of cliff slippage from above and climate change driven increasingly severe storm surges and sea level rise to the front, to protect public safety and avoid squandering public funds on the unwinnable, it’s time to remove the remaining boxes from Mount Martha north beach. Jenny

Warfe, secretary Port Phillip Conservation Council

Trees matter

We are new to Mount Martha and the gorgeous Mornington Peninsula and are dismayed to learn that Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, which appears not to have an environment department, allows the total clearing of all vegetation on a suburban blocks slated for development.

Bare blocks readied for development are a sad, but common sight. The total lack of regard for existing mature trees, or indeed any living plant, which could be preserved while still enabling a development, is beyond disappointing.

Many of these trees have stood for decades and pose no risk. A lot of us don’t have the two to three decades it takes for newly planted trees and small shrubs to grow to maturity.

With the climate warming, our local environ ment, wildlife, and our residents suffer when beautiful shady stands of mature trees are un necessarily chopped down for the convenience of developers and builders. Such mature trees provide habitat for the myriad birds of the penin sula and should be protected wherever possible.

Some councils in Melbourne put a substan tial financial bond on large trees that must be retained when a site is developed.

Come on Mornington Peninsula residents, lobby your councillors and insist that the council stop perpetuating this scorched earth policy.

Alison Burkhardt,

Outdoor outrage

insecure casual jobs - mostly seasonal; and many instances of wage theft.

With the crisis over, why should council add to their profits? If cafes want to offer outdoor din ing or cups of coffee, let them go rooftop, buy extra land, or move to suitable premises.

It is not as if these pavement businesses are important, irreplaceable, or even of much use.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council intends to consult with the community on the matter. What good would that do, and then what?

Brian A Mitchelson, Mitchelson

Rubbish a priority

Ratepayers, as individuals, are unable to exert any influence on council decisions (“Self centred” Letters 29/11/22). They need to belong to some community action group which has its views promoted by a “spokesman”. The views expressed are not necessarily a reflection of the members at large but those of a committee of the chosen few.

Local government touts itself as the “third tier of government”. It is no such thing and if one takes note of comments throughout all states of Australia it is the one that is far and away the least popular.

There are still far too many local councils in fested by people who are overpaid, often grossly, and promoted beyond the level of their own personal capacity.

A political party that comes out with a policy to strictly define the responsibilities of local government will get huge support.

Our own council cannot properly address the basic problem of rubbish collection at beaches during the peak summer period. The number of available bins is pathetic, and the rubbish col lection contractors’ staff will not get out of their vehicles to pick up the overflow.

We get the regular self-congratulatory expose in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s own publica tions, touting pet projects of councillors and their friends, yet basic responsibility for rubbish collection, drain cleaning, road maintenance, parks and gardens are committed to second place behind fanciful projects like the proposed [per forming] arts centre. Barry Rumpf, McCrae

Clearing the view

Wonderful relief to get our rural and coastal views back again now that most of the recent state government political wannabees have de mounted their political mugshots from in-your face-locations. I particularly must congratulate the Freedom Party candidate who managed to scale electricity poles and not get electrocuted while sticking his mug shot out of harm’s way. That was certainly taking his “freedom” philoso phy to new heights.

Loved seeing the youthful doctor and the young Liberal candidate looking happy in their usually closely coupled display along most major vantage points. What a delightful couple they made.

Sadly, the even more youthful Green candidate didn’t have the big bucks that his rivals had, despite Climate 200 spending many thousands of dollars in pretty printed portraits all over our Mornington. Perhaps this young pretender should have applied for Teal status and grabbed all that extra advertising funding. It certainly helped with the independent Teal doctor as she definitely won in the picture over exposure stakes.

littles the whole process of voting. Perhaps these people need to understand that there are different opinions to the ones they hold, and these opin ions are just as valid. Personally, I would not admit voting for a member of a party that holds the democratic process in such contempt.

Stephen Fisher, Rye

Return to ‘wilderness’

The Oxford definition of pyrrhic is “won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor”. That just about sums up the jubilant blue crowd, safely ensconced in the luxurious sur roundings of the Continental Hotel, Sorrento last Saturday night.

The good burghers have again succeeded in imposing their will on the Mornington Peninsula population.

They’ve managed to replace a hard working successful local member with a former profes sional tennis player. A representative who will be the most junior member of the smallest rump of an opposition there’s been in the last 50 years.

The peninsula has returned to the wilderness of a (Liberal) representative unable to achieve anything, that has been our sorry lot for all but four of the last 25 years.

Surely it’s been better inside the tent looking out, than outside the tent looking in. (You know how it goes)

So good luck [former Labor MP for Nepean] Chris Brayne. You’ve been an inspiration and a role model.

To our incoming member: have fun waving the blue flag. Game, set and match.

Mike Wilton, Safety Beach

Thank you, Chris

There was one sad result after the state election on 26 November, and that was the loss of our very popular local member [for Nepean], Chris Brayne.

and it is now unfortunate he can’t continue with the many projects he wanted to complete.

Thank you Chris. Marilyn Merrifield, Rye

‘Toxic’ poll scenes

As a member of [former Nepean MP] Chris Brayne’s campaign committee I want to say how disappointed we are that he was not re-elected.

As Chris pointed out during the campaign he has worked hard to achieve for Nepean as a number of schools, sporting clubs and people who use local buses can testify.

However, [Liberal] Sam Groth must be con gratulated on winning the seat.

I would have to say though that my experience of handing out how-to-votes for Chris during pre-polling and on polling day was one of the most toxic that I have experienced.

We had a Liberal volunteer screaming out that [Victorian premier] Dan Andrews was corrupt and a liar, police were called after voters com plained about being harassed by her.

One woman held up a sign saying Dan Andrews Nazi, as she walked into the polling booth.

Freedom Party volunteers were spruiking [former US President Donald] Trump-like conspiracy theories, including advising people to use a biro rather than a pencil so their votes could not be altered.

I hope that now Sam Groth has been elected he will embrace a gentler approach and work to bring the community together.

Marg D’Arcy, Rye

Low expectations

I was not one of [former Nepean MP] Chris Brayne’s biggest fans and am sure that [the new member for Nepean] Sam Groth is a good guy.

Mount Martha

Outdoor dining via “parklets” or on footpaths, next to gutters, should no longer be permitted (“Outdoor dining denied, for now” The News 22/11/22). It was a temporary COVID relief measure to assist mostly coffee shops and cafes to operate safely, make money and survive. It is, for the pedestrian public, at best a nuisance and sometimes a severe obstruction and disruption, particularly at tourist peak, as well as often tak ing very scarce prime parking spaces.

The food hospitality industry is notorious for low wages, disagreeably scattered work hours,

Back to normal and merry Christmas to all your readers. Ian Morrison, Mount Eliza

Opinions differ

It was with some sadness but no surprise to read some of the letters to The News regarding the recent state election.

It appears that denigrating the people of Nepean for voting for anyone other than a Labor candidate is the way some people think. It is a poor reflection of their understanding of how a democracy works.

This is the standard response after a Labor government or candidate is voted out. But it be

Chris is passionate about the Mornington Peninsula and from the moment he was unex pectedly elected in 2018, he set to work to bring change and improvement to an area that had been largely ignored and taken for granted for many, many years.

Chris’s legacy is easy to see in massive school and transport improvements, upgrades to the Sorrento ferry terminal, upgrades and restoration to the Rye pier and the McCrae lighthouse and other infrastructure and social investments.

The passion that Chris feels for this area can be seen in the amount of hard work he did and by election day many, many people had met Chris and had a chance to speak with him. Standing with him at the polling booth, it was apparent how respected and well-liked he is.

I would like to thank Chris for the work he has done over the past four years to bring improve ments to the peninsula. It was so refreshing to know we had a member who listened and cared,

I do find it thought-provoking that the voters in Nepean voted out the person who has deliv ered the most to Mornington Peninsula for many years and voted for someone who cannot deliver for at least another four years.

Maybe too many bought into the crapola put forth in the press, which for the most part was just looking for headlines, with News Corp actually going out of its way with its blatant anti-Labor campaign to try to sway the results. A great testament to mainstream media, their objectivity and agenda.

When Liberals were in government and our local member was education minister, very little was delivered to the peninsula.

We have been in a funding drought for years as the big business lobby group Committee for Mornington Peninsula has pointed out on several occasions with its “subtle” campaign implying the fault of Labor and its anti-lockdown agenda to garner Liberal votes.

Amazing to think that people would actually vote for a party, not their best interests.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Cricketers take to trees as bull invades pitch

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

SOMETHING of a sensation was caused at a cricket match, played between Langwarrin and Frankston teams on Saturday afternoon, on the military reserve at Langwarrin.

When the Frankston men were field ing a bull visited the ground.

After surveying the game from the edge of the reserve for a minute or so and making suspicious eyes at one of the fieldsmen, H. Legge, the animal rushed out to the wicket.

The players scattered in all direc tions, and took refuge behind and up trees.

The bull sniffed at the stumps at one end of the wicket, and then knocked off the bails.

The Frankston skipper (Ted Mc Comb) surveyed the situation from a tree-top, and was reluctant to resume the game while the bull was at large.

In characteristic Toreador fashion F. Carter, of Langwarrin, confronted the bull and succeeded in making the ani mal retreat and the play was resumed.

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“I HAVE been to the races half a dozen times since March last, and won £28 on one occasion,” admitted J. Foster at the Frankston Police Court on Monday last.

Foster appeared on a fraud summons issued in connection with an order made against him as far back as last March for the payment of £40/4/10, due to A. C. Hauland, timber mer chant, of Chelsea.

Mr. Leslie Williams examined Foster as to his means. Foster said he was a builder and contractor residing at East Caulfield.

He had not been able to pay Hauland anything, and could not undertake to pay anything in reduction of the amount ordered to be paid by the Court.

Since March 20th, he had done three jobs, one for Mr. Foulsham, the racing man, another for Mr. Geo. Burden, of Springvale, and one for Mr, Harley, another racing man.

He lost money on the latter job.

He worked for Foulsham on com mission and received £150.

From Burdeau, in cash and material, he got £64.

He had not finished Harley’s job and would be compelled to give it up because he had no money to continue.

Foster produced his bank book made up July last, and a letter from his banker asking him to reduce his overdraft.

Foster said he owned no property, and explained that the house in which he lived was owned by his wife.

He could not pay Hauland because he had other creditors pressing him.

Foster attributed all his trouble to the Stockton job.

He considered that he still had £350 to draw on that contract.

He had not been in good health and had consulted three doctors and a specialist.

The Bench made an order for the payment of the amount with costs in installments of £4 a month.

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HON. S. M. Bruce was accorded a very cordial reception at Frankston on Wednesday evening, when he addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting.

Mr. H. Gamble, who occupied the chair, said that Frankston had the proud distinction of being represented by the Federal Treasurer.

It had been predicted by Mr. Max well. M.H.R., that Capt. Bruce would rise to that position, and ultimately become the Prime Minister.

The first part of the prophesy had come true, and it would not be for lack of ability and courage if Mr. Bruce did not attain the topmost position. (Cheers).

Capt. Bruce, who said he was due at another meeting at Mordialloc that night, delivered a splendid address in defence of the Nationalist policy, a full report of which will appear in next issue.

A vote of thanks to the speaker was moved by Cr. May and seconded by Lieut.–Col. Lazarus and carried enthu siastically.

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THE leisurely running of passenger trains on the Mornington, Bittern and Red Hill lines has been “shown up” lately by the motor services from Frankston, down the coast as far as Sorrento.

People flock into the motors because they do run at speed and stop at conve nient spots along the road, whereas the trains crawl between stations and loiter at them.

These facts were put before Mr. Barnes, Minister for Railways, as inducements to extending the electric railway.

The Railway Commissioners are hardly likely to see it in that light.

The advancement of road motor transport is really a nightmare to them,

as they know the impossibility of competing with efficient road services by means of heavy trains.

In America road transport has put some railways out of business.

High freights, high wages, overstaffing, and general slackness – evils accumulated in a century of railway development – unfit railways for competition with smartly handled and tractable motor vehicles, which have no costly permanent way, and can at any time leave an unprofitable route and take to a profitable one.

American railway managers have held a candle to the devil by buying shares in motor transport companies and directing them on to routes where they will help and not impair railway interests.

In this country Mr. Hughes has done something of the same kind by buying into the Persian Oil Company with Commonwealth money.

Mr. Clap might take a leaf from his book and buy into the Victorian motor coach companies – with the consent of Treasurer McPherson.

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A Disgraceful Episode To the Editor.

Sir,

On Sunday last at about 7.30pm at Aspendale (at the corner of Nepean Road and Wilson Grove) was dis graced by one of the worst spectacles that it has even been treated to.

A number of about 12 “men” and “women” marched up the avenue in twos, led by an individual beating a large drum, the whole company clap ping their hands and singing “Washed in the Blood of the Lamb,” and then to

the horror and disgust of the number of passers-by they knelt down in the open road whilst one of their number gave utterance to the most flagrant blasphemy, and the remainder joined in with the expressions “Hallelujah” and “God bless you”, “Amen,” etc.

I, the writer, do not pose as a great church-goer, nor am I a “wowser,” but such conduct should not be tolerated, and the offenders should be brought to book and severely dealt with, as, on enquiries; I learned the perpetrators do not consider themselves to be of the “common class,” which is the greater reflection on themselves.

There is nothing funny in ridiculing such a commendable body as the Sal vation Army, much less be guilty of an act in a public place on a Sunday night in the presence of a number of persons and children, and in the neighborhood of respectable citizens.

It is a pity this particular “club” cannot confine their blackguardly, obscene, conduct to the district where they live and show, their friends and neighbors themselves in their true colors.

I think it would be better service to have patrolmen on the road (not on the beach) to prevent a re-occurrence of this debasing exhibition, whilst at the same time the police should make some enquiries in the locality with a view to prosecution on charge of obscene conduct and blasphemy, and rid the district of such a “club.”

Yours, etc., “VOX PAPULI.”

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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 6 & 8 Dec 1922

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Finally,

• You get hip pain laying on your side in bed, and just can’t get to sleep.

• You place a pillow between your legs to help you get to sleep but laying on the painful side is still waking you.

• You find yourself standing on one leg with your other hip hanging lower, or you sitting with crossed legs causes the pain

• You are a runner worried your hip pain will get worse and stop you from exercising.

If so then read on.

The pain on the outside of the hip can be due to inflammation of the gluteal tendon, of Gluteus Medius and Minimus, where the gluteal muscles attach. It can also be where a bursa (a fat pad called the trochanteric bursa) can become inflamed. The hip pain may be associated with a stiff back.

Physiotherapist Brett Blanch-Hellyer, says that it is an injury affected by hip weakness and postural habits that place the tendons under stress. It requires a full analysis of the hip and lower limb, looking from the foot to the back biomechanics.

It can require massage, and specific strengthening exercises for the gluteal muscles as well as improving core stability to control pelvic movement.

In addition to the above solutions, there is a recent healing technology that is making a profound difference to outside of the hip pain sufferers.

Practice owner, Paul Rowson says “Shockwave Therapy is often useful, because the gluteal tendons are a connective tissue, not a muscle. It puts a significant shockwave through the tissues you apply it to. It is a pressure wave which brings blood flow to the area.

Tendons and connective tissue do not have much blood supply and can take a long time to heal. Shockwave artificially stimulates the healing of the tendon.”

Shockwave therapy can also be used on Achilles tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis, golfer’s and tennis elbow, and rotator cuff tendon problems,

and is usually most effective on long term chronic problems, rather than acute injuries.

Shockwave is not the first line of treatment for injured patients. Physiotherapy and graded exercise are more likely in the first instance. But for more stubborn conditions, shockwave has shown good results.

“The evidence at the moment suggests between three to five treatments are required, but most people should see an improvement within three sessions. It has a success rate up to 90%” Brett says.

The Shockwave therapy is administered for a three-minute period

to the affected area during consecutive weekly appointments. “It is a bit of an uncomfortable sensation” Brett says, “like most physio hands-on treatments, with a little discomfort during the treatment.”

Paul says, “After each session, most people get a significant reduction of pain and symptoms. Long term it stimulates healing, short term it reduces pain. The best thing is, the effects are long lasting. It prevents a lot of people having more invasive things like surgery or injections.

The treatment is considered safe, but can produce skin reddening or bruising, short term pain, and

cannot be used on people taking blood thinning medications or with bleeding disorders. “

“It is important to know that Shockwave has a long-term effect. Most of the time you have good outcomes, without having to have further treatments.”

Shockwave is now available in Balnarring. Call the practice now and speak to one of our physios to see if Shockwave suits your condition.

Back in Motion is at 6/2-8 Russell Street, Balnarring. Phone 03 5983 1021.

www.backinmotion.com.au/balnarring

Don’t

Physiotherapist, Brett Blanch-Hellyer

Seaford Tigers win a thriller, twin centuries secure win for Heatherhill

By Brodie Cowburn P ROV INCIAL

A BRILLIANT century from Alex Browne wasn’t enough to get Red Hill over the line against Sorrento on Saturday.

Red Hill came into day two need ing to score 232 to win. Their run chase got off to a rough start when both openers fell for small totals.

First drop batter Browne took con trol of the match. He was in elec trifying form - scoring 113 from 91 balls. He smashed 11 fours and 7 sixes.

Red Hill looked in a promising position at 2/135, but an awful col lapse soon followed. They lost 5/30, letting any chance of a win slip from their grasp.

The tail end held up well, but couldn’t get the job done. Red Hill ended up bowled out for 209, 23 runs short of victory.

Leigh Janssen was the pick of the bowlers. He took 4/48 for Sorrento,

including Browne’s wicket.

At Ballam Park East, Long Island picked up a win over Pines. Long Island chased down a target of 159 with three wickets to spare.

Baden Powell also picked up a win last weekend. They got the better of Baxter on the second day of their clash.

Langwarrin had a miserable day on Saturday. They needed to score 318 to beat Old Peninsula, but could only score 95 before being bowled out.

P ENI NSULA

MT Eliza fell agonisingly short of victory on Saturday.

Mt Eliza played Seaford Tigers at Belvedere Reserve. The Tigers scored 154 on day one.

Day two started in disastrous fash ion for Mt Eliza. They lost their first three batters for scores of 0, 2, and 1 respectively.

The middle order got things back on track, but none of their batters dug in to make a huge total.

At 9/114, Mt Eliza looked doomed. An excellent late showing from Tom Baron kept the door to victory open, but he couldn’t finish the job. Al though he scored 29 not out, his side was bowled out for 149.

Seaford Tigers ended up winning by five runs.

A stunning batting partnership be tween Nathan Cassano and Matthew Bishop secured Heatherhill the win on Saturday.

Heatherhill came into day two of their clash against Flinders in the mood for runs. Their openers both scored centuries, leading their side to a dominant 10 wicket win.

The victors finished the day on a whopping 0/232.

Moorooduc picked up a good win at home against Dromana on Satur day. Somerville’s huge total of 310 was enough for them to take the points against Mornington.

DISTR ICT

CARRUM and Seaford went to a

photo finish on day two of their clash on Saturday.

Carrum made 279 runs on day one, thanks to huge totals from Jake D’Atri and Shaun Foster.

Seaford opener Dil Pageni got his side started on the right foot with a brilliant knock. He scored 80 runs.

Number four batter Aaron Bard well also did his best to get his side over the line. He made a half-century for Seaford.

With one wicket left to spare, Sea ford needed 16 to win. Time was also working against them.

Carrum wrapped up the win by bowling out Seaford’s Sam Frawley. Seaford ended up all out for 275, just five runs short of victory.

Delacombe Park and Rosebud picked up comfortable wins over Crib Point and Main Ridge respec tively on Saturday. Carrum Downs defeated Hastings by 33 runs.

SUB DI STRICT

TOOTGAROOK scored a big out

right win over Pearcedale on Satur day.

Pearcedale’s first innings total of 47 put them on the back foot for the match. Tootgarook scored 147 in re ply before declaring.

Day two saw Pearcedale put together a much better innings. They went on to make 160, thanks to a big score of 95 from Josh Swainston.

Tootgarook saw their chance at an outright win and took it. They fin ished the day on 3/64.

Ballam Park had a rough day at home on Saturday. They succumbed to defeat against Rye, who defended a first innings total of 243.

Balnarring picked up a hard-earned win over Frankston YCW on Satur day. They surpassed a target of 168 with four wickets to spare. At Boneo Reserve, Tyabb were 79 run winners over Boneo. Mt Martha defeated Skye by just 11 runs.

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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

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

Sunday 11 December, 2.30pm Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilson’s Road Mornington. Tickets : www.try booking.com/cdnza

Mount Eliza Anglican Church Christmas Carols & Community lunch - Tuesday 13th Dec. 11:30am. OPEN SPACE: Sunday 18th Dec. 5pm. Christmas Eve. 7PM Family Service & 11pm Holy Communion. Christmas Day: 9:30am Holy Communion. 105 Koetong pde, Mount Eliza. www.mteliza.melbourneanglican.org.au

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

Bunarong

Bushwalking Club

Explore the great outdoors with a local walking group. Bunarong Bushwalking Club members enjoy walks on Sundays and Wednesdays. For more information please contact us on 0400 329 710 or see our Facebook page and website www.bunarongbushwalkingclub.com.au

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

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

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

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 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

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.

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

Love and Support Local

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

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

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.

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

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.

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL

All ye choirs of angels; O sing, all ye blissful ones of heav’n above. Glory to God In the highest glory!

O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be the glory giv’n; Word of the Father, Now in the flesh appearing, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

Then one foggy Christmas eve Santa came to say: “Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you’ll go down in history!

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

We all know that Santa’s coming, We all know that Santa’s coming, We all know that Santa’s coming, And soon will be here.

Good tidings to you, And all of your kin, Good tidings for Christmas, And a Happy New Year.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year

Ethics and attention to detail

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