Mornington News 7 February 2023

Community concern over crime spree

A SPATE of car thefts and burglaries in recent months in parts of the Mornington Peninsula has residents calling for more police action and tougher penalties to prevent recidivism.

In late January, senior police attended a meeting with victims of crime, residents and member for Mornington Chris Crewther to discuss the alarming rate of thefts and home invasions around the Mornington/Mount Eliza and Mount Martha areas in the past few months, and what could be done.

Crewther said he had been contacted by a large number of people recently and had raised the matter with Victoria’s minister for police Anthony Carbines.

He said one thing that came from the community meeting was concern over the high at the rate of recidivism among some offenders, and whether laws needed to be strengthened and more diversion programs introduced.

“There is a problem with recidivism, so there needs to be there some way of redirecting offenders away from crime, and that’s something I will push,” he said.

Crewther said police had made a lot of arrests recently and were doing what they could, but that “resources” were stretched.

Just two weeks ago three youths and an 18-year-old man were arrested by the Southern Metro Region Crime Team and are now facing a collective 60 charges following a string of burglaries and car thefts across Melbourne’s southeast and the Mornington Peninsula.

In January eight youths, including a 12-year-old, were remanded and a further 12 arrested following a string of property and vehicle crimes across the Mornington Peninsula and in Melbourne. Police allege the 20 were involved in 61 incidents between 23 December and 3 January, including aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, burglary and attempted aggravated burglary.

Just weeks before, in early December, Southern Metro Regional Crime Team detectives arrested seven youths in relation to a series of alleged aggravated burglaries, including in Mount Martha.

In July six teens from the south eastern suburbs , including Frankston, Hastings, Carrum and Noble Park, were arrested over a spate of aggravated burglaries across Melbourne. Southern Metro Regional Crime Team detectives told the media at the time the group aged 15-17 years stole a white Suburu from Safety Beach and silver Land Rover from Mt Martha on 10 July.

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Brooks back in council

FORMER councillor Simon Brooks has been elected as the new Seawinds Ward councillor for the Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Call for ranger respect over plovers

ENVIRONMENTAL advocates are pleading for people to be respectful of the Mornington Peninsula’s sensitive landscapes and the people who care for them, following recent criticisms of protection measures in place for native wildlife.

Secretary of the Friends of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Peninsula), Karen Wootton, said recent media attention given to an incident at Blairgowrie where the endangered birds are known to be nesting had demonised the national park rangers tasked with caring for them.

“Recently, in both print and radio media, there has been an article circulating which describes Mornington Peninsula National Park rangers as ‘making children cry’, and wishing to impose ‘militant extremist bans’ in national parks,” she said.

The article stems from an incident where a parent was asked by a ranger to stop her children playing in

dunes adjacent to a roped and signed Hooded Plover nest at Blairgowrie.

Wootton said the incident became “weaponised” when shadow environment minister James Newbury and radio host Neil Mitchell became involved, amid claims park rangers were “locking off public lands”.

On Mitchell’s program Newbury described the rangers’ attempts to protect the areas as “overkill”.

“Kicking them off the bottom of sand dunes … for having a little play, I think it’s just madness,” he said.

But Wootton said the negative media coverage of national park rangers and Hooded Plover protection measures had distressed Friends of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Peninsula) volunteers, Parks Victoria staff and Birdlife Australia, as well as members of the public who care for the environment and conservation.

“Dunes are habitat for unique flora and fauna, the location of sacred

cultural sites and also an important protective barrier at the intersection of land and sea,” she said.

Wootton said that just like the patrols being done near the elephant seal at Blairgowrie, park rangers have a duty to protect wildlife, people and environments.

“It is not the intent of any ranger to cause harm, rather to educate and inform. That is part of the job they undertake. And from our experience they do it exceptionally well,” she said.

The Mornington Peninsula National Park’s 35 kilometres of coastline is home to around 30 breeding pairs of Hooded Plovers – the largest population in the state.

It is estimated that less than 2.5 per cent of all Hooded Plover eggs make it to adult stage, due to disturbance by humans, coastal weeds, rough weather and predation by foxes and predator birds. Liz Bell

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Brooks, who was previously a councillor for Seawinds Ward from 2016 to 2020, will be sworn in at the ordinary council meeting tonight (7 February 2023) and begin his official duties. He will join deputy mayor Cr Debra Mar and Cr Antonella Celi representing the peninsula, including the townships of Safety Beach, Dromana, McCrae, Rosebud and Capel Sound.

The extraordinary vacancy occurred due to the resignation of Cr Kerri McCafferty on Monday 19 December 2022.

The computer countback was hosted by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Monday 30 January 2023. The vacancy was filled through a countback of all the votes from the October 2020 general election. Only candidates who were unsuccessful at the general election, and remained eligible, could be included.

The results of the countback can be found online at vec.vic.gov.au

Mayor Cr Steve Holland congratulated Brooks on his success, and welcomed him back to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

“Simon brings plenty of experience to this role, having previously represented Seawinds Ward as a councillor for four years,” he said.

“I look forward to working with Simon to support the community and deliver on the services, programs, projects and events that matter to our residents and ratepayers.”

Dwindling numbers: Hooded Plovers are endangered native birds that nest on beaches. Picture: Mark Lethlean

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Reminders

Messages from your Councillors

Nepean

Crs Susan Bissinger, Sarah Race

The summer litter campaign in Sorrento has seen the shopping precinct and foreshore free from overflowing bins. A win for both residents and visitors. If you’re in Rye and Tootgarook, you’ll be receiving more information on the road safety upgrades and upcoming community information sessions.

Events

Briars

Mayor Cr Steve Holland, Cr Anthony Marsh, Cr Despi O’Connor

Great things are happening at Civic Reserve, Mornington.

Have your say on our updated Masterplan and tell us between 15 February and 15 March if it meets the needs of our growing community.

Our Caring for Koala Country event at The Briars on 18 March will inspire you to take action to care for our biodiversity. There’ll be free events and activities focussing on our natural environment as it’s a key part of what makes our Peninsula so special.

Cerberus

Cr Lisa Dixon

Thank you to everyone who contributed their thoughts on the draft Hastings Foreshore Masterplan.

You played an important role in the future management of the foreshore and your local knowledge helped inform the Plan. It’s scheduled to be presented for adoption by Council on 21 February.

HMAS Cerberus is having an open day on Sunday 19 March. The event will highlight Naval training, activities for the family and lots more. I’ll see you there.

Our watercraft removal program will see our beaches healthy, safe and accessible again. If you have unauthorised watercraft on the foreshore – now’s the time to safely remove it before March.

Red Hill

Cr David Gill

Storage facilities, grants and venues for volunteer groups providing theatre and music must be improved. A vibrant public and private Arts industry for our health and wellbeing is underestimated. Supporting our volunteers who give up their time to ensure we enjoy a variety of entertainment and cultural experiences is vital. I am back on the Arts and Culture Advisory Panel as the Shire delegate and hope to help lift Council’s support for local performances.

Seawinds

Cr Antonella Celi,

Deputy Mayor Cr Debra Mar

Into 2023 we go! We’ve had a busy summer with high tourist visitation and foreshore camping at full capacity. The safety improvements to the roundabout at the intersection of Codrington Street and Ligar Street, Dromana are almost complete. Our Safety Beach Masterplan is also progressing with the new toilet amenities in use and the works to seal the car park at Tassells Cove set to begin in March. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of summer.

Watson

The by-election for a new Watson Ward Councillor will be done by postal ballot on 18 March. Watson Ward residents who are eligible to vote will receive postal voting packs in the mail from 1 March.

Our Somerville Active Recreation Hub continues to be a great facility for our community. We’re installing new ball netting between Fruit Growers Reserve and the Active Hub. The netting will provide protection for people using the Active Hub by making sure any stray balls are kept within the oval.

Paramedic praised for community work

MORNINGTON peninsula paramedic has been recognised in the recent Australia Day 2023 Honours list, with an Ambulance Service Medal (ASM).

Rogers started her service with Ambulance Victoria in 2001 as an advanced life support paramedic, quickly advancing within five years to senior team manager.

She has also undertaken numerous interim roles in emergency management as well as group manager roles, and currently works in operational service and holds the position of senior team manager on the Mornington Peninsula.

Rogers has made a significant contribution in the area of community engagement. Her tireless efforts and passion for improving community training and response to cardiac arrests on the Mornington Peninsula has been outstanding. Her work has resulted in an increase in the availability of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) within the community by ensuring existing AEDs are registered, and by liaising with the community to convert private AEDs to publicly registered AEDs with 24-hour access to all.

Leading community engagement

CPR training (Call-Push-Shock) sessions for over 600 members of the public, together with attending community events to encourage community members to join the GoodSAM initiative, Ms Rogers and her team were able to forge strong relationships

with community leaders, stakeholders, and the broader community. This led to securing the donation of over 24 additional AEDs for the district. Furthermore, this close community effort resulted in the Mornington Peninsula Council seeking to work with Ambulance Victoria to ensure more AEDs are located in local businesses.

Ms Rogers and her team were successful with internal campaigning at Ambulance Victoria, securing a seasonal Advance Life Support Paramedic Single Responder Unit within the geographically remote areas of Flinders, a small sea-side town, and Red Hill, a small rural town, both located on the Mornington Peninsula.

During her 21-year career at Ambulance Victoria, the organisation said there was no doubt that Roger’s efforts, with the support of her team, would result in saving countless lives and improving the resilience and capability of the community.

Community service: Mornington Peninsula paramedic Carmel Rogers has spearheaded the widespread implementation of Automated External Defibrillators on the peninsula, and has facilitated better community relations with community groups and organisations. Picture: Supplied

Call for crime crackdown

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Then over the following four days, police said they committed aggravated burglaries in Dandenong South, Mount Martha, Safety Beach, Mt Waverley, Edithvale, Mordialloc, Montmorency, and Eltham.

Some of the youth involved in recent thefts are believed to have been on bail at the time.

Police are advising people to take precautionary steps to deter criminals, including locking cars and homes at all times, not leaving keys out in sight, and considering CCTV.

While police data for the 12 months to September 2022 reveals the actual crime rate is comparatively low on the Mornington Peninsula, Local Area Commander Acting Inspector Ian Pregnell said even “one victim of crime is one too many”. Available data shows that overall crime on the Mornington Peninsula is at its lowest level in a decade, with robberies also at their lowest rate in at least a decade and had halved year-on-year.

“While reductions such as these are highly pleasing, we understand every offence can result in a victim being left feeling shaken, vulnerable and threatened,” he said.

“Local police are patrolling all areas of the peninsula, day and night detecting, intercepting, arresting and holding preparators who seek to harm our community, to account.

“This strong approach will not stop with local police who are supported by specialists units including the Divisional Response and Crime Investigation Unit who are responsible for investigating and arresting some of our community’s worst offenders.”

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Brazen home invasions in Mt Martha

POLICE are investigating a shocking series of home invasions in Mount Martha in the early hours of yesterday (Monday 6 February), during which intruders reportedly used hammers to smash their way into several properties in Ponyara Road. CCTV from at least two properties reveals vision of a group of male offenders smashing their way into properties around 1am, seemingly unconcerned about lights or security systems.

A home owner whose property

was among at least four that were targeted in that street said the “brazen” behaviour of the four males –thought to be in their late teens - was frightening.

“Locked doors didn’t stop them, they used hammers to get into garages and my neighbour’s house and didn’t seem to have any fear, it was terrifying,” she said.

The woman said security cameras show the males searching for car keys in her garage, before moving on to her neighbour’s house when they

couldn’t find any.

“These home invasions and burglaries are just getting worse around the area and the offenders are getting braver.”

The males are thought to have been driving at least two cars in convoy, possibly a white utility and a black van.

The News believes other streets were also targeted during the offenders’ crime spree, including around Martha Cove.

Maritime centre full steam ahead

VICTORIAN Maritime Centre volunteers are inviting visitors and residents to discover a slice of Australia’s exciting naval history, and get a chance to see hundreds of exhibits that represent the region’s seafaring past.

Despite the loss of the Otama submarine from Western Port last year, the centre’s secretary Rosie Kendall says there were still plenty of reasons to stop at the not-for-profit museum, from torpedoes to artillery and an underwater mine.

There are also other vessel exhibits and a good collection of artefacts and memorabilia from the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Merchant Navy.

Kendall says some people may assume the museum had shut its doors after the Otama was taken away.

“Volunteers are still here at the museum keeping the history alive and sharing it with visitors,” she said.

“We’d love more people to come and learn about the interesting maritime history and we also would love to hear from people who would like to volunteer with us.

Kendall said the museum, run by the Western Port Oberon Association, provided a great day out for the family or groups, and there were plenty of enjoyable activities and eateries to explore around the Mornington Peninsula and the Western Port area.

The museum is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm at 220 The Esplanade, Crib Point.

People who would like to volunteer at the museum should phone 0476 109223 or email info@maritimecentre. com.au

Push for secondary dwellings

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council could look at allowing more secondary dwellings or tiny houses on house lots as a response to the municipality’s growing housing crisis.

At tonight’s council meeting (7 February0 Nepean ward Cr Susan Bissinger will call for a round-table workshop with councillors and relevant officers to explore pathways to “activate” secondary dwellings within the shire.

Currently there is no land use definition for ‘secondary dwelling’ within the Victorian Planning Scheme, and any change to include a specific definition would need to be undertaken by the state government.

In a report to council, strategic and infrastructure and planning manager Katanya Barlow noted that the Surf Coast Shire Council is currently trialling the “domestic use” of tiny houses on wheels as part of a targeted review of parts of its Community Local Law 2021.

In 2021, the council made a submission to the state government as part of a pilot program with councils for Greater Bendigo, Murrindindi, Kingston and Moreland trialling a secondary dwelling code. However, the pilot program ended with no changes being made to the Victorian Planning Scheme.

In a separate motion, Cr Bissinger is calling for the council to consider allowing shipping containers to be used at sporting grounds as “amenity blocks” to facilitate female participation in sports and as storage facilities for the arts community.

Shipshape: Volunteers Kaye Matthews and Rosey Kendall at the Victorian Maritime Museum.

Picture: Yanni

YOU have had a big week on the tools or have increased the amount of tennis you are playing or may have a new racquet. Then it seems like everything you pick up, not just racquets and tools, hurts. Even simple things like a cup of tea can be painful if your elbow is bad. This can really make work a misery, or the prospect of playing tennis, foreboding.

The pain on the outside of the elbow is due to inflammation of the tendon, the common extensor origin, where the forearm extensor muscles attach. It is commonly known as “tennis elbow” but is called lateral epicondylalgia or epicondylitis amongst physios and doctors. Physiotherapist Liam Thomas says that it is an is an overuse injury, and requires initial rest, particularly if aching at night, icing, strengthening and stretching exercises, and massage.

Apart from the above solutions, there is a newer healing technology that is making a profound difference to Tennis Elbow sufferers.

Practice owner, Paul Rowson says “Shockwave Therapy is often useful, because the common extensor origin is 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 elbow, and rotator cuff tendon problems, and is usually most effective on long term chronic problems, rather than acute injuries.

Both physios say, 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%,’’ Thomas 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” Thomas says, “like most physio hands-on treatments with a little discomfort during the treatment. Rowson says “After each session, most people get a significant reduction of pain and symptoms.

Long term it stimulates healing, short term it reduces pain.”

“Probably the best thing is, the effects are long lasting. It stops 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 in and speak to the physios to see if it suits your condition.

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Physiotherapist, Liam Thomas.

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Eco farming a collaborative effort

AN inspirational eco agricultural movement on the Mornington Peninsula could be shaping the way forward for collective arrangements between farmers and the sustainable sharing of resources, knowledge and land.

A small group of eco farmers have already taken up the ultruistic offer by a Main Ridge couple to share their 89 hectares (220 acres) over two properties and the hunt is on for other regenerative-focussed farmers who want to care for and protect the land and water resources.

Beth Phillips and her husband Andrew Phillips, a co-founder of Camp Australia, are developing the Uncommon Folk farm - a model of collective farming where a number of farmers lease the land and collectively market and sell their produce.

Beth Phillips said that after selling their business about 10 years ago they had wanted to get involved in a different kind of philanthropy that allowed them to “consciously connect” with their community.

She said she liked the idea of collective farming that moved away from industrialised and remote food systems, but it wasn’t until her current project manager, former Diggers Club CEO Lisa Romato came on board that the concept started to come together.

“We have an amazing team with Lisa and former Grow Corp project leader Nina Sharpe, they are the game

changers here, plus we already have a number of wonderful farmers who share our vision for collective farming,” she said.

Phillips said there were many forms of collective farming around the world, including Victoria’s own successful Ceres farm in the City of Darebin, and the Harcourt Organic farming co-operative in NSW, and the team behind Uncommon Folk was taking inspiration from them all and tweaking things to suit.

Romato, who jumped at the chance to take over the reins this year, said the philosophy of Uncommon Folk was to support agricultural enterprises that may not have the capital to exist or expand on their own.

“Lots of young farmers in particular are excluded from buying land or even leasing land at a reasonable cost, so we offer reasonable lease arrangements, we pay for infrastructure and kind of incubate farmers and get them up and going running their own busi-

A MORNINGTON Peninsula food charity and a Rosebud business have teamed up in a lunch-box project to make the new school year a little easier for local families.

Over the school holidays Rosebud Plaza created an immersive experience with a philanthropic twist. In January, the centre held a free, in-centre school holiday event where children were able to create and decorate their own lunchboxes.

For each lunchbox decorated throughout the period, Rosebud Plaza has do-

nesses,” she said.

Uncommon Folk undertakes regular soil and water testing to ensure its health, and is also working closely with Landcare to restore the local creek that runs through the property. There are also ambitious plans to turn one a corner of the land into a revegetated wetland.

Currently the farm is the new home of Riding for the Disabled and a range of producers, including Lil’s Yokey Dokey eggs, Dees Bees and

nated a lunchbox full of school snacks to local community organisation Vinnies Kitchen – to help families in need.

Vinnies Kitchen has supported the Rosebud Community since 1992, serving three-course dinners and lunches every week for members of the community who need a little extra support. Vinnies Kitchen supplies and serves 180 people per week from the Shire’s Youth Band hall at 980 Point Nepean Road Rosebud.

Rosebud Plaza’s marketing manager Hannah Kuhlmann said the plaza was humbled to be able to support young families with back-to-school lunch boxes and lunches.

The plaza is preparing 500 lunchboxes donated by the centre and partnering with Woolworths to fill them with healthy, non-perishable snacks. The

Cheery Road Flowers, but Romato says she envisages that the arrangement would suit a range of growers and graziers.

While it could sound like the promised land to many, there is a small catch – lease-holders have to share a vision for sustainable and regenerative farming, and be happy to be involved in a regenerative and educational community and the emotional and social support that brings.

That may mean sometimes putting in time at the farm shop on Saturdays, and participating in collective meetings so they have a say in the shape of the ‘community’, but Romato says the ongoing financial and emotional benefits to farmers, the community and the environment are priceless.

Romato and the Phillips family hope other farmers will look at their model and decided they could also do something similar on their land.

“We really want people who share the collective’s vision of producing locally and leaving the land in a better way for future generations,” she said.

To find out more go to wwwuncommonfolk.com.au

immersive classroom activity area also housed a large donation box for shoppers to donate non-perishable items to further support families in need. President of Vinnies Kitchen Anne Maree Townsend said the help would ensure Vinnies ongoing support for many families.

“Over the past week Vinnies received many generous donations, applications to join our volunteer team and positive comments supporting Vinnie’s commitment to the Rosebud community,” she said.

In Australia, one in six young people are impacted by poverty, resulting in many student attending schools without the necessary supplies and often without lunch.

To find out more about Vinnies Kitchen visit www.vinnieskitchen.org.au

Group effort: Project manager Lisa Romato with Cheery Road Flowers owner Claire Barnes. Picture: Liz Bell

Streets of Mornington

MORNINGTON Peninsula Family History Society will host the book launch of Naming Mornington Streets – The People and Their Stories by Lynne Emblin and Leonie Marshall at 2pm on Saturday 18 February in St Mark’s Church, 50 Barkly St, Mornington. Copies on sale. Details via email to: info@mpfhs.org

Call for wildlife management

A MORNINGTON Peninsula councillor plans to renew calls for better protection of wildlife following concerns current management measures are not “consistent” with community expectations or the “viability” of wildlife.

At tonight’s (Feb 7) council meeting Cr David Gill will call for the council to increase advocacy to the state government to implement a Wildlife Management Plan for the peninsula.

Cr Gill’s call follows inaction by the state government despite councillors and council officers having already met with then-Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (now known as DEECA) to discuss a Mornington Peninsula Wildlife Action Plan.

One incident expected to be raised at the meeting is large number of kangaroos (thought to be around 600) isolated on a property near Greens Bush at Cape Schanck for over 12 months.

Despite one-way gates being installed on the property, hundreds of kangaroos are still trapped, and there have been widespread concerns for the animals’ welfare.

Memorial remembers Montevideo Maru

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THE incredibly moving story of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru in the Pacific – Australia’s biggest single maritime loss of life – was thrust into the spotlight again recently with the unveiling of a memorial seat in Mornington and a story board dedicated to those who died.

The allied bombing of the Japanese prisoner-of-war ship on 1 July 1942 was an immeasurable tragedy, but one that somehow largely got lost in the horrors of the war. Unbelievably, the event is not something many Australians today have much knowledge of.

But that will all change if the incident becomes part of the film history of WW2, immortalised and documented on the big screen.

In 2005 Gillian Nikakis, the Mornington daughter of Bill Spensley, one of the 1050 civilians on board believed to have gone down with the ship, wrote a book about the sinking, He’s Not Coming Home, and is hoping the story can be made into a movie.

Nikakis, a retired nurse-counsellor who lobbied for the inclusion of the seat at Memorial Park, said telling the stories of war provided a necessary reminder to everyone about the everlasting impacts of conflict, particularly on families left behind.

“I’d love to see the story of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru told in film, because it had such a profound impact on so many people, and there are many stories of families

Historic Boatshed destroyed

POLICE are investigating a fire that destroyed an historic boat shed in Dromana just prior to 6.15am on Wednesday 1 February, just 200 metres from Dromana fire station and just a week after it had been broken into.

Fire crews from Dromana and Rosebud CFA and Fire Rescue Victoria (Rosebud) had to wear breathing apparatus, but quickly extinguished the flames which had spread into adjacent grass and scrub.

Dromana Captain Tim Desmond said the fire was being treated as suspicious.

“Yet another one of the 247 iconic boat sheds that line the Dromana foreshore between Safety Beach and Anthony’s Nose has been lost…,” he said.

A CFA fire investigator and the Somerville Police Criminal Investigation Branch were onsite checking

over the burnt structure.

Desmond said it was disappointing to see fire fighters hampered members of the public parked close to the fire so they “could get that happy snap.”

He said it was important to leave the area around a working fire free to allow fire and emergency management vehicles clear access the road.

The Dromana fire is not the first time beach boxes have gone up in flames, with two beach boxes at Rosebud destroyed by fire two years ago, with concerns it had been an arson attack.

and communities who suffered the anguish of losing someone or not knowing,” she said.

“It is an incredibly important event in Australia’s wartime years, but also covers a sad and often colourful period of history and life that has so many elements to it.”

Nikakis was born in Rabaul in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain, but was evacuated to Melbourne as a toddler with her mother and brother shortly before the Japanese invasion in 1942. She never saw her father again, but has spent years searching for people who may have known him, and documenting facts about his life, the family’s time in the then Mandated Territory of New Guinea and life after the war.

As she gained more information and tracked her father’s trail, she discovered there was much more to the story of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru, the fate of the prisoners of war onboard, and the actions of the Australian government at the time. But her book is more than just a war story. Nikakis weaves the story around engaging tales of life in Rabaul and in Melbourne, and of her much-loved mother Tick, who she described as a vibrant, strong and “fun” woman who lived life to the full, but who never got over the loss of her beloved Bill.

Life in Rabaul was “self-indulgent” and privileged for expats in the late 1930s, and Nikakis’s parents lived quite the social high life, along with the 1000s of other caucasians (mainly

A place to reflect: The recent opening of a seat and storyboard in memory of those who died in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru is an important reminder of the sacrifices made during World War Two. Picture: Gary Sissons

Anyone with any information or who saw anyone around the time of the fire should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Daylight robbery

MORNINGTON Police are investigating the alleged robbery of a 16-year-old boy in broad daylight near Main Street, Mornington, two weeks ago.

The teenager told police he was walking into the Mornington town

centre with three friends when they noticed a man standing beside a red Hyundai i30 near Main Street around 7pm. The man allegedly threatened the group with a knife and demanded their phones.

The 16-year-old surrendered his phone while the other three refused, and the alleged offender then fled the scene travelling toward the Nepean Highway.

The friend – who did not want to be named – said the 16-year-old victim was traumatised.

“He was really shaken by this, he

Australian and German) in the provinces. Drawing on years of research, Nikakis provides an insight into life for Australians and other ex-pats in the colonies, bringing the colours, smells and characters of these places to life on the page.

Her book covers a lot of ground, describing the romance between her mother and father, who worked for a major import company, his capture by the Japanese after apparently being given up by locals, the excruciating uncertainty over who died on the ship, life during and after Rabaul and the enduring friendships and connections she made during her years of research.

“I am hoping there is a filmmaker out there who can see a film in this story, and takes it on,” she said.

was so scared and just handed over his phone because he didn’t know what they would do,” the friend said. “It’s unbelievable that this could happen in broad daylight just streets away from the main shops, so it’s both a warning to others to be careful, and perhaps more community awareness and CCTV could deter people from doing this – if they knew there were eyes on them they would think twice.”

Investigations remain ongoing and police are urging anyone who witnessed or has information on the incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com. au.

Dusty car arrest

SAFETY Beach woman Kiara Alexander-McNeal, 22, who was allegedly found in ALF player Dustin Martin’s stolen car on 24 January, will front court in March.

Martin’s $135,000 Range Rover car was allegedly stolen on 23 January from a service station in St Kilda, before it was used in a crime spree.

The car had been borrowed by Martin’s friend, who left the keys in it after filling up at a service station and then going inside to pay.

The man accused of stealing the car, 29-year-old Springvale man Yusuf Amir, was arrested in Barkly Street St Kilda the following day. He is accused of stealing the luxury vehicle before storing drugs and proceeds of crime in it and later ramming a police car to avoid arrest.

Alexander-McNeal was arrested in the passenger seat and also charged. Amir was remanded in custody to appear before court in April.

Police patrol

With Liz Bell

PENINSULA FILM FESTIVAL 2023

THE 2023 Peninsula Film Festival went off with a bang on the weekend with over 800 attendees, enjoying a great night of entertainment.

Proceedings kicked off with a musical showcase from local schools, followed by a performance from emerging superstar, Matilda Pearl.

Festival patron Fred Schepisi praise the quality of the films, saying it was that the best bunch yet.

And the winners of Peninsula Film Festival 2023 are:

First place from @lexusofbrighton VICTIM by Robin Summons. Second place: HATCHBACK by Riley Sugars. Third place: ASSETS by Charlotte George. Also from ASSETS Best Actor (and writer of ASSETS) Miriam Glaser. PICTURES: YANNI

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The Guide

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

MONDAY BACK ROADS

ABC TV, 8pm

Heather Ewart hands the reins to champion Paralympian Kurt Fearnley for tonight’s exploration of a close-knit regional community. This series is celebrated for its inspirational storytelling in remote communities and townships around Australia and tonight, in its ninth season, the Northern Territory’s Tennant Creek gets the chance to spotlight its best side. Fearnley discovers the heartening side to a town that has often been associated with crime.

SATURDAY BLACK PANTHER

SEVEN, 7.30pm

This game-changing blockbuster elevated superhero movies to thrilling new heights while telling one of Marvel’s most captivating stories – and introducing some of its most interesting characters. The Black Panther (the late Chadwick Boseman, right), a superhero and newly crowned ruler of the African kingdom of Wakanda, must defend his claim to the throne against a claimant (Michael B. Jordan) whose plans would threaten his people’s future.

Thursday, February 9

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 From Paris To Rome With Bettany Hughes: Venice, Bologna And The Bay Of Poets. Part 2 of 4.

8.30 American Presidency With Bill Clinton: Presidential Vision. A look at the visionary goals of US Presidents.

9.20 Miniseries: The Walk-In. (MA15+) Part 2 of 5.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 L’Opera. (Mdl, R)

11.35 World On Fire. (MA15+av, R) 4.00

Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)

MONDAY MASTERMIND AUSTRALIA

SBS, 6pm

Marc Fennell returns with season five of this brisk quiz show. He’s a pro at uncovering art crime mysteries (Framed) and being a trailblazer in current-affairs reporting (The Feed), but the Walkley Award winner can now also add quiz master to his job title. It takes finesse to deliver the show’s trademark rapid-fire questions, but more nous to come up with all the answers – luckily that’s the contestants’ job. This season, Fennell will ask more than 14,000 questions to more than 220 participants. There’s also a mammoth array of subjects to broaden the mind, including the history of frisbees.

FRIDAY GARDENING AUSTRALIA

ABC TV, 7.30pm

You don’t need to be a green thumb to adore this long-running gardening series. Featuring a tribe of passionate presenters, they are the secret to its success. Returning with its 24th season (or 34th year of episodes) tonight, effervescent host Costa Georgiadis and his crew – including new team members Tammy Huynh and Hannah Moloney – are in Melbourne’s lush Royal Botanic Gardens. The episode is flush with many varied segments, but highlights include Hannah chatting with a First Nations educator at the Botanic Gardens about the gardens’ history and Sophie visiting the plot of an acclaimed landscaper.

4.00 One Plus One. (R)

4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Ziggy fears she is a terrible mother.

8.30 The Best Of The Best And Worst Of Red Faces. (PGal, R) Daryl Somers presents HeyHeyIt’sSaturday’s most popular, funny and weird Red Faces acts.

10.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (Mls, R) Peggy Piper is released from prison.

10.45 To Be Advised.

12.00 MOVIE: Ready Or Not. (2019, MA15+hv) Samara Weaving.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGd) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 Paramedics. (Ma, R) An ambulance crew comforts a schoolboy who has fallen out of a tree.

9.30 Australia Behind Bars. (MA15+adl, R) Presented by Melissa Doyle.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Emergency Call. (Ma)

11.55 Council Of Dads. (PGa) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

(R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Ma) A lifesaver asks the Special Victims Unit for help when he suspects his boss is preying on his sister.

The Project. (R)

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

Home Shopping. (R)

Costa Georgiadis hosts Gardening Australia.

Friday, February 10

ABC (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Searching For Superhuman. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Australia

Remastered. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Les Misérables. (Mv, R) 2.00 Joanna

Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean. (Ml, R) 2.45 Back Roads. (R) 3.15 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.15

Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, 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. (Return) Sophie Thomson visits a designer’s home.

8.30 Van Der Valk. (Mdsv, R) Part 2 of 3. Van der Valk investigates the death of a young woman.

10.00 The Larkins. (PG, R) Ma books a weekend in Margate.

10.50 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.05 The Larkins. (Ms, R) Pop Larkin takes justice into his own hands.

11.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)

12.35 Unforgotten. (Mal, R)

1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.15 World’s Most Secret Homes. 10.10

Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. (Mas, R) 11.00 The Story Of Beef. (PG) 12.00

WorldWatch. 2.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Royal Doctors: Treating the Monarchy. (PGa, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.40 Inferno. 3.55

Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 5.05

Jeopardy! (R) 5.30

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Scotland: A Wild Year: Autumn. (PG) Part 3 of 4.

8.30 Megabridges: Spanning The Void. An insight into the construction of three bridges from different eras that are icons of progress.

9.30 Lighthouses: Building The Impossible: The Smalls. (PGa, R) Part 2 of 3.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Gomorrah. (Malv, R)

1.30 Das Boot. (Malv, R) 3.40 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Karen Martini cooks French toast.

8.30 MOVIE: The Martian. (2015, Mal, R)

An astronaut believed to be dead after his crew were forced to abandon their expedition to Mars prematurely, has to rely on his ingenuity to survive in the planet’s hostile conditions while awaiting rescue. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels.

11.30 To Be Advised.

12.30 I Am Patrick Swayze. (Mlv, R) A tribute to actor Patrick Swayze.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm) Vets rush to save a German shepherd.

8.30 MOVIE: Penguin Bloom. (2020, PGal) Based on a true story.

A mother’s world is shattered after a near-fatal accident leaves her paralysed.

Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver.

10.20 MOVIE: The Glass Castle. (2017, Ma, R) Four siblings learn to take care of themselves. Brie Larson.

12.40 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)

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Chat show with celebrity guests.

8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Guests include Dame Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Salma Hayek, Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama and Tinie Tempah.

10.30 Just For Laughs

Australia. (Mls, R)

11.00 Just For Laughs

Uncut. (MA15+ls, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home

6.25 Better Date Than Never. (PG, R)

Dianne visits one of her biggest supporters.

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

7.30 Call The Midwife. (Mad)

Shelagh faces a challenging delivery.

8.30 Midsomer Murders.

(Final, Mav, R) After a body is found surrounded by ritual symbols, DCI John Barnaby and DS Winter investigate.

10.00 Unforgotten. (Final, Malv, R)

The team narrows down the suspects.

10.50 Miniseries: Come Home. (Madlsv, R) Part 2 of 3.

11.50 Rage Goes Retro. (MA15+adlhnsv)

5.00 Rage. (PG)

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Figure Skating. European Championships.

Highlights. 3.30 Cycling. The Saudi Tour.

Highlights. 4.40 Secret Scotland. (PGa, R) 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. (PGaw, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes: Snowdonia. (Premiere) Narrated by Robert Lindsay.

8.30 Portillo In The Pyrenees: A Physical Challenge. (PG) Part 2 of 4. Michael Portillo’s Pyrenean quest continues with the French High Pyrenees.

9.30 Inside Windsor Castle: Tragedy And Triumph. (PGa, R) Part 1 of 4.

10.25 Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman: Belfast Breakout. (Mav, R)

11.15 Atlanta. (Final, Madls, R)

11.55 Mister 8. (Premiere, Mls) 4.30

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Inglis Millennium Day and Family Race Day.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Narrated by Grant Bowler.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Patrol. (PG) Customs deal with a Lithuanian man who has questionable holiday plans. A risky item lands at the mail centre.

7.30 MOVIE: Black Panther. (2018, Mv, R) The newly crowned ruler of the African kingdom of Wakanda must defend his claim to the throne. Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan.

10.25 To Be Advised.

12.10 MOVIE: Daffodils. (2019, Ml, R) A bittersweet love story. Rose McIver.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) Experts help people declutter their lives.

8.30 MOVIE: Godzilla Vs. Kong.

(2021, Mav) Fearsome monsters Godzilla and King Kong square off in an epic battle for the ages. Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall.

10.45 MOVIE: Species.

(1995, MA15+hlsv, R) Natasha Henstridge.

12.45 Living On The Coast. (R)

1.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGs, R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) Tragedy strikes when a husband and wife are washed off rocks by a massive wave.

6.30 To Be Advised.

7.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mav) A US Marine falls ill during a training mission after an attack by a genetic weapon.

9.30 FBI: International. (Mav) The Fly Team questions an NYPD officer who is under arrest for assault in the breakaway Moldovan state of Transnistria, amid claims that a sex trafficking ring is being concealed by those in power.

Mastermind Australia. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

4.00 Get Arty. (R)

5.00 My Greek Odyssey: Karpathos And Kasos. (PG, R)

The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 I Escaped To The Country.

9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

(PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG)

6am Morning Programs.

10.30 MOVIE: The Winslow Boy. (1948) 1pm Rugby League. NRL. Women’s All-Stars. Round 1. Maori v Indigenous All Stars. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Men’s All-Stars. Round 1. Maori v Indigenous All Stars. 6.00 Customs. 6.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

11.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) A US Navy officer is murdered.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.25 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 3.25 Victoria. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 5.00 Australia’s Wild Odyssey. (R)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

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

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Return, Mv) A kidnapping ends in murder.

8.30 Vera. (Final, PG, R) DCI Vera Stanhope investigates after the body of a woman is washed up on the banks of the River Tyne.

10.00 Farewell Doc Martin. (Ma, R) A behind-the-scenes look at the final instalment.

10.50 Operation Buffalo. (Final, Malv, R)

11.50 Just Between Us. (Malns, R)

12.50 Les Misérables. (Mv, R)

1.50 Victoria. (PG, R)

2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.15 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch.9.10 Blue Water Safari. (PG) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.05 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs: What Happened Next. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. European Championships. Highlights. 4.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PG, R)

4.40 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. (PGaw, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Ancient Egypt By Train: Alexandria. Part 1 of 4.

8.30 Dan Snow’s Greatest Discoveries. Part 1 of 3. Dan Snow explores some of the world’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries.

9.30 Expedition Bermuda Triangle. (PGalv, R) A look at the Bermuda Triangle.

11.00 24 Hours In Emergency: Someone To Lean On. (Ma, R)

12.50 Pandemic 2020. (Ma, R)

4.00 The Source. (Mal, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

Dog Patrol. (PGa, R) 12.30 MOVIE: Storks. (2016, PGa, R) Andy Samberg. 2.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. H’lights.

3.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R)

5.00

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australian Idol. (PG)

8.45 Maternal. (Mal) As Maryam fights to control her anxiety, Catherine weighs up what it will take to progress as a female surgeon.

9.45 What The Killer Did Next: Nadine Aburas. (Mav) Hosted by Philip Glenister.

10.45 Born To Kill? Dale Hausner And Samuel Dieteman. (MA15+av)

11.45 Autopsy USA. (Mads, R)

12.45 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (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.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls)

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 Australian Crime Stories: Who Killed Juanita. (Mv, R) Takes a look the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.

11.10 The First 48. (Ma)

12.00 Manhunt: The Wests. (MA15+av, R)

12.50 Explore TV. (R) 1.20 He Said/She Said. (PG) 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.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor. A tribe faces what could be one of the most catastrophic Tribal Councils ever witnessed.

9.10 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) After Tennant and the team are tasked with finding a globetrotting social media star who has been kidnapped, they find out that she is not the person her husband, or her followers, think she is.

10.10 FBI. (Msv, R) The team tracks down a shooter.

11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs.

2.25 Living Black. 3.00 Football. NTFL. Women’s Under 18s. 4.15 Football. First Nations Indigenous Football Cup. Men’s Second Semi-Final. SA All-Stars v Bunji Magic. Replay. 5.45 Just Another Day In Indulkana. 5.55 Songlines. 6.30 News. 6.40 Wild New Zealand. 7.40 Idris Elba’s Fight School.

8.40 MOVIE: Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary. (2021) 10.30 Late Programs.

Monday, February

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

The Movie Show. 10.50 Three Colours: Red. (1994, M, French) 12.40pm How To Be A Good Wife. (2020, M, French) 2.45 Time Bandits. (1981, PG) 4.55 Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 6.45 Flight Of The Navigator. (1986, PG) 8.30 Without A Clue. (1988, PG) 10.35 Free Fire. (2016, MA15+) 12.05am Late Programs.

Watch. (PG)

Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Q+A. Public affairs program.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R) 12.40 Father Brown. (Ma, R) 1.25 The Trouble With Maggie Cole. (PG,

2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (Return, PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Darcey Bussell’s Royal Road Trip: Wales.

8.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness: The Birth Of A Monster. Part 1 of 3.

9.30 Secrets Of Playboy: The Shadow Mansions. (MA15+) A look at “shadow” mansions.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Partisan. (Malv)

11.45 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+a, R) 4.50

Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00

NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) After an exhausting round of auditions, the top 50 face new challenges.

9.15 Starstruck. (PG) The next four teams go head-to-head for a place in the final and a chance to win the £50,000 prize.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Busted In Bangkok. (MA15+as, R) Follows Thailand’s tourist police.

12.00 MOVIE: Secrets In Suburbia. (2017, MA15+a, R) Brianna Brown.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) Intimacy Week begins.

9.00 Big Miracles. (Malm) Follows 10 couples and singles on IVF.

10.00 Nine News Late.

10.30 New Amsterdam. (Mam)

11.20 The Equalizer. (Mdv, R)

12.10 Almost Family. (Mas) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

A Current Affair. (R) 5.00

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

7.30 Australian Survivor. Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

8.40 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (Return, Ml) Two teams, including Rebecca Gibney, Luke McGregor, Harley Breen and Concetta Caristo, go head-to-head.

9.40 Ghosts. (PGds) Sam gives relationship advice to Freddie.

10.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) The team goes after the vigilante. 11.00 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

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The Drum. (R) 5.30

7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Who Do You Think You Are? US: Jennifer Grey. (PG) Jennifer Grey explores her roots.

8.30 Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult. (Ma) Explores the Gloriavale Christian Community.

10.05 SBS World News Late.

10.35 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R)

11.10 Antidisturbios. (MA15+ad)

12.15 Manayek. (MA15+v, R) 1.55 Cacciatore: The Hunter. (MA15+dlv, R) 3.55 Mastermind Australia. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Wednesday, February

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program.

9.00 Utopia. (Final, PG, R) Tony is at loggerheads with Rhonda and Jim.

9.30 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R) Hosted by Adam Hills.

10.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)

11.00 ABC Late News.

11.15 The Business. (R)

11.30 Midsomer Murders. (Final, Mv, R) 1.00

Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (R)

4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Wildlife ER: Cavendish The Koala. (PG) A sick koala needs help.

8.35 My Grandparents’ War: Emeli Sandé. (PG) Part 3 of 4. Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé explores her grandparents’ remarkable war stories.

9.30 Bloodlands. (M) Tom and Olivia race to track down the gold.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Cargo. (Mal)

12.00 Thin Blue Line. (MA15+alv, R)

2.15 Face To Face. (Premiere, Ma) 4.05

Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30

ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) After an exhausting round of auditions, the top 50 face new challenges.

9.15 Quantum Leap. (PGalv) Ben is transported back to 1879 and the rustic, frontier town of Salvation.

11.15 The Latest: Seven News.

11.45 Celebrity Obsessed: Madonna. (MA15+a, R)

12.45 Emergency Call. (PGal, R)

1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mas) Intimacy Week continues.

9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. Andy Lee is joined by a panel of comedians and 100 Aussies to explore the fun behind the facts.

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

10.30 Botched. (MA15+amn, R)

11.20 La Brea. (Mv, R)

12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.00 It’s All Greek To Me. 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.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A survivor favourite brings a shocking twist that will flip the game on its head.

9.10 NCIS. (M, R) The team is immersed in the world of food trucks after a man is found frozen to death in the back of one.

11.00 The Project. (R) The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Code 1: The Lismore Floods. (M) A look at the 2022 Lismore floods.

8.30 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a look at the world of sport and catch up with the stars of yesteryear.

9.30 Kitchen Nightmares Australia. (MA15+l, R) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge.

10.35 The Latest: Seven News.

11.05 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. (Mlv, R)

12.05 Filthy Rich. (Mas, R)

1.05 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The rumour mill goes into overdrive.

9.05 Under Investigation: Where’s Willi? (Ma) Liz Hayes and a team of experts take a look at the 1976 disappearance of celebrity chef Willi Koeppen.

10.05 Nine News Late.

10.35 See No Evil: One Last Shot. (Mv)

11.30 Ordinary Joe. (Mav)

12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Living On The Coast. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30

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

7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.

8.40 Fire Country. (Mv) After a hiker trying to take a selfie falls off a cliff, Bode and Jake put aside their differences to make a rescue.

9.40 Bull. (PGa, R) Izzy puts the brakes on her wedding to Bull after he jeopardises Benny’s election campaign.

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

Peter Woodgate – a life dedicated to science, the environment and community

OBITUARY

Peter Woodgate

20 December 1957 – 23 December

2022

By Rod Keenan - chair of the Forest and Ecosystem Sciences School of Ecosystem and Forest at the University of Melbourne

PETER Woodgate was the inaugural chair of the research committee of the Mornington Peninsula and Westernport Biosphere Foundation, a UNESCO body formed to promote ecologically sustainable development. He is remembered by friend and former colleague Rod Keenan ***

THE forestry and spatial science communities are deeply saddened by the recent death of Professor Peter Woodgate, who was much admired and loved by his colleagues and friends. He dedicated his career to the study of forests and the use of spatial technologies, with his work having a profound impact on the lives of many Australians.

Peter grew up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and began tertiary studies as part of the 1976 intake to diploma of forestry course at the Victorian School of Forestry (VSF) at Creswick, where he was popular among classmates for his engaging conversation and as leader of the basketball team. At a time when most students drove old second-hand cars, Peter also stood out by driving a brand-new Mini Sports, courtesy of his father, a senior executive within

Leyland Australia. He went on to complete a bachelor of forest science at the University of Melbourne in 1982.

Peter began working life in 1976 with Forest Commission of Victoria as crew leader in hardwood assessment at Powelltown and later at Cann River in East Gippsland. He later held positions as officer-in-charge, Dieback Research Station in Yarram, and worked in Bruthen, the Otways and Mansfield. He fought bushfires across Victoria and led a first attack crew at Warburton on Ash Wednesday in 1983.

Recognised as a leader early in his career, Peter held senior positions in the Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands. In the aftermath of the Ash Wednesday fires, he led an assessment of timber resources suitable for salvage in the Central Highlands. In this work, he came to appreciate the immense value of remotely sensed satellite data and its potential application within, and outside, the forest industry.

He was later commissioned by the

Victorian and federal governments to use satellite imagery to produce data on historic tree clearing, which informed new land use policies and legislation.

In landmark work, Peter led the first comprehensive study of old-growth forests in Australia, developing a practical definition and new techniques to assess this important forest growth stage. He completed a master’s of applied science in remote sensing from the University of NSW in 1991.

In 1996, Peter was appointed chief executive of the Victorian government’s Natural Resource Systems Corporation, chaired by Henry Bosch AO. He moved to RMIT University in 1999 as CEO of the Geospatial Science Initiative. For 14 years from 2003 he was CEO of the Co-operative Research Centre for Spatial Information, a joint venture between 120 organisations.

In this role, he had a great impact on the growth of the spatial information industry in Australia, fostering a worldclass research program. Peter played a masterful role corralling partners and driving research across eight universities, federal and state government agencies, major industries such as Ergon Energy and Energex, and 75 small to medium enterprises. This industry now contributes about $10 billion a year to Australia’s GDP. He also graduated with a doctorate of business administration from RMIT University in 2007.

Since 2017, he has led his own company and played significant leadership roles in the spatial data sector, including the conception, with Glenn Cockerton, of the Australian Spatial

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Peter’s advice was highly sought by government on forest change, forest ecology and conservation, carbon assessment, disaster risk, livestock monitoring and the built environment. His influence extended internationally.

He was a member of the Inaugural Joint Commission Steering Committee on Science and Technology, visiting Washington to develop collaborative science programs between Australia and the US. In 2009, he was part of a group that established the International Carbon Monitoring Initiative, and in 2010 was a leader in the Australian delegation to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit in Beijing.

Among many awards, Peter is an honorary fellow of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, a life member of the International Society for Digital Earth, and a graduate of the Institute of Company Directors. In 2019, he was appointed honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Peter was extremely generous with his time and contributed across society: he was inaugural chair of the research committee of the Mornington Peninsula and Westernport Biosphere Foundation, a UNESCO body formed to promote ecologically sustainable development; a member of the Council of Charles

Sturt University; and chair of numerous committee and advisory bodies. He was an office bearer, coach, club historian and life member of Ashburton Willows Cricket Club and helped create a junior cricket academy to provide specialist training. He was also active with the Old Carey Athletics Club.

Peter was always probing, asking deeper questions focused on the value of new spatial technology for Australian society. He was very keen to see Australian ownership of satellites, promoted private sector investment and a passionate advocate for new technology to support better decisions for sustainable management of forests. In an interview with Auscope’s Jo Condon in 2020, he put forward three pieces of advice: on life’s journey find yourself with good people; in science, strive for excellence (or work closely with those that can); and be grateful for every day.

Peter’s wisdom, generosity, warmth, and good humour will be deeply missed by friends, colleagues, students and many others whose lives he has touched. His legacy will live on in the technologies we all depend on for moving around in, and managing, the Australian landscape, and in the many students and young researchers he supported and mentored who have gone on to make their own important contributions in spatial information and forest science.

Peter is survived by his wife Janet (former sciences and mathematics teacher) and two children Bronwyn and William.

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High School site – referendum to be taken

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

ON January 4th last the Council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings passed a resolution to the effect that the Council’s High School Committee immediately write to the Education Department asking for a definite decision as to whether the alternate site would be accepted for a High School in lieu of the old cricket reserve.

This letter did not leave Frankston till January 17, when Mr. John E. Jones, the Shire Secretary, at the suggestion of the “Standard” representative, kindly undertook to ask on behalf of the school committee and write to the Department himself.

On Thursday last, as no reply had been received from the Department to the Shire Secretary’s letter, Crs. Gray and Wells made a special trip to Melbourne in order to obtain definite information for the Council meeting to be held on the following day.

The officers of the Education Department advised Crs. Gray and Wells that the matter had been considered and the reply would be furnished to the Council forthwith.

Consequently at last Friday’s meeting the following reply was received from the Department: Education Department, 1st February, 1923.

Referring to your letter of 17th January regarding proposed High School at Frankston,

I have to inform you that the proposal for the alternate site for a High School IS NOT VIEWED FAVORABLY.

The Hon, the Minister proposes to visit Frankston on a suitable date in order to go further into the matter personally.

Cr. Gray: That practically means that the alternate site has been turned down.

I therefore move that a referendum be taken in the Ridings of Frankston, Seaford and Mt. Eliza on Saturday, 17th February, on the question of handing over the old cricket reserve to the Education Department as a site for the High School.

The President asked if the motion could be proceeded with without notice.

Cr. Gray thought it could. He pointed out that at the recent public meeting attended by Mr. Hansen, it had been resolved that in the event of the alternate site being turned down the Council be asked to take a referendum.

Cr. Gray said enquiry had been made as to the accuracy of the statement that if only one or two ratepayers objected the Minister could not transfer the land. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT.

He urged the councillors to work together in this matter. All were in favor of a High School; it was only a question of site.

The alternative site might be as good as the cricket reserve, but the Education Department did not think so.

Other towns were out to secure the High School and Frankston should not delay any further.

If hot and bitter words had been passed over this question let them be forgotten.

Cr. Oates said he was quite agreeable to do the right and proper thing, but they should wait till the Minister came down. If they were in earnest they should put the best side. He believed Mr. Hansen was well impressed with the alternative site, but the public meeting had completely upset him.

Before any further action was taken they should find out what the Minister of Education had to say regarding the alternative site.

Cr. Jones: Why was the cricket reserve site withdrawn by the Lands Department?

Cr. Oates: Oh, I don’t know!

Cr. Jones: Because of the dilly-dallying and squabbling among yourselves.

Cr. Alden said that Mr. Hansen turned down the Hastings road site as being too far from the station. This other site was the same distance away.

Cr. Oates advised delay until the Minister’s visit.

Cr. Jones: That’s what you have been doing for 12 months and darned near lost the school for us!

Cr. Gray is trying to reach finality and you are hopping in and trying to block him again!

Cr. Oates: Where is a referendum going to lead you? Will the Minister take any notice of it?

It was resolved on the motion of Crs. Gerrand and Jones that Cr. Gray’s resolution be accepted.

Cr. Gray said that he and Cr. Wells received inside information and Frankston people would be well advised to reach out both hands and get the High School.

Cr. Jones seconded Cr. Gray’s resolution that a referendum be taken.

“Some of you,” said Cr. Jones, don’t seem to know the value of what you are losing. Give the Education Department whatever they want.”

Cr. Oates: The question should have been settled long ago.

Cr. Jones: Well, you were the Scotch in the wheel!

Cr. May considered that if the

Minister visited the district he should be met by councillors who were quite unbiased. He would then feel the proper view.

Cr. Alden: What about appointing the three East Riding councillors? (Laughter).

Cr. Longmuir thought the referendum should be taken over the whole Shire. All the ratepayers were interested in the money part of the business.

Cr. Alden: We are not asking if the people are in favor of a High School that question has been decided.

Cr. Wells said the voting would be recorded in each Riding separately.

Cr. Howell knew the Seaford Riding favored a High School, but the ratepayers there did not know the land in question.

Cr. Jones: When it is a question of gaining such an asset as a High School, we should give anything they ask for a site I would give the land! (Laughter).

Cr. Gray said he had named the three ridings because originally they made up one riding.

Cr. Walker: The vote should be taken through the whole Shire or the Frankston Riding. He moved that the referendum be taken in the Frankston Riding.

Cr. Howell seconded, but the motion was lost.

A further amendment by Crs. Howell and Walker that a vote of the whole Shire be taken was also defeated. The motion was then put and carried by a large majority.

Cr. Gray enquired re voting powers. Would it be on the principle of one ratepayer one vote.

Cr. Oates: I am returning officer and I will see that every ratepayer gets all the voting power they are entitled to.

Cr. Alden: If you hold a public meeting on the question you would only hold up one hand.

Cr. Oates: Why should the man with property worth only 5/- in rates have the same voting power as the permanent resident who has a large interest in the district?

Cr. Gray: Do you mean that the wealthy man has more brains? The matter was then dropped.

On the motion of Crs. Gray and Wells the President was authorised to convene a public meeting to be held at Frankston on the evening of the 16th inst. to consider the referendum question.

***

THE Railways Department have written in reply to a letter from the Shire Council requesting that a luggage porter be appointed at Frankston.

Enquiry had been made into the matter and reports indicate that passengers’ luggage is taken by the staff to the station barrier, where it can be taken charge of by the driver of cabs or motors, or by passengers themselves, and whilst it was realised that some inconvenience was caused owing to the unfinished state of the ramp, at present this would be duly obviated, when the ramp is finished.

After consideration of all the circumstances the Commissioners could not see their way to accede to the request of the Council.

It was further intimated that the licensed luggage porters were not paid by the Department and it was questionable whether the traffic would enable one man to make a living.

***

From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 7 & 9 Feb 1923

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Upset brewing between Old Peninsula and Red Hill

By Brodie Cowburn

PROVINCIAL

PINES are in pole position to defeat Baxter.

Baxter Park hosted day one of the two-day clash between Baxter and Pines. Pines batted first, and had an excellent time at the crease.

Harley Peace-Stirling was Pines’ best. He blasted 108 runs from 138 balls, including 14 fours.

Jack Peace-Stirling contributed 80 runs to the scoreboard. Declan Jackson also scored a half century.

Pines finished the day with a huge total of 7/336. Baxter has a lot of work to do to avoid a loss.

Ladder leaders Old Peninsula are staring down the barrel of defeat. They were bowled out for just 157 on Saturday, with Red Hill scoring 1/70 in response before stumps.

At Overport Park last weekend, Langwarrin’s Matthew Prosser fell agonisingly short of a century.

Prosser was dismissed for 97. It was one of the few disappointments in what was a strong day for the Langwarrin batters.

Langwarrin scored 5/294 on day one of their match with Baden Powell.

On day two of their matchup, Long Island will try to defend a total of 161 against Sorrento.

PENINSULA

A BRILLIANT century from Mackenzie Gardner was the highlight on day one of Seaford Tigers’ match with Somerville.

Gardner hit 112 runs for the Tigers. He smashed 8 boundaries, 5 fours and 3 sixes.

Opener Brayden Roscoe also impressed for the Tigers. He scored 67 runs. Number four batter Luke Kranzbuhler scored 47.

On day two Somerville will need to score 274 to win.

Flinders will have to work hard to avoid defeat in their two-day match against Mt Eliza.

Flinders were sent in to bat first on day one. They struggled, and ended up all out for 119.

Bowler Ravindu Kodithuwakku did most of the damage. He took 5/33, making short work of the tail end.

Mt Eliza came in to bat for 22 overs before stumps. They will restart on day two from 3/55.

DISTRICT THE two-day match between Carrum Downs and Carrum looks set to go down to the wire.

Carrum Downs batted first on day one. They struggled badly, ending up all out for 114.

Carrum bowler Liam Hulett ran riot on the top order. He finished with figures of 6/42 from 26 overs, his best ever for his club.

Carrum were handed a golden op-

portunity to win, but they struggled with the bat too.

Carrum batted for 24 overs before stumps. They stumbled out of the gates to 3/6, and finished the day at 4/32.

Seaford scored 174 on day one of their match against Delacombe Park. Rosebud set Hastings a target of 196 to chase down on day one of their match at Hastings Park.

SUB DISTRICT

SKYE wrapped up a first innings victory over Ballam Park on Saturday.

Skye batted first on day one of the two-day clash. They were bowled out for 120 after only 34 overs.

Luckily for Skye, their bowlers fared better than their batters. They bowled Ballam Park out for 98 to score a first innings win.

Azhar Zeeshan was the pick of the bowlers. He took figures of 5/22, his

Rare breed: Sixteen-year-old Sam Gove has been selected for Country Week. Picture: Supplied

personal best for his club, to score his side the win.

Skye came in to bat once more before stumps. They scored 4/52.

Balnarring are in the box seat to claim an away win over Pearcedale. Balnarring batted first on day one. They scored a mammoth 4/308 from 50 overs before declaring.

Luke Hewitt was Balnarring’s best. The opener scored 112 runs - he hit 15 fours and 4 sixes along the way. Pearcedale scored 5/49 before stumps. They need a miracle to prevent defeat.

Mt Martha scored 7/169 on day one of their match against Rye on Saturday. At Truemans Road Reserve, Boneo scored 1/65 in reply to Tootgarook’s total of 102.

At Bunguyan Reserve, Frankston YCW set Tyabb a target of 232 to win.

COUNTRY WEEK

THE MPCA Country week side has been announced.

Among those called up to the team was a promising 16-year-old batter. Teenager Sam Gove from Flinders Cricket Club was selected.

Gove joins a rare class of 16-yearolds to be picked in the Country Week squad. In 1939, 16-year-old Lewin Cubitt from Balnarring took part in the carnival.

The Country Week carnival begins on 13 February.

Panayi out, McCormack in

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

MARINOS Panayi quit Frankston

Pines last week and captain Ryan Ratcliffe is trialling with Casey Comets.

And Rosebud has secured the goalkeeper it sought by luring former Langwarrin, Peninsula Strikers and Knox City custodian Colin McCormack out of premature retirement.

State 5 club Rosebud was delighted to secure McCormack after losing Hayden Hicks to Seaford United.

Rosebud coach Paul Truman had been trying out two younger keepers and was keen to sign an experienced gloveman.

“Signing Colin is a big plus for us,” Truman said.

“Having an experienced keeper is so important if we’re to build a really competitive side.”

McCormack, 32, stopped playing after the 2018 season due to work and family commitments.

Panayi left Pines citing complaints about a lack of a physio, no goalkeeping training and the seniors and reserves not training separately.

Senior coach Trevor Johnson refused to get involved in “a tit-for-tat exchange” while president Lee Davies stressed the need to consider any issues “within the context of the fact that we are an organisation run by volunteers.”

In a busy week of player movement

Pines goalkeeper Thomas Hull flew back to England on Saturday due to a family illness while defender Daniel Taylor has joined Baxter.

But rumours that other Pines players – Joe O’Connor, Keegan Grealy and Calum Batey – could also be on the move proved unfounded and Johnston was given a forceful endorsement from O’Connor.

“We back Trev at the end of the day and we think the club can have another progressive season,” O’Connor said.

And Pines have their own recruitment drive underway with the Monterey Reserve club planning an ambitious move for a senior assistant and some new signings.

If successful it is bound to turn heads.

Meanwhile Mornington has signed Satoshi Kurakawa and Mehdi Sarwari.

Kurakawa, 24, a defender signed from Caroline Springs George Cross, was on the books of Japanese club EV Internacional Fukuoka before joining Georgies last year.

Midfielder Sarwari, 25, was signed from Richmond and includes Melbourne City, Oakleigh Cannons, Lang-

warrin and Northcote on his CV.

Mornington hosted NPL2 outfit Dandenong City on Saturday morning going down 3-2.

Scottish import Rory Currie scored both goals for the home side to continue an impressive strike rate since his recent arrival.

In NPL2 news Langwarrin had a 5-3 win over Boroondara at Lawton Park last weekend.

Sloppy defending saw the home side go 2-0 down in the first 10 minutes but goals from Josh Varga and Tommy Youngs had scores locked at 2-2 at half-time.

Within 15 minutes of the restart Langy led 4-2 through Brad Blumenthal and a now mandatory Archie Macphee goal.

Blumenthal made it 5-2 with 15 minutes to go before Boroondara scored from a corner in the last 30 seconds.

In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers won their friendly against NPL3 outfit Beaumaris 1-0 at Centenary Park on Saturday.

Beaumaris had the best chance of the first half but Strikers’ keeper Ben Caballero made a fine low save.

The game was more open in the second period and Strikers struck the

decisive blow.

Andy McIntyre switched the ball wide to Huss Chehimi who rolled his defender then played a sharp pass inside the box to Riley Anderton.

The New Zealand striker took a touch then slammed a low left-footed drive into the far corner for the winner.

Beaumaris hit the woodwork and had other chances to score but Strikers – marshalled superbly at the back by Steve Elliott – stood firm.

Skye United took on State 2 North West side Altona East at Monterey Reserve on Saturday and ran out a convincing 2-0 winner.

A sweetly struck Harrison Michaelis shot and a fine finish from Jason Nowakowski capped off a solid team display.

In State 4 Somerville Eagles defeated Mentone 3-1 at Knox Regional Centre on Saturday.

Somerville went 1-0 down early after claims for a foul on Hamish Budgen were ignored leaving prolific Mentone scorer Marcus Spivey one-on-one with Somerville keeper Nathan Brown and the striker made no mistake.

Josh Simmons levelled with a powerful header following a Conor McFall free-kick and later in the first half a

slick passing movement saw McFall’s shot rebound to Tom Simmons who gave the Eagles a half-time lead.

In the 60th minute a nice passage of play down the right and a smart flick inside the box found Reilly Saffin who placed his shot past the Mentone keeper to complete the scoreline.

State 4 rival Baxter lost 4-2 to State 3 outfit Noble Park at Baxter Park on Saturday.

Impressive South African Dylan Murchie scored both goals for Baxter who had five first teamers unavailable.

On Sunday Baxter confirmed the signings of Tristan Stass and Noah Green from Frankston Pines.

Another State 4 local, Chelsea, lost 5-0 away to Casey Panthers last weekend with all the goals coming in the second half.

As we went to press Chelsea was waiting for council approval to host its Australia Cup away tie against St Kilda at Edithvale Recreation Reserve on Friday night.

Check Chelsea’s facebook page for confirmation.

In State 5 Seaford United finished a productive week by winning both friendly matches and scoring 19 goals and conceding just one.

Paul Williams’ men won 4-0 at home last Tuesday against Brandon Park reserves with Abraham Lueth (2), Andrew Packer and Luke Murray on target.

On Saturday North Seaford Reserve was the venue for a goal tsunami as the local side swept aside Officer winning 15-1.

Seaford’s scorers were Josh Vega (4), Khalil Bahrami (2), Abraham Lueth (2), Blake Hicks, Luke Murray, Jonas Harrasser, Esmat Ahmadi, Johnny Castillo, Callum Norton and Luca Rudolph.

On Thursday Rosebud beat Skye United 2-1 at Olympic Park with Noah Musso scoring both Rosebud goals and Lewis Gibson scoring for Skye.

The draw for the first preliminary round of the Australia Cup was held last week and six local clubs will be participating this weekend:

FRIDAY (10 February)

St Kilda v Chelsea, Edithvale Recreation Reserve, 8.30pm.

SATURDAY (11 February)

Latrobe University v Seaford Utd, Latrobe University, venue & KO TBC; Mount Martha v Tullamarine, Monterey Reserve, 3pm; Reservoir Utd v Mentone, Latrobe University, 2pm; Keilor Wolves v Aspendale, Green Gully Reserve (pitch 4), 3pm.

SUNDAY (12 February)

Glen Eira v Baxter, Baxter Park, 3pm.

Here are this week’s pre-season friendlies:

WEDNESDAY (8 February)

Beaumaris v Skye Utd, Beaumaris College, 7.30pm; Rosebud v Somerville Eagles, Olympic Park,6pm & 8pm.

THURSDAY (9 February)

Langwarrin v Doveton, Lawton Park, 7.30pm seniors & U21s.

SATURDAY (11 February)

Doveton v Mornington, Waratah Reserve, 11am seniors & 1pm reserves; Chisholm v Skye Utd, Jack Edwards Reserve, 10am & 12 noon; Geelong Rangers v Peninsula Strikers, Myers Reserve, 1pm & 3pm; Frankston Pines v Brighton, Monterey Reserve, 10am seniors & 12 noon reserves; St Kevin’s Old Boys v Somerville Eagles, Egan Lee Reserve, 1pm & 3pm.

In and out: Colin McCormack (right) has signed with Rosebud while Marinos Panayi has quit Frankston Pines. Pictures: Darryl Kennedy

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