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5973 6424 or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au On its way: Mornington Bowls Club life member Bill Saunders and the mayor Cr Bev Colomb roll the first bowl on the new synthetic green. Inset, the ribbon is cut. Pictures: Yanni
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MORNINGTON Bowling Club members have surged into the 21st century during their centenary year with the laying of a synthetic green. More than 80 members and guests attended Wednesday’s launch of the new green, with the mayor Cr Bev Colomb rolling the first bowl ably assisted by life member Bill Saunders. Also on hand were five other life members: Betty Paddle, Marjorie Lippiatt, Eve Hannes, Ken Fyffe, and Ken Weatherley, whose combined ages exceed 550 years. In June 1917 the club’s first four-rink grass green was laid on the Esplanade site. Club president Ray Metherell said “46 conscientious club members at the time tried desperately to water the green by hand, but unfortunately the task proved too great for them”. “So, it was given up until four years later when a watering system was installed,” he said. “We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those 46 men,” Mr Metherell said. “If it wasn’t for their drive and determination the club might not exist today. I’m sure they would have welcomed synthetic in their day.”
Ansett land sale raises concerns Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE sale of the final parcel of land held by the trustees of the late Sir Reginald Ansett estate in Mt Eliza next month is being described by the selling agents as having potential for “redevelopment and a range of uses”. That potential includes commercial uses, leisure, hospitality, healthcare, education and a clifftop dwelling, the brochure says. While the future development of the 90 Kunyung Rd site is subject to
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approvals, any subdivision or overuse of the 22.3-hectare site next to the Urban Growth Boundary will generate angst among those determined to preserve its Green Wedge zoning. Ernst and Young, acting for Equity Trustees which oversees the RM Ansett Trust, has organised an expressions-of-interest campaign closing on 13 December for the sale of the property which is expected to reap about $35 million. The company says the sale of the predominantly rural land would allow the proceeds to be reinvested into income-producing assets earning
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the trustees a higher return for their charitable works. The parcel of land is held in four separate titles. The agents say one option is for the buyer of the entire block to realign the boundaries so that the existing large parcel and three separate 500 square metre blocks could be more equitably divided into four blocks of five-and-a-half hectares each. This would leave the Green Wedge intact, they say. Equity Trustees managing director Mick O’Brien said: “Through the sale process we plan to release the value
in the land and invest it back into the community. It is our responsibility as trustee to act according to Sir Reginald’s philanthropic intent, and to deliver the best outcome for his trust.” The block has unobstructed Port Phillip Bay views, 100 metres of beach frontage and backs onto Kunyung Rd and Albatross Avenue at the rear. The 22.3-hectare block is a separate tranche to the 11.7-hectare Gunyong Valley estate bought from the estate of the late Mrs Joan Ansett by retirement village owner Chas Jacobsen for $14.5 million in 2006.
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Mornington Peninsula Shire has quashed any potential residential redevelopment plans. The shire’s planning services executive manager David Bergin said the site could be used for a range of different uses, subject to planning permit approval, including a school, place of worship, single dwelling, caravan park, plant nursery or “a range of other similar uses”. “You could use the land for agriculture without a planning permit and a few other land uses, subject to meeting strict conditions,” he said. Continued Page 7
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