Mornington Peninsula Magazine March 2019

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BY KATE SEARS

These guys are adorable. There’s no argument here. They are breaking hearts all over the Mornington Peninsula.

Seleena, a teacher at Padua College, has acreage and about 40 kids — the goat variety, that is. She began with two miniature goats 12 years ago when they were purchased for the school’s agriculture and horticulture studies. Seleena would take the pair home on the weekends and the rest is history — it’s now a fullyfledged stud called Riverstone Miniature Goats.

The heritage of her favourite miniature goats comes from a bloodline in the US that is considered half-Nigerian. In fact, this breed has only been in Australia for four years.

Her pride and joy is currently Riverstone Heart Breaker.

This little cutie is the Best in Show winner from the 2018 Red Hill Show. She is a total sweetie and has already won a few titles. Her twin sister is Riverstone Heart Throb, and their mother is Riverstone Queen of Hearts and is an Australian champion. Not only do the names describe these adorable goats, using a similar theme enables Seleena to keep track of the bloodline.

“She’s a real sweetie. The judges love her. She’s what the

judges are looking for — a sound structure with a friendly outgoing temperament,” said Seleena.

Seleena is a judge too, and her goal is to breed well conformed goats. This means that they have a correct structure, are sound for the job and have good udder composition for milk production and breeding. Nigerian goats are generally used for their milk, which is high in butterfat. Given this, you can drink the milk and use it to make cheese and soap.

Her goats are joined on the farm by her sheep and german short-haired pointers, which look like giants next to the female miniature goats that are about 40-50cm.

Miniature goats can grow to a maximum height of 57cm (to the shoulder) for a female, while the males grow up to 60cm. By comparison, they are a third to a half the size of a standard dairy goat and are growing in popularity for hobby farms because they are low-maintenance pets.

Funnily, they do require shelter because as soon as there is the smallest drop of rain they bolt for shelter. Apples, carrots, sultanas, Weet-Bix and even banana peels are favourite treats of these doe-eyed beauties. They make perfect pets because of their loving and playful nature and love of children.

Visit the 2019 Red Hill Show on Saturday, March 9, to pat these darlings at the goat show, which is run by Seleena’s Padua students.

Photos by Clare Van Der Wolde, of Champion Shot Photography

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BY KATE SEARS Although Meredith Gaston turned down a university offer to study law, she knows for certain that she’s taken the right path in life. And with just one glance at her artwork you’d have to agree. Her chosen path is colourful and includes being an internationally acclaimed artist, best-selling author, inspirational wellness coach and speaker. Her lavishly illustrated books are available in various languages, her vibrant original artworks are exhibited internationally, and her watercolours on Italian linen and limited edition prints are lovingly collected.

After publishing her first book at 22, she’s now been self-employed for 14 years and her team has grown from one to three.

She never thought in her wildest dreams that she’d have sell-out books, let alone have them translated and sold all over the world. She’s travelled and lived overseas.

And the same goes for her artwork, which has been exhibited locally and abroad from a young age. Meredith majored in Art History and Theory, and Gender and Cultural Studies at The University of Sydney. She hit the books again and studied to become an integrative nutrition health coach, which sees her frequently featuring in the media and public sphere discussing well-being and creativity in daily life. Speaking to mothers, schools Issue 88, MARCH 2019

and corporate groups is a real privilege for Meredith because she gets to share her very significant message about self-care and self-love. Her work has also provided her a chance to raise $1.5million for Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Meredith’s designs are whimsical, vibrant and fluid. Since she was a child, her style has always had the same essence to it: uplifting representations of the world.

Instead, her signature designs portray the joy of living while evoking youthful tones throughout her prints, books, and candles.

This passionate wellness advocate resides in Mount Eliza and is celebrating the release of her seventh book, The Art of Kindness — Caring for Ourselves, Each Other and Our Earth. “I see the world in a whimsical and lovely way,” Meredith says.

“My work flows with vibrant colours and unfussy lines that express the joy of living.

Children and grown-ups alike love the rainbow palette I draw from . . . I believe we are all young at heart.”

Surrounded by drawing implements and a variety of materials, Meredith’s childhood was heavily influenced by her architect father, who encouraged her to experiment with new materials that he’d bring back from his overseas travels. From the initial drawings, scribbles and journal entries

that she made in his home office, her style has grown over the years. Now there’s a greater sense of ease and comfort within her work. It’s her absolute passion. In fact, Meredith will scribble on anything.

Motifs seen in her dreamy work vary from plants, fruits, animals and flowers to human beings. Her palette is nature, her inspiration is sourced from such human qualities as love, care, and imagination, and the incredible tones of the ocean and petals establish her colour choices. “I use the palette that nature offers us. I admire it. I prefer being outside and looking at how we are connected to each other and nature.”

Her description of her studio is art itself.

She explains that the breezy indoor studio brings the outside inside with the surrounding windows opening right up to the flourishing garden and nearby woodland area in Mount Eliza. A refreshing breeze wafts in as the natural light beams on to her desk under the window. Winter sees her creating in front of an open fire, while in summer the rafters supporting hanging plants offer a tropical feel as the breeze catches the floating curtains. Clients visiting for wellness coaching sessions feel at home in the cosy corner as they take a seat on

her pieces of sentimental furniture that she’s inherited from her grandparents.

Her natural and environmentally friendly boutique giftware collection of handpoured candles matches her down-toearth studio. It’s no wonder that her past and present homes have featured in Country Style, In Style and FLOW magazine.

Tending to go with the flow, there’s no specific five-year plan in Meredith’s mind except for her desire to always have a book on the go. Continuing to build her Love Meredith brand, which was launched last year, is also high on the agenda.

There’s more beautiful natural products inspired by nature and embellished with her sophisticated signature style and inspirational words in the works.

“The books come to me. I never feel stressed about it. I am in flow with my work. The ideas just drop in. My words and pictures combine to tell a story.”

Visit her website via meredithgaston.com to discover more about what she has to offer for tending to your inner world, or browse her carefully curated Instagram @ meredithgaston View some of Meredith Gaston’s artwork at Manyung GalleryPhoto: Group.Ron Blackford www.morningtonpeninsulamagazine.com.au

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BY LIZ ROGERS

You wouldn’t read about it. Two friends since primary school. Local lads about town applying to drive on dirt roads and raise funds for Cancer Council in the Shitbox Rally and not being accepted. Applying again the next year and not being accepted.

Applying the third and fourth time . . . you get the drill.

You’ve got to give these two long-term mates an ‘A’ for effort because on the fifth time — finally — they’re in!

So why so hard to become part of a daring adventure packed with teams of two driving cars worth $1000 across some of Australia’s most challenging roads?

Because as Shitbox Rally founder James Freeman puts it: “You’re not the only one with cancer in the family.”

James lost both his parents to cancer within 12 months.

Everyone has some cancer story to tell.

Here’s a snapshot of Jonathan ‘JP’ Pritchard and Simon Vercoe’s journey and the joy they are experiencing being part of this amazing community fundraiser that has raised $16,646,368 for Cancer Council overall.

JP, from Jetty Road Brewery, lost both his parents to cancer. His beloved mum passed away 22 years ago and, as we agree while nodding over caffeine and conversation, it’s something you never get over. You learn to adjust. He explains: “My mum, Rita, passed away in my arms. She was in her late 50s. I still miss her every day and long to hear her voice. I suppose she was one of the lucky ones because she went quickly, whereas Dad (John) had a more drawn-out battle. I reckon he was brokenhearted. Simon’s dad, Peter, was robbed. He was young and died suddenly from lung cancer. His mum, Cheryl, now has pancreatic cancer and is fighting it.”

Horse trainer and seller of equine accessories Simon continues: “Mum had this huge operation about four years ago called the Whipple procedure, which has given her some more time, but Dad went quickly. I was watching the Discovery Channel, which was covering Shitbox Rally, about six years ago and called JP and said ‘We’ve got to do this’, but it’s taken a while to get there.

We did a car rally together years ago in a sports car and really enjoyed the team experience. It will be fun being out in the middle of nowhere and meeting people with similar stories.”

Rhys and Peter Horobin.

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Shitbox Rally is not a race. It is eight days of driving cars that aren’t worth the petrol pumped through their engines from Melbourne to Townsville via Birdsville.

There are food villages, triage for cars, friends made for life and plenty of stories exchanged. One thing’s for sure, each person has a different way of handling this pervasive disease. Simon talks: “Dad was in the wine industry. He was always larger than life and had a wake, which was held in Lygon St in Carlton while he was still alive. The day was full of family and friends and there were speeches made. He also went through a bucket list.”

JP continues: “It’s different for everyone. Part of the participation in Shitbox Rally is you have to raise a minimum of $5000 dollars, but most teams raise well

above that. Raising the money is the hard part. We bought our Nissan Bluebird straight away when we entered the first time and finally we get to drive it. It’s going to be epic. We can’t wait.”

“At least the airconditioner works,” concludes Simon.

JP and Simon will be heading off on the journey of a lifetime for their parents and all cancer sufferers on October 19 and will be away until October 25. The rally target is set at $2million-plus this time round. If you’d like to get them to where they are going and donate to Cancer Council, log on to 2019spring.shitboxrally.com.au/ jetty-road.

Come on, help make a difference, and yes, you would read about it — in Mornington Peninsula Magazine.

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Left: Meredith Gaston, author, artist, public speaker & wellness coach, see page 7. Top row: Dromana Estate food, see page 128; Pop down to the Art Red Hill Exhibition 3-5 May, see page 119 Bottom row: From XO new to Rosebud, see Rosebud feature pages 86-91; The Colour Purple, features a wide variety of art by Aboriginal women artists from around Australia, at Everywhen Gallery Flinders see page 111

News & Interviews 3-58 Socials 108, 109, 114, 118, 122, 134-135 My Mt Eliza special liftout 27-32 Peninsula Parenting 59-61 Weddings on the Peninsula 62-68 International Women’s Day 69-85 Showcasing Rosebud 86-91 The Business 92-95 Health Beauty Fashion & Stars 96-105 Arts, Events & What’s On 106-122 Food & Wine, Markets 123-135 Property Home Decor 136-154 PUBLISHER, EDITOR Lisa Walton lisa@mpmag.com.au CHIEF SUB Geoff Scott geoff@mpmag.com.au CUSTOMER RELATIONS & SALES Molly Mitchell 0407 225 261 molly@mpmag.com.au Chendelle Kolasa 0412 030 802 chendelle@mpmag.com.au Anna Georgiou 0401 598 613 anna@mpmag.com.au JOURNALISTS & FEATURE WRITERS Liz Rogers, Kate Sears, Drew Cooper, Tom Portet, Stephanie Johnson, Maurie Hutchinson, Mike Hast SOCIAL MEDIA Kate Sears & Jasmine Ward DISTRIBUTION Archie and his band of helpers DESIGN Lisa Walton, Jasmine Ward PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY Kate Sears, Ricky Capo

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All students are engaged in STEM at Peninsula Grammar Teacher and STEM integrator at Peninsula Grammar, Ms Shennae Searle, is currently completing her PhD, with her doctorate specifically focusing on how to engage girls in STEM. Ms Searle noticed that really bright, brilliant girls were performing well in humanities and literacy, but it did not seem to transfer across to STEM. This observation has inspired her PhD studies.

Ms Searle discovered that acceleration of student learning aligns closely with the skills espoused within science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) because they are open-ended, inquiry-based subjects that require the skills of problem-solving and critical thinking.

Shifting her focus to the acceleration of student learning through STEM, Ms Searle quickly noticed the disparity between how boys and girls approached the subject matter, identifying that girls were not engaging as readily as boys.

“There are perceptions that STEM can be a maledominated industry, yet inroads have been made,

especially in the last five years, to propel our young women into the industry with confidence and a true sense of equity. This has been accomplished through greater exposure to, and rethinking of, school curriculum that aligns learning experiences with skills and professions that were once dominated by males.”

Ms Searle’s role at Peninsula Grammar includes writing curriculum that weaves STEM into everyday lessons for Prep through to Year 8, while teaching classes across Year 5 through to Year 10. Enhancing student engagement is a core priority for her in all she does.

In robotics classes, for example, students have opted to build butterflies and unicorns instead of more traditional models, which has helped engage even the most reluctant of pupils. In a bionic hand unit, experts from Interplast and Doctors Without Borders visited and students communicated with 3D printing volunteers from the e-NABLE Community about developing a working prosthetic for a child in need.

Peninsula Grammar has two dedicated ‘MakerSpaces’ fitted out with iPads, robotics tools, 3D printers, virtual reality headsets and more, where students of all ages undertake STEM projects.

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BY LIZ ROGERS

Jay Bruno and Leah Johnsen are moving house. Even though it’s just from Elwood to Brighton, it’s not happening in an instant. The chaos that ensues with packing boxes, organising removalists — we get cut off mid-phone call because it’s the moving guys on the other line letting them know they are on their way — and fitting work around the event can get to the best of us. Leah, 28, has just returned from a modelling gig in Mildura, while Jay, her partner in life and on Channel 7’s Instant Hotel, has been left holding the proverbial baby.

Personal trainer and drummer Jay, 31, begins: “Leah hassles me to get engaged every day.” Leah interjects: “You are about to be so single! We will get a fur baby soon though. Something ugly. The uglier the better. A boston terrier.”

It was more than a year ago when these two filmed the second season of Instant Hotel, launched on February 11 this year. Leah had seen the casting call advertised through Facebook, and the pull of a free holiday and being part of a show where travel was the main game was a no-brainer. She continues: “We were so slack filling out the application form. You had to send in a video. Give them an idea of who we were, our backgrounds and why we wanted to be on the show. It was straightforward because we’ve both been in front of the camera before. I’ve been modelling since I was 18. I was part of Australia’s Next Top Model, and Jay has been performing for ever.”

“I’m a performer at heart,” says Jay. “I’ve been playing the drums since I was three years old, been in bands. My grandparents had a holiday house on the Mornington Peninsula while I was growing up.

We spent all summer there and I loved it. Our Portsea Instant Hotel is a friend’s beach house. We wanted to future-proof our life and they were looking to rent out the house, which was the perfect fit. It’s in the ideal position. Close by to the Portsea pub, the beaches and golf courses.”

“I love the wineries and visit the Portsea Polo every year. You can always get a great coffee on the Peninsula too,” says Leah.

With hopes of building new careers in the world of home hoteling and television presenting, Jay and Leah are on their way to securing a bright future through a show that has enabled them to see parts of Australia they wouldn’t have necessarily visited. Leah’s favourite spot was Coober Pedy in South Australia while Jay’s heart lies with the Gold Coast. He continues: “I suppose it was the beaches that remined me of the coast here.” Leah joins in: “I like to go places I haven’t been before. The Outback was a completely new experience for me.”

Tune into the show to get a close-up and personal view of Portsea and see four teams battle it out for the title of best Instant Hotel.

Host and judge Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and judge Juliet Ashworth are set to have some ‘lively exchanges’ too.

Instant Hotel airs on Seven at 9pm on Mondays.

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BY KATE SEARS

As our regular readers would know, our funky square-shaped magazine launched 13 years ago. We’ve progressed from being a quarterly magazine known as Mornington Life to the monthly magazine you’re reading right now. We’ve grown to become the Peninsula’s most popular glossy magazine. With our hip siblings Mt Eliza Village Magazine and Eat.Drink Mornington Peninsula, we have the Mornington Peninsula covered.

Always on the edge of innovation, the team at Mornington Peninsula Magazine has

decided to extend their presence from print and online to video as well. We’re excited to launch this add-on to your print advertising campaign and can’t wait for you to see our launch video, which will provide a sneak peek of what you can expect. Our launch video will be posted on our social media channels and uploaded to our website for all to view.

“The process will be streamlined and stress-free,” said publisher Lisa Walton. “Our dedicated sales representative will come out and run through how you can add video to your campaign. Our professional videographer, Ricky Capo, will then visit your place of business to capture the essence of your business through editing and cinematography.

He even has a drone for spectacular aerial shots.”

Video marketing can improve your business, and the stats are there for all to see — with 76 per cent of marketers saying that video had helped them increase sales and traffic.

Combining video with print ads will also boost customer engagement. It’s also stated that videos in email marketing lead to a 200-300 per cent increase in clickthrough rates. Overall, videos build trust, reveal personality, captivate the audience, promote branding, show the experience and ultimately drive sales.

In addition to your print campaign advertising costs, we will continue to offer our $100 social media package (blasting out your business on our website, Instagram and Facebook); however, we are excited to combine this with our new video package, which costs $400 and includes the social media package. Your short video will be planned, filmed and edited by Ricky, who won’t make the final cut until you’re 100 per cent satisfied.

So if you want to take your marketing to the next level, book a three-month campaign with an editorial and video package. The video will be embedded into your editorial on our website, with more than 10,000 unique views a month, and you will be given the link to use or share. The video can also go on social media or your own website or in emails. Your video will be embedded into our online magazine, read by more than 16,000 people each month.

“We are a family business and look after our clients as if they are part of our family, so we’ll look after you every step of the way,” said Lisa.

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Manyung Gallery opens in Eliza Centre

BY LIZ ROGERS

Dedicated to bringing a brilliant array of both local and international artistic expression to Mount Eliza and the Peninsula, Manyung Gallery Group is pleased to announce the launch of its interim gallery space in the Eliza Centre in Mount Eliza Way. As many of you already know, Manyung Gallery Mount Eliza closed its doors at the end of last year in preparation for the complete rebuild of the existing

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space at 60 Mount Eliza Way. Keep your eyes peeled for the fresh and fantastic custom-designed gallery that will come to fruition in 2020 and offer an exceptional art showcasing vista.

But how to keep viewing and purchasing the stellar work this 50-year-old gallery is committed to supporting in the meantime?

Determined not to leave Mount Eliza without a quality gallery space that prides itself on representing a dramatically diverse range of artists and sculptors, owners Sharyn and David WemyssSmith have been searching high and

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low for the ideal interim space, a place where Mornington Peninsula people can continue to gather and view Manyung Gallery’s premium creative offerings.

Launching on Saturday, March 2, the opening show in this new home for all the art you love will highlight Mornington Peninsula artists including Janine Daddo, Helen Di Tomasso, Darren Doye, Carole Foster, Gillian Haig, Catherine Hamilton, Ben Howe, Gerry Knight, Debbie Mackenzie, Sharyn McCombe, Paul McIntyre, Charles Wilcox, Gabrielle Young and others. Live music, art demonstrations and drinks will also be

available.

Drop by on the day or any time after to continue connecting with the best art the Mornington Peninsula has to offer.

Presented to you by Manyung Gallery Group in Malvern, Sorrento, Flinders, Mornington and Mount Eliza.

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We love Mount Eliza so much we didn’t want to leave the village without a gallery‌. so we have searched high and low to find an exciting interim space Eliza Centre, 85 Mount Eliza Way, Mt Eliza.

Launching Saturday 2nd March, 10-5pm Live music, art demonstrations and refreshments View 150 artists and over 2000 artworks on-line www.manyunggallery.com.au For preview or purchase enquiries please call [all galleries] on 03 9787 2953 or email staff@manyunggallery.com.au

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You might have seen some of Melanie Hava’s beautifully bright work around town. This mum of three, including an eight-month-old baby boy who spends most of his time opening drawers, is one of Manyung Gallery’s inspired artists and also shows her freestyle work in Mornington’s Koh Living. Loving working with acrylics and canvas, Melanie is speaking with me from Cairns, where she has been living for the past six years. The rain has been falling.

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Things can get hectic when the kids are ready to rumble. Her own Indigenous name is Winden, which means “green pigeon”, while her two older children, a daughter and another son, have been given the names Gunggamburra (Butterfly) and Guwalba (Cricket) respectively. She explains: “My grandmother gave us all our Indigenous names. My father came from Austria, while Mum came from the South Johnston River Mamu tribe in North Queensland.

I never went to art school and have always just painted because I just love doing it. I feel it. My work is always colourful. I’ve always been attracted to the vibrancy. My sister used to paint when we were living in the bush in the Yowah opal fields west of Cunnamulla in Queensland too. She was a very traditional painter using earth colours, but she doesn’t paint anymore. I found it too isolating there. I’m definitely a city girl.”

Melanie has had a passion for art since she got into the paint box at kindergarten in Mt Isa. Embracing both her parents’ cultures, she now exhibits her large-scale work — think 130cm x 180cm — across Australia and has had a solo exhibition in Rotterdam too. Her delicate paintings digitally produced on Koh Living’s ceramic minikin range reflect this organic artist’s flexibility and capability to work across various sizes and mediums. She continues: “I’ve loved the partnership with both Manyung Gallery and Koh Living. My work is exclusive to Manyung, so you won’t find it in any other gallery on the Peninsula. I’m also looking forward to the ongoing partnership with Koh Living. I’m coming up with new designs as we speak.”

If you’d like to find out more about this Indigenous creator’s art, then drop by Manyung Gallery or Koh Living. This year sees Melanie cutting back on the colour, but we’ll wait and see. It’s hard to change something that’s an intrinsic part of your soul.

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Year 5 is an exciting time to join us at Woodleigh School. The addition of a second class of students at our Minimbah and Penbank campuses, and a move into the 5/6 Homestead spaces bring with them added energy and interest to the learning program.

Being a smaller school, we are able to personalise the learning program for each student. Strong core literacy and numeracy programs are complemented by an extensive range of cocurricular sports, Arts, Activity, Camp, LOTE and cultural programs.

At Woodleigh, students discover and follow passions and grow in a culture of mutual respect, cultural freedom and inclusion. From Canberra to Beswick in the NT, Wilsons Prom to Sweetwater Creek, Woodleigh students enjoy all the benefits of exploring in nature together, building friendships, resilience, resourcefulness and gaining invaluable life experience.

Minimbah, Penbank and Senior Campus students regularly come together for cross-campus

activities; whole-school musicales, cultural days, festivals, sports, excursions and peer-teaching activities. Students get to know their way around each campus, experience the environment at the Senior Campus, and ignite their excitement for the years of learning that lie ahead.

By the time Minimbah and Penbank students arrive for their first day of Year 7, they are confident and comfortable. As a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes, Woodleigh ensures a smooth transition and academic continuity from Year 6 to Year 7. When the first day of Year 7 arrives, our students are ready to hit the ground running.

To join us for Year 5 in 2020, or for more information about our programs, including the International Baccalaureate, please contact our Enrolments Team on 5971 6100 or enrol@ woodleigh.vic.edu.au JONATHAN WALTER — Principal Woodleigh’s small Junior Campuses personalise learning programs to suit the needs of individual students.

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The stage is set for a fantastic day of racing on the Peninsula on Saturday, March 23, with the much-anticipated Ladbrokes Mornington Cup Day. One of Mornington’s most popular race days of the year, Ladbrokes Mornington Cup Day sees a nine-race card, including the $350,000 Listed Ladbrokes Mornington Cup (2400m), with the winner gaining a ballot-free entry into the 2019 Caulfield Cup. A new addition this year will be The Beach Club, a trackside oasis available to all racegoers, complete with sun lounges and ample shaded space. This will be the perfect place to put up your feet and take in the atmosphere as the horses thunder past.

The Crittenden Estate Marquee will see discerning racegoers sit down to three courses, carefully paired with wines from Crittenden Estate, while the ever-popular Steller Garden Bar will have hawkerstyle food, live music and drinks across the day.

A dedicated kids’ area will be a great pit stop for the youngsters with activities, face painting and entertainment throughout the day.

Adults’ tickets cost $20 from mrc.racing.com or $25 at the gate, with children under 16 admitted free.

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Will Abbott has been an expedition leader with Quark Expeditions for five years and has led more than 100 expeditions in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

What was the most extraordinary wildlife experience you’ve had in the polar regions?

Throughout the years I have experienced some truly incredible encounters with polar bears in Svalbard, the wildlife capital of the Arctic. But the most extraordinary without a doubt was in Antarctica. My guests and I were on the water in a small boat and right beside us, literally only 2m away, a humpback whale breached to the surface, floated perfectly still for a minute checking us out and then proceeded to stay with us for over an hour.

Arctic vs Antarctica — which one is your favourite?

For the first-time visitor, each of these polar destinations is aweinspiring. Antarctica is an icy continent surrounded by oceans.

It’s wild, beautiful and bursting at the seams with wildlife; you cannot help but fall in love. It’s the world’s seventh continent and one of the last pristine areas of wilderness. For me, the Arctic has stolen my heart. It is an ocean surrounded by continents and has a rich history of early explorers reaching the North Pole or navigating the NW Passage. Polar bears are such incredible mammals and nothing excites me more than spotting one in the wild.

What advice would you give to a first-time polar traveller?

Just do it. The world is changing at a rate of knots and who knows what will happen in the future. Don’t put it off. PS, polarised sunglasses are a must.

It’s that time again when all caring Peninsula residents grab a pair of gloves, a hat, some sturdy shoes and sunscreen and hit our parks and beaches for CleanUp Australia Day. While much of the activity takes place on Sunday, March 3, there are always plenty of events before and after the big day. To find a site near you, go to cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/ join-a-clean-up Here are just a few that are taking place in our neck of the woods: Sunday, March 3 Frankston Beach, Frankston; 10am-noon; meet at Beach St (site supervisor Laura Ames) Frankston Pier Beach, 9.30-11.30am; meet at Frankston Pier (Peter Talbot) Kananook Creek, Frankston, 9.30am;

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meet on west side of Fiocchi Ave footbridge (Paul Davies) Unthanks Reserve, Somerville, 10am2pm; meet at reserve, Rochester Rd (Pat Campisi) Fossil Beach, Mornington, 10am; meet at Esplanade carpark opposite Bentons Rd intersection (Paul Stevenson) Bentons Square playground, Mount Martha, 9.30-10.30am; meet at playground (Leisa Martin) Pebble Beach, Mount Martha, 9.3011am; meet at Marine Drive carpark opposite Ellerina Rd (Lyndal Bushwalker) Mount Martha foreshore, 9am-noon; meet at northern Esplanade carpark near Sunshine Creek outfall (Gillian Gordon) Mills Beach, Mornington, 9.30-11.30am; meet at Tanti Creek estuary carpark near

bridge (Red Bluff side; Brian Burrows) Rosebud, 10am; meet at SS Coleman, Rosebud Sea Scouts hall (Ian Gosling) 16th Beach, Rye, 11.30am-1pm; meet at 16th Beach café (Victoria Clarke) Earimil bluff and coast, Mount Eliza, 10am-noon; meet at Earimil lookout, end of Earimil Drive (Jeff Yugovic) Hastings foreshore, 10am-1pm; meet at Babington Park, Thornhill St (Dale Kent) Monday, March 4 Canadian Bay Beach and foreshore, Mount Eliza, 5.30-7pm; meet in carpark at bottom of Williams Rd (Prue Lines-Perrier) Wednesday, March 6 1st Ballam Park, Frankston, 7-8.30am; meet at Scout hall (Tracy Flynn)

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As the end of another successful season of picnic racing approaches, the Balnarring Picnic Racing Club has reflected on some of the highlights that have made this season so much fun.

The club celebrated the 90th birthday of life member Stan Kerr at its January 13 race meeting. Members delighted in spending the day with Stan and his family and friends.

The Australia Day Balnarring Cup was a great success, with a big crowd enjoying fine weather and top entertainment that included the Old Scotch Pipes and Drums Band, live music, and a range of kids’ rides and activities to finish off the school holidays.

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With just two race meetings left for the season — Labour Day long weekend and Easter Saturday — why not come along and enjoy the autumn sun. The Easter Saturday meeting will feature the popular Fashions on the Field, with more than $2000 in prizes to be won.

Book online at balnarringraces.com, and bring your style and flair!

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The third MY Mount Eliza Run and Fun Festival is on Sunday, March 17, from 7.30am-1pm at Mount Eliza Regional Park, and you’re invited!

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The festival voluntary committee is excited to announce that this year Oskar and Ruby Proy will perform on the main stage, as well as talented musicians from Peninsula Grammar. Other fantastic activities on offer at the festival will include an 8m rock-climbing wall, a Wipeout jumping castle with smaller jumping castles for the little ones, the Scouts’ climbing frame, face painting and tattoos, an Auskick footy zone and interactive games and fun competitions.

While lots of generous gifts are rolling in for the festival’s silent auction, everyone is encouraged to create a

fundraising page to please #HelpGeoffTo80. Festival director and founder Geoff Nyssen is on a mission to raise $80,000 for Myeloma Australia to fund two parttime nurses to support patients and their families. Your fundraising page can be established via the festival’s website at mymounteliza.org.au/fundraising So sign up today to join in the fun and support this great and important cause.

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FESTIVAL PROGRAM The MY Mt Eliza Run & Fun Festival Sunday 17 March 2019 7.30am - 1.00pm Mt Eliza Regional Park, Two Bays Road, Mt Eliza

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Festival Director Message In 2014, at the age of 40, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a terminal blood cancer. With this devastating circumstance I found a way forward – trumping adversity to empower and inspire others to live well and be the best form of themselves. Along with my voluntary committee, I created the MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival - now in its third year – so that I could engage and give back to the same community who have supported me so much during my health journey.

Last year we raised over $35K for Myeloma Australia, to help them continue their great work supporting myeloma patients, carers and families in the fight against this terminal blood cancer. This year I have an ambitious goal to raise $80K for Myeloma Australia to fund two part-time nurses, all in the pursuit to help me, and other patients, reach 80 years of age! #HelpGeoffTo80 Please start fundraising via http://mymounteliza.org.au/fundraising/ for this great cause.

There are some great prizes up for grabs for those who set up a fundraising page as part of the registration process, you can also make a one-off donation to Myeloma Australia upon registration.

We want our beloved family dogs to join us on 17 March this year, so we have also created the 4km All Paws Walk to ensure all members of our family can participate in this significant family event.

We are motivated by our values and our ability to build rapport between locals, community clubs and businesses for a great family fun day out. We want to champion our local community and put the spotlight on personal wellness and empowerment amidst adversity. Thank you, we hope you have a great time on event day! - Geoff Nyssen You can read more about Geoff’s personal journey with multiple myeloma at geoffnyssen.com.

The Cause - Myeloma Australia Myeloma is a terminal blood cancer. Myeloma Foundation of Australia (MA) is the leading dedicated advocacy organisation for Myeloma patients and carers in Australia. Established in 1998, MA represents those affected by Myeloma by: • providing up to date information and support to patients & carers through all stages of the patient journey • lobbying government in order to assist patients to receive the latest available pharmaceutical treatments • raising awareness and understanding of the condition among health professionals and the wider community.

It is MA’s mission to help facilitate myeloma research in Australia, inform and support those living with the disease and educate those involved in its care and treatment. MA has provided much support to Geoff Nyssen and his family since 2014.

Geoff and the MY MOUNT ELIZA committee are driven to support MA to continue their great work in the community.

All proceeds raised will go directly to Myeloma Australia in support of Myeloma patients, carers and families.

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MY Mount Eliza Run & Fun Festival 2019 Program Run Registrations Open

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Stage entertainment – A great local band Run warm down – see the PARC Stretching & Mobility Zone Interactive games & fun competitions Face Painting and Tattoos Reptile Petting Zoo Rock Climbing Wall Jumping Castles.....and much, much more!!

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The Trail Run / Walk Come and be part of the region’s family fun trail run/walk event.

Run it, walk it – just be in it!

The MY Mount Eliza trail is set in and around the picturesque Mount Eliza Regional Park and Moorooduc Quarry.

You can challenge your fitness by running against the clock on the undulating 8km trail run or the flat 4km course. You can also take it easy and walk the 8km or 4km (pram-friendly) trails with family, friends and your dog in the 4km All Paws Walk - all while fundraising for a worthwhile cause!

If you haven’t done so already, please register now to compete in the 4km run/walk on a flat course for $35 (adult) and $25 (child/student/concession), or the 8km challenging trail run through the historic Moorooduc Quarry for $45 (adult) and $35 (child/student/concession). Teams or families of four can also register for a 10% discount. Everyone receives a free showbag with event t-shirt and bib.

The event will utilise professional “live” timing, and the course will be marked out with support/aid stations along the way. An official presentation will be held around 11.30am, awarding prizes to a variety of winners including fastest times for each age category, best fundraiser and more.

Please note a $5 per vehicle entry fee applies, with all funds going to Myeloma Australia.

A Message to our Volunteers Thanks to our committed volunteers who have been so supportive of our event and who have given tireless hours of their own time to ensure it is a great success. We rely heavily on our volunteers to help deliver this exceptional event. If you are interested in joining the volunteer team we would love to hear from you!

Please contact our Festival Director Geoff Nyssen geoffnyssen@mymounteliza.org.au

Ryman Healthcare are back at the start line for MY Mount Eliza Festival Hi, I’m Denise Thompson from Ryman Healthcare and we’re proud to once again be the community partner of the MY Mount Eliza Run and Fun Festival for 2019.

This is our third consecutive year getting right behind this wonderful local event, and we’re proud to have been involved since the beginning.

We’re not supporting the Festival from afar, our residents and staff will be helping with the warm up, food and beverage area on event day and at the drink stations along the course.

We support this wonderful event because we like to give back to the community in which we operate. Ryman Healthcare places a huge focus on maintaining residents’ independence for longer by promoting an active, healthy lifestyle, so our involvement in the MY Mount Eliza Run and Fun Festival is a natural fit for us.

We plan to build and operate aged care and retirement villages on two sites in the local area, one in Kunyung Rd, Mt Eliza and one in Bentons Rd, Mt Martha. We have been engaging in community consultation while advancing plans for these sites. Ryman Healthcare has been in the retirement village and aged care industry for 35 years and have 33 villages across New Zealand and Victoria.

We hope you have as much fun at the Festival as we plan to, and we look forward to seeing you as you cross the finish line!

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Natural mined diamonds formed deep within the Earth’s crust up to three billion years ago, which is certainly a far cry from the massproduced diamond made in the lab in a matter of weeks.

As Leonardo DiCaprio showed in Blood Diamond, mined diamonds certainly come with a chequered past. There is no question over the origin of a lab diamond, and for some people that is half the appeal.

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As with any diamond, there are the good, the bad and the ugly, and price ultimately depends on quality.

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If you thought the pressure in the MasterChef kitchen was intense, spare a thought for Chisholm student Laura Skvor. In January, she and Georgie Bass Café and Cooking School head chef Michael Cole represented Australia over two gruelling days of competition at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France.

Described as the Olympics of cookery, the biennial competition takes place after selection events around the world. At the end of these, 24 of the most promising chefs in the world are chosen to represent their countries in the final, cooking in an open culinary theatre where fully equipped kitchens are lined up side by side

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before the judging panel, the media and an audience of 1000 people. Laura, as commis chef, and head chef Michael finished in a creditable 14th place.

Laura, who graduated from Chisholm’s Rosebud campus in 2018 with a Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery, said she spent two years and thousands of hours preparing for the Bocuse d’Or, training daily in Chisholm’s Frankston kitchens where she and Michael could replicate the kitchen environment they would face in Lyon. “It’s been my full-time focus and I’ve had to juggle my studies at Chisholm and social life around it. This competition has catapulted me into the most prestigious gastronomy

competition in the world.”

Laura is staying in France and hopes to find work in a three-hat kitchen, with her ultimate goal to one day have her own restaurant.

Chisholm Institute’s culinary teacher Michael Simmons, who taught Laura and mentored Team Australia at the Bocuse d’Or, said: “Laura has been an amazing commercial cookery student; her passion and her desire to learn more has made it a real pleasure to teach her.

She has worked so hard to be a part of this once-in-alifetime opportunity.”

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Stuart Mitchell’s story is big. Yes, he’s just written a ripper coffee table book about the ins and outs of the world’s love affair with coffee and the punters who make it and guzzle it, but the backstory is the real rocket fuel.

The saying goes that all roads lead to Rome. To the centre of things. But sometimes you get there in roundabout ways. Stuart comes from big ideas, big business and long hours of thinking on his feet. Having spent most of his working life in senior executive roles with NMCs travelling the world, he found himself floating out to sea five years ago when his world changed dramatically. He explains: “I lost it all. Every cent. My accountant had syphoned out everything from my account and then just disappeared. Just left me with nothing and went off overseas, never to be seen or heard of again. I simply went to the bank one day and found my accounts completely empty. I lost over $5million and had to start over again.”

Starting over is tough at any age, but being left with nothing after leading an incredibly successful business life financially takes its toll. He continues: “I was left feeling exhausted, incapable, and my confidence was shot. I thought, ‘What am I going to do now?’ We had to sell everything, and I was in no state of mind to return to work.

So I started hanging out in coffee shops just to be around people and fill in time. I began people-watching and taking notes of all the funny things I heard and about people’s relationship with coffee. It was odd, really, ending up writing a book about coffee when I’m a ‘tea-totaller’. Yep. I don’t drink the stuff. But I found that gave me an outsider’s perspective that seemed to work. This is my first attempt at writing a book and publishing. It’s taken about a year from start to finish but I’m delighted with it. I’ve done absolutely everything, from content to sourcing pictures to design and publicity.

It’s been a real learning curve but the process has given me something to focus on. A purpose.”

Who said a leopard couldn’t change its spots? This book, entitled Coffee People, is a humorous look at caffeine, coffee shops, hipster baristas, bludgers, wankers and what your choice of coffee drink says about you. But it is much more than that. It represents Stuart’s ability to resurface when the chips are down and find a new centre while offering a rollicking good read packed full of facts, history, tales (true and ‘imagined’), jokes and quotes about people and their java obsession. There are great pics as well.

Grab a copy online at coffeepeoplebook.com or at coffee and gift shops for your heartstarter-obsessed friends or family. You know they’ll love it. You will too.

coffee people This best-selling new book from Stuart Mitchell is a 348 page smorgasbord of stories (true and imagined), facts, fun quotes, photographs, humorous tales and extensive commentary on coffee and the people who grow it, sell it or drink it in increasingly copious quantities.

Limited number of exclusive pre-launch copies available now from Blackbird Cafe, where much of it was written, or on-line for Mornington Peninsula residents.

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An invitation to explore Padua College Padua College is opening its doors to families on the Mornington Peninsula with a series of Twilight Open Days in March — and you’re invited!

Take an after-hours tour with students, meet members of the College leadership team and gain a better understanding of what Padua College can offer your child.

The College is comprised of three junior campuses at Mornington, Rosebud and Tyabb, with a single senior campus at Mornington, which you can visit on a Twilight Open Day on the following dates: Year 7-9 Rosebud Campus: Tuesday, March 5, 4-7pm Year 7-9 Tyabb Campus: Thursday, March 7, 4-7pm Year 7-9 and Year 10-12 Mornington Campus: Thursday, March 14, 4-7pm Padua seeks to develop entrepreneurial thinkers who foster a range of 21st century skills, including collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity. Student engagement is therefore a key priority and, to this end, the College has restructured its campuses to increase curriculum offerings to better meet the future educational needs of its students.

Year 10 students can now complete a three-year VCE or three-year VCAL program with far more options to accelerate learning in their area of interest. As part of the College restructure and Educational Strategic Plan, a brand new, state-of-the-art Learning Centre has been built at the Mornington Senior Campus, which you can explore on a Twilight Tour.

Underpinning Padua’s diverse curriculum offering is an extensive social justice program and pastoral care program where Catholic values and spirit are shared and nurtured. “Excellent staff, facilities, grounds and resources at each of our campuses provide ample opportunity for students to excel in areas of curriculum, leadership and the sporting, cultural and religious life of the College,” explains Principal Anthony Banks. “At Padua College we offer an education for life, one that values mind, body and spirit.”

For further information on the Twilight Open Days or to book into a school tour if you’re unable to make it to an Open Day, visit padua.vic.edu.au

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Enrolments close on Friday 10 May 2019.

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BADEN CROFT In Conversation Casual chats with Peninsula people

When did you start expressing yourself through art?

I’ve always done it. At high school I began experimenting with different mediums and developed a keen interest in artists like Ben Quilty, Brett Whiteley and John Brack.

Did you always want to be a painter?

Being an artist was one of the last things I thought I’d be doing. It always seemed to be unachievable. I was enrolled in a marine biology degree but started selling paintings, so it was put on the back-burner.

What is your favourite medium?

I love to work with oil paint. I thoroughly enjoy the freedom and buttery texture you are able to

achieve with it. I’m also quite keen to experiment with lino printing and various forms of sculpture.

Do you have a favourite painting?

I’ve got a few favourites, including one I did recently, which is a vibrant 1.8 x 1.9m interior/seascape (pictured).

This is one of my more recent works, which is part of a series titled Room with a View.

Where does your work show?

Art2Muse in Double Bay, Sydney, mainly. I’ll be having my third solo show there in June. I also show at Allison Bellinger Gallery in Inverell, NSW; Merricks General Store; and Southern Buoy Studios, which is a fantastic gallery space in Mornington.

Any favourite spots on the Peninsula to visit for inspiration?

The Peninsula is full of inspirational locations, both man-made and natural. I am mostly drawn to the more rugged, organic parts. I often gravitate to coastal landscapes.

Have you always lived here?

Yes, but I’ve been on many surfing-related overseas trips including Indonesia, Samoa and the Philippines, Europe and Morocco.

I’ve just returned from the Victorian High Country, which has inspired my next body of work.

Can you remember selling your first painting?

It was to well-known Peninsula author and illustrator Meredith Gaston. It was a floral commission piece.

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Tell us about your painting process.

Often bodies of work are inspired by a specific place and stem from photos. From here I may do sketches or go straight to the canvas. I use a corking gun to empty large quantities of oils on to a glass table where I mix the paint before applying it directly and rapidly to the canvas with palette knives in layers. I am extremely impatient when it comes to the actual making of a work. Even the largest of paintings will often take no longer than a day or two but can take up to six months to dry properly.

What does a day in your life look like?

Coffee first! Then a few hours surfing, the bakery, then studio. Put on some music and begin to paint. I find my most productive days are when I get to the studio with an idea in mind and paint late into the night with no distractions.

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BY LIZ ROGERS The new eight-part drama series Bad Mothers, currently screening on Channel 9, shows GP Sarah Pooley’s socalled ‘perfect life’ transforming into a world plagued by extra-marital affairs, murder and chaos. As she tries to navigate her spiralling out of control surrounds, she finds an unlikely sisterhood and support system from a group of school mums who call themselves the Bad Mothers Club. This ripper Aussie drama from Filthy Productions and Jungle Entertainment looks at modern motherhood from five very different female perspectives and is full of fun, struggle, dirty deeds, and what it means to be a parent today juggling everything.

Enter Rosebud resident and Peninsula Film Festival director Steve Bastoni, who plays Tom Hicks, the husband of Danielle, one of the Bad Mothers. Solid and reliable, Tom is the station officer at a suburban fire station; he rescued Danielle from the top of a building and, as they say, the rest is history. Tom cherishes his happiness after losing his first wife to aggressive breast cancer. Steve explains: “We filmed some of the show in Mornington, Brighton and Williamstown. There’s shots of the Mornington Pier in the promo trailer, although I didn’t have any scenes on the Peninsula myself. I really enjoyed it. We filmed for a couple of months after I came off the Australian-Chinese movie The Whistleblower. I’ve just finished shooting Postcards and now I’m rehearsing for Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge, which will be on at the MTC. It’s great to be working so much. The years between 40 and 50 were a bit lean and I had to reinvent myself.

That’s when I started the Peninsula School of Acting and the Peninsula Film Festival. Three of the cast from Bad Mothers — Tess Haubrich (Sarah Pooley), Michala Banas (Jesse McKinnon) and Don Hany (Kyle Evans) — were at the Peninsula Film Festival in Rosebud this year.”

Steve loves living on the Peninsula. He has a real soft spot for Sorrento back beach, where he learnt to surf as a kid, and loves being surrounded by water. He lives here with his wife and three children. “The set of Bad Mothers was just like being at home,” he laughs. “Being surrounded by a strong female cast. My six-year-old daughter is the boss of everything, after my wife. One thing I learnt on set was how important it was to be well-prepared, arrive early and always be first in the queue at lunch time!”

Smart thinking, Steve. Keep your eyes peeled for those bad mothers.

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Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth to be based in Melbourne While most cruise ships are white, a few companies choose to be different.

Among these are the ships of the Cunard Line, which retain the traditional colours of the British Royal Mail Steamers of the past. Cunard Line is now just one of the nine cruise ship lines that form the huge Carnival Corporation group, but as well as its colour scheme its ships keep some of the ways of the old British company.

During February and March this year, the Port of Melbourne will be visited four times by the Queen Elizabeth, but from December 2019 to March 2020 the ship will be based in Melbourne, operating six round-trip cruises during that time.

This is the third Cunard ship to bear the name. The first was launched in 1938 to be the running mate of the first Queen Mary on the high status North Atlantic run. In 1967 Cunard launched the Queen Elizabeth 2 — usually referred to as

the QE2 — to replace those two older ships on the North Atlantic, but with the popularity of air travel she soon became a cruise ship.

Cunard now operates three ships as cruise liners: the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth. The first two ships with the name Queen Elizabeth were built in Scotland, but the current ship was built in Italy by Fincantieri at Monfalcone, near Trieste. Similar in design to a number of other cruise ships, including the Queen Victoria, her interior recreates some of the atmosphere of her 1930s namesake with many Art Deco touches.

Launched in 2010, with a length of 294m she has accommodation for up to 2092 passengers. This passenger capacity puts her in the middle of the range among cruise ships.

The earlier ‘Queens’ were all powered by

Queen Elizabeth arrives at Station Pier on February 25, 2011, for her first visit. Photo courtesy of Russell Priest

steam turbines, though the QE2 had hers replaced by diesel-electric in 1986-87. The current ship has a diesel-electric power plant and Azipods, which are propeller units that can be rotated to provide thrust in any direction, allowing the ship to be pushed sideways when mooring and departing.

BY MAURIE HUTCHINSON President, Peninsula Ship Society T: Maurie Hutchinson 9787 5780 E: mauriehutch@gmail.com The Peninsula Ship Society meets at Hastings Yacht Club 4th Tuesday of each month at 10am. Visitors always welcome.

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It’s not often that we write about ourselves, but this is news we can’t keep to ourselves any longer! After two and a half years, we have decided to combine Frankly Frankston Magazine with Mornington Peninsula Magazine to create one mega magazine. This one magazine will cover Mornington Peninsula and the Greater Frankston area and include all of your favourites. As Frankston truly is the gateway to the Peninsula, it makes perfect sense to us.

Now you’ll find everything you love from both magazines in the one mega edition, with all of our usual intriguing stories, suburb features, lifestyle and home finds, dazzling restaurants and wineries and much more in print, online, on social media, and in video — see our exciting video announcement on page 15. Our friendly Frankston sales representative, Anna Georgiou, will continue to look after her Greater Frankston clients as if they were her family. Former Frankly Frankston Magazine editor Kate Sears moves on to a new role as story editor at Mornington Peninsula Magazine and can’t wait to provide you with all of the heart-warming and quirky stories that you came to love in Frankly Frankston Magazine.

“Our news was received very well by our regular clients and readers,” said publisher Lisa Walton. “Everyone’s ecstatic that Greater Frankston businesses, news stories and suburb features will now be included in the much-loved and longstanding Mornington Peninsula Magazine. Our funky square-shaped magazine launched 13 years ago, and it progressed from the quarterly publication known as Mornington Life to what you’re reading today.”

And now it’s time for Frankly Frankston Magazine to join in on the success. It’s only up from here. Don’t forget to check out our hip siblings Mt Eliza Village Magazine and Eat. Drink Mornington Peninsula for more of what you love about the Mornington Peninsula.

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A salsa or jive — each flick of the spray can dances with the music’s beat as France’s Lucy Lucy transforms dull walls globally. She is now in Frankston as part of the Big Picture Fest.

Soon after moving to Melbourne in 2006 to complete a master degree in commerce, Lucy WalltoWall_photo Photo: Nicole Reed (nicasa)

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connected with street art group AWOL Crew, learning the art at age 21 in laneways.

Upon arriving back in Paris, she kept the “spirit alive”, exhibiting solo for the first time in 2008 before settling back in Melbourne in 2012. Since this time, she has exhibited in the US, Canada, UK, France, Thailand and Australia. “It has been a steady and unplanned journey,” she says.

“I focused on what I want to tell to people through my paintings as they were viewed by more and more people. I was always trying to improve technically by expanding my practice to performance art, masks and garment making.”

Lucy’s self-described illustrative style reincarnates the soul of women in intricate detail, showing glimpses of different sides to femininity, from grace to beauty.

With her headphones on, the music becomes the soundtrack to her art, providing direction to each story that is told. “Music is very important and I

never paint without it. It really helps in the creative process. I dance a lot on my own in my studio in between paint strokes. I love it and only my cat can see me.”

Her career highlights have included two solo exhibitions at Melbourne’s Juddy Roller and Besser Space, where her arts mixed with performance in the form of attendees wearing masks.

Incidentally, a wall containing art by AWOL Crew has been set aside for Lucy Lucy in the upcoming Big Picture Fest, which will see her translate the themes of dreamscapes and lucid dreaming into something mystical.

“In French we say ‘carte blanche’; in other words, we have freedom to create. I am very excited to be involved in the Big Picture Festival. I really like the buzz it’s creating.”

Lucy Lucy is set to cast her spell on the festival within a hot line-up of artists between March 22-24.

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Andrew, his wife Sandy and their son Jake are friendly, fast and thorough. They also welcome each client with a smile and are dedicated to making sure you feel at home. After all, it can be intimidating for a woman to come into an automotive

workshop. Sandy explains: “Some women feel a bit uncomfortable coming into a workshop. I make sure everyone is at ease. You’d be surprised how many dads book their daughters in, and they always ask if I’m going to be here.”

The moment you speak with Sandy, who exemplifies what The Tyre Place is all about, you know you’re in safe hands. This is real service with a smile.

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Alexandra Park legend became

‘King of the Country’ To label Simon ‘Goose’ Goosey a Mornington Football Club legend would be to sell the great man’s legacy short, because he is far more than that.

Sure, the numbers during his time at Alexandra Park speak for themselves: A trial of sensors in Rye that monitor parking availability, traffic flows, and the use of public toilets and barbecues over summer is just a taste of things to come. The RMIT collaboration with Mornington Peninsula Shire and other partners offers a glimpse of how sensor data will change how our beachside towns operate in the future.

The lead researcher, Associate Professor Flora Salim from RMIT University, said the traffic sensors would feed into smart signs displaying real-time availability of parking in Rye, while also guiding traffic to the least congested route. “We’re also putting sensors on barbecues and in bins to let council workers know when they need attention, and air quality sensors at toilet blocks,” Prof Salim said. “Even the historic Rye Pier will have air and water quality sensors.”

The initial trial is monitoring more than 650 parking spaces, 20 bins, five toilet blocks and four barbecues as well as 1km of the main shopping street and 9ha of the foreshore. The trial will continue next summer before being rolled out to other areas in subsequent years. “Eventually we’ll be using artificial intelligence for predictive modelling of all this data for towns all along the coast, trained on historic data but also informed by weather and events information,” Prof Salim said. “Local government will have dashboards with all this realtime information as well as forecasts for infrastructure development, while visitors can use an app to plan their ideal trip to the beach with the best route, parking and beach facilities.”

The project was funded through the Federal Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. Other project partners include Downer, Broadspectrum, and the Australian Road Research Board with support from Meshed, Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism Board and Rye Beach Business Association.

Pictured: Associate Professor Flora Salim says the sensor trial in Rye is only the beginning for smart technology on the Peninsula. Photo courtesy RMIT University.

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• More than 1500 goals for the club (1988-2005) • Seven consecutive seasons of 100-plus goals • 156 goals in one season • 17 goals in a game against Hampton in 2000 • Coached and played in four premierships • Coached the club to eight Grand Final appearances in 10 years • Mornington FC Team of the Century Full-Forward Even those of us who followed our football away from the Peninsula kept hearing about this bloke from down south. A bloke who kicked goals as easy as shelling peas, famed for his accuracy — “Goosey could stab-pass a Sherrin 30 yards straight up a chook’s behind”, as one colourful commentator put it. “King of the Country”, they called him, the Doggies supporters who’d had years of tooting horns in celebration as he slotted another major straight through the middle.

success-starved Bulldogs that brought four flags and eight Grand Final appearances.

Of all the on-field successes that Goosey experienced during his time at Mornington Football Club, it was the ‘96 Premiership win over Pines he values most. Despite Goosey’s inexperience as a senior coach, despite a big loss of experienced players, despite having to blood a crop of youngsters, despite being 21 points down at three-quarter time, the 1996 Mornington Bulldogs ran over the top of their more fancied opponents, with the Goose pulling the strings and spearheading the attack.

Mornington erupted in wild celebrations and parades along Main St. And although he wasn’t Mornington born and bred, the town made the Goose one of its own, recognising the man with a scoreboard at Alexandra Park in his honour.

It was a fitting tribute to one of the greatest goalkickers the Peninsula has ever seen.

This area has contributed to the pantheon of footballing gods like no other, producing luminaries the likes of Gerard Healy, Stewart Loewe, Robert Harvey, Dermott Brereton, Nathan Burke, Stan Alves, Stuart Trott and two bona fide legends in Leigh Matthews and the great John Coleman, the favourite son of Hastings. Surely the Goose pales into insignificance when mentioned in such illustrious company. The man never even kicked a ball in anger at senior AFL level after failing to progress at Richmond, Carlton and North Melbourne. Not that his talent was lost to the AFL entirely — he was drafted by Geelong at pick 47 in 1990. But just as he was about to get his shot at playing on a flank, Goosey was cruelled by injury, and a young Ken Hinkley took his place in the starting line-up and never looked back.

The AFL dream was over for the man who calls Alexandra Park a second home, but the making of the King was just beginning. Goosey returned to Mornington in ‘91 and started his coaching journey as playing assistant under Port Melbourne legend Greg “Biff” Dermott. After a spell at Frankston from ‘92 to ‘94, the Goose was back at Alexandra Park and ushered in a golden era for the

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What makes Village Glen unique in the aged care industry is that it is a family business. It’s owned and operated by the Jacobsen family, with six family members over three generations currently working for the group. As a family that is born and bred on the Peninsula, this is where their passion lies.

Village Glen Retirement Living came first in Capel Sound with more than 600 villas and apartments. Aged care residences followed later, with two state-of-the-art facilities in Capel Sound and Mornington. Village Glen completed its continuum of care model with Flexicare Home Support, which offers both home care packages and private in-home services. Another aged care residence in Baxter is in the design stage.

Village Glen is all about people caring for people. More accurately, it’s about the Village Glen family caring for your family. But that isn’t where the family analogy ends.

There are countless families working at Village Glen to care for your family. That’s right — Village Glen employs husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, sisters, cousins, nieces and uncles . . . the list goes on.

Today, more than 15 per cent of the Village Glen workforce has another family member also working there.

As managing director Chas Jacobsen explains: “It creates such a sense of pride when staff care so much about what they do that they encourage their loved ones to follow in their footsteps. Our team consists of the very best aged care staff members who are incredibly loyal and passionate about providing the level of care that our clients deserve.”

Bernie, who is the aged care executive chef, says: “Family values are everything to me, and working for Village Glen is an extension of that.”

The variety of staff and skill sets working at Village Glen is incredible. From nursing to admin, maintenance to catering, cleaning to housekeeping, every role at Village Glen is unique, as is every individual who works here.

Sarah, the retirement living receptionist who works alongside her husband, Chris, and son Kieran, says: “The community in the Village and friendly environment makes work feel like family, and working with my family makes it that much more special.”

If you are interested in working at Village Glen, or if you or a family member are considering aged care options, come and see why Village Glen might be right for you.

The team will be only too happy to show you some of the many reasons to join the community as a client or staff member and become part of the Village Glen extended family.

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Pictured - above: Flexicare Home Support partner Mandy and aged care executive chef Bernie are integral members of the Village Glen family.

Below: Chris (maintenance), his wife, Sarah (reception) and their son, Kieran (PCA) epitomise the family ties at Village Glen.

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Heart of the community for more than a century For many Mornington residents and visitors, Alexandra Park is the ground at the top of Main St where people play footy, cricket and netball. Most Morningtonians drive past Alexandra Park on their way to sampling the delights of “the street”, or to it so they can drop off the kids for their weekend sport without a second thought of the history that permeates every sod, every blade of grass, every brick and every plank that make up the much-loved community space.

For some residents lucky enough to have memories of the shire going back before World War II, a walk past Alexandra Park may evoke more than just memories of bristling local derbies or the crack of willow on leather.

In the minds of these senior residents, there may be recollections of thundering hoofs, or the glint of axe heads as they are raised to meet the sunlight before crashing down to splinter wood. Or it may be memories of army pageantry and the pomp and ceremony of city bands that led processions from Main St to the park for a spot of afternoon tea and a recital.

While the very earliest history of Alexandra Park is sketchy, including its naming, records held by the

Mornington and District Historical Society detail the purchase of the area now known as Alexandra Park in 1896 by the Mornington Shire as a freeholding. And for millennia previous it was part of the territory inhabited by the Bunurong people, part of the Kulin nation, whose descendants live among us today and whose interests are represented by the Boon Wurrung Foundation.

So while footy and cricket play a big part in the story of Alexandra Park, they are by no means the only sporting endeavours to have been staged on its fields over the decades. There were also woodchopping competitions in the 1950s and even boomerang and spear-throwing exhibitions by Aborigines.

As part of a Boxing Day carnival in 1934, nine camels from central Australia made up a picnic camel race meeting at Alexandra Park. As part of the same carnival, a tennis tournament on the grass of Alexandra Park was also well attended. Then there was the Mornington Athletics Carnival of 1945, where the Shire made provisions for up to 5000 spectators and prepared a world-class track with the feature race, the Mornington Gift, one of the richest and most prestigious foot races in the country at that time alongside the Stawell Gift.

But Alexandra Park hasn’t just been an arena for sports — it’s a venue that has held some of the biggest events and camps on the Peninsula. The regular gymkhanas are a good example. Gymkhanas were enormously popular

on the Peninsula from the early to mid-1900s; they were essentially an event to celebrate horsemanship, although there were also motorcycle varieties as well.

Alexandra Park was also the setting for some of the biggest camps on the Peninsula. On Boxing Day in 1931, about 280 men of the 24th Battalion representing Camberwell, Croydon and Surrey Hills set up camp for 10 days, engaging in activities such as inter-company cricket matches. The Alpha Social Club used Alexandra Park for Christmas holiday camps in the 1940s on more than one occasion, some of which were attended by 400 people or more, as did the Presbyterian Young Men’s Fellowship in the late 1920s and the Scouts on regular occasions.

All of which goes to show how valuable an asset Alexandra Park has been — and still is — to the local and wider community. Thanks should be given to the Mornington football and cricket clubs for the work they have done in maintaining and developing the area over more than a century. The Mornington Peninsula Shire should also be acknowledged for its investment and management of the area on behalf of its residents.

At the end of the day, as history has shown, though people from far and wide have used the magnificent field and amenities of Alexandra Park for many and varied purposes, it will always remain a place for all the people of the Mornington Peninsula to enjoy.

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BY LIZ ROGERS Rose’s day starts early. She’s up and doing track work by 4am or 5am six days a week Rose Pearson likes to ride. Race-ride. At just 164cm, this pocket rocket who grew up in Norwich, England, had ponies as a child and went on to with trainer David Brideoak. Three of those mornings she may be training elsewhere before hitting David’s track. Once a week she drives two-and-a-half hours towards ride racehorses at 16. She’s been living in Mornington for the past eight Bendigo and trains at Sutton Grange. There’s no track work on Sundays. “Most days I’m finished training by 10am, and if there aren’t any races scheduled I have the rest years and has been racing for the past three and a half. She explains: of the day off. But if I’m racing, I get notified two days before and I may have to travel “Racing in the UK is seasonal. Lots of jockeys go away on working anywhere! I may have to go all over the state or across the border into Albury. Or down holidays. I came to Australia and stayed. I had to wait to race until I to Tassie. My manager books the races for me. I love the unpredictability of it. It’s never received my permanent visa. I’m just lucky that I came at a time when boring.” female jockeys were on the rise. These days, in some races, seven out of With all that training, Rose keeps in top physical condition. She’s careful about what she 10 of the racers are women. The girls are on the increase. Everyone is so eats, goes to the gym, walks her dog and if she needs to drop a couple of kilos before a she has a sweat bath/sauna. She continues: “Being a race-rider is a young person’s supportive here. There’s a great comradeship between male and female race, sport. I’m 28 so will need to change my direction. I think I’ll go into training.” jockeys. We help each other out.”

Whatever she decides, this jockey’s love of horses will see her racing towards her future. Giddy-up, Rose, and ride high.

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Frankston House Sanctuary of Early Learning is accepting enrolments now.

Frankston House has opened its doors so it’s the perfect time to book your tour and secure your child’s place in the four-yearold government-funded kindergarten program, which includes bush kinder, a limit of 78 places, and a commitment to providing a home-like environment where each individual child can thrive.

Frankston House is a family-owned and operated long day care provider and currently runs Mt Eliza House Sanctuary of Early Learning at 41 Baden Powell Place, Mount Eliza. It believes that all children have the right to grow and learn in their own way and at their own pace, allowing them to gently unfold to reach their full potential.

On your tour, you’ll discover natural outdoor play

spaces and four inviting rooms. Here the children will spend their days exploring the world, creating positive friendships and developing empathy and respect. The curriculum reinforces connections with nature and encourages self-reliance, problemsolving and creativity.

The environments at Frankston House are especially designed to encourage young ones to become curious, confident, and caring decisionmakers. Frankston House highly values family input and works collaboratively within its team and the community to provide best practice and continual improvement.

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‘Lessons come from the journey... not the destination’ Lessons

come from the journey . . .

Dromana College Open Night Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 6pm As the highest performing secondary school on the Mornington Peninsula, Dromana College will continue to work tirelessly to develop and consolidate the many exemplary educational programs on offer. With outstanding facilities, a committed professional staff and a caring school community, students are challenged to explore their interests and talents to achieve their personal best.

Tours available Tuesday mornings at 9.30am Please phone 5987 2805 for bookings

LEAP 2020 Testing Saturday 11 May 2019 9am at the College All information is on the DSC website Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Personal Best 110 Harrisons Road Dromana (entry via Old White Hill Road) T. 5987 2805 www.dsc.vic.edu.au • dromana.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

Outstanding outlook for Dromana College It is a privilege to be the Principal of Dromana College and I delight in the opportunity to share with the wider community our success as a highperforming school of academic excellence.

I would like to begin by congratulating the whole college community on a fantastic 2018, with our students having achieved excellence in a diverse range of learning programs and cocurricular activities. Our students are challenged, motivated and engaged by an interesting, exciting and relevant curriculum that caters for their needs.

As I contemplate the year ahead, I again return to the greatest strengths of our school, the relationships between staff and students and the sense of belonging that our community fosters.

The learning relationship of our students with their teachers and vice-versa is elementary, built on the college values of respect, integrity, personal best and responsibility and underpinned by clear learning intentions.

The college’s well-established vision continues to deliver excellent outcomes for all our students. In 2018, Dromana College students outperformed all other local secondary providers. More than 90 per cent of our Year 12 students achieved above the state mean.

An independent review of the college programs, relationships and achievements determined Dromana College to be a highperforming school of academic excellence. The report also commended the expansion of our school’s extracurricular enhancement programs to include Athletics, Dance, Science and Technology, Design, Basketball, Football, Swimming, Sailing, Aerobics and Cycling which runs adjacent to the school day.

The outlook for 2019 is outstanding. Our focus continues to be on delivering the best academic outcomes for all our students.

At the same time, we have committed additional resources to the redevelopment of our Performing Arts learning area to complement the recently completed Year 9 learning area.

The college values are at the core of these commitments and underpin the strong sense of well-being and community that our school enjoys.

ALAN MARR – Principal DROMANA COLLEGE A: 110 Harrisons Rd, Dromana T: 5987 2805 W: dsc.vic.edu.au

Weddings on the Peninsula

I do . . . take the Mornington Peninsula Flawless skin for your big day Congratulations, you are going to be a bride! You’ve picked your beautiful dress, chosen your hairstyle and found the perfect venue. Everything is planned to perfection . . . except for your skin. It could be the fine lines on your forehead or the crow’s feet around your eyes. Perhaps your skin is sun-damaged and dehydrated, or you have thin lips that disappear when you smile.

Endless searches for the ideal wedding location cease when couples discover the spectacular beaches, picturesque wineries, hidden hinterlands, quaint country houses and pristine golf courses that the Mornington Peninsula has to offer. There’s something for every taste and budget, with providers to match.

Everything can be found on the Peninsula to make your day everything you’ve ever dreamed of.

In this issue of Mornington Peninsula Magazine we bring you the likes of Hickinbotham Winery, which offers casual and relaxed wedding receptions to be envied. Lindenderry let us explore its stunning 13ha of gardens and vines, five-star winery and luxury hotel to show you. We’re also delighted to invite you to discover the wonders at Montalto, with its stunning vineyard, sculpture park and variety of function areas. We also present Safety Beach Country Club with its lakeside wedding receptions and experienced team of specialists who will have your day running to perfection.

Viktoria from Cosmetic Injectables Victoria describes how she assists the blushing bride to be as gorgeous as ever for her special day. Marriage celebrant Justin Morely has helped 180 happy couples embark on their life journeys; the high-energy music of Baker Boys Band will get your guests moving and grooving at your reception; and Mornington-based Peninsula Cake Art creates wedding cakes that look too good to eat — if you don’t believe us, try them yourself!

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Lindenderry makes your dream day come true You’ve waited so long for your special day, and however you’ve dreamed it, Lindenderry is here to ensure it’s delivered as seamlessly and elegantly as you imagined.

Set in the very heart of Red Hill on 13 stunning hectares of gardens and vines, Lindenderry’s one-of-a-kind luxury boutique hotel is ideally positioned to soak up the spectacular Mornington Peninsula: pure-sand beaches, soul-enriching nature, artisan produce and mere minutes from the region’s most revered cool climate wineries.

Whether it’s an intimate celebration or grand affair, few who visit forget the sense of wonder as they turn down Lindenderry’s driveway — an hour’s drive from Melbourne yet an entire world away. Discover endless idyllic spaces, warm authentic hospitality, award-winning wines you’ll want to savour and bespoke seasonal menus that will linger in your mind.

Reimagined by awarded design studio Hecker Guthrie, Lindenderry’s breathtaking new interiors include 40 elegant guest rooms, open spaces that invite the outside in, and a heated indoor pool, accompanied by unforgettable farm-to-table dining and a five-star Halliday-rated cellar door.

Visit lancemore.com.au/lindenderry or contact Lindenderry’s experienced planners on 5989 2933 for more information.

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Celebrate your Wedding by the lake

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The Safety Beach Country Club is a delightful venue, nestled between Arthurs Seat and Mount Martha. The club sits among 22 lakes dotting the grounds with the club overlooking a pristine undulating course.

Imagine having your special ceremony on the gorgeous green with family and friends, the beautiful lily-filled lakes providing a natural backdrop for photos before and after your celebration, then enjoy your choice of a fully catered or cocktail reception.

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The venue can cater for up to 30 people for an intimate sit-down dinner or up to 120 for a cocktail-style reception along with a personal selection of great Mornington Peninsula wines. There is also an undercover patio that can accommodate all-weather drinks. The club can also organise a celebrant, florist, music for non-stop entertainment or any other requirements.

If you’re after a personal celebration of canapes and cocktails on the golf course or an intimate sit-down celebration with those closest to you, Safety Beach Country Club is the ideal place. The experienced team

of event specialists will ensure your day runs smoothly while you sit back, relax and enjoy the view.

For further information or to book your special day, phone 5981 0120 or visit the Safety Beach Country Club website for information on the latest events and let the specialists do the rest. They are experts. Enjoy.

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Great food. Sensational wines and HIX beers.

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Celebrating the women of our community For more than 100 years, the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women have been celebrated on International Women’s Day. All around the world, March 8 is a day to not only reflect on how far we’ve come but how far we have to go in such areas as accelerating gender parity. So join us as Liz Rogers and Kate Sears from Mornington Peninsula Magazine pay tribute to the many women making their mark on the Peninsula and beyond in our inaugural International Women’s Day feature.

Telling the stories of a community from within Lisa Walton ain’t no pushover.

The publisher of Mornington Peninsula Magazine, Mt Eliza Village Magazine and Eat. Drink is tough, opinionated and sometimes thinks so fast that she forgets to remember that not everyone else in the room travels at the speed of light.

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Publishing is in her blood and the indelible pages run deep. As a maths and science freak growing up in Rye, she thought she’d be a scientist. She began high school at 10 after winning a scholarship to Padua and her fascination with genealogy has stuck, but the teenage life beckoned and that included sneaking out at night to see Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, working at the Rosebud TAB from age 14 and eventually getting married to a surfer with whom she had two children. She explains.

“Look, the hormones just kicked in early.

At 11 I was a 5’ 7”, blue-eyed blonde and had a 34-24-34 figure. After having two beautiful daughters, I left the Peninsula to travel around Australia with my husband, Chris, and the kids, but it only lasted six months. We ran into cyclones and it just didn’t work. I guess I was bored.

We came back and I got a job selling ads with Peter Isaacson Publications. PI had 68 publications across Australia. Peter, along with Shane and Glenn from The Melbourne Times, had a six-week-old publication called The Emerald Hill and Sandridge Times, which was circulated around Port Melbourne and South Melbourne. It was 1980. We moved to Albert Park and Chris became a stay-athome dad with our two girls while I was out learning from the ground up on the EH & ST. The publication was eight pages when I began and became a regular 36-48 pages in no time. I didn’t know what I was doing at first but I learnt fast.”

Lisa has always learnt fast and on her feet.

She remembers asking how to do the layouts early on at The Melbourne Times.

These were the days when staff had coffee stains dribbling down their shirts and cigarette ash floated over page proofs

like grey puffy clouds ready to burst. She continues. “This was when we were still cutting and pasting bromides, and here I was, this young single mum — Chris and I had separated by then — asking how to do the layouts. The answer was: ‘If you’re so smart, then you work it out!’”

Lisa began Melissa Walton Advertising within her first two years in the industry.

She had contracts to run three weekly newspapers and a monthly and employed 15 staff from her Bay St Port Melbourne premises. She was not one to rest on her laurels. “I became one of the only female publishers in Australia; at 27 years of age I was certainly one of the youngest.

Women were not perceived as being able to hold positions of power in the media industry back then and people thought I had slept my way to the top. Ha! I had already become a bit of a punk, spike-cut and brightly coloured hair and I wore an extreme wardrobe. There was a shop in Albert Park in the ‘80s called Wild Rumours that dressed all the ‘in’ people about town. You know, musos, artists.

I was wearing lots of leather and fur. I suppose it helped with how I projected myself in a male-dominated world. It gave me an edge.”

Suburban (community) newspapers and magazines are at the heart of Lisa Walton’s mantra. After 13 years, Mornington Peninsula Magazine is the Peninsula’s longest-running and largestcirculating lifestyle magazine, and it has taken every bit of Lisa’s intelligence and forward-thinking initiative to keep it and its sister publications Eat.Drink and Mt Eliza Village Magazine at the top of the Peninsula publishing scene. “I’ve had to be successful. There was no option when

I was bringing up my two girls solo and there is still no option. We have a family business. I came back to the Peninsula after publishing in North Queensland with my magazine Barfly in the ‘90s, but before resettling here I got a job at Metro News with my old mate from The Melbourne Times, Glenn Rohan. Back in the 1980s I was the first person to produce a tabloid newspaper on an Apple Mac. I taught myself to do the layouts on the computer. I’ve always tried to produce publications that I would want to read. You know I started Mt Eliza Village Magazine at my kitchen table in 2006, and it was only supposed to be a one-off.”

Lisa’s success is based on her neversay-die, get-the-job-done grit. In her publishing life she’s been chairwoman of Australian Suburban Newspapers in Victoria and on many steering committees for the Australian Suburban Newspaper Association. Over the past 13 years her business plan has taken her clients to the next level — it has included an easy-tonavigate, content-rich website; Facebook and Instagram expansion to assist clients; and now video to complement existing editorial and advertising campaigns. Her two daughters, Bianca and Yandell, are now independently successful women in the arts, and her partner, Archie, and his daughter, Molly, are integral parts of the Mornington Peninsula Magazine business.

The only way is up for this woman who describes herself as “not having thin skin”.

Maybe so, but I think her success has more to do with a profound love of living on the Peninsula and telling the stories of a community from within.

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Room for business

After catching the escape room bug in 2015, Carolyn Parker was disappointed to discover there weren’t enough escape room challenges here to satisfy her puzzle cravings. So Carolyn decided to build her own.

Owned and designed by Carolyn, Locked in Escape Rooms in Mornington will no doubt immerse via her realistic set design. Her elaborate set design was inspired by her experience in theatre, where she also learnt the vital skill of constructing creative plot lines that truly engage the players. Madame Jarvier Fortune Teller was Carolyn’s first escape room venture. The now retired room included sensory inputs and a variety of puzzles that required different skill sets to be employed to solve them. She feels it’s vital that tasks requiring a variety of skill sets are included so that everyone who attempts the room can have the chance to face a challenge. Carolyn said she watches as the players emerge from the game genuinely surprised by how captivated they were and how the time just flew by.

“The most rewarding aspect is the interaction I have with my customers. It is great to see them escape the room and experience the mutual joy of successfully completing the room,” Carolyn said.

This Mornington resident holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Melbourne and previously spent 20 years teaching vocational education and chemistry at Mornington Secondary College. Puzzles and puzzle design have always been a passion for Carolyn. Even as a teenager, she would find herself designing and building escape room-type challenges for her family and friends to solve. The minute she discovered that escape rooms had become a ‘thing’, she just knew she would be hooked.

Time is of the essence while completing an escape room challenge, and running a business is much the same. “The most challenging aspect is the time commitment that is required,” Carolyn said. “When you run a small business, the rest of your commitments keep going as well. It’s definitely a juggling act to balance work, family, and time for myself.”

What can we say — she’s mastering the challenge.

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Seasons of change at Yo-Ko Original The warmer summer months are coming to an end, and with the change of seasons we welcome beautiful new autumn stock at Yo-Ko Women’s Fashion Boutique.

Just landed in store is the eagerly anticipated Lincoln St brand — delivering style that will see your closet soar beyond the confines of 9-to-5. This Melbournebased brand utilises smooth jersey and soft terry fleece fabrics, neutral pinks

and basic colours in a wide range of trans-seasonal and timeless designs. Look to Lincoln St for a curated collection of loose-fitting ruffle sleeved dresses and

Wonder woman at Woolumbi Woolumbi Farm managing director Sonya Neff became a butcher by default after her contract butcher could no longer do the work. The choice was to find someone else or build her own on-farm butcher’s shop. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Sonya learnt the art of butchery from a fourth-generation retired butcher who mentored her. She explains.

“I didn’t want to shut my business down.

Contract butchers are rare as hen’s teeth so I decided to give it a go. Woolumbi Farm breeds free-range ethically farmed pork and lamb and buys young steers, raising them until processing on the same principles. Everything is bred and butchered on site.”

Originally an accountant before living the farm life, Sonya now oversees every part of the business, working up to 80 hours a week while raising three teenagers. She’s up at 5am checking emails, social media, the animals, irrigation and water pumps, making phone calls and managing a crisis or two. Then there’s the butchering and making of smallgoods, including bacon, kabana, frankfurters and gourmet sausages with no preservatives or fillers.

Woolumbi Farm also holds a charcuterie course over winter in June, July and August.

She continues. “Butchering on site hasn’t been cheap or easy with set-up costs and so on, but people love coming to the farm to buy their product.”

They also know the product is farmed sustainably and ethically.

Wonderful.

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relaxed tees alongside stylish leisure wear available in sizes 8-16 Our brand portfolio has increased significantly, now offering a selection of “curve conscious” garments by sizeinclusive labels Hope & Harvest, Coral & Co, Meri by Design, PQ The Label, Faye Black, Revoque and Advocado. Available in up to size 22, these brands offer something for every taste and occasion in a variety of fabrics and prints.

It’s summer sale time with many brands marked down at up to 30% off, including the Firefly and Phoebe & Rose labels in vibrant exotic prints and cotton fabrics, bottoms by Café Latte and basic camis by Deep Blue, just to name a few!

Stunningly printed maxi dresses, jumpsuits and culottes by Boho Australia are still aplenty and will continue to see us through to Easter.

Also available all year round, we offer a selection of the amazingly comfortable Refuge Gelato Leg jeans plus numerous denim staples by Country Denim.

Yo-Ko boasts a vast selection of footwear from No! Shoes and Step on Air, and stunning and affordable jewellery and bags from Trio Rouge, Mikaia and No+El. For gift-giving made easy, pick up a voucher in-store. Layby available.

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Fitness works out for the whole family CrossFit 1010 was born last August when Candice Thomason wanted to start something special. It came after she’d spent time travelling, worked as a chartered accountant and made the move to Melbourne from England. Now, along with her trainers Bec and Ashlee, she’s got people of all ages eager to exercise.

“I was watching my then 10-year-old twin nephews play basketball. I watched their movements,” Candice said. “It was then that I realised I wanted to complete a CrossFit kids qualification. I wanted to help children get better at sports and improve their physical mechanics.”

Having already completed her CrossFit qualification for adults, this was a natural progression. Candice began by training her nephews in her garage and from there she decided to start her business. In her gym you’ll notice lots of kids training while their parents do the same. Candice has turned CrossFit into a family activity and CrossFit 1010 into a family space.

This gym reduces the need for a childcare facility on site and gives parents time to exercise between work and parent duties while still spending quality time with their kids.

Candice’s gym re-introduces the social element to working out. She’s noticing there is much more face-to-face contact in her gym as children and parents put down their screens and workout together.

Kids as young as three can join in with CrossFit-style games.

“As someone who has moved to Australia,

One-woman band getting to know my community and supporting small businesses within my community is very important to me.

Growth in the community is important.

We must look after the people around us. I know how hard it is to run my own business; with 15-hour days you’re constantly working. Everyone’s in the same position so I want to help everyone out if I can.”

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Niamh Hislop never had any intention of starting a business, but when her husband began working full-time and she was unable to return to her marketing career with two small children at home, she decided to jump. She explains. “My plans to travel to town for endermologie treatments to help get rid of cellulite were also put on hold, so I decided to bring endermologie to me and bought my first machine. I launched the business in June 2016.”

Peninsula Endermologie offers a noninvasive, negative-pressure massage treatment which helps to noticeably reduce the appearance of cellulite and unwanted fat deposits. It also specialises in endermotherapy protocols for a myriad of facial rejuvenation and therapeutic indications such as the treatment of scars, inflammation, heavy legs and discomfort associated with fibromyalgia to name a few.

Operating as a “one-woman band” means Niamh works long hours, takes care of administration duties — including the recent addition of an online booking system — after hours and juggles her children’s extra-curricular activities. Being her own boss does have advantages though. “I can adjust my calendar to suit. I hope our kids learn a healthy work ethic and understand what it takes to successfully manage your own business.”

Niamh considers it a privilege to work with her clients and loves seeing them become more confident when desired results are achieved. Call her to find out how.

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Café flourishing after 11 years This will be Flourish Café’s 11th year in business, and it’s not hard to see why it’s still going so strong. Owner Maree Hutchins prides herself on fresh homemade food and caters for vegetarian and vegan dietary requirements. “We have also changed to biodegradable takeaway coffee cups, which are not only beautiful to look at but are safe for our environment,” Maree says.

Flourish Café, which won the 2018 Fantastic Food Safety Award, combines fine presentation, excellent service and a family atmosphere to create a place where you’ll always feel welcome and at home. There are many activities on offer, including Wednesday pasta or parma nights, Friday night happy hour with $5 drinks from 5-7pm, high tea Sundays — keep an eye on Facebook for the next one — and three-course sit-down dinners with live music. Private functions are catered for too.

Maree also operates Maree’s Tours, which include day trips every fortnight, theatre shows with coach transport, dinner and tickets, extended trips away within Australia, and an annual overseas trip to a selected destination. “We are a friendly social club which encourages all age groups, single or attached, to venture out and explore our world with like-minded travellers.”

There’s always something happening at Flourish Café.

See the world with Maree Maree Hutchins has been operating Maree’s Tours for more than 20 years.

This year she’s putting together a sixday tour of Sydney, Norfolk Island and Tasmania in November as well as her regular day trips and theatre shows, and next year she’s hoping to do the Greek islands.

Maree’s Tours are a great way to travel either with or without a partner, where you will feel safe and included. For more information and bookings, call Maree on 9750 0066 or email her at maree@ mareestours.com

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Community comes first at TSIC The Sports Injury Clinic is passionate about helping our community to remain injury-free and proactive about their health. We want our clients to be the best possible versions of themselves. To make this happen, we have created a workplace that seeks to nurture our team, who in turn enable our clients to achieve their health goals. Our clients reflect the diversity of our community — teachers, ambulance drivers, police officers, doctors, surgeons and people from all walks of life on whom the community relies on a day-to-day basis.

My passion is people and providing a workplace that is inclusive and compassionate, a place that our team can call their second family. While celebrating International Women’s Day, we reflect on what makes the Sports Injury Clinic tick. Women and men can access working hours that suit their family lives and outside interests — they can attend their child’s first day of school or travel with sporting teams to the Olympic Games.

One of my mantras is “Life happens” — some good experiences and some bad. Whatever is going on in the lives of our team that may impact on their working hours, we work out a solution that works for everyone and we ‘live life’.

We take the good and the not-so-good from our experiences, and with a spoonful of care we create a happy, nurturing environment for the team.

I am grateful to be able to follow my dreams and participate in an active, challenging working life and at the same time enjoy my life as a mother, sister, daughter and friend in the wonderful community in which we live today.

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Lifelong friends are good for business

Having been best friends from the age of 13, Nicole from Panda Blairgowrie and Kate from Be Fit Food reflect on their 22-year friendship and how they guide each other in business.

What’s your favourite thing about the other?

Nicole: I have always admired Kate’s ambition and determination; her love of food and how she wants to change the way we see health through her business. Watching Kate win the Telstra Business Awards for Be Fit Food for Victoria was an amazing honour that represented how hard she has worked over the past years and I have never been more proud.

Kate: I’ve always respected Nicole’s work ethic and loyalty. Once you have Nicole on your team, she is a teammate for life. Over the course of the past few years her drive towards business has shifted, and while she still works hard in her business, there are other factors that motivate her. If you look at Panda Blairgowrie, you can see that organic and whole locally sourced produce is now a key motivator.

How did you work together?

Nicole: We have not worked a lot in each other’s businesses, but have been more of a helping guidance to each other over the years. This did change in 2017/2018 after Be Fit Food featured on Shark Tank. I jumped in and assisted Kate with the growth

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and marketing of Be Fit Food. We worked well together with an honesty that not all employees can have.

What’s your favourite thing about being in business?

Nicole: For me personally, the direction that we took when we opened Panda Blairgowrie changed in comparison to if we opened it a few years ago. I have been going through IVF for nearly three years now and the main thing that has changed is our perception of food and beverages. I now try and stock as much organic and local produce as possible.

Kate: I love getting up and going to work every day to hang out in the office with a really motivated, optimistic and enthusiastic team of 20 females in our head office, and I am now proud to say we have added one fulltime male too. Yes, we have plenty of males across the business too!

Any advice for other women hoping to get into business?

Nicole: I have worked in a male-dominated field my whole adult life, and while it was not always easy, I have always worked hard and stayed true to myself and my vision. Also, surrounding yourself with strong women who lift you up instead of dragging you down is a must.

Kate: I totally agree with Nicole here — surround yourself with amazing people who lift you up and tell you that you can! I love that my best friend backed my business even when times were tough, and not only did she make her husband jump in and help us, but she invited all of her friends and family too.

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Holistic approach to cosmetic medicine Dr Fiona Milne has been involved in cosmetic medicine for nearly 20 years, attending conferences nationally and internationally and teaching other doctors advanced techniques. Her background is in general practice and her interest is in holistic care of the patient and their face.

“Self-perception is complex and complicated,” Fiona says. “I believe it is important to understand the reason my patients attend, and give honest advice on what would make them look better.”

Looking attractive is not just about having big lips and erasing every wrinkle. Treatment should be ageappropriate and the whole face should be considered — it should look harmonious. That said, face shape and skin quality are probably the most important things when trying to look your best at any age. A common question is “How long will this last?” The problem is we keep getting older! Like maintaining your home, the best approach is to do regular ‘tweaks’, preserve as much as augment, and be sympathetic to the era.

“This week I have treated an 18-yearold and an 87-year-old, a patient with terminal cancer, a bride-to-be, a 30-year-old male tradie and a television personality,” Fiona continues. “Everyone has their reason to look and feel their best. Many women are doing what I am

— juggling home, partner, children (I have four) and career. It’s always important to make a little time for yourself. Cosmetic medicine is an exciting, evolving and expanding field, but emphasis should be on safety and good aesthetics.”

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Top speakers for Rotary breakfast A leading Australian soprano and a high-profile lawyer and human rights advocate will be the two keynote speakers at the Rotary International Women’s Day Breakfast at Mornington Racecourse on Wednesday, March 6.

Soprano Tania de Jong, pictured, is an inspirational speaker and storyteller, social entrepreneur and creative innovation catalyst. Tania is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators, having developed five businesses and two charities over three decades. She is a global authority on creativity, innovation and collaboration and is an agent for change.

Her keynotes and workshops, combined with the power of song, are transformational, and her work and knowledge span the business, public, creative and community sectors.

Lawyer Prue Gilbert co-founded Grace Papers to challenge traditional stereotypes, drive gender equity and empower working parents and their employers, winning an Australian Human Rights Business Award for this work in 2014. Last year, Prue was named one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. She volunteers for the legal steering committee of NOW Australia and has been influential in driving gender equality through her role as an advisory board member of the AFL Players Association for the AFLW. Co-organised by Frankston North Rotary with the Rotary Clubs of Frankston and

Mount Eliza, the Rotary International Women’s Day Breakfast is entering its fifth year and is attracting interest from a diverse range of professional men and women who are inspired by incredible women every day, women who are raising kids and building businesses and transforming communities.

The theme for 2019 is “Balance for Better”, and all net proceeds from the breakfast will be donated to charity. The breakfast is from 6.45-9am and tickets cost $51.64 per person from eventbrite. com.au/e/international-womens-daybreakfast-2019-tickets-55545875208.

This breakfast is likely to be sold out, so get in quickly for your tickets.

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Dr Deb creates better relationships When Positive Psychology’s Dr Deb Campbell sold her book Lovelands to her publisher, she revealed private loves, losses and a dramatic personal journey — an unusual move for a psychologist.

She wrote about childhood demons and exactly how they fed into relationship struggles as an adult, telling it all without fear or regret.

“I wanted to use my own story with all its drama, good and bad, as an example of how our childhood experiences colour adult relationships, and more importantly, how we can untangle ourselves from those influences if they work against us,” Dr Deb says.

After almost 20 years as a couple therapist/psychologist, Dr Deb focuses on three kinds of love as central to our health and emotional freedom. “Knowing how to have mindful relationships, finding your personal passions, and developing your self-compassion are central to mental health and well-being for most of us.

Creating better relationships with family, friends and community, finding your sense of purpose, and treating yourself kindly — like how you speak to yourself internally — are just some core skills we help clients develop for better mental health.

“Everyone needs help sometimes with these broader life matters and with more specific problems. Ideally, we humans

are interdependent — self-sufficient and connected. Always reach out when you’re struggling.”

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Passionate about business It’s seven days a week for Collie Anne owner/operator Colleen. There’s the hand-selecting of garments, accessories and giftware and making sure that every item in her beautiful Dromana Hub store is just right. There’s no cutting corners or settling for second best for this businesswoman, who began selling jewellery 15 years ago with her Collie Anne Jewellery line. She’s come a long way since doing the rounds of markets and selling in-home.

Collie Anne has been open for four years now and delivers exceptional product, which is sourced locally and overseas.

Colleen explains.

“You’ve got to be passionate and love what you do. I absolutely adore handselecting our stock. Every piece is chosen by me. I still get just as much joy from seeing a customer walk out of the store with something they love. It makes all the work worthwhile. Since opening, (husband) Rory and I have expanded. We did a fashion show for the Dromana Bowls Club last year and will be doing more in 2019. I’ve brought in more natural fibres, including lines from Italy, France and America. It’s about continually offering something new and offering exceptional quality. You’ve got to work hard at making sure your customers are happy.”

And they are. Collie Anne has an incredibly loyal client base because of the fabulous product, great staff and uniquely stressfree in-store environment where passion and creativity reign.

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Moving and grooming

One thing Amanda has learnt over 25 years in business is to not take things personally. “You’ve got to accept you’re going to make mistakes,” she explains.

“The grooming industry didn’t exist when I started giving my mum’s fluffy dogs haircuts years ago. Dashing Designer Dogs began with me, and today we (Amanda and her five female staff) have over 50 years of experience collectively.”

Recently moving into the business precinct in Mornington and offering a full grooming service for all breeds of dogs, Amanda and her team understand how dog coats work and what they need to be maintained. She continues. “We are constantly updating our skills and looking for new ways to grow the business. We have a new totally enclosed grassed area for our four-legged clients and doggie day care is in the works

too. Our new premises is huge. ” Starting out working with a lady groomer in the poodle scene who taught her how to groom, Amanda has worked hard to be where she is today, but there’s always more to learn. She concludes. “It was a great way to begin my career. Dashing Designer Dogs is built on experience and delivering a premium personalised boutique dog grooming service. We’ve been established for over 20 years and are looking forward to the future.”

Now that’s room to groom.

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Aleshia-Ann Fowler may be young, but at 28 she’s already been running her business for six years and has just been awarded the Professional Beauty Solutions Salon of the Month Award. You can tell this beauty therapist owner/operator loves what she does. Saya Medispa has gone from strength to strength and is soon to reinvent itself once more with the recent purchase of a new building.

She explains.

“It’s a bit scary taking over a space that is three to four times bigger than this. The business has grown more quickly than I expected, but you’ve got to dive right in and take a chance. We have a fabulous clientele and my staff are wonderful. It’s always been a dream of mine to be a beauty therapist and run my own salon.

I started working in the industry when I was 15 years old and completed my full diploma at 19.

I’m glad my parents pushed the idea of gaining as much experience as possible because you need to be dedicated to run a business.”

And dedicated is what this young woman is. The past few years she’s worked an average of 50-plus hours a week. She continues. “The business is my baby.

We offer an amazing range of services, including facials, massages, nails and make-up and signature treatments. I love what I do.”

You will too.

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It’s a family affair at Olieve & Olie Sarah Kirk would have been devastated if someone else had taken over the business her mum Jude Steele had begun in her backyard studio. It was 2015 when she went to Jude, who was then still making her natural and gently magnificent olive-based product on kitchen stoves and asked her if she could take over the business side of Olieve & Olie.

Failure was not an option for this Melbourne University commerce degree graduate mum of two who is a great believer of the business working for “us, not us for the business”.

“When I first asked Mum she said no way! We are not going to get along.” We chuckle. “But it was about a week later when she came back to me and said, ‘When can you start?’ That was it. Mum is the product person and I handle the business and marketing side. It’s been working out well. We do get along mostly. Dad (Andy) and my brother Hal are on board too. We are a real family business.”

Olieve & Olie is a gorgeous handmade natural and chemical-free skincare product made right here on the Peninsula. Sarah continues. “I’ve believed in the product from the beginning, so started looking for a factory straight away. Mum is so clever. First, we used multiple saucepans, then went on to 80-litre kettles and will soon be using 500-litre kettles.” The giant shiny structures beam though the windows into the office where we are having a cup of tea. “It’s grown so quickly. We expanded to a second factory in March 2018 and are now stocking stores right across Australia and exporting to the US. We

are set to export to China sometime this year. We had 40 stockists in 2015 and now have 250.”

Apart from the belief in their premium product, hard work plays a big part of Olieve & Olie’s success story. You don’t double each year for three years straight by sitting around and watching the olive trees grow or giving up just because you’ve made a mistake. Sarah plans two to three years ahead, sets targets and is a master of social media marketing, which has played a huge role in expanding Olieve & Olie’s committed customer base.

“I feel like I’ve blinked and the kids have grown up. My partner, Steve, is also involved in the business. You’ve got

to be able to problem solve and not get overwhelmed.

Things always go wrong; something breaks. That’s part of it.”

Drop by Olieve & Olie in Rosebud to begin your journey to no-nasty love the skin you’re in care. It’s well worth the drive. Or go online to view the full range and choose to say yes to ecologically sound beauty.

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Women in crime

WomenConnect Frankston is all about empowering women and empowering humanity. It is an independent group of like-minded women in business wanting to connect, empower and support women in their community. The amazingly dedicated women who volunteer their time include Pippa Hanson (The Sports Injury Clinic), Beckie (Miss Velvet), Michelle Braggins (Braggins & Co Estate Agents), Allison Besanko (director of Alli’s Cleaning) and Jenny Wright and Karin Hann (Dress For Success Mornington Peninsula).

This remarkable team hosts two lunches a year, including a March event and a spring event to follow in September.

The March lunch is in celebration of the International Women’s Day and will be held on Wednesday, March 6, from 11.30am-2.30pm at Frankston RSL, 183 Cranbourne Rd, Frankston. Tickets cost $65 (or $625 for a table of 10) and include a glass of wine on arrival, a two-course meal, and tea and coffee. To book, call Michelle on 0405 512 999 or email womenconnect2018@gmail.com The theme is ‘Women in Crime’, and the speakers begin with Kerry Tucker, who spent five years in a maximum security prison. You’ll also hear from true crime writer Robin Bowles and trauma cleaner Sandra Pankhurst.

The lunch is supported by The Sports Injury Clinic, Miss Velvet, Dress for Success Mornington Peninsula, Braggins & Co Estate Agents, Eview Group, and Mornington Peninsula Magazine.

Mountain of talent at Music on the Hill Music on the Hill hosts its fourth International Women’s Day Show on Friday, March 8, in a celebration of women in music. Previous MOTH IWD shows have featured such prominent Australians as Ella Hooper, Angie Hart, Rebecca Barnard, Gretta Ray, Sally Seltmann and Australian of the Year Rosie Batty, and this year’s line-up promises to be every bit as spectacular.

It includes four world-class vocalists — Australian soul and funk legend Kylie Auldist; Melbourne contemporary violinist and singer-songwriter Xani; Zimbabwean-born r’n’b singer-songwriter and former The Voice star Thando; and jazz/pop singer and RocKwiz orchestra keyboardist Clio Renner.

They’ll be joined by Peninsula-based world music a cappella group Ling Marra and a seven-piece

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all-female band featuring a string section. The musical director for the show is Xani Kolac.

The Peninsula rarely sees so much talent together on the one stage, so this show really is a mustsee. It’s on at the Southern Peninsula Arts Centre Theatre at Rosebud Secondary College, 245 Eastbourne Rd, Rosebud. For bookings and more details, go to musiconthehill.com.au Music on the Hill is a series of community music events that bring singer-songwriters and bands to listening audiences and are usually held in Red Hill.

Coming shows include Ryan Downey and Hannah Cameron at Red Hill Pavilion on Friday, April 5; and William Crighton (NSW) solo and unplugged and Beans on Toast (UK) on Friday, May 3.

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Seventeen years and going strong Lisa Philips is heading into her 18th year in retail this May. That’s a long time to survive in a highly competitive industry. So how has she done it?

Lisa explains: “Fashion is an ever-changing industry and online shopping brings its challenges. Establishing connections with clients, having integrity and offering a personalised retail experience is what keeps my customers returning. My first job out of school was as a junior assistant to a fashion designer. I learnt from the ground up. Years later, when I decided to purchase Color Your Blues, I put myself into a business mentoring program. I had to work out who my targeted market was going to be, and after five years in business I had enough cash flow to fully renovate the store, making it my own.”

Lisa puts a lot of effort into product selection to create a unique collection of fashion, accessories, shoes and handbags.

Color Your Blues is an established part of the Point Nepean Rd landscape. Lisa says treating customers with respect and understanding their individual needs are what make her business the success that it is. Lisa puts on a fashion show every two years for up to 130 women, and is also a big supporter of local fundraising initiatives. Her all-female sales team completes this person-to-person business success story.

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The importance of goals in life and business

Joint owner Dennice from Windrest Cattery Boutique knows you have to work long hours and keep reinventing yourself to stay afloat in both life and business. Dennice spent many years working for global companies around the world. Upon returning home to Australia, she found a greater sense of peace on the Mornington Peninsula. She understands how important it is to have short, medium, and long-term goals to keep a business moving forward. These can be combined with life changes. Dennice explains her current short-term goal is to complete a Reiki and massage course for cats.

“This is an extra service to our clients and a real point of difference! I’m also currently learning animation/ video course to enable our clients to view their cats in motion while they are away. Social media plays a big part in our business, so I want to know how to use it well.”

Dennice recently began swimming again and much to her delight is thriving. Her long-term goal is to compete again in the World Masters Games in 2021. She has set her sights on gold in butterfly and freestyle swimming, but only after she completes her current Diploma studies in Remedial Massage. This is so she can help fellow team members during the competition.

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Lisa loves logistics

You’ve heard about the Peninsula Vine Hop Festival; now meet the brains behind it. Lisa MacGregor started her event management business, Scarlett Mac Events, two years ago after welcoming her first child. The festival is her flagship event, which she had in the pipeline for four years.

Having worked for Frankston Council and

Carlton United Breweries, Lisa’s expertise is second to none. She’s had her side hustle as a freelancer on the go for 15 years because it had always been her intention to go out on her own. Lisa knew she wanted to run a craft beer event and bundle it with wine and cider from the Peninsula. “My passion is craft beer, and as the craft beer scene grew it was time to put the wheels into motion.”

Three amazing women contract for the Peninsula Vine Hop Festival, which gives Lisa more time to focus on her favourite area of event management — logistics.

“I’m very lucky to be supported by them.

They are mums who work too. They’re highly skilled and so strong. They are just as passionate as I am.”

Lisa loves the idea of making her own success. “I like not being the one to be directed by someone else. If something is successful, I know I’ve done it myself.

On the flip side, if it’s not working, I know how to implement change when I see inefficiencies. It motivates me. I’m in charge.”

Women supporting women Sorrento Trattoria’s executive chef and owner Carmela D’Amore believes balance is the key to achieving both personal and professional success. She also believes women supporting women contributes to solo female triumph.

She explains. “Women are strong. When we fall down, we get back up. We learn from our failures. I was burnt out around eight years ago which gave me the time to look within myself to find what I loved.

Women must tap into their purpose; it gives us a reason to get up in the morning.

For me, it is my food, my business, my family and heritage. We all have a purpose inside us, busting to get out, be prepared to kiss a few frogs to see which one will become the prince in finding your purpose. Women in the workforce must reach out to one another for support and encouragement. This is how we will

become strong and successful.”

Sorrento Trattoria is Carmela’s favourite place and you can ‘feel’ why. The magnificent aromas carry you from the Mornington Peninsula to Italy while the light-filled space finds a place in your heart and stays. Homemade breads, pastas, sauces and dishes are carried from past generations into the next via Carmela’s passion for premium produce and the importance of storytelling through her delicious creations. Her generosity of spirit, knowledge and energy has made Sorrento Trattoria what it is today.

A Sicily-to-Sorrento success.

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Sue is steps ahead Just over 38 years ago, Sue Verheyen followed her driving ambition to assist people with their appearance. Sue enjoys working for the satisfaction she receives from assisting her clients with effective results driven systems. Whether it is a skin condition such as rosacea, sun damage, acne, clogging, pigmentation, rejuvenation or simply dehydration, Sue’s goal has always been to educate her clients on honest effective skin treatments and home care.

Sue highly values performing treatments in a safe and methodical manner with no hype — just honesty and integrity.

“I want to see people walk out of our clinic feeling good and noticing a difference,” said Sue. “To us our clients are not just a number; they are a person.

My goal is as simple as seeing an acne client walk out with their head held high with self-esteem and improved skin.”

Remaining ahead of world-wide trends, treatments and ingredients have always been at the forefront of Sue’s mind, so much so that 17 years ago her former salon, Mt Eliza Beauty Therapy, became

the first beauty therapy salon outside of the medical field, at that time, to perform laser treatments for skin rejuvenation and hair removal, which was achieved by Sue after extensive research and extensive training in the US. Shortly after Sue was invited by a Swedish company to introduce the very first injectable clinic, within a salon, in Australia. Before embracing yet another first, Sue satisfied her main concerns regarding safety, longevity, effectiveness and results by examining the outcomes. Sue then made the decision to establish an ethical appearance medicine clinic, including a doctor, at Advanced Skin & Laser moving the laser and injectable business to 5 Old Mornington Rd, Mount Eliza, and keeping Mt Eliza Beauty Therapy situated opposite as the beauty salon.

Ten years ago, Dr Romero joined Sue with his outstanding medical team of injectors, including James Barret, who has been with them for many years now. Adele Simic joined the team six years ago. Adele completed her Diploma in Beauty Therapy in 2007.

Following this with laser training and diplomas in skin peels and skin conditions working side by side with a doctor in Queensland. Adele has extensive experience in performing facials with microdermabrasion, medical-grade skin peeling, needling, plus IPL and laser for broken

capillaries, sun damage and hair removal.

“Everyone wants guarantees, not false promises. That is why after 38 years I still have a leading clinic in the forefront of effective treatments and outcomes. I stand beside other medical professionals to uphold the integrity of the industry

and focus on the outcomes and the whole person,” said Sue. “We’re not expensive.

We work within the realms of good will and honesty. My reputation has held me in good stead for 38 years in Mount Eliza and it’s still growing with Adele by my side.”

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Keeping the dream alive

When Bernadine Geary and her husband, Kevin, bought a rundown 20-year old-skating rink in September 2015, it took a huge labour of love to bring it back to life rebranded, repainted and revamped.

SK8HOUSE, in its new glory, was born.

Bernadine only began skating a few years earlier, following her husband and two children who were competitors at national and international level.

Bernadine loves dancing and took her new sport to a higher level, joining Kevin at Masters pairs dancing. Both have been a successful couple, winning nationals in 2017 and 2018 and competing at Oceania level.

Bernadine says she bought the rink for her family, but skating helps soothe her soul and is highly cathartic for relieving the moments of stress in her finance broking business. “The rink is my happy place,” says Bernadine. “I love entertaining people, and that is what the rink is all about — families having fun.”

For many years, Bernadine has been friends with Vanessa Hammond and her family. Vanessa’s daughter, Brittany, is an international dance skater and coach at

the rink and Vanessa had been managing the rink on Saturdays. Bernadine recognised Vanessa’s managerial banking background and asked her to join the partnership in early 2017.

“Vanessa has an extraordinary artistic flair, in particular for our themed nights at the rink,” Bernadine says. “Our Halloween night has taken off and is becoming one of the calendar highlights on the Peninsula each year.”

With Bernadine and Vanessa sharing the same values of customer service and business ethos, the stars certainly aligned in this partnership and together the women are a force to be reckoned with.

“We want SK8HOUSE to be a household name that people associate with good old-fashioned family fun that is great value for money.”

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Nine months after the death of her beloved husband Antonio, Michelle and her three daughters are keeping their Unica Cucina E Caffe dream alive. Michelle knows Antonio would be ever so proud of the way she and the girls, aged three, nine and 11, have held themselves together. She also knows the girls look up to her. She is their role model, and they in turn are her driving force every day of the week. She is determined to show them that even under the worst circumstances, life does go on.

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“We understand circumstances can change,” Michelle says.

“We know things happen quickly. It shouldn’t stop you from being who you are. I’m not saying to ignore what happened, but it’s OK to move forward, to smile, to laugh. I do have my days though.”

Organisation is key when you’re running a restaurant, you have three children and you’re an only child with elderly parents.

Yet Michelle doesn’t shy away from stepping in as chef and even fundraising for Make a Wish Foundation, Frocktober, and breast cancer research.

“The busier I am, the happier I am,” she says. “My hubby and I began this dream and I’ve continued on. I love what I do.

I’m here because I love what I do. I feel blessed for what I have.”

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Lifelong travel buddies Allison Yeates is an ideas woman.

Where some people see obstacles, Allison sees challenge and possibility. When the opportunity arose to purchase Peninsula Travel in Mount Martha, Allison seized it with both hands.

Operating a travel business comes naturally. With 23 years’ experience in the industry and as a passionate traveller, she’s got this one in the bag — or suitcase.

As with all good things, it doesn’t come without hard work and sacrifice. Allison’s family life remains in Echuca, so she divides her time between two beautiful parts of the world. The commute from one to another is certainly not lost time, spending much of it on the phone running the business. And at the heart of this successful venture is a lifelong friendship.

Allison and Vicki Carmichael met on a netball court many years ago, and have been integral parts of each

other’s lives ever since. Allison’s vision for Peninsula Travel included Vicki from the very beginning “We knew we’d work together at some stage,” said Allison. “I guess you could say that it was a 15-year job interview. Vicki articulates what I am usually thinking, which is why we

other on our strengths and weaknesses,” Vicki said. “Allison has great energy, foresight and is so brave. She also has great vision and makes good decisions.

She always has ideas for growth and opportunity. She’s a good operator who looks out for her staff. She’s inspiring and motivating.”

Together this powerful duo brings much of what they have learned on the court, and in friendship, to the business. “There is no ‘I’ in team. I give my staff every opportunity I can,” said Allison. Inspiring members of the team to shine bright creates a positive working environment. It also allows everyone to do what they do best — craft remarkable travel experiences for locals of the Mornington Peninsula.

Travel and business go hand in hand for this entrepreneur. “At Peninsula Travel we empower each other. I’m all for that. I really believe we can experience fulfilment within our working environment and achieve great things. The opportunity to see the world as an important part of our careers is also pretty wonderful! I’m Peninsula Travel manager Vicki glad I’m living it.”

Carmichael, left, and managing director Allison Yeates.

complement each other so well. She gives me a look and I know what to say. She inspires me.”

Vicki comes from Deniliquin, and this month marks one year of her managing Peninsula Travel and 25 years of working in the industry. “We complement each

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Rosebud is the right place to be The Rosebud Kite Festival is set to delight children and adults alike on Sunday, March 10, from 11am-5pm. This free, familyfriendly event boasts a full program of internationally acclaimed kite-flyers as well as live entertainment, stalls, rides and more.

So with this major event ready to take flight, what better time to feature some of the other happenings in beautiful Rosebud.

Foreshore-based businesses complete this quintessential seaside village. Nepean Optical Rosebud offers smart and quirky frames, exceptional patient care and a freshly renovated store. Stop by the effortlessly styled store, From XO, complete with beach vibes and fashion finds. We speak to Skinastute about how you can achieve purely beautiful skin.

ItsABurger will quell those hunger pangs after you’ve worked up an appetite perusing the retail strip of shops with to-die-for burgers. Or if Mediterranean cuisine is more your style, stop by Baro Restaurant for a treat.

We profile Rosebud Funerals, whose extensive experience will make your experience easier. We also chat to Rosebud Retirement Village about how it cares for and values every client, and Rosebrook McKenzie Aged Care outlines its respite care facility. Foresite Planning and Bushfire Consultants offers residents advice on town planning, bushfire management advice, pre-purchase due diligence and much more.

Whether you’re planning a day trip, you’re a regular visitor or you’re keen to discover a new favourite business or café, it’s all here in Rosebud.

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A dancing array of kites will colour Rosebud’s skyline on March 10 for the 16th annual Rosebud Kite Festival. The free family-friendly event features hundreds of giant and novelty kites taking flight alongside families enjoying their own kite-flying excitement. This much-loved wind-powered festival features the latest designs and displays from international kite-flying professionals. From soaring whales, penguins and crabs to flying dragons, there’s fun to be had identifying each of the maxi kites. And the Australian-themed delta kites and animated designer kites wow the crowds as well.

Rosebud Chamber of Commerce and Kite Festival spokeswoman Lisa Phillips says: “The kite festival has become a much-loved tradition for so many families. No matter your age, no matter your ability, everyone can fly a kite. It’s good old-fashioned fun, and the art of kite flying continues to be celebrated across the world.”

Event founder Alison Doherty added: “This year we welcome back internationally acclaimed duo Craig and Debbie Hansen, from New Zealand. Craig is a member of the world-famous show kite company the Peter Lynn Flying Group, which manufactures the world’s largest kites and holds several Guinness Book of World Records.”

Set on the beautiful Rosebud foreshore, the festival features kitemaking workshops as well as stalls to purchase your own kites. Food trucks, live music, roving entertainment, carnival rides and interactive SES and CFA displays all add to the relaxed vibe of the event. For a full festival program, go to rosebudbythebay.com.au/rosebud-kite-festival or on Facebook @rosebudbythebay

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Demand prompts extension of web chat trial After success over the past four weeks with customers interacting directly with Mornington Peninsula Shire’s customer service team 24/7 through its online web chat system, the Shire has decided to extend the trial until April 5.

Over the first four weeks of the trial, the 24/7 service received 1069 chats, with an average of nearly 80 chats a day on the weekend and 30 chats after hours during the week. Using web chat, you can have a live conversation with a customer service representative instantly online over the weekend and after work.

“We continue to provide our out-of-hours phone support,” a Shire spokeswoman said.

“This increase in online support reflects the changing needs of our residents with the number of online interactions and online payments steadily increasing. We know the community like to contact us at their convenience. Providing online services is a great opportunity to allow our community to contact us at a time that suits them from the comfort of their own home.”

The Shire’s website had more than 2.5 million users last year, with visitors looking up information and completing online payments, service requests, kindergarten applications, tender submissions, permit applications or reporting problems such as fallen trees.

To interact directly with the Shire’s customer service team 24/7 through its web chat service, visit the website mornpen.vic.gov.au and look for the ‘live chat’ bubble.

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The service is available at Frankston police station each weekday from 10am-3pm; Mornington and Rosebud police stations on Mondays and Thursdays from 11am2pm; Carrum Downs police station on Mondays and Thursdays from 5-7pm; and Hastings police station on Wednesdays from 5-7pm.

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Leave debt for dead and beat the banks To many of us, a deadbeat is someone who avoids their responsibilities or debts — a bludger, in other words. But in the financial word, it’s far from a derogatory term and is in fact something to which we should all aspire — it’s a person who pays their credit card in full and on time every month, preventing banks and credit card companies from charging interest and making a profit from consumer debt.

Credit Simple, an online credit score provider and source of credit information and advice, is urging all Aussies to stick it to the banks by becoming credit card deadbeats.

“Everyone approaches spending on their credit card in a different way, whether they pay it off in full each month or they carry a balance,” says Credit Simple chief executive David Scognamiglio.

“Some people like to use credit cards for their everyday spending so they can get the most out of rewards programs and get extra treats. And some people simply don’t budget and end up using credit cards to get by.

“A major benefit of paying off your credit card in full each month is that you’ll see your credit score improve, and the higher your score, the more attractive you are to banks, telcos and energy providers. Consumers with better than average scores should use them to their full advantage by picking up the phone and asking for a better deal. Being a deadbeat has never looked so good.”

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Frankston gets the seal of approval This big fella made quite a few waves among Frankston residents and visitors during the several days he spent soaking up the city vibes over summer.

Seals are a regular sight along Victoria’s coast, and this very relaxed adult male made himself right at home on Frankston beach, where he kept a close eye on fish hauls at the Kananook Creek boat ramp. Many residents spoke fondly of the visitor, flocking to see him and taking adorable snaps of the lazy sun-baker.

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to keep a safe distance from seals, which can be very dangerous. By law you’re not allowed to be closer than 5m from seals that are on a boat ramp, pier or any other artificial structure, and 30m if they’re on land or in the water. Dogs are not permitted within 50m of a seal on land or in water. It’s also illegal to touch or feed a seal. But feel free to watch them from a safe distance and show the kiddies these beautiful creatures.

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jaw taken by your dental professional. A mouthguard that is custom-fitted by your dental professional is far superior to an over-the-counter mouthguard because it’s specially designed to fit the exact contours of your mouth, is resilient, balances your bite and allows speech and normal breathing.

In contrast, self-fitted, over-the-counter mouthguards, which include what are commonly known as boil-andbite mouthguards, should not be used. They do not protect the teeth, are loosely fitted, impede breathing and speaking, and can even wedge in the back of the throat at impact, which could be life-threatening.

Custom-fitted mouthguards, by virtue of their exact fit, let you talk normally, don’t restrict your breathing and stay firmly in place, allowing you to concentrate on playing the sport you love. You should consider it a mandatory part of your sporting equipment, no matter

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To keep your mouthguard in tip-top working order, you’ll need to keep it out of the sun, wash it in cold water after use, keep on the supplied plastic model cast and get your dentist to make sure it’s still OK when you go in for your regular check-ups.

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Vanessa is tackling resilience and self-esteem in kids and raising money for Australian farmers after joining forces with fellow mum, friend and artist Jenny K Barnes. Their books are based on the true story of a little Jack Russell called Biggles, and they’ve partnered with Drought Angels to contribute $1 from every book sale to the charity supporting farming families who are affected by drought and natural disasters.

“The book focuses on instilling positive mindset skills such as work ethic, resilience and character strengths in our young readers,” Vanessa said. “Biggles was an amazing dog who went to work on the farm in my husband’s contracting business. He displayed such enthusiasm and tenacity; he just loved his work and overcame every challenge he faced.”

There are four books in the works and they’re all set to captivate young readers with delightful illustrations and rhyming verse while focusing on resilience, character

strengths, work ethic, emotional intelligence and self-esteem. These are all key mindset skills that parents and teachers have said their kids are yearning for. The first book, Biggles Goes to Work, is a heart-warming story that follows Biggles as he experiences the joys of helping others. The second book, Biggles Finds his Superpowers, is to be released soon and focuses on friendship and the journey to discovering your own qualities and character strengths.

“There’s so much fear and judgment in today’s world and our kids have to navigate their way through this,” Vanessa said.

“Helping others doesn’t just feel good, but it opens up opportunities and we want kids to see this opportunity through Biggles. Biggles was a little dog doing a big dog’s job. I know kids will connect with Biggles and that his story can inspire the same strength and selfbelief in them.”

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Weight-loss benefits of intermittent fasting Time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting refers to eating protocols that cycle between a period of fasting and non-fasting over a defined time frame. All of your daily calorie allowance is eaten within a relatively narrow time window each day, usually within eight to 12 hours, and then you fast for the other 12 to 16 hours. The fast is just an extension of your normal overnight fast (time spent sleeping and not eating). The fasting time frame could be 7pm-7am, and the eating window 7am-7pm. You could then extend your fast up to 16 hours and have an eight-hour eating window, such as fasting from 6pm-10am and eating between 10am and 6pm.

Intermittent fasting has the benefits of enabling your body to burn all carbohydrates and their stores. This promotes fat metabolism, resulting in greater fat loss overall. You can apply this approach to any BFF program to intensify fat loss results.

Another option is the Be5:2 program. This allows you to follow your normal healthy diet for five days of the week and “fast” intermittently for two days. The calories for fasting days are based on meeting 25 per cent of the average metabolic requirements per day.

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Intermittent fasting is a promising approach to losing weight. It is ideal for people wanting to achieve slower weight loss or weight maintenance. It has a positive effect on markers of metabolic health and body composition, including loss of fat mass, decreased blood pressure, improved blood sugar levels and improvement in markers of cardiovascular disease risk. Intermittent fasting can also help you to become more aware of your hunger and fullness cues, and encourage a more ‘mindful’ approach to eating.

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Aries: The enigmatic Chiron moves into your

Zodiac Sign this month, heralding a time of living with the consequences of past actions and providing opportunities for healing. It is time to let go, forgive and forget. You need to slow down, listen to your emotions and physical symptoms and take stock.

Leo:

Health issues are the theme for March. Your daily life is disrupted in some manner by your need to look after your own or a loved one’s health. It could also be a pet who is the focus. Time to take up a daily practice such as yoga, prayer or meditation.

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your Zodiac Sign again, instigating changes in your usually stable life. Life as you know it is about to change, either this month or some time soon depending on your Birth Chart. Think back to last May and you have some clues.

March is a month of mixed blessing for Virgos. You are birthing something new — a creative project, a child, a romance or a new idea. However, the birthing process is not all smooth running. Unexpected news, perhaps from overseas or from a place of higher learning, throws a cat among the pigeons.

movers, more than capable of juggling several things at once, because this month you are in for a few surprises that come out of the blue. You are quite able to handle things that come your way, but you do need to remain flexible.

Household matters are the focus during March.

This could be because family members demand more attention than usual, or perhaps you plan to redecorate or renovate. It is even possible that you plan a house move. Whatever your plans, it is time to put your house in order.

Taurus: Uranus, the planet of surprises, is entering Gemini: Luckily, Geminis are quick-witted and fast

Cancer:

Once again you are required to do what you do best — look after your loved ones. This month the planets are aligned in the relationship sector of your Solar Chart, meaning that your primary partnership — marriage or one best friend or perhaps even one of your parents — is under the microscope.

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Scorpio:

Currently matters that require concentrated effort are time-consuming. You may have something playing on your mind, or a project that demands mental effort. In fact, keeping your mind occupied is beneficial all round this month. Your personal finances receive a boost, but those close to you may provide a few upsets or surprises.

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You may be accustomed to winging it when it comes to your personal finances, but this month sees the need for you to plan a personal budget. So, while it may not be your usual style, open your favourite accounting program or spreadsheet app and enter your income and expenditure.

March starts slowly with what might seem like too much responsibility; however, by the 6th you have a helping hand to lighten the load. The planet Uranus moves into fellow Earth Sign Taurus, sparking positive changes. You can achieve much in the coming months by taking things step by step, always moving forward.

Venus, the planet of love and money, moves into your Zodiac Sign early this month, lighting up these areas of your life. If you are single then someone may spark your interest. If you are already in a committed relationship then it is time to rekindle the romance.

Your social life is highlighted and you are likely to spend more time with friends and associates. You may join a club, group or association that sparks your interest. A support group may be beneficial as you seek the company of those who can bolster your personal aspirations.

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We’re over the moon: It’s been a super year so far for astronomers, with two supermoons in the first two months and a third on its way later this month.

A supermoon is defined as a new or full moon that occurs around perigee — or when the moon is at its closest point to Earth.

The first was on January 21 and was captured shining over Olivers Hill in this stunning shot (top left)

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ARTISTS PREPARE TO HIT OUR STREETS Social media is set to explode this month as the Big Picture Fest 2019 paints its way across Frankston City for a second year from March 22–24. Kicking off with an epic free Block Party, the festival will see street artists create lasting artworks on buildings and in laneways across Frankston’s city centre. As with last year’s event, free walking tours will be on offer as well as pre-event viewing options from March 18 so you can watch the artists as they create their masterpieces.

Among the line-up this year is Germany’s Rafael Gerlach (SatOne). Abstract in nature, Rafael’s art is in fact an expression of sensitivity present in objects but which can be ‘seen’ only on an instinctive level. The colourful sensuality of his works continues his narration of exquisiteness hiding from direct observation, being sensed only through reflection.

New Zealanders Charles and Janine Williams (Diva and Phat One) will bring modern interpretations of cultural

design — specifically their Maori heritage — into an urban context along with native/endemic bird life.

Working and travelling extensively throughout New Zealand and around the globe, this husband and wife team creates visual stories that connect them to the land, the stories and the people they encounter along the way.

Italy’s Manuel Di Rita (Peeta) will showcase his sculptural style of lettering. His works can be seen around the globe and form incredible optical illusions on large-scale buildings. Manuel is a graffiti artist currently living in Venice and is a member of the EAD crew, from Padova in Italy, as well as New York City’s FX and RWK crews and has taken part in jams, festivals and art shows all over the world.

Sam Songailo’s work takes form in painting, installation, video, sound and sculpture. He is deeply influenced by digital technology and electronic music, adopting algorithms and concepts from these disciplines that shape his approach to both physical and pictorial space. Often highly immersive and realised on a monumental scale, his work accentuates the

compositional elements of line and space in a form that recalls both the modernist grid and digital networks.

Born in France and living in Melbourne, Lucy Lucy’s work moves between large-scale public murals, gallery work, tribal ornaments and bespoke fashion. Her paintings capture the evolving folklore of the feminine, exploring the diversity and boundaries of heritage.

More recently, Lucy has explored the concepts of presence and perception through imaginary masks enfolding female portraits.

The Big Picture Fest will be overseen by Brecknock Consulting and Joel Van Moore, the creator of the popular Port Adelaide Wonderwalls Festival, and is being funded through the city’s Street Art Masterplan, part of the State Government’s commitment to revitalise Frankston City and Frankston City Council’s laneway activation initiatives.

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Cold Pursuit Showing at HOYTS, Wells St, Frankston storyline.

Nels Coxman is a hardworking snowplough driver. He’s a family man While the gore isn’t as tummy-turning as who leads a quiet life. He’s just been expected given the high death toll, the named Citizen of the Year in his glitzy film provides lots of action. We watch resort town in the Rocky Mountains. the unlikely hero use his hunting ability to transform into a skilled killer as he sets His life is turned upside down when out to dismantle the cartel. Employing he’s informed that his son has died of a his ex-gansta brother’s intel assists him in heroin overdose, yet Nels insists that he pitting Viking’s gang against a rival gang wasn’t a drug user. From here his quest boss, White Bull, his actions striking up a for answers about the suspicious death turf war. An ultimate showdown includes of his son flicks an internal switch that scenic shots of snow-capped mountains, ignites a darker side of his personality.

Liam Neeson plays this regular guy turned which provides a juxtaposition to envy most movies and a sense of ironic mob-killer fuelled with vengeance with serenity. ease through his no-nonsense persona.

Unfortunately, many of the comical Nels learns the powerful drug lord moments are captured in the trailer. responsible for his son’s death is called However, the bond Nels forms with his Viking, a manically unpredictable gang kidnap victim after the loss of his son boss. He sets out to kill each of Viking’s warms the heart. If you thought that men one by one until he can get his Game of Thrones had a lot of on-scene hands on Viking himself. Directed by Hans deaths, you’ve got to see this one.

Petter Moland, the dark humour and perfectly matched soundtrack adds some KATE SEARS HHHHHHH/10 comic relief to the somewhat macabre

Festival banishes the blues A world-class line-up of blues musos had Mornington Racecourse rocking on Saturday, February 9, at the Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival. Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks, Phil Manning/Chris Finnen Band, Lloyd Spiegel, Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers, Sweet Felicia & The Honeytones, Claude Hay, Rod Paine & The Fulltime Lovers, and Rob Papp & The Brothers In Blues proved that nothing beats the blues for a feel-good vibe.

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Exhibition reflects a change in perspective WARREN COOKE Convergence

Warren Cooke has lived, surfed and created work in Balnarring for the past 10 years, drawing inspiration from the coast. Recently, after investing in a small boat, Cooke’s work has shifted viewpoint, from looking out to sea to looking back towards land from the sea.

This shift in perspective perpetuates an ongoing fascination with the dynamic space where land and sea intersect. The interplay between earth, water and air illuminates the different moods and atmospheres that Cooke translates from this coastal region.

Aside from two exquisite pen and ink drawings, the works in Cooke’s Convergence exhibition are woodcut prints layered with colour, the layers building as each impression is painstakingly hand-printed and more sections of the wood block are carved away. Cooke says: “I source the timber from discarded items in my neighbourhood. I enjoy lending these timbers new life.”

Convergence is on until March 17 at Silver Leaf Art Box in Merricks.

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At its heart, Panorama Theatre Company is about supporting young people and the young at heart to explore the medium of theatre as a vehicle for personal development, friendship, and as a potential career. Many performers, musical directors and backstage technicians have cut their teeth with Panorama, with alumni currently performing on stage in The Book of Mormon, on the West End, on cruise ships around the world and appearing in the current season of Dancing With the Stars.

To mark its 40th year, Panorama is staging the Mel Brooks musical comedy The Producers, one of the most outrageously offensive and politically incorrect pieces of theatre to ever hit the stage. Also adapted into a popular film with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in 2005, this modern classic promises to leave audiences of all ages choking with

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To coincide with International Women’s Day, Everywhen Artspace at Flinders is presenting an exhibition titled The Colour Purple, featuring a wide variety of art by Aboriginal women artists from around Australia.

“Purple was chosen by the British suffragette movement in 1908 as the lead colour of three that they felt best symbolised their movement,” says Everywhen’s co-curator Susan McCulloch.

“The Colour Purple is also the name of the book that details the status and challenging issues of African-American women in the southern United States in the 1930s that won for its author, Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and was the inspiration for the film of the same name starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. As such, we felt it was a great name for an exhibition to pay tribute to women, and especially First Nations women everywhere.”

Susan says it’s also quite surprising how often purple appears in Aboriginal art.

“It’s definitely not a colour that one thinks of when thinking of Aboriginal art, but the more we looked at the range of works offered to us by art centres around Australia, the more we saw purple used either as the main colour or an accent colour in a hugely wide variety of paintings — such as the evocative painting by Nellie Coulthard and Julie

The Colour Purple A celebration of Aboriginal women’s art A wide variety of paintings, ochres and 3D of Aboriginal women’s art from around Australia March 7 - April 2

Nellie Coulthard and Julie Yatjitja, Tjuntala Ngurangka — Country with Acacia Wattle, 198 x 167cm. Courtesy Iwantja Arts Yatjitja, from Indulkana in the APY Lands, on the subject of the acacia wattle and the water sources in the country of their birth.”

The exhibition opens on March 7 and runs until April 2. It will be opened by actor and author Kerry Armstrong on Saturday, March 9, at 3pm.

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Panorama Theatre Company’s recent production of Beauty and the Beast was a sell-out.

laughter as the best — and worst — of 1950s Broadway is presented in sidesplitting fashion.

Featuring toe-tapping numbers, this surefire hit is loaded with all the inappropriate things you wish you could get away with and more, throwing political correctness out the door. On at the Frankston Arts Centre and featuring a stellar cast and a 20-piece orchestra, we’re surprised you’re still reading this and haven’t booked your tickets yet! It’s on selected dates from April 5-14. Book at thefac.com.au or phone the box office on 9784 1060.

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Nissarana Galleries, at 211 Main St, Mornington, is the newest art venue on this busy shopping strip, and you’ll be amazed at the quality of contemporary art, both Australian and international, on show. Owners Valerie Pasquale and artist Philip Ayres exhibit a variety of acclaimed artists to give visitors a large range of genres to ponder when they are choosing that very special piece for their walls and collection.

“When purchasing art, provenance is very important, as well as finding the piece you love and can live with,” Valerie says.

“We spend small fortunes on our homes, which will increase in value over time, so we should also have art that has a value and will appreciate.

“At Nissarana Galleries, it’s making you feel welcome that’s our first priority. It is a very relaxed atmosphere where you can feel comfortable and our friendly consultants are there to assist you.”

As one of the largest exhibition spaces on the Mornington Peninsula, more than 20

established artists are showcased over March and April. “Our gallery on Hastings St, Noosa, has successfully represented over 80 artists over the past six years so we will have a lot more exhibiting at Nissarana Galleries Mornington over the coming year,” Philip says. “Throughout the year we will have a number of solo artist exhibitions. Anyone can register for an invitation to these openings when they visit our gallery.”

The gallery is open seven days a week from 10am-4pm. If you wish to view the works at any other time, just make an appointment. You’ll find Nissarana Galleries just past the Village Plaza on the left as you head toward the beach, next to the BOQ. NISSARANA GALLERIES A: Ground Floor, 211 Main St, Mornington T: 5976 8877 E: info@ngmornington.com.au W: nissaranagalleries.com.au

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REGIONAL WORLD’S LONGEST LUNCH ACHERON Marian Rennie’s Gallery Friday 15 March 2019 12pm–4pm Little River Winery, Marian Rennie and the City of Greater Dandenong are co-hosting a regional World’s Longest Lunch.

Marian, renowned artist and cook, will meld gorgeous local in-season produce with exotic aromas and flavours from Dandenong’s diverse, thriving multicultural food heartland.

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A Year 12 student at Padua College’s Mornington campus has taken out a major prize at last month’s Peninsula Film Festival.

Hayden Flynn, of Dromana, drew on his experiences in Timor Leste last year for his film The Road From Baucau, for which he won the Woodleigh School-sponsored Emerging Filmmaker’s Award at the eighth annual festival in Rosebud.

Balnarring filmmaker Damian McLindon won Best Film for The Last Time I Saw You, and Charlotte Rowson, from Rye, won Best Documentary for Surf Mermaid.

Hayden, who also spent four years at Padua’s Rosebud campus, took part in the college’s Timor Leste Immersion trip last year and produced The Road From Baucau as his Year 11 media project under the tutelage of teacher Gabe Noonan. The college plans to screen Hayden’s film as part of the Social Justice focus of its Religious Education curriculum. It will also be used to help inform students about the upcoming Timor Leste immersion trip in 2020.

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It was a memorable month for Hayden — he was also named the overall winner of the Mornington Lions Club’s Youth of the Year competition and picked up the public speaking award.

Festival director Steve Bastoni said this year’s festival had attracted a record number of entries of extraordinarily high quality. “It made narrowing the entries down to 12 finalists unbelievably difficult,” Steve said. “This just reinforces how much incredible film talent there is in Australia.”

The winners were: Best Film: Damian McLindon The Last Time I Saw You Best Screenplay (three-way tie): Carl J. Sorheim Baby Life, Tom Burgess and Lachlan Wilson Doggie Swap, Jack Yabsley Super Nice Best Actor:

Eva Seymour The True History of Billie the Kid Best Director: Michael Jones Janes Audition MP4 Best Cinematography: Thomas Burgess The Coatmaker Woodleigh Emerging Filmmaker:

Hayden Flynn The Road From Baucau Best Documentary: Char Rowson Surf Mermaid Best Animation: Justin Archer Small

Antiques and collectables will be creating excitement at St Thomas More School on Saturday, March 30, from 9am-3pm. Items will be flying out the door, and there will be a coffee van with real coffee and treats to keep your energy up as you browse more than 30 stalls until your heart’s content.

“It will be a gala and antique fair,” said organiser Michael Robertson. “It’s a special one as we have stalls coming from all over Victoria. It will be a family day with something for everyone.”

You’re invited to join David Freeman from Amanda Addams Auctions as he evaluates your old wares and valuables for $10 (noon-3pm). Phone 0409 165 536 to book a valuation by David. There will be a car raffle and an Easter raffle, and a chance to grab something old that you will cherish.

“It’s a great event that brings people together and really supports the community,” said Michael.

Entry is just $5 for adults and free for children, and there’s plenty of parking. All proceeds from the fair go to St Thomas More Parish.

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arts events leisure Frankston Music Festival is back for its third year with an amazing line-up of performances. From rock and pop to jazz, blues and classical, there’s something to entertain lovers of all styles of music.

Jeff Duff salutes David Bowie’s ever-evolving musical career in Bowie Unzipped, the gala opening show on Friday, April 26, at Frankston Arts Centre. Jeff’s journey to Planet Bowie will include such songs as Space Oddity, Let’s Dance, China Girl, Life on Mars, Changes, and Ziggy Stardust, among many other favourites. Molly Meldrum described Jeff as “flamboyant, eccentric, charming and with a stunning voice . . . Jeff Duff is one of the greatest entertainers Australia has produced”. Tickets to this show

are already selling fast, so head to the new-look website www.frankstonmusicfestival.org to secure your seat.

The show will be supported by all-girl rock band SheWolF. With their combination of pop, metal and indie rock, and their use of classy harmonies, the girls are bringing their unique style of rock to the music scene.

Other headline festival performances include True Confessions Revisited. Jeff Jenkins opens the show as Tom Petty with his band The Heartbreakers, with Sarah Highgate at Stevie Nicks, and relives Bob Dylan and Tom Petty’s history-making True Confessions tour of 1986.

Saturday begins at Functions by the Bay with the High

Schools program, followed in the afternoon by The Australian Creedence Show with Ramble Tamble. Do not miss the Benny Goodman/Billie Holiday Sessions at Cube 37. On Sunday, join the Blues Express and Duo Aquarius, and after sunset hop up to Frankston City Bowling Club for Peter Uppman, Ruby Page and the Joe Ruberto Trio.

The final performance will be at Frankston RSL with a show by one of Australia’s most enduring singers, Russell Morris.

For more information, visit www.frankstonmusicfestival.org, Facebook @frankstonmusicfestival Instagram @frankstonmusicfest

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Mojo Pearls are diverse and unique song-writers/guitarists, performing on acoustic, electric, mandalin and stomp.

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The name of the play gives it away: Caravan. So, complete with treacherously low lintels, construction has commenced on a caravan at the group’s facility in Frankston. A big enough task, but this particular Rob Lister, as Pierce, and Mark Moore, as Parkes, in a scene from Caravan.

Two’s one of a kind

Jim Cartwright’s timeless comedy Two introduces 14 colourful characters, all skilfully played by real-life couple Brian Meegan and Kate Raison.

Set in a country pub, the lives of the middle-aged landlord and landlady couple have literally become their work.

They met as children outside the pub, were engaged in the pub, had their wedding reception in the pub, and eventually bought the pub. Over the years they have served every type. There’s Moth, who loves Maud (and every other woman) fervently; Mrs Iger, with her passion for quiet, strong men; possessive Roy, jealous of anybody who looks at Lesley (even the darts players); Alice and Fred with their Elvis obsession — a misfit crowd of eccentric and hilarious individuals who all have their own story to tell.

As various members of the local community pull up a stool and let us into their lives, it becomes clear that Two is essentially about relationships, and as they bicker their way through the night, none on display is more fascinating than that of our pub owners with an unspoken secret.

By turns funny, heart-warming and poignant, don’t miss this smash hit comedy at Frankston Arts Centre on Thursday, April 18, at 7.30pm. Tickets are $27-$59 and can be booked online on thefac.com.au, over the phone on 9784 1060 or in person at 27-37 Davey St, Frankston.

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caravan has to be deconstructed and rebuilt at the Mount Eliza Community Centre!

Within its confines, a cast of six will tell the story of Parkes the pernickety caravan owner and his desperately smiling wife with a guilty secret, who are joined by their friends Rodney and Monica Rice, serial despisers of caravanning. Then their friend Pierce arrives with his youngest girlfriend yet, the lovely flowerchild Gwendolyn. What could possibly go wrong? Well, the weather for a start.

The rain begins to pour, as does the brandy; secrets leak, as does the caravan; and the hilarity starts.

You can get your discounted tickets by using the code FF-CARAVAN to get a huge 20 per cent off your tickets through trybooking or when calling 1300 665 377.

If, perchance, you fancy treading the boards yourself, Frankston Theatre Group’s next production is Yes Prime Minister with all the usual suspects, and the auditions will be held on Sunday, April 7, from 2-5pm, and Monday, April 8, from 7-9pm. Call the production co-ordinator on 0423 186 098 to book your audition.

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CARAVAN takes a light hearted look at friendship, age, and the holidays you should never have. Five best friends, nudging forty and hating it, take their very rst holiday together in a caravan. One of them brings along his new, all-too-young girlfriend who threatens the holiday from the start. In the conned space of a caravan, tensions rise, secrets leak, and the laughs begin.

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The UK is in crisis: debt is spiralling, unemployment is on the rise and the fragile coalition cabinet, led by Prime Minister Jim Hacker, is at breaking point. When the Kumranistan Foreign Secretary makes a shocking request of Bernard, moral considerations collide with the economic future of the nation. But how will Jim and his team reconcile the two? All the razor-sharp wit and hilarious situations of the TV series reside in this delicious play.

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Half a dozen friends and relatives are celebrating Christmas with Neville and Belinda. Various children are also there and, though unseen, their presence is always felt.

Petty squabbles break out and some not so petty. The arrival of Clive, a young writer, leads to what momentarily appears to be a tragedy: Clive is shot by the trigger happy Harvey, who thinks he is a burglar. Hilarious highlights include a chaotically incompetent puppet show and a midnight love scene that sets off a fearful din among mechanical Christmas toys.

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Waterfront awash with fun-lovers The 2019 Frankston Waterfront Festival delighted residents from Saturday, February 16, until Sunday, February 17, at 7N Pier Promenade in Frankston. The beach vibes were flowing as artists inclduing Jason Singh, Reece Mastin and Dale Ryder hit the stage playing all of their hits and an array of covers. A Married at First Sight chapel had fans enthused, while Natalie Bassingthwaighte posed for photographs at the MercedesBenz Mornington stall in the food truck square and festival dining area.

Activities including PARC’s 15-minute Zumba lessons and silent disco, market stalls, and rides had guests entertained until the fireworks topped off the night on Saturday. Photos: Steve Brown

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Peninsula Health Rosebud Hospital is set to benefit from next month’s Flinders Motoring Heritage 2019 event. As well as featuring a stunning display of unique, veteran, vintage, classic and modern motor cars, the event will raise money for the hospital’s children’s play area and the diabetes dialysis department.

An initiative of the Flinders and District Lions Club, the event will be held at the corner of Cook and Norman streets from 10am-2pm on Easter Sunday, April 21, and is expected to attract some 150 exhibitors and 3000 visitors. A Lions sausage sizzle, raffles and local traders will feature special offers, making this a fun day out for all the family.

Part of the money raised will be

used to design and build a dedicated treatment and assessment area so occupational therapists can diagnose, treat and evaluate children with proprioceptive development issues.

This involves creating consultation rooms with observation areas, an outdoor ‘play’ treatment area that will contain a child-friendly garden space as well as specialised play equipment that will enable therapists to track progress of children with proprioceptive developmental delays.

The hospital will also buy a hemoglobin testing machine, which is one of the main tools used in diagnosing diabetes and is used particularly for care in young adults and pediatric patients. It will also buy an insulin pump to lend to patients. Insulin pumps deliver insulin continuously and enable much tighter glycemic control, but are too expensive for many patients with type 1 diabetes.

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THURSDAY MARCH 7 TO TUESDAY APRIL 2

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Warren Cooke Convergence Silver Leaf Art Box, 3361 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Merricks, open weekends 11am-4pm or by appointment, facebook. com/silverleaf.artbox, 0405 770 253

FRIDAY MARCH 8 Music on the Hill presents International Women’s Day Show.

A celebration of women in music, Southern Peninsula Arts Centre, Rosebud Secondary College, 245 Eastbourne Rd, Rosebud.

Tickets musiconthehill.com.au

The Colour Purple – A celebration of Aboriginal women’s art, 1/39 Cook St, Flinders, open daily 10.30am, 4pm, mccullochandmcculloch. com.au

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FRIDAY MARCH 8 Sorrento Trattoria International Women’s Day Join us for an Italian feast to celebrate International Women’s Day, Sorrento Trattoria, 20 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento, $55pp, bookings essential 5984 5655, sorrentotrattoria. com.au

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Peninsula Piers & Pinots — Flinders Yacht Club, Flinders Foreshore, Bass St, Flinders, noon-3pm, $40, Eventbrite.com. au/e/2019-peninsulapiers-pinotstickets-54735546493

Rosebud Kite Festival — 11am-5pm, Rosebud Foreshore Jetty Rd

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Psychic Festival Come along with friends & family to grab a reading from your favourite psychic or find a unique gift, 10am-4.30pm, Mt Eliza Community Hall, Canadian Bay Rd, $10 entry, lightworkersway.com

The Big Picture Fest — Frankston, thebigpicturefest.com

Mornington Racecourse, mrc.racing.com

SATURDAY MARCH 30

SATURDAY MARCH 30 Crib Point Community House Quilt & Craft Expo — 7 Park Rd, Crib Point, 10am-4pm, $5pp, cpch.com.au, 5983 9888

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SATURDAY MARCH 23 Ladbrokes Mornington Cup –

Village Glen Retirement Village Open Day — 335 Eastbourne Rd, Capel Sound, 10am-3pm, villageglen. com.au, 1300 8455 4536

Peninsula Picnic — Mornington Racecourse, Gate 3, 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington, 11.30am-6.45pm, peninsulapicnic.com.au

SATURDAY MARCH 30 Mt Eliza St Thomas More 2nd Annual Antiques & Collectables Fair Mt Eliza St Thomas More School Gym, 313 Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza, 9am-3pm, $5 adults, Michael 0409 165 536

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The Red Hill Show is on again and this time you’re in for an extra-special treat.

Apart from all the favourites on display, including exhibits, demonstrations, workshops, music and rides, the focus will be on celebrating the Mornington Peninsula Paddock, which will showcase the range of top-notch producers from Main Ridge Dairy, Dromana Bay Mussels, Tuerong Farm, Red Hill Brewery and other cider producers.

The Mornington Peninsula Paddock stage will include chats with Eat.Drink food writer Richard Cornish and special guest chef Matt Wilkinson, a sausage competition with guest judges Sonya from Woolumbi Farm, and honey discussions with special guest Ben Moore from Mr Bees. Chats about chooks, cuts of lamb and salad secrets using fresh local produce will also be on the program, and the first Red Hill Apple Pie Competition with $500 in prizemoney is up for grabs.

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THE RED HILL SHOW The Red Hill Show is brought to you by the Red Hill Agricultural & Horticultural Society and happens at the WHEN: Saturday, March 9 Red Hill Showgrounds on Labour Day Weekend. After A: Red Hill Showgrounds, Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill 91 years, this Mornington Peninsula institution is still W: redhillshow.com.au going strong and brings thousands of people from far FB: redhillshowAu and wide together to celebrate heritage, agriculture, cooking, crafts and plenty of first-class entertainment.

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These Easter school holidays, the beautiful George Pentland Botanic Gardens in Frankston will once again be transformed into an open-air cinema unlike anything seen in the bayside town before.

Botanika Cinema is an event the whole family will adore.

Come early to experience some amazing live local entertainment, fun activities for the kids, mouthwatering food and a bar stocked with Peninsula favourites and

featuring Chirping Bird Wines and Red Hill Brewery beers.

As part of the Frankston City Council event attraction scheme, the season will feature six family-favourite movies over one massive week. Gates open at 5.30pm for amazing live music and street food, with the movies starting at sundown about 7pm. Tickets start from $10 with kids under 5 free. For details, go to unscenecinema. com.au

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returns to Sorrento The Creators Market is back at the beach on Saturday, April 6, from 9am-2pm at the Sorrento Community Centre, 860 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento. With more than 40 boutique stalls and free entry, you can shop until you drop at this handmade/ homemade market, which brings together some of the region’s most talented artists, designers, crafters and culinary creators.

Organised by Peninsula resident and event director Megan Luscombe, The Creators Market is an ideal way to support your community as well as small businesses. “As a small business ourselves, we stared The Creators Market to assist other small businesses in getting more exposure and marketing their brand,” Megan said.

The Creators Market takes place all around Victoria, including Bendigo, Ballarat, Prahran, the Bellarine Peninsula, Shepparton, Sorrento, Castlemaine, Mentone and Dromana. Interested stallholders for future markets are invited to visit and register via the website, TheCreatorsmarket. com.au, and you can follow The Creators Market on Facebook @thecreatorsmarketaus and Instagram @TheCreatorsMarket

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MARKETS PENINSULA & FRANKSTON EVERY WEDNESDAY Main St, Mornington: 9am-3pm between Cromwell and Albert streets.

EVERY THURSDAY High St, Hastings: 9am-1pm; over 40 stalls; everything homemade, home grown & craft.

EVERY SUNDAY Bittern Community: Bittern station, Frankston-Flinders Rd, Bittern. Over 80 stalls selling new and used goods, crafts, plants, fruit and vegetables.

Frankston: 8am-1pm, Sherlock & Hay carpark, Young St, Frankston.

SATURDAY MARCH 2 Rosebud West Outdoor Market: First Saturday of month 8.30am-12.30pm; Eastbourne Primary School, Allambie Ave, Rosebud West.

Rye Foreshore Rotary Market: First

Saturday of month, runs all year, opposite Rye Post Office at the end of Lyons St, 2257-2319 Point Nepean Rd, Rye, 7am1pm. Lovely local market that benefits a great cause.

SUNDAY MARCH 3 Rosebud Lions Club: First Sunday of month, Rosebud Village Green 7am-2pm SATURDAY MARCH 9 Crib Point Community Market: Park Rd, Crib Point; every second Saturday 9am1pm; market@cpch.org.au Rosebud Community School: Second Saturday of month, Rosebud Primary School, cnr Pt Nepean & Jetty roads.

Somerville Saturday Market: Second Saturday of month, 9am-1pm; crafts, bric-a-brac, cakes, plants and vegies; 2a Eramosa Rd West, Somerville.

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Mornington Racecourse Craft: Second Sunday of month, Racecourse Rd 9am2pm. Over 300 stalls with animal farm and face painting for the kids.

SATURDAY MARCH 16 Boneo Community: Third Saturday of month, cnr Boneo & Limestone roads.

Emu Plains Market: 9am-2pm, Emu Plains Reserve, Balnarring Racecourse, Coolart Rd Pearcedale Farmers Market: Third Saturday of the month, 8am-1pm, Pearcedale Community Centre, BaxterTooradin Rd, Pearcedale SUNDAY MARCH 17 Portsea Craft Market: Pt Nepean National Park, Pt Nepean Park, 9am-2pm, Portsea, craftmakets.com.au Seaford Farmers’: Third Sunday every month, 8am-1pm, Broughton St Reserve,

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Station St, Seaford Seaford Handmade Homemade: Third Sunday of month, 10am-3pm, Seaford Scout Hall, Seaford SATURDAY MARCH 23 Little Beauty Market: 10am-3pm, Beauty Park, Frankston littlebeautymarket.com. au Tootgarook Primary School: Fourth Saturday of month, 7.30am-12.30pm.

The Creators Market: Dromana Estate, 555 Old Moorooduc Rd, Tuerong, 10am-3pm SUNDAY MARCH 24 Mt Eliza Farmers’: Fourth Sunday of month, Mt Eliza Village Green, 9am-1pm SATURDAY APRIL 6 The Creators Market: Sorrento Community Centre, 860-868 Melbourne Rd, Sorrento, 9am-2pm

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A diet rich in fatty fish may be a key to fighting childhood asthma, a new study has found. The clinical trial, led by researchers from La Trobe University in Melbourne, has shown eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids as part of a healthy diet can reduce the symptoms of asthma in children.

supplemented with two fatty fish meals per week might be a potential strategy for reducing airway inflammation in childhood asthma. Future robust clinical trials are warranted to replicate and corroborate these findings.”

Lead researcher Maria Papamichael said the findings

The study, published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, found children with asthma who followed a Mediterranean diet enriched with fish such as salmon, trout and sardines showed improved lung function after a six-month period.

The study, conducted in Greece, followed 64 children aged five to 12 with mild asthma. Half of the test group consumed two meals of at least 150g of cooked fatty fish a week, while the other half followed their normal diet. After six months, those on the Mediterranean diet had significantly reduced their bronchial inflammation.

The study concluded: “A Mediterranean diet

added to a growing body of evidence that a healthy diet including seafood could be a potential therapy for childhood asthma. “Now we have evidence that it’s possible to manage asthma symptoms through healthy eating,” she said. “Our study shows eating fish just twice a week can significantly decrease lung inflammation in children with asthma.”

Seafood Industry Australia, the national peak body representing the Australia seafood industry, welcomed the study and called it a potential “easy and effective” treatment for asthma suffers.

“Childhood asthma is the most common respiratory disorder worldwide,” chief executive Jane Lovell said. “We know these species of fish are high in omega-3 fatty acids which have anti-inflammatory properties and have been shown to help in the reduction of symptoms for other inflammatory conditions like arthritis. This new research shows that following a diet which is high in oily fish could be an easy, safe and effective way to reduce the symptoms of asthma in children, which is fantastic news.”

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There is no better way to indulge in the great food of our neighbouring countries than with a delicious bottle at your favourite BYO restaurant. And with the next three months of pork barrelling to match an Australian election, there may be no better place to mix tears of political exasperation with those from a great spicy dish at your local BYO.

Côtier Carbonic Maceration Pinot Gris Mornington Peninsula 2017 $32 The fragrance and delicate flavours of Vietnam are a great match for a slew of aromatic whites, whether riesling, gruner, gewürztraminer . . . or in this case, pinot gris. Its medium acidity and texture works perfectly with Vietnamese: silky vermicelli noodles, fresh herbs, fish sauce, aromatic pho, grilled quail or pork. Made by Barney Flanders, of Garagiste, this has skin-contact and is carbonically macerated — adding complexity, colour and texture — and will have you howling “Ha Long for another?” in no time.

Telera Pernella Sauvignon Blanc Mornington Peninsula 2018 $25 Whether your choice is classic Cantonese, burning Sichuan and Hunan, salty Shandong or hearty Anhui, this sauvignon blanc will work through most of the various Chinese styles. It hails from our favourite micro-producer, Michael Telera. Notably richer than the NZ style, its lush complexity comes from oak integration, while the acidity will cut through fried food, vinegar accents and chilli heat. Stick it on the Lazy Susan and see how many rotations it makes. Not many.

Eldridge Estate Gamay Mornington Peninsula 2017 $48 With influences from India, China and the Indonesian archipelago, the richness and bold spices in Malaysian cuisine makes it one of the most intensely flavoured food styles — so a more difficult wine match. Satay skewers with spicy peanut sauce? Melt in your mouth rendang? Sour and spicy asam pedas fish?

Meet one of the best Australian examples of this burgundian variety — gamay — made by the legendary David Lloyd. With flavours of cherry, plum and blueberry, it will work well served from the fridge to cool your extra chilli order to perfection.

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With autumn fast approaching, red wine and cosy fires will soon be inviting you in at Dromana Estate.

After a very hot and dry year, harvest is almost finished and everyone’s busy in the winery working their magic on the 2019 vintage.

Open Wednesday to Sunday, the restaurant menu is updated regularly with local seasonal produce and daily specials. The friendly cellar door staff will happily take you through the estate’s wines on tasting, including the newly released Fumé Blanc, Gewürztraminer and Viognier.

The estate will be represented at several upcoming events, including the Wine & Cheese Festival in Williamstown on March 9 and the Peninsula Pinot & Piers Festival on March 10, so make sure you come by and say hello.

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Steak Nights hit the spot In Mornington, within the walls of a picturesque historic homestead, you’ll discover The Brooks Restaurant. It’s focused on old-world charm with

modern, relaxed dining. Recently, Thursday evenings have become ever so popular with the introduction of Steak Nights. For just $28 you’ll receive a glass of wine and the steak of your choice.

A cheerful smile will greet you as you enter and prepare to be spoilt. The menu includes authentic yet simple Italian-inspired dishes cooked to perfection. The chef grew up surrounded by his mother and grandmother’s authentic Sicilian cooking, so there’s no doubt you will taste the love.

Having launched its new menu, Brooklands is eager to share the love with its express two-course lunch for $25 and express two-course dinner menu for $35, which can be enjoyed Monday to Saturday.

Each seating includes an entrée, a main and — if you mention this editorial — a complimentary glass of wine. You can choose from a selection of the chef’s special dishes that will leave you wanting more.

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TRE.AND at Baxter Valley Estate has just released two new rosés and a sauvignon blanc to bring blissful food and wine pairing perfectly together.

An expert at matching Mornington Peninsula produce with premium vino for flavour, this family-owned business, headed up by Line Thye, showcases what’s being created just around your corner.

Line explains: “We’ve had a great response to our first-release wines, which we previewed in February. They go perfectly with our produce, which comes from our neighbours, like rhubarb from across the road. Our TRE.AND kitchen provides a range of tasting plates with cheeses and terrines or you can sample a couple of main courses or a delicious dessert.”

Available for group bookings where creative tasting menus take centre stage, TRE.AND at Baxter Valley Estate is the ideal spot for relaxation and celebration. Drop by to explore. The cellar door and kitchen are open from Friday to Sunday from 11am until 4pm.

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It’s on again, and this time the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association presents its Peninsula Piers & Pinots event with even more style, flavour and firstclass tastings than ever. Held annually since 2002 on the Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend, this Peninsula food and wine-lovers’ celebration showcases the region’s outstanding and flavourful pinots with pizazz.

Incredibly popular and dedicated to this balanced natural acidity and fine tannin vino, Peninsula Piers & Pinots brings together people from far and wide to taste and converse with like-minded wine appreciators.

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alongside a simply stunning seaside lunch. Food from Georgie Bass Café, which is part of the Flinders Hotel Group, Calamari Brothers, Red Hill Cheese and Harry’s Conchilla — which you’ll find down by the pier — will satisfy your hunger, while handmade icy poles and soft drinks will keep the kids happy. Fabulous coffee from Moto Café delivers the caffeine, while live music adds to the festival vibe.

Peninsula Piers & Pinots is held alongside the Flinders pier in one of the most beautiful parts of the Peninsula. Participating wineries include 100 Years on Stanley, Baillieu Vineyard, Dexter Wines, Dromana Estate, Elgee Park Wines, Handpicked Wines, Kerri Greens, Kyberd Hills, Mantons Creek, Montalto, Moorooduc Estate, Morning Sun Vineyard, Myrtaceae, Nazaaray Estate, Ocean Eight, Paringa Estate, Pt Leo Estate, Quealy Wines, Rahona Valley, Red Hill Estate, Stonier, Tucks,

Willow Creek Vineyard, Yabby Lake Vineyard, and Yal Yal Estate.

So if you’re searching for a uniquely Mornington Peninsula event that brings the three breezes delivered via Port Phillip Bay, Western Port and Bass Strait together over wine, food and crisp conversation, then Mornington Peninsula Piers & Pinots on March 10 is for you. Pre-book on the MPVA website or purchase a ticket on the day. Tickets will be available until sold out. At just $40 a person, which includes a complimentary Riedel tasting glass, tasting notes and all wine tastings between noon and 3pm, there’ll be plenty of flavour and fun in the sun.

Cheers!

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FOOD WINE PRODUCE Breakfast & Lunch • Coffee • Daily Specials 8am - 4pm 7 days a week Pier Foreshore Reserve - Cnr Station St & Nepean Hwy, Seaford| 8774 0470

Perched among the dunes overlooking the beach, Beach Cafe Seaford is just the place to meet friends and family. The tantalising dishes for breakfast include vegan and gluten-free options, superfood pudding, date and walnut bread served with coconut and vanilla bean panna cotta, and eggs benedict with your choice of ham, bacon or salmon. The corn, zucchini and roasted capsicum fritters are a favourite too. Feeling especially lavish?

Why not try the hazelnut and cacao crepes with banana fritter chips, or the Belgium waffles.

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inside with an indulgent cake or out on the deck overlooking the bay for lunch with a delicious pasta, Moroccan chicken or lamb medallion salad. If the scenery has you craving seafood, try the flathead tails with crumbed prawns, or signature crispy lemon pepper calamari served with aioli, a herb salad and beer-battered fries. Here’s an idea: sip on a takeaway coffee while you explore the beach and foreshore . . . and the dolphins are free.

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A CHAT WITH OUR FOOD, WINE Will Muddyman — Chocolate Grove, 48/50 Aster Ave, Carrum Downs P: 9775 1888

What’s does your role at Chocolate Grove entail?

I am the chief Willy Wonka. We don’t have any chefs here, but we do have chocolate-makers. We are not a small kitchen-based operation; we are not artisan chocolate-makers with one or two employees.

Instead we employ 14 people. My role is very handson, and I do get involved in making new products; they are my ideas. I am the one who develops the new products and works out the formula with our assistants.

Please describe your variety of products at Chocolate Grove.

Chocolate-coated freeze-dried and dried fruits, chocolate-coated nuts, chocolate-coated confectionery, chocolate-coated pretzels and salt and vinegar crisps, and now pork crackle; milk, white, dark and yoghurt chocolate coatings; coeliacapproved and lactose-free lines as well; a variety of novelties such as Aussie footballs, champagne bottles, gold bars, Transformers, stegosaurus, Easter

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eggs, rabbits and Aussie animals, and crocodile eggs.

We have over 150 different products.

What’s your go-to trend to serve up that customers are loving?

Dark chocolate-coated figs and mango spears in milk and dark.

What makes your chocolates and lollies different?

Our high-quality chocolate and well-made products that are reasonably priced, and our great variety, new lines, simple packaging and great customer service.

What is your style in the kitchen?

I make sure to supervise and let the staff do the making too. I show them what I am looking for in finish, texture and taste.

What do your customers like most about your extensive selection?

The flavour profile and texture, the contrasts, and blending of the ingredients and the chocolate.

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Inspired by trendy Smith St Collingwood, Licciardo’s returns.

Famed high-quality modern Australian dishes created with fresh ingredients are back with Rob Licciardo’s new concept now complete. Find an innovative city feel at the new location in Mount Eliza Village. Well known menus are back with new classics, innovative dishes, onsite made delights and exciting weekly specials board.

• Recently soundproofed for customer comfort • Rob recently back from London brushing up on up-to-date specials • Everything made on premise with fresh local ingredients • All the favourite dishes plus new ideas • Good Food with a Brasserie feel • New London Style Railway Bar now completed

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What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

I love relaxing at the beach, watching and listening to jazz, and spending time with the family and friends.

What do you love most about what you do?

Developing new products that customers rave about.

What’s your favourite sweet treat at Chocolate Grove?

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Being an absolute sweet-tooth, I love chocolate-coated liquorice allsorts and jelly beans.

Any advice for aspiring chefs/chocolatiers?

You must be passionate about what you do or it won’t work. Perseverance is essential. Also, make sure to watch the market and trends constantly.

Anything else you’d like to add?

Look out for opportunities ahead of the market. They will copy you sooner or later.

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Create summers to remember with an exceptional backyard featuring a saltwater inground pool flanked by a large undercover entertaining terrace at one end and a pool house with a wet bar at the other.

A freestanding four-car garage/workshop more than caters for storage and workspace needs in a secure, gated backyard setting.

This family home presents a relaxed indoor-outdoor lifestyle where poolside cocktails and alfresco entertaining are the order of the day.

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Bathe in style courtesy of a deluxe family bathroom showcasing floor-to-ceiling tiles, a freestanding bath tub, a separate shower and a sleek vessel sink vanity.

Built-in robes adorn the secondary bedrooms, and the master bedroom features a full ensuite and a walk-in robe.

Enjoy precision temperature control with split-system airconditioners in every bedroom and in the lounge.

Other appointments include a double carport, ceiling fans and low-maintenance landscaped gardens.

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Young Harrison leads by example Seven-year-old Harrison Daley is Mornington Shire’s first Recycling Ambassador and unofficial Recycling Champion, prompting a call by Mayor David Gill for others to follow his example.

Harrison has been cleaning up the Peninsula and educating residents on the importance of recycling for years and holds regular community clean-ups at Mornington beaches. Cr Gill wants other volunteers to follow Harrison’s lead and become official Recycling Champions to support the Shire’s efforts to help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

“Overseas policy changes have limited the level of contamination accepted in recycling,” he said. “Putting the wrong items in your recycling bin could mean the whole bin is sent to landfill instead of being recycled, which is bad news for our environment and local wildlife. Through

the Recycling Champions initiative, we’re empowering the community to get involved and get active.”

Anyone over 18 can become an official Recycling Champion and will be provided with training, resources and ongoing support from the Shire’s Waste Education Officer.

As a Recycling Champion you’ll get involved in such community activities as helping out at events, distributing flyers/posters, and talking to groups about recycling. For more information or to sign up, visit mornpen.vic. gov.au/recyclingchampions Regardless of age, anyone can become an unofficial Recycling Champion like Harrison just by promoting recycling at home, at school or at work. With Clean-up Australia Day upon us, why not check out any litter hotspots in your neighbourhood and challenge your friends and family to make 2019 the year when change starts with you. To find a clean-up site near you, visit cleanupaustraliaday.org.au

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There is so much to celebrate at OZ Design Furniture Mornington! With new-season collections in store and 40th birthday festivities in full swing, OZ Design Furniture Mornington is the destination for those seeking an interior renovation. Boasting a whole new range of tones, textures and designs that reflect worldly trends, you’ll find what your interior desires this new season.

White linen complemented by natural rattan materials and soft decorator items will have your space looking fresher than ever.

Dressed with throw rugs and textured cushions, your space can be transformed from summer to winter with simple living accessories.

Find organisation within with OZ Design Furniture Mornington’s new Rita cabinet, which provides practicality and style that turns heads all year round. Feel cosy this season and lounge about in style — visit the OZ Design Furniture Mornington showroom today.

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Wave-fold sheer curtains and sunscreen roller blinds from DC+B softly filter light to create a resort-style ambience. The sheer curtains allow for soft breezes into the living space with blockout roller blinds layered behind for privacy and light control. The sunscreen roller blinds facing the coastal sun provide much-needed glare reduction and heat control along with 80-97 per cent UV protection.

Double roller blinds add complete functionality and a sleek no-fuss finish in the guest bedroom and bathrooms.

Adding texture is important to the success of a home’s window coverings and it’s applied here in the form of finely woven sheer

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DC+B’s window covering design has fulfilled the brief of delivering a home that can be a private sanctuary for you and your family.

All curtains and blinds featured are Australian made and are designed, manufactured and installed by Dollar Curtains + Blinds.

Call DC+B to book your free inhome measure and quote or to arrange a complimentary in-store consultation to view the large range of indoor and outdoor window coverings. Both stores are open Monday to Friday 9am5.30pm, Saturdays 9am-5pm and Sundays 10am-4pm.

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Even while we endure another very dry start to the year and our crops compete to access enough water in order to thrive, the produce keeps coming by the basketful. If an oversupply of summer fruit and vegies is the main concern you have with your garden, then be thankful that you are doing most things right.

A lot of people get caught out with the hot, dry weather, and their suffering plants lack the level of productivity that one would expect from an edible garden. Some say they don’t have “green thumbs”; others say they lack the time to care for their crops. There are, however, a few simple things that can be done that will markedly lift the amount of produce you get from your patch.

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Before planting your garden, make sure the soil is prepared properly.

Nothing new there. But you can’t just chuck a bag of compost on crappy, dry, sandy soil and plant your food crops expecting them to deliver.

Your soils need regular attention, regular feeding and protection from the elements. Prepare your beds well in advance of planting, cover them over with a thick layer of compost or straw mulch and let them rest. Water them from time to time as the weather dictates and the soil will mature over a few weeks as it waits for you to plant your vegies.

If, when planting time comes around, you can dig your fingers into the bed and extract a small fistful of soil that holds together when you release your grip, then you are ready. If, however, the soil just slips through your fingers, you will know you

need to pay more attention to your preparation before planting.

And even if you have created the most beautiful soil you can, without a consistent irrigation regimen that maintains adequate soil moisture throughout the season you may find yourself visiting the grocer a little more than you’d like. Our vegetable gardens and fruit trees will always perform way better with a properly functioning irrigation system. It’s very much worth the investment in time and/or dollars.

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Stop summer heat and glare in its tracks with Ziptrak® Would you like to use your outdoor entertainment area all year round regardless of Melbourne’s ever-changing weather? With a custom-made Ziptrak® solution from Camerons Blinds & Awnings, you’ll be protected from the harsh summer sun and icy winter rain.

to control the elements while retaining your view with the magnificent sunscreen mesh fabrics or marine-grade clear PVC and tinted PVC. Whether you’re searching for rain or sun protection for your home or business, Camerons also manufactures and installs an extensive range of outdoor and indoor solutions that are customdesigned to protect your windows, doors, glass roof and alfresco areas. With quality finishes and designer fabrics, Camerons also specialises in automation systems offering ease of use so you can control the weather.

If you would like to try Camerons Blinds & Awnings’ Ziptrak® range, along with the huge product range of awnings, blinds, canopies, shades and shutters custom-made locally in the factory, you can visit the showroom in Carrum Downs from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, or Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

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As an accredited manufacturer and retailer of the award-winning Ziptrak® blind system, Camerons Blinds & Awnings can create a new indoor-outdoor room in your home, perfect for entertaining family and friends at a moment’s notice. Also ideal for cafés, restaurants and pubs, made-to-measure Ziptrak® blinds are made in your choice of high-quality clear PVC or hi-tech mesh PVC offering protection from UV rays, sun, glare, wind and rain.

Owner Norm Lees says customers love Ziptrak® blinds for their all-weather versatility, sleek design and ease of operation. Customers can choose from manually operated or motorised blinds, depending on their needs and budget. With a simple-to-use central lock mechanism Ziptrak® blinds simply glide up and down with ease and stop at any point you wish. Motorised blinds are operated with the touch of a button or via your Google Home.

Now in its 33rd year, Camerons Blinds & Awnings offers a free no-obligation measure and quote.

Blinds are custom-made by Camerons’ specialist manufacturing team and you are able to choose from a huge range of colours and transparencies

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It’s not too late to get LEDs for free Huddo’s Electrical Services has accreditation under the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target to swap old halogen downlights for LEDs at no cost as part of this State Government rebate scheme.

“LEDs last up to 20 times longer than halogen downlights while using up to 80 per cent less energy,” says owner/operator Peter.

“If you want to enhance your workplace, brighten your home and lower your electricity costs, then make the switch — and it’s free.

LEDs are safer, stronger and longer-lasting and we take pride in our workmanship and provide a 100 per cent customer satisfaction guarantee.”

Peter finds the best solutions to all your electrical requirements and can replace lights in commercial and industrial installations, including fluorescent lights, hibay lights and spotlights. He also specialises in all types of electrical work and provides electricians who are experienced, reliable and get the job done right — on time, every time. Call Huddo’s Electrical Services, where the person you speak to is the one who carries out the work.

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Huddo’s Electrical Services, a locally owned family business with over 30 years’ experience, can fit your LED lights for you at no cost – it is part of the Victorian Government rebate scheme.

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Sam’s the man for the job Sam Elaridi, of Bayssour Painting & Decorating, specialises in transforming homes and properties inside and out. With more than 30 years’ experience, Sam’s your man whether the job involves a new building, a renovation or a refresher.

His work comes with a 100 per cent satisfaction guarantee. “I can also give advice if needed on new trends and fashions, colours and what will look good,” Sam says. “I can handle larger projects with a team of trusted contractors to assist when needed too.”

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Obtainium Antiques & Vintage Wares

BY LIZ ROGERS

Antiques have the power to transport you back in time while offering a glimpse into someone else’s life. They also chronicle the mastery of craftsmanship throughout the ages.

Obtainium Antiques provides modern-day lovers of quality and skill with a wide range of collectable eclectic wares you won’t find anywhere else. It also represents the epitome of reuse and recycle ethics. Why purchase throwaway items when you can continue caring for a piece crafted with passion?

Owner/operator Karine’s eagle-eye for quality means all the hard work has been done for you. Just saunter by to fall in love.

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A shower recess is one of the most heavily used and harshly treated parts of your house. In some cases it will be used four to eight times a day. It is then subjected to nasty chemicals and constant moisture, barely getting a chance to dry out.

This causes the grout and the silicone to become weak. If not maintained properly it will eventually cause the recess to leak into its surrounds.

Bayside Grout Solutions owner/operator Jorg says sure signs of this are damaged door frames and plaster boards, and wet carpets adjoining the bathroom. In some cases, showers leak due to poor installation and ill-fitting screens. So why not have the shower/bath recess serviced — just like you do a car — by giving it a full rejuvenation.

Jorg will replace the grout and all the seals and polish all the surfaces so the shower gleams like new again, giving you many more years of use. All this can be done in a day in most cases, and your shower will be back in action 36 hours later for a fraction of the cost of a full replacement.

For a free no-obligation quote, call Jorg on 0424 843 358.

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Try before Drawers4Ease Make a move on getting your kitchen cupboard problems sorted this month with Drawers4Ease, which will be on the road delivering guided demonstrations in Endeavour Hills on March 4 and at the Karingal Hub in Frankston on March 18.

Owner/operator Warren Morse understands the necessity of face-to-face purchasing. He also knows you like to try before you buy, and that’s why he sets up his roving Drawers4Ease mini-kitchen cupboard display for flexible and nosurprises shopping.

Just give him a call to find out where and when you can give this stellar product the test run it deserves. Pick up the phone today.

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This premium linen hire and laundry provider offers door-to-door pick-up and an on-time delivery service that is second to none.

Why bother organising and washing the sheets when someone else can do it for you? Call Baylinen Hire & Laundry Services now to ensure your Easter is a no-fuss, exceptionally luxurious linen experience. The beds will be ready when you open the door, so all you have to do is sit back and enjoy. The towels are soft and comfy too.

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Endless sophistication and With more than 10 years’ experience, Jason at Melbourne Glass Fencing furnishes and installs the highest-quality glass pool fencing and balustrades on the market. Whether you’re renovating or embarking on a new project, the choice of designs Jason offers is almost endless. The team at Melbourne Glass Fencing will help you choose the perfect fence for you with an experienced team of installers, extensive styles and using the highest grade of materials. Sophistication, longevity and safety are assured, and you can view all the options in one of the showrooms.

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Phone Jason on 0400 213 225 to receive an obligationfree measure and quote for your large-scale commercial projects or small-scale residential property projects.

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Promoting a cleaner, greener peninsula

by Liz Rogers

From the Big Bang to a big ban Here’s something to consider: if plastic microbeads had been created at the time of the Big Bang, they’d still be around now — 13.8 billion years later. That’s just one of the startling findings in a study by UK-based packaging supplier Rajapack on the impact single-use plastics are having on our environment.

The use of plastic microbeads in ‘rinse-off’ cosmetics has been banned in many countries, including the US, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and France; Australia’s environment ministers agreed in 2016 only to support a voluntary industry phase-out. But those that already exist aren’t going anywhere ever.

Microbeads are a microplastic, which describes any plastic fragment less than 5mm in length. Primary microplastics, which include microbeads, are those that have been purposely manufactured for a variety of uses from cosmetics to clothing to industrial. Secondary microplastics are created by the breakdown of larger products, such as plastic bags and bottles, by natural processes such as sunlight exposure. Microplastics have been found everywhere from the Mariana Trench to the human gut. Given they can not only absorb pollutants from their environment but are also often made from

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Rajapack’s study — at rajapack.co.uk/swimming_in_ plastic.html — estimates that 4.8-12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans each year, adding to the more than five trillion pieces of plastic polluting the marine environment. While this global problem might seem far beyond our control as individuals, there are many simple things each of us can do to help eliminate single-use plastics that don’t require a massive lifestyle change.

Rajapack has isolated three: straws, cups and scrubs.

A single plastic straw can take 200 years to biodegrade; a paper straw takes three days. If you really need a straw for your drink, buy a reusable one or find a retailer that uses paper straws.

Polystyrene foam cups don’t biodegrade; if they’d been around during the Jurassic era, Rajapack points out, archaeologists would still be digging them up today alongside dinosaur fossils. A cup made from 100 per cent biodegradable material will be gone in three to six months. Better still, find a café that accepts reusable cups and take your own.

Finally, manufacturers of exfoliating scrubs might be voluntarily phasing out microbeads, but you can also

make your own scrubs and face masks easily and cheaply from such common household ingredients as coconut oil and sugar; olive oil, honey, lemon and sugar; raw oats, honey and olive oil; and baking soda and water.

Regular readers of this column will be aware that many Peninsula businesses are trying to eliminate or at least reduce single-use plastics. From paper straws to reusable shopping bags to bring-your-own coffee cups, businesses are stepping up. It’s up to us to do the same. Invest in a reusable water bottle and fill it up at home before you hit the gym or set off on your daily walk. Keep a few reusable shopping bags in the car so you’re not caught short if you decide to duck into the shops on the way home. Keep a cutlery set at work so you can refuse the plastic knife and fork that usually accompanies your takeaway lunch.

And those plastic containers your lunch comes in can be cleaned and reused more than once — to store stuff in your fridge, as a pet’s food or water bowl, for the kids to keep their Lego bricks, colouring pencils and crayons and other bits and pieces in or to make things with.

There are so many ways we can eliminate single-use plastics from our lives; all it takes is a little forethought and a touch of determination to leave our children and grandchildren a healthier planet Earth.

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