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New Life For Church • Guardian Angel Of The Animals • On The Record • Peninsula Photos Feature: Health, Wellness, Beauty • The Art Of Travelling • Coranderrk • Paella Passion Bringing The Magic Touch To Morley’s • Focus On Safety Beach • All In The Family

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contents 7. Events 8. Window Shopping 10. New Life for Church

Chris and Donna McEvoy are church revivalists. But don’t confuse them with belonging to a Revivalist church.

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19. Two Strings to their Bow 22. Guardian Angel of the Animals

Brenda Marmion has devoted her life to saving animals and, at 74, has no intention of ever stopping.

30. On the Record

It’s 2017 and Craig Breedlove is still selling vinyl, just like he did when he worked in his first record shop 41 years ago. The Rosebud Reload Records owner has never wanted to do anything else, apart from surf, and has become the aficionado of the record industry.

36. From Little Things, Big Things Grow

Claude Monet said “My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece” and one cannot help think Clive and Penny Blazey must feel exactly the same, after spending years creating their stunning property, Heronswood and then gifting it as a legacy and tribute to their love of gardening.

44. If the Walls Could Talk

Like Satis House in Charles Dicken’s famous novel Great Expectations, the Pier Hotel fell into disrepair, only to be rescued by ALH Venue Promoter, Andrew Parisi six months ago.

48. Peninsula Photos 51. Feature: Health, Wellness, Beauty 62. The Weird and Wonderful World of Stephen Mushin 64. The Art of Travelling

Sometimes, a glimpse of a bunch of plastic-topped pins as he climbs the stairs can spark memories and inspiration for Brian Kewley. The stairs lead to his studio and the pins dot a map of the world hanging on the wall. Kewley is an artist who’s been documenting his travels on canvas for decades.

68. A Love of Tapestry 72. Wine Flows through their Blood

While Stumpy Gully Winery was established in 1989 by Frank and Wendy Zantvoort, it is now run by their son Michael and his wife, Elizabeth, making it one of the longest running family wineries on the peninsula.

75. Coranderrk 76. Paella Passion

Juan Palomares remembers holidays on the peninsula as a child, when the whole family would spend relaxing weeks at the beach, fishing, cooking, eating and enjoying life together, and now runs his business, Peninsula Paellas, and lives in the same place where he used to holiday as a child.

78. Bringing the Magic Touch to Morley’s

He’s worked at Hummingbird, Red Hill, Lindenderry, Montalto, and Bistro C in Noosa to name a few places. And now this well-travelled chef has now bought his talents to Mt Eliza as the head chef at Morley’s Bar and Bistro.

81. Must Try Dishes 82. Four Airmen Killed When Bomber Flew into Fog-bound

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88. Crossword 90. Focus on Safety Beach 96. All in the Family

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Church

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hris and Donna McEvoy are church revivalists. But don’t confuse them with belonging to a Revivalist church.

The Mt Martha couple earlier this year restored and rebuilt a 1906 era Anglican country church on their 60-hectare property near Merricks North on the Mornington Peninsula.

The McEvoys’ quest to find an old church began in early 2015.

Unused churches are not that rare - especially in rural areas where population numbers are dropping through improved agricultural methods or youngsters drifting away from the farm - but they already had one specific criteria that limited the search: the pews for their church had already been built in Bali, which gave them a minimum width to work with if they wanted a centre aisle leading to an altar.

Chris McEvoy says they eventually found someone who had decided that his “collection” of nine churches was probably a bit much and was willing to part with the former St George’s Church of England at Woomelang, in the middle of Victoria’s Mallee district.

The next step came when Flinders-based builder Matt Johnson was hired to “flat pack” the near 110-year-old timber structure so it could be trucked to the peninsula and rebuilt at Tanglewood.

“The ceiling had a 10 centimetre layer of red Mallee dust, and that’s the closest we came to finding any real treasures,” Mr Johnson said.

It took his six-man team four days to prepare the church for the move in November 2015, which took two semi-trailer loads before it was fully delivered to its new home.

“It was a lot higher than a regular house so we had to build scaffold and hire a boom, which broke down on the first day,” Mr Johnson says. “I then had to drive to Horsham to find another one to complete the job” The removal of the church was big news in Woomelang and a small crowd of spectators gathered daily to watch as the builders went about their business.

Chris McEvoy says a phone call and emailed paperwork was all that was needed to arrange council permission to move the church but, after arriving at Tanglewood, it was “12 months to the day” before Mornington Peninsula Shire’s planners gave permission for its resurrection.

Mr Johnston and an eight-member crew then worked for six weeks to get the church ready for its first wedding (the interior painting was finished within days of the ceremony).

The church has added a new dimension to Tanglewood, which the McEvoys have developed as a wedding venue.

“It’s not necessarily a place of worship and we have clear windows giving views across water, gardens and forest,” Mr McEvoy says. “Quite a few couples just want to use it as a backdrop for photographs.”

Photo: Keith Platt

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The McEvoys first brush with Tanglewood began about 15 years ago when they decided that living on a rural property would provide plenty of scope and space to bring up their four children.

However, the plan was not to be and the then owners decided against selling and instead concentrated on growing grapes and running their farm.

The McEvoys also shelved their rural retreat idea and extended and redeveloped their Mt Martha home.

Fast-forward to 2015 and the McEvoys were again on the lookout for a rural property, this time with wedding bells in mind.

Driving through the peninsula’s rural heartland they were again drawn to Bulldog Creek Rd and, lo and behold, they saw the for sale sign again up at Tanglewood.

It still had the same owners, but this time they had definitely decided to relinquish their bit of heaven.

Although the former St George’s church is no longer consecrated, the McEvoys have created their own version of paradise for couples wanting a memorable setting. Now known as the chapel, the church can seat 90 people with standing room for another 40.

It is a worthy, weathered addition to Tanglewood that gives the impression of having being there for the past century. continued next page...

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Although removing Woomelang’s sole church has left an empty lot and a physical gap in its remaining built history, Chris McEvoy is keen for the town’s residents to know that their loss is being put to good use and often filled with joyful voices.

“I’m arranging to bring a few busloads of folk from Woomelang down to Tanglewood so they can see that their church lives on,” he said.

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TWO STRINGS TO THEIR BOW

By Melissa Walsh

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ince 1962, Mornington Peninsula audiences have been enjoying chamber and orchestral music that one might only expect to see in the city. Yet most of us are unaware how or why these high quality concerts came to our part of the world. Peninsula students have also been privy to the annual bursaries, workshops and master classes with world class musicians, provided by the Peninsula Music Society, who have proved they have more than one string to their bow.

It all started 55 years ago when a group of music lovers got together and decided to bring concerts to the peninsula with the aim of fostering the appreciation and enjoyment of chamber, vocal, instrumental and orchestral music on the Mornington Peninsula. A committee of about fifteen people was formed with Mr. Max Piggott as president. The aim could, it was decided, be best achieved by the regular presentation of high quality concerts by world-renowned artists, and it is a legacy that has continued over five decades.

David Fickling has been president of the Peninsula Music Society for the last 13 years, after living on the peninsula for over 30 years.

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“I used to go to the concerts of the music society in the same venue we have now although then it was called Findlay Hall at the Mornington Secondary College. These days it is known as Peninsula Community Theatre,” said David, whose partner Janette Forster, shares his love of music and works alongside him as treasurer.

“I’ve always loved music, and used to play guitar in a band in high school but when I went to university in Sydney I became more interested in serious music like classical and chamber,” explains David who, among other jobs, has worked as a fighter pilot.

Even though Janette and David had not yet met, she too had developed a love chamber and classical music when working as a science teacher in Blackburn.

“The school I was teaching at had some very talented music students who performed concerts which I loved. At the same time I had taken up learning piano again from when I was a child. I was inspired by teaching at this school, surrounded by music students and music lessons,” said Janette. “I particularly love the classics continued next page...

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like Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Debussy. There is a lot of emotion in the music and it’s something that takes you away. It doesn’t have to be refined music but something stirring.”

Officially the longest serving committee members now, the retired couple have put together a new committee of fresh blood that is bound to reinvigorate the music scene.

“With many of the older committee members finding they were unable to devote as much time to the society, we were fortunate last year to operate with a new committee, keeping the original concept but adding a little more variety,” said David.

Sourcing musicians to perform for the Peninsula Music Society has never been an issue as the society has developed a fine reputation for a great venue and wonderful hospitality.

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“We actually get quite a lot of people who approach us, some from overseas, and have a good relationship with Musica Viva which bring Australian and overseas artists around the country. For about ten years, since we started the Winter Solstice Festival, we have developed a close relationship with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, which regularly performs the Saturday night concert for us at the festival,” said David. “We have great relationships with many artists and the venue is very good acoustically so they love coming here to perform. We also have a very knowledgeable and appreciative audience so the artists love that.”

To make sure the artists feel comfortable, the society provides a light supper after each concert so the artists and committee members can sit around and relax.

“Our sponsors provide wine from the Bittern Estate Winery and cheese from Red Hill Cheese, and we have become known for our hospitality among the artistic community,” said David, who has witnessed the concert series and bursary program grow over the years.

“Since the bursary program for local music students started in 1998, we now make awards totaling $20,000 each year to assist eight very talented young musicians with their careers. This program is made possible through the generous support of the Tallis Foundation, Mornington Peninsula Shire and our subscribers.

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In 2017 the Peninsula Music Society is presenting a series of eight concerts including four which will form the Winter Solstice Festival.

Performers include the Firebird Trio and Friends, the Flinders Quartet, and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra with Andrew Goodwin to name a few. All concerts are held at the Peninsula Community Theatre, Nepean Highway & Wilsons Road, Mornington.

For details go to www.pmsmusic.asn.au or phone 9789 8392.

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he has been a model, a secretary, mother, and traveller.

She’s stood with a gun in her face to rescue horses, argued with strong men putting animals in their car boots, and even gone undercover to rescue animals from harm. She’s been bitten, scratched, and given up her home as a sanctuary to wildlife and continues to donate her time and money to rescue and rehabilitate her beloved animals. Brenda Marmion has devoted her life to saving animals and, at 74, has no intention of ever stopping.

The Rye woman has been the guardian angel of animals since she rescued her first mouse from the jaws of a cat as a young child, and it has remained her calling to this day.

“When I was a little girl I would rescue mice and birds from the cat and wrap them in dad’s handkerchief to look after them. It is what I was born to do. Those were the days when we didn’t know

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that cats were not allowed outside as they would harm the wildlife,” said Brenda from her Rye home, where we sit surrounded by cages of birds, her beloved dog, and a baby possum she is nursing back to health.

Brenda came to Australia from England in 1960 and quickly her homesickness set in. The only way to alleviate it was with animals.

“I got my first horse at Christmas that year, and within a few months I decided to start rescuing horses. I was only 17 at this point but worked as a secretary in Dandenong. I would go to the Dandenong market in my 45-minute lunch break to check that the horses being put through were okay for sale. I found one that was so badly hurt I called the RSPCA. After that someone said to me "You should go to the Tuesday market, which is even worse. That’s the market after the farmers buy all the sheep and cattle and lambs and you should see what goes on there.”

And that is exactly what she did. Twice a week in her lunch break, Brenda would put a raincoat over her office clothes and head down to the market. “ I found that people were buying sheep, lambs, goats and pigs and putting them in the boots of their cars to take them home for slaughter. At first I could get no one to help me. I would tell them to take them out of the boot but these guys were tough. At one stage there were two men with scars all over their faces and they were putting two big sheep in the boot of their four-cylinder car. I went up to them and said "You can’t do that, its illegal, take them out" but there was little I could do alone. So I phoned the animal liberation organisation and they didn’t want to do anything. Then I phoned the Derryn Hinch show and they came around the next Tuesday with a camera crew. They witnessed this guy putting two lambs in his car, other guys dragging two sheep and after that the RSPCA and animal liberation, and the Department of Agriculture were there. After that I would have to go to the market with a wig on because it was dangerous. Sometimes they would recognise me and say "There’s that woman", but I am not afraid when it comes to animals,” said Brenda. “ I have been on properties in the middle of the night examining horses that have been neglected and at one stage in Queensland I nearly got shot rescuing a horse. That was where I got my horse Lucky from.” continued next page...

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Going undercover became part of a necessary routine for Brenda in order to see the true conditions of her beloved animals.

“I would go undercover at abattoirs with my big Drizabone on and take photos. After the Hinch show it was a lot better at the market but there were still people who would buy the animals and take them on a leash around the corner, I saw this guy who had these beautiful angora goats and he threw them in the boot of his Mercedes so it was still going on to a degree,” she said.

It was 1990 when Brenda decided to make the move to Queensland where her passion for rescuing horses would be put to good use.

“I was 50 and already arthritic when I decided to go to Queensland,” said Brenda who has never let her many health issues get in the way of animal dedication. “While I was there I found out about people who do wildlife caring and my interest grew from there. Before long I was getting up at 5am and feeding my rescued animals. Some of the jobs I had allowed me to take them to work and they were fabulous. Colleagues would come into work and see me at the desk with a bearded dragon or a bird next to me. Other places, I would have to keep them in the underground car park and came out to feed and water them every couple of hours.”

With her determination to help and nurturing nature, Brenda has also faced some tough sights over her six decades of animal rescue and rehabilitation.

“I rescued a possum that was hanging from a steel jaw trap, a beautiful healthy juvenile male that had to be euthanized, and the court case is still continuing,” said Brenda who has rescued everything from blue tongue lizards, kookaburras, ducklings, possums and flying foxes to horses, donkeys, birds of prey, kangaroos and wallabies, pelicans and penguins, and even an albatross.

While capturing the animals can be difficult. Brenda has had a scratch or two in her time. She says it is more painful letting them go at times.

“I have just released seven ducklings and two possums into the wild so have six more ring tail possums here at the moment. I recently released a grey headed flying fox which was very emotional.

She was caught up in a clothesline and it took ages to cut her off. I got out of my sick bed to do it. I was dizzy and unwell and at one stage the property owner had to hold me up as I cut her down. Her wing was completely shredded and she was covered in maggots so we had to dip her in water to get rid of them. She allowed me to do this which was incredible and trusting of her as flying foxes continued next page...

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** Same expertexpert physical rehabilitation Same physical **rehabilitation, New look coming in 2017!!!

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A new look for Frankston’s specialist rehabilitation hospital.

We are very excited to announce our hospital will be undertaking aWORK $9.7 has million refurbishment.

Work commenced month and all a view refurbishing last our bathrooms, all with commenced on a $9.7 million to providing our refurbishment of St John of God Frankston patients with greater comfort staged works aim to be completed by December this year.

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Scope of which works Melbourne, willplanned: deliver new and “The design will also give us the flexibility Conversion 3 and 4 bed 2 increase bed wards. improved patient of accommodation andwards to to the bed capacity as required, to amenities by early 2018. meet the demands for our services.”

Increased single rooms Scope of works planned: For a rehabilitation hospital, access is Patient rooms and ensuites will be refurbished and refreshed • Conversion of 3 and 4 bed wards to 2 incredibly important and new front and rear Improved and bed wards. front entrance access for patients entrances to the vehicles hospital will make it easier •Chapel Increasedto single rooms for patients as well vehicles that be moved and increased in size with theasaddition of atransport •multipurpose Patient rooms and ensuites will be patients after surgery or injury. adjourning meeting room refurbished and refreshed With a new front reception featuring a kiosk and lounge area •New Improved front entrance access for in front reception lounge area and kiosk, the caregivers and

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Inpatients: Choose us to provide your rehabilitation after your acute hospital patients and vehicles volunteers of St John of God Frankston stay or you can come directly from home Whilst this is a comprehensive and detailed refurbishment it will • New kiosk, lounge area, 3 additional Rehabilitation Hospital will be better able to if you have a referral from your GP. occur in stages orderand to an have the least on both consulting rooms,inChapel shareimpact the hospitality for our which they are so Once we receive your referral, one of our inpatients outpatient services. adjoining and multipurpose meeting room all highly regarded in the local community.

Rehabilitation Assessment Nurses will visit of the new look foyer. this is aour comprehensive and 255-265 Cranbourne Road, Frankston Weform willpart continue with business as usual“Whilst to provide you to plan your stay with us.

Chief Executive Officer, Sally Faulkner, detailed refurbishment it will occur in stages comprehensive rehabilitation services every day throughout the Outpatients: referral from your GP or Telephone: 03 9788A3333 said the most critical component of the so that we minimise the impact on our Specialist is required. project. refurbishment was to increase the number of inpatient and outpatient services,” Sally said.

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hate water,” said Brenda, who admits of all the animals, flying foxes are her favourite. “They are so intelligent and human like. I had this one for three weeks and she didn’t have broken bones, so I decided to release her. It isn’t safe to leave them for longer without flying as their wing muscles begin to atrophy. We took her up to a place in Doveton, which is beautiful. You wouldn’t even know it was there but there is a huge colony of flying foxes so it was the perfect place for her. I was still a bit worried about whether she was well enough although she had been in the flight aviary. When we got near to the park she heard the others and got so excited. I put the carry cage next to the tree and she ran up the branch and hung upside down. Then she looked back at us and suddenly flew.

We were crying like idiots but the truth is to have a good release is great.”

Some wildlife return like the crimson rosellas Brenda released a few weeks ago.

“They still come back to visit me as they had originally come from Tootgarook which is very close.”

While Brenda has not been well over the past few years, there is no stopping this strong willed woman when it comes to her treasured wildlife.

“I will never stop doing it. I was in hospital nearly all May last year and my volunteers were wonderful but I still signed myself out twice. It’s going to take a lot more than sickness to stop me,” said Brenda who is already talking about taking on more animals again.

“Usually my home is filled with cages in every room and the backyard has plenty of animals. I have had a small break since I’ve been unwell but I’m getting bored now and put myself back on the wildline a few days ago. Since then, in just two days, I have received two possums and two injured galahs, so I am happy to be busy again.”

Brenda Marmion, of Crystal Ocean Wildlife Shelter, Rye, has rescued, cared for, rehabilitated and released thousands of animals on the Mornington Peninsula for about 24 years, receiving no official funding, and relying on donations to provide aviaries, cages, equipment, medicine and food for the wildlife patients and orphans.

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Enriching Our Curriculum Padua College is at an exciting time in its 120 years of history with Principal, Anthony Banks launching the new Educational Strategic Plan. Exciting, new programs and a campus restructure will provide an enhanced curriculum that encourages our students to be engaged learners and entrepreneurial thinkers.

In addition to ensuring that academic rigour is at the forefront of learning and teaching, Mr Banks values the Catholic ethos of developing the ‘whole person’, nurturing the academic, spiritual, physical, emotional and social talents of students.

“We aim to develop individuals who love learning for learning’s sake, with a sense of social justice, who are resilient and positive, and have a sense of faith, hope and love for their future,” he explains. “I feel incredibly privileged to be at Padua College at this exciting time in our development and welcome families to come along on a guided school tour to one of our three wonderful campuses in Mornington, Rosebud and Tyabb.”

School tour bookings can be made online via the Enrolments section of the Padua College website: www.padua.vic.edu.au Enrolments for Year 7 2019 at Padua College open 21 March 2017 and close Friday 19 May 2017.

Please contact the Registrar, Christine Mose on Ph. 5978 2701 or email: enrolments@padua.vic.edu.au

Mornington (from 2019) Year 7-9 Campus Year 10-12 Campus 62 Oakbank Road Mornington Victoria 3931 Telephone (03) 5976 0100 Rosebud (from 2019) Year 7-9 Campus 2 Inglewood Crescent Rosebud Victoria 3939 Telephone (03) 5982 9500 Tyabb (from 2019) Year 7-9 Campus 1585 Frankston-Flinders Road Tyabb Victoria 3913 Telephone (03) 5978 2700

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RED HILL SHOW HITS NEW HEIGHTS Thousands of people flocked to the 89th Annual Red Hill Show in March, enjoying the best of Mornington Peninsula entertainment, exhibitions, food, wine, demonstrations and animals.

In what has become a great family day celebrating the Red Hill Community, the Red Hill Show is part of a rich tradition of shows that began in 1922 when local people exhibited apples, flowers and vegetables along with the best butter, cooking and preserves from home and farm kitchens. Over the years, horses, sheep, cattle and alpacas were included in the show – each new introduction indicating the changing face of farming on the Mornington Peninsula. More recently the show has added wine, avocados, olives, berries and cheese to the list of produce coming from this most acclaimed agricultural and horticultural area.

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t’s 2017 and Craig Breedlove is still selling vinyl, just like he did when he worked in his first record shop 41 years ago.

The Rosebud Reload Records owner has never wanted to do anything else, apart from surf, and has become the aficionado of the record industry.

This is not just a fad to Craig; it is a passion, something in his blood since he first started reading record reviews in Rolling Stone Magazine as a kid.

“I would get the magazine, check out the reviews and head down to my local record store to buy the album,” said the Parramatta born ex-surfie. “I left Sydney and moved to Queensland in 1972 and found a great record shop in Coolangatta. I must have annoyed the owner so much going in there every day that eventually he asked me to run a shop he was starting in Surfers Paradise. That was in 1976 and, a few days before we opened, he handed me the keys. I had never managed a shop before so learnt on the job.”

It must have been a natural talent for the 23 year old who then went on to spend the next four decades in the music industry.

“I only loved music and surfing so thankfully I have found my niche in life and have now owned seven record stores. After living on the Gold Coast for 11 years, I made the move to Melbourne after a record company I was dealing with said they were looking for someone to open on of their stores there. By January, 1983 I was working at Monash Records and then opened Collector’s Corner which became the biggest record collection shop in the state,” said Craig, who then went on to open Relic Records in Prahran, and work for jazz labels.

It was 1998 by the time he got to work at Reload Records, and two years later bought the business.

“The shop was in Richmond but I always wanted to bring it down to the peninsula where I was living, and I was rapt to relocate and open the Rosebud shop nine years ago,” said Craig, of the transition that was flawless. continued next page...

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“I literally closed the Richmond shop on Sunday at 5pm and reopened Rosebud the following Tuesday at 10am.

In that first day, I made the week’s rent so I knew I had done the right thing.”

“I ONLY LOVED MUSIC AND SURFING SO THANKFULLY I HAVE FOUND MY NICHE IN LIFE AND HAVE NOW OWNED SEVEN RECORD STORES"

To withstand the test of fickle times, Craig said he had to roll with the changes but has always stayed true to the vinyl.

“It took ten years for vinyl to disappear from 1982 when the first CDs started appearing. We would order the same amount of CDs as vinyl records but eventually the demand became less.

I have always stocked vinyl in my stores though. Very little was getting released and by 1992 vinyl had virtually disappeared. It then became a niche market and collectors were still ordering it,” said Craig, remembering something his boss had said about the nature of record shops. “In 1976 my boss said you are never going to make any money out of this. The thing is it’s all about the lifestyle.”

With just the cruisy attitude needed and a love of music, Craig has maintained his place in the record scene, having owned seven record stores and coped with the ebb and flow of the industry.

Then four years ago, there was a record resurgence.

“Everybody in the industry could see there was going to be a resurgence and here it is. Forty one years later, I am selling vinyls, record spray, 120 different types of styluses, blank tapes, six

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different sized belts, and needles just like I used to,” he said. “Even younger people are now buying vinyl. I have customers from 14 to 80. We stock a lot of first and second hand vinyl and a substantial CD catalogue too but I reckon we sell about 50 per cent of each per month and vinyl is generally cheaper too.”

While Craig stocks records of every genre and artist you could imagine, he remembers having the odd fair-dinkum collector’s item over the years.

“I had a $2000 Pink Floyd single, which was Richard Wright’s first promo single, and in brand new condition. I also had Genesis from 1968 which sold for about $600,” said Craig, who is always happy to chat to customers and share his wealth of music knowledge.

Reload Records specialise in quality second-hand and new vinyl, CDs and DVDs: contemporary, retro, jazz, blues, R&B soul, electronica, world, roots and soundtracks.

Reload Records is at Shop 12, Rosebud Square, 1283 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud. Phone 5981 2533. www.reloadrecords.com.au

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FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW

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laude Monet said “My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece” and one cannot help think Clive and Penny Blazey must feel exactly the same, after spending years creating their stunning property, Heronswood and then gifting it as a legacy and tribute to their love of gardening.

When you enter the historic gardens and homestead in Dromana, you are entering a privileged space. The gardens and nursery growing around the Register of National Estate -listed Gothic revival house in Dromana date back to the 1860s and are home to heirloom seed supplier, the Diggers Club. The first law professor at Melbourne University, William Hearn, employed Edward Latrobe Bateman to design Heronswood house in 1866. It was designed as a five-bedroom family home placed to enjoy excellent outdoor views and its first gardens were planted in the 1870s, remnants of which can still be seen. In the valley, the old mulberry and orchard trees still bear fruit, the Moreton bay fig frames the house, and the Cook’s pine by the duck pond is now registered by the National Trust as a significant tree. Set high on the hillside looking out over the bay, Clive and Penny purchased Heronswood in 1983, and it is the culmination of Clive’s love of gardening, and a family property that the Blazey family would eventually gift to the community with instructions that the legacy continue.

Heronswood education manager, Talei Kenyon, is one of the people that take the responsibility for continuing the Blazey’s good work seriously, and is delighted to be a part of the high morale of the Heronswood and Diggers Club team that focuses on conservation, preservation and education.

“Clive and Penny started the Diggers Club nearly 40 years ago and purchased Heronswood in 1983,” explains Talei as we sit outside amongst the gardens that have been lovingly cared for. “They wanted somewhere for the family to grow up and where they could lay out the gardens and build the Diggers Club business. From the beginning the Diggers Club mailed ordered unusual plants and seeds and in 1919 introduced heirloom seeds to Australian gardeners. These are seeds that are open-pollinated have perfect yield for home gardeners and have seed that can be saved to sow again every year. Penny’s interest was also the continued next page...

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historic home and the faithful preservation of the building and its colourful history.”

Clive originally started the Diggers Club from where they lived in Melbourne in 1978, and would never have imagined that it would grow to the 76,000 nationwide members it is today, making it the largest gardening club in Australia.

“Clive did a commerce degree at Melbourne University but had always loved the botanic gardens and gardening. His father, Alan Blazey was the founder of Hortico which he started in the late 1950’s. After spending some time in the United States, Clive returned and wanted to start a niche garden business to supply a seeds and plants to passionate gardeners. He came up with the concept of the club and mail ordering the seeds and plants. From that seed, with his vision and imagination, the club grew tenfold.

He then needed a display garden and an area to do trials and he did that all within the confines of this garden. The garden in its current form was created by Clive and the original head gardener, Dave Pomare. Succeeding gardeners have carried on the tradition with dedication and lots of hard work.”

With the spirit firmly anchored in gardening, education and heritage buildings, Clive and Penny established the Diggers Garden and Environment Trust to ensure that the good work continues.

“We wanted to know that the work we’ve done over the past 39 years in preserving historic gardens and houses as well as the best garden traditions through education will continue forever.

The public’s support has ensured that Diggers has succeeded and grown into Australia’s largest gardening club. It’s now time to make the transformation from a private family-owned business into a not-for-profit garden charity somewhat like the National Trust, but firmly anchored in gardening, education and heritage buildings,” said Clive of the selfless decision to entrust the family’s beloved property.

“IT WILL ALWAYS BE HERE, AND IS A LEGACY FOR EVERYONE IN AUSTRALIA TO HAVE THIS GARDENING ICON TO COME AND VISIT, ENJOY, AND LEARN FROM, AND WE ARE NOW BACK WITH OUR NEW GARDEN SHOP AS THE LOCAL MORNINGTON PENINSULA NURSERY.”

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For these trailblazers, the decision is not unusual as the family have always pushed the boundaries, with the pure intention of making the world a better place for future generations.

With a young family, Clive and Penny travelled the world, to places like North Africa, western USA, and the Mediterranean belt looking for plants that would do well in the Australian climate.

“They bought back poppies from the west coast of the USA, Romneyas, Mediterranean plants, horn poppies from Mexico, and popularised the notion of cottage garden in the 1980s. Within 10 years they had started to connect to the importance of heirloom seeds and introduced those to Australian gardeners. They did the first tomato taste test here and, when the drought hit us in the early 2000s, they introduced this idea of intermingling plantings of fruit, flowers and vegetables in one garden space so that when water when is tight you are getting as much as possible in return,” said Talei.

“Down in the front garden for example there were beautiful camellias that they used for hedging. Clive wrote a book called ‘The Fruit and Vegetable Garden for Australian Gardeners’ in

which he talked about where you can grow camellias you can grow avocado, so he took the camellias out and popped the avocados in there. His idea was that if you are going to use water, you must get the most out of it.”

While the property has seen its share of setbacks, the team has always come together to prove how resilience and dedication pays off.

“We had the fire three years ago but our wonderful team bandied together and the estate is back better than ever. We have a new garden shop built on the same site of the old thatched-roof building that once housed the restaurant and offices, which were burnt down in the January 2014 bushfire,” said Talei.

For Clive, while practicality is important, design was always very close to his heart.

“Being aesthetically pleasing was still very important for Clive and has continued to be a philosophy of the garden to this day.

I think everyone wants to admire beauty and it’s possible to have beauty and practicality. You just have to know how to use plants which is something that Clive talks about in a very simple fashion,” said Talei. “He talks about things in terms of climate zones so we can work with people from Cairns to Hobart. We also do workshops here and masterclasses to help people succeed continued next page...

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as gardeners, as it’s through this success that the legacy continues.”

If Talei Kenyon is any indication, there is little doubt that Clive’s work and philosophy is being carried on.

“If I’ve had a busy day I walk outside and pick something from my home garden to put on my table and I feel great. First thing in the morning on a hot day, I top up the water for the plants on my balcony and feel the exchange of the rhythm of life and nature. I know it’s autumn because I can see the trees starting to turn. I can feel the cool air in the morning or late at night. I can see what’s happening with my beans, they now want to be saved as pods, not picked to eat. I can see my tomato plants are coming to an end and I know I should have pruned my apricot because it’s starting to change colour. It is a constant reminder that, while we are busy people, we have a deep connection and responsibility to nature,” she said.

She tells me Clive is still around all the time but doesn’t like talking about himself and the benevolence his family has shown in giving all of this away.

“It will always be here, and is a legacy for everyone in Australia to have this gardening icon to come and visit, enjoy, and learn from, and we are now back with our new garden shop as the local Mornington Peninsula nursery.”

Heronswood is at 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana.

Phone 5984 7321. www.diggers.com.au

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WATER WATCHING

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pending his life as a science teacher, John Inchley has always sought knowledge of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. The way nature works continued to intrigue him even after he retired so he found a way to satisfy his curiosity by becoming involved with BERG Mt Martha’s Waterwatch group.

“I have been involved with BERG (Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group Mt Martha) for about 15 years but doing the water watching for 13,” said John, who at 72 years of age is the driving force in the Waterwatch group that monitors the health of Balcombe Creek.

“We test three sites along the creek once a month, looking for chemical properties in the water, and testing how healthy the water is by measuring the number of living organisms and macro invertebrates,” said John, with the first checkpoint in Augusta Street, Mt Martha.

The creek starts as a trickle out near the rural township of Baxter.

From there it meanders 20 kilometres through farmland, parks and near residential areas before flowing through the Briars wetlands and wildlife sanctuary into Balcombe Estuary and eventually into Port Phillip Bay at Mt Martha Beach.

“We record the creek’s depth and width, as well as the conductivity of the water and pH level. We also measure salinity as lots of bugs and fish can’t exist in seawater,” said John, who had owned a six acre property opposite the creek where he established a vineyard.

“I always looked on the creek as our backyard as it was just over the fence. I used to walk down to the bushland every day, it is a beautiful spot, and important that we look after it.”

John and the team now have data going back 13 years so they are starting to see trends.

“There are about six or seven variables that we measure and a lot of those are improving. The macro invertebrates give the ultimate health of the creek. If it was polluted those animals wouldn’t be there,” said John.

“We work under the auspices of Melbourne Water who supply the equipment and chemicals and we go by their safety regulations so have at least two people on the site in case someone falls in,” said John, who often works alongside John Rawlins and his wife “Roo”.

“We start by taking samples of the water and testing them on site, using instruments to test the salinity and pH level, the turbidity and how clear the water is.”

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For John this is what keeps him young.

“It’s all about getting on with it, mentally and physically getting out there,” said John, who many years ago noticed a rotten egg smell coming from the creek.

“The E.coli levels were up which may have been caused by a sewage or septic tank leak. We alerted the Shire health officers who undertook to do further tests, and today it is all good,” he said.

The next time you wander along the boardwalk or drive past the Balcombe Estuary, say a little thanks to people like John Inchley and the team at BERG who have devoted years of their life to making sure the natural waterway is in top condition. www.berg.org.au

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IF THE WALLS COULD TALK

By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons

It’s been a long five years since the Pier Hotel closed its doors upstairs, with the grand old building going to wrack and ruin while the rest of the township grew around it.

Peninsula Essence goes behind the scenes to get the details on the revamp of this Frankston icon.

room for them to reinvigorate, and I thought this was the perfect choice. It’s been sitting dormant for the last five years; it’s a beautiful area with amazing views and such a wasted space.

So we had the idea to bring touring bands here after they have done their metro shows,” said Mr Parisi. “It’s convenient and the infrastructure here is fabulous. When we took over it was in a pretty dire state; we had to repair the roof as there were water leaks, we put in new air-conditioning, and installed a $600,000 concert system. We decluttered it, and cleaned it all up.”

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Mr Parisi knew it had been a super club in the '80s and had even visited one night to see The Models play, and was delighted to be able to bring the iconic venue back to life.

Like Satis House in Charles Dicken’s famous novel Great Expectations, the upstairs area fell into disrepair, only to be rescued

by ALH Venue Promoter, Andrew Parisi six months ago.

t’s been known as a bowling alley, the 21st Century Nightclub and later as Pier Live. It has views that stretch right across the bay and has seen its share of famous entertainers cross its stage. It shot to fame for its revolving dance floor and hosted some of the biggest bands of the '70s and '80s, and this year it sees another reincarnation with the emergence of the Pier Bandroom.

Andrew Parisi is the man behind the idea, after very successfully reinvigorating the old Croxton Park Hotel several years ago.

“The Croxton Bandroom is owned by the ALH group and it has been a successful venture, so they suggested I look at another

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“We have relaunched it as the Pier Bandroom, and still have the famous revolving dance floor but now it is made into a vinyl record to go with the rock venue theme,” he said of the venue that will host national and international bands. “It was such a state of the art discotheque with the rotating dance floor and I was told the dome would open so you could look at the night sky. We have, more or less, bought it back to there but are catering to a rock and roll market.” continued next page...

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Mr Parisi and the team didn’t change the infrastructure so the basic shape and design has been retained. “We haven’t played with the infrastructure but given it a cosmetic lift and fixed the walls, the plumbing and put in an amazing sound system. I knew what needed to be done, and we have ensured that it has the best state of the art equipment so that it’s a good experience for the acts and the patrons are treated with respect.”

For Mr Parisi, it was important that the venue provided the type of quality atmosphere and class A acts that the city venues enjoy.

“Just because it’s in Frankston doesn’t mean the patrons shouldn’t have the best acts and quality venue,” he said. “So really the philosophy for us is to provide a really good experience for everybody, for the punters and the acts.”

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The Pier Bandroom launch on March 18 was an overwhelming success with a street party outside the venue in Davey St with acts including the Birds of Tokyo and Pierce Brothers. A show featuring Cog the same night was sold out and another with Aussie rockers The Living End on April 1 is sure to be a raging success.

The Pier Bandroom is at Pier hotel, 508 Nepean Highway, Frankston. www.pierbandroom.com.au

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At The Smile Place the team offer every service you could need, with dental implants and cosmetic orthodontics becoming more popular.

Owner and dentist, Andre Schertel joined the practice ten years ago, along with his wife Cintia who is the practice manager.

“We often have adults who want to align and straighten their teeth in a shorter period of time and use two systems for this, one using a series of plastic aligners that are worn over the teeth and the other is a set of clear braces that work 24-7,” said Dr Schertel. “We have cosmetic treatments for teeth like zoom whitening which is also very popular.”

“The practice has been here for 20 years and six years at the current address and we have two more dentists here, with Dr Julie Pham and Dr Michael Wylie,” said Dr Schertel.

The Smile Place offers comprehensive dental treatment and allows plenty of time for each appointment so patients feel comfortable and cared for.

“We always make sure our patients are at ease and continue to offer the best high tech equipment to get faster results. We have a 3D scanner that allows us to do crowns and bridges without taking impressions. We also have a machine that allows us to make the dental crowns and porcelain fillings on the spot. We have happy gas for anxious patients which relax them so the experience is so much more pleasant.”

The Smile Place has a team of dental hygienists and health therapists that help with cleans and treatment for kids.

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NEVER TOO OLD FOR YOGA Rosa Avian is proving that you are never too old for yoga, after starting her Aumra Yoga Seniors Classes a year ago, and having incredible success. The passionate yoga teacher says the senior’s yoga has had better results than even she expected.

poses, they cannot believe they are doing something physically they would have done when they were in their twenties,” said Rosa.

“I knew that the older people in the community were capable of doing yoga and it is good for everybody no matter what age, but I had no idea that within eight weeks, they could be doing the plank and down dog poses so well,” she said.

“I love teaching seniors yoga, but also teach half classes to three and four year olds at Early Learning Centres. At the Bulleen Soccer Club I teach one session a week to help them increase flexibility and reduce injury and it also helps them to be more focused and have quick decision making which that sport requires,” she said.

Rosa has taught many seniors now over the 18 months, with one lady nearly 80 years of age.

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For Rosa it is about connecting mind, body and heart, and to be able to share that experience with others is a blessing.

Seniors Yoga Classes are held at the Rosebud Anglican Church on Monday from 9.30–10.30am, and Dromana Old Shire Building Tuesday from 9.30-10.30am.

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AUSTRALIAN LASER & SKIN CLINICS, MORNINGTON Located in the heart of Main Street, Mornington; is a medi-aesthetic clinic boasting an extensive range of skin treatments, anti-wrinkle injections, and laser hair removal services.

Clinic manager, Masako Wright, together with her team of nurses and certified dermal clinicians, aim to provide clients with individual treatment plans that are safe and effective to target all forms of skin concerns.

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recommended by Nurse Sue is skin needling, also known as micro-needling and collagen induction therapy.

Nurse Sue also states that sunscreen is a must post treatment to protect the skin from inflammation.

“As a cosmetic nurse my passion is to achieve innate beauty to reflect and enhance my client’s natural look. A new, naturally refreshed version of themselves and make them smile when they look at mirror every day” said Sue.

Skin needling and Dermapen treatments may involve anywhere between three to eight treatments which can be assessed according to the client’s progress after the first session.

A skin needling treatment begins with a thorough cleanse of the skin and application of a topical anaesthetic to maximize comfort during the process, followed by rejuvenating microscopic punctures made on the skin using a specialized roller or stamp pen to promote the production of collagen that will result in filling up scarring, speed up and activate the healing process of the dermis.

All clients can expect to be provided with long-term plans and in-home skin care regimes to help reach their skin goals and maintain the results for years to come.

Australian Laser & Skin Clinics is ideal for those that are looking to achieve clear glowing skin from a dedicated clinician during the process of their skin care journey.

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KETOSIS AND RAPID WEIGHT LOSS Many individuals who have struggled with their weight have had success losing weight, but then quickly regained it, commonly known as “yo-yo dieting”.

The Be Fit Food (BFF) Rapid Weight Loss Program is designed to shift the individual’s metabolism into a state of ketosis to lose weight quickly.

Rapid weight loss (RWL) diets show significant initial weight loss which can often be motivating for individuals, as well as larger total weight loss long-term than slow continuous weight loss

In a recent 2-week study conducted by PPN and BFF, 10 participants followed their normal diet for one week followed by one week of BFF Rapid Weight Loss delivered meals. Results showed that participants following Be Fit Food lost on average 3.3kg in 1 week compared to 0.8kg on their regular diet. One week of BFF also significantly reduced average daily blood glucose levels.

Rapid Weight Loss is achieved using a Very Low Energy Diet (VLED). These diets are ketogenic as they contain very low levels of carbohydrates. This leads to the production of ketones as the body switches to primarily burning fat as its fuel source rather than glycogen. This metabolic condition is called “nutritional” ketosis. Ketogenic diets result in a reduction in total body fat, as fat is used as the primary fuel source.

If you would like more individualised dietary advice, book in with one of the dietitians at Peninsula Physical Health and Nutrition (PPN). www.healthandnutrition.com.au

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THE PENINSULA DRY EYE CLINIC CELEBRATES ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY Dry eye syndrome is a chronic condition which affects millions of Australians.

Symptoms may include itching, burning, grittiness, redness and secondary watering.

The condition is particularly prevalent in women aged above 40, though increasingly is associated with excessive screen use, air conditioning, blepharitis, and contact lens wear.

In eye intense pulsed light treatment, a hand-held device flashes bright light onto the skin, targeting dilated vessels and inflammation on the eyelid glands. Patients usually require three to four IPL sessions to achieve lasting symptomatic relief. IPL has been particularly successful in dry eye syndrome associated with the inflammatory skin condition rosacea.

Artificial tears provide only temporary relief, though new technology means dry eye can now be managed successfully, resulting in greater eye comfort and less dependence on eye drops.

Appointments may be made on 03 5973 5520 for assessment using the Oculus Keratograph 5; a sophisticated diagnostic tool which scientifically evaluates the volume, quality and effectiveness of tears present. “We also take an infra-red image of the meibomian glands deep within the eyelid to determine the level of gland dysfunction. Other tests include measuring the osmolarity of the eye’s tears, and applying standardised force upon meibomian glands to literally observe secretions made during a normal blink. These allow us to determine individualised management plans using a large range of treatment options”.

The Peninsula Dry Eye Clinic @ 20/20 Sight’n’Style in Mornington provides some of the most advanced assessment and treatment options in Australia, combining state of the art equipment with the respected thoroughness of experienced optometrists George and Suzanne Sahely.

“In nearly 80% of cases dry eye syndrome is caused by inadequate oil, or meibum, being secreted from glands located along the eyelid margin”, says Mr Sahely. “If the gland openings become clogged or inflamed, the lack of critical oils leads to increased tear evaporation. Left untreated, meibomian gland dysfunction may lead to permanent gland atrophy and significantly worsening symptoms. We need to both make our patients more comfortable though also slow the natural progression of the disease”.

The LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System is a comfortable in-office dry eye treatment. The computerised applicator fits onto the eyelids and applies precisely controlled heat and massage to the eyelids to unclog meibomian glands, restoring the correct balance of tear film oils.

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LipiFlow treatment takes 12 minutes per eye. In a clinical study of the effectiveness of the procedure, most patients (76 percent) reported improvement of their symptoms within two weeks, Typically, the beneficial effects of the LipiFlow procedure last one to three years.

Mrs Sahely said “we’ve been managing patients with this new technology for over 12 months and, after initially being conservatively optimistic, I’ve been amazed at some the improvement we’ve been able to make to our patient’s eye health and comfort”.

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AUTUMN COLOUR TRENDS – IS YOUR HAIR IN THE RIGHT HANDS? Warm natural tones are back, and the latest techniques being used by leading salons have been designed to enhance your best facial features while giving you long lasting beautifully blended colours.

Hair colouring has come a long way, and today’s techniques are amazing. Ombré, balayage, foils – your hair is now being hand painted by an artist, and the biggest trend of 2017 is micro foiling your hair to highlight or shadow the best features of your face.

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If you are a blonde getting ready for the cooler months, look for a low maintenance colour that will incorporate your natural hair.

Ashy tones are still very popular, as are shades of rose gold, and an ombré will help you bring your sun bleached locks naturally into the winter.

Ombré is the gradual blending of one colour hue to another, moving tints and shades from light to dark. If you’re looking to extend the life of your summer blonde, make sure your hairdresser shadows your roots to ensure your regrowth is soft.

Brunettes need to be considering caramel or copper tones this season, and a balayage is the technique for you.

Balayage is a French word meaning to sweep or to paint. It allows for sun-kissed natural looking hair colours, with less noticeable regrowth lines. The latest technique to achieve this look is to section your hair into a halo and micro-foil your highlights. Microfoiling allows for ultra-fine precision which creates a seamless shimmer of colour throughout the hair. Once applied, your hair is then hand painted to create that stunning blended look.

Protecting the health of your hair when colouring is very important, as hair colour is designed to break down your hair’s natural barriers to absorb the new tones. Zúmay in Mornington offer two services that will help you keep the health and the length of your hair.

The first option you should consider if you are a regular colour client is to introduce Olaplex into your regime. Olaplex has a patented ingredient that both repairs the broken barriers and locks the new colour in, making it the best product on the market for protecting your hair and getting the most out of your colour.

Regardless of how well you treat your hair, you will still need to cut the dry and split ends, which is difficult for women who are trying to grow out their layers or keep their length. At Zúmay, clients have the option of using The Split Ender Pro, a revolutionary hairdressing tool that has a specially designed “hair plate” which guides strands through it’s guards and only snips dry ends, leaving your long and healthy coloured hair untouched.

Whether you’re going for a subtle look or a complete transformation, all Zúmay stylists are highly trained professional colourists who will analyse your hair to determine the best method for lasting and healthy colour. Call or visit them for a complimentary consultation and together you can create a plan that will give you the exact look you want to achieve this Autumn.

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Mornington Peninsula Weddings MORNINGTON PENINSULA WEDDING EXPO The Mornington Peninsula has long been an ideal location for weddings and now the word has spread, it has become one of the most popular destinations in Australia.

In June each year, more than 120 reputable and reliable wedding industry leaders come together and host the annual MP Wedding Expo.

With everything required for your magical day in one space, it's no wonder this Wedding Expo has seen enormous growth in popularity, with 2016 being spoken about as the best ever staged on the peninsula.

Showcasing everything the region has to offer from venues to ceremonies, celebration ideas, huge receptions or intimate gatherings, there isn't a need that is not covered from your engagement to your honeymoon.

Every style of wedding is available to couples on the peninsula, from spectacular gardens, picturesque wineries, scenic golf courses, country houses, beach side ceremonies, boutique hotels and marquees for hire.

Attend this event and make priceless connections with

local suppliers eager to accommodate you, arrange your ceremony, dress and pamper you, drive you, feed you, entertain you, make your day spectacular and even capture the memories in photos or video.

Mornington Peninsula Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation of local wedding and event suppliers who together promote the Mornington Peninsula as a premier wedding destination.

Our members live, work and play local. We love the area and are passionate about helping couples create the best wedding memories possible.

Our success comes from our members who all have a wealth of knowledge about the wedding industry and are reliable and professional.

Mark the date in your calendar for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MP Expo on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Mornington Racing Club.

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tephen Mushin has an unusual way of tackling the big issues with his latest Cowship Project Plan A/Plan B at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery offering solutions to serious environmental problems.

The Cowship concept was invented by Mushin and originally exhibited as part of CUSP: Designing for the next Decade, a touring exhibition curated by The Australian Design Centre. It was further developed to a feasible engineering model as part of Farming Tokyo with Spiral Contemporary Art Gallery in Japan, and is now being developed to a working prototype in Melbourne by a collaboration of designers, scientists and engineers.

“We work in secrecy to avoid bothersome regulations relating to flying animals and highly explosive gases,” said Mushin, an industrial designer and artist whose projects explore the interactions between human made machines and natural ecologies.

His Cows Must Fly project has been in collaboration with engineers and scientists to build the world's first Cowship.

Offering what has been called “a far-fetched conceptual response to the vexing questions of consumption”, the Cowship

Arts

CORANDERRK

By Melissa Walsh

The Frankston Arts Centre presents a selection of handpicked events to ensure audiences get a taste of everything. Coranderrk is no exception, an exciting and inspiring play about what might have been, and the result of collaboration between leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, researchers, education experts and community members. The production aims to encourage a shared understanding of the past between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Coranderrk director, Eva Grace Mullaley is a Widi woman from the Yamatji Nation of the mid-west region of Western Australia, and began her career in 2005 when she was assistant to David Milroy for the first creative development of ‘Windmill Baby’. She has assisted and collaborated with several directors at theatre companies in WA, and won several hats in the theatre industry including administration, stage manager, tour manager, producer, actor, and writer to name a few.

Project tackles questions like “How do humans reconcile their love of beef with the issues of land degradation and methane production?” and “If we are happy to farm cattle and lambs, why not farm other fluffy favourites such as polar bears?”

However comical and far-fetched the cowships might seem, Stephen has a serious background in projects dealing with intensive urban food production, aquaponics, waste composting, renewable energy and master-planning for zero emissions communities, and uses designs with complex pulleys and wires to add a comedic aspect that commands attention.

As with all great art, Stephen Mushin’s Cowship inspires people to start thinking about issues of consumption and environment, with the centrepiece of the MPRG show a giant 3D printed model of the Cowship, where Mushin shows cows floating from methane gas, people eating ethical polar bear burgers, and floating paddocks.

The Cowship Project, Plan A/Plan B is at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery until April 30. www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Coranderrk pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear.

The play recreates the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, when the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-tohead with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in selfdetermination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them.

The production aims to encourage a shared understanding of the past between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Coranderrk will be performed at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday, May 20.

For tickets go to www.artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

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THE ART OF

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By Keith Platt

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ometimes, a glimpse of a bunch of plastic-topped pins as he climbs the stairs can spark memories and inspiration for Brian Kewley.

The stairs lead to his studio and the pins dot a map of the world hanging on the wall.

Kewley is an artist who’s been documenting his travels on canvas for decades.

Living a seemingly ideal existence on five hectares at Flinders with his wife Gretchen, Kewley is prolific. A back room is filled with his works, framed and unframed.

The cool space is also a great resting – ageing - place for bottles of wine made from grapes grown on their property.

A lawyer for many years, Kewley, 84, has always managed to mix his art with his profession. The art provided an outlet from the intricacies of the laws that required such close attention to detail.

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Both disciplines are renowned for involving colourful characters.

While specialising in intellectual property and restrictive trade practices, Kewley was nevertheless able to fill hundreds of sketchpads while travelling for business.

Once back home those sketches – some quite colourful and intricate works of their own - became the raw material from which he could re-create sweeping vistas that, when now viewed in total, circumnavigate the world.

His works are often painted from an aerial, or elevated perspective, something he attributes to his belief in astral projection, or the ability to “leave” one’s body while sleeping and travel on the astral plane. But more about that later.

Kewley, a lawyer, retired as a partner from fulltime work at 56.

The Flinders property had been bought in 1975 and was among the first to be planted with grapevines on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Those early plantings of cabernet, chardonnay and silvana led to later graftings of pinot, shiraz and merlot.

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“Ten years ago we pulled out three rows [of grape vines] because we had too much wine,” Kewley says, adding that his annual production is now down to about 450 bottles “for friends and family”.

“We got our first vintage in 1978 and are now coming up to our 40th.”

The Kewleys moved permanently to Flinders three years ago after 55 years at Hampton.

Scenes from the Mornington Peninsula – rural and coastal – are also recorded on canvas and in his sketchpads. One, looking across paddocks yellowed by the sun towards the sea, is used on his wine label (he hand writes the vintage). continued next page...

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Kewley was about 17 when he realised his future would involve painting.

“I got the art bug. I took a sketch book and caught a train to Ferntree Gully [from his Brighton home] and then a bus to Kallista,” he recalls.

“I did four or five watercolours on the spot.

“That night and the next, when sleeping, I saw projections as if they were on a screen, of painting after painting. I knew that’s what I’d have to do in life and haven’t stopped since.”

Kewley’s talk of that dream harks back to an earlier comment he made about his belief in astral projection and out-of-body experiences.

“As a seven-year-old I’d go to sleep and float up through the ceiling and see all the streets lights and go over our roof. That might be why I sometimes like painting from an aerial perspective.”

Kewley says scientists cannot explain the phenomena of astral projection or astral travelling.

“I also believe in ghosts,” he adds. “People have near death experiences and they see from above and hear doctors or surgeons while they’re being operated on.”

He has also regularly meditated since he was 17, something that “takes you out of your shallow self ”.

Kewley’s first solo exhibition (he’s since had a further 28) was at the long time gone Stagecoach in Melbourne in 1965. That “raging success which practically sold out” was favourably reviewed by Bernard Smith in The Age. Unable to give name to his style of painting, Kewley describes it as being “naturalistic, with vigour and strength”.

He paints mainly landscapes and seascapes – using oils and gouache watercolours either on location or in his studio - without “slavishly following” what he sees.

Although realising art would always be part of his life, Kewley at first planned to be a journalist but after missing out on being a copy boy (there were no cadetships available) he turned toward the law after having a talk “by the river” with his stepfather, County Court judge Leo Dethridge.

“I asked him what am I going to do [when the copy boy job fell through] and he suggested becoming a lawyer. I asked what that meant, and he said ‘helping people’, which sounded good to me.”

These days Kewley has left the orderliness of a law practice far behind.

Recently he noticed reeds were making it hard to walk to his small dam and spent a couple of hours, naked, cutting them back to provide easy access.

It’s probably not the picture he left behind in the minds of those behind Melbourne’s legal and business circles, but it’s a tale he cheerfully tells during his artistic, and secluded, “retirement”.

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Photo: Tyson Mowarin

"KEWLEY IS AN ARTIST WHOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEEN DOCUMENTING HIS TRAVELS ON CANVAS FOR DECADES."

DRAMA Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are warned that this production contains images of deceased persons.

Coranderrk is a featured event of the Australian Heritage Festival

COMEDY/DRAMA

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Belvoir

HIT Productions

Saturday 20 May, 7.30pm

by Willy Russell

In 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal reserve went headto-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board for a better pact. This is their story.

Friday 5 May, 8pm

CORANDERRK

SHIRLEY VALENTINE Full of humour, warmth and insight, Shirley Valentine won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy.

Tickets: Adult from $44, U30 from $27.

Tickets: Adult from $44, U30 from $27.

Discounts apply.

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By Melissa Walsh

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t is five metres wide and three metres tall made of wool and fine silk applique on linen, completely handembroidered and depicts the 1629 historical shipwreck of the flagship Batavia. If that’s not enough, the magnificent tapestry has taken peninsula artist, Melinda Piesse, seven years to complete, culminating in a project that combines her love of tapestry with a penchant for history. For the first time, the masterpiece was unveiled at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart this year to resounding praise for the artwork.

“It was an overwhelming success and such a wonderful festival and I am looking forward to taking the tapestry on further touring exhibitions over the next year,” said Melinda, of the tapestry that began while furthering her tertiary education.

It was during her Master of Arts degree at Monash University that Melinda chose to tell the story of the Batavia shipwreck through tapestry, an art form that has been neglected over the years and regarded more as craft rather than art. But this thirty something artist is determined to reinvigorate the traditional art form, ensuring her creative skills keep this precious history alive.

To do this Melinda pushes new boundaries creatively, ensuring tapestry remains a constantly evolving process.

“I have always loved stories of shipwrecks and pirates, had a fascination for literature and the history of desperate men and women particularly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who risked their lives on the high seas,” said Melinda, whose love of art and literature was passed down from her parents and encouraged by her grandmother and nana. “Mum is an artist and dad is a sports journalist and peninsula author. I didn’t see that art could be a profession at first, but I loved sewing and textiles. From a young age I was making dolls clothes for my toys and I had strong mentors in my life with my grandma and my nana. Patricia my nana would always foster my embroidery and sewing. She would spread out a beautiful table when we ate and was always a big inspiration giving me the freedom to explore the art with gifts of looms and needlework kits and we spent a lot of time together growing up. My other grandmother Pat was possibly the biggest influence in my life. She always believed in me and said I would be alright. I would wag classes to spend time with her and we would read books like Russian history and she introduced me to the rich world of history and literature.”

Taking the tapestry over to Tasmania was no small feat.

Melinda’s husband Wayne Parr is a boat builder and helped to continued next page...

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“THERE IS A SPECIFIC SET OF UNIQUE SKILLS REQUIRED BY THIS KIND OF ART FORM. YOU NEED TO PLAN, CONCEPTUALISE, RESEARCH, EMBROIDER, AND THERE IS SO MUCH DETAIL."

have a custom crate made for the piece, made the three metre by one metre embroidery frame, and advised on sails and riggings.

“I got advice from the Australian tapestry workshop where to get the crate from,” said Melinda. “The tapestry which is shaped like a seventh infantry sail is rolled up and put into the crate and transported to the venue. I did a lot of research to get that right and the style of the stitches is like the famous tapestry The Battle of Hastings, and it was incredible to have my seven years of stitching in the open plan lounge room come to fruition.”

Melinda says tapestry work is a very slow process, unlike painting which is more immediate.

“There is a specific set of unique skills required by this kind of art form. You need to plan, conceptualise, research, embroider, and there is so much detail. You can look right into the tapestry and see it is actually miniature rope that I have twisted and put onto the fabric, and the little blocks inside the ship that hold up the rigging are connected by a tiny silk thread,” said Melinda. “My husband was great too making sure the flags waved in the right direction. The land lubber wouldn’t pick that but the sailor would though.”

Choosing the story of the Batavia was the result of Melinda’s fascination with piracy in Australia.

“It is inextricably linked with the golden age of piracy and exploration. I was looking for the right subject and reading about women pirates on the ship challenged my ideas of what women could do, and I found there was at least one woman pirate on the ship,” said Melinda of the Batavia’s rich history.

“There was a beautiful young woman called Lucretia aboard the ship who was on her way to join her husband in Indonesia. She was a noble woman but three high ranking officers were chasing her and she was eventually assaulted although it is not known if she was raped. Lucretia’s maid was jealous of the woman and it is believed she revolted and became a pirate and part of the eventual mutiny on board the ship. On June 4, 1629, Batavia struck coral in the Morning Reef, off the North West coast of Western Australia, and sank. Forty were drowned when they abandoned ship but the rest were safely ferried ashore,” said Melinda, who is proud to educate people with her tapestry and the rich history depicted in it.

Standing looking at the magnificent tapestry with all its intricate detail, it is easy to get swept up in the story of the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia. With stories of piracy and tragedy on board the ship that were quite barbaric, it is surprising that Melinda’s tapestry has no bloody images at all.

“I decided that while it was obvious that terrible acts were being carried out, I didn’t want it to be a bloody mess. This way my artwork is more accessible to everybody and will allow a greater audience to learn about the art of tapestry as well as this important part of Australian history.”

For more details about Melinda Piesse and her tapestry go to www.galateadesign.com.au

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WINE FLOWS THROUGH THEIR BLOOD

Eat & Drink

By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons

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ith over 25 years of experience, Stumpy Gully Vineyard is a family-owned and operated winery just outside Mornington, and it specialises in making wines with tender love and care using 100 per cent estategrown fruit. The Mornington Peninsula has long been admired as a cool-climate wine region capable of producing top-notch pinot noirs and chardonnays, but Stumpy Gully Vineyard has endeavoured to up the game. In addition to those grapes, it grows sangiovese, merlot, marsanne, and other varieties that are less commonly found in the area. While the winery was established in 1989 by Frank and Wendy Zantvoort, it is now run by their son Michael and his wife, Elizabeth, making it one of the longest running family wineries on the peninsula.

“I grew up among the vines and learnt winemaking from my parents,” said Michael who has done everything on the vineyard from planting to bottling. “We originally planted 20 acres and ten different varieties here in 1989 to see which one grew best in the region. After ten years we grew more and have continued to expand ever since. Now we have 80 acres under vine.”

Michael loved growing up working on the vineyard and would race home to help his parents after school.

“During school holidays I would do pruning, picking and all the garden jobs that needed doing. I then went on to study for two years and did an agricultural science diploma and a diploma in viticulture,” said Michael, who always wanted to get involved.

“It’s just a fun lifestyle. I love getting my hands dirty and it’s fun making wine.”

The couple has now moved permanently onto the property in the last year after Frank and Wendy decided they needed to take a step back.

“Frank decided how much he loved the beach one day when he was down there and wanted to be closer to the water, so they moved out and we moved in,” said Elizabeth, who loves the

seasons of a vineyard. “The seasons are great. I love the fact there are seasonal jobs and everything depends on nature and the weather. “ For Elizabeth, who was a full time high school teacher, living and working on a vineyard came as a lovely surprise after she met Michael in 1993, but you would think she had been in the industry forever.

“After I met Michael I would come here and do odd jobs like picking but I was an English teacher for ten years at Patterson River Secondary College so only helped out part time. Since we had our three girls, I have become a lot more involved in the office but I try to avoid outside as it’s very hard work,” she says with a laugh.

“We have really been concentrating on getting the public to come here to expand the cellar door, and so decided to put in a restaurant,” said Michael, who had a coup when he convinced well known chef, Bernard Ricca, to start a restaurant on the property. “I was selling wine to Bernard and he needed a delivery and I told him he would have to pick it up himself.

When he came here I showed him the space and before long we had started a restaurant here. One thing we pride ourselves on is providing good quality and good value wines and now we can combine that with the good quality and good value food as well at Regardz Restaurant.

With vintage season well and truly upon them, autumn is a busy time for picking.

“We start picking pinot gris and pinot noir first around midMarch and then two weeks later we pick shiraz and cabernet,” said Michael, explaining that it is all weather and taste related.

“During flowering in November we had windy weather which usually means the fruit won’t set properly or evenly. However, because we have had even temperatures during most of the summer, it is a really good crop this season.”

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“To get the flavour you do a berry test. With sauvignon blanc for example you go through and see if you can taste a pineapple flavour for instance. You know it’s not ripe if it tastes acidic. Also if the seeds are brown, the fruit is ripe and ready to be picked,” said Michael, who has worked this out using trial and error. “We know the flavours we are chasing after doing it for 20 years.”

With his mum Wendy a prominent winemaker, Michael still calls on her at vintage time to get involved with the winemaking process.

“Mum has been a winemaker for years and has a very good palate. At times she helps by pulling me into line,” he says with a laugh.

“Dad also keeps a very keen eye on the vineyard and comes over to help a lot during the busy times.”

For Frank and Wendy, starting Stumpy Gully Vineyard was originally a hobby, as Frank worked as a physiotherapist on the peninsula.

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“One day a week dad concentrated on the winery here and the rest of time he was a physio. As we got more involved and it grew, he retired to run this,” said Michael, whose middle daughter loves hanging out in the vineyard with her dad as well.

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“Our middle girl loves helping out as soon as she gets home from school. She changes straight away and runs out to see what I’m doing in the vineyard,” says Michael, explaining the lifestyle that one has on a vineyard. “We have lived on the property for a year now which has been a bigger change for Elizabeth than me.

It is good for our family as it’s just like I’m outside in our big backyard when the kids get home from school.”

For Michael, owning and running his own vineyard is an extremely rewarding experience and one he takes great pride in, carrying on the family legacy, and possibly one day passing it down to his three daughters.

In the meantime, he, Elizabeth, Frank and Wendy will keep picking grapes, tasting berries and creating the perfect blend of wines that Stumpy Gully Winery has become renowned for.

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PAELLA PASSION

By Melissa Walsh

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uan Palomares remembers holidays on the peninsula as a child, when the whole family would spend relaxing weeks at the beach, fishing, cooking, eating and enjoying life together.

“As a kid of about 13, we came to the foreshore at Rye. Dad (Juan senior) would cook paella on the beach and I would chase up the wood. He would light it and he would cook paella outside under the tee tree. We would find stuff and cook it, and everyone would gather around. Dad would say to me ‘I’m ready for the chicken, or the prawns’, and it was my job to pass them to him. We would go out and catch pippies off the foreshore as well and put them in. Then we would all siesta under the tree,” said Juan, who found himself living in Rye many years later. “It’s like everything has come full circle. I now run my business, Peninsula Paellas, and live in the same place where we used to holiday as children.”

Born in Madrid, 49 year old Juan was reintroduced to the peninsula 12 years ago when he used to visit the wineries and spend hours on the golf courses. The similarity between his hometown and the peninsula was too strong and eventually pulled the Spaniard back to the southern shores.

“Living on the peninsula, it reminds me of home, with the vines and the wineries and being on the water is always good. It’s the feeling I get living here that I love,” said Juan who had run cafes in town over the years. “I was always into the cooking growing up in a Spanish family where food was a major event and I watched my parents cooking a lot.”

Moving to the peninsula meant Juan could pursue this love of cooking full time so he started Peninsula Pantry. As fate would have it, one day he came across a huge paella pan which sparked an idea.

“I had wanted to do something special for my staff so decided to cook paella to thank them for all their hard work. They loved it and said I should cook it down here so I started off doing the odd catering job and it has taken off from there.”

Before long, Peninsula Paellas was in such demand, the paella chef decided to devote his full attention to the business. These days, Juan can’t remember the last time he had a weekend off, and loves every moment of this new life.

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PAELLA TRIVIA • Paella is pronounced pay-ay-a. The ‘ll’ is actually pronounced ‘y’ and it is commonly mispronounced.

• Paella is a Valencian rice dish that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near lake Albufera , a lagoon in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain.

• Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain’s national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish. Valencians, in turn, regard paella as one of their identifying symbols.

• There are three widely known types of paella: Valencian paella, seafood paella and mixed paella, but there are many others as well. Valencian paella consists of white rice, green vegetables, meat (rabbit, chicken, duck), land snails, beans and seasoning. Seafood paella replaces meat and snails with seafood and omits beans and green vegetables. Mixed paella is a free- style combination of meat, seafood, vegetables, and sometimes beans. Most paella chefs use calasparra or bomba rices for this dish. Other key ingredients include saffron and olive oil.

• The Spanish rice dish ‘Paella’ takes its name from the pan it is cooked in, which in turn comes from the Latin word for ‘pan’ or ‘dish.’

• Valencian restaurateur Juan Galbis claims to have made the world’s largest paella with help from a team of workers on 2 October 2001.

This paella fed about 110,000 people according to Galbis’ former website.

• Many chefs around the world have taken the traditional dish and added ingredients that are considered not to belong in the dish by Valencians. Spaniards, especially people from Valencia, have complained about this many times and it is a recurrent topic online. Famous cases are Jamie Oliver's paella recipe as well as Gordon Ramsay. The author Josep Pla once noted: “The abuses committed in the name of Paella Valenciana, are excessive - an absolute scandal.” - Josep Pla, Catalan Cuisine, Revised Edition: Vivid Flavors From Spain's Mediterranean Coast.

“The very first catering job I did was so nerve wracking. I had cooked paella many times but this was at Delgany Portsea, where chef Paul Lynch, who had Lynch’s Restaurant in South Yarra, would be. It went incredibly well and he gave me a tick of approval, and the rest is history,” said Juan.

These days, his paella is so well known that he has been asked to enter the International Paella Valenciana Competition on April 23.

“There are certain essentials that make up authentic paella,” said Juan, who tends to make his stock on a Thursday before his hectic weekend starts. “I make my stock with ham hocks and bones and use everything from scratch. That takes about five or six hours. I source all my produce fresh from locals with seafood from David Prosser, free range chicken, and local vegetables.”

The most essential difference with paella is the caramelised crust on the bottom of the pan, which gives it a drier consistency to risotto.

“Paella is different to risotto. We have different methods and flavours that must be adhered to when making good paella,” said Juan who goes through 30 kgs of rice, 15 kgs of chicken and 10kgs of prawns each weekend. “It’s all for love and not for money at all.

As a European, to be invited to someone’s home to cook is a big deal. There are some people I have done four or five functions for already and I feel honoured to cook for them.”

Peninsula Paellas can cater for any function from 20 to 250 people with tasteful and fresh paellas cooked on site. The slow cooked, single pot dish is done the authentic way to bring out all the superb flavours of the ingredients.

Phone Juan on 0415 79 3331 or check out www.peninsula-paellas.com.au

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BRINGING THE MAGIC TOUCH TO MORLEY’S

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e’s worked at Hummingbird, Red Hill, Lindenderry, Montalto, and Bistro C in Noosa to name a few places.

And now this well-travelled chef has brought his talents to Mt Eliza as the head chef at Morley’s Bar and Bistro.

Ashtyn Shaw is bringing his own style of cuisine to the Mt Eliza restaurant with a mix of Nordic Copenhagen style food like chutneys and pickles, and sustainable food that he learnt at Hummingbird.

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“After working in Red Hill for all those years, you get to know the fresh produce,” said 29 year old Ashtyn of the experience that moulded what he does now. “The farmers take you under their wing and show you how things are made. It is literally from the paddock to the plate as you go out and choose what cattle you are using so you know exactly what you are cooking. You don’t find that too often so I was lucky to have that experience.”

Ironically, it was leaving the peninsula at 16 that enticed Ashtyn to get into hospitality.

“I moved up to Queensland when I was 16 and needed a job so started doing six week blocks at the Hospitality Training Association (HTA). I worked in Noosa for two years and came back to the peninsula to finish my apprenticeship at Lindenderry.

It was there I continued my education into fine dining as it was a chef ’s hat restaurant,” said Ashtyn, whose top of the class marks and excellent references had opened the door to a variety of venues.

“I worked at Montalto, the Garlic Kiss, and Portsea Hotel, and at each place I have learnt different skills.”

When it came to starting at Morley’s, Ashtyn was delighted to be able to refurbish the menu and add his own style of cuisine.

“I am lucky here that David and Toby, the owners, handed me the keys and basically said 'Off you go.' I have revamped the menu

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with everything I have learnt over the years, incorporating the philosophy of what it is to have a good harvest garden restaurant,” said Ashtyn, who uses local meat and produce as much as possible.

Morley’s Bar and Bistro has something for everyone in a relaxed beach style setting.

With a menu including Morley’s Fish and Chips and burgers, to saganaki kasundi, rocket and lemon, gnocchi with charred corn, fried sage, and pumpkin puree, to seafood linguine with chilli and white wine, as well as kid’s choices and a scrumptious selection of desserts, all tastes are catered for.

When Ashtyn isn’t cooking (which is rare), he loves to get to the gym and do personal training.

“I was lucky enough to study nutrition and personal training seven years ago, and have done PT for clients in the last five years as well, although not so much at the moment while I am getting Morley’s up and going. Although in the winter months it should get quieter, and I might only be doing 50 hours a week,” he says with a laugh.

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Recipe CONE BAY BARRAMUNDI, LEMON CAPER GNOCCHI, FENNEL, ASPARAGUS AND PARSELY EMULSION INGREDIENTS Barramundi Seasonal vegetables (this one uses Dutch carrots and spring onion) Parsley emulsion Gnocchi

METHOD 1. Pan fry gnocchi in butter, fennel, lemon zest and capers, and a touch of cream and that is the base.

2. Pan fry the barramundi skin down in butter, then put straight into the oven for 10-15 minutes according to the size so that the skin is crispy.

3. Make the parsley emulsion blanching the parsley, then blitzing it with oil and lemon juice.

4. Season to taste.

5. Place the gnocchi on the base of the dish; add the vegetables, barramundi and parsley emulsion.

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History

Four airmen killed when bomber flew into fog-bound Arthurs Seat

By Cameron McCullough

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rthurs Seat has been the scene of two RAAF aircraft crashes. The first was an Avro Anson A4 on 10 August 1938, resulting in the loss of four lives and only one survivor.

The second was a Bristol Beaufort A9-64 on 12 July 1942, with all four crewmen killed. This is the story of the Avro Anson crash.

On 10 August 1938, five RAAF Avro Anson A4 bombers from No. 2 Squadron based at Point Cook were on navigational exercises.

The aircraft followed a short triangular course with Port Phillip, Western Port and the Gellibrand lighthouse at Williamstown as the three points.

Due to worsening weather, the bombers had been recalled to Point Cook and four had landed.

Mid-morning the air force was given the tragic news that A4-29 had crashed into the northwestern face of Arthurs Seat. Four men had been killed and one had miraculously survived.

At 9.45am, while flying in low cloud over Arthurs Seat, A4-29 had mysteriously crashed into the 300-metre high hillside.

The front of the aircraft was completely demolished after ploughing through trees, but the tail and mid sections were reasonably intact.

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The survivor was the turret gunner, James Glover, who was in the rear half of the aircraft. Aircraftsman Glover, a 31-year-old rigger from Hawthorn, had sustained abrasions and was in severe shock.

He was admitted to Dromana Bush Nursing Hospital.

Killed were Pilot Officer Stanley Robert Symonds, aged 22 years, of Adelaide; Flight Sergeant John Mahon Gillespie, 28, of St Kilda; Aircraftsman Kenneth Campbell McKerrow, 23, of Carnegie; and Aircraftsman Robert Windram Mawson, 28, of Turramurra, NSW. Their deaths brought to 10 the number of airmen killed that year, a record in peace-time Australia.

A dense fog and drizzling rain limited visibility to about 30 metres (100ft) on Arthurs Seat when the plane roared in from the sea.

Lopping the tops of the taller trees with its wing tips, the bomber crashed about 200 metres (600ft) up the hillside.

The crash was heard by residents of Dromana about six and a half kilometres (four miles) away.

Men working on the main road only 400 metres from the scene were first to reach the wreckage, about four minutes after the crash.

They found the pilot dead and three other men unconscious near the Anson. A fifth member of the crew was seen struggling from the cabin.

The first to reach the plane, G J Griffiths, said that he saw Glover emerge from the gun turret, struggle through the wreckage of the observation cabin, and stagger to the side of one of the men lying on the ground. Glover was suffering from abrasions and severe shock, and was bleeding profusely from a cut on his chin.

Nothing could be done for the three unconscious men, and they died within 10 minutes without having regained consciousness.

They were pronounced dead by Dr A J MacDonald, of Dromana, who arrived 20 minutes after the accident.

metres in front of the wreckage, another about 10 metres away and the fourth was lying near a tree almost next to the aircraft.

Instruments from the cabin, including the wireless, were scattered about seven metres from the wreckage.

The starboard engine was flung about seven metres after the Anson struck the ground, and the port engine had been stopped by a tree about three metres behind the cabin.

Pieces of the wings hung in the treetops further down Arthurs Seat.

Mr J Webb, who was working lower down on the mountain, about 1200 metres from the crash scene, said he heard an aircraft above him, but it was obscured by low clouds.

One indication of the terrific speed with which the bomber hit the ground was that boots worn by the dead men had been ripped off their feet.

He said the Anson suddenly appeared through the cloud and was flying inland. A few seconds later he heard the crash and hurried to the wreck.

Broken branches indicated the Anson had struck trees more than 100 metres from where the wreckage lay.

Another eyewitness, Robert Williams, said he heard the aircraft flying low south of Dromana at about 9.45am.

Fragments of the plane were scattered along a path the Anson had torn through the trees for a distance of 125 metres.

The cabin, built of fabric on a steel frame with celluloid windows, took the full force of the crash and was almost completely crushed.

This was where the four men had been seated.

Early inquiries into the crash revealed there was no engine trouble or structural fault in the bomber.

Minister for Defence Harold Thorby, after expressing his regret at the accident, said that the RAAF Air Accidents Investigation Committee had reported the engines of the bomber were running immediately prior to the crash and there was no sign of engine failure having occurred.

The four bodies were found where they had been flung in the direct line of flight of the bomber. The pilot’s body had been hurled more than 30 metres from the aircraft. A second man was found 15

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Grim discovery: The wreckage of Avro Anson A4-29 after it crashed into fog-bound Arthurs Seat. The front of the bomber was completely demolished after ploughing through trees, but the tail and mid sections were reasonably intact. Picture courtesy Australian War Museum, donated by H Smith

“It was a most tragic accident,” he said. “On the facts, as they have been reported to me, it appears that no defect of the machine was responsible. It was sheer bad luck.”

Direction finding equipment was installed in the plane, but it was later shown that the pilot had not called for a bearing.

Members of the investigation committee arrived at the crash site within three hours of the disaster.

They inspected the wreckage, interviewed the men who reached the site first, and spoke to Glover at Dromana Bush Nursing Hospital.

It was reported in the press the next day that because the men’s shoes and parachutes had been removed and the emergency raft had been inflated the pilot must have thought he was flying over water.

This theory was later discounted by members of the investigation committee.

They said the raft had automatically inflated when the aircraft crashed and shoes had probably been torn from the men’s feet when they were hurled through the roof of the cabin.

Official details of the flight of RAAF bombers from Laverton were made public a few days after the crash.

It was officially reported to the Air Board that five Avro Anson bombers attached to No. 2 squadron at Laverton had been engaged in a navigational reconnaissance course.

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After the first “circuit”, it was intended to repeat the exercise with the second pilot of each crew in control, but owing to weather conditions near the completion of the first exercise, the bombers were recalled. The plane that crashed had apparently received the call and was turning back.

A further report to the Air Board after a cursory examination of the wreckage stated there had been no engine failure.

Later it was reported: “It is believed the committee will report that an investigation disclosed no failure of the engines, which were running when the aircraft crashed and no other structural faults which might have explained the accident.

“The committee has been unable to determine whether the altimeter was operating efficiently, because it was smashed in the accident. The committee is likely to suggest that the pilot of the machine was not aware that he was flying over land immediately before the crash, and that the low clouds were probably responsible for the course the plane was taking.”

At the inquest conducted by Melbourne coroner Mr A C Tingate, Aircraftsman Glover said the Avro Anson bomber left the airbase at 8.55am.

He was in the rear gunner’s cockpit. Flight Sergeant Gillespie was the pilot and Pilot Officer Symonds was navigator. McKerrow was wireless operator, Mawson was the fitter and Glover was there for general repairs if they were required.

Mr Glover told the coroner he and Aircraftsman Mawson inspected the plane and its engines for efficiency and airworthiness before departure.

(Mawson was the only son of Dr William Mawson and a nephew of Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorer.)

Victims of the crash: Pilot Officer Robert Stanley Symonds (above left) and Sergent Pilot J. M. Gillespie (above) were both thrown considerable distances out of the plane.

Aircraftsman R. W. Mawson (below), also killed, was a nephew of Sir Douglas Mawson.

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Glover said the bomber circled the aerodrome twice to enable

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the wireless operator to make contact with the ground. The aircraft then headed for Williamstown pier at a height of 2000 feet (610 metres), made a right turn, headed down Port Phillip, and climbed to about 3000 feet (915 metres).

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On reaching Point Nepean, the aircraft made a left turn and after having travelled some distance entered a cloud bank.

“The visibility was so bad that I could not see the cabin or outside the plane,” Glover said in his evidence.

“After being in cloud for about four minutes at the normal cruising speed of 130 miles an hour [210km/h] we suddenly emerged. Directly in front of us and only a short distance away I saw trees and a hill.

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“I knew a crash was unavoidable and I gripped the seat with both hands. I remember the plane crashing into the trees and the hillside; I was stunned. Later I remember climbing out of the plane, which was badly wrecked “The four other members of the crew had been thrown out of the plane. I saw McKerrow about 80 feet away. He appeared to be dead.

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National Library of Australia and said ‘I am pretty bad’. He died in my presence a few minutes later.

“I saw Symonds about 40 feet from the plane. He appeared to be dead. Gillespie was lying about 20 feet from the plane and he appeared to have been killed outright.”

Glover said that up to the time of the crash the plane was flying perfectly.

Rupert Moorehead, an estate agent of Latrobe Parade, Dromana, gave evidence that he was in his backyard with his wife when he heard an aircraft approaching from the sea.

Because of the fog, which was the worst that he had seen for some time, he did not see the aircraft until it was directly overhead. He saw the dim outline of the plane about 50 feet (15 metres) overhead.

The aircraft disappeared in a straight line towards Arthurs Seat.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12463978 continued in a downward direction. Other trees about 18 inches (45cm) in diameter had been broken before it struck the ground at a point 150 feet (45m) from where it had first touched the trees.

After striking the ground, the aircraft had continued on for another 120 feet (36m). Light rain had fallen that morning and Arthurs Seat was enveloped in a heavy fog.

Pilot Officer Gordon Waters Savage, the officer commanding A Flight No 2 Squadron at Laverton, told the coroner he was acting adjutant on the day the aircraft left on its flight.

He produced written orders for the flight and read a statement detailing the course on which the navigator had been instructed to fly. A pilot’s duty, he said, was to pilot the craft as the navigator instructed him.

Mr Tíngate asked: “What happens if they are lost in the clouds?”

He said to his wife “My God, that plane will crash”. The words were hardly out of his mouth when he heard a crash.

Pilot Officer Savage replied: “By the use of the direction-finding wireless bearings they can go right back to Laverton.”

First Constable Holland of Dromana told the coroner that he examined the path cut by the aircraft in the trees. The aircraft had struck light trees at a height of about 25 feet (7.6m) and had

Savage produced a copy of the wireless log. Asked by Mr Tíngate if the crew had asked for their course, he said there was no record of this.

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At the inquest, Inspector McMillan assisted the coroner; Squadron Leader Knox Knight, of the RAAF’s No. 2 Squadron, appeared in the interests of the air force; Mr R V Monshan represented the widow and relatives of Gillespie; and Mr F G Marrie represented the relatives of Mawson.

Mr Tíngate found the four occupants were killed when the aircraft accidentally struck Arthurs Seat. “I am unable to say just how the plane came to be on the course that it was on,” he said, “but I am quite satisfied that the collision was accidental.”

The crash caused great consternation around the nation as it was the second air tragedy with multiple deaths that year, the first being near the RAAF’s air base at Richmond in NSW when three airmen were killed.

In the federal parliament, ALP leader John Curtin, who was to become Prime Minister in 1941 during the dark days of the Second World War, called for fuller inquiries into air accidents.

He said the Arthurs Seat crash, unfortunately, added force to the Labor Party’s contention that the Air Accidents Investigation Committee should have as one of its members a person with magisterial experience.

“I have always held the view that these inquiries should be open to the public,” Mr Curtin said.

“Failing that, I consider that the presence of some person with cross-examination capacity (other than from within the Department of Defence) would excite greater public confidence in the Air Accidents Investigation Committee and would quash the growing belief that these inquiries merely apply ‘whitewash’ to the department.

“It is certainly remarkable that, despite the number of fatal mishaps to RAAF planes, no statement has been made by the Minister for Defence of corrective measures adopted; there have been no changes (as far as I am aware) in the personnel of those charged with the control of the Air Force and, in brief, nothing has been done which would allay public disquietude as to the state of affairs existing within the Air Force.”

Four good men PILOT Officer Symonds of Adelaide joined the RAAF in 1937. He entered the Flying Training School at Point Cook in July and graduated in June the following year. He had been transferred to Laverton air station not long before the crash.

Symonds played lacrosse, was regarded as one of the best defenders in Australia and had represented South Australia in interstate games.

After moving to Victoria, he played for Malvern, which won the state premiership in 1937.

The coffin containing the body of Pilot Officer Symonds was placed on the Adelaide Express. The funeral service was held at the West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide Before being placed on the train, the coffin was placed on a trailer and covered with a Union Jack on which rested the hat and sword of Pilot Officer Symonds. A mourning party of 35 officers and cadets followed the trailer from the mortuary chapel of E W Jackson in Williamstown to Spencer Street Station.

The Minister for Defence, Harold Thorby, was represented

by Squadron Leader A M Charlesworth, while wreaths were sent by Mr Thorby, the Air Board, and from the No. 1 and No. 2 Air Squadrons at Laverton and Point Cook.

Flight Sergeant John Gillespie joined the RAAF in July 1936 and graduated in June 1937. He had 360 hours of flying to his credit in official records.

Full RAAF honours were accorded at the funerals of Gillespie and McKerrow, which were held on the same day.

Gillespie’s funeral was at Melbourne General Cemetery and followed a requiem mass at the Carmelite Church in Middle Park, which was conducted by RAAF Roman Catholic chaplain Flight Lieutenant Chaplain K Morrison.

As the long cortège following the flag-draped coffin approached the entrance to the cemetery, an Avro Anson bomber flew overhead and twice dipped its wings in salute with its motors silenced before returning to Point Cook.

The service for Aircraftsman McKerrow was held at Brighton Cemetery. A firing party was at the graveside, where the service was conducted by Chaplain Morrison, assisted by the Rev Father Dillon.

An RAAF bomber circled high overhead at the cemetery.

Earlier, the funeral procession had left the home of his parents in Neerim Road, Glenhuntly. Draped with a Union Jack, the coffin was carried on an air force tender. The cortège, headed by the band of the RAAF, was met at the cemetery gates by a guard of honour, the members of which stood with reversed arms.

The funeral of Aircraftsman Robert Mawson, who was educated at Cranbrook School and Sydney Grammar School, was held at the Melbourne Crematorium in Fawkner.

He was cremated and the ashes sent to Sydney for burial in a family vault.

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Safety Beach is a bayside suburb in Victoria, between the foothills of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat, and borders Port Philip Bay to its west. It is 67 km from Melbourne, and has an area of 6 km2. The population of Safety Beach was 3,518 in 2011.

SAFETY BEACH FACTS Safety Beach has a calm, sandy bay and a swimming beach which is popular for boating. The foreshore reserve has an attractive children's playground and BBQ areas with shading.

Safety Beach takes its name from the calm and shallow waters of Dromana Bay, which makes it an ideal spot for children. There is a small jetty on the coast, while the coastal road of Marine Drive separates housing and commercial areas from the foreshore and the beach. Safety Beach is a particularly scenic spot, with views to the peak of Mount Martha in the north and to Arthurs Seat in the south.

Martha Cove is a large inland harbour and residential development in Safety Beach. It was named after its location in the cove at the foot of Mount Martha.

The project, which began in 2004, was initially heavily protested by residents.

After experiencing considerable financial difficulties, Martha Cove has since recovered to become a thriving residential community Safety Beach is home to a resort-style golf course, the Safety Beach Country Club that surrounds a residential

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estate. Landscaped to a tropical theme, the 18 hole course features a restaurant, tennis courts, palm trees and several lakes.

Safety Beach Sailing Club was established in 1967. Safety Beach Sailing Club has hosted many State and National titles and SBSC sailors are recognized by the sailing community for their excellence in sailing with success at regattas and at State, National and International level Safety Beach was originally named 'Shark Bay', but underwent a name change to attract tourist trade to the peninsula.

In 1841, Hugh Jamieson purchased 5,120 acres (2,070 ha), or eight square miles, of land from the Crown for ₤1 an acre under the terms of the shortlived “special survey” regulations. The purchase included the entire present suburb of Safety Beach. The area is known as Jamieson's Special Survey in cadastral surveys. The survey extended east as far as Bulldog Creek Rd. Henry Dunn had leased the Survey from 1846 until 1851 and was succeeded by tenants such as the Griffith, Eaton, Peatey, McLear, Clydesdale, Wilson, Cottier and Gibson families, which continued next page...

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COFFEE SAFARI Fresh brewed coffee is a must have for weekends away and Safety Beach coffee is second to none with great coffee haunts around the town. Here are a few to check out when head down to this beautiful end of the world.

PROVINCIA FOOD STORE Shop 3-5/154 Marine Drive A great cup of coffee in a food store that appeals to a variety of tastes and dietary needs. A warm, welcoming and friendly atmosphere with freshly made cakes and Paninis.

MARTHA COVE CAFE AND STORE Corner Anchorage Avenue and Harbourside Esplanade Enjoy a stroll along the boardwalk and grab a coffee at the café, dining al fresco or inside in the modern waterside surrounds.

CAFÉ DEL SOL (Opposite) 81 Marine Drive You will find this cafe on wheels serving nourishing sweet treats, a range of hand crafted teas and health drinks as well as a delicious coffee.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY

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o say real estate is in the blood of the Prentice boys is an understatement. With 70 years in the property industry, Max and his two sons, Michael and Mark, passionately run the company that was begun after the Second World War by the original patriarch, Bill Prentice.

Founded in 1946 by Bill and incorporated in 1958 as Prentices Peninsula Properties P/L, the company is well recognised as one of the largest, most experienced and respected, independent agencies on the Mornington Peninsula. What stands out the most, however, is the passion the father and two sons have for what they do.

“Having gained a wealth of knowledge of local real estate over this 70 year period, we know that we can offer our clients the best in expertise and advice in their property transactions, whether it be residential, commercial, industrial, rural property, property management, consultancy or auctioneering,” said Max, managing director, and son of founder Bill Prentice. “I have loved working in real estate for the past 40 years and always wanted to be involved from the time dad brought me down here to sell land in the 1950’s.”

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After the Second World War, Bill Prentice began work with a well-known Melbourne Real Estate Agent named Spencer Jackson. Spencer Jackson had land to sell in many suburbs around Melbourne, and also on the Mornington Peninsula. Bill sold many properties on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula for Spencer from Dromana to Sorrento, and loved the area so much that he purchased some land at the end of Lyons Street, Rye. It was around 1946, that he formed his own Company, W.E.Prentice, and opened an office in Collins Street Melbourne. He secured the sole agency rights to sell a large parcel of land in Beaumaris for Dunlop Tyre Company and, at the same time, secured the rights with The McDonald family in Rye to sell the Rye Golf Links Estate.

“The sale of land in Rye was done on weekends from a vacant site on the eastern corner of Lyons and Point Nepean Rd, Rye, which dad leased from Australia Post,” said Max, recalling those early real estate moments he shared with his father. “ He erected a very large sign on the site with the words LAND FOR SALE, description of the land sizes, terms of sale up to 5 years @ 3% interest, his logo with W.E. PRENTICE and Melbourne phone number. His car was parked on the site with a flag draped over

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the boot saying LAND FOR SALE. As a young boy, I would play on the site and, when a prospect arrived, drive around with my father showing the land. When the day was over, we got into the car and headed back to Melbourne.”

For Max and his dad, this went on for a number of years, until Bill decided to build a home on the acre of land he had purchased in Lyons Street, and open a branch office in Rye. The office was located next to the Rye Hotel and Rattray & Walkers timber yard.

“The business grew rapidly through the 1950s and, in 1958, was incorporated as Prentices Peninsula Properties P/L to reflect his association with Mornington Peninsula real estate.

In the late 1960s, the office was relocated to its current site opposite the pier, and the Melbourne office used primarily as an administration centre where Melbourne clients could pay their monthly installment, and all paperwork from the Rye office administered,” said Max, who moved to the peninsula with his parents at the tender age of four, and has never looked back.

“Mum and dad sold their Melbourne property in 1972, and moved into the Lyons Street, Rye, home that dad had built in the early 50s. This was a necessity, as the demand for their full

time involvement at Rye was getting greater and greater,” said Max, who joined the business two years later. “My younger brother Peter had already joined the business by then. So we had a combination of four members from the one family devoted to local real estate which was quite unique in the area.”

By 1988, the business had grown from a staff of four to 14 and continued to prosper.

Following in their father’s footsteps, it wasn’t too long before Max and Mark were drawn back to the real estate business. Like their father, they had both gone off to do different degrees at university and thrived in the outside world, but always longed to be back living the peninsula lifestyle they had grown up with.

These days the brothers are just where they should be. The third generation Prentice boys continue to grow the family business, following in the well-worn footsteps of their father and grandfather before him, proving that “the more things change, the more they remain the same”. www.prenticerealestate.com.au

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Enjoy luxury by the beach in one of Mornington’s most keenly sought-after beachside locations with this state-of-the-art residence due for completion in April 2017. Designed by Cahill Building Group to reflect the demand for quality custom-built low-maintenance homes, the designer detail, expansive floorplan offering four bedrooms, seamless outdoor entertaining areas, zoned living, stone kitchen and deluxe ground-floor main bedroom suite provide exemplary comfort within a few minutes’ walk of the beach and coastal walking trails and close to the village atmosphere of Dava Drive Shops, Main Street’s cafes and shops, transport and schools.

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MAKE YOUR HOME SPARKLE Top tips on how to best present your home for sale

1. DE-CLUTTER Make your home look more spacious by de-cluttering. If you haven’t used it in a year you probably don’t need it. For personal things like photographs, still have some around but cut the amount down to make surfaces less fussy.

Remove overflowing books from book shelves and pack up knick knacks to create a more streamlined room. Clean items off the kitchen bench just leaving the essentials.

2. CLEAN OUT CUPBOARDS Give bedroom wardrobes and kitchen cabinets a clean-up. You

can guarantee that prospective buyers will be opening all your doors, cupboards and drawers so best if things don’t jump out at them. Buyers are also impressed if cupboards and drawers are neat and clean as it shows an overall pride in the house. In the kitchen, stack all the dishes neatly and turn the coffee cup handles the same way.

3. REMOVE OVERCROWDED FURNITURE Every home looks better with a little less furniture, creating a better impression when the home is being inspected. You can store additional

furniture in a storage container or at a relative or friends just until the house is sold. Make sure you keep enough furniture to really showcase each room and its functionality.

6. MAKE SURE THE HOME HAS STREET APPEAL Go out the front of your house and imagine a new buyer walking up the driveway. Make sure the front door is appealing with a plant or two but not overcrowded. Regularly mow and edge the lawns and weed the garden. Make sure the front gate works and the paths are clear for visitors to walk through.

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