Southern Peninsula News 6 March 2024

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Choir’s return to concert performance

AFTER a successful tour of Wales and London, the Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladies Choir will be singing at the Mt Martha Uniting Church in Bay Road, Mount Martha on Sunday 17 March.

Money raised through ticket sales will be given to Peninsula Home Hospice.

“We'll be performing many of the songs we sang during our tour in Wales where we gave 14 different performances,” choir secretary Sue McCarthy said.

While on that tour the choir featured in a TV evening news program and met with renowned composers, including Conductor Emeritus of the Orpheus Choir, Dr Alwyn Humphries MBE.

Humphries gave the choir a “master class” in The Old Arcade Office Pub in Cardiff.

“We were invited to sing with Welsh tenor, Rhys Meirion and the Aberystwyth Men’s Choir, an event that was showcased on the evening news,” McCarthy said.

For details about joining the choir or tickets for the Mount Martha concert call 0406 678 261.

THE Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladiers Choir was given a “master class” when visiting a pub in Cardiff, Wales. Picture: Supplied

Tribunal draws line on club behaviour

They were also ordered to undertake training in diversity and inclusion by no later than end of June.

CLUBS and hobby groups on the Mornington Peninsula are on notice to understand their obligations to members and volunteers after a recreational club was ordered to apologise and undergo training.

At a hearing before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in February the Southern Peninsula Woodworkers Committee and five respondents were ordered to apologise to club volunteer Syd Johnson.

As part of the outcome, Johnson agreed to not take any other legal action pertaining to the matter and all action against the club as the first respondent was withdrawn.

It is believed Johnson, who is of Indian/Anglo background, had made a complaint against the club after believing he was being discriminated against.

The agreement that had to be signed by all parties included an apology for behaviours and actions that Johnson

had perceived as discriminatory and had caused him stress.

In another case that went before the RSL state tribunal on 19 July last year, some members of another peninsula club were accused of not following proper processes and procedures in respect to various disciplinary hearings.

As told to The News, the case involved accusations of illegal distribution of committee documents and bad behaviour towards club members and volunteers. It also involved seven members being found guilty of conduct unbecoming and suspended for three months by a three-person

committee.

The members, some of whom claimed to not have been given a report of the findings due to committee minutes being confidential, took the matter to the tribunal, which upheld their appeal.

The suspensions were overturned. and there was no apology. At least 18 members resigned shortly after.

One affected volunteer said she believed bullying and “toxic behaviour” was commonplace in some clubs on the peninsula.

“Some of these people running clubs have never been pulled up about

their behaviour before, they have got away with it for a long time,” she said.

The volunteer said she believed women in particular had been treated poorly at the club.

Researchers from Murdoch University and Edith Cowan University in 2015 surveyed 136 volunteers from a range of organisations and found one third indicated they had been subject to bullying while working as volunteers.

Bullying included paid staff bullying volunteers, volunteers bullying other volunteers and volunteers bullying paid staff.

Liz Bell

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Opera in tune with music education

THE Opera on the Bay project initiated by Sorrento Rotary Club in conjunction with the Portsea Camp, is gaining momentum.

Organisers are now in talks with the Rye/Rosebud Rotary Club to expand the program across the Mornington Peninsula.

The project aims to raise money for a musical enrichment program for primary school age children of the peninsula.

“While we understand the utmost relevance of exposing young minds to music - and thus facilitating their brain-development - local schools are struggling to have sufficient funds to finance music programs,” board member Andrea Galgoczi-Kratochvil said.

The Rotary club has also contacted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for it to be involved with its a concert series of three events for eight to 12 year old children in Melbourne.

“Our proposition is to subscribe and facilitate 100 primary school children - grades three to six - from the

PLANNING to hold an Opera by the Bay event to raise money to further musical education are, from left, Sharolyn Kimmorley AM, artistic manager and artist advisor Melba Opera Trust, Marita Fayle, partnership and event manager, The Portsea Camp, Peter Fahl, Sorrento Rotary Club president, Nepean MP Sam Groth, Brian Stacey, former Sorrento Rotary Club president, and Andrea Galgoczi-Kratochvil, Sorrento Rotary Club board member.

Picture: Supplied

peninsula to be taken to these events in the hope that this initiative might see it incorporated in future school curriculums,” Galgoczi-Kratochvil said.

She said the suggestion was receiving “a warm welcome” at schools in Sorrento, Rye, Rosebud.

Galgoczi-Kratochvil said an Opera on the Bay evening was being held to raise money to “make this dream come true”.

The 6 April event will feature the Melba Opera Trust and consist of an afternoon master class for 14 to 18-year-old students with Melba’s artistic director Sharolyn Kimmorley OA; an evening concert performed by Melba artists; an interview with the artistic director conducted by Corrie Perkin (initiator of the Sorrento Writers Festival; and a presentation by the master class students.

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Jobs hub for those with disabilities

A $2.3 million jobs hub for people with disabilities in the Mornington Peninsula is one step closer to becoming a reality. The hub will be at Wallara Australia’s Sages Cottage Farm, Baxter. The not-for-profit disability support organisation Wallara runs Sages Cottage with 100 young people with intellectual disability and/or autism and a team of 20 support coaches that come from a variety of backgrounds including hospitality, landscaping and horticulture.

The hub will provide 30 more training places at the farm as well as increasing the number of visitors and community groups that can visit, provide a professional working environment for the staff and allow the heritage-listed cottage to become a gift shop.

Wallara bought Sages in 2015 from peninsulabased charity Menzies to provide adults with intellectual disabilities an inclusive environment to build their life and work skills.

Beginning with 10 clients in 2016, Wallara has grown to more than 100 clients and the farm cafe now opens daily.

The public support of Sages has enabled 20 clients attending the farm to be given paid jobs and some of the clients have also been offered work off the farm at Frankston RSL.

“It’s amazing seeing how Sages has grown over the journey,” Wallara CEO Phil HayesBrown said.

“The vision we had with Sages was to normalise disability and to operate our services in a

place where the community would come to us. Today, when I see the car park full and visitors enjoying the farm and interacting with our clients every day of the week and more of our clients in paid jobs, it never fails to make me smile. This is what inclusion looks like.”

Hayes-Brown said Sages did not receive government support but had received election commitments from Liberal Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie during the 2021 federal election campaign and from the Coalition in the most recent state government election.

“All up, we and our donors have invested nearly $3.5 million in this property to acquire and develop it to achieve this outcome,” he said. Liz Bell

Solar charge ‘unfair’

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council is being accused of not “staying in its lane” after revealing a proposal to charge higher rates for homeowners who do not go solar.

Social media pages have been flooded with posts calling the plan “discriminatory” and “unfair”.

Under the plan suggested by council officers, ratepayers who do not install new solar panels would pay more to subsidise those who go solar.

The council is seeking feedback on its proposal to introduce a 20 per cent rate discount to households that install, replace or upgrade solar systems over 5kw after 1 July. The discount would be applied for a minimum of one year, and up to five years, following an annual review.

Cr Despi O’Connor has stated that the proposal is just at the “consultation” stage and not a done deal, but objectors disagree.

Mornington resident Rosy Fischer posted on Facebook that the idea discriminated against people who could not afford to go solar, while many others said power supply was a government issue, not council.

Robert Scott said he already had solar panels and did not need to upgrade therm.

“There is no way in hell I will be penalised for paying higher rates for already having solar panels,” he posted.

“This is nothing but a desperate money grab by buffoons at the council”.

The mayor Cr Simon Brooks said the plan demonstrated council’s commitment to reduce energy costs for residents and tackle climate change.

The cost of the program would be covered by a differential rate, meaning the 20 per cent discount would be recovered by distributing the difference to households that did not opt-in or were ineligible to receive the discount.

All households with a capital improved value under $2 million are eligible.

The council says there is no financial gain for the shire. Its calculations predict low rate increases for those who do not opt in. In one example, if 1000 properties get the discount, the average increase in rates for remaining properties would be $3.

Comment on the proposal is open until 12 April.

Labor retains Dunkley

LABOR candidate Jodie Belyea has won the Dunkley by-election.

With nearly 75 per cent of the vote counted, Labor leads the Liberals on the two-party-preferred count by 2.5 per cent.

The vote showed a 3.7 per cent swing towards the Liberals compared to the 2022 federal election result, but is not enough to win the seat.

Jodie Belyea is the founder of the Women’s Spirit Project, an organisation supporting women affected by poverty, violence, and other issues. She was recruited into the Labor Party by former Dunkley MP Peta Murphy, who died from metastatic breast cancer in December after winning the seat for Labor in 2019 and 2022.

Liberal candidate Nathan Conroy took leave from his role as Frankston’s mayor to contest the by-election.

Shire welcome and tour for ‘partners’

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire staff are likely to be exchanged with their counterparts from Roper Gulf Regional Shire in the Northern Territory under a partnership agreement being drawn up by the two municipalities.

Arrangements for the Friendly Council Partnership date back to early 2023 and involved a visit to the remote shire by then mayor Cr Anthony Marsh and CEO John Baker.

The partnership was formally agreed to by peninsula councillors on 31 October last year, some weeks after plans for a formal announcement were dropped following the “last minute” cancellation of a visit to the peninsula by the mayor and CEO of Roper Gulf Regional Council.

At Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Tuesday 20 February public meeting, Roper Gulf’s mayor Cr Tony Jack said the partnership would be the first in the history of his municipality.

“We’ve never had anything like this before, so it’s a new journey for my council and my people,” Jack said.

“We could have gone anywhere in Australia for a partnership with a big council and it happened to be your council, Mornington Peninsula.

“I think it’s really important that we learn from each other. As a remote council that’s up there in the territory and you guys down here … a mixture of what it’s all about in local government, and we learn from each other.

“One of the ideas we’re looking at

is exchanging staff. The opportunity is there, we can learn from each other.”

The 201,000 square kilometre Roper Gulf shire’s 268 staff (full time and part time) manage a $40 million budget on behalf of 6500 residents. Mornington Peninsula Shire, 723 square kilometres, has an income of more than $270 million and about 170,000 residents.

The partnership agreement between the two widely different municipalities remains a single page, stating: The Roper Gulf Regional Council

and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council agree to establish a Friendly Council Partnership (‘Gulf to Peninsula Partnership’) to explore opportunities between the two areas (‘Partnership’ details yet to be ‘explored’ - shire, The News 24/4/24).

Asked for comment from CEO Baker, the shire last week responded with a quote from the mayor, Cr Simon Brooks: “During the visit by members of Roper Gulf Regional Council, we discussed potential ways in which we could deepen connections and share

knowledge between our two regions. These discussions are ongoing.”

He shire is also going to add a page to its website that “will provide more context to the partnership and the links between Roper Gulf and the shire and will be built on as the partnership builds”.

Jack, who had been taken on a tour of the peninsula along with Roper River councillors Helen Lee (deputy mayor), Cathy Ann Numur, Patricia Farrel and CEO Mark Gardener, said their eyes “had been opened” by the

health care available on the peninsula. Health and education were issues that the two municipalities “can work together on”.

Jack touched briefly on the differences between growing up in Roper River and the peninsula.

He said education was “a tool” to be cherished as it allowed “you to go where you want to go”.

“That’s the reason I’m standing here today. I was a real ratbag, swimming rivers with crocodiles and all.”

His council was already talking about making a return visit.

“We’re very excited at Roper Gulf and have sort of thought about this for a long time. We’ve made the decision now and are we really are happy to be here today,” Jack said.

“Hopefully, we can work together from here onwards and, if there’s some issue, we can learn together. The whole opportunity is waiting.”

Deputy mayor Cr Antonella Celi told The News that peninsula schools which had an existing connection with Roper Gulf Regional Council “will be delighted to know that the delegation was given a warm welcome to our community by the shire”.

The mayor Cr Simon Brooks said the peninsula tour with Crs Marsh and Celi and CEO Baker had included the Yawa aquatic centre at Rosebud and the Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association gathering place at Hastings.

He thanked the Roper River delegation for “making the trek down herewe’re looking forward to coming back up and having a look at your neck of the woods”.

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Welcome to the shire: Pictured at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s 21 February meeting are, from left, deputy mayor Cr Antonella Celi, Roper Gulf Regional Council’s deputy mayor, Cr Helen Lee, Cr Kathy-Anne Numamurdirdi, and CEO Marc Gardner; Mornington Peninsula’s CEO John Baker; the mayor Cr Simon Brooks; Roper Gulf mayor Cr Tony Jack and Cr Patricia Farrell and Cr Anthony Marsh, who visited Roper Gulf during his term as mayor in 2023. Picture: Supplied

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Picnic for Potter’s relocation

SUPPORTERS of the Save Briars

Sanctuary campaign have celebrated the relocation of the Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience event from the fenced wildlife sanctuary at The Briars.

The Sunday 25 February picnic followed a backdown by Mornington Peninsula Shire and a location move, despite previously saying it was contractually bound to hold the show in the sanctuary.

On 18 December last year the shire, 24 hours before tickets went on sale, announced it had partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery, Fever and IMG to hold the event within the fenced wildlife sanctuary.

The announcement that the largest event in the history of the peninsula was to be held in the wildlife sanctuary was met with community disbelief and outrage. In response, Save Briars Sanctuary was quickly established, and an online petition created that subsequently garnered more than 20,000 signatures.

On 8 February, the save the sanctuary group received an email from Peter van Roden, senior vice president, Global Themed Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discovery, advising that the event site was being re-evaluated.

Five days later (13 February), the shire held an emergency public council meeting where councillors voted unanimously to approve its officers’ recommendation to move the event to the community forest at The Briars.

Last Friday (1 March) Warner Bros and Fever Entertainment released a Facebook post saying it had “listened closely” to public feedback.

In the Spotlight

Frankston is the place to be in March. Our highly anticipated Street Art Festival – The Big Picture Fest - will transform laneways from the 18 to 24 of March. Watch artists at work as they take a blank wall and turn it into large scale art.

A special part of the Street Art Festival is The Block Party in Park Lane on Friday 22 March. Grab a drink, a bite to eat as you watch the artists paint in real-time before hitting the dance floor with live music into the evening. Growing each year, this laneway takeover is the epitome of Frankston’s urban arts culture.

The Big Picture Fest is also taking over Cube 37 featuring smaller studio works by street artists and you get to vote for one to have a feature wall at the festival next year.

As always, Frankston Arts Centre has a great variety of music, comedy and dance performances coming in March. We are so fortunate to get such an eclectic mix of shows including Boom Crash Opera & 1927, Best of the Edinburgh Festival, Jazz Men, Melbourne Celtic Festival on Tour and the Victorian State Ballet performing The Sleeping Beauty.

Have you tried our new Dinner and Show series in the function centre? I highly recommend this as a fun night out. A two course chef-prepared meal followed by an entertaining show –there’s great bands and comedy on offer so gather your friends and make a date.

And keep an eye out for details on the groundbreaking Kubik lighting installation coming to Frankston of the first time in April. Renowned for its innovative use of geometric shapes and dynamic lighting effects, Kubik is set to transform the Waterfront at night. Get your phones out – this one is set to put Frankston in a new light.

Tammy Ryan Manager, Arts & Culture Frankston City Council

“We want to thank our incredible community for sharing your thoughts, and to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for their great support throughout this journey”, the statement read.

Save Briars Sanctuary spokesperson Louise Page said it was a “rare moment” when a grassroots campaign could succeed against the odds and in such a short timeframe.

“We hope that communities and

organisations alike can use this example to improve transparency, decision making processes, policies and communication to ensure habitat is protected and residents’ expectations are met and community values understood,” she said.

“Save Briars Sanctuary is also pleased that its campaign has focused national attention on locating events such as this in environmentally sensitive areas.”

CELEBRATING the move of Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience from The Briars wildlife sanctuary at Mount Martha are, from left, Dr Leanda Care, Fay Sicker, Dr Alyssa O’Gorman (at rear), Marg Hawker, Louise Page, Blake Robertson and Pennie Stoyles. Picture: Supplied

TERRYN and Andrew Hickinbotham where the time capsule has been buried for the past 25 years at their Dromana winery.

Winery looking back at Easter

EASTER will provide a time to look back to see how the Mornington Peninsula has changed over the past 25 years.

Documents inside a time capsule buried at Hickinbotham of Dromana winery in 1999 will be opened for viewers to gauge, and judge, the changes.

Among papers in the time capsule are official planning and tourism documents which are expected to show just how local government envisaged “progress” on the peninsula.

Hickinbotham’s Easter Family Fun Day on Sunday 31 March will also include a grape stomping competition, children’s Easter egg hunt and prizes for the best Easter bonnet.

The day will also raise money to support

Dromana Community House and SecondBite, community organisations focused on reducing food waste and poverty.

Live music will be performed by Bernardo Solero and Ellie Carter.

Reservations must be made for lunch (11.30am-2.30pm) and booked through the restaurant on 5981 0355.

The music will be played from midday, with Easter bonnets being judged by Terryn and Andrew Hickinbotham at 1.30 pm. The Children’s Easter egg hunt starts at 2pm; grape stomping contest 2.30pm; and the time capsule opened at 3.30pm.

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Wineries line up for national awards

THREE Mornington Peninsula vineyards are among nine Victorian wineries in the running to win one of four trophies in this year’s Australian Vineyard of the Year awards.

The vineyards are among 41 wineries chosen from more than 6000 grape growers across Australia.

The winners of the four awards - new vineyard, old vineyard, innovative vineyard and Vineyard of the Year - will be announced in June.

The three peninsula vineyards in Australia’s top 41 are Crittenden’s, Dromana, Portsea Estate, Main Ridge and Foxeys Hangout, Red Hill.

Awards panellist Max Allen said wineries in the running for an award “provide shining examples of innovative ideas, leading-edge practice, and sustainable business”.

“Collectively, they offer a ray of hope: by their resilience, optimism, viticulture. By championing our best growers and viticulturists and vignerons, we can remind ourselves that growing grapes and making wine is a long-term game that requires resilience and optimism and ingenuity – all of which are on display in the list of this year’s top growers.”

Award judges are Allen, Prue Henschke, Dr Kerry DeGaris, Richard Leask and Dr Colin McBryde.

“It’s through uncovering and sharing the stories found with these top vineyards and growers, that we can promote change,” Henschke said. “Promote change to better care for and regenerate the environment as well as broader sustainability – communities and other industries are connected to winegrowers, so they have a social and economic impact too.”

The 41 top growers chosen by judges in the fourth Annual Vineyard of the Year awards include 18 from South Australia, nine from Victoria, seven from New South Wales/ACT, one from Tasmania four from Western Australia, and three from Tasmania.

Health service signs up to lobby group

PENINSULA Health has joined the lobbying group Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula as a community partner.

The membership of the health service comes at the same that the committee “welcome” the state government’s $1.1 billion “investment into Frankston Hospital”.

The committee, which said it would continue to lobby “for better health outcomes for our region” works at the hospital would “deliver a multi-storey tower with additional bed capacity, new operating theatres, enhanced mental health and oncology services and expanded maternity and paediatric services”.

The committee’s CEO Josh Sinclair said the hospital project was “being delivered under a public-private partnership and is expected to be operational in 2026”.

The committee is holding a Small Business Roundtable Meeting with shadow small and family business minister Sussan Ley and Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie on Friday 15 March from 10.30am to 11.30am at Smart Business Solutions, 328 Main Street, Mornington.

On Tuesday 16 April, the committee’s Future Forum will discuss challenges and opportunities for Frankston and the peninsula over the next 20 years. Hosted by ABC journalist Bridget Rollason the forum will include a presentation from The Demographics Group's Simon Kuestenmacher.

This forum will include a workshop for attendees to suggest the committee's goals and strategic plan. Tickets available at cfmp.org.au

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Dose up on nature to help moonahs

By Jane Byrne

SANDY beaches, rugged cliffs and the twisting, somewhat haunting Moonah trees are natural features many imagine when they visualise the southern Mornington Peninsula, an area loved by holidaymakers and residents.

Not only are coastal moonah woodland areas visually stunning, but they perform an important function. They help stabilise dune systems and prevent erosion caused by climate and sea level changes that threaten our coastal communities. Many of the moonah trees and adjacent vegetation communities are extremely old.

With less than eight per cent of its original distribution remaining, coastal moonah woodlands are listed as a threatened community under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and need support.

Rather than sit idly by and let these iconic plant communities disappear, People and Parks Foundation, Parks Victoria, Mornington Peninsula Shire, St Joseph’s Primary School Sorrento, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Parish, Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association, the Nepean Conservation Group Inc and other community members have created a Moonah NatureWise Community program for the southern peninsula.

This highly engaging cross sector program encourages and supports people to “nature dose” in ways that help to restore coastal moonah woodland areas. Nature dosing is both connecting with, and caring for,

nature, for at least two hours a week, for healthier people, places and planet.

Alison Hill, managing director of People and Parks Foundation, says Moonah NatureWise “aims to deliver multiple benefits, including environmental outcomes, health and wellbeing outcomes, and a broader, deeper community sense of agency and connection to place, in the face of biodiversity loss, climate change and, for many, eco-anxiety”.

The program on the peninsula will include restoring moonah woodlands, enhancing and celebrating through arts and events in such places as school grounds, community areas and, potentially, on private properties.

Founding partner school, St Joseph’s Primary School, Sorrento, will be supported to connect with and protect remnants of moonah woodlands and to restore and celebrate their own pockets of moonahs on or near

their school, including in the parish grounds.

School households will be encouraged to support the program, including considering what can be done at home to protect, nurture and promote the health of the local environment, and themselves, through regular nature dosing.

St Joseph’s principal Monica O’Shannassy said the school was thrilled to be part of this program.

“It aligns with the high priority we place on sustainability, conservation and wellbeing. It will continue the work we have been doing as a threestar ResourceSmart School, particularly in the area of biodiversity.

“We are an active school and enjoy propagating indigenous plants and working with Parks Victoria rangers at Point Nepean National Park, with Friends of Rye Foreshore and the Nepean Conservation Group.”

While much of the initial focus will be on sites within the Point Nepean National Park and Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Police Point park, there is a great opportunity to take the moonah program communitywide, provided that sufficient money can be raised. Anyone interested in supporting the restoration, enhancement and celebration of these iconic plant communities can donate via the People and Parks Foundation website. Donations are tax deductible.

Gidja Walker, president of Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association (SPIFFA), hopes that the program will provide a greater understanding of protection for and connection with our unique landscape.

To get involved in restoring coastal moonah woodlands contact Alison Hill, managing director, People and Parks Foundation, on 040 077 0502, email alison.hill@peopleandparks. org; Gidja Walker, gidjawalker@ gmail.com; or Jane Byrne, sustainability and visual arts teacher, St Joseph’s, Sorrento, 040 109 1273, jbyrne@ sjsorrento.catholic.edu.au

Old moonah trees off Ochiltree Road, Point Nepean National Park.

Picture: Gidja Walker

Ready to defend a title

THE Victorian Karting Championships will be held at The Go Kart Club of Victoria on 8, 9 and 10 March, where Matthew Basso, 14, will be defending his 2023 Victorian Championship title.

Basso says his team's hopes and expectations are running high, so if all goes well, they will be looking to be standing on top of the podium in 2024.

Recently, in the first round of the Australian Karting Championships last weekend in Bolivar,

South Australia, Basso had several top five finishes in the heat races but got pushed out wide in the final, recovering back to 15 out of 58 drivers from around the country and overseas.

“Had a great time on track, getting interviewed during the live stream and standing out in my new suit,” he said. “Looking forward to an exciting round two at Puckapunyal, together with some big upgrades in place. Thanks to my team, sponsors and partners in 2024 and beyond.”

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• be in writing to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, Private Bag 1000, Rosebud, 3939 or via email: Property@mornpen.vic.gov.au.

• be received by Friday 29 March 2024.

Submissions received, including the name of the submitter, may be published on Council’s website and may form part of the public record of the relevant Council and Committee meetings. Personal contact details and any offensive, defamatory or third party personal information will not be published. You may access personal information you have provided to the Shire at any time and make corrections. Further details of our Privacy Policy can be found at mornpen.vic.gov.au/privacy.

If you have any concerns about the use and disclosure of your personal information please contact the Governance team at privacy@mornpen. vic.gov.au. This notice and a plan of the proposed lease area can also be viewed on the Shire’s website at www.mornpen.vic.gov.au. Any queries can be directed to Emily Harkin, Team Leader Property Operations on (03) 5950 1882.

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POLICE allege a gold BMW sedan was travelling at 142kph in an 80kph zone.

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Licence suspended

A 28-year-old man from Rye was pulled over by police and had his vehicle impounded for 30 days at a cost of $985 after he was alleged to have driven at 142kph in an 80kph zone. The man’s licence was immediately suspended for 12 months, and he will be summonsed to appear at court for excessive speed at a later date.

On Monday 28 February 2024, Somerville Highway Patrol members were patrolling Bittern-Dromana Road, Merricks North when

they detected a gold BMW sedan travelling at an alleged speed of 142kph in an 80kph zone.

Witnesses sought

MEMBERS of Somerville Highway Patrol are investigating an accident that occurred on Monday 26 February at 10.18 pm on Koetong Parade, Mount Eliza, near Bambra Street.

A white Toyota Landcruiser was reported as travelling at high speed before losing control and hitting a brick wall. The three female occupants were taken to hospital for treatment.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, or has CCTV or information, is urged to contact crime stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Better health outcomes needed for Southern Peninsula residents

At the 2022 Victorian Election, the two major parties took part in a health and hospital funding arms race.

Labor and the Coalition made significant pledges across every corner of Victoria, hoping to attract voters with health front of their minds following the 2020-21 pandemic.

The Coalition Opposition made health-related promises to the tune of $12.37 billion, while the Labor Government made pledges of almost $10 billion.

Residents in Melton, Caulfield, Sandringham, Werribee, Ringwood, Box Hill, Wantirna, Benalla, Wonthaggi, West Gippsland, Melbourne, Clayton, St Arnoud, Wodonga, Plenty Valley and Daylesford were the lucky winners, with commitments from one or both of the major parties for significant hospital upgrades.

Most of these locations are worthy of State Government support and investment in health services and infrastructure – but when it comes to the southern peninsula, health funding is a little harder to come by.

At the same election, the Coalition made a significant commitment of $340 million to redevelop Rosebud Hospital. In the context of the health funding arms race at the time, you could forgive the southern peninsula community for expecting a matched commitment from the Victorian Government.

Unfortunately, a financial commitment from the government was not forthcoming. The hospital funding arms race had come to a screeching halt in Rosebud.

At the previous 2018 Victorian State Election, our region secured a $1.1 billion redevelopment of Frankston Hospital – a project which is well underway and expected to be treating patients in 2026. This significant investment in heath in our community is arguably the biggest in generations for the peninsula –a world class hospital right here

in Frankston.

The contrast to the southern peninsula is stark, particularly during the peak summer period when Rosebud Hospital is running at full capacity.

Just last Wednesday on a day with extreme temperatures, Rosebud emergency services were inundated. Not that we needed one, but it was yet another reminder of how hardworking our local nurses, doctors and healthcare workers are in this part of Metropolitan Melbourne.

Rosebud Hospital is over 50 years old, and it serves a

growing and diverse community which is home to one of the largest populations of older residents in Victoria.

Significant upgrades to emergency facilities, operating theatres, and wards would lead to more services closer to home for residents, less travel and wait times, better facilities and improved outcomes for patients.

The Committee will continue to advocate for an upgraded hospital in Rosebud because we know business, locals, and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council want this to happen.

When you live in metropolitan

Melbourne, the local hospital needs to be fit for purpose – and it can’t be more than 45 minutes away from your home.

Whichever party sits on the government benches in Spring St or in Canberra come 2026, the Committee looks forward to advocating with purpose for a redevelopment of Rosebud Hospital and better health outcomes for southern peninsula residents.

Josh Sinclair is the CEO of Committee for Frankston & Mornington Peninsula www.cfmp.org.au

Photo: Yanni

ELEGANCE PAGE 3

WEDNESDAY,

See what the others don’t

BACK BEACH

5 Prentice Avenue, Rye

Nestled in the serene and picturesque Rye, this impeccably maintained 3 bedroom 2 bathroom single-level gem sitting on 753m2 corner allotment, beckons with the promise of a lifetime of cherished memories

$920,000 - $960,000

Agent: Toni Katsivelas 0409 407 437

13 Danny Street, Rye

Don’t miss your chance to own this exquisite coastal haven, where quality, elegance, and versatility converge to create the ultimate lifestyle destination. Live the life you’ve always dreamed of in this breathtaking home.

$1,650,000 - $1,795,000

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44 Violet Street, Capel Sound

Located in a quiet cul de sac, just 400m to the shores of Capel sound, sits this well maintained 3 bed 2 bath beachside residence. Enjoy the generous light filled living space, or the covered al fresco area which allows for entertaining all year round.

$780,000 - $855,000

Agent: Rachael Holman 0416 194 295

2 Eugenia Street, Rye

Perched majestically in a sought after part of the Mornington Peninsula. This multi-level, 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom haven is a tribute to luxurious living, with breathtaking views that paint the horizon through expansive picture windows.

$1,650,000 - $1,780,000

Agent: Toni Katsivelas 0409 407 437

Coastal elegance: luxury living in Rye’s back beaches

WELCOME to your sanctuary in the back beaches of Rye. This stunning 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom residence nestled on a coveted street invites you into a world of luxury coastal living.

Step inside to discover a haven of elegance and functionality. Premium details such as polished timber floors, soaring vaulted ceilings, and exposed trusses adorn the interiors, reflecting impeccable craftsmanship. The versatile 4th bedroom offers boundless possibilities, featuring its own ensuite, walk-

in robe, and lounge area. Seamlessly connected to the main house features its own entrance, this space is ideal for dual living, accommodating guests, intergenerational living, or even embracing bed and breakfast opportunities. Additionally, a dedicated study provides the perfect environment for work or study, ensuring both productivity and tranquility. Indulge your culinary passions in the premium gourmet kitchen, where every detail has been meticulously designed for both beauty and functionality.

ADDRESS: 13 Danny Street, Rye FOR SALE: $1,650,000- $1,795,000

Entertaining is a breeze with a shimmering pool, inviting spa, and a built-in outdoor kitchen and BBQ area, creating the perfect backdrop for hosting unforgettable gatherings under the coastal sky.

The immaculate landscaped gardens surrounding the property create a serene ambiance that comes alive at night, with strategically placed lighting. Furthermore, the garage boasts extra high doors and ceiling, accommodating not only vehicles but also a boat or caravan, adding to

DESCRIPTION: 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car, 882m2

AGENT: Toni Katsivelas 0409 407 437, Ray White Rye, 1/2353 Point Nepean Road Rye, Ph: 03 5985 6855

the practicality and convenience of the home. With a spacious layout designed to cater to every need, from intimate relaxation to grand entertaining and socializing, this home effortlessly combines quality, elegance, and versatility. This property represents the epitome of coastal luxury living.

Don’t miss the chance to make this exquisite residence your own and experience the ultimate lifestyle on the Mornington Peninsula.n

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With its breathtaking bay panoramas and proximity to the beach, this superb residence embodies the best of beachside living. The light-filled living space with raked ceilings and an entertainer’s kitchen extends to an expansive balcony creating an inviting space to relax. While smart design ensures all 4 bedrooms have access to ensuites, and 3 open to

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Rosebud

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This solid, spacious and characterful 1970’s home is set on a peaceful street & offers a great opportunity for reno or rebuild (STCA) in this lovely location. Includes 4BRs, 2 bathrooms, 2 living/ dining, timber kitchen, laundry, & wraparound garden with patio, plus single garage & workshop.

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Rosebud

20 Banksia Place

This spacious corner residence feats sun-drenched modern interiors with renovated kitchen & bathrooms, open-plan living with gas log fireplace, plantation shutters & luxury vinyl flooring throughout. Feat energy-efficient solar panels, a rainwater tank, r/c aircon, DLUG & secure OSP.

Najee Charkas | 0414 938 069

Grant McConnell | 0407 515 078

This sun-drenched mid-century cottage is an ideal bayside holiday home just 500m walk to the beach. Updated throughout with a relaxed coastal vibe, it features a studio, outdoor bathroom, large covered deck, and ample vehicle storage. A perfect escape for the family, or continue as a great holiday let.

Grant McConnell | 0407 515 078

Phil Down | 0423 515 490

Rosebud

141-143 Eastbourne Road

This expansive 2,024sqm (approx.) block is an exceptional development opportunity and has endorsed plans and permits for a boutique complex of 10 townhouses, single and double storey with 2-3BRs. With 2 current homes, 1 has immediate rental ROI, the 2nd is move-in-ready.

Janice Cairns | 0456 424 872

Phil Down | 0423 515 490

Mount Eliza

5 Colstan Court

1/29 Fulton Avenue Mornington

Single-level Living Steps to Mount Eliza Village

A low-maintenance design and a premium village address form the luxury basis of this threebedroom home, where modern comfort and privacy capture an appealing lifestyle for downsizers.

Christopher Fyfe | 0417 535 990

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27 Coburn Avenue

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Striking in its simplicity with a pared-back architectural grace, this proud two-storey residence settles across a garden paradise bringing together versatile accommodation for permanent or holiday-makers.

Adam Joske | 0448 511 557

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8 Colstan Court

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An elegant entertainer ready to meet the needs of downsizers or professional couples, this fourbedroom 2-lounge home grants an impressive living experience across light-filled interiors rich in detail and seclusion.

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RYE - 32 Parson Street

Oozing charm is this most inviting weatherboard residence situated in a quiet cul-desac near the Rye/ Blairgowrie border. Tastefully updated showcasing a warm blend of rich oak flooring, light neutral tones, and extensive glazing throughout it features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, including Master with ensuite and 2 light-filled living areas.

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Set in quiet cul-de-sac and perched on a lovely low maintenance allotment is this charming light filled home. Featuring 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom plus spa, laundry, gas heating and reverse cycle split system, spacious double lock up garage and a separate carport that accommodates a caravan plus car.

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Ideally located in a quiet, secluded cul-de-sac abutting Blairgowrie’s rugged stretch of coastline fronting Bass Strait is this most accommodating coastal retreat. Featuring 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas plus studio/ 5th bedroom with breakfast bar and ensuite, there is ample room to accommodate extended family and friends.

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Rare mixed-use freehold hits the market in Rosebud

Presenting an expansive 873m2

(approximately) of land along a main road in Rosebud, this property is poised to attract significant interest from a diverse range of potential buyers, according to listing agents Nichols Crowder.

Situated with an impressive 17m street frontage on Point Nepean Road, this rare commercial opportunity is described by Nichols Crowder Branch Manager, Jamie

Stuart, as an exceptional prospect for those seeking to occupy, reinvest, or engage in redevelopment within a prime location. Stuart explains, "When it comes to opportunity and flexibility, this property stands unrivaled.

Offering a short-term lease, with the option to occupy, reinvest, or redevelop, 1233 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, presents a strategic chance to acquire a substantial mixed-use landholding featuring an impressive existing

medical/allied health building."

The current configuration of this dynamic commercial asset includes a medical fit-out featuring 5 treatment/consulting suites and convenient on-site parking for 10 vehicles.

Highlighting the transformation of Rosebud from a holiday destination to a thriving township with one of the largest retail/ commercial and residential precincts on

the Mornington Peninsula, Nichols Crowder Listing Agent, Tom Crowder, expressed, "The existing improvements of the property make it ideal for an owner-occupier or future tenant (for an investor) to seamlessly integrate into a superbly appointed and well-maintained 'medical/allied health' premises." He added, "All within a location that continues to flourish and evolve as one of the peninsula’s soughtafter destinations."n

The Guide

SATURDAY

THURSDAY STANLEY TUCCI: SEARCHING FOR ITALY

SBS, 8.40pm

In season two of the award-winning actor’s journey to his ancestral homeland, The Lovely Bones star Stanley Tucci (pictured) adds a little extra dough to proceedings with eight episodes (two more than last time). It includes a rather personal trip to his paternal grandfather’s town of Calabria, with Piedmont and Umbria also on the upcoming itinerary. This big-budget pilgrimage begins in the “floating city” Venice.

MINISERIES: LIFE AFTER LIFE

ABC TV, 7.30pm

British novelist Kate Atkinson’s sweeping novel is lovingly adapted into a poetic four-part series, led by luminous Kiwi Thomasin McKenzie (Totally Completely Fine, pictured on right). Narrated by Lesley Manville and also starring Fleabag’s Sian Clifford and Killing Eve’s Sean Delaney, it’s a beautifully haunting tale that glides into the depths of life’s greatest questions, anchored by its stellar performances and moody soundtrack.

SUNDAY

ODYSSEUS

RETURNS

SBS, 8.20pm

Greek mythology has bestowed humanity some of its most striking tales of power and morality, which have lived on for thousands of years. In this fascinating, attractively shot two-part doco, could a curious Greek politician threaten to splinter an ancient tale from fiction to fact? King Odysseus, the genius from Homer’s epic poem Odyssey who built the fabled Trojan Horse, is accepted as a mythical figure. But, back in 1991, Makis Metaxas found an ancient tomb in Kefalonia that he claimed was Odysseus’s.

MONDAY THE OSCARS

SEVEN, 10am Live. (Encore 8.30pm)

“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” joked comedian Jimmy Kimmel when he was announced as the emcee of this showy movie awards for the second consecutive year. Apparently, the excitement with hit phenomenon Barbie also convinced him to front up for the tough gig again, which is renowned for its dazzling red carpet outfits as much as lulling its nominees into a sleep-like state with it stretching to around four hours. Aussie Margot Robbie’s stirring performance as the iconic doll isn’t nominated, but it’s up for Best Picture. Don’t miss this lavish Monday distraction.

Jimmy Kimmel returns to host The Oscars

6.00

Mal) 10.20

(Malv) 11.50

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Opening Round. Sydney v Melbourne. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

10.50 The

Jones: Press

(PGas, R) 12.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 5. 2.50 Exit. (Mals, R) 3.45 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines

The World Tonight.

10.30

11.30

Friday, March 8

ABC (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30

That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 House Of Gods. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R)

4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R)

5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 Back Roads. (PG, R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Hannah Moloney visits a permaculture garden.

8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Final, Mav)

Part 4 of 4. When a Texas oilman buys the entire village of Goodman’s Land, a string of grisly murders occur.

10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

10.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R)

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities

Of The World. (Final, PG, R)

12.05 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.55 Belgravia. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s

Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 8.30 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: New Moon. (2009, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Romeo & Juliet. (2021, M) 12.15am Would I Lie To You? 12.45 QI.

1.15 Killing Eve. 2.00 Back. 2.25 George Clarke’s

Amazing Spaces. 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.10 Woman. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News

At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00

Entanglement. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30

The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.00 I Want

To Make A Film About Women. (PG, R) 4.10

Light Years: Olive Cotton. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Good Ship Murder. (Mav)

8.25 Endurance: Race The Pole: The Nimrod Expedition 1907-1909.

9.20 Queens That Changed The World: Queen Who Would Be King – The Hatshepsut. (Ms)

10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Departure. (Mav)

11.35 Sex And Sensibility. (MA15+ans, R) 12.25 A Way Of Seeing. (R) 12.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 6. 2.50 Exit. (MA15+dl, R) 3.45 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch.

10.00 The Movie Show. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30

Transnational. 1.30 Hustle. 2.20 Over The Black

Dot. 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.10 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 WorldWatch. 6.20 The Fast History Of Toys. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.25 Making Waves: Extraordinary

Women. 9.55 Unleash. 11.30 Sex And Music. 12.30am Future Man. 2.15 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am The

Big Steal. Continued. (1990, PG) 6.55 RBG. (2018, PG) 8.45 The King Of Comedy. (1983, PG) 10.45 Motherhood. (2018, M) 12.20pm Employee Of The Month. (2022, M, French) 1.55 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 3.25 Magnetic Fields. (2021, PG, Greek) 5.00 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 6.45 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.30 Pulp Fiction. (1994, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

Would you like to avoid the cost and potential stress of holding a traditional funeral, yet still say a dignified good-bye, and celebrate the life of a loved one with a simple yet fitting ceremony?

2.35 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R)

3.05 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R)

3.55 Universe With Brian Cox. (R)

4.55 Better Date Than Never. (R)

5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Australian Story: Driven –Minjee And Min Woo Lee. (R)

6.30 Back Roads: East Arnhem Land, NT Pt 1. (PG, R)

Rae Johnston visits Arnhem Land.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Miniseries: Life After Life. (Mas) Part 1 of 4.

8.25 Endeavour. (Mav, R) Part 3 of 3. Thursday discovers that Endeavour’s problems are greater than anybody could have suspected.

9.55 House Of Gods. (Ml, R) A man vies to lead his mosque.

10.50 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R)

12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00

The Morning Show. (PG)

11.30 Seven

NINE (9)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. (Return) A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match.

7.30 Football. AFL. Opening Round. Brisbane Lions v Carlton.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews.

11.15 Armchair Experts. (Return, M) A panel discusses all things AFL.

12.00 Get On Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing.

12.30 The Arrangement. (Mav, R)

1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers.

9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Melbourne Storm versus Penrith Panthers match, with news and analysis.

10.45 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon. (1987, Mdlv, R) Two detectives pursue drug traffickers. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover.

1.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

TEN (10)

Judy. (PG, R) 2.00

Phil. (Ma, R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PGds) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 Ready Steady Cook. (Return) Hosted by Miguel Maestre.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGls, R) Graham Norton is joined by Grammy-winning rapper Diddy, actors Ashley Jensen and George Mackay, TV show hosts Chris and Rosie Ramsey and English singer Jessie Ware.

10.30 Fire Country. (Mv, R) A difficult rescue goes awry.

11.30 The Project. (R)

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

10 PEACH (11) 7MATE (74)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (Ml) 11.00 The Story Of Ramadan. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cycling. UCI Women’s World Tour. Strade Bianche Women. Highlights. 3.00 Trampoline World Cup Series. Highlights. 4.00 Joyful. (PG, R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) 5.35 WWII Women On The Frontline.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Britain’s Most Beautiful Road. (PG) 8.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways: East Fife Railway.

9.20 The Wonders Of Europe: The Acropolis, The Masterpiece Of Pericles. (PGav, R)

10.25 Those Who Stayed. (Ml) 11.05 The City Of Art. (Mln, R) 11.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 7. 1.25 Face To Face. (Ma, R) 2.25 Exit. (MA15+adv, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PGaw, R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Randwick Guineas Day and Flemington’s Super Saturday.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Opening Round. GWS Giants v Collingwood. From Giants Stadium, Sydney.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.

11.00 The Irrational. (Mav, R) A professor of behavioural science investigates the murder of a fashion influencer.

1.00 The Arrangement. (Mav, R) Kyle tries to prove his worth.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Get Clever. (R) The wonders of science are explored.

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R) A look at locations that highlight living well.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 12.30 My Way. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: Emma. (2020, PGan) Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy. 3.30 Renovate Or Rebuild. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

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

8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, Mv, R)

A cryptic message from James Bond’s past sends him on a trail of a sinister organisation. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux.

11.25 MOVIE: Danny Collins. (2015, Madln, R) Al Pacino.

1.35 The Garden Gurus. (R)

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6am The Late Show

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 The Middle. 10.00 So Help Me Todd. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 Two And A Half Men. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. 11.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12)

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 19. Brisbane

And The Fatman.

And The Fatman. 3.30

Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (R) 9.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.20 Australian Survivor. (PGl, R) 12.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 2.00 Wildlife Rescue. (PGm, R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 GCBC. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith.

7.30 The Dog House. A man is hoping to find a best friend.

8.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) Follows NSW Ambulance on the longest night of the year, the end of daylight saving.

9.30 Ambulance UK. (Mad, R) An asylum seeker struggling with isolation causes concern for the whole service.

10.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGa, R)

A wrongful termination case is investigated.

11.30 FBI: International. (Mv, R)

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

Sunday, March 10

ABC (2)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World

This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30

Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.25 The Cook

And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 4.40 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 5.30 The ABC Of... (PG, R)

6.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R)

6.30 Compass: “Welcome To Gayrabia” With Patrick Abboud. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG) The team joins Naomi in Saint Barnabas.

8.30 House Of Gods. (Ml) Ramadan sees large donations come into the mosque, solving Isa’s immediate cash flow problems.

9.30 Silent Witness. (Mal, R)

An investigative journalist is found dead.

11.25 Harrow. (Mav, R)

12.20 Significant Others. (MA15+s, R) 1.10 Sanditon. (Final, PG, R) 2.00 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Catalyst. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

SBS (3)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.15 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (Ml)

11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PGa)

12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Range Of Motion. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Surf Life Saving. Nutri-Grain Next Gen Series. Highlights.

5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PGa, R)

5.35 WWII Women On The Frontline. (PGa)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Mystery Of The Puzzling Pyramids Egypt. (PGa) Explores the pyramids of Egypt.

8.20 Odysseus Returns. (PG) Part 1 of 2.

10.20 The Day The Rock Star Died: Buddy Holly.

10.50 Mother Tongue. (R)

11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Final stage.

1.05 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. (PGa, R) 2.55 Chernobyl: The New Evidence. (PGa, R) 3.50 21 Kids And Counting. (PGal, R) 4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s

Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30

Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05

Ragdoll. 10.50 Death In Paradise. 11.50 Penn &

Teller: Fool Us. 12.30am Tate Britain’s Great British

Walks. 1.20 Louis Theroux: The City Addicted To Crystal Meth. 2.15 ABC News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG)

12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG,

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6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australian Idol. (PGl) Hosted by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.30 Why Planes Vanish: The Hunt For MH370. (PGa) An in-depth look at Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which disappeared on 8 March 2014.

9.50 What The Killer Did Next: Sabina Nessa. (Mav) Hosted by Philip Glenister.

10.50 Soham: Catching A Killer. (Mav)

11.50 Autopsy USA: Dana Plato. (Mad)

12.50 MOVIE: Jesse Stone: Stone Cold. (2005, Masv, R)

3.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning

5.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 6.00 TVNZ 1News At Six. 6.40 Ocean Wreck Investigation. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Amber Room. 9.20 Fukushima: Nature In The Danger Zone. 10.15 Late Programs.

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6am Paris

Can Wait. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.40 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 8.40 Dr Knock. (2017, PG, French) 10.45 Hive. (2021, M, Albanian) 12.20pm

Everybody Hates Johan. (2022, M, Norwegian) 2.10 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 4.00 Complicity. (2018, PG, Japanese) 6.10 Philadelphia. (1993, PG) 8.30 Room. (2015, M) 10.40 I’m Your Man. (2021, M, German) 12.40am Late Programs.

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls)

8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.45 9News Late.

10.15 Married To A Psychopath. (Mav)

11.15 The First 48: Bad Lick And Red Dawn. (Ma, R)

12.05 Family Law. (Ma, R)

12.55 Building Icons. (R)

2.05 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

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Our Op Shops are a point of community engagement and connection, and raise vital funding for our work with young people and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

(R)

4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R)

5.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 The Weekly

With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.40 Planet America. (R) 12.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 1.00

Tenable. (R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30

Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.20 Kew Gardens:

Season By Season. 11.10 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00

Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10

Death Of The Pyramids. (R) 3.00 Mastermind

Aust. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum

History Bites. (R) 3.35

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Finding Your Roots: Far From Home. (PG)

8.30 The 2010s: Trump – The Disruptor. (Ma) Revisits Donald Trump’s presidency.

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency: Where There’s A Will… (M)

A 15-year-old is rushed to St George’s.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Blanca. (Malv)

11.40 Silent Road. (Ma) 3.30 22 Kids And Counting. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK

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

6am

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad)

7.30 Australian Idol. (PGl) Hosted by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.30 The Oscars. (PGalv, R) A ceremony honouring achievements in filmmaking over the past year, from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Films nominated for Best Picture include Oppenheimer, Barbie PoorThings and Killers of the Flower Moon. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

12.00

MOVIE: Someone Is Watching. (2000, Mlv, R) Stefanie Powers.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls)

6.30 The Sunday Project. Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) When Jesse sets out for a day sailing with his daughter, pirates seize their yacht, take the passengers hostage and attack him, leaving it up to his team to quickly find and rescue his daughter.

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

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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Home Shopping.

6.00

Or No

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

8.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) The team hunts for a young man who used napalm-style bombs to attack his targets.

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

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

Tuesday, March 12

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R)

10.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 11.00

Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News

At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00

Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00

7.30

8.00

NT Pt 2. (PG)

8.30 Better Date Than Never. Allycia gets ready for her first-ever date.

9.00 Whale With Steve Backshall: Ocean Voyagers. (PG) Part 3 of 4.

9.55 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R)

10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Q+A. (R)

12.55 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 2.00 Tenable. (R) 2.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Children’s

Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30

Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30

Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.15 Upstart Crow. 9.45

Double Parked. 10.05 Portlandia. 10.50 Back.

11.15 Would I Lie To You? 11.45 Unprotected Sets.

12.45am No Friend But The Mountains, A Voyage

Through Song. 1.40 ABC News Update. 1.45 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.10 Kew

Gardens: Season By Season. 11.00 Food

Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 The 2010s. (Ma, R)

3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35

The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 The Swap. (PG, R) 5.05

Jeopardy!

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are?

Jodie Whittaker. (PGa, R)

8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi.

9.30 Dateline: A Child Of Gaza. A child’s view of the war in Gaza.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R)

11.05 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. (Malv)

12.00 Miniseries: Bonnie And Clyde. (MA15+v, R) 12.35 Trom. (Mv, R) 3.10 22 Kids And Counting. (PGl, R) 4.05 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 Devoured. 1.30 The Tailings. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.10 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2.35 Cryptoland. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.35 WorldWatch. 6.15 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Vikings: The Rise And Fall. (Premiere) 9.25 Stone Cold Takes On America. 10.15 Late Programs.

6am The Movie Show. 6.30 Comeback. (2015, M, Danish) 8.05 Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. (2002, PG, French) 10.00 I’m Your Man. (2021, M, German) Noon Room. (2015, M) 2.15 Philadelphia. (1993, PG) 4.35 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir. (2018, PG) 6.25 Charade. (1963, PG) 8.30 8

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6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 The Roast Of John Cleese. (M) Hosted by Shane Jacobson.

9.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (Ml) Gordon Ramsay comes to the aid of a Puerto Rican restaurant struggling to keep the business afloat.

10.10 First Dates UK. (Ml) Singles experience the thrills of dating.

11.15 Born To Kill? BTK – Dennis Rader. (MA15+av, R)

12.15 Your Money & Your Life. (PG, R)

12.45 Emerald City. (MA15+hv)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) Feedback Week continues.

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

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Travel Guides NZ. (Mls)

11.30 Family Law. (Mal)

12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.05 Australia’s Top

Ten Of Everything. (PGs, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00

9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Australian Survivor. Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

8.30 NCIS. (M, R) Gibbs and McGee head to Alaska as the team works to uncover the conspiracy behind the serial killer.

10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) A CIA officer and three others are killed.

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 So Help Me Todd. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 The King Of Queens. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6.30

7.00

7.30

8.30

9.05

9.50

10.20

R) 12.30 Grand Designs. (R) 1.20 Tenable. (R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30

7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Australia’s Sleep Revolution. (PGa) Part 2 of 3.

8.30 Hidden Volcano Abyss. (Mal) Takes a look at the devastating 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai.

9.30 Kin. (MA15+lv) Bren’s chaos reaches an apex.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Blinded. (MA15+s)

11.55 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Malv) 3.15 22 Kids And Counting. (PGa, R) 4.10 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R)

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

6am WorldWatch.

10.00 The Movie Show. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30

A. 1.20 Nuts

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG)

7.30 The 1% Club. (PGls) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Talking Footy. A look at the week’s AFL news, hosted by James Brayshaw, Tim Watson, Joel Selwood and Trent Cotchin.

10.30 Take The Steps.

12.30 Parenthood. (PGa, R)

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mad) Crews

to a call for a slashed throat.

8.30 FBI: International. (Md) When an American basketballer suffers a heart attack in a Belgrade strip club, the FBI fly team investigates the possibility of foul play with Zoey McKenna, a new agent appointed by US legal attaché Dandridge.

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Dr Phil. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 So Help Me Todd. 3.00 Rules

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9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

Elector selectors can change team in October

Wonderful to recall the halcyon days of the Mornington Peninsula Shire with “Captain Brian” leading the First Eleven and getting the job done in an honourable and non-political way (History repeats, Letters 27/2/24).

It’s more like the Second Eleven with this latest crop of inexperienced batters and under arm bowlers.

One of the current crop has been dropped already for upsetting the leadership team last year over the use of flags beyond the boundaries (Suspended without apology, The News 27/2/24). That poor member has had to sit it out in the pavilion probably having to do the scoring, cutting up the sour lemons sorry oranges and adjusting the score board

Lots of googlies and foot infringements have been the order of the day and so far the openers have avoided any curved balls or body liners.

As for the number of byes and wide balls unbelievable! It’s been expensive on Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s Second Eleven with quite a few early retirements and political interference. Thank goodness the three openers have gone for the big hit and been stumped by quick action behind the stumps. Experience counts every time.

Time to lick their wounds and take up another sport perhaps. A change of team manager wouldn’t go astray either.

Pre-selection for the First Eleven next October will be a testing time as the selectors, me being one of them, won’t be ticking any of their boxes. After all, they have had enough time to rack up big scores and failed to impress. Time to move on and fresh players given a chance.

Ian Morrison, Mount Eliza

Two for one

Are Rye residents aware that the Minister for Local Government has split Rye into two quite separate wards for the 2024 council elections (Wards new names, new boundaries, The News 21/2/24)? Under the new electoral rearrangement and unlike the large majority of other peninsula communities, Rye will not have one councillor to lobby or to advocate for the community. There will be two separate councillors elected in two different Wards. Each ward councillor will also represent at least three other township communities.

Effectively, Rye will be competing for funding and resources against six townships rather than the three it competes with now.

This decision lacks transparency with no sound rationale for the splitting of Rye. There are no solid numbers presented to understand the reasoning of the Local Government panel (see localgovernment.vic.gov.au/council-governance/ electoral-representation-advisory-panels-eraps).

Community cohesion was not considered, as the panel appeared to work on hypothetical voters for the 2024 elections. They admitted they didn’t know how many non-resident/holiday home ratepayers will register with Council to vote so they guesstimated! There is nothing democratic about marginalising the lobbying ability of a small community like Rye. The Minister urgently needs to reconsider her decision.

Mechelle Cheers

, chair, Rye Community Group Alliance

Naming rights wrong

Mornington Peninsula Shire has put out a survey to choose a name for the soon to be opened southern peninsula youth hub (Aboriginal name for youth hub, The News 20/2/24).

It says 350 young people were asked to choose a name, the only problem was the names had already been selected by shire representatives.

Three Koori names were chosen, all difficult to pronounce and which would not be quickly recognised by young people around the Rosebud area.

There is of course nothing wrong with using Koori names around the area for streets and parks but, if you say you want the public to choose a name, then it should be open for people to choose any name that is appropriate for the hub.

I don’t understand announcing a survey if the names have already been chosen and the young

people actually using the hub have only been given a choice of three names. Who actually chose these names?

Have the users actually been enabled to choose names that they would prefer that would be familiar and instantly describe the purpose of the hub?

If the shire wants to choose the name themselves please don’t pretend any member of the public or young people were really involved in this choice. Anne Lee, St Andrews beach

Money not ‘available’

How quickly they forget – or do they? [Flinders MP] Zoe McKenzie in her latest Peninsula Post [newsletter], suggests that the current government has cancelled the Jetty Road flyover funding. No way. Her predecessor several times – more than twice - promised that if he was re-elected, he would ensure that the funding ($150m 10 years ago) was provided. Three elections later, he “implied” that $75m had been approved, saying that the state government could find the extra $75m.

A short lesson in federal government financing is needed here. Funds in a budget are not available until the project has been approved and then committed into a contract. Any time prior to that they can be reallocated. There are many more projects seeking funds than funds available

The $75m was not approved and therefore not committed. It was part of a very large wish list, to be approved or not according to the political will of the government of the day.

Flinders has been a safe seat forever, so the Liberal government had no intention of improving those funds, they were just an election sweetener.

The same would be so of those other items that found themselves cancelled.

Ken Norris, McCrae

Propaganda, not news

I received the latest edition of the Peninsula Post, a “newspaper” produced by Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie, in my post this week.

What a shameful piece of propaganda produced at great cost to the taxpayer. I believe it’s an affront to the Mornington Peninsula News Group’s newspapers.

A vital element of a healthy democracy is a free and independent media and, in an environment where newspapers are shutting every week across the country, we are lucky to still have local newspapers.

A free and independent media is the most effective means, short of an election, of holding those in power accountable for their decision making.

But Zoe McKenzie is going out of her way, at a huge cost to the taxpayer, to not support her local newspaper, but to produce her own filled with her puff pieces, shrouded as objectivity.

If she believes in democracy she should stop wasting taxpayers’ money and support her local newspaper instead. The newspapers work hard to keep those in power accountable.

Oh, wait, I see the problem.

Craig Jenkins. Tyabb

Misleading figures

The Coalition and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ (FCAI) wild claims about car prices have largely gone unchallenged. They claim, rather disingenuously, the sky will fall if the emissions standards are introduced in Australia.

Ludicrous figures are thrown about suggesting that the prices of SUVs will skyrocket. The Coalition/FCAI are not interested in changing the status quo so have produced a set of figures designed to scare people. The FCAI’s figures assume that the only vehicles that a manufacturer would sell would be fuel guzzling SUVs. No manufacturer would do this, they are not that stupid. They will sell fuel efficient vehicles to balance the emissions of the dirty vehicles which, incidentally, will be much more fuel efficient than those sold here currently. Australia is the dumping ground of dirty vehicles.

The FCAI has simply calculated a worst case totally unrealistic scenario. The Coalition/FCAI

could simply be asked to indicate the other countries around the world where these dramatic increases have occurred. They would be left dumfounded. Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Power questioned

I contend that it is not feasible to use any electric vehicle to tow a caravan or boat on a trip. Towing capacity is definitely not the only criteria (Ute powered up, Letters, 27/2/24).

This very expensive vehicle is typical of large one tonne EV utes: a large battery weighing 885kg, of 131kwh capacity. That’s 131 Kilowatts of power for one hour (not exactly correct but near enough for this exercise). The electric motors can deliver a peak power of 433kw. Should you ever be able to use this peak power by towing a 5.5 tonne load or a heavy caravan in hilly country, the battery would be flat in 18 minutes.

Realistically, highway towing of a van at 100 kph would require an average of perhaps 100 Kilowatts of power from the motor, depending on terrain and van size, giving a realistic range of about 1.3 hours (130km). Without the van, double the range. Roughly.

Very fast highway EV charging stations can pour power into this battery, to 80 per cent capacity in under an hour if you can find one throughout Australia.

Ordinary highway chargers might take hours, shopping centre chargers even longer.

Smaller “family” cars with just a 60 kwh battery, under real life loaded up tests, typically have a range of about 160 km highway; 200 km city, using regenerative braking.

Instead of seeking government handouts and infrastructure to enhance their profits, let the EV industry stand or fall on its merit. Large battery, expensive EVs may be a flop.

Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Nuclear non-option

Given the Coalition’s recent enthusiasm, it’s surprising that nuclear power was not a significant part of its campaign in the Dunkley by-election. Perhaps it’s because the Coalition knows that the location of nuclear power plants will be contentious, and the estimated cost will be huge.

So far, small modular reactors (SMRs) on the sites of coal fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley and on the Surf Coast at Anglesea have been suggested, but only vaguely.

How many SMRs will be needed for this plan?

The capacity of one SMR is less than 300MW, and to replace Victoria’s three remaining coal fired power stations with a total capacity of 4730MW, at least 16 SMRs would be needed.

But where would they be located? Perhaps one at Hastings might be an obvious place. It is at the end of the Mornington Peninsula transmission line and close to the water for cooling the reactor. But it’s likely that drawing water from a Ramsar wetland would not be popular given recent objections to gas and wind projects there. Maybe Sorrento at the other end. Or at Portsea with some additional transmission?

Given SMR’s are not yet commercially avail-

able, and therefore can’t be costed, it’s unlikely we’ll get much reliable information from the Opposition for some time, if ever.

Mike McCabe, Cape Woolamai

Turn down heat

The sun is only responsible for part of our climate (A warmer Earth, Letters, 27/2/24).

Atmosphere is also critical. Atmosphere explains why Venus, the second planet from the sun, has an average temperature of 464C, while Mercury, the first, is “only” 167C.

On Earth, the simple oxygen and nitrogen molecules that make up most of our atmosphere cannot absorb and “reflect” tiny heat waves leaving our planet - but the more complex CO2 can. (Even more complex methane, CH4, is, over 20 years, about 85 times as warming as CO2.)

The almost four billion CO2 molecules added to each litre of our atmosphere by human activities since we commenced burning fossil fuels and flattening forests have recently dramatically changed our climate.

We have shot past the Goldilocks amount of atmospheric CO2 and are into Papa Bear territory. It’s already too hot.

We need to start not just reducing emissions but reducing the existing level of greenhouse gases. Lesley Walker, Northcote

Shooting ban ignored

New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia banned duck hunting decades ago, yet in 2024 Victoria still has a government allowing native waterbirds to be shot (Sadistic amusement, Letters 27/2/24).

Last year, more than 10,000 submissions were incorporated (the most in Victorian parliament’s history) into a public inquiry. The panel recommended an immediate ban on recreational duck hunting. Yet here we are again, on the eve of another hunting season.

Why use public funds and resources to undertake an inquiry if parliamentary decisions are not informed by its findings? Further, the government will use more taxpayer money to facilitate “training” for shooters.

This deeply disappointing outcome on duck hunting highlights that the state government’s allegiances lie with unions over scientific findings, general public sentiment and the conservation of wildlife.

Amy

Hiller, Kew

Politics of fear

One cannot deny Affable Albo has a communication problem, despite his best attempts. And yet, similar to the Trump followers, voters appear to accept the fear politics of Peter Dutton, rental costs, negative gearing and untaxed capital gains, all down to Dutton’s Liberals, conveniently ignored?

Reminds me of those lynch mobs in the old cowboy films, headed by a devious crook with a black hat and moustache.

The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer. In the meantime, in between time, don’t we have fun.

Cliff Ellen, Rye

THE latest Peninsula Post publication being distributed by the office of Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie. See Letters Money not ‘available’ and Propaganda, not news.

Working bee on High School site

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

YESTERDAY afternoon a little event which in years to come will assume historical importance, took place on the old Cranbourne road reserve, when a working-bee, under the direction of Cr. F. H. Wells, commenced the clearing of the site to be occupied by the Frankston High School.

Despite the short notice given, there was a fair muster of people, the ladies, as usual, predominating.

The men will have the opportunity of remedying this state of affairs, as many other “bees” are to be held on the same spot.

The next gathering will take place on Saturday afternoon, 16th March, and it is expected that enthusiasm in the work will grow as the time goes on.

The ladies did not wield spade or axe yesterday, but they came armed with baskets and hampers, filled with delicacies, and in quantities sufficient to feed a small army.

Amongst those present were noticed Mesdames Coxall, Rogerson, James, Barclay, Golds, Harrison, Reynolds and Benson. Many of them brought their knitting and sewing, and while the men levelled the ti-tree and undergrowth the busy fingers of the mothers kept pace with the swing of the mattock.

The men who composed the “bee” were: Cr. F. H. Wells, Messr H. C. Barcley, Silas Oliver, W. B. Cunningham, W. E. Watkins, J. Scarborough and, later in the day, Cr. Gray and Mr. Young. It won’t be the fault of some of the Frankston folk if the erection of

the new High School building is not proceeded with immediately.

Another working-bee will be held at the Frankston cemetery tomorrow (Saturday) after which the energies of the volunteer workers will be entirely devoted to the clearing of the High School site.

An early start will be made with the gardens, and in this connection Cr. Bradbury has made a generous offer to supply the necessary plants from his noted nurseries. ***

MR. G. Patroni, of the Pier Hotel, Frankston, is said to be a good footballer, and will, we understand, play with the Frankston team.

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THE President of the Easter Monday Sports (Mr. J. B. Jolly) is successfully seeking trophies in Melbourne for this popular gathering.

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THE friends of Mr. Will Kay will be pleased to see his son Clarrie about again. He has had a long and severe illness.

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MASTER W. Buckingham is laid aside with rheumatism. All will wish him a speedy recovery.

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THE friends of Mr. A. Davis, of Kars Street, Frankston, will be pleased to know that his wife, who has been in a private hospital for some weeks, is now making progress towards recovery.

THE many friends of Cr. H. J. McCulloch will regret to learn that he is seriously ill, and has been removed to Sister Creswick’s private hospital,

where he is being attended by Dr. Maxwell.

It appears that Cr. McCulloch contracted a chill while out on a duck shooting exhibition. He treated his indisposition rather lightly until more serious symptoms developed, and he was compelled to take to his bed.

We sincerely trust that he will soon be about again and able to resume active participation in public affairs. ***

MR. Willie Spencer, the champion rider of USA, accompanied by his wife and Mr. J. Cross, handicapper of the League of Victorian Wheelmen, paid us a visit last weekend, and spoke very highly of our foreshore.

The visitors were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Wrigglesworth.

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WHILE passing along Young Street Frankston, a few days ago, our representative saw a motor cycle and side car being driven towards Playne Street, when, without any apparent reason, it altered its course, and charged one of the gum trees at the side of the street.

When approached, the rider said that the steering gear had jammed, and caused him to swerve. He had, however, shut off, and beyond a little bending, not much harm resulted. ***

Parents Must Warn Their Children

In one brief moment a young life is cut off. Oh, the tragedy lying behind it!

And whilst no amount of advice can bring back that bright, young spirit, if anything can be either said or done that will prevent another happening of this kind, it would indeed be well

worth while.

However, one cannot fail to notice the many narrow escapes some children run.

Often this is from want of thought, and the children are not truly seized of the danger they run when playing in open roadways, where vehicles, motors, and others are continually driving.

All drivers have at some time or other had experience of youngsters who will stand in the road waving their arms, and practically defying the oncoming vehicle, and in numerous instances accidents have only been avoided by the driver having to pull up almost on top of one of the youngsters.

However, with the advent of the motor, it is a much more difficult matter – even when brakes and all other gear is quite all right.

If then accidents are to be avoided, parents and guardians must warn their children of the dangers of the road. They must be taught to cross the road quickly when they have to cross, and on no account play or loiter in the road itself.

If the danger is so impressed on the minds of the children while they are young, we feel sure that – while accidents may not be entirely avoided – it will certainly have a tendency to reduce them to a minimum. ***

FRANKSTON COURT Before Messrs C. W. Grant (chairman), C. Gray, P. Wheeler and J. Brown, J.’sP. William King was charged with having travelled between Caulfield and Moorooduc on January 25, in a

first-class compartment, being the holder of second-class ticket.

King, who pleaded guilty, said he had taken a second class ticket, and was travelling with his luggage in the guard’s van.

At Frankston he got out, and while walking along the platform, met a friend, who invited him into his carriage.

After they had something to eat the train went on, and he did not notice that it was a first class carriage.

Defendant was fined 10/-, and 7/6 costs.

Frederick Walter Pain was proceeded against by the Electricity Commission for an infringement of one of the rules of the Commission, to wit, employing a “C” grade license man, not being under constant supervision of an “A” or “B” grade man.

Frank Percy Sawyer, prosecuting officer, of the Commission, said that on the 6th day of August defendant had employed Athol Muir McComb, at Pratt’s Buildings, Frankston, there being no “A” or “B” grade license man there all day.

Mr. L. C. Jones, instructed by Messrs. McPherson and Kelly, who appeared for Pain, contended that no offence had been committed.

After a lengthy hearing the Bench, however, considered that a technical offence had been proved, and inflicted a fine of 10/-, with 15/- costs.

Cr. Gray did not adjudicate in this case.

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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 5 & 7 Mar 1924

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Tennis elbow shock relief

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

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

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

Practice owner, Paul Rowson says “Shockwave Therapy is often useful, because the common extensor origin is a connective tissue, not a muscle. It puts a significant shockwave through the tissues you apply it to. It is a pressure wave which brings blood flow to the area. Tendons and connective tissue do not have much blood supply and can take a long time to heal. Shockwave artificially stimulates the healing of the tendon.”

Shockwave therapy can also be used on Achilles tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis, golfer’s elbow, and rotator cuff tendon problems, and is usually most effective on long term chronic problems, rather than acute injuries.

Both physios say, Shockwave is not the first line of treatment for injured patients.

Physiotherapy and graded exercise are more likely in the first instance, but for more stubborn conditions, shockwave has shown good results. “The evidence at the moment suggests between three to five treatments are required, but most people should see an improvement within three sessions. It has a success rate up to 90%,’’ Thomas says.

The Shockwave therapy is administered for a three-minute period to the affected area during consecutive weekly appointments. “It is a bit of an uncomfortable sensation” Thomas says, “like most physio hands-on treatments with a little discomfort during the treatment. Rowson says “After each session, most people get a significant reduction of pain and symptoms.

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

“Probably the best thing is, the effects are long lasting. It stops a lot of people having more invasive things like surgery or injections. The treatment is considered safe, but can produce skin reddening or bruising, short term pain, and cannot be used on people taking blood thinning medications or with bleeding disorders.”

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

Shockwave is now available in Balnarring. Call in and speak to the physios to see if it suits your condition.

Tennis Elbow

Right arm, lateral (outside) side

Physiotherapist, Liam Thomas. Picture: Yanni

THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS AT MPRG

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MORNINGTON Peninsula Regional Gallery has three new exhibitions on display until 12 May. Contemporary art, design and fashion come together in the JamFactory travelling exhibition New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design, that celebrates creative collaboration, sustainability and the versatility of textile craft through storytelling and conceptual ideas. There are more than 30 creatives and 10 commissioned works including from Ikuntji Artists, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos, Grace Lillian Lee and Romance Was Born.

New Wave 24, is an annual showcase of incredibly talented local VCE and VCE VET students, and an important platform to support our next generation of emerging artists. There is also an exhibition of Flindersbased weaver Emma Shepherd. Using yarns collected from all around the world, she reflects on the deeper history of fibre, its role in human history and weaving's legacy as humanity's earliest algorithms. This exhibition presents a selection of recent works which embed pine needles, horsehair and bark taken from Shepherd’s immediate surrounds.

Alongside the exhibitions are curator talks, a weaving workshop with Emma Shepherd, an upcycled textiles workshop with Mt Martha local Angelia Dixon and school holiday workshops for primary school aged students. Entries for MPRG’s biennial National Works on Paper (NWOP) prize are open until 5 April. This major award attracts leading artists from across the country working with paper. MPRG is also facilitating the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Artist in Residence program at Police Point, Portsea. They currently have an EOI out for creative practitioners to undertake

residencies during 2024. See their website for further information on how to apply for either of these opportunities.

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CELTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH A COUNTRY FEEL

PREPARE to be immersed in the rich melodies of Celtic music as the Melbourne Celtic Festival On Tour makes its way to Frankston. Fresh from the success of its sold-out 2023 event and riding high on the waves of the 2024 Festival, this showcase promises an unforgettable evening filled with foot-stomping rhythms and the unmistakable warmth of Celtic culture.

Following this year’s festival on 16-17 March, a carefully curated lineup of talented performers is bringing their magic to the Frankston Arts Centre.

Headlining the event is international guest artist Chloe Matharu, a nominee for Scots Singer of the Year. Hailing from the picturesque West Coast of Scotland, Chloe is not only a captivating singer and songwriter but also a harpist with a unique perspective as a Navigational Officer in the Merchant Navy. Her music offers a glimpse into the modern life of a seafarer, blending ethereal melodies with innovative storytelling. Accompanying Chloe is the award-winning Australian band Austral, a quartet renowned for their energetic performances featuring Irish pipes, lively fiddling, soulful journeying songs, vibrant foot percussion, and the distinct sound of the didgeridoo.

The stage will also come alive with the groundbreaking sounds of Melbourne’s all-female Irish trio, Bhan Tre, and the fresh, dynamic tunes of up-and-coming Celtic stars, Apolline.

This immersive show promises to evoke a range of emotions, from reaching for the tissues to jumping out of your seat in equal measure. Melbourne Celtic Festival On Tour will be at Frankston Arts Centre on Friday 22 March, 8pm. Tickets available at thefac.com. au or on 03 9784 1060.

A THREE-day Guitar Fest will be held at the Peninsula Beer Garden, Boneo over the 9 to 11 March long weekend.

The brainchild of peninsula-based musician Steve Myles, who has spearheaded a program to revive live music on the peninsula and give seasoned and aspiring musicians a platform, the event will feature local, interstate and international guitarists and support musicians.

The line-up includes Geoff Achison, blues player Anna Sconti and peninsula-based Ocean Pulse, a group that takes inspiration

and international artists,” Myles said. Also heading to Peninsula Beer Garden on 17 March are The Songbirds. With extraordinary three-part harmonies, The SongBirds is a supergroup comprising three of the world’s finest vocalists: MexicanAmerican Erica Canales - a long time touring member of The Killers. US-based recent Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award winner, Gaby Moreno and Australian-born powerhouse Dannielle De Andrea also “The Voice” behind John Farnham, Ariana Grande and Jackson Browne.”

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The Return of the Tennis Menace

By Stuart McCullough

WHAT luck! I was mowing the back lawn, down the back near the shed, where the hydrangeas are constantly threatening to take over completely, when I found it. It was lying in some long(ish) grass, a perfect, yellow sphere. Picking it up, I could see that a brand-new tennis ball had found its way into the yard. It was as if it had dropped down from heaven itself.

I took it as a sign. Having been gifted a brandnew tennis ball, I would now devote myself to becoming a tennis player. All I needed now were tennis shoes, tennis socks, tennis shorts, a tennis shirt, tennis hat, a tennis racquet, a tennis court and a tennis net and I’d have all the gear you need to play tennis. Granted, that sounds like a lot, but it all means nothing without a tennis ball, which I had. Without a tennis ball, all those other things are for naught.

Truth be told, I didn’t just find a brand-new tennis ball. I also picked up two lemons and a pingpong ball in near-pristine condition – but I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, at least where the lemons are concerned, so I’m ignoring them for the minute to focus on my tennis career. It’s going incredibly well.

It’s not as though I’m starting from scratch. For a time when I was a teenager, I took tennis lessons. I don’t know why – it’s not as though we had a tennis court, so the opportunity to practice between lessons was essentially non-existent. I’m not sure if my parents saw some potential in me or it was some kind of joke, but I took tennis lessons for a couple of years.

There are several reasons why the Tyabb Tennis Court has never hosted the Australian Open. Firstly, there’s no seating to speak of, which makes it hard to sell tickets. There was a clubhouse of sorts, which I remember as the kind of structure you’d expect to find attached to an onsite van at a mid-range caravan park.

Immediately behind the clubroom, there was

the Frankston to Stony Point train line which was both a good and a bad thing. If the words ‘close to public transport’ are considered a positive, the Club couldn’t have been any closer without the risk of being cleaned up by the 4:45 limited express to Frankston. On the downside, any overly- ambitious lob was destined to sail over the clubhouse and land smack bang in the middle of the tracks. Which is awkward. It’s hard to imagine Novak or Daniil slipping through the hole in the fence to retrieve a lob that’s landed in between the sleepers.

When I first started playing tennis, I was terrible. After a couple of years of lessons and lots of effort, I remained terrible and as a reward for this

extraordinary feat of consistency, I no longer had to go to lessons. I’m not sure whether this was a decision of my parents or at the invitation of the coach, but either way I was off the hook.

I retired my racket – a heavy, lumbering object made of wood that looked as though it could have been used by Bjorn Borg sometime in 1975. Whereas the rest of the tennis world had moved on to exciting, lightweight rackets made of graphite, my tennis racket was an old piece of timber that may once have been a chair. It has remained in a closet at my father’s house ever since.

I came out of retirement briefly. My brother owned a house that had a tennis court and, naturally enough, every family function from that

point on included some kind of tennis tournament. Given that I had had lessons from someone who, if not a professional, had at least watched an entire tennis match from start to finish, I fancied my chances. To put it mildly, I was extremely confident, especially given I was in my midtwenties and was pitted against my twelve-yearold cousin. It was hardly fair.

The score line told the story – six games to love. That’s not a result so much as it is a crime scene, with dignity falling victim to a fatal attack. Besides, all’s fair in six love and war. Job done; I trotted up to the net to shake my cousin’s tiny hand. ‘Good game’, I said, trying to sound as encouraging as possible. ‘Sorry for beating you,’ my twelve-year-old cousin replied. At that point, I told her that there was something in my eye before excusing myself for some time out in the caravan behind the shed. I tried to compose myself but, such was my state of mind, I only ended up composing ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber instead. I retired immediately.

All great sport stories require a comeback. Mostly, they involve a return from injury or a bad patch of form. But never, in the history of sports, has there been a comeback by someone who started out rubbish, didn’t so much as lift a tennis racket for the best part of three decades and then returned to the sport in middle age, taking out a grand slam. This, clearly, was my destiny.

Clutching my new tennis ball, I stood in front of the hydrangea bush, half expecting it to burst into flames or, better still, for an arm clutching my tennis racket to reach out to present it to me, like Arthur’s Excalibur, but nothing happened. Using a spatula I found resting on the patio couch, I bounced the ball a couple of times before it hit an edge, rolled off the porch and under the deck, where it now resides with everything else we’ve lost and will probably never see again. My great tennis comeback was over before it even had a chance to begin. Anyone for ping pong?

stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Red Hill wins a close one, Seaford holds on

By Brodie Cowburn

PROVINCIAL

RED Hill picked up a thrilling win over Long Island during the final over of play last Saturday.

Long Island scored 229 on day one of the match. Red Hill’s run chase got off to a good start - opener Luke Jackson led from the front with a halfcentury.

The rest of Red Hill’s batters made decent starts, but couldn’t convert their scores into big totals. Some good bowling by Matt Shimmell helped to stop Red Hill’s momentum.

An unbeaten knock of 27 by James O’Connell with his side eight wickets down won the game for Red Hill. They got over the line in the final over with only two wickets to spare.

Pines bowled Baden Powell out for 200 on Saturday to defend their day one total of 254. Langwarrin wrapped up a good win over Old Peninsula, and Heatherhill avoided outright defeat against Sorrento.

PENINSULA

ROSEBUD batted well on Saturday to chase down a target of 187.

Rosebud was up against Somerville at Olympic Park. Somerville was bowled out for 187 on day one - Patrick Nagel took five wickets on the day.

Rosebud continued to apply pressure on day two. Scott Hayes raced out of the blocks with a quickfire knock of 20. He was supported by fellow opener Samuel Jones, who went

on to score 70 from 114 deliveries. Rosebud reached their target after 58 overs.

At Emil Madsen Reserve, Baxter fell well short of their target against Mt Eliza.

On day one, Mt Eliza scored an impressive total of 273. Baxter only scored 180 on day two, dooming them to a comprehensive defeat.

Dromana wrapped up a victory over Moorooduc on Saturday. Mornington also put the finishing touches on a win over Seaford Tigers.

DISTRICT

CRIB Point fell short against Seaford last weekend. The Magpies were chasing 289 to win on Saturday. Opener Matthew

Blake batted for most of the day - he faced more than 200 deliveries before falling agonisingly short of his century. Blake was run out for 99. Crib Point collapsed from 5/203 to all out for 242. They lost by 57 runs. Jacob Foxwell and Bailey Hoysted each took four wickets for Seaford. Balnarring were dominant winners at home over Delacombe Park last

weekend. Carrum Downs and Main Ridge were winners over Flinders and Carrum respectively.

SUB DISTRICT

HASTINGS and Ballam Park went down to the wire on Ballam Park’s home turf last weekend.

On day one Ballam Park was bowled out for 247. Hastings’ run chase got off to a good start - Nathan Gardiner put 51 runs on the board to put his side in a good spot.

Hastings had trouble maintaining their momentum throughout the afternoon. Ballam Park skipper Will Borthwick took four wickets to keep the home side in the hunt.

Ryan Lowe tore through the tail end to wrap up the win for Ballam Park. Hastings was bowled out for 236, 11 runs short of a result.

Mt Martha piled on the runs against Boneo on the weekend.

Boneo was bowled out for just 175 on day one. Mt Martha met their target, and didn’t stop there. After 111 overs they finished up their innings at 7/456.

Mt Martha opener Evan Williams scored 177, with 27 boundaries. Ben Stallworthy scored a century of his own - he smashed 116 runs from 198 balls.

Rye beat Tootgarook in a close one on Saturday. Frankston YCW got the better of Pearcedale, and Skye rounded out the winners list with a victory over Tyabb.

Dolphins go down in a close contest practice match

By Will Jeffares

VFL

DESPITE a promising fightback, Frankston fell to a four-point defeat to the Northern Bullants as part of the VFL’s Standalones Practice Match Carnival on Saturday afternoon at Kinetic Stadium.

A slow start, in which the visitors opened a 23-point buffer at quarter time, and inaccuracy in front of goal proved costly for the Dolphins despite more than doubling the Bullants’ scoring shots and getting the game back on their terms after the first break.

After quarter time, Frankston were able to move the ball much quicker, with an intent to link up from defence to attack as they chipped away at the margin. However, despite goals from Noah Gown and Josh Butland in the final term, the visitors held on to claim the victory.

Although the result wasn’t in the Dolphins’ favour, Head Coach Jackson Kornberg said the side was able to take plenty of positives away from the hit-out.

“Whilst the scoreboard shows we lost by a handful of points, I think there’s a heap of positives to come out of it,” Kornberg said.

“Particularly from our ball movement point of view. I thought we moved it with real speed and aggression which is what we want to do.

“Defensively, probably in the first quarter, we sat off a fair bit and allowed the Bullants to move the ball how they wanted to.

“I thought after quarter time we responded and adapted. I thought it was a really positive showing after quarter time, obviously, we didn’t get the result we wanted but still, a lot to take out of it.”

George Grey was one of many positives for the Dolphins, with the former Casey Demon putting his foot skills and decision-making to great use when switching from defence to attack, something that also impressed Kornberg.

“I think ‘George’ has had a sensational last 12 weeks of pre-season and his games. He’s a real leader for us down back, he uses the ball really well and makes really strong decisions,” Kornberg said.

“He creates a lot off half-back and he’s still learning the position, he’s still learning the craft. He hasn’t played half-back prior to this year but he’s growing every week and we love having George at the club.”

Kornberg also highlighted the performances of two fellow defenders, key defender Max Williams and half-back Tyson Milne, as well as welcoming back Colby Nayna, who returned for Frankston against the Bullants after a lengthy layoff.

“Max Williams, I thought was positive down back. He plays that last line and I thought he stopped a lot of attacks. First quarter I thought we were a bit shaky, and he really stood up for the rest of the game,” he said.

“Tyson Milne as well. His run and drive off half-back. He did the same thing when he was at ‘Sandy’ (Sandringham Zebras) and that’s why we

had a look at him to bring him across to the club and I thought he was good and I thought he was composed with the ball and made really good decisions today.

“There’s a few boys who were played on modified game time as well like Colby Nayna who came back in and he hadn’t played for a long time so it’s good to see ‘Colbs’ get some minutes in.

“There were some good performers across the day. ‘George’, I thought he was super and the other two as well.”

The Dolphins will now turn their attention to Williamstown for their final practice match next Friday at Kinetic Stadium, with the sides to meet again just weeks later in Round 1 of the VFL season, a situation that Kornberg and his side are relishing.

“For us, we’re just trying to maximise and prioritise synergy with the boys. Get the guys playing together as much as they can, get them playing our brand of footy as much as they can,” Kornberg said.

“I personally think it’s a great result to play Williamstown in the practice match and then get them round one. You get a really good look at them, see the personnel, see how they’re playing and then to be able to back up again two weeks later at the same ground on the same evening I reckon is really exciting for our boys.”

The two sides will take each other on at 7:30 pm on Friday evening at Kinetic Stadium as the final lead-up to the VFL season.

Final score: Frankston 6.17 (53) Northern Bullants 9.2 (56).

Got him: Mt Eliza Wicket Keeper Jean-Luc Talbot celebrates catching Jacob Hutchison off one of Anthony Cleary’s balls. Picture: Paul Churcher

Jason

Can Seaford bridge the gap?

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

SEAFORD United hopes that an influx of new players will bridge the gap between a top four finish and promotion.

Paul Williams’ men narrowly missed out on reclaiming their State 4 status last season when they lost their State 5 promotion play-off 3-2 to Old Melburnians.

The locals went into that contest without key players Cory Osorio (work commitments), Josh Vega (illness) and Sam Luxford (injured) and a penalty in the final minute of normal time proved their undoing.

After the season Williams and assistant coach Steven Keenan assessed the outcome and agreed that fitness and depth needed to be addressed.

“They were the two key areas we felt we needed to build on,” Williams said.

“As soon as we took out key players the standard of the side dropped and I think the play-off game demonstrated that.

“We’ve probably got about 30 people who can play senior football but at the top end calibre of players it would be good to add one maybe two more.”

So far the recruitment net has been cast far and wide.

Ten of the 12 newcomers to the senior squad are Backi Barakzoi, Wisey Barakzoi and Adis Plecic (all from Casey Panthers), Mitch Hawkins (Mount Martha), Jacob Hoskins (Donny Hall Cross FC, England), Charley Hunt (ex-Mornington and Baxter), Lewis Tomlinson, Owen McDougall (Rosebud), Beau Sharpe (Rosebud) and Matt Cobb (Peninsula Strikers).

Isaac Lifu has been promoted to the senior squad and English defender Saj Sri is expected to sign this week.

Last Friday night Seaford looked good in the first half against Heatherton United especially in transition.

Heatherton plays two divisions higher than Seaford and once Heatherton made changes in the second half and introduced players with NPL and State 2 experience it ran out a convincing 6-1 winner.

But that result didn’t faze Williams.

“We’ve been working on patterns of play for a while and I think you could see that coming through in the first half.

“I remain confident. I’m always confident.

“I think a lot of teams (in State 5)

have recruited well and we’ve got a couple of new teams (Cleeland United and Endeavour Hills Fire) there as well so it’s going to be very, very competitive again.”

The Barakzois in midfield and defender Hoskin are seen as key newcomers and are expected to have a major impact.

“We’ve set out standards and if we maintain them we’ll be there or thereabouts,” Williams added.

“I can’t say any more than that because there are too many unknowns but I’m looking forward to this season and I can assure you that the players are too.”

In VPL1 news Langwarrin started a six-game streak away from home with a come-from-behind win on Saturday to beat Caroline Springs George Cross 2-1.

Blustery conditions weren’t conducive to free-flowing interpassing and despite enjoying the bulk of possession George Cross couldn’t find a breakthrough in the first half.

Two minutes into the second period Langy should have taken the lead but after a quick interchange between Tom Youngs and Dante Avian the latter chipped the ball to the back post

only to watch Archie Macphee head over.

Langy keeper James Burgess did well to parry Nicholas Sette’s strike from the right of the area in the 65th minute but four minutes later he could do little to stop Jordan Tucker’s glancing header following a corner swung in to the near post.

Now Langwarrin had to chase the game and its cause was helped by a studs-up lunge from big Joseph AlooPeters that scythed down Langy substitute James Kelly.

Referee Daniel Isaac immediately brandished a red card and the home side was on the back foot.

Four goals in four minutes swung the contest in the visitors’ favour.

In the 82nd minute another Langy substitute, Joe O’Brien, got a vital touch to a Luke Goulding cross from the right and it was 1-1.

In the 86th minute Youngs was felled inside the area and from the resultant penalty he sent Georgies’ keeper Aydin Sayan the wrong way to make it 2-1 and maintain Langwarrin’s early-season momentum.

In other news former Baxter head coach and Langwarrin technical director Stephen Fisher is heading back

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to familiar surroundings at Monterey Reserve.

Fisher played junior and senior football with Frankston Pines and can’t wait to return.

On Friday 17 May he’ll play a prominent role in the round 8 clash between Pines and Heatherton United as Fisher now is Heatherton’s senior assistant. Here are the results of last week’s friendlies involving local clubs: Somerville reserves 2 (Jakob Gurney, Ewan Barford) Mount Martha 3 (Max Keogh, Gerry McAleer, Lenny Tate); Brandon Park reserves 1 Somerville Eagles 3 (Jaden Taberner 2, Corey Riddle); Mornington 2 (Ryan Paczkowski, Rory Currie) Boroondara-Carey Eagles 5; Monbulk 1 Peninsula Strikers 3 (Taylan Geylan, Tom Wood, Wayne Gordon); Seaford Utd 1 (Josh Vega) Heatherton Utd 6; Frankston Pines 1 (Ardi Ahmeti) Skye Utd 5 (Nhan Than 2, Marcus Collier, George Jeffs, Daniel Attard); Baxter 7 (Liam Baxter 3, Aleks Dukic, Jack Elliott, Aaran Currie, Dan Disseldorp) Falcons 2000 1; Lilydale Montrose Utd 6 Chelsea 3 (Christian Murray 2, Daniel Vella); Somerville Eagles 1 (Marcus Anastasiou) Albert

Park 1; Ringwood City 2 Mentone 0; Mount Martha 0 East Bentleigh 2; Knox City reserves 1 Rosebud 4 (Mark Pagliarulo, Luke Dennis, Dougie Cunnison, Jacob Markulin); Aspendale 6 (Jared Kilmartin 2, Ben Garside, James Macnab, Lewis Marco, Mathew Bruce) Keysborough 1. Here are some upcoming friendlies:

Thursday 7 March:

Peninsula Strikers reserves v Rosebud, Centenary Park, 6.15pm.

Saturday 9 March:

Somerville Eagles v Blackburn NewHope, Westernport Athletics Track, 11am & 1pm. Here are this weekend’s Dockerty Cup third round ties:

Thursday 7 March:

Chelsea v Mount Eliza, Edithvale Recreation Reserve, 7.30pm.

Saturday 9 March:

Skye Utd v Fawkner, Comets Stadium (pitch 2) 3.30pm; Mazenod v Mornington, Comets Stadium (pitch 1), 1pm; Lalor Utd v Peninsula Strikers, HR Uren Reserve, 11am; Clifton Hill v Frankston Pines, Quarries Park, 3pm.

Major makeover: Seaford United’s Mitch Hawkins (left) just one of 12 new senior squad players and head coach Paul Williams.

Pictures: Darryl Kennedy

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY HANGOUT

(Top Oval stalls & top zone near the Flowers, Fruit & Veggie Pavilion)

Visit our ENVIRONMENTAL exhibits as part of this new initiative spearheaded by Repower Mornington Peninsula Explore alternative energy sources such as solar, sit in an electric vehicle and discover how we can make a difference to our environment Sites include: Solargain, Kia, BMW, Good Car Co, Monsol, All Electric Homes, Landcare and much more

MP SHIRE INTERACTIVE & INFORMATION:

Up in the Envirozone you will find the Shire s Sustainability Marquee

Come and chat to our educators about the range of compost rebates available for residents and see the systems we have on offer, meet the worms up close with a digital microscope and pedal yourself a free smoothie with Bike n Blend - sponsored by Rocky Creek Strawberry Farm

Repower have our home energy kits on display, as well as induction cooktops where Open Table will hold free cooking demonstrations at 11am, 12pm and 1pm!

SOUTHERN BANDICOOT KIDS COLOURING: ACF Mornington is championing the threatened Southern Brown Bandicoot To raise the profile of our little friend we are holding a colouring competition with prizes for under 6yo, 6-10yo and over 10yo categories Entries completed at home prior to the event and submitted at the stall, or done on the day at our stall where colouring materials will be provided

HABITAT RESTORATION FUND: Habitat Restoration Fund invites you to their marquee for chats about their campaigns, open days and answer questions on what you can do to help in your own backyard

THANKS TO OUR MAJOR

WILLUM WARRAIN COMMUNITY SPONSOR:

100% Aboriginal community-owned bush nursery specialising in local indigenous plants from the Mornington Peninsula Plants for sale have cultural uses and meanings for Aboriginal peoples in South East Australia We are the only Aboriginal-run nursery retail and wholesale nursery south of Melbourne open to the public We seek not to just sell plants but share cultural knowledge - every plant has its own dreaming

MORNINGTON RACECOURSE

SUNDAY 31 MARCH

MPNG Mornington Easter returns to Mornington Racecourse on Sunday 31 March for an egg-ceptional day of racing & family festivity.

The grounds will transform into a spectacle of carnivalesque action & family-friendly entertainment with unlimited rides, facepainting, Chairoplane adventures, cup & saucer spins, merry-go-rounds & more!

What’s more, the annual Camp Quality Easter Egg Hunt is on for the little ones, with thousands of delicious Easter Eggs hidden across the Front Lawn waiting to be found!