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Year of luck after double cross win YOU can’t keep a good man down – as Matthew Papadimitriou, 19, of Rowville, left, proved when he won the race for the wooden cross for the second year in a row at Wednesday’s Blessing of the Waters off Rye pier.

According to Greek Orthodox beliefs he will receive 12 months’ good luck and prosperity as a reward.

The traditional event followed a Eucharistic blessing at the Orthodox Church in Red Hill, with a priest leading a procession along the pier for the day’s action.

A festival of music and dancing enlivened the foreshore afterwards.

The ceremony celebrates the Epiphany, or baptism of Christ, which draws hundreds of eager young men to the pier each January.

In the ceremony, a cross is thrown into the water in a ritual representing physical and spiritual cleansing.

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Faulty power lines fuel fire fears David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au FIREFIGHTERS in the Main RidgeRed Hill area are alarmed that the succession of fires starting under powerlines will continue through the next several months, into the drier high-risk fire period.

The big fear of some is that the next fire in the sequence of the eight or so blazes in the area so far – blamed on faulty bundled cabling currently now being replaced – will occur in dense bush and not be noticed until it has be-

come a serious menace.

“I can’t sleep on these windy nights, when conditions are right to set off the fires,” one veteran said. “So far they have been brought under control quickly. But it’s just been a matter of luck.

“How long will our luck last? When will a fire start at night in a remote area and really get going before it’s spotted?”

Faulty insulation has been blamed for the fires, which appear to occur when heat from the cables causes the aerial bundled cable (ABC) lines liter-

ally to explode, dumping hot material on the ground and starting the fires.

The fire-fighting volunteer, who did not want to be named, said United Energy, responsible for Victoria’s electricity poles and wires, had not responded to fireys’ questions about the outbreaks. Volunteers are now keeping records of these fires in case evidence is required for any subsequent inquiry.

The volunteer said no fires had occurred under the old style single strand wiring. “It’s only the bundled stuff, it seems,” he said. “Lots of blokes in the crews replacing it are pretty browned

off – we believe the insulation changes colour from black to grey when it’s exposed to sunlight.”

United Energy contractors have been seen using what they have told fireys is a heat-detecting device to examine possibly faulty lines, he said. “But this is a 10-year program and it’s barely under way.”

Main Creek residents wrote to United Energy last November about the fires, demanding that the company “maintain and preserve all records in relation to the acquisition and purchase of [the apparently faulty power lines],

and in respect of any fires that might occur as a result of the failure of such power lines”.

As previously reported (“No quick fix for power grid”, The News 15/12/15) many of the cables are estimated to be up to 30 years old. It is believed only a fraction of the work will be done by the end of this bushfire season with the remainder being done on a priority basis by 2020.

But some bundled cables in the Red Hill area that have gone up in the past four or five years are among the wiring being replaced.

Checks ‘ease risk’ Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au UNITED Energy is increasing inspections to find faulty power lines in a bid to reduce the risk of fires.

Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio announced the increased when responding to calls to “urgently replace” faulty aerial bundled cabling (ABC) at Main Ridge and Red Hill.

The cabling has already been blamed for a number of fires in the area.

Nepean MP Martin Dixon in state parliament in December urged the minister and cable supplier United Energy to install new cables “before this fire season”.

On Friday Ms D’Ambrosio said the government “takes the risk of power lines causing fire very seriously”.

“In the short term, I am making sure Energy Safe Victoria works closely with United Energy to ensure steps are in place to reduce the risk of vegetation fires this summer,” she said.

“This includes activating more sensitive protection settings on local lines, developing and implementing a system to accurately locate line faults faster, and more frequent inspections and patrols of the HV ABC.” Mr Dixon said United Energy had committed to replace wiring to the most at risk locations by September this year.

“This is a vast improvement on the fiveyear timeframe initially being quoted,” he said.

Under normal circumstances the cabling is bundled together and coated in insulation to mitigate the fire risk. However, it appears a faulty batch was installed in heavily wooded areas of Main Ridge and Red Hill, causing at least six fires before summer.

Mr Dixon told The News the Main Ridge CFA Brigade and a number of home owners in the area “have come to me because the insulation around this cabling is melt-

ing away, falling to the ground and starting fires”.

“This has happened in winter and spring, so you can imagine in the summer season with high winds … those fires could very quickly get away,” he said.

He said identifying priority locations for cable replacement would be based on CFA assessments.

United Energy – which owns the peninsula’s poles and wires – had earlier agreed the risk of fires was unacceptable and said it would take 10 years to replace them.

“I really think that with the fire season approaching, the lack of rainfall, and the fact that the fires have already been starting as a result of what is a recognised issue, this needs to be addressed urgently,” Mr Dixon said.

Mr Dixon’s pleas were prompted by concerned residents who wrote to United Energy stating there “was evidence that the ABC power lines are faulty and explode periodically causing fires”. (The News, 15/12/2015).

They said a bushfire on 9 November was “a consequence of a failure of your power lines in Main Creek Rd”.

United Energy last week confirmed that the Main Ridge and Red Hill ABC cables were installed in 2006 using cable introduced into Victoria in the 1990s.

Described as a heavy duty insulated cable, it was designed to reduce the risk of bushfires being caused by vegetation coming into contact with bare wires in heavily vegetated areas.

Samantha Porter, of United Energy, said that although the cabling “has had an extremely low failure rate, UE has noticed an increase in faults in certain areas so has accelerated a program to replace the ABC with a cable of different design”.

“The new cable we are using in the replacement program has been designed to eliminate the mode of failure of the existing cable.”

Birthday greetings: Reg Craig, left, with Greg Hunt during a lunch to mark Mr Craig’s 100th birthday.

Birthday treat as MP sings for Magpies AT 100, Reg Craig is still a force to be reckoned with.

While celebrating his 100th birthday friends recalled his advocacy work within the community and saw proof of his power when Flinders MP Greg Hunt sang along to the Collingwood Football Club’s theme song.

Mr Hunt had popped in to the lunch on 27 December at Rosebud Country Club to congratulate Mr Craig and present him with his certificate. Mr Craig also received a letter from the Queen and the Prime Minister.

At the lunch Mr Hunt thanked Mr Craig for his service to the Rosebud community over the past 40 years, especially for his work at Regis The Grange aged care centre, where he now lives.

Mr Craig has been an advocate for residents at the West Rosebud centre for many years and in 2013, at 97, was instrumental in having the community bus stop relocated and ensuring a bus shelter was erected

by Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Mr Hunt said he was “amazed” at Mr Craig’s fitness and “impressed” by his “ongoing dedication to helping others in the community, even in his twilight years”.

Mr Hunt also admitted to the occasion being the first time he had sung along to the Collingwood theme song, a favourite of Mr Craig’s, long-time Magpie supporter.

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Danger area: The fate of a clutch of hooded plover eggs at Koonya beach was set aside for a while on 31 December by wildlife photographer Glenn Ehmke when surfers came to the rescue of a man who had been swept out to sea.

Trio hailed as heroes after surf rescue THREE men battled for nearly two hours to rescue a drowning swimmer in rough seas off Blairgowrie surf beach shortly after Christmas.

Police were told the Hampton Park man entered the water near the

Hughes Rd entrance to the surf beach while his wife set up on the beach just after 4pm, 31 December.

When the woman realised she couldn’t see her husband in the water she raised the alarm.

Leading Senior Constable JulieAnne Newman said the 56-year-old was spotted about 500 metres offshore in rough conditions and being swept further out to sea.

The three men in their 20s – from

Rosebud West, Kew and Armadale – rushed into the water on two surfboards and carrying a flotation device.

They reached him about 600 metres out and dragged him onto a board, being buffeted by the rough seas for

nearly two hours while bringing him to shore.

Local police were on scene together with ambulance paramedics who attended to the exhausted man before he was taken to hospital.

Drowning almost a Parks future open for ‘discussion’ certainty on peninsula THERE is a 98 per cent chance that at least one person will drown this year while swimming at Mornington Peninsula beaches.

Life Saving Victoria’s latest drowning report shows five people lost their lives to drowning here in the 2014/2015 financial year.

This represents 13 per cent of the 39 drownings across Victoria.

The report found males were seven times more likely to drown than females, while almost 40 per cent of those who died 2004-14 were aged 25-44.

During that time, 41 people drowned on the peninsula and 115 were taken to

hospital after almost drowning.

Bayside beaches, the ocean, home swimming pools and bathtubs are the main drowning locations.

Life Saving Victoria principal research associate Dr Bernadette Matthews said swimming, boating and diving were common activities being undertaken by drowning victims.

“It is important to understand the conditions you will be swimming in, or enjoying during recreation activities,” she said.

Swimmers should stay between the red and yellow flags at patrolled beaches and make weather checks.

PARKS Victoria has called for “feedback” on a "discussion paper” about development at Point Nepean National Park.

The discussion paper, based on a 2010 master plan, “allows people the opportunity to put forward key issues and ideas in advance of the renewed plan”, Parks chief executive Bradley Fauteux said.

“Point Nepean has a long and rich history, including Aboriginal occupation, its role as an important Australian military and defence facility and most recently as a national park.

Protecting this significant heritage to ensure this rich history is conserved for future generations is of primary

importance,” Mr Fauteux stated in a letter to Nepean Ratepayers’ Association president Colin Watson.

“Many people have contributed valuable ideas about possibilities for the future of this iconic site, and I look forward to your participation in the development of a master plan for Point Nepean National Park.”

Submissions on the discussion, paper end in March with Parks Victoria aiming to exhibit a final master plan for further comment in June and its adoption late this year.

Mr Watson has criticised the state government for rejecting plans for Point Nepean by the Point Leisure Group (PLG).

He said the amount of public land required by the group for its upmarket development (including spa, boutique hotel and a university campus) was “tiny compared with the overall size of land in Victoria with its national parks”.

Mr Watson says the Nepean Ratepayers’ Association is “very concerned that another proposal may be put forward that has nowhere near the financial benefits that the PLG proposal had, and the government may try and sneak it through to appease the Victorian National Parks Association”.

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NEWS DESK Busy centre

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IT’S a busy time at Sorrento Community Centre during the holiday season.

Events include the Rotary Club of Sorrento Art Show, running until Saturday 16 January, in the sports arena. Major prizes are on offer and the show displays a wide array of art in its many forms.

Sorrento Community Centre skate park, adjacent to the main car park, is a popular area for the children – as shown by last year’s well-attended competition.

Sorrento Connected Garden project supported by Mornington Peninsula Shire is well under way. Join in the development of this area beside the wetlands and skate park. Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month. Local environmental specialists often attend and enthusiasts are welcome to offer their ideas.

Sorrento Community Centre activities brochure for February to April is available. Check the website or drop into the centre for the latest listings. There is golf for beginners, embroidery circle, soccer for blokes, tai chi, computer courses for at all levels, resume writing, cafe catch up and gone gardening.

PRESS reports, Friday, have confirmed that the Portsea hotel freehold has sold for $17.1 million. The proposed sale was tipped in The News (“Overseas investor eyes on us”, 25/8/15) with owner Colonia Leisure Group national operations manager Grady Patching saying the hotel building and land was for sale – but not the business.

Computershare founder and multimillionaire Chris Morris reportedly paid $9.3 million for the 140-year-old hotel in 1999 and his Colonial Leisure Group took full control in 2012.

It will continue to run the hotel with Mr Patching stating the venue “has just had its most profitable year since Chris has owned [it]”.

A Herald Sun report says hotel baron Mazen Tabet paid $17.1 million for the peninsula icon.

Garden work DROMANA Community Garden project team is holding working bees each Wednesday, 10amnoon, at the Dromana Community Garden, Marna St, Dromana (opposite the tennis club). Monthly working bees are held 10am-noon on the second Sunday of the month, beginning in February. Bring your hat and gloves. Call 0408 345 561.

Thanks, volunteers: Kath Neilsen Memorial Award winner Amanda Graham, second from left, with Maurice Blackburn lawyer Travis Fewster, CEO Jackie Galloway and Volunteers & Education general manager Andrea Staunton.

Free legal advice goes a long way PENINSULA Community Legal Centre is celebrating the contributions of its volunteers who enable it to offer free legal advice four nights a week.

The not-for-profit organisation has been providing ongoing assistance to clients on low incomes since 1977.

Its volunteers were celebrated around the world on 5 December: International Volunteer Day, by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985.

“Last year our volunteer lawyers provided more than 2000 free legal advices,” Volunteers and Education general manager Andrea Staunton said.

“Seventy-six per cent of clients assisted by volunteers had no or low incomes (less than $500 gross per week).”

Lawyer volunteers run evening

advice clinics at the head office in Frankston and branches at Rosebud, Bentleigh and Cranbourne, with support from a team of paralegal volunteers.

The centre also benefits from the governance of a volunteer-based management committee, and from the contributions of trainee lawyers and special project volunteers.

Lawyer volunteer, Amanda Graham, from White Cleland Lawyers and Consultants, which has a branch at Frankston, has received the centre’s highest honour, the 2015 Kath Neilson Memorial Award. It created in 2002 in honour of the late Kath Neilsen, a founder and strong supporter of the centre.

Ms Graham began as a lawyer-volunteer in 2005, providing free legal advice to clients on a variety of issues. She has since used her expertise

as an accredited family law specialist to present family law professional development sessions to volunteers and staff.

“Peninsula Community Legal Centre has been a hub of legal support in the community for many years,” Ms Graham said.

“It provides a means for volunteers to get involved in the community.

Opportunities for volunteers are varied and volunteer contributions are appreciated and recognised.

“I would like to thank the centre for the opportunities it provides for all members of the community.”

Ms Staunton says: “Our volunteers have great impact on the centre’s ability to respond to local legal needs and advance justice for our community.”

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NEWS DESK Art for judging ARTISTS have again been behind their easels creating works for the Sorrento Rotary Club’s annual art show.

Now in its 30th year, the show last year raised more than $65,000 for community projects on the peninsula.

Walter Magilton, pictured, will be judging the more than 800 entries in the show, including oils, watercolours, acrylics and ink on paper.

The show includes works by Ron Farnill, Jayne Henderson, Craig Davy, John Whitelaw and Fiona Bilborough.

Magilton’s childhood was spent on a dairy farm in Victoria surrounded by forest and its wild creatures.

He says his desire to commune with nature in both a physical and spiritual way drives the way he paints An art critic in London once wrote: “Walter Magilton’s landscapes fill the gallery with space, light and air. The farmlands and the countryside … whilst losing nothing of their Australian ruggedness is revealed with sensitive nuances one associates with the best in English landscape painting.”

Sorrento Art Show opens 6.30pm Friday 8 January and then daily at Sorrento Community Centre, McFarlan Reserve Sorrento. Proceeds go to rotary projects. Call 0432 420 336.

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PENINSULA Stamp Club is hosting a free stamps, coins and card fair, 9am-3pm, Saturday 16 January at Dromana Uniting Church Hall, corner Pt Nepean Rd and McCulloch St, Dromana (Melway 159 G6).

Refreshments available and children welcome. Nearby car parking.

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‘Zero tolerance’ for violence on streets Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au POLICE have asked parents to be responsible for their children in a bid to stop violence on the streets of Frankston.

Frankston Senior Sergeant Steve Burt addressed an anti-violence rally in Wells St last Thursday (7 January) and urged parents to be proactive in ensuring their kids do not cause trouble in the city centre.

“Victoria Police doesn’t spelling ‘parenting’.

Victoria Police will hold people accountable for their actions,” he said.

“It’s not up to us to bring your children up.

It’s up to you to do the right thing and expose them to … an appropriate environment.”

The anti-violence rally was organised by community group Victors Over Violence, a new community group aiming to help victims of violence, and ambassador Lee Will said the fledgling organisation wants to take as positive an approach as possible to win the fight against violence.

“Using the term ‘victim’ wasn’t something I wanted to do because I feel that’s quite a negative way of approaching it,” she said.

“It’s about tackling the lifestyle that is conducive to violence … and talking to people who are going through it.”

Victors Over Violence is working towards offering legal help, counselling and a safe house for people dealing with the aftermath of violence.

“I know all too well what’s happening out there on the streets,” Ms Will, a Frankston resident, said.

Councillors Sandra Mayer and Glenn Aitken and mayor Cr James Dooley attended last week’s V.O.V. event.

Cr Mayer and Cr Aitken spoke publicly at the event.

Cr Mayer said Frankston Council has “zero tolerance” for violence on the streets of the city.

“Being at the end of a train line this is what happens but we don’t accept it,” she said.

“The sheer statistics surrounding violence are astounding. It affects way too many people simply going about their own business under attack in their own safe space or what should be the safety of their own homes.”

Senior Sergeant Steve Burt said police are working in partnership with Frankston Council to tackle street violence and CCTV cameras help identify offenders.

“If you come in to Frankston and do the right thing we embrace you and want you here,” he said.

“Don’t come here unless you are wanting to be part of this community which is a great, evolving community with a great reputation that can continue to grow if we stand up and be counted.”

The thin blue line: Police on patrol on Frankston’s city centre streets. Picture: Yanni

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Council confusion over rubbish plan David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au

Renourishment required: It’s denied by the state government, but environmentalists believe channel deepening is causing continual erosion at Portsea .

Picture: Keith Platt

Keeping track of erosion BEACHES and foreshores along Port Phillip Bay will be monitored for signs of erosion and renourished as part of a $4.8 million state government project.

The Protection of Port Phillip Beaches and Foreshore Program will include works at bay beaches at Frankston, Carrum, Sorrento West, Hampton, Sandringham, Geelong’s Eastern Beach, St Helens and Moorpanyl.

Environment, Climate Change and Water Minister Lisa Neville announced the project late last month.

“Whether it’s renourishments that widen and lengthen beaches or the work we do with local communities to ensure erosion is properly monitored over the long term, this funding is important for the health of the bay’s coastline,” Ms Neville said in a statement.

“These renourishment projects have been prioritised and we will work with local land managers to deliver the pro-

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jects over the next two years.”

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) consulted with land managers including councils to finalise the program with further consultations due to take place over the next two years.

Millions of dollars have been spent trying to repair erosion at Portsea beach without success in the past few years.

The state government denies any link between the widespread erosion at Portsea beach and the controversial channel deepening project to allow larger ships in to the Port of Melbourne.

Independent studies by the CSIRO and consultancy firm Water Technologies found channel deepening had contributed towards seabed changes and larger waves at many peninsula beaches.

Neil Walker

Southern Peninsula News 12 January 2016

A COUNCIL decision to close Rye tip appears to have been misconstrued

by Mornington Peninsula Shire staff, demonstrated by the wording of a newspaper advertisement seeking expressions of interest for disposing of shire waste from mid-2018.

Councillors resolved on 14 September that the controversial landfill would stop taking waste after 30 June 2018. The advertisement, published on 28 October, stated that the shire was “strongly considering” closing the site.

The News has sought clarification from shire officers but has yet to receive a response.

To compound the confusion, councillors overturned the September decision at their last meeting for the year on 14 December, when dealing with seven expressions of interest from companies responding to the advertisement.

Councillors resolved to continue receiving waste at Rye tip until a viable “alternative waste technology facility” was available. Such a solution has been shire policy for a decade or so.

Any facility, probably a high temperature incinerator as used widely overseas, is not likely to be available for decades and, at a possible cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, would

almost certainly be a state government matter.

The December resolution also overturned the intent of the earlier decision, which was to take waste off the peninsula primarily to cut the shire’s carbon footprint by nearly 50 per cent.

The meeting resolved instead to investigate dumping waste at Tyabb.

The December resolution thus eerily anticipated what councillors decided nearly 50 days after the shire advert was published.

The reversal occurred because of voting numbers in the chamber. Cr Tim Wood was ill and absent from the meeting and Cr Lynn Bowden declared a conflict of interest and could not vote, meaning the previous decision was overturned five votes to four.

The motion, an alternative to the staff recommendation – that the matter proceed to tender – was proposed by Cr David Gibb, veteran advocate for keeping peninsula rubbish on the peninsula, and seconded by Cr Antonella Celi.

They were supported by Anne Shaw, Andrew Dixon and David Garnock.

Opposed were Graham Pittock, Bev Colomb, Tim Rodgers and Hugh Fraser.

The decision will come back to council on 27 January by way of a rescission motion drafted by Cr Fraser.

Failure to reverse the Gibb-Celi motion would be a massive setback for the shire policy of becoming carbon-neutral, with Rye tip responsible for such a significant proportion of shire carbon emissions.

The reversal vote was not unprecedented and is perfectly legal, even though it has affected a key shire environment and climate change policy.

A similar vote occurred when supporters of the proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre unexpectedly found themselves outnumbered by opponents of the foreshore site.

It marked the beginning of the end for the dreams of Cr Gibb and his supporters, with the death blow being struck when the environment minister of the day withdrew consent for the beachfront location. The SPA project, ironically, is dormant: its location may depend on hot water from an aquifer.

Cr Gibb was a strong advocate for dumping local waste into the picturesque disused Pioneer quarry site on Boundary Rd, Dromana.

This proposal was ultimately rejected by the Environment Protection Authority after vigorous community opposition.

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If you support the name change from Rosebud West to Capel Sound ….you MUST vote

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On 7 December Council sent letters to all residents and ratepayers of Postcode 3940 inviting us to vote on whether or not we support the name-change.

Plovers’

Beach protection: Wooden shelters help protect three vulnerable hooded plover chicks at Rye back beach while their parents stand guard outside. One of the chicks has since disappeared. Picture: Glenn Ehmke. Right: A sand castle built around a nesting red-capped plover at Shoreham. Pictures: Mark Lethlean

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au PROTECTORS of the endangered hooded plover are documenting senseless acts by beachgoers that are threatening breeding birds.

The plovers each year struggle to breed on Mornington Peninsula beaches with an ever decreasing number ever of their chicks ever taking flight.

Dr Grainne Maguire of BirdLife Australia’s beach-nesting birds’ team said data shows that without preventative action hooded plovers will be extinct in the region “in the next 25 years”.

“There are a suite of threats these birds face.

A number of these threats are natural, but it is the human modifications of habitat - weeds and access points - and predator systems such as introduced foxes, super abundant ravens, gulls and magpies and the impacts of disturbance, direct crushing and predation by domestic pets, that are tipping the balance,” she said.

Members of the Friends of the Hooded Plover group have this season erected fences around nests and placed notices asking that the birds be left alone.

Other groups such as the Hastings-based Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association have built shelters under which the plovers and their chicks can seek refuge.

But as soon as the latest breeding season was underway it soon became obvious that thoughtless humans were one of the main dangers threatening the survival of hooded plovers and other small ground nesting seabirds.

Diane Lewis said a woman approached about “allowing her dog to run all over the beach and into the dunes” claimed not to have seen Parks Victoria’s dog restriction signs.

Ms Lewis, president of the Friends of the Hooded Plover group, had been at Rye surf beach watching 12-day-old plover chicks.

Some people believe it is only necessary to return your vote if you oppose the change.

They believe Council will consider anyone not returning their Survey form as being supporters of the change.

This is NOT the case.

Council will only count the Survey forms they receive.

If you have an opinion you must return your vote to Council …otherwise, how will they know what you think?

If you have misplaced your Survey form contact Council (1300 850 600) – voting closes on 5 February.

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season breeds dismay, hope “These chicks still have a long way to go, they can’t fly until they are 35 days old, but they can now regulate their own temperature and have the strength to run up to the dry sand to avoid beach goers and their dogs - if they are on a lead,” she said.

Ms Lewis said hot weather created more pressure for plover chicks, with their parents “trying to get them down to the water’s edge to keep them cool”.

Hooded plovers incubating eggs “will be swapping constantly, flying down to the water’s edge to wet their breast feathers and returning to the nest in an effort to keep the eggs at a normal temperature”.

Ms Lewis described the three chicks as “cute balls of fluff standing on legs thinner than a matchstick”.

“Against the odds they have survived through the 28 days of incubation by both parents. They have survived tides, storms, hungry gulls, kestrels and ravens and very sly foxes,” she said.

“They have also survived the few irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs loose in the national park ocean beaches.

“Despite all these threats they are here on the beach, their parents watching out for them, standing guard, telling them when to hide, then calling the coast clear signal.”

Mr Lewis said the first 10 days “are especially critical as those same threats are ever present.

The chicks forage for food from day one and keep cool and safe under their parents brooding.

When they can, they scurry across the sand to the water’s edge to feel the cool sand and feed under seaweed.

“If they are disturbed, the parents may leave the chicks and lead the threat away. The chicks can starve if they have to hide too long.”

Mr Lewis pleaded for beachgoers to “give the plovers a chance” by staying away from the fenced areas.

“With luck and great care these three chicks may very well be some of the few endangered plovers to fledge and survive this season,” she said.

“When they can fly they have made it, but that's five weeks after they hatch. Will they be okay?

Will they beat the odds and fly?”

Mark Lethlean, a volunteer for Parks Victoria and BirdLife Australia, said the two organisations had extended their work of protecting nesting shorebirds to Western Port, including both hooded plovers and red-capped plovers.

“Unfortunately, the peak period for breeding also coincides with the summer increase in beach usage,” Mr Lethlean said. “We recognise the inconvenience to beachgoers when we cordon off an area of beach for a nesting bird or newly hatched chicks.”

He said fences would be removed as soon as possible, but research had shown there would be few chicks surviving “without this intervention”.

Three red-capped plover chicks had successfully fledged at Point Leo although he had seen an increase in the number of people ignoring dog regulations.

“Breaches carry heavy penalties and ignorance is no excuse,” Mr Lethlean said.

“My second experience involved a couple who read the signs about hooded plover chicks on the beach but instead of abiding by its directions and walking along the water’s edge, have entered the area looking for the chicks.

“This action dramatically increased the chance of injuring chicks or forcing then into more dangerous, unprotected areas of the beach. There is no logic to this action.”

Mr Lethlean said the “worst example of all” was following a request by the Shoreham ranger to fence the nest of a red-capped plover found by a camper.

“When I arrived, someone had thought it amusing to build a sandcastle around the nest. I con-

sider this an act of vandalism and for certain protected species such as the hooded plover, is likely a criminal offence.”

Red-capped plover are among the most common and widespread of Australia’s beach-nesting shorebirds.

They forage by using a characteristic “stoprun-peck” method, taking small invertebrates from the surface. Their speckled eggs are laid in a shallow depression in the ground, often beneath a low shrub, or out in the open if near water.

The threatened hooded plover is listed as vulnerable nationally and endangered in Victoria.

The peninsula has the second highest concentration of this species in south eastern Australia but the lowest chick survival rate. It is believed about 70 of the state’s 550 hooded plovers frequent beaches within Mornington Peninsula National Park.

The plovers breed September to March, usually laying a clutch of three eggs in a simple “scrape” in the sand.

Neil Shelley, also a volunteer with the hooded plover friends group, said that in the past five years just three hooded plover chicks at Gunnamatta have fledged, or grown enough feathers to fly.

In September one chick survived one day. In

October four clutches were laid, but non produce a chick due to tides, death of an adult and predation.

“In November three of five clutches failed to produce a chick, one clutch produced two chicks which survived four days - fate unknown - and another clutch of three eggs was due to hatch midDecember,” Mr Shelley said on 12 December.

“So here we are again, about halfway through the breeding season, and nothing has improved.

The birds are doing their bit and have laid 10 clutches totalling 26 eggs - 20 failed to hatch, three are still being incubated and three chicks have hatched.

“Of the three chicks hatched, none have survived more than a couple of days.”

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Membership of the Mornington Peninsula Arts and Culture Advisory Panel Expressions of Interest (EOI) are sought from the Mornington Peninsula Shire for two new members of the Shire’s Arts and Culture Advisory Panel (ACAP). This group represents the local arts and culture sector and is integral to implementation of the Arts & Culture Strategy.

Applicants will: 1. Have high level expertise/professional standing in the arts, culture or heritage sectors 2. Be conversant with the Shire’s Arts & Culture Strategy, its Objectives and Action Plan 3. Engage with at least one of the following - arts and cultural organisations, creative practitioners and cultural industries, local history organisations and residents to understand relevant challenges and issues 4. Facilitate the development, implementation, review and reporting of Shire Arts & Cultural Policy and Strategies 5. Provide high level advice to Council on issues related to Shire plans and strategies and the development of its arts and cultural policies 6. Contribute to raising awareness of the value and benefits of the arts, culture and heritage through promotion of the Arts & Culture Strategy 7. Attend bi-monthly meetings 8. Currently reside or be employed on the Mornington Peninsula EOI applicants must provide a brief response to the above, providing examples of professional and/or vocational experience. The term of office for external Panel members is for one year with an option to continue for a second year.

For further information on the role of ACAP, a copy of the ACAP Terms of Reference or any queries regarding the EOI, please contact Jane Alexander, Arts & Culture Coordinator, Mornington Peninsula Shire, on 5975 4395 or via email: jane.alexander@mornpen.vic.gov.au.

For a copy of the 2012 MPS Arts & Culture Strategy, please visit the Mornington Peninsula Shire website: http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Whats_On/Arts_Culture/Arts_Culture_Strategy. th

Please address Expressions of Interest by Close of Business Friday 29 January to: Ms Jane Alexander Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery PO BOX 650, Mornington 3931 Or via email: jane.alexander@mornpen.vic.gov.au

Team effort: Many hands are involved during surfing for the disabled events at Point Leo, but non wave more than the delighted board riders. Picture: Keith Platt

Disabled, but ready for the surf THE Mornington Peninsula branch of the Disabled Surfers’ Association is holding the first of this year’s two surfing events at Point Leo on Saturday (16 January).

Volunteers should be at the Point Leo lifesaving club well before the 11am start.

The event runs until 3pm and includes a barbecue and awards ceremony.

Helpers and participants can call the Mornington Peninsula association’s president, Ash

Gardner on 0417 362 983 or Stewart Lockie 0418 101 645. Details disabledsurfers.org/vic/ morning-peninsula-branch The branch is working towards building a wheelchair accessible boardwalk overlooking Point Leo beach and trying to organise public access to its sand-friendly wheelchairs when they are not required for surfing events.

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Healthy tale with inner city plot

Taste tempters: Author Victoria Breheny, left, and Illustrator Jemma Phillips have created a book designed to inspire children to get involved in growing their own fresh foods. Picture: Yanni

NATUROPATH and herbal medicine practitioner Tory Breheny has written a book to bring home the message to the younger generation that gardens can be more than flowers and trees.

“Gardens are the perfect learning environment for our children,” she says. “They really are nature’s pharmacy. Not only do gardens sustain us with delicious and healthy food, they are a source of tried and tested natural remedies for everyday ailments.

“Our parents, grandparents and elderly neighbours can be a library of practical and traditional knowledge about plants and herbs for a healthy life. Let’s not lose that vital source of information before it’s too late.”

Breheny, of Mt Eliza, describes her book, The Incredible Edible Garden, as a “magical tale” about Annie, a young girl who lives in an inner city apartment surrounded by grey buildings.

“When Annie comes across a walled garden filled with lush grass, fruits, vegetables and chickens she meets Rosemary, who teaches her about the healing powers of nature. Soon Annie’s whole family is involved in creating their own rooftop garden – and learning to relax.”

Inspired by her own children and a belief that life should be enjoyed with health, vitality, enthusiasm and hope, Breheny says she wants to give young readers a taste of a future “where everyone knows that the natural world around them is where they can find healing and health”.

“Imagine a time when, instead of reaching for the paracetamol for a headache, we grab our scissors and head out to the garden to create a

natural remedy. Mother Nature has just about every recipe for health we need.”

Breheny says she was determined to get the book finished despite running her Mt Eliza naturopathy practice.

“I would even be writing while parked in the car during school pick up time,” she says.

The illustrations in her book are by Jemma Phillips, a Somerville-based artist and children’s nanny. When Breheny came across Jemma’s water colour paintings at Mt Eliza Primary School’s Christmas Fair she knew “instantly” they would bring her story to life.

“I am originally from England so I pictured the garden as a typical cottage garden, colourful and overgrown. For the cityscape I wanted to capture just how grey a city can be. Tory loved these ideas as they fitted her words so well,” Phillips said.

Breheny said several Mornington Peninsula kindergartens were planning “incredible edible garden picnics as a fun learning activity” while she explores other ways of sharing the book’s health and healing messages with schools.

She also urges people to plant their own edible gardens.

“It doesn’t need to be huge or cost lots of money. All you need is sunlight, water and good quality soil. Start with a vegetable plot or just a few herb pots on the windowsill.

“Summer is the ideal time to plan your garden so you’re ready to plant in autumn.”

Copies of The Incredible Edible Garden available at www.littlesteps.com. au Keith Platt

Credit option for launching BOATERS are again able to use credit cards instead of cash when parking at boat ramps across the Mornington Peninsula.

Mornington Peninsula mayor Cr Graham Pittock said the ParkMobile introduced last summer was being used by a “significant number of boat ramp users”. The old coin-operated machines will be phased out this month.

Those using the system can set up an account at parkmobile.com.au or call 1300 564 564. They can download the free smart device application at iTunes, Google Play or Windows markets.

The voice asks for a car registration number and credit card details. An introductory rate for the Parkmobile daily fee is $11.

Those without credit cards, or infrequent users of boat ramps, can buy vouchers for $12 at any of the shire’s customer service centres during business hours.

Vouchers are one-use only and do not have expiry dates. Boaters can buy a few and use them when they want by adding their details onto the vouchers and displaying them on dashboards.

Shire officers will visit boat ramps at peak periods to answer any questions.

Regular boat ramp users can buy annual passes for $125. Application forms at mornpen.vic. gov.au

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LETTERS Necessary activism Persistent criticism of local community activism by Michael G Free is becoming tiresome (“Protest dismissed”, Letters 17/11/15, “Wasted words” Letters 15/12/15).

In the fractured political system we now have, public advocacy is all that’s left for ordinary people. It doesn’t always win, but sometimes it does, or makes flawed projects better and has saved many Australian treasures. The Franklin River, Fraser Island and Kakadu remain iconic because a community fought to save them. Locally, community action stopped a tip on Arthurs Seat.

Could anyone seriously argue we would be better off if these places had been lost?

MPs are under no obligation to act in accordance with anything promised in their election spiel, so our support is ignored. We then have to wait three or four years to vote them out, only to be disappointed again. A very blunt instrument.

Meanwhile, political donations from vested interests means entities with no accountability to the electorate are the puppet masters, enjoying armchair rides into minister’s offices. Affected communities – the vast majority who select MPs and provide their statutory benefits - are left outside. Meanwhile, the tally of environmentally, financially and socially dubious projects grow locally and Australia wide.

As for the completed projects Mr Free refers to, surely most would now agree removing Mornington’s train line and station was a bad idea? The Martha Cove marina has been financially toxic for a string of developers.

Contrary to the promised 24/7 access through the Heads, severe restrictions on larger ships are in force; Portsea beach has disappeared as ocean swell pounds the shore daily; the pier’s low landing had to be raised; and taxpayers have spent millions of dollars in vain attempts to save the beach - now armoured with rocks and sandbags with the amenity of a war zone.

I applaud anyone prepared to act to protect the places they love rather than meekly accepting some faceless person’s vision, or hoping somebody else will do something.

If William Wilberforce, widely criticised in his time, had accepted the status quo, we would still be engaging in slavery. Jenny Warfe, Dromana

Back to work Marvellous to see the return of our globetrotting and well connected councillors Hugh Fraser and (the mayor) Graham Pittock from COP 21. Perhaps we will see more French cooperation with twinning of towns (Paris with Rosebud?) and maybe some Tour de Eiffel bollards along Main St, Mornington.

The mayor appears enamoured with the European love of wind turbines and solar energy.

However, he ought to check his own backyard.

Why should we take his word as gospel and a justification for the French connection? Prove to us ratepayers that you can manage a small local project, maintain it and make us proud of being future focused.

Rust has appeared down Crib Point way where the [submarine] HMAS Otama is rotting away at sea anchorage awaiting her fate, which is probably to be sold for scrap or sunk for a fish reef.

With the return of Western Port to the people and not to absentee industrialists and shipping magnates, surely common sense dictates that the

state government with shire co-operation, develops a tourist attraction based at Hastings.

Mr Mayor, this is an item of environmental importance for you to suggest action plans and lobby for state and federal funding.

By all means adopt some of the patently obvious European renewable energy initiatives like wind and solar farms (maybe better located securely out at sea off our shire coastline) but for goodness sake, fix up first the Crib Point submarine shamozzle.

Sadly, it appears to be the case of let sleeping dogs lie and don't fix it until it's totally stuffed or sunk.

Ian Morrison, convenor Mt Eliza Community Alliance

International relations In 2009, two councillors from Mornington Peninsula Shire went to Copenhagen, Denmark, on a trip paid for by ratepayers; in 2012 one councillor went to East Timor to "monitor the elections" of all things; now, two councillors have had a lovely little trip to Paris, and they even took a female staffer with them, we now find, at a cost of some $18,000.

I always thought that our council was suffering from some sort of irrelevance syndrome causing them to venture onto the world stage. I now know that it is simply milking the cow.

Climate change? I have the wit to understand far more about climate change than any two councillors, without leaving Mornington.

Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Money well spent I find it quite educational that so many are up in arms about a couple of councillors spending their legitimate allowance for seminars and training to go to the climate summit in Paris. After talking one-on-one with Graham Pittock, I find it to have been well spent money.

These funds are referenced in the Local Government Act 1989 and also specifically identified in shire policies: Councillor Resource and Expense Entitlements Policy - Professional Development and Conferences and Seminars. The funds were also approved by the council.

This is a drop in the bucket relative to the million dollar losses at Pelican Park, Hastings, that we suffer each year which no one seems to be too concerned about.

And as for the whinging councillors, just more politics as usual.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Trading the answer Now that our minister for coal (Flinders MP and Environment Minister Greg Hunt) has been told what Australia's carbon reduction target will be for the foreseeable future by the Minister for Foreign Affairs [Julie Bishop] and the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, is it possible that he will start doing something more enlightened than planting trees and getting his picture in the papers?

For Australia to achieve the minimalist target it set itself, we need a proper carbon trading system that is connected to the world markets, not the wishy-washy proposal of buying carbon credits from developing nations if we cannot achieve those targets. This will not improve the real per capita emissions of Australia.

The belated opening up of financing offshore

wind farms by the renewable energy fund announced by Turnbull is just a trick by a government stuck in the dark ages of coal and oil. We have enough room for wind farms on the Australian mainland to end our addiction to coal.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

In Africa they jokingly call plastic bags their national flower. But, even in Africa they have a tax on plastic bags and all their people only use about four plastic bags a year.

So please, let’s spread the news about this tragic problem.

Jack Davidson, Mt Eliza

Changing sides

Bank backs out

Rupert Steiner claimed he wasn't a defender of the Labor Party and then proceeded to do just that ("Labor's jobs lost”, Letters 1/12/15). He also referred to a breathtaking hypocrisy, but should look in the mirror first.

After conducting a disingenuous campaign against the previous state Liberal government claiming it had plans to use Western Port for coal, knowing full well the plan was for containers only. He then turned around at the pre-poll and on polling day and handed out How to Vote cards for Clive Palmer, one of Australia's biggest coal miners.

Yes, the hypocrisy is breathtaking, but it's coming from Mr Steiner's campaigning.

Barrie Macmillan, Somerville

The last day of trading for the ANZ bank in Hastings is 3 February, closing at 2pm.

This is the last straw for Hastings, where many shops have closed and the town is dying.

There were some challenges, but we were doing much better just before the November state election.

It's always been a low socio-economic area, with problems in education and other things, but the shopping district and community services were good and for the entire time I've lived here, we've rarely had to go any further than Hastings.

Not so any more.

I believe the problem is that $80 million [budgeted by the previous Liberal government for the Port of Hastings Development Authority] was removed from the community. It seems to me that prior to that we were struggling, just like everyone else in these economic times, but we were enduring, surviving.

I'm going to do a transaction at the bank on 3 February before the bank closes. Any transaction that requires the branch stamp will do. I'll put the receipt in my safe. I want a chance to thank the staff for their dedicated service and to say goodbye.

When the government changes, I'm sure the port will go ahead and Hastings will stabilise. I just hope we don't lose too many jobs and services before then.

Brad Lemon, Tyabb

Misdirected action The Direct Action attributed greenhouse gas emission figures have come in and are going the wrong way.

Emissions have increased by 1.3 per cent over the past year in a government report quietly released at Christmas.

Recently at the Paris COP21 conference Flinders MP Greg Hunt was ranked third worst in the world on tackling climate change.

So what his response?

To sign-off on one of the largest polluting coal mines in the world and say it’s not our problem as India will burn the coal and not us.

The member for Flinders has failed his electorate and embarrassed us on the world stage.

Kelvin Stingel, Mornington Peninsula Greens

Tax plastic bags It is crazy, just crazy, how much litter there is around. I think that there should be a 10 cent bag tax on plastic bags. It will help the environment a lot.

If plastic bags had a 10 cent bag tax on them it would cut down the number of plastic bags in the ocean. A United Nations environment program said that in every square mile of water there are 46,000 plastic bags. In 2000 a whale found on a Queensland beach had six metres of plastic inside it. Imagine dropping a plastic bag and a few months later being on a cruise with your family and you see a baby dolphin swimming up to your ship. Then you see it has a plastic bag on its head - the exact plastic bag that you had dropped and you realise the baby dolphin is dead. You would feel like you have murdered it.

Fewer plastic bags will also mean more space for landfill, less methane gas polluting the air and the ozone layer would be in better condition.

Have you ever killed an animal? Yes you have, you just have not been there. When your litter goes to landfill, it can fly away and go into the ocean and kill many animals.

People hate being around places that have a lot of rubbish. It makes people feel sad. Imagine if you were at a lovely beach and a couple years later you went back there and it was so messy with rubbish.

Letters to the editor can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au Letters should be kept to a maximum 300 words and include name, address and contact phone number for verification purposes.

Donate dignity THE charity Share the Dignity which provides homeless and at-risk women with donations of unopened sanitary products is appealing for help from Mornington Peninsula residents.

Melly Shute, owner of pre-loved designer boutique Bella on Main, Mornington, is part of this call to action which asks that women pop another packet of pads in their shopping baskets.

“These donations allow the women a sense of dignity at a time when they need it most,” she said.

“No woman should suffer the indignity of having to choose between eating and buying sanitary items.”

Ms Shute said Share the Dignity had had “an amazing response” from peninsula women happy to provide the pads and tampons to those at domestic violence refuges and homeless shelters.

“Usually these are the last items to be donated yet the first to be taken,” she said.

Ms Shute said unopened sanitary products can be put in the pink bin at her store, Bella On Main, at 96 Main St, Mornington, call 0438 020 660, sharethedignity.com.au

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Song of hope born from grief

Hey Jude: Jude Martin plays The People’s Piano at Frankston Library’s forecourt.

Picture: Yanni

Piano for the people BUDDING and accomplished pianists are welcome to tinkle the ivories at The People’s Piano, a piano located on the forecourt of Frankston Library.

The People’s Piano is the latest addition to the library forecourt featuring a huge Alice in Wonderland themed mural and a coffee shop with outdoor seating.

“This all contributes to creating a welcoming and safe space in one of our city’s most important community

hubs,” Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley said.

The piano was bought for less than $100 by council and has been painted

by Melbourne Murals duo Brigitte Dawson and Melissa Turner to match the Alice in Wonderland mural at the Frankston Library they designed and painted in late 2014.

Frankston Library is at 60 Playne St, Frankston. Call 9784 1020 or see library.frankston.vic.gov.au for opening times and activities.

AT an early age Melissa Jane found solace in poetry. I more recent years she found herself penning songs.

But it was not until she experienced a personal tragedy that the words and music fused into a completed, recorded song.

Jane’s Happy Birthday Heaven was written to help people deal with grief after the death of a loved one.

Specifically, it is designed to bring solace and comfort on the birth date of that loved one, although Jane’s friends have suggested it could also be played and sung at funerals.

Sadly, the words and music came to the Frankston South mother of two after she and her husband Peter King lost a much-wanted baby due to miscarriage.

That loss five years ago saw her start to write Happy Birthday in Heaven to ease her own heartache and “to help people deal with their grief”.

“I hope this song will help people get through the day, when they are remembering their loved one,” she says.

“I’ve written a lot of songs but this is the first one I’ve recorded.”

The finished version of Happy Birthday in Heaven was put down in one take, with Jane on piano and Rob Amato playing keyboards at Dreamscape Recording studios, Frankston.

“It’s an emotional song of hope and reflection,” Jane says, adding that “it’s in the style of Adele, although I’d never compare myself to her”.

She lists her musical influences as being Tori Amos, Alicia Keys and Missy Higgins.

“Happy Birthday in Heaven is a song of healing – I feel comfort in hearing it. It brings back memories.

Fond memories: Melissa Jane has written snd recorded a birthday song to ease the pain and appreciate memories of a lost loved one.

Picture: Peter King

Sometimes it’s hard to talk on an anniversary and this provides an outlet to think about that person.”

Jane, who has trained in psychology and counselling, has two diverse part time jobs: “cooking healthy food for cafes” and devising ways to lessen crime and increase community safety for a municipality.

She says a percentage of all profits

from the sale of Happy Birthday in Heaven will be donated to Too Beautiful For Earth, a Victorian not for profit organisation that helps those who have lost a baby through miscarriage.

Happy Birthday in Heaven will be available through online stores on Thursday (14 January), see melissajane.com.au Keith Platt

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First home buyers, investors and downsizers - this is for you! Situated in a popular and quiet cul de sac, surrounded by quality newly built homes is this stylish unit offering a fantastic opportunity to secure a quality home or investment. Featuring: - Two large bedrooms with built in robes - Sleek central bathroom with double shower - Gourmet kitchen with quality stainless steel appliances - Large open plan living dining room - Low maintenance north facing courtyard.

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Don’t miss out on this extremely rare opportunity to secure a vacant parcel of land in the prime Peninsula Sands Estate. The fully fenced, level 785m2 (approx) allotment is located opposite park lands and will not be built out. Located close to great schools, local shops and public transport whilst only an hour from the Melbourne CBD, the opportunity exists here to build your dream home in an exclusive location. All genuine offers will be considered.

For SALE

Saturday 6th February at 12.30pm As Advertised Paul Cunnington 0457 047 962

Rosebud 1/28 McCombe Street

ROSEBUD 13 Park Edge Circuit Build Your Dream Home

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Relaxed elegance on water’s edge Address: Price: Agency: Agent:

8/11 Sharpley Avenue, SAFETY BEACH Contact Agent Chisholm & Gamon, 7A Bay Road, Mount Martha, 3934, 5974 6888 Matthew Mitchell 0402 444 555

Perfectly positioned in the exclusive Martha Cove community and right on the water’s edge of the beautiful Marina canal. This easy living 2nd storey modern apartment is 100m (approx) from the very popular Tassells Cove Beach.

Featuring: Central large kitchen with Miele appliances & integrated fridge Flowing open living

3 bedrooms with built in robes 2 large open shower bathrooms Outdoor deck/entertainment area Enclosed terrace fitted with bi folding windows Secure underground parking for 2 cars plus storage cage.

This water front lifestyle is yours for the taking.

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Magnificent 4BR property with open plan living featuring polished floorboards & air conditioning, double garage with rear access to backyard, and all set on approx 725m2 beachside lot with development potential (STCA) or to use as your ideal weekender.

Renovated and updated home comprising 3BR’s, 2 bathrooms, separate living area plus open plan kitchen and dining, overlooking the front deck and garden.

Good size backyard, double carport, new roof, polished timber floors, air conditioning.

Two homes separated by a solar heated in ground pool. Home 1: 2 large bedrooms, living and dining area, bathroom and covered entertaining deck. Home 2: Near new with 2BR’s, living area and entertaining area. Also featuring a s/contained studio and great bay views.

2BR property on 739m2 (approx) block featuring timber floors, open plan living, tiled bathroom, airconditioning, single carport and a shed at the rear.

Tenant keen to stay so your investment is secure whilst you design your dream home (STCA).

FOR SALE $469,000 plus Inspect Saturday 1 - 1.30pm Contact Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

FOR SALE $420,000 plus Inspect Saturday 12 - 12.30pm Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

FOR SALE $699,000 plus Inspect Saturday 12 - 12.30pm Contact Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

FOR SALE $499,000 plus Inspect By Appointment Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

60 Callas Street Dromana

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Fantastic BV home set on a flat 606sqm (approx) block with three bedrooms, main with WIR & FES, GDH, airconditioning, two living zones, tiled kitchen and laundry, fully fenced garden, double carport and single garage towards the rear of the property. There is a lot on offer.

Sit by the bay with your family and friends in this wonderful beach box on Dromana’s beautiful beach.

With great access to off road parking and the shops, this beach box is in a fantastic position. Have all your beach equipment at your fingertips and lock up and leave.

Spacious rear unit in a block of only three. larger than you would expect with 3BR’s, bathroom & separate toilet, open plan living and kitchen area and outdoor areas with BBQ and under cover entertaining to the side and rear. Single lock up garage plus carport.

Fabulous value in this neat 2BR home in this great location. Dual-entry bathroom with separate toilet, separate living, kitchen and meals area combined.

Separate laundry, single garage and fully fenced rear yard. A great investment opportunity or holiday retreat.

FOR SALE $459,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

FOR SALE $195,000 plus Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

FOR SALE $335,000 plus Inspect By Appointment Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

FOR SALE $320,000 plus Inspect Saturday 11 - 11.30am Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

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728 m2 (approx) elevated allotment on the Dromana hillside, close to restaurants, cafes and shops & only minutes from the beach and freeway. With all services available, all that is left to do is build your dream home and enjoy. Offered now for private sale. Act now!

Original Rosebud beach house featuring 3BR’s and good sized living area. Other possibilities with this block of 836sqm would be to build a new home or sub divide and develop new homes (STCA). Within walking distance to the beach, currently let until April 2016.

Dont miss this fully fenced block of 499m2 (approx.) set on the hillside of McCrae. Build your dream home with potential bay views from an upper level. Close to Arthurs Seat National Park and only a short distance to cafes, shops, beaches, golf courses and wineries.

Situated in friendly and safe neighbourhood of “Banksia Wood” Estate, adjoining the Reserve, this delightful two bedroom brick veneer O.Y.O unit is perfect for a retired couple or single mature aged person.

Inspection absolute must !!

FOR SALE $399,000 plus Inspect By Appointment Contact Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

FOR SALE $535,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

FOR SALE $295,000 plus Inspect By Appointment Contact Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

FOR SALE $339,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

88/306 Jetty Road Rosebud

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There is now a way to own your own holiday home or temporary home at a fraction of the price. This home is located within the “Amberlee Family Park” and is situated close to all the amenities including the pool, tennis courts and a great friendly secure area.

This home spread over 2 levels features the main living area on the upper level opening to a full-length sun deck, an open-plan kitchen with S/S appliances, meals area (with views), master bedroom with a walk-in robe and modern ensuite, and views.

Very well presented BV home ready for new owners.

Open plan living, dining, kitchen area, three good size bedrooms. family bathroom & separate toilet. Great backyard and plenty of off street parking including single lock up garage. Ready to move in.

A little bit of character comes with this 3 bedroom home on 595m2 (approx). Separate living, galley kitchen, bathroom with toilet. Currently let to a great tenant to 13th August 2016 at $1,083 pcm. Needs a little work but great entry level price.

FOR SALE $155,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

FOR SALE $1,275,000 Inspect Saturday 1 - 1.30pm Contact John King 0419 202 471

FOR SALE $370,000 plus Inspect Wed 5 – 5.30pm & Sat 1 - 1.30pm Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

FOR SALE $325,000 plus Inspect Saturday 2 - 2.30pm Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

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WANTED 3 EXPERIENCED SALES CONSULTANTS TO JOIN OUR TEAM NEW ROSEBUD OFFICE NOW OPEN!!!

Stockdale and Leggo (Dromana-Rosebud) are seeking three full time sales consultants to join our team.

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IF THEY DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T, CALL US TO SEE WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU RIGHT NOW! PART TIME ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

PART TIME RECEPTIONIST & CUSTOMER SERVICE

We have an opportunity for a person with a background in book keeping or administration work, covering Accounts Payable & Receivable, Payroll, Daily / Weekly / Monthly Bank Reconciliations, BAS, WorkCover, Superannuation, bookkeeping with QuickBooks, ability to work under minimal supervision to achieve a positive outcome for the role. The ideal person will have experience in handling Real Estate trust accounts and in particular do End of Month Trust Reconciliations and have worked in a similar role in real estate agency in Victoria previously. The hours for this role will be initially Tuesday to Thursday 10.00am to 3.00pm, but work the hours as required to complete the role to high standard of proficiency and accuracy. This role is a very trusted and important role in our agency so you must also posses the highest level of honesty and integrity and be able to maintain a professional and confidential nature of the role. Another advantage is that you hold a current Agents Representative Certificate or be prepared to complete the course within the first 3 months of starting with the agency. If you feel this is right for you please contact us as per the below.

An exciting opportunity is available for a person seeking employment as a Receptionist / Customer Service role with our agency. This role is done as a job share and would suit a person who can work in with other team members. The ideal person would be available for 2 days a week one week and 3 days a week the second week and then on the same cycle and including every 2nd weekend for a Saturday, on a roster. Also would possess excellent computer skills (covering Office, Internet explorer, Outlook and general ability), great communication skills, present well and have a happy and helpful demeanour and like working in a team environment. Full training will be given with specific industry programs and other duties relevant to the role.

Another advantage is that you hold a current Agents Representative Certificate or be prepared to complete the course within the first 3 months of starting with the agency. If you feel this is right for you please contact us as per the below.

All applications must be in writing and can be emailed to the Director, John Sanderson at jsanderson@stockdaleleggo.com.au, faxed (03) 5981 0440 or post to Stockdale & Leggo (Dromana-Rosebud), 1159-1165 Pt Nepean Road, Rosebud, Vic, 3939.

All applications will be kept in the strictest confidence. * Subject to conditions.

Dromana Rosebud 5987 3233 5986 8600

Stockdale & Leggo (Dromana-Rosebud) 1159-1165 Point Nepean Road Rosebud, Vic, 3939

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4 Pearl Court TOOTGAROOK For Lease $290 per week CUTE & COSY COTTAGE This cute and cosy 3 bedroom property is tucked away in a quiet court.

Offering gas heating and cooking, airconditioning, double carport and fully fenced front and rear yards.

Call today for an inspection.

Contact Lauren Brett 0488 326 010

Last one in a hot set

21 Highbury Road RYE For Lease $300 per week

Address: For Sale: Agency: Agent:

NEAT & TIDY HOME AVAILABLE FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED This 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home comprises, ducted heating, fully fenced rear yard, well appointed kitchen with stainless steel appliances, large rear deck and open plan living. Available furnished or unfurnished.

Call today for an inspection.

Contact Lauren Brett 0488 326 010

8/75 Hendersons Road, BITTERN $380,000 Century 21, 349 Point Nepean Road, 5981 9155 Andrew Watt, 0419 524 560

AS A brand new property, you know you’re getting the best of what’s on the market right now. This set of properties has sold fast, and unit 8 might be your last chance to buy new in Bittern. Just a stone’s throw from Hastings’ commercial centre, you’ll have the advantages of being close to the action while maintaining the genuine rural feel. It has everything you’ll need - three bedrooms including a master with walk-in robe and en suite, separate study that doubles as a fourth bedroom, modern heating and cooling systems, Caesar stone bench tops with stainless steel appliances, LED down lights installed throughout the entire house and all with the workmanship and attention to detail you’ll only find with a local builder. It’s even got a double garage, so you can rest easy knowing your car’s safe and secure on-site. Whether you’re an existing owner looking to downsize, a first-time owner occupier or savvy investor looking to downsize, this property will meet your needs in style.

49A Brights Drive TOOTGAROOK For Lease $310 per week GREAT FAMILY HOME This neat and tidy 3 bedroom home has a large living space with open plan kitchen with dishwasher. Sit and relax on the back deck or cozy up in front of WKH ZRRG ÀUH Inspection by appointment only.

Contact Lauren Brett 0488 326 010

107 Guest Street TOOTGAROOK For Lease $350 per week BE MY GUEST Neat as a pin, this 3 bedroom 1 bathroom (with a spa bath) home sits on a large corner block with allows plenty of space for the caravan, boat, jet skis and cars. This property also includes a well appointed open plan kitchen. Split system heating and cooling as well as gas heating. All bedrooms have robes. Outside your low maintenance block is a single garage, carport and garden shed.

Call today for an inspection.

Contact Lauren Brett 0488 326 010

2327 Point Nepean Road, RYE

5985 8800 www.jkre.com.au

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Another great family home Address: For Lease: Agency: Agent:

49A Brights Drive, TOOTGAROOK $310 per week John Kennedy Real Estate, 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 8800 Lauren Brett, 0488 326 010

ANOTHER well-priced rental in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula, this address on Brights Drive comes equipped with wood-fired heating system and an amazing back garden worthy of its own attraction. Wonderful back deck for summertime chill, and with such huge living spaces it’s a given that you’ll be entertaining over summer. Winter too, probably - whenever you choose to entertain, this cozy house will be able to provide.

Marketed as a family home because of its size, but could easily cater for one, two or three occupants at this price. Situated in the quieter part of Brights Drive, this house will keep you comfortable for many years to come. It’s still just a short walk up Marshall or Leonard Streets to the foreshore and beaches at Tootgarook, where you’ll find access to the Bay Trail, which will take you up and down the bayside of the Mornington Peninsula. Invest in the future of your family by planting strong roots in a growing suburb like Tootgarook, and you’ll be on a first-name basis with much of your neighbourhood before long! Whatever you plan to achieve over the coming months, make sure you have a quality place to live and a comfortable roof over your head.

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1 Sweetlands Court, MOUNT MARTHA $590,000 eview group, 176 Main Street, 5971 0300 Jarrod Carman, 0423 144 102

FROM the front, you have a quaint four-bedroom house with a double lock-up garage and a beautifully maintained garden. Step inside, however, and the real magic begins fabulous open plan living areas, an island-style kitchen with room for the most intensive culinary crusades and polished wood floors thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you smile every time you set foot in your new property. Enter the backyard, where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a very modern swimming pool, for those days (or nights) where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather kick up your feet at home than trek to the beach. The yard is compact and easy to care for, while the furnishings are top quality and accessible for everyone - if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it here in Sweetlands Court, it probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist anywhere!

7 Yuilles Road, MORNINGTON $920,000 - $960,000 Jacobs & Lowe, 220 Main Street, 5976 5900 Simon Farrar, 0412 734 130

THIS is your chance! If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever wanted to live and work in the same city or cuburb, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your shot. Yuilles Road is the heart of Morningtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commercial and industrial hub, with just about every product or service you can think of at your doorstep. Industry resides on the east side of Tyabb Road while medium density residences populate the west side of the street. Not only that, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be right next to the highway, with amazing car and bus network links, so whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re headed out or have people coming to you, you can be sure this property will be found. With a three car basement garage thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than ample for the workshop tradie or new business proposal, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never run out of space, either.

Realistically priced, this property represents an amalgamation of traditional residential tastes and the futuristic and digitally connected world we live in, a prospect that should excite even the most docile of investors. Close to the Main Street shopping strip, this is one not to be missed.

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CLASSIC 1960S BEACH HOUSE WITH ADJOINING BLOCK

Get ready to feel those good vibrations in this hip 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic beach house with the roar of the surf in the breeze and a wraparound deck with bay views. Potentially a holiday rental with separate-entry living on the lower level guest area, this three-bedroom home could be redeveloped (STCA) into a dream coastal abode on the 1014sqm (approx) block. As a rare bonus, the adjoining 615sqm corner allotment at 51 Revell Street is also on offer. Clean as a whistle, the upper level has an open-plan living and dining AREA WITH TIMBER Ă&#x;OORS AND LARGE WINDOWS SHOWING OFF THE BAY VIEW PLUS GLASS DOORS OPENING TO THE SURROUNDING BALCONY 4HE KITCHEN HAS RETRO CHARM WHILE TWO BEDROOMS both have built-in robes and share the central bathroom and separate toilet. Downstairs is a third bedroom and second bathroom which could be used as guest accommodation or a second living area/games room, while the tandem carport offers plenty of room for boats/caravans in between ocean adventures.

Auction Sunday 24th January at 3pm Price Guide $545,000+ View Refer To hockingstuart website Craig Evans 0408 867 006 / cevans@hockingstuart.com.au Tim Bradler 0400 312 412 / tbradler@hockingstuart.com.au

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SAFETY BEACH 8/11 SHARPLEY AVENUE

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MORTGAGEE AUCTION Relaxed Elegance on Water’s Edge Perfectly positioned in the Martha Cove community, right on the water’s edge of the canal, this easy living 2nd storey apartment is close to popular Tassells Cove Beach.

- Central kitchen with Miele appliances & integrated fridge - Flowing open living - 3 bedrooms with built in robes - 2 large open shower bathrooms - Outdoor deck/entertainment area - Enclosed terrace Þtted with bi folding windows - Secure underground parking for 2 cars plus storage cage Auction Saturday 30th January at 12pm Contact Matthew Mitchell 0402 444 555 / Angus Groves 0431 248 715 Wednesday & Saturday 11:30-12pm View

MARTHA COVE MARINA BERTH 39B MORTGAGEE AUCTION 11 metre berth Your chance to secure an 11 meter berth in a remarkable location. Located only a few hundred meters from the marina entrance. Berth includes power, water, secure boardwalk access and 24 hour security.

Auction Saturday 30th January at 12.30pm Contact Matthew Mitchell 0402 444 555 / Angus Groves 0431 248 715

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3/28 Main Street, MORNINGTON $580,000+ McEwing Partners, 160 Main Street, 5975 4555 Dean Phillips, 0402 833 865

Scott Norman

EVER dreamed of living on Main Street? Now you can. The Doc site, right at the western tip of Main Street, has some of the best views of the bay that money can buy, and being right in the middle of town puts you at the centre of the action. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be living in the hottest spot in town! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a private entertaining balcony with views from the beach to the city skyline, and a frameless glass shower and separate toilet complete the elegance of this apartment. Drenched in natural light, the spacious living area adjoins a chic kitchen fully fitted with Smeg appliances including an integrated dishwasher and microwave, purpose-built wine rack and stone-effect counters that create the ultimate workspace to perfect your culinary mastery and sommelier skills. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got video intercom security, an elevator, secure entry and combined heating and cooling to keep you safe and comfortable through the harshest of seasons, and everthing else just around a corner.

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ESTATE AGENTS - AUCTIONEERS 5981 8181

ROSEBUD 1 Avalon Drive OFI: Sat 12.45-1.15pm

$700,000 Plus

ROSEBUD 5/31 Mt Arthur Avenue OFI: Sat 12.00-12.30pm

$450,000 Plus

DROMANA 3 Basil Street OFI: 1.00-2.00pm

TWO ON ONE!!

SPARKLING BRAND NEW UNIT

SENSATIONAL TOWNHOUSES

CONTACT: Peter Bennett 0418 366 310 peter@rogermcmillan.com.au

CONTACT: Peter Bennett 0418 366 310 peter@rogermcmillan.com.au

CONTACT: Simon Offor 0447 698 341 simon@rogermcmillan.com.au

Main home comprises new luxury kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, 2 bathrooms and double carport. 2nd home has large open plan living, 1 bedroom, bathroom, double auto garage, direct entry and private garden.

Superbly located, this rear single storey unit offers 3 bedrooms, HQVXLWH KXJH RSHQ SODQ OLYLQJ GLQLQJ URRP SOXV IXOO\ Ă&#x20AC;WWHG NLWFKHQ separate laundry and double auto garage with direct entry.

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Brand new townhouses on separate titles, each with 2 street frontages and own driveway. Each townhouse offers generous family DFFRPPRGDWLRQ ORZ PDLQWHQDQFH JDUGHQV DQG EHVW TXDOLW\ Ă&#x20AC;WWLQJV Only 950 metres to the beach. Be quick to inspect!

SOLD IN ONE DAY DROMANA 21 McArthur Street OFI: Sat 2.30-3.00pm

$690,000 Plus

DROMANA 32 Williams Street SOLD

ARTHURS SEAT 751 Arthurs Seat Road

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY

FANTASTIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

If you are searching for the perfect allotment for a spacious family home or a quiet weekend retreat with an ocean view, this 1/2 acre property could be just the one. Only a short walk to the State Park & Arthurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel/Restaurant.

CONTACT: Simon Offor 0447 698 341 simon@rogermcmillan.com.au

CONTACT: Roger McMillan 0410 583 213 roger@rogermcmillan.com.au

CONTACT: Roger McMillan 0410 583 213 roger@rogermcmillan.com.au

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SUB DIVIDABLE BLOCK (STCA) VERY CLOSE TO THE BEACH. Charming classic older style weatherboard with tiled roof on a huge 785 m2 block. Good street appeal.

211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana.

Phone 5981 8181

$365,000 Plus

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME

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Rye Dromana & Rosebud Community Bank® Branches

Bigger than a bank

Community Event Calendar JANUARY Tuesday 26 January AUSTRALIA DAY Check this paper for details and events for Australia Day Celebrations.

Dromana, Rosebud and Rye. Proudly sponsored by Your Community Bank.

FEBRUARY Saturday 6 February Rotary Foreshore Community Market 8.30am till 1.00pm Fresh local produce & much more Free Entry The Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye Bookings for stalls: ryeforeshoremarket@hotmail.com Monday 15 February St Marks Anglican Church Dromana FREE Ladies Morning Tea All Welcome 10am - 12noon Speaker Mary Sayers.

Mary will share her journey of Christian faith and her passion for growing and cultivating “Proteas” .

2nd Speaker: “MERCY SHIPS” to be confirmed CONTACT Lynne Irving 5985 4666 email: lynne.irving6@bigpond.com Keryn Rivett 5986 1119 email: irivett1@bigpond.com

Does your group or associatio n have an active bank account with any of Your Co mmunity Bank Branches Rye, Dromana or Rosebud?

Did you know that you can advertise your group’s next function or event, FREE in our Community Event Calendar?

This page is published on th e first Tuesday of each month in the Southern Penin sula News.

Simply list the date, time an d cost (if any), as well as a br ief description of your club’s fu nction or event on the for ms provided in each branch, an d hand it to a staff member.

Where space allows, events may be listed in two editio ns by submitting your entry for list ing in the month before the event.

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• Rye Branch 5985 9755 • Dromana Branch 5981 8327 • Rosebud Branch 5982 0499

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OUR feet and legs are two of our bodies most complex and relied upon structures, yet they’re often the most neglected. So we asked the experts at Foot & Leg Pain Clinics for some tips to help keep you on your feet throughout 2016!

1. Always get foot and leg pain or soreness checked by an experienced Sports or Musculoskeletal Podiatrist. Simple soreness can be a symptom of more serious underlying issues and a podiatrist with expertise in Musculoskeletal issues has the most appropriate and specific skills to deal with such issues.

2. Evaluate your footwear. Summer footwear such as thongs and slips-ons can be stressful to the feet. Choose shoes with straps or laces that hold to the feet, and have decent cushioning and support, especially for prolonged activity.

3. Choose activity/sport appropriate shoes for sport & recreational activities.

4. Don’t rely on technological advances in footwear to treat pain & discomfort or decrease risk of injury. Proper advice and treatment from an appropriate podiatrist is the best way to prevent and treat problems.

5. Women can choose better high heel options.

If you have to wear high heels try a wedge heel for more support/stability, also look for shoe straps with a bit of substance for extra support.

6. Don’t buy shoes that require a “break-in period”. Shoes should be comfortable immediately.

7. Shop for footwear at the end of the day to accommodate for normal swelling. Feet can swell by up to 10% during the course of a day.

8. Be careful of off-theshelf foot products including mass produced orthotics, innersoles and arch supports.

Only devices prescribed by an experienced musculoskeletal or sports podiatrist should be used to ensure they are correct, effective and safe.

9. If you’ve been advised you require surgery or medications for any foot, knee or leg concerns, get a second opinion. Thanks to the latest medical research and treatments most surgery can be avoided. Regenerative therapies such as Prolotherapy and PRP, as well as a proven holistic approach can assist most foot & leg pain and injuries without the need for surgery, anti-inflammatory medications and cortisone injections, which have recently been proven to delay healing and/or cause further tissue damage in many cases. Better, safer alternatives are now available to assist pain, injury and degenerative concerns.

Following these handy hints should help you to stay pain free and active throughout 2016! If you do suffer any foot and leg pain or injuries throughout the year, Foot & Leg Pain Clinics in Mt Eliza, Rosebud and Moorabbin can help.

Call 1300 328 300. Mention this article when booking for $50 OFF initial consultations.

Heart disease & hearing I HOPE everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the festive season with their family and friends, and are now ready to embrace a fresh year with new goals and challenges in 2016.

Unfortunately, weight gain over the Christmas period is very common, with the average Australian expected to gain between 0.8 – 1.5kg during this time, according to Nutrition Australia. Although this may not sound like much weight, researchers have shown that this weight gain over Christmas is often not lost. Nearly two-thirds of Australians are currently classified as overweight or obese.

Along with unintentional weight gain, this can further increase an individual’s risk of heart disease, which is the single biggest killer of Australians.

Luckily, we have a heart disease detection device in our body – the cochlear (the organ for hearing).

Recent research indicates that hearing loss at the lower pitches of sound can be used as an ‘early marker’ for heart diseases because it is thought that our hearing is highly sensitive, and any abnormalities to the blood flow can affect its function.

Therefore, it is important to take advantage of the body’s early indicators of hearing loss to assist with early detection, treatment and rehabilitation.

This highlights the importance of regular hearing checks, especially if you are already at risk of heart disease due to other risk factors such as: smoking, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, diabetes, being inactive, being overweight, and having an unhealthy diet. Furthermore, the Australian Heart Foundation have

highlighted that depression, social isolation and a lack of good quality support can also increase your risk of heart disease.

So, if you feel that this may apply to you, please contact our office for a comprehensive hearing assessment and discuss on how we can help you improve your hearing and overall quality of life.

If you are going to make a change this year, make it hearing. Stay Tuned Hearing – Mt Eliza.

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NEWS DESK

Gliders moved out as broadband rolls in Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au HAVING fast internet speeds at home is not good news for everyone, especially if you are a sugar glider in Mt Eliza.

Inspections made before the rollout of NBN cabling at Mt Eliza have revealed families of sugar gliders living in Telstra’s underground pits.

Wildlife experts believe the small nocturnal marsupials have been forced to seek emergency accommodation because of a lack of suitable hollows in trees.

The sociable sugar gliders generally sleep in family groups and have found direct access into the plastic-lined pits through white conduit running down power poles.

The problem facing the sugar gliders is that their adopted underground homes are being extensively modified to accommodate NBN cabling, which could also be sensitive to being chewed by half-slumbering marsupials.

Wildlife carers are already looking after some of the soon-to-be relocated sugar glider families and are urging property owners to install nesting boxes in trees as a more natural alternative to the pits needed for cabling.

“We were told about some sugar gliders using a Telstra pit in Two Bays Rd about two years ago, but always thought it was a one-off, a freak,” Edwina Muir of AWARE (Australian Wildlife Assistance Rescue and Education) said.

But that notion quickly changed in December when an employee of NBN

Under cover: Wildlife carers, above, remove a telecommunications pit cover while looking for families of sugar gliders which have moved in because of a lack of available tree hollows in Mt Eliza. Top, a sugar glider heads for the conduit exit when the pit top is removed.

Picture: Yanni

subcontractor Cogar called to report finding more “underground” sugar glider families in Fulton Rd, Allambi Court and Sunset Crescent.

Mt Eliza’s sugar glider population is more numerous and widespread than previously thought.

A check by members of AWARE found one of the pits was empty, but the discovery of underground glider families has sparked a concerted effort to find alternative homes for the opportunistic animals.

Peninsula wildlife expert Malcolm Legg told The News he had “never come across anything like this before”.

“These guys need nesting boxes and urgent relocation as the broadband cables are being rolled out and taking up the sugar glider homes,” Mr Legg said.

Ms Muir said two sugar gliders had been rescued after being trapped in conduit that ran down a power pole to the ground but did not connect to a Telstra pit.

“A passing dog walker spotted a sugar glider’s head poking out from the one-inch [2.5cm] gap between the conduit and the ground. He scraped away the earth to get it out and found another one behind it,” Ms Muir said.

“Unfortunately, one died but the other

is still in our care.”

She said the underground gliders presented “an interesting situation of adaptation and I feel this is just the start [of what will be found]”.

“Our initial investigation leads us to believe a multitude of other such family units exist underground throughout Mt Eliza and that as the NBN is rolled out, they will also require re-homing.”

Ms Muir said Mornington Peninsula Shire and the NBN Co would be asked to help provide property owners with nesting boxes.

Meanwhile, a seven-member sugar glider family is being cared for at an

AWARE shelter near Balnarring before being released back into the relative wilds of suburban Mt Eliza.

“The old growth tree hollows they require for nesting sites are in very short supply and competition for them by various bird, bat and possum species is fierce,” Ms Muir said. “Simply placing nesting boxes in trees will not work as the sugar gliders take a week or so to find and move into a new home.

“Also, glider young spend about 70 days in the pouch before being left in the nest, so these creched young would not be transported by the adult glider to the new tree nesting box.”

She said sugar glider families could die “without a carefully considered and timely re-homing plan”.

The urgency to find and then rehouse sugar glider families in Mt Eliza is underlined by NBN wanting to roll out its cables to 80 per cent of the suburb in the next three months.

“Just driving around Mt Eliza I have seen that many telegraph poles in each street have white conduit leading into a Telstra pit, so potentially there could be very large numbers of affected glider families,” Ms Muir said.

“The gliders need to be caught, brought into care for up to a week, then re-homed back in [the same] location.” Ms Muir said permission would be sought from property owners near Telstra pits housing sugar glider families for nesting boxes to be placed in their trees.

“We have proved we can catch the sugar gliders at one pit and we will commence catching gliders at the other identified pits.”

WHAT’S NEW...

Get your kids having creative fun outdoors ARE your kids getting restless over the summer break? Do you want to get them off the technology and get them doing something creative and fun? Then bring them along to the Shires Eco Living Display Centre for great activities over summer.

Kids will enjoy creating a mural of Balcombe Creek as they learn about the resident plants and animals. The activity leader Mel Smith, a local teacher, said “It’s all about kids having a good time and learning about the natural environment through getting creative”.

Kids can also get involved in gardening with Get Potting. Using the unique heirloom seed-

lings from The Briars Seed Garden, kids will learn about growing and caring for vegies – as well as making their very own pot to take home.

For kids from 3 – 12 years. Kids under 5 need an adult to come along.

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Get Potting is on Mon 18th and Wed 20th Jan from 10 – 11 am.

The Eco Living Display Centre is at The Briars, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mount Martha (find us at the top of the hill) Cost: $5 each. Bookings essential. To book phone ph. 5987 3078.

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Get potting* Mon 18th Jan and Wed 20th Jan, 10 – 11 am Have fun potting up vegetable seedlings to take home.

Using unique heirloom seeds from The Briars you’ll learn all about growing and caring for your plants. $5 per child. Bookings required.

Bookings: Phone 5987 3078 For more information on Eco Living Display Centre activities visit www.mornpen.vic.gov.au *For ages 3 – 12 years. Children under 5 years must be accompanied by an adult.

Other adults are welcome to attend.

Tea, coffee and morning tea provided.

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Sad farewell to Somerville teacher Compiled by Melissa Walsh AN extraordinary meeting of the Somerville Fruitgrowers Horticultural and Agricultural Association will be held on Monday next, at 8 p.m, in the Somerville Hall, to consider the advisability of holding the annual show and other business. Ladies are cordially invited to attend. *** MR James St George Sproule, youngest son of Mrs Sproule, Flinders, and the late Mr James Sproule has obtained a commission in the Royal Field artillery. He was wounded four times in Gallipoli and went to England after diphtheria, where he now is to train. *** ANNIVERSARY services in connection with the Frankston Methodist Church will be held on Tuesday next, when the Rev. R. Bradbury, of Balaclava, will preach at 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. On Monday evening a public meeting will be held in the church, for which a good programme is being arranged. Collections will be taken up at each service in aid of the Trust Funds. *** OWING to legal technicalities, the proposed poll of ratepayers with regard to the granting of powers to the Frankston Gas Company to supply electricity to the Shire of Frankston and Hastings for lighting and power purposes, has been postponed to a date to be fixed. In a future issue a fresh advertisement will appear and

we reserve further comment upon the subject until its appearance. *** AT the commencement of the year the Presbyterian body determined to inaugurate regular Sunday services at Frankston, and the Rev. Neil McDonald, who has been stationed at Somerville for some time, was deputed the task.

Considerable success has attended the rev. gentleman’s efforts, and for the last two Sundays good congregations have assembled in the Mechanics’ Hall. For the present these services will be held every Sunday morning, commencing at 11 o’clock. *** SINCE the heavy engagements in which the Australians took part in Gallipoli on August 8, Private Noel Edgeworth Somers has been reported missing. He is the eldest son of Dr Edgworth Somers, of Mornington, and was attached to the 14th Battalion. He is 22 years of age, and was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, and at Stonyhurst, England. *** A good house attended at the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on Tuesday evening, when a good Bioscope Show was screened by Rankin’s Picture Co. The pictures were good and very plain and distinct. During the evening several young girls did a profitable trade by selling baskets of homemade lollies.

The entertainment was promoted by

the Local Branch of the Red Cross Society, and the funds wll be benefited to the extent of £10 or over Dr Maxwell spoke on the good work done by the Society, and the necessity of not growing cold and lax in continuing the same, as long as the war lasted. *** ON Saturday evening next the members of the Mornington Amateur Dramatic Club will give an entertainment in the Somerville Mechanics’ Hall in aid of the Red Cross Society.

The programme will consist of 3 one act Comediettas, “ Snowed up with a Duchess,” “The Kleptomaniac,” and “Their New Paying Guest.”

The members of the Club playing in this entertainment are all young ladies of Mornington.

The plays are spoken of as being most amusing and apart from the patriotic purpose that the funds are to be devoted to, should ensure a full house. *** THE bazaar held during the Xmas holidays in the Mechanics’ Hall, Frankston, in aid of the local Catholic Church was highly successful.

The ladies of the congregation had got together a large number of articles, both useful and ornamental, and the stall-holders and their assistants were kept busy disposing of these to their patrons, and by the time of closing on New Year’s night, the stalls were pretty well empty.

As secretary, Miss J. Hogan did a large amount of work, and the suc-

cess of the function, in a great measure, was due to this young lady’s efforts. After all expenses are met there will be a considerable balance left to go towards the church funds. *** OLD patrons of the Frankston Sports were pleased to see that Captain Sherlock was so far recovered from his serious accident as to be present at the sports for a while and renew acquaintances. He was the recipient of many hand shakes and congratulations.

Mr R. T. Pickieg, who has left the district, was also welcomed back and gladly given a place on the committee, where he worked as energetically as ever. Mr W. Pettit, a former secretary of the club, again paid the old spot a visit, and was welcomed by many old friends.

Mr F. Jolly, though not a competitor this year, travelled from Queensland, and spent the Xmas holiday quietly with his parents in Frankston. He mentioned to us previous to his leaving on his return, that he would in all probability be with us again in time for the 1917 sports, and if all went well, would take a part in some of the athletic events, at which he is no mean expert. *** MR G. W. Reed, who has been State School teacher at Somerville for the last 8 or 9 years, has been transferred to a school in the Ballarat district. His going will be very severely felt by the residents, as both Mrs Reed and himself have made themselves very

popular during their stay in the district. In musical circles Mr Reed took a prominent part, and the concerts of his pupils, organised by himself, will long be remembered as special treats.

Mr Reed also took a lively interest in the various organizations of the town, being president of the Fruitgrowers’ Association for the current year and also chairman of the Mechanics’ Institute committee, and was very energetic in all movements connected with the recruiting campaign.

It is much to he regretted that a few days before leaving he met with the great misfortune of having his house and furniture destroyed by fire. The family were away from home on the evening of the occurrence and before anything could be done towards extinguishing the flames, the fire had gained such a hold that every thing was destroyed, nothing being saved but what they were then wearing. The cause of the fire is unknown. *** WE again call attention to an advertisement in another column stating that steps are being taken in the Shire in response to the Federal Recruiting Appeal. A local committee has been formed consisting of all the Shire Councillors, with the president, Cr Griffeth, as chairman, and the Shire Secretary, Mr J. E. Jones, as hon. sec.

All communications should be addressed to the Shire Recruiting Committee, Somerville. *** From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 15 January, 1916

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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

The paranoid android anxiety complex

By Stuart McCullough IT was inevitable, I suppose. At some point I was always going to raise the white flag and succumb. After all, you can only resist for so long. Besides, our fourth anniversary loomed and, according to Wikipedia, such occasions are celebrated with gifts of linen, silk or appliances. If you can find an appliance made of linen and silk, I suppose that would be ideal, but they are few and far between. Next year it’s ‘wood’, which doesn’t sound especially promising, but this year is gizmos and gadgets. These were the heightened circumstances under which I finally relented and bought a robot vacuum cleaner.

The thing about robot vacuum cleaners is that, in every way imaginable, they suck. Indeed, that’s their job. With our anniversary looming, I dutifully trotted off to the appliance store and waited around in the vain hope of some service. I wasn’t sure of its official title but figured it was probably something along the lines of the ‘Sucktastic 2000’, ‘Megatronic Swallow Machine’ or the ‘Dirtinator’ and explained all this to the shop assistant using flamboyant hand gestures to get my point across. She seemed to understand what I was asking for. Having been freed from its box and unleashed in our home, it now lurks like a digital turtle in one corner of the room, feeding on electricity until the moment it decides to spring into action.

The first time it happened, both and I the dog were somewhat startled. It’s often said that animals can sense evil and, in the case of our dog Fozzie,

anything that involves food, but it’s rare that she and I both react to things the same way. For example, the dog often goes completely berserk when a bird lands in the backyard, whereas I have thus far been able to maintain my composure. Similarly, I have been known to abandon my serenity when accidentally coming across ‘The Bolt Report’ when, to her credit, our dog remains relatively un-phased.

There was a gentle hum emanating from the living room. It sounded as though the evaporative cooling system had climbed out of the roof and was going for a walk. I took a peak around a doorframe only to see it buzzing back and forth like nobody’s business, sucking up unsuspecting dust and any-

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I’m not sure why I found the sight of it so unsettling. It’s the first time I’ve owned an appliance that does whatever it wants, whenever it likes. I’ve seen 2001: A Space Odyssey and although I can’t pretend that I understood it, I know that computers who think for themselves are nothing but trouble.

If I was suspicious, the dog was even worse; slinking off to the bathroom to lie on the tiles and wait it out. As the mysterious creature rolled around the floor, it did so in a pattern detectable only to itself. Then, after a time, it decided it’d had enough and began the journey back to the charging station where it promptly fell asleep.

There are two ways you can look at

this. Either it’s a great technological advance that frees us from the tyranny of regular vacuuming or it’s an artefact of a dystopian future made real. I strongly suspect the latter may be the case. Truth is, I don’t trust the Sucktastic 2000. Not one little bit.

It’s an uneasy feeling. I return home from work each day and I wonder what on earth it’s been up to. You can’t tell me that a life form so evolved, so technologically advanced is just lying around on a charger all day. I know it’s up to something. Sometimes I get the sense that things have moved or been re-arranged ever so slightly. Just the other day, I couldn’t find the little iPod I take when I go for a jog and, inevitably, my suspicions turned to the robot

vacuum. It is, I feel, beginning to mess with my mind.

I’m overwhelmed by disquiet. As though I am constantly under surveillance, being judged by the Sucktastic 2000 who never so much as says a word. Not even ‘hello’. The dog and I are united on this. We must band together to resist the rising despotism of the appliances as they attempt their mechanical insurrection in which they endeavour to crush the human spirit like a pre-loved can of Solo abandoned on the roadside beneath the giant gumboot of destiny. Secretly, I think I can get the regular vacuum on side who is now at serious risk of being out of a job.

For now, I’m biding my time. Indeed, I will bide my time until it lodges a complaint and I am forced to release back into the wild. I am, of course, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Sadly, it has yet to arise. That’s because robots may power down, but they never really sleep. Meanwhile, the Sucktastic remains mute whilst moving my things whenever I’m not looking. On the one hand, if I take off my shoes I might be able to sneak up behind it and catch it unawares. Then again, maybe it has a fully functioning weapons system and will blow my sorry self to smithereens if I do. It’s a risk. Perhaps it’s better to do nothing.

Even if, like the appliance itself, that truly sucks. Sleep with one eye open, robot vacuum. You’ve made yourself a powerful enemy. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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After nearly three decades on the road, Silvers is a household name in Australia. They still maintain the sparkle, glamour and death-defying acts expected of Australia’s premier circus.

The 2 hour action-packed show, featuring Ringmaster and Master of Illusions Simon Tait, will also include the Wheel of Steel. A young man with nerves of Steel, Dominik Gasser will run, jump, skip and flip through a routine of sheer physical audacity. Its wheels oscillate and revolve from ground level to dizzying heights – such a spectacle is bound to leave you chewing your nails and squirming in your seats.

Also... clowns. Expect the unexpected. They’re guaranteed to tickle the funny bone, as is the circus’ latest addition to their repertoire of physical and comedic exploits.

It’s called the Bicycle Act. Justin Valise, its demonstrator, is a professional idiot, specialising in stupidity and acrobatics on a bicycle.

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For tickets to 2016’s Silvers Circus, see Ticketmaster or call the circus direct on 0413 880 044 or 0400 456 157.

MPNG have ten family passes to give away (2 adults & 2 children) to the 11am performance on Saturday Jan 16. To enter, email: communityevents@mpnews.com.au Please include your name, a contact number, and your favourite circus act.

Fun and learning at Cherry Lane CHERRY Lane Children’s Centre is a family owned and operated early childhood facility that caters for children from 3 months to 5 years.

When Director, Jamie Bracun opened the child care centre five years ago, she wanted to create a fabulous environment for children to feel at home and learn at the same time.

“We are a family owned and run centre with a sports program, music program and laptop program which is all included in the price. We are taking enrollments and have a kinder program. We are into sustainability, with chickens, veggie patches, do all the recycling and have a compost bin,” says Jamie, who is delighted with the progress of the centre. “At Cherry Lane we provide a kindergarten program, and our teacher is a qualified kindergarten teacher and holds a Bachelor of Early Childhood. The program runs all day every day, with some exceptions, and runs for both 3 and 4 year olds.”

At Cherry Lane Children’s Centre there is no set time that children need to attend or certain days.

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You can guarantee your child is in safe hands with the philosophy of the centre to provide an environment that is engaging and inviting for children, will help them learn and extend themselves whilst at play.

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By IT Gully THE fight for a place in the 2015/16 MPCA Provincial finals is well and truly on following the first game of the New Year on Saturday.

Whilst Peninsula Old Boys locked away top spot and a home final after smashing Rye, there are a further eight teams that have genuine claims of finishing in the top four.

Just one match separates secondplaced Long Island (56 points) from ninth-placed Langwarrin (44).

The team to beat this season, Sorrento, lost again on Saturday at the hands of the Islanders. The Sorras are just eight points outside of the top four, however.

Langwarrin gave itself every opportunity to come to the party with a late charge after beating Moorooduc.

Batting first, Moorooduc was 3/8 and 7/24 at one stage, before Sam Adams (42) and Adam Bayly (21) gave their bowlers something to defend (96).

Adam Campbell was superb for the home side, snaring 4/14 from 10 overs, whilst brother and coach Trav Campbell picked up 2/17.

Matt Prosser finished off the innings with a 2.5 over spell, to finish with figures of 2/2.

Prosser finished unbeaten on 40, while a returning Al Davie hit eight fours in his innings of 36.

Langwarrin got the runs (1/99) in 27 overs.

Adrian Mack also returned for the Kangas and finished with figures of 1/20 from seven overs.

Somerville moved back inside the top four at the expense of opponent Crib Point.

The Magpies lost the toss and were

sent in to bat and were bowled out in the second last over of their innings for 100. Neil Clark hit 41.

Blake Terlaak and Brenton Alp finished with 3/11 and 3/27 respectively for the Eagles while Russell Wilkes and Nick Marshall claimed 2/21 and 2/18 respectively.

The Eagles got the runs six wickets down, with Jack Barbour scoring 25.

Luke Herrington and Brad Davidson each picked up a couple of wickets for the Magpies.

Mt Eliza started-off the New Year in fine fashion, winning its second game of the season against Pines.

The Mounties batted first and limped to 8/117. Keith Biggs top scored for the home team with 39 while Justin Grant hit 31.

Pat Jackson was the pick of the Pinersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bowlers with 3/14 and Craig Entwhistle picked up 3/21.

In reply, Pines was bowled out for

93 with Rob Maskiell snaring 4/27 and Nick Baron and Grant getting a couple of wickets each.

Entwhisle top scored against his old side with 42 for Pines.

Baxter picked up an important win against Mornington, leaving the Doggies 20 points outside the top four in 10th place on the ladder.

It was a must-win game for the Dogs and it now looks like their season is just about finished.

The Dogs batted first on their home deck and set a more than reasonable target of 7/147. Luke Popov top scored with 49 and Brad McDonald hit 28 batting at three.

Dale Irving and Chamika Sattambi claimed 3/38 and 3/29 respectively for Baxter.

Chris Brittain opened the Baxter innings with 90 runs, getting his side over the line with the help of brother Ben, who was unbeaten on 25.

At one stage, Baxter was in real trouble at 6/40 before finishing the Dogs off in the 37th over eight wickets down (8/152).

Michael Heib and Glenn Wood took two wickets each for the Dogs.

Wade Pelzer smacked 103 and Dylan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley scored 80 as Peninsula Old Boys set Rye a massive target of 6/243.

In reply, Rye were bowled-out in the 26th over for 78, before losing another four wickets in their second innings.

Adam Jones picked up 4/32 in the first innings and 2/10 in the second.

Eivion Bowen took 3/7 from four overs in the first innings.

In the final game, Sorrento was bowled out for 116 in the 37th overs against Long Island.

The visitors then replied with 2/119 in 22.4 overs.

Sharks make their move

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By IT Gully FLINDERS has joined Pearcedale in the MPCA District top four after serving-up a very solid performance in the one day clash on Saturday.

Playing on their home deck, the Sharks batted first after Dwayne Field won the toss and scored a competitive 8/144 in their 40 overs.

Andrew Power opened the innings with 40 runs while Mitch Stansborough contributed 33 to the total.

Chris Dew was the pick of the Pearcedale bowlers with 3/29 from 10 overs.

In reply, the Panthers lost wickets consistently and were eventually dismissed in the 35th over for 98.

Will Kennedy top scored with 21 before being run-out. Matt Burns made it 14 wickets for the season after picking-up 3/16 from 10 overs.

Baden Powell again flexed its collective muscle to make light work of Boneo.

The Braves batted first and made a very hard to reach 8/199.

Travis Kellerman, who has played just two First IX games this season, top scored for the home side with 62, while Tom Wood scored 41 at the top of the innings.

Cam Williams was the best of the Boneo bowlers, with four wickets.

In reply, the visitors were bowled out in the 36th over for 102. Josh Gana top scored with 23.

Ryan Barnett claimed 4/26 from 10 overs for the Braves.

Red Hill and Main Ridge scored more than 400 runs between them on the small deck at Ditterich Reserve.

The Hillmen batted first with Callum Rowe (53), Simon Dart (50) and Matt Merifield (50) all getting half centuries to score 5/216.

In reply, Gareth Wyatt scored 69 and Ed Aarons 50. However, after 40 overs, the home side was left 15 runs short (9/201).

Rowe bowled five overs for a return of 4/32 and was the catalyst in the win after Main Ridge appeared to be in control at 6/180.

Seaford is one game outside the top four after picking up the win against Delacombe Park. The Parkers were bowled out in the 28th over. Shane Deal was explosive, netting 71 after the visitors were 7/78.

Paul Hartle wound back the clock for Seaford and snared 4/31 from 8.5 overs. Seaford got the runs (4/153) in the 28th over, with Faisal Payenda scoring 63.

Heatherhill too is just a game outside the top bracket after beating Carrum. They made 8/163 with Kristian Miller top scoring with 34 and Christian Heath getting 29.

The Lions were rolled for 148 in the 38th over.

Ben Davies picked up 3/25 in his first senior match while Jake Theobold claimed 3/29.

Seaford Tigers picked up the 12 points after beating Mt Martha.

The Reds batted first and were restricted to 99 in 38.3 overs. Jake Smart top scored with 25.

Matt Meagher, Corey Hand, Ash Mills and Darren James all picked up two wickets each.

The Tigers were in some early trouble at 5/37 before Meagher (30) and David James (20*) got them home (8/102).

Moorooduc to water: Despite some stellar efforts, Moorooduc only managed to score 96 runs and were quickly overrun

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Balnarring back in the race SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully A REAL race for a place in the finals has developed in MPCA Sub District cricket following the opening match of the New Year.

While Dromana and Hastings are nestled nicely in the top two spots on the ladder, there are now six clubs who have claims on the final two positions.

Balnarring is back in the race after knocking over Rosebud in a high scoring clash.

The Buds won the toss and elected to bat at Balnarring Reserve and looked to do everything right on their way to 7/192.

Billy Quigley was superb with 72 batting at three, Matt Maher contributed 28 and Kane Donald scored 23.

The best of the Balnarring bowlers were Mitch Kleinig (2/46) and Michael Griese (2/35).

However, despite the strong total, the Saints were able to hunt it down.

The home side finished with 7/193 off 37 overs.

Andrew Shannon top scored for the Saints with an unbeaten 54 while Mark Walles hit 49.

The final hurdle: Langwarrin appeal in their pre-finals win over Moorooduc.

Saturday’s victory locks them in as finals contenders. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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Jason Nagel was the pick of the Rosebud bowlers with 3/43 from 10 overs, while Quigley and Geoff Glaum each picked up two wickets.

Ballam Park is just half a game outside the top bracket after beating Frankston YCW. It was a must-win game for the Knights, and they did it after batting first and scoring 7/193.

That was largely due to the sensational innings of David Roach, who opened with a superb knock of 107.

Andrew Kitson claimed 3/39 for the Stonecats.

In reply, the visitors were rolled for 153 after 37 overs.

Lai Leaunoa opened with 58 for the Stonecats to be their highest run getter.

Dean Lefebvre was the star with the ball for the Knights, taking 5/24 from eight overs.

Sean Osborne was also back for the Knights, getting 1/27 from five overs and scoring 16 runs. Nathan Bradbury was also back for his first game.

Dromana’s Aaron Kaddatz almost single-handedly beat Tootgarook.

Kaddatz claimed 5/20 from 10 overs in Tootgarook’s total of 141 in 38 overs. Kaddatz also caused a run-out.

He then scored an unbeaten 33 as the Hoppers scored 6/146 in 40 overs.

Jack Fowler was the top scorer for Dromana with 38.

The match between Carrum Downs and second placed Hastings was abandoned due to an unplayable pitch.

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Photo finish at closest Rye Gift yet

By Barry Irving RYE Sports & Social Club hosted the 42nd running of Rye’s premier sporting event, the Rye Gift, on Saturday. In perfect weather for an athletics carnival, the Victorian Athletic League conducted this multi-event program that draws Victoria’s top athletes to Rye each January.

Now billed as a day out for families, there was a host of children’s activities that included face painting, a jumping castle and a visit from Mickey Mouse, Dora the Explorer and Peter Rabbit.

For the adults, an on-course bookmaker, beverage tent and food stalls added to the full program of sprint and distance events by athletes of all ages.

The 120m Rye Gift featured one of the closest finishes for many years, with the win going to Noddy Angelakos in 12.435 seconds. Liam

Procaccino came in 2nd at 12.450 seconds, with Paul Tancredi 3rd in 12.486 seconds.

The 120m Women’s Diamond resulted in a convincing win for Celia Cosgriff (14.161 seconds) over Nadeen Brown (14.315 seconds) with Caitlin Hawks 3rd (14.361 seconds).

A crowd favourite, the “Footballers relay” was won this year by the team from Rye Football Club, with the Dromana team winning the junior football relay.

The Rye Gift is organised by the Rye Sports & Social Club with profits from the day being shared by the seven participating Rye Sports clubs, whose members man the gates and stalls on the day. Held on the second Saturday in January, this event grows more popular each year, attracting more entries and larger crowds.

A Gift to be treasured: (Clockwise from top) Representatives of the Rye Football Club display their victory plaque with sponsors Gary Sanford and Gary Gillies, Celia Cosgriff took out the Women’s Diamond with gusto, winners of the Junior Gift give a hearty thumbs-up and Allegria has her face painted at one of the many activity stalls on the day. Picture: Barry Irving

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• 17” ALLOY WHEELS, FOG LIGHTS, SIDE STEPS • PREMIUM AUDIO w/ BLUETOOTH® & IPOD® CONNECTIVITY • OUTSTANDING 3.0T TOWING+ • REAR PARK ASSIST PLUS $1000 FREE ACCESSORIES‡

PLUS $1000 FREE ACCESSORIES‡

MU-X 4X2 LS-T 7 SEAT AUTO

$

43,990 DRIVE AWAY

$

*

EXCLUSIVE 3.0L ISUZU TURBO DIESEL

• 17” ALLOY WHEELS, FOG LIGHTS, SIDE STEPS & ROOF RAILS • PREMIUM AUDIO, SAT NAV & 10” DVD ROOF MONITOR • PASSIVE ENTRY & START SYSTEM • LEATHER APPOINTED SEATS§

25,990 DRIVE AWAY *

*

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PLUS $1000 FREE ACCESSORIES‡

MU-X 4X4 LS-U 7 SEAT AUTO

39,990 DRIVE AWAY

*

D-MAX 4X2 SX SINGLE CAB CHASSIS MANUAL

EXCLUSIVE 3.0L ISUZU TURBO DIESEL

• PREMIUM AUDIO w/ BLUETOOTH® & IPOD® CONNECTIVITY • FUEL EFFICIENT 8.0L/100KM# • HUGE 2,550MM LONG ALLOY TRAY~ • CRUISE CONTROL & POWER WINDOWS

LIMITED STOCK

MU-X 4X2 LS-M 7 SEAT AUTO

$

36,990 DRIVE AWAY *

EXCLUSIVE 3.0L ISUZU TURBO DIESEL

• PREMIUM AUDIO w/ BLUETOOTH® & IPOD® CONNECTIVITY • FUEL EFFICIENT 8.1L/100KM# • OUTSTANDING 3.0T TOWING+ • REAR PARK ASSIST

NEW MODEL

HURRY TO MORNINGTON ISUZU UTE TODAY 41 Tyabb Rd, Mornington | PH: 5975 5188 www.morningtonisuzuute.com.au

LMCT 10467

5-star ANCAP safety rating on 4x4 D-MAX Crew Cab models built from November 2013 onwards, 4x2 D-MAX Crew Cab High Ride models built from November 2014 onwards and all MU-X models. ^5 years/130,000km whichever occurs first, for eligible customers. Excludes trays and accessories. >The Capped Price Servicing Program applies to eligible Isuzu UTE vehicles with a warranty start date after 1 January 2015. The program covers the first 6 scheduled services in line with the scheduled service intervals. Program price subject to change. For full terms & conditions and current pricing visit isuzuute.com.au/service-plus. +3.5 tonne braked towing capacity on all 4x4 D-MAX models and 3.0 tonne braked towing capacity on all MU-X models when fitted with an optional genuine Isuzu UTE tow bar kit. ~Includes economy alloy tray fitted at motorpool. #ADR 81/02 laboratory tests (combined cycle) for D-MAX models built from 5 November 2014 onwards and MU-X models built from 6 November 2014 onwards. §Leather on body contact areas of the seats. *Private and ABN holders only on 2015 build plate models. Excludes government, fleet, rental & non-profit buyers. Includes one year business vehicle registration, CTP insurance, dealer delivery and statutory charges. Metallic/mica/pearl paint $396 extra. Only at participating Isuzu UTE Dealers from 1/1/16 until 31/3/16 unless extended, varied or while stocks last. †Unless varied or extended in writing, offer is limited to standard items contained in the first Scheduled Service (6 Months/10,000km whichever occurs first) on 2015 build plate D-MAX & MU-X models sold & delivered between 1/1/16 and 31/3/16, to private & ABN holders only. Excludes demonstrators. Offer is only applicable to the standard items in the first Scheduled Service as listed in IUA Warranty and Service Booklet and is not transferrable to other Scheduled Service/Make-up Scheduled Service, any additional service requirements are at owner’s expense. Only at participating Isuzu UTE Dealers. Not available with any other offer excluding the $1,000 free accessories where offered. ‡Genuine Isuzu UTE accessories on 2015 build plate 4x4 D-MAX & 4x4 MU-X models sold & delivered between 1/1/16 and 31/3/16, unless varied or extended, to private & ABN holders only. Excludes demonstrators. Available at Mornington Isuzu UTE. Not available with other offers.

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MORNINGTON MITSUBISHI

2015

PLATE SALE DEALS YOU CAN'T KEEP TO YOURSELF.

FREE AUTO UPGRADE3 A

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Rated★★★★★

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• 18" ALLOY WHEELS • REVERSING CAMERA • TOUCH SCREEN AUDIO

FREE 16"ALLOYS

& REVERSE CAMERA +

• 3 TONNE TOWING • BLUETOOTH® CONNECTIVITY • 7 AIRBAGS • SIDE STEPS

DRIVE AWAY

1

$500 FREE GENUINE ACCESSORIES4

$1,000 ABN REBATE 2

36,990

TRITON GLX 4X4 $ DOUBLE CAB DIESEL

25,000

$

DRIVE AWAY

1

HUGE DEMO CLE LEARANCE CLEARANCE

27,990

OUTLANDER LS 2WD $ • • • •

REVERSING CAMERA 7 AIRBAGS TOUCH SCREEN AUDIO BLUETOOTH® CONNECTIVITY

DRIVE AWAY

1

PAJERO 4WD

• REVERSING CAMERA • 7 SEATS • SMARTPHONE LINK DISPLAY AUDIO EXCEED MODEL SHOWN

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LMCT 10467

See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information. While stocks last. Mornington Mitsubishi reserves the right to extend or modify these offers. Offers available on new 2015 build plated vehicles purchased & delivered between between 1 and 31 January 2016 unless offers extended. Excludes Govt., Rental & National Fleet buyers. See participating dealers for full terms and conditions. 1. 2015 build plated stock. Excludes Govt., Rental & National Fleet buyers. Manual. Recommended Drive Away selling price, including 12 months registration, CTP insurance, Stamp Duty & Dealer Delivery. Premium paint $550 extra. 2. Excludes Govt, Rental and National Fleet buyers. Proof of ABN certification required. 3. Buy manual and receive free upgrade to automatic transmission valued at $2,000 on 15.5MY ASX LS 2WD Petrol. 4. $500 free Genuine Mitsubishi accessories on 2015 Build Outlander includes fitment labour and must be redeemed at point of sale. DIAMOND ADVANTAGE: † NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY: 5 years or 100,000km (whichever occurs first). Service conditions apply. *4 years or 60,000km (whichever occurs first). Covers all items specified under the standard “Regular Service Table” for normal operating conditions detailed in the service and warranty booklet. Additional service/repair items (if required) are at additional cost. ^ROADSIDE ASSIST (Service conditions apply). For purchases of new Mitsubishi vehicles, your initial 12 month roadside assist will be extended for a period of 12 months from the date of the most recent eligible Capped Price Service for that vehicle performed at an authorised Mitsubishi dealer. Roadside assist, if extended in accordance with these items, is available for a maximum of up to 5 years. Conditions apply. See mitsubishi-motors.com.au for further information.

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