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Restaurant staff loss hard to swallow Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE owner of Sorrento restaurant Acquolina Brett Johnson admits to being “shell-shocked� at the defection of 13 experienced kitchen staff to rival, The Sisters Kitchen Garden Cafe.

Their surprise departure last week has forced the temporary closure of his and partner Maria Grazia Baiguini’s fine dining restaurant at the busiest time of the year and caused a spat between the two popular eateries. “We simply can’t find staff at this late stage so it was better to close temporarily and reopen on Boxing Day,�

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While on his regular visits to Italy Mr Johnson arranges for Italian staff to work at Acquolina and arranges accommodation.

He said the visitors were free to work elsewhere as long as it didn’t affect their roles at Acquolina.

However this year the system appears to have broken down and the staff have defected and found other places to stay through their new employer. “The Italians often worked elsewhere out of hours and the arrangement had seemed to be working well,�

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president Marc Clavin said. “Now that seems to have been undone.�

The spirit of cooperation among the town’s traders following the razing of The Baths restaurant late October has been shattered at the start of the sixweek period in which they make twothirds of their annual income.

Mr Clavin said the loss of The Baths had left Acquolina as one of the few fine dining restaurants in the town “and now it’s a tragedy that another one in the main street has been lost�. “Brett and Maria are right in the middle of the strip and the potential knock-on effect to other businesses is of concern.�

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Mr Johnson saying his restaurant usually did 35 per cent of its trade in December. “We should be working together in such a small town rather than fighting each other,� he said.

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Peninsula on map for climate efforts Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE Mornington Peninsula has been recognised internationally as one of “two leading Australian councils” for its efforts to minimise climate change.

An invitation for the shire to commit to a Compact of Mayors follows the attendance at this month’s Paris climate talks by the mayor Cr Graeme Pittock, Cr Hugh Fraser and the shire’s renewable resources team leader, Jessica Wingad, who was there to “learn the latest global trends and their potential application locally”.

However, two councillors have now publicly criticised the Paris trip as being a waste of time and money.

Cr Pittock and Cr Fraser have said they will repay any costs that exceed the $16,000 allowed to be spent over their four-year terms.

It is understood that it cost the shire about $6000 for each of its three representatives to attend the United Nations climate change conference (COP21).

Countries represented at the talks unanimously approved the COP 21 Paris Agreement which “strives to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius, with the intent to pursue a 1.5-degree target”.

Cr Pittock said his attendance at the conference ensured “that the voices of local leaders are heard, and city efforts, like those here at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, are recognised”.

The first news release about the talks issued by the shire included verbatim descriptions of Australia’s climate change strategies supplied by the office of Flinders MP and Environment Minister, Greg Hunt.

Last Thursday Cr David Garnock, within hours of the shire announcing the Compact of Mayors commit-

Images reflect knowledge of ‘special’ place MATT Mackay spends a lot of time taking note of the weather and its effects on the scenery. A surfer based in Sorrento, he seeks out tide times and wind speeds.

As a photographer, he uses all this knowledge to compose scenes through a camera lens.

“I’ve built up a strong connection with the Mornington Peninsula’s coastal and marine environment,” he says.

“My main focus is on nature and landscape photography, that’s what inspires me photographically and it’s where like to spend much of my time.”

Mackay says this connection to the environment is necessary to “truly capture its essence”.

“I can’t imagine living away from the sight, sound and smell of the ocean and, being a narrow peninsula, we’re fortunate to be surrounded by both the pounding waves of the Southern Ocean and the calmer tranquil waters of Port Philip.

“We’re also very fortunate to have much of this spectacular coastline within the Mornington

ment and efforts already undertaken to achieve carbon neutrality, said it had not been necessary for the mayor to go to Paris to sign up for the compact.

“These initiatives are a result of the enthusiasm of all councillors and senior shire officers to protect our precious environment on the peninsula, not as a result of the occasional participation of councillors or shire officers at international conferences,” Cr Garnock said.

His comments followed those made in the previous week by Cr Andrew Dixon who claimed a post-Paris public briefing had been organised by the mayor “so that [the public] believe our Paris journey was totally hip and worth it”.

Posting on Facebook under the name “Billy Dixon”, Cr Dixon said those at the meeting would be buttered up with “free booze”.

“I'm sure we had a phenomenal impact on global energy policies, but

you'll hear all about it at our cute little slideshow,” Cr Dixon stated in response to an invitation from the mayor for the public to attend an “open presentation” of the Paris climate talks.

The Compact of Mayors is an agreement drawn up by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and sees the peninsula sign up with cities such as Copenhagen, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, Buenos Aires and Cape Town. The other Australian municipality is the Western Australian city of Joondalup.

The organisation was founded in 1990 as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) when 200 local governments agreed to aim for “sustainable development” at a conference at the United Nations in New York.

A news release issued by the shire on Thursday states that the shire had "fast-tracked" its way to compliance

in a matter of months after years of investment and real action on climate.

The process outlined by ICLEI usually takes three years.

ICLEI says Mornington Peninsula and Joondalup, having achieved compliance, are undergoing a final audit against the international standard before being listed on the official compact website.

Examples of the shire’s efforts to ward off climate change include working with the CSIRO and the South East Councils Climate Change Alliance (SECCCA) understand the impact of climate change over the next 70 years; using methane gas at the Rye landfill to generate enough electricity to power about 1400 homes; cutting the size of its vehicle fleet; and undertaking such renewable energy projects as buying solar power for 11 community halls and installing solar street lights.

Pride of place: Photographer Matt Mackay at Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, one of his favourite places on the Mornington Peninsula which features in his 2016 calendar.

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Peninsula and Point Nepean national parks, providing sanctuary to a range of native flora and fauna.

“With such a diverse landscape and coastline the peninsula offers endless possibilities and inspiration for a nature and landscape photographer like me.”

Some of Mackay’s images are now reproduced in his 2016 Mornington Peninsula Calendar.

“It’s a way to showcase the region’s beauty and diverse landscape,” he says.

“It came as no surprise when National Geographic placed the peninsula on its Best of the World – 20 Places You Should See in 2015 list.”

Mackay’s calendar includes images from all over the peninsula, has the Port Philip Heads monthly tide chart on each page and lists market dates and other useful information. He says he “tried to produce the most environmentally-friendly calendar-printed in Australia” by using 100 per cent recycled paper and waterless printing.

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Shire rings in ‘no nonsense’ New Year’s Eve MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will again take a “no entertainment – no nonsense” approach to New Year’s Eve. Working with a community-based steering committee, police, residents and businesses, the shire says it aims to reduce the “negative impacts of celebrations” in the area.

“This approach has assisted in providing a safe environment for holiday makers and residents since its introduction more than 10 years ago, in 2001-2002,” shire spokesperson Kat Hodgins said.

“The shire aims to make sure the southern peninsula is a safe place for people to enjoy over the New Year period.”

Cr Tim Rodgers said the summer holiday period was a great time for residents and visitors to the peninsula.

“This strategy is to ensure everyone has a safe and happy New Year’s Eve,” he said.

Cr Hugh Fraser: “The shire's community-led New Year’s Eve strategy is about maintaining and promoting a safe, family location for all to enjoy.”

There will be no public entertainment, no public fireworks and bans on alcohol in public places will be enforced.

No organised public events or activities will be staged on the southern peninsula on New Year’s Eve. Only those who have pre-purchased tickets will be admitted to private venues operating on the night.

Alcohol bans will apply from 30 December to midnight 1 January. The possession of sealed and unsealed containers of liquor in public places is prohibited (unless they are being transported from the point-of-sale to a vehicle or residence for consumption). Glass containers are not permitted in public places.

No camping will be allowed in any public park or reserve; all camping in permitted foreshore areas is fully-booked.

No public displays of fireworks are allowed on New Year’s Eve. No one is allowed to possess or discharge fireworks without a permit. Fines apply. Discharging flares is prohibited, except in an emergency.

People are reminded to be vigilant with fire – especially on the peninsula. More information about fire safety can be found at cfa.vic.gov.au or depi.vic.gov.au Rye carnival will be closed on New Year’s Eve day and night and the Rye pier car park will close at 4pm.

Point Nepean Rd between Lyons St and Dundas St, Rye, will be closed 11pm, 31 December to 1am, 1 January at the discretion of police. Detours will be in place.

A free, one-way bus service will run from Portsea to Safety Beach stopping at designated bus stops. Security will be on board at all times.

For route information visit mornpen.vic.gov.au For more information call 1300 850 600 or 5950 1000.

Hawk collects rig and heads out THE oil and gas drilling rig that towered over the low lying foreshore of Phillip Island before appearing to hover for days in the early morning mists of Port Phillip is finally on its way back home to Singapore.

With its drilling duties for Origin and Hibiscus Oil in Bass Strait completed, the rig was last week taken on board by the heavy lift vessel Hawk before heading out of Port Phillip on Tuesday.

Equipment was taken from the rig before it was welded to the Hawk’s deck for transport.

The 223 metre, 44, 700 tonne Hawk sails at about 12 knots compared with the three knots that would be achieved if the rig was towed by tugs to Singapore.

The rig is owned by Seadrill Ltd and is scheduled to be back at its Singapore base in early January. The Hawk is owned by OHT (offshore heavy transport).

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Men’s shed seeks funding go ahead Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au SAFETY Beach-Dromana men’s shed members can be “reasonably hopeful” their dreams of a new headquarters will be fulfilled.

Although no formal approval of a grant from the Mornington Peninsula Shire has been given, the shed’s application for $40,000 funding has been favourably received and is being assessed.

Members’ hopes now rest on inclusion in the shire’s mid-term budget review, which will be announced in the New Year.

The men’s shed has around 30 members who meet at least three times a week to engage in community activities, socialise over coffee, and do some “pretty impressive trades work”, president Rick Plummer said.

Members have put behind them the disappointment of being knocked back for a state government $60,000 grant in January.

If that application had been successful – coupled with the shire’s promise to match it – members would have had $120,000 with which to build their new headquarters.

Undeterred by the knockback, members have set about raising their own funds – about $40,000 – and asked the council to match it. Now they await the green light to build on their site at Dromana Recreation Reserve.

The shire’s Director, Communities, Robin Adams, said the shed members had modified their plans for a

Looks like a plan: Graeme Morris and Rick Plummer at the proposed site of the Dromana Men’s Shed.

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new shed after the state government knock-back. “I met with them and they were able to put forward a strong case for funding,” he said.

“They are an incredible lot who have worked diligently, and they can be reasonably hopeful that we will be able to help them out.

“We support them and, while there are no guarantees at this stage, they have convinced me they can pull it off.”

The shed’s troubles began when they were asked to vacate their site at the Don Bosco Camp, Safety Beach, late last year after two years. Owners,

the Salesians of Don Bosco, based in Ascot Vale, cited a “lack of compatibility” between the shed’s activities and camp management’s aims of providing a safe and enjoyable experience for children.

The eviction put in doubt the shed’s role in a range of community events, such as providing wood craft activities for the Dromana Australia Day Community Breakfast, woodwork instruction to school children, furniture restoration, community vegetable garden and many other activities.

And it undermined the shed’s

concept of being an important social outlet for retired men who may otherwise feel isolated.

Now things are looking up, with shed members modifying their plans to now build a $100,000 headquarters. Within 12 months of opening, they are confident of doubling their membership.

“After being asked to vacate the camp the guys bonded together,” Mr Plummer said. “They are a stubborn group and got to work raising funds – we have sausage sizzles at Bunnings, which can raise $1500 on a weekend, and we had 80 year olds out deliver-

ing phone books mid-year; we haven’t stood still and we are not asking for handouts.”

Donations of electrical equipment have been gratefully received and there’s even a promise of free earthworks by Dromana road and excavation company Maw Civil, which could save the shed project thousands.

Managing director John Plumridge said “the money is not the issue” when confirming the free earthworks.

“We have been supporting them for 12 months; they are lovely people and do worthy work.”

For more information please contact 1300 850 600 or 5950 1000 www.mornpen.vic.gov.au

NEW YEAR’S EVE | 2015 - 2016

NO ENTERTAINMENT NO NONSENSE Mornington Peninsula Shire is continuing to take a ‘No Entertainment - No Nonsense’ approach for the upcoming New Year’s Eve on the peninsula, working in partnership with a community-based steering committee, police and residents to reduce the negative impact of celebrations in the area.

There are no organised public events or activities on the Mornington Peninsula on New Year’s Eve. Venues operating on New Year’s Eve will only be accessible by people who have pre-purchased tickets.

Alcohol bans apply from December 30 to midnight 1 January 2016. Possession of sealed and unsealed containers of liquor in public places is prohibited (unless sealed containers are being transported from point-of-sale to vehicle or private residence for consumption). Possession of any glass container while in a public place is prohibited.

No camping is permitted in any public park or reserves.

There are no public displays of fireworks on New Year’s Eve. A person must not possess or discharge fireworks (fines apply).

The Rye Carnival will be closed on New Year’s Eve (day and night).

Discharge of flares is prohibited except in cases of an emergency.

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People are reminded to be extremely vigilant of fires: and particularly fire-safe on the peninsula. More information about fire safety can be found at: www.cfa.vic.gov.au or www.depi.vic.gov.au

The Rye Pier car park will be closed from approximately 4.00pm on New Year’s Eve (or at Police discretion). Minor road closures are expected in Rye from 11pm - 1am.

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Traders count cost of Saturday siege Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au RYE traders are counting their losses in the wake of a siege on Saturday 5 December when a man held two women hostage for almost eight hours.

Police closed Point Nepean Rd between Weeroona and Weir streets and evacuated shops, including those at the Safeway shopping complex, when a 69-year-old man armed with lowcalibre weapons was seen entering the Little Beach Cafe, Point Nepean Rd, at 7.45am.

While no one was injured, the same can’t be said for traders’ cash registers: Not only did they lose a day’s takings, ruined stock and wasted staff wages, but many are finding they cannot claim the losses on their insurance.

Their policies honour claims only after 48 hours’ loss of trade – not eight hours – making the losses even more galling because that Saturday was tipped to be one of the busiest in the lead-up to Christmas.

Anton Vigenser, of Freaky Tiki cafe, said he lost “a couple of thousand” on the day, as well as the cost of ruined stock.

“We were 15 minutes into being open with all the food out of the fridge

and serving customers when we got the call to leave,” Mr Vigenser said.

“Don’t get me wrong, it was a serious situation and the police were there doing their job – but it was frustrating for traders.”

He said he had to “press a police woman to speak with her supervisor” so that he could return to his shop to turn off the oven. “It would not have been ideal to leave all that food burning and possibly causing a fire in that situation.”

Mr Vigenser said 13 shops were affected by the siege shutdown, including Woolworths, whose management said the store was closed for 10 hours.

A spokeswoman for the insurance company (which did not want to be identified) where many of the traders have policies, said the wording of the policy was crucial. “To be successful, a claim for business interruption insurance has to be the result of an actual or physical threat to the property, such as a storm, fire or bomb threat,” she said.

The policies contain a 48-hour excess period.

“Traders need to prove that the threat is to their property, and that it covers prevention of action over that time,” she said.

She admitted the clauses contained “grey areas” and said some traders had

discussed claiming compensation from the gunman, but predicted this would be unlikely to succeed.

Meanwhile, Mr Vigenser is lamenting his lost day’s trade.

“We hung about,” he said. “We went to the indoor market hoping it would all blow over in a couple of hours, but then I was again told I wasn’t allowed in, so I went home.

“Later I called a staff member after it was all over and we went down and closed up. It was a totally wasted day.”

Police commander Inspector Karen Nyholm, described the siege as a “volatile situation” on the day. She later issued an open letter thanking the public for “their understanding and support of our need to keep the area shut down at what should have been a busy Saturday morning for local traders, residents and visitors.”

At the height of the siege, about 80 officers – including heavily armed members of the special operations group – were stationed outside the shop where the hostages were being held.

At least one shot is alleged to have been fired into the ceiling of the cafe during the stand-off, which ended when two women were released through the front door at about 3.20pm, followed shortly after by their alleged captor.

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Borders of protection for troubled plovers THEY may look like balls of fluff standing on legs thinner than matchsticks, but there are many hands willing to help the endangered hooded plover.

It is a bird that nests precariously close to the ocean’s edge and lays a camouflaged egg that is hard to discern from its surroundings on the sand.

Also prey to many natural enemies the odds seem stacked against the hooded plover, but as its annual nesting season gets underway concerned plover lovers are erecting fences on beaches and making wooden shelters to provide protection for the anticipated chicks.

On Monday members of the Friends of the Hooded Plover group were at Gunnamatta, driving fencing posts into the sand and unrolling wire to keep unwary or careless beachgoers away from nesting birds.

Flotsam left behind by the latest high tides show just how close the nests are to being swept away.

But year after year the plovers return to this windswept beach, albeit in ever decreasing numbers.

Although dogs are banned at Gunnamatta, the chicks and eggs are sought out morsels to foxes, cats, seagulls, magpies and ravens.

The previous Friday the Hastingsbased Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association held a workshop to make shelters for the chicks.

The workshop was sponsored by the Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority and involved Indigenous people and Landcare groups.

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Beach babies: The effort to help hooded plovers breed successfully is well underway with, clockwise from top left, Graeme Miller, Neil Shelley and Denis Goss constructing a protective barrier at Gunnamatta; a male bird sitting on a clutch of eggs laid in not much more than a footprint near the high tide mark; a model of a chick shelter being made at Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association, Hastings, by Friends of Hooded Plover’s Diane Lewis and father and son team Chris and Lachlan Ogden. Pictures: Yanni

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No quick fix for power grid COMMENT

By David Harrison UNITED Energy recently letterboxed areas of the Mornington Peninsula with a letter informing householders of the diligent work it is doing in supplying safe and reliable power.

Some readers were less than impressed. Overnight a power cut had set every electronic clock in the district flashing. Again.

Also flashing, at the top of White Hill Rd and at the Red Hill village end of Arthurs Seat Rd, were the large signs advising that power line work was continuing “July to December”.

The month had recently been revised from “November”. Will it become “January” in a week or two?

About this time it was reported that many kilometres of United Energy overhead power lines needed to be replaced on the peninsula because they posed a bushfire risk.

And on December 1 The News reported that “linemen are scrambling to replace up to 30 kilometres of faulty power lines on the Mornington Peninsula amid fears they could cause bushfires”.

Several concerned residents wrote to United Energy stating there was “evidence that the ABC [twisted aerial bundled cable] power lines are faulty and explode periodically causing fires”.

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

United Energy did not respond to The News before deadline – including questions about the safety of the

ABC cable, some of which is barely five years old and said to have faulty insulation.

The company, which is responsible for all the peninsula’s poles and wires, tells a glowing story on its website.

Under the heading “Bushfire mitigation” it states: We are committed to operating our network in full compliance with the requirements of the Act and regulations administered by Energy Safe Victoria (ESV).

“Due to prevailing weather conditions and country environments conducive to bushfires, we acknowledge the need to act proactively in designing and operating our assets to minimise the possibility of a bushfire ignition. “… [W]e acknowledge our responsibility to the local community to consider all relevant practical technologies available to minimise bushfire risk.”

Its website is silent on problems with its poles and wires. Some wires are estimated to be up to 30 years old.

It is also silent on what is believed to be a growing power supply crisis in the Blairgowrie-Portsea area.

The electricity grid problem coincides with release of a major new study that has found that humans are responsible for some 70 per cent of bushfires in south-east Australia.

The International Journal of Wildland Fund stated that population density explained the fire pattern in NSW and Victoria, the ABC reported.

"The higher the population density the more ignitions you get," according to lead author Kathryn Collins of the University of Wollongong's centre for

environmental risk management of bushfires.

Official data from more than 113,000 bushfires between 1997 and 2009 across the two states indicated that 47 per cent were from accidental causes such as cigarettes, escaped burn-offs and campfires or sparks from equipment or powerlines.

Forty per cent were deliberately lit and 13 per cent were caused by lightning strikes, the study found.

The cause of 31 per cent of fires was undetermined.

The News reported Nepean MP Martin Dixon saying the Red Hill and Main Ridge power lines came from a “faulty batch that had not lasted as long as they were expected to and had already caused fires” – even though extra insulation was supposed to improve their fire safety capabilities.

The insulation appeared to be perishing quickly and breaking away and exposing the wires, which he described as “a recipe for disaster”.

Mr Dixon, scheduled to get a full briefing from United Energy last week, said he would be seeking to meet Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio and the Ombudsman on the issue.

On Friday afternoon Mr Dixon issued the following: “Further to my statements in the Parliament I have had no response from Minister D’Ambrosio in relation to replacing these faulty cables as a priority, and I am still awaiting a more detailed briefing prior to Christmas from United Energy officers.”

Useable art: Recliner chairs and table made by wine barrel artist Carl Smith.

Barrel art display at show THE News Mornington Art Show opening on Thursday 21 January and running through to Australia Day will feature a display and sale of recycled oak barrel furniture.

The concept of creating quality furniture from used wine barrels is a creative initiative of Frankston based furniture maker Carl Smith.

After completing school and working in the construction industry for more than decade, Mr Smith decided on a career change to capitalise on his passion for working with wood.

On seeing a fruit bowl made from the staves of a used wine barrel at Christmas a few years ago he realised he wanted to pursue this area of manufacture.

From there he formed Barrel Art Designs and, over the past two or three years, he has developed the concept with more than 40 designs in his product range.

From simple wine-glass-and-bottle holders, serving boards and clocks, through to tables, bar stools, wine racks and the popular range of “loafer chairs”, Mr Wood’s designs have a timeless, rustic appeal. Mostly made from oak, the products are strong and durable.

He has regular stalls at Red Hill, Mornington and Yarra Glen craft markets, and his work can also be found in selected galleries and art shows.

The work of this young designer/ furniture maker will feature on stage at the Mornington Art Show.

Opening night on Thursday 21 January will have a party atmosphere.

The Bakery Trio jazz group will provide some cool music to accompany gourmet finger food and refreshments.

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School captain Cooper Corbett, who scored the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top tertiary entrance rank of 99.25, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This school gave me both the opportunities and the support to achieve the craziest of my dreams and I am forever grateful for that.â&#x20AC;?

Cooper has been offered a scholarship by Monash University and hopes to study a double law/computer science degree.

He was one of five students to go through the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s select entry accelerated learning (SEAL) program to achieve a score above 90.

Having achieved a perfect study score of 50 for Australian history while in Year 11, Alexandra Dellaportas this year juggled studying, teaching flute and choreographing an awardwinning performance for the Wakakirri dance event to achieve a result in the high 90s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The score is awesome but I would have followed my passion for dance regardless of any number,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Mitch Towers achieved a study score of 50 for physical education and, like Alexandra, a tertiary entrance rank in the high 90s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The teachers have understood how I learnt best and helped me to reach my academic potential,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With nine students achieving ATARs above

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Rosebud principal Andrew Nicholls said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These and many other students gave their best effort and it has paid off in their results.â&#x20AC;?

Padua College PADUA College dux Georgia Smith achieved an ATAR of 98.65 and David Flynn received a perfect study score in further mathematics. He was taught by Luke Martin.

Students who achieved ATARs over 90 were Felix Adsett, Chelsea Haynes, Michelle Keane, Yazmine Lomax, Joel Millar, Nicholas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, Georgia Smith and Grace Watson.

Six students received 45-plus in a subject: David Flynn, Georgia Smith - English with Sally Buick, Ruby Collins business management with Belinda Taylor, Yazmine Lomax - English with Isabel Bentley, and Elliot Brooker and Joshua Ross-Smith - further mathematics with Monique Walpole.

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Frisky ‘fairies’ live lives of torrid affairs and deceit A SWEET and dainty backyard buddy on the Mornington Peninsula proves you just can't judge a book by its cover. As breeding season kicks off for cute little fairy-wrens, so begins their long list of illicit affairs.

There are nine species of fairywrens in Australia currently partnering for the breeding season. The most common wren in Victoria is the superb fairy-wren.

“Fairy-wrens are super cute with beautiful feathers and have delightful personalities, so it's no wonder the superb fairy-wren was voted Australia's favourite bird,” said Susanna Bradshaw, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.

“But behind their fluffy appearance, there lies a tangled web of torrid affairs and deceit. They appear to have a picture-perfect family unit with mum and dad busily rearing their young each year. Some of their offspring even stick around to help feed the next brood of chicks.

“Dad will go to great lengths to protect the family territory from other males, while also sharing childrearing duties. However, just before dawn, the illusion of family duty and marital fidelity is shattered.

“Both mum and dad will often disappear to neighbouring territories, before the sun rises, for romantic forays with other fairy-wrens. Mum may seek out a suitor who recently gave her a pretty flower as a gift, while dad may court other females.

“This unashamed infidelity isn't just a one-off; it is so common that up to three-quarters of all fairy-wren broods can be sired by other males. It's not surprising they are the most unfaithful

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birds in the animal kingdom.

“Being unfaithful in the bird world is a lot more common than many people realise. It has benefits as laying lots of eggs fertilised by different males can increase the genetic health of the fairy-wren population.”

Fairy-wren facts

Despite their size, they have a voracious appetite for insects and will eat large quantities of garden bugs.

When the temperature drops, their cuteness factor increases exponentially as they huddle together on branches

for warmth. Males may not look that tough but they're very brave. When most bird species hear a predator birds calling they will go quiet and try to work out whether they need to take cover. However the male fairy-wren decides this is a great time to loudly sing his own song, probably because he knows more birds will be listening.

Fairy-wrens are incredibly smart.

They learn to recognise the alarm calls of many other species, and flee to safety. Scientists liken this being able to understanding multiple foreign

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Winners in water: Members of the Peninsula Surfriders Club after their win at Phillip Island, front row from left, president Ben Hallam, Georgia Fish, captain Caiden Fowler, 2015 club champion Mikey Barber, Adam Morris and junior surfer Gully Eelhead; back row ,Mark Howey, senior men’s surfer Andrew Everist, junior reserve Jet Dickinson, Chris Fowler, Haden Forest, coach Lachlan Mc Donald, Ian Burns, Joel Wookey and vicepresident Rob Hanley.

Choppy stylists: Despite the chop, Georgia Fish, far left, and Caiden Fowler make the most of their heats at Phillip Island.

Peninsula surfers’ choppy ride to nationals PENINSULA Surfriders Club on Saturday claimed consecutive titles by winning the Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle at Phillip Island.

The event was held at the more protected Smiths Beach due to a large swell and strong onshore winds.

PSC won with 5800 points, followed by Portland Boardriders Club, 5025; Phillip Island, 4850; 13th

Beach, 4562; Torquay, 4474; and South West, 3874.

Peninsula and Portland will compete in the national finals at Cronulla in January.

“It was pretty tense in the Teams final,” PSC team World Surfing League qualifying series surfer Caiden Fowler said. “We were lucky enough to get through some surfers quick towards

the end and everyone did their job.

“We are super stoked to go back to the national final in Cronulla. It’s such a good environment and a really good opportunity to represent Peninsula and Victoria.”

The peninsula club also claimed a women’s division heat, helped along

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LETTERS Shocking losses The article “Gamblers lose $79m to peninsula pokies” (The News 17/11/15) makes for distressing reading. Behind those figures are many devastated families affected by gambling on poker machines.

Maybe many people are not aware that one of the biggest poker machine owners in our area is Woolworths supermarkets.

The very company that trades on family values owns 12,000 poker machines and is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from some of the poorest regions because of the concentration of its poker machines in low income areas.

In my nearest township alone, Somerville, $5.7 million of was lost in one hotel controlled by the supermarket just around the corner, Woolworths.

But there is a way we can use our consumer power to make a protest about the scourge of poker machines in our society. Many people like me may choose to boycott Woolworths and therefore send a clear message to them that we think a company that supposedly cares about families shouldn’t be involved in poker machines.

Geoff Selby, Moorooduc

Talk costs worthwhile The attendance of councillors and staff at the Paris climate change talks in Paris was money well spent and will provide some valuable local insights into how climate change will impact the Mornington Peninsula in particular, and the Port Phillip region in general.

Australia, with the highest per capita emissions of all OECD countries, was dragged kicking and screaming to the negotiation table in Paris, and it was seen that the Australian government was extremely reluctant to make any concessions to reduce emissions from Australia’s fossil fuelled economy. The intransigence, incompetence and grossly inadequate carbon abatement policies of the government, particularly those propagandised by Environment Minister Greg Hunt, illustrates that the federal government’s actions are absolutely useless when it comes to reducing

carbon emissions.

Future emissions reductions will come mainly from local and regional initiatives such as solar and wind. The big fossil fuel burners who the government supports, will continue to pollute over many decades.

The government is committed to delay and obfuscation, preferring coal over renewable energy.

Everyone will suffer. Many of your correspondents do not understand this, and castigate the council for taking action on the local implications of climate change.

Unless members of the community take action to curb their affluent lifestyle and take responsibility for reducing their carbon footprint, current federal government policies will invariably lead to increased and unsustainable resource consumption, higher energy use and more carbon emissions. Right around Australia, many local governments provide leadership and beneficial community projects to reduce carbon emissions, and provide local opportunities. We should expect no less from the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. Its recent carbon neutral strategy and overseas fact finding are necessary first steps. Councillors now need to walk the talk, involve the community and allocate significant community project budget funds.

Ken Dyer, Rosebud

Staying on topic Michael G Free (“Wasted words”, The News 15/12/15) must think when it comes to replies in the newspapers that one size fits all. Michael G Free, apart from the heading and date, sent the very same letter some weeks ago in reply to my comments on climate change. This time, he’s a little bit closer to the topic.

Michael G Free doesn’t have to lecture me about how politics operate as I was involved with a political party for some years down here. He is right, the major parties do control the Lower House most time, but, sometimes independents, these (“Blowhards and single issue parties”, his words) get in on single issues and can sway a decision one way or the other by doing deals with said major parties.

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Peninsula plovers A big thank you to the teacher volunteers from The Peninsula School, Mt Eliza, who visited peninsula ocean beaches to do a beach clean last Wednesday.

After a briefing by Parks Victoria, it was off to gather rubbish from Rye, St Andrews and Gunnamatta ocean beaches with members of Friends of the Hooded Plover.

But, the Upper House is different as it has proportional representation where single issue parties can get in on one per cent of the vote, such as Ricky Muir along with others in the Senate and the Sex Party in the Legislative Assembly (the Upper House) thanks to the “preference whisperer” who instructed these candidates to swap preferences.

So, these people can change policies to get what they want.

Michael G Free mentions lost causes, including Tassells Creek and Blue Wedges, but, he fails to mention the successes: Rosebud marina, fail; SPA on the Rosebud foreshore, fail; East West Link, fail.

Incidentally, I had claimed there was a $400

This is territory of the endangered hooded plover, the peninsula’s true local, a shorebird that desperately need our help to survive. Chick numbers are declining rapidly and suffer from many threats, such as foxes and dogs wandering loose in Mornington Peninsula National Park.

Rubbish can be another threat to shorebirds.

The teachers spent all day collecting rubbish and learning about the endangered birds.

Graeme Millar, Friends of the Hooded Plover million debt to all Victorians thanks to the Napthine government but only last week, he debt has blown out to $1.1 billion. Which brings me back to my point, which Michael G Free didn’t address: We need to be a marginal seat. And, also to Michael G Free, I have never written a letter to our Clayton’s environment minister, nor do I intend to.

John Cain, McCrae 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.

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COMPLEMENTED by a natural bush setting, that is still only minutes from Hastings or Bittern, this superb country haven is set within a secluded garden oasis. The home has been crafted from 100 year old red brick and is surrounded by beautiful wisteria and other flowering blooms, with the 8000 square metre block also home to an orchard and two fenced paddocks. A circular tree-lined drive loops around in front of the home, with a further access track heading up to a detached double garage and two other outbuildings – one with power. The most striking aspect of the home from the exterior is the mass of outdoor entertaining space

where a wonderful verandah, embracing the home on two sides, merges with a vast alfresco deck and a huge rotunda that overlooks the gardens. From the East wing, there is a massive parents retreat – or perfect home office – that connects with the main bedroom featuring a walk-in robe and ensuite. Two more bedrooms both have built-in robes and share a lovely character-filled bathroom with spa bath, and a separate study could be a fourth bedroom if required.

Other wet areas include the huge laundry with a brilliant amount of bench and cupboard space. The timber kitchen is framed with hand-crafted tiles acting as splashbacks and

appliances include a dishwasher and wall oven. There is a handy amount of bench and cupboard space also and the wonderful thick benchtops bear the marks of many a fabulous meal. There is an adjoining dining area, and the lovely family room has a charming open fire place set into a brick feature wall. As with most rooms, the formal lounge has a distinct colonial influence with sash windows and dramatic leadlight and timber finishes. Blessed with a wonderful rustic touch, this idyllic property is your opportunity to obtain a peaceful country lifestyle on the peninsula.

To all our readers we wish you a safe and happy Christmas.

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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 By Appointment Contact Melissa Walker 0407 508 555

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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.

An impeccable, perfectly presented display home with nothing to do but move in. Set on a fantastic 801sqm approx fenced & landscaped lot in a lovely new estate, the home features 5 bedrooms, open plan tiled kitchen, living and dining zone and outside patio area.

FOR SALE $390,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

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

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In the ultimate position on McCrae’s beachside with magnificent views, this property offers a full-length sundeck, main living area on the upper level, modern, open-plan kitchen with s/steel appliances, two bedrooms with full ensuite.

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.

Situated in friendly and safe neighbourhood, this delightful 2BR brick veneer unit is perfect for a retired couple or single mature aged person. Comprising open plan lounge, dining, kitchen area, separate bathroom, gas heating, courtyard and a single garage.

FOR SALE $1,275,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact John King 0419 202 471

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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!

Fabulous 738 (approx.) Waterfront block with approval for a 12 metre berth with one of the best locations in the estate.. Excellent long water views and elevated front section. Expressions of interest are invited and forms available on request.

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.

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

FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Inspect By Appointment Contact Rob Steele 0418 154 024

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

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AUCTION: Sat 9th January at 11am TERMS: 10% Dep. Bal. 30/60 Days Contact John Kennedy 0401 984 842

9 Yera Crescent RYE $395,000 - $425,000 ALFRESCO DELIGHT Step into this solid, renovated 3BR home and you will not need to lift a Ă&#x20AC;QJHU $OO EHGURRPV DUH RI JHQHURXV VL]H WKH OLYLQJ DUHD Ă RZV LQWR WKH enclosed alfresco entertaining which can be used all year round! The carpet, WLOHV DQG DOO Ă RRU FRYHULQJV DUH LQ JUHDW condition! The garden is landscaped and the property is fully fenced with a lock up carport. This home really does tick all the boxes for the investor, KROLGD\ KRPH RU Ă&#x20AC;UVW KRPH EX\HU

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81 Bayview Avenue, ROSEBUD $570,000 plus buyers Stockdale & Leggo, 1159-1165 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, 5986 8600 John King, 0419 202 471

FOR buyers seeking that perfect property where all you have to do is turn the key and move in, this splendid display home is the only solution. Set on a fantastic 801 square metre lot that has been fully-fenced and landscaped, this beautiful home offers great value for any family with five bedrooms and two bathroom, including the ensuite to the main bedroom. The primary open plan zone incorporates a tiled kitchen with quality appliances, an adjoining dining space and a comfortable lounge. There is a second living space which could serve as a rumpus or home theatre room, and the separate study is the fifth bedroom option. Externally there is an impressive undercover patio area overlooking the backyard which can be kept nice and green by the 3300-litre water tank. From the street there is a double lock up garage with internal access to the home and drive-through access to the back for parking extra vehicles.

11 Wondaree Street RYE $450,000 - $480,000 A SOLID BRICK SENSATION Ducted heating and cooling is only the beginning of this well kept solid brick home, which sits on concrete stumps!

Set back on the 680m2 block, every pocket of land is used including a lock up garage and 3 carports, plus a paved entertaining area with a bbq plumbed into mains gas and ready to go. The home has three bedrooms and a cosy living and dining area which allows plenty of natural light in from every window.

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Your private oasis awaits Address: For Sale: Agency: Agent:

460-462 Melbourne Road, BLAIRGOWRIE $1,295,000 Prentice Real Estate, 2395 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 2351 Gary Bishop, 0418 517 291

BOASTING resort class luxury and facilities, this property exists to serve you in total comfort. The amazing outdoor entertainment zone provides a glorious spa and in-ground pool with succulents providing the perfect tropical theme backdrop. The five bedrooms on offer will comfortably accommodate all the friends and family â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two have an ensuite bathroom, the larger main bedroom also has a walk-in robe, and a separate study could be a sixth bedroom if required. Two spacious living areas sit underneath high raked ceilings and the glamorous kitchen with island bench opens out to the alfresco area for seamless indoor to outdoor entertaining. A detached double garage has an adjoining self-contained studio with kitchen and bathroom facilities which will be perfect for guests or extended family. There are plenty of other storage options and parking areas, with a double portico in front of the home, and to one side is a double carport extending through to a three-car garage. The home is set across a consolidated double block which offers dual street frontage to Agnes Avenue. If the incredible lifestyle on offer here still has you wanting more, walking trails to Ocean Beach are moments away.

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A wonderful piece of land with brilliant access to the back beach is being offered by our very genuine vendors.

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PENINSULA BUSINESS PARK • Opportunities to purchase or lease • Stage 1 now completed & nearly fully occupied • Huge savings buying off the plan in stage 2 • Construction due to begin early 2016 • Warehouse and office space • Sizes starting at 185 m2 • Agents in conjunction Nichols Crowder Property Solutions Cameron Industrial & Commercial

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For nature: From left, Peter Whyte and Denise Ferguson of St Thomas More Primary School; Cr Graham Pittock; Michelle McCready of the shire’s renewable resources office; Cr Antonella Celi; Western Port Secondary College principal Hannah Lewis; Angela Roach school horticulturist and a member of St Joseph’s Primary School Crib Point support staff team with students Willow and Harper; and Cr David Gibb.

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Shire awards for frog bogs and bee hotels FOUR schools and two individuals have won recognition at the Mornington Peninsula Shire 2015 Mayoral Sustainability Awards.

Now in their 10th year, the awards acknowledge the achievements of students, teachers, student groups and school communities in working toward a sustainable future.

They were presented by Cr Graham Pittock, who said four outstanding schools were recognised in the student group category, which recognised groups that demonstrated leadership in sustainability practices.

Student group award winners were: Mt Eliza Secondary College – years 7 and 8: Students with an interest in environmental sustainability spent one day a week working on sustainable practices on privately owned land and the adjoining waterway Balcombe Creek.

Significant improvements were made to water quality, biodiversity, erosion and habitat wildlife, the shire citation stated.

"Students were taught how to affect habitat

quality, encourage species on a landscape scale, build 'frog bogs', plant indigenous shrubs, grow non-GM food, make native bee 'hotels', build nesting boxes for threatened species, and plant butterfly and beneficial insect-attracting plants.

Western Port Secondary College – environment team: "The team and two teachers produced a 45-minute documentary, Mangroves, Microbes and Manna Gums, which involved more than 300 students. It showcased the school's environmental sustainability achievements, and was scripted, filmed and edited by 30 students. Two teachers went to the college's sister school in Malaysia and produced a doco about its environmental achievements and initiatives.

St Thomas More Primary School in Mt Eliza won a "Communities for Nature" grant, which was used to reduce fire risk at the school and construct an outdoor audio trail with bollards.

The Enviro Trail has eight interactive audio bollards with a code connected to the school's website that enables listeners to learn about a

variety of environmental concepts. "The project has been successful in connecting the school community and encouraging better appreciation of the landscape and indigenous biodiversity of the school surrounds," the citation stated.

Somerville Rise Primary School's main focus for students was development of The Barn, which has large garden beds, vegie patches and chickens. It is open to all students and supervised by staff. "The school reclaimed unused and overgrown areas of the grounds by adding compost, worm juice and castings to enrich the soil. Staff and students have grown and harvested a variety of vegetables. Large compost bins are maintained by students, who have also created a sensory garden and fairy garden. The outdoor learning spaces have created an environment where students can satisfy their curiosity, develop creativity, and broaden their community and environmental spirit."

Individual awards went to Angela Roach of St Joseph's Primary School in Crib Point and Nar-

elle Debenham of Mt Eliza Secondary College.

"Ms Roach is school horticulturist and support staff member. She has championed several projects including a wetland, a garden producing vegies used in the school cafe, a tranquil garden, a mangrove regeneration program to help protect Western Port, the 'Kids Teaching Kids' program, and a garden program for special needs students that provides home grown produce for a stall at the weekly assembly."

"Ms Debenham, a teacher and nature educator of year 7 and 8 students at Mt Eliza secondary, has led a 'Caring for Country' program through indigenous education and development of a bush tucker 'reconciliation garden'. It has internet connectivity, seats made of logs, tree trunk totem poles as garden barriers, ti-tree edging, bush tucker plants, burnt plant ID signs, a native bee 'hotel', and four outdoor artwork panels. The garden is a environmental haven for students."

Cr Pittock said the sustainability activities were inspirational.

Take a bow: Shire Meals on Wheels volunteers celebrate at The Victoriana, Hastings.

Festive thanks to meals volunteers ABOUT 90 volunteers from Mornington Peninsula Shire’s meals on wheels service found themselves on the other side of the table when they were recognised with a celebratory Christmas lunch at The Victoriana, Hastings, on Tuesday.

The service delivers more than 1400 meals a week all year through the efforts of its 130 volunteers.

“Without the support and dedication of the Meals on Wheels volunteers the service couldn’t operate as it does,” the mayor Cr Graham Pittock said.

“The daily contact and monitoring of clients is integral to the volunteer role. By delivering nourishing meals the service and its volunteers allow clients to remain living independently in their own homes for as long as possible.

To volunteer to help with the meals service call 5950 1600.

Paving, the way for protest PLANS to build footpaths with costs being part-charged to property owners are a sure fire way of attracting submissions and petitions addressed to Mornington Peninsula Shire.

In the latest round of footpath special charge schemes approved by the shire objectors were mostly losers, although one case has proved costly to the shire.

A “typographical error” has seen a 42 per cent blowout in the cost of a footpath in South Rd, Rosebud.

Under the council’s own rules, any cost variation above five per cent has to be paid by the shire and cannot be passed on to contributors to the special charge scheme. However, such increases are ultimately charged to all ratepayers, council’s main source of revenue.

The South Rd footpath was a 25-75 per cent

split between council and property owners and the $56,715 mistake will be picked up by the shire.

Councillors were wrongly told that the cost would be $135,000 when the final bill was $191,715.

“The higher actual cost is primarily due to a typographical error in earlier reports to council,” infrastructure strategy project manager Jeremy Grieve said in a report to council’s 14 December meeting.

At McCrae, Mr Grieve said a 140-signature petition opposing a footpath being built in Coburn Av was received nearly four months after the closing date was based on a point of law that did not apply to the scheme.

Council decided to go ahead with the $410,820 scheme, with $271,141 being levied

among 149 properties judged to benefit from its completion.

Other footpath schemes given the go ahead by council include Coppin Rd, Sorrento, for $371,130 with property owners to pay $185,565.

In Dromana ratepayers in Beach and Gibson streets will pay $118,117 of the $56,210 cost and in Wandella Rd, Mornington they will pay $85,200 of $125,000.

In Keogh St, Rosebud and Elizabeth St, Mornington ratepayers are being charged extra because the thickness of concrete was increased from 75 millimetres “to 125 millimetres due to an amendment to the footpath construction standards to better reflect current strength requirements”, Mr Grieve said in his report.

Keith Platt

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WHAT’S NEW...

A new era begins for bay views golf course ONE OF Australia’s most scenic courses has undergone a significant facelift and is being launched with a new identity to reflect the change in management and significant improvements to course presentation.

Bay Views Golf Course (formerly known as Rosebud Public or Carrington Park) located in Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula is a public access course offering panoramic views of Port Phillip Bay, Bass Strait and the entire Mornington Peninsula. The clubhouse has undergone a complete renovation and now boasts a large alfresco balcony to enjoy a snack and cold drink before or after the game and new bathroom facilities. Significantly, the course is reaping the rewards of significant investment with the lush santa anna couch fairways as healthy as ever and the smooth, quick putting surfaces thriving.

The popular social group venue still maintains a separate picnic area with multiple electric barbeques and shelters perfect for groups wanting to self-cater and BYO. “The picnic areas are extremely popular with groups and we wanted to maintain this offer for those groups who have enjoyed self-catering over the years.

But we also wanted to provide an alternative option for those players to relax and take in the amazing views offered from the clubhouse that was previously underutilised” according to Operations Manager Dean Trobbiani. “The change of name was an important decision for us but one we thought was essential for us to create our own identity and long term vision.

“The licensed clubhouse also offers a relaxed feel with self cooked barbeque or a selection from a snack menu including traditional golfer favourites such as pizzas. We really do offer the best of both worlds!”

Importantly, green fee prices are extremely affordable for such high quality conditions with 18 holes just $36, with concession rates now available midweek excluding peak periods.

For more information in the all new Bay Views Golf Course in Rosebud visit www.bayviewsgolf.com.au or call 5981 2833.

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Better course conditions...

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Club contacts: Rosebud-Rye 5986 6505

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Neil and Barry take on Ride The famous to Conference Rotary Spinner

Rosebud-Rye Rotarian Dr. Neil Stitt will undertake his 16th District 9820 Ride to Conference, to Wangaratta, in February.

He has been on every ride except the ¿rst.

“I had taken up bike riding and the ride seemed like fun, an opportunity to meet Rotarians and see a bit of the countryside,” Neil said.

“The ¿rst was from Orbost to Geelong.”

Neil said the ride was a great week, “a bit of fresh air and exercise.

“A lot of the riders are old friends from different clubs, whom it is good to see again, and there are new faces.”

Neil said the ride, about 600km, now went from base to base, to enable riders to relax and socialise at night.

“In the early days we were home hosted and I even had a ride in a

Porsche.”

Neil, who came ¿rst in the sprint challenge two years ago, likes to be in the front group and keep an eye on the international exchange students and new riders up with him.

“I’ve visited all sorts of areas over the years and the weather is usually pretty good.”

Neil said the riders were accompanied by a life-sized costume of Life Education’s Harold the Giraffe.

“Harold comes into primary schools along the way and the kids love him. It’s good fun.”

Neil said the last night was traditionally a pizza night, followed by a short ride and a warm welcome the next day.

“It’s a lot of fun and I enjoy socialising with riders from other clubs and the students,” he said.

Fellow Rosebud-Rye Rotarian

Barry Irving has accompanied Neil on the ride since 2005.

For the last two years Barry has been road boss, giving the riders their instructions for the day and ensuring safety.

Barry joined the ride because it was a challenge and a great experience to ride with like-minded fellows.

“There is great comradeship and it is an excellent opportunity to spend quality time with members from District 9820 clubs,” he said.

“It is very good for my ¿tness regime but only two rides were kilogram neutral; the catering was so good.”

Barry who, with Neil and Col Byatt, is a member of the Conference Ride Committee, said there would be about 64 riders including exchange students, Camilla Santoro exchange student from Italy hosted by Rosebud-Rye will join the ride this year.

Barry and his son Aidan have completed two conference rides together, the only father son duo to do so.

Barry said that in 2016 the rides would have raised $800,000, with proceeds going to organisations such as Life Education, Rotary Centenary House and other Rotary projects.

Photo: L to R: Conference Ride Chairman Col Byatt, Exchange student Camilla Santoro, Barry Irving.

THE Rotary Spinner was introduced to the Dromana Hub Shopping Centre, in the main thoroughfare area, two years ago.

A local Real Estate Agent Roger McMilan, agreed to sponsored it for $500 per annum, for a minimum of three years.

This will eventually compensate us for the purchase price of the Spinner. In return, Rodger’s business details are on a backing card on the Spinner.

Club Members are given the chance to nominate & vote on, where the donated Spinner funds are to be distributed.

Currently the funds are going to the Men’s Shed in Safety Beach / Dromana. Previously the Sea Scouts have been the recipients, as well as others.

The current card on the Spinner details to whom the current donations are being distributed.

The intrigue of the Spinner lies in the way the donated coins, spin from the top rim round & round the round the funnel shaped drum.

A noise element also adds to the “excitement!”

Depending upon the seasonal time of the year it can generate up to $100 weekly, that goes to the nominated charity, for the given period. The result is that children & some adults have some fun getting rid of their small change & people in the community who are less well-off bene¿t from the process Rotary is merely the facilitator, our reward is knowing that something simple can be a bene¿t to someone in our community.

Photo: Deputy Mayor Bev Colomb and Councilor Antonella Celi join Dromana Rotarians at spinner launch.

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WHAT’S NEW...

Rosebud Telstra store delivers ‘local community approach’ to meet customers’ needs LICENSEE Peter Bennett-Hullin (pictured) attributes the Telstra Rosebud store’s success to having an amazing team who listen to customer’s needs, and offer real personalised solutions, rather than pushing sales. His team is focused on creating that ‘wow experience’ to have customers leaving the store satisfied they have been given the absolute best support, and have the right product to meet their specific individual needs.

Peter says the Mornington region feels like a big country town in the way the community engages with one another, and supports its locals, but equally has an inner-city expectation of quality and service.

His team strives to achieve that – not just in Rosebud, but also at the Mornington store and Telstra Business Centre.

“We have had a bit of success in the last few years. We won the Licensed Store of the Year Award for Rosebud this year, and Licensee of the Year for Mornington last year.”

Peter has been running Telstra stores in the region for the past 11 years. His approach has moved from being salesdriven, to shifting to deliver on customer experiences.

“Our focus is on creating solutions, rather than selling products. We want to take some time to understand our customers’ telecommunication needs, find and solve the pain-points for our customers.

“We are the local trusted advisor on the Mornington Peninsula. Our three businesses are now fairly established and we believe, and hope, we are well respected as

part of the community,” he says.

Peter is heavily involved in the community and lives by the philosophy of striving to have the business be seen as a ‘community within a community’ – as the local trusted advisor for the Telstra brand, but adding a local personality through himself and his people. One example of this approach sees the Rosebud and Mornington stores run regular Digital Ambassador programs to familiarise local seniors with digital technology like tablets, and social media platforms to take the potential fear out of these technologies, and help seniors engage with their families and grandkids.

The Rosebud and Mornington Telstra stores have recently wrapped up their Telstra Connected Communities project.

Through the project, The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Safety Beach, Main Ridge Pony Club and Rosebud Toy Library benefited from a combined $3000 courtesy of the Telstra Rosebud Grants. An additional combined $3000 was allocated to The Mornington Surf Life Saving Club, Breast Intentions and Mornington Peninsula Women’s Cancer Support Group, and Mt Martha Men’s Shed, courtesy of the Telstra Mornington Grants.

“Our teams were really excited to participate in our community grants program, especially when the community groups and local customers were coming in store to vote for their favorite” he says.

“For us it was an awesome way to engage the local community and get some support for some pretty great local nonprofit organisations”

100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Frankston post office phone stops Compiled by Melissa Walsh WITH this issue we present our readers with a sheet almanac for 1916. *** THE room heater raffled by Mrs C Grant, for the Somerville Red Cross Society, was won by Miss Nellie Bell. *** THE annual balance sheet of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings is published on the fourth part of this issue. *** “THE liquor traffic is the most powerful as it is one of the most degrading agencies for making money by the corruption of one’s fellow creatures.” —Right Hon Lord Milner, G.C.B. *** ACCORDING to our usual custom, in order that our employees may have a little relaxation at this season, there will be no issue of the Standard on 1st January, the next issue being published on the 8th. *** A public meeting will be held in the Mechanics’ Institute, Frankston on Monday evening next to consider the proposed discontinuance of the continuous telephone service at the Frankston Post Office. *** THE Fancy Fair in aid of the local Catholic Church will be opened in the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on New Year’s Eve and again on New Year’s Night, when there will be any

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amount of amusement for young and old. *** AT the garden fete held at Somerville, on Saturday afternoon last, Miss Mabel Clare of Melbourne, kindly gave her services as palmist. The raffles were all drawn under the supervision of Mr A. G. Carver. *** WE are pleased to note in “the Corian”, the journal of the Geelong Grammar School, that Sidney Plowman, son of Dr Plowman, won the sixth form handicap in Gymnastics and was second in the Gymnastics Senior Championship of the school.

He also gained the upper sixth form prize in science, Division 11, Chemistry. *** MRS Coyle acknowledges further donations to the Langwarrin Dinner: —Mrs Deane,10s 6d ; Mrs Rimmer, 10s 6d; Mr Coxall, 10s 6d; Mrs Jacobs, 5s ; Mrs Errington, 2s ; Mrs Foster; 10s ; Mr Tipping, £1 ; Mr Lightfoot; 10s; Mrs Pidgeon, 10s; Peninsula Motor Garage Pty. Ltd., £2 2s ; Mrs Cohen, 5 tins tobacco ; Mr J. B. Jolly £1 1s; Mrs Twinning, 5s; Well wisher, 5s. *** THE official re-opening of the Somerville Mechanics’ Hall will be performed on Friday afternoon next, at 3 o’clock, by Cr Geo Griffeth, President of the Shire. A luncheon will follow, and in the evening an entertainment will be given by the past and present pupils of Somer-

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ville State School, to be followed by a dance. The whole of the proceeds will go towards defraying the expense incurred in the additions to the building. *** SPLENDID entries have been received for the annual Athletic Sports to be held in the Frankston Park on New Year’s Day. In another column we publish the handicaps of the principal events, which have filled remarkably well.

The wood chops should attract more than usual attention, through some of our best axmen being entered, and taking the programme as a whole a most enjoyable day’s sport should be the result. *** THE monthly meeting of the Somerville Branch of the Red Cross Society was held on Tuesday evening, December 21st, 1915. The secretary, in presenting the 9th monthly report stated that they had just completed 1,000 articles during the 9 months, besides sending £50 in cash, 72lbs weight of old linen (and 150 sugar bags to the Lady Mayoress) they had also helped in the Luna Park Carnival, by sale of tickets etc.

At the close of the meeting, Mrs Barber, in a very neat speech, presented the President, Secretary, and Cutter with an appropriate present, in recognition of the work they had done in connection with the Red Cross society.

The secretary, in response, thanked Mrs Barber for the kindly thought, it

was so unexpected, which made it all the more appreciated, and although they had done their best, they had not done as much as Mrs Barber, who had given her three sons. She recognised the war was only to be won by sacrifice. *** ON Wednesday evening next, the St Paul’s Dramatic Club, assisted by a number of our leading amateur vocalists and instrumentalists will produce, with complete costume and scene effects, and a full chorus, the entertaining musical comedy “A trial by jury.” As this will be the first production of musical comedy in Frankston, and the comedy has been in active rehearsal for some weeks past, an enjoyable evening is assured.

The piece is being produced under the direction of Mr L. Marks, who was associated with the Lyster and Simocsen’s opera companies, so well known to old playgoers, and the instrumental work is in the capable hands of Mrs McCormack, pianist, and Mr Plummer, flautist.

It is only necessary to mention that the principal parts will be sustained by such well known favorites as Miss Alice Bowell, Miss Nellie Williams, and Messrs Ellis, Wheeler, Will Gregory, C. Watson, and J. C Garrood, to ensure a good attendance.

The comedy will be preceded by a concert of popular items, in which the great classical tenor, Sing Sum Soon will appear. *** A first class programme was submit-

ted by the A A B entertainers at the hall on Thursday evening 16th inst in aid of the home for adult blind at Brighton. The hall was nicely filled and patrons enjoyed themselves immensely. *** ON Friday evening Xmas eve, the usual Xmas fair will be held under the auspices of the C.E.L.G. The guild has had so much of their time taken up with Red Cross work that the work in connection with the Church fund has for some time been laid aside. Strenuous efforts have been made however, to bring this event to a successful issue, the net proceeds of which will be devoted to the church building fund. *** THE Truth About Belgium Under the Huns. Mr Carlyle Smythe, the well known writer, traveller, and entrepreneur, is just returning to Australia from a trip through the war countries, during which he has written a number of excellent articles for “Life.”

The latest of these appears in the January issue of that magazine, just to hand, and it deals with a subject that is of the greatest interest, and yet is little known— i.e. Belgium under the German heel. The issue of “Life” also includes a set of four masterly articles by Dr W H Fitchett, in which as usual, he deals with the fighting of the past month and the trend of the situation as a whole. *** From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 25 December, 1915

2015

SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE

School holidays at Frankston Arts Centre FRANKSTON Arts Centre is the cool place to be in the hot weather over the coming school holiday period.

If you’re a parent looking for engaging things to do with the kids this summer, Frankston Arts Centre has got something for everyone.

FAC is renowned for presenting international, national and local drama performances and thrilling displays of live art. Now, FAC is the perfect venue for locals to develop their acting skills before they get their big break on the main stage.

Drama Thrills and Spills is a oneoff drama workshop for three different age-groups on Tuesday 19 January. Each promises to be a fun and engaging introduction to performing on stage, with drama games, tips and tricks on how to create a compelling performance.

For a bit of circus fun for everyone though, come and learn acrobalance, tumbling, juggling, hooping, mini trampoline and more in this circus skills workshop destined to have you jumping for joy.

Practise your new skills and get tips from professional circus trainer, Isi Lumbroso, who leads the team for these fun-filled energetic workshops.

Hots Arts for Cool Kids is a funfilled arts and craft program designed to encourage children to let their imaginations go wild.

This January come and get Gritty and Grubby creating all kinds of

bugs, plants, flowers, fruit and vegies, anything you could find in your garden. Construction is done with recycled materials, paper, painting, sewing, woodwork and help grow the Glass Cube exhibition that will glow in the dark.

Drama Thrills and Spills: Tuesday 19 January 9.30-10.30am, 5-8 years, $15 11am-12pm , 9-12yrs, $15 12.30pm-1.30pm, 13-16yrs, $15 Circus Fund for Everyone: Wednesday 20 January 2016 10.30am – 12 pm, (5 - 7years) $20 1pm – 3pm, (8-13 years) $25 Cube 37 Hot Arts for Cool Kids: Tuesday 19 January 9.30-10.30am, 5-8 years, $15 11am-12pm , 9-12yrs, $15 12.30pm-1.30pm, 13-16yrs, $15 For further information on any of the programs on offer at Frankston Arts Centre over the school holidays, contact Lucinda Bertram on 9768 1362 (lucinda.bertram@frankston. vic.gov.au) or Gillian Thompson on 9784 1056 / 0409 860 407 (gillian. thompson@frankston.vic.gov.au).

All other enquiries regarding Frankston Arts Centre can be made at thefac.com.au or by calling 9784 1060.

Summer fun @ the FAC...

Hot Arts for DramaThrills Circus Fun Mary Cool Kids & Spills for Everyone Poppins Come and get Gritty & Grubby creating all kinds of bugs, plants, flowers, fruit & vegies – anything you may find in the garden – using recycled materials, paper, painting, sewing, woodwork.

Cube 37 @ Frankston Arts Centre Monday 11, Tuesday 12, Thursday 14, Friday 15 January, 10am-12.30pm Suitable for 4-12 years $15 First child | $10 Subsequent child Must be accompanied by an adult

Sarah from Knightʼs Acting School will get kids performing in a minute with her introduction to the basics of acting and exciting drama games.

Cube 37 @ Frankston Arts Centre Tuesday 19 January Ages 5-8 years: 9.30am-10.30am Ages 9-12 years: 11am-12pm Ages 13-16 years: 12.30pm1.30pm $15 per child per session | Drop off only

Supported by: Programmed Facility Management

Introducing circus skills in a positive learning environment.

Activities include acrobalance, aerials, tumbling, juggling, hooping, mini tramp and more!

Cube 37 @ Frankston Arts Centre Wednesday 20 January Ages 5-8 years: 10.30am-12pm Ages 9-13 years: 1pm-3pm Ages 5-8 years | $20 Ages 8-13 years | $25 Maximum 30 per session | Drop off only Bookings essential

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

PLOS Musical Productions

Andrew Kay & Associates

After successful productions of Legally Blonde and The Addams Family, PLOS invites you to let your imagination take flight as you step into the magical world of Mary Poppins.

Theatre @ Frankston Arts Centre Thursday 31 December to Saturday 9 January – see thefac.com.au for details.

Hold on to your biscuit! The Tiger Who Came to Tea is roaring into Frankston. Join Sophie and the teaguzzling tiger in this delightful family show, packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos.

Theatre @ Frankston Arts Centre Thursday 21 January, 1pm Tickets: Member $35.90, All tickets $39.90 U18mths free on knee

Tickets: Member $44, Full $49, Conc $44, U16 $34, Group 20+ $44

Gift giving all sorted!

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Surprise them with Theatre tickets this year. The FAC has something for the whole family in 2016. Check out WhatsOnFAC.com.au or let them choose themselves with a gift card from $5 to Christmas wishes – that’s Christmas all wrapped up.

thefac.com.au Frankston Arts Centre is a Business Unit of Frankston City Council

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2015

SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE

Mornington to host Silvers Circus in 2016

Enjoy a day at the Balnarring Picnic Races on Jan 3. There’ll be lots of free activities for the children, giveaways as well as rides and face painting.

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Quilly Park Creating Champions

WELCOME 2016 Race Meeting Sunday, 3rd January 2016 Kelly Sports in attendance with lots of free activities for the children and heaps of giveaways as well as rides and face painting

Balnarring Racecourse, Emu Plains Reserve, Coolart Road, Balnarring

The Flemington of the Picnics Adults: $10 Children (U 18): Free Pensioner Concessions Gates Open 9.30am

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ESTABLISHED in 1976, Silvers Circus provides world class family entertainment and fun.

With extraordinary artists continually arriving from all parts of the world, Silvers are proud of the ever-changing program they are able to present.

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. Trained at the school of hard knocks and inspired by Murphy’s Law (what can go wrong will go wrong), Justin has created an act that wrestles with the unexpected and really raises the bar.

With hard work and some measure of good fortune, Justin has managed to combine the theatricality of a modern day fool with the physical skills of an acrobat to create distinctive and engaging entertainment.

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

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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

A tale of Christmas past, present and future

By Stuart McCullough DURING our weekly phone conversation, my father and I often discuss upcoming family functions. Christmas is no exception. PETE: We’ll come at noon. Wendy’s bringing a turkey. ME: That’s no way to talk about yourself! (prolonged pause for laughter only to be filled by a gaping silence) I’d like to think the lack of laughter was not the fault of the joke itself which, frankly, was near perfect but the subject matter.

After all, Christmas is a very serious business. In ‘A Christmas Carol’, Ebenezer Scrooge has possibly the worst night’s sleep of his miserable life when the ghost of a former business partner rocks up to tell him to expect a visitation from the spirits of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.

In a way, we’re all like Scrooge. By that, I don’t mean miserly or otherwise wretched, but that Christmas is a bit of a signpost for where we’ve been and where we’re headed.

For me, the ghost of Christmas past is a certain time of day. As a kid, it was all about getting up early. The sense of anticipation that accompanied the big day was close to unbearable. Heightened expectations meant the chances of getting to sleep on Christmas Eve would be negligible were it not for the decision of television programmers to broadcast near unwatchable schlock which invariably involved some dodgy sitcom doing their own hilarious take on ‘A Christmas Carol’ that, in reality, consisted of dressing up poorly and gluing on a pair of mutton chops that virtually guaranteed that

anyone under the age of thirty would be counting sheep before nine o’clock.

I’d never hear Father Christmas arrive. Instead, it would be the sound of one of my younger brothers or sisters performing reconnaissance up and down the hallway that would manage to pull me from my ‘A Christmas Carol’-induced coma. Slow, creeping footsteps on the way down; followed by a trample that might easily have been a herd of very small elephants as they returned to relay what they’d seen underneath the tree. Finding your

present was always made more challenging by the fact of my father’s nearillegible handwriting. Even he would be unable to decipher it. The rest of us had no hope. I think I assumed that Christmas day would stay like that forever, but I was wrong.

Despite those spectacular early mornings of our childhood, there was a time when my siblings and I were in our late teens and early twenties that Christmas was a hit and miss affair.

For a few years, it was a piecemeal event that meant some of us were at a

loose end on the day itself. It was during this time that the five of us started ‘the foot photo’. As a reaction to years of awkward pictures perched in front of a tree, my brother and sisters and I decided that we’d take a photograph of our shoes instead as an alternative kind of family portrait. Every time I see those photos, I’m both glad that we took them and pleased that those years of disconnected catch-ups were only temporary. Things changed when Brodie came along.

Brodie was (and, indeed, still is) the first nephew to arrive in our family.

This changed everything. Suddenly, Christmas was back on as a major family event, albeit one that centred around an infant. From then on, Christmas became something of a spectator sport. There is no greater sight than a room full of nephews and nieces as the scurry over presents at the foot of the tree, desperately attempting to decode my father’s handwriting. Nowadays, my sister’s children have a tradition of their own.

My sister’s four kids don’t photograph their shoes as we did. Rather, each year they have their picture taken at the local shopping centre with Father Christmas. The wall of their living room shows them growing up with Saint Nick. Currently, it’s at something of a cross roads as the older two are sixteen and seventeen. I’ve made the point that what may feel slightly embarrassing now is on the very cusp of becoming hilarious. My hope for them is that they keep going as they hit their twenties and beyond. No matter what lies ahead, that the four of them turn up to have their picture taken with

Santa.

This year is different: we’re hosting.

It means all the preparations that for several decades I have taken for granted are now my responsibility. Whether this is the ghost of Christmas future remains to be seen. Everyone’s pitching in and bringing something to eat. Our job will be to create the right kind of atmosphere.

It’s no easy feat. Already, I’ve scoured various second hand shops in search of suitably festive Christmas albums, finding a particular horrific example of the genre entitled ‘Once Upon a Christmas’ by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton – the title, no doubt, indicating the number of times anyone could listen to the record without wanting to pull their own ears off and cast them into the ocean. Atmosphere is no easy thing. My father seemed to do it effortlessly.

The big day is almost upon is. The tree is up. We have a contingency plan for the dog in case she gets overexcited, and activities planned. At a certain point, preparation will yield to the colour and movement of the day itself. There will, I suspect, be children everywhere. Even Ebenezer himself could not help but get caught up in the excitement. I’m not sure whether we’ll take a foot photo or all head down to the local shopping centre where twenty members of my immediate family all clamber aboard the trembling knee of an unsuspecting Santa, but whatever we do, it’s bound to be great.

There’s little else to do now but borrow the words of Charles Dickens and say, “Merry Christmas.” stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Music  Arts  Food FRENZAL RHOMB

By Billy Dixon the art of sound. “We’re in a group called Neptune Power Federation… my wife is the singer.

We’ve written a full 100-page graphic novel called Lucifer’s Universe, where every chapter accompanies one of the songs on the album (Music from Lucifer’s Universe).” Together, they “even built a giant space bong in the back yard with a smoke machine in it, so she sings her haunting lyrics from inside this huge smoking bong!” It would be a bodacious prop to have on tour. “It’s modular, so it breaks down into pieces, but I don’t know about taking it through airport security.”

There’s no more quintessentially Aussie punk rock band than Frenzal Rhomb. They’ve had their music banned from the Aussiest of Aussie radio stations, Triple J, led the Vans Warped Tour around the country and opened for some of the century’s biggest punk acts like Blink 182, NOFX and Bad Religion. Right now, Frenzal Rhomb are in the midst of their umpteenth tour of Australia.

Their story begins innocuously enough, with Jay and high-school chum Lex Feltham starting the band in the Sydney suburb of St. Ives shortly after leaving high school. Taking the name from a pet rat, they played Big Day Out in 1993 and were quickly absorbed by the fast-paced and unpredictable world of punk rock. “We’re experts at hospitalising ourselves… we’ve got a replacement drummer for the coming tour because Gordy broke his arm recently while educating members of the public on the art of stage diving, Lindsay had a detached retina, which is piss-funny when we’re out because it looks like he’s winking at everyone, and obviously the pig-worm thing… it’s crazy,” admits Jay, whose own mythical journey through the medical profession has spread rumours of everything from heart attacks to trench foot.

These are the professionals who put their lives on the line, day in and day out, so that we might enjoy a few moments of furious fun. It’s a thankless job only heroes could bear, and yet all Jay asks for in return is “lots of money.”

Jay was actually Lindsay “The Doctor” McDougall’s radio compatriot in their early days at Triple J too, with their breakfast radio show ironically titled “Jay and The Doctor.” All those early starts took a toll, as Jay explains that after “three years of breakfast radio… you start so early, I could feel my personality changing by the end of it all.” Bailing on the lot in 2007 for a trip around the world with his missus, Whalley returned to reunite the band in 2009.

When he’s not on the road with Frenzal, Jay focuses on putting other Aussie acts on record

and giving them some much-needed coverage. “I’ve been recording and producing for other bands… it’s fantastic seeing young guys come in, getting excited about aggressive punk rock.” Indeed, it was the commercial world’s borderline-disdain for Australian artists that led to Whalley’s spat with Kyle Sandilands.

Of course, it’s not always about the music. “I share the care of my six-year-old child with my wife, so when I’ve got him we get to do guided reading in his class, show and tell at kinder and things like that!” But even his better half is into

Frenzal Rhomb, unlike other ‘90s rock bands that faded into obscurity only to suddenly hit the airwaves again a decade or more later, have been going strong for more than 20 years.

“We hope to release our new album in September 2016. Gordy will be back on drums for the recording, so we’ve pushed the dates back a bit just to be safe. It’ll be great to get back out there.” When asked if he’s noticed his fans age over the years spent on-stage, Jay quips “most of our fans were about 13 when we started playing, so it’s not like they’re old. They’ve still got it!”

Frenzal Rhomb are playing with Clowns, Heads of Charm and The Hard Aches at the Chelsea Heights Hotel on Friday 8th January, 2016.

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Get ready for Jimmy Giggle’s Christmas Party JIMMY Giggle is set to light up this festive season adding plenty of cheer to the holiday celebrations with the release of a brand new album, followed by live Christmas shows in Melbourne The magic of Christmas will come alive with Jimmy - joined by Hoot and Hootabelle, the super talented songstress Ali McGregor and a very special guest appearance from Santa and his elves - performing some of your favourite Christmas songs live on stage this December. These shows promise to be the highlight of the summer holidays for children and parents alike.

There is an exciting new album too; Jimmy Giggle’s Christmas Party. This album features some very special Australian prominent artists and guest celebrities.

Giggle and Hoot, the multi-award winning and much-loved ABC Kids preschool program, focuses on preschoolers’ lives and routines through songs, stories, friendship, laughter and imagination.

Tickets will sell fast for these very limited shows - be sure to get in quick!

Jimmy Giggle’s Christmas Party Tour heads to the Arts Centre, Melbourne Monday 21, Tuesday 22, and Wednesday 23 December.

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.abc.net.au/abcevents or www.livenation.com.au Southern Peninsula News 22 December 2015

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Ducs are the surprise packet PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully MOOROODUC has emerged as the wildcard of MPCA Provincial cricket as we head into the Christmas break, the halfway mark of the 2015-16 season.

While glamour teams in Mornington, Mount Eliza, Somerville and Baxter sit outside the top four, Moorooduc is well entrenched in second place, equal on points (56) with third-placed Crib Point and clear of Sorrento (48).

Peninsula Old Boys heads the table on 64 points.

Then we find a logjam of teams all on 44 points (Long Island, Baxter, Somerville, Pines), all poised to strike should any of the top four falter after the break.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough, tight season and you need to be at your best for a full day

to get the rewards.

Mount Eliza looked to have done enough with the bat on day one of its match against Moorooduc, scoring 233.

Despite being is strife on a number of occasions throughout their innings, the Ducs were able to claw down the score with four overs remaining.

Skipper Leigh Lambert top scored with 54 and helped to set up the foundations for the win with opener Ben Williams (42), while Sam Adamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (number four) knock of 34 was solid.

However, it was really the cameo performances of Cameron Bailey (31) and Sushant Gupta (38) late in the innings that got Moorooduc the victory.

Sorrento did the unthinkable and chased down Crib Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first

innings total of 7/317.

Bobby Wilson was sensational, scoring a mammoth 153 in his sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5/323 in 77 overs.

Ben Tracy scored 39, Jedd Falck 36 and the returning Leigh Poholke 30 in the win.

It was a must win game for the Sorras, who would have been in eighth position on the ladder with a loss.

Long Island dropped out of the top four with a shock loss against Langwarrin.

Chasing just 179 for victory, the Islanders were bowled out for 133.

Mal Coutts turned back the clock for the Kangaroos, snaring 4/10, while Travis Campbell is really starting to wind up with the pill, taking 4/52.

Scott Phillips top scored for the Islanders with 42 while Peter â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Connell hit 31.

Baxter made extremely light work in their disposal of Somerville.

Ben Brittain, who has played his whole career in the shadow of his brother Chris, stood alone in the limelight in this match, adding 4/31 to his 41 with the bat for Baxter.

With Chamara Sattambi and Dale Irving each taking to wickets, Baxter was able to bowl out the visitors for just 108. At one stage the Eagles were 8/50.

Brenton Alp was Somervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only contributor with the bat, top scoring with 40.

Pines completed the expected and picked up an outright victory against Rye. Pines declared at 7/98 overnight after already bowling Rye out for 80 in the first innings.

The Piners then dismissed Rye

for 89 in the second innings before scoring the 74 runs required to win, losing just four wickets along the way.

Pat Jackson finished with match figures of 8/60 with the ball for Pines while also hitting an unbeaten 42.

Alex Coad found some form after being in the cricket wilderness for a couple of seasons, snaring 6/72.

Peninsula Old Boys finished the first half of the season on top of the ladder after beating Mornington by five wickets.

Chasing 231 for victory, the Old Boys did it in a canter, scoring the runs just five wickets down and with 27 overs to spare.

Wade Pelzer (89) and Dylan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley (76) set up the win with a 122 run opening partnership, before Will Crowder came in and scored 33 to ensure the victory.

Top six in District logjam DISTRICT

By IT Gully THERE are six teams vying for just one spot on the MPCA District ladder as we head into the mid-season break.

While Baden Powell and Red Hill sit at the top of the tree on 72 points and Pearcedale has locked down third place with 60, six teams all sit on three wins and 36 points.

Mount Martha and Main Ridge, despite winning just two games to date (24 points), are just a game outside fourth place.

There were some must-win games for clubs on Saturday, some of which achieved the desired outcome while others are now well and truly on the back foot.

Carrum was one of those teams that simply had to win.

Defending 224 against Baden Powell was never going to be enough however, and the visitors got the runs with six wickets still in the shed.

Rhys Elmi was dominant and scored 155 of the 4/226 for the Braves.

Carrum is in second last place on the table and would need to win all of its remaining games after Christmas to make a charge.

Heatherhill had a sensational opportunity to go four points clear of the pack in fourth place with a win against Delacombe Park but fell an agonising five runs short.

The Hills were certainly in position to do so after bowling out the home side for 150 on the opening day.

However, the visitors resumed at 3/22 on the second day and never recovered, eventually bowled out for 145.

Dean Blight resumed with figures of 2/9 and finished with 5/32, while Shane Deal collected 4/39.

Seaford destroyed the finals chances of its neighbour and biggest foe Seaford Tigers.

Defending 8/212, Seaford was able to bowl out the Tigers for 179. Ash

Mills added 79 with his 3/21 for the Tigers, while Matty Meagher scored 29. 17-year-old Max Watters almost took his side to the promised land with 25.

Tiron Fernando and Andy McMannis each snared three wickets for Seaford while Ali Mortaza picked up a couple of his own.

Flinders failed in its attempt to get the outright win against Boneo but still picked up the very much appreciated 12 points.

The Sharks are in fifth place after taking 13 wickets against Boneo, restricting them to just 114 runs for the match.

Defending 228 after Shane Beggs hit an unbeaten 101 last week, Flinders bowled out Boneo for just 89.

Matt Burns took 3/15 and Mitch Stansborough 3/22 for the Sharks.

Boneo was 1/25 in its second innings before the match was called to an end.

Red Hill had little problem bowling out Mt Martha.

Chasing 302 for victory, the Reds were never in the game, eventually dismissed for 151.

Brent Martin had a wonderful match, snaring 3/26 to go with his game-high score of 74 for the Hillmen.

Glenn Collett also enjoyed a dominant match, scoring 54 with the bat and picking up 2/42 with the ball.

Pearcedale destroyed Main Ridge, going within seven wickets of picking up the outright.

After making 71 runs on the opening day for the Panthers, Kaine Smith then took 4/12 and 3/11 as the home side bowled out the Ridge for 96 in the first innings and then had them 3/37 in the second.

Jason Albress scored 47 of the 96 first innings runs.

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The gap widens SUB-DISTRICT

The heat is on: In soaring temperatures, Skye got home against Balnarring with three wickets in hand.

Picture: Andrew Hurst

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By IT Gully IN MPCA Sub District cricket, there is just one game separating fourth-placed Tootgarook and second-last Ballam Park.

Heading into the second half of the season, there are six teams in position to make a claim for fourth spot, while Tyabb is on the bottom of the ladder but just two games out of the four.

One thing is for certain, the premiership is going to come from one of the top three teams.

Dromana seems to be the best placed team at the midway mark, showing the most consistency of the top three teams.

Hastings, currently in second place, is equal on points with Dromana (68) after an outright win on Saturday. However, its lack of consistency is a concern, as is the heavy reliance on Tim Birch and Luke Hewitt. In saying that, the likes of Mitch Floyd are starting to have a consistent impact, Isuru Dias is a welcome return and Al Kristensen is a trump card if he can find form.

Rosebud is dangerous. The Buds have the stock to win the lot and they wouldn’t be overly concerned about sitting in third place, 20-points in arrears of the top two.

On Saturday, Rosebud made light work of fourth-placed Tootgarook – a reflection of the gap between the top three and the rest.

Defending 239, Rosebud rolled Tootgarook for just 112.

Patrick Nagel was the slick performer with the ball with 4/13, Billy Quigley added 2/23 with his 42 with the bat, Jason Nagel snared 2/32 and Scott Millar 2/39.

Rob French top scored for the Frogs with an unbeaten 37.

Hastings is in a sensational position on the ladder after getting an outright win against Tyabb.

After leading by 37 runs on the first innings, Hastings started day two having Tyabb in some early strife at 3/21.

Tim Birch picked up a hat trick and 4/24 in the second innings and Floyd snared 3/36 and Dias 2/8 to bowl-out the Yabbies for 85 in their second innings.

Hastings then lost four wickets on their way to the 50 runs required for outright victory.

Dromana also won outright against Ballam Park.

Dromana replied with 8/198 to the Knights’ first innings total of 95.

The Knights then made 150 in the second innings before Dromana scored 1/49 in its second innings to pick up maximum points.

Skye enjoyed a very solid and equallyimportant victory against Balnarring.

Chasing 180 for victory and resuming at 2/39, the home side got there with three wickets in hand. Pat Beckham was the key in the victory for Skye, opening with 76 before being run out.

Stephen Smart (35) and Rob Gruar (27) then helped to ensure victory.

The win means that Skye’s season remains alive.

Frankston YCW was never going to haul in the 342 required for victory against Carrum Downs.

Jack Greenwood had a crack with 53 and Lai Leaunoa made 33, however, Chamara Perera was superb with the ball for the visitors, taking the game away from the Stonecats with 5/22.

Jayden Barker was also very impressive for the Cougars with 5/65 from 27 overs.

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