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Monkey makes bid for Easter symbol USING a rabbit as a symbol for Easter and the tradition of distributing chocolate eggs prompted an Australia-only push to replace the agricultural pest with the more environmentally friendly bilby. The move has worked a bit, with chocolate copies of the desert marsupial (also known as a rabbit bandicoot) competing for shelf space with chocolate bunnies. However, both varieties of the children’s favourite are now being pushed aside by the clever antics of an animal much closer in heredity to humans: the Easter monkey. There is at least one book and several videos depicting Easter monkeys as “an upgrade from the Easter Bunny. The Easter Monkey arrives sometime after your tax return and before Easter Sunday bearing gifts of technology�. Eastbourne Primary School principal Stephen Wilkinson chose the monkey outfit over the bunny when he joined pupils for an Easter bonnet parade before the school holidays. “The school community is a strong part of our school,� Mr Wilkinson said during the parade which was also attended by parents and friends. “We believe that building sound relationships within our school community assists participation and involvement of parents which in turn improves student learning outcomes.� Meanwhile, the bunny’s presence was there for all to see when Corie, far left, joined in the parade with Ramie, Sophie, Shianne and Heidi. Picture: Yanni
Residents sign off on boat ramps IF signatures on a petition make are anything to go by, Rye will not be getting a fourth boat launching ramp. Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors have received two petitions about an extra ramp, with 342 signatories calling for another ramp and 1067 going against. However, the councillors were not pressed to make a decision on the petitions when told about the conflicting viewpoints at their Monday 27 march meeting. Property and strategy manager Yasmin Woods said she report to council after the Ports Minister Luke Donnellan answered her inquiries about “further information ‌ regarding a variation to the grant obtained
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for the Rye boat ramp project�. The petition with the lower number of signatures said the condition of the existing three-ramp launching place “has deteriorated over the past 12 months and a fourth boat ramp is required due to the growing demand for access�. The petition with more than three times the number of signatures says a fourth ramp will damage the foreshore, beach “and unique wildlife�. While giving a figure for the number of signatures on each petition – 342 and 1067 - Ms Woods said both figures were approximate. Keith Platt
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