Venue cleaning goes for gold
Town’s ‘best trees’ axed
Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au SORRENTO dining hotspots Morgan’s and Sardo Sorrento are taking their cleaning and contact tracing duties up a notch with what is described as the “gold standard” in cleaning and customer safety. The push for higher standards was motivated by the 28 October reopening date to ensure all hospitality venues are able to stay open. Morgan’s proprietor Julian Gerner says the Gold Standard Health and Wellbeing Plan is over and above the COVID Safe plans already submitted to the state government and was developed in collaboration with the Australian Hotels Association, industry gurus and after consultation with the Restaurant and Caterers Association. Mr Gerner, who owns the company which owns the Gold Standard plan, says it envisages a typical day in the hospitality industry, from the moment the cleaner arrives, contactless delivery, staff arrival, order of service to cleaning regimes. A feature is a monthly antimicrobial fogging treatment that eliminates COVID-19 and other bacteria, like e-coli and influenza, and bonds to surfaces leaving a protective barrier for 30 days. The service, supplied by technology-driven cleaner Whizz Technologies, is enhanced by the latest contact tracing technology which checks staff, suppliers and patrons in and out of venues and which can be made available to the Department of Health and Human Services. An accompanying mental health template helps venue owners identify potential issues with staff after what’s been a trying period of lockdown. Morgan’s Rebecca Wilson said the Gold Standard Health and Wellbeing Plan was on top of the venue’s daily cleaning regime. “This is an extra measure,” she said. “I’m blown away by it.”
Ms Wilson said Morgan’s was issuing patrons and staff with temperature wristbands. “We are taking foolproof steps to beat the virus,” she said. “The restaurant and catering industry knows more about cleaning than anyone and we are determined to stay open this time.” Mr Gerner said: “Hospitality is more than cafes, bars, restaurants and pubs. It encompasses farmers, fishermen, bakers, growers, butchers and artisan suppliers, as well as stallholders, wholesalers, truck drivers, and factory and warehouse workers. “Our industry is a major contributor to the Victorian economy, and more importantly, it’s a cornerstone of the character of our state. When tourists talk about Melbourne and Victoria, they talk about our cafe culture, pubs, fine diners, markets and wineries, which are among the best in the world. Our hospitality industry should be revered as a state treasure.”
BUSINESSMAN Julian Gerner, below, and, above, Brendan Rice and chef Paul Wilson applying the “gold standard” treatment to Mr Gerner’s Sorrento restaurant. Pictures: Yanni
A MORNINGTON woman has complained to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council over the felling of five gum trees that created “a lovely park-like vista”. However, the shire says the trees were “close to death” and will be replaced. Lynette Catlin said the five gums at the corner of Barkly Street and Waterloo Place were “more attractive than any others in all of Mornington”. “It was a lovely park-like vista. They were not tall, straggly ones with messy bark, like most of the ones throughout the other streets, but low growing, slightly twisted with the most beautiful coloured trunks and weeping type foliage,” Ms Caitlin stated in a letter to the shire. “I’m not sure what variety they were, maybe mallee gums or similar to snow gums. On a hot day it was such a pleasure to drive by and smell the fragrance.” To her “horror” the trees had been “wantonly destroyed, just stumps left in the ground”. “I walked through the now-empty space mourning the loss of the magnificent specimens and their beauty. I am not some mad greenie or anything, I am just an ordinary elderly woman,” Ms Caitlin said. “The nature strip there is around 12 metres wide. The trees were towards the back of the strip, so there was no obstruction to the road visibility, there are no overhead power lines, and they were not diseased. I have taken photos of the stumps; they were very sound, healthy trees.” The shire’s interim director of place Jessica Wingad disagreed. “The trees had recently been inspected and found to be in very poor health and close to death,” she told The News. “We have now removed the trees and will replant this area so it can continue to contribute to the local amenity of Mornington.” Ms Catlin said she regretted photographing the trees while they were alive. “I guess I thought they would be there forever.” She said. cutting down the trees was “an act of criminal vandalism”. Stephen Taylor
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Southern Peninsula News
4 November 2020
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