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Expressions of Interest Building Trades and Specialist Services Panels Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from local tradespeople and building contractors offering building or specialist services for consideration as part of its newly developed Building Trades and Specialist Services Panels. The Shire recently established an annual program of buildings renewal works to deliver upgrades to the value of $3.5M across approximately 200 projects.
Typical projects include: • kitchen and bathroom refurbishments, • electrical and lighting upgrades • roof and spouting replacements • HVAC installation and replacement • building structural repairs. Establishing the Building Trades and Specialist Services Panels, will ensure these works are delivered safely, to the highest quality and enhance the Shire’s efficiency in delivering building renewal projects.
Submissions are now open! Submissions can be made online at tenderlink.com/mornpen Submissions close 11am on Monday 17 December 2018.
For more information
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Benefits from beached surfers ENTHUSIASM, if not waves, won the day when teams of surfers descended on Pines Beach, Shoreham for the second annual DSAMP Champs contest. Dressed “in wild costumes to match the occasion”, the surfers had to be content with beach games in their efforts to compete against one another. Rod Jones, of the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula (DSAMP) said the “offbeat” competition attracted 15 teams. Organised by the Peninsula's Maladiction Longboarders Club the event raised $2700 for DSAMP’s surfing days at Point Leo, the second Champs event Champs on Sunday 10 November saw surfers dressed as animals, pirates, 1960s rockers, 1970s dudes, a “very hairy Snow White with his dwarves, Mexicans, Where’s Wally, monkeys and a banana, superheroes and even a couple of sharks”, Jones said. “With little to no waves on offer the event kicked off with a series of beach games, ranging from nearest to the pin golf to six–legged races where all members of the four-surfer teams were
tied together by the legs and told to run. “These were followed by a paddle race, and finally a surf expression session, in pumping two foot waves.” The paddle race with a Mick Pierce semi-gun surfboard first prize was won by Tony Reid. “The lack of waves turned out to be a bonus, as everyone could be involved all the time rather than waiting around for their surf heat,” Jones said. Major prizes were drawn from a hat, giving every team an equal chance of winning. A dinner for four at Stillwater Restaurant (donated by Peninsula Speech Pathology Services) was won by the Sea Sirens, a team which also won best costume for its shark suits. Sponsors included Bass Surfboards, Trigger Brothers Surfboards, Golden Breed Flinders, Jetty Road Brewery, Crittenden Estate Wines, and Dromana Estate Wines. The next DSAMP surf days will be held at Point Leo on Saturday 12 January and 5 March 2019. Keith Platt
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Kirsteen’s coming home at Rye Sands Newly appointed Rye Sands Home Manager, Kirsteen MacKenzie, is excited about working in the community where she lives. “It’s an opportunity to come back to my own community – I’ve been living in Rye for more than 30 years now, my family have always been very involved in the Rye community and I saw this as an opportunity to come back and assist the Rye people”, said Kirsteen. An experienced aged care home manager, Kirsteen has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years and loves her work. “I love connecting with people, hearing their life stories, sharing their journey, the joys, the tears, it’s all part of the human journey and I always feel very privileged to be allowed to share that with each resident and their family”, she said. Kirsteen said the opportunity to join Japara was too good to miss, “It’s an excellent company with a great reputation for valuing the individual and honouring their journey”.
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“I want Rye Sands to be a home of excellence on the peninsula – a place where people feel connected, where people are able to be themselves”. Already an active member of the Rye community Kirsteen wants to ensure the Rye Sands home is also a part of the local community, “I’m already engaged with the local fire brigade and the local church and I want to engage with the local primary school”. The new Rye Sands home has just opened but Kirsteen already has big plans, “Aged care is about working from the heart, I want to ensure our staff all share the same philosophy, so that the philosophy of the home is about supporting our residents – if we have 5 star staff, we will deliver 5 star service”. Ideally positioned in a quiet residential setting, and just moments away from the beach and town centre, Rye Sands is a brand new Japara aged care home for the Rye community. This modern home provides high quality care for up to 99 residents supported by around the clock care with individualised
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support and therapy plans, depending on each resident’s needs. The home has the benefit of at least one registered nurse on every shift 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
To find out more about the care and lifestyle offered at Rye Sands call 1800 52 72 72 or visit the Japara website, japara.com.au.