January 24th 2013

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Carnival day for hospital THE Rye foreshore carnival is holding a charity day to raise money for a new imaging area at Rosebud Hospital.

The appeal target is $1.75 million and the charity day is on Monday 28 January.

The summer holiday carnival ends on Australia Day weekend and on the Monday children’s rides, thrill rides, inflatables and games will all be running midday-4pm. “The medical imaging area will be a major addition to the emergency services we provide and allow more people to be treated more quickly closer to home,� the hospital’s executive director Jan Child said. “It will consist of a special leadlined room, the purchase of a CT scanner and an ultrasound machine, rooms for clinicians and technicians and a sterile area.�

Ms Child said $530,000 had been pledged by the Southern Peninsula Community Fund and other community groups to support the appeal.

Charity day: Rye foreshore carnival operator Michael Wittingslow with his son Morgan. Picture: Yanni

Arthurs Seat tip plan

By Mike Hast AN old quarry on the eastern side of Arthurs Seat could become the Mornington Peninsula’s newest rubbish tip.

Hillview Quarries, owned by R E Ross Trust, is expected to submit an application to the shire council in about four weeks.

The landfill plan would see the former Pioneer Quarry, which is east of Arthurs Seat State Park and north of

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Mr McLean-Wilson said authorities should “find a different way to dispose of waste apart from burying rubbish in the ground�.

A recycling centre would remove the need to dump as much rubbish, he said. “I’ve never objected to anything before, but would be prepared to chain myself to the gate to stop this tip.�

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NEWS DESK

The bay’s biggest tourists

By Jeff Weir WHILE most of us are making resolutions to lose weight, some very, very large summer visitors to the Mornington Peninsula do their best to achieve exactly the opposite.

The picture shows a blue whale only a few kilometres off Rye in January last year. It was taken by the Dolphin Research Institute’s research director Sue Mason during an expedition to survey whales and dolphins from Wilson’s Promontory to Adelaide.

During the expedition Ms Mason recorded nine blue whales and large numbers of several dolphin species.

These animals are actually pygmy blue whales which are about two to three metres smaller than true blues.

They come to Victoria each summer to feed in our incredibly rich waters.

They are bigger than two tour coaches end to end and are the second largest animal to ever live - bigger than the biggest dinosaur.

Contrary to folklore, whales don’t actually blow water out of their blowhole when they surface to breathe.

The “blow” that looks like water (as you can see in the image) is actually water vapour that condenses as whales rapidly exhale warm air from their lungs into the colder atmosphere. It’s a bit like when we breathe fog on a chilly morning. Indeed, if whales and dolphins get water in their lungs they will drown as surely as we would.

We think that the whales mostly head to western Victoria to feed at the rich Bonney upwelling on the edge of the continental shelf.

Here, nutrient-rich water rises to

the surface and nourishes a massive food web that includes giant tuna, dolphins, seals, huge numbers of seabirds and, of course, krill.

Our remarkable region is home to some truly special species and we all have a role to play in helping to look after their environment.

Blue whales stranded on peninsula beaches during Easter in both 2009 and 2010 but none since. Let’s hope that they are all safely at sea this Easter.

The Institute is a not-for-profit organisation. We rely on community support of our Adopt-A-Dolphin Program to maintain our work.

You can become an Adopt-A-Dolphin supporter or find out about the programs at www.dolphinresearch. org.au or 1300 130 949.

Jeff Weir is executive director of the Hastings-based Dolphin Research Institute.

Peninsula linked up at last

By Mike Hast PENINSULA Link freeway opened early last Friday, the fulfillment of a 44-year dream of roadbuilders who marked a freeway reserve in the third edition of Melway in 1969.

This was when the state government planned to build a new suburb for 40,000 people on the Moorooduc Plains between Mornington and Somerville to house workers for industrial development at Western Port.

The government’s big plans for Western Port did not come to full fruition, but the reserve stayed on the map.

The 27-kilometre Peninsula Link connects EastLink tollway and Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Carrum Downs with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Mt Martha.

Premier Ted Baillieu and Roads Minister Terry Mulder announced the opening date last Wednesday morning at Centenary Park golf course in Frankston. The news brings to an end months of speculation among Mornington Peninsula residents about the date.

Rumours had been circulating in the Melbourne media since before Christmas with one Melbourne radio station broadcasting Australia Day long weekend as a possible opening time.

Users of Apple Maps on the iPhone had been wrongly directed to the unfinished road for more than a month.

Mr Baillieu said drivers could travel from Rosebud to Melbourne Airport without encountering a traffic light.

He said the road would bypass nine sets of traffic lights and six roundabouts on Moorooduc Highway.

Six fixed speed cameras are being installed on gantries courtesy of $10 million from the state budget last May, but will not be working for several weeks while testing takes place.

Mr Mulder said police would patrol the freeway to curb speedsters before the cameras were switched on.

A police spokesman said there would be a strong highway patrol presence on Peninsula Link, which also would be under 24-hour surveillance.

The freeway will be a boon to drivers who have to slog through heavy traffic in Frankston, but the effect at the freeway’s end in Rosebud has not been quantified.

The state government’s freeway management body, Linking Melbourne Authority, says drivers can travel between Carrum Downs and Mt Martha in 17 minutes, shaving up to 40 minutes off peak hour times.

Work on the freeway bypassing Frankston started three years ago. The cost has been listed as $759 million.

Pollies parade: Left, Premier Ted Baillieu leads the way for politicians who answered to call to be at last week’s Peninsula Link opening date announcement. Cranbourne MP Jude Perera, far right, was the sole representative of the Labor government, which commissioned the freeway. Above, Workers finish off Peninsula Link last week. Pictures: Yanni

LMA and freeway builder Abigroup, which is owned by multinational property and infrastructure company Lend Lease, had promised the freeway would be completed in early 2013.

Peninsula Link will not be a toll road, but will be paid for by the state government out of general revenue, socalled “shadow tolls�.

The freeway has been built under a 25-year public private partnership (PPP) contract, also known as a DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, maintain), where the government makes fixed quarterly payments to freeway consortium Southern Way regardless of actual traffic volume.

Southern Way has to meet set performance criteria and if the road’s availability to traffic or level of maintenance falls below standards set in the contract, the government can reduce payments or reclaim money paid.

Last July, Victoria’s Auditor-General Des Pearson said the promised economic benefits of Peninsula Link may have been overstated and its potential negative impacts ignored.

His report, Management of Major Roads Projects, was a scathing critique of the freeway, one of the state’s most

expensive road projects.

Mr Pearson slammed VicRoads and Linking Melbourne Authority, saying the two authorities failed to take into account the concept that bigger and better roads encourage more traffic, so-called “induced demand�, when deciding whether to build new freeways. “They did not adequately assess the traffic induced by these improvements, communicate the risks, or estimate the impact of the economic benefits,� he said. “These shortcomings create a risk of over-estimating the benefits and giving decision-makers false confidence.�

The report said LMA also had weaknesses in the way it had made procurement decisions.

Peninsula Link was conceived during the global financial crisis by the Brumby Labor government.

Public transport lobbyist Ian Hundley said Peninsula Link, “contrary to the propaganda of its boosters, threatens to change the peninsula for the worse in ways that the community has not fully appreciated�. “I rang LMA a few days ago and asked them the design capacity of Peninsula Link. They advised that each of

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the four lanes can carry about 2000 vehicles an hour, 8000 all up,� he said. “This is notionally a carrying capacity of 192,000 vehicles a day. LMA said it was anticipating the freeway would carry about 40,000 vehicles each day in the northern section and 20-30,000 a day on the southern section.�

Mr Hundley said the Brumby government sought a matching contribution from the federal government, “which sensibly refused to come to the party�. “It would be intriguing to know what forces were at play, remote from public gaze that permitted the project to proceed. “It has been said Brumby was a ‘car man’, in the manner of Tony Abbott and John Howard, the implication being that he favoured roads over other forms of transport, with little regard for the evidence, and the need for expanded usage of sustainable transport. “It is to be hoped the truth behind the decision to build this freeway comes out before too long.�

While the LMA advises heavy vehicles accessing the Hastings area from the freeway to use Mornington-Tyabb Rd and then Frankston-Flinders Rd, a

danger warning has been issued.

Tyabb and District Ratepayers Group secretary Katrina Chalke says trucks will pass two schools (“where the traffic congestion is horrendous at the best of times�), then through Tyabb. “This flies in the face of any previous heavy traffic advice, which has been discussed or recommended,� Ms Chalke said.

About 70 per cent of the 25-kilometre bike and walking path being built as part of the Peninsula Link project is also open, with work continuing through the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve and the Mornington Peninsula Tourist Rail in Moorooduc.

Frankston MP Geoff Shaw said the shorter trip along the freeway opened employment opportunities on the peninsula for Frankston residents and easier access for holidaymakers.

He said traffic volumes were expected to drop by 30 per cent on Nepean Highway, Moorooduc Highway and Frankston-Flinders Rd. Details of changes to the road network can be seen at www.linking melbourne.vic.gov.au

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Fire safety man looks overseas to spark sales

By Keith Platt EVERY bushfire season, Ross Connell watches the nightly television news with trepidation.

He fears for the lives of people trapped by out-of-control fires and watches, frustrated in the belief that he holds the answer to their safety.

Mr Connell embarked on a project to build a fire shelter in the wake of the February 1983 Ash Wednesday fires that claimed 75 lives, including 11 firefighters who died in or near their trucks at Upper Beaconsfield.

He looked to the skies for inspiration to find an answer to warding off the intense heat generated by bushfires.

The insulation used to protect spacecraft returning to earth had proven effective beyond doubt, so Mr Connell, of Tyabb, used this technology to build the prototype Ross Escape Module, or REM. The first REM involved insulating the water tanks carried on fire trucks.

Firefighters trapped by flames could quickly release the water, climb inside the tank, which was fitted with twoway radios, an air supply and lights.

In 1987 the REM was tested in a

furnace heated by direct flame to 1100 degrees Celsius. Instruments inside the module showed the interior temperature rose to 33 degrees after 10 minutes. The radios remained working.

In December 1991 four volunteers climbed inside another REM that was enveloped by fire for more than 20 minutes. They were in constant radio contact with observers and emerged unscathed.

The heat of the fire was estimated at 10 times that of a “heavily fuelled” bushfire.

“It was beyond doubt a success,” Mr Connell told television reporters at the time. “It shows what Australians who band together as a team can achieve.”

However, a CFA spokesman ruled out installing Mr Connell’s escape module on its fire trucks.

He said no money would be put toward funding further tests.

In June 2000, CSIRO bushfire expert Ian Knight assessed the two tests of the Ross Escape Module and concluded that its “durability under extreme thermal loads and its low conductivity have been demonstrated. My calculations indicate that the REM would be

Fire shelter: Ross Connell with his bushfire escape module in the backyard of his Tyabb home.

an effective refuge in any bushfire”.

Today, Mr Connell has refined his escape module even further but is still waiting for the call from the Victorian government and fire authorities.

“They’re pig-headed, but should at least come and have a look,” the inventor said.

He has five patents pending, including one for the insulated water tanks, one for a smaller version for farmers, a home shelter, and designs for a house “that won’t burn down”.

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Mr Connell’s home shelter units have two entrances, interior lighting, fans, small observation windows and storage room for food and water.

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Negotiations have started with a new team to provide factory space to build his range of REMs and other leads are being followed to take his technology overseas.

He believes the CFA is wrong in putting its faith in fitting trucks with fire protection blankets, heat shields and sprays to create a “fog of water”.

“That is no protection from heat that can melt glass. I’ve got a system that can save lives.”

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Gift draws a crowd

By Barry Irving HASTINGS sprinter Bros Kelly has won this year’s Rye Gift.

Kelly, who runs with Frankston Athletics Club and came second in 2011, ran the 120 metres in the adjusted time of 12.425 seconds.

The women’s Diamond race was won by Stephanie Mollica in 14.169 seconds.

The 39th gift had a first prize of $2500.

The women’s Diamond has a $1000 first prize.

The gift is one of many races held in Victoria on the Victorian Athletic League calendar.

Competitors and supporters were at Rowley Reserve, Rye, in large numbers on Saturday 13 January.

The cooler weather of previous years saw more than double the number of spectators of last year.

Sprinters were blessed with a following breeze all day while the distance runners had to contend with a headwind rounding the last bend and into the finishing straight.

Bookmakers took bets on both feature races as well as off-site horse races.

With the exception of the footballers dash for cash, the community relay and junior gift, all events were conducted by the Victorian Athletic League.

The annual gift is held by Rye Sports and Social Club on the second Saturday in January with all proceeds being distributed between participating sporting clubs to help finance programs for the ensuing year.

Both the men’s and women’s gifts

Winners’ grins: Above, Women’s Diamond winner Stephanie Mollica. Right, Bros Kelly of Hastings after his Rye Gift victory.

rate among the top prizemoney events on the sprinting calendar.

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COMMENT

Trail a trial for its users and campers

By Keith Platt PLANNERS of the Bay Trail between Dromana and McCrae are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The trail that is supposed to provide safe passage for walkers and cyclists comes to an abrupt end at what is probably the most dangerous section of Point Nepean Rd. The narrow strip of land available around the rocky outcrop of Anthonys Nose means the road is not wide enough to accommodate a separate bike lane and the Bay Trail cannot be safely built next to the sea wall.

The trail officially ends at the Dromana foreshore camping area, although it continues as a track through to the boat launching ramp and car park at Anthonys Nose.

However, from the start of December to the end of April, bikes are banned from the 47-site camping area, which is filled with caravans and various types of portable homes.

The linear camping area is squeezed between Point Nepean Rd and the sea wall. It is arguably the most inappropriate place for campers, but the income it generates is vital to Dromana Foreshore Committee.

The portables, or sheds, are erected next to caravans on camping sites that, in the majority of cases, are booked by the same people for five months, year to year.

Bookings are made each April and preference is given to “current caravan park users”.

Plans by the former Labor state government ensure that at least 10 per cent of all camping sites were up for grabs each year to ensure “equity of access” were put on hold by the cur-

Sidelined: Cyclists ride on the wrong side of the road to avoid Dromana foreshore camping ground where cycling is banned at the busiest time of the year. Picture: Yanni

rent Liberal government.

The long-term bookings provide campers with a prime location home away from home for which they pay $2700.

Many of the “campers” are members of the Peninsula Power Boat Club, which has been operating the adjacent boat ramp under licence from the foreshore committee since 1957.

The committee, which relies on campers’ fees and 242 boat shed licences for its income, has suggested moving Point Nepean Rd seven metres inland into Latrobe Reserve to allow the missing one-kilometre of Bay Trail to be built alongside the camping area.

Another plan available on the foreshore committee’s website shows the Bay Trail going through the centre of the camping area, safely off the road.

Latrobe Reserve once housed the camping ground, but it was moved to the sea side of the road in the 1960s after a camper was killed while crossing the road.

Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 2012-13 budget allocated $80,000 to complete part of the Bay Trail between Safety Beach and Dromana, but made no mention of the missing kilometre at the camping ground or Anthonys Nose.

Ron Elleray, chairman of the foreshore committee’s caravan park

committee, said there were no plans to reduce the number of sites or close the park.

“The Bay Trail will go kerbside [along Point Nepean Rd]. The caravan park can’t be closed because we rely on the income from the campers,” Mr Elleray said.

He said campers were not allowed to keep the public out of the reserve or block access to the beach “but they have to keep their private possessions safe”.

Mr Elleray said the campers “selfmanaged” the camping area, deciding among themselves who occupied each site.

“The area is so narrow that you

can’t have vans coming and going all the time.”

Cars belonging to campers and their visitors were parked on the roadside with those of other beach users.

“It’s a known fact there are [safety] problems with cyclists and pedestrians, but there is no Bay Trail through the camping ground,” Mr Elleray said.

He said the foreshore committee did not want the trail going either through or alongside the camping ground until a decision had been made on how it would be built around Anthonys Nose.

“There is no point sending people through to the boat ramp area if the trail doesn’t go past Anthonys Nose.”

Footy brawl on tram – just the ticket!

MRS Emu has just arrived home from the city, hopping mad. She actually hops when she is this mad, causing panic and confusion in her ever-mild mate. Vases and chairs start flying. He scuttles out of reach in case he is the cause of this incandescent rage.

“I am soooo cross!” she hisses – unnecessarily, thinks Emu as he peers cautiously around a door at her soooocross eyes glowing red. “There was money on my myki but the computer said there wasn’t.

“The man at the station said, ‘Sorry, you can’t travel, you have only 55 cents on your card.’ I said, ‘I put ten dollars on it yesterday morning, so you’ve got

my money and I have an appointment.

I demand to travel.’

“He said, ‘It can take time for the computer to credit the cash to your card.’ I said, ‘This didn’t happen with Metcard. You put in your money and out came the ticket. Straight away.’

“Then I said, ‘Now we have a fancy new multi-billion dollar system that appears to have been designed by idiots and can’t do the job properly’.” She

smirked at the memory of her biting retort.

“And then I started inserting my head through the ticket office grille to get a closer look at him. He leapt a metre, straight up in the air!”

Emu once saw her do this inserting manoeuvre, totally unnerving a cinema ticket seller. It is frighteningly effective, this serpent-like insinuation of the emu head and neck into a usually inviolable place. We got two in the front row.

She continued: “Then he said, ‘OK, get on the train.’ He was trembling a bit, I can tell you, and standing well back. ‘If the inspectors query you, just

do that trick where your eyes turn red.

And again at Flinders Street. That’ll do it.’

“So at Flinders Street three of them did a huddle, looking at my ticket then at me, then at the ticket again. They made phone calls. Then they let me through the gate, saying it would be working by the time I got back for the trip home.

“And it was, amazingly,” she said.

Emu didn’t think it was necessarily all that amazing, in the circumstances.

“I thought about it on the way home,” she said. “I decided they’re not running the transport system for the public’s convenience – it’s all set up for theirs.

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“And all that myki money sitting in a vault somewhere, earning interest on the short-term money market. Our money – it must be millions. What a cheek!

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VCAT wetlands ruling to Supreme Court

By Mike Hast LAWYERS have lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court against the state planning tribunal’s decision on a housing development near Tootgarook Wetlands.

Just before Christmas, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal member Dalia Cook ordered a stop to all work on a 41-house development at 85 Elizabeth Ave, Rosebud West (“Wetlands stop work order”, The News, 10/1/13).

The action was brought to VCAT by Tootgarook Wetlands activist Cameron Brown of Rosebud West.

Ms Cook ruled that a permit issued by the shire for the development on the edge of the wetlands was invalid.

Her ruling was hailed by conservationists as a victory for “people power” and another step toward stopping development in the wetlands.

Large parts are privately owned and were zoned for development by the

Shire of Flinders, which was joined by the shires of Mornington and Hastings to create Mornington Peninsula Shire in 1994.

The VCAT ruling left Mornington Peninsula Shire severely embarrassed as its planners believed they had the power to extend the time limit on a permit granted by the VCAT in 2007.

Ms Cook ruled that if a valid planning permit was not issued by 30 June, the owner and developer of the land, TJBP Pty Ltd, must remove the fill, roads, services and reinstate the land to its original condition.

This included “replanting with indigenous vegetation to stabilise the land and to provide for its longer term rehabilitation”.

After the decision, Mr Brown said it was “a tremendous milestone for the community because it goes some way to returning the community’s rights to

have a say on the development and exposes some of the many questionable planning practices that have been applied to the wetlands precinct.”

The shire is at risk of being sued by the developer, which has spent more than $1 million on the project including trucking in more than 50,000 cubic metres of fill.

Tony Smith, one of four directors of TJBP Pty Ltd, said they had started building the subdivision believing all permits were valid.

“In 2011 we purchased the site with a permit for a subdivision and written confirmation from council that the permit was valid,” he said.

“We engaged consultants to prepare construction plans and obtain approval from council and all authorities. All approvals were obtained in 2012.

“Our legal team has advised that the VCAT decision should be challenged

and [that] they disagree with the rationale behind the decision. As owners of the land, we will now appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.”

Mr Smith, a licensed estate agent who works at an agency in Croydon and described himself as a developer, said letters had been sent to residents near the development.

“We ask the local community to consider the following:  Your local council has spent a significant amount of ratepayers’ money already defending itself against a minority group.  Although the original permit was issued in 2003 and 2007, all construction approvals were issued in 2012, which means all the latest construction requirements have been met.  Approvals from Melbourne Water, South East Water and the EPA were obtained in 2012.”

He said what was a paddock with little or no vegetation “has now been filled with more than 4000 truckloads of sand and [has been] compacted (with council permission).

“We have also installed sewerage, stormwater, lighting and some fencing, all with the approval of the Mornington Council [sic].

“At the end of this saga we will be assessing the loses we have incurred and seeking advise on how we can recoup these significant additional expenses.

“This is a privately owned property; it has the appropriate zoning for a residential subdivision; in the past a planning permit has been approved. It cannot be reinstated to its original state.

Now that works have stopped, people are already using the site as a tip.”

See “Development dreams bogged in VCAT swamp”, Page 10.

Government cuts keep hospital beds closed FRANKSTON Hospital will not reopen its short-stay ward of 10 beds until Easter.

The hospital blames the decision on federal government cuts announced just before Christmas.

On 18 December it was stated Victorian hospitals would start closing beds after the federal government cut $107 million from Victoria’s health budget. The cuts to funding came after the Australian Bureau of Statistics reduced population estimates for the cur-

rent financial year, triggering the cut.

The federal government says the state government has cut hospital budgets.

Hospital spokesman John Jukes said the ward was meant to open last week after the summer break but would stay closed until Easter and staff “redeployed”.

Patients use the ward if their stay is less than 48 hours. “We’ll manage without it and see if it impacts on elective surgery,” Mr Jukes said.

He said Frankston had about 400

beds “if you include treatment chairs”.

Extra pressure will be put on the hospital next month when Rosebud Hospital starts a major refurbishment to improve fire safety.

Contractors will be installing a fire sprinkler system in every area of the hospital, expected to take about five months and cost $750,000.

Rosebud Hospital’s director of operations Alison Watts said it would be a “challenging and complex project because we want to keep as much of

the hospital as possible open”. “We will be reducing bed capacity from 60 to 30 and rescheduling some surgery to Frankston Hospital for the five months.

Importantly the emergency department, dialysis ward and chemotherapy ward will continue operating, though at some point they may be temporarily relocated from their current areas while sprinklers are installed.”

Mr Jukes said patients from Rosebud Hospital would have to be shifted to Frankston.

“The principle impact will be on Rosebud’s emergency department,” he said. Both hospitals would ramp up “hospital in the home” services.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan said there had been a 26 per cent increase in health funding for Victoria over the next four years. State Treasurer Kim Wells said the state had received from the Commonwealth $15.3 million less for hospitals in December compared with November.

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Workers ‘shocked’ by BlueScope job losses

By Jo Winterbottom WORKERS at Bluescope Steel are reeling after the company announced last week it would shed 170 jobs from its Hastings plant.

The shock announcement comes just 15 months after more than 200 people were made redundant during a “restructure” of the Long Island Point steelworks in 2011.

Workers were said to be stunned by the news, after the company had provided assurances in recent weeks when rumours of job cuts began circulating.

“I’m still in shock myself,” said long-time BlueScope employee Billy Hassan on Monday last week.

He said the latest round of redundancies would hit harder than those of 2011.

“The guys that stayed [after the last redundancies] knew they would face some hard times before it turned for the better, but they stayed to rebuild the company, only to be hit again.”

Mr Hassan, who has worked at the Hasting plant for 31 years and is a delegate for the Australian Workers’ Union, which represents about 80 per cent of employees at the Hastings works, said alarms bells started ringing when workers were asked to attend a company “presentation” on Monday morning last week.

“There had been rumours for a couple of weeks, but the company had been playing them down and assuring everybody there would be no cuts,” he said.

BlueScope released a statement saying it would “reduce production levels at its Western Port facility and provide significant cost savings”.

Chief executive Mark Vassella said it was “part of our strategy to continually find better ways to do business and remain a cost-effective producer”.

“The cost to implement this change is estimated to be around $17 million, but will be recovered within one year through ongoing improvements to the operating cost base,” Mr Vassella said.

Mr Hassan questioned how BlueScope could lay off more workers after accepting $100 million from the public purse in 2011 as part of the federal government’s $300 million steel industry restructure package.

“It’s very hard to accept; we have every right to ask what happened to that money,” he said.

BlueScope said the 170 redundancies would be finalised by mid-March, reducing the number of workers at BlueScope in Hastings to about 500.

This continues a steady decline from 1100 in 2005 and a high of about 1800 in 1980.

Mr Hassan said BlueScope workers were a “close, tight-knit community” and there was increased fear about the current round of redundancies because many who were laid off in 2011 were still struggling to find work.

“They have been telling us it is not as good out there as they had hoped,” he said.

The decision to reduce production at Western Port follows two disastrous

Shocked: BlueScope employee Billy Hassan on Hastings foreshore just hours after learning of more job cuts at the Long Island Point steel plant. Picture: Yanni

financial results for BlueScope. It posted net losses of $1.04 billion last year and $1.05 billion in 2011. It has forecast an “underlying net loss approaching break even” this financial year and is due to announce its halfyearly results on Monday 18 February.

The global financial crisis, the continuing high Australian dollar and huge increases in steel output from low-cost countries such as China have all contributed to BlueScope’s woes.

The company is expanding production in Asia and North America.

Alcohol limits also apply on water

Union backs footy club for jumpers

BOATERS are being reminded that the same alcohol and drug restrictions apply on water as on the roads.

Transport Safety Victoria (TSV) says boaters should “play it safe this Australia Day weekend” and stick to the blood alcohol content limits imposed by the new marine safety law.

TSV spokesperson Paul Corkill said anyone in charge of a recreational boat must “act as they would on the road in relation to drugs and alcohol”.

“It’s easy to get carried away with the Australia

THE Electrical Trades Union has signed as a sponsor of Frankston Football Club.

Under the deal, players will be provided for the next two years with jumpers carrying the ETU logo on the front.

Graham Quarries logo will remain on the back.

“I have long admired the Frankston Football Club and its ability to survive as a standalone club in the tough environment of the VFL,” ETU state secretary Dean Mighell said.

Day celebrations; however this can have catastrophic consequences on the water,” Mr Corkill said.

He said there were more than 250 maritime incidents and nine serious injuries involving recreational vessels in January last year on Victorian waters.

“If you are in charge of the boat and under the age of 21, you must not have any alcohol in your system – if you are over 21 you are required to remain under 0.05 at all times.” The rules also apply when a boat is anchored.

“The ETU is proud to be supporting one of the premier sporting organisations of the southeast and Mornington Peninsula.”

Frankston is scheduled to play Coburg for the ETU Cup at Frankston on Sunday 7 July.

The ETU also sponsors Coburg Football Club.

The union’s Victorian branch has 19,000 members working in the electrical and communications contracting industry, power, manufacturing, education, hospitality, aerospace, food and other industries.

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OPINION

Development dreams bogged in VCAT swamp

By David Harrison MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire adores the sounds of development. It loves the click! click! of survey pegs being driven into virgin soil, the roar of cement trucks, the thunk of a new front door closing behind a new resident.

It is bedazzled by the promise of new revenue to fund its ambitious development-focused vision of the peninsula’s future.

It protects this vision with the ruthlessness of a rhino guarding its young, its main weapons being an ability to outspend most who wish to thwart it and its control of bureaucratic procedures.

So when it was taken to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

by Cameron Brown, who was seeking an order that a development adjoining the Tootgarook Wetlands was illegal, the shire probably thought its financial firepower and VCAT’s propensity to back development would do the trick.

It was wrong. In boxing terms, the

tribunal has belted the shire senseless (“Wetlands stop work order”, The News, 10/1/13).

Further, the developers will no doubt be consulting their lawyers on various issues.

Can it sue the shire? A clue can be found in paragraph 54 of VCAT member Dalia Cook’s findings. She refers to the “apparent reliance on assurances given to it and [Mr Brown] by the council that the permission for subdivision was still current, such that the works under the permit were lawful”.

She also states: “It appears that [Mr Brown] has a concern that the conduct of [the shire, the ‘responsible authority’] represented an ‘unjustified failure to monitor [the developer’s] compliance with planning laws in the face of repeated requests and warnings’ and that [Mr Brown] had to ‘assume many of the roles usually expected of a responsible authority.”

What an indictment.

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VICTORIAN Coroner John Olle says there is a need to raise awareness about the dangers of driveways after 14 children aged under six died after being accidentally hit by cars between January 2000 and September 2012.

Mr Olle is investigating the deaths of three young boys including a 14-month-old boy killed at Red Hill on 14 June 2011.

The Coroner has suppressed the boys’ surnames because he does not want to add to the families’ grief. All three were killed by four-wheel drives.

MORE than 30,000 people on the Mornington Peninsula and in Frankston are being asked to explain why they did not vote at last October’s council elections.

People do not respond to the “apparent failure-to-vote notice” may be fined $70.

Records kept by the Victorian Electoral Commission show that on the peninsula 16,568, or 31.48 per cent of 145,378 eligible voters, appear not to have voted.

sharply with shire CEO Michael Kennedy’s recent statement that officers are “professionally indifferent” in dealing with development proposals.

“I have expressed the officer approach as ‘we are Switzerland’, meaning that we do not ‘take sides’,” he declared.

Bosh! About the time he was writing this, the developers were hiring B-doubles to cart fill to the land at 85 Elizabeth Ave, Rosebud West, and locals were keeping the shire fully informed of this. Was the shire gambling the community would take no action?

The gambling chips were, as always, supplied by ratepayers via everincreasing rate bills and shire charges.

Ms Cook’s rulings released on 20 December brought stark reality to the sorry episode. She began, precise and low key: “... the certification of [the plan of subdivision] by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council was invalid. The application for an enforcement order [by Mr

In Frankston the number was 15,307, or 32.56 per cent, of a possible 97,191 voters.

The percentage of non-voters in each municipality is slightly above the 30 per cent state average.

In neighbouring Kingston the number of non-voters was 13,293, or 28.75 per cent of 112,137 eligible voters.

Nearly 500,000 non-voters across the state will have 28 days to respond to the first “please explain” letter from the VEC.

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Then came an order stopping “all works associated with the subdivision or development of the land” and pointing to the possible restoration of the illegally filled land “to its original contours (demonstrated by survey)” and “removal of all internal roadworks”.

Ms Cook was remorseless. In paragraph 4 of her “Reasons” she writes: “The physical works for the subdivision occurred at a rapid pace despite the tribunal’s efforts to provide for timely hearings and my caution to the respondent at the hearing on 12 October 2012 that any works it carried out on the land were at its own risk since the validity of the permit was under challenge.”

It is not the first time recently the shire planning department has put a property owner in this invidious position and got a spanking at VCAT. The Noels Gallery case springs to mind.

This must surely lead to questions about how the shire is being run, and

Voting was compulsory for all voters enrolled on the state electoral roll on Friday 31 August 2012 for contested elections.

An apparent failure-to-vote notice will not be issued to people who are automatically excused from their requirement to vote at local council elections, such as those aged over 70.

Eligible voters who do not have a valid excuse can expect to receive a $70 infringement notice in about 10 weeks.

for whom. If its senior executives don’t see their duty as primarily serving ratepayers such as Mr Brown, whose interests is the shire prioritising?

This is a question councillors should be asking Dr Kennedy formally and forcefully unless they are content to play a subsidiary role to their employees in community affairs.

The developer will undoubtedly apply for a new permit before the VCATnominated 30 June deadline and the shire will undoubtedly want to grant it.

One would love to be a fly on the wall to hear how the developer “persuades” the shire to give it what it needs.

Recommendation to the shire: immediately employ Cameron Brown as a guru on planning and enforcement, to prevent any further expensive fiascos.  Read the entire judgment at: www. austlii.edu.au/au/vic In the search window, type: Brown v Mornington Peninsula SC & Ors [2012]

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Sylvan spot: The former Pioneer Quarry on Arthurs Seat may become a rubbish tip.

Arthurs Seat tip plan Continued from Page 1

Kelvin Banks said objectors were fearful that if the Pioneer Quarry proposal was approved, “Hillview will ask to turn its existing quarry into a tip when it reaches the end of its life�.

Peter Guy said there would be a hue and cry from Arthurs Seat Rd residents when they found out about the plan. “Hillview Quarries owner R E Ross Trust claims it is a friend of the environment, but this is an act of environmental vandalism,� he said.

Andrew Reynolds said he was concerned about noise and smell, but the biggest worry was fire.

A fire starting in the proposed tip could race up Arthurs Seat and threaten Red Hill Consolidated School and its 460 pupils as well as residents, he said. “A fire could spread to Main Ridge, which has limited road access.�

He said the proposed tip was a “scandalous proposition� from Ross Trust, which had financially supported good work for the environment.

Objectors’ concerns about fire are based on recent history: a big fire burnt part of the mountain near the chairlift and western side in January 1997.

In January 2008, a fire alleged to have started when a tree fell on power lines near the bottom of the mountain burnt several hectares near the Pioneer Quarry area. Luckily the wind was from the south and the blaze travelled northeast.

Authorities closed Nepean Highway, Boundary Rd, Collins St, Shergolds Lane and White Hill Rd. Dromana councillor Graham Pittock said the shire’s landfill off Truemans Rd in Rye would be filled in about five years. “We have to do something, but I want to see the proposal before making further comment,� he said.

R E Ross Trust CEO Sylvia Admans could not be contacted for comment before deadline.

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Mr Ross was a keen bushman, had an extensive knowledge of native plants and trees, and made a study of the habits of birds and their calls.

His will directed the trust donate money to three fields – social welfare, education of foreign students, and nature conservation “with particular regard to the purchase of land for the protection and preservation of flora and fauna�, states the trust’s website.

Ross Trust has given more than $80 million since 1970. Many peninsula organisations have benefited including in recent times Dromana CFA, Habitat Restoration Fund’s rehabilitation and weed control in Arthurs Seat State Park near the OT Dam, and the recently opened Rye playground.

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Bowled over by generosity Uncle Bobs Club Peninsula Group raised more than $4000 during last year’s Christmas hamper raffle. Club secretary Clem Kleinig said he was grateful to people who donated with money raised going to the Royal Children’s Hospital. Coles Hastings manager John Brunsting, right, drew the winner watched by Uncle Bobs members and supporters.

Cash win for poster boy FIFTEEN-year-old Alex Bird of Rye won Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Australia Day poster competition.

Eighteen entries were received and Alex won a $500 bank account and $750 cash.

His entry was a stylised Australian flag containing elements of a fireworks display, a major part of Australia Day celebrations on the peninsula.

The tag line on his entry reads: Australia Day – Celebrate.

Judges described the level of artwork entries as “extremely high”, making choosing a winner “a difficult task”.

Runners-up were Natalie Smith, 19, who is studying graphic design at Swinburne TAFE Prahran; Sam Howard, 19, studying for a Diploma of Visual Art at La Trobe College of Art & Design; and Madison Clent, 11, who attends St Mary’s Primary

School. The runners-up were given $250 bank accounts while all entrants received a $25 voucher to open a bank account.

Free buses A FREE one-way bus service will carry passengers home from the Mornington Park Australia Day celebrations.

Buses to Frankston and Safety Beach will run from 9.15pm to 1am.

The bus to Frankston station will pick up passengers on the Esplanade at Mornington, Bay Hotel, Grand Hotel, Main St and Cromwell St bus stop and stop at locations on the way to Frankston.

Buses going to Bruce Rd, Safety Beach, will pick up passengers at the same locations, stopping on the way south.

On the run for Australia Day ELITE runner Karen Barlow says the Mornington Peninsula’s Australia Day fun run is getting bigger every year.

She also loves the entertainment and free barbecue for entrants.

This year’s 10-kilometre run is from the Coast Guard headquarters at Safety Beach to the Village Green at Rosebud foreshore.

There are prizes and medals for all contestants, and the first 1000 pre-reg-

istered entrants receive an Australianmade singlet. There are prizes for runners who dress up in keeping with the theme of “Recognising Our Heroes”.

The run starts at 8.30am on Saturday 26 January at Safety Beach Sailing Club (Melway map 150 E11).

A 5.3-kilometre combined run and walk for children and adults starts at 9am from the Visitor Centre in Dromana (Melway map 158 D12).

Registrations will be taken on the day before the start of each event.

The fun run follows the Bay Trail with breakfast and free activities at the finish.

Cost of entering is $35 for adults, $25 for under-13 and under-16 entrants and $100 for a family of two adults and two children.

For registration details call 1300 850 600 or visit www.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Traffic jams predicted for national day THE opening of Peninsula Link could cause traffic jams on Australia Day. A study commissioned by Mornington Peninsula Shire predicts a bank up of traffic in Jetty Rd, Rosebud, while bottlenecks in Frankston at the northern end of Peninsula Link are eased.

The study predicted traffic on Nepean Highway would drop 25 per cent and 65 per cent on Moorooduc Highway.

The mayor Cr Lynn Bowden said Peninsula Link was expected to “bring improved access to the peninsula for visitors, and improved cross-peninsula

travel and travel to the city for residents”.

“The shire will have in place additional traffic measures on local roads on the southern peninsula to be utilised in anticipation of increased traffic flow on Australia Day,” Cr Bowden said.

Over the Australia Day weekend, the shire recommends McCrae and Rosebud residents exit the freeway at either of the two Dromana exits to avoid Jetty Rd. In Mornington on Australia Day the street parade will see the closure of

Hampden St from 3.30-5.15pm, Main St from 4.45-6.30pm and Flinders Drive from 6am-6pm.

The Esplanade will be closed during the fireworks from 8.45-9.45pm.

At Rye, Point Nepean Rd will be closed for the fireworks from 8.459.45pm with the Scout Hall car park closed from 9am-10pm and the car park at Rye pier from 9am-10pm.

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‘Step forward’ for port

By Keith Platt THE development of a major container port at Hastings has taken another step forward with the commissioning of five studies worth $2.3 million.

The studies, including a port development strategy, risk management and hydrodynamic modelling, are scheduled to be finished by the end of the year.

Port Minister Denis Napthine described the studies, or “work packages�, as “an important step toward developing Victoria’s second container port, and will underpin the design of the future port�. “Fast-tracking the development of the Port of Hastings has always been a priority, and the completion of the tender process allows important work to progress, including environmental assessments, which are critical when considering port design options,� Dr Napthine said. “The studies will provide the Port of Hastings Development Authority with the necessary information to develop a pre-feasibility business case to take development planning to the next level.�

The successful tenders and their respective “work packages� are: GHD/ AECOM, port development strategy; Cardno, hydrodynamic modelling; GHD, ecology; URS Australia, risk management; and Deloitte, demand commercial and economic.

The port authority’s website says Hastings will be developed as a container port “over the next 10 to 15 years�. Cost of the port has been estimated at $11 billion.

Port of Hastings Development Authority acting CEO Ralph Kenyon, in a news release issued by Dr Napthine’s department, said more than 40 expressions of interest had been received when tenders were sought for the five studies.

The appointments were another “milestone� for the port authority and followed the opening of a shopfront and office at Hastings “and the appointment of key personnel�. “After a rigorous evaluation process Deloitte, GHD, AECOM, Cardno and URS Australia have been selected as the successful tenderers for these works,� Mr Kenyon stated. “The work that these organisations will do, starting in January, will include a mix of field-based and desktop analysis, which will significantly advance planning for the development of the Port of Hastings as Victoria’s second container terminal.�

Hastings MP Neale Burgess was also quoted in the news release saying the state government was working “quickly and efficiently to deliver the ground work needed to build a new container port at Hastings to safeguard the future of the ports and freight sector and the Victorian economy�. “The state government is focused on developing the Port of Hastings in close consultation with the community; to ensure that the best possible outcome is produced for the economy, the community and the environment.�

GHD, one of the companies appointed to report on “port development strategy�, has also been hired by the

government to study the suitability of locating a container port between Werribee and Point Cook in Port Phillip.

Planning Minister Matthew Guy has been reported as saying development at Hastings would come before the socalled Bay West option.

However, opposition ports spokesman Tim Pallas said building a container port in Port Phillip might be cheaper than developing Hastings and upgrading Melbourne’s existing ports.

AECOM, working with GHD on the port development strategy for Hastings, says it has been involved with the port authority since 2005 “on land use and transport strategy and scoping studies to develop options for breakbulk and container trades�. “The strategy we developed for the client [the Hastings port authority] outlined a vision for the port over the next 30 years and provided a platform to engage stakeholders and the community while ensuring appropriate land and transport corridors were preserved,�

Lara Poloni, AECOM’s managing director, Civtoria/Tasmania, Australia, said. “Most recently, AECOM has worked with its project partner GHD on concept design solutions for stage one of the Port of Hastings development.

Completed in March of 2012, the first stage consolidated knowledge from previous studies and expanded the focus to supply chain connections and costs associated with port infrastructure and operations for the deep-water container port.�

Art appreciation: Browsing among the more than 740 paintings hanging at this year’s Sorrento Rotary Art Show.

Art sets a record at Sorrento MANY of the 740 works at this year’s Sorrento Rotary Art Show were snapped up on the preview night.

The show at Sorrento Community Centre during January included works by artists from the Mornington Peninsula and throughout Australia and set a sales record of $83,440.

The show saw the introduction of the Shutterbugs Beaches, Bays and Boats Photographic Competition for schoolaged children.

The competition ran from last November to mid-December and attracted 140 entries.

Photographer for The News, Yanni Dellaportas, judged the competition and said he was “most impressed by the high standard and quality in each age division�.

The winners were presented with their awards and Rotary photographic

achievement certificates at a club barbecue. The $500 senior prize went to Rebecca McPhail and the $250 junior prize to Gemma Grant.

Art show judge John Duncan-Firth chose R Todman-Parrant’s Nectar of the Gods as best in show with Len Pawluk winning the best oil or acrylic with Midday Light.

Best watercolour was Summer Haze

by Joseph Zbukvic and best pastel After the Sunshowers by Lyn Mellady.

Winners of the art show raffle drawn on 19 January were Denise Turnbull, first; Rob Tucker, second; and Paul Cunnington, third.

Sorrento Rotary uses proceeds from the show for projects within the community and schools, Rosebud Hospital and Peninsula Home Hospice. For details about the club, call 5904 7140.

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Volunteers are always made most welcome – Why not join our happy teams & enjoy the company of other community-spirited men and women.

For Warehouse enquiries, telephone Doug on 5986 8896 (Monday-Saturday) For Rotary Shop, speak to Sue or Betty on 5986 7000 (Tuesday mornings) All Funds Returned to Community – Wholly Staffed by Volunteers. Donations to Community now exceed $1,000,000 over past 10 Years.

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2 Currumbin Court, TOOTGAROOK $340,000 A LITTLE BEAUTY! This very neat 2 bedroom holiday home is awaiting new owners. In very good condition throughout with large lounge/dinning room, separate meals area off kitchen together with bathroom and laundry combined.

Roof top deck and timber deck at ground level make for great outdoor entertaining.

PRICED TO SELL!

Contact: Rob Steele 0418 154 024

12 Gunyah Street, RYE $400,000 PLUS

Neat established home set on a level 809m2, fully fenced block, in highly sought after position behind the Blairgowrie village shops and beach.

Comprises of three bedrooms, two living areas, kitchen with butlers pantry, undercover entertaining patio; single garage and carport.

Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

4 Leawarra Street, RYE MAKE AN OFFER Well presented brick home situated on an elevated block of 719m2.

Comprising of three bedrooms, main with ensuite, open-plan kitchen and living area, formal lounge and dining, full bathroom, separate toilet, laundry and studio.

BARGAIN BUYING TREE TOP VIEWS. This neat, threebedroom timber home is set on an 839m2 block with excellent views looking north. The home has a large open-plan living area, kitchen and bathroom downstairs, laundry, second shower and toilet plus cellar or workshop.

Contact: Rob Steele 0418 154 024

VACANT LAND SALES

Contact: Rob Steele 0418 154 024

ATTENTION LANDLORDS PROPERTIES ARE LEASING FAST CALL JOHN TO DISCUSS

48 BEAUNA VISTA DRIVE,

RYE

$265,000

62 CROANNA STREET,

RYE

$279,000

501 DUNDAS STREET,

ST ANDREWS BEACH

$299,000

37 GLEN DRIVE,

RYE

$255,000

2 MOODY STREET,

RYE

$389,000

Boatshed Number 13 RYE $99,000

21 NEVILLE DRIVE,

RYE

$389,000

UNDER $100,000!

9 SHERWOOD ROAD,

RYE

$319,000 4 Dixie Close TOOTGAROOK $385,000

QUALITY TENANTS FOR QUALITY HOMES

Rare opportunity to purchase your very own boatshed and add to the beach lifestyle that is so sought after.

Immediate transfer available for summer enjoyment.

PRIVATE COURT Neat three bedroom brick home situated in a private court with open plan living, kitchen and meals area.

Full bathroom, separate toilet and ODXQGU\ RQ HDV\ FDUH EORFN *UHDW ÀUVW home, holiday or investment.

Contact: Leah Pancic 0421 700 749

Contact: Rob Steele 0418 154 024

2327 PT NEPEAN RD RYE

03 5985 8800 www.johnkennedyrealestate.com.au

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Spectacular bay views ENJOY uninterrupted views across Port Philip Bay to the city and from Mount Martha to Sorrento from this property in Rye. The home presents in as-new condition and is ready to move in and enjoy immediately. There are three bedrooms upstairs – all with built-in robes and ceiling fans – and two open-plan living areas that offer separate zones for larger families or even two families to enjoy in comfort. The upstairs living room runs the width of the home and looks directly out to the bay as does the balcony. The kitchen has the same great aspect and features splashbacks and new stainless-steel appliances including a dishwasher. There is a bathroom and toilet on each level. Crisp, white paintwork will allow new owners to express themselves and add their own personality in furnishings and artwork. Charcoal floor tiles and pure-wool carpet have been installed as has a split-system air-conditioner. External tones have been selected to blend with the natural landscaped garden setting. There is undercover parking for several cars, a van or boat, and the covered barbecue area can be combined with the covered parking area for extra entertaining space.

Address: 1 Tanderra Street, RYE Price: $590,000 – $640,000 Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate, 2397 Point Nepean Road Rye, 5985 6555 Agents: Dianne and Phil Key, 0419 324 515

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HERE is a touch of Manhattan apartment living – on the slopes of McCrae. This sophisticated double-storey townhouse is a true statement of style with low-maintenance living that is certain to please. The split-level design offers a host of alternatives and with street frontage, the lower level is perfectly set up to be a private home office or a partially self-contained flat for teenagers or extended family with private lane way access. A double garage has internal access to the ground level, which also includes two bedrooms, each with its own ensuite bathroom. A feature timber staircase leads to the first floor, which features polished timber floors in the open-plan living areas and a superb kitchen with stone benchtops. There is a separate study, or perhaps third bedroom as well as a powder room. The lounge room leads to an impressive outdoor entertainment area that soaks up the sun and offers excellent views. For people seeking a perfect holiday escape or a potential dual rental income property, this trendy place is one to inspect.

THIS brand-new residence embodies the coastal charm and relaxed easy living to be found on the southern peninsula. Built to exacting standards, the shadow cladding and iron facade is at one with natural surroundings and the interior is spotless. Gleaming timber floors greet you on entry, with large windows filling the spacious living areas with natural light. There is a formal lounge with carpeted floors on the left as you enter with a polished timber walkway leading into the main open-plan area. The contemporary galley-style kitchen has a stainless-steel underbench oven and dishwasher, and overlooks the rear timber deck. There are three bedrooms, with the main bedroom having an ensuite, and the stunning family bathroom has a separate shower and spa bath. This well-designed property would be ideal for families seeking a modern, fresh design.

Address: 15 Leichardt Street, McCRAE Price: $549,000 Agent: Adam Harlem Real Estate, 0447 841 000

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4 Duntroon Avenue Tootgarook

33 Muirfield Lane Fingal

31 Iolanda Street Rye

LOCATED TO PERFECTION

A MUST SEE, MUST HAVE

THE TIME HAS COME

Beautifully presented 3BR, BV residence in a delightful location just 400m to the Tyrone Beach foreshore and boat ramp closeby. The block omeasures about 600sqm with lovely gardens that require minimal attention. There is bore water.

Well-presented throughout, with plenty of natural light, the open plan lounge is comfortable and has s/system air-conditioner and solid fuel heater. The kitchen is light and bright and all bedrooms have BIR’s and an ensuite to the main bedroom.

Wake in the morning to the sounds of nature and a view of rolling hills that have been beautifully sculptured into one of Australia’s most stunning golf courses.

For the golf fanatic, this striking home has open-plan living, four bedrooms - main with FES - and a study. Three distinct living areas provide room for the whole family, with the main living room bathed in natural light and a large central kitchen has a stainless steel cooker. Quality floor tiles & carpets and tasteful tones throughout.

Lucky purchasers will move into a meticulously maintained home that is ready to enjoy from day one. This blissful retreat has plenty of shady tress and a private BBQ area. The good sized block has a carport and garden shed and inside are three bedrooms, open-plan living room with gas heating, well-equipped kitchen plus bathroom, toilet and laundry facilities. The beach, shops and all the fun things the peninsula has to offer are at your finger tips. As an added bonus the home is being sold furnished.

Price: $470,000 - $510,000 Inspect Saturday & Sunday 2.00-2.30pm Contact Diane & Phil Key 0402 445 208

Price: $630,000 - $670,000 Inspect Saturday 11.00-11.30am Contact Diane & Phil Key 0402 445 208

Price: $370,000 - $395,000 Inspect Saturday & Sunday 11.00-11.30am Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

8 Leisma Street Rye

8 Ora Court Rye

3 Andrea Street Rye

BACK BEACH BARGAIN

EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

BLOCKS THIS GOOD ARE RARE

This is a home that looks good, feels right and is extremely well located. At this price it is sure to put a smile on many potential buyers faces. The home offers plenty of space for the family with a large main living room, second separate living room, family meals area & well-appointed kitchen. There are 3BR’s - 2 with fitted robes and the main has walk-through robe & FES. Outside is a small front porch, paved terrace areas, small bungalow, shed and carport. Situated close to all facilities yet far enough away to offer a tranquil environment. Inspection is highly recommended.

This fantastic vacant allotment measures 675m2 (approx) and is set in a lovely quiet court. Gently sloping and lightly treed, this is the ideal site for your dream home or a builders next project. Centrally located between bay and ocean beaches and a short drive to Rye’s vibrant shopping village. Realistically priced and sure to sell quickly.

Land is limited on the Peninsula and good blocks are being snapped up by eager buyers hot to build their permanent home or dream beach house. This block has interesting contours and the location is excellent with quick access to Rye or Blairgowrie townships, Sorrento, Portsea and all the other wonderful Peninsula activities are at your fingertips. Great buying at this price.

Price: $360,000 - $390,000 Inspect Saturday 3.00-3.30pm Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Price: $239,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Price: $250,000 - $270,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

9-11 Glen Drive Rye

20 Agnes Drive Blairgowrie

59 Creedmore Drive Rye

THE ULTIMATE VACANT BLOCK

FANTASTIC VACANT BLOCK

FULL OF SURPRISES

This 1310sqm block offers a private setting for your dream home or holiday getaway retreat. The level allotment has many potential home sites and as sub-division around the Rye area is virtually non existent, blocks this size are rare and the good ones are eagerly sought. This is unquestionably one of the very best.

Situated in the heart of Blairgowrie, this lightly elevated block levels out to offer the perfect setting to build your dream home. Measuring in excess of 900sqm and backing onto the Stringer Reserve, the block is central to both bay and ocean beaches and only a short drive to Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea. it is the ideal location for your permanent sea change or stylish up market holiday get-away.

This property has huge potential with two levels that can be used independently or combined. The flexible floor plan may appeal to two or more families to purchase together and there is ramp access. The ground level has one bedroom, bathroom and toilet facilities plus kitchenette and living room. Upstairs is well- presented with a fully equipped kitchen, open-plan living room, two more bedrooms and a bathroom. Other features include a single garage, store room and a timber deck, all on a block of 865sqm.

Price: $340,000 - $375,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Price: Offers over $350,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Alana Balog 0412 536 624

Price: $380,000 - $410,000 Inspect Saturday 1.00-1.30pm Contact Alana Balog 0412 536 624

3 Tiberius Street St Andrews Beach

476 Tasman Drive Rye

43 Wilkinson Street Tootgarook

A TRUE BACK BEACH CLASSIC

SIXTEENTH BEACH BECKONS

HOW GOOD IS THIS?

This much admired character weatherboard home truly defines the Peninsula sea change lifestyle to perfection. Positioned within easy reach of ocean beaches and tranquil national parks, the block measures 920sqm with a slight rise from the street, and is elegantly landscaped. There are 2 levels to enjoy, with the upper level devoted to the master bedroom that is complete with Juliette balcony and FES with spa. The ground level has open-plan living, kitchen with butlers pantry, two more bedrooms, second bathroom and a laundry on this level.

This truly amazing property is presented to perfection both inside and out and is literally across the road from Number Sixteen Beach and National parklands. The very private garden setting plays host to a fabulous vast decked outdoor entertaining area with covered sections and even a quirky thatched hut. Step inside to three excellent bedrooms, FES to main plus 2nd bathroom, two open living areas, a lovely well appointed kitchen with s/steel appliances and an office. Ducted heating, alarm system, double drawer dishwasher, ducted vacuuming and loads of other features.

This classic bayside beauty is literally one street back from the beach and on a wonderful level block over 900m2 with room for the whole family to enjoy. The home has a rambling floor plan and lots of useful outbuildings including two garages with extra workshop space, a laundry with extra toilet, separate store room, studio and an external shower. There is a substantial paved entertaining area, a gorgeous old oak tree and plenty of bore water. The home itself has 3 bedrooms, kitchen, lounge and a bathroom, with ducted heating and an air conditioner for comfort.

Price: $550,000 Inspect Saturday & Sunday 12.00-12.30pm Contact Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

Price: $550,000 - $595,000 Inspect By Appointment Contact Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

Price: $430,000 - $470,000 Inspect Saturday 11.00-11.30am Contact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

5985 6555

2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941

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Sold...and sold well.

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Since 1946 RYE

11 Karkarook Street

RYE

10 TINAPHER DRIVE

RYE

31 Michael Street

ORIGINAL BEACH COTTAGE

AS GOOD AS NEW

TYRONE TREASURE

A leisurely 800m stroll to the Rye Bay Beach with pleasant tree top views providing potential to add another level (STCA) and capture water views across to Sorrento and Mount Martha. This original 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beach cottage consists of 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchendining & lounge with separate toilet. The property offers a sense of intrigue as it is positioned behind a private screen of mature trees and would be suitable to either renovate or knockdown.

Tastefully renovated brick residence, situated on low maintenance allotment in a quiet cul-de-sac. Featuring 3 bedrooms, spacious open plan lounge/dining area, renovated kitchen with s/steel appliances and breakfast bar complemented with high raked ceilings and fresh neutral tones throughout. Renovated bathroom and gas heating complete the picture. Covered entry from the carport at side

Just a leisurely 400m stroll to the Tyrone Foreshore, this superb residence is situated on a dual access corner block. Featuring 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, including main with FES & WIR, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas, renovated kitchen and formal dining leading out to a sunny deck ideal for HQWHUWDLQLQJ 7KLV KRXVH IRU DOO VHDVRQV DOVR RIIHUV D JDV ORJ ÂżUH DQG r/cycle air-conditioning. Landscaped gardens, bore water, double carport plus single garage complete the picture. A lot of home for the price.

Price: $390,000 $420,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

Price: $415,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

Price: $595,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

RYE

RYE

RYE

3 Milton Road

32 St Andrews Drive

23 Alison Avenue

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WHAT A LOCATION

Just a leisurely 600m walk to the Tyrone Foreshore, this well-presented residence , with superb frontage and a rustic garden setting is on 1022m2 of land. Flooded with natural light and fresh neutral tones throughout it features 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining area with gas heating, all leading out to an all weather outdoor entertaining area overlooking lush grounds. Ideally suited to those who enjoy the great outdoors and the toys required to get us there. Plenty of room to store the boat & caravan.

2IIHULQJ D VHUHQH WUHHWRS DQG ED\ YLHZ DW D SULFH SRLQW WKDW ÂżWV WKH budget, this charming Western Red Cedar home features an open plan lounge and dining area, large north facing deck with views to the bay and city, separate kitchen with good cupboard and pantry storage, 2 bedrooms and european laundry. The home is situated on approx 792sqm approx, within a 10 minute walk to the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. Plenty of scope to build in underneath and develop further (STCA). Bay views are hard to come by, let alone at this price!

Privately situated on 4280m2 and located directly opposite ocean beach access track to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Snatchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Surf Beach, this four-bedroom home also has a separate study, 2 bathrooms including an ensuite to the main bedroom, that also has a walk through robe. Two living DUHDV ZLWK ÂżUH SODFH VSDFLRXV NLWFKHQ ZLWK VWRQH EHQFKWRSV casual living area with Coonara heating and a serene garden view. $ QRUWK IDFLQJ GHFN Ă&#x20AC;RZV RII WKH NLWFKHQ DQG WKH ORXQJH LV WKH LGHDO place to catch the sun and entertain with friends.

Price: $549,500 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

Price: $395,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

Contact: Victoria Burke 0421 706 625

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143 Second Avenue

RYE - AUCTION

51 Francis Street

BLAIRGOWRIE

17 Darwin Street

RETIRE OR INVEST

BUILT TO LAST

DIMMICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEACH

Neat as a pin, this solid, low maintenance residence is just a leisurely 800 metre stroll to shops and beach. Ideally suited to the retiree or investor, the home comprises of 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen, lounge and dining, ducted heating, full bathroom, separate laundry, secure rear yard and single lock up garage. Genuine vendor says sell, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this great entry level priced opportunity.

Superbly situated on a ridgeline that affords sweeping rural views and, abutting a Council Reserve, is this well-built brick veneer residence. Featuring 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, split living areas, paved outdoor entertaining area, ducted heating and air-conditioning, VHDOHG GULYHZD\ DQG GRXEOH FDUSRUW ,GHDOO\ VXLWHG WR WKH ÂżUVW KRPH buyer, investor or weekend buyer, this property must be sold. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this fantastic offering!

What a fantastic opportunity for the astute buyer to purchase this 2 bedroom weekender located on easy care rustic corner allotement and only 150 metres to the coastal reserve, put simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss thisâ&#x20AC;?

Auction: Saturday 9th February at 2.00pm Price Guide: $290,000+ buyers Inspect: Saturday & Sunday 2.00-2.30pm Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

Auction: Saturday 9th February at 12.00 noon Price Guide: $320,000+ buyers Inspect: Saturday & Sunday 1.00-1.30pm Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

Price: $365,500 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

RYE

RYE

RYE

11 Wondaree Street

102 Creedmore Drive

22 Ballibil Street

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SUPERBLY PRESENTED AND IMMACULATE

CHALET STYLE RETREAT

SUPERB TOWNSHIP POSITION

This meticulously presented 3-bedroom home comprises a light & airy central living & updated kitchen zone, ducted heating & cooling and a superb outdoor entertaining area with built-in BBQ. There is ample room for the boat & caravan with 3 carports & single lock up garage with 3 phase power. Remote gates, sealed driveway and bore water add to the package.Those looking for nothing to do but move in and relax, will not want to miss this!

Set on a 1247sqm allotment with pleasant bay and rural view as well some ocean glimpses, this appealing, tri-level cedar retreat features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas - including rumpus room galley style kitchen, and lounge & dining areas leading out to a north facing deck. A winding sealed drive leads up to a carport and storage area which could house a medium sized boat or be used as a shaded entertaining area. Realistically priced to meet the market this property offers something different and great value for money.

Often sought but seldom found, this solid 3 bedroom, rendered brick veneer home is only 450m to the beach and shops and a stroll to the R.S.L & Bowls Club. Set on an easy care , low maintenance allotment of 572sqm (approx) the home comprises of 3 bedrooms, central bathroom and open plan living areas. A single carport is to the side of the home and allows access through to the rear, north facing yard. Walk to everything from this prized position which will give you years of enjoyment and assured capital growth.

Price: $415,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

Price: $459,500 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

Price: $449,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

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A behind the scenes look at how YPA have quickly become the leading property consultants across the Mornington Peninsula Some of the latest additions to the team include our Customer Service Officer and the introduction of our own marketing department, all based out of our Rye office. These additions are evidence that we are serious about providing a first class real estate experience.

Q) What a year for YPA! I guess the question on everyones lips is how have you done it?

A) At YPA we employ a strategic business model that we do not deviate from. That is, look after your clients, look after your staff, give back to the community and the business will flourish.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really that simple.

Q) What are your plans for the future?

Q) How many people are making up the YPA team now?

A) Good question.....At this point our focus is on continually improving the standard of our service, as well as finding new and improved ways of finding buyers

A) We now have a team of 10 professionals servicing the peninsula from our Rye based super office.

(Areas serviced include Safety Beach, Dromana, McCrae, Rosebud, Rosebud West, Cape Schanck, Tootgarook, Rye & Blairgowrie.)

Q) Is there anything final you would like to ad?

A) I would like to say thank you to our clients for their continued support and to the community for embracing our business.

MANAGING DIRECTOR Ben Nutbean - 0413 125 996

Sherie Lizio 0410 508 351

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(03)59822850 28 Hope Street, ROSEBUD

1/47 Goolgowie Street, ROSEBUD

EASY CARE LIVING

CONVENIENT BEACHSIDE LOCATION

AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION

Choose from these four distinctive townhouses that each deliver a unique design with a host of great features including spacious living, neutral colour scheme, kitchens with stone benches, air-conditioning throughout and views of Arthurs Seat just to name a few. Ranging from a 2BR + study to the larger 3BR unit, these four properties are in a convenient beachside location just minutes to McCrae Plaza, white sandy shores and freeway access.

Recently completed, this stunning designer townhouse has EHHQ FUHDWHG WR LQFRUSRUDWH VSDFH VW\OH DQG IHDWXUHV DOO RI WRGD\¡V FRPIRUWV 6LWXDWHG MXVW P WR 3W 3KLOOLS 3OD]D the townhouse enjoys a bright northerly aspect, open-plan OLYLQJ DUHD PRGHUQ ZHOO Ă&#x20AC;WWHG NLWFKHQ SOXV PDVWHU EHGURRP with FES. Upstairs has a 2nd living area, 2 more bedrooms, EDWKURRP SRZGHU URRP *'+ HYDS FRROLQJ ZLQGRZ furnishings throughout.

Price: From $450,000 Inspect: Saturday at 1.45pm Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $500,000 plus buyers Inspect: Saturday at 1.00pm Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $359,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

6 Leith Court, RYE

402b Waterfall Gully Road, ROSEBUD

13 Wilgah Road, ROSEBUD

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Spacious 3 bedroom unit found well away from all the hustle and bustle. The open plan living enjoys a northerly aspect, central kitchen and rear sun deck are ideal for a little entertaining. Along with gas heating and split system air-con, walk in robe and ensuite to the master and two bedrooms with robes, plus semi enclosed carport, bus stop right by the front door and your own street frontage to allow access to store the boat or van.

ABSOLUTE PEACE AND SECLUSION

AT ONE WITH NATURE - YOUR HIDDEN HAVEN

Situated in a peaceful paved court, this pristine half acre block is just several hundred meters to ocean beaches.

Enjoying an abundance of native plant life to offer a WHUULĂ&#x20AC;F EODQN FDQYDV WR GHVLJQ WKH XOWLPDWH KLGGHQ KDYHQ RU KROLGD\ UHWUHDW :KHWKHU \RX¡UH VHHNLQJ VSDFH D SULYDWH setting to escape the hustle and bustle or just a great opportunity to take full advantage of one of few half acre lots available in such a fantastic location.

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Price: $369,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $799,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $235,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

23a Wattle Place, McCRAE

30 Arthurs Avenue, McCRAE

297 Old Cape Schanck Road, BONEO

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Price: $449,500 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $269,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

Price: $850,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

2, 17 Patterson Street, SAFETY BEACH

6 The Vineyard, FINGAL

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Price: $249,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

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Price: In Excess of $690,000 Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the spot THIS Berwick business is clean and well-presented. It operates from 9.30am Monday to Saturday. There are four massage rooms and three chairs for foot massages. The vendor is also selling a second Thai massage business, located in Pakenham, so there is an option to purchase two locations for a total price of $180,000 plus stock at value.

THIS home-based business specialises in the sales, repair and sharpening of clippers and scissors. Clients include pet groomers and veterinarians with some interstate work. The vendor offers full training and the sale includes a fully fitted Ford van that can be used for mobile repairs. New owners will need to relocate the business.

Thai massage, BERWICK Price: $100,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Shaver and clipper repairs, CRIB POINT Price: $150,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON

MECHANICAL REPAIRS

GIFTS & HOMEWARES

FLORIST

JUICE & YOGHURT BAR

DVD & VIDEO HIRE

8 stations & 3 basins, in the heart of Frankston. Trades Tuesday to Saturday and Mondays by appointment. Well presented, ORQJ OHDVH LGHDO IRU ÂżUVW EXVLQHVV owner.

All repairs inc trans reconditioning and air-conditioning. Trades 5 days, fully managed. Good equipment LQFOXGLQJ KRLVWV RIÂżFH ZDLWLQJ room. Main road position, regular clients. Selling at equipment value only

Pleasure to run this fully managed, lovely shop in a busy retail & commercial location, also selling jewellery lines. Only 5 days a week with short hours. Full assistance will be given with changeover.

6HOOV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV SODQWV JLIWV DOVR made to order hampers. Delivers in area, only one in this part of the Peninsula. Can be a single operation, beautifully presented shop and website.

Expected to sell quickly! Great food court location, near new equipment. Healthy food options inc soups. Currently fully managed, offers excellent opportunity for owner operator.

Lovely large shop, neat and tidy,

ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED

$46,500 + GST

NOW $48,000 + sav

$58,500 + sav

$60,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

BRIDAL & FORMAL WEAR

GENERAL STORE / MILKBAR

CLEANING

CAFE

Seats 25 inside & 15 outside, in mall Large shop with double storey, 3 Established almost 30 years 10 cutting stations, 2 basins.

Well known in the area for school The oldest salon in Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ton now covering Westernport side of debs, well stocked with bridal/ seating available. Own front door bedroom premises attached. High available to buy. Excellent Peninsula. Defence housing, formal for men, women & children, to access shopping centre location, density residential area provides equipment, good location, RPR FRPPHUFLDO RIÂżFHV UHDO HVWDWH sale or hire. Opens 5 days, est

by Safeway. Very good equipment captured market. Small amount of stock. New leased offered for this 3 years with experienced owner.

6WURQJ ÂżQDQFLDOV DOO HTXLSPHQW DV spacious, bright salon. including coolroom. takeaways. Established 20+ years. needed, vendor assistance offered.

Website, facebook.

$75,000 + sav

$79,000 + sav

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$91,500 + sav

$90,000 inc. stock

CAFE & TAKEAWAY

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

COFFEE LOUNGE

FISHING TACKLE

6 cutting stations, 2 basins, spray tan room, waxing room, kitchen & laundry. Trades Tues to Sat. Computerised system, can be easily managed if desired. Bright,airy presentation.

Opens Mon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri 7am to 3pm in the heart of Frankstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail and commercial district. Close to train station, medical centre, library & Arts Centre.

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Recently fully renovated & new equipment. Seats 36 in & 8 outside, sells 95% gluten free products, approx 12 kgs coffee per week. Has 2 bdm dwelling, courtyard, multi-use rear storage area.

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

$110,000 + sav

$110,000 + sav

$140,000 + sav

$150,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

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Brick shop on main street and 3 bedroom, brick-veneer home on waterway. Est 1970.

BUSINESS: $150,000 + sav FREEHOLD: $800,000

fully computerized system. Has 25,000 DVDs. Excellent takings, easy to have managed, huge scope! Trades daily from 10am.

NOW $63,500 + sav TAKEAWAY &KLFNHQV EXUJHUV ÂżVK FKLSV etc. Located in busy food court of large shopping centre with plenty of VHDWLQJ DYDLODEOH 5HFHQWO\ UHÂżWWHG Vendor willing to stay on for a while if wanted.

NOW $95,000 + sav MANUFACTURING Wire products manufacture and wholesale to nurseries, hardwares etc also Caribbean Gardens.

Sketches & drawings included, willing to stay back and teach new owner. Needs to be relocated.

$165,000 + sav

DRY CLEANING

SECOND HAND DEALER

CAFE / BAKERY

FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD

MECHANICAL

FENCING & TIMBER

Long established in prime area.

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Large shop in great location with huge amount of stock. Selling at ZKROHVDOH VWRFN FRVW SOXV ÂżWWLQJV only due to needing an urgent sale. This is a great buy!!!

Two adjoining shops in main street with bakery, kitchen, cafĂŠ & retail sales. Very well set up, top quality equipment, spacious work areas. $OO WKLQJV \XPP\ LQ ÂżQH (XURSHDQ style. Repeat cash customers.

Ducted vacuums, intercoms & security systems. 3 vehicles included. Established 25 years, have all systems in place with established clients & supplier database.

Est 50+ years on the Peninsula, well known to locals & industry.

No competition in area, large repeat customer base. Strong, FRQVLVWHQW WUDGLQJ ÂżJXUHV ZLWK N SURÂżWV +XJH ZRUNVKRS ZLWK \DUG

Est 30+ years using fully treated Australian sourced timber. Written contracts with large corporate clients, 8 weeks work in advance, averaging 50 quotes a week. 3 vehicles included.

$180,000

$185,000 inc. stock

$189,000 + sav

$199,000 + sav

$235,000 + sav

Business:$190,000 + sav Freehold: $460,000

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HEALTH CLUB

HEALTH FOOD RETAILER

FLOORING RETAIL

FIREPLACES

LICENSED RESTAURANT

ROOFING INSTALLATION

Exclusive onsite facility at college campus has captured and local market. Includes outdoor training areas. Enormous potential to build on already solid business base. Lots NEof equipment, large database for marketing.

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Long lease.

Large well presented showroom/ factory on main road. Large base of repeat customers inc architects, builders, renovators. Also do installation, sanding & polishing.

Vendor will assist with changeover & introductions.

Retailer in commercial area has Jetmaster â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Heat N Glo dealership. Operated by one person with sub-contracted installers or can do the lot. Sells mainly to builders.

Seats 80, large kitchen, currently Chinese cuisine. However, this one needs much TLC and repairs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but it is in a good part of town in Sorrento. Call us for more information.

Commercial, retail and domestic

$240,000 inc. stock

$250,000 + sav

$270,000 + sav

$299,000 + sav

$300,000 + sav

$315,000

COMMERCIAL CLEANING

REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT

TRAILER MANUFACTURE

PET SHOP

CONTRACT LASER CUTTING

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS Up to date software and equipment, art & design, logos, neoprene products.

Printing, applications, stickers, signs.

In house kiln, digital laser. Sells to gift and souvenir shops nationwide. )RUZDUG RUGHUV LQ SODFH &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ applies.

Operating 15 years, weekly T/O ave $8776. 27 current clients inc Body Corps, hospital, medical centres, childcare centres, car yards, factories etc. Has uniform, vendor will assist with training & changeover.

2009 Hino 6 tonne truck in excellent condition picking up in Dandenong and delivering in northern suburbs. Set daily run, food industry, vendor to retire after 27 years.

Primary products inc all types of trailers, repairs also done. Consistent 7 2 ÂżJXUHV ZHOO NQRZQ TXDOLW\ products. Many repeat customers.

Operates from vendorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acreage, needs to be relocated. Est 17 yrs.

Long established in Mornington,

Custom made switchboards,

large modern premises on

general sheetmetal fabricating.

busy road. Has aquariums, dog

Large showroom & upstairs

grooming and bath, pet food,

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$325,000

$355,000

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$600,000 + sav

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$600,000 + sav

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 32 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

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For Sale - Mornington

For Sale – Sorrento

For Sale – Main Ridge

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Sale Price: $350,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

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Live The Dream

Sale Price: $3.9 million Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $130,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

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Bandicoot death by 1000 cuts

By Jim Kerin SOME time in 2012, the secretary of the Department of Sustainability Greg Wilson advised his Minister, Ryan Smith, that the southern brown bandicoot was “most likely extinct in the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve”.

The minister has uncritically accepted the advice, and refused to meet with people who beg to differ. The 200-hectare Nature Conservation Reserve is in Frankston North and is managed for DSE by Parks Victoria.

The southern brown bandicoot breeds all year round. It has one of the shortest recorded gestation periods of any mammal (12 days); gives birth to up to 16 young (between two and four survive), has a lactation period of about 60 days, bears a new litter immediately after the pouch is vacated, has two to three litters a year and can produce up to 30 young in its 3-5 year lifespan.

The Pines’ unique heathland offers ideal habitat for bandicoots as well as a suite of small marsupials, birds and reptiles.

The species prospered when the three areas of Crown land that now form the largest part of the reserve were managed separately by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Keith Turnbull Research Institute and Melbourne Parks and Waterways, which managed the original 108-hectare Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve as declared in 1989.

All three entities maintained strict control of predators. DSE and Parks Victoria assumed management of the land in the mid-1990s.

In 1999, ecologist Scott Taylor described the bandicoot population in the Pines as the largest on the Mornington Peninsula. On a patch of ideal and reserved habitat, it’s taken just 14 years of DSE and Parks Victoria oversight for this “possible extinction” scenario to occur.

Fecundity, disease, habitat and food availability were not cited as being the cause of the alleged demise of the species. Scientists familiar with the reserve have repeatedly cited systemic failure of control of feral predators as being the critical threat.

Frankston forensic zoologist Hans Brunner has confirmed this repeatedly via his analysis of fox, dog and cat scats collected in the reserve that contained undigested bandicoot hair.

Parks Victoria’s conservation reserves strategy specifies that the paramount management objective of a Nature Conservation Reserve is to “Conserve and protect species communities

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Coot alert: Despite its recognised fertility, the southern brown bandicoot has disappeared from the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve in Frankston North, believed to have been wiped out by feral animals such as cats and foxes.

and habitats of indigenous plants, animals and other organisms”. The bandicoot is afforded special protection by state and commonwealth legislation.

Yet between 1999 and 2012, foxes, dogs and cats have eaten the bandicoot to the point where Mr Wilson advises Mr Smith that the species is “possibly extinct” in the Pines, there is nothing to be done and that further constituent correspondence should be directed to the people at Parks Victoria who directly oversaw its demise.

A web search of the word “extinction” reveals many meanings. One definition is “The state or process of ceasing or causing something to cease to exist”.

It could be argued Mr Wilson, his predecessor Peter Harris and former Parks CEO Mark Stone (then director of national parks) have been complicit in “causing something to cease to exist” by virtue of the systemic management failures they have overseen.

Since 2004, experts and local field naturalists have on many occasions and by many means bought the predation problem to the attention of a plethora of state government officers ranging from local Parks Victoria staff and planners to regional biodiversity staff and assorted biodiversity and Crown land mandarins and deputy mandarins.

Similarly, Labor state government ministers John Thwaites and Gavin Jennings and their advisers had direct knowledge of this problem on a piece of Crown land recognised by the Victorian government as an ecological site of state significance. Its 1993 draft management plan described it as “the only example of heathland on an extensive dune field left in the Melbourne area”.

Public service semantics has played a large part in the evolution of Greg

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Wilson’s “most likely extinction” scenario in Pines Reserve.

Behind the scenes, Parks Victoria officers have described the reserve to decision-makers as an urban fringe park whose remnant habitat is degraded and fragmented. They say it’s prone to vandalism and deliberately lit fires, has a low diversity of ecological vegetation classes (plant communities) and has been the subject of damage by vehicles (their own since the mid-1990s) and that it’s in a growth area that needs more recreational opportunities.

Parks Victoria allocates management resources on the basis of its “levels of protection framework”. It rates land on an A to E scale. In 2006 it allocated a D rating to Pines Reserve.

The Auditor-General and Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability have repeatedly queried the reliability of DSE’s flora and fauna databases.

Knowing this, Parks Victoria allocated a D rating without consulting scientists and field ecologists whose knowledge superseded that of the state databases.

It allocated the rating in the absence of a flora and fauna survey, which it was funded to undertake the following year when $700,000 was allocated for this and other work inclusive of a habitat restoration project.

The flora and fauna survey was subsequently undertaken by the Linking Melbourne Authority in response to state and commonwealth ministerial directives regarding the scope of the Peninsula Link freeway environmental assessment process.

LMA also spent millions on fauna underpasses for bandicoots designed by experts to connect the two halves of the expanded reserve and revegetating extensive areas to provide additional habitat. It’s unclear how the funds allocated for this urgent work in

2007 have been used by Parks Victoria. Claims of the animal’s extinction are also the basis of the withdrawal of an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act application to further fragment the reserve by the construction of a fenced shared cycle path bisecting the reserve. Parks Victoria instigated the proposal.

The fence was to ensure dogs being walked in the reserve did not interfere with a species listed as endangered by state and federal governments.

The reserve’s 1993 draft management plan recommends the exclusion of dogs from the land. Because of the presence of dogs in this Nature Conservation Reserve, the effectiveness of recent and past management actions to control predators has been severely prejudiced and its cost to both the Linking Melbourne Authority and Parks Victoria significantly elevated.

Parks Victoria has had since 1996 to deal with this matter.

Despite advising Mr Smith that the matter of dogs in the reserve is under review; Parks continues to actively promote the practice.

The unique character of this land and its fauna and flora was reiterated by independent experts retained by the state government in its submissions to the Peninsula Link freeway environment assessment process in early 2009. The experts also noted the presence of the bandicoot and other species cited for protection by state and federal law.

In consenting to Peninsula Link bisecting the reserve, the state Minister for Planning in his comments on the environment assessment (June 2009) directed that “A specific plan for the protection of the southern brown bandicoot within Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve be prepared to the satisfaction of the secretary DSE before works proceed in this reserve”.

It is unclear how the direction was given effect by then secretary Peter Harris or his successor Greg Wilson, who took over in August 2009.

To many outsiders viewing this matter in retrospect, it would appear that from the outset Mr Wilson’s department had no intention of complying or consenting to the construction of a pest-proof perimeter fence, which was a condition of the federal government’s authorisation for the project.

This is the closest location to Melbourne where the southern brown bandicoot is (or was) known to occur. Its habitat supports many other species.

The land is now (or was) the northern-most extent of the bandicoot’s range in the Gippsland bioregion.

About 25 years ago, the northern-most points were Woodlands Golf Course in Mordialloc and Braeside Park in Braeside.

The species also has “disappeared” from Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve, which is a state park. Its management plan recommended it be fenced to protect fauna from predation. The recommendation was never implemented.

On the basis of the best scientific advice available to the state government, the Pines Reserve land was set aside for the people of Victoria by the Victorian Parliament as a Nature Conservation Reserve to ensure that endangered species would be afforded protection and not become extinct.

In November 2006, a Parks Victoria representative advised a conference “the recent funding announcement by the government of an additional $700,000 is exciting for those of us involved with the reserve. The decline of the southern brown bandicoot has been well-documented in the reserve and adjoining areas. Parks Victoria is committed to halting this decline.

Strategies employed to date have been focused on reducing the predatory pressure on the southern brown bandicoot (from cats, in particular)”.

Clearly these strategies and the $700,000 have not been successful.

This is another of the thousand cuts delivered to biodiversity not just in the southern bayside and northern peninsula but also Port Phillip region as a whole.

No offsetting can replace this population. Talk of wildlife corridors is specious. If effective resources cannot be allocated and effective predator control on land set aside for conservation can’t be implemented then where can effective management be practised?

Obviously not within the footprint of the $100 million plus metropolitan parks levy we all pay.

The thin green line has again been breached at the urban interface. Via a discreet policy of triage, it’s being pushed back to undefined areas way beyond the metropolis by the very bureaucracy charged with its protection.

It is time Greg Wilson and his boss of lands, Peter Appleford, came clean and told us that all we can expect to see in our metropolitan and periurban conservation reserves is sustainably managed populations of ringtail possums, rabbits, rats, feral cats and foxes.  Jim Kerin is a broadcaster and writer on environment topics and a former director of the Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation.

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a personal level

Santa, delighted hundreds of children and adults alike visiting both Rosebud and the Strand shopping strips prior to Christmas night. Santa was drawn through the crowd LQ KLV VOHG E\ D WHDP RI ZKLWH ÀXII\ VOHG dogs. Children climbed into the sled to have their photos taken with Santa. This special treat each year is provided by the Rosebud Chamber of Commerce and the Australian Unity Funds Management who pay for the sled and make a donation to Rotary. All donations are then presented by Rotary to Santa’s elves “The Woodworkers of the Southern Peninsula” who inturn manufacture and distribute 100’s of wooden toys each year to the Salvation Army and Anglicare for the those most in need in our community. Santa also visits many of the “Take a Break” groups in Sorrento handing out Christmas gifts at each end of term party day. The Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye’s “Dial A Santa” is a long running Rotary project that has made Christmas special for children from all over the Peninsula and has donated thousands of dollars initially Student Achievement to the D.E.B.R.A. Foundation “Cotton Awards Wool Babies” and now helps to fund the Greg Fitzgerald, the Services & Projects toymakers of the Woodworkers group.

Director of the Rotary Club of Dromana, recently presented Student Achievement Awards to students from the local Dromana Primary School and the Dromana Secondary College At the Dromana Primary School Graduation Evening, two students, Mackenzie Cochrane and Saphire Oakley, received Rotary Citizenship Awards, in recognition of their achievements both at a school and

At the Dromana Secondary College Graduation Evening, two students received 2013 Rotary Club of Dromana Scholarships.

The recipients were Ryan Girardin and Sharnie Gilhooley, who were very grateful for the assistance that the $500 Award will give them, in assisting them with their further studies Ryan plans to use the funds to purchase reference books in furthering his studies Sharnie hopes to further her studies in the St John Cadets Program, enabling her to increase her First aid skills and assist in the wider community at various events The Rotary Club of Dromana wishes all award recipients, as the decision makers and developers of our future, the best of luck in their endeavours

What’s on around the clubs Rosebud-Rye Rotary Club Australia Day Celebrations, Rye Foreshore Flag Raising Ceremony 11am Free Community Sausage Sizzle 12pm Music and children’s entertainment, 11am till 9.30pm.

Fireworks 9pm – 9.30pm weather permitting.

Rosebud Australia Day, Rosebud Foreshore Fun Run 8.30am Flag Raising Ceremony 10am Free family activities and entertainment 9am – 1pm Citizenship Ceremony 2.30pm

Editor: Barry Irving 5985 4666 Dromana Rotary Club Australia Day Celebrations, Dromana Foreshore Free Community Bank Bendigo Bank Breakfast 8am – 10am, 8am till 1pm.

Flag Raising Ceremony 10.30am Free children’s activities 9am – 1pm Rotary Club of Sorrento January 11 – 19 Jan. Rotary Art Show.

Australia Day Celebrations Flag Raising Ceremony 10.30am Sorrento-Portsea RSL Music, Free community BBQ. Jan 23, 2013. Malcom McClean.

Dentistry in Cambodia- Volunteer work ( Partner’s Welcome) Jan 30, 2013. Sophia Ndlovu.

Mambanje School Project Feb 06, 2013. Group Study Exchange Team. From District 1570 Holland Feb 13, 2013. Collin Hinshelwood.

Man Behind the Badge Feb 20, 2013. Roland Perry.

Writing Experiences Mar 01, 2013. Ramsey BBQ Fellowship

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By Carla Wrenn Harmony: (har.mo.ny) 1. Agreement in feeling: to live in harmony.

2. Pleasing blend or combination of elements in a whole: the order and harmony of the universe.

3. To make systems in accord with each other: to harmonise.

WOULDN’T it be nice if your body and health were in harmony? This is one of the aims of Harmonic Medicine.

You may be familiar with Dr Monica Henry, the creator of Harmonic Medicine, who before relocating to Tasmania was a peninsula resident, with a clinic of more than 9000 happy clients.

To enable her clients to continue their care, I was one of the lucky practitioners who Monica trained before she relocated.

Harmonic Medicine uses Nogier’s Pulse Test

to detect variations in the vascular autonomic signal. This variation is used to:  Evaluate your individual health status.  Assess nutrient deficiencies.  Gauge food or environmental sensitivities.  Determine your optimal treatment protocol.

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“Display homes are open to inspect, the weather is amazing and the location is incredible.

There are different times and seasons in life and each season requires a fresh look at plans, and a way to enjoy the coming seasons of life,” Trevor Davis of Mountain View said.

“Mountain View Leongatha provides the opportunity to embrace a lifestyle with fresh purpose with the opportunity to buy into a purposeful and exciting future.

“The first stage of the Mountain View lifestyle village is creating incredible interest with expressions of interest and sales being made.

“Prices for the first stage have been set to encourage early buying with some villas available for immediate occupancy.

“The site provides ‘wide open’ views across the township, the dairy and the countryside, which all add to the relaxed environment.

“The heated pool is great for swimming, relax-

ing and doing exercises with high pressure water jet creating pressure for water aerobics. The bowling green provides a relaxed setting for casual bowls or for competition with friends, family or club.

“The community centre is a great asset for the village and is used for dining, lounging about, celebrations, movie screenings, weekly gettogethers, art and crafts or discussion groups. A ‘flexi’ room is included for other activities.

“There are only 45 villas in this boutique village. No crowding or large numbers of residence competing for the same facilities. What a dream.

“There are two financing options available for buying into this amazing lifestyle village in a sought-after Gippsland location.”

Inspection is by appointment. Call Trevor Davis on 1300 306 255 to arrange an early viewing to plan for a timely transition into ‘purposeful living’. www.mountainviewleongatha.com.au

FEET are one of our body’s most complex and relied on structures, yet they are often the most neglected. On average we take about about 7000 steps every day. Add all the standing, playing sport and engaging in recreational activities and it’s easy to see how important feet really are.

Dr Paul Dowie, one of Australia’s most experienced sports podiatrists and founder of Foot & Leg Pain Clinics, offers tips to help start the year off on a good foot:  Always get foot and leg pain, soreness, postural discomfort, bunions or injuries checked by an experienced sports podiatrist. Simple soreness can be a symptom of more serious underlying issues, but there is often a simple solution.  Evaluate your summer footwear. Thongs and flip-flops can cause significant stress on feet and ankles if worn too much. Choose shoes that are comfortable, have decent cushioning and support, especially if you’re going to be on your feet a lot.  Wear activity- and sport-appropriate shoes.

Ensure kids change out of school shoes into appropriate shoes for after-school sport and recreational activities.  Don’t buy shoes that require a “breakin period”. Shoes should be comfortable immediately.  Shop for footwear at the end of the day to accommodate for normal swelling. Feet can swell by up to 10 per cent during the day.  Don’t rely on perceived technological advances in footwear to treat pain and discomfort or decrease risk of injury. Proper advice and treatment from a sports podiatrist is the best way to prevent and treat problems.  Women should opt for lower heels whenever possible or try a wedge for more support and stability or a platform shoe to decrease the angle and stress on the foot.  Be careful of off-the-shelf foot products including orthotics, innersoles and arch

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Mothers Beach, Mornington Discharged from a barge located 200metres from the Mornington Pier (subject to weather conditions).

9.00pm to 9.30pm Please ensure your pets are secured during this time

CAR PARK CLOSURES Scout Hall Car Park Point Nepean Road, Rye 9.00am to 10.00pm Rye Pier Car Park Point Nepean Road, Rye 9.00am to 10.00pm Installation of barriers will commence Saturday 26 January at 9.00am or at Police discretion

FUN RUN/WALK ROAD CLOSURES Marine Drive, Safety Beach Closed from Point Nepean Rd to Victoria St 6.30am to 10.00am Permien St, Dromana Access for residents via Corrington, Ligar and Clarendon Streets 6.30am to 10.00am

BAY TRAIL Safety Beach to Rosebud Please be cautious to avoid collision with runners when accessing the Bay Trail 8.30am to 10.00am

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 1300 850 600 or www.mornpen.vic.gov

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Performance

Poppy’s Problem-solving

NO other band came closer to embodying heavy metal than Black Sabbath. Over the years, the line-up may have changed but the music didn’t – loud, methodical, guitar-based heavy rock.

This month, Black Sabbath announced the title of its new album, 13, which will be released in June.

The original band – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler – recorded the album primarily in Los Angeles and was joined by drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine).

Produced by Rick Rubin (seven-time Grammy winner), 13 marks the Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ return to Vertigo, the band’s original label; it’s the group’s first studio album since 1978’s Never Say Die! Before the album’s release, Black Sabbath will head to New Zealand, Australia and Japan

for live performances including at Rod Laver Arena on Monday 29 April and Wednesday 1 May. www.blacksabbath.com *** LAST year was a huge one for The Wolfe Brothers. Hailing from Hobart, the group comprises brothers Nick and Tom Wolfe and childhood friends Casey Kostiuk and Brodie Rainbird.

The band burst into the national spotlight after finishing second on Channel Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent.

It’s On is the band’s debut album, released on 18 January. It has been mixed and co-produced

by Nashville hit-maker Luke Wooten, who produced the latest CMA Award-nominated album Home from US superstar Dierks Bentley as well as a number of tracks on The McClymonts’ latest album. www.thewolfebrothers.com *** LEE Kernaghan is back in town with his latest single Ute Me from the new album Beautiful Noise (ABC). The album has a giant, beating country heart and an innovative approach to production unlike anything heard from Kernaghan before.

“The audience reaction has been amazing,” Kernaghan said.

“We recorded part of the song live at the Gympie Muster including the crowd singing along to Ute. Then we took the track to the Deni Ute Muster where we shot the music video on stage, in the arena and in the car park.”

Ute Me was a last-minute addition to the album. It was co-written with country hit-makers Colin Buchanan and Garth Porter.

“It was our last day of songwriting in Sydney and as I walked into the airport it hit me. Ute Me was an instantaneous kind of thing – the title and the music just hit me there and then and by the end of the afternoon the song was written,” Kernaghan said.

“We had a lot of fun in the studio with Ute Me and experimented with some grooves and sounds that you wouldn’t normally expect to hear in

By Gary Turner our genre of music. It’s definitely going to test out the subs on a few speakers out there. Some people have even said the song should come with a classification rating of ‘U’ for Ute Me!” Kernaghan is touring Australia throughout 2013 with The Wolfe Brothers including at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne on 22 and 23 March. www.leekernaghan.com.au *** FATHER and daughter duo Dave and Bec Campbell will perform on Australia Day at Mt Eliza Community Centre.

Dave Campbell, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, has toured the world for more than three decades performing, composing, producing and teaching music.

Aside from playing with renowned Melbourne rock band Captain Spalding, Campbell enjoys the opportunity to get back to basics playing solo piano and singing an endless repertoire of piano bar classics.

Bec Campbell is an accomplished vocalist, pianist and songwriter making waves in the music industry by mesmerising audiences with her vocal prowess.

She brings to life a string of popular songs from current artists including Adele, Birdy, Alicia Keyes, and Missy Higgins as well as reviving a few jazz standards with her dad.

The duo will perform from 9am at the community centre off Canadian Bay Rd.

Top 10 albums 1 Treasure: The Very Best of Jimmy Little 1956-2011 (Warner) 2 Take the Crown – Robbie Williams (EMI) 3 It’s On – The Wolfe Brothers (ABC) 4 Glass Promise – Forever Road 5 Psychedelic Pill – Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Warner) 6 Grrr! – The Rolling Stones (Polydor) 7 101 Ultimate Aussie Hits – various (EMI) 8 Celebration Day 2CD/DVD – Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) 9 Reflections – Armik (Bolero) 10 The Best of – Trevor Gleeson

THE phone rang and it was Gideon. He is married to the lovely Desiree, the light of his life, the mother of his children and a source of great frustration. She wanted a new car. What should he do?

It appears that their vehicle, a green Holden Camira, had finally died and they needed a new means of conveyance. Gideon, not being a motoring enthusiast, did not know what sort of car to buy and was seeking advice from Poppy.

The reason the Camira had died was it hit one of the massive potholes in Graydens Rd while Desiree was doing the school run. Some people have said the Camira never got out of the pothole, but that’s not true.

It just didn’t go very far past it, that’s all.

I asked Gideon exactly what sort of vehicle he wanted and to tell me their basic requirements. I asked him if he still intended living on the Mornington Peninsula.

Gideon’s requirements were simple. He wanted a vehicle that was automatic, could seat at least five people, was not too expensive to run and one that could handle the broken road edges and massive potholes spread liberally around Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Colour was optional, as was make. However, Desiree wanted one of those black four-wheel drives that the all the “yummy mummies” drive, and she was “getting difficult” about this requirement, Gideon said.

What should he do?

Poppy’s solution I told Gideon the very first thing he should do when considering buying a car was to get under it and if he could not drag a full box of stubbies from side to side, and from front to back, without the box hitting the undercarriage, don’t buy it.

This was because the majority of potholes and road edge “drop offs” on the peninsula are the size of a stubby box. I explained that if the underneath “stuff” of the car hit a pothole, in most cases it would require a trip to the front end repairers and big dollars. Gideon understands “big dollars”.

Secondly I suggested he avoid the black four-wheel drive option as Desiree would want all the accessories like Bluetooth, iPad, new designer clothes and a boyfriend.

Instead I suggested he look at twin-cab work utes.

Good road clearance, seats five, able to tow a boat if he would like to get one soon and it would slow down Desiree and her ambitions a bit and ensure she would be home to cook the fish when he came back from fishing in his new boat instead of her parking outside wine bars and restaurants.

Gideon was happy. He even offered a compromise to Desiree by getting a black ute, and she seems happy that people now think Gideon is a tradie instead of a nerd Camira driver. Win-win situation.

A Grain of Salt THE summer break afforded much time to ponder human nature, never changing since Adam and Eve; never will.

I resorted to Robert Burton and his The Anatomy of Melancholy, in general terms: “If men would govern their actions by discretion and providence they would not declare themselves fools as now they do. They swell in this life as if they were immortal. He that is now above, tomorrow is beneath, and not considering these matters fall into inconveniences and troubles, tumbling into lust, calamities and absurdities, rarely foreseeing dangers manifest. Some delight to destroy, one to build, another to spoil one country to enrich another and himself.

They are like children; no judgement or counsel, and resemble beasts saving that beasts are better, as being contented with nature.” Press on. *** THE Public Health Information Development Unit ranks Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula residents as at high risk of developing health issues relating to alcohol consumption.

“Some 70 per cent of bowel cancer cases are linked to modifiable diet and lifestyle factors,” says Julien Wiggins, CEO of Bowel Cancer Australia.

“Unfortunately, no one can promise that if you do all the right things you won’t get bowel cancer. The reasons why some do and some don’t are very complex.” Clear as mud but,

as always, who decides “all the right things”?

No doubts with the AMA; everything is caused by smoking.

Apparently there are 66,500 smokers between Mordialloc and Portsea.

Perhaps apply themselves daily with Hugo Boss perfume and the cologne “Fragrance” to offset this disgusting habit? I’m moving to Mentone.

Physician, surgeon and philosopher Galen: “It is vain to speak of cures, or think of remedies, until such time as we have considered the causes.” More than 2000 years ago and he still knows better than the AMA. *** CONTINUING on the hard done by theme, the tax office wants access to all telecommunications data collected by crime-fighting agencies; read state and federal police, ASIO, possibly STASI, the KGB and, of course, the big one, Centrelink. The big brothers, King Kongs. Soft-core totalitarianism? Not yet, but the more the state controls, the closer it creeps.

ASIO wants approval to hack into home computers to target suspected terrorists. Sounds reasonable, but it is staffed by human beings, and we all know about them. *** A WORD to Teddy: well done mate, banning solariums in two years. That’s showing them. Take no nonsense, eh Ted? Two more years to look after Frankston, Carrum and Mordialloc,

mate. Don’t forget, they got you there.

How is that promise travelling, Ted? You remember, mate; the one to build a railway station next to Southland during your first term in office, or was it the second? Tick, tick. *** WOOLWORTHS sees us coming.

Avocados $1.98 to $3.48. Go without or shop Aldi. Come 1 February cost-of-living increases. They always go up? Pensions don’t, savings interest (if any) down, wages stay still, if you’re lucky. Cigarettes and alcohol are certainties; up, up and away?

Who gets our extra dosh? Politicians in white castles don’t understand why we don’t love them; number 1 on my loveless list ahead of far right-wing journalists and obviously Hawthorn, Carlton and Essendon supporters.

Having said this, I don’t hate politicians. At least they put in, which is more than many cashed-up visitors to the peninsula this time of year. *** THE anatomy of gambling: Apparently it’s evil. It’s not evil if the AFL, the racing industry, poker machine owners, sports clubs where approved, sports betting businesses and never forgetting our governments make plenty of money from us. That’s business.

It is evil if we bet beyond our means, for our own good, of course. “The government remains committed”.

Footballers, jockeys and other sports

people with direct contact cannot bet; it’s evil, ditto insider trading. Racehorse owners can bet.

If owning a beaten favourite, they must sometimes show evidence that they did bet on their horses; it’s expected, not evil. If an owner’s heavily backed favourite is beaten and the owner did not bet, this would be suspicious, possibly evil – work that one out.

Meanwhile the lovely people extracting our dollars must show evidence that they care about us. “Remember, always gamble responsibly.”

If we strike it lucky and win more than $999, we get a cheque so they can keep a tab on our evil ways. We could be laundering our Centrelink trillions?

A tangled web indeed. *** IT could be old age, the cranky barrier where a form of mild panic about insignificant things sets in, but I could be right. A superstorm like America’s Sandy coming to Port Phillip? The past six months have produced extraordinary weather patterns.

So, from my Boy Scout days, allowing for the fact I failed the Tenderfoot test, “be prepared”.

Make my list now just in case, one never knows. Load up the car for the trek to Arthurs Seat. Salt, baked beans, biscuits, dips, glasses, book, PK chewing gum, iPhone, extra clothes, Serapax, Panadol, Valium, teeth, credit card, $50, ciggies, stubbies, car fridge,

By Cliff Ellen insurance details and photos. Viagra?

Nah. Done. *** WHEN I was almost a teenager, one of my favourites was Auntie Edna, a free-spirited female who was a supporter, never a critic.

They’re the ones you look back on with affection when you get older.

Auntie was old, but I loved her. She died at 40 when I was 26 so looking back I thought lovely Edna was old when she was 26, which gives some perspective on how old is old depending on who’s judging.

I had a party when I reached 42, convinced I had run my race (some said I had). I declared at 39 and stayed there till 44. Lately I’ve been 69. It has a ring to it; playing possum with evolution, unsuccessfully.

Can’t play with my teeth; down to five. Still, makes you think how children see us, bless the little monsters.

I learnt a lesson from Auntie Edna. A supporter, never a critic. Something to keep in mind.

Hooroo. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Security tag – or insecurity tag

By Stuart McCullough I GET it. In fact, I’d say it’s only commonsense that our major retailers should want to defend themselves by affixing security tags to their merchandise.

Granted, it’s a sad state of affairs that our department stores feel compelled to harpoon their garments to prevent no-goodniks from stealing their stuff, but I understand. The genius of a security tag lies in its simplicity. Even if you do manage to escape the store with the shirt, the dress, the pants or whatever else your thieving hands have succeeded in bringing within their evil grasp, when removing the security tag you will destroy the very object you have risked everything to obtain.

Sadly, not everything can accommodate a security tag. Many years ago, our local department store had a confectionery section on the ground floor. Aside from the toffees, fudges and candies, there was a chocolate display. More than exposing mint ripples and caramels to passing shoppers, it was a glimpse of the future. Varieties were separated by flavour into plastic buckets and these were attached to a conveyor belt. The chocolates would speed past before disappearing from view and circling back to the start. It used the same technology as a hamster wheel and, now that I think about it, may well have been powered by an elite squad of trained rodents.

But as spectacular as this display was, it also was incredibly insecure. It meant that anyone could sidle up, grab a handful of sweets and stuff them

into the pocket of their Faberges. This became something of a problem and the chocolate whirlymagig was given its own security guard. I can’t recall whether he was armed. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine how you could justify shooting someone for pocketing a Turkish delight.

Eventually, the store surrendered and did away with the rotating choco-

would add a dash of colour. Maybe even some ribbon. Who knows? Maybe others will simply mistake it for a Bluetooth connection gone slightly awry. And if I set off store alarm systems every time I stepped through a shop door, I will lap up the extra attention as it’s lavished on me. As sirens wail, I will take a bow. Maybe even do a little dance. Perhaps a short song.

Option number three involves embracing the life of crime that fate has selected for me. I did not choose to become a criminal. Crime, it seems, has chosen me. Having been unjustly banished from non-tag wearing society, I will gather up a cast of misfits and, under cover of darkness, we will roam the streets in search of any item with a security tag before riding our mighty steeds off to our hideout…

The final option was to return to the store. I went the very next day. More than just the receipt, I took the packaging, my birth certificate and a current passport. As I approached the counter, a woman whose face was made of milk and had recently curdled demanded proof of my legitimacy. There was no apology for the inconvenience or hint of a future discount. She then attempted to remove the tags without success. Excusing herself for a minute, the shop assistant returned wearing an explosive-resistant bodysuit just like the one in The Hurt Locker and resumed her efforts.

I raised my hand and told her not to bother. I’d keep the tags after all. It seems that I had become as attached to them as they had to my clothing. www.stuartmccullough.com

purchase is essential. Failing to do so results in everyday consumers being suddenly faced with the kind of dilemma intended for thieves.

Like millions of others, I went shopping after Christmas, vaguely hoping for a bargain. In this regard, the trip was a great success, but as I unpacked my bags I discovered I’d picked up more than just a bargain, I’d also picked up three security tags. Why had they removed them from some items and not others? Inattention? Laziness?

Revenge for some unintended slight?

It didn’t matter. I was now confronted with a choice that no law-abiding citizen should be forced to make.

Option number one was to attempt to remove the tags myself. This, of course, is incredibly dangerous. Security tags sometimes contain ink, designed to ruin the clothes in the event the tag is harmed. Or, at least, they used to. For all I know they may well have upped the ante, replacing the ink with a small incendiary device.

Luckily, I have seen The Hurt Locker and always keep a full explosiveresistant bodysuit on hand. But then indignity started to take hold. It did so by grabbing my lapels before slapping each side of my face, telling me that I really shouldn’t have to go to all this trouble. Luckily, the bodysuit absorbed most of the impact.

Option number two was to wear the items of clothing with the security tags still attached. Rather than be embarrassed by the situation, I would embrace it. This could well involve some form of decoration.

Rather than have the tags sit on my shoulder like grey, lumpen chips, I

late display. I don’t know what happened to the security guard or, for that matter, the hamster squad.

Perhaps a security tag is preferable to an armed guard. But a security tag only works if it deters would-be thieves as opposed to bona fide shoppers.

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Art lovers pack show ART-lovers packed The Studio in Mornington on Friday night last week for the opening of the Mornington Art Exhibition.

It was the Rotary Club of Mornington’s 41st annual art show and provided a stellar lead-in to what will be big year for art on the Mornington Peninsula with many exhibitions and shows to come, including the prestigious travelling exhibition of finalists in the Archibald Prize at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery in June and July (revealed exclusively in The News last August).

The exhibition has 700 works on display until Sunday at the venue adjacent to Peninsula Community Theatre in Wilsons Rd. The top prize, Best Exhibit (any medium), went to Summer at Half Moon Bay by Hovik Israelian.

Judge and Sorrento artist John Baird said: “There is a feel of pre-impressionist European painting here with a practised and original draughtsmanship accompanied by an elegant approach to both the pallet and the application of the paint.”

Highly commended was New South Road by Brett Jackson.

Best oil was Snow Gums by Marilyn Dann with Perfect Storm by Alban Gomes highly commended.

Best watercolour was On the way home Gundagai by Ian Johnstone with A Splash of Colour

by Robyn Koiker highly commended Best Mornington Peninsula Scene went to Beleura Hill by Francesca Picone with Red Hill Study No. 3 by Jane Mogensen highly commended.

Best pastel was Lucretia by Joanna Drew. Nancy Thurlby’s Utopia was highly commended.

Best miniature was Beautifully Boy – Bower Bird by Janet Matthews, and The Fern Glade Miniature by Ivan Dinsdale was highly commended.

Best mixed media was The Alchemist by Brett Jackson. Best VCE work was The Lineage by Dails Wang.

Mr Baird commended 20 other works.

The art exhibition’s main sponsors are Beleura House and Garden, Mornington Peninsula News Group, and Bendigo Bank.

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Smiles of art: Veronica Weir and Brenda Dean of Blairgowrie in front of Pam Blandford’s Splashing in a Puddle.

Picture: Yanni

Back in barefoot playground SHUFFLING along the beaches of his childhood, there’s a great unlocking in the artist, a disarming that happens in a usually reserved Rick Matear (pictured).

A smile spreads as he reminisces about his barefooted Sorrento days: summer maintenance on the family home; working in a Sorrento cafe, just as his daughter is now; relaxing times; sunburnt afternoons; sandflies; Easter egg hunts and studying the shoreline from a canoe.

“It’s your home, it’s something familiar. People travel overseas to go to a beautiful beach; they don’t realise one of the best beaches is only an hour and a half away from Melbourne,” he says.

The summery stroll is a great opening to the processes and subjects that first inspired the young artist. As a boy he’d wander off to the beaches, mostly in Point King area: painting water, sand and sky studies; beach moods; changes and movements; the erosion on wood; tide turning; and – the trickiest one – seaweed studies.

Early theming included observations of impermanence, attempting to capture in his works “decades of natural processes on human-made structures”.

“The southern peninsula is a great place to get up close and see that it’s really a whole lot of different elements working together.

“It’s like bringing the painting together as a whole, though it’s a community of elements as such: layers on layers, just like the shoreline.”

Just as in those childhood summers, he is still amazed by the colour and the textures.

There is also the challenge of capturing “the emotional aspects of summer in Sorrento”. His compositions can be surreal with high key things paler or more washed out than they actually are to achieve this.

“It’s something to always remember that I’ve been very lucky to experience these places, these beaches – the character of the area, the limestone.”

Matear the botanist waxes lyrical in a favourite foreshore setting, too, naming the seaweeds and grasses at Shelley Beach.

Growing up in Arthur Boyd’s playground, he was concerned he didn’t know what he was going to do at school: “but I enjoyed painting”.

Rick Matear has held more than 30 solo exhibitions. His work is represented in private and corporate collections in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States.

Manyung at Sorrento hosts a collection of new works in Rick Matear’s latest exhibition, “Awash with Matear”, from Australia Day, 26 January, at 113a Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento.

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HOLDEN, ute, 2007, VZ , silver, 6 speed manual, towbar, heavy duty bars, 125,600km UVS-739 $14,000 with roadworthy.

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Rye eyes on Baxter as Old Boys battle Crib PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully RYE is in the running to cause one of the upsets of the season against secondplaced Baxter in MPCA Provincial cricket.

Batting first at R J Rowley Reserve after winning the toss, the Demons’ middle order was solid after losing both openers early, finishing with a score of more than 200.

The home side decided to mix things up a bit with its batting order, skipper Darren Groves opening with Rhys Wynne. Both were back in the sheds before the score had reached 25.

Justin King and Corey Harris came together at the crease and played significant roles. King contributed 27 and Harris was caught behind off the

bowling of Adrian Mack, four short of his century.

Ben Ashworth (32) and Andrew Hitchener (24) helped take the score to a very competitive 229.

Adrian Mack was the pick of the Baxter bowlers with 4/40 from 21 overs, and Dale Irving was also sharp with 4/37 from 14.1 overs.

Baxter was required to face the last three overs of the day and it came at a price when opener Ben Smith was removed for a duck. The visitors will resume at 1/0.

Peninsula Old Boys is locked in battle with Crib Point in what is the last roll of the dice for the home side.

Currently seventh on the ladder, POB is just 10 points behind the fourth-placed Magpies. A loss to the Old Boys would end Cribby’s season.

On Saturday, all-rounder Dylan O’Malley opened the batting and continued his good season with 98, while Adam Jones was required to dig deep batting at eight, contributing 36.

The Old Boys managed 223 from 66.4 overs.

Glenn Barclay snared 4/49 from 17.4 overs for the Magpies, and Waide Symes took 3/48 from 18.

In reply, the Pies lost Matt Blake for a blob and will resume at 1/17.

Mt Eliza has put itself in a strong position against Heatherhill after scoring 9/271.

The middle order was again solid for the Mounties, skipper Lyle House getting 34, Jason Mathers 29 and halfcenturies to Justin Grant and Matthew O’Brien. Paul Coldrey made 26 batting at 10.

Ben Frith was superb with the ball for the Hills, claiming seven of the nine Mt Eliza wickets.

Long Island’s Michael Burke yet again helped steer Long Island to a more than competitive score in its match against Mt Martha.

After openers Paul Hartle (56) and Aaron Paxton (21) put on 61 for the first wicket, Justin Bridgeman (28) and Burke (90) provided a great foundation to the innings.

Michael Chaplin and Jason Bedford assisted with 20s, helping the Islanders to 264 in 75 overs.

David Sands was the best of the Reds’ bowlers with 5/55 from 20 overs, and Chris Holcombe rolled the arm over and collected 3/59 from 14.

Mornington still has its sights set on a top-two finish and its performance

with the bat against Moorooduc on Saturday has it in a great position to stay in touch.

Winning the toss, the Dogs had a day out, finishing on 4/294. Ben Clements scored 96 and Matt Foon 110, while Luke Popov hit them around at the end with an unbeaten 48.

Moorooduc’s bowlers had little impact. Bobby Wilson took two of the four wickets.

Ballam Park is starring down the barrel of another outright loss after slumping to 3/37 in reply to Sorrento’s 8/257.

The Sharks batted for 60 overs with Chris King top-scoring with 54, Pat Hall getting 42, Nick Davern 35 and Liam O’Connor 33.

All four of the Knight’s bowlers collected two wickets.

Wyatt’s 148 leads Main Ridge to big total and a shot at top four spot DISTRICT

By IT Gully MAIN Ridge has put itself in a wonderful position to keep attacking the top four after posting 362 runs against Seaford on Saturday.

While Seaford is out of finals contention, Main Ridge is just one game outside the four.

Entering round eight, Boneo was in fourth place on 54 points, Baden Powell fifth with 48 and Main Ridge sixth with 42.

Boneo is chasing 175 for victory against Hastings and Baden Powell is 1/12 chasing 104 against Frankston YCW. Main Ridge’s Gareth Wyatt smacked his highest score for the season with 148, taking his season’s tally to 578 at an average of 86.

Brad Rossborough helped himself to 78 to give him 371 runs for the season at 61.

The Ridge went from struggle street at 3/47 to a commanding 4/245.

In reply, Seaford is 2/11 from just two overs. Brent Jones has 2/1.

In the battle for top spot, Langwarrin will resume on day two in a strong position against Carrum.

The Kangas (72 points) are four points clear of the Lions, while Delacombe Park holds third place with 60 points.

On Saturday at Lloyd Park, Carrum won the toss and elected to bat.

At 1/70, things looked solid for the visitors before Dwayne Doig came on to bowl.

Things got extremely tough for the Lions and they were skittled for 147 in 63 overs.

Doig finished with 4/22 from his 25 overs, which included 17 maidens.

Mal Coutts and Ben Wells collected two wickets each.

Matts Donegan and Boland topscored for the visitors with 38 and 35.

In reply, Langwarrin is 0/52.

While finals are not part of the equation for Hastings with just three rounds to go, its round eight opponent Boneo is still in the race for a finals spot.

The Blues limped to 174 from 72.3 overs against Boneo on Saturday, skipper Scott Phillips again playing a lone hand with 73.

Damien Smith went from batting in the lower order to opening and the move paid off when he scored 48.

Leigh Janssen bowled 19 overs and finished with 4/55 for Boneo, while Cameron Williams (2/31) and Stewart Mathieson (2/7) also bowled well.

Somerville appears to be in a winning position against Flinders, despite batting for just 56 overs on Saturday.

The Eagles were in some early trouble, but Sam Delaney with 62 and a wagging tail ensured a total of 194.

Shane Beggs was the chief wickettaker for the Sharks with 3/27. In reply, Flinders is 3/49.

Beam it up, Scotty: Scott Phillips of Hastings prepares to send a ball into orbit. Picture: Andrew Hurst

Rosebud looking good against Balnarring SUB-DISTRICT

By IT Gully ROSEBUD has the upper hand in its top-of-the-table clash with Balnarring in MPCA Sub-district cricket.

The Buds hold top spot while Balnarring is in third place, a game and a half behind the ladder leaders.

On Saturday, Balnarring won the toss on its home deck and elected to bat.

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While there were a number of players who got starts, none went on with the job.

Michael Griese and Chris Murphy top-scored with 38 each and Mark Walles contributed 37 runs batting at eight.

Darren Kerr, who has been dominant with the bat this season, was just as effective with the ball, claiming 5/32 from 17 overs.

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Jason Nagel took 3/83 from 28 overs.

In reply, Rosebud is 1/41, with Greg McCann back in the sheds after making 27.

Second-placed Tyabb has left Skye with a real headache after scoring a massive 9/292 in its 75 overs.

Leigh Smith was the pick of the Skye bowlers with 3/64 and Phil Clinch took 2/56 from 18.

There is an enormous amount of

cricket left in the match between Pearcedale and Tootgarook.

The Tooters batted first on Saturday and ended their innings after 31 overs with a score of 64.

The Panthers could have put them to the sword, but batted terribly, scrambling to 130.

The Tooters will be hoping for a reverse outright on day two next weekend.

Travis Unthank was the thorn in Tootgarook’s side, snaring 5/21 from just 11 overs, while Justin Heysham opened the bowling for a return of 3/25.

The Panthers were cruising in the chase at 1/80, but lost the next nine wickets for just 50 runs.

Brad Trotter opened the innings with 36 and Matt Cousland scored 35 batting at three.

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Hooking and cooking snapper ON THE LINE

By Paul “Tracker” Pingiaro SNAPPER are opportunistic feeders that inhabit a wide range of habitats ranging from ocean beaches to the continental shelf.

As a general rule, snapper are most prolific around rocky coastlines and offshore reefs. Snapper in the southern waters migrate in large schools into flat-bottomed bays to spawn over the mud and sand seabeds.

The species will take a wide variety of bait from fish strips and heads to shellfish. Put simply, if your offering is fresh and well-presented, you’re in with a chance.

Gear In shallower water, snapper are best targeted with fast-tapered 4-10kg outfits.

Both spinning and overhead outfits are suitable, but reels with a bait running/feeding system are preferred.

This gives anglers the ability to set a preset bait feeding drag (typically no tension to 1kg) in theory allowing for greater hook-up rates. In shallower water, braided line has little advantages and a good quality 4-10kg fluorocarbon monofilament line will suffice.

Reels should be capable of holding about 260 metres of line.

In deeper water, an 8-15kg boat outfit is the choice of most anglers. Fasttapered rods are once again preferred.

For best results, use braided line as it does not stretch and has less water resistance than mono of the same breaking strain. This gives anglers the ability to fish with lighter sinkers and greater bite detection.

Reels are typically overheads with the ability to hold at least 300 metres of the chosen breaking strain. While spinning reels can be used, they typically result in a higher incidence of line twist caused by the angler winding against the drag; this is eliminated in overheads due to the drum spool.

Rig In shallow water, snapper are best targeted by anchoring over fish-holding areas and using lightly weighted baits and a steady flow of burley. Fish shallower water with a running sinker rig with a trace of a metre plus of 30-60lb monofilament line and a 3/0-8/0 suicide hooks.

In deeper water, snapper are targeted by drifting over offshore reefs using a standard paternoster rig made of monofilament line ranging from 30-100lb. Hooks are from 3/0-8/0 and sinkers can be as heavy as 500 grams.

Bait Snapper will eat just about any fresh,

Meals sorted: Nicole Thompson and James Thompson caught enough whiting in Western Port for lunch and dinner after heading out from Yaringa Boat Harbour.

well-presented bait, but best baits are squid and pilchards. Others worth a try are whiting, cuttlefish, octopus, souries, tuna, crab, prawns, mullet and other fresh flesh bait.

Soft plastics are becoming popular.

Best patterns are squid and baitfish imitations of 10-15cm (4-6in) long.

Technique In shallower water, anchoring over a fishing ground and using burley to bring the fish on the bite is the most productive method. Anglers fishing bays and inshore reefs typically fish with their reels set in gear with 1kg of drag set. With the aid of fast-tapered rods, the fish hook themselves.

In deeper waters and offshore reefs, snapper schools can be located with a fish finder, and the baits deployed and school drifted over. Anglers look for reef pinnacles and structures or schools of fish.

Cleaning Snapper can either be filleted or cleaned as a whole fish. They taste better if bled and put on ice. This also makes them easier to clean. When filleting snapper, consider removing the gills and entrails from the skeleton and use it in a fish stock Cooking Grilled snapper with lemon grass and chilli This recipe is great for both fillets and whole fish. Serve with salad, rice or chips.

Top tip: To prevent the snapper and toppings drying out, regularly baste with oil.

Ingredients 4 fillets or 1 whole fish Peanut or vegetable oil For the topping: 2 tablespoons finely chopped lemon grass 4 red chillies 2 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil 2 tablespoons sea salt Half tablespoon castor sugar Half tablespoon turmeric Method Mix together all topping ingredients.

Coat fish with topping. If the fish is

whole, slice sides on a 45-degree angle so topping can penetrate flesh and the fish can cook more evenly.

Oil or grease a baking tray or barbecue hotplate and preheat the grill to a moderate temperature. Cook fish, basting regularly, for about 20 minutes. When ready the fish will flake apart. Serve with side dishes.

The best fish you will ever eat is one you catch yourself.

Tips for Australia Day long weekend IF you’re after snapper, try deep water

between Frankston and Mt Martha.

Last week clients of Mornington Boat Hire took some lovely fish to 3kg.

For whiting, Western Port is the destination. Quality catches are being had from Middle Spit, and Tyabb and Quail banks. While there are some smaller fish, the odd monster of 60cm is lurking.

Squid continue their revival in the Mornington area with some good catches of average-sized specimens.

Other places worth trying are off Mt Martha and Rosebud on Port Phillip, and Tyabb Bank on Western Port.

For a good feed of flathead, try the shallows (1-6 metres) between Rye and Frankston. Burley is a must for people targeting large flatties.

For anglers after something a little bigger, the Lonsdale wall and back beach reefs are worth a trawl for kingfish. In 50-70 metres in Bass Strait, anglers may find a mako or blue shark.

If fishing off piers, the warm water has brought with it squid, whiting, garfish, mullet and even the occasional snapper.

Play it safe this weekend and have a happy Australia Day.  Paul “Tracker” Pingiaro has been fishing since he could hold a rod and stay in the boat. He has boat hire businesses in Mornington and Yaringa Boat Harbour in Somerville. He has been a fishing writer for magazines and brings his knowledge to MP News Group for season 2012-13. Details: www.fishingmornington.com or www. western portboathire.com.au Email spbh@bigpond.com or 5975 5479.

Top quartet at country cricket championships MORNINGTON Peninsula Cricket Association was well-represented at the Australian Country Championships Carnival in Queensland last week.

Mornington keeper-batsman Rob Hearn, Moorooduc run-machine Bobby Wilson, Mt Eliza all-rounder Justin Grant and Langwarrin spin king Dwayne Doig all performed well on bush cricket’s biggest stage.

Wilson won the Don Bradman award for best batsman at the carnival. His 366 runs at 61 included an unbeaten double century.

Grant had a batting average of 33 at the carnival and

snared 15 wickets in his 42 overs. He was named Victorian player of the carnival and awarded the R M Hooper Medal.

Hearn scored 232 at 29, as well taking nine catches and making a stumping.

Doig bowled 66 overs and picked up six wickets in seven matches.

Victoria finished second behind undefeated New South Wales with five wins and two losses.

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