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The large Bedshed showroom allows Alan and Elton to keep a huge variety of stock, including bedroom furniture, mattresses, pillows, quilts and the largest range of bed linen on the peninsula of any bed retailer.

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“We have a huge choice of pillows and we encourage people to try before they buy, to make sure they are getting the right pillow for a great night’s sleep,” Alan said.

Quilts include a large selection of wool-, down- and silkfilled quilts in summer and winter weights.

Bedshed Best Buys Stocktake Sale runs until 8 July.

The store is open seven days a week, with late night shopping until 9pm every Friday, at the Peninsula Homemaker Centre, corner of Nepean Hwy and Bungower Rd, Mornington, phone 5973 6333.

Stocktake sale at Sealy’s SEALY’S Cycles has been trading in Mornington for more than 50 years and the business remains locally owned and operated by Peter and Melissa Seal.

When you step into Sealy’s Cycles at the Mornington Homemaker Centre you get the benefit of Peter’s vast experience and the enthusiasm of his team of dedicated cyclists.

“Every one of our staff ride, at all different levels of the sport, so we know what we are talking about when it comes to bikes for every use,” Peter said.

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Safety comes first at crossings SAFETY and presentation could see Terry Lovekin made school crossing supervisor of the year.

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By Mike Hast SHIRE councillors on Tuesday night were expected approved a larger version of the controversial Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA).

A slim majority of councillors voted for a revised â&#x20AC;&#x153;functional briefâ&#x20AC;? that will see the multimillion dollar SPA on the foreshore at Rosebud enlarged from 4800 square metres to 6800.

In a report to the council, sustainable infrastructure director Alex Atkins said approval of the brief was needed â&#x20AC;&#x153;to facilitate the architectural design phase of the projectâ&#x20AC;?.

The project was costed at $28.5 million in March, but is expected to rise to $36 million compared to the original estimate of $15 million made in 2004.

It has taken the shire more than six years to gain so-called coastal consent from the state government to build the aquatic centre on the foreshore. SPA will be built on the Rosebud Carnival Park and Rosebud Memorial Hall sites, with the hall part of the centre.

On Tuesday night, Mr Atkins said the revised brief takes into â&#x20AC;&#x153;account recent industry trends and standards as well as the experience the shire has gained from the nine years of operation of the Pelican Park Recreation Centreâ&#x20AC;?.

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Notable: Judges at this year’s International Cool Climate Wine Show spent two days at Mornington Racecourse tasting and evaluating 654 entries. Picture: Yanni

Judges and the people taste difference THE differences of opinion surround the drinking and appreciating of wine were highlighted again last week when judges at the International Cool Climate Wine Show gave the thumbs up to a New Zealand drop, but drinkers went for the Adelaide Hills.

The only Mornington Peninsula entries to win major accolades this year were the 2007 chardonnay from Wynnton Estate in Shoreham and Baillieu Vineyard of Merricks North’s 2009 shiraz.

Wynnton won the Best Mornington Peninsula White and Baillieu the Best Mornington Peninsula Red. Chairman of judges Mike DeGaris said peninsula wines had “given good results” over the past two years and he looked forward to seeing more entries next year.

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went to a New Zealand winery, Matua Valley, for its 2010 shiraz while the People’s Choice Award went to Stable Hill of the Adelaide Hills for its 2010 shiraz.

About 20 per cent of the 645 entries in the show each came from the peninsula, New Zealand or Tasmania. A panel of 15 judges at the Mornington Racecourse venue handed out 26 gold medals, 58 silver and 238 bronze. Half the entries received medals.

Trophies went to: Best Wine of the Show, Matua Valley shiraz 2010, New Zealand; People’s Choice Award, Adelaide Hills Stable Hills shiraz 2010; Best Red Wine of the Show, Matua Valley shiraz 2010; Best White Wine of the Show, Barwang chardonnay 2011, a McWilliam’s Wine Group brand near Young in NSW; Best Pinot Noir 2011, Sharmans, Tasmania; Best Pinot

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Lawbreaker: Cr Graham Pittock says Mornington Peninsula Shire has gone too far with its drink ban, which means having an open bottle of alcohol on the beach at Mornington, Safety Beach or Dromana is against the law.

Councillor fights booze ban

By Keith Platt MORNINGTON Peninsula’s strict alcohol bans are discriminatory, disappointing and contravene human rights, according to former mayor Cr Graham Pittock.

He says the shire should dump local laws banning alcohol on beaches, in public places and roads across the peninsula.

Cr Pittock believes police already have enough power to arrest of control drunken and offensive behaviour.

“Under the local law, people are breaking the law by having a wine or a beer on the beach,” he said.

Flouting the law attracts a penalty of $625 for a first offence and $1250 for subsequent offences.

Cr Pittock said the unacknowledged “dark side” of council’s local law is that it is aimed solely at young people.

“In areas like the beach, young people are the ones most likely to be high spirited, but police are already equipped to deal with those situations.

“Council shouldn’t be involved.”

While councillors had been reassured that mums and dads drinking on the beach would be overlooked by police, Cr Pittock felt this was discriminating against the young.

It seemed strange that the local law would be administered by police and not council’s own rangers.

Cr Pittock said the issue also raised questions about whether police would be contravening their own standards by

not applying the law when they saw it being openly flouted.

“Who has told them to ignore mums and dads? If we’re going to have a blanket ban against drinking, it should be for everyone, not just discriminating against young people.

“I don’t even know if police want these powers.”

Cr Pittock believes council wants to get its new local laws in place before it enters “caretaker” mode 32 days before this year’s October municipal elections.

But he has warned adopting the new laws does not mean they will be permanent.

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campaign, because a review of the local law can be undertaken at any time,” Cr Pittock said.

“I believe the laws are discriminating and too discretionary.”

Cr Pittock said he would be urging residents to make submissions against the proposed drink bans, which are part of the proposed local laws about to be exhibited for public comment.

One of the reasons given for the new local laws is that they are presented in a plainer, easier-to-understand style.

However, rolling the existing six local laws into three also includes more restrictions and penalties, including bans on backyard burning.

“This council really has too much power – I don’t think banning drinks is

anything to do with us.

“There are enough laws already.

This is a carry-over from the dark days when council thought it had more power than it did.”

The proposed local law is no different to the existing one, which bans drinking alcohol in public on Australia Day and New Year’s Eve. Bans across the shire for the rest of the year include car parks at back beaches within Mornington Peninsula National Park as well as commercial centres and Arthurs Seat.

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Light waves: Digital art depicting the tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 by British artist Kit Wise uses images taken by the American military “to explore the relationship between disaster, spectacle and the viewer”.

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BUILDINGS in Frankston are about to take on a new, transforming light.

Each night from Saturday 23 June to Saturday 7 July digital artworks will be projected onto the outside of some structures while others will be transformed from within.

Other digital images will be visible from smart phones through a special app.

Free guided tours will be available for the exUrbanScreens exhibition or viewers can make their way along the route to see the art for themselves.

“This will be an extraordinary experience that all the community will enjoy and be proud of – a first for Frankston. exUrbanScreens is an opportunity for families and people of all ages to experience and enjoy our great city at night,” the mayor Cr Brian Cunial said.

The exhibition curated by Vince Dziekan and Matthew Perkins is a collaboration by Frankston Arts Centre, the council and Monash University,

and produced by Merryn Tinkler.

The digital galleries at the arts centre’s Cube 37 are the “hub” of the exhibition – (Is there) Light in outer space? – with other locations across the city centre, including along Young and Wells streets.

A major projection by Ian de Gruchy will transform the east and north sides of the Peninsula Centre, turning what is generally seen as an ugly building into a three-dimensional work of art.

Other works are by international artists who have exhibited at the Venice Biennale as well as younger artists who have been participating in Saturday workshops during the year.

The free guided tours that start from Cube 37 (next to the arts centre in Davey St) are at at 6pm on Saturday 23 June, Thursday 28 June, Thursday 5 July and Saturday 7 July. For bookings call 9784 1060.

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Maintenance delay at Portsea pier PARKS Victoria has halted work on Portsea pier after contractors discovered greater damage to pylons than expected.

On 7 May, Parks contractors started work to raise the height of the lower landing on the eastern side of the pier by 30cm (about 12 inches), which was expected to take about two weeks.

Parks said the landing needed to be raised “to accommodate any potential long-term sea level rises resulting from climate change”.

Ranger-in-charge Reece Taranto said the work included installing new crossheads and beams along the lower landing and was expected to be completed by 18 May subject to weather.

Lawmakers in fire fight

By Keith Platt BACKYARD burning will be stamped out if Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors get their way.

Proposed local laws will see offenders fined $2500 for burning waste in an incinerator or the open air.

The ban on backyard burning is spelt out within three local laws being exhibited for public comment by the shire.

The local laws cover many activities and parts of daily life, including fines of up to $2500 for misuse of rubbish bins or failing to destroy nests of English or European wasps to $1250 for not picking up dog poo or making audio or video recordings of council committee meetings.

A $2500 penalty will apply if the occupier of a property does not “immediately notify the council in writing if his or her approved garbage bin develops a defect, is destroyed or damaged, or is lost or stolen”.

The new local laws roll the existing six into three and, according to governance team leader Mark Howells, are written in more easily understood “plain English”. He said they represent a fresh approach and are the result of “the first comprehensive review and rewrite of the local laws since 1995”.

However, they also bring attention to the many laws that council can use to control actions of the public.

Bans on drinking in public places, for instance, mean families can be fined for enjoying a late afternoon summer wine or beer on some of the shire’s most popular beaches.

Carrying an open stubby of beer while walking the dog would also attract a fine.

Councillors have been assured this would not

happen, but some believe the law should either be enforced or not exist.

The proposed ban on backyard or open-air burning has been previously discussed, and subsequently abandoned, by the shire.

Incinerators and open fires are at present only allowed at restricted times on Fridays and Saturdays.

Cr Tim Rodgers says the time has come for them to be banned altogether in residential areas.

If adopted, the new laws would mean that incinerators and open fires can only be lit by owners of large properties.

Those on properties of less than 2000 square metres must find some other way of disposing of grass, leaves and branches.

The shire charges a fee for its green waste collection service and supplies three “free” tip tickets with rate notices.

Owners of properties between 2000 and 40,000 square metres can have fires 10am to 3pm on Fridays or Saturdays providing they are more than 50 metres away from any neighbouring house.

Landholdings above 40,000 square metres are allowed to have fires provided they are not within 500 metres of a neighbouring dwelling.

Cr Rodgers said banning backyard burning “has been a passion of mine for a number of years”.

If the new laws were adopted, the peninsula would “be joining most other shires in the state – we’re one of the few left”.

Cr Rodgers said health issues, pollution and amenity were the main reasons for wanting the ban.

“Smoke affects asthmatics and the elderly and there’s the obvious environmental impact from smoke and danger of uncontrolled fires.”

“The time of having free waste collections is long gone,” Cr Rodgers said.

But commercial pier users and conservationists claimed the landing needed to be raised because of increased swells following the dredging of The Heads in 2008-09 by Dutch dredging company Boskalis Australia working for the the Port of Melbourne Corporation.

In early May, The News reported Dive Victoria’s Jason Salter and Jenny Warfe of Blue Wedges Coalition saying dredging was responsible for the increase in water level at Portsea as well as the destruction of 150 metres of Portsea beach due to bigger swells.

Mr Salter said the Portsea pier precinct could not be used by divers during incoming tides even when there

was no wind pushing the water.

Ms Warfe said raising the landing height “confirms what our observations have been since the entrance to the bay was enlarged – that water levels, especially on incoming tide and with swell, were suddenly higher”.

She said the lower landing had been dismantled, but work had stopped.

“Divers using the pier have been told by the contractors that the work will not be finished until mid-July.”

Oddly, the Parks Victoria press release about the temporary pier closure and lower landing work has been removed from its website.

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Gap year interest grows having ‘light bulb moments’ and thinking ‘she did it and so can I’.”

Ms Marsh said Lattitude was an international youth development charity that has supported young people aged 17 to 25 on overseas placements for 40 years.

“A wide range of opportunities are available in 12 countries to truly experience another culture and contribute in meaningful ways to local communities around the world,” she said.

In 2007, Ms Marsh was placed in a small village in the north of India. She taught English, developed a school newspaper, became a “big sister” figure to her students and travelled India with other volunteers.

“The best part is you actually become a local. It’s incredibly humbling to know you are a part of a loving community both in Australia and in India,” she said.

FORMER McCrae resident Siobhan Marsh returned to the peninsula last month to tell secondary students about volunteering abroad.

Ms Marsh took a “gap year” in 2007 after finishing VCE at Padua College and went to India for six months to teach English with Lattitude Global Volunteering.

She has returned five times and joined Lattitude’s marketing department in early 2011.

Ms Marsh talked to students at Rosebud and Dromana secondary colleges and Padua College in Mornington.

“My gap year made me more self-sufficient, braver and helped me to learn new things about myself, both good and bad,” she said.

“It was fantastic talking to the students on the peninsula; it was wonderful to see some of them

Ms Marsh said it was not unusual for volunteers to end up working for the organisation after their gap years.

“With so many people in the office who have been through the program, we can provide support and understanding for those overseas and throughout their whole journey with Lattitude,” she said.

Lattitude holds regular information sessions. The next one is in Melbourne on Saturday 16 June. For details, visit www. lattitude.org.au or call 9826 6266.

Go OS young people: Former McCrae resident and Padua College student Siobhan Marsh returned to the peninsula last month to tell secondary school students about her travels in India as a volunteer and encourage them to have a go.

Budget TAFE cuts ‘devastating’ JOB losses and course cuts at Rosebud campus of Chisholm TAFE will have a devastating impact on the entire Mornington Peninsula community, says MP Johan Scheffer.

The Eastern Victoria Region MP in the upper house said funding cuts to the TAFE sector would have a wider impact than just on students and teachers.

Mr Scheffer said he had received

hundreds of messages from constituents expressing their anger and disappointment at the Baillieu government’s $300 million funding cut.

“In the nearly 10 years that I have been in this job I have never received so many messages from constituents expressing their anger, fury and profound disappointment over a single budget measure,” Mr Scheffer said.

“Many of these messages contain personal comments and examples of how the funding cuts will affect and harm individuals, families and communities.

“The constituents who have written to me, along with many thousands more who have attended protests and spoken out in the media in recent weeks, are sending a very clear mes-

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Mr Scheffer said Chisholm TAFE in Frankston and Rosebud would likely be impacted as TAFEs across Victoria were forced to look at cutting courses, raising fees and sacking staff.

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By Mike Hast THE Solomon Lew pool saga is near the end after the Department of Sustainability and Environment last week approved plans for the pool’s removal.

The works will also see remediation of Crown land on which the horizon pool, a retaining wall, fence and landscaping had been placed.

The $400,000 pool was built on the foreshore adjoining the Lew family holiday property in Osprey Ave, Mt Eliza, in 2010 and 2011 with neighbours being told by workmen they were installing water tanks.

The pool area has a spectacular view of Port Phillip and Mornington harbour in the distance.

In late May the existence of the pool was revealed by the Sunday Age, which reported Mr Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew, through a family company called Shuttlehall Pty Ltd, had been given 14 days to explain to Mornington Peninsula Shire why the horizon pool had been built on Crown land without a planning permit.

Last August, the shire ordered the demolition of the pool within 21 days under the Building Act. It was drained on Friday 12 August.

Then followed months of negotiations, with Mr Lew first trying to buy the Crown land from DSE, which was refused after lobbying by Mornington MP David Morris among others, and then offering to lease the land from the shire, which manages it on behalf of DSE. The land along the cliff tops of Moondah and Sunnyside beaches was rezoned by the council in 2006 to

“public use and residential”.

It was reported that Mr Lew’s lawyers, Schetzer Brott and Appel, offered the shire an initial lease payment of $250,000 with annual instalments of $50,000 for 19 years.

Last September, the Building Appeals Board refused a retrospective building permit for the pool after cracks were discovered in the retaining wall. The shire closed parts of Moondah Beach over fears the land would subside.

Last week DSE approved plans for the pool’s removal that had been submitted by Mr Lew’s engineers.

Mt Eliza Ward councillor Leigh Eustace said it was a win for “ratepayers, the shire and the people of Victoria who own Crown land”.

“The work will be done at no cost to ratepayers,” he said.

Cr Eustace confirmed reports the Lew family would pay the shire’s legal fees of about $150,000 and $50,000 to a registered charity of the shire’s choosing.

The matter was due to go to Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 14 December, but a deal was struck beforehand.

It has taken since then for the shire, DSE and the Lew family to agree terms on the pool’s removal and remediation of the land.

Last Thursday, David Morris issued a coy press release headed “Mt Eliza foreshore”. In it he stated: “Mornington MP David Morris has welcomed the decision of the Department of Sustainability and Environment to provide

Coastal Management Act consent to the land manager (Mornington Peninsula Shire Council) in relation to Moondah Reserve.

“The decision brings to a conclusion an unfortunate episode, and ensures that the construction of a private build-

ing or other asset on public land does not provide an excuse for alienation of that land for private purposes.”

On Tuesday, the shire’s communications manager Todd Trimble said a schedule for the demolition and remediation had not been set.

Empty feeling: The Lew family’s $400,000 horizon pool built without a planning permit on Crown land above Moondah Beach in Mt Eliza will be demolished and the land remediated.

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Drainage plan MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire and Eastbourne Primary School have agreed on works to tackle flooding.

Recent heavy rains put the car park of the Rosebud West Community Hub out of action.

A week later the fire brigade had to bring its pumps to the rescue.

The shire’s capital works project manager David Hampton said the area had no underground drainage pipes and the roadway would be fitted with a “soakage pit”.

“In addition, a new drainage pit will be installed in the car park at the rear of the community hub to divert runoff,” Mr Hampton said.

“The two measures will assist with controlling flooding beside the school’s recreational hall and in an area not serviced by underground drainage pipes.”

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Unroadworthy bin? That’s a $2500 fine, thanks THE Emus are aghast. Emu has rarely seen his bride aghaster. It is an emotion to which he himself has never previously been martyr.

Phlegmatic, stiff upper beak; that’s more his mÈtier. But now he is aghast, because Mrs Emu told him he is.

They have just read the shire council plan to ban backyard burning, as well as proposing enormous fines on people who light up anyway, as well as to heavily fine dog owners who don’t pick up after their pets, or fail to report a loose wheel on their shire waste bins.

Mrs Emu is reduced to a strangled squawk. “So much for our nest egg,” she wheezes heavily. She knows she will fall foul of these laws. And she knows he knows.

Emu calculates the possible fallout from her cavalier approach to walkies with the two retrievers. Fallout indeed.

She routinely ignores her duty to retrieve on the retrievers’ behalves.

At $1250 per dog per bodily function, that’s $2500 for a start, he thinks, and she’s barely left the property. Good thing Fido and Frou-Frou won’t be fined for peeing on posts.

A faulty bin, at $2500 an offence, doubles the dog fine, and her pyromaniacal penchant for a nice little au-

tumn leaf blaze (another $2500) brings the total to $7500. That’s just the first morning of the first day.

Emu plunges into a deep gloom.

She’s right about the nest egg. His blushing bride will obliterate it in mere weeks.

There is probably a bright side to the bin fine, though. If the thing is stolen it would probably be cheaper to buy a new one without troubling the shire.

But then, not telling the shire is probably an offence, too, attracting an even bigger penalty.

Councillors apparently have also endorsed a $2500 fine for failing to destroy nests of European wasps, Emu notes, and for the heinous crime of videoing or recording a council com-

mittee at work you’ll have to cough up another $1250. And, whatever you do, abstain from taking alcohol to the beach.

Emu wonders if the shire will fine itself in the case of wasps found nesting on its land and trespassing on to private land.

“These fines are stiffer than being convicted of causing an affray or driving dangerously,” Mrs Emu huffs indignantly, “just for a faulty council bin.

You can start a punch-up at the MCG and be fined less. Have they gone mad down at the council?”

Emu nods sadly. He can only conclude that the shire, in its desperate search for money, has found several new rich veins of revenue – pooches

have become cash cows and a single unroadworthy bin will reap more than a glovebox full of parking fines.

So be warned: stay alert for suspicious idlers eyeing off your rubbish receptacles or searching the air around your house for wasps and plumes of smoke. Soon they’ll be lurking everywhere.

You might ask the shire if it is selling pooper-scoopers to help save you money (unlikely).

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Road safety group aims to improve life for riders

By Mike Hast A GROUP formed to make Mornington Peninsula roads safer for motorists and cyclist has been launched at Rosebud police station.

Bike Safe Mornington Peninsula is modelled on Bike Safe Surf CoastGeelong-Bellarine, which was formed in early 2010 in response to a series of fatalities in the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region, and in March won a National Bicycling Achievement Award.

The convenor of the peninsula group, Alan Woollard, a retired engineer of Rye and a recreational cyclist, said Bike Safe had been started to â&#x20AC;&#x153;improve bicycle safety by implementing a public awareness campaign to show that a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;share the roadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; message was of benefit to both cyclists and motorists and will improve the behaviour of bothâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to promote safety messages to cyclists and motorists, and encourage infrastructure maintenance so cyclists can safely share the road with motorists,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ride safety: Brian Norman, Steve Luder, John McKain, Franz Bos, Alan Woollard (Bike Safe president) and Paul Embling.

Front, Leading Senior Constable Julie Simpson, Inspector Martin Tynan and Rye & Dromana Community Bank Branch manager Bronwyn Ralph.

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Bike Safe would work with the two authorities that own the peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roads â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the shire council and VicRoads â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to improve conditions for both two and four-wheeled vehicles, he said.

The group has the backing of police with Inspector Martin Tynan attending the launch.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between 2002 and 2007, crashes involving cyclists represent 7.7 per cent of all vehicle crashes recorded on the peninsula,â&#x20AC;? Mr Woollard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is within one per cent of the total across metropolitan Melbourne, but well above the figure in other rural municipalities.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Woollard said there had been six cycling deaths on the peninsula in the past decade.

Bike Safe has held talks with a number of bicycle groups on the peninsula and in Frankston.

Mr Woollard said one complaint from motorists was cyclist did not stay in bike lanes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What many drivers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realise is that bike lanes and road shoulders contain debris such as sand, glass, stones, grass and overgrown shurbs and trees.â&#x20AC;?

He said insufficient maintenance made it unsafe for cyclists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweeping lanes, ensuring line markings are clear and well defined with bike logos, and making sure there is appropriate and correct signs will go a long way to improving relations between motorists and cyclists and make the peninsula safer for everyone. This has worked very well on the other side of the bay.â&#x20AC;?

He said cycling was the fastest growing sport in Australia with more than a million bicycles sold every year.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;People in the 35-55 age group are the ones thinking about the health benefits of cycling, plus they like the social side of meeting people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cycle tourism is a growing niche market with considerable opportunities for the peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cycle tourism has multiple benefits including boosting domestic and inbound tourism, providing ecological sustainable tourism, enhancing the infrastructure of local communities and encouraging healthy activities.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Woollard said a key message was that drivers and cyclist should share the road.

He said Bike Safe had received financial support from Rye & Dromana Bendigo Bank branches and Hillview Quarries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are also supported by Bike Safe Surf Coast-Geelong-Bellarine, the Amy Gillett Foundation and Rosebud and Mornington police.

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Death at 78 of a Flinders stalwart OBITUARY ACCORDING to the old-timers in Flinders, you were not considered a local unless you attended Flinders State School.

Brian Sanford, who died on 27 May at age 78, was one of the few remaining true locals. Mr Sanford attended Flinders State School and graduated (eighth year certificate) in December 1947 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nine months after his mother died, no mean feat considering his father had left the family a number of years before.

After graduating, he went to Melbourne to find work. He returned to Flinders to live on a property in Baldrys Rd owned by his second cousin, Frank Ellis, in May 1964 with his wife Rose and four children: Patricia, Gary, Valma and Wayne. He then purchased the property and remained there until his death. His ties to Flinders go back to 1846 when his great-grandfather Henry Tuck settled in the village.

In 1839 Henry and Catherine Tuck settled in Melbourne. He was engaged in sawing red gum in what are now the streets of Melbourne. In 1844 he entered the service of Captain Reid who had a station near Mt Martha and was subsequently engaged by Mr McCrae who had taken up a run at Arthurs Seat. He was later employed by John

Barker, clerk of the Legislative Council of Cape Schanck Station, for many years.

In 1846 Henry Tuck took up a run at Black Head, as the township of Flinders was then known, which was Mantonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek Station, the estimated area being 6400 acres.

In 1852 Henry tried his luck on the Bendigo diggings and after some success, brought a pre-emptive right on his old run at Flinders. When the property was divided he secured what he could of it, the whole amounting to 995 acres. Henry had nine children.

About three years before his death with his health failing, he sold a portion of his land, retaining 40 acres.

Henry died on St Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, 17 March 1890, leaving a wife and seven children (four sons), two having died earlier. John retained the 40 acres. The rest of the land had been previously divided between the other three sons â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thomas, Samuel and Henry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on which Henry had also helped to build their homes.

Thomas Tuck (Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather) was the third child of Henry and Catherine Tuck. Thomas was born at Collingwood on 9 May 1842. As a young boy Tom went to the goldfields with his father and a story has it that while at Bendigo as a young boy of 10, he was tempted to exchanging a bag

of gold dust for a packet of boiled lollies. Thomas married Elizabeth Haddow on 27 May 1880. He was a farmer and his main occupation was growing potatoes. There were 12 children from the marriage. He died on 14 November 1917. Marjorie Veronica Tuck (Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother) was the tenth child of Thomas and Elizabeth. Marjorie and Gordon Sanford had two children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gloria and Brian.

Brian and Rose Sanford had four children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, most of whom are still living on the peninsula.

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Blizzard of pool questions a nuisance Monday 14 May, 7pm, Rosebud council chambers. Crowd: large.

Weather: cold. Meeting temperature: frigid to warm to torrid; icy in patches. No biscuits provided.

THE proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (dubbed SPA by the shire) drew a blizzard of questions at the council meeting on 14 May. Many questioners focused on the revelation that the original consent

by Environment Minister Ryan Smith for the SPA foreshore site had been granted illegally, forcing the shire to reapply.

Others were astonished and angered by the news that the letter from Mr Smith’s environment department was kept secret from many councillors for more than a fortnight while the matter was quietly patched up.

Those 16 days meant that people who attended the SPA information meeting at Rosebud Memorial Hall on 4 May – and the councillors who ran it – were kept in the dark about the minister’s blunder.

Whether intentional or not, the nondisclosure of this letter was tactically advantageous for the pro-foreshore site camp, whose aim appears to be to conceal as much anti-foreshore material as possible or necessary, even from Mr Smith.

Those who are following this sorry saga will recall that the pro-foreshore councillor bloc voted down the proposal that SPA, the shire’s biggest and costliest project yet at a current estimate of $28.5 million, be explained to ratepayers across the shire at a series of meetings.

Back to Monday night’s question time. The questions and answers record exactly what was said. What the shire presented when it released its minutes varied from what follows.

Eunice Cain, former long-time Mornington Peninsula Residents and Rate-

payers Association president, opened the bowling with a bouncer: On what grounds, she asked, “did the CEO [Michael Kennedy] refuse to show some councillors a letter from Environment Minister Smith stating that his coastal consent for SPA had not been granted legally, requiring the shire to reapply for this consent?

“Does the CEO have power to withhold such vital correspondence from a councillor?”

The mayor, Cr Frank Martin, responded cautiously, moving forward, covering his stumps with his pads: “The letter was received and clarification was sought from DSE that it was only an administrative error outside a time line,” he said.

“The CEO determined that he could not deal with or should not deal with the issue, but discussed it with me and I as mayor decided it was for me to deal with.

“So as mayor I decided to write again seeking approval for the coastal management plan, which was consistent with the council’s resolution passed a few months earlier.

“The minister’s response was received one week later. So the CEO did not make that decision. I did, as mayor.”

Fact: Cr Martin was at a conference in Coffs Harbour at this time. So was Cr Leigh Eustace, who was told nothing of his colleague’s activities. Cr Martin signed the new application, electronically, from Coffs.

Apparently very few apart from the mayor and the CEO knew anything of the matter. When the existence of the letter became known, other councillors were refused access to it.

Then followed a question from David Harrison: “Is it true that the letter to the shire from minister Ryan Smith re the need to reapply for SPA coastal consent was received on 23 April, but was not sent to councillors until 9 May? Why was this important information withheld from some councillors for 16 days, and by whom?”

Cr Martin: “As explained to Eunice Cain’s question, officers initially spoke

to DSE to understand the issues and confirmed it was an administrative error ... issue ... which I also concurred.

It was then referred to me as mayor and I decided as I have mentioned previously.”

Cr Graham Pittock: Answer the question. Why was it withheld?

Cr Martin: What do you mean, why was it withheld?

Cr Pittock: Why was it a secret? Why ...

Cr Martin: It was no secret. No secret.

Cr Pittock: Well you were asked for that letter to be produced and ...

Cr Martin: Point of order, please.

I’m going through the questions; thank you, Cr Pittock.

Cr Pittock: You should answer the questions.

Cr Martin: I’m answering the questions, Cr Pittock. Another letter [sic] from David Harrison. (Which we will skip as it irrelevant here.)

An interesting point here for sticklers of meeting procedure. Can a chairperson make a point of order to him or herself? Who then decides the matter?

Back to Cr Martin. “There are two other questions which I have here which I believe have been answered by what I’ve said already. A question from Margaret Bottari.”

He read it: “Why was minister Smith’s letter to council – that coastal consent had not been legally granted – withheld from councillors for the 11 days between its receipt and the public meeting held in Rosebud about the SPA plans?”

That was the question as Cr Martin read it out at the meeting. The question as it was handed to a council staffer concluded with these crucial words: “... when this information had great relevance for the public who attended that meeting.”

Perhaps Cr Martin – who, incidentally, favours the foreshore site – simply missed these words when he was reading the question.

His response to Ms Bottari: “I believe that’s been answered.” But since it hadn’t been properly asked, it couldn’t have been properly answered,

could it?

Next, Mr John Cain: “How does the mayor explain the difference between his explanation for why coastal consent had to be renewed – that there was a technical issue – and the explanation provided by minister Smith – that the consent had not been granted within the legal time limit and was therefore not legal.”

Cr Martin: “Again, I believe that’s been answered already.”

Then it was shire CEO Michael Kennedy’s turn.

“Mr Mayor I’ve got a couple [of questions] and then my colleagues have some questions to respond to.

From Roger Lambert: “Considering the well-attended SPA meeting at Rosebud and the variety of public opinion expressed, will council now hold similar meetings throughout the peninsula and then publish in Peninsula-Wide [the shire’s quarterly newsletter] full project details, plans and costs, as all ratepayers will have to fund the project?”

Dr Kennedy: “By reading the question it has obviously been brought to the attention of council, because they [councillors] are all here; council will then determine, as it proceeds with the project, what community engagement it determines to be appropriate, I’m sure.”

Was that a six or a four, in terms of a question comprehensively not answered?

Now step up sustainable infrastructure supremo Alex Atkins. Regular questioner Barry Robinson asked: “How did the shire arrive at its estimate that the proposed SPA would cost $28.5 million. Does the figure include demolition of the Rosebud Memorial Hall, relocation of the Rosebud Bowls Club and removal of eight private bathing boxes. If not, how much is this additional work likely to cost?”

Mr Atkins conceded that “Any estimates we have for the SPA construction at the moment are very preliminary and based on the best available advice we have. But there is certainly a long way to go before we’ve got sufficiently detailed plans for the proposed

SPA to provide an accurate estimate of costs.”

(Translation: the $28.5 million estimate is as rubbery as they come – we had to trap it in a butterfly net and tranquilise it with a ball-peen hammer. In short, it’s an outrageous guess. Think of a number, add your age, double it, add the year Footscray last won the flag and a few noughts ... we could be out by five to ten mill on the down side. Maybe more. And if we put in a water slide and go to 50 metres ... well ...)

Mr Atkins continued: “Those other matters including the demolition of the Rosebud Memorial Hall is not an issue because the council is determined that the [hall] will be retained as part of the development of SPA and those other matters – Rosebud Bowls Club and the like – I will need to seek out some further advice before responding to that by letter. Thank you.”

And good night. We hope you read all the above carefully. Readers will now be given a test on which question actually got answered with something vaguely sensible and intelligible and informative.

If you fail to give the right answer (if there is one) we will catch you in a butterfly net and chastise you with a ball-peen hammer until you admit you realise that council question time is a cynical game, except when someone on the shire staff slips up and actually provides a bit of useful information.

Then they get out the ball-peen hammer and ...

Thank you and good night.  The shire was asked by email to acknowledge the discrepancy between the recording and the minuted versions of Ms Bottari’s question. Its response was: “It is considered that the minutes ... are an accurate record of the public question submitted by Ms Bottari and no amendment is required.” It is true that her written question is accurately recorded in the minutes. But they do not accurately record what occurred in the meeting, which is what they are required to do. The shire appears not to understand this, nor to appreciate the need for strict accuracy in its legal record of the meeting.

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Rates need fine-tuning, for equity’s sake COMMENT

By David Harrison THIS is a tale of two ratepayers, one doing it hard in Rosebud, the other on a bit of land in the hinterland. For perspective, two other ratepayers stand in the shadows to provide balance – one observing from the very top of the peninsula property tree, the other from the very bottom.

The top property owner will pay $41,771 rates on a $22.5 million Portsea estate, according to the shire’s draft budget. This includes the municipal charge (MC) of $160, up $10 from last year.

The bottom one lives in Truemans Ward, which covers Rosebud, Rosebud West and Tootgarook, in a property valued at $136,000. Its value has risen 13.3 per cent since 2010. The proposed rate rise this year is $10 to $242, or 4.3 per cent. The $242 includes the $160 MC. Next character in the tale is the typical Rosebud ratepayer, a low income earner or pensioner scraping by. Rates bill last year: $550, up 6.7 per cent

from the previous year (according to the shire) or 9.1 per cent (independent expert’s figure).

You may wish to believe the shire’s smoke and mirrors figure: many don’t.

This year it is claiming the rate rise will be 3.9 per cent. Experts say it is 5.63 per cent, when all relevant factors and charges – the MC among them – are included.

The shire actually concedes the municipal charge must be included. Its draft 2012-13 budget document states (page 8): “Council’s rate increase for 201213 will average 3.9%. All rateable property will also pay $160 municipal charge, an increase of $10. This will raise rates and charges of $119.770 million” – and raise the average ratepayers’ bill above 3.9 per cent.

Back to our typical Rosebud ratepayer’s bill. It comprises the “residential improved sum” of $590 plus the MC of $150. Total to pay: $740.

Our last ratepayer is the comfortably off hinterland resident. Rates: about $1850, including the $150 municipal charge.

Road closure for bridge opening PENINSULA Link freeway builder Abigroup is closing MorningtonTyabb Rd at Moorooduc this weekend to complete the bridge over the underconstruction freeway.

The east-west road will be closed from 7pm Friday 15 June to 6am Monday 18 June between Derril and Coolart roads. Detour signs will direct motorists via Moorooduc Hwy to Bungower

Rd or Bentons/Loders/Graydens roads.

Access will be permitted for local residents and businesses.

Abigroup said it was the final local road bridge over the freeeway in the Moorooduc area to be opened.

For more information, visit www. peninsulalink.com.au, call the hotline on 1300 453 035 or email contact@ peninsulalink.com.au

THE RATES BILL: HOW OUR POOR AND NEEDY ARE DISADVANTAGED Ratepayer Top Bottom Rosebud Hinterland

Rate bill $41,771 $242 $740 $1850

Municipal charge $150 $150 $150 $150

Note that the MC is a constant $150 for each ratepayer, whether their property is valued at $22.5 million or $136,000.

Your rates contain another hidden, flat figure – about $90, the cost of your three tip vouchers. The vouchers were originally free, courtesy of a campaign by the Mornington Peninsula Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association.

Many people think they are still free.

If you don’t use them you are effectively paying a penalty of $90. Many can’t use them, or have no need for them. They are not transferable, meaning you can’t (or shouldn’t) give them away, or sell them to recover some of their cost to you.

These flat amounts follow the GST tax argument that flat taxes are simpler than a sliding scale. Simpler – and inequitable.

The accompanying table tells the story. The municipal charge is standardised at last year’s $150 for simplicity.

Mornington Peninsula Shire appears to have the second-highest MC of any similar council on Melbourne’s fringe.

Macedon Ranges charges more: its MC

Percentage of rates 0.36% 61.9% 20.27% 8.11%

Tip vouchers $90 $90 $90 $90

Percentage of rates 0.21% 37.2% 12.0% 4.79%

is proposed to rise to $177 in 2012-13.

Here are some others: Nillumbik’s municipal charge will rise to $97.85, Casey’s rate remains at nil, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges don’t specify a rate in their draft budgets, Wyndham’s is $39.95. Frankston’s rose last year to $120.65 – its 2012-13 draft budget has not yet been released.

Of urban councils, wealthy Bayside plans to charge $126.60. Maroondah, in the outer east, is dropping its MC from $19.90 to $17.30.

Councils with no or low MCs seem to take the equitable approach of finetuning rates to collect the revenue they need. This spreading of the burden is both more equitable and more open and transparent than the sleight of hand Mornington Peninsula Shire uses – keeping the rate in the dollar down then gouging ratepayers with the MC. Rates are levied at a sliding scale, based on property valuation. No government, or council, would dream of introducing a flat rate on all properties using the same argument they employ to justify the flat-rate MC. Even the most insane economic rationalists and flat-raters – some of

Total flat charge $240 $240 $240 $240

Total % of rates 0.57% 99.2% 32.27% 12.90%

whom are wild-eyed enough to give the idea a few moments’ thought – know they could never sell it to the electorate.

Fervid GST supporters had to concede it would be inequitable to put a flat rate tax on Lamborghinis and Rollers, so some luxury goods taxes were retained. They knew it would be impossible to argue that economy car buyers should subsidise fanciers of Bugattis and Beemers.

What is needed is a sensible balance.

If a flat municipal charge is to be imposed, it should be partly symbolic, intended to signify to ratepayers that every property is entitled to such services as rubbish collection, libraries and road repair and that we are all required to contribute towards them.

But it should be kept low, to ensure that the peninsula’s poor, elderly and disadvantaged are not unfairly burdened. Would well-off Portsea and hinterland ratepayers begrudge paying slightly more to ease their load?

Or the municipal charge could be abolished, as was done in City of Casey. Something for our councillors to ponder.

Comfort comes from donation BUSINESSMAN Joe McDonald, right, is making life more comfortable for patients at Frankston Hospital’s emergency department.

After several visits to the hospital with his elderly mother, Mr McDonald returned with fluffy pillows.

“Frankston Hospital has really fantastic staff, who are flat out caring for patients and doing a great job. I just thought that a few extra pillows here and there would really help out,” said Mr McDonald, managing director of Frankston-based Market Metrics.

Clinical director of emergency services Dr Helen Hewitt said the pillows would help in busy times.

“There will be many purposes for the pillows and the more we have the better.

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Sightseers drawn to Venus KEEN members of the public and observers from the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society had a stellar view of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun last Wednesday.

Victoria was regarded as being in a perfect position to witness the entire rare phenomenon, while many places on Earth missed out.

“You could say we were lucky enough to watch a goddess on the mountain top,” society secretary Peter Skilton said.

Mr Skilton and other members of the society watched the event from Mt Martha through a battery of solar telescopes.

“In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love and is usually a planet that most people know as being a very bright object shining in the dawn or dusk sky,” he said.

“This time it was in broad daylight and over a period of almost seven hours, with the dark silhouette of Venus silently creeping across the sun.”

At the society’s observatory at The Briars Park in Mt Martha, specialised solar telescopes watched and photographed the phenomenon.

“From the crack of dawn, members eagerly awaited Venus taking its first tiny bite out of the side of the sun,” Mr Skilton said.

“This unmistakeable first contact soon after 8am was clearly visible and sparked a flurry of activity as the sun was merely a few finger widths above the east horizon.

“Half an hour later, Venus reached the point of being fully immersed.

Up close: Peter Skilton, above, observing the transit of Venus across the sun at The Briars in Mt Martha. Picture: Brett Bajada As Venus began exiting the bottom left side of the sun, left, it was captured in this image by Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society member Paula Ritchens at Cranbourne as the planet just “kissed” the side of the sun, leading to the so-called tear drop effect in the tiny gap. Her close-up photograph also shows a group of smaller sunspots.

Unfortunately cloud and even drizzle encroached around this point of second contact, although members in Frankston, Cranbourne and Dandenong reported seeing it unimpeded.

“Good views of Venus were had throughout the morning from The Briars site, until heavy cloud interfered around midday, preventing witnessing Venus leaving the face of the sun before 3pm, not to return again for another 105 years.”

Mr Skilton said some members of the society went to the NSW border

“just to increase their chances of getting clearer skies”.

“Historically, transits of Venus are well known. James Cook sailed to Tahiti in the Endeavour in June 1769 to witness the one predicted that year, then after that opened Admiralty orders that set him on a voyage of discovery to Australia,” he said.

“His observations of Venus crossing the sun were vital for scientists to calculate the size of the solar system for the first time.

“In our region there has been a long

association with Venus transits. In 1874, Professor William Parkinson Wilson of the University of Melbourne led a small team that observed the event from near his home in Mornington.

“It was recognised that the weather on the Mornington Peninsula was often very different to that experienced at the observatory in Melbourne, so a far-flung output in the distant countryside was a precaution against missing the event altogether if cloud or rain interfered in the city.

“Whether he was a casualty or not of witnessing a Venus transit with all its excitement and danger, sadly he suddenly died two days later.”

Mr Skilton said that “as far as I know, all of our observing members were safely accounted for after witnessing this particular Venus transit”.

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By Barry Irving RYE & Dromana Community Bank Branches have topped $400 million in deposits and secured loans, making the group the largest community bank company in Australia.

The milestone was celebrated late last month at a business lunch at Rosebud Country Club where Bendigo and Adelaide Bank managing director Mike Hirst was guest speaker.

The group opened its first branch at Rye in 2001 and its second at Dromana in 2007.

A third branch will open at Rosebud next year at 1087 Point Nepean Rd. The group’s senior manager, Gary Sanford, said the branches had provided community funding of more than $3.1 million since 2005.

“This is an outstanding achievement for a locally owned company that did not exist 11 years ago. The two branches are now contributing $500,000 a year to the community,” he said.

Mr Sanford said after Rosebud branch was opened “our community funding each year is expected to be in excess of $1 million. This will benefit the whole community in substantial ways into the future”.

He said the group had contributed to Tootgarook Primary School’s community hall, Rye Youth Centre, Rosebud West Victoria Youth Foundation, computer rooms for schools, floodlights at Dromana and Sorrento football grounds, netball courts at Rye’s Rowley Reserve, the proposed two netball courts at Rosebud’s Olympic Park, new fire trucks for Rosebud and Rye fire brigades, a commercial kitchen at Peninsula Special Development School in Dromana, scout trailers, school signs, marquees, boardwalks and many other projects.

“We know the dollars these things cost, but how much are they worth to the community now and in the future?” Mr Sandford asked.

Mr Hirst spoke about “impact investing”, a term first used by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 to describe investments that generate positive social impacts as well as financial returns to investors.

“A couple of weeks ago the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten, launched a report outlining new ways to support employers and stimulate local economies through place-based impact investments,” Mr Hirst said.

“To quote Mr Shorten ‘Australians want their local communities to be strong and vibrant and to offer good job opportunities now and into the future.

Encouraging small and medium-sized employers in local communities is an essential part of this mix’.

“While our government might only now be turning its thoughts to this type investment, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and our partners, like Rye and Dromana Community Banks, have been actively undertaking such investment through our community bank model for 13 years.

“To be honest, I didn’t know it was called impact investing until last week.

“In reality, more and more people are investigating in this way of doing business; they just call it something else.

“But does it work? In the 13 years community banks have been operating, they have returned in excess of $70 million in community grants – more than $50 million in the past four years – and paid more than $19 million in shareholder dividends.

“They have created 1400 jobs and each year spend about $40 million in

Happy team: Board chairman Shane McCarthy, left, Rye branch manager Julie Toward, senior manager Gary Sanford, regional manager Cora Clough, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank managing director Mike Hirst, and Dromana branch manager Bronwyn Ralph.

wages and services locally, which has a significant positive impact on micro economies.

“Their profits have been responsible for building community centres and health services; bought fire trucks and community buses; funded scholarships and sponsored hundreds of sporting teams.

“Increasingly, governments are co-

funding projects with community banks because they know the community will value the outcome.

“Simply, community banks like Rye and Dromana are focused on growing the wealth of their local communities, with wealth being broadly defined.”

Mr Hirst said the customers of the Rye and Dromana branches were to be congratulated in helping the company

pass its $400 million milestone.

“They have been an integral part of this local ‘impact investing’ process in helping achieve what has already been an outstanding contribution to the Mornington Peninsula.”  Barry Irving is a director of Rye & Dromana Community Bank branches Bendigo Bank.

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NEWS DESK

Dale throws his weight around for Australia

By Keith Platt DALE Stevenson knows heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in for a strenuous time.

As a shot putter nominated for the Australian Olympic team he will spend the next few weeks in serious training for the main event in England.

Stevenson, 24 and raised at Moorooduc, is just back from the United States where he threw an Olympic qualifying 20.63 metres.

The qualifying distance for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was 20.3 metres.

The event was won by Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tomasz Majewski with a throw of 21.51 metres.

Stevenson says the shot put is an energy-sapping exercise that requires daily training to maintain strength and flexibility.

Part of his training regime this year was competing in the US, which has a larger competitive shot put base than Australia and an athletics season that follows straight on from Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer.

In the US Stevenson was competing against and training with some of that countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top performers who will also be in the Olympics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Americans are always a powerhouse in the event,â&#x20AC;? he says of the athletes he counts among his friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of my US training partners are the best in the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to know them pretty well â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a relatively small group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Americans are pretty hospitable and when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m there we all socialise. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice relationship.â&#x20AC;?

Just as Stevenson went to the US to continue competing and hoping to

qualify for the Olympics, his American opponents had been out here for the Australian summer.

But when it comes to England in July, friendship will take a back seat to competition as the training partners take to the world stage throwing 7.26-kilogram (16-pound) steel balls.

Stevenson threw 20.63 in South Carolina and hopes to better that distance in the London Olympics shot put that starts on 3 August.

In the lead-up to that event, Stevenson will train full time in Australia before spending a month in Germany from 27 June before going to the Australian training camp at the Tunbridge Wells sports centre, which is south of London.

A training session can involve 30 throws as well as lifting weights in the gym. Of those throws, up to 15 can be â&#x20AC;&#x153;fullâ&#x20AC;? throws.

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volves two gym sessions and four throwing sessions.

He also throws in some meditation and yoga.

Off the sports field, Stevenson coaches at schools with Bluearth, an organisation started by businessman and philanthropist Malcolm Freake â&#x20AC;&#x153;to contribute to the health and wellbeing of our nation by encouraging an increased participation in physical activityâ&#x20AC;?.

Olympic qualifier: Shot putter Dale Stevenson threw a qualifying distance to make him eligible for the Australian Olympic team while competing and training last month in the United States.

Although shot putting is a singleperson sport, Stevenson will have his own support team on hand during the Olympics, with sister Erin already in London and parents Jenny and Ian arriving with girlfriend Lauren before the opening ceremony.

Brighten winter with native birds WINTER may have arrived, but Backyard Buddies says this is no reason to let drab weather get you down or stop enjoyment of the great outdoors.

Add a bit of colour to your life this cold season by encouraging native birds to visit your garden.

Backyard Buddies is a free program run by the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of simple things you can do to turn your backyard into a thriving environment that provides food and shelter for native birds,â&#x20AC;? foundation CEO Susanna Bradshaw said.

To encourage birds to the garden: ď Ž Provide a bird bath or container of water for birds to drink, bathe and play in. Keep it clean and the water fresh. ď Ž Place the bird bath near dense shrubs so that birds have somewhere nearby to hide if a cat or other predator appears. ď Ž Keep cats indoors or install a cat run so cats can go outside without harming birds. ď Ž Avoid using pesticides or chemicals, as a bird that eats a contaminated insect could become sick or die. ď Ž Ask for local native eucalypts, melaleucas, grevilleas or banksias at the nursery and plant them in the garden to provide food and shelter for native birds. ď Ž Include plants of different heights and densities in the garden to encourage different kinds of birds.

Small birds like finches, for instance, prefer densely planted, spiky shrubs and understory plants to hide in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winter is a great time to plant natives in your garden,â&#x20AC;? Ms Bradshaw said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Planting now will give native plants a chance to establish themselves before summer rolls around with its predominantly dry, hot days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will help ensure that your natives will survive the warmer months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some grevilleas and banksias also flower during winter, which will add colour to the garden during the cold season as well as attract birds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watching native birds in your garden can be immensely enjoyable. Their antics are fun to observe and their calls are often entertaining. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some birds will hide up in the tree branches

Winter calls: Little friarbirds. Picture: Michael Jefferies

and you will only be able to hear them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half the fun trying to work out what birds youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got, based on the calls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By providing a safe habitat for birds in your garden, you may even get to see them nest and raise their chicks.â&#x20AC;?

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Contact: John Kennedy 0401 984 842

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Original Dromana masterpiece WITH all the charm of yesteryear, this delightful property represents an enviable lifestyle in one of the blue-chip residential areas of Dromana. Tastefully restored throughout, the property offers sweeping views across Port Phillip Bay from the feature verandahs and is set on about 2000 square metres of land. The spacious interior features a gorgeous formal lounge with an open fireplace and subtle, blended tones to create a warm atmosphere. The kitchen will also delight with tiled floors and a unique wall oven. There is a dishwasher, an island bench and splashbacks. The adjoining dining area has access to a rear verandah and has a lovely outlook to a fern garden. The home has three bedrooms, with the main bedroom perfectly situated to take in the morning sunshine; it has a walk-in robe and ensuite. The property has rear lane access for vehicles and a double garage alongside the home.

Address: 67-69 Latrobe Parade, DROMANA Price: $1.295 million Agency: Roger McMillan Real Estate, 211b Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5981 8181 Agent: Roger McMillan, 0410 583 213

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Sands through the hourglass SURE to provide everything a modern family needs for comfortable living, this designer three-bedroom home is in one of Rosebudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newer estates and enjoys great street appeal with a nice natural outlook to a bush reserve. Still presenting is as-new condition, the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s floor plan is functional and provides a very relaxing atmosphere. The two living zones have a neutral colour scheme and incorporate the living and dining area plus a stylish kitchen with chocolate-coloured kitchen cupboards that contrast nicely against the white. The whole area is highlighted by stunning porcelain tiles. There is direct access to an alfresco deck, which extends the entertaining area or creates extra play space for children. There is a separate study, or small TV room, between one of the bedrooms and the main living room. The master bedroom has a touch of zen about it and includes a walk-in robe and huge ensuite with feature shower and double vanity.

Address: Price: Agency: Agent:

49 Peninsula Sands Boulevard, ROSEBUD $499,000 Adam Harlem Real Estate, PO Box 106, Rosebud Adam Harlem, 0447 841 000

0447 841 000 124 Old Cape Schanck Road, ROSEBUD

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BUILT with quality in mind and no compromise, this spectacular family home has entrancing water views extending up to the distant skyline of Melbourne. Large windows allow light to fill the home and frame the vista perfectly, whether you are upstairs in the formal lounge or in the downstairs family room spending quality time together. Then there is the massive wraparound deck, a perfect place to host parties. Here are million dollar views without the price tag. There are three spacious bedrooms, the master bedroom is upstairs with an ensuite and two bedrooms on the ground floor share the main bathroom.

At the top of the stairs is the kitchen with a good amount of bench and cupboard space as well as a dishwasher and under-bench stainless-steel oven.

SECURELY fenced and very private, this three-bedroom home is set on an 892-square metre block less than 500 metres from the beach and shopping. The home has been extensively renovated over the past 12 months and presents a fantastic opportunity for investors or anyone seeking a comfortable permanent base or holiday home. All bedrooms have built-in robes. The open-plan living room is fully tiled and features a highoutput split-system air-conditioner and separate wood heater. The kitchen and bathroom are nicely tiled. A full-width deck at the rear offers a private retreat, but the big bonus is for the car enthusiast or tradesman with a massive, high-span garage or workshop with power. Extra parking space for vehicles is not a problem with a flat, gravel area alongside the home. The property is leased but is available with vacant possession.

Address: 1 Hill Street, RYE Price: Offers over $690,000 Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate, 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 8800 Agent: John Kennedy, 0401 984 842

Address: 49 Dundas Street, RYE Auction: Saturday 23 June at 2pm Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate, 2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 6555 Agent: Glenn Key, 0402 445 208

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ARTHURS SEAT

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2 Steane Avenue WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA

7 Buckley Street MARINA WATERWAYS

Rustic bush block approx. 1293sq metres. Gently sloping corner position, with views through the trees to Westernport Bay. Quiet cul-de-sac location, on top of Arthurs Seat.

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

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This delightful property backs on to Clipper Quay and Martha Cove Marina. Great views down the waterway to Port Phillip Bay and Mt. Martha, with easy walking to the beach. This 3 bedroom home, mezzanine living/study, open plan main living, with dining and kitchen on lower level. Huge under house storage for boat/car and good sized block of 785sqm approx. Residence is built at rear of block ready for 2nd dwelling to the front (STCA).

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Steve Edmund 0419 396976

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

VACANT LAND

2/13 The Avenue 71 Carrathool Ave 52 & 56 Brasser Ave 60 & 64 Brasser Ave 14 Coveside Ave 19 & 21 St.Andrews Ave 230-232 Boundary Rd 4 Eden Lane 2 Eden Lane 51 Arthur St 150 Dromana Pde 15 King St 182 Browns Rd 230 Bruce Rd

465sqm approx.

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900sqm approx. each 390sqm approx. (195m2 each) 1748sqm approx.

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211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana. Phone 5981 8181

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24 Williamson Street Rye

Relaxed Lifestyle This property requires a personal inspection to fully appreciate. On 1600m2 plus in a quiet court the property is ideal for holiday home, permanent living or tradesmans retreat. The home is spacious, interestingly renovated and combines perfectly with the outdoor living. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge garage, caravan port and extra carport. A total package

The Price Is Right A truly great buy in every way. Close to beach, in a quiet location and presented well. The 3 bedroom home is ready to enjoy or add a 2nd level STCA. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a large covered verandah, massive high roof garage and a good sized block. Overall value at its best.

Price: Inspect Agent

Price: Inspect Contact

$580,000 - $620,000

By Appointment Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

$375,000 - $410,000

By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

13 Bachli Street Rye

125 Weeroona Street Rye

When Location Counts This property represents an entry level opportunity for first home buyers and investors. The single storey home offers 3 bedrooms, study, 2 separate living areas, well-appointed kitchen with adjacent meals area, bathroom with spa, enclosed front verandah and garage. The home presents well and would benefit from a touch of upgrading. The home is to the rear of the block and there are the remnants of a pool area with palms and fencing.

The deck and surrounds may be restored. A brilliant opportunity for astute budget conscious buyers.

Seeing Is Believing Beautifully renovated throughout and with excellent street appeal with a large front timber deck offering outdoor entertaining that combines perfectly with the main living room for year round pleasure. The main living area itself is fully tiled and has s/system air con. A well-appointed kitchen complete with s/steel appliances, 3 bedrooms and fully renovated bathroom. Delightful decor throughout would be easily adaptable for any furniture style you choose. The block is fully fenced, has a double garage with 5000 litre water tank.

Price Inspect Contact

Price: Inspect Contact

$350,000 - $380,000

By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

$390,000 - $415,000

By Appoiintment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

48 Felecia Street Rye

24 Weeroona Street Rye

Holiday Haven This is the property you have been searching for. It has a unique character with a tonne of appeal. Spread over 2 levels the floor plan boasts 4 bedrooms, 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs, 2 bathrooms, a well-appointed kitchen with adjacent meals area and a good sized lounge. A large covered outdoor entertaining area offers room to move and entertain year round. Off street parking is available and includes a lock up garage. On a fenced block of 878m2 approx. Whilst the home presents well there is still plenty of scope to further improve and enhance.

Corner Of Opportunity - Only 200 Metres To The Beach Holiday home, rental or permanent base and only a short stroll to the beach and shops. This double storey home, on a low maintenance block of approx 501 sqm is currently let with a return around $15,860 p.a.

Vacant possession at settlement also available. Downstairs offers living area with bar, gas heater, wood heater, bedroom, bathroom and toliet. Upstairs has 2 more bedrooms, 2nd bathroom and toliet, kitchen with dishwasher, 2nd living area with gas heating and fabulous entertaining deck.

Price: Inspect Contact

Price: Inspect Contact

$390,000-$430,000

By Appointment Diane Key 0419 324 515

$395,000 - $435,000

By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

9 Meadow Avenue Rye

26 McDonald Road Rye

The Decision Has Been Made

Perfect Place To Start How good is this? A sturdy brick home in a top, quiet street only a short distance to the town and beach. On a lovely big block with shedding it is the perfect addition to your investment portfolio or an ideal first home. The home itself is ideal to use as is or would definitely respond well to future renovations or extensions. Currently offering a conventional 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, living room configuration. With the Frankston by-pass soon to open and the drop in interest rates, homes like this will escalate in value and soon be beyond reach.

Our vendor is motivated to move on and has re-priced the property to reflect this decision. BV home occupies a large level block and comprises 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 totally separate living areas. It is a home that can be enjoyed fully by all the family as a permanent base or idyllic holiday home. Investors are urged not to overlook this property as a brilliant addition to their portfolio. The location offers a lovely tranquil setting with the beach and shops only a short distance away. Act promptly.

Price: Inspect Contact

$375,000 - $395,000

By Appointment Glenn Key 0402 445 208

5985 6555

Price: Inspect Contact

$385,000

By Appointment Phil Key 0418 516 470

2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye VIC 3941

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For Sale

9 Kathleen Crescent, Mornington

ER D N U ACT R T CON

Picture Perfect Family Entertainer

For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Price Reduced All Offers Considered Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the main foreshore, this luxury townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprising of 3 bedrooms plus parents retreat, 2 bathrooms, powder room, 2 separate living areas, Caesar stone kitchen bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg s/steel appliances, Rinnai 24hr gas HWS, heating with programmable thermostat and s/system air conditioning. Landscaping and fenced with coloured concrete aggregate to front driveway.

Price: $648,000 Inspect: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

For Sale

27a Bath Street, Mornington Superior Style in Blue Chip Location

Immaculately presented 4 bedroom family home with 3 generous formal & informal living areas, with a large o/plan kitchen, meals & family room. Main bedroom has a large dressing room & full ensuite with double shower, 3 more bedrooms with full robes & a good sized main bathroom. The third large living area is either a rumpus or theatre room, overlooking an entertainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delight with an alfresco area with plasma TV screen & a 6 person above ground spa.

Executive townhouse comprising of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study nook, stylish kitchen with European appliances servicing open meals/living area. Full width bi-fold doors merge indoor living with the outdoor alfresco area. Extensive timber decking features within a low maintenance, tranquil garden setting. Also includes: polished timEHU Ă RRUV GRXEOH JDUDJH PDVWHU EHGURRP with balcony, ducted heating & s/system air conditioning. Blue chip location within easy walk to Main Street and Mills beach

Price: $680,000 - $720,000 Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982 Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

For Sale

50 Bayview Road, Mornington Price Reduced

For Sale

Price Guide: $890,000 plus Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

1/12 Thurloo Drive, Safety Beach

By Off The Plan And SAVE!

For Sale

FIRST HOME, RETIREE, OR INVESTMENT Morningtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s splendid lifestyle is ready to be enjoyed at an affordable price. This well maintained 3 bedroom brick veneer home has a large open plan living area, good size bathroom and separate toilet. Kitchen with electric cooking, gas heating living room, aircon and ceiling fans. Plenty of room for kids and/or pets to play in a secured backyard.

Single carport and extra parking, garden shed and a well maintained garden set on approx. 420 sqm parcel of land.

A Pearlhill Development. Two storey residence approx.. 29 squares, set on 500sqm of land.

With 3 good size bedrooms plus a rumpus room that could be converted into a large 4th bedroom and a small study if required. Down stairs Grand master bedroom with ensuite, his and hers double vanities with a double shower, large walk in robes. 3 separate living areas include formal lounge, Kitchen, meals and family area, and upstairs rumpus room.

Extra Powder room & main bathroom, DLUG with extra storage.

Price Guide: $350,000 plus Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

24 Willis Street, Frankston

For Sale

13 Sarshas Way, Mount Martha Private Oasis in Mt Martha

Two Unit Development Site

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INVESTORS TAKE NOTE. Now is your chance to own a development site in prime location of Frankston. One street away from Chisholm T.A.F.E and walking distance to train station, shopping centre and Frankston Hospital and beach Land size measures 610-square metres approximately.

Price: $299,000 - $320,000 Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

ER D N U ACT R T CON

A Porter Davis 34sq home with everything a growing family desires. Large master bedroom with parents retreat, full his and hers walk in robes, ensuite with double vanity and double shower. Three spacious EHGURRPV SOXV H[HFXWLYHV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH )RUPDO ORXQJH KDV D GXDO Ă&#x20AC;UH SODFH WKDW IDFHV WKH dining room and overlooking an open plan living area. Master chefs kitchen with European appliances, rumpus room & bar, alfresco area, pool, double garage plus single garage with resort style pool.

Price: $760,000 - $820,000 Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

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dŽƚĂůůLJ ƌĞͲ ǀĂŵƉĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ŐŽ͊ dĂŬŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽdž ΨϯϬϬϬ Ɖǁ͘ dƌĂĚŝŶŐ DŽŶ ʹ ^Ăƚ ϲĂŵ ʹ ϯƉŵ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĐŚŽŽů͊ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂůƐŽ ďŽĂƐƚƐ Ă ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ůĞĂƐĞ ΨϱϱϬƉǁ͘ ĂƌŐĂŝŶ͊​͊

Sale Price: $149,000 + SAV ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚLJ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

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KƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ĮǀĞ ĚĂLJƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁŽƌŬͬ ůŝĨĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƐŚŽǁƐ ΨϭϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ н ƉƌŽĮƚ ƉĞƌ ĂŶŶƵŵ ĂŶĚ the processes are easy to learn and follow. This family owned business does local work on the Mornington Peninsula. The van ĂŶĚ Ăůů ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ͘

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&ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ LJŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ͘ ŶƚĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŶĞǁ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ Žƌ purchase the freehold and be your own landlord, this property will ĂůƐŽ ƐƵŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂǀǀLJ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŽƌ͘ KīĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ǀĂĐĂŶƚ ƉŽƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ

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Sale Price: $55,000 + SAV ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ dĂŶLJĂ ^ĐĂŐůŝĂƌŝŶŝ Ϭϰϯϴ Ϯϴϵ ϴϱϵ

Sale Price: $900,000 ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ZƵƐƐĞůů DƵƌƉŚLJ ϬϰϬϳ ϴϯϵ ϭϴϰ

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INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL Kick up your heels

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Just beachy

LOCATED in Morningtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy Main Street shopping strip, this well-known business sells womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes, handbags, gloves and jewellery. The operators are very proactive in the area, raising the profile of the store by participating in fashion shows and special events. Trading hours are 10am to 5pm, seven days a week. The business has a website and the ability to purchase online can be added as a feature if desired.

DIRECTLY opposite the beach, this cafe trades seven days a week and is a popular spot for breakfasts and lunches among residents and tourists. There is total seating for 80 and the liquor licence includes service on the upstairs viewing deck.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes, accessories, MORNINGTON Price: $170,000 Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Licensed cafe, SEAFORD Price: $350,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 HAIR SALON

HAIR SALON

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CAFE - PRICED TO SELL!

CAFE

SHOE REPAIR - KOO WEE RUP

Great location in trendy Red Hill, lovely views, well presented. 6 stations, 2 basins, laundry, beauty room, staff room. Easy to run with 2 full time staff. 7 years remaining on lease.

No opposition in built up residential area. 8 stations, 2 basins, 1 curtained off room. Very well priced at equipment and stock value only.

Keen vendor wants a quick sale due to family reasons.

Only 5 days!

Seats 8 inside & more outside, has coolroom and equipment is in good working order. ATM on premises, attractive shop with side delivery. Ample parking.

/DUJH FDIp RXWVLGH FRXUW\DUG seating for 20 in/20 out. Rental inc 2 bdm residence with rear garage. Trades Mon to Sat, easily run by two staff. Keen vendors will consider all offers.

Trading 7 yrs with same owners, good position in busy street, booming suburb.

1HHGV WR EH WDNHQ WR WKH QH[W OHYHO Reasonable rent, easy to manage, suit H/W or partners. Stock included.

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Impressive presentation with KLJK TXDOLW\ ÂżWRXW /RQJ OHDVH available, no competition in town, easy to run by one person.

Shoes for men, women and FKLOGUHQ /RWV RI SDUNLQJ IURQW and rear of shop.

$42,000

$57,000

HEALTH FOOD

HAIR SALON

NOW $30,000 + sav DISCOUNT VARIETY STORE

WHOLESALE BAKERY

Great location with plenty of

Specialises in Turkish bread, pizza bases, rolls, pies etc and delivers to Frankston, Dandenong, City, Mornington, Rye, Noble Park. Fully managed. 2011 Toyota HiAce inc in Nprice.

6 days 5.30pm to midnight.

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$75,000 + sav AUTO ELECTRICIAN All auto elec repairs inc truck, trailer & marine. On main road, large factoU\ KDV KRLVW RI¿FH $LU FRQ VHUYLFH and discount batteries, only Interlock in Frankston. 5 ½ days, new lease available, vendor owns freehold.

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Very well stocked with food and parking, vendor happy to assist &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DSSOLHV supplements etc.

$85,000 + sav

$100,000 + sav

LICENSED RESTAURANT

TAKEAWAY

Seats 120, large commercial kitchen, very visible on Nepean Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;way. On Premises licence, currently Indian cuisine, can be changed. Opens 6 days from 5.30pm.

$120,000 + sav

$120,000 + sav

RESTAURANT / TAKEAWAY

LICENSED RESTAURANT

Great main road location with good views over bay at San Remo. Seats 30 in & 16 out. All food freshly prepared on premises, in the heart of the shopping/eatery part of town.

Well laid out kitchen, rear courtyard.

BYO licence.

NOW $39,950 + sav

$38,000

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$120,000 + sav LADIES FASHION

$100,000 + sav

$74,950 + sav MILK BAR / TAKEAWAY

with changeover.

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Situated behind a school in residential area. Does takeaways in evenings. Good lease options.

$108,000 + sav

$110,000 + sav

BEAUTY, SPA & SAUNA

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DISTRIBUTION

Award winning business with membership programme. Able to sub-let beauty rooms, trade Wed to Sat, also have range of products for beauty and bodycare.

Bright, well presented salon with 8 stations, opens 5 days Tues to Sat. Est 2006, new lease offered, owner willing to stay on. Computer package inc.

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11.30am to 4pm daily, pick up at Moorabbin, deliveries take 4 hours. Refrigerated van ZLWK UDFNLQJ 2QH RI DSSUR[ 90 franchises in Victoria, two separate rounds available.

$125,000 + sav ASIAN FOOD

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$130,000 + sav

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

Takeaways and beverages in food Very attractive purpose built premises in ([FHOOHQW H[SRVXUH LQ EXV\ UHWDLO Must see this one â&#x20AC;&#x201C; immaculate FRXUW RI EXV\ 6 & 5HÂżWWHG \HDUV corner location on busy main road. Only 4 commercial street. Stocks high presentation, great equipment. ago, has great kitchen and bright years old, all top of the range equipment.

HQG IDVKLRQ ODEHOV ZLWK H[FOXVLYH Dine in and takeaway. Currently frontage. Trial on $12,000 pw.

Seats 40 inside, fully air-cond, ample Japanese cuisine, can change with brand names. Streamlined seasonal Ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband willing to run buying process. Repeat clientele, ODQGORUG DSSURYDO /XQFK GLQQHU LQ storage, good kitchen. Trades 5 days business for 2 years if wanted..

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$200,000 + sav

$130,000 each LICENSED RESTAURANT By day a cafĂŠ/restaurant and by QLJKW D /DWLQ QLJKW VSRW *RRG seating in & out, upstairs function rooms for weddings etc. Prime main road position, huge potential.

$220,000 + sav

$140,000 + sav

$170,000 + sav

$195,000 + sav

BAKERY / CAFE

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/DUJH YHU\ EXV\ DQG ZHOO equipped business currently fully managed. Baking done on site, seats 20 inside & 8 outside. Good FDVK Ă&#x20AC;RZ :HOO NQRZQ LQ WKH DUHD Opens 7 days.

Newsagency, only one in the area in country town, has 4 bdm accomm. Two large coolrooms, large storage area and garage, IXQFWLRQ GLQLQJ DUHD ([FHOOHQW turnover. Est 40 years.

Vending machines holding drinks & snacks, 35 placed in commercial areas not available to general public.

Moorabbin, Mulgrave, F.T Gully, Hallam, Dandenong, Carrum Downs.

Fully set up Mercedes van included.

Operates from home, 4 days a week. Purpose built Nissan truck inc in price. Operates Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ton Peninsula and insurance jobs where required, about 50k radius. Advance bookings in place. Great business â&#x20AC;&#x201C; T/O increases annually.

/DUJH PRGHUQ VKRS GHOLYHULHV a day, two territories. Opens early in morning for convenience, close to UDLOZD\ VWDWLRQ H[FOXVLYH 'DUU\O /HD agency. (;&(//(17 35,&(

NOW $240,000 + sav

$299,000 + sav

$299,000 + sav

:HOO HVWDEOLVKHG ZLWK TXDOLÂżHG staff, all types of trailers inc campers and custom built. Web page, ads in Yellow Pages, word of mouth from dealers etc. Ford ute inc, new lease available, owner will assist.

$315,000

$320,000 + sav

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

PARY HIRE SERVICE

FISHING TACKLE

BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY

IMPORTER & WHOLESALER

In-house art dept, up to date software & equipment, inhouse printing, in-house kiln.

Wide variety of products with many forward orders in place. &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DSSOLHV

Poised for acquisition by a keen, H[SHULHQFHG UHWDLOHU ORRNLQJ WR build this business further. Hire all party needs from small chairs to large marquees. Twin factories, Shire work. Est 18 years.

Freehold 3 BR home & leasehold business in brick shop on main street. Right on waterway, est 1970. Tackle, bait etc and boat storage. Can be sold with or without franchise.

$750,000 + sav

$825,000 + sav

$950,000 + sav

NOW $200,000 + sav

Freehold & leasehold inc 5 bdm In-demand product base, well home. Fully indoors kennel & established client base, plenty of FDWWHU\ ZLWK VT P RI H[HUFLVH URRP IRU H[WUD JURZWK ,QFOXGHV areas with fully auto irrigation. No imported sealant range, has limit of animals, only 5 years old, Australasian distribution rights. W/ cooling, heating, bore & tank water. sale to h/ware stores

$2.5 million + sav

$4.25 million + sav

$340,000 + sav + ogs HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION Resort style rated 4 star, has 2 storey residence, 8 holiday units, pool, bbq, playground, tennis court HWF /DQG DUHD KHFWDUH ]RQHG Residential 1.

Business: $420,000 Freehold: $2.7 million

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151

No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria 27 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability REIV Business Brokers Committee Member

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NEWS DESK

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed for Safety Beach and Dromana

Beauty and the Pete RADIO Port Phillipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showbiz â&#x20AC;&#x153;royaltyâ&#x20AC;?

Bob Phillips and Judy Banks chatted with Miss Universe entrant and model Paige Royal and Seven Network newsreader Peter Mitchell, a former Balnarring boy and Peninsula School student, on their Mornings With Sugar and Spice show. Bob and Judy broadcast every Thursday 9-11am from RPP-FMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new studios in Mornington, with a cavalcade of stars past and present always happy to join Bob, the former Nine Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary producer, and Judy, a former TV presenter who has taught public speaking, television presenting, drama, and radio announcing.

Picture: Yanni

DON Bosco Camp and the Southern and Peninsula Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed Cluster are holding a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed expo and community meeting from 11am-2pm on Saturday 30 June at the Don Bosco Camp, 52-62 Dromana Pde, Safety Beach.

Don Bosco Camp is a member of the cluster that includes menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sheds from Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston Pines, Keysborough, Langwarrin, Rosebud, Somerville and Westernport â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hastings.

Gary Rogers said the expo was for southern peninsula businesses and residents to find out about menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sheds, enjoy a sausage sizzle and participate in a meeting to form a committee to establish a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed at the Don Bosco Camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The camp has a two-car garage of about 100 square metres and managenment is eager to see it utilised as a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed. They also want to open up their other facilities for menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs and activities,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To promote menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sheds, the Southern and Peninsula Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed Cluster members will have a display of what they do and who they are as well as a market selling secondhand tools and items the shed mates have made.â&#x20AC;?

He said research by the cluster showed that the population of Safety Beach and Dromana was 8500 and had a SEIFA index of 997.5 (where 900 is disadvantaged and 1200 is well off), 24 per cent of the population

Place for a shed: John Rossato, camp manager, and Ashley Trethowan, program coordinator, in front of the possible new home for a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed.

earned less than $300 a week and 30 per cent between $300 and $700, with just over six per cent stating they were unemployed and were mainly in the 40-60 age group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The age demographic from the 2006 Census showed that 35 per cent of the population was over 60 and 28 per cent were over 50. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given that many have retired to smaller residences â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there is a large retirement village nearby â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they would most likely have disposed of their own shed, tools and equipment and would be keen to get back into â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the shedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and share their knowledge, skills and abilities with men of all ages.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Don Bosco Camp has been at Safety Beach for more than 60 years has through its contact and relationships with the two communities become increasingly aware of the lack of facilities and opportunities for men in the area.â&#x20AC;?

He said it was important to provide an inexpensive and easily accessible location for men to interact and participate in â&#x20AC;&#x153;menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s businessâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peninsula businesses, shire councillors and officers, Peninsula Health staff and residents are invited to the expos and to participate in the development of a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shed in Safety Beach and Dromana.â&#x20AC;?

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NEWS DESK

Fromelles crusader on new mission

By Peter McCullough THERE is probably nothing that catches our attention, or gains our respect, more than a lone crusader. Convinced of the worthiness of his cause, he takes on the disbelieving bureaucrats to eventually prove that he was right and that their assumptions were incorrect. Such a person is Lambis Englezos, AM. At a recent lunch, members of Hastings U3A were entertained by Lambis who, in an illustrated address, told how his obsession with the fate of hundreds of Diggers missing since 1916 led to the discovery of the largest military grave in Western Europe in decades.

The “grave” consisted of a number of pits that had been dug by the Germans behind their lines to bury enemy soldiers following the previously littleknown Battle of Fromelles.

The Battle of Fromelles, 19-20 July 1916, was a brief but heroic action fought when the murderous Battle of the Somme had been raging for almost three weeks. The attack at Fromelles was a feint ordered to stop the Germans sending troops south to reinforce their battered comrades on the Somme, and the Australian 5th Division and the British 61st Division were selected for the attack. The action was poorly planned, slapdash in its execution and the outcome was horrendous.

In 14 hours of bitter fighting the 5th Division lost 5533 men killed, wounded or missing, and ceased to function as a fighting force. It was the worst 14 hours in Australian military history with the losses exceeding our combined losses in the Boer War, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Australians had to cross more

Personal crusade: Lambis Englezos addresses Hastings U3A. Picture: Max Hem

than 200 metres of open ground to reach the German line, which was on higher ground (the Sugarloaf salient). A few made it through, only to be cut off, captured or killed as they tried desperately to return to the Allied trenches. From no-man’s land came the haunting cries of the wounded or dying. One young Australian, blinded by his wounds, staggered about in no-man’s land and cried out for several days. His mates called out to him and vainly tried to direct him back to the Australian lines until the Germans

mercifully shot him. Although ordered not to, many Australians crept out to rescue mates. In fact as many as 30 Australian soldiers were killed in the days afterwards trying to retrieve the wounded and the dead.

The 5th Division was made up of new recruits with a sprinkling of Gallipoli veterans. Those killed ranged in age from 43 down to private John Gordon who, at 15 years and 10 months, was the youngest recorded Digger to be killed in action. Also killed were five VFL footballers including George

Challis who, only 10 months earlier, helped Carlton win the 1915 premiership at the MCG. On the outskirts of Fromelles is the Australian Memorial Park, which contains the emotive “Cobbers” statue, the work of Melbourne sculptor Peter Corlett. It depicts Sergeant Simon Fraser carrying a wounded comrade to safety. During one of several trips into no-man’s land Fraser heard a weak voice call out “Don’t forget me, cobber”. The expression came to symbolise the bond of mateship that held the

Australians together in those terrible days.

Enter Lambis Englezos. With a longstanding interest in military history, the retired Melbourne art teacher developed a special regard for a small group of Fromelles survivors who he met in the 1990s. Ten years ago he started adding up the numbers of the missing and found a discrepancy.

Aware of rumours that there was a mass burial site at nearby Pheasant Wood, and learning from the farmer that nothing would grow in a particular part of the field, he obtained aerial photographs from the Imperial War Museum that showed the sudden appearance of burial pits behind the German lines. Painstaking examination of 1336 Red Cross files revealed a letter to the family of a Melbourne man, Second Lieutenant Jack Bawden, suggesting that he could be buried in one of five large British collective graves outside Pheasant Wood.

The initial approach to the Australian Army history unit was not well received: they could not believe that the postwar recovery units would have missed mass graves. However in 2006 a German document dated 21 July 1916 was submitted; it ordered the construction of mass graves for 400 “English” soldiers behind Pheasant Wood. This was confirmed by a geophysical survey the following year, and by 2009 a team had started the excavation of skeletal remains and artefacts buried in thick, sticky clay.

The end result was that 250 soldiers were found, 203 of whom are thought to be Australian. With the assistance of families who lost relatives at Fromelles, DNA testing has

In sight of a massacre: Fromelles church sits just near the burial pits and the new cemetery.

Excavations underway: Pheasant Wood from the rear of the church in April 2009. The photo shows the beginning of the excavations that uncovered the lost diggers.

Lasting tribute: Cobbers statue in the Australian Memorial Park at Fromelles.

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Discovered at Fromelles: Private Henry Victor Willis BEFORE the excavations could get underway at Pheasant Wood, a few artefacts were found close to the surface. One of these was badge given to Harry Willis by the Shire of Alberton at the time of his enlistment.

Private Willis, a farm labourer from Yarram, joined the 31st Battalion in 1915. He had 14 siblings but his three older brothers had enlisted with instructions that Harry was to stay home and help run the farm. However the temptation was too great; Harry forged his mother’s signature and enlisted. Eleven months later, on 19 July 1916, he was dead.

DNA was obtained from Harry’s niece, 93-year-old Yarram resident Marjorie Whitford whose grandson (Tim) was a key figure in assisting Lambis Englezos in the push for an official search for the men. It gave the family great satisfaction that one of the first Australians to be identified in 2010 was Private Harry Willis. The discovery meant that the epitaph that Harry Willis’ grief-stricken mother composed in 1918 was inscribed on the headstone prior to the memorial service on 19 July, 2010. It simply read: “Beloved son of John and Janet Willis of Alberton, Victoria.”

Iconic photo: Men of the 53rd Batallion prepare to attack at Fromelle, 19 July 1916.

Of the eight men, only three survived the action, and those three were wounded.

enabled the authorities to identify 119 of the Australian soldiers. Sadly Jack Bawden, the subject of the Red Cross letter, was not among them.

Heaped into the six pits were at least 18 Victorians, from inner-city Brunswick, South Melbourne and Northcote, suburban Canterbury, and from regional Bunyip, Nhill and Alberton. They were postal workers, plasterers, butchers, grocers, stonefitters and farmers, looking for adventure and keen to travel the world.

One pit revealed two brothers – Samuel and Eric Wilson – lying side by side; whether it was a coincidence or an act of compassion no one knows.

The Wilsons were one of 26 pairs of

brothers killed at Fromelles; two father-son combinations also lost their lives.

The first new Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in 50 years was established on land opposite the church at Fromelles and on 30 January 2010 the first of the burials took place. On 19 July, the 94th anniversary of the battle, the last of the 250 soldiers was buried with full military honours.

While Lambis Englezos is pleased with the results of his persistence, he is not content to rest on his laurels; he is now researching the recovery of two other battle sites. These are Bullecourt in northern France and Krithia at Gallipoli.

Private John Joseph Goulding PRIVATE John Joseph Goulding, 31st Battalion, was from South Brisbane, Queensland. A 32-year-old labourer prior to enlisting on 30 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with B Company from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 9 November 1915.

He was captured at Fromelles in France on 19 July 1916 and while being held by the Germans as a prisoner of war, he died that same day.

After the war, his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Probably nothing could be more heartbreaking than the letter (below) written by the soldier’s mother in 1916.

It was found two years ago in the National Archives by Lambis’ fellow researcher (and great nephew of Private Harry Willis) Tim Whitford. It was read out at the dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux this year.

The grief was too great for Alice Goulding as she died a few years after writing the letter. In March of this year the remains of Jack Goulding were identified.

On the other side A runner for the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, which was entrenched at the Sugarloaf when the Australians attacked on July 19, was a small man with a curious moustache. He was the son of an Austrian customs officer who had been born out of wedlock with the name Alois Schicklgruber, which he later changed to Hitler. The whole course of history could have been different if young Adolph had stuck his head above the parapet and an Australian bullet had found its mark in 1916.

Come to think of it, things may have been different if Adolph’s father had not changed his name; “Heil Schicklgruber” may not have caught on.

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As faces go, this was far from a blank canvas. It was more like the wall behind a shopping centre, where delinquent youths feel free to express whatever half-formed thought happens to leap into their minds.

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ably confident that wireless internet devices do exist and that dozens if not hundreds of people use them each and every day. The shop assistant was having none of it. So far as he was concerned, I might as well have asked him for a lefthanded shovel. Indeed, had I a left-handed shovel at my disposal, only a greeting from its back end delivered with speed would have had any hope of breaking the poor young man out of his apparent stupor.

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In fact, at one point I thought a particular individual had resorted to cannibalism, but with the benefit of hindsight they may well have been McNuggets. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite be sure, though.

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one who has asked a sensible question and received, for their trouble, an answer that insulted their frontal lobe and all its friends.

I was pretty sure that the assistant standing in front of me with a facial expression borrowed from a startled camel was probably aware of the wireless internet.

In fact, I was reasonably confident that he was familiar with the internet in all its various incarnations. He was, I suspected, trying to fob me off.

Nobody likes to be fobbed off. It insults the intelligence of both the fobber and the fobbee when it happens.

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It is an art that is intended to terminate the discussion with the greatest haste possible without simply hanging up. It was here that my telecommunications salesperson made a fatal miscalculation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he tried to fob me off in person rather than over the phone.

With the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;such a thing does not existâ&#x20AC;? still ringing in my ears (for which I really ought to see some kind of specialist), I calmly responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Actually, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not correct.â&#x20AC;?

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Delroy’s career began while he was still in Year 12 and, as he tells it, “I got a job in the 2SM newsroom. They always say start at the bottom and the newsroom was in the basement”.

After finishing exams, Tony joined the ABC newsroom while waiting for university to start. He then worked as a late night DJ in Bathurst while studying journalism.

Delroy joined 702 ABC Sydney in 1987, filling in on everything from breakfast to afternoons, Grandstand to news bulletins, before becoming the host of the late night program.

Within two years, the program went national. Delroy says his wide range of interests is carried into the program.

He loves the hours and adores his late night family of listeners, who range from nine to 90-yearolds. Nightlife is a diverse mix of news and current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment.

Regular features include the popular quiz, money matters, science and technology. Spiritual questions, human and family topics are discussed with experts, and listeners are given opportunities to interact via talkback.

Nightlife with Tony Delroy has been heard on local ABC stations for 20 years.

ABC Music has released a 2CD set, Tony Delroy Presents Showstoppers, 40 tracks of Delroy’s favourites including the theme Gone With the Wind, Secret Love by Doris Day, Flashdance by Irene Cara, Don’t Cry for Me Argentina by Julie Covington, Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers, Ol’ Man River by Paul Robeson and tracks by great artist such as Starship, Simple Minds, Henry Mancini, Matt Monro, Harry Nilsson, Roxette, Tina Arena, Shirley Bassey, Christopher Cross, Anthony Warlow, Louis Armstrong, Hugh Jackman, David Campbell and Ethel Merman.

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some copies to give away. Write to: Tony Delroy CD, MP News Group, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915. *** THE new Adam Sandler comedy That’s My Boy (Sony) hits the cinemas this week.

While still in his teens, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered a son, Todd (Andy Samberg), and raised him as a single parent until Todd’s 18th birthday.

Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd’s world comes crashing down on the eve of his wedding when an uninvited Donny shows up. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills.

It stars Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live), Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), James Caan (Misery, The Godfather, Funny Lady), Vanilla Ice and Adam Sandler. www.ThatsMyBoyMovie.com.au Sandler stars in the animated family

comedy Hotel Transylvania (3D) due out in September and also starring Andy Samberg. www.hotelt.com.au *** THE Quentin Tarantino action movie Django Unchained will be released in Australia early next year. The all-star cast includes Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Don Johnson and Australian actor John Jarratt, who was approached to appear after Tarantino praised his appearance in the Australian thriller Wolf Creek.

Former dentist Dr King Schultz (Waltz) buys the freedom of a slave, Django (Foxx), and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the location of Django’s wife who is under the control of Calvin Candie (DiCaprio), a ruthless plantation owner. www.djangounchained.org *** BOB Welch, a former member of

vernment, AFL and horse racing club fining people for making critical comments, ASIO not subject to review, London-style CCTV everywhere except in toilets (so far), imprisonment without trial in parts of the United States (terrorism again the excuse), talks of waterfront sackings on suspicion alone. Freedom of speech is okay provided you keep it nice. They may say “sometimes you have to put democracy aside in order to fight for democracy”. I say “give them an inch and they will take a mile”. *** LABOR’S new homecare reforms from July 2014 mean you don’t have to sell your soul to get into an aged care centre; more to the point, extra help for oldies who prefer to stay in the family home while waiting for St Peter. This does nothing for the here and now – everyday living costs; electricity, water, medical, rent and rates way, way in excess of CPI rises, never forgetting the shifty vehicle registration discount loss. They get you every which way. Matter of fact, I’ve got it now. *** IF Gina Rinehart is worth a reported 27 billion big ones, why is she opposing her beautiful children’s claim to a

measly $2 billion? Her worth has too many noughts for me to calculate her daily interest on income. It’s reported Gina earns $2 million an hour – and Tony wants to reduce the mining tax?

On the other hand, Julia reduced overseas aid by $3 billion; not good, darling. Poor Gina with her 12.5 per cent of Fairfax shares was overlooked for a seat on the Fairfax board. I can’t imagine why. She’s a charmer. *** AFTER seven long years I’m still finding it difficult living alone. The point is there’s no one to blame. No more “where did you put my pink shirt, love?” True, she would reply “try moving your eyeballs”, but that’s not the point. No one to blame is a sad, sad loss. Also no one to please. A hard day in the garden and you say: “come and have a look, love” or whatever, so there’s a reason. It’s lots of things, but if there’s no one to please where’s the motivation? Those of you who live alone will understand, maybe. *** I HAVE to hand it to the “No Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre on the foreshore“ lot; so well organised. We have Cr Pittock and Cr Rodgers with their breakaway meeting ably assisted by Frankston’s deputy mayor Kris Bol-

Fleetwood Mac who also had a solo career, has died aged 65 from a selfinflicted bullet wound.

Welch’s wife found him at their south Nashville home.

Welch was a guitarist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. Fleetwood Mac took off in the mid-1970s after Welch left the band.

Welch, of Los Angeles, scored his biggest hit with Sentimental Lady, which reached number eight on the Billboard chart. He had a huge Australian hit with Ebony Eyes in 1977. *** OUR greatest entertainment export – iconic performer, satirist, artist and comedian Barry Humphries – will start taking his final bows in four weeks when his farewell tour Eat Pray Laugh! starts in Canberra.

Humphries’ alter egos include the inebriated cultural attaché Sir Les Patterson and Moonee Ponds’ legendary housewife Dame Edna Everage.

Humphries (pictured below with yours truly) will perform a limited number of farewell shows from June to August at theatres across Australia.

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Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks will tour together for the first time in more than two decades.

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A Grain of Salt CRAIG Thomson’s address to parliament was a dandy. Was he telling the truth, innocent until proven guilty, who knows? Then Tony, rubbishing the daylights out of Thomson with help from whacky Christopher Pyne but blaming Craig’s stress on Julia?

The Herald Sun had him guilty as determined by their baa-baa readers thus helping the cause toward a totalitarian state in place of a fast-diminishing democracy. Many people have read George Orwell’s 1984 or seen the movie, but has the future become the present? The power of arrest without trial or legal representation on terrorist grounds; suspending the rule of law.

My problem is that people will accept this as a good thing. *** I’M happy for Schapelle Corby’s early release. Some say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and object to her release and the prospect of her making money back in Australia. I have no opinion as to her guilt or otherwise, but a strong opinion that the woman got a bad deal. Good luck Schapelle. *** CONTINUING the totalitarianism theme: we have these ever-increasing subtle changes; Premier Ted’s mob recording anything critical of his go-

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am, the Cains, obviously, and others.

Letters to our local newspapers would be cupboard bare without their input; interesting reading despite their obvious planning. I’m thinking they’re winning, grinding us into acceptance, so to speak. Even so, Truemans Rd? *** ANDREW Ettingshausen, former rugby league star, was apparently on with his former teammate and friend’s wife for 12 months. It’s all in the Women’s Weekly. Also a piece on A Current Affair and a page spread in the Herald Sun. Why it was so important is beyond me but the reason was interesting. Apparently Andrew was suffering from a form of depression called disassociation. Come on buddy, give me a break. How about lust? *** I HEAR it almost daily in coffee shops and hotels: people complaining – the carbon tax, unemployment, importing workers from overseas, increased service charges; all Dame Julia’s fault.

Unemployment is at a reasonable five per cent, interest rates are lower than ever almost, there is no inflation so to speak and service charges are nothing to do with Canberra. Would you work in the mines, or an iron lung? ***

By Cliff Ellen RANDOM thoughts: Why do nonsmokers who eat organic food have an air of superiority? Labor is proposing an extension of online gambling; bad move. Passive smoking may well be the biggest con on society, but Gatorade surely runs a close second. I don’t begrudge the $5 million we donated to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – easy come easy go. Eddie McGuire accepting a chairmanship of a $15 million Aboriginal academy? Bad move, Eddie. I should say something about Frankston MP Geoff Shaw, but there’s no need. The taxpayer-owned Futures Fund’s tobacco shares have increased in value from $147 million to $225 million. I can smell more coming from the Health Services Union. Millions of crabs at Rye – not for the first time. If you’re not rich and not poor and don’t need anything, why waste time complaining?

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By Toe Punt A SUNDAY 6.30am beach recovery session might be enough to inspire Mornington into action against Langwarrin on Saturday in MPNFL Peninsula Division football.

Mornington was “disgusting” in the second half against Karingal on Saturday, resulting in the club’s fourth 100-point drubbing this season.

Coach Josh Beard said he was hoping for a more committed group to turn up against the Kangas this weekend.

“Unfortunately at the moment there is no inbetween for us – we are either good or terrible,” Beard said.

“On Saturday in the second half, it was the worst football we have played in the three years I have been with the club.

“At half-time, we had been competitive and although the opposition was well in front, there were some positives at that point.

“However, to kick two goals while Karingal kicked 15 in the second half was disgusting.”

Mornington went into the game without a number of key players including Michael Johnson, skipper Chris Paxino, Chris Baker, Michael

Bray and Michael McGowan.

“We were missing some of our bigger, stronger bodies but that’s not an excuse,” Beard said.

“You can’t make excuses for a lack of commitment and effort – everyone can produce that.”

Beard called an early morning recovery session to enable his team to reflect on the performance.

“Unfortunately, there were some who didn’t show. I’m part of the group and I got into the water with the guys – we’ve got to be in this together,” he said.

“We’ve got to bridge the gap between us and the top teams. They’ve all improved [YCW, Karingal, Chelsea and Mt Eliza] but we have to also.

“That’s the next challenge for the group – we’ve shown we have improved but the next step is being competitive againgst the best, not just those outside of the five.”

Beard said it was hard to say which was the best of the four teams that have beaten Mornington by 100-plus points this season.

“Frankston YCW has still got to be number one, but I was impressed with Karingal on Saturday,” he said.

“They have some strong depth now

with a few new faces and their bottom half a dozen players now have some quality about them. Right now, they have the goods to challenge YCW. “They [the Bulls] were very good on Saturday. They are patient, maintain posession of the footy and run and spread very well.”

It wasn’t all bad news for the Doggies. Stuart Seager made a return for Mornington and was impressive and Kallum Searle did a fantastic job across half-back.

Karingal star Michael Burke returned for the side with five goals, while Dan Noble and Chris Hay also kicked five each.

Mt Eliza booted eight goals to two in an explosive first quarter against Langwarrin, effectively ending the contest.

The Mounties maintained their stranglehold on the match in the next three quarters, booting 12 goals to seven to win 20.8-128 to 9.10-64.

Scott Lockwood booted five for the winners, while a further 11 players contributed on the scoreboard.

Jimmy Clayton was back and at his best for the Redlegs, and Sam Gill and Ben Landry also led from the front, constantly rebounding from the back

half. Aaron Shaw was the only multiple goalkicker for the Kangas with three majors, while Jarryd Amalfi and Andrew Withers were standout performers. Curtis Bywater was also a handy acquisition for the blue and white.

A week and three quarters is a long time in football, it is said. Chelsea coach Jason Chapple was ready to tear his hair out last week after a shocking defeat, but the team bounced back on the weekend to beat finals contender Seaford.

The Seagulls trailed all afternoon, but booted five gols to one behind in the final quarter to storm to a 15.15105 to 11.15-81 victory.

Key forwards Luke Damon and Chris Worner each booted two goals for the Gulls, while Nigel Carmody and Anthony Lewis with two goals were at their best.

Seaford midfielders Chris Irving and Aaron Turner were superb, but they certainly missed the contribution of gun forward Michael Kraska. Brayden Irving contributed three goals.

Bonbeach completed the expected and thumped Pines to the tune of 10 goals. The Sharks trailed at quarter time, but responded with a 10 goal

to one second quarter. Jason Ferraro and Owen Hulett each booted three for the winners while Matthew Batten and Mark Tyrell were superb. Chris Guganovic and Brendan Neville were among the best players for Pines.

Frankston YCW may have had a few of their name players out on Saturday, but was still able to manage a 71-point win over EdithvaleAspendale.

Just five goals were kicked in a boring opening half before the reigning premiers snagged 11.15 to 3.5 after the main break.

Ricky Morris booted three goals for the Stonecats and was among the team’s best, and Lew Roberts and Anthony Barry shone. Josh Leary was also back in the seniors and played well.

Timmy Mannix and Jeremy Heys were once again among the best players for the Eagles.

Still dominant: Reigning premiers Frankston YCW and Edi-Asp battled it out on the weekend with YCW able to record a handsome win despite missing key players.

Pictures: David Trend

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Sharks hold off Demons to confirm flag favouritism, Michie likely out for season

By Toe Punt SORRENTO led all afternoon to get the four points against Rye in the standalone MPNFL Nepean Division game on Saturday.

All other teams had the long weekend off.

Played at David MacFarlan Reserve in Sorrento, the Sharks went into the contest without Ben and Troy Schwarze and prime mover Josh Moore.

However, Sorrento was strengthened by the return of Tyrren Head, who was release by Collingwood VFL to play in the match, while Brent Kenyon was playing his second game back.

In front of a massive crowd, the Sharks gained the ascendancy early in the match and were never headed.

Rye was bold in attack and never let get the match get away, but could not get their noses in front.

The final margin of eight points was a true reflection of the game.

Both teams went into the contest with equal ranked number one defences and the score of 12.10-82 to 10.14-74 in good conditions was indicative of the strength of both defences.

It was proven by Sorrento that Rye is a one trick pony, continually looking

MPNFL results

Peninsula Division Seniors

Chelsea 4.2, 7.5, 10.7, 15.15 (105)

Seaford 4.4, 8.10, 11.14, 11.15 (81) Goals, Chelsea: L. Damon 3, C. Worner 3, G. Carpenter 2, A. Lewis 2, S. Harrison 1, M. Salem 1, J. Odell 1, N. Carmody 1, B. Clark 1 Seaford: B. Irving 3, D. Sloan 2, T. Shaw 2, L. Davenport 1, C. Irving 1, S. Lonie 1, L. Smith 1 Best, Chelsea: N. Carmody, A. Lewis, N. Abdallah, C. Worner, S. MacLeod, J. Connelly Seaford: C. Irving, A. Turner, A. Lees, D. Kemble, G. Fricker, K. Shaw Mt Eliza 8.3, 9.4, 15.6, 20.8 (128) Langwarrin 2.4, 4.10, 8.10, 9.10 (64) Goals, Mt Eliza: S. Lockwood 5, J. Moncrieff 3, D. Willett 2, S. Lloyd 2, B. Landry 1, L. Young 1, R. Cranwell 1, B. Lean 1, D. Emmons 1, S. Wettenhall 1, S. Gill 1, R. Heasley 1

for Justin Van Unen up forward, whether he was the right option or not.

Against any other side, this has worked okay, but was never going to be the case against Sorrento.

On at least three or four ocassions, the Demons had the opportunity to kick a long goal, but sought Van Unen, who was always under pressure.

Chris Bagot clearly outpointed Van Unen, holding him to just four goals.

Three came from balls that went over the back of a pack.

Along with Guy Stringer, Benny McCormack and Mitch Nibbs, the Sorras’ defence was outstanding.

The Sharks were also crisp through the middle of the ground. Cayden Beetham was the best player, racking up more than 25 touches through the middle.

Daniel Grant was also sensational in the pivot for the Sharks, while Tyrren Head played in a number of positions and was first class.

Midway through the final quarter, when the game was still in the balance and the Demons were charging, Van Unen left the field with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.

He seemed to twinge it earlier in the

Langwarrin: A. Shaw 3, N. Pike 1, P. Wheatley 1, J. Johnsen 1, M. Parker 1, S. Herdman 1, M. Naughton 1 Best, Mt Eliza: J. Clayton, S. Gill, B. Landry, J. Moncrieff, R. Heasley, S. Simpson Langwarrin: J. Amalfi, A. Withers, C. Bywater, A. Shaw, A. Borrie, J. Johnsen

3, L. Roberts 2, R. Johnson 2, M. Chaplin 2, B. Grove 1, B. Barry 1, J. Pickess 1, D. Bodley 1, B. Tellis 1 Edi-Asp: A. Lello 3, N. Evans 1, N. Connellan 1 Best, Frankston YCW: L. Roberts, B. Grove, J. Leary, A. Barry, R. Morris, D. Bodley Edi-Asp: T. Hoare, T. Mannix, J. Heys, M. Mullins, B. Gott, P. Poore

Bonbeach 1.2, 11.3, 14.4, 17.6 (108) Pines 3.1, 4.2, 5.4, 6.6 (42) Goals, Bonbeach: O. Hulett 3, J. Ferraro 3, B. Hicks 2, D. Donkin 2, J. Bull 1, A. Raso 1, N. Hicks 1, H. Pyke 1, D. Smith 1, J. Casey 1, P. Liston 1 Pines: B. Wicks 1, J. Messina 1, T. Potts 1, B. Hendry 1, J. Stewart 1, C. Allen 1 Best, Bonbeach: M. Batten, M. Tyrell, J. Ferraro, T. Payton, D. Smith, N. Robinson Pines: J. Stewart, C. Guganovic, B. Neville, A. Marriner, D. Ramsdale, J. Messina

Karingal 5.6, 9.14, 15.19, 24.21 (165) Mornington 2.1, 5.4, 5.5, 7.7 (49) Goals, Karingal: M. Burke 5, D. Noble 5, C. Hay 5, B. Kellerman 3, J. Tyquin 2, A. Paxton 1, R. Jencke 1, D. Alanis 1, M. Jakobi 1 Mornington: T. Johnston 2, S. Seager 1, R. Smith 1, D. Villani 1, B. Murphy 1, J. Dickson 1 Best, Karingal: G. Goodall, J. Tyquin, L. VanRaay, B. Malloy, M. Burke, D. Proud Mornington: K. Searle, T. Johnston, R. Smith, A. Rixon, J. Connell, S. Seager

Frankston YCW 1.2, 3.7, 8.15, 14.22 (106) Edi-Asp 1.0, 2.0, 3.1, 5.5 (35) Goals, Frankston YCW: R. Morris

Reserves Seaford 2.4, 4.5, 7.7, 8.10 (58) Chelsea 1.2, 2.5, 3.6, 4.6 (30)

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quarter and despite the trainers running out to him, he remained on the field.

However, late in the quarter, running for the ball, he grabbed high on the back of his leg again and left the field.

Rye was in the contest all afternoon, but never looked good enough to win.

Sorrento was always in control.

Rhett Sutton was outstanding in the ruck and worked hard defensively, supporting the likes of Adam Kirkwood and Darren Booth, who were Rye’s best players.

Ben Cain also worked hard for the Demons in the middle of the ground and Billy Kerr was given a tagging job and did extremely well.

In better news for the Demons, Lyle House and Ben Winters-Kerr got through four quarters in the seniors, while Aaron Fiddes was superb deep forward in the twos and could be another option.

There is still no news on when Ben Holmes will return for the Demons.

In terms of Sorrento, Scott Phillips has restarted training and while the Sharks are saying he’s getting fit for cricket, he was heard telling teammates that “it was great to be back”.

Don’t be surprised to see “Flipper”

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running around with the Sharks in a month or so.

Bad news for Blues

Over at Western Port, Hastings coach Glenn Michie will be lucky to play another game this season after having two pins put in his hand.

Michie was operated on last Wednesday and said it would be another eight weeks before the pins were removed. It would then be at least an additional three or four weeks before he was able to play.

Michie said it had been a tough year for his club with injuries.

“Last week in our loss to Red Hill, we were missing seven from our best side,” Michie said.

“That’s not an excuse, because we’re not playing that well either.

“Tyabb beat Crib Point a couple of weeks ago with 10 or so of their best out, so if the application and desire is there, you can get the results.

“The reality is that I’m not sure if we are doing everything we can to get the best out of ourselves – the extra training, the rehab, the mental application.

“I think there are a few of us who just

Goals, Seaford: T. Lonie 4, B. Hood 2, D. Chadwick 1, J. Raftopoulos 1 Chelsea: L. Shelton 2, J. Nanopoulos 2 Best, Seaford: P. Azzopardi, T. Lonie, M. Smith, J. Hallal, C. Brooking, B. Doyle Chelsea: C. McCormack, L. Clark, J. McConnell, J. Nanopoulos, S. Sara Mt Eliza 4.2, 6.2, 8.3, 10.4 (64) Langwarrin 1.0, 2.3, 4.4, 5.4 (34) Goals, Mt Eliza: B. Black 4, B. Tracy 1, C. Ashdown 1, D. Kent 1, J. Pagonis 1, R. Patison 1, T. Groot 1 Langwarrin: C. Hill 1, B. Harper 1, T. Smith 1, A. Harper 1, J. Hammill 1 Best, Mt Eliza: C. Ashdown, B. Black, T. Campelj, P. Trump, K. Docherty, L. Curtis Langwarrin: S. Boyington, A. Harper, B. Harper, C. Hill, A. Reid, B. Wehner Bonbeach 5.2, 8.5, 12.6, 14.8 (92) Pines 0.0, 2.1, 3.2, 5.4 (34) Goals, Bonbeach: M. Baxter 6, T. Deveson 3, E. MacCormack 2, C. Pendleton 1, M. Stevens 1, S. Salter 1 Pines: S. Bishop 1, H. Clancy 1, K. Alexander 1, J. McClelland 1, D. Guganovic 1 Best, Bonbeach: M. Baxter, P. Batten, T. Deveson, S. Strickland, M. Stevens, M. Coppard Pines: S. Bishop, B. Basse, C. Bartczak, B. Humphrey, D. Guganovic, G. Hendry

think that achieving what we did last year, we are simply going to back it up again this season.

“There is a bit of hunger missing and I think that comes down to players being out of the team and others getting a game in the seniors whether their form warrants it or not.

“I expect things to change in the coming weeks.

“Against Red Hill, we had five guys from the under-18s play in the reserves.

This week, there will be five guys in the reserves miss out on a game.

“Getting back the likes of Andrew Kiely, Mick Agnello, Mark Deveraux, Andrew Hirst and Guy Martin are really important ins for us.”

Michie said he wasn’t “overly concerned” that opposition clubs believed his side was slow, which was a strength last season.

“I think when you’re struggling for form, opposition sides make you look slow,” Michie said.

“With me out of the side, perhaps that will actually help us structually.

Maybe we’ll get a bit quicker over the ground.”

McEachern, N. Shaw Mornington: B. Money, M. Dillon, J. Whelan, M. Mackenzie, J. Matthews

Under-18 Seaford 2.1, 5.2, 8.7, 10.11 (71) Chelsea 4.0, 8.1, 9.2, 11.4 (70) Goals, Seaford: G. Scott 2, J. Andrewartha 2, L. Hamill 1, A. Miller 1, J. Harvey 1, J. Herbert 1, B. Howlett 1, T. Manion 1 Chelsea: C. Dodson 4, J. Symons 2, J. Chevalier 2, J. Bennett 1, P. Kane 1, M. Ponton 1 Best, Seaford: R. Fischer, B. Doyle, B. Howlett, J. Harvey, A. Miller, J. Turner Chelsea: Z. Graham, J. Chevalier, M. Ponton, J. Bennett, D. Mizzi, J. Marshall Mt Eliza 6.4, 10.6, 16.12, 20.14 (134) Langwarrin 1.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.0 (30) Goals, Mt Eliza: M. Hill 4, S. Christie 2, M. Anwyl 2, K. Rice 2, T. Drummond 2, R. Pierce 2, N. Strickland 2, L. Craig 1, S. Siggins 1, Z. White 1, T. Patterson 1 Langwarrin: N. Hammill 1, D. Hebblethwaite 1, J. Warrington 1, M. Prosser 1, M. Napier 1 Best, Mt Eliza: Z. White, M. Anwyl, B. Mullane, K. Rice, S. Siggins, A. Turville Langwarrin: J. Minton, B. Harkness, J. Warrington, C. Moore, J. Looms

Edi-Asp 2.0, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1 (43) Frankston YCW 0.1, 0.2, 1.5, 2.9 (21) Goals, Edi-Asp: A. Dalton 3, M. Wade 2, S. Gregory 1, B. Lindsay 1 Frankston YCW: C. Barker 2 Best, Edi-Asp: C. Wray, J. Dent, B. Hume, S. Mannix, C. Wilson, B. Macquire Frankston YCW: D. Strickland, M. Whitehead, R. Hodson, M. Roberts, T. Cowled, J. Millman

Bonbeach 1.2, 5.4, 6.6, 9.9 (63) Pines 2.2, 2.2, 4.4, 5.4 (34) Goals, Bonbeach: J. Maxwell 2, T. O’Shannessy 1, B. Hogan 1, K. Aburrow 1, A. Trowell 1, J. Bennett 1, D. Dixon 1, M. Turville 1 Pines: D. Ryan 2, D. Plane 1, J. Read 1, J. Bezzene 1 Best, Bonbeach: T. O’Shannessy, A. Trowell, J. Bennett, J. Maxwell, J. Hanson, B. Hogan Pines: B. Humphrey, J. PeaceStirling, C. McEwan, S. Rogers, J. Bezzene, Z. Adams

Karingal 1.4, 2.5, 7.9, 13.10 (88) Mornington 0.2, 3.6, 4.7, 5.10 (40) Goals, Karingal: J. Eames 6, J. Matthews 2, M. Lindley 2, A. Balnaves 1, N. Shaw 1, J. Johnson 1 Mornington: J. Matthews 3, M. Dillon 1, J. Dawkins 1 Best, Karingal: J. Eames, J. Martinson, B. Groenendyk, T.

Frankston YCW 3.2, 10.6, 11.9, 15.13 (103) Edi-Asp 1.2, 2.2, 3.4, 3.5 (23) Goals, Frankston YCW: R. Santon 3, J. Thorne 3, T. Rigby 2, C. Micari 2, J. McVicar 2, J. Chapman 1, C. Patterson 1, B. Credlin 1 Edi-Asp: B. Chapman 2, J. Watterson 1

Best, Frankston YCW: T. Rigby, J. McVicar, T. Broersen, R. Santon, J. Thorne, J. Chapman Edi-Asp: L. Ardrey, M. Byrnes, M. Fiore, J. Howard, K. Stewart, S. Jamieson.

Nepean Division Seniors

Sorrento 4.1, 7.4, 9.7, 12.10 (82) Rye 3.3, 5.6, 6.8, 10.14 (74) Goals, Sorrento: D. Sanderson 3, L. Poholke 2, T. Head 2, D. Grant 1, L. Treeby 1, J. Croad 1, B. Kenyon 1, D. Phillips 1 Rye: J. Van Unen 4, L. Morse 2, A. Dean 1, S. Smith 1, B. Egan 1, R. Sutton 1 Best, Sorrento: C. Beetham, M. Nibbs, B. Kenyon, B. McCormack, T. Head, D. Grant Rye: R. Sutton, B. Cain, D. Booth, B. Kerr, R. Taylor, A. Kirkwood

Reserves Rye 1.3, 4.4, 6.5, 10.6 (66) Sorrento 1.3, 2.5, 3.6, 3.7 (25) Goals, Rye: A. Fiddes 4, K. Lynch 2, D. Cimino 1, M. Pudney 1, B. Winters-Kerr 1, S. Baguley 1 Sorrento: W. Doyle 1, J. Peart 1, J. Seers 1 Best, Rye: M. James, D. Kitchen, S. Shea, D. Ringin, A. Fiddes, D. Veliades Sorrento: G. Hammond, P. Hall, A. Ring, J. Peart, A. Clavin, L. Croad

Under-18

Sorrento 4.4, 9.9, 14.11, 20.11 (131) Rye 0.1, 2.1, 3.2, 4.2 (26) Goals, Sorrento: J. Tomkins 6, A. Clavin 3, N. Mills 2, J. Brigden 2, J. Falck 2, M. Gardner 1, J. Gascoyne 1, X. Flanagan 1, N. Diconza 1, L. Callaghan 1 Rye: J. Gana 1, T. Dunstan 1, M. Patton 1, Z. Byrns 1 Best, Sorrento: N. Mills, M. Gardner, J. Tomkins, J. Brigden, J. Morgan, J. Caspar Rye: M. Patton, Z. Byrns, T. Purchase, M. Brown, J. Crowe, R. Tipene.

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Eagles and Blues kick off four days of footy Round 12 previews Thursday 14 June West Coast v Carlton, Patersons Stadium, 7.40pm Round 12 starts off on Thursday night when the Eagles aim to reclaim top spot and the Blues try to reclaim some dignity. Carlton is behind the eight ball before this game even starts; it has had to travel after just a six-day break and West Coast has had nearly two weeks’ rest. On the weekend the Blues showed marginal improvement, but let themselves down in the last quarter when they kicked 2.9.

The Eagles in their last match were upset by a fast-finishing Brisbane, their tall forwards failing to have an impact.

Carlton is playing nowhere near its best and the Eagles play well at home.

West Coast by 54 points.

Friday 15 June Adelaide v St Kilda, AAMI Stadium, 8.40pm The match of the round is on Friday night when two of the league’s in form teams play.

The Crows come in off a bye

and after a great win on the road against the Dockers. The Crows are flying on and off the field with the recent signings of gun midfielders Patrick Dangerfield and Rory Sloane.

The Saints are also playing well – in the past four matches they have comfortably beaten Sydney and Gold Coast and had gallant losses against the Eagles and Tigers. A problem for the Saints may be in defence with the Crows having tall forwards Taylor Walker and Kurt Tippett. I predict a really close match but the Crows should win at home.

Adelaide by 12 points.

Saturday 16 June GWS Giants v Richmond, Skoda Stadium, 2.10pm The Tigers fly north, licking their wounds after a loss on the weekend. With confidence high the Tigers were expected to brush past the Dockers, but it was not to be. Richmond has lots of talent but consistency may be its Achilles’ heel come finals time. For the Giants they just have to keep improving and challenge teams for as long as they can. Coach Kevin Sheedy will be telling them they can win this game.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Richmond rested a few players coming up to the bye; maybe Jack Riewoldt who hurt his ankle. At five and six, the

Tigers need to keep winning matches and this is a potential percentage booster.

Richmond by 45 points.

Gold Coast v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium, 7.40pm After a horror fortnight on and off the field, the Kangaroos will be eager to play footy again. In just the space of a few days they lost to Hawthorn by 115 points, their CEO Eugene Arocca resigned and president James Brayshaw came under fire from all angles. The Gold Coast weren’t much better on the field when the Saints flogged them by 95 points. Champion midfielder Gary Ablett was well held

by Clinton Jones just getting the 20 disposals. Young ruck prospect Tom Hickey played very well, kicking two goals and taking seven marks. North Melbourne must win this game or all hell will break loose.

North Melbourne by 29 points.

Sunday 17 June Hawthorn v Brisbane, MCG, 1.10pm The Hawks are back in town with two big wins in a row, their most recent a 46 point thumping of Port Adelaide on the road. Full-forward Lance Franklin was the go-to man all day and he ended up kicking

four goals. He came under scrutiny for a sling tackle on Paul Stewart, but will play.

If Hawthorn can win well, it may end up in the top four by the end of the bye rounds. The Lions travel to Melbourne after the bye full of confidence after a great win against the Eagles.

Brisbane was gone at threequarter time, but an eight-goal last quarter and a long bomb from James Polkinghorne gave them their biggest win in a few years. Hawks by 85 points.

Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide, Etihad Stadium, 4.40pm The round ends with a potential thriller as two teams in very similar circumstances vie for supremacy. The Dogs will be looking to forget about the big loss two weeks ago against the Swans. Lightning quick small forward Luke Dahlhaus will be aiming to repay his side after signing for a further three years. The Power also will be wanting

to forget their last game – steamrolled by the Hawks including being smashed in disposals and inside 50s. Last year most teams struggled coming off the bye and looked rusty; the Bulldogs will need to be wary of this. This is a tough one to pick but the Power has looked the better side over the past month.

Port Adelaide by 2 points.

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The party never stops LATE last year, Party Shop opened its Melbourne flagship store at the Peninsula Homemaker Centre on Nepean Hwy in Mornington and is now offering people something extra special for events.

“We want to offer our customers the ‘Willy Wonka’ experience. Everything we do is about celebrating and that’s how you will feel when you are in our store,” owner Jon Sully said. Offering party goods for every occasion from balloons to costumes to piñatas and tableware in every colour and even the friendly staff, Party Shop will help you be the life of your party.

Selling high-quality, unique products with firstrate customer service, Party Shop has an endless selection of party supplies, a party checklist and a personalised planner for every occasion.

Catering to any party theme from new babies to birthdays to engagements and weddings, the store carries licensed foils and latex balloons and a colourful and playful array of balloon sculptures and arrangements for the perfect gift or table display.

Visit Party Shop Mornington and you’ll see the country’s largest “Balloon Wall,” a display of large and unique balloons.

You’ll also find Party Shop’s “Balloonatics” on hand to

create one-of-a-kind balloon arrangements. Aiming to make shopping for your party as fun as the party itself, the Mornington store has certainly broken the

mould by creating a fanciful environment. According to Sully, “Party Shop is creating a retail business that will be an institution for generations to come.”

HELPS TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF BUYING A BED

Science of sleep at Snooze AT Snooze Mornington, trained sleep consultants help take the guesswork out of buying a new mattress using the BedMATCH system. In just three easy steps you can find the right new mattress: Step 1: The BedMATCH system will ask you and your partner questions about how you like to sleep and about any aches and pains you may have.

Step 2: Both you and your partner lie down on the BedMATCH test bed while it takes a number of measurements. The system is based on years of research and was developed by some of the world’s leading sleep scientists.

Step 3: The BedMATCH system will print a profile listing a range of mattresses that can better suit your individual sleep needs. These will include mattresses from MySide as well as top brands such as Sealy, Sleepmaker, Madison, Australian Osteopathic Association, and Slumberland.

Using the BedMATCH profile the sleep consultant can then help you to make an educated and informed decision about the right mattress for you.

You can now pair the right mattress with the right bedroom furniture as Snooze Mornington begins renovations to bring you an enhanced furniture design showroom with new bed frames, upholstery area, and mix and match timber furniture.

At Snooze Mornington, RACV members can present their membership card to receive 15 per cent off everyday prices and an additional 5 per cent off already discounted prices as well as free delivery anywhere on the peninsula when you spend more than $1000.

Check out the new-look website at www. snooze.com.au where large colour photos, prices and detailed information can all be found. It’s amazing what a little Snooze can do.

The bedMATCH™ system at Snooze helps take the guesswork out of buying a bed.

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Affordable luxury at Luduco

For all storage solutions HAVING trouble finding what to wear? Maybe your wardrobe is the problem.

The team at Howards Storage World Mornington can help you create some order and space in your clothes cupboard or any other problem area of the house from the office to the kitchen pantry. The Swedish designed elfa storage system is the world’s most versatile storage system and is available through Howards Storage World – Mornington.

The elfa storage system is easily assembled customised to suit your needs and is highly flexible. You can choose a frame size that suits your space and accessorise with elfa baskets, shelves, hooks, rods and tie holders.

It takes very little time to assemble a walkin style wardrobe or alternatively Howards can arrange installation for you. You can add components as needed and can take it all when you move. The system will last a lifetime thanks to its heavy-gauge epoxy bonding, which resists chipping stains and rust.

Once installed, complete your wardrobe with a wide range of hangers, tie racks and shoe racks.

Howards Storage World – Mornington offers the most diverse and extensive range of accessories to suit anyone’s style.

Testimonial Recently we purchased a wardrobe fit out from HSW. The service we got was also of a high standard. It is nice to go into a store and get friendly, professional help and direct to what you need. In fact, all the staff when I have been into HSW Mornington there have been very friendly and helpful. Always nice to have a chat when shopping.

I have been so impressed with HSW that I have recommended it to a lot of our friends, and we shall certainly be back for more.

For more information about storage systems visit locally owned Howards Storage World – Mornington at Peninsula Lifestyle Centre or phone 5973 5399.

IT’S almost five years since Luduco Living began a very successful business in Mornington. In the scheme of things it’s not long, but it has been a lifetime in the making.

Jeremy Brook, the owner of Luduco Living, and Brian Gardiner-Smith, the retail manager, have each spent nearly 40 years in the furnishing industry at home and abroad. Both began their careers at 19 years of age in central London – Jeremy at Maples Tottenham Court Road and Brian at Barkers of Kensington. They both concede they were exceptionally lucky to not only have joined such prestigious businesses but also been part of the trade when it was still filled with so many hugely experienced and knowledgable people who had spent their lives in retail and who in turn mentored young trainees such as Brian and Jeremy.

“The comedy Are You Being Served is really a very true reflection of how things were in those days,” Brian says with a laugh, “and with just as much fun and laughter – but we worked very hard and for a small wage. The experience and knowledge that we gained was invaluable, something you would never find today anywhere in the world.”

Over the years Jeremy and Brian’s careers have flourished and quite separately until

five years ago when they met through Luduco Living and since then neither has looked back. “ We run the business together and tend to make all the decisions together,” says Jeremy, “although in fairness when it comes to new designs and product development the whole team get involved with the final say.

“We all work very closely together and its a very tightknit and happy team.”

And because so much of the product in the showroom has been designed and developed “in-house” principally by Jeremy, and manufactured locally, their offering really is exclusive to their business.

At any one time they have at least five or six new designs under development in both their cabinet and upholstery workshops.

As Jeremy explains, “designing and developing new products can be a long

and painstaking process, but it is worth it. And customers know that every design we show can be adjusted to meet their size, comfort, functionality or aesthetic criteria– and always sensibly priced and offering great value for money. And we pride ourselves on a very high service level both before ,and after the transaction. Our aim is always to have a happy customer whatever it takes”.

Visit Luduco Living this month and take advantage of a very special offer on custombuilt sofas and modulars. For the month of June when you buy one sofa or equivalent part of a modular at normal price the second will be reduced by 40 per cent. That’s luxury at a price everyone can afford.

Luduco Living – where furniture really can be designed and made to be as individual as you.

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