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Stir over CEO’s contract

Comfort comes from daily Red Cross call June Webb is comfortable at home. She has a cat and a dog, uses a computer and drives wherever she wants.

But she is also comforted by a daily caller, inquiring after her health and wellbeing.

Ms Webb doesn’t know her caller, but she listens eagerly for the phone each morning.

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Council split over search for new blood

By Mike Hast MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are vigorously debating behind closed doors whether to reappoint CEO Michael Kennedy without his job being advertised.

If Dr Kennedy gets the nod in August, it will be the third time in a row councillors have not interviewed anyone else for the job, which comes with a salary package of $319,000.

The move is again likely to cause problems for the shire, which endured months of uncertainty in late 2009 and well into 2010 when Dr Kennedy’s 2004 and 2008 contracts were investigated by the Ombudsman and the Victorian Government Solicitor (see ‘Council under spotlight’ on page 6).

Dr Kennedy, who holds a doctorate of business administration, was appointed CEO in 1999 on a ďŹ ve-year contract, replacing Warwick Dilley.

His contract was renewed in February 2004 after the council decided not to advertise his position.

He was rehired before the November 2008 elections, just weeks before the council went into caretaker mode, when it is not permitted to make important decisions.

The contract, this time for three years, started in February 2009, but the decision to not advertise the position was made in September 2008.

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Under local government regulations, councillors have to tell Dr Kennedy they intend to advertise his position six months before his contract expires.

Mornington MP David Morris, the Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government, on Tuesday told The News he did not want to personalise his comments when asked if Dr Kennedy’s job should be advertised. “I don’t want to talk about Michael Kennedy and the shire councillors, but I think it’s best that the position be advertised. “My position is publicly advertised every four years. “Multimillion dollar public corporations should do their best to get the best person on offer.�

A decision by the 11 councillors to again not call for other candidates is certain to rile parts of the community.

In 2008 prominent Liberal Party member Robin Cooper, former state MP for Mornington, criticised the council for not advertising the job. “My view on [council] contract reappointments, regardless of who it is, is that the market should be tested to see who is available,� he said.

Mr Cooper said the job would be attractive to a lot of people who were highly qualiďŹ ed as it was “a very well paid positionâ€?.

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New committee: Cr Frank Martin, centre, with Shoreham Community Association officers, from left, treasurer Barbara Kelly, president Peter Renkin, vice-president Rob Patrick and secretary Gina Mcinnis.

Flats, shops plan for Shoreham THE latest plans for Shoreham’s general store and post office may include a small shopping centre and holiday units.

The shops, including a post office and a cafe, will be proposed for the post office site with holiday units being planned for the general store site.

Details of the plans were outlined at a public meeting on Saturday 4 June by Trevor Sammells, a spokesman for the Shoreham Task Force.

If approved, the shopping centre would be similar in size to one nearing completion in Frankston-Flinders Rd, Bittern.

The meeting at Shoreham CFA was attended by more than 60 Shoreham community members who voted to adopt the objectives and rules of the Shoreham Community Association, to be incorporated later this month.

Mr Sammells said a proposal to subdivide each of the two controver-

sial sites into four lots was rejected

by Mornington Peninsula Shire last month.

He said the developer was scheduled to discuss the latest proposals with the task force and shire representatives.

In April, the shire’s heritage planner Simon Lloyd said Shoreham had historical significance because it was a “relatively intact example of a small rural town centre”.

“Compared to other townships in the shire, Shoreham’s origins have not been obscured by subsequent development as a tourist destination, or by suburbanisation,” Mr Lloyd stated in a report to council’s 11 April meeting.

“Its intactness therefore makes it significant to the shire as a whole. The village centre has maintained its role as the centre of civic life throughout an extended period, evidenced by the adaptive use of the former school as the community hall, the creation of the

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Avenue of Honour, and the continued (although evolving) uses of former post offices and stores.”

The association’s interim vice-president Rob Patrick said a planting day, including koala-friendly species, would be held at the Shoreham triangle on National Tree Planting Day in August.

Red Hill Ward councillor Frank Martin told the meeting the shire would reimburse the association for costs of incorporation and mailouts.

Cr Martin said the bus shelter destroyed in a storm in 2009 would be replaced within six weeks and sought community input as to its location.

The interim committee elected at the meeting is headed by president Peter Renkin.

For information about the association, call Mr Renkin on 5989 8818 or write to Shoreham Community Association, PO Box 73, Shoreham 3916.

Lyrical story of peninsula’s first people

By Mike Hast TESS De Araugo’s father and mother were great storytellers and delighted their children with tales of Ireland as well as the Aboriginal people they grew up with in western Victoria.

It’s no surprise Tess became a writer at an early age, but she did not become a published author until age 50.

Since 1980 she has written five important books on Aboriginal people and their culture as well as other works.

Tess has just reprinted her muchpraised Boonoorong on the Mornington Peninsula, which she self-published in 1983, soon after Tess and her husband Maurie moved to Rosebud from Mt Waverley.

It has pen and wash illustrations by family friend Miriam Kate Vanston, but has been out of print for many years.

Based on extensive research, the book is the story of the final days of tribal and nomadic Aborigines living on the southern peninsula, told through the eyes of Old Minga.

It is set in 1840 and Minga recounts life before the arrival of European settlers and the idyllic existence of the last 1000 tribespeople who roamed the region, visiting the shores of Nerm (Port Phillip), the hinterland and especially Wonga, the mountain refuge that dominates the area, now called Arthurs Seat.

The book’s final chapter – “And After” – contains historical information about the coming of Europeans, which Tess gathered during her research.

The story of Tess’s family in Australia starts in 1839 when Dr Arthur O’Mullane, a descendant on her father’s side, arrived in Melbourne aboard the William Metcalfe, the first migrant ship to sail directly from England to the four-year-old settlement on the Yarra. Previously, migrants came to Port Phillip via Sydney or Hobart.

Dr O’Mullane was the medical superintendent on the ship and later went on to found what became the Royal Melbourne Hospital during an illustrious medical career in the colony.

Tess’s mother’s descendants came from Ireland to Queensland.

“It was quite normal to be with Aboriginal people when we were children,” she said.

Arthur O’Mullane’s cousin was Tess’s great great grandfather, David O’Mullane.

“His grandson, my grandfather, was on the board of Warrnambool Hospital. The doctors looked after Aboriginal patients from the nearby Framlingham reserve.”

“My mother Rose Ryan and father

Author, author: Tess De Araugo and her acclaimed book about the last nomadic days of the Aboriginal people on the Mornington Peninsula, which she selfpublished in 1983.

Ivor O’Mullane grew up with indigenous people – mum’s father was with the Board of Works [now Melbourne Water] based in Healesville near Coranderrk [Aboriginal] station.

“Mum’s sister looked after Aboriginal kids at Coranderrk.”

Tess was born in 1930, the youngest of three, and her father was postmaster at Warragul 1937-43, another area where many indigenous people lived.

“I grew up listening to mum’s amazing stories about Ireland, and stories and legends of the Aboriginal culture.

Dad was a great storyteller, too.”

During the Second World War her dad told Tess about a writing competition. “Why don’t you write about the Red Cross?” he asked. “I wasn’t too keen until he showed me a pamphlet with a picture of one of the prizes – a new bicycle.

“My eyes lit up and I raced to my

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boys and two girls, she read about a scabies outbreak at the Aboriginal reserve near Nowa Nowa.

Tess initiated the collection of secondhand clothing for the community through her church, St Scholastica’s.

They contacted Aboriginal elders Phillip and Ethel Pepper who came from Gippsland to collect the clothing. The two families became firm friends.

Phillip, who died in 1985, told Tess his story and she wrote You Are What Your Make Yourself To Be, which was published by Hyland House in 1980 to critical acclaim.

This led her to write with Phillip The Kurnai of Gippsland (subtitled What Did Happen to the Aboriginals of Victoria), book one of a planned trilogy.

It was published in 1985 and won the prestigious NSW Premier’s Award the following year and the National Book Council “Banjo” award.

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room and started writing.”

Weeks later a letter arrived asking Tess to come to a presentation in the big smoke. She and her dad went down to Melbourne. “I was so excited when I heard I’d won second prize, but devastated when I went on stage and was handed a mouth organ. Then the kid who won third prize came up and was given the bike; my bike!”

Tess learnt to play just one tune on the mouth organ and soon it went into the bottom of a cupboard. “I suppose it’s in a box somewhere in the garage,” she said last week.

Tess continued to write, fun stories as a teenager, stories for women’s magazines, letters to the editors of newspaper about issues that vexed her, but never thought about writing a book.

While she and Maurie were living in Mt Waverley, bringing up their two

The book is out of print but secondhand booksellers are offering copies on the internet for $300.

In 1993 with money from the shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington as well as City of Frankston, she published Boonoorong on the Mornington Peninsula after years of research including interviewing historians, naturalists, archaeologists and pioneering families of the peninsula. She had great support from Maurie, who died in 1996, as well as their four adult children and their families.

Boonoorong was followed by Dear Fethers (2000) – the story of the Featherstonehaugh family who migrated from England to Ireland and then Australia – and Daughter of Two Worlds, the biography of Dawn Lee of Rosebud, published by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria in 2002.

Nowadays the sprightly 81-year-old lives a quiet life with her dog Millie in a neat house close to the beach at Rosebud.

She is planning to put her out-ofprint books on the internet, important stories about the first people on the peninsula and Gippsland, stories of a time long gone, but not forgotten.

Boonoorong on the Mornington Peninsula, 202 pages paperback, is available from the author, Tess De Araugo, phone 5986 5632, RRP $30 plus $3 postage.

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Pollution delays Caltex servo project

By Keith Platt CHEMICAL contamination is holding up a $7 million apartment and shop development in Main St, Mornington.

The three-storey complex is planned for the former Caltex service station site, but contaminated groundwater has so far been found to have spread at least as far as the Esplanade and Drake St. Mornington Peninsula Shire has granted a two-year extension to the planning permit to allow time for a clean up.

Caltex has also sought permission to carry out more work to clean up the site and groundwater.

Plans for the land at the corner of Ross St and Main St include 18 apartments, four shops and a basement car park.

A Certificate of Environmental Audit or a Statement of Environmental Audit must be presented to the shire council before building begins.

Although information about the contamination was given to Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors on 15 September 2008, a Caltex spokesman this week told The News that “no comprehensive information is available to us”.

Media adviser Sam Collyer said an environmental assessment was being carried out by independent consultants “to keep Caltex at arm’s length”.

Out of site: Groundwater polluted by chemicals from the former Caltex site in Main St, Mornington, has been traced as far away as the Esplanade and Drake St. Caltex has asked for more time for a clean up.

He said the site, 16-20 Main St, was “in a condition typical of a service station of its age and usage”.

Mr Collyer said he was unable to say if contamination had spread beyond the site and “there’s no comprehensive information available to us”.

Coffey Environments, the company hired by Caltex to clean up the site, referred The News to Mr Collyer.

Mr Collyer said there had been several assessments of contamination on

the Caltex site and neighbouring properties “but the results are not known”.

“It would be inappropriate to speculate about contamination on neighbouring sites.”

He said remediation would be done on site without digging up the soil using “hi-tech technology”.

Information given to The News suggests the contamination may have polluted groundwater all the way to the foreshore.

The assessment of the Caltex site given by Coffey Environments to the council in 2008 stated: All petroleum-related infrastructure has been excavated and removed; Soil contamination was identified in the vicinity of the petroleum infrastructure and has been removed to the extent practicable; Impact on groundwater has been identified on the northern boundary of the site. The extent of groundwater

impact is bounded by the area between the site, Main St, Drake St and the Esplanade; and Further work is currently being conducted to delineate the extent of groundwater impact.

When asked for details, including when the clean up would be completed, Mr Collyer said the service station had closed in 2006 with infrastructure removed by March 2008.

“Caltex follows stringent procedures for the closure of service station sites across its network.

“Caltex takes its legal obligations very seriously. To this effect, independent environmental assessments are undertaken so as to prepare a comprehensive remediation or clean-up plan for each site.

“This remediation work is tailored to the specific circumstances of the site in question and is conducted in accordance with Caltex’s environmental and work health and safety standards, and complies with statutory obligations.

“Soil contaminants are removed through the remediation process, which uses technology to assist with the breakdown of contamination.

“This entire process is undertaken in situ and is designed to keep disturbance of the site to a minimum.”

Pier piles close to collapse

By Mike Hast ENGINEERS have found about 20 per cent of piles on the outside, unrenovated section of Mornington pier are no longer adequately supporting the top deck.

Another half are in “average condition” and Parks Victoria could be on the verge of closing the 75-metre outer section of the 185-metre long pier.

Locals claim the outer section swayed up to a metre in each direction during strong winds in mid-May. This has been disputed by a Parks Victoria insider who says the sway is no more than half a metre.

As The News reported in early May, the outer section is at risk of being pulled down if it is hit by a major storm similar to the three that struck Mornington harbour last year.

The pier was closed last April after a storm damaged piles and dislodged

dozens of top deck timbers.

Two more storms in August and September with winds of about 60 knots further weakened the iconic structure.

The inner and middle section of the pier is in no danger of closing, with the inner section constructed of concrete and rocks. The middle section is undergoing a $3.5 million renovation that started last August with the pouring of concrete for the third and final part of about 14 metres on Thursday morning.

The Parks Victoria contractor, K V Johnson Constructions, has built two of the three sections of the 53-metre renovation – a 14-metre section last year and a 24-metre section in April.

After the concrete work is completed this week, decking will be installed using $200,000 worth of timber from NSW and Queensland.

The government needs to find at least $7 million to repair the outer section.

Stability questions: Doubts have been cast on the integrity of about 70 per cent of piles on the old part of Mornington pier.

In May, Mornington MP David Morris said the pier was one of the most popular on Port Phillip and “very important to the town”, but had been neglected for many years by successive governments.

He has been lobbying Environment Minister Ryan Smith and Parks Victoria to fix the pier as soon as possible.

The News believes Parks Victoria has trimmed the budget for the pier, which has seen wave screen panels on

both sides of the pier not installed as originally planned.

Bolts to take the screens have been installed, but covered with rubber caps.

Parks Victoria has been forced to find about $3 million to repair Wilsons Promontory, damaged by floods in March.

Parks Victoria was asked if it was going to release the engineering report about the outer section.

A spokesman said: “Parks Victoria continually monitors the condition of piers across Port Phillip and programs regular maintenance and works to ensure the continued safety and enjoyment of our bays and waterways.

“With works to upgrade the middle section of Mornington Pier nearing completion, Parks Victoria is currently reviewing the condition of the outer section in relation to public safety prior to the reopening of the pier.”

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Lines rule at car park THE latest works at the Flinders entrance to the Mornington Peninsula National Park have left visitors scratching their heads.

A small, circular car park at the end of King St has now been painted to show 13 parking spaces, with arrows directing traffic in a clockwise direction.

The marking of the car park follows the installation of treated pine posts to prevent vehicles being parked off the bitumen, spraying of weeds and planting native trees and shrubs.

A grassed “island” that was also used for parking on busy days has been cut in half.

“Madness” is how one surfer described the latest effort to manage the car park as he had to reverse his truck before being able to drive out of a parking bay.

The previously self-managed car park could accommodate more than 20 vehicles.

Cars are now forced to park on nature strips once the allotted 13 spots are taken.

Taking direction: Early morning surfers obediently join the line up for the new parking rules at Flinders.

Trapped: Dogged end to fox hunt

By Mike Hast DOG walkers are being blamed for sabotaging fox traps in the coastal strip at Crib Point last month, setting back a government-funded feral animal control program.

Almost a quarter of about 40 soft jaw traps set in bushland off main walking tracks have been set off with sticks or pulled out of the ground by humans.

The sabotage has forced fox trappers to abandon setting more traps after weeks of tracking fox movements.

Foxes have become shy of walking through the areas disturbed by humans and have changed their habits.

“It’s hard enough catching foxes without this interference,” said professional trapper Virgil Janko.

“We’re only in here for a few weeks each year; it’s important work and we’re asking dog walkers to give us a chance to do it. It’s inconvenient when we close off part of a reserve, but you can still walk along the main tracks through the reserve. We’re asking people to stick to the rules, keep their dogs on leads, stay on the main tracks and, obviously, don’t disturb the traps.”

Mr Janko said he had detected size 9, 10 and 11 footprints near the disturbed traps as well as dog pawprints.

“Most of the footprints are from

Fox not on the run: Soft jaw traps hold feral animals like foxes without breaking legs or cutting into flesh until the trapper returns next day to euthanised them according to strict rules. Picture: Virgil Janko

blokes, but there have been women in here, too.”

He said the tampering had occurred from day two of a two-week program.

“It’s very disappointing. You’re trying to get a fox to stand on a square

inch of ground to set off the trap. It’s taken 10 weeks of survey work to decide where to place the traps.”

He said foxes became “super suspicious” once they smell the fresh scent of dogs and changed their route.

Few animals as cunning as a fox FOXES are opportunistic feeders and eat a wide variety of food including small native mammals, birds and reptiles.

They also feed on blackberries and disperse seed in their droppings.

Residential areas are an important food source, with foxes foraging around rubbish and compost bins, leftover pet food, and dropped fruit from gardens as well as picnic sites.

Foxes generally rest during the day and hunt and forage at night. They live under houses, in sheds, under hollow logs, rock piles in drains and in blackberry patches.

They often live in back-

Soft jaw traps do not injure an animal, but hold it until the trapper returns next day.

Foxes are euthanised according to strict rules.

Dogs are taken to a pound or released, depending on the protocol and location of a trapping program.

“It’s not like the bad old days when traps broke and lacerated legs,” Mr Janko said.

“I’ve caught many dogs over the years. When you let them out, they just limp off with a swollen foot at worst.

Fox control along the Western Port shore is a long-term integrated feral animal control project funded by the federal government’s Caring for our Country program.

Cecelia Witton of Crib Point–Stony Point foreshore committee said the sabotage had happened before but was worse this year.

“We’re annoyed at the waste of time and money.”

Everyone’s taxes are paying for this.

The sabotage not only impacts on our foreshore area, but also the program on adjoining reserves. Much time and effort goes into tracking fox movements before traps are laid,” she said.

Trapping is being done between Warringine Park in Hastings and Pt Leo, and is a joint venture involving Western Port Biosphere Reserve; Port

Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority; Crib Point– Stony Point, Balnarring and Pt Leo foreshore committees of management; Parks Victoria; Mornington Peninsula Shire; and private landholders with properties adjoining coastal reserves.

Foxes prey on a wide variety of native animals and birds, she said, including agile antechinus; southern brown bandicoot; tawny frogmouth; roosting shorebirds such as swans, spoonbills and plovers; and domestic animals such as poultry, guinea pigs, sheep and goats.

“Foxes pose a major threat to many kinds of native wildlife including threatened species,” Ms Witton said.

“Studies of fox diet show that substantial predation on native animals occurs in all environments, and many of our vulnerable native species have low population densities, meaning that even small losses due to foxes are significant.”

Foxes are a declared established pest animal in Victoria under the Catchment and Land Protection Act. Predation of small animals by foxes is listed as a “threatening process” under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. It is an offence to interfere with traps or release captured foxes.

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‘The Coach’, a doctor and an OAM MICHAEL Kennedy came to the Mornington Peninsula in 1993 and served one year as CEO of the former Shire of Hastings prior to the Kennett government’s forced amalgamation of the 210 Victorian municipalities into 78.

After amalgamation he was CEO of the City of Boroondara (formerly Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn) from 1995 to 1999 before returning to the peninsula in 1999 to become CEO of the new “super� shire formed from Hastings, Flinders and Mornington.

At Boroondara he played a prominent role when inner east councils tried to stop Telstra and Optus stringing pay TV cables on power poles in the mid1990s (an issue many councils may be

forced to revisit when National Broadband Network cabling arrives).

Prior to local government he was in the shipping industry, as a director and general manager of Coastal ExpressLine and as a senior manager at ANL. A Bachelor of Business, he started a doctorate in business administration while at Boroondara, but set study aside after becoming shire CEO. He completed the course in March 2002 and is entitled to call himself doctor.

Since entering local government, Dr Kennedy has pursued a wide range of allied interests. He has been on the committee of MAV Insurance (Municipal Association of Victoria) since 1995,

is a Victoria fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, a fellow of the Institute of Company Directors, and a fellow of Local Government Professionals.

He has been a member of several health organisations including Boroondara Community Health Centre, was 2007 chairman of the Victorian Healthcare Association and is a board member and 2011 chairman of the Inner East Community Health Service, maintaining ties with his old stamping ground.

He was founding chairman of Lifesaving Victoria and is an independent director.

Dr Kennedy is a regular speaker at conferences on transport, climate

Council under spotlight THE reappointment of Michael Kennedy in September 2008 without the job being advertising may have indirectly led to his closest brush with “corporate mortality�.

In 2009, Peter Davis of Tyabb – a member of the Tyabb and District Ratepayers Business and Environment Group – twice wrote to the Victorian Ombudsman, George Brouwer, expressing disquiet over Dr Kennedy’s reappointments in 2004 and 2008, and the lack of cooperation from the shire’s governance and corporate support manager Noel Buck when Mr Davis asked to see the CEO’s contract.

Those two letters and the shire’s mishandling of Mr Davis’s Freedom of Information (FOI) request unleashed months of controversy that involved the Victorian Government Solicitor, Local Government Minister Richard Wynne, local Liberal MPs Neale Burgess and David Morris, the Municipal Association of Victoria, consultants FOI Solutions, shire lawyers, two mayors (2008 mayor Anne Shaw and 2009 mayor David Gibb), and Tim Ginnane SC, now a judge, who provided a legal opinion for the shire.

Mr Davis said he and his wife Val Davis, then president of the Tyabb ratepayers group, had been approached by people who were concerned that Dr Kennedy’s reappointment was being pushed through with undue haste.

They felt Dr Kennedy was not being subject to performance criteria as speciďŹ ed under the Local Government Act and wanted to see his contracts for 2004 and 2008. “We want to see the Mornington Peninsula have the best CEO it can – it might be him [Dr Kennedy] – but we’d like to see his performance measured,â€? Mrs Davis said in November 2009.

She said council ofďŹ cers had “obfuscatedâ€? by “handing

A Mouse Trap in the making THE Southern Peninsula Players Theatre Group will perform Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Mouse Trap in November.

out bits and pieces of the contractâ€? when the entire document was requested under FOI. Mr Brouwer was dissatisďŹ ed with the shire’s behaviour and contacted Minister Wynne, who brought in the Victorian Government Solicitor to investigate the validity of Dr Kennedy’s 2004 and 2008 contracts. The shire’s freedom of information processes were investigated by Mr Brouwer.

Then followed a farcical period where then-mayor Anne Shaw refused to show her council colleagues the Ombudsman’s report, which recommended that the council: Review its freedom of information (FOI) processes and procedures, including record-keeping and records management.

Consider counselling governance and corporate support manager Noel Buck in relation to his role “in this matter�.

Review its conict of interest policy.

Consider counselling Dr Kennedy in relation to his conict of interest in seeking legal advice regarding an FOI request for documentation relating to his employment.

The upshot was that the shire’s FOI consultants said everything was hunky dory, Mr Buck received some kind of counselling, Dr Kennedy received none and in January 2010 Local Government Victoria said the CEO’s contracts were valid.

But by then the damage had been done and many sections of the community developed a high degree of cynicism about the governance of the council.

It’s to be hoped councillors and the executive learn from this tumultuous period and do not repeat the mistakes of the recent past.

Mike Hast

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change, coastal communities and attended the 2006 Future Summit in Brisbane hosted by the Australian Davos Connection, a high-powered business and leadership group.

As Dr Kennedy moves toward his fourth contract, which would see him as CEO of the shire for 16 years by the time it ends in 2015, his salary packages has grown steadily.

In 2005 it was $260,000.

In 2007 it was $292,418.

In 2008 it was $299,991.

In 2009 it was $319,000 and he refused an offered increase last year from the three-person panel that reviewed his performance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; councillors Bev Colomb (mayor in 2008), Anne

Shaw (mayor in 2009) and Frank Martin (elected unopposed to Red Hill Ward in November 2008 when David Jarman retired).

Dr Kennedy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on Australia Day in 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x153;for service to health organisations, lifesaving and the Mornington Peninsula Shire as CEOâ&#x20AC;?.

At the time, he said the award was the result of a team effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My job is to facilitate change. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about listening to the council and the community, and working out what they want to achieve and working to see that is achieved,â&#x20AC;? said the man known to his staff as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Coachâ&#x20AC;?.

Mike Hast

Stir over CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract Continued from Page 1

When The News spoke to him on Tuesday, Mr Cooper said his view were unchanged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether you are pro or anti Dr Kennedy, the council should ďŹ nd whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To commit the same error [not advertise] a second time, well, the councillors should be held to task. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be staggered if the Minister for Local Government felt any different.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Cooper said any well-run business would advertise the CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From one end of the peninsula to the other, most ratepayers would expect it to be advertised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After people have been in the top job for a number of years, sometimes you need a fresh face. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot of unhappiness around the place about the way the council deals with certain issues.â&#x20AC;?

Several of the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ratepayer lobby groups also expressed disappointment over Dr Kennedyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s automatic reappointment in 2008.

Other parts of the community will be happy Dr Kennedy is being reappointed. During an 18-year career

in local government, he has held honorary positions with the Municipal Association of Victoria and on health boards, and contributed to management and government bodies (see â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Coach, doctor and an OAM to bootâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on page XX).

The CEO has strong supporters on the council including longtime councillors Bev Colomb, Anne Shaw, David Gibb and Bill Goodrem.

After his reappointment in 2008, then-mayor Cr Colomb said Dr Kennedy was one of the most widely experienced and highly qualiďŹ ed CEOs in local government â&#x20AC;&#x153;with a demonstrated passion for and commitment to the Mornington Peninsula communityâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having worked with Dr Kennedy for one or more terms of council, my councillor colleagues and I are in a very good position to assess and appreciate his ongoing hard work and the value of his contribution.â&#x20AC;?

On Tuesday, mayor Graham Pittock said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The council is going through the process about whether to advertise the CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position and we have to decide by early August.â&#x20AC;?

Auditor slams weakness in freeway planning VICTORIAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Auditor-General Des Pearson says the promised economic beneďŹ ts of the Peninsula Link Fwy may have been overstated and its potential negative impacts ignored.

His report, Management of Major Roads Projects, is a scathing critique of the freeway, one of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most expensive road projects.

Mr Pearson slams VicRoads and Linking Melbourne Authority, which is managing the construction of the $760 million, 27-kilometre road from Carrum Downs to Mt Martha.

He said the two authorities failed to take into account the concept that bigger and better roads encourage more trafďŹ c, so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;induced demandâ&#x20AC;?, when deciding whether to build new freeways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did not adequately assess the trafďŹ c induced by these improvements, communicate the risks, or estimate the impact of the economic beneďŹ ts,â&#x20AC;? he

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These shortcomings create a risk of over-estimating the beneďŹ ts and giving decision-makers false conďŹ dence.â&#x20AC;?

The report calls for induced demand to be factored into all future road decisions, as occurs in the UK and New Zealand.

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

The freeway was conceived during the global ďŹ nancial crisis by the Brumby Labor government. In December 2009, LMA with the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support awarded the project to Southern Way, a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland, BilďŹ nger Berger and Abigroup.

LMA chairman David Buckingham, in a response written on his behalf by LMA CEO Ken Mathers, which is included in the Pearson report, said he was conďŹ dent the project â&#x20AC;&#x153;represents value for money for the stateâ&#x20AC;?.

Blairgowrie fire risk confirmed Good food: Peter Watson in the kitchen at Stringer’s Store in Sorrento.

Bringing a touch of Spain to Sorrento

By Nina Fairlie THERE was no need to travel to Spain last week to experience authentic seafood paella.

Peter Watson demonstrated the ease of cooking paella at home with his ready to go paella spice mix in the Stringer’s Store kitchen as a part of Taste of Sorrento program.

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The crowd was given a treat as Peter shared his knowledge of international flavours and demonstrated how easy it is to create dishes at home with his pastes and blends.

The result was a feast enjoyed by participants

of seafood paella, spiced vegetables, beef rendang and Indian-inspired butter chicken marsala.

The lunch was accompanied by wines from T’Gallant.

Nothing in a jar can truly capture the assault on the senses one experiences in travel, but the dishes had the ability to transport you somewhere else – and so much easier than travelling.

THE southern peninsula is potentially “one of the most fire-prone communities in Victoria”, says newly appointed Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley.

Mr Lapsley made the comment during a meeting with representatives of the Blairgowrie community.

Blairgowrie Community Fire Prevention Action Group convenor Murray Holmes said Mr Lapsley “expressed surprise at the extreme levels of fire fuel on both public and private land in the area”.

“Since his visit, the commissioner has held urgent discussions with Mornington Peninsula Shire and government agencies,” he said.

“A new willingness to acknowledge the fire risk has become evident.

“Previously, a number of government agencies including the shire were in denial and at long last we are starting to see some action.

“In its most recent discussions with our group, the shire agreed to review the task of reducing fuel loads along the shire’s major roads, Melbourne Rd being an obvious priority.

“The shire has also agreed to a partnership with community representatives in identifying private and public land, including council reserves, that are overgrown with weeds and require council action.

“The shire has also agreed to raise with Parks Victoria the need to extend planned fire breaks within Mornington Peninsula National Park to include fire breaks along the park boundary with Blairgowrie township.

“VicRoads will also be approached by the shire

to reduce the fuel loads along the freeway reserve that runs from the end of the existing freeway at Rosebud to Melbourne Rd, Blairgowrie.” (‘Fire plan for future freeway route, The News, 17/5/11.)

Mr Holmes said the CFA had agreed to locate a fire truck at Blairgowrie and to begin training new volunteer fire crews to be ready for the new fire season ‘Fire brigade and new station for Blairgowrie’, The News, 8/3/11).

“The local foreshore committee in its draft management plan has agreed to tackle, as a high priority, the fuel loads along the south side of Point Nepean Rd,” he said.

“In a bushfire situation there are a number of roads in Blairgowrie that CFA trucks will not enter on the grounds of crew safety and this, of course, increases the risk to other parts of Blairgowrie. Somehow this issue has to be tackled as we cannot expect our local crews to risk their lives.

“Our local state member, Martin Dixon, has undertaken two tours of Blairgowrie and we are hopeful other community leaders will follow his lead and accept our invitation to undertake a similar tour of the fire prevention hot spots.”

If the promised fire prevention measures were not undertaken over winter and spring, Blairgowrie would not be fire ready for the 2011-12 fire season, he said.

Mr Holmes said that unless the fire risk is reduced “we could anticipate that the insurance industry may well decline to cover Blairgowrie and other parts of the southern peninsula against bushfires”.

Family child care costs may rise SEVENTY families in Rye using “Take A Break” occasional child care will have to pay extra fees from January following another cut to government support, this time from the state government.

The federal government withdrew its 70 per cent of funding a year ago without notifying the state government in advance.

The state government made up the shortfall for a year, but this ends on 30 June, and now the Baillieu government is withdrawing its 30 per cent on 31 December this year.

Rye Beach Community Centre’s community development worker Elain Bakker said families may have to pay increased fees unless the state and federal governments reinstate funding to subsidise community-based occasional child care.

“Other community centres providing occasional child care on the Mornington Peninsula may have to close,” she said.

“More than 9000 families across the state are now caught up in a stoush between the two governments over the subsidies that keep these services operating.”

The crisis started last year when the federal government cut its share of the jointly funded program.

The Brumby state government expanded its contribution to cover the full cost as an interim measure and commissioned a report on this type of care in the state, but the Baillieu government announced in the state budget it would stop funding the program at the end of the year.

The results of the occasional child care report have not been released by the government despite requests from the Association of Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres.

Ms Bakker said both levels of government should come to the table to negotiate a solution to ensure this vital service.

“Without the subsidy we will be forced to increase fees in the short term and this could also lead to cuts in services,” Ms Bakker said.

“While the subsidy to our centre is not large, it will have a major impact on fees and our ability to assist families in crisis that need to access occasional care but lack the extra money.”

Rye had supported many families with various problems, for example, families where the main breadwinner is out of work, grandparents caring for disabled grandchildren, and parents with difficult children.

“Occasional child care at our centre and in the majority of community centres across the state run very close to the bone financially and many regularly run at a loss, using funds from things like room hire to subsidise the program,” Ms Bakker said.

“The loss of funding for some centres will be quite significant and will not be possible to pick up the slack, so child care will close.

“At Rye in the short term we will retain services and keep fee increases to a minimum so our staff will still be employed, but who can say what the future will hold for our staff and services?”

A report prepared for the federal government in 2007 highlighted the social and economic value of occasional child care.

“We are talking about a low-cost, high-impact program,” said ANHLC executive officer Angela Savage.

“Both governments are saving a pittance from cutting these funds, while causing real distress for the 220 communities that will lose services or incur unaffordable fee hikes.”

The association is lobbying state and federal governments for a sustainable solution.

“It is time for governments to stop pointing the finger at each other and to start working on a solution before it is too late,” Ms Savage said.

Southern Peninsula News 14 June 2011

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NEWS DESK

A new lease of life for the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Prince Consortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By Marilyn Cunnington CONSTRUCTED in 1873-74, St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was the ďŹ rst church built in Sorrento.

It is acknowledged as important to the heritage of the area.

Together with the ďŹ rst European settlement site at nearby Sullivans Bay, it has an important place in the history of Victoria and Australian.

The ďŹ rst religious service in Victoria was conducted in 1803 at Sullivans Bay

by Reverend Robert Knopwood.

Few churches in Victoria can rival the history associated with St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church. Built of local limestone, it is classiďŹ ed by the National Trust of Australia and Mornington Peninsula Shire.

The land was gifted to the Diocese of Melbourne by John Bracebridge Wilson, headmaster of Geelong Grammar School, who had a summer house in Sorrento and set about raising money to construct a church for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;beneďŹ t of Sorrentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarrymen and other labourersâ&#x20AC;?.

It was consecrated by Henry Lowther Clark, the ďŹ rst Archbishop of Melbourne.

The church has deteriorated over the years and the building needs restoration. Recently the Welsh slate roof was replaced.

Many features are of major importance and the future of this historic building is in the hands of the community to maintain for future generations.

More recently, the superb unique and irreplaceable 19th century â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prince Consortâ&#x20AC;? stained glass window was removed for major restoration.

Originally it was to be installed in St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, Melbourne, and was designed and dedicated to the memory of

Queen Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Prince Albert the Prince Consort.

It did not ďŹ t St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral so Canon Chase, the father of the ďŹ rst vicar of St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sorrento, Reverend Arthur Pelham Chase, arranged for the window to be donated to the church in 1886.

It is a ďŹ ne example of 19th century stained glass and depicts the three kings of Judea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David, Hezekiah and Josiah.

The window was designed and made by Ferguson & Urie, the pioneer stained glass manufacturers in Melbourne from the early 1860s to the 1890s.

A specialist in stained glass restoration, Geoffrey Wallace has been retained by project architect Ian Hartley on behalf of the restoration committee.

Over recent years there have been ďŹ ne recitals and concerts, both classical and contemporary held at St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, to enhance the cultural life of the peninsula.

ABC Radio often records these programs for later transmission.

It is the second-most sought-after church for celebrations in Victoria and is a community focal point.

It is a place of worship and used for weddings, christenings, funerals and special celebrations by residents as well as people from Victoria, interstate and overseas.

The restoration of the roof was nominated for the 2011 Mornington Peninsula Heritage Awards and Hallam Whittle, the roofer, received an award.

A restoration appeal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its Future is in Your Handsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was launched in 2009.

As is always the situation with historic buildings, ongoing maintenance work is needed in coming years.

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By Keith Platt WHAT goes around comes around. June Webb uses the old adage when she talks about having been a Red Cross volunteer who now beneďŹ ts daily from one of the organisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free services.

Every morning the phone rings and Ms Webb knows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Telecross volunteer calling to make sure she is â&#x20AC;&#x153;all rightâ&#x20AC;?.

Although they do not personally know each other, Ms Webb and the caller have a brief chat, wish each other well and hang up.

For the caller it is part of a Red Cross service that would include sending someone around to Ms Webbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blairgowrie home if there was no answer.

For Ms Webb, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reassurance that someone is making a daily check on her wellbeing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fabulous service,â&#x20AC;? Ms Webb says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They call at the same time every day and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always ready to answer.â&#x20AC;?

Now 78, Ms Webb moved to Mornington Peninsula 13 years ago after retiring from her job as an accountant.

She still drives and socialises with friends, but lives alone with her cat Rufus and dog, Lady.

The animals accompany her in the house and when gardening.

The three are close knit but Ms Webb, who has suffered two strokes, knows Telecross is the more reliable when it comes to any help she may need if incapacitated and unable to reach the phone.

Ms Webb is one of 16 â&#x20AC;&#x153;clientsâ&#x20AC;? called every day by the peninsula-based Telecross service.

The clients have either asked Red Cross to add them to its list or have been referred by a doctor, family friend, neighbour or aged care service.

Most Telecross clients are elderly or isolated although some are young, living alone and unable to get out and about.

However, the free service also needs help and is looking for a convenor to organise Telecross clients and their callers.

The convenor also does client assessments and notiďŹ es emergency contacts if someone fails to

Garden call: June Webb with Rufus, her English blue cat, take a reassuring call in the garden.

answer their daily call.

The peninsula Telecross service also needs extra volunteer callers.

Anyone interested in applying for the Telecross convenor role should call Tess Altman, Red Cross social inclusion programs ofďŹ cer, on 8327 7759, 0419 323 752 or email taltman@redcross.org.au.

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Wedding Expo

MORNINGTON RACECOURSE - JUNE 19, 2011

Mornington Wedding Extravaganza returns JUNE is here again and that means the Annual Mornington Wedding Extravaganza is on our doorstep.

The locally operated wedding expo is a proud supporter of SIDSandKIDS and will feature more than 40 quality wedding suppliers based in and around the peninsula.

Couples planning their big day can source everything they need from venues and cars to make-up and bombonieres at this year’s expo.

Peter de Wever, expo organiser and owner of Peninsula Expos, said a number of exhibitors were finalists or winners in this year’s Australian Bridal Industry Academy Awards.

“We like to provide brides and grooms with highquality, reliable suppliers.” he said. “Wedding planning can be hard work and we like to make it as easy as possible.”

Mr de Wever is also a founding member of Mornington Peninsula Weddings Inc, a group dedicated to promoting the Mornington Peninsula and the excellent wedding suppliers it has to offer.

There will be a number of MPW members exhibiting at the expo as well as a stand dedicated to the group.

The Annual Mornington Wedding Extravaganza will be held on Sunday 19 June at the Mornington Racecourse from 10am to 3pm with entry a gold coin donation to SIDSandKIDS. Also at the racecourse on Sunday 19 June is the Bumble Bee Baby & Children’s Market, so it’s a great family day out for all.

Peninsula Expos is holding other bridal expos in Frankston and Cranbourne later in the year.

The Frankston Wedding Expo will be on 24 July at the Frankston RSL and the Cranbourne Wedding Expo will be held on 28 August at the Cranbourne Racecourse.

For more information on the expos, visit www.peninsulaexpos.com.au

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Toasting a successful five years of publishing RAISE a glass to TOAST Mornington Peninsula, your local one-stop guide to weddings on the peninsula. Our fifth annual edition and web directory is out on 19 June at the Annual Mornington Wedding Extravaganza at Mornington Racecourse.

However you choose to celebrate your wedding, we hope you can draw some inspiration from this issue of TOAST and create the day of your dreams. From well-spoken celebrants to lavish gowns, professional photographers to cakes, caters and party hire, stunning scenic locations and exceptional entertainers, it’s all here on the Mornington Peninsula – why go anywhere else?

At TOAST our focus has always been on creating a wedding using the many local suppliers based here on the peninsula – now, in these days of reducing our carbon footprint (we are proudly a carbon neutral publication), going local has never seemed so important.

In 2011 we present you with options, tips, trends and ideas for weddings from the smallest to the most outrageous, each with one common factor – they can all be found here on our beautiful Mornington Peninsula. We also feature ‘The Real Deal’ – a new section on real life weddings, to see just how beautiful a coastal or hinterland wedding can be. So whether you’re a visitor or a local, happy planning!

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2010 Business Excellence winners go from strength of strength ROSEBUD-based After-Care Australasia has won the overall NAB Business Excellence Award for 2010.

The company, operated by Shane and Maxine Kelly, offers a personal care service for the elderly and people with a disability. โ We offer a tailor-made service, where a speci๏ฌ c carer is provided who can meet the individual needs of each client, their family and their health professionals,โ Mr Kelly said. โ Services can include home care, respite care, transportation to medical appointments, domestic assistance, home maintenance, gardening and socialisation.โ Established 11 years ago, the company has more than 80 staff and has developed its own

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JP Dixon Portsea Sorrento 109 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento PHONE: 03 5984 4388

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Rye

$725,000

Brand new coastal contemporary This brand new coastal home has been crafted by quality local builder Jim Newton. A contemporary 4 bedroom incarnation of the beach house, it sits beautifully amongst the Moonah trees.

Featuring 2 separate living zones, including a huge open plan kitchen/dining/living, polished feature Australian hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, stainless steel kitchen appliances, breakfast bar, the 4 bedrooms are all generously sized (main with walk in robe and ensuite) and a quality central bathroom with separate toilet/ powder.

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fans in all living areas, a water tank - in fact the attention to detail includes an external gas point in the deck for your BBQ and a kitchen fridge alcove already plumbed for water.

With two decks to catch the morning or afternoon sun and sea breezes, plus fully fenced rear garden, (with double gate access for boat or trailer) lush established low water lawns and native plants, this truly is a low maintenance lock and leave holiday proposition with excellent holiday rental potential, or a superb permanent home hidden in this quiet treed pocket of Rye.

Rye

$780,000-$830,000

Contemporary, peaceful and secluded THIS contemporary beach house is a great example of modern and practical coastal design.

The functional layout provides ample space and accommodation with ďŹ ve large bedrooms, three bathrooms, and extensive open-plan living areas spilling seamlessly

onto an amazing outdoor area featuring built-in spa and kitchen. The large allotment of 1060 square metres requires minimum maintenance. The sympathetic landscaping and the soft palettes of the exterior sit beautifully among the tea-trees. In all, a beautiful home, ready to enjoy.

Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate Rye. Phone: (03) 5985 8800.

Agent: Sam Crowder, 0403 893 724.

Agency: J.P. Dixon Sorrento. Phone (03) 5984 4388.

Agent: Troy Daly, 0418 397 771.

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Rye

$490,000 - $539,000

Sorrento

Presentation plus You simply couldn’t fault this delightful home. Situated within a few minutes walk to the gorgeous Tyrone Foreshore it would be a perfect home to retire into or would equally suit holiday home seekers or even investors seeking the future potential capital gains with a secure interim income. The house itself offers 3 nice big bedrooms plus a study, formal lounge, 2nd living area, well appointed kitchen and a treasure trove of

additional features. Decor, appointments and presentation are all outstanding. Step outside and prepare yourself for a garden setting that totally compliments the home to perfection. There are 2 separate carports / caravan ports. Overall the package is superb. The perfect combination of position, presentation and best of all price. Inspect with confidence, purchase with pride.

Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rye, 2271 Pt Nepean Rd. Phone: (03) 5985 6555.

Agent: Diane and Phil Key, 0419 324 515.

PROPERTIES URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR PERMANENT RENTAL DROMANA TO PORTSEA We deliver peace of mind and greater financial returns on your investment by providing the very best in property management service. Your property will be in safe and experienced hands.

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$1.35 - $1.4 million

Easy stroll to Camerons Bight Set in one of Sorrento’s best pockets is this stunning free flowing home flooded with natural light boasting a North / West aspect and brand new upstairs apartment area.

Ground level offers open living with entertainers kitchen, private library / sitting room complemented by provincial style courtyard plus large lounge opening to spacious outdoor living and rear yard with

room for a pool.

Accommodation comprises 3 huge bedrooms plus large multi purpose room ideal as office, parent’s retreat or guest room. 3 bathrooms incl large main bedroom with spacious ensuite and WIR. Features: 6 reverse cyc split system airconds, gas fire place, off street parking and loads of storage.

Agency: Fletchers, 136 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento. Phone: 03 5984 2600.

Agent: Larry Callaghan, 0414 593 804.

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SORRENTO A Bargain Just A Stroll To Village

Immaculate in every way possible and only 200m (approx) to bay beach and Rye township. This character filled home set on 860 sq m approx is an investment in your future. Ready to live in or rent out immediately, accommodation comprises of 3 bedrooms all with built-in robes, 1 bathroom and 2 living areas.

Walk 150 metres from this tastefully refurbished 2 bedroom Unit with lock up garage and you are sipping coffee in the main street or casually meandering down to the Bay Beach or Back Beach of Sorrento. With just 4 units on the site this truly is an outstanding opportunity.

For Sale Guide Was $690,000, NOW $590,000 - $620,000 Inspect Sat 3–3.30pm

For Sale Guide Was $515,000, NOW $495,000 Inspect Sat 2–2.30pm

Contact Joshua Callaghan 0418 595 719 Michelle Callaghan 0401 977 075 Office 136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 5984 2600

Contact Larry Callaghan 0414 593 804 Office

136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 5984 2600

> Achieving the highest rental and minimising vacancy periods > Sourcing reliable and suitable tenants > Ensuring the rent is paid promptly > Maintaining communication with our landlords at all times > Acting promptly on all property owner and tenant requests > Providing expert administration and documentation

CONTACT: Samantha Christmas 5984 2600 Senior Portfolio Manager Sorrento Rob Fletcher 0411 222 988 Tim Fletcher 0411 222 966

FINGAL Huge Views In Prestigious Blue Chip Location

BLAIRGOWRIE Walk To Beach And Village

Located in arguably the most elevated point in Moonah Links, this vacant lot approx. 857sqm offers amazing views from double storey over Legends Course and back towards Arthur’s Seat. Situated just through the entrance gates, access to the property is simplified.

Superb vacant allotment set among high quality homes just a lazy 500 metre stroll to the magnificent Bay Beach and so close to the Village. The North facing aspect of this land is just ideal for placement of your pool and decks to soak up the balmy sunshine and entertain your guests.

For Sale Guide $285,000 - $295,000 Inspect By appointment

For Sale Guide $569,000 Inspect By appointment

Contact Joshua Callaghan 0418 595 719 Office

136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 5984 2600

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Contact Larry Callaghan 0414 593 804 Greg Garby 0418 591 185 Office 136 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 5984 2600

Rye

$350,000 - $380,000

An affordable investment

Rosebud

$375,000

Ready for the taking

This cute 2 bedroom beach shack which is situated high with potential bay views is one of the most affordable investment properties in Rye. The property has an open plan living layout, large deck area and is currently tenanted till 27/3/2012 at $225.00 p/w. Continue to lease the property while you organise plans and permits which take in the views of Port Phillip Bay and build your dream beach house, leave it as a rental property or use it as a holiday house the choice is yours.

Inspection is by appointment only.

Now is your opportunity to enter into the market with this immaculate three bedroom family home. Complete with three great size bedrooms and open plan living. The kitchen and bathroom have both been tastefully renovated.

Set in a quiet part of Rosebud, close to schools, shops and parks, this home is situated on a flat block (approx 758 m2), and is fully fenced, with plenty of room for outdoor entertaining.

Simply move your furniture in and enjoy!

Would also make a fantastic investment property. Call and inspect today!

Agency: Basso Real Estate, 1807 Pt Nepean Rd, Tootgarook. Phone: (03) 5985 9000.

Agent: Paul Basso, 03 5985 9000.

Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rosebud. 1089 Pt Nepean Road, Rosebud. Ph (03) 5986 8600 Agent: Mark Morssinkhof, 0400 533 245.

WINNER of the 2010 Australian Achiever Awards “Excellence in Customer Service”

RYE

$370,000 - $400,000

TOOTGAROOK

$389,000

TOOTGAROOK

$340,000 - $370,000

AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT This 3 bedroom BV home is located within an easy stroll to Rye Beach and Shopping Village.

Positioned on a large 816m2 block this property has plenty of room to move. Features include a separate lounge room and a separate kitchen which overlooks a separate meals area. The property is currently tenanted at $200 p/w till 30/9/2011 so inspection is by appointment only.

WHAT A CUTE HOME! This residence offers a touch of yesteryear charm and consists of 2 bedrooms, open plan living with polished boards throughout, built in robes, neat kitchen with gas cooking.

Located on a good size allotment with plenty of room for you to do whatever you like and within walking distance to the beach. This property is well worth a look.

CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE BEST LOCATION This affordable 3 bedroom home features an open plan living area, gas appliances and a single lock up garage. The property is located within an easy stroll to the beach and is positioned on a corner block for easy access for boats or caravan storage. The property is currently tenanted on a month to month basis and has a projected rental of $250.00 p/w.

Paul Basso 03 5985 9000

Gary Barrett 0415 479 896

Paul Basso 03 5985 9000

PROPERTIES FOR RENT 20 Weeroona Way Rye

$300.00 per week 3 bed 1 bath OFI 17.6.11 @ 4.40-4.50PM

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2/38 Rosemore Road Rosebud

$220.00 per week 3 bed 1 bath 1 car OFI 16.6.11 @ 4.40-4.50PM

Available: 20.6.11

71 South Road Rosebud

$320.00 per week 3 bed 1 bath 2 car OFI 21.6.11 @ 4.40-4.50PM

Available: 4.7.11

12 Beryl Crt Rye

$310.00 per week 3 bed 1 bath 2 car OFI 22.6.11 @ 4.40-4.50PM

Available: 6.7.11

108 Truemans Road Tootgarook $300.00 per week

3 bed 1 bath 2 car

WE ARE MOVING After 11 years in Tootgarook, Basso Real Estate will be moving to new offices located in the heart of the busy Rosebud West Shopping Village as from the 1st of July 2011.

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9 Pearson Street Rosebud West $300.00 per week

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45 Morris Street Tootgarook

$220.00 per week

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Tootgarook 1807 Pt Nepean Rd 5985 9000

OPENING SOON Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Rd 5981 1200

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Rye

Rye

Bay Views for under $500k

Nothing Compares on 1 acre

Almost unheard of on the Mornington Peninsula. Especially with a house this good. Currently used as a family holiday home and holiday let it is in pristine condition and very well located. Spread over two levels are 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas and 1 kitchen plus 2nd kitchenette. Add to this a wonderful viewing/ entertaining deck and 2nd outdoor entertaining area below and you have a versatile, user friendly home with a ton of appeal. And remember the price is right.

to perfection. What do you get for your money? A house (but not just any old house), a fully self contained 2 bedroom B&B !" # $

and the other for the toys) a pool of course as well as the best alfresco dining/entertaining for the family and then the surprises, pony paddocks, the cutest stable/barn, cubby and so the list goes on. Overall a unique and totally fascinating property.

Address: 66-68 Bass Meadows Price: $890,000- $980,000 Inspect:

By Appointment Agent: Diane Key 0419 324 515

Address: Price: Inspect: Agent:

66-68 Bass Meadows $450,000-$490,000

By Appointment Alana Balog 0412 536 624

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Blairgowrie

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Billionaire pool row

By Mike Hast THE shire council is likely to seek the demolition of an $80,000 swimming pool allegedly built on public foreshore land at Mt Eliza.

Mornington Peninsula Shire is investigating the pool built by Solomon Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew on the Port Phillip side of their property overlooking Moondah Beach south of Kunyung Rd. Mr Lew is a billionaire retailer whose primary holding company owns brands Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Portmans, Jacqui E, Peter Alexander, Dotti and Smiggle.

Council sources told The News the shire had given the Lew family 14 days to explain why the pool had been built on public land, also called Crown land, which the shire manages on behalf of the state government.

The shire’s communications manager Todd Trimble said planning permits had not been issued for the pool and associated works, and an investigation had been launched.

“The owners of the property did not apply for a permit to build the pool.

The investigation will also focus on whether the pool has been built outside the property boundaries,” he said in a statement.

The pool land is believed to be worth about $1 million and is part of the coastal reserve between Moondah

Shire to seek demolition of pool on Crown land and Ranelagh beaches. The land appears to be been built up to take the horizon pool, also called an infinity pool, which produces the visual effect of water extending to the horizon.

An aerial image taken in 2008 of the disputed land shows a grassed area with steps from the house.

Images on NearMap.com, an Australian supplier of high resolution aerial photos taken every month over capital cities, show the progress of the pool’s construction.

The title of the Lew land is a battleaxe shape with a strip allowing access to Osprey Ave, which is connected to Kunyung Rd via Manatee Ave. There are two houses between the Lew property and Osprey Ave that also use the “axe handle” for vehicle and pedestrian access.

The property adjoins Melbourne Business School in the green wedge zone.

The boundary of private properties in the area and the coastal reserve was described as an anomaly in 2003 when the Department of Sustainability and

Environment’s online map showed the coastal reserve as a farming zone.

Port Phillip Conservation Council president Geoffrey Goode uncovered the anomaly and DSE corrected it, changing “farming zone” to “public park and recreation zone”.

It has been claimed some online maps were wrong until recently.

Mt Eliza Action Group secretary June Horner accused the retail entrepreneur of a “land grab by stealth’’.

“Most annoying is that shire ratepayers will have to pay for the council to battle Mr Lew,” she said.

She claimed MEAG members who lived near the Lew property had no idea a pool was being built.

“The pool builders must have used unmarked vehicles. Usually when a pool is being built you see a sign on the front fence advertising the company but this did not occur at the Lew property.”

The pool fracas featured on Channel Seven’s current affairs program Today Tonight.

Eyes in the sky: Top, aerial photo taken in 2008 with the “hatchet”-shaped property boundary in blue. Below, a recent NearMap image of the new pool.

Port control comes back to Hastings AFTER less than a year, the Port of Melbourne is about to lose control of the Port of Hastings.

Legislation giving control back to a new Port of Hastings Development Authority was introduced into state parliament late last month.

Hastings MP Neale Burgess said the move “paves the way for development of the Hastings port”.

“Last year the Brumby government gifted the ownership and control of the Port of Hastings to the Port of Melbourne. If that situation had been allowed to continue, not only would it have seriously hindered our state’s future prosperity, it would have also allowed the Port of Melbourne to continue treating Hastings as a dumping ground for unwanted and unproductive industries that bring no jobs and no value to the local community.

“Giving Hastings its independence will allow it to use its many advantages, such as location, natural deep water and available land

and workforce, to compete for and win the most desirable industries and job-producing businesses.

“Decades of experience from across Australia and around the world have shown that competition provides true economic benefit through the development of operational efficiencies.

“Allowing the development of a monopoly through one port owning and controlling the other would have reduced Victoria’s competitiveness and hampered its economic development.”

Mr Burgess said local control was the best way to ensure port development was “sensitive to the needs of the local community and in a way that protects our environment”.

“With the number of containers being shipped in Victoria expected to quadruple from just over two million to eight million by 2035, the Coalition government has made development of the Port of Hastings a priority,” he said.

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Boat trip to ‘discover’ the bay

By Keith Platt MUCH has been written, said and theorised about them, but to some of those involved in deciding their future the waters of Western Port have remained something seen but not experienced.

Last month the executive officer of the Western Port Catchment Committee, Ian Stevenson, decided it was time to provide “scientists, agencies and community people with a first-hand look” at the bay’s northern sector.

“Going on a boat gave them an opportunity to exchange information and see this part of Western Port,” Mr Stevenson said.

“More than half of them had never before been on that part of the bay.”

The group of 35 sailed from Tooradin on the Tidemaster on Thursday 12 May for a half-day trip taking in the shallow marine protected areas around French Island and the deep channels that sweep past Crawfish Rock, Barrallier Island and the areas earmarked for the expansion of the Port of Hastings.

Many of those on board spent time watching for birdlife on tide-exposed mudflats while Thiery Rowland of Parks Victoria attempted to show images being transmitted from underwater by a camera attached to a pole.

The water was a bit murky for clear images, but Mr Rowland explained that the camera was useful for investigating seagrass beds and the condition of boat moorings and jetty pylons.

All aboard: Clockwise from top: Some of the 35 people who took part in Western Port Catchment Authority’s boat trip; Doris Graham; Hugh Kirkman; disembarking at Tooradin; birds feeding on mudflats; Crawfish Rock; mangroves on Herring Island; and Thiery Rowland with an underwater camera.

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He said it had been a “great season” for mangroves, with seedlings taking hold and growing on the mudflats.

Since the 2008 ban on professional netting, there had been a noticeable increase in the number of birds in northern Western Port, possibly due to them being disturbed by fewer visitors, Mr Rowland said.

There was “far too little data” to say if the declaration of a marine national park had led to an increase in fish numbers although “you would think that it would, as there is nothing being disturbed or taken out of the water”.

However, Mr Rowland was “pretty sure” the protected area was fished “after hours”.

“Every so often we surprise them

[fishermen],” he said.

He said pollution entering Western Port from Watsons Creek near Somerville was being tackled by “working with landowners and market gardeners”.

Seagrass specialist Hugh Kirkman described how the bay’s two distinct species of seagrass grew in areas regarded as being fish nurseries.

Although the carbohydrate-rich seagrass rhizomes were eaten by swans, “not much else eats it because it doesn’t provide much nutrition”.

Small crustaceans, worms and molluscs fed on organisms that lived on seagrass leaves.

Mr Kirkman said he had studied seagrass in Western Port as part of the

mid-1970s Shapiro report “when we were losing it”.

“It’s very unfortunate seagrass has not been monitored since, even though it is very easy to do.”

Mr Kirkman said history provided evidence of Western Port silting up with records of sailing ships being able to anchor near a hotel in Tooradin on Sawtells Inlet.

Doris Graham of the Victorian Wader Study Group said there had been a decline in the number of wading birds worldwide “which could be due to land lost to agriculture and industry” along the paths followed by migratory birds.

Some annual visitors to Western Port flew up to 13,000 kilometres to and from China and southeast Siberia.

Biosphere ‘promise’ in doubt

By Keith Platt DOUBTS have been cast on the ability of the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve to reach the aspirations under which it was established in 2002.

Proclaimed by the United Nations, the biosphere reserve aims to “keep special places – like Western Port – special by fostering conservation and sustainable development”.

However, academics David Mercer and Glen Hyman see the biosphere project as an “unfulfilled promise”.

Although the biosphere is supposed to reflect local interests and values, the federal government has seemed disinterested and the state government runs roughshod over the wishes of community groups and municipalities.

In a long article published two years

ago by the Australian Geographer, Mercer and Hyman trace the biosphere’s troubled history and blame their conclusion about its failure to meet expectations on a lack of support from state and federal governments.

They say federal governments have shown a “steadily declining interest” in biospheres while the state “overwhelmingly” places economic growth and development at the top of its policy agenda, “and that the views of local government and community groups will only get a hearing to the extent that they accord with this vision”.

The article questions the ability of the biosphere to succeed as most major planning decisions – transport, energy and water – are made by the state government not local councils.

It says the peninsula is seen as a dor-

Performance gets mixed reviews WHILE acknowledging ongoing dissension among original supporters of the Western Port Biosphere reserve, a review of the organisation has found the “environmental, social and economic effects were greater than expected given the limited budget”.

Statistics given by the biosphere chair Rob Gell and CEO Cecilia Witton to the report’s author Roberts Evolution Pty Ltd show it “attracted in the order of $200,000 to the region and provided employment for at least two staff and two contractors”.

The review said two main projects: protecting the southern brown bandicoot and cleaning up Watson’s Creek, Somerville, had “elements” of the biosphere’s three functions: conservation, sustainable development and logistic support (implementation to include education).

Biosphere reserves set up under the UNESCO aim to reconcile the needs of wilderness and humans.

The report for the Department of Sustainability and Environment published in May 2010 showed local environment and business groups knew about the biosphere but individuals from local and state government did not.

Despite the lack of knowledge by council officers, the biosphere covers and is part-bankrolled by five municipalities – Mornington Peninsula, Frankston, Casey, Cardiania and Bass.

The Roberts report says there appears

to be communications problems between the biosphere and its members who, as a consequence, do not automatically renew their memberships.

It said “influential members on the board are either becoming frustrated with or losing interest in using this mechanism [community roundtables] to engage the community”, with members feeling marginalised, angry and alienated.

The conflict was blamed for Casey and Cardinia councils “losing interest” in the biosphere, although this was countered by the continuing involvement by CEOs of the five member municipalities.

“When asked to identify barriers [to success], the majority of respondents … articulated difficulties in making the ideal a reality. This discrepancy between the implementation and ideals of the [UNESCO] Man and Biosphere program is expressed in the frustration of stakeholders in responses to many questions asked in this review. Nearly all of the barriers focus on fundamentals such as funding, governance and direction.

“There is still very strong support among the community for the concept of the biosphere but not for the governing structure of the MPWPBR Foundation or for its leadership.

“Groups and members who felt marginalised in the past have remained so.”

Keith Platt

mitory suburb with limited employment opportunities.

The eagerness with which the state government approved the $2.3 billion Peninsula Link freeway is given as an example of the state ignoring principles of the biosphere.

With car travel seen by the government as the best way of travelling from the peninsula’s “greenfield” housing areas to jobs in Melbourne’s southeast it had responded by constructing the 25 kilometre Peninsula Link freeway around Frankston.

The report stated that the freeway cut a swathe through the green wedge for half its length and included a prediction that it would become a “stranded asset” within half of its predicted 40year economic life.

This prediction has been given added strength by last month’s auditor general’s report which questioned the reliability of figures on which the freeway was being built.

The auditor general Les Pearson said the agency managing the freeway’s construction, the Linking Melbourne Authority, did not take account of the congestion that increased traffic would cause on the peninsula.

About 500 hectares of green wedge land is reserved for the freeway, although the LMA says the “final road surface will cover approximately 75 hectares” with the rest being “open space, landscaping with more than 1.5 million plants, new wetlands and a walking and cycling path”.

Mercer and Hyman say critical problems facing the biosphere’s region “include biodiversity destruction on such a scale that only scattered remnants remain, questionable planning decisions in the past based on waste water, housing and transport, inappropriate developments in green wedge zones, and accelerating population growth pressures”.

They see the biosphere as being “totally disconnected from the decisionmaking processes that structure its future” with the state making decisions which overrule the “place-based governance principles that are at the very heart of the biosphere idea”.

“In the case of the MPWPBR, Victoria has yet to seize the opportunity presented by this special UNESCO status, and, as such, its promise remains unfulfilled,” Mercer and Hyman concluded.

Biosphere explained A UNESCO biosphere reserve is described as being a living laboratory where people co-operate to develop better ways to manage the Earth’s resources to meet human needs, while conserving natural processes and biodiversity.

The Western Port biosphere was chosen in 2002 because the area contains and supports exceptional ecological values on the fringe of a vibrant and expanding city.

Biosphere reserves have three functions: • Conservation — To contribute to the conservation of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic variation.

• Sustainable development — To foster economic and human development that is socio-culturally and ecologically sustainable.

• Logistic support — To support research, monitoring, education and information exchange related to conservation and development.

Biosphere reserves are nominated by national governments and remain under the jurisdiction of the states where they are located. Biosphere reserve designation does not alter the legal status of land within it.

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Last journey: Captain John Dowling sought permission from his bosses to delay the journey back from Warrnambool due to bad weather. They ordered him to set sail on schedule. About 33 hours later, his ship went down with all hands and lay hidden for 76 years off Phillip Island.

Mystery solved: This painting of TSS Coramba by Nick Morton was a gift to Des Williams from his business partners Geoff and Mark Miller and is based on a contemporary photo of the coastal freighter.

Preserved: One of the steamship’s two screws, or propellers, lying on the seafloor 63 metres deep in a still taken off the video shot by Mark Ryan of Southern Ocean Exploration.

Diving deep for the fun of the find All hands lost: Three crewman of the Coramba during a visit to port with the daughter of one of the ill-fated crew.

Flotsam: One of the ship’s lifeboats, found washed up on a Phillip Island beach along with part of the ship’s bridge, the ship’s bell, a clock stopped at 10.30pm and four bodies.

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SOUTHERN Ocean Exploration is group of Victorian non-professional maritime archaeologists, self-confessed “shipwreck nuts”, who fund their own expeditions.

SOE has built a reputation for solving numerous shipwreck mysteries with a combination of high-tech equipment, clever research and dogged persistence.

In recent years the group has discovered the TSS Cumberland, TSS Kanowna, SS Queensland and SS Glenelg, many of them deep below the surface and requiring special diving apparatus.

One of their discoveries was the three-masted screwed barque SS Alert, which foundered in stormy seas near Cape Schanck on 28 December 1893 with the loss of 15 lives.

The sole survivor, Robert Ponting, clung to part of a cabin door for 16 hours before staggering on to a Sorrento back beach about 15 kilometres from where the ship went down.

He was found unconscious and half buried in the sand by four young women, and later a man and his St Bernard dog, which kept him warm until a rescue party arrived.

A memorial plaque for the Alert is at Sorrento cemetery, unveiled in November 2010.

Mark Ryan and his fellow divers are committed to preserving shipwrecks for posterity and make full reports about their discoveries for the state government body Heritage Victoria.

SOE now turns its attention to finding the SS

Federal and the paddle steamer Reliance.

Heritage Victoria last June released online a catalogue of 2000 images of shipwrecks taken over the past 30 years, many by SOE. Mr Ryan said the catalogue was an important historical record.

“The catalogue allows the non-diver to see some of the wonderful treasures that are part of the state’s rich maritime history,” he said.

“It doesn’t replace the excitement of viewing the actual items live, so there will always be a place to showcase relics in museums and displays, but the online catalogue is a fantastic tool for researchers, historians and amateur archaeologists.”

More than 600 ships have sunk in Victorian waters since 1835, but only 239 wrecks have been found and surveyed. Many were deliberately scuttled in Victoria’s ship graveyard southwest of Port Phillip’s entrance.

The Heritage Victoria catalogue is at http:// www.flickr.com/photos/heritage_victoria/ For more information about SOE, go to www.southernoceanexploration.com A video of SOE diving on Coramba can be downloaded (it’s a large file) at https://www.yousendit.com/download/ dkJveUNGSWhuSlR2Wmc9PQ The search for Coramba and other SOE expeditions is being filmed for a documentary, Ghost Divers, by Mornington-based Terry Cantwell of White Water Documentaries.

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The sea gives up a secret as Depression-era shipwreck found off Phillip Island

By Mike Hast FOR maritime historian and veteran diver Des Williams and shipwreck hunter Mark Ryan, solving the 76-year mystery of the ill-fated cargo steamer TSS Coramba mid-May was a bitter– sweet experience.

Sweet because the two men had spent a combined 23 years looking for the steamer; bitter because the discovery bought back memories for ageing relatives of the captain and crew who perished when the 530ton, twin-propeller steamer sank off Phillip Island on a stormy night on 30 November 1934.

Coramba should not have been in Bass Strait as her 47-year-old skipper, Captain John Dowling, had requested permission to delay the 30-hour return journey from Warrnambool to Melbourne due to bad weather, which closed in at lunchtime on 29 November.

But competition from rail freight and pressure of business during the Great Depression saw the steamer ordered to sail as scheduled.

The next night, when Coramba was close to the entrance to Port Phillip, Captain Dowling made the fateful decision to steam further east and

shelter in Western Port. He and his ship never made it.

In one of Victoria’s worst maritime disasters, the 50-metre long Coramba capsized and all 17 seamen on board perished.

Washed ashore on Phillip Island beaches days later was part of the ship’s bridge, its bell, a clock stopped at 10.30pm and just four bodies.

Like any good maritime historian, Mr Williams knew the story of the steamer and in the early 1980s started diving off Phillip Island, searching for Coramba where the marine board of inquiry said she had gone down, based on information from legendary diver Johnno Johnstone who had confirmed her sinking for the insurer of the ship’s owner, the Belfast and Koroit Steamship Company.

Mr Williams also started research for a book, Coramba: The Ship the Sea Swallowed, which was published in 1985.

“I was obsessed with that damn ship and spent 15 years looking for her,” he told The News.

“Johnno Johnstone told the insurance company the Coramba went down about two miles off Kitty Miller Bay

and that’s where I started looking.”

Kitty Miller Bay is next to Summerland Bay where the island’s worldfamous fairy penguins waddle up the beach at dusk every day.

Mr Williams gave up the search in the early 1990s, but eight years ago joined forces with Mark Ryan, Peter Taylor and Martin Tozer of the not-forprofit Southern Ocean Exploration (see panel).

Mr Ryan, who lives in Mt Martha, and his colleagues restarted the search for Coramba with Des Williams in 2003. Using sophisticated sounding equipment, they went further out into Bass Strait, but found nothing.

“Perhaps we had misinterpreted the historical information,” Mr Ryan said, “so we searched grids further to the west, but again came up empty-handed.

“Peter Taylor and Martin Tozer suggested we look east of Kitty Miller Bay, but I was sceptical.”

He reckons they searched about 80 square kilometres with the sounder, more than 20 trips into Bass Strait before finding Coramba, spending about $30,000 of their own money.

Luck played a part. On Sunday 15 May, Mr Ryan was on his own, looking

for the ketch Kermandie, which went down while carrying granite from Cape Woolamai to Melbourne, when the sounder picked up a much larger vessel.

“It was a eureka moment. The second I saw the size, a huge rush of adrenalin hit me; it had to be the Coramba,” he said. “This is why we search for shipwrecks; it’s not the thrill of the chase, but the thrill of the find.”

Des Williams takes up the story: “I got a text message from Mark saying he’d found what looked like our ship, but it was too rough to dive on it. Even if it had been calm, Mark wanted the entire team there.

“The following weekend we all went out and Mark and other SOE members dived on the wreck. The clincher was if the vessel had twin screws.

“I waited on the surface and watched for the red buoy to surface, the signal that it was our target. When that buoy popped up, there was an incredible sense of joy and achievement. If I was any happier, I’d have been twins.”

Mr Williams says Peter Taylor played a major part in the discovery. “He’s done a power of research and we might have been looking for another eight

years without his detective work.”

Coramba is lying on her port side in 63 metres (205ft) of water 15 kilometres southeast of Phillip Island, nowhere near where she was thought to be.

Mr Ryan said the Coramba was the most looked-for ship in Victoria.

“It’s a very significant shipwreck and diving on it to confirm it was her was an amazing experience.”

He said the stern is in reasonably good condition, with the twin screws intact, but the front section is shattered, probably from sinking bow first.

For Des Williams the discovery has a poignant human element. While writing the book, he met relatives of the lost crew including the daughter and son of Captain Dowling, Audrey O’Callaghan and Jack Dowling.

They were 12 and nine when their father and the ship and crew under his command disappeared.

Mr Williams says the loss of her father had a profound effect on Audrey, now aged 88, and nearly 20 years ago he promised her he would find the Coramba.

Sadly, Jack died last December, aged 85.

Celebration: Southern Ocean Exploration members and Des Williams (white jumper) celebrate the discovery last month.

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There are many people in our community who need our help.

About Curves Curves is a centre especially designed for women that features a complete 30-minute cardio and strength-training program, which has been proven to be clinically effective and has a positive effect on body composition, metabolism, and resting heart rate. Curves appeals to women of all ages who want a fitness routine that differs from typical gyms.

Curves On The Bay also offers Curves Circuit with Zumba Fitness, the only 30-minute class that mixes the moves of Zumba with the proven strength of Curves for a wildly effective workout.

Curves is giving away one 12-month membership this winter. Call to find out how to enter.

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Your health choices digestive system can lead to many common symptoms.

By Lyndy Saltmarsh Is your digestive system not feeling quite right?

DO you only pay attention to your digestive system when there is a problem? Maybe after you have eaten a large meal and feel bloated? Or perhaps you pay attention to your digestive system only when you have had changes in bowel movements, like diarrhoea or constipation? If this is the case, some digestive support in the form of a probiotic could be useful.

Probiotics are â&#x20AC;&#x153;good bacteriaâ&#x20AC;? that help keep your digestive system in good condition.

Digestive problems are often a sign that the bacteria in your digestive system are out of balance, and since your digestive system is the centre of health, it is extremely important that you keep it healthy.

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DID you know you have more than 400 species of good bacteria inside your digestive system and they weigh up to three kilograms? In fact, you have more bacteria living inside you than you have cells in your entire body. There are about 100 trillion bacteria in your digestive system, the vast majority of which live in the bowel.

The balance of all these bac-

How do good bacteria keep you healthy?

GOOD bacteria aid in: Breaking down food and producing nutrients.

Absorption of nutrients.

Maintaining the motility of the digestive tract, ensuring good bowel motions.

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Preventing chronic disease.

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YOUR digestive system is in constant contact with the outside environment through the food that you eat. In your lifetime, you will eat about 22 tonnes of food. This food and the ďŹ&#x201A;uids you consume could be carrying potential pathogens that could make you sick. Good bacteria can protect you from getting sick from these potential pathogens.

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IT is essential for health and wellbeing that the bacteria, or ďŹ&#x201A;ora, in your digestive system is kept in a healthy balance. An imbalance of ďŹ&#x201A;ora within the

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By Laura Jones BARIATRIC surgery can help people to lose weight and reduce obesity related diseases by enabling them to become satisďŹ ed from smaller amounts of food.

However to achieve the best results, patients must also aim to work towards living a healthy lifestyle. My role as a bariatric dietitian includes providing regular follow up, support and education for patients. In particular I help people to develop a non-dieting approach to their weight loss, which is something a lot of bariatric patients have not achieved before.

It is also essential that a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet is assessed for nutritional adequacy to prevent nutritional deďŹ ciencies and related

and, more importantly, adjusting diet for other health conditions that a patient may have.

Only an accredited practising dietitian can give advice on the nutritional management of chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

In addition, research has shown that regular follow up with your bariatric team, including the dietitian, can lead to better health and weight loss outcomes in patients.

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All the leaves from deciduous tree in your neighbourhood that end up in drifts in corners, or any other nooks and crannies, can be gathered up into big gardening bags. Mix through a couple of handfuls of blood and bone, tie up the tops and store them somewhere for the next couple of months.

By the time spring comes around, the blood and bone should have helped them to start breaking down into a nice crumbly mixture for you to add to your garden beds.

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long and have at least 3 or 4 healthy buds near the top. Make the bottom cut straight and the top cut on an angle facing away from the closest bud.

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Apocalypse Now ... and then

By Stuart McCullough THIS is a disaster. I haven’t felt this flat-out cheated since the whole ‘Y2K’ computer bug turned out to be a complete and utter turkey in 2000. As you may or may not be aware, the world was supposed to end last weekend. Californian minister Harold Camping had boldly predicted that the world as we know it would come to a grinding halt on 21 May 2011.

I was ready. Having survived the whole ‘millennium bug’ fiasco, I can honestly say that if there’s one thing I do well, it’s prepare for an imminent apocalypse.

As soon as I heard that Armageddon was expected over the weekend, I swung into action. This included digging a suitable shelter – a task made all the more awkward by the fact that we have a first floor apartment – and collecting as much in the way of canned goods as possible. Sadly, nearly all those cans are tomato soup; a flavour I despise as a result of chronic overuse during my childhood. It was as though our parents were genuinely unaware that any other variety of soup existed. I can still recall that magical day in 1994 when I first stumbled across a tin of split pea and ham, and

had to be assured this glorious substance was, in fact, soup.

From that moment on, an entire universe of broths, consommés and soups opened up to me.

But I digress.

So involved was I in preparing for the approaching worldwide destruction that I

neglected to ring my sisterin-law and wish her a happy birthday. This, frankly, is completely unforgivable. I can only hope that given the world was scheduled to turn into a cinder, she, like me, was distracted by other events.

My preparations were as

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nothing compared to those of others. The newspapers were full of stories of people who were so convinced that the end was nigh that they spent all their savings. (Incidentally, the term ‘nigh’ really only gets a run when you’re speaking of the end of the world. No one ever describes the end of the third quarter as being ‘nigh’.)

Others had decorated their cars with warnings and endured months of abuse for their trouble, some quit their jobs and one fellow drove across the entire continent just so he could be in California when it all went down. Because, I suppose, location really matters when the day of judgement arrives. I’d hate to think that there are some who might have used what they thought were humanity’s last remaining hours to let people know what they really thought of them.

How they must have felt on Sunday morning. Suddenly, my shelter and cans of soup don’t seem so silly.

Sadly (well, sort of sadly), the world did not come to a grinding halt over the weekend.

This, of course, is immensely disappointing. Then I learned the awful truth – this is not the first time that Harold Camping has predicted the end of the world. Previously, he had

said the apocalypse was due to arrive some time in 1994.

When that did not come to pass, he blamed a mathematical error. I prefer to think that Judgement Day was postponed to allow for additional seasons of Seinfeld.

Poor Harold took the news hard – it’s a big call to predict the end of the world. Sadly it’s one of those things that only really matters if you’re wrong.

Apparently he felt so terrible he left home and moved into a motel with his wife, which, as acts of penitence go, doesn’t sound too bad. The following Monday he released a statement. Although I’ve not seen it, I desperately hope that it includes the words ‘missed it by that much…’

But unlike the last time he predicted the coming of Doomsday, Harold’s not prepared to give it a rest for another 17 years. No, he’s revised his prediction to 21 October. This year.

I’m sure that when he went over his notes, it stood out like veritable dog’s bollocks.

When revising his calculations, Harold Camping will have slapped himself when he realised that he’d forgotten to carry the one over to the next column or some such thing.

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that the computations be performed on an abacus rather than a calculator, I say.

The new date of 21 October means several things. Firstly, there will now be enough time to find out who wins this series of Dancing With The Stars.

Perhaps, more importantly, it means that life as we know it will come to an end just before my next birthday. This seems fitting. Given that I failed to get in touch with my sister-in-law on her birthday, it’s only fair that the end of the world should be rescheduled to a day closer to my own.

It also means that I will be able to avoid all the existential angst that comes with turning 40. Phew.

But if the world doesn’t end five months from now, I’m sure I won’t mind too much. Even if it means that I will hit the big ‘4-0’ after all. I’m enjoying the shelter I prepared, which I’m planning to turn into something more like a Mr Brady-style den. If any of you are worried about the end of the world on 21 October or, heck, just find yourself at a loose end, you’d be welcome to come over and join me. I just hope you like tomato soup. I’ll be sure to send a special invitation to Harold. www.stuartmccullough.com

Entertainment THE opening night of Love Never Dies was spectacular and the continuing story of The Phantom of the Opera was a carnival scene of dancers, circus acts and spectacular colour.

The Phantom (Ben Lewis), 10 years after his abduction of Christine (Anna O’Byrne), is now a wealthy impresario running a Coney Island attraction. He lures Christine, her husband Raoul (Simon Gleeson) and son Gustave (Kurtis Papadinis) to Manhattan.

I feel so privileged to have seen the Australian production of Love Never Dies. Everything about the show was amazing; sets, costumes, singing. I’d see it again if I could! Well done to all involved – a magical night out at the theatre.

The highlight of my night was meeting composer Andrew Lloyd Webber at the after party and chatting with producer Simon Phillips who said: “It’s an honour to be working on an Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dazzling new work.”

We caught up with Barry Humphries, Geoffrey Rush, Police Minister Peter Ryan and his wife, David Marriner, newsreader Mal Walden and 3AW showbiz reporter and newsreader Donna Demaio.

A great night of entertainment and

a great after party that included fresh fairy floss. Tickets 1300 111 011 www.loverneverdies.com.au *** WROKDOWN is a popular TV show on Channel 31 hosted by Wendy Stapleton that features artists, musicians, record producers, photographers and movers and shakers from the rock and pop industry in the 1960s and ’70s.

The show is running a series of fundraising gigs every few months featuring artists who have appeared on the show.

Producer Anita Monk hosts a Wrokdown radio show on 88.3 Southern FM and 96.5 Inner FM hosted by Mick Pealing.

I worked with the Adelaide-born Mick Pealing at Southside Six during the mid-Seventies with his band The Stars and was one of the first radio journalists in Melbourne to play their debut single Quick on the Draw, a top 30 hit. The Stars also released With a Winning Hand, Mighty Rock and Look After Yourself.

The next gig, at the Caravan Club, Oakleigh RSL, Drummond St Oakleigh, will feature Ronnie Charles (The Groop, Somebody’s Image), Mick Pealing (The Stars, Spaniards), Jim Keays (Masters Apprentices),

Neale Johns (Blackfeather, Flake, Fraternity) and backing band Wrokdown Circus. MC with be Ken Murdoch (Cloud Nine, Taste). For more information, look up www. wrokdown.com. *** HELL Ain’t A Bad Place To Be, the story of rock icon and AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, will premiere in Melbourne on 12 July at the Athenaeum Theatre for a two-week season.

Rock musician Nick Barker, known for his raw and intimately connected performances, will tell the story of Scott and his rise to fame with AC/ DC, interspersed with hit songs from the legendary musician.

Barker will be joined by legendary rocker Doug Parkinson, who knew Bon Scott in the hell-raising years of the 1970s. Parkinson will sing songs from Bon Scott’s early years while telling stories of his time with Bon – some he’s prepared to share, others he thinks may be best forgotten.

Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be – The Story of Bon Scott is directed

by RocKwiz’s Brian Nankervis, one of Australia’s most celebrated rock and roll brains and a living musical encyclopaedia, and written by Andrew Barker, whose credits include

producer of The Man in Black and The Ultimate Rock n Roll Jam Session.

The story follows Bon’s life from Scotland to Australia, through his wild teenage years and the bands that came before AC/DC – the Spektors, the Valentines and Fraternity.

From hippie epiphanies to bubblegum pop to the iconic early years of AC/DC, Hell celebrates the music, the heartbreak and the life of Bon Scott – a quintessential rock and roll story that ended far too soon.

When Scott died in 1980, Highway to Hell had just reached the top 20 in the United States and AC/DC was on the brink of becoming a global rock phenomenon.

The band’s next album, Back in Black, was released as a tribute to Scott, becoming the secondbestselling album in history.

Scott died after an all-night drinking bout in London in 1980.

Tickets are on sale from Ticketmaster 9650 1500. *** WARNER Bros Pictures has announced that Anne Hathaway will play Selina Kyle in the latest instalment of The Dark Knight Rises, starring alongside Christian Bale who returns in the role as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

all preach the love of God, and each other, in one form or another. Even those nice women who knock on my door (Jehovah’s Witnesses?) have that bottom line – ours is the only true religion. I don’t get this subtle form of hypocrisy. Will we ever elect a Muslim as Prime Minister, or is this a rash thought? If it is a rash thought, why is it? *** PS: Teddy’s mob passed a bill to wind back the powers of the state’s Equal Opportunity Commission. This allows faith-based organisations to refuse staff based on sexuality (read gays) marital status (singles) and spiritual beliefs. And they tell us this is in the name of religious freedom. And pigs may fly. *** CHRIS Lilley’s Summer Heights High had its schoolgirl moments, but really Angry Boys takes some getting used to. His characters are extreme, there’s too much swearing and it’s not very clever; boring in fact. The big plus I suppose is that he’s allowed to put a show like this to air without the wowsers howling him down. Is it culture?

Up to a point I suppose, in that it’s shown on the ABC. A new genre?

There’s no such thing. Not for mine, genius or no genius. *** THE Aborigines long long ago were too busy scratching Bunjil outlines into rocks to think of drugs, so I blame the Chinese. They were smoking opium before British Australia was thought of as a dumping ground, and they would gamble on sticks of wood flowing down the Yangtze River 2000 years before young Jesus popped his head out. Ahh, but we Aussies are clever. Our state government came up with drink coasters showing tips before gambling. “Set your limit.” Problem solved. As the bloke who spoke to the bookie said, “I hope I break even today. I really need the money”. Cigarettes? No problemo. Plain coloured packets: the perfect example of our government seen to be doing something, yet doing nothing. It’s an addiction!

Swearing? Yet again, problem solved. Offensive language – is it even considered an offence if no one is present? This could represent a hidden bonanza for government coffers. An undercover cop in the RSL restricted smoking zone would net a fortune, particularly immediately after the

members’ raffle is drawn. Does this mean that when some idiot cuts me off on the highway the best I can manage is “sugar”? *** I WATCHED the film Red Hill recently. A dozen murders and a hanging. Gory, blood splattering violence.

That’s OK apparently, likewise Underbelly on television, all about violence, drugs and sensuality, albeit third rate with comic performances.

So if all this rubbish is OK why do we go to town on some inoffensive thingo called “Brocial Network”? Emma Quayle, an Age football journalist writing about this Facebook social network, called it “grubby, offensive and immoral” (8000 members are invited to upload photos of scantily clad female friends). It has AFL footballers as members and, no, I haven’t been invited. Fairy floss, Emma. Stick to real footy. *** IN an effort to combat old age, loneliness and boredom, I was half considering a trip overseas, assuming Centrelink approval and the necessary energy to drive to the airport. I have a credit card with my local bank but decided on a second card just in case.

with Gary Turner The film is slated for release in Australia on 19 July 2012. *** STEVE Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith) will tour Australia with Steely Dan in October, performing at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 27 October.

The singer-songwriter-keyboard player and guitarist was born in Birmingham and joined the Spencer Davis Group with his older brother Muff when he was aged 15.

His soulful voice can be heard on such hits as Gimme Some Lovin’, Keep On Running and I’m a Man, songs he co-wrote.

He later formed Traffic and Blind Faith before going solo in 1981.

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A Grain of Salt Whinge issue IT’S very nice for all those females to march against the use of the word slut and “reclaim their bodies”, but people who use the word (including women) will take not one iota of notice.

When I hear people use it (mainly men), I feel a sense of pity, in that they never stop to consider the consequences of their language nor consider that they are announcing their ignorance.

Nine times out of 10 they base their misguided opinion on one look or a vague rumour. Some are married with their wives likely under a dress sense embargo. Strangely, although not surprisingly, these same people complain if females choose to wear a head covering. Thankfully, none of them barrack for Collingwood. *** I AM against bible study in schools and I welcome the Victorian Teachers’ Union resolution (46,000 state school teachers) to scrap Special Religious Instruction during school hours. I am not against religious studies per se, nor will I be attending the Global Atheists Convention funded by our state government in 2012. What concerns me is that almost every religion appears to rubbish the others, and yet they

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with Cliff Ellen the Commonwealth Bank ($10,000/ monthly direct debits/no interest) knocked me back. I’ve had an account with them since it was transferred from the State Savings Bank last century. No debts, a pensioner on $700 a fortnight. Can someone kindly tell me where, if any, there’s a risk factor? I could close my account and deposit the funds in another bank, but apparently they all have standard measures against pensioners. Yet some invite you to apply when you reach 18. I’m unconcerned, but they’re shameful. *** AT my age a perfunctory cuddle is better than nothing, I suppose. “If that’s all there is my friends, let’s keep dancing, let’s break out the booze and have a ball, if that’s all, there is.” (Peggy Lee) Too much melancholia? Can’t help it. It’s winter. Bye for now. cliffie9@bigpond.com

Joke!!!

A truck driver amused himself by running over lawyers as they walked down the side of the road.

Every time he saw a lawyer walking along the road, he would swerve to hit him. There would be a loud “thud”, and then he would swerve back on the road.

As the truck driver drove along one day, he saw a priest hitch hiking, he pulled over and asked the priest, “Where are you going, Father?”

The priest said he was on his way to his church up the road.

“I’ll give you a lift.”

The priest climbed into the passenger seat and the truck driver continued down the road. Suddenly, the truck driver saw a lawyer walking down the road and instinctively swerved to hit him. At the last minute, he remembered he had a priest in the truck and swerved back onto the road. Even though he knew he missed the lawyer, he still heard a loud “thud.” Unsure of where the noise came from, he glanced in his mirrors. When he didn’t see anything, he turned to the priest and said, “I’m sorry, Father. I almost hit a lawyer.”

The priest replied, “That’s OK, I got him with the door.”

RIddle Solution ANSWER: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after!

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At the Bendigo it starts with U.

Rye seniors sitting pretty on top

Winter bowls at Sorrento SORRENTO Bowls Club’s winter program is off and running with a busy program to suit most people.

Outdoors, social games are played Wednesday and Saturday from 10.30am.

Casual gear and flat-soled shoes are the dress code.

Green fees are $6.

Saturday games are popular with a hearty homemade soup and a roll for lunch for just $5.

If stormy weather prevents

outdoor play, then join the indoor carpet bowlers in the cosy club room from 1pm on Saturdays.

Carpet bowls are supplied and the cost of $5 covers two games and afternoon tea.

Outdoor bowls continue until 2 July when the greens are rested for the oncoming season.

Indoor carpet bowls continues until August.

Barefoot bowls is a popular year-round option particular-

ly for visitors to the area; cost is $10 a person with bowls supplied. Access to the club bar and barbecue facilities is also offered. For many young people, it’s their introduction to the game. For others it’s a fun way to get together on an afternoon or weekend Prior booking is essential.

Call the club on 5984 2831 or email sorrrentobc@bigpond. com

IT’S great news for all Rye Football Club supporters with the seniors on top of the Nepean Division ladder after eight rounds, two games clear of Hastings in second.

And what a game this week at home – another blockbuster for Rye – against Hasting. The last two games have seen the senior team, really flex their muscles with a 65 point thrashing over Sorrento at home in Round 6, in front of a massive crowd, and then a great all the way win over Somerville at Somerville in Round 7 by 47 points.

Even more pleasing for the Senior side was the last 2 wins have been without stars Ben Holmes (calf) John Hynes (Back) and Andrew Dunn (Hamstring).

Both Holmes and Hynes should be back for the Hastings game, while Dunn will be available in Round 10.

Better players over the last few weeks, have been the Coach Stephen Ryan, who is in scintillating form, with 27 goals for the season, Darren Booth, Matt James, Sam Smith, Butch Cassidy, Mick, Sean and Ben Cain.

Rhett Sutton, who is playing down back after returning from 2 knee reconstructions, has been sensational, leaving Lyle House and Ryan Taylor to combine with the ruck duties. The Kirkwood

brothers, Adam and Jared also have been in stellar form. Keep it up boys, you are certainly gelling well together and playing hard, inspired football.

Thanks also to Tony and Monica Skene on a magnificent Coterie luncheon and day on the Sorrento Game, the feedback was outstanding. To all the Canteen helpers on that big day a huge thank-you and to Colin Rowley, Dean Nevinson, Mark Egan and Dan Jennings for selling a record amount of slabs at a home and away game, thanks to all your help is much appreciated.

The Reserve team is sitting in 5th position, and over the coming weeks need to consolidate their position in the top 5.

Travis Sawers, Damien Kezele, Dustin Lloyd, Matt Dunn, Toby Woodford, have been the pick of the best players in the last few weeks.

Danny Walkers under 18, are just sitting outside the 5, and with some very winnable games coming up over the next few weeks, and should be knocking on the door of the five. Best players have been Brady Egan, Jack Kerr, Tim Purchase, Troy Cullen, Matt Wylie, Jye Lloyd and Scott Shea. Great to Jack Noseda back from injury and playing well, and also Andrew Dean who has played the last 3 games in the Senior side.

The Netballers under Amy Jobling and Ellen Millar, are also playing some great Netball, the A grade sitting in second position and the B grade in 3rd position. Well done ladies keep up the great work over the next few weeks.

Also the Clubs major raffle, The “Big $100,000” your choice raffle, with first prize being $80,000, to spend as you wish, is to be drawn soon, so get your tickets now. With 2nd price $10,000, 3rd $5000, 4th $3000 and 5th 2,000 it is outstanding odds and fantastic rewards. Only 1000 tickets for sale, @$250.00 per ticket, due to be drawn on June the 26th. Form a syndicate of buy a ticket straight out, Phone Mick O’Rourke on 0419 583 378 to purchase a ticket or John Kennedy Real Estate on 035985 8800.

Stratcombe ready to shine after a return from injury

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BLACK CAVIAR’S trainer Peter Moody may have unearthed another star in two-year-old Le Societe.

A filly by Anabaa, Le Societe made it two wins from two starts when spacing her rivals over 1200m at Sandown. She gives every indication she will be equally effective over longer distances.

Former Kiwi Zoomin won twice on wet tracks earlier this season and is ready to fire following three starts from a spell, working home stoutly when runner-up over 2100m at Sandown.

Mornington-trained Charlie’s Queen has reached full maturity this season and is something to bet on over the next few weeks. Following an unlucky second on resumption at Caulfield, she stepped up against males at Lakeside and was a slashing third behind inform Second Effort.

Lightly raced five-year-old

By The Way worked home strongly when fourth in the same event and is ready to score in similar grade.

Darley-owned Chasse had been a tad disappointing this campaign but is obviously better suited going left-handed judging by his third to Midnight Martini at Lakeside.

Sale-trained Willysfilly has

put her problems behind her winning three on the trot on her home track and is now ready to tackle metropolitan grade. Sixth-placed Come on Bill (25/1) would have finished second but for striking interference over the final 200m and is one for longshot backers.

Adam Bodey-trained Gold Viper had been racing well at the picnics but has gone to a new level since being stepped up in distance, toying with his rivals over 2200m at Sale last Sunday.

Cranbourne three-year-old Don’t Wake Me has strengthened this campaign and is ready to break through in the city following excellent efforts in his past two starts at Caulfield.

Redoute’s Choice filly Sport Chic is likely to be competitive in stakes grade when she returns in the spring. After catching the eye on debut at Morphettville, she was ridden more positively when successful at Caulfield.

Lightly raced colt Stratcombe has impressed in two starts since returning from injury, working home stylishly when placed behind stakesperformer General Truce over 1000m at Caulfield. Sure to relish more ground and roomier track.

Cranbourne-trained Venus World hit a purple patch of form last winter and her firstup effort when fifth behind

emerging Mid Summer Music at Caulfield suggests she is going equally as well.

Former Murray Bridgetrained mare Moment In Time is nearing peak fitness following three starts for John Thompson. Despite being sent out at 60/1, the six-year-old was doing her best late when sixth in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm and is sure to take plenty of beating when steeping up to 1600m and beyond.

Heidilicious has come a long way since winning a Bendigo maiden in November and with natural progression is capable of winning a decent staying event later in the year. After missing the start badly in the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm, she did a remarkable job to finish fifth to highly regarded Kiwi Scarlett Lady.

Benny’s Button (10/1) was the unlucky runner when third in the Daybreak Lover at Eagle Farm on Saturday and should be a good bet the next time he steps out over 1400m or 1600m.

Perfect Hostess was caught in a traffic jam when resuming at Morphettville and is worth following, while lightly raced Mr Lowndes was sent an impossible assignment when fifth behind Pitt Street and is also worth keeping tabs on.

Best: Stratcombe

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Saints versus Geelong: a tale of two Swans fly into a head teams headed in opposite directions wind at Doveton Round 13 previews Friday 17 June Western Bulldogs v Adelaide, Etihad Stadium, 7.40 They said last weekend was an elimination final for the Bulldogs but does that mean they’re out of contention for the finals – the unfortunate answer is yes. They’ve had their chances and their key players aren’t standing up when needed. Adelaide is a slightly similar story, after they had one of their best pre-seasons in a while, but they still can’t seem to string any wins together. To their credit last weekend the Crows never threw in the towel against West Coast; they could’ve been blown away at any point in the second half but they’ve kept on coming. Western Bulldogs by 9 points.

Saturday 18 June Hawthorn v Gold Coast, Aurora Stadium, 2.10pm In their second Tassie game this year the Hawks will be looking to bounce back after a close loss to the undefeated Cats. The defeat wasn’t the worst thing that happened to the Hawks – Jarryd Roughead badly injured his achilles and will miss the rest of the season, a massive blow to their premiership chances. The Gold Coast last weekend never really challenged the Kangaroos; they were blown out of the water early and never really got back into it. Gary Ablett was his usual self, racking up 38 disposals, and David Swallow is continuing his standout debut season.

Hawthorn by 58 points.

Essendon v North Melbourne, Etihad Stadium, 2.10pm With both teams returning from interstate, the Bombers and the Roos

will fight it out in a tight encounter.

If there’s ever a time the Bombers need to win it’s now. Since the bye they’ve lost the winning habit. Last weekend they were terrible for the first two and a half quarters before a late fightback but it was all too little too late. The Kangaroos travelled to the Gold Coast and gave the Suns an old-fashioned belting in the wet. I think the six-day turnaround and the trip back from Perth will be too much for Essendon. North Melbourne by 4 points.

Blues are firing and the Swans want revenge for their loss to Carlton earlier in the year. Last weekend Carlton flogged Brisbane and leapfrogged Hawthorn in third place.

This week will be a lot tougher. Last time these two met it was round six and Judd was the difference with 33 disposals. The Swans need a player who can run with him. Another player who needs to be stopped is Andrew Walker who has kicked 11 goals in the last two weeks. Carlton by 23 points.

Brisbane v Richmond, Gabba, 7.10pm In their third consecutive road trip, the Tigers will be looking to win their first since round nine. Last weekend they were probably outplayed by Sydney, but still had chances in the last quarter to punish Sydney’s inaccurate kicking. The Lions were flogged by the in-form Blues; they failed to shut down big-name players such as Judd and Murphy. This is Richmond’s big chance to prove they can play finals football; they let themselves down against Port the other week so this is a must-win.

Richmond by 19 points.

Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG, 2.10pm In the Dockers’ third game at the MCG this year, can it be third time lucky? Last weekend the Dockers returned to form, smashing the fast finishing Bombers, but again injuries have struck with a leg injury to star midfielder David Mundy. On the bright side they will recall A-grade midfielder Michael Barlow after his recovery from a broken leg. The Dees went from high to low on Monday with a hefty, 88-point loss to reigning premiers Collingwood. It’s time for Melbourne to bring some senior players back out of the VFL instead of putting too much pressure on the kids. Fremantle by 3 points.

St Kilda v Geelong, MCG, 7.10pm After watching these two teams play in round one, it looked like two topfour sides battling it out. Now, half a season later, they’re battling for two different things. The Cats are aiming to keep their unbeaten run alive and the Saints are pushing for a place in the eight. On the weekend the Cats won another tight match against the Hawks, James Podsiadly kicked his first bag of goals away from Skilled Stadium, all in the first half.

Will the Saints play Zac Dawson on him? Geelong will be far too strong.

Geelong by 28 points.

Sunday 19 June Carlton v Sydney, Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm Match of the round this week. The

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West Coast v Port Adelaide, Patersons Stadium, 4.40pm In what should be a very one-sided game, these teams have had polar opposite starts to the season. Many expected the Eagles to be down the bottom but they’ve had an amazing first half to the season. Three superstars from their premiership team – Dean Cox, Andrew Embley and Daniel Kerr – have rejuvenated their careers and played inspiring football. The Power are back after their bye, which hasn’t favoured many this season. They also face a trip to the west, which will be far too difficult for this young team. West Coast by 80 points.

By A Cobb A POOR first quarter against a stiff breeze cost the Swans dearly in their recent clash against the Midway Cobras at Doveton. Midway, well known as a tough outfit in the Reclink Football League , wasted no time in hitting the scoreboard.

The Swans failed to register a score as the Cobras piled on 4 goals in the first term. The Swans worked hard to find the ball and it wasn’t until the midfielders led by Robbie Bos started to hit targets up field that Cobras run was halted. Robbie was one of the youngest players on the field but played with cool nerve despite the experience and tough mental approach of his much older opponent.

The breeze in the second term and a few positional changes swung by Coach Wayne Pattison saw the Swans break the ice and fight back. A great chest mark and conversion by Beau Ledwidge sparked the Swans and goals by Dan Kendell saw the margin cut.

Tim Steele , who won the 2010 Lions Award, brought the house down with a courageous pack mark and his goal saw the Swans tempo lift.

At half time, the Swans were back in the race but the Cobras steadied and posted 6 goals to the Swans two in the second half.

The Cobras’ experience told when the game was in the balance and the young Swans just couldn’t maintain their intensity in a tough game in heavy conditions of Reid Oval.

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Michael Matthews, Tom Deveney and Kai Williams stood out across 4 quarters and Ashley Aylott took his football to another level and was the best big man afield.

Matt Bailey played his best game for the club and his confident attack on the ball was a sign of better things to come. Swans official, Ian Dale , praised the defensive work of Tom Deveney who played another strong game at full back.

As the shown by the greatest ever Swan Bobby Skilton, triple Brownlow Medallist, success in football is the result of hard training, self discipline and developing skills to the highest level.

Wayne Pattison believes the tough training will eventually pay off and the next big clash at Collingwood against Bendigo Bombers will show the importance of preparation of the Swans team. .

Training is at the Rosebud Oval on Wednesdays commencing at 1.00pm .

Final Scores…..Midway Cobras 12.16. 88 defeated Swans 7.4. 46.

Goals: Ledwidge 2 Kendall 2 Cohn 1 Bos 1 Steele 1 Best: Deveney, Walker, Bos, Harvey, Aylott, Marateo, Mathews, Steele, Kendell The Swans Committee is very pleased with the on-going support of local community groups and families during the season. The team continues to grow and interest in Reclink Football has spread throughout the Southern Peninsula .

LS/C Teresa Baker said the many kind offers the Swans receive in 2011 make the work of Victoria Police, and the local community so worthwhile.

“We are very proud of the players and humbled by the generosity of the local people. Thanks to everyone for what they have done for the young people in our district. The football is great but the support is simply amazing,” Teresa said.

Local organizations willing to sponsor The Southern Peninsula Swans are asked to contact Sergeant Steve O’Neill at Rosebud Police Station for further details.

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