March 20th 2012

Southern Peninsula

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Circle of unity: Elida Radig (in all purple) leads women supporters of Peninsula Women’s Information and Support Service in Rye at an International Women’s Day celebration on Rye pier. Picture: Yanni

By Liz Flynn “Unite to end violence against women� was the theme for International Women’s Day. The theme was observed at a ceremony on Rye pier, where women from the Peninsula Women’s Information and Support Service in Rye (That Purple Place) gathered on 8 March to lay flowers and branches from their homes and gardens on the water that travels the world and so unites women across the globe.

Centre manager Elida Radig said: “We form a circle symbolising the unity of our gender and each one of us has the opportunity to give the flowers and the memories to the sea� in honour of women who are no longer with us, including victims of war.

The day is celebrated on 8 March around the world, and the theme is set by charities, governments and women’s groups to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women.

This year’s theme touched on an issue that is unfortunately common. The Rye centre assists with overnight emergency accommodation, court support and referral to appropriate agencies for women in need on the peninsula.

Homeward bound FOUR Aboriginal students from Arnhem Land have left for home after spending a week at Dromana Secondary College.

The four – Saravina Lalara, Lorita Munur, Maggie Nunggarrgalu and Tiana Roberts – come from Numbulwar, a small community on the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory.

Numbulwar’s population of just over 1000 is close to the number of students at Dromana Secondary (970).

This second annual visit by students from Numbulwar was arranged by school council president Murray Turner and his wife Carol, who billeted the four students at their house in Point Leo. The Turners are related through mar-

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He said the community was isolated and accessible only by air five months a year so coming to the Mornington Peninsula was “a big adventure�.

Seven boys were in the first group of students to visit last year and Mr Turner said plans were being made for staff from Dromana secondary to visit Numbulwar.

He said life in Arnhem Land community was vastly different to that of the peninsula. “There are 15 people to a house and three kids to a bed. “They speak three languages, and

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Story and pictures by Alexandra Dellaportas ABOUT 15,000 people flocked to Rosebud for the annual kite festival.

Residents and tourists came from all over the Mornington Peninsula and beyond to listen to live music, eat the tastiest ice-cream and fill the sky with their colourful creations. The festival showcased Rosebud and the beautiful scenery of the foreshore. It drew in many kite enthusiasts and families of all ages.

Jimmy Giggle, a popular character on ABC’s Giggle and Hoot, was a

major drawcard, signing autographs for a seemingly endless queue of young fans. When children weren’t lining up for hours waiting to see their hero, they were engaged in plenty of other entertainment including hula hoops, clowns, balloons and music sessions.

There was plenty of music and entertainment for everyone, with five bands performing.

The line-up ranged from salsa to rock’n’roll getting everyone up and tapping their feet. The music was paired with food stalls and carnival rides to create a fun and interesting atmosphere

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for the overall celebration of kites.

Professional kite-flyers, both international and Australian, had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

Kites ranged from the simple diamond-shape to more complex hexagonal and impossibly huge kites – even whale-shaped ones.

On the field, kites were seen, made, broken, lost and tangled in a web of string and paper, but nothing could deter anyone from having a great time at the Rosebud Kite Festival.

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Park ride for cancer Story and picture: Barry Irving FOR Ovarian Cancer month, staff of Rye Beach Chemmart Pharmacy decided to raise funds for Ovarian Cancer Australia by taking part in a bike ride, “Le tour of Point Nepean National Park”.

The 10-kilometre ride in warm conditions took the women a little over 45 minutes. Seven staff members raised $1600 in sponsorship from family, friends and customers. On the ride were, from left, Jenny, Alex, Vicki, Kirsty, Michelle, Sarah and Leanne.

Harvest festival

HERONSWOOD Harvest Festival is on again. There will be free workshops covering such topics as growing and harvesting garlic, seed sowing in autumn, and plants for shady gardens.

Expert gardeners will answer tricky gardening questions, and take tours of the historic Heronswood property and homestead with free garden tours at 11am and 2pm.

The cafe will be open and diners can feast on heirloom produce, picked fresh from the Heronswood garden.

Produce will be for sale at stalls and the nursery shop will sell all the regular perennials and heirloom seeds for the garden. There will be Little Diggers activities on Sunday from 11am.

The festival is on 24-25 March. Entry is $10 (children under 16 free).

Heronswood House tours cost $3 with proceeds going to Friends of Los Palos who assist communities in East Timor.

Councillor slams pool ‘news’

By Mike Hast SHIRE councillor Graham Pittock has slammed the shire’s announcement about the Rosebud aquatic centre, saying it is misleading.

“I want to disassociate myself from the press release,” he said.

“It’s not telling the whole story.”

Shire mayor Cr Frank Martin said in the release that state Environment Minister Ryan Smith had consented to a pool complex being built on Rosebud’s foreshore.

Cr Martin stated the site identified was adjacent to Rosebud Memorial Hall, and stressed that the size and function of the much-appreciated Village Green would not be impacted.

Cr Pittock, last year’s mayor, said the press release was inaccurate as the shire was in the process of seeking per-

mission for a second site for the pool complex, known as the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre or SPA. “The mayor wrote to the environment minister last December seeking permission to build the pool on the foreshore between Rosebud Carnival Park and Rosebud Bowling Club, a distance of about 450 metres,” he said.

“Mr Smith has given consent for a site at the carnival park and the adjacent memorial hall, nowhere else.

“Now shire officers and CEO Michael Kennedy have asked Mr Smith for permission to build on a site about 250 metres further east. They want to move the lawn bowls club and use its land, but there is not enough space.”

Cr Pittock said a large part of the Village Green, which was next to the bowls club, would have to be used.

“For Cr Martin to publicly state the Village Green would not be impacted is a furphy,” he said.

Cr Pittock said he had become annoyed at a council briefing when councillors were told the Village Green was safe.

“I had a copy of Frank’s letter in my computer and printed out a dozen copies for all councillors.”

He said there was silence in the room after he distributed the letter.

Cr Pittock believes he has the support of at least four other councillors in his quest to make the SPA planning process more transparent.

The SPA issue will impact on all Mornington Peninsula Shire ratepayers as the costs is expected to be between $30 and $35 million.

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not yet told the council how they intend to raise the money to build SPA, the second of three aquatic centres planned for the peninsula. The aquatic centre at Hastings, Pelican Park, opened in December 2003 and the third centre will be in Mornington.

Frankston Council last year approved a $46 million aquatic centre and said it would be paid for with higher rates, grants from state and federal government, and borrowings.

Frankston is debt-free, but the shire owes about $38 million.  The shire held a special council meeting to discuss the aquatic centre at the council offices in Queen St, Mornington, on Monday. It has cancelled a development assessments committee meeting scheduled for that day.

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Truck stop: From left, Rye CFA’s Glenn Diamond, Graham Martin and Mark Boardman with the community bank’s Julie Toward and Gary Sanford.

Story and photo Barry Irving RYE CFA members and the auxiliary have spent the past three years raising money to replace the 24-year-old salvage vehicle with a new pumper.

The salvage truck has served the CFA and the Rye community well, but a newer, betterequipped vehicle – a Hino 816 crew cab light pumper – was needed to maintain the high standard of protection.

The initial cost was $210,000, but current dollar values and rising costs saw this blow out to $268,000.

It was an excited Captain Mark Boardman, Second Lieutenant Glenn Diamond and Third Lieutenant Graham Martin who accepted a cheque for $39,600 from Rye and Dromana Community

Bank Bendigo Bank from Rye manager Julie Toward and senior manager Gary Sanford.

The donation has enabled the committee to place the order for the truck. It is expected it will be commissioned in time for the 2012-13 fire season.

Captain Boardman thanked the bank as well as RACV Club Cape Schanck, Rye Vietnam Veterans, Hillview Quarries, Southern Peninsula Opportunity Shop, Rye CFA Auxiliary, Wittingslow Amusements, Moonah Links, Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate Rye, Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye, Rye Lions Club, Boneo Lions Club, Rye Hotel, residents of Rye, Tootgarook and surrounding areas, businesses and community groups.

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Closed door for jobs debate

By Mike Hast THE shire council will ask the Minister for Local Government to address rules about a councillor working for another councillor.

The decision was made on Tuesday night last week behind closed doors after the normal meeting ended and members of the public and press had been asked to leave the council chamber.

Councillors voted 6-4 to ask minister Jeanette Powell to investigate the matter, which stemmed from the revelation that Hastings-based councillor Reade Smith has been working for Mt Martha Ward councillor Anne Shaw at her commercial hydroponic business, Peninsula Aqua Growers in Mt Martha.

The move was initiated by Mornington Ward councillor Bev Colomb through a notice of motion: “While noting we are not in breach of any regulations currently, council wishes to

lead the way in any review processes for councillor conduct and Local Law and requests the Minister of [sic] Local Government to address rules around a councillor working for another councillor in a paid position.”

Earlier, councillors debated whether to discuss the matter in camera (behind closed doors).

The motion to go in camera was proposed by Cr Shaw and seconded by Cr Antonella Celi.

Cr Shaw said she did not want to speak first (as is the usual practice with the proposer of a motion). “I reserve my right of reply,” she said.

Cr Celi said items needed to be discussed in camera if they were of a sensitive nature and involved personal affairs or personal business.

Cr Colomb, speaking first of the councillors who opposed going in camera, said she didn’t “buy that this

needs to go in camera”.

“My motion does not name names; it’s just asking for the [local government] minister to consider,” she said.

Cr Leigh Eustace said it was a generic notice of motion: “It’s an issue and a loophole, it [the request] should go to the minister. And it should be debated in the public realm.”

Speaking for going in camera, Cr Reade Smith said “some councillors are playing double think”.

“Things that are confidential and affect people’s lives” should be debated in camera, he said.

Cr Smith said the matter shouldn’t be a story in a tabloid newspaper (perhaps referring to last week’s story in The News ‘Councillor’s job sparks review call’).

He said political games were being played by councillors; pre-election games. (The council election is on 27 October.)

“We’ll get a better discussion in camera. We do have private lives,” he said.

Cr Tim Rodgers said he did not understand why the council had to go in camera. “What is the problem?”

Cr David Gibb, supporting going in camera, said hurtful things might be said. It was not in the best interests of the community, the council or the people for the matter to be discussed publicly, he said.

Cr Graham Pittock said it was a sensitive issue and should go straight to a vote without debate.

Cr Shaw finally spoke when summing up her motion at the end of the debate.

She refuted Cr Colomb’s claim about naming names. “Cr Colomb used names in the Western Port News story.”

Cr Shaw said if the story was not correct Cr Colomb should contact the

newspaper and get it corrected.

For going behind closed doors were Crs Shaw, Celi, Smith, Gibb and Frank Martin.

Against were Crs Colomb, Eustace, Rodgers, Pittock and Lynn Bowden.

The mayor, Cr Martin, then used his casting vote to break the 5-5 deadlock and go in camera.

Cr Colomb later withdrew part B of her motion: “That officers prepare a report for council that gives us protocols to put in place for council to monitor and manage when a councillor is employed by another that is transparent and shows good governance, and to investigate if a local law can be an assistance.”

Supporting the motion to write to minister Powell were Crs Bowden, Colomb, Eustace, Gibb, Pittock and Rodgers.

Against were Crs Celi, Martin, Shaw and Smith.

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The afternoon of the previous Sunday, 11 March, was bright and sunny.

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A FEW quick flashes, followed by several loud bangs and it was over.

The electrical storm on Thursday 15 March was almost finished before it began, according to The News’s resident lightning chaser, photographer Yanni.

Not content with staying at home and watching the pixilation of his digital TV screen, Yanni jumped in his car for the clearer vantage point of Rosebud pier.

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Deputy mayor flouts convention to back MP Hunt

By Mike Hast DEPUTY mayor Cr Anne Shaw has ignored a local government convention by backing federal politician Greg Hunt.

In late January, Cr Shaw wrote a letter supporting Mr Hunt’s nomination for pre-selection in the federal seat of Flinders.

The Victorian division of the Liberal Party late last month unsurprisingly endorsed Mr Hunt as its candidate for Flinders at the 2013 election.

He won the seat in 2001 when Peter Reith retired and was re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2010.

Cr Shaw’s support for the MP breaks a longstanding convention that Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors not get involved in federal politics.

The Mt Martha Ward councillor has not broken any law, but The News believes some of her 10 council colleagues are privately annoyed at her action.

None would speak on the record, reflecting the council’s mostly successful attempts to project a collegiate public image.

Cr Shaw “reference� for Mr Hunt is signed “Councillor Anne Shaw, Deputy Mayor, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council�. In the letter she says she is “delighted to support the nomination of Hon. Greg Hunt M.P., as Liberal candidate for the Federal seat of Flinders�. “Greg is an exceptional Member of Parliament.

I have worked closely with Greg twice in the capacity of Mayor and for nine years as a Council-

Locks off for leukaemia NINE-year-old Emma Robinson decided to shave her head for the World’s Greatest Shave, to “help out those people with leukaemia to be happy like us�. Her school is holding a crazy hair day on Thursday to help Emma raise her target of $1000.

Hairdresser Joanne Bowman – Emma’s hairdresser since birth – donated her services. It was all smiles in the dining room as the cutting began, but the curly blonde locks on the floor served as a reminder of the children who struggle daily with cancer.

The Leukaemia Foundation’s annual World’s Greatest Shave is open to everyone of every age to shave or colour their hair to help raise money for a cure of leukaemia. Since 1998, one million shaved or coloured heads have helped raise $120 million.

lor of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, I can testify that Greg is a passionate and highly effective advocate for the people of the Flinders electorate.�

Cr Shaw describes Mr Hunt as enthusiastic, energetic, well respected and a genuine leader. He has “tremendous support from the community, which he has developed as a highly popular and visible local member�.

She states that “in time he will make a major contribution to the Party’s national future�.

On Wednesday, Cr Shaw said Mr Hunt had asked her for a personal reference in support of his pre-selection and “I was happy to do so�. “My letter is not on council letterhead; it’s not an official council document,� she said.

Cr Shaw said if it had been on shire letterhead she would have asked her colleagues.

Local government councillors in Australia have wrestled with the vexing issue of party politics for many years.

Many aspiring councillors or those seeking reelection have gone to the electorate saying they do not belong to the major political parties.

Mornington Peninsula Shire councils elected since 1997 have been particularly scrupulous in avoiding party politics.

Shire councillors do not hand out how-to-vote cards for politicians.

Councillors can be members of major political parties, but often find themselves voting against their Liberal or Labor colleagues in the council chamber.

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End to fire danger time THE CFA’s fire danger period for Frankston City and the Mornington Peninsula ends at 1am on Monday 19 March.

CFA chief officer Euan Ferguson said although the danger period was ending, it was important people take care when burning off. “If a fire is left unattended in windy conditions, it can spread quickly and can burn into bushland or onto neighbours’ properties,� he said.

Tips for burning off include: ď Ž Check local bylaws before burning off. ď Ž Never leave a burnoff unattended. ď Ž Tell your neighbours and call the Vicfire Burn Off Line on 1800 668 511 so brigades don’t get called out to burn offs unnecessarily.

Check the weather forecast before you burn off – never burn in dry, hot and windy conditions.

The fire period is also ending in Bass Coast, Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and on French Island, where there was a control-

led burn last Saturday.

Mr Ferguson said danger periods were based on local conditions and took into account fuel moistures, fuel loads, grassland curing, weather and rainfall. They are a seasonal declaration.

Information about fire restrictions is available in CFA’s ‘Can I or Can’t I’ brochure from the CFA website cfa.vic.gov.au/restrictions, or by phoning the Victorian Bushfire Information Line 1800 240 667.

A person who lights a fire in dangerous weather or fuel conditions or lights a fire that damages another person’s property whether intentionally or not is guilty of a serious crime.

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Kill permits are too easy: MP

By Mike Hast GREENS leader Greg Barber is leading a campaign to make it harder for rural landowners to get permits to kill native animals on their properties.

The campaign includes forcing the Department of Sustainability and Environment to reveal how many Authority to Control Wildlife (ATCW) permits had been issued for this year.

The Mornington Peninsula is one of the target areas with Mr Barber on Thursday last week revealing on the community radio station 3RPP that last year permits were issued to kill kangaroos, swamp wallabies, corellas, lorikeets, ducks and cockatoos.

He said DSE had refused to say how many permits had been issued for 2012 and this information was being sought under Freedom of Information.

DSE issued 2126 permits last year in Victoria. On the peninsula, permits were issued to kill or remove 246 eastern grey kangaroos, 102 little corellas, 145 musk lorikeets, 145 rainbow lorikeets, 15 maned ducks, 15 Pacific black ducks, 4 sulphur-crested cockatoo and 2 swamp wallabies.

Mr Barber, speaking on RPP’s Environment Show, said it was far too easy for landowners to get permits.

“Why is it that some landowners claim to have problems with birds or kangaroos when their next door neighbour doesn’t?” he asked. The application process was not rigorous enough and people did not have to adequately prove native animals were creating financial hardship.

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Recent and long-term residents lived on the peninsula because of its beautiful native wildlife, he said. Mr Barber said DSE’s refusal to provide 2012 figures meant he would be bringing a motion to the parliament “asking that all permits to control wildlife be tabled and placed on the public record for some healthy scrutiny”.

Reacting to the campaign, Environment Minister Ryan Smith on Friday 2 March issued a press release stating the government would set up a new panel “to assess applications to control wildlife across the state that are of significant community interest”.

“Recent ATCW applications to control kangaroos have resulted in disagreements between landholders and

other residents and we want to make sure the government has the best possible independent advice before making a decision on these types of applications,” Mr Smith said.

“The panel will provide a transparency in decision-making regarding the issuing of ATCW permits, ensuring all relevant options are considered to determine an appropriate and humane wildlife management response.”

Mr Barber’s website has a list of ATCW permits issued from 2008-11 and permits issued 2008-11 by municipality. Details: mps.vic.greens. org.au/gregbarber Just 10 permits were issued in Frankston City 2008-11 – for killing or removing an unlimited number of silver gulls.

In the crosshairs: Below, a swamp wallaby. Above, rainbow lorikeets mainly eat the nectar and pollen of native flowers. Left, eastern grey kangaroos. Pictures: Yanni

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Rosebud Lions celebrate a successful year ROSEBUD Lions Club had a successful 2011 considering the global meltdown, says secretary Gordon Woods.

“We now look forward to similar success in 2012.

“Our ‘First Sunday in the Month’ market continues to be popular, thanks to the generosity of residents, weekenders and permanent stallholders who continue to support the event.

“The club continues to help many and varied charities and disadvantaged people on the peninsula.

“We have sent representatives of various schools to East Timor and Peru to teach children basic education that they would otherwise not receive. Assisting flood victims, supporting leukaemia foundations, life saving clubs, youth of the year projects and Anglicare are other activities we have supported.

“At our most recent meeting, we presented a cheque for $5000 to Kelly Swanson of Vision

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“Our Christmas break-up for the Anglicare organisation was a success with more than 200 children attending. The fun and cheer that the children and families experience is most rewarding.

“Father Christmas (alias Graham Auld), our president, arrived on his brightly decorated mobility scooter and was immediately surrounded by hundreds of excited children. One child said that he looked very much like ‘the man who sells raffle tickets and Lions cakes in the plaza’.

“Our 15 members, consisting of 11 over 80, still enjoy the camaraderie that flows from our fundraising efforts.”

The club is looking for new members.

For more information, contact Gordon Woods on 5986 6024.

Reindeer free: A visit to Anglicare’s children’s party by the Lions Club’s Santa.

Crying out for blood ONE of the region’s most colourful characters, who has more than 40 years of teaching and volunteering achievements on his resume, added another on Tuesday – a century of blood donations.

Ian Morrison, perhaps best known as a town crier in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula, gave his 100th lot of whole blood at the Frankston Blood Donor Centre in Davey St. Nowadays Mr Morrison travels further afield as a volunteer town crier and in the past year has given has stentorian voice to various events in Melbourne, Ballarat, Maryborough, Dandenong as well as closer to home – in Frankston.

Mr Morrison says he was born by the seaside at Worthing in Sussex in the south of England.

“I was transported to the state of Victoria in 1965 aboard the former Second World War troop carrier TV Castel Felice,” he said.

“I was put off the boat at the Suez Canal and forced to climb the Pyramids in Cairo before finally being beached at South Melbourne, immediately incarcerated at Melbourne High School until suitably Australianised and declared fit to work in the outside world of St Kilda East.”

Mr Morrison says he worked as an English and drama teacher for 30 years “until released for good behavior”.

“I’ve been a Pirate of Penzeance at the Alexander Theatre at Monash, a Poo Bah Chinese warlord in Rosebud, a policeman in Salad Days at Mt Eliza and am now a roving Victorian Town Crier.”

As the peninsula’s Town Crier he was based in Mornington and on many occasions sung Advance Australia Fair on Australia Day, welcomed new citizens, opened exhibitions, led hundreds of dogs on the RSPCA Million Paws walk, started bike races riding in full regalia, worked on the

Bloody ripper: Town crier Ian Morrison puts on a happy face as nurse Michelle Stack takes his 100th lot of blood. Picture: Yanni

steam trains at Moorooduc, told stories and sung on the Polly Woodside for the National Trust and still teaches secondary level English to the Chinese communities of Noble Park and Westall.

His community work for Red Cross has also included delivering meals in the city, being a youth leader in secondary schools and in Frankston, and as chairman of the Frankston district appeals committee for 10 years working with the late Mrs Margaret Short.

He organises Red Cross doorknocks and drives patients to medical appointments.

Mr Morrison has given blood regularly for 40 years and said he was proud to reach the ton.

“It’s something all people should consider doing,” he said. “Everyone who donates can save three lives through their valuable contribution.”  The Red Cross ‘Battle of the Burbs’ runs from Monday 19 March to 29 April. It is a statewide drive aimed at increasing the number of blood donors. The challenge pits suburb against suburb to encourage friendly rivalry and community members to donate blood. The Frankston Donor Centre is at 20 Davey St. Details: 13 14 95.

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Dolphins’ winning ways THEY may not know it, but the dolphins of Port Phillip are winners.

Two Sorrento-based “swim with the dolphins” tourism operators have received major business awards.

Polperro Dolphin Swims was joint winner of the 2012 Melbourne’s South East Business Awards – Environment and Sustainability Award (shared with Clean TeQ Ltd of Dandenong) while Moonraker won the Ecotourism section of the National Tourism Awards Moonraker was one of three Victorian operators to win a national award.

The South East Business Awards recognise success from businesses in the participating local government areas – Mornington Peninsula, Frankston, Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Kingston, Knox, Maroondah, Monash and Whitehorse.

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Blue Ribbon on course RETIRED policeman Darryl Nation and his wife Rhon founded the first Mornington Peninsula branch of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation in May last year.

There are 13 other branches in country Victoria that raise money for new and improved emergency facilities in public hospitals named in memory of fallen police officers.

The peninsula branch will focus on installing “living memorials” at Frankston and Rosebud hospitals.

“To help memorialise members of the Victoria Police killed in the line of duty is something that we are greatly passionate about, alongside the goal of helping raise funds for our hospitals on the peninsula,” Mr Nation said.

“We are unique in that we are the only Victoria Police Blue Ribbon branch to have two hospitals to raise funds for. Although challenging, we are confident that with the support of the community we can raise much-needed money through our fundraising activities and events.”

The branch and Peninsula Health will host a corporate golf day on Friday 23 March at Peninsula Country Golf Club. Entry is $150 a person and teams will be teeing off from 8.30am.

Details: Rhon Nation on 9775 5978.

Crazy low prices on all diamond jewellery Good cause: Rhon and Darryl Nation are organising events to raise money to help Frankston and Rosebud hospitals.

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“Minor delays to traffic are to be expected during the work and VicRoads asks road users to be alert to changed traffic conditions and observe any signs in place,” he said.

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Park not for dogs MALCOLM Brown has some unfriendly words to say about “organised dog walker people” in your story ‘Bird guards told to go after beach fight’, The News, 6/3/12. Seeing that the Peninsula Dog Walkers Association is the only organisation of its kind on the peninsula, presumably he is referring to us.

He says we “seem to concentrate on the Blairgowrie front beach and pretend that dogs on the back beach issue isn’t in their remit”.

For Mr Brown’s information, the PDWA was formed specifically to fight efforts by some locals who did not want a dog beach at Cameron’s Bight. This remains our cause.

Back beaches are not in our domain because there are no dog beaches on that side – and there should not be. In fact, we say dogs should be banned totally from the national park and the nearby beaches, but that is a matter for Parks Victoria and the DSE. As for us allegedly “ignoring the working group invitation” and dealing ourselves out of the management planning – what invitation, what planning, Mr Brown?

The PDWA says simply: dogs and birds don’t mix.

Paul Speelman, Peninsula Dog Walkers Association

Councillor’s employment

I CALL on the mayor, Cr Frank Martin, to take control of his council following the revelation that Cr Reade Smith is employed by Cr Anne Shaw.

Cr Martin, I believe this is an outrage. Does no commonsense, logic or intelligence prevail at all?

The employment arrangement between Crs Shaw and Smith is totally unacceptable.

How can there possibly be independence in the decision-making process with such an arrangement in place?

Cr Martin, do you seriously believe Cr Smith would “bite the hand that feeds him”?

Serious consideration should be given to your resignation from the position of mayor to have allowed such an arrangement to continue, and I

would have expected greater clarity of thinking from long-serving Crs Shaw and Smith.

Aldona Martin, Tyabb

Hastings neglected MY family has lived in Hastings since 1864, but for the first time I am contemplating selling up and leaving.

I have had a gutful of living in an area where few people in authority give a damn. Why I ever contemplated doing anything for Hastings is beyond me.

I have heard the senior council officers bagging Hastings – no wonder nothing get done or maintained.

With amalgamation [in 1994] there was to be no loss in services, but I get my street swept once every eight weeks if I am lucky instead of once a week with the old Hastings shire.

There is only one thing that will save Western Port and that is the formation of a Western Port Council so we get proper representation.

The town is out of control – the hoons, graffiti, rubbish, blocked drains, potholes. The place is a tip; it is appalling.

If I wanted to live on a racetrack I would have bought land at Albert Park.

I call on state MP Neale Burgess and federal MP Greg Hunt to take the lead to resolve this situation.

What about a public meeting? I am sure you will fill the hall with concerned residents.

Get some of those cosy council officers off their backsides and make them accountable.

I live on the Martin St race track, which extends from Railway Pde to Salmon St. This street wants immediate attention before there is a fatality.

Every time you reverse out of the driveway you take your life in your hands.

Speed humps are useless – they just increase the noise level as the hoons bounce over them.

The street needs to be blocked at the William St intersection. This will stop it being a speedway.

Max Bryant, Hastings

High-flyer memories: Vic Jeremiah with some of his John Coleman memorabilia on display at Hastings Library. Picture: Yanni

Legendary display for a legend A DISPLAY of photos and memorabilia of legendary Essendon and Hastings footballer John Coleman is at Hastings Library.

The display was created by lifelong John Coleman enthusiast and Hastings resident Vic Jeremiah.

Coleman originally played for Hastings Football Club, where he kicked 269 goals in 37 games over two season as full-forward.

He was recruited by Essendon and became one of the greatest Australian Rules footballers.

The collection contains more than 60 items from Coleman’s career, about half of Mr Jeremiah’s collection, which he has compiled

since the late 1940s.

Mr Jeremiah was 10 years old when he first saw Coleman play for Hastings, which sparked his obsession with the goal kicking icon.

He believes he has collected and compiled every newspaper article and piece of Coleman memorabilia ever released.

Mr Jeremiah said there was little that ever came out about John Coleman over the years that he hasn’t collected.

The collection is claimed to be the largest in the world.

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Simon’s year of living famously THE 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon and his youngest son Sam visited the Aboriginal community at Areyonga, a six-hour drive west of Alice Springs. The November 2011 visit was arranged

by Red Dust Role Models, a not for profit organisation working with remote Aboriginal communities.

“It typically trains and then organises for elite sportspeople and other role models to spend time in these communities. A narrow but effective focus, especially when one sees how the kids in particular receive messages about good nutrition, no sniffing petrol, respecting parents and attending school from the likes of Jimmy Bartels and Tom Lonergan from Geelong Football Club who came on this trip. Indeed, my chauffer out to Aereyonga was James Hird.”

SIMON MCKEON wears many hats. He’s executive chairman of Macquarie Group’s Melbourne office; chairman of the CSIRO; chairman of Business for Millennium Development; foremr chairman of the Point Nepean Community Trust; on the board of World Vision Australia; works with Global Poverty Project and Red Dust Role Models; and is a world speed record holding yachtsman. Here he speaks with KEITH PLATT about 2011, when he was Australian of the Year.

What did being Australian of the Year mean to you?

For me as someone who is interested in a range of different causes, it was an amazing opportunity to spend a year with a giant megaphone permanently attached to my mouth.

Did you enjoy the experience?

Yes, it was an enormous privilege. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t point out that I was very tired towards the end of the year simply because of the number of commitments to speak and participate in various events and the fact that it involved continual travel all around the country.

What were the highlights of your year as Australian of the Year?

Where do I start? I could say that perhaps it was meeting the Queen and having the opportunity to tell her how she played a critical role as a human guinea pig in the development of Aerogard for CSIRO in one of her earlier visits to this country – all true!

But actually, the highlights were generally away from the big events and capital cities and into urban and regional Australia. This is where I met the thousands of Australians who work in the engine room of our great non-for-profit sector. Hearing their stories, of the way that they have transformed lives, whether they work or volunteer in the disability sector, with our indigenous people or showing our juvenile offenders a different future – these were the highlights of my year.

And, while preparing and giving more than 250 speeches and criss-crossing the country was tiring, I always came away uplifted when I was able to meet with these folk.

Was there anything in particular

that you were able to achieve that might not have been possible without being chosen?

This is a really hard one, because while I felt I had this “giant megaphone”, the reality is that in relation to every cause that I am involved in, I am merely one voice – part of a team and invariably neither the most eloquent or certainly the most knowledgeable or expert.

It was a great year in relation to some of the areas that I am interested in.

For example, the announcement of a National Disability Insurance Scheme, the establishment of an Australian Charities and Not For Profits Commission, the announcement by the Foreign Minister of initiatives to bring AusAid and the Australian business community closer together – 2012 was terrific for all these reasons.

But I did take more opportunities to talk often and consistently about the need for philanthropic leadership to be taken up by our wealthiest.

This has been occurring in the United States for a long time and, particularly in recent years where, as of today, more than 70 US billionaires and their families have committed to giving away more than half their wealth.

This has not yet started to take place in Australia, but at least the debate has well and truly started.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I have had during 2011 to push this.

What were you required to do during the year?

Interestingly, there is very little that the National Australia Day Council formally asked me to do.

During the middle of the year the Young Australian of the Year Jessica

Watson and I did undertake a schools’ tour for several days. And there were perhaps one or two other things that the NADC were hopeful that I would agree to do.

But largely it was simply a matter of responding to thousands of requests coming in from all around the country to speak at and participate in various events.

What was your reaction when told you were Australian of the Year?

I was genuinely dumbstruck when I first became Victorian Australian of the Year and then, of course, when I was announced as Australian of the Year. And, for me, this was simply because I’m actually a very ordinary person who just happens to have become passionate about various causes and who has been so privileged to end up connected with a range of organisations that have been relatively effective.

When I strip it all away, there is

nothing particularly special about me.

And, frankly, there are thousands, indeed hundreds of thousands of people like me in this wonderful country.

I will go to my grave wondering why I happened to be selected.

What I do know is that it was a wonderful opportunity, for 12 months, to spread a message of getting involved in our extraordinarily diverse nonfor-profit sector – the sector that does everything that neither business nor government is equipped to do. And which, on a daily basis, is saving so many Australians from otherwise slipping between the cracks.

In what ways did you have to rearrange your life to carry out the duties of being Australian of the Year?

Literally, from the moment of the announcement on the eve of Australia Day 2011, I was inundated with so many requests to be involved in various activities. I knew it was for just one year and accordingly we did what

we could to accept a sizeable number of invitations and to take the wonderful opportunities that they presented to advocate for causes close to my heart.

So there were many things that didn’t happen last year – we didn’t do much sailing. Macquarie Group didn’t see too much of me. But there were other things that could not be compromised and, for example, I would like to think that my commitment to CSIRO was unaffected.

Were you changed by the experience and, if so, how?

There is obviously an intoxicating aspect to it. One receives many “A list” invitations. I think there were times when I did allow my head to swell a little – but I hope these were fleeting and, in particular, I hope that they didn’t take me away from the important causes that need promotion.

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Hilarious chase over suspicious electronic device Mornington Municipal Offices, 7pm Tuesday 13 March 2012 (water, tea and coffee, and tired biscuits) THE entertainment started before the meeting came to order, with a sprint and a chase – unusual to see swift movement in the council chamber.

The sprinter was governance manager Noel Buck, who spied a suspicious device trailing wires on a desk near the councillors’ tables.

An incendiary device or bomb? A recording device an inept person in the public gallery had left lying about in full view?

With an agenda item on recording council meetings to be heard later, for which Mr Buck had penned the report and recommendation, the possibility of illegal recording was the topic de nuit.

Like greased lightning Mr Buck pounced, seized the item and made off rapidly in a northerly direction (as former cop Cr Reade Smith might have said in evidence) towards the door.

In hot pursuit was the object’s owner, shouting: “Excuse me! Excuse me!!

EXCUSE ME!!!” at Mr Buck’s disappearing back.

After a short conversation the matter was resolved to Mr Buck’s bureaucratic satisfaction. The object was a hearing aid transmitter, not a bomb or an illicit recording device.

Apologies having been made and ac-

cepted, and transmitter returned to its place, calm settled again on the gallery. *** THE actual agenda item on recording meetings was over fairly swiftly, proceeding to a vote without debate. But several councillors wanted to have a say.

First was Cr Tim Rodgers, who wanted to know: “If this gets passed, are we all going to need elocution lessons?”

Certainly CEO Michael Kennedy would benefit: he was earlier enjoined from the gallery to slow his verbal delivery to a rate at which he became aurally comprehensible.

His excuse for talking like a racecaller was that he wanted to read a question from a ratepayer and provide the answer all within two minutes – one of the shire’s bizarre new rules.

Cr Graham Pittock, who moved the motion (he and Cr Leigh Eustace had been strongly lobbying his colleagues over several weeks to agree to recording), said that over the years the council had developed an “oversecretive and disengaged culture”. It had become “elitist and too happy to regulate”.

“We’ve got to become more engaged,” he declared, to applause from the gallery. This outburst brought a swift reaction from meeting chairman and mayor Cr Frank Martin.

“I remind the gallery we’re not here to clap and cheer and applaud; we’re here to listen,” he intoned, unaware he had just committed a high degree of difficulty double reverse tautology with pike which, in fairness, deserved

its own round of applause. Well, Frank, we were listening, and we liked what we heard from Cr Pittock.

Then Cr Antonella Celi had her say.

Initially an opponent of recording, she had done a 180-degree turn, taking it in a fierce embrace. It was a way forward, she read from prepared notes; we have to “come up to speed with the times”; it makes meetings more accessible, recordings become an effective tool to educate the community.

Warming to the topic, she said that schools could access the recordings, with teachers engaging their students on community topics. Lucky students!

Meetings could undoubtedly be of use in exploring the subject of clear thinking, if it’s still taught.

The Great Dissenter, Cr David “We’ll all be rooned” Gibb, followed. In the gloomy, foreboding tones of a prophet not being honoured in his own land, he warned of defamation sweeping the chamber like an Egyptian plague.

We have no parliamentary privilege here, he mourned, and we certainly have had defamatory remarks from councillors and some submitters.

He had heard that Frankston Council had been “doing things ... maybe they’ve been lucky so far”. But we shouldn’t “slavishly copy everything Frankston does”.

Such as building a 50-metre pool away from the foreshore, perchance?

Cr Gibb was “uncertain about some of the motives of some of the activists directing Cr Pittock” in his support for recording.

Gallery (interjecting in unison): “That’s defamatory!” Cr Martin

glowered. Cr Bev Colomb was another convert to recording. She favours webcasting meetings and wants councillors’ votes to be recorded. Recording was “very educational, very sustainable”: people wouldn’t have to travel to meetings.

As for Cr Gibb’s apocalyptic utterances: “Being recorded will keep us on our toes,” she declared, with an irresistible smile.

Cr Reade Smith chided Cr Pittock, saying his contribution had “nearly lost my vote” for recording (he was previously a voice against), then warned, a la Gibb, that the threat of defamation might actually be used to curb discussion – we might not be able to talk as openly as otherwise we would, he said.

Cr Leigh Eustace also wants webcasting. It gets the information out – people can hear what is said in council.

Your scribe thought of Cr Celi’s students “creeping like snails unwillingly to school”, because they know it’s council meeting morning.

Cr Anne Shaw also took a crack at Cr Pittock’s remarks, then at the media. With recording, she declared, “occasionally the media might just get the story right”.

Cr Shaw is not impressed with the press just now, after this newspaper’s report of her employer-employee relationship with Cr Smith and her signature as “Deputy Mayor” endorsing MP Greg Hunt as Liberal candidate for Flinders at the next election.

Then came Cr Pittock’s second serve, as mover of the motion. Ignoring the admonitions of councillors Gibb, Smith and Shaw, he said the

only people with anything to fear from recordings were “the incompetent and the corrupt” – councillors and officers alike.

Responding to Cr Gibb’s comment about “activists” in the gallery, he admitted he does listen to the “intellects” there: he takes a lot of their information to heart. “Some I accept, some I reject ... in this matter I think they have come from the right direction.”

We all looked around for any sign of an intellect in our midst, and were disappointed.

Family benefits A RETIRED couple of Balnarring won $851,803 with a Tattslotto QuickPick on Saturday 10 March.

“My wife woke up early and turned the radio on to get the results,” the husband said.

“When she showed me the numbers I remember saying – those don’t look like very good numbers to me.”

But luck was with the couple, both in their 80s.

“We took the ticket straight to Balnarring Village News & Lotto where we purchased it and asked them to check it for us.

“It was a wonderful lift when the ticket was confirmed as a division one winner, and we were told we had won more than $851,000.”

The couple said they would use the money to help their children and grandchildren.

Changing of the guard: Past-president Bruce Hill with incoming rresident Les Doyle.

Tag along four-wheel trip a Probus highlight IT has been another successful year for one of the most popular and busy clubs on the peninsula, says outgoing Rye Men’s Probus Club president Bruce Hill.

“We enjoying the usual entertaining year. The activity team in conjunction with the commitee planned many spectacular outings throughout the year, to fit in with all ages.

“I want to thank all members who participated this year, which makes the effort of the committee team worthwhile.

“Golf, dine-outs, walking group, cards, theatre shows and especially the bi-annual caravan trips were all well attended.

“The last week-long trip to Traralgon in October incorporated tag along four-wheel driving and is still being talked about.

“A feature of caravan trips is the evening happy hour where members share the day’s events, fortified with their favourite beverage.

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“The club places a high priority on the welfare of rnembers, wives and partners, and welfare officer John Ellis coordinates assistance.”

Guest speakers at monthly meetings this year included topics such as the desalination plant, hearing dogs, Test cricket scoring, sewerage on the peninsula, and sun care.

Every meeting concludes with a sausage sizzle that helps build fellowship and a sense of security.

The premier event at the Rosebud Country Club was the annual changeover luncheon.

Outgoing president Bruce Hill thanked the committee for their support before inducting new president Les Doyle.

Potential new members are welcome. Contact the secretary on 5982 2848 or write to Rye Men’s Probus, PO Box 405, Rye 3941. Meetings are held in Blairgowrie Hall, William Rd, Blairgowrie, on the first Monday each month.

The bigger the crowd the better in this line-up Words and pictures Keith Platt WATER, fresh air and goodwill. Two years of planning came together on Saturday in what almost seems a magical mix to give people with disabilities a surfing experience.

It seems like a cliché, but the event run by the Mornington Peninsula branch of the Disabled Surfers Association of Australia did put “smiles on dials”.

Surfers have a reputation for wanting to protect their home break, discouraging too many new faces in the line-up.

But Saturday was different, those who could surf wanted as many people in the water as possible.

More than 250 volunteers were at Point Leo beach to help about 20 people with various disabilities onto a surfboard and then form two lines to shepherd their way to the beach on the crest of a wave.

Lying on the board (sometimes on their backs), sitting, kneeling – even trying to stand – the participants felt the fun and power of the waves.

Some were awed and needed help getting back to wheelchairs after just one or two rides, but others could not get enough and returned to the shore once the initial chill had worn off.

“It’s amazing how much fun they’re getting from something so small,” said one experienced surfer before striding back into the shallows to join the line of outstretched hands.

Gary Morton, president of the DSA’s peninsula branch, felt it was all worth while when “a little fella came up to me after his first surf and said thank you”.

“He shook my hand, turned to his dad and asked quietly if he could please come again.”

Mr Morton was pleased the efforts of his committee “made a difference to this young man and many others”.

Secretary Ashley Gardner praised Gen Y, “teenagers who were there in force to help out – they often get a bad rap, but I can tell Mornington Peninsula teenagers care”.

“I saw 16-year-old boys, grown men and women and older ladies moved to tears.”

Mr Gardner described how quadriplegic Ricky Wallace was taken to the water’s edge in a special wheelchair “but after watching others, he and his mum decided to give surfing a go, with the help of 30 volunteers. He loved it.

His mum loved it. We loved it.”

Mornington Peninsula mayor Cr

Frank Martin handed over a cheque to buy another of the wide-tyred, floatable Sandcruiser wheelchairs as well as more vests for volunteers.

He announced more money to come from July’s mayoral gala dinner and councillors Bev Colomb, David Gibb and David Goodrem joined volunteers in the water.

Flinders MP Greg Hunt was unable to help out in the water, but made it in time for the presentations and promised he’d be back next year “with my wetsuit on”.

Mr Morton said the event “normalises disability. It shows people that

while their body is disabled, their spirit and courage is better than most ablebodied people”.

While most Australians were willing to donate to charity or take up a challenge to raise money, “disabled surfing” enabled them to “physically see the people you are helping”.  The DSA’s peninsula branch has donated a Sandcruiser disabled beach wheelchair to the Point Leo foreshore committee. It can be booked with Ray Gould on 5989 8333 or 0408 536 143.

Shire cause: Left, Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Frank Martin, right, with Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula branch president Gary Morton and first time surfer Kelvin Grentell with a Sandcruiser wheelchair.

Other pictures show volunteers and participants at the Point Leo event.

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PATCHWORK & ART EXHIBITION Saturday 24th March & Sunday 25th March ea Devonshire T s & Sandwiche

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The home has a well-appointed kitchen that overlooks the backyard, and a combined dining and lounge area with gas and wood heating. There is a carport and a garden shed at the rear of the block.

CHEQUE THIS OUT: From left rear, Britt Jago of Westpac Rosebud, Julia Crea and Margaret Crean of the life saving club, director of Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate Dromana John Sanderson, and nippers Jacob, Heath and Chloe.

Donation helps get life saving club radio ready THE working alliance between Stockdale & Leggo Dromana and the Rosebud branch of Westpac Bank has not only been beneficial to home buyers and investors but also Dromana Bay Life Saving Club. The two companies each pledged $1500 to assist the club buy new radio equipment.

“We pride ourselves on being locals who help the local community,” Westpac Rosebud branch manager Britt Jago said.

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49 Pasadena Street Rye $345,000 GARDENERS CHALLENGE

10 Clematis Court, Rosebud $419,000 SOUGHT AFTER COURT LOCATION Outdoor living and entertaining are the main feature of this very charming and well kept home. Comprising: 3 bedrooms, open plan living Áowing onto front and rear decking. A second living/games room downstairs with powder room and lock up garage. Large 863m2 block.

What a fantastic opportunity for the gardener / landscaper to improve this three bedroom home with one bathroom, open plan lounge, dining and kitchen, laundry and separate toilet. Set on a large block of 874m2. Stacks of potential, priced to sell. Inspect now!

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11 Sinclair Avenue, Rye $489,000 DEVELOP OR RENOVATE Fantastic prime position this established four bedroom home set on a large block of approx 1076m2 is suitable with Shire approval to develop. Currently let to quality tenant. Call me to discuss.

So much character in this three bedroom home set over two levels. Off the large entrance is a lounge with sun deck, a master bedroom with FES & WIR, dining area that leads out to a lovely kitchen.

The second level comprises a study area abedroom which overlooks the third level where the family room opens onto a large northern deck, the third bedroom with BIR, large bathroom and laundry. Other features include GDH, ducted vacuum and evaporative cooling.

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A spectacular family home built with quality and without compromise and views from every window. The home is very suuny, there are three spacious bedrooms, one upstairs, two downstairs, entertain all year round either in the upstairs formal lounge & dining rooms or in the downstairs family room,the kitchen has electric cooking & dishwasher and a massive wrap around entertaining deck & double carport. This home would ideally suit a growing family looking for a quality home with water views.

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11 Yolland Street, Tootgarook $295 per week 300 METRES TO BAY BEACH Neat and tidy three bedroom home just 300m from bay beach. Home comprises: electric cooking, gas heater, two bathrooms, (one a full bathroom), open plan kitchen, living and dining. Great backyard area. Available March.

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An original and still the best LIKE a fine wine, this home just keeps getting better. The classic weatherboard and tile roof house is in pristine condition and while the interior has been updated, the exterior retains the charm and appeal of Australian suburbia from decades past. With three bedrooms and a quarter-acre block, the property represented the quintessential great Australian dream for many and though the white picket fence is missing, there is a white post-and-rail fence and picket gate across the driveway. With a thorough renovation the bathroom now features a shower over spa bath and the living areas are all bright and spacious. A neat kitchen with adjoining dining area makes the most of a compact area with an under-bench oven and hotplates, plenty of cupboards and a pantry. A nice feature in the lounge is the set of double doors that open from the front verandah then through to the rear door, which opens onto the entertaining area. With the beach only 300 metres away, the house can be opened up to make the most of cooling sea breezes. The entertaining deck is fully covered and extends the living and dining space considerably. Overlooking the beautiful, park-like backyard, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful spot to spend warm autumn evenings.

Gently undulating, the backyard features an original clothes line, some lovely established shade trees and a work shed. The fully fenced block of approximately 1129 square metres offers great space for families with children who can play safely outdoors.

Address: 28 Keith Street, TOOTGAROOK Auction: Saturday 14 April at 2pm Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate, 2397 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 6555 Agent: Glenn Key, 0402 445 208

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PERCHED high atop Arthurs Seat, with nothing but stunning bay views laid out before you, this incredible two-storey brick residence is set on an low-maintenance, 960-square metre block. Meticulously renovated over the past three months, the scale of the house is impressive. At street level are the main living areas – all very spacious with high-pitched ceilings and big picture windows allowing for plenty of natural light – and two of the three bedrooms, both with their own ensuite. There is a separate powder room for quests and a fabulous new kitchen has all modern conveniences. The third bedroom, again with its own ensuite, and a second living area is on the ground floor. The deck areas are truly magnificent. There is enough room to host the biggest of parties and an elevated position to ensure privacy.

STRAIGHT from the pages of a home design magazine, this luxurious property is breathtaking in its sense of flair and style. Situated on a 1459-square metre block that offers privacy to enjoy all the facilities, the interior of the home has been beautifully appointed with the finest of fixtures and fittings. The home comprises four bedrooms, the master bedroom has an ensuite, there are a further two bathrooms and a double garage provides secure off-street parking. The generous open-plan floor space flows seamlessly from room to room with an emphasis on outdoor entertaining. A multitude of large windows and sliding doors bring the light in and from the lounge or kitchen you get the sense that you could almost reach out and dip your toe in the crystal clear swimming pool.

The centrepiece of what is a creative and inspiring piece of landscaping, the pool area is surrounded by timber decking and paved areas, and is completely fenced. There is a wide expanse of lawn and a timber deck is positioned at the back of the home where the block slopes down to its far boundary.

Address: 12 Cloud Street, ARTHURS SEAT Price: $949,000 – $989,000 Agency: Roger McMillan Real Estate, 211b Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5981 8181 Agent: Roger McMillan, 0410 583 213

Address: 15 Parson Street, RYE Price: $895,000 Agency: John Kennedy Real Estate, 2327 Point Nepean Road, Rye, 5985 8800 Agent: John Kennedy, 0401 984 842

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VALLEY VIEW Charming four-bedroom, two bathroom home on a private oasis, positioned on 2611m2 block with outlook over fully landscaped gardens. Formal lounge/dining room, split level kitchen/family room with sliding doors out to deck area + fully fitted billiard. Other features include quality carpets and drapes throughout & oak floorboards, double garage.

2/9 ILLUKA PLACE

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SLEEK, STYLISH AND SPECIAL Brand new townhouse on separate title with no body corporate) and only steps away from Main Street. Cathedral ceilings flood the house with natural light and a spacious timber deck is perfect for alfresco entertaining. With study and powder room for guests, this stylish home will appeal to anyone wishing to downsize without compromising on quality.

20/13 CRAIGIE ROAD

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BOTANICAL GARDEN SETTING Spacious townhouse situated at the rear of the complex with views and direct access to the surrounding parklands. Filled with light and only a short stroll to the beach, cliff top coastal walking tracks and Mt. Martha Village. Features include lounge, dining and kitchen, laundry, two bathrooms plus powder room, private landscaped garden, double garage.

Contact: Maree Greensill 0417 515 207 Inspect: Saturday 3-3.30pm

Contact: Maree Greensill 0417 515 207 Inspect: Wed & Sat 1-1.30pm

Contact: Maree Greensill 0417 515 207 Inspect: Saturday 12-12.30pm

MORNINGTON

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$890,000 - $920,000

28 MERIDIAN WAY

17 SAMUEL CLOSE

A LIFE OF LUXURY Superb home on a 1296m2 block exuding luxury from the fabulous French Provincial style gardens filled with Iceberg roses, box hedges and tall cypress trees, that provide total privacy and a quiet and tranquil environment. Upstairs there is the large main bedroom with FES & WIR, bathroom and a rumpus room for the kids. Downstairs, kitchen/family room looks out to the terrace with feature outdoor open fireplace.

Contact: Rose Benton 0400 879 966 Inspect: By Appointment

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Delightful home offering bright and sunny living areas overlooking stunning gardens. Comprising formal & informal living areas, large kitchen with breakfast bar which opens to a spacious family area and overlooks outdoor paved area.

Master bedroom with FES & walk through robe, 2 other bedrooms with BIR’s, main bathroom, separate toliet, laundry, air-conditioner, ducted heating & water tank.

Contact: Rose Benton 0400 879 966 Inspect: Saturday 12-12.30pm

209 Main Street, Mornington

7A Bay Road, Mount Martha

5976 6688

5974 8688

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17 PARWAN CRESCENT

SECRET GARDEN

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Perfect for the investor or owner occupier this neat, solid brick home is in good order and offers open plan kitchen/living area on a 925m2 appox. block. Sliding doors lead out to a paved entertaining area surrounded by tranquil garden.

Therre are 2 living areas, main bathroom, laundry, r/cycle air-conditioning, gas wall heating & garage.

Contact: Rose Benton 0400 879 966 Inspect: Saturday 1-1.30pm

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ROSEBUD WEST 1/50 Flamingo Rd COME GET ME This 2 bedroom 2 living room house on 300sqm block is priced to sell.

It has polished floors, air conditioning, gas heating and a galley kitchen.

This property needs a little work and would suit a handy man. Buy at this low price, finish it off and make yourself some money.

Price: $265,000 to $285,000 Inspect Call to inspect Roy Thompson 0419 304 650

ROSEBUD WEST 1 Lutana St

CLOSE TO EVERYTHING Currently tenanted at $1,127pcm. Corner property centrally located close to schools, shops & the beach. Thie 3BR home features exposed beams, open plan living, both gas & wood heating. Outside are low maintenance gardens, carport & shed. Easy access for parking a boat or caravan.

Price: $315,000 - $345,000

Inspect Call to inspect Paul Basso 03 5981 1200

ROSEBUD 33 Second Ave JUST A FEW STEPS TO THE BEACH AND SHOPS This beachside property is currently tenanted till Nov’ 2012 at $260pw.

This 2BR home is ideally located close to Rosebud Central Shopping strip. O/plan living with gas heating & ceiling fan, updated kitchen & bathroom, sep laundry & toilet. Outside is a sail covered patio.

Price: $340,000 - $370,000

Pick of the bunch STYLE and character abound with this impressive home boasting many pleasing features.

Situated opposite the golf course at Mt Martha Valley Country Club and only a short stroll to the beach, the home is set on approximately 782 square metres. The living rooms are all quite spacious and have a great sunny aspect. Polished timber floors feature throughout the downstairs open-plan kitchen, dining and lounge area, and there is gas ducted heating and cooling throughout. From the family area there is access to the covered entertaining deck. New owners have the choice of three bedrooms or converting the large second lounge with separate bathroom upstairs into a second main bedroom.

The master bedroom has a walk-in robe and ensuite. The neat block has ample space to park extra vehicles and there is a double garage with internal entry.

Address: 16 Pickings Road, SAFETY BEACH Price: $595,000 plus Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate, 193 Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5987 3233 Agent: Adam Alexander, 0416 236 393

ARTHURS SEAT

$949,000-$989,000

12 Cloud Street EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE ON CLOUD 12

Stunning 2-storey brick residence with beautiful bay views, set on a low maintenance block of approx. 960sqm. 3-month-old total renovation. Three superb bedrooms all with ensuite. Fabulous new modern kitchen & bathrooms. Expansive decks on both levels. Street level entry to main living area & two bedrooms, third bedroom & living area on the lower level. Dble remote garage with internal entry. Workshop/storage area under house – not a cent to spend.

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

SAFETY BEACH 37 Helm Avenue MARINA LIFESTYLE

Roy Thompson 0419 304 650

Rentals 1/141 Palmerson Ave, Dromana $240pw 2 bed 1 car 1 bath Available now!

24 Wattle Road, McCrae $275pw 3 bed 1 car 2 bath Available now!

64 Back Beach, Portsea $225pw 2 bed 1 bath Available now!

8 Phillip Street, Rosebud $300pw 3 bed 1 bath 2 car Available now!

56 Hayes Avenue, Rosebud $300pw 4 bed 1 bath 3 car Available now!

$1.1million

ROSEBUD

$540,000+

11 Wilfred Street A REAL BEACH BEAUTY

Situated on Rosebud/McCrae border, only 200m to the foreshore & McCrae Plaza, is this ultra-modern, 2yo, 2 storey townhouse. A private & secure rear property of 2, with sep driveway. O/plan living with stainless Euro appliances. 3BRs with BIR’s, or 2& a study. 2 bathrooms plus ducted heating & cooling. Double remote lock-up garage with internal access. Small easy to maintain courtyard garden.Easy walk to McCrae Village or Rosebud Central. Excellent tenants with a return of $19,239.96pa

DROMANA

7 Florence Ave, Rosebud West $300pw 4 bed 1 bath 1 car Available now!

3 The Ave, Rosebud West $330pw 4 bed 2 bath 2 car Available now!

4 Driftwood Avenue, Rye $290pw 3 bed 1 bath 1 car Available now!

66 Morris Street, Tootgarook $360-$390pw 3 bed 2 bath 1 car Available now!

4 Laura Street, Tootgarook $365pw 3 bed 1 bath 2 car Available now!

1173 Pt Nepean Rd, Rosebud West $450pw Commercial building Available now!

Rosebud West 1649 Pt Nepean Rd 5981 1200

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

1HDU QHZ PXOWL OHYHO FRQWHPSRUDU\ KRPH ZLWK OX[XU\ ÀW RXW *DUDJH OHYHO VHUYLFHG by lift to upper living areas, 2 decks and patio area make this a great entertainer, bi-fold doors open up the house to this amazing environment. Overlooking main boat mooring area and future retail/restaurant precinct nearby. A place for relaxing or enjoy some of the best of Port Phillip.

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

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McCRAE

Lot 1, 32 Burrell Street BEACHES AND CAFES

$349,000 - $385,000

Vacant land of approx 263 square metres, 2 doors from McCrae beach and foreshore and directly behind the McCrae Cafe strip. Opposite the lighthouse, yacht club and life saving club. Comes with approved plans for a 2 storey, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Inspection by appointment only.

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

$350,000+GST each

52, 56, 60 & 64 Brasser Ave INDUSTRIAL LAND, LAND, LAND, LAND!

4 vacant allotments in the sought after Dromana Industrial precinct.

2000+ sqm each approx.Zoned industrial / commercial.

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Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

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ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ŚƌŝƐ tŝůƐŽŶ Ϭϰϭϳ ϭϰϳ ϯϬϳ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ŚƌŝƐ tŝůƐŽŶ Ϭϰϭϳ ϭϰϳ ϯϬϳ

ϱ ϰ

ϯ 2

ϰ 2

ĐŚƌŝƐǁΛŶŽďůĞǁŝůƐŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ ĐŚƌŝƐǁΛŶŽďůĞǁŝůƐŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

DKZE/E'dKE ϭϮ ^ƉŝŶŶĂŬĞƌ ZŝƐĞ Ψϰϯϱ͕ϬϬϬ Ͳ Ψϰϲϱ͕ϬϬϬ

WƌŝnjĞĚ ĞĂĐŚƐŝĚĞ >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ

ĂƐLJ >ŝǀŝŶŐ KŶ /ƚƐ KǁŶ dŝƚůĞ

>ŽĐĂƚĞĚ ǀĞƌLJ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ tŝůƐŽŶƐ ZĚ ƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ƐƚƌŽůů ƚŽ &ŝƐŚĞƌŵĂŶƐ ĞĂĐŚ Žƌ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶĐĞ͘ &ĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶĐ͗ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŐĂƚĞĚ ĞŶƚƌLJ͕ ĨƵůůLJ ĨĞŶĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞĚ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ͕ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƉŽůŝƐŚĞĚ ƟŵďĞƌ ŇŽŽƌƐ͕ >ƵdžƵƌLJ ůĂƌŐĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ďĂƐŝŶ ďĂƚŚƌŽŽŵ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ϵϬϬ ƐƚĂŝŶůĞƐƐ ŽǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ĐƵƉďŽĂƌĚ Θ ďĞŶĐŚ ƐƉĂĐĞ͕ Ϯ ƚŽŝůĞƚƐ͕ ĨƌĞŶĐŚ ƟŵďĞƌ ĚŽŽƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƉĂǀĞĚ ƌĞĂƌ ĐŽƵƌƚLJĂƌĚ н ƌĞŵŽƚĞ >h'͘ ^ĞĐƵƌĞůLJ ƚĞŶĂŶƚĞĚ ƵŶƟů KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ^ĂůĞ /ŶƐƉĞĐƚ͗ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ Ϯ͘ϯϬ Ͳϯ͘ϬϬƉŵ

>ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͍ tĞůů LJŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĞŶĚƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŚĞƌĞ͊ dŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůLJ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ůĞǀĞů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ EĞƐƚůĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ƉƌŝǀĂĐLJ ƉůƵƐ Ă ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƉĂƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ Ăůů ĐůŽƐĞ ďLJ͘ &ĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďŝŐ ďĂLJ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͕ & ^ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ƐƉĂ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞ ǁĂůŬ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƌŽďĞ͕ ƚǁŽ ůŝŐŚƚ ĮůůĞĚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ͕ Ă ďƌŝŐŚƚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĂŶ Ăůů ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ ƉĞƌŐŽůĂ Y ĂƌĞĂ Θ ĚƵĐƚĞĚ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ͘ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ^ĂůĞ /ŶƐƉĞĐƚ͗ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϭϮ͘ϬϬƉŵ

ϯ

ϭ

2

ĐŚƌŝƐǁΛŶŽďůĞǁŝůƐŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

ϯ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ŚƌŝƐ tŝůƐŽŶ Ϭϰϭϳ ϭϰϳ ϯϬϳ

2

2

ĐŚƌŝƐǁΛŶŽďůĞǁŝůƐŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ

DKZE/E'dKE ϴϬ WƌŝŶĐĞ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ EĞŐŽƟĂďůĞ KǀĞƌ ΨϲϯϬ͕ϬϬϬ

ZK^ h ϭϮϲ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ &ŽƌĞƐŚŽƌĞ EĞŐŽƟĂďůĞ KǀĞƌ Ψϲϵ͕ϬϬϬ

ĞĂĐŚƐŝĚĞ DŽĚĞƌŶ ŚŝĐ

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5976 8000

MORNINGTON

AUCTION SAT 24TH MARCH @ 11.30AM

This y Saturda am @ 11.30

One of the last remaining large development opportunities is now offered for sale for the first time in over 20 years. A huge 3888M2 approx. allotment offers the utmost in convenience with Bentons Square shopping centre, public transport, and Main Street just minutes away. Included is a well presented 4 bedroom BV home with FES & WIR to master, 2 separate living areas, open fire place, ducted heating, 9x6M auto garage/workshop & tennis court.

MORNINGTON

AUCTION SAT 14TH APRIL AT 2.30PM

“ASH GROVE” – A DELIGHTFUL 2 ACRES IN MOOROODUC!

Ideally positioned opposite parkland & literally only a stones throw from vibrant Main Street, this superb, level 1007M2 allotment represents a once-only opportunity to purchase vacant land in the prestigious & tightly held ‘Golden Triangle’ of Mornington. Whether as a slice of paradise for your new luxury home, or as a potential development site with 2 street frontages, this fine property is central to the boutique shopping & cafes, delightful beaches & parks that Mornington offers

Only a 5 minute from Mornington, this 2 acre property includes a spacious & stylishly renovated BV home offering 25 squares of living, huge shed with 3 phase power and a solar heated I.G. pool. Four bedrooms plus study, 3 bathrooms, 3 s/system air conditioners, tank, bore and dam water, fruit trees & 12 irrigated vegetable beds.

NOTE: HOUSE LAYOUT COULD SUIT DUAL LIVING OR B&B

$450,000 - $495,000 OFFERS INVITED MORNINGTON

In a most convenient location on an easy-care 477 M2 lot , this charming BV home offers 18 squares of stylish living with 3 Bedrooms plus study nook ( FES/WIR to master), spacious lounge, a large attractive kitchen with adjoining family/ meals area,a separate light-filled living room & direct entry to the extra large auto d/garage with workshop. Including D/ heating, 9 ceilings, d/washer, s/blinds, an inviting sunny deck with pergola & excellent storage.

MORNINGTON

MOOROODUC

A UNIQUE PARCEL OF BLUE RIBBON REAL ESTATE!

Inspect Sat 11-11.30pm or by appointment 42 Barkly Street

SO CENTRAL TO BENTONS SQUARE, BUS & BOWLS

281 Dunns Road

AUCTION SAT 24TH MARCH @ 3:30PM

This y Saturda m p 0 @ 3.3

CALLING DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

10 Maxwell Street

MORNINGTON

NEG. OVER $565,000

TREED SURROUNDS HIGH ON BELEURA HILL! This spacious well presented BV home offers approx. 21sq of living on a 534sqm lot & represents a rarely affordable opportunity to live high on delightfully treed Beleura Hill, close to Mills Beach & Mornington Golf Course. With 3 generous bedrooms + study, modern 2-way bathroom with corner spa to master bedroom, formal lounge, big living room, attractive kitchen with meals, 2 toilets, carport & paved entertaining area. Including ducted heating/vacuum, combustion heater, air - con. dishwasher & water tank. ON OWN SEPARATE TITLE.

Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment 156 Barkly Street

$500,000 - $540,000

Inspect Sat 3-3.30pm or by appointment 833 Derril Road

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment

NEG. OVER $600,000

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment.

$495,000 - $525,000 OFFERS INVITED

A FAMILY FAVOURITE FOR PLAY & WORK On a big 763m2 corner lot close to Civic Bowls & The Arts Centre , this spotless BV home has 3 generous bedrooms (FES/WIR to Master), 2 large & fully separate living areas, a stylish kitchen with as-new appliances & meals area, full security, zoned heating, d/vacuum & a delightful entertaining area with on-line gas brick BBQ & Balinese Hut. The auto d/garage joins onto a huge 10x7 M powered c/bond shed with workbench , a w/c, & 4x3M office with water & gas available. So many possibilities for work, play, hobbies & home occupation!

41 Parkside Crescent

Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment

MOUNT MARTHA

$472,500 - $481,750

FISHERMAN’S BEACH PRECINCT - STEPPING BACK IN TIME!

4 BEDROOMS + RUMPUS IN EDEN PARK! PARADISE CALLING!

NEW LUXURY VILLAS BY ROYADIE

Ideally placed amongst established trees and gardens on a generous 463M2 lot, this most charming rendered BV home features polished floorboards, an open fireplace, ducted heating, 9 ceilings and decorative cornice. With 3 bedrooms, spacious living room, sunny modern kitchen, rear entertaining area with pergola, carport & shed. Loads of character in an ideal location!

Beautiful gardens & a 989 M2 lot complement this stylish 24.5 square BV home, offering 4 bedrooms (large master with FES/WIR), 9 ceilings, formal entry & lounge with gas fireplace ,a superb caesar stone kitchen with s/ steel appliances, dining alcove, a bright spacious living room, separate rumpus, & paved areas for Boat/Caravan.

AN EASY STROLL TO THE WETLANDS!

All villas aren’t equal! Located only a short stroll from Bentons Square these feature packed new Villas offer 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, DLUG’s, granite tops to kitchen & bathrooms, ASKO S/Steel appliances, zoned ducted gas heating & refrigerated air conditioning & much, much more!

NOTE: Green Island Ave. is currently under construction.

Inspect Wed & Sat 12-12.30pm or by appt. 14 Antony Drive

11b Venice St.

DROMANA

$475,000 PLUS

MORNINGTON

Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment

$655,000 - $665,000

NEW & BEACHSIDE - ONLY 2 REMAINING

Invest in seaside Dromana, only 200 metres from sandy beaches and an easy stroll to restaurants and cafes. With 3 bedrooms, 2-way bathroom to master bedroom, 2 toilets, polished floors, spacious open - plan living, d/heating & refrigerated cooling and auto DLUG with internal access. The property is available with either vacant possesion or with tenant in place, returning $360.00/wk. Substantial depreciation benefits apply as the unit is only 3 years old.

Ideally located only a short stroll from the cafes & boutique shopping of vibrant Main Street these luxurious new townhouses offer 20-21sq. of living with downstairs master bedroo with twin WIR’s & FES, study, deluxe kitchen with s/steel appliances and spacious living/dining room with double doors leading to the paved entertaining area. Internal access from the double garage. Upstairs offers 2 large bedrooms with BIR’s, a stylish central bathroom & generous living area.

Inspect by appointment 2&3 / 4 Beatty Parade

5975 7733

Inspect Wed & Sat 1-1.30pm

MORNINGTON

$349,500

APARTMENT AT THE WATER’S EDGE

A SUNNY SEASIDE LIFESTYLE IN DROMANA!

9 Seacombe Street

2,3 & 8 / 57 Green Island Ave.

As a residence, an investment or perhaps even a B & B, this well presented 2nd floor apartment, with new ww carpet& views of the Bay, could be ideal. With 2 large bedrooms (B.I.RS), spacious light filled living with gas heating, attractive kitchen with gas stove, bathroom with separate w/c, & L.U. garage.

Inspect by appointment 9/5 Barkly Street

Inspect Wed & Sat 3-3.30pm or by appt.

Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

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For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Seaview at Martha Cove

For Sale

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Price Guide: $680,000 - $710,000 Inspect: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

Price: $520,000 - $570,000 Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

For Sale

2/3 Turnbull Street, Mornington Own Title, Super Location

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Price: $690,000 - $740,000 Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

Price: $650,000 - $680,000 Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

1/14-16 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington Gorgeous Beachside Townhouse

For Sale

Price: $660,000 - $695,000 Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

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Price: $1,000,000 Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

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For Sale

5 Dale Court, Mount Martha Fabulous Five

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1/3 Turnbull Street, Mornington Blue Chip Location

For Sale

For Sale

Price Guide: $520,000 - $570,000 Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

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SOUTHERN PENINSULA NEWS realestate 20 March 2012

Mornington

For Sale or Lease

For Sale – Sorrento

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Sorrento Gem

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The iconic Smokehouse Restaurant of Sorrento is on the ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ hŶŝƋƵĞůLJ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉƌŝŵĞ KĐĞĂŶ ĞĂĐŚ ZĚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ǁĞůů ŽǀĞƌ ϮϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ůů ƚŚĞ ďŽdžĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ĂƌĞ ƟĐŬĞĚ͖ ůŽŶŐ ůĞĂƐĞ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͕ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ Įƚ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘

Sale Price: $475,000 Lease Price: $2500pcm + GST+ogs Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price: $635,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Tootgarook

For Sale – Seaford

EOI close 5pm Wed, March 21 2012

Seaview Glass

Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503 Email: gary@kevinwrightre.com.au for EOI documents

Sale Price: $169,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Portsea

For Sale –Mornington

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking expressions of interest from respondents wishing to lease the café area known as “Pelican Pantry” at the Pelican Park Leisure ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞƐŚŽƌĞ ŝŶ DĂƌŝŶĞ WĂƌĂĚĞ͕,ĂƐƟŶŐƐ͘

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Milk Bar

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Hair Raising Prospect

Beauty At Its Best

ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ůŽŶŐͲĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŵŝůŬ ďĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂLJ ĨŽŽĚ͘ sĞƌLJ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ ; ΨϭϲϴƉǁн'^dнK'^ͿĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ĨĂŵŝůLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵďͲŶĞǁƐĂŐĞŶĐLJ͕ ŚĂƐ Ă ĐŽŽů ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŝůĞƚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͘

dŚŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ďƵƐLJ ƐƚĂŶĚͲĂůŽŶĞ ŵŝůŬ ďĂƌ ͬ ŵŝdžĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞƌǀŝĐŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů dŽŽƚŐĂƌŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĨŽƌ ǁĞůů ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ĐůŽĐŬǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ŽŶ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ůĞĂƐĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŐĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ͘ KǁŶĞƌ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚƌŝĂů

ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĞdžŝƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ DĞĞƐŚĂ ,Ăŝƌ ĞƐŝŐŶ͘ dŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĂƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ ďĂƐĞ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĞĂƐĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ EŽ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŽǁŶĞƌ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ ŽŶ͘ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ƐƉƌĂLJ ƚĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͘

dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝnjŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁĂdžŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁůLJ ĮƩĞĚ ^ŽůĂƌŝƵŵ͕ ^ƵŶ ^ŵŽŽƚŚ ĂůƐŽ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ĂŶ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĚĂƚĂ ďĂƐĞ͕ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁ ŽǀĞƌ ŚĞĂĚƐ͘

Sale Price: $62,000 + SAV Contact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

Sale Price: $225,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $95,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $35,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Dromana

For Sale – Rosebud

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For Sale – Mornington

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For Sale – Dromana

Priced To Sell

Raw Sugar

WƌŝŵĞ ƌŽŵĂŶĂ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐůŝĞŶƚĞůĞ͕ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞǁĂLJ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ͘ Currently under management, this business enjoys great ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐƐ͕ ůŽǁ ƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůĞĂƐĞ͘

dŚŝƐ ďĞĂĐŚ ĞŶĚ ĐĂĨĠ ǀĞƌLJ ǁĞůů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ DĂŝŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ Big, bold and brand new is this soon to be constructed retail space ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐŝnjĞĚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ͕ ŶĞĂƌ ŶĞǁ Įƚ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŽĨ ĂƉƉƌŽdž ϭϰϱƐƋŵ͘/ĚĞĂůůLJ ƐƵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŽƌƐ Žƌ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĚĞ͘ KǁŶĞƌƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƐĂůĞ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂůŝƚLJ͕ ƌĞƚĂŝů Žƌ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ƐĞĐƚŽƌƐ͘ ĂƉƉƌŽdž͘ Ψϴ͕ϬϬϬƉǁ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ͘

'ƌĞĂƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐĂĨĠͬƉƌŽǀĞĚŽƌĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ŽŶ Wƚ EĞƉĞĂŶ ZĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ůŝĐĞŶĐĞĚ ĐĂĨĠ enjoys strong, regular clientele, solid takings, great lease terms ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ǁĞůů ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ĂƐ ǀĞŶĚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘

Sale Price $245,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $195,000 + SAV Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

Sale Price $95,000 + SAV Contact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Mornington Peninsula

Calling All Foodies

Sale Price: $530,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale - Rosebud

For Sale – Rosebud

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For Sale – Frankston

Brand New In Dromana

Fish & Chips

Tree Lopping

Beachside Gem

&ƌĞĞŚŽůĚ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJͬKĸĐĞ ^ƉĂĐĞ

dĂŬŝŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ΨϴϬϬϬ ͲΨϭϬ͕ϬϬϬƉǁ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞůů͘ EŽ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ŵĂŝŶ ƌŽĂĚ ĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞ͕ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ Įƚ ŽƵƚ ͬ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͘ >ŽŶŐ ůĞĂƐĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ tŝůů ƚƌŝĂů͘

dŚŝƐ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ ďĂƐĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚƌŝŵŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů ŽĨ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůů ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ďůŽĐŬ ĐůĞĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ŵƵůĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵŵƉ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů͘ ŽŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ͘

WƌŝŵĞ Wƚ EĞƉĞĂŶ ZŽĂĚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĞůůͲĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ͕ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚŝŐŚ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ ůŝƐƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐ͘

dŚŝƐ ǁĞůů ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĨĂĐƚŽƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ĐĂƐĞ ĞŶƚƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ϭϬϬƐƋ ŵĞƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ϭϱϬ ƐƋ ŵĞƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĨĂĐƚŽƌLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƵŶŶŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ZŽƐĞďƵĚ͘ /ŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ Ă ŵƵƐƚ͘

Sale Price: $169,000 + SAV

Sale Price: $129,000

Sale Price: $190,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price $450,000 Contact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

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Express your interest

Hair-raising prospect

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is seeking expressions of interest from people or organisations interested in leasing the cafe area called Pelican Pantry at Pelican Park Recreation Centre on the Hastings foreshore along Marine Parade. The cafe has a floor area of approximately 361 square metres and a lease period of up to 21 years can be acquired. There is seating for 80 people inside and 80 outside on the adjoining deck overlooking Western Port Bay and the cafe has a liquor licence. The new lessee will be required to open the restaurant and adjoining kiosk for breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Dinner hours and catering for functions will be optional.

MAKE the sea change to fabulous Portsea and be the lucky new owner of this landmark business. Well established with a large, loyal client base, the salon is in a great location and excellent lease terms are available. The sole business of its type in town, the sale includes a state-of-the-art spray tanning machine.

Cafe, HASTINGS Expressions of interest close at 5pm on Wednesday 21 March Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Gary Ralph, 0418 535 503

Hair salon, PORTSEA Price: $95,000 + SAV Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184

AUCTION 45 Main Street, Mornington.

Friday 13th April at 12 Noon

For Sale – Rosebud

For Sale – Sorrento

DĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ^ĞĂƐŝĚĞ >ŽĐĂůĞ

Superb Freehold Opportunity

DŽƌŐĂŶ͛Ɛ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ Θ Ăƌ Ăƚ ^ŽƌƌĞŶƚŽ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ ^ŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞƐŚŽƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ƐĞĂƐŝĚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ^ŽƌƌĞŶƚŽ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝĚĞĂůůLJ ƐƵŝƚ Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚŝĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ to put their stamp on the hospitality industry.

Great opportunity to invest in the rapidly growing Rosebud Industrial Estate, ͻ WƌŝŵĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů >ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ϮϰϬϬ ƐƋŵ ĂƉƉƌŽdž͘ ͻ &ƵůůLJ ĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ^ŝƚĞ ͻ džƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ /ŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ͻ ^ĞĐƵƌĞůLJ >ĞĂƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ dĞŶĂŶƚĞĚ

Sale Price: $300,000 + SAV Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Sale Price: $1,250,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

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ͻ>ĞĂƐĞ dĞƌŵ ͗ ϴ ŵƚŚƐ dž ϯ LJƌƐ dž ϱ LJƌƐ ͻ ƉƉƌŽdž ƐŝnjĞ͗ ϵϬ͘Ϭϲ ƐƋŵ

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^,KW ϯ͗ s Ed ^,KW ͻ ƉƉƌŽdž ƐŝnjĞ͗ ϱϯ͘ϰϵ ƐƋŵ Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454 a

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hŶŝƋƵĞ ,ŽůŝĚĂLJ ĐĐŽŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ dŚĞ ŵƵůƟ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ůƵĞ DŽŽŶ ŽƩĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ZLJĞ͕ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂďƵůŽƵƐ DŽƌŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĨƵůůLJ ĨƵƌŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĐŽƩĂŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ĞĂƐLJ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĚƌŝǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ǁŝŶĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌůĚ ĐůĂƐƐ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĞŶũŽLJƐ ŚŝŐŚ ŽĐĐƵƉĂŶĐLJ ůĞǀĞůƐ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƵŝƚ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘

Sale Price: $1,495,000 Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

5977 2255

INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL Perks are great

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Cash in your chips WHERE better to have a fish and chip shop that right on Main Street in Mornington within walking distance of the beach and parks? There is seating for customers inside and outside the shop which trades 7 days a week from 11am to 8pm. The shop has had a recent fitout and all equipment is in near-new condition.

THIS attractive coffee lounge enjoys a great position and is well-priced. The rent is very reasonable at $1068 per month plus GST. There is seating inside for 10 and 12 outside. The business trades daily from 9am to 5pm.

Takeaway, MORNINGTON Price: $190,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street, Frankston 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Coffee lounge, SEAFORD Price: $60,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston 9781 1588 Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

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Corner Block - Being SOLD Fully Furnished!

Buy now and be in for next summer! Gorgeous, cute yet totally practical bathing box. Great position, fish & chips, pizza, 7-Eleven, parking & wash room all within 50 metres.

Totally re-built less than 10 years ago with colourbond roof; this is a great and very affordable opportunity to buy foreshore heritage. First in, gets undressed!

Outstanding opportunity to have a holiday home, investment property or very affordable home. The cabin includes two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, decking, car space and LAND At this price, cheap holidays are on offer for years to come.

Expected rental is approx. $165pw giving a return of 7.4%!

Dromana Holiday & Lifestyle Village has indoor and outdoor pools, tennis court, BBQ areas and games room.

Price $115,000

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What a great opportunity to purchase this great holiday retreat or perfect investment. This neat and tidy low maintenance unit features 2 bedrooms, single garage, close to public transport and only approximately 300 metres to the golden sands of Safety Beach. Currently tenanted until December 2011, not to be missed. Call now for an inspection.

Price $319,000

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This very neat & tidy brick home is set upon a corner allotment and has the opportunity for a future possible 2 lot subdivision (STCA). The home is 3 bedrooms all with polished floor and BIRs. Open plan dining/meals area and kitchen, ample bench space in kitchen, gas cooking, gas ducted heating and a substantial carport at the rear of the home. Low maintenance with near-new fencing.

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Tucked away on a good size block (approx. 789sqm) with rear lane access this home is crying out to be renovated and modernized. Currently there are 2 bedrooms with downstairs studio, private entertaining area & loads of space. Totally usable as a home or weekender and just minutes to the beach and shops this is the perfect spot upon which to create a new lifestyle.

Centrally located in Safety Beach, within minutes walking distance to the beach on an allotment of 830sqm (approx) this rendered home consists of 3 bedrooms, 2 living areas, dining, floorboards & carpets, bathroom and double garage and carport. Beach is less than 800 metres away, there is plenty of land to kick a footy or for pets or even develop the block (STCA), you decide. Awesome location!

Rarely does land this size, approx 880sqm, and just a short walk to private beach and Marina become available. STCA a two storey home here might offer great bay AND marina views or this prime site with wide frontage would suit a possible 2 - 3 home subdivision. Almost cleared, mostly level, this is a great opportunity to build or develop in a highly sought after area so close to the best the Mornington Peninsula has to offer. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE.

Almost completed, this single level townhouse is a short walk to the Dromana shopping strip and the beach. Buy now and you could still choose your floor coverings and colour schemes. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms including FES to master, s/system air con. GDH and only one of two on the block. Brick veneer and tiled roof - easy to maintain. This is a HOT BUY and at this price you must be quick!

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Set in a quiet and private court setting this lovely home is just a mere 600m (approx) from the beach and the Dromana shopping strip. This very neat and tidy home features sun filled rooms and wide open living spaces. Three spacious bedrooms, master with FES, two separate living areas, open plan kitchen/meals/living, GDH and ample bench space in kitchen. Solar electricity, double remote garage, landscaped gardens and easy to maintain.

With an abundance of potential, set on a corner position and within easy walking distance to the beach and the Martha Cove Marina is this incredible opportunity just waiting to be snapped up by the astute home buyer or investor. Surprising inside - the home offers fantastic views of Port Phillip Bay and Arthurs Seat. Open plan living, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas and a lovely balcony overlooking the backyard with the bay as your back drop.

Walk to the golf course, pool, tennis courts and restaurant. This very attractive property of 3 bedrooms, 2 living and a covered entertaining area and a magnificent low maintenance garden has the ultimate lifestyle. New carpets throughout, new blinds, new ensuite, new WIR, new euro DeLonghi kitchen. S/system air con. ducted heating and vacuum and internal access from double garage. Good rear driveway access and paved parking for caravan.

Designed to capture every degree of its north facing bay view this tremendous home features sun filled rooms and open plan living. Surprisingly large, this family home has plenty of space with 4 bedrooms, open plan meals, kitchen and living area, master bedroom with FES whilst downstairs is a multi purpose room which could be used a rumpus room, 2nd living area or 5th bedroom.

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A lifestyle often dreamt about - now attainable. With views that are dazzling by day, dreamy by night, from the Melbourne to Pt. Phillip heads. Open plan living upstairs and down with full length deck taking advantage of the panorama. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double carport, well sited on a good block (749sqm approx) also offering views from the garden. More so than most homes, this truly needs to be inspected to fully appreciate.

This remarkable 36 sq (approx) home lets you enjoy a magical outlook while you lounge in style, wine and dine your friends or take in some rays on the balcony. Offering exquisite living space with two upper level living areas and one lower level lounge and entertaining balcony. The four-bedroom home sits on 1400sqm (approx) with low maintenance gardens and a childrens playground.

Just under 1000sqm of prime land opposite the beach ready for further development (STCA). The current brick veneer dwelling has been very well maintained and features three bedrooms and a bathroom with combined lounge and dining and separate kitchen.

The home has a flat roof, so going upwards is an option and there is plenty of space on the flat block that measures 15m x 65m.

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By Stuart McCullough THE youth group was something to do on a Friday night. It was a place to catch up with your friends and run around the church hall for a couple of hours before being picked up by parents.

But within this social gathering of carefree young people there existed an elite, highly specialised unit. Rather than play games for a couple of hours, they devoted their time to the noble art of puppetry. I was then as I am now – in total awe of their talent. More than anything, I wanted to be included.

The puppetry division of the youth group went to various churches performing short skits to entertain children. These days, of course, attempts to entertain children have been abandoned in favour of the PS3.

All scripts were devised by the group. While the results were hardly Shakespearian, it ought to be remembered there’s not a single work of the Bard suitable for performance at a Sunday morning church service.

The puppeteers were the closest thing to a performing arts ensemble in the greater Hastings area. I had no creative outlet to speak of at the time and I desperately needed something.

But, like any high-level team, they didn’t allow just anyone to bowl up and start doing sketches; you had to earn your place – by building your own puppet.

After declaring my life’s ambition was to become a puppeteer, I was handed a needle, thread, foam and offcut material, along with the direction to “get cracking”.

When Neil Young sang about “needle and the damage done”, I doubt he was talking about sewing a puppet. But as I got to work, I harpooned myself so many times my hands looked as if I’d been juggling a couple of echidnas.

While my desire to perform ran deep, the needle ran even deeper. By the end, I needed so many bandages that had I sewn buttons for eyes; they would have passed for puppets.

Nothing went right. While I worked as closely to the blueprint as I could,

the results were not as other puppets.

While the others were neat and in proportion, mine was fundamentally skew-whiff. Without exception, it was the pug-ugliest puppet to ever have the misfortune of being created.

It had an oversized head that gave it more than a passing resemblance to Humpty Dumpty after he went out backwards off the wall. It was more likely to frighten children than entertain them.

In a desperate bid to mask its

hideous visage, I decided to give it a feature that distinguished it from every other puppet in the company – age.

Thus ‘Grandpa’ was born by means of some white carpet for hair that skirted around its skull and a pair of crudely fashioned wire glasses.

When I unveiled Grandpa, there was a slight gasp from the other puppeteers.

After a short intermission and some heated debate, I was permitted to enter the fold. It was a dream come true. Not a particularly good dream – probably one of those you enjoy at that time but of which you can’t remember a single detail once you wake up kind of deals – but a dream nevertheless.

I finally got a chance to do something creative. I even got to sneak a couple of jokes into the script. Initial misgivings aside, with the introduction of an older cast member, the puppet troupe went, if not from strength to strength, then at least from one morning church service to another.

The thing about puppetry is that it is physically demanding. We would kneel behind the curtain and hold the puppets above our heads. Some of these skits went for 10 or more minutes.

After the first 60 seconds or so, the blood drained from your arm and you began to lose all feeling. Your knees started to cramp and you experienced a strange sensation along the length of your spine.

I realise that many people might suggest that knees don’t get cramps, but I can only say in response that these people have never been on the business end of a puppet.

There’s an old expression about someone having the weight of the world on their shoulders. Nobody talks about having the weight of a puppet on their shoulders, but they should. When you’re knees-down behind a curtain and trying to operate a puppet that, all of the sudden, seems to weigh a lot more than it did 10 minutes ago, you know what physical commitment is.

Before I was ever in a band, I was in a puppet troupe.

During my first major public performance, everything was going perfectly until disaster and a chronic case of hand-cramp struck. Let me say that when the mouth on the puppet no longer moves, it’s not puppetry – it’s just sticking your hand in the air. It would never happen in this day and age.

At the very first sign of muscular paralysis, a team of trainers would be all over you, squirting brightly coloured electrolyte drinks into your mouth and giving your arms and shoulders a rub down. Back then, you were abandoned to the forces of nature.

From behind the curtain, I could hear people starting to snigger. It soon blossomed into full-blown laughter, drowning out my wonderful dialogue.

It was here that my life as a puppeteer began and ended. For the most part, I try to put it out of my mind, but it’s a losing battle.

Even today, I can barely pick up a sock without wanting to put it over my hand. For I may have left puppetry, but it has never wholly left me. www.stuartmccullough.com

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Performance TWO events occurred in the life of Australian songwriter Allan Caswell on 9 March – he turned 60 and released his first children’s album, Just Kidding.

Not that he is new to children’s music. During the 1990s he co-wrote and co-produced a series of successful children’s albums with Don Spencer.

Just Kidding contains several muchloved Caswell–Spencer classics including Bob The Kelpie, Please Don’t Call Me A Koala Bear and Aussie Mossie (although the performance is definitely Allan Caswell) as well as new songs that Caswell (pictured) wrote with Drew McAlister (Hands), Kaylee Bell (the duet Australia and New Zealand) and Mick Hamilton (I’m An Aussie Shark).

The delightful Joey the Barbecue Blowie was written by Caswell, his wife Marian and youngest daughter Georgia. The first single off the album is the very funny Skin.

“Most people think children’s music is a separate genre, but I see it as quality songs for really intelligent people who just happen to be eight years old. I write country music and I am as proud of these songs as any I’ve written.”

Just Kidding was originally intended as an album for Allan and Marian’s first grandson, Parker. Since the recording started they were told two more grandchildren are on the way, so a sequel is definitely on the cards.

Caswell wrote On the Inside, the theme of the successful TV series Prisoner. He has had more than 1000 songs published and more than 500 recordings of his songs made worldwide.

He has collected a swag of awards including Golden Guitars and from ARIA and APRA. Just Kidding is on Shoestring

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Turandot opens at the State Theatre on 10 April.

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she let Simon Crean, Wayne Swan and others viciously attack Kevvy’s character before the vote? Then the victory walk, real school bullying “up you for the rent” sort of thing followed by Julia waxing lyrical about the manner in which Kevvy accepted the vote. Lastly Bob Carr as Foreign Minister, an unelected MP? It’s been done before, but it’s ugly. I can’t vote for Tony or Bob, so move on again. *** “BOYS and girls come out to play happy and well the Laxette way.”

The combination of the first line of that old nursery rhyme and Laxettes is most appropriate with Rupert Murdoch running at around 70 per cent and Gina Rinehart bidding for the rest. Neil Mitchell says it will not change his line of thinking, or words to that effect; very funny Neil – why would you? And Tony, he couldn’t be happier, at the moment anyway. They all barrack for Carlton no doubt. Does a tsunami approach? *** STUDIO Sorrento Players is doing a pantomime called The Wanderer, written and produced by Ngaire Johansen and starring Cody Watts, Siobhan Turner, Isabella Carlson, Justin Gardam, Angela Comben, Niki Ellen

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Friends who see enough of me should stay away, but I recommend they come and see the delightful rapport that has developed between the five young people aged from 11 to 16 and the three young-at-heart, 60-plus veterans who make up the cast. *** CAN Mzzz Melody’s Party win the 2013 election? Yes, if the lady decides to tell us her vision, assuming she has one.

Nobody was in doubt about Hawke, Keating or Howard’s vision. Perhaps scrap Greg Combet, Bill Shorten and Wayne Swan doing those rehearsed prop-up speeches. There’s no doubting her ability as a backroom operator, but she needs to shed that cloak and lead from the front. The old Julia may well get the job done but to win the vote she must be seen to lead. Half a chance thanks to Tony. The last word on poor Kevvy: “We Queenslanders are made of sterner stuff.” Bad enough he

choked us smokers with his outrageous tax without the silly Queensland tag. *** I WAS working at a provincial race track circa 1990 for the TAB when the suits arrived. Seemingly intelligent, but way out of their comfort zone.

“How was the turnover looking?” As in how much money were we taking at that particular meeting in relation to the same meeting the previous year, which had attracted a big crowd with a healthy turnover. On this day it was raining; the crowd was down.

“Not happy Jan.” A catastrophe! The clowns departed with long faces.

Take this a step further and we read of the banks or whoever being down or up on profits, always related to their previous measuring stick. The ANZ (or whoever) make 20 million a month, so they sack 1000 people, perhaps hire overseas at cheaper rates to make 21 million a month. Why? What was wrong with the 20 million a month? Extend this to the other banks as well as Coles and Woolworths, and there you have it. Good for the bosses, good for the shareholders but far from good for our pockets. Greed is good. *** PETER Leahy, director of the National Security Institute: “Soldiers,

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Pope acquired a love of wildlife growing up in regional South Australian towns.

The stamp issue is his fourth commission for Australia Post, having illustrated Cocos (Keeling) Islands visiting birds (2008), Songbirds (2009) and Australian kingfishers (2010).

Australia is home to 28 species of ducks, of which 10 are endemic.

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A Grain of Salt WHAT is plan A? Well, pretty obvious really: all running smoothly with my children, grandchildren, relations, friends and my health. An extra quid always adds icing but the horses don’t listen. So Plan B? Powerball of course! 10 million will just about do it.

I already have the envelopes, stamps, a new chequebook, credit card, pills and laptop.

A taxi to town to claim, a telephone call to the ‘Gestapo’ (Centrelink) and first class flight to a Paris five-star hotel for three months. Incognito.

Keep in touch, seemingly from Daylesford, send discreet cheques after eight weeks. Read online newspapers, post my column. Perhaps not Daylesford; too many female friends there. Rockhampton? Neil Young: “Keeps me searching for a heart of gold. And I’m getting old.” Hahaha. *** IT’S no secret I support the Australian Labor Party, but my loyalty is being tested. I was never happy about the Prime Minister’s deputy organising an overnight coup on the man who toppled John Howard, but I moved on, as we do. Then we arrive at Kevvy’s challenge and this is where it got sticky. Surely Mzzz Melody was confident about the voting; so why did

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By Cliff Ellen sailors and airmen do their difficult and dangerous jobs not because they are ordered to but out of a deep sense of duty, patriotism, loyalty and respect for their leaders.” Surely a squaring up of the military world with we of the civil world after the incident where a male soldier had Skype running when having sex with a female soldier. Similar to the Catholic church perhaps? *** SORRY about the politics; I blame Geoff the Barber. I had a haircut and he had no local gossip. Didn’t even mention Carlton. That’s a blessing, I suppose. Bugger – I missed Moomba, again. The anniversary of my birth this month, so it’s official; I’m 69.

“One must not hold one’s self so divine as to be unwilling, occasionally, to make improvements in one’s creations” – Ludwig van Beethoven. cliffie9@bigpond.com

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“That’s right!” said the boy, “but how did you know?”

“Just a wild guess,” she said.

The next pupil was the sweet shop owner’s daughter. The teacher held her gift overhead, shooked it and said, “I bet I can guess what it is – a box of sweets!”

“That’s right! But how did you know?” asked the girl.

“Just a lucky guess,” said the teacher.

The next gift was from the liquor store owner’s son. The teacher held the bag over her head and noticed that it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and tasted it. “Is it wine?” she asked.

“No,” the boy replied.

The teacher repeated the process, touching another drop of the leakage to her tongue. “Is it champagne?” she asked.

“No,” the boy replied.

The teacher then said, “I give up, what is it?”

The boy replied, “A puppy!”

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Free travel for kids a ferry good deal AS many parents know, finding something new to do during the school holidays can be a challenge.

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A Searoad spokeswoman said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take the family on board and touch a starfish, learn about the wildlife in Port Phillip or have your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face painted.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;All activities are included in the ferry ticket price. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On 3 April, the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff will have a touch and feel table, displays and activities. The face painter will be onboard on 5 and 12 April as will assorted craft activities. Every day there is a drawing corner on MV Sorrento, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground on the MV Queenscliff and plenty of deck space to explore. Would-be pirates may spy dolphins and ships as they pass by.â&#x20AC;?

Check www.searoad.com.au for conditions of kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; travel for free as well as activity times.

RSL leads the way in supporting musicians THE Sorrento Portsea RSL in conjunction with MezRay Tours is continuing its support of peninsula musicians by hosting the official CD launch party of the peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier blues band President Roots (pictured).

The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new CD Feelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fooled is on Saturday 31 March from 8pm.

An RSL spokesman said the launch would be a night of fun, frivolity and dancing to killer grooves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Admittance is $20, which includes a signed copy of the CD, a must-have for everyone who calls themselves a music-loving local. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A live music video will be made of the event, and in line with the album title the audience is encouraged to wear something a little foolish.

When the clock strikes midnight itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s officially April Fools Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been running â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Live and Local Sunday Music Sessionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; since January in the

newly appointed beer garden and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frequented by an enthusiastic crowd of live music supporters who enjoy being entertained by the best of the peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ray and Merryn of MezRay Tours, who started the music project, are dedicated live music supporters who also specialise in tours to international music festivals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They wanted to ensure peninsula musicians get the support they deserve and the RSL was happy to embrace the project.â&#x20AC;?

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ROSEBUD KITE FESTIVAL

Cool chick, cool kite: Zoe with her grandfather’s homemade kite.

A plane beauty: Mikayla Levin with her kite.

Serious kite enthusiasts: Eliza Usher and her friend Nic discuss the finer points of entanglement.

Eyes up: Hundreds of residents and tourists flocked to the Rosebud Kite Festival.

Who’s got the giggles: Brock, Vicki and Zoe Powell stop for a photo with ABC TV’s Jimmy Giggle.

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Kite of a different shape: Charlotte Usher gets ready to fly a unique hexagonal-shaped creation.

Flying in for a song: Peninsula band The Swifts performing their own compositions on the main stage.

Pictures by Alexandra Dellaportas

No age limit: Anyone can fly a kite.

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Grounded harriers take flight HUNDREDS of pairs of feet were pounding the pavement and beaches around Flinders on Saturday afternoon when 110 runners took part in the 2000th run held by the Royal Peninsula Hash House Harriers.

Members of the group bussed to Flinders from their base at Merricks Lodge and first followed a “false” trail before realising their destination was the township, golf course and nearby beaches.

After completing the nine-kilometre trail, they gathered in a “quiet circle” for refreshments near the pier, according to public relations officer Peter Hancock.

He said some of the runners came from far afield, including Thailand, Darwin, Cairns and Geelong.

The peninsula branch was formed in 1975 by members of Melbourne H3 group.

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All four must pass through each checkpoint and

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complete the course together. The team pledges to raise funds for Oxfam to reduce poverty around the world. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the Melbourne event and it will be Bell and Wood’s fifth event. Any participant who does five events qualifies for legendary status. Anyone wanting to support the pair or their team (Segue Mascots team 224) can go to www.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker Donations of $5 or more are tax deductible.

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Rye footballers ready to roll

By Scott Beel RYE Football Club has just completed a gruelling pre-season campaign and is working hard to improve its third place of 2011.

About 30 players were at a two-day preseason camp at Phillip Island, one of the most arduous attempted by the club.

Coach Ben Holmes said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can be assured the players will again be a very fit this year. We aim to be the fittest and mentally strongest team in the competition.â&#x20AC;?

The club welcomes Ben Holmes into the role as senior coach for 2012.

Ben has had an outstanding start to his career at Rye. Since being recruited from Vermont in 2010, he has won the past two MPNFL best and fairest awards, won Ryeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 best and fairest award and was named MVP in the MPNFL in 2010 and again made the team of the year in 2011. Ben is 32 and plans to coach and play out his days at Rye. The coaching staff for 2012: ď Ž Ben Holmes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; senior coach ď Ž Jason Hardwick â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assistant coach ď Ž Leigh Morse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; playing assistant coach ď Ž Travis Sawers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; reserves coach ď Ž Mick Dunn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assistant coach reserves ď Ž Stuart Boraston â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assistant coach reserves ď Ž Danny Walker â&#x20AC;&#x201C; under-18 coach Captains and leader are: ď Ž Senior assistant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rhett Sutton ď Ž Senior vice-assistant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Adam Kirkwood ď Ž Leadership group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rhett Sutton, Adam Kirkwood, Darren Booth, Ben Winters-Kerr, Ben Cain and Sean Cain.

Reserves and Under-18s captains to be announced.

New players for 2012 include: ď Ž Justin Van Unen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; recruited from East Doncaster. An explosive forward who has been recruited to take the place of Stephen Ryan at full-forward. Unbelievably quick over the first

10 metres, very strong overhead, and kicks the ball 60 metres plus, only 185 (6ft 1in the old measure), he kicked 80 goals last season at East Doncaster playing just 13 games at fullforward). ď Ž Leigh Morse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; strong onballer and halfback flanker recruited from Hampton Park, via Vermont in the EDFL. Tenacious and talented with outstanding skills both sides of the body. An experienced player who will add strength and structure to the team, and a great replacement for John Hynes, who has left the club due to an ongoing back injury. ď Ž Andrew Dean â&#x20AC;&#x201C; aged 18, was on the Dandenong Stingrays TAC list last year. A very talented young player who will be at halfforward or forward pocket. Has been earmarked to kick 40 goals plus this season. Fantastic skills, excellent mark and great courage ď Ž Jye Lloyd, youngest son of Trevor Lloyd, aged 18 and at 188cm, can play in the backline, picking up an opposition tall, or on the wing.

He has played 17 senior games in the past two years as an under-18 player, but now makes the transition to senior football. Quick, tall and athletic. ď Ž Aaron Findlay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2006 premiership centre halfforward at Rye. Has returned after a year in the QAFL. Tall, strong and a player who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a backward step. Will play centre half-forward and ruck, combining with Rhett Sutton and Lyle House. ď Ž Matt Wylie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; first year of senior football, a product of Rye Juniors. At 182cm, he can play forward or back. Most of his junior football was played in the back line, good hands, strong overhead mark, and another young player who runs straight at the ball. ď Ž Scott Shea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; first year of senior football, another Rye Junior, he played one game last year as a under-18 player. Left footer with silky skills, and plenty of pace and courage. A

rover in the under-18 competition, he will get some game time this year on the ball, and as a crumbing forward. Capable of kicking a few goals each game. ď Ž Hagan Rice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; returns to the club after two years in the Amateurs. A quick, smart left-footer who will add much-needed pace. A player who can carry the ball and be a link-up player. Likely to have a midfield role and spend time on the wing and forward line.

2012 departures â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stephen Ryan, Mark Chaffey and Dustin Lloyd (all retired), John Hynes (Skye), David Willett (Mt Eliza), Jimmy Jennings (Frankston VFA).

Congratulation to Brady Egan and Jack Kerr on making the 2012 Dandenong Stingrays TAC list.

Practice matches: Saturday 24 March at Rye v Mornington Saturday 31 March at Rye v Edithvale-Aspendale (playing for the Ted Jarrard Cup).

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SPORTS DESK

Pies, Hawks, Blues the picks for 2012 AS the AFL preseason wraps up after a hard summer, the real stuff begins on Saturday 24 March when Greater Western Sydney Giants debut against Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium in a night game.

For those who have been living on another planet, the AFL’s final expansion club, lead by coaching legend Kevin Sheedy and based in Blacktown in the harbour city’s west, rounds out the 18-team competition.

Here are my predictions for 2012 with clubs in ladder order.

Collingwood The Magpies will look to reclaim their 2010 premiership title, after falling at the final hurdle in last year’s big game.

It will be interesting to see what new coach Nathan Buckley can bring to this accomplished team. Not much has changed for Collingwood since last year –midfielders Scott Pendlebury and Dale Thomas can be expected to play to a higher level. The Magpies have class at both ends of the ground with Travis Cloke leading the forwards and Ben Reid the defenders. With 10 All-Australian players on the list the Magpies have all the weapons to challenge for a premiership.

Best and fairest: Scott Pendlebury.

Best young gun: Tom Young.

Hawthorn As a new season approaches, Hawthorn’s power is rising day by day and is looking the best we’ve seen them since the golden days of the late 1980s.

They’ve got the best coach in the competition, Alastair Clarkson, and the best full-forward, Lance Franklin, since the likes of Jason Dunstall and Tony Lockett. The Hawks have a spectacular mix of experience and youth with standouts like Puopolo, Smith and Suckling.

There is still work to be done; the team needs to prove it can beat the big sides after losing their five matches against Geelong and Collingwood last year.

Best and fairest: Lance Franklin.

Best young gun: Jack Gunston.

Carlton The Blues have made finals every year since 2009, but it’s now time to go top four. After a spectacular performance in last year’s final against the Bombers, Carlton has what it takes to go one better. Ruckman Matthew Kreuzer is the key to the side’s success; if he can reach his potential and stay injury free, he will prove a lethal forward combination with Jarrad Waite. On paper the Blues have a team as good as any – they need to keep up their steady improvement and start believing they can be the best. Then we will see a premiership in the not-too-distant future.

Best and fairest: Marc Murphy.

Best young gun: Matthew Watson.

Geelong The Cats surprised many when they won their third flag in five years with a debut coach and ageing team, proving they are one of the greatest teams of all. This year is a different story with Ottens, Ling, Mooney and Milburn retired and with seven of their premiership stars aged 30 plus, it won’t be easy to win the flag. The main problem is lack of an experienced ruckman. Trent West is expected to step into the main role with Orren Stephenson as backup.

Geelong will look to the future and bring on promising youngsters like Menzel, Christensen, Duncan and Vardy.

Best and fairest: Jimmy Bartel.

Best young gun: Billie Smedts.

West Coast The Eagles went from wooden spoon-

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2012 final ladder ers to a top four in 2011. Not only did they revive the careers of John Worsfold and Dean Cox, but also brought in a new generation of players who can mix it with the best. However the preseason injury to Mark LeCras is a massive blow. He kicked 47 goals last season and now pressure goes on Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling. West Coast are good enough to be top four and will win a lot of games at home, but beating the top teams away will prove a big challenge. With other teams improving rapidly the Eagles may just miss the top four.

Best and fairest: Josh Kennedy.

Best young gun: Gerrick Weedon.

Sydney Sydney Swans are one of those sides guaranteed to be competitive in finals football most years. They are well lead by captains Adam Goodes and Jarrad McVeigh, and have talented players in all areas of the ground. Every year the Swans bring good youngsters into the team with Sam Reid, Luke Parker and Alex Johnson all making names for themselves last season. This year Sydney need to find a key defender to support Ted Richards and Heath Grundy.

Ruckman Shane Mumford can be one

Collingwood Hawthorn Carlton Geelong West Coast Sydney Fremantle North Melbourne Essendon Melbourne St Kilda Richmond Adelaide Gold Coast Western Bulldogs Port Adelaide Brisbane Greater Western Sydney cruited well and have a good young side. New captain Andrew Swallow is a perfect example of everything North Melbourne is about – young, hardworking and talented. Todd Goldstein last year announced himself as a superb ruckman and hopefully will play

Melbourne Since Melbourne appointed Mark Neeld as coach and acquired big Mitch Clark, things have started looking up.

Neeld has vowed to make the club a superpower, as it was in the 1950s, and has made a smart choice in making Jack Trengove and Jack Grimes co-captains. Melbourne’s youth looks promising with talented players such as Howe, Tapscott, Gysberts and Bennell. This year the Demons need to work on their consistency, which was their undoing last year, and can expect to challenge some top eight sides.

Best and fairest: James Frawley.

Best young gun: Sam Blease.

St Kilda The Saints have been up for a while but what goes up must come down and I think it’s their turn to slide down the ladder. St Kilda will regret not playing enough youngsters last year – now they need to get some experience into them so they can cover future injuries.

Apart from stars Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Goddard and Fisher, there isn’t a lot to rely on; the list is populated by mediocrity. New coach Scott Watters has lots of work to do.

Best and fairest: Nick Dal Santo.

Best young gun: Arryn Siposs.

Richmond As usual a lot is expected of Richmond from their fans, but the team has a long way to go to be a complete side com-

Thompson will lead the midfield. New coach Brenton Sanderson has come from a successful team in Geelong and perhaps will get the Crows back near the top.

Best and fairest: Scott Thompson.

Best young gun: Lewis Johnston.

Gold Coast Despite winning last year’s wooden spoon, there were many positives for the Suns. They debuted 34 players, won three tight matches and Gary Ablett and Nathan Bock had impressive years. This year a reasonable result would be 5-6 wins and a solid season from their younger players.

Traditionally a backman, vice-captain Bock has shown he can play forward in this year’s NAB Cup, so this could be a possible wildcard. If Bock plays forward this season the Suns would want to see further improvement from young defender Steven May, who has bulked up during the preseason.

Best and fairest: Gary Ablett.

Best young gun: Dion Prestia.

Western Bulldogs After last year’s fall down the ladder, times are going to get a lot tougher before they get better for the Dogs. New coach Brendan McCartney will be looking to build a side that can challenge for a flag in the next 3-5 years.

The big question mark will be can Brian Lake get back to the player he was pre-2011. Another problem is who can fill the massive hole Barry Hall left in the forward line? Liam Jones will be required to step up, but will take a few years to fully develop.

Best and fairest: Matthew Boyd.

Best young gun: Jason Tutt.

Port Adelaide Last year was a horror season for Port Adelaide. Port won just three games and suffered defeats by Gold Coast and Brisbane. Despite this the side had a positive off-season and re-signed stars of the future Jackson Trengove and John Butcher. Port held on to their number five draft pick when GWS was raiding the competition of high picks, and they drafted a beauty in Chad Wingard. The Power are still a couple of years from becoming a competitive side and a question must be asked about coach Matthew Primus – can he get the best out of this team” Best and fairest: Domenic Cassisi Best young gun: John Butcher.

New boys: Greater Western Sydney Giants debut in the big league next Saturday against their cross-town rivals Sydney Swans. The 18th team in the AFL is coached by the wily old fox Kevin Sheedy. Picture courtesy GWS Giants

of the league’s best if can cull his reckless playing style.

Best and fairest: Daniel Hannebery.

Best young gun: Jed Lamb.

Fremantle Last season was a horror for the Dockers; absolutely nothing went their way with injuries and form. This year is a fresh start with new coach Ross Lyon knowing what it takes to make grand finals and how to get the best from his players. Fremantle is a side that can beat anyone when they are at their best, and they’ve got the list to do it.

This year all eyes will be on Aaron Sandilands and Michael Barlow as they return from injuries that severely restricted them for a greater part of last season.

Best and fairest: David Mundy.

Best young gun: Jayden Pitt.

North Melbourne It’s been four years since North made the finals and since then they’ve re-

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at a higher level. A player to watch is Shaun Atley who had an excellent 2011. With a favourable draw the Kangaroos have what it takes to play finals in 2012.

Best and fairest: Andrew Swallow.

Best young gun: Brad McKenzie.

Essendon Essendon last year worked hard to get back into the finals, but were knocked out in the first week by Carlton. Signs were good with the Bombers hanging around the top four early in the season. I predict the Bombers will plateau this year, especially with several other sides vying for a top eight spot. However, Essendon’s midfield of Watson, Zaharakis, Stanton and Winderlich will prove a challenge to opposition sides.

Full-forward Michael Hurley is Essendon’s go to man this year, and has the potential to kick 50 plus goals.

Best and fairest: Jobe Watson.

Best young gun: Elliott Kavanagh.

peting in finals. However they are in good hands with coach Damien Hardwick. If the Tigers want to be a finals side, they need to develop a decent back line. Alex Rance looks like a gem but they need another key defender.

Dustin Martin will become an elite midfielder with another preseason under his belt and Jack Riewoldt can be expected to have a solid year in front of goals.

Best and fairest: Trent Cotchin.

Best young gun: Todd Elton.

Adelaide Last year was a disappointment for Adelaide. Like many other teams, inconsistency was the major failing – some games they showed how good they could be but in others they looked a mile off the competition.

Jason Porplyzia will be a force in the forward line combining with Kurt Tippett and Nathan Van Berlo while Scott

Brisbane After a disappointing 2011, the pressure is building on the once-fearsome Brisbane Lions as they look to rebuild and get back to the glory days. Coach Michael Voss will be feeling the heat if his Lions don’t show enough improvement, especially with senior players Simon Black and Jonathan Brown reaching the end of their careers. A positive for Brisbane is the two young, exciting midfielders in Jack Redden and Tom Rockliff.

Best and fairest: Jack Redden.

Best young gun: Jared Polec.

Greater Western Sydney This year will be merely a learning experience for the new kids on the block.

The club had 11 of the first 14 picks in the national draft. However coach Sheedy and his crew haven’t recruited enough experienced talent. There is a mix of potential stars and players who have no more than two years left. The Giants are significantly behind where the Suns were at this time last year.

One or two wins will be as good as it gets this season.

Best and fairest: Callan Ward.

Best young gun: Stephen Coniglio.

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For more information go to www.visitfrankston.com or phone 1300 322 322. Or visit www.ironmanmelbourne.com Road Closures and Parking Closures at the Frankston Waterfront car parks and boat ramps will be staggered across the week of 19-26 March.

Saturday, 24th March - Playne St will be closed from 6am ADSVDDMĂ&#x201E;-DOD@MĂ&#x201E;'VXĂ&#x201E;@MCĂ&#x201E;!@WSDQĂ&#x201E;2S Ă&#x201E;-NQSGĂ&#x201E; Ă&#x201E;RNTSGĂ&#x201E;SQ@EĂ&#x2020;BĂ&#x201E; on Young St will remain open at all times on Saturday.

Thompson St will be closed from 6am from Playne St to Park Lane.

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ADĂ&#x201E;BKNRDCĂ&#x201E;EQNLĂ&#x201E;%KDSBGDQĂ&#x201E;1CĂ&#x201E;SNĂ&#x201E;#@UDXĂ&#x201E;2SĂ&#x201E;EQNLĂ&#x201E; @LĂ&#x201E;SNĂ&#x201E; OLĂ&#x201E; KNB@KĂ&#x201E; business access available from Fletcher Rd and Evelyn Ave). Baxter St Northbound and Frankston-Cranbourne Rd Eastbound between #@UDXĂ&#x201E;2SĂ&#x201E;@MCĂ&#x201E;%Q@MJRSNMĂ&#x201E;%VXĂ&#x201E;VHKKĂ&#x201E;ADĂ&#x201E;BKNRDCĂ&#x201E;EQNLĂ&#x201E; @LĂ&#x201E;SNĂ&#x201E; OL Additional Closures for central Frankston on Sunday 25th March: %Q@MJRSNMĂ&#x201E;%VXĂ&#x201E;-NQSGANTMCĂ&#x201E;VHKKĂ&#x201E;ADĂ&#x201E;BKNRDCĂ&#x201E;EQNLĂ&#x201E; @LĂ&#x201E;SNĂ&#x201E; OL Ă&#x201E; Eastlink Northbound closed from 4am to 6pm. Nepean Hwy curbside lane closed Northbound from Gould St to Mordialloc and speeds reduced to 40km/hr.

For more information visit www.ironmanmelbourne.com or see the Ironman lift out in the Herald Sun on Thursday, 22 March.

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The provision of post primary education in the township of Dromana commenced on the 8 February 1967 in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old Tin Shedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (a former Flinders Shire works building) in Palmerston Avenue Dromana. On day one there were 109 students from all over the peninsula, 79 in Form 1 and 30 in Form 2.

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