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10 January
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5973 6424 or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au Telling tales: Simon White’s artistic talents are helping to keep history alive on the Mornington Peninsula. Picture: Yanni
Western Port history goes to the wall A STUNNING artistic depiction of Western Port’s maritime past is turning heads at Hastings. It took renowned Mornington Peninsula artist Simon White two weeks to complete the High St mural, but months to research the region’s rich history, speak to key characters and plan how best to tell the tale in images. The seven images tell the region’s fascinating narrative from 1860 to today, and reveal Mr White’s passion for connecting with history through art. “As we all rushed around preparing for Christmas and all the festivities, we have been intrigued as we watched a magnificent mural being painted in Hastings on the wall of the walkway between Woolworths carpark and High St,” Hastings MP Neale Burgess said. “The artist has skilfully depicted highlights of the history of Hastings. It is a beautiful mural.” Mr White, who also painted the mural of the original Red Hill Railway line at the entrance to The Epicurean restaurant, created the mural in collaboration with students from Western Port Secondary College, and was inspired by images from the collection of the Hastings and Western Port Historical Society. The mural is part of the Hastings Laneway improvements program and was commissioned by Mornington Peninsula Shire for the wall of Terry White Chemist. Liz Bell
Beaches top to call peninsula home Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au BEACHES, “country feel”, absence of high rise development, public open spaces and nature reserves are top of the list when it comes to what makes the Mornington Peninsula a “special” place to live. These findings are the first results of an analysis of responses to an online survey conducted by the self-described community advocacy organisation, Peninsula Speaks.
Further analysis of the “Looking Forward – Mornington Peninsula 2030” survey taken in the latter part of 2016 showed 70 per cent of respondents believe “preserving the unique character rather than economic growth (10 per cent) is vital”, organiser Peter Avery said. “Overwhelmingly, responses to the primary question ‘What makes it special to live on the Mornington Peninsula?’ nominated beaches, country feel, absence of high rise development, public open spaces and nature reserves,”
Mr Avery said. “Respondents were then requested to indicate changes that were getting worse, with congestion on the roads including tourism, and protection of green wedge zoned areas as the two issues of main concern. “This coincides with Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors generally allowing incremental incursions into green wedge areas solely in the interest of tourism and jobs - which in most cases are via 457 visas.” At their final meeting for 2016 shire
councillors called for a report which could lead to the formation of a planning committee so they can be prebriefed on planning matters before they are debated at public meetings. The report is due in March. “We don’t have the ability to have a planning committee because even a notice of motion is rejected by the CEO when I try to raise this issue,” Cr David Gill said at the November meeting. Doubts about the need for such a committee were voiced by CEO Carl
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