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Artist stamps his authority
Mail order: Artist Mike Harbar, on a 1936 Velocette motorbike, and Hastings Post Office manager Bev Craig with copies of his stamp drawings. Picture: Yanni
YOU could say Hastings artist Mike Harbar has been given the stamp of approval, or perhaps painted himself into a corner … Either way, the Classic Lines Artist is thrilled with his appointment by Australia Post as its next stamp artist. Harbar’s pen and watercolour depictions of four classic Australian motorcycles: 1904 Kelecom, 1912 Precision, 1919 Whiting V4 and 1923 Invincible Jap, will set veteran and vintage bike enthusiasts’ hearts racing next month – much like the iconic bikes. The artist, who trained as an industrial designer, emigrated from England in 2000. “I’d always drawn cars, bikes, boats and planes as a hobby even when I was at school, but my career really took off when I was asked by an early client: ‘Can you draw me a car?’ From there, in his adopted country, Harbar began a “steep learning curve” in a world where local motor sport legends Harry Firth, Peter Brock, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat reigned supreme. It was a transition he relished. “Now I know all the classic Australian cars,” he said. “I’ve only got to see a small part and I know them.” Harbar produces illustrations for hundreds of private clients world-wide, using his understanding of basic engineering principals to complement his artwork’s flowing lines. He also produces commissioned artwork for magazines and club events, and is the featured artist for Motor Classica.
Water plan needs cash flow Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council wants the state and federal governments to underwrite an infrastructure program to drought proof the shire and lift its firefighting capabilities.
This follows calls for a “resilient” water supply made at the June Green Wedge Summit at Main Ridge. The shire and South East Water agreed to jointly investigate “the potential for sustainable water projects”, including rain water, urban run-off and artesian water and the 350 million litres of treated water pumped daily into the sea at Gunnamatta (“Water ‘saviour’ of
green wedge” The News 2/7/18). Pipes from Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant carrying the recycled water pass Arthurs Seat in Collins Road, Dromana. The shire wants governments to “take a bipartisan approach to bringing forward plans and announcing a policy for funding the introduction of a major water recycling program for the
Mornington Peninsula”. The mayor Cr Bryan Payne said a recycled water plan needed to “not only focus on water security for agricultural production but also for firefighting, particularly in the ridge areas of the peninsula where there are thousands of residents, farms and visitors to tourism facilities in summer”. He said the plan would involve
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pumping Class A recycled water to Arthurs Seat, the highest point on the peninsula, and then gravity feeding it all over the shire through a network of pipes. Fire hydrants at strategic junctions would allow roadside quick-fill points for CFA trucks during a major fire “instead of isolated tanks which may not be accessible during an emergency”. Continued Page 9