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Break down: Crib Point Community House’s occasional child care program last Friday. The program loses its government subsidy later this year and is likely to close unless money can be found from another source.

By Mike Hast THE Baillieu government’s first budget received qualified praise for its social justice funding, but not from Crib Point Community House. The house’s “Take A Break” (TAB) occasional child care program will lose its funding at the end of the year and likely cease operating. The cut has shocked and disappointed mums who rely on the service, says community house coordinator Mary Budd. The decision will affect more than 30 Crib Point families and see staff lose their jobs. “I was so angry I fired off a letter to the minister Mary Wooldridge, but I haven’t had a reply,” Mrs Budd said. Across Victoria, the cut will affect an estimated 9000 children and their families, says Angela Savage, executive officer of Association of Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres, the umbrella body representing the state’s neighbourhood houses and learning centres. Hardest hit will be families in rural areas where occasional care at neighbourhood or community houses is often the only child care option. This includes Crib Point, although there is an all-day child care centre at HMAS Cerberus. The TAB program at Crib Point allows mums to have their children aged up to six years minded on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings while they go to part-time jobs, attend medical appointments, volunteer, shop, visit relatives and friends, or just have a break from their children. Mrs Budd said the federal government withdrew its 30 per cent of funding a year ago “without notifying the state government in advance”. “The state government made up the shortfall for a year, so that ends on 30 June, but now we are losing the other 70 per cent in December. “We’ll have to close our program.” Mrs Budd said occasional child care was subsidised by the centre’s classes and courses as well as fundraising. “The funding from the two governments was never enough to cover all costs; we have about 15 kids each day and need three staff members to supervise.” The government’s budget last week promised $209 million for children with autism and

disabilities, and $34 million for people with terminal illnesses. There was also money for mental health, child protection, youth criminal diversion programs, subsidies for TAFE students from low income families, electricity bill discounts for low income Victorians and free kindergarten for disadvantaged families. It was a budget more likely to have come from a Labor government, said some social welfare groups, which made the occasional child care cuts even more difficult to understand. Mrs Budd said Crib Point would not accept the cuts quietly. “I can’t tell you what we are planning, but we’re not going to just roll over on this. We’ll be making our point very clearly.” Angela Savage said TAB funding was essential to maintain both child care affordability and business viability of neighbourhood houses in many communities. About 220 community groups receive government funding through the TAB program, including about 120 neighbourhood houses and learning centres. “Victorian regulations require all child care to be licensed and meet high quality standards. “Providers of occasional care must juggle business viability and meet community needs. “This often means cross-subsidising child care with grants and fundraising to keep it affordable for the families who most need it and can least afford it.” She said all-day child care was not an appropriate or affordable option for all families. “Occasional care often provides the only opportunity for these children to socialise and for families to have time out. “We knew future funding was shaky after the federal government withdrew its contribution last year, but we didn’t expect the Victorian government to pull the plug on the program.” On Monday afternoon, Hastings MP Neale Burgess said child care, including respite services, was a federal government responsibility. “When it [the federal government] withdrew Take A Break funding in 2010, the Brumby government took over funding for a year for no other reason than to get itself past the election ... the Gillard government can restore TAB funding, and if the government meets its responsibilities the Victorian government is open to revisiting Take A Break with them.”

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All’s not sweet for lingerie shop By Mike Hast HASTINGS is losing another leading retailer with the imminent closure of Just Peachie in High St. The lingerie boutique is a popular shop, but owner Gaye Ferguson says she cannot continue trading after being told her rent for the next lease period would rise almost 24 per cent, about $6000 a year. “You’d have to sell a lot of bras and lingerie to pay for such an increase,” she told The News on Friday. Ms Ferguson owns a Just Peachie outlet in Main St, Mornington, which will remain open. “I tried to negotiate a smaller increase with the building owner, who lives in Melbourne, through estate agent Satchwells, but the owner was not interested in talking to me,” she said. Ms Ferguson believes the building was revalued recently and the owner expected a higher rental for the new lease period. She is most disappointed for several local women who will lose their jobs when she closes at the end of the month. Asked if she could move to a shop with lower rent, Ms Ferguson said that by the time she paid for a new fitout, signs and other costs, it might cost almost as much as or more than the rent increase. Just Peachie occupies about 92 square metres at 61 High St. The increase takes the rent from $272 a square metre to $350. Just Peachie manager Margy Slipais said she was alarmed when she and other staff were told about the rent increase.

“We’ve experienced a bit of emotional turmoil in here; it’s been a disappointing time,” she said. Ms Slipais said the closure of the boutique raised bigger questions about the viability of Hastings as a shopping centre with quality retail stores. She said Chamber of Commerce minutes revealed there were 32 shops, offices and factories vacant in the wider Hastings area, including 12 vacant shops in High St. Numerous businesses were for sale. “Retailers need assistance from those who can make a difference. We need Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Chamber of Commerce to work with us and enable this town to grow. “We need to complement each other, work as a team and making Hastings the best it can be. “What will entice people to come to Hastings if it consists of empty shops for lease? “Vacant shops up and down High St puts a dark cloud over the town.” Elderly people did not want to travel and many residents preferred to shop locally, she said. “Gaye Ferguson, Annie Farrugia, Margaret Jeremiah, Trish Slipais and I would like to thank our wonderful and loyal customers who have supported Just Peachie for the past three years. You were not just our customers, you were our friends,” Ms Slipais said. Andrew Satchwell of Satchwells Real Estate said the Just Peachie lease had expired and was up for review. “We were simply acting on the landlord’s instructions, which is all we can do.”

Not happy, Gaye: Just Peachie owner Gaye Ferguson, left, and manager Margy Slipais outside the boutique in High St, Hastings that is set to close at the end of May due to a 24 per cent rent increase.

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Geese fly in for a graze and a gander CAPE Barren Geese spend much of their time on small windswept islands in Bass Strait. They can drink salt or brackish water, so the absence of lakes or creeks is no problem. Tussock grass on the strait’s uninhabited or sparsely-populated islands provide a food source as does spear grass, herbs and succulents. When summer comes, the birds broaden their horizons and head north to the mainland before teaming up and going south to breed. Many geese fly to the Mornington Peninsula to dine out on pasture grasses, including barley grass and clover. Snez Plunkett spotted and photographed a flock of 50 geese two weeks ago flying over the mangroves north of Hastings before settling in what she described as “the most degraded paddock they could possibly find”. However, the sheltered paddock probably looked pretty inviting compared to a rugged island. Numbers of Cape Barren geese

Human rights up for debate ISSUES surrounding the call for a charter of human rights charter in Australia will be up for debate in Mornington next month. The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke will chair a public debate titled Protecting human rights in Australia. He debate is being organised by Organised by Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group with support from Mornington Peninsula Shire. Greg Hunt, MP for Flinders (Liberal), and Mark Dreyfus, MP for Isaacs (Labor), will speak during the debate. The politicians will be questioned after their presentations by Emily Howie, director advocacy and strategic litigation at the Human Rights Law Centre, and Dr Russell Soloman, a director of Amnesty International and Senior Lecturer at RMIT University. The human rights public debate, 7.30pm Thursday 9 June is at Peninsula Community Theatre, cnr Wilsons Rd and Nepean Highway, Mornington. Anyone wanting to attend should call 5950 1685 or email spcadmin@mornpen. vic.gov.au by Monday 6 June.

Dining out: Visiting Cape Barren geese graze in a paddock north of Hastings. Picture: Snez Plunkett

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Arrests after rooftop protest By Keith Platt FIFTEEN people were arrested and charged with trespass after spending 12 hours on the roof of a Somerville egg farm. They were among 20 members Animal Liberation Victoria protesting against what they claim to be the “horrific suffering of the hens on the property”. Somerville Egg Farm manager Linda Larkins said the business was given the all clear by a Department of Primary Industries vet who inspected the chickens during the protest. Ms Larkins said the noise of protesters on the roof of a chicken shed had caused distress among the chickens underneath. “There was a higher mortality rate among the birds the following day,” she said. “They are supposed to be animal lovers, but they were more concerned with getting their faces in the media than caring for animals.” Ms Larkins said protesters had held up a “vegan” banner and yelled at customers, criticising them for eating eggs. She said the family-run farm abided by a lawful code of animal welfare. It had about 36,000 birds – free range and in cages – and employed about 15 people. “If the birds are not happy we won’t get eggs,” Ms Larkins said. “The protest was very alarming and very distressing. We’ve never had anything to do with these people before

Waiting game: Police wait while below Animal Liberal Victoria protesters hold signs and placards urging veganism and alleging cruelty to chickens inside Somerville Egg Farm in Eramosa Rd, Somerville.

ands what they are saying is a lie.” Senior Sergeant Steve O’Neil of Hastings police said the case against the charged protesters would be heard in Frankston magistrates’ court on 15 June. He said the animal liberationists agreed to end their vigil at about

4.30pm after he told them that a vet would look at a chicken they claimed was injured. “They said they wanted to come without us arresting them, but I couldn’t do that,” Senior Sergeant O’Neill said. “They came down and handed over

the chicken which was looking pretty cosy all wrapped up in a pink blanket.” Jo Osborne, one of the protest organisers, said the injured chicken had been caught under a fence. She said animal liberationists had twice been inside the farm at night and taken images of dead and dying

chickens and others living in “terrible conditions”. “Our aim is to show people that these chickens, caged and free range, are not being kept well,” Ms Osborne said. She said members of her group had been at the farm under cover of darkness on 14 March and 23 February. A news release issued by Animal Liberation Victoria said Melbourne shoppers were “being duped by an egg industry out of control, while millions of laying hens in Australia live tormented lives in cages, barns and on free range egg farms”. Activists had inspected the property more than 10 years ago and “lodged a photographic cruelty complaint to legal authorities”. “Rescue team members are haunted by what they found - thousands of screaming and thrashing hens, many who had gone crazy due to the horrific living conditions forced on them. The birds were overcrowded and tightly packed in tiers of wire cages and suffering severe feather loss.” The “free range” birds were “crowded together on their accumulated droppings, many were sickly, some dying unattended”.

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Budget cash for port, rail and cop shop By Mike Hast THE Baillieu government’s first state budget will provide money to start planning Port of Hastings expansion, for protective service officers on the Stony Point rail line and for a police station at Somerville. Hastings MP Neale Burgess said $2.3 million for Hastings port planning would come out of the coffers of the Port of Melbourne Corporation and was not “new” money from last week’s budget. “This will enable the planning process to begin.” He said the government had allocated $10 million for a 24-hour police station at Somerville and bureaucrats “had already started looking for suitable land”. “I’d expect the station would be built as close to the centre of town as possible.” He hoped it would take about two years to build. The government also had allocated $212 million for 940 protective service officers (PSOs) to patrol all metropolitan railway stations, including the Stony Point line, but the “most dangerous stations would get PSOs first”.

He said it was likely Frankston would be in an early round of stations to get PSOs. “This is important as people from my electorate use Frankston station,” he said. When PSOs were allocated to the Stony Point line, toilets would be built on all stations, he said. Mr Burgess said that the Coalition government’s first budget delivers on election commitments to ease the burden on families, restore community safety and rebuild transport infrastructure. “The government has inherited many financial challenges, but despite those challenges, [it] is delivering its election promises. That is our priority,” he said. “This is a budget which lays out the challenges with honesty and candour, and begins the hard work of addressing them.” He said the budget was an investment in the future of families in the Western Port area, focusing on the key areas of law and order, health, education, transport, family assistance and easing living costs.

Talk about Somerville SOMERVILLE residents are being invited to suggest ways of improving their town. Cr Lynn Bowden said Mornington Peninsula Shire was “very much aware” of the town’s rapid growth and the pressures placed on community resources and facilities in the township. “There are important issues in Somerville that we all need to discuss,” Cr Bowden said. Residents can give their views at a “drop-in” session 4pm-8pm at Somerville Football Club, 307 Jones Rd, Somerville. “The session will give us a chance as a community to discuss traffic problems and pedestrian safety; sporting and recreation facilities; facilities and services for senior citizens, youth and families; and how best to connect our town,” Cr Bowden said. Bonnie Rosen of Symplan, consult-

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ant hired by council, will also be there to hear and record residents’ views. Accorfing to its website, Symplan is an urban and social planning company that develops strategies “that enhance health and wellbeing outcomes at the community level”. Ms Rosen, a planner, is also an accredited mediator with the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia. She has had 20 years experience in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa in strategic planning, impact assessment and “working with stakeholders and community groups in identifying their needs, aspirations, expectations and priorities”. Ms Rosen also trains local government officers “in the theory and practice of designing safe and healthy cities”. To contact Ms Rosen call 9523 7538, or email at brosen@symplan.com.au.

Cracker colours: Bird fancier Glenda is helping promote the Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society’s annual bird sale with a little help from her eclectus parrots Annie (red) and Daniel. Picture: Peter Rankine

Birds of a feather flock to their annual show BIRDS of a feather flock to the 27th annual bird sale and expo run by Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society at the State Dog Centre in Skye later this month. The society was founded on the peninsula in 1983 and is regarded as one of the strongest and most active in the state. It meets at New Peninsula Church, 370 Craigie Rd, Mt Martha, every month. Club member Peter Rankine said the show is “Victoria’s premier bird sale and expo and one of the largest bird

sales staged in Australia, with more than 2000 people attending last year”. “More than 100 Victorian and interstate breeders will be selling a large variety of Australian and exotic birds including parrots, finches, quails and doves as well as the ever-popular budgies and canaries,” he said. About 30 trade stands will offer a range of bird products such as seed and other foods, cage accessories, bird toys, aviaries, breeding boxes and artwork. Mr Rankine said bird specialists

would provide advice and tips to people starting out. Other highlights include refreshments and free face painting for children. Details: Mornington Peninsula Avicultural Society’s bird sale and expo, incorporating the Victorian Zebra Finch Show, Sunday 29 May, 9.30am (bird sales 11am-2pm), State Dog Centre (KCC Park), 655 Western Port Hwy, Skye (Melway 128, J12). Admittance $2 adults, children under 8 free. For information call David Renshaw, 0428 518 646 or go to www.mpas.webs.com

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Police hunt for knife owner

Film traces indigenous social issues

HASTINGS police are trying to find the owner of a knife found in a King St toilet. The knife inside a leather sheath was handed to police after being found on Thursday 5 May. Although illegal to carry such a weapon, Senior Sergeant Steve O’Neill said it may have been stolen during a burglary. “It’s obviously not mass produced and may have sentimental value to someone, so we don’t want to destroy it� he said. The knife has a timber handle with brass fittings. Anyone who can help identify where the knife come from should call Hastings police on 5970 7800.

FILM is being used by Mornington Peninsula Shire to arouse social conscience, with special screenings planned this month and next. First on the bill is Liyarn Ngarn, a documentary featuring British actor, Pete Postlethwaite, with musician Archie Roach and Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson. The title means ‘the coming together of the spirit’ and the film shows Postlethwaite, Roach and Dodson in the outback tracing the past “in an effort to change people’s perceptions and attitudes towards indigenous people�, according to an ABC Radio National review. The film was made in the wake of the murder of a 19-year-old Aboriginal man “allegedly because he was black�. Liyarn Ngarn is being shown at 6pm at Rosebud Cinema on May 25 as part of the Reconciliation Week activities. Bookings essential, call 5950 1685 or email: spcd.admin@mornpen.vic.gov. au. In June four award-winning short films will be screened at the shire’s Mornington office as part of the national Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. This collection of films is an international look at the struggles and stories of communities and individuals. To see Kids might fly, Sin Pais, This chair is not me and Change at 6.30pn on Wednesday 1 June call 5950 1685 or email spcdadmin@mornpen.vic.gov.au and quote ‘Film’ for your RSVP.

Rates group eyes shire electoral review, council MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s forthcoming review of electoral boundaries and the number of councillors will be discussed at the next meeting of the Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association. Guest speaker will be Darren Ray, director of public policy with Victorian Local Government Association. Other topics include “your council�, ward representation and monitoring the shire’s performance. The public meeting is at 2pm on Monday 16 May in Rosebud Library’s meeting room (rear of library), McDowell St, Rosebud. Association secretary Alan Nelsen said it was a chance for residents to hear the VLGA’s views and ask questions. “You will also hear about the VLGA submission to the state government’s Essential Services Committee on monitoring the performance of local government,� he said. Details: Alan Nelsen, 0413 457 092.

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Finding freeway offsets a tough task By Mike Hast THE state government body managing the construction of Peninsula Link Fwy has looked at 4000 sites to replace protected native vegetation removed for the freeway project. The $760 million road joining the freeway north of Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Fwy at Mt Martha is well underway and will be completed by early 2013. A key element of the project is replacing native vegetation bulldozed for the 27-kilometre, four-lane freeway with “like for like” bushland. The project is being managed on behalf of the government by Linking Melbourne Authority, which also managed the $2.5 billion EastLink project. LMA is partway through a five-stage process to find and buy bushland to replace land taken for the freeway. Known as native vegetation “net gain offsets”, LMA officers have scoured the south-east and Mornington Peninsula looking for replacement land to satisfy Department of Sustainability and Environment requirements. Precious bushland such as that removed at the historic Westerfield at Frankston South is unlikely to be found in the immediate region and will likely be replaced by bushland in Gippsland. Land most difficult to replace included plains grassy wetland. Under complex DSE “net gain offset” rules, LMA is required to replace 56 hectares of precious bushland with five times this amount – 280 hectares with lower conservation values. All replacement bushland must be approved by DSE.

He indicated two of the four areas of land would be in Mornington Peninsula Shire, and in the immediate vicinity of Peninsula Link. There was a limited market as landowners had to be willing to place a covenant on their titles restricting any further development of their land. When the two councils’ environment officers report to their managers, there is likely to be a level of annoyance among councillors who supported Peninsula Link on the basis that all native vegetation offsets were to be in the two municipalities. Mr Hooker said LMA was still considering sites.  Last week, Mornington Peninsula fauna conservationist Mal Legg said LMA contractors had knocked down snow and manna gums where Moorooduc Hwy joins the freeway at Mt Martha and “13 possums were displaced and run down by cars, including six that were pregnant”. He alleged no zoologist was present during the clearing. “I can’t understand why the pines were left and the native vegetation was removed. The trunks and limbs are full of hollows and needed to be retained not mulched.” Carol Bartley of Southern Way, the consortium building the freeeway, said Abigroup cleared the vegetation along the median strip of the Moorooduc Hwy with all necessary approvals in place. “The project zoologist undertook pre- and post-clearing inspections and was present at all times during clearing,” she said.

Dozer days: Abigroup bulldozers wait beside heritage-listed Westerfield before being given permission to clear its precious bushland last year. Now freeway manager Linking Melbourne Authority is on the hunt for replacement land.

The formula rates bushland areas by taking into account the quality and type of trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses as well as fauna living on the land. A “habitat score” is allocated to each area to see if it is an appropriate offset. Bushland with rare plants has a very high score and if “like for like” land cannot be found, a larger block of land will have to be purchased as a replacement and money spent

improving its conservation value. In recent months, LMA has whittled down the 4000 sites to just eight. It has signed agreements with private landowners that allow wildlife and plant experts to closely inspect the properties to ensure they fit guidelines. LMA’s Bill Hooker said at a Peninsula Link net gain offsets meeting late last month the authority would likely need to buy only four of the eight

blocks being considered. At the meeting were conservationists, environment staff from Frankston and Mornington Peninsula councils, a representative of DSE and staff from LMA and road builder Abigroup. Mr Hooker said it had been difficult finding replacement land in the City of Frankston. This is where most of the precious bushland had been bulldozed.

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Big cat: Andrew Fellows “aboard� his catamaran with chainsaw clears the way along Lumeah Rd headed for Yaringa Marina at Somerville. Picture courtesy Hart Marine

Bus reaches the end of the line THE cross-peninsula bus from Hastings to Mornington will stop on Thursday 30 June. The end of the service is a blow to the few residents who used the bus, and therein lies the problem: it was not patronised well enough for Mornington Peninsula Shire to keep it operating. An item hidden on the shire’s website says: “The shire acknowledges that public transport access between Western Port Bay and Port Phillip Bay is vital for both communities and tourism, however this was a trial service the shire cannot financially support on an ongoing basis.

“Advocacy to the Department of Transport on behalf of residents will continue, and residents will be informed of any positive outcomes when they become apparent. In the meantime, the current timetable will continue up until the final day. Thank you for your support and patronage to date.� A transport insider said the service was bound to fail as it was not frequent enough. “What do you expect when you run a bus just two days a week and twice a day?� they asked. Mike Hast

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Weeds make way for natives at coastal park WEEDS and non-indigenous grasses are being replaced by native shrubs and grasses on the cliffs at Flinders. The planting is part of improvements being made to the section of Mornington Peninsula National Park that begins at Flinders and stretches along the Bass Strait coast to Cape Schanck. A team led by Parks Victoria ranger Kim Cott has been planting at the Picnic Point car park and near Mushroom Reef where weeds have been manually and chemically cleared. “We are revegetating small areas around the car park in an effort to restore what was a rather degraded site,” Ms Cott said. “The aim is to enhance conservation values, combat some of the weed problems and improve the general amenity of the area.” Ms Cott said some plants came from Mornington Peninsula Shire’s nursery and others were grown by the volunteers at the Seawinds nursery at Arthurs Seat. “All the plants are natives with local provenance. The seed was collected locally and species being planted are those which would naturally occur along that stretch of Flinders coastline and are mainly understorey species – shrubs and grasses.” Helping Ms Cott were students from the federal government-funded Green Corps and volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA). “Parks Victoria regularly has volunteers from these groups and we try and expose them to a number of conservation projects throughout the national park and peninsula,” she said.

“CVA often has international volunteers and it’s a wonderful way for them to see some of Australia’s amazing national parks as well as doing something good for the environment” Changes to the car park at the western end of Flinders Golf Course have reduced the number of vehicles that it can hold, resulting in cars being parked

on nearby nature strips on nearby houses (‘Car park wipeout for surfers’, The News 8/2/11). At that time the ranger-in-charge of the southern peninsula Chris Rowe said the car park was crowded “about a dozen times a year”, particularly when there was good surf at the nearby breaks. “It’s a challenge. We had money to

improve the sites with infrastructure that’s at West Head and the ocean beach as well,” he said. “At King St there’s been a ripple of criticism that goes back to the property owners as well.” Mr Rowe said nature strips were “not owned; they’re public land”.

Planting time: Green Corps team leader Eldvitch Belzober, Matt Landy, Masayo Yamabe and Parks Victoria ranger Kim Cott have been working on garden beds at a clifftop car park at Flinders.

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SOME things in life are certain. Death is one of those. So are taxes. One little less well known one is that a speed camera on Marine Parade at least once every weekend also belongs to this list. It sems the government has trouble finding enough police stations, but no trouble at all manning those moneymaking speed cameras. Twice in the last few weeks The Whisperer has passed two cameras in one short journey on the Peninsula. It really is getting quite ridiculous. Not only are the fines considerable, but they certainly discrminate against the lower income earners in our society. Those that can afford the latest fan-dangled GPS will be politely alerted when they are nearing a camera, so The Whisperer is told. Another traffic related matter that came to The Whisperer’s attention recently was a local who complained to the ‘Hoon Hotline’ about the driving habits of a localyokel. The hotline (which is apparently just crimestoppers) duly took the registration from the caller and was ready to hang up. The caller enquired ‘How will I know it has been followed up?’ which was a question they seemed not to expect. They were unable to provide

a reference of any sort and simply suggested the gent “Ring back in 6 to 8 weeks and quote the registration number again.” Hmmmmm... more a cold line than a hotline. Spare a little sympathy for our long suffering cousins on the Southern peninsula who regularly get bombarded by hundreds of thousands of visitors. Often rude, petulant and lacking the most common intelligence, connections of The Whisperer down there tell long-suffering stories of woe. This Easter (a traditional invasion time) also coincided with Anzac Day and a little story came to the Whisperer’s attention. As the Anzac Day parade travelled through Rye, it was noticed that one of these buffoons, either stupid or thinking himself funny, was standing pride of place in the front of the crowd with a t-shirt that had “Deutchland” emblazoned across it and the German flag in all its glory. As a vintage car passed with two very elderly second world war diggers inside, the sight of this just got too much. One of the diggers lent out the window and yelled out in his frail voice “You came second mate!”. With a rush of courage, the second digger dragged his mate from the window only to

stick his head out and scream “And a very poor second at that!”.

THE conning tower of the Otama submarine anchored at Crib Point could be used as a focal point on the foreshore parkland facing Hastings Bight. Former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor Snez Plunkett sent us this picture of a similar tower being used as a tourist attraction at Rockingham, Western Australia. It’s certainly eye-catching, but what to do with the rest of the 90 metre long sub? Bury it? Not on the grassy foreshore in case chemicals and other nasties buried in the former tip come to the surface. Could it be a breakwater for a marina at Mornington? A gift from the eastern side of the peninsula to the west. Or an offshore artificial reef? The Whisperer is open to suggestions for an alternative plan if the Otama association doesn’t get its wishes to bring the complete sub ashore as a tourist attraction. thewhisperer@y7mail.com

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NEWS DESK The shire plans run directly counter to the state government aim of maintaining green wedge zones as the “lungs” of Melbourne – vital agricultural and recreational zones.

Green loss: While concerns have been raised about decisions by Mornington Peninsula Shire having an effect of the grren wedge, yet-to-be calculated hectares of farmland are also being lost to Peninsula Link.

Shire plans put Green Wedge at risk OPINION By David Harrison MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire officers are seeking to change green wedge rules to permit now-prohibited business activity – plus expansion of existing businesses – on land where this is now banned. The officers’ ambitious plan would require changes in state law, or would see the changes incorporated into the Baillieu government’s promised standalone Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme, work on which has begun. If the shire achieves its aims, the peninsula’s most scenic rural areas could be cracked open for intensive development on a scale more intense than allowed in any of the other 11 green wedge zones surrounding Melbourne. The Mornington Peninsula proposal has echoes in a Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission draft report, “Unlocking Victorian Tourism”, which urges the opening-up of national parks and green wedge zones for tourism. The VCEC report states that controls on land use in green wedge areas such as the Mornington Peninsula and the Yarra Valley “discourage investment in tourist facilities”. It recommends that the state government “introduce a more flexible approach to tourism-related investment in regional and green wedge areas”. The shire officers’ aim for dilution of green wedge planning controls permeates the shire’s Green Wedge Action Plan, presented to councillors on 20 December. Councillors voted to have the document put on public exhibition, but did not approve it. They queried why the action plan was preceding the unfinished and far more important Green Wedge Management Plan. The action plan, if approved, would be incorporated into the management plan. The action plan is not the first shire foray into seeking more intensive development on green wedge land. Its recent proposal to allow substantial caravan and camping parks on land parcels of 40 hectares or more – vigorously opposed by both propo-

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nents and opponents – went to a panel hearing, whose report caned the shire and suggested it go back to the drawing board. Now the shire officers’ focus appears to be to open up small land parcels currently not permitted to have businesses. Their plans mention specifically restaurants and tourist accommodation, but could encompass other business ventures with no links to green wedge land. The shire plans run directly counter to the state government aim of maintaining green wedge zones as the “lungs” of Melbourne – vital agricultural and recreational zones. They are also at odds with the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s own stated aim – in the action plan – to “Rigorously oppose any amendments to the urban growth boundary that would result in a loss of green wedge land”, since many of these small green wedge blocks abut urban areas. So, while the urban growth boundary would not move, the shire’s plans would effectively allow peri-urban activity such as tourist accommodation on small green wedge blocks – with much the same development result that moving the boundary would achieve. The shire also states its aim is to “Rigourously [sic] oppose any amendments to the Green Wedge Zone which would reduce the minimum lot size requirements”, even though its proposals are aimed at achieving precisely that result. The action plan is in five parts: 1 Occupation and Settlement Pattern. 2 Agriculture and Rural Land Management. 3 Biodiversity, Conservation and Management of Environmental Risks. 4 Landscape, Recreation and Tourism. 5 Coordination and Implementation. According to part 4 – on which this article focuses – shire strategy appears to be twofold: Firstly, lobby to abolish the “in conjunction” rule, which requires a green wedge business to be linked to agricultural activity such as restaurants established on vineyards to sell wines

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made onsite from grapes grown onsite, both for consumption with meals and to take away. Secondly, achieve approval to allow activities proportional to the land size. At present, for example, a new restaurant must be sited on land 40 hectares or bigger, and can have no more than 150 patrons at any time. Clause 14 of action plan 4 (landscape, recreation and tourism) seeks councillor endorsement to: “[Enable] applications for extensions/alterations to existing restaurants in the Green Wedge. The scale of operation should be in proportion to the size of the property and the extent of agricultural or conservation activity on the land.” Approval of this would give enormous advantages to restaurants on small green wedge blocks that were established before green wedge laws came into force and that operate “as of right” outside the new green wedge land size and patron number requirements. An example is the T’Gallant restaurant at Main Ridge, whose permit allows it to operate on a site of only 15.81 hectares. It has tried twice to increase its size beyond the 60-patron limit it was granted in 1999. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that, legally, it can seek a permit amendment to allow more patrons, but last year refused its application for 314 patrons, ruling that, among other reasons, this was too intensive a use of the site. Shire councillors rejected its latest bid, for 190 patrons, on 31 January. The Foster’s Group-owned T’Gallant has appealed to VCAT. The shire has twice indicated it is willing to allow 150 patrons at T’Gallant. It proposed this number to the VCAT in 2009 in draft permit conditions, then again on 31 January, again in draft permit conditions in response to T’Gallant’s new application. This consistent shire support for 150 patrons on an “undersized” site could well persuade the tribunal to grant T’Gallant that number, allowing the restaurant to steal a march on its ri-

vals – or trigger a rush by them for the same, or greater, patron numbers. Ironically, one of the shire planner’s recommendations for refusing T’Gallant’s latest bid argued that approval “would provide an unfair advantage for T’Gallant over the establishment of new uses which are compliant with the [Green Wedge] Zone provisions ...” Perhaps the officer who wrote this recommendation was unaware of the shire’s proposal for proportional development on green wedge land. The shire’s push for “proportional” land use, combined with planned shire advocacy for an end to the need for green wedge businesses to have an essential link to agriculture (see below) is clearly aimed at opening the way for many more restaurants and other businesses on small green wedge land parcels. So much for the aim of the Mornington Peninsula Green Wedge Zone to act as Melbourne’s “lungs”, vital agricultural zones and scenic vistas of the city. The policy of proportionality could work upward as well as down. Perhaps the shire has not considered this possibility. Or perhaps the shire is prepared – or could be forced by the VCAT or the state government – to accept 400plus patrons on 40-hectare properties now permitted only 150. Clause 15 of Action Plan No. 4 deals with proportionality. It recommends: “Exhibit planning scheme amendment in relation to tourist accommodation in the Green Wedge. The scale of operation should be in proportion to the size of the property and the extent of agricultural or conservation activity on the land.” No minimum land size is stated. Clause 16 seeks to: “Investigate a policy/planning scheme amendment in relation to tourist accommodation in the Green Wedge, so that the permissible number of accommodation units would be in proportion to the area set aside for conservation activity (via binding covenants) either on the land or in designated areas.” It is not clear how this squares with

the vaguely worded Clause 17, which seeks “to prohibit group accommodation (multiple dwellings) in the Green Wedge”. But planners return to the action plan theme in clause 18 (“Advocate for review of the Green Wedge Zone and local schedules to provide flexibility to consider the expansion of existing uses on selected sites that would otherwise be prohibited”) and in clause 25. This reads: “Advocate further clarification of the ‘in conjunction with’ test which requires certain commercial uses in the Green Wedge to demonstrate an ‘essential association’ with Agriculture, Outdoor recreation facility, Rural industry, or Winery, and a ‘genuine, close and continuing functional relationship’.” The “in conjunction with” test is a legal reef on which many green wedge development proposals have foundered. To abandon it would blow an enormous hole in the green wedge raison d’etre – it would enable separation of restaurant from wine production, possibly to the point where not a single vine would need to be grown on the land accommodating the restaurant. Mornington Peninsula Shire bureaucrats must know these outcomes would result from the changes they are promoting, even as they tell councillors and the public they will “rigorously oppose” any steps to diminish the green wedge. If the shire is successful in its push to radically alter the green wedge planning rules, the face of the peninsula could be changed in ways that would diminish its appeal to the very people it aims to entice here. It could well result in a tourism development free-for-all – a “Billy Butlin’s meets the Gold Coast” future for the peninsula. Few, apart from the shire’s prodevelopment clique, would welcome that. The writer is a former Age journalist. He lives in Red Hill and is a member of Red Hill Community Action.

Pilot program a coup for preschool BAXTER PRE SCHOOL is one of only two preschools on the Mornington peninsula that has been selected to participate in a pilot program trialling an extending kindergarten week for 4 year olds. Whilst currently kindergartens are only required to offer 10.75 hours per week and this will change in 2013 as part of National Early Childhood reforms related to ‘Universal Access’. The trial will be part of transition planning for that change. “In 2008, Baxter Pre School was facing a crisis with dwindling enrolments and financial problems we were advised that unless drastic action was taken, we would have to close.” explained Sharon Howell, President of the pre-school. “We received Ministerial approval to stay open in 2009. The volunteer committee of management worked tirelessly to get the kinder back on its feet and implemented lots of changes. One of those changes was an occasional care program which in 2009 saw enrolments for the 4 year old program increase from 15 to 22. In 2010 we expanded our programs and were full with 32 4 year old enrolments. In 2011 we successfully gained funding for the pilot project from DEECD and currently have 43 children enrolled in 4 year old programs.” In view of their success and the pilot program selection, Baxter Pre School are holding an Open Day as part of Education Week on Sunday 15th May, 2011 from 10am – 12 noon for families to view the services and facilities. They still have 5 positions available in 4 year old kindergarten for 2011.

Bank continues youth program WESTERNPORT Secondary College student Rachael Potter is the latest student to benefit from the School Based Traineeship Program being run by Bendigo Bank Hastings. The traineeship program provides Year 10, 11 and 12 students the opportunity to work at the bank as a trainee

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Sorrento beckons for a June feast TASTE OF SORRENTO offers a mouth watering blend of gourmet food and fine wine events aimed at showcasing some of the Mornington Peninsula’s finest. With cooking demonstrations and tastings from Top 4 Junior Masterchef Siena Johnston, well known chef author Guy Mirabella, Peter Watson from the Spice company and Red Hill Cheese, themed dinners, meet the wine maker evening, chef authors, cocktail making and of course chocolate, it really is a treat for the senses. With events spread over the week from Friday 3rd – Friday 10 June prior to the June long weekend, there’s plenty of time to visit. To give you a taste of what’s happening, some of the events include:  Cup cake decorating competition after school from 1 – 3 June at Buckleys Chance followed by winner announcement, talk and cooking demonstrations by Top 4 Junior Master Chef contestant Siena Johnston on Saturday 4 June. An irresistible ‘Pinot & Paella’ night will be held at The Continental Hotel on Friday, 3 June.  Scicluna’s Real Food Merchants will be hosting a funfilled farmer’s market in store for the whole weekend of 4th and 5th June, including tastings, cooking demonstrations, spot specials and giveaways.  Visit the Absolut Vodka cocktail making classes at the Three Palms bar on Saturday 4 June where you can drink what you make. $10 per person.

 Age Good Food Guide listed Three Palms will host a ‘Game, Set & Match’ game degustation dinner on Sunday, June 5 matched with Mornington Peninsula Wines. $120 per person, bookings essential to 5984 1057. Peter Watson from the Spice Company will provide a cooking demonstration and lunch - Seriously Good Food, Fast at Stringers Stores on Monday, 6 June. $45.00 per person served with a glass of Peninsula Wine. Bookings essential. Ph: 5984 2010.  Renowned restaurant Acquolina will treat guests to a mouth watering Northern Italian cuisine dinner on Monday, 6 June  Red Hill Cheese will host a tutored tasting at Stringers Store On Tuesday, 7 June, including a light lunch and glass of Mornington Peninsula Wine.  Experience a Taste of Asia at the Sorrento Portsea RSL with demonstrations and tastings of traditional Thai food plus a travel expo from Travelscene Sorrento on Tuesday 7 June.  The Smokehouse will host a middle eastern dinner with a series of courses inspired by Lebanon and Turkey on Wednesday 8 June Guest Chef and author Guy Mirabella will deliver a talk & book signing on Thursday, 9 June. A series of tasting plates will be prepared from his book by local chefs at Over Easy in a relaxed casual setting overlooking the bay.  Loquat restaurant will be

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Lucky streak brings car home for Chris and Bill CHRISTINE and Bill Crawford won’t easily forget their 50th wedding anniversary – every time they hop into their new car, smiles will spread across their faces. The Somerville couple won a $26,000 Toyota Corolla sedan in the Rotary Club of Somerville Tyabb raffle for radio station 3RPP last Monday. The club ran the raffle in conjunction with other peninsula Rotary clubs in support of a renovation project at the former Mornington Secondary School site in Wilsons Rd, Mornington. Half the last remaining classroom block will be 3RPP’s new studio and the other half will be used by community groups. Mrs Crawford was ecstatic when she and her husband received the car keys from Rob Christie of Motor Court Toyota in Mornington on Monday morning. It was also the week of her 70th birthday. “We’ve never won anything in our lives and we’ve never owned a new car,� she said with a smile as broad as a Cheshire cat. Mrs Crawford bought one ticket in the raffle and her lucky streak didn’t end there; the day after being told of the win, she found a $10 note on the footpath and went straight into a newsagent and bought a lottery ticket. “I didn’t win anything, so the run of good luck is over,� she said with a laugh, “but we’re about to set off on a trip of the lifetime to the United States so we’ll see what happens.� Second prize in the raffle, a $19,500 Toyota Yaris, was won by Martin Saunders of Carrum Downs. Third prize, a $10,000 cruise package supplied by Travelscene Westernport, was won by Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock, who had earlier drawn the first two prizes. The mayor’s ticket was pulled out of the bag by Lions Club of Rye member Tony Howard. His grandson Ben pulled out the fourth prize ticket, giving Marie Ratten of Rosebud the 50-inch plasma television from Rosebud Retravision.

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VCAT slams shire planners over Red Hill restaurant, wine sales A SENIOR Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal arbitrator has declared that Noel’s Restaurant Gallery in Red Hill has no valid permission to operate a restaurant or to sell liquor from the property. Senior member Russell Byard also made a scathing attack on Mornington Peninsula Shire planners, saying that “an examination of the permits concerned has led me to doubt whether there is any valid planning permission for the use of this land as a restaurant�. The shire had sought declarations from the tribunal relating to business activities on the property at 1175 Mornington-Flinders Rd, which began trading in September 1981 as an art and craft gallery. Further permits issued over the years have had parts of their validity called into question by the VCAT ruling, which was issued on 29 April. In making the declarations sought by the shire, Mr Byard writes: “The use of the land to operate wine tasting and sell packaged liquor for

consumption off the land: ď Ž is not ancillary to the use of the land as a restaurant and gallery; ď Ž falls within the ambit of the land use “shopâ€?; ď Ž is prohibited under the Green Wedge Zone of the Planning Scheme; ď Ž is not authorised by the Planning Permits issued for the land.â€? He goes on: “The land may have been used as a restaurant, but contrary to the planning laws. To make declarations assuming that a restaurant in accordance with the planning laws on the basis of the agreed facts, but where such significant doubt exists would, in my opinion, amount to making a declaration about a hypothetical question.â€? In a further declaration, Mr Byard states: “I am not satisfied that there is valid planning permission for tea rooms or restaurant.â€? “I do not want to make a declaration in terms that might imply or rely upon the proposition that there has been a lawful, (as opposed to a de facto, but unauthorised under planning law) use

of the land for that purpose.� Under the heading “Permits and purported permits�, he writes that “municipal council, whether acting as responsible authorities under planning legislation or otherwise, are creatures of statute and have only the powers granted to them by a statute�. They “cannot do just as they might wish. They are obliged to carry out the duties bestowed upon them by legislation, but have only the powers granted them by legislation. “They cannot make up statutory processes or grant permits or privileges, or regulate activities except by and in accordance with statutory powers.� Mr Byard cites a 1994 permit that refers to “the existing gallery/tea rooms�, asking: “Where did the tea rooms spring from? There has been no permit to allow the use of the land as tea rooms.� He then describes the administration of the permit and the drafting of the documents as “shoddy and unclear� before turning to a subsequent permit

that mentions a “restaurant�. “... where did the restaurant spring from?� he asks. “No permission, according to all the detailed evidence produced to me, has ever been given for a restaurant use on this land.� Continuing his criticism of the shire, Mr Byard deals with a permit condition that states: “The restaurant use must cease at midnight�, observing caustically: “It is but a minor point to observe that this probably means that the restaurant is not to remain open after midnight. If the land is ‘used’ for a restaurant, the use continues whether the premises are open to the public or not.� He describes another permit condition in these terms: “The poor drafting at this stage seems to me to be reduced to something that is unintelligible�, concluding that “I am not satisfied that it is a valid planning permit.� The VCAT ruling deals with a letter sent to Noel’s Gallery licensee in 2007, in which the unnamed planning officer concludes: “I also wish to advise that

the [liquor licence] proposal does not contravene the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme.� Mr Byard: “... the responsible authority now repents of that sentence because it does not consider that it is correct.� He records that the shire’s objection to the existing liquor licences at the property included the statement that: “The existing cellar licence is not part of a vineyard or winery on the subject land. It is a shop selling wine from five difference vineyards that are not part of the subject land or adjacent land. Under the provisions of the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme the use of the land to sell wine from grapes not grown on the land is prohibited.� But he writes that the statement in the shire letter “cannot provide valid planning permission and cannot legally authorise the sale of packaged liquor ... Such other questions are beyond the scope of the current proceedings, and, I suspect, beyond the jurisdiction of this Tribunal.�

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Western Port Real Estate 10th May 2011

WESTERN PORT

realestate The people to call for your real estate needs... Nigel Evans Mobile: 0439 540 055

Sid Ferguson Mobile: 0418 321 963

Rob Pryzler Mobile: 0408 808 698

Tallon First National 35 High Street, HASTINGS

Satchwells 1/97 High Street, HASTINGS PHONE: 03 5979 1888

Stockdale & Leggo Hastings 1/109 High Street, HASTINGS

EMAIL: RealEstate@satchwells.com.au

EMAIL: rpryzler@stockdaleleggo.com.au

PHONE: 03 5979 3000 EMAIL: info@tallon.com.au

PHONE: 03 5979 2288

Ben Tallon Mobile: 0419 339 489

David Nelli Mobile: 0403 111 234

Jason Dowler Mobile: 0403 598 754

BTRE 1/34 High Street, HASTINGS PHONE: (03) 5979 8003 realestate@btre.com.au

Baywest Real Estate 87 High Street, HASTINGS PHONE: (03) 5979 4412

Harcourts Hastings Shop 10, 14 High Street. PHONE: (03) 5970 7333

EMAIL: dnelli@baywestrealestate.com.au

EMAIL: jason.dowler@harcourts.com.au

MC REAL

Don Campbell Mobile: 0419 533 786

At your service

ESTATE

Michael Curry Mobile: 0409 410 456

PHONE: (03) 5979 4177

MCReal Estate 4/82 High St, HASTINGS PHONE: (03) 5979 8833

prestigerealtyhastings@bigpond.com

EMAIL: sales@mcrealestate.com.au

Prestige Properties 69 High Street, HASTINGS

Western Port

Craig Mann Mobile: 0412 559 816 First National Craig Mann Suite 4, 1085 Frankston Flinders Road, SOMERVILLE

PHONE: (03) 5978 0955 EMAIL: craig@craigmann.com.au

These agents support your local newspaper. Support agents that support your local community!

Western Port Real Estate 10th May 2011

Crib Point

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$695,000

A touch of paradise An abundance of space, natural light and warmth fills this stunning 4 bedroom family home located on a picture-perfect 2700m2 allotment (approx). With an appealing formal lounge, dining, family room and meals area, The main bedroom has a walk-in-robe and ensuite. A further three bedrooms with built in robes all serviced by a large family bathroom. The country style kitchen is complete with gas cooking, large oven & dishwasher. The home also includes the comfort of ducted

heating and evaporative cooling. Outside comprises of large spa, pergola, separate studio ideal as a games room or bedroom, three car carport, double garage & workshop. A rare find in today’s market place. Contact our office for your private viewing today! Subdivision potential with possible 5 unit site (stca).

Agency: MC Real Estate, 4/82 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: 5979 8833. Agent: Michael Curry, 0409 410 456.

Bittern

$735,000

FOR LEASE 16A Edward Street, Hastings

$285pw

THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM HOME!

Sweeping verandahs What an opportunity to live a lifestyle of peace & quiet. 360° of sweeping verandahs overlooking a tranquil bush setting from your country homestead with 30 squares of living. Step into the spacious entry to a lounge with open fire and formal dining. A large country style kitchen with gas cooking overlooks the family area with split system air-con. 5 bedrooms main with WIR & full ensuite, plus a large laundry and floor boards throughout with scatter rugs add to

the country feel. There is also a separate rumpus room or inlaw accommodation with extra room for storage. The home has ducted heating for comfort in the cooler months and is close to B & Bs, wineries, cafes & nurseries and could be used as a possible B & B or home business. Outside features a dam with windmill, large shed to store the boat or for the tradesman, brick barbeque area surrounded by lush vegetation & with a garden shed.

Agency: Tallon First National, 35 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: 5979 3000. Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055.

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Contact: Peter Lamshed 0421 473 135

Hastings

87 High Street, Hastings Victoria 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

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BTRE

(03) 5979 8003 www.btre.com.au

” t r e p x E l a c o L r u o Y “

YOU’LL SOON BE HOME

Hastings

$408,000

Hastings

$495,000

Crib Point

$289,000

“Finesse”

“Millennium Terrace” ~ 4 Townhouse Project!

2 Bedroom Home Off The Plan

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Crib Point

$359,000

$559,000

1/4 Acre...A Little Slice Of The Country

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Hastings

$247,950

$498,000 - $530,000

Hastings

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Somerville

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By Public Tender

$669,500

$1,070,000

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1 Acre ~ Close To Town!!

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Satchwells

Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years BALNARRING

Asking $359,000

Asking $1.3m

Inspect Saturdays 11.45am - 12.30pm - 88 Bittern Dromana Road

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Asking $298,000

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Asking $449,000 - $459,000

Asking $350,000 +

Asking $439,000

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Inspect Saturdays 11.00 - 11.30am - 290 High Street

Inspect Saturdays 2.00 - 2.30pm - 1516 Frankston-Flinders Rd

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1/97 High Street 14 Balnarring Village Cnr Cook and Wood Streets

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Hastings

$298,000

Perfect position

Hastings

$750,000

1/2 Acre ~ “Queen Anne” appliances, meals and step down to the huge family/rumpus area with gas Coonara. 3 bedrooms + study, full ensuite bathroom, fitted laundry and ducted evap. cooling. You will be staggered as you wander through landscaped grounds with shedding to dream of; 6m x 15m high span boat/ van port, 7.5m x 16m workshop & 6m x6m storage shed. Combine this with the salt water inground pool and shade sail-covered terrace with pizza oven & mains gas bbq this is absolutely one of the best properties around!

Only a short stroll to all that matters - foreshore boardwalk, jetty, High Street shopping and transport - this 2 bedroom unit is in excellent condition. Main bedroom with walk in robe and double access bathroom. Occupy or invest - current rental at $240.00pw.

You will instantly fall for the timeless beauty of this stunning home set on a glorious ½ acre block. Lovingly restored and extended, this home has vast living areas and cleverly blends old world character with decor in keeping with new millennium...... high ornate ceilings, superb polished blackwood flooring and a design for entertaining that spills out to the amazing brick paved terrace and pool area beyond. 25 squares with period formal lounge, Coonara, beautiful solid granite kitchen with walk in pantry and quality stainless steel

Agency: Satchwells Hastings, 1/97 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: (03) 5979 1888. Agents: Andrew Satchwell 0418 321 961 or Sid Ferguson 0418 321 963

Agency: BTRE, 1/34 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: 5979 8003. Agent: Ben Tallon, 0419 339 489.

Bittern

Neg. Over $700,000

Your storybook home awaits If peace and quiet is what you are after then this property is for you. Perfectly positioned in one of the most private locations is this large picturesque 5 Bdr storybook cottage set on approx 1.75 acres (7759 Sqm) which has more than enough room for the growing family. This home is full of features including a fully serviced scullery open plan kitchen, dining, living, formal lounge, rumpus and 2 studies,

2 bathrooms and self contained bungalow. What more could you ask for? If you are the home handy man and need room to work, then look no further with a 12 x 9 barn style shed with car hoist and another large 6x8 colour bond garage, both fully powered. Finally, to finish this complete package off, we have a 4 car port. Property of this style and privacy don’t arise too often so be quick.

Agency: Harcourts Hastings, Shop 10, 14 High Street. Phone: 5970 7333. Agent: Malcolm Parkinson, 0421 704 246.

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www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Hastings As New Townhouse!

Neg. Over $310,000

Hidden behind a private fence within the popular ‘Old Tyabb’ this near new townhouse will really impress. In soon to be a complex of 3 the townhouse has great living space and is presented as a display. Other features include gas ducted heating and double lock up garage. The very central and convenient position allows for you to walk to nearby schools, shops and public transport. ADDRESS: 1/257 Marine Parade

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Jason Dowler 0403 598 754 Lauren Dunsford 0422 385 869

Cannons Creek Modern Waterfront Living

Neg. Over $750,000

Appreciate fine design principles and high levels of quality construction with this “Graham Alexander” waterfront home. Set on a level 1000m2 (approx.) allotment with direct water access this seaside property sits in the sleepy township of Cannons Creek. Face the water and watch the resting boats moored in Rutherford Inlet from your own open-plan living area or upon the entertaining deck. Offering four bedrooms and split-level appeal the home also features nautical windows, timber flooring, downlighting, varying ceiling heights, split-system cooling and a roaring Coonara. Powder room facilities offer excellent convenience as does the sparkling central bathroom adding twin sinks and a relaxing corner spa bath. Quality Blanco appliances are fitted to the gourmet kitchen including a gas cooktop, underbench oven, rangehood, dishwasher, breakfast bar and plenty of countertop space. The sunken master bedroom features a walk-in robe, double-vanity ensuite and private access to the observation platform whilst the remaining bedrooms are generous in size. Beach lovers, fisherman and boating enthusiasts will treasure the closeness to beautiful Westernport Bay for a near-new holiday home or peaceful full-time lifestyle. ADDRESS: 89 Hardy Avenue

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Tyabb Ideal lifestyle property! Hastings Prime Location!

Neg. Over $330,000

Take advantage of this 3 bedroom home sitting on approx 810m2 block. Comprising a light and bright brick veneer home, 3 bedrooms with BIRs, kitchen with granite bench tops and splashback, large living area, separate dining, gas heating, undercover entertaining area, double lock up garage, and rear access. This property won’t last so act quick! ADDRESS: 22 Michelle Drive

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Inspection is a must on this beautifully presented 4 bedroom home. Homes of this quality don’t last long! From the moment you step inside you will be impressed with the fantastic floor plan and spacious living. Featuring a modern open plan kitchen & dining with stainless steel appliances. Separate formal lounge, master with ensuite and WIR three additional rooms have BIR. Great for entertaining with a large undercover entertaining area. Nothing has been forgotten with ducted heating, evaporative cooling and a double garage. This beautifully landscaped property comes on a large block with hard to find rear yard access. Perfect for the boat or car. Harcourts Hastings ADDRESS: 5 Brandary Place

Malcolm Parkinson 0421 704 246 Lauren Wild 0413 487 179

Nestled on a magnificent 5 acres (approx) and in such a convenient position this functional four bedroom family home offers exceptional value. Offered for the first time, this private property is only minutes to both the Hastings, Tyabb and Somerville shops and schools. The home offers a superb family room featuring a coonara, open plan lounge area and a huge rumpus room to the end of the house allowing the whole family to enjoy their space. The master bedroom includes an ensuite with huge spa bath and heaps of storage. Another secondary bedroom with ensuite is ideal for guest accommodation and further two bedrooms have built in robes and family bathroom. Outside features include paddocks perfect for horses, large machinery shed with concrete floor, separate workshop and a double carport. Property of this size and privacy don’t arise often so be quick!

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Bree Coburn 0401 398 503 Tim Hughes 0410 470 515

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Huge price reduction! Vendor says sell! Relax! This could be exactly what you are looking for. Boasting a 3/4 acre of easy to maintain parkland set in a quiet court location and with-in easy walking distance to the beach. With the Koala park to the East and Coolart to the West it’s located in the most stunning end of Somers Beach. Comprising 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, woodfire, 2 split systems, open plan living and extensive outdoor deck area taking in the private grounds. Feed the birds, stroll through the Koala Park or hit the beach only a short walk away. Harcourts Hastings ADDRESS: 2 Dover Court

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An exceptional lifestyle opportunity presents itself here with this immaculately presented 18sq (app) well designed three bedroom house, located in the heart of Crib Point. Comprising open plan kitchen/dining area with stainless steel gas cooking, oven, dishwasher, ample cupboard space, separate loungeroom, heating & cooling. Main bedroom with walk in robe and ensuite, plus a further two bedrooms with built in robes, separate laundry, double remote garage with internal access.

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Commercial freehold Tattslotto Newsagency

Shop Two - Hair & Beauty, Let Till 15/07/2011, *$22,356 P/Ann + GST + Out Goings. Asking $415,000

Baxter $415,000 Commercial freehold Tatts Lotto Newsagency *$21,500 per annum + GST + Out Goings

Suite One - Insurance Broker, Let Till 03/12/2011, *$13,536 P/Ann + GST + Out goings. Asking $295,000

Prominent corner shop with long term tenant in place, Baxter is expected to gain good capital growth upon completion of the Peninsula Link Freeway.

Shop One - Solicitor, Let Till 1/02/2013, *$15,624 P/Ann + GST + Out Goings. Asking $350,000

Suite Two - Residential Lease, Let Till 25/11/2011, *$14,304 P/Ann Inclusive. Asking $285,000

4/82 high street, hastings

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Hastings

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$485,000 - $525,000

Luxury and distinction

 4 bedroom home or 3 bedroom plus study.  Master suite with large WIR through to the ensuite with spa.  3 Living plus dining areas.  Bay views from second storey.

 Second storey decking on east and west side of the home.  3 car garage.  Established gardens.  This home has to be seen to be believed.

Agency: Baywest Real Estate, 87 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: 5979 4412. Agent: Sean Crimmins, 0411 734 814.

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Western Port

Presentation prefect If you have been waiting for an amazing property to hit the market in one of the best locations in Hastings, then look no further. Step inside the front door and you will be instantly impressed with its fabulous layout. The entrance which flows into a formal lounge room is just to the right and directly opposite is a formal dining room that allows you to entertain in style. The immaculate kitchen includes a 900mm stainless steel oven, cook top and dishwasher. The kitchen creates a great feeling of space and overlooks the open plan dining area as well as the tastefully decorated living room. When you are done with cooking and want to relax you can watch a fine movie in the rear cinema room which could also be used as a children’s rumpus.

This quality home has four bedrooms with a full ensuite and a classy office for the business person. Outside is every bit as impressive as inside with a low maintenance manicured garden and a six square (approx) pergola complete with water feature. Completely enclosed and screened all around, this fantastic outdoor room gives added protection againsts bugs and insects. You can always be sure to entertain in comfort all year round. There is a his and hers garage both with own remote controls so there will never be confusion as to whose parking spot you are in. With it’s attention to detail, this beautifully designed and presented home is as impressive in quality as it is in size.

Agency: Stockdale & Leggo - Hastings, 1/109 High Street, HASTINGS. Phone: 5979 2288. Agent: Gabby Ferguson, 0428 027 923.

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Modern contemporary 3 year old, 5 star energy rating home set on a 640m2 block of land. Walk up the central paved path surrounded by landscaped gardens to the well zoned family home with neutral decor, 4 large bedrooms - main with walk in robe & full ensuite, 2 living areas (formal & family), a modern well equipped kitchen with 900 s/s gas cooktop, w/o, d/w and GRXEOH GRRU SDQWU\ VHSDUDWH PHDOV GLQLQJ DUHD ZKLFK KDV DFFHVV WR WKH GRXEOH UHPRWH JDUDJH 7KH ODUJH IDPLO\ URRP OHDGV WKURXJK WR WKH UHDU JDUGHQ ZKHUH WKHUH LV SOHQW\ RI URRP IRU WKH NLGV WR SOD\ 7KH SURSHUW\ DOVR KDV VRODU KRW ZDWHU UHDU access roller door from the garage. Property priced to sell.

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For Sale:

Pick your own builder and design your dream home on the largest block in the estate. Situated at the end of the court, it’s an ideal position for family safety. Be quick as this won’t last!

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Big Block With Big Returns!

For Sale:

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$525,000

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$255,000

35 High Street, Hastings

$295,000

Beat the banks with this high yield investment, where you can make a 7% return this year and easily achieve an 8% p.a return (or possibly more). Why put your money in a term deposit when you can purchase an asset that will appreciate in value and return a higher % annually! A large, just over 1 acre block (4243m2 approx) with 3 tenancies. 2 telecommunications sharing a tower at the back of the block and 1 building demolition company occupying the rest of the acre. Located on the corner of /HQV 6WUHHW DQG 'LVQH\ 6WUHHW %LWWHUQ 7HOHFRPPXQLFDWLRQV DUH OHDVHG XS WR WKH \HDU ERWK LQFUHDVLQJ DW SHU DQQXP as outlined in leases. Building demolition on a month to month basis, willing to negotiate a new lease. An opportunity like no other with Westernport prices on the rise and continual demand for commercial land such as this.

For Sale:

$550,000

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AROUND THE PENINSULA

When fear of German invasion galvanised peninsula community The Invasion The Germans are off to Calais and from thence to England, and after that to America, and then – when you’ve taken all those places there will be Mornington left. As you sit under your pine and fig tree counting your ill-gotten gains after the Cup, do you ever think of what would happen but for the Boy Scouts? Who would mind your losses – or the prophet (see under, no extra charge) When the Germans come to Mornington, We all will start to mourn; We’ll all be sorry in Mornington That ever we were born. Some scalps will hang on the Royal Hotel; And some will have spirits agoing to – well Where noses will burn before they smell The odour of lives well done. When the Germans come to Mornington, We will all be in a tear; When the Germans come to Mornington There won’t be none of us there. We’ll run with our tails all half-mast high That’s a jolly lot better to do; and die Of a fine and fat old age! When the Germans come to Mornington, We’ll none of us sit on The Post. We won’t stay sitting in Mornington; Nor soaking our corns on the coast. We’ll stretch our legs as far as we can, While the Germans are prodding the hindermost man– We hope we won’t count ’mong the “also-ran” – When we run in the German Cup. – The Bandy Coot THIS is one of about 140 poems in the recently published book Our Boys at the Front: 1914-18 The Mornington Peninsula at War from the pages of The Peninsula Post ($39.95 inc DVD). Compiled and published by the Mornington & District Historical Society, the book was launched at Mornington’s historic Royal Hotel last month and tells the story of peninsula men who went to the First World War through letters, diary entries, stories, war poems and photos from The Peninsula Post, the peninsula’s dominant local paper between 1913 and the late 1970s. It also covers what was happening on the home front through the pages of the newspaper, including the controversial issue of recruitment as Australia suffered mounting losses of its finest men. The three illustrations are from the paper. The book is available from Mornington Peninsula bookshops and newsagents, the Shrine of Remembrance bookshop, Hylands, 1/23-31 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne, 9654 7448 and by mail order from Mornington & District Historical Society, PO Box 71, Mornington 3931 (add $9.50 for post and handling).

Fish litter shows up the ones that didn’t get away IF you see a sign, ignore it. At least that seems to be the rule for anglers who have dumped filleted snapper carcasses into the shallows near the boat launching ramps at Mornington. Bins are provided under the signs warning against dumping the “carcases” and warning of heavy penalties for “aggregated littering” (shire spelling). A regular fisherman contacted by The News said the dumping may have been retaliatory action against Mornington Peninsula Shire, which had increased boat launching fees although “the facilities have not changed”. The fisherman said it was against the law to fillet fish at sea “because fisheries officers can’t measure the length of a fish from a fillet”. “Maybe people should be able to dump the carcasses off the end of the jetty where they can be cleaned up by stingrays.” Western Port News 10 May 2011

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Pier at risk of closure By Mike Hast THE unrenovated end section of Mornington pier is just one big blow away from being closed to the public. Work on the middle, 53-metre long section of the pier is due to be completed by July, but the state government needs to find about $7 million to repair the outer section. The pier has been battered by severe storms in recent years, including three last year, leaving parts of it unstable. Parks Victoria contractor K V Johnson Constructions started work on the middle section last August. It was scheduled to be completed by December, which was then revised to April. Bad weather saw the completion date again revised to July. The work is costing $3.5 million and includes replacing pylons and installing a threepiece reinforced concrete deck with timber decking on top of this. Now there is a big question mark over the stability of the unrenovated section. The News understands Parks Victoria has had divers and engineers checking the section for a preliminary report. The three possible scenarios are:  A moderate amount of work would make it safe and it would be reopened to the public.  The structure would be safe to leave unrenovated and repair money would have to be found at a later date. It would be closed to the public.  The section would not be able to be saved and would be pulled down before it became a hazard to boating. On Tuesday, Mornington MP David Morris told The News the pier was one of the most popular on Port Phillip and “very important to the town”. Mr Morris said he had held dis-

cussions with Parks Victoria’s chief executive officer Dr Bill Jackson and Environment Minister Ryan Smith, and had stressed the pier needed to be fixed as soon as possible. He said the pier has been neglected for many years by several governments. Any work on the unrenovated section was not dependent on this week’s state budget, he said. Pier contractor Kevin Johnson said a concrete pour of 500 tonnes had created a 24-metre section of the pier. Continued from Page 1

“WE’RE aiming to do our last pour on 30 May to connect the new section with the old one and then we’ll need a month to clean up,” he said. He had received no instructions about working on the unrenovated section. “I know there are a lot of loose planks out there.” Mr Johnson confirmed there had been damage to a couple of pylons in the unrenovated section during a recent storm. “The pier was closed in April 2010 after a storm and then we were hit with 62 knots last August and another bad storm in September,” he said. After Mornington his company would be doing jobs at Patterson River in Carrum and Point Wilson pier near Avalon, he said. Plans for the installation of wave screen panels on the pier are unclear. Mr Johnson said this was not part of his contract with Parks, but his workers had installed bolts on the side to take wave screens at some future time. Rubber covers would be fitted to the bolts to protect them from weathering. Mr Johnson estimated it would cost $10 million to renovate “the whole show”.

On the move: The barge-born piledriver was towed to the seaward side of the pier on Tuesday morning, top, while a workman stands on the new section of pier next to the unrenovated part of the structure.

Late harvest lead in to wine show

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GRAPES are being harvested up to four weeks later than usual on the Mornington Peninsula because of unseasonable rains and cooler temperatures. “The extra time being given to grapes for ripening can concentrate the flavour, so quality will be up, but it can also see them suffer downy mildew and other diseases,” Cool Climate Wine Show manager Steve Robin said. “On the peninsula quality is on par with last year but some areas of Victoria have suffered. “A few vineyards have left grapes on the vine which won’t be harvested because they didn’t ripen.” Mr Robin said “the other sleeper” was organic vineyards that had been hit by diseases because grapes were not sprayed. However, the current harvest has not affected this year’s cool climate wine show which has received 670 entries, below last year’s 690 but up on the 660 entries in 2009. “Following a very challenging vintage this year it was expected entries would be down, but this has not happened,” Mr Robin said. “With increased production of wine and reduction in overseas markets, vignerons need a marketing edge, which medals from

ONE of the best kept secrets of the Mornington Peninsula hinterland is the Endeavour Fern Gully, which is being preserved and adjoining paddocks revegetated by the peninsula branch of the National Trust. But the cat’s out of the bag after more than 130 people turned up Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill, for the first open day on Saturday, with many expressing amazement at the pristine state of a gully little changed since European settlement. National Trust volunteers, pupils from Red Hill Consolidated School, TAFE students from Rosebud, members of birdwatching groups, Red Hill Lions and members of peninsula conservation societies have been beavering away for about three years on the 27 hectares (67 acres) of land given to the trust by owner John Douglas nearly 40 years ago. They have removed pines and smaller weeds, planted indigenous trees and shrubs, repaired an old boardwalk installed about 20 years ago and created a loop path through the gully. Previous attempts to ready the fern gully for visitors failed due to lack of volunteers and money. Majestic manna gums and messmates more than 30 metres tall, acacia and blackwood trees are the most obvious signs of preserved bush as you walk toward it across paddocks recently cleared of cattle. Once in the ferny wonderland, the flora biodiversity is astounding. The land was once owned by the Holmes family, but when patriarch Vic Holmes died, the family was forced to sell it to pay

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prestigious wine shows like ours can provide.” He said entries from New Zealand vineyards had held up, despite their drop in export markets and still makes up 20 per cent of wine show entries, with a similar number coming from the peninsula and Tasmanian. The rest of the entries come from the Yarra Valley, Geelong, Gippsland, the Port Phillip region and small wine growing regions in South Australia and New South Wales. “Variation in entries each year is caused by regional or seasonal factors” Mr Robin said. Wine show judging will be on 24 and 25 May at Mornington Racing Club, with a public tasting following the second day of judging on the Wednesday. As part of wine show week, 10 of the peninsula’s top restaurants and cafes on Friday 27 May are offering a two-course lunch featuring local products with a glass of cool climate wine for $49.50. The public tasting costs $20 (including a glass) 6pm-8pm Wednesday 25 May at Mornington Racing Club. Awards will be presented at a dinner on Friday 27 May. Visit www.classiclunches.com.au.

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Manna from heaven: Visitors to the first open day of the Endeavour Fern Gully in Red Hill are dwarfed by eucalypts as they stroll along a boardwalk deeper into the near-pristine bush.

death duties. Many members of the family were among the 130 last Saturday, walking on the land of their forefathers before returning to St George’s Church hall for a much anticipated family reunion. After tea and talks in the hall, visitors broke into groups and marched down the hill to the fern gully, each group with a guide from the National Trust. One group was led by Gidja Walker and Philip Jensen of Southern Peninsula

Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association and they received an impromptu history of flora of the peninsula using the fern gully as huge show and tell session. Much work remains to be done on the slopes above the fern gully and the branch is seeking volunteers. For details about volunteering or visiting the Endeavour Fern Gully, contact Gillian Tolley on 5989 2550 or gilliantolley@gmail.com Mike Hast

Slice of history on sale for $10m

Top spot: The Eastern Sister from Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron’s jetty.

By Mike Hast A BLOCK of land in Sorrento that is part of Victoria’s history is on the market for $10 million plus. A member of the Myer dynasty, Richard Shelmerdine, is selling one of five blocks of the Eastern Sister, part of The Sisters historic site where Victoria’s first European settlement was based in 1803. The 2946 square metre block has 270-degree views from Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron around to the Western Sister, the headland on the other side of Sullivan Bay, which is a public reserve. The headland on the eastern end of Sullivans Bay was part of the short-lived settlement led by Lieutenant-Governor David Collins who was sent by the British government to protect the embryonic sealing industry. Mr Shelmerdine won approval from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to subdivide the 1.2-hectare property last December. Lot 1 of 1915 square metres sold for more than $6 million soon after and a second lot of about 2140 square metres sold for a similar price. Mr Shelmerdine is retaining lots 3 and 4, and now the final block is on the market. As part of the VCAT approval, Mr Shelmerdine agreed to hand over a small parcel of land that will allow public access to Sullivan Bay and pay for construction of a path. The Eastern Sister property has been making headlines for years. In 1997 its owner, eccentric gay millionaire Peter

Thomas Rand, died of prostate cancer, sparking a bitter and expensive legal dispute over multiple copies of his will. The dispute was settled by the Appeals Court in 2007 and the property put on the market the following year. It was bought by Mr Shelmerdine for $19 million. When it went on the market, residents, Mornington Peninsula Shire and federal MP Greg Hunt called for either the state or federal government to buy the property and return it to public hands. The campaign failed and after Mr Shelmerdine went to the VCAT and won approval for five lots, another call went out for government to buy the block that went on the market last week, which has a 67-metre frontage to Tideways Beach. The Sisters site, in private ownership since 1890, is also claimed to be an area of immense Aboriginal significance “and the first place in Victoria to experience frontier violence between settlers and local Aborigines”, according to author and historian Richard Cotter in his 2001 book No Place For a Colony: Sullivan Bay, Sorrento & the Collins Settlement. Agent for the property is R T Edgar of Portsea. Expressions of interest close on 25 May. The history of Sorrento, and Victoria, had its genesis in April 1803 when the British govevernment sent the transport ship Ocean and HMS Calcutta from England to Port Phillip led by Lieutenant-Governor David Collins with naval officers, marines, free settlers and convicts,

including William Buckley who was one of a number of convicts to escape. Buckley walked around Port Phillip and joined an Aboriginal tribe near Geelong, where he lived for 33 years before meeting John Batman’s party in 1835 when they arrived to settle Melbourne. About 460 settlers, including about 300 convicts, arrived at Sorrento in October 1803, but lack of drinking water and other factors forced them to abandon the area the next year and sail to Tasmania where they joined John Bowen’s settlement at Risdon Cove at Hobart. The seven months at Sullivan Bay, named after the UnderSecretary for War and the Colonies, John Sullivan, saw the first European birth, christening, funeral, marriage service, school lesson, stonemasonry, postal service, public hospital, law court, water supply and printing press for a local newspaper. The colonists soon discovered water was scarce, there was no suitable timber, and the dangerous entrance to Port Phillip made the site unsuitable for whaling. Little evidence of the settlement exists apart from four graves on the eastern headland and a monument erected many years later. Local legend has it that parts of barrels, leg irons, bottles and other pieces were found in the 1840s. The Collins Settlement Historic Reserve is protected under the Victorian Heritage Register and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Planning Scheme.

part of the history of the Shire of Flinders and the cultural history of Arthurs Seat. Mr Hunt reportedly said any plan for the future of Arthurs Seat should include the tower being renovated and reopened. Mr McKeon told the meeting

the $5 million chairlift would be operating by 2013. Former chairlift operator Richard Hudson has unresolved legal issues with WorkSafe, which closed it down, and Parks Victoria, which failed to renew his lease.

Jet skier’s costly close encounter Chairlift consortium wants tower toppled on the water A 45-YEAR-OLD Montrose man will have to make a $500 donation to the Dolphin Research Institute and pay court costs for going too close to dolphins while riding his jet ski near Olivers Hill. The man pleaded guilty to three offences but will avoid having a conviction recorded against him if he makes the donation to the Hastingsbased research institute, is of good behaviour for four months and pays the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s court costs. DSE wildlife officer Emily Gibson said the man was placed on a magistrates court diversion program after pleading guilty to the offences under the Wildlife Act 1975 and Wildlife (Marine Mammal) Regulations 2009. The case arose from an incident on 14 December 2010 when the man was seen approaching a pod of common dolphins while riding his jet ski off Olivers Hill, a popular launching place for the craft. Ms Gibson said the man had gone within 50 metres of the dolphins and stopped the jet ski directly in the dolphins’ direction of travel. “The dolphins quickly ducked under the water – a common response to disturbance – after the jet ski travelled past at speed,” she said. “This case sends a clear message to recreational jet ski and boat operators that seals, dolphins and whales are protected wildlife and you must stay outside the prescribed minimum approach distance.

“We are privileged to have dolphins in the bay and we want to ensure they remain here for current and future generations to enjoy.” Jet skis are classified as prohibited vessels under the regulations and are not permitted to be within 300 metres of dolphins or whales. Recreational vessels are not permitted to be within 100 metres of a dolphin and 200 metres of whales. There is a 150-metre caution zone around dolphins for recreational vessels. If recreational vessels or jet skis do find themselves in the caution zone they must: Avoid sudden changes in speed or direction.  Maintain a constant speed not exceeding five knots. Leave the zone if the whale or dolphin shows any signs of disturbance. Not separate any individual whale or dolphin from its group. Not come between a mother and her young. Recreational vessels and jet skis are also not permitted to approach dolphins or whales within 30 degrees of their observed direction of travel, from in front or from behind the dolphins or whales. For more information on the regulations, visit www.dse.vic.gov.au or call 136 186. To report an emergency (stranding, entanglement, injury or death) involving a whale or a dolphin call the whale and dolphin emergency hotline, 1300 136 017.

THE preferred operator of the proposed Arthurs Seat chairlift wants to demolish the historic viewing tower on top of the mountain. Simon McKeon, head of the consortium appointed by Parks Victoria last year, told a community information session in Dromana last week plans for the replacement chairlift – a mixture of gondolas and open chairs – would mean the tower had to go. The hexagonal concrete tower was built for the centenary of Victoria in 1934, but fell into disrepair and has been closed to the public for many years. Mr McKeon, Macquarie Group’s Melbourne office executive chairman, chairman of CSIRO and Australian of the Year, said the chairlift would be extended over the car park and Arthurs Seat Rd to a new upper base on the tower site. The plan to demolish the tower has already attracted criticism from Dromana and District Historical Society president Peter Holloway and Flinders MP Greg Hunt. Mr Holloway said the tower should be preserved as it was

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A blast from the past Ever noticed the old shearing shed in Denham Road on your way to the tip? A casual enquiry to our resident historian, Vic Jeremiah, was enough to spark off an investigation. Many shearing sheds throughout Victoria, and the occasional scout hall, had their origins in either army or migrant camps. The Denham Road shed was no exception: it was transported from the Somers Migrant Camp in 1958 and converted into a shearing shed on its present site by the property owner, Len Baker. Len Baker was born at Colbinabbin in 1907 and then spent much of his early adult years as a shearing contractor and share farmer at Finley in NSW. He came to Tyabb in 1952 when he purchased the Noble property and cleared most of the land which was apple orchard. Apart from his property on the north side of Denham Road, Len and his family actually lived in their home on a smaller property on the south side of Denham Road, almost opposite the shearing shed. Part of this land became the home of the Western Port Gun Club. Because of its proximity, the old shearing shed at times became the venue for official gun club functions and was also

Above: The old shearing shed in Denham Road. Left: Len Baker the veteran shooter.

made available for fund-raising events for the Hastings Football Club. Len Baker left Tyabb in the late ‘60s, moving to Boort

where he spent nearly all of the rest of his life. He died in Finley in 1991, aged 84. Clay bird shooting was Len’s great interest and he was a

member of the Australian National team in 1955. He continued with his interest after he moved to Boort and on 22 April 1986 the “Boort Standard and Quambatook Times” carried the following story under the heading “Big Win to Boort Shooter”: “Boort shooter, Mr Len Baker, had a big win at the Australian Clay Target Championships held recently at Echuca-he won the Veterans’ title for shooters 65 and over. Len, in his 80th year, gave away a lot of years to some of the other 27 competitors in

his section..... Len was only 10 when his father sent him down to the river at Colbinabbin with a single barrel shotgun to “get a rabbit for the dogs. I had to go home and get a wheelbarrow to get my ‘bag’ home. I got 24 rabbits and a fox and my father gave me a shilling for that!” Now, 70 years later he still loves shooting though his shotgun is a little bit better than the old single barrel he started with. Now Len uses a Browning F ‘under and over’ which cost him $3,000 when he bought it in 1979......

Len Baker has been shooting clay targets now for 54 years and must be one of the longest-serving members of a gun club in Australia. He has been honoured with a life membership by two clubs, Jerilderie in NSW, and Boort... Two years later, on3 May 1988, the local paper informed readers that Len had been shooting for longer than anyone in Australia. Len, “82 next lambin’ season”, as he put it,was still competing after having joined the Finlay Gun Club in 1932. He said that, apart from the years 1940-48 when shooting clubs did not operate, he had continued to shoot, and continued to win sashes and trophies. The previous month he had won a pewter goblet at the National Trap Championships at Wagga Wagga. Len’s jacket was covered with badges, including ones which showed he was a member of the Victorian team in 1954 and the Australian team in 1955 Len informed the reporter that he still had his original competition gun: “It cost me 8 quid when I started!” Much of the information for this article was provided to Vic by Janet Slocombe, the youngest of Len Baker’s family and who still lives in Tyabb.

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THE BOOK PAGE looks at the wonderful world of books, courtesy of PETERSEN’S BOOK STORE, the place to go for all your book needs. This month we feature the Judy Moody series of books which are aimed at girls from about 7 years and up. And we have a lovely long list of new recommendations for

all ages... Local bookworms are invited to join THE FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB, meeting on the first Monday evening at Petersen’s Book Store each month. It’s a relaxing forum for book enthusiasts to share literary conversation, debate and love of reading. Hope to see you there!

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Great Gift Ideas for the Kids! A BIGGER DIGGER by Brett Avison and Craig Smith $14.95

- When Bryn and Oscar start digging in the yard, they uncover a very big find! Delightful rhyming picture book for the very young!

JUDY MOODY MOVER & SHAKER! Judy Moody, the hugely popular book series for young readers, is about to hit the big screen in the movie Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. Twelve-year-old Australian actress Jordana Beatty has snagged the title role. Judy is a mover and shaker, with a wicked troll-eyes stare and an annoyingly revolting little brother , Stink. The stories are hilarious and witty, full of adventure, crazy lingo, and larger-than-life characters. There are 9 Judy Moody stories to date, and all have been reissued with great new covers, ahead of the film. As well as the books, and we will have lots of those, you can also pick up activity sheets, including How to Draw Judy Moody and a Judy Moody Wordsearch, for free, in store. This is a terrific series for girls aged from about 7 years up. And, for the boys, Stink has his own series too.

THE DEAD I KNOW by Scot Gardner $19.99

- Aaron Rowe walks in his sleep, has dreams he can’t explain & memories he can’t recover. If he doesn’t discover the truth about his past soon, he may fall asleep one night and never wake up. For young adult readers.

As Judy would say, “for sure and absolute positive” you need to read these “non-boring, genuineand-for-real” great books. Priced at $15.95 each, the series includes the first book, Judy Moody, and also JM Gets Famous, JM Saves the World, JM Predicts the Future, JM The Doctor is in, JM Declares Independence, JM Around the World in 81/2 Days, JM Goes to College and JM Girl Detective.

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- Each night when Christine Lucas goes to sleep her mind erases the day. Each day when she wakes she tries to put the puzzle of her life together. A cracking good thriller, already translated into over 30 langauges, and a film in production.

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- A fresh and exciting debut. When the sudden death of their old school friend Meg brings Eve and Sarah back together for her funeral in country New South Wales, it is time to face the past and the secret they all shared. A secret that began at boarding school.

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Fabulous range of Melissa & Doug wooden products for the very young including - Chunky Puzzles, Sound Puzzles & Magnetic Puzzles - Lacing Beads - Dinosaur Magnets in a Box - Stamp Sets - Flip Memory Game Melissa & Doug products are crafted by hand and non-toxic, and very reasonably priced!

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Join the First Monday Book Club! Petersen’s Book Store hosts a local book club meeting once a month. Interested? Email: hastingsbookclub@gmail.com or call Neil on 0448 021 734 for full details. Next Meeting: Monday, June 6th at 6pm at the shop

Book for next month will be A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute, and will be available instore. Western Port News 10 May 2011

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The breakthrough at the Western Port Marina, circa 1983

60`s TRIBUTE NIGHT Fundraiser for Hastings Police Senior Citizens Register

MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE and THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA ASSOCIATION

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CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY MULTI-FAITH SERVICE Commemorating the 150th year of gazetted history of the townships of Dromana, Rye Mornington and Hastings/Tyabb

Sunday 12 June 2011 Peninsula Community Theatre Wilsons Rd, Mornington

Displays open 1pm and Service 2pm

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Guest Speaker PROFESSOR WESTON BATE Renowned Historian and Poet For further information or to register your interest, please contact Brian Stahl OAM on 5979 4343 or 0407 683 525.

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IT’S time to feature a real problem and another product. Do you intend to paint inside your house, or damp areas outside your house, and have the complication of water stains? Well don’t just paint over them, because if you do, and you use a water-based paint, the stain will bleed through the paint no matter how many coats you apply. Most water stains on interior walls or ceilings are caused by structural problems, such as broken roof tiles or damaged flashing which lets water in. Stains will appear as a light brown mark due to the presence of tannin in roofing timbers. So what’s the answer? Well follow these simple steps and you’ll have a great looking job. Before starting make sure that you that you have sealer, sandpaper, and brushes and rollers. Step 1 Remedy all design faults or structural damage prior to commencing the project. Step 2 To prevent water stains from bleeding it is normally necessary to seal with a waterbased product such as Haymes stain restrain. Step 3 For oil-based stains such as nicotine it is normally necessary to use a water-based sealer or a methylated-based depending on advice from The Paint Place. Step 4 If the staining is localised, spot seal-

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IN our last tips we covered water tanks. The follow up and enquiry was great. Thanks to all those who contacted us; we learned even more from all the different situations people have experienced. The two biggest issues seem to be poorly prepared bases and pumps not lasting very long. On the pump issue, the basic rule seemed to apply; you get what you pay for. Most problems were confined to the cheaper end of the market. Where the bases had failed it was mainly sand erosion and concrete was definitely king. Also remember to cover your pump no matter what! On to this weeks tip. The bare root season is about to commence and many trees and plants are being dug up for purchase between now until the end of August. It is the best time to buy due to the price being much cheaper than any other time of the year. Also the range of fruit trees, ornamental trees, roses and lots of other plants will be plentiful, so get in touch with us if you would like to get the best quality trees and plants. Over planting is a trap a lot of people fall into because they want that instant look which is fine, but often the garden looks like an overgrown jungle after 12 months. Everything meshes in together and there is no room for the plants to survive as they compete for light, food and water. Eventually the weakest die and your money is turned into compost. The best thing to do is to go to a garden centre that is more interested in your garden being a success than your money in their pocket! We constantly find, for example, people want to plant standard roses only one metre apart. We recommend 1.5 metres and in 12 months the heads are not tangled together and the balanced look is great. Also over a fifteen metre distance only ten are planted instead of fifteen which is a

huge cost saving. There is a motto here ‘do it right, do it once .’ Remember, if you love going to your favourite nursery just for advice sometimes, you should not feel obliged to purchase every time you visit. But if you want them there for that advice next time, make sure you keep them in business! Support them when you do want to buy. Check all the competition and not just the ones with big advertising campaigns that tell you they are cheapest or lowest priced, because I can assure you often they are not! So if you want to know where to go for what plants, call us and we will point you in the right direction every time! The Back Yard located at A Rose Affair (next to The Big Boot). 167 Moorooduc Hwy, Baxter. Phone: 5971 5051.

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A highly timid little man, Casper Milquetoast, ventured into a biker bar in the Bronx and clearing his throat asked, ‘Um, err, which of you gentlemen owns the Doberman tied outside to the parking meter?’ A giant of a man, wearing biker leathers, his body hair growing out through the seams, turned slowly on his stool, looked down at the quivering little man and said, ‘It’s my dog. Why?’ ‘Well,’ squeaked the little man, obviously very nervous, ‘I believe my dog just killed it, sir.’ ‘What?’ roared the big man in disbelief. ‘What in the hell kind of dog do you have?’ ‘Sir,’ answered the little man, ‘It’s a four week old puppy.’ ‘Bull!’ roared the biker, ‘How could your puppy kill my Doberman?’ ‘It appears that he choked on it, sir.’

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An eye to the sky By Stuart McCullough SOME things cannot be explained – the Bermuda Triangle, the ongoing popularity of Glee, or why the normally dependable John Cusack agreed to star in a turkey of a film like Hot Tub Time Machine. (Why, John Cusack, why?) Add to this list is the habit of perching sunglasses on top of the head. There are two types of people in this world: those who wear their sunglasses on top of their head and the rest of us. A person will often remark that they don’t have eyes in the back of their head. Such comments are commonly made in exasperation, but never fail to spark a curiosity in me. I can’t help but wonder whether, beneath the hair that inhabits the dark side of their face, there could very well lurk another set of eyes, a mouth and maybe even a nose. Dismiss such thoughts if you will, but a person can still protest too much. But while the jury may still be out as to whether or not people do have eyes in the back of their heads, they apparently have them on top. All of sudden, what was once a cult practise has suddenly

gone absolutely gangbusters. When Corey Hart bravely declared to the world that he wore his sunglasses at night, many assumed him to be a dead-set idiot. However, even Corey would be left to scratch his noggin in bewilderment at the current fashion craze of placing sunglasses on your head. No good can possibly

come of it. It’s hard to know who to blame. Personally, I attribute the trend to the same people that gave us the perpetually turned up polo shirt collar. To this day, the thought of them makes me shudder. Often worn in tandem with baggy bottom shorts and the plastic atrocity that must

be every podiatrist’s worst nightmare – the Croc sandal – these ostentatious no-goodniks look as though they’re ready to go yachting at a moment’s notice. Which, if you’re being dressed by Duran Duran, might be fair enough, but is otherwise totally mystifying. Human beings are a strange creation – we are seemingly at the mercy of whatever senseless trend sweeps over us. It is for this reason that the most obscure object can suddenly be catapulted into the ordinary. It’s not just oddly positioned sunglasses, either. Consider lycra. Let’s get something out on the table – not everyone looks good in lycra. Just because you ride a bicycle doesn’t automatically mean that you should dress yourself like a human sausage. I firmly believe that even in an age where the world’s military secrets are revealed through the simple click of a mouse, there is still such a thing as “too much information�. There’s an old saying: lycra doesn’t lie. Actually, it’s not an old saying, but it would look like an old saying if I selected a more sympathetic typeface and said: lycra doesn’t lie. It squeezes, moulds and grips,

but it conceals nothing. The closest it comes is by providing unnatural support to those parts of your anatomy that would more instinctively reach towards terra firma with their arms outstretched. As such, the best lycra can muster is to act as some kind of buttock brassiere. Should your lycra ride a little high, you’re in real danger of having your trouser hams end up somewhere behind your ear lobes. Worse than its tendency to drag the saggiest of derrières to an altitude at which it may require oxygen is the ability of lycra to wear out. Let it be said, at some point lycra loses the structural integrity without which it might as well cease to exist. I saw him on Beach Rd. High on his haunches, buttocks waving like a flag. Like fairy floss in the rain, his lycra bike shorts had started their steady descent towards disintegration. The overall effect was more like a pair of stockings. As a result, even casual passers-by were confronted with what, in Sale of the Century terms, would be referred to as “the lotâ€?. Or, put another way, the whole box and dice, the entire fruit bowl, the full packet of Arnott’s family assortment.

Outraged, I planted the palm of my hand as far into the car horn as it would go, while winding down my window and exhorting the clearly confused cyclist – in the name of all that is holy – to get a pair of slacks. I’m not a fan of yelling in the traffic. I prefer to keep my profanities largely to myself, but in this instance there was a larger principle at stake. One that said that being as good as naked from the waist down is not acceptable. Puzzled, the man pulled over, adjusted his upturned collar, removed his helmet and immediately placed his sunglasses on top of his head. This, I thought, explains everything. When I told him that the state of his lycra was such that he might as well by riding down the street entirely without pants, he apologised, explaining that he didn’t have eyes in the back of his head. For a moment, I contemplated demanding to inspect his cranium to confirm, once and for all, whether this was indeed the case. But I decided to let the chance, and the cyclist, ride. It is, I decided, not so necessary to know everything. www.stuartmccullough.com

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Entertainment AUSTRALIAN country music singer Nicki Gillis is a traditionalist who weaves in and out with a touch of soul and jazz. The daughter of Italian and Croatian migrants, Nicki was singing from age six and was a backing singer for major Perth tours at 16. She enjoys great success in Australia but is one of a few local acts who enjoys great success overseas including the United Kingdom, Belgium and Sweden. Nicki has also toured Iraq, Kuwait, East Timor, Solomon Islands, the UK, United States and Germany. In 2007 she released her debut album Lucy’s Daughter, which produced three Top 10 singles taking her total of Top 10s to 10. Nicki has picked up a swag of awards along the way including the 2010 People’s Choice Award, 2009 Frank Ifield International Spur Award, 2008 Australian Golden Saddle Award for Best Entertainer, and she won the Gympie Muster Talent Search. Nicki recalls her music heritage: “Mum played keyboards and piano, and sang while dad played the drums.

Mum also taught piano and was the leader of the church choir. “Growing up we listened to all sorts of music including The Judds, INXS, Laura Branigan, John Farnham, Divinyls and U2. My first big concert was INXS at the Perth Entertainment Centre.” Nicki is a big John Farnham fan and is currently playing the soundtrack to Burlesque in her CD. Her latest album is Woman of Substance, which contains some of her favourite songs as well as fan requests. “The album was inspired by fans who over the years have either asked me to sing these songs or have asked

for them on CD after watching me perform,” she said. I never thought anybody could sing a Carly Simon song until I heard the first track on the album, You’re So Vain, which is probably the best track on the album with Ode to Billy Joe, Ballad of Lucy Jordan, Harper Valley PTA and River Deep, Mountain High not far behind. “You’re So Vain was written by Carly Simon and when I was young, I thought the words in the chorus were ‘there were clowns in my coffee’ and for some reason it made sense.” Some excellent guitar work is featured by Bob Howe on the Ike and Tina Turner classic River Deep, Mountain High with strong vocals by Nicki. The song was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004 as the 33rd greatest song of all time. It has been a part of Nicki’s live repertoire for many years. Rose Carleo features on backing vocals. “Rose and I met when we were young teenagers. We had a trio together with my mum called Sweet Revenge when we were in our early 20s. It was great to hook up with Rose

again and have her in the studio doing something together again. Rose is like a sister.” The bonus track on the album, Nutbush City Limits, is perhaps not what you’d expect to hear from a country music artist. “Nutbush has to be one of the first line dances I ever did,” she said with a laugh. “I have always loved this song and sung it from a young age. I would have to say disco was in the mix of music I grew up listening to along with rock, country, cabaret and lots of musical theatre.” The album features the great talents of Bon Howe who also produced the album with Nicki at Kenilworth Studios in Sydney. Nicki will head off on tour to New Zealand shortly to promote the album and will appear at Music in the Mulga Nardoo Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland 6-8 May. She will travel to Nashville in June and do a UK tour in July before returning to Australia for a tour of country NSW and Victoria. Woman of Substance is available online at www.nickigillis.com

any wrongdoing I did in my past and (hopefully) any future wrongdoings are as a result my BB, my apparently vast subconscious brain, and so are “not my fault”. It also explains why I (and all of us) cannot make a number 6 with my finger at the same time as moving my foot in a clockwise direction. *** LIVING alone is a working assignment, particularly after your working life has had the gong. Loss of selfesteem and social status beckons; possibly depression if you let it get to you. Keeping busy, staying positive, going for walks are important. The key is not to “retire”; so find other interests, the problem being in the finding. As an actor I’m not technically retired until the telephone stops ringing after about two years so I’ve still got a few days left. After Darling passed away, the physical separation was slowly replaced by some sort of spiritual togetherness. In the strangest of ways we are still connected regardless of my present life path, the end being, as always, another beginning. I don’t recommend living alone despite the dreamlike qualities of some partners desperately seeking

peace. It presents the danger of selfobsession. Wasn’t it always there? Maybe, but tempered by compromise and love in spite of arguments. Alone however, on its own, it presents a danger with no one to communicate with, particularly at night. Just you, alone, after (often) years or a lifetime of being in company. Learning to bring other people into your life as a defence to self-absorption helps. The more we change the more things stay the same. I work on the theory that if you wake up in the morning and you’re not sick, and you’re fit enough to do a 15-minute walk, all is well. Remember that old joke: “What happened to Jimmy Smith?” “He went mad and they shot him.” The day I don’t arrive for a morning coffee I’ll be Jimmy Smith, unless it’s raining. *** MEMORIES that stick forever: As a kid I had two Auntie Elsies; big Aunty Elsie and little Auntie Elsie. Big Auntie Elsie was no taller than little Auntie Elsie but she was fatter and tougher. She secretly dug a hole in her Preston backyard underneath the chopping block and hid some money in a to-

bacco tin. Back then it was common to have a chopping block spot where the wood was cut for the fire, more often than not by the mothers. They were hard times and how she saved the money and why she buried it we never found out. Four years later big Auntie Elsie needed that money. Alas, Uncle Tom of short memory had moved the chopping block. An extensive search failed to unearth the money tin; Preston back then had enormous backyards. We sympathised, never knowing how much was involved. “Leave me alone in my misery,” big Auntie Elsie said, as she moved from the kitchen to way down to the far end of her backyard, and sat there, a forlorn figure. The money was never found and is likely still there, but I never forgot her famous words, which has been a catchphrase for me for the past 50 years. Misery is endemic when the telephone never rings. *** PETER Costello’s rants about Julia Gillard are becoming more and more sexist. “She’s an atheist who keeps her unmarried partner in the Lodge”, he said, which borders on misanthropic

with Gary Turner Top Ten Albums 1. Best of Australian Country – Various (EMI) 2. Planet Country – Lee Kernaghan (ABC) 3. All the Women I Am – Reba McIntyre (Universal) 4. Woolshed Creek – James Blundell 5. Hit Country: Hits of the Decade 2001-2010 – Various (ABC) 6. Pre Loved – Beccy Cole (Core) 7. What You Hear is What You Get – Johnny Chester 8. Country 4 Mum – Various (ABC) 9. Bad Machines – Shane Nicholson (Liberation) 10. Cream of Country 39 Biggest Hits – Various (Sony) Album of the week: Woman of Substance – Nicki Gillis.

A Grain of Salt I HAD this system during the football off season where the DVD of the 2010 grand final replay was permanently in the machine so that when there was nothing on the box I’d simply switch to my boys winning the grand final. Now that we’re into a fresh season what to put in the machine as my standby? Crown Prince William and Kate Middleton, of course. “The wedding.” I was glued to the telly naturally, and taping every second for afters, but it’s the DVD I’m anxiously waiting for to take the place of my beloved 2010 Magpies. May the marriage be successful, and if ructions arise, who better to ask for advice than grandad Philip and father Charles? *** NEUROSCIENTIST David Eagleman tells us that the innumerable facets of our behaviour, thoughts and experience are inseparably yoked to a vast chemical–electrical network called the nervous system, and most of what we think and feel is not under our conscious control, the conscious being the smallest “bit” of our brain. This is fascinating; you think you know yourself but in fact you’re under some kind of Big Brother control. Two thoughts come to my conscious brain:

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with Cliff Ellen jealousy for mine. I disagree with Julia on euthanasia, gay marriage and bible study in schools but why the constant personal comments? Buddy Franklin was upset about a racist comment in Tassie but that was insignificant compared to what the big boys say about Julia in the privacy of their clubs. Howard must have been smarter than we credited him with. *** CONGRATS to the RSLs for their wonderful efforts on Anzac Day. Ditto to Essendon and Collingwood. *** Harvey ‘Big Daddy’ Pollitt: Truth is dreams that don’t come true, and nobody prints your name in the paper ’til you die. (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams) Adieu cliffie9@bigpond.com

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Cats v Pies: the game we’ve been waiting for Kyle Reimers has become a prominent goal sneak, kicking a few more last week. Can’t see Brisbane winning a game any time soon. Essendon by 97 points.

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Friday 13 May Geelong v Collingwood, MCG 7.40pm This is the match we’ve been waiting for all season; the two superpowers of the competition meeting under Friday night lights at the ‘G’. Can Collingwood break the curse of the bye? This has haunted teams, with eight out of 12 teams losing after the week off. A fortnight ago the Magpies showed us how well they can play when they have to, which is scary for the rest of us. However, Geelong last weekend broke a league record for the most consecutive wins at the one venue, 25. An amazing feat. Collingwood by 12 points. Saturday 14 May North Melb v Melbourne, Etihad 2.10pm The old cliche “a week’s a long time in football” fits perfectly for Melbourne. A fortnight ago they were slaughtered by West Coast and last weekend turned the tables when they smashed Adelaide by 96 points, a tremendous turnaround. North Melbourne faced the inevitable loss at Skilled Stadium last weekend and can at least take solace in the fact they were still in the game at half-time. This should be a good match to watch, but I’m not sure how the Dees will go at Etihad Stadium. They should be able to get the job done. Melbourne by 51 points. Adelaide v Gold Coast, AAMI 3.10pm Who would have thought the Suns would have had two wins so early in the season? They’ve definitely had some highs and lows. The new “kids” they’ve debuted in the last few weeks – Liam Patrick, Sam Day and Tom Lynch – were brilliant last week. Adelaide have been up and down this year, so it will be interesting to see how they fare. They Suns might get another reality check, especially if Neil Craig’s coaching future comes under threat this week. Adelaide by 22 points. Brisbane v Essendon, Gabba 7.10pm The season has gone from bad to worse for the Lions; the loss to the inexperienced Gold Coast Suns would have demolished any confidence they had left. Jed Adcock and Jack Redden have been their only shining lights and even they aren’t enough to lift them. Essendon have continued getting the job done after being challenged by West Coast last weekend.

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Sydney v Port Adelaide, SCG 7.10pm Last weekend the Power restored some dignity after pushing the Hawks but still have a long way to go if they’re going to start beating quality teams. The Swans got the win against the Bulldogs after starting slowly in Canberra. The Power will no doubt miss livewire midfielder David Rodan after he sustained another knee injury. Sydney will be too sharp for the inexperienced Power. If Ryan O’Keefe can play like he did last weekend, it will be all the better for the Swans. Sydney by 45 points. Sunday 15 May Hawthorn v St Kilda, MCG 1.10pm Hawthorn at the moment is in strange form; they play absolutely fantastically against Geelong and lose, then they play mediocre football against the Power for three quarters and turn it on in the last quarter. Another team to have done that this season is Collingwood, but can Hawthorn play as well as Collingwood? Time will tell on this one but they should be good enough to get over the Saints. A win for the Saints would be an ideal step in the right direction. Hawthorn by 38 points. Bulldogs v Richmond, Etihad 2.10pm What a turnaround Richmond has made these last few weeks: three on the trot for the first time in ages. The Western Bulldogs have dropped off dramatically from last year, only beating the Suns and Lions, and a loss to the Tigers would be a huge blow and put them down the ladder even further. Robin Nahas has improved in leaps and bounds this season, and has been the player who racks up possessions but is also capable of being a regular goal scorer. Players like this are priceless. Western Bulldogs by 1 point.

Down memory lane IN our recent series “Eileen and Norm” it was mentioned that Norm Francis had held the position of President of the Hastings Football Club on three occasions and during one of these spells (late 1970’searly 1980’s) the club had published its own magazine “Blue Power”. Norm himself was an occasional contributor with his “Down Memory Lane” articles: although they may not have been always factually correct, they were invariably interesting with a touch of Norm’s light humour. Over the next few editions we would like to reproduce a few of Norm’s “Down Memory Lane” stories. Please let us know if you enjoy them. *** “During the years that the Hastings Club has been established some very dedicated people have been associated with the Club. People such as Joe Haddock, a delegate for many years, who rode his pony to Dromana in all sorts of weather to attend meetings

on behalf of the Club. Then there was Harold Haddock, Tom Barclay and Bert Francis who later attended the meetings at Mornington but in more comfort per horse and cart: on many occasions they took along with them a bag of oysters to help gain a point or two for Hastings! Another contributor was “Digger” Sangholty who for years could be seen riding his push-bike up to Hastings Park nearly every day to do odd jobs around the place. Digger did a fantastic job of looking after the ground: he even had a flower garden at one stage around the south side. Being a gardener down at Cerberus, Digger had a great show of flowers until one training night Digger entrusted the handling of the mower (about one of the first motor mowers in Australia and “on loan” from the navy) to an old identity by the name of Joe Bowell whilst he did a spot of training. The problem was that Digger started the mower and handed it over to Joe but forgot to tell him how to stop it. After a couple of rounds of the

ground something came loose on the mower and poor Joe couldn’t control it. It dragged him under the fence, up the middle of Digger’s flower garden, and came to rest in the creek with a loud hiss! But when it comes to real dedication there is a grey haired old gentleman who can be seen around the Club. His record is this. In 1937 he was employed at Hallam carting metal. He started work early on Saturday morning to deliver his quota to the job, and would then ride his push-bike from Hallam to Hastings in time to take his place in the team. Later his job took him to Ballarat, but even up there he managed to do his Saturday morning’s work, get a lift to Melbourne, and from there ride the trusty old push-bike to Hastings in time to play for his Club. Yes. When it comes to dedication I think Bert Wilson must just about hold the belt. These are just a few of a great band of very dedicated people who built the Club to what it is today.” From “ Blue Power” 1977. #3.

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West Coast v Fremantle, Patersons Stadium 4.40pm This is a huge match – the Western Australia derby and two vastly improving teams. Fremantle last week failed to break their MCG hoodoo, fading away in the last quarter to lose to Richmond. The Eagles challenged a powerful Essendon side for the first half then just couldn’t match it. West Coast will be happy with Daniel Kerr’s return from injury; he managed 28 disposals last week. At this stage of the year Fremantle is just a little bit ahead of West Coast, but if their goalkicking continues to go astray, the Eagles might get home. Fremantle by 27 points.

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Animal Kingdom romps home in Kentucky Derby JOCKEY John Velazquez did not have a mount for the Kentucky Derby on Friday afternoon. A little more than 24 hours later, the 39-year-old Puerto Rican was celebrating his first career Derby victory aboard Team Valor International’s Animal Kingdom (pictured). Animal Kingdom took over in the straight, charged down the centre and won America’s most famous thoroughbred race by 3½ lengths in front of a record 164,858 fans on 7 May. On Friday, Velazquez thought he would be riding two-year-old champion Uncle Mo in the $2,171,800 first leg of the Triple Crown. Owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher, however, decided that Uncle Mo had not recovered sufficiently from a gastrointestinal tract infection and scratched him from the race, leaving Velazquez without a mount. This was nothing new for Velasquez, who was supposed to ride the early favourites in both 2009 (Quality Road) and 2010 (Eskendereya), but was forced to pick up secondary mounts during Derby week when those horses were withdrawn because of injuries. On Friday afternoon, Velazquez picked up the mount on Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes winner Animal Kingdom, whose original rider, Robby Albarado, was kicked in the face by his mount after being thrown during the post parade before the third race at Churchill Downs on Wednesday.

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Picture: Alex Evers – EquiSport Following his breakthrough victory, Velazquez was quick to pay homage to his longtime friend and fellow rider, mentioning him on the live television broadcast before he had even dismounted the horse. “I feel bad for Robby, winning the Derby when he was here,” Velazquez said. “I know he got hurt. I know you are not on him, but I know you were there with me.” Trained by Graham Motion for Team Valor, Animal Kingdom, a chestnut colt from the second crop of 2005 champion turf male Leroidesanimaux (Brazil), entered the race with two victories and two seconds from his four career starts, including a win in the Spiral Stakes on 26 March at Turfway Park. The Derby, however, was his first start on a traditional dirt track after three races on synthetic surfaces and one on turf. With the victory, Animal Kingdom became the first Derby winner to have

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never previously raced on a dirt track. He also became the first horse since Exterminator in 1918 to win the Derby with only four previous starts and the first since Needles in 1956 to win the race after a six-week layoff. “I like to try to make history when I enter these big races, and I think we made a lot of history today,” said Team Valor chief executive Barry Irwin, whose Captain Bodgit finished second by a head to Silver Charm in the 1997 Derby. Team Valor bred Animal Kingdom out of its German Group 3 winner Dalicia (Germany), by Acatenango. The victory also was the first Derby triumph for Motion, who expected to come to Churchill Downs with two horses but lost one in the days leading up to the race when Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) winner Toby’s Corner was withdrawn on 3 May with a leg injury following a workout at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.

That left Motion with Animal Kingdom, a colt he thought was very talented from the beginning, although he had not received the same recognition as Toby’s Corner. “I’ve always thought he was special,” Motion said. “When we used to gallop him in the morning with the stable’s star, [2010] Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G2) winner] Pluck, you could just tell this horse was special. I’m not really sure we had him characterised as our second-tier horse.” Irwin was emotional after the victory and talked about his decision to transfer all of his horses to Motion last winter. “I can’t believe it. I’m overwhelmed,” Irwin said. “I just was tired of other trainers lying to me and I wanted a guy who would tell me the truth.” Velazquez said both he and Animal Kingdom, who was sent off at odds of 20-to-1, were calm in the post parade and in the starting gate and quickly dropped back to 12th as Shackleford and jockey Jesus Castanon hustled to the front and took the 19-horse field through an easy half-mile in 48.63 and six furlongs in 1:13.40. Shackleford continued to set the pace into the stretch as Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up Nehro, a deep closer, and Animal Kingdom took aim at the leader. Driving down the centre of the track, Animal Kingdom surged ahead in the final sixteenth and drew off to a 2¾-length victory, covering 1¼ miles in 2:02.04 on a track rated as fast. “I had a really good trip,” said Velazquez, whose best career Derby finish in 13 previous attempts was a second aboard Invisible Ink behind

Monarchos in 2001. “I was a little tight in the first turn and by the threeeighths pole, I was in a tight spot, but held my ground. Once I got him pulled out by the eighth pole, I knew he was gone.” Nehro charged home to take second, a neck in front of game third-place finisher Mucho Macho Man. Dialed In, the post-time favourite at odds of 5.2-to-1 under jockey Julien Leparoux, finished a non-threatening eighth after he was taken back to last early and had no pace to set up his closing kick. “He had a good trip,” Leparoux said. “It went the way we planned it in the back, but they didn’t back up to us today.” Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch suffered a non-life-threatening lateral condylar fracture in his left front leg, but walked from the track onto the ambulance on his own and should recover following surgery, said Larry Bramlage, a veterinary surgeon at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital and the veterinarian for the Derby. (The horse subsequently was retired on Sunday following successful surgery in Lexington, Kentucky.)  This issue’s racing column is by Steve Bailey, deputy news editor of US-based Thoroughbred Times, who is filling in for our racing writer Peter Ellis. Steve interviewed Peter at the Churchill Downs racecourse in Louisville, Kentucky, the day before the Derby. Peter tipped Dialed In. He returns to Australia on Thursday, flying via Japan.

WHAT’S ON Beleura Ladies Probus Club – Retired/Semi-retired why not join our happy group of ladies for Meetings, Outings Gallery visits and more? Meet 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 9.30am at St Mark’s Uniting Church Hall, Barkly Street , Mornington. New members most welcome. Details Contact Joy 5974 3162.

AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST MORNING TEA To be held at the Hastings Senior Citizens Club Rooms, Herring St. Hastings at 10am Friday 20th May. Entry by donation. All welcome. Further Information 59793425 PEOPLE PLACE MUSIC CLUB Come along and meet new friends and join in the fun at Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre. Sunday afternoons 1-4pm. Don’t forget Concert in July. 5th Year celebrations. Cost only $5.00 tea, coffee and refrershments. 9-7861445

LADIES SOCIAL TENNIS is now available, at the hastings tennis club, 54 Marine Parade, Hastings, every monday and wednesday from 10am. Beginners welcome. Please contact Vicki 59794920 for more information.

ANTIQUE ROAD SHOW -VALUATION DAY. To be conducted by ’LEONARD JOEL AUCTION HOUSE’. On Wednesday 25th May from 10am to 2pm at The Fire Station Collingwood Street RYE. $5 fee for each item to be valued. Light refreshments available (donation). The Day will be run by the Rye Fire Brigade Auxiliary and all money raised will go towards the Brigade New Truck appeal. Ring Dawn 59853054 or Margaret 59857244

MORNINGTON TOY LIBRARY The Mornington Toy Library is open on Wednesdays between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm, Saturdays between 9.30 am and 11.30 am and Monday afternoons between 1pm and 3pm. Occasional borrowing and party pack are also available. Enquiries: 5975 1847 Western Port Equestrian Association Inc, for equestrian families, holds rallies on the 3rd Sunday and 2nd Wednesday of every month at Woolley’s Road Equestrian Reserve, Woolley’s Road, Crib Point. New members most welcome. Enquiries 0408 173 486

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Take Off Weight Naturally Clubs welcome all to join in a weightloss journey and lifestyle change. Contact Judy from the Dromana Club on 5981-4595, Lyn from Rosebud Club on 5988-8822 and Kerry from Tootgarook Club on 0412-627 757. Cancer Support Group meets every second Tuesday of the month. All welcome. Community Health. 185 High Street, Hastings, or ring 0419 020 543. Mahjong Club plays at Mornington R.S.L. (Virginia Street) on Fridays. 12:30 - 4:00pm. Experienced players made very welcome. Cost is $3.50. Tea & coffee provided. Contact Lucy - 5981 0801. Over 50’s American Clogging New beginner classes learning Clogging, cross between Country Tap Dancing, Irish Dancing and American Folk Dancing. No dance experience or partner needed. Contact: Mornington Cloggers Lee : 59776985 04129777898 ORGAN Southern Peninsula Organ Society will meet at 5/80 Bentons Rd. Mt. Martha on Sunday May 15 at 2pm. New members welcome. Details: 5973 6008 or s.p.organ@gmail.com

Mornington Peninsula Family History Society will meet on Saturday 4th June at 1.30pm in the Frankston South Recreation Centre, Towerhill Road Frankston Mel ref 102 D7.Subject “Researching Irish Family History”. Members $3.00 Visitors $5.00 Details ph 9785 6814 or www. mpfhs.org Swing It. If you play a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument come and join the well established youth swing band at St Peters Church Hall, Albert St. Mornington. Make use of your music skills, have fun while developing your performance and ensemble skills, and make new friends. To join contact Peninsula Music Society on 9782 2450 or 5975 8841 or visit www.pyms.org.au

Rosebud Ladies Probus meet on the fourth Friday of every month at the Salvation Army Citadel, Melaleuca Ave Rosebud West. at 9.30am. Speaker Kay Rawlinson on Jewellery on Friday May 27th May. New members are always welcome to join. We are a friendly and caring group of ladies lookimg forward to meeting YOU Ring Barb 5985 7695 Aglow Somerville is holding it’s next meeting on Friday the 13th May at 7.30pm at the Somerville Recreation and Community Centre, Edward St, Somerville. “Meet for a Treat” and enjoy an encouraging talk by Susan Linden. Entry is $10 and includes supper. All ladies welcome to this special Mothers Day meeting. Contact Roslyn on 0488 998086.

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Public Notices The winners of the Mitre 10 21st birthday raffle were Trevor and Leslie of Spruce Drive, Hastings. Western Port News 10 May 2011

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RWD models deliver up to an impressive 2,300kg*. This puts Territory’s towing capacity amongst the best in its class. Whether you’re towing a boat for an adventure out of town or a caravan for a family trip, the new Territory delivers with ease. Precision

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Economical and efficient TERRITORY’S new 2.7L V6 High Pressure Common Rail Turbo Diesel engine provides improved engine power and torque and improved fuel efficiency compared to previous indirect injection diesel engines. It achieves outstanding fuel economy of 8.2L/100km* for RWD models and 8.8

- 9.0L/100km* for AWD models. So big trips needn’t mean big fuel bills, and small trips around town can be done for less than you’d expect. And if getting out of town and onto the open road is your thing, the new Territory diesel delivers even more, achieving an amazing 1,000km out of one tank^. The petrol variants, featuring a 6-speed automatic transmission, have achieved significant fuel economy improvements, boasting 10.6L/100km* on RWD models. Easier on the environment THE advanced diesel technology of the cutting edge 2.7L V6 Common Rail Turbo Diesel engine not only delivers outstanding fuel economy, it also produces fewer CO2 emissions compared to equivalent petrol alternatives#, making it your ideal choice for today and tomorrow. Call Cleeton Hill at Wignall Ford today for a test drive on 5971 9800.

Nissan boosts appeal of two-seater sportscar AUSTRALIA’S best selling twoseater sportscar is now even more appealing with the arrival of Model Year 2011 versions of both the Nissan 370Z Coupe and Roadster. Since launch in 2009, sportscar buyers have eagerly accepted the 370Z’s blend of exhilarating performance, design, innovation and technology. The 370Z has won multiple awards since its debut and has won more customers than any other true sportscar, according to figures provided by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS data. For 2011 Nissan has enhanced the 370Z’s technology, innovation and value credentials still further with a driver focussed upgrade that adds Nissan’s next generation

audio and navigation system, a reversing camera, a cargo blind for the Coupe, climate controlled seats for the Roadster, wide-angle door mirrors and a new body paint colour; ‘Gun Metallic’ which is shared with the Nissan GT-R. Nissan’s next generation audio and navigation system provides more functionality and features for users, including a touch screen, full iPod connectivity and functionality via USB input, Bluetooth audio connectivity and the ability to upload phone contacts via Bluetooth. It also has a 9.3GB music HDD server. The combination of the new reversing camera and the wide-angle mirrors will vastly improve rearward visibility, making parking and manoeuvring both easier and safer.

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The addition of a cargo blind to the 370Z Coupe ensures privacy for any personal belongings that are stored in the luggage bay. The Roadster’s new climate controlled seats direct either warm or cool air through perforations in the seatbacks and squab cushions, further extending the top-down driving season. Supplies of the 2011 Nissan 370Z are now reaching the Nissan Dealer Network across Australia. In line with Nissan’s successful philosophy of positioning the 370Z as the best value sports car on the market, price increases have been restricted to just $650 for the Coupe and $800 for the Roadster, despite the array of high-quality new features now included as standard equipment.

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One of Australia’s most popular people movers, the Kia Carnival, will help one of Australia’s most popular heroes, Ben 10, move his famous time machine around the country. Cartoon Network’s BEN 10 LIVE: Time Machine features the world’s favourite boy-hero Ben Tennyson on an adventure through time and space to keep the Omnitrix and the Ultimatrix safe from the clutches of his foes. Keeping the tour staff and

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