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ROTARIANS have been carting thousands of treasures from Mt Eliza garages in recent weeks to stock the club’s annual sale at the Peninsula School on Saturday 14 April.

Rotary Club of Mt Eliza’s Bruce Harper said the all-day sale would include furniture, books, plants, kitchen items, art, DVDs, CDs, toys, tools and bric-a-brac.

“Bargain hunters will fi nd a treasure trove, including furniture, always a great bargain for the savvy buyer, and 10 tables of coffee table books on travel, interior decoration, sport and gardens, and collector’s specials.”

Mr Harper said the club supports peninsula community causes as well as Australian and international projects.

“We raised $51,000 in 2009-10.”The sale at the school in Wooralla

Drive is from 9am-5pm. Details: 0457 326 632.Great goods galore: Malcolm Hull, Carolyn Such and Merrilyn Hamilton-Smith (helped by Eloise the Jack Russell) sort goods at the Millers Moves warehouse in Mornington for Mt Eliza Rotary’s annual garage sale at the Peninsula School on the Saturday after Easter. Picture: Yanni

Treasures Treasures not trash at not trash at Rotary saleRotary sale

By Mike HastPOLICE are running extra patrols in Mornington’s Centro shopping centre car park.

The car park was plunged into dark-ness after one of fi ve light towers was blown down in a storm overnight on 3-4 March.

Mornington Ward councillor Bev Colomb said the extra patrols and Cen-tro shopping centre leaving its lights on later would help maintain safety until the towers were replaced.

She said they would be installed “as soon as possible” and had been ordered by the shire.

Cr Colomb said the towers “were a nice design, not your standard light towers”, but would be replaced with “more standard lights”.

Mornington resident Paul Smith said it was lucky the tower came down at night when no one was around.

“The fallen tower was removed on 6 March.”

The tower near the front entrance of Centro was one of fi ve erected by

the council when it constructed the car park in the early 2000s.

Mr Smith said the fallen tower was taped off by the SES and he had started making inquiries when told by friends they had been arriving in the car park in darkness as the surviving four lights had been turned off.

“I called Centro on Friday 9 March, nearly a week after the tower fell, and was told the centre did not own the car park or the lights,” he said.

Mr Smith then called the shire and was told to call the power company

Jemena, which said the shire owned the lights.

Mr Smith, who keeps meticulous records when dealing with the authori-ties, wrote to the shire on 13, 15 and 19 March asking about the lights and was told the power would be turned on on 20 March.

He said the four remaining tow-ers were removed some time over the weekend of 24-25 March.

“It would seem the bolts holding the base plate to the concrete pad on the fallen tower must have corroded,” he

said. “Someone told me it reminded them of what happened to the Arthurs Seat chairlift tower that collapsed in 2003.”

The shire’s contract manager of parks and roadside, Greg Powell, said the shire was “working with Tenix” to replace the fi ve 15-metre light towers, but could not say when this would oc-cur.

The cost had not been worked out.The News asked if energy-effi cient

fl uorescent lamps would be installed.Continued Page 6

Lights out after stormLights out after storm

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By Keith PlattBURMA’S surprising turnaround to-ward democracy and a more relaxed attitude to overseas visitors and busi-ness is both a blessing and a problem for a Mornington Peninsula-based church aid group.

Teams from the New Peninsula Bap-tist Church in Mt Martha and Rosebud have been regular visitors to Burma over the past six years, helping disad-vantaged villages with such things as buildings for schools and orphanages, and wells for water.

Political discussions, if held at all, were kept private between individu-als as any hint of interference by the church groups would have seen a quick exit ordered from the country and an end to their projects.

That has now changed.Unimagined a year ago, democracy

campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi and several other National League for De-mocracy candidates are headed for par-liament after last weekend’s election.

“People never before mentioned her name in public; she was always The Lady,” Mark Brown said on Monday. “Everyone sings her praises.”

Mr Brown returned from Burma last week after his sixth visit as part of a Baptist church team.

“I was shocked – in a good way – by the changes that had occurred since I was there last year.

“You can talk about what you want in the open. It’s different in some of the villages, but in Yangon [formerly Rangoon] we were wearing [Aung San Suu Kyi] badges, which we’d bought in the market.

“We saw groups marching to adver-tise her party and people were running up to us, excited to see westerners wearing the badges.

“In the past we’d always been wary, but we asked our translators and they said it was OK, no problem.

“Everything’s a lot more relaxed.”Mr Brown, of Mt Martha was in

Burma with his wife as well as Elmer and Jenny Rafeld, also of Mt Martha, and Chris and Tricia Hill of Morning-ton.

He said the three couples were able to meet Aung San Suu Kyi “which was a real thrill”.

“She was very casual and referred to friends in Australia,” Mr Brown said.

“If her meetings are publicised over there it is not unusual for 100,000 to turn up.”

While in Burma the three couples handed over donations collected by the church that will go toward completion of a double-storey orphanage.

Mr Brown said the welcome now being offered to outsiders by Burma “means everything’s a lot more re-laxed, but the downside is making it harder for us to go there”.

Burmese days Burmese days ‘more relaxed’‘more relaxed’

Members of the church group pay their own way when visiting Burma and Mr Brown said hotel rooms that two years ago cost $35 a night were now up to $200.

“Prices have skyrocketed because there are so many people going there,” he said.

“Businesspeople are fl ocking there and [guide book publisher] Lonely Planet is recommending people go.”

Mr Brown said New Peninsula Bap-tist Church was now raising money to complete the installation of a pump and a roof over a village well.

Election win: Six Mornington Peninsula people were at a meeting addressed by Burmese democracy campaigner Aung

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PENINSULA Link Freeway builder Abigroup diverted southbound traffi c off Moorooduc Highway last week-end, just in time for Easter.

Carol Bartley of Southern Way, the consortium building the $760 million freeway between Carrum Downs and Mt Martha, said motorists travelling to Rosebud “will need to veer to the left and travel through a few curves in the road, where two roundabout have been constructed, before veering back to the right” and onto the existing Morning-ton Peninsula Freeway.

“This is part of the fi nal arrangement for how Moorooduc Highway will connect onto the freeway,” she said.

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motorists will need to make a left turn into Moorooduc Highway, travel south in the left lane then take an exit that allows them to cross Moorooduc High-way to travel north towards Frankston.

“This is a short-term measure for about three months until new round-abouts are operating.

“While these changes will add a few minutes to the usual travel time in the short term, the traffi c switch will allow Abigroup to get on with building the ultimate connection between Penin-sula Link and Mornington Peninsula Freeway.”

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She said Southern Way had been “monitoring the performance of the new traffi c arrangements during the week and will continue to do so over the Easter period”.

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By Keith PlattTIME is up for two dogs on Mornington Penin-sula Shire’s death row.

They are two of four dogs seized by Morning-ton Peninsula Shire rangers at a Mt Eliza property last October.

Two of the dogs were eventually released, but the older dog, Simarni, and puppy Chuck have languished in the Mornington pound while their owners fought to prove they were not American pit bull terriers.

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribu-nal virtually gave a stay of execution by allowing the owners more time to prove their unregistered dogs were not American pit bulls.

However, it understood by The News that the owners failed to show at the follow-up VCAT hearing and have not responded to correspond-ence from the shire.

The order to destroy the two dogs in the pound becomes effective on Good Friday, although the shire is unlikely to carry out the order on that day.

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was left on the dob-a-dog hotline.When arriving at the property, rangers were

shocked to see a fi ght break out between two of the fi ve dogs.

One of the dogs died as a result of the fi ght; the remaining four were eventually seized when rangers returned with a magistrate’s order and ac-companied by police.

It is understood the dog fi ght began when a hose was trained on the dogs by a young girl who lived at the property.

The owners claimed their dogs were Ameri-can Staffordshire terriers, but it is understood the shire says the two dogs on death row conform to the description of American pit bulls contained in the legislation.

To overturn the shire’s decision, the owners would need pedigree papers or identifi cation cer-tifi cates from a vet to prove their dogs are Ameri-can Staffordshire terriers, which are exempt from the restricted breed legislation.

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By Joe Paris LeeAS Father Kevin Mogg mentions leaving St Macartan’s Catholic Church in Mornington in May, he doesn’t use the “r” word: retirement. The popular, no-nonsense priest says: “I’m just moving on.”

After 10 years in the parish and with his 80th birthday coming up, he has no intention of slowing down.

Last year, for example, Fr Mogg conducted 173 baptisms, 100 fi rst eucharists, 87 confi rmations, 17 mar-riages, 44 funerals and more than 400 masses.

Then there were commitments at St Macartan’s Primary School – recently relocated from Tanti Ave to Bungow-er Rd – and Padua College, together with numerous pastoral visits.

He is particularly pleased with the development of High Spirits, the after-school program for children from government schools, and the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), a program for adults who want to become Catholic, or who just want to deepen their faith.

When asked what quality his re-placement will need in a busy parish like Mornington, he laughs: “Be a good delegator.”

Fr Mogg was ordained at St Patrick’s Cathedral in 1956, the day before the Melbourne Olympics be-gan. He has studied in Rome, the UK and Chicago and has worked in the parishes of West Heidelberg, Clayton and North Ringwood.

His other passion is social welfare, having worked in the juvenile jus-tice system for many years. He was

awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2002.

He sees one of the highlights of his time in Mornington as attending regu-lar ecumenical meetings with minis-ters from different denominations on the peninsula.

Although disappointed at the drift away from Catholic parishes across Australia, Fr Mogg has been encour-aged by the involvement and generos-ity of spirit of many parishioners at St Macs, as it is fondly known.

On one aspect of his role as a priest he says: “I have been privileged to have been at the deathbed of some of my parishioners and to witness the importance of their faith at this time.”

But he also has had the opportunity to become part of households, join-ing families for their evening meals; “even non-Kangaroos supporters”.

When he leaves St Macs he will be assisting at an eastern suburbs parish, spending two days a week as a prison chaplain and on call at other times as a relieving priest.

Fr Mogg’s gentle humour, compas-sion and wisdom have endeared him to not only the parish of Mornington, but also communities across the pe-ninsula.

His legacy will be felt for years to come.

Fr Kevin Mogg’s farewell and 80th birthday celebration will be held at 2pm on Sunday 22 April at Padua College, Oakbank Rd, Mornington. All welcome.

Priest’s ‘working’ retirementPriest’s ‘working’ retirement

Moving on: Father Kevin Mogg is leaving St Macartan’s Catholic Church after 10 years.

Continued from Page 1“When lights are upgraded the

standard of fi tting is determined de-pendent on the level of lighting that is required. In this case the most up-to-date energy effi cient lights will be used,” Mr Powell said.

Regarding security and safety measures, Mr Powell said: “The shire has been liaising with Mornington po-lice and Centro management on any interim measures that may be required regarding safety and security.

“It is intended that should they be required the shire will implement the necessary measures to ensure this takes place.”

He said the shire was currently in-vestigating the “cause of the lights’ failure”. “The remaining two lights were removed as precautionary meas-ures and will be replaced.”

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A THREE-year business plan for the future development of Mornington beaches will be included in draft man-agement plans being released for pub-lic discussion in a few months.

The Mornington Coastal Manage-ment Plan will be shown to Morning-ton Foreshore Advisory Group with a report being made to councillors be-fore being released to the public.

Mornington Environment Associa-tion president Janet Oliver told The News that the lack of a plan had “se-riously compromised” discussions by the independent panel investigating the merits of the marina in Morning-ton harbour last year.

Ms Oliver said it had taken eight years for the plan to reach its current stage and it “should provide policy directions and possibly controls on de-velopments along the foreshore and all coastal waters, including the harbour”.

Mornington Peninsula Shire’s stra-tegic planning manager Allan Cow-ley said the draft plan “is intended to guide the future management of the coastal Crown land reserve”.

The foreshore and beach managed by the shire under delegation from the Department of Sustainability and Environment stretches from Caraar Creek in the north to Linley Point, at the southern end of Fishermans Beach.

“The plan seeks to identify the en-vironmental, heritage and recreational values of the area, express a vision and to develop an appropriate set of management policies and actions,” Mr Cowley said.

“The plan is also required to include a three-year business plan describ-ing any proposed works and intended

Beach plan looks ahead three yearsBeach plan looks ahead three years

That’s a plan: Mornington beaches are in line to be managed under a new plan being drawn up by Mornington Peninsula Shire. Picture: Yanni

foreshore funding and expenditure.“The draft management plan will be

discussed with the foreshore advisory group and reported to council before it

goes on public exhibition for commu-nity input.”

Mr Cowley said the draft plan would be exhibited mid-year.

By Jo WinterbottomPADUA College has announced plans to build a new campus in Tyabb as demand for places at the Catholic college far out-strip supply.

The campus will draw students from Tyabb, Somerville, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point and Balnarring and the Catholic pri-mary schools in the area – St Brendan’s in Somerville, St Mary’s in Hastings and St Joseph’s in Crib Point.

Padua is the only Catholic church sec-ondary school on the Mornington Penin-sula. The closest alternative is John Paul College in Frankston.

The Tyabb site at the intersection of Western Port Highway and Frankston-Flinders Rd will be Padua’s third campus.

The school declined to comment on the news, which was announced in a recent newsletter sent to families, saying it was awaiting offi cial sanction from the Catho-lic Education Offi ce in Melbourne before revealing more details.

Last week, Padua staff met with parents of child ren attending St Brendan’s Prima-ry School.

A public meeting to discuss the new campus will be held at Tyabb Hall on Tuesday 8 May at 7.30pm.

In the newsletter, Padua board chairman Noel Davis told parents the Tyabb campus would offer three year 7 classes in 2014.

It is understood later year levels would be added as that group of students pro-gressed.

Mr Davis said in 2006 the Catholic Edu-cation Offi ce purchased 16 hectares in Ty-abb “to give us an option to build a third campus should the college student popula-tion continue to grow”.

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By Mike HastDON’T talk to Merricks North farm-er Ian Cousins about the beautiful lorikeets in his neck of the woods – they’ve munched their way through two-thirds of his precious apple crop this year.

The rainbow and musk lorikeets chattering in the background are a constant reminder of the loss as he goes about daily tasks on his farm near Tubbarubba Rd.

“It’s the worst season for bird dam-age in my 55 years on this land,” he says as he takes The News tramping through hectares of what should be a bounteous harvest from the January to June growing season.

“We lost a quarter of the crop to lorikeets last year, but this season has been devastating,” he says, squinting into the sun as maybe 100 birds swirl overhead then dive into a different part of his 20-acre orchard.

“See these trees,” he says with a sweep of a tanned arm, “they’re usu-ally loaded to the top with fruit.” He shakes his head as he looks at his mangled crop of golden delicious, red delicious, Jonathan, Granny Smith, Abbas, Fuji and Gravenstein apples.

Mr Cousins called The News after reading our story about wildlife con-trol (‘Kill permits are too easy: MP’, 22/3/12).

He was dismayed to read comments by Greens MP Greg Barber, who is conducting a campaign to force the Department of Sustainability and En-vironment to reveal how many Au-thority to Control Wildlife permits it has issued this year.

Lorikeets wing in for fill of applesLorikeets wing in for fill of apples“I met a greenie at the shops and

asked him how much he was paid each week. He said $600 and I said ‘Well, how would you like it if I took $400 of that – every week?’.

Mr Cousins, 75, virtually runs the orchard of apples and pears on his own with a part-time worker at peak times. It hasn’t helped that apple prices have crashed to a low that has many or-chardists in Victoria considering their future.

“We’re getting only $10-15 a case at the moment,” he said.

He says pesticide sprays are soaring in price and fuel costs are higher.

Netting is not an option. “It would cost $1.5 million to protect my or-chard. You need high timber frames so the tractor with spray attachment can move underneath.

“It’s not like grapes where you can roll out nets on top of the vines.”

He’s tried everything to dissuade the birds – shotgun blasts, driving one of his tractors between the rows of trees, fake goshawks on a pole.

“I fi red off a packet of 25 shells and the blighters didn’t even leave the trees. The goshawks cost $66 each and I reckon the lorikeets just laughed at me.”

His brother-in-law in Tyabb bought two expensive gas-driven scare guns, but they only worked for two days.

Lorikeets are in huge numbers on the peninsula this year, squawking and whistling in banksia trees in the south, hanging upside down in fl ower-ing gums on the Western Port side and eating apples from Red Hill to Moo-rooduc and Tyabb.

Apple blight: They may be colourful and cute, but lorikeets are creating crunch time for orchardist Ian Cousins and others on the peninsula. Picture: Yanni

After inspecting his orchard, Mr Cousins heads back to the packing shed to get ready for market next day. He’ll have an early tea with his wife Win, get some sleep, rise at 11.30pm, be at the fruit and vegie market at 1am and spend two hours unloading and setting up for when the buyers arrive at 3am.

Later in the day he’ll work in his market garden, created a few years ago when crop losses started to hurt.

He pulled up pear trees and planted zucchinis, squashes, tomatoes, peas, beans and corn. It doesn’t make up for the apple losses, but it’s some income.

Would he consider selling up and retiring?

“I like growing things; it’s what I’ve done all my life. It’s my hobby and my job. Every year brings a new challenge, every year is different and it keeps me going.

“I don’t want to sell; I want the birds to buzz off. They’re eating my orchard at the crack of dawn; all day long we watch them ruin our fruit and they’re still eating when the sun goes down.”

Ian Cousins of IFT & WA Cous-ins, orchardists, is one of the last of a breed. “When I started there were 53 orchardists on the peninsula and now there are 10.”

And hundreds of well-fed lorikeets.

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May inquest into May inquest into Tyabb rail deathTyabb rail deathBy Mike HastTHE inquest into the death of pre school teacher Kay Stanley on the Mornington-Tyabb Rd level crossing at Tyabb in 2008 is scheduled to start on Monday 7 May.

The hearing in the Coroner’s Court will consider the circumstances sur rounding the collision be-tween the Frankston-bound Stony Point train and Ms Stanley’s brown VW Beetle at about 10.30am on the Australia Day holiday on 28 January 2008.

Ms Stanley, 32, and a few weeks’ pregnant, was on her way from her home in Mornington to get ready for the school year when her car was struck by the train, pushed almost 200 metres and crushed against the Tyabb station platform by the two-car-riage country train then operated by Connex.

Police said Ms Stanley went through fl ashing red lights at the crossing, which did not have boom gates.

Her mother Gwen Bates was at home in the United Kingdom getting ready to fl y to Australia to attend the March wedding of her daughter and Brett Vogel of Mornington.

Mrs Bates has campaigned tirelessly since the tragic day to clear her daughter’s name, claiming the lights were dull and the train was speeding.

She also lobbied the state government to install safer crossings on the Stony Point line, which had fi ve crossings without boom gates in 2008. All have now been installed after money was found in the 2010 state budget.

Mrs Bates said the installation of boom gates at Tyabb started one day after her daughter’s death .

Obsolete incandescent fl ashing lights were re-placed with brighter LED lights the day after the collision.

Mrs Bates said the Tyabb crossing was sup-posed to have boom gates installed 19 months before her daughter was killed.

Then Transport Minister Peter Bat chelor an-nounced boom gates for Tyabb on 29 September 2005.

The inquest is expected to last for 10 days. A directions hearing was held last November and was attended by lawyers representing Veolia Transport (Connex), VicTrack (which owns the tracks), the Department of Transport, VicRoads, V/Line Pty Ltd, Transport Safety Victoria and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

The coroner, Jacinta M Heffey, is expected to hear from accident eyewitnesses, police, and var-ious companies and government authorities. Not all bodies that attended the directions hearing will necessarily be required to attend the inquest.

Mrs Bates was originally represented by Port-sea lawyer Michael Morehead, but is now being represented by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

In May 2010, Mrs Bates obtained an order to exhume her daughter’s body from Flinders cem-etery and took her back to Yorkshire, where Ms Stanley was laid to rest in a woodland ceme tery in south Yorkshire, not far from where she grew up.

Late last year she told The News the level crossing should be removed and replaced with a bridge.

“Plans to expand the Port of Hastings, which include Tyabb with its port use land, mean the crossing should be modernised. The grade sepa-ration should also be part of the Tyabb township plan released by the shire recently. The rail line and road should be separated before Tyabb grows any bigger.”


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COMMENTCOMMENTBy David HarrisonTHE VicRoads letter to Morning-ton Pe ninsula Shire was beautifully bureau cratic. Responding to shire plans for a foreshore pool at Rosebud, it delivers admonishments with silky fi nesse; it presses home its stiletto of rebuke with subtle and regretful polite-ness; it veils criticism as helpful sug-gestion.

Verily a Sir Humphrey Appleby work for VicRoads, delivering a dead-pan and largely negative appraisal of the shire proposal.

The letter is littered with courteous disbelief. Can you be serious, it effec-tively inquires, in proposing to build a major attraction on the foreshore, with busy Point Nepean Rd between it and the Rosebud shopping precinct?

It briskly gets to this point after thank ing the shire for its letter (of 22 September 2009), which sought Vic-Roads’ comment on its draft structure plan for Rosebud and the draft “Rose-bud foreshore reserve management plan”, with the proposed Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA) at its heart.

The shire probably did not anticipate the shellacking VicRoads gave it.

The opening salvo is withering: “Given the dependency principle and the Coastal Action Plan (CAP) state-ment that ‘Avoiding the construc tion of additional structures on the fore-shore except where substantial net ben-efi ts to the community and/or coastal environment are clearly demonstrated,’ it seem unlikely that an aquatic centre would occupy foreshore land,” writes

VicRoads strategic planner Greg Bee-ton (his emphasis).

Note that emphasis. The benefi t has to be “substantial” for foreshore land to be used. Opponents of the foreshore being taken over by a non-coastal de-pendent facility argue strongly that any community benefi t falls way short of “substantial”.

How wrong Mr Beeton was in be-lieving his political masters would re-spect the logic of this foreshore policy, which bars all but coastal-dependent structures – yacht and boat clubs, launching ramps, lifesaving clubs, etc – beside the sea.

How unable he was to foresee the pressure brought to bear on envi-ronment and climate change minister Ryan Smith to ensure that local MP Martin Dixon did not lose face over his ill-considered 2010 election promise to ensure that a pool was built on the foreshore.

Mr Beeton continues: “VicRoads would like to consider the report on traffi c generation for an aquatic centre before commenting further.” Astonish-ingly, the shire failed to pro vide him with one.

At the 19 March “special” council meeting about SPA, mention was made of the bus service that would bring hordes of eager bathers to the pool.

If this occurs it will be a fi rst – stud-ies elsewhere show that only a few per cent of pool users arrive by public transport.

So, with the likelihood that some 90 per cent of pool patrons will come by car, where will they park? Will cars oc-cupy foreshore land? Plans so far do

not mention the area that will be re-quired for 120-150 vehicles.

Mr Beeton kindly suggests that bet-ter sites exist for the SPA “from a traf-fi c generation perspective ... based on council’s access policies”. But they have all been rejected. To hell with the shire’s access policies.

He “notes” the proposal to link shops to SPA with fi ve “formalised pedestri-an crossing points” interrup ting traffi c fl ow on busy Point Nepean Rd and suggests they might not be appropri-ate. He seeks “advice” on their form and location. At the 19 March meeting, four crossings were shown on plans.

He further “notes” – a polite bureau-cratic term for being “astounded by” – shire references in the Rosebud Activ-ity Centre Structure Plan to “a policy direction ... to reduce traffi c volumes on Point Nepean Rd and to reduce its through road function”.

There follow several VicRoads’ un-certainties about just what the shire is driving at with its proposals, and a short pithy lecture on the purpose of arterial roads, pointing out that, with the likely growth of Rosebud, a “con-nector link” might be needed to com-pensate for what appears to be a plan to reduce “lane capacity” on Point Ne-pean Rd through Rosebud.

Then a slightly irritated tone creeps in: development on the freeway re-serve behind Rosebud “is, on traf-fi c predictions, unlikely to allow for downgrading of Point Nepean Rd ...” nor is “a future signifi cant transport mode shift” likely.

Mr Beeton continues his Traffi c 101 lecture: “It is the existing and future

activity centre-related traffi c that re-quires a four-lane road cross-section in Rye and Rosebud ... The [shire’s] structure plan for Rosebud is not spe-cifi c on this issue and in the absence of any collector road initiative, it must be taken that the status quo is to be main-tained for Point Nepean Rd ...”

Dropping his bureaucratic mask even further, he asks snippily: “Should [a reference] be removed [from the document] ... as it otherwise implies that Rosebud has two hearts?”

He suggests that the activity centre core “should not encompass foreshore land which is not the sole jurisdiction of council, and that a civic plaza and aquatic centre may not be appropri-ate foreshore use under the Victorian Coast al Strategy criteria...”

A civic plaza? But no mention yet of a water slide. Stay tuned to this aquatic saga – the announcement of a water slide is inevitable.

Frankston’s pool will have at least two, so SPA will need one to compete, especially for the patronage of the hordes arriving on public transport.

More from Mr Beeton: “Generally, major activity centre core areas avoid spanning signifi cant roads for the very reason that core precincts are usually planned as pedestrian-only precincts and aim to avoid [mixing] pedestrians and traffi c where possible.”

And, one might add, especially where the pedestrians are distracted mums herding inattentive ice cream-eating youngsters in sunhats and bath-ers across a baking road full of holi-daying drivers carrying their own ice cream-eating youngsters.

The VicRoads letter points to “fre-quent references” in the shire docu-ment about how the council sees future development along this part of Point Nepean Rd. They include: “Future retail and offi ce develop-ment. Consolidate offi ce, employment, en-ter tainment and accommodation uses in a mixed use form. Encourage signifi cant residential ‘con solidation and choice’ within the activity centre. Facilitate youth facilities and ser-vices equitably along the activity spine. Focus tourism along Point Nepean Rd. Facilitate a mixed use activity spine along Point Nepean Rd.”

Based on the inclusions and omis-sions in the shire document, “VicRo-ads does not see any redefi nition of the role of Point Nepean Rd through the activity centre ... the report does not include any traffi c analysis or specifi c reference to existing [or] future public transport services.

“Such future information,” the letter states drily, “would enhance the struc-ture plan.”

Mr Beeton ends with a stinger: “Vi-cRoads is surprised [read “fl abber-gasted”] that input to this structure plan has not been requested at an ear-lier time by consultants on behalf of council.”

So it was back to the drawing board and another dip into the ratepayer pig-gy bank for the shire, and presumably another phone call to the consultants, in a bid to get it right.

The road to ruin runs through RosebudThe road to ruin runs through RosebudOPINION


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CHEZ Emu has been silent these past few days, apart from muffl ed explo-sions, expostulations and exultations from behind the door of Mrs Emu’s study.She has been listening to recordings of the latest council meeting – at work, at play and at war, she tells me in breath-less intervals when she puts Quick-Time player on pause to sally forth with the latest.Council meetings, she tells me, are now being recorded, and this is the fi rst one. She has downloaded the pro-ceedings from the shire website* and is obviously listening intently. Alas for Emu, she is taking notes and engaging him in discussion about them.Emu wouldn’t know a motion of dis-sent from a steep incline, but his bride is positively fi zzing. So he must listen, to make semi-intelligent noises in re-ply. After all, the meeting is our steeply inclining rates at work.It appears the recordings are being posted online for the benefi t of those who can’t get to the live event. Or you can buy a CD of the meetings, she tells me.Mrs Emu is enraptured, although she wonders about the blank sections in the recordings.“They are being so rude to each other,” she enthuses. “One has accused anoth-er of trying to rush this swimming pool thing through without much discus-sion. And apparently this pool is going to cost nearly $30 million.“They’re saying that will double the shire debt. Where’s the money coming from, some councillors want to know. And so do I – don’t we?” She glares. Emu sort of nods.Now she is describing the pro-pool

councillors as “Wets” and the anti-pool ones as “Dries”.“Then another one, a Dry, said he had asked for a written document, and someone – it might have been the chairman, who seems to be a Wet – said ‘You’re not getting it’. I was very surprised by that. It didn’t seem fair. Why couldn’t he have it in writing? Can’t they print things out at council?“Then there was a Wet woman who seemed to be seconding everything, who made the same little speech two or three times – three, I think, and she seemed to be reading it – which seemed a waste, even though it was interesting the fi rst time.”In and out of her study she goes, while Emu struggles to get a few pages fur-ther on in his latest Angelique novel. The sultan is getting quite amorous and has poor Angelique cornered in the harem. Bodice ripping appears im-minent.“Now they’ve said the architect, who apparently cost us a lot of money, did drawings of this pool which they can’t let us see because apparently they’re not all that good. ‘Why not,’ one Dry councillor has asked. ‘Didn’t we pay for them?’ There must be something in them that needs to be kept secret. I’m starting to wonder about this council,” Mrs Emu said.Emu has been wondering for some time about the proposed two-storey pool, the Southern Peninsula Aquatic

Centre, which would be built on the Rosebud foreshore. While emus, Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only member of the family Dromaiidae, are not renowned swimmers, they don’t mind getting their claws wet on a hot day, and the Rosebud foreshore around the Village Green is a lovely picnic place.This may well be the favoured spot for the pool, he ponders. It has long been suggested as the best site.Emu wonders if the architect’s draw-ings show this as the place for a splash, and this might embarrass the shire and the mayor, Frank Martin, who publicly said the “size and function” of the Vil-lage Green would not be affected.And he wonders that an architect as re-nowned and awarded as Daryl Jackson would produce indifferent work.Mrs Emu is back. Sigh. Book lowered, Emu waits.“They’ve just shown a slide of what will happen to the foreshore when the sea rises – the pool will be surrounded. You’ll have to swim out to it!”Mrs Emu is hopping with either rage or enthusiasm; it’s hard to tell. “And the Rosebud shopping centre will be under water.”Now she, a keen shopper, is suddenly serious. “But it will be all right, they said. They will build a great big wall to keep the water out. We’ll be like Hol-land. Won’t that be fun?”This captures Emu’s attention. Will the wall have steps for those who want to climb over to shop in Rosebud, then carry the bride’s shopping back up and down stairs?After Mrs Emu has padded off to mah-jong for the afternoon, Emu goes and has a listen.

Listen to this: council’s pool plunge could drown us in debtListen to this: council’s pool plunge could drown us in debtHe hears warnings from a Dry that rates and charges will have to go up and that large parts of shire borrow-ings for the next eight years will go to building the pool, at the cost of other infrastructure spending – a pool at the cost of potholed roads and unpainted or unbuilt pavilions, presumably.He is interested to hear that Wet coun-cillors don’t favour telling ratepay-ers any more than is necessary about what is proposed. It might, one Wet councillor argues, allow opponents to campaign against the pool for political purposes in the lead-up to the October

council election.Well, that’s all right, then, thinks Emu. Obviously the Wets don’t plan to cam-paign in favour of the project – the big-gest single spend in the shire’s history, he heard someone say. Can ratepayers afford it?Meanwhile, back in the harem ...* The recordings are at www.morn-pen.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=1443&h=0

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By Mike Hast and Keith PlattTHE fi shing trawler that sank off Point Nepean last Saturday week is unlikely to be salvaged.

The 160-tonne, 27-metre long Lady Cheryl, owned by Corporate Alliance Enterprises of Lakes Entrance, struck Corsair Rock in The Heads at about 1am on Saturday 24 March.

Six crewman were rescued by a Port Phillip Sea Pilots tender as huge seas with waves up to six metres swept through the entrance to Port Phillip.

The trawler, heading out for a fi ve-day fi shing expedition, was carrying about 30,000 litres of diesel as well as hydraulic oil and commercial lubri-cant.

Attempts to salvage the vessel have failed in the nine days since the inci-dent, raising questions about the abil-ity of government authorities to deal with such an incident.

On Saturday, the Department of Transport reported on its website that “salvage diving efforts have continued over the last week at every allowable opportunity”.

“Diving at the site is only possible approximately 90 minutes per day due [to] the dangerous conditions created by ocean swells and strong tidal fl ows at The Heads.

“Despite all salvage efforts and hard work from divers, recent reports have revealed that the vessel has fi rmly embedded around fi ve metres into the seabed due to water current pressure.

“The reports have also revealed the vessel has deteriorated to such an ex-

tent that recovery intact may not be possible.

“Heavy wave movements and strong currents have caused the vessel to break apart, leaving no option for making the vessel buoyant and refl oating it.”

The department said the trawler may be left on the bottom.

It also said there had been “no im-pact to wildlife to date and only small amounts of diesel fuel at the site and in the bay”, but this was contradicted by Port of Melbourne spokesman Peter Harry, who on Monday told The News a lot of fuel had been lost when the trawler struck Corsair Rock.

Judy Muir, of Sorrento-based Polp-erro Dolphin Swims, said the sink-ing of the Lady Cheryl highlighted

the need for a single authority to take charge of such marine incidents.

“Decisions on what to do should not be left to the owners or an insurance company,” Ms Muir said.

“If the insurance company or skip-per can’t pay, the public should pay. It should not be the environment that pays.

“I’d like to see a plan where a single authority can override everybody else.

Surely the EPA should have to spell out the risks involved.

“What has happened shows there is no plan, only reaction, and reaction can vary.”

Ms Muir said the trawler could have been pulled off the reef soon after it ran aground.

“We need a government agency to give an uncompromised assessment of the situation.

“What has happened this time does not auger well if there is a major in-cident, like the cruise ship that was grounded off Italy.

“At the moment there is no certainty. Do we want the outcome determined by an insurance company concerned only for itself?”

Ms Muir said it was more than six days before government agencies made contact with tourism operators about the wreck.

She now believed a decision had been made to leave the wreck on the reef.

“It seems there is no diesel left on board, although the engine oils are a concern.

“They should also consider closing the port under certain conditions – there was a seven-metre swell running when the trawler went aground.

“If a vessel cannot be recovered that message should be sent out.”

Simon Branigan, marine and coastal projects offi cer with the Victorian Na-tional Parks Association, said the as-sociation wanted the trawler salvaged.

“After the trawler grounding there

were a few days of calm weather that would have been the ideal window to act quickly and salvage the vessel,” he said.

“If the authorities are considering not salvaging the trawler it needs to be cleaned of all contaminants including diesel, oil and paint, which is the usual process and its critically important that there is a strategic plan to deter-mine where the most appropriate place for it to be placed so there’s no further environmental damage.”

Mr Branigan said the impact of the diesel spill had been “underplayed” by authorities.

“Diesel is a toxic substance and there were reports of dolphins swim-ming through the spill aftermath and divers being covered in oil diving at Pope’s Eye,” he said.

“The grounding site is also very close to the Point Nepean section of Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, an area that has incredible un-derwater values such as seagrass meadows and is a dolphin sanctuary.

“The response of Port of Melbourne and the government agencies appears to have been slow, with local tourism operators on the bay not being com-municated to about the threats posed by the diesel leak.

“What will happen if we have a big-ger accident in the bay, including a grounding of a container ship full of bunker oil?

“The consequences of this will be devastating to the bay’s fragile envi-ronment.”

Trawler won’t be salvagedTrawler won’t be salvaged

Sinking feeling: Above, divers from a dive boat, right, inspect the trawler now beneath the waves while overseen by Port of Melbourne security staff. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon of aquamanships.com Right, Lady Cheryl the day it went down on 24 March. It has been forced below the surface by wave action.

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THE future of Western Port’s marine national parks and sanctuaries could depend on a review being conducted for the state government by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council.

The review follows a report by the Auditor-General that said there were gaps and failings in the protection of marine animals and plants living in the so-called safe havens on the Mornington Peninsula’s coast.

A report tabled in parliament in February 2010 recommended more active on-ground manage-ment and the introduction of integrated statewide policy and planning for the whole marine envi-ronment as the best way to manage environmen-tal threats.

Asked if the VEAC review could lead to a re-duction in protected marine areas, the Victorian National Parks Association marine and coastal project offi cer Simon Branigan said the state government “has continued to support Victoria’s current network of marine national parks and sanctuaries in any public comments and have also highlighted that the vast majority of Victorians do as well”.

“A recent Victorian Coastal Council community attitudes and behaviour report strongly confi rmed this, with 92 per cent of Victorians surveyed stat-ing they support marine national parks.”

The VEAC review is to be completed by Febru-ary 2014.

The protected areas near the peninsula are the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, Mush-room Reef Marine Sanctuary at Flinders, Yaringa Marine National Park, near Somerville in West-ern Port, and French Island Marine National Park.

Mr Branigan last year said the Auditor-Gener-al’s report, Environmental Management of Ma-rine Protected Area s, found the government is failing to protect coastal waters from invasive pests and diseases, and recommends the develop-ment of a marine pest bio security plan.

He said the VEAC “model is recognised as be-

ing of world class for independence, community consultation, and science-based process for natu-ral resource management”.

However, while conservationists warn that the “health” of Port Phillip and Western Port could be in jeopardy, fi shers say there is no evidence that coastal controls have improved marine life.

VEAC says its investigations will cover the state’s 13 marine national parks, 11 marine sanc-tuaries, and six marine parks, marine reserves or marine and coastal parks.

The investigation will assess the performance and management of existing marine protected ar-eas in meeting the purposes for which they were established, particularly the protection of the nat-ural environment, indigenous fl ora and fauna and

other natural and historic values; and any ongoing threats or challenges to the effective management of existing marine protected areas, particularly in relation to the biodiversity and ecological results.

The assessment would take account of state government policies and strate gies, national and international agreements, regional programs, strategies and plans.

Three public submission periods will be held as well as preparation of a discussion paper and draft proposals paper.

The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council was established in 2001 to replace the Environment Conservation Council (ECC), which in turn replaced the Land Conservation Council (LCC).

Review of marine ‘health’ zonesReview of marine ‘health’ zones

Protected: Marine plants and animals are protected at the Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary at Flinders. The reef covers 80 hectares and supports the most diverse intertidal rocky reef community in Victoria. Marine sanctuaries are smaller, highly protected areas designed for the protection of their special natural values, in which no fi shing, extractive or damaging activities are allowed. These areas also complement the larger marine national parks. Further information on the Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary, one of 11 in Victoria, is available from the Parks Victoria website.

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THERE will be no charge for green waste at Morn-ington Peninsula Shire waste disposal centres on the weekend of 21-22 April.

The designated “green waste weekend” is for shire residents using “residential vehicles and trailers”.

Waste disposal centres are at Truemans Rd, Rye; McKirdys Rd, Tyabb; and Watt Rd, Mornington.

While the centres will open 8am-5pm Saturday and Sunday the shire has warned residents to ex-pect delays at Mornington and suggested they use Tyabb “for this weekend to avoid delays”.

Mornington can only accept up to three cubic metres of green waste a trip.

Proof of residency – driver’s licence or rates no-tice – is required to dispose of green waste for free on the weekend.

The shire also runs a a kerbside green waste dis-

A weekend for free green waste disposalA weekend for free green waste disposal

Roadside deposit: Since increasing tipping costs, Mornington Peninsula Shire has campaigned against illegal roadside dumping. However, the message has not been taken to heart by some who believe their waste is everybody’s problem. Picture: Yanni

Need for clarityPENINSULA PEOPLE with disabilities need a reasonably priced window cleaning service, says chairman of the Mornington Peninsula Post Po-lio Support Group, Dennis Lloyd.

Mr Llloyd said he had unsuccessfuly ap-proached the shire seeking help and had also canvassed window cleaning companies.

Pensioners themselves were unable to do the work as for many it was too dangerous and oth-ers were unable to stand.

If anyone canr help they should call Mr Lloyd on 5974 3495.

posal service for a cost. Call 1300 850 600 or 5950 1000 or visit www.mornpen.vic.gov.au

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A learning culture that money can’t buy

2013 ENROLMENT INFORMATION AND SCHOOL TOURSFrankston High has an outstanding reputation as a high performing school, particulary in the areas of academic achievement, music and sport. Prospective parents are encouraged to attend an information session and tour of the school on the following dates:

For parents unable to attend through the day, an information evening will be held on Thursday 26 April from 7pm-8pm. As places are limited, bookings are required. Please book via our website at www.fhs.vic.edu or phone the general office on 9783 7955.

Friday 20 April 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Tuesday 24 April 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Thursday 26 April 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Friday 27 April 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Monday 30 April 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Wednesday 2 May 2012 9.15am – 11.00am

Cnr Towerhill Rd & Foot St Frankston VIC 3199

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Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686Century 21 Homeport

2100 Frankston - Flinders Road HASTINGS, 5979 3555

Mornington

The people to call for your real estate needs

Kayn Luff 0416 265337Conley Luff Real Estate

188 Main Street, Mornington Ph: 5975 7733

James Crowder 0407 813 377Community Real Estate 7/20-22 Ranelagh Drive,

Mount ElizaPh:9708 8667

EMAIL: [email protected]

Stewart Lardner 0419 539 072 Century 21 Elite Real Estate

172 Main Street, Mornington. 5975 4999


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Chris Wilson 0417 147 307Noble Wilson Real Estate

1/10 Main Street, MorningtonPh: 5976 8000



Honor Baxter 0418 148 468Honor Baxter Real Estate

7a Bay Road, Mount MarthaPh: 5974 4700

Elite Real Estate

Kathy Netherclift 0417 007 722Blue Water Bay Real Estate Shop 37, Bentons Square

MorningtonPh: 5976 1188


McEwing Partners Real Estate 160 Main Street,

Mornington, 5975 4555

Dean Phillips 0402 833 865


Tony Latessa 0412 525 151Latessa Business Sales

50 Playne Street, FrankstonPh: 9781 1588

Email: [email protected]

Adam Alexander 0416 236 393Stockdale & Leggo

193 Point Nepean Road Dromana, Ph: 5987 3233

Email: [email protected]

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Modern masterpiece set to thrill

Price: Negotiable over $950,000Address: 4 Lakeview Grove, MORNINGTONAgency: Conley Luff Real Estate, 188 Main Street, Mornington 5977 5533Agent: Kayn Luff, 0416 265 337

EXCITING architecture and fl awless presentation combine perfectly to create this superb home, which offers luxury living and wonderful views from the large upstairs balcony across to a lake. Offering about 344 square metres of living space, you are immediately impressed by the large timber staircase and long formal hallway. Beautiful polished fl oorboards lead past a series of ground-fl oor bedrooms and into the fi rst of two living areas. High ceilings create a wonderful sense of space, and large windows let the light stream in to the modern kitchen, which features granite benchtops, a fi tted wall oven, stainless-steel dishwasher and stylish crimson splashbacks. A few steps from the family area is a charming al fresco entertaining area and adjacent is a private deck surrounded by landscaped gardens bringing the tropics to the rear door. This stunning fi ve-bedroom home includes a master with ensuite and walk-in robe, bathrooms upstairs and down, four split-system air-conditioning units, ducted vacuum system and double garage. Built with pride and no expense spared, this is a home for the modern era.


Incredible property in full bloom

LOCHIEL By The Bay is one of Mornington’s newest and most upmarket bed and breakfasts. But for new owners, it could be one of the most luxuriously appointed family residences in the area. As a B&B, ‘Lochiel’ has a 4.5-star rating with every suite featuring an ensuite bathroom, wi-fi , television and air-conditioning, to name just a few of the features. Bedroom suites are named Rose, Blossom, Acacia and Lavender, all of which have been individually decorated. There is a common area for guests downstairs and a delightul outdoor courtyard. The property also incorporates a well-appointed, fully self-contained managers quarters. Guests or family members will love the close proximity to Main Street shops and cafes and the splendid Fisherman’s Beach.

Address: 74 York Street, MORNINGTONPrice: $1 millionAgency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255Agent: Louise Varigos, 0408 885 982

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9708 8667 Shop 7 / 20-22 Ranelagh Drive MOUNT ELIZAwww.communityrealestate.com.au

Here is your opportunity to buy into this lovely area with a home that has been cared for and enjoyed over the years. In very original condition the structure has a sound base which carries the home as well as offering a separate bungalow or studio with its own bathroom. Located on an elevated block of some 700m2 (approx) the home has stood the test of time and internally the home offers a number of lovely features that

fantastic opportunity.

32 MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD, MOUNT ELIZA

NEW BEGINNING -WOW!

PRICE GUIDE: $480,000 - $520,000INSPECT: Saturday 12-12.30pmCONTACT: James Crowder 0407 813 377 Deb Ketting-Olivier 0403 554 955

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Endless seaside panorama

Address: 838 Esplanade, MORNINGTONAgency: McEwing Partners Real Estate, 160 Main Street, Mornington, 5975 4555Agent: Dean Phillips, 0402 833 865

FACING straight out to sea, this magnifi cent beachside home enjoys a prime position along the Esplanade at Mornington. ‘Connemara’ – possibly a reference to the area in the west of Ireland famous for national parks and Twelve Bens mountain range – is a single-level weatherboard home built about 45 years ago. Standing directly opposite Mills Beach, just steps from the sparkling water’s edge, the spacious front entertaining deck offers 180-degree views of Port Phillip Bay from Mornington harbour to The Heads, across the Bellarine Peninsula and up to Melbourne. The home has three-bedrooms plus a separate study, and most rooms have access to the deck, each with a particular slice of the view. The open-plan kitchen, meals and living area has picture windows and French doors that beautifully frame the endless seaside panorama.


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Close to the villageTOTALLY charming, this completely renovated three-bedroom unit is in a convenient position within walking distance of Mount Eliza shops and transport. Perfect for a retired or professional couple, the unit has two bedrooms, both with built-in robes, and the main bedroom has an ensuite. A modern kitchen has Caesar stone benchtops and feature glass splashback as well as an adjoining meals area. As you enter there is a very spacious separate lounge with a nice bay window and extra space for a formal dining area. From the lounge you step out onto a private timber deck overlooking the garden. There are two units on the block and no body corporate.

Address: 2/149 Mount Eliza Way, MOUNT ELIZAPrice: $490,000 – $530,000Agency: Community Real Estate, 7/20-22 Ranelagh Drive, Mount Eliza, 9708 8667Agent: John Young, 0412 766 804

Endless possibilities awaitTHIS lovely big property has potential limited only by your imagination. The framework is here for a marvellous beach retreat with sweeping views across the bay from an elevated position. From the driveway, there are two single garages under the roof line. A new kitchen features an island bench, underbench oven and dishwasher. A few steps away is the lounge and from here you can access the full-length viewing balcony. There are four bedrooms and two bathrooms plus a powder room. There is the possibility of a fi fth bedroom downstairs with its own entry.

Address: 29 Austin Avenue, McCRAEPrice: $539,000 – $589,000Agency: Roger McMillan Real Estate, 211b Point Nepean Road, Dromana, 5981 8181Agent: Roger McMillan, 0410 583 213

Roger McMillan 0410 583213

McCRAE $695,000-$745,000

LIGHTHOUSE & SHORELINE VIEWSLook down the beach to McCrae lighthouse, Rye and Sorrento. With entry at street level this house with 3 bedrooms & study, 2 large living areas, well equipped kitchen, 3 bathrooms inc.en-suite.Central heating A/C & vacuum system. Indoor spa & rumpus area. Multi-level deck, boat/caravan storage with this excellent McCrae location.

33 Bayview Rd,

www.rogermcmillan.com.au211B Point Nepean Road, Dromana. Phone 5981 8181


Steve Edmund0419 396976

Steve Edmund 0419 396 976

SAFETY BEACH &700,000+

This delightful property backs on to Clipper Quay and Martha Cove Marina. Great views down the waterway to Port Phillip Bay and Mt.Martha, with easy walking to the beach.This 3 bedroom home, mezzanine living/study, open plan main living, with dining and kitchen on lower level. Huge under house storage for boat/car and good sized block of 785sqm approx. Residence is built at rear of block ready for 2nd dwelling to the front STCA

7 Buckley St


SAFETY BEACH $1.1million

MARINA LIFESTYLEby lift to upper living areas, 2 decks and patio area make this a great entertainer, bi-fold doors open up the house to this amazing environment. Overlooking main boat mooring area and future retail/restaurant precinct nearby. A place for relaxing or enjoy some of the best of Port Philip.

37 Helm Avenue


SAFETY BEACH $499,000-$520,000

WHY KNOTT? WELL I’LL TELL YOU WHY!This lovely dble storey residence offers zoned living. Upstairs offers one bedroom with BIR, and study. Separate lounge, kitchen with gas appliances & breakfast bar, gas heating and air-cond, a family bathroom. Big decks on three sides offering good rural views. Downstairs has 2 bedrooms with full ensuite to master, kitchenette/living room, powder room. Set on approx. 900sqm with well-established gardens and fruit trees. Dble carport + huge rc garage plus 2 storage sheds. All close to the beach and marina.

33 Knott St


McCRAE $539,000-$589,000

HUGE POTENTIALThis is your opportunity to pick up a fabulous big home with bay views at a bargain basement price. This property features a brand new kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, 2 bathrooms and a powder room. 2 garages and a huge undercover wide deck

and is ideal for B&B, holiday rental or teenager retreat. Worthy of your time to inspect and come up with ideas. Inspect by appointment.

29 Austin Avenue


160 Main Street, Mornington 5975 4555Shop 7 /84 Mt Eliza Way, Mt Eliza 9787 2422 www.mcewingpartners.com

MORNINGTON 34 HERBERT STREET

AUCTION Saturday 28th April at 1.30pm INSPECT By Appointment MORNINGTON OFFICE 5975 4555 AGENT Dean Phillips 0402 833 865

Worthy of a spectacular design, this vacant 1012 sqm (approx) allotment provides a rare blank canvas and a choice address for your brand new home, or a multi townhouse development site (STCA). A fabulous position just walking distance to Mills Beach and to Main Street that is full of fabulous cafes and boutique shops, the property provides wonderful space for a luxury residence and a design inspired by potential views over the town centre to the bay. Once a tennis court for a neighboring property, the land is ready to build on leaving you free to design a home specific to your needs without the bother of renovating or demolishing an existing home.

A BLANK BELEURA HILL CANVAS WITH 180 VIEWS

AUCTION

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Cute as a buttonBEACHES, shops and cafes are minutes away from this trendy townhouse just perfect for bachelors and bachelorettes. Polished timber fl oors feature throughout the living area and the two bedrooms. The lounge has air-conditioning and the elevated position of the home offers a nice aspect and some views. Through the European laundry is a secure and private courtyard that is fully paved and the single, lock-up garage can be accessed from here.

Designer beachside townhousePOSITIONED only minutes away from Mornington’s Main Street, beaches and walking trails is this outstanding single-level townhouse. The rich interior features beautiful polished timber fl oors, a large sunny kitchen with ample storage and quality Blanco stainless-steel appliances, and a master bedroom with an ensuite of twin basins and clear glass shower. There are two more bedrooms and two spacious areas that open onto a private courtyard. Listed as part of the chattels is a wall-mounted fl at-screen television. There is ducted heating, air-conditioning, water storage unit and a double garage. Exceptionally private, there are only four on the block. This a very well-built residence is in an excellent location close to parks.

Address: 3/17 Lucerne Avenue, MORNINGTONPrice: $380,000 – $420,000Agency: Blue Water Bay Real Estate, Shop 37 Bentons Square Shopping Centre, Mornington, 5976 1188Agent: Kathy Netherclift, 0417 007 722

Address: 2/5 Lucerne Avenue, MORNINGTONAuction: Saturday 28 April at 12.30pmAgency: Noble Wilson Real Estate, 1/10 Main Street, Mornington, 5976 8000Agent: Chris Wilson, 0417 147 307


160 Main Street, Mornington 5975 4555Shop 7 /84 Mt Eliza Way, Mt Eliza 9787 2422 www.mcewingpartners.com

MOUNT MARTHA LOT 52, THE POINT

AUCTION Saturday 28th April at 11.00am

INSPECT By Appointment MORNINGTON OFFICE 5975 4555 AGENT Dean Phillips 0402 833 865

UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THELIQUIDATOR Situated on the high side of the street this private 1778m2 allotment is set among some of the highest quality homes on the Mornington Peninsula.

With massive water views to inspire your design, this large parcel of land guarantees more than enough space for a palatial home, a tennis court and a swimming pool.

Land is this prized beachside position is fast becoming rare, so secure this allotment today and start living the coastal lifestyle perfect for fishing, beach walks, swimming and all manner of aquatic activities not to mention the easy accessibility to local schools, shops,restaurants, wineries, sporting grounds, parklands and the marina.

AUCTION

TERMS 10% Deposit, BALANCE 30-60 Days


‘we make it happen’

03 5976 1188Shop 37a Bentons Square

Shopping Centre, Morningtonwww.bwbre.com.au

Mornington 15 Allchin Avenue

Family home and pool Three living areas Al fresco dining area overlooking the pool Double garage with drive through access Large, centrally located kitchen

$520,000 - $545,000 4 2 2

Kathy Darrren Layne Jade Sarah

Mornington 13 Caversham Drive

Large family home large five bedroom family home set on over 700m2 of land two living areas and two alfresco areas elevated block

$490,000 - $530,000 5 2 2

Mornington 6 Tynham Court

Pretty as a picture Well laid out flowing floor plan Formal living & dining room, family & rumpus Automatic sunblinds, ducted heating, air con. Beautifully maintained established gardens

$530,000 - $550,000 4 2 2

Carrum Downs 85 O’Gradys Road

BUY OFF PLAN AND SAVE ON STAMP DUTY

Visit the display at Unit 14/91 O’Gradys Road, Carrum Downs

Located close to transport, Eastlink and shopping centres, this development is a superb option for first home buyers

photos for illustrative purposes onlyFROM $330,000

Mornington 6/9-11 Blake Street

Cosmopolitan Investor European appliances and stone bench tops Zoned Business 1 Suitable for holiday rental or office space Close to cafes, boutiques of Main Street

From $410,000 1 1 1

Mornington 11 Reflections Way

Family entertainer with lake views Fantastic size home + swimming pool Caesar stone and vinyl wrap kitchen 4 bedrooms plus study Evaporative cooling and ducted heating

$795,000 - $840,000 4 2 2

Open Sat 1-1.30pm

Mount Martha 55 Harrap Road

Large and luxurious family home Stunning renovated four bedroom brick home Large open plan lounge and rumpus room Undercover pergola area 816m2 with landscaped gardens

$570,000 + 4 2 3

Open Sat 12-12.30pm

Mornington 3/17 Lucerne Avenue

Cute As A Button Gorgeous two bedroom beachside unit Roomy lounge, neat kitchen & bathroom Secure & private paved outdoor area Single garage, walk to Main Street

$380,000 - $420,0002 1 1

Mount Martha Blue Water Drive

5 house & land packages left save on stamp duty + design your plan creek and rural views 3 & 4 bedroom designs available

from $484,000

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www.conleyluff.com.au

MORNINGTON $950,000 PLUS

4 Lakeview Grove Inspect by appointment

A MASTERPIECE IN SUMMERFIELDS!Exciting architecture & flawless presentation combine to create this superb 5 bedroom + study home offering 37sq. of luxury & wonderful views from the large balcony across the Lake towards The Briars & Arthurs Seat. Enjoy the grand staircase, polished timber flooring, deluxe granite kitchen, large light-filled living areas upstairs & down, alfresco area & then step outside to your own tropical oasis with lovely sunlit decks & landscaped gardens with side access. Including FES & WIR to master, 2 more bathrooms, 4 s/system air con. ducted vacuum, gas log fire & double garage.

12 Turnbull Street Inspect Wed & Sat 11-11.30am or by appt.

PRIME LOCATION - AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFERINGThis luxurious new townhouse has its own title & a superb 26.5 squares of living plus a 7X6.5M auto garage with internal access. Comprising 4 large bedrooms (downstairs mater with FES/WIR(, a deluxe stone kitchen, a large bright downstairs living room, a generous grassed yard, another living room upstairs & a delightful alfresco deck area. Design finishes include high ceilings, timber flooring, porcelain tiling, d/heating & vacuum & security intercom.

MOOROODUC AUCTION SAT 14TH APRIL AT 2.30PM

“ASH GROVE” – A DELIGHTFUL 2 ACRES IN MOOROODUC!Perfectly positioned 2 km from Peninsula Link, opposite the Polo fields, and only a 5 minute drive from Mornington, this securely watered level 2 acre property [approx.8080m2]includes a spacious and stylishly renovated BV home offering 25squares of living, a huge 9x22M shed with 3 phase power, and a solar heated I.G. pool. With 4 double bedrooms plus study, 3 full bathrooms/W.C.’s , 3 S/S R/Cycle air/cond’s., security system, water available from tanks, bore and dam, & an abundance of fruit trees. Included is a secured free-range chicken complex for 200 – 250 birds for egg production & chicken breeding, & 12 irrigated vegetable beds. NOTE:COULD SUIT DUAL LIVING OR B&B.

833 Derril Road

2&3 / 4 Beatty Parade

MORNINGTON $655,000

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

Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment.

MORNINGTON NEG OVER $880,000 MORNINGTON $790,000 - $830,000 BUYERS

NEW SEASIDE LUXURY AND SPACEWHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO. Ideally positioned only 100m from the Esplanade, this brand new home offers 23.5sq of living plus alfresco & balcony, & comprises 4 bedrooms [ incl. 2 master bedrooms , one downstairs & both with FES/WIR ] , spacious living areas up & down, deluxe stone kitchen with Blanco appliances, d/auto garage & a generous yard.Cooling & heating to each room, .high ceilings, porcelain tiles & much more!

18a Coral Road Inspect Wed & Sat 11-11.30am or by appt.

MORNINGTON $1,750,000

DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS - LONG SETTLEMENT AVAILABLEOne of the last remaining large development opportunities in Mornington is now offered for sale for the first time in over 20 years! This superb property boasts a huge 3888m2 approx. allotment offering easy access to Bentons Square shopping centre & buses, & is only a few minutes by car from exciting Main Street, Mornington & all it’s facilities. Included is a substantial, well presented 4 bedroom BV home with FENS & WIR to master, 2 separate living areas, open fire place, d/heating, 9 x 6m auto garage/workshop & tennis court.

10 Maxwell Street Inspect by appointment

MOUNT MARTHA $472,500 - $481,750

NEW LUXURY VILLAS BY ROYADIEAll villas aren’t equal! Located only a short stroll from Bentons Square these feature packed new Villas offer 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, DLUG’s, granite tops to kitchen & bathrooms, ASKO S/Steel appliances, zoned ducted gas heating & refrigerated air conditioning & much, much more!NOTE: Green Island Ave. is currently under construction.

2,3 & 8 / 57 Green Island Ave. Inspect Wed & Sat 1-1.30pm

Inspect Wed & Sat 10-10.30am or by appt.

APARTMENT AT THE WATER’S EDGEAs a residence, an investment or perhaps even a B & B, this well presented2nd floor apartment, with new ww carpet& views of the Bay, could be ideal. With 2 large bedrooms (B.I.RS), spacious light filled living with gas heating, attractive kitchen with gas stove, bathroom with separate w/c, & L.U. garage.

9/5 Barkly Street

MORNINGTON $329,000 - $339,000

MORNINGTON SUIT HIGH $500’S - LOW $600’S BUYERS

FABULOUS 4 BEDROOMS +STUDY FAMILY RESIDENCESpread out & relax in this substantial BV home, close to the wetlands in Eden Park & offering 26sq of living, comprising 4 large bedrooms plus study (corner spa/WIR to Master), formal entry, stylish lounge & dining rooms, quality Blanco kitchen, a big tiled living room & an auto double garage. Also including ducted heating & cooling and vacuum, security system, entertaining area, shed, & beautifully landscaped rear gardens.PRICE REDUCED! OFFERS INVITED!

10 Samantha Drive Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment

MORNINGTON $500,000 - $530,000

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

11b Venice Street Inspect Wed & Sat 12-12.30pm or by appt.

Inspect by appointment

MORNINGTON $1,050,000

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THE HEART OF MORNINGTONIdeally positioned opposite parkland & only 200 metres from vibrant Main Street, this superb level 1007M2 allotment represents a once-only opportunity in the prestigious & tightly held Golden Triangle of Mornington.Whether as a slice of paradise for your new luxury home, or as a potential development site with 2 street frontages, this fine property is central to the boutique shopping & cafes, delightful beaches & parks that Mornington offers.

42 Barkly Street Inspect by appointment


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SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTERPHONE: 03 5979 35552100 Frankston-Flinders Road, HASTINGS, VIC, 3915CENTURY21HASTINGS.COM.AU

PRICE: EXPRESS SALE

VIEW: By Appointment

AGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings,

5979 3555

Spectacular English style Tudor home of approx 50 squares of living. Featuring four enormous bedrooms, two with ensuite and all with walk-in robes. Brand new kitchen that opens to fully enclosed entertaining area. Outdoor boasts a 30 x 60 garage, surrounded by approx 2 acres of natural bushland. This home has certainly got the WOW factor. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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AGENT: Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

250 METRES TO FORESHORE! Featuring gleaming hardwood flooring, galley-style kitchen with mod con steel appliances, new carpet, paint, window furnishings, large bedrooms, split-system air con, paved court yard and single lock-up garage. Ideal for retiree’s and first home buyers trying to crack into the booming Hastings market! Contact Exclusive Agent.

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Only two years of age and still under builders warranty. Just a stones throw to the Bittern Fields Village and local transport. This unit has two very spacious bedrooms and a separate main bathroom. Outside boasts a covered deck area, small garden shed with a water tank to keep the garden going through the summer months. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings,

5979 3555

Sitting atop beautiful Hastings foreshore this parcel of vacant land is the perfect canvas for your architectural home. With protected, uninterrupted views overlooking Western Port Bay, Western Port Marina, French Island & Phillip Island. This 630sqm approx block is one of the very few remaining in this prestigious locale. Contact Exclusive Agent.

PRICED TO SELL!!!Carefully designed for the growing family, this executive residence is only five years old. Boasting four large bedrooms, master with ensuite & WIR, plush quality carpets, three living areas plus quality fixtures and fittings. Also featuring ducted heating, double garage with rear roller door access, block size 800sqm and too many more features to mention. Still under builders warranty! Contact Exclusive Agent.

VIEW: By AppointmentAGENT: Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road,Hastings 5979 3555

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VIEW: By AppointmentAUCTION: FOR SALE NOW or AUCTION on Saturday, April 14 at 12:30pm.Terms 10% deposit,settlement 60-90 days.AGENT: Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders RoadHastings 5979 3555

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193 Point Nepean Road,Dromana VIC 3936 5987 3233

Price $449,950 - $665,950Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

DromanaThe NepeanPerhaps these should be re-named The Opportunity because that is what they offer and a wonderful one at that! For a limited period buy off the plan with stamp duty paid, a first year rental guarantee and a substantial depreciation schedule. All this is beachside and in the heart of Dromana. Designed with 2 bedrooms, large balconies, secure entrance, undercover parking and roof top terrace with pool. Enjoy a rapidly appreciating asset called home!

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47 Nepean Highway DromanaWalk To The Beach

Price $395,000Inspect Wed 5.00-5.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

Less than 600 metres to the beach, on approx. 660sqm block, this home is a fantastic opportunity for the astute buyer. With some TLC bring this home back to its former glory or build a great family home on the block close to the sea or develop this into a 2 unit site (both STCA). The choice belongs entirely to the lucky purchaser.

walk to beach

Price $465,000Inspect Sat 1.00-1.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

2 Mary Street DromanaVendor Says Sell! MASSIVE PRICE REDUCTION

vendor says sell

Location, Lifestyle & LuxuryLocated among mature trees and acreage properties this renovated 3 bedroom + study home has upstairs master bedroom with FES and parents retreat. Downstairs are two bedrooms,formal dining & living areas, kitchen with s/steel appliances and open-plan living area. Outside is a covered entertaining area with cafe blinds & air conditioning. Set on just under 1.25 acres with 1 fully fenced paddock.

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26 Stephens Place Somerville

Price $750,000 - $790,000Inspect Wed 5.00-5.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

Tranquil, Lovely & Surprising InsideViews of Port Phillip Bay Large open plan livingLarge entertainment balcony 4 bedrooms + study 3 bathrooms

S/system air conditioningLots of storage Land size: 802sqms (approx)

Dromana

Price $760,000Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

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McCraeBargain Hunters

Price $395,000 plusInspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

This very neat & tidy, near-new brick townhouse is a fantastic buy - so be quick. The front townhouse of only two on the block, this lovely residence features a large open plan living and high ceilings. Quality marble tiling in the bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, FES to master suite, gas heating, gas cooking and paved entertaining area. A double lock-up garage & front security gate completes the package.

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DromanaBuy Me Quick - I’m SpecialThis home will suit a family looking for space and room for everyone. Walk to the beach via the pedestrian underpass or sit back with a drink on the deck after a hard day at the beach - what a lifestyle! 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms including FES to master plus a s/c unit downstairs with separate entry. Some bay glimpses from the kitchen, lounge and

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DromanaThe Great beach Retreat

Situated in a great part of town this fantastic home has open plan living/ dining and kitchen and floating floor boards throughout. This home is waiting for someone to just move in and relax. With a fully fenced rear back garden and entertaining area this home will make the ideal weekender, permanent or investment property. Approx.715sqm of land this block has the potential for further development (STCA). An inspection is a must.

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25 Lake View Drive Safety BeachThe Ideal LifestyleSituated within walking distance restaurants, golf, tennis, swimming pool and beaches, this spacious and bright home has views across the golf course, lake and has Arthurs Seat as a back drop. Boasting 3 bedrooms,

conditioner, open plan modern kitchen/meals, formal dining/living, family room and double garage.

vendor says sell

Price $1,450,000Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

DromanaEpitome of Luxury With Spectacular Bay ViewsThis luxurious and stunning modern home boasts 5 bedrooms, multiple living areas and from the moment you step inside you will feel a sense of space, style and character. Master bedroom

bathrooms, a superb island kitchen with European appliances and polished timber floors. Suspended on the lower balcony is an amazing gas/solar heated salt chlorinated swimming pool.

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6 Bruce Road Safety BeachPhenomenal Opportunity, Vendor Says Sell!

Auction Saturday 21st April at 2.00pmInspect: Wed 5.00-5.30pm & Sat 2.00-2.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

An exciting opportunity exists for the astute investor to acquire this outstanding property just a mere 200M (approx) from the beach. The existing home offers views of the bay

home which includes a s/c flat, 2 bathrooms, large open plan living & rumpus room, double carport and storage. An ideal holiday home or renovate & redevelop.

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Dromana7 Great Reasons Why

Price $395,000 plusInspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

Positioned in a fantastic part of town this home is ideal as a weekend getaway, permanent home or investment property

great views

DromanaTop Spot and Priced to Sell


Situated in the ever popular ‘Old Dromana’ is this spacious BV residence full of character. Offering open plan living, bay glimpses and close proximity to shops, churches and public transport. Just 200M (approx) from the pristine Dromana foreshore, directly opposite the park and just one of two units of the block. Very easy to maintain, enclosed yard and double lock up remote garage.

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Red HillThe Great Getaway

or permanent home then look no further. Nestled only minutes away from wineries & restaurants, a short drive to beaches and golf courses, this home boasts 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen and

-ing deck with cafe blinds, large gazebo with a coonara log fire and workshop. Securely tenanted until June 2012.

price reduced


4 Cosmos Street DromanaAll The Extras - Inspection Highly RecommendedThis stunning home features views of the bay, 3 bedrooms + a study and a incredible entertainment balcony and outdoor lounge with the bay as the back drop. 2 bathrooms, modern kitchen with servery window, open plan living upstairs which opens out onto the

gates, paved drive way, huge garage with mezzanine storage level, 2 carports, LED down lights throughout & heated outdoor jacuzzi.

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Price $1,050,000Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

McCraePlans Approved - Hard Work Is Done - 2 Titles

Just a short 300m stroll to the beach and the McCrae shopping precinct is amazing development site with town planning approval to build 5 townhouses. These 2 properties are will be sold together allowing the astute purchaser to gain income by leasing the existing 3 bedroom brick home. Total land area 1350sqm (approx). CALL NOW - a development site like this won’t last long!

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For Sale 2/3 Turnbull Street, MorningtonOwn Title, Super Location

Price: $690,000 - $720,000Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

For Sale 17 Parwan Crescent, Mornington

This home is packed full of features and offers something for everyone! It is a neat home that will appeal to many buyers whether you are in the market for a family

formal entrance, 2 spacious living areas, 3 bedrooms, main with WIR and ensuite, main

plan kitchen, reverse cycle air condition-ing, gas wall heating and DLUG! Close to schools, transport, beach and shops! Inspect today!

Surprise Package

Price Guide: $380,000 - $400,000Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

For Sale 1/3 Turnbull Street, Mornington

Located in the most enviable street this

This open plan, single level townhouse provides a feeling of space, an abundance of light and excellent access to the outside

s/steel appliances & Caesar stone bench tops, ducted heating, s/system A/C & plenty

Blue Chip Location

Price: $690,000 - $750,000Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

For Sale 74 York Street, Mornington

This exceptional residence is a newly established bed & breakfast alternatively a stunning family home with a relaxed lifestyle to match the sun, sea & fresh air of the

loads of special features give this home

guest bedrooms, common guest lounge & -

Beautiful home for business or pleasure

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

TWO BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR SALE. SAVE ON STAMP DUTY

Choice of 2 townhouses situated in an

& WIR, open plan kitchen/meals family

bedrooms, designer kitchen with granite bench tops, colonial arches and skirts, claw foot bath, Technika appliances and much

‘Cherry Tree Cottage’ - Mornington

Price: $699,000 - $750,000 Contact: Louise Varigos 0408 885 982

For Sale 119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach

For Sale 1/14-16 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington

This gorgeous home has been tastefully

into a open plan living area spilling out into

kitchen with granite bench tops, porcelain

separate living / study area, main bathroom

Gorgeous Beachside Townhouse

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

This superb 2-3 bedroom home is on

deluxe kitchen with Caesar stone bench

with gas ducted heating and split system

landscaped surrounds & double lock up

would not disappoint the most discerning

a large family in mind this home has a

master bedroom with bay window, good

chef kitchen overlooking an open plan meal and family area, great for large family

access and Plenty of room in the back yard

Fabulous Five

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

For Sale 5 Dale Court, Mount Martha

Seaview at Martha Cove

Price: $650,000 + (all offers considered)Inspect: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

foreshore, this luxury townhouse is almost

comprising of 3 bedrooms plus parents retreat, 2 bathrooms, powder room, 2 separate living areas, Caesar stone kitchen

heating with programmable thermostat and

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Bargain - Cafe / RestaurantThe long established and very successful Fed Up Fish Café is on the market. With Pt Nepean Rd frontage, strong regular

business is ready for a new owner to just walk in and keep trading.

For Sale - Rosebud West

Brand New In DromanaBig, bold and brand new is this soon to be constructed retail space of approx 145sqm.Ideally suited to investors or owner operators in the hospitality, retail or corporate sectors.

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

For Sale – Dromana

Hair Raising Prospectestablished Meesha Hair Design. The business has strong

features a state of the art spray tanning machine.

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

For Sale – Portsea


For Sale –Rye

Calling All Bargain HuntersThis long established business has just recently ceased

opportunity to purchase for well below replacement costs. BE QUICK - WONT’LAST


This very busy stand-alone milk bar / mixed business has been servicing local Tootgarook and surrounding areas for well over 40 years. Current owner has this business running like clockwork and is ready to move on. Great lease terms, cheap rent and huge takings. Owner willing to trialSale Price: $225,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Tootgarook

Planet KidsMornington’s number one play centre is on the market. Situated in the Industrial Area of Mornington, the centre operates 7 days a week from 9.30am – 5pm. The café with

Ideal to suit husband and wife team.Sale Price: $315,000 + SAVContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Mornington

[email protected]

Priced To SellIndustrial Estate with the freeway extension on the way. Currently under management, this business enjoys great consistent takings, low rent and great lease.

Sale Price $220,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184


Sorrento GemThe iconic Smokehouse Restaurant of Sorrento is on the market. Uniquely located in prime Ocean Beach Rd, this


For Sale – Sorrento

Fish & ChipsTaking between $8000 -$10,000pw, this business is priced to

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

For Sale – Frankston

with separate dedicated database. New automated ordering

components of the business.Sale Price $120,000 + SAVContact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Mornington Peninsula

June Avenue takeaway shop is the only one of its kind serving the Dromana Industrial Estate. This business enjoys strong takings and with the rapid expansion of the estate business is set



Beachside Gemwell-equipped, highly regarded business should be high on your

won’t be available for long.


For Sale - Rosebud

The well-known and very popular Expressions in Hair of

willing to stay on.

Sale Price $79,000 + SAVContact Russell Murphy 0407 839 184


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Raw Sugar

roaring trade. Owners going overseas require quick sale. Takings approx. $8,000pw with long term lease.

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


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For Sale - Rosebud

Seaview Glassand consistent takings this one man show provides a very solid income, equipment and Vehicle inclusive. Not to be missed.

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

For Sale – Seaford

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Ideally located opposite the Rye pier is the best fresh seafood business on the Peninsula. With large takings, great

Liquor license is also included


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For Sale – Rosebud

Superb Freehold OpportunityGreat opportunity to invest in the rapidly growing Rosebud Industrial Estate,

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

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

For Sale – Rye

For Sale – Sorrento

to put their stamp on the hospitality industry.


Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

AUCTION 45 Main Street, Mornington. Friday 13th April at 12 Noon

Perfect position bar none

LOCATED opposite Sorrento foreshore with on outlook across Port Phillip Bay, Morgan’s Bar and Restaurant has been operating for three years and has seating for 160 patrons. Morgan’s is well-suited to the serious chef who is looking to expand their business or run their own restaurant. Two years are left on the current lease with a further 5 x 5 x 5-year lease option available.

Bar and restaurant, SORRENTOPrice: $300,000Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184

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Prime retail investment

WITH a solid lease to a well-established real estate business, this is a rare opportunity to buy freehold investment property in Mount Eliza Village. For sale is one of the two shops currently occupied by Harcourts Real Estate. The shop size is 84 square metres and the current return is $25,267 per annum with annual 4% reviews. There are two years remaining on the current lease with no option to renew.

Retail shop, MOUNT ELIZAAuction: Friday 20 April at 11amAgency: Nichols Crowder Property Solutions, 1/2 Colemans Road, CARRUM DOWNS 9775 1535Agent: Geoff Crowder, 0418 531 611


78 MT. ELIZA WAY, MT ELIZA

AUCTION Friday 20th April at 11.00am on site

Securely leased to Harcourts Real Estate at $25,267pa plus outgoings

Lease expires 31/07/2014 with no option

Building area: 84 sqm (approx.)

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1 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs

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Geoff Crowder 0418 531 611Michael Crowder 0408 358 926

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Once in a blue moonBLUE Moon Cottages operate fully self-contained properties for holiday accommodation. Situated in Rye is a group of three self-contained properties, originally built about 1940 and all with RACV 3.5-star ratings. The cottages cater for guests who are looking for character-fi lled, stylish, quality and self-contained accommodation that has been designed for a mid-range budget. Each cottage is distinctly different from the others in both size and décor with Blue Moon offering a choice of two-bedroom, three-bedroom and a deluxe four-bedroom cottage all set in a quiet location, just behind the popular Capel Sound foreshore in Rye. The cottages are about 200 metres from a safe bay beach and centrally located for visitors to enjoy the peninsula and all its famous attractions. Part of the attraction for buyers seeking the ultimate in sea-change luxury are the possibilities on offer. New owners could choose to live in one cottage and offer two as holiday accommodation.

Holiday accommodation, RYEPrice: $1.495 millionAgency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184


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Business Sales Specialistswww.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588Telecommunications, computing & entertainment. Optus mobile & broadband contracts. Well

presented shop in main street, pleasant & easy to operate

business. Full security systems 24/7.

RETAIL ELECTRONICS

$50,000 + sav

Only 5 days!Seats 8 inside & more outside, has coolroom and equipment is in good working order. ATM on premises, attractive shop with side delivery. Ample parking.

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

$45,000 + sav

Busy main road opp beach & holiday makers. Well displayed shop, has amenities, lends itself to liquor licence. Conveyor oven,

large and modern. Has 3 bdm home. Opens 6 days 5pm to late.

GOURMET PIZZA & PASTA

$75,000 + sav

FIREPLACE RETAIL

Tony Latessa: 0412 525 151 No. 1 REIV Accredited Business Agent in Victoria

27 years selling experience based on honesty and reliabilityREIV Business Brokers Committee Member

Very attractive shop in prime main street location selling ethically

clothing, wide variety of giftware from around the world. Needs to go to next level & increase T/O.

GIFTS & HOME DÉCOR

$35,000 + sav

All repairs inc truck, trailer & marine, in large factory with hoist.

in Frankston & surrounds doing Interlock. Long standing clients inc corps. Ozone safe air-con service.

AUTO ELECTRICAL

$120,000 + sav

Licensed, dine in & takeaway. Only one in shopping centre. Very

clean, great kitchen, fantastic equipment. Seats 36 inside &

outside. Can change usage with landlord approval.

JAPANESE RESTAURANT

$170,000 + sav

Spacious modern shop in great location. Opens 5 days 6am to

3.30pm. Seats 20 inside & more outside. Modern equipment. Trial

on $6,500 pw.

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

$175,000 + sav

Only one in Mooroopna. Opens 7 days, services 5 ½ days. Well presented and well equipped. 12 washers inc heavy

duty and 16 gas dryers. Horse/animal blankets etc service

growing constantly.

COIN LAUNDRY

NOW $225,000 + sav

By day a café/restaurant and by night a Latin night spot. Good

seating in & out, upstairs function rooms for weddings etc. Prime

main road position, huge potential.

LICENSED RESTAURANT

$220,000 + sav

Excellent exposure in busy retail/commercial street. Stocks high

end fashion labels with exclusive brand names. Streamlined seasonal

buying process. Repeat clientele,

LADIES FASHION

$195,000 + sav

Freehold 3 bdm BV home & leasehold business in brick shop

on main street. Right on waterway, est 1970. Tackle, bait etc and

boat storage. Can be sold with or without franchise.

FISHING TACKLE

No competition, only one within 15km. 1 bdm accomm inc in

rent. Very well presented, has 20 washers and 15 dryers, ironing

station. Serviced 5 ½ days, open 7 days. Good T/O.

LAUNDROMATIn-house art dept, up to date

software & equipment, in-house printing, in-house kiln. Wide variety of products with many forward orders in place.

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS ART GALLERY & RESTAURANT

Milk bar lines, some takeaways. Large double storey 3 bedroom

residence in high density residential area with captured market. Spacious

shop est. 20+ years. PRICE SLASHED

GENERAL STORE

$79,000 + sav

In the heart of beautiful San Remo. Main road with good bay views,

seats 30 in & 16 out. Rear courtyard, front eatery section with well laid out

THAI TAKEAWAY

$140,000 + sav

Located in kiosk in busy S/C, has seating for 34. All new equipment when set up less than a year ago.

Currently partly managed.

CAFE

$130,000 + sav

11.30am to 4pm daily, pick up at Moorabbin, deliveries take 4 hours.

Refrigerated van with racking. One of approx 90 franchises in Victoria, two

separate rounds available.

DISTRIBUTION

$130,000 each

In-demand product base, well established client base, plenty of room for extra growth. Includes

imported sealant range, has Australasian distribution rights.

W/sale to h/ware stores.

IMPORTER & WHOLESALER

Good equipment, modern presentation, coolroom, large preparation area. 4 tables &

chairs inside. Bright & attractive presentation.

Large frontage to S/C carpark.

CHARCOAL CHICKEN

$230,000 + sav

Great location with plenty of parking available. Large display areas,

only 5 ½ days, huge variety of stock.

DISCOUNT VARIETY STORE

$75,000 + sav

Major account of 8yrs + many stores, makes security lanyards.

All machinery in excellent condition inc. straightening & cutting machine, 6 stamping

machines, wire cutting machine, 6 presses.

MANUFACTURING

$100,000 + sav

Very busy store in country Vic. Only one in area. Newsagency,

bottle store, sandwich bar. 2 large coolrooms, storage area, garage, function/dining room. 4 BR house

attached.

GENERAL STORE

$299,000 + sav

Nepean H’way opposite beach. Seating for 80+, licensed

indoors & deck area. Extensive equipment, trades 7 days, well staffed with good systems in

place.

LICENSED CAFE

$350,000 + sav

Takeaways and beverages in food

ago, has great kitchen and bright frontage. Trial on $12,000 pw. Owner’s husband willing to run business for 2 years if wanted.

ASIAN FOOD

$290,000 + sav

Unique lounge bar unlike anything else in the area. Seats 80, licensed 12pm to 1am. Opens Tues to Sun 4pm to 1am. Offers art exhibitions, live music acts, burlesque nights,

poetry etc.

LICENSED BAR & CAFE

$299,000 + sav

8 washers, 7 dryers. Also offers washing, ironing service and dry cleaning agent. Corner position

offers great exposure, free parking at rear. Summer very

busy, peaks in January.

LAUNDRETTE

$350,000

Freehold & leasehold for sale with Nepean H’way frontage. Close to Frankston CBD and beach.

High prominence and exposure.

accommodation.

MOTEL & SERVICED APARTMENTS

$7.6 Million

Large, corner position, with large windows overlooking attractive

courtyard. Seats 36 in & 15 outside. Commercial kitchen.

Trains young adults with special needs. 6 days.

CAFE

$65,000 + sav

Selling roast dinners in lovely large shop on main road, ample parking.

Currently fully managed. Licencor will assist new buyer. Trades 7 days 9am

to 9pm.

TAKEAWAY

$150,000 + savNEW

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LICENSED RESTAURANT

$120,000 + sav

Seats 120, large commercial kitchen, very visible on Nepean

H’way. On Premises licence, currently Indian cuisine, can be changed. Opens 6 days from

5.30pm.

TAKEAWAY

$110,000 + sav

Attractive shop in commercial/retail food court of large complex. Excellent, expensive equipment.

Pizza, pasta, chips, salads & Chinese food etc.

Garden setting with courtyard, large bar area, separate function areas. Wonderful presentation

with Roman/Mediterranean atmosphere. Sells many art/gifts +

café & restaurant Thu/Fri/Sat.Freehold $1.2M

Leasehold $850,000

JETMASTER HEAT N GLO DEALERSHIPSelling to building trade & private customers. Operated by vendor with sub-contractors installing. Excellent location, 5 days, well

known.

$399,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

$108,000 + sav

Well presented stylish salon

stations, 2 basins, washer & dryer, rear room. Busy S/C location, easy

parking, vendor happy to assist with changeover.NEW

$950,000 + sav$449,000 + sav $750,000 + sav $4.25 Million + sav

CAFE

$150,000 + sav

Highway position opp train station, 5 ½ days, seats 20 in & 8 out. Well presented, good kitchen.

NEW

Prime Main St position, very close to beach and park. Opens 7 days

8 out & 5 inside. Also has very liveable 2 bdm dwelling.

FISH & CHIPS

$190,000 + sav

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Hungry for successSITED on a corner position of a very busy industrial estate with abundant off-street parking, this business is a popular stop for breakfasts and lunches. Operating six days a week – Monday to Friday 5.30am to 4pm and Saturday 6am to 12pm – the business has a full commercial kitchen and an extensive menu offering a variety of food and drinks. The business can be trialled for $5000 per week.

Industrial takeaway, SEAFORDPrice: $99,500 + SAVAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Custom-built trailersESTABLISHED for 17 years, this business manufactures all types of trailers for livestock, trade, tandem, cage and motorbikes to name but a few. The business has earned a strong reputation with many clubs, councils and fi re authorities among repeat clients. Operated from the current vendor’s property, the business will need to be relocated when sold.

Trailer manufacture, ROSEBUDPrice: $390,000 + SAVAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, FrankstonAgent: Graham Haddock, 0417 360 963

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NEWS DESK

POTENTIAL candidates for the Octo-ber council elections can fi nd out about running a campaign at a Victo-rian Local Governance Association seminar this month.

The VLGA says topics at ‘Candi-date training: Essential campaigning for local government elections’ will include: Communications basics and beyond – ways to assert points of difference. Media basics and beyond – what the media and voters want to know. Preferences and voting. Tips for 150-word candidate state-ments. Street stalls and doorknocking.

Sarah Colgan of VLGA says the day-long “training program has been designed for anybody considering standing for election in October”.

Run in conjunction with Essential Media Communications, speakers in-clude David Imber, Leonie Heming-way, Darren Ray and Erik Locke.

David Imber is an account director at EMC, a public affairs and research company specialising in campaigning for progressive social and political or-ganisations.

Leonie Hemingway (formerly Leo-nie Burke) was mayor of Prahran, MP for Prahran and an adviser to two fed-eral ministers, and is now a consultant.

Darren Ray has been a councillor at City of Port Phillip since 1999 and a community activist since his teens.

Erik Locke is a director of Princi-pled Public Relations, a specialist in running political campaigns and held senior position with state and federal offi ces of the ALP.

Identical seminars will be held on Saturday 21 April and Saturday 28 April at the VLGA, 60 Leicester St, Carlton. Cost is $220.

The VLGA is offering 10 free places at each seminar, designed to further its goal of attracting a diverse variety of candidates for the elections.

Criteria for awarding the free places include fi nancial circumstances, mo-tivation for standing and evidence of community involvement. Successful candidates will be decided by VLGA chief executive Maree McPherson.

Application forms from VLGA gov-ernance director Ron Exiner on 9349 7999 or [email protected]

A fl yer, program and registration form for the seminars is available from www.vlga.org.au or call 9349 7983. The VLGA was formed in 1994 when the Kennett government amal-gamated Victoria’s councils. Its mot-to is “Connecting communities and strengthening democracy”.

Mike Hast

Seminar for Seminar for aspiring shire aspiring shire councillorscouncillors

KEITH “Bear” Rawlinson is the Master of MV Sorrento, one of the two ferries that travels between Sorrento and Queenscliff.

He was been with the company since its inception 25 years ago.

He loves the job because it is different all the time.

“People may think it is the same travelling back and forth, but it’s not. When you are at sea all you see is sea, but on Port Phillip the scenery changes all the time,” he said.

“I see dolphins, whales at certain times of the year, killer whales every now and then, huge stingrays and magnifi cent birdlife.

“I have fascination with birds. I love the Australian gannets. Being former scallop and trawler fi sherman, I admire the gannets as they are superb fi shers.

“When you see them around you know there are plenty of fi sh. Gannets have evolved into magnifi cent diving birds.

“They have a huge wingspan of about two metres. Both male and female have a yellowy golden head

A bear who loves the sea

and the most amazing eyes that look like they have eyeliner round them.

“Even though they are originally from Bass Strait, gannets are all around the world, but the species you see here in Port Phillip are uniqu.

“Gannets come in from Bass Strait to Pope’s Eye, which they have made their rookery. Pope’s Eye is about six kilometres off Sorrento and is now a

marine sanctuary.“Depending on the tide, I love to

take the ferry close to Pope’s Eye and tell all our passengers about these magnifi cent birds and their sanctuary. My passion for gannets has been passed on to my crew.”

Searoad Ferries operate every day of the year between Sorrento and Queenscliff.


Survivor and carer: David and daughter Sarah Parker.

Pictures by Yanni

THE 8th Mornington Peninsula Relay For Life was held at Mornington Secondary College over the weekend of 24 and 25 March.

The event is of 18 hours’ dura-tion starting at 4pm on Saturday and concluding at 10am on Sunday. This year 53 teams took up the challenge to keep their baton moving through-out the relay, participating in varied games and themed laps, all with the aim of raising funds for cancer re-search and to assist cancer awareness and avoidance programs. The event

was kicked off by the mayor Cr Frank Martin, who cut the ribbon for the opening lap by the 931 participants, including cancer survivors and carers. Entertainment was supplied by musi-cians and singers, two MCs, a belly-dancing troupe, face and nail painters and a Zumba class. For tired limbs there were massages and for the hun-gry and thirsty there was a selection of food vendors including Mornington Salvos and the Lions Club of Mt Mar-tha, which provided a hot breakfast.The event raised $95,000.

Walking for a cause: Zoe and her mum Liz.

Candle ceremony: Heidi Jackson, Brian Mazoletti and Laura Marquis.

All through the night: Relay For Life camp as seen from a cherry picker overlooking Mornington Secondary College.

Spelling it out for a cure: More than 900 Relay For Life participants form the word Hope.

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By Stuart McCulloughTHE state government’s Department of Transport and a private consortium have proposed the construction of a canal across the peninsula between Mornington and Hastings.

The $2.2 billion project would link the Port of Melbourne with the planned expanded Port of Hastings, making the state’s two main ports more effi cient and “future proofi ng” the state’s vital export and import sector.

On Sunday 1 April, a department spokeswoman revealed work could start as early as 2015 and would be fi nanced by a combination of ship-ping levies, a federal government grant, taxes from the soaring value of properties adjacent to the canal, and a public-private partnership similar to the structure used to pay for the Penin-sula Link freeway and the Wonthaggi desalination plant.

The government’s partner in the Pe-ninsula Canal Project (PCP) includes engineers and fi nanciers from the Eu-ropean consortium that is developing the 106-kilometre long Seine-Nord Europe Canal, a major transportation waterway linking France with Bel-gium, Germany and the Netherlands.

The spokeswoman, April Dupé, said it would be the biggest engineering project on the peninsula since the con-struction of Arthurs Seat in 1934.

“There’s really nothing else to compare it to in Australia,” Ms Dupé enthused. “It will be almost 20 kilo-metres long, 20 metres deep and 250

metres wide. According to projections, along with the Great Wall of China and Chadstone shopping centre, it would be one of only three man-made structures able to be seen from space.

“Even supertankers will be able to travel from Hastings directly to Mel-

bourne. It will save hours of travel time, be a substantial boost to the economy and avoid the narrow and dangerous entrance to Port Phillip.”

The project will be overseen by a special “canal panel”, she said.

“The panel’s fi rst task will be to con-

sult with the community, but we don’t think there will be much opposition.

“Many landowners will suddenly have a waterfront property. Land val-ues will skyrocket.”

Ms Dupé said there would be side benefi ts including places for water

sports and waterside recreation parks.“There will, of course, be some

compulsory property acquisitions,” she said.

“A number of bridges over the ca-nal will be needed and we’re looking at one high bridge for Peninsula Link freeway as well as a number of draw-bridges for the Esplanade, the Nepean Highway and Frankston-Flinders Rd.

“By 2022, it’s estimated that up to 50 ships a day will make the trip be-tween the bays.”

Ms Dupé rejected the suggestion this would result in substantial disrup-tion for motorists.

“These will be terrifi c bridges. Some times you’ve got to look at the bigger picture. In this case, the bigger picture has a massive shipping chan-nel running through it.”

At the same time, work will begin on a tunnel linking Stony Point and Phillip Island.

“We’re making a substantial contri-bution to the construction costs. It will be our way of saying thanks.”

The tunnel will cut travelling time between the peninsula and Phillip Is-land by more than an hour.

Inspired by the tunnel linking Bri-tain and France, the Phillip Island tunnel is likely to be christened “the Phunnel”.

“We’re hoping to have both projects fi nished about the same time,” Ms Dupé said.

“We’re aiming for 2018, around the end of March. If not by then, then defi -nitely the day after.”

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By Cameron McCulloughSECRET documents reveal a long-dormant volcano vent at the southern end of Frankston Beach, in the area now known as Olivers Hill, could be-come active in the next 10 to 20 years.

The vent at Olivers Hill was last ac-tive about 7000 years ago when mod-ern-day Mount Eliza was the main vol-cano in the Frankston region. Further south were the volcanoes of Mount Martha and Arthurs Seat.

Volcanologists and seismologists have been gathering data, often under the cover of darkness, at Olivers Hill to enable an accurate prediction about the likelihood and timing of an eruption.

Large landslips in recent years were the fi rst telltale signs of renewed activ-ity deep under ground.

The documents reveal that heat, pres-sure and steam sensors all point toward a build up of a composite form volcano vent at the top of the hill that could de-

velop a steep cone over the next decade or two with the potential for both lava fl ows and pyroclastic eruptions.

Gases that may be released in an eruption include carbon dioxide, sul-phur dioxide, methane, hydrogen fl uo-ride, hydrogen sulphide, carbon mon-oxide and hydrochloric acid.

“We really don’t want to alarm peo-ple,” volcanologist Hugh Gritten said.

“We don’t know how you got hold of the documents, but we don’t want to comment at this stage; we would hate to unnecessarily panic residents.”

Frankston City Council is taking the news of the potential eruption in its stride and is already making plans to market the event far and wide.

Priscilla Speedial of the council’s marketing department said it was a “great opportunity” for the bayside city.

“The sand sculpting festival, cafes and restaurants on the beach, the iron-man event two weekends ago and now

we’re getting Australia’s only active volcano. Gee, I love Frankston,” she said.

“Hang on. Lava, love – they almost sound the same: how about a new stick-er? ‘I Lava Frankston’.”

The council’s planning department has been liaising with volcanologists as they analyse data and produce compu-ter modelling of predicted lava fl ows.

Senior planner Barry Gyrd said the most likely scenario was the lava would fl ow into Port Phillip.

“We are hoping it will fl ow outwards and then a little to the north. Bingo! We’ve got the land for a marina that people have long been nagging us about.

Asked about the disruption to Olivers Hill residents, Mr Gyrd said people live on the sides of active volcanoes all over the world.

“We expect it to be just part of life for people. One day you’ll have a nice

lawn and water feature in the back-yard, and the next you’ll have a rolling tongue of 1600 degree lava. Modern landscaping at its most cutting edge.”

One of Australia’s foremost volcano experts, Richard Selwyn, said he was initially surprised when shown the Oli-vers Hill data.

“There is no doubt about it. It’s com-ing back to life,” he said.

“This vent has been dormant for a long time. The last big eruption in Vic-toria was about 7000 years ago in the Western District.

“The last activity in this part of Vic-toria pre-dates most of the dinosaurs fossils that have been discovered on the south coast of Gippsland, and even pre-dates the construction of the revolving dance fl oor at the 21st Century dance club in Frankston.”

Estate agent Barry Smelkin was op-timistic about the future opportunities any lava fl ows could bring.

“Who said land is not being made any more? We predict lava fl ows could add as much as 15 hectares of water-front land to the Olivers Hill precinct every year. We’ve already put in pre-liminary plans for townhouses, and are accepting deposits now.”

Mr Smelkin urged interested parties to act now to avoid disappointment and stamp duty.

One issue of concern to Frankston Council’s local laws offi cers was the possible violation of the council’s ban on smoking in the CBD, with the volca-no vent’s toxic cloud expected to hang over the area.

“The ban on smoke will be vigor-ously enforced by offi cers and Street Watch teams under the provisions of the Local Government Act,” the team leader of the enforcement department said.

“There will be no exemption to these rules for a volcano.”

I lava FrankstonI lava Frankston Even better than sand sculpting: Left, an artist’s impression of what will greet visitors to Frankston in the future. Above, volcanologists drill to measure heat, pressure and steam build up late last month.

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“The centre already has a devoted follow-ing because of the ever-changing stock at very competitive prices, all put together by a group of stallholders with a passion for the eclectic,” says market spokesman George Amanatidis.

“Followers of the now-closed National Antique Centre in Mornington have been delighted to fi nd some of their favourite dealers operating in Dro-mana.

“With stalls jam-packed with English, Chinese, Japanese and Australian furniture, decor and col-lectables ranging from the early 1900s through to the 1980s, there is something for most tastes.

“The designer and vintage clothing and ac-cessories bring a trendy boutique atmosphere to these stalls.

“With a touch of French chic, old-world el-egance, quirky functional, deco decadence and funky ‘fl ash trash’, the market is a ‘must visit’.

“There is also clothing for men as well as a blokes’ shed and garden area where there is a treasure trove of tools, garden implements and outdoor and decor.

“Interior designers, stylists, window dressers and other dealers have discovered the incredible range of goods at the factory and applaud the stallholders for their quality, stylish presentation and reasonable prices.”

Known to many people as simply the Factory, it is open every day from 9.30am. It’s a place to

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The Factory Antique Market is at 2 Collins Rd, Dromana, which runs off Nepean Highway, op-posite the Dromana Drive-In. Phone 5981 4141.

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It now has 72 stalls and operates from Bittern railway station car park reserve on the other side of Frankston-Flinders Rd.

One of the organisers, Peter Bryan, said it is a happy, friendly market that is dog friendly. “Many people visit the market every Sunday while exercising their dogs,” he said.

“Stalls sell a wide variety of items including new and used jewellery and bric-a-brac.

There is also bread, cheeses, fruit and vegeta-bles, nuts, plants and more.

“The food van and coffee stalls are popular places with many people having morning coffee and breakfast,” Mr Bryan said.

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Of the 72 stalls, about 18 are casual stalls, which allows for a variety of new items to be in-troduced each week.

New stallholders can contact market commit-tee president Peter Bryan on 0417 337 375 for details.

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By Stuart McCulloughTO the best of my knowledge, I have been on television exactly three times.

The fi rst was during a school ex-cursion to Churchill Island. A camera crew from Channel Nine turned up at the same time and they took footage of us, promising to use it in the result-ing story.

In an instant, it seemed my destiny was carved well and truly in stone,. Surely my image on television would be an event too magnifi cent to ignore and Johnny Young would shortly be on the blower, inviting me to become a permanent member of the Young Tal-ent Time team.

Like all my friends, I watched the morning show eager to see myself on the box. True to their word, they used the footage of my classmates and me.

What the television crew had been careful to avoid promising, however, was the extent of our exposure. Our image fl ashed across the screen for the best part of a second and a half before cutting to a bunch of cows standing in a paddock. But while our appearance had been barely a notch above sub-liminal advertising, the camera then lingered on the bovine interlopers for ages. It seemed so unfair.

Needless to say, Johnny Young did not invite me to join the cast of YTT or offer me a scholarship to the Johnny Young Talent School. That said, the show subsequently featured a per-formance by a Friesian heifer doing a knockout version of Men Without Hats song The Safety Dance. It should have been me.

The second time I was on television

TV or not TV – that is the questionTV or not TV – that is the question

was part of a promotion by Channel Seven in support of that year’s football season. Mike Brady’s Up There Ca-zaly was considered something of an unoffi cial football anthem at the time.

It was commonly used as an accom-paniment to slow motion footage of the game’s elite players taking spec-tacular marks.

Some bright spark in the market-ing department decided that rather than show reels of the game’s best and brightest, it would be fun to show

10-year-olds fumbling around instead.There was always an expectant

buzz in the team changerooms before a game. This was not so much in an-ticipation of the looming contest as the result of discount cans of Coke from the kiosk.

Sugary soft drinks aside, there was another element to add to the already heady mix of excitement – Channel Seven would be fi lming our game.

Given that I was holding down the glamour position of half-back fl ank/

interchange bench, it was inevitable that the camera would fi nd its way to me much as the sun fi nds the horizon. Finally, I would be catapulted from obscurity and onto the TV screens of a grateful nation. There was just one problem – it was pouring with rain.

I don’t know if it rained every Sun-day we had a match, but I certainly re-member it that way.

The greatest contest at the home ground of the Tyabb Junior Football Club was often between the play-ers and the elements rather than each other.

On this particular occasion the heav-ens really outdid themselves, sending rain down in such great volumes that several parents left the oval to go home and start building an ark. Despite the inhospitable conditions, the camera crew from Channel Seven arrived, wrapped themselves in Glad Wrap, and took up a position on the wing.

Those who nurse some hostility to-ward the national game often seek to belittle it by using the term ‘aerial ping-pong’. On a wet Sunday afternoon in Tyabb, nothing could be further from the truth. After a few minutes, trying to kick the ball was like attempting to drop kick a bar fridge. The only thing to hang in the air was our breath as it turned to frost.

Such games are more a form of ad-vanced mud wrestling than anything remotely airborne. The disappoint-ment of the camera crew was apparent in the resulting commercial. It never occurred to me that ours would not be the only game fi lmed.

As the strains of Up There Cazaly

fi ltered through the television speak-er, there were images of 10-year-olds leaping into the air. Then it came to us. For a full two seconds, torrential rain fi lled the screen. The more observ-ant of viewers may have noticed the slightest smudge of maroon falling over. It was like one of those magic eye puzzles but with too little time for any clear image to emerge. Whether the maroon blotch was me or one of my teammates was impossible to tell.

My third and fi nal television appear-ance occurred after I had won a public speaking competition. I was invited to reprise my award-winning address on an educational television program on SBS.

Before unleashing me on the cam-eras, I was dropped into the makeup chair and smeared with enough foun-dation makeup to make me look like an extended Oompa Loompa. I imme-diately regretted my decision to wear white overalls and shoes with curled up toes instead of my school uniform.

Today’s kids play video games as if their lives depend on it. For us, it was television.

Despite cataclysmic warnings that our eyes would become squared, we devoured everything it dished up to us. But that affection has proved some-what one-sided.

Perhaps most great passions are un-requited. So it is with television and I.

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fresh local ingredients along with making our own pasta, curing our own salmon and even our beer battered flathead tails features Mornington Peninsula Brewery’s Pale Ale which is also on tap," added Cameron. There is a good range of vegetarian and gluten free options and the peasant vegetable stack with layers of roast fennel, capsicum, zucchini and eggplant topped with Persian fetta is an absolute winner!As well as running the Boathouse Cameron is currently fitting out an 80 seat café at the new Pavilion at Keast Park in Seaford. The building stands on the site of the old Seaford bowling club (where some scenes from Crackerjack, the movie, was shot 10 years ago) and is a stunning example of modern beachfront architecture with spectacular views over the beach and across the bay.To be called Crackerjack Waterfront Café, Cameron plans to open from early morning

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THE local newspapers consistently print letters from residents criticising our beloved councillors. You would think that with half dozen councillors elected unopposed in 2008 some of the letter writers would put their two hands up. Put up or shut up? Having said this, here’s my contribution: please name the council people who suggested the 40km/h signs in residential streets. It just gets worse doesn’t it? Hello coun-cil! Are you awake? Bad enough driv-ing from Sorrento to Dromana with a constant speedo watch including the ever-present fear of the car behind go-ing right up your bottom. Don’t the people at the council realise that with these constant speed changes they take away the instinct and anticipation fac-tor? Stupid. Very.

***HOW many times has love knocked on your door? Some say love comes only to those who believe in it. I never quite agreed, but when I see those who say there is no such thing as love, in fact insist on it and in fact never fi nd it, I’m inclined to think it’s true.

Shakespeare said something along the lines of even the basest of us can acquire a sense of nobility when love is added. One does not argue with Shakespeare; perhaps switch to female

warders at HM Prison Barwon.Does time stand still without love?

Why all this love talk? Because I had a birthday, and as each one passes the light gets dimmer. Am I depressed? No, just a shade sadder. Am I being selfi sh? Of course. And so it goes. Are you out there, my darling, to guide me through the fi nal stage; feed me my soups?

***WHAT is a cunning (or more accu-rately perhaps) shifty b*stard? They can be male or female but more regu-larly male. Perhaps the females hide it better. They can be any age and, for some instinctive reason, they are be-reft of communicating sincerity.

They will say hello, but it will be perfunctory at best. Perhaps they do shady money deals or stalk females or simply put out this aura as their own contribution to uniqueness?

The strange thing is if they have sons or daughters this shady “look” is often transferred as a form of indoctrination, like being born to vote for a particular political party. Sometimes they’re in-visible but in time their shifty charac-ter slowly blos soms. They are easy to spot in American movies because they cast those who look shifty; like in the old cowboy movies where the crooks

always had moustaches. I’ve yet to see a handsome terrorist. Do you know anyone who looks dead-set shifty, but isn’t? Not likely.

***MICHAEL Long on the Liam Jurrah incident: “You can’t judge someone if you haven’t walked in their shoes. Liam has an obligation to the Mel-bourne Football Club, but he also has other obligations which are thousands of years old.”

How can any of us walk in anoth-er’s shoes? Surely we all come from a background of “thousands of years”? Liam may be a lovely fellow but, please, let’s not separate things on the grounds of Aboriginality. Then fol-lowed Matt Rendell, crucifi ed by the AFL’s Righteous Brothers (Andrew Demetriou and Adrian Anderson) for being honest, similar to the Spanish Inquisition or John Cleese, “don’t mention the war” and “radically of-fensive” comments. A visit to my lo-cal RSL dedicated smoking zone will produce a plethora of “radically offen-sive” comments. Are we all racists? Yes. Are we all hypocrites? Yes. Do we all suffer from melancholy? Yes. It’s all a question of degree obviously. Dear oh dear.

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I WRITE this column a week before it hits the streets so the Hawthorn-Collingwood match is yet to be deci-ded. Considering Hawthorn’s whinges after last year’s fi nal and during sum-mer, not to mention Collingwood’s pre-season injuries, revenge will like-ly be accomplished. I wish them well, particularly all the very nice people of Templestowe, Upper and Lower.

***CAR thefts are on the rise, particularly in West Melton and Geelong. So it was that we saw Warren on the television news telling us how he had spent hun-dreds of hours working on the car he loved so much. Poor Warren had the love of his life stolen; never mind the insurance. The TV reporter concluded: “Warren may never see his car again, but he wanted to come forward in the hope that it will help others.” Isn’t that sweet? That is so sweet. Cars love back apparently.

***MARY Crooks, executive director of the Victorian Women’s Trust, writes of a true story. A woman felt a man look-ing her up and down. The man said to the chemist, loudly, “You can always tell a depressed lesbian, can’t you?” The chemist offered no comment, so Mary took him to task, suggesting he

had become complicit in the comment.Perhaps, dear Mary, the chemist is

thinking of his health and family. If I took a stance against anything like that I’d be in Rosebud Hospital before the day was out. Females may be safe to stand up to ratbags, but my safest plan is to ignore them and hope that God will fi nd a way, eventually.

***SOME people who you give an inch will take a mile. I like the people you give an inch and that inch is all they take. Why does PITA Derryn Hinch get so much publicity? There’s a good arts show on Radio Port Phillip 98.7FM Sundays at 11am and Wednesdays at midday hosted by Andrea Louise Thomas with crosses to the lovelies Kaarin Fairfax and Sally Baillieu.I did it; a column without mentioning state or federal politics.cliffi [email protected]

A Grain of Salt

By Cliff Ellen

IN 1966, while stuck in a Los Ange-les traffi c jam, Stephen Stills noticed a hearse with Ontario number plates ahead of him. Stills recognised the driver as Canadian singer Neil Young. They stopped to talk and before long agreed to form a band, Buffalo Spring-fi eld.

After Young left Buffalo Springfi eld in 1968, he slowly established himself as one of the most infl uential and id-iosyncratic singer-songwriters of his generation. I believe Young’s body of work ranks second only to Bob Dylan in terms of depth.

Young continually explored new musical territory, from rockabilly and blues to electronic music. He recorded frequently with LA garage band Crazy Horse, which backed him on several albums and produced songs like Down by the River and Cinnamon Girl.

In 1970 Young released his solo album After the Goldrush with con-tri butions from Stephen Stills and Nils Lofgren, and the single from the album, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, crashed into the UK and US top 10 with Southern Man following.

Harvest (Reprise) in 1972, Young’s third consecutive platinum album, was his most commercial work, topped

charts all over the world and included the hit single Heart of Gold featuring backing vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse will re-lease an album entitled Americana (Warner) on 1 June. It is the fi rst al-bum from the outfi t in nearly nine years. Crazy Horse is Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank “Poncho” Sampedro.

Americana is collection of classic American folk songs. In their day, some were referred to as “protest songs”, “murder ballads” or campfi re songs, which have been passed down and are universal, relatable tales for everyman.

Some compositions such as Tom Dooley and Oh Susannah were writ-ten in the 1800s, while others like This Land is Your Land and Get a Job are mid-20 th century folk classics.

God Save the Queen, Britain’s na-tional anthem, was America’s de facto national anthem before the establish-ment of the Union and the adoption of The Star Spangled Banner, which was used as early as 1889 but became America’s offi cial anthem in 1931.

The album has been produced by Neil and John Hanlon and Mark Hum-phreys.

www.neilyoung.comwww.facebook.com/NeilYoungwww.warnermusic.com.au

***MORE than 50 characters from 16 classic and contemporary Disney sto-ries feature when Disney On Ice pres-ents Let’s Celebrate!

It tours Australia in June and July and will be in Melbourne from 4 to 9 July at Hisense Arena, during school holidays.

Details are at www.disneyonice.com.au or Ticketek 132 849.

***JEANNE Pratt has announced three musicals in her company’s new season – The Producers (10-15 July), Chess the Musical (21-26 August) and Prom-ises, Promises (3-7 October).

“In planning the 2012 season we have kept our thinking light, bright and focused on comedy and great mu-sic. The season opens with probably the funniest musical ever to grace the stage, Mel Brooks’s The Producers,” Ms Pratt said.

“Chess has a brilliant score from ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, while Promises, Promises is a delicious ro-mantic comedy with songs by Burt Bacharach and a script by Neil Simon, based on the Oscar-winning Billy Wilder fi lm The Apartment.”

All performances feature Orches-tra Victoria. The Producers opens on 10 July. Details: www.theproduction company.com.au

Top 10 albums 1 Tuskegee – Lionel Richie

(Mercury) 2 Ultimate Hits – Bob Seger

(Capitol) 3 A Different Kind of Truth – Van

Halen (Universal) 4 Kisses on the Bottom – Paul

McCartney (Universal) 5 Dirty Dirty – Jim Keays 6 CMC Rocks the Hunter 2012 –

Various (Universal) 7 Alfi e – Alfi e Boe (Decca) 8 Born to Die – Lana Del Rey

(Polydor) 9 Hope (Songs of Inspiration) –

Various (ABC)10 Around the World – Raul Malo

Performance

By Gary Turner


By Keith PlattPOLITICIANS have taken to the road to pedal a message about road safety.

Dunkley MP Bruce Billson, a “less frequent” cyclist than federal Oppo-sition leader Tony Abbott, elected to wear Lycra to bring attention to the dangers of being on two wheels.

Mr Abbott passed through Frank-ston and the Mornington Peninsula as part of his annual charity Pollie Pedal to Canberra, dedicating the section to James Cross, a Mt Eliza student who died under the wheels of a fi ve-tonne truck.

Mr Billson said the ride was a chance to raise money for Carers Australia and raise awareness about the risks of inci-dents involving cyclists.

Mr Cross was riding his bike in a shared parking and cycling area in Hawthorn in March 2010 when hit by a motorist’s opening door, throwing him into the truck’s path.

The 22-year-old’s parents, Nicky Martin and Michael Cross, have been campaigning for safer cycling since their son’s death and last weekend spoke at the Royal Hotel, Mornington, to participants in Mr Abbott’s Pollie Pedal.

The couple stressed the need for more education to encourage drivers to be aware of bike riders.

“James’s family has committed them selves to making sure no more lives are lost,” Mr Billson said.

“Nicky and Michael have taken an extraordinary family tragedy and turned it into a positive for all road users with their work and support for the peninsula-based Teenage Road Ac-cident Group aimed at ensuring other families are not confronted with the anguish they have had to endure.

“Hopefully by dedicating a section of the ride we can raise awareness in the community that we need to take extra care when opening our car doors so as not to put cyclists in harm’s way.

“Greater awareness of the dangers of dooring by all road users is our goal and this dedication and other initia-tives such as refl ective stickers on side rear vision mirrors will help alert both motorists and cyclists to the risks.”

The state government is about to distribute stickers to remind drivers to check for bike riders before opening car doors.

A similar scheme launched in 2002 was abandoned after about two years when the public lost interest, according to a VicRoads spokesperson quoted by The Age (‘Baillieu backs car-door stickers’, 12/3/12)

Mr Abbott’s Pollie Pedal, from Gee-long to Canberra, has so far raised about $500,000 for Carers Australia.

Safety talk: The parents of road accident victim James Cross, Nicky Martin and Michael Cross, share their efforts to improve road safety with Tony Abbott and Bruce Billson.

Pedals used to power safety messagePedals used to power safety messageBragging rights: Mornington coach Adam Jamieson wants to be number one.Picture: Darryl Kennedy

By Craig MacKenzieMORNINGTON and Langwarrin soc-cer clubs are on a collision course and the time of impact is 3pm on Saturday 21 April at Dallas Brooks Park.

The round-three clash pits Adam Jamieson, the peninsula’s most suc-cessful senior coach of the past fi ve seasons, against Langwarrin coun-terpart Gus Macleod, the peninsula’s longest-serving senior coach.

At 35, Jamieson is one of the young-est coaches in the league, while 60-year-old Macleod is one of the old-est.

Both fi rst team squads are bristling with talent albeit they arrived in State League Division 2 via different routes.

Langwarrin lost a play-off last sea-son and was relegated from Division 1 while Mornington missed out in the title race on goal difference, but still won promotion from Division 3.

Jamieson has strengthened his fi rst team squad with seven key signings, most with experience at higher levels of competition.

Former Frankston Pines midfi elder Craig Smart has been lured from Pre-mier League club Bentleigh Greens and defender Noel Bahnsen has an impressive CV that lists Dandenong Thunder and Bulleen.

Andy Jerez has joined from Knox City. The 21-year-old midfi elder broke his leg while playing with Melbourne Victory’s youth team in 2008.

Goalkeeper Christian Morales also has joined from Knox along with Matt Morris-Thomas (from Frankston Pines), winger Alex Akrivopoulos (South Springvale) and left-back Chris Aldonato (Frankston Pines).

Jamieson has won three promotions in fi ve years – one with Frankston Pines and two with Mornington – and has taken his club back into Division 2

for the fi rst time since 1987.Yet despite his success he is reluc-

tant to heighten expectations for 2012.“The club has come a long way in a

short time so let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. If we can consolidate this year then we’ll have done well,” he said.

Jamieson has been connected with peninsula soccer for most of his career.

His junior years were spent with Skye Rovers and Frankston United while his senior career involved stints with Caulfi eld City, Springvale City and Frankston Pines.

“I was a sweeper or central midfi eld-er, but to be perfectly honest I wasn’t the greatest footballer going around. I was too slow.”

An accumulation of injuries ended his career when he was 23 and he switched to coaching at Frankston Pines, the senior club he’d played for the longest.

He assisted Stan Webster and Craig Lewis until the latter took up a job of-fer in Dubai partway through the 2006 Premier League season.

Jamieson stepped into the breach and although Pines was relegated, the side bounced straight back the follow-ing year by winning the Division 1 championship in Jamieson’s fi rst full season as a senior coach.

Things turned sour in 2008 and after just seven rounds of the season he left the club.

“I had a dispute with the committee so I decided to leave. The timing was probably pretty good because I think they were going to give me the fl ick anyway,” he said.

Pines’ loss was Mornington’s gain and ever since both clubs have headed in different directions.

While Pines has been relegated for the past four seasons and has dropped

off the State League radar, Jamieson’s Mornington now challenges Langwar-rin for the mantle of best team in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region.

“The Langwarrin game is massive for us,” Jamieson said.

“Everyone on the peninsula would say Langwarrin is the number one club because they do so many things right both on and off the park.

“Many of the players know each other so there’s more than just three points at stake here from their point of view – there’s also bragging rights for weeks and weeks after the match.”

The 2012 season kicked off on a high note for Mornington with last weekend’s 2-0 home win against Dia-mond Valley United.

Star striker Nick Waite enhanced his reputation as a lethal fi nisher with a 20-metre strike in the 15th minute and on the half-hour Morris-Thomas showed off his dead ball prowess with a deft free kick that settled the issue.

A feature of Division 2 is the pros-pect of a series of derbies.

Cranbourne also is in the league and all three clubs last competed at the same level in 1992 in State League Division 4.

Mornington’s full senior squad is: Christian Morales, James Robinson, Michael Anderson, Cameron Leopold, Noel Bahnsen, Luke Jenkins, Chris McKenna, Chris Aldonato, Nathan Yole, Lee Vallance, Andy Jerez, Craig Smart, Matt Morris-Thomas, Ste-vie Vernon, Alex Akrivopoulos, Nick Waite, Colin Stewart, Dylan Waugh, Nathon Paterson, Dean Snoxell, Kevin McAlister.

Mornington has a bye this weekend. Its round two game is against Noble Park United at Parkfi eld Reserve on Saturday 14 April at 3pm.

Soccer showdown loomsSoccer showdown looms


ROSEBUD Tennis Club is set to host the 2012 Easter Clay Court Championships from6-9 April.

The tournament has Tennis Victoria Gold status and offers aspiring players a chance to compete for Austra lian ranking points and $7500 in prizemon-ey for open events.

A club spokesman said some exciting tennis would be played over the three-day tournament with many top state grade players in both the men’s and women’s events.

“The tournament is held every Easter and attracts met-ropolitan and country tennis players.

“It’s a must for local tennis players to enter and play or just come down and watch. Matches start at 8.30am and go though until early evening.”

Club coach and tournament director Steven Giammarco said: “I am pleased to report the open men’s and women’s events have a large number of entries and qualifying rounds will start on Friday.

“It’s a great opportunity for sports fans to come and see the best of Victoria’s state grade players in action and the graded and junior categories make this a tournament for all ages and standards.”

Rosebud Tennis Club is in Hove Rd, Rosebud, and entry for spectators is free. Fresh food, an all-day barbecue and drinks are available with raffl es and competitions held daily.

Focus: Rosebud Tennis Club’s assistant coach Daniel Berridge at last year’s Easter tournament.

Easter court challengeEaster court challengeSPORTS DESK

FRANKSTON VFL DOLPHINS

ROUND FOURSaturday 14th April Vs Geelong Cats

Seniors: 1pm PLAYED AT SIMONDS STADIUMSunday 15th April Vs Northern Blues

Dev League: 11am PLAYED AT PRESTON CITY OVAL

ROUND THREESunday 8th April Vs Casey Scorpions

Seniors: 2pm Dev League: 11amPLAYED AT CASEY FIELDS

THE going may not have been so easy for motor-ists in Frankston, but ironman world champion triathlete Craig Alexander, of Sydney, posted his fi rst sub-eight-hour time to claim victory in the inaugural Ironman Asia-Pacifi c Championship.

Frankston was gridlocked for much of the day while hundreds of competitors in the ironman event swam at Frankston, cycled along EastLink tollway and then ran to the fi nish in St Kilda.

The event was Alexander’s fi rst ironman win in Australia.

Second placegetter Cameron Brown described the race as the “hardest” of his life.

Alexander crossed the fi nish line in 7 hours 57 minutes 44 second.

New Zealander Brown came home in at 8:00:12 with Belgian triathlete Frederick Van Lierde third in 8:01:26.

Alexander rated the win as one of his most pain ful after a poor showing in the 3.8km swim.

Australian Clayton Fettell lead the elite men’s fi eld out of the water, covering the 3.8km course in 45 minutes 59 seconds.

Fellow Australian Luke McKenzie was second (47:11) with Estonian Marko Albert third (47:13), ironman debutant Greg Bennett (47:18) fourth and Victorian Luke Bell (47:22) fi fth.

Fettell, contesting his second ironman, extend-ed his lead in the early stage of the 180km cycle and was around 3min 40sec ahead at the 63km mark of the race.

At the midway point of the bike leg, Fettell held a four-minute lead on Joe Gambles with the chas-ing pack, containing all the pre-race contenders, less than fi ve minutes off the pace.

Fettell’s time at the front came to an end around 153km into the bike leg when he was caught by the peloton.

Alexander, who had not raced since winning his third crown in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, last Oc-tober, was well positioned to take the race when he entered the bike-to-run transition as a front-runner.

Alexander entered the transition in eighth place, 33 seconds behind Bell, the fi rst man to hit the run course.

At the 10m mark, Alexander, Brown, Llanos and van Lierde were ahead of the fi eld as specta-tors gathered at the St Kilda Sea Baths fi nish.

In the women’s section Switzerland’s Caro-line Steffan posted the second-fastest ever time (8.34.51) to beat the UK’s Rachel Joyce and Aus-tralian Mirinda Carfrae.

ResultsMen: Craig Alexander (Aust) 7:57:44; Cam-

eron Brown (NZ) 8:00:12; Frederik Van Lierde (Bel) 8:01:26; Eneko Llano (Esp) 8:02:23; David Dellow (Aust) 8:04:19.

Women: Caroline Steffen (Sui) 8:34:51; Rachel Joyce (GBR) 8:46:09; Mirinda Carfrae (Aust) 9:04:00; Joanna Lawn (NZ) 9:06:53; Gina Craw-ford (NZ) 9:11:16.

Clear run for ironmenClear run for ironmenLinebreaker: Craig Alexander was fi rst across the line in the inaugural Ironman Asia-Pacifi c Championships run, swum and cycled from Frankston.

april 5th 2012

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