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A 30-year-old Somerville man was rushed to hospital early Saturday morning after being slashed in the face by a broken bottle.It was the second time in three weeks
that a man had been glassed at Somer-ville.In the unprovoked attack at around 4.15am on Saturday, three youths aged 15-17 used a vodka bottle to stab the man as he and a friend were walking home past the plaza shopping centre.
He was taken to Frankston Hospital for surgery and was allowed home later in the day.Early on February 1, one of a group
of up to nine youths threatened police with a bottle near Somerville Second-ary College. Earlier, the youths had reportedly damaged the walls of the recreation and community centre and windows of shops.Police call for back-up but the youths
ran away.Detective Senior Constable Luke Walsh, of Hastings CIU, said the latest victim was walking home with a mate
down Edward St near the skate park after playing the pokies at Somerville hotel. The youths were sheltering from rain under a shop veranda. Three members then reportedly “peeled off” from the others and followed the men before threatening and assaulting one. “There was a bit of banter and then a tense situation between them for a while before the attack,” Detective Walsh said. The main offender is described as be-
ing 178cm tall, “pasty faced”, wearing a colourful peak cap and a backpack.
Another is described as islander in ap-pearance, with short black hair. “The victim, a local man, was mind-ing his own business before the unpro-voked attack,” Detective Walsh said. “He’s received a big cut to his face requiring surgery.”He said police were planning a strate-
gic response to the attacks, but would not elaborate.Anyone with information should call
detective Walsh on 5970 7800 or Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.
Hospital after glass attackStephen [email protected]
Car theftsTHIEVES broke into 12 cars at Somer-ville over the weekend. All of the cars were vin small courts off Clarendon Drive. Items, including iPods and cash were stolen. Detective Senior Constable Luke
Walsh has urged residents to lock their cars – even while they are parked in driveways. “People may have been away and left their cars unattended and unlocked, but they should be wary of thieves,” he said. “It is probably the same crooks doing all the thefts.”
SOMERS Primary School is being turned
into an outdoor cinema for one night to raise
money for children with special needs.In October last year, the Bendigo Bank
organised a workshop for Somers pupils, the “Starlight Cinema” as worthy of a $1000
community grant.Rob Reiner’s children’s fantasy The Prin-
cess Bride (PG) and Billy Wilder’s multiple
Academy Award winning Some Like It Hot
(PG) starring Marilyn Monroe will be shown
on the school oval Saturday 14 March.Pupil numbers have doubled since the 2008
apppontment of principal David Ingham (134
to 260) and in 2012 the school achieved a
NAPLAN rating that placed it among the top
100 primary schools in Australia.
children to think,” Mr Ingham said.wine as well as live entertainment. Bookings:
5983 5546.
Stars shine for school’s film night
Access all areas: Plans to improve wheelchair
access at Somers Primary School will be real-
Picture: Yanni
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PAGE B Western Port News 17 February 2015
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On behalf of the Western Port Festival, we would like to warmly welcome you, your friends and family to the 46th Western Port Festival, to be held on the Hastings Foreshore, 20-22 February 2015.
The Western Port Festival is all about bringing the Western Port community together for what is the largest event on the Mornington Peninsula events calendar. It’s also one of only a handful of remaining community festivals in Victoria which is entirely volunteer run and free to attend!
You may have noticed that we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to rebuild this classic community event, winding back the clock and providing opportunities within the local community.
We’ve been thinking and planning long term, so our focus has been to revisit some of the classic activities, attractions and
entertainment that once took place at the Western Port Festival. This is why we brought back the Wood Chop Competition last year, the Miss Western Port Pageant, a revamped Classic Car Show and an ALL LOCAL live music line-up this year. We already have bigger plans for 2016, with the aim to reintroduce another massive event which hasn’t been seen at the festival in over 20 years!
This year, we will be paying our respects for the service and sacrifi ce of Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women in the First World War, through our theme commemorating 100 years of ANZAC.
Our theme will feature as part of our annual street parade, and commemorative displays can be found at the festival and Hastings RSL across the weekend.
In addition to our commemorative theme, we are going BIG with free kids entertainment and activities all weekend long!
A massive outdoor cinema will feature on the Friday night and our kids corner will be busy Saturday with the Scouts ropes course, balloons, prize giveaways, Ronald McDonald & Friends meet and greet, stilt walking, art & craft, outdoor board games and seedling planting to name a few, whilst Sunday will include our famous Teddy Bears Picnic and FREE mini golf.
Other features of the festival weekend include the Street
Parade, LOCAL live music,
Classic Car Show, fi reworks
display, scooter competition,
Miss Western Port Pageant,
McDonald’s & Friends stage
show, Wood Chop Competition,
Art & Craft Show, freestyle
motocross, archery lessons,
steam truck rides, Model
Aircraft Air Show, carnival rides,
our favourite community stalls
and much more. There is
something for everyone,
Letter from the 2015 President
so make sure you come down and have a great time!
Finally, this event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors and dedication from our great team of volunteers, so on behalf of the Western Port Festival I would like to express a sincere thank you for your involvement and for being part of this wonderful community event.
Chris McLennan, President2015 Western Port Festival
WALLAROO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CARRYING THE 2014 STREET PARADE BANNER
Western Port News 17 February 2015 PAGE C
Each year, the committee’s aim has been to bring back a feature of past festivals – and there’s a lot to choose from, considering how long the festival has run for.
In 2014, we brought back the Wood Chopping Competition from the Royal Melbourne Show (which was such a hit that it’s back this year). One of the features on our “wish list” was to bring back the Miss Shire of Hastings Quest, but it needed the right person to run it, who has experience in pageants.
By chance, local resident and Miss Galaxy Australia 2014, Jessica Martini, contacted the festival wanting to get involved somehow. Sarah McLennan, from the general committee, told her about Miss Shire of Hastings, and the committee’s interest in fi nding a way to bring it back...and the rest is history.
Within a week of that fi rst conversation, the Miss Western Port Pageant was up and running, with local young women aged between 16–28 signing up to be a part of the pageant soon after.
Miss Western Port is breaking the stereotype of what most people expect a pageant to be about – so instead of beauty and modelling being the focus, it is the entrants involvement in the community is what counts.
Each of the 11 entrants for the 2015 pageant have been working very hard in the Western Port community over the past few months, running fundraisers, awareness events for issues and charities close to their hearts, and even helping out other local community groups. They have also been documenting all of their community work, which is a part of the judging.
Another part of the judging was completed at the preliminary event, held in Hastings Hall in January. At this event, they were judged on their poise, grace and interviewing skills.
The preliminary was very popular, with over 100 people attending. The entrants were surprised at the end of the evening, where all were crowned as fi nalists.
Jessica Martini, director of the Miss Western Port Pageant, said: “I have had the absolute pleasure of mentoring 11 amazing ladies over the last few months, and have been helping them discover their self worth, fi nding their passions and getting them actively involved within the community.”
“It has been a great experience for myself, the girls who entered, our community and the businesses and people that live here. I look forward to running the pageant in the years to come and making fearless young women into leaders!”
The 11 fi nalists will be in the Street Parade on February 21, with the winner crowned at the RPP FM Main Stage at 1:45pm. The winner will become an ambassador for the Western Port Festival and region throughout 2015, and will go on to crown the winner in 2016.
The festival committee hopes to continue bringing back old favourites, with big plans ahead for next year and beyond.
Bringing back old favourites: Miss Western PortLILY WARREN-VENTURIN SARAH DENNIS CHENEE FOLEY
MIKAELA FOWLER ALICIA JACKSON STEPHANIE MCROE
JESSICA UNDERWOOD HANNAH SWINNERTON ASHLEA TAYLOR
STEPHANIE LONG ISABELLA SHEPHERD
MISS GALAXY AUSTRALIA 2014 & MISS WESTERN PORT DIRECTOR, JESSICA MARTINI
PAGE D Western Port News 17 February 2015
Cleanaway Free Outdoor CinemaFriday 20 February, 8:30pmCoates Hire Waterfront Arena
Brought to you by Cleanaway, with support of the Pelican Theatre Company, watch Frozen under the stars on the foreshore – bring a picnic blanket!
When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to fi nd Anna’s sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell.
Mornington Peninsula Shire Street ParadeSaturday 21 February, 12:00pmHigh St, Hastings
Our annual Street Parade starts in High St near the railway line and makes its way down the road to the foreshore from midday.
We have over 30 groups participating which include local schools, volunteers, businesses, sporting and hobby clubs and community groups. The 2015 theme is “100 Years of ANZAC”, which each group will depict in their own way, making for many colourful and exciting fl oats and entries.
The 2015 street parade will be broadcast live on 98.7 RPP FM, so turn up your radio!
ASA Scooter CompetitionSaturday 22 February, 10am–midday & 6pm–9pmMcDonald’s Skate Park
The Australian Scooter Association will be running trials and qualifying competitions throughout the day, including the pro scooters under lights. This competition will draw all the best riders in Victoria and from interstate.
Western Port MAircraft Club AFriday 20 February, 9:00pm–1Saturday 21 February, 10:0amHastings Foreshore
Once again, the Western Port Moan airshow at the Hastings Fores
The night fl ying event (pictured) wpopularity last year – make sure
The main display will be on Satuclubs from all over Victoria joininday of fl ying for the public.
Hastings Community House Art & Craft ShowSaturday 21 & Sunday 22 FebruaryHastings Community Hall, High St
Hastings Hall will be awash with community art and craft, colourful quilt displays and quilting demonstrations. ANZAC Day tributes from across Western Port will be on display as part of the 5000 Poppies project.
Our kids art & craft corner will be open all weekend and Devonshire tea is available on Sunday afternoon.Plus local live music and pop up classes to try.
MAG Action ArenaSaturday 21 & Sunday 22 FebruaryHastings Foreshore
Brought to you by the Western Port Motorcycle Action Group, the Whip Industries Freestyle Motocross team will be lining up their KLX110 motorcycles on the foreshore to perform stunts and jumps all weekend long.
Hastings MoweChopping ComSaturday 21 February, 2pmCoates Hire Waterfront Arena
The Victorian Woodchopping TitlePort Festival in 2015! Hosted by Axemen’s Association, watch celebrated and decorated wood a number of different competitio
Competitions include: Hot Saw RUnderhand Hard Hitting – Stand
Classic Car ShowSaturday 21 February, 2pm–6pmHigh St
In 2015, the Western Port Festival’s Classic Car Show will be taking over High St, after the Street Parade.
High St will remain closed, with some of the best classic and vintage cars, motorbikes, trucks and buses from all eras, from prior to the Second World War, through the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and today on show.
Hastings RSL is sponsoring the Classic Car Show People’s Choice Award. It will be given to the vehicle voted the most popular by the public. Voting forms will be available at the corner of High St and King St. Entries close 4:30pm, with the award ceremony at 5:00pm.
100 Years of ASaturday 21 & Sunday 22 FebHastings Foreshore & 26 King
To commemorate the festival the100 Years of ANZAC, there will be related displays from various organisations and community gracross the festival weekend.
The Hastings RSL (26 King St) wopen to the public on Saturday (dthe Classic Car Show), and all daSunday with a display of memora
There will also be a variety of meforeshore, close to the Cenotaph
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Tuesday 17 February 2015
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A 30-year-old Somerville man was rushed to hospital early Saturday morning after being slashed in the face by a broken bottle.It was the second time in three weeks that a man had been glassed at Somer-ville.In the unprovoked attack at around 4.15am on Saturday, three youths aged 15-17 used a vodka bottle to stab the man as he and a friend were walking home past the plaza shopping centre.
He was taken to Frankston Hospital for surgery and was allowed home later in the day.Early on February 1, one of a group of up to nine youths threatened police with a bottle near Somerville Second-ary College. Earlier, the youths had reportedly damaged the walls of the recreation and community centre and windows of shops.Police call for back-up but the youths ran away.Detective Senior Constable Luke Walsh, of Hastings CIU, said the latest victim was walking home with a mate
down Edward St near the skate park after playing the pokies at Somerville hotel. The youths were sheltering from rain under a shop veranda. Three members then reportedly “peeled off” from the others and followed the men before threatening and assaulting one. “There was a bit of banter and then a tense situation between them for a while before the attack,” Detective Walsh said. The main offender is described as be-ing 178cm tall, “pasty faced”, wearing a colourful peak cap and a backpack.
Another is described as islander in ap-pearance, with short black hair. “The victim, a local man, was mind-ing his own business before the unpro-voked attack,” Detective Walsh said. “He’s received a big cut to his face requiring surgery.”He said police were planning a strate-gic response to the attacks, but would not elaborate.Anyone with information should call detective Walsh on 5970 7800 or Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.
Hospital after glass attackHospital after glass attackStephen [email protected] Car theftsCar thefts
THIEVES broke into 12 cars at Somer-ville over the weekend. All of the cars were vin small courts off Clarendon Drive. Items, including iPods and cash were stolen. Detective Senior Constable Luke Walsh has urged residents to lock their cars – even while they are parked in driveways. “People may have been away and left their cars unattended and unlocked, but they should be wary of thieves,” he said. “It is probably the same crooks doing all the thefts.”
SOMERS Primary School is being turned into an outdoor cinema for one night to raise money for children with special needs.
In October last year, the Bendigo Bank organised a workshop for Somers pupils, teachers and business people which identifi ed the “Starlight Cinema” as worthy of a $1000 community grant.
Rob Reiner’s children’s fantasy The Prin-cess Bride (PG) and Billy Wilder’s multiple Academy Award winning Some Like It Hot (PG) starring Marilyn Monroe will be shown on the school oval Saturday 14 March.
Pupil numbers have doubled since the 2008 apppontment of principal David Ingham (134 to 260) and in 2012 the school achieved a NAPLAN rating that placed it among the top 100 primary schools in Australia.
“The choice of fi lms is inspired. I love fi lm and literature; in fact I simply love great narrative, particularly fi lms that encourage children to think,” Mr Ingham said.
The fi lms will be shown on a six-metre maxi-screen. There will be stalls for food and wine as well as live entertainment. Bookings: 5983 5546.
Stars shine for Stars shine for school’s film nightschool’s film night
Access all areas: Plans to improve wheelchair access at Somers Primary School will be real-ised with money raised at a fi lm night in March. Principal David Ingham, rear, with Mack (in wheelchair) and friends Audrey, Isla, Charlotte, Grace, Melita and Maggie. Picture: Yanni
PAGE 2 Western Port News 17 February 2015
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THE blame game between the ma-jor political parties over the offshore detention and processing of refugees shows no sign of abating.
The release of The Forgotten Chil-dren report by the Australian Human Rights Commission late last week into children in immigration deten-tion sparked another round of political posturing in Canberra over immigra-tion policies while 211 children con-tinue to languish in detention centres, including 119 at the Nauru offshore processing centre.
While the major political parties’ leaders traded barbs about the report in Canberra, The News sought the views of federal MPs closer to home about the commission’s fi ndings about chil-dren in detention.
Flinders MP and Environment Minis-ter Greg Hunt (Liberal) laid the blame squarely at Labor’s doorstep with re-gards to refugees’ lives lost at sea.
“The catastrophe that unfolded under Labor was one of the biggest peacetime tragedies we have seen,” he said.
“As someone who has taught inter-national human rights, the loss of 1200 lives at sea is a monumental failure in human rights and humanity.
“Since the Coalition came into gov-ernment, we have made deep and pro-found changes, reducing the number of children in detention from the 2000 at Labor’s peak to 200 and we are con-tinuing to work to ensure all children are released from detention.”
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MPs trade blame over child detentionsMPs trade blame over child detentions
Drawing attention to their plight: Pictures sketched by young children in detention included in the Australian Human Rights Com-mission’s The Forgotten Children report released last week.
In neighbouring Dunkley, MP and Small Business Minister Bruce Billson (Liberal) saw the report as being to “a large extent … out of date and fails to take account of the many necessary improvements in care and support services that have been implemented since the election of the Coalition gov-ernment”.
“We are still working hard to move as many children as possible, but many of the cases involve complex secu-rity concerns, or other matters, around their parents. It may also be the par-ent’s wish for the children to remain with them in held detention.”
The commission’s report found there were 233 reported assaults involving children in detention and 33 reported sexual assaults involving children from January 2013 to March 2014.
The report criticised both the pre-vious federal Labor government and current Coalition government for their immigration policies.
“It is also clear that the laws, policies and practices of Labor and Coalition governments are in serious breach of the rights guaranteed by the Conven-tion on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” the report stated.
“The United Nations High Commis-sioner for Human Rights also suggests in his opening address to the Human Rights Council that Australia’s policy of offshore processing and boat turn backs is ‘leading to a chain of human rights violations, including arbitrary detention and possible torture follow-ing return to home countries’.”
Upon the report's release, Prime
Minister Tony Abbott said the com-mission should “be ashamed of itself” and claimed its report is “a blatantly partisan politicised exercise”.
In Parliament last week, Labor op-position leader Bill Shorten said the report highlighted “new, disturbing fi ndings”.
Mr Abbott said Labor MPs “should be hanging their heads in shame” be-cause the number of children in deten-tion under the previous government peaked at “almost 2000”.
The release of the report saw the Coalition government criticise the in-dependent human rights body and its president Professor Gillian Triggs.
The secretary of federal attorney general George Brandis’ department, Chris Moraitis, reportedly asked Pro-fessor Triggs to resign two weeks be-
fore the report’s release, hinting anoth-er job would be made available.
When the report was launched, Pro-fessor Triggs denied the report is a “politicised exercise”.
“The facts, frankly, speak for them-selves and this report speaks for it-self,” she said.
Isaacs MP and former attorney gen-eral Mark Dreyfus (Labor) said “good governments don’t attack independent institutions, they respect them”.
“It is shameful that the government has questioned the integrity of the Hu-man Rights Commission’s president,” he said.
“Labor supports every effort to con-tinue the work that began under Labor in moving children and their families out of immigration detention.”
The commission’s report: “It is trou-bling that members of the government and Parliament and departmental of-fi cials are either uninformed about, or ignore, the human rights treaties to which Australia is a party.
“It is imperative that Australian gov-ernments never again use the lives of children to achieve political or strategic advantage. The aims of stopping people smugglers and deaths at sea do not justi-fy the cruel and illegal means adopted.”
Professor Triggs, in The Forgotten Children report’s foreword, said: “My hope is that the evidence detailed in this report will prompt fair-minded Australians, members of parliament and the federal government to recon-sider our asylum seeker policies and to release all children and their families immediately, or as soon as practical.
“Australia is better than this.”
PAGE 4 Western Port News 17 February 2015
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Important changes to Emergency at Frankston Hospital
Our landmark $80 million Frankston Stage 3 development provides 92 beds, three new wards and the new Emergency Department which is two and a half times the size of our old facility.
These exciting changes will allow us to progressively upgrade older areas of the hospital to improve patient comfort and amenity.
It’s all part of our commitment to building a healthy community, in partnership, for residents of the Mornington Peninsula.
No medical services will be provided at the old Emergency Department after the above time
From 7am Thursday 19 February 2015 all patients requiring urgent treatment must present to the new Emergency Department in Building A at Frankston Hospital.
Access is from Gate 2 on Hastings Road.Medicentre will now be located here.Short-term parking is available directly outside and paid parking is nearby.
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YES, while I’m a horse, of course, but what about that thing rumbling along outside the paddock? It came through here, barely taking a glance in my direction and then just slipped under the fence.Faniciful of course, but what do animals thing about each other? What does a
horse have in common with an echidna? Or, what does a horse even think about an animal covered in spines that uses a needle-like tongue to scoop ants and other small bugs into its mouth?Does the horse know the echidna and the platypus are the only egg-laying mammals? Not likely. And it’s even less
likely to give a whinny! Many questions to which we will never know the answer.But the spectacle of the meeting of these two animals is a sight to behold, and one that photoragpher Yanni couldn’t resist taking time out to capture when driving near Somers last week on another assignment. Keith Platt
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Barbecue thanksBarbecue thanksCRIB Point Community House is or-ganising a public barbecue to say “thank you” to volunteers and professionals who helped fi ght the fi re that threatened parts of Hastings, Bittern and Crib Point on 3 January.
“Evacuation was the order of the day for many residents of these townships,” community house coordinator Mary Budd said. “Fortunately, no lives or houses were lost thanks to the efforts of more than 250 fi refi ghters who worked tirelessly that afternoon, throughout the night, and into the next day.
“These marvellous men and women left their own homes and families to assist us and it is for this reason that we are organising the one-on-one thank you barbecue.”
Money raised through donations or raffl es will go to Western Port CFA and SES units.
The barbecue starts midday at the community house, 7 Park Rd, Crib Point, Sunday, 22 March.
Donations can be made to Emergency Services Support, BSB 633 000, account no 1538 42869. To offer a prize as part of the raffl e, call Ms Budd on 5983 9888.
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Assistance from the state and federal governments can pay up to $520 an adult and $260 a child (maximum $1300 a household) to cover emergency food, shelter, clothing, and personal items. Emergency re-establishment assistance is limited to $31,950 a household for clean-up, emergency accommodation, repairs, rebuilding (a principal place of resi-dence), and replacing damaged contents.
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A $1 MILLION state government grant to the Tyabb airfi eld has been used to build a concrete apron where planes can park, install radio-con-trolled runway lighting and lay 1100 metres of concrete taxi way with crossovers to take planes off the main north-south runway.
The facilities are a boon to the aero club, which was formed in 1962, as well as its 550 members and 150 planes. Local industry has benefi tted, too: The solar powered lights were made by Somerville company Sealite to “talk to each other” electronically, providing the ideal land-ing aide. Construction workers on the airfi eld are employed by peninsula fi rms.
The grant money was contentious last October because it was made through the department of Tyabb Aero Club member and then aviation min-ister, Gordon Rich-Phillips.
But, says club president Peter Bernardi, it was sorely needed to replace worn and outmoded in-frastructure – some dating back 50 years – and makes the club’s contribution to the community more valuable and effi cient.
He says comments on professional pilots ru-mour network PPRuNe - that the money for the work “had been withdrawn” - were “way off the mark”, pointing to work in progress and much that had been completed.
“We are an open airfi eld supporting all emer-gency services, such as the air ambulance, fi re-bombing air tankers and Royal Flying Doctor Service,” he said.
The new taxi way being built alongside the main north-south runway will allow planes to land, quickly taxi back for refuelling, and keep the runway free for more take offs – a vital ser-vice in times of fi re emergency, such as the 3 January bushfi res in Hastings.
“It is in our charter to be a force for good in our community,” vice president Jack Vevers said.
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On the job: Tyabb Aero Club president Peter Bernardi inspects the new taxi way.Picture: Gary Sissons
Airfield update ‘all clear’ for take-offAirfield update ‘all clear’ for take-off
Examples of this, he says, are the so-called Angel fl ights, where Tyabb pilots freely volunteer to fl y as far as mid-NSW to collect patients from remote areas and bring them back for hospital treatment in Melbourne.
Once a year club pilots take sick children on joy fl ight respite days, and participate in Pink Lady days and Blue Balls to raise money for charities. Every second year the Tyabb Air Show raises mon-ey for such causes as the CFA and Legacy.
Members fl y over Anzac Day dawn service cer-emonies, HMAS Cerberus open days, and at Aus-tralia Day parades in Hastings all for free as their way of contributing to the community.
With about 15,000 landings and departures each year, Tyabb is small fry compared to Moorabbin airport’s 35,000 a month, and considers itself a “grass roots” airfi eld.
But it is possibly the biggest employer in the dis-trict with around 100 staff and a fl ying school, fi ve maintenance companies, fl y-in motel, and The Old Aeroplane Company within its boundaries. Here,
old – but cherished – planes of all descriptions and vintages are being refurbished and made airworthy by dedicated volunteers – similar to a men’s shed group.
The hangar is a museum of aviation history – pos-sibly the best in Australia – with displays of historic aircraft by local owners dating back to WWI.
Age-old skills in their repair and maintenance are closely guarded and much-sought-after by techni-cians from other airfi elds, such as those at Point Cook.
Similarly, the airfi eld itself boasts the world’s largest display of privately-owned antique, historic and warbird planes in the country.
“More than 100,000 people world-wide know about us,” Mr Vevers said. “At every air show American and British enthusiasts come here on tours having heard about the airfi eld and wanting to see how we operate.”
Mr Bernardi, president for fi ve years, admitted the club “had its detractors”, but added: “We give back to the community much more than we take.”
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Emu leans on his axe, wipes his brow and sighs contentedly. This is life at its best. The countryside is quiet and still, except for kookas cackling high in distant gum trees. Thornbills are squeaking in the shrubbery, the green-gages are hanging, red and juicy, in the orchard and the water tank repairs are holding. Life could not be better.
And certainly not improved by the sudden caterwauling of sirens along the road. A bushfi re? Emu rapidly scans for smoke. Mrs Emu has abandoned her pots and is galloping out the front gate. And now galloping back, agog. She does a good agog.
“It’s the bike race!” she gasps. “They’re clearing the road for the bikes. There’s dozens of them.”
Emu is intrigued. He follows the BB to the roadside. A few neighbours are already out. And here they come – black-clad, helmeted, leaning into the curve, some of Victoria’s Finest, the full-leathered motorcycle police.
They appear seemingly by the dozen. The pushbikes, the actual con-testants in the annual Tour de Victoria, are nowhere to be seen.
And here come more of the Finest. One waves regally to onlookers. A pause, then another, whirling away out of sight around the curve. Now some non-police bikers whiz past, anonymous behind their Darth Vader headgear. One stops and guards a driveway, restraining folk in cars
wanting to leave a Sunday winery-eatery. They remonstrate. Darth Vader shakes his helmet. Some cars U-turn and head back in for a top-up.
The bikes are joined by 4WDs in police livery, then other cars with notices across their windscreens. Emu thinks one reads ̔Tour Guests’, another ̔Media’. There are others. Perhaps ̔Uncle Tom Cobley’ will come past in a moment.
Are the Finest doing circuits? Their number appears endless. Who needs pushbikes – these blokes are the show, all colour and movement. Another waves, maybe the same one who waved before. Emu notices the BB waving back coyly.
Then, fi nally, the Tour, actual pedal-pushers, disappointingly silent, lacking both light and siren. But they are intent, so intent, after the initial fracas caused by saluting police and the rest of the huge, noisy cavalcade.
First comes a quite large “breaka-way” group, followed by more motorbikes, then cars with forests of spare bikes up top. Emu is knowled-gable about cycling. He is a Tour de France fan: he knows the lingo, about “breakaways” and what follows.
After what seems minutes the “peleton” whooshes past, also silently, hunched over their handlebars, their task to “rein in” the now distant “breakaway”.
Emu feels the drama of the race would be enhanced by bits of cardboard affi xed to rear forks with
clothes pegs, rat-a-tat-a-tat-ing against the spokes, to make the sound of your actual motorbike engine.
Emu and his mates did this as lads, using breakfast cereal box cardboard, even before the packet was empty, and promising mothers they would return the pegs.
Mrs Emu suddenly realises there are no helicopters. The tours de France and other European nations always feature swarms of helicopters, hover-ing, as TV reporters insist on saying, “overhead”. Emu still keenly awaits the spectacle of a helicopter hovering underground. Mrs Emu, also an avid Tour de France follower, found this absence d'hélicoptères rather déclassé. She likes showing off her French.
And that was the end of the 2015 Tour. They may never pass this way again. We stroll inside to resume our tasks. Emu recalls reading once about an early 20th century Tour de France – the “tour” based on the national journey French apprentices took after graduation, learning to live by selling their new skills along the way.
A century or so ago, as the Tour riders headed into Brittany, a gang of local cycling enthusiasts lay in wait by the route. They had decided to give their entrant a helping hand. They ambushed the fi eld, laying about them enthusiasti-cally with fi st and boot as their cham-pion sped away to a good lead.
“It wasn’t very sporting,” Mrs Emu observed as she took up a pot. “But then, I suppose Lance Armstrong did worse. The Bretons had a pure motive, pure in a French sort of way.”
Emu nodded, in an argument-avoiding husbandly sort of way and picked up his axe. The kookas resumed their refrain. All was again well with the world.
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ISAACS federal Labor MP Mark Dreyfus has slammed the “chaos and division” of the Abbott government after federal Liberal MPs voted 61-39 against a leadership spill last Monday morning.
The former attorney-general said Prime Minister Tony Abbott had “promised he would run a stable and united government” before the Coalition won the 2013 federal election.
A divided Labor government torn apart by leadership switches between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd lost the 2013 election to the Liberal National Coalition led by Mr Abbott.
Mr Abbott now faces growing internal Liberal Party dissent with many backbenchers agitating for a change in leadership since opinion polls consistently showing many could lose their seats if Mr Abbott leads them to the next federal election in late 2016.
Former Coalition opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull, ousted by Mr Abbott in 2009 by the margin of just one Liberal MP’s vote, is seen as the most likely challenger if a future spill motion succeeds.
“While ‘the Tony and Malcolm Show’ plays out in Canberra, community groups in Isaacs are having their funding cut and students are being told that they should pay $100,000 for their degree,” Mr Dreyfus said. “I call on Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and the rest of the government to end the charade and start working for Australia.”
Neighbouring Dunkley Liberal MP Bruce Billson said the Abbott government “is stable and focused on
building a strong, stable economy and creating jobs”.
“I am committed to getting on with this important work implementing our economic recovery plan, creating new opportunities and continuing to deliver local election commitments,” he said. “In coming months this will include working on a small business package for the budget and other measures to create the very best environment for businesses to thrive.”
Mr Billson, the federal small business minister, has made no secret of his support for the embattled Prime Minister, using social media – dubbed “electronic graffi ti” by Mr Abbott – to show his backing for Mr Abbott before Monday’s leadership spill vote.
His cabinet colleague, Flinders MP and environment minister Greg Hunt, had been less publicly visible online with his support for Mr Abbott but did say he would vote against a leadership spill last week.
Last Tuesday a spokesperson for Mr Hunt said the Minister said the Prime Minister has his support and expects him to lead the Liberal Party to the next election.
“The spill motion has been dealt with, and we’re now getting on with the job of delivering for Australian families,” Mr Hunt said in a statement to The News.
“People want and expect us to focus on jobs, families and the economy – and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”
Mr Dreyfus believed the Liberals’ leadership troubles are not at an end.
“Tony Abbott might have dodged a leadership spill for now but the Liberals remain deeply divided,” he said.
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MORE international tourists visited the Morning-ton Peninsula over sum mer than last season with a large per centage using the region as a “gate-way” to Phillip Island and the Great Ocean Road.
Peninsula tourism operators reported that visi-tors spent between 10-20 per cent more, and more bookings were made in advance.
These and other trends were reported to shire councillors last week by the shire’s communica-tions manager Todd Trimble in his annual “sum-mer report”.
“Tourists complained less, perhaps due to im-provement in quality of ser vices and products,” he said.
The increase in international visitors came par-ticularly from Asian markets.
Statistics on the number of day trippers scooting down Peninsula Link freeway have not yet been compiled.
There were more accommodation bookings coming via popular online channels such as wotif and bookings.com, and the average accommoda-tion spend per night increased from $230 to $247.
The number of tourism website “page views” was up 15 per cent.
As up to 75,000 people “migrated” to the pen-insula and its coast during December and January – boosting the population from 150,000 to as high as 225,000 – the shire collected almost 800,000 domestic garbage bins and more than 405,000 domestic recycling bins.
This represented 6378 tonnes of garbage and 4823 tonnes of recycled items.
The municipality’s foreshore camp ing sites were 100 per cent occupied by about 6000 people at a time, with the total number of campers top-ping 100,000 for the fi rst time.
“The campers have really acknow led ged and
appreciated all the en hance ments to facilities, cleaning and operations,” Mr Trimble said.
“The 2014-15 peak has been a huge success, with maintenance, cleaning and general issues substantially down.”
Mr Trimble said the shire’s water leak detection program using 13 moni toring devices in various foreshore buildings had saved water and “re-duced associated costs”.
“Previously, leaks were only able to be detect-ed when the quarterly water use reports were re-ceived. This meant a leak could be wasting water for months before it was detected and fi xed.”
About 1000 campers attended a camping safety awareness night run with Victoria Police, CFA and SES, and it was a success, he said.
The controversial food van park at Rye had now gone to the state planning tribunal, which would “adjudicate on both the use of the land and the fi xtures on the land”.
Mr Trimble said the shire’s aged and disabil-ity services unit had been busy before and after Christmas with community care workers provid-ing 21,011 hours of service to 4056 clients. Meals on Wheels volunteers had delivered 2837 meals. More than 300 seniors were served Christmas lunch at gatherings in Hastings, Rosebud and Mornington, supported by volunteers, organisa-tions and peninsula businesses.
The shire’s libraries were busy, with informa-tion queries up seven per cent, “eResource” loans up 147 per cent, computer sessions up 6.5 per cent and WiFi use up 38 per cent.
Mornington and Rosebud libraries had more than 1000 people each on many days. More than 1600 children registered for the summer reading club.
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AUSTRALIAN of the Year Rosie Batty is taking time out from offi cial duties for a motorbike ride.
The inaugural Luke Batty Memorial Ride was held last year three weeks after 11-year-old Luke was killed by his father after cricket training at Tyabb.
Since then, Rosie batty has become a high profi le symbol for the growing anti-domestic violence movement.
And with her being named by the Prime Min-ister Tony Abbott as Australian of the Year and a Royal Commission into domestic violence about to begin in Victoria, she is guaranteed never to be far from the limelight.
Ms Batty will be a pillion passenger on a bike ridden by a member of the Dandenong Hogs motorcycle club for the second ride dedicated to her son.
Motorcycle rider James Taylor organised last year’s ride after going to the Tyabb murder scene a week after Luke’s death and “seeing families just standing around”.
“I thought ‘how can I change this’,” Mr Taylor
said last week.“I organised the ride to pay respect to Luke
and make a statement on how men should behave.
“No one’s perfect and we’ve all been in trou-ble. But you live and learn - there’s got to be a better way.”
Mr Taylor says 70 motorbikes took part last year but estimates there could be up to 300 leaving from the car park near Frankston pier on Saturday 14 March.
They will have a police escort for the 37 kilo-metre ride to Rosebud Church of Christ where “prayers will be spoken and strong words said”.
Among the speakers are anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary and retired Australian heavyweight kickboxer and eight time world champion “Stan the Man” Longinidis.
Mr Taylor, a member of the Two Bays branch of the Ulysses motorcycle club, said the Luke Batty ride would leave Frankston at 9am Satur-day 14 March. Details: 0407 054 966 or www.two-bays.com Keith Platt
On the road in memory of LukeOn the road in memory of Luke
Ready for the road: Motorcyclists assembled near Frankston pier to promote the Saturday 14 March memorial ride for Luke Batty, murdered last February at Tyabb by his father. Picture: Yanni
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REMOVAL of the carbon tax should curb any rate rise next year, according fi gures drawn from the Victorian Auditor-General’s report for 2012-13.
The federal Labor government’s tax, abol-ished by the current federal Coalition gov-ernment after it was elected in 2013, is the fourth largest driver of rate increases, the report, Rating Practices in Local Govern-ment, stated.
The three bigger items were “maintaining services/cost shifting”, “general/other costs” and the state government’s landfi ll levy. The report was compiled using fi gures supplied by Victorian councils.
Both federal and state governments “cost-shift” services on to local councils, often to achieve savings in their own budgets. Occa-sionally a council will seek to take over a state or federal responsibility, as Mornington Peninsula Shire did with the Rosebud fore-shore in 2005, at a cost to ratepayers of up to $420,000 annually.
The end of the carbon tax as a factor in holding down Mornington Peninsula Shire’s rates next year was included in a submission to the shire from the Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association.
MPRRA listed nine savings measures in its submission, arguing that the shire “must carefully and wisely consider its next budget and use this as a learning experience to live within its means, as in future ̔buckets of cash’ will not be available because the new state government intends capping rates in 2016-17.
It said that “by any measure the shire’s rate increase over the last decade is outrageous”. Rates had risen:
• three times more than CPI.• twice the estimated increase in costs in-
curred by local government.• three times more than the increase in
wages.• four times the increase in pensions.Mornington Peninsula Shire now had “the
dubious record” of having the third highest increase of 40 household expenditures meas-ured by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, MPRRA stated.
It suggested nine factors that could lead to a lower rate rise:
• Redirecting the $17.9 million “under-expenditure” on the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre (SPA) budgeted for 2015-16. SPA is now on hold.
• Handing over running of the loss-making Pelican Park to a professional organisation.
• Harnessing savings from removal of the carbon tax and recent lower fuel prices.
• Selling excess shire land as soon as prac-ticable rather than waiting until the money is needed to build SPA.
• Forming an internal task force to gather staff input on how the shire could be run more effi ciently.
• Publications – simplifying the monthly report by providing the written component quarterly; publishing ̔Peninsula-Wide’ twice a year; and “producing a lean four-year Council Strategic Plan”.
• Passing on to ratepayers some of the claimed $65 million savings from the Safer Local Roads Program.
• Returning the management of the Rose-
bud Foreshore to Parks Victoria.• Reviewing the need for the extensive
use of consultants and advisers. As reported in The News two weeks ago, these cost the shire $6.42 million in 2013-14.
Nearly 50 budget submissions were made to council. At a meeting last Wednesday about 20 submitters each made a three-minute pres-entation. Almost all of them had a specifi c re-quest of the shire, including a boardwalk for the disabled, a CFA request for 50,000-litre water tanks, a rise in the farm rate from 35 to 80 per cent, and more screens for the crowd-pulling Rosebud fi lm festival.
MPRRA ends its submission by repeating a past objection regarding how councillors decide the annual rates and charges increase.
“If the two councillors who are nominated to hear [budget submissions] do not have delegated authority and the full council is go-ing to make the decisions then presentations should be made to the full council,” it states.
“The association does not understand why a complete copy of the submissions cannot be attached to the end of the [budget hearing report] rather than precis.
“Attaching the complete submissions en-sures they are placed on public record. As only a small number of council agenda/budget hearing reports are required to be printed, the additional cost of printing would be more than offset by the elimination of the need for staff to précis the submissions.”
As mentioned above, the recent budget meeting effectively involved all councillors and all senior shire staff: only two council-lors did not attend the meeting. It remains to be seen if all submissions are made public, as the MPRRA urges.
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THE $81 million redevelopment of Frankston Hospital’s emer-gency department opening tomorrow (Tuesday) will use the lat-est technology to enhance patient care. These medical advances are changing the way patients will be treated.
“The new emergency department is more than double the size of the previous department, has its own separate radiology fa-cilities - including CAT scan - and features computers at every bed and treatment area,” Peninsula Health’s chief operating offi cer, Brendon Gardner, said.
“Tablet-style computers and swipe-card access will assist medical staff monitor patients’ health at the touch of a button. New digital security measures will ensure multiple staff can ac-cess this information while patient confi dentiality is respected.”
Mr Gardner said the resuscitation and treatment areas had mobile pendants with examination lights, cardiac monitors, and power-and-gas supply for critical care equipment.
“These highly sophisticated devices can be moved around the patient and enable more staff to access the patient at any time,” he said.
Brightly coloured zones are a feature of the hospital’s patient care model. “To improve patient fl ow through the department, zoned areas with specialist staff and equipment will provide paediatric, women’s health, bariatric and mental health ser-vices.”
In with the new: Chief operating offi cer Brendon Gardner at Frankston Hospital’s new emergency department.
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THE links between two churches in Mt Eliza and a Catholic parish in East Timor have been further strengthened with the donation of two statues.
They were created by Rev Ian Johnston of Mornington for Mt Eliza’s St Thomas More Catholic parish and The Village Uniting Church, and will be donated to St Thomas More in Tequinomata in the Laga region of East Timor, also known as Timor Leste.
Members of the St Thomas More Mt Eliza rebuilt the town’s school in 2011 and the church itself in 2012. Parishioners were so grateful they renamed their church St Thomas More.
Helene Seymour donated a portrait of St Thomas More to the Tequinomata parish in 2013.
The statues of Christ and St Thomas More were on display at The Village Uniting Church in Mt Eliza until last Sunday and will now be shipped to Timor Leste and dedicated in June.
The statues project is the brainchild of Les Harper of St Thomas More Mt Eliza, who has been a key member of the parish’s work in Timor Leste.
He approached painter and sculptor Ian Johnston after returning from a trip to Timor
Leste, where he was asked about the chance of fi nding one statue.
The project expanded when Uniting Church members heard about their former minister’s creation. Rev Johnston, 73, was the Uniting Church’s minister when the church was built in Canadian Bay Rd in the early 1980s. The congregation had been gathering at St James The Less Anglican Church on the Nepean Highway.
The statues are about 170cm tall (5ft 7in) and made of cast fi breglass on a lightweight steel frame. The costuming is made of cloth impregnated with fi breglass.
Rev Johnston said Timorese people value statues highly, a refl ection of their animist ancestors.
He worked from a Hans Holbein portrait of St Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII in 1535 after failing to support the king’s move away from the Catholic church. King Henry had previously made Thomas More his Lord Chancellor but when their philosophies diverged, it was off to the Tower of London for the priest.
St Thomas More is patron saint of lawyers and wrote the famous book Utopia. Mike Hast
Statues for East TimorStatues for East Timor
Standing gifts: Mornington sculptor and retired Uniting Church minister Ian Johnston with his statues of Christ and St Thomas More, which are bound for East Timor as a gift from two Mt Eliza churches.Picture: Ivor Burt
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LIKE ripples from a pebble tossed into a still pond, revelations of sexual impropriety at the Mt Eliza-based Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga have been echoing around the world.
The ripples have left a string of fractured and broken friendships and relationships in their wake.
Announced fi rst to “members” of the school and ashram and then published in The News, the rev-elations that the school’s founder Swami Shankarananda had admitted to having secret sexual relations with women devotees was soon picked up by national news organisations.
Inevitably, it has also become a source of comment on social media, mostly on a website set up by disaf-fected followers of the swami but also well-established sites such as Facebook’s Guruphilia and the leavingsiddhayoga website. The leavingshivayoga website established by disaffected former members of the Shiva school provides advice and information to anyone feeling hurt or betrayed.
The school has also offered coun-selling, but it seems its customers – devotees, or followers, of Swami Shankarananda (also known as Swa-miji and Russell Kruckman) – are staying away in droves.
The social media discussions have ranged from criticism of Swami Shankarananda to “failed” gurus and estimates of the ashram’s accumu-lated wealth.
One former member of the school said attendances at Satsang (a regular Saturday night event) had fallen from about 350 to 60.
“It breaks my heart that our beauti-ful Satsang [gathering for the truth] has been shaken and split by anger and confusion,” the 72-year-old United States-born swami wrote in a letter seeking forgiveness from ashram members.
A former member, who does not wish to be identifi ed, is one of sev-eral people behind the leavingshivay-oga website, “a kind of open source project run by ex-devotees … created by a group of us … [to] hit back at Shiva yoga as soon as it became ap-parent that what they intended to do was whitewash the issue ...”.
There is no mention of the prob-lems caused by Swami Shankaranan-da’s admissions on the ashram’s own shivayoga website, although a $1330 ($800 days only) live-in summer retreat is listed as postponed.
The former member claims the
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Ashram disenchanted find solace onlineAshram disenchanted find solace onlineEAST Melbourne-based Integra-tive Psychology says methods used by cults to gain members include induced dissociation through chant-ing, meditation, isolation from family and friends, emotional manipulation, control of personal life, including fi nances, time, relationships, peer and leadership pressure; extensive indoctrination sessions, such as extensive one-on-one sessions with leaders, rigid security regulations and daily rules.
In the healing professions patients are protected by each profession’s governing body and their code of ethics. If you join an organisation that does not declare what you could reasonably and fully expect as a result of your involvement in it from the outset but allows the nature of your involvement to unfold through deepening engagement with that organisation, you may be involved in a cult.
Clinical psychologist Michael Langone says characteristics that distinguish cults from other com-munities or groups include the group displaying excessively zealous and
unquestioning commitment to its leader, and regards his/her belief system, ideology, and practices as the truth, as law. Mind altering practices – such as meditation, chanting, work – are used in excess and used to sup-press doubts about the group and its leader. The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel, including getting permission to date, change jobs or marry. The leader is not accountable to any authorities. Subservience to the leader requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter personal goals and activities. This will often be enhanced by the adoption of a new name and new identity. The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members. The group is preoccupied with making money. Members are encouraged to live and socialise with other group members.
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ashram has adopted a “bunker men-tality”, with friendships and relation-ships being strained or, at worst, sev-ered. Devotees who have stayed are being told not to speak “to anybody who left as we are apparently lost in enmity and hatred”.
There are also claims that the remaining devotees are being told to chant the 60-verse Guru-Gita for about two hours each day.
The Shiva school, through manage-ment committee member Stephen Stanford, has declined to respond to allegations made by some of those behind the website.
Operated by not-for-profi t Shiva Yoga Incorporated, the school runs a live-in ashram on expansive grounds complete with lake and manicured gardens in Tower Rd. Several houses in the surrounding area are either owned by the ashram or its members.
Shiva Yoga Incorporated is billed for municipal rates by Mornington Peninsula Shire but is exempt from paying income tax, receives a GST concession and can claim a FBT (fringe benefi ts tax) rebate.
Former members claim Shiva Yoga “generated tens of thousands in cash” from its programs. “Put it this way, an ordinary one-day intensive program would typically cost $175 to attend, and they would get at least 200 peo-ple. Work that out.”
It now appears hundreds of people have stopped attending classes and meetings at the ashram since Swami Shankarananda – known to his fol-lowers as Swamiji – confessed to “secret sexual relations” with an undisclosed number of women.
While the school called in media-
tor Callum Campbell, CEO of the Australian Mediation Association, to come up with a solution to the crisis, it says his fi ndings are confi dential.
The management committee of Shiva Yoga has also declined to provide information beyond three statements which, after stating that Swami Shankarananda admitted sexual impropriety, said he would remain spiritual director.
The guru regretted and apologised for his actions and the managers said a “Dharma committee” was writ-ing a code of conduct that would be required to be followed by all at the school, including its spiritual leader.
The management committee said it had “legal advice that, based on the information known, there is no basis for any criminal complaint”.
“Nonetheless, the committee is aware that the activities in question raise a number of potential ethical issues, and is urgently implementing ... internal processes to address any grievances as a result of past actions and the perceived risk of any future misconduct.”
A person involved with the leav-ingshivayoga website has told The News that several women have made statements to police.
The website last week claimed an “ex-Shiva Yoga community member”, who participated in the mediation run by Callum Campbell, said his fi nd-ings had been handed to the school’s management committee.
“As predicted, Shiva Yoga’s way of handling the fact that so many people have been hurt by the organisation and its leaders is to do and say noth-ing and carry on with the show.”
Shiva Yoga’s management commit-tee spokesman Stephen Stanford said details of the mediation process “are confi dential and we do not wish to comment further”.
The committee declined to respond to a number of question from The News including:
Who is the ultimate owner of the ashram?
If Swamiji was legally Russell Kruckman, who is Joshua Russell Cross, a name listed on at least one website as having the address 27 Tower Rd, Mt Eliza?
Was Joshua Russell Cross a name formally used by Swamiji?
Why did Swamiji leave an ashram in Ann Arbor, United States?
How many people have “left” the Mt Eliza ashram since the allegations were made against Swamiji?
Have any previous or current devotees or members of the ashram demanded a return of their donations?
“The ashram does not wish to add any further to the statements it has publicly released,” Mr Stanford said.
The statement issued by the ashram’s management committee in January admitted “many people are hurt, angry and confused”.
A commentator on the Facebook page Guruphilia called the Shiva school’s initial response “outrageous … we have spoken to some of the women involved and heard their heartbreaking personal accounts in de-tail, and we see nothing in his actions that could in any way be called tantric or yogic, healing or spiritual”.
The site said Swami Shankarananda was involved in advising devotees about many aspects of their lives, in-cluding personal relationships, “when to get a new job or leave one, where to live”.
“For ashramites, this goes further, with some having to ask permission to even leave the premises for a few hours.”
The News has been told that “ash-ramites do most of the work there, with people who visit the ashram helping, cooking and cleaning and gardening” while the leaders “have all their meals made for them, clothes cleaned and
ironed, rooms cleaned, beds made … they live like king and queen”.
As well as providing a place for discussion of the yoga school, the leavingshivayoga website has also attracted the attention of Integra-tive Psychology, which supplied two papers: What is a cult and What’s the difference between a cult and another organisation?
Integrative Psychology says cults “present as a group or community that may provide idealism, friendship, love, freedom, belonging, mission, sincerity, salvation, enlightenment”.
“The prospective devotee is wooed with the promise of reward [such as spiritual growth or enlightenment]… the cult leader becomes like a genie holding out the promise of wish fulfi l-ment.
“Research supports the idea that the majority of people who become in-volved with cults do so at such times [of major stress] and in fact do not have a prior psychological condition …Asserting that one human being fundamentally knows what’s best for another is authoritarian. If this is ac-cepted, it sets up a chain of inevitable relational patterns that are detrimental to all players of the game.”
Apologist: Despite regrets for his actions, Swami Shankarananda remains as the spiritual leader of the Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga, Mt Eliza.Picture: Gary Sissons
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GARY Howard, a tireless community worker over many years, died on 9 February in Rosebud hospital after losing his battle with cancer. He was 71.
Gary, a chartered accountant, was prominent in scrutinising shire fi nances, particularly annual budgets, and for his questioning of offi cers, both in and out of council meetings, about how they presented shire accounts to the public.
Councillors are considering awarding an an-nual $1000 prize, the Gary Howard Prize, for the best submission to the shire budget, “to encour-age community service and public participation in the area of public fi nances”.
A particular Howard bugbear was what he regarded – rightly – as a manipulation of the an-nual rates and charges announcement, which for years omitted the hefty municipal charge from the calculation. He and others had a win when the then shire fi nance chief, Marilyn Kearney, admitted the error and amended the fi gure.
Gary also criticised how the shire presented the fi nancial position of Pelican Park, a consist-ent money loser, omitting interest and deprecia-tion charges. His complaint to a state govern-ment body was upheld and the accounts were amended.
He was also the bane of the shire and his local councillors about roads and, in particular, roads with potholes. Once, after numerous complaints about how the soft bitumen outside his house was torn up as he entered and left his drive, he got a letter from the shire advising him not to turn the steering wheel during this manoeuvre. This both irritated and amused him.
Many saw the soft and compassionate side of Gary, including those with whom he tended the foreshores of McCrae and Rosebud. He boasted of his expertise in planting and maintaining coastal banksia, and took a proprietorial interest in the area.
Many more gained the benefi t of his interest in the community, including those disadvantaged who visited the St Vincent’s kitchen for meals.
Shire activist Gary Howard diesShire activist Gary Howard dies
Gary’s specialty was cutting up pumpkin, one of the heavier food preparation duties.
Gary was for years treasurer of the Morning-ton Peninsula Ratepayers and Residents As-sociation, and also lent his fi nancial expertise to the Blue Wedges Coalition, appearing for them at an Upper House inquiry into channel deepen-ing. And he was no stranger at VCAT, opposing developments in Dromana and McCrae. More recently he belonged to the ABCD community group in Dromana.
Gary was a lifelong cricket devotee and regu-larly attended Dromana Tigers football matches. Some said this attendance was driven to a large extent by the pie stall and by the presence of councillors whom he could harangue. His range of friendships was very wide.
He is survived by his wife, Sonia, three children and three grandchildren. The broader community will miss him without really ever having known him.
David Harrison
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A LITTLE black dog spotted fl oating face down off Fisherman’s beach was all but gone until some quick thinking brought him back to life.
Sammy, the Maltese-poodle cross, was enjoy-ing a walk and a paddle near the boat ramp with owner Maggie Brown on Tuesday when, to her horror, she looked up to see him about eight me-tres off-shore – and motionless in the water.
“I thought: “’Oh my god’, and I was trying to run through the water to reach him and hoping he would pop his little head up but he appeared drowned,” she said.
“I grabbed him and rushed him ashore and be-gan slapping and squeezing his chest and pok-ing my fi ngers in his mouth for a good seven to 10 minutes but there was very little response. I thought he may have had a heart attack or swal-lowed his tongue.”
The adopted Sammy is more than 10 years old – he was found wandering aimlessly about the peninsula 12 months ago – and almost deaf and blind. Mrs Brown gave him a home – and lots of love – but can only guess at the trauma he has
been through. Responding to the resuscitation, the dog began
to vomit, sucking in air and dribbling salt water from his mouth. The more Mrs Brown squeezed his chest the more water came out until “he gave a huge shake and a shiver” and rejoined the land of the living.
“I wrapped him up in towels and fl ew home and gave him a syringe of milk to ease the acidic taste of salt water and he licked it up. Then I put him out in the sun to keep warm.”
Sammy was “looking good, although a little wobbly” an hour later, and appeared none the worse for wear while he ate his dinner.
Mrs Brown, a former nurse, said she enjoyed the nickname ‘The Dog Whisperer’ and always felt an affi nity with animals. “I was hoping we weren’t going to lose him after all the tough times he’s been through,” she said.
“I was so relieved when he started to vomit be-cause he was sucking in air. I knew we had him back then.”
Stephen Taylor
Loving cuddle: Owner Maggie Brown gives Sammy a hug after his ordeal. Picture: Yanni
Quick action brings pet back to lifeQuick action brings pet back to life
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Swift helperSwift helperWe take this opportunity to thank you for the recent prompt publishing of our concerns about the condition of some pathways in Victoria St, Hastings, which seriously affect the disabled within our community.
We also thank Cr David Garnock for his swift reply and attention to this matter. Within hours of receiving our concerns arrangements had been made for us to meet with a view to address-ing these issues.
David was totally unaware of the daily problems faced by people in manual wheelchairs and the diffi cul-ties as a carer of trying to even cross some roads in Hastings due to the lack of forethought when certain areas were constructed for pedestrians. Mobility scooters have been addressed quite well, but people with walkers and manual wheelchairs face a daily struggle to cross roads. When the cross overs from the road to footpath have a raised edge, this involves tilt-ing the appliance so that the raised edge can be cleared, which can be a falls risk and, in the case of the carer, tilting a wheelchair can be very dif-fi cult, especially if the chair and the person is still on the road.
David’s commitment to working with his community to provide better access and inclusion of marginalised
people and groups is amazing, he dis-plays empathy and a great understand-ing of what we are about. He does face an uphill battle with the Morn-ington Peninsula Shire and of course funding is always a problem.
I for one am confi dent that we are in safe hands with such a dedicated person willing to take on the hard and unpopular issues and problems our community may face. We know that he has our best interests at heart, despite the wheels of council turning ever so slowly, especially on the West-ern Port side of the peninsula.Angela Snelson, Bittern (Westernport
Stroke Recovery Support Group)
Topic changerTopic changerMaurice Newman, chairman of the Prime Minister’s business advisory council has uttered this chuckle-inducing quote: “The climate change movement is rooted in power, money and emotion - not science - It is indecently obsessive and authoritar-ian. In fact, it’s the people behind this movement who pose the greatest threat to humanity, not the climate” (Australian Conservation Foundation website 5/2/15).
This statement helped to clarify my hypothesis that the issue is no longer about climate change at all. Regard-less of wheather (my spelling) you
believe it or not the issue is changing our lives.
The conversation must move from wheather (my spelling) man is creat-ing climate change to where are the jobs of the future going to come from? When you look around the world, billions of dollars in investments and new job creation are the result of the climate change issue. Unfortunately, while other governments, including those of the United States, China, Europe, India and Africa are embrac-ing the change and investing in future jobs, Australia lags signifi cantly behind in creating jobs of the future and attracting the billions of invest-ment being poured into the renewable energy industries. Statistics abound supporting this statement.
We have lost our auto Industry and many others. While many countries continue to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, Australia continues to put all of its support into the fossil fuel industry.
Rather than invest in industries that will provide the jobs of the future, Australia continues to give corporate welfare to the tune of billions of dol-lars a year to the fossil fuel industry while the same companies “launder” billions of dollars overseas to low tax havens to avoid paying $8.1 billion dollars a year in Australian taxes.
As the paradigm shift to “climate
change” continues to escalate, it looks like the future of Australia is to be left with many huge open pit mining holes in the ground with rusting equipment and no jobs. At that point we will be quite happy to recycle batteries with no safety equipment for a couple of bucks a day while the rest of the world enjoys a wonderful life fi lled with jobs created by the renewable energy.
Climate change due to man? A real-ity or not? Both can be debated, but what is clear is the fact that invest-ment and jobs are being created in this industry at astounding rates while worldwide attitudes are dictating a signifi cant reduction in the use of fossil fuels.
Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
Investigation needInvestigation needRecent articles and letters supporting the leasing of the Point Nepean Na-tional Park by the Point Leisure Group do not address the many issues which the Andrew’s government should in-vestigate in regard to the lease signed at the last minute before the Napthine government entered the caretaker period of government.
Issues which need careful scrutiny include the vast difference in the size of the lease area between 17 hectares repeatedly stated by the Napthine government and the fi nal lease area
of 64ha, the abandonment of proper planning, the relevance to and impact of the proposed uses on the historical and environmental values of the park, the downgrading of Park Victoria's role in the park’s management, the demolition of Badcoe Hall, which I suspect would be of concern to the RSL, construction of a jetty in a dol-phin sanctuary zone and the absence of due diligence on the history and ex-perience of the proposed developers.
A good start would be to allow pub-lic scrutiny of the lease so the commu-nity can make an informed judgement on whether it has any benefi ts for the preservation, enhancement and maintenance of this peaceful haven which is much loved by Victorians and visitors who know it.
The Quarantine Station has only been fully open to the public since 2009 and many have still not discov-ered its beauty.
Commercial leases should be only for individual buildings and not for any land within the Quarantine Sta-tion.
Parks Victoria should be the leasing agency supported by an independent advisory group.
It must not become a building site, a glamorous for-profi t resort or a mining site damaging the threatened coastal moonah woodland.
Pauline O'Brien, Portsea
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MORNINGTON poet Theresa O’Dea’s book Someone’s Child is a poetry anthol-ogy on grief and loss.
It has been written to raise funds for the Luke Batty Foundation and the For-getmenot Foundation.
It will be launched on Wednesday 18 March at the Mornington Library in Vancouver St, from 5-7pm, and sell for $50 each.
Ms O’Dea started Poet’s Corner in Mornington many years ago “when it was just a small township”.
“When Luke Batty was murdered in February last year, I was brought into a higher power by his spirit to compile a book of poetry from other poets,” Ms O’Dea said.
“I met Rosy Batty and told her how her son had come to me from the after-life and asked me to read some of my poems to her at a fund raiser.”
As the expression goes: There are many a poets, and they don’t even know it, she said. “This statement is so true and, in times of need, we can resort to pen and paper to express something that
has happened to us,” Ms O’Dea said.“As a result of this tragic event - and
for those who have touched our hearts - we become enlightened and inspired to reach out for serenity to heal the loss of the tragic event that has taken our loved one from us.
“Writing poetry is a great source of mental healing and the rejuvenation of the very reason why we are who we are.”
Ms O’Dea said that, as a poet, she was working with women who had lost a child or who were closely involved with someone who had lost a child or person they loved dearly, and who had been af-fected by grief and loss in their lives.
“I have had my share of losing some-one that I loved dearly through unfore-seen circumstances. This inspired me to think about compiling a poetry anthol-ogy for those affected by grief and loss.”
The work has taken about eight months to put together - without any government grants.
It has the backing of Janet Greening, whose mother was murdered by two teenagers at Kananook in 2000. She has been an active supporter of victims of crime and established the Forgetmenot Foundation.
Ms O’Dea started a women’s help group just over a year ago with the help of her teenage son, Ocean. Hopei-shope11 aims to help prevent violence against women.
“The creation of Hope - not just for women but for their children and partners affected by family violence - inspired me as a poet to ask other poets to share their experiences, hope and humility by telling their stories in poetry form,” she said. “This, in return, would heal the poets through self-help, as well as help others.”
Ms O’Dea said the stories in the an-thology had been told by the most coura-geous poets from all over the world.
“We are the writers in this anthology, not forgetting where we have been and how our loved ones have suffered. Here in these poems are people not left behind but reminded that we were once - and still are - in loving memory of these pre-cious entireties (people).
“On behalf of the authors in this book, we invite you to read our poetry stories and hope that you are inspired as well.”
Theresa O’Dea: “Writing poetry is a great source of mental healing.” Picture: Yanni
‘Higher power’ leads to anthology for Luke‘Higher power’ leads to anthology for LukeStephen [email protected]
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I am very honoured to be the Principal of Bittern Primary School, a small government school nestled in the heart of the Peninsula. We believe the partnership between school and home is a relationship that is imperative to support the valued education of our students. Our student leadership structure gives students a variety of experiences that
art equipment. Technology is imbedded throughout the curriculum with many mobile devices available for students.We offer specialist areas in Visual Arts, Physical Education, ICT, Science & Home Economics in the form of a whole school kitchen and cooking program as well as many extra curricula activities which are introduced through lunchtime clubs. We place a heavy emphasis on health and wellbeing which is evidenced by the intense sports program offered at Bittern Primary School and students’ further participation in Zone and District sports competitions. Our ‘buddy’ program is aligned with the Madeleine & Alannah Foundation and promotes the sharing of a values education. Preps are matched with grade 5/6 students who support them in the playground and in the learning environment. A Reading Recovery program is delivered by a specialist trained teacher . Education Support staff are integral to the support of students with special needs. The teaching staff are highly experienced and dedicated to improve student learning outcomes. We provide an excellent Out of Hours School Care Program providing a highly educational focus on before and after care activities; another service for our community. Student learning at Bittern PS is personalised to meet the needs of all students, taking into account the diverse learning styles of all learners. Bittern Primary School is
committed to preparing students for the ever changing world, developing educated well informed global citizens. We look forward to a productive successful 2015 for the Bittern PS community.
Lyn FyfePRINCIPAL
Portsmouth Rd, Bittern Phone: 03 5983 9590Web: www.bitternps.vic.edu.auEmail: [email protected]
Bittern Primary School
Stalwart Ave, Hastings VIC 3915Phone: 03 5979 2654Fax: 03 5979 4422Web: www.wallaroops.vic.edu.au
Wallaroo Primary School is proud to offer the Walker Learning Approach (WLA) from prep to year six to personalise student learning. The WLA is a research based educational philosophy that ensures children receive highly engaging learning programs that promotes a desire to become seekers of information as well as receivers. The approach is based on the knowledge that children vary in the rate and manner in which they
constantly progressing.WLA sets the scene for, strong positive communication and teamwork, perseverance, personal best, resilience and an enjoyment of life -long learning. We are currently the only government school on the Mornington Peninsula fully implementing this well researched approach. It is the aim of all staff to provide a warm, caring and stimulating learning environment for your child where all members of the school community have an active voice in their school.We are equipped with modern Communication Technology equipment and expertise and a newly established science lab where students enjoy science as a specialist subject from grade prep to six. Our grounds are vast and visually inviting, including sensory tranquil gardens with a range of outdoor learning opportunities.Wallaroo Primary School enjoys the positive support of parent groups and the wider community in our endeavour to encourage our students to dream big and to equip them with the skills, both academic and personal to follow their dreams.Please feel free to book a tour.
Nicky FammartinoPRINCIPAL
Wallaroo Primary School
2120 Enterprize Ave, Berwick VIC 3199Phone: 03 9707 1585Fax: 03 9707 4316Web: www.insightvision.org.au
I am delighted to introduce myself as the newly appointed Principal at Insight Specialist Primary School, a state of the art facility for children who are blind or vision impaired. I look forward to a happy and productive 2015 for all involved in the school and wider community.Insight Education Centre delivers best practice Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), enabling our students to fully access the Australian Curriculum (AusVels) whilst accelerating their skill development and rates of progress. Components include assistive technologies, orientation/mobility, compensatory functional academic skills, social interaction and independent living skills. As Principal I work in partnership with the mainstream education system so that every blind and vision impaired child in Victoria has access to a specialist education as a pathway to inclusion. Our specialist primary school in Berwick takes enrolments on a short/long term basis or as a shared enrolment with mainstream schools.At Berwick we also provide Early Years support sessions for parents of children aged 0 - 6 years and I am proud to launch this year our Centre of Music Excellence, with master classes (including Braille Music) for all musically inclined and gifted students enrolling in 2015. ‘InsightOut’, is the unique Mobile Classroom outreach program that continues to provide students in outer Melbourne and regional Victoria with access to specialist teachers and (ECC) education.Now and into the future, I will ensure that our intensive and targeted
Contact me directly at the school to discuss your enrolment enquiry.
Timothy HemphillPRINCIPALInsight Education Centrefor the Blind and Vision Impaired
Meet the Principal
Meet the Principal
NEWS DESK
THE January fi re that threatened parts of Hastings also uncovered rubbish that had been dumped in parts of Warringine Park.
A community clean-up of a burnt section of the park is being organised by Mornington Pen-insula Shire Clean Up Australia Day, 1 March.
Cr David Garnock said rubbish would be cleared from the park near Salmon St and Reid Parade.
A barbeque lunch will be provided for volu8n-teers helping with the clean-up and a representa-tive of the Boon Wurrung Aboriginal community will invite the community to participate in regen-erating and healing the land.
Members of the Warringine Friends group will also be there to explain how they help maintain all areas of park.
“We’re encouraging people to re-connect with the park and observe fi rst-hand how the bush re-generates after fi re,” shire senior ranger Gerard Cook said.
“You can help clean up before the grasses and understory plants begin to grow, and tell us your ideas for the park.”
Volunteers for the clean-up should meet at the park’s Salmon St entrance at 9am. Register online at www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au or call 5950 1685.
Scholarship offerScholarship offer YOUNG people and adults in the Western Port area experiencing hardship can apply for a voca-tional training scholarship.
Caroline Chisholm Education Foundation, the Chisholm Institute and business and community organisations are offering the scholarships under the WP Connect scheme.
A similar scholarship program, SMP Connect, is already operating on the southern Mornington Peninsula.
The age of students in the SMP Connect pro-gram last year was 16-43.
The scholarships are described as providing a
“circuit breaker” for those who cannot afford an accredited TAFE course at Chisholm’s Frankston or Rosebud campuses.
The scholarships cover tuition fees, materials, tools, child care, transport and any other ap-proved out-of-pocket expenses.
Call Kate Hulusi, Caroline Chisholm Educa-tion Foundation, on 9212 5111, or Janette Foster, Chisholm Institute, 5950 2065.
Day on the farmDay on the farmTHE gardens of the late Dame Elisabeth Mur-doch’s Cruden Farm will open to the public to raise money for not-for-profi t medical research organisation, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute on Sunday 15 March.
It will be the 10th year the Edna Walling-designed garden has been used to raise money for the institute.
The property includes historic buildings, a lake and working farm.
Picnics can be taken or ordered when buying tickets.
The day will include live entertainment, talks and tips from gardening experts, including author Anne Latreille.
Cruden Farm will open 10am-3pm and entry is from Cranhaven Rd, Langwarrin (Melway 103 G6). Children under 18 free; Adults $25; groups of 10 or more - $20 a person. Tickets available on the day, call 1300 728 900 (business hours) or www.bakeridi.edu.au/crudenfarm2015.
Dog brochureDog brochureFRIENDS of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Peninsula) and BirdLife Australia will release a brochure, “Where can I walk my dog on the beaches of the Mornington Penin sula?”, 9-11am on Saturday 21 Feb ruary at Camerons Bight fore-shore in Blairgowrie. The event will include a free “dogs’ breakfast” and giveaways including dog leads. The brochure has been produced with a grant from the RACV Cape Schanck Resort.
Post fire park clean-upPost fire park clean-up
Western Port News 17 February 2015 PAGE 17
Western Port Secondary College is a dynamic learning community located in a beautiful rural setting in the
seaside town of Hastings.
The school opened in 1974 and has recently undergone an extensive review and written a strategic plan to cover the next four years. The key focus of this plan in on our core business – Teaching and Learning. Our priority is your child’s learning and our key aim is to accurately map students to the relevant curriculum continuum and develop a differentiated, challenging and engaging personalised curriculum program for every student in every class. Our targets centre on the growth in learning our students make during each semester of their schooling, how we measure that growth, and how this growth is tracked and informs the continued differentiated learning program for each student.
Our school places a great emphasis on pastoral care and a very positive approach to student wellbeing. We are constantly seeking to develop each student’s personal and social skills. We believe that the best environment for students to learn is one that is safe, inclusive, respectful, caring and purposeful, and one where personalised and individual learning programs can be achieved. Being a mid-sized secondary college of 600 students this is achievable for us. Each and every student is known and has a place in our school.
Our recently completed Master Plan building project has ensured facilities are second to none with outstanding modern buildings, classrooms and learning areas. The construction of our own Trade Training Centre on site to begin shortly will complete the blueprint for a school offering a broad range of curriculum and vocationally based subjects and courses catering for the diversity of all student’s needs.
Every day is an open day at Western Port Secondary College and you can arrange a personal tour with the principal by contacting Sue Iles on 5979 1577 to arrange a time. Alternatively our Open Night will be held on 25th March 2015 between 5.00pm and 7.30pm – all welcome.
Michael DevineCOLLEGE PRINCIPAL
Westernport Secondary CollegeHigh Street, Hastings
Phone: 03 5979 1577Web: www.westernportsc.vic.edu.auEmail: [email protected]
Meet the Principal
End of line End of line for stationfor stationTHE derelict lower station of the old Arthurs Seat chairlift is no more. A Parks Victoria contractor operating a tracked excavator fl attened the building, which contained a kiosk and storage sheds, in less than a day on Monday last week but a Parks spokeswoman said the work would take about a week as there was asbestos material throughout the building. Parks Victoria said the building was surplus to its needs.
The demolition also removed graffi ti that appeared on Thursday 5 February: “No vandalism in our park” and “I am not the vandal”, presumably painted by a person or people opposed to the proposed $18 million gondola chairlift to be built by Arthurs Seat Skylift, headed by former Australian of the Year Simon McKeon. Parks “inherited” the building and its sealed car park from former chairlift owner Richard Hudson, who is trying to erect the open-seat chairlift in South Australia.
Mike Hast
COMMUNITY lobby group Save Our Seat (SOS) has not given up hope of stopping the proposed Arthurs Seat gondola chairlift despite its unsuccess-ful legal challenge late last year.
The group will hold a “Gondola in-formation night” in Red Hill in early March to drum up support for its stance.
Kylie Greer of SOS said the develop-
ment would have a “large impact on all of the surroun ding communities”.
“There are unacceptable bushfi re risks for patrons and communities,” she said. “The fact the gondola will not be permitted to operate on Code Red fi re danger days but can operate on days of extreme danger is a key con-cern.”
She said the group was concerned
about increased traffi c 14 hours a day through Red Hill and Dromana, in-cluding past schools.
“The loss of summit parkland, which is public land that will be used for pri-vate gain, is a major concern as is the designated operating hours from 8am to 10pm, although reduced from the originally proposed 8am to midnight.”
Ms Greer said Save Our Seat had
framed fi ve questions for the informa-tion night:
Are you concerned about the impacts of the gondola on this area?
Are you concerned about the eco-nomic viability of the project?
Do you cherish the charm and natural beauty of the Mornington Peninsula?
Do you want to keep important open spaces free for visitors and communi-
ties alike?Are you concerned about fi re plans
and emergency plans? Gondola information night, 7-9pm Wednesday 4 March, Red Hill Recre-ation Reserve pavilion, Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill. Details: 0423 225 182, saveourseat.org, facebook/saveour-seat.com, or email [email protected] Mike Hast
Anti-gondola group keeps up the fightAnti-gondola group keeps up the fight
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THE second Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meeting of 2015 was short and sweet. One main item of business in the agenda – “What Happened Over Summer” – and an object lesson in why one should not speak with one’s mouth full, even if it’s only a mint, which appeared to rattle over the speaker’s teeth, caus-ing odd pauses in verbal delivery.
But let us move swiftly on. Communications manager Todd Trimble presented his account of summer activi-ties around the municipality, from bushfi res and beach bashes to … CW confesses to not being as attentive as a Watcher should be, possibly lulled into a summer reverie by Mr Trimble’s mellifl uous delivery. Luckily, it is available as a recording on the shire website.
Mr Trimble did start by offering an apology for the second word in the title of his opus. “Happened”, he said, had been pointed out as only partly appropriate. “Occurred” was to be preferred.
He would probably liked to have attributed this to “an idiot pedant fogey” in the gallery, but he is far too well bred. The fogey had argued that lightning or a shark attack “happen” – no warning, spontaneous – but meet-ings and suchlike “occur”, being events arranged and organised in advance.
Most dictionaries are now using the words inter-changeably, to their discredit, the fogey grumbled.
Pedants battle, Quixote-like, for the purity of the language by insisting on correct use of such commonly misused words as “uninterested” (not interested) and “disinterested” (neutral, objective). The battle has been utterly lost with “fulsome”, whose meaning has com-pletely reversed over the decades. Readers are invited to submit their favourite misused word.
Possibly the most immediate item of news was acknowledgement of the passing earlier on 9 February of Gary John Howard, long time council watcher and community worker in many capacities.
He had sat in this gallery many a time over many a year, alongside his mate Barry Robinson – they were dubbed Baz ’n’ Gaz – the senior bank executive and the chartered accountant, bane of the fi nance department with their pestilent stiletto-sharp questions. Gary would interject just loudly enough: “Resign,” he would say, or
“It’s/you’re a disgrace.” CW makes this tribute to his friend, in words learned
and savoured before he met Gary at Hampton High in the early 1960s:
Let us now praise famous men –Men of little showing –For their work continueth,And their work continueth,Greater than their knowing.Gary changed little from 17 to 71. The softly spoken
sharp-tongued cricket devotee was always a substantial fi gure, intellectually and physically. Of course, he did not as a fi fth-former deign to speak to a callow fourth-former, but we instantly knew each other on meeting again some half a century later. His passing is dealt with elsewhere in these pages.
In a philosophical mood and in mourning, CW idly let his thoughts wander around the signifi cance of the Ac-knowledgement of Traditional Land Owners, wonder-ing why, in a spirit of reconciliation, the Boon Wurrung and the Bunurong cannot settle on just one name for their branch of the Kulin nation.
And pondering the signifi cance of the acknowledge-ment being followed by a prayer to our white and alien god – certainly alien to those who walked this land for 40,000 years with their own gods before Europeans ar-rived and bestowed on them, in the name of our god, true Christian welfare and civilised blessings: grog, disease, theft of their land, their children and, frequently, their lives.
CW will be feeling more positive and cheerful by the time of the next ordinary council meeting, an occur-rence at which you can share a nourishing meal with your councillor, on 23 February at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Briefi ngs at 5, meal at 6, council at 7. Remember to RSVP.
Change of mind occurs too lateChange of mind occurs too late
ABOUT $13 million will be spent creat-ing 258 aged care places in, Frankston, Mt Eliza and Mornington. These will in-clude 178 residential care and 80 home care places.
The George Vowell Centre in Mt Eli-za will receive grants for 40 residential care places, the yet-to-be-built Mt Eliza Gardens grants for 90 places, and Ben-ton’s Lodge in Mornington grants for 48 places.
Baptcare in Frankston will receive 35 home care places, Vasey RSL Care Com-munity Services in Frankston 20 places and South East Region Homecare in Mornington 25 places.
Home care is where residents needing medical care and looking after stay in their own homes and are visited by nurs-es. Residential care is a bed in a nursing or aged care home.
With a quarter of its 140,000 popula-tion aged 65 and over – and growing – demand for aged care places in the area is strong.
“These much-needed places will help meet the demand for aged care and sup-port people to stay in their own home for longer,” Dunkley MP Bruce Billson said last week.
“Our older Australians should have a choice in aged care services, and want and deserve to live active and healthy lives. Providing both residential and in-home places enables them to do this.”
The money comes from federal gov-ernment funding of $10.5 million for lo-cal residential care places and $2.7 mil-lion for local home care places.
Mr Billson said the government’s strat-
egy was to support senior citizens and plan for an ageing population “which is critical to maintaining our standard of living and building a strong, secure economy”.
“This ACAR was competitive, show-ing renewed interest in aged care, fol-lowing recent changes aimed at mak-ing services viable, reducing providers’ compliance burden and increasing busi-ness fl exibility.”
The proposed $30 million Mt Eliza Gardens, to be built on the corner of Ca-nadian Bay Rd and Nepean Hwy, will be part of a “booming” residential aged care industry, CEO Greg Reeve said last week.
It will be run by Heritage Care Group, established in 2002.
“The land has been acquired and we are in the process of talking with the council about planning permits,” Mr Reeve said. “We would hope to build larger than [the 90 beds announced in the ACAR].”
The centre will be built over the next two years and will offer a variety of ac-commodation and a mix of choices for patients of different ages and socio-eco-nomic backgrounds.
Ashes to goAshes to goST MARK’S Uniting Church Morning-ton will offer “ashes to go” at Wednes-day’s Main St market.
Reverend John Haig said the wrists or foreheads of passers-by would be marked with ashes.
They would then be invited to “enter into refl ective preparation for Easter by seeking forgiveness and renewal”.
Ash Wednesday on 18 February marks the start of the holy season of Lent.
Beds for aged careBeds for aged careStephen [email protected]
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168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888 bowmanandcompany.com.au
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Tallon
35 High Street, Hastings5979 3000
tallon.com.au
CYNTHIA DOBBINPhone:0438 773 627
DOMINIC TALLONPhone:0408 528 857
NIGEL EVANS Phone: 0439 540 055
For Sale: Offers over $825,000 Inspect: Satuday 11.00-11.30am
SOMERS - 5 Dover CourtSecluded Court Elegance
trees and lawn, the home has a main bedroom with WIR & FES, separate study towards the front of the home, formal lounge and adjacent formal dining with large picture windows and an open plan
Towards the rear of the house are two more bedrooms with BIR’s that share the main bathroom. This well presented home comes with reverse cycle air-conditioning, ducted heating and cooling, insulated walls and ceilings. Within walking distance to the beach,
the secluded reserve which is at the rear of the property to the Historic grounds of Coolart House. An inspection of this property is a must if you desire the quiet life where you can enjoy peaceful surrounds and the odd koala in a tree, with a reasonable price this beautifully maintained property should be at the top of your list.
HASTINGS - 29 Elisa Place
This wonderful home has a landscaped front yard and decked entrance to provide the perfect welcome. Zoned for a family lifestyle, the main bedroom is at the front and three other bedrooms with BIR’s and a huge rumpus room are at the rear of the home. The kitchen has s/ steel appliances with a spacious dining area opening to the outdoor entertaining area.
For Sale: Offers over $450,000 Inspect: Satuday 1.00-1.30pm
An Entertainers & Tradies Paradise
Investors Return
CRIB POINT
Look no further if you are looking for a good rental return, the choice is yours with 2 houses, buy one or both. Both are on their own titles and are leased until June 2015 with a rental of $240pw each. Both have 3BR’s, separate bathroom, toilet and laundry, lounge and meals area with an adjoining kitchen featuring upright
wanting to get into the market.
For Sale: $240,000
Build Your Dream Home
CRIB POINT
A building block of land at 589m2 with all services plus your own driveway. House and land packages are available, through several builders or build with your own designs. First home buyers take advantage, of stamp duty savings as these blocks are the best value for your money and are within walking distance to local schools, sports reserve, swimming pool and transport. Titles have been released.
For Sale: $195,000
BITTERN - 7 Dunstan Street
Set on 3/4 acre, this New England Colonial Cottage will warm your heart. Walk through the rose arbour along the recycled
open plan living area has high-vaulted ceilings with a mezzanine level featuring a rumpus room at one end and a loft bedroom with built in cupboards at the other. There are 3 more bedrooms downstairs, including main bedroom with WIR & FES with corner spa and French doors opening out to the lovely native garden. A parents retreat would make for a great home
plenty of cupboard space, a double door pantry, hot plates, wall oven and dishwasher. There is an adjacent dining room, a cosy lounge room and through a set of sliding doors is the undercover entertainment area. The home has GDH, ceiling fan, air-conditioning and a wood heater. Outside are 2 sheds with power, bore & mains water plus 20,000L water tank.
For Sale: Offers over $630,000
Inspect: Saturday 12.30-1.00pm
Bush Sanctuary
BALNARRING
A peaceful 2.2 acres of land with a Federation-style home boasting high ceilings with ornate cornice and ceiling roses, quality carpets,
kitchen. There are four bedrooms, including the main bedroom with walk-through robe to an ensuite, a central bathroom plus separate powder room. The central kitchen has Tasmanian Blackwood cabinetry, stone benchtops plus a 900mm free standing cooker and dishwasher. There is an adjacent dining room and a
other has a free standing Coonara. Through the French doors is an expansive deck surrounding a swimming pool, there are several sheds with power and a large American-style barn has been
maintained property would suit a large family or trades person who needs storage.
For Sale: $950,000
Relaxing Lifestyle Opportunity
HASTINGS - 8 Jenola Court
Tucked away at the end of a quiet court is this tastefully
or excellent investment. Featuring 3 bedrooms with built in robes and a dual access bathroom that has been fully renovated with separate shower and bath. There are two separate living
and an airconditioner for the summer. The home also has gas ducted heating throughout (with recently replaced ducts) as
top, under bench stove and dishwasher looks out over the dining and family area, with views to the backyard where various garden beds and vegetable patches are seen. Outside a covered verandah, garden shed and dual car port with circular drive. A central location only 10 minutes walk to Hastings shops, 5 minutes to the high school, bus stops and train station.
For Sale: $327,000 Inspect: Saturday 11.00-11.30am
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HASTINGS - 2 Brandary Place
Presented in as new condition ready for a lucky purchaser this 3 bedroom home - main with FES & WIR, has a tiled entry, open plan design incorporating two living rooms and a large modern kitchen with long breakfast bar for that added bench space. Split-system heating & cooling and a gas column heater keep things comfortable and outside is a paved pergola, water tank, two garden sheds for storage, and beautiful maintained gardens.
For Sale: $355,000Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm
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RENOVATED with a designer’s eye for style, this exciting property combines a blissful 1.1 hectares with a cosmopolitan family home showcasing the latest innovations and a stunning elevated view across the countryside to Western Port Bay and French Island. Positioned to harness this view and designed for a seamless indoor to outdoor lifestyle, the home has superb formal and casual living zones set beneath soaring vaulted ceilings that each fl ow out to a wrap-around verandah for
added alfresco living. A sleek kitchen is well-appointed with induction cooking, glass splashbacks and a stone topped island bench with breakfast bar will cater for the morning rush with ease. The main bedroom is privately set in its own wing and features a luxurious Italian tiled ensuite, with three more bedrooms sharing the family bathroom. For convenience there is zoned under fl oor heating and reverse-cycle air conditioning, and when a bit of class and character is called for you the lovely open fi replace
beckons. External improvements to the property include a fabulous entertaining cabana with lounge and full outdoor kitchen, wide timber deck to enjoy the views and bistro blinds. The fully fenced property has remote gates guarding the driveway which winds past a picturesque ornamental dam and fl ourishing gardens to fi nish at a three-car garage. The wonders of the peninsula await in any direction from this very central rural property or just embrace the seclusion and tranquillity and let the world go by.
Address: 16 Peach Grove, TYABBFor Sale: $980,000 - $1,080,000Agency: Bowman & Company, 168 Main Street, Mornington, 5975 6888Agent: Robert Bowman, 0417 173 103
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“For the best deal Ph: 03 5977 9660Email: [email protected]
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
IMMACULATE FAMILY HOME - TWO HOMES IN ONESet on a 1086sqm lot with the bonus of s/contained wing for extended family, this home has formal lounge,
washer and overlooking an appealing paved courtyard. Plenty of parking for boat etc.
SOMERVILLE $595,000
BRAND NEW - FRONT SPOT
bedrooms, ensuite, gas ducted heating, double garage with remote door plus polished concrete
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
HASTINGS $385,000
31 Somerville Crescent, Inspect Sat. 12.00-12.30pm
NEST OR INVEST Immaculate townhouse set at the front in a complex
much more. Leased to house proud tenants, but
shops, transport & golf course.
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
CRIB POINT $320,000
BRAND NEW TOWNHOUSES - SUPER VALUE OR INVESTNearing completion these appealing and spacious brick homes offer 3 good size bedrooms, full ensuite, modern
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
CRIB POINT $335,000 Negotiable
48a Governors Road, Inspect Sat. 12.45-1.45pm
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SUPER INVESTMENT$100 million port expansion feasibility under way.
region. Now is the time to buy one of these 1 bedroom units with lock up carport and excellent tenants
Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233
HASTINGS $239,000
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GREAT CENTRAL POSITION One of 3 only located a short walk to all services. 2 bedroom townhouse, modern in design with single
return of $300 per week or with vacant possession.
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Entertain the familyAddress: 7 Sandhurst Terrace, MOUNT MARTHAPrice: $630,000 - $690,000Agency: UFirst Real Estate, 487 Nepean Highway, Frankston, 8781 4500Agent: Layne Pearce, 0437 744 094
IN the Bentley Cove Estate, walking distance to Bentons Square shopping centre, this modern four-bedroom home is set on a landscaped, low maintenance block measuring 570 square metres and will be ideal for the growing family. Packed with features that are sure to appeal, there is a home offi ce at the front with private entry and then you are through into a spacious and light-fi lled living area highlighted by polished concrete fl oors and hardwood timber fl oors. This zone is perfect for entertaining with a splendid under cover entertaining area branching off from the meals area, with a modern kitchen well-placed to cater to guests indoors or out. Additional comforts include gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, spa bath and from the street is a double garage with an extra parking space for a boat or caravan.
An elegant lifestyleAddress: 5 Harrier Close, BLIND BIGHTPrice: contact agentAgency: Harcourts. 10/14 High Street, Hastings, 5970 7333Agent: Jason Stirling, 0411 520 173
STILL presenting in as-new condition, this beautiful home has elegance and charm to spare, along with the relaxing coastal lifestyle that only this peaceful coastal hamlet can provide. Full of modern conveniences and design features harking back to days gone by, this quality residence has high ceilings throughout, polished fl oor boards and picture railings. There are decorative architraves and cornices, and pressed metal detailing to the bathroom that also features a splendid claw foot bath. In addition to the formal lounge at the front, there is a vast open-plan area comprising a comfortable living and dining area adjoining the smart galley-style kitchen which has a superb island bench with stone benchtop. There are four bedrooms – two have a walk-in robe including the main bedroom which also has an ensuite. A fourth bedroom with handy private access could serve as a home offi ce.
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Immaculate Marklew designed home set in quiet pocket surrounded by lush vegetable gardens, flowers and ornamental grape vines. On a 1060m2 (approx) allotment, other features include shed and free-standing double garage with power, 3BR’s and two living areas. The light and bright kitchen has a dishwasher and plenty of bench & storage space. This home exhibits a pride of ownership that shines throughout offering a lifestyle to be enjoyed by all. Contact Exclusive Agent.
CRIB POINT 23 Pearce Street
3 1 3PRICE $395,000 Offers OverVIEW By AppointmentAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
THE SECRET GARDENNEW LISTING
Striking facade and floor-plan, this 4 bedroom plus study double storey home sits on ¼ acre allotment (approx.) Located in a quiet court location (still under builders warranty) and adjacent to a park and only a short walk to the beach. Featuring plenty of living space for the whole family to enjoy, plus a 14m x 13m workshop (under roof line) and 3 bay carport. Exceptional home in an idyllic location with many outstanding features. Contact Exclusive Agent.
BALNARRING BEACH 7 Highview Court
5 3 7PRICE $770,000 Offers OverVIEW Saturday 1:00-1:30pmAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
STROLL TO THE BEACH
PRICED TO SELL!
Backing onto parkland and just moments from Balnarring Beach and the general store, this 4BR home has comfortable living areas with air conditioning, a wood combustion heater and two bathrooms. The kitchen has an electric oven, a dishwasher, and there is a servery window through to the main living area. Step outdoors to an enormous alfresco entertaining area, surrounded by native flora and fauna. Other features include a single garage and a handy garden shed. Contact Exclusive Agent.
BALNARRING BEACH 2 Sidney Street
4 2 2
PRICE $600,000 Offers OverVIEW Saturday 1:30-2:00pmAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
PRIVATE BEACH HAVEN
NEW LISTING
Thoughtfully designed, this modern home is the front unit of only three. Including 3BR’s - main with FES, two living zones, spacious kitchen with s/steel appliances, downlights and plenty of bench & cupboard space. Other features include s/system heating & cooling, GDH and ceiling fans to the living areas. A double lock up garage has internal access, there are lush vegetable gardens, decked outdoor entertaining, security shutters, a garden shed and no body corporate fees. Contact Exclusive Agent.
HASTINGS 1/11 Dylan Drive
3 2 2PRICE $330,000 Offers OverVIEW Saturday 12:00-12:30pmAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
PERFECT LIFESTYLE & LOCATIONNEW LISTING
Set in an elevated position on 770m2 (approx.) this multi-level home has a separately zoned lounge area on the second storey offering bay & coastal glimpses over the tree tops. Downstairs you will appreciate the neutral tones and original features with a lovely kitchen and adjoining dining and lounge with views over the front and rear gardens. 2BR’s share the main bathroom, with the main bedroom featuring WIR & FES. Boasting all the comforts with ducted heating, wood combustion heater and air-conditioning. Contact Exclusive Agent.
SOMERS 2 Clifton Court
3 2 2PRICE $585,000 Offers OverVIEW Saturday 1:30-2:00pmAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
AFFORDABLE BAY VIEWSNEW LISTING
For those looking for a quality unit within a well-built and well-designed complex this needs your immediate attention. Including GDH and air-con, double garage and landscaping to the front and rear of the property. Caesarstone benchtops and s/steel appliances to kitchen with LCD downlights to entry. Finished with fly screens, letterbox and clothes line. Save on stamp duty and get in now. Two-bedroom unit also available. Contact Exclusive Agent.
BITTERN 2 & 14 / 75 Hendersons Road
3 2 2
PRICE From $310,000VIEW Saturday 12:00-12:30pmAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
BITTERN IS THE NEW BALNARRING
GREAT LOCATION!
Ultra chic townhouse, styled over two levels, overlooking the Marina, French and Sandstone Islands and surrounding parklands. Boasting the very best location, this renovated townhouse offers spacious open plan living downstairs, second living area upstairs and sleek designer kitchen with s/steel appliances. Other features include spacious bedrooms with BIR’s, main bedroom with balcony and a sparkling bathroom with double frameless shower. Contact Exclusive Agent.
HASTINGS 5/16 Skinner Street
PRICE $315,000 Offers OverVIEW By AppointmentAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
FEEL THE BREEZE OFF THE BAYBAY VIEWS
2 1 24 3 7
PRICE $1,250,000 Offers OverVIEW By AppointmentAGENT Wilma Green 0407 833 996
TUERONG 108 Coolart Road
COUNTRY ESTATE ON 5 ACRESPicture perfect, this is a home that welcomes everyone. Large living spaces, raised ceilings and bamboo floors create a warm ambience throughout. Featuring a superb kitchen, main bedroom with WIR & FES, separate study and rumpus room with bar. Additional features include 3 phase power to 14m x 11m shed with 2 roller doors, 12 solar panels, plus a shower and toilet. There is also a water causeway that links to the dam. This home was built to impress. Contact Exclusive Agent.
LIFESTYLE
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Discover the Mornington Peninsula’s fastest growing area.
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• Four hectare nature reserve
• Architectural design guidelines
• Superfast broadband with NBN
• Titled land - start building straight away
Call 1800 KINGS CREEEK (1800 546 472) or drop by and talk to the team at Ray White, 69 High Street, Hastings.
www.kingscreek.com.au
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69 High Street, HASTINGS, 5979 [email protected]
Ruby Smith 0434 744 744
Hastings 6 Plymouth Street
Great Possibilities This 3BR home offers the perfect opportunity for first home
buyers, investors, downsizers and renovators.All bedrooms
have BIR’s, there is a recently renovated bathroom, kitchen &
meals area, and outside is plenty of space for cars and extra
vehicles with a triple carport and single garage. Situated within
walking distance of schools, parks, transport, Hastings Marina
and Hastings shopping district, this home has plenty on offer.
For Sale 390,000 - $410,000
View By Appointment
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Ruby Smith 0434 744 744
Somerville 2 & 3 / 28 Eramosa Road East
Purchase in a Prime Position These quality units are in a desirable position situated a short
walk to Somerville village. Each unit offers brand new, modern
appliances and a contemporary colour scheme, open plan
kitchen/dining areas and great outdoor living space. Units 2 and
3 have two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a single lock up
garage. Unit 4 has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a
double garage . All have internal access. These units will appeal
to those looking to downsize or investment buying
*Photo is artists impression, colours may vary.
For Sale From $335,000
View By Appointment
Somerville 18 Melrose Drive
Great Value Buying This is one home where you can get everything you want for a great price. There are three good size bedrooms,
master with walk in robe and full ensuite, two living areas consisting of a lounge plus meals zone and family
room. The kitchen has a new Bosch stainless steel self cleaning oven and plenty of bench space. Outside you
have fantastic undercover entertaining area, single carport, rear access to the backyard and large garden shed.
Completing the package is ducted heating, evaporative cooling, air conditioning and a double garage under
roofline with remote door. All within walking distance to the local shopping centre, Schools, sporting facilities and
public transport.
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So if you are thinking of selling, call Leonie Worrall now on 0420 979 956 or at the office on 5979 4177 for a Free Market Appraisal and to discuss your real estate options.
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5977 8877 3/1065 Frankston Flinders Road Somerville, Vic 3912
Chrissy Kouvaras 0418 570 521 [email protected]
1/4 SYDNEY STREET, SOMERVILLE
$285,000 plusContact
Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown
www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/somerville
INVESTORSFIRST HOME BUYERS
RETIREE’SWe have a great selection of
units available in the Someville and Tyabb areas at prices to suit
any budget. Call us today to arrange your inspection.
Shelly Brown0431 188 166
2/28 ORCHARD GROVE, TYABB
$299,000 plusContact
Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown
4a Sinclair Street, SOMERVILLE
$379,000Contact
Shelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras
8/20-24 AUSTIN ROAD, SOMERVILLE280 JONES ROAD, SOMERVILLE
$280,000 plus10/42 ERAMOSA ROAD EAST, SOMERVILLE
$260,000 plusContact
Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown
ContactShelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras
$355,000Contact
Shelly Brown and Chrissy Kouvaras
28-30 WILLIAMS STREET, TYABB
From $365,000Contact
Chrissy Kouvaras and Shelly Brown
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Bay West Real Estate (VIC) Pty. Ltd.1/109 High Street Hastings, VIC 3915Ph: 03 5979 4412Fax: 03 5979 3097Email: [email protected]: www.baywestrealestate.com.au
HASTINGS $280,000 plus
•2 bedrooms with BIR•Spacious L shape living and dining•Kitchen with plenty of bench/cupboard space and gas cooking•Gas wall furnace•Paved rear courtyard•Single lock up garage
IDEAL FOR ANYONE AFTER CENTRAL AND LOW MAINTENANCE LIVING!
Sales: Sean Crimmins Ph 0411 734 814 Property Management Team: Ph 0421 473 135
CRIB POINT By Negotiation
•513sqm (approx) block •Situated in a leafy setting close to schools shops and transport •All services available •Get a great deal on your new home build
VACANT LAND
RENTAL PROPERTIES
1/14 Central Avenue TYABB 25 Olivia Street, HASTINGS
$320 per week - Available 16th Feb $390 per week
2/289-291 Stony Point Road, CRIB POINT
$290 per week - Available 18th Feb
6/289-291 Stony Point Road, CRIB POINT
$290 per week - Available 18th Feb
3 Villawood Drive, HASTINGS
$285 per week - Available 14th Feb
Property Management: Dayle Wilcox Ph 0421 473 13521 473 135
BITTERN $249,000
• Leafy 822sqm block (approx)
• Quiet family oriented area
• Walking distance to primary school, kindergarten, transport and shops
• All services available
House blocks in Bittern are becoming harder and harder to come by - make the call and take advantage of this boutique development!
INCREDIBLE VALUE! QUIET LOCATION TO BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME! (STCA)
HASTINGS $395,000 plus
•4 bedrooms, main with walk-in robe and ensuite. BIR’s to other bedrooms• Formal and informal living plus open plan kitchen with stainless steel appliances including dishwasher• Family bathroom• Paved alfresco area under roof-line• Double remote garage with rear access• Situated on 671sqm (approx) close to schools shops and transport
PERFECT FOR FAMILIES, INVESTORS OR THOSE JUST AFTER A BIT OF SPACE!
UNDER OFFER
BITTERN $620,000 plus
• One of the original houses of Bittern • 4 bedrooms (main with WIR), two bathrooms (main with double shower & marble topped vanity)
Coonara woodheater •Kitchen with new quality s/steel appliances including dishwasher and plumbed double-door refridgerator
•High ceilings, ornate cornices, ceiling roses, stained glass and a myriad of period features run throughout •GDH and four air conditioning units •Full length verandahs front and back •Set on 1745 sqm (approx) with established gardens and outdoor barbecue area. •Fully lined 22sqm attic space with powered providing ample storage or a play area for the kids.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD HOME (C.1920)CRIB POINT Price By Negotiation
• 2 bedroom house and 1 bedroom s/contained bungalow for dual-occupancy potential• Gorgeous cottage style kitchen with 900mm stove and dishwasher• Living and dining areas, rustic-style bathroom• Huge sunroom or entertaining area• 2 storey studio with bathroom (perfect for teenagers) • Dual driveways with plenty of parking
DUAL “OCC” ON LOCH!
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B T R E (03) 5979 8003btre.com.au
NEWLISTING
Pick up the phone and make your appointment to inspect this budget priced property on the marina side of town before it’s too late. This 3BR brick home is in
car garage and all on a good-sized block. This property
looking to do a renovation. The location is great offering
centre. Sale By Set Date: 26th Februay 2015 @ 5pm
perfect for a family seeking a tree change in one
This partially renovated unit offers a blend of privacy and low maintenance living lending itself to a very
undercover deck with television and a small lawn for
backyard for additional parking space.
This solid brick home is neat and tidy throughout and is
line with rear access to the backyard which has neat and tidy gardens. This home has been well cared for over years and is in fantastic condition.
This delightful home has a warm appeal and has been renovated throughout. The new kitchen has
and ample bench and cupboard space. The three
the home a lovely coastal feel.
feature throughout the main and second bedrooms
This home offers low-maintenance gardens on
garage with roller door accessing the backyard.
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place to host this coming Christmas then don’t delay with your inspection of this stunning home.
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windows will send you back in time to grand old
view through original sash-cord windows.
or investors. There is a central kitchen and meals
privacy. The interior features a timber kitchen with
several sheds and a neat alfresco area which overlooks the large backyard.
allotment provides the perfect opportunity to build
services connected.
This home has vast potential to create your dream
decked entertainment area and a four-car garage with workshop and air conditioning throughout.
59 MORRAH STREET - INSPECT SAT 3.00-3.30PM
394 STONY POINT RD - INSPECT SAT 12.00-12.30PM
8 CAMPBELL STREET - INSPECT SAT 10.00-10.30AM
1/2A SIMON STREET - INSPECT SAT 2.00-2.30PM
3/161 MARINE PARADE - INSPECT SAT 1.00-1.30PM
SOLD
court and would make for a wonderful location to build your dream home overlooking the surrounding
with boundaries landscaped and planted with
and telephone.
19 WILLS ROAD - INSPECT SAT 11.00-11.30AM
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SatchwellsReal Estate
HASTINGS 1/97 High Street 5979 1888BALNARRING 14 Balnarring Village 5983 5509
www.satchwells.com.au
local agents with local knowledge for over 55 years
TWO LEVELS PLUS ATTIC
Located in a central position only a short stroll to the foreshore, boardwalk & High Street comprehensive shopping. Comprising open plan lounge, dining & kitchen with French doors to verandah & garden. Kitchen with timber slab bench-tops, gas cooking walk in pantry. Bathroom again with timber slab vanity top, bath & shower, separate laundry and separate WC.
bathroom with shower hand basin and WC, access central library from all bedrooms. An added bonus is the second level Attic storage of vast proportions, ideal for storing all your treasures.
HASTINGS $585,000
Sid Ferguson 0418 321 963
ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD
positioned on 1 acre approx. and features 4 bedrooms plus a study, hostess kitchen including dishwasher, large living and meals area with lovely high ceilings and a Coonara woodheater. Outside comprises a spacious yard with landscaped gardens and a gorgeous in ground pool for you and your family to enjoy over summer.
house all your valuable treasures and more than enough room for the cars, boat, trailers and caravans.
CRIB POINT OFFERS OVERS $570,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
446 Stony Point Road - Inspect Sat 1.30-2.00pm
“JINDARRA PARK”
21Ac) is an attractive, gently rising allotment that has been extensively improved. The property includes a substantial 4BR homestead with wide verandahs, 10 paddocks all with post & rail fencing, troughs, loose boxes and electric fencing, 60 x 20 metre sand arena, large dam, stable complex with hot and cold wash, 20m round yard, outside wash and stalls, machinery shed with studio and 120,000L water storage.
BAXTER $1,900,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
OPPORTUNITY AWAITS
An opportunity has become available to purchase
be a prime location in the heart of Hastings and marina location. Recently painted, carpeted and new blinds installed throughout, other features include an upgraded bathroom, sun blinds over kitchen and the
bedrooms and heating and cooling for your comfort all year round. The property is positioned a short stroll to the hub of Hastings. We are very excited to
an inspection today. Currently tenanted at $285pw.
HASTINGS $330,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
ENTRY LEVEL INVESTMENT / FIRST HOME
quiet court of Hastings. Offering 2 large living areas a clean and tidy kitchen with gas appliances which adjoins a spacious tiled dining area and gas heating. Outside features a large covered decking over looking a good size allotment (approx 700sqm), a good size shed and double garage. Walking distance to schools and transport this property would certainly suit entry level buyers.
HASTINGS OFFERS OVER $280,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
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DON’T MISS THS ONE
Properties established within a short stroll to the foreshore, Marina and town centre are getting harder
conditioning, separate lounge, good sized meals area and quality carpets throughout. Kitchen with quality appliances, ducted heating and fans that will keep you comfortable all year round. Outside features well maintained landscaped gardens and 5,000 litre water tank is available. Great 1st home or investment.
HASTINGS $330,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
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12 Edward Street - Inspect Sat 12.30-1.00pm
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Located in the most popular position in Hastings, close to the shops, the marina & the waters edge,
compact fully fenced block of 481sqm. The property is currently let at $265pw., but would certainly suit 1st home buyers wanting to make their mark in Hastings.
HASTINGS $345,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
READY FOR YOU
will appeal to all types of buyers. Recently repainted
boards throughout and gas heating makes a great buy
Situated on a corner site with side access makes this a great address minutes from town centre, boardwalk & marina.
HASTINGS $360,000
Don McKenzie 0419 955 177
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Friendly atmosphere Freedom to travel
Affordable homes Social club
A carefree lifestyle Community centre
Low maintenance Secure long-term tenure
Gated community Residents workshop
$179,000
$165,000
$189,900
$185,000
$185,000
To enquire about any of these homes call David on 0403 111 234 or 5979 2700
SOLD
UNDER CONTRACT SOLD
FOR LEASESUPERB TREE-CHANGE OPPORTUNITY
AVOCA - TASMANIA(Eastern Midlands)
For the active retired or semi-retired couple this is a wonderful opportunity to experience a sensational tree-change lifestyle. Owners are seeking a reliable, preferably mature aged couple looking for something different. For reduced rent figure below, garden upkeep would be required to this splendid, Heritage Listed, 1845 Georgian brick home nestled on 6 acres along the St Pauls River.
Approx. 45 mins from Launceston Airport (about 1 hour drive to either Launceston or Hobart)
Peaceful village of Avoca offers general store, take-away, coffee lounge, petrol station, hotel (with bar), museum and emergency services
RENT: $230 per week To apply, or for further details,
please contact Phil on 0417 381 212
Address: 4 Temple Court, MOUNT MARTHAPrice: $540,000 - $570,000Agency: Blue Water Bay Real Estate, Shop 37a Bentons Square Shopping Centre Mornington, 5976 1188Agent: Darren Sadler, 0417 916 820
THIS impressive property has a great fl oor plan incorporating a formal lounge and a spacious open-plan area that adjoins a recently renovated kitchen to create a vibrant, light-fi lled family living zone. The kitchen has plenty of bench space and stainless-steel appliances include a dishwasher. Air-conditioning, ducted heating an a natural, HVR heating system keeps things comfortable throughout. There are three bedrooms, two have built-in robes and share the main bathroom, whilst the main bedroom has a walk-in robe and ensuite. A separate offi ce at the front could be a fourth bedroom if required. The outdoor entertaining area is excellent. Fully-enclosed, it is a wonderful complement to the already impressive living space and adds that value-adding extra dimension to the property. The rear yard is well-fenced and has been landscaped with fruit trees. From the street, there is a double carport under the roof line, with handy extra parking space.
The temple of room
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HarcourtsSINCE 1888
Setting the tone for luxury on the Mornington Peninsula, this beautiful top end designed Manière brick abode features stunning views across its botanically set landscape into greater Tyabb. This home has a free flowing and articulate setting that gives you a rewarding comfort that is unparalleled. Circa 1998, there are three bedrooms, a study, 10 foot ceilings and period ceiling roses and a formal lounge area which wraps around with an associated dining space for private and formal gatherings. A spacious open-plan kitchen boasts quality Miele appliances, there is an adjoining family room, and a rumpus or billiards room lifts the occasion with a professional wet bar for entertainment. Also featuring a three car lock up remote garage, hydronic heating, home theatre, DVR security system, full intercom, two jet master fireplaces, two oversized machinery sheds ideal for the true worker or business person, and a care takers cottage to capitalise on insurmountable opportunity!
Tyabb 59 O’Neills Road Unsurpassed Elegance Finely Set on 50 Acres (approx)
Harcourts Hastings
Tim Ripper 0434 513 640 [email protected]
Price Contact agentView luxurypropertyselection.com
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Harcourts Hastings10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au
HarcourtsSINCE 1888
www.harcourts.com.au
A stone’s throw to Hastings Marina & High Street shopping precinct this unique lifestyle/Development opportunity offers a rare chance to secure your future holding in this rapidly expanding waterside suburb or develop into a multi-unit site incorporating the existing residence. Comprising 3900m2 (approx.) of landscaped grounds which can also be subdivided (STCA) features a substantial 30Sq (approx.) family home, featuring multiple living areas, three large bedrooms, master with ensuite plus study. Entertaining is made easy with a central and well-appointed timber kitchen and large meals area. while outside the picturesque gardens are the perfect place for a BBQ with friends while listening to the serene tropical water feature complete with foot bridge. Special features; gas ducted heating, wood fire coonara, ceiling fans throughout, double lock up garage under roof line with internal access, immaculately landscaped gardens, huge American style 11.5m x 10.5m (approx.) shed & assured future growth. Close to all the Peninsula has to offer, local shopping, marina, schools, freeway access, public transport and a short drive to some of the best wineries and beaches in the area.
Auction Saturday 7th March at 1.30pmView www.harcourts.com.au/VHS5796Open Saturday 1.00-1.30pm
Waterside, Lifestyle, Land Bank or Development Property! - $760,000+ buyers
Hastings 55 Reid Parade 23 6
Tim Hughes 0410 470 515 E [email protected]
AUCTION
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Harcourts Hastings10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au
HarcourtsSINCE 1888
www.harcourts.com.au
Located in a highly sought after location and within walking distance to the village, train line and parkland is this perfectly presented 4 bedroom plus study (or kids retreat) home offering peace, privacy and a wonderful lifestyle. Boasting a large quarter acre (approx) block, an updated kitchen including a dishwasher, 3 split system coolers, huge master bedroom with parents retreat, 2 quality bathrooms (a huge ensuite), large formal lounge and dining. The home opens out onto a huge covered entertaining area complete with Spa, large feature bar and enough room to entertain all of your family and friends. Tradespeople or home handy men will love the huge shed to the rear of the yard. Drive a car right down the side of the home into the shed. Outside is a real feature with huge rear yard, double carport plus plenty of other parking - Just walk in and enjoy this home and get on with living your life!
AUCTION Saturday 14th March at 11.30amView www.harcourts.com.auOpen By Appointment
Outstanding Lifestyle In A Peaceful Location - $400,000+ buyers
Crib Point 7 Jensen Court 24 4
Jason Dowler 0403 598 754 E [email protected]
AUCTION
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113 High Street Hastings
Undercover parking
Luxury CBD living
Pay on completion
Turn-key inclusions
Two bedrooms
Vinyl wrap kitchen
Stone bench tops
Stainless steel appliances
Fully landscaped
Stamp duty svaings
FROM $274,950
9 NEW APARTMENTS FOR SALE
CONTACT SELLING AGENTS
JASON DOWLER0403 598 754
LISA ROBERTS0488 910 368
B T R E YOU’LL SOON BE HOME
LUXURY CBD LIVING
Stamp Duty Savings
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Harcourts Hastings10/14 High Street 03 5970 7333 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au
HarcourtsSINCE 1888
www.harcourts.com.au
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This tastefully remodelled 3BR home features polished hardwood boards, new gas wall heater, new roller blinds, open plan living & updated kitchen with large meals area. Three bedrooms all have r/control ceiling fans and share the central bathroom. Outside is an entertaining area, shed with power and side access to the yard
For Lease $290 per weekInspect By Appointment
Be Quick! This One Will Rent Quickly
Hastings 5 Gaskin Avenue
Hastings Office 5970 7333 E [email protected]
FOR LEASE
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Charming, renovated 3BR home with a light filled interior boasting kitchen with brand new appliances, gas wall heating, separate bath and shower, BIR’s to all abedrooms, and outside is a great backyard with plenty of room to move. There is a carport and shed with extra off-street parking space.
For Lease $295 per weekInspect By Appointment
Renovated and Freshly Painted
Hastings 3 Martin Street
Hastings Office 5970 7333 E [email protected]
FOR LEASE
Neat and tidy home, centrally located and offering 3BR’s with brand new carpet, bathroom with shower and bath, open plan lounge, meals and kitchen area with air-conditioning, heating, venetian blinds and security window screens . Step outside to the backyard with undercover entertainment area, studio, bbq area and timber deck.
For Lease $310 per weekInspect By Appointment
Close To Schools
Hastings 188 High Street
Hastings Office 5970 7333 E [email protected]
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FOR LEASE
When it comes to managing your
property, we have an unwavering
commitment to ensure we place the best
tenants into your number one asset.
For outstanding service, knowledge and
a property management experience that
exceeds your expectations, talk to us.
Contact Jess or Jade for any property
management needs, to them it’s not just
a job it’s a passion.Jade Loizzo
PROPERTY MANAGER5970 7333
Jess RollinsRENTAL DEPARTMENT MANAGER
0433 215 257
Two bedroom unit with single lock up garage, open plan living and meals area that includes the kitchen with gas and electric appliances, bedrooms with built in robes, walk through bathroom, gas wall furnace and court yard, all within walking distance to shops.
For Lease $250 per weekInspect By Appointment
Immacualte Unit
Crib Point 7/99 Disney Street
Hastings Office 5970 7333 E [email protected]
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168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888
Mornington Auction
20a Gleneagles Avenue, Mornington
Flawless Family Living
No expense has been spared to create a first class family living environment in this one of only two custom designed two-storey townhouse designed in true New England style. Sophisticated, elegant and refined, the impeccable detail is evident throughout the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home and the perfect balance of light, space, form and function is achieved across the two levels. Offering 26sq’s of living space plus a double garage with internal access, this stunning home also features direct street frontage with no active body corporate and luxurious imported finishes in this fabulous location just a few minutes away from the beach.
Auction Saturday 28th February at 11.00am Inspect Saturday 12.00–12.30pmContact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103
Deborah Quinn 0428 205 555bowmanandcompany.com.au
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Tyabb
City Chic Meets Country Tranquility Renovated with a designer’s eye for style, this exciting property combines the luxury of 2.75 blissful acres, approx, with a cosmopolitan four-bedroom, two-bathroom family home with stunning views to Westernport Bay and French Island. Superb formal and casual living zones complement a sleek stone kitchen with induction cooking and knock-out entertaining cabana. Every luxury is here from zoned underfloor heating to R/C air conditioning and garaging for three cars. The fully fenced farmlet offers excellent amenity from remote gates to a picturesque dam, flourishing orchard and kitchen garden. Soak up the tranquility of this first class property while enjoying close proximity to Tyabb Village and schools.
Price $980,000 - $1,080,000Inspect Saturday 1.00–1.30pmContact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Rhiannon Kairys 0405 237 570bowmanandcompany.com.au
16 Peach Grove, Tyabb
For Sale
168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888
24 4
Mount Eliza
The Style File A polished performer, this one-year-old two-storey three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence set in a quiet avenue walking distance to Mt Eliza Village, schools and cafes offers a seriously stylish indoor-outdoor living environment and a fabulous view of the city skyline from the top-floor balcony. Striking wormy chestnut floorboards introduce the sleek interior with a sublime Carrara marble kitchen and a spacious living and dining wing flowing out to an undercover downlit Merbu deck. The ground-floor master bedroom with WIR and fully-tiled ensuite is awash with designer style; while a rumpus room features an in-built study. Every luxury is here including a double remote garage with internal access.
Price $680,000–$760,000Inspect Saturday 11.00–11.30amContact Deborah Quinn 0428 205 555 Robert Bowman 0417 173 103bowmanandcompany.com.au
13 Warana Way, Mount Eliza
For Sale
23 4
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Mount Martha For Sale
Land Ahoy This 890sqm, allotment, approx, is one of the last opportunities of its kind to build your dream home from the ground up in beachside Mount Martha. Backing onto Sunshine Reserve, the level allotment enjoys a tranquil setting to be enjoyed for a lifetime. The location is second to none with Mount Martha Primary School, South Beach and the Village all nearby.
Price $495,000Inspect By AppointmentContact Robert Bowman 0417 173 103 Amy Day 0408 559 086 bowmanandcompany.com.au
38 Alexandria Road, Mount Martha
168 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888
Bowman and Company, Mornington Peninsula’s real estate experts, helping you find your ideal homeor sell your current one. The beach is closer thanyou think. ! Contact us today to find out more.
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No risk here, this is a great buyAddress: 150 Gamble Road, SKYEAuction: This Saturday at 11amAgency: LJ Hooker Real Estate, 112a Nepean Highway, Seaford, 9785 3888Agent: Rob Austin, 0418 347 750
FROM the welcoming front entry you are easily whisked away into the heart of this tastefully designed home. To the left of the central hallway is the master bedroom featuring a walk-through robe to an ensuite bathroom, and to the right is a formal lounge. Also in this front section is a separate study. The main open plan living area incorporates a splendid kitchen fi tted with stainless-steel appliances and there is plenty of cupboard and bench space. Branching off in several directions are three more bedrooms, all with built-in robes, the main bathroom, a separate laundry with built-in cupboard, and a handy rumpus room with carpeted fl oors. Opening from the kitchen is an undercover entertaining deck. From the street is a double and single roller door garage under the roof line, which has drive through access to the back yard for storing a trailer or boat. Value adding to the home are a host of smart features including ducted heating and evaporative cooling, solar panels and a grey water recycling system.
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Tel: (03) 9781 1588
Tony Latessa CEA (REIV), AREI, ABB, MAICD Mobile: 0412 525 151 REIV BUSINESS AGENT VICTORIA
Australian Institute of Business Brokers Committee Member.33 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability
NOW $50,000 + sav $82,500 + sav (negotiable)
$195,000
$120,000 + sav
PRICE REDUCEDLICENSED RESTAURANT & CAFE
$130,000 + sav
$95,000 + sav
$89,000 + sav
SEAFORD
$75,000 + sav
$1.5 million
FISH & CHIPS PLUS ACCOMMODATION
NEW LISTINGTAXI LICENCE
$960,000
MOUNT ELIZA
$150,000 + sav
$99,500 + sav
MOUNT ELIZA
SEAFORD
$180,000 + sav
$75,000
CARRUM DOWNS CRANBOURNE
$70,000 + sav
SEAFORD
$99,500
HOME BASED
$189,000 + sav
FRANKSTON SOUTH BRAESIDE
CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES
$180,000 + sav
SOMERVILLE
$2.2 million + sav
MORNINGTON
HUGE PRICE REDUCTIONCOMMERCIAL UPHOLSTERY
CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES
$240,000 + sav
HAMPTON
BAKERY / CAFE
JEWELLERY MANUFACTURE
CARDS, GIFTS & TOBACCO
CAFEKARINGAL
$695,000 + sav
Business Sales Specialistswww.latessabusiness.com.au50 Playne Street Frankston
Business Migrants Expert Advisory Service
CONVENIENCE STORE
GLASS APPLICATIONS
ROSEBUD WEST
COBRAM
$1.25 million + sav
COFFEE VAN
MANUFACTURINGMORNINGTON PENINSULA
$395,000 + sav
COBRAM
NEWSAGENCY
HAIR & BEAUTY
DEMOLITION BUSINESS
AUTOMOTIVE
CAFE
$150,000 + sav
MELBOURNE
$185,000 + sav
INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY
SEAFORD
$230,000 + sav
PRICE REDUCED ATTENTION TRADIES
WINE BAREILDON
BUSINESS $120,000 + sav FREEHOLDS $220,000
BAIT & TACKLE
$650,000 + sav
SORRENTO
PRICE REDUCEDLICENSED RESTAURANT
NEW LISTINGGENERAL STORE GYM SUPPLEMENTS INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY
CHEMDRY
PRICED TO SELL
BAYSIDE
PRICE REDUCEDRESUMES
WARRAGUL
FRUIT & VEGETABLES LAUNDRETTE
CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES
BRIGHTON
$1 million + sav
CAFE
$695,000 inc. stock
CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES
MOWER SALES & SERVICE
$350,000 inc. stock
KEYSBOROUGH
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
$199,000 + sav
HALLAM
FENCING & TIMBER SUPPLIES
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Heavy metalTHIS business manufactures custom-built trailers as well as the construction and servicing on all types of trailers. They also manufacture tool boxes and gates. In addition, there are steel fabrication services, sheet metal folding and MIG welding. This well-known business is sought out by tradesmen for minor and major repairs, which brings in a good part of the income.
Manufacturing, MORNINGTONPrice: Offers invitedAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Graham Haddock, 0417 360 963
Chipps for kidsPOPULAR children’s boutique located in a recently renovated shopping centre with lines including clothing, accessories, footwear and toys suitable for newborns, and teenagers up to 14 years. Established in 1974, the business has a website, and the well-known trading name is included in the sale. The vendor is willing to assist with the changeover period if required.
Childrens wear boutique, MOUNT ELIZAPrice: $120,000 plus savAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151
Page 22 WESTERN PORT real estate 17 February 2015> 220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 5900 Shop 11, 210 Dunns Road, Mornington 5976 8899 81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill 5989 2364
ESTATE AGENTS SINCE 1905
jacobsandlowe.com.au
Office/ Medical/ Beauty Rooms
• 61m2 approx.
• First floor retail space
• Great character with upto 4 rooms available
• Available 1st February
SUITE 1/176 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON
For Lease $2,000pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
For Sale $450,000
Mornington Factory
• Size: 105m2 approx
• In the heart of Mornington industrial estate
• Suited to a number of uses
• Priced to sell
2/11-13 DIANE STREET, MORNINGTON
For Sale $220,000 + GST (if applicable)
Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184
Premium Freehold Opportunity in Prime Location
Set in the tightly held Blairgowrie shopping strip are these 2 premium freehold properties, each on own title, zoned Commercial 1.
• First time offered in 50 years • Two prominent retail shops plus separate dwelling • Both properties currently tenanted • Directly opposite Blairgowrie foreshore • Would suit investors and/or developers
2815 & 2817 POINT NEPEAN ROAD, BLAIGOWRIE
AUCTION Friday 6th March at 12.00 noon
Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184
AUCTION
Two Iconic Shops in The Mall
• Shop 13: 5+5+5 year lease at $23,232 per annum
• Shop 15: 5+5+5 year lease at $21,264 per annum
• Shops are 43m2 approx. each
• 2 lot subdivision available (STCA)
13 & 15 / 90 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON
For Sale $895,000
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Mornington Investment
• 366m2 approx.
• Leased for $34,992pa + GST + Ogs
• 5 + 5 year lease commenced August 2014
• Impressive new development on Watt Road
10/61 WATT ROAD, MORNINGTON
For Sale $705,000
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Retail / Convenience Store
• Now under construction - available early 2015
• Ground floor retail space of 134m2
• First floor office space of 152m2
• Expressions of interest invited on one or both spaces
24 MILGATE DRIVE, MORNINGTON
For Lease $4,691pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
For Sale $550,000
Yabbies
• Located in the heart of the Mornington retail precinct
• Trading successfully for more than 10 years
• Fantastic exposure
• Great lease conditions
MORNINGTON - BUSINESS FOR SALE
Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184For Sale $145,000 walk-in-walk-out
Prime Position On Main Road
• 500m2 (approx) of excellently presented showroom
• Approx 20,000 cars passing daily
• Plenty of parking
• Main road exposure
• Join other 1st class tenants in this exclusive block
2/185 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON
For Lease $5,416pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
WESTERN PORT real estate 17 February 2015 Page 23> 220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 5900 Shop 11, 210 Dunns Road, Mornington 5976 8899 81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill 5989 2364
ESTATE AGENTS SINCE 1905
jacobsandlowe.com.au
Main Street Retail
• 100m2 approx
• Excellent foot traffic with strong surrounding tenants
• Great location in the heart of busy Main Street
• Rear access to Octavia Street with provision for dual carparking
• Available 1st June 2015
83 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON
For Lease $6,980 pcm + GST + ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
185 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Main Street Retail
• 158.4 m2 approx
• Excellent location in Main Street
• Rear access
• Availablle now
For Lease $5,000 + GST + Ogs
Mornington Investment
• 198m2 approx
• Situated in busy Yuilles Road
• Popular complex
• Would suit a variety of businesses
9/64 YUILLES ROAD, MORNINGTON
For Lease $1,500 pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Main Street Office Space
•106m2 approx.
• Located on the corner of Main & Barkly Streets
• Available Now
1ST FLR, 2/154 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON
For Lease $1,920pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Retail Shop and Office Space
• 4 Retail Shops ideal for retail food outlets
• Sizes range from 62 to 72 m2 approx
• Lower & upper level office space
• 326m2 total of office space
• Now under construction completion expected mid 2015
209 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON
For Lease Price On Application
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Tyabb Road Showroom
• 333m2 approx.
• Great main road exposure
• Customer car parking
• Available Now
3/137 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON
For Lease $6,817.33pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Space, Yard and Security
• High profile corner location
• Building measures 2000m2 approx.
• Yard measures 4000m2 approx.
• Roller doors, reception area and double gates to secure yard
2-4 HENRY WILSON DRIVE, ROSEBUD
For Lease $13,167pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Tyabb Road Showroom & Yard
• Land size: 2251 m2 approx
• Building size: 450 m2 & 110 m2 approx
• Showroom, office, workshop & yard
• Exposure plus on the corner of Diane St & Tyabb Road
• Available Now
1-3 DIANE STREET, MORNINGTON
For Lease $7,000pcm + GST + Ogs
Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858
Due to our successful leasings recently we are short of suitable properties for our qualified tenants. If you own commercial or industrial property that is available for lease or you would like to discuss the management of your property, please do not hesitate to contact Jacobs & Lowe on 5976 5900
Page 24 WESTERN PORT real estate 17 February 2015>
URGENTLY NEEDED
MORE STOCK TO LEASE
1/26 McLaren Place, Mornington, Victoria 3915a
e
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Trading for 15 years, this feed business caters for all
foods, treats, collars, leads & veterinary products. The
showcasing a highly professional tone. 5 rooms, plus kitchen,
takings. A very rare opportunity to purchase this iconic
This well established business of 12 years specialises in cleaning, maintenance and handyman services and
sub contracts some of its larger jobs and takes a margin; ideally suited to tradesman or handyman..
Arthurs Views Bed and Breakfast, located on the very
superb bay vistas. This easily run business enjoys high occupancy levels and turnover with low overheads. The
cooling, toilet and rear access for deliveries. New lease terms. Available mid-July
available now for lease or sale.
LEASED
SOLD
warehouses - soon to be constructed with sizes ranging
Come and set your business up amongst some of Red
eye of passing trade, with lots of natural light and large windows. Get in now and capitalise on the summer trade.
repairs business is neat as a pin with well-maintained records and a loyal customer base. Premises features an
LEASED
This small block of land, which allows for a large building envelope on the land size is the perfect opportunity to join in on this
COMMERCIAL SPECIALIS
TS
SOLDand parking.
Western Port News 17 February 2015 PAGE 43
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FOR SALE $235,000•2 Bedrooms • Walk through Bathroom• Built in Wardrobes • Split System Air
Conditioner • New Carpet throughout • Freshly Painted • Double Pantry • Gas and Electric Appliances• Cathedral Ceilings • Rear Patio • Garage with Roller
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FOR SALE $220,000• Open Plan Living • 2 Bedrooms • Built in Robes • Cathedral Ceilings • Large Open Plan
Kitchen • Gas Hot Plates • Electric Wall Oven • Split System Air Con • Gas Heating • Vertical Blinds • Double Shower with Hob • Garden Shed • Water Tank• Perfect Court Position
FOR SALE $190,000• Split Level • 2 Bedrooms • Built In Robes • Ducted Heating
• Gas Appliances • Split System • 2 Car Carport • Back Verandah • Garden Shed
FOR SALE $235,000• 2 Bedrooms • Built in Robes • Gas Hotplates • Electric Wall Oven
• Split System Air Con • Low Maintenance Gardens • Full Length Veranda • Remote Control Garage • Garden Shed
PAGE 44 Western Port News 17 February 2015
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By Ron Gunn of Utow CaravansTHIS question is often asked and should be discussed with a qualifi ed person before you buy the vehicle. It is also important that you know your caravan and tow ball weights.
Most dealers will fi t the minimum towbar to a new vehicle or even if you are buying a second hand car that already has a tow bar then this might just be of the minimum standard that is required to tow a box trailer.
There are many different types of tow bars ranging from:
Standard towbars – light duty towing usually up to 1000kg and a tow ball weight often up to 100kg. They usually have little or no reinforcement which would generally make them unsuitable for use with spring bars as they are only attached to the vehicle at the ends.
Mini Hitch Bar – These are of a heavier grade steel and have a centre mounting point behind the tongue as well as the outside points. This restricts the fl exing movement and makes them suitable for spring bars. These hitches will normally be able to tow a trailer or caravan
What type of tow What type of tow bar should i get?bar should i get?
up to and including 1600kg when loaded and have a tow ball weight of 150kg.
Weight Distribution Hitch Bar – This is the type that a lot of people refer to as a Hayman Reece, although there are a number of manufacturers who construct this type of towbar. They usually have a square outlet to take a removable tongue or hitch. This type of bar is connected to the vehicle in a number of places and sometimes will have additional structural support in the vehicle boot or load carrying area. These are suitable for spring bars and
weight distribution bars. They will normally be capable of towing the maximum weight that the vehicle can legally tow.
All towbars manufactured and fi tted to a vehicle must have a compliance plate stating the vehicle model, model number and tested load ratings.
For more information either speak to us at Utow Caravans or a qualifi ed towbar fi tter.
Utow Caravans is at 25 Simcock Street, Somerville. Phone 5978 0083 or 0400 777 698. www.utowcaravans.com, email: [email protected]
PAGE 46 Western Port News 17 February 2015
Paris march for freedom (of speech) included the Egyption Foreign Min-ister. Hypocrites all, no freedom with metadata?...I’m no Pedantic Pimper-nel in the world of grammar but it would be nice to get through a day without hearing the word “totally”...The dedicated smoking zone at the Rye RSL is not a telephone booth. Surely those on the other end of the line aren’t all deaf?...Biassed sports reporters on the Indians bowling bumpers with no mention of Mitch-ell Johnson?...My 2014 orchids to Barack Obama for normalising re-lations with Cuba and to anything Anson Cameron, Ross Gittins and Greg Baum (sport) writes; 2014 axes to that morning newspaper for the 14 days before the state election, to Tony’s $550 mirage and parents who spent 24 hours daily in January fi nd-ing things to entertain their kids...Australia Day has passed and we all survived; well done Rosie Batty....hallelelujah/[email protected] www.ello8.com
By Cliff Ellen
100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...
Well-known residents leave for campWell-known residents leave for campCompiled by Melissa WalshMR J. P. Pratt has quite recovered his recent motor accident, and has now returned to Shepparton.
***MESSRS A. Eddie, H. Jackson and O. Palmer have returned to Mel-bourne after spending a most enjoy-able holiday at Mr A. Eddie’s seaside residence, “Cheer-Oh”, Frankston.
***THE monthly meeting of the Somer-ville Fruit-growers’ Association will be held in the Somerville Hall on Monday next, when the matter of the cool storage project will be discussed.
***NOMINATIONS for the Flinders Naval Base Sports close with the secretary on Monday next. From what we hear there is likely to be a big entry, and everything points to the function being a gigantic success.
***MESSRS Brody and Mason will hold their bi-monthly produce sale at Frankston on Wednesday afternoon next, when in addition to the usual produce, they will offer a quantity of household furniture and gents wear-ing apparel.
In consequence of the Somerville Show falling on Brody and Mason’s usual sale day at Somerville, it will be postponed till 24th March.
***DURING the week several well-known residents of the district left for the Camp at Broadmeadows, having determined to throw in their lot as defenders of their country.
We allude to Mr Robert Walker, of Mount Eliza, Mr W. Clements, of Frankston, and Messrs V. Jondahl and M. McDonald, of Langwarrin.
This will not be the fi rst time that Mr Walker has gone to the front, as he enlisted and went through the South African war. We wish them success and a safe return.***FRANKSTON Court of Petty Ses-sions. Monday, 15th February, 1915.
ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN LIQUOR.E. V. Heffernan, of the Carrum Hotel, was charged by the police with illegally selling liquor on the 17th January last.
Sergeant Jones prosecuted and Mr Maher appeared for defendant.
All witnesses were ordered out of court. The action was taken under Section 134 of the Licensing Act. The following evidence was heard: Constable Revell deposed that he was stationed at the police depot, Melbourne.
On the 17th January was at Carrum on licensing duty.
Visited the Carrum Hotel about 3pm in company with Constable Knott.
We entered by the side door. As I went in, Heffernan (the husband of the licensee) asked me if I was a bonafi de traveller.
I told him I was a constable on duty. Saw four men with glasses in their hands. In reply, Mr Heffernan said they were travellers. I asked the men to produce their railway tickets. One
of them produced the return half of a ticket.
Heffernan said he was licensee. I said to one of the men (Dwyer) ‘You are not a bonafi de traveller.’
He said he stayed with some friends at Carrum the previous night I then got his name and address.
I then went along and saw a man put a glass on the side counter. I asked him what he was doing on licensed premises. He said he came from Cranbourne that day and that he lived at Lyndhurst.
There were 7 or 8 travellers in the house besides these.
Again at 8 o’clock I visited the hotel and saw Heffernan again.
There were about 50 persons stand-ing about in front of the house, more or less under the infl uence of liquor.
In consequence of what happened I again asked Heffernan if he was the licensee and he said his wife was.
Mrs Heffernan told me that she had stayed in the bar all day and tried to keep the men quiet, but in conse-quence of it being very hot, they had stayed there all day.
I examined 3 others besides Pearson and Dwyer.
Constable Knott corroborated the evidence of the former witness Frank Pearson deposed that he was at the hotel on 17th January.
Got there about 1 o’clock, saw Heffernan at the door. He asked me if I was a bonafi de traveller, and I said I was, and I thought I was.
When I saw Constable Revell I was coming out. Never saw him inside
at all. Mrs Heffernan was in the bar. A
witness named Ray deposed that either himself or Heffernan watched the door all that Sunday.
The Bench dismissed the case, as it was considered the licensee had taken the proper precautions to prevent non-travellers being served on that day.
G. Dwyer was fi ned 5s in default distress, for being on licensed prem-ises in unlawful hours.
***THE ladies’ Red Cross committee have just completed another section of their valuable work, and have as a second instalment, forwarded a large parcel of towels, pillowslips and woollen mittens to headquarters.
The mittens were all knitted by the local school girls, who are still busy knitting so as to include a large number in the next parcel.
The committee intends to canvas the district for donations so as to enable them to keep on sending these parcels for the benefi t of our wounded soldiers, at intervals throughout the whole time the war lasts.
We trust that the collectors will meet with a ready response, and ap-peal to the residents, that their ef-forts will be successful.
Surely the greatest sacrifi ce for this work could not be too much, and when our own relations and friends have given up their whole services to fi ght for our country, it is the least we can do, who are living at home in peace and pleasure, to give, not a little, for a purpose that will bring to
them some comfort during their ter-rible experiences.
The hon. secretary, Mrs E. P. Hair, announces that the smallest dona-tion will be thankfully received, and surely the donations should be numerous, as it is realised through-out the whole state, that Mornington Peninsula, especially Somerville and Tyabb, is in a most prosperous and fl ourishing condition.
***THE anniversary services in connec-tion with the Methodist Church were held in the hall on Sunday evening last.
The building was very tastefully decorated for the occasion, and re-fl ects great credit on those who had taken part in making the preparation.
The choir had the very valuable ser-vices of Mrs Shaw, of Adelaide, who supplied excellent music with the violin. Rev. J. Jackson, brother of the Rev. Jackson, of Frankston, delivered the sermon.
***A NUMBER of areas have under the Game Acts been proclaimed by the Governor in Council as localities in which, during the whole year, it is unlawful for any person to kill any species of Native Game (birds and other animals). Full information of these localities can be obtained on application to the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game.
From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 20 February, 1915.
Streams of Consciousness...”What’s the time, half past nine, hang your britches on the line, when they’re dry bring ‘em in, hang ‘em on a dunny tin”. Mum and dad smoked ciga-rettes. Dad liked his beer but hated gambling. Mum loved her betting (the barber SP; a shilling each way all up, if any, the next race) but hated the grog. No seat belts (no car), no bike helmets, hitchhiked, ate white bread and had lemonade if too sick to walk to school. Westgarth theatre matinees, Buck Rogers. Played in the street till all hours, no telephones, no locked doors, fell out of trees, salvos, bread cart, ice-man and everybody rented. Watched young lovers un-der the peppercorn trees, screaming Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan catch-cry, disappearing into Merri Creek, catching yabbies. Another year gone, the lottery continues. Count your blessings; a premiership, powerball and bills. Hope, though shrinking, springs eternal.
***I’m not big on new year resolu-tions. They need to be challenging, an achievement for the better so to speak. As last year drew to a close I looked back on resolution 2014 with pride of performance, or lack thereof. I’m aiming for a bigger hurdle 2015, namely not to criticize Joe Hockey. For 365 days he will be left alone. Not
too diffi cult really. If you the reader are unsure as to the wisdom or other-wise of little Joey you’re obviously a lost cause. I’ve always got Lord Tony for baloney words of wisdom. And the sex thing? It’s like riding a bike: the older you get the more you forget where the pedals are. Psychologist Dr John Norcross says up to 45% of resolvers are successful at 6 months falling to 19% by year end. That’s the beauty of psychologists; percentages available on any given subject; our hidden treasures I’m reliably told, but less than convinced.
***Your cappuccino is luke warm and you prefer it hot; send it back; ditto a pot of fl at beer and so forth. January, where I constantly witnessed rude-ness in restaurants and shops for no apparent reason, perhaps a feeling of misplaced superiority. I’ve decided it’s all down to dickheads who fail to realise they are in fact advertising their sad faults. Then the other type who never seem to take responsibilty for their own actions. In cars obvi-ously. Travelling at the maximum 60 and he/she is “up your bum” using telepathy to transfer the aggression, spotting an opening, whoosh, the im-aginary scream of “idiot”. A cancer of stupidity. A young blonde in a Honda called me a dickhead; cute? A career of all things being somebody else’s
fault amounting to the possibility of a life of self harm? Reminds me of the chap who booked a plane from New York to Rome, ended up in Georgia and blamed the airline.
***I adore Channel 9. Don’t we all? Per-fect one day, predictable the next. The non political piece on Julie Bish-op on the 6 oclock Boxing Day News gave me another side to this sensitive lovely lady. If they did a similar story on Julia Gillard I must have missed it. Followed by A Current Affair where they listed the worst shows of 2014 but forgot (apparently) to include their own show.
***“We are just vultures preying on the vulnerable” says The Age column-ist Amanda Vanstone on the Sydney Siege media coverage with nary a whisper on the use of the “terrorist” word and our own preying situation at the Northern Territory detention centres, Nauru and Manus. Amanda is entitled, heavily in favour of all things right, as in wing, but surely the lady can see the occasional faults in the present administration? Or is it moi? Still, thankfully, on Andrew Bolt lines Amanda is at best a second cousin twice removed. A redress of the balance?
***The Curriculum review, when refer-
ring to the arts, as in only two com-pulsory subjects, music & visual arts, with electives (but not in all schools) of drama, dance and media arts. My experience was of confusion in mu-sic and visual arts, but somehow, had drama been compulsory perhaps this would have provided the necessary key to seeing the light a shade earlier in life? I’m a fully paid up member of the “whatif” society.
***Obviously the price of a pack of ciga-rettes has almost reached plague pro-portions so what to do? A check of my humble pension account displayed a shakey balance, thus the need to put my previous life as a CPA to good use, as in reducing outgoings in the sum of around $100 a week. The an-swer? Food. The freezer is now full of half loaves of bread, fi sh, meat and obviously home brand products. Done. Success, until the next price hike.
***Again... Always remember (or never forget) the famous words “beware of the self righteous, particularly when it’s their duty”.
***Tony’s Sir Prince Phillip idea makes Joe Hockey look like an intellectual...”Come back soon” tent; entrance to Peninsula Link. January 27th....The celebrities who led the
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By Stuart McCulloughIT was a shock to see them after so long. They were poured from a clip-seal plastic bag onto the plate as ca-sual as you like, but from the instant I caught sight of them, I felt a surge of adrenalin. There are all kinds of fruits in this world. There’s passionfruit, juicy fruit, the fruits of your labour and the fruits of the devil. But there’s only one kind of fruit, the mere men-tion of which causes me to assume the fetal position. Granted, they’re sweet and a great source of vitamin C. They are, however, also my nemesis.
Once upon a time, a blackberry was a kind of phone that had an awkward and near impossibly small keyboard. According to legend, they were highly addictive and they threatened to take over the earth. That is, until some-one invented the smart phone and the blackberry was seldom heard from again. It was as if it had joined the witness protection program or had de-cided to leave the band and launch a solo career. But long before a black-berry was a piece of redundant tech-nology useful only as an eight hundred dollar paperweight, it was a fruit. Put simply, it was the nastiest, angriest fruit ever invented.
Some fruits grow in orchards. Oth-ers sprout in pots or in garden beds. Blackberries grow wherever they want. They are, in that respect, anar-chists. To the best of my knowledge, my father never planted a blackberry
bush. He didn’t head down to the feed and grain store and pick up a packet of blackberry seeds. Like an uninvited and highly inebriated party guest, the blackberry bushes rocked up unannounced and immediately started to make a nuisance of them-selves. A blackberry bush is a tangle of green cane and razor wire thorns. It grows like a child’s scribble and creeps across the earth like an advanc-ing army.
They were a blight on the landscape. Static on the screen. From the house you could see the densely tangled blackberry bushes clotting up the back paddock. There is nothing to be gained by ignoring them – once they arrive, they are destined to get bigger. My father would survey their advance and mutter under his breath. His rela-tionship to the barbed wire weed was, however, deeply complicated. On the one hand, he wanted to treat them like
the trespassers they were and obliter-ate them, if not from the face of the earth, then certainly from the back paddock. But on the other, he was ad-dicted to the fruit they produced. It was a love, hate, pick, preserve, turn-into-jam kind of relationship.
Some people refl ect on their child-hood and remember walks along the creek, games and butterfl ies, complete with a ‘Wonder Years’-style voiceover. I, on the other hand, tend to look back on my early years as a period of inden-tured servitude punctuated by trips to school. There were chickens to feed (where I learned, fi rst hand, that the term ‘hen-pecked’ was so much more than merely a turn of phrase) as well as plants to water. There was rubbish to take out and weeds to be chipped from the drive using a mattock. But the worst of the chores ever assigned to us concerned the blackberry bushes.
The task was always two fold. First, we were to pillage every mor-sel of fruit that we could. My father, spoon piled high with berry plunder, could never understand why we’d turn them down. It wasn’t only that we’d already stuffed ourselves. It was that the pain of retrieving them was simply too great.
Say what you will about my father – I know I certainly do – but he is a man that appreciates the importance of an empty ice cream container. They were always available and put to a variety of uses. Feeling queasy in the back
of the car? Perhaps you’ll feel better nursing an empty ice cream container for the next three hundred kilometers until we pull over for lunch. They were an ideal place to store bits and pieces and the perfect receptacle for freshly plucked berries. My brother and I would be dispatched to the back paddock with nothing more than an ice cream container and warm thoughts for company. The parting words of ‘keep an eye out for snakes’ rarely in-spired confi dence.
To this day, I can’t look a blackberry in the eye. I appreciate that blackber-ries don’t have eyes as such, but if they did, rest assured I would be looking everywhere other than just there. So when our host produced blackberries, I raised my hand, feigning a chronic case of fl atulence. It was an opportu-nity lost. After all this time, I missed my chance to reconcile myself with my fruity nemesis. It felt too soon.
We were visiting my father when my wife and one of my nieces dis-appeared. They returned hours later, buckets laden with blackberries. The grins on their faces were as wide as the sky. It was amazing. What I had long regarded as a form of punishment, they regarded as a treat. It’s all about how you see things, I guess. Maybe I should get over it. The next time they trek down to the back paddock, I think I’ll tag along. It’s time for me to get my just desserts.
Blackberry to the futureBlackberry to the futureTHE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
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LIFE has come full circle for Vika Bull who grew up listening to the late, great Etta James, and now returns to the soul sister’s songs she studied 30 years ago.
Following a sell-out season at the Sydney Opera House and major theatres, At Last: The Etta James Story is returning to the stage on 27 March at the Frankston Arts Centre, for one night only.
Starring the powerhouse talent of Vika Bull, one of Australia’s most respected, powerful soul singers, At Last has garnered standing ovations and rave reviews throughout its Australian tour.
Vika Bull has sung alongside some of Australia’s most iconic voices, but it is in At Last, her fi rst solo headline show, Vika showcases the true depth and range of her soulful, gutsy voice, as she belts out the repertoire of one of the world’s most powerful female singers.
“It was actually hard to decide whether to do it when they fi rst asked me. I originally said no because she is my favourite singer and I thought if I didn’t do it properly I would get crucifi ed,” she says with a laugh. “I grew up listening to Etta James and studying her voice to sing like her so it was all the more important for me to do a good job.”
After some serious soul searching, Vika says she knew it would be a great opportunity, and after two years on the show she hasn’t looked back.
“It has been a bit of a challenge for me but a wonderful experience. The show started exactly a year after Etta James passed away in February 2013, and is a real tribute to her. She is such an amazing singer and most people only know her for At Last, but she has such a huge repertoire,” says Vika, who puts her heart and soul into telling the telling the story of Etta’s turbulent life. “During the show I sing a lot of Etta’s most beloved songs including Tell Mama and Something’s Got A Hold On Me, but there are very low points in her life, and we take the audience through an emotional journey,” says the singer.
“The great thing about her is she was a survivor. She talks about her life as a roller coaster and if she had to do it all over again, she wouldn’t change a thing,” says Vika, who is embracing the chance to be a singer and a storyteller.
“I believe one of the reasons she had such a magnifi cent voice was
because of her life experience.”
Described as a show of raw emotion, punctuated by an intimate telling of Etta’s tumultuous life, Vika guides us through a two-hour narrative concert of the 57 year career of the woman who has been recognized as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues, rock and roll and pop.
For Vika Bull, whose career continues to take her to amazing places, the journey is still going.
“Singing has taken me to some really amazing places and I have met wonderful people,” says Vika, who has been busy touring with Paul Kelly and The Merri Soul Sessions.
“The Etta show is completely different from anything I have ever done though. Compared to a tour like this, the whole theatre world is completely different. I like it because it’s a new kind of discipline.”
Vika has already had a lifetime of adventures, from singing with the Black Sorrows to performing for the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela, but this down-to-earth songstress fi nds memorable moments in the simplest things. “Every gig you have great times, and meet interesting people. I even had a great time in Canberra when I went to a couple of exhibitions and saw Sidney Nolan paintings which were a highlight.”
For Vika, being on the road is not all sex, drugs and rock and roll. In fact, she explains, it is quite a subdued life.
“Because I am using my voice all the time, I have to rest it when I can so you have to sleep, drink lots of water, warm and cool down. And I don’t drink alcohol anymore because that’s really bad for your throat.”
As for advice for would-be singers, Vika says it is most important to remain passionate about what you’re doing and also have a thick skin.
“You have to be committed to singing because you have a love of it. There are many times when you make no money. You have to have a thick skin because there are times when you are fl avour of the month, and times when you are not,” says the mum of a 17 year old.
“My daughter plays bass in a band, and we’ve told her she can do whatever she wants but it is a commitment.”
For Vika the decision to be a singer happened when she was 5, having grown up listening to a lot of country
music through to Bill Haley, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis and gospel.
“We grew up in Doncaster and my parents often got Linda and me to sing at church dinner dances. We were surrounded by music and it was common for the Tongans to go to church a few times a week. Afterwards people would come back and sit around playing guitars and singing songs,” says Vika, who was born to a Tongan mother and Australian father. “I just knew it
was what I wanted to do and I have always remained passionate about it.”
As with all great artists, the learning still continues for Vika as she takes the show into its second year.
“I’ve had to learn to speak to an audience and have had a lot of help with actors coming in and giving hints on how to connect and tell a story,” says Vika who admits to still feeling nervous before a
performance. “One thing I know for sure is we are always respectful of Etta when we tell her story. She was an incredible singer who lived the blues and it is an honour to be able to pay tribute to her in this way.”
Vika Bull is backed by the sizzling hot 8-piece The Essential R&B Band in At Last, The Etta James Story at Frankston Arts Centre on Friday 27 March. Call 9784 1060 or see www.thefac.com.au
By Melissa Walsh
‘AT LAST’ VIKA BULL COMES TO THE PENINSULA
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FROM one of Australia’s most innova-tive performing artists comes First Things First - a one-man show of tech-nically virtuosic dance and hilarious physical theatre that explores the art of ‘getting used to it’.
Joseph Simons blasted onto the international dance scene winning the Outstanding Emerging Artist Award for WA AusDance in 2009, since then, he has toured the world with many of Australia’s major dance companies, including the enormously popular Chunky Move.
Now, you can catch him live perform-ing his own special brand of dance theatre, in an evening of fi rsts you’ll never forget at Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 7 March.
Do you remember your fi rst day of school? The fi rst time you rode a bike? Your fi rst kiss? The fi rst time is always memorable. But then you do it a second time, then a third. Suddenly, it’s second nature. Join award-winning performer Joseph Simons in this mind-blowing display of physicality with his signature charm and wit.
First Things First begins in the foyer of Cube 37, where Joseph is hosting a party for all his friends – you! This is your chance to meet Joseph, have a chat, and be introduced to other members of the audience. Then head
into the Cube theatre to watch Joseph doing what he does best!
Joseph will also spend a week at Cube 37 rehearsing and perfecting his show as well as running a number of com-munity workshops. First Things First is also (very aptly) the fi rst in the season of “Make’n’ Move Frankston”, a dance initiative for creators and audiences alike.
Make ‘n Move Frankston will pres-ent a broad range of contemporary dance performances and engagement opportunities for dance makers and the general community over the next two years. The project is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts. Make’n’ Move Frankston include workshops, artist residencies, professional development, Q&As and industry nights. There’s no better way than Simons return home to perform First Things First at the FAC to kickstart the Make’n’ Move Frankston initiative.
There’s a fi rst time for everything! Don’t miss your chance to experience the physical comedy showman in action.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS: Cube 37Saturday 7 March @ 7pmPRICES: Member$20, Full $25, Conc $22BOOKING INFO: thefac.com.au Call 03 9784 1060
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PROVINCIALBy IT Gully IT was an unbelievable day in MPCA Provincial cricket on Saturday.
While the highest score for the day was a staggering 136, arguably the peninsula’s greatest ever player, Long Island’s Scott Phillips, was single handedly tearing up Heatherhill.
The all-rounder snared nine wick-ets in a day, eight in the fi rst innings and one in the second to have the Hills reeling at Bruce Park.
Although heavy rain threatened matches across the peninsula, fi ve of the six Provincial games got under-way. Baxter and Crib Point will play
a one-day match this Saturday after Baxter Park was unplayable for the second time this season.
It wasn’t a good afternoon to bat fi rst with Sorrento recording the highest score for the day with 136.
There were two teams who failed to notch triple fi gures, Heatherhill being rolled for 62 and Pines skittled for 99 against Langwarrin.
It was yet another Saturday however that belonged to Scott Phillips.
Fresh from choosing not to represent the association at Country Week, Phil-lips tore through Heatherhill, taking the fi rst four wickets before Andrew Tweddle chimed in. Phillips then took the next four before Tweddle took the
last of the innings.Phillips would be an unbackable
favourite for the Wedgewood medal. Has there been another player domi-nate with both bat and ball like Phil-lips has this season?
The master has made almost 500 runs this season at an average about 50 and taken 38 wickets at an average of 10.3.
After rolling the Hills for 62, Long Island blasted a quickfi re 4/132 before sending the home side back into bat. At stumps they were 2/86, a lead of just 16.
Sorrento made the highest score of the round, scrambling to 136 against Moorooduc.
While Nick Jewell top scored with the bat for the Sorras with 42, Jack Kennedy was the chief wicket taker for the Ducs with 4/41. Kenny Cre-men was back in the First XI also and snared 2/22.
In reply, the Ducs are in all sorts of trouble at 4/29. Anthony Blackwell has 2/0.
At the other end of the peninsula at Langwarrin, 13 wickets fell at Lloyd Park.
The Kangas rolled Pines for 99 with Nathan Volpe snaring 6/25.
At the close of play, Pines had the home side on the back foot at 3/43. Jake Prosser had done it again, pick-ing up 2/6, one of his victims being
his brother Matt, who he bowled for a duck.
Mornington rolled Rye for 116 but at stumps were in some trouble them-selves at 2/12.
Luke Popov snared 3/16 for the Dog-gies while Beau Suffern top scored for Rye with 35.
Leigh Lambert took both Morning-ton wickets and fi nished the day with 2/7.
Mt Eliza is on the back foot against Peninsula Old Boys.
The Mounties were bundled out for 119 before POB fi nished the afternoon on 3/70.
Phillips the great
DISTRICTBy IT Gully ONLY four of the six scheduled MPCA District matches got starts on Saturday.
Seaford and Carrum, a critical match in the context of the season, as well as Somerville and Boneo, will be played this Saturday in a one day format.
There was no stopping Red Hill though, who bounced back from their fi rst loss of the season last week to post a massive 3/347 against Flinders at BA Cairns Re-serve.
However, despite posting the massive score, there were no triple fi gures from any of the fi ve Hillmen bats who went out into the middle. Mind you, none of them failed with the bat and they all made more than solid contributions.
Riley Shaw top scored for the visitors with 92, Simon Dart was unbeaten on 79, Rheede Hopgood made 72, Nick Shaw helped himself to 42 and Matthew Meri-fi eld blasted 57.
Eight Flinders’ bowlers rolled their arm over in a bid to try and slow Red Hill down.
Flinders will have their work cut out this weekend to try and run down the total.
Main Ridge has a wonderful opportunity to really threaten the top four after getting the better of Mt Martha on Saturday.
Going into the clash, the Ridge (sixth) were half a game behind third placed Mt Martha, fourth placed Carrum and fi fth-placed Seaford.
The Ridge have the Reds on the ropes. Mt Martha was bowled out for 154 on Sat-urday, Scott Millar getting three wickets.
In reply, the Ridge are 0/26.Hastings has set Baden Powell 169 for
victory.The Blues racked up 168 on Saturday af-
ter Timmy Birch came to the rescue again with an unbeaten 41.
John Harrison wound back the clock for the Braves with 4/69.
Seaford Tigers and Delacombe Park will go down to the wire.
The Tigers batted fi rst on Saturday and made 161 with David James top scoring with 51 and Jack Brooking scoring 38. Shane Deal was again at his best for the Parkers with 4/36.
In reply, the home side is 1/34.
The Hillmen bounce back
Top four push: Main Ridge downed Mt Martha in their DIstrict match on Saturday. Picture: Andrew Hurst
PAGE 54 Western Port News 17 February 2015
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COUNTRY WEEKBy IT Gully THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association failed to have an impact in last week’s Country Week carni-val for the fi rst time in memory.
The MPCA fi nished in sixth place on the table with just one win for the carnival.
That win came in round one when the MPCA rolled South West at Mel-bourne University.
Sorrento’s Corey Harris made 82 and Moorooduc’s Bobby Wilson an unbeaten 75 in that fi rst game when the team scored 3/260. Long Island’s Justin Bridgeman and Mornington’s Luke Popov snared two wickets each as the MPCA rolled South West for 225.
In Round two, despite making 9/249 with Carrum’s Shaun Foster scoring 59 and Crib Point’s Rob Hearn 44, the MPCA was beaten by eventual championship winner, Sale-Maffra, who made 290. Carrum teen-ager Liam Dobson snared 3/32.
Mornington Peninsula was good with the bat again in round three, making 8/245. POB’s Matty Hyden top scored with 83, Bobby Wilson hit 71 and Justin Bridgeman 50. However, Murray Valley was up for the challenge and got the runs eight wickets down. Main Ridge’s Gareth Wyatt and POB’s Adrian Jones took two wickets each.
MPCA was smashed in the fi nal game by Bendigo, the eventual run-ner-up. Bendigo made 8/280 before MPCA were rolled for 179. Wilson took 3/20 and Hyden 2/45. Shaun Foster top scored with 43 and Matt Foon hit 35.
The Development Squad fared slightly better but still failed to make the fi nals.
Long Island’s Aaron Paxton made 55 in the fi rst match against Ham-ilton while Hastings’ Luke Hewitt made 25. Hewitt was also the best of the bowlers with 2/22.
In round two, Seaford’s Damien Lawrence scored an unbeaten 100 and Sorrento’s Leigh Poholke hit an unbeaten 79. Brad Trotter from Pearcedale was good also with 58.
It was good enough to see them beat Ferntree Gully by 50 runs. Hewitt was the pick of the bowlers with 3/31, POB’s Jon Forrest snared 3/49 and Lawrence 2/36.
The MPCA was well beaten in round three against Ballarat. Sor-rento’s Liam O’Connor had a good game, scoring 38 and snaring 2/25.
In the fi nal match, MPCA was well beaten by Warnambool. O’Connor top scored again with 53 while Forest scored 41 and Paxton 33. O’Connor also snared 3/44.
Warnambool defeated Ballarat in the fi nal.
SUB-DISTRICTBy IT Gully BALNARRING has yet another op-portunity for an outright victory after dominating Dromana on Saturday in Sub-District cricket.
Dromana won the toss and sent the Saints in to bat. It proved to be a pret-ty good decision when the Hoppers rolled the visitors for 168.
Tim Jessup top scored for the Saints with 40, taking the place of David Ross, who didn’t play.
Craig Dunlop was the pick of the bowlers for the Hoppers with 4/50 from 20 overs.
Dromana needed to capitalise with the bat and failed to do so, bowled out for 62 in 28 overs.
Jacob Cook was outstanding for the Saints, picking up 7/17 from 14 overs.
Dromana survived the last two overs of the day in their second in-nings and will resume at 0/1.
Carrum Downs is looking at a convincing win against neighbour
Skye after the fi rst day’s play.Skye batted fi rst and was bundled-
out for just 108. Stuart Swift was the best of the Cougars’ bowlers with 3/25.
In reply, Carrum Downs is cruising at 1/58. No doubt they’ll have a crack at an outright win on day two.
All other Sub District matches will be one dayers this weekend after rain affected the playing surfaces on Sat-urday. The critical match of these is Frankston YCW v Pearcedale.
Saints in box seatSaints in box seat
Tiger troubleTiger trouble
Forgetable carnival for the peninsula
THE fallout has continued at Dromana with favourite son Paul Minchington signing with Frankston YCW.
The star forward/onballer, who hasn’t been fi t since winning the fl ag with the Tigers, will be looking for a big year.
Minchington joins Dromana teammates Anthony Bruhn and
Daniel Waddell at the Stonecats.Also walking out on the club was
skipper Jay Neratzoglou, who will play in the amatuers.
Cal Park and Blake McGrath have gone to Fish Creek. Steven Gartner and Stuart Cleeve have gone to Dingley, Andy Kiely has gone to fi nish his career with his original home club and Christian Ongarello is undecided about where he will play.
Panthers on prowlPearcedale may have struggled last
season but it appears that thing are back on track.
The Panthers have just signed Mornington pair Callum Searle and Michael Williams. Williams burst onto the scene in last year’s grand fi nal when he booted three goals and got the Dogs back into the game against YCW.
Williams opted for the Panthers over Red Hill, who is was also in talks with.
Let’s just say that his three goals in the grand fi nal last season has helped his hip pocket in 2015.
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RPP FM Main StageHastings Foreshore
Thanks to RPP FM and Patrick Ports, we are pretty excited to announce that this year’s music line-up is completely local to the Mornington Peninsula!
RPP FM will also have their broadcasting tent at the festival, doing interviews and putting live music from the RPP FM Main Stage on air across the weekend.
Friday 20 February
6:00pm Happy Go Blues
7:30pm Moistabury
8:30pm Demolition Squad
Saturday 21 February
10:00am Nathan & Fee
11:00am Just 4 Kix
1:30pm Parade Awards, Mayoral Commendations & Miss Western Port Crowning
2:15pm McDonald’s Family Show
3:00pm Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk
4:00pm Safari Motel
5:00pm Brad Kennedy
6:00pm Westernport Regional Band
7:00pm Roundhouse
8:00pm GrousEHousE
9:00pm Dirty Boogie Band
Sunday 22 February
10:00am Catalina Cruisers
12:00pm Rob Papp & Blueshead
2:00pm John Lawrence Band
Western Port News Fireworks DisplaySaturday 21 February, 9:30pmHastings Foreshore
After the sun goes down, watch the Western Port News Fireworks Display over Western Port Bay.
Always an amazing show of pyrotechnics not to be missed, put together by Southern Cross Fireworks.
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Hillview QuarriesKids CornerSaturday 21 & Sunday 22 FebruaryHastings Foreshore
We’re sure all parents will appreciate how expensive festivals can be, but the Hillview Quarries Kids Corner offers an array of free kids and family activities, plus giveaways across the weekend.
Saturday: The Oasis Tent will provide fun activities for children of all ages, as well as some shaded tables, chairs and free cordial for refreshment.
Bunnings Hastings will be doing seedling planting activities, and Lightning Party Balloons will be giving away free balloons from 1:30pm.
The Scouts ropes course will be set up all weekend, plus outdoor board games.
There will also be a meet and greet with Ronald McDonald & Friends at 3:15pm in the Kids Corner!
Sunday: The Oasis Tent will be back to provide more refreshment and entertainment but not before our fantastic Teddy Bears Picnic at 10:30am – and remember BYO teddy bears!
There will also be FREE mini golf from 10am–4pm.
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NAVY Steam Truck RidesSaturday 21 February, 2pm–4pmMarine Pde
The NAVY Steam Club will be back in 2015 with their Foden Steam Truck. There will be opportunities to ride on the steam truck around Hastings after the Street Parade!
Free Community BBQFriday 20 February, 6pm onwardsRotary Shelter, Hastings Foreshore
Bring the family down and enjoy the free community BBQ, thanks to 1st Tyabb Scouts.
We are expecting big crowds, so make sure you are down early to avoid any potential disappointment!
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Temporary closures will be in force from 10am Saturday 21 February, with High St completely closed to traffi c from 11am until the end of the street parade (approximately 1:30pm).
Portions of High St will remain closed between 1:30pm–6pm on Saturday 21 February for the car show. The crossroads will be open for traffi c – Salmon St, King St and Victoria St.
The 782/783 buses will be affected by the road closure, and a temporary bus stop will be set up on Church St between King St and Victoria St (replacing the King St bus stop) on Saturday 21 February between 11am–1:30pm. Timetables will remain the same.
Marine Pde will be closed all festival weekend; signposted detours to Hastings Marina will be in place.
Parking for people attending Western Port Festival will be available on the foreshore – enter via the Hastings Tennis Courts. Parking is by gold coin donation, with proceeds going to Hastings SES.
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