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FreshbashattackBY SANDRA BULL

Survivor: Geoff Carlile recuperates at home with Buddy. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

A MAN bashed by three teens,who also kicked his dog to death,has suffered a second unprovokedattack in Hastings.

Just 10 days after the first beat-ing in Hodgins Road, Geoff Car-lile couldn’t believe he had againbeen threatened and hit in whatpolice believe was an unrelatedincident last Sunday week.

The Hastings resident, 43, waswalking his surviving dog, Buddy,about 9.20pm in Hodgins Roadwhen he noticed two teens, whoappeared drunk.

‘‘I said g’day and one said ‘whothe f . . . do we have here’ and Ithought, oh no, not again. Thenthe second one said ‘I’m going tokill you’.’’

One threw a punch whichglanced off the side of Mr Carlile’sface already damaged from thefirst attack on February 14. Hemanaged to elude them and dashto safety.

In the first attack, three teensriding mini-bikes turned on MrCarlile when he was walkingBuddy and his other dog, Bella, inHodgkins Road after he hadearlier rebuked them for ridingnoisily near where his daughterwas sleeping.

‘‘All I could see was feet andpunches going everywhere. I keptgoing in and out of consciousness.

‘‘When I woke up the third

time, the first thing I saw wasBella lying [dead] in a pool ofblood coming from her mouth.She still had her eyes open.’’

He cannot work as he is stillhealing from the first bashingwhich broke facial bones andrequired a steel plate to be inser-ted. Although his employer hasbeen supportive, Mr Carlile hasrun out of sick leave and the fam-ily, including two children agedfive and eight, is doing it tough.

His injured eye is still bloodshotand bruised. But it was the kind-ness of a mystery well-wisher thatsparked tears from the toughwelder/fabricator who said he had

never been scared of anyonebefore the attacks.

A sympathy card, containing$500 and signed ‘‘from oneanimal lover to another’’, was sentwith a bunch of flowers and theheart-felt wish that he would beable to help ease the pain withanother ‘‘beloved companion’’. ‘‘Itrestores your faith in people,’’ hesaid, wiping the tears away.

The attacks coincided with apack of youths terrorising awoman watching the fireworks atthe Western Port Festival on Feb-ruary 23 (see page 11).

Detective Leading Senior Con-stable Nick Sweetman of the

Hastings crime investigation unitsaid teenage related crime ‘‘is thebulk of our work’’.

‘‘We’ve noticed in the past threeor four years that crime, especiallyinvolving 14 to 15 year olds, hasreally taken off, and it’s consist-ently the same ones.’’

Often aided by seasonedwrongdoers in their early 20s, theyoung troublemakers wereinvolved with graffiti, burglaries,shoplifting and serious assaults.

Detective Sweetman said manyparents were as frustrated as thepolice at the lack of consequencesfor youths repeatedly caughtflouting the law.

‘‘The kids’ parents beg us to getthem locked up to get themstraightened out. But the worstrecidivist offenders are typicallyordered into non-custodial carewith the Department of HumanServices under a youth supervi-sion order.

‘‘It’s a statewide issue. It usuallytakes many Children’s Courtappearances before a repeatoffender is given a custodial sen-tence in a youth training centre.’’

Mr Carlile and wife Adele nowwant to move from Hastings,which they say is no longer thequiet, safe town they settled in adecade ago.

He has decided not to walkBuddy on Hodgins Road at night.‘‘Why should I have to hide? Butyou don’t know who you aregoing to meet.’’

Anyone with information abouteither attack is urged to callCrime Stoppers on1800 333 000.

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Re: Arthurs Seat chairliftIt will be interesting to see whether the new chairliftis vandalised like the old one was.

Old Rider (via web)

Re: Kennel, cattery opposedMayor Lynn Bowden is our No. 1 citizen andshould be representative of the community, whichshe was elected to do. How can she avoid theresidents in this instance? If she isn’t prepared tomeet with residents on local issues, she should giveit away.

Michael (via web)

Re: Man attacked, dog killedWhen these gutless wonders are caught — and theywill be — they should be sent to jail (no matterwhat age) for at least one year instead of a slap onthe wrist, which is sending out the wrong message.

Fed Up (via web)

Re: Tootgarook swamp rulingWhat Mornington Peninsula Shire did not say isthat it is pursuing Cameron Brown for the SupremeCourt costs. This is an appalling approach by theshire that could financially ruin the young couple

and cause them to lose their house simply becausethey believed the shire had acted illegally.

Mornington Peninsula Ratepayers (via web)

Re: Push to save ‘sick’ Dromana pierThe biggest problem the Association for BuildingCommunity in Dromana is facing is that ParksVictoria prefers to spend our money knockingthings down than fixing them up.

Fred Wild, Rye (via web)

Re: Dog walkers in national parksFine, but can Parks Victoria ban/control rabbits,feral cats and foxes, which are the real problem. Idon’t think so. Most dogs owners are responsibleand have their dogs under control.

Tonyms (via web)

Re: Fund-raising on one wheelHe is such a lovely brother to do that for his sister. Iwill be donating money and I urge everyone to dothe same.

Ruby (via web)

The anti-bike prejudiceAs someone who regularly assists victims of road

trauma throughout Frankston and the peninsula,especially vulnerable road users such as motorcyc-lists, I am saddened to see that the TAC has decidedto re-run an ad from 2009 that was widely con-demned by the riding community at the time.

The TAC has had years of correspondence fromthose that ride and are advocates of safe riding, thatthis ad, The Ride, misses the mark. It also flies inthe face of the parliamentary motorcycle safetyinquiry that reports that the figures used in the adare inaccurate and urges future ad campaigns tohelp vulnerable road users, rather than demonisingthem by reinforcing negative stereotypes.

We regularly see many motorcyclists on thescenic roads of the peninsula, many of them actingresponsibly. With the opening of the PeninsulaLink, I would like to see all road users looking outfor each other and a focus on increasing road safetygenerally rather than a TV ad that tars all motor-cyclists with one brush and gives other road users areason to point the finger. I hope the state govern-ment addresses this problem within its road safetyagency when it responds to the parliamentaryreport’s recommendations.

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Recipe for goodwill,any way you share it

Helping hands: Rob McMurrick and Sandy Dudakov of FareShare, Woolworths Hastings store manager TonySalpietro and Greg Hunt load surplus food produce into the FareShare van at Woolworths Hastings.

Picture: Daryl Gordon

BY SAMANTHA ROBIN

LOCAL supermarkets are giving back by donat-ing surplus produce to needy families.

Several Woolworths supermarkets across theMornington Peninsula and in Frankston are tak-ing part in a scheme that has surplus fresh food— that would otherwise end up in a landfill —transformed into healthy meals by FareShare.

The meals are distributed throughout Victoriaby 300 charities.

The program also helps cut the production ofgreenhouse gas methane and reduce the demandfor new food production.

This year FareShare expects to cook1 million meals for the needy. Vice-president andvolunteer Sandy Dudakov says the program is agreat way of saving food that would otherwisehave been wasted.

‘‘The aim is to collect perfectly edible and use-able food and items that can’t be on-sold — likebruised zuccinis, fresh fruit and vegetables andmeat that is close to its use-by date — and bring itback to our Abbotsford kitchen, where we turn it

into meals for people who may be struggling toafford food.’’

Ms Dudakov said the the food was a welcomerelief to many families who were doing it tough.

‘‘It may be people are working and when thatunexpected bill comes in, they will go withoutfood that week. Food is discretionary, so peoplecan choose to go without it, or survive on verylittle.

‘‘Anyone who has a approached a charity forassistance, whether it’s someone on a pension orhealth benefits, even struggling university stu-dents, can benefit from the program.’’

Ms Dudakov said it was great to see so muchsupport for the program.

Among the local supermarkets taking part arethose at Rye, Rosebud Central, Rosebud West,Hastings, Somerville, Baxter, Mornington,Mornington East, Mt Eliza, Frankston, Lang-warrin, Karingal, Seaford, Carrum Downs, Pat-terson Lakes and Chelsea.

Flinders federal MP Greg Hunt congratulatedWoolworths and FareShare on their partnership.

‘‘It is a fantastic program,’’ he said.


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12.00pm - 4.00pm Regional Worlds Longest Lunch Sorrento Foreshore

10.00am - 3.00pm New Peninsula Church Free Family Fun Day Church Grounds, Craigie Road, Mount Martha

7.30pm - 10.30pm Peninsula Music Society Presents: Tinalley String Quartet Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington

6.00am - 1.00pm Rosebud Secondary College Sunday Market Rosebud Secondary College

9.30am - 1.30pm Loved It Market Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington

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10.00am - 4.00pm Sustainability Festival The Briars, Mount Martha

9.30am - 2.30pm Mornington Peninsula Schools Environment Week The Briars, Mount Martha

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10.00am - 2.00pm Country Fair Crib Point Primary School

9.00am - 2.00pm Huckleberry Market Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington

9.30am - 4.00pm Peninsula Family Easter Picnic Mornington Racecourse

8.00am - 5.00pm Greek National Day Rye Foreshore

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10.00am - 4.00pm Annual Bonsai Display Balcombe Grammar School, Mount Martha

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10.00am - 4.00pm Blairgowrie Annual Easter Art Show Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron

8.00am - 5.00pm Red Hill Show Red Hill Recreation Reserve

9.00am - 5.00pm Psychic & Wellbeing Festival Mount Eliza Community Centre

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Old boots help young players

Generous donation: Leigh Montagna and Ahmed Saad are giving their old football boots to the BootsFor All program. Picture: Samantha Robin

BY SAMANTHA ROBIN The more equipment wereceive, the more kidswho can benefit.’

— Leigh Montagna

ST Kilda football players Ahmed Saadand Leigh Montagna have visitedHastings to meet fans and donatesome much-needed gear to the BootsFor All program.

The program encourages playersfrom across the community to donatetheir old boots so they can be passedon to a disadvantaged team or club.

Saad, who had a background in soc-cer before moving into Australianrules, said it didn’t matter what sportchildren got involved in.

‘‘We want to encourage people toplay not just football but any sportand to make sure they have the rightequipment,’’ he said. ‘‘If you are play-ing on grass and it’s wet and you’replaying in runners you are going to beslipping around everywhere.’’

Saad donated a pair of boots that hewore in VFL finals a few years ago.

‘‘We didn’t make the finals that yearbut hopefully they can go all the waywith the next footballer who plays inthem.’’

While Saad encouraged players tohold on to their premiership-winningboots, he said there were plenty ofunlucky boots players could part with.

‘‘If you have last season’s footballboots and you aren’t going to wearthem again or if you have unluckyboots that didn’t win you the finals,donate them to players in need.’’

People can drop off quality, second-hand football boots and equipment attheir local Australia Post outlet.

The boots and equipment will bedistributed to teams across Australiawho are socially or geographically dis-advantaged.

“The more equipment we receive,the more kids who can benefit,”Montagna said.

For more information, visitbootsforall.org.au.

Take note,it’s a sign ofwhat’s whatHASTINGS residents aresharing forthcoming events andinformation through acommunity noticeboard thathas been added to the centre oftown.

In the Hastings shoppingcentre, the board is a place forcommunity groups to shareideas and experiences.

It is also a way for groups toattract new members and toget their message out to thepublic.

Bendigo Community Bankstaff will maintain the notice-board.

All community groups andnot-for-profit service providersare invited to use the resource,which will be kept free ofcommercial advertising.

The initiative was jointlyfunded by the MorningtonPeninsula Shire and the Ben-digo Community Bank.

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Victim fights backThe Frankston Embona taskforce is

investigating an armed robbery in Mornington

last Saturday week. A 35-year-old man was

walking from Canoustie Grove to Dava Drive

at 8.50pm when he was approached by four

males, believed to be aged about 17. One of

the youths produced a knife with a fluted

blade and demanded cash. The victim then

struck one of his attackers to the face,

possibly breaking his nose. During the

altercation one of the men took the victim’s

wallet and the group ran along Canoustie

Grove. The man reported the robbery to

Mornington police 24 hours later and any

witnesses are yet to come forward.

Information to Crime Stoppers on

1800 333 000.

Stabbing in RosebudA man and a woman were hospitalised after a

fight broke out in Rosebud West on Sunday

night. Police said two groups of people, who

were known to each other, were drinking at a

Rosebud West unit when an argument broke

out. One woman bit another woman on the

arm. The bitten woman responded by

grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing her

attacker twice in the chest. After others

intervened in the fight, the woman who had

received the stab wounds, and another man

fell through a window. The man received

lacerations to his chest and arms and was

taken by ambulance to Frankston Hospital.

The woman was flown to the Royal

Melbourne Hospital, where she remains in a

stable condition with a punctured lung. A

43-year-old Rosebud West woman was

charged with recklessly causing injury and

was bailed to appear at the Dromana

Magistrates Court on May 9.

Railway line damageChildren as young as five have been caught

vandalising the Mornington Tourist Railway.

Police said a group of boys and girls aged

from 5-12 were caught throwing rocks at the

train on its Sunday run and leaving rocks and

other obstacles on the railway line. An

11-year-old boy was caught in the act on

Sunday and he and his parents were spoken

to about the incident. Sergeant Anton

Jankovic said police were targeting the area

under a no tolerance approach. He urged

parents to know where their children were at

all times and to monitor their behaviour. ‘‘We

need these children to realise that

obstructions on the railway line could cause

derailment resulting in serious injury or

death.’’ He said Mornington Peninsula Shire

Council was working on installing more

fencing to make the area harder to access.

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Solving the case ofspike in robberiesBY LEE OPITZ

ROBBERIES on the Mornington Peninsulajumped 69.6 per cent last year, compared witha 2 per cent drop statewide.

The percentage increase represents 16 morerobberies than the 23 reported in 2011.

The figures released last week represent onlythose offences reported to police and recorded.

Also on the increase were ‘crimes against theperson’ 1375 (up 28.7 per cent); theft of motorvehicles 271 (up 23.2 per cent) and assault(including reports of family violence) up 21.3per cent to 1060.

Drug offences rose 26.8 per cent, a resultthat Mornington regio’s Inspector Ron Cooksaid showed how effective police had been intaking drugs off the streets.

Burglaries, property damage and theft frommotor vehicles all fell.

‘‘Our crime statistics show that 2012 was amixed bag with some categories falling andunfortunately, others rising,’’ Inspector Cooksaid. ‘‘Our statistics reflect crime associated

with an influx of people from all over metro-politan Melbourne over the holiday period,particularly leading up to New Year’s Eve.’’

Family violence incidents continued to rise,which Inspector Cook attributed to morepeople being willing to report the matter topolice, and the establishment of a dedicatedpolice crew to target recidivist offenders andvictims to ensure they were dealt with quicklyand efficiently, including referral to relevantsupport agencies.

Inspector Cook said an 8 per cent fall inthefts from motor vehicles showed that peoplewere starting to get the ‘look, lock and leave’message. ‘‘Vehicle-related offences are primar-ily opportunistic and occur because owners donot lock their cars and leave valuables in clearview,’’ he said.

While road policing statistics showed therehad been a 5.9 per cent rise in injuries on theroad, Inspector Cook said the number of seri-ous injuries requiring hospital admission haddropped. There were eight road deaths in2012, one less than the year before.

The ambulance wait escalates

Long wait: Ambulances lined upoutside Frankston Hospital onFebruary 8. Picture: Lee Opitz

FRANKSTON Hospital hadsome of the worst ambulanceramping figures in the state latelast year, figures released lastweek have shown.

Ambulance ramping occurswhen emergency departmentscan’t take on new patients,usually because they are full.Ambulances are forced to waitwith their patients until a bedbecomes available.

The statistics for the Septem-ber and December quarters —which the state opposition hadcampaigned to be released —showed Frankston Hospitalfailed to offload patients at theemergency department within 40minutes 40.2 per cent of the timeover those two quarters last year.

In the September quarter, 665patients waited more than 24hours to be admitted to the hos-pital when a gastroenteritis out-break clashed with constructionworks and seasonal demand toclose beds.

Statewide, the hospital systemmet its 40-minute target 77.4 per

cent of the time in the Decemberquarter. Elective surgery patientssuffered a statewide drop in thenumber of procedures done ontime in the December quarter,also reflected at south-east hos-pitals.

Elective surgery waiting listsgrew to 47,760 in the Decemberquarter, from 43,173 in the pre-vious December quarter. In thesame timeframe, elective surgerypatients treated went up from37,326 to 38,219.

Frankston Hospital patients

suffered a relatively bigger jumpin the waiting list from 1540 inDecember 2011 to 1715 inDecember last year. Frankstonalso treated more patients, from1214 to 1335, over that time-frame.

All elective surgeries deemedurgent last year were donewithin set targets of 30 days.

The figures showed RosebudHospital fared reasonably wellin comparison with other hospit-als, only falling down in two cat-egories.

Rosebud treated 234 patientsfrom the elective surgery waitinglist in the December quarter,down on the 241 waiting listadmissions in the Septemberquarter.

The hospital provided electivesurgery to more than half of itscategory 3 non-urgent patientswithin 175 days – an increase onthe 81-day median a year earlier.

The statistics will be seen inthe context of a fund fight be-tween Victoria and the federalgovernment.


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Mother ‘violated’ in attackBY SAMANTHA ROBIN ‘It was very physical, I don’t want to go into the verbal

side of things. I was fearful of what they were goingto do to me. I was thinking about home and mythree children.’ — assault victim

A BRAVE woman has spoken of a terrifyingordeal fighting off a group of teenagers whotried to assault her.

The 38-year-old Hastings mother, who didnot want to be identified, said she was on theHastings foreshore watching the Western PortFestival fireworks display last Saturday weekwhen she was surrounded by four teenagersjust after 9.30pm.

One of the men grabbed her from behindwhile a second man stood in front of her andattempted to pull her pants down. Two otherteens stood behind the second attacker andwatched.

She broke down while describing the attackat a media conference in Melbourne last week.

‘‘It was very physical, I don’t want to go intothe verbal side of things,’’ she said.

‘‘I was fearful of what they were going to doto me. I was thinking about home and mythree children.

‘‘I managed to fight one of the offenders offand the rest of them ran and that was myopportunity so I ran too. My only instinct wasto run to where I felt safe and that was mycar.’’

The teens ran off towards the Pelican Parkrecreation centre on Marine Parade.

She described the attackers, who smelt ofalcohol, as sick people.

‘‘I don’t see how they could get any satisfac-tion from doing this. I feel completely violatedand very insecure and unsafe.’’

While the festival was well attended, theincident occurred in the dark, away fromcrowds.

As it was dark, the woman was only able togive a brief description of one of her attackers.

She described him as having messy hair andbeing 160 centimetres tall. All had Australianaccents and are believed to be in their mid-to-late teens.

She pleaded with the attackers to showsome conscience and come forward.

‘‘What you have done has caused a lot ofheartache.’’

Detective Sergeant Stephen McKenzie saidit was a violent attack that police believed wasan isolated incident.

‘‘It is a disgraceful act.’’Detective Sergeant McKenzie urged anyone

who saw or heard anything or who may havecaptured photos or video footage of theattackers fleeing to come forward.

‘‘We want the people of Hastings to feelsafe.’’

He advised women not to walk alone atnight.

‘‘If you are going to go for a walk in thedark, preferably don’t go alone so you don’tput yourself in that position.’’

Anyone with information is asked to callCrime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visitcrimestoppers.com.au.


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ABOUT 110 participants tested their sailingskills at the recent Schnapper Point YouthRegatta.

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Tenacious teen: Maddie Todd

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THE community is rallying behind a sickteenager to help her have what may be life-saving treatment.

At just 14 years old, Padua College studentMaddie Todd has a rare form of cancer calledclear cell adenocarcinoma.

It’s so rare that doctors in Melbourne areable to offer little insight into her recovery.

Determined to see her well, the Toddfamily plans to head to Germany for Maddieto get specialised treatment.

The treatment and cost of getting there andback is likely to cost the peninsula familymore than $55,000.

Family and friends and local businesses haverallied together to put on a fund-raising eventfor the teenager.

A Mexican barbecue night will be held atBahas Taco Restaurant in Rye and all theproceeds will go directly to the Todd family tohelp pay for Maddie’s treatment.

Businesses have also donated items to beauctioned off at the barbecue night.

The fund-raiser will be held from 3-6pm onSunday. Bookings can be made through BahasTaco Restaurant on 5985 2077.

Tickets are $30 for adults; children areadmitted free.

Jenny and Leigh Todd said their daughterwas ‘‘a tough cookie’’ who was determined tobeat the cancer.

Mrs Todd said the family was incrediblyhumbled by the support they had got from thecommunity during Maddie’s illness.

Donations to the Maddie Todd CancerRecovery Fund can be made to accountnumber 10538881 and BSB 063-540.


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Radio buzz: Bob Phillips, also above, Peter Smedley and Judy Phillips send out the tracks in the 3RPP studio. Picture: Michael Dodge

Alternative music, enthusiastic voices and a lot of passion. SAMANTHA ROBIN gets aninside look at the community radio station speaking out for Frankston and the peninsula.

The atmosphere is buzzing at 3RPPas announcers spread their enthu-siasm from the studio’s Morning-

ton headquarters to avid listeners inFrankston and across the peninsula.

Breakfast presenter Peter Smedleyhas just come off air and in the chairfor the next shift are husband and wifeduo Judy (Banks) Phillips and BobPhillips.

For 27 years, Radio Port Phillip hasbeen entertaining listeners and its pop-ularity and depth of coverage is grow-ing, despite television and the internet.

Live broadcasts from local footballand cricket matches and specialevents, such as the Mornington Cuplast month, have bolstered thestation’s profile and widened itsaudience.

Bob and Judy have been doing theirradio show in various forms since1988 and it’s easy to see why they areregarded as two of the station’slegends.

Judy got her break on televisionco-hosting Fredd Bear’s BreakfastA-Go-Go in the 1960s.

The children’s morning show wasone of the first to be broadcast live inAustralia.

Bob produced the show and wenton to produce Hey Hey It’s Saturday.

The couple, who’ve been married35 years, provide amusing banter onthe 3RPP soundwaves every week with

their show Sugar and Spice.‘‘I’m the sugar,’’ Bob jokes.Knowing each other’s limits and

being able to read each other givesthem an advantage.

‘‘We can get away with a lot morebecause we can push each other rightto the edge and we know where todraw the line,’’ Bob says.

Although the couple never readfrom a script and enjoy ad-libbing,their professionalism never wavers.

Judy says the difficulty is making itvisual for the listeners.

‘‘They can’t see what’s going on, soyou have to describe it. If Bob’s wear-ing a hat I have to say, ‘why are youwearing that silly-looking hat’.’’

But they admit sometimes theydon’t match the image listeners haveconjured up.

‘‘I was stopped in the street once andsaid, ‘this is my husband Bob’, and ittook a moment for the woman towork out this was the man she hadbeen listening to on the radio,’’ Judysays.

‘‘Her face visibly dropped,’’ Bobadds. ‘‘You could tell she was a littledisappointed.’’

They love the freedom of working incommunity radio and the opportunit-ies it presents.

And, as with any live broadcasting,there is always something on standbyin case it all goes pear-shaped.

‘‘Once we had lined up an interviewwith an actor for the stage productionof Yes Minister and we were putthrough to the wrong hotel room andended up with a Chinese doctor on theline,’’ Bob recalls.

‘‘That’s the thing about live radio —lots can go wrong.’’

But the potential for disaster hasbeen minimised since the stationrelocated in late 2011 from the ‘‘tinshed’’ in Moorooduc to a modern stu-dio in Mornington.

The station broadcasts primarily tothe Mornington Peninsula and Frank-ston, but signals have been picked upas far away as the Bellarine Peninsulaand Phillip Island.

Peter Smedley, who hosts TheBreakfast Scoop every Thursday sayshis love of music primarily led him toradio — ‘‘I walked into the station andsaid, ‘how do I get a radio program?’’ ’

Eventually, he was given the Sundayafternoon Shake it, you won’t break itprogram, now hosted by his nephew‘Brother Paul’ Satur.

Although Peter took media studiesat university, he ended up working inthe family business and only redis-covered his passion for radio laterin life.

‘‘Sometimes I still get nervous,’’ headmits. ‘‘When you interview peoplelive in the studio it can be pretty nerve-racking.’’ Another reason for getting

into radio was to improve his publicspeaking ability.

‘‘I really disappointed myself when Igot up to speak at a friend’s weddingand I cried. I wanted to learn how tokeep my emotions in check and still doa good job.’’

His passion for music, and in partic-ular for sharing some of the bands outthere who struggle for air time, shinesthrough.

‘‘You have to enjoy people and wantto share music. Community radio is amedium for the independent, non-commercial voices.

‘‘I’d love to see a wall of aspiringmusicians broadcasting at the station.It can be anything you like — just notthe norm.’’

Tuning into 98.7 for the peninsula(98.3 for Frankston), it’s refreshing tohear the diverse range of voices andmusic on 3RPP.

All radio announcers are volunteers,and it’s clear it’s a labour of love.

Members’ fees, grants and scholar-ships keep the station afloat and newmembers are always welcome.

Station manager Brendon Telfersays they had tapped into a lode ofhidden talent and listeners arebenefiting.

‘‘We play everything from blues toclassical and even have local singersand actors from time to time.

‘‘We want listeners to switch on andgive us a try. If they listen in, they arebound to find something they likethroughout the day.’’

Media students and peninsula resid-ents Brittany Fry, 20, and Ellen Bruin,23, are the next generation of radiopresenters.

Ellen, who is keen to learn the ropesof radio production and turn it into acareer, started at 3RPP three monthsago.

‘‘I read the news headlines and pro-duce the drive show on Wednesdays,’’she says.

Her role includes interviewing andbriefing talent, choosing music anddoing on-air film reviews.

‘‘Everyone here is lovely and it’s areally good community of people.’’

Brittany is yet to make her on-airdebut but is keen to gain broadcastingexperience.

‘‘I’m not sure what part of the mediaI’d like to end up in yet, so I reallywant to try everything and see what Ienjoy most.’’

Judy would love to see more youngpeople getting involved in the station.

‘‘As long as they’re not better thanus. We are fairly possessive of our timeslot.’’

To find out more about 3RPPprograms go to rppfm.com.au.


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Joint effort: Scott Duncan, Paul Bartlett, Joe Braithwaite and John Bartlett.

Adelaide-based Lowrider is making its markwith a winning combination of thought-fully constructed songs, smooth, driving

melody and emotive vocals.Sometimes suggestive of Temper Trap and the

Blues Brothers, any rock band that mixes in bigblasts of brass, from trombones particularly, isyearning for attention. Which they got, playingsupport slots for Alicia Keys and Lupe Fiasco.

“If people can hear a reminder of something inour music, that means that it’s connecting insome way, so it’s always a compliment,”drummer Paul Bartlett said.

With the band’s new album, Black Stones, thefour members have opened the door to expand-ing their musical ideas, while assuming a moreunified, collaborative effort.

Created largely just sitting in a room andjamming out ideas, the album was recorded atRed Bull Studios in Los Angeles and Chapel LaneStudios in Adelaide.

“In the past, if someone brought in a riff or an

idea that was a bit left of centre, we would haveshut it down pretty quickly,’’ Bartlett said.

‘‘This time we thought ‘let’s just exploreeverything and see where it takes us’.

‘‘Any idea that came up was valid and weexplored our way to some cool places.

“We wanted the live energy put into the albumbefore we recorded it.”

Lowrider’s online videos, recorded live atChapel Lane Studios, display a slightly moresubdued side to the band.

“We rip it up a bit more live, we feed off thecrowd’s energy,’’ he said.

‘‘When we get to the bits where we jam, weleave it up to the moment. If you see us twonights in a row then you will generally see twodifferent shows.”

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Collectors fair: Mornington Peninsula Antique Bottle and Collectors

Club holds its 26th annual collectors fair at the Cranbourne Public

Hall, South Gippsland Highway, from 9am-2pm on Sunday, April 14.

The club meets at 7.45pm on the second Saturday of each month in

the Uniting Church Hall, corner of Lindrum Road and Karingal Drive,

Frankston. Details: Terry, 0439 070 191.

Pottery display: Dromana Potters Group’s annual exhibition will be

held in room 8, the Old Shire of Flinders Hall, Point Nepean Road,

Dromana, from 10am-4pm on March 30 and 31 and 10am-1pm on

April 1. Details: 5987 1410.

Market fun: Mornington Farmers Market celebrates its accreditation

with the Victorian Farmers Markets Association with cooking

demonstrations at 10am, 11am and noon on Saturday. They will be

presented by Gavin Ong, head chef and part-owner of Mornington’s

Counting House restaurant. The market is on from 8.30am-1pm on

the second Saturday of each month at Mornington Park, Schnapper

Drive. Entry: adults $2, children free. Bring your own carry-bags.

Rosebud Probus: Rosebud Men’s Probus holds its annual meeting

at 9.45am on Tuesday, March 19 at the Uniting Church Hall, Murray

Anderson Road, Rosebud. Visitors welcome. Details: Tony,

5986 1994.

Relaxation time: Meditation sessions run from 2.30-3pm each

Tuesday and Wednesday at The Open Door, 13 Grange Road,

Mornington. Cost: $2. Details: Kelly, 5973 5138.

Toys lent: Mornington Toy Library is open on Saturday

(9.30-11.30am), Wednesday (9.30am-12.30pm) and Monday

(1-3pm). Occasional borrowing and a party-pack are available.

Details: 5975 1847.

Meditation: Tibetan Buddhist Jampa Drolma will talk about

meditation and philosophy from 2pm on Saturday at Mt Martha

Community House, 466 Esplanade. Cost: $15. Details: Robyn,

5974 1217.

Improv act: Actress Carole Patullo (Winners and Losers, Offspring,

Lake Mungo and Proof) will run improvisation classes at the

Southern Peninsula Arts Centre, 245 Eastbourne Road, Rosebud,

from 7.30pm each Wednesday until March 27. She also has an ‘intro

to improv’ class for keen first-timers from 6.30pm each Wednesday.

Cost: $15. Details: 5986 8204.

Mornington CWA: Mornington branch of the Country Women’s

Association meets at 1.30pm on Tuesday, March 19 at St Mark’s

Uniting Church hall, Barkly Street, Mornington. Details: Syliva,

5977 0621.

Western view: Western Port VIEW Club meets on noon on Friday,

March 15 at The Hastings Club, Marine Parade, Hastings, when the

guest speaker will be from the Good Shepherd Community Centre.

Details: Barb, 0417 358 578.

History group: Mornington and District Historical Society meets at

10.30am on Tuesday, March 12 at the Matthew Flinders statue in

Mornington Park for the launch of the new Heritage Walk brochure.

The newly planted Avenue of Honour will also be on view. Morning

tea in the museum will follow. Cost: $5. Details: 0414 820 162.

Word games: Enjoy social games of Scrabble at Bentons Square

Community Centre from 1-5pm each Thursday. Details: 9773 1974.

Women’s lunch: Chicks to Boilers will have a lunch for women of all

ages at the Mornington on Tanti Hotel on Tuesday, March 14. David

Bryant of Seapiks Photography will be guest speaker. Cost: $25.

Details: Merrilyn, 5974 4072.

Bike Breeze: A new program funded by Cycling Victoria aims to getmore women on bikes on the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston,Seaford and Carrum. The Mornington Peninsula Breeze Ridesprogram is for those who want to get fit and healthy outdoors andsocialise with other women and is held on Saturdays from 7-8am.Participants are not required to attend every session. Beginners arewelcome and Breeze offers on-road and path rides to suit all levelsand types of bikes. Details: Ride leader Nicole Cowan on0407 952 590 or email [email protected].

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ENGLISHThe Victorian Association for theTeaching of English, vate.org.au,provides a number of links to resources.They include Australian poetry (aus-tralianpoetry.org), the Wheeler Centre(wheelercentre.com), Centre for YouthLiterature (slv.vic.gov.au/learn/centre-youth-literature), The Conversation(theconversation.edu.au) and theNational Film and Sound Archive(aso.gov.au).

FURTHER MATHEMATICSSeveral sites offer free advice andexplanations. Try former student

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GEOGRAPHYGeography is a wide-ranging subject.This selection of sites may help with sev-eral aspects: The Age education researchpages, (theage.com.au), the GeographyTeachers Association of Victoria,(gtav.asn.au), the Federal Departmentof Climate Change and Energy Effi-ciency, (climatechange.gov.au) andEnvironment Victoria, (environmentvic-toria.org.au).

HISTORY – REVOLUTIONSFor those studying the American,French, Russian or Chinese revolutions,The History Teachers Association ofVictoria (htav.asn.au) has links to anumber of useful sites. For learningmaterials on the French Revolution,mrdonn.org is a good place to start.Fordham University (fordham.edu) has

a detailed section on the RussianRevolution in its modern history sec-tion. PBS has a great section on theAmerican Revolution (pbs.org), andBBC news’ Asia Pacific section(bbc.co.uk) has extensive informationon Chinese history.

GLOBAL POLITICSGovernment websites are useful, butremember they will present their per-spective. Also helpful are sites for organ-isations such as the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations, (asean-sec.org), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooper-ation, (apec.org), the United Nations(www.un.org/en/) and InternationalMonetary Fund (imf.org).

PHYSICAL EDUCATIONThere are dozens of sites that coveraspects of the physical education cur-riculum. Start with Australian SportsCommission (ausport.gov.au), Austra-lian Institute of Sport (ais.org.au), Vi-cHealth (vichealth.vic.gov.au), WorldHealth Organisation (who.int), Heart

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LEGAL STUDIESBasic legal information can be found atVictoria Legal Aid (legalaid.vic.gov.au),Law Institute of Victoria (liv.asn.au), theVictorian Department of Justice(justice.vic.gov.au) and Law Stuff,Know your Rights (lawstuff.org.au).

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Stephanie,A tour of Stephanie Alexander’s home garden reveals her view of life,writes PETER WILMOTH. Picture: JULIAN KINGMA

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If I told Stephanie Alexander everythingabout the food journey of me and my kids – atrue confessional – I think we’d be talking a

good pass, but could use some work.Yes, it’s never McDonald’s (well, once). Yes,

it’s never KFC. Yes, we set the table and talk overdinner. Yes, at the impassioned request of an 11year old we sometimes eat at the coffee table infront of Modern Family. Yes, we eat freshproduce nicely cooked.

But all we eat from my garden is sprigs from arosemary bush. I tried to grow basil and parsley.Disaster. My two lemon trees are on life support.The hydrangeas are rocking, but you can’t eatthose. I’m no green thumb. Anything that staysalive in my garden is a happy accident. I’mprobably like a lot of other people who areforced to go to the supermarket to buy mankyclumps of basil sweating away in plastic, use fourleaves and watch the rest blacken in the fridge.

It’s not like I haven’t had exposure to this wayof thinking. My father was a skilled vegetablegardener and my mother’s passion was thegarden.

Anyway I try, but I’ve got a lot of work to do.That’s why a tour by Stephanie Alexander of herfamous garden and its superb produce leaves mewith mixed feelings: first, slight shame about myown pathetic efforts; and second admiration thatmuch of what ends up on Alexander’s dinnerplate comes from here.

I have visited Alexander’s Hawthorn home totalk about garden philosophies, and what betterplace to do that than here? Alexander shows methe lemon-scented verbena, green beans, the lastleeks of the season, zucchini, cucumber, tomato,carrots, red and green capsicums, snow peas,peaches, nectarines netted off against possumsand crab apple.

It’s a privilege to see Alexander’s food philo-sophy made real. In this age of obesity, heart dis-ease and a disconnect from what’s in the earth, Iasked Alexander where we are with childrencoming to some understanding of growing andeating good food, and an idea about a sustain-able future, the food chain of experience.

“I am of the opinion that children’s knowledgeand attitudes towards everything to do with foodand sustainability is primarily influenced bywhat’s happening at home,” she says. “Andwhere there aren’t positive models at home. Chil-dren need some sort of assistance if we think it’svaluable that they understand about the growingworld and flavour and texture, which I ofcourse do.

“In many families things have been allowed toslide. Plus, you have a phenomenon where manypeople who are 40 and 50 — many didn’t have agood culinary education themselves so they grewup eating whatever was put in front of themwithout thinking about it too much. And if theyhaven’t had a situation where everybody eatstogether at home regularly they’re missing out onsomething really major.

“And by the time they get to primary schoolchildren have an extremely restricted palate,don’t have any understanding of how food isgrown or the sorts of things you have to do tokeep things alive in the garden, they probablyhave very little understanding, if any, of seasons.They don’t understand that you can’t get apples12 months of the year because they know youcan in the supermarket.

“So there’s a big gap for a lot of children. Aswe face figures about obesity levels and theimplications — I’ve just been to a two-dayobesity summit so my head is full of figures aboutdiabetes — it is quite scary and I believe that one

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needs to intervene. And we know there are somevery strong vested interests out there to makethem think that junk food is cool, good for them,delicious . . . there are responsibilities there toput up a better fight.”

Changing the culture of how we approachfood has been Alexander’s main quest for thepast nine years. The Stephanie AlexanderKitchen Garden Program is aimed at children inyears 3-6. After intense involvement in the pastfew years, her role now is one of figurehead totalk about the vision. The operational work isnow done by a team of 20. “Our aim is that at theend of 2015 we will have a program representedin 10 per cent of all Australian schools with aprimary enrolment.”

There is too much at stake not to intervene.“Our intervention is based on doing it your-

self, on children’s curiosity, their energy,” shesays. “We do find that within a remarkably shorttime children are interested in new things, willingto try food they’ve never seen before, much lesstasted, and there’s a tremendous sense of rising ofself-esteem and pride and achievement oncethey’ve made something they’ve neverexperienced before. That is across the board, kidsfrom all sorts of backgrounds, the messagesseems to be that if you can do it yourself, if youcan have that experience of stirring or choppingor slicing or digging or wheeling a wheelbarrowor putting the peas on a support, you feel verydifferently about the whole world.”

Young people, Alexander says, should beencouraged to be involved in the growing offood. She believes food knowledge should be partof the education syllabus, although she is awareof the objections that would be raised by manypeople, particularly teachers who say theyalready have enough to teach.

But Alexander is confident her program,which devises activities that draw on conceptsout of the garden, can be integrated into thegeneral curriculum.

“What I find when I go round the schools isthat usually the first person to respond to me isthe principal and they say ‘This is an amazingprogram, it teaches our children everything theyneed to know, it teaches them to workco-operatively, it teaches them to solve problems,to be sensible — you don’t walk around with apitchfork in your hand or a knife in the kitchen— to encourage them to explore new things anddefinitely gives them a strong sense of environ-mental responsibility’.”

Alexander says children suffer with foodknowledge because of disengaged parents, lackof education, unemployment and beingsurrounded by messages from all the fast-foodadvertisers without any antidote. “And possiblytheir parents think it’s a fantastic idea to get a bigbucket of something for $7.”

I suggested food needs a cultural turnaroundsuch as there had been with seatbelts and smok-ing. Will there come a time when it is unusual toeat badly? She cites the public response to anti-smoking campaigns as a positive example of howthinking can change. “One of the messages fromthis conference [I just attended] was that tobaccoas a model of the way public health programshave been put in place has been an outstandingsuccess.”

So there needs some sort of public action. “It’sall very well saying take advertisements for junkfood off TV between three and five . . . in realitynot many children of an impressionable age arewatching TV at that time.” But sponsorships ofchildren’s sport by junk-food outlets remains aproblem.

I asked Alexander whether she believed theMasterChef progam had made cooking cool andhad therefore encouraged children into thekitchen. She is not convinced. “While I knowthat MasterChef is extraordinarily popularbecause of its competitive attitudes and becausethe children identify very closely with the con-testants, I don’t think the message that cooking

has to be done under high pressure is a particu-larly great one for children to observe. However,they are seeing people pick up a real carrot and areal beetroot rather than opening a can.”

I asked her about media campaigns againstpoor eating habits. Was there a fear that it’s elitistto tell people how to eat? “I think the govern-ment would say we have just spent $41 millionon a program called ‘Swap It, Don’t Stop It’. Veryfew people have heard of this program. It’s apublic health campaign to tell you that you don’thave to give up all the things you love, you justhave to make little adjustments to your diet, tomake you healthier. It’s extraordinary, isn’t it,that nobody I have spoken to has heard of it.”

Alexander stresses the importance of familiesgetting together over a meal, a ritual that seemsto have faded in recent times. “Lots of familiesdon’t eat together,” she says, “and not just disad-vantaged families. There are many children frommiddle-class families where everybody eats con-

venience food and they don’t get together rounda table, they eat at different times of the night, soas far as social behaviour or interacting or havingconversations around a table, it’s not the norm.

“We hear frequently from children in ourschools they get so excited about setting the tableand putting flowers and herbs in the middle ofthe table . . . because they don’t sit at a table withanyone.”

Alexander is hopeful that the next generationwill learn about food and then teach their chil-dren. This, she says, is the best way for culturalchange. But it can’t happen by itself.

“I believe passionately that the interventionthat we have designed works. I believe if thatwere universally available to schools I believethat would change a generation of children.However, I also know how much it would cost,so I don’t want to appear naı̈ve. But I do knowthat the costs of diabetes and all those otherthings is astronomical.”

Alexander is keen to spend more time writing.The author of this country’s best-known cookbook The Cook’s Companion, writes a monthlycolumn in Gourmet Traveller about her garden.She also wants to beef up a newsletter on herwebsite.

Alexander continues to be a passionate andenergetic crusader for a cause that does – orshould – touch us all. I remember as a child look-ing up at a book on the shelf called You Are WhatYou Eat. That title stayed with me for years as Ipondered the veracity of a food philosophyencapsulated in five words.

I got the feeling Alexander wasn’t too crosswith me for occasionally serving dinner in frontof Modern Family. She says it’s important to set adinner table regularly, not always. I can hold myhead up high in front of Australia’s legendaryfresh food guru. But she’s never seeing mygarden, unless she volunteers to personally over-see an extreme make-over.

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Mixing it up helps breakStereotypes are long gone from Melbourne’sindependent schools, writes CHERYL CRITCHLEY.

‘It’s great to be able to have arange of options and to try a bitof each of these in the earlyyears of secondary and then tospecialise if you like them.’

— Kathy Walker

Girls studying aviation? Boys enjoying cook-ing class? Of course. Good single-sexschools now offer all manner of subject

combinations, regardless of gender.Girls study sciences such as physics in healthy

numbers and boys enjoy social sciences and“crafty” electives.

All-girl school Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorakhas introduced aviation and archaeologythis year; the most popular elective for theyears 9 and 10 Trinity Grammar School boys iscooking.

These days the biggest gender issue for single-

sex schools is how study and social interactionare managed.

Haileybury, for example, uses parallel educa-tion with both single sex and co-ed classes, whileRuyton Girls’ School and Trinity Grammar havea unique collaboration that allows students tostudy some VCE subjects at each others’ cam-puses.

Education expert and Early Life Foundationsfounder Kathy Walker says most schools offerterrific options.

“Schools have really caught up and often leadin this area now with great opportunities forboth genders,” she says.

Walker says schools have also broadenedtraditional subjects.

For example, cooking could cover creativity,health, organics and hospitality.

“It’s great to be able to have a range of options

and to try a bit of each of these in the early yearsof secondary and then to specialise if you likethem.”

Walker says the key for parents is to choose aschool offering subjects and an environment thatsuits the child.

“The age-old debate about co-ed or single sexis really nothing about choice of subjects.

“It’s more about what suits the individualchild, family dynamic, personality, etc. Someschools are really noticing and catering for thisnow which is fantastic.”

Since 1993 Ruyton and Trinity, both located inKew, have run a co-ordinate program allowinggirls and boys to choose a wider range of VCEsubjects and study some together.

Co-educational classes are held at both cam-puses, preparing students for university and thereal world.

Ruyton principal Linda Douglas says thisincreases the opportunity for students to studytheir preferred subjects in VCE.

The schools also retain their autonomy andhold single-gender classes in English.

“It is a good prelude to the universityenvironment,” Douglas says.

She says the program, probably the only one ofits kind in Victoria, suits girls and boys.

“They grow in self-confidence. We’ve goneway beyond the stereotypes.

‘‘This is about being able to study your firstpreferences in an expanded learning environmentthat promotes independence and responsibility.”

Trinity headmaster Rick Tudor says theco-ordinate program was started to offerlanguages and expanded from there.

Some students now do up to four subjects atthe other school’s campus.

Tudor says co-ordinating timetables is achallenge but worth it.

For example boys can study media at Ruyton— Trinity doesn’t offer this — while girls canstudy design technology at Trinity.

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Science lesson: Independent schools offer awide variety of subjects for girls. Picture: Getty Images

‘It’s hugely successful. The parents love it. Theboys don’t lose their identity and the girls don’tlose their identity. They’ve got the best of bothworlds.’ — Rick Tudor

“It’s hugely successful,” says Tudor.“The parents love it. The boys don’t lose their

identity and the girls don’t lose their identity.They’ve got the best of both worlds.”

Trinity teacher Rohan Brown had two girls inhis 2012 year 11 maths methods class.

He says co-ed classes are different but fun.“The sense of humour changes a bit with a co-ordinate class,” he says.

“Overall it adds to the enjoyment of the class.”This year Loreto Toorak introduced aviation

and archaeology, which would have beenunheard of at a girls’ school in the past.

Teacher and qualified archaeologist SeamusScorgie has already had a great response.

“One of the students wants to be an astronaut,so she’s absolutely over the moon.”

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Bright future: Schools can guide studentsthrough often complex career choices.

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No crystal ball, butKnowing your strengthsand interests is importantwhen deciding what to be‘when you grow up’, writesCHERYL CRITCHLEY

Accounting or art? Medicine ormedia? French or food tech?Deciding what to study in the

senior high school years has neverbeen trickier.

Today’s graduates face an increas-ingly fluid job market, with manyadults still unsure what they want tobe “when they grow up”. Yet weexpect years 9 and 10 students to havea career crystal ball when choosingVCE subjects.

With countless subjects on offer and

industries expanding or contracting bythe minute, choosing subjects can be aconfusing and stressful time. Somestudents also tackle year 12 subjects inyear 11, forcing them to considerpotential career paths even sooner.

Good schools have expert careercounsellors to help, but they can onlystretch themselves so far. As a result,more students are seeing privatepractitioners to identify jobs theymight enjoy and be good at.

Considering possible careers whilekeeping your subject choices as broadas possible is a must from about years9 or 10 to boost your chances oftaking the right VCE subjects. Whilethere’s some room to move later,nailing it early makes life much easier.

Fees for career counselling canrange from $88-$200 an individualconsultation. Some career counsellorsalso offer group programs or dis-counts for predetermined packages.

Annette Davie-Smythe is career

counsellor at Firbank Grammar and aprivate career practitioner with 20years’ experience. She says by year 9only one in five students knows whathe or she wants to be. Some have par-ticular skills and interests, such ascreativity or a mathematical mind, buthave not considered how to use them.

Davie-Smythe helps studentspinpoint their strengths and draftsseveral possible pathways. Afterproviding students with career andpersonality testing she devises anindividualised career action plan. Shesays it is important to reach for thestars, but there must also be a plan B.

For example, a would-be doctor hadmissed out on medicine so he studiedscience and joined medicine later.Another girl who missed physiother-apy activated plan B, radiography, andloved it. “She topped her year, everyyear for three years,” Davie-Smythesays. “She’s so happy.”

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an informed decisioncounsellors. A private counselloroffers extra time and another expertopinion. They can also boost the self-esteem of students who inevitably dis-cover special talents. ‘‘It helps buildthem as a person,” Davie-Smythe says.

Rachel Abramson is a psychologist,career counsellor and hypnotherapist.She offers an individually tailoredCareer Dayz program of two to fiveconsultations that include vocationaland personality testing to identifycareer interests and aptitudes. Abram-son also runs career management anddevelopment seminars.

‘‘Students who know what theywant must choose the right subjectsand identify several pathways intotheir career, particularly if it is compet-itive like medicine,” she says.

Abramson uses vocational and per-sonality testing to help identify occu-pations that would be interesting andenjoyable.

She also provides a vocational

report that can be taken away andreflected upon.

From there, she and the student candevelop a short-list of three to fourpotential occupations that the studentcan investigate further by talking topractitioners and doing workexperience.

“What comes out of these reportsalways makes sense,” Abramson says.“In some cases, they’d thought aboutone or other of the options that cameup in the report, but hadn’t expressedit. For others, it’s given them some-thing to think about.”

Abramson says students with goodschool career services available shouldmake use of them and only see anindependent career counsellor if theyare still “scratching their heads”.

Exploring options in years 9 and 10can help avoid changing course later.

“Be proactive, review and have aback-up.

“And keep your options open. If

you don’t get into your first preferenceat the end of year 12, there are stillother ways that [you] can get there.”

Former English and history teacherand now qualified career counsellorAnnie Rubira worked as a careercounsellor at Xavier College and withRegan Consulting before starting herown consultancy, Career & EducationPlanning. She works with people aged15-40 and says it is crucial to identifytheir interests, aptitudes, personalityand values.

Rubira says knowing all four isessential to finding a suitable andsatisfying career, as is having a plan B.For example, someone with strongethical values may not be suited tomarketing cigarettes and an “arty”person may not enjoy working in atechnical field.

In some cases Rubira must also dealwith parental expectations that don’talways match a student’s interests orambition.

Most parents want their children tofollow their own hearts and interests,but some still expect their children toenter certain careers.

In one case a girl was studying busi-ness but wanted to work in beauty. Sheended up running a successful beautybusiness when her parents acceptedthat was her passion. “I see so manycases of students who are at uni in acourse because that’s what their par-ents want,” Rubira says.

“What we’re looking for ultimatelyis fulfilment and satisfaction in ourworking lives.”

Annette Davie-Smythe, RachelAbramson and Annie Rubira aremembers of the Career DevelopmentAssociation of Australia(cdaa.org.au), which lists career coun-sellors and their specialties. Abramsonis a fellow, the highest level of mem-bership. Net links: rachel-abramson-and-associates.com.au, careerplanning.net.au, cdaa.org.au, ceav.vic.edu.au.

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■ Have short and long-termcareer goals.■ Remember severalpathways can get you there.■ Focus on your strengths andinterests.■ Study the highest level ofmaths you can pass.■ Attend career expos.■ Visit workplaces to get a feelfor them.■ Research university coursesand VCE pre-requisites atvtac.edu.au.■ If needed, investigateinterstate or overseascourses.■ Consider career aptitudetesting if you get stuck.

Source: Firbank GrammarCareers counsellor andcareers practitioner AnnetteDavie-Smythe. Email:[email protected].

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Open Night is our chance to welcome the

community into our college. The evening includes

presentations of student work, curriculum

displays, activities and performances by our

school bands and the Victoria Police Youth Drum

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showcasing all areas of the school.

This evening is specifi cally designed for

parents and guardians of students in all year

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available at our college. Tours commence

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Global view: Overseas exchange can enrich a student’s education. Pictures: courtesy of Firbank Grammar

For young idealists,Spending time in other countries and cultures provides immeasurableopportunities, writes CHERYL CRITCHLEY.

School excursions are not what they used tobe. While their parents were lucky to visitMelbourne Zoo or the National Gallery,

today’s students are jetting everywhere fromParis and London to Cambodian orphanages andon the Pilgrimage of Hope in India.

Secondary students are increasingly travellingthe world, often as volunteers in Third Worldcountries where they might help build a school orwork in a hospital. Others enjoy internationalsport and music trips or organise their own cul-tural exchange.

Most schools offer overseas trips that helpstudents to develop leadership and life skills.Students gain an awareness of other cultures andlearn financial responsibility through fund-raising and budgeting.

As part of their curriculum Firbank Grammaryear 9 students visit Thailand through theTraidhos Three-Generation Community forLearning, working with poor people in NorthernThailand’s mountains. In year 10 they can choose

to do community work in Laos, where the schoolworks with and raises money for an orphanage.

In the past, Firbank has also joined thePilgrimage of Hope, where volunteers work withMother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Sistersin India, Fiji, Bali and Alice Springs.

Firbank deputy principal Ian Robertson saysthe trips, which sometimes include constructingbuildings, are educational and life-changing.“The message is that students are making adifference to other people’s lives in a meaningfulway,” he says. “Experiential learning is sovaluable.”

Straight exchanges with host families are stillpopular, but many students are joining com-munity service trips in Third World countries.One Firbank student organised her own trip toIndia and worked with underprivileged children.She plans to return there.

For those who need help, several organisationsguide schools and students through overseastrips. Each year World Challenge sends more

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the world’s at their feetthan 3000 Australian and New Zealand studentsfrom more than 300 government and independ-ent schools on expeditions to 50 destinationsworldwide. Among them are Xavier College,Haileybury and Carey Grammar.

With the help of expedition facilitators,students plan their own itineraries and volunteerin a developing community.

The 28-day trips have a build-up of about 18months involving in-person and online support.The total cost is $5000-$8000 and students areencouraged to raise their own funds.

Before leaving they complete a two-day train-ing expedition to prepare for their project, whichcould include building basic amenities for aremote hill tribe in Northern Thailand, renovat-ing a Cambodian orphanage or working in aCosta Rica turtle conservation sanctuary.

World Challenge director Daniel Donati sayssince the school expedition company enteredAustralia in 2004 student numbers have doubledalmost every year. “It’s gone bananas,” he says.“Schools want to give their students a reallyholistic view of not just their school, their sur-roundings, their countries and overseas as well.”

Trips are risk-assessed and schools only take

part if they have teachers motivated to go. Moststudents are aged 15-18.

In 2011 World Challenge assisted XavierCollege visit Nepal, where students helped out attwo local schools. Last year Xavier students builta concrete path for a village in Borneo. Both tripsincluded acclimatisation, jungle treks and recre-ation at local beaches and landmarks.

Xavier’s director of outdoor education andWorld Challenge expedition co-ordinator JayHenderson said although the adventurouscomponent was the major initial attraction forstudents, the community project and immersionwere clear highlights for them at the end.

This year Henderson will take students toEcuador and Galapagos and next year plans tovisit Tanzania and Mount Kilimanjaro. Theschool organises the trips while World Challengeprovides the infrastructure and back-up.

Henderson says year 10 and 11 students are atthe ideal age to appreciate the trips. He says thetrips take months of preparation and moststudents do a lot of their own fund-raising.

“The more fund-raising they do the more theygenerally get out of it.”

Projects Abroad offers trips to 29 countries

where students live and work beside locals.Projects can involve teaching, conservation,sport, community programs, medicine, humanrights and journalism.

Most trips are organised by individuals whojoin Projects Abroad teams, but it also handlessome school groups. Director Will Pashley sayspopular countries at the moment includeTanzania, Cambodia, Nepal and Peru.

“Students do a lot of work in children’s homes,in orphanages as well,” Pashley says. “Itcertainly does put them in situations they’venever been in before.”

A one- to three-month trip can cost$5000-$6000, which covers everything,including flights. Students are billeted with localfamilies. Many year 10 and 11 students organiseprojects during their holidays and a growingnumber replace their year 12 schooliescelebration with a community service trip.

Pashley says students love the trips and learn alot about themselves and others. “When theycome back and you listen to their stories theyalmost can’t believe what they’ve done.”

Other organisations offer exchanges wherestudents live with a host family and attend a local

school. Stays range from several months to ayear. They include Youth for Understanding andWEP (World Education Program) StudentExchange.

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1/15 Albert Street, MorningtonBedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 2Living areas: Comfortable lounge and family roomThe rest: Renovated kitchen, courtyardPrice: $650,000-$675,000Agent: Blue Water Bay Real Estate Mornington 5976 1188,Kathy Netherclift 0417 007 722

Close to Main Street and the beach, this sun-filled house is perfect for a couple downsiz-ing and wanting a cosmopolitan lifestyle.

It’s in a fine position central to all the delightsMornington has to offer.

The 18-square house on 246 square metres hasparquetry flooring and a renovated Tasmanianoak kitchen with wall oven, plenty of bench andcupboard space and integrated dishwasher.

There are three large bedrooms — the mainwith walk-in wardrobe and en suite.

Two living areas — formal and informal — areideal for relaxing.

A highlight is the great view from bedroom

two — all the way to the Melbourne skyline.Features include ducted heating and vacuum,

reverse-cycle airconditioning and sunblinds.There’s a garden shed, protected sun area and

enclosed courtyard without any of the mainten-ance needs a larger home requires.

Conveniently, there is plenty of storage spaceand a lock-up single garage with extra off-streetparking.

The property is an ideal retirement abode orinvestment opportunity.

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301/22 Main Street,MorningtonPrice: $620,000-$680,000Agent: Bowman and Company5975 6888

This luxury coastal apartment is in walking distance of beachesand moments from trendy eateries and boutiques. Set high on

the third level with fine bay views, the modern two-bedroom, two-bathroom abode is meticulously finished with the best fixtures andfittings. The open-plan layout includes a dining room and kitchenwith Carrera marble benchtops and stainless-steel appliances. Themain bedroom has built-in wardrobes and a marble en suite.Features include split-system heating and cooling, and car park.

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40 Salmon Street,HastingsPrice: $450,000-$495,000Auction: Saturday, March 23 at2pmAgent: Harcourts Hastings5970 7333, David Nelli0403 111 234

This outstanding property with absolute water frontage is metresfrom Western Port with uninterrupted views. The existing

house could be renovated or demolished. It has three bedrooms,two living zones, family bathroom and open-plan kitchen/mealsarea. There’s a carport and the property is ideally located, only afew minutes walk from e High Street’s cafes and shops, transportand freeways. It is t on a 651-square-metre block and packedwith potential.


5986 818846 Years on the Peninsula

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1377 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud

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ROSEBUD WEST $308,000

BE QUICK - ONLY TWO REMAINING!!12/58 Wingara Drive, Rosebud West

Be quick to secure one of the last remaining brand new units in this complex. Two bedrms-BIR’s, s/system

aircon, gas ducted heating & s/steel appliances. Gas/solar HWS plus water tank with pump.


SELECT AREA13 Whyte Street, Rosebud West

Within easy walk to beach this delightful 2BR home has great potential for extension. Comprises: Open

plan living, gas heating & cooking. Separate bathrm, laundry & toilet. Together with 2 garages.


OWNER KEEN TO SELL!!24 Allambie Avenue, Rosebud West

Situated easy walk to schools & cnr shops is this 3BR home, ideal for 1st home buyer or investor.

Comprises: Separate lounge & dining area & well fitted kitchen. Together with carport & dble gge.

ROSEBUD $342,000

NEAT AND TIDY128 Fourth Avenue, Rosebud

Delightful 3BR home within easy walk to shops & beach. Features: Open plan lounge, dining area - gas heating. “Updated” kitchen & new bathroom. New curtains & carpet. Roller door carport/garage.

ROSEBUD $380,000

REDUCED TO SELL5 Moorfield Avenue, Rosebud

This elevated 3BR home has a real holiday atmosphere. Features: Open plan living and r/cycle aircon. Well fitted kitchen. Together with sundeck &

carport. Suit development of two units. (S.T.C.A).

ROSEBUD $387,500

FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD32 Anne Street, Rosebud

Situated within easy walk to the “Waterfall Gully” Shops” this attractive 3BR home has open plan

living, gas heat & r/c aircon. Ample room for cars/boat/caravan. Dble carport & powered workshop.

ROSEBUD $695,000

GOLFERS DELIGHT!26 Wedgewood Drive, Rosebud

Situated on generous block, this attractive 3BR home backs onto popular golf course. Feat: Formal lounge & dining, “New” kitchen & “New” bathrm. Family rm & paved BBQ area. Dble remote gge.

ROSEBUD $1,100,000

SAILS ON THE HORIZON4 Spray Street, Rosebud

We challenge you to find a better bayview so close to Rosebud! This Circa 1930’s era dwelling has been recently restored with new bathrm, freshly painted, pol timber

floors & new roofing. Features original attic & stunning lounge upstairs providing bayviews & fireplace with feature stone wall & copper canopy restored to it’s former glory. Balcony

overlooks the landscaped views to the shipping lane providing fantastic bayviews.

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185 Bentons Road, MorningtonPrice: $445,000-$485,000Agent: Jacobs & Lowe Mornington 5976 5900, Zee Anthony0402 177 704

This impressive rendered brick veneer househas an inviting open-plan living area, four

light-filled bedrooms and easy-care tile floors.In a central position, the well-built property

will interest family buyers and investors.The timber kitchen has plenty of cupboard and

bench space, wall oven and tiled splashbacks.Good-sized living areas have large windows

letting in plenty of light.Sliding glass doors from the meals area open to

the backyard where there’s scope for those withgreen fingers.

The neat house is surrounded by prestigeproperties and about 550 metres from the

Bentons Square shopping centre and a two-minute drive to beaches. There is transport alongBentons Road with a stop metres from thedoorstep.

The new Peninsula Link freeway allows foreasy access to the CBD.


220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 5900 81 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill 5989 2364 jacobsandlowe.com.au

131 Pt Nepean Road, Dromana 5987 20002117 Pt Nepean Road, Rye 5987 9000

1 Binnak Way Inspect: By appointment

MORTGAGEE SALE - 20 ACRES* VACANT LAND• Superb vacant parcel with level north-facing building sites (Subject to Council Approval). • Suit lifestyle pursuits including equine, small livestock or horticulture. • Screening hedge lines with irrigation. Mains water connected. Untapped bore water. Meter box installed for electricity. • Great access to Somerville, Mornington & Mt Eliza townships. • Nearby new Peninsula Link freeway with easy north & south access. • Sealed, no through road frontage. * Approximately

Cameron McDonald 0418 330 916

Moorooduc Expressions of Interest closing 21st March at 5pm19/99 Bentons Road Inspect: As advertised ot by appt.300M TO BENTONS SQUAREThis beautifully maintained 3 bedroom home situated on just over 400m² features a comfortable lounge room with Rinnai gas heater and split system air conditioner. The kitchen has gas hot plates and electric oven, loads of bench space and a decent breakfast bar, plus additional dining room with access to undercover decked BBQ area. Totally private and beautiful rear garden, large enough for a pet and young children to play. Single lock up garage with access to the back yard. This is a great starter for couples or a friendly location for retirees who prefer no retirement village contracts.

Karin Mander 5976 5911

Mornington $330,000 - $350,000

5 Forshaw Court Inspect: As advertised or by appt.WHAT A START!Only 4 years young and in a quiet court, this sensational 3 bedroom home is filled with options galore. The main bedroom with walk in robe and ensuite is away from the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms, the 3rd bedroom is huge with the availability of adding a wall and creating a fourth bedroom. Add to this the central kitchen with meals area, separate lounge or theatre room plus an extra separate family or rumpus area leads out to an outdoor alfresco area with cafe blinds. Features include double garage with internal access, ducted heating, cooling and only minutes away from the local shops.

Chris Garrett 0419 397 835 or Liz Garrett 0417 522 558

Rosebud $449,950

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40 Carrigg Street,DromanaPrice: $385,000Agent: Stockdale and LeggoDromana 5987 3233

At only about 450 metres to the beach, shops, transport and allother amenities, this house in Dromana central would make an

ideal holiday home/investment or permanent residence. Recentlyrefurbished, the house has three bedrooms, open-plan living area,kitchen and modern bathroom. Park in the carport on the block of330 square metres. With low-maintenance gardens andentertainment area all that’s left to do is enjoy thesplendid lifestyle.

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4/57 Station Street,SomervillePrice: Over $280,000Agent: Harcourts Hastings5970 7333, Jason Dowler0403 598 754

Step inside this immaculate two-bedroom unit and be impressedwith the large open-plan living, dining and kitchen area. It has

built-in wardrobes to both bedrooms, a large central bathroomand outdoor area ideal for entertaining. The modern kitchen hasstainless-steel appliances. Features include gas heating and split-system airconditioning. Parking is available in the single garage. Ifyou’re looking to start off or downsize, this property might beideal. It is close to a primary school, shopping centre and transport.


www.harcourts.com.au

HastingsShop 10, 14 High Street 03 5970 7333www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Bittern 6/23 Myers Road

Brand New - Last Remaining Townhouse!

Be a part of this new & exclusive development in one of Bittern's finest locations! This premium quality, 3 bedroom townhouse is one of only six offers open plan living with a modern & sophisticated feel. Boasting gas ducted heating, split system air-con, stone benched kitchen, stainless steel appliances & large master bedroom with ensuite. An auto lockup garage with internal access, courtyard with native flora & bluestone paved entertainment area.

3 a 2 b 2 d

Auction $340,000-$370,000 Saturday 23rd March at 10:30am View www.harcourts.com.au/VHS3492Open Saturday 1:30-2:00pm

Jason Dowler M 0403 598 754 E [email protected]

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14/125 Harrap Road, Mt MarthaPrice: $430,000-$470,000Agent: Jacobs & Lowe Mornington 5976 5900, ChrisGarrett 0419 397 835

This immaculately presented three-bedroomunit is better than new.It offers outstanding presentation with no

expense spared.Larger than you would expect, the unit has

two large living areas.The central kitchen overlooks the dining and

family room.The kitchen has stainless-steel appliances,

high-gloss cupboards, glass splashback, stonebenches and breakfast bar.

The main bedroom en suite has a doubleshower with extensive tiling and full mirrors toboth bathrooms.

Features include ducted heating, evaporativecooling and storage space. The backyard islandscaped and paved, and the double garage hasinternal access.

The property is close to Bentons Squareshopping centre, parks and playgrounds.


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HastingsShop 10, 14 High Street 03 5970 7333www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Bittern 2 Dunstan StreetThis picturesque home enjoys large sweeping living areas that incorporate an inviting lounge & dining room, spacious study or fourth bedroom, large family & meals area, kitchen with stainless steel appliances & walk in pantry. Additional features include cathedral ceilings, air conditioning, wood heater in the living area & ducted heating throughout. The master bedroom suite includes a WIR & an ensuite, second bedroom also features a large WIR with semi ensuite. Upstairs comprises of 2 bedrooms with BIRs & storage shelves. Outside is a double carport, large workshop with additional storage space & all located on a generous 2590m2 (approx) allotment.For Sale $590,000 plus buyersOpen Saturday 2:30-3:00pmJason Dowler M 0403 598 754 E [email protected]

Balnarring 25 Balnarring Road

Position, Quality and Ambience

Built by renowned Builder Merrigal homes, this 4 yr young home has been lovingly created. Boasting 2 living areas, gorgeous landscaped gardens with full irrigation system & underground water tank, remote DLUG with internal access, additional shedding & extra parking for a boat/caravan through separate gates. This well designed property offers extras like ducted heating, evaporative cooling, ducted vac, security system, gas log fire & feature racked ceiling. Outdoor entertaining is made easy with an under roofline area with mains gas BBQ & wood-fire. Ideally located within a pleasant stroll to Balnarring Village you can enjoy all the conveniences.

3 a 2 b 2 d

For Sale $599,000View www.harcourts.com.au/VHS3588Open Saturday 11:00-11:30am

Tim Hughes M 0410 470 515 E [email protected] Hannah M 0417 400 660 E [email protected]

Hastings 40 Salmon Street

Absolute water frontage!

This outstanding property is located only meters from the Western Port bay with uninterrupted views from all the land. The existing home could be renovated or detonated the choice is yours. Comprising of three bedrooms, two living zones, family bathroom and open plan kitchen/ meals area. Ideally located only minutes walk to high streets many cafes and shops, public transport, freeways and the like. This is a must see property, look at it twice and it will be gone!

3 a 1 b 2 d

Auction $450,000-$495,000Saturday 23rd March 2013 2:00pmView www.harcourts.com.au/VHS3695Open Saturday 12:30-1:00pm

David NelliM 0403 111 234 E [email protected] StirlingM 0411 520 173 E [email protected]

AUCTION

Hastings 35 Olivia WayForget about power bills, this home is geared with a 6 star energy rating. With multiple living zones, 25 squares (approx) & excellent outdoor entertaining that overlooks a lush nature reserve. Comprising: 4 bedrooms with WIR & ensuite off the master, large study/home business with direct access, formal lounge, central bathroom, open plan kitchen, meals & family room, undercover patio, large yard & double garage. Special features include: 15 solar panels, 3 phase power, security cameras, double glazed windows, 5000L water tank, wood fire heater, gas heating, evaporative cooling, loads of natural light & stone bench tops throughout. Close to High St, schools, freeway access, short drive to some of the area's finest beaches.For Sale $410,000-$449,000Tim Ripper M 0434 513 640 E [email protected]


197 Main Street Mornington VIC 3931T. 03 5975 6888

6 Vine Street, Mount Martha

Sensational Single Level StyleCraftsman built to exacting standards, this polished single-level 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom residence features designer finishes and a smartly configured layout to complement the relaxed Peninsula lifestyle. Designed for entertaining, a formal living room complements a spectacular open plan living and dining zone with a retractable wall of glass to an all-season covered alfresco dining deck with a secluded rural outlook. The sublime kitchen has an Ilve freestanding Tepanyaki stove, and the main bedroom has French doors to the garden, and a stylish ensuite. Full executive appointments include a triple garage, reverse cycle heating, refrigerated cooling, integrated speakers, keyless entry and extensive water storage. The home is in a quiet street near schools, childcare, and Mornington’s restaurants.

Price range $650,000 - $700,000Inspection Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pmContact Lisa Fraser-Smith 0400 760 101 Robert Bowman 0417 173 103bowmanandcompany.com.au

Mount Martha For Sale

A 4 B 2 C 3

26 Spray Street, Mornington

Position Perfect, Loaded With LifestyleModern, spacious, & bright, this four-bedroom, two-bathroom residence resides on an easily managed block so you can spend your weekends enjoying the surrounding lifestyle attractions from nearby Main Street’s cafes to the beach or catching the latest movie at Mornington Cinema. Contemporary finishes highlight the interior with a French doors in the living room opening to the front garden, a separate dining room & a smartly finished kitchen. The low-maintenance rear garden with an alfresco entertaining terrace is perfect for weekend entertaining. Off-street parking, an ensuite to the main bedroom and central heating add to the home’s excellence in this lifestyle address.

Auction Saturday 6th April at 11.00amTerms 10% deposit, balance due 30/60/90/120 daysPrice range $420,000 - $460,000Inspection Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pmContact Luke McCoy 0467 321 322 Robert Bowman 0417 173 103bowmanandcompany.com.au

Mornington Auction

A 4 B 2 C 2


www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/dromana

5987 3233 193 Point Nepean RoadDromana

13/143 Point Nepean Road DromanaBe Amongst It

• Lease term of 5 x 5 x 5 & available: 01/06/2013• Outgoings estimated at approx. $8,000.00 per annum• 504 sqm approx & 3 exit/entry points + loading area with roller

door• Suspended ceiling & lighting throughout• Large street signage that can’t be missed• Abundance of car parking at the front, side & rear• Surrounded by established businesses ensuring plenty of

passing clientele & foot traffic

Commercial Rental - For Lease

Price $4620 + GST per month

Inspect By Appointment

Agent Sarah King 5987 3233

Map Ref 159 J5

DromanaWalking Distance To The Beach & Shops2 bdrm unit, only approx. 600ms to Dromana foreshore. Comprising master bdrm & 2nd bdrm both with BIR’s, central bthrm, separate laundry, kitchen with S/S appliances, gas cook top & electric oven. Rent or move straight in.

For Sale Price $339,000Inspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

DromanaLocation, Location!On approximately 693sqm of highly desirable, centrally located, land that is walking distance to all of Dromana’s best facilities & less than 500m’s to the beach. Currently vacant & ready to move in, this would be (STCA) a probable two unit site.

For Sale Price $450,000 Plus BuyersInspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

3/1 Canna Street DromanaDoesn’t Get Much Bigger!Quality built & solidly constructed the elaborate residence has space for two families. 5/6 bedrooms, 2 living areas, 3 bathrooms (2 ensuites), 4 toilets. GDH & evap cooling throughout. Covered outdoor entertaining area & huge DBL LU garage.

For Sale Price $450,000 PlusInspect Sat 3.00 - 3.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

1/37 Seaview Avenue Safety BeachIt All Adds Up!Brand new, well appointed 3 bedroom house at an affordable price! Spacious OPL area, ensuite, GDH, S/S, ducted vac, D/W, lock up carport & private courtyard. Just 15 minutes approx stroll to the beach & shops over the bridge walkway.

For Sale Price Offers Over $490,000Inspect Tues 3.00 - 3.30pm & Sat 1.00 - 1.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

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Boat Shed 45 DromanaI Have PowerThats right ladies and gentleman I have power connected therefore you can use me at night, keep drink and food cold or even use a heater. I am literally on the Dromana foreshore just down a little from Dromana Hub.


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Safety BeachFamily Entertainer!4 Bdrms, 2 living + study on a large fully fenced block with 2 frontages. New kitchen & appliances with stone bench tops leads to a covered ent area with solar heated spa. Solar hot water, GDH & A/C. Together with a DLUG, and plenty more parking spaces + room for a boat.


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28 Lupin Street DromanaJust Sit Back, Relax & Enjoy The ViewBoasting OPL, kitchen & dining leading out to an entertaining area. 3 bedrms upstairs, master w/ WIR & ensuite. Another bedrm downstairs w/ BIR & ensuite. Also, gas log fire, evap cooling, double carport, double glazed windows & low maintenance gardens.

For Sale Price $549,000Inspect Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

DromanaOne Of The Best!!Incl. 2 showers, 2 toilets, 2 sheds, 2 bdrms & a/c. OPL w/ galley kitchen. Spacious deck, double carport & 3 water tanks. Dromana Holiday & Lifestyle Village has indoor & outdoor pools, tennis court, BBQ’s, games room & secure monitored gated access.


7/65 Dromana Parade Safety BeachSo Close To EverythingThis neat & tidy unit has just been renovated throughout. Boasting 2 large bedrooms, single garage & close to public transport with the added bonus of the golden sands of Safety Beach only approx 300m away.

For Sale Price Offers Over $290,000Inspect Sat 1.00 - 1.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

5 Watson Avenue DromanaFour Bedrooms & Beachside4 large bedrooms master with WIRs other bedrooms BIRs, o/plan kitchen, dining & living that leads out to a large undercover entertaining area. Also featuring GDH, S/S cooling, large 2nd living area, remote DLUG with rear access & fully fenced rear yard.

For Sale Price $490,000 - $530,000Inspect Sun 12.00 - 12.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

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DromanaDon’t Judge A Book By Its CoverWith only 2 on the block & low maintenance gardens ready for you to just move in. Boasting 4 bedrooms, large living & kitchen with gas cooking, covered entertaining area & single lock up garage.

For Sale Price $320,000 - $350,000Inspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

1/53 Fig Street DromanaWhat a Ripper!Set in a quiet street & only a short distance to Dromana foreshore & shopping precinct is this great home. Boasting 2 large bedrms, striking PFB, high ceilings, gas heating, S/S cooling, carport & private courtyard, ideal for entertaining.

For Sale Price $310,000 - $330,000Inspect Sat 2.00 - 2.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233


www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/dromana

5987 3233 193 Point Nepean RoadDromana

RentalsRental: $250 P/W 1 Callas Street DROMANA HOUSE A 3 B 1 C 2 Bond: $1192 Available: NOW

Rental: $260 P/W 1/113 Country Club Drive SAFETY BEACH TOWNHOUSE A 2 B 1 C 1 Bond: $1127 Available: NOW

Rental: $270 P/W 9/113 Country Club Drive SAFETY BEACH TOWNHOUSE A 2 B 1 C 2 Bond: $1170 Available: 22-Mar-2013

Rental: $285 P/W 3 You Yangs Avenue DROMANA HOUSE A 3 B 1 C 1 Bond: $1235 Available: 28-Mar-13

Rental: $305 P/W 5 Solander Street DROMANA HOUSE A 3 B 1 C 2 Bond: $1322 Available: 27-Mar-13

Rental: $310 P/W 13 Clematis Avenue ROSEBUD WEST HOUSE A 3 B 2 C 5 Bond: $1343 Available: 6-Mar-2013

Rental: $320 P/W 68 Lombardy Avenue DROMANA HOUSE A 3 B 1 C 3 Bond: $1387 Available: NOW

Rental: $370 P/W 13 Rosalie Avenue DROMANA HOUSE A 3 B 2 C 3 Bond: $1603 Available: 6-Apr-2013

Rental: $380 P/W 3/37 Seaview Avenue SAFETY BEACH TOWNHOUSE A 3 B 2 C 2 Bond: $1647 Available: 6-Mar-2013

Rental: $395 P/W 48 Victoria Street SAFETY BEACH HOUSE A 3 B 2 C 4 Bond: $1712 Available: 27-Mar-2013

Rental: $418 P/W 23 Pier Street DROMANA SHOP A 0 B 0 C 0 Bond: $3620 Available: NOW

Rental: $420 P/W 6 Mariner Place SAFETY BEACH HOUSE A 4 B 2 C 3 Bond: $1820 Available: 3-Apr-2013

Rental: $420 P/W 10 Knott Street SAFETY BEACH HOUSE A 3 B 2 C 4 Bond: $1820 Available: NOW

38 Jackson Way DromanaBlue Ribbon Bay ViewsLocated on Dromana Hill on approx 1/4 of acre which boasts a blend of rural & bay views. Featuring a huge entertaining deck, newly renovated kitchen, A/C, GDH, gas log fire, 2 living areas and 3 bedrooms, master with full ENS. Call Now!

For Sale Price $679,000Inspect Sat 2.00 - 2.30pm Agent Office 5987 3233

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Safety BeachFantastic Family HomeThis 35sq home is located approx 700m’s from the sands of Safety Beach & only 300m’s approx to the Marina. 4 large bedrms, master w/ WIR & ensuite. Open plan kitchen w/ granite bench tops, living, meals, dining. Also featuring a large family room, 2 car garage.


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DromanaLuxury with Spectacular Bay ViewsThis home boasts 5 bedrooms & multiple living areas. Master bedroom with ensuite & WIR + incredible water views, 2 extra bathrooms & island kitchen. Suspended on the lower balcony is a gas/solar heated pool. GDH, multiple split rev cycle units & DBL lock up garage.

For Sale Price By NegotiationInspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

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Arthurs SeatHome Among the Gum Trees!A wonderful home for a family w/ lots of natural light, open plans areas & north facing. 4 bedrooms w/ BIRs, 3 bathrooms, 3 family/living areas, DLUG w/ additional parking space (boat, etc), a wrap around deck & on a block of over 1200sqm together w/ a cubby house!


Land For Sale

Dromana 30 Dahlia Street 599m2 Approx $310,000-$330,000

Safety Beach 6 Patterson Street 659m2 Approx $340,000

Dromana 1A Park Grove 420m2 Approx $390,000-$410,000

Safety Beach 8 Omuna Court 880m2 Approx $470,000

Dromana 20 Pickings Lane 2.48 Acres Approx $495,000

Dromana 19 Latrobe Parade 1100m2 Approx $850,000 Plus

DromanaDream Home or Developers Dream!Predominantly cleared land, 1102m2 approx, slightly elevated, offering bay views, in the midst of tree lined streets, all on our spectacular coastal setting. Planning on developing STCA this site is perfect! Offering dual street frontage; subdivide x4 all w/ own titles & access.

For Sale Price $850,000 PlusInspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

Safety BeachBeach Within Reach!One of the last great blocks at just under 1400sqm & a stroll to one of the best beaches in the area. Current home is a 4 bed, 2 bath holiday house. Great site to begin again, develop or even appreciate as land values possibly grow with the opening of the extended freeway.

For Sale Price $695,000 PlusInspect By Appointment Agent Office 5987 3233

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Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

www.conleyluff.com.au5975 7733

MORNINGTON EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY IN MORNINGTONS GOLDEN TRIANGLE.MAKE AN OFFER! 3 New Townhouses just a short stroll to the Mornington Hub. Presenting a perfect fusion of space and location that will no doubt impress the harshest of critics, these 3 new luxurious Townhouses are located opposite Memorial park in the very heart of Mornington. Offering a quintessential beachside lifestyle, each Townhouse comprises 3 bedrooms ( downstairs main with full ensuite ), a deluxe kitchen, a free flowing functional floor plan,

1-3/25 Empire Street Inspect Sat 11-11:30am

MOUNT MARTHA $430,000 - 470,000

WHEN OPPORTUNITY AND LOCATION COME TOGETHER!Perfectly positioned in beautiful beachside Mount Martha, this original family home is located only moments to beaches, schools and shops. This home represents the pinnacle of opportunity to these looking to enter the beachside market! A well built 3 Bedroom/2Bathroom BV Home on a big 795 M2 approx corner lot, this residence is ideal for the handyman & property investor.

2 Morlyn Drive Inspect Sat 1-1:30pm

SOMERVILLE $320,000 - $350,000

THE PERFECT BLEND OF LOCATION & OPPORTUNITY!Ideally positioned in one of Somerville’s most sought after locations, this spacious BV family home offers limitless possibilities for an astute property buyer. With Its free flowing functional floor plan and excellent presentation, this home will appeal to a broad range of buyers both owner occupiers and investors alike. Comprising: 3 spacious bedrooms, welcoming entrance foyer, sun drenched main living room , family- sized kitchen and meals area leading to an outdoor

12 One Chain Road Inspect Sat 4-4:30pm

MOUNT ELIZA AUCTION SAT 6TH APRIL @ 3:30PM

PALATIAL HOLLYWOOD COMES TO MT. ELIZA!LIKE NO OTHER HOUSE YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE! Behind the high fence & security gates, amongst established trees on almost 2 Acres (7213M2), this spectacular Phillip Mannerhein designed residence offers approx. 140 squares of living built around a superb I.G.Pool complex. Reminiscent of a 1940’s Hollywood mansion catering for an extravagant, or even decadent lifestyle of the rich & famous, this unique property includes 5 b/rooms, 4 bathrooms, various living rooms, spas, fireplaces, and so much more.

23 Cummins Lane Inspect strictly by appointment only

MORNINGTON $320,000 - $350,000

BEACHSIDE VILLA VALUE!Perfectly positioned in one of Mornington’s most sought after beachside locations, this sensational BV villa comprises two generous bedrooms, a large open living area with high ceilings, a generous kitchen with meals area leading to a very spacious rear yard & a s/brick garage. This home will no doubt impress even the harshest of critics. With huge untapped potential, ideal for the investor or homeowner alike! With exceptional land space around the building.

2/21 Lucerne Avenue Inspect Sat 12-12:30pm

MOUNT MARTHA

SETTING A NEW STANDARD IN LUXURY!6.8 GREEN STAR RATING - 1.5 KW POWER TO GRID Royadie Lane offers an affordable executive lifestyle, close to Bentons Square & buses. With a 3 Bedroom VIlla Neg Over $450,000 and 3 or 4 Bedroom Townhouses from $490,000 Plus. All with FES/WIR to Master, ducted heating & cooling, security, Asko s/steel appliances and d/stairs Master bedroom to all townhouses. “3 SOLD”

61 Green Island Avenue Inspect Wed/Thurs/Sat 1-1:30pm

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MORNINGTON NEG OVER $700,000

BLUE RIBBON BEACHSIDE WITH PLANS & PERMITS!If you are after an opportunity to increase your property portfolio or just fill a gap in your building schedule then this 2 townhouse site will be ideal. Located only a hop, skip & jump from fabulous Fisherman’s Beach & set on the high side of a quiet & well established street with plans & permits for 2 cleverly designed townhouses both with own street frontage & offering approx 28sq of living with 3 bedrooms, downstairs master with FENS & WIR plus study on the lower level.

16 King Georges Ave Inspect by appointment

MOUNT ELIZA $690,000 - $750,000

THE ESSENCE OF MT. ELIZA - SPACE, PRIVACY & AN I.G. POOL !A secluded court lot leading down to the treed surrounds of Kakeraboite creek provides a delightful setting for this charming and spacious rendered BV home. Featuring sundrenched living rooms, a huge timber deck, beautiful polished timber floors and most welcoming in ground pool. With 3 Bedrooms plus study (full ensuite/ walk in robe to master) raked ceilings and wood fired heater to the lounge, superb granite kitchen and bathroom, family and sitting rooms.

8 Mackeith Court Inspect by appointment


Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington

www.conleyluff.com.au5975 7733

MOUNT ELIZA AUCTION SAT 23RD MARCH @ 11:30

THE PERFECT BLEND OF OPPORTUNITY & LOCATION!Set amongst established trees on a superb approx. 990M2 corner lot, this 3 bedroom/2 bathroom BV home includes an open fireplace, ducted heating, s/s air conditioner & double brick garage. Create a delightful family home with cosmetic improvements or consider the possibilities for development or medical (STCA) SO VERSATILE - SO MUCH POTENTIAL!

1291 Nepean Hwy Inspect Wed/Sat 11-11:30am

MOUNT MARTHA $400,000 - $420,000

FIRST HOME BUYER/INVESTOR – “OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS”Priced for improvement – Paint your own canvas with this 3 Bedroom BV home full E/Suite & WIR to Master, spacious lounge with bay window. Central kitchen with adjoining meals alcove and family room. Twin auto lock up garage with Rear roller door, includes 9”ceilings, 8X3 covered/paved entertaining, ducted gas heating and evaporative cooling.

2 Moonah Way Inspect by appointment

MORNINGTON $510,000 - $540,000

LOCATION, SIZE AND PRIVACYPerfectly positioned in an ideal location only moments from schools shops and transport is this stunning family home. Set on a ¼ acre approx block this home is ideal for the growing family or for those who like to have to spread their wings. Boasting a free flowing and functional floor plan this property will no doubt impress even the harshest of critics.Comprises 4 spacious bedrooms, M/with ensuite and WIR, large sun drenched living are generous kitchen overlooking meals area and leading to entertainers deck

12 Boormanii Drive Inspect Sat 2-2:30pm

MORNINGTON OFFERS OVER $900,000

A BEACHSIDE DEVELOPMENT DREAM!Offing almost ¾ of an acre of land this prime development site is seeking your expression of interest. With motivated Vendors this development site would be ideal as a 5 to 6 unit/townhouse development (STCA) or would be a sensational opportunity for an investor looking to land stock. With concept drawings already done for 5 & 6 units the choice is yours on whether to lodge or redraw but you can’t go wrong as this will show great capital growth for years to come.

87 Herbert Street Inspect by appointment

MORNINGTON $390,000 - $430,000

1ST. HOMEBUYERS / ACTIVE RETIREES!OUTSTANDING VALUE! Opposite parkland & the Arts Centre, buses at your door & Bentons Square down the road! This attractive light- filled BV home is designed for zoned living & offers 3 bedrms ( FES/WIR to Master ), spacious lounge with combustion heater, stylish kitchen, a large living room, a central sunroom & auto d/garage with internal access. Including GDH, s/s r/c air con, d/washer, online gas brick BBQ on covered patio, w/tank & full perimeter fencing with delightful gardens.

301 Dunns Road Inspect Wed/Sat 12-12:30pm

MORNINGTON NEG OVER $900,000

BY THE SEA! - A NEW HOME WITH SPACE & LUXURY!If you are looking for a new home in the exclusive Fishermans Beach Precinct & only the best will do, then this exciting new home will be hard to pass up. Offering a spacious 21.5sq of living plus an auto d/garage with internal access, with all the mod cons one could want &. comprising 4 bedrooms, 2 master suites with FENS & WIR ( one upstairs & one down ), deluxe kitchen with stone tops & s/steel 900mm Smeg appliances, & spacious living areas both up & down.

30 King Georges Ave (Cnr Nunns Rd) Sat 11-11:30am

MORNINGTON AUCTION SAT 13TH APRIL @12:30PM

VILLA MAGIC – SPACE WITH SUPER CONVENIENCEThis spotless & extra spacious 2 bedroom BV Villa is located in a small group in the heart of town & includes age/disabled features. With vast open living, quality kitchen with new d/washer & large W.I. Pantry, 2 generous bedrooms with 2-way bathroom to master,a large powder room, separate laundry, a delightful paved courtyard & internal entry to the auto garage. Inc. d/heating, s/s r/c air con, new carpet, re-sprayed roof, painted outside.

2/28 Waterloo Place Inspect Sat 12-12:30pm

MORNINGTON $639,000

A FANTASTIC BEACHSIDE RETREAT!On a big 831 M2 beachside lot close to Main Street, this adorable WB home oozes charm & character & with a delightful I.G. pool offers a brilliant combination. Perfect for those scaling down or even couples starting out, this fine home offers 2 BR’s plus a poolside bungalow with ensuite,, two large living areas and French doors that open to a fantastic covered pergola for easy year round entertaining. Other features include an open fireplace, period bathroom with spa, ducted heating, polished timber flooring.

4 MacDonald Grove Inspect Sat 1-1:30pm

MORNINGTON $380,000 - $410,000

CALLING ALL DEVELOPERS & INVESTORSLand with plans & permits close to Bentons Square. An opportunity to build 2 skilfully designed dwellings with their own individual titles, with town planning approval for an 18.5sq of living 4 bed double storey residence with downstairs master & double garage & a 14.2sq of living 3 bed s/storey storey villa with s/garage, extra car parking & a big courtyard.Ideal as an investment for now with huge future potential. Lot 1 - 268 M2 & Lot 2 229 M2

Lot 1 & 2/6 Moorhead Avenue Inspect by appointment


HOME PORT

CENTURY 21 HOME PORTPHONE: 5979 35552100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastingscentury21hastings.com.au

AUCTION Saturday, March 16th at 11:30am.

On-Site.

VIEW Saturday 11:00-11:30am

AGENT Kerry-Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

IDEAL FOR FIRST HOME BUYERSTYABB 9 Banksia CrescentFOR SALE NOW OR BY AUCTION.

Affordable & immaculately presented, 5 year

old, quality built home in popular Tyabb location.

Featuring 3 larger than usual bedrooms, master

with WIR & ensuite, 3 living area’s, stunning kitchen

with stainless steel appliances quality fixtures &

fittings and attractive mature landscaped gardens.

Still under builders guarantee, Genuine vendor

says SELL, SELL, SELL! Vacant Possession.

Terms 10% Deposit, Balance 30/60 days.

3 A 2 B 3 C

MUST BE SOLD! BITTERN 100 Dunlop RoadThis home is situated on a low

maintenance block of approx 500 sqms,

located in the leafy tranquil area of

Bittern. The home has been tastefully

renovated with a new bathroom,

refurbished kitchen with all modern

appliances, gas log fire in lounge room,

tiled family/meals area. The home

is street appealing with a modern

appearance, new fencing surrounds the

yard, and it also boasts a secure single

carport. Contact Exclusive Agent.

3 A

1 B2 C

PRICE $359,900 to $369,900

VIEW Saturday 12:00-12:30pm

AGENT Wilma Green

0407 833 996

STRESS FREE

CRIB POINT 290 Stony Point RoadBUILDERS REALISATION SALE. A quality

residential community development

consisting of a combination of 2 & 3

bedroom units with single & double

garages. Best quality in town! Investors

take note: Minimum of 5% return. My

vendor has a genuine need to sell & is

willing to meet the market.

Contact Exclusive Agent.

3 A

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CRIB POINT 24 Hamilton StreetMeticulously kept 4 Bedroom plus study home on 1/2 Acre Allotment; featuring near new timber kitchen with all modern appliances, formal lounge & dining with a separate zoned games room, near new gas solar hot water service, & various r/v cycle air-conditioning. Outside boasts an outdoor area that overlooks the beautifully kept gardens, ample water tanks, double garage & covered area to store the caravan or boat. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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space, positioned within close proximity

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master bedroom w/ dressing room, & an

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living area leading out to a huge balcony!

Other notable features include ducted

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carport on a large allotment.


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PRICE $349,900

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VIEW To be advised

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PRICE $245 PW

VIEW To be advsed

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PRICE $315 PW

VIEW To be advised

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Private court yard & LUG.

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PRICE $260 PW

VIEW To be advised

AGENT Lyn Dawson


Open Plan living, GDH, S/S

A/C in kitchen and robes

to all bedrooms. This home

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PRICE $325 PW

VIEW 07/03/13 from 5.00-5.15pm

08/03/13 from 3.00-3.15pm

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small court yard to rear &

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CRIB POINT 3/6 Point Road

PRICE $270 PW

VIEW 08/03/13 from 5.00-5.15pm

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yards.

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PRICE $270 PW

VIEW To be advised

AGENT Lyn Dawson

Available NOW!

Formal lounge, large open

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3 A2 B2 C

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PRICE $340 PW

VIEW 08/03/12 from 5.00-5.15pm

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3 bedrooms, family

bathroom with separate

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3 A2 B2 C

HASTINGS 2 Greythorn Road

PRICE $260 PW

VIEW 08/03/13 from 4.10-4.25pm

AGENT Lyn Dawson

Available NOW!

Boasting two living zones,

kitchen, GWF heating,

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maintenance gardens.

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HASTINGS 23 Michelle Drive

PRICE $300 PW

VIEW 06/03/13 from 4.15-4.30pm

AGENT Nicole Thomas

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Modern design,open plan,

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PRICE $270 PW

VIEW 08/03/13 from 4.35-4.50pm

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Renovated kitchen with gas

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Large bedrooms upstairs

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2 A1 B1 C

HASTINGS 3/39 Coolstore Road

PRICE $215 PW

VIEW 08/03/13 from 3.55-4.10pm

AGENT Nicole Thomas

UNDER APPLICATION

2 separate living areas.

SLUG with rear roller

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4 A2 B2 C

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PRICE $350 PW

VIEW 07/03/13 from 4.10-4.25pm

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PRICE $250 PW

VIEW 08/03/13 from 3.55-4.10pm

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PRICE $325 PWVIEW 08/03/13 from 4.35-4.50pm AGENT Lyn Dawson


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bathroom with shower, bath

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3 A2 B2 C

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PRICE $335 PW

VIEW To be advised

AGENT Nicole Thomas

Available March 22nd 2013.

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area, kitchen with plenty

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PRICE $240 PW

VIEW To be advised

AGENT Nicole Thomas


Open plan living, split

system heating & cooling,

modern bathroom & rear

deck for entertaining.

2 A1 B1 C

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PRICE $285 PW

VIEW 07/03/13 from 5.00-5.15pm

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Available NOW! Renovated throughout with near new blinds, carpet and flooring and updated kitchen and bathroom.

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PRICE $300 PWVIEW 07/03/13 from 4.35-4.50pm AGENT Lyn Dawson


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areas, includes gas cooking

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CRIB POINT 11/339 Stony Point

PRICE $275 PW

VIEW To be advised

AGENT Lyn Dawson


B T R E YOU’LL SOON BE HOME

Ben Tallon Real Estate Pty Ltd1/34 High Street, Hastings 3915

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HASTINGS $500,000+

Situated in a lovely private court within close proximity to Hastings foreshore, this deceivingly large family home boasts plenty of room and privacy. With 5 Bedrooms plus study, the master bedroom features large walk in robe and full ensuite. The open plan kitchen with stainless steel appliances and dishwasher is offset by a spacious meals and family room. A large rumpus room/ home theatre, formal lounge, dining and alfresco area, what more could you want. Outside, there is ample off street parking, double lock up garage with rear access; and for the family boat or caravan, separate side access to yard. Nestled on 605m2 of land surrounded by low maintenance landscaped gardens.

PRIME POSITION

CRIB POINT $279,000 - $299,000

This near new unit features light filled living spaces, generous proportions and all the features of a spacious home. Try high ceilings and grand entry hall with double glass doors leading to a big open living room, a tiled meals adjoining a concreted courtyard, family sized kitchen with Blanco appliances, even a dishwasher, 3 bedrooms, (main with full ensuite). Other features include a remote single garage with direct internal access, all carpets & blinds, down-lights, gas ducted heat, water tank & pump, 5 star energy rating and full builders guarantee....this won’t last! With a 12mth secure lease in place (returning $290 per week) you won’t have to worry about finding tenants either.

CALLING ALL INVESTORS –

BITTERN $420,000 - $450,000

This property has the ideal set up for the tradesperson with own business, truck drivers and anyone who needs to house a caravan or boat or two.Exposed aggregate driveway running alongside of house gives easy access to a large fully powered shed/workshop there is loads of storage and bench space, gas heating, room for boat and caravan, plenty of lighting. And if you need extra storage, try the separate storage unit/shed complete with more shelving. Throw in a Carport beside the garage. For the ladies and the rest of the family...this 3 bedroom property offers modern kitchen with high quality granite bench tops, dishwasher and stainless steel appliances, 2 living areas, BIR, ensuite to main, central heating and evaporative cooling.

IDEAL SET UP!!...HOME BUSINESS...STORING CARAVAN, TRUCK OR BOAT?

CRIB POINT $325,000

Set in a quiet court close to public transport and local schools this neat and tidy 3br home is sure to make a great first home or investment property. Inside you will find an open floor-plan comprising of a dining area, kitchen (with dishwasher) and lounge. The bedrooms all have built-in robes and are a reasonable size. Outside you have a large high clearance double carport with access through to the rear yard and large shed. The shed comes complete with a coonara style wood fire, bar, power, lighting and enough space for a pool table plus motorbikes or car. Inspection is by appointment only.

RUSTIC CHARM...

HASTINGS $359,000

This rendered brick veneer home will suit a multitude of buyers out there looking for something that doesn’t require any work. The property features large living areas, kitchen with new electric oven, dining room off kitchen, four bedrooms (master with ensuite complete with corner spa) plus a studio/bungalow outside perfect for a sewing room or the teenagers retreat and a remote tandem garage. The studio is completely lined with power and lighting and even a small verandah. The landscaping has been well thought out, low maintenance gardens complete with water feature and a cubby for the kids.

NOT A THING TO DO….

HASTINGS $299,000+

This spacious 3 bedroom unit is not only a great price but only 1 year old with current tenants paying $295 per week. The perfect investment opportunity!This well planned 3 bedroom unit offers plenty of space with a massive walk in robe in main and BIRs in the further 2 bedrooms. Other features include a modern bathroom, large open living and meals areas, gas ducted heating and a light filled kitchen complete with stainless steel appliances and dishwasher.Outside offers remote double lockup garage with internal access, water tank, undercover outdoor entertaining area and a lockup garden shed on a concrete slab. Inspection by appointment.

CALLING ALL INVESTORS...

HASTINGS $430,000

Situated in one of the best locations in Hastings, this 3 Bedroom home is only a ‘stone’s throw away’ from the Hastings Foreshore. With 2 open living zones – this property features spacious lounge with coonara, formal dining or study area, a central solid timber kitchen with gas cook top, electric wall oven and dishwasher and large dining or family room. Open the sliding door from here and enter the huge paved undercover entertaining/alfresco area...perfect for those summer BBQ’s.Other features include, new floating floors, reverse cycle air conditioning, gas heating, drive through lock up garage (1.5 car), and a large backyard. Inspection by appointment.

ENJOY THE LIFESTYLE BY THE BAY...

HASTINGS $440,000

Looking for a big family home?Want something brand new? Well if you hurry you can watch each stage of your new home being built......Featuring; a grand front entry, multiple living zones including rumpus and under roof alfresco with servery from the kitchen. Ideal family design with a separate kids wing with 3 bedrooms sharing the main bathroom, main bedroom waaaay up the other end with a large ensuite and robe. There’s direct access from the double garage, open design study up the parents end and loads of inclusions - see the list. Set in a great central location on approx 600m2 this one won’t last......

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In an enviable beachside locale, this stunning30-square residence offers luxury and quality.Built to exacting standards, the property has

an atmosphere of space, light, style and harmony.On the upper level the main bedroom has a

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Walking the gauntletCrossing the road in Saigon provides an adrenaline rush that puts some adventuresports to shame, writes David Bonnici

Bike built for three: With cars out of the reach to most Vietnamese people, motorbikesand scooters are the main form of family transport. Picture: David Bonnici

Despite doing everything theguide books told me not to do,which meant I caught a shonky

taxi and paid well over par, the driveinto town from Tan Son Nat Inter-national Airport was a wonderfulintroduction to Ho Chi Minh City.

The trip into Vietnam’s largest city,otherwise known as Saigon, had mesticking my head out the window inwide-eyed wonderment.

Being part of the city’s notoriouslycongested arterials made this routinetrip an adventure in itself. The traffichere somehow manages to flowdespite the tide of motorbikes andscooters, which weave around eachother and scatter from the path ofunyielding larger vehicles.

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From the bush to a big city winBY BRAD McGRATH

Peninsula’s pride: Mornington horse Ferlax takes out the $500,000 Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday.Picture: Getty Images

MORNINGTON trainer Jim Conlan thought Ferlaxcould win the $500,000 Australian Guineas beforeAll Too Hard was scratched on Saturday. When heheard the news the gun colt was out he becameconfident.

Ferlax had been brilliant during track work onTuesday morning and the talented three year oreplicated the form to win the group 1 feature atFlemington on Saturday at his first metro outing andmaintain his unbeaten status.

“I galloped him on Tuesday where I put the blink-ers on and just sat him off a horse. It was an ordinaryhorse, but I sat him back off it and he gave me a greatfeel,” Conlan said.

“I was mixing the feeds and listening to the radiowhen I heard the news about All Too Hard, whichwas sad news for Team Hawkes, but I thought it gaveus a real chance.”

The victory was Conlan’s first group 1 winnersince Above Deck took out the 2006 Doomben Cup.

Remarkably, it was Ferlax’s first city start afterrecording wins at Echuca, Benalla and Sale in his pre-vious three starts.

Ferlax, whose odds shortened dramatically whenAll Too Hard was scratched, was $17 when hejumped from the barrier and took the lead.

The three year old settled in second behind Ajeebbefore taking the lead at the top of the straight andmanaging to hold on despite a stern challenge fromYou’re So Good ($9.50).

Sheer Talent ($9) finished third to overcome a badbarrier while Hvasstan stormed home to grab fourthafter being caught wide.

Jockey Stephen Baster received the ride on Ferlaxafter regular hoop Daniel Stackhouse was susp-ended.

He said the son of Pentire had been a pleasure toride. “Jim put the shades on him today and he was abit revvy going to the gates, so I thought it mighthave been a mistake, but that’s why I’m the jockeyand he’s the trainer. He got it spot on,” Baster said.

“He is a lovely horse to ride and when I saw himwin at Sale it was a nice win, obviously against a lotlesser class, so the shades and racing have improvedhim and if he keeps improving like that he willbecome a very good horse.”

Conlan said he would think long and hard before

making a decision on where he would take Ferlaxnext but believes more group 1 glory could bewaiting.

“We’ve just got to be careful about how we placehim now because this is obviously a stallion-makingrace and he has got a nice pedigree,” he said.

“We’ve got Sydney coming up but it might even beideal to back off him and look at maybe going to theAll Aged [Stakes] or maybe even going to the Strad-broke [Handicap] while he is still going to get in OKat the weights.”

Waves hit theground runningPENINSULA Waves began their Vic-torian Netball League season in nail-biting fashion with a narrow win overBooroondara Genesis at the StateNetball-Hockey Centre on Wednes-day night.

The Waves were playing under newcoach Claire Houben for the firsttime and they showed they have lostnothing since the departure ofRobynn Pym, with the win over thebattle-hardened Genesis.

The match fluctuated with theWaves narrowly ahead at every breakand holding off a final challenge inthe last quarter to give Houben a win-ning start.

‘‘When you see the quality of ouropponents they are Vixens and ex-Vixens players,’’ Houben said.

‘‘It was a very tough game and avery good win.’’

Waves captain Holly-Ann Hoodplayed a large part in the victory withher energy and her ability to direct thetraffic from the centre position wasfirst rate.

Kelly Haynes was a brick wall indefence and could be set to takeanother step forward after switchingends last year.

‘‘She is a very talented player and Ithink she just needs to believe in her-self and believe how good she couldbe,’’ Houben said.

Star goaler Mwai Kumwenda made34 of 38 attempts and combinedsuperbly with Stacie Proctor inattack. ‘‘Mwai had a great game andwe expect nothing less from her, to behonest, because she is just such astrong goaler.

‘‘She shot at 90 per cent.’’The Genesis exacted some revenge

in the division 1 clash with a 47-40victory over Peninsula, with theWaves lacking in attack. The Waveswent down 32-38 in the under-19clash.

— Brad McGrath

Peninsula Waves clash with VUWestern Lightning at the StateNetball-Hockey Centre from9.40pm on Wednesday.

Dolphins show early promise in nail-biting win over TigersFRANKSTON Dolphins coach Simon Gooseyliked what he saw but knows his team has a longway to go after a thrilling one-point VFL practicematch win over Coburg at Frankston Oval onSaturday.

While the Dolphins were missing plenty of tal-ent such as Lachie Delahunty, Scott Simpson,Daniel Farmer, Nick Boland and Jackson Cole-man, the commitment of the players who took

the field cannot be questioned. The Tigers hit thefront late in the last quarter but former Mt Elizateammates Michael Lourey and Sam Lloyd com-bined to score a late goal and give the Dolphins a12.7 (79) to 12.6 (78) victory.

“We have a long way to go but we played goodin patches,” Goosey said.

“The first part in particular was very good.Our pressure was really good but I thought our

work rate probably dropped off in the secondhalf.”

Several debutants impressed for the Dolphinsincluding former Dandenong Stingrays BillyRolfe, Jason Pongracic and Ryan Morrison.

But it was Russell Gabriel who showed he hadlost nothing during his stint in the WAFL and putin a typically hard-working performance.

Others to impress for the Dolphins were Narre

Warren premiership player Adam Giobbi withhis run and long kicking and Seaford recruitChris Irving, who was given plenty of timethrough the midfield.

Riley Heddles was also superb for the Dol-phins after overcoming the injury woes thatruined his previous season. The Dolphins’ devel-opment team had an easy 70-point demolition ofthe Coburg equivalent.

Pair maintain their crushing form to make it six straightTHE seemingly unstoppable Mornington pair ofJarryd Cathcart and Geoff Lloyd have recorded theirsixth straight victory in the top grade of the Morn-ington Peninsula Table Tennis Association.

In what is becoming an almost predictable chain ofevents, Cathcart and Lloyd took the doubles rubber,this time against Somerville’s Martin Solomons andShane O’Connor, before Cathcart steamrolled hisopponents in the singles, to chalk up a 3-2 win andanother four points for the Mornington juggernaut.

Langwarrin’s Luke Bronsema, another player insuperb touch this season, defeated Frankston cham-

pion Sam Palmer to set up a comfortable 4-1 victoryfor Langwarrin.

Club singles champion Palmer had no answer toBronsema’s power game and went down 4-2 whilePalmer’s partner, Greg Price was unable to take agame off the Langwarrin ace.

In the other match, Mt Martha recorded its firstwin of the season, against second-placed CarrumDowns in the upset of the night.

Mt Martha’s Sean O’Meara led the way, beatingboth Mark Flavel and Peter Du Plooy, while a singleswin to O’Meara’s partner, Gary Anderson over Du

Plooy, was enough to get Mt Martha over the line.Des Gamble, Mitchell Peacock and Sandy

Kouroupidis lead the way in the club’s A3 division,with 10 wins from the 12 matches played. Peacockand Kouroupidis are representing Rye this seasonand not surprisingly their side is two games clear atthe top of the ladder.

— Brad McGrath

For details of all grades, team ladders and playerstandings, go to insports.com.au/ttv/mptta.


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Demons feel the HeatFrankston Peninsula Heat have just 25 runs

to play with as they strive to defeat

Melbourne in a interesting Premier Cricket

clash at the Albert Ground. The Heat were

bowled out for 125 but have given the

fancied Melbourne something to worry

about as they grabbed six wickets to leave

the Demons reeling at 6-101. But with just

25 runs needed for victory, Melbourne will

fancy itself as favourite. Talented all-

rounder Brenton McDonald (11no) and Jack

Paynter (4no) are the batsmen at the crease

for the Demons. Scott Boland (3-30) was

the chief destroyer for the Heat while Matt

Chasemore, James Miller and Jack Benbow

also took a wicket each.

State team namedDandenong Rangers and Frankston Blues

have had players named in the Victorian

Metro women’s side for the under-18

Australian junior championships in Brisbane

from April 20-27. Rangers forward Amanda

Meinking and Blues forward Samara Hill

were named in the 10-player team while

Knox Raiders pair Tia Hay and Rachel

Lucas were named as emergencies. Bulleen

player and Croydon North resident

Courtney Collins was also named on the

roster. Kelly Breazeale from Hawthorn

Magic will coach the side and be assisted

by Melbourne Tigers’ junior coach Matthew

Dickins and Bulleen’s Samantha Thornton.

Vic Metro under-18s will be going for their

fifth straight gold medal at the

championships.

Ready for baseball?Mornington Baseball Club is holding its

senior and junior registration nights on

March 13 and 27. The club is seeking

juniors (aged 8-16) and seniors (17+) to play

competition-level baseball. The events will

be held at CB Wilson Reserve, 55 Wilsons

Road, Mornington, from 6pm.

Tigerettes want playersSouth Mornington women’s football team

has relocated to Seaford. The Tigerettes are

now part of the Seaford Football Netball

Club which fields senior teams in both

football and netball in the MPNFL. The club

is seeking players and coaches. For more

information or to express your interest,

email [email protected].

Senior rider off to EnglandJake Noonan’s time as a senior jockey in

Victoria will be fleeting with the young gun

set to head overseas. Noonan, who officially

became a senior rider on Tuesday, will next

month head to England, where he will take

up a position with Andrew Balding at

Newmarket. It will be the realisation of a

dream for Noonan, son of respected

Mornington trainer Tony, who contemplated

heading overseas 18 months ago but

suffered a fall that kept him out of the saddle

for several months. That did not prevent

Noonan from scoring a runaway win in the

2010-11 apprentice jockeys’ premiership,

while he also won the metropolitan award.

Heatherhill shuts down BulldogsBY MORGAN COLE

Key wicket: Sorrento’sNick Jewell was runout for 20 as the MPCAProvincial Shieldpremiership favouriteslost their thirdsuccessive matchon Saturday.Picture: Wayne Hawkins

HEATHERHILL has finished off its season with awet sail, upsetting Mornington by three wickets inan MPCA Provincial Shield match at Bruce Park onSaturday.

Mornington is Heatherhill’s second major scalp.The young outfit also upset premiership favouriteSorrento last round.

The Bulldogs approached the one-day matchwith plenty of caution. Heatherhill went on therampage as they looked to close out their seasonwith a bang.

Heatherhill captain Matt Meagher led the waywith an unbeaten 66, forming a partnership withmiddle order batsman Steven O’Donnell, who wasmaking his first appearance in the first XI.

The home team finished its innings at 8-203.Mornington started its innings strongly with

opener Matt Foon making 41 before being caughtoff a Brett Maxwell delivery.

After losing the wickets of Foon and Ben Cle-ments (21) the Bulldogs found themselves losingtheir grip on the match.

Tail-ender Luke Harper gave Mornington a latespark, making 30 not out, but it was not enough torecover the game.

Mornington was dismissed for 153.At Baxter Park on Saturday, Baxter stole the top

spot from a stumbling Sorrento, which has nowlost three matches in a row.

Sorrento set a modest tally in it first innings of146, captain Anthony Blackwell top scoring with44, star batsman Nick Jewell being run out for 20.

The returning Mark Uccello led the way forBaxter on the attack taking 5-32, pleasing presi-dent and brother Darren Uccello with his come-

back to the first XI. ‘‘Mark has been in the twos forthe past few weeks,’’ Uccello said.

‘‘Taking five wickets was a great achievement.’’The Baxter top order struggled to make an

impact with Shane McComb (2) and Daniel War-wick (12) being removed early.

Darren Irving stepped in to steady the ship andhis 47 helped bring Baxter within striking distanceof its target.

Sam Wolsgrove (4 not out) and Travis Sawers(14 not out) helped Baxter gain a valuable psycho-logical advantage over Sorrento.

‘‘To get over the line was great,’’ Uccello said.‘‘We thought we would finish second, so to finish

on top was an awesome effort.’’This is Baxter’s eighth straight appearance in the

finals.In other Provincial Shield matches, Justin Grant

(78) guided Mt Eliza to victory over Long Island.The Peninsula Old Boys’ hot streak has seen

them secure a finals berth after a rocky start to theseason. A six-wicket win over Mount Martha wasenough to secure their position.

Rye enjoyed a four-wicket win over Moorooduc.

Braves get ticket to finalsBADEN Powell has clinched the final spotin the top four, defeating Delacombe Parkin a MPCA District Shield match on Sat-urday.

The Braves and the Devils were lockedin a do-or-die clash at Delacombe Park,with the winner of the contest to make thefinals and the loser to miss out.

The Braves had a disastrous start withthe early dismissals of powerful openerElia Carter (3) and gun captain Rhys Elmi(5) with No.3 batsman Travis Kellerman(0) quick to follow. ‘‘They bowled reallywell early,’’ Elmi said. ‘‘Shane Deal andSimon Dignam really tied us down. Theyhad us at 3-34 at tea.’’

The early slide was stopped by AnjulaPerera (72) and Josh Waldron (84), thepartnership turning the tide of the match.

‘‘They batted really well together andreally saved us,’’ Elmi said.

‘‘We felt 140 was about par on thisground, so to get 197 was a super effort.’’

Delacombe Park also suffered an earlydismissal at the top of its first innings, los-ing opener Chris Glendinning for a duck.

The Devils’ strong batting line-up strug-gled and Chris Brittain (15) and Nick Chr-

istides (19) spent only a short time at thecrease.

Ben Brittain (39) and Deal (22) formeda late partnership, helping nudge the Dev-ils score closer to the target. The discip-lined bowling from the Braves proved toomuch.

The Devils innings came to a close at138. ‘‘They bat right down the order, so tobowl them out was a great effort,’’ Elmisaid. The Braves’ attack was led byNathan Rice, who took four wickets forthe afternoon.

In other District Shield matches, ThePines ended Hastings’ dreams of sneakinginto the finals with a five-wicket win.

Boneo just managed to hold off MainRidge to win by six runs. Flinders upsetCarrum, overcoming the finals-boundoutfit in the second-last over of the day.Flinders keeper Tim Clarke made aseason-best 93.

Frankston YCW finally showed somefighting spirit, losing its final match in Dis-trict Shield to Langwarrin by six wickets.Somerville made no mistakes in securingits place in the finals by accounting forSeaford. — Morgan Cole

Yabbies in dismal finishTYABB’S disastrous month is finally over after it succumbed to RedHill in their MPCA Sub District Shield match at Red Hill Reserveon Saturday.

After holding top place on the ladder less than three weeks ago,Tyabb officially missed the finals, with its season finishing.

Red Hill coach Simon Dart was thrilled with his team’s perform-ance after a topsy-turvy few weeks for the young oufit.

‘‘It was a must-win game, it was really like a final,’’ Dart said.‘‘We knew if we lost — that was it for us.’’Red Hill won the toss and batted first with the brilliant Dart con-

tributing 84 not out in their total of 5-216.The Tyabb attack battled hard but found Red Hill’s top order

hard to penetrate with Riley Shaw (37) and Oliver McKillop (36)putting on strong showings. ‘‘We had some top performances fromsome of our younger guys,’’ Dart said.

Tyabb got off to a less than ideal start losing opener Ben VanWees (4) cheaply, before they steadied through captain Luke Rus(50).

The Yabbies fell short at the end of the day, finishing on 181, thefinal wicket falling midway through the 38th over, Dart taking thefinal scalp.

In other Sub District shield matches, French Island drew withSkye.

Balnarring defeated Pearcedale to tie up top spot on the ladder.Carrum Downs tied with Rosebud, Carrum Downs bowler

Chamara Perera taking 4-20. Tootgarook recorded a comfortablenine-wicket win over Dromana.

— Morgan Cole


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