November 29th 2012

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By Mike HastMORE than 300 teachers rallied out-side the McCrae offi ce of Education Minister and Nepean MP Martin Dix-on on Wednesday.

The McCrae Plaza shopping centre car park was turned into a sea of red clothing and banners as teachers and support staff vented their disappoint-ment at the standoff between the teach-ers’ union and the Baillieu government.

Australian Education Union mem-bers are targeting state government MPs as part of the “Keep the Promise” campaign, which refers to Premier Ted Baillieu’s claim made before the No-

vember 2010 election to make Victo-rian teachers “the best paid teachers in Australia”.

The morning rally was part of a se-ries of statewide stoppage by teachers. Peninsula schools were either closed for the morning or the whole day

Australian Education Union presi-dent Mary Bluett (pictured) told teachers from more than 30 peninsula schools the log of claims had been with the government for two years.

“The government has our best offer; this fi ght is far from over,” she said to loud applause.

Ms Bluett said the union would high-

light “the tremendous hours” worked by teachers. “Teachers work an aver-age of 50 hours a week for 38 hours’ pay. You do the extra hours because of your commitment to your schools.”

Police in two riot vans and sedans ar-rived before the 10am rally and sealed off two sections of the car park.

Three offi cers stood guard outside Mr Dixon’s offi ce, but allowed a giant letter to be handed to offi ce staff.

Mr Dixon was not at his offi ce as Parliament was in session.

Rallies across the state – including outside the offi ce of embattled Frank-ston MP Geoff Shaw at the same time

on Wednesday – aim to keep pressure on the government to restart negotia-tions with teachers, who are pushing for a 30 per cent increase over three years and fewer short-term contracts.

The government is offering a 2.5 per cent annual rise and talking about extra increases after “productivity gains”.

Ms Bluett said the “broken promise will leave Victorian teachers among the lowest paid in Australia”.

“WA teachers at the top of the scale are already paid 10 per cent more than our teachers, with pay rises of 8.25 per cent over two years to come,” she said.

“NSW teachers at the top of the scale

are paid $2822 more than Victorian tea chers for the same work.”

Ms Bluett said Victoria was losing quality teachers to other states and some were leaving the profession.

The industrial action follows state-ments made by world-renowned Ame-rican education expert Michael Apple that there was “no robust evidence anywhere” to show performance pay raised achievement scores for students.

Performance pay for teachers re-mains a major hurdle in negotiations between the union and Victorian gov-ernment, which says it wants to reward high-performing teachers.

Teachers rally at McCraeTeachers rally at McCrae

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IT may sound like a tall order, but Rotary Club of Sorrento is determined to help rebuild a small primary school in Zimbabwe.

Mambanje Primary School needs 200 window panes, 10 doors, 60 desks, 60 chairs, 30 litres of paint, new blackboards, 152 school uniforms and a new road.

The school is in a remote area on the edge of the Hwange National Park, 15 kilometres from the town of Det.

“Mambanje school has been neglected and totally uninspiring for the students to attend school,” Sorrento Rotary’s international director Liz Bentley said.

“The club has taken up the cause to ensure that the 152 students of Mambanje primary attend a school to be proud of.

“The school is in an area with mainly subsistence farming and runs from years one to seven. About 50 per

cent of the children are orphans or live with single parents.”

Ms Bentley said Sorrento Rotary was working with the African Bush Camps Charity to provide uniforms, school maintenance, a breakfast program, new desks, chairs and blackboards, help with a bore and water tank plus grants to pay for a school vegetable garden and a shop.

“The garden will become part of the school program and vegetables can be sold in the community to provide funds for the school,” she said.

“The school shop will be set up with a micro fi nance grant and this will mean members of the community do not have to walk seven kilometres to collect such staples as maize, salt, fl our and rice. The profi ts will be returned to the school and community.”

Ms Bentley said constructing the road would cost about $70,000.

The Rotary club is hoping to raise money from the public to help by sponsoring particular needs at the school, including the $30-a-year fees for each pupil (uniforms are $25); window panes at $20 each; desks and chairs $30 each; 30 litres of paint at $20 a litre; 10 doors at $200 each; and fi ve blackboards at $50 each.

“These are basic needs and sponsorship will be one small step to assist Mambanje Primary School become a school to be proud of and help change the lives of 152 students who all want an education,” Ms Bentley said.

To make a donation or take out a sponsorship, call Ms Bentley on0418 356 464 or Graeme Hill on0409 708 238.

Rotary’s support for African schoolRotary’s support for African school

Ready to learn: Pupils at the Mambanje Primary School in Zimbabwe will benefi t from a project being run by Rotary Club of Sorrento.

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THE waves of Gunnamatta lived up to their reputation for Satur-day’s Peninsula Surfriders’ Club contest.

Home break for the club, the waves of the incoming tide were groomed by a light north-easterly as they broke on a bank near the second car park.

The conditions set up some tight surfi ng between the club’s foremost riders, but it was Joshua Hallam (pictured) who took out the honours.

A clue to Hallam’s form was given to his competitors during the semi-fi nals when he scored a perfect 10.

“The decision was made early to hold the contest on the right-hand rip bowl and we had pump-ing waves from the start right up until about 1pm when the tide bottomed out,” club president Adam Morris said.

“It was another great day down at the beach once the clouds burnt off and I’d say the earlier open rounds had some of the better waves we have had for a contest in a long time.

“Unfortunately for all fi nal di-visions, a mix of the tide and the onshore wind made conditions tricky.”

Morris - eliminated during the quarter fi nals - said Forrest Broth-es also showed good form.

“But Hallam was too good in the fi nal, scoring his second Open A division win.”

The club’s next aggregate contest will be in late February or early March although a single-fi n contest will be held on Australia Day.

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Joshua waves his Joshua waves his way to a winway to a win

By Keith PlattTHE quality of water being discharged through the sewage outfall at Gun-namatta will drop this week while Melbourne Water works on its latest treatment equipment.

The 350 million litres a day discharge will be Class C, below the purity that has been pumped into the ocean since new processes came on line in July.

“A three- to four-day shutdown of the new advanced tertiary treatment stage at ETP [Eastern Treatment Plant, near Carrum] is required in November to undertake important works on site,” general manager of asset planning Paul Pretto said.

He said the plant’s $418 million up-grade was “nearing completion”.

“The upgrade will add an advanced tertiary stage to the sewage treatment process at ETP; the plant, originally built in 1975, will be transformed into one of the most sophisticated large-scale sew-age treatment facilities in the world.”

Environmentalists who have battled for decades for the outfall discharge to be cleaned up, will now focus on end-ing the outfall altogether. They say the discharge of treated water into the sea at a national park is harmful to the ma-rine environment.

Meanwhile, lower quality water from other peninsula sewage treatment plants will continue to be discharged at Gunnamatta.

“South East Water is also undertaking tertiary upgrades to its treatment plants

at Mt Martha, Boneo and Somers, which discharge to Bass Strait via the same pipeline as ETP. The upgrades are expected to be completed in the second half of 2013,” Dr Pretto said.

Commissioning of the advanced treatment stage began in July “and has resulted in a progressive improvement in the quality of water supplied to re-cycled water customers and water dis-charged at the plant’s outfall at Boags Rocks [near Gunnamatta]”.

“This has had a visible and positive impact on the marine environment at the outfall at Boags Rocks. Noticeable benefi ts include less colour, foam, and better water clarity.

“We expect to meet our environmen-tal targets by the end of the year and

begin supplying Class A standard recy-cled water in 2013.”

Drr Pretto said the planned shutdown would have no impact on the supply of Class C recycl ed water “however customers and observers at the Boags Rocks outfall may notice a temporary change in water quality back to condi-tions as they were before commission-ing of ETP tertiary upgrade project be-gan in July this year”.

Melbourne Water will continue to meet its EPA licence requirements throughout the shutdown, and is keep-ing EPA Victoria informed.

The upgrade will add an advanced tertiary stage to the sewage treatment process.

It is providing signifi cant environ-

mental benefi ts by improving the qual-ity of the plant’s discharge at Boags Rocks on the Mornington Peninsula and increasing the standard of recycled water produced at the plant, Dr Pretto said

Once completed, the plant will treat more than 100 billion litres of waste-water to Class A recycled water stand-ard each year.

Major construction works to build the new ad vanced tertiary treatment stage began in early 2010 and were completed midyear.

The plant is expected to be fully op-erational later this year with Class A recycled water available progressively down the South East Outfall pipeline from mid-2013.

Shutdown at GunnamattaShutdown at Gunnamatta

THE former Mornington Peninsula-based Clean Ocean Foundation plans to keep an “eagle eye on pollution” along Bass Coast.

The foundation is now based in Wonthaggi under the guidance of new CEO John Gemmill.

Former CEO James Clark-Kennedy was told by letter in July that his ser-vices were no longer required, the day

after its committee had decided the or-ganisation should be wound up.

The foundation appears to have sur-vived the early reports of its demise, regrouped and moved the point of its focus from the sewage outfall at Gun-namatta to predicted problems caused by the desalination plant near Kilcunda as well as other ocean sewage outfalls.

Mr Gemmill says the foundation will

run a “independent community-based monitoring program on the marine en-vironment in January-February 2013”.

“With the assistance of the research vessel SV Pelican, scuba divers from SEAL Diving and community volun-teers under the direction of respected marine scientists, the program will use robust scientifi c methods including GPS-synchronised underwater photo

surveys and accredited testing labora-tories to monitor the effect of pollution on Bass Coast over time,” he said.

“Particular attention will be paid to the effect of outfalls, ocean acidifi ca-tion, climate change, plastic pollution and desalination on the Bass Coast.

“Clean Ocean Foundation has al-ready begun consultation [with plant operator] AquaSure and will also be

contacting relevant state government authorities to ensure the operation pro-ceeds smoothly.”

Mr Gemmill said the foundation hoped scientifi c data would be shared with stakeholders “so both the com-munity and the marine environment benefi ts from the exchange”.

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BLAIRGOWRIE Yacht Squad-ron has marked its 60th anniver-sary with the publication of a new history book, Scotts’ Shed: The Second Story.

The book briefl y revisits the club’s fi rst 30-year history de-tailed in The Miracle at Scotts’ Shed and then details the events from 1982 to 2012.

Each of the three decades rep-resenting the second 30 years centres on the two-year tenure of each of the squadron’s commo-

dores, summarising events and signifi cant activities that took place under their leadership.

The book was launched on Sat-urday 10 November during the club's season-opening cocktail party, with limited edition cop-ies being presented to foundation members, past commodores, life members and 50-year members.

To buy copies of the book and numbered, limited editions call Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron on 5988 8453.

Squadron looks back 60 yearsSquadron looks back 60 years

By Keith PlattFRANKSTON Council is about to again embark on a search for investors in the $300 million marina earmarked for development between Olivers Hill and Daveys Bay.

Impetus for reviving the search abandoned in 2010 follows advice from council’s investment attraction facilitator Jason Sharp that Tourism Victoria’s offer to help fi nance the re-tendering the project runs out at the end of the 2012-13 fi nancial year.

Mr Sharp’s report on this week’s council agenda says that despite aban-doning the tender process in 2010, council offi cers continued working to gain extra time for the marina from Planning Minister Matthew Guy.

“The Cultural Heritage Management Plan has also been completed with a preliminary Indigenous Land Use Agreement negotiated in principal,” Mr Sharp said.

Mr Sharp has been at the forefront of efforts to attract investment to Frankston and in September accom-panied then mayor Cr Brian Cunial to China as part of a state government Super Trade Mission.

The trip had seen Frankston “rejuve-nated” as an “investment destination” with “a number of investors” making contact to further discuss the marina.

In his report on the 26 November agenda, Mr Sharp said lack of re-sponse by potential investors saw the marina project put on ice.

He now wanted offi cers given the go ahead to “explore and promote the pro-ject without prejudice or commitment”.

“Mitigating the risks of the project for both council and potential devel-opers was a key learning from the fi rst tender process,” Mr Sharp said. “One of the outstanding risks is the land use agreement. Utilising council’s rela-tionship with the indigenous landown-ers, a process has been entered into to deliver an agreement on behalf of any future developer. This process is al-most complete.”

Mr Sharp, while explaining that council faced a $1.5-$2 million budget shortfall, said an extra $5000 was needed to cover the costs of fi nalising the Indigenous Land Use Agreement.

Meanwhile, Frankston Beach Asso-ciation sees the marina as an “ominous threat” to nearby beaches and a poten-tial cause of bankruptcy of developers.

“It is diffi cult to understand that with so much scientifi c and engineering evidence to indicate such a marina will result in the total erosion and destruc-tion of the town beach, and Davey’s Bay silting up, that Frankston Council is continuing to pursue a policy for this project to proceed,” the FBA’s spring newsletter states.

“It is diffi cult to understand that when council’s fi nancial advisers state that a 15-hectare marina will not be fi nan-cially viable, council should advocate building a 22-hectare marina, with no evidence to show that the larger marina will be fi nancially viable.”

Frankston back on Frankston back on marina money trailmarina money trail

Bikies’ toy runBikies’ toy runMORE than 500 motorcyclists are expected to take part in Saturday’s Peninsula Toy Run.

The group will leave from the car park near Frankston pier at 9.30am for the run to Rosebud Secondary College with bundles of food and new toys to donate to Food For All Christmas Giving.

“Year after year the generosity of our commu-nity amazes me. It’s not only the people who give their time and donations to take part in the ride to Rosebud, but also the businesses and residents who make donations each and every year,” or-ganiser John Smollen said.

“It is really rewarding to help make Christmas something to remember and look forward to for people who might go without otherwise.”

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WORK started on Monday to repair the col-lapsed Esplanade between Mt Martha and Safety Beach (pictured).

However, the road will not reopen until early next year, according to VicRoads’ program de-livery manager metro south east, Michael Barker.

He said VicRoads would follow “all recom-mendations as outlined in the Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP)”.

Mr Barker did not respond to several questions from The News about how the cultural heritage management plan would affect the reconstruc-tion or what artefacts were being protected.

Mornington MP David Morris said the re-pairs would involve rock placement, drainage and pavement works and a new guardrail, “with revegetation to be undertaken during the appro-priate weather conditions”.

Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, after being for-warded copies of questions from The News, said the approved Cultural Heritage Management Plan “allows for the reconstruction to take place within the normal engineering standards for Vi-cRoads following the landslip on the Esplanade at Mt Martha”.

“The site includes shell middens and stone tool artefacts which will be removed from the site, catalogued and safely stored.

“At the conclusion of the repair works the arte-facts will be returned to the appropriate locations.

“Traditional owners and cultural heritage advis-ers have been engaged by VicRoads and will be involved at all stages of the work as appropriate.

“As with all contractors and consultants en-gaged, any payment made for their work will be subject to usual government contracts.”

Work startsWork startsto repairto repairEsplanadeEsplanade

Legal CEO quitsLegal CEO quitsPENINSULA Community Legal Cen-tre Helen Constas has resigned after almost 30 years with the centre. The surprise announcement was made on Monday afternoon, but no reason was given for her departure.

The legal centre’s general manager of volunteers and education, Andrea Staunton, said in a short press release: “Ms Constas has now decided to pur-sue other adventures and has tendered her resignation. Ms Constas wishes the centre, the staff and volunteers every success in the important work they are doing. The management committee and staff would like to thank Ms Con-stas for her dedication and work over the many years and wish her well in her future endeavours.”


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ST JOHN’S Anglican Church in Sor-rento will be the setting for the tradi-tional Festival of Nine Lessons and carols concert with the Chime Choris-ters on Saturday 8 December.

The program includes readings from the Bible and such carols as Once in Royal David’s City, Silent Night, O Come all Ye Faithful and the gentle Away in a Manger.

The Festival of Nine Lessons was designed in 1918 by Eric Milner-White after his experiences as an army chaplain convinced him that the Church of England needed to bring a more imaginative approach to wor-ship. It was introduced at King’s Col-lege Chapel, London, and fi rst broad-cast from the UK in 1928.

It now has an audience of millions of people around the world when broad-cast from the college on Christmas Eve.

The organist at Sorrento this year will be John Barren, accompanied by the Chime Choir, which has performed in the UK, Europe, Asia and America.

The concert starts at 8pm and tickets are $20 each, $10 for children and $50 a family. Bookings: 5985 11399.

Chiming in for Chiming in for carols concertcarols concert

THE report about Port Phillip Coastal Adaption PathwaysProgram in The News earlier this month (“Rosebud 2100 fl ood risk”) outlined the costs of climate change in low-lying areas of Rosebud and McCrae. Mornington Peninsula Shire issued a statement about the adaption study, an edited version of which is published here:

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Coun cil has reaffi rmed its commit-ment to protecting local communities from the long-term impacts of climate change after participating in a major research study into future fl ooding as-sociated with climate change, led by the Municipal Association of Victoria.

The study assessed the cost and ben-efi ts of a range of suggested adaptation activities ranging from “retreat”, “ac-commodate”, “moderate protection” and “major protection” in fi ve case study areas around Port Phillip Bay.

Mornington Peninsula Shire CEO Michael Kennedy said although the Rosebud case study was still being de-veloped, early research supported the strategies the council has in place to protect its coastal communities from the impacts of climate change.

He said council had never consid-ered “retreat” to be a viable option, and would continue to work with local communities to develop strategies for

their long-term protection.“Council considered the early fi nd-

ings of the study at the earliest possible opportunity and immediately resolved to continue its adaptation approach to climate change,” Dr Kennedy said.

“There was never any possibility that council would consider the retreat option – council is absolutely commit-ted to working side-by-side with the community to prepare for the long-term impacts of climate change.”

Dr Kennedy said council was al-ready well advanced in its planning for climate change and the participation in the study added to the raft of informa-tion that has already been collated on how best to protect the community.

“Mornington Peninsula Shire is al-ready undertaking a number of adapta-tion activities across the municipality – we are four years into our 10-year, $30 million Local Integrated Drainage Strategy to protect fl ood-prone com-munities across the peninsula – as well as regularly engaging with our com-munity on climate change impacts and preparedness,” he said.

Dr Kennedy said council considered the early fi ndings of the study during a confi dential meeting on 24 September, to ensure its position was on the record prior to the report’s public release.

“The report has yet to be released by the federal government, but coun-cil wanted its position noted so that

Shire pledges protection Shire pledges protection from climate changefrom climate change

Future shock: A storm surge and high tide in December 2010 inundated parts of the foreshore at Rosebud and McCrae, perhaps a hint of what might happen with greater frequency in coming decades. Picture: Jenny Warfe

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PENINSULA Health has found a potential buyer for its 50-bed Rosebud residential aged care centre.

Negotiations are being held with South-ern Cross Care, which says it will increase the number of beds if it buys the Point Ne-pean Rd centre.

The centre comprises 30 high-care beds at the Jean Turner nursing home and the 20-bed, low-care Lotus Lodge.

Southern Cross Care was chosen from several companies that responded to adver-tisements in August for buyers or potential partners for the centre, Peninsula Health’s public relations director John Jukes said.

“Southern Cross has not yet agreed to buy. We are both carrying out due diligence and hope to have a memorandum of under-standing by March next year,” he said.

Mr Jukes said the sale had “never been about price” but was concerned with en-suring the quality of aged continuing to be provided at the centre.

Peninsula Health has licences for another 48 beds at the 1.6-hectare site and wants the new owner to pay for the centre to be expanded.

A Peninsula Health news release issued last week said talks were underway with Southern Cross Care (SCC) “to enhance and expand services for older people living on the peninsula”.

“Following a competitive tender process, Peninsula Health has selected SCC (Vic) as the preferred partner for the Rosebud residential aged care service,” the release stated.

“SCC (Vic) has indicated it will increase

the service’s capacity by adding an addi-tional 70 places through the development of a new facility on the Cairns Ave site and will be applying for licences in the current aged care approvals round to meet this ob-jective.

“The transition arrangements are being developed to ensure residents have contin-ued high-quality care.

“The transfer of land and licences, pend-ing a due diligence process, is expected to be fi nalised before June 2013.”

The news release said the decision had been welcomed by the chief executive of-fi cers of SCC (Vic) and Peninsula Health.

“We believe this partnership will deliver a range of long-term health and social divi-dends to older people living in the area,” SCC’s CEO Jan Horsnell said.

Peninsula Health CEO Sherene Deva-nesen said Southern Cross Care “has a well-deserved good reputation and has both the skill and resources to enhance and expand” the Rosebud centre.

“We are confi dent that Southern Cross Care will maintain the high standards of care provided by our dedicated staff, all of whom can continue to work with Peninsula Health into the future,” she said.

Ms Horsnell said the sale would not com-promise the “quality of care or the standard of service residents currently receive”.

Peninsula Health senior staff and Ms Horsnell outlined details of the proposed sale to residents, families and staff on Wednesday 21 November.

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ROSEBUD Country Club Bowls Club has the right idea – get ’em bowling while they’re young.

The club held a kids’ bowls day last Friday and more than 30 pupils from Boneo, Eastbourne, Rosebud, Tootgarook primary schools tried the noble game, fi rst played in the 13th century in Britain.

Showing youngsters the fi ner points of bowls at the club in Boneo Rd were Bill Gardiner, Ian Batson and Frank McColgan.

For information about the club, call 5950 0800.

Primary rollers Primary rollers take to greenstake to greens

Just bowling along: Top, Abbey and Tawa of Boneo primary, April and Brock of Eastbourne, Mia and Matthew of Rosebud, and Kasey and Tianna of Tootgarook. Below, Ethan of Eastbourne gets the bias right. Pictures: Yanni


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By Keith PlattPHIL Jarratt knows a bit about the surf culture in Australia and overseas.

A prolifi c writer, Jarratt has for nearly four decades chronicled the ups and downs of surfi ng, both from the view of a participant and observer.

His latest book attempts to bring the disparate parts of the surfi ng culture together, from the disorganised to the organised.

He does not shy away from the seed-ier sides of what can easily be seen as a separate, parallel culture as he traces its origins and growth in the Australian psyche.

With the vast majority of the Aus-tralian population living along the continent’s eastern and southern sea-boards, it is really the beach, rather than the bush, that represents modern Australian.

Based in Noosa, Jarratt believes his Surfi ng Australia – A complete history of Surfboard riding in Australia pro-vides the fi rst detailed account of surfi ng in Australia.

It follows more than a dozen other books he has written about “surfi ng’s development as a sport, lifestyle and industry”.

Surf beaches and areas that revolve around surfi ng get a mention through the exploits of homegrown surfers.

Jarratt said he wanted to make the book accessible to ordinary surfers like himself (he once made the fi nal of a NSW schoolboys’ event), and to this end one of the appendices of the book is the most comprehensive compendium of Australian contest re-sults ever compiled.

“But I never found that schoolboy’s result with my name in it,” Jarratt said.

Among the Frankston and Morning-ton Peninsula surfers who get a men-tion are former administrators Rob

TTracing history on a waveracing history on a wave

McCartney, Simon Kellett and John Collins; competitors include Carol Watt, Mick Parkinson, Phil Trigger, Rob Licciardo, Warren Partington, Paul Trigger, Gary Burns, Ian Coch-rane, Mick Pierce, Phil Coates, Ian Portingale, Alan Tibballs, Peppi Ang-lis, John Clatworthy, Gary Taylor, Scott Abbott, John Mason, Phil Antonie, Tony Reid, Leigh McClure,

Simon Forward, Darren Watson, Mark Walker, Jan Dunton, Andy Carter, Ray Mathews and Ryan Chalmers.

Peninsula Surfriders Club, Morning-ton Peninsula Bodyboard Club and the Maladiction Longboarders Club also rate a few paragraphs.

Surfi ng Australia is a coffee table book with more than 150 photographs and forewords by multiple world

cham pion surfers Layne Beachley and Mark Richards.

It covers surfi ng’s pioneering years, from the repeal of the surf bath-ing prohibition, through the fi rst attempts at standing on surfboards to demonstrations by Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku during the First World War, then on through the paddleboard years to the introduction of the malibu

Looking back: Phil Jarratt is in familiar waters with his latest book about surfi ng in Australia.

performance surfboard in 1956.The book recounts the years of the

surfi ng boom and the development of competitive boardriding leading to Australia’s dominance in the pro-fessional era.

“I developed this history in con-junction with the governing body of the sport, Surfi ng Australia, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013, but when I started to write it I realised I had to explain why a bunch of free spirits who rode the waves had felt the need to get organised, and that meant going right back to the introduction of the surfboard,” Jarratt said.

He says that while the book details the careers of champions from Midget Farrelly (1964) to Stephanie Gilmore (2012), it also covers the grass roots of the sport, telling the story of how champion clubs developed from car pools, and inter-club meets often ended in brawls on the beach.

“Surfi ng Australia is doing a great job of working in the corporate world to take our sport mainstream, and possibly to the Olympics, but I didn’t want to sanitise the colourful aspects that have helped create the culture and, to its credit, Surfi ng Australia didn’t want to do that either.”

Jarratt, former editor of Tracks magazine and Australian Surfers Journal, also wrote The Wave Game (1977), Mr Sunset (1997), The Mountain & The Wave (2006), Kelly Slater: For The Love (with Slater, 2008), Salts & Suits (2010) and Australia’s Hottest 100 Surfi ng Legends (2011).

The Victorian launch of Phil Jarratt’s Surfi ng Australia – A complete history of Surfboard riding in Australia will be at Peninsula Surf, 835 Nepean Highway, Mornington, at 5.30pm on 6 December.

By Mike HastTWO abalone poachers from the pen-insula have been given prison sentenc-es for traffi cking a commercial quan-tity of the endangered shellfi sh.

Last Friday in the County Court, Judge Mark Dean jailed Andrew Carp-mael, 49, of Rosebud for 18 months with a minimum of nine months. Simon Hillman, of Rye, received a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.

Each man pleaded guilty to one

charge of traffi cking a commercial quan tity of abalone.

The judge also banned the pair from having commercial abalone equip-ment, Carpmael for 10 years and Hill-man for three.

Hillman, a professional diver who works at Peninsula Hot Springs near Rye, and Carpmael, a father of two who operates a bed and breakfast on Arthurs Seat and has worked as a natu-ropath, were arrested by Fisheries Vic-toria offi cers near a Chinese restaurant

in Melbourne’s west two years ago.They had just transferred into the

vehicle of a co-offender two hessian bags containing about 60 kilograms of abalone with a commercial value of $8000. Diving equipment includ-ing camoufl aged wetsuits and night-vision googles also was found in their vehicle.

The abalone was taken from waters in East Gippsland and Cape Otway over four months in 2010.

The unnamed co-offender gave evi-

dence against Hillman and Carpmael at an earlier contested committal hearing, and received a wholly suspended sen-tence for his part in the trade.

It was revealed Hillman and Carp-mael had harvested commercial quan-tities of abalone six times in East Gipps land, and Hillmen had take aba-lone once from the Cape Otway area.

Judge Dean said each load of abalone weighed between 30 and 60 kilograms.

During his sentencing remarks, the judge said each man had participated

in a “sophisticated and illegal abalone harvesting operation for profi t”.

Judge Dean said abalone was a valu-able natural resource, “the harvest of which is strictly regulated by statute”.

It was revealed Carpmael had two prior convictions related to poaching abalone, including one where he was found with $30,000 worth of the shell-fi sh. Hillman had no related prior con-victions.

The maximum penalty for poaching abalone is 10 years in jail.

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EMU has a mate who hates the Aus-tralian Tax Offi ce. Well, so does Emu, just quietly, and even more so does Mrs Emu, who would like to know why they spend her money so appall-ingly badly, like providing salaries to politicians.

Emu thinks everyone hates the tax offi ce, probably including many who work for it, but it is so incredibly pow-erful that they are frightened to say so. It is more powerful than even ASIO and the Australian Federal Police com-bined.

But Emu thinks his mate might have gone too far. He has – says the mate with a mixture of bravado, pride, ap-prehension and terror – “pricked the beast”.

Recently, deciding to do his tax re-turn online, he became so enraged by the advertised “simple” electronic lodgement procedure that, when he was asked at the end of the ordeal for feedback on the experience, he told them precisely what he thought.

First, he says, he railed that the pro-gram would not work on his Apple Mac. Then he railed that it would not work on his Windows-run laptop, ei-ther, until he updated its software, causing expense and delay.

Emu’s mate (let’s call him Bill, since he knew he was going to get one from the tax offi ce) says he then got into his stride. Any software that does not have a Mac version is inherently inferior, he reasoned, and implied ineffi ciency, la-ziness and a lack of zeal in its provider.

Emu, a Mac afi cionado whose ma-chine stutters only when Microsoft soft-ware is employed, endorsed this view.

Bill then described in colourful lan-guage wading through what he told them was the “electronic swamp” of baffl ing questions, answering as best he could, when he could understand them. Bill has a good turn of phrase when roused.

“They expect us all to become ac-countants,” he snarled. “Who would want to be an accountant – barnacles on the bum of commerce, one of the original Coles brothers called them.”

One feature that best illustrated the power balance between him and the tax offi ce (who can knock down your front door with an axe and take away every bit of paper in your house, in-cluding the toilet rolls) was that it took no responsibility for the accuracy of the information it supplied in its auto-matic data download function.

“This,” Bill said, “means that the access they have to your banking de-tails, such as interest earned, which is maintained by the bank, or dividends calculated by the companies that pay them, must be correct, and you have the responsibility of ensuring that they are correct.

“You are penalised if the bank or your company secretary gets it wrong.”

He wiped his glistening brow. He has been doing that a lot in the past week or two.

So, Bill tells Emu, he got really stuck into the tax offi ce, starting by insult-

ing its programmers and warming to his task with a group libel of the entire City of Canberra – not the real world, he says he called it, inhabited by a strange, bespectacled, balding species of bipeds in pale brown cardigans who can recite endless pages of legislation by heart and for whom the Government Gazette is favourite bedtime reading.

Then, he says, he got really wound up. At this stage in the monologue he began to tremble. “I told them that I had such trouble with one three-part question – which the program kept telling me I had answered incorrectly and would I please have another go – that I fi bbed to get the thing fi nished.”

An awful, possibly fatal, admission. He looked at me pleadingly, as one might look at George Pell for absolution.

“Then I told them that ripping my own head off would be preferable to going through this ordeal again.”

This shocked Emu, who knew his amiable mate to be of generally sound mind (apart from the peccadillo of be-ing a Collingwood supporter) and kind to children and small animals, and now comprehended the depths of dementia to which the tax process had driven him. He patted Bill’s arm in sympathy.

“And at the end of it” – Bill was putty-coloured and almost blubbering now, the awful spectre of axes splinter-ing through doors rearing up over him – “they wanted to know my gender, my age group and where I live. Why did they ask that? I had fi lled in those de-tails at the beginning of the form.

“Are they checking to see if I can remember what I wrote? What kind of monsters are they?”

Silly Billy rattles the tax monster’s cageSilly Billy rattles the tax monster’s cageEmu leaned forward to offer Bill an-

other cool libation, and to assure him that the beast was probably built like a bow-head CHK whale – so bloated and blubbery it probably didn’t even feel the sting of his vitriolic verbal harpoon.

But Emu will not be making the same mistake. He has felt, and respects, the

power of the state during several driv-ing incidents, which, though wielded by fl uff-faced boys, was implacable in its remorselessness.

You don’t muck around with the tax collector or he might just decide to muck around with you. Awesome be the power of the taxman.

A CREATURE who lurks behind the shire skirting boards whispered to Emu that “open space” in the shire was becoming an issue.

A senior shire apparatchik is bring-ing a lifetime of ingenuity to the prob-lem. When it was suggested that Mar-tha Cove – that glittering example of shire planning success – was low on open space, the apparatchik retorted

this was untrue. Just look at all that open space called water.

Anyone for a picnic on a raft? Re-member life jackets for the kiddies.

It is believed the same apparatchik defi nes roadside land as “public open space”. Visitors caught in the next freeway gridlock at McCrae might like to keep this in mind. Just remember to take away your rubbish.

Roadsides, our new picnic groundsRoadsides, our new picnic grounds

FRIENDS of Tootgarook Wetland Re-serves meet at 10am on Saturday at Sanctuary Park Bushland Reserve, 12 St Elmos Close, Rosebud West.

Activities include blackberry con-trol, biannual weed removal and morn-ing tea (BYO).

Attendees can park near Chinamans Creek nature reserve, Elizabeth Ave. Follow the concrete path next to the council sign beside the creek to Sanc-tuary Park Reserve.

Friends spokesman Cameron Brown said the working area was still inun-

dated with water “so gumboots will be helpful, along with long pants as snakes are inhabitants of the reserve. This will be dirty work so be prepar-ed”.

The group has almost 1800 signa-tures on a petition calling on federal and state governments, government departments, Mornington Peninsula Shire and Melbourne Water to protect “this precious wetland” from further development.

The petition is at www.community run.org/p/Tootgarookswamp

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STAFF at Frankston Hospital are be-ing invited to take a look at life from the point of view of someone with a disability.

On Monday 3 December they can use wheelchairs or crutches and wear eye-blurring glasses to see how dif-fi cult life can be when, for example, ordering food at a cafe.

Demonstrating the challenges of people with disability will be part of Peninsula Health’s involvement with this year’s International Day of People with Disability.

“We will have a range of props such as wheelchairs and vision-blurring glasses, slings and perhaps crutches for staff to use for 3-5 minutes while ordering their lunch,” Jodie Jones, operations director sub-acute ambula-tory and inpatients, said.

“The intention is to give them a brief experience of how it may feel to have a disability and to see how easy or diffi -cult it is to access the [hospital’s] Kafe K when this is the case.”

This year is the 20th anniversary of International Day of People with Dis-ability.

As a mother of fi ve and grandmother of seven, Maree Grover juggles the de-mands of working as a case manager in the not-for-profi t sector with the high support needs of Olivia, her 27-year-old daughter, who lives with a severe disability.

Ms Grover and the Peninsula Health Disability Consumer Advisory Group (CAG) are hoping International Day of People with Disability will prompt peo-ple stop to think about what it would be like to live with a disability.

Disability turnaround dayDisability turnaround day

By Keith PlattIN just a year, the Disabled Surfers Association’s Mornington Peninsula branch bank account jumped from $80 to $42,000, enabling it to buy fi ve wheelchairs that can be used on the beach.

The wide-tyred wheelchairs will be used at two disabled surfi ng events next February and March and made available through lifesaving clubs at other times.

The disabled surfers branch was formed in November 2011 with $80 and one wheelchair from the associa-tion’s national body.

The volunteer committee included surfers, non-surfers, people with dis-abilities and carers.

Its plan of action included fi nding sponsors and training volunteers to help people with disabilities enjoy a day in the surf.

The March event saw 20 participants hit the water with the aid of 226 vol-unteers.

Branch secretary Ash Gardner said the group expects up to 90 participants wanting to experience the waves, which means at least 400 volunteers.

“People can volunteer in the water or on the beach. There are no skills neces-sary and it’s not overly physical. If you have the ability to smile and cheer – that’s all you need,” Mr Gardner said.

“Aside from beach fl ags, a small marquee and some surfboard aids, we also have the majority of equipment we need to run our events.”

Meanwhile, beach wheelchairs have already been stationed at Pt Leo and Dromana lifesaving clubs with ar-

Easy rider: John Bowers uses his hand to provide shade for Jenny Angliss-Goodall as she is wheeled across Pt Leo beach in one of the wide-tyred wheelchairs being distributed by the Disabled Surfers Association across the Mornington Peninsula.

Group effort opens beach to allGroup effort opens beach to all

rangements being made for four more to be distributed throughout the penin-sula.

The Mornington Peninsula branch was the 15th branch of the Disabled Surfers Association of Australia, start-ed in NSW in 1986 to enable injured surfers to get back into surfi ng.

“However, it was soon realised that it should be open to anyone with a disability,” peninsula branch treasurer John Bowers said.

“Our function is to provide a safe surfi ng experience for disabled people,

giving them access to what we take for granted.

“We put smiles on dials of partici-pants and volunteers alike; the com-munity involvement and the response of the participants and families on event days guarantee it.”

Mr Bowers said adding in the cost of donated goods brought the associa-tion’s fi rst year budget to $50,000.

“Our major sponsors have been gen-erous and extremely helpful, starting with a letter I dropped in to Bernie Taylor of the Grand Hotel Mornington.

I couldn’t believe he called for a meet-ing just after I delivered the letter.”

Since that initial offer of support, money for the wheelchairs has come from Mornington Peninsula Shire, the RACV and Railway Signalling Ser-vices. A trailer for equipment came from Auswide Trailers and Nepean Waste, with Progress Signs adding sponsor logos.

Mornington Peninsula Shire council-lors Frank Martin, Bev Colomb, Anne Shaw and Bill Goodrem volunteered for the fi rst surfi ng event at Pt Leo.

Cr Martin, as mayor, gave the asso-ciation a large part of the profi ts raised at the mayoral annual dinner.

“We are planning with the council as part of our adopt-a-beach program to place our wheelchairs across the peninsula for year-round access,” Mr Bowers said.

Donations from the Mt Martha, Bal-narring and Hastings branches of the Bendigo Bank have been used to buy rash vests, marquees, surf aids, surf-boards and special wetsuit socks that are specially made to give total body cover for participants with severe dis-abilities.

“Grade six pupils at The Peninsula School ran a fete and donated funds for us to buy special soft surfboards for our events,” Mr Bowers said.

He said Pt Leo Life Saving Club had opened its doors on event days for use by the branch, and negotiations were underway with the Department of Sus-tainability and Environment to create easier access to the club.

The Pt Leo Foreshore Committee donated gate receipts on event days and help from the commercial surfi ng community came from Simon Duff of Mornington Peninsula Surf School, Peninsula Surf Centre and Trigger Bros.

The fi rst of two disabled surfi ng events next year runs 9am-1pm at Pt Leo on Saturday 9 February. Volun-teers should take along a wetsuit if available. Registration starts at 8am.

Details: Ash Gardner on 0417 362 983, go to www.disabledsurfers.org or search Facebook for Mornington Pen-insula Disabled Surfers Association.

Fame has sprungFame has sprungPENINSULA Hot Springs has been in-ducted into the RACV Victorian Tour-ism Awards Hall of Fame after being a three-time winner of the Health and Wellbeing category.

The hot springs this year won the state Tourism Attraction category.

Hot springs director Charles David-son said last week’s announcement was “cause for great pride”.

With the hot springs near Rye employ-ing more than 160 people year-round, Mr Davidson said the awards “acknowl-edge all those people in all our different areas who make it possible to deliver a multi award-winning product”.

“Open just seven years, planning for the springs started 15 years ago, now the tourism community and Tourism Victo-ria have recognised us as a leading at-traction at a state level that attracts more than 320,000 people per year to the re-gion,” he said.

Springing to victory: Charles Davidson, left, Ashlee Kay and James Clark-Kennedy collect tourism awards for Peninsula Hot Springs.


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PENINSULA radio station RPP-FM celebrated Halloween with a re-enactment of the Orson Wells classic War of the Worlds.

In an Australian radio fi rst, the play was brought to life in front of a live studio audience by Steve Bastoni and John Orcsik with teachers and students from Orcsik’s school, TAFTA (The Australian Film and Television Academy).

Orcsik, whose TV career started with Cop Shop, said reviving the 74-year-old radio play was a unique and rare experience for the audi-ence and the actors.

“Today we concentrate on the visual aspect so much that the vocal qualities have gone,” he said. “The problem is we still have to open and close our mouths to speak and I think this type of stuff is fun, but also great training. It makes you really aware of your voice what you can and can’t do.”

Phil Wall and John Wells, hosts of the RPP-FM program Friday on my Mind, were the master-minds behind the broadcast.

During the weeks leading up to the broadcast, Wall and Wells spoke live to air with Hollywood actor Ann Robinson, the female lead in the origi-nal 1953 Paramount Pictures movie version.

Ms Robinson said she was delighted the broad-cast was going live-to-air again after all these years and for the fi rst time in Australia.

Station manager Brendon Telfer said the War of the Worlds broadcast would be the fi rst of many radio plays to be performed and recorded by RPP using its state-of-the-art recording equipment and performance studio.

Steve Bastoni said he had never done a live ra-dio play but was hooked.

“It’s a great opportunity for writers to have a forum for their work and audiences to enjoy it, and we have heaps of talent on the peninsula,” he said.

War of the Worlds will be replayed on 14 De-cember between 9-11am on RPP, 98.7 and 98.3 FM.

Mars attack wows ’emMars attack wows ’em

Live and scary:Live and scary: Steve Bastoni, Steve Bastoni, centre, and cast centre, and cast members perform members perform War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds live to air at radio live to air at radio station RPP-FM. station RPP-FM. During the original During the original broadcast in the broadcast in the United States, United States, many listeners many listeners believed the believed the country was country was being invaded by being invaded by Martians.Martians.Picture: YanniPicture: Yanni

By Mike HastSTATE Planning Minister Matthew Guy has approved a planning amend-ment that will see a three-storey retire-ment village built on a former caravan park in Rosebud.

The amendment was put through without neighbours being notifi ed. They were alerted to the decision on 8 November by the Mornington Pen-insula Ratepayers’ and Residents’ As-sociation.

The 5000-square metre site at 23-25

Rosebud Parade is in an area that was previously restricted to 10-metre high residential buildings of two storeys.

Penplan Pty Ltd wants to construct a building of three storeys with a maxi-mum height of 13.5 metres. It will have an underground car park.

The decision is an indication of how Rosebud could look in the future as greater Melbourne’s population soars and even more people retire to the pen-insula or downsize.

The planning amendment was sup-

ported by Mornington Peninsula Shire, which said there were many advantag-es to allowing taller residential build-ings close to Rosebud shopping centre.

Near neighbours are less enthusias-tic with many concerned about a three-storey building dominating the sur-rounding area of mostly single-storey houses and a few two-storey units.

Most aggrieved are some residents of “Netherby”, a single-storey retire-ment complex on Jetty Rd that backs onto the proposed development who

said the shire council had been less than transparent in its dealings with objectors.

When approving the start of the amendment process last year, the shire said “the need to provide for greater housing diversity, particularly for an ageing population, is an important planning objective and the ability to provide such housing on a relatively large site in proximity to the Rosebud Major Activity Centre is a signifi cant opportunity”.

“The amendment is expected to have a number of positive social impacts in-cluding the provision of greater diver-sity in the range of housing available in the Rosebud area to accommodate the needs of the ageing population.

“The provision of a more consoli-dated form of residential accommoda-tion allowing residents better access to aged care services in close proximity to community facilities and services such as shops and public transport.”

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Remove fire weedRemove fire weedWITH summer on the way, residents and land-owners engaged in fi re clearing should be re-moving the highly invasive and infl ammable environmental weeds Myrtle-leaf milkwort (Poly gala myrtifolia) and Dolichos pea (Dipogon lignosus) as a top priority.

These weeds are fl owering and seeding now, and are very prevalent on the Nepean Peninsula.

Indigenous scramblers and ground covers like Seaberry saltbush (Rhagodia candolleana) and NZ Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) are fi re retardants and should be kept. They also provide valuable habitat and food for native birds, small mammals and lizards.

Fire offi cers should be encouraging retention of useful local plants and helping residents to iden-tify them so the real problems are removed.

A copy of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s weed brochure is on its website at: www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Files/WeedsBrochure.pdf

Hard copies are available at shire offi ces. There is also a Nepean Peninsula Plant Guide

available. Offi cers of the shire’s Natural Systems Team are available to help with identifi cation. Phone 1300 850 600.

Margaret Finger, Blairgowrie

Why on foreshore?Why on foreshore?THE Port Phillip Coastal Adaption Pathways Pro gram “leaked” report (“Rosebud 2100 fl ood risk”, The News, 2/11/12) on the costs of climate change putting the Rosebud foreshore and shop-ping precinct underwater only confi rms what many reports been saying for some time now.

The reports were ignored or spun by Morning-ton Peninsula Shire offi cers and six members of the previous council.

Cost to prevent these effects on our foreshores would be in the range of $100 million. And the

shire wants to build more assets on the foreshore including the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Cen-tre?

Comments made by senior offi cers at the closed meeting, which was accidentally taped, are quite concerning.

Like many other shire reports, the offi cers like to spin the facts in order to “reassure” the com-munity of the “right information”. These senior offi cers think we are too stupid to fi gure it out for ourselves. And, of course, there is that nasty media to deal with.

“If somebody leaks this report in the next few weeks or the federal government releases it, we need to be able to reassure the community. If this got out, without the right information, it could upset people,’’ a council offi cer told the meeting.

Another council offi cer at the meeting said: “There is clearly a lot of concern among people engaged in coastal management issues that the media don’t treat this issue well; they tend to jump to extreme positions and seek to divide the community.’’

Now that we have a quite acceptable (to all) lo-cation for the aquatic centre at Rosebud Central Shopping Centre, we can only hope the pool is 50 metres so peninsula swimmers have the opportu-nity to be Olympic champions.

Let’s get on with building the right pool with the right facilities, a real hydrotherapy pool and without cafes and gyms, which will only compete with local businesses, of which there are many.

Let’s build in net community benefi ts like child-care, seniors care, disabled care and the such, not duplicate commercial businesses.

Can we start tomorrow?Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

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By Keith PlattMOST of us can appreciate the inter-action between horse and rider. Our history reinforces the special relation-ship between animals and civilisation. We’re supposed to be best of friends with dogs, while horses have carried us and our belongings across conti-nents.

Steam trains and the horseless car-riage (motor cars) lessened our reli-ance on four hoofed feet as a means of transport, but not our fascination with the equine brand.

Horses continue to run courses (ask any gambler) and run families (ask any parents of horse-mad children).

Peter Horobin’s family is no excep-tion.

The Mornington-based saddler is a former jockey, the son of a jockey and has a brother (Mark) who is still light enough to continue as a jockey.

Horses are in the Horobin blood.In 1970 Peter Horobin’s father Keith

suffered a broken neck in a coal mine collapse on the New South Wales south coast. He recovered, decided life was too short, and took his wife and young family off to England hoping to pursue his passion for riding.

No longer suited for the gallops, Keith Horobin was able to fi nd rides on steeplechasers.

After two years in the United King-dom he took his family to Germany where there were more opportunities on the jumps track.

Finding success, the Horobins stay-ed seven years, with then 15-year-old Peter becoming a jockey and appren-tice saddler at Passier & Son.

“I was making saddles while also riding,” Horo bin says while sitting in his Mornington factory. “It’s defi nitely given me an advantage, because not many saddlers have been riders.”

When the Horobins returned to Aus-tralia, Peter was 19 and his father was still riding steeplechasers.

Then living on the Mornington Pen-insula, Peter Horobin also was still riding horses, but gave up being a jockey at 22 after “getting too heavy and having a few falls”.

He also was too busy making racing saddles for other jockeys, fi rst from a tin shed at home in Balnarring, then a garage, followed by a double garage and then a factory in Mornington. He moved to his present saddlery in Watt Rd 12 years ago.

His son Rhys is a saddler, daughter

A vet’s viewA vet’s viewMT Martha-based equine vet Dr John Bowers works with race-horses, mares and foals, competition horses, ponies and hacks.

Research for his masters degree looked at the affects of a tight girth on the performance of racehorses.

It also resulted in the design of a new girth that, according to Bowers, “should be developed with the new [Peter Horobin} saddle”.

“Therefore, we are looking for a venture capitalist with long arms and deep pockets. People involved would be Professor Ron Slocombe – who I did my masters work with – Peter Horobin, contacts at CSIRO textiles and me.”

Bowers says the basis of Horob-in’s saddle tree design is sound.

“Current trees have two points at each end facing downwards so, if you think about it, when the mus-cles along the back are contracting and, coupled with the weight of the rider, forces are being placed more over four points ventrally.

“Peter’s tree should reduce point compression and distribute weight more evenly.

“It would appear that Peter’s de-sign will have less interference with the long muscles along the back and around the top of the shoulder. How ever, the proposition that it will improve the spine and lead to less problems with certain types of spondolytis is uncertain.”

Horses take comfort in a new line of treesHorses take comfort in a new line of treesHorsepower: Peter Horobin is training a horse and has developed a saddle tree that forms the basis for his new breed

of racing and dressage saddles.

Marlee makes fi ne leather handbags under the Marlee May label and wife Julie runs the offi ce. Besides the fam-ily, there fi ve other staff working at Pe-ter Horobin Saddlery.

Father Keith, now 71, still trains horses and gave up trackwork just two years ago. A couple of years ago Peter Horobin took a fresh look at saddle de-sign, which he says has remained rela-tively unchanged for nearly a century.

Drawing on his knowledge of rid-ing and discussions with a horse vet, Horobin worked out a new design for the saddle tree, the shaped inner part of the saddle that spreads the load across a horse’s back. The stirrups are also at-tached to the tree.

Horobin says his saddle tree mini-mises any impediment to the horse’s

shoulder blades. His patented tree, made from nylon and strengthened with metal to allow maximum fl ex, is now being incorporated in racing and exercise saddles.

“The tree allows horses to stride free, which is especially important in dres-sage,” Horobin says. The rider has got to be comfortable for the horse, which then moves freely and naturally.

“Other trees have corners that press through the saddle padding into the horse’s back.

“No one before seems to have con-sidered the comfort of the horse.

“The trees worked really well in dres-sage so I thought, why not for racing?”

Jockeys in France using the new “stride-free” saddles for trackwork reported they had made a positive dif-

ference. The horses “felt a lot lighter”.Small handmade racing saddles can

weigh as little as 400gms and cost $400-$700. The fi rst batch of 10 rac-ing saddles with the new tree has been made for stables near the famous Chantilly racecourse at Oise in France.

Australian trainer Gai Waterhouse has ordered 15 of the exercise model. Other exercise saddles are being used by Mornington trainer Pat Carey and Cranbourne trainer Michael Kent for the French import Tac De Boistron.

In the 1990s, Horobin’s handi-work provided winning seats for such track luminaries as Greg Hall, Darren Gauchi and Damien Oliver. Steven King had three different-sized Horobin saddles that he used when winning the trifecta of the Melbourne and Caulfi eld

cups and Mackinnon Stakes aboard Let’s Elope in 1991.

“I’m swinging back to racing [after years concentrating on dressage] with these new saddles and tree,” Horobin says.

He also is about to get into the sad-dle, riding trackwork on an unnamed horse in which he has a half share.

Up every day at 5am, Horobin takes the horse from Kelvin Southey’s Shan-dion Lodge stables to Mornington Racecourse.

After a swim and a run, the four-year-old nuzzles up to Horobin as he leads her back to her stall.

“If she runs as good as she looks, I’ll be happy,” he says, giving her a pat on the nose. “But she’s just one of a mil-lion horses that’s been bred.”

By Mike HastDOGS should be banned from all Morn ington Peninsula National Park beaches, says one of the region’s envi-ronment groups.

Mornington Environment Associa-tion is supporting the ban dog option, one of three being considered by Parks Victoria as it seeks community feed-back.

The options are a seasonal ban for the whole park, restricting dogs to cer-tain sites and adjacent beach areas, a seasonal ban in selected areas or a total ban for the whole park.

Banning dogs would bring the park into line with nearly all other national parks in Australia.

The national park covers beaches and foreshore from Portsea to Bush-rangers Bay and inland along Main Creek to Greens Bush at Main Ridge.

Parks chief ranger Libby Jude said there had been “numerous reports of

dog attacks and threats to local wild-life”.

“There are 32 fauna species listed as endangered, vulnerable or near threat-ened living in the Mornington Penin-sula National Park and we need to pro-tect them,” she said.

Mornington Environment Associa-tion president Jan Oliver said dog walkers “have had their chance to show they can control their dogs over the past 14 years. They have failed”.

“National parks are for conservation, not dogs,” she said.

“About 80 per cent of dog walkers allow their dogs off leash even when they know hooded plovers are nesting on the beach, and that wallabies and other native animals have been chased and killed.

“Parks Victoria has had to divert its scarce resources to try and get dog walkers to obey the rules. Volunteers guarding the nests and chicks of the

threatened hooded plover have been assaulted. Tourists have been threat-ened by dogs.

“Control of foxes, essential to save wildlife, has been halted by dogs off leash as dog owners complain their dogs will take baits or get caught in traps.”

Ms Oliver said many members of the association had dogs “but we don’t take them to surf beaches”. There were other beaches and reserves where dogs can be run off leash.

“Dogs on or off leash can’t be in national parks, chasing wildlife, and leaving scents and excreta that warn off native animals.

“We hope the public will respond to this excellent management option and tell Parks Victoria to prohibit dogs.”

Off the leash: While dogs enjoy social opportunities at the beach, their impact on other beach users as well as fauna is

not so welcome. Picture: Yanni

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With prolotherapy the pain is not just covered up, the injury and the source of the pain is healed.

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“The project successfully integrates a range of Peninsula Health’s services and has screened more than 500 clients,” Mental Health Minister Mary Wooldridge said.

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Peninsula Health also won the Minister’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mental Healthcare for the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership (Peri Partners), which supports mothers at risk of mental health problems throughout the Mornington Peninsula.

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THE Mornington Peninsula has its fi rst fl oodlit skate park with four lights high above Mt Eliza Skate Park turned on for the fi rst time on Monday night.

The lights can be switched on by anyone and will operate for 45-minute intervals until 9.30pm.

Night skating is expected to attract riders from around the peninsula, espe-cially after daylight saving ends.

Two of the four lights are directed at the skate park’s three-metre bowl and two light the rest of the park.

Lighting of Mt Eliza is part of Morn-ington Peninsula Shire’s skate and BMX strategy.

Mt Eliza was chosen as it is not close to homes as are some other peninsula skate parks.

At 9.30, two lights go out allowing skaters fi ve minutes to leave the area before the other two switch off.

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Light work: Daniel Kirk was one of the fi rst skaters to use Mt Eliza’s fl oodlit skate park. Picture: Leigh Eustace

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STEP back in time to this original beach shack and let the fun begin. Set on a 627-square metre block, there is defi nite redevelopment potential (STCA) to build your new peninsula getaway on the town border between Blairgowrie and Rye. The block has some nice trees that could be incorporated into a new home design. External features include a paved driveway, timber deck and garden shed. The block is well fenced. The interior is somewhat dated with one main room incorporating the kitchen and space for lounge and dining. There is one big bedroom, which could be partitioned into two if required, plus a separate bathroom and laundry.

Building blockKAY & Burton Real Estate has given the southern peninsula property market a resounding vote of confi dence with the opening of a new offi ce at 106 Ocean Beach Road in Sorrento. The building dates to about 1912 when it was a private residence. In more recent times it was the home of the Lavender Tea Rooms and for the past 10 years has had several real estate agencies operating from the site. Liz Jensen, who is director at the Portsea offi ce, will oversee the Sorrento offi ce with Kay & Burton Executive Chairman Gerald Delany serving as branch manager. Mr Delany, who has been an integral part of the company for many years, says the decision to expand was inevitable.

“It is enormously satisfying to see the real estate scene experiencing this kind of growth. Our long-standing Portsea and Flinders offi ces are both busier than ever, so for us it made perfect sense to meet the demand with another offi ce.”

Linda Boulter and Rob Curtain will continue in their sales roles with Andrew and Vanessa Hall in charge of the rental department.

Kay & Burton Sorrento can be contacted on 5984 4744

Kay & Burton opens lucky seventh offi ce


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4 Angela Court RyePremier Court Location

Auction: Saturday 8th December at 12.00pmInspect Saturday & Sunday 12.00-12.30pmContact Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

A very rare opportunity to purchase an affordable home in one of the areas most popular courts. With such im-pressive neighbouring properties the future renovations you plan should pay handsome dividends. The block of approximately 815 m2 offers a natural setting with level areas for off street parking, family fun and a future car-port/garage (stca). The home itself sits towards the rear of the block for privacy and is quite substantial. With extensive timber decking to 2 sides there is room for family BBQ’s and entertaining over the summer period

2397 Point Nepean Road,Rye VIC 39415985 6555

3 Tiberius Road St Andrews BeachA True Back Beach Classic

Price: $550,000 - $579,000Inspect Saturday & Sunday 2.00-2.30pmAgent Alana Balog 0412 536 624

Positioned within easy reach of beaches and tranquil national parks you can stroll along in a world of your own with the ocean as a backdrop. The block measures 920sqm and rises lightly from the street, the landscaping is both elegant and easy care. There is a tradesman’s garage, a sweet little cubby, garden shed. The delightful home has 2 levels to enjoy, with the upper level devoted to the main bedroom complete with Juliette balcony and FES with spa. The ground level has open plan living, limestone paved terrace and well-appointed kitchen.

1/25-27 Ozone Street RyeBeautiful Modern Unit

Price: $430,000 - $460,000Inspect Saturday 1.00-1.30pmContact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

A rare single level townhouse only minutes away from the beach, shops, RSL and bowls club. Definitely no car required. Lovely spacious floor plan with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas and a nicely equipped kitchen. Tastefully appointed and decorated throughout. To the northern side there is a private courtyard. A single lock up garage to keep the car secure and a feature front fence and garden complete the package. The small complex is both elegant, private and sure to please retirees, investors or permanent home buyers.

19 Hibiscus Court RyePrivacy and Practicality

Price: $470,000 - $515,000Inspect Saturday & Sunday 1.00-1.30pmAgent Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

Set well back on its block and privately screened by the natural garden setting, this tranquil haven has been tastefully upgraded over the last few years and presents beautifully. Offering two levels with a very versatile floor plan, on the ground floor there is a big bedroom with bathroom facilities and separate access. Upstairs is open plan and a series of glass doors and windows open onto a full width verandah. There is a living room, dining area and kitchen. There are also two large bedrooms on this level, including the master bedroom.

43 Wilkinson Street TootgarookHow Good Is This?

Auction: Saturday 8th December at 11.00amInspect Saturday & Sunday 2.00-2.30pmContact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

Where better to start than this classic bayside beauty. It is literally one street back from the beach and is on a wonderful level block in excess of 900m2. The home itself has a rambling floor plan and lots of useful outbuild-ings. There are 2 lock up garages with extra workshop space, laundry with extra toilet, separate store room, cute cabin/studio and an external shower. There is a substantial paved entertaining area, an old oak tree for shade and plenty of bore water. The home has 3 bedrooms, kitchen, comfortable lounge & family bathroom.

4 Duntroon Avenue RyeLocated to Perfection

Price: $470,000 - $510,00Inspect Saturday 12.00-12.30pm & Sunday 1.00-1.30pmContact Glenn Key 0402 445 208

This beautifully presented 3BR, BV residence is sure to please buyers seeking an affordable home in a delight-ful location within 400 metres of the Tyrone Beach foreshore. The block measures about 600sqm with gardens that require only minimal attention to maintain. Presentation throughout is exemplary and there is an abun-dance of natural light. The open plan lounge is comfortable, has a s/system air conditioner and solid fuel heater. All bedrooms have BIR’s and the master bedroom has a FES with a second family bathroom & laundry facilities.

www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rye

59 Creedmore Drive RyeFull of Surprises

Price $380,000 - $410,000Inspect Saturday 3.00-3.30pmContact Diane & Phil Key 0418 516 470

This really is a property with huge potential for a wide variety of potential purchasers. With 2 levels that can be used independently or combined, it has an extremely flexible floor plan that may appeal to 2 or more families to purchase together. There is also wheelchair/ramp access. The ground level offers a large bedroom, bathroom and toilet facilities plus a kitchenette and living room. Upstairs is beautifully presented and offers a fully equipped kitchen, lovely open plan living room, 2 good sized bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Apartment 4.04, 209 Sandy Road St Andrews BeachSt Andrews Beach Golf Course Double Storey Villa - Rare and Exciting

Price Offers in excess of $250,000Inspect By AppointmentContact Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

A unique opportunity for the true golf fanatic. This townhouse is in the heart of the St Andrews Beach Golf Course. The views are amongst the best on the Mornington Peninsula with the beautiful golf course as your very own backyard. Sit on your terrace with a cocktail and enjoy the sounds of the ocean as the Gunnamatta Surf Beach is literally just around the corner. The townhouse offers 2 bedrooms - both with FES - downstairs and upstairs has an open plan living room, well-appointed kitchen, s/system air-con and heater.


(03)598228500447 841 000

www.adamre.com.au “serving the Peninsula”

CONVENIENT BEACHSIDE LOCATIONChoose from these four distinctive townhouses that each deliver a unique design with a host of great features including spacious living, neutral colour scheme, kitchens with stone benches, air-conditioning throughout and views of Arthurs Seat just to name a few. Ranging from a 2BR + study to the larger 3BR unit, these four properties are in a convenient beachside location just minutes to McCrae Plaza, white sandy shores and freeway access.Price: From $469,000Inspect: By AppointmentContact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

5 Cameron Street, ROSEBUD

STYLISH FAMILY LIVING ON HALF AN ACREEnjoying sweeping open-plan living in this stylish 4BR family home featuring three living zones incorporating formal lounge,

together with an additional rumpus room.The impressive out-door alfresco area is ideal for the entertainer. Master bedroom suite, 3 double bedrooms, study, GDH, alarm, double garage and backyard access. All found in a quiet cul-de-sac on a generous 2000m2 lot with easy backyard access.

Price: $749,000 - Offers InvitedInspect: By AppointmentContact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

13 Peppermint Court, ROSEBUD

EASY CARE LIVINGSpacious 3 bedroom unit found well away from all the hustle and bustle. The open plan living enjoys a northerlyaspect, central kitchen and rear sun deck are ideal for alittle entertaining. Along with gas heating and split systemair-con, walk in robe and ensuite to the master and twobedrooms with robes, plus semi enclosed carport, bus stopright by the front door and your own street frontage toallow access to store the boat or van.

1/47 Goolgowie Street, ROSEBUD

Price: $359,000Inspect: By AppointmentContact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

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PICTURE PERFECTStylish 2 year old weatherboard home featuring 9’ ceilings,

aspect for an abundance of natural light and undercover entertaining area. Your comfort is assured with gas ducted heating and air-con, generous bedrooms, both with ample storage space and a family bathroom. The single garage is currently used as a second living zone if you’d like a little added living space, all set amongst landscaped gardens

57 Hayes Avenue, ROSEBUD


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this 3BR western red cedar home found on a 792m2 lot. Complete with a current town planning permit for two, new three-bedroom units; each including an ensuite to the master bedroom, open plan living and garage.Together with a long term tenant in place for added income

High School and just minutes walk to the beach.

2 Walpole Avenue, ROSEBUD

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AT ONE WITH NATURE - YOUR HIDDEN HAVEN

home effortlessly delivers over an acre of absolute peace and tranquillity. The creature comforts you crave and all the space you need to create the lifestyle of your dreams are right here. 3 living areas and bonus large shed with three-phase power for the home handyman. Also includes GDH, evaporative cooling, outdoor pizza oven and remote-controlled double garage.

402b Waterfall Gully Road, ROSEBUD


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AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCATIONRecently completed, this stunning designer townhouse has

of today’s comforts. Situated just 200m to Pt.Phillip Plaza, the townhouse enjoys a bright northerly aspect, open-plan

with FES. Upstairs has a 2nd living area, 2 more bedrooms,

furnishings throughout.

28 Hope Street, ROSEBUD

Price: $500,000 plus buyersInspect: Saturday at 1.00pmContact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000

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Sandpiper Cove is a new land development, an easy walk to the beach and situated directly across the road from the Tootgarook Wetlands Reserve. Choose from a variety of block sizes from 450 to 604m2, or take your pick from a wide range of optional house and land packages to suit most budgets starting from just $379,000. Sold in conjunction with David Short Real Estate

IT ALL STARTS HERESituated just a short stroll to Rosebud Golf Course, Tennis

vacant allotment that provides a great opportunity for you to plan your next home or investment property. Designing

block enjoys a superb northerly aspect to create light and airy living areas that soak up the sun, while incorporating the hill top views out over Arthurs Seat.

13 Wilgah Road, ROSEBUD


PRESENTATION PLUS

plan including formal entry area, spacious lounge room, well-appointed kitchen and adjoining meals area, along with gas heating. The master bedroom has a dual entry

bedrooms. All found a comfy ten minute walk to the shops and beach.

111 Jetty Road, ROSEBUD


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ABSOLUTE PEACE AND SECLUSIONSituated in a peaceful paved court, this pristine half acre block is just several hundred meters to ocean beaches. Enjoying an abundance of native plant life to offer a

or holiday retreat.Whether you’re seeking space, a private setting to escape the hustle and bustle or just a great opportunity to take full advantage of one of few half acre lots available in such a fantastic location.

6 Leith Court, RYE


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GREAT CORNER LOCATIONEnjoying a convenient location just a few hundred meters to the Rosebud Tennis Club, Golf Course and local corner

500m2. Complete with easy backyard access for storing the toys or as added parking space. Overlooking a treed

design with a view to start 2013 in your brand new home.

49 Hove Road, ROSEBUD


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SANDPIPER COVE

Price: Land From $214,950 Inspect: By AppointmentContact: Adam Harlem 0447 841 000


www.jlbre.com.au220 Main Street, Mornington 5976 590081 Arthurs Seat Road, Red HIll 5989 2364

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

Successful property management involves more than just rent collection.

To protect your investment and lighten your load, we’ll provide you with a comprehensive service including tenant selection, monitoring of arrears,

property inspections, assisting in maintenance, rent

RENTAL PROPERTIES URGENTLY

Relax with JLB Property Management

CONTACT OUR RYE OFFICE TODAY ON 5987 9000

Wanted

5 Acres on the Peninsula

A private and natural parcel of 5 beautiful Acres (approx) located close to some of the best golf courses on the Peninsula including Moonah

Links the home of Australian golf, St Andrews Beach, Eagle Ridge and the Dunes just to name a few. The winding driveway cuts through the

Ti-trees leading up to the old existing farmhouse which is due to be demolished, paving the way for a clear site to build your own private

and secluded home or holiday destination on the Peninsula. With the completion of Peninsula link in early 2013 the Mornington Peninsula

will be even more accessible than ever cutting travel time making it even easier to commute back to Melbourne and surrounding suburbs.

Contact: Brendan Adams 0419 566 944

360 Truemans Road, FINGAL For Sale: $775,0003 11

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Instantly Appealing

A very private and secure property offering peaceful permanent living or a great escape for relaxing holidays. The mood is set from the

moment you enter with the full length decking leading you towards the main entrance of the home then through to beautifully manicured

gardens and the spacious outdoor dining/entertaining area. The home consists of 3BR’s - main with FES & WIR - ,open kitchen/family/meals

area with gas wall heating and ceiling fan, second lounge with bay window, family bathroom has a spa bath plus laundry and separate

toilet. Other features include s/system air-conditioner, courtyard off the main bedroom, garden sitting area, 2 fish ponds, water feature,

security gate, water tank, garden shed, bore water and a double carport all on a block size of approx 686sqm.


33 Beckett Street, RYE For Sale: $540,000 - $575,0003 22

Inspect Saturday & Sunday 2.00-2.30pm

Blairgowrie Beach House Bargain

A fantastic investment property or relaxing beach side weekender, this original beach house provides affordable entry level buying into

one of the Peninsulas most popular postcodes. Stroll down to the Blairgowrie shopping village with its cafes, bars and restaurants or go

for a dip in the clear and inviting waters of the Bay. Set on approx 664sqm the home includes 3 large bedrooms main with ensuite, open

kitchen/lounge/dining area and second family bathroom/laundry. The rear deck is perfect for summer BBQ’s and the front patio ideal to sit

and enjoy a drink with family and friends. Other features include timber floorboards, gas wall heater, single carport and a circular driveway


48 Revell Street, BLAIRGOWRIE For Sale: $475,0003 12


Quiet Bush Setting

Situated in a quiet street on an elevated block of approx 753sqm, this delightful Western Red Cedar home has loads of potential as a

peaceful holiday escape or great investment property. Split level design with 3 bedrooms all with built in robes. Main bedroom, open

kitchen/dining and family bathroom on the upper level, living room with gas heating and 2 bedrooms on the lower level. Sit back and enjoy

a drink on the full length decking with family and friends as you look out over the front garden.


18 Valentine Street, RYE For Sale: $395,0003 11


Two Bedroom Apartment With Secure Parking

Situated across the road from Rosebud West fore shore. Offering 2 bedrooms with built in robes, kitchen with stainless steel appliances and

open planned living area. The property also includes a split system, polished floor boards, separate bathroom, European style laundry & a

under cover car park.

Contact: Rebecca Milligan 5987 9000

5 / 1591 Point Nepean Road, ROSEBUD WEST For Lease: $265 per week2 11


Great Location

This immaculate three-bedroom family home has a master bedroom with ensuite and built-in robes to all bedrooms. The large backyard

is easy to maintain and has plenty of room for the kids to run around. Also features a large garden shed and carport. AVAILABLE NOW.

Contact: Rebecca Milligan 5987 9000

78 Dunham Street, RYE For Lease: $270 per week3 02



Findlays FreshThis extremely successful butcher in the heart of the Bayside

Sale Price: $275,000 + SAVContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Frankston

Undoubtedly one of the premier licensed cafes this business operates 7 days a week, from 7:30am– 4pm and is licenced


For Sale – Mount Martha

What A Bargain

Sale Price: $150,000 + SAV Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Mornington

trendy clothing retail business located in the middle of the


For Sale– FrankstonContact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Lease– Mornington


For Sale – Frankston

Freehold For Sale

Sale Price: $695,000Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Sale - Mornington

One of the BestThis award winning restaurant is easily one of the best

the year, this business has plenty of scope to increase the

For Sale – MorningtonFor Sale - Mornington

and ladies shoe store is showing strong takings and huge

Be Tempted


For Sale– Mornington

Vendor Must Sell

Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

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Lease Price: $2750pcm + GST + OGS Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Lease – Mornington

Shop With The Lot

For Lease – Seaford

Surf Culture

Sale Price: $179,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

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Blooming Good Business


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Sale Price: $230,000 + GST ( if applicable)Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Somerville

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Beachside Cafespecializing in fresh juices and light meals, this easy to operate


For Sale – Rye

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Sale Price: $195,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Lease Price: $2,416.67 PCM +GST+OGSContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859


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Business Sales Specialistswww.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588

All repairs inc. trans reconditioning and air-conditioning. Trades 5 days,

currently fully managed. Good

waiting room. Main road position, regular clients. Selling at

equipment value only

MECHANICAL WORKSHOP

$46,500 + GST

HAIR SALONCurrently managed, kiosk style in busy Bayside S/C. All new

equipment when set up less than 2 years ago. Seats 34. Vendor will

trial on $5,000 pw. Opens shopping centre hours. WIWO.

CAFE

NOW $70,000 + sav

CAFE TAKEAWAY

6 cutting stations, 2 basins, spray tan

Trades Tues to Sat. Computerised

system, can be easily managed if

desired. Bright,airy presentation.

HAIR SALON

$110,000 + sav

Long established in prime area. Near new equipment, new lease

available, some alterations done. Pick ups and deliveries.

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DRYCLEANING

Resort-style rated 4 star, 8 units + 2 storey residence on 1HA. Pool,

tennis court, children’s playground, large storage, BBQ areas, laundry. Located Phillip Is, popular tourist

destination.

$2.2 million + sav

$180,000

Lovely, large, modern shop trading 5 days 6am to 3pm.

Seats 15 inside with smokers’ courtyard. Very smart exterior

presentation. Rent $1964pm inc with long lease.

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

$70,000 + sav

COFFEE LOUNGE

Huge potential for enthusiastic person to relocate this business, will be fully trained. Work hours to suit,

groomers, vets etc.

CLIPPER REPAIRS

Trades Tues to Sun 6-10pm.

commercial kitchen, dishwashing room. Attractive presentation in prime area, est 12 years, close to large car

LICENSED RESTAURANT

$150,000 + sav

presentation, main street, no competition. Long lease options, easy to run with 1 staff + casual over Xmas

period. Vendor happy to assist with changeover.

SHOE RETAIL

NOW $69,950 + sav

business, big and bright in busy M’ton. Excellent equipment, RPR stock. Keen vendor is willing to stay on part-time. New lease

offered. Trades 6 days

HAIR SALON

$75,000 + sav

Traditional Thai massage in 3 locations – Berwick (4 rooms)

(5 rooms). Clean rooms, each venue has 3 foot massage chairs. Can be

bought separately.

MASSAGE

$230,000 + sav (for all 3)

Ducted vacuum and security systems for new and existing

homes, DIY kits or fully installed. Est 25 yrs, all systems in place, supplier

database, established clients inc builders. 3 vehicles included.

FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD

Business: $190,000 + savFreehold: $270,000

equipment less than a year old. One hoist. Well known amongst many car yards in the area. Cheap rent, new lease available. Custom detailing,

CAR DETAILING

$69,500

Brick shop on main street and three-bedroom, brick veneer home on waterway. Est 1970.

FISHING TACKLE

BUSINESS: $150,000 + savFREEHOLD: $800,000 + GST if applicable

TINT A CAR

$150,000 + sav

20 years, trading 6 days. Averages about 54 cars from car

yards and 25 from retail cars, about 4 rolls per month.

TAKEAWAY

NOW $95,000 + sav

etc. Located in busy food court of large S/C with planty of seating

willing to stay on for a while if wanted.

FIRE PLACESEst 15 years in Mornington. Has party room, dress up room, disco room, large coffee/eat-in area with

equipment with large playing area, CCTV, amusement machines.

Takeaway licence.

INDOOR PLAY CENTRE

$265,000 + sav

Great position in very busy

2 years. Has outside seating area, consultancy room , juice bar (can be sublet). Promote organic products,

specialty breads, competitive prices. Long lease.

HEALTH FOOD RETAILER

$250,000 + sav

holidaymakers with pet supplies and animal feed. Large showroom/

All stock delivered, long lease, website.

PET SHOP

$259,000 + sav

Retailer in commercial area has Jetmaster – Heat N Glo dealership. Operated by one person with sub-contracted installers or can do the

lot. Sells mainly to builders.

$299,000 + sav

GIFTS & HOMEWARESPleasure to run this fully managed,

commercial location, also selling jewellery lines. Only 5 days a week

be given with changeover.

old business offering it’s services mainly on M’ton Peninsula as well as insurance jobs. T/O increasing

annually, vendor will train. Purpose built Nissan truck inc in price.

TREE LOPPING

commercial and domestic.

willing to stay on for 6 months.

ROOFING

$315,000 $315,000 + sav

GENERAL STORE

Huge premises with comfortable 3BR home, no opposition in high density residential area. Steady income, easy to operate. Well

stocked with huge coolroom. Opens 7 days. Trial on $7,500 pw.

BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY

$75,000 + sav

Well equipped factory, operate and maintain their own sweepers as

well as others in the industry.

negotiable. Established 21 years, has 3 street sweeping machines.

STREET SWEEPING

$390,000 + sav

TRAILER MANUFACTURECustom made switchboards,

general sheetmetal fabricating. Two weeks training to operate machinery. New lease offered

MANUFACTURING

and equipment, imported raw stock,

variety of products with thousands of dollars worth of forward orders.

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

Primary products inc all types of trailers, repairs also done. Consistent

products. Many repeat customers. Operates from vendor’s acreage, needs to be relocated. Est 17 yrs.

$320,000 + sav $750,000 + sav$600,000 + sav

Adjacent shops, bakery/kitchen and café/retail sales, internal access

between. Very well presented, with high quality equipment and spacious

work area. Café seats 18 in/8 out.

CAFE & BAKERY

$189,000 + sav

Large shop in great location with huge amount of stock. Selling at

only due to needing an urgent sale. This is a great buy!!!

SECONDHAND DEALER

Lovely large shop, neat and tidy,

fully computerized system. Has

25,000 DVDs. Excellent takings,

easy to have managed, huge

scope! Trades daily from 10am.

DVD & VIDEO HIRE

$180,000 + sav

Selling takeaways, snacks etc and

Myki. Simple to run, cheap rent,

T/O ave $10,000+ pw.

RAILWAY KIOSK

$190,000 + sav$185,000 inc. stock

sells 95% gluten free products, approx 12 kgs coffee per week. Has 2 bdm dwelling, courtyard,

multi-use rear storage area.

$150,000 + sav

heating, fully automated irrigation. 35oo sq m exercise areas. No limit of animals, closest kennels to CBD.

$29,950 + sav

by appt. Well presented, long lease,

ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED

rail station. This is a cheap business in need of an owner operator and

keen marketer. Selling at equipment value only.

URGENT SALE!

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

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

$150,000 + sav $160,000 + sav

HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION

Business: $420,000 Freehold: $2.7 million ( + GST if applicable)

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Flower powerTHE only business of its type in the town, this well-presented shop opens Monday, then Wednesday to Friday with a half day on Saturday. Selling fl owers, plants and gifts, plus offering a delivery service in the area, the business is a member of Petals Florist Network, and a website is also included in the sale. This is a very easily run business for an owner-operator.

Florist, RYEPrice: $58,500 + stock of approx. $5000Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Bus stop, wet dayIN the heart of the Frankston retail and commercial area, this long-established cafe and takeaway is frequented by other traders as well as shoppers. Trading Monday to Friday, 7am until 3pm, the business offers a great work-life balance.

Cafe/takeaway, FRANKSTONPrice: $110,000 + SAVAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151


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•Brand New •3 Bedrooms •Built in Robes •Open Plan Living •Caesar Stone Benchtops •Electric Oven •Gas Hotplates •Quality Drapes & Fixtures •Carpet through-out •Double Shower in Bathroom •Caesar Stone Vanity •Front & Rear Patios •Landscape Gardens •Water Tank •Lock up Garage

For Sale $227,000

For Sale $160,000

• Immac Brand New Home • Open Plan Living • 2 BRs • BIRs • Stone Benchtops • Gas Cooking • Spacious Bathroom •2 Toilets• Sep

Laundry pol/fr • Block-Out Drapes • Ceiling Fan • Remote Lock-Up Garage • Ample Car Space • Landscape Gardens • Water Tank

• Front Verandah • Rear Deck • Move In & Enjoy...

For Sale $194,000

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• Like New Only 4yrs Old • 3 Bedrooms • Ensuite • Built In-Robes • Modern Kitchen • Open Plan Living • Gas Cooking • Timber Flooring • Quality Blinds & Fittings • Solar Panels • Large Bathroom •Double Shower • Sep Toilet • Spacious

Laundry • Outdoor Gazebo • Garden Shed • Water Tank •Watering System • Ample Storage • External Electric Blinds

• Great Court Location • 2 Bedrooms •Built-In Robes • Gas Oven • Air Conditioning • Rinnai Gas Heater • Dining Area With Bay Window • Lounge • Carpet Throughout • Vertical

Blinds • Large Bathroom • Sep Laundry • Sep Study or Storage Area • Carport with Ample Car Space • Security Doors • External Awnings • Garden Shed • Good Size Block

For Sale $195,000

• 2 Bedrooms • BIR • Large Corner Block • Open Plan Living • Beautiful Kitchen • Gas Stovetop / Electric Oven • 2 X Toilets

• Good Size Bathroom • Double Shower • Ceiling Fans • Quality Drapes & Fittings • Carpet Throughout • Split System

Air Conditioning • Separate Gas Heating

For Sale $190,000

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• 2 Bedrooms • Built In Robes • Open Plan Kitchen & Lounge • Gas Cooking • Plenty Of Cupboard Space • Split System Air

Conditioning • Double Shower • Separate Toilet • Laundry • Single Car Garage • Outside Awnings • Rear Covered Patio

• Garden Shed • Easy Care Gardens

For Sale $150,000

• Light & Bright • 2 Bedrooms • Built In-Robes • Walk-In Robe to 2nd Bedroom • Modern Kitchen • Quality Fittings Through

Out • Open Plan Living • Ducted Heating • Split System Air-Conditioning • Gas Cooking • Double Carport • Ample

Parking Space • Garden Shed • Good Size Block • Lovely Clean Home • Plenty Of Room For Extension

For Sale

$155,000

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The best way to prepare for this fire season is to stay informed and plan to leave early, before you see smoke or fire.

Plan to leave early:

Talk to everyone you live with so you all know when you’re going to leave and where you’re going to go if a fire starts.

Pack a relocation kit with important documents and essential items. On high-risk days, check Fire Danger Ratings and fire warnings on the CFA website and listen

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As Victorians, we live in one of the country’s most fi re-prone areas, so preparing for summer means preparing for fi re.All Victorians need to be aware of the dangers of bushfi res and ensure they plan well ahead of time. Planning and preparing for fi re is not just for those who live in bushfi re-prone areas – it’s also for anyone who plans to travel through or near those areas.

For those with homes in or around bush, coastal scrub, grass or paddocks – even if you’re in an urban area – then planning ahead and preparing your property are vital. Suburban homes, even if they are several kilometres away from risk areas, can be vulnerable to fi re caused by fl ying embers.

There are many things you can do right now to get ready for the fi re season and protect your family.

Get a relocation kit ready with important documents and essentials – mobile phones, radios, clothes and water – so you are ready when you make the decision to leave the area before a fi re.

Talk to your family and others in your life about planning and preparing for the threat of fi re.

If you have family, friends or neighbours who might need assistance leaving early before a fi re, talk to them about how you could help.

Please remember that on hot, dry windy days, fi res can start and spread quickly. Check Fire Danger Ratings and warnings at cfa.vic.gov.au. If you are unsure, you should leave.

If you are planning to travel around our great State during the fi re season, there are precau-tions that can be taken to make your journey safer.

Check the Fire Danger Ratings for the areas you will be visiting every day, on the CFA’s website or by downloading the FireReady smartphone app, and listen to local radio for warnings and advice while you are on the road. I wish all Victorians a wonderful summer, whether you’re at home or travelling around expe-riencing our State’s outstanding sights and attractions.

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BONEO Fire Brigade is 70 years old this year. Since 1942 its members have been involved in most of the major fi res in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.

“We have a great membership level and are always looking for more people to be fi refi ghters and help with fundraising,” brigade spokesman Chris Goldsmith said.

“We also have a junior brigade for young members to come along and train to see what it’s like to be a senior fi refi ghter. They meet every week on a Monday night.”

Boneo is the only brigade on the southern peninsula with a thermal imaging camera.

“We assist any brigade that calls on us to help detect hot spots in roofs and behind walls,” Mr Goldsmith said.

The brigade has two trucks, one provided by the CFA and the other bought with community donations.

“The brigade-owned truck is 13 years old and due for replacement so we are in the process of raising about $130,000 for a new vehicle.”

The brigade raises money with a monthly garage sale of donated goods as well as other smaller events such as barbecues.

Boneo Lions Club also helps fundraising and last year held its fi rst annual comedy festival at Rosebud.

The brigade runs a fi re equipment maintenance program to service fi re equipment at businesses on the peninsula.

Anyone interested in joining Boneo can attend the 7pm 14 December meeting at the station, corner Boneo and Browns roads, or call in any Sunday 9am-noon.

Fighting fi res Fighting fi res for 70 yearsfor 70 yearsTHE Mornington Peninsula will be a safer place

if fi res threaten this summer, says Nepean MP Martin Dixon.

“Mornington Peninsula Shire has received $26,785 for the purchase of a Variable Fire In-formation Trailer, which would be deployed in January,” he said.

The trailer had been funded as part of the state government’s Fire Ready Communities program, which would provide $5 million grants over four years for projects across the state’s high-risk bushfi re communities.

“An automated electronic fi re danger sign alerting people to the level of fi re danger will be installed at Safety Beach.”

Mr Dixon said locations around the state had been chosen by the Country Fire Authority and the Department of Sustainability and Environ-ment.

“The solar-powered signs will be located along the roadsides of high-traffi c areas that are on the way to high-risk bushfi re areas,” he said.

“Some areas are awkward for CFA volunteers to access and safely change the fi re danger rat-ings manually.

“Motorists, travellers and tourists can see the signs and be aware of the daily Fire Danger Rat-ing in any given area.

“Automated Fire Danger Rating (FDR) signs will be rolled out across the state as part of a $1 million boost to bushfi re safety and awareness in local communities

“The new half-moon FDR signs are remotely activated and feature automated indicators and an LED variable message display for important bushfi re safety messages.”

Mr Dixon said the new CFA satellite station at Blairgowrie, built at a cost of $166,000, would improve response times for local emergencies, particularly during peak holiday periods when the tourist population surged.

“The station, 500 metres from the Neighbour-

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hood Safer Place at Blairgowrie shops, will be manned by volunteers from Rye and Sorrento brigades,” he said.

“A tanker from Sorrento CFA will be housed at Blairgowrie to enable faster response times in the area.

“Sorrento Fire Brigade responded to 107 call-outs last year – a quarter of which were in the

Blairgowrie area – and currently has 28 opera-tional volunteer members.”

Mr Dixon said the Coalition government had invested $65.8 million toward 60 new or upgrad-ed CFA stations and had supplied 101 new fi re-fi ghting vehicles over the past 12 months “as part of an overall commitment to build and upgrade 250 CFA stations by November 2014”.

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Fromelles talkThe Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye hosted a fascinating talk from Lambis Englezos, a retired arts and crafts teacher who has become an expert on the First World War, particularly in reference to the discovery of unmarked war graves in northern France in the area of Fromelles . He developed a theory in 1996 that up to 200 diggers were lying in an unmarked mass burial pit on the outskirts of

Fromelles and with the assistance of Tim Whitford, a former Australian soldier, proved the location of the mass burial, paving the way for the identifi cation of many Australian soldiers including Tim Whitford’s relative Harry Willis. It was a moving talk and was very well attended by a large number Rotarians and guests including representatives of Rye RSL, Zonta and past NYSF students.

Rotary Club of Dromana Art & Craft ShowThe 38th Annual Art and Craft Show was held over the Melbourne Cup long weekend, with beautiful weather and lots of visitors on the peninsula. The art entries this year were of an excellent quality, and judge Andrew McKenzie commented that he was impressed with the high standard. A new initiative this year was the hanging of all paintings entered by children from local schools. They were hung in the Dromana Primary School’s gymnasium/stadium adjacent to the adult works. I am sure the children who

entered felt that they were quite “grown up” displaying their work alongside well-known artists. The judge for the children’s art was Carole Hayllar, proprietor with husband Rick of the Whitehill Gallery.The photography entries were up on last year with some wonderful photos on display, judged by Peter Holloway, a well-known arts expert and president of Dromana and District Historical Society The winning photograph, entered by Rob McGrath portrayed the Dromana Pier viewed from a point onshore close to the pier.The craft area was bright and colourful with a wonderful display of many craft items made by talented people. Beautiful quilts, wood products, handmade felt clothing

and scarves, hand-knitted and hand-sewn felt toys, jewellery, pottery and mosaic articles were all on display. The exhibitors included a number of people who had not participated before and their craft items added to the overall quality of the display.Winners at the art show were:Best Exhibitor in Show: “ Near Dunkeld” by Wykeham Perry – sponsored by Bendigo Bank.Best Mornington Peninsula Scene: “Point King, Sorrento” by Craig Davey – sponsored by Hillview Quarries.Best Oil or Acrylic: “ Richmond, Tasmania” by Ian Laurens – sponsored by D A Christie Pty Ltd.Best Watercolour: “Peaceful Moments” by Jan Long – sponsored by Main Street Travel Mornington.Best Pastel Painting: “Poppies” by Ray Barnard-Brown – sponsored by MPSC.

Best Other Work on Paper – “Quoll Query” by Linda Weil – sponsored by Steg Engineering Pty Ltd.Best Painting priced at under $500 – “A Glimpse of Perfection” by Natalia Santarossa – sponsored by Stockdale & Leggo Dromana.

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By Stuart McCulloughIF music be the food of love, brace yourself for the worst meal of your life. I have taken up the violin. To just under my chin, as it happens.

I had seen other people play the instrument and, to be hon-est, it looked pretty simple. It only has four strings. How hard could it be?

Nero was useless as Emperor of Rome, but even he could knock out a decent tune on the fi ddle.

I should have been up and running within minutes. As I prised the instrument from its case and lifted the bow, I read-ied myself to unleash a fl ood of beautiful music on an expect-ant world.

As it turns out, I can’t play the violin. I don’t know why I thought I could. For some rea-son or other it just seemed like something I ought to be able to do. But I am wrong. Not just a little bit wrong, but so deeply and profoundly mistaken that there’s really no word for it. In fact, the only way to properly express just how wrong I am is through music.

Should you strain your ears and detect something that sounds a little like a mosquito on steroids, that’s me play-ing my violin. It sounds ugly. If Vincent van Gogh was still with us, it’s the kind of sound

that would doubtless provoke him to lop off the other ear.

This is not the fi rst time it’s happened. For some reason, I assume I possess a range of skills that fate, genetics and severe laziness have sought to deny me.

I used to think I could exe-cute the perfect cartwheel, but, when put to the test, it turns out I’m really only capable of something that looks like a crab attempting to avoid a puddle.

Nor can I perform a hand-stand. As soon as my body weight is placed on my arms, they collapse like a house of

particularly fl imsy cards. The sizeable bruise on my forehead serves as a warning to others of the perils of ad hoc gymnastics.

For years, I thought I could speak fl uent French. All the signs were there. I’d seen sev-eral Inspector Clouseau movies and once owned a beret. Plus, I really like croissants.

For years, I wouldn’t think once, let alone twice, about deploying the Gallic tongue when dining at French restau-rants and refused to so much as glance at the subtitles when watching French movies. I even listened to Carla Bruni’s

solo album and was convinced I understood it.

Only when I arrived in Paris did I discover that what I be-lieved to be French was, in fact, gibberish. Suddenly, a lifetime’s worth of very poor meals at French restaurants made a whole lot of sense. To say nothing of the fact that there’s a bunch of French mov-ies I need to watch again.

I had asked for a violin for my birthday. On receiving it, I had assumed I’d be playing it like a pro within 15 minutes or a half hour, tops. Before I had even opened the case, I’d

sent an email to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, just to let them know I was coming.

I dismissed suggestions that I should engage a tutor. Frankly, getting violin lessons would only hold me back. The constraints of formal tu-telage would slow me down and, worse still, might stifl e my creativity. But as I tucked the instrument underneath my chin and ran the bow across the strings, I succeeded not in summoning up the melodies of the angels so much as opening the gates to hell. It sounded ab-solutely dreadful. It’s a wonder that the next door neighbours didn’t resort to plugging their ears with candle wax.

Finally, I feel as though I un-derstand the song Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Char-lie Daniels Band. In the song, Beelzebub’s instrument of choice is the violin rather than a more obvious selection such as the kazoo or piano accordi-on. I have often heard the term “an instrument of evil” but, un-til now, never realised this was actually a violin.

According to the song, the devil has way too much time on his hands and is prone to wandering around the Ameri-can south, challenging hillbil-lies to a kind of musical duel. As you do.

There’s a rich tradition with-

in music of people selling their souls to become better musi-cians – from bluesman Rob-ert Johnson to Celine Dion’s soundtrack to Titanic. How-ever, the protagonist in Devil Went Down to Georgia doesn’t need the devil to make him a good violin player. Rather, “Johnny” agrees to put his soul at stake in the hope of winning a golden fi ddle. Perhaps inevi-tably, Satan is bested by young Johnny and has to surrender his precious instrument.

Something of a bad sport, Johnny brags he is the best there’s ever been. Meanwhile Satan, deprived of his violin, is then forced to take up break-dancing instead.

If I was challenged to a vio-lin duel right now, I’d be no chance at all of winning. I’m not willing to sell my soul to become a better player, either.

I guess I’m kind of stuck – ei-ther I give up altogether or start practising.

People living next door should invest in high-quality earmuffs. With my bow raised and violin clamped beneath my chin, I feel there is no time to lose.

Indeed, I’m reminded of an old French saying: Yoplait pen-cilmoustache renault stinky-cheese baguette. Fitting words. I intend to live by them.www.stuartmccullough.com

The real reason angels play harpThe real reason angels play harp


WITH his shaggy blond hair, satin pants and shirt open to the waist, strutting and prancing on stage, Rod Stewart was the quintessence of a rock star in concert in the late 1960s.

More than 40 years later, nothing has changed al-though the satin pants have been replaced by denim jeans.

Although he claims to be from Scotland, Stewart was born and bred in North London and attended the same school as Kinks singer Ray Davies.

Long John Baldry discovered Stewart and hired him in 1965 for his band. By 1968 Stewart had joined the Jeff Beck Group. Stewart and guitar-ist Ron Wood became best friends. Wood went on to play guitar with the Small Faces. When singer Steve Marriott left, Stewart joined the band as lead singer.

The band dropped the “Small” and became The Faces.

The song Maggie May made Rod Stewart’s ca-reer, sweeping out of the blue to the top of the sin-gles charts in 1971. The single set the tone for other hit singles including Stay with Me and You Wear it Well. The tracks came from his successful albums Every Picture Tells a Story and Never a Dull Mo-ment.

Stewart continued to dominate the charts through out the late 1970s with hits like Tonight’s the Night, The First Cut is the Deepest, The Killing of Georgie, You’re in My Heart, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy and others.

This year Stewart signed a recording deal with Verve Music Group (Universal) that included re-cording his fi rst-ever Christmas album, Merry Christmas, Baby featuring guests Michael Bublé, Mary J Blige, Cee-lo Green and a duet with Ella Fitzgerald.

“I have always been tempted to do a Christmas album. And now that I once again have young chil-dren, the timing couldn’t be better,” Stewart said.

“Recording the album gave me a chance to re-unite with David Foster.”

Merry Christmas, Baby is an album of standards and traditional songs. Stewart is joined by Michael Bublé on Winter Wonderland. We Three Kings is a duet with Mary J Blige and the title tune is a duet with Cee-Lo Green featuring New Orleans’ favou-rite son Trombone Shorty. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! features Dave Koz on saxophone and What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? is a “virtual” duet with Ella Fitzgerald and featuring Chris Botti.

The album’s one original track, Red-Suited Super Man, is composed by Rod Stewart, David Foster and Amy Foster and features Trombone Shorty.

www.rodstewart.com***

ON 3 December, Australia’s legendary and iconic band The Seekers celebrates its golden jubilee, exactly 50 years to the day since the four original members performed together as a group.

Melbourne trad jazz singer Judy Durham started a new job at J Walter Thompson advertising agen-

cy in Melbourne and met account executive Athol Guy, another musician. He invited Durham to sit in with his mates Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, who performed together as The Seekers in a little Melbourne coffee lounge called Treble Clef.

Fifty years on, The Seekers are still touching the hearts and souls of fans – some who’ve been with them from the very start.

A golden jubilee is an extraordinary milestone, especially when The Seekers are still performing and recording in their original lineup.

To celebrate the occasion, Judith and “the boys” slipped quietly into the studio mid-2012 to record two new tracks, which open the 50 tracks for 50 years Golden Jubilee Album. The two-CD album was released on 16 November and on 4 December, The Seekers celebrate the milestone in hometown Melbourne where the band was presented with a key to the city in 2006.

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***THE musical based on the life story of singing sen-sation Susan Boyle, starring UK actress Elaine C Smith in the title role, runs for a limited season next year in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and tickets are now on sale.

Susan Boyle said: “I am thrilled Australian audi-ences will have the opportunity to see the incred-ibly talented Elaine C Smith in Ed Curtis’s amaz-ing production of my offi cial story.

“This has been an incredible ride and I hope to have the opportunity to visit Australia again when the production opens in Melbourne in May 2013.”

The musical tells the story of Boyle’s life, from her birth and the hand that fate dealt her up to the present day.

She was born into a large, working-class family, and shared a three-bedroom council house with 10 family members.

Boyle became a global star and an inspiration to millions, a woman who beat the odds and changed the way the world looked at people.

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By Gary Turner

Poppy’s Problem-solving

I WAS reclining on my back patio contemplating the meaning of life and the ever-increasing price of stubbies when I heard a most unusual sound emanating from my gravel driveway.

The sound was a repeated “Crunch ... shhhhrt, crunch ... shhhhrt” and it was getting closer.

Granny, who was sitting with Poppy, was alarmed and asked if she should ring the police.

I told her not to bother because it was morning coffee time and to go inside and make three cups of cappuccino, one with a single sugar. Granny said she and I did not use sugar, and asked why make three cups of coffee (one with sugar) for the two of us.

I told her not to ask questions she did not know the answer to. (Poppy never asks a question he does not know the answer to.) Granny, bosom heaving, asked what was going on because it was a “need to know” situation for her.

Carefully, and with great respect, I told her that someone, probably Ricardo, was on his way up the driveway to ask for advice about the gout in his left big toe.

The next second, Ricardo limped around the corner of the house wearing a Blundstone workboot on his right foot and a fetching red tartan carpet slipper on his left. I think it was a McDowell tartan.

Ricardo said he had gout. What a surprise! He also asked two questions. The fi rst was “do I have to stop drinking?” and the second “what was I going to do to help him?”Poppy’s solution

I told Ricardo not to stress and that I had a solution to his problem. I told him he did not need to buy less beer and he was greatly relieved at this.

I told him he needed to increase his water intake, and the way to achieve this was for me to visit his place every night and bring six small bottles of water.

I explained that I would then ensure that after every stubby, he would drink one bottle of water before having another stubby, and that I would drink every second stubby of his for him to achieve this.

I told him that in the interests of his health, and medical situation, that I was prepared to take on this hardship and would perform the task to the very best of my ability.

As far as his foot-dragging limp was concerned, I advised him to tell people he had dropped something heavy on his foot. Ricardo was worried that this was not the truth, but I explained to him that sometimes a lie got you in less trouble that the truth, and that that was no lie, it was the truth.

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RANGEHOOD, 600X900, tempered copper. $300. 9796-8058.

JEEP, Cheroke,1994, dual fuel, 226,000kms, auto, GC, YJS-120. $7,500ono. 0409 219 017. Doveton.

VOLKSWAGEN, Bora, V5, 2.3L, auto, 150,000kms, A/C, full electrics, VGC, RWC, reg until 08/13, QGO-837. $7,959ono. 9700-7684, 0411 258 278.

DESIGNER BRAND, dresses and knitwear, size 12, $300 the lot. Shoes, 5 pairs, size 5 and 6, $300 the lot. All items brand new or little wear. 9796-2042, 0418 395 476.

PRINTER, Lexmark C540n, professional colour printer, brand new, still in box. $300. 0412 071 419. Cannons Creek.

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CAMPING GEAR, Wild Country 3 man tent, and double camp mattress, gas stove, gas light and bottle, VGC, $350 ono. 0438 384 823.

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HOLDEN, VT Commodore, wagon, white, reg to 05/13, stereo, subs, amp, runs well, minor work for roadworthy, OXE-867. $3,500ono. 0438 526 313. Pakenham.

TOYOTA, Tarago, 1999, EC, eight seater, dual AC, auto, paint EC, fully serviced, towbar, good family car, new reg, ZBY-508. $9,500. 0412 034 597.

WINDOW, sliding, alumin-ium, 1500mm x 1500mm, bronze olive colour. $150ono. 5998-7422. Cannons Creek.

PORTABLE TOILET, 20 litre capacity, fully self contained, no connections needed, great for boat or camping etc. brand new in box. $85. 0419 668 981. Narre Warren North.

HOLDEN, Cruze, 2010, CD, JG, automatic, sedan, YGE-746, 12 months reg, 4,000kms. $23,500. Tony: 0438 008 062, 9700-1423.

WATCH, Ripcurl, male. can email photos. $50 5941-8691. Pakenham.

TOYOTA, Landcruiser, GXL, 1991, auto, dual fuel, 233,000kms, GC, UMY-942. $10,750ono. 0409 219 017. Doveton.

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BODY SHAPER, vibra-tion, massage and weight loss machine, as seen on TV, latest model with 3 computer programs, 50 speed options, brand new with warranty. $249 0419 668 981. Narre Warren North

AUTO SERVICES/REPAIRWASHING MACHINE, Whirlpool, automatic, front load, 5kg, VGC, instruc-tions. $270. 5996-7903.

TOYOTA, Hilux, 2006, V6, 4.0, 5 speed, auto, twin cab, ARB canopy, white, towbar, reg 02/13, XWK-583, $14,000neg with RWC. 0407 599 616.

WALL UNIT, baltic pine, 1 .36mLx0.5mWx2mH, cost $1,000, sell: $250. 9705-2106, 0414 320 619.

HARLEY DAVIDSON, 2008, Sportster, reg 03/13, 14,000kms, VGC, reg IR863. $10,000ono. 0408 513 145. Pakenham.

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BLINDS, x5 Ecowood Venetian PVC slat blinds, cedar colour, 90cm x 150cm drop, brand new still in boxes, $150. 5977-5356. Somerville.

POOL CLEANER, Kreepy Krauly style, fully auto-matic pool cleaning system, suits above or in-ground pools, includes 10 metres of hose, brand new in the box. $169. 0419 668 981. Narre Warren North

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HOLDEN, Colorado, crew cab, 2009, auto, 3.6 alloy-tech, tub liner, window tint, cruise, power windows, 59,000kms, service books, full Holden service history, EC body and interior, XBW-074. $20,990ono. 9703-1630, 0408 009 351.

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CUB TRAILER, light, easy to tow, GC. $2,999. 0409 153 207 or 0439 473 996.

TV, x2, 7 years old, good working order, with re-motes. $100 for both. 5998-5012, 0434 408 006. Cranbourne East.

BILLIARD TABLE, 9ft x 4ft 6” dismantled for easy transport, 6 turned legs, pool accessories and re-movable top. $1,200ono. 5989-0213. Flinders.

OUTDOOR SETTING, Australian made, 50ml stainless steel frame, merbau slats, brand new, 2m x 1m with benches. $1,600. 5973-4449. TOYOTA, Hiace, 2006,

UJD-995, duel fuel, EC, reg, RWC. $18,500 neg. 0411 750 624.

HOLDEN, Clubsport, VT, all features/options, lavish HSV style, stunning looker, immaculate in and out, good reg, RWC, VN668448. $11,850. 9796-8789. Narre Warren North.

BEDS, single, x2, with mattresses and some bedding, $200 the lot. 5981-4009. Dromana.

TV, Panasonic, rear pro-jection, 130cm screen and Technics stereo surround sound sytem, EC. $1,500 ono. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

FREE CLEAN FILL Wanted clean fill site, South eastern area. Dams, gullies, paddocks. Filled and levelled, no charge. Phone 0418 356 583.

TOYOTA, Hiace, 2006, LWB van, diesel, 5 speed, low kms, EC, UCJ-985. $23,500 ono. 0418 580 381. Warrugul.

PUBLIC NOTICESLOUNGE SUITE, Davis, 1x2 seater and 3 chairs, mountain ash frame, pastel check upholstery, matching china cabinet, side tables, cushion stools, EC, $650. 5981-1462. Rosebud.

COROMAL, Campervan, 2012, under warranty, full Tebbs annexe, flies, battery pack, independent suspension, easy tow, used once. $24,000 neg. 0403 409 501. Pakenham.

BEDROOM SUITE, QS, 3 years old, EC, solid timber, 2 side tables, dressing table, mirror, tall boy, $1,500 ono. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

SNAKE, carpet python, with full auto heated enclosure. $750. 0419 530 689. Nar Nar Goon.

BED, Queen, federation style, one year old plus 2 x 3 drawers, VGC. $150. 5941-1223. Pakenham.

SUBARU, Impreza, 2009, near new, 2.0 RS, auto, sedan, silver, leather inter-ior, sunroof factory fitted, airbags, rear sensors, 41,755kms, reg 01/2013, WUD-265. $25,000 ono. Regrettable sale. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

PETS & SERVICES

TRAVELLER STORM, poptop, 2006, 17'6" x 7', island dbl bed, innerspring mattress, centre kitchen, rangehood, microwave, 104L 3-way fridge, flatscreen TV, rollout awning, reverse cycle AC, battery pack, Winegard TV antenna, weight 1420kg, club seating, adjustable table, hotplate and griller, 2 x 9kg gas bottles, 2 x 80L water tanks, Ander-son plug, radio/DVD/ CD/MP3 player, $24,990. Phone 9772-3185 or 0407 056 150.

FORD, laser, 2001, GXLi, 1.8lt, auto, sedan, reg 9/8/13, EC, airbags, electric windows, AC, CD player, towbar, tinted windows, paint and up-holstery protection, 4 new tyres, service records, RWC, 160,400kms, QZE-465. $7,500. 0438 364 002, 5996-4697. Cranb- ourne.

LOUNGE SUITE, corner, beige/cream material, Scotchgard protection, 2yo, perfect condition with slight sun-fading on back, 3690mmL x 2900mmH x 1040mmD. Very regrettable sale. Paid $3,600. Sell $1,750. 0409 789 322, Koo Wee Rup.

COMPASS NAVIGATOR, 2006, 17’6”, independent suspension, shower/toilet combo, rear island dbl bed, 3-way fridge, 60L water tanks x2, EC, $42,900ono. 0419 566 823, 5986-3277. McCrae.

OUTBACK, camper, Neapean, 2009, reg until 10/13, QS bed, soft floor, annexe, 3 way fridge, washing machine, stove, table, many extras, EC. $3,700ono. 5945-7564.

AIR CONDITIONER, port-able, Noble Cool, as new condition, remote control, $390. 03 9547-2703.

KITCHEN TABLE, round, four chairs, colour grey. EC. $150. 9796-8058.

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FORD, Falcon, ute, 2008, BF MK2, bench seat, factory LPG, canopy, ladder rack, tow-bar, 10 months reg, RWC, near new tyres, service history, one owner, 108,000kms, EC, WMR-287. $13,200ono. 0403 425 333.

HOT WATER SERVICE, Dux, 12 Proflo, 250 litres, electric, GC, $150. 0405 031 187.

MILLARD, Florida, 1989, reg 06/12, four wheels, new double bed, sleeps 4, 3 way fridge, stove, new tyres, new paint. $5,500 ono. 5996-2470, 0414 655 775. Cranbourne West.

NISSAN, Patrol wagon, ST, 2001, blue, 4.5lt, dual fuel, 5 speed manual, seven seater, 280,000kms, (hwy kms), second owner, reg till 07/13, towbar, electric brakes, always serviced, RWC, VGC. TTV-981. $13,500. 0414 403 789. Tynong.

PIANO, Ronisch, walnut colour, GC, well looked after. $900. 9707-1997, 0412 919 031.

HOME GYM set, new, still in box, Hyperextension, 65.8kg, sell $350. 9702-6449. Berwick.

TURF MOWER, Jacobsen LF3810, 38HP, diesel Kubota motor, 3m cut, GC, $5,750. 0429 195 171.

CAMPERVAN, 1987, Toyota Hiace, QTP-934. 90lt fresh water tank, double bed, 240-12 volts, microwave and fridge, diesel, free standing tent 6x6, 10 months reg. $8,000ono. 0419 707 828. Koo Wee Rup.

AB POWER, cardio twister workout system, as seen on TV, current model, with adjustable speed control, computer, DVD, diet plan etc. brand new in box. $95. 0419 668 981. Narre Warren North

ELECTRIC KEYBOARD, Yamaha, model, PSR-640, stand and chair, EC. $999. 0416 053 855. Narre Warren.

FURNITURE, 1 X TV unit, 1 x coffee table, 1 x lamp table, dark chocolate, all EC. $600 the lot. 0409 789 322, Essendon.

FORD, Falcon, Futura, Wagon, 2004, RWC, reg. 2013, 180,000kms, auto. SRV-373. $6,900. 0435 092 144. Dandenong.

TRICYCLE, electric, spare battery pack, GC, in-dicators, big shopping basket. $800 ono. 8753-0224. Berwick

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FLYWIRE DOOR, Colonial, with tough mesh, suit 822mm x 2060mm opening. $130. 0417 112 022.

TREADMILL, electric, as new, 1.5HP, cost $1,299, sell $550. Can deliver. Call Elaine: 0408 050 354. NISSAN, Navara, 2008,

STR 2.5, silver, 72,500kms, 5 speed manual, reg until 10/13, towbar, tinted windows, service records, dashmat, alarm, keyless entry, bullbar, floormats, RWC. WHOON. $23,000ono. 0450 087 096.

JAYCO, Discovery, poptop, 13ft 6inches, 1995, rear entry, twin beds, front storage boot, side and rear awnings, built-in radio, portable toi-let, electric brakes, 2 mains taps, 2 jockey wheels, microwave, macro mule, level riders, hoses etc, easy tow, EC, reg 05/13, $11,800. 5915-2455. Mornington.

CAMPER TRAILER, Australian, 6’x 4’, QS bed, annexe, sunraysias, large toolbox and storeage area, many extras. $3,700 ono. 9704-7642, 0409 007 807.

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AB CIRCLE PRO, (DVD, 10 day diet plan, calorie counter), brand new with extra spare rollers, all are of excellent quality. Only $145 the lot. 0425 790 429. Cranbourne.

FISHING GEAR, de-ceased estate, rods, reels, boat accessories, taco’s, oil filters, Mercury throttle shift controllers, x3, brand new, box of lures, lots more. $2,000 the lot. 0434 057 590. Cranbourne North.

SPA, outdoor, cedar, port-able, sandstone colour, hot/cold, seats 4 plus, VGC, new lockdown cover, economical, massages, heater/blower, $2,999 ono. 0409 747 918. Beacons- field.

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MITSUBISHI, Triton, MK 2003, dual cab, 4x2 manual, V6 petrol, on LPG, AC, hi rise kit fitted, towbar, regularly serviced with history, 11 months reg, 225,000km, SMG-042, $11,800 ono. 0427 988 867.

FORD, Cortina, Mark 2, 1968, 1600, bronze with white roof, chrome and white side stripes, re-conditioned motor, gearbox and generator, mag wheels, new front end bushes, some rust but overall good condition, 779-JJU, reg 05/13. $9,500ono. Call Sarah: 0403 813 554, Pakenham.

ANTIQUE, clocks repaired. Old clocks, watches and parts wanted, good prices paid. 5981-4172.

ENTERTAINMENT UNIT, black timber, containing Panasonic colour TV, 66 cms, Sharp, sterio unit, radio, CD and cassette, $250 ono. 0409 702 248. Narre Warren.

JAYCO, Discovery, 18’6” poptop, 2011, shower toi-let, double bed, 3 way fridge, reverse AC, Wyngard antenna, many extras, can be sold fully set up, reg to 06/13. $30,000. 0407 143 499.

WEST ROSEBUD, 20 The Helm, Saturday 1st December, 8am-3pm. Elna sewing machine, house-hold goods. Clearance Sale, all must go

COMPASS, Careel, 18ft, trailer sailer with 2011 Yamaha 8hp outboard motor, EC, all safety gear, ready to sail on the bay or lakes. $6,990ono. 0425 736 873 or 9702-5999. Berwick.

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SOFA, with chaise, Harvey Norman modular, natural colour, still in pack-aging, paid $1,800 sell $1,300. Call 0403 739 463

DAIHATSU, Terios, 2002, 4WD, 93,000kms, RWC, reg until 03/13, RJF-472. $8,300ono. 0429 552 684.

DRAPES, professionally made, pinch pleated, rubber lined, EC, latte/coffee with black swirls, 2100L x 1450W. 2100L x 2200W. $375. 0402 584 414. Berwick.

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READINGS $50. Ph Julie 9702-2504.

BOAT LOADING SYSTEM, one set, Re-triever Mate, model D11, P.B. 4.8m-6m, trailer sailer 6m-8.5m, brand new in box, $350. 0403 599 099.

SLASHER, Deutscher H26, 10.5Hp, GC. $1,150. 0422 102 149 or 0421 738 752.

MAZDA, 626, 1998, 5 speed manual, 174,000kms, dual airbags, 6 stacker CD player, 12mths reg and RWC, VGC, PAB-605. $5,000ono. 0434 336 340.

TAROT READINGS, at In House Healing, 20 years experience. 0419 344 190.

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JAYCO, 15ft, pop top, wind out awning, electric brakes, rear bar, tool box, full oven etc, hardly used, VGC. $10,500. 5940-2404, 0412 050 969.

DINING TABLE, and chairs, Light timber, some of the chairs do have marks GC. $350. 5941 8691. Pakenham.

SEWING MACHINE, Janome Horizon, Memory Craft 7700QCP, 3 months old, with extra tables and all accessories, paid $2,999, receipt provided, sell $2,250. 0419 676 963.

DINING SUITE, 7 piece, pedistool, extendable table, 6 highback padded chairs, EC. $295ono. 5940-9194.

BMW, 325, CI, 2002, auto, 50,000kms, immaculate condition, reg and RWC, ZAQ-389. $18,500. 9702-3502.

CANOPY, suits most Ford utes, cost over $3,000, with receipt. Sell for $1,200. 0400 701 386. Pakenham.

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MAZDA, 2003, 323, Astina Shades, red, auto, hatch, 4 cylinder, 1.8lt, 160,000kms, dual airbags, tinted windows, 6 months reg, RWC, good clean re-laible car, SNT-883, $8,000neg. 0419 132 575. Endeavour Hills.

SCHOOL UNIFORMS, Heritage College, EC, large spray jacket, large jumper, 2 grey pants, 3 ties and one blazer, PE track pant, polo top and shorts. $295 the lot. 0425 635 160. Berwick.

DINING SETTING, antique reproduction oval extension table, 6 blue stripped upholstery chairs, prefect condition. Cost $2,300, sell $700. 0458 713 439.

BMW, 1998, 328i, black, EC, 12 months reg, sunroof, 155,000kms, service history, any test welcome, tinted windows, CD, OTA-632. $7,500. 5971-1650.

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PROVINCIALBy IT GullySORRENTO’S Nick Jewell smacked his fourth century for the season on Saturday in his team’s monster tally of 8/326 against Peninsula Old Boys.

Jewell has amassed 576 runs this sea son, including 104 in a Jack Pea-cock Cup game.

He began the season with two cen-turies, before clocking 143 on the week end.

Jewell once again showed he is sim-ply a class above in this competition with the rate he scores.

He was the second man out when the score was on 208 after Mick Dunball was rolled for 31 with the score on 115.

Skipper Anthony Blackwell was second-best with the bat for the Sharks with 61, and Liam O’Connor scored 32.

Glen Prendergast and John Forrest were the best of the POB bowlers, snar ing two wickets each.

POB went into the match without Adam Jones, and the Sharks were with out opener Jack Falck.

Ben Clements continued his blis ter-ing return to MPCA cricket on Sat-urday against Mt Eliza, smashing an unbeaten 99 in Mornington’s 9/248.

Anthony Gapes (36) and Rob Hearn (35) were good at the top of the order for the Doggies, and Sam Buchanan was positive in the middle of the in-nings with 40, but there wasn’t much

else to crow about. Mt Eliza’s bowlers were in charge, Lyle House snaring 6/74 from 21 overs, while Justin Grant took 2/57 from 24 overs.

Long Island has a bit of work to do to get the points against Crib Point.

Although the Magpies didn’t set the world on fi re at the nest, they managed to post 206.

Brad Davidson was the best of the home batsmen with an unbeaten 82, and Henry Dolphins scored 38.

Andrew Tweddle was the best of the Long Island bowlers with 3/27, Greg Lamb continued his sensational sea-son with 2/58 and Justin Bridgeman chimed in with 2/59.

Moorooduc will need to produce some thing special with the ball after

being rolled by Baxter for 183.The Ducs started well with Luke

Sheenan (24) and Shaun Hibberd get-ting their side away to a great start. However, wickets began to tumble and in the end a score close to 200 was a pretty good result.

It was unheralded Baxter bowlers who did the damage with the ball.

Although top-liners Adrian Mack, Dale Irving and Trav Sawers took four wickets between them, Ryan O’Don-nell, Ben Matters and Leigh Paterson did the bulk of the damage, snaring two wickets each. Paterson had 2/8 off fi ve overs.

Like the Ducs, Heatherhill will need to be at their best with the ball to defeat Mt Martha.

Heatherhill was rolled for 185 on Saturday, John Hille top-scoring with 45 and John Hille Jnr scoring 33.

Ballam Park was staring down the barrel of another outright defeat when it was bowled out for 114 on Saturday against Rye.

However, the Demons collapsed when it was their turn to bat and at stumps were still 18 runs shy of the to-tal with just three wickets in hand.

Earlier, Knights’ skipper Matty Roach top-scored with 39 for his side. Tommy Barrand snared 5/38 with the ball for the Demons.

When it came to bowl, Matty Roach was at it again, taking 3/30, while Ross Perry snared 3/14. Justin King was Rye’s top-scorer on day one with 34.

Jewell’s fourth ton as Old Boys chase leatherJewell’s fourth ton as Old Boys chase leather

DISTRICTBy IT GullyCARRUM will be looking to go for the jug-ular of Frankston YCW on day two of its round fi ve match in MPCA District cricket.

The Stonecats have been competitive this season, but were dismissed for just 69 on Saturday against a side that is expected to feature prominently at the pointy end of the season.

Carrum’s bowlers were superb, Cory Fos-ter the pick with 4/31 from nine overs.

Lachy Dobson was also on fi re, bowl ing 4.1 overs and fi nishing with the fl attering fi gures of 3/7. Jackson Fry also opened the bowling for the Lions and snared 3/24 from 11 overs.

Seventeen-year-old Jack Greenwood was the best of the YCW batsmen with 21, and only two others made it into double fi gures.

The Stonecats were rolled in the 31st over.Shaun Foster then came in and blast ed a

quickfi re 50, while Liam Hulett hit 26 to help Carrum to 6/150 in just 37 overs.

Keen to have one last dip at the Stone cats before stumps, the Lions were able to pick up a wicket in the fi nal six overs of the day. YCW will resume on 1/18, still 63 runs short of Carrum’s fi rst innings score.

Pines bounced back with a solid bat ting performance against Baden Powell, manag-ing 8/241.

Harley Peace-Sterling hit an unbeaten 70 for the Piners, while Harley Parker was next best with 33. Brett Hudgson and Brett Remy chipped in with 30s to help the score well past 200.

Anjula Perera was the pick of the Braves’ bowlers with 4/73, while fel low tweaker John Harrison snared 2/83.

Delacombe Park is in a lot of strife against Boneo. Batting fi rst, the Parkers were rolled for just 129 on their home deck.

Chris Williams was sensational for the visitors, claiming 4/41, while Ryan Jellie chipped in with 2/8.

Simon Dignan was left stranded at the end of the innings, unbeaten on 34.

In reply, Boneo is 1/49 and on target to win a big match.

Flinders has Main Ridge in all sorts of trouble at the end of the fi rst day in the two-day match.

The home side made 211, Tim Clarke again dominant with the bat with 79. Dwayne Field compiled 45 and Matty Burns 29.

Gareth Wyatt was the best of the Main Ridge bowlers with 2/30. Bren dan Rossbor-ough, Jason Albress and Brian Jones picked up two wickets each.

Field then went about doing some damage with the ball for the Sharks, snaring the fi rst three wickets to have the visitors in trouble at 3/20 at stumps. Field has 3/17.

In the fi nal game, Somerville and Lang-warrin are poised to fi ght it down to the wire.

The Eagles batted fi rst and with Keith Bur-dett (66) and Sam Delaney (40) fl ying the fl ag, were able to score a more than competi-tive 216.

Dwayne Doig continued his out standing season for the Kangas with 4/39, and Mal Coutts and Jarryd Amal fi snared two wickets each. In reply, Langwarrin is 0/12.

Carrum’s bowlers put YCW to sword Carrum’s bowlers put YCW to sword as Pines set Baden Powell a taskas Pines set Baden Powell a task

SUB-DISTRICTBy IT GullyBALNARRING’S Brenton Taylor went from scoring just 35 runs in three innings to compiling a massive 164 against French Island in MPCA Sub-district cricket on Saturday.

While Luke Chapple was out early for 20, Taylor and keeper Brendan Sa-ker put on 184 for the second wicket, Saker unluckily bowled by Aaron King just one short of his century.

Balnarring amassed 7/388 at the

Robert Thompson Oval on French Is-land.

Ben King was the leading wicket-taker for the Islanders with 3/150 off 24 overs, and Jason Matthews picked up 2/60 from 13 overs.

Seaford Tigers’ bowlers will need to be at their best when they defend a score of 164 against Skye on day two of their match.

Corey Hand scored 52 and Gavin Gardner-Smith 26 for the Tigers, but no other bats offered resistance.

Pat Clinch was the best of the Skye

bowlers with 5/45, and Paul Fillpone snared 3/59.

In reply, Skye is 0/26.Pearcedale is in the box seat against

Dromana, scoring 9/263.Matt Cousland was up and about for

the Panthers with an unbeaten 66, and Brad Trotter opened the innings with a strong 44.

Kaine Smith was solid in the middle part of the innings with 39, Shayne Gillings scored 25 and Shane Urbans was back in the whites, scoring 20.

Brett Slocombe was the pick of the

bowlers for the Hoppers with 5/74.Tyabb wasn’t fantastic with the bat

on Saturday, scoring just 180, but their bowlers came to the rescue late in the day, snaring two wickets to have Car-rum Downs in some early trouble at 2/18. Nathan Hudgson has both poles and fi nished day one with the tidy fi g-ures of 2/3.

The Yabbies were best served with the bat by Luke Rus, who scored 75, and Josh Hirst scored 46.

Chamara Perera was the best of the Cougars’ bowlers with 7/53.

Tootgarook is in massive trouble against Rosebud. The Tooters were rolled for just 146 by their neighbour, Jason Nagel again dominating with the ball, claiming 4/48 for Rosebud.

Darren Kerr, Brian Doughty and Ja-son Pierce picked up a couple of wick-ets each.

The Buds then had 24 overs to tee-off and did just that with Greg McCann belting an unbeaten 70. Darren Kerr up the other end fi nished the day on 11. Overnight, the Buds are 0/87.

Balnarring bats fire as Tigers look to limit SkyeBalnarring bats fire as Tigers look to limit SkyeQuite a dig: Luke Hewitt scored an impressive 26 runs off just six scoring shots as Hastings amassed an impressive 345 against Seaford. Picture: Andrew Hurst


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ALL looks to be going smoothly at Cranbourne as night racing moves into top gear.

The Cranbourne Turf Club’s tricode meeting last Friday night – horse rac-es, harness races and greyhounds – ap-peared to be a resounding success.

“We were delighted with the crowd and everything went according to plan,” chief executive Neil Bainbridge said.

“We have developed a supporter base and are looking forward to con-ducting more successful meetings dur-ing the summer.”

The club will hold seven night fi x-tures and three harness racing meet-ings between next Saturday and 18 January.

The harness meeting on Saturday 8

December will feature the $100,000 Cran bourne Pacing Cup, which has become an important event on the pac-ing calendar.

The race was won last year by Amer-ican-bred champion Mr Feel good, who defeated this year’s Inter Domin-ion winner Im Themightyquinn.

To add to the appeal of the meetings the club will offer racecourse entry

and a buffet meal for $20 as well as live bands and entertainment.

***THERE is no doubt Cranbourne “boy” Craig Williams is one of the world’s fi nest jockeys. Williams demonstrated

his ability with a brilliant ride to fi nish third on Rulership in the Japan Cup on Sunday.

Normally an on-pacer, Rulership was slowly away and among the tail-enders in the early part of race.

But Williams cleverly weaved a passage through the 17-horse fi eld to snatch third place in the last few strides.

Now fulfi lling a short-term contract in Japan, he will receive a release to ride at the Hong Kong International meeting on Sunday week.

He will be aboard Dunaden, who will be trying to win his second suc-cessive Hong Kong Vase, and Alcopop in the Hong Kong Cup.

Williams partnered Dunaden in his last to fi rst victory in the Caulfi eld Cup before fi nishing 14th when favourite in the Melbourne Cup, when he had legitimate excuses.

The eight-year-old Alcopop put him self right into Hong Kong Cup contention when with Williams in the saddle he won the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on 3 November.

Horse who acquitted themselves over the past week and are worth fol-

lowing are Monogamy, Burn dini-burn, Alpha Proxima, Lucri peteous, Mouro, Chasse, Koe, Kut chinsky, Two Sugars, City Of Song, Tykook, Kitty Cotswold, Hot Lover, Pelica-no, Doctor Fremantle, Emboldened and Dane The Rave.

Best: Pelicano.An early look at Caulfi eld on Sat-

urday: Union Gap (3yo), Kuk la (3-fi lly), General Truce, Strat combe, Winter King (1100m hcp), Flying-coni, Under The Eiffel (1400m hcp), Clang And Bang (2000m), Spot On Mag gie (1400m mares) and Bia Diamond, Secret Liaison (1800m mares).

International form expert Peter Ellis provides weekly racing tips on a weekly podcast at www.racingandsports.com.au and at the Tatts website. Visit www.tatts.com after 2pm each Friday. Listen to his race analysis and tips for Melbourne and Adelaide meets on Saturday mornings at 10.45am in Under The Microscope on RadioTAB. Visit www.tatts.com > Racing > RadioTAB.

Night racing at Cranbourne a winnerNight racing at Cranbourne a winner

Lights and action: Mark Webb-trained Street Diamond with Peter Mertens aboard overpowers Kimiko and Princess Mossman at Cranbourne on Friday night. Picture: Slickpix

ON THE LINEBy Paul “Tracker” PingiaroTO understand fi shing, fi rst understand the weather and the patterns and cycles that dictate our climate.

Fish are creatures of instinct, they follow the lunar cycle and their mood is dictated by the prevailing conditions and pressure systems.

While humans may not be as affect-ed by the weather as fi sh, we must un-derstand that in the aquatic world 10 metres down is the same as human climbing to 3000 metres.

Water has a much higher density that air so temperature changes are more notable as different fi sh have different comfort levels.

While trying to decipher this intricate piscatorial code can take years, anglers can start to break the code by keeping a fi shing diary noting date, location, species, bait, water temperature, baro-meter reading, depth, moon, tide and time fi shed.

Over time you will notice the fi sh you’re targeting are following pat-terns in weather and lunar cycles. But remem ber, fi sh can be completely pre-dictable or totally unpredictableWhere they’re biting

James Rodgers of Unreel Fishing Charters (0416 139 814) reports “Port Phillip snapper have been the talk of the town and fi nally we have reached that magic 17 degrees, which seems to trigger very hungry snapper every-where”.

“This also triggers the time where the middle of the day and the afternoon bite become very good. This has been evident as many friends and associates have been bagging out in record time every afternoon over the past week.

“We have had an amazing stretch of bag out charters. There is nothing quite like the mayhem of having every rod in the boat hooked up at the same time and having big snapper coming in right, left and centre.

“Last week areas that seemed to hold the most snapper were from Black Rock to Brighton in 12-16 metres and from Chelsea to Seaford in the same depths with Chelsea, Carrum and Sea-ford in 15 metres being the go-to areas.

“I think this will continue for some

time and these areas have held fi sh in numbers not seen in my life

“Of course there are still plenty of snapper in other areas and Frankston to Mornington in 18-19 metres has been quite good. Best baits have been with-out a doubt humble pilchards with sil-ver whiting and red rockets also good.

“Best times have been fi rst light or

mid- to late afternoon from around 3-7.30pm. Best methods have been to anchor and burley hard using pilchard pieces, Gotcha’s yellow snapper burley nuts or Zeacols snapper snack nuts.

A small handful sprinkled around the boat every 3-5 minutes will soon bring them to the back of the boat provided you’re in the right area.

“My prediction for the coming week is to keep an eye on the 13-15-metre line from Frankston to Mordialloc. The whole 19-metre line is currently hold-ing a lot of snapper.

“For those who only have an eye for King George whiting, Western Port’s North Arm is loaded. A number of my mates have been doing very well every

trip with no particular area standing out over another.

“Calamari are patchy from Morn -ington to Frankston, but are in good numbers at Rye and Sorrento with some great catches around The Sisters between Sorrento and Blairgowrie.

“Garfi sh are still nowhere to be seen from Mornington to Brighton, but we hope they will be coming soon.”

For land-locked anglers there are good options. Fish for whiting from the beach between Rye and Mt Martha. Best time is late evening and best baits mussels, pipes and sand worms.

From the piers, Mornington is produ-c ing mullet and a few squid, Stony Point has a few squid, Blairgowrie has squid and the occasional whiting, and Mordialloc and Brighton have a few snapper at night.

Clients of Mornington Boat Hire have been catching snapper to 5kg and fl athead to 1kg. Last week also saw the return of squid. Whiting have been a little harder but they are still about and patience is required.

For snapper, try in 16-18 metres of water out from the pier and in 12 me-tres around the mussel farm. For whit-ing and squid, head over to off Mills Beach and Sunnyside.

Jonny at Yaringa Boat Hire reports some great catches last week with quite a few snapper to 4kg and whit-ing to 45cm. The snapper have been best on the runout tide, while whiting have been good at all times. Other fi sh caught in Western Port include gummy shark, leatherjacket, sal mon, trevally, salmon fl athead and mullet.

From surf beaches, salmon are about at Mornington Peninsula back beaches as well as Kilcunda.

Tight lines and calm seas. Paul “Tracker” Pingiaro has been fi shing since he could hold a rod and stay in the boat. He has boat hire busi-nesses in Mornington and Yaringa Boat Harbour in Somerville. He has been a fi shing writer for magazines and brings his knowledge to MP News Group for season 2012-13. Details: www.fi sh-ingmornington.com or www.western portboathire.com.au Email [email protected] or 5975 5479.

‘Think’ like a fish if you want to catch one‘Think’ like a fish if you want to catch one

All my own “work”: Mikael Persson shows off a 4.8-kilogram snapper.


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