Frankston Weekly

JANUARY 15 | 2013

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RESCUE EFFORT

Homes needed for shelter animals

BACK TO THE FUTURE

We look at 2012 and the year ahead

[ 2 ] FRANKSTON WEEKLY – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE January 15, 2013

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7 Peninsula LinkFreeway openingapproaches

18 Feature storyThe year that was inFrankston

23 PropertyFrankston’s finestagents and real estate

COVER: Matilda Dwyer and her motherJacqui Robson show off their kitten fromRSPCA Peninsula to their Frankstoncousins Ky and Zalia Robson. Seepage 9. Picture: Gary Sissons

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31 SportWeekend cricketround-up

Visual message: Artist uses sand to raise awarenessof homeless youth. Page 15

Charity hungry for helpBY ALECIA PINNER

THE Cheerful Givers charity was run off itsfeet in the lead-up to Christmas, with demandfor free food more than doubling in the Frank-ston and Mornington Peninsula region.

Group creator and Langwarrin residentGina Poulos told the Weekly that in 2011 theorganisation delivered food parcels to 590local families between October and December.Last year in the same period the number offamilies needing help jumped to 1431.

‘‘Some mums go without food so they canfeed their children,’’ she said.

‘‘We cook a lot of meals and snap freezethem, then we put them in the car and runthem down to the people who need them andthey have nourishing food for two or threeweeks in their freezer.’’

The group, which includes some familieswho have previously benefited from the char-ity’s support, also deliver Christmas toys andbirthday party packs for those unable to affordgifts. Mrs Poulos said demand for food

increased as children grew older as well asthrough word of mouth about the service.

The rising price of electricity, gas and rentwas putting further pressure on the unem-ployed, she said.

‘‘People on the dole or a pension can’tsurvive, all of their money goes on amenities.Private rent for a single person with a disabilityis $180 per week . . . they can’t just go downthe street to buy a $1 bottle of milk, they haveto rely on grocery shopping online which canbe more expensive.’’

This inspired Mrs Poulos’ organisation,with help from a Cranbourne RSL donation,to provide slow cookers to the disadvantagedat Christmas. ‘‘This gives them a bit of inde-pendence. It helps with socialisation and self-esteem. They can invite people to come overbecause they are cooking. ’’

Although the highest demand was fromhouseholds in Karingal, Carrum Downs, Skye,Rosebud and Rye, people of all ages and areastraditionally considered well-off, such asFrankston South and Mt Martha, were also

asking for food. ‘‘They use plastic money buttheir cupboards are bare. You can have amillion-dollar home but not have five cents toyour name.’’

Peninsula Community Legal Centre’s prin-cipal lawyer Victoria Mullings said January 1cuts to single parent payments were com-pounding financial stress felt by those withchildren returning to school.

‘‘When combined with the extra expensesincurred over the holidays, financialmeltdown, or even the risk of homelessness,can be the result.

“The festive season can be a time of greatjoy, but unfortunately can also be a time ofstress, family problems and financial worriesfor some people.’’ Anyone needing advice cancall the legal centre on 9783 3600.

The Cheerful Givers’ Langwarrin premisesand delivery van are no longer able tocope with demand. Anyone who can helpthe organisation is asked to [email protected].

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Haley and Ethan Melrose of Narre Warren

South had fun exploring the Under the

Sea sand sculpture event on Frankston’s

Waterfront last Wednesday. The exhibit

opened on Boxing Day and features a

coral reef, mermaids, sea witches,

whales, submarines, sharks and water

gods Poseidon and Atlantis — all created

using 3500 tonnes of sand. The Sand

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Re: South East Water releasesFrankston HQ plansSouth East Water is reported as having madearrangements with the council about mini-mising traffic and parking problems aroundthe proposed building. How will theremoval of 83 parking spaces and the build-ing only providing 200 parking spaces be aminimal traffic and parking problem? Thatis only an increase of 117 spaces and thebuilding will accommodate 700 staff, andpublic transport in Frankston isn’t thatgreat. The traffic out of this area betweenthe beach and Nepean Highway already isbad enough in the afternoon when everyoneleaves work, with the only exits beingPlayne and Wells streets. Now add 700more people. How will this minimise traffic?

Traffic concern (via web)

It is rather interesting that very loud, vocaland self-interested groups use the war cry‘we were not consulted’. In 2011 an extens-ive engagement process was undertakenwith the community in relation to theirvision for Frankston — yes, that’s right,

extensive consultation — including thegroups now complaining so vehementlyagainst the South East Water building. Anoverwhelming majority of people said theywanted change in Frankston, they wanteddevelopment to assist prosperity, they want-ed to utilise the assets we have to encouragebusiness and more housing in the towncentre. In a democratic society it is the voiceof the majority that matters and, thankfully,Frankston Council has respected thatmajority and not allowed these loud andself-interested people continue to refuse alland any development in Frankston. Let’slook towards the future, and not allow thisloud minority who would only find comfortif we remained in the 1950s.

Lydia Wheeler (via web)

This has nothing to do with Gould Streetviews or property values, which will belargely unaffected. This has to do withwhat’s in the best interest for the Frankstoncommunity, and ensuring these dealings andapprovals are transparent and not conduc-ted behind closed doors. Anon (via web)

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Hospitals to ‘cope’despite health cutsBY SAMANTHA ROBIN

FRANKSTON and Rosebud hospitals areexpected to cope with the federal government’srecent budget cuts to the Victorian health system.

While exact figures are yet to be confirmed,Peninsula Health may lose up to $4.8 million,according to the state government.

Peninsula Health spokesman John Jukes saidhe was confident, however, that the hospitalwould be able to meet whatever targets it was set.

‘‘We know our budget will be reduced, but weare not sure by how much at this stage. There arepotential savings that can be achieved by thehospital.’’

Mr Jukes said there would be no staff reduc-tions.

‘‘We would have to reduce external consult-ants but this can be managed.’’

He said Peninsula Health had already had dis-cussions with the Department of Health aboutcontingency plans.

A spokesman for acting federal Health Minis-ter Kate Ellis said the recent Commonwealth

budget update represented an increase in healthfunding. He said health funding in Victoriawould increase by 26 per cent over the next fouryears, from $3.6 billion in 2012-13 to $4.5 bil-lion in 2015–16.

‘‘Because Victoria’s population has not grownas quickly as expected, and health inflation is notas great as expected, the funding formula agreedto by Premier Baillieu means the Commonwealthcontribution to Victorian’s health system will notgrow as much as the Baillieu Government wouldlike,’’ he said.

State Health Minister David Davis said thefunding allocation changes would put additionalpressure on hospitals.

“Anyone who has seen new suburbs growingvirtually overnight in our outer metropolitangrowth areas will acknowledge the absurdity ofthe claim that our population has dropped,’’ hesaid.

Mr Davis announced funding last week for apartnership arrangement between the public andprivate hospitals to decrease elective surgerywaiting times.

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Grace Galley, Coby Stagg and Lilly Hedley of Frankston BMX Club picked up tips from Olympic

rider and current world No. 1 Caroline Bucchanan (rear) and American professional rider Barry

Noble during a coaching session in Knox last Thursday. Frankston will host the BMX state titles

in November.


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Council Frankston�s Future Join the Community ConversationHelp create a new community vision and plan. Please tell us:1. What do you like about your

neighbourhood?2. What needs to be improved in your

local neighbourhood?3. What is your hope for the future of

Frankston City (municipality-wide)?Visit the Have Your Say section of our website: www.frankston.vic.gov.au or Like �Frankston City Council� on Facebook before the end of February. Hard copy responses can also be made at Council Customer Service Centres.

Community Grants SessionMonday 21 January, 3:00pm�4:00pm, Frankston Library Lounge, 60 Playne Street, FrankstonLearn how your local community group, sporting club or charity can apply to Council for funds. Applications close 28 February. Light refreshments provided. RSVP: [email protected] or 9784 1015.

Seaford ResidentsCommunity Committee MembersMake a difference and represent your community. Applications close Monday, 21 January. Nomination forms: 9781 1851 or www.frankston.vic.gov.au

Ordinary Council MeetingMonday, 21 January, 7:00pm, Council Chambers, Civic Centre, enter via Young Street, Frankston

Circus Open DayMonday, 21 January, 3:00pm�4:30pm, Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, FrankstonA range of fun activities, workshops, demonstrations and information for young people aged 5�21 years. Free. RSVP essential: 9784 1896.

Bicycle TourTuesday, 22 January, 9:30am�12noon, Baxter TrailCycle distance approximately 10kms. Not suitable for children under 10 years. BYO bicycle and helmet. Meet at Jubilee Park Cricket Club carpark, off Hillcrest Road, Frankston. $5 per booking: 1300 322 842.

Teen HangoutsThe Hangouts at Carrum Downs, Seaford, Karingal, Frankston North and Frankston South are offering various free activities for local teenagers. Details: 9768 1366, Like �Frankston YRC� on Facebook or visit youth.frankston.vic.gov.au

McClelland Art ActivitiesMcClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, LangwarrinBug Blitz � 22 and 24 January, 10:00am-12noon, ages 6-11 yearsArtist Workshop � 23 January, 1:00pm-3:00pm, ages 6-14 years and 29 January for 8+ yearsTerrarium Making � 25 January, 1:00pm-3:00pm, 8+ yearsSome costs apply. Bookings essential: 9789 1671.

Junior ExplorersWednesday, 23 January, 9:30am�11:30am, Seaford Wetlands, Austin Road entranceFor children aged 6-12 years, must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per booking: 1300 322 842.

Guided Ranger WalksTuesday, 29 January, 9:30am�11:30am, Frankston Waterfront and Kananook Creek Meet at Visitor Information Centre � four-hour metered parking.Children must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per booking: 1300 322 842.

U3A EnrolmentsMonday, 21 and Tuesday, 22 January, 9:30am-3:00pm, Frankston U3A, Stella Maris Centre, John Paul College, McMahons Road, Frankston�� 9770 1042 or [email protected]

Survival Day PicnicAustralia Day, 26 January, 11:00am�3:00pm, Frankston WaterfrontLive music, artist demonstrations and local Aboriginal art presented by Baluk Arts. Alcohol and drug free event. BYO picnic. Details: www.balukarts.org.au

Family Fun Day Heatherhill VillageSunday, 27 January, 11:00am�3:00pm, Heatherhill Road Shops, FrankstonFree activities for the whole family with face painting, show bags, entertainment, balloons and giveaways. Details: www.heatherhillvillage.com.au

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Delay denied as finishto Link draws closer

Moving wonder: Phil Price’s wind-activated kinetic sculpture, The Tree of

Life, near the Cranbourne Road exit of thesoon-to-be-opened freeway.

BY SAMANTHA ROBIN

‘The whole communityon the MorningtonPeninsula would like tosee it opened today, oras soon as possible.’

—Luke Donnellan

PENINSULA Link is drawing closer tocompletion, the Linking MelbourneAuthority says.

As final touches to the 27-kilometre,$759 million freeway, were added lastweek, opposition spokesman forroads Luke Donnellan claimed thestate government was delaying theopening to have an official ribbonceremony during the Australia Daylong weekend.

‘‘Our understanding from workerson the ground is that it could poten-tially be open now and that anyremaining beautification works couldbe completed while the freeway wasopen,’’ Mr Donnellan said.

‘‘This has been a Labor governmentfunded and contracted project, theBaillieu government is just going to bethere to cut the ribbon.

‘‘I don’t think there is going to be

another major project opened duringthis term of government so they aremaking a big deal about it.’’

Mr Donnellan said while the open-

ing of the freeway was delayed, penin-sula residents were being disad-vantaged.

‘‘I think the whole community onthe Mornington Peninsula would liketo see it opened today, or as soon aspossible,’’ he said.

‘‘They would be annoyed if it wasdelayed purely so the government

could make a big song and danceabout it.’’

A Linking Melbourne Authorityspokeswoman said there were still anumber of works to be completed onthe freeway before it could be opened.

‘‘Asphalting is still going down andthere are some finishing touches to becompleted, including where the free-way ties into the road network at eith-er end,’’ she said.

‘‘We’ve always said the openingwould be in early 2013 and there’s nodoubt that we’re on track.’’

A construction worker on the free-way told the Weekly they were aimingto have the road completed by nextweek.


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INBRIEF

Crash test:An imagetaken fromCCTVfootage ofthe ramraid atLangwarrin.

ATM theft failsTwo men stole a ute from a car yard in Wells Road,

Seaford, about 4.30am on December 27 before

driving it through the Gateway shopping centre,

Langwarrin, in a failed attempt to steal an ATM.

Police said the offenders drove the ute through the

front doors of the Frankston-Cranbourne Road

shopping centre and struck a free-standing ATM.

The men unsuccessfully tried to steal the money

safe from the ATM and fled in the vehicle, which

was found burnt out at a reserve in Luscombe

Road, Carrum Downs, an hour later. Information to

Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Warning on campfiresThe CFA has issued a warning to campers not to

put lives at risk by lighting fires. More than 50

bushfires, started from unattended campfires, had

to be extinguished over the holiday period. On the

Mornington Peninsula, 16 fires were deliberately lit

during December along the Rosebud foreshore

between the pier and Chinamans Creek. No

charges have been laid. Information to Crime

Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Burglar hits twiceFrankston detectives are hunting for a burglar who

twice robbed the Gateway shopping centre in

Langwarrin, while wearing a mosquito net over his

face and body. On December 5 the man stole a

laptop after throwing a rock through a shop

window at 4.20am. Early on December 21 while

wearing the mosquito netting and a baseball cap

he broke into two other businesses and stole a

safe and computer equipment. He is described as

being of solid build and with a crewcut with shaved

back and sides. Information to Crime Stoppers on

1800 333 000.

Service station robbedFrankston police are investigating an armed

robbery at the BP service station on the corner of

Frankston-Dandenong road and Klauer street,

Seaford. At 4.30am on October 14, a man

approached the female attendant and asked for a

garbage bag. After receiving the bag he

demanded cash and cigarettes and threatened the

attendant while showing her a firearm he had

tucked into the front of his pants. The offender is

described as being about 186 centimetres, of thin

to medium build, with olive skin and dark hair. He

was wearing a pair of light-grey loose-fitting track

pants and a grey-coloured hooded jacket, over a

blue hoodie, with a cap, and a grey-coloured scarf

covering his face. Information to Frankston CIU on

9784 5590 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Arrested over burglariesPolice have arrested a man in Frankston following

four burglaries in Point Nepean Road on the

Mornington Peninsula in November and

December. Detective Senior Constable Darren

Richards of the Frankston Embona unit said the

robberies took place at a Rosebud clothing store,

where a woman was threatened with a

screwdriver, the Cold Rock icecreamery in Rye, an

Indian restaurant in Rosebud West, where staff

were held at gunpoint, and the Thirsty Camel

bottle shop in Dromana. A 39-year-old Dromana

man was charged on December 29 with two

counts of armed robbery, one count of robbery

and one count of attempted armed robbery. He

was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne

Magistrates Court in March.

Frankston gets a reefAn artificial reef installed in the Frankston pier area

is expected to encourage fish to the area.

Frankston MP Geoff Shaw said the reef, and two

others installed in the bay, had been paid for with

$400,000 of proceeds from the sale of recreational

fishing licences. He said snapper was one of the

main species expected to be attracted by the reef,

which could take a couple of years to reach its full

potential for land-based anglers.

Cyclist hit by trainA cyclist who dashed across a Frankston railway

pedestrian crossing while the lights were flashing

was lucky to

escape with

minor

injuries after

being struck

by a city-

bound train.

The incident,

which

happened

about

6.50pm on

Friday,

forced the cancellation of some trains. A police

spokeswoman said a man and a woman, both with

bicycles (right), crossed at the Beach Street

pedestrian crossing. ‘‘The woman was OK but the

man and his bike were hit by the front side of the

train,’’ she said. ‘‘He was pretty lucky as he only

received bruising and scrapes.’’ The man was

believed to be aged in his 30s. The spokeswoman

said the pair were given penalty notices for

crossing while the lights were operating.


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Unwanted animals a pet hate for shelterBY SANDRA BULL

Top cat: Matilda Dwyer andJacqui Robson with their newly

adopted tabby. Picture: Gary Sissons

IT’S raining cats and dogs at theRSPCA Peninsula shelter after a floodof strays and unwanted Christmas‘gifts’.

Senior animal attendant RebeccaDobson said January was the busiestmonth for the Pearcedale shelter.

Between Boxing Day and January 7,58 animals were surrendered by eithertheir owners or members of the publicwho spotted strays.

‘‘After Christmas we get a lot ofanimals coming through that havebeen gifts that haven’t worked out,’’Ms Dobson said.

‘‘We also get a lot of people going onholiday who surrender their animalsor who are struggling financially overthe Christmas break.’’

While dogs and cats are the mostcommon ‘‘returnees’’, the shelter hasalso been handed goats, sheep rabbitsand guinea pigs.

When the Weekly dropped by lastweek, a large Peking duck was handedin by its owner who said they didn’t

have enough room for the bird. MsDobson said the influx was also due todumped kittens — ‘‘kitten seasonstarted a few weeks ago and people’scats are breeding out of control’’.

She pleaded for owners to desextheir animals and ensure their petswere microchipped so they could beeasily reunited if a dog or cat becamelost. People who were willing to takeon the responsibility of a pet wereencouraged to visit the shelter.

Ms Dobson beamed as a little girlcuddled a six-week-old kitten that wasabout to become a much loved mem-ber of their family. ‘‘I feel so happy andso rewarded to see these animals go toa great new home. It’s why you get upin the morning — to see that happyending.’’

RSPCA Peninsula is at1030 Robinsons Road,Pearcedale. Call: 5978 9000.

DelilahCase number:740655. This four-month-old bunny islooking for a familythat is experiencedand confident withrabbits. Delilah hasstarted her littertraining and is quitesocial with friendlycats and dogs.

CharlieCase number:744064A pale ginger andwhite two-year-oldpuss, Charlie, had arough start. He isafraid of children andwould much rather goto a quiet adult homewhere someone willhelp him settle.

ScoutCase number:745039. Smoochyand playful, Scout isa one year old malefeline who needs aquiet home withminimal stress. Hisgorgeous coat willneed regularbrushing.

NobbyCase number:747025. A six-year-old English pointer,Nobby is friendlyand active and mayneed some trainingto help him adjust tohis new home. Adaily walk andexercise will help.

These are just some of the furry friends at the RSPCAPeninsula shelter waiting for a responsible owner.


FURTHER EDUCATION

READING AND WRITING Tutor: Andrew Willis. This course is for people who possess an intellectual disability to assist them with reading & writing techniques. (ACFE funded ) (GST exempt ) Course fee $292.00 per year ( $ 212.00 conc ) includes $162.00 materials & amenities. Duration: 7 weeks Starts: Monday 04/02/13 Ends: 25/03/13 (no class on 11/03/13 ) Time: 11.30am–2.30 m Cost: 73.00 per term Conc. $53.00 per term

READ - WRITE - COMPUTE! This course is for people with additional needs who are DSP card holders, to assist them with reading, writing and computer literacy. (ACFE funded) (GST exempt) (Course fee $184.00 concession per year includes $134.00 materials & amenities.) Duration: 7 weeks Starts: Monday 04/02/13 Ends: 25/03/13 (no class on 11/03/13) Time: 12.30 pm – 2.30pm Conc. $46.00 per term( DSP concession rate )

SUSTAINABLE GARDENS Resourceful Gardens Workshop. Tutor: Nickie Fidge. This workshop is sponsored by Frankston City Council under the Sustainable Homes Program. Provides the essential information you need to make sound sustainable decisions for your garden. Covers composting, worm farms, chooks, mulching and water efficiency. Free Resource Book valued at $30.00 RUNNING IN TERM 2 - Book Now. Duration: 1 Workshop Starts: Saturday TBA Time: 9.30am-12.30pm Cost: TBA

COMPUTER COURSES

GENTLE PACE COMPUTERS Tutor: Laurie Quinlan (ACFE Funded) This beginner’s course is for those needing a gentle start with computers. Requires no prior knowledge or experience and is ideal for people wishing to learn about computers and their use. Includes Internet & Email. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $91.40. Duration: 8 sessions Starts: Thursday 07/02/13 Ends: 28/03/13 Time: 12.30pm-3.00pm Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

CONFRONTING COMPUTERS & INTERNET / EMAIL Tutor: Laurie Quinlan (ACFE Funded) Introduction to computer awareness. Windows and Microsoft Office. Day and evening classes available. This course is designed to give beginners an understanding of computers including basic internet and email skills. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $91.40 Tuesday afternoon (8 sessions) Starts: 05/02/13 Ends: 26/03/13 Time: 12.30pm-3.00pm Wednesday evening (8 sessions) Starts: 06/02/13 Ends: 27/03/13Time: 6.30pm-9.00pm Thursday morning (8 sessions) Starts: 07/02/13 Ends: 28/03/13 Time: 9.30am-12.00md Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

MS OFFICE LEVEL 1 Tutor: Laurie Quinlan (ACFE Funded) Develop your basic MS Office skills with an introduction to Word and Excel spreadsheets using the MS Office suite. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $91.40 Duration: 8 sessions Starts: Thursday 07/02/13 Ends: 28/03/13 Time: 6.30 pm - 9.00pm Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

M.Y.O.B. LEVEL 1 (ACFE FUNDED) COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING COURSE INCLUDING PAYROLL Tutors: John Box. Introduction to M.Y.O.B. Computer Accounting Package including an introduction to Payroll. Learn how to computerise your business accounts using M.Y.O.B. Includes GST component. Pre-requisite computing skills and understanding of basic bookkeeping. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $138.40 (Price includes Watsonia Publishing Manual) Evening Duration: 7 sessions (21hrs) Starts: Monday 04/02/13 (No class 11/03/13) Ends: 25/03/13 Time: 6.00pm-9.00pm Morning Duration: 8 sessions (20hrs) Starts: Wednesday 06/02/13Ends: 27/03/13 Time: 9.30am - 12.00md Cost: $160.00 Conc. $155.00

M.Y.O.B. LEVEL 2 (ACFE FUNDED) COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING COURSE INCLUDING PAYROLL Tutor: John Box. Pre-requisite to this class is MYOB Introduction. In this advanced MYOB course you will learn how to customise the program to suit your preferences including reports and forms, import and export data, communicate with customers, work with GST and the BAS, keep track of jobs and reimbursable expenses, work with the payroll functions and work with the time billing feature. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession)+ materials & amenities $158.40 (Price includes manual) Duration: 8 sessions (20hrs) Starts: Wednesday 06/02/13 Ends: 27/03/13 Time: 12.30pm-3.00pm Cost: $180.00 Conc. $175.00

MS OFFICE LEVEL 2 Tutor: Chris Ewin (ACFE Funded) Consolidate your computer skills and confidence in Word, Powerpoint, Excel spreadsheets and Publisher using the MS Office suite. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $91.40 Duration: 8 sessions (20hrs) Starts: Tuesday 05/02/13 Ends: 26/03/13 Time: 6.30pm-9.00pm Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

DIGITAL PHOTOS & PHOTOSTORY Tutor: Carrie Ewin (ACFE Funded) Pre-requisite - Confronting Computers or equivalent. Covers Level 1 & Level 2. Learn the functions of a simple digital camera and how to take photos. Using free software find out how to import photos, edit, make slide shows and upload to online albums. Course fee: $21.60 ($16.60 concession) + materials and amenities $91.40 Duration: 8 sessions (20hrs) Starts: Friday 01/02/2013 Ends: 22/03/13 Time: 9.30 am - 12.00 md Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

ONLINE RETAIL AND SOCIAL NETWORKING (ACFE FUNDED) Tutor: Cheryl Ewin. This course covers the basics of internet banking and online shopping. Understand how to safely conduct financial and other online transactions. Includes eBay. Sell your items and make some money by setting up an on-line business. Create listings that get noticed and upload photos of items your items to sell. Learn to protect yourself against malware and how to avoid scams. Promote your business using social networking (Facebook). Duration: 7 sessions (21hrs) Starts: Monday 04/02/13 Ends: 25/03/13 (no class 11/03/13) Time: 9.00am-12.00md Cost: $113.00 Conc. $108.00

ACCREDITED COURSES

CHC30212 CERTIFICATE III AGED CARE Tutor: Isabella Hastings. This nationally recognised qualification allows you to be a care provider within a residential setting and within the community. Covers all the hands on skills needed to manage elderly clients and patients and help support them to maintain their lifestyle. Upon completion of the qualification you will be able to work as a Personal Care Assistant (PCA) in Aged Care. 120 hours of practical placement to be completed during course. “Includes Basic food Handlers course and First Aid Level 2”. One day per week. Duration: 19 sessions Starts: Thursday 07/02/13 Ends: June 2013 Time: 9.30 am - 3.30 pm. All inclusive cost. Cost: $250.00 Conc. $170.00

CHC30712 CERTIFICATE III IN CHILDREN’S SERVICES Tutor: Carol Hopkins. This accredited certificate course provides students with the skills and knowledge to assist in Outside School Hours Care, Occasional Care, Long Day Care Children’s Services and in a Nanny position. 120 hours of practical placement to be completed during course. Classes two days per week, Mondays and Fridays. Starts with 3 hour induction session 9.30am-12.30pm. Includes Basic food Handlers course and First Aid Level 2. Duration: 6 months Starts: Friday 01/02/13 (No Class 11/03/13) Ends: June 2013 Mondays & Fridays Time: 9.30am -3.00pm. All inclusive cost. Cost: $550.00 Conc. $270.00

CHC50908 DIPLOMA OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES Tutor: Carol Hopkins. This nationally recognised qualification covers workers who are responsible for planning, developing and evaluating the child care program and supervising child care staff. Ideal for people currently working in the child care sector. 380 hours practical placement required. Pre-requisite: Certificate III in Children’s Services and good reading, writing communication skills. One session per week. Duration: 12 months Starts: Wednesday February 2013 Ends: December 2013. Time: 9.30am-3.00pm. All inclusive cost. Cost: $600.00 Conc. $500.00

SITXOHS002A FOOD HANDLERS BASIC COURSE Tutor: Anne Blight Follow Work Place Hygiene Procedures is essential for staff and volunteers involved in the preparation, storage and service of food and beverage. Food handlers need the skills and knowledge in food safety and food hygiene for the work that they do in the business. This nationally recognised training covers the principals of basic food safety and their implementation in the workplace. Duration: 2 sessions. Starts: Friday 26/02/13 Ends: 05/03/13. Time: 10.30am–1.30pm Cost: $80.00 Conc. $75.00

FIRST AID LEVEL 2 - HLTFA311A Apply First Aid.This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to respond effectively and appropriately in both emergency and day-to-day First Aid situations, manage the scene and administer first aid to a victim of illness or injury until the arrival of professional medical help. Valid for 3 years. Ring for more details. Daytime Class Duration: 2 sessionsStarts: TBA Ends: Time: Cost: $95.00 Conc. $90.00

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YOUTH ACTIVITIES

LANGWARRIN YOUTH HUB INFORMATION, SUPPORT, REFERRAL, ACTIVITIES. Langwarrin Youth Hub offers activities, general support, information and referral to young people aged 12 to 24 and their family. If you require assistance from a youth worker please call Brooke or Scott Tuesday to Friday to discuss different support options and details of available activities. 9786 1366. Not on during school holidays. Activities available Tuesday-Friday 3.00pm-6.00pm, Saturday 1.00pm-5.00pm, Plus 2 Fridays per term 6.00pm-10.00pm

PENINSULA YOUTH CONNECTIONS Peninsula Youth Connections is a free Youth Outreach Service that works with a variety of young people, from those at risk of disengaging from school through to those who are severely disengaged from education, family and community. The program works to assist young people with building resilience, developing personal skills and improving their wellbeing. For a confidential chat with a Peninsula Youth Connections worker please call toll free number 1800 224 557

CHILDCARE & CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES

OCCASIONAL CARE TAKE A BREAK! Enjoy a well-earned break and add to your child’s socialisation and learning experience. Enjoy shopping, attend appointments etc. with the peace of mind that your child is being cared for by our experienced, qualified staff in our government registered Centre. Expressions of interest for an Additional Session on Wednesdays 9.00am to 2.00pm. Please ring 9789 7653. 5 Hour Sessions - Monday to Friday. Duration: 8 weeks Starts: 04/02/13 Time: 9.00am-2.00pm Cost: $32.00 full fee As little as $12.50 per session with 100% CCB applied (Term booking)

THREE YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN Three Year old kinder is a stepping-stone to Four year old kinder. Trained staff run structured sessions that include activities such as outdoor play, art and craft, story-time, etc. Parents help on a roster once a term. (Booking is essential) (GST exempt). SESSIONS HELD - TUESDAY AND THURSDAY Starts: 05/02/13. BOOKINGS STILL AVAILABLE. Please contact the Centre for more information on 9789 7653

PLAYGROUP Playgroup is an ideal environment to introduce toddlers to each other and to learn to socialise. (Booking is essential) Duration: 10 weeks. Starts: Friday 08/02/13 Time: 10.00am-11.30am Cost: $40.70 per term

IMMUNISATIONS Duration: ongoing. Starts: 2nd Wednesday of the month. Time: 10.30am-12.00md

ART, CRAFT, HOBBY AND FUN

PATCHWORK PATCH ’ N ’ CHAT Come along and bring your own patchwork project. Meet new people in a relaxed and friendly group. Duration: School Term Starts: Tuesday 08/01/13 Ends: 26/03/13 Time: 12.30pm-2.30pm Cost: $2.00 per session

S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E Are you keen on playing Scrabble? If so, then come along and join this group. First Night free ALL WELCOME! Duration: ongoing. Starts: Tuesday 05/02/13 Ends: December 2012 Time: 7.00pm-10.00pm

CHILDREN’S DRAMA ACADEMY WITH HELEN O ’ GRADY Ages 5 - 18 years. Speech, movement and creative drama classes. For more information call: Elise Dixon 9016 3894. Duration: School Tterm Starts: Wednesday 06/02/13 Ends: 27/03/13 Time: 4.00pm–7.00pmCost: Phone for details

COMMUNITY GROUPS & CENTRE USERS BOAT LICENCE Boat and PWC Testing, Victorian Marine Regulations, Collision avoidance rules, safety equipment regulations, buoyage system, reading the weather. Half day, evening or private courses available. Every second Sunday 8.00am-1.00pm. Need more information? Contact Rod - 0407 755 537

SENIOR CITIZENS Are you lonely? Come and join our Senior ’ s Club. We are a small group but have a great time each week. We have weekly meetings and monthly outings including luncheons and trips. Call Jay or Linda on 5995 5281. Duration: ongoing. Starts: Wednesday 16/01/13 Ends: 10/04/13 Time: 12.45pm-3.45pm

PROBUS LADIES CLUB Ladies meet the first Thursday of every month. Duration: ongoing. Starts: 1st Thursday each month. Time: 9.00am-12.00md. Contact: 9789 0449

WEIGHT WATCHERS Contact Sue on 0419 437 030 for further details. Every Saturday – ongoing, including school holidays.Duration: weekly Starts: Saturdays Ends: ongoing. Including School Holidays. Time: 7.30 am - 9.30 am Contact: 0419 437 030

T.O.P.I.C. Take off pounds in company. Duration: weekly Starts: Mondays 04/02/13 Including School Holidays. Time: 9.30am-11.00amCost: $3.00

MIND, HEALTH & WELLBEING

CARD MAKING Tutor: Jane Wilkinson. This 6 week course is suitable for beginners and advanced paper-crafters alike. You will receive specific instruction and tuition on how to develop your card-making and stamping skills. We will cover a variety of topics such as stamping basics, embossing, how to make your own 3D embellishments as well as other tricks and techniques. Each week you will get to experiment and play around with each technique as well as make a number of projects to take home. Duration: 6 weeks Starts: Monday 11/02/13Ends: 25/03/13 Time: 6.30pm-9.00pm Cost: $135.00 Conc: $130.00

NATURAL HEALING AND SUPPORT GROUP Meditation, healing, sup port and discussion group. Focus: Natural healing, meditation, complementary healing arts, support, promoting inner peace, and well being. Duration: Weekly.Starts: Saturdays. Time: 10.00am-2.30pm Cost: $3.00 +40 cents for bottomless cuppa

YOGA Tutor: Barbara Lee. Barbara has worked with various disciplines including IYTA, Classical, Satyananda, Gita, Pru, Iyengar and Desikachar styles. Yoga means ‘to join’- it is a practise of awareness where one has the opportunity to connect with the ‘true self’. (Bookings are essential). Duration: School Term Starts: Tuesday 05/02/13. Time: 6.00pm-7.30pm. Contact: 9775 5309 or 0403 022 152

PILATES FOR BEGINNERS Tutor: Chris Schmidt. Gentle exercise that develops inner strength, flexibility and co-ordination. (Bookings are essential). Duration: School Term Starts: Thursday 31/01/13 Time: 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm 7.00pm-8.00pm Contact : 0417 336 378

TAI CHI Tutor: Laurie Cox. Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese system of slow flowing movements and shifts of balance that strengthens the body and helps in confident ease of movement.(Bookings are essential). Duration: 7 weeks Starts: Monday 04/02/13 Ends: 25/03/13Time: 11.00 am - 12.30 pm Cost: $73.50

COMBAT KAI MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Tutor: Cameron. Combat Kai is an interesting mixture of Boxing, Grappling, Kickboxing, Wing Chun and Self Defence. An exciting activity which provides an opportunity to develop and improve strength, co-ordination, balance, self discipline and self esteem. Classes for adults, adolescents and children. Duration: School Term Starts: Monday & Thursday Thurs. 31/01/13Time: 6.15pm - 9.00pm. Contact: 0419 119 613

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POETRY WORKSHOP Tutor: Philton. Have you an inkling for Poetry? Been dabbling in poems at home? Award winning Poet Philton will guide you through established hands-on excercises which trigger your potential. Includes rhythm and meter, sound and rhyme, free verse, imagery, metaphors and other figurations. Examples from classic/modern poets. Duration: 1 session Starts: Thursday 14/03/13 Time: 10.00 am - 2.30 pm Cost: $36.00 Conc. $31.00

PROFESSIONAL WRITING Tutor: Philton. Have you always wanted to write but didn’t know where to start? Few experiences are more satisfying than successful self expression through the written word. Philton has extensive experience as a writer and he will be sharing his knowledge and expertise to guide and instruct you in the process of developing your creativity through writing in this ten week course. If you’d like to write, whether it be poetry, scripts, autobiography or other, you will find this course immensely enjoyable and enlightening. Duration: 10 sessions Starts: Wednesday 13/02/13 (No class 3/4 or 10/4) Ends: 01/05/13 Time: 1.00pm-3.00pm Cost: $80.00 Conc. $75.00


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Outlook brighter fordisabled job seekersBY SAMANTHA ROBIN

DISABLED job seekers will be able to access newemployment assistance from March.

Experienced service providers Marillac andJob Futures were successful in their tenderapplications to provide disability employmentservices in Frankston and on the MorningtonPeninsula for the next five years.

The service is funded by the federal govern-ment through the Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations.

Marillac general manager services Anne Baving-ton said employment had a huge impact on qual-ity of life for people with a disability.

‘‘Being part of the community and buildingrelationships with work colleagues is reallyimportant,’’ she said.

‘‘Having people in the workplace who havedisabilities also helps others to see people withdisabilities differently, to see them as capable andable to make a contribution to society.’’

Ms Bavington said employment was a majorbarrier for people with disabilities.

‘‘Employment can be quite difficult for them toachieve. We are aware that through the provisionof good employment services, they will have abetter quality of life.

‘‘We will support them through the matchingprocess and assist them in finding employment aswell as providing continued support to help thesepeople gain independence in their positions.’’

Marillac has supported people with physicaland intellectual disabilities since 1943 by helpingwith accommodation needs, vacation leave, res-pite care and has a long-standing outreach ser-vice.

‘‘We are very excited about having the employ-ment service and hope to have offices open inFrankston and Hastings by March,’’ Ms Baving-ton said.

Marillac and other providers commencingoperation in March will replace five currentdisability employment services providers on theMornington Peninsula which were unsuccessfulin their tender applications, including Job Focusin Frankston which had been operating for 22years.

Two awarded for their braveryBY SANDRA BULL

Brave effort: DanielLean and BenjaminMathers with theirbravery awards.Picture: Sebastian Costanzo/The Age

A COURAGEOUS Mornington Peninsula res-cue was recognised at a bravery awards cere-mony at Government House last month.

The Royal Humane Society Awards ofAustralasia (Victoria) publicly recognises thosewho risked their own lives to try and saveothers.

A certificate of merit was presented toBenjamin Mathers and Acting Sergeant DanielLean for coming to the rescue of two menwhose boat capsized at Pelican Point, Mt Eliza,on January 24 last year.

Mr Mathers was working on a building siteat 10am when he saw two people clinging tothe bow of the boat. He swam 200 metres toone man who had lost consciousness.

Mr Mathers put a fuel can under him, placedthe man on his back and dragged him to thebeach. Although CPR was administered, theman was unable to be resuscitated.

Acting Sergeant Lean was alerted to a secondman 100 metres offshore, clinging to a life-jacket and screaming for help. He swam to theman who could not swim. Acting SergeantLean brought the man, who was suffering mildhypothermia, safely to the beach.


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VCAT hike ‘hits residents’BY DANIEL TRAN and LEE OPITZ

A PROPOSED fee hike will gag resid-ents and pave the way for resource-rich developers to push projectsthrough the planning tribunal, criticssay.

Planning reform group Save OurSuburbs says the move by the Vic-torian Civil and Administrative Tribu-nal to raise its fees would effectivelysilence locals.

President Ian Wood said groupswith the fewest objectors would behardest hit. ‘‘What it means for ourmembers and for members of the pub-lic . . . is a further dampener on peopletrying to oppose inappropriate devel-opment,’’ he said. ‘‘VCAT was sup-posed to be the cheap avenue of appealfor ordinary lay people without havingrecourse to legal assistance.’’

From March, fees to lodge an objec-tion with the tribunal are proposed tomore than quadruple from $322 to$1462 if the development is between$1 million and $5 million. By 2015that fee would rise further to $2014.

Developments that cost more than $5million will also go up to $1462 byMarch, up from $1290.

In 2011-12, there were 811 applica-tions lodged with VCAT from theFrankston municipality. Of these 55were refused and 90 lapsed or with-drawn. There were 53 appeals.

On average, application fees were$509, netting VCAT $412,886 overthe year — more than 15 per cent lessthan the previous year.

Frankston Council CEO DennisHovenden said any significantincreases in costs for lodging an objec-tion to VCAT would create a biggerhurdle to people exercising their rightto oppose developments in their neigh-bourhood.

‘‘The majority of appeals lodged atVCAT are by the developer or objectorseeking to review the decision made bythe responsible authority, thereforecouncil rarely has to pay the fee tolodge an objection, but instead mustfund legal representation whenever acouncil decision is appealed. Thesecosts can be significant,’’ he said.

‘‘The proposed fee increases willonly impact on council where it seeksto undertake enforcement actionagainst a breach of the planning per-mit or Frankston Planning Scheme. In2012, 60 planning applications werereviewed and no enforcement mattersthat escalated to VCAT.’’

Mr Wood said developers who con-tinually resorted to using lawyers hadmeant that the tribunal’s legal system,which was never meant to be user-pays, had became more costly overtime.

He blamed the discretionary natureof the planning system. ‘‘The cases thatgo to VCAT are the ones where thedevelopers are trying to push theboundaries.’’

But a spokesman for the Baillieugovernment defended the increasedcosts. ‘‘The previous Labor govern-ment failed to keep VCAT fees in linewith the costs of running VCAT,meaning that an increasing andunreasonable share of the costs of run-ning VCAT has been falling on tax-payers,’’ he said.

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during the school

holiday junior ranger

program run by Parks

Victoria. Children aged

6-12 are taking part in

the program, which will

run throughout the

school holidays. The

program has the dual

purpose of encouraging

children to discover and

learn more about the

environment and the

part national parks play

in protecting animals

and plants. For more

information, visit

juniorrangers.com.au

or call Parks Victoria

on 13 19 63.


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The Plumbing Clearance Centre is a family-owned and -operated business, started by husband-and-wife team Herman and Sherry Van De Beek. The business has rapidly expanded since it began eight years ago, changing with the times.

‘‘We have grown from what it was, and have diversifi ed a bit, so we now do water tanks as well as the renovation side of things,’’Mr Van De Beek said.The Plumbing Clearance Centre stocks a huge range of bathroom fi xtures and fi ttings and shower screens, with most well known brands as well as the budget end of the market.

‘‘We deal with Caroma Dorf and Clark, as well as Marble Trend, a well known brand of shower bases and shower screens,’’Mr Van De Beek said. ‘‘We cater for the do-it-yourself person and also have a list of tradesmen if customers need help.’’The showroom has everything on display for tradies and the ‘do-it-yourselfer’to look at.

‘‘We are a one-stop shop for your bathroom makeover. Whatever your budget, we can save you even more,’’Mr Van De Beek said.

The Plumbing Clearance Centre is open seven days a week: 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm Saturday and 10am-3pm Sunday. The showroom is at Unit 10, 684-700 Frankston-Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs.

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Court action againstrate defaulters risesBY LEE OPITZ

FRANKSTON Council took legal action against442 residents over unpaid rates in the 2010-11financial year — the second highest number inthe state, according to a recently released report.

The City of Casey took action against 760 ratedefaulters — the biggest number of any municip-ality.

The figures were released in Council DebtCollection: Alternatives to Suing, a report by theFederation of Community Legal Centres andFootscray Community Legal Centre.

The report showed that the state’s councilscombined sue about 6000 people a year overunpaid rates.

The number of claims has tripled over the pasteight years. with 15 of the top 25 most prolificlitigators for debt claims under $10,000 found tobe councils.

The number of people Frankston Council hassummonsed to recover unpaid rates rose from 90in 2003-04 to 442 in 2010-11.

The council’s chief executive Dennis Hoven-

den said the report’s figures did not matchinternal records.

Dennis Milthorpe, manager of Footscray andWyndham Legal Centre which co-wrote thereport, said all the figures were obtained from theDepartment of Justice, which compiled a list ofall summonses issued by every council over thattime period.

He said the figures were checked and approvedby ‘‘various people’’, including the MunicipalAssociation of Victoria, and he was ‘‘prettyconfident’’ they were correct.

The report found that legal costs and court feesfor small debt matters typically exceeded $650and often made up a significant proportion of theoriginal debt of unpaid rates and, in some cases,exceeding them.

It concluded Victorian councils were rushingunfairly to pursue legal action despite theexistence of effective alternative paymentstrategies, and the impact of legal action ondisadvantaged ratepayers.

Mr Hovenden said the council would reviewits financial hardship policy this year.

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businesses and visited a car dealership and mechanic’s workshop. The Link Employment and

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to inspire children to think about career opportunities.


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Thought provoking: Baldrick Buckle creates anemotive sand display to raise awareness of youth

homelessness in Frankston.

Sands of time highlight homeless plightBY SAMANTHA ROBIN

FREELANCE artist Baldrick Buckle has createda poignant sand installation at Bayside shoppingcentre to raise awareness of youth homelessness.

Reachout to the homeless, which depicts ahomeless girl begging for money, is an extensionof the Sand Sculpting Australia event on theFrankston Waterfront.

Buckle spent five days completing the artwork,made from computer-generated stickers andcoloured sand to create a 3D illusion.

The versatile international artist also createdsand sculptures for this year’s display on thewaterfront in keeping with the event’s Under theSea theme.

Buckle said youth homelessness was animportant issue to highlight. ‘‘It is very importantto raise public awareness about how bad thesituation is,’’ he said.

‘‘It is an apparent problem but I don’t thinkpeople understand how severe the problem is.’’

When viewing the display, people can make adonation to The Salvation Army to assist home-less youth in Frankston and on the MorningtonPeninsula.

Buckle said he had received a lot of positivefeedback from passers-by.

‘‘Lots of people came up to me and told mehow important they think it is to tackle thisissue.’’

Not restricted to sand, Buckle has used avariety of mediums to create art pieces includingice, snow and even chocolate.

He is also the world record holder for creatingthe largest cheese sculpture, which weighed in at1100 kilograms.

‘‘I’ve been an artist all my life. There are loadsof good parts of the job, especially the com-munity atmosphere among the sand sculptors.

‘‘There aren’t many people who do it full-timeso we all know each other and get along reallywell.’’

Reachout to the homeless is at Baysideshopping centre until January 27. SandSculpting Australia presents Under the Seaon the Frankston Waterfront until April 28.


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Sunday 20th January 2013

The best way to prepare for this fi re season is to stay informed

and plan to leave early, before you see smoke or fi re.

Plan to leave early:

üTalk to everyone you live with so you all know when you’re

going to leave and where you’re going to go if a fi re starts.

üPack a relocation kit with important documents and

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üOn high-risk days, check Fire Danger Ratings and fi re

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Don’t wait and hope for the best. Visit the CFA website to fi nd

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The value of readingtogether made easy

Telling tales: Hazel Edwards reads to Kaitlyn, Jesse and Sonny at the Frankston Toy Library. Picture: Gary Sissons

BY ALECIA PINNER

THE new year has been full steam ahead forvolunteers at the Frankston Toy Library, with theorganisation set to launch two major programsby March.

Last Thursday, the library opened a new liter-acy program, Read Together, which staff hopewill encourage parents to read to their children.

Volunteers laminated stacks of quality second-hand children’s books and sorted them by theme.The books were then placed into hundreds ofbags for members to borrow from the FrankstonToy Library and Seaford Junior Library.

Toy library president Sandi Walters said sort-ing by topic would make borrowing easier forfamilies.

Categories include dinosaurs, Australian,alphabet, counting, shapes, colours, new babyand disabilities as well as parental referencebooks about toilet training and sleeping.

There’s a Hippo on Our Roof Eating Cakeauthor Hazel Edwards was on hand to read tochildren at the launch.

“I am honoured to be involved in the launch ofthis wonderful new literacy program. Childrenwho read regularly or are read to have longerattention spans and become better problemsolvers,’’ she said.

In March the toy library will expand its educa-tion section to include special needs.

Ms Walters said the section would assist thedevelopment of children with special needs suchas autism, Asperger’s syndrome, cerebral palsy,hearing loss, blindness and Down syndrome.

‘‘We hope to allow parents easy access to toysand resources that are suitable for their childrenwithout them having to incur an enormous coston the family,” Ms Walters said.

Both programs were paid for by council discre-tionary funds and donations from the localcommunity and organisations.

The Frankston Toy Library is openThursday and Friday from 10am-4pmand Saturdays from 10am-5pm at20 Ebdale Street, Frankston.Details: frankstontoylibrary.org.au.


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Tips on health, safety will make you appyBY SANDRA BULL

Health aware: Troy Westley, pictured with his wife Lorna and six of their their seven children, keeps the family’smedical records up to date. Picture: Daryl Gordon

DEDICATED dad Troy Westley’s concern for hisfamily has resulted in an innovative free app tohelp people protect their loved ones — and them-selves.

‘‘CareMonkey is like the Facebook of familyhealth and safety, but more secure,’’ the Mt Elizaresident said. ‘‘Our mission is to make peoplesafer by sharing health information.’’

Mr Westley was running the Victorian regionof Google ‘‘when I realised I wasn’t doing a goodjob of looking after my family’’.

‘‘I was going through the filing cabinet at homeand pulled out my stepson Taylor’s asthma plan.I thought what’s the use of it being there, itshould be given to people who may need it,’’ hesaid.

Mr Westley and wife Lorna have seven chil-dren between them, ranging in age from 19 yearsto 12 months. One of them, Bailey, 13, has fourallergy triggers, including penicillin.

By storing Bailey’s health details in CareMon-key’s secure database, they can choose to share itwith people who may need to know about hisallergies.

While not a full health history, key informa-tion such as allergies, medication, safety alerts

and instructions, emergency contacts andimmunisation records can be stored and sharedwith people who may need these details in anemergency, such as sports coaches, colleagues,parents holding sleepovers and schools.

People without health conditions can stillbenefit from the web-based technology. A keencyclist, Mr Westley rides weekly with a group offellow enthusiasts.

‘‘I realised if there was an accident, none ofthem would know who to call.’’

Many families with elderly parents also usedthe free service to keep track of often-changingmedication and medical conditions.

Mr Westley said the Australian Lung Founda-tion, Cystic Fibrosis NSW, Asthma Australia,The Epilepsy Centre and Crohn’s & Colitis Aus-tralia strongly supported the benefits offered bysecure, easily shared information to trustedcarers and had signed up as partners.

People with asthma, for example, can scan andupload their personal asthma action plan as wellas an asthma first aid poster from Asthma Aus-tralia to assist carers in a crisis.

Details: To create a profile, go to caremonkey.com or download a free phone appfrom the Apple Store.


FEATURESTORY

Not quite on the MayanIt didn’t result in the end of the world as the Mayan calendar

predicted, but 2012 was none the less an interesting year locally.LEE OPITZ looks back at last year’s newsmakers.

Protective crew: Announcing the introduction of protective services officers at Frankston railway station werefrom left, Senior Sergeant Ian Shepherd, PSOs Fitzgerald Richard, Christopher Ball and Mandeep Singh andFrankston MP Geoff Shaw. Picture: Gary Sissons

JANUARYPassengers were left stranded at numerous

stops between Frankston and the MorningtonPeninsula over the holidays as buses reachedtheir capacity. A number of buses on the788 route from Frankston to Portsea were sight-ed with signs saying they were full and not takingany more passengers. The Public Transport UsersAssociation said the 788 ranked among the veryworst of all the 337 bus services in Melbourne.

Dealing with aggressive addicts, drunks, hoonsand brawlers is all part of day to day life formembers of Frankston Council’s Street Watchteam. A council report revealed the teamattended 48 incidents from September 1 toNovember 24 last year. The team was mostlycalled by traders to deal with groups of peopleswearing and drinking.

Frankston councillors vote to tell PeninsulaHealth that an ‘‘ongoing stream of negativeincidents’’ relating to Frankston Hospital werehurting the city’s image and Australian MedicalAssociation’s Victorian branch president HarryHemley described the hospital as a ‘‘basket case’’and urged people to avoid the hospital.Mr Hemley later apologised.

The Port of Hastings Development Authoritymeets for the first time to discuss Hastings’development as the second-largest container portin Victoria. The development will include newport facilities and infrastructure to movecontainers to and from the port.

FEBRUARYCommunity groups hope a new state govern-

ment plan will cut Frankston’s rising domesticviolence, which accounted for 40 per cent of alllocal assaults in 2010-11. As well as familyviolence and sexual assault, the state govern-ment’s three-year plan addresses cyber bullying,stalking, sexting and sex trafficking.

Mornington Peninsula Shire councillorsreluctantly agree to contribute $12,000 towardsthe cost of bringing two new unmarked policecars to Frankston after arguing it was not the roleof the shire to help out police or the City ofFrankston.

Almost 400 Rosebud residents sign a petitionto say they are fed up with poor internetconnection and mobile phone reception in thearea and Flinders federal Liberal MP Greg Huntraises the issue in Parliament.

Plans to expand the Yaringa Boat Harbour inSomerville are suspended while the federalgovernment considers the proposed develop-ment’s impact on the endangered orange-belliedparrot in the area.

MARCHHouse prices in Melbourne increase 147 per

cent in a decade and the cost of renting continues

to soar. The lack of affordable rental propertiesin Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsulameans people of all ages are finding themselvesfacing a housing crisis.

Frankston Taxis CEO Kevin Dunn says Frank-ston has become a ‘‘war zone’’ for cab drivers onFriday and Saturday nights and it was time theywere given the respect they deserved. Mr Dunnsaid drivers were at risk from a ‘‘dangerous’’ 5 to10 per cent of passengers who were under theinfluence of drugs and/or alcohol.

Somerville residents are disappointed andupset that the site of a war memorial in the townhas been sold to developers for a new Aldi store.Mornington Peninsula Shire Council sold theland for $750,000. Resident Leila Shaw said herfather, who donated the land in 1945 for amemorial, would be ‘‘rolling in his grave’’.

APRILWhile the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship

held in Frankston was hailed a success bycompetitors, motorists and locals slammedorganisers for the chaos it caused on NepeanHighway and Cranbourne Road, which wereblocked for the event. It was the first time the cityhad hosted the event.

A new skate park in Balnarring is in the pipe-line after a six-week consultation process. Threelocations were put forward as possible locationsand a Balnarring skate ramp will be an additionto another shire ramp at Mt Eliza.

Rob Thurley hands over the reins after33 years as a member of the Kananook CreekAssociation. The retiring president had been theface of the organisation for many years, lobbyingat a local, state and federal level to have thecreek’s potential recognised.

Olivers Hill residents watched in shock as partof a retaining wall under construction along astretch of the Nepean Highway in Frankstoncollapsed. Eddie and Anne Swan, who live on thehill overlooking the highway, described thecollapse as ‘‘like an atomic boom.’’

MAYSorrento residents write to Australia Post chief

executive officer Ahmed Fahour asking him tointervene and save the town’s existing post officeand stop a move to make it a licensed post officeoperating from another business such as anewsagency. Their bid fails.

Frankston Hospital gets a $40 million boost toits emergency department in the state budget.The budget also delivered $900,000 for planningwork at Mount Erin Secondary College and$1 million for Derinya Primary School to acquireland for future expansion. Seaford North andSeaford primary schools each received $875,000to refurbish learning areas.

Statistics show that ambulances have been

called to Frankston more often than any othersuburb in Melbourne for illness or injury relatingto the use of prescription drugs, often washeddown with alcohol.

Frankston councillor Glenn Aitken joins agrowing number of residents rejecting the stategovernment’s compulsory installation of smartmeters on their properties. The councillor putsup a sign warning installers not to put in a smartmeter on his Seaford premises.

Mystery surrounds the sudden resignation of

Frankston Council’s chief executive officer offour years, George Modrich. Councillors aretight-lipped about the circumstances of hisdeparture after 12 years of service with thecouncil, and sign confidentiality agreementspreventing them from revealing the motivationbehind the decision.

JUNEA feasibility study conducted by state Tourism

and Major Events Minister Louise Asher backs aplan by Mornington Peninsula Shire Councilto resurrect dormant submarine Otamaas a major tourist attraction in Hastings. It isbelieved the submarine has the potential togenerate more than $5 million a year as a touristattraction.

Traffic on the beach side of the Esplanade nearIan Road in Mt Martha is closed after a massivelandslide.

The federal government announces it willcontribute $13.5 million towards construction ofthe Frankston Regional Aquatic Centre. About300 people will be hired to work on theconstruction, which is due to start at the end ofthe year. Costs are expected to blow out to$50.3 million.

A functional brief for the development of thecontroversial Rosebud foreshore aquatic centreis passed at a meeting of Mornington PeninsulaShire Council. Councillors are divided 6-5 infavour of the $28.5 million project.

WHAT OF 2013?

Weekly reporter Alecia Pinner predicts the new

South East Water building will continue to be

an issue, as will the proposed McDonald’s

restaurant on the corner of Seaford Road and

Nepean Highway.

The completion of the rejuvenated Peninsula

Centre and watching how and if the opening of

Peninsula Link improves traffic congestion on

the peninsula will also be interesting, she said.

‘‘I think that a Frankston marina and the

electrification of the rail line to Stony Point will

become big issues, and school funding and

planning issues around Olivers Hill will no

doubt continue. It will also be interesting to see

how the new council settles in — they are a

diverse lot of personalities.’’


scale, but still a big yearLandslide: InApril, a retainingwall that wasbeing built toprotect OliversHill from landslipsuddenly gaveway, causingNepean Highwayto be closed off.The wall is stillunder repair.Picture: Gary Sissons

Winning shot: Weekly photographer Gary Sissonswins first prize in the action photography category inthe VCFL Community Football Media Awards for thisshot of Frankston YCW’s Ash Eames and Mt Eliza’sJames Clayton at last year’s grand final.

Twin win: Janice and Judith Smith were presentedwith Order of Australia Medals in recognition of their45 years as swimming officials. They werephotographed at Jubilee Park swimming pool byGary Sissons.

JULYA poll of Frankston shoppers showed that few

understood the carbon tax and how it wouldimpact them. Most expected all prices to rise,especially the cost of electricity, gas and water.Eating less and cutting back on entertainmentwere the best ways to save money, they said.

Hastings retailers are desperate for the Port ofHastings development to go ahead to inject aneconomic boost to the town. Western PortChamber of Commerce and Industry saysretailers are facing a hard time and many havealready closed.

Sorrento Sharks’ Guy Stringer runs out for his346th game in the Mornington Peninsula Foot-ball League. The 39 year old, who won the club’sbest and fairest the year before, puts his longevitydown to ‘‘a bit of luck and genetics’’. He reckonsthere’s another five years still left in him.

Family violence intervention order applica-tions received by local courts was up by 45.4 percent on the previous five years. Inspector JeffMillar of Frankston police said victims couldtrust the police to act to protect them and thatthey treated family violence reports veryseriously.

South East Water will shift its head office and700 staff to the Kananook Creek Boulevard in

Frankston. The move is viewed as a boon forlocal business but objectors fear the building willbe too high and affect Kananook Creek.

AUGUSTMore than 1700 Mornington Peninsula Shireresidents sign a petition raising concerns overescalating tip fees. A survey of tips in neighbour-ing municipalities showed that Morningtoncharged the highest fees for dumping a trailerload of hard waste.Florice Artis, 97, of Frankston South, Trudy Bul-livant, 90, of Rosebud, Keysborough’s Hazel Gil-lbee, 84, and Nancy Ayers, 89, of Glen Iris, set aworld set a world record at Frankston’s JubileePark Aquatic Centre. All members of Dande-nong’s North Lodge, the ladies became the firstteam with a combined age of 360 to complete the4x50-metre relay.While the true figure is unknown, cause of deathrecords suggest that a Victorian dies by his or herown hand at least every 171⁄2 hours, and anAustralian every four hours. The Weekly spoketo families affected by suicide and learned thatsilence on the issue was a huge problem.

SEPTEMBERFrankston YCW wins its third-successive

premiership, defeating arch-rival Mt Eliza by 10points in the MPNFL Peninsula League grandfinal at Frankston Park. With the match hangingin the balance, the Stonecats lifted in the finalterm with Ben Tellist and David Bodley leadingthe way.

Protective services officers begin patrollingFrankston railway station and surrounds. Thisbrings the number of PSOs patrolling 13 stationsacross Melbourne to 116.

A Hastings family is devastated to discovertheir pet dog dead, skinned and mutilated in thebackyard. Police determined there had been nocriminal offence because the dog had died before-hand and therefore there was no animal cruelty.

Frankston will get a new council chief execut-ive officer and resident when Dennis Hovendentakes over the reins from acting CEO JaneHomewood in October. ‘‘I encourage people tocome and meet me. It is important to get to knowthe community and I’ll be focusing on that for thenext six months,’’ he said.

Chisholm Institute of TAFE will sack at least220 teachers and scrap courses including theFrankston-based professional writing andediting course following government fundingcuts. The cuts coincided with the leaking of acabinet-in confidence paper from the state gov-ernment stating Chisholm’s Mornington Penin-sula, Cranbourne and Bass Coast campuses wereat risk of closing this year and that Chisholm hadbudgeted to raise total tuition fees by 70 per cent.

Demolition experts move in to remove the lastof the salvageable items from the historic ArthursSeat lookout tower before knocking it down.Workers wasted no time in drilling into theconcrete-cancer riddled structure, built in 1934for the centenary celebration of Victoria.

A police station at Somerville is a step closerfollowing an announcement that the $10 millioncomplex will be built on the corner of EramosaRoad West and Coolart Road.

OCTOBERContentious plans to build an aquatic centre

on the Rosebud foreshore are up in the air afterMornington Peninsula Shire Council decides toinvestigate an alternative site. The backflipcomes after the shire makes a successful $5.1 mil-lion bid for a site next to the Rosebud library.

About 40 dock workers at Hastings were dealta final blow when they were told they would nolonger be needed after the last BlueScope Steelshipment on November 15. The news follows thesacking of 250 workers in October 2011.

A centre for young servicemen and women andtheir families will be up and running in Skye byFebruary. The first of its kind, the centre will bemanaged by Frankston RSL and open to post-1975 veterans who spent at least six months inthe armed services, not just those returned fromwar zones.

The state Ombudsman finds that FrankstonMP Geoff Shaw had used his taxpayer-fundedcar for commercial trips for his Carrum Downshardware business.

Frankston police district has come in seventhon a list of Victoria’s top 10 areas for hoondrivers. Since hoon laws were enforced in 2006,610 vehicles have been seized in the Frankstonarea and 351 on the Mornington Peninsula.

Some Country Fire Authority brigademembers believe cuts of $41 million in stategovernment funding will put local firefightersand the public at risk. There are 26 CFA stationsin Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula.

Briars Ward incumbent councillor LeighEustace is defeated in the Mornington PeninsulaShire Council elections despite having the thirdhighest count of first-preference votes, by25-year-old Andrew Dixon, who won on candid-ate preferences. Cr Dixon makes history beingthe youngest councillor ever elected in the shireand the first Generation Y councillor.

NOVEMBERImproving public transport links to the

Mornington Peninsula is vital if the area is tomeet future needs, a new RACV report states.Growing Pains states that at least $590 million isurgently needed to address transport needs in theFrankston municipality.

Plans for a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant onthe corner of the Nepean Highway and SeafordRoad are slammed by some Seaford residents dueto environmental, noise and traffic concerns.

Lynn Bowden takes on the top job onMornington Peninsula Shire Council after beingelected mayor. The Watson Ward representativeis now in her second term on the council. SandraMayer becomes Frankston’s mayor.

Devilbend Natural Features Reserve isofficially opened after years of hard work bylocal environmentalists. The reserve, formallyDevilbend Reservoir, has undergone a $1.6 mil-lion transformation funded by Parks Victoriaincluding new picnic and barbecue facilities.

Frankston’s spiralling number of familyviolence cases sparks the creation of a specialistunit. Just over 580 family violence incidents werereported to police in 2011-12.

DECEMBERDrawings of South East Water’s controversial

new headquarters in Frankston are released. The25 metre-high building will include five storeysof offices and three levels of parking and a publicplaza fronting the Kananook Creek.

St Anthony’s Coptic Orthodox College inFrankston North announces it will close its doorson December 14 after mounting debts force theschool into administration.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies at 103. TheMurdoch matriarch and Langwarrin resident isremembered for her generosity, wit, charm, com-passion and support of individuals and organisa-tions locally, nationally and around the world.

A power surge affects up to 10,000 homes inMornington, Somerville and Mt Martha, withmany appliances knocked out.

David Cassai dies after being punched outsidea Rye pizza shop. Police later charge three men.


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Top spot: Waiter Tessa Weadman enjoysthe view from Arthurs Hotel deck.

Haydn Godony visits a peninsula icon for a scenic dining experience

An iconic venue at the top of thepeninsula’s most prominentpeak, Arthurs Hotel now offers

a more family friendly format.“We see Arthurs as very much a

family venue and a local wateringhole,” new proprietor Matt Crosbiesaid.

“At the moment we are constructinga kid’s playground, so mum and dadwill be free to wine and dine while thekids play,” he said.

“There’s enough chefs’ hats on thehill, so we’re not going down thatpath. Our style is fresh and simple,using as much local produce as wepossibly can — with reasonable pricesto suit families.”

Mr Crosbie said ‘‘somethingspecial’’ would be offered each night,including trivia and wine nights.

Upstairs in the evenings, the restaur-ant’s style will be a little more elevated.

Downstairs the food leans towardtapas with plenty of local wines andboutique beers.

On the lower level, the rusticallyrenovated tavern bar and deck areashare the same glorious view asArthurs restaurant and features livemusic on Sunday arvos.

Head chef Stuart McKeon and souschef Joanne Scicluna present a menuof broad favourites, updated monthlyto follow the seasons.

Smaller dishes include spicy friedwhitebait served with Asian slaw andchilli jam.

Pan-seared calamari strips arepartnered with avocado salsa andcucumber salad dressed with balsamicand garnished with parsley.

Popular mains include pan-roastedsnapper fillet served on a thin bed ofcaramelised onion with eggplant thatis prepared two ways, chargrilled and

smoked, all topped with a buerreblanc butter sauce.

The slow-baked pork belly spends5-8 hours in the oven, depending onsize, simmering in a mirepoix ofonion, carrots, celery, garlic, clovesand bay leaves.

“Once the pork is cooked, we blendthe rich vegie mix and serve that as abase sauce for the meat,” says chefScicluna.

A salad prepared from shreddedapple, shaved fennel, rocket and redchicory is sprinkled with a sweetbencotto sauce.

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Activity day: Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre, 26 Mahogany

Avenue, Frankston North, has a children’s activity day for 3-7 year

olds from 10am-1pm Friday. Children must be accompanied by an

adult. Cost: $5 per family, lunch provided. Details: 9786 1445 or

[email protected].

Stamp fair: Peninsula Stamp Club has a stamp, coin and card fair

from 9am on Saturday in the Uniting Church Hall, corner Pt Nepean

Road and McCulloch Street, Dromana. Free entry. Details:

0418 322 315.

Belvedere classes: Activities at Belvedere Community Centre, 36

Belvedere Road, Seaford, include laughter yoga, fantasy cakes and

chocolate, first aid and anaphylaxis, genealogy and a State Trustees

talk. Details: 9776 8922.

Music meet: The People Place Music Club meets 1pm this Sunday

at 26 Mahogany Avenue, Frankston North. Details: 9786 1445.

VIEW club: Mordialloc-Chelsea VIEW Club will meet at 7pm on

February 5 at Patterson River Country Club, The Fairways, Carrum.

New members welcome. Details: Joy, 9798 4850.

Comic turn: Accomplished artist Bryan Baldwin will host a course in

comics and cartooning from 4pm on February 7, leading to an Easter

exhibition, at Dromana Community House, 15 Gibson Street. Cost:

$15 each week. Details: Michelle, 0466 332 316.

Zonta picnic: The Zonta clubs of Frankston and Mornington will

have a picnic at Cruden Farm, Langwarrin, on Sunday. Professor

Rachel Webster will talk about astrophysics. Cost: $50 prepaid,

includes catered lunch and afternoon tea. Details: 9786 6512.

Probus: Carrum Downs Probus Club meets at 10am on the second

Wednesday of each month at The Sands Hotel in Hall Road, Carrum

Downs. Activities include day trips and theatre visits. Details: Vel,

9770 0140.

Barefoot bowls: Yamala Park Bowling Club in Dunstan Street,

South Frankston, has barefoot bowls from 5.30pm on Friday. Cost:

$8, bowls provided, all welcome.

Learn bridge: Frankston Bridge Club has lessons for beginners and

intermediate players. Details: Lyn, 8751 3020.

Croquet lessons: Frankston Croquet Club is seeking new members

and offers free tuition on Tuesday mornings. Details: Angela,

0418 141 729.

Senior swim: The Frankston Fabulous Fifties Swimming Club meets

at Jubilee Park Aquatic Centre for aerobics and coaching for non-

swimmers and swimmers. Details: Joan, 9786 3775.

Check this: Chess players meet at Mahogany Neighbourhood

Centre, 26 Mahogany Avenue, Frankston North, from 2-4pm each

Tuesday. Cost: $4. Details: 9786 1445.

Chorus line: Southern Sounds Chorus seeks members who love to

sing. Rehearse from 7pm each Tuesday at St Jude’s Parish Hall,

Warrandyte Road, Langwarrin. Details: 9775 4464.

Drop in: City of Frankston youth workers are at Langwarrin

Community Centre each afternoon from Tuesday to Saturday.

Details: Brooke, 0439 351 43.

Dog walking: A dog-lovers’ walking group meets for friendship and

gentle exercise at 8.30am each Tuesday in Baxter Park’s leash-free

reserve. Details: Suzanne, 9789 8475.

Get InvolvedActivity: Add an exercise book to your shopping list and help

underprivileged children.

Details: UNICEF Australia is calling on all parents of school-aged

children to think about putting a school book, pencils and other

learning tools into the hands of the 61 million children who

missed out on school last year. UNICEF Australia CEO Norman

Gillespie said: “UNICEF is working in refugee camps outside of

Syria right now, setting up temporary schools and making sure

the resources are there to support learning. In stressful situations

like those children fleeing violence face, a classroom can provide

a small respite and a sense of normalcy, even safety for children.

When you’re buying school books for your children this month,

and helping them get ready for those first days of classes in 2013,

it’d be great to think you’ve also helped a child less fortunate than

your own to access an education that could help lift them out of

poverty, give them security and a better start to life.’’

Contact: UNICEF Australia sells pencils, exercise books, story

books, early childhood resources and portable School-In-A-Box

kits designed for up to 80 children. Education gifts start at $11 for

500 pencils. Go to unicef.org.au/Charity-Gifts/gifts-for-

education-play.aspx.

Experience Shakespeare: Outdoor Shakespeare company Ozact willperform Twelfth Night at 3pm this Saturday and Sunday at CoolartHomestead and Wetlands, Lord Somers Road, Somers. The wittycomedy is a moving kaleidoscope of mistaken identities and larger-than-life characters. Tickets: adults $33, concession $28, child $20,entry free for children under 6. Bring a cushion. Bookings:ozact.com or call 0419 330 516.

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The beach and station are an easy walk from this Seaford home

All the space and more

4 Martin Street, SeafordBedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 2Living areas: Open-plan kitchen and dining area, formallounge roomThe rest: Timber kitchen, wall-to-wall carpets, ceiling fan, gasheating, decked outdoor entertainment area, double carport,double garage, 893-square-metre blockPrivate salePrice: $450,000-plusAgent: Veitch Seaford, 9786 2933

Set in a convenient location, this property isonly 800 metres to the beach and a super-market and other shops, and an easy stroll

to the railway station. and shops.Established gardens surround the spacious

older-style weatherboard residence.On a large block of about 893 square metres,

the property also has a double carport and hugedouble garage or man cave.

The house is in a quiet street on a block thatwould appeal to developers or investors. Fourbedrooms and two bathrooms ensure ampleroom for all the family in this house with plentyof potential for renovation.

It has a timber kitchen with hotplates, a walloven and ample cupboard and bench space.

Next to the kitchen is a dining area and there’sa lounge room with ceiling fan and gas heating.

Outdoor features include a decked andcovered entertainment area in the hugebackyard.

Anyone looking for a good-sized block in asought after location will be impressed withthis Seaford property that offers a plethora ofpossibilities.

9786 2933113A NEPEAN HIGHWAY, SEAFORD 3198AH: Greg Veitch 0418 523 331

www.veitchre.com.auSEAFORD $249,000

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VOGUE VILLAOnly 5 years old this spacious 2 bedroom unit offering gas ducted heating, open plan living, kitchen with S/S gas cooktop, electric bench oven, dishwasher, master bedroom with WIR and split system airconditioner, ducted vacuum system. Lock up garage with remote. Own backyard. Handy to shopping centre and transport.

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COTTAGE WITH POTENTIAL!This 2 bedroom cottage offering lounge with gas heating and airconditioner, kitchen with WO & cooktop. Detached bungalow. Set on696m2 approx block suitable for dual occupancy S.T.C.A. Handy to shops and transport.

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STROLL TO BEACHThis modern 3 bedroom unit in block of 3 offers gas ducted heating, split system airconditioner, lounge, kitchen/meals with cooktop, bench oven and dishwasher, large covered pergola. Lock-up garage with remote. Located in highly sought after area short stroll to beach.

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DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL!Only 800 metres to beach and Woolworths and easy stroll to station and shops this spacious older style 4 bedroom weatherboard with double carport and huge double garage/man cave. Set on large 893m2 approx. block in quiet street. Suit developers or investors.

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DRESS ME UP!Located in quiet court only 700 metres stroll to station and handy to beach, shops and schools, this solid 3 bedroom plus study BV home offering polished floors, lounge, airconditioner, solid fuel heater, kitchen/meals, separate games room, large covered pergola. Carport plus lock up garage. Land 531m2 approx.

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28 AIRLIE GROVE

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!This charming 4 bedroom weatherboard home offering polished floors, lounge with split system airconditioner, family room with gas log fire, kitchen with gas stove and dishwasher, 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets. Large timber deck, double lock up garage. Lovely gardens. Set on 611m2 approx. block, handy to beach, schools and wetlands.

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Set among landscaped gardens, this quietsingle-level villa is at the back of a group of

four.The unit is in a sought after location within

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It is also a short drive to the Frankston CBDand beaches.

Features include a fully tiled entrance hall, twobedrooms with built-in wardrobes, and an open-plan kitchen with stainless-steel appliances,including a dishwasher.

Year-round comfort is assured with ducted gasheating and split-system airconditioning.

The central bathroom features a shower andbath, and there is a single garage and low-maintenance gardens.

The property is ideal for first-home buyers,retirees looking at downsizing, universitystudents or investors seeking a great return on alow-risk buying option.

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In a quiet court, this Seaford property is only700 metres to the railway station and handy to

the beach, shops and schools.Neat established gardens surround the solid,

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Happy birthday: Calvin Watson won the Jayco Herald Sun Tour at the beginning of the month. Picture: Kathryn Watt

Local lad takes tour titleBY BRAD McGRATH

FRANKSTON cyclist Calvin Watsonused his local knowledge to secure afamous victory in Australia’s oldeststage race.

Watson celebrated his 20th birthdayin the best possible fashion to overrunAaron Donnelly in the final93-kilometre stage up Arthur’s Seat inthe Jayco Herald Sun Tour on theMornington Peninsula on January 6.

The youngster, riding for Jayco-VISApollo, revealed after the race thatbeing cut from the national under-23squad at the end of last season hadproven the spur for his surprise victory.

‘‘I was fuelled by a bit of anger anddisappointment at being left out of thenational program, so I’m happy I canshow I’m a real force in Australiancycling,” Watson said.

“We came here as underdogs and wereally showed the guys we weren’t hereto mess around and the boys did a phe-nomenal job to look after me today.Without them, this victory wasn’t pos-sible.”

With his house just 15 kilometresfrom the finish line, Watson said pun-ishing twice-weekly sessions upArthurs Seat were the secret to his suc-cess.

‘‘This is my backyard and youcouldn’t ask for a better place totrain,’’ he said.

‘‘I knew the climb back to front and Iknew where I could ease off and whereI had to really dig deep and I knewevery corner and that really played intoour hands.

“We knew we had to put Donnellyunder pressure, so we raced for the winand that was our tactic and it paid offin the end because we got to thebottom [of the first climb] and Don-nelly and Josh were straight out theback. We knew we had to race aggress-ive in the wind, so it paid off.”

Watson finished 21st on the finalstage, but was a crucial 49 secondsahead of Donnelly, who battled

gallantly in 29th spot to hold on tosecond place overall.

New Zealand’s Josh Atkins, in thirdplace overnight, faded to finish in 40thspot, 1min 15sec behind Watson, butgood enough to fill the final place onthe overall podium in third.

The first four riders in the overallstandings are aged under 23, underly-ing the growing band of Australian

and New Zealand riders hungry forsuccess at this level. Since being cutfrom the national squad Watson hasbeen working closely with VIS coachDave Sanders in a bid to earn a recall.

As expected, reigning championNathan Haas (Jayco Australian Team)went on a small attack early in the raceto take the points in the first BudgetForklift King of the Mountain to

secure the polka dot jersey. Shortlyafterwards, the first major breakawaytook a stab at stealing the race, a groupof 14, including Australian stalwartStuart O’Grady, New Zealander JamesOram, and Bernard Sulzberger (Dra-pac Cycling) settling off the front.

The break established a maximumlead of 1min 47sec at 60km before anactive peloton began to break it down.

Moorooduc skipper’s double ton smashes recordMOOROODUC captain Bob Wilson became thefirst Victorian batsman to make a double century atthe Australian Country Cricket Championshipswhen he belted the South Australian bowlers inBundaberg on Thursday.

Wilson eclipsed Ben Walter’s Victorian record of169 from five seasons ago. His 201 not out came offjust 236 balls and including 26 boundaries and fivesixes.

The Victorians posted a mammoth 7-376 from 96overs before dismissing South Australia for 275 onFriday.

Wilson became just the third player at the carnivalto stroke a double century, with NSW’s Mark Little-wood (223 not out) and Glenn Grimmond (204) theonly two batsmen to sit above him.

Victorian coach and Mt Eliza ace Jason Matherswas full of praise for Wilson.

‘‘He was fantastic," Mathers said.‘‘It was a really smart innings.‘‘He went through some tough times particularly

when he was getting tired, and there was definitelysome peaks and troughs.

‘‘But he played some wonderful cricket shots, he

wasn’t slogging, and it was magnificent to watch.’’Mornington Peninsula’s Rob Hearn (19) and

Geelong’s Eamon Vines (24) navigated the new ball,the former departing in the 18th over, before Wilsontook control.

Vic Country was locked in a tense battle withCountry ACT on Sunday when The Weekly went toprint. The Vics were 2-29 chasing the ACT’s 193.

For a result and further updates from the Aus-tralian Country Cricket Championships visitfrankstonweekly.com.au.

Swimmeron songCASEY Tigersharks swimmerMatson Lawson beat a qualityfield to be crowned the 200 metresbackstroke champion at the Vic-torian Open Swimming Champi-onships at the Melbourne Sportsand Aquatic Centre on Saturdaynight.

The Langwarrin swimmershowed there were no post-Olympic blues, winning the hotlycontested event in a time of1 minute 59.64 seconds, almost asecond slower than the time heswam at the London games.

Lawson only had a short breakafter his Olympic campaign inAugust and has been in heavytraining for four months.

Tigersharks president AmandaKoukounaras said the whole clubwas proud of Lawson’s achieve-ments.

‘‘He’s a young kid who hadnever made an Australian teamand he should be really proud ofhimself,’’ she said.

‘‘He has been a great role modelfor the kids at the club.

‘‘The training squad look to himas the one who leads the squad.’’

Lawson trailed Ashley Delaney,who finished second in a time of2:0.64, at the 100-metre mark butpowered home to post an impress-ive victory.

Tigersharks head coach BenHiddlestone said his star chargehad been sleeping in an altitudetent in the build-up to the champi-onships in a bid to gain an edge onhis rivals.

Hiddlestone said they werehopeful of a quicker time butultimately weren’t fazed as theywere focusing on the Australianteam selection trials in May.

‘‘Matson had three weeks offafter London and it has been prettyfull on after then,’’ he said.

‘‘We wanted to go a bit quickerbut it’s still a pretty good time.’’

Tigersharks teammate JoshBeaver was absent from the titlesafter suffering a string of injuriessince Lawson narrowly beat himfor the second 200m backstrokeberth at London.

Fellow Casey swimmers MitchPratt and Holly Brettle were alsosuccessful at the championships.Pratt took a silver medal in the200m butterfly and Brettle gold inthe 400m individual medley.

Pratt is due to compete at theAustralian Youth Olympics Festi-val in Sydney from Wednesday.

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Sorras make short work of MountiesBY MORGAN COLE

SORRENTO crushed Mt Eliza in its first outingafter the Christmas break in an MPCA ProvincialShield match on Saturday.

Mt Eliza opted to bat, but the Sorrento attackhad no trouble dusting off the cobwebs againstthe undermanned Mounties first XI, who weremissing coach Jason Mathers and all-rounderJustin Grant.

The wicket of Mt Eliza’s Tim Strickland wasthe first to go. He fell for just five runs and cap-tain Lyle House and fellow opener Scott Tansleymade quick exits.

Suffering a complete top-order collapse Mt

Eliza stemmed the bleeding through middle orderbatsman Lloyd Gourel-de-Saint-Pern (26) andMatt O’Brien (43).

The damage came from Sorrento bowlerAJ King, who took the first three wickets of theday and earned praise from coach Nick Davern.

‘‘For us the highlight was AJ King’s bowlingtaking the first three wickets,’’ Davern said.

‘‘It was the best opening spell he has had forus.’’

Once Sorrento had removed the middle pair,the Mt Eliza tail offered little resistance. TheMounties finished their innings 102 all out.

The premier batting line-up of Sorrentowasted no time as they chased down the slender

target Sorrento ran down the Mt Eliza total injust 16 overs.

Nick Jewell led the way with 59 not out andcaptain Anthony Blackwell chipped in with 26not out.

‘‘We trained pretty hard over the Christmasbreak and it was really good for our focus,’’Davern Said.

‘‘We have dropped that first match afterChristmas before, so it was a real focus to get offto a good start.’’

Mt Eliza captain House was disappointed withthe loss, citing his side’s top-order batting as amajor factor in the loss.

‘‘It was a pretty ordinary start,’’ House said.

‘‘We didn’t value our wickets.’’In other MPCA Provincial shield matches,

Long Island defeated Mooroduc by nine wickets,Long Island batsman Aaron Paxton productivewith 110 not out.

Mornington had no trouble against BallamPark, winning by eight wickets with BenClements making 135 for Mornington.

Crib Point defeated Mt Martha by 39 runs,after defending their meagre 133.

Baxter held off Peninsula Old Boys to win byfour runs.

The Old Boys fell short, losing their finalwicket in the last over.

Rye defeated Heatherhill by five wickets.

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Islandersfall shortFRENCH Island fell short ofits second victory, goingdown to Pearcedale in theirMPCA Sub District Shieldmatch on Saturday.

French Island took to thecrease first and got limitedoutput from its top order, los-ing captain and opening bats-man Matt Sparks for one.

The Islanders appeared tobe in trouble at 6-74, but tail-ender Jacob King stepped inwith a half-century, breathinglife back into the innings.

Tom Sullivan chipped in a21 to help nudge FrenchIsland up to 174.

Pearcedale responded tothe challenge set down byFrench Island in its firstinnings.

Matt Cousland (57) andShayne Gillings (20) formedan early partnership.

David Brabazon (39) washandy at the crease late in theday, helping get Pearcedaleacross the line. But Pearce-dale needed the full 40 oversto win by four wickets.

In other Sub District Shieldmatches, Skye easily accoun-ted for Carrum Downs with asix-wicket win.

Tyabb held off Dromana towin by 36 runs.

The Seaford Tigersdefeated Tootgarook by threewickets, Tigers batsman Ash-ley Phillips finishing with 95.

Red Hill defeated fellowfinals contender Balnarringby six wickets, former Vic-torian all-rounder SimonDart making 80.

— Morgan Cole

Back on song, Braves breeze past FlindersBADEN Powell kick-started the second half of its sea-son with a crushing 104-run win over Flinders in anMPCA District Shield match at Overport Park onSaturday.

The Braves’ recently promoted opener Elia Cartercontinued with his good pre-Christmas form by hitting56 off 51 balls.

Carter had made the position his own with a spark-ling 107 before Christmas.

Braves Captain Rhys Elmi was pleased by Carter’sperformance. ‘‘He is a really clean striker of the ball. Heperformed really well before the Christmas break so wegave him a go.’’

Baden Powell batted efficiently with Travis Keller-man (42) slowly finding his feet after sitting out last

season. ‘‘Travis got off to a bit of a slow start this sea-son,’’ Elmi said. ‘‘He’s picked up a bit of form throughthe Twenty20 matches, so it was good to see him scorea few.’’

Flinders bowler Max Royal had one of his bestreturns for the season, taking the wickets of BadenPowell’s top three.

But after bowling well to restrict Baden Powell to174 from their 40 overs, Flinders was disappointing inits run chase. It lost openers Tim Clarke (1) and Bren-nan Gillies (7) cheaply and things never improved. Thevisitors were eventually bowled out for 70.

Nathan Hunt was the most effective for Flinders, fin-ishing with 12 before his day was ended by Bravesbowler Beren Hamill.

Hamill took the first three wickets of Flinders’innings in an impressive performance.

In other District Shield matches, Carrum survived thepunishing Hastings attack to win by five wickets.

Langwarrin suffered its first defeat for the season atthe hands of Delacombe Park by seven runs, both sidesplaying out the full 40 overs.

Boneo enjoyed a five-wicket win over FrankstonYCW.

Seaford had a nine-wicket victory over the Pines.Main Ridge defeated Somerville by five wickets,

Main Ridge making the most of its 40 overs with PeterMereszko (102) and Gareth Wyatt (80) both product-ive.

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