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HORSETALKTHE ART OF PUPPETRYBY MYKE BARTLETT

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MIDDLE PARK’S Matthew Fagan has appealed to Heritage Victoria for help to save a 100-year-old palm tree in his front yard from the chainsaw. Electricity company CitiPower has notifi ed the Canterbury Road resident it intends to chop down the towering Phoenix canariensis to comply with stringent new bushfi re regulations. But Mr Fagan says the tree is “an icon of the city” and should be saved. � REPORT P5

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INSIDEFOR THE BIRDSSt Kilda’s penguin colony is under close watch as a multi-million dollar harbour upgrade gets underway� PAGE 4

SAY CHEESESisters Sabrina and Katia Capodoccio are bringing age old traditions of Italian cheese-making to St Kilda� PAGE 13

SPORTOur round-up of local sport, including results from the weekend’s games� PAGE 22

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Sustainability Community Action Network

The City of Port Phillip invites you to the second Sustainability Community Action

Network (SCAN) function.

Meet passionate people in our community who care for our environment, share your

ideas and socialise. Find out about local groups and their projects.

Please join us at

St Kilda Town Hall, 99a Carlisle St, St KildaThursday 28 February 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

RSVP by Tuesday 26 February.

To book your ticket, go to scan.eventzilla.net or

call 03 9209 6548.

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The Father Bob Maguire Foundation is marking its 10th year helping disadvantaged youth stay at school. Itsfounder ‘retired’ from the priesthood a year ago, but after a recent illness is back with the community he loves

NEWSMAKER

FATHER BOB MAGUIRE, 78WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PORT

PHILLIP: It’s multicultural insocio-economic terms – you’vegot the very poor, working poor,students, the indigenous.WHAT I WOULD CHANGE: Theimpossible thing would be to re-establish the separate identitiesof the three parts of Port Phillip –St Kilda, South Melbourne andPort Melbourne.

PROFILE

Ihave got a silly saying that weshould Occupy Catholicism, thatthe younger generations should

insert themselves and make sure thebosses can’t kid themselves.

We should spend less timeworrying about the Romafiles –those in love with the Romans – andmore time being fascinated with thepotential for the 20-somethings tore-create Catholicism as aphilosophy and spirituality insteadof ritualising and moralising.

The Pope says he’s tired but Isuspect there’s more to it.Appointing his replacement won’tbe as simple as it looks. They’ll picka bloke who will be a shop-frontPope.

I came to South Melbourne fromthe army in 1973. I got here onSeptember 14 and Pat Shannon(Painters and Dockers Unionsecetary) was shot in the DruidsHotel not long after. I just came fromthe bloody army and I come hereand a man’s shot. We continued tobury several secretaries of thePainters and Dockers.

That started a long involvementwith the outsiders. It ended with mebeing thrown out because in 30years the Roman church changedthe culture from ‘‘welcome to theoutsiders’’ to ‘‘welcome to theinsiders’’. We knew that even theelite in St Kilda were friendly withthe outsiders; there was constantfriction but they learnt to get along.

Port Melbourne and SouthMelbourne, because of publichousing, was a hot-bed for thepsycho-socially challenged. .Wedecided that instead of beinguninterested spectators we shouldsee if we could help.

We set up Open Family in 1978.After 15 years I started the EmeraldMission, which is still alive and well.They were founded to take care ofthe unloved and the unlovely.

In 2003 I created my foundation. Iwanted something that would beinterventionist and proactive,which we never had time for beforebecause we spent our time lookingafter the casualties.

We decided to help look aftersurvivors of institutional criminalityand exploitation.

We help public housing teenagersstay at school at all costs. We pay forthe fees, for uniforms and anythingelse they need. The foundation hadto be started because we couldn’trely on the church because of thechange in Catholic culture.

They say I’m more grumpy thanusual. I’m not grumpy. I’m trying tobe efficient because I’ve got to get asmuch done in the time I’ve beengiven. It’s urgent. If we don’t givekids urgent intervention, they’ll goover to the dark side.

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VOX POP DO YOU KNOW THERE IS A NEW PARK JUST BEHIND THE CLARENDON STREET SHOPS AND WOULD YOU USE IT?MATT KANE, South Melbourne,

Yes, I know of the park. It’s not exactly anobvious spot for a park, I guess, but Ithought it was kind of cool, actually. Youcould have a group of friends meet thereand the table tennis is a great idea.

MARK GODFREY, South Melbourne,

I didn’t know it existed. Probably wouldn’tuse it. I didn’t know it was there.

CAROLYN BAYER, South Melbourne,

That’s all new. I didn’t know there was atable tennis table here. I’ll have to godown and have a look. I would use it, yes. Ithink it’s a good idea.

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Park sparks‘vagrant’ fearsBY LAURA BANKS

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PORT PHILLIP council has spentmore than $1.25 million creating apark in the backstreets of South Mel-bourne which has been branded awaste of money and a magnet forvagrants.

The park, in Emerald Hill Placebehind the Clarendon Street shops,can’t be seen from the street andmany residents and traders areunaware of its existence.

Ratepayers questioned the coun-cil on its rationale for creating thepark at last week’s council meeting,claiming the secluded area wouldattract drug dealing and illicitactivity.

The park is in a former car park at25 to 36 Emerald Hill Place, previ-ously owned by the Department ofHuman Services. The councilbought the 18-space car park for$1.25 million last September and

has spent $20,000 converting it intoa park, with synthetic grass, parkbenches and a table tennis table.

On two separate visits to the park,RL witnessed a dishevelled man as-leep on one of the benches.

Port Phillip mayor AmandaStevens said the park was a tempor-ary installation and community con-sultation would be undertaken todetermine the future of the site,with a view to creating a permanentpark. She said the council had notreceived any reports of vagrants inthe park.

“With increased density of resid-ential development in the city, theprovision of open space is criticalfor liveability,” Cr Stevens said.

“We utilise as much availablespace as possible to provide a widerange of open space opportunitiesfor the community and this includesroad closures in Foote Street,medians within roads in DanksStreet, and parks off laneways inAshworth Street.”

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The fifth annual Homeless World’sLongest Lunch will take over LunaPark on March 1. For $50, good-hearted gourmands can enjoy atantalising lunch devised byrestaurant luminary Guy Grossi, withmoney raised going to St Kilda YouthService. The lunch, held inconjunction with the Melbourne Foodand Wine Festival, will be prepared bymore than 100 hospitality students.Last year’s event satisfied theappetite of more than 150 diners.For more information, visitmelbournefoodandwine.com.auand click on March 1 in theevent calendar.

Festival fansplease policeBY BEAU [email protected]

POLICE have praised St KildaFestival revellers for their goodbehaviour and say alcoholrestrictions helped to limit thenumber of offences over thenine-day event.

The largest free street festivalin the southern hemisphereattracted an estimated 400,000people from February 2 to 10.

Fifteen people were arrested,including nine for being drunkin public. One person received acaution for cannabis possession.

Inspector Paul Breen said itwas generally a ‘‘well-spiritedcrowd”.

He said the success had a lotto do with strict alcohol bans.

“There’s no doubt in my mindthat much of our public orderissues are driven by alcoholconsumption,’’ he said.

Police seized more than 300open containers of alcoholduring the festival, which is adry zone except on FestivalSunday when alcohol is allowedin some licensed areas.

Police issued 25 penaltynotices and five infringementnotices for antisocial behaviour,public drunkenness andcarrying alcohol in opencontainers. Fines for theoffences are up to $704.

Ambulance Victoria treated19 people on Festival Sunday, 15of whom went to hospital.

Port Phillip council issuedabout 1070 fines on FestivalSunday, mostly for parkingacross driveways in permitzones. The fines are expected togenerate about $90,000.

Penguins safe in harbour overhaulBY LISA [email protected]

ST KILDA’S penguin colony is underclose watch as an overhaul of theharbour gets underway.

Work has started on the RoyalMelbourne Yacht Squadron’s$6.5 million extension of the StKilda breakwater, where a colony of1200 Little Penguins has been resid-ing between the rocks and attractingvisitors since the 1970s.

The upgrade is expected toprovide more penguin nestingplaces, as well as improving safetyand protection for recreationalboats in St Kilda Harbour.

Volunteer group Earthcare StKilda, which monitors the health ofthe animals, is keeping the seabirdsunder close scrutiny to ensure theyare safe during construction.

Earthcare St Kilda penguinresearch co-ordinator Zoe Hogg saida team of 20 volunteers had been

drafted for early-morning monitor-ing of the penguins.

‘‘We are going out at 6am everymorning to monitor the area inwhich the new rocks will be placedand we remove any penguins thatare still sleeping,’’ she said.

The squadron has scheduled theworks to avoid the penguins’ breed-ing cycles. Ms Hogg said she wasconfident there would be no inter-ference.

‘‘The breeding cycle won’t start

until August, so it will be unlikelythat construction is still underway,’’she said. ‘‘But if it is, we will cope.’’

A $7.5 million plan to create anew 250-berth marina facility is alsobeing done by the yacht squadronand Parks Victoria, with the stategovernment injecting $1.2 millioninto upgrade works at St Kilda Pieras part of the project.

Those funds will be used torenew the timber jetty leading to themarina.

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Port Melbourne, Elwood among the leaders in apartment pricesBY BEAU [email protected]

APARTMENTS in Port Melbourneand Elwood are among the mostexpensive in metropolitan Mel-bourne, according to the latest RealEstate Institute of Victoria figures.

Both suburbs were in the top 10on the REIV’S most expensive sub-urbs list for buying an apartment or

unit, ranking third and ninthrespectively.

The figures show that in the threemonths to December, the medianprice rose 2.8 per cent in Port Mel-bourne to $637,500 and 6.1 percent in Elwood to $562,500.

The median price in Melbournerose 4.2 per cent to $456,000.

The institute’s chief executive,Enzo Raimondo, said the number of

sales remained low across the boardbut demand had improved in theDecember quarter as a result of theseries of interest-rate cuts.

Seasonally, it was also a populartime to buy, he said.

“Underpinning this increase hasbeen an estimated 16 per centincrease in sales transactions in Mel-bourne compared to the Decemberquarter [in 2011],” he said.

“If improvements in confidencecontinue, 2013 will see improvedactivity and an increase in values.’’

St Kilda and Elwood were in thetop 10 for apartment turnover in Mel-bourne. Elwood’s pricing also put itsixth in Melbourne’s annual top 20growth suburbs, rising 9.2 per cent.

Unit prices in St Kilda and St KildaEast dropped by 5.6 and 5.7 percent respectively in the December

quarter, down to $450,000. Themost expensive suburbs for unitsare Abbotsford (median $1.1 mil-lion) and Brighton ($830,000). Themost affordable are Frankston($260,000) and Carlton ($342,500).

The median house price in Mel-bourne rose 7.8 per cent in theDecember quarter to $555,000.There were too few sales in PortPhillip for accurate data.

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Battle to savehistoric palmBY LAURA [email protected]

A MIDDLE Park man is locked in abattle to save a 100-year-old palmtree in his front garden.

Matthew Fagan received noticefrom CitiPower last week that thePhoenix canariensis, which wasplanted at his Canterbury Roadproperty in the 1890s, was ear-marked for removal to comply withbushfire regulations.

Mr Fagan has submitted an applic-ation to Heritage Victoria in a des-perate bid to save the palm.

“The palm is an icon of the city,’’he said. ‘‘There are very few palmsleft. It really is a treasure.

“The (Bushfire) Act is inappropri-ate. They do not care that the treecannot ever touch their power linesor they could save the problem witha bit of insulation if they cared to doso.”

Mr Fagan said the contractors

doing the tree maintenance for thepower company were ‘‘cash cows’’.

Contractors are turning every treeinto a pile of cash,’’ he said.

A palm tree at 13 Canterbury Roadhas also been earmarked for removal.

Mr Fagan said he had spent thou-sands of dollars in the past decadeensuring the palm was preserved.

CitiPower spokesman DrewDouglas said the company notifiedMr Fagan the tree had to go to com-ply with Electricity Safety (ElectricLine Clearance) Regulations.

“If we just trim the tree it will stillimpede on the clearance space setby legislation,’’ he said.

‘‘The legislation has changed. Pre-viously you could allow for re-growth but now you can’t.”

Mr Douglas said it was far moreexpensive to install an insulatedpower line than to do vegetationmanagement.

Heritage Victoria did not respondto RL inquiries.

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Kakadu trek tosave childrenTIFFANEE Cook of St Kilda East isone tough cookie. After tackling –and winning – her first amateur box-ing fight late last year, the 29-year-old is training for a Kakadu trek toraise money for Save the Children.

“I wanted to take on a new chal-lenge and do something physicallydifferent with a bit more substanceto help people,” Ms Cook said.

“I’m very active and spontaneous.I can’t sit still. I’m always looking forthe next challenge.”

Ms Cook will trek and canoe foreight days in June and volunteerwith indigenous children.

Save the Children national com-munity engagement co-ordinatorJanosh Biczok said: “Participants willbe actively contributing to the frontline with early education programsfor the children of Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander communities.’’

Participants pay for the $2595 tripand raise $4500 to be donated tolocal programs for Australian chil-dren.

To help, visit savethechildrenfun-draising.org.au/tiffanee_cook.

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REPORT CRIME call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000

STREET LEVELCAR THEFT SPREEPolice believe a gang of organised thieves is behind a spate of thefts from cars that were reported to police in the week to February 13. At least 30 cars were broken into around South Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Albert Park and Middle Park over the seven-day period. Police said the locked cars, all high-end European models, showed no signs of forced entry. WANTED

Police are seeking public assistance to fi nd James Phillip Hale, who was allegedly involved in a stabbing in St Kilda in January, 2005. Police say Hale can be recognised by extensive tattoos on his arms, hands, legs and chest. He is described as Caucasian, 180cm tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. If you have information that may help to locate Hale, call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

REPORT CRIMEcall Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000

ST KILDAAbout 150 people were involved in a brawl in St Kilda on February 10. Thirty police offi cers responded to calls about a group of people fi ghting on the corner of Grey and Fitzroy streets about 3.40am. Two men and one woman were arrested for being drunk in public. One of the alleged offenders was also charged with assaulting a police offi cer.

may help to locate Hale, call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

ST KILDAA Balaclava woman allegedly abandoned her 18-month-old daughter near the entrance of Luna Park on February 7. Police allege the 35-year-old woman left the child at the theme park just before 5pm, before catching a bus. The child was taken into police care and has since been released to her grandfather. The woman is expected to be charged on summons with leaving a child unattended.

ST KILDAPolice shut down a private party at St Kilda Bowls Club on January 26 after a drug-related incident. Paramedics were called to the Fitzroy Street venue just after 7pm. A 25-year-old man and a 27-year-old man were treated at the scene. Both were taken to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.

SOUTH MELBOURNEA 56-year-old woman was the victim of a sexual assault in South Melbourne on February 12. The woman was attacked in a communal laundry at a building in the Emerald Hill Estate on Coventry Street about 6.30pm. She sustained serious injuries and was taken to The Alfred hospital. The offender is described as male, Caucasian, about 20 years old, with brown hair.


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Council helps toclose the gapBY BEAU [email protected]

ACTION PLAN: Amanda Stevens inCanberra

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THE City of Port Phillip was the onlylocal council invited to attend PrimeMinister Julia Gillard’s annual ‘‘Clos-ing the Gap’’ speech at ParliamentHouse earlier this month.

Mayor Amanda Stevens f lew toCanberra in the first week of Febru-ary to attend the event, which marksa commitment by all Australian gov-ernments to improve the lives ofindigenous Australians.

Cr Stevens said Port Phillip coun-cil was one of 40 organisationsinvited to present its ReconciliationAction Plan (RAP) following Ms Gil-lard’s speech. The council’s RAPincludes a series of guiding prin-ciples aimed at enhancing employ-ment opportunities for local Abori-ginal and Torres Strait Islanders, aswell as building awareness and sup-

port, and enhancing their culturaland economic development.

“I was delighted that the City ofPort Phillip was the only councilinvited to present our Reconcili-ation Action Plan,” Cr Stevens said.

“It shows our commitment toreconciliation is being recognised ata national level.”

Port Phillip was one of the firstlocal government bodies to offer anapology to stolen generations in1997.

■ FAMILY CENTRE TO OPENSt Kilda’s new integrated familyand children’s centre will beknown as Bubup Nairm(Aboriginal for ‘‘children of PortPhillip Bay’’) Family andChildren’s Centre following acouncil decision last week. Thecentre, at 99B Carlisle Street, isset to open in March.

■ CALLING FILMMAKERSYoung filmmakers areencouraged to enter the 2013Under the Radar filmcompetition. In its sixth year, thecontest gives filmmakers underthe age of 21 an opportunity tohave their work screened at theSt Kilda film festival. Details:visit http//:portphillip.vic.gov.au/under-the-radar.htm.

■ PLAN GETS GREEN LIGHTThe Emerald Hill masterplandraft was approved for publiccomment at last week’s councilmeeting. Communityconsultation will be held Marchto April. Details will be availableonline viahaveyoursayatportphillip.net.au.

Wheel deal at Bikefest

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Cyclists and families will converge on Bay Street when it’s transformed intoa bike hub on March 3 in celebration of the first annual Bikefest. The PortMelbourne Business Association initiative will turn Port Melbourne’s mainstreet into a two-wheeler playground including free bicycle valet, bicyclepolo, trivia, cycling performances and a bike photo booth. Port MelbourneBikefest is part of the 2013 Melbourne Bikefest, which runs over fourweekends. Details: visit melbournebikefest.com.au.

CROWD SURFING The 2012 St Kilda Festival attracted acrowd of 400,000 over its nine-day run.


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Former VicRoads safety manager Bob Gardner (pictured)is backing a push to impose stricter restrictions on windowtinting levels. Opposition transport spokesman Luke Donnellan is calling for new laws which would raise minimum lighttransmission levels to 70 per cent. Marcel Lema from the Beach Road Cyclist lobby group and Bob Gardner supportDonnellan’s argument. Mr Gardner opposed changes to state laws in 1998 which allowed windows other than the frontwindscreen to have a 35 per cent light transmission level. “It’s elementary that a lack of vision causes crashes,”Gardner says. Mr Lema says cyclists making eye contact with drivers is part of the “safety survival tool kit”.

Greeniesteed-offat courseBY ALANA [email protected]

AN ENVIRONMENTAL grouphas warned a golf coursedevelopment near the offtaketo Sugarloaf Reservoir has thepotential to affect the quality ofdrinking water for 1.5 millionMelburnians.

Planning minister MatthewGuy has approved anamendment in the Yarra Rangesplanning scheme, clearing theway for Eastern Golf Club torelocate and build a new courseat Yering Gorge. The decisionhas angered environmentalists,who have campaigned for thepast two years against the golfcourse, arguing there is a risk ofchemical run-off contaminatingthe reservoir’s drinking watersupply.

Friends of the Earthspokesman Anthony Amis saidthe location was ‘‘totallyinappropriate’’ for a golfcourse.

‘‘Not only does the site floodregularly as it is located on afloodplain, the course plans touse over 30 pesticides. Whywould anyone even entertainnotions of using thesesubstances in such closeproximity to a major city’sdrinking water supply?’’

Eastern Golf Club generalmanager Ben Telley said the $49million new golf course hadbeen approved by theDepartment of Sustainabilityand Environment andMelbourne Water.

‘‘On land that is currentlydevoid of vegetation, thedevelopment includes 11hectares of wetlands, 30,000trees planted and 400,000understorey species,’’ he said.

Mr Guy’s decision ends along-running process betweenthe Eastern Golf Club, YarraRanges Shire, residents anddevelopers. Eastern Golf Clubsold its Doncaster golf course toMirvac, but the sale was oncondition the club’s relocationplans were approved.

The shire supported theproject and asked Mr Guy tointervene after an underbidderfor the Doncaster site,developer Bill Boerkamp,appealed to VCAT.

Taxi rank ‘fail’ dismays tradersBY EDDIE [email protected]

CHAPEL Street’s 18 new taxi ranksare ineffective, unsafe and discour-age visitors to the area, traders say.

Their criticism came as tow-awayzones were installed at some of the18 rank locations last week, follow-ing reports from council officers ofcars parked in the unmanned taxiranks during operating hours.

In a one-month period, last Octo-ber, council officers issued warn-ings to 830 motorists parked in taxi

zones. From November last year toFebruary 10, more than 1100 fineswere issued for illegal parking in the18 taxi zones.

The owner of Katuk night spot,Simon Pratt, said handing out ticketsand towing cars deterred customersand created a negative impression ofthe street.

“They’re simply not working intheir current format,’’ Mr Pratt said.‘‘Parking fines and introducing tow-away zones will not aid their suc-cess.”

Mr Pratt said taxi drivers contin-

ued to be selective with passengersand destinations.

He wants the Victorian Taxi Dir-ectorate to make it mandatory fordrivers to stop at the ranks, oralternatively change the set-up toinstall three ranks at key ChapelStreet intersections, with super-visors on hand.

Nicole White, from Chasers night-club, said the venue was forced tointervene when cabs failed to stop.She said the ranks should be man-ned so ‘‘dodgy drivers” could beidentified.

Victorian Taxi Directorate assist-ant communications manager BobNeilson said he supported ChapelStreet’s taxi rank infrastructure, butthe directorate would not make itmandatory for drivers to stop at theranks.

He said there needed to be achange of behaviour by ChapelStreet patrons, which might taketime.

According to the directorate, farerefusal by a driver is an infringementwith a penalty of $300 and shouldbe reported.

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Free test drives are availablein the Holden Volt, MitsubishiMiEV or Nissan Leaf, with pre-registration required. Visitorsalso have the opportunity towin a ride in the Tesla RoadsterEV.

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■ PLAN AHEADReview Local tells us of the disputebetween Claremont and SouthportAged Care (CaSPA) and Too Big forSouth Melbourne in the building ofCaSPA’s new aged-care facility inSouth Melbourne (‘‘Truce won inaged care battle’’, RL, February 13).

We in Garden City PortMelbourne went through this withthem in 2005 when the City of PortPhillip planning department did notconsult with residents when it putforward the proposal and plans tobuild a large nursing home hosteland units on Garden City reserve.This also caused a resident backlashand a three-year battle to stop thehuge development on a BankHomes estate.

Will they never learn? People,including aged care residents, have aright to live in Port Phillip and whenplanning is done well, we all win.

Lois Daley / Port Melbourne

■ KILL THAT IDEAIn response to Desmond Bellamy(‘‘Choose Vegan’’, RL Letters,

February 6): my father has workedon the killing floor of an abattoir for40 years. Not only is he the mostgentle and kindest man I haveknown, he is hard working and alover of all animals – like most of hisco-workers.

To say abattoir workers tend to beviolent is a gross stereotype.

Sure, the work is not glamorousbut these workers pride themselvesin killing an animal as humanely andquickly as possible, not for pleasureor fun.

It is not a ‘‘dirty job’’ as you call it,but a clean and methodical task. Iurge you to visit an abattoir to gain adifferent perspective.

Caitlin O’Brien / Cheltenham

■ INTO BAT FOR BATSEven when faced with repeatedaccounts of shocking cruelty causedby fishing at the listed grey-headedflying fox colony in Yarra Bend inKew, the Victorian fisheries branchof the Department of PrimaryIndustries will not act.

The problem is that fishing in a

300-metre stretch of the Yarra inYarra Bend Park is seeing bats,some only a few weeks old, hookedin the face and body. Othersbecome tangled in fishing line andhooks and sinkers. Anglers cast outand hook bats that hang in treesover the river or leave linesdangling from branches in whichwildlife become entangled and die.

Animal advocates and wildliferescuers simply want fishingexcluded from this 300-metrestretch where the colony is located.

There is no downside toexcluding fishing from this smallarea. At most, it would entail a150-metre walk to fish safely.

In spite of numerous photos sentto DPI they will not act. If the DPI/fisheries, or indeed, theDepartment of Sustainability andEnvironment cannot evenundertake the most simple andcommon sense of interventionsthen it is hard to see why it, or they,exists.

Lawrence Pope / Victorian

Advocates for Animals

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QUOTABLETO SAY ABATTOIR WORKERS TENDTO BE VIOLENT IS A GROSSSTEREOTYPE.

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Mission: possibleWhat started out with lunch in a St Kilda priest’s home kitchen has grown into a local institution. SARAH MOORE visits the Sacred Heart Mission on its 30th anniversary

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It’s 2pm and although lunch is over, the dining hall at St Kilda’s Sacred Heart Mission is still buzzing with activity. Having

just served about 500 people a three-course lunch, the kitchen staff and volunteers are busy cleaning up and preparing for the following day.

Using 90 per cent rescued or donated ingredients, the kitchen staff have learned to be inventive with the dishes they create. Today’s menu of ham and vegetable soup, couscous bake or fi sh mornay, and yoghurt and berry cake wouldn’t be out of place on the menu of some of Melbourne’s best cafes.

The mission may be known as the heart of St Kilda, but the dining hall is the heart of the mission. Rows of vintage lampshades hang from the ceiling, and a painted red and black heart on the far wall is encircled by a collection of shiny trophies and team photos honouring the mission’s football team, the Hearts.

On February 24 the mission will open its doors to the public to commemorate 30 years since Father Ernie Smith opened the Catholic presbytery on Grey Street to the community and started a tradition of sharing lunch with hungry locals around his kitchen table.

When Father Smith, now 74, arrived at the Sacred Heart parish from Yarraville in 1982 he hadn’t encountered prostitution or drugs to the degree he found in St Kilda. ‘‘It was an active sort of place,’’ he recalls. ‘‘A lot of things were happening … there was a lot more street prostitution in those days.”

Father Smith invited newly graduated social worker Kate Wilson to work with him. In those fi rst few weeks they opened the doors of the church and private residence, and walked the streets talking to people “just to see what happened”.

“If anyone was around at lunchtime we’d have lunch in the little kitchen that was

there; that’s how it started I suppose,” says Father Smith, who is now retired from parish work but is a chaplain in an aged-care centre.

The presbytery’s humble kitchen quickly became a refuge from the street. But numbers soon outgrew the small kitchen table, swelling from six to 10 then 20, 30 and upwards.

“It sort of grew like topsy really,” says Father Smith, who realised then if he wanted to continue feeding a community hungry for more than just food, he would need to relocate. ‘‘The kitchen table is a really important part of family life,” he says

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“When things happen to families it’s over the table, over a meal and I thought we were going to lose that.”

A year later lunch was moved to the supper room in the adjacent hall where 80 to 90 people were fed daily. The numbers continued to increase and today 400 to 600 people leave with a full belly each day thanks to up to 30 volunteers.

The program not only offers a welcoming place to consume a free nutritious meal, it is serves as a gateway to Sacred Heart’s other services.

“The meal was the starting point for the care that took place,” Father Smith says.

“Through the meal you get to know people and get to know their story, what they’ve been doing and what their life is like. Once you establish some sort of relationship with a person you can start to work with them.”

The meals program is the most used of all the mission’s services.

“It’s quite a community hub of activity and relationships, so people can feel really connected to the place,” chief executive Cathy Humphrey says of the program known as the ‘‘engagement hub’’ by staff.

“When they need help it’s there on offer for them, or when they need help but might not recognise it yet, we’re already there.”

Stewart Weir, 65, has been frequenting the mission for a decade. He was retrenched from his job as a motor mechanic and used much of his savings caring for his ailing mother. When his mother died and his savings started running out Weir turned to the mission for security.

“When I fi rst started coming up here it was mainly because I was hungry,” he says. “And then after a short time it became a place for social things.”

Weir now swims regularly at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre as part of the mission’s recreation program, which offers a wide range of activities including golf, computer literacy classes, tai chi, mystery tours and basketball, cricket and footy teams. “It helps drag you out of the doldrums if you’ve got something to do,” says Weir.

Humphrey agrees: “It takes them out of the stresses of everyday life, because it can be quite challenging when you’re experiencing homelessness.’’

Peter Cullen, who went on to found the national organisation Reclink, became involved in the mission while training for

the Catholic priesthood. He established the mission’s recreation-based outreach program when working in its street outreach program in the late 1980s, building on the services established under Father Smith’s stewardship.

In the early 1980s Father Smith invited local outreach worker Cathy Stewart to work with him. Stewart soon started a women’s program, establishing a safe house and drop-in centre at Robe Street to provide respite from street life. Sister Rose Derrick began an art program and would wheel a shopping jeep stacked with art materials around the streets of St Kilda, visiting clients living in the mission’s hostels. In 1989 chiropractors Dein Vindigni and Michael Portelli established a clinic in the presbytery’s parlour. From these modest beginnings, Vindigni would go on to create Hands on Health, which delivers community health programs worldwide. “All the programs started with a couple of people having a go,” Father Smith says.

Today RMIT chiropractic students continue the tradition, offering their services to the mission’s clients. Clients also have access to natural and complementary therapies, hairdressing, massage, optometry, naturopathy, physiotherapy, podiatry and counselling from volunteer professionals. A GP and nurse clinic is provided in partnership with Inner South Community Health.

Father Smith was instrumental in setting up vital accommodation programs and aged care services for the St Kilda community. “When I arrived there were 142 rooming houses in St Kilda,” he says. “That was one third of all the rooming houses in Victoria.” Large numbers of people with mental illness

and disabilities were left with no choice but to stay in rooming houses, often in extremely poor conditions, after the closure of many state-run institutions.

After taking over a lease on a St Kilda rooming house, the mission received government accreditation as a hostel, which meant much-needed fi nancial support. A new hostel was then built on the playground of the recently closed Sacred Heart Primary School and another in the school building.

“All of these things started through an opportunity, or one person or from our awareness of particular problems and doing something about it,” Father Smith says.

“Opportunities came our way and when opportunities come, you respond to them.”

Father Smith says he always believed the St Kilda Mission was where he’d “stay and live and die”. But in 1998 he decided it was time to move on and relocated to a Collingwood parish.

“I felt I’d taken the church out into the world and it had become a very strong operation,” he says. “All the structures were set up in the beginning and it seems the attitudes we established way back there have prevailed right through.”

Sacred Heart’s accommodation services now house 83 people in residential aged care, 67 people in supported rooming houses and 11 in the women’s crisis accommodation service, says Humphrey.

Cheryl Grey, 63, started coming to the mission 10 years ago and says it’s been “a lifesaver” for her. ‘‘I was in a rooming house in a very bad place when I got to know the mission,’’ she says.

Grey has since worked as a volunteer at the mission and is a member of the client representative committee. “It’s been a haven,” she says. “I’ve got to know a lot of people now – I feel a part of the place. I’ve seen how it’s helped so many other people, too. The workers are very kind and gentle people.’’

In the 11 years since Humphrey joined the mission its budget has grown from about $4 million to about $14 million, derived from government contributions, op shop sales and fund-raising. Humphrey attributes much of the mission’s success to its 1000 registered volunteers – a diverse mix hailing from the local community, corporate groups and students.

Volunteers work across all the programs with the majority helping in the meals

program and at the mission’s seven op shops. “We’re very fortunate that we have such generous support from people,” Humphrey says. “We couldn’t do it without them.”

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To commemorate its 30th anniversary, the Sacred Heart Mission will host an open house next Sunday, February 24. Sacred Heart Mission chief executive Cathy Humphrey will welcome visitors into Mission House, the former presbytery, where staff and volunteers will show visitors through the dining hall, women’s house and hostel.

“We want people to come in, particularly from the local area who might walk past the mission every day and wonder what goes on in here,” Humphrey says. She hopes the open day will help demystify the mission by sharing its rich history and enlightening the public about its services.

The open house will be one of the last opportunities to see the dining hall, built in 1901, before renovations begin in March.

The state government, trucking magnate Lindsay Fox’s family and the Archdiocese of Melbourne have raised $1.2 million to fund the long-overdue renovation, which will include a full industrial kitchen, new plumbing and sewerage, as well as extra toilets, change rooms, offi ces and storage space.

Open-day activities include helping with meals preparation, memory tests, a pool competition and Devonshire tea. There will also be buskers, a sausage sizzle and screenings of the historical documentary about the Sacred Heart Mission, Bread and Blessings.

For the adventurous and curious the mission has set a challenge to fi nd the heart of St Kilda with a Race Around St Kilda. Registered teams will receive a set of activities and clues which will lead them on a journey around St Kilda to the Sacred Heart Mission at 87 Grey Street via sites with a connection to the mission. Gather a team of four, get your friends to sponsor you, follow the clues and discover the heart of St Kilda by opening yours.

The Race Around St Kilda will start at Catani Gardens at 12.30pm on

Sunday, February 24. To register visit heartofstkilda.gofundraise.com.au.

The Sacred Heart Mission’s open house is from 2pm-5pm.

Details: visit sacredheartmission.org.

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OPPOSITE: Visitors Stewart, Cliff, Leslie, Cheryl, Jenn and Maggie celebrate Scared Heart Mission’s 30th anniversary FROM FAR LEFT: Founder Father Ernie Smith in 2005; tables set for lunch; volunteers in the kitchen; Sacred Heart Mission’s chief executive Cathy Humphrey


LOCAL LOWDOWN

NOW AND THEN

Now a private residence within walking distance of the South Melbourne Market,

the two-storey building at 170-172 Cecil Street was originally home to the South Melbourne Mechanics’ Institute. The institute was established to provide education for adult workers, particularly those in the technical sector. Designed

and built by architects Knight and Kerr and completed in 1857 the building also housed Emerald Hill’s fi rst free library and was the site of regular public, municipal and political gatherings.

The building was sold in and in 1884 a new façade was erected.

Renamed Mayville Hall, it became a popular venue hosting dances for

1857 Built by architects Knight and Kerr1884 New facade erected1928 Italian Club Cavour takes residence

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MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE 170-172 Cecil Street, South Melbourne

the local community from 1905. The Italian Club Cavour then occupied the site from 1928 until 1980.

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Conversation Tents Have Your Say

HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF PORT PHILLIP

Come along to one of our conversation tents or take part in the online discussion

forum to share your priorities with us.

Your feedback will be used to help Council create the draft Council Plan 2013-2017.

Conversation tents – dates and locationsSaturday 23 February, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm at South Melbourne Market,

Cecil Street, South Melbourne

Sunday 24 February, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm at Rotary Fitzroy Street Farmers’

Market (corner Fitzroy Street and Lakeside Drive), St Kilda

Saturday 2 March, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm at Veg Out Farmers’ Market, St Kilda

Sunday 3 March 9.30 am – 12.30 pm at 161 Carlisle Street

(corner Woodstock Street, outside Priceline), Balaclava

For more information visit

www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

or contact Chris Sager, Council Planning

and Performance on 03 9209 6326.

LOCAL PROFILE

THE ITALIAN JOB: Sabrina and Katia’s cheese on show at Il Fornaio

Italian sisters Sabrina and Katia Capodoccio have inherited their grandfather’s

entrepreneurial spirit. In the 1950s Raffaele Palmisciano was the fi rst cheesemaker in the family’s hometown of Fossanova, a mediaeval village between Rome and Naples. Palmisciano saw buffaloes grazing in the lush pastures and, having learned the art of cheesemaking in Campagne, established the fi rst buffalo mozzarella factory in the region.

Sabrina and Katia continue the tradition as resident cheesemakers at St Kilda bakery-restaurant Il Fornaio.

It only took a fi ve-minute conversation with Il Fornaio’s front-of-house manager Luca Calcaterra – whose grandfather was one of Palmisciano’s fi rst customers – to convince the sisters it was time to spread their wings and leave their

mother and younger sister to run the family business in Fossanova.

“We are ambitious,” Katia says. “It’s a great experience and we wanted to start something here.”

Early recollections of taking bites straight from the bottom of hanging spheres of cheese in their nonno’s fridge – and convincing him a mouse was to blame – bring back warm memories, but cheesemaking was not originally the sisters’ chosen path.

In 1996 Katia was studying fi ne art in Bologna. Sabrina, an architect, was living in Rome, when a call from their grandfather brought them back to Fossanova. “He asked us to return to help him as the business was just too successful to run alone,” Sabrina says.

Since 2004 the Capodoccio’s buffalo mozzarella, fi or di latte, ricotta, mozza stagionata and pressato pontino have been

repeatedly awarded “Premio Roma” for the best cheese in Lazio, a region of Italy that borders Tuscany.

The sisters now dream of opening their own cheese factory in Melbourne with a shop at the front – just like their nonno’s. SARAH MOORE [email protected]

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SABRINA AND KATIA CAPODOCCIOAGE: 41 and 37.LIVE: St Kilda.WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT PORT PHILLIP: The people, the culture and the nature of St Kilda in general.WHAT WE WOULD CHANGE: Nothing, it is a wonderful mix.

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MONIQUE HODSON-SMITH (right)Lives: Originally Tasmanian but I just moved to St Kilda.Works: I’m a model.What are you doing here today? Hanging out with my twin sister and getting some food.Labels: My vest is from H&M, shirt is from Cotton On, my skirt is a friends, and my shoes are from Cotton On.Style: Chic with darker colours and a bit dressy.Style muse: Sass & Bide.

DANIEL CRAIG (far right)Lives: Brisbane, but I’m moving to St Kilda.Works: Area manager in retail.What are you doing here today? Grabbing some burgers at Grill’d with my girlfriend.Labels: My jeans are from Neu, shirt from Silent Theory, shoes are Converse, Kimono glasses and a Nixon watch.Style: Simple.Style muse: Whatever is easiest.

pumped down a plastic slope and participants use a modifi ed boogie board or surf board to ride the wave. Snowboarders or skateboarders should fi nd it a cinch.

The verdictMy two children were a bit hesitant to begin with. The water moves at a pretty rapid pace and there is a lot going on for the beginner. Thankfully there is at least one staff member each session patiently explaining the best way to get the most out of the wave. Eventually my children got the hang of it, and branded it the best experience of their recent holidays, conveniently forgetting Christmas.

The only gripe is that it took them almost two hours to have their allotted 10 runs, mostly due to selfi sh adults taking two runs in one go.

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“THERE WAS NEVER A SYRINGE PROBLEM AT ST KILDA BEACH TIL THE BOMBERS STARTED DOING THEIR RECOVERY SESSIONS HERE.”

St Kilda Beach /

Thursday afternoon

FlowRider is an artifi cial wave that provides a safe space for beginner surfers and boogie boarders and is also a great way for more experienced

surfers to expand their skills. A wave of water is

JAN FISHER goes with the fl ow with some simulated surfi ng at MSAC

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via the alleyway), Balaclava, call 9534 7250

This is soul food for hipsters. Vegan, organic, sustainable and nourishing, the meals at this cafe are also free from onion and garlic. Book in for vegetarian and raw dinners on Friday nights from 6.30pm.

MR NATURAL VEGETARIAN PIZZA, 223 Barkly Street,

St Kilda, call 9534 2542. A favourite with St Kilda locals, Mr Natural has been throwing dough since 1985. Animal rennet-free cheese as well as gluten-free and yeast-free bases make take-away night a rather guilt-free affair.

VEG OUT TIME, 63 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, call

9534 0077. Fresh and fast Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, Indian and Chinese vegan and vego fare. Order from the menu for a short wait or pick from the steaming ready-to-go dishes on display.

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FLOWRIDERMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 1 Aughtie Drive, Albert Park. Every day, 7am to 8.30pm, 10 ride or fi ve run tickets available. Details: visit msac.com.au/fl owrider.


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SEE: Check out Fringe Festival hit Cut Snake when it opens next week. Infl uenced by cabaret, slapstick, acrobatics and sock puppets, it’ll set your imagination free. From February 25–March 9 at 7pm, with a matinee performance at 11.30am on Wednesdays and Fridays. At Theatre Works, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda. Details: visit theatreworks.org.au or call 9534 3388.

COOK: Discover delicious delicacies at a French-Mauritian Cooking Workshop. It’s hosted by a native Mauritian, so you know they’re genuine fl avours. After preparing meals such as octopus salad, tuna vindaloo and sauteed eggplant, you can enjoy your creation. Bon appétit! Saturday, February 23, 10am-2pm, at Alliance Francaise de Melbourne, 51 Grey Street, St Kilda.Details: visit afmelbourne.com.au or call 9525 3463.

HEAR: The Eagles founding member Glenn Frey is heading to the Palais Theatre with the Melbourne Pops Orchestra for one night only. Frey has just released his sixth album After Hours. His Australian tour is taking him far and wide supported by special guest Ross WIlson and the Peacenicks. Friday, February 22, 7.30pm, at Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda. Details: visit palaistheatre.net.au

FEAST: Travel from El Dorado to Machu Picchu on a Conquistadors Food Adventure as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. This three-hour grazing experience is a 10-course feast of shared plates like arepas and empanadas. On Saturday, March 2, 12.30pm–3.30pm, at the Exchange Hotel, 39 Bay Street, Port Melbourne. Details: visit melbournefoodandwine.com.au or call 9810 0058.

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THIS WEEK MAKE SURE YOU ...

W hen Holocaust survivor Otto Frank found the diary of his daughter, Anne, he

couldn’t bring himself to read it. In time, he found the courage to open it, and then he couldn’t put it down. Realising the potency of her story, he decided the journal should be shared with the world.

Anne Frank’s story was just as compelling for Jayne Josem (pictured right), curator at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Elsternwick. For three months, the museum will host Anne Frank – A History for Today, an international touring exhibition developed by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

“It just draws you in,” Josem says of the story of a young girl and her family who lived in hiding for two years during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

“Even though she is a victim of the Holocaust, she has this voice – a voice that people engage with.”

The Diary of Anne Frank, a rite of passage for many young readers, recounts Frank’s teenage years hiding from the Nazis with her family behind her father’s offi ce before they were betrayed and sent to concentration camps. Otto Frank was the sole survivor.

WHERE Classic Cinema, Elsternwick WHAT This Is 40 (MA15+) WHEN 4.30pm sessionVOX POPCORN

DAVE SWEETINGLives: Brighton East,Worth the price of admission? Yes, I thought it was pretty funny. It was a bit deep, too, which I wasn’t expecting, dramatic at times and thought-provoking.Out of 10: 7 Favourite fi lm: Too many to pick just one!

ALEX VLAHOPOULOSLives: Noble Park North.Worth the price of admission? Yep, it was very funny and I enjoyed the acting in it.Out of 10: 8 Favourite fi lm: Scarface.

SAM WARRENLives: Highett.Worth the price of admission? Yes, it’s cheap Tuesday so always worth it. It is pretty good, got a few laughs out of it but wasn’t funny enough throughout for me.Out of 10: 6.5 Favourite fi lm: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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ANNE FRANK – A HISTORY FOR TODAYWhere: Jewish Holocaust Centre, 15 Selwyn Street, ElsternwickWhen: Until April 28Cost: $10 adults, $6 students and concession, $22 family groups (2 adults, 2 children)Details: visit jhc.org.au

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The exhibition expands on Frank’s diary, putting her story into context and aiming to expose the human consequences of persecution and war.

As well as providing the historical details of the Holocaust, the exhibition shows that Frank’s story of hope and resilience continues to have global and individual relevance today.

“Anne Frank puts a human face to an inhumane experience and tragedy,” Josem says of the enlarged image of the girl’s face that forms the fi rst panel of the exhibition.

The exhibition’s guides are from a pool of trained volunteers. Most are in their 80s, and were teenagers or young children during the war. Many survived the Holocaust because, like Frank, they were hidden or helped by non-Jews.

“They have a personal

connection to Anne’s story,” Josem says. “Hearing that fi rst-person story is an important part of encountering history.”

The guides want to help educate another generation about the importance of valuing and respecting differences.

“This is a unique time when it is still possible to hear from survivors.”

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CATCHES UP WITH FRIENDSCicciolina’s Back Bar on a quieter weeknight. Great ambience, lighting, wine list, and booths where you can lose yourself in deep conversation.

HAS A BIG NIGHT OUTA big night out would include live music for me, so I guess most often these days that would be the Corner Hotel in Richmond, one of the few remaining quality rock venues.

FINDS A BOTTLE OF WINESeddon Wine Store if I’m up for a trip over the bridge and looking for something special, otherwise I’ll nip down to Elwood Wine and Spirits.

BUYS SOME COOL THREADSI don’t have a particular favourite store, I wander through local op shops and vintage stores if I’m looking for something funky or unique. I tend to do more clothes shopping when I’m on tour.

Where I goEasy Fifteen 15 Ormond Road, Elwood. Call 9531 7151Bala’s Cafe 1C Shakespeare Grove, St Kilda. Call 9534 6116Grumpy Swimmer 110 Ormond Road, Elwood. Call 9525 7488 Cicciolina Back Bar 130 AclandStreet St Kilda. Call 9525 3333Corner Hotel 57 Swan Street Richmond. Call 9427 9198Elwood Wine and Spirits 33 Ormond Road, Elwood. Call 9531 8555

ODE TO MY SUBURBLongtime Elwood resident and musician PENNY HEWSON tells us where she ...

GETS A GREAT BREAKFAST Easy Fifteen on Ormond Road. Best scrambled eggs ever. I can’t for the life of me fi gure out what the secret ingredient is.

PICKS UP TAKEAWAYBala’s off Acland Street. It’s an institution. Butter chicken doesn’t get any better. Or Cleo’s Deli for dips, cheeses, meats, and nice fresh fi sh on the weekends.

HAS AN EXERCISE FIXI’m lucky enough to live across the road from Elwood Beach where the running path beckons, or occasional laps of Elsternwick Park if I want to avoid the summer crowds.

BUYS A LAST-MINUTE GIFTI can always fi nd something interesting in one of the gift stores along Ormond Road in Elwood, or The Grumpy Swimmer bookstore. Or Pure Pop Records in Barkly Street, or Readings, St Kilda.

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HAVE YOUR SAY ON SPORT AND RECREATION IN THE CITY OF PORT PHILLIP

The City of Port Phillip is developing a new Sport and Recreation Strategy to

guide the planning and delivery of sport and recreation activities and services

over the next ten years.

Council is currently undertaking consultation with the community to fi nd out

more about recreational habits, participation trends and how local spaces

and facilities are used by individuals, sports groups and the local community.

We would like to hear about your experiences of sport and recreation in

the City of Port Phillip. What sport and recreation activities do you enjoy?

Which services and facilities do you use? How can sport and recreation

opportunities be improved?

Your feedback will help inform a draft Sport and Recreation Strategy and

assist in the development of sport and recreation opportunities in the future.

For more information and to complete the survey

visit www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

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LOCAL SCENE

After a year in which its future has been hotly debated, Australia’s largest free party,

the St Kilda Festival, celebrated its 33rd year with a huge, well-behaved crowd lapping up some of Australia’s biggest acts. Here’s to 33 more years, at least!

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT

Nathan and Julia Reynolds hugged the foreshore, and new addition to their family, three-month-old Harley.

Clea Haarburger, Jenn Malka and Kara Haarburger were as colourful as their facepaint suggests.

Move aside trams, Denise

Mitchell’s 18-month-old grandson, Zachary, is in town!

That’s Nadine Azevedo behind those wind blown locks.

Kelsey Long, Dan McCrane and Al

Gibson seemed to be having a nice time.

Muso Ash Grunwald blew the main stage away with his powerful, raw blues.

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EDNA PLUMRIDGE 18.06.1906 - 10.11.2012

LONG-TIME Port Melbourne resident Edna Plumridge passed away at the age of 106 late last year.

Edna, who served on the Ladies Committee at Port Melbourne Football Club for over 70 years, was still fi lling lolly bags in the club’s kiosk well into her 90s.

The wife of Port Melbourne FC legend Stan Plumridge – who

coached the seconds for 25 years – also helped raise funds with the Peter Mac auxiliary and was a stalwart on the Ladies Committee at Port Melbourne Cricket Club.

Until a broken hip eight years ago prevented her weekly excursions, Edna would head to the city every Friday to have her hair set and then hop on a different train. Her adventures took her all across the train network.

Edna leaves behind two daughters – Faye and Glenys, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

LOCAL LIVES

RACHAEL FITZGERALD and BEN SHEATRachael and Ben cried tears of

happiness when they saw each other on their wedding day

on January 10. After 24 hours apart Rachael walked down the aisle on the rooftop of St Kilda sea baths as musician Simon Philips played Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Rachael met her Kiwi partner three and a half years ago when they were both working as physiotherapists. Ben proposed to Rachael on their living room fl oor while they were wrestling with their new golden retriever puppy, Riley. Ben presented his bride to be with a ring he’d had specially made.

For their last nights of singledom the bucks went barefoot bowling at the Grand Hotel, while the hens went African drumming and dancing.

Rachael’s oldest friends and her sister were bridesmaids and wore simple silk Gorman dresses as did Ben’s groomswoman, who is married to the best man; the couple are Ben’s Melbourne family.

The newlyweds left the wedding reception at Encore, St Kilda beach in a pale blue kombi van named George and spent nine nights in the Maldives.

REMEMBEREDJUST MARRIED

Have you recently celebrated a wedding, welcomed a baby or paid tribute to a passed loved one? We’d love to share your story. CONTACT US » Send details and high quality pictures via email to [email protected] or by post to 214–220 Park Street, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205. Unfortunately we cannot return original photos.

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SCOREBOARD ■ CRICKET

PREMIER GRADEGEELONG v ST KILDA

At GeelongST KILDA 1st InningsD FORBES b Alford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21D ROWAN c Condy b Reed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1T MOFFAT b Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13G RUMMANS c McDonald b Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0A McGUINNESS b Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0H MICHELMORE c Condy b Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4J MANNING b Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0J MUIRHEAD b Alford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3D MUELLER c Butterworth b McGlinchey. . . . . . . . . . 1L GRAF lbw b McGlinchey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0S GRIBBEN not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Extras (1b 1lb 3nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Fall: 5, 21, 21, 21, 30, 30, 40, 44, 44, 50Bowling: J Reed 8-2-15-4 (hat-trick), M Carson 6-1-23-2, C Alford 3.4-2-8-2, D McGlinchey 2-1-2-2. Overs: 19.4GEELONG 1st InningsJ MCDONALD lbw b Graf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8M CONDY c Rowan b Graf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14J CROSTHWAITE c Michelmore b Gribben . . . . . . . . 24H BUTTERWORTH c Manning b Forbes . . . . . . . . . . 74M BUCHANAN c Rowan b Gribben. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19A HODGSON c Graf b Muirhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3L MULLER c Graf b Muirhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35D McGLINCHEY c Graf b Gribben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8C ALFORD c Rowan b Forbes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2M CARSON not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Extras (1b 2lb 2nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Nine wickets (dec) for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Fall: 13, 42, 47, 82, 113, 161, 189, 192, 203Bowling: D Mueller 11-3-62-0, L Graf 9-5-25-2, S Gribben 6.3-1-23-3, J Muirhead 15-4-70-2, D Forbes 7-0-20-2. Overs: 48.3ST KILDA 2nd InningsD FORBES lbw b Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9D ROWAN c Butterworth b Carson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4T MOFFAT b Carson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G RUMMANS not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12A McGUINNESS not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Extras (5lb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 wickets for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fall: 6, 8, 15Bowling: J Reed 6-1-15-0, M Carson 6-4-6-3, D McGlinchey 2-0-8-0, C Alford 1-0-1-0. Overs: 15Umpires: D Herft & S Davis

CASEY-SOUTH MELBOURNE v MELBOURNE UNIAt Casey Fields, Cranbourne East

CASEY-SOUTH MELBOURNE 1st InningsJ HOLDEN b Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11J LEAVER c Martignago b Harrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8R LIVERA lbw b Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1R BLANDFORD c Leggett b Nalesnyik . . . . . . . . . . . 43J BEST c Martignago b Stafford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3N FREITAG c Martignago b Harrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7J WYATT b Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29N HIBBINS b Harrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7R JONES not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75A PERRIN lbw b Harrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0A PERERA lbw b Stafford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Extras (8b 1lb 4nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Fall: 15, 15, 20, 30, 45, 109, 113, 140, 140, 203Bowling: G Kennedy 18-6-55-2, M Stafford 13.4-1-39-3, B Harrop 12-1-58-4, T Polkinghorne 5-2-12-0, M Nalesnyik 9-2-30-1. Overs: 57.4MELBOURNE UNI 1st InningsJ LEGGETT c Livera b Perera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29T POLKINGHORNE c Hibbins b Perera . . . . . . . . . . . 26A KEELY not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16B FLETCHER lbw b Freitag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2W SHUTE not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Extras (6lb 5nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 wickets for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Fall: 54, 67, 84Bowling: A Perrin 6-0-31-0, N Freitag 9-4-21-1, A Perera 9-5-9-2, R Jones 5-0-17-0. Overs: 29Umpires: D Ireland & R McKinnon

PREMIER LOWER GRADES2nds: Ess v Haw-Mon Uni 8-264 (Heath 34 McComb 59 Inglis 79 Andree 5-48), Prah v Melb 5-357 (Edwards 150no Graham 76no Ryan 48), Frank Pen 194 (Wiese 44 Chernishoff 31 Freeman 6-51) v Carl 0-81 Hancock 36no Pell 36no), N Melb 2-16 v Ncte 188 (Sundberg 48 Peake 39 Cook 4-69), Casey-SM 8-223 (Wallace 63 Wijayajumara 36no Liggett 30 Thomas 3-39 Green 3-47) v Melb Uni, Rich 184 (Perry 70 Anderson 33 M Winter-Irving 4-29) v Foot Edge, Fitz Donc 4-306 (Vardi 190no Findlay 35 Banthorpe 43) v Dand, Ring 9-268 (Ford 120 Rawson 40 Dwyer 3-59 McNamara 4-49) v Camb Mag.

3rds: Ess 6-297 (Joass 116no Ford 80 Seneviratne 4-58) v Haw-Mon Uni, Prah 146 (Hutton 30 Kramersh 70 Janik 4-42) v Melb 1-90 (Gillard 68), Frank Pen 1-37 v Carl 160 (Hogan-Keogh 4-24 Bardwell 3-41), N Melb 8 (dec)-181 (Lidgett 93) v Ncte 65 (Dhindsa 6-11) and 0-8, Casey-SM 240 (Eaton 62 Boraston 57 Hadfi eld 48no Jenkin 42 Hibbert 4-55 Nice 3-61) v Melb Uni 0-7, Rich 150 (McKenna 39 Beniwal 3-32) v Foot Edge 1-41, Fitz Donc 7-260 (Brolic 114 Carter 3-70) v Dand, Ring 0-25 v Camb Mag 228 (Austin 36 O’Connell 52 O’Brien 3-52), Geel 65 (Voyage 5-40 Kumar 3-8) v St K 5-138 (Gray 37no Thorne 3-62).4ths: Ess 158 (Goodluck 34 Dimattina 31 Potts 4-48) v Haw-Mon Uni 0-3, Prah 220 (Walker 7-65) v Melb 0-2, Frank Pen 1-86 v Carl 99 (Wilson 33 Cox 3-4), N Melb 9 (dec)-203 (Sonajko 32 Sodhi 35 Schiavon 34 Glover 4-39) v Ncte 1-30, Casey-SM 120 (White 3-17 Vine 3-14 Bansal 4-30) v Melb Uni 1-25, Rich 298 (Suppree 64 Parker 64 Richardson 47 Krell 56 Allada 4-92) v Foot Edge 0-9, Fitz Donc 8-293 (Erasmus 37 Phillips 58) v Dand, Ring 3-61 v Camb Mag 109 (Brown 43 Potter 3-25 Wade 4-37), Geel v St K 8-298 (Meddings 68 Webb 65 Labrooy 33).

VSDCASouth West 1st XI: Elsternwick 274 (Nurse 106 Scholtz 51 McRae 6-45) v Yarraville, Malvern 223 v Sunshine 1-2, Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows 172 (Strieff 92) v Caulfi eld 0-27, Kingston Saints 93 v Werribee 2-101, Ormond 223 (Thomas 79 Hansen 57) v Altona, Melton 8-295 (Allen 142 Crawley 5-74) v Brighton, Williamstown v Moorabbin (no play). 2nd XI: Brighton 6-388 (Bransgrove 164 Rojo 76) v Melton, Roxburgh Park-Broadmeadows 9-189 (Ruuska 77 no) v Caulfi eld, Elsternwick 9-206 (Dunnachie 106) v Yarraville 2-5, Ormond 9-223 (Williams 69 Cameron 59) v Altona, Sunshine 202 (Suares 54 Allen 5-36) v Malvern 1-37, Williamstown 218 (D’Altera 101 Freeman 56) v Moorabbin, Ivanhoe 254 (Cheetham 78) v Oakleigh.3rd XI: Moorabbin 83 v Oakleigh 0-58, Bayswater 211 (Ingleton 105 Jackson 5-37) v Elsternwick 4-14, Ormond 221 Stait 75 Grant 54) v Box Hill 4-36, Croydon 254 (Sanderson 82) v Brighton 2-12, Endeavour Hills 251 (Russell 64) v Caulfi eld, Kingston Saints 121 (Singleton 5-23) v Mt Waverley 0-34, Malvern 8-118 v Noble Park 71 (Regan 5-39).

4th XI: Bayswater 189 v Elsternwick 4-27, Brighton 9-281 (Milnes 79) v Croydon 2-44, Noble Park 131 v Malvern 1-66, Caulfi eld 125 v Endeavour Hills 2-89, Mt Waverley 220 (Jeremiah 53) v Kingston Saints, Oakleigh 114 (Gates 5-30) v Moorabbin 3-31.

METROPOLITANMERCANTILE: A: South Yarra 141 d Parkville 90, Powerhouse 261 d Sacred Heart 101, Maccabi 4-158 d Eastern Flow 142, Monash 213 d Parkville Dist 134. B: Parkville 6-210 d National 206, Burnley 6 (dec)-229 d Eastern Flow 46 and 9-191, Powerhouse 143 and 3-46 d Sacred Heart 103 and 85. C: Central: Reds 201 d Burnley 123, Bentleigh 212 d Melbourne City 182, Monash 3-173 d Youlden 170, Parkville 9-316 d Maccabi 101. East: Powerhouse 184 d EMT 57, Sacred Heart 8-183 d Burnley 6-178, Barnawatha 5-163 d Youden 153, South Yarra 207 d Reds 7-148.

■ SCHOOL SPORTAGSV

Badminton: Ivanhoe 3-6-233 d Camberwell 3-5-190, PEGS 4-4-231 d Mentone 2-4-162. Table Tennis: Camberwell 10-33 d PEGS 5-27, Mentone 10-35 d Ivanhoe 5-28. Volleyball: Mentone 3 d Camberwell 1 (25-16, 26-24,17-25, 25-18), Peninsula 3 d Ivanhoe 0 (26-24, 225-10, 25-22), Yarra Valley 3 d Trinity 0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-20).

APSBadminton: Geelong Gram 10-21-513 d Wesley 2-5-445, Caulfi eld 12-24-527 d Xavier 0-1-319, Scotch 12-24-563 d Haileybury 0-3-392, St Kevins 11-23-561 d Melbourne 1-5-390, Brighton 8-17-553 d Carey 4-13-527. Tennis: Haileybury 13-133 d Xavier 3-75, Brighton 16-144 d Geelong Gram 0-29, St Kevins 13-138 d Wesley 3-85, Caulfi eld 13-126 d Scotch 3-80, Carey 15-143 d Geelong Col 1-70.

AGSV/APS GIRLSTennis: Carey 8-91 d Peninsula 8-80, Geelong Gram 10-102 d ACK 6-81, Wesley 14-118 d Caulfi eld 2-43, Geelong Coll 10-97 d Haileybury 6-83, Yarra Valley 10-97 d Ivanhoe 6-78. Volleyball: Haileybury 3 d Carey 0 (25-11 25-13 25-15), Mentone 3 d ACK 0 (25-16 25-12 25-11), Yarra Valley 3 d Ivanhoe 0 (25-13 25-13 25-7), Caulfi eld 3 d Westley 0 (25-24 25-20 25-17), PEGS 3 d Peninsula 0 (25-9 25-20 25-21).

■ CLUB GOLFSATURDAYBRIGHTON: Medal: J Peterson (10) 64. Trophy: T Brown (27) 65 cb. Women Stableford: J Kirsch (31) 30.CHELTENHAM: Par A: A Taranto (12) 2 up cb. B: C La Fauci (18) 3 up.COMMONWEALTH: 4B: J Horton (9) N Doyle (3) 50.KINGSTON HEATH: Par: M Ford (6) 4 up.LAKESIDE at Albert Park: Stableford A: N Campbell (10) 36. B: B Zaia (15) 39 cb. C: W Gainard (28) 39. Women: L Page (30) 39 cb.METROPOLITAN: Stroke A: L Michel (plus 1) 69. B/Medal: A Brady (12) 69 cb. C: B Paterson (19) 69. Scr: L Michel 68.ROYAL MELBOURNE: Par A: C Wright (16) 9 up cb. B: W Cox (18) 6 up. C’ship qtr-f: J Perry bt T Heard 4-3 G Ellery bt M Barrowcliffe 2-1 P Little bt A Warden at 19th T Stephens bt T Vial 2-1.SANDRINGHAM: Stroke A: A Hale (7) 66 cb. B: M Schroder (17) 65. C: C Lynch (28) 69. Overall: R Walker (26) 64.SOUTHERN: Stableford div 1: A Greenwood (8) 42. Div 2: J Axtens (12) 41. Div 3: M Riley (18) 42.VICTORIA: Par A: C Joseph (6) 4 up. B: J Byrne (15) 7 up. C: J Davis (23) 4 up. White: R Lomax (30) 5 up.WOODLANDS: Stableford A: S Singham (8) 38. B: B Presnell (17) 42. C: B Donaldson (22) 33 cb. Trophy: S Klain 214. Women: V Davey (17) 37.

■ BOWLSVICTORIA METROPOLITAN PENNANT

Round 17: Henselite Premier Division: BRIGHTON 4-68 lost to MELBOURNE 14-79 (T Shannon 14 lost to D Fisher 27 L Schraner 19 lost to T Simmons 20 A Wilson 17 d R Green jnr 16 J McCarron 18 d B Leighton 16), ALTONA 16-79 d WERRIBEE 2-64 (D Zitter 30 d R Panton 14 B Coad 17 d B Major 16 B Peck 20 d D Christie 17 B Foley 12 lost to M O’Neil 17), MENTONE 14-78 d CLAYTON 4-73 (D Rushton 20 lost to B Lester 24 A Klose 19 d G Archer 16 B McCallum 15 lost to T Wood 20 Z Trbra 24 d D Benwell 13), MOONEE PONDS 14-71 d ESSENDON 4-63 (M Jacobsen 21 d M Wilson 10 B Spurr 21 d N Wilson 17 A Galloway 16 lost to P Loe 22 S Fordham 13 lost to D Woodrow 14), LALOR 0-48 lost to BUNDOORA RSL 18-98 (M Lucas 3 lost to N McIntyre 32 C McCarron 18 lost to I Ewing 22 W Turley 8 lost to D Di Florio 21 W Hudson 19 lost to L Aiello 22).Div 1: Sec 1: Kew Hts 16-86 Rich Uni 2-66, Fitz Vic 16-99 Alt (2) 2-63, MCC 16-100 Moon Val 2-74, Ess (2) 14-87 Strath 4-82, Melb (2) 4-70 Ivan 14-77.

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FIRST PAST THE POST: Felix Lonergan (red hoops) wins a gold medal in the800 metres at the Victorian junior track and field championships

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SOUTH Melbourne Athletics Clubcounts Sydney Olympic gold medal-list Reuben Kosgei among its mem-bers, but it’s a 14-year-old causingthe biggest stir.

Felix Lonergan has become some-thing of a star at the club’s Little Ath-letics. He joined five years ago and isnow idolised by children youngerthan him.

‘‘They call me the ‘king of thekids’,’’ he says, laughing.

‘‘When I walk into training theyall look at me and it feels prettygood.’’

And it’s no wonder. Felix has wonmedals at a national level and at theVictorian junior track and fieldchampionships earlier this monthhe won gold in the under-15 800metres, bronze in the 1500m andwas fourth in the 400m, runningpersonal bests in the 800 and 1500.

South Melbourne Athletics Clubpresident Robyn May says Felix is

one of the club’s best prospects.‘‘He really is very talented,’’ she

says.‘‘He’s been the star since the

under-10 level and is transitioningnow to senior competition as well.He’s going from strength tostrength.’’

The last two years in particularlyhave seen marked improvement.

When he started Little Athletics,Lonergan was also playing basket-ball and soccer and had hardly anytime to train.

He gave soccer away two yearsago and says he’ll give up basketballat the end of the current season.

‘‘He always had an obvious naturalability,’’ says his mother Joanne.

‘‘But because of other commit-ments he could never make training.He’d compete on the day and getthrough to championships on theback of no training.

‘‘In the last two years he has train-ed religiously. He’s had a tough pro-gram but he’s diligently put himselfthrough it and his performances

have improved significantly.‘‘That success has bred more suc-

cess. He’s very passionate about ath-letics and puts it ahead of othersports.

‘‘He’s been working so hard on histraining and the best thing is thatalmost every time he runs he gets apersonal best.’’

The 800m gold came on his 14thbirthday and Felix is now preparingfor the Australian junior track andfield championships in Perth in May.

‘‘I’m doing the 400, the 800 andthe 1500 over four days,’’ he says.‘‘I’m hoping to get a medal in at leasttwo of them.

‘‘I love doing this. I love compet-ing and training and achieving goodthings.’’

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Massive win gets Port in the mood for finalsPORT Melbourne is all but assuredof a home final after a thumping winover Moorabbin Park in the VTCA’sSouth Division on Saturday.

Port built a strong foundationwith 9/291 in its first innings atNorth Port Oval the previous week,batting all-rounder Richard Johnsontop-scoring with 93.

On day two, Moorabbin Park wasunable to take advantage of a f latwicket and was bowled out for 69.

Even that was flattering after Porthad reduced them to 4/8 in 12 overs.

Bowler Mathew Campbell’s 25 atnumber nine was the highest scoreof the innings, while captain PaulGilchrist also chimed in with 21.

Tim Dale bowled superbly to fin-ish with 3-11 from 12 overs, whileJosh Boyle sent down seven oversand took an astounding 2-0.

Mark Lugg was carted in compar-ison, taking 2-14 off six.

Port chose to bat again in thesecond innings and reached 6/194 atstumps. Brad Sutcliffe made 42 whileMatt Daykin (38), Jack Boardman

(36), Johnson (29) and Justin Snow(26) all got starts.

With only Brighton District aheadon the ladder heading towards thefinals, Port takes on Parkdale in thefinal round.

Port’s second XI is also in the topfour and the under 11 and under 13teams sit on top of their respectiveladders.

The clash against Parkdale is a cru-cial one for Port as they gear up foranother finals campaign. Recent sea-sons have not been kind to Port; they

have been perennial finalists buthave not been able to win a flag des-pite their dominance over the pastfew years.

Port will be confident in its bat-ting. They have two of the top threein the league in Daykin (685 runs at62.27) and Johnson (380 runs at47.5), who have three centuries andfive half-centuries between them.

Adnan Khawaja will be back in theteam after taking time off to travel.The economical spinner has 20 wick-ets at the remarkable average of 7.55.

True Blues set leaders a challenge

NOT QUITE: An edge from Prahran’sNick Morrey just eludes Melbourneslip fielder Robert Cooper.

ARIH

ATZIS

SCOREBOARD

PRAHRAN - 1st innings

COATES c Middlin b Paynter ............... 8S DE BOLFO b Paynter .................... 24N MORREY c Middlin b Paynter ........ 72D SALPIETRO b Quinn ..................... 23D MASCARENHAS c Begbie b Boyle .. 41N SCHLITTLER c Begbie b Brown ...... 24S SEYMOUR not out ....................... 83M WILCOX c Cooper b Brown ........... 12S SINGH not out ............................ 17Extras (nb 1, w 1, b 4, lb 9) .............. 15Total 7 wickets for ....................... 319

Fall: 24 (Coates), 42 (De Bolfo), 81 (Sal-pietro), 169 (Mascarenhas), 187 (Mor-rey), 217 (Schlittler) 257 (Wilcox).

Bowling:

C Thompson 16-4-0-53, N Quinn21-1-1-69, J Paynter 14-3-3-41, A Boyle17-1-1-80, B McDonald 8-4-0-16, R Coo-per 4-0-0-19, M Brown 10-2-2-28.

BY DANIEL PAPROTH

PRAHRAN’S batsmen set up a tantal-ising second day in the top-of-the-table Premier Cricket clash withMelbourne on Saturday.

Batting first, the True Bluesreached 7/319 on the first day andwill study the Toorak Park wicket onthe weekend before deciding whento send the Demons in.

With batsmen Michael Hill andAlex Keath on state duty, Melbourneskipper Andrew Kent sent Prahranin despite a bowling attack weaken-ed by the missing Patrick Smith,

who was at a wedding, and BrentonMcDonald, who was taken ill afterbowling only eight overs.

Melbourne started well enough,removing Prahran skipper SamCoates, Steven De Bolfo and DanielSalpietro early to have the TrueBlues 3/81.

But then Dimitri Mascarenhas andimpressive youngster Nick Morreyput on 88 for the fourth wicketbefore Mascarenhas spooned one tocover from the first ball after drinks.

Morrey followed soon after, bow-led by Nick Quinn for 72, an inningsfull of glorious front-foot drives.

Frustratingly for the Demons theywere unable to capitalise, withStephen Seymour hitting 83 not outbatting at seven, including a six intothe grandstand to move to 80.

Coates said he was stoked to get abig score against the competitionleaders and was full of praise forMorrey.

“He’ been with us a couple ofyears. He has just turned 19 and hasabout 2000 runs in the twos,’’ hesaid. ‘‘We couldn’t slot him in lastyear but this year he has forced hisway in and has back-to-back fiftiesagainst quality teams.

“He has a fantastic demeanour, heknows his game well and doesn’t getf lustered. He’s going to be a goodplayer.”

Coates said he’d decide on Sat-urday whether to bat on or declareimmediately.

‘‘If there’s a bit of juice in thepitch we’ll bowl straight up; if it’sflat we might bat on,” he said.

Kent said he was still confidentMelbourne could win, particularlywith Hill and Keath to return.

‘‘It’s 50-50, ’’ he said. ‘‘Our prioritywill be to bat the day out but, ofcourse, we can chase down the target.”

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MATCH REPORT BRIEFS

■ EDWARDS ON FIREMelbourne’s second XI is well incontrol against Prahran afterreaching 5/357 at stumps. Aknock of 150 not out fromLincoln Edwards was thehighlight. He shared anunbeaten 182-stand with JustinGraham (76 not out).

■ THIRDS ON THE WAYMelbourne’s third XI is on the wayto securing the points againstPrahran, reaching 1/90 on dayone after bowling out the TrueBlues for 146. Chris Janik (4-42)was the pick of the Demons’bowlers..

■ GREAT, SCOTTMelbourne’s fourth XI is 0/2 inreply to Prahran’s 220. ScottWalker had his best day for theseason as he ripped throughPrahran’s top order with 7/65from 27 overs.

■ SAINTS MARCH INSt Kilda’s third XI will look for anoutright victory on Saturday aftertaking first innings pointsagainst Geelong. The Saintsbowled out the Cats for 65 andreached 5/138 at stumps. NickVoyage (5-40), ErishmiilanUthayakumar (3-8) and JamesMaxwell (2-12) did the damage.

■ OFF TO A GOOD STARTSt Kilda’s fourth XI has laid animpressive foundation with8/298 against Geelong. DanielMeddings (68) and Owen Webb(65) both got half-centuries whileDene Rodger (42) got valuablelower-order runs.

■ ELWOOD EDGES HOMEElwood took the points againstBrighton Union in the CMCA.Union made 182 in its innings,Bobby Chawla getting season-best figures with 5-26. Elwoodchased down the target withthree wickets in hand.

■ SECONDS’ SUCCESSElwood’s second XI also took thepoints, making 4/217 in reply toBrighton Union’s 133. Half-centuries to Oscar Persson (66)and Mitch Clarke (53) ensuredthe chase was successful.

■ SAINTS’ HORROR DAYSt Kilda had a horror day againstNewport in Baseball VictoriaSummer League on Saturday,going down 25-3. Three gamesremain for the Saints, awayagainst Springvale and Fitzroyand home against Werribee.

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