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Protesters’ open pool dayProtesters’ open pool dayBy Mike HastMT Eliza conservationists on Sunday morning plan to inspect the Lew fam-ily pool allegedly built on Crown land overlooking the beach near the end of Kunyung Ave.

The “protest” visit has been organ-ised by Mt Eliza Coastcare and Mt Eliza Association For Environmental Care.

People will access the Moondah Beach foreshore site from public land late morning following a working bee beside the nearby Sturio Pde path, which the shire has recently upgraded.

The entrance to the property owned by billionaire clothing retailer Solo-mon Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew is near the corner of Sturio Pde and Osprey Ave.

The property, believed to be worth more than $2.5 million, is used as a holiday retreat by Jacqueline Lew and also has an indoor pool.

On 8 August, Mornington Peninsula Shire ordered the demolition of the horizon pool within 21 days under the Building Act. It was drained on Friday 12 August.

The shire’s municipal building sur-

veyor reported the retaining wall of the pool and adjacent grassed area was unstable.

The pool had also been built without a planning permit, the shire said.

A three-week extension was granted late last month, with the new deadline 19 September, after the Lews’ engi-neers sent new information to the shire.

Last month, the Lews approached

the state government seeking to buy or lease the Crown land, but it is believed this has been rebuffed.

In Parliament on 1 September, Morn-ington MP David Morris called on the government’s assistant treasurer, Gor-don Rich-Phillips, to ensure no agree-ment was made with Solomon and Jac-queline Lew.

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Deep end: Cr Leigh Eustace, front, Peter Greer of Mt Eliza Association For Environmental Care and Jeff Yugovic of Mt Eliza Coastcare inspect the Lew family pool allegedly built on Crown land at Mt Eliza earlier this.Mt Eliza conservationists will conduct an inspection of the pool area on Sunday after a working bee in nearby Sturio Pde. Picture: Keith Platt

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THE northern main entrance to Mornington is about to change as ageing poplars are replaced along Nepean Hwy.

Clearing of the trees in the highway’s centre median strip began on Tuesday.

VicRoads said the poplar trees had to go for safety reasons.

The decision follows “several years” of discussions about the trees between Mornington Peninsula Shire and VicRoads, which manages the highway.

The trees are in various stages of decline and have been hit by prolonged dry periods.

The shire says the replacement trees will “retain the gateway avenue affect into the future, while ensuring clear zones are delivered”. Its news release says the poplars will be replaced with Pyrus callyerana (Manchurian pear), which is described as an upright deciduous ornamental tree with spring blossom and great autumn colour.

Manchurian pears are seen as being “an ideal street or specimen tree … widely used in many situations includ-ing as a feature, a shade tree, in parks, lining driveways and avenues, under powerlines and in nature strips”.

Native to China and Vietnam, they grow to about seven metres high and four metres wide, with blossom in spring and coloured leaves in autumn.

The trees are also said to split with age and have limbs that can be lost dur-ing high winds.

They are also susceptible to fi re-blight, a disease that Australian apple and pear growers have for years used as a reason to ban fruit imports from New Zealand.

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Time turns on pit bullsTime turns on pit bullsBy Keith PlattTHERE are just four American pit bulls registered with Mornington Pe-ninsula Shire.

However, rangers are chasing up six leads about dangerous dogs phoned in to the state government’s dob-in-a-dog hotline.

Owners of restricted breed dogs have just weeks to contact the shire to avoid having their pets seized and put down.

The American pit bulls are the only type of restricted breed dogs men-tioned in the latest legislation that are legally allowed in Australia.

Amendments to laws dealing with dangerous dogs were rushed through state parliament last month after a four-year-old girl was killed in her own home by a neighbour’s American pit bull.

In Frankston there are seven known restricted breed dogs and no one has yet come forward to register their dog before the amnesty ends on Friday 30 September.

However, concerns are now being raised over breeds that are not covered by the legislation, including the John-son American bulldog (used as a pig dog in Australia), and the Chinese and Japanese fi ghting dogs, sharpei and akita respectively.

The shire says it has a fair but fi rm policy of dealing with owners of un-registered dangerous dogs.

“While the shire actively supports the thousands of responsible dog own-ers in our community by providing a range of positive services, the rela-tively small number of irresponsible people whose dogs pose a threat to community safety can expect to be dealt with fairly, but in accordance with legislation provided by the state government,” Paul Bonnici, who leads the shire’s rangers, said.

“In particular, people who own dogs that attack may be prosecuted in the courts, where signifi cant penalties and costs may be imposed.”

American pit bulls will be identifi ed

by a “breed standard” drawn up by the government.

The shire has now asked for advice from the Department of Primary In-dustries about what to do about cross-breed pit bull dogs.

The legislation says owners of re-stricted breed dogs must register them by the end of this month after which the dogs will be impounded and destroyed.

The shire wants the government to help pay for the extra time taken by rang-ers to track down restricted breed dogs.

Mr Bonnici said the legislation was aimed at identifying “a greater number of dogs which the state government be-lieves to be of a type that pose a threat to the safety of our community”.

“The intention of the legislation is for these dog types to be permanently removed from existence in our com-munity; either by desexing those that have been registered (so they cannot reproduce), or by seizing and destroy-ing those restricted breed dogs that have not been registered,” he stated in

response to questions from The News.“Shire rangers currently make an-

nual inspections of all premises keep-ing registered restricted breed dogs, as well as those premises keeping dogs that have been declared to be menac-ing or dangerous dogs.

“These annual inspections are pro-grammed by shire rangers to ensure ongoing compliance with the stringent requirements for keeping such dogs.

“At this time, the Mornington Pe-ninsula Shire has only registered four restricted breed dogs, all American pit bull terriers.”

Frankston Council has two “animal registration offi cers” doorknocking houses to check for unregistered cats or dogs. Future doorknocks will in-clude looking for restricted breed dogs.

“Any dogs or cats found to be un-registered may result in the property owner or occupier being issued with a $244 penalty infringement notice,” CEO George Modrich said.

“Frankston Council responds to all

complaints regarding allegations of aggressive and restricted breed dogs.”

Mr Modrich said there were seven dangerous dogs registered in Frankston and no other had “taken advantage” of the amnesty to register their pet.

One dangerous dog had been put down since specifi c legislation was in-troduced in November 2005.

“Every dog owner has a legal obliga-tion to register their dog at the age of three months with their local govern-ment authority in the municipality in which they reside,” Mr Modrich said.

“All new applicants for dog regis-tration must sign a declaration stating whether or not their dog is a restricted breed dog.”

Mr Modrich said his council promot-ed responsible pet ownership “in all our council communications”, including new items and advertisements in local newspapers; council’s corporate web-site; monthly Paw Tails and Whispers newsletter; the annual Pets’ Day Out; and school education programs.

POINT Nepean became a centre for education on the fi rst day of spring with primary school pupils attending work-shops, receiving presentations and going on fi eld trips.

The 130 pupils came from eight primary schools: Boneo, Dromana, Mt Martha, Eastbourne (Rosebud), Sorrento, Our Lady of Fatima (Rosebud) and Peninsula School (Mt Eliza).

Dolphin expert Judy Muir and coastal ecologist Gidja Walker spoke to the pupils about the natural and cultural envi-ronment of Point Nepean.

Education Minister and MP for Nepean Martin Dixon said the pupils had been given “a unique opportunity to step out of the classroom for a day and swap roles with their teachers”.

“Today’s event is a wonderful opportu-nity for students from our local primary schools to be able to lead the debate on the environment,” he said.

“Point Nepean National Park, renowned as one of Victoria’s most stunning and diverse national parks, is the perfect spot to learn in.”

Students gave presentations and led workshops on their chosen environmen-tal topics, including living sustainably, waste, recycling and biodiversity.

Outdoor ed: Students from Sorrento and Osborne primary schools at Point Nepean with Sorrento primary teacher Lenka Brereton and David Ponsford of Parks Victoria.

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THE search is on for members of the new Port of Hastings Development Authority.

Ports minister Denis Napthine said the board would provide strategic direction for the planning and development of Hastings as a second Victo-rian container port.

“This will be one of the state’s largest infra-structure projects and will help secure the future of the Victorian freight industry through the re-mainder of the century,” Dr Napthine said.

“The development of Hastings is of monumen-tal importance and once appointed, the board will be tasked with one of state’s largest infrastructure projects.

“The board will play a key role in securing the future of the Victorian imports and exports for the remainder of the century. This vital task is imperative for the continued growth of the state economy.

“On top of overseeing the development of a second container facility, the board will also con-tribute to the development of Hastings’ existing

bulk and break bulk port facilities.”The minister said prospective board members

would have skills including strategic planning, or-ganisation and business and fi nancial management.

Board appointments are for part-time positions and will be for three years.

Expressions of interest close at 5pm on Friday 9 September.

Saving seedsA SEED saving workshop will be held from 1.30-4pm on Saturday 10 September at the Eco Living Display Centre in The Briars Park, 450 Nepean Hwy, Mt Martha.

Learn how to save your own seed; prepare for summer sowing; and varieties of tomatoes and their different uses.

It will be presented by Jarrod Ruch, senior ranger at The Briars.

Cost: $10 a person. Bookings: Peninsula Visi-tor information booking service on 5987 3078 or 1800 804 009.

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By Keith PlattTHE Victorian Electoral Commission has recommended that the Mornington Peninsula continue having 11 single-councillors wards.

The VEC’s position after the fi rst round of submissions into its review of electoral representation is the same as that held by Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Keeping the status quo is one of three options being considered and will be open to discussion at a public meeting in Rosebud next month.

Written responses to the prelimi-nary report must be made by 5pm on Wednesday 5 October.

The VEC has also adopted what seems a conservative approach in Frankston, where it recommends re-taining nine councillors elected from three three-councillor wards, a posi-tion also favoured by the incumbent council.

Final decisions will be announced in November.

However, both municipalities will see some changes to ward boundaries.

The other options for the peninsula are:

Option B: that the peninsula has 11 councillors elected from six wards with two three-councillor wards, one two-councillor ward, and three single-councillor wards.

Option C: that the shire has 11 coun-cillors elected from fi ve wards with one four-councillor ward, three two-councillor wards and one single-coun-cillor ward.

Option D: that the shire has 11 coun-cillors elected from four wards with three three-councillor wards and one two-councillor ward.

Of the 42 submissions received by the VEC, 13 wanted to retain the ex-isting single-councillor ward structure – including the shire – while 27 advo-cated having more than one councillor in each ward.

Two submissions argued against having separate wards.

Cr David Gibb – a former two-time mayor and a councillor since 1997 when councillors were fi rst elected after amalgamation of the shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington – said the shire suggested reducing the number of councillors to nine, arguing that there was no remarkable change in workload when the number of council-lors was increased following the previ-ous review.

The VEC said several submissions had raised concerns about the shire mounting its own campaign to keep the status but this was outside the scope of the review and could not be taken into account.

While noting “the dramatic increase

in the number of uncontested wards in Mornington Peninsula Shire, from one in 2005 to six in 2008” the VEC said the existing single-councillor wards “refl ects the localised historical and geographic communities of interest that exist within the shire”.

“This option may provide residents with a more local level of representa-tion and allow councillors to be more familiar with their constituents.”

“Dramatically increased” popula-tions in Truemans and Rye wards had caused the VEC to change some boundaries, which will split “existing localities in a way that may fracture existing communities of interest”.

While agreeing it was best to keep things as they are, the VEC warned “there is a concern that single-coun-cillor wards may have an undesired ef-fect of limiting the choice for voters by leading to a situation where wards are uncontested at local council elections, as was the experience for six of the 11 wards in Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2008”.

The public hearing will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 12 October at the council chamber, 90 Besgrove St, Rosebud.

People can speak at the hearing if they have requested to do so in their formal submission.

Shire finds ally in its Shire finds ally in its bid to stay the samebid to stay the same

THE opening date for Mornington pier will be announced at a works inspec-tion on Monday 19 September.

Mornington MP David Morris and Parks Victoria offi cials will inspect the middle, 53-metre section of the pier and set a date.

The section has been rebuilt at a cost of about $3.5 million. Workmen installing decking are just weeks away from completing the task, which has been delayed by bad weather.

Mr Morris and Parks Victoria met on 17 August to discuss the condition of the outer, 75-metre part of the pier.

The MP said reports about the state of the section had been completed but Parks engineers disagreed with some aspects of a consultant’s fi ndings.

“There have been discussions about the integrity of the structure,” he said.

“The bottom line is there is much work to be done to the outer section before it is fully functional.”

Mr Morris said he was unsure if the entire pier would be opened.

The News reported earlier this year an initial report found about 20 per cent of piles on the outer section had failed and were not supporting the top deck. Half of the remaining 80 per cent were in average condition.

Cost to repair the section has been esitmated at $9.5 million.

The pier was closed last April after a storm damaged piles and dislodged dozens of top deck timbers.

Two more storms in August and Sep-tember with winds of about 60 knots further weakened the iconic structure.

Mike Hast

Pier review, inspectionPier review, inspectionLong shot: The pier from Mills Beach. The lower, middle section has been rebuilt at a cost of $3.5 million, but doubts remain over the opening of the outer part.

JENNY Wadsworth is hoping Mornington Penin-sula Shire will take a last minute stand to stop a telecommunications tower being built at Mt Mar-tha Park.

She says the shire has issued a permit for the tower to be built 50m off Park Rd but could still refuse to lease the land on which it is proposed to be built.

The lease issue will come before council’s 12 September meeting.

The tower will be disguised as a gum tree.Ms Wadsworth says at least two councillors

have previously opposed telecommunications towers in green wedge farmland and hopes they will also oppose “a commercial structure” in the park.

“Having it there would be a contradiction. Council’s natural resources team has been work-ing hard to replant this area and eradicate weeds,” she said.

Ms Wadsworth said the site chosen for the tow-er had been burned out three times by bushfi res.

“This is not appropriate for a public reserve and I don’t know of anywhere else where this has happened.

“If you’re going into a park, that’s what you want to see, a park.

“Is this the thin end of the wedge for commer-cial development in reserves?”

Council received nine submissions against the tower and one from Mt Martha Fire Brigade which suggested using the rent income to lessen fi re dangers in the park.

Under the permit agreement council will re-ceive $20,000 a year from Optus in return for al-lowing it to build a 23 metre high tower in the 52 hectare park.

The 2.4m high fence around the tower will en-close a six by eight metre area.

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WHAT do juggling, pentanque, Richard Wagner and Alice in Wonderland have in common?

They are activities or topics you can take at Mornington’s University of the Third Age (U3A).

The Mornington branch of the international movement, founded almost 40 years ago in France, celebrates its 21st birthday this month with an all-day party at Peninsula Community Theatre.

The U3A movement started in France in 1972, Britain in 1981 and Australia in 1984. Groups provide a source of learning and social contact for retired people.

Mornington started small, meeting at venues such as Kankama, Mornington Yacht Club, Morn-ington RSL and members’ homes.

In 1992 they found a permanent home at Cur-rawong Community Centre on the Tanti Estate. courtesy of Mornington Shire Council.

They acquired more volunteer tutors and ex-panded the number of courses.

U3A secretary Joanne Blake said some of the more unusual courses this year include juggling, petanque, The Life of Richard Wagner, theory of cooking techniques, a short course about the Al-ice in Wonderland stories, and “Marvellous Mel-bourne”, monthly excursions to places and events in the city.

The group, one of 90 in Victoria, has more than 700 members attending 100 classes, including a variety of computer courses, languages, bush-walking, exercise, Tai Chi, music (piano, sight reading and opera appreciation), social games, cryptic crosswords, literature, and creative writ-ing.

“We are run totally by volunteers, including the tutors, and offer retired members of our commu-nity the opportunity to expand their learning and make new friends,” Ms Blake said.

“The art and craft classes joined up last year and presented a successful art show.”

The News joined a mixed media class at the old

Working at art: Gill Wright, left, Doug Hepburn and Maryanne MacPhee talk art while Jan Oliver, front, works on her watercolour of Mornington harbour at a U3A art class. The group is 21 this month.

Learn to juggle, read about AliceLearn to juggle, read about Alice

stables adjacent to Currawong Community Cen-tre late last month. The class runs all year and members come and go as they please, which suits many people.

The building, now being renovated by the shire council, was part of the former Tanti Park Farm, bought by the state government in the 1960s for low-cost and public housing.

U3A members were busy working in acrylics, watercolours, charcoal and media as tutor Mary-anne MacPhee offered hints and tips.

“Maryanne is marvellous,” Jan Oliver said as she fi nished a watercolour of a fi shing boat in Morn-ington harbour. “I had no idea what to do when I started, but now the results are very pleasing.”

Gus the dachshund and Mishka the shih tzu maltese cross in the art room prove this is the only class where dogs are permitted.

U3A’s birthday, partly sponsored by Bendigo Bank in Mornington, is from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 17 September at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Rd, Mornington.

“We invite everyone to join us as we celebrate our past and present and look to our future,” Ms Blake said.

The group’s website has information about courses, times and the current newsletter at: www.u3amornington.org.au

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FOREST campaigner John Seed is conducting workshops, giving talks and leading a walk through the Toot-garook Wetlands later this month.

Mr Seed has been campaigning to preserve forests for more than 30 years and now gives talks on deep ecology, the concept that the natural world is as important as humans.

He will conduct a “bushland deep ecology experiential session” at Peninsula Gardens Bushland Re-serve in Jetty Rd, Rosebud, 2-4pm on Wednesday 21 September, or-ganised by Mornington Peninsula Shire’s natural systems team. Book-ings to 5950 1263.

At Balnarring Hall, 3041 Frankston-Flinders Rd, from 6.30pm that day he will give a talk called “Deep Ecology and the Con-servation of Nature” fol lowed by a musos’ night. Bookings to 5950 1685 or [email protected] by 20 September.

On Thursday 22 September, he will lead two workshops at Rosebud West Community Hall, 20 Eliza St, Rosebud West, and a walk in the Tootgarook Wetlands.

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ing to preserve forests for more than 30 years, will lead a workshop 1-3pm, which will be attended by Planet Pals from Rosebud Second-ary College, and one from 7-8.30pm, including supper, for the general community. Bookings to 5986 5478 by Monday 19 September.

Jo Ridgeway of community re-newal said John was a major force in the campaign to save the Daintree Forest in Queensland.

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GRANDMOTHER Margaret Smith and her grand daughter Courtney Atkin, 9, of Mornington have joined a bevy of knitters making garments for Australian troops in Afghanistan.

They read about the project in The News last month and are busy making beanies, mittens and scarves for troops facing the coming harsh win-ter.

The knitting skill has been passed down four generations as Mrs Smith’s grandmother taught her to knit in the United Kingdom when she was a girl.

She and her husband George emigrated to Australia in 1966 and would be well known to people who worked or volunteered at Frankston Hospital.

Courtney, who attends Benton Junior College in Mornington East, was a bit disappointed with the colour of the wool, khaki.

“We don’t want the troops to be an easy target,” her grandmother said with a smile.

Mrs Smith taught Courtney to knit about two years ago. “She picked it up very quickly; she can knit while watching TV.”

Nearly 1000 balls of wool have been handed out by Carrum Downs Bendigo Bank, which is one of the collection points for the Country Women’s Association campaign to make bean-ies, fi ngerless gloves and scarves.

Knitters across the peninsula and southeast are using 8ply pure wool for beanies and scarves, and 4ply for mittens.

Finished garments can be left at any branch of the Bendigo Bank. To get involved, call 9782 9799 or email organ-iser Fran Henke of Hastings at [email protected] for patterns and wool.

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Purlers: Nine-year-old Courtney Atkin and her grandmother Margaret Smith show their knitting style. They have joined hundred of knitters making beanies, mittens and scarves for troops in Afghanistan.


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Their reputation can sometimes leave some-thing to be desired, but if left alone they go about their business without bothering anybody and are a vital ingredient in ensuring the survival of healthy gardens and native forests.

Flying foxes, also known as bats, fruit bats or megabats, have been in the news as the carriers of the potentially deadly Hendra virus. But Back-yard Buddies is spreading the word that Victoria’s two species of fl ying foxes – the grey-headed fl y-ing fox in the east and the little red fl ying-fox fur-ther west – are important to have around.

Backyard Buddies is run by the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, and hands out tips to make suburban backyards inviting and safe for native animals.

“Australia needs its fl ying foxes,” foundation CEO Steve Corbett said. “Although they are of-ten called fruit bats, this is a bit of a misnomer as they usually eat nectar, pollen and some bush fruits.

“They only eat fruit grown by people when their usual diet is in short supply.

“Flying foxes play an amazing role in Austra-lia’s forests by pollinating many plants and trees, including almost all of our hardwoods and many native plant species.

“Some rainforest plants can only be pollinated by fl ying foxes. And they even assist in the pro-duction of honey. We have a lot to thank fl ying foxes for.

“Flying foxes are highly nomadic in their search for food. They regularly travel long distances and can drop thousands of seeds during their nightly forays. Flying foxes can even be thanked for link-ing up fragmented areas of forest that have become cut off from each other due to their dispersal of seeds during the journey between them.”

Mr Corbett said fl ying foxes helped ensure that many industries, as well as eucalypt forests, mela-

leuca forests and rainforests “remain healthy”.“More than anything, fl ying foxes need our

help. Two of Australia’s fl ying fox species are listed as vulnerable under federal legislation – the grey-headed fl ying fox, which lives on the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria, and the spectacled fl ying fox, which lives in northeast Queensland.

Peninsula residents can help fl ying foxes by: Planting native nectar-giving trees such as eucalypts, lilly-pillies, melaleucas, banksias, tea-trees, wattles and native fi gs. Not using black monofi lament netting as it is deadly to fl ying foxes and many other native ani-mals including birds and possums. It is diffi cult for these animals to see and they get tangled in the netting, leading to injuries or death. Use only animal-safe netting to protect fruit trees. Keeping cats indoors as much as possible and training dogs to ignore bats. Calling a wildlife carer if you see a sick or in-jured fl ying fox. Not handling or touching fl ying foxes. If you leave them alone they are harmless.

“There is no evidence to suggest that cull-ing bats would stop the spread of Hendra, but it would certainly damage Australia’s forests and have a negative impact on the many industries and plant species, which rely on fl ying foxes as pollinators,” Mr Corbett said.

“Flying foxes aren’t like microbats, which use echolocation and sound to navigate. Flying foxes use their great eyesight and their sense of smell. They can use lights and buildings in our cities as landmarks to navigate by during their travels in search of food.”

To share your fl ying fox and native animal pho-tos or fi nd out more about the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife’s Backyard Buddies program, visit fnpw.org.au or www.facebook.com/backyardbuddies.

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Bat time: The “vulnerable” grey-headed fl ying fox is a regular night visitor to Mornington Peninsula gardens and needs protection from domestic animals and nets.


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By Mike HastTHE controversial Peninsula Link free way will cost nearly double the estimate made by the Brumby La-bor government last year when it awarded the con-struction contract to the Southern Way consortium.

On 15 January 2010 then roads minister Tim Pal-las said the contract would cost $759 million, but a parliamentary committee has been told the cost had risen to $1.1 billion. The latest estimate puts the bill at $1.3 billion.

The freeway is being built as a pub lic private part-nership between the govern ment’s Linking Mel-bourne Authority and Southern Way, a consortium of Abigroup, Conneq (formerly Bilfi nger Berger) and Royal Bank of Scot land.

The consortium will “own” and operate the free-way for 25 years, and be paid by the government, after which it will revert to government ownership.

The full cost is being paid by taxpayers after the federal government refused to contribute to the proj-ect and the Brumby government said it would not be a toll road.

Work on the 27-kilometre link between Carrum Downs and Mt Martha is due to be completed in early 2013.

Among the more controversial aspects of Peninsula Link has been the clearing of seven bush and grass-

land reserves be tween Carrum Downs and Frankston South, including part of the historic, heritage-listed Westerfi eld property on Robinsons Rd, Frankston South.

In July, Victoria’s Auditor-General Des Pearson said the promised economic benefi ts of Peninsula Link may have been overstated and its potential negative impacts ignored.

His report, Management of Major Roads Projects, was a scathing critique of the freeway, one of the state’s most expensive road projects.

Mr Pearson slammed VicRoads and Linking Mel-bourne Authority, saying the two authorities failed to take into account the concept that bigger and bet-ter roads encourage more traffi c, so-called “induced demand”, when deciding whether to build new free-ways.

“They did not adequately assess the traffi c induced by these improvements, communicate the risks, or esti-mate the impact of the economic benefi ts,” he said.

“These shortcomings create a risk of over-es-timating the benefi ts and giving decision-makers false confi dence.”

The report says LMA also had weaknesses in the way it had made procurement decisions.

Peninsula Link was conceived during the global fi nancial crisis by the Brumby Labor government.

Pen Link costs Pen Link costs run up to run up to $$1.3b1.3b

Waiting, waiting: Traffi c is halted as heavy equipment crosses the road at the Peninsula Link freeway work site in Derril Rd near Devilbend.

A LONE golfer was surprised to come across a man wandering dazed and injured near the seventh green at Mornington Golf Course on Monday evening.

Police say the Frankston South man was injured when his hang glider came down on the course some time after he took off at 5pm from Sunnyside Beach, about one kilometre away.

The golfer was the last on the course for the night, according to golf club manager Russell Donovan.

“The injured man was extremely fortunate as there was only the one guy playing on the course,” he said.

“The golfer was on his own and having a hit just on dusk.”

The golfer used his mobile phone to call the clubhouse to alert staff who then called for an ambulance.

Mr Donovan said the seventh green was close to the cliff edge.

The injured man was taken to The Alfred hospital with a broken wrist, and head and facial injuries.

Paramedics said he regained his memory on

the way to hospital.A relative was due to collect the man’s

hang glider from the golf club yesterday (Tuesday).

Mr Donovan said there had been gusty winds blowing all day.

Golfers were used to seeing paragliders on calmer sunny days, but rarely hang gliders.

History talksMORNINGTON & District Historical Society’s annual meeting is at 2pm on Saturday 10 September at Mornington Library, Vancouver St. Guest speaker will Lieutenant Commander Col Fisher RAN (retired) OAM.

The society’s monthly coffee morning is at 10.30am on Tuesday 13 September at St Mark’s Church, Barkly St, Mornington.

Guest speaker Val Wilson has been researching the families buried in the Mornington Cemetery and will give an illustrated talk. Cost $5.

All enquiries can be left at the Old Post Offi ce Museum open Sundays 1.30-4.30pm, phone 5976 3203.

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Our ‘Coach’ would make a fantastic top copOur ‘Coach’ would make a fantastic top copWORD reaches The Emu’s bedraggled bushland hacienda that London’s The Met is struggling to attract a new top cop following the savaging the pre-vious chief and his deputy got in the Murdoch empire News of the World phone hacking scandal before they quit in disgrace.

It sounds like a good gig – $400,000 a year plus benefi ts – and an automatic knighthood.

The Emu immediately thought of the perfect candidate – our talented and experienced shire chief executive of-fi cer, “Coach” Michael Kennedy.

What a fantastic career move for our CEO. It’s $80,000 more than he earns at the shire (not that the money is im-portant) and he would become Sir Dr Michael Kennedy OAM.

The grateful monarch would probab-ly throw in the Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports with Oak Leaf Cluster and Bar. He might then move on to Yarralumla – Sir Dr Michael Kennedy OAM WOTCP OLCB, entitled to 21-gun salutes.

After that? The House of Lords, per-chance? Sir Lord Kennedy of Drum Drum Alloc, OAM, etc, etc? Makes a doctorate in business administration look small beer indeed.

Secret societySecret societySPENDING up to four hours at a meeting of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is a bit masochistic, but part of the job for some of The Emu’s journa list mates.

They do a full days’ work (or so they say) then have to front up in the evening to either a full council meet-ing, where all manner of civic affairs

are discussed, or a Development As-sessments Committee meeting, where planning matters are debated and then voted on (or deferred for extra reports and more debate).

Then there’s the council’s Special Purposes Committee meetings, which are closed to the public. However, these meetings have a reasonably com-prehensive agenda with reports, etc, so local newspapers reporters (and rate-payers) know what is occurring.

Every now and then the shire holds a “special” Special Purposes Commit-tee meeting. This is where things get weird. They are a big secret.

You open the agenda and there’s no indication of what’s being discussed. It’s like trying to get information about the Ministry for State Security in the former East Germany, the Stasi.

These special meetings are usually heard in the afternoon, sometimes be-fore public meetings.

Here is a typical agenda, the list of what is to be discussed:

Opening and welcome.Section 1: Procedural matters1.1 Apologies1.2 Disclosure of Confl icts of

Interest Pursuant to Section 79 of the Local Government Act 1989

1.3 Chairperson to advise members of the Public that:

“All reports, information and recommendations contained in this Agenda have been designated by the

Mayor ‘joins’ protestersMayor ‘joins’ protestersMAYOR Graham Pittock’s a good sport: at the protest outside Nepean MP Martin Dixon’s offi ce last month, where 17 people (and a dog) pressed their case to build the aquatic centre inland and not on the foreshore, Cr Pittock allowed protesters Barry Robinson, left, Gary Howard and Eunice Cain to hold one of their signs in front of him. The mayor then invited the group to join him for coffee at a nearby cafe to listen to their concerns.

Chief Executive Offi cer as confi dential pursuant to Section 77(2)(c) of the Local Government Act 1989 and accordingly have been referred to the Special Purposes Committee for a decision under delegation.”

The Committee may resolve that the meeting be closed to members of the public in accordance with Section 89(2) of the Local Government Act 1989.

Section 2: Confi dential reports2.1 Confi dential Report2.2 Confi dential ReportSection 3: Committee and

information reports: Nil.Section 4: Urgent businessSection 5: Notices of motion: Nil.

Surely it’s a jokeSurely it’s a jokeDID you learn anything about what was discussed? Neither did The Emu. Residents and ratepayers are being treated like mushrooms.

The Emu can accept the details of “special” Special Purposes Commit-

tee meetings should remain confi den-tial, but not the topic of what is being discussed. At Frankston Council, for example, the agenda for items being discussed behind closed doors at least lists the topics.

A recent example of a shire “spe-cial” Special Purposes Committee meeting, or Secret Meeting as The Emu will now call them, was the one on Wednesday 10 August when the 11 councillors decided to reappoint CEO Michael Kennedy without advertising the position.

The only way journalists could fi g-ure out the reason for this meeting was by using minor powers of deduction.

It was known by which date the councillors had to inform Dr Kennedy they intended to reappoint him as he was entitled to six months’ notice if his job was going to be advertised.

His contract expires in early Febru-ary, so the reappointment meeting had to be held in early August. Even jour-

nos can count back six months from February.

The shire was at it again this week – two secret meetings on Monday: a Special Purposes Com mit tee and one of those weird “special” Special Pur-poses Committee gatherings.

No word from the shire about the topic or topics to be discussed, but guess what? It’s obvious one of these meetings relates to the rehiring of Mi-chael Kennedy.

No one at the shire would confi rm this. Surprise, surprise.

But a scan through the public no-tices of a certain local newspaper on 15 August reveals one about the reap-pointment of “Coach” Kennedy:

“At least fourteen days after the giv-ing of this public notice, Council will consider a further report to appoint Dr Michael Kennedy OAM as its Chief Executive Offi cer for a period of three years to take effect 9 February 2012.”

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By Keith PlattFRANKSTON’S current budget is millions of dollars short of fl ood-proofi ng the city.

Studies have shown it is impossible to protect all 1635 of the city’s fl ood-prone properties, but completion of work that can be done is years away.

Climate change is predicted to produce higher rain-fall and rising sea levels, which, if occurring simulta-neously, would see many parts of the city inundated.

Although fl ooding hotspots have been identi-fi ed, council’s latest drainage budget is $755,000, far short of the $12 million needed for drainage and fl ood mitigation.

Frankston has no fl ood warning system and the municipal emergency management plan does not assess the fl ood risk within the municipality.

A separate Flood Emergency Plan will even-tually be developed to deal with the response of emergency ser vices during a fl ood.

Ironically, while council has invested money and time in drought-proofi ng the city’s parks and reserves, it now needs extra millions to protect it from fl oods associated with climate change and water runoff from expanding urban and industrial areas.

The city’s shortcomings and fl ood mitigation needs are outlined in a $61,000 fl ood manage-ment plan paid for by Melbourne Water.

The plan says that it is not feasible to fl ood-proof all properties in the city but some areas, such as the central business district, must be pro-tected “almost regardless of the cost”.

A report to be considered by councillors next week outlines the fl ood management plan, which defi nes the roles and responsibilities of council and Melbourne Water.

Council has spent $39,000 on Water Sensitive Urban Design guidelines aimed at stopping pol-luted stormwater fl owing into waterways and Port Phillip. Last November the council hired a drainage asset planner who is now reviewing the current drainage management plan.

The fl ood plan warns of the need to avoid “downstream fl ooding” from 20 projects already fl agged over the next decade that will produce 888 dwellings. On top of that, there are plans to create thousands of lots on another 247 hectares of greenfi eld sites.

Some protection for the city will come from Melbourne Water, which is spending $100 mil-lion improving Frankston’s drainage, including the Sandgate drainage scheme that aims to reduce fl ooding impacts on the central area.

The three-stage works started in September 2009 and are due to be fi nished next year.

The works from Chisholm TAFE on Fletcher St to Kananook Creek include a gross pollutant trap in Olsen St and increasing drainage capacity upstream of Monash University.

The Flood Emergency Plan categorises fl ood risk areas as being medium, high or extreme.

The area classed as extreme in Frankston stretches from Robinsons Rd in the south to Eel Race Drain at Seaford in the north and several kilometres inland.

Two catchments involved are identifi ed as the Lee St-Sandgate Av and Skye Rd-Karingal areas.

Frankston has an estimated 1500 to 3100 resi-dential buildings that would be inundated by a one-in-100 year storm combined with a 1.1-metre rise in sea levels, making it the state’s sixth-most fl ood-prone municipality.

These fi gures do not include 148km of roads, eight kilometres of railway lines, 26 bridges, 10 sewer pumping stations, 98 km of drains, and industrial areas that would also be severely af-fected.

The drainage plan warns that the city’s drain-age systems “are subject to back water impacts of fl ooding or high tides within Kananook Creek” making it “almost impossible” to cope with fl oods during “high intensity events”.

“Much of the areas are known to pond and some may even be impacted from fl ows from catchments outside the municipality. In particu-lar, the potential exists for extreme fl ood events to break across catchments in the north of the municipality.

“This may impact on the Seaford Swamp and former swamp areas to the south even through to the CBD that sits in behind the coastal dune system.”

After six years of negotiation and investigation, council and Melbourne Water are about to sign an agreement identifying which drains each agency is responsible for.

The agreement is based on Melbourne Water managing drains in catchments greater than 60 hectares while council is responsible for catch-ments less than 60ha.

Effectively, Melbourne Water manages 150km of drains while council has 1010km.

The fact that the city’s drainage network has more than 35,000 drainage pits requiring inspec-tions on a fi ve-year cycle with hot spots done more frequently is one statistic that illustrates the magnitude of the problem.

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Too small: Kananook Creek would be unable to provide the drainage needed during a major fl ood which would inundate central Frankston, the lowest point in the catchment.

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THICK shoes, gumboots and runners were combined with work clothes and jeans when the Shoreham community got down on its knees to plant trees.

A stand out among the willing work-ers on Saturday 20 August was Morn-ington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock who had no qualms getting down to the task at hand, dressed in a suit and wearing the mayoral chain.

Cr Pittock was on hand to offi cially

open the tree planting to replace pines on land known as the Shoreham trian-gle, which had been prepared by coun-cil offi cers Colin Thorning and Matt Stahmer.

The 280 trees planted were indig-enous to the area and selected for their fi re resistance and suitability.

Before getting their hands dirty, as-sociation members were joined by their Point Leo and Flinders neigh-

bours to hear PowerGroup director Chris Kechagias outline the savings that could be made bulk buying elec-tricity.

More than 100 people have now reg-istered interest in joining the scheme.

A similar scheme is already operat-ing at Somers.

For details visit Shoreham Commu-nity Association’s website www.shore-ham.vic.au.

Mayoral link to tree plantingMayoral link to tree plantingGolden digger: Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Graham Pittock has no hesitation in getting his hands dirty when it comes to helping plant trees at Shoreham, even if he is in suit and wearing the chain of offi ce.

Digging in: Michael Stephens, daughter Zoe and Suzy Adsett plant trees while dogs Charley and Pansy “supervise”.

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Open day ‘protest’ at poolOpen day ‘protest’ at poolContinued from Page 1

“The action I am seeking is that the Assistant Treasurer ensure that no agreement is entered into by the gov-ernment to sell or otherwise transfer control of the land occupied by the swimming pool to any private person, body or corporation,” he said.

“The pool has been constructed on the foreshore reserve at Mt Eliza and there has been some discussion – much of it public – surrounding the issuing or otherwise of a building permit and normal consents for the construction of such a structure.

“I understand the pool has now been drained to mitigate against collapse given the reported instability of the slope and that further discussions, in-cluding those of a legal nature, about the future of the pool are occurring.

“I am more concerned about the sec-

ond issue, which is the future status of the land on which the pool is located.”

Mr Morris told Parliament the land was coastal reserve managed by Morn-ington Peninsula Shire Council.

He said no one should be allowed to purchase or lease public land for any reason.

“That is the critical issue here. The role of government is to protect public land. I urge the Assistant Treasurer to make a strong statement to protect this coastal reserve and to reject any ad-vance made to alienate the land.”

On Tuesday, Jeff Yugovic of Mt Eliza Coastcare and Peter Greer of MEAFEC told The News they expected a good turnout on Sunday at 10am.

“We care about Port Phillip’s spectacu-lar coastal bluffs and beaches, and be-lieve in the importance of keeping public land in public ownership,” they said.

“On Sunday we will restore veg-etation beside the excellent, newly up-graded path down to the beach and will visit the illegal swimming pool site.”

During a site inspection on Tuesday morning, Mr Yugovic said there was hardly a native plant to be seen be-tween the pool area and the beach.

“There’s lots of work to be done here.”

Mt Eliza Ward councillor Leigh Eustace said even a layman could see the retaining wall of the pool and sur-rounds had moved since construction.

The pool area has a spectacular view of Port Phillip and Mornington harbour in the distance.

Conservationists will meet at the corner of Sturio Pde and Osprey Ave (Melway 105 B2) at 10am. Mr Yugovic said people wanting to take part in the working bee should bring gloves.

Battle of bulge: Cr Leigh Eustace shows part of the Lew pool area retaining wall where two welded steel braces have split due to pressure. Picture: Keith Platt

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MORNINGTON $430,000 - $460,000

22/201 Main StreetInspect Saturday 4-4.30pm

or by appointment

LIFESTYLE, LUXURY AND EXCLUSIVITY

MORNINGTON


5975 7733 Shop 2, 188-194 Main St Mornington


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This unique 24 lot sub-division at 610 Esplanade provides a wonderful opportunity to build your dream home by the sea.Rarely does land so close to the Esplanade become available to the public.

HOUSE & LAND PACKAGES AVAILABLE

For more information visit:www.bayvista.com.auEmail or call Geoff Luff: 0416 142 [email protected]

INCLUSIONS

INCLUSIONSBasic inclusions list.General

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‘The Vista’ – to be constructed

‘The Riviera’LOT 21/23, 610 ESPLANADE, MOUNT MARTHA - FROM $950,000

LOT 3, 610 ESPLANADE, MOUNT MARTHA - FROM $895,000




7 Bath Street Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm or by appointment

SUPERB SPOT – OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

MORNINGTON AUCTION SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER AT 4PM

41 Parkside Crescent Inspect Sat 12-12.30 or by appointment

PRESENTED TO IMPRESS – WITH SENSATIONAL SHEDDING

MORNINGTON $555,000 - $585,000

9 Stanton Close Inspect Wednesday & Saturday 3-3.30pm or by appointment

FABULOUS FOR A FAMILY!

MOUNT MARTHA Negotiable Over $550,000

1/10 Kent Street Inspect Saturday 12-12.30pm or by appointment

BUILDERS REALISATION - MUST BE SOLD

MORNINGTON AUCTION: SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER AT 12 NOON

8 Ella Bella Way Inspect Saturday 1-1.30pm or by appointment

SPACE & CHARACTER IN SUMMERFIELDS!

MORNINGTON NEG OVER $740,000

24 Jacaranda Crescent Inspect by appointment

BIG & BEACHSIDE!


Contact Leigh Donovan - Licensed Estate Agent/Auctioneer - 0418 106 309

Contact Leigh Donovan - Licensed Estate Agent/Auctioneer - 0418 106 309




2/14 Fleet Street Inspect Saturday 11-11.30am or by appointment

IN CLOSE AND VERY INVITING


1/2 Hunter Street Inspect Wednesday & Saturday 11-11.30am or by appointment

BUDGET BUYERS/INVESTORS

EASY COSMETIC IMPROVER!

MORNINGTON $275,000 - $295,000

107A Tanti Avenue Inspect by appointment

MORNINGTON EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

708 Esplanade Inspect by appointment

LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE BAY!

MORNINGTON $950,000 - $1,050,000

84 Summerfields Drive Inspect Saturday 3-3.30pm or by appointment

AN EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE - WITH THE LOT!

IN A WORD - WOW!


6/47 Spray Street Inspect Sat 1-1.30 or by appointment

ENJOY A COSMOPOLITAN LIFESTYLE- IN BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE MORNINGTON!

MORNINGTON $350,000 - $370,000

2/13 Brent Street, Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm or by appointment

BRAND NEW VILLA - ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE!

JUST MOVE IN & ENJOY!

MORNINGTON $390,000 - $415,000

1-9/90 Harrap Road Inspect by appointment

BRAND NEW – BUY NOW & SAVE!

MOUNT MARTHA $465,000

4 Cottage Place Inspect Saturday 2-2.30pm or by appointment

SPREAD OUT IN SPACE & COMFORT!

MORNINGTON $690,000 - $730,000


16 Julian Court Dromana

Price $525,000Inspect Sunday 1.30 – 2.00pmContact 03 5987 3233

walk to beach

Set in a quiet and private court setting this lovely home is just a mere 600m (approx) from the beach and the Dromana shopping strip. This very neat and tidy home features sun filled rooms and wide open living spaces. Three spacious bedrooms, master with FES, two separate living areas, open plan kitchen/meals/living, GDH and ample bench space in kitchen. Solar electricity, double remote garage, landscaped gardens and easy to maintain. Public transport, churches, schools, doctors, café and restaurants all within easy walking distance. Live, lease or holiday the choice is yours!

31 Graeme Street DromanaBeachside Development Opportunity

Price $495,000 $545,000Inspect Saturday 12-12.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

builders

This one is a money maker! Call now and book your appointment to view this sensational opportunity, beachside of the freeway right here in sunny Dromana. The existing 3 bedroom BV home is bright, light and airy and a short walk to shopping and beach. As an added bonus this property is being sold with town planning approval to build a double storey townhouse at the rear of the existing home. The townhouse will feature 3 bedrooms, 2 living areas and a double garage. Plans available for viewing at our office by appointment. Be Quick!

1/9 Illuka Street Safety BeachNew, Light, Bright & Spacious

Price $455,000 NegInspect Saturday 1-1.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

like new

This near new single residence is just a short walk to the Safety Beach foreshore and the multi million dollar Martha Cove marina. Set upon a smaller allotment - fully landscaped and easy to maintain. 3 spacious bedrooms, 1-2 living areas, stone bench tops in kitchen, gas ducted heating. Remote lock up garage with drive through access via real roller door. Long settlement available. Projected rental return of $330 approx per week. CALL NOW!

www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/dromana

193 Point Nepean Road,Dromana VIC 3936 5987 3233

27 Elizabeth Avenue Dromana9 Great Reasons Why...

Price $395,000 PlusInspect Sunday 1-1.30pmContact 03 5987 3233

Positioned in a fantastic part of Dromana is this great home ideal as a weekend getaway, permanent or investment:

renovators

MorningtonDiscerning & Discreet

Price $645,000Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

lounge and family/theatre room, both very large and with (expensive) parquet flooring. These two rooms are separated by an equally spacious kitchen.

2/2 Morgan Court Safety BeachReady, Steady, Go!!

Price $399,000Inspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

At the end of a quiet court with a public thoroughfare to the beach this site (approx. 369sqm) is an ideal opportunity to build meters from the sea but in peaceful, private surroundings. Build a dream holiday home on a site where you can hear the waves! This is a very rare site, only 100

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15 Caldwell Road DromanaMesmerizing Bay Views

Price $1.250,000 - $1.3 millionInspect By AppointmentContact 03 5987 3233

Designed to capture every degree of its north facing view this incredible residence features wide open living areas, sun filled rooms and panoramic bay views. Approximately 60sq in size the home offers five spacious bedrooms, three bathrooms, two kitchens, three living areas and extensive decking and balcony space.

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4 3 2Individual character and flairWhen it comes to location Tyrone Foreshore is without question Rye’s most loved area amongst permanent residents and holiday makers alike. Set back a mere 350m (approx) from beautiful family friendly bay beaches this architecturally designed home has a unique character that blends beautifully with the natural bayside setting. The home offers a unique floor plan and is a little bit quirky. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 on the ground level with the 3rd raised with its own small landing accessed via a timber staircase.

25 Michael Street Rye

Auction Saturday 17 Sep 1:00pm

Inspect Sat 12:00 - 12:30pm

Agent Glenn Key - 0402 445 208

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4 3 2Outstanding Location- Stroll to BeachIf it’s beachside living you require then this wonderful home ticks all the boxes. It holds the prime position of one house back in a gorgeous, prestigious cul-de-sac creating a private beautifully treed setting only a few steps to the waters edge. The striking architecturally designed home blends to perfection with the backdrop. The clever use of natural materials offers individuality without overshadowing the environment. Step inside to reveal an interesting family orientated floor plan offering zoned living.

4 Tyrone Ave Rye

Price $980,000 - $1.04million

Inspect By appointment

Agent Diane & Phil Key - 0419 324 515

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4 3 2Love in an elevatorCheck me out. I am a sleek glass elevator professionally installed to zip from the ground floor to the main living area above. I am fast and efficient. I am large enough to take a wheelchair and its occupant to join in the fun above. Shopping? Not a problem, simply bring it aboard and push the button, “up we go.” Needless to say kids think I’m just ace. I am there, at your command. Two floors of luxury living with massive bay views.

9 Burdoo Street Rye

Price $580,000 - $638,000


Agent Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

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4 3 2I can see for miles and miles and miles - 5 magic acresWho can tell what you might see perched up on top of the world. There are gorgeous views in every direction. Numerous Bay and Ocean glimpses to watch the ships pass in the night, magnificent sunrises and even more spectacular sunsets, wild life of all kinds and above all an abundance of fresh country air. All this and still only a few minutes drive to all the features and activities the Mornington Peninsula has to offer.

142 Maxwell Road Fingal

Price $980,000 - $1,070,000


Agent Diane & Phil Key 0419 324 515

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www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/rye

2397 Point Nepean Road,Rye VIC 39415985 6555


For Sale 82-84 Eumeralla Grove, Mt Eliza

A rare opportunity to secure your own piece of prestigious Mt Eliza. This fantastic elevated allotment of approx. 1449m2 allows the suc-cessful purchaser to build their dream home and sit back and enjoy the views and location. Located in a quiet area and including archi-tectural designs, working drawings, engineers designs and computations, soil reports, 5star energy rating report, stamped council ap-proved permit, pool deposit and survey report. Priced to sell.

Build your dream home - HUGE PRICE REDUCTION!

Price: $310,000 - $340,000Inspect: By Appointment

For Sale 8 Chateaux Close, Mount Martha

This absolutely stunning entertainers home consists of ve large bedrooms, master with parents retreat and FES. If you love entertain-ing this grand home is for you! Open plan living with a modern kitchen, European appliances and breakfast bar central to family and meals area overlooking alfresco decking and sand-stone in ground salt water and solar heated pool. From the rumpus/lounge room to the pool area, your family and friends will envy the large space that surround the home.

Look out summer here we come!

Price: $740,000 - $770,000Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm

For Sale 4 Lesa Court, Mount Martha

Located in a quiet court close to local schools and shopping centre, this family home has four large bedrooms plus a study. The formal lounge has a bay window, there is an open plan second living area, family room, meals area and kitchen. Entertain with family and friends over looking alfresco area and in-ground solar heated, salt chlorinated pool. Double lock up garage with rear access. Two good sized garden sheds and a large backyard with plenty of room for kids to play. Central heating, evaporative cooling and split system heating and cooling.

Home sweet home


For Sale 6 Avery Court, Mount Martha

A luxury two storey rendered Simmons home situated in cul de sac location of prestigious Mount Martha location. The grand entrance has high ceilings and a sweeping stair case leading to the family’s four bedrooms and large retreat with balcony overlooking a semi-rural vista. The double bi- fold doors separate the formal area from the main living areas. A Master chef kitchen with granite bench tops has large pantry and the meals and family room area surrounded by oor to ceiling bay window overlooking in-ground pool.

Elegant and sophisticated on a grand scale

Price: By NegotiationInspect: Saturday 12.00-12.30pm

For Sale 11A York Street, Mornington

This block is ready to be built on. With plans and permits already approved the hard work has been done. Situated in the heart of Mornington, a short walk into Main Street and beach, this rare opportunity would suit a local builder, retiree or rst home buyer. Plans approved for a 22 square double storey town-house with 3 bedrooms, ensuite, study and main bathroom upstairs. Downstairs will be the kitchen, family and dining room plus living area, powder room and laundry.

A rare opportunity in the heart of Mornington

Price: $295,000Inspect: By Appointment

For Sale 119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach

Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the Safety Beach fore-shore this superb, luxury two storey townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprise three bedrooms plus a parents retreat, 2 bathrooms and a powder room and two separate living areas. The kitchen has Caesar stone bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg stainless steel appliances, designer tap wear, Rinnai 24hr gas hot water and the living areas have heating with programmable thermostat and split system air conditioning, generous allowance of lighting and television points & alarm system. Landscaping includes fencing, co-loured concrete aggregate to front driveway and paths. Prop-erty would suit, retirees, investors, rst home buyers or great for a holiday home. BUY NOW AND SAVE ON STAMP DUTY

Seaview at Martha Cove

Price: $695,000-$740,000Inspect: By Appointment

For Sale 32 Meridian Way, Mornington

This brilliantly designed and precision built home is on a large 1406m2 block and offers four bedrooms, master with spa ensuite, study, formal and informal living areas, expansive kitchen with stone bench tops and high quality appliances. Key additions include a large entertaining deck, second driveway (ideal for boat or caravan) leading to a large workshop, porcelain tiles and wool carpet, with ducted heating & refrigerated cooling.

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Fruit FusionAn excellent opportunity to own your own Juice Bar with brand new t-out in busy Bayside Shopping Centre. This easy to run and manage business has a new lease, no franchise fees and is ready to go! Priced below set up costs this is a bargain!

Sale Price: $119,000 WIWOContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859

For Sale – Frankston

Wild Cards & Gi sThis business has been designed to be successful and provide you with all the necessary tools. With excellent sales and presenta on there is huge growth poten al in this business that could very easily be run by a family with full franchise support and low franchise fees of only 4%. New lease terms available.

Sale Price: $175,000 +SAVContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859


Smell The RosesThe well known and very popular Wa le Gardens of Mornington is on the market. The current owners have run this business for the past 10 years and are looking to re re. A great sized shop with excellent lease condi ons and Main Street loca on. Priced to sell. Inspec on recommended.

Sale Price: $97,500 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale - Mornington

Blue Chip Freehold InvestmentThis is a rare opportunity to secure a high pro le retail investment in the heart of Mount Eliza Village. There are two shops available with a combined area of 166.8sqm and currently let to two long term tenants showing a net return of $77,250pa. Situated close to Safeway and other prominent businesses in the town.

Sale Price: On Applica onContact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Sale – Mount Eliza

Factory 3, 5 – 7 Trewi CourtNear new factory, never been used. Ideal loca on to base your business.• 155 sqm approx • Remote roller door access• Easy access to freeway • Priced to lease

Lease Price: $1,085pcm + GST + OGContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Lease – Dromana

Sick of Ren ng? – Freehold for sale106 sqm o ce for sale in the Frankston Business Center• Formal recep on • Open plan o ce • Large kitchen area • Separate mee ng roomExcellent value / mo vated Vendor

Sale Price: $240,000Contact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859


3 Archer StreetThis large factory has approximately 800sqm of le able area. The factory is separated into 3 areas, two of which are leased on a month to month basis.

Sale Price: On Applica onContact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454.

For Sale – Mornington

Great Beachfront Loca onWith superb loca on this fully licensed café/restaurant has sea ng for 80. Currently opera ng as The Capel Restaurant, this is a golden opportunity for the savvy operator to take this prominent beachside business to the next level. Also included in the lease is a three bedroom residence.

Sale Price: O ers Over $100,000 WIWOContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale - Rosebud

Rent Free Period AvailableThese three prime o ces of approx. 15sqm, 17sqm and 30sqm are situated at the beach end of Main Street and would be ideal for individual, professional businesses. As new t-out, great loca on and at this price they are extremely good value. Be Quick.

Lease Price: From $780pcm + GST + Service FeeContact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Lease – Mornington

SaluteThe well known and highly popular Cellarbra ons Sorrento is on the market. Following eight very successful and pro table years, the current owners have decided to move on. Prime Ocean Beach Road loca on compliments this very strong business. Great rent, great lease.


For Sale – Sorrento

BakeryAward winning bakery, currently opera ng only 6 days a week, with long established clientele. There is a demand for increased opening hours, so this could be your opportunity to take this business to the next level. Adding co ee sales, wholesaling and trading 7 days would see this business reach its full poten al.

Sale Price: $299,000 WIWOContact: Tanya Scagliarini 0438 289 859


Par al Fit Out Only• Prime loca on in the Mornington Mall just o Main Street.• Shop size approximately 60sqm .• Would suit a variety of uses.• Great Lease terms available.• Available September 2011

Sale Price: $29,000 (Fit Out Only)Contact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454


Priced To SellExcellent, well known business with great passing tra c.This would make an ideal rst business for someone wishing to downsize. Great central Mornington loca on with long lease and cheap rent. Vendor mo vated to sell.



Landlord Wants A TenantS ll near new and with outstanding exposure this property is ideally suited for retail or professional o ces. Superb t out with kitchen, shower and disabled access. An inspec on will not disappoint. Available from September 30, 2011.

Lease Price: $1,750 pcm + GST + OGSContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

For Sale – Dromana

For Lease - MorningtonFirst me available in over 6 years this retail shop is situated behind Main Street, adjacent to free parking area and is well set up for professional businesses; EG: accountant/solicitor or real estate. There are two o ces, boardroom, two toilets and lunchroom. Long term lease available.

Lease Price: POAContact: Kevin Wright 0417 564 454

For Lease – Mornington

Next To Proposed Epicurean CentreExcellent retail space of 76m2 right next to the proposed Red Hill Cool Store building which will be converted into an Epicurean Centre. The Epicurean Centre concept will build upon and enhance Red Hill’s reputa on as a sophis cated source of fresh, local produce and merchandise.

Lease Price: $1,420pcm + GST + OGSContact: Gary Ralph 0418 535 503

For Lease – Red Hill

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INVEST WITH THE LOTAUCTION FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER

@ 2.00PM (ON SITE)

UNITS 1-4 / 2 BRETT DRIVE, CARRUM DOWNS

LEVEL 1/1 COLEMANS ROAD, CARRUM DOWNS, VIC, 3201 Michael Crowder 0408 358 926 Richard Wraith 0419 564 528

The property comprises of a takeaway food shop, warehouse and two offices. The anchor tenant is the Homestyle café which has a new 5x5x5 year lease. There are also 22 on-site car parks.• Iconic corner complex• Quality tenants with secure leases• Building size 533sqm (approx.)

Contact: Richard Wraith 0419 564 528 or Michael Crowder 0408 358 926

• Four units on one title with potential to subdivide (STCA)• Currently returning $72,504pa (approx.)• Total land size: 1647sqm (approx.)

NICHOLSCROWDER.COM.AU

Rare freehold positionENJOYING a prominent position on Mornington-Tyabb Road in Mornington, this landmark property has come onto the market. Securely leased to a well-known business, the current owners are keen to sell. Some off-street parking is available.

Address: 12 Mornington-Tyabb Road, MORNINGTONPrice: $900,000 Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial, 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington, 5977 2255.Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

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Factory with residential loftMEASURING approx 380 square meters this former recording studio and shop lends itself to a multitude of uses. Perfect for the small business owner or ideal for creative purposes with artists, photographers and manufacturers sure to show interest. The property is for genuine sale with motivated vendors keen to sell.

Address: 12 David Court, ROSEBUDPrice: $250,000 – $270,000Agency: Stockdale & Leggo Rosebud 1089 Point Nepean Road, 5689 8600Agent: Jon Perrett 0405 123 921


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Address: 3 Archer Street, MORNINGTONPrice: $950,000Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington 5977 2255Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

LOCATED at the beach end of Main Street, this fi rst-fl oor salon is a well-established business with good clientele and an excellent fi t-out including polished fl oating timber fl oors, reception area, waiting room and several cutting stations. Stocking L’Oreal Professional and label M products, current services provided are beauty therapist and clinical myotherapist.

Address: Hair & Beauty Salon, MORNINGTONPrice: $49,950Agency: Kevin Wright Commercial 2/26 McLaren Place, Mornington 5977 2255Agent: Kevin Wright, 0417 564 454.

Factory with vacant possessionTHIS large factory has approximately 800 square metres of lettable area and is divided into three areas, two of which are leased on a month-to-month basis. The total area is available with vacant possession or choose to keep the current tenants and occupy the front section for your business. Total land area is approximately 2065 square metres with plenty of onsite parking and yard area.

Popular salon with excellent fi t-out

Chinese Restaurant, SOMERVILLEPrice: $119,000 plus stockAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street, Frankston, 97811588.Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151.

Gifts, homeware, decor & furniture, MORNINGTONPrice: $300,000 plus stock of approx. $95,000Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street, Frankston, 97811588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151.

THIS Chinese food restaurant trades fi ve and a half days plus evenings each week and is prominently located in a prime corner position of a busy shopping plaza. The premis-es have a full commercial kitchen, air-conditioning and seating for up to 60 diners. There is also a BYO licence. The owners want to retire after 10 years running the business.

Asian restaurant with 60 seats A happy surprise ONE of the Mornington Peninsula’s best-known stores in for sale. Selling gifts, home decor and furniture, and in a prime Mornington location, the store trades Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 3pm. The shop is well stocked with goods from Indo-nesia, China and Australia. The business has high turnover fi gures, good profi ts and can be run by the effi cient staff when the owners are away. The vendors are now ready to retire.

To advertise in the next edition of the Mornington News commercial real estate section, contact Jason Richardson on 0421 190 318 or email [email protected]


Business Sales [email protected]

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588

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

27 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability27 years selling experience based on honesty and reliabilityREIV Business Brokers Committee MemberREIV Business Brokers Committee Member

7 stations, 2 basins, nothing to be done to this well

presented salon with large glass frontage.

New lease available. Stock included in price.

HAIR SALON

$45,000

Women’s apparel for yoga, gym, pilates etc. Well known

to locals, easy to run with 1 or 2 staff. Many repeat

customers.

SPORTS CLOTHING

$49,000 + sav

Well presented, large shop open 6 days. Selling set up costs and equipment only.

All stock included. Close to Main Street.

CONTINENTAL DELI

$50,000 WIWO

Clients are based from Sth Melbourne to SE subs, incl body corps, estate agents and private residential. Est 12 years, work hours to suit yourself. Vehicle optional.

LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE

NOW $55,000

Worldwide organization, 6 locations on Peninsula. Full training in teaching,

marketing & admin. Unique creative curriculum.

DRAMA ACADEMY

$57,500 + F/Fee

Very busy foot traffi c area. Extensive coolroom, good

vehicle, renovated 18 months ago.

KEEN VENDOR

FRUIT & VEG RETAIL

$65,000 + sav

Two models, one home-based or one offi ce-based.

All details available on application.

ACCOUNTING FRANCHISES

$75,000

Trades Tues to Sun from 11.30am. Two twin self cleaning deep fryers.

Located in large residential area.

FISH & CHIPS

NOW $75,000 + sav

Well presented shop with plenty of parking. Sub-let upstairs 1 bm accomm. 7 days 8am until 8pm. Good

lease arrangements.

MILK BAR

$72,000 + sav

Niche market in town for whole/organic foods inc fruit

& veg. 5 ½ days, seating for 18 in/out. Well known to locals and passing trade.

CAFÉ

$69,950 + sav

Large spacious salon on busy road, has 5 beauty

rooms, 8 stations, 2 basins. Nothing to be done, very

attractive, good equipment.

HAIR SALON

68,000 + sav

Large fully renovated shop with plenty of preparation

area, has coolroom. Est 40 yrs, keen vendor. Trades

daily from 10.30am.

CHARCOAL CHICKEN

NOW $75,000 + sav

Lovely kiosk in busy food court selling sushi, noodles, pasta, fresh juices, coffee etc. Near new equipment, cheap rent, can be fully

managed. URGENT SALE

TAKEAWAY

$69,900 + sav

Large coolroom, seats 20 in & 10 out, new cappuccino

machine. 7 days from 11am. Cheap business priced for quick sale – vendor has

bought elsewhere.

CHARCOAL CHICKEN

NOW $79,000 + sav

6 rooms & reception area, staff and client parking. Wide

variety of services offered, sound system and fully

air-cond. Business Award winner.

BEAUTY, HEALTH & SPA

$80,000 + sav

Very attractive presentation with 8 beauty rooms.

Sub-lets to manicurist and masseur. No competition, about 2000 clients, Yellow Pages ads. Stock included.

BEAUTY, HAIR & NAILS

$98,000

Main street, well known, pleasant business. Optus

Premium dealer, computing & entertainment. Full security 24/7.

RETAIL ELECTRONICS

$98,500 + sav

Prime residential area/ food precinct close to main road with good signage. Lots of

near new equipment. Has 3 bm home.

TAKEAWAY

$99,000 + sav

Innovative components est 30 yrs, working one day a

week. Excellent equipment, major account and many

stores. Full assistance given.

MANUFACTURING

$100,000 + sav

8 washers, 10 dryers, 2 HWS. Open 24 hours, but

has auto open/close doors. Male & female toilets, and

offi ce. Fully renovated premises. Est. 20 years.

COIN LAUNDRETTE

$128,500

Est 35 years in Main St M’ton. Seats 20 in & 20 out, has coolroom. Ideal family business reduced to sell

quickly.

CAFÉ

$130,000 + sav

Highly visible, near Safeway, good parking. New fryer,

rotary oven, freezer, coolroom. Good lease, owner

operator with 7 casuals.

TAKEAWAY

$85,000 + sav

Located in S/C, no opposition. Very good

equipment inc coolroom, seats 25 in & 15 out. Suit

H/W team.

CAFÉ

$91,500 + sav

Residential & commercial customers mainly on M’ton

Peninsula. Major contracts in place. Past Business Award

winner.

CLEANING

$79,500 + sav

Healthy options in busy Bayside S/C foodcourt.

Strong T/O fi gures, modern and attractive, franchise. Good cash fl ow business.

TAKEAWAY

NOW $130,000 + sav

Well established in modern S/C, qualifi ed staff,

fully managed. Confi dentiality applies. Full assistance offered.

HAIR SALON

$135,000 + sav

Large shop, long standing business, double storey 3

bm residence. High density residential area. Trial on

$6,500pw.

GENERAL STORE

$140,000 + sav

Well equipped, quality P&E, operates with 2 liquor licences.

Confi dentiality applies. Two kitchens. Seats 35.

LICENSED CAFÉ

$150,000 + sav

Only 3 owners in 25 years, prime area, no opposition. Huge potential to introduce more lines, ideal H/W team.

Excellent takings.

HEALTH FOOD STORE

$159,900 + sav

Installation & servicing of all manner of security

systems, plus ongoing client maintenance and upgrades.

Industry experience an advantage.

SECURITY SYSTEMS

$160,000

Only 5 days a week with short hours in the heart of

M’ton industrial area. Small shop, simple to run, est 40

yrs. Trial on $7200 pw.

INDUSTRIAL TAKEAWAY

$170,000 + sav

Sales & service, well equipped showroom &

workshop. Est 10 yrs, vendor owns freehold & offers new

lease with neg terms. Good profi ts.

PLUMBING, PUMPS & IRRIGATION

$225,000 + sav

One of about 75 franchises in Australia, S/C location with

very busy foot traffi c. Confi dentialty applies.

BOOK RETAIL

$230,000 + sav

S/steel & glazed balustrades for res and comm clients, pool fencing, self closing

gates, high quality architectural features. 70% Melbourne 30% Peninsula.

MANUFACTURE & INSTALLATION

$250,000 + sav

7 days 11.30pm to 4am, two refrigerated vans. Pick

up Moorabbin, has fi ll in drivers. One of approx. 200 franchises Australia wide.

DISTRIBUTION

$260,000

Landmark building with attached accommodation. Fully renovated, opens 6

days to 4pm. 65% food, 35% other items.

GENERAL STORE

$280,000 + sav

Power and hand tools, BOC gas agency, large repair section. Only 2 owners in

28 years, well known, long standing staff. Vendor willing

to stay on.

TOOL RETAILER

$300,000 + sav

Well known, bbq chicken, ideal location, modern premises and kitchen

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BORAL Asphalt has avoided a fi ght with the state government by drop-ping plans to build a bitumen storage plant at Crib Point.

Former Planning Minister Justin Madden announced two years ago that he had approved Boral’s applica-tion, bringing a chorus of disapproval from residents, conservationists and the then coalition Opposition.

Hastings MP Neale Burgess last week said he was pleased Boral had fi nally declared publicly its proposed bitumen plant would not go ahead at Crib Point.

Mr Burgess said he called Boral As-phalt general manager Tony Aloisio after the coalition won government

late last year and warned Boral would have to fi ght the government.

“Boral was told the new govern-ment’s policy was that no industrial development would be allowed to proceed south of Hastings,” he said.

“While Boral was issued with a per-mit by Labor Planning Minister Justin Madden, Liberal minister Matthew Guy had publicly stated no bitumen plant would be built at Crib Point.”

Boral’s plan was also rejected by Mornington Peninsula Shire as being inappropriate for the small rural town.

However, Boral said Crib Point was suitable because its infrastructure was accessible to ships bringing bitumen

from Singapore. The plans were criti-cised by residents who said the roads were unsuitable to the increased traf-fi c that would be caused by bitumen-laden trucks.

The storage depot would also have put an end to plans for the Otama sub-marine to be brought ashore as a tour-ist attraction.

In April 2008 Mr Burgess said it was “hard to imagine a development that would infl ict more anguish on a community, while delivering less val-ue than Boral’s”.

Boral’s Crib Point depot plan be-came known in 2006, eventually lead-ing in August 2008 to an independent

planning panel hearing, which was told residents had been devastated and outraged.

In a joint submission to the panel, Mr Burgess and fellow Liberal, fed-eral MP for Flinders, Greg Hunt, said: “It is important to note that we do not oppose the development of a Bitumen storage facility; we simply believe that for many reasons, Crib Point is a to-tally inappropriate location for it.

“It is our view that the Port of Hast-ings development should be contained to the Long Island area north of Hast-ings and to the extent possible, parti-tioned from local townships.

“The area south of Hastings, includ-

ing Crib Point, provides opportunity for carefully planned low impact tour-ism and low impact residential devel-opment and should be freed forever from the spectre of industrialisation.”

Boral has won permission to build an asphalt plant in a quarry off Mc-Clelland Rd in Langwarrin.

The plant will produce 400,000 tonnes of asphalt for the Peninsula Link freeway project.

Frankston Council’s approval of the plant was to challenged in the VCAT by conservationists and residents, but planning minister Matthew Guy called the matter in and approved it last week.

Boral backs down over Crib Point asphalt plantBoral backs down over Crib Point asphalt plant

By Mike HastPORTS Minister Denis Napthine says expansion of Port of Hastings is even more urgent after job losses at Blue-Scope Steel’s Western Port plant.

Dr Napthine visited Hastings on Fri-day 26 August to inspect port facilities with stakeholders including Hastings MP Neale Burgess, Western Port har-bour master Shane Vedamuttu and Port of Hastings Corporation offi cials.

The corporation, soon to become the Port of Hastings Development Author-ity, was given back its independence earlier this month when legislation separated it from the Port of Mel-bourne Corporation.

The previous Labor government under John Brumby and former ports minister Tim Pallas put Hastings under the control of the Port of Melbourne last September.

The controversial action was criti-cised by many sectors with claims Port of Melbourne would retard develop-ment of Hastings.

Legislation decoupling the two ports passed through parliament on 16 Au-gust although it will not come into ef-fect until 1 January next year.

On Friday afternoon Dr Napthine,

a former veterinarian from the West-ern District, told The News the state government wanted to make Hastings into Melbourne’s second container port within 10 to 13 years, not 25 years as had been proposed by the previous government.

He said Hastings was essential for growth of imports and exports in Vic-toria as Port of Melbourne was rapidly running out of space to expand and traffi c congestion had become a major problem.

Studies had shown changing social and environmental expectations of neighbouring communities such as Yarraville, Footscray, Garden City and Beacon Cove, Docklands, Fishermans Bend and Williamstown would affect port operations.

The PoMC owns and manages about 510 hectares of port land west of cen-tral Melbourne, which includes 34 commercial berths at fi ve docks and river wharves with a total berth length of about seven kilometres.

At Hastings, about 3500 hectares of land was zoned for port use in the 1970s.

The loss of 270 jobs at BlueScope Western Port (pictured) and 800 at Port

Kembla in NSW was announced on 22 August by CEO Paul O’Malley who said the company would cease export-ing its products after being hammered by the high Australian dollar, low steel prices and high raw material costs.

Asked if cars would come through the Port of Hastings and be essential to its profi tability, Dr Napthine said it made more sense for this to occur at the Port of Geelong, but Western Port was the logical site for a new container port with its natural deep water port

and large tracts of vacant land.When the Transport Legislation

Amendment (Port of Hastings Devel-opment Authority) Bill 2011 was ap-proved by the parliament earlier this month, Dr Napthine said that with the throughput of containers in Victoria forecast to quadruple over the next 30 years, a second container port was vital to the long-term productivity and economy of Victoria.

“The development of Hastings will give Victorian businesses and export-ers confi dence in the long-term ef-fi ciency of freight movements in our state,” he said.

“The Coalition government will soon seek expressions of interest for the Port of Hastings Development Au-thority board.

“Once appointed, the board will ini-tiate a number of assessments includ-ing economic, social and environmen-tal impact studies. The government will work closely with all stakeholders and the Hastings community to ensure the best possible outcome is achieved.”

Dr Napthine said the Bill’s passage through both Houses with bipartisan support indicated that the Victorian La-bor Party recognised it made a mistake

when it merged Hastings with the Port of Melbourne Corporation in 2010.

“This legislation reverses Labor’s short-sighted vision for the future of the Victorian freight industry and will allow for an independent port ... au-thority to begin the preliminary work for this vital project.”

The government now faces com-plex tasks to fast-track development at Hastings, including satisfying envi-ronmental laws, with Western Port part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and listed under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

About 30 species of birds migrate from north Asia to Western Port each year, and Australia, as a signatory of the 1974 Ramsar Convention, is under an obligation to preserve the ecologi-cal character of its designated Ramsar sites.

The cost of developing Hastings has been put at about $10 billion with new roads and a rail line being among big-ticket items. The amount is sure to rise as the fi rst estimate for expanding Hastings was put at $3 billion in 2006.

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Sub mission: Ports Minister Denis Napthine, right, and Hastings MP Neale Burgess, centre, with submarine project members Howard Bull, Alf Tallon and Max Bryant in Hastings.

By Mike HastWESTERN Port’s ill-fated submarine HMAS Otama has a new champion – Victorian Ports Minister Denis Nap-thine.

On Friday 26 August during a visit to Hastings, Dr Napthine told mem-bers of the Western Port Oberon As-sociation, which owns the submarine rusting at anchor off Crib Point, he would help them bring it ashore at either Hastings, Stony Point or Crib Point.

After receiving a briefi ng about the plan to bring Otama ashore nine years ago as the centrepiece of Hastings – Cerberus Naval Memorial Park – originally conceived to boost tourism in Hastings – the minister told WPOA offi cials Max Bryant, Alf Tallon and Howard Bull he would go in to bat for them.

“I’ll work out if there are substan-tial impediments [to bringing the sub ashore at Hastings] and if we can’t do it here, we’ll look at Stony Point or Crib Point,” Dr Napthine said.

“If the problems aren’t genuine, we’ll get it fi xed; let’s fi nd a site.”

During a 40-minute meeting in Beach Hut Cafe, Dr Napthine was handed a comprehensive proposal by association president Max Bryant and listened intently to the three men.

Hastings MP Neale Burgess told Dr Napthine the Department of Sustain-ability and Environment had knocked back bringing ashore the 2000-tonne, 90-metre long Otama between Hast-ings Yacht Club and Western Port Ma-rina, claiming there was insuffi cient room for car parking.

Mr Bryant told the minister DSE had initially supported the plan, but had changed its mind.

An attempt to bring Otama ashore at Crib Point had been foiled by Boral’s plans to build a bitumen storage plant (now abandoned; see page 31) next door to the submarine site allocated by DSE, which Mr Bryant said was too small.

A third site, north of the Port of Hasting depot at Stony Point, was a possibility, he said, but Patrick’s lease

Napthine ups periscope for subNapthine ups periscope for subLong waitLong waitHMAS Otama has been on a mooring off Crib Point since it was towed to Western Port in May 2002.

The Oberon association paid the Navy $50,000 for the submarine. It cost $310,000 for towing, $96,000 for insurance, and $40,000 for cleaning and EPA approval.

The money came from a $500,000 Centenary of Federation grant.

The association has used its own funds to pay for mooring, maintenance and setting up a temporary museum and maritime memorial centre in the former BP administration centre at Crib Point, near where the sub is moored.

Rust is eating away at the sub’s outer hull, although not its crucial 25-millimetre thick pressure hull.

The association attracted worldwide interest in November 2008 when it advertised Otama on eBay for $4.9 million. It received four genuine offers including one from a group aiming to restore it for use as a drug-smuggling submarine.

Otama was built in 1973 and launched by Princess Anne on 3 December 1975. The Princess, formal sponsor of Otama, has shown great interest in the project and fl ew over the sub in October 2003. The Princess has shown interest in opening the centre.

An Oberon class submarine, Otama weighs 2000 tonne, is 90 metres long, carried 63 submariners and had a range of 9000 nautical miles and a submerged speed of 17 knots.

Otama is intact and missing only its torpedoes and the system used to fi re them..

Sub in waiting: HMAS Otama off Crib Point with its rusting outer hull. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon, www.aquamanships.com

did not expire until 2017 and approval had been delayed when the proposed car ferry to Phillip Island was revived.

Dr Napthine said he supported WPOA’s plan for a naval memorial park with Otama and an adjacent inter-pretative centre as the hub.

It would provide economic benefi t for Hastings and Western Port at a time when the area was reeling after the announcement of job losses at Blue-Scope, he said.

Howard Bull told Dr Napthine the submarine and its centre would be like Scienceworks in Spotswood where visitors would be immersed in a sound and video experience. The history of

the Royal Australian Navy would be told at the centre and the navy could tap into the recruiting potential of the facility.

Mr Burgess – who three weeks be-fore the state election last November said a Coalition government would bring the submarine ashore – said he wanted travellers to get to Frankston “and turn left and come down to Hast-ings and the Western Port side of the peninsula”.

Mr Bull said the submarine centre could be linked to Cerberus Museum, Point Nepean National Park’s fortifi -cations and gun emplacements, and South Channel Fort in Port Phillip.

“It would be a marvellous tour for military history buffs from around the world,” he said.

Mr Bryant told Dr Napthine the pro-ject would cost about $5 million and there were people and businesses wait-ing in the wings for the government to support the project before they stepped in to help.

He said an earlier feasibility study showed the submarine centre would attract more than 50,000 people a year to Hastings and be profi table.

Dr Napthine, who also has responsi-bility for major projects and regional cities, said the government was now taking applications for grants from its


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HISTORY

By Cameron McCullough

This story is from numerous newspaper reports at the time. In many cases, the language used has been left unchanged to best relay the mood and writing style of the era.

WHEN Ann Hastings went missing on December 1, 1876, suspicion imme-diately fell on her husband, William Hastings.

Hastings, a 41-year-old labourer, lived with his family at Mt Eliza, and on the day in question, his wife headed to Schnapper Point (Mornington) to purchase supplies. Her husband fol-lowed their two sons to a school at Frankston, but did not return to his home until 6 the next morning.

The statements made by Hastings to police as to where he spent the night and his replies to queries about his wife were considered contradictory, and in some instances were alleged to be untrue.

It was thought he was connected with his wife’s disappearance, espe-cially as she had not been accustomed to receiving uniform kindness from him.

Gradually suspicions were excited among the residents and the local po-lice that the missing woman had met with foul play, and that she had been murdered by her husband.

Bands of people turned out and as-sisted the police to search the coun-try, and continued to do so for about a week without obtaining any clue to unravel the mystery.

The mysterious disappearance of Ann Hastings was solved 11 days later when her lifeless and mutilated body was found in a paddock on the farm of Mr Grice, near Mt Eliza.

The gruesome discovery was made by the children of a labourer named Martin, who were drawn to where it

lay by the smell arising from its de-composition.

The paddock in which the body was found was near the beach, about two miles from the Hastings’ house, and one mile and a half from Mornington.

On being examined, the body was found to be bruised all over, and the head was battered both in front and be-hind. A piece of the deceased woman’s hat had been knocked inside the skull as with a hammer.

The body was removed by the police to Mornington, and Senior Constable Boyle telegraphed the information to Mr Candler, the district coroner, who had signifi ed his intention to hold an inquest on the body.

William Hastings, the husband, had been kept under surveillance by the police, and on the fi nding of the body he was arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder.

There was at the time no direct evi-dence against him, but since his arrest an axe stained with blood and with hu-man hair upon it had been found near his house.

Although the house had been sear-ched carefully, the prisoner’s working suit had not been found. Detectives Williams and Considine were des-patched from Melbourne to investi-gate the case, and, if found necessary, two black trackers were to be sent for to lend assistance.The inquest

At the inquest on the body of Anne Hastings, 20 witnesses were exam-ined, the fi rst being Dr Neild, who stated that the post-mortem examina-tion showed the cause of death to be fracture of the skull, infl icted by such an axe as the one found in the prison-er’s house.

All the bones of the skull were com-pletely smashed in, and death must have been instantaneous.

William Hastings jnr, son of the

murdered woman and the prisoner, and 13 years of age, and Eliza Hast-ings, their daughter, 15 years old, both gave evidence, but it was not important, and differed in no material respect from the statements made by them previously.

William Johnson, analytical chem-ist, deposed that he had examined the shirt of the prisoner, which had been washed, but carelessly. There were numerous stains which, under the mi-croscope, proved to be human blood. He had also examined a pocket knife, a heavy axe, several fl ooring boards, a piece of a print dress, and a dirty towel, which were all stained with hu-man blood.

He had, in company with the police and two black trackers, searched the paddock in the vicinity where the body was found, and found stains of blood on the fences, leading to the conclu-sion that the body had been carried through them. At the end of the pro-ceedings, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the accused.The trial

The trial of William Hastings began in the Central Criminal Court on Feb-ruary 26 on the charge of murdering his wife on December 1, 1876.

Eliza Hastings, a girl about 16 years of age, the daughter of the prisoner, gave evidence that her father had had criminal intercourse with her since she was nine years of age. Her mother knew of it; but there had never been any quarrelling about it in her pres-ence.

John Hastings, son of the prisoner, a boy about 10 years of age, gave evidence as to his frequently bleeding from the nose at night.

A number of other witnesses were examined, including Mr Johnson, the analytical chemist, who repeated the evidence he gave at the inquest.

The case was circumstantially clear against the prisoner.

One of the witnesses deposed: “I was present at an occurrence between the prisoner and his wife on the 26th May last. I saw the prisoner leaning up against the post of my gate, between my place and Mr William Davey’s yard, and I saw Mrs Hastings come in the direction from her own house. I did not know her at the time. She said, “Well Bill, you’re here still, I see”. He

said “Yes”. She continued “You have not been home for a week, and me and my poor little children have been for three days on one crust of bread. Bill, could you have the heart to serve me like this?” He turned round and said “You – I’ll cook you some of these days,” and the poor woman went away crying.

At the conclusion of the evidence, Mr O’Loghlen, who acted as Crown prosecutor, addressed the jury, counsel for the defence having intimated that it was not intended to call evidence on the prisoner’s behalf. The defence

Mr Purves, who appeared for the de-fence, commenced his address to the jury, and in a speech lasting over three

hours pointed out to them all that he could urge in his client’s favour.

He argued that the nature of the country between Hastings’ house and the place where the body of the mur-dered woman was found was of such a rough character that it was physically impossibile for him to have removed the body during the time in which the Crown case assumed he had done it, namely, between about 11pm, when he was last seen at Davey’s Hotel, in Frankston, and six or seven in the morning, when he was seen by the witness Adam Orange lying asleep in the ti-tree scrub on the road leading from Frankston to his own hut.

In a short space of time he would have to take the body to the spot where it was discovered, and lay it out as it was found. It was strange, too, that the prisoner should have chosen an open spot in which to expose the remains of his victim, as there were plenty of secluded places where he might have

disposed of them. Then he would have to get rid of his clothes, as they could not have escaped being stained with blood, to wash his hut free from all traces of the murder, and get to the top of the hill where he was passed in the morning by Orange, and simulate sleep. The idea that the prisoner could do all these things in the time was one that “exceeded the wildest dream of the most imaginative novelist”.

As to the fact of the prisoner being found asleep under the ti-tree, there was nothing more natural than that he should be discovered in such a posi-tion after having been drunk the night before.

Another fact in the prisoner’s favor was that the trousers he had worn, which must have been as much satu-rated with blood as his shirt, had never been produced, and it had never been attempted to show that he had de-stroyed them.

His two sons had been at home the whole night, and if the prisoner had shown by his own appearance that any thing unusual had occurred, or if he had changed his clothes, or cleaned up the house, they must have seen it, and if the fl oor was not washed that night, then they must have seen the blood.

The theory had been set up that the prisoner had murdered his wife be-hind the door of their bedroom, and that he had scraped the fl oor in order to remove the traces of the blood. The scraping of the fl oor, however, was easy of explanation, it being due to the fact that the door itself was diffi cult to open, and caused the abrasion of the boards.

Between the time of the disappear-ance of the deceased woman and the discovery of her body there was an interval of 11 days, during which the prisoner was subjected to a great amount of questioning suspicion.

In fact, he was hunted down, every man’s hand being against him. Some people went so far as to tell him that they thought he was guilty of killing his wife.

Had he been guilty, he would have been satisfi ed with the fi rst story he told, but as a fact he gave substantially the same account right through.

The trap that was laid for the pris-oner by Constable Kelly was most unjustifi able. He had pretended that he was going to search in the vicinity of the coal hole, and the prisoner at once consented to go with him; Kel-ly knowing at the same time that the deceased women’s body had already been found.

The witness Baxter, who met them, remarked that he presumed they were going to look at the body, and when they did go to where the remains were, what did the prisoner do when he saw the body? He wept. The action was one that was most natural, and one of the most hard to simulate under any circumstances.

Mr Purves then went on to argue that there was no absolute certainty in the blood tests that were used by the ana-lytical chemists. The only proof of the existence of human blood had been in regard to the boards in the hut, and the spots found there were in all probabil-ity caused by the bleeding nose of the prisoner’s youngest son, there being no trace of such a quantity of blood as must have fl owed from wounds such as those which the deceased woman was found to have sustained.

As for the blood on the axe, it could not be decided by the analyst whether

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The idea that the prisoner could do all these things in the time was one that “exceeded

the wildest dream of the

most imaginative novelist”.


it was human blood or dog’s blood. He concluded by saying that the case

for the prosecution depended solely on circumstantial evidence, and that there were numerous instances on record in which convictions based on such evidence had been afterwards found to have been wrong, and all that could be said of the case for the prosecution in this instance was that it was consist-ent with the prisoner’s guilt, there be-ing no direct evidence that he was the guilty person. The judge sums up the case

Judge Fellows then summed up the case to the jury. He recalled the wit-ness Adam Orange, who in answer to questions from his Honour stated that on the morning of December 2, when he observed the prisoner sleeping in the ti-tree on the Red-hill, the latter had on a pair of trousers, a white shirt, and a hat. The shirt produced was not the same.

His Honour then went on to point out that the case was one in which the evidence was purely of a circumstan-tial character, and the jury must there-fore carefully weigh the facts of the case, giving due consideration to those that would go in favour of the prison-er’s innocence as well as those which pointed to him as being the murderer.

The fi rst point was whether a murder had been committed at all, and then whether the prisoner was the guilty party.

One part of the defence had been that the injuries to the head of the deceased had been caused by horses kicking her after death, and it was also suggested that the fractures were caused by the sticks used in raising the body by the persons who found it.

It was for the jury, however, to say if there was any such foundation for such suggestions and if there was there would then be an end to the case. If

there was not, then, they must con-sider who had committed the murder.

They had heard the evidence of wit-nesses as to the nature of the country over which Hastings would have had to pass in carrying the body from his hut to where it was afterwards found, and they must consider whether he had time enough to do it.

The next question was the different accounts which the prisoner gave to various people as to his actions about the time when his wife disappeared. The fact he gave false accounts was one which must lead the jury to con-sider whether he had something to conceal.

His Honour then went on to point out the various contradictory state-ments made by the prisoner relative to the money his wife had with her when, as he said, she left her home.

To some he said she had a £10 note, while he had told others that she had only a half sovereign and a shilling.

Then again he had told one witness that the only thing that she had about her which could be identifi ed was a purse, while it was shown that the purse she was in the habit of carrying was found subsequently in a box in the hut.

As to the motive for the crime, his Honour said that it was not neces-sary to establish one in any case, as it is well known that murders had been committed for the most paltry motives, even to gain possession of a few pounds; but at the same time, where there was apparently no motive it would go far in a prisoner’s favour, while on the other hand, if a motive was proved; there would be the more reason for arriving at the conclusion that the accused prisoner was guilty.

The motive imputed in this case was the fear of improper intimacy with his daughter being exposed, and evidence

had been given as to quarrels which took place relative to the girl return-ing home.

There were also other facts that had to be considered, namely, the blood found on the back of the axe and on rails of the fences over which the pris-oner was supposed to have passed.

An important point was whether the blood on the axe was human blood or that of a dog. There was, however, no evidence to connect a dog with the case.

There was also the fact of the pris-oner saying he was the last man to see his wife alive, and that it was no use looking for her body in Cole’s pad-dock, as she would be found towards Schnapper Point.

If the prisoner was the last man to see his wife, who was it that murdered her? And how was it that he knew where her remains would be found?

The jury must carefully consider the whole facts of the case, and if they could reconcile them with the prison-er’s innocence, they must give him the benefi t of any doubts they might have.

If, on the other hand, they thought the circumstances pointed to his guilt, they must convict him. The verdict

The jury then retired, and after an

absence of four hours and fi ve minutes returned a verdict of guilty.

The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say, remained silent, and his Honour, in passing sentence of death, told Hastings that he had been found guilty of murdering one whom he was bound to have protected.

He said “you need not look for any mercy on this side of the grave. Use the short time left him on earth in pleading for the forgiveness of Heaven”.

The prisoner said at the close, “I am quite an innocent man before God and man.” He was then removed from the dock, and the court adjourned. Mercy?

At an executive meeting, the case of William Hastings, was considered.

After a careful examination of the circumstances, the Governor-in-Coun-cil decided that the case was not one for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy, and that the law should be al-lowed to take its course.

The execution was set to take place in Melbourne Gaol on Wednesday, March 14, 1877.

The decision of the executive was forwarded by the under secretary to Mr Castieau, governor of the gaol.

Mr Castieau went at once to the con-demned cell, and communicated the decision to the prisoner.

Hastings received the information as if it had been expected by him, in a cool and collected manner, and when asked if he he had anything to say, he simply replied in the negative.

On being visited later in the evening by Mr Castieau, he took occasion to again assert that he was innocent of the murder of his wife and of incest with his daughter. The execution

William Hastings, who was tried and convicted before Mr Justice Fel-lows, for the murder of his wife, was executed on March 14, 1877 within the precincts of Melbourne Gaol.

With the circumstances of the crime for which Hastings suffered the last penalty of the law, the public were ful-ly familiar. The murder was one of the most mysterious and diabolical that Victorian criminal annals furnish, and of the guilt of the wretched man, no dispassionate reader of the evidence adduced at the trial could have the slightest doubt.

His constant assertions of inno-cence, therefore, could only be looked upon as another instance of the reck-less hardihood which many criminals

have displayed even on the scaffold. Since the conviction of Hastings,

he was assiduously attended by the Reverends Caton and Long, Church of England clergymen, to which denomi-nation he professed to belong.

His conduct since receiving his sen-tence was of a quiet and impassive character, but he listened with ap-parent respect to the admonitions of the clergymen. He, however, always maintained his innocence of the crime of which he was convicted, even when all hope of a reprieve must have disap-peared from his mind.

His appetite whilst in gaol was very good, and he evinced an apathy re-garding his approaching end which showed the stoic character of the man.

On the night prior to his execution he slept well, and when his breakfast of hominy was brought to him, he re-quested that it should be exchanged for a little white bread, a request which was complied with at once.

The clergymen were with the culprit from the time he awoke, and remained reading to him and praying until the last moment.

At 10am the sheriff and under-sher-iff presented themselves at the door

of the cell to receive the convict. At the same time Gately the executioner emerged from a cell opposite to that where the condemned man was, car-rying in his hands the straps used for pinioning, and proceeded to pinion him.

A few moments later he was led on to the drop.

He seemed to feel his position; nev-ertheless he stood fi rm and erect. The rope being adjusted, Mr Castieau, governor of the gaol put the question, “William Hastings, have you anything to say.” He replied “No, nothing more than I have already stated”.

Gately then pulled the cap over Hastings’ face, and again looked to the arrangement of the rope. He then stepped back and the clergyman pro-ceeded with the service for the dead.

In another instant the bolt was drawn, and the soul of William Hast-ings was launched into eternity, there to be judged by its Maker.

Death must have been instantane-ous; no movement whatever (other than the swaying of the body), was observed by any one of the spectators.

In accordance with the provisions of the act, the body remained hanging for one hour, when it was taken down and removed to a cell in another part of the prison. The inquest

At 12pm a jury was empanelled to hold an inquest. The jury viewed the body and returned to hear Mr Cast-ieau, the governor, who gave evidence of having been present at the trial and heard sentence of death passed.

He produced the warrant of com-mitment, together with the death war-rant, also certifi cate of death, the latter signed by a number of the spectators of the execution.

He identifi ed the body as that of Wil-liam Hastings, who had suffered death that morning in the gaol.

The senior warden gave corrobo-rative evidence of the identity of the body and certifi ed to having witnessed the execution.

The coroner read over the evidence and the jury returned a verdict in ac-cordance therewith.

A reporter wrote: “We may here state that on viewing the body, the face presented all the appearance of one who had died a quiet peaceful death, it was calm and placid as though in a sound sleep.”

William Hastings had drawn up a statement, wherein he asserted his in-nocence, which was given to the gov-ernor of the gaol, who immediately handed it over to the sheriff.

The reporters were not allowed to peruse this document, however the governor of the gaol gave assurances that there was nothing of interest in the document.

Star witness: Adam OrangeStar witness: Adam OrangeADAM Orange was born in America about 1812. He was an African-American who appears to have arrived with the Liardet family in 1839 as their servant. The Liardets built and lived in the Ballam Park homestead (Frankston), which stands today.

Orange later become the cook at the Pier ‘Brighton on the Beach’ Hotel at Liardet Beach, Sandridge (now Port Melbourne). Evidence points to him being the fi rst African-American in the Port Phillip District (now Victoria).

Josephine Liardet (daughter of Wilbraham and Caroline) later wrote: “We had an American coloured man as a cook, his name was Adam Orange, he used to bring down a barrow and take what fi sh he wanted to cook for supper [for the Pier Hotel], and next morning’s breakfast.”

It seems that Orange accompanied the family to Frankston and later settled there independently after they left.

He was called as a witness in the trial of William Hastings, who was tried in March 1877 for the murder of his wife Ann between Frankston and Schnapper Point (now called

Mornington) in December 1876. Hastings had spent most of the day

drinking at William Davey’s Hotel in Frankston and at his subsequent trial, Adam Orange “deposed giving [the] prisoner a glass of beer. He saw him knocking about all day half drunk”. This implies that Orange was working as a barman in the hotel.

After some years working as Frankston’s fi rst offi cial gardener, Orange died of bronchitis and heart disease in the Gipps Ward Hospital, East Melbourne, on 9 December 1889, aged 77.

He had never married and his parentage was unknown. Once rumoured to be buried on the grounds of Ballam Park, his remains lie in an unmarked public grave in the Melbourne General Cemetery.Source: The Families of Ballam Park Homestead by Andrew Gaynor

He said “you need not look for any mercy on this side of the grave. Use the short time left ... on earth in pleading

for the forgiveness of Heaven”.


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I guess that, after a time, a person can know you almost better than you know your-self and it’s just as easy to let them answer. One question, however, was blank. It was left undisturbed on the basis that I, and only I, could give an hon-est and accurate answer. That question was, to put it in ‘Rox-anne’ terms: have I ever put on the red light?

That this question should give rise to even slightest pause may mean I have not suffi cient-ly explained myself. Granted, it’s one that for a whole range of reasons – politeness being only one of them – seldom aris-es. Rarely, if ever, has someone asked me during the course of casual conversation whether or not I have ever been a ‘lady of the night’. Just to be clear, while I have seen Pretty Wom-an several times, I have never been ‘Pretty Woman’. My eventual response of ‘no com-ment’ was driven by a sense of

indignity and a belief that such information is not wholly rele-vant to whether or not I should be able to rent Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and fi ve weeklies for 10 dollars.

A few weeks ago, we had Census night. There’s some-thing kind of glorious about the entire nation having the same piece of homework to do. Of the 60 or so questions, not one of them asked whether I had ever sold my body for cash. It did, however, refer to our house as a ‘dwelling’, which seems a little harsh. In a strange way, the Census divides your life into fi ve-yearly chunks. Last Census, I was living much as I am now. Had I kept a copy, I could have simply resubmitted

it. Go back a further fi ve years, however, and I was living in Brisbane. I have no recollec-tion of fi lling in a Census form while I was there but would probably still have been of-fended by the word ‘dwelling’.

Certainly, the place could have done with a tidy up, but it was nothing that a better fi l-ing system and a little Spray ’n’ Wipe couldn’t cure.

Five years further still and ‘dwelling’ would have been a generous description. ‘Shel-ter’ might have been more ac-curate. Back then I was living in Prahran in a house that was on the last of its last legs. The building had a slight lean and you could see clear through the fl oorboards to the dirt below. I

shared the house with a friend and an inexhaustible quantity of mice. I was working in a bookstore and just beginning to fi nd my feet. Had I started this process by looking at the end of my legs, it would, of course, have been a much quicker pro-cess. But instead I seemed hell-bent on searching everywhere other than the obvious. I can’t recall fi lling in the Census form there either, so I suspect my housemate Marcus may well have done the honours. What I do remember about that time is that there were a bunch of us living within a couple of blocks and we’d catch up at the pub from time to time. Back then, I didn’t think too much of it, never realising that people in-

evitably scatter to the wind.Stepping back a further fi ve

years and I was at university, living in a share house in Clay-ton. There were two other stu-dents and I can recall the three of us sitting around the kitchen table trying to complete the form. More than anything, I remember that house as being cold. The kitchen, in particular, was like an inverted refrigera-tor much of the time, and fog would often form in front of your lips when you spoke, like a cartoon speech bubble. Com-pleting our Census would have been one of the very fi rst adult things any of us had done. At that time, a life outside that house and that kitchen seemed diffi cult to comprehend.

It was my fi rst time living in house with people who weren’t my family. Living in a share house is an art. It is a skill that is learned through years of practice. Back then I was a complete and utter novice. One of my housemates was a deep-ly religious fellow who took down a picture of Paul Kelly on the grounds that he ‘looked Satanic’. While I gravely doubt that Paul has ever dabbled in the dark arts, I thought the best way to respond to this was to colour the eyes of the picture with whiteout and draw horns on it. Tearing down was now

no longer enough, and the pic-ture was torn up instead. Being the diplomatic soul that I was, I used words to bridge this grow-ing divide. Specifi cally, I wrote a short story and submitted to a National Radio Competition entitled ‘Housemates from Hell’. It was, apparently broad-cast with no small amount of fanfare. While I didn’t hear it, several members of my house-mate’s church most certainly did and staged an ‘interven-tion’ at our house and I was the subject.

A lot can happen in fi ve years. It can bring unimagined joys and unfathomable disappoint-ment. In many regards, fi ve years may be too infrequent – it makes me think of all the momentous events that have come and gone in that time. There was the seven-room share house in St Kilda and the tiny one-bedroom fl at in Grosvenor Street that was little more than a linen cupboard with windows. I’d even say it was a ‘dwelling’. Most of all, it makes me think about who I was at these various points in time. Filling in my Census form, Pretty Woman playing in the background, I’d tell my ear-lier self not to worry so much. Things turn out regardless.

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Gradually coming to my CensusGradually coming to my Census


SYDNEY rock music historian Glenn A Baker has been a music journal-ist, commentator and broadcaster for many years, and branched into travel writing in the early 1990s.

The manager and founder of rock group Ol ’55, Glenn was the Austra-lian editor of Billboard for more than 20 years and is known for his prodi-gious knowledge of rock music.

He won the inaugural Australian Travel Writer of the Year in 1995 and again in 2000.

Glenn has visited more than 100 countries and has transported readers around the globe to the most remote locations with vivid, humorous and in-sightful travel writing.

New Holland Books has published Best of Baker: Travel, a collection of his experiences over the past 25 years covering experiences on all seven con-tinents with all antennae waving, from the frigid edge of the North Pole to the steamy heart of primitive jungles.

Glenn takes readers on a journey from the Berlin Wall to Iceland, Bohe-mia’s castles, the Cook Islands, Zan-zibar, Bulgaria’s humour museum and into Egyptian sandstorms.

His writing has appeared in hun-dreds of publications internationally, includ ing many infl ight journals.

His infl uence on Australian culture – particularly music, travel and media – is indisputable. Best of Baker: Travel is $29.95 from bookstores.

www.glennabaker.com

www.newholland.com.au***

TOURS continue to hit Australian shores with Grammy Award winner k d lang performing at Sidney Myer Mu-

sic Bowl on Saturday 12 November.Steely Dan and Steve Winwood

team up for a concert at Rod Laver Arena on 27 October and at Rochford Winery on 29 October. www.frontier-touring.com

Dolly Parton sings at Rod Laver Arena in November and John Farn-ham has already sold out fi ve concerts at the Palais Theatre.

John Waters will bring his popular show Looking Through a Glass Onion to Crown Casino in October. www.johnwaters.com.au

Roxette has reformed and play Rod Laver Arena next February.

Daryl Hall and John Oates with sup-port band Icehouse will play Plenary Theatre and Rochford Winery in Feb-ruary.

In theatre news, the Production Company presents Grey Gardens at The Playhouse, Arts Centre, in Novem ber and December. www.the-productioncompany.com.au

Top 10 albums 1 White Heat: 30 Hits – Icehouse

(Universal) 2 Aztecs Live at Sunbury – Aztecs

(Aztec Music) 3 Looking Through a Glass Onion

– John Waters (MGM)

4 Nothing But the Beat – David Guetta

5 Roxette Hits – Roxette 6 I’m With You – Red Hot Chilli

Peppers (Warner) 7 Bad Machines – Shane Nicholson

(Liberation) 8 Daddy Who? Daddy Cool – Dad-

dy Cool (Sony) 9 Better Day – Dolly Parton (Uni-

versal)10 Modern Days – Markus Meier.

Top 5 books 1 Human Headlines My 50 Years in

Media – Derryn Hinch 2 Brave – Mark Whittaker (Pan

Macmillan) 3 Best of Baker Travel – Glenn A

Baker (New Holland) 4 Seriously … I’m Kidding – Ellen

DeGeneres (HarperCollins) 5 Australian Wine Companion 2012

– James Halliday (Hardie Grant).

Entertainment

with Gary Turner

COMPLAINTS in the past two weeks, like the increase in tip fees and the $300,000 plus for our shire CEO, the bow tie man. Kindly take the time to write to your local newspaper, there-by leaving me to drink my coffee in peace. I do not do local news. Poverty or death, whichever arrives fi rst.

***HERE I stand on Mount Kosciuszko 7300 feet above sea level. I see un-limited space. Down below is the en-tire population of the world, including all those special people who under-stand world fi nances. “Greece is in trouble”, they may say; likewise Italy, Spain. “If they go bust we’re all in trouble.” “Tell me more?” I reply. But they can’t, because they, we, all of us haven’t a clue. “Something to do with re-mortgaging houses”, they add, hop-ing to convey microscopic knowledge translated to Double Dutch. “What’s your take on carbon tax?” I ask. Some for, some against, but almost all not a clue including our politicians, which is nothing new. I therefore launch “the clueless factor” as the be-all and end-all explanation. If it’s world fi -nances, carbon, boat people, cancer or psychiatry served up to me as knowl-edge without expla nation, I shall re-

ply “Have you allowed for ‘the clue-less factor’?” My favourite question? “Why are our soldiers in Afghani-stan?”

***HAVE we all recovered from this global fi nancial crisis? Is that the old GFC or the threat of GFC2? How about those fi nancial advisers who failed to see the fi rst coming? The bottomless pit of greed. Well, all those fraudulent so-called experts are back, knowing all, seeing all the indicators, advising us with as much certainty as before the GFC. “The clueless factor” or tarot cards? Just as effective. Ditto spaghetti alla carbonara. On fi nances I oppose two lines of thought. The fi rst is the idea of topping up your super fund. They will say they had a bad year, but it’s still the best investment going. I say let the super take its normal course and bank any spare cash at call. Unless of course you’re eligible to cash it in within fi ve years. The second is the idea of paying more on your mortgage than the agreed rate. They will say you can always withdraw it if in trouble. I say keep it at the agreed rate. Banks change rules overnight. Bank any spare cash. Call the difference insurance. You dis-agree. I know.

***WHEN all appears lost, the angel of hope springs forth. Our delight-ful Governor-General Quentin Bryce has accepted an invitation to be pat-ron-in-chief of a new charity called Entertainment Assist. It’s for perform-ers suffering from “post-show blues”. Hey, that’s me! Where are the appli-cation forms? I’m in. Will Centrelink fi nd out?

***MANY of us go through the early stages of adult life after school won-dering about our sense of worth, the fear of not being good enough, of people fi nding out that we are frauds; our inadequacies on show. Being in the acting caper for 40 years, I’ve seen a lot fi rst-hand, myself included. It’s common to all walks of life of course. Doctors, psychologists, even real estate agents. Some so talented they never realise it, others not worth a bumper believing they are the ant’s pants, particularly actors. Round and round the merry-go-round goes. The answer? Forget it; human nature. Be happy with your best.

***A COLAC truckie leads 30 trucks on a 450-kilometre journey to Canberra

where 11 convoys across the nation join them in protest against the La-bor government. “It’s costing me thou sands of dollars,” he said. Seem-ingly a no-confi dence showing against every thing? No specifi cs, genera lisa-tions calling for the Governor-General to “immediately dissolve the 43rd parliament”. What motivates them? Particularly the Colac chap who has witnessed a Victorian change of gov-ernment for almost a year now. I can understand their worries but do they really believe all will be sublime under a Liberal government? No carbon tax, no fuel tax, no Greens, no live exports, no GST increase? Perhaps no Herald Sun would help.

***THE AFL. Where do we start? God’s showpiece of behavioural purity. We don’t have enough of our share of wankers; we must add the likes of a number of football reporters overfl ow-ing with oodles of said purity? No smoking, no bad language, but plenty of beer on tap from large plastic cups at exorbitant prices; gambling on tap and free food for the press. But keep it clean. “Football is about family.” Yeah, those who can afford it. I’ll have to stop. I’m choking.

“With a few rare exceptions ... sports-writers are a kind of rude and brainless subculture of fascist drunks whose only real function is to publicise and sell whatever the sports editor sends them out to cover.” (Hunter S Thomp-son)

Our Melbourne sportswriters remind me of the seagulls at Manly Beach with the football coaches represented by the fi sh and chips. God help a good coach without a talented player list.

***BHP Billiton has brought out a new set of rules for offi ce staff and Chan-nel 9, in reporting this on the news, interviewed a “space lady”, whatever that is, who said, “An uncluttered of-fi ce means an uncluttered mind”. The woman gets paid for this earth-shatter-ing conclusion?Hasta la vista.cliffi [email protected]

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MICHAEL Kent has four-year-old mare Absolutely right on the mark for an assault on the $2.5 million Caulfi eld Cup (2400m) on 15 October.

The winner of the Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick last autumn, Absolutely resumed with a slash-ing fi fth behind former Kiwi King’s Rose in the Group 2 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfi eld on Saturday.

Over the years the Memsie Stakes has proven to be a reliable guide to Melbourne’s feature races in spring and Absolutely’s effort indicated she would follow that pattern.

Others to come under notice in the Memsie were Red Colossus, Rekind-led Interest, Precedence and Linton.

The Greg Eurell-trained Red Co los-sus, which fi nished third in the Mem-sie, also seems set to fl y the fl ag for Cranbourne.

The fi ve-year-old looked in brilliant health and has obviously thrived since his last run in May, giving every indi-cation he will be highly competitive in the handicaps coming up.

Another Cranbourne representative – Rekindled Interest – confi rmed his impressive fi rst-up effort at Fleming-ton when he fi nished fourth just in front of Absolutely.

The winner of the AAMI Vase (2040m) at Moonee Valley last spring, Rekindled Interest will be a legitimate chance in the Cox Plate if trainer Jim Conlan decides to head that way.

Taking a line through the Memsie, the Lloyd Williams-owned Linton, who fi nished strongly in the straight, could also be a serious Cox Plate threat.

Although only lightly raced, Linton has proven his quality with a series of top class performances and judging by his appearance at Caulfi eld, the Cox Plate could be well within his grasp.

Australian racing icon Bart Cum-mings also seems destined to walk away with some of the big prizemoney on offer over the next three months.

Cummings, who has an incredible 12 Melbourne Cups to his credit, has Precedence ticking along nicely for the fi rst Tuesday in November.

A proven stayer, Precedence has de-veloped and matured since last sea son and his fi rst-up sixth in the Memsie in-dicates the best is still to come.

While the Memsie was the feature event at Caulfi eld, there were numer-ous other horses who caught the eye.

Cranbourne trainer Ken Keys has the even-reliable Status Symbol go ing as well as ever. A stakes winner at Flem-ington last spring, the six-year-old was unlucky when a fi rst-up second ($17) to the Aldersons’ Miss Bindi in heat 1

of the Sprint Series.Underrated Simply Put had excuses

when down the track on resumption, but never stopped trying when third behind the in-form Little Tycoon and is worth following in similar company at her next start.

Cranbourne mare Ocean Challeng-er and Mark Kavanagh’s Midnight Martini who fi nished on the heels of Simply Put and are also worthy of an investment over the next few weeks.

Euroa-based trainer David Hayes may have found himself another clas-sic winner in Cross Of Gold. A strik-

ing individual by Redoute’s Choice, Cross Of Gold hit the line powerfully when runner-up behind the speedy Golden Archer and will continue to get better as he steps up in distance.

Staying bred Tanby has been brought along quietly by trainer Rob-ert Hickmott and that patience is likely to pay dividends this spring judging by the fi ve-year-old’s fast fi nishing third behind the emerging Testascana in the National Jockeys Celebration Day Stakes (1700m).

Greg Eurell’s Lakedro and David Brideoake’s I’m Jake also hit the line

with gusto and will be winning in the near future.

Others to catch the eye at Caulfi eld were Testa My Patience, Rightfully Yours, Lucky Eighty Eight, and Luen Yat Forever while at Sand-own on Sunday I was taken with the per formances of Candy Stripes, Hi Belle, Sassy Bay, Excluded and Sa-voy.Best: Cross Of Gold

Absolutely fabulous leader of spring hopefulsAbsolutely fabulous leader of spring hopefuls

Spring fever in the air: Kiwi King’s Rose fl ashes to the front to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfi eld on Saturday. Picture: Slickpix


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By Mike HastFRANKSTON Dolphins have had an unforgettable season, but life off fi eld is on the up with the fi rst steps made this week toward starting its $3 million function centre.

The club, which won just two games, will see construction start in June and be fi nished in March 2013.

The project will transform the club, which has resolutely stood alone since 2000 when most VFL sides aligned with AFL clubs.

Club stalwart Bryan Mace is ex-cited about the future. “We’re on the pinnacle of good things happening,” he told The Times.

“We had our fi rst proper meeting with [Frankston] council the other day” to plan the new centre, which will replace the ageing social club.

Cash for the project comes from the state government ($1.5 mil-lion), AFL and VFL ($500,000), Frankston Council ($500,000) and a

Dolphins loan of $500,000, with the council going guarantor. The centre will replace the existing social club, but be much larger.

It will be used as a meeting venue for service clubs and other com-munity groups as well as for social events, help ing to guarantee the fi -nancial viability of the Dolphins.

Mr Mace said a committee was work ing on where to locate the Dol-phins’ social events and the club’s 27 poker machines during construc-tion. He said the pokies were “better than raffl es”.

“The council has said they can’t build around us so we’ll have to fi nd a temporary base.”

The club has been doing it tough fi nancially since the grand stand burnt down on 13 February 2008, just three years after the council spent $1.2 million refurbishing it.

“The fi re cost us at least $40,000 in lost revenue that year,” Mr Mace

said. “We’d just signed up some high-priced recruits” and gate tak-ings fell dramatically with the loss of the grandstand.

On fi eld the club had a good year in 2008 despite the nay-sayers who said the fi re would affect the it.

Then things started to fall apart. It was a combination of events; Bryan Mace would not apportion blame, being a club loyalist, but it’s com-mon knowledge the club was disap-pointed when Brett Lovett left after three relatively good years. His suc-cessor Shannon Grant and the Dol-phins were a mismatch, and they severed ties after just one season.

The process of rebuilding the grandstand dragged out. Attendanc-es at games stayed low. Cold win-ters in 2010 and this year cut deep. “There’s only so many people who are happy to lean on the fence and watch a game,” Mr Mace said.

The rebuilt grandstand was of-

fi cially opened in November 2010.Speculation about St Kilda mov-

ing to Frankston Park muddied the waters, with the council at one stage offering the Saints the grandstand site for a training and social centre.

Last October, Sports Minister James Merlino promised the Dol-phins $1.5 million for the long-awaited clubhouse and function centre.

Just over a month later the Brumby Labor government was defeated by the Ted Baillieu-led coalition, but the promise was carved in stone.

Then the AFL/VFL and Frankston Council came to the party.

With the future of the VFL likely to see more stand-alone clubs, the Dolphins will be well placed to top the stellar years. It’s not preposter-ous to imagine a premiership fl ag hoisted up the fl agpole in front of the new function centre some time this decade.

Leap into a new eraLeap into a new era

Who’s who at VFLWho’s who at VFLVFL teams in season 2011 and their AFL affi liates in brackets (in ladder order).

Port MelbourneWilliamstown (Western Bulldogs)North Ballarat (North Melbourne)Casey Scorpions (Melbourne)Werribee Tigers (North Melbourne)Northern Bullants (Carlton)Bendigo Bombers (Essendon’s reserves)Box Hill Hawks (Hawthorn)GeelongSandringham (St Kilda)Coburg Tigers (Richmond)CollingwoodFrankston

Tough times on Tough times on the fieldthe fieldTHE Dolphins won 11 games in 2006, six in 2007 and 10 in 2008, fi nishing in seventh spot and win-ning an elimination fi nal against Coburg, but losing to William-stown by a point in the semi-fi nal.

Former Melbourne great Brett Lovett was at the helm for these seasons.

Shannon Grant took the team to just three wins in 2009 and top players left in droves at season’s

end. Good judges said the Dolphin spirit went missing that year.

In 2010 Mornington Peninsula goalkicking legend and former Dolphin player Simon Goosey ac-cepted the tough task of rebuilding without high-priced recruits. The club brought in young players with the ambition of creating a team capable of competing against the AFL-aligned clubs.

The Dolphins won just a single game, but the spirit returned.

In October the state government promised $1.5 million for the long-awaited function centre.

This season has been another tough one for the Dolphins with just two wins, but the young team showed fl ashes of brilliance.

Coach Goosey, who played 49 Dolphins games from 1992-94 before breaking all goalkicking records in the MPNFL with Morn-ington, which he also coached to four fl ags, and Dromana, said dur-ing the year: “We’ve probably got the best 18 to 22-year-old list.”

For season 2012, the club will retain its philosophy of recruiting young players from the Morning-ton Peninsula and Frankston re-

gion, and continue to avoid paying big money for AFL retirees who often “just circulate”, in the words of Bryan Mace.

“However, we’ll recruit a couple of leaders, senior blokes who can hold down centre half-forward and centre half-back,” he said.

Mr Mace said the club would continue to rely on the loyal sup-port of about a dozen corporate sponsors. “Graham Quarries have been sponsors for as long as I can remember. Other strong backers include Superpages and Joe Russo of Core Health Club.”

Looking up: Dolphins’ general manager Bryan Mace in front of the new grandstand, which replaced the one that burnt down in 2008.

MORNINGTON Seagull’s Soccer Club will move up to State League division 2 next year following a gutsy 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Waverley Wanderers in the third-last round of the season.

After missing out on promotion by a point last year, Gulls’ coach Adam Jamieson was a relieved man when he spoke to The News.

“It was roller coaster of week I tell you, but I am very proud of our performance on Saturday,” Jamieson said.

“It was one of the best halves of football I have ever seen.”

The Gulls copped a punishing 6-0 hiding against co-leader Kingston City before being 2-0 down at halftime against mid-table Waverley.

In front of a home crowd at Dallas Brooks Park the Gulls dug in and produced a three-goal second half with Lee Vallance scoring twice and Cameron Syratt nabbing one.

This is the side’s third promotion in four years and vindication for Jamieson who has surely silenced the knockers who said he was too young and inexperienced to coach fi rst class football.

Jamieson was mentored at Frankston Pines by respected coach Stan Webster and, like Webster, he gets the best from his players, regardless of their level of ability.

Jamieson was messily deposed from Pines in early 2008 after coaching them back into the Premier League the previous year.

Along with Pines’ then core playing group, Jamieson reluctantly headed south to Dallas Brooks Park but has not looked back.

The controversial decision by the then committee also marked the start of diverging fortunes for the two clubs. In the three and a half years since they parted company, Pines have won less than 10 games and are now headed for the previously unthinkable, the Provisional League.

Pines’ impressive nil-all draw against the rampaging Kingston means the Gulls still have a chance at the premiership.

Jamieson said while the Gulls won’t be just making up the numbers in next year’s competition, it will take the time to consolidate their remarkable ascension. With a number of quality players nearing retirement, the club will continue to cultivate youth.

“We will have a good look around the penin-sula for young players who want to commit to the club,” he said.

Still in division 3, Peninsula Strikers lost 3-0 to Old Scotch but have enough of a buffer to avoid relegation heading into the fi nal two rounds. It appears Langwarrin has managed to avoid the chop from State League division 1 after two solid wins against Sunshine George Cross and Preston Lions. Langwarrin is three points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand.

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