14th April 2015

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CAPE Schanck residents opposed to the proposed RACV resort expansion have called on shire councillors to reject the $135 million, fi ve-storey, almost 30-metre high complex off Boneo Rd.

Opponents of the planned building have dubbed it “Ayers Rock” and “the mothership”. They have formed an alliance to lobby councillors as well as

push the RACV to alter its plans for a building they say does not conform to the planning scheme for the precinct, which includes more than 200 homes and two golf courses.

They are concerned about increased traffi c, noise from the resort and the bulk of the building. About 30-40 houses would overlook the resort. It would be visible from Boneo Rd, several holes on the National Golf Course, Gunnamatta Beach and Bass Strait.

The alliance includes resort

neighbours, Friends of Cape Schanck, Moonah Estate Owners Corporation, and National Drive Residents Group.

RACV wants to demolish the existing clubhouse and construct a building to accommodate 650 conference delegates, up from the existing 250 limit. The auto club says it wants to build fi ve storeys to reduce the footprint and environmental impact.

But opponents claim the plan to build 120 rooms to cater for 650 delegates, a restaurant for 140 people and a cafe

for 44 people “clearly fails to meet the requirements of the Incorporated Document and the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme”. (The Incorporated Document is the precinct’s own planning scheme, created 30 years ago when Cape Country Club was approved by the Shire of Flinders. RACV bought the resort in December 2005.)

The alliance says the shire’s planning scheme’s objectives include “encouraging tourism and recreation

uses that minimise the adverse impacts on the amenity of local residents”.

“All buildings and works must be designed to contribute to the existing landscape character and should not seek to dominate, limit or reduce views available from public areas, including roadsides.

“The combination of the siting of the building, its scale and visual prominence does not ‘minimise adverse amenity impacts on existing dwellings’.

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Reject resort plan: residentsReject resort plan: residentsMike [email protected]

Huge sacrifi ce: Constable Steven Newland remembers police relative lost at Anzac.Picture: Craig Sillitoe, Courtesy Police Life

A family remembersA family remembersJUST as he is every Anzac Day, Constable Steven Newland will be at the Frankston Dawn Service with his dad, brother and three uncles.

They go to pay their respects to those who died in World War One - but this year the service has extra meaning for them.

In October, Constable Newland was told by Victoria Police’s Historical Services that his great grandmoth-er’s uncle, Sergeant Herbert Leslie Newland, was one of 138 Victoria Police offi cers who served in the war.

Sergeant Newland, who joined in 1912, was among the troops who left Melbourne in the fi rst convoy in late 1914. He served as a bombardier with the 1st Division Artillery and returned home in October, 1918. He was reappointed into Victoria Police on April 1 1919.

Constable Newland said it was a “shock and nice surprise” to fi nd out someone in his family had served with Victoria Police. “I knew there were four brothers in the family who served in World War I but didn’t know much about them and nothing about Herbert be-ing a police offi cer before and after he went to war.”

Constable Newland, who works at Rosebud Police Station, had contemplated a career with the Austra-lian Armed Forces before joining Victoria Police in January last year. “I had gone through the recruitment process and was only a signature away from joining the army but decided I wanted a job where I could go home to my family each night,” he said.

“I always wanted to serve the community and de-cided policing was a better option for me. Herbert, like many others, made a huge sacrifi ce leaving his wife and two children at home to fi ght for his country.”

To celebrate the Anzac Centenary, the Victoria Police Museum will launch an exhibition in June on Victoria Police offi cers who went to war.

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Fake Fake $$100 at Rosebud100 at RosebudPOLICE are searching for a man who allegedly used a counterfeit $100 note to pay for food at Rosebud Subway on Tuesday 10 March. He was wearing a Jack Daniels t-shirt and had tattoos down his left arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, quoting refer-ence number 150079121.

Crime Stoppers boardCrime Stoppers board POLICE are hailing the Crime Stoppers board at Rosebud Plaza as a big success. “Information from members of the public has identifi ed sus-pects for numerous incidents in the local area,” crime prevention offi cer Julie Simpson said.

Posters on the board are changed each month. “Keep up the good work and continue making those vital phone calls to crime stoppers, quot-ing the reference number on the poster.”

Reporting is confi dential. Police say they need information to solve crime - not the informant’s name.

For information regarding the Crime Stoppers Board, call Ms Simpson at Rosebud Police Sta-tion on 5986 0444.

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Comedy to entertainComedy to entertainSOUTHERN Peninsula Players Community Theatre Group will stage Norman Robbins’ comedy Pull the Other One over two weeks in May. It will be at Rosebud Memorial Hall, 8pm, 7, 8 and 9 May and 14, 15 and 16 May. A 2pm matinee will be staged on 17 May. The director is Kirsten Page. Tickets are $22.50-$25.

Coward’s nightCoward’s nightTHE self-named Dazzling Tim Mckew will star in The Days of Wine and Roses – an autumnal evening with Noël Coward! Saturday 18 April, Morning Star Estate, Sunnyside Rd, Mt Eliza.

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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie has appointed his fi rst senior executive – a chief fi nancial offi cer.

The hiring of Matthew Hubbard follows the laying off of 12 senior and middle managers on Friday 13 March including Bruce Rendall, the shire’s director of sustainable organisation, for-mer CEO Michael Kennedy’s name for a chief fi nancial offi cer.

The title of Mr Hubbard’s job is a clue that Mr Cowie will ditch the Kennedy era names of the four directors, which all contained the word “sus-tainable”.

Mr Cowie announced the hiring last Thursday, stating Mr Hubbard would be “interim chief fi -nancial offi cer, effective immediately” and that the shire would advertise nationally for a perma-nent CFO later this year.

“I am pleased to welcome Matthew to the shire. He brings with him a broad range of fi nancial, commercial and management experience gained from both the ASX-listed environment and not-for-profi t organisations,” Mr Cowie said in a press release. (ASX is the Australian stock ex-change.)

“Matthew is an experienced chartered accoun-tant who spent eight years with international ac-counting fi rm Price Waterhouse, a further eight years in health and aged care, six years in facili-

Shire’s new finance officerShire’s new finance officer

Money man: Matthew Hubbard.

ties maintenance and managed services, and three years in infrastructure and wealth management.

“His most recent assignment has been the chal-lenging creation and implementation of a shared services model for more than 200 fi nance and administration staff within Transfi eld Services.”

Mr Hubbard said he was “excited about work-ing with the CEO, council and the organisation to help identify opportunities to ensure we are pro-viding the most effective and effi cient services to the community”.

The new CFO will have a busy fi rst few weeks as the shire is due to present its annual budget this month. It was due to be discussed by council-lors yesterday (Monday) but has been postponed till 27 April. The proposed budget will go on public exhibition for about six weeks.

The top fi nance job has been a bit of a revolv-ing door since long-time holder Kevin Clarke left the shire in August 2012 for Frankston Morning-ton Peninsula Medicare Local (a federal govern-ment-funded organisation that assists medical professionals keep people out of hospitals). Mr Clarke had been in the position since 1999.

His replacement was Marilyn Kearney, who left last April after about 16 months in the job fol-lowing confl ict over the preparation of the 2014-15 budget and the divisive issue of the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre. Ms Kearney had held senior jobs at Monash Council for 11 years.

Alison Leighton, now director of sustainable infrastructure (replacing the retired Alex Atkins), was acting director until the appointment of Bruce Rendall, who came from the City of Great-er Dandenong, and was hired by Michael Kenne-dy because of his experience with major projects. As engineering services director, he oversaw the building of Dandenong’s new municipal offi ces and library complex, the city’s famous market, and an aquatic centre. Mike Hast

THIS is a big week for Dromana College’s Bailie Scudds. She has been chosen to attend the a young women’s leadership academy in Sydney.

She is one of 50 Year 11 stu-dents from around Australia rec-ognised by their school, and the Victorian Secondary Principals’ Association for their leadership potential.

UBS - one of Australia's top fi nancial services fi rms – runs the week-long program offering emerging female leaders an op-portunity to build their confi dence, leadership skills and business knowledge, as well as raising awareness of rising social issues. It is also a great chance to meet like-minded students and begin building a strong and benefi cial professional network.

Students get to meet a diverse group of contemporary female leaders, such as The Women's College, Sydney University prin-cipal Dr Amanda Bell, Founda-tion for Young Australians’ Clare Kelly, UBS Global Asset Manage-ment’s Head of Fixed income for APAC Anne Anderson - who is also UBS’s most senior female in Australia - and Macquarie Uni-versity media professor Catharine Lumby.

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Sydney sojourn: Bailie Scudds is one of 50 students attending a leadership course.Picture: Yanni

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RENOWNED zoologist Hans Brun-ner has broken ranks with the commu-nity of scientists seeking to protect the southern brown bandicoot by question-ing the viability of wildlife corridors.

The Frankston-based scientist says bandicoots will not survive if forced to live in corridors alone, “especially where they are exposed to foxes, cats, dogs and cars as well as the distur-bance from adjoining urban housing estates”.

He has called for large reserves with predator-proof fences to be created for bandicoots.

Mr Brunner’s claims come as the federal government considers delist-ing the bandicoot from its national threatened species list.

The News reported earlier this year the Threatened Species Scientifi c

Corridors alone won’t save bandicootCorridors alone won’t save bandicootMike [email protected]

Zoologist Hans Brunner

Committee was conducting an inde-pendent assessment of 80 species.

The bandicoot is one of just fi ve species being considered fi rst-up by the committee and the only one be-ing considered for delisting because scientists say it is doing well at a few locations around Australia – including in the Grampians and East Gippsland – after removal of predators such as red foxes and feral cats.

Some bandicoot experts claim its potential delisting has been triggered by a number of housing development referrals to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conserva-tion Act.

Wildlife corridors, also known as biolinks, have long been promoted as an important way of protecting bandi-coots in the southeast and northern Western Port region. Bandicoots on the rest of the peninsula became ex-tinct several years ago.

Mr Brunner says promoting cor-ridors so urban development can go ahead in bandicoot habitat “is totally unacceptable and short-sighted. SBBs are not a corridor-living species”.

“Even when some isolated and rem-nant bandicoots still survive in some linear fragments, such as roadsides, drainage and powerline corridors, they should not be expected to simply just have to exist in these narrow corridors

and all will be OK. These are cruel ex-pectations.

“I have no objection to a short and wide corridor linking with two sub-stantial colonies of bandicoots with appropriate protection within fences if such a possibility still exists in this re-gion, but this seems to be very doubt-ful as most SBBs living in the sub-region can now only be found in some linear fragments.”

He said bandicoots should be provid-ed with large reserves surrounded by a predator-proof fence, the method used to save the even rarer eastern barred bandicoot in Melbourne’s north.

Mr Brunner called for predator-proof fences at Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve at Frankston North and the re-introduction of bandicoots.

“There are several other reserves in the region that have suitable habi-tat for bandicoots and they should be considered. They include The Briars

Park at Mt Martha, which already has a predator-proof fence around its nature reserve. There are many other reserves on the Mornington Peninsula where bandicoots used to be in their hundreds that could be fenced.

“We defi nitely need some insurance colonies in large enough reserves in or-der to guarantee their future survival.

“Bandicoots will be happier and saf-er in a more natural environment where they can retreat in the hot summer into cool gullies and freely spread out in all directions in winter. As to the health of the gene pool, bandicoots can be easily exchanged between reserves.”

Twenty-nine Australian land mam-mals have become extinct over the past 200 years, the worst record in the world, and 56 are currently facing extinction. These losses and potential losses represent more than a third of the 315 species present at the time of European settlement.

A STATE government plan to bring more sand to Rosebud Beach near the pier is a waste of time and resources as it will disappear like it did fi ve years ago, says Port Phillip Conservation Council.

The so-called “beach renourish-ment” has been proposed by the De-partment of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (formerly DPI and be-fore that DSE) and it is inviting resi-dents to an information session later this month.

Kelly Crosthwaite, DELWP’s re-gional director Port Phillip, says the beach has “depleted over time and will be widened between the pier and cluster of stormwater drains about 170 metres west of the pier”.

“It is also proposed that three timber groynes be constructed on the beach to hold the sand in place. DELWP is working with Mornington Peninsula Shire and a coastal engineer, and will hold an information session so people can meet the project team,” she said.

But the conservation council says government contractors placed sand on the beach and built a sandbag wall almost fi ve years ago at a cost of $250,000 but the sand disappeared.

The work was to repair damage done in April 2009 when storms and high tides blasted the beach as well as oth-ers around Port Phillip.

At the time, the environment depart-ment said the work would create a beach 160 metres long by 10 metres wide. The sandbag wall remains.

The sand plan is connected to shire plans to spend $2.25 million on the Jetty Rd foreshore precinct including a boardwalk on top of the sandbags and stormwater outlets.

The shire wants Jetty Rd to be a “shared street” for cars and pedestrians, and have an “outdoor dining precinct”.

Other works will include a new play area, “public plaza and pier forecourt and waterfront deck”, promenade, paths, fi tness stations, sprint track, “event servicing place” and one “tim-ber groyne along the pier to protect the beach” (now three groynes).

Len Warfe of the conservation coun-cil said he was against “any further commercialisation of Jetty Rd by the creation of the plaza” as it would “further increase traffi c in this already busy area”.

“We oppose the proposed timber boardwalk on top of the sandbags and the proposed ‘waterfront’ deck on top of stormwater pipes. The sandbag wall has done nothing to restore the beach, despite claims by the environment de-partment,” he said.

“The beach never reappeared but the expensive sandbags are still there with water lapping against them most of the time. To build a boardwalk on top of this failed exercise will be another failed exercise and only adds to the

Sand plan: Residents can fi nd out about proposed renourishment of Rosebud beach near the pier during an information session later this month. Picture: Yanni

More sand for beach ‘waste of resources’More sand for beach ‘waste of resources’Mike [email protected]

underlying issue of piecemeal failed mitigation works over many years and the threats posed by inevitable sea level rise.

“In this high-maintenance seaside location, the area will inevitably de-teriorate into an even bigger eyesore than it currently is and demand mas-sive ongoing maintenance expenditure – something councils and governments increasingly have trouble committing to.”

He said there was ample evidence groynes interrupt natural coastal pro-

cesses and will fail. “An excellent ex-ample is at the site in question – the stormwater pipes acts as a groyne, trapping sand to the west and depleting sand to the east where the sandbag wall was built in 2010. Similar examples of groynes failing to perform as beach stabilisers exist around Port Phillip.”

Kelly Crosthwaite said “beaches are a naturally dynamic environment and coastal erosion is a process impacting beaches around the world”.

“Renourishment is one of the most effective methods we have of protect-

ing foreshores and has been under-taken in Port Phillip since the 1980s. It provides a storm buffer for coastal in-frastructure and helps to create wider, sandy beaches.”

She said that depending on weather, renourishment would start in late May and take about six to eight weeks. The information session is at Rose-bud Library, McDowell St, 5.30-6.30pm Wednesday April 22. To pro-vide feedback or receive project up-dates, call DELWP on 9637 9304 or email [email protected]


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RESIDENTS, sporting groups and school children can now walk on new pathways in Besgrove and Hinton streets, Rosebud.

Cr Antonella Celi said the pathways are part of the ongoing footpath con-struction strategy.

“They consist of exposed aggregate concrete and provide better access to

the Olympic Reserve sporting precinct and Our Lady of Fatima, Eastbourne Primary and Rosebud Secondary schools,” she said.

The network of paths includes the new Boneo Rd path between the fi re station and Rosebud industrial estate.

“Council thanks local residents, sporting groups, students and parents

for their understanding and patience while these works were under way, and hopes the paths get well-used as an important local pedestrian net-work,” Cr Gibb said.

Paths being laid in Keogh St and South Rd and are expected to be com-pleted by June.

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PLANS and directions outlined in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s latest marine precincts strategy will give the sector the best opportunity of achieving sustainable long-term growth, according to the mayor, Cr Bev Colomb.

The shire adopted the Mornington Peninsula: Two Bays with a Network of Marine Precincts strategy on 23 March to manage and oversee “the sustainable use and development of appropriate areas of the coastline and provide a clear direction for the future”.

The peninsula’s coastline is acknowledged as an asset that has many uses, demands and expectations.

“The local marine sector is a signifi cant user of the coastline both on water and on land,” Cr Colomb said.

“Ensuring that the local marine business sector is well-placed to grow sustainably and meet future demand is a key planning, design and management challenge.

“This strategy provides a planning and implementation framework for council to guide and support the sustainable development of the local marine industry and recreational sectors.”

Cr Colomb said the “vision” in the strategy will help the peninsula be “the foremost location in Victoria for marine-based recreation, tourism and industry”.

“It will provide a network of recreational marine precincts that support recreational boating, boat building and servicing industries, and it will encourage public and private investment into marine infrastructure that supports marine-based industries, recreation, tourism, aquaculture and education.”

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strategy would give the marine sector “the best opportunity for sustainable, long-term growth and success”.

The strategy identifi es where marine precincts could be placed or developed.

Cr Colomb said the strategy was developed in the wake of “comprehensive and wide-ranging consultation” with industry and community groups.

Other “key directions” foreshadow an approvals process for identifi ed marine industrial precincts and encourage and support marine sector education and training for peninsula residents and employees.

Mornington Peninsula Marine Alliance executive offi cer Bruce Douglas has endorsed the council's decision to adopt the strategy.

“This strategy draws on the experience and needs of the businesses comprising the sector,” Mr Douglas said.

“It will provide an excellent framework for the council and business community to work together and focus on the actions that will deliver the best-value outcomes to enhance the wide range of economic benefi ts for the whole community.”

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CorrectionCorrectionIN the article on the 2015 Australian Coastal Councils Conference (‘Governments won’t save homes threatened by future sea rise’, The News 7/4/15), David Gill of Balnarring Beach Community Association stated authorities were “planning for the effects of climate change including an eight-metre sea level rise by 2100 ...”. This should have been an 80-centimetre sea rise.

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THE popular T’Gallant restaurant in Main Ridge is for sale as part of owner Treasury Wine Estates’ cost-cutting plan.

Up for grabs is the restaurant and the T’Gallant’s winery interests.

About eight hectares of grapes are grown at the 16-hectare Mornington-Flinders Rd property but wine is no longer made there. Grapes from all over southeastern Australia are marketed under the T’Gallant label.

The vineyard–restaurant has had a chequered career over the past decade or so, having been fi ned for permit breaches when owned by Fos-ter’s Brewing Group. Mornington Peninsula Shire never collected the fi ne after Foster’s chal-lenged it. The shire ignored further complaints about regular breaches including having more patrons than permitted.

Foster’s then applied to the shire to expand the restaurant from 60 seats to more than 300 but was refused. It appealed to VCAT but lost. A second appeal, as Treasury Wine Estates, was success-ful. But Treasury, now independent of Foster’s, has not gone ahead with the approved expansion. Meantime, Foster’s was sold to South African brewing interests.

It appears T’Gallant has been a drag on Trea-sury’s profi ts. Fairfax Media reported that Trea-sury was selling its peninsula winery plus the Bai-ley’s and Ryecroft wineries in Australia as well as California’s Asti winery in the fi rst stage of a cost-cutting overhaul of winery infrastructure.

Treasury CEO Mike Clarke was reported as say-ing the savings would help fund more advertising and marketing, and would play a part in “embed-ding a cost-conscious culture” at Treasury.

Fairfax reported that Treasury has 83 wine brands. The new strategy focuses on the top end of the market, led by the fl agship Penfolds label.

The US has been a particular trouble spot, ac-cording to Fairfax. Two years ago it outlined plans to destroy six million bottles of cheaper wine after problems fl ared under previous man-agement. Less than half the wine was destroyed after ways were found to offl oad stock.

Treasury wines have also been discounted in China.

Whoever buys T’Gallant will inherit the expan-sion approval, to 190 patrons and vastly expanded parking, along with a requirement to upgrade the wastewater system to Class A to protect ground-water and Manton Creek, which runs through the property.

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THE myth has moved. For a century Australians have been taught that the Turkish army was fooled at Gallipoli in the dark days of December 1915 – the Anzacs slipped away without the loss of a man from under the enemy’s snoring, insensible nose.

It was always false, now proved to be so by blizzards of archived Ottoman military documents recently translated for the fi rst time.

The Turks knew the Allies were leaving. They watched from the com-manding heights, day after day, as men and materiel sailed away, some-times in broad daylight and under fi re, in a retreat that occurred over weeks. They read British newspaper articles on the necessity of a retreat; they knew the House of Lords discussed it. They moved their soldiers into the abandoned Anzac trenches.

The new myth is: “They knew we were leaving, but not exactly when.”

But let’s shorten it. Chop off the last four words, and we arrive at the truth.

This new myth, a preposterous piece of sophistry, deserves a short life. The powerful evidence is in the Ottoman documents – those so far examined – and in the words of the general in charge of the failed adventure, which lasted from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, when the last troops left Cape Helles.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood wrote: “Our intentions … should have been obvious to [the Turks], looking down as they do from

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the hills around on practically all our movements … Curiously enough, they seem all along to have anticipated that we were making arrangements for an attack and not a retirement.”

Birdwood was trying to fathom how he got away with it. The British had calculated they would lose tens of thousands of men in the retreat.

The Turks, exhausted and depleted, were clearly being cautious. Pursu-ing a retreating enemy lost King Harold the Battle of Hastings, and his kingdom, to William the Conqueror. The enemy was leaving: why draw them back?

“The Turks knew the troops were leaving and were glad to see them go,” said Professor Stanford Shaw, a leading expert and writer on Ottoman

military history. The Ottoman Empire was fi ghting for its life on other fronts and in desperate need of men and equipment.

A new account of Gallipoli, written by Harvey Broadbent, mentions a “conspiracy theory ... that the British bribed the Turks to allow them to leave. There seems no evidence for this theory”, he asserts. I agree.

Could bribery be an explanation? The Allied retreat from Cape Helles was clearly permitted by the Turks. And, one would imagine, the Allies feared that the Turks would be on an even higher alert, thirsting for bloody revenge, had they felt robbed of their Anzac prey.

Does any evidence exist of British bribery to get out of a military jam?

Actually, it does. In early 1916, Brit-ain’s “highest authorities” offered £1 million to Turkish General Halil Pasha to free an army he had trapped in Mesopotamia. That’s nearly $A1 bil-lion in today’s money. Halil scornfully rejected the offer.

There was no need to bribe the Turks at Gallipoli. The defeated army had suffered a comprehensive, if slow-motion, military rout that cost thousands of young lives and prob-ably extended the First World War by years.

What did the campaign achieve, beyond prompting the spin doctors of the day to weave the cynical “we fooled them” myth (now being cyni-cally repositioned) after a glorious contest between noble opponents?

First, let us dispense with the “glorious” and “noble” balderdash. The Anzacs’ fi nal “noble” gesture was to set off two enormous mines under Turkish trenches – after the last An-zac was safely off the beaches – kill-ing at least 70 and injuring hundreds. It was more a thuggish, two-fi ngered gesture than a salute, this gratuitous act of mass murder.

Second, it planted the seed for the triumphant emergence of modern Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, through the rise of the aston-ishing Colonel Mustafa Kemal, later “Father of the Turks”.

Harvey Broadbent*, after listing the Turkish toll (his fi gures are 213,882 casualties, just under 87,000 of them deaths), remarks vapidly: “A high cost for victory.” The alternative? Surrender. Defeat. Humiliation. Loss of nation. Disappearance into the smoke and chaos of history. A con-siderably higher cost than the Turkish victory over Britain, then the world’s mightiest empire.

Ironically, Turkey does not cel-ebrate its Gallipoli victory on the anniversary of the defeat of the Allied army. It commemorates a naval victory, won on 18 March, when the joint British and French fl eet failed to break through the Narrows and sail north to threaten Istanbul.

* Harvey Broadbent has authored two books, Gallipoli, the Turkish Defence, described as “a comprehensive aca-demic reference book”, and Defend-ing Gallipoli, “a condensed version for the general reader”.

Beached: The 1st Anzac Corps headquarters - dugouts on the beach at the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, and, right, the view from the top of hills overlooking where Australian troops landed. Pictures: National Library of Australia


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Bad moveBad moveI am disappointed to hear of plans to close the visitor information centre in Sorrento (“Tourism leaders want more space”, The News, 31/3/15).

Having worked in marketing for one of the peninsula’s leading golf clubs, the Sorrento centre played a pivotal role in promotion and generating bookings.

One thing most people don’t understand is that a very large number of the volunteers are actually business owners.

They are passionate about what they do and that comes through when they speak to tourists at the coal face.

Yes, the peninsula is busy over Easter and the summer months, but the centre is so important during winter when accommodation facilities, golf courses, restaurants and cafes rely on business to maintain local employment.

Mornington Peninsula Shire would do better to undertake a major overhaul of its own tourism division than undermine the good work of a volunteer-based organisation that makes a massive difference to the peninsula.

Rob Vanderzalm, Sanctuary Lakes

Poor planningPoor planningThe Sorrento tourism information centre provides a valuable service for locals and visitors alike. People like to drop in due to its convenient location in the middle of town. Council’s current proposals impacting this centre are misguided.

The proposed streetscape plan for the Ocean Beach Rd and George St intersection will make a utilitarian toilet block a main feature of Sorrento’s appealing main street. It proposes a seating area near the toilet block – how pleasant. This is poor urban design.

The plan’s proposed information kiosk is no bigger than one of the proposed disabled toilets.

LETTERS Unlike at the existing centre, visitors will not be able to browse and will be subjected to our variable weather. Council will also be lucky to fi nd any volunteers who will want to staff such a poor facility.

Information at the [freeway service centre] in Baxter or on the internet cannot replace the friendly, welcoming and personalised information at Sorrento where visitors gravitate to and which is a strategic gateway location near the ferry.

Council could enhance the amenity of the George St intersection by opening up the information centre to the proposed new seating, making both the centre and the streetscape more inviting.

Sally Eldridge, Sorrento

Centralise tourismCentralise tourismThe people of Sorrento have an important opportunity to improve the amenity of the main shopping precint through Mornington Peninsula Shire’s funding for streetscaping, but its current proposal takes some backward steps. One of the important upgrades would certainly be the proposed new toilets in George St.

However, one of the proposed changes in the draft plan is to remove the tourism information building next to the toilets. This plan is totally lacking in understanding of tourism.

It could not be accepted by the majority of the shire councillors as being a wise decision for the future of tourism in this part of the Mornington Peninsula. It is nonsense.

All tourists, especially overseas people, expect an information centre to be among a town’s main shopping businesses when they want local tourism information.

It is vital that the current excellent service given by the members and volunteers of the largely private-enterprise run Sorrento Beachside visitor information centre is retained and enhanced by keeping the centre housed on Ocean Beach Rd.

Smart phones and tablets are a good extra

source of information for some people, but do not replace face-to-face advice and discussions with local tourism volunteers – as at Sorrento Beachside in the main street.

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Making an impressionMaking an impressionWhat a great article about the driver volunteers (“Volunteers fi ll transport gap”, The News, 31/3/15). They must be a wonderful group of people. Thanks to all of them. Please, could they wear seatbelts in the next photo? I know the car is stationary, but the image lingers.

Anja Andersson, Balwyn

Train timesTrain timesIt seems Metro is going the way of least effort when it comes to meeting its obligation to the public.

Is it a case of not enough maintenance on tracks that led to them replacing trains with buses on the Stony Point line? Or is it another case of making sure they get their bonuses from the government?

I would think they had enough time since August to fi nd a solution to this problem.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring

Cyclist safetyCyclist safetyLiving on the the Mornington Peninsula, I am quite aware of the possibility of “dooring” cyclists and always double-check before I open my car door. However, it is extremely diffi cult when cyclists are wearing dark clothing and riding a dark bike at dusk, night or during inclement weather.

It becomes very dangerous for both the motorist and the cyclist.

There are quite stringent safety road user rules for every category of vehicle except cyclists and I would think that it is a duty of care of VicRoads to motorists and cyclists to insure that, at least, visibility is enhanced.

At a minimum, the issues I mentioned should be immediately legislated into the road rules to ensure

the safety of cyclists and prevent the trauma of drivers who accidently kill them.

Cyclists should also be required to be registered if a bicycle is used on public roads. It is impossible for a driver to identify and report cyclists who are doing the wrong thing even if they are captured on our dash cam. This does not have to be a costly and diffi cult procedure.

It is not rocket science to make these changes and it should not require an engineering consultant to defi ne the visibility specifi cations of front and rear lights. Just take 10 people out in a parking lot and let them sight the visibility of currently available lights and then take the best and make that the spec that cyclists must adhere to on public roads.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Military badnessMilitary badnessAs we “remember them” and as news reports draw attention to the use of ice, other drugs, alcohol and tobacco in the armed services, let’s not forget that, presumably, because of much inactivity and boredom in the trenches, tobacco became a habit of last resort.

Tobacco never made anybody feel good. Quite the opposite,with smokers getting ever more irritated as time elapses since the last smoke, which is relieved, just a little, by the next smoke.

The most insidious attribute of tobacco is that the frame of mind of the smoker becomes accustomed to addiction. Obviously it’s then easier to become addicted to other substances.

Since the tobacco industry has had so much benefi t from members of the military popularising its product, is smoking currently accepted on military sites? If this is so, how about all military sites introducing a blanket ban on all tobacco products?

If ice and other drugs are now prevalent in our military, when will the Prime Minister Tony Abbott either launch actual constructive action or completely cancel the never ending hype about the “war on drugs”?

Bernie McComb, Cowes

A SHAKE-UP of business competition laws has been fl agged by Small Business Minister Bruce Billson with the taxi and pharmacy industries in the spotlight.

The federal member for Dunkley says healthy competition benefi ts consumers by offering “better value and fresh offer-ings”.

Mr Billson is overseeing an eight-week consultation with state govern-ments, councils and businesses in the wake of the Competition Policy Review, dubbed the Harper Review after panel chair Professor Ian Harper.

The review, released on 31 March, recommended governments consider deregulating retail trading hours and opening up competition in specifi c in-dustries. The panel highlighted the taxi and pharmacy industries as two sectors

long overdue for a regulatory overhaul to benefi t consumers.

Mr Billson has given the clearest in-dication yet that the federal government is open to ride-sharing services such as Uber being legalised.

Uber, partly owned by Google and in-vestment bank Goldman Sachs, has been controversially operating its uberX ser-vice in Australia illegally.

The service, which enables passengers to book and pay for car rides online with drivers who have listed their details with Uber, launched in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula late last year and taxi drivers are angry authorities seem unwilling to act to stop its unregulated uberX service (‘Uber’s arrival challeng-es taxi operators’, The News 20/1/15). When asked for his response to the Harper Review Mr Billson said the panel had found some passengers are using services such as Uber to meet personal

transport needs.“Clearly, trying to force passengers to

use a particular type of service that might not be what they want isn’t in keeping with the idea of empowering consumers and isn’t going to stop customers using new technologies to fi nd ‘workarounds’ to get their needs met,” Mr Billson said.

“Because of this, the panel has rec-ommended that state and territory gov-ernments look at the way the passenger transport industry is regulated to take account of changing times and ensure essential consumer protections are guar-anteed such as minimum standards of quality, security and insurance.”

Mr Billson did say it is “pleasing to see reports of the taxi industry stepping up to take on alternative providers”, giv-ing better value for money and service to customers as a result of competition.

The Small Business Minister noted the Harper Review had also highlighted

aspects of the pharmacy industry “char-acterised as anti-competitive”.

Currently new pharmacies cannot open near an existing pharmacy in most instances. The Harper Review has rec-ommended “the pharmacy ownership and location rules should be removed in the long-term interests of consumers and “they should be replaced with regula-tions to ensure access to medicines and quality of advice regarding their use that do not unduly restrict competition.”

Mr Billson said: “The removal of these rules could well see more competition in lucrative locations but we need to make sure less commercially attractive areas are serviced.”

The Pharmacy Guild, a powerful lob-by group representing pharmacists, has slammed the Harper Review’s recom-mendation “to deregulate pharmacies”.

Guild executive director David Quilty said there is no evidence an alternative

pharmacies model “would deliver supe-rior outcomes for patients or taxpayers”.

“Australia’s 5450 community phar-macies, currently struggling under the pressures of price disclosure, need cer-tainty and stability – not a constant push to abolish a system that’s working,” he said.

Mr Billson stressed any business com-petition reforms “warrant careful consid-eration before making any change” and requires action from all levels of govern-ment.

“The reform process must be staged, consultative, collaborative and deliver real improvements to our competition framework for the benefi t of businesses and consumers,” he said.

See treasury.gov.au or call 02 6263 3932 to make a submission to the Com-petition Policy Review’s Final Report consultation process. Closing date Tues-day 26 May.

Neil [email protected]

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By Fred WildA PAINTING hanging at Dromana’s RSL (now part of the Peninsula Club) is especially signifi cant on Anzac Day.

Australian Hat on Landing was painted in 1970 by (Ewart) Melbourne Brindle who attended Dromana Primary School from 1910 until 1918 before leaving with his family to live in the United States.

On arrival in the US the 14-year-old studied lettering briefl y before seek-ing what was to become a very suc-cessful career as an illustrator. Brindle never lost his passion for Dromana or Australia although he lived the rest of his life in America.

The painting is one of three that were purchased and brought to Australia in 2011, during Dromana’s 150th celebrations. It is on permanent loan to the RSL from the Pittock fam-ily of Dromana.

Inspiration for the painting may have come from a poem printed in The Ar-gus in 1915, a tattered interpretation of which features in the painting. It was written by the Rev Dr James B Rent-oul an Irish born Presbyterian minister and academic and, during World War One, chaplain general of the Australian military forces.

The verse Brindle depicts in his painting is a condensed version of the original.

Although the painting appears to have a Gallipoli theme Brindle has used artistic licence to include the modern day Australian fl ag which ap-pears in all his Australia paintings re-gardless of the era. Its colours contrast starkly with the faded tattered poem.

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Brindle received all his education at Dromana Primary School 184. His school drawing books which he treasured until his death are now held by Dromana and District Historical Society.

It was not until 1938, when Brindle and his wife and daughter left for

New York that his career took off. He became known as America’s most cel-ebrated illustrator of the automobile, producing advertisements for Packard, Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet among others.

When photographs became the preferred mode of illustration in the

early 1960s he took on painting more seriously. He still however favoured the tools he used as an illustrator, particularly his preferred No 4 round sable brush which is evidenced in the intricate detail in the hat painting.

He was a patriotic American too and during World war Two produced

posters to support its war effort and later he designed several US postage stamps.

His 20 Silver Ghosts, a book depict-ing pre-World War I Rolls Royces, was reprinted twice.

Ewart Melbourne Brindle died in 1993 aged 90.

Hat’s off for Brindle: Illustrator Melbourne Brindle, top right, found fame in the Unites States but never forgot his upbringing in Dromana. His poignant painting of a Digger’s hat and wartime mementoes, top, is displayed at Dromana RSL. Bottom right is one of the posters he produced to support the United States during World War II.


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WHILE joint pain can occur in many dif-ferent areas of the body, some of the most common joint pain is experienced in the feet, toes, ankles and knees. Why? We asked Mus-culoskeletal Podiatrist, Dr. Tim Kirwan, from one of Australia’s leading musculoskeletal podiatry practices, Foot & Leg Pain Clinics to explain.

“Your feet are your foundation and support your entire body weight, whilst your ankles and knees are subject to a lot of wear and tear due to their structural composition, move-ment and weight bearing requirements. So much of our daily activities rely on our feet and legs so it’s not surprising we experience pain and discomfort in these areas.”

Joint pain can include aching, swelling and stiffness and can make standing, walking and other activities painful. Such symptoms may also be a sign of arthritis of which Rheu-matoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are the most common. These types of arthritis share some similar characteristics, but the cause behind the symptoms is very different and so requires different treatment.

Osteoarthritis is caused by mechanical wear and tear on joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, therefore an accurate diagnosis and correct treatment is very impor-tant.

When it comes to diagnosing and treating pain and injury associated with the feet and legs, a podiatrist with expertise in musculoskeletal concerns is the best and most qualifi ed practi-tioner to assist.

Apart from thorough and accurate diagnos-tics and assessment, an experienced podiatrist focused on Musculoskeletal concerns can provide a whole range of advice and treatments to assist with the symptoms associated with joint pain. These may include: specifi c exercises for strengthening and conditioning the feet and legs,

general exercise and nutritional advice to assist healing and weight bearing strain, addressing faulty biomechanics, orthoses prescription, ad-vice on appropriate shoe selection, dry needling and natural regenerative injection therapies such as Prolotherapy and PRP (Platent Rich Plasma).

“Thanks to advances in the latest medical research and treatments we’re able to as-sist symptoms associated with joint pain and arthritis better than ever before and even avoid surgery in many cases” Dr. Kirwan says.

If you have joint pain or stiffness you can get expert advice at Foot & Leg Pain Clinics in Rye and Mt Eliza. Call 1300 328 300. Mention this article for $50 OFF initial consultation.

Relief for Joint painRelief for Joint pain

NEWS DESK

NANETTE and Len Evans, of Mc-Crae, are celebrating their 60th wed-ding anniversary today (Tuesday).

The couple met at the Methodist Church, South Caulfi eld, and married in 1955. Len was a mechanical engi-neer with the former SEC for 37 years and Nanette was a physiotherapist.

Living at Mt Waverley for 37 years they raised four sons - and now have 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

In retirement they moved to a two hectare property at Upper Beacons-fi eld for nine years and then to Mc-

Crae 16 years ago.“We both played competitive tennis

and now, in later years, regularly en-joy table tennis with U3A,” Len said.

“We have been members of the Mc-Crae Homestead Coastal Group for 16 years and I have been secretary for over 10 years.”

Asked why the family moved to the southern peninsula, he said: “Happy childhood memories of holidays here produced the desire to spend weekends on the peninsula and then at McCrae.”

Special memories: ‘Nan’ and Len with three of their great-grandchildren - Lachlan, Indi-Rose and Haley.

Hat’s off to 60 years togetherHat’s off to 60 years together

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incongruous element within its surrounds, entirely at odds with the design philosophies and principles that have informed 30 years of development within the resort precinct.”

Paul A’Bell, one of the 200 landholders in the precinct, said RACV had been asked to erect “height poles” to show the height of the proposed building “as were some residents when they applied to the shire to build homes”. RACV had rejected the request.

He said the building would be 10 metres above the ridgeline, which would be “an intrusive and dominating structure”.

Residents are also concerned about the new resort connecting to South East Water’s Boneo sewage treatment facility. The existing resort, the 200 plus homes and some areas of National Golf Club have used a private system for many years that costs homeowners about $1000 a year each. RACV withdrawing from the system will see costs almost double.

“We request that council not approve the proposed alternative sewerage proposal submitted by RACV until such time as a sustainable solution can be implemented that does not result in unreasonable additional costs to the precinct’s residents.”

Resort opponents claim there has been insuffi cient community consultation and that the RACV has actively discouraged residents’ input.

There was a “preliminary information session” initiated by RACV, its architects and consultants at the resort in May 2013. “A letter

from the RACV to the shire’s planning department in September 2013 discouraged further consultation about the plans as ‘it would only seek to confuse and frustrate the process and the local community’,” the opponents stated in a letter to councillors.

Only two further meetings had been held, one in February organised by the shire and a meeting with shire CEO Carl Cowie on 12 March, initiated by opponents.

“We urge the council to ensure that the community is given fair and frequent opportunities to have its concerns addressed. We have formed a sub-committee to ensure this process is readily manageable.”

Opponents, the RACV and the shire will meet later this month.

Sue Blake, executive general manager of RACV Club and Resorts, told The News in a statement that plans for the resort redevelopment were lodged with the shire in November 2014 following “extensive consultation with the local community, relevant authorities, council and other

interested parties including local Aboriginal groups”.

“RACV also submitted a community consultation plan to … the shire council outlining the process undertaken since 2012.

“More than 150 people attended the initial RACV information evening held in May 2013 at the Cape Schanck resort where RACV shared its vision for the site, conceptual development plans and predicted economic and social benefi ts for the region. The proposed development has strong support from Tourism Victoria.

“With projects of this nature there will always be important local considerations and RACV has been working with council for more than 30 months to keep it informed and address council’s planning requirements.

“Council is now running a process, which RACV fully supports, to consider the views of those who have made submissions and as part of this process RACV will do its best to address any individual resident’s concerns.”

Shire told to reject RACV’s resortShire told to reject RACV’s resort

West Coast style: The RACV’s golfi ng resort at Torquay dominates the landscape.


We want to do better for youIt’s great to feel like you’re being looked after, and that’s exactly what we want to do for you at your local Telstra store.

Come In, Check-InWe are holding a special Check-In week at our local stores in the Mornington Peninsula. We invite you to come to your local store and Check-In with us. During your Check-In, we will run through your whole account with you, and provide recommendations and tips on how to get even more value.

Always here to helpIf you’ve got a lot going on and can’t make it in during Check-In week, that’s ok. Come in any time for a helping hand from my team.

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NESTLED high on the hill with a sweeping view of Port Philip Bay, and the lush fi rst fairway of Rosebud Park Golf Club, this stunning, architect-designed residence offers multiple indoor and alfresco living zones. Via a private, tropical-inspired courtyard the vast open-plan family zones of the home await. A dining area, opening onto a splendid undercover viewing deck on the fi rst level, is complemented by a striking modern kitchen with stone benchtops and stainless-steel appliances including a dishwasher and

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McCRAE 50 Coburn Avenue

Position, Quality & Views

This stunning home commands wonderful views of Port Phillip bay and is set on a 750m2 block. Offering a large living area, there are also 3BR’s - all with their own bathroom on the downstairs level, whilst upstairs is a designer kitchen with butlers pantry, dining area, second living area, study & entertaining balcony. Impeccably designed and built to the highest standards, if you want quality and position look no further.

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Offers over $975,000INSPECT As Advertised CONTACT Gavin Diener 0408 500 048

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TOOTGAROOK 5 Morris Street

Picture Perfect - Perfect Position

Set behind a white picket fence, on a 1017m2 corner allotment, this beautifully presented weatherboard home offers formal and in-formal living and dining areas, kitchen with island bench and 3 bedrooms including main with ensuite. The residence features

throughout and is serviced by GDH and bore water with an undercover entertaining area and double carport outside.

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ROSEBUD 2 Kennington Road

Backyard Bliss

This fantastic property boasts 4BR’s with BIR’s, three living areas and a fabulous IG pool adjoining an undercover entertaining area. There is no shortage of space or fun with this home. Inside is a kitchen with s/steel appliances including 900mm oven & cook top, and a double drawer dishwasher. There are timber

air-conditioning. The fenced block measures approx. 800sqm.

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2 for 1 - Outstanding Rental Potential Buyers In Excess of $350,000Situated on approx. 750m2, this property offers a main 2BR residence and a separate self-contained 2BR unit to the rear of the property, complete with separate access. The main residence has great street appeal and features large living, gas heating and r/cycle air-con. The rear residence has kitchen, ensuite and heating. With landscaped grounds, double garage, storage options and fantastic rental returns, this property is a must see.

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ROSEBUD 24 Boneo Road

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offers beautiful Art Deco features such as polished boards, high ceilings and French doors leading to beautiful established gardens. This property is the ideal permanent residence or fantastic investment opportunity. Also with air-conditioning, heating, garage with side access and close to the beach, Rosebud Plaza and transport.

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Saturday 9th May at 12.30pmTERMS 10% deposit, balance 30/60/90 daysCONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

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ROSEBUD 49 First Avenue

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re-wired, re-plumbed, re-roofed and is serviced by alarm, reverse cycle air-conditioning,

framed by a beautiful Poplar tree whilst providing a fully covered outdoor deck.

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Saturday 9th May at 2.00pmTERMS 10% deposit, balance 30/60/90 days CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

ROSEBUD 9 Keogh Street

Renovated BeachsideSet behind a secure gate on approx. 700m2, this fully renovated 4BR rendered home offers formal & informal living and dining areas, BIR’s to bedrooms, main with FES & WIR, central kitchen with stone benchtop and breakfast bar, polished boards, and sliding doors opening to the undercover deck area overlooking mature gardens and shady areas. The property is serviced by ducted heating and air con, with carport, rear garage and sheds.

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ROSEBUD 137 Third Avenue

Neat, Clean & BeachsideSet behind a picket fence and located on approx. 400m2, this neat and well presented home offers BIR’s to both bedrooms, main with dual-entry bathroom, open plan living, and a refur-bished kitchen with dishwasher. A secure outdoor alfresco area with bi-fold doors, or convert to under cover parking, the back yard has some established gardens and there is a garden shed. All services are connected, and there is little or no maintenance required here.

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For SALE $310,000 PlusINSPECT As Advertised CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938

ROSEBUD 1/393 Waterfall Gully Road

Super For Super-Fund BuyersThis outstanding, as new 3BR villa has a tasteful decor throughout and offers modern,

breakfast bar. Also featuring double garage, ducted heating. Currently leased at $340pw with 5 years builders warranty and great tax depreciation, this property is a must for all self

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Vendor Committed To SellSet on a just shy of 700sqm, this three bedroom beach home has polished boards throughout, a neat kitchen, bathroom with separate shower and tub and feature gas log

buyers, tradies & renovators who want a project with room to store all their gear on site.

Saturday 2nd May at 3.30pmTERMS 10% deposit, balance 30/60/90 daysCONTACT Paul Cunnington 0457 047 962

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ROSEBUD 36 Carrathool Avenue

Hidden HideawayThis fabulous BV family home set on a 834sqm approx. block has split level living and dining

benchtops with plenty of work space, a wall oven, and a dishwasher. All bedrooms have built in robes, and the master bedrooms has dual-entry access to the main bathroom which has a spa bath. Outside is a covered patio, also with spa, some sheds and off-street parking.

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For SALE $390,000 - $440,000INSPECT As Advertised CONTACT Paul Cunnington 0457 047 962

ROSEBUD WEST 3/21 Staughton Avenue

Urgent Sale Forced By Changed CircumstancesNear new unit which has never been occupied and still under builder’s warranty, that is as

natural light, and a decked courtyard. The kitchen features s/steel appliances & stone benchtops, two bedrooms have BIR’s and share the main bathroom, with larger main bed-room boasting a WIR & FES. Internal access from single garage with roller door to rear.

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Saturday 2nd May at 12.30pmTERMS 10% Deposit, Balance 30/60/90 Days CONTACT Paul Cunnington 0457 047 962

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For SALE $480,000 - $520,000INSPECT As Advertised CONTACT Craig Leo 0412 502 938


2327 Point Nepean Road, RYE

5985 8800www.jkre.com.au

13 Acheron AvenueTOOTGAROOK $445,000 plusNEAT, TIDY & READY FOR YOUThis 3 bedroom home with 2 living areas plus an outdoor entertaining areahas so much to offer. It sits on a 585m2 block which has fruit trees andvegetables awaiting. A single carport and only minutes to the beach, thissolid/low maintenance property would make a great 1st home or holiday house with all the bells and whistles.

ContactLeah Pancic 0421 700 749

359 Browns RoadRYE$370,000 - $390,000BACK BEACH BARGAIN Neat W.R.C. weatherboard home comprising three bedrooms, bathroom, laundry and separate toilet, living area with separate meals area, Jet Master

water tanks, double carport and North facing BBQ area. Fantastic holiday or investment home.

ContactJohn Kennedy 0401 984 842

12 French StreetRYE $500,000 PlusFAMILLE À LA MAISONLarge spacious home consisting of four bedrooms, open plan living/kitchen area, two bathrooms and rear BBQ entertaining deck.

the boat, van etc.


78 Dundas StreetRYE$385,000 plusABOVE THE TREE TOPS Just 800 meters from the local cafes and the famous Whitecliffs beach, this home is nestled high up above which gives you that instant feel of freedom and being on top of the world! With three decent living areas, three bedrooms, a great entertaining deck as well as a north facing balcony, this

very loved home is now waiting for you to put your touch to a great investment!


WHEN it comes to real estate, watching what the experts do can prove to be invaluable. At Hidden Harbour, Martha Cove, this is particularly true with at least six of the peninsula’s leading real estate agents taking up residence in the estate proving it is one of the hottest locations to buy on the Mornington Peninsula. “The lifestyle offers everything we hoped for and more. Our outlook across open parklands and the green rolling hills of the peninsula is something we could never tire of. The extensive walking tracks and proximity to the water’s edge makes every day feel as if we are on a holiday.” said Stuart Cox from Jacobs & Lowe Real Estate who moved in six months ago. In the past two years, property sales at Martha Cove have totalled almost $500 million, with only 52 out of 350 lots remaining. Hidden Harbour is the developer’s fi nal release at Martha Cove, with lots starting from as low as $305,000. Lots are only 50 metres from the water and offer both north and south orientation, and located at the end of the street are parks and gardens with playgrounds and walking tracks. The chance to live beside an inland marina has seen the land sell remarkably quickly and opportunities for buyers to purchase at this low price point are running out.

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RYE 14 Higgins Court

PEACEFUL OCEANSIDE ESCAPEPrivate and peaceful family home on just over 3/4 acre offering 4BR’s and three living zones including a designer kitchen with induction cook top. Main bedroom with FES & BIR’s, other features include ducted heating, heated spa on front deck, double garage, room for extra vehicles plus masses of storage space

RYE 27 Andrea Street

TIMELESS STYLE AND CHARMCharming residence with a hint of yesteryear mixed with modern

main bedroom with WIR & FES, timber kitchen and a beautiful

coastal living. Price: $625,000View: www.prenticerealestate.com.auContact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

RYE 21 Phyliss Parade

VENDOR DOWNSIZINGSpacious home, set high on the ridge line, with 4BR’s, 2 bathrooms,double garage plus boat or caravan storage. Interior comprises open-plan living and melas area with kitchen boasting s/steel appliances and receives plenty of natural light. Main bed-room with FES & WIR & four-person spa out on the rear deck. Price: $675,000 - $695,000View: www.prenticerealestate.com.auContact: Gary Bishop 0418 517 291

Price: $895,000View: www.prenticerealestate.com.auContact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

BLAIRGOWRIE 6 Maxwell Street

HIGHLY PRIZED POSITIONOpportunity to further develop ( STCA ) this beautiful holding just 400m to beach and village. A solid 3BR home offers potential to reno-vate, extend and capitalise on this outstanding position. Currently let at $250pw. If you are seeking ‘Blue Chip’ real estate , look no further. Brilliant opportunity for the savvy investor / developer.

Contact: Sam Crowder 0403 893 724

RYE 24 Pasadena Street

A GREAT GETAWAYPerched on high for sweeping treetop view, this private residence has been freshly painted and carpeted throughout, and has a spacious front timber deck plus paved entertaining area at rear. An open plan

features including separate laundry & bathroom and single garage.

Contact: Gary Bishop 0418 517 291

SORRENTO 14 William Buckley Road

OCEANSIDE RETREATCedar weatherboard home comprising 3BR’s, bathroom, open

cooling, carport and matching cedar shed for all the gear. Set on level block, mostly fenced, with plenty of off-street parking and

Price: contact agentView: www.prenticerealestate.com.auContact: Gary Bishop 0418 517 291

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Space for all the family with room for a boat, trailer and caravan. Including 3 spacious living rooms, bright kitchen with stainless steel appliances, electric oven and gas cooking adjoins a family meals space that overlooks the large, fully fenced back yard and paved courtyard. Double gated side access for a boat or caravan and a drive through double garage provides plenty of access to back yard. Available Now

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8 Somerset Place, Safety Beach

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For Lease

Safety Beach

Executive two storey residence in Martha Cove with 3 bedrooms, open plan living area with well-appointed kitchen featuring stainless-steel appliances. Master bedroom with WIR and BIR, ensuite and adult’s retreat. All bedrooms have private bathrooms. Ducted heating, refrigerated cooling, ample storage space, double garage, low maintenance yard and entertaining decked area. Available Now

For LeaseRent $620 per weekContact Caitlin Brown 0408 546 132bowmanandcompany.com.au

61 Helm Avenue, Safety Beach

33 2

For LeaseMornington

This freshly renovated property is located in a sought after beachside spot only a short walk to the beaches, local shops and cafes, with transport only moments away. Offering a modern interior and plenty of living space including a kitchen meals area plus two separate lounges with split systems this is a great family home. Separate rear garage, plenty of car parking space and a great sized yard. Available Now


42 Carnoustie Grove, Mornington

For Lease

24 2

Safety Beach

An older style home with 3 bedrooms. Front living room with gas heating and separate kitchen meals area. Great sized, fenced back yard and plenty of off street parking. Easy access to Peninsula Link, close to the beach and transport. 6-8 month lease available. Available Now


22 Walter Street, Safety Beach

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Mount Martha

Executive double storey home with 4BR’s plus study, three living rooms for formal entertaining and relaxed family living with access to a wrap-around landscaped courtyard. Kitchen features granite benchtops, walk-in pantry and s/steel appliances. Also featuring ducted heating, refrigerated air conditioning and double garage with roller door through to the rear, lawn and garden maintenance included. Available Now


591 Esplanade, Mount Martha

For Lease

24 2

Safety Beach

Stunning 4BR plus study townhouse, featuring Aussie Oak floors, spacious living & dining area with electric fireplace, bi-fold doors open to a huge hardwood deck with pizza oven. Kitchen includes butler’s pantry, stone benchtops & splashback, 900mm upright gas/electric stove, double drawer dishwasher and plenty of storage. Huge master suite, ducted heating and cooling and more! Available Now


15B Pickings Road, Safety Beach

34 2

For Lease

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Mornington Retail• 53 m2 approx

• Located on the corner of Main Street and Barkly Street

• Available Now

2/154 MAIN STREET, MORNINGTON

For Lease $2,800pcm + GST + OgContact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

Retail Shop and Office Space• 4 Retail Shops ideal for retail food outlets

• Sizes range from 62 to 72 m2 approx

• Lower & upper level office space

• 326m2 total of office space

• Now under construction completion expected mid 2015

209 TYABB ROAD, MORNINGTON

For Lease Starting from $35,000 per annum + GST + OutgoingsContact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

ROSEBUD CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTRE

Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

• Retail spaces now available in this well established shopping centre

• Join Ritchies, The Rosebud Library & Rosebud Cinema

• Ample staff and customer parking

• Attractive lease terms available

• Retail spaces starting from 27 m2 to 181 m2

Mornington Factory• 271m2 approx

• Modern Factory

• Features office & disabled toilet

• Available now

2/10 CARBINE WAY, MORNINGTON

For Lease $1,850pcm + GST + OgsContact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

Space, Yard and Security• High profile corner location

• Building measures 2000m2 approx.

• Yard measures 4000m2 approx.

• Roller doors, reception area and double gates to secure yard

2-4 HENRY WILSON DRIVE, ROSEBUD

For Lease $13,167pcm + GST + OgsContact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858

LEASED

Wunderbar - Seaside Opportunity!• Well-located opposite the foreshore

• Fully equipped commercial kitchen

• Liquor licence

• Rent includes 3BR apartment upstairs

RYE - BUSINESS FOR SALE

For Sale $180,000 + SAVContact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

Executive Style Warehouse• Brand new warehouse

• Size 375m2

• High profile location

• Available now

3/3 THOMPSON TERRACE, DROMANA

For Sale From $520,000Contact: Russell Murphy 0407 839 184

SOLD

Mornington Investment• 366m2 approx.

• Leased for $34,992pa + GST + Ogs

• 5 + 5 year lease commenced August 2014

• Impressive new development on Watt Road

10/61 WATT ROAD, MORNINGTON

For Sale $725,000Contact: Michelle Adams 0407 743 858


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ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED $70,000 + sav

$350,000 + sav

$140,000 + sav

FRESH CHICKEN

$150,000 + sav

$85,000 + sav$75,000 + sav

ROSEBUD WESTBrand new grocery/convenience

store in underserviced area with no competition. Opposite foreshore

out, genuine reasons for regrettable sale.

$88,000

$39,000 + sav

CHEMDRY

RESTAURANT,CAFE & BAR

$650,000 + sav

WARRAGUL

courthouse in town. Central location, stunning established grounds, high

ceilings, commercial kitchen. Restaurant seats 149, 78 over the bar. Licensed premises until 1am.

CRANBOURNE This established business is well patronised by locals and

has a good base of repeat cash buyers. All equipment

parking facilities. Trades 7 days from 8am until 6pm.

$175,000 + sav

$120,000

MELBOURNE

building, many orders from within plus catering orders. Good seating

capacity, excellent equipment. 5 days only!

NARRE WARRENBusy takeaway/milk bar with good

coolroom, commercial kitchen, double pizza oven. Long lease

available includes 3 bdm residence with double garage.

$180,000 + sav

$65,000 + sav

SOMERVILLE Attractive business, the only one selling gym supplements on the Peninsula, also sells gym gear &

accessories. Vendor happy to train buyer. Vibrant website with online

store also. All stock included in price.

CARRUM DOWNS Manufacture & custom design of upholstered commercial furniture. Established 2000, large factory in good location, regular client base.

Owner willing to stay on and train. 5 ½ days. Vehicle included.

HUGE REDUCTION$50,000 + SAV

BAYSIDE Outstanding opportunity to purchase

an exceptional ChemDry Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Franchise.

Endless possibilities await the astute buyer as T/O can be easily doubled.

Grow the business, relish the lifestyle. As new VW van, all equip & training.

$120,000 + sav

EILDONTwo freehold shops on main

street available @ $220,000 + gst.

tackle & bait, auto spares, water sports equipment, work gear etc. Established 30 years, only one in

town.OPEN TO ALL OFFERS

$295,000 + sav

CRANBOURNE 3 bedroom accommodation, trades

general store lines inc gas bottles. Huge potential, current owner forced

to sell, new owner will maximize potential. Established 18 years.

MORNINGTONDue to ill health this vendor needs an urgent sale and has drastically

reduced the price accordingly. Large premises on busy road, established

27 yrs. Pet supplies, aquariums, reptiles, birds.

MORNINGTON PENINSULAEst 7 years selling w/sale & retail

retail outlets on the Peninsula & interstate, attends regular markets & special events. Factory outlet store

and online sales, FB presence.

$180,000 + sav

BRAESIDEGreat price for the turnover! Cheap rent, long lease, prominent corner

position, coolroom. Trading 5 days. Can’t go wrong with this one – call

now!

$1.35 million + sav

FRANKSTON Double shop with good seating and excellent equipment. This Flakey Jakes is in need of rejuvenation

by enthusiastic new owner. Huge potential to increase T/O, current owner not suited to the business.

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FRANKSTON

Peninsula, clients include factories, hotels, real estate, builders as well

as residential. Two vehicles are included, hours as required.

$119,500

FRANKSTON Easy to run business with one driver

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stock to carry. 7 days midnight to

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FREEHOLD

NEW LISTINGMANUFACTURING

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ROSEBUDEstablished 20 years with only two owners, vendor will stay on to train.

approach to take to next level. Prime position in busy shopping plaza.

Good equipment.

MAIN RIDGE

restaurant set on 20Ac with sweeping vineyard views from the alfresco

deck. Well appointed, fully equipped kitchen, large bar area. 2BR cottage

offers potential for manager’s residence or storage pantry.

$1.25 million + sav

FISH & CHIPS

MANUFACTURINGROSEBUD WEST

Large premises with new lease

applications and manufacture & supply of security doors. Large

customer base of major builders, many repeat clients, Vendor happy to

stay on for an agreed period.

$435,000 + sav

ROSEBUD

prime showroom, leads and repeat business guaranteed as positioned alongside the Number One Carpet Retail Organisation in Aust. All work

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$180,000 + sav

BRIGHTONGreat location opposite beach and near train station, school & bowling club. Has 3 bdm accommodation.

Fully renovated, excellent equipment, light food preparation

$240,000

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products, multi award winning business, wholesale and retail

trade. Huge delivery network covers Melbourne metro area. Tremendous

potential for expansion.

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CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES Fully managed school cleaning

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MOUNT ELIZA General store lines, café, takeaway – can be a restaurant. Wonderful atmosphere with no opposition.

Residential area, has seating for 20. 7 days. 3 bedroom accommodation.

Vendors must sell!

CONVENIENCE STORE

$490,000 + sav

CLAYTON SOUTHOperates from 2 factories, two

delivery persons. Buy from overseas and within Australia, clients are

restaurants, takeaways, grocers, fruit

percentage, simple to operate.

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CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIESAll types of sheetmetal products,

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accessories. Predominantly steel, stainless steel & aluminium. Large

ROSEBUD WESTThis very popular venue is located

directly opposite foreshore and

available. Dual shop, always busy, seats 60 inside and more outside

under footpath umbrellas.

$1 million + sav

LICENSED CAFE

$650,000 + sav

SORRENTOFamily run pizza & pasta business, all foods purchased from local suppliers.

Upmarket, attractive presentation, total 200 seating capacity. Huge

stay on and manage if required.

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MORNINGTON

with European high security locking. Replacements, newbuilds,

renovations. Also awnings, French doors, tilt turn & sliding PVC

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$350,000 (business)

WARATAH NORTHGroup lodge can accommodate up to 20 people, 3 cottages, solar heated pool. 10 acre freehold property also

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FreIndustrial takeaway, SEAFORDPrice: $150,000Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Our daily breadESTABLISHED for 30 years, this popular bakery and cafe trades 7 days a week from 6.30am to 5.00 or 6.00pm. There is seating inside for 12, and 9 out. The bakery stocks all varieties of bread as well as cakes, family pies and jam, with coffee sales particularly strong. Set in a prime area with private car parking at rear, the vendor will trial the business on $12,000 per week turnover.

Bakery & cafe, HAMPTONPrice: $240,000 including stockAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151


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Heavy rainfall produces good cropsHeavy rainfall produces good cropsCompiled by Melissa Walsh

TENDERS are called in this issue for additions and alterations to the Frankston Mechanics’ Institute.

***THE treasurer of the collecting com-mittee of the Frankston Belgian Relief Fund acknowledges with thanks the receipt from Mrs Hay of 14s 4d, the proceeds of raffl e of an accordion. The winning number is 69, Miss Smith.

***A GENERAL meeting of members and friends of the Somerville Red Cross Society will be held in the Horticultural Hall at Somerville on Thursday next, to which all are made welcome. The evening will be spent in amusement. Refreshments will also be provided.

***THE long looked for rain has come at last, and the anxiety felt by all has been allayed by a bountiful downfall. From Saturday to Monday last the rainfall registered at Frankston was 181 points.

***THE Hon A. Downward has received a communication from the Department of Public Works, stating, that owing to representations made by that gentle-man, tenders for repairs to the jetty at Frankston will be invited next week.

***THE Harvest Festival in connection with St. Paul’s Church, Frankston, will be celebrated on Sunday. There will be three services, at 8, 11 and 7. On Monday night a sale will be held at the

schoolroom of fruit, vegetables and other gifts.

***OUR readers are reminded of the Concert to he held at Langwarrin on Wednesday next, in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund, under the auspices of the Langwarrin Tennis Club. For the convenience of those going from Frankston, a cab will leave the bank corner at 7 o’clock in the evening.

***TONIGHT! “All a Mistake.” St. Paul’s Club Frankston. Be there sharp at 8.15 to see this three-act comedy. The members of this club, who so successfully presented “Who’s Who?” last year, have worked hard and long to make an equal success of this, the second three act piece that they have staged. You should not miss a chance like this.

***THERE was a good attendance at the Cranbourne races on Thursday last. There were large fi elds for most of the events, and an interesting day’s sport resulted. In the Second Divi-sion Handicap A. Wilcox’s gelding, Milloo, started favorite at 6 to 4 on, and won by a length. In the Steeple-chase, Nimmo’s Brownbird was fi rst, Shackleton’s Rizino, 2, and C. Grice’s Lord Emms, 3.

***MR H, C. Fischer, F.V O.A. the well-known Collins Street opti-cian and optometrist, is again due to visit Frankston on Saturday, 8th May. Frankston people should regard them-selves as fortunate that their needs in

this line are looked after by such a capable and painstaking optician as Mr Fischer, whose ability is so largely availed of in Melbourne. Mr Fischer may be consulted at Mrs Graham’s boarding house.

***WE call attention to the Frankston Patriotic Fund appearing in our ad-vertisement columns today. A sum of £60 has been already forwarded to the Lord Mayor’s Belgian Relief Fund,in accordance with a resolution passed at a general meeting of the contributors to the Frankston Patriotic Fund, and by the same resolution the sums acknowl-edged today will be similarly sent. The Frankston Belgian Fund is still open and the Hon Treasurer (Dr Plowman) will be very pleased to receive further contributions.***THE churches of the Frankston Methodist Circuit hold their annual effort in aid of Foreign Missions this week, commencing on Sunday last when the Rev J. W. Burton (Mis-sionary deputation) held services in Frankston, Langwarrin, Somerville. The attendances were some what spoiled by the rain, but otherwise were most successful. The Rev gentleman also lectured during four evenings in the week at Tyabb, Somerville, Lang- warrin, and Frankston, and gave most interesting addresses, basing remarks on missionary work in India. He spoke for about an hour and a half, and those present were most interested by the lucid description he gave of different forms of Indian life and worship.

***THE offi cial opening of the remod-elled portion of the Frankston School, No 1464, took place on Tuesday after-noon, the ceremony being performed by the Hon. A. Downward, M.L.A. Mr F. Tate, Director of Education, also assisted in the ceremony. The attendance of parents was small, and the Board of Management was disappointed that they did not appear to take more interest in the welfare of their children, as considerable trouble had been gone to in order to make the function as successful as possible. The weather was a little unsettled, but hardly enough to account for the ap-parent indifference. The improvements made to the old building have been very marked, and as it now stands it is one of the best and up-to-date country schools in the State.

***THE excellent rain that fell at the latter end of last week has now put everything well in order and work of any kind can now be proceeded with the paddocks are looking green al-ready and the oat crops will now make splendid headway. Mr A S Krouse reports a fall of 175 points from Friday to Monday morning. The fact that the local fruit crop has been a record one is now proved by the revenue returns at the local station. The returns show an increase on those of last year for each month in the year showing an increase for the quarter ending March 31st of over £50. The exact fi gures will be published in the May issue of the “Fruit World.”

***ATTENTION is drawn to the adver-tisement of the entertainment for Fri-day evening next in aid of Church of England organ fund. The programme will consist entirely of Frankston talent, and, after the excellent pro- grammes that have been provided by St Paul’s club are called to mind, this should be saying enough to ensue a full house.

***THE Easter fair in aid of the Method-ist Church new building fund was held on Friday and Saturday last under bad weather conditions. The fair was opened on Friday evening by Cr Oates, President of the Shire and proved very successful. The large amount of £28 14s being realised.

***A VERY pretty wedding was cel-ebrated at ‘All Saints’, Tyabb, on Monday morning, 5th inst, when there were joined together in the bonds of holy matrimony, Leslie Robert, second son of Mr and Mrs Slocombe, to Vera Gladys, second daughter of Mr J. H. Thornell, of ‘Hazelglen’, Tyabb. The church was prettily decorated with white geraniums and daisies, white roses and ivy. The bride was given away by her eldest brother, Mr S. A. Thornell, and wore a handsome white silk dress, with lace and pearl trim-mings, also veil, and wreath of orange blossom.

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By Stuart McCulloughI WAS dumbstruck. We were return-ing from a game of golf – a circum-stance in and of itself as improbable as what was about to follow – when the unthinkable was thought and, even worse, said aloud. My friends, our clubs and I were crammed into my 1982 puke-green Daihatsu Charade and travelling along Coolart Road at a pace that rendered the speed limit largely aspirational. This was clearly too much for the car travelling im-mediately behind us. With my shoul-ders hunched over the wheel, their faces seemed to be pressed up against the rear view mirror. As I slowed to turn into the driveway, the impatient car pulled up alongside, a passenger wound down the window and yelled, “Out of the way, Gene Wilder!”

It was the ultimate drive-by taunt. No sooner was the insult hurled in my direction than they were gone, pre-sumably in search of other drivers to attack by reference to reclusive come-dic screen actors. I could only pity the next person who might fi nd himself on the wrong end of a Buster Keaton or Stan Laurel-based sledge. But as the car hurtled past, I struggle to come to terms with having just been the victim of a drive-by insult.

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struck. It was as though the veil had suddenly been lifted. Clearly there was no going back. Once that Pando-ra’s worm was loosed upon the world, it could never be coaxed back into its box. The brutal truth was as simple as it was shocking: in my late teenage years, I was a Gene Wilder look alike.

It would not be the last time I would be compared to someone famous but without exception these comparisons have been of an unfl attering nature. Not once has my name been used in a sentence including George Clooney, Brad Pitt or anyone else that might be considered conventionally hand-

some. Instead, I get compared to Nicholas Cage, the odd looking guy that befriends Chunk in Goonies and, somewhat unfairly, Slingblade. There have, of course, been consequences. A friend once swore blind that I was the spitting image of Anthony Michael Hall in the fi lm Weird Science and, to this day, I have been too afraid to watch the movie.

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PENINSULA LEAGUEBy Toe Punt MT ELIZA proved that opposition teams weren’t simply making up the numbers after knocking over reigning premier Frankston YCW on Saturday.

The Redlegs led by as much as 50 points in the third quarter before the Stonecats hit back in the last to give the scoreboard some respectability.

There had been plenty of talk about the Stonecats leading into the opening round and many believed that they were head and shoulders above everyone else.

After all, the Stonecats had added Dromana premiership players Dan-iel Waddell, Anthony Bruhn and Paul Minchington into the line-up, Lew Roberts returned and Luke Collins was a great get from Sale, despite not play-ing on Saturday.

The only notable outs were Dale Car-roll and Anthony ‘Bundy’ Barry (West-ern Bulldogs VFL).

However, at quarter time at Wooralla Drive, the scoreboard (5.2 to 2.1) sug-gested we may have got it wrong.

And despite the solid start, Mt Eliza did not ease up, leading by 38 points at half time and 40 points at three quarter time.

Frankston YCW came back in the last quarter when Mt Eliza had put the cue in the rack, eventually going down by 19 points, 11.14 (80) to 15.9 (99).

A jubilant Mt Eliza coach John Geor-giou said the result was just reward for a strong preparation.

“We had a solid pre-season and opted to really test ourselves during the prac-tice matches,” Georgiou said.

“That preparation really set us up to take the season on and I think the boys backed themselves and believed in each other to have a good season.

“To beat a side like YCW, you need an even spread amongst the whole team and that was the most pleasing thing out of the game – everyone contributed.

“Justin (Van Unen) may have kicked eight goals but it was the work done up the ground that resulted in those oppor-tunities.

“Don’t get me wrong, Justin was sen-sational and very hard to stop but it (the result) wasn’t all about one player.

“Last year we were predictable in at-tack and this year I’d like to think that we have a few more options, which will give opposition sides a lot more to think about, than simply stopping Scott Lockwood (kicked three goals),”

Georgiou said. Many thought that the departure of John Meesen might hurt the Redlegs but Matt Lillie took the number one ruck job again and was superb, while Sammy Gill and Rohan Heasley were at their best.

Kyle Hutchison, as well as Minch-ington and Bruhn, booted two each for the Stonecats while Craig Nankervis and Ash Eames were named amongst their better players.

Frankston YCW coach Scott Mathers said before the game that whilst many were talking his side up, he didn’t be-lieve there was a margin between his side and the rest of the competition.

“You can always look good on paper but it’s how you get the job done on the ground that matters most,” Mathers said.

“Last season matters little in 2015 and we all start equal. Let your guard down against any team and you’ll fi nd yourself on some trouble,” Mathers said.

Bonbeach hit back from its horror defeat on Good Friday and infl icted a nasty wound into Seaford.

The Sharks, absolutely depleted after losing more than a dozen senior play-ers over the pre-season, led at every change over the Tigers and restricted them to just 6.10 for the match.

Chris Bryan booted four goals and is building into the season after a long lay-off, while son of a gun, Jackson Sole, along with Nathan Robinson with two goals were outstanding for the winners.

Darragh Chadwick kicked three for the Tigers while Chris Fortnam and Ben Crowe stood up over the four quarters, as did teenager Rourke Fis-cher, who is VFL-listed with Colling-wood.

The result was a nasty one for the Tigers, who went into the game as fa-vorites.

Bonbeach won 12.10 (82) to 6.10 (46).

In the worst game over the weekend, Pines made it two wins in succession after restricting Langwarrin to just fi ve goals for the game.

Pines didn’t kick their fi rst goal un-til midway through the second quarter, however, booted fi ve goals to three af-ter the long interval to win 7.9 (51) to 5.7 (37).

Kangaroos coach Gavin Artico said after the game that it was one of the worst games he had been involved in.

“It was a pretty tough day at the

Redlegs prove season is wide openRedlegs prove season is wide openoffi ce. The game was riddled with mistakes, blokes fumbling, missing targets, it was very ordinary,” Artico said.

“Pines just made more of their op-portunities when it counted.”

Langwarrin full forward Matty Dim-kos again went down with a hamstring injury while Andrew Withers, the Kangas cleanest disposer of the footy, tweaked a knee.

In positive news for the Kangas, Rikki Johnston, the obvious heir ap-parent to Artico, shut down Aaron Edwards and Nick Hammill kept Guy Hendry quiet.

Luke Potts was a star for the Py-thons, as was Taylor Strachan in the ruck and Jimmy Messina around the ground.

Mornington booted 14 goals to two after half time to thrash Karingal 21.13 (139) to 6.9 (45).

Dale Nolan booted fi ve goals and a further 11 players contributed on the scoreboard for the Doggies.

Adam Symes and Ben Wells were two of the best players on the park while Ben Clements also made a solid contribution to the demolition.

Hadley Tomamichael kicked three for the Bulls, while Aaron and Grant Paxton collected the top votes.

Unfortunately, it’s going to be an-other long season for the Bulls. Footy’s back! Pines season off to a fl yer with win over Langwarrin. Pic: Gary Bradshaw

Eagles hit backEagles hit backSOMERVILLE coach David ‘Bud-da’ Hirst has hit back at the rumours and gossip surrounding his club.

The most damning rumour that has been doing the rounds is that the Somerville Football Club had taken out a bank loan to pay for the many recruits they have attracted in the off-season.

The Eagles have landed Tim McGennis (North Melbourne), Billy Rolfe, Josh Westerman (YCW), Scott Simpson (Dolphins), Adrian Speedy (Mornington), Tom Shaw (Seaford) and Rohan Hogenbirk (returned) in 2015.

Hirst was quick to shut that down!“I don’t know how a footy club

would even get a loan – that’s just ridiculous to say,” Hirst said.

“The truth is that when we spoke to a couple of players about coming over, others wanted to make the move too and play with their mates.

“The players we have recruited could get a lot more money playing elsewhere but they just want to play together.

“It has created a situation where we can’t play them all together because of the Player Points System, however, they are all understanding of that.

“When you get the calibre of play-ers we have recruited who want to come to your club and they under-stand the situation (that they might have to play in the reserves), how can you knock them back.

“I think it’s great for our footy club

that we have players who want to play here,” Hirst said.

RPP FM is FootballRPP FM is FootballTHERE is a new show on RPPFM immediately following the match of the day.

After the Siren, with Neil, Jack and Josh in the chair, airs on 98.7FM or 98.3FM from 5-6pm and covers everything from around the grounds.

Last Saturday they spoke to Aaron Edwards immediately following Pines’ win over Langwarrin, as well as a host of other guests.

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NEPEAN LEAGUEBy Toe Punt HASTINGS made a statement to the rest of the Nepean League competition on Saturday when it dominated all af-ternoon to beat glamour side Rye.

The Blues showed aggression and intent from the outset and stamped it-self as a genuine threat for the 2015 ti-tle, winning 15.12 (102) to 10.11 (71).

Whilst some at the Hastings FC were jumping up and down about the perceived lack of respect for the work done in the off-season at the club, coach Brendan Dunne was ‘more than happy’ with the low profi le of the club leading into the fi rst game.

Dunne was ecstatic after the match, pointing to a solid pre-season, greater commitment to team ethic and a will to succeed as the driving factors going into 2015.

“There has been a lot of hype about other clubs because some of them have picked-up a heap of recruits, however, I’d rather just worry about what we can control, go about our business and concentrate on getting the job done,” Dunne said.

And get the job done they did, the Blues dominating from the fi rst bounce. They were harder at the con-test, had a much better work ethic and a great desire for the hard ball.

It wasn’t only the recruits who stood up for the Blues, it was the obvious im-provement from some of the existing players on the list.

Josh Mulheron was superb. The reigning club best and fairest winner beat both former Hawthorn ruckman

Simon Taylor and Rhett Sutton in the ruck.

Steve Charalambous had 28 dispos-als and kicked a goal, Dale Alanis was back to his elusive best with two goals, Steve Robb clearly has taken yet an-other leap in his career and was domi-nant with his forward pressure, Richie Vandenham was vintage, Taylor Strat-ton booted two and had 27 touches, Kain Stratton shut down Adrian Gile-no after he got off the leash early, the underrated Lance Brouwer made it dif-fi cult for any tall in the Rye forward line and Daniel Noble was very good in the ruck and around the ground.

Brendan Dunne was back to his best, marshalling the troops, throwing his head over the footy, laying tackles and doing the one-percenters that have made him a champion player.

Of the recruits, Luke Clark was the pick of them with seven goals in a best-on-ground display. Shaun Foster just kept on presenting, Matthew Clif-ford racked-up possessions all over the ground, Daniel Dickinson added some fl are and great kicking to the team and Scott Jansen, who has missed two years of footy with a knee, was dyna-mite.

Dunne, who debuted Jansen as a 16-year-old when he was coaching Karingal, was ecstatic for Jansen.

“He is a great kid with enormous ability and we saw a fair bit of that to-day,” Dunne said after the match.

“He has had rotten luck in his short career but his body is right, he’s really excited about playing footy again and he is going to be a very valuable mem-

ber of this footy team.”Rye was ordinary. It lacked appe-

tite for the contest, many of its well-heralded recruits racked-up posessions but didn’t want to put their head over the footy and it lacked any bite in at-tack, outside of Gileno, who fi nished with four.

Ryan Mullet worked his way into the game after a slow start and was run-ning on top of the ground by the end, Dean Millhouse was tireless down back and Steve Daniher, son of Terry, continually drove the team into attack.

Rhett Sutton was a lifeline in the sec-ond half, however, was forced to play back.

Simon Taylor was towelled-up in the ruck and if the Demons are to be successful, Taylor needs to do more around the ground and allow Sutton to stay forward more permanently.

The sooner the Demons can talk Ben Holmes to come back the better. They lack a target and shouldn’t be relying on Harrison Wilson, who is a star of the future, along with Brady Egan and Andrew Dean, who are already young guns, to shoulder the responsibility.

I hear talk of the club perhaps want-ing coach Josh Moore to concentrate on coaching and forgetting about play-ing. A message to the Rye faithful, Moore is a ball magnet, running ma-chine and has a thirst for the contest. He’s fi t and you need him in the middle getting the footy out!

Rosebud restricted Frankston Bombers to just 16 scoring shots on their way to a commanding 15.16 (106) to 7.9 (51) victory.

With new coach Beau Muston holi-daying overseas and unavailable, the Bombers booted two goals in the open-ing half.

Matt Baker was superb in attack for the Buds with three goals while Jack Jarman and Ryan Spooner dominated.

Tyler Blake and Jordan Walker were the best of the Bombers.

Pearcedale’s shocking pre-season translated into a train wreck of a round one game against Devon Meadows.

Devon had 33 scoring shots to just 13 and won 18.15 (123) to 7.6 (48).

Troy Aust booted four for the win-ners while a further nine players con-tributed on the scoreboard.

Pat Harmes was clearly the best player on the ground, dominating in the ruck and around the ground, while skipper Steve McInnes was superb.

Dwayne Bowes and Matt White were the best of the less than ordinary Dales.

Red Hill knocked over a depleted Crib Point as expected.

Magpies coach Duane Annable said before the game that fi ve of his best 14 players were either underdone or not playing early in the season. It was always going to have an impact on the wide open spaces of Red Hill.

The Hillmen hit the post fi ve times and kicked poorly at goal generally, winning 12.18 (90) to 5.9 (39).

Michael Mock was outstanding down back for the winners, Daniel McNamara and Matt Dillon were at their best and Seamus Thomson was outstanding in the ruck.

Michael Chaplin and Matty Vagg

both kicked goals (three and two re-spectively) in the reserves and should make their way into the team in the coming weeks. Dylan Neal and Ryan Blake were also in the reserves.

Daniel Edwards and Lee Koerner were the best of the Pies, who still had the likes of Brad Davidson, Luke Her-rington, John Ransom, Brad Arnold, Waide Symes and Dean Warry in the team.

The Pies had Sam Austin, Jack Johnson, Sam Adams, Matt Sloper, Michael Cook and Josh Pemberton-Buchanan in the magoos.

Blues make early statement in big winBlues make early statement in big win

Early intent: Hastings got up over glamour side Rye. Pic: Andrew Hurst



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