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Pictures perfectFRANKSTON Photographic Club is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an exhibition of members’ work at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube 37.

The exhibition, called ‘Looking Through Our Lens’, showcases many aspects of photography including several images from national and international award winning photographic club members.

The Frankston Photographic Club has more than 150 members and is one of the largest camera clubs in Victoria. Club members meet at the Brotherhood of St Laurence premises at 24 High St, Frankston on Wednesday evenings at 7pm.

Many of these meetings have professional photographers talking about their latest interesting adventures or assignments.

New members are welcome to join and learn about new or old photographic techniques.

The Looking Through Our Lens exhibition will be hosted at Cube 37, 25-37 Davey St, Frankston until Saturday 24 October. Entry by gold coin donation.

See frankstonphotoclub.com.au for further exhibition and club details.

Pictured are club members Peter Dwyer, left, Darryl Oates, Rose Burns, Max Lane and Jeff Symons.Picture: Yanni

FRANKSTON has been named and shamed as “the worst suburb” in Vic-toria to rent due to just six reviews on a name-and-shame website about rental properties.

Tabloid TV show A Current Affair aired a report about the Don’t Rent Me site founded by Sydney-based Anthony Ziebell last month stating

“Frankston is the worst performing suburb - with St Kilda, Highett and Coburg also making the list”.

The Don’t Rent Me site allows rent-ers to leave public feedback about their experiences in rental properties and common complaints range from unclean homes riddled with mould to the non-return of rental bonds at the end of a lease term.

Six negative reviews for fi ve Frankston properties have been sub-

mitted to the site since its launch in 2012 with many suburbs nationwide garnering at least fi ve negative re-views.

The site has about 1400 reviews lodged across Australia.

When questioned about the claim that Frankston is the Victoria’s “worst suburb” to rent in, Mr Ziebell told The Times he agreed this could unfairly stigmatise Frankston.

“A lot of the wording being used

around ‘what is the worst suburb’ isn’t necessarily our wording,” he said.

“We’ve released information com-paring suburbs saying ‘these suburbs have more unresolved negative re-views than others’ – that’s what we’ve said.

“Different media publications may interpret that in different ways … but we’ve not actually said a suburb is a bad place to rent or is full of bad landlords or bad agents

or anything like that.”The report on A Current Affair fol-

lowed several newspaper reports also condemning Frankston as “the worst suburb” to rent in based on reviews listed on the Don’t Rent Me site.

Mr Ziebell says it may mean people in a specifi c neighbourhood “are com-municating with each other, are help-ing each other out and are spreading the message”.

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Builders chip in for kidsBuilders chip in for kidsA NUMBER of builders in the Frankston area have put their talent and time into raising funds for Menzies (“Caring for Kids”) the best way they know how.

Buy Property Direct in conjunction with Mainline Developments are the driving force behind the fundraising campaign, which will see the two companies and their affi liated trades-men build a home in Langwarrin, and

then auction it off early next year – with all profi ts going directly to Menzies Frankston.

Menzies (“Caring for Kids”) is a not-for-profi t organisation established in Frankston in 1901 and run by a com-mittee of volunteers. It provides a high standard of support for young people.

Menzies was once involved as a residential care service provider, but is now focused on philanthropy, service

and program support.However, its core mission remains

the same - to support young people who can no longer live with their families to be safe, educated and lead fulfi lling lives.

David Brewster, managing director of Buy Property Direct, paid special thanks to Frankston Council CEO Den-nis Hovenden and the planning team who have supported the project.

Start of something: Menzies’ Georgia Symmons, Buy Property Direct’s David Brewster and Menzies’ Kevin Johnson at the site of the new house. Picture: Yanni

FRANKSTON Labor MP Paul Ed-brooke has dismissed councillors’ concerns that the signalling box at Frankston train station could be de-molished as part of the $63 million Frankston Station Redevelopment Master Plan.

Councillors expressed concern at this month’s public council meeting that the signalling box, the last re-maining manual signal box in Victo-ria, is not mentioned in the master plan to redevelop the transport hub.

“What are they going to with that historical signal box?” Cr Darrel Tay-lor asked.

“We cannot afford to lose that his-torical asset. It has to be kept and maintained.”

Cr Taylor said the government should make a commitment to pre-serve the signal box and relocate it elsewhere if necessary.

“My understanding is the signal box was built in 1922 and is heritage listed,” deputy mayor Cr Glenn Aitken said.

“It is a small part of Frankston that we still retain and I think many people would not want to lose it. Any large development can be cleverly ma-nipulated to accommodate and retain heritage features by building around them.”

Mr Edbrooke said: “There are no current plans to change it [the signal box] at all and it is clearly still visible on the artist’s impression.

“At a time when the community have spoken so strongly about what they want and we have massive op-

Boxing on over signal boxBoxing on over signal boxNeil [email protected]

portunities for Frankston, councillors are needlessly worried about a signal box, when they should be consider-ing how the council will contribute to Frankston’s future, which is what the community want.”

Cr James Dooley was a dissenting voice at the council meeting, saying he would prefer to see the “rusty weath-erboard” signal box removed from its present location near the train station.

Council is increasingly at logger-heads with the state government over the state funded project – despite endorsing the government’s master plan for the train station precinct re-development - with differences of opinion emerging over how the sta-tion precinct should be redeveloped to improve Frankston’s amenity and economy.

Councillors claim “the bureaucrats from Melbourne” are failing to listen to the community over [issues] (‘‘Lip service’ over station revamp’, The Times 12/10/15).

Council has written to Premier Daniel Andrews, Transport Minister Jill Hennessy and Planning Minister Richard Wynne to ask that the sta-tion revamp project be overseen by the Metropolitan Planning Authority, a government agency that manages long-term projects to try to “depoliti-cise” decisions.

Mr Edbrooke has said the MPA will not take over management of the train station redevelopment project.

Councillors believe the master plan does not place enough emphasis on leveraging private sector investment to entice businesses to relocate offi ces to the train station surrounds to bolster Frankston’s economy.

RECEIVING a free, hot lunch-time meal was a treat for needy residents on Thursday – thanks to Community Sup-port Frankston’s Anti-Poverty Week activities.

The emergency relief provider put on fruit and vegetable giveaways, as well as sizzling snags and delicious burgers, for up to 100 diners.

The event aimed to treat some of Frankston’s most vulnerable residents and raise the profi le of the local emer-gency relief provider.

Community Support Frankston manager Steve Phillips said all welfare agencies were encouraged to make the most of Anti-Poverty Week activities. “We have a large cohort of people in

poverty and do our best to offer them easy access to community relief.

“On these occasions, showing we are prepared to help is better that just saying it.”

As well as providing 120 burgers and 220 snags, the support staff gave away 80 bags of fresh food, including eggs, bread, fruit and vegetables. Their service also provides grocery vouch-ers, help with utility bills, referrals and advocacy.

The event was supported by Frankston Council, Rapid Relief Team and Second Bite.

More than a snack, More than a snack, it’s a sign of supportit’s a sign of support

Lunch treat: Community Support Frankston volunteers serve free meals to clients. Picture: Yanni


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Council News Community NewsToolbox parentingSix weekly sessions starting Wednesday 21 October, 7.30–9.30pm, St Lukes Hope Centre, 3 Addicott Street, FrankstonFor parents of children aged 6–12. $70 per person or $90 per couple. Bookings: 0422 677 380

Langwarrin Township Committee AGMFriday 30 October, 9.15am, Langwarrin Community Centre, 2 Lang Road, LangwarrinNew members welcome to join in the Annual General Meeting. Details: 0417 538 830

Walk for DanielFriday 30 October, 4pm, Karingal Hub Shopping CentreStarts with superheroes and princesses concert. Wear red for the 4.30pm walk inside the Centre and learn safety information from the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

Young artists wantedApplications close Friday 30 October, Karingal PLACE Neighbourhood House, 103 Ashleigh Avenue, FrankstonWorks on paper welcome from artists under 18, for exhibition in November. Details: karingalneighbourhood [email protected] or 8786 6650

Exhibitors wanted at the Frankston Arts CentreApplications welcome from artists who would like to showcase their work during 2016 in any of the five exhibition spaces including: the curved wall gallery, cube galleries, art and gift boxes and White Street Mall light boxes. First round of submissions closes Friday 6 November 2015, 5pm. Application packs available: 9784 1896 or [email protected]

Your Pet Our CityDog free roam areas• Dogs may only be exercised

off-leash in one of Council's 33 designated free roam areas

• Residents are complaining to Council about dogs repeatedly being walked off-leash along the Baxter trail, Kananook Creek trail, Seaford Wetlands and Beauty Park

• Council officers will patrol these areas including weekends and issue infringement notices

• Please keep your dog on a lead at all times in public places

Local Events

Program includes:

Tour to places of worshipFriday 23 October, 10am–3pm, bus departs from Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, FrankstonInterfaith tour to visit places of worship and learn more about a range of faiths. Please dress modestly, BYO lunch, drink, hat and head scarf to wear in some venues. Cost $10. Bookings: 9784 1060

Annual Report availableCouncil’s Annual Report to the community for 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, is now available online. Visit: frankston.vic.gov.au or view a hard copy at local libraries and Council Customer Service Centres.

New Carrum Downs footpath under constructionFrankston-Dandenong Road, between Dina Retreat and north of Bawden Street, Carrum DownsCouncil is constructing a new shared pathway to improve access and safety for residents in the Clifton Grove neighbourhood. Works also include new kerb and guttering and will take approximately three weeks, subject to weather.

Kerbside hard and green waste collection underwayMonday 19 October to Friday 20 NovemberHouseholds will receive a brochure in their letterboxes approximately two weeks prior advising collection date. Please place your hard and green waste out no more than two days prior. Thank you.

Frankston Seniors Festival: OctoberLegal matters and ageingMonday 26 October, 10am–12.30pm, Frankston North Community Centre, 26 Mahogany Avenue, Frankston NorthLearn about your rights, wills, Powers of Attorney and more. Free session, includes morning tea. Bookings: 9783 3600

Frankston South CWAThursday 29 October, 10am–12pm, Connect Church Hall, 135 Golf Links Road, FrankstonOpen Day hosted by this branch of the Country Women's Association, for Devonshire tea, craft and more. Bookings: 9776 7190

Apply now for Frankston Charitable Fund grantsApplications close Thursday 22 October, 5pmGrant applications welcome from charitable organisations with DGR and TCC status, delivering projects in Frankston City. Details: 9784 1015 or frankston.vic.gov.au

Council meetingMonday 26 October, 7pm, Council Chambers, Civic Centre, enter via Young Street, FrankstonAgenda: frankston.vic.gov.au

Tree protection local lawCouncil is proposing some amendments to the local law to help protect trees in Frankston City. Submissions welcome in writing by Tuesday 10 November. Details available at Council Customer Service Centres or visit: frankston.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

Pathway works in GardensUntil mid November, George Pentland Botanic Gardens, Williams Street, FrankstonTo ensure safety during pathway renewal works in the Gardens, gates 1 and 10 will be closed at different times. Other gates will remain open.

Overdue rate paymentsIf you missed the first rate instalment payment on 30 September, interest is charged on overdue amounts. If you are experiencing financial hardship, contact Council to discuss options, phone 1300 322 322. Apply to Council to arrange payments by Direct Debit. To download an application form, visit: frankston.vic.gov.au/rates

Ebdale Hub Open DayFriday 23 October, 11.30am–2pm, Ebdale Community Hub and Learning Centre, 20 Ebdale Street, FrankstonAll welcome to this free community event featuring children's activities, book exchange, music, food and more. Details: 9293 7102

Feature exhibition:Australia Will Be There: Victoria in the First World WarOpening event: Thursday 29 October, 10.30am–12pm, Frankston Arts Centre, 27–37 Davey Street, FrankstonAll welcome to attend the opening of this exhibition featuring historical photographs and stories — a Shrine of Remembrance travelling exhibition showing until Saturday 12 December. RSVP: 9784 1896

Spring Art ShowMelbourne Cup weekendSaturday 31 October to Tuesday 3 November, 10am–5pm, Peninsula Arts Society, 159 Overport Road, Frankston SouthFree entry. Affordable art, fabulous textiles and Devonshire tea available to purchase. Details: peninsulaartssociety.org.au or 9775 2640

Follow your waste tourFriday 6 November, 9am–1.30pm, bus departs from Frankston Visitor Information Centre 9.30am sharp, Pier Promenade, Frankston WaterfrontFind out what happens to your waste and recycling once its been collected by the trucks. Wear enclosed shoes. Children must be 12 and over and accompanied by an adult. Free, bookings essential: 1300 322 842

Frog Census informationFriday 6 November, 6–7.30pm, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, LangwarrinMelbourne Water walk and talk session with frog experts about local and vocal frog species, how to create a frog-friendly habitat in your backyard and help out in the Frog Census. Bookings: 131 722 or [email protected]

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THE founder of an anti-bullying or-ganisation has defended the appoint-ment of Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer as an ambassador for the charity in the wake of bully cases at Frankston Council (‘Mayor: ‘Speak up on bullying’, The Times 12/10/15).

Bully Zero Foundation founder and executive director Oscar Yildiz, a councillor at Moreland Council, says he has known Cr Mayer for more than six years and is confi dent she is a suitable person to be spreading the message that bullying is unacceptable and people should “speak up” about harassment.

“I fi nd Sandra to be an excellent person with a lot of humility and re-spect for others,” Mr Yildiz said.

“I do know Sandra and have seen her … become a councillor who is ex-tremely active and competent.”

When contacted by The Times, the foundation founder admitted the charity, a group aiming to raise awareness of bullying in schools and the workplace, “don’t look up what a council has done or hasn’t done” be-fore deciding whether a councillor is a good fi t as a Bully Zero Foundation ambassador.

“We’re interested in that individ-ual and that individual, in this case Sandra Mayer, we believe is totally against bullying,” Mr Yildiz said.

Earlier this year The Times re-vealed there have been fi ve cases of proven or partially proven bullying at Frankston Council within the past two years.

Council has refused to confi rm

whether a WorkCover claim “for anxiety and stress” The Times under-stands was paid out to a staff member who alleged bullying by Cr Brian Cu-nial is one of the fi ve cases.

Mr Yildiz did not specifi cally comment on bullying allegations at Frankston Council but he did say he had “no doubt” bullying occurs at some councils.

“If there is bullying in any council they need to address it,” he said.

“The highest number of complaints our hotline receives is from councils nationally.”

Cr Mayer said “it was a very special moment to become an ambassador”

when she visited McClelland Second-ary College this month to speak about taking action against bullies.

“Oscar chooses high-profi le people because he wants kids who are going through a diffi cult time to aspire to greater things and see beyond what’s happening to them at the time.

“He thinks very carefully about who he chooses to represent his or-ganisation.”

See bzaf.org.au for further details about the Bully Zero Foundation.Anyone experiencing bullying can call the Bully Zero Foundation on 1800 028 559.

KEEN motocross riders will be able to take to the track again at the Frankston Motorcycle Park after the Frankston City Motor Park Incorpo-rated club signed a new lease agree-ment last Wednesday (14 October).

The motorcycle park has been closed since of the death of 25-year-old Danny Edlington in early April after a collision on the main track at the Frankston Motorcycle Park (‘Fa-tality closes motorcycle track’, The Times 13/4/15).

Council has agreed to a new management model and the park will now operate under an affi liation with Motorcycling Victoria. Club members will be covered by MV’s insurance policy.

The imminent reopening of the park ends months of uncertainty over the future of the facility.

Club president Ralph Ridley wel-comed the signing of the lease.

“We look forward to welcoming our

members back to the motorcycle park and working together to get back to doing what we all love,” he said.

Council set up a transition commit-tee, including members of the motor-cycle club committee, to fi nd a way to reopen the track “without compromis-ing the safety of riders”.

Cr Glenn Aitken, chair of the transi-tion committee, thanked all those involved for their patience and time spent working with council to reopen the motorcycle park.

“If we hadn’t had the cooperation of the club’s committee membership, the track wouldn’t be reopening,” Cr Aitken said.

“I also wish to acknowledge the participation and assistance of Motor-cycling Victoria.”

The club will manage memberships and fees at the motorcycle park and will shortly announce the reopening date to their members.

Neil Walker

Bully for them: Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer, left, McClelland Secondary College principal Amadeo Ferra and Bully Zero Foundation founder Oscar Yildiz with a zero tolerance message on bullying.

Mayor ‘excellent’ for anti-bullying roleMayor ‘excellent’ for anti-bullying role

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Tracks to reopen: The Frankston Motorcycle Park will be open again after the facility was shut in April following a fatal collision on the main track. Picture: Gary Sissons


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EVERY carer has a story. Those caring for a loved one with a mental illness – and coping with the changes to their own lives – can be unsure how, or where, to get help.

Peninsula Health’s carer consultant Judy Anderson knows well the chal-lenges, as she has 15 years’ experi-ence caring for a family member with a debilitating mental health condition.

She often fi nds herself saying to other carers: “I know what you are going through,” she told The Times last week.

“It also helps the carer to know that they are not alone in their journey and that someone else really does understand.”

Ms Anderson is sharing her story to help other carers as part of Carer’s Week, 11-18 October. Her insight and advice has helped many carers con-nect with support services and local community groups.

“There are support services for every situation,” she said. “Organisa-tions like Tandem for families and carers who care for people with a mental illness and Carers Victoria provide excellent resources.

“Local support groups for carers provide connectedness, information and workshops to help with the emo-tional effects.”

In many cases, family and friends notice the behavioural differences and warning signs of mental illness before it is apparent to the person themselves.

“They try so hard to prove they are ok, and we are left to pick up the pieces,” Ms Anderson said.

“My life changed 15 years ago. I suspected something was wrong, but

the process of fi nding help for Tim [not his real name] was diffi cult as he was living interstate.”

He has since moved back to the Mornington Peninsula, where he grew up, and moved in with Ms Anderson, he can be supported full time.

“It was a long and emotional process,” she said. “That’s why it is important to have a lot of support when you fi rst become a carer.

“You’ve just discovered your life will never be the same; you’re also trying to fi nd out as much as you can about the illness and it’s common to be grieving for the loved one who has changed.”

Grief is a common emotion among carers as they come to terms with the illness and the unexpected situation in

which they fi nd themselves.“In our case it was devastating,”

she said. “He had a promising and exciting career and future, however, his life has now taken a very different direction.

“Like many carers I am concerned about what the future holds for our loved family member, but speaking up and reaching out will ensure that carers like me are heard, and that our concerns matter.”

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Continued from Page 1Mr Ziebell believes people in

Frankston and other suburbs with a greater number of negative reviews may “feel more liberated and feel like they’re allowed to have a say”.

“The tenants and the good landlords of these areas know what is right and they’re not willing to accept what they’ve been living with.”

The IT software developer said he was inspired to start the site when he suffered a bad experience while rent-ing in Sydney.

“The agent tried to make a bond claim against me and as a small busi-ness owner at the time I didn’t have the time to go to the tribunal and de-fend it.”

Mr Ziebell decided to design the Don’t Rent Me site as a way to em-power tenants but he said he hoped the site can ultimately “pair good tenants with good landlords”.

“It’s not just a name-and-shame website and what we’re trying to achieve is the resolution of complaints. The fi rst step is exposing the issue but then we allow the tenants, agents and landlords involved to try to resolve the issues and if they do get resolved we update the website to display things have actually been resolved.”

In future he plans to offer a condi-tion report service to tenants.

Agents pay building inspectors for an exit inspection at the end of a lease term and Mr Ziebell said it would “turn the tables” to enable tenants to have a certifi ed inspection carried out when they leave rental premises at the end of a lease term.

“We’re trying to provide advocacy and try to improve the situation for everyone involved.”

See dontrentme.com for rental prop-erty reviews by tenants across Aus-tralia.

Frankston shamed: TV show A Current Affair named Frankston as the ‘worst suburb’ for renters in Victoria.

‘Worst suburb’ based on six reviews‘Worst suburb’ based on six reviews

Coping with the challenges of caringCoping with the challenges of caring

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A CLYDE woman was taken to Frankston hospital with leg injuries, Thursday (15 October), after her Suzuki sedan was hit from behind by a truck towing a prime mover in Thompson Rd, near McCormick’s Rd, Sandhurst.

The woman, 23, was driving the last of four cars which stopped abruptly to allow a car in front to turn into a driveway, Leading Senior Constable Ash Bowden, of Carrum Downs Highway Patrol, said.

The force of the impact extensively damaged

her car, and caused a four-vehicle pile-up about 3.50pm.

The woman remained trapped in the car for 30 minutes before being released by CFA crews from Patterson Lakes and Skye and Frankston SES. Another driver was taken to Frankston Hospital with a broken fi nger. No drugs or alcohol were detected.

The truck driver received an infringement notice for not driving at a safe distance.

Picture: Gary Sissons

Woman trapped after collisionWoman trapped after collision

COPPER cabling valued at tens of thousands of dollars has been stolen in a series of overnight raids on building sites in Carrum Downs and Skye.

Five sites have been hit since June, with of-fenders using a four-wheel-drive utility to pull cabling out of the ground before cutting it up into manageable lengths.

In one raid in Frankston-Dandenong Rd, two tonnes of copper cabling valued at $13,000 was taken – with a similar amount stolen in an earlier theft at the same site. Other robberies took place at McCormick’s Rd and McClelland Dr, Carrum Downs, and Potts Rd, Skye.

Around 4000 metres of copper cabling of vari-ous dimensions was stolen from a sporting re-serve in McClelland Drive in the same period. The going price for stripped copper at scrap met-al yards is $6.50 a kilogram.

Police said the thieves typically cut the copper cabling off at the switchboard before tying it to the back of the ute and driving down the road to haul it out.

A witness saw three men again possibly cas-ing the Frankston-Dandenong Rd site Saturday morning, 10 October, before driving off in a small orange-coloured sedan.

Several building sites are believed to have up-graded their security, with CCTV cameras and steel-mesh fencing installed. Others are consid-ering hiring overnight security staff.

Anyone with information is urged to call Frankston CIU, 9784 5555.

Aladdin’s cave findDETECTIVES stumbled upon an “Aladdin’s cave” of allegedly stolen property in Frankston South last week.

Detective Senior Constable Craig Ferris said the fi nd came after a witness allegedly saw a man robbing a nearby Frankston South house, which is under renovation, twice on successive nights: Sunday 4 October and Monday 5 October.

Checks were done on the getaway car allowing police to raid the alleged robber’s house where

they found large quantities of tools, silver ware, stolen mail and building materials – including a kitchen sink.

Detective Ferris said the power tools alone were valued at $8000, but that the value of the other items was still being tallied. A stolen credit card had allegedly also been used several times.

A Frankston South man, 29, has been charged with three counts of burglary and theft, theft of, and from, a motor car, and driving while sus-pended. Several deception charges are said to be pending.

The man has been remanded to appear at a court to be determined on 27 October.

Kidnap, assault charges A WOMAN says she was bundled into the boot of a car and driven off before managing to escape hours later and seek help at a house in Mt Eliza late afternoon, Sunday 11 October.

Detective Senior Constable Mark Garrett, of Frankston CIU, said the woman, 32, was sharing a Frankston North house with a man and woman, both 24, when she was tied up and assaulted in the early hours of Sunday morning.

At 11.30am she was untied and allegedly forced into the boot of a white Holden Commo-dore which was driven around for several hours before stopping at a reserve off Two Bays Rd, Mt Eliza. The woman managed to force open the boot and escape to the house in Mountain View Rd, 6pm, where residents called police.

Police say the woman received some facial in-juries and bruises in the incident. She spent Sun-day night at Frankston hospital and was released Monday morning.

Her former roommates have been charged with common law kidnapping, false imprisonment and assault-related offences. They were due to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today (Mon-day).

Anyone seeing the car, or the male occupant, in Two Bays Rd, noon-6pm, is asked to call Frankston police, 9784 5555.

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Free dental check-ups smiles betterFree dental check-ups smiles betterIT’S smiles all round for Frankston North residents who will now be of-fered free dental check-ups thanks to a partnership between new Peninsula Health and Frankston Council.

Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer and Peninsula Health’s community health general manager Ruth Azzopar-di visited the new community dental room at Frankston North Community Centre last Monday to check out the new dentist’s chair.

The free dental check-up and health education sessions will be held at the centre every second Monday.

Ms Azzopardi says the free dental service will help keep out of hospital.

“Dental admission is a major cause of preventable hospital admissions in Australia. Poor oral health is linked to chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, poor pregnancy outcomes, osteoporosis and heart disease,” Ms Azzopardi said.

“Research shows that poor oral health is a marker of social disadvan-tage. Children from lower socio-economic groups experience twice the level of tooth decay than other children.”

Cr Mayer said she was proud that council could provide a location and funding for specialised equipment to es-tablish the program at Frankston North.

“The Frankston North Community Centre is a great location for the deliv-ery of dental services in a community based setting. This program will have a signifi cant positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the local com-munity.”

This new service at Frankston North is part of Community Dental’s outreach model of care. It will initially run every second Monday, based on demand.

See peninsulahealth.org.au or call Peninsula Health Community Dental on 9784 8184 or visit Frankston North Community Centre and ask reception to contact the dental team.

Make it snappy: Grace Weller, 3, Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer and Peninsula Health’s Ruth Azzopardi want people to quickly made an appointment for a new dental check-up service at Frankston North Community Centre. Picture: Gary Sissons


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A FUNDRAISING effort to help sick children that promotes the Melbourne Cup has been given the all-clear by the state government in the same week Gaming and Liquor Regulation Minister Jane Garrett called on the federal government to crack down on gambling adverts for the sake of young people and children.

The Starlight Foundation, a not-for-profi t that improves hospital experi-ences for children and chronically ill teenagers, has partnered with Victoria Racing Club to sell “pin & win” Mel-bourne Cup lapel pins to raise money for the Starlight Express Room at Mel-bourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital.

Ms Garrett told The Age news-paper last week the state govern-ment is keen to begin “a national conversation” around sports betting advertising’s effect on children and said federal laws should limit the “bombardment” of gambling ads.

When The Times tried to ask the Minister whether it is appropriate that gambling – via the Melbourne Cup and Victoria Racing Club – is effec-tively being promoted using children below the state’s legal gambling age, government spokesman Kosta Pandos forwarded a statement “attributable to a government spokesperson”.

“The fundraising activity being con-ducted by the Victorian Racing Club appears to be intended to promote and raise funds for the Starlight Children's Foundation,” the statement read.

“It does not appear to promote

Up for the Cup: Royal Children’s Hospital patients promote the Melbourne Cup Pin & Win fundraising campaign. Picture source: Victoria Racing Club, Facebook

Kids charity push not a gambleNeil [email protected]

gambling or increase the exposure of children to gambling.

“The state government is concerned about the impact of gambling adver-tising on children and young people. The Minister for Gaming has written

to the federal government regard-ing the need to address the negative impacts of broadcast and online gambling advertising.”

The Times has been approached by a public relations fi rm working for

the Starlight Foundation offering to arrange an interview with a local ill teenager to promote the Pin & Win fundraising campaign.

In a statement promoting campaign, VRC chief executive Simon Love said

that it was important to the club to be able to give back to the community through the Melbourne Cup Carnival each year.

“The VRC is incredibly proud to partner with Starlight this year and we encourage everyone who comes to Flemington to purchase a pin and join us in supporting Starlight to make a real difference in the lives of sick children and their families.

“Over the last 20 years through Pin & Win and the extraordinary generos-ity of our members, sponsors and the public we’ve helped local charities raise more than $4 million, and we’re excited to welcome Starlight to the Flemington family this year,” Mr Love said.

The Melbourne Cup pins will also be sold at Woolworths and BWS liquor stores in Victoria.

Starlight Foundation spokeswoman Nicole Campbell said the sale of the Melbourne Cup pins in retail outlets and by volunteers elsewhere “is a raffl e”.

“Starlight’s Pin & Win community partnership with the Victoria Racing Club aims to raise enough funds to support 15,000 seriously ill children and their families who frequent the Starlight Express Room at the Royal Children’s Hospital.”

Buyers of limited edition $10 horse-shoe diamante pins and $5 Emirates Melbourne Cup pins will enter a draw to win several prizes, including a new Lexus sports car.

See starlight.org.au for details of the Pin and Win fundraising cam-paign.


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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council will receive $50,000 to upgrade Caraar Creek coastal cliff pathways and $27,000 to improve beach access at the northern end of Moondah Beach, Mt Eliza.

The grants are among almost $700,000 going to 15 public land managers, including volunteer organi-sations, to improve public coastal ac-cess and safety. They were announced last week by state environment, climate change and water minister Lisa Neville.

Other grants include $55,000 to the City of Frankston for a seawall and public access ramp near Seaford Life Saving Club, and $19,000 to tackle beach assess erosion.

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safety improvements at Fishermen’s beach.

Ms Neville said through the coastal environments program the state gov-ernment was committed to protecting the environment while ensuring better coastal infrastructure for safer and more enjoyable user experiences.

The government has approved 21 separate grant applications by coastal committees of management, which are run by volunteers and coastal councils.

“We are committed to provid-ing better coastal infrastructure that makes it safer and more enjoyable for beach goers and coastal enthusiasts,” she said.

“We recognise the importance of supporting the dedicated coastal public land managers that make our coastline safe and accessible.”

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ARTIFICIAL tree hollows – although not the real thing – are still important to the conservation of Australian hollow-nesting animals.

They complement the diminishing number of old, natural hollows, which take many years to form, but which are often lost when mature trees are chopped or fall down.

This time of year there is much competition for the few available nesting spots. Bats, possums, gliders, owls, parrots, ducks, kookaburras, rosellas and kingfi shers, as well as various species of frogs, snakes and skinks, are all searching for homes.

Students at Mt Eliza Second-ary College’s Real Time Learning program decided to help. Flynn, Oliver, Balin, Sebastien, Ava, Trinity, Benjamin, Floyd, Kira, Charlie-Rose and Ashcka used marine ply to put into practise skills learned from their Mornington Men’s Shed mentors when making the bat and sugar glider boxes mid-year.

After much drilling and screwing the timber templates together, they added shredded bark and wood shav-ings to the bottom of the parrot box to make it attractive to eastern rosellas, which partner for life.

Between four-eight eggs are laid by the female rosella who is fed by the male during incubation. These birds forage on the ground for seeds, grasses and insects and, in the trees, for nectar.

The students will plant native grasses and shrubs under the nesting boxes at Tony O'Connor’s Mt Martha Landcare property – bordering Balcombe Creek – and in their school grounds to attract more ground feed-ing native birds.

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The nesting boxes are fi tted into the forks of trees, and secured by thread-ing wire through a piece of old garden hose to attach around the trunks.

Two larger nesting boxes were made as homes for Australian wood ducks. They are often found in grasslands, open woodlands, wetlands and pastures foraging for grasses, clover, other herbs and, occasionally, insects.

The ducks lay up to 10 eggs in tree hollows near water. The students will place the nesting boxes around the wetlands at Mr O’Connor’s, where they have been working on several en-vironmental projects each Thursday.

Copies of the nesting box patterns are available from teacher Narelle Debenham at [email protected]

Boxing lesson: Richard from Mornington Men’s shed helping Flynn and Trinity build a nesting box.


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Now in its fi fth year, the expo provides tips and demonstrations on environmentally friendly practices and wellbeing techniques.

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By David HarrissonTHE Melbourne Press Club last week commemorated the death of Graham Perkin, one of Australia’s great journalists, 40 years ago. He was vitally alive in that room for the many who worked with him, and for those honouring the legend he has become, an enduring and inextin-guishable presence in the annals of Melbourne.

Ranald Macdonald, a former managing director of David Syme and Company who now lives at Flinders, appointed Graham Perkin editor and with him revived The Age, making it a newspaper of world renown. He spoke at the commemo-ration dinner. This is an edited text of his address: The two of usGraham for nine all-too-short years led The Age from the front, from the middle and from the sides.

It is one hell of a job being editor. The pressures are enormous, par-ticularly when you are charged – as Graham, at the age of 36, wanted to be charged – with making the paper the best, the most relevant and the most infl uential and trusted journal that you can.

Graham fi rst identifi ed the best talent from within the company and brought in talent from without. Then he nurtured, encouraged and cajoled to get what he wanted from a terrifi c group of journalists, pho-tographers and cartoonists.

It was a very large team with a captain who, to use a football expression, was the undisputed Brownlow medallist. He was, after

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all, a Walkley Award winner and a terrifi c writer.

[Macdonald returned from Cam-bridge University in the late 1950s, “fl aunting a brand-new degree in law and history”, to learn the family business from the editorial fl oor to the board room.]

Anyone new to the reporters’ room in 1959 could see immediately that the driving force was Graham. He just dominated with his ideas, his encour-agement and his leadership. He had the respect of all.

When I became managing director my good fortune was that he was still

there. He was appointed editor in 1966 – it was a no-brainer.

He became a close friend and part-ner. Our approach to what needed to be done melded, matured and expanded. For nine stimulating years things happened. The paper grew in impact and in reputation – and not just as the “Spencer Street Soviet”.

Then, in 1975 the Graham Perkin era tragically ended. [Perkin died at home of a heart attack early on 16 October.]

This evening is about Graham Perkin and his infl uence on Australian jour-nalism – and the reputation he gave The Age nationally and internationally.

Graham believed that newspapers were, as he put it, “a public trust, as well as a private business”.

He introduced the concept of telling readers about what we were doing and who were doing it. He believed in the need for public trust and The Age’s role in representing it in challenging the decision makers, in holding their collective feet to the fi re – and in allowing readers to know what was happening and why.

Both of us believed that democracy only works if you have a free and questioning media, which provides an early warning system so the commu-nity can have its say before decisions are made behind closed doors.

Graham’s one-eyed allegiance to the Melbourne Football Club should also be mentioned – he said that having a managing director being equally one-eyed about Collingwood [Macdonald was Magpies’ president for four years in the 1980s] provided him with a steady second income.

Melbourne won most encounters in those days, though on the golf course Graham was less successful, as his approach was purely physical – the further the better was his motto.

He was great company, had a ter-rifi c sense of humour – the Savage Club was his environment rather than the Melbourne Club.

Graham fi lled a signifi cant place in my life with nothing off-limits for debate and discussion – including the perennial theme of how to make The Age a better paper.

His name will live on as a symbol for all that was best in Australian journalism – and still can be.

GRAHAM Perkin

Talk about ChristTHE “Hebrew roots of the Christian faith” will be discussed next week at a meeting at Frankston’s Full Bless-ing Church.

David Ward says results of his studies into the origins of Christianity were “amazing and have challenged much of what I thought I knew about Jesus Christ”.

“For starters, I asked myself about this name Jesus, how many babies born in Israel are called Jesus? Never happened. In Mexico perhaps, but not Israel or any other Jewish communi-ty,” Mr Ward said. “Turns out he had a name that was very common among Jews, it was Yeshua. This name means salvation and was a common contraction for Yahushua, or Joshua, which means Yah, and is short for Yahovah.

“Many would remember a famous Italian by the name of Giuseppe Verde. If we translated his name it would be Joe or John Green in Eng-lish. But no one ever did that because that wasn’t his name and you don’t translate someone’s name.”

Mr Ward’s breakfast discussion about Christianity starts at 8am, Sat-urday 24 October at the Full Blessing Church, 56 Yuille St, Frankston. Bookings: 0404 881 888. Cost: $7.50, including breakfast.

Police honour Police honour colleaguecolleagueA FUNERAL service will be held at the Police Academy, Wheelers Hill, on Tuesday (20 October) for Leading Senior Constable Simone Carroll, a mother in her mid-30s, who died last week.

She is believed to have taken her own life at the Seaford Multi-Discipli-nary Centre, Monday, after 12 years on the force.

The coroner is investigating the incident, in which the policewoman is believed to have shot herself with her service revolver.

The Seaford centre is one of the four in Victoria providing support and services for adults and children who have experienced sexual assault.

It is believed that more than 40 Vic-toria Police offi cers have committed suicide since 1990.

The Age reports that Chief Com-missioner Graham Ashton last month ordered a comprehensive investigation into how to improve the mental health of offi cers.

Police Association secretary Ron Iddles told radio station 3AW that offi cers had to deal with confronting work issues.

“One in fi ve of the general commu-nity will suffer depression, and if you overlay police work, which has got rel-atively harder and more stressing over the last couple of years … the statistics are in excess of 200 members in the past 12 months are going off sick with mental illness,” he said.

Lehane family fundraiserTHE Carrum Downs branch of Bendigo Bank is holding a charity auction for the Lehane family on Sunday 25 October, 2.30-6pm at the Seaford Hotel, 362 Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Seaford.

The bank has set up a fundraising account for the family of Andrea Lehane, who died in an accident at Carrum Downs Regional Shopping Centre last month.

Ms Lehane is survived by her husband James and children aged 3 and 4.

See bendigobank.com.au or call Bendigo Bank on 1300 236 344 for information about the charity auction.

AN estimated 10,000 cyclists took to the roads on Sunday (11 October) in the 23rd annual Around the Bay – Ride for a Child in Need.

Most of those opting for the longer 250 kilometre ride around Port Phillip had some relief from pedalling while aboard the Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry.

However, the 28 members of the Pirates Sporting Club swapped handle bar for oars, rowing surf boats across the 12 kilometre stretch of water.

Other riders followed courses ranging from 20 to 10 kilometres, including ones starting at Geelong and Sorrento.

From the beach at Sorrento the Pirates were back on their bikes and heading to the fi nish along with every-

body else in Melbourne’s Alexandra Gardens.

Cyclists of all ages and abilities took part in the event which is billed as the largest of its type in Australia.

Money from the ride goes to the Smith Family charity for disadvan-taged children.

This year’s target was $1.2 million which can help provide one year’s schooling for 1200 children.

“Around the Bay has inspired tens of thousands of people to take up bike riding to improve their health and fi tness – as well as building a strong community of riders across Australia,” Bicycle Network’s general manager of events Darren Allen said.

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LETTERS

Right of passageAs a pet owner, I empathise with the anguish of a hurt animal, however as a cyclist I feel the let-ter (‘Ring the bell’, The Times 12/10/15) lacked vital information to enable a balanced opinion.

The path in Karingal referred to is surely the Peninsula Link path as this is often frequented by “Lycra-clad” cyclists and is the only shared thoroughfare in the area. I also feel that had your pet been leashed, this would have been a strongly argued point in your piece and certainly an avoidable accident.

I also question how the cyclist managed to get back on her bike and ride off if she didn’t stop to begin with.

This track is a shared path for all, but does not extend to off-leash dogs being exercised.

There are designated areas for this (which can be found on the Frankston Council website) and it is an offence that often causes issues.

Calling the cyclist careless is possibly correct as we didn’t bear witness, however, allowing an animal to carelessly roam a very busy shared path is equally (if not more) irresponsible.

Mark Williams, Carrum Downs

Roundabout wrongIn response to the letter from the Bruce and Jane MacDonald (‘Roundabout support’, The Times 13/10/15) about the proposed roundabouts in Wooralla Drive, Mt Eliza, I would offer the fol-lowing:

Firstly, I am in full agreement about the need to slow traffi c – particularly down the hill to-wards the 80 kph zone – it’s just that a rounda-bout is not the only option. We certainly don’t have any roundabouts in Tower Rd, except for the overplanted one at the top of the hill, which is absolutely necessary and appropriate given the number of intersecting roads. What we have in Tower Rd are two “slow points” which are effec-tive traffi c calming devices.

If the aim is to slow the traffi c down the hill, surely the installation of chicanes, slow points or even speed humps would be more effective and certainly save hundreds of thousands of our dol-lars. This could be done anywhere between the top of the hill and Maughan Rd.

Roundabouts are an excellent solution when properly placed as they allow traffi c from intersecting roads a reasonable and equitable chance to enter the fl ow. This is clearly evi-

dent at the Moorooduc Road/Wooralla Drive intersection. I would question whether there is a reasonable case for this at both Wooralla Drive sites? In addition, the gradient and sheer drop at the Brighton Crescent site will be a serious and therefore expensive engineering challenge using money that may be better allocated within the shire.

Secondly, I have still been unable to fi nd any corroborated evidence of fatalities at either in-tersection. This is not to say there have been no accidents on that road, just none at the proposed roundabout sites.

I am willing to be corrected on this on seeing some actual data. Greg Dixon, Mt Eliza

PM’s praise The new Prime Minister [Malcolm Turnbull] must surely be joking. Praising Tony Abbott as a great prime minister at the NSW Liberal Party love in. Love his sense of humour.

Next, he will be telling us that Joe Hockey was the best treasurer Australia has ever had.

Is Malcolm trying to turn the bull?Denise Hassett, Mt Martha

Helper thankedI write to thank the kind lady who stopped, assisted and drove my daughter to the Rosebud hospital following a collision among a peloton (group) of Round the Bay riders, of which my daughter was one, at the corner of Carmichael St and Point Nepean Rd on Sunday 11 October.

Inquiries the next day at the hospital revealed no details of this wonderful lady, to whom I am very grateful.

Fortunately, my daughter sustained only minor injuries. Incidentally, some riders in other mishaps were admitted to this hospital with far worse injuries.

I would appreciate being able to thank this kind lady personally for her concern and kind-ness to my daughter so, if she reads this, or if anyone knows who she is, please call me on 5985 9537. Peter Longmire, Rye

Letters to the editor can be sent to The Times, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: [email protected] Letters should be kept to a maximum 300 words and include name, address and contact phone number for verifi cation purposes.

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ONLINE shaming of shoplifters is the way to go for small retailers upset by frequent stock losses.

That’s the message gleaned by Zen Living proprietor Annie Zaicz who, fed up with almost-weekly shoplifts, installed CCTV cameras in her Main St, Mornington, store and watched and waited for results.

They were not long in coming: a woman in her mid-30s pushing a child in a pram was fi lmed rummaging among the stock and stuffi ng a $200 dress and a $199 handbag inside the pram’s luggage rack.

A furious Ms Zaicz was determined to track the culprit down. She posted the footage online and declared, “I hope you are not too ashamed to have your picture on Facebook. If you don’t bring my stock back immediately you can expect a knock on your door.”

That did it. The woman, with a re-ported Czech or Russian accent, was at the shop next morning “bawling her eyes out and pleading forgiveness”, Mrs Zaicz said.

“She was saying she didn’t know why she did it and was sorry. But she knew exactly what she was doing and I’m not the least bit sympathetic.

“I put it on Facebook because I am sick of it. I used to take a USB stick to the police once a week but they don’t really know what to do with it, and the process of fi nding and charging of-fenders is more than it’s worth.”

Mrs Zaicz said the majority of on-line readers “liked” the story – with

Caught in the act: Zen Living proprietor Annie Zaicz used CCTV images to track the offender down online. Picture: Yanni

Stephen [email protected]

Zen approach brings tearful return

some commenting that the woman’s $900 pram meant “she couldn’t be too badly off”.

Zen Living paid $5000 for cameras and security tags – amounts probably out of reach of most of Mornington’s

small boutiques. Some may have false cameras with no ability to record events.

Mornington Detective Senior Ser-geant Nick Vallas was cautious about recommending the retailer’s actions.

“My concern is that they might get it wrong and be open to the laws of libel and slander,” he said.

“There could be action taken against them by some people on those grounds.”

THE new Women’s National Premier League soccer consortium Southern United is interviewing prospective coaches and plans to announce ap-pointees soon.

Its policy is that, if a male candidate is successful, then the best female candidate will be offered an assistant-coaching role.

The consortium represents one of the largest catchment areas in Victoria. It is an amalgam of Casey Comets, Mornington, Langwarrin, Seaford United and Peninsula Strikers juniors.

The interim board consists of

Michael Woodward (Strikers and ex-local zone representative), Rob Har-rington (Strikers), Rosemary Meeds (Mornington), Dawn Stone (Casey Comets), Stuart McLeod (Casey Comets), James Honey (Langwarrin) and Willie Lynn (Seaford United).

Board elections are expected to be held in November, with the format still to be decided.

Southern United will play its home games on a rotating basis at Casey Comets, Mornington and Langwarrin as they fulfi l the match-day venue cri-teria. Training will be shared among the other consortium members.

“This is the fi rst time so many different clubs in the local area have come together to form the one club,” organiser Craig MacKenzie said.

“There is great expectation throughout the Casey, Frankston and peninsula areas that it can hit the ground running in 2016 and make an immediate impact.”

Southern United trial dates and venues for Southern area Under-13, 15 and 18 girls’ teams will be held 10am-noon, Saturday 24 October, Lawton Park, Barrett’s Rd, Lang-warrin.

Soccer women go in search of coaches Get united behind soccer teamSOUTHERN United Football Club has been awarded one of eight new Women’s National Premier League licences for next season.

It will soon hold trials for under-13, under-15 and under-18 players from all over the Mornington Peninsula, with successful players called back for a second round. Southern area trials will be held at Langwarrin Soccer Club, Barretts Rd, Langwarrin South, 10am-noon, Saturday 24 October. South East Area trials will be held 6.30-8.30pm, Tuesday 20 October and Thurs-day 22 October, at Casey Comets Soccer Club, O’Tooles Rd, Cranbourne.

Club treasurer Rosemary Meads sees it as an “historic event for the penin-sula as it was the fi rst time female soccer players wishing to play at an elite level – state and national – can train and play locally. Traditionally they have had to travel 45 minutes to over an hour to play with a club of this level.”

19 October 2015

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SET at the front of the block on its own title this impressive single level townhouse excels with a contemporary style and quality fi nish. The excellent space on offer is well above that of a unit with high ceilings throughout the home, and a fantastic formal lounge at the front features quality carpets, air-conditioning and a gas heater. Crisp white tiles and cabinetwork feature throughout the gleaming kitchen and dining area. The galley-style kitchen boasts a stainless-steel dishwasher and under bench oven, and the large breakfast bar will be perfect for busy meals on

the go, however this ample space will easily accommodate dining for eight, with enough room spare to place some extra lounge furniture. The splendid undercover courtyard will increase the living space considerably with this lovely private area well-screened from neighbours with lots of plants creating a vibrant and relaxing atmosphere. The three bedrooms all have carpeted fl oors, two have built-in robes and share the beautifully appointed main bathroom, with the larger main bedroom boasting a walk-in wardrobe and an equally well-presented ensuite bathroom. From the

street the home presents very well with a rendered facade in neutral tones and a double garage which opens to the entertainment area at the rear. For retirees or professional couples, this home has all you need for stylish low-maintenance living in arguably one of the best value spots on the peninsula with the Stony Point line to Frankston and regular bus services available.

Address: 1/10 Muriel Street, CRIB POINTFor Sale: Offers over $425,000Agency: Bay West Real Estate, 1/109 High Street, hastings, 5979 4412Agent: Don McKenzie, 0419 955 177

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CENTURY 21 AGENTS SMARTER BOLDER FASTER

1 23HASTINGS 4 Warren Crescent

CENTURY 21 HOMEPORT 5979 3555

AUCTION This Saturday at 2.00pm

TERMS 10% Deposit, Balance 60 days,

Vacant Possession

VIEW Saturday 1:30-2:00pm

AGENT Andrew Watt 0419 524 560

AUCTION THIS SATURDAY

HASTINGS 16 Kuan Yin Place

PRICE Offers over $410,000

EXPRESS SALE Closes 20th Oct 2015 at 5pm



EXPRESS SALE

THE PERFECT FAMILY HOMEOffering 4BR’s – main with WIR & FES, formal lounge, bright kitchen with s/steel appliances, family living area complete with cosy wood heater, and a covered outdoor deck. Other features include double garage with rear roller door and ducted heating. All set on corner lot with access to rear yard, and a short walk to schools.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSOlder style brick home set in quiet court location, an easy walk to schools, transport and shops. A separate entry leads to spacious lounge with gas wall furnace, polished timber floors to much of the home including the hall way and kitchen. Bright and sunny kitchen with gas cook top and wall oven. Three bedrooms all with built in robes,and bathroom with separate shower. outside the property has been fully fenced including a high front fence for added security. Very well built Jennings home with drive through carport under roofline and single lock up garage to rear. Ideal for those with a boat or caravan to store. Perfect first home or improver.


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Perfect for the investor, the neat, low maintenance 3BR home is set on a 500sqm+ (approx.) block close to schools and transport. Recently fitted with evaporative cooling, ducted gas heating throughout, stands on convenient corner location, this home requires very little maintenance and is the perfect entry level investment.

HASTINGS 1 Curlew Court

PRICE $260,000 Offers Over


AGENT Brooke Ramsay 0447 772 980

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

Comfortable 2BR unit in a peaceful location close to Woolleys Beach foreshore. Open plan lounge and dining, kitchen with gas s/steel appliances. Outside features spacious rear yard, garden shed and single lock-up garage. This property presents beautifully, captures lots of light and is very affordable.

CRIB POINT 2/6 Point Road

PRICE $250,000 Offers Over

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Tel: (03) 9781 1588

Tony Latessa CEA (REIV), AREI, ABB, MAICD Mobile: 0412 525 151 REIV BUSINESS AGENT VICTORIA

Australian Institute of Business Brokers Vice-President (Vic).33 years selling experience based on honesty and reliability

Business Sales Specialistswww.latessabusiness.com.au50 Playne Street Frankston

Business Migrants Expert Advisory Service

Large factory shop in commercial, industrial and retail area selling

shoes, bags, luggage etc. Onsite parking, subject to new lease,

website has been established. Full assistance is offered to new owner.

$52,000 + sav

RETAIL SHOE OUTLET - MORNINGTON

This upstairs salon has 5 cutting stations and good equipment. The owner sub-lets a beauty room and one basin to a hairdresser. Trading

4 days 9am-5pm this vendor is very busy so there is plenty of

scope for expansion.

$70,000 + sav

NEW LISTINGHAIR SALON - SORRENTO

No work to be done here, just move into this prime main road location and continue trading. Large rear storage area. Stock worth $40,000 is include

in the asking price..

$100,000

MATTRESS RETAIL - FRANKSTON

Panel beaters and spray painters in well designed & laid out factory premises with spray booth, trades

5 days. 97% insurance work,

to train new owner.

$240,000 + sav

ACCIDENT REPAIRS - DROMANA

Two locations, both stores located in shopping centres and are well

stocked & presented. Can be fully managed. Retail sales of apparel

and accessories, recognised name has Facebook presence. Vendor

wishes to retire. Asking price is for both businesses.$285,000 + sav

WOMENS FASHIONS

Long standing business, vehicle repairs and tyre sales. Excellent

frontage, trades 5 ½ days.Two vehicles included. 4 hoists.

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES$395,000 + sav

MECHANICAL AND TYRES

predicted. All mobile phone, computer, laptop repairs, ink & toner sales, electronic parts &

accessories, security & camera systems. Can be fully managed,

$550,000 + sav

TECHNOLOGY REPAIRS - SOMERVILLEAll vehicles, including Prime

excellent working order, registered & insured. Travels to Brisbane and

12 months.

$650,000

INTERSTATE & LOCAL TRUCKING

Traditional Japanese restaurant in the hub of town with no competi-

tion. Full liquor licence, seating for 40, intimate atmosphere.

Currently opens 5 evenings, can be managed.

$820,000 + sav

PRICE REDUCEDLICENSED RESTAURANT

Attractive, modern shop in great position opposite the upstairs

Southland S/C food court. Fully

for owner operator. Good suppliers, good credit facilities.

$75,000 + sav

CARDS & GIFTS - CHELTENHAM

Sales & service of bicycles, accessories & apparel. Stocks

some of the world’s leading brands, fully stocked workshop

with all relevant tools & equipment. Large modern showroom in highly

visible location, rapidly growing market.

$110,500 + sav (negotiable)

BICYCLES - FRANKSTON

Street, own labels in summer collection and selected collections

from around the world. Keen vendor to move overseas, willing to teach new owner for smooth

transition.

$120,000 + sav

NEW LISTINGLADIES WEAR - MORNINGTON

Brand new in underserviced area with no competition. Across from

foreshore camping ground, shows

reasons for regrettable sale. Enormous growth potential.

$175,000 + sav

GENERAL STORE - ROSEBUD WESTSales, service and repairs of major

Offers pick up and delivery service. Trades 5 ½ days from prime

location.

$200,000 + sav

MOWERS - HASTINGS

Well established retail icon

one roof, over 1000sqm, just off Eastlink. On-site car and boat

parking. VIP Clubs programme.

$300,000 + sav

NEW LISTINGCAMPING & FISHING SUPPLIES - SOUTH EAST SUBURBS

Prime retail showroom positioned alongside major brand carpet

retail that offers lots of leads and repeat business. All manufacturing handled by leaders in the industry, all work carried out by sub-contrac-

tors. New lease offered.

$435,000 + sav

BLINDS & CURTAINS - ROSEBUD

Long standing business in prominent position of food court. Huge takings, good equipment, long established. Vendor wishes

to retire.

CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES$695,000 + sav

CAFE - KARINGAL

frameless glass products & security doors. Large customer base of major builders, many

repeat customers, no competition in the area. Vendor willing to stay

on for an agreed period. CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES

$1.25 million + sav

MANUFACTURING

ESTABLISHED for about 40 years, this busy laundrette operates completely unmanned, however there is offi ce space, and features ten washing machines and eight dryers. There is a change machine and a soap machine. This highly visible premises has parking at the front and back and a long lease is available.

Laundrette, SEAFORDPrice: $175,000Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Soap and sudsTHIS cosy yet busy cafe has a great bayside location with water views and can be easily run by two staff. The vibrant interior has seating for 16, and outside can accommodate up to 8 customers. Receiving an award for their fi ne and light savouries, this business trades Tuesday to Sunday and a new lease is available.

Cafe, SANDRINGHAMPrice: $45,000 including stockAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Six year old girl dies after train fallSix year old girl dies after train fallCompiled by Melissa WalshPRIVATE A. McArthur, of Morning-ton, is reported wounded.

***ON account of the ordinary train being cancelled on Saturday, the mails will arrive at 5.14, and be delivered up to 6 pm at the local post offi ce,

***DR and Mrs Maxwell are at present spending a holiday at Healesville. Dr Bartram is attending to duties in the meantime.

***THE monthly meeting of the Somer-ville Horticultural Society will be held on Monday evening next, when Mr T. M. Bourke will deliver a lecture on co-operation.

***A welcome home, will be given Lieu-tenant Fisher, Sergeant Polglase and Private O. Young at the Wattles Club dance this evening.

***OUR readers are reminded that Profes-sor Mudd will deliver his lecture “Will we win this War?” in the Frankston Mechanics Hall, on Thursday evening next. He will also deliver it at Tyabb on Monday, at Somerville on Tues-day, and at Langwarrin on Wednesday evening. The chair will be taken at 8 o’clock on each evening.

***OWNERS of canine pets are warned to keep them on the chain at present if they wish to keep them alive, for some low-down despicable scoundrel is lay-ing poisoned baits broadcast about the township, and quite a number of

residents have lost their favorite dogs by this means. It is a pity that the per-petrator of these acts cannot be traced, and get meted out to him the punish-ment he so richly deserves.

***WHILE travelling in a train with her parents from Melbourne to Morning-ton on Friday last, Mary Way, aged six, living in Glencairn avenue, Co-burg, fell out of an open door, sustain-ing depressed fracture of the skull. She was taken to the Children’s Hospital and operated on but she died on Satur-day morning. The girl’s father, David Way, a clerk in the Railway depart-ment, says he was travelling with his wife and six children. When about a mile from the Carrum railway station a door of the carriage swung open, and the child, who was sitting near a window next her sister fell out. He is unable to account for the opening of the door.

***THE following letter has been re-ceived from Driver A. G. Young, from Heliopolis Hospital, Cairo, dated Au-gust, 29th. As you see, I am still here though I don’t suppose it will be many days longer now—in fact, I expect to be sent to a convalescent camp any day. Am feeling A1 again, though still a bit weak. The Doctor let me up the other day for the fi rst time. When I asked him if I could, he gave a bit of a grin and said “Oh Yes! Get up by all means, but don’t go playing football, or anything like that.” I didn’t notice the sarcasm, but I remembered his grin as soon as I did get up. My knees

played “God save the King”, and all the other national anthems and I was jolly glad to crawl back to bed again.

I am being fed on jelly, chicken, beef, tea etc. and I am getting better every day. It is very lonely though, and I have not seen a soul I know since Kenny Webb came to see me. I expected him again yesterday, but he didn’t turn up. Luckily there is plenty of reading matter here so I don’t do too badly on the whole. I expect by the time you get this I will be back on Gal-lipoli again. I hope to be at any rate. Egypt is no good to me; and though Gallipoli is no blooming modern gar-den of Eden it will always do me in preference to Egypt.

I have managed to scrape up enough paper to write through tear-ing out bank leaves from three books I have been reading. By the way you wouldn’t credit the number of books I have been through to get these three pages. I think others must have been on the same game as myself—in fact, several others, or else the publishers show lamentable want of foresight in not including a few blanks in all their books. I have been here on my back for nearly 3 weeks—19 days to be ex-act, and though they treat you alright, I will be glad to get my marching or-ders.

It must be nearly a month now since I was taken on to the hospital boat and for a while I had a pretty rotten time, but it will be “what ho!” for Johnny the Turk again soon. The fi rst few weeks over there were awful. I don’t think I could go through the same ex-

perience again but I was wonderfully lucky, and got nothing worse than a few frights, a scratch on the arm, and a hole through a brand new packet of cigarettes. That happened just before I got the fever though, and when there was comparatively little lead about. It was shrapnel in both cases, and I think the loss of the cigarettes was the worst mishap of the two. I didn’t even have to go to the doctor with my arm, and I am afraid the scar— not quite as big as a threepenny bit— will not last till I get hone. I think I had better get a photo taken of it before it goes. I am keeping the cigarettes as a curio, but I hope I don’t run too short of tobacco, or I will be tempted to smoke them though they are all in halves.

Vagg, who was wounded during the fi rst week, came in again yesterday with a batch of wounded and sick. He was not wounded again, but his old wound was giving him trouble. I saw Oliver several times over there (which means Gallipoli) and he was OK. We had a few yarns together, but you can imagine we didn’t get too much time to ourselves. He gave me two letters from home though, the fi rst I had seen for—oh several years. It is months since I had a letter but have fi lled in a form and sent to base (where the letters are fi rst sorted) and they have promised to send them on.

The Sisters here are splendid, and they seem to be run off their legs. An old lady who visits here two or three times a week, asked me where I came from, and I said Victoria. “Oh Yes” she said “I’ve been there three times

on my way home. I stayed a couple of days there— not right in Victoria, but in the suburbs.” I was nearly going to ask her if it was King Island or Tassy she stayed at, but thought I’d better not. I wish to goodness the war would hurry up and fi nish, so that a fellow could get home. It looks like lasting a while yet though.

***THE season’s prospects are consider-ably above what were foreshadowed last year, though the spring here is later than was foreshadowed a month or two ago. Heavy August and Sep-tember rains were the chief cause. The spring has, however, fairly started and all grass, crops and orchard prospects seem excellent. The recent efforts of the Roads’ Board seconded by those of the local councillor have given us main and bye roads rather better in quality than we possessed last year, though there still remains plenty of room for more effort. The use of a road grader seems to be justifi ed in the ease and quickness by which dangerous roads can be made to assume quite a workman-like aspect. The good work of the Balnarring Red Cross League continues. The complete receipts for the Jumble Fair held on 18th ult. is £37 8s 1d. £3 3s were sent to the “Xmas at the front” appeal, and £3 3s to the Australian Red Cross Society. The balance £31 2s 1d is to be spent for lo-cal necessities—wool, fl annel, etc, for the soldiers’ needs.

From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 23 October, 1915


AttentionSchools, sporting clubs

& community groups

Each month the Frankston Times will run a Community Events page, where your school or

organisation can promote upcoming events, fund raisers, social events, etc. at no charge.

This page is sponsored by the Carrum Downs Community Bank and listings are completely free.

Listing should include event name, date, time & address.

Send your listing to:

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the parent(s) with childcare and housekeeping duties. These duties

should be carried out under the supervision of the parent.

BABYSITTER Provides supervisory, custodial care of children on an

irregular full-time or part-time basis.CHILD CARE CENTRE OR LONG DAY CARE Care for

children under school age, in premises specially built or adapted for

child care. Private operators, local councils, community organisations,

employers and non-profit organisations may run long day care centres.

They provide all-day or part-time care for working families and offer

developmental programs within their care programs. Meals are usually

provided with some long day care centres providing care for limited

numbers of primary school children before and after school, and

during school holidays.FAMILY DAY CARE is a network of experienced carers or

educators who provide care and developmental activities in their own

homes for other people’s children.Family day care is primarily for children who have not yet started school.

It can also provide care for school children up to 12 years old. Care is

flexible and can be tailored to suit each family’s needs including care

outside normal working hours and, if needed, overnight care.

PRE-SCHOOL / KINDERGARTEN / PREP -

PRE-SCHOOL is a planned educational program for children in

the years before a child commences school. Children are usually aged

between three and five years of age. Pre-school may take place in a

range of settings including a purpose built building, in a community

setting, a school, as part of a long day care centre or a mobile or

visiting service.

Pre-school generally runs between the hours of 9am and 3pm; similar

to school hours although this may vary by state and by service so

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SCHOOL HOURS (OOSH) Care is supervised care and

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school children. Most OOSH services are operated by community

and private organisations. The government’s program is known as

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) or Vacation Care (VC).

Typical hours for OOSH services are:

• Before school 7am – 9am• After school 3pm – 6pm• Vacation 8am – 6pm each week dayOCCASIONAL CARE SERVICES Provide short periods of

care for children under school age. Families can access occasional

care on either a regular or irregular basis. Parents use occasional

child care for a variety of reasons including casual, shift work or

part-time work, respite care, crisis and emergency care, shopping or

attending appointments.Occasional care allows people the flexibility to leave their children in

an early childhood learning environment to socialise and interact with

other children. Community organisations, non-profit organisations and

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Prepare and set up for the day the night before. (Once kids are in

bed is always ideal.)Avoid having to leave the house for last minute pickups on the day such

as picking up the balloons, cake, and flowers. Try arranging delivery

for the day or ask a family member to pick up any last minute items.

Do a table mock up and try things out one or two days before the

party. ie dessert table placement, food, decorations. This will save

you from stress if something isn’t going to plan. Take a photo so you

remember where you placed all your props and pretties!Having activities/entertainment for all kids no matter the age will

keep the party going without much effort. ie ball pits, jumping castles,

soft play equipment or traditional games such pin the tail on the

donkey (tie this in with your theme), pass the parcel, playdoh and

colouring in table. For the older children try a dancing competion, or

simple craft activities.Keep a simple variety of food and drinks. Time of the party will be a

factor in what type of food to serve.Choose a theme which can be something that your little one is into

at the time or even just a few favourite colours. Popular themes are

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fairies, mermaids, rainbows and ballerinas. The list goes on!

Timing. (Depending on age of party) generally 1.5‐2 hours is long

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Most of all have fun and don’t be stressed out as you want to enjoy

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ORGANISING A CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY

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By Stuart McCulloughYOU have some nerve, mister. When I fi rst heard you’d said Australia ‘has no freedom’, my fi rst instinct was to call emergency services; that’s how convinced I was that your pants were on fi re. What possessed you! (I’d like to think is was the ghost of Ethel Mer-man, in which case it wouldn’t have been something you said so much as sang whilst wearing a pair of fi shnets. That’s just a personal preference, of course.) I understand you made this somewhat astonishing claim whilst debating gun control. Maybe it some-thing you said in the heat of the mo-ment – if your trousers were ablaze, the heat of the moment would have been pretty intense.

Normally when writing to a well-known TV presenter, this is the point at which I say I’m a long-term fan. Fact is, though, I’d never heard of ‘Fox and Friends’. The name of your program sounds immensely convivial; a place where bonhomie is always in plentiful supply and comrades warm themselves around an open fi re with a tumbler of whiskey whilst swap-ping amusing anecdotes before fall-ing to the fl oor in an inebriated heap. Alternatively, I thought it might have something to do with Basil Brush, the beloved children’s puppet. Sadly, your show does not centre on an amusing anthropomorphic fox, nor are their tumblers of whiskey and an open fi re. More’s the pity.

The fi rst thing I’d say about ‘Fox and Friends’ is that furniture seems to be in short supply. Presumably that’s why all three of you are sitting on the same couch, looking supremely un-

comfortable and so uptight that if the energy expended in clenching your buttocks together could be harnessed, it would surely power a small village. The three of you look like you’re waiting for a job interview. Perhaps the lack of comfortable seating goes

someway to explaining your extraor-dinary outburst.

The other point that becomes im-mediately obvious upon even the most cursory of glances is that ‘Fox and Friends’ not so much combat be-tween intellectual gladiators as it is a

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I hate to be the one to tell you, but Australia does have freedom. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that we have oo-dles of the stuff, so much so that it sits around in buckets. Just this morning, I scraped a chunk of it off the bottom of my shoe. Trust me, you can’t turn around in this country without tripping over a pile of freedom. Had you done your research, you’d have known that ‘freedom’ is, in fact, Australia’s third largest export, just behind iron ore and Hugh Jackman.

You also claimed that people can go to prison for expressing unpopu-lar views in Australia. Were that true, then proceedings for your extradition to our fair land would already have commenced. Actually, we’d probably be doing you a favour. Not only does Australia have plenty of freedom, it has enough chairs for everyone – you’d never have to sit awkwardly on a couch with other people again. Ever.

In making these claims, you did not cite any specifi c examples, research or statistics. Frankly, I envy you. It must be glorious to live in a fact-free Uni-verse where evidence is regarded as a trivial inconvenience that can be by-passed. Things must be so much easier

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There’s no nice way to say this, Tucker, so I’ll resort to some Austral-ian vernacular. Frankly, your remarks have gone down like a cold cup of sick. Some people have gone so far as to suggest that you’ve made a com-plete goose of yourself. If you’re not careful, we may seek to punish you by inviting you to some rubbishy pseudo-literary festival or making you re-sponsible for half-time entertainment at the next Australian Rules Grand Final. (Trust me, it’s a poison chalice. Just ask Meat Loaf.) Luckily, you can avoid all this unpleasantness.

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Daryl Braithwaite and band will be performing at the Chelsea Heights Hotel on November 2.

Braithwaite, the former Countdown King of Pop is looking forward to returning to the Chelsea Heights, where they have always had a great reception.

“We are heading to the Chelsea Heights again, which is a great gig. The venue is terrif-ic with lots of space and a great sound,” says Braithwaite. “It’s the audience that make it and the Chelsea Heights always delivers.”

Braithwaite has spent most of his life doing what he loves, and after more than 40 years in the music industry, is still going strong, re-leasing his latest album, Forever The Tourist, a couple of years ago, and continuing to play gigs every weekend.

“I love singing and performing on stage, and

the spontaneity of live gigs,” says Braithwaite, who has spent a bit of time on the peninsula surfi ng, his other great passion.

“It’s just really important to keep passionate about what you do,” says Daryl. “I was lucky enough to have a great start with Sherbet in 1970. We were all guys just doing what we loved, and I can’t believe I still get to do it.”

Braithwaite says performing is not hard work at all.

“I sometimes feel guilty. I have mates who have normal jobs and I still get to do this for a living,” he says with a laugh. “Although over the years I take the live aspect very seriously as far as the sound and the lights and that we play with a purpose.”

Braithwaite and the band will be playing a heap of the old favourites, of course with

Horses and Howzat always sure to get the crowd pumping, and throwing in a few from Forever the Tourist as well.

“It’s taken a while for it to take off but “Not Too Late” is becoming popular at the gigs now too which is awesome. It proves that its never too late and you just have to be persistent.”

Braithwaite says the band is looking forward to the November Chelsea Heights gig.

“Its one of the bigger pubs and I have grown to enjoy it a lot over the years,” says Braith-waite, who has been playing with the same band for decades. “John is the longest serving band member, at around 25 years and the others have been around 20 years together.”

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Braithwaite says it’s all about having passion for the music and performing.

“Its like anything. If you enjoy it you will put the work in.”

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With a voice that soars with inspiration, soul and warmth, following the success of Sherbet, and an incredible solo career, Braithwaite continues to play sell out gigs across Australia and the Chelsea Heights is no exception.

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Salon des Refusés has established an excellent reputation that rivals the selections of the ‘offi cial’ prize exhibitions and is often cited as a more lively and discerning selection. At Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery until 29 November, the 2015 Salon features portraits of Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty, gardening dynamo Costa Georgiadis, popular author Jackie French, chef Armando Percuoco and acclaimed designer Catherine Martin.

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Running Touch is a Mentone man of mystery. The 21-year-old electronica singer-songwriter, who is nameless and faceless in publicity shots, is a jack of all musical trades but listening to efforts such as his latest song This Is Just To Say it’s apparent he is certainly a master of blissful beats and smooth vocals with an urban edge.

The vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, pianist, producer and poet (yes, poet) is off to a good start and is making a name – if not a face yet – for himself on the festival circuit after winning Triple J’s Unearthed Artist of the Week award in July.

Describing his music as “post-modern electronica” that “kind of just fl oats between that kind of Chet Faker vibe and more dancey stuff”, Mentone based Running Touch says he has his sights set on “putting out a body of work out as soon as possible to let everyone know what I’m about”.

Running Touch told Mint he prefers to remain anonymous for now and let the music do most of the talking because “I’m involved in another couple of projects”.

“These days it’s very easy, especially when you start something, for the image to impair you. Doing something like this literally allows you to wholly focus on the music because no-

one knows who you are.

“All you have to do it put music out … and leave the rest to the winds and it’ll work itself out.”

One of those “other projects” is a grunge and heavy metal infl uenced band so it’s strange to reconcile Running Touch’s love of those genres with his move into dance beats evidenced on the likes of What’s Best For You and It’s All Around Me.

“People will often say ‘I listen to everything but metal and country’. I’m that kid who loves

everything and metal and country. If I hear something something and I like it I want to write that kind of music.”

The professionally trained pianist also plays the violin, “picked up a guitar at the age of about 11 and loved it” and is still keen “to learn to play as many instruments as possible”.

It’s an ability to cut it live that has made the music industry sit up and take notice. Unlike some of his DJ peers, Running Touch plays instruments on stage to be added into the

live sound mix.

There have been challenges on the live stage despite how effortless he makes it all look.

“It was actually a lot harder than I thought it’d be. Some of the songs, including newest single This Is Just To Say, are quite mellow and soulful. It’s often easier to play the bangers.”

Next on the cards for the long-time bayside resident is a trip down memory lane with a New Year’s Eve gig at the Portsea Hotel.

“I used to go there for fi sh and chips with mum and dad all the time. The long drive from Mordialloc to Portsea is great. It’s a beautiful pub.”

Keep an eye out for other local gigs and get in on the start of something big.

Triple J head honcho Richard Kingsmill, a man who decides what Australian listeners hear on the national airwaves, rates Running Touch highly.

Kingsmill reviewed This Is Just To Say on Triple J’s website this month: “Five stars. Never thought twice about it.”

Running Touch plays the Portsea Hotel on 1 January (New Year’s Day). Listen to his songs at Soundcloud.

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Granny’s guide to babywearingGranny’s guide to babywearingBy Yvette O’Dowd HAVE you ever seen a young mum with her baby seemingly strapped against her body with what looks like a tablecloth?

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PROVINCIALBy IT GullyLONG Island has placed itself in a commanding position against Pines in MPCA Provincial cricket af-ter scoring 9/263 on day one of the match.

Despite a shaky start that saw the home team 3/49, Islanders’ skipper Scott Phillips (70), along with Justin Bridgeman (31) took the score to 117.

Strong performances from Andrew Tweddle (49) and keeper Michael Chaplin (42) in the middle order then ensured the Islanders batted out their 80 overs and posted a strong score.

Craig Entwhistle and Nick Wilcox each claimed a couple of wickets each for the Piners.

The Piners will need to bat a lot bet-ter than they did in the opening round last week to be any chance of victory.

Langwarrin gave up a solid start but still managed to post a competi-tive score of 228 against Sorrento.

The opening pair of Matt Prosser (77) and Simon McEvoy put on 128 for the opening stand but the Kangas pretty much lost their way after that.

Jake Prosser scored 22 batting at three and Mitch Bromley was more than handy again in the middle order, however, the rest failed.

Jayden Morgan was the surprise packet, opening the bowling and claiming 3/56 from 20 overs, while Bobby Parslow put on a show, snar-ing 5/25 from 18.5 overs. He bowled 11 maidens.

Mornington has again failed with the bat, this time against Moorooduc.

However, the Dogs’ bowlers have placed them in the box seat.

The Doggies struggled against Langwarrin last week in the one day game and on Saturday, limped to 177 against the Ducs. Brad McDonald top scored with 59 and Michael Heib scored 36.

The home side rolled their more fancied opponents in the 66th over.

Leigh Lambert (3/27 from 19), Su-shant Gupta (3/33) and Ross Cord-eaux (3/31) were more than solid for the Ducs.

Unfortunately, the Moorooduc batsmen couldn’t sustain the good work done earlier and fell to 3/30 after facing the fi nal 14 overs of the

afternoon. Dogs’ quick Luke Popov has 2/13

Only three Baxter batsmen made more than 10 runs on Saturday against Rye, however, it was enough to give them a competitive total of 205.

Dale Irving hit 67, Shane McComb 49 and Ben Matters 46 at the Greg Beck Oval.

Tom Baron was superb for the De-mons, taking 7/63 from 33 overs. Max Cairns was a solid support open-ing the bowling with two wickets.

Dale Irving and Chamika Sattambi then went to work with the ball for Baxter, picking up two early wickets to have the visitors 2/12 at stumps.

Brad Rossborough has once again started the season in blistering fash-ion, smacking an unbeaten 110 for

Somerville against Mt Eliza.Rossborough received some solid

support from Nick Marshall (44) at the top of the order and Jack Barbour (20) late in the innings, however, no other batsman got into double fi gures.

Somehow, thanks to Rossborough, the Eagles batted their 80 overs for 235 runs.

Nick Baron was the pick of the Mt Eliza bowlers with 5/39 from 18 overs.

Peninsula Old Boys dominated the fi rst day of their match against Crib Point.

The visitors won the toss and batted fi rst and made 8/301 in their 80 overs.

Brad Arnold and Glen Barclay picked-up two wickets each for the Magpies.

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DISTRICTBy IT GullyIT’S been a long time since Heath-erhill has dominated a day of cricket but it certainly did that on day one of their MPCA District clash against Flinders.

The domination came on the back of young gun Kristian Miller, who smashed 133 against the Sharks.

Opening the innings, Miller clubbed 18 fours and two sixes as he dominated all eight Flinders bowlers used to try and dismiss him.

Jake Theobald provided solid support for him early with 35 before skipper Nathan Martin got in on the act and helped himself to 66.

Miller was eventually dismissed by Max Royal before Jordan Creely (32) and Zach Horsley (20) had a bit of fun at the end.

The Hills posted a more than com-petitive 7/299.

Royal was the best of the Flin-ders’ bowlers with 3/72 while the evergreen Shane Beggs claimed two wickets.

Pearcedale’s start to the season in District ranks continued in impres-sive fashion against Boneo, posting 288 from 80 overs.

Chris Dew dominated with 91, Matt Cousland opened with 53, Mitch Andrew scored 42 and Max Blackburn hit 33 to help the Panthers to the big total.

Sean Spencer was the best of the Boneo bowlers with 4/53, while Cam Williams claimed 3/70.

Seaford Tigers are in some real strife against Baden Powell after being rolled in the 52nd over for just 126.

Jon Plakourakis top scored for the Tigers at the top of the order with 33, while Corey Hand scored 20 in the middle order.

The Braves shared the wickets around. Tom Wood was the pick of them though with 3/24 from 11

overs.In reply, the Braves are cruising at

1/89 with Wood dominating with 64 in just 28 overs.

The match between Carrum and Red Hill is sure to go down to the wire after 14 wickets fell on the fi rst day.

The Hillmen won the toss and sent Carrum into bat. It proved to be a good decision, the Lions rolled for just 152.

Hayden Moulton saved the day for the home side with 64, while new skipper Andy Johnson hit 26.

Brent Martin picked up three wick-ets and Glenn Collett opened with the more than tidy fi gures of 2/34 from 15 overs.

However, in reply, the Hillmen are in some early trouble at 4/44 after Jeremy Graves grabbed 3/16. Simon Dart is still at the crease.

Main Ridge is in some trouble against Seaford, resuming on day two at 3/41, chasing 201.

Earlier in the day, the Ridge were superb with the ball, rolling the home side in just 63 overs.

Chris Cleef top scored for Seaford with 55 and Ryan McQueen scored 42.

Luke Collins (3/37) and Nick McNamara each took two wickets for the Ridge.

Gareth Wyatt is not out 19.Mt Martha has set Delacombe

Park a modest total of 187 for vic-tory.

The Reds opened well with Alex Mason scoring 56 and Mitchel Dar-ville hitting 40, while Kade Bendle was superb in the middle order with 53. They were the only three bats-men to get into double fi gures.

Shane Deal picked up 5/56 for the Parkers.

In reply, Delacombe is 0/12 from three overs. 187 looks lean at Dela-combe Park and the Reds’ bowlers will need to be at their best.

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SUB-DISTRICTBy IT GullyRosebud will head into day two of its match against Skye in a commanding position after belting 9/316 in 76 overs on Saturday.

A superb 108 from young keeper Kane Donald set up the massive total, however, it came on the back of some solid early batting as well.

Matt Maher scored 60 batting at four and skip-per Brad Glenn hit 36. Jason Mathers was rolled for a duck.

Pat Clish was the best of the Skye bowlers, claiming all fi ve of the nine wickets.

Skye faced the fi nal four overs of the day but escaped without loss.

Dromana has some work to do on day two to get the win against Hastings.

The Hoppers batted fi rst after winning the toss and scored 168.

Andrew West top scored with 39 and Darren Kerr opened with 32, while Zac Klan made a cameo 22 late in the innings.

Timmy Birch was up to his old tricks for Hast-ings, claiming 5/37, while Luke Hewitt chipped-in with three wickets.

In reply, the Blues are 1/17 after fi ve overs. Carrum Downs has set Ballam Park almost

200 runs for victory after scoring 198.Mark Snelling got the Cougars away to a solid

start with 44 before a half century to Stuart Swift helped the visitors to get to a reasonable total.

Zac Clements was the pick of the Knights bowlers with four wickets.

Tootgarook is in a commanding position against Tyabb.

The Yabbies batted fi rst on Saturday at True-mans Rd Reserve and were dismissed for 106.

In reply, the Frogs are 0/55 after 16 overs.Balnarring is in all sorts of trouble after mak-

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In reply, the Stonecats are cruising at 2/71 with Jason Bedford not out 32.

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