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By Keith PlattTHE Clean Ocean Foundation is about to close after nearly 12 years leading the charge against ocean sewage out-falls.

It is understood that members of the foundation’s committee met on Friday 13 July and voted to wind-up the or-ganisation.

Its CEO for the past two years, James Clark-Kennedy, was sent a letter the

following day saying his services were no longer needed.

The decision sparked a fl urry of ac-rimonious emails between Mr Clark-Kennedy and Clean Ocean’s founder and president Peter Smith and secre-tary/treasurer Andrew Tiller.

The foundation has about $40,000 in the bank, which will be handed to another organisation listed on the Na-tional Register of Environmental Or-

ganisations. Preferably one with simi-lar ideals.

Few of the foundation’s 350-plus members have been told about the de-cision to cease operations.

The foundation was formed to stop the daily discharge of about 300 mil-lion litres of partially treated sewerage at Gunnamatta.

Since having a yet-to-completed vic-tory at Gunnamatta – partially treated

water from the Mt Martha treatment plant is still being discharged – the foundation had turned its attention to Australia’s other 144 ocean and estu-ary sewage outfalls.

The foundation’s website says the out-falls “daily dump a toxic cocktail of more than three billion litres of semi-treated domestic, industrial, trade and abattoir waste onto or near the shoreline”.

Clean Ocean was instrumental last

year in establishing a branch in Syd-ney and another on Bass Coast, which is monitoring pollution from the unfi n-ished desal plant near Wonthaggi.

The foundation’s website makes no mention of the decision to stop cam-paigning and no changes have been made to the names or status of com-mittee members or staff, including Mr Clark-Kennedy.

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Clean Ocean bows outClean Ocean bows outAcrimonious end to anti-pollution campaignerAcrimonious end to anti-pollution campaigner

IF animals and birds could talk, they would praise Somerville Secondary College woodworking students and Manton and Stony Creeks Landcare Group. The two have combined to build dozens of nesting boxes that will solve a “housing crisis”.

The Landcare group’s David Maddocks says “many of our little feathered and furry friends are desperately short of nesting sites”. The group is keen to hear from people who have tall trees in bushland that could hold a box.

“Most eucalypts in the region are relatively young, but it’s old trees of 50-100 years that develop hollows high up used by native birds and animals,” he said.

“Nesting too low means creatures are exposed to predators, and many suitable sites have been claimed by more aggressive exotic species.”

Each box has been designed for a specifi c species of bird or animal.

Mr Maddocks said Bunnings in Hastings had made up samples and supplied timber. To offer a place for boxes, email [email protected]’ friends: Nick Anderson, left, Anne Gibson, Dean Knust, Shannon Reid, David Maddocks and Jayden Robinson. Picture: Yanni

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A SILENT auction on Sunday at the R W Stone Pavilion in Somers raised $6500 toward a special wheelchair for four-year-old Mackenzie Olivia Proppe.

Mackenzie has a condition called holoprosen-cephaly, which means her brain did not divide into two hemispheres as it should.

She also has global development delay and cer-ebral palsy.

Mackenzie needs the wheelchair, which costs nearly $16,000, to enable her to attend Somers Primary School with her twin sister Charlotte and

big brother Jamison, 6. She already goes to pre-school in Somers.

More than 100 residents and friends defi ed the cool and rainy conditions to attend the auction and afternoon tea to help raise money for Mac-kenzie.

“We expected about 80 people, but a lot more turned up. We are just overwhelmed at the amaz-ing response,” her mother Tiffany said.

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New wheels: Wellwishers raised $6500 toward a special wheelchair for Mackenzie Proppe, pictured with her mother Tiffany.

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By David HarrisonSOME Mornington Peninsula residents will pay higher rates than the 3.9 per cent increase an-nounced in the shire budget last week.

The rise has been caused by the shire’s last-minute revelation that it has an $11 million su-perannuation debt.

This lifts some property owners’ 2012-13 rate level from 3.9 per cent to 4.45 per cent – 14 per cent higher than the much-vaunted decade-low fi gure declared on 28 May when the draft budget was presented to the council.

Councillors approved the budget on 23 July.Next day, in his press release praising the

shire’s budget performance, the mayor Cr Frank Martin did not mention that rates would be higher for some, instead stressing the shire’s “signifi cant record” on maintaining low rates and assuring that the super debt was well under control.

Finance manager Geoff Emberson stated in an addendum to the budget on 23 July that revalua-tion of some properties had refl ected “an effec-tive increase in shire rate income from 3.9 per cent to 4.45 per cent”.

The number and location of these properties was not disclosed.

In the shire’s press release, Cr Martin described as a “windfall” the $590,000 extra income the residents would pay.

The windfall as well as “annual organisational effi ciency savings of $500,000 per annum” would underpin the shire’s funding of the superannua-tion shortfall, Cr Martin said.

Council was keen to ensure that future provi-sion of services was not affected “and that rates in future years would not need to increase to fund the shortfall”.

The press release concentrated solely on the un-

funded super debt, and did not mention $105,000 for netball courts or ongoing programs for roads, shire buildings, drainage works, etc.

It did not mention the effect the new liability – which pushes total shire debt up nearly 29 per cent from $38 million to $49 million – would have on current spending, including borrowing for the controversial Southern Peninsula Aquatic (SPA) Centre.

To fund SPA, the shire said it would be eligible for state government Better Pools funding, which the government says is up to $3 million, and be-lieved it could get $3 million in regional develop-ment money from the federal government.

It also hoped to persuade southern peninsula businesses to contribute and will encourage well-heeled residents of the area to chip in up to $1.5 million.

Rate revenue would contribute $3 million over a number of years, along with $6 million from the sale of “excess and inappropriate assets”.

The total of $16.5 million would leave $12 mil-lion to be borrowed, the shire stated.

The shire estimated the cost of SPA could be up to $32.5 million. Any cost blowout – and the proposed foreshore site could require expensive foundations – would require additional borrow-ings, risking total shire debt of well above $50 million.

The press release ended with a statement from shire CEO Michael Kennedy: “Council’s objective that we fund the superannuation li-ability without impacting on service delivery or further increasing our rate in the dollar has been achieved, and we continue to deliver a relatively high level of services while having rate levels among the lowest in Victoria.” See ‘Not-so-super news sends debt to new record’ on Page 8.

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Continued from Page 1 Committee member Jon Wilson, head of Clean

Ocean sponsor Balin, said the foundation “had kind of come to the end of its agenda – the Gun-namatta outfall”.

He said Melbourne Water’s efforts to purify wastewater at its Eastern Treatment Plant before discharging it at Gunnamatta meant that “the end game is in sight”.

“It’s really a handover rather than a shutdown,” Mr Wilson said on Monday.

“The decision now is to look for another body to hand over our constitution and money.

“The money can’t go to individuals, but it is our plan to close it down.”

Mr Wilson said Mr Smith, who could not be contacted by The News, was “talking to a few people” about a handover.

Mr Wilson said Clean Ocean “does exist at the moment” and felt Mr Clark-Kennedy had been “indiscreet” by going public about the commit-tee’s decision to close the foundation.

Mr Clark-Kennedy has raised questions about the probity of the committee’s decision, laying much of the blame on “egos and personalities”.

He told The News he did not want to enter into a public slanging match through the newspaper, but believed foundation members with young fami-lies that enjoyed days at the beach “should have been given the opportunity to carry on the fi ght”.

He said the Baillieu government was yet to make good its election promise to close Gunna-matta outfall and he saw the foundation’s mission statement as the basis for a much wider role than just what was happening on the Mornington Pe-ninsula.

Some years before his appointment as Clean Ocean CEO, Mr Clark-Kennedy had closely fol-lowed the foundation’s campaigns while working as a journalist for the now-defunct Mornington and Southern Peninsula Mail.

His writings under the banner “The Pipe” helped lift the foundation’s profi le, effectiveness and popularity.

Since becoming CEO he had gained a high media profi le and was sought by various media for comments on water quality in Port Phillip and other issues affecting ocean sewage outfalls and wastewater.

End of an era: Former Clean Ocean Foundation CEO James Clark-Kennedy, left, and the organisation’s sticker, for years one of the most recognisable and popular vehicle adornments on the Mornington Peninsula.

Clean Ocean to closeClean Ocean to close


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THE Royal Australian Navy’s new helicopter, MRH90, visited HMAS Cerberus on Monday afternoon during a fi ve-day training deployment to bases in Victoria and NSW.

The aircraft landed after lunchtime and was on static display with person-nel from 808 Squadron showing navy trainees its features.

The MRH90 (multi-role helicopter) is claimed to be the most advanced tac-tical troop transport helicopter of the times and is replacing the navy’s Sea King choppers and the army’s Black-hawks.

Australia is buying 46 helicopters at a cost of $2.6 billion – $54 million each. They are being built by Europe-an giant Eurocopter and assembled in Brisbane by its subsidiary Australian Aerospace.

Sub-Lieutenant Katherine Mulher-on of Cerberus public affairs said the training fl ight would provide “aircrew and maintenance personnel with the opportunity to conduct deployed main-tenance schedules, navigation training, and brief Australian Defence Force personnel on the multi-role helicop-ter”.

“The visit will provide [Cerberus] trainees with the chance to view the MRH90 and learn more about naval aviation,” she said.

The navy will primarily use the air-craft to conduct maritime support for ships, medical evacuation, and search and rescue. The army will use it for transporting soldiers and equipment, and medical evacuation.

The fi rst helicopter was delivered to the navy in 2009 and 808 Squadron has four aircraft.

On an early test fl ight, a navy pilot said the fl ight controls of the MRH90

made it feel like a Ferrari after he had piloted Commodores for years.

MRH90 is the fi rst fl y-by-wire heli-copter in the world (electronic fl ight controls instead of manual) and is made of advanced composite materi-als. The fully digital cockpit, weather radar and forward-looking infrared sensor system enables it to operate in a wide range of conditions.

The helicopter has two pilots and can carry up to 20 seated troops or 12 medical evacuation stretchers or three NATO pallets.

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MRH90s is more than two years be-hind schedule.

The MRH 90 fl eet was grounded in April 2010 after an engine failure in one helicopter on a training mission, caused by compressor blades in a jet engine clipping the engine casing.

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Big bird: Trainees from Cerberus, left, hear about the navy’s new MRH90 helicopter, which also is being used by the army. Below, the MRH90 coming in to land at the base in Crib Point on Monday. Pictures: Yanni

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KEVIN Clarke, Mornington Peninsula Shire’s top fi nance man, has resigned to take up a senior role with Frank-ston-Mornington Peninsula Medicare Local.

The Medicare Local branch for the region was started in May and is a fed-eral government-funded organisation designed to assist medical profession-als keep people out of hospitals.

Peninsula GP Network led a consor-tium of seven organisations to estab-lish the branch.

Mr Clarke, 58, will become direc-tor of corporate services for Medicare Local.

The shire’s director of sustainable organisation started in the fi nance de-partment of the Shire of Mornington in 1983, moving to the new City of Casey (the former cities of Berwick and Cranbourne) after council amal-gamations in 1995 as director of cor-porate services.

He resigned after a year and moved to Queensland, becoming fi nance manager at the Shire of Noosa.

Mr Clarke returned to Mornington Peninsula Shire in 1999, starting a week after the appointment of current CEO Michael Kennedy.

Mr Clarke told The News moving to Medicare Local was “another exciting chapter” in his career and he was look-ing forward to working at the newly established organisation.

He will leave the shire mid-August and start at the end of the month.

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By Mike HastFOLLOWING the success of men’s sheds in Hastings and Somerville, an-other is set to open in Mornington with an expo and foundation meeting to be held in early August.

In Australia, men’s sheds have been around in various guises for many years including as preservation socie-ties for railways, cars and motorbikes, and farm machinery, for example.

The fi rst men’s sheds in the mod-ern format started in Broken Hill in the 1970s, and the concept gained momentum after the formation of the Australian Men’s Shed Association in 2007, the peak body for more than 800 men’s sheds in Australia.

AMSA and the Victorian Men’s Shed Association promote men’s sheds to state and local governments, business, community organisations and the gen-eral public as well as provide forums for member sheds to exchange ideas, share experiences, network and fi nd support.

Gary Rogers, of the Southern and Peninsula Men’s Shed Cluster, says the common theme in all men’s sheds is “about men feeling useful and contrib-uting again to their communities, learn-ing and sharing knowledge and skills, making friends, and accessing health and wellbeing information and advice”.

Many groups have been formed by retired men, but with changes in soci-ety – where men can no longer expect to work full time from their teens to age 65 – many younger men are now gravitating to sheds.

“Sheds can be based on woodwork, metalwork, building boats, model trains, computers, restoring old cars, model-making, art, gardening, coffee and chats, community projects and health activities,” he said.

Mr Rogers is secretary of the clus-ter that covers men’s sheds in Hast-ings, Somerville, Rosebud and Safety Beach–Dromana on the peninsula as well as in Frankston North, Langwar-rin, Chelsea, Cranbourne and Keys-borough. Mornington and Hampton Park are being formed.

The Mornington group is likely to be based at the Peninsula Community Theatre precinct in Wilsons Rd, Morn-ington, the former Mornington Sec-ondary College site.

The precinct includes the theatre, the former library (now a dance and arts centre) known as Studio @ PCT and the old science wing of the school, half of which was renovated in 2010 and 2011 and is now the home of commu-nity radio station RPP FM.

Reconstruction of the unrenovated half is set to start soon, with $350,000

Place for shedding inhibitionsPlace for shedding inhibitions

On the tools: Supporters of a new men’s shed at Mornington are Cr Leigh Eustace, left, Dick Cox of Rotary Peninsula Cluster, Fran Chambers and Ian Horton of Mornington Rotary, Cr Bev Colomb, Peter Sas of Mornington U3A and Gary Rogers.

in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 2011-12 budget and a further $150,000 in the 2012-13 budget.

The building will be home to arts groups, youth activities, other com-munity groups and Mornington Men’s Shed, which is likely to get the section that was the former school’s storage area, change rooms and toilets.

The men’s shed could run activities at other shire properties and organis-

ers could put out a call for disused or under-utilised factories in the town.

The process begins at the expo and meeting on Saturday 11 August, 1-4pm, which will be held in the car park in front of RPP FM in the Penin-sula Community Theatre precinct off Wilsons Rd.

Formation of the men’s shed is be-ing led by the Southern and Peninsula Men’s Shed Cluster, Rotary Club of

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WESTERN Port youngsters are being encouraged to make a land claim.

They have been invited to take control of their own backyard at Shed 11 in Hastings and help turn it into a useable space.

The project started last Thursday with students of Western Port Secondary College pitching in to help

build a wood-fi re pizza oven, paved barbecue area, signs and a brick fi re pit.

Their involvement will run for two terms, but other young people are also invited to Shed 11 to “hang out and socialise, away from technology and indoor pursuits”, said coordinator Laura Nicol. Shed 11 will open 1.30-4.30pm each Thursday until

13 September and start again on Thursday 25 Octo-ber through to Thursday 6 December.

Volunteers are also needed to help with the various projects.

For details call Laura Nicol of Mornington Penin-sula Shire’s youth services department on 5950 1666 or 0419 582 343.

Students digging in at Shed 11Students digging in at Shed 11

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s remaining “Plan Peninsula Conversations” will be held at Balnarring, Mornington and St Andrews.

Twelve conversations have already been held across the peninsula to gain community feedback on the “future look, feel and role” of the peninsula.

The shire says topics raised so far have included: Preservation of coasts. The need for more transport connections. The value of young people to the community. Towns boundaries and development. Availability of services, including medical services and education. Maintaining township characters. Traffi c and transport. Impacts of tourism on environment and facilities.

The shire says feedback from the workshops will form the basis of its submission to the state government’s Mornington Peninsula Planning Statement, which will set the direction, extent and nature of development on the peninsula for the next 20-30 years.

The fi nal sessions are 6-8pm on Thursday 2 August at Mornington Civic Bowls Club; 6-8pm on Friday 3 August at Balnarring Community Hall; and 10am-midday Saturday 4 August at St Andrews Recreation Hall.

Comments can also be made online via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube or by fi lling in an online survey at www.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Planning Planning final talksfinal talks

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COMMENTBy David HarrisonTHIS is a dry but important subject. It involves large sums of money and an enormous debt that all ratepayers will help pay, one way or another.

The subject is the shire’s unfunded superannuation liability, estimated at between $11 million and $13.8 mil-lion, which is needed to pay some retired shire employees for the rest of their lives and how it will affect shire spending, especially on the Southern Peninsula Aquatic (SPA) Centre.

The dry and dusty facts also give an insight into how the shire is handling its fi nances at a time when very careful money management is called for.

Cast aside your ennui, if you have the strength. Make a cup of tea. Take the phone off the hook and read on.

First, some questions: Why didn’t Mornington Peninsula Shire realise that its unfunded super-annuation liability would have blown out in the past year or two? Every or-dinary citizen knows that the global fi nancial crisis, which exploded in 2008, savaged their super. Why did it not do what many other councils did: sit up and take notice – and take action – when the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) alerted it to the problem? There is evidence this occurred last December. Why was the CEO of a Melbourne suburban council “astounded” when told of CEO Michael Kennedy’s dec-laration that he’d only found out about the debt in recent weeks? Did the MAV forget to tell the shire? Dr Ken-nedy’s doctorate is in business admin-

Not-so-super news sends debt to new recordNot-so-super news sends debt to new record

istration. He must have studied these things. Why did many councils (Frankston, Kingston, Ballarat and Greater Dande-nong among them) have ample time to include the unfunded super in their 2012-13 budgets, while our fi nan-cial guardians slipped it into the shire budget at the last moment as an adden-dum?

A press release from Ballarat mayor Frank Harris on 28 June stated: “It would be irresponsible of us to adopt the budget without clarifying what this [super debt] could mean to the budget and capital projects for the community over the next year.” Why is the shire brushing off the awful reality of this record debt while pushing SPA, the priciest capital work in the shire’s history, already heading for $40 million without a single archi-tectural drawing or even a report on whether the Rosebud foreshore area is suitable – with only hopes and guesses at how they will pay for it?

These are serious questions. So far there are not many serious answers from the shire.

A quick explanation of unfunded su per annuation: the extraordinarily ge ne rous scheme, long closed, pays a guaranteed pension – a “defi ned bene-fi t” – to members when they retire, no

matter the fi nancial circumstances of the fund.

That’s a shire obligation.The shire did not initiate the defi ned

benefi ts scheme. In a sense it is a vic-tim, saddled with decades of future pen sion payments imposed on it via a scheme dreamed up in more carefree fi nancial times and shut down in 1993.

It is now a monster problem, espe-cial ly now, and thus a monster cost to ratepayers.

It is a bad time for the shire to take on more borrowings. In an election year councillors have – by a staggering coincidence – opted for the lowest rate rise in years, which inhibits the shire’s ability to do mundane stuff like fi xing potholes, doing more essential drain-age works and putting a lid on rubbish tip fees, let alone any other capital works.

But the narrow majority (6-5) of councillors, hellbent on building SPA as soon as possible, seem comfortable with this, denying it will affect rou-tine shire spending or other essential works.

The cost of SPA has been estimated at above $30 million and rising, but is likely to cost ratepayers more than $40 million.

The foreshore pool is supported by six of the 11 councillors as well as

some members of the shire execu-tive. They are expediting this massive, fl awed project, deaf to any arguments for a more logical and cheaper site.

They must explain why work on footpaths, halls and pavilions cannot be accelerated as needed and why pot-holes are proliferating around the shire like pimples on a teenage chin.

Dr Kennedy appears to be distancing himself and his staff from this potential fi nancial fi asco.

In a recent post on the shire website, he stated: “Shire offi cers are ‘profes-sionally indifferent’ in relation to the (SPA) centre. We provide advice as re quested by council, and implement whatever council decides, but we are professionally indifferent to whether council builds an aquatic facility, and if so, where it is built.

“That is our responsibility, and I take that responsibility very seriously.”

Many would fi nd this statement dis-ingenuous. Some shire offi cers have been deeply and continuously involved in ensuring SPA is built on the Rose-bud foreshore.

For example, the shire has provided a misleading document to Environ-ment Minister Ryan Smith to demon-strate community consultation on SPA – hardly “professionally indifferent” behaviour.

The shire was not indifferent in se-lection of the “right” pool site. The consultant hired to fi nd it was told: anywhere, so long as it is on the fore-shore.

In his report the consultant boldly told the shire the more logical site would be inland, near other sports fa-cilities, close to users such as schools. Oddly, this part of his report was re-moved before it went on the website.

In such ways Dr Kennedy and his staff have regularly diverged sharply from the professional indifference he states is the shire’s position on this project.

Numerous other examples of staff support for SPA could be detailed, but space is limited.

In answer to a recent question about the new shire debt burden, fi nance su-premo Kevin Clarke (who resigned last week to join a medical organisa-tion) fell back on the usual mantra he trots out when debt is questioned: the shire can easily afford it, we have a low debt burden, and our rates are very low.

None of which really answers the questions asked above about why the shire apparently didn’t twig to the impending debt tsunami when other councils did. Are we too relaxed and comfortable down here? Did the car-rier pigeon get shot down?

“You’re addicted to debt,” one grizzled veteran council observer told senior staff at a recent budget session. The accusation was laughed off in the usual condescending sort of way. Debt is no problem to those who don’t have to pay it.

In an election year councillors have – by a staggering coincidence – opted for the lowest rate rise in years, which inhibits the shire’s ability to do mundane stuff like fi xing potholes, doing more essential drainage works and putting a lid on rubbish tip fees, let alone any other capital works.


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For the past two years the program has had a car based in Hastings and now one is being supplied for young people in the Rosebud area who do not have access to vehicles.

The L2P program is a TAC-funded, VicRoads-managed learner driver mentor program.

The mayor Cr Frank Martin said the two cars helped young learner drivers who had limited or no access to a supervising driver or a vehicle in which to learn to drive.

“The program has been a great success in the Hastings area and we can now expand the program to learner drivers from the southern peninsula,” he said.

Cr Martin said volunteers were a “vital part in making the program effective”.

“Volunteers donate their time to support the learners and supervise their 120 hours of on-road driving practice, using the vehicle provided by the shire. Without the assistance of volunteers, this program would not be possible.”

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In tune: Steve Williams conducts music students of Rosebud Secondary College, Peninsula School, Toorak, Woodleigh, Haileybury and Flinders Christian colleges at Peninsula Community Theatre on Wednesday for Orchestra Victoria’s On The Move program, which is teaching and inspiring more than 1000 students around the state. The best performers will play Hamer Hall in December. Picture: Yanni

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MORNINGTON Peninsula band Roundhouse played its way into fourth position when 120 bands competed in the Gunn Music Battle of the Bands at The Espy in St Kilda.

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Band members Ruby Nigru, Tom Duell, Darcy Nigru, Felix Ruch and Hamish Swayn attend Rosebud Secondary College and, while concentrating on footy and school, want to hear themselves on radio “soon”.

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By Keith PlattPORTSEA Golf Club’s $10.5 million hotel, clubhouse and convention cen-tre is on course to open in May 2013.

Completion of the project will mark a major step in the club’s bid to sur-vive and prosper in an area that has no shortage of golf courses.

The 24-room hotel complex will be run under the Accor hotel group’s Mercure banner.

“We approached a number of groups and Accor was on top of our list,” Portsea committee member Michael Power said.

“The club owns everything and is paying for construction and they’ll be our managers.”

Money for the development has been raised by selling part of the golf course, which was originally subdi-vided in 1926.

“The title had been sitting in our safe,” Mr Power said.

Fourteen of the 21 blocks have been sold. The remainder are on the market for about $1.2 million each. Five of them are literally underneath the exist-ing clubhouse and will not be available for development until it is demolished.

Work on the new hotel and club-house began in April with celebrity club member Eddie McGuire donning a safety helmet and fl uoro jacket for photographers to record the event.

Mr McGuire and “ambassadors” for club sponsor, vitamin manufacturer Swisse, are likely to be involved in an event planned for the opening.

Mr Power said the club was “plan-ning something special to celebrate the

Golf hotel on course for openingGolf hotel on course for opening

biggest event in the club’s history”.Although reluctant to provide details,

Mr Power said the opening could in-volve Mr McGuire and Swisse, whose ambassadors include cricketer Ricky Ponting, Formula 1 driver Mark Web-ber, sailor John Bertrand, TV vet Chris Brown, former football coach Tommy Hafey, swimmer Geoff Huegill and en-tertainer Marcia Hines.

Mr Power said the development had been “quite a journey”, involving two VCAT (Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal) hearings and marketing land during the global fi nancial crisis.

He said the club – the southernmost of 22 rivals vying for members and players – had decided to build a hotel because it needed “a point of differ-ence; golf courses are a very competi-tive business”.

“We’ve taken this different approach to secure the club’s future,” Mr Power said. “It will also help build the peninsula as a tourist destination and we’re plug-ging into the Accor group worldwide.”

Mr Power said the Portsea club had “a long, proud history” since its begin-nings in the mid-1920s

He said the club had received “good

support” from Mornington Peninsula Shire and the builders were ahead of schedule despite weather problems.

However, news of the tie-in with Accor was not universally acclaimed, with golfers questioning the viability of running a hotel with the golf course.

In February a spirited discussion on iseekgolf.com ranged from calling for details of the deal with Accor to chang-es to the course layout.

“Peppers fl ed to Moonah Links and now Delgany, once an exclusive ho-tel, is another housing estate. So what makes Portsea think it is going to

somehow reverse this trend?” one post stated.

“Ask any owner or operator of ho-tels in the Sorrento or Portsea area and they’ll tell you making money from accommodation over the full year is extremely diffi cult.

“The most successful clubs engage the membership as they progress through such critical matters.

“But ask any Portsea member about these sorts of details and you’ll get a blank look, because they have been kept in the dark when it comes to eve-rything other than bland generalities.”

Greens view: The new clubhouse and hotel complex rises above the greens at Portsea Golf Club, left, while, above, houses are already being built on land sold to pay for the development. Pictures: Yanni

By Mike HastRETAIL clothing billionaire Solomon Lew will give Mornington Peninsula Youth Enterprises $50,000 as part of an agreement for the demolition of a pool built on public land on Mt Eliza’s foreshore in 2009.

Mornington Peninsula Shire an-nounced the payment to the not-for-profi t group – which trains disadvan-taged young people – in a media state-ment on Tuesday.

The shire described the payment as “an ex gratia payment” and said it was “appreciative to [sic] Shuttlehall for this gesture of goodwill”.

The shire statement did not nominate the sum, but the amount was confi rmed to The News in June.

An ex gratia payment is a voluntary

payment made without the giver recog-nising any liability or legal obligation.

The horizon pool, believed to have cost about $400,000, was built without a planning permit and on Crown land next to the Lew family holiday property on Osprey Ave above Moondah Beach.

Shuttlehall Pty Ltd is a company owned by Mr Lew and his daughter Jacqueline Lew. The home already had an indoor pool.

In August 2010, the shire ordered the outside pool be demolished and reme-diation of Crown land on which the pool, a retaining wall, fence and land-scaping had been placed.

Months of controversy followed as Mr Lew’s lawyers tried fi rst to buy the public land and then lease it. Morning-ton MP David Morris lobbied strongly

for no sale of the land. A retrospective building permit was sought from the Building Appeals Board, but refused.

The shire closed part of Moondah Beach over fears the land would sub-side when cracks were discovered in the retaining wall. In December an agreement was reached with the shire prior to the matter going to Frankston Magistrates’ Court.

Shuttlehall will make the payment to MPYE as well as pay the shire’s legal costs, believed to be at least $150,000.

In its statement, the shire said it had executed a deed of settlement with Shuttlehall. Solomon Lew’s name is not mentioned in the shire statement, which The News believes was vetted by Mr Lew’s lawyers, Schetzer Brott and Appel.

“... Shuttlehall has been given a li-cence to carry out remediation work on the land, which involves demolition of the pool and associated retaining walls,” the shire stated.

“The work will also include soil re-profi ling and planting native vegeta-tion so that the site will match the con-dition of the surrounding Crown land.

“Council became aware of the exis-tence of the swimming pool in this se-cluded part of the Crown land reserve in late 2010. The pool was emptied and covered to prevent its use in mid-2011 while the council investigated the stability of the site and conducted negotiations with representatives from Shuttlehall regarding its safe removal.

“Given the geological nature of the area and access issues, considerable

time was required to properly investi-gate and document the proposed works.

“The work plan was then submitted for approval to the coastal manage-ment authority [Department of Sus-tainability and Environment] and other relevant state government bodies.”

The mayor, Cr Frank Martin, said the deed of settlement had avoided “po-tentially very costly legal proceedings, which may have seen the issue tied up in the courts for many years”.

Shuttlehall would be given a “reason-able period” to comply with the deed.

“Our offi cers will be working closely with Shuttlehall to ensure the works can be completed as soon as possible, subject to weather conditions and the availability of contractors.”

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By Mike HastTHE iconic lookout tower atop Arthurs Seat will be demolished after an engi-neer’s report declared it had deteriorated beyond repair due to concrete cancer.

The tower was built in 1934 to cele-brate the centenary of Victoria, along with the Shrine of Remembrance, MacRobertson Bridge over the Yarra River at Toorak, Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School, and MacRobertson Fountain in the Domain, all associ-ated with Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy confectionery manufacturer.

The tower is listed on Mornington Peninsula Shire’s heritage overlay and is in Arthurs Seat State Park.

Its removal coincidentally opens the way for a new chairlift to replace the one built in 1961 that has not operated since mid-2006 when mechanical fail-ure stranded about 12 people.

The incident followed the January 2003 collapse of a pylon that injured 18 people and stranded dozens more. A chair slipped down the cable in March 2004 and broke the legs of a 77-year-old woman.

The consortium building the chairlift is led by 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon, a senior executive with Macquarie Bank.

In May 2011, the consortium un-veiled plans for a $5 million chairlift that included a large glass and steel top station near where the lookout tower now stands.

Plans showed a 360-degree viewing tower as well as a bottom station with cafe and large car park. The chairlift will have open chairs like the old one as well as six-seat, enclosed gondolas.

Parks Victoria this week called for ideas from the public “on future inter-

pretation of the history of the lookout tower and Arthurs Seat precinct”.

Chief ranger Libby Jude stated the tower would be removed “in coming months” and key items would be sal-vaged from the tower.

Peter Holloway, president of Drom-ana and District Historical Society, wants a small museum on the footprint of the old tower underneath the chair-lift cables.

An interpretative centre could be in-corporated into the chairlift’s top sta-tion, he said. It would tell the story of Arthurs Seat, which was a signifi cant site for Aborigines as well as Europe-ans over more than 200 years.

Explorer Matthew Flinders climbed the 300-metre mountain in 1803 dur-ing his survey of Port Phillip.

Mr Holloway said the tower would be demolished at the end of August.

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Going, going: The iconic 78-year-old lookout tower on Arthurs Seat will be demolished in August. Picture: Yanni

By Matt VowellBITTERN residents are upset at the increasing amount of graffi ti in their area.

They say graffi ti, or “tagging”, on public walls, signs and private fences, is lessening the value of their proper-ties.

Residents who called the police said they were told there was next to noth-ing police could do.

They were told by Mornington Pe-ninsula Shire that graffi ti cleaning kits were available, but when asked for some were told either the kits were out of supply or were not effective.

In Western Australia, police have a program called Goodbye Graffi ti, and closer to home Frankston and Casey councils have plans to help those af-fected by graffi ti helped by a graffi ti management coordinator.

Both municipalities have a policy of removing graffi ti within fi ve days.

The policies have shown a decrease in graffi ti in their areas.

Hastings MP Neale Burgess, MP for Flinders Greg Hunt, Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors and CEO Michael Kennedy have all been sent letters complaining about graffi ti.

As a result, Sunday 5 August has been dubbed Graffi ti Removal Day, with support of the shire, Bittern CFA and volunteers.

The CFA will provide a fi re truck while Mr Burgess will supervise the use of a “graffi ti clean-up machine”.

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Rescuer retiresRescuer retiresCLIVE Reddecliffe of Volunteer Ma-rine Rescue is retiring after 33 years of service.

Mr Reddecliffe was at the fi rst meeting of Mornington Bay Rescue when it was decided to create a rescue service.

VMR president Col Strawbridge said: “Clive’s passion for ensuring that the rescue operations are drilled to perfection has seen the crews win several awards for safety initiatives.”

“The volume of work he has done will never be understood by most, but it has been critical to driving improvements and maintaining the operations of the service as we know it today.”

He said Mr Reddecliffe would continue with the service as a life member but “won’t be getting his feet wet anymore. After more than 3000 rescues he deserves to relax”.

VMR Mornington and Hastings operates in Port Phillip and Western Port.

Volunteers will be welcome and are asked to wear old gear and gumboots and bring rubber gloves, a scrubbing brush, bucket and raincoat.

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19 Madang Court 11.00-11.30amRay White Hastings 5979 417719 Rosemary Drive 12.00-12.30pmSatchwells Real Estate 5979 18882 Dylan Drive 2.00-2.30pmCentury 21 Homeport 5979 355519 Sunset Rise 2.00-2.30pmStockdale & Leggo 5979 2288231 Hendersons Road 2.30-3.00pmSatchwells Real Estate 5979 188813 Samuel Court 3.00-3.30pmStockdale & Leggo 5979 2288

CRIB POINT103 Milne Street 12.00-12.30pmRay White Hastings 5979 417767 Disney Street 1.00-1.30pmSatchwells Real Estate 5979 188838 Park Road 1.30-2.00pmSatchwells Real Estate 5979 188841 Peterson Street 2.00-2.30pmCraig Mann First National 5978 0955

BITTERN67 Bittern Boulevard 12.00-12.30pmCentury 21 Homeport 5979 35556 Woodrow Court 1.00-1.30pmStockdale & Leggo 5979 228829 Symonds Street 3.00-3.30pmStockdale & Leggo 5979 2288

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Chris JonkerMobile:0404 299 854

Ben Tallon Real Estate1/34 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8003


Western Port

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Tallon First National35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000


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Address: 29 Somerville Crescent, SOMERVILLEPrice: $585,000Agency: L Cooper Real Estate, 1067 Frankston-Flinders Road Somerville, 5977 7766Agent: Phillip Stone, 0412 226 758

Elegant family living

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DISPLAYING some of the fi nest workmanship seen, you will be proud to call this elegant family residence home. The quality is initially evident from the curved brick wall with automatic gate that creates an impressive and secure entry to the property. The driveway is sealed and leads into a three-car garage and here is where the delightful, period-style features of the home can be fi rst seen. The fretwork and the curved, crafted beams of the verandah and the feature leadlights at the front door are a delight. Catering for every whim and occasion, the home’s design provides external entertaining areas and an interior with formal and informal living zones. A spacious, open-plan living area is complemented by Baltic timber fl oors. A smart-looking kitchen with wraparound benches has a dishwasher, pantry and overlooks the lounge and casual meals area. A superb formal dining room has plush carpet and decorative friezes with these characteristics continuing into the formal lounge, which also has a fi replace and mantle plus a charming bay window with a box seat. The grand master bedroom, also with richly carpeted fl oors and friezes adorning the walls, has a walk-in robe and the spacious ensuite features a spa bath and separate shower. Three other bedrooms have built-in robes. The 1000-square metre block offers a private and secluded environment decorated with landscaped gardens and is a fi tting contribution to the overall appeal of this magnifi cent property.


BITTERN $329,000

A little piece of the country awaits you in this traditional triple fronted brick home on the hill. Loads of character and original features like

with plenty of scope to improve and add value. There is a good sized lounge, meals area and sizeable kitchen (needing some work), 3 great sized bedrooms (2 with robes), main with French doors.

IS CLASSIC YOUR STYLE?

BALNARRING $730,000

You could be forgiven for thinking you have travelled to the New England

shrubs and sweeping in front of the classic timber homestead. Amid open lawns with an established treed boundary, striking 3 bedroom home with

and huge 10 car garage complex with rumpus.

2 ACRES - COUNTRY CHARM

HASTINGS $269,000

and is in, a great central location! Close to the local primary school and adjacent to a new estate, it features fresh neutral dcor, good sized

stainless steel appliances. 3 bedrooms, all with robes, and new bathroom.just move in or sit back and collect $280/week from an established tenant.

CAPITAL GROWTH ASSURED!!

BITTERN $307,000

masterpiece! Set in a sleepy street with a local primary school within a hop this spotless home has been fully redecorated and features a bright contemporary theme throughout. With an open plan design it has fully tiled

There are 3 bedrooms, 2 with robes, brand new bathroom and gas heating.

PORTSMOUTH. PERFECTION!

HASTINGS $385,000

Take a look at this, located within walking distance to the centre of Hastings this property just might be the answer for the builder or developer out there looking for the next project. Sitting on approx 900m2 the existing 3br home complete with ensuite to master is quite neat and will make a good rental, in addition to that the vendor has had plans drawn up for two single storey dwellings to be built behind (1 x 2br and 1 x 3br) both with single garages.

DEVELOPMENT SITE PLANS & PERMITS INCLUDED

HASTINGS BY TENDER

What a position!! Set right opposite the foreshore with an outlook over the Tennis Courts. This amazing home was the original town police station circa 1929. With 2 street frontages properties in a prime town location like this are rarely offered. The home has 3 bedrooms & a study with separate entry (ideal reception/consulting room), Formal lounge, dining and sunroom, 2

THE OLD COP SHOP ZONED BUSINESS 5

BITTERN $740,000+

Lifestyle without compromise is offered here at Stone gate on the fringe of Warrangine Park. A long driveway sweeps past native stands and reveals a stunning new home. Built for luxurious family living this beauty offers 32 squares of living with 4 bedrooms and study. Need space? How about a cavernous tiled lounge, separate home theatre/rumpus, family- meals and a show stopper kitchen featuring stone tops and 900mm gas range.

3.75 ACRES COUNTRY LIVING AT ITS BEST

HASTINGS $429,000

Right on the border of the commercial centre, this is an ideal holding for future growth! Featuring a solid weatherboard home on 700m2 of land potential 3 unit site stca. The big bright lounge with baultic timber

dishwasher. There are 3 double sized bedrooms all with mirrored robes, new bathroom and gas ducted heat.

DREAM POSITION!!

BITTERN $480,000

This property is one for those of us who want a brand new home but dont want to go through the hassle of building. Located in a beautiful treed area only moments from Bitterns new boutique shopping centre, train station and schools this property is sure to impress. Measuring approx 30 sqs the home features 4brs (master with ensuite), study/kids play area, multiple living areas, a fantastic kitchen complete with s/steel appliances.

A MUST SEE IN BITTERN

BITTERN $639,000

Heres a private oasis on the road to Somers beach. Wind up the drive past an ornamental lake, spanned by a covered bridge to a family sized ranch in a natural garden setting. The home is HUGE! Around 28 squares with 5 bedrooms and study, lounge, rumpus, meals and eat-in country kitchen. There are high vaulted ceilings, gas heating & split-system cooling and the back veranda spills out on Dads beer garden.

2 ACRES BE SUSTAINABLE

BITTERN $795,000

Get away from it all..without leaving home! This is truly a stunning lifestyle property with no neighbours besides the birds and Warrangine Heritage

welcome you in. With 28 squares of living, this beautifully maintained family home has large formal and informal living zones.

2 ACRES YOUR OWN RESORT

HASTINGS OFFERS OVER $699,000

So you long for the quieter life...? Does a country lane appeal...? How about a tranquil retreat, where you could work from home, nestled in a secluded bushy setting...? Well Bellbird Lane is the place you seek. A little known enclave within a walk of town, where your cares melt away as you

and easy living with a full return veranda, the builders own homestead.

6 ACRES - A SECLUDED OASIS - REDUCED BY $50,000!!!

CRIB POINT $499,000

If youve ever walked through a beautiful display home and thought I dont want to build, wish I could just buy this, move in and unpack then this is the home for you. From the moment you enter the size and beauty of this home will blow you away. Features are too numerous to list so here is a

DISPLAY HOME QUALITY

HASTINGS $409,000

trim leafy surrounds, this delightful modern home has a private aspect over its stunning gardens. Around 20 squares of quality living features 3 separate zones (or 2 zones plus large study) with a centrally located kitchen to suite a family or budding chef, with a dishwasher and long island bench. There are 3 double sized bedrooms, main with full ensuite & walk in robe.

SOLAR SPECTACULAR - 3 BEDROOMS & STUDY!!

HASTINGS $339,500

You will jump for joy when you see this delightful 5y.o. home, set in tidy native gardens in a popular new estate. Bright and open with fresh neutral dcor and lots of windows enjoying garden aspects. From a separate entry

easily to the covered deck and adjoining double remote garage. The kitchen is also a cheery, sunny room with plenty of cupboards.

AT LAST AN AFFORDABLE FIRST HOME!!

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Investors - Your Opportunity Is NowHASTINGS $295,000 plus

Located in a highly sought after area, this 3BR home is set on a good-size allotment and comprises of new carpet, blinds and paint work. Kitchen with meals area, gas cooking & dishwasher, spacious loungeroom with cathedral ceilings and central family bathroom. Additional features include sweeping verandah’s, garden shed, concrete driveway and only 500m to High St shops.

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“Victoria Heights” - Nearing CompletionHASTINGS Neg. over $285,000

Exclusive release of new 2BR townhouses with open plan living, BIR’s, bathroom, separate toilet & garage. Some with street frontage and separate

carpets, heating & cooling, gardens, 5 star energy rating.

4/82 high street, hastings 5979 8833

A prime 511m2 allotment ready for your building plans. Located in stage 2 of the highly sought after Cottonwood Estate, the allotment has all services available and is overlooking a reserve with serene bush backdrop. This is a great opportunity to make your plans come true. All sizes & measurements are approximate

HASTINGS $210,000 plus Land, land, land

Brick veneer home offering three bedrooms with built in robes, gas appliances throughout including wall furnace, electric cooking, spacious living area, family bathroom with bath and separate toilet. Good sized yard,

HASTINGS $269,000

HASTINGS $255,000 plus New Villa - Close to Shops & ForeshoreSituated at the front of the complex this new 2BR villa has huge main

landscaped front yard, grey water tank, clothesline. Ready to occupy.

Great Location, Bargain Price

Outgoings

SOMERVILLE $360,000Showroom For Sale

‘Sandstone Lodge’SET in a quiet, tree-lined street, this two-storey, four-bedroom home has high fences for privacy and double gates for security. A cobblestone driveway leads to the home and there is plenty of room for cars, a boat or caravan. There are two living areas, the main lounge room has a Coonara woodheater – and is adjacent to the casual meals area – and the modern kitchen features stainless-steel appliances. The main bathroom, laundry and two other bedrooms are on this ground fl oor. A timber staircase leads to a second lounge room. The master bedroom has an ensuite and built-in robes. A separate study could be a fourth bedroom or nursery. The home is on a large, well-landscaped, 1013-square metre allotment. Outbuildings include a large garage on a concrete slab with power and two nice, shady pergolas.

Address: 11 Market Street, CRIB POINTPrice: $475,000Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

Address: 96 Denham Road, TYABBPrice: On applicationAgency: Century 21 Homeport, 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555Agent: Kerry-Lee Marshall, 0408 363 686

Home on the rangeLIVE large on this 1.74-hectare (4.3-acre) property, conveniently located on the rural outskirts between Tyabb and Hastings. The level acreage has been divided into three well-fenced paddocks suitable for horses or sheep, and outbuildings include a three-bay machinery shed with adjoining single carport. The large home has a generous fl oor plan with plenty of living space. From the entryway, there is a parquetry tiled fl oor leading into a cosy family area with kitchen and dining area. The kitchen is quite large and features plenty of bench space and a dishwasher, and leads to a much larger formal lounge. Entertaining space for friends and family is available with a huge rumpus and games room. Located in the other wing of the home are four bedrooms. The main bedroom has a ceiling fan and there are parquetry tiled fl oors in two others. There will be no queue in the morning with three bathrooms, the main bedroom has an ensuite and the large main bathroom has a spa bath.


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DOMINIC TALLONPhone:0408 528 857

NIGEL EVANSPhone:0439 540 055

Spectacular Kinfauns (app.1.58 acres)

For Sale: $949,000

A unique lifestyle awaits you in this huge 1.58 acre property situated in the sought after Kinfauns Estate. Public transport stops at the Estate’s entrance, Hastings town center two minutes drive and the brand new Bittern shops two minutes in the other direction. Fully serviced and surrounded by homes of equal quality and prestige.

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Country Style Living

For Sale: $385,000

Set on a beautiful treed block of 847m2. This home has sprawling verandahs, three edrooms, main bedroom overlooks garden and has FES with spa bath. The open plan lounge/dining has exposed beams, gas heating & A/C also with garden outlook. The modern kitchen with servery, s/steel upright gas cooker, dishwasher, pantry & stained glass window adds to the country feel. The home has been tastefully decorated with as new carpets.

HASTINGS

Exquisite Two Bedroom Unit

For Sale: $345,000

Close to the shopping precinct, this immaculate unit will delight with a large lounge/dining area overlooking the kitchen that has solid timber cupboards, upright gas

throughout. Large main bathroom has shower & bath, there is a separate laundry & 2 bedrooms have BIR’s. Private courtyard with gate access, beautifully landscaped with extensive colour.

HASTINGS

Build Your Dream

For Sale: $220,000

Land for sale in the leafy suburb of Old Tyabb. Rear block of 512m2 with all services available. (we have a range of plans starting from $140,000)

BITTERN

Western Port Retirement Vilage

For Sale: $239,500

This well presented unit consists of 2 bedrooms both with built in robes + study, modern kitchen with gas cook top, electric wall oven and dishwasher. The home comes with ducted heating, split system air-conditioning and new carpets throughout. Outside there is a paved courtyard, well maintained front garden and single remote garage.

CRIB POINT

Sandstone Lodge

For Sale: $475,000

Ideal for the larger family this home has 2 living areas, main living with Coonara woodheater, a modern kitchen with s/steel appliances, main bathroom, laundry and 2 bedrooms all on the lower level. A timber staircase leads to the 2nd living and main bedroom with FES & BIR’s + 4th bedroom or study. Outside is a large garage with power, water tanks, pergola and verandahs

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Picture Perfect

For Sale: $385,000

As new 3BR home on a corner block with double gated

the main bedroom has a WIR & FES with double shower. BIR’s to other bedrooms. A modern kitchen has s/steel appliances inc. d/w. Lounge at rear of the home overlooks a timber decked outdoor area & gardens. Main bathroom & laundry, double garage and ducted heating.

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Live the Country Life

For Sale: $850,000

with timber cupboards, upright gas cooker and d/w. Living

ducted heating. Outside is a huge colourbond shed and many smaller sheds. Property divided into 8 paddocks with electric fencing and 30,000L tank water. The home has mains water, natural gas and electricity including solar power. Lifestyle property with possible income stream.

9 ACRES

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Romantic House Lover Wanted

For Sale: $412,000

Quiet treed street, landscaped gardens, 1/4 acre block & a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom mud brick home. This charming home with high vaulted timber ceilings, new skylights has been freshly painted, main bedroom has ensuite & BIR’s to 3 bedrooms. Two living areas with central coonara wood heater, large kitchen with new bench tops, timber cupboards & electric cooker plus laundry. Outside is a

RED HILL

Mud Brick Masterpiece

For Sale: $725,000

If you are looking for the peaceful life this home is it! Set in tranquil surrounds this architect designed home is set on a 1/3 acre. Walk through the large monastery doors

to the kitchen and dining area. The home features 4BR’s - main with WIR & FES, separate study, high pitched ceilings,

1/3 ACRE

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So Much For So Little

For Sale: $395,000

Families or renovators wishing to extend here’s the room to move! Well presented BV home on a large block of land overlooking farm land at the rear. A good size lounge has dado wall paneling with separate meals area overlooking a modern kitchen with upright gas cooker & d/w. Renovated laundry, bathroom & large ensuite with spa from the main bedroom. Good family home which has ducted heating and air-con. Outside is a colourbond garage shed.

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Snuggle By The Fire

For Sale: $549,000

Live the dream on 1/2 acre and this 4BR home, ideal for the larger family looking for space. The home has 3 living

dining, modern kitchen with s/steel appliances, gas cook top, wall oven & dishwasher. The games room has a gas heater. Main bedroom has FES and all bedrooms have BIR’s. Outside is a large shed with extension for use as

HASTINGS

More Than Meets The Eye

For Sale: $295,000 - $340,000

Be pleasantly surprised by this tastefully renovated home. Features include three bedrooms all with BIR’s, modern kitchen with dishwasher, bathroom, separate toilet, gas wall furnace, spilt system heating and cooling,

for more off street parking and all positioned on a low maintenance 561 sqm approx. parcel of land.

HASTINGS

Spotlight On McCallum

For Sale: $365,000

rental investment. Walking distance to shops, doctors and transport, this neat 3 bedder is set on a large block of land with plenty of sheds. A modern kitchen has wall oven, gas cook top and dishwasher, lounge incorporates formal dining and there is gas heating, double carport, well maintained lawns & concrete driveway.

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Two Homes On The One Block

For Sale: $465,000

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Not often found, 2 BV homes on the one 1/4 acre block. What an ideal rental investment or in-laws accommodation. First home comprises of 4BRs, lounge & dining/meals area, 2 gas column heaters + modern kitchen with d/w. Outside is a double garage & concrete drive. The property is fully fenced with double gates. Second home comprises of 2 BRS with BIR’s, open plan lounge/dining, modern kitchen, exposed beams, bathroom & laundry.

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TO LETCRIB POINT:3BR, Gas heating & hot water, Fenced yard.Available now $280.00 per week

HASTINGS:3BR, gas appliances, carport. Available 17/08/12 $255.00 per week

BITTERN:Stylish 4BR, gas ducted heating, 3 living zones, double lock up garage, Close to Bittern Primary.Available 1st Sept. $420.00 per week

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5979 3000DOMINIC TALLONPhone:0408 528 857

ALF TALLONPhone:5979 3000

HASTINGS

Excellent Takings

For Sale: $270,000 + SAV

Very well-presented restaurant, operating 7 days pw for dinner only. 4 casual staff + 1 full time chef. 5 year + 5 year lease Established for 8 yearsGreat customer base

takeaway menuFull liquor license for 80 people

tables, chairs, crockery + cutlery etc etc)

SEAFORD

For Sale: $600,000 + GSTFor Lease: $3150 pcm

A well presented new looking factory in Sir Laurence

area.Close to freeway10 on site car parking spaces behind security fencing.

1 of 2 factories on the block

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BALNARRING BEACH

General Store - Only Business in TownA lifestyle change awaits you with the only shop in Balnarring Beach. Busy all year round, you can choose your own hours. Well known for its

$7.5-8k pw with growth potential and directly behind, joined to the shop, is a 4-5 BR home, ideal as for

For Sale: $269,000 W.I.W.O

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Industrial 1 Zoning - Hartnett Dr. area

For Sale: $240,000

Large roller door, designated car parking3 Phase power

Currently tenanted month-to-month at $1100pcm + GST

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Only two on the blockIN near-new condition, this immaculately presented three-bedroom unit in a block of only two is just a short walk to all town amenities and attractions. The modern, tiled interior consists of a stylish open-plan area featuring a kitchen – with pleasant sky-blue benchtops and stainless-steel appliances including gas cooker – lounge room and meals area. A set of sliding glass doors lead to a private rear courtyard and the double garage at the front – as well as having internal access – has drive-through access to what is, for a unit, quite a large backyard, making this property suitable for young families. Two bedrooms have built-in robes and the master bedroom boasts a walk-in robe and ensuite, with a second bathroom down the hall. Home comforts include a gas hot water service and ducted heating. Purchasers can buy here with a degree of confi dence and security with the property still under builder’s warranty. There is no body corporate.

Address: 16b Edward Street, HASTINGSForthcoming auctionAgency: MC Real Estate, 4/82 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8833Agent: Michael Curry, 0409 410 456

Address: 9 Kara Court, CRIB POINTPrice: $499,000Agency: Ben Tallon Real Estate, 1/34 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8003Agent: Chris Jonker, 0404 299 854

THE true size and scope of this designer home is not evident from just a casual glance. The home makes full use of a 1290-square metre parcel of land and extends lengthwise down the block. Once inside, the vast interior will generate just one word – wow. A tiled hallway takes you past a series of bedrooms and bathrooms and up into a magnifi cent open-plan family room with an array of tinted, double-glazed windows creating a warm and bright area, with high ceilings further complementing the impressive space. Measuring about 334 square metres (36 squares) under the roof line, with ducted heating and evaporative cooling throughout, this three-bedroom home could offer a fourth bedroom if required but for an enviable work–life balance the space works best as a great home offi ce and there are other living areas to provide options galore for the largest of families.

Seeing is believing

When quality countsPRESENTED in display home condition, this near-new home is still under builder’s warranty and offers buyers a spacious, low-maintenance property. Within walking distance of Hastings’ marina precinct and High Street shops, the home is on a 650 square metre block, which has been professionally landscaped. Triple the fun and size, there are three bedrooms and three separate living area. The main bedroom has an ensuite and walk-in robe and there are built-in robes in the two other bedrooms. The living areas include an open-plan casual meals area with adjoining kitchen, which has a dishwasher, a separate lounge and a rumpus room – all of which open on to the undercover patio area at the rear of the home. There is a 2200-litre water tank to keep the gardens nice and lush, and there is a second entry to the property to safely park a vehicle or boat in the backyard.

Address: 11 Spruce Drive, HASTINGSPrice: $419,000Agency: Satchwells Real Estate, 1/97 High Street, Hastings, 5979 1888Agent: Don McKenzie, 0419 955 177


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PRICE: NegotiableVIEW: By AppointmentAGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

Positioned on a 1050m2 approx. allotment, this four bedroom family home features spacious formal and informal living zones, solid timber kitchen and secure double lock-up garage, plus master bedroom with a W.I.R. and ensuite. Also boasts ducted heating, solid Jarrah flooring, freshly painted with quality carpets and window furnishings! Contact Exclusive Agent.

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HASTINGS 2 Dylan Drive

PRICE: $335,000VIEW: Saturday 2.00-2.30pmAGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

Perfectly positioned for a life of convenience this brilliant three-bedroom contemporary style residence offers the perfect lock-up and leave home, with two generous living spaces, and a great low maintenance block. An easy walk to schools, shops and transport, this ex-display home is perfect for singles, small families, retirees or investors. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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BITTERN 67 The Bittern Boulevard

PRICE: $455,000 - $475,000VIEW: Saturday 12.00-12.30pmAGENT: Wilma Green 0407 833 996OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

On entering this four bedroom home you will be captivated by the spaciousness; both dining and family area looks out onto the covered outdoor entertaining! All bedrooms are large and all have B.I.R’s, master has W.I.R & full ensuite. The sealed driveway leads to the remote controlled double garage. This home is as new and is still under builders warranty! Contact Exclusive Agent.

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HASTINGS 9 Phillip Court

PRICE: $329,950 - $359,950VIEW: Saturday 11.00 - 11.30amAGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

This home will tick every box on your checklist! 630sqm block close to public transport & located in a very secure area. Featuring 4.5 bedrooms, ensuite, new floating floors, new bathroom inc. spa bath, new kitchen, double carport and garage, outdoor pergola and renovated throughout. The property also has an abundance of fruit trees. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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PRICE: $390,000 - $420,000VIEW: By AppointmentAGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

Set on a 651sqm (approx.) corner block + side access, comprising four bedrooms with BIR’s, master with WIR and full ensuite. 2 separate indoor living areas & outdoors guarantees plenty of space with a decked outdoor entertaining area, plus Bali style gazebo surrounded by tropical gardens. This property also boasts a double garage with rear access. Contact Exclusive Agent.

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LOOKING FOR A BARGAIN?MUST BE SOLD!

Our instructions are clear, this property must be sold. Offering solid as a rock 3 bedroom home located in quiet court. Featuring 3 bedrooms with B.I.R’s, updated galley style kitchen and full bathroom, plus two separate living areas. Other notable features include hardwood flooring, aluminium windows, and generous block of approx. 641square-metres, pergola and lock-up garage. Investors take note: property would return $250p/w. Contact Exclusive Agent.

TYABB 96 Denham Road

PRICE: Price on ApplicationVIEW: Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pmAGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings, 5979 3555

Large home with versatile floor plan on 4.3 acres of prime land! The home features 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 3 separate living areas. Also boasts a double carport, large machinery shed, 2 x separate workshops and 3 well-fenced paddocks. Also including combustion wood fire heater, spa bath, huge rumpus room and loads of storage! Contact Exclusive Agent.

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VIEW: Saturday 11.00-11.30amAUCTION:AUCTION on Saturday, August 18 at 11.30am.Terms: 10% Deposit,Balance 30 days.AGENT: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686OFFICE: 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road,Hastings 5979 3555

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HASTINGS 8 Bataan Court


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Film and framesTHIS is a popular business in Main Street, Mornington, specialising in fi lm processing, digital printing and retail sales of frames and custom framing jobs. Also offered is the restoration and copying of old photos and video transfer to DVD. Trading hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 4pm. Experience in photography and digital printing is an advantage but defi nitely not necessary as all training will be provided by the vendors.

Photo processing and sales, MORNINGTONPrice: $167,500 + SAVAgency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588Agent: Tony Latessa, 0412 525 151

Extra! Extra!SITUATED opposite the train station, this large, modern newsagency opens from early morning to catch the earlybird rush for papers and magazines. Covering from Mordialloc to Thrift Park, with 1500 newspaper deliveries a day, the business also has deliveries to two supermarkets and 24 sub-agents. This is an exceptionally well-priced business with keen vendors ready to sell.

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COFFEE LOUNGESelling healthy options e.g. sushi, salads, pasta, noodles, coffee etc.

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Opens 5 ½ days. New lease offered.

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Recently fully renovated & new equipment. Seats 36 in & 8 outside,

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$150,000 + sav

Well est 40 years in prime area. Comprehensive website with good online trading from local, national & international shoppers. Shop trades

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ADULT SHOP

$180,000 + sav

High-end shoes and accessories in busy Mornington.

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10am-5pm.

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Very busy, well-known store in Sth Gippsland, only one in the area.

Trades 7 days, T/O $12,000+ pw. 2 large coolrooms, 4 bdm accomm, storage & garage, function/dining

room. Vendors retiring

GENERAL STORE / NEWSAGENCY

$299,000 + sav

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Fishing tackle & bait etc, boat storage, on waterway. Brick

veneer home with 3 bedrooms on approx ½ acre and brick shop on main street. Freehold $800,000 &

business $150,000 + sav.

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Well established with many repeat

customers inc clubs, tradies,

councils & Fire Authorities. Very

well equipped & all included. Also

do repairs. Needs to be relocated.

TRAILER MANUFACTUREHuge variety of company/ sporting promotional products for schools & clubs, inc national football leagues. In-house art dept, in-house printing & kiln, multitude of forward orders. Up to date software & equipment.

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION

Great location with plenty of

parking available. Large display

areas, only 5 ½ days, huge variety

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$75,000 + sav

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Hair only, stylish, well presented. 6

Good location, easy parking. Large regular/repeat customer base.

HAIR SALON

$108,000 + sav

Long established in the heart of Frankston’s retail & commercial

district. Trades Mon-Fri 7am to 3pm.Ideal if you are looking for a short

working week.

CAFE / TAKEAWAY

$110,000 + sav

AND CATTERY. Freehold & leasehold. 6 YO fully indoor complex with cooling,

heating. 3500sqm exercise areas, fully automated irrigation. Home with IG pool, entertainment area, shed.

Comprehensive management software & database.

BOARDING KENNELS

Pawnbroker. Large shop in great location very well stocked, all included in price. Selling at

personal circumstances. BARGAIN BUY!!

SECONDHAND DEALER

$185,000

Lovely shop in prime busy location,

has 2 chairs. Easy, single operation

good hours. Great opportunity.

BARBER

$51,500 + sav

business, big and bright in busy M’ton. Excellent equipment, RPR

stock. Keen vendor is willing to stay on part-time. New lease offered.

Trades 6 days.

HAIR SALON

$75,000 + sav

commercial and domestic. Forward orders in place, vendor willing to stay on for 6 months.

ROOFING

$315,000 + sav

INC. MECHANICAL WORKSHOP. Well known to industry, construction

& councils. Operates & maintains own machinery, also others. Well equipped workshop, all plant &

equipment.

STREET SWEEPING

$320,000 + sav

Large well presented showroom/factory on main road. Large base of repeat customers inc architects, builders,

renovators. Also do installation, sanding & polishing. Vendor will assist

with changeover & introductions.

FLOORING RETAIL

$270,000 + sav

Est 12 years, T/O increasing yearly. Bookings in advance for 1 ½ weeks, mainly M’ton Peninsula.

Operates from home 4 days a week, willing to train. Purpose built

arborist truck included

TREE LOPPING SERVICE

$315,000

All types of trailers inc campers and custom built. Established

markets, some corporates. Huge potential, owner will assist. Ford

ute inc in price. All equipment included.

TRAILER MANUFACTURING

$320,000 + sav

In-demand product base, well established client base, plenty of room for extra growth. Includes

imported sealant range, has Australasian distribution rights.

W/sale to h/ware stores.

IMPORTER & WHOLESALER

No opposition in built up residential area. 8 stations, 2 basins, 1

curtained off room. Very well priced at equipment and stock value only.

Keen vendor wants a quick sale due to family reasons.

HAIR SALON

ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED

NEW

Good exposure on Nepean H’way Frankston. Large commercial kitchen,

seats 120, On Premises licence. Opening 6 days from 5.30pm.

Currently Indian cuisine, can be changed.

LICENSED RESTAURANT

$120,000 + sav

NEW

HAIR SALON

$100,000 + sav

Vendor offers full assistance in the changeover, large S/C location.

receptionist. Renting out manicurist

WHOLESALE BAKERY

$85,000 + sav

Specialises in Turkish bread, pizza bases, rolls, pies etc. and delivers

to Frankston, Dandenong, City, Mornington, Rye, Noble Park. Fully

managed, 2011 Toyota Hi-Ace included in price. 6 days 5.30pm

to midnight.

Resort style rated 4 star, has 2 storey residence, 8 holiday units,

pool, bbq, playground, tennis court etc. Land area 1 hectare, zoned

Residential 1.

Business: $420,000Freehold: $2.7 million

Set daily run from Dandenong to northern suburbs, food industry. Work 5 days, hours to suit. 2009

Hino refrigerated truck in excellent condition, serviced regularly.

$355,000

GIFTS & HOMEWAREPlus jewellery. A pleasure to run

this fully managed, lovely shop in a busy retail & commerical location.

Only 5 days a week with short hours. Full assistance will be given

with changeover.

$950,000 + sav$390,000 + sav $750,000 + sav $4.25 million + sav

TAKEAWAY

$130,000 + sav

Great location opposite station, selling chicken & pizza with deliveries. Opens daily from

11.30am. Well presented shop with good equipment. Established

8 years.

TINT A CAR

$150,000 + sav

$75,000 + sav

$2.5 million + sav

$170,000 + sav

Located in busy food court of large S/C with planty of seating available.

stay on for a while if wanted.

$120,000 + sav

Franchise business est 20 yrs, trading 6 days. Averages about 54 cars from car yards and 25 from retail cars, about 4 rolls

per month.

$28,000 + sav

Selling at equipment value only. This cafe has seating inside for 10,

outside for 6 and rear courtyard seating for 8. Positioned in the heart of retail/commercial area, trading 5 days. Fully managed.

$32,000 + sav


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Love of a dog of indeterminate originsLove of a dog of indeterminate originsBy Stuart McCulloughWE called him a mongrel, not as a slur against his character but for lack of in-formation.

To this day I have no idea as to his constituent parts. For all I know, he could easily have been one part ter-rier, one part cattle dog and one part astrophysicist. Having decided to purchase our new pup from the Lost Dogs’ Home, we had arrived knowing the process was, more or less, a lucky dip. As we toured the fl oor, there was plenty of barking as animals bayed for attention, but of all the dogs we saw that day, he was the only one to look excited to see us. The choice was easy.

There was always an element of mystery about him. Because no one was able to say precisely what he was, no one knew exactly what he would become. It was as though he had a secret identity. Some suggested the length of his hind legs meant he would be a large dog. Others declared with confi dence he was as big as he was ever going to get. The dog said noth-ing.

The name was my father’s idea. I don’t recall there being a short list or anything that could be loosely de-scribed as “consultation”. He was given a name and that was it. Hav-ing regard for the animal’s somewhat humble beginnings, my father thought it only right we should make up for

lost time and provide him with the most noble name we could imagine. We named him Monte.

Having won his freedom from the Lost Dogs’ Home, Monte the mongrel of indeterminate origin decided to live life to the fullest. He chased every-thing. He pursued us around the back-yard and scurried after birds through the scrub. He set off at great speed after rabbits and foxes. His energy seemed to have no limits. He even chased our orange Kombi van down the length of the driveway, giving up only after we pulled onto Coolart Rd.

One day Monte pursued our van all the way to the road proper. Whether the thrill of the chase simply overcame

him or he just forgot to stop running, I couldn’t say. Bursting into the pub-lic gaze, he kept galloping as though chasing the horizon. It was especially strange because, at the time, he had an ice cream container around his neck. The container was supposed to stop him from scratching an abscess, but it made him look like an astronaut.

As the dog burst out onto the road, a chorus of children’s voices had alert-ed our parents to the fact that Monte had escaped into the wider world. The Kombi performed a rough U-turn and headed back to search of our errant ca-nine. In the time it took us to turn the car around, a council road crew fi lling in potholes had picked up our cosmo-

naut mutt. They placed our strange looking dog of unknown origin (al-though, by his appearance, outer space might have been a reasonable guess) on the back of their truck and headed back toward the depot.

With all the power the engine could muster, we got the Kombi up to nearly 50 kilometres an hour. We considered it warp speed. Lucky for us, the coun-cil truck was slower still and we – al-beit not quickly – gained ground on it. Monte saw us coming. Unable to con-tain himself, he leapt from the truck tray, launching himself into space. For that brief moment, he really was an astro naut.

Having landed on the bitumen, he was immediately hustled into our van and spent the next few weeks recuper-ating in the living room. I doubt he ever wanted to move out.

Some time later, we relieved him of the ice cream container, but within seconds, he was scratching at his neck, more than ever.

Perhaps it was simply a case of ab-scess makes the heart grows fonder.

While completing the fi rst fl ight from a council vehicle onto Coolart Rd was quite an achievement, it was far from his greatest accomplish-ment. This came in 1982 when he was awarded fi rst prize in the highly com-petitive and prestigious category of “Dog with the Waggliest Tail” at the Tyabb Primary School Pet Fair.

The rest of the competition didn’t stand much of a chance. When he was presented with a sash, it only made him wag his tail with even more vigour. I had thought, at the time, that he could have gone on to other, larger competi-tions – perhaps even have a crack at the national title – but it didn’t seem to matter to Monte. All the same, it was a title he wore with distinction long after the wag left him.

He was a part of our family, there’s no doubt.

When I left home to go to university, Monte remained, patrolling the yard, the paddocks and the bush at the back of the block. He never grew an inch. The most he conceded to his advanc-ing years was a slight greying around the mouth and stiffness in the way he walked. Still, he paraded through the yard as if it was his own personal kingdom. When the time fi nally came to move from this world into the next, Monte took one last walk across the paddock and into the scrub. He simply disappeared.

Monte was eventually found and buried in our backyard. On a small wooden cross there is an inscription: “Here lies Monte – born a dog, died a gentleman.”

The term “mongrel” no longer fi tted him. He simply outgrew it.www.stuartmccullough.com


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“Considering the winter we’ve had, crushed rock has been very popular recently,” Mark said.

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Mark also stocks class 3 and class 4 crushed rock, and pathway toppings.

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“We’ve got a full range of paving supplies too,” he said.

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Mark recounted a customer’s story. Recently she had purchased premium soil mix from Mark and some from another garden supplies outlet. While she was already harvesting vegies grown in Mark’s soil, the others hadn’t progressed beyond seedlings.

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By Frances CameronAS a long-time supporters of the idea that our solar and wind resources need to be greater utilised, my husband and I decided to take advantage of the government’s solar panel rebate and get some installed.

Often, one action is followed by consequences and a seemingly simple task became larger with the need to drastically cut back the tea-tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) surrounding our home, leading to the need to dispose of the large amount of green waste.

Hiring a mulcher was the obvious answer and as a result we now have a nice pile of mulch breaking down a bit before being put onto the garden – problem solved.

Some other jobs to get into during August are to cut back hard the faded salvia fl owers and let some light into the centre of your tree ferns by cutting away the old, dead fronds; the new fronds will be starting to uncurl from their soft brown beds and spring out towards the sun.

While out in the garden with your secateurs, check on the citrus trees to see if there are any suspicious-looking lumps on the stems.

Sometimes they can be housing the larvae of the citrus gall wasp.

The wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) lays its eggs into the stems of citrus trees.

Over the year the eggs hatch and the larvae begin to eat the tissue of the stem, causing wounds that can lead to large “galls” or lumps. The galls can signifi cantly weaken the structure of the stems, causing weakness and the potential for further damage.

Spring is when the larvae have become adults and drill their way out of the stem to start the life cycle over again.

There are no chemical controls available to the home gardener, so the only way to keep the pest under control is to cut the galls off and burn them before hatching starts.

Citrus will also benefi t from a feed of citrus fertiliser at this time.

Spring is defi nitely on its way, Wattles are blooming and some fruit trees are setting blossom; it can still be very cold this month, and frosts aren’t uncommon.

If you get any unexpected frost damage, it should be left on your plants until all danger of frost is over.

When it gets warmer, frost damage can be cut off to improve the look of the garden.

Rose pruning should be well and truly over by now: spray the bare stems with a bicarb soda spray to help combat black spot, and refresh the mulch around the base of the plant, making sure to keep it away from the stem.

The bicarb spray can be made by dissolving three heaped teaspoons of baking soda into fi ve litres of water and adding 2½ tablespoons of a horticultural oil such as white oil. The mix should be sprayed over the entire plant, coating the whole surface.

Note that oils marketed as white oil are generally petroleum-based and not considered to be okay to use in an organic garden. There are other oils more acceptable for organic gardening available on the market so look out for them.

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FRED Renouf celebrated his 100th birthday at the Baxter Retirement Village on 6 March. The following month he broke his arm in a fall and died on 28 April. When Fred was 96, his family urged him to set down his reminiscences. This is the second-last part of his story.

Part Six

Home from war at lastTHE day eventually arrived when I would see Evelyn for the fi rst time in 16 months and meet my baby daugh-ter. Now came the task of setting up home in a short time. Materials were in short supply, and you had to know somebody and pay for materials through the nose.

The old house on our property in Graydens Rd had one tank with about 100 gallons of water left in it. The tap was outside. There was a well in the backyard that we had to bucket water out of using a long rope.

Poor Evelyn rushed around with a lamp that was designed to be fi xed to the wall, and quite a few lamp glasses came to grief. No electric-ity, no telephone and shops a couple of miles away; what a shock it must have been! We were able to get a doc-tor’s certifi cate that gave us priority in getting the phone. However, the house was a considerable distance from the road so I had to get poles for the line. Neal’s property was about three miles up the road so I was able to cut down two suitable trees and drag them down behind the McCormack tractor. They were somewhat fl attened on one side by the time we arrived.

Transport was an immediate prob-

lem as my little Triumph car, a sin-gle-seater, was not suitable. However dad’s second wife, Elizabeth, had a Ford Prefect that she was willing to sell for 200 pounds. We could then put Marilyn in her basket on the back seat and this served us well until Peter arrived in 1948. Neal and Mavis only had a Chev truck and, on one of those occasions when we loaned them the car, Evelyn, who had to put drops in Marilyn’s eyes, made a mistake and put iodine in them. We phoned our neighbours and they were able to take us to the doctor. Fortunately no harm was done.

There were numerous work parties on the house at different times, espe-cially painting. The two front rooms were timber lined. The next two, which were lean-tos, had hessian lin-ing covered with newspaper. Evelyn was able to get some wallpaper and these two rooms received a facelift. One lean-to had a cement fl oor that was our kitchen with the bathroom next door. We were able to buy an-other water tank, I did the plumbing, and we had water laid on inside the house. The loo was a walk of about 50 yards from the back door. Walter, Ivy’s husband and my old army mate, later gave me a hand and we put a verandah across the front of the house. It faced the north and proved very useful when Peter arrived as Evelyn could put the pram in the sun in the winter.

We bought a cow and the milk was scalded, so we made our butter and had lovely scalded cream on our cere-als, dessert, etc. We had a Coolgardie safe to try and keep things cool and we bought a woodchip bath heater. One idea that was not a great success was

to paint the inside of the galvanised bath: you can guess where the paint stuck!

In 1947 I had cleared an additional 10 acres and had fenced it with wire netting to keep the rabbits out. (They would strip the bark off the trees and kill them.) I planted 800 Jonathon and the rest in Granny Smith. Originally there were only three Granny Smith trees on the property and I consider them one of the premier varieties of apples. Before the advent of control-led-atmosphere storing, we never picked Granny Smiths before Anzac Day. However, nowadays the public wants a green apple and the Granny Smiths are picked before they have their best fl avour. Jonathon was the most popular variety in the early days but their big fault was they did not have a good shelf life once taken out of the cool store. I also planted Pack-ham and Winter Cole pears; the latter never took off in Melbourne or over-seas and I later removed them.

Our father was very good to us in that he allowed the three boys to rent his orchard at a reasonable rate. Be-cause I had a producing orchard, Alec and Neal had more responsible roles in “Island View” and both received 10 per cent of the profi ts before splitting the balance three ways.

I became active in the welfare of the farming community as secretary of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union. At the Tyabb Cool Store I was a direc-tor for about 40 years including two three-year stints as chairman.

With our crops of apples increas-ing, Alec, Neal and I took up as many cool store holdings as we could get in Tyabb and later also in Hastings. A

Home from war to meet the family

Back on the land: Fred and young Marilyn. Growing family: Marilyn, aged three and a half, and Peter, six months, with Evelyn.

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person was only entitled to a 400-case space, so a grower would nominate his wife and children and sometimes oth-ers.

Being a director of the cool store and later having my own, I was entitled to attend the Victorian Cool Stores’ Association quarterly and yearly con-ferences, which were held at various locations. One year I took the family and our caravan to Cooma, but Peter fell on rocks and knocked out one of his front teeth.

After coming out of the army, I had several bouts of malaria and on one occasion when I was laid low, Evelyn decided to milk the cow. She put the feed in the bail, but did not lock it. Be-

fore she had extracted more than a few drops of milk, the cow backed out of the bail and she had to call on a neigh-bour to do the job.

That fi rst summer Evelyn was un-well one day so I took her to the doc-tor. He was busy and told us to come back after tea. Not realising that he meant she should not eat, Evelyn ate something and it could have been fatal. She was operated on for appendicitis. Hastings Hospital only had four beds and any overfl ow was housed in an iron roof lean-to. There was no cooling and they had no electric fans to deal with the heat wave. I managed to bor-row an electric fan from a local store-keeper. However the sister-in-charge


was unsympathetic, and Evelyn would never go back there.

Peter William was born on 14 May 1948 at St George’s Hospital where Marilyn was born, and Cheryl Lydia the following year at Mornington Bush Nursing Hospital. The “William” goes back to grandfather Unthank who was a pioneer in the Hastings area, and “Lydia” was my mother’s name. Eve-lyn’s feelings notwithstanding, I be-came a supporter of Hastings Hospital and was chairman for a few years.

Shortly before Cheryl arrived, we were able to get a new Vauxhall car. Our names had been on a list for many years. In fact cars were in such short supply that people were selling them for more than they had paid. Food ra-tioning fi nished soon after the war, but materials for housing and machinery

were very hard to come by. On com-ing out of the army, troops were issued with a 10 pound voucher for tools; I got a wheelbarrow, spirit level, hand-saw, hammer and a wood plane.

When the baby was expected, I bought 70 acres on Hendersons Rd near Warranqite Creek for about 10 pounds an acre. I bought an old Bren gun carrier to knock over the tea tree. I wired a railway sleeper onto the front of the carrier and proceeded to fl atten the scrub. After a while the wire got caught on the track of the carrier and the sleeper came hurtling through the air, catching me a glancing blow to the back of the head. It made me stop and think of another lucky escape. I sold this property a few years later for a small profi t.

To be continued.

Proud grandfather: Charles Renouf with grandson Peter at Tyabb.At the new house: Cheryl, Marilyn and Peter on the running board of the Model T Ford in the 1950s.Harvest time: Fred picking Jonathons at the Graydens Rd orchard.Happy family: (bottom left) Peter, Cheryl, Marilyn and Gradon with Patch the dog and (bottom right) in Sunday school anniversary attire.

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PENINSULA DIVISIONBy Toe PuntKARINGAL defeated Mt Eliza for the second time this year in MPNFL Peninsula Division.

Played at the home of the Redlegs, many expected the home side would be able to reverse the result of earlier in the season.

However, the Bulls dominated from the fi rst bounce and had it not been for inaccuracy, the fi nal result would have been far greater than 64 points.

The Bulls doubled the amount of scoring shots of their opponent in the fi rst half, boosting 18 to nine with David Hirst dominating through the middle.

The thing you have to love about “Budda” Hirst is his ability to play well in big games. He rarely puts in a bad one when there is so much at stake.

He booted fi ve goals as a midfi elder-forward and proved once again is one of the best in the competition.

Michael Burke was at his elusive best and Steve Charalambous continued his purple patch of outstanding form. “Charra” is in team-of-the-year form.

Like earlier in the season, the Bulls’ defence strangled the Redlegs.

Troy Hoad was best-on-ground the last time the sides played and his run from half-back on Saturday was a feature.

Cal Dixon is unheralded in the back line, but is rarely beaten, and Luke VanRaay again did an outstanding job

leading his charges in the defensive zone.

The Redlegs were held to just four goals in each half.

Their usual dominance through the middle and quick ball movement for-ward was stopped.

Michael Loury kicked three goals, and Scott Lockwood and Sam Lloyd were restricted to a couple each. Dave Barton and Dan Gormley were strong performers, Scott Simpson bounced back from a niggling injury at the Australian country football cham pion-ships and Ben Landry was in fi ne form.

While it appears the Redlegs have what it takes to beat Frankston YCW, they struggle against the defence of the Bulls.

For Mt Eliza coach Jason Watts, there is plenty to think about in the next four weeks.

His side will be playing Karingal in a second semi-fi nal in six weeks and he needs to start working on a plan that can combat the Bulls’ ability to lock them down.

Much like the way Karingal has to come up with a way to score against the Stonecats.

Chelsea is in danger of missing the fi nals after coming up against a ram-paging Bonbeach.

With allegedly one of the heftiest pay rolls in the MPNFL, the Seagulls have failed to fi eld their best side all season.

This has created inconsistency and a losing habit.

The Sharks are now in fourth place on the ladder, equal on points with Chel sea, but 40 per cent clear.

Seaford is a further game back on 24 points, but also has a better percentage than Chelsea.

On Saturday, Bonbeach kicked into top gear in the second quarter after trailing by a goal at the fi rst change.

The engine room, headed by skipper Daniel Smith and Paul Rebechini, fi red up, and Shane McDonald was at his brilliant best.

To say “Macca” put on a clinic is an understatement.

He again proved he is a star, booting six goals in a dominant performance.

Shaun Foster kicked three, as did Anthony Raso, and Mark Tyrell con-tin ued his brilliant season.

The third quarter was a great spec-tacle. Defence went out the window as both sides peppered the goals, each team booting six majors.

However, the last quarter belonged to the Sharks, who kicked seven goals to two.

The Sharks had 10 goalkickers.Chelsea’s main contributor up front

was Chris Worner with four, while David Biagi and Sam Carpenter were their side’s best players.

Seaford booted fi ve goals to two in the third quarter to shut the door on Langwarrin.

The Tigers recorded a comfortable 57-point victory, Luke Smith the star of the show with his run and dash and Brayden Irving fi nishing with fi ve

goals.Things were tight early with just two

goals the difference at the main change, but the Tigers were able to open up the game in the second hour with Aaron Walton, Rory Luxton and Kieran Shaw dominating. Seaford had 25 scoring shots to 10 in the second half.

Aaron Shaw proved to the football community how talented he is with se-ven of Langwarrin’s nine goals.

Jarryd Amalfi was at his best and Dale Eames made a welcome return to form after badly breaking his fi nger.

Pines boasted its best win of the year, smashing Edithvale-Aspendale to the tune of 10 goals.

The Pythons were up and about from the fi rst bounce and opened up a handy 19-point break at the fi rst change. This blew out to 30 points at the halfway mark.

In the second half, the red and green were super impressive, snagging 13 majors to six.

It has taken too long for the Pythons to get into shape and play the style that Stevey Ryan wants, but the foundation being laid in the second half of the season for 2013 is sensational.

The discipline and expectations of the club is also strong. There is no question that the likes of Shaun McPherson, Dale Tedge and Adam McPherson are in the Python’s best 22, but if you’re not going to do the work, you won’t get a gig in the best side.

This is the way to build a footy club and Ryan and his charges are doing a

great job with three wins in the second half of the season.

Mornington let its guard down with one bad quarter of footy against the league’s best team on Saturday and it cost them dearly.

At three-quarter time, the Doggies had restricted Frankston YCW to just fi ve goals and trailed by three points at the major change.

However, rather than keep their foot on the jugular of the reigning premiers, they let their guaard down and the home side responded with seven goals to one in the third.

This effectively was the end of the game.

In the last quarter, it was a bit of a shootout with 10 goals being kicked, the Doggies managing to kick four.

Lew Roberts proved to be a handful for Mornington with six goals, while Ben Tellis continued his sensational season with three.

With Shane McDonald, David Hirst and Sam Lloyd, Tellis is among the best midfi elder-forwards in the business.

Ash Eames controlled the ruck for the Stonecats and Paul Wintle was outstanding in the back line.

Aidan Speedy was dangerous in attack for the Doggies with three goals, and Michael Bray, Matt Johnson and Chris Paxino were outstanding.

Defence: Karingal Bulls’ backline was the key to defeating Mt Eliza Redlegs on the weekend. Pictures: Andrew Hurst

Bulls gore Redlegs, YCW leash DoggiesBulls gore Redlegs, YCW leash Doggies


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NEPEAN DIVISIONBy Toe PuntRYE goalkicking sensation Justin Van Unen was restricted to a handful of touches and no goals against an intimidation Sorrento in MPNFL Nepean Division on Saturday, the second half of a split round.

Touted as the Nepean match of the round, the game was an absolute fi zzer, the Sharks smashing the Demons to the tune of 13 goals.

Van Unen, who was coming off All-Australian selection from the national country football championships, was well held by Chris Bagot.

Bagot has gone from being a spare parts player two seasons ago to the leading full-back in the competition.

He has become an A-grade defender, rarely gets caught out of position, reads the ball wonderfully well and does what every backman should do – concentrate on the footy and not his opponent.

This is why Bagot wins so much contested footy and takes a lot of marks for a last line defender.

However, it was the pressure up the ground that certainly helped Bagot and his fellow defenders on Saturday.

To beat Rye, you have to ensure they do not get run from half-back and the

ball does not end up in the hands of Adam Kirkwood streaming through the centre.

The likes of Ben and Sean Cain and Sam Smith have a great ability to win the contested footy and dish it out to fi nishers Leigh Morse, Kirkwood, Darren Booth and Josh Collie.

The Sharks had 14 goalkickers on Saturday, the major contributors being Josh Moore, Tyrren Head, Glenn Boy-ing ton and a returning Kayle Stringer-Morris with two each. Let’s hope Stringer-Morris can stay fi t and be part of the premiership defence.

Troy Schwarze was at his best, and Daniel Hickey and Guy Stringer played important roles.

Ben Winters-Kerr was very good for the Demons, as was Booth and Smith, while Cam Dunn also played one of his best senior games for the club.

The loss sees Rye drop to fi fth on the ladder, and on the same number of points as Frankston Bombers, but with a healthier percentage by about 50 per cent.

Dromana’s demolition of sides continued on Saturday when it crushed Crib Point in a half of football.

The Tigers booted 14 goals to fi ve in the fi rst two quarters and put the game beyond doubt.

Although the second half belonged to the Magpies, the Tigers still managed a fi ve-goal victory.

The Pies had no answer for Steven Gaert ner up forward, who booted fi ve goals, and Terry Wheeler was ex plo-sive with three.

Rikki Johnston was able to ven-ture forward and boot a couple while through the middle, Braedan Den nis, “Rocky” Lawrence and Ryan Slo-combe were dominant.

Johnny Flack booted fi ve for the Pies and was sensational throughout, David Cook and James Cook were fi ne contributors and Luke Herrington booted four and was among Crib Point’s best.

The Tigers remain in second place on the table, 40 per cent clear of Hastings in third.

Rosebud is in fourth place on the ladder, two points and 0.13 per cent behind Hastings after recording a healthy 55-point win over Somerville.

The Buds booted 10 goals to three in the opening half and shut-up shop after that. There were just seven goals kicked in the second half.

Ryan Spooner and Tommy Baker booted three goals each for the Buds, and Rhys Bancroft and Jamie Clarke continued their recent good form.

Once again, the Eagles went with youth. Troy Jacobson was back in the seniors from the under-18s, worked hard and was rewarded with a goal, and the likes of senior campaigners Leigh Stewart, Justin Farrelly and Ben Sedgewick led from the front.

Frankston Bombers maintained its push for the top fi ve with a hard-fought win against Pearcedale.

Things were tight early with just three points separating the sides at the main break.

However, the Bombers were able to lift their intensity in the second half, win the contested the footy and give forwards Brad Wakeling and Jay Reynolds fi rst opportunity.

Wakeling fi nished with his biggest haul for the year for the Bombers with fi ve majors, while Reynolds, Jake Fos-ter and Brian O’Carroll all kicked a couple.

Shawn Wilkey was outstanding in a tagging role, Haydn Moore continued his dominance in the ruck and around the ground, and Brad Harvey contin-ued his good form footy of the past fi ve weeks.

The Panthers couldn’t go with the Bombers in the second half, kicking 3.7 to the Bombers 6.10. The Bombers had 32 scoring shots to 23. Dean Jans-

sen was good for Pearcedale, as was Byron Hoe and Mitch White.

Devon Meadows climbed above Somerville on the Nepean ladder with an emphatic 38-point win against Tyabb.

Playing at home in the Den, Devon fi elded a pretty strong side and kicked eight goals in each half to outshine the Yabbies.

Ryan Talbot booted six for the home side and Daniel Velardo contributed four. When these guys are up and going and the supply is thick and fast, they are extremely hard to stop.

Billy Hayes and Jess Dehey were at their best, and Callum O’Hare domi-nated in the middle.

The Yabbies had few answers, although they did have some fi ne contributors.

Andrew Driscoll fi nished with four goals, Whalley, West and Booth performed well, and Matty Dimkos led his charges extremely well.

Fanged: Crib Point Magpies had no answers to the fast-starting Dromana Tigers and although the Pies outplayed the Tigers in the second half, Dromana recorded a fi ve-goal win.Pictures: Andrew Hurst

Sharks bite Rye; Crib, Somie, Tyabb downedSharks bite Rye; Crib, Somie, Tyabb downed



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MPNFL resultsPeninsula DivisionSeniorsBonbeach 3.2, 7.5, 13.7, 20.11 (131)Chelsea 4.2, 5.4, 11.5, 13.6 (84)Goals, Bonbeach: S. McDonald 6, S. Foster 3, A. Raso 3, P. Liston 2, R. Ferraro 1, P. Rebeschini 1, N. Hicks 1, B. Mathews 1, M. Tyrell 1, O. Hulett 1. Chelsea: C. Worner 4, L. Manders 3, R. Stewart 2, J. Odell 2, S. MacLeod 1, N. Herrington 1.Best, Bonbeach: S. McDonald, D. Smith, M. Tyrell, P. Rebeschini, J. Bull, J. NortonChelsea: D. Biagi, S. Carpenter, R. Lancaster, C. Worner, R. Stewart, S. MacLeod.

Seaford 4.4, 7.5, 12.17, 17.20 (122)Langwarrin 3.2, 5.5, 7.7, 9.11 (65)Goals, Seaford: B. Irving 5, M. Kraska 3, A. Walton 2, S. Lonie 2, S. Jones 1, A. Miller 1, G. Fricker 1, T. Shaw 1, B. Doyle 1. Langwarrin: A. Shaw 7, D. Wehner 1, D. Riley 1.Best, Seaford: L. Smith, A. Walton, R. Luxton, K. Shaw, B. Doyle, J. QuanchiLangwarrin: A. Shaw, J. Amalfi , D. Eames, M. Gill-Furness, J. Curry, M. Hogan.

Karingal 3.7, 6.12, 12.13, 17.17 (119)Mt Eliza 3.2, 4.5, 8.5, 8.7 (55)Goals, Karingal: D. Hirst 5, C. Hay 3, C. Dixon 2, B. Dunne 1, D. Proud 1, D. Noble 1, D. Alanis 1, S. Charalambous 1, M. Burke 1, S. McGarry 1. Mt Eliza: M. Lourey 3, S. Lockwood 2, S. Lloyd 2, J. Egan 1.Best, Karingal: D. Hirst, M. Burke, T. Hoad, S. Charalambous, C. Dixon, L. VanRaayMt Eliza: D. Barton, D. Gormley, B. Landry, S. Simpson, D. Emmons, J. Clayton.

Pines 6.3, 9.4, 16.5, 22.7 (139)Edi-Asp 3.2, 4.4, 9.6, 11.11 (77)Goals and best players: Not available.

Frankston YCW 2.1, 5.4, 12.7, 18.8 (116)Mornington 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 10.1 (61)Goals, Frankston YCW: L. Roberts 6, B. Tellis 3, B. Ulms 2, R. Morris 2, M. Chaplin 2, A. Harnett 1, A. Eames 1, J. Mazurek 1. Mornington: A. Speedy 3, P. Dadds 2, D. Villani 2, M. Johnston 1, C. Baker 1, K. Brouwer 1.Best, Frankston YCW: A. Eames, L. Roberts, P. Wintle, A. McIntyre, M. Roberts, J. Mazurek. Mornington: M. Bray, J. Connell, M. Johnston, A. Matthews, C. Paxino, K. Searle.

ReservesBonbeach 3.1, 7.2, 11.6, 11.7 (73)Chelsea 0.1, 3.2, 5.3, 8.5 (53)Goals, Bonbeach: Chelsea: J. Groves 2, A. Anderson 2, S. Leyshan 1, C. Charity 1, J. McConnell 1, B. Leitch 1Best, Bonbeach: Chelsea: A. Anderson, C. McCormack, L. Shelton, L. Caspersz, J. McConnell

Seaford 4.2, 8.2, 11.7, 12.7 (79)

Langwarrin 0.2, 3.5, 4.5, 6.8 (44)Goals, Seaford: A. Falzon 3, S. Straughair 3, C. Brooking 2, C. Hatzis 2, D. Chadwick 1, P. Azzopardi 1. Langwarrin: E. Humber 2, S. Herdman 2, J. Biggs 1, M. Wyss 1.Best, Seaford: C. Brooking, M. Smith, C. Hatzis, S. Straughair, P. Vyverberg, A. FalzonLangwarrin: W. Thomas, S. Herdman, B. Wehner, B. Harper, E. Humber, D. Hayes.

Karingal 6.0, 7.3, 11.4, 14.8 (92)Mt Eliza 1.2, 2.2, 5.2, 8.2 (50)Goals, Karingal: S. Gillings 3, A. Jack 2, A. Osborne 2, J. Eames 2, R. Jencke 2, M. Lindley 2, J. Matthews 1. Mt Eliza: R. Brock 3, T. Groot 3, B. Black 1, C. Ashdown 1.Best, Karingal: M. Lindley, J. Matthews, B. Kellerman, J. Fisher, T. Mottershead, A. JackMt Eliza: D. Kent, M. Cleary, J. Smale, M. Wilson, T. Campelj, T. Groot.

Pines 1.2, 6.2, 7.2, 11.4 (70)Edi-Asp 4.1, 4.2, 8.5, 10.5 (65)Goals, Pines: J. Berry 4, H. Clancy 2, C. Sutton 1, S. McPherson 1, B. Wicks 1, A. McPherson 1, D. Tedge 1. Edi-Asp: T. March 5, T. Talbot 2, M. Wade 1, B. Hume 1, M. Campbell 1.Best, Pines: G. Hendry, J. Berry, S. McPherson, A. McPherson, D. Tedge, S. Bishop. Edi-Asp: L. Foley, C. Wilson, R. Bedwell, L. Dyson, T. March, D. Graves.

Frankston YCW 4.2, 6.5, 12.5, 17.9 (111)Mornington 1.0, 1.1, 2.1, 2.1 (13)Goals, Frankston YCW: S. Meagher 5, C. Barker 3, D. Waddell 2, R. Hodson 1, D. Strickland 1, J. Coghlan 1, B. Buckley 1, C. Gonzalez 1, D. Neely 1, G. Smith 1. Mornington: C. Williams 1, S. Powell 1.Best, Frankston YCW: D. Strickland, M. Millman, S. Meagher, R. Hodson, J. Coghlan, D. Waddell. Mornington: D. McDowell, M. Mackenzie, J. Matthews, B. Loughrey, J. Hutchison, L. Harper.

Under-18sChelsea 1.1, 6.3, 6.5, 9.8 (62)Bonbeach 0.3, 0.6, 3.8, 6.8 (44)Goals, Chelsea: K. Harper 3, J. Symons 2, J. Chevalier 2, J. Bennett 1, M. Shaw 1. Bonbeach: A. Trowell 3, J. Bennett 2, J. Maxwell 1.Best, Chelsea: E. Greenway, J. Chevalier, J. Miller, R. Dickenson, M. Shaw, C. DodsonBonbeach: J. Bennett, A. Trowell, M. Brain, J. Maxwell, J. Mulholland, J. Sole.

Seaford 3.2, 3.2, 8.7, 12.11 (83)Langwarrin 1.4, 3.4, 6.5, 6.6 (42)Goals, Seaford: NA. Langwarrin: J. Johnsen 2, M. Edwards 1, N. Hammill 1, M. Prosser 1, M. Napier 1.Best, Seaford: NA.Langwarrin: M. Napier, J. Warrington, M. Edwards, B. Harkness, M. Gibson, C. Moore.

Edi-Asp 3.3, 5.8, 9.11, 13.13 (91)Pines 2.1, 3.2, 5.2, 8.3 (51)

Goals, Edi-Asp: S. Masson 3, T. Grayling 3, J. McCulloch 2, M. Byrnes 2, B. Chapman 2, H. Livesey 1. Pines: R. Archer 2, R. Uncle 2, D. Plane 1, J. Bezzene 1, N. Grohnert 1, B. Hodgkinson 1.Best, Edi-Asp: H. Livesey, S. Masson, K. Stewart, R. Morris, T. Grayling, J. Childs. Pines: P. Jackson, D. Plane, R. Chalkley, R. Archer, N. Grohnert, C. McEwan.

Frankston YCW 2.3, 3.5, 3.7, 5.9 (39)Mornington 0.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3 (27)Goals, Frankston YCW: C. Micari 2, R. Evans 1, J. Cheverly 1, K. Albanese 1. Mornington: A. Marshall 1, J. Stevens 1, D. Kempster 1, M. Lacey 1.Best, Frankston YCW: B. Hall, J. Chapman, T. Broersen, S. O’Donnell, C. Steele, J. Cheverly. Mornington: J. Moignard, M. Lacey, D. Kempster, L. Chandler, W. Goosey, M. Brock.

Nepean DivisionSeniorsDromana 7.1, 14.3, 17.5, 18.9 (117)Crib Point 2.3, 5.4, 11.7, 13.8 (86)Goals, Dromana: S. Gaertner 5, T. Wheeler 3, P. Minchington 2, J. Savage 2, R. Johnston 2, A. Bruhn 2, T. Banks 2. Crib Point: J. Flack 5, L. Herrington 4, D. Warry 2, J. Bromley 1, L. Hagean 1.Best, Dromana: D. Lawrence, A. Coyle, B. Dennis, R. Slocombe, S. Gaertner, D. Geurts. Crib Point: J. Flack, D. Cook, J. Cook, L. Herrington, D. Warry, W. Symes.

Frankston Bombers 3.7, 6.10, 10.14, 12.20 (92)Pearcedale 3.3, 6.7, 6.10, 9.14 (68)Goals, Frankston Bombers: B. Wakeling 5, J. Reynolds 2, J. Foster 2, B. O’Carroll 2, N. Lonie 1. Pearcedale: D. Murray 2, L. Cross 1, G. Becker 1, D. McCormack 1, P. Cadd 1, M. Smith 1, B. Hoe 1, P. Heijden 1.Best, Frankston Bombers: S. Wilkey, H. Moore, B. Harvey, L. Lewis, N. Lonie, B. Wakeling. Pearcedale: D. Janssen, B. Hoe, D. Bowes, M. White, D. Duncan, T. Lester.

Devon Meadows 3.3, 8.5, 11.9, 16.12 (108)Tyabb 2.2, 2.5, 6.7, 10.10 (70)Goals, Devon Meadows: R. Talbot 6, D. Velardo 4, L. Hoogenboom 2, A. Adams 2, L. Burke 1, C. O’Hare 1. Tyabb: A. Driscoll 4, C. Doria 2, T. Booth 2, D. Sherlock 1, N. Waterstone 1.Best, Devon Meadows: B. Hayes, G. Reedy, J. Dehey, R. Talbot, C. O’Hare, D. Velardo. Tyabb: A. Whalley, R. West, T. Booth, C. Doria, J. Anderson, M. Dimkos.

Sorrento 6.4, 9.6, 15.11, 18.16 (124)Rye 0.1, 4.6, 4.7, 6.11 (47)Goals, Sorrento: J. Moore 2, T. Head 2, G. Boyington 2, K. Stringer-Morris 2, D. Hickey 1, D. Phillips 1, D. Grant 1, B. Kenyon 1, N. Warner 1, D. Sanderson 1, T. Schwarze 1, L. Poholke 1, G. Johnson 1, S. Cameron 1.Rye: B. Holmes 2, G. Wilson 1, L. Morse 1, A. Dean 1, B. Winters-Kerr 1.

Best, Sorrento: C. Bagot, T. Schwarze, D. Hickey, G. Stringer, B. McCormack, J. Moore. Rye: B. Winters-Kerr, D. Booth, S. Smith, C. Dunn, G. Wilson, J. Collie.

Rosebud 4.4, 10.7, 12.9, 14.13 (97)Somerville 1.0, 3.1, 4.3, 6.6 (42)Goals, Rosebud: R. Spooner 3, T. Baker 3, J. Clarke 1, G. Bentley 1, D. Clarke 1, B. Payne 1, R. Bancroft 1, A. Rose 1, B. Davidge 1, J. Jarman 1. Somerville: T. Jacobson 1, R. Twyford 1, N. Brown 1, R. Hogenbirk 1, B. Sedgwick 1, J. Carter 1.Best, Rosebud: R. Bancroft, R. Spooner, J. Clarke, G. Bentley, C. Mulcair, B. Payne. Somerville: J. Edwards, L. Stewart, J. Farrelly, B. Sedgwick, J. Carter, R. Twyford.

ReservesDromana 1.6, 5.8, 9.11, 12.11 (83)Crib Point 1.1, 4.1, 5.3, 6.5 (41)Goals, Dromana: D. Day 3, W. Spencer 2, D. Lee 2, M. Heggen 1, G. Vella 1, C. Taylor 1, K. Voelkl 1, W. Peagram 1. Crib Point: M. Kleinig 4, K. Arnott 1, D. Edwards 1.Best, Dromana: K. Voelkl, G. Vella, B. Allen, C. Taylor, D. Norton, S. Banks. Crib Point: L. Conway, J. Wisken, D. Edwards, T. Beech, M. Kleinig, S. Sparkes.

Frankston Bombers 2.3, 6.7, 8.10, 11.11 (77)Pearcedale 1.1, 1.1, 2.2, 3.3 (21)Goals, Frankston Bombers: J. Kiss 3, D. Bence 3, M. Harris 2, D. Logan-Palser 2, R. Lia 1. Pearcedale: J. Smale 1, B. Hemburrow 1, A. Tate 1.Best, Frankston Bombers: D. Logan-Palser, T. Reints, H. McLenaghan, Z. Longham, S. Campbell, N. Phillips. Pearcedale: N. Wilcox, B. Hill, M. Horne, J. Smith, J. Davis, M. Shaw.

Devon Meadows 7.3, 13.7, 18.9, 22.12 (144)Tyabb 0.1, 0.1, 0.3, 1.4 (10)Goals, Devon Meadows: S. Kirkwood 3, J. Glover 3, A. Churchill 3, D. Collins 2, T. Saunders 2, R. Attwood 2, J. Henderson 2, L. Jones 2, L. Campbell 1, J. Bisognin 1, C. Biviano 1. Tyabb: B. Caldwell 1.Best, Devon Meadows: J. Henderson, N. Dumergue, J. Castello, C. Biviano, A. Churchill, D. Collins. Tyabb: J. Wall, S. Hemley, T. Elliott, B. Caldwell, H. Coulter, M. Frost.

Rye 0.2, 6.2, 7.4, 9.6 (60)Sorrento 1.2, 2.2, 5.2, 5.4 (34)Goals, Rye: T. Sawers 3, A. Fiddes 2, D. Cimino 1, D. Schwind 1, T. Woodford 1, H. Crowe 1. Sorrento: A. Balloch 2, P. Hall 1, M. Senior 1, A. Ring 1.Best, Rye: M. Dunn, B. Suffern, D. Kitchen, T. Woodford, D. Howie, D. Schwind. Sorrento: B. Feldhofer, M. Kennedy, J. Caspar, W. Clavin, P. Gorman, T. Sicuro.

Somerville 3.1, 8.3, 13.4, 16.6 (102)Rosebud 1.1, 4.2, 6.2, 9.3 (57)Goals, Somerville: B. Crowe 5, L. Forsyth 3, G. Austin 2, S. Crowe 1, B. Griffi ths 1,

J. Nicolson 1, M. Hughes 1, L. Preston 1, R. Palmer 1. Rosebud: L. Armstrong 3, J. Wilde 3, G. Thomson 1, J. Tuff 1, S. Wells 1.Best, Somerville: S. Crowe, R. Palmer, G. Austin, R. Muir, B. Crowe, P. Satur.Rosebud: S. Philistin, J. Tuff, L. Armstrong, M. Rose, C. Fulton, M. Watkins.

Under-18sDromana 3.3, 5.5, 11.6, 14.9 (93)Crib Point 2.1, 3.7, 4.7, 4.12 (36)Goals, Dromana: J. Brittliff 5, B. Quigley 2, J. McRae 2, A. Musgrave 1, C. Osorio 1, B. Davies 1, J. Fowler 1, J. Buchanan 1. Crib Point: B. Heritage 1, T. Precht 1, B. Hogan-Keogh 1, B. Chatters 1.Best, Dromana: J. Brittliff, J. Anthony, T. Francis, S. Geurts, J. McRae, B. Quigley. Crib Point: B. Hill, T. Precht, D. Briggs, A. Galvin, Z. Condick, K. Arnott.

Frankston Bombers 3.6, 5.6, 10.8, 13.12 (90)Pearcedale 0.2, 1.4, 3.5, 4.6 (30)Goals, Frankston Bombers: J. Salisbury 3, L. Walker 2, J. Walker 2, J. Francis 2, J. Foster 1, B. White 1, B. Sutton 1, J. Kingsbury 1. Pearcedale: J. Cassidy 2, J. Evans 1, N. Powell 1.Best, Frankston Bombers: J. Kingsbury, L. Walker, J. Francis, J. Barrington, B. Sutton, J. Walker. Pearcedale: M. Scott, N. Brown, B. Browne, W. Kennedy, S. Dentith, J. Evans.

Devon Meadows 3.5, 5.11, 5.14, 8.20 (68)Tyabb 1.0, 1.2, 2.3, 3.3 (21)Goals, Devon Meadows: S. Frawley 2, L. Duhig 2, J. Cleland 1, M. Healey 1, J. Ostler 1, W. Percy 1. Tyabb: C. Higgin 2, S. Rahilly 1Best, Devon Meadows: S. Mihevc, J. Campbell, L. Duhig, C. Spalding, K. Spring, J. Cleland. Tyabb: L. Pearson, J. Rowley, J. Wallworth, J. Coulter, C. Rich, J. Morhun.

Rye 1.1, 2.3, 6.5, 8.7 (55)Sorrento 5.0, 5.1, 6.3, 6.4 (40)Goals, Rye: J. Johnston 3, T. Dunstan 2, J. Crowe 1, L. Mullen 1, R. Tipene 1. Sorrento: M. Killey 2, S. Mann 2, M. Gardner 1, J. Tomkins 1.Best, Rye: H. Kingston, J. Noseda, Z. Byrns, M. Brown, L. Mullen, H. Wilson. Sorrento: J. Morgan, L. Croad, J. Brigden, S. Johnston, D. Burns, S. Moore.

Rosebud 3.1, 4.5, 5.9, 5.11 (41)Somerville 4.0, 5.6, 8.7, 11.12 (78)Goals, Rosebud: R. Bos 3, S. Mathieson 1, B. Garlick 1. Somerville: M. Hughes 3, J. Ryan 3, D. Marshall 2, C. Dalmau 1, M. Watts 1, L. Blunt 1.Best, Rosebud: D. Stephens, D. Clarke, B. Spina, H. Weston, W. Wain, T. Doolan. Somerville: D. Dickinson, D. Ryan, D. Marshall, C. Dalmau, M. Watts, H. Thompson



By Brian Tanner CASSIE Langdale is a special woman and the pride of Hastings Junior Football Club.

Cassie’s partner Heath Langdale died on 3 February 2010 while training with his beloved Westernport Warriors. At the time was coaching the under-12s at the club.

Not only has Cassie had to deal with this, but also the death of their precious daughter Caitlyn. Heath’s

legacy continues with Cassie’s commitment to helping out at the club.

When I approached her about becoming club secretary, Cassie had no hesitation in taking up the position even though she dislikes football.

Cassie wanted to help out as well as assist her son Connor continue playing football and provide him with a focus in diffi cult times. Heath would be proud of them.

An inspirational football mumAn inspirational football mum

Round 19 PreviewsFriday 3 AugustHawthorn v Geelong, MCG, 7.50pmIn the match of the round, two of the competition’s fi ercest rivals play to increase their momentum as the race to the fi nals heats up. The Hawks on the weekend made it eight wins on the trot and kicked 20 plus goals for the third time in four weeks. Captain Luke Hodge was inspirational, booting fi ve goals in his fi rst match back since round six. The team has consistently shown it isn’t reliant on Lance Franklin to kick goals Roughead, Gunston and Breust have proven this in the past three matches. The Cats continued to treat their home ground as a fortress when they prevailed against Adelaide in a tough game. The Hawks haven’t beaten the Cats since 2008, but between then and now they have never been in better form.Hawthorn by 23 points.

Saturday 4 AugustWestern Bulldogs v North Melbourne, Etihad Stadium, 1.45pmThe Kangaroos continue their push for fi nals when they meet the helpless Bulldogs. On the weekend the Bulldogs were shocking against the Saints; it was almost a mirror image

of the last time the teams clashed where the Dogs only kicked fi ve goals. Scoring has defi nitely been a problem this year, as in nine matches the Dogs have failed to kick 10 or more goals. The Kangaroos weren’t stretched against the Demons and won by 54 points. Robbie Tarrant kicked four, which should be enough to keep his spot in the side, denying Aaron Edwards the chance to play. First-year player Sam Gibson played his best game, earning 36 disposals.North Melbourne by 45 points.

GWS Giants v Port Adelaide, Skoda Stadium, 2.40pmFive weeks to go until fi nals and it’s safe to say neither of these sides has any chance of making it. The Giants looked okay in patches against Collingwood. Adam Treloar was particularly good, earning 37 disposals. Young forward Devon Smith played well, kicking three goals. The Power was pretty dismal against Fremantle, for three quarters at least, in which they kicked a total two goals. Port struggled to break through the Fremantle press until the last quarter when it was too little too late. The Power have improved this year and like many teams will be aiming for a strong fi nish to the season.Port Adelaide by 57 points.

Fremantle v West Coast, Patersons Stadium 4.40pmIn the second western derby of the year, fi nals are defi nitely on the agenda for both sides. For the Eagles it’s all about jumping back in the top

four, but they’re going to have to beat quality sides to do it. On a positive note, Jack Darling has worked his way back into form after kicking fi ve goals against the Lions. Young midfi elder Andrew Gaff also was excellent, earning 30 possessions; he teams well with the likes of Priddis and Masten. The Dockers had one of their dull, low-scoring wins against a weaker side. It was almost as though they stopped playing after three-quarter time in order to preserve their energy for this match. This should be a cracking game, but West Coast has a lot more strings to its bow.West Coast by 14 points.

Collingwood v St Kilda, MCG, 7.40pmThe Pies are back home this week, this time playing the Saints who are eyeing off a top eight berth. The Magpies did it pretty easily against the Giants; they started slow in most of the quarters but still managed to record a 120-point win. Troubled forward Travis Cloke was back in form and kicked six, and Dane Swan had 37 touches and fi ve goals. The Saints had a pretty easy run against the Bulldogs. It probably wasn’t as free-fl owing as they would have liked, but the 76-point win was pretty good. Brendon Goddard played his fi rst good game in six weeks. He’ll need to keep this form if the Saints want to make fi nals.Collingwood by 25 points.

Brisbane v Richmond, Gabba, 7.40pm

While all the attention will be on the game at the MCG, Richmond will be hoping to slide under the radar and get a win on the board after a trying month. It may be too soon to ask, but do the Tigers lose their heads in tight games when other teams relish it? If so, this will be the reason why they’re out of the fi nals race. The Lions also will be looking to forget the weekend. They were well and truly beaten up by a battle hardened West Coast. As the season comes to a close, their young players will struggle.Richmond by 25 points.

Sunday 5 AugustMelbourne v Gold Coast, MCG, 1.10pmTwo of the league’s cellar-dwellers will playoff on Sunday for pride and nothing else. Melbourne will be exceptionally desperate considering its past two losses have been pretty dismal and this is a game coach Mark Neeld will be expecting to win. In the midfi eld, Nathan Jones has been the sole consistent contributor. For the Suns they, like the Demons, will be looking to fi nish the season well and playing Melbourne is their best chance to grab a win. Hopefully for fans this will turn out to be a close match, but the Suns have to travel and this will play into the Demons hands.Melbourne by 17 points.

Carlton v Sydney, Etihad Stadium, 3.15pmThe result of this game will have a huge impact on these teams. For the Blues, a win would lock them

in as a favourite to make the fi nals, depending on Essendon’s form slump. You can’t help but admire Carlton after the season they’ve had to be able to fi ght back. Inexperienced players like Bell, Casboult, Dale, Davies and McInnes were in the win against Richmond. Sydney was in cruise control in the win over the Suns. It was the usual suspects in O’Keefe, Kennedy and Jack dominated the game through the midfi eld. This should be a good match if the Blues play like they did on the weekend, but there’s a reason Sydney sits in fi rst place.Sydney by 36 points.

Adelaide v Essendon, AAMI Stadium, 4.40pmRound 19 ends with a top eight clash. The Crows will be keen to make up for the loss in Geelong and will be bolstered by the return of ruckman Sam Jacobs. In positional terms the loss didn’t affect Adelaide too much, but psychologically the loss could fan the fl icker of doubt that may cost them come fi nals time. The Bombers have plunged and don’t look like stopping. There’s only so long you can cover injuries before playing fi rst-rate football becomes unrealistic. On a positive note, mature-age recruit Mark Baguley looks a likely type in defence.Adelaide by 58 points.

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Friday night blockbuster Hawks v CatsFriday night blockbuster Hawks v Cats

Time to ‘stack’Time to ‘stack’THIS is the time of year when teams that appear to be out of the fi nals race stack their reserves teams.

It’s also a time to ensure under-18s who have played a lot of senior footy are back with their teen-age teammates in preparation for a fi nals campaign.

It is interesting to note some of the players who are playing in the twos for Somerville.

Ben Crowe, who was playing in the Frankston Dol-phins’ seniors 12 months ago, booted fi ve goals in the Magoos on the weekend.

Luke Forsyth, Stephen Crowe and Guy Austin were also running around in the reserves. Weeks pri-or to that, Todd Farrelly was in the Magoos.

It looks to me the Eagles are loading up for a tilt at the reserves fl ag.

Query over finals venuesQuery over finals venuesONCE again, the MPNFL has got it wrong with the selection of the Nepean Division fi nals venues.

Finals are a showcase of football in any league. The best teams playing the best football at the best venues – or supposedly.

Why would Somerville and Pearce dale football grounds be the venues for fi nals football?

We have the four best grounds on the southern pen-insula at Dromana, Rosebud, Rye and Sorrento yet the league continues to use only Rosebud.

If it’s about convenience for league offi cials or helping some clubs raise revenue, this is not in the best interests of the Nepean Division footy fans.

On the other hand, Pines and Frankston Park are the venues for Peninsula Division fi nals, which is logical and correct.Editor’s note: MPNFL operations manager Ian Ben-son said the league had asked all clubs for expres-sions of interest regarding hosting fi nals, a process that had been followed for the past few years.He said submissions had been received from six clubs – Hastings, Pearcedale, Rosebud, Rye, Somer-ville and Tyabb, but not from Dromana and Sorrento, and the board had decided not to use Rye. Netball fi nals will be played at Pearcedale and Rosebud.

Like father like son: Connor gets a kick away under pressure in the Under-11s. Picture: Andrew Hurst

Cassie is an inspiration to all parents. No matter what tragedy life brings, there is always good that comes out of it. On behalf of everyone at the club, we would like to thank Cassie and recognise the time and effort she is putting in to help the club. Brian Tanner is president of Hastings Junior Football Club.



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On the ball: New Seaford signing Michael Cooke, left, is challenged by Skye’s Djuro Mirkovic. Picture: Michelle Seeley

By Craig MacKenzieSEAFORD United’s season could hinge on the outcome of this week-end’s top-of-the-table clash against Caulfi eld United Cobras at North Sea-ford Reserve.

Seaford slumped to a shock 3-1 home loss in Saturday’s Provisional League 2 derby showdown with Skye United.

Goals from Frank Dimu and Cris-tian Espinoza ensured that the visitors went into the interval with a comfort-able buffer, but Dimu twice had the chance from the penalty spot to put the game out of reach only to shoot straight at Seaford keeper Paul Seeley.

Djuro Mirkovic gave Skye an unas-sailable lead in the second half, while new signing Michael Cooke got the consolation for the home side.

“Saturday’s game is huge,” said Sea-ford coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor.

“If we drop games now we could just about kiss goodbye to our chances of doing something this season.”

Taylor will bring Daniel Hodge into the squad to face Caulfi eld and is hop-ing English import Luke Gale is avail-able after a six-week injury absence.

Langwarrin is in danger of being drawn into the State League 2 rele-gation battle after losing 1-0 away to Noble Park United on Saturday and having to travel to fellow struggler Diamond Valley this weekend.

Vedran Tanasic settled the issue in the 70th minute when he got clear on the right of the Langy penalty area and gave Michael Sivulja no chance with a clinical strike.

Langy’s best chance fell to young striker Liam Ryan, but he failed to convert, shooting straight at fi ll-in No-ble Park custodian Grujo Mrdic.

Langy hopes to have Chris Quinn and Boris Ovcin available after injury for Saturday’s vital fi xture, and central defender Chris McKenna is back from suspension.

If Langwarrin loses to Diamond Val-ley it will be its fourth straight loss, a fi rst in the 14-year coaching reign of peninsula legend Gus Macleod.

Peninsula Strikers enjoyed a fi ve-goal feast at the expense of promotion-chasing Springvale City at Centenary Park on Saturday.

Sait Uygur scored the fi rst four goals of a lopsided contest and Alex Akrivopoulos rounded off the score-line.

Uygur’s second goal in the fi rst half was the strike of the game given the stunning lead-up work by central striker Ben Caffrey.

“Caff” beat three opponents then drew the keeper before squaring the ball to Uygur who blasted it high into the Springvale net from close range.

Strikers’ coach Jamie Skelly knows that it’s a long shot but he hasn’t given up hope of grabbing second place in the State League 3 promotion race.

“We play all the sides around us in the next three games and that will de-cide what happens,” he said.

“We’re eight points adrift [of sec-ond] with a game in hand so we can’t afford to lose another game this sea-son.”


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