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COMMUNITY groups arecalling on Metronet toimprove the concrete-cen-tric concept design of theBayswater train stationupgrade.

The four-platform andtwo-island station willservice the Midland line,Forrestfield-Airport Linkand Morley-Ellenbrookline.

A higher rail bridgeover King William andCoode streets along withan elevated principalshared path along What-ley Crescent will be builtas part of the project.

Over the past month onseveral Facebook grouppages and Metronet Q&Aonline sessions and meet-ings, members of the com-munity have voiced their

views on the conceptdesign.

Some of the concernsinclude the concrete lookof the design, the shelterslooking like outdoortables from Bunnings,lack of parking and noescalators being included.

The two carparks onWhatley Crescent areexpected to close in Octo-ber, with the PublicTransport Authority(PTA) encouraging peopleto park at Meltham orAshfield stations wheremore parking is available.

Future Bayswater Incchair Paul Shanahan saidhe was pleased Metronetand construction teamsseemed to have listened tothe concerns raised,including changes to the

Concrete plansKristie Lim

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The Railway Museumin Bassendean has re-opened after closingdurin g the coronavi-rus pandemic.

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original design. “The issues we want to see

addressed are the large con-crete columns and bulkypier caps, the unappealingdesign and limited protec-tion provided by the shel-ters, the lack of anyescalators which are provid-ed in other new stations, andthe need for better designintegration of the shops pro-posed at the station,” hesaid.

“Community concernsare mounting regarding thelarge viaduct that wasrecently announced, thatwould impact on the ameni-ty of neighbours and possi-bly deter future investmentin the revitalisation of thetown centre.”

Respect Bayswater’s Heri-tage Heart spokeswomanAngie Maher said the groupdid not believe the “bulkygrey concrete design” refe-renced Bayswater’s heritagetown centre.

“It is in fact completelyincongruous,” she said.

“We would hate this to setthe tone for future planningin the area where we end upwith tilt up concrete highrise. We have genuine con-cerns that after-the-fact pub-lic art on this huge stationwill really just be like slap-ping lipstick on a pig.

“Bayswater’s heritage cer-tainly deserves more respectthan this.”

Bayswater HistoricalSociety president Keith Cle-ments said many membersconsidered their time waswasted after two years ofconsultation.

“The concept shown to usdoes not reflect any of ourexpectations and as theBayswater village is our his-toric context, the proposalpresented seems to ignore

this,” he said.PTA spokesman David

Hynes said Metronet wasaware of concerns about thelatest concept design, whichwould continue to berefined.

“This includes softeningthe concrete structure, par-ticularly the two faces of thebridge; this can be donethrough a variety of finish-es, treatments and publicart,” he said.

“Improvements (to bridgepiers) are actively underconsideration but it’s worthnoting that these piers havea tough job holding 400tonnes of bridge for the next125 years, so a bulky lookmay be unavoidable.

“We are seeking the bestbalance between making thestructure as minimalistic aspossible and ensuring pas-sengers are protected fromthe elements.”

Mr Hynes said otherrefinements included hav-ing as much greenery as pos-sible, integrating the town’sheritage, easing pedestrianaccess across Whatley Cres-cent, integrating Indigenouselements into the public artand appointing a public artco-ordinator.

“While we have madeevery effort to incorporatecommunity feedback intothe design, there are somefixed elements,” he said.

“Community consultationon Bayswater so far has beenthe most comprehensive ofany project of this scale inthe Public Transport Au-thority’s history, with morethan 1500 community mem-bers reached over three sur-veys, 15 drop-in informationsessions, four stalls at com-munity events, 10 Commun-ity Advisory Groupmeetings and two work-shops on placemaking andpublic art.”

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SELF-DEFENCE classeswill be offered to Abor-iginal children to enablethem to learn from experi-enced trainers.

A number of organisa-tions have banded togetherto sponsor a free programteaching self-defence skillsto Aboriginal kids aged sixto 12, starting next term.

The classes will be heldfrom 4.30pm on Thursdaysat Legends Academy onWalcott Street in Coolbinia.

The initiative is a collab-oration between charity or-

ganisation BlackbirdsCulture, Roogenic, Chrys-tall Cooper Bodywork andLegends Academy.

Blackbirds culture direc-tor and program creatorDanni Cameron said shewanted to provide some-thing extra to the commun-ity as Naidoc Week wasrescheduled this year.

“We have enough fund-ing for two terms,” she said.

“What I’m hoping for isthat we’re actually able toget more classes a week.”

Ms Cameron said they

were always looking atways to engage young chil-dren in activities to buildtheir self-esteem.

“This was just an after-noon thing that we werethinking about and it wasactually in the light ofBlack Lives Matter,” shesaid.

“They’re not only goingto learn how to defend,they’re also going to learnhow to problem solve... andthey learn the respectthrough having a seniorstaff member.

“They’ll learn the cor-rect technique for boxing,and they’ll learn some ofthe Muay Thai techniquesas well.

“I really want to see us domore things for our kids tokeep them busy and keepthem focused, and it’s cre-ating things like this that isgoing to give them more op-portunities they may nothave had.”

For more information,email [email protected] Budihardjo

Xavier Cameron takes part in free self-defence classes at Legends Academy boxing gym. Picture: Andrew Ritchie

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A MAYLANDS man is

accused of stealing a

$6000 guitar from a pop-

ular Perth music store.

Police charged the 27-

year-old over theft of the

Gretsch White Falcon

guitar from Kosmic

Sound in Osborne Park

on July 7.

According to police,

the man placed the

instrument in a guitar

case and left the store

about noon.

Roy Orbison and Neil

Young famously played

the valuable white and

gold guitar.

Facingthe music

THE City of Bayswater is

wrapping up its Art on

Eighth art program in May-

lands due to difficulties with

artwork regularly falling off

the planter boxes.

Five local artists have

showcased their work on the

boxes on Eighth Avenue

over the past year and a half.

Contractors have tried

attaching stickers, drilling

holes into the planters to

attach artworks and attach-

ing images with Velcro to an

aluminium composite back-

ing.

The City’s COVID-19

Relief and Recovery com-

mittee last week agreed to

allocate $20,000 to remove

existing artworks and man-

ufacture new longer-term

cladding that did not require

continuous maintenance.

Mayor Dan Bull said the

program was one of several

City initiatives to showcase

local artists in the Maylands

town centre.

“The planter boxes will be

refreshed with colourful

plants to improve the attrac-

tiveness of the streetscape,”

he said. “The decision not to

continue with the program

was in part due to difficulty

in attaching the artwork.”

Art slips awayKristie Lim

Rosalyn Anderson's previous artwork as part of the Art onEighth program Picture: Kristie Lim

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THE most impressive greenthumbs in the City of Bays-water have been recognisedas part of its 2020 GardenAwards.

Now in its 39th year, theawards acknowledge thecommunity’s best gardensand the people behind them.

The awards were broughtforward to encourage peopleto make the most of theirextra time at home whileCOVID-19 restrictions werein place.

Winners include SusanBagnato for best edible gar-den, Rhiannon and JonnyChristie (best verge garden),Jeremy Bower (open gardenaward) and the Roxy LaneGarden (best sustainablegarden). John Forrest Sec-ondary College took homethe best school garden titleand Cobden Street residentswon the most sustainablestreet award.

Mayor Dan Bull said theawards were a small way forthe City to show its apprecia-tion to residents who con-tributed to a greener city.

“This year has certainlybeen a challenging one forall, but it was incrediblyinspiring to see people in theCity make the most of theirextra time at home throughgardening,” he said.

“It’s no secret that the Cityof Bayswater is alreadyhome to some of Perth’s bestgardens.”

Green with envy

Best School Garden: John Forrest Secondary College in Morley.

Open Garden Category winner: Joan Bowerin Bayswater.

Best Verge Garden winner: Rhiannon and Jonny Christie inBayswater.

Best Sustainable Garden winners - Roxy Lane Community Garden in Maylands.Best Edible Garden winner: Susan Bagnato, of Bayswater.

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A JEWISH community

group in Noranda has

received almost $200,000 to

improve security.

Chabad Lubavitch of WA

uses its Garson Court facili-

ty for synagogue services,

adult education, children’s

programs and other com-

munity services.

It received $197,000 from

the Federal Government’s

Safer Communities Fund for

34 CCTV cameras, six secur-

ity lights, fencing and gates,

a video intercom system and

60 bollards, all aimed at

deterring intruders and

other threats.

The fund is intended to

help schools, places of wor-

ship, community organisa-

tions and local councils fight

violence and anti-social

behaviour driven by racial

or religious intolerance.

WA Senator Dean Smith

visited the group this

month, meeting Rabbi Sha-

lom White and his team, and

joining in one of the school

holiday children’s work-

shops currently being run

there.

“It’s unfortunate, but the

reality is that the communi-

ty here has had security con-

cerns for some time,

including for the kids who

spend time here,” he said.

“This significant security

upgrade means they can

head into what I’m sure is a

very bright future with

increased confidence.”

Funding givespeace of mind

Senator Dean Smith with Rabbi Shalom White and kids from the community.

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MORE than 1000 people have

banded together to form a

group in a bid to fast-track

the relocation of their

beloved Bayswater Skate

Park, which has to make way

for a Metronet station car-

park.

Locals, riders and skate-

boarders have joined Bays-

water Skate Park

Community Facebook page

since its inception on July 9.

The skate park at Wotton

Reserve in Embleton is a

large concrete park with a

12-foot steel halfpipe, table-

tops, rails, a small bowl,

banks and BMX dirt jumps

and is loved by professionals

and beginners. It will be

demolished and made into a

400-bay multi-deck carpark

as part of the new Morley

train station, which will be

built at the Tonkin Highway

median under the Broun

Avenue bridge.

The group wants to work

with Metronet and the City

of Bayswater on a new loca-

tion, sooner rather than

later so that users did not

wait several years.

The State Government is

funding the new skate park,

but the City and community

will help decide its location

and design.

Crimea Park, Houghton

Park, the park next to Bays-

water Waves and Addlestone

Reserve have been touted as

possible locations on the

group’s Facebook page.

Embleton resident George

Krasnoff, who started the

page and lives near the park,

said he accepted that the

relocation was unavoidable

and wanted to find a good

solution.

“I want to bring all that

information together from

various sources about the

skate park and put it into one

place so that some people

that want to know about

what’s happening and what

is likely to happen,” he said.

“We are not trying to save

the skate park – that is

unfair because the train sta-

tion will be there for eve-

ryone.

“We just want to make

sure that the people who use

it aren’t left out.”

Mr Krasnoff’s daughter

Fiona Krasnoff is the 2020 14

years and under scooter

state champion who was

meant to compete at nation-

als before it was cancelled

due to COVID-19. Mr Kras-

noff said his daughter and

other kids would be very sad

and shattered to see the

skate park go.

Bayswater resident Josh

Eveson, one of the page’s

admins, said the group

wanted to get the best skate

park fairly close to the cur-

rent one, but they had not

come up with a suitable loca-

tion yet.

The group is working on a

documentary about the his-

tory of the skate park.

A Metronet spokesperson

said it was aware of the com-

munity’s intentions and

held a survey in April on

options through the Morley

Station Precinct Concept

Master Plan process.

Bayswater Mayor Dan

Bull said the City would con-

tinue to work with the State

Government and communi-

ty to ensure a new skate park

was built.

Search for anew skate park

Regular users of the Bayswater Skatepark at Wotton Reserve include three current statechampions.

Kristie Lim

THE Railway Museum in

Bassendean has reopened

its doors after being closed

since March due to the

COVID-19 pandemic.

The historic museum,

which has a significant col-

lection of items from WA

Government Railways,

closed on March 22 and reo-

pened on July 5.

It is now open on Sundays

from 1pm to 5pm.

Rail Heritage WA secret-

ary Ian Studham said the

reopening reminded volun-

teers what they were there

for: to promote and display

WA’s rich railway history.

“To have visitors wander-

ing around and appreciating

our exhibits after an absence

of so long was a very wel-

come change,” he said.

“As a volunteer non-profit

organisation, the gate tak-

ings are a very important

revenue stream for Rail Her-

itage WA and we have not

stopped spending money

during the shutdown so it

was a welcome relief to see

some income after so long.

“A core of our volunteers

kept attending the museum

during the shutdown in

order to keep a presence on

site for security purposes.

“The first day back, we

had to re-adjust to the

sounds of children enjoying

themselves and the sights of

visitors once again wander-

ing between the exhibits.”

Given most displays were

outside, Mr Studham said

there were not any restric-

tions on numbers as the

building could comfortably

hold 20 people observing the

2 sq m distancing rule.

Mr Studham said the main

exhibition hall remained

close due to refurbishments.

“One-way traffic has been

instituted through all of the

carriages that are open to

the public so we can min-

imise situations of people

coming face-to-face in

enclosed circumstances,” he

said. “Surfaces such as han-

drails and within public res-

trooms are wiped down with

disinfectant prior to the

opening of the museum,

midway through the after-

noon and again with a final

clean upon closure.”

Museum back on track

Rail Heritage WA secretaryIan Studham. Picture:Andrew Ritchie

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WASTELESS Pantry in Bas-

sendean has launched a

plastic-free delivery service

to locals during the

COVID-19 pandemic.

The team extended its

online Click and Collect ser-

vice to include the delivery

service Click 2 Refill.

Locals can buy goods in ei-

ther paper bags or returna-

ble jars, avoiding any waste

going to landfill.

The service was launched

in time for the 10th anniver-

sary of the Plastic Free July

challenge, where people

commit to avoid disposable

plastic such as water bottles,

takeaway coffee cups and

shopping bags for one day to

a month in July.

Co-owner Amanda

Welschbillig said being able

to shop plastic free from

home made it accessible for

the community to join in the

Plastic Free July challenge,

despite the difficulties of the

pandemic.

Co-owner Jeannie

Richardson said they want-

ed the community to reduce

their waste without compro-

mising on convenience.

“We are very happy to be

able to pack goods in our jars

that can be returned at a

later date for a refund,” she

said.

For information, visit the

Wasteless Pantry and Plas-

tic Free July websites.

War on waste

Wasteless Pantry Mundaring team member Melanie Jolly.

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WELCOME MERGER

DELIGHTED to see Bays-

water may consider merg-

ing with Bassendean.

In my opinion, the Bas-

sendean Town Council has

been performing patheti-

cally in recent times.

Even though State and

Federal governments have

offered monies and assis-

tance for council projects

such as the replacement of

the jetties removed and

other important historical

sites, this council finds it

all too hard.

GERRY COLEMAN,Bassendean

LEAVE WELL ALONE

AN open letter to Bayswa-

ter councillors: I am writ-

ing to you as a resident of

the Town of Bassendean.

I note with interest item

11.1 on the agenda for the

next council meeting.

While it is notionally

positive to share resources

etc, this agenda item seems

to be suggesting a return to

the amalgamation debate.

This debate was a major

distraction for years, con-

suming time, energy and

resources away from local

councils’ real work. As you

may recall, after years of

uncertainty the Town of

Bassendean and the City of

Bayswater remained au-

tonomous.

I see no reason why au-

tonomous local govern-

ments cannot share

resources, as neighbours

do, without the costly and

destabilising process of

amalgamation again

becoming the focus of so

much distraction.

There is nothing pre-

venting open communica-

tion and sharing as things

already stand.

NONIE JEKABSONS,Bassendean

RETHINK SKATE PARK

WHILE I think skate parks

are a great place for kids to

get out and exercise, the

location at the Redcliffe

Bridge is not appropriate.

This area is already

known for criminal ele-

ments due to its hidden

location; you would be ask-

ing for trouble.

Graffiti, vandalism,

fighting, drug dealing not

to mention fires are con-

tinuously lit, so much so

that the council had to

replace the bins with metal

bins and put up reward

signs for information lead-

ing to people lighting fires.

Skate parks are tradi-

tionally in a very public

place like on the corner of

busy roads like the one in

Belmont and the one in

Bassendean, so they have

access to public amenities,

emergency services if

needed, not hidden away

under a bridge.

They are also usually

next door to some sporting

complex for good reason.

Not to mention being

near the river there is a lot

of traffic around already

with boating people, fish-

ing, other water activities,

dog walking , bushwalking

and birdwatching. We

don’t need more noise,

traffic and litter.

There is a lot of birdlife

that would be impacted by

a noisy unsupervised

skate park. I’ve been walk-

ing under the Redcliffe

Bridge for over 20 years

twice a day and I have seen

a lot of dodgy stuff going

on which I usually report

to the rangers but they say

they’re not allowed in that

area because it belongs to

Main Roads, so who is

going to deal with all of

that?

It’s OK to have a large

concrete jungle skate park

on busy roads but it’s not

acceptable to have it near

the river.

It will spoil the natural

environment and I’m sure

will increase crime and

anti-social behaviour, so

who’s going to police this

in that hidden location?

It is not an ugly, unused

derelict space, there is lots

of birdlife there. It’s very

quiet, tranquil down there

and there is a lot of nature

to see.

It is not the place for a

skate park.

SHARON JACQUELINE,Bayswater

OPINION

BOOZE RAIDBASSENDEAN

KIARA police are search-

ing for two men linked to

stealing a box of Jack

Daniel’s from a liquor store.

The incident happened on

July 11. Quote reference

number 110720 1316 88909.

BOTTLE OUTBASSENDEAN

KIARA police are seeking

the public’s help in identify-

ing a man who stole a bottle

of wine from a liquor store.

The incident happened on

July 12.

Quote reference number

120720 1357 88859.

TROLLEYTHEFTMORLEY

POLICE are searching for

a woman who stole a trolley

full of groceries worth $775

at a supermarket on Walter

Road West.

Just after 4pm, a woman

went to the supermarket and

selected a number of grocer-

ies. She walked out between

two checkouts.

Staff who were serving

other customers called out

to her but she refused to stop.

She is described as aged

about 40 years, with a solid

build and dark hair. She was

wearing a black zip-up jum-

per over a white top, black

pants, black thongs and was

carrying a grey handbag.


9688.

SCRATCH UPMORLEY

POLICE are seeking the

public’s help in identifying a

man who scratched a

woman’s car at a shopping

centre on Collier Road.

About 11am on March 3, a

woman in her 70s parked in a

vacant car bay.

A man got out of a nearby

car, banged on her window

before getting back into his

car and driving away.

The woman left her car

and went inside the shop-

ping centre.

A short time later, a wit-

ness approached the woman

and said the man used a key

to scratch her car.

She returned to her car to

find a long and deep scratch

on the front passenger side

door.

The man is described as

aged between 60 and 70 years

with a solid build and grey

balding hair and facial hair.

He was wearing a light-

coloured short sleeved shirt.


9674.

BIG STINKPERTH

POLICE are seeking the

public’s help in identifying a

man linked to stealing col-

ogne from a store on Hay

Street.

About 4pm on June 26, the

man browsed the store

before heading to the per-

fume section and selected a

cologne. He put the cologne

in his bag before walking out

of the store.

The man is described as

tan-skinned with a medium

build, dark hair and a goatee.

He was wearing a white

t-shirt, camouflage cap,

black wrist watch and black

bum bag and had a tattoo on

his right forearm.


9697.

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16 LIFESTYLE July 23, 2020

THE rooftop of the ArtGallery of WA will betransformed into asculpture park and avenue for up to 500people.

ADCO Constuctionshas been given thecontract by the StateGovernment for theproject, which will alsoinvolve the creation of anexternal lift andskybridge from the PerthCultural Centre precinctand a new internalgallery.

Conservation labs willbe moved from the roofto the basement andgiven better facilities forthe conservation,preservation andpreparation of works forthe State Art Collection.

The roofspace, calledElevate, has beendesigned by Perth-basedfirm TAG Architects andSydney firm fjmt and is

expected to be finished byJanuary.

Noongar artistChristopher Pease hasbeen commissioned tocreate a 34-metre longartwork that will wraparound one third of therooftop wall.

The Art Gallery willalso soon appoint anIndigenous AssociateCurator to focus onNoongar art.

WA born New-Yorkbased artist Ian Strangewill be guest artisticdirector.

“Elevate will providestunning views of theHills, the city skyline andthe New Museum, andthe combination ofrooftop events, artworksand people will addvibrancy to the PerthCultural Centreprecinct,” Culture andthe Arts Minister DavidTempleman said.

Elevated thinkingAn artist’s impression of the Art Gallery roofspace.

WA writers will have thechance to engage withastronomers to write amonologue for NationalScience Week.

Throughout July, writerscan work with researchersfrom the InternationalCentre for RadioAstronomy Research(ICRAR) at CurtinUniversity and theUniversity of WesternAustralia to compose acreative non-fictionmonologue.

The winning monologueswill be showcased througha digital platform duringNational Science Week,which runs from August 15to 23. The monologues willalso be performed atAstronomy WA’s Astrofestin 2021.

The competition is run byICRAR and partially fundedby the West AustralianCoordinating Committee.

Organiser and Highgateartist Claire Bowen, whoworked with scientiststhrough art, said art andsciences have collaboratedfor the whole of recordedhistory.

“STEAM (STEMincluding the A for Arts) isa great place to work,” shesaid. “I have enjoyed twodecades in a career thatallowed me to work in theengineering and tertiary

education system while Iwas a working artist at thesame time.

“I know that there areartists in the sciences andscientists in the arts, andnow they get to show otheryoung women that a careerin both is possible.”

East Perth resident andPhD student Kathryn Rossis researching activegalactic nuclei and galaxyevolution using the MWATelescope.

She was inspired bycaptain Kathryn Janeway

from TV series, Star Trek:

Voyager to to work in theStem field. Ms Ross, apassionate advocate forwomen in Stem, saidNational Science Week wasabout inspiring the nextgeneration of scientists.

“I think it’s a great way tostart a national dialogueabout the importance ofscience and the integralrole it plays in our society,”she said.

“Stem needs diversity ofthought to progress.

“Problems that have been

facing scientists for decadesmay just need a differentperspective or differentapproach to be solved.

“We see time and timeagain that including womenin the discussion enrichesthe project. If people wishto become a scientist it isour duty to make sure thereis nothing that is stoppingor hindering that dream.”

For information, visitwww.icrar.org/outreach-education/outreach-initiatives/nswk-mono-logue-competition.

Written in the starsKristie Lim

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July 23, 2020 SPORT 21

WA’s most promising junior

baseball players returned to

the field with flying colours

at the Junior State Baseball

Championships last week.

About 150 players aged

from 11 to 15 years from

Perth metropolitan clubs

were divided into 12 teams

across three age levels at the

Morley Eagles’ home

ground, Crimea Park, from

July 13 to 18.

The Eagles had five

players in the champion

under-12 Eastern Phantoms

team and four players in the

under-13 Western Suns

team.

Morley Eagles club pres-

ident Phil Kendall said the

championships was a

resounding success.

“The enthusiasm of the

attendees made this an event

that will be long remem-

bered,” he said.

“A baseball carnival in

July is not a common occur-

rence, but this year has been

uncommon in many ways

and we are all trying to make

the best of the situation we

are in, especially for our

younger generation.

“The fact the baseball car-

nival could proceed at this

time after such a long hiatus

gave it an atmosphere that

will not be easily replicated

in the future and made all

who could attend extra

grateful for the opportunity

to do so.

“Despite some inclement

weather during the week, no

games were missed and the

playing fields were kept in

pristine condition by our

hard working volunteer

grounds crew.

“We are also very fortu-

nate that we have use of the

field at Crimea Road that is

one of only a handful of loca-

tions in WA available to use

for baseball all year round.”

Kendall thanked Bayswa-

ter Council and volunteers.

“We all realise that health

of the community is the

most important factor but it

was fantastic to see some

reward for the sacrifices eve-

ryone has made,” he said.

“This carnival was the

first time that many friends

had a chance to meet again

after a long break and sig-

nalled a significant step

towards acting as a more

‘normal’ community again.”

Eastern Phantoms coach

Dan Calverley, whose team

had players from Morley and

Wembley, said having Mor-

ley players substantially

represented in the two of the

three winning teams was a

fantastic highlight.

Kendall said the Eagles,

who were the current state

league premiers, were look-

ing forward to having their

best season yet this upcom-

ing summer.

Baseball strikes upon returnKristie Lim

Western Suns and Morley Eagles player Kruiz Mamudoski.Pictures: Trudy Calverley and Shelley Lantzke

Western Suns and Morley Eagles player Ben Crooks.

Eastern Phantoms championship team.

Eastern Phantoms and Morley Eagles players GeorgeCalverley and Toby Franklin.

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BMW has lifted the cover

off its updated M5 sports

sedan, which will arrive in

Australia in October.

Most important for

driving enthusiasts, the

upgrades include a retuned

chassis and suspension

set-up with new shock

absorbers, all to sharpen

driving dynamics.

The exterior has been

tweaked to include an

updated kidney grille,

which drops further into

the front apron, without

being as extreme as the new

4 Series’ grille.

The front apron also has

more defined contours and

bigger air intakes, with the

hexagonal central air

intake incorporating the oil

cooler and radar sensor for

the adaptive cruise control.

There are new L-shaped

tubes on the headlights,

which include BMW’s

Individual Shadow Line

lights, providing a

dark-tinted accent to the

brand’s Laserlight system.

Elsewhere, there are

ample M-specific touches

such as the gills, wing

mirrors and a carbon-fibre

reinforced plastic roof join

and the grille’s double bars.

Black styling elements

further separate the M5

from the regular 5 Series

range.

Inside, updates include a

12.3-inch infotainment

screen, centre console

buttons from the M8 and

more.

The M5 also scores the

multi-function seats found

in other M variants.

There are no changes to

the engine or transmission,

with a 4.0-litre twin turbo

V8 paired to an eight-speed

automatic transmission

sending some 460kW and

750Nm of torque to all four

wheels.

It will do 0-100km/h in 3.3

seconds and 0-200km/h in

10.8.

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