Photo

courtesy John Amiet

Sandringham Foreshore Association Newsletter

-Summer/Autumn 2018

SANDRINGHAM FORESHORE ASSOCIATION (SFA)

Founded January 2007

ABN 42947116512

A CHARITABLE NOT FOR PROFIT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION

SFA , PO Box 52 Sandringham 3191

Email: sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au
Website: http://sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com/
Patrons of SFA:
Professor Tim Flannery, former resident of Sandringham and Australian of the Year 2007

Professor John Long, Professor of Palaeontology with the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Flinders
University
"We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the waters and lands on which we live and work,
and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present”

From the president of SFA, Dr Vicki Karalis AM

Increased momentum for Beaumaris Bay to be added to the National Heritage List

Good news everyone!

Nomination of Beaumaris Bay for National Heritage Listing

A word from the Head of the Beaumaris Bay Heritage Consortium - A/Prof Vicki Karalis AM

On behalf of the Beaumaris Bay Consortium consisting of over 45 experts and groups with varied
interests in the high environmental and cultural values of Beaumaris Bay (ranging from palaeontological,
geological, artistic, indigenous, historical, and marine scientific values), we would sincerely like to thank
everybody for supporting the Beaumaris Bay nomination to be included on the National Heritage Listing.

The area nominated for National Heritage protection includes the foreshore from Table Rock Point to
the beginning of Mentone Beach at Beaumaris Bay. It crosses tidal zones, cliffs and foreshore areas
between the Bay Trail and the cliff top, but it excludes the current footprint of the Beaumaris Motor
Yacht Squadron.

It was wonderful to have so many of our community members contribute wholeheartedly for this
worthy cause and attend the Bayside City Council meeting on 20th February. Many observed the
meeting to lend their support, and others spoke so eloquently. Amongst the experts who presented at
the meeting were: Professor John Buckeridge, a palaeontologist who spoke about the significance of the
fossil site; Murray Orr who displayed his impressive fossil collection found at the Beaumaris Bay site;
Pauline Reynolds who presented a slideshow of paintings by the Heidelberg School of Artists; Dr Shirley
Prager who discussed the role of further education for the community; and Margaret Gurney who
presented a slideshow of her modern paintings and relayed to the audience (as many others did too)
how landscape artists and photographers have been inspired by the magnificent cliffs and coastline of
Beaumaris Bay.
We are privileged and proud to possess amazing natural assets in our Bayside area! After considering
the evidence from scientific experts and hearing the views of the community, Bayside City Councillors
unanimously voted to support the 2018 nomination for the National Heritage Department to assess the
Beaumaris Bay for inclusion on the National Heritage List. We would like to take this opportunity to
express our gratitude to our current Mayor Cr Laurence Evans, Deputy Mayor, Former Mayors and
Councillors – and thank them for fantastic speeches delivered on the day of the meeting (20th
February). Please also thank our Councillors personally, if you get a chance to do so!

Following this meeting, we then received letters of support for the nomination from State Government,
Minister Environment & Climate Change, the Hon Lily D'Ambrosio MP, Department Environment Land
Water & Planning and the City of Kingston Council!

Support from the community, experts, State and Local Government has initiated the process of shining
an international spotlight on Bayside’s natural and cultural assets, with the aim of preserving our
natural environment for future generations to enjoy. We are all so privileged to be the custodians of a
foreshore encompassing such scientifically important palaeontological, geological, artistic, indigenous
and cultural artefacts, on an international level - situated right here within our Bayside region! The
fossils and cliffs are about 5 to 6 million years old. Due to a geological warping (called a monocline), the
rocks of the Beaumaris Bay cliffs are lifted higher than surrounding rocks, by about 15 metres, so that
only here the fossil beds are exposed just above sea level at low tide.

Additional upcoming assessments by the National Heritage Department will add further weight to the
overall understanding and knowledge of the scientific significance of Beaumaris Bay. We are very
grateful and honoured to receive the focus of this unique opportunity! Again, many thanks to the
community and our panel of scientific experts, from several disciplines.

If you are interested in further recent articles about the increased momentum for Beaumaris Bay to
obtain National Heritage Listing, please click on the links below to some wonderful news articles:

https://mailchi.mp/17ab33ef89c3/befn-newsletter-march-2018?e=1cd056467c

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/beaumaris-bay-consortium-in-bid-for-
national-heritage-list-protection-for-ancient-fossil-site/news-
story/2c11c1585f61a5e4309ad7581573386d

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-backs-plan-to-have-
beaumaris-bay-placed-on-the-national-heritage-list/news-
story/05148e008d0d8c7613e5c74dd0c4d5a2

And finally, again adding momentum to the will of community and authorities alike to heed the call for
preservation of the natural assets of our local environment, please find links to the “Marine and Coastal
Bill of 2017” and further information by DELWP. This document refers to state Government legislation
changes to protect marine environments – more good news!

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256d
a400837f6b/0EC5DA10FEDE3449CA2581F4007850A4/$FILE/581344bi1.pdf

https://www.coastsandmarine.vic.gov.au/marine-and-coastal-act
Sandringham beach update

Works on Tennyson St beach November - March 2018

On behalf of our local community we are extremely grateful for the works that have taken place at
Sandringham beach, now complete. SFA committee members have regularly inspected the works during
the intervention, and all progressed very well - Thank you to DELWP and their officers, who have been
wonderful to work with! Thank you to Australian Project Solutions (APS) the construction company who
completed the works with great pride on our beach.

There is a matter that does warrant ongoing attention though. At every stage of communication that we
have had with DELWP [DSE, DEPI] over the past 10 years – including multiple correspondences and
meetings, and even at the public consultation event held at the Sandringham football club, our
community have always advocated a position of requiring greater volumes of sand to be supplied for
renourishment of the Sandringham beaches to protect the base of the cliffs. This has been argued on
account of the known annual losses of sand, northwards towards the city, around the Sandringham
Yacht club breakwater. Again we directly raised this matter with the construction managers “Cardno”
even before these recent works were started – unfortunately to no avail:

Only 1000 cubic metres of sand deposited north of the Southey Street groyne to renourish our beach
last February (2018) was just simply not enough. Last month we witnessed the erosion events again at
Royal Avenue beach, just north of the Royal Ave rock groyne. You will see from the photos below this
has been a recurring event around February-March, even with the major sand renourishment and newly
built Southey St groyne at that time.

Here below is a sample photo of Royal Ave beach [north of the Royal Ave groyne] taken this year in
February, when we routinely witness the base of the cliffs eroding every year:

Royal Avenue beach erosion 6th February 2018:

Anyone who has lived in Bayside a long while, and visited Sandringham beach prior to groyne
constructions will remember it was a wide sandy beach with extensive dunes.
Annual sand depletion and entrapment to the north of the Sandringham yacht club – equal to
approximately 2000 cubic metres per year, is a major contributor to the losses of sand we
experience from the Sandringham beach every year. This amount needs to be replaced on a
regular basis. When the erosion at Royal Ave beach recurred this year again in March, Bayside
City Council, APS and DELWP were very quick to organise sand bags at the base of the Royal
Ave cliffs just north of the Royal Ave groyne. These bags are now covered with sand with the
recent prevailing northerly winds.

Image taken on 27 March 2018 demonstrating the new sand bags north of Royal Ave groyne.
SFA are proud of the longstanding, very good relationship we have developed with DELWP and
Council over the last few years. We met DELWP recently to discuss ongoing monitoring of our
beaches for the next 12 months. We believe in addition to the 1000 cubic metres of sand
delivered to Tennyson St beach in February 2018, the beach will require at least another 5000-
10,000 cubic metres of sand on a regular basis as needed [may be every 5-10 years] to nourish
the Royal Ave beaches knowing that this addition will reach Tennyson St beach also with
longitudinal drift of sand to the north.
We thank DELWP, Council and the construction workers for helping to improve our beaches!

Beach Profiling

Why monitor beach profiles?

Significant and costly changes to our coasts and foreshore zones are certain to occur due to
predicted 800mm of mean sea level rise by 2100. Beach renourishments have been carried out
in Port Phillip Bay since the mid 1970s to provide a buffer against coastal erosion and for
improved community use.
Methods include dredging, sand relocation and the introduction of clean quarry sand.
The Victorian Department of Environment Water Land & Planning in consultation with coastal
Councils, will have spent $4.8 million to renourish eight Port Phillip Bay beaches between 2015
and 2017. While renourishment programmes have clear benefits, we have limited
understanding of the associated impacts on local species such as molluscs and seagrasses.
Photos of Sandringham beach during modification of the Southey street groyne [shortened in
height and length]:

Southey Street Groyne modification underway, on 26th November 2017 (above & below):
The rocks seen in the photos below have now been embedded below sand level within the
repair of the Tennyson Street ramp and Sims Street path. Council will also organise a hand rail
along the Tennyson Street ramp for "risk mitigation".
Tennyson Street ramp and path-works:

The final finish of our beautiful beach! Image taken on 8.4.2018

Bob Mason cleaning our beaches of rock debris after the works were completed:

SFA's Position Statement on the causes of currently observed, unprecedented high rates of
climate change and sea level rise, constructed with reference to professional advice

What is SFA’s statement on climate change being of anthropogenic cause ?

*SFA itself is not qualified to answer the question, but we adhere to the conclusions of the vast
majority of climate scientists who publish their research in peer-reviewed journals; and whose
advice is being adopted by the vast majority of international policy makers
* as summarised in (i) the IPCC publications; (ii) the Australian Academy of Science's Climate
Change documentation, online (February 2015), and (iii) the "The State of the Climate" by Bureau
of Meteorology & CSIRO.

On whether sea level rise is occurring and why ?

*Yes - observations are clear that sea-level rise is occurring:
 25 cm since 1880 is the measured rise
 The current rate is 3mm per year, but this rate is increasing
 These rates are much higher than for any known past event of sea-level rise

By causes which are:

1/3 due to thermal expansion (warmer sea-water)
1/3 due to melting of the polar ice sheets
1/3 due to melting of non-polar glaciers
Congratulation to Bayside City Council’s Australia Day 2018 Environmental winner: 1 st/14th
Brighton Sea Scouts, for monitoring and clearing plastics from our beaches

Recipients are congratulated on their award by Mayor Councillor Laurence Evans:

City of Bayside update - we are proud of our Mayor Cr Laurence Evans re-elected

Councillor Laurence Evans was elected the new Mayor of the City of Bayside at the Annual
Meeting of Council held on Friday 10 November 2017.

Cr Evans, an architect by profession, commenced Mayoral duties and will perform the role in a full
time capacity for the next twelve months.
Mayor Cr Evans said he would continue to focus on environmental issues and push ahead with
Council’s support for the People Before Profits campaign to stop the State Government acting like a
greedy developer as it sells off public housing land for private development.
Cr Evans was first elected to Bayside City Council in November 2012, and was Mayor in 2013. He
was re-elected in November 2016. Cr Evans was also previously Mayor of the City of Sandringham
(1990-91).
“We are a fourth generation Sandringham family,” said Cr Evans, who is married to Jenny, has three
children and 7 grandchildren.
“I have a long held passion and concern for our foreshore and the natural and built environment
and have a strong commitment to the community of Bayside,” he said. “I plan to continue my
support for the building of a new marine, education and science centre to support the existing
marine sanctuary at Rickett’s Point that is home to important native flora and fauna as well as
marine fossils that are many millions of years old,” he said.
“I will also continue outgoing Mayor Cr del Porto’s work to bring attention to the State
Government’s flawed Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP). Under this program the Victorian
Government is selling off public housing land, breaching the Government’s new planning rules and
sidelining communities from the planning process, while doing little to stem the public housing
crisis.”
Cr Evans also said he would also continue to support the Vegetation Protection Overlay that covers
parts of southern Bayside. Cr Evans succeeds Councillor Alex del Porto as Mayor of the City of
Bayside.
Plastic Found in Mussels From Arctic to China - Enters Human Food

By Alister Doyle, December 21, 2017

OSLO (Reuters) - Tiny bits of plastic are contaminating mussels from the European Arctic to China in a
sign of the global spread of ocean pollution that can end up on people's dinner plates.
Mussels in apparently pristine Arctic waters had most plastic of any tested along the Norwegian coast,
according to a study this month by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).
Plastics may be getting swept north by ocean currents and winds from Europe and America, ending up
swirling around the Arctic Ocean, NIVA researcher Amy Lusher told Reuters.
"Microplastics have been found in mussels everywhere scientists have looked," she said.
Past surveys have found microplastics off nations including China, Chile, Canada, Britain and Belgium.
Off Norway, the molluscs contained on average 1.8 bits of microplastic - defined as smaller than 5 mm
long (0.2 inch) - with 4.3 in the Arctic.
Last year, Chinese researchers suggested that mussels could be a global "bioindicator of microplastic
pollution" because the molluscs live on the seabed where many plastics end up and, unlike fish, stay in
the same place.
The impact of microplastics' on marine life or humans when eaten is unclear. Scientists suspect you
would have to eat vast amounts of shellfish to be at risk, straining even Belgian diets where moules et
frites (mussels and French fries) are a favourite dish.
"It's a warning signal that we need to do something about reducing the input of plastic to the ocean,"
Richard Thompson, a professor at Plymouth University and an expert on microplastics, told Reuters of
the worldwide finds.
"It's a cause for concern at the moment rather than an alarm story for human consumption," he said.
Almost 200 nations signed a U.N. resolution this month to eliminate plastic pollution in the seas, ranging
from bottles to supermarket bags and food packaging, estimated at 8 million tonnes a year.
Thompson's research has shown that extremely high levels of plastics in the seabed can harm animals
such as lugworms living in the seabed and build up in their tissues.
Most bits of plastic, however, simply pass through the guts of creatures from shellfish to humans.
Thompson said human exposure to microplastics in seafood was likely to be below that from everyday
plastics ranging from toys to fleece jackets.
China and the European Union are the top producers of farmed mussels in a global business worth $3
billion.
And scientists want to find out if microplastics might cause mussels or oysters to make pearls - in nature
often produced to combat natural irritants like sand.
Pearls might raise the value of some shellfish but also break the teeth of unlucky diners, Lusher said.
Reuters Health Information © 2017
Cite this article: Plastic Found in Mussels From Arctic to China - Enters Human Food - Medscape -
Dec 20, 2017.
Source Medscape Reuters 2017
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/890405?nlid=119745_3561&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_171226_ms
cpedit_wir&uac=94815EN&spon=17&impID=1519318&faf=1
Coastal walk and talk
On Sunday the 14th January 2018, Dr Vicki Karalis led a Coastal Walk and Talk at Sandringham
beach which was well attended.
In addition to Dr Karalis’ presentation, Helen Gibson presented a talk on the geology of the
area, and Trevor Turner presented a talk on Indigenous life in Port Phillip Bay.
With thanks to Pauline Reynolds, we present some photographs taken on the day:
 Bayside City Council update
SFA acknowledges the Bunurong people, the Traditional Owners of the land of Bayside. We
pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

Indigenous Bayside

For more than 45,000 years, indigenous people have lived within the Australian continent. Their
heritage and lifestyle remains evident today in Bayside.

Our statement of commitment to Indigenous Australians

Indigenous culture and heritage is respected and appreciated by the Bayside community who
have worked, and continue to work together to create a better future for all Australians.

Bayside City Council:

 Recognises that before Anglo-European settlement the Boon wurrung people were the
traditional inhabitants of the land that now comprises the City of Bayside;

 Acknowledges that this land was colonised without the consent of the original inhabitants;

 Recognises the distinctive relationship that indigenous people have with local land and waters,
including trees, hills and valleys, creeks and coast of Bayside;

 Regrets past misunderstandings and injustices experienced by Australia’s indigenous

communities including the confiscation of traditional lands, and the implementation of policies
which had the effect of extinguishing indigenous practices, language and culture;

 Supports people of Australia working together for the development of a formal instrument of
reconciliation;

 Acknowledges the right of the indigenous people of Australia to live, subject to Australian law,
according to their own values and customs and is committed to respecting indigenous sacred
sites and significant places;

 Acknowledges the value, significance, diversity and strength of indigenous cultures to the
heritage of all Australians, and is committed to working with indigenous people to research
local stories and sites of significance to indigenous people, assisting them to record and present
their histories;

 Records its appreciation of the initiatives already taken by indigenous and non-indigenous
people in assisting Council and the community to understand and appreciate indigenous
heritage and culture; and
 Commits to consultation – on matters of mutual concern - with representatives of the Boon
wurrung people and any other legitimately constituted group representing indigenous culture
and heritage.

Historic information accuracy and interpretation

The information we have collated provides an overview of the efforts of the community of
Bayside to understand and celebrate this heritage.

Please note that differences in interpretation of Bayside cultural heritage exists. The content
contained on this website does not wish to confirm one interpretation over another, but aims
to reference and consolidate existing information from a variety of sources:

Source: https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/indigenous-bayside

Please find a link to the Summer edition of the Banksia Bulletin attached below:
https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/banksia-bulletin

The natural wonders of Bayside: Half Moon Bay in Black Rock and Beaumaris Bay Cliffs.

Spectacular images taken by professional photographer, Albert Sulzer, are highlighted in the
following pages – for all to enjoy:
A FUN DAY IN BAYSIDE
The Grand Dunny Opening At Sandy Beach Kiosk -held on 21st October 2017

Celebrations began with Mike Meyers, the long term operator of the Sandy Beach HQ Kiosk,
explaining for those new to Australia, that today’s event is symbolic of Australian culture and
humour with the word “dunny” meaning toilet, lavatory or even bathroom for our American
friends. He then introduced some of our dignitaries: Alex Del Porto, Mayor of Bayside at the
time of the event; Tim Wilson, Federal member for Goldstein; and Felicity Frederico, former
Bayside Mayor and Councillor.
Mike Meyers also encouraged everybody to dig deep for the raffle in aid of The Robert Connor
Dawes Foundation for the prize of performing “The First Flush”, and next introduced Sing
Australia Bayside to sing some songs ‘from the toilet’.
If you missed this hilarious event you can view it via the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yprn2FoMqjY
https://www.timwilsonmp.com.au/2017/10/sandy-beach-kiosk-dunny-launch-skynews-
interview/

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/new-617k-sandy-beach-kiosk-toilets-in-
sandringham-set-to-open-to-great-fanfare/news-story/10778dce7b7143e4a97b38ca7a44ada8

Mike Meyers, organiser of the event, introducing [now former] Mayor Cr Alex Del Porto:
Goldstein Minister, the Hon Tim Wilson, Mike Meyers, Mayor & Cr Alex Del Porto, former Mayor
and former Cr Felicity Frederico:

A stronghold crowd celebrating the new toilets:

An elite group of Sing Australia members gathered to form a Guard of Honour. Winner of the
raffle, Martin, paraded through the Guard of Honour!

Old Bluestone Picnic Point toilets. Now demolished and replaced with modern toilets:
Southey Street Public Toilet Block Replacement

And in more new toilet news: the Southey Street Public Toilet Block has been listed for
proposed reconstruction, as it was identified in both the Council’s Public Toilet Strategy, and
the Sandringham Beach and Gardens Masterplan, as due for replacement due to the building’s
poor condition.
The proposed building will be compact and achieve a higher level of compliance with safe
design guidelines for public toilet facilities, building code and accessibility.
The construction will require the demolition of the existing toilet and the need to remove one
tree. An indicative design for the new facility is shown below.

Construction Planned:
May – June 2018
Further information:
Please contact Mr Darren Sampson, Project Manager within two weeks of the date of this letter
should you wish to discuss further.
Email: dsampson@bayside.vic.gov.au
Ph: 9599 4685

Proposed design of new Southey Street toilet block:

Environment, Land, Water Planning (DELWP) update
Coastal Climate Change Impact Assessment for the entire Victorian coastline:

The Coastal Climate Change Impact Assessment project is a great example of how our solutions
assist the community to better manage their natural and built assets. By integrating geographic
and environmental data for the entire Victorian coastline, DELWP provided advanced spatial
analyses to address some of Victoria's most pressing environmental, economic and resource
issues.
Spatial Vision was contracted by the DELWP to undertake an assessment of the likely impacts
of anticipated climate change on the Victorian coastline. This assessment considered impacts
for assets found on, or near to, the coast. This project built on earlier risk assessment work
carried out by DELWP in relation to identified priority assets, and the CoastAdapt risk
assessment approach.
The assessment of the Victorian coastline involved an extensive, state-wide, spatially-based
analysis of coastal assets - with each impact component considered over three separate
stages. These were the:
 Coastal erosion vulnerability rating
 Coastal inundation impact rating
 Application of ratings to coastal assets
Spatial Vision’s report included the currently available coastal biophysical data, assets and
research findings. This is the first time such an assessment approach has been applied
Victorian-wide.
The outputs of this work included a spatial representation of the Victorian coastal assets at risk
from climate change. Areas of higher potential impact from coastal erosion vulnerability and
inundation were highlighted.
These results will be used by DELWP to support planning and implementation of adaptation
and mitigation activities, establishing targeted monitoring programs and identifying regions to
undertake more detailed and focused, local coastal hazard assessments.
If you have a pressing environmental, economic or resource issue, or would like to know more
about the Coastal Climate Change Impact Assessment project or other projects we have
undertaken at Spatial Vision, they would love to hear from you.
Call 1300 366 796

Albert Matthews, Business Development Manager with Spatial Vision provides a link on this
project which includes a short three minute video:
https://spatialvision.com.au/index.php/news/item/94-coastal-climate-change-impact-
assessment
The natural wonders of Bayside
SFA welcomes you to submit your photos or stories, and tell us what inspires you about them!
Sea grasses in flower by Vicki Karalis:
Community announcements
Fluker Post Project : Letter of invitation from Dr. Martin Fluker

We invite all SFA members to participate in a pilot of the newly developed Fluker Post app.

This app will allow you to upload photos directly to an individual Fluker Post collection.

The Victorian Government has funded the development of a new citizen science mobile
application, the Fluker Post App, through the $30 million Regional Riparian Action Plan, which is
part of the $222 million committed to improving the health of waterways and catchments in
Victoria.

Before we officially launch and conduct a wider promotion of this brand new app, we invite you
to be part of the product testing. By doing this pilot we will be able to test the app before
releasing it to a larger user-base to ensure it works as well as we very much think it will. The
first phase of testing is underway (February 2018), but is ongoing in 2018. Please share this
with your interested colleagues.

Importantly, we have made a Survey Monkey link within the app so that you will be able to
provide us with some feedback if you feel the need. We would welcome this feedback - just
click on the “Profile” button with the app to find the “Open Feedback Survey” button.

To get the app, please go to either iTunes or Google Play and search for “Fluker Post” (you need
to use both words in your search), or go to one of these links:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-fluker-post-project/id1312700267?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flukerpost.android

We would like to thank all those land managers, volunteer photographers, local councils,
academics, students, agency staff, and many, many others who have helped in the Fluker Post
Project over the past decade. Together we are recording the visual changes occurring at some
of Victoria’s most precious sites. Without this commitment from you all, this app would not
have happened. Thanks also to We Make Apps for designing and producing such a wonderful
app.

On behalf of Victoria University and DELWP, Thanks.

Dr Martin Fluker (Project Consultant, Victoria University)

and
Karen Dickinson (Project Manager, DELWP)
Lecturer in Tourism, College of Business
Victoria University
Martin.Fluker@vu.edu.au
Grant opportunities: Letter of interest from Lauren Waycott

Dear community groups of Bayside,

Did you know that Bayside City Council provides a number of grant opportunities all year
round? We currently have four funding streams which are open now.

New program or community initiative:

What is it? Seed funding to establish viability of new programs or community initiatives to
attract alternate funding sources.

Who can apply? Not-for-profit groups

Events and festivals:

What is it? Small grants up to $750 to run events and festivals in Bayside.
Who can apply? Not-for-profit groups

Donations to fundraising appeals:

What is it? Funding is available for donations to fundraising appeals and major national or
international issues.

Individuals and families in financial hardship

What is it? Funding is available to individuals or families in financial hardship for purposes not
covered by other state or federal government grants or subsidy programs. These may include
but are not limited to:
 Education
 Social support programs
 Medical needs and opportunities for individuals to represent their state or country in
significant sporting competitions
 Cultural or civic events

Who can apply? Individuals or families with a Health Care Card or Pensioner Card referred by a
community service agency.

All applications are assessed on an individual basis and will be determined in accordance with
Council’s assessment criteria. All applications should identify a need and outline the benefit to
the Bayside community.

If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Warm regards,
Lauren Waycott

Community Grants and Volunteering Officer

Tel 9599 4686 |Email lwaycott@bayside.vic.gov.au
Profile of a Bayside resident, Geoffrey Goode of the Beaumaris Conservation Society

Geoffrey Goode has been a long-term resident of Beaumaris, and is a former President of the
Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc. He was the Society’s Treasurer from 1997-2017. He was a
councillor for the South Ward of the former Sandringham City Council from 1970-73, Treasurer
of the Australian Conservation Foundation from 1973-85, and was appointed by the Governor-
in-Council to be a member of Victoria’s former Port Phillip Authority from 1981-84.

Geoffrey highlights the importance of National Heritage Listing for Beaumaris Bay, Victoria,
Australia

Beaumaris Bay should receive National Heritage nomination to protect the Beaumaris Cliff, the
cliff top reserve above it, and the waters of Beaumaris Bay near it, which together form one of
the most unusual and strikingly distinctive parts of the Victorian coastline - still very largely in
their natural state. The area was early recognized by the celebrated Heidelberg School of artists
in their classic masterpiece paintings, particularly Tom Roberts’s Slumbering Sea, Mentone.
In addition to these reasons, the Cliff and the Bay are the site of internationally acclaimed co-
existing marine and terrestrial fossils, already studied and conserved by the Melbourne
Museum, which has done much good work in this area. National Heritage listing would help to
ensure for posterity, the protection of this exceptional foreshore, coastline, and seascape, and
the fossils, against projects or works that would detract from Beaumaris Bay’s outstanding
scenic and scientific quality, and against indiscriminate or ignorant harm.
Geoffrey Goode
06 January 2018
Historical Bayside images supplied by Shirley Joy, a Sandringham resident
CLIFF EROSION AT BLACK ROCK. "Quiet Corner" near Black Rock.
This rare postcard depicts an early view of Black Rock. The photograph was taken at Quiet
Corner:

This image is from "The Weekly Times", Melbourne, Saturday, 26 January, 1935. Page 5:
This photograph is from "The Argus” Saturday, 22 January, 1938:
This photograph is from "The Argus" Saturday, 23 March, 1935 [Page 21]:

This photograph was taken in DECEMBER, 1934. See caption at the bottom of the photograph.
Source: "The Argus" Thursday, 24 January, 1935 [Page 9]:
Part 1 consists of two photographs of erosion at Quiet Corner, Black Rock. The TOP photograph
was taken in 1915. The lower photograph was taken in MAY, 1934.
Source: "The Argus" Thursday, 24 January, 1935 [Page 9]:
Proposed construction of Mordialloc Freeway over wetlands!
We would like to bring to your urgent attention our concerns about a proposal to build a
freeway, adjacent to green spaces and wetlands which are protected as a green belt of parks
and recreational trails!
The Sandringham Foreshore Association represents a large sector of the community who care
for, and aim to protect our local environment and foreshore for future generations to enjoy.
We write to convey our concern about the environmental impacts of the proposed Mordialloc
Freeway.
Local wetlands play an important role in the ecology of our region. Water systems of our
wetlands help reduce local flooding, and mitigate flow-on effects from waterways into Port
Phillip Bay, ultimately protecting the health of the bay. Additionally, these zones contain
extremely sensitive biodiversity, and contain abundant indigenous flora and fauna. We greatly
value Kingston's characteristic Award winning wetlands, parklands and Green Wedge - they
deserve the utmost protection.
SFA are deeply concerned and opposed to the planned Mordialloc Bypass/Freeway that will
negatively impact Braeside Park, Woodlands Wetlands, Mordialloc Creek, Waterways Wetlands
and the Edithvale Wetlands. All of these are interconnected within our waterways, beaches and
Port Phillip Bay. The proposed freeway will contribute to airborne pollutants from car emissions
and surface water discharge that will negatively impact the environment, and water levels of
the Mordialloc Creek waterways and the Edithvale Seaford wetlands – negatively affecting the
ability of this natural system to perform as a healthy filtration system.
Furthermore, a proposed 9 km road would be a major threat to the health of our environment
as it would tear through habitats of EPBC listed (Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation, Act 1999) endangered bird species, endangered fauna communities that migrate
to, and reside within the above wetlands. These wetlands are world-renowned and are home
to migratory birds, including some 97 endangered and internationally threatened species. The
noise of the traffic will also impact the ambience of the wetlands which attracts visitors from all
over Australia and the world, including scientists, students and bird watchers.
A multifaceted approach encouraging less cars on our roads, improved public transport and
local infrastructure improvements are far more viable options in this environmentally sensitive
region.
We are asking opponents of this bypass to object to the Federal and State Environment
Ministers, Mordialloc MLA Tim Richardson, VicRoads and City of Kingston. VicRoads have just
released Draft Scoping Requirements for the EES submission [deadline was 9 April 2018]:
Mordialloc Bypass EES draft scoping requirements.

Also, please contact “Residents Against Mordialloc Freeway” (RAMF) to offer your support, for
more information and view RAMF website: www.fb.com/NoMordiFwy or email RAMF:
mailto:residentsamf@gmail.com
For more information please read the LEADER article:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/mordialloc-bypass-new-9km-road-upgraded-to-
fourlane-freeway/news-story/82da493b01cd0642138e4c7e83149fdb

Peninsula Council on the other hand has purchased wetlands in their shire to protect
development over them! See: http://mpnews.com.au/2018/01/15/council-digs-deep-to-buy-
swamp/
Mordialloc and its surrounds are such a beautiful part of the world with rich natural assets such
as the beach, parklands and wetlands. Many of our local constituents who live in the area have
expressed concern about the proposed freeway being built near their homes and the wetlands.
They are attracted to the wetlands and parklands to enjoy peaceful walks and tranquillity,
exercising and watching birdlife.
SFA's interest is primarily in protecting the very little remaining environmental regions within
our growing urban environment. Wetlands not only provide important habitat for all sorts of
flora and fauna, but they help maintain the health of the Port Phillip Bay.
With our increasing population, bigger roads and freeways will not be able to service the
growing number of cars on the roads in the future. Many freeways built in the not-so-recent
past that were planned to provide adequate access for vehicles long term, now suffer
significant congestion today e.g., Monash Freeway. It is so important we capitalise and expand
our public transport and encourage people to use it, as well as all forms of sustainable
transport. The State Government planners mean well, but the protection of our environment is
so important for our future generations to enjoy.
We are very privileged to live in an area with beaches, parkside, bushland and wetlands. This is
rare and special. The EES recognises the sensitivity of building a freeway near/over wetlands;
that is why it was required for this project.

VicRoads Mordialloc Bypass Project contact details are on the VicRoads

project page (which has some information about the EES process, as well as the project). Here are links
to the DELWP EES page for the project and the Ministerial guidelines for the assessment of
environmental effects under the Environment Effects Act 1978.
Here is the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act decision
that the project is a controlled action requiring assessment and approval under the EPBC Act. The
Victorian EES process has been accredited for the assessment purposes of the EPBC Act.
Some of the residential birds identified at the Braeside Park wetlands - images supplied by
Paul Atlee photographer & birdwatcher [Sandringham resident]:
Grey Fantail:

Purple swamphen:
White-necked heron, White faced heron, Great Egret:
Sulphur-crested cockatoo:

We hope you have enjoyed reading the summer-autumn 2018 edition of the SFA Newsletter!

Yours with kindness,

Dr Vicki Karalis AM,

SFA President

SFA committee members:

Alison Horton, Vice-President & Public Officer; Perfusionist
Salva Crusca, Secretary, Mental health worker
Craig Francis, Treasurer, IT expert
Ike Solomon, Engineer
Helen Gibson, Geologist & Editorial assistant
Paul Hede, Architect
Adrienne Smith, Secretarial Assistant, IT consultant
Trevor Turner, IT consultant
Cristian Silver, Editorial Assistant
We welcome Tony McKenna onto our committee. A word from Tony:
"May I start with by saying how much I enjoyed January’s evolving Coastline Walk which was
very well organised, highly informative and allowed me to meet some of you. I must also clarify
that I have been involved in the support and administration of marine science generally in North
Queensland for the past 30 years, however I am not a marine scientist.
My beach life started with learning to swim at Black Rock as a child and later I worked at the
Sandringham Yacht Club, from there I moved to North Queensland working as a scientific diver,
project manager in marine science operations with JCU and GBRMPA, and up to 2 years ago
was the Marine Operations Manager for the Australian Institute of Marine (for 20 years).
My wife and I love being back Bayside and I regularly paddle my surf ski from the Black Rock
Yacht Club and swim - walk along our beautiful clifftops as often as we can.
I look forward to contributing to the SFA Committee as I believe the objectives and aims of the
SFA are extremely important in preserving the natural beauty we have so close by".

Free SFA Membership

The Sandringham Foreshore Association is a charitable not-for-profit association. Membership is free.
Our self-acclaimed role is to foster and promote good natural conservation principles to Bayside
foreshore management. Our current focus is to assist public education by aligning ourselves with
scientific experts in fields of conservation and natural environment, and to facilitate effective
communication between community – council and state governments – and established environmental
science publications and position statements.

The role of SFA is to care for and help protect our local beaches and cliffs, but also to educate, raise
awareness and preserve our local archaeological, geological, cultural, indigenous and heritage sites such
as the Beaumaris Bay fossil site.

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