Friday 29 June 2007

Nice!

  • Property Type: House
  • Bedrooms: 4
  • Bathrooms: 2
  • Car Spaces:
12 Doyles Road

FABULOUS WATERFRONT RETREAT

Contact: Fletchers Canterbury

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Property details

Property Type:
House
Suburb:
Venus Bay
Region:
South Eastern Victoria
Land Area:
15 Acres
Bedrooms:
4
Bathrooms:
2

FABULOUS WATERFRONT RETREAT

Vicinity $1.8 million

STUNNING COASTAL VIEWS 300 Metres of BEACH FRONTAGE, 2hrs from MELBOURNE RARE OPPORTUNITY HERE! Set high on its private 15acres (approx) of natural bush abutting State Forrest, this large residence captures panoramic coastal views forever. Architect designed renovations include 2 levels of functional casual living with state of the art fixtures and fittings. FULLY AIR CONDITIONED on the upper level and the downstairs kitchen and dining areas, the home offers: * 4 bedrooms, all with stunning views, 2 with private balcony * Main bedroom & ensuite with spectacular 270 Degree Views * Retreat-study * Imported Italian marble bench top, slide away pantry and Miele appliances in the kitchen * Imported mosaic glass tiles in kitchen and both bathrooms * Powder room (3rd toilet) * Kitchen-family-meals area with slab heating and opening to covered outdoor entertainment area * Living room with double sided open fire place * Separate rumpus room * 300 metres of absolute water frontage * Grove of 88 irrigated olive trees * Native fauna including kangaroos

Sunday 10 June 2007

Tarwin Lower Market - Mon 11th of June

The Tarwin Lower Market will be open on the Queen's Birthday holiday Monday in River Drive.

It's probably best to go in the morning as it normally closes around lunch time.

Bingo's gone to the dogs...

It's not often that Venus Bay gets a mention in a major metro newspaper, but the fuss over at the community centre over whether local bingo players can take their best friends with them made into the Herald Sun today.

In what seems to be yet another case of council and council officers exercising their propensity to remove more joy from people's lives by banning another seemingly harmless act by members of the public, South Gippsland Shire Council has elevated petty bureaucracy to new heights.

In a small country town with little by way of services and activities for the residents, why would the council want to interfere with one of the small joys that enrich people's lives?

In the picture: Kathy Pettingill with Trixie, Violet Holloway with Jamie, and Maria Wilson with Princess and Mosci (obscured). Picture: Aaron Francis

Read the story below and make up your own mind.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21876991-2862,00.html

Adrian Tame

June 10, 2007 12:00am

A BINGO war has broken out - destroying the tranquillity of a sleepy Victorian town - over a group of ladies who take their dogs when having a flutter.

On the one side are six women who take their companion dogs to bingo, weight watchers and art classes in Venus Bay in South Gippsland.

Lined up against them are the local council and a member of the community centre's management committee, who want to ban the dogs from the building.

The dog lovers have a formidable champion in former underworld matriarch Kathy Pettingill who, for several years, has called the bingo and organised weight watchers at the centre.

Mrs Pettingill, 72, said if the dogs ban was enforced it could mean the end of her Saturday afternoon bingo sessions.

"I doubt we'd have enough ladies to keep the bingo going, because if they ban the dogs, a lot of them won't come," Mrs Pettingill said.

"It's not as if they're great big wolfhounds running around the place. They're all little lap dogs and their owners like to have them with them all the time."

Bev Walker, a member of the management committee, begs to differ: "I have tolerated it for years, but it's out of control. I am sick of dogs running under my legs."

Another management committee member, Anita Booth, has always taken her dog with her to the centre and is opposed to the ban.

South Gippsland Shire Council by-laws allow only guide dogs for the blind inside municipal buildings.

A council spokeswoman said the council was meeting with both sides later this month to thrash out a solution agreeable to all.

Thursday 7 June 2007

Christmas in July aboard the South Gippsland Tourist Railway

Looking for something to do nearby in the middle of winter?

How about this?

When: Saturday 21 July 2007
Where: Train boarding at Loch Station

Join the Christmas Express for a unique Christmas dinner. Starting at Loch station, the train departs to Lamont House in Leongatha where passengers will be treated to a sumptuous main course and complimentary glass of wine, beer or soft drink. Then it's 'all aboard' and back to Korumburra to sample Diva's Restaurant's famous White Chocolate Sponge Tower with tea and coffee.

Phone: (03) 5658 1111 or email: info@sgr.org.au. Bookings are limited.

South Gippsland Tourist Railway