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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 29, 6 March 2017

Presidents Report Next Meetings

THURSDAY MARCH 9
Last Thursday our speaker was Greg Mier, President of the
MALCOLM SAWLE, FORUM II
Beaumaris Conservation Society, Greg departed from his pre-
CHAIR: KEN MIRAMS
pared script to talk about two recent issues which are too con-
AV: GREG EVERY
tentious to be reported in In Gear. Though interesting to get
CASH DESK: CHRIS D'ARCY AND ROGER FREWEN
Gregs views on these it was a little disappointing that we did
HOST: RICHARD JONES
not get to hear more of the broader agenda of the BCS. How-
ever, Editor David has done some research to fill in the gaps
THURSDAY MARCH 16
and provide more details of the BCS and its activities in an
JULIE GIBSON , HITNET
article later in this In Gear.
CHAIR: ROSS PHILLIPS
AV: KEN MIRAMS
Together with Mary Sealy I attended the Nippers Carnival at CASH DESK: GREG EVERY AND MEGAN GLENWRIGHT
the Beaumaris Life Saving Club on Sunday. As most would HOST: LOIS LINDSAY
know we have been a significant sponsor of the Nippers (to
the tune of $1,000 this year) and it was most satisfying to see THURSDAY MARCH 23
what a vibrant group they have become. Over 100 kids attend- ROMAC, CAROL QUAYLE
ed on Sunday and the level of enthusiasm shown by both the CHAIR: ANTONY NIXON
children and the organisers was tremendous. AV: DAVID LEA
CASH DESK: TIM DARK AND KERRIE GEARD
Congratulations to Trish Smyth on being selected for the nomi- HOST: DAVID LANGWORTHY
nating committee for the election of District Governor in year
2019-2020. THURSDAY MARCH 30

President elect Chris DArcy has been away this last week-end NO MEETING DUE TO DISTRICT CONFERENCE
at the President Elect Training Seminar (PETS), and President
Nominee Heather Chisholm is in the middle of a series of sem-
inars that make up the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI). But
please do not think you have to be a presidential nominee to
attend training courses. The club is very keen to support any-
one who sees a training opportunity within the Rotary organi-
zation.
Unless stated otherwise venue is
The Farmers Market is on again this coming Saturday. The Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
weather forecast is very promising so we can hope for a good
turnout. Please remember that the market is a great oppor- Contents
tunity to showcase ourselves to our community. Those on the 1 Presidents Report
gates especially should try to engage with the market shoppers 2 Notices
3/6 Club Forum Presentations
as they come through, or go out, the gates. Simple questions 7 Sandringham Hospital Fundraiser
such as where did you learn about the market or what do 8/9 District Golf Day
you like about the market are usually enough to get a conver- 10/11 Pre Conference Golf Day Details / Charity Golf day
12 Club Structure / Photo of Week
sation going.
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Our meeting this Thursday is an extension of the Club Thank You Note from Rebeccah Bartlett
Forum we held two weeks ago. Due to time constraints,
the ability to have a question and answer session was
very limited. So, it has been decided to extend the forum
into another week with a focus on membership. An ad-
hoc committee mat last week to discuss membership and
what could be done to bring in new members, especially
of the younger variety. It resulted in a couple of sugges-
tions well worth considering. And membership was very
much the main theme of the PETS Chris DArcy has
been attending. As a prelude to our discussions It would
be useful for members to view the video per the link un-
derneath. It sets out the challenge of recruiting younger
members but also gives some guidance on what the so-
lutions may be.

http://rotaryglobaleagles.org/6-july-2015-
programrotary-membership-in-the-21st-century/
(once in the Global Eagles site scroll down to lower video
with man in suit)

The above also relates to the Sons and Daughters topic

previously planned for this Thursday. We were going to
invite our sons and daughters to come along to a meeting
and give us their impressions of Rotary and what it would
take to get them interested in joining. This session will
now be held over until a meeting in Late April.
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THIS WEEKS SPEAKER: GREG MIER, of The Herald newspaper on 2nd August 1939. When,
next month, Australia, with Britain, declared war on Ger-
TOPIC: BEAUMARIS CONSERVATION SOCIETY many, on 3rd September 1939, the company's plans pro-
ceeded no further, so the attractive coastal land at Beau-
The Following history and accomplishments of the maris was saved from being primarily an industrial area.
Beaumaris Conservation Society is taken from the
Societies website. It serves to illustrate the important Much of Dunlop's land was burnt in the major bushfire
work that the Society, the oldest continually operat- that devastated Beaumaris on 14th January 1944. Beau-
ing environmental group in Australia, has done in maris changed in the 1950s from being mostly a sandy
preserving the character of Beaumaris. area of indigenous trees with extensive heathlands. It
was inaccurately dismissed as just 'tea tree scrub' by
many, but it had many more tree and heathland species
and plant communities than that disparaging term sug-
gested, as was later made clear by successful campaigns
to reserve heathland.
World War II was followed by Dunlop's proposing to re-
vive its 1939 plan for Beaumaris, but a rising demand for
residential land led to the company's abandoning its
plans, and selling its land for housing. Some of that land
had been envisaged as a spur railway line from Highett
that would have terminated at a Beaumaris Railway Sta-
tion in the block bounded by Gramatan Avenue, Reserve
Road, Glenwood Avenue and Gareth Avenue. Dunlop's
1945 plan for its land did not show that station or line, but
a 1963 aerial photograph shows its western half, intended
for the line, still undeveloped although the lots around it
were covered with houses.
Beaumaris differed from most of suburban Melbourne
because much of its land was so sandy that it had never
been cleared for agriculture, so there were indigenous
trees and heath for incoming home builders to conserve,
Before BCS: Beaumaris was seen, until the rapid and and many did so enthusiastically.
widespread expansion of car ownership in the 1950s, as
being remote from a railway station. Most people until Formation of BTPS: The Beaumaris Tree Preservation
then had thought it to be impractical for residential use, Society (BTPS), which changed its name to the Beaumar-
with that perceived transport deficiency, and its sandy soil is Conservation Society (BCS) in 1970, was formed at its
and reliance on tank water making it difficult to maintain Inaugural General Meeting on 28th February 1953 with
the introduced plants that were all that most people want- the late Mrs Bea Hosking, of Coronet Hill, 10 Coronet
ed to grow in their garden in those days. It nevertheless Grove, Beaumaris, who died in 1997, as its first Presi-
had a state Primary School founded at the time of World dent. The BTPS successfully strove to help alter the ac-
War 1. The Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Company owned cepted pattern of Australian suburban development in
most of the 180 hectares of the central Beaumaris un- which all indigenous vegetation was removed before any
cleared or agricultural land that had been prematurely land was developed. Its brochure Beau-maris or Bare-
subdivided into residential lots by earlier speculators. The maris? subtly pointed out that allotments with trees stand-
1930s economic depression enabled it to buy lots for as ing fetched higher prices than those without.
little as 25 each. Its plans to consolidate them into one The conscious retention of indigenous trees in Beaumaris
parcel to relocate its Port Melbourne factory there, to build gardens is mentioned in Robin Boyd's important 1960
a wharf on the coast at Black Rock, and to build a new book The Australian Ugliness (P.164), and helps account
suburb for its workers, was announced on the front page for the distinctive indigenous vegetation still there. The

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BTPS also produced publications, mounted informative er all-year-round building in 1985. Creeping extensions of
displays and forums and sold indigenous plants for re- it ever since have impacted on the foreshore reserve
planting. It successfully encouraged planting of native there.
trees in streets. In its successful Campaign 1969A to save a large area of
Gramatan Avenue Heathland Sanctuary: In 1953 BTPS indigenous trees on the Black Rock foreshore from being
began its campaign to get the then Sandringham City cleared for a car park, BCS also initiated the formation of
Council to buy and reserve a Heathland Sanctuary, as- the neighbouring Black Rock and Sandringham Conser-
sisted by persuasive support from Professor John Turner, vation Association. Many of these issues can be found
Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne, and reported in archival copies of local journals such as the
Dr Jim Willis, Assistant Government Botanist. Mr Robert Beaumaris Newsletter and the Sandringham and Brighton
Blackwood (later Sir Robert, and the foundation Chancel- Advertiser (later to become the Bayside Leader). BCS
lor of Monash University), then the General Manager of was a foundation member, in 1970, of Port Phillip Conser-
the Dunlop Company, which still owned the land after its vation Council Inc, a federation of bayside conservation
plan to build an industrial suburb and port facilities was groups, and has been a member ever since.
abandoned, facilitated its sale to the Council.
The BCS banner appeared in the 1982 protest in Mel-
Although the annual membership fee was 2 shillings bourne over the damming of Tasmania's Franklin River.
($2.85 in 2016 dollars), compared with the 2016 individual
1991-2000: In 1991 BCS successfully encouraged the
member fee of $10, the BTPS raised 463 (about former Sandringham City Council to adopt a policy on the
$12,700 in 2016 dollars) for the cost of most of the fenc-
choice of trees to be planted in Beaumaris streets that set
ing. It leased from the Council and managed the 0.27 a goal of at least 80% of street trees to be trees that are
hectare piece of original heathland reserve that was es- indigenous to Beaumaris - that is local native trees rather
tablished by 1960 as the Gramatan Avenue Heathland
than exotic trees or trees indigenous to other parts of
Sanctuary, until Sandringham City Council resumed man- Australia, but not to Beaumaris. BCS supported Bayside
aging it in 1990.
City Council's improvement of its street tree policy, which
It is now managed by Sandringham Council's successor, has led to its Bayside Street Tree Management Strategy
Bayside City Council. BCS proposed to Sandringham 2008. That strategy, since superseded, did follow that
Council in 1991 that it should alter its Planning Scheme to important lead set by its predecessor.
give the Sanctuary a Conservation zoning instead of its
The Society became an incorporated body in 1997, and
Residential zoning, as this would help avert any precipi- adopted its present Constitution then. Because of a spate
tate sale of it, leading to its destruction. Fortunately that
of intensive overdevelopment of building blocks and rapid
alteration was made. Even in 1991 there were still some and rampant removal of existing indigenous and other
councillors that said it should be sold. Fortunately Victo- vegetation from residential blocks, and the land then be-
ria's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 helps protect
ing covered with buildings or paving, facilitated by new
the Sanctuary from official proposals because of the im- planning regulations, some with Orwellian names and
portant indigenous plants among the fifty-odd species
rationales such as the Good Design Guide and Mel-
present.
bourne 2030, that had recently become excessively loose
1961-1990: Various large scale coastal development pro- and permissive, the Society gained a large number of
posals have been successfully opposed by BCS. These new members, reaching a membership of over 1,000.
included a large commercial "Oceanarium" building for
2001-2010: BCS Inc. celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
Ricketts Point in 1964 (the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctu-
2003, with the last surviving member of the original 1953
ary has since been declared there, it being fortunate that
Committee, Mrs Catherine Carroll, as its Guest of Honour.
the "Oceanarium" had not precluded that option), a very
The Society maintains the BCS Inc. Indigenous Flora
large marina for Beaumaris Bay in the early 1970s, and a
Register, which lists the numbers and species of indige-
building to replace, and enlarge and diversify the com-
nous plants our members report having on their land and
mercial scope of, the burnt-out Keefer's Boat Shed in the
their nature strips. A summary of the numbers of 12 par-
1980s. An earlier simple and homely "Tea House" at
ticular indigenous plants in that Register appears on the
Ricketts Point, which burnt down, was replaced by a larg-

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BCS Inc. Web site. More details appear on our REC- m swathe of established trees, and the replacement of
ORDS page. their habitat with a 3 m concrete swathe. An attempt is
planned to eventually plant equivalent replacement vege-
The Society convinced Bayside City Council that the Con-
course Green should not be intruded upon for either a car tation, but no extra habitat area, which might or might not
survive on whatever land is found elsewhere for that. Ob-
park or a concrete skateboard ramp, and that the ramp
jections to overdevelopment made to Bayside City Coun-
should not be placed in either Balcombe Park or Beau-
cil and VCAT continued to have some benefit. BCS Inc.
maris Reserve. A significant advance in 2010 was Bay-
gave its views on Bayside City Council's draft Manage-
side City Council and Victoria's Planning Minister agree-
ment Plan for Ricketts Point and Ricketts Point Landside
ing to BCS Inc's suggestion that the Concourse Bushland
in 2013.
should be rezoned from Business 1 to Public Park and
Recreation. Its rezoning was gazetted in February 2010. BCS Inc. celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2013, with 61
members and guests attending, including the MLA for
A 2008 VNPA article noted BCS's longevity. BCS Inc.
began two major campaigns in this decade. The first was Sandringham, Murray Thompson; the Mayor of Bayside,
Cr Stephen Hartney; three other Bayside City councillors,
to protect the foreshore reserve between Cromer and
and the son and daughter of the first President, and a
Charman Roads from incursion into it by a bicycle road,
relative of the second, third and fourth Presidents, plus
which it believed should be built on the Beach Road road
reserve. The second, against a proposed large Beaumar- certain other former Presidents.
is Motor Yacht Squadron marina in Beaumaris Bay, was
marked by the then Planning Minister's welcome decision The Environment Effects Statement for the BMYS marina
to require an Environment Effects Statement for that pro- proposal, which was first announced in 2008, could be
posal. released in 2016. A strong response in opposition to this
2011-2020: BCS Inc. had, in 2016, a total of 249 mem- damaging proposal will be needed from many people if
bers, 56 of whom are Life Members, and 3 of whom are Beaumaris Bay is to be saved from the substantial degra-
Honorary Life Members. BCS Inc. failed to achieve a sit- dation and disfigurement that this quite unacceptable ma-
ing of the proposed extension of the bicycle road on rina would cause.
Beach Road to save the foreshore reserve from losing a 4

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ROTARY DISTRICT 9810 GOLF DAY -4th MAY 2017

This event is for D9810 members and partners only and is not only aimed at the more
serious golfers but also those who do not have an official handicap but enjoy a fun filled
day of social golf. It is the aim of District Governor Carol that ladies are encouraged to
join in the fun of the day.

TOTAL COST PER PLAYER: $55 INCLUDES:

MAJOR PRIZE District Governors Shield including
$500 Ford Davis Memorial Award
Donated by the Rotary Club of Forest Hill

Also includes. Trophies, Green Fees, Sandwich lunch on arrival

Gourmet Buffet Dinner in the Club Dining Room
Drinks at bar prices

Rotarians and partners who are not playing golf are welcome to attend the Buffet Dinner
commencing at 6pm ($20 per head bookings are essential).

Competition is a 2 Ball Ambrose event and single players will be allocated to a team.
Registrations open at 11am with a shotgun start at 12.15pm.

Golf carts are available via the Pro Shop - please call 9798 2436 Direct for reservations.

To enter please fill out the entry form on the attached flyer and return it with the registra-
tion fee by 27th April 2017 to the Rotary Club of Noble Park P.O. Box 59 Noble Park
3174.

Any enquiries please contact:

John Williams 0408 228 865 [email protected]

Val Glenn 0488 444 147 [email protected]
Kevin Harrison 0407 772 225 [email protected]

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CLUB STRUCTURE 2015 / 16 UPDATED 17/10/2016

BOARD CLUB SERVICE TEAM
President Malcom Sawle President Elect / Director Chris D'Arcy
President Elect Chris DArcy Auditor Tony Phillips
Secretary James Glenwright Program Adrian Culshaw
Treasurer Richard Jones Meeting Attendance Chris D'Arcy
Projects Robert McArthur Communications David Lea
Independent Kerrie Geard Social Media Tim Dark Bridget Hage
Past President Trish Smyth Fellowship David Langworthy
COMMITTEE CHAIRS Photographer Max Darby, Megan Glenwright
Foundation Mike Hede Almoner Lois Lindsay, Charmaine Jansz
Membership Lynda Doutch Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster
Public Relations Peter Flude Youth Protection Officer }
International John Sime Compliance Officer } Ken Mirams, Geoff Abbott
Youth Service Chris Martin Archivist John Beaty
Community Chris Werner
Fundraising Heather Chisholm
TEAM MEMBERS

International Community Youth Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Jim OBrien
Ken Mirams Tim Dark Tony McKenna * Antony Nixon
John Manks Mary Sealy Vivienne Zoppolato Roger Frewen
Geoff Stockdale Richard Shermon Lois Lindsay Geoff Stringer
Ross Phillips Tony Phillips David Hone#
Clem Quick Martin Fothergill (Golf)
John Van Dyk Membership
Mary Cunnington Megan Glenwright
Max Darby
Martin Fothergill Public Relations
Greg Every

# Indigenous Project * District

RAINBOW
CANYON
Rainbows can
be beautiful
anywhere, but
above the
Grand Canyon
makes for an
extra illustrious
scene. Your
Shot photogra-
pher Narest
Balaguru al-
most left his
perch at Powell
Point as a
storm ap-
proached. But
he waited, and
was awarded
with this view.

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