MELVILLE CITY HERALD Volume 24 No 8 Melville City’s own INDEPENDENT newspaper 41 Cliff Street, Fremantle Saturday February 23, 2013 Letterboxed to Applecross, Alfred Cove, Ardross, Attadale, Bicton, Booragoon, Ph: 9430 7727 Fax 9430 7726 Applecross to Bicton Edition Brentwood, Melville, Mt Pleasant, Myaree and Palmyra. Email: [email protected] Locals ramp up protest by CARMELO AMALFI BEACH lovers drew a line in the sand this week against Fremantle sailing club’s plans to build a new boat ramp off South Beach. Locals say the ramp, planned for junior and disabled sailors, involves building a 75m spur off the existing groyne. The club has three launching jetties, two of which have silted up, and locals say it should redevelop existing facilities rather than encroach further on public land. On its website the council notes, “there is no current access to the water for people with a disability and junior sailors currently navigate through the • Mike Kenny draws a line in • continued page 2 the sand, making it clear he opposes Fremantle Sailing Visit the council’s website Club’s bid to develop a boat before February 28 to have ramp. Photo by Carmelo Amalfi your say. SaveFreo out of its economic and our• the decline of the arts; lack of transparency city with plans for by BRENDAN FOSTER cultural doldrums. • the West End becoming a Fremantle—what’s going on with Find the Fake Ad THIRTY Fremantle men and Mr Longley says the genesis ghost town; and, those plans? for G4F is regular but informal • the lack of linkage between “Who is making them at local & WIN a Chance women, amongst them a gatherings for coff ee, where the the port city’s separate precincts. and state levels and in government for a Feast for 2 former premier, have formed a baby boomers who dominate the Critically, they say, Fremantle departments? new group to address the port membership gossip about “sex, lacks a coherent long-term vision. “For example, what are the For details, please see the Competitions page city’s decline. drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” before Architect Sasha Ivanovich priorities of Main Roads? How do G4F includes former WA inevitably turning conversation to wants the group to help the they see Fremantle compared to premier Peter Dowding, Fremantle and where it’s heading. council develop a long-term vision for example the port or Fremantle Distributors wanted academics Richard Robison and Discussion always becomes that doesn’t chop and change with council? Marie’s looking for good folk to Kateryna Longley, corporate animated as ideas are fl oated and every electoral cycle. “There is no overarching logic help distribute the Herald. If you consultant Chris Lewis, architects frustrations expressed. Professor Robison, who taught with consistency to the whole think you’d like to give it a crack, Richard Longley and Sasha High on the G4F agenda are: politics at Murdoch, says group thing. give her a call today on Ivanovich and gallery owners • inadequate investment and members want to do something “So what we want to do is put 9430 7727. We have rounds Anna Kanaris and Anna Artitja. public funding for local projects; positive rather than just complain pressure on governments at all available in Bicton, Palmyra, They will meet weekly at local • traders leaving the port in on the sidelines. levels to achieve some sort of Attadale, Melville, Alfred Cove, cafes to brainstorm ideas on lifting droves; “We were frustrated with the • continued page 3 Myaree, Applecross & more. ADVERTISEMENT Location! Location! 9 Thurloe Street BICTON 3 x 2 x 2 with STUDY Expressions of Interest Listening to you. Getting the job done. 35 Woodley Crescent MELVILLE $785k 4 x 2 x 2 Green Title 478m2 Lot Home Open Dean Nalder By Appointment Your Liberal for Alfred Cove Licensee Rhett Brown 0418 916 681 Real Leadership. Real Voice. Real Liberal. 1/595, Canning Hwy, Alfred Cove WESTERN AUSTRALIA 9330 1777 www.eprop.org Authorised by B. Morton, 640 Murray Street, West Perth 6005. Resolve to make lasting changes in your relationships Locals fi ght to with this life changing course. MORE INFO: Wendy - 0418 921 778 stop club ramp [email protected] www.sayhellotochange.com • from front page +++++++++++++++ marina to get to the waters of Manures South Beach”. CAFÉ CORPORATE Sheep, Cow, On Tuesday, residents met Chicken, Multi Mix on-site to protest plans they BARISTA SCHOOL Mulches believe will destroy the last piece Water Saver, of undeveleoped beach south of Karri & Peat, Pine Bark, Mushroom Compost Fremantle. Learn how to make a Manure & Mulch At least one local believes the plan is a stalking horse, paving Soil Mixes the way for a dramatic increase quality cup of coff ee. Soil Conditioner, Potting Mix 36lt in boat pens at the club. This course is aimed at both the home and Wood Products Judy McLachlan, whose commercial barista. 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Classes are held at Jessie’s Café Put the magic in your garden “It would be logical to also Unit 2, 8 Hayden court Myaree WA 6156 surmise that the new groyne is Mob: 0488 778 963 / Tel: 9330 1577 NEW OPENING only the start of another long www.facebook.com/jessiescafemyaree HOURS Mon-Fri Ph: Manure Magic groyne running out in a westerly SMS Ordering 0427 999 961 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ direction so as to accommodate 6.30am - 1.30pm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ the new pens.” The club acknowledges Harbour Theatre it plans to construct the new By arrangement with ORiGIN presents groyne, with $500,000 of rubble TM Theatrical taken from the “Kalbarri” groyne within its sheltered latest hilarious comedy harbour, eff ectively cutting it in Robin Hawdon’s half and freeing up space. Directed byDirected Nicola byBond Nicola Bond Fremantle Labor candidate Simone McGurk says most people oppose the boat ramp • An illustration of the plan below a photo of the existing site. plan. public space and we don’t want daughter learnt to sail at Encroaching it and we don’t need it,” she the club, wrote to council in says. “The issues about disabled February opposing the plan. “The ability to create decent access is a furphy.” She’d regretted completing a disabled access to the beach has Ms McLachlan agrees: “We survey saying, “it could be used A Night In Provence a lot of merit, however users of looked everywhere for a place in a way I did not intend”. the dog beach are concerned at to retire and our son suggested “Because in the survey I the club further encroaching into coming here. If you put a 75m agreed with access for the public space,” she says. groyne out to there, you spoil disabled, and was neutral about South Fremantle resident it for a lot of people, old people the need for young sailors to and club member Mike Kenny doing their yoga and young launch their dinghies. It could Th e world has seen many comedies by Robin says members he’s spoken to are children learning to swim.” be interpreted that I may/would Hawdon but none to threaten international happy with existing facilities. Retired archaeologist Charlie support the plans for a boat relations on this scale!! Photojournalist Roger Dortch, one of the leaders of ramp.” Garwood says the club has three Imagine a luxury villa in Provence, imagine three March 8, 9, 13, 15, the campaign against the plan, She does not support the idea couples, English, French and Irish, all turning up 16, 20, 22, 23 launching ramps, two of which says there are few places left because it is, “about people, at the same time! Add the ingredients of copious at 8.00pm appear to be neglected: “One where people can use the beach dogs and swimming—not champagne, heightened sexual impulses and Matinees: presumes the small ramps were without swimming into boats. boats. Who wants to go for their ingrained cultural diff erences and the European March 10 & 17 built with the same expectation “This is where the battle morning swim in a ‘boat pen’ Union could well implode!! at 2.00pm that the proposed groyne is starts, right here,” he says. area? planned—that it will not silt up 70 Adelaide St, Fremantle (opp. Woolworths) Fremantle Greens candidate “Let them sacrifi ce some boat Fremantle’s only and original community theatre since 1963 the beach.” Andrew Sullivan—one of two pens to give their young sailors Visit www.harbourtheatre.org.au for further information and membership enquiries Carmel Coyne says people south ward representatives on more room to get out onto the fi are determined to ght Fremantle council—accepts open sea.” continued “club creep” on their there is strong opposition. The public has until February BookingsBoB okkingss atat www.taztix.com.auwwww tazttixx com au oro 925592255 33363336 much-loved piece of beach north $25.50 Full / $23.50 Conc / $20.50 F/T Student or child < 15 (Transaction fees apply) He says more assessment is 28 to comment on the club of the main grassed area at South needed before council considers proposal which also comes Members book on 9433 6260 or email [email protected] Beach.