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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Summer by the Sea 2013
During January the Victorian coast comes alive with summer activities for kids
and adults of all ages! Participate in family friendly activities stretching right
across the coastline, such as rock-pool rambles, kayak adventures, marine
monitoring, nature walks, geology adventures and snorkelling safaris.
Sandringham Foreshore Association are excited to be involved again, and Vicki
will be conducting a presentation and guided tour about Baysides changing
dunes, the summer/winter beaches, fossil discoveries, impacts of climate
change and coastal processes.
Wednesday 16th January 5.30 - 7pm.
Meet at Brighton Life Saving Club, Esplanade Brighton,
(Melways map 67, B12)
Booking essential (03) 9599 4444 or email brighter@bayside.vic.gov.au
To find out more about other activities:
www.dse.vic.gov.au
www.bayside.vic.gov.au
Bird baths
We need your help to maintain Water baths for birds in Sandringham,
Hampton and Brighton! Get Fit and Help Wildlife - Volunteers Required
There are 3 bowls at Picnic Point, 1 at Green Point and 2 at Brighton beach.
If interested please contact Vicki Karalis at sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au
Some time ago Ian Parsons and Elizabeth Walsh of the Friends of Native
Wildlife (FoNW) had a great idea while surveying along a cliff top. Eight years
later it has finally come to fruition. The idea was to provide shallow water
bowls for wildlife along the frequently dry cliff tops.
Since 2004 and after numerous walks between Beaumaris and Brighton the
Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife have listed all the water taps they could
find, with Val LaMay taking GPS readings of the most suitable sites for water
bowls under listed taps. There were already a few dog bowls but they were
too deep for safe access by skinks. Shallow bowls are more suitable for a
variety of small birds and reptiles.
During recent years of severe drought, the lack of water along the foreshore
became more evident. Small bird populations dropped significantly and blue
tongue lizards became uncommon. Water helps birds digest seeds obtained
from grasses and shrubs, especially when the food supply is also under stress
from drought, the plants themselves being drier than usual.
Barbara Jakob, co-ordinator of the Friends Network, obtained a grant to have
the bowls made by Beaumaris Art Group and students at the Hampton
Community Centre. Stephan from Citywide has concreted in most of the bowls
and arranged re-plumbing of taps where suitable.
Wildlife is already using numerous bowls which have been cemented into
place. The superb blue wren, thornbills, silver-eyes and scrub-wrens have been
seen, along with larger birds, skinks and the occasional blue tongue lizard. Its
also been a joy to watch birds bathing in the new bowls!
We are looking for volunteers in various areas to regularly clean and fill some
of these bowls, especially during the warmer months. The more helpers the
better, to cover holidays and make sure water is available. There are a variety
of taps over the bowls and FONW have been provided with tap keys for
volunteers to use on taps without handles. There are bowls located along
Brighton, Sandringham, Black Rock and Beaumaris foreshores.
I find it easy to fit the work into a stroll; I use an old dish-brush from the
kitchen for cleaning, and carry a one-litre container of water to use where
extra scrubbing is required, or where a tap is not refilling the bowl properly.
We would love to have photos of wildlife using any of these bowls. They can
be sent to:
bayfonw@hotmail.com
Thank you to Ian Parsons for his original chat and long walks, Val LaMay and
her GPS; Barbara Jakobs of the Friends Network for funding for pottery bowls;
to the teachers and students who made them; Stephan Kuzma for concreting
the bowls along the cliff-top and Citywide for full implementation of the
project and Council staff for their support.
Please contact Elizabeth Walsh on 9598 9009 (messages always attended to).
Elizabeth Walsh giving a guided tour along our cliffs on native vegetation.
Photo by Vicki Karalis, 2012
In 2007 the Cerberus was listed on the National Heritage List after being
nominated by Friends of the Cerberus and the National Trust. In 2008 the
Federal Government provided a $500,000 grant to design a turret-bracing
structure. Bracing is essential as catastrophic collapse is imminent. Due to their
hard work, we have learnt that the Turret Bracing Project will resume under
the project management of the City of Bayside.
Being steam-powered meant that the small Victorian Navy could man a
powerful ship and punch well-above their weight. Fitting steam steering in
1876 meant that two men rather than ten could steer the ship.
Not only was Cerberus the first British warship powered by steam alone,
she was also the first warship anywhere that had a central superstructure.
Another innovation was the two steam-powered gun turrets mounted at either
end of the superstructure, giving all-round fire ability. With eight-inch armour
on her sides and nine and ten inch armour on her gun turrets, Cerberus could
take a lot of punishment. The modern ten-inch rifled guns allowed a broadside
of four 183 kg shells to be fired up to 5 km. Cerberus represented cutting-edge
technology in 1868.
Had Cerberus not been at the forefront of naval technology, her importance to
the colony of Victoria alone would warrant saving her. The most powerful ship
in the Victorian Navy, Cerberus gave Victorians peace of mind they had a
protector to thwart any attacking force. Far away from the British fleet based
in Sydney, the gold-rush made Melbourne a tempting target.
In the 1870s Cerberus and the obsolete ex-Georgian Man of War, HMVS Nelson
(1814), were the extent of the Victorian Navy. Over time, the Navy expanded
to a sixteen vessel fleet comprising gunboats, torpedo boats and converted
government and commercial vessels. A small navy, the Permanent Force only
consisted of 385 full-time, and 382 part-time men in the Naval Brigade.
The three-headed dog of Greek mythology keeps the Russian Bear at Bay
Melbourne Punch, 27 April 1871
HISTORY:
1868 - Cerberus launched
1871 - Cerberus arrives in Victoria
1876 - Locally designed & built steam steering fitted
1877 - Placed on a war footing during war scare.
1879 - Searchlights fitted
1881 - Five men die in Torpedo Accident
1882 - Locally designed & built boilers fitted
1882 - First machine gun fitted
1885 - War Scare
1888 - Fleet mobilised when telegraph connection with Britain lost.
1897 - Electric lighting & ventilation installed.
1890 - Quick Firing Guns fitted
1900 - Recorded highest speed of 12.4 knots (23 kph)
1900 - Naval contingent sent to China during Boxer Rebellion.
1905 - Operates under steam for the last time
1909 - Towed to Queenscliff & back for last cruise and decommissioned.
1912 - Recommissioned HMAS Cerberus as Name Ship for Williamstown Naval
Base.
1921 - Renamed Platypus II, used as Depot Ship for J Class submarines at
Geelong.
1924 - Sold for scrap.
1926 - Scuttled at Half Moon Bay.
RECENT EVENTS:2002 - Friends of the Cerberus formed Save the Cerberus.
2005 - State Government grant of $80,000 received that allows removal the
guns thereby removing 72 tons of weight from the superstructure.
2007 - Cerberus listed on the National Heritage List after being nominated by
Friends of the Cerberus and the National Trust.
2008 - $500,000 grant received from the Federal Government.
2011 - Approval given to use grant funds to design a turret bracing structure.
2012 - Issues with Federal Heritage Department resolved so that the Turret
Bracing Project can resume under the project management of the City of
Bayside. Bracing is essential as catastrophic collapse is imminent.