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Icing the cake with a glycol system , in search of the holy grail @ 3 degrees C , “as a matter of fact , we’ve got it now”

Fantastic juxtaposition of all the new stainless steel in the bar and kitchen areas with the character filled old red bricks which were preserved from the demolished rooms and now form the rear of the new trophy cabinet. Never forget where you came from.

I reckon Raoul Fortescue Miles would approve !

Status report - WOOOOOWW WEEEEE

If you are interested in looking at the final plans and planning documents for the revitalized R F , use this link . https://www.frankston.vic.gov.au/Planning_and_Building/Planning/Planning_permits/View_currently_advertised_planning_applications A few minor changes to the roof but looking faaantastic - if you have an individual contribution you want to make you need to do so before December 9th - you are as much an owner as any other with a voice of equal value - have a look see what you think .

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Interesting article appearing on Page 1. of the Frankston and Somerville Standard published Saturday November 11th 1933.

For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. T S Eliot

The result the Seaford community wants, and the legacy of R F Miles deserves, is edging closer and closer to reality. One more piece and the puzzle is complete. Please encourage your local federal politician to get behind this much needed project Once that 2.6 Million Federal contribution is guaranteed- the dream becomes a reality.

What do the R F Miles reserve and MCG have in common ? While reading up on some Melbourne history I found this regarding ‘the G’ - “The ground was built way back in 1853 when the then 15-year-old Melbourne Cricket Club was forced by the government to move from its former site because the route of Australia’s first steam train was to pass through the oval.” ......It seems Cricket grounds have been giving way to trains since their invention. Let’s hope it all turns out for us, as well as it did for the MCC.

A vital piece of the puzzle has now fallen into place and the dream moves much closer to reality . Both timely and significant, this sort of support is worthy of the strongest community support in response.

BREAKING! A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will contribute $2.6m to help build a brand new pavilion at RF Miles Reserve in Seaford.

This is on top of the $10m already funded to revitalise this whole area with playgrounds, community spaces, walking and cycling paths and more than 100,000 trees and plants as part of the Seaford Road level crossing removal works.

Home of the mighty Seaford Football Netball Club and Seaford Cricket Club - this is such great news for Seaford!.

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Were you under the impression that the R F Miles Reserve would actually get a $10 Million upgrade after it was used to serve the authorities needs ? I was, now I am not so sure - let’s examine the most recent statement from the LXRA shall we , which seems to me to have morphed somewhat from ‘Reserve Upgrade’ to whole of Seaford revitalisation / issued today from LXRA we read -

“In addition to removing the level crossing at Seaford Road, Seaford will benefit from a $10 million package of revitalisation works.

The revitalisation works will include 6km of new walking and cycling paths from Eel Race Road through Seaford and on to Frankston, upgrades to the R F Miles Reserve as well as streetscaping and landscaping."

HUH ! 6 kilometres of 3 meter wide shared pathway (with mooted safety lighting the full length of same) , as well as street scaping and landscaping -and a playground at the oval - as part of the $10 Million ? !!!! There’s your 10 mill gone right there ! Surely this is not in the spirit of the original compensation offering - Crickey - surely the cost of replacing the paths, trees and other vegetation which where perfectly adequate before being destroyed by the authority in the project development process is included in the project budget, / were they just planning to moonscape the area and move on were they ? And just who exactly asked for an approximately $5 million dollar cost, shared pathway ( half the budget if not more ) running from Carrum to Frankston - I certainly don’t know anybody who did. 17 kilometres of just that sort of pathway was included in the standard LXRA project delivery on the Dandenong line - why is it being proposed as a special gift in Seaford ?

The Frankston Council has already nominated clearly the number 1. Priority for the reserve as being - ‘Redevelop the pavilion to meet the future use of the reserve’ , and yet There seems to be no mention of this in any of the statements or surveys regarding the authorities commitment to delivering on its offer of a $10 million contribution to the reserve . R F Miles reserve is a Football and Cricket Ground - not a velodrome, we don’t need any more cycle pathways surely. With the creek track. The swamp track and the foreshore track all perfectly good ! Make sure you get down to those information hubs and tell the folk there we want the 10 million dollars spent on what WE want it spent on -NOT -what they want to spend it on, that wasn’t the deal - and in Seaford - a deal is a deal. Can I also recommend using the comments box in the surveys , rather than the options boxes - all of which are THEIR options , not necessarily ours. Be heard or be sorry you didn’t speak up might be the message here folks $10 million dollars only goes so far in a modern world - and frankly it seems almost already gone here - and almost all of it being spent replacing what they should be replacing at their own cost in the first place anyway. It evokes the old story of your mum asking if you would like some dinner and when you ask her “what are the choices ? ” - she says Yes or No !