Sandringham Foreshore Newsletter Winter Issue June 2013 SANDRINGHAM FORESHORE ASSOCIATION (SFA) Founded January 2007 ABN 42947116512 A CHARITABLE NOT FOR PROFIT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION SFA PO Box 52 Sandringham 3191 E-mail: sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au Website www.sandyforeshore.net.au From the president of SFA Dr Vicki Karalis

In this issue, SFA are proud to profile Ray Lewis a long-term Bayside resident who is passionate about his local beaches and environment. We are privileged to benefit from his ongoing service and dedication to the community and his constant attendance to the needs of our Bayside foreshore. Ray plays a major role in educating all ages (from young to old) about marine life, flora, fauna and beach processes through Marine Care Ricketts Point in Beaumaris. We thank you Ray for all your hard work - it is truly valued by the community!

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We are also pleased to announce that we have secured a meeting with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Ryan Smith (organised through our local MP Murray Thompson) together with regional director of DSE Rodney Warren. The meeting will allow us to discuss the concerns of cliff erosion of the Sandringham beaches that we continue to witness over summer and autumn periods, and to set up a community reference group. We are confident of achieving some real outcomes to address these ongoing problems. We are extremely grateful to Minister Smith, Rodney Warren, our local Council, Mayor, Councillors and especially Murray Thompson for their ongoing interest and support in our efforts to help protect our foreshore in Sandringham. The SFA committee have been extremely active in meeting with relevant parties and coastal experts. We are privileged that one of our committee members Helen Gibson was able to make contact with Associate Professor Ian Goodwin of the Marine Climate Risk Group, Climate Futures and Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, to discuss some of the circumstances of the Sandringham beaches, and of the existence of the coastal reports that were written for SFA in the past. In response he has provided us with a template for discussion with DSE and coastal experts. We are also grateful to receive on-going support from Dr Wayne Stephenson who is now based in New Zealand at the University of Otago and to this day, continues to support and liaise with us. Below are sample old photos of our local beach that will interest you. Thank you to Garry Allen, a local resident and committee member of the Beaumaris Conservation Society, who helped me source these and many other photos through our State Library. We also thank Shirley Joy, a local resident of Sandringham for providing some original historical photos. If you have any historical photos of our beach, we would love to see them. Please contact us. Recently I was proud to attend the Beaumaris Conservation Society 60th Anniversary celebration dedicated to their long-standing members who have worked hard on a voluntary capacity to help conserve, restore and protect the environment especially in the Beaumaris region. [See photo of the BCS celebration below]. Do you have any environmental news or stories you would like to share with SFA members in our next newsletter? We would love to hear from you. Yours with kindness, Vicki Karalis

Sandringham Harbour -note the water reaching the revetment wall

Hampton Beach looking at Hampton Lifesaving club Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954]. http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=423542.xml&dvs=1369133888339~984&locale=en_US&se

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Sandringham Harbour - note the sand siltation Description: Pier and foreshore, Sandringham. Date: 1963 Source: Leader Collection http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/imgal/1.htm

South of Picnic Point

Beach and Baths, Sandringham. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1914] postcard : printed, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab43963

First Beach, Sandringham Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954] http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=409355.xml&dvs=1369133346850~625&locale=en_US&se

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Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [n. d.] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm. Reproduction rights

owned by the State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73752

Sandringham, Victoria Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1910-ca. 1940] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/gid/slv-pic-aaa41321

Sandringham. Melbourne. Date(s) of creation: [1928-1929] photograph : gelatin silver ; 6.2 x 8.9 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab73757

Beach opposite Tennyson St

Rudd, Charles 1849-1901 photographer. Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [1892-1900] photograph : printing out

paper ; 13.6 x 20.5 cm., on printed paper mount 19.3 x 23.3 cm. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab53764

Sandringham beach, opposite Sandringham Hotel 1910, http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=2807672.xml&dvs=1369132779918~944&locale=en_US

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Beach opposite Edward St

Sandringham Beach Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1909] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab38829

Beach Scene near Sandringham, Melbourne. Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1910] postcard : printed, col. ; 8.8 x 13.8 cm. approx. Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab42988

Red Bluff Cliff

Date(s): [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920] http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/52037

Sievers, Wolfgang, 1913-2007 photographer. Red Bluff, used by Sandringham Council as a rubbish tip. Date(s) of creation:

1963. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/gid/slv-pic-aab28011

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Bayside City Council SFA value our relationship with Bayside City Council who meet with us on a regular basis to raise any concerns about our local beaches, and to discuss areas that require attention. If you have any concerns, feel free to write to us: sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au

Draft Bayside Coastal Management Plan 2012/13 Sandringham Foreshore Association thanks Bayside City Council for early consultation with the community in developing the draft Bayside Coastal Management Plan 2012/13. Committee members of SFA attended all of the workshops. These events were well attended by a number of passionate and enthusiastic locals all sharing an interest in thoughtful management of our foreshore zones. The draft CMP will be produced and, once endorsed by Council, will go out for consultation prior to being adopted. Completion is expected in June 2013. The Coastal Management plan can be viewed by visiting the web link: http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/Draft_Discussion_Paper_for_public_comment_December_2012.pdf For more information contact the Open Space Coordinator Simon Finlay on 9599 4444 and refer to Council's website: http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/opencoast.htm Banksia Bulletin Banksia Bulletin relies on volunteered contributions from our wonderful community. Please find the latest edition of the Banksia Bulletin by visiting the web link: http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/environment_banksia_bulletin.htm

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Congratulation to the Beaumaris Conservation Society for their 60th Birthday celebration held on 19th May 2013 Photo by Pauline Reynolds Guest speakers included Murray Thompson MP and Bayside City Council Mayor & Councillor Stephen Hartney

Order of Australia medal awarded for Services to Ageing and Technology. Convener, Citizen Science; Marine Care Ricketts Point, Beaumaris; CEO Greypath Pty Ltd. By Cristian Silver, Editorial board member of SFA and local resident

Profile of Ray Lewis OAM

Looking west over the bay at Ricketts Point, the May morning tide is low and the crisp air still - offering an expanse of tidal rock pools to view from the shoreline. Its there that I find Ray Lewis, former president of voluntary organisation Marine Care Ricketts Point Sanctuary, business professional, community activist and author.

An authoritative figure in his volunteers jacket, Ray doesnt waste time covering a broad time span and quantity of environmental and community pursuits: RAAF service, and business & community activity lends him a progressive air, though he softens as a wattle-bird arrives at his hand: This is the Father again he knows what he wants, obliging with a serve from one of the sugar-sticks on the table. Born in Perth in 1936, Ray spent youthful days diving and swimming around the port of Fremantle, gaining the knowledge that comes from familiarity and time taken to observe the transience of marine life. Service in the RAAF saw him graduate in 1957, with a Military Science degree, followed by a postgraduate degree in Business Studies from the University of Melbourne. Ray mentions the geological history of Port Phillip Bay; of rich swamp-life, waterfalls and freshwater lakes. Long before European occupation the Bunnerong people lived around this idyllic setting, and long before them, a sub-tropical pre-history continues to reveal itself in the fossil record. We see the bay in only one of its many forms. Asked to write a short community guidebook about the Dromana foreshore, Ray finished with Dromana Beach, a natural and social history, and an approach that proves invaluable in reaching the broader community. Other published works include Bayside Beaches (2007); Best of Bayside Marine Photographers Journeys (2012); Marine Volunteering in Victoria and his regular contributions to City of Baysides Banksia Bulletin. Hes even formed a World Wildlife Wiki. Ray has also - after longstanding involvement, contribution and support to government and community projects for seniors - founded the Greypath Lyceum (www.greypath.com) as an online

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network of support for seniors to help enrich their lives through skills development and creative education. Consolidation of environmental interest groups is necessary, Ray believes, to gain a stronger voice by numbers. Recreational fisherman, preservation societies, field groups and the like: If you could get [them] to form a human chain, right around the bay Its a picture that presents some challenges between special interest groups, but as often proved, community activism for other causes, governments, both state and federal, tend to take notice. Especially near elections Discussing development of foreshore assets, Ray is adamant that you dont give them an extra foot! For they will take it, and pretty soon a skink or water rat has to cross a road to get home. Realistic and objective activism against inappropriate development gives Ray a competitive edge. Its lethargy as he puts it, which allows so much to be taken, manipulated or allowed to deteriorate. Many of us often unwittingly - let others do all the work, only to lament the loss of our precious open spaces when they are gone. Its often visitors who remind us how important places like our bay are. Ray remembers a group of elderly Germans, who during one of his walking groups, told him how special this is, how lucky we are to have it at any time, for free. And this is true. As I continue my walk, the dog enjoying Ricketts Points designated dog-off-leash area, there are artists painting the arc of coastal heath toward Beaumaris Bay, children having a birthday picnic, cormorants fishing and lorikeets chortling amongst the banksia. Even a stirring rendition of What the World Needs Now blaring from the public restroom does little to diminish the setting of Ricketts Point.

Ray settles into the business of another meeting. One more for the cause of his many interests to help improve and enrich the lives of others.

RAY'S IMPRESSIVE CV: GENERAL BUSINESS & COMMUNITY ACTVITIES by Ray Lewis 1980 85 PRESIDENT Electronics Mfrs Assn 1980 84 DELEGATE Defence Industries Council (WA) 1980 84 COMMITTEE Defence Suppliers Assn 1981 PRIME MOVER Project Manager and MD high tech circuit board plant 1982 REPRESENTATIVE WA Government to New Zealand 1982 85 COMMITTEE Technology of Manufacture WA 1983 WA REPRESENTATIVE Australian High Tech Mission North America 1984 - 85 COMMITTEE State Defence Projects Committee 1984 85 INDUSTRY REP. State Govt. Enquiry Electronics 1984 86 COMMITTEE Electronics Industry Assn 1984 88 CHAIRMAN Technology/Defence Committee WAACI 1985 CHAIRMAN High Tech Industry Guide 1985 86 CHAIRMAN EIA Manufacturers Committee 1985 86 MEMBER Ministerial Defence Projects Committee 1985 90 COUNCILLOR WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1989 VICE PRESIDENT WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1989 MISSION LEADER WA Lighting Industry Site Tour of USA 1986 MEMBER Steering Committee VSLI Design Facility 1987 MEMBER Federal Government Think Tank Components Mfrg. 1987 MISSION LEADER Australian Defence Industries Trade Mission to the USA 1987 88 CHAIRMAN WACCI Centenary Committee 1988 PRIME MOVER & DIR Universal Defence Systems Pty Ltd 1991 93 PRESIDENT/DELEGATE State Political Party Branch 2001 CONVENER Victorian Ageing and Technology Forum 2002 - 03 PRESIDENT Elder Abuse Prevention Assocation 2002 - 06 BUS. MENTOR Rural & Peninsula Disability Services 2005 - 06 MEMBER Kangerong, Ward Advisory Group 2006 - 07 MEMBER Kingston Council Positive Ageing Steering Committee 2008 VICE PRESIDENT Marine Care Rickets Point Sanctuary 2009 - PRESIDENT Marine Care Rickets Point Sanctuary

Community Related Activities by Ray Lewis Since 2001

1. Various and continuing speeches and personally run free public seminars on technology and ageing.

2. Co founder and inaugural Presidency of the Elder Abuse Prevention Association of Australia.

3. Continuing construction and full time application to a web site (www.greypath.com) whose

first and key objective is to: "Empower seniors and to enrich the quality of our lives."

4. Development of an on line through life learning institution, the Greypath Lyceum, that carries an increasing number of free courses for seniors. The free Creative Writer Course being the most successful so far, with 1000+ students from 20 countries.

5. The establishment of an on line National Ageing Issues Think Tank as a contribution to the

national debate on ageing and its implications for Australia. (2004 - 2006)

6. Author of Dromana Beach a social and natural history community project, and Recollections of the RAAF College Years 1949- 1960. Promoting environmental awareness via Bayside Beaches published late 2007.

7. Newspaper articles on ageing and technology, marketing to seniors, and submissions to

various public investigations such as the recent Senate enquiry into Through Life Education.

8. Joint founder of the Victorian Education Ageing and Technology on line forum.

9. Developed on line information gathering system to support the Centre for Education and Research into Ageing (CERA) studies in to ageing and falls. Similar support for NARI research students. Part author of final paper, published internationally. Data assistance to ANU, and three or four other universities on ageing research.

10. Supported the Cancer Research Council of NSW in effecting 500 valuable cancer attitudes poll

form completions from seniors. Supported many other Ph D projects nationally mostly in assisting to locate seniors for research.

11. Fund raising support for the Dromana Foreshore Committee via the establishment of a

marine art show and public marine life presentations.

12. Creation of many IT & Media projects for Swinburne University graduating students 2003 2008+

13. Occasional guest speaker to graduate students Swinburne

14. Deakin University Live in Summer School Marine & Coastal Ecology

15. Business mentor to the Rural and Peninsula Disabilities Service from 2001 - 2006.

16. Creation of a World Wildlife Wikipedia to capture wildlife carers knowledge

17. Creation of video for Seniors. What You Need to Know in Retirement - 2008, taken up free

of charge by Metro community TVs aged interests segments 2010.

18. Member Kingston Council Positive Ageing Committee 2006 2007

19. Senior Achiever of the Year Victoria 2007

20. Member and President - Marine Care Ricketts Point -2007 - 2013

21. Awarded Coastcare Coastal Hero Medal 2008

22. Keynote Speaker 4th Annual Elder Abuse Symposium - 2008

23. Regular public presenter/speaker on matters of marine ecology 2005 +

24. Awarded OAM for aged and community services - 2009

25. Regular environmental contributor to Bayside Councils Banksia Bulletin 2009 +

26. Ongoing volunteer creation and production of various marine educational videos and digital stories for the Marine Education Centre at Ricketts Point Sanctuary 2009+

27. Volunteer producer and concept creator and funder, of a DVD to help save the Wathaurong Aboriginal Language, gifted to the Victorian Aboriginal Language Corporation. 2010 -11

28. Instigator of the establishment of two new marine care volunteer groups around Port Phillip

Bay 2008 and 2009. Williamstown and Point Cook.

29. Provided key data from the Greypath website over three years, to Australian National University study on ageing and technology 2010- 2012

30. Co-author with Dr Beaumont and Dr Foskey of a lengthy seniors and media paper, published

in the World Gerontology Magazine on Seniors and Technology. 2011

31. Author 250 page illustrated book.- Marine Volunteering in Victoria 2011

32. Initiator of Children with a Disabilitys (CWD) marine experience programme at Ricketts Point 2011

33. Qualified - Multicultural Coastal Guides Course November 2011

34. Created annual Winter Solstice Walk, a public marine educational event - June 2011+

35. Creator of a world first, hands on, marine experience event, for Deaf Blind People, April 2012

36. Author Best of Bayside Marine Photographers Journeys 2012 to showcase and promote local marine photographic skills.

37. Conceived and ran a Melbourne Bayside environmental interest symposium called Gnargee

38. Author Marine Education Centre Volunteers Handbook 2012,

39. Representative for 1100 environmental volunteer groups via Vic Environmental Friends Network inc (VEFN) on the Victorian State Governments Environmental Advisory Committee, 2012- 2013

40. Appointed Optus Independent expert on seniors and technology Ad. campaigns. 2012- 2013

41. Developed and continues to promote the Citizen Science concept for Victorian Marine and Coastal Volunteer groups and provided on ground local science support to various University projects from Hons to PhD students. 2010 +

42. Convener and Prime Mover a foreshore based Marine Science Education and Community Centre development. 2012 +

We hope you have enjoyed reading the SFA Winter June 2013 newsletter. Yours with kindness, Dr Vicki Karalis, SFA President Assistant editors, SFA Newsletter: Helen Gibson & Cristian Silver SFA committee members: Alison Horton, Vice-President Adrienne Smith, Secretary Craig Francis, Treasurer Helen Gibson Paul Hede Laurie Evans Ruby Campbell-Beschorner