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FCA Newsletter

Did you miss our October ENewsletter?

This Newsletter deals with two items:

An update regarding the Flinders Community Hub with the most recent proposed floorplan.
A paper canvassing community interest in purchasing NBN plans with Fibre to the Premises technology.

Kind regards
Jo…

CPR and Defibrillator Training Online

On Thursday 15 October at 7pm Ambulance Victoria will be running a free online training session. It’ll cover how to perform CPR and how to use a Defibrillator. To attend, simply  email your name and location to community.engagement@ambulance.vic.gov.au .

St Johns Fete

The St Johns Fete has been a tradition in Flinders for over 80 years with the first fete opened by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sir Arthur Coles in 1939.  We continue this wonderful tradition with the generous support of…

State Government Funding for Redevelopment of our Hall

The Minister for Local Government announced on Thursday 3 September that $2.25 million dollars has been allocated to the redevelopment of the Flinders Civic Hall from the State Government Growing Suburbs Fund.

The FCA warmly acknowledges the strong support of Cr…

Community Placemaking Grant Awarded to FCA

We have just received the excellent news that the FCA’s application for a Community Placemaking Grant from Mornington Peninsula Council has been successful. The Grant will pay for replacement signage in the little rotunda in the Cook Street Park.
 The signage…

Liquid Petroleum Gas and the Crib Point Installation

The proposal, as most people on this side of the Peninsula know, is to import liquefied petroleum gas, to convert it to gas vapour at a complex installation, and send it up a pipeline to Cranbourne. It all seems pretty simple…

Bass Park Trust’s Rebuttal of DELWP’s Future Foreshores Project

The Bass Park Trust has a somewhat more cautious and less enthusiastic response to the DELWP’s Future Foreshores Project article recently published on the Flinders Community Association website. We believe the intended rationalisation of a number of hitherto largely volunteer…

Flinders Village Planning Controls Explained

After careful consideration of planning controls and precedent and based on feedback from many members of the community, the FCA resolved to lodge a formal objection to the scale of the proposed re-development of the Flinders Cove Motel and adjoining…

Flinders Post Office

Plans for the new Flinders Post Office beside the General Store are now available on the Council website:

https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Advertised-Planning-Applications/P200793-50-Cook-Street-Flinders

It is intended that from 31 August 2020 post office services will be provided within the General Store until the new building is…

FCA Newsletter – June 2020

The FCA Committee trusts you are staying safe and well in these rather difficult times.

Update regarding the renovation of the Flinders Hall and installation of public toilets in the Cook Street park:

The latest information from Council is that both…