Category: FPnews
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2024 Plants are all in the ground!
After several weeding and planting working bees, our annual allocation of plants from the Shire are all in the ground – bushing up the entrance area to the Chapel off Marine Parade. Drizzly rain could not deter a record-breaking turn-out for our regular working bee on 8/6/2024 from getting the final tranche of plants in…
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Jarrah arrives!
We were fortunate to secure a supply of recycled Jarrah, the same timber used for the original chapel seating, at a very good price. Jarrah is hard to come by in Victoria these days in suitable dimensions but committee member Bill Genat managed to locate some in Western Australia and arrange for its purchase, transportation…
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Heritage Changes Adopted
Following the Shire’s Planning Services Committee Meeting on Monday, 24 October 2022, and having considered the Planning Panel’s Report, Council resolved to adopt the HO127 amendment with changes as recommended by the Panel. Please see here for details. In due course, these changes should be approved by the Minister for Planning. The CYMCA is pleased…
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Mass planting the pathway to the Chapel
A mass planting event along the pathway to the Chapel from Marine Parade was conducted in conjunction with the Shire and the Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation Group (MPKCG). It is fantastic that these groups can collaborate for mutual benefit. The CYMCA would like to thank all the volunteers and Council contractors for their efforts making…
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Heritage Changes Approved
Planning Panels Victoria recommended the incorporation of all of the Chapel in the Heritage Overlay HO127. Also recommended was the inclusion of the former Camp Buxton’s firepit and surrounding area in the overlay. For reasons that escape us, only the part of the Chapel in private land was originally included in the Heritage Overlay HO127.…
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Work on the platform restoration is well underway
Commencing in late May, our contractor Glen and his crew have made a lot of progress with the platform and lectern restorations: Work has almost completed though the wet weather has slowed down progress: Funding for this work has come from a Mornington Peninsula Shire budget allocation augmented by funds privately raised by our group…
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Bungles and Boundaries !
Although no official announcement has yet been made, we understand that the Shire is negotiating the purchase of the southwest corner of the Chapel on private land from its owner based on the badly sited fence described here. This is a major blow for our group – because our restoration plans (based on Council’s own…
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Unexpected Fence
A fence has sprung up unexpectedly between private property and the immediate Chapel area. We believe the fence is not located in a good position because it vastly diminishes the Chapel entrance and does not permit screening vegetation as planned. The fence was erected without notification to the CYMCA committee towards the end of February…
Shoreham Bush Chapel 