As you all know, The Bay Trail is the Centenary Project of our cluster of Rotary Clubs. One of the key sections is the missing link in the region our Club covers - Moorooduc Station to Mornington. The great news is that funding of the Baxter to Somerville missing link of the Peninsula Trail is now approved. However, for 3 clubs, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha and Mornington the critical piece is Moorooduc to Mornington and connecting to the Harap Creek Trail to the Briars. I received this message from Ross Kilborn of the Mornington club who is the driving force for this project: "Right now the Council has a grant application with the Regional Tourism infrastructure Fund. We need as many people as possible to support this. CAN YOU PLEASE THIS WEEK via your newsletter, at your meeting etc ask all members to send a simple email to the Minister for Tourism supporting this. martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au It can be as simple as Dear Minister Pakula I write in support of the application of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for a Regional Tourism Infrastructure Grant to complete the Moorooduc to Mornington Section of the Peninsula Trail. If they want to write a letter or call they can do that too. Level 36, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 (03) 8392 2221 If they want to add information about this being our Centenary Project and the value to our local economy through tourism they can do that too." I am also adding my support to this and ask as many of you as possible to do this. Without State Government funding it will be so difficult to get this section built. So get writing and shake Spring St into action for our Centennary Project. Thank you, Neil |