Colin Watson | Public figure
Colin Watson
Phone: +61 412 998 177
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23.01.2022 Check out three newly refreshed dining destinations, starting with the Portsea Hotel, tomorrow 5.30pm! #9Postcards
23.01.2022 A bird's eye view of the tip of Point Nepean - as captured by Ingrid Hendriksen Photography
23.01.2022 Time for a Volunteer Driver recruitment drive! More volunteers needed to keep up with demand. Do you have a couple of spare hours a week or fortnight to help!
23.01.2022 We love seeing so many incredible photos taken by you, our creative and passionate fans on Instagram everyday. Don't forget to #sorrento_village for a chance to be featured by Sorrento Village. www.instagram.com/sorrento_village Mornington Peninsula
21.01.2022 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au//v/podcast/r594588_3828078.m4v
21.01.2022 SHARE THIS SHIT. Tag everyone. Portsea Pier 4th Oct 2018. This is not normal. This is powerful ocean swell (not ship wake) We begged the govt not to mess wit...h nature and dredge the heads but they went ahead anyway. The peninsula is eroding away from the inside! Coincidence??? Whats next Western Port? Leave our bays alone! #savewesternport #noAGL Video by James Matarazzo from #fighttackle #tsunami See more
21.01.2022 Our beautiful Portsea front beach, where have you gone??
20.01.2022 The sun is shining and the view is spectacular! Can't wait till we open and we can share this with you!
15.01.2022 Shire calling state government to restore Portsea’s iconic Front Beach https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au//Shire-calling-on-the-state
12.01.2022 Quilts for others on Thursday at Sorrento Community Centre. This is a stack made by volunteers for the Royal Children's Hospital. Quilters from all over Victori...a donate all year round. Sorrento Quilts for others meets four times a year and Marie Lee travels to the corners of the state ...Marie brings along all the fabric and supplies, just bring your sewing kit and good will and you will get a job. phone 59843360 #sorrentocommunitycentre See more
10.01.2022 Councillor’s parting shot for boundary change... Read more:
08.01.2022 Did you know that Sorrento has its own salt cave? Recreation Sorrento launched its' salt cave last year which has amazing health benefits both physically and me...ntally! As part of a Winter Wonderland deal, by showing your Sorrento ice skating ticket you can enjoy a 45 minute salt cave session for half price at only $10! Find out more at http://www.recreationsorrento.com.au/special_offer.html. #saltcave #sorrentovillage #iceskating #recreationsorrento sorrento.org.au
08.01.2022 Front beach mid 70s
07.01.2022 #channeldeepeningdamage, Sorrento to Point Nepean #cdp, #pointnepean
06.01.2022 STOP THE PRESSES! On Tuesday 4th September the Shire forwarded to NRA a letter from the Minister to Mayor Bryan Payne clearly stating that the Department has been instructed to proceed no further with a rock revetment wall, to take the steps required to repair the sandbag wall, and to undertake investigation of appropriate steps to reinstate the beach. This is what we have all been trying to achieve for over a year. Congratulations are due to Colin Watson and to Cr Hugh Fraser, and thanks to the recently departed Shire CEO, Carl Cowie, for their work in obtaining the required outcome. Further the work of Kellie Crosthwaite in the Department also needs to be appreciated.
05.01.2022 Portsea beach when it had sand . Mid 70s
04.01.2022 Ahhh these last few days of Summer! Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club www.sorrento.org.au
04.01.2022 Future Fri-yays! Sitting on this deck, looking at these views, sipping that coffee... Who else can't wait?
02.01.2022 I have been casually following many recent comments members of the group have been expressing about the environmental disaster that has occurred at Point Nepean, Portsea front beach, Shelley beach and Point King. I think it important to provide you all with some far more factual information as some of the personal views are incorrect and causing unnecessary confusion amongst our community. The department ( DELWP ) in 2017 commissioned Advisian to model six options that may a...ssist in the remediation of the Portsea beach, however only two of the options could have succeeded in diverting the wave energy which is fundamental for the restoration of the beach. I was involved with Advisian right through this process as a member of the key stakeholder group and whilst Advisian were not asked to nominate their preferred option it was very obvious that they preferred the option named Reconfiguration of the Seabed. The key stakeholder group were asked to nominate their preferred option which was tabled with DELWP, that information was then forwarded to the Minister for the Environment ( Ms L D' Ambrosio) for her consideration. Shortly after I was invited to meet the Minsters Chief Adviser as they had made their decision about the Portsea beach. At this meeting the key stakeholder group were advised that the current sand bag wall was going to be replaced by a permanent rock wall at a cost of $3M as the Government could not afford to spend the $20M cost of reconfiguring the seabed which would have deflected the wave energy and resulted in the beach coming back. Since then DELWP appears to be pushing ahead with this option in spite of us expressing very strongly how disappointed we are. As a result the NRA in conjunction with the Portsea Foreshore Advisory Group have raised a fighting fund and have appointed a publicity company that will develop a media campaign to pressure the government to reverse their decision. In addition the Victorian Coastal Council in conjunction with the Victorian Science Panel have written to the Minister expressing their disappointment with her decision and have also outlined in detail what they believe needs doing to fix the problem properly. With the knowledge that DELWP were going to meet with the Shire and brief them about their decision I encouraged the Shire to seek an independent report to peer review the Advisian report that the government is relying on. The Shire took my advise and engaged Water Technology and recently that report was tabled at council. I will add a link to this report for you all to read and I trust this may answer many of the ill informed comments that have been circulating from arm chair commentators within our community. Download Water Technology Report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qsk9kc78l3nviy/5716_R01V01.pdf
01.01.2022 Thanks Janet Douglas for posting this picture of the Portsea Front Beach when it had sand
