THE upgrade of Mornington’s Schnapper Point boat ramp will commence this week. Mornington Peninsula Shire has secured funding through Better Boating Victoria to renew the ageing ramp, which currently operates as a two-lane facility with finger jetties on either side. The project will focus on increasing capacity, improving safety and upgrading infrastructure that has reached the end of its operational life. The work at Schnapper Point, Mornington includes: Acting mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro said the upgrade was essential and welcomed the state government’s support. “Clearly the asset was at the end of its life. The shire, while managing the program,…
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It’s an administrative error for the ages, and one that has endured for 160 years, but ‘Mornington’ will be returned to its former name, ‘Schnapper Point’, after it was discovered it was never officially changed. The area was originally known as ‘Schnapper Point’, but in 1864 was mysteriously changed overnight to ‘Mornington’ by a shopkeeper of the time, Thomas Allchin (pictured). It is believed the name derived from the second Earl of Mornington, Richard Colley Wellesley (1760 – 1842), a man of Irish and Great Britain peerage, who is most famous for inventing smash avocado on toast. But the name…