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Nominate a good citizen NOMINATIONS are now open for Moorabool Shire citizens of the year.

The Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year will be announced at Australia Day celebrations in January next year, however nominations need to be in by next Friday, November 20.

Moorabool Shire Council mayor Allan Comrie encouraged people to

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nominate someone who had done “great things for the shire”.

“We need someone to nominate them. We’re looking for people who do good work and good deeds and we have a youth award too. There are lots of young people out there who do great things.”

He said he hoped for as many nominations as possible for the awards.

“If people miss out on the citizens of the year, I also give out mayor awards for the people and groups I think are doing great things for WHEN :

the shire.”

October 8 to December 17, 2015

The 2015 Moorabool Shire Council Citizen of the Year was Greendale wildlife rescuer Donna Zabinskas. Ms Zabinskas founded the wildlife rescue organisation BADGAR and works closely with the CFA and Parks Victoria to coordinate rescues during the bushfire season. She said it was a “real honour and extremely unexpected” to be named Citizen of the Year.

The 2015 Young Citizen of the Year was Matt Prince. Matt was nominated for his work in helping to improve the health, fitness and self-esteem of people through his business Royale Fitness.

To be eligible for the Citizen of the Year a person must be older than 30 on January 26, 2016, and the Young Citizen of the Year needs to be younger than 30 on January 26 next year.

The community event of the year is presented to the person or group who staged the most outstanding community event during 2015.

Nomination forms are available at council customer service offices in Bacchus Marsh and Ballan or online at moorabool.vic.gov.au (under

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Highland Heritage has heart HUMANITY, compassion and sustainability are the driving principles behind Highland Heritage.

Meet Hayley and Nam-Ha Quach, the next farmers in our Meet the Grower series by Renee Robinson.

Nam-Ha Quach was born on a rickety boat carrying refugees from Vietnam to Malaysia in 1979. When he was only a few hours old he was being processed at the Australian (Fraser) Government processing facilities in Malaysia and was sent to a refugee camp in Malaysia with his parents and older brother.

He was four and-a-half months old – a short wait compared to today’s processing standards – when his family came to live in Geelong with the Australian family who sponsored them.

Nam said the trauma of fleeing Vietnam was still something that his parents struggled to talk about, however the details of his arrival into the world and eventual arrival in Australia have strongly shaped Nam’s world view.

Nam studied psychology at university, did commercial joinery in the workforce, before teaching humanities subjects at Bacchus Marsh Grammar for nine years. Last year he moved to an administrative role at the school.

Nam, his wife Hayley, and their three children Kobi-Li (10), Tano-Li (7) and Ava-Li (4) live on a 16 acre organic farm in Grenville, south of Ballarat. They moved there five years ago from Bacchus Marsh and established Highland Heritage soon after.

Hayley said: “We wanted to grow organic food for our own children and realised we could grow enough for other families. We were in Bacchus Marsh on a third of an acre and then we decided to give it a go on a bigger scale and grow for more families.”

Highland Heritage produces organic heritage variety vegetables, duck and chicken eggs, which are boxed and delivered on a weekly basis (usually Tuesdays) to households in Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Buninyong and Ballarat.

Hayley said when there was a change of Federal Government two years ago, and a subsequent change to the way Australia handled refugees, she and Nam sat down to brainstorm a way to help those families seeking safety in Australia.

“We brainstormed what we could do to help and what we could do sustainably. We didn’t want to just do something short-term, we wanted to continue doing it and make it sustainable. We thought about all the benefits of living the way we do and how we could use that to help others.

But it wasn’t just about us helping, we wanted to enable other people to help as well.”

The result was a ‘suspended vegies program’. The idea was based on a suspended coffee concept that originated in Italy, where customers paid extra on their tabs so those less fortunate could use the money to buy a coffee. Hayley said she read about the suspended coffee concept online and then read about cafes across Melbourne who embraced it.

“Our idea was to do it with vegies. Our customers might add a bit extra onto their order, we double that amount, keep a record of it, and deliver

Hayley and Nam-Ha Quach with pooch Patch. Photo by Renee Robinson

that value in the form of boxed vegetables to houses in Ballarat.”

She said the households included Tamils, Iranians, Afghanis and Sudanese who were recommended by the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Centre, The Centre for Multicultural Youth and The House of Welcome.

The Suspended Vegies Program is now in it’s second year and, on average, feeds three refugee households a week.

Hayley and Nam-Ha do all the work on their small-scale organic farm – building, growing, harvesting, and fertilising using a ground worm farming system.

Nam said it was a closed-loop cycle of growing that value added to the land.

“We’re not trying to maximise everything out of the land. We want to keep it sustainable.”

They are in the process of opening a shopfront which stocks ethical, organically grown products that aligned with their values.

Hayley said the business was constantly adapting but always remained true to their philosophies and the way they wanted to live their lives as a family.

For more information visit highlandheritage.com.au or phone 0403 668 029.

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Chris Richardson and Alan Patching hand over the Golden Eagle to the Australian Gliding Museum at Parwan.

Inset: Geoff Richardson in the Golden Eagle & its test flight at Laverton in 1937.

The Eagle has landed at Australian The Golden Eagle has landed in Bacchus Marsh.

The longest continuous flying aircraft in the world was officially handed over to the Australian Gliding Museum at Bacchus Marsh Airfield on November 1.

Owner Alan Patching and Chris Richardson, the son of the designer and builder of the Golden Eagle, handed the glider and all of its flight records to the museum to be preserved.

Chris said his father Geoff Richardson began building the Golden Eagle from scratch in 1932, aged 18, and completed it in 1937.

“In 1928, when he was 14, he managed to get a hold of a book which had the design for a primary glider. He commandeered the tennis court, put a canvas over it and built his first primary glider,” Chris said.

“He used to ride his bike from Brighton to Coode Island and ex World War One pilots were his mentors. He told me the story of how one day he tucked the tail of his glider under his arm and rode with it on his bike to Coode Island.

“Then he decided he wanted to know more about flight and got in touch with his former teachers and went back and quizzed them on everything they knew about maths and physics. He read all the books he could on maths and physics and flight. A lot of the books were from Germany. Kromfeld’s Theory of Flight was his bible.

“He decided he wanted to design something significantly better than anything in Australia. He started to design the Golden Eagle when he was 18 and finished when he was 23. He got hold of what he could and made up the rest. He used to have exercise book after exercise book full of calculations. He calculated the loft of each spar on the wing. He would be

categorised as a genius by people today.

“Halfway through building the Golden Eagle he decided the design wasn’t as advanced as he liked, so he took it apart and rebuilt it again. He was also a perfectionist.”

Chris said his dad gave up gliding when Chris was five-years-old because his job with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation became too demanding, and his dad said he’d learned everything he needed to know about gliding.

“Flying was his life. There were things he designed but he didn’t want people to use his technology to kill people (heading into World War 2) so he burned his books.

“The Golden Eagle was his first love. Not only was it way ahead of anything in Australia, it was equivalent to the best glider designs in the world.

It was the first tertiary aircraft to be built in Australia. For a kid to make it himself was incredible. It was really about his thirst for knowledge. The thing I remember most fondly about my dad is my absolute respect for his intelligence. He was such a smart guy.

“The Golden Eagle was always the peak of fame in the family. He and Alan (Patching) had a great friendship and great respect for each other.

He wanted it to be with Alan because he knew Alan and his son Ian would continue to fly it.”

Chris said although his father passed away nine years ago, he’d made a pact with Alan that it would go into a museum when Alan finished flying it.

“It’s the longest flying aircraft in the world, was ahead of its time in Australia and was a world class design that stood the test of time. It’s great to know it’s ended up in the museum for everyone to see.”

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From left: Chris Richardson, Alan Patching & Australian Gliding Museum president David Goldsmith

Gliding Museum Alan Patching is the fourth owner of the Golden Eagle after Geoff Richardson, the Victorian Motorless Flight Group (1946 – 1951), and John Wallis (1951 – 1971).

“I took over maintaining it in 1961 up until 1987 when John’s widow publicly handed it to me,” Alan said.

In 2000 Alan and the late John Ashford from Bacchus Marsh took the Golden Eagle to Elmira in upstate New York to fly at the International Vintage Sailplane Meeting.

“It’s the oldest glider in the world to remain airworthy all its life,” Alan said.

“My last flight in it was on January 11 in 2008 and my son made the last flight in it on January 8, 2013.”

The 91-year-old said there was no doubt that Geoff Richardson was a genius.

“The more we have been finding out about what he did, the more surprised we are. His father and grandfather were both builders. He read everything he could about flight.”

He said apart from some minor damage, and Geoff rebuilding the shape of its nose, the Golden Eagle remained the same.

“As far as I can tell that glider is still strong enough to fly. The only reason the Golden Eagle is now retired from flying is because nobody could repair it if it got damaged.

“It’s gone into a safe place and will be here for eternity.”

Australian Gliding Museum president David Goldsmith said the Golden Eagle would remain on the ground at the museum and was no longer available to fly.

The Australian Gliding Museum is at 20 Jensz Rd, Parwan at the Bacchus Marsh Airfield. It’s open every Tuesday from 10am to 4pm, or by appointment. Phone 0419 587 208.

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Bacchus Marsh build is best A BACCHUS Marsh home along the Avenue of Honour has been named the best in Victoria.

2015 HIA Western Victoria Regional Housing Award for best townhouse villa development.

Shane gave credit to his wife and family and said his dad was responsible The residence, built by Bacchus Marsh business Shane Cook Homes, won for a lot of his abilities as a builder. the Victorian Housing Industry Association (HIA) award for best custom “I’m a third generation builder in town. The business started under WG built home between $700,000 and $1 million at an industry awards cereCook and Sons by my grandfather Bill Cook. I worked for my father Kevin mony last Friday. and his twin brother Bill and did my apprenticeship as a carpenter with my Managing Director Shane Cook said the family residence was built and dad. I’ve been running the business for 16 years and my brother Matt and designed to replicate luxury resort-style living and to maximise the occupants’ wife Victoria work in the office.” views of the Lerderderg State Park and surrounding farmland and included He said clients came to him with their ideas and they were able to custom strong natural elements. build homes for them.

“We used copper cladding, stone from northern Queensland, NSW spotted “Our approach is working closely with clients and making their visions a gum flooring, a glass encased bamboo splashback in the kitchen and reed reality. We go into each project with a co-operative mindset and use a lot splashback in the bathroom,” Shane said. of local trades.”

“The build took 18 months to complete and we worked with Justin Holman He said Shane Cook Homes built both Bendigo Banks in Bacchus Marsh from LSA Architects. He’s also a resident of Bacchus Marsh.” and Ballan, Karingal Services in Geelong, local schools and the YMCA. Situated on one acre, the stunning home won the 2015 HIA Western Victoria “We do commercial work in Victoria and interstate and domestic builds Regional Housing Award on September 4 and qualified for the Victorian closer to home, including a holiday home near Torquay. It’s all through HIA awards last week. word of mouth.”

Shane said the house also won the best bathroom and was runner-up for HIA awards judge Olly Downie said: “Shane’s entries in this year’s HIA the best kitchen in the HIA regional awards, and the kitchen was a finalist awards show a level of skill and dedication to the craft that is awe inspiring. in the HIA state awards.

You have set the bar very, very high. I look forward to visiting and judging “It’s great recognition for our trades and suppliers who worked on it. It’s your entries for next year’s western region awards.” recognition that their work is as good as anyone out there doing it. We would like to thank them for their assistance.”

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School proposal angers residents A PLANNING application for an educational centre for agricultural and environmental studies has angered residents at Staughton Vale.

The application by Bacchus Marsh Grammar to the City of Greater Geelong proposed an adjunct campus to be built at 155 Staughton Vale Road, however nearby residents claim the school isn’t being transparent about its real purpose for the site.

Staughton Vale Action Group member Mark Trengove said the application stated that the school would look at a future development from 2025 onwards for a full campus which would accommodate up to 1300 students.

Under section 3.2 of the application for a planning permit, the school stated: “In the period from 2025 the school will look to expanding the facilities to provide a P−8 feeder for its Bacchus Marsh Campus or indeed a full campus to assist in servicing the needs of Greater Geelong; and it is anticipated that the campus would accommodate up to 1300 students.”

Mr Trengove said the Anakie and Staughton Vale community were initially supportive of Bacchus Marsh Grammar’s proposed “rural and environmental campus for 60 to 200 students” because it seemed like a good fit for the area.

“Since the community was alerted by the Geelong Advertiser to the full picture of the proposed development at Staughton Vale, there has been a great deal of anger,” Mr Trengove said.“Our concern is that if the ‘future development’ section is retained, then approval of Stage 1 works gives tacit approval to any future applications. From my point of view, I didn’t have a problem initially, I had a problem with the 1300 student campus. It says quite clearly this is what the school will do.”

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“I’m concerned about the way they communicated with us and the size of the campus. If (the inclusion of a 1300 student campus) is a mistake, remove it from the document then you will have our support.”

He said Bacchus Marsh Grammar didn’t call a meeting with local residents until October 8, after the application advertising period had closed.

Mr Trengove said a 1300 student campus wasn’t suitable for an area zoned for farming.

A spokesperson for the City of Greater Geelong said the council had received 34 objections to the permit to date and the application was likely to be heard at the Development Hearings Panel this month.

“The application is sought for Stage 1 of the proposed development only and therefore the assessment of the application is based on the Stage 1 works,” the spokesperson said.

“Although the application has provided details on potential future stages, these stages have not been sought for planning approval. As the reference to future stages is only made in supplied supporting documentation and not in any documentation that would be endorsed, this wording is not required to be removed from the submission.

“A school is not a prohibited use within the Farming Zone. Therefore an application can be made under the Farming Zone for the use of land for a school without requiring rezoning.

“The application is still being processed with a final recommendation yet to be formed. Therefore it is unknown what conditions would be included on a permit at this stage if one was to be issued.”

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The Blackwood Festival BLACKWOOD boogied under blue skies at the second annual Festival of Music and Culture.

The town turned up the volume for generous crowds, with bands providing an eclectic line-up of old time, Irish, bluegrass, country, blues and rockin’ rockabilly tunes.

For those who liked to listen to their music in the open, the Blackwood Recreation Reserve provided the perfect space for dancing, drinking and dosey-doeing.

Meanwhile back in town the Blackwood Merchant served cups of coffee with a side of Cool Country Ukelele Collective and other toe-tapping treats.

The Blackwood Hotel got all educational with banjo, fiddle, mandolin and ulelele workshops.

The shuttle bus ferrying people around Blackwood and to and from the Ballan Train Station was a hit with festival goers and police alike, allowing people to indulge in Daylesford Organic Cider and a ‘Pale Wombat’ ale brewed especially

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Feature acts included the Andrew Collins Trio from Canada and Orpheous Supertones from the United States, while Australian Country Music busking champions The Lairs were naughty but nice with their hits ‘Bang Your Box’ and the ‘Rooster Song’.

Multi-talented home-grown Blackwood groups the Peter Daffy Trio, Hardrive Bluegrass Band and Foliada were the biggest crowd pleasers, proving their versatility by serving beer in between sets.

The festival attracted international and interstate visitors and musicians and is fast putting Blackwood on the Australian music map.

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Gleny Rae and The Lairs’ Todd Johnston (above), Mick and Marrit (below left), Lachlan Dear (below right)

Carlson (above) and Ronan, Jun and Isaac (below)

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November 15: Car boot sale & garage sale Bacchus Marsh West Golf Club, 8am - 2pm. Entrance for car boot sellers $20.

November 21: Youth Fest Features The Bennies and Area 7, skate competition and streetart demos. Free event.

November 21 & 22: Strawberries and Cherries Festival Celebrate the strawberries and cherries harvest at Bacchus Marsh with fruit picking, farmgate tours, family activites and more. www.visitbacchusmarsh.com.au November 21: St Bernard’s Parish Annual Fete St Bernard’s School Grounds, Gisborne Rd, Bacchus Marsh.

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A passion for parts & panels FITZY’S Auto Parts opened its doors in November 2012 and Adrian ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald wouldn’t change a thing!

“After working for several people in the same industry and having mainly automotive knowledge in my work history, I decided that I could utilise my skills and personality to customise a business to fit my life and character,” Adrian said.

Fitzy’s Auto Parts offers a variety of new or used/second hand automotive parts and panels for all vehicle makes and models.

Adrian (pictured above) said he was a car enthusiast with a passion for the game and automotive.

“This enables me to be more then a business front, but provide a personalised approach and support to my customers. I like meeting and dealing with great people who become more then just a customer in my life.”

He said running his own business for three years had also given him a great deal of knowledge and life experience.

Fitzy’s Auto Parts is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm, and Saturday from 9am to 2pm at 25 McPherson St, Maddingley. For more information phone 0418 673 883 or email fitzysautoparts@outlook.com.au

25 McPherson St, Maddingley

‘MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS’

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BACCHUS MARSH WOOL SHOP LOIS HUNT Proprietor

151 Main St Bacchus Marsh Victoria 3340 Phone: 5367 1514

Leigh and Jodi Cotter

If it’s glass, we can tint it WHEN people began requesting Leigh Cotter to do the jobs while he worked at other window tinting companies, he decided to start his own business.

Western Window Coatings was established in 2009 and Leigh brought to the business 25 years of window tinting experience.

Western Window Coatings provides Solar Control Film, Security Film, Automotive Film and Specialty Films for all glazing requirements.

“We install a variety of film types for the public transport industry, child care centres, government organisations, commercial, residential and automotive consumers,” Leigh said.

Western Window Coatings is a licenced 3M installer, licenced Clearplex Security Film installer and trainer and is a member of the Window Film Association of Australia and New Zealand (WFAANZ).

“Western Window Coatings has six staff with more than 25 years experience between them and is rapidly expanding. They all have a sound knowledge of our products and glass specifications,” Leigh said.

“What we enjoy about our work the most is customer satisfaction and repeat customers.”

For the month of November Western Window Coatings is offering Darkest Legal Car Window Tinting with a lifetime warranty to sedans from $240 and station wagons from $280.

All installations come with a warranty but the warranty to vehicles is voided upon change of car ownership.

For more information phone 5367 7977.

Floral Design & Event Styling at Affordable Prices Ph: (03) 5367 5705

22-24 Unit 9, McPherson St, Maddingley

Tobacco Station If it’s glass...we can tint it

Tobacco accessories & gifts

Leigh Cotter Manager Factory 2, 22-24 McPherson St, Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340 ph: 5367 7977 mob: 0433 333 319 email: wwcoatings@hotmail.com

Shop 40, Bacchus Marsh Village Shopping Centre

Ph: 03 5367 8560

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

AV TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT PHONE 0423 710 163 or 9746 1116 jjjonesacdc@hotmail.com

MCs, DJs & entertainers, karaoke, party fun games

Sole Support Orthotics ABN 36706181121 Lynne Still (RN Div1)

Authorised consultant - Step Forward Orthotics

BACCHUS MARSH

BACCHUS MARSH Tel: 0427 674 771 Email: wywurrie6@bigpond.com

VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTRE BENNETT STREET BACCHUS MARSH

Office: (by appointment)

26 Grant St, Bacchus Marsh

Mail:

PO Box 193, Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340

PHONE: 4367 7006

Midweek Special:

Dudley Raine - Civil Celebrant

2 players with cart

Weddings Commitment Ceremonies Renewal of Vows Naming Ceremonies Life Celebrations Funerals

$50 Bacchus Marsh-Balliang Rd Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340

Phone: (03) 5367 3492

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Mobile: 0422 628 409 Ph/Fax: 03 5367 5431 Email: DudleyRaine@gmail.com

ADVERTORIAL

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Jason and Terry Hooper

HOOP, THERE IT IS! HOOPS Electrical treats people the way they want to be treated.

Owner Terry Hooper said: “A customer’s trust is paramount because only people who trust us will recommend us to their family and friends. We’ve also always believed that fairness works best.”

Terry established Hoops Electrical in 1998, bringing 25 years of industrial and commercial experience, and 17 years of home installations and repairs with him. His son Jason also has 10 years of experience in both commercial and home installations.

“We both have good and different experiences with general electrical power and are both certified for data installs. We are also very experienced registered telephone cablers and have installed more television points and aerials than I care to remember.

“We generally specialise in domestic installations and repairs which includes general power, telephone, television and data plus recent experience with NBN installation and repair.

“We believe that being very good at doing just a few things, is much, much better than being mediocre at doing many things, so we are very good at existing domestic installations and repairs and quite capable of a lot of other areas within the industry.”

Terry said no job was too small and their customers appreciated their reliability and good communication skills.

“It would be fair to say that people who own, or are at least purchasing their home are our main customers. I want them to feel that they know

exactly what was done so that they can be confident that they have got that for which they have paid. They seem to appreciate knowing more about how the job will be done which makes going the extra yard explaining worthwhile.”

Hoops Electrical covers Bacchus Marsh and Melton.

“Generally we try to work in with customers, however our normal hours are 8am to 5pm during winter but we tend to extend our hours somewhat during the summer months to take advantage of the longer days.”

For more information and fixed quotes phone Terry and Jason on 0429 099 980 or email hoopselec@gmail.com

Baby Show Friday, November 20 11.30am 0404 169 353

Melton Community Hall, High St, Melton

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ENVIRONMENT

Clematis Madame le Coultre (left) and New Holland Honeyeater (above)

Moorabool Environment Group’s Rose De la cruz discusses fragrant flowers in the garden

November – a lovely time for gardeners This time of the year is outstanding for fragrance and colour in the garden.

Late spring and early summer bloomings overlap to give us a symphony of colour and the longer days and warmer temperatures make for a delicious combination of fragrances wafting on the late spring air. Plant fragrances are evocative – they can remind us of our grandmother’s garden, a childhood memory of playing on the fresh cut grass, a wedding posy, a steamy evening under the gardenia bush or a favourite bush walk. I have one friend who finds jasmine perfume upsetting because it reminds him of school exam time! Jasmines are in full bloom now as the feared exam period is in full swing. Most fragrances, however, give us pleasure and happy memories and November is an especially good time to wander around gardens and admire the beauty of flowers and enjoy the beautiful fragrances.

Although I do not want to detract from the joys of the garden for us – it is worth remembering why plants produce beautiful flowers and smells.

Plants produce perfume and colour to attract pollinators – it’s all about survival and reproduction and nothing to do with being nice to humans.

Pollination can be via wind, insects or birds. Birds are generally attracted by colour and bees and other pollinating insects by colour, shape and mostly scent. Often the life cycle of the pollinator and plant are intricately interdependent. Generally brightly coloured flowers have the least perfume. It is not worth it for plants to put energy into producing both bright colours and scent – one will do the job. It is the creamy white or pale flowers that give the intoxicating perfume – like gardenias, Chilean jasmine, frangipani, honeysuckle, luculias and some clematis. Some flowers have a stronger scent at night which we think of as romantic but it is actually to attract the pollinating moths that flutter in the dark. Birds are busy seeking out brightly coloured flowers of the right shape for their beaks. I have enjoyed watching the New Holland honeyeaters on the native, brightly coloured,

bottlebrushes and grevillias but also sucking nectar from the red hot pokers.

Bees are busy on sweet smelling mock orange, jasmine, lilac, clematis and poppies. It’s a feast for birds and insects in our gardens in November.

It is also a feast of open gardens for us. The “Ballarat Gardens in Spring” offer five wonderful gardens to visit including guided tours of the very fine Ballarat Botanical Gardens this weekend, the 13th - 15th November.

See www.fbbg.org.au or call 1800 44 66 33 for information. Werribee Park is open to the public all year but spectacular in November with the rose garden at its best, an orchard with a great collection of heritage fruit trees and the sculpture walk thorough the impressive garden with its wonderful trees. If you feel like a longer trip, the National Rhododendron Gardens, The George Rd, Olinda in the Dandenongs is worth a walk through in spring. This cool climate garden is gorgeous at this time of year. www.experiencethedandenongs.com.au Back in our own gardens we need to prepare for a long, hot dry summer.

The Bureau of Meteorology and the climate scientists tell us we are in for another El Nino. This weather condition means drier conditions, heat waves and a long hot summer which will be hard on agriculture and punishing for our gardens. So let’s enjoy the relatively mild November weather now and all the colour and fragrance in the garden.

Next Moorabool Environment Group meeting: Thursday November 26. All welcome.

Call Rose on 0420 591 028 for more information. www.mooraboolmeg.org.au

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The Last Word Agendas.

When I started this paper my mission was to produce a publication without any hidden agendas; to make a living for myself in an industry that is retrenching people (experienced, talented, hardworking people) at a rapid rate and forcing the remaining workers to fight like starving dogs over bones; to report positive news stories, and; to make people feel uplifted.

I’m not using this paper to push my own political agenda (hello Rupert), I have no religious views, and I’m not a sports fanatic - although I think Michelle Payne’s speech following her Melbourne Cup win has inspired me to write my own version of “Get Stuffed!” in this column.

What I do like to do is support people who need help and support those who help others. Give recognition to those who are doing amazing things, in particular the quiet achievers. This is my way of giving you all a standing ovation.

I also strongly detest injustice. When I get angry at somebody, it’s invariably because something is unfair.

I’m not saying everything I write is perfect (far from it), but what I can say is that you won’t find me spruiking my political views at every opportunity or using this paper for my own political platform.

I can’t be bought, how refreshing, but to be honest it’s not like anyone has tried!

In eight months of business I’ve received only one Federal Government ad, one State Government ad, and one Moorabool Shire ad (a $100 NAIDOC Week ad that they were shamed into placing after forgetting to do something for National Sorry Day). Yet I recently found out that the Moorabool Shire spends $60,000 a year in newspaper advertising…elsewhere...without a tender contract. Hmmm. That’s ratepayers’ money, so effectively I’m paying for shire advertising in an opposition paper.

Remember I once worked for Moonee Valley City Council? They distributed their advertising expenditure evenly and fairly between all their local papers, whether they were weeklies (2), quarterly (1) or annual (1). I know because my job was managing the advertisements. On a budget not much bigger than Moorabool’s, they alternated their ads each week in the two weekly papers, and advertised in every edition of the quarterly and annual newspapers.

But here? Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Injustice, or someone else’s agenda?

SCOOP

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Over $60,000 worth of new stock added in the past eight weeks!! www.plantinspirations.com.au Bacchus Marsh’s largest nursery

Plantinspirations Retail and Online Nursery has taken over Management of Bacchus Marsh Seedling Farms retail sector.

There are now over 100,000 plants available covering a huge range of varieties and pot sizes at affordable prices including: Natives, Grasses, Fruiting, Herbs, Cottage, Hedges, Groundcovers, Succulents and more.

Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 9am to 4.30pm Saturday: 9am to 2.30pm Sunday: 10am to 3pm 2c Holts Lane, Bacchus Marsh Ph: 0404 850 324