The Local Issue 100 June 19, 2017

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Front cover: Wow, The Local is celebrating its 100th edition. So what better than our favourite front pages on the front page - and the back! Read inside about how The Local got started along with a few stories from our very first edition back in September 2013 - from p4-p7.

Front pages: Mostly Kyle Barnes but thanks also over the past four years to David White, Dianne Caithness, Glen Heyne, Robin Archer, Nick Bunning and Lindsay Smith. A team effort!

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The Local - celebrating 100 editions

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ADE IT! Yes, The Local has published its 100th edition.

We looked back at our first edition this week and while we thought it might be a tad cringeworthy, it was actually not a bad effort.

There are some fun stories and photos, some of which we have re-run over the next few pages - with updates, and a nice welcome which is reprinted to the right with our first front cover.

We also had some great adverts and we must say thanks to the advertisers who jumped in for that first edition. We sold advertising space off a pretty dodgy A4 Word document so to think you guys had faith back then is very humbling.

We even had a My Say and a His Say - mine was about rates, roads and rubbish, while Kyle had a go about an angry person in a carpark. Full moon kind of thing.

Nothing much has changed there.

There was a story titled "The Rex Arcade on the right track" as a retail and gallery space, another one titled "Residents give bus stop a lift" about prettying the bus stop in Bridport Street, and photos from a service commemorating Vietnam Veterans' Day. All up, it was a pretty good read. We published 500 copies, printed digitally, and proudly distributed them around Daylesford and Hepburn. And they were snapped up from the get-go. So much so, that The Local went from a monthly read to a fortnightly news magazine pretty much immediately.

And from there it has been onwards and upwards. We have won a number of awards, including Daylesford Rotary's Business of the Year and Employee of the Year, the Rural Press Club of Victoria's Best Feature Series and even the Kyneton Daffodil Festival Parade's Best Commercial Entry. Former Senator John Madigan even declared in Federal Parliament that The Local was the future of regional publishing!

We could never have got this far without our wonderful crew. A few, very few actually, have come and gone but people like Nick Bunning and Lindsay Smith have been there from the start and our gardening columnist, Glen Heyne, is known as The Local's godfather - without his business and graphic design support and know-how we would never have produced even that first edition.

For some reason we seem to attract people of the highest calibre in their respective fields and we have really gifted people working for us. It is a real pleasure to be able to call these people colleagues and friends. We can't really say we are "off to work" it's more like we are "off to fun" each and every day.

Of course, we all do work hard to bring our readers great stories and plenty of information, entertainment and education. But most of all we work hard to connect the community. So much so that we started a regular "Connecting the Community" halfpage offering not-for-profit organisations free adverts every edition. That's been running for about 67 editions now - with a value of $16,750.

We also offer a not-for-profit rate which is about 25 per cent less than our normal rate and then there are the other editorial spaces we offer up for no cost - like our "Pick me, pick me" photo and spiel for the Castlemaine RSPCA. That started in Issue 43 which means we have hopefully found forever homes for 57 dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs! It's in memory of our own rescue pups, Curly and Rosie.

Other regular features in The Local include artist and muso editorials, giving our creatives - who are often too busy being creative to promote themselves - a chance to be seen and heard. The Local has also been, we would like to think, instrumental in a few changes around here and there. The Daylesford Cinema not being forced to move from The Rex Arcade springs to mind...

And unlike that first edition, for Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and surrounds, The Local can now be found anywhere in the Central Highlands from Kyneton to Woodend, Newlyn to Trentham and anywhere in between.

Or you can find us online at www.tlnews.com.au, all but the first edition, which we produced before we thought about going online. But if you want a look at that just head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8a0lfNXkOg Looking forward to the next 100 editions! Cheers, Donna

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Front cover image: Verna Baker’s grandson Oscar at her Daffodil Garden. Image: Kyle Barnes

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elcome to The Local - for the locals by the locals - for Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and surrounds.

A new monthly publication, we aim to bring you plenty of profiles about the wonderful people living in this amazing part of the world along with news, events, art, gardening, music, sustainability and places to wine and dine.

The Local is all about communication, connectivity and community. We believe that the world is actually getting smaller and that people want to know what is happening in their neighbourhood - and who they’re sharing it with.

So, if you have any news you want to share please get in touch so we can spread the word. Call us, email us, chat to us. Maybe a letter to the editor to get your point across on an issue.

And now for some thanks! Firstly, we want to thank all those who have supported us on this journey, from those who said “just do it” to others who have offered great advice and support.

And to those people who put their hand up to contribute articles and photos thank you so much! We appreciate the time you have taken in your busy lives to add to The Local and provide even more for our readers.

Finally, to our advertisers, we really appreciate you jumping in the deep end and putting your faith in a product that didn’t actually exist until now.

It’s hard to sell a new concept but you were all willing to give The Local a go because you felt it was time for a product like this. We are sure that our readers will support you.

The Local crew really looks forward to providing a news/magazine for all the locals, whether they are first or fifth generation. Anyway, enough talk, or type. Read on and enjoy the first edition of The Local.

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Vietnam privates on parade

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Howzat! Trish Tinetti gets her first look at husband Ian’s calendar photo with Laurie Wilks wielding the willow.

HINK you’ve seen enough of Ian Tinetti – well take another look.

The Vietnam veteran, and Cricket Willow owner with wife Trish, has bared all, with fellow veteran and cricketer Laurie Wilks, for a good cause – a retreat for veterans and their partners at Bairnsdale.

Mr Tinetti said Greg and Annie Carter, with Mr Carter also a Vietnam vet, put the call out for veterans keen to be involved in a fundraising nearly nude calendar earlier this year. The theme was whatever the veterans were now involved in – so cricket was the obvious choice for Mr Tinetti.

The first edition of Men at War & Peace, produced in 2006, raised more than $65,000 for veterans’ welfare services. “We may not be as taut and trim as we were in army days, but if older ladies can get their gear off, why can’t we? We want to show the world how much we Vietnam veterans can still enjoy life," Mr Carter said.

Money raised will go towards providing better facilities at Cockatoo Rise war veterans’ retreat at Bairnsdale run by the Carters with a group of dedicated veterans.

The retreat, a free service, offers a safe, secure and peaceful environment for veterans to enjoy time with their partners and mates.

Update: Greg Carter said Cockatoo Rise was still going strong but there had been no more calendars published. "We are very busy with looking after our veteran community."

Link: cockatooriseretreat.com.au

“We may not be as taut and trim as we were in army days, but if older ladies can get their gear off, why can’t we?"

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Keele Breen - deep in conversation

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AYLESFORD artist Keele Breen says she is still finding her way.

She describes her paintings as “ambiguous abstract” which means everyone sees something different “and I like it that way”.

“I don’t set out to paint an object, I just set out to embark on a journey, and that’s the part that I really enjoy,” she said.

“They (the paintings) really do speak to me.

“The big paintings are long conversations, deep conversations. And I do small paintings which are like a chat, and they sometimes resolve themselves really quickly…usually not, but that’s OK.” Keele says there had never been a starting point for her in the world of art.

“It’s just been something that I have always done,” she said. “There is no point in time when I started doing this. I drew and wrote stories as a kid and I feel that is exactly what I am still doing.

“I paint because it keeps me sane and I paint because I love to do it. If I could I would live in my studio – but my kids won’t let me.”

Keele, who also keeps busy upcycling retro furniture when she’s not painting, worked in antiques restoration for 20 years before moving from Melbourne to the Central Highlands 10 years ago.

Her painting work can be found, on and off, at Door3 Gallery in East Street, Daylesford, and she is also hoping to move towards more shows in Melbourne “but that’s a way off”.

Keele’s advice to anyone contemplating a career in the arts is simple.

“If you love it you will find a way. If you don’t, it becomes another venture in your path.

“And I am still trying to find my way, but that’s OK because I haven’t stopped.”

Update: Keele has an exhibition at Mingus at Hepburn Springs from September 9-30. The opening is on September 9 from 4pm to 7pm.

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Little Hampton Post Office open for inspection

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ITTLE Hampton Post Office has been restored to its former glory.

The post office, which was opened on August 16, 1877, now has pride of place next to the Daylesford Historical Museum.

It was originally erected on the porch of the teacher’s residence at the school, which opened on February 7, 1876 with 72 students.

Postmaster was James Thompson and in 1877 mail “to and from Trentham and Little Hampton” was delivered at the cost of about 31 pounds per annum.

The service was provided on horseback three days a week.

In April 1919 the post office employed its first post mistress.

It closed on 29 February 1972.

Daylesford and District Historical Society member Les Pitt, pictured right, said while the post office had been moved to the museum after it closed, the final refurbishment was started six months ago by a small group of people including Peter Fiume, and Jamie and Chris Rae. “But we’ve always had people looking in wondering what it was,” he said.

The post office is open on weekends during museum opening hours.

Update: The Little Hampton Post Office remains next to the Daylesford Museum at 100 Vincent Street, Daylesford.

Rodney brings home gold for ten pin bowls

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ODNEY Peacock has returned home from the 3rd World Out Games in Belgium carrying two gold medals for ten pin bowling.

Mr Peacock, who has been playing for 27 years, won the medals for the singles event with handicap and the singles event scratch.

“It was the most exciting final I had ever played in my life,” he said of the scratch event.

“I was up against a German player but even the Germans were barracking for me.

“I just had a very good week of bowling.”

The 56-year-old, who owns Daylesford Clothing, said he played every week at Moorabbin after starting his bowling career with the Melbourne 69ers Tin Pin Bowling League at Southern Cross Bowl, which no longer exists.

“I’ve competed in many Out Games and Gay Games and there’s always tough competition,” he said.

“It’s a world event and the Europeans and Americans are very strong. There were about 5000 athletes at the opening and closing ceremonies and Australia had a 300-strong team.

“It is fun but there is a serious side.”

Mr Peacock said he was a keen sportsman playing football and golf, and “an avid watcher of any sport”.

He is also equal top tipster in The Farmers Arms Hotel’s footy tipping competition.

Rodney Peacock shows off his technique and his two gold medals after arriving home last Thursday from Antwerp, Belgium.

Update: Rodney sold Daylesford Clothing and moved to Ireland last year. He is marrying his partner Mark O'Neill next year.

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Community food network growing

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The food produced in these gardens is for all people, however DCFG stresses that an unpoliced ethic of taking food but returning something later, in the form of labour, seeds, mulch, knowledge, compost, and other materials and skills, applies.

Link: www.justfreefood.blogspot.com.au or Facebook

OR nearly three years now Daylesford and Hepburn community gardeners have been regularly meeting at one of four community gardens to develop organic free food for all. A fifth mega garden is proposed at the Daylesford Secondary College, an exciting development, which is part of a growing community food network.

Update: Now in our seventh year DCFG is as strong as ever. We’re reaching out to more people and enabling all ages and abilities to participate and share knowledge. Apart from the continuation of the monthly working bees, and the annual come-as-a-dragqueen/king ChillOut working bee, we now hold a yearly series of free pruning workshops with biodynamic orchardist Ian Clarke, the annual autumn leaf drop-off, and numerous informal learning opportunities throughout the year. We won the best float at the last NYE Parade, have negotiated a new auspice agreement with Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre, and have continued to work with the Hepburn Shire Council, although greater support wouldn’t go unwelcomed. We’ve worked hard for a number of years to get the food forest at Daylesford Secondary College to go ahead, but couldn’t attract funding. The ambitious design we did with students, parents, teachers, permaculturists, myself and David Holmgren remains as a grand idea on hold. However teacher Erin Taylor has championed the intended spirit and has introduced a program of science learning through food growing for the students. The smaller gardens around the town are being well cared for as we continue to grow the idea of a low-carbon, free-learning, organic-food-for-all movement.

We look forward to your support of our communitarian endeavours, which require little money and continue to be a source of great inspiration to people around the shire and further afield.

Community gardening is of enormous value to the health and well-being of any town. The positive aims are many and varied including the reduction of fossil fuels and petrochemicals associated with our food’s production, eating healthy food affordably while exercising to produce it, and of course the “social warming” factor gardening together. Beginner gardeners and children work beside more experienced gardeners and pick up skills vicariously. Knowledge is swapped at the working bees that are priceless as we move into an era of expensive oil and other fossil fuels. As many of us are aware crude oil and food are inextricably linked, oil being the number one ingredient of supermarket food. Community gardens cut down oil use and therefore carbon emission yet raise the social warming stakes.

Workshops are regularly held at the Albert Street garden beside the Daylesford Library. In the past the Daylesford Community Food Gardeners has held workshops on worm farming, composting, leaf mulching, pruning, garden tool maintenance, edible weeds, soil improvement, seed saving and planting. Anyone can attend these free workshops, as anyone can attend the monthly working bees, which occur on the second Saturday of every month.

Unlike many other community gardens, especially in more urban environments, there is no fence or gate keeping people in or out. All these gardens are open to the public 24/7, although the secondary college garden, when it is running, will only be accessible to the general public after school hours.

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Just sayin’...

By Donna Kelly

Pick me, pick me...

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ELL, the mobile phone tower at Glenlyon is finally up. Well, not that up. It has, after all, been built on a low lying area of Glenlyon - rather than high on a hill.

As usual, there is a bit of banter about it on Facebook. Some people are rapt. "Happiest I have ever been to see an erection" said one wit, while others are wondering if it is going to bring them mobile phone joy in Porcupine Ridge, Wheatsheaf and Coomoora.

But they need not worry. I went back through my "tower" correspondence and read that the "predictive coverage maps indicate that the base station will provide improved mobile coverage to Glenlyon and the surrounding region, including 'areas' of Wheatsheaf, Porcupine Ridge and Coomoora".

So some 'areas' will receive better coverage. That's great news. But wait, there's more. Even with that improved mobile coverage Wheatsheaf, Porcupine Ridge and Coomoora have all been "reported as regional mobile black spot locations and will remain on the database to be used for round 2". But wait, there's less. I just read that the locations to be funded under round 2 would be announced by the end of last year. Oh well, there's always round 3...

At least they have made an effort to make the tower, below left, blend in. Not. Whichever angle you view it from, it's a pretty ugly sight above that beautiful avenue of trees. Perhaps they could take a look at what is happening around the world - photo below right. Just sayin'...

Hello, my name is Smokey - can you guess why? - and I am four years old. I’m a friendly mature boy in search of my new forever home.

With my kitten days behind me I love to lay around all day and take it easy. So don't just sit there reading - come to Castlemaine and pick me!

Castlemaine RSPCA is at 24 Langslow Street, Castlemaine. Phone 5472 5277. Open: Monday to Thursday 10am to 5pm. Friday to Sunday 10am to 2pm.

(Pick me, pick me is run in memory of Rosie and Curly. We picked them.)

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How the coming property crash may improve our world

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HEN the annual Venie Holmgren poetry prize is awarded in six weeks' time, it will come as the late poet-activist’s legacy emerges as astonishingly rich and wide-ranging.

The $1000 prize is in its second year at the Daylesford Words In Winter writers’ festival, which is also marked across the region.

The decision by her family to award this prize to a poem celebrating the environment is a marker of her feisty crusades against society’s ills, such as the Vietnam War and rampant logging in NSW. Larger than this, however, is the impact of the work of her son David Holmgren who was recently awarded an honorary PhD by the University of Central Queensland whose permaculture courses are the only such degrees on offer in the world and, says Holmgren, the largest provider of online courses in Australia.

As someone who instilled in her family the traits of living simply, Venie Holmgren, a Hepburn resident who died last year aged 93, would surely have delighted in the success of a book that has come out of Melliodora, the home that at one stage she shared with her family. Melliodora is a yellowbox gum that grows in Hepburn, but not Daylesford, and extends across to Queensland and South Australia, except on the chilly tops of the Great Divide.

The tree’s widespread nature is echoed by a book from the publishing house of the same name The Art of Frugal Hedonism which, to the delight of David Holmgren, sold out its first print run of 6500 copies in six months, making it a bestseller in Australian terms.

Written by Annie Raser-Rowland with Adam Grubb, the book is described as a toolkit to help spend less while enjoying everything more. It says the true hedonist in devotion to pleasure avoids blunting the capacity for pleasure “against a barrage of constant stimulation…the rewards of the journey frequently trump instant gratification”.

Next up is David’s blockbuster RetroSuburbia: A downshifter’s guide to a resilient future. RetroSuburbia anticipates a cyclical crash in the property market and the resulting rethink of ways of living, much as happened in the 70s.

“It’s part manifesto, part manual to people adapting to the collapse of the property bubble, the challenges of climate change and depleting resources,” says David. “It’s also about neighbourhood resilience and cooperation.”

At a time when foraging for weeds to eat in some places approaches the passion once seen in mushroom hunting, it is clear that a significant change in how we live is under way.

“This,” says David,” is the biggest rebirth in self-reliance outside monetary policy since the 70s. The non-market economy will boom and in this downturn people will turn to enlightened self-interest.”

Such a prediction will bring no joy to a federal treasurer desperate to kick-start a sluggish economy, but to those who refuse to bow down to the gods of banking and credit card use and set their feet on the path to feeding themselves from their own resources as much as they can, it seems that anything is possible. Such are the wonders that spring from a poet.

Link: holmgren.com.au Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Kyle Barnes (Declaration: Kevin Childs is a co-director of Words In Winter.)

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St Kilda Film Festival

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HE St Kilda Film Festival is coming to Daylesford.

A selection of the best films screened at the 2017 event, which finished on May 27, will be showcased during a regional eight-week tour.

The festival will be in Daylesford on Saturday, July 8 and Saturday, July 15.

Two programs will screen – the Award Winners program, showcasing films voted the best in their category at St Kilda Film Festival’s closing night ceremony, and the Director’s Choice program; films handpicked by festival director Paul Harris.

Following the success of this year’s St Kilda Film Festival, and the calibre of submissions, festival director Paul Harris is looking forward to short films made by some of Australia’s most talented and versatile filmmakers being made available to the wider public.

Link: www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au

Gift of dignity from Z Club

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OILETRY bags stocked with essential items to be given to women experiencing family violence have been made by Kyneton Secondary College’s Z Club, a youth division of the Zonta Club of Kyneton.

The project followed a visit by Margaret McDonald, Cobaw Community Health’s CEO, who spoke to the club about Cobaw’s role in supporting people experiencing family violence.

The club wanted to do something practical to help the community and decided to use a donation from Kyneton businessman Peter Henderson to fund the toiletry bags.

It took five months to complete the project with Z Club members designing a logo and sewing the bags themselves. The bags include toothbrushes and toothpaste donated by Kennedy’s Chemist and other toiletries such as deodorant, hair brushes, shampoo and conditioner. Countrywide Window coverings donated the material for the bags.

The bags will be distributed through Cobaw Community Health where many of the people accessing services are presenting with issues related to family violence.

Across all of Cobaw’s programs, identified family violence varies from 10-50 per cent of clients in services such as housing, children’s services, counselling and family services.

Daylesford Beauty is delighted to welcome Clare McNabb back into our little family after having two beautiful boys of her own. Clare is fully qualified in a huge range of beauty treatments, including sugaring, waxing, nail-work, facials, make-up and day spa treatments.

Clare has a great relationship within our local community, so please take a few minutes to pop in and say hi, and please book yourself in for a beauty treatment.

Clare will be available each Friday. No doubt appointments will fill up quickly so please make sure you book in advance. Remember that if you’re a local you receive a 20% discount on any beauty treatment from Tuesday to Friday. We also have gift vouchers available!

Call us on 5348 2331.

Challenge yourself with our crossword! Look for the answers in the pages of The Local. Last issue's solution is on page 47.

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Got an art or community idea: Nate’s here

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O YOU’D like to rid Vincent St, Daylesford, of vehicles and turn it into an attractive, leafy boulevard. You believe there should be much more, and bolder, public art about the Central Highlands. Or you simply believe the community should have more power.

Some, or perhaps all, of these ideas come under the heading of community development. It is a high-minded ideal, involving the principles of empowerment, human rights, inclusion, social justice, self-determination and collective action.

Explicitly the focus should be on changing the way power is held to tackle inequality and disadvantage.

Throw in social cohesion, community safety and better health and a picture of community development starts to emerge.

Enter a 27-year-old rock-climbing, soccer-loving, blues guitar-playing American charged with helping our community develop and you might think something is happening here. Add to the gig of Nate Perry the role of nurturing public art for the Hepburn Shire and the picture grows.

So how does Nate Perry from Carrollton, Ohio, a place about the size of Daylesford, come to be Community and Cultural development officer for the shire?

Put it down, initially at least, to an attraction to a young Australian in the US on an exchange program.

Nate and Beth got together and five years ago moved to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. His work in an environmental organisation, as a multi-cultural officer and running a Mexican restaurant (he spent time in South America) injected all-round experience until the couple moved here to be nearer Beth’s family.

“I like Daylesford because it’s an arts-based community and also a regional and rural community,” he says, while expressing a distaste for city life as it’s found in Brisbane.

He’s looking for ideas from the community, citing a development in Clunes which brings a creek walk and improvement around the creek.

Talk of community brings words such as passionate, ownership and cohesion, which leads to the idea of “making people feel passionate about what they believe in and giving them a voice”.

It's also "allowing diverse voices to be heard”, as well as emphasising the importance of dialogue among those in the community.

That’s the community. As for culture, he mentions next month’s announcement by the council of a $30,000 piece of art for Stoney Creek, Trentham, being chosen from three finalists. This follows similar works in Daylesford and Creswick.

Again, he sees community art as helping to develop cohesion and even the rethinking of history. You, the reader, may be able to contribute to some of this community and cultural activity. Now you know, Nate’s there (although he probably can’t help get rid of the traffic).

Above, Nate takes an inside look at Cottage, by Jason Waterhouse, at Lake Daylesford Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Kyle Barnes

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The Rant

by Kyle Barnes

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OW, how time flies when you are having fun. We have just produced the 100th edition of The Local. I remember the nervousness that we felt with the first couple of editions – the little 20-page papers which we poured our heart and soul into.

You see, it began about this time of the year in 2013, I was working for the other newspaper in the area as a photographer, and Donna as a freelance journalist from home – she didn’t get out much. Mainstream media was shouting from the roof-tops that “print was dead”, and I and my cohorts were in the firing line for our jobs.

I got the idea for The Local while working at that newspaper. Donna had very successfully run it back in 2008, and she still had a great reputation for being a nobullshit journalist. Folks would come into my office and say “Gee, the paper was good when Donna was here”. It would make the other journos fume and me smile.

There were also rumours swirling of another newspaper starting in the area. I am not sure where they came from but I remember one of the ad rep bosses coming into the office saying “Oh well – competition’s good”. I would love to meet her again now.

So, the time was ripe. One day I came home and said “We must start our own newspaper” and that was the light-bulb moment from which The Local was born. We had discussed such a venture in the past, however mainstream media had had a chokehold on the Central Highlands but that was now starting to loosen.

Then there was the name. The details around this are a little sketchy, however my recollection is that I was sitting in the office when a bloke came in and said “I want to advertise my garage sale and I suddenly remembered to come down and put an advert in the local”. A special shout out to that fella, because I registered the name that day.

And quit my job.

It was a bit of a shaky start design-wise for Donna and myself. We had a Word document that we had proudly created and were showing it off to potential advertisers.

We actually dug it out the other day and I must thank the first advertisers for having faith in us, because it surely wasn’t that document that sold you on the idea. The first to come on board was the Daylesford District Bendigo Bank, which gave us a bit of corporate clout and confidence to keep selling. We quickly formed a bit of a team.

The concept behind The Local was a 500-copy monthly community newsletter for Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, so there were a lot of enthusiastic people helping to get our project off the ground. A special shout out to Nick, Lindsay and Glen, because without their help The Local would still be an idea.

We finally put the first edition to bed on Sunday, September 2, 2013 and that afternoon you could find us rocking and blowing bubbles in the corner of the bar at the Radio Springs Hotel. The next day we delivered and people were immediately excited. One I remember shouting to us as she drove by “I have my copy”, another ran up to us in Coles saying “I have searched everywhere, there are no copies left”.

The afternoon of the first delivery Donna and I sat down and decided it was such a success and filled a certain void in the community, that we had to publish every fortnight.

Nowadays, The Local has a team of 13, our area has expanded to take in Woodend and Kyneton and we are distributed from Blackwood in the south to Guildford in the north. We print 5500 copies and even have our own little tourist magazine, The Little Local.

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GROUP of young people from Clunes and Creswick are leading their communities when it comes to healthy relationships, in their roles as ambassadors for the upcoming You the Man event in Creswick on Sunday, June 25.

Presented by Hepburn Health, the event is designed to give young people the skills they need to support friends who might be impacted by relationship violence. It will feature a performance of the one-man show You the Man, which shows a variety of perspectives on the issue of relationship violence. The performance will be followed by a question and answer session and allows young people to ask questions (anonymously if they’d like to, via text message), explore safe approaches, and understand the issue.

Tickets are available from Clunes Warehouse, Clunes Community Health Centre, Creswick Hub, Creswick Post Office and Creswick Community Health Centre.

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Nyssa making musical connections in Woodend

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OMEWHERE over her rainbow, Nyssa Jewel is finding a music connection with kids, adults, and the elderly.

“And with older people, they might be in a wheelchair but they can move their arms or their legs or their fingers or their toes, it’s working with whatever is available to use.

“And singing familiar songs with people, depending on what their age is, if they’re older people it’s songs that they would remember from their earlier adult years, and I do some instrument playing depending on who I’m working with, and it’s really good for your fine motor skills.

“I also use it for developing social skills, and that might be sharing the drums with another person and that encompasses a whole lot of other aspects - we’re not just sharing the drum, we’re making eye contact and communicating verbally and non-verbally, we might be copying each other and matching what the other person’s doing, so that the therapy goals are hidden in amongst the fun stuff.”

Bringing it back to the community, always, Nyssa has started a group connecting local providers of allied health services including an occupational therapist and an educational development worker already on board among others, with plans to hold open days for the community to come along and find out more about the not-sowell-known services available locally.

“People may have heard about music therapy, but they most likely wouldn’t have a good understanding about what can be achieved in music therapy, and what we find is that a lot of people get help from different places, but nothing’s connected. We want to make that connection.”

You don’t even have to be Judy Garland, or Eva Cassidy…or Kermit the Frog, as it were, to engage in music therapy. And that’s kind of the point – it’s not about the music, it’s about the people, and it’s about making connections in the local community.

Our Music Connection is Nyssa’s music therapy business, run out of Woodend where she lives with her husband and four-year-old son.

“We’re not using music to teach people music, we can do that as part of a program if that’s what people want to do, but really we’re using music as a tool to work on the aspects of who they are, and to develop their skills,” Nyssa explains.

The therapy itself has been used since 1949, when the Red Cross brought it to Australia, with the peak governing body then forming in 1975 – Nyssa herself has been practicing for about 10 years.

As well as being engaged by services and organisations – she’s run intergenerational playgroups and a program at Tarrengower Prison – Nyssa runs music therapy groups locally.

“It’s something fun, and it’s something that anybody can do - you don’t have to be a good singer or good at playing an instrument to be part of it. You can come to music therapy, and not feel like you’re going to therapy.”

It’s used as a therapy for conditions ranging from autism to mood disorders, stroke and dementia patients as well as psychiatric disorders – and, as with Nyssa’s Link: www.facebook.com/macedonrangesalliedhealthservicesconnection/ work, treatments vary according to age and preferred technique.

“I do some song writing with older kids and adults, and some of the relaxation stuff. And then some musical and movement activities, gross motor skills development and that might be getting kids up and dancing and focusing on different Words: Kate Taylor | Image: David White types of movement and learning about body awareness, that kind of thing.

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HE Daylesford Indoor Aquatic Centre will cost between $9 million and $12 million to build with maintenance and operational costs depending on the design.

The DIAC committee, chaired by Mark Rak, says it will look at clever sustainability principals to keep the costs down along with sub-contracting options such as interim childcare or a café.

The money for the centre would come from Hepburn Shire Council, the community, benefactors and state and federal grants if they are available.

Meanwhile, a survey has found that 86 per cent of respondents would attend the centre at least once a week.

Interested people ranged from those keen on general fitness needs, Learn to Swim, hydrotherapy and rehabilitation facilities, aqua aerobics, and other fitness needs, in addition to general year-round water sports and aquatic fun.

The Daylesford District Community Bank has pledged up to $400,000 to support developing the facility.

Mr Rak said the interim steering committee would develop a feasibility and business plan, to support its need to seek further community funding.

“We recognise that not everyone in the community will use the facilities, and the significant funding required to build the facility is well beyond the capability of any one institution – including our local shire council.”

Hepburn Shire Community Services general manager Kathleen Brannigan said the council had no position on the development of a heated pool in Hepburn Shire.

"Council has three seasonal pools (Clunes, Daylesford and Trentham), in addition to a toddlers' pool and Splash Park in Creswick which are not staffed. The total cost to council, after income, of operating these five facilities in 2016-17 was $161,165. This included the cost of utilities, chemicals and minor equipment."

Ms Brannigan said 14,121 people attended the council's pools at Clunes, Daylesford and Trentham over the last season.

"These are mostly children and families. While we don’t keep a record of participants at the Splash Park, we know that it was incredibly popular with children and families from across the region and beyond.

"Staffing costs per pool are not available so it’s difficult to give an accurate figure of the cost of running the Daylesford pool, but with a cost to council of around $11 per visit the cost breakdown is approximately: Clunes $43,000; Daylesford $84,000; and Trentham $28,000.

"We also spent about $20,000 on maintenance of pool plant, change and toilet facilities and pool blankets across the three pools.

"The seasonal pools are highly valued by kids and families, as well as young people. During the 2016-17 season, we introduced more programs and activities like games days and pool parties, as well as purchasing new inflatables for Clunes and Trentham.

"Council has committed to revamping the pool area and creating green space and a civic plaza on Central Springs Road, Daylesford."

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WELL-PRESENTED AND AFFORDABLE COUNTRY LIFESTYLE Located in the hamlet of Glenlyon, this country cottage is set on a half-acre lot with views to Mt Alexander. This neat and well-presented property offers open plan living, two bedrooms with built in robes, central bathroom, fully fenced yard, established gardens and a double carport with a lockable storage shed. Currently owner occupied this compact home would be ideal for the first home owner, investor or perfect for a getaway weekender.

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2 HOMES FULL OF POSSIBILITIES This versatile low maintenance property, comprising 2 fully selfcontained homes on a large corner allotment, is located in a quiet area on the edge of Daylesford township.

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5 ACRES OF BUSHLAND ON DAYLESFORD’S DOORSTEP 5 acres of undulating bushland on the edge of Daylesford. The property features tall eucalypts, wildflowers and bushland gully, with a pretty dam and small cabin (no services connected). The owner is currently applying for planning approval for a dwelling. With State Forest opposite, there are plenty of bushwalking/horseriding trails nearby.

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KAROO CREST RETREAT Thoughtfully designed and meticulously crafted, the quality and style of this home is undeniable. The unique and appropriate architectural details mimic the bucolic setting, less than a 10-minute drive to Hepburn Springs. All the internal elements complement the natural colours and visual textures of the surrounding landscape. Polished concrete floors appear opulent on entry and extend to the 2 north facing bedrooms and master en suite adorned with underfloor heating.

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Tessa’s job is, in a nutshell, to do other people’s homework for them – and she’s very good at it, too, having operated her own planning consultancy out of Clunes for a couple of years now.

“If someone comes to me with an application, I can say ‘maybe change that detail, it’s been a sticking point for council in the past so try it a different way and it’s more likely to be approved'.”

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Modern Architectural Design with Views across Bushland Designed to capitalise upon its large terraced block of approximately 900sqm, this two-storey home offers views to Bald Hill and beyond. Ideal as a permanent residence, the home is also suitable as a holiday home or holiday rental. Accessed via its upper floor, the property is entered via a wide timber-bridge and a refurbished 1966 Wormald Fire-door and comprises an open-plan contemporary kitchen & dining area with rural views; 2 bedrooms; a central bathroom, a powder room and Euro laundry.

The ground level is reached via a suspended stairway and offers a spacious living room; master-bedroom with ensuite & WIR, plus a utility/ storeroom. Outside, the sloping block has been terraced and landscaped to offer a generous alfresco area and newly established garden.

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Set on 1000 sqm, of low maintenance, pristine terraced gardens, this 3-level property features 3 large bedrooms, a study together with a superb hostess kitchen complete with stainless steel appliances.

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Double brick home comprising - huge master with ensuite, a further 3 bedrooms, central bathroom, living room, timber kitchen with gas cooking and dishwasher. Separate dining/lounge room.

Externally - a fantastic rear deck great for entertaining.

Situated on approx. 979 sqm of established landscaped gardens, this property consists of 3 bedrooms (two with BIRs), bathroom and laundry.

The kitchen opens into the dining/lounge room. Outside in the vast gardens is a fantastic deck.

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Builders – Huge dble garage/ carport room further development. Income – SC 2 br 2 bath cottage (hol/perm. rental) Dual occup. development potential.

Brick residence with 3 beds, 2 bath. formal lounge, living room, office/study, renovated kitchen. Views are amazing.

Easy to maintain gardens.

Block 3000sqm.

This very well presented home consists of 3 double bedrooms, Lovely well appointed kitchen with gas cooking, meals / living area and family room. Separate dining room. Central updated bathroom with bath, separate shower. Good sized gardens.

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Close to boutique restaurants, spas and shops only a few minutes from Daylesford. This house has double glazed windows so it stays warm in winter keeps cool in summer.

Split system, Rinnai gas heater and wood heater for those long cold winters.

Two storey home with large shed on 4.25 acres (approx).

This home offers three bedrooms, master with ensuite & WIR; fourth bedroom/study; open-plan living with gas heater; a kitchen with gas cooking; a spacious central bathroom, master bedroom; plus a separate laundry.

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Lots 1,2,3,4 Dysart Street Glenlyon

Glenlyon Fields Opportunity & Potential. Situated just a short drive from Daylesford in the picturesque rural hamlet of Glenlyon, these four allotments - two with multiple titles, offer the ideal location to build a dream residence or holiday home (STCA). Township Zoning - electricity & telephone available -potential for further development (STCA)

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3 First Street Hepburn Springs 920 sqm approx Building blocks in Hepburn Springs are very hard to come by and particularly at this price.

Delightful undulating block of 920 sqm providing all services to road. Great position to build an investment property, retreat or family home. Walking distance to Shops, restaurants and cafes. Short drive to Hepburn Spa Resort and Golf Club.

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Lot 3/52 Western Ave Hepburn Springs 7260 sqm approx.

Is only a short drive to Hepburn and Daylesford.

Outlook from this block to a watering hole for the abundant wild life. Power, phone and water are to the block and own road access has been made.

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Lot 1 Mount Franklin Road Daylesford 50 Acres approx Situated just minutes from Daylesford, with spectacular views, 20 hectares (50 acres approx) with Current Planning Permit. Quality Volcanic Soil. Sealed Road Frontage. Commute to Melbourne in 1.5 hours.

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703 sqm approx The quiet laneway opens up to the cleared, gently sloping allotment of approx. 703 sqm.

Planning Permit for 3 bedroom residence.

Access to Main Road. Quiet rear location. All services available. Power, natural gas, town water and sewerage.

39 acres approx This wonderful parcel of approximately 15.92 hectares, offers views from various potential home sites (Subject to Council Approval) With a large dam, the property features approximately 800 Olive trees, another dam, a smaller water-hole, a seasonal creek and mains power at the front boundary.

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Lot 3/40 Table Hill Road Daylesford

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2879 sqm approx This block is located just on the edge of town.

The block is approx. 2879 sqm is undulating to the West with bush views. One of a three lot subdivision, all services available. Planning permit issued 16th November 2015.

807 sqm approx This block of approximately 807 sqm, offers potential lake views, direct lake access and all town services. With its bush-land setting and lakeside location this property is perfectly positioned to maximize upon its existing view to Lake Daylesford.

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Dine review 31

The Argus at Peppers, Hepburn Springs

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HERE’S something brewing in Hepburn Springs.

And something baking, grilling, steaming, chilling - OK, you get the picture.

With so much focus on Daylesford hospitality, the amenities of the town’s northern neighbour, Hepburn Springs, are sometimes unheralded. But take a squiz up and down Main Road and you’ll notice a thriving cafe/restaurant scene, anchored at its northern end by the venerable Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel.

The featured hospitality space in this sprawling structure, the Argus Dining Room, has for several years been a top destination for fine food and wine – with the hotel built in 1935 and a visual landmark for the area for the better part of a century.

Recently the hotel found new owners and a new management team. The day we arrived, manager Todd Dales exuded comfortable confidence that Peppers now had all the ingredients in place to maintain its position as a noteworthy destination for tourists and, more importantly, as a friendly gathering place for regional locals.

Entrees For our lunch, my dining companion and I chose the three-course set menu, for $55 a person. Among the choices of entrees, we settled on pork terrine with house-made pickles, apple, curry and lavosh (thin, crisp, Middle-Eastern flatbread); and kohlrabi, thinly sliced and served with sprouted chickpeas, pea tendrils and herbs; the third option was Atlantic salmon with avocado, wild fennel and toasted nori. The warm pork was succulent and rich, the accompanying ingredients adding salty crunch and a touch of savoury spiciness. The kohlrabi dish proved an ideal counterpoint to the pork, the garden-fresh vegetables, herbs and legumes yielding palate-cleansing bursts of sweet and bitter flavours.

Drinks The Argus wine list - more of a book, than a list, in truth - is a joy to behold but can be a bit overwhelming for even the most experienced oenophile, so we asked Todd to help us choose. With our entrees, he brought the Timo Mayer Bloody Hill 2016 pinot noir, from the Yarra Valley ($14 a glass), and the 2015 Bertrand Bespoke chardonnay, a Central Victorian wine ($15); both excellent accompaniments to the food.

Mains As we were sharing each dish, for our mains we selected the grass-fed ossobuco with orecchiette pasta and gremolata; and cauliflower served with white polenta with nasturtium flowers and almond. (The third choice, rockling with quinoa and pumpkin caponata we decided to save for another time.) This is comfort food at its best, the luxuriant, silky pasta and hearty beef nicely set up by the zesty gremolata; and the grilled cauliflower retaining a lovely fresh vegetable snap on its bed of creamy polenta.

With these dishes Todd brought us glasses of a 2014 Tue-Boeuf Vin Rouge French gamay that wasn’t yet on the wine list but which proved robust enough for the ossobuco yet fruity and spicy enough to complement the cauliflower.

Dessert Despite the richness of the first two courses, we were ready for dessert. Not being in the mood for gruyere served with house-made accompaniments, we had bread-and-butter pudding with mascarpone, and spiced olive oil cake with pear and ice-cream. The cake had a pleasant, grainy texture, heavy and firm enough to support the juicy, lightly poached pear half perched on top, the dollop of dairy at the side emphasising cream over ice in its description. The bread-and-butter pudding was a faithful representation of this classic dish, light and smooth with just the right amount of creamy, buttery sweetness.

Our wine for this course was a slightly chilled 2013 Torbreck the Bothie frontignac, from the Barossa ($12), a lightly fortified white wine that has enough crisp acidity to help finish off any meal.

Locals The predominant message from the revised Argus - and indeed throughout the entire Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel complex - is that this is a local establishment, featuring locally sourced produce, and hopefully appealing to local people looking for everything from a finedining experience to a casual afternoon drink. It’s an impressive building with several inviting spaces, and well worth a visit.

Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel is at 124 Main Road, Hepburn Springs.

Bookings: 5348 2202 | springsretreat@peppers.com.au Link: www.peppers.com.au/springs/ Words and food images: Jeff Glorfeld

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Gig Guide

Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn Springs Next Episode - Friday, June 23 Josh Dance - Saturday, June 24 Stand Up Comedy - Sunday, June 25 The Cartwheels - Friday, June 30

Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Gillian & Terry – Saturday, June 24, 8.30pm-11.30pm

Daylesford Cidery, Daylesford

Scrub Hill, Newlyn

Happy As A Pig In Cider - Friday, June 23 (ticketed day event) Arkie T Williams - Sunday, July 9, 12.30pm

Alyce Platt and The Fish-Shop Collective – July 12, 12.30pm

Horvats Supper Club, Daylesford Got a gig coming up? Email donna@tlnews.com.au

Piano Improv - Wednesday, June 21, 7pm-10pm Moodswing - Thursday, June 22, 7pm-10pm DMT DJ Grooves - Friday, June 23, 9pm-11pm Family Farm Band - Saturday, June 24, 7.30pm-10.30pm

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A local team working in harmony at Peppers

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HERE’S something sweet about Peppers that keeps the housekeeping staff going back.

The team of eight is dedicated to providing a premium service in the renowned boutique hotel, and for Tanya and Chrissy, it’s the second time round.

Tanya worked at Peppers back when she was a teenager, leaving the job to have children, and she has lived locally all of her life.

“I’ve been here nearly 11 years, I worked here when I was about 17,” Tanya explains.

“I live in Daylesford, I’ve lived there all my life, so 45 years, I love the place, it’s beautiful.

And working with new owner Bobby Shen is proving just as good as the first time round.

“The best part about working at Peppers is everything, pretty much, we’ve got a great staff and we all get along really well. I love it,” Tanya said.

For Chrissy, it was much the same – leaving to have children, and returning to her post later in life under a new leadership team that’s making work a dream.

“I’ve been here seven years, the second time - the first time I was here I was in the kitchen and that’s 22 years ago, and I left to have kids and came back,” Chrissy explains.

“I love the place – there’s a lot of history around here, and it’s just beautiful, the ambience is wonderful and everybody gets along with each other, there’s no dramas and we’re very lucky to have the best boss in the world.”

Chrissy too is a local, having lived in Daylesford for 23 years.

“The trust here with the staff is amazing, and I really enjoy working locally because I don’t have to travel and I’m still supporting the local town, and I get to work with my friends. I really like supporting the local town.”

Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel is at 124 Main Road, Hepburn Springs.

Bookings: 5348 2202 | springsretreat@peppers.com.au Link: www.peppers.com.au/springs/ Pictured, from left, Tanya, Saiphin, Ashana and Chrissy Advertorial

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Meal deals for locals...and visitors too!

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VERYONE loves a good meal deal. So here are the dining establishments offering great food and great prices!

Monday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Monday Meatball Madness - $20 (Vegetarian option available.)

Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Frugal Foodies - $20

Tuesday:

Perfect Drop, Daylesford - five courses - $55 Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Burger Night with chips - $20 Casa El Rey, Daylesford - Taco Tuesday - $5 tacos and $5 beers.

A Second Element, Daylesford - 2 large traditional pizzas, garlic bread + 1.25l drink - $30

Saturday:

The Surly Goat - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Tastings at Bellinzona, Hepburn - free wine tasting of up to six choices of regional wines when you order a pizza, platter or purchase a bottle of wine.

Sunday:

The Surly Goat - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and a glass of wine - $45 Old Hepburn Hotel - Sunday roast - two choices of meat with all the trimmings $15 from noon until sold out.

Monday-Friday

Casa El Rey, Daylesford - The $15 Box - loaded spud and drink or burrito with fries and drink Galley Diner, Daylesford - lunch - burger, fries or onion rings and a drink - $17

Wednesday:

Happy Hours:

Thursday:

Raffles:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Pot (or glass of house wine) and Parma - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Frugal Foodies - $20 Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Schnitzel Night - 5pm-7pm- $15

Friday:

The Surly Goat - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and a glass of wine - $45 Tastings at Bellinzona, Hepburn - free wine tasting of up to six choices of regional wines when you order a pizza, platter or purchase a bottle of wine.

5000 Club - three-course lunch at Christ Church Anglican Hall, Daylesford

Perfect Drop, Daylesford, has a Happy Hour, Thursday to Monday, from 4pm to 6pm with $12 cocktails and $2 oysters.

Fundraising raffles for local organisations are held on Friday evenings at The Farmers Arms Hotel, Daylesford and the Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn.

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Spa Centre Meats is a well known Daylesford icon, and has supplied the locals and visitors with genuine locally grown produce for over 50 years.

Our prime lamb & aged beef is produced on the family farm ‘Green Hills Natural’ near Malmsbury & the beef aged on our premises in Daylesford .

Our pork and free range organic poultry is also sourced from local suppliers in central Victoria.

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Hepburn Mineral Springs: now and then

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HE Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is one of the most popular and well-known attractions in the Central Highlands. And if the historical fabric of the area could be encapsulated in a single locale, then this would have to be it. The reserve and surrounding park has witnessed many of the events, tussles and associated politics that have shaped Hepburn along with the good times, bad times, decay and resurrection.

In short, it is an icon and continues to be a focal point for anyone wishing to influence how things are done around here. The Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is not just a place of stone and wood, it is cache of emotional memories that feature in the life stories of many established local families. This can be best expressed by Lisa Gervasoni, a long time Hepburn resident and vocal advocate for the maintenance and protection of what is, in every sense of the word, a contemporary sacred site.

“The Springs were a place my family always came to. We had a house nearby and I’m the seventh generation of my family to have lived in this area. We’ve always had a connection to it and I have a lot of fond memories through the eras. For instance the last time my father and grandfather spent time together was here before they died.

And I’m not the only one. There are lots of people for who this has always been a place you would come to and have really important family occasions.”

As far back as 1851, well before mining descended on the Argyle Gully Spring Creek area, the properties of the local mineral water were considered significant enough to be tested. The conclusion was it offered great medicinal benefit to persons with all types of debilitating maladies and “gouty, rheumatic affections”. However, the springs were not developed and soon after mining activity decimated the surroundings with many holding grave concerns for the future of the outlets. This prompted a Dr Rosetti and apothecarist Bernard Buttner to call a public meeting to protect the springs as noted in the Daylesford Express, December 1864.

“The committee for the springs met at the Italian Reading Room, Bedolla’s Hotel (today known as The Savoia) and drew up a petition to the government asking for a complete analysis of the mineral water and that some land around the spring be reserved.”

The result was the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve, covering 0.5 hectares, being set aside in 1865. Very quickly a pavilion, bathhouse and bottling plant were erected and by the 1880s, with the arrival of the train service to nearby Daylesford, scores of visitors were appearing. They filled guesthouses and hotels while they sought to drink, soak and rejuvenate themselves in the ancient oxide and mineral-laden elixir that offered itself to them from the Ordovician period folds below.

You could imagine everyone’s dismay when nearby mining inadvertently cut off the supply of water to the hand pumps on several occasions. The most serious was over a period from 1910 to 1914 when the North Frenchman’s Reef mine, 500m south west of the reserve, conducted dewatering operations and dried up flows to the pavilion. Even those serving in WWI over in Europe at the time were writing back fretting over rumours coming to them regarding the state of the Hepburn Springs.

The situation led to the Victorian State Parliament taking steps to close the North Frenchman’s mine with the owners duly compensated. The reserve was then increased to 30 hectares to protect it further. By the 1930s, as the income from gold petered out, cash from holiday-makers filled the void and visitor figures to the region ballooned to around 100,000 people per year.

The Springs Reserve was the jewel in the Hepburn crown with its sumptuous gardens and regular dances held in the pavilion. However by the 1950s, the popularity of the site went into decline along with the rest of the area. Melbourne tourists were going to the beach instead and hard to get to places like the Central Highlands lacked the convenience of Torquay or Rye. Happily, there was a resurgence in the 1980s and, while recent disasters such as flooding and storms have taken their toll, the future of the reserve looks bright.

“Council has significantly invested in additional projects in recent years at the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve, including the restoration of the Pavilion Cafe roof structure, tree planting and landscaping. says Hepburn Shire Council Infrastructure general manager Bruce Lucas.

"We also have significant funds allocated to completing a current project, which includes interpretive and way finding signage, car parking infrastructure, pedestrian improvements and significant landscape improvements.

“Council is proud to have such a rich history within its municipality and we look forward to continuing our efforts in conjunction with our Mineral Springs Advisory Committee, who are very active in providing guidance and direction on improvement opportunities.”

Words: Anthony Sawrey | Images: Courtesy of Daylesford Historical Society

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Council now charging $100 fee for excess pets

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OU can never have too many friends – unless they are man’s best friends. And Robert Kendall has found out the hard way.

After 15 years Mr Kendall has been asked to pay a $100 fee by Hepburn Shire Council, along with the registration costs, for up to four dogs kept at his Daylesford property.

Mr Kendall registered a fourth dog recently but was later sent a letter and form demanding payment.

In a return letter to council he said the letter of demand started with “It has come to our attention...".

“That statement cannot possibly be correct,” he wrote to council.

“The council has known about all the dogs registered at my property for about 15 years. The number of dogs registered would be on the council's computer records. It has never raised any objection. You are now asking me to pay the council another $100.

“For over 15 years I have always registered my dogs with the council and the council has been most willing to take my money. Sometimes I have had three or four dogs registered.

“Recently your dog officer registered a fourth dog and I paid the fee and the council readily accepted my money. That dog, whose name is Rusty (pictured right), was rescued by me after he was taken to the RSPCA in Ballarat - I paid to have the dog registered and desexed. The council's officer was aware of this. I had a special yard built to secure Rusty. The editors of The Local featured him as a dog seeking a new home. I am trying to find a new home for Rusty.”

Mr Kendall said he wanted to know when the new law was introduced.

“If it has been in place for a number of years, the council has never told me about it when I attended to pay dog registration fees. The council's own conduct in accepting my fees and registering my dogs over many years shows a course of conduct by the council in abrogating the rule in my case.”

Council Infrastructure acting general manager Steve Millard said council was unable to comment on specific cases under investigation, but he could confirm that it acted “in the best interest of the community by dealing with complaints regarding nuisance, menacing and escaping dogs, and cases where an owner has excess animals on the property”.

“Historically, our systems did not flag a property to note that excess animals were already being housed at the time of registration of a further animal. This is difficult to do considering the variation between properties and the allowed number of animals (there are different limits based on the property classification – rural or within a township).

“Customer service staff are now identifying the number of existing animals at a particular property at the time of registering a new animal. If more than the permitted number of animals are at a property, the customer is required to submit an application for a permit. The $100 fee charged is a one-off permit application fee.

“Officers will inspect properties to ensure it is appropriate for the total number of animals to be housed at the property. Non-compliance with permit requirements can result in an infringement and any excess animals being seized.”

Meanwhile, Mr Millard said the council was in the process of designing a temporary, 24-hour, holding facility for dogs.

“The construction and management of a pound is prohibitive for smaller regional councils due to stringent animal welfare requirements. It is common for councils to share facilities with adjoining councils."

Roundabout works to start

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ONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited roundabout at the intersection of the Midland Highway and East Street, Daylesford is due within two weeks.

VicRoads regional director Ewen Nevett told The Local that preliminary works, some pictured below, at the intersection had started including work on services in the area and preparing the site for major construction activities.

Some traffic management had been in place during this time to alert motorists of the work site.

"Major construction is expected to begin within the next two weeks when further traffic management will be in place."

In the five-year period to December 2015, there have been five crashes, resulting in 10 low-level injuries, at the intersection. All involved vehicles crashing into each other as they travelled through the intersection.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas and Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas announced the $1.3 million upgrade in May last year. Visibility will also be improved with the installation of upgraded street lighting.

And Rusty is still looking for his forever home. If you are a dog lover, have good fences, a place inside your home and your heart, and understand a pet is for life, contact news@tlnews.com.au We'll put you in touch!

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Chocolate marshmallow mousse

by Tonia Todman

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Very easy to make – and has no raw eggs, so ideal for mothers-to-be. Make it the night before, or on the day – it sets quickly while being chilled. This is a good accompaniment to wine-poached pears. Pipe (or mound) the mousse onto the serving plate, then sit the pear in the middle of the mousse and sprinkle with crushed meringues. Small serves for approximately 8.

150 grams white marshmallows, cut up with wet scissors 50 grams butter 250 grams dark chocolate (70% cocoa is best), chopped 60ml very hot water 280ml double cream, approximately 1 teaspoon vanilla Place chopped marshmallows, butter, chocolate and water in a heavy based saucepan over low to mid heat. Stir frequently until contents have melted and are well integrated. Remove from heat.

While chocolate mixture is cooling, whip cream and vanilla until thick. Fold the cream into the chocolate mixture until all is blended and smooth.

Pour/scrape into a large lidded plastic container to set, or pour directly into individual serving dishes and cover with plastic wrap. Chill until ready to serve.

Individual dishes can be decorated with piped cream rosettes and fresh raspberries, or chocolate curls, or ….....!

Note: For a mocha flavour, make the 60ml of water into 60ml of very strong coffee.

Next edition: Lamb chops with prunes and apricots (All recipes copyrighted to Tonia Todman)

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NAIDOC WEEK 2017 2 July - 9 July 2017 Hepburn Shire Council acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung living culture and its unique role in the life of this region. We are proud to present our NAIDOC week activities to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia and Hepburn Shire.

MONDAY, 3 July NAIDOC Kick Off: Why Celebrate NAIDOC Week?

Daylesford Town Hall, 6-7:30pm The Traditional Owners of Hepburn Shire, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans, the Hepburn Shire Mayor and other community members, will speak about the importance of celebrating NAIDOC Week 2017.

WEDNESDAY, 5 July “True Soldiers, True Citizens: The RSL and Indigenous Service Personnel” Creswick RSL, 6pm Author and researcher, Richard Trembath, will present themes from his co-authored book, “Defending Country.”

Trembath will discuss the relationships that Indigenous Australian servicemen and women have had with the RSL and broader public from the 1940s onwards.

THURSDAY, 6 July “Bran Nue Dae” Special Free Screening Daylesford Community Cinema, 6:30pm “Bran Nue Day is a coming-of-age musical comedy that celebrates family, forgiveness and Aboriginal reconciliation” (Creative Spirits).

Other NAIDOC week events are being held at the Daylesford Library, Creswick Hub and The Warehouse - Clunes. Visit our website for more information.

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Camellia – the queen of winter colour If there is a flowering shrub that could rival the rose for pride of place as "Queen of the Garden", it is the camellia chinensis, laden as they now are with masses of flower buds, ready to brighten even the drabbest winter garden in colours ranging from white through many shades of pink to the darkest red.

The flowers come in three distinct forms: single, with a large central cluster of bright yellow stamens, semi-double, two or more overlapping rows of petals, and double, the last of which are the most "rose-like".

OK, so camellias can't compete with roses in the staying power stakes when cut for indoors but they don't have prickly thorns either.

Unlike many other free-flowering trees and shrubs, notably the rose, camellias keep their shiny, deep green foliage throughout the year, providing a permanent backdrop to an otherwise spiky, bare-branched winter landscape.

Preferring the protection of shade in warmer climes, and deep organic mulch and rich loam for their shallow root systems, camellias really thrive in our local gardening conditions.

Like almost every garden plant we know, the original camellia, discovered about 3000 years ago in China, was nothing like its modern counterpart and probably looked more like the tea producing form, camellia sinensis, with small inconspicuous blooms. Interestingly, their family name is theacaea.

As well as having many different flower formations and colours, the plants range from smaller compact growth to tall, almost tree-like forms, with compact erect growth, or spreading, almost drooping, branches.

This means they can be used in situations varying from a large tub, as a central specimen, an elegant clipped hedge or trimmed to become a "standard" - on a tall central stem. This is achieved by selecting a plant with a single strong, upright stem and continually removing any lateral growths until it reaches your desired trunk height. Obviously leaving the top central growths to develop.

You may choose to purchase an established standard plant to start with, but be prepared to pay for the grower's years of labour.

Another option for camellias is to grow them as an espalier along a wall or fence in a container or narrow bed. The droopy, almost weeping branched forms are best for this.

And this brings me to‌camellia japonica, the Japanese camellia. Notably my favourite is camellia sasanqua.

It should come as no surprise that Japan, the home of bonsai, should also give us camellias with tiny leaves and flowers. They flower earlier than their Chinese "cousins" - from mid-autumn to early winter - and seem better able to cope with harsher conditions.

These little beauties also come in compact, almost dwarf varieties that are wonderful for pots or low hedges, medium-sized shrub forms with flowers to match, and larger growing (to maybe two metres), again with larger flowers.

The largest ones, especially the spreading forms with their dainty arching branches are perfect for espalier or training up a trellis - as can be seen from the beautiful deep pink sasanqua "hiryu" pictured above right. The white bloom, pictured below right, is setsugekka.

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Super Vets 1st Keith Kruichshank 58-75 Juniors: 1st Luke Johns 47-75 Sub juniors: 1st Jarrod Aguilina 47-75

UMBERS were down for the June 3 shoot. Conditions were good with no wind at all, Jake set two compact layouts of good targets.

Scores indicated that the No. 2 layout was the hardest with the E bird the tester while Colin Johns liked No.1 layout, shooting 39-40.

June Mr Nice Guy goes to president Dave Collins who puts in every month with the running of the club and keeps the troops in order but not “lolly dog”. Thanks to all who helped out and our sponsors again, Spa Centre Meats.

Results AA Grade: 1st Andrew Campbell 68-75 A Grade: 1st Andrew Hobbs, 66-75 2nd David Collins 59-75, 3rd Jody “Red Dog” Wallace 58-75 B Grade: 1st Vitto Rizzo 60-75, 2nd John “Squizzy” Taylor 55-75, 3rd John Disher 54-75 C Grade: 1st Anthony Rizzo 48-75, 2nd Rob Comelli 47-75, 3rd Scott Collins 44-75 Ladies: 1st Gill Graham 37-75 Vets: 1st Colin Johns 69-75, 2nd Russell Pigdon 67-75, 3rd Ed Magee 61-75

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