The Local Issue 116 January 29, 2018

January 29, 2018 Issue 116

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Front cover: There's a new display of movie props at the Amazing Mill Markets in Ballarat - and there's a Daylesford twist. Pictured are Mill Markets owner Mark Ward, left, and Wolf Creek director Greg McLean. Read more by Anthony Sawrey on page 9.

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Live. Love. Life. festival set to transform region

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AYLESFORD will host a new major tourism event, Live.

Love. Life. Daylesford, which will run from November 14-18.

Live. Love. Life. Daylesford was awarded $450,000 over three years from the State Government’s Regional Events Fund.

Internationally acclaimed musician Kate Ceberano and worldrenowned artist and Daylesford local David Bromley, pictured right, have been appointed as creative directors. They are curating a program based on stunning, intimate events and installations that will foster wellness and rejuvenation through art, music, movement, food, therapies and community.

“This event is all about creative, intelligent and thought-provoking programming that really connects with people on many different levels,” Mr Bromley said.

Daylesford & Macedon Ranges Tourism Board general manager Judith Isherwood said Live. Love. Life. Daylesford was set to attract about 20,000 visitors and would have a significant flow-on benefit in terms of visitation and yield to Daylesford and the surrounding regional areas.

The festival’s program will embrace all elements of wellness through a range of activities such as yoga, meditation, inspirational speakers and creative workshops aimed at relaxing the body, soothing the mind and nurturing the soul.

Mr Bromley, who said he spent “about 50 per cent” of his time in Daylesford said he and Ms Ceberano had been given artistic licence with the festival.

“My greatest painting commissions are when someone allows me a lot of leeway to use all of my skills.

“I suggested Kate, who has a lot of greater qualities than I do, and between the two of us we have a lot of skills.”

Mr Bromley said the pair had been involved in “remarkable conversations” with Ms Isherwood and had a lot of trust in her abilities.

Mr Bromley said the festival would be “atypical - not a typical arts festival, not a typical music festival, not a typical wellness festival”.

“We are very hard-working people and we seek to offer something quite remarkable that cannot be defined. We are looking at doing things at not just 5pm but 3am – when you are usually sleeping.

“I am going to paint a picture metaphorically and Kate will metaphorically sing.

We want to show how deeply we feel about creativity, about art, about living. It’s like the Dead Poets’ Society, the marrow out of life.”

Ms Ceberano said she had spent most of November, her birth month, in the region talking about the festival and could not think of “anything more delightful”.

“This precinct has a lot of manna, and being Hawaiian, it is about how the spirit of this precinct is talking to us and in what we say to grant it dignity and acknowledge its presence and the impact it has had on all of us, spiritually, physically and mentally. We want to enhance that.”

Ms Ceberano said the festival would be different to others.

“We don’t want you to think, we want you to feel. I feel all over the place and I am a people pleaser.

“We will just feel our way, the second time expand on that and the third time I would love to hope we have cradled the identity of this region.”

Daylesford & Macedon Tourism board chairman Noel Harvey said having Ms Ceberano and Mr Bromley on board was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the region. “It is a very, very special place and this festival has the capacity to transform our region.”

For more information about Live. Love. Life. Daylesford contact DMR Public Relations and Business Development officer Sally Towell at sally@dmrtourism.com.au

Words & image: Donna Kelly

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Solo exhibition: arbor temporis momentum

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GANSTOWN artist Louiseann King has a solo exhibition, arbor temporis momentum, at the Bendigo Art Gallery running until February 18. She has been working on the exhibition for nearly two years after receiving the Bendigo Art Gallery 'Going Solo' Exhibition Opportunity and the support of a Creative Victoria New Work Grant.

“In arbor temporis momentum I have created an ambitious large-scale mixed-media immersive sculptural and sound installation (sound work with Philip Samartzis) based on my direct experience as a woman living in Central Victoria. arbor temporis momentum is produced directly from my gleanings of the discarded, overlooked and ephemeral within the local environment. The work explores themes pertaining to the environment, time, metamorphosis and the construction of the domestic within regional Australia.

“In arbor temporis momentum I have constructed a dreamlike world where time is fragmented and slowed, the landscape is reworked and remembered, the minute and gigantic generate wonder and an immersive sound work creates reverie. The enormity and majesty of seasonal flux is evoked and the ceaseless continuum of time and the presence of the beholder, specifically the migrant female observer/inhabitor, is chronicled.

“Natural objects have been cast in bronze, rearranged, remade, cut, cropped and reflected in a cacophony of mirrors and glass surfaces. arbor temporis momentum is simultaneously raw and refined. Elements have been highly worked and others left completely raw. I have instilled a sense of wonder through a play with the minute and the gigantic, repetition, re-orientation, dissection, re-configuration and re-contextualisation.

“The sound work with Philip Samartzis was created from recordings made in May 2017 in Eganstown using specialised recording equipment designed for long-term outdoor audio recording. The composition is mercurial, subtle and disruptive. The recordings have an elemental abstract quality that is extended within the composition. The wooden floors within each gallery space have been used as speakers and contribute to the nuanced, communitive quality of the sound work.

"The goldfields of Central Victoria brought migrant families to this area – their legacy permeates the landscape with the objects that were part of their lives now fusing into my work. In arbor temporis momentum, discarded local domestic objects and furnishings are recontextualised within the present and the past.

"Domestic vintage furniture is salvaged and repurposed to house, hold, support familiar objects transformed. Tables made from Australian woods bring into the work the trees of the past in the timbers from which they are made.

"The botanical and avian ‘sheddings’ I collect are rendered timeless in bronze, preserved in wax and, pressed in paper, evoke Victorian pastimes and scientific botanical collecting. In arbor temporis momentum I am constructing a loaded experiential field that unpicks and reconstructs the timeless landscape and the fleeting human experience. "arbor temporis momentum is a process-based investigation that is highly intuitive and responsive, reflecting a process of enquiry into the construction of the notion of an Australian landscape and iconography. arbor temporis momentum charts the adoption of Australian imagery into domestic spaces and the creation and celebration of nationhood. "

Above, Louiseann King with arbor temporis momentum at the Bendigo Art Gallery, inset, arbor temporis momentum - chartam (detail) bronze. Images: Danny Wootton

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David’s cool world of remaking Australia’s suburbs

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OW are we to live? At a time when changes in everything from the weather to how politics and the economy work, uncertainty barges in, accompanied by fear and society becomes increasingly divided, this is the Big Question.

Such a question requires an equally large answer and Hepburn’s David Holmgren is offering it.

Thirteen years in the works and a lifetime in the making, his new book, RetroSuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future, is a massive manifesto for change and a guide to finding self-reliance.

As Costa Georgiadis from ABCTV’s Gardening Australia says in his introduction, the advice covers everything from understanding how the sun influences your block to planning the management of family elders.

Holmgren, a 62-year-old permaculture pioneer, worked with a team of 15 to produce the 600-page, $85 book and, sticking to principles, they raised $30,000 by crowdfunding to have it printed here rather than cheaply in China.

As the title suggests, RetroSuburbia lays out working models based on permaculture ethics and principles to potentially transform a household, street and neighbourhood. Just as retro means adopting style or fashion from the past, so he applies his definition as “self-made, re-purposed stuff”, coupling it with retrofit as in “fit-for-purpose, cool”.

Broadly speaking, his vision covers growing food cooperatively, primarily in a household.

So there are chapters on passive solar retrofitting, water harvesting and storage, wood energy, electricity, bushfire defence, domestic animals in the suburbs, food storage, processing and preservation. He also looks at grey water and human nutrient recycling, coming up with a word new to me at least, humanure.

The 34 chapters covering three fields, the Built, Behavioural and Biological, are backed by four real-life household studies.

Complementing this is a RetroSuburbia website with case studies, short videos, interactive worksheets and articles.

RetroSuburbia promotes the idea that Australian suburbs can be transformed as we face a high-speed transformation to a carbonpositive low energy future.

Much of it springs from Holmgren’s international work as a permaculture co-originator, leading permaculture practitioner and teacher, and world renowned ecological thinker.

He sees Australia as a place propelled by putting up buildings and digging up things and exporting them, while castigating the “impossible fantasy state” that is the global economy. One local example: the 70 per cent exposure of banks to residential property and Australia globally leading in its ratio of debt to gross domestic product.

He outlines how the community can start again through households opting out of the monetary economy. “It’s plain common sense and self-interest, and reduces the environmental impact.”

There’s a harkening back to the days when food was grown for families, if something broke it was fixed and there was pride in self-reliance. One vivid example: growing, preserving and eating one’s own food, including baking bread, does away with a layer of food inspectors – and expense.

To him, moves from city to country are growing out of a “Now, wait a minute” sense of thinking, fuelled by a disenchantment with how things are. “There are other strategies, but how do we do it? There are lived examples of people doing well.

“This is just a better way to live. We like it!”

Costa Georgiadis will launch the book next month at the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne. It is Holmgren’s first major book since Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability in 2002, which sold 35,000 English language copies worldwide and was translated into a dozen languages.

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Australia Day across the Central Highlands

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EPBURN Shire Council held its Australia Day ceremony on Thursday, January 25 with Citizen of the Year going to Peter Hanrahan, Young Citizen of the Year to Georgia Drewer and Community Event of the Year to Daylesford Art Show and ARTOBER.

Mr Hanrahan, a Clunes resident, had a 34-year career with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, and initially gained national recognition as an extension and research officer in a range of sheep technology areas. He then moved into project development and management and gained specialist knowledge on evaluation, communication and market research.

After moving to Clunes in the early 2000s, Mr Hanrahan has been involved as a recreational advisor for Hepburn Shire and also helped create a business plan for Booktown in its early years. Mr Hanrahan also spent time as a volunteer driver for the Clunes’ After Hours Nurse and has worked with Hepburn Health on a number of projects including trying to secure a better ambulance service and raising funds for defibrillators which are accessible 24-hours. He has also gained the title of the Bard of Clunes for his entertaining skills.

Ms Drewer has been a player, assistant coach and coach of the Clunes Football Netball Club, being awarded Best and Fairest four times herself. After her family returned from the United Arab Emirates she attended Clunes Primary School followed by Highview Christian College. She is now studying Nursing at Australian Catholic University in Ballarat. She is very interested in children's health and mental health, fundraisinga and speaking about both issues.

In 2014 the Daylesford Art Show committee introduced ARTOBER, a celebration of the arts in the Hepburn Shire. Offering a diverse range of artistic expression, ARTOBER runs during October and through to mid-November.

The signature event during ARTOBER is the Daylesford Art Show held over the Melbourne Cup long weekend.

Events are held throughout Hepburn Springs, Daylesford, Creswick, Trentham, Blampied and Sailors Falls. ARTOBER events involve local artists and galleries as well as community and neighbourhood, school and youth groups.

ARTOBER unites local artists and gives them an opportunity to increase their public and community profile and in turn provides a platform to display their works to the local community and the greater public. It also encourages local communities to explore and support local art and artists.

The Daylesford Rotary Club also presented awards at the ceremony with 2018 Business of the Year going to Creswick’s Smokeytown Cafe, 2018 Employee of the Year to the Hepburn Golf Club’s Darren McColl and 2018 Young Employee of the Year to EKO Day Spa’s Samantha Rodger.

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Julie McLaren has contributed immensely to Kyneton over the years and it has been said that her efforts have helped maintain the town’s country community feel.

She has been involved in many community committees and groups such as Kyneton Citizen of the Year Award went to Di Dale, a volunteer Country Community Learning Centre, Kyneton Secondary College school council, the Fire Authority and State Emergency Service member who dedicates her life to Kyneton Agricultural Show and Kyneton Transition Hub. She is one of the founders her community. Within the SES, Di, pictured right, holds the position of deputy of Kyneton Boomerang Bags in partnership with KCLC. controller of operations, she is a peer support volunteer for both the SES and CFA Peter Mitchell has been actively contributing to the Romsey community for within the community and further across the state and is a frequent first responder to emergencies, and, as incident controller, has attended and managed many significant many years through the historical society, the former Romsey Shire Council, the Romsey Water Trust, the Romsey Sewerage Authority, the Lancefield Cemetery events in the Macedon Ranges.

Trust, the Rotary Club, Romsey Primary School, and scouts - just to name a few. He Young Citizen of the Year Award went to Laura Crozier, a year 10 student at Gisborne Secondary College who has been a Live4Life Crew member for the past two was involved with the Romsey Uniting Church’s and the Romsey Primary School’s 150-year celebrations. A great supporter of local sporting groups, he has helped raise years. She’s organised and hosted launch and celebration events for Live4Life, and money for new tennis courts and a new sports complex. represented the Live4Life Crew at various community events including the annual Macedon Ranges Suicide Prevention Group Walk and the Macedon Ranges Health Service Colour Run. Laura has been an active member of the Gisborne Secondary Pride Group.

Arts Ambassador Award went to Nadine Hartnett, a Woodend resident, freelance writer and an active advocate and promoter of the arts within the Macedon Ranges. In 2012, she founded the Macedon Ranges Art Trail and continues to manage the group, which showcases local artists, artisans and art groups through events, galleries and exhibitions.

Community Achievement Awards went to Graham Boyd, Julie McLaren and Peter Mitchell.

Graham Boyd, 91, is an inspiring community member who, with his perseverance and willingness to not take no for an answer, convinced the Australian Red Cross to amend the retirement age of blood donors from 71 years of age to 80 which resulted in numerous more blood donations and saving thousands of lives.

ACEDON Ranges Shire Council announced the recipients for the 2018 Australia Day Awards presented last Friday.

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Just sayin’...

By Donna Kelly

Pick me, pick me...

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WAS pretty pleased with myself last year, finally got around to having all the checks done.

Breasts, check. Bowel, check. Pap smear, check. Eyes, check. Bone density, check. Bloods, check. And then the final one, skin, check. Not in the one day of course, that would be a hell of a day, but over the course of the year I managed to not only remember I needed them but to also make appointments.

All were good, touching wood now. The last one was the skin check. I went to Brad Wyer at Springs Medical Centre in Daylesford. I like Brad. He is pretty laidback but onto it, if you know what I mean. And a good sense of humour. And he's from Queensland, the capital of skin cancers, so he knows his stuff.

Now I must admit I was a bit worried about the skin check. Especially after flying through the others. Being a journo I always see the headline and it's never good news. Just one of the side effects of being in the game. Same as waking up at 4am wondering if you've spelt a name right or replaced the old advert with the new advert. I've had the odd call in my time...

But I was also worried because I am a kid of the 70s and we never knew about slipping and slopping and slapping. The only slopping we did was with coconut oil which smelt lovely and promised to result in a glowing tan. The only glowing I did, being fair, was a deep crimson colour as the almost third-degree burns took over most of my body.

Mum was always helpful and ready with, in the first instance, a nice cooling square of butter, and then, with the horrible mess that is calamine lotion. It would dry and touching it was like dragging your nails down a blackboard. Yuk. A few days later the skin would start to peel and my siblings and I would have competitions to see who could peel the longest piece off. I think I won quite a few times because I could peel from my shoulder to my wrist.

In fact, the only tan I ever managed was freckles. As a teenager my face was covered with them and a friend's mum helpfully suggested that if I stayed out in the sun, and got enough, my face would actually be brown. One big freckle. Nearly worked.

Luckily, as an adult, I realised the sun is not my friend and while tans "look healthy" they are actually signs of damaged skin. So now I slip, slop and slap and, let's face it, here in the Central Highlands, you only need to do it for about three months of the year.

So despite my reservations, and really, it's better to know, I saw Brad and passed with more flying colours. Even he was surprised, given my fairness and blonde (more bottle now) hair.

Anyway, Brad is still holding his skin clinics, and I am sure many other doctors do the same, and it's well worth the time/money to go along and get checked out. And if you have other checks you have been putting off, maybe 2018 is the year to get them sorted.

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Daylesford collection at Ballarat Mill Markets

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ANS of Aussie gore cinema definitely have something to get excited about with a new display of movie props from Wolf Creek and Rogue at the Amazing Mill Markets in Ballarat.

The exhibition launch took place last Tuesday with film director Greg McLean and Amazing Mill Markets owner Mark Ward in attendance to talk about the items and their place in movie history.

“I am a mad collector myself,” says Greg, “and when I started making my own movies I realised that when movies are finished being made everything just vanishes into the wind, so I just started hoarding things including costumes, props and vehicles.

“I had a place in Daylesford and all this was under tarps in my garage and I had no idea what to do with it until Mark offered to show it here.”

The display consists of, among other items, the F100 pickup truck owned by villain Mick Taylor (played by John Jarratt, pictured left with Greg, right) from Wolf Creek 2 complete with bloody bowie knife on the dashboard.

There are also several giant rubber crocodile heads from croc horror Rogue and the barber’s chair featured in an infamous torture scene from the original Wolf Creek.

Rolling the large pickup with no brakes into the gallery space through a narrow doorway was a dicey job and the staff were sure the murderous spirit of Mick was still in the truck as they struggled to control it.

But for Mark, fellow Australian movie fan and enthusiastic collector, the opportunity to exhibit such a collection of cinematic curios was a dream come true and worth the drama.

“We saw the props, Greg asked what we would be doing with them and I said they would go on display at one of our mills in Daylesford, Geelong or Ballarat. For now it's Ballarat,” says Mark.

“So many people identify with them and the F100 is, apart from the Mad Max cars, probably one of the most iconic vehicles in Australian movie history.”

Meanwhile, Greg has been busy with the current Wolf Creek TV series and other film projects overseas. And, as one can imagine, collecting memorabilia from his movies has also had to take a back seat to production workloads.

“The passion for collecting never goes away but as far as gathering props, my wife has said I may have to slow down a bit since we don’t have the time or anywhere to put it all.”

Words: Anthony Sawrey | Top image: Emu Creek Pictures Mark Rodgers (reproduced with permission) | Bottom image: Kyle Barnes

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Glenlyon Hall forecourt raises community ire

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LENLYON residents are not happy with the new concrete forecourt at the refurbished Glenlyon Shire Hall. But who is responsible for the works is not clear.

Messages, written in chalk provided under a cardboard sign saying “Send the council a message”, litter the huge concrete forecourt. They include “Where can we hire jackhammers”, “This is not what we agreed to” and “A perfect example of council’s current consultation process”.

Another points to the step riser to the side of the hall saying it is not built to Australian Standard and is 260mm rather than the required 190mm while another asks “Who project managed this awful mess? The awning is dreadful and not sympathetic to this heritage structure. A sad outcome for Glenlyon”.

Glenlyon Progress Association president Joy Durston told The Local the hall building renovations "was/is the responsibility of the GPA and its contracted project manager. The streetscaping was/is the responsibility of the shire".

"Neither GPA nor the project manager were involved with the work around the hall. The original plan for the forecourt was for a minimal amount of concrete to meet universal access parking (for disabled)."

Meanwhile, council's Community Services general manager Kathleen Brannigan said the council had been working in partnership with the Glenlyon Progress Association "on this important community project" and that "the GPA and their project manager/architect have been managing the hall refurbishment works, including the building of the verandah and concrete hardstand".

"Some of the completed works look different to what community members may have expected from the concept plans that were adopted. However, the project delivers on what the adopted streetscape plans committed to.

"This includes resolution of poor drainage and landscape treatment, and a forecourt hardstand for markets and gatherings while also allowing access to the hall for all abilities.

"The project is not yet complete and will include painting, seating, disability access items, car park marking, community notice board and planting/landscaping works."

Mayor, and Holcombe Ward councillor, John Cottrell said the signed Project and Funding Agreement between GPA and council "is based on the GPA architects specification and details for the concrete verandah hardstand, verandah steelwork and line-marking for universal accessible car park".

"Throughout the combined Glenlyon Hall restoration and forecourt streetscape the joint council/GPA control group have taken the decision-making, with the GPA representing the community. The GPA regular meetings subsequently report progress back the community.

"The Glenlyon community should be preparing to celebrate the GPA's achievement in completing the restoration of the shire hall, we are instead faced with a protest at the hall covering elements of the hall-work design and streetscape.

"Expression of voice is a good thing – but it should be invited with informed context."

The formal re-opening of the hall is scheduled for the weekend of March 24-25 depending on availability of state government representatives.

(The forecourt has since been cleaned and the sign removed.)

Words & image: Donna Kelly

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News 11

Daylesford Swim

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T’S that time of the year again and swimmers are lining up for the 9th Lake Daylesford Swim.

The hotly contested 1.2km swim will be held on Sunday, February 18 with registration at 10am and an 11am start. Entry is free and there are fabulous prizes.

The swim is a fundraiser for the La Faek Diak Foundation in Baucau, East Timor. There is also a raffle with prizes donated by Bookbarn Daylesford, Boathouse Daylesford and Lake House.

Details: timothy.m.bach@gmail.com or Greg Stewart on 0429 948 872.

Greg Stewart, left, races to last year's finish line, just pipped at the post by a determined Ross Hardie

Same-sex weddings up for grabs at ChillOut

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Ms Risstrom and two other celebrants, Gillian Barclay and Lesley Ridgeway, will have their own marquees on the day – and she wants to make hers extra special.

“I have this idea that given it is the 21st anniversary of ChillOut and we have finally grown up and voted Wedding celebrant Beverly Risstrom will be doing for same-sex marriage, that I will marry a local couple the honours and says the lucky couple will have their who has been together for a really long time. And rather own marquee for the day. There’s even a rumour that than doing it on the main stage, and because I think it Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will be one of the is probably going to be someone who would otherwise witnesses.

Other prizes include two nights at Holyrood House just head to the registry office, it will be done without a massive fuss in my marquee. in Daylesford, pride of place in a 1961 open top car in “A couple of 90-year-olds would be so much fun the parade on the way to Carnival, champagne on arrival at ChillOut Carnival, wedding photography by Love is and I will fit in with them, maybe do it early so they can spend the day married, or perhaps at the end of the day.”

Love Photography and a two-course dinner voucher at Ms Risstrom said she had already officiated at a Mercato, Daylesford. same-sex wedding, with a couple who were just after the Those keen to enter must both be 18 or over, not paperwork, and said the service had been both delightful related, and if previously married, properly divorced. but with a feeling of embarrassment it had taken so long They will need to provide proof of ID, and be available for the discrimination to end. to sign paperwork on or before February 10.

“It really is like they should have had it anyway (the The ChillOut Committee will draw the winners on right to marry) but now we can it’s fun. Once the hurt is February 5. Enter at www.chillout.com.au over and it’s ‘normal’, it will be really fantastic.

Meanwhile, Ms Risstrom is also offering a free “But I don’t think there will be a big rush. marriage on the day to the region’s longest same-sex relationship couple. Or close enough.

HILLOUT Festival has a free wedding up for grabs – you just need to be a same-sex couple and prepared to get married in front of thousands of people on the main stage on Carnival Day at Victoria Park.

"Anyone in a hurry would go to the registry office and I think Australians are a bit more like ‘up yours – just because you said we can, doesn’t mean we will, we just want the right’.

For your chance to be married phone 0401 902 342 or search @beverlythecelebrant.com.au by February 10.

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HIS year’s been a bit random so far, actually it’s been a bit frightening in parts.

It all started last week with Spidergate. Imagine for a moment you get up in the morning to wash your face, you start to brush your hair and look curiously in the mirror, not for a few extra wrinkles that have sprung up during the last couple of Australia Day parties, but towards a black shape in your ear.

Yes, there was a spider the size of a 10-cent coin nestling in my auditory orifice – the stuff of horror movies. I danced around the bathroom thrashing my arms around as if trying to do some sort of ancient zombie dance routine.

Anyway, the poor blighter, who had likely found a home overnight in my brush and headed for my ear the moment I started to tear the bristles through my hair, finally fell onto the floor. I yelled for Donna to come and bear witness as I had not heard of a spider of that girth being in an earhole before. She calmly said to the quaking Kiwi “That happens all the time”.

So, it was off to the kitchen for a cup of tea to settle my nerves. By the way why is it that when I order a cup of tea at one of our fabulous eateries, I get asked ‘what type?’? I just want a cup of tea, strong with the bag still in it, Bushells perhaps or Tetley.

But no, I end up with Earl Grey or English breakfast and then there is all the equipment that gets wheeled onto the table - the little jug of milk, strainer, extra water, silver tray and a huge teapot that will quench the thirst of a couple of camels.

Meanwhile, your dining partner has long since finished their latte and you’re trying to get your third cup down.

But I digress. I can’t finish this edition’s rant without a quick doff of the cap to the Hepburn Shire Council’s roadworks team. Actually they now have a few other talents I have recently discovered.

It turns out they have made a replica of the Bungle Bungles outside my driveway.

They came along our perfectly-conditioned gravel road, which sees a total of 100 cars in a good year, and topped it up with a bit more gravel. It is now perfectly smooth and rounded from the middle to the edge where it rounds down to my driveaway.

Don’t worry, I can get the 4WD out, its clearance is fairly high, but we have to drive the sedan on the grass nature strip for a bit before gingerly attempting the great divide and slope between road and the edge.

Please come back HSC and fix up my driveway. I don’t actually own it, it’s yours, but it provides me with access to my house with the peace of mind of not ripping away the spoilers on my car.

Thanking you in anticipation.

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Geelong Businessman, Mark Ward has ownership of the Mill Markets group and brings years of expertise to this amazing concept. The Mill Markets operate three massive venues located in Ballarat, Daylesford and Geelong. With a total of over 12,000 square metres of undercover floor space, (3 acres), treasure hunters have the opportunity to spend many hours browsing and meandering through the eclectic mix of products. There is a fantastic variety of home decor, furniture, records, vintage and new clothing, books, fine china, glassware, industrial items, jewellery, antiques as well as Australian pottery, homewares, memorabilia, retro fashions and collectables. We also have many stalls selling new products and have gift vouchers for those people who have everything!

All goods are from the 1850’s right through to present day. Mill Markets lease space to hundreds of dealers, which allows small business operators and collectors who otherwise could not afford the overheads of their own shops, to showcase their goods. This equates to a wide and diverse range of products, available and open to the public, seven days a week. Enjoy a wonderful trip down memory lane through hundreds and thousands of items available for purchase at all three locations. With over 500 stall holders over three venues, there is always something for everyone. Travel The Amazing Mill Markets ‘Golden Triangle’ and enjoy quality food and coffee at each. All venues open 7 days 10.00am-6.00pm (excluding Christmas Day).

Ponds adding new dimension to gardens

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ICHARD and SALLY Bell, of Bells Water Gardens in Newlyn, have been building and maintaining ponds and growing aquatic plants for 35 years, but a recent trip to America has them excited about the

Richard, Sally and oldest son Jacob, 25, were invited to the US last year, three of just eight Australians of 550 pond builders worldwide invited to an innovative exhibition which proved the former heavy maintenance of ponds is a thing of the past.

A leaf skimmer box system picks up anything which drops in the pond and takes it to a pump, before the water is recycled back to the top of the pond’s waterfall system. Using rubber liner and underlay matting enables the pond to be lined with river pebbles and rocks. This creates a natural ecosystem using good water flow, beneficial bacteria, aquatic plants and fish.

Richard says since their return the family business has been building a pond a week for customers who can’t believe how clear and clean their pond remains using no chemicals.

“In the past a big part of owning a pond has been maintenance. The Americans have created a system that has taken care of that – and that just blows me away.”

“We held a pond-building workshop after we came back and had 35 landscapers and DIY pond builders here. We built that pond in just six hours.”

“And now we have customers who come here, to Newlyn, to buy a water plant, or a goldfish, and then just spend half an hour with their mouths open looking at the ponds we have.”

And it’s not just the goldfish enjoying the water, Richard said his home entertained nine children on Christmas Day and they all just jumped straight in.

“After Easter we are holding another workshop and building a natural swim pond with a crew of keen pond builders.”

Richard said the ponds come in three kit sizes, small, medium and large, and ranging in size from three to four metres, up to 10 to 15 metres, but ponds could also be made to any size.

And whatever size pond you decide on, Richard said they do become a very special part of your garden. “They add a new dimension and bring your garden to life.

All our ponds have lights so at night they look amazing too.”

“We have found over the years that people who live stressful lives tell us having a pond in their garden has a calming effect. The sound of water is just so soothing and pond-gazing so meditative."

The family business, which also includes 22-year-old son Toby, daughter Amy, 19, and two dogs who greet every visitor, rescue bitzer Ralphy and blue heeler Mac, remains a one-stop shop for everything aquatic.

“I am 54 in February and have been doing this since I was 19. I really love what I do and it’s great to be excited about a new product.”

Bells Water Gardens, at 1 Campion Road, Newlyn North, is open 10am to 4pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tuesday to Thursday by appointment. Phone: 0418 567 195.

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Golf clinic

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HE Trentham Golf Club is hosting a four-session Ladies' Introduction to Golf Program.

The program is designed to enable women of any age to try golf and to learn the basics of golf in a relaxed, group environment at a low cost.

The program provides the opportunity to network and socialise with other women who are also starting out on the golf pathway.

Equipment is provided but dress comfortably for the sessions. Each session will be followed by morning tea, also provided.

Clinics will be held on Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20 and 27, from 9.30 to 10.30am, followed by morning tea.

The cost is $40.

To register contact Mary Bysouth on 0407 927 552 or bysouthmi5@hotmail.com or Helen Young on 0425 723 314 or nhyoung5@dodo.com.au

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USTRALIAN Decorative & Fine Arts Society Central Victoria is back for an inspiring new year of the arts.

Kicking off the year is a special event presented by Dr Kathleen Olive who will examine the influence of the Italian Renaissance on the culture of Europe’s Lowland Countries including Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and how it has changed art forever.

In contrast, Dr Olive also traces the influence of Lowland Country artists on Italian painters such as Antonello da Messina, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio, arguing that Italian painting after the Renaissance could not have looked the same without it.

Dr Olive has lived and studied in Italy for a number of years, then taught Italian language, literature and history at the University of Sydney. Dr Olive now works with Academy Travel, leading tours to Europe and Italy.

The event will be held at the Cope-Williams Winery, Romsey on Thursday, February 8. Entry is $45 cash or cheque payable on the day. Prior registration is required.

Register by calling Norma on 5427 4918 or 0419 234 012 or email: adfascenvic@gmail.com Entry cost includes a light lunch and a glass of wine in addition to lecture. Lunch will be served at noon and the lecture commences at 1pm.

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Veggie Gardens

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EGGIE Gardens of Glenlyon, with five open gardens, will be held on Saturday, February 10 from 10am to 4pm.

Rosie Ashbolt, Edward Benedict (Adsum Farm pictured below), John Cable, Dan Harris and Yvette Reading will show off their best summer crops from vintage tomatoes and super sweetcorn to delicate lettuce and edible flowers.

How to turn unforgiving clay soil into rich humus will be a feature of the gardens, as will the demo in the Glenlyon Hall, from 10.30am to noon, on how to build a wicking bed.

Produce sold at the gate. Tickets are $5 per garden with location info at the Glenlyon Hall or online booking at trybooking.com/TRPU

Rijk Zwaan Australia is an independent, international organisation specialised in the breeding, production and marketing of vegetable seeds. We employ around 80 people in Australia, with the majority at our Daylesford site.

Our parent company is located in The Netherlands, and is amongst the top five vegetable seed companies worldwide.

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Are you ready for a “tree change” to beautiful Daylesford? Would you thrive in a challenging role within an international company where your talents can shape its success? If so, apply for this full-time vacancy for Human Resource Manager at our office in Daylesford, Victoria.

Within this role, you are responsible for Human Resources for the whole company. Mutual respect, a great sense of responsibility and strong involvement of the employees are the main themes of the Rijk Zwaan company culture.

Therefore recruitment, the development of employees and support of managers are the key aspects of this role.

We are seeking a Human Resource Manager with:

• Masters/Honours degree, preferably in the of Human Resources or Psychology • Masters/Honours degree, preferably inarea the area of Human Resources or Psychology • At 5 years’ relevant experience • least at least 5 years’ relevant experience • Experience in recruitment, coaching and and career counselling • experience in recruitment, coaching career counselling Furthermore, you are enterprising; you have empathy, focus on quality and enjoy working with people from a range of backgrounds.

You have excellent social skills and find working within an international company exciting.

Interested?

Please email your application to Helen Spencer: h.spencer@rijkzwaan.com.au or for enquires call 5348 9002 Alternatively, you can apply at rijzwaancareers.com We will consider your application carefully, which may take some time

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Appointments

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AYLESFORD massage therapist and physiotherapist Andrew Gallagher, and Steve Wescott, of Ballarat have been appointed as board directors of Massage & Myotherapy Australia.

Andrew holds tertiary qualifications in massage therapy, myotherapy and physiotherapy and is the principal of Daylesford Physiotherapy Clinic and the Craniomandibular Rehabilitation Clinic. Steve is a remedial massage therapist and myotherapist and has worked with professional cycling teams and as an educator in the University sector.

Andrew said he was determined to see the organisation further harness the diversity and skill of professional therapists, and ensure that the community and wider health sector could make better use of their competencies, skills and qualifications.

"Helping people become more informed about how to only access qualified and suitably skilled therapists for their condition will ensure they get the best results from treatments."

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Shared history creating sense of community

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OR Brendan Murray, it’s the residents that are the best part of his job at Hepburn House.

As a personal care worker, Brendan has been loving the role since making the switch from being a high school teacher this time last year.

“The residents are the best part of my job,” Brendan explains. “Their experiences, outlook and wit are constantly refreshing and interesting.”

As a government-funded aged care facility offering all levels of care, from permanent to respite, Hepburn House is also home to a comprehensive range of visiting allied health service professionals, complementing the in-house team of staff including personal care workers.

“Working with a really good team of skilled, compassionate and often inspiring care workers and nursing staff is another great aspect of the job.”

The job itself was a big transition for Brendan but, being both a local and a former teacher at Daylesford Secondary College, he soon found himself among familiar faces.

“I have the privilege of working with people who knew my parents, parents of friends, former neighbours and also former students. The shared history of many residents and carers helps to create a sense of community and familiarity.”

With the home-style environment created at Hepburn House, there’s always time to stop for a chat with the residents.

“A 93-year-old resident told me that throughout her life here, her favourite things were New Year’s Eve in Vincent St, followed by Glenlyon Sports Day on January 1, which are also my favourite things. I love that there can still be such connection and continuity between the generations.”

Brendan Murray, standing, with his former neighbour and now Hepburn House resident Bill Lipplegoes Hepburn House is a government-funded aged care facility which offers all levels of care, from respite to permanent.

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Skin cancer clinic saving lives

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RAD Wyer, pictured below right, started his general practice career in western Queensland and soon developed an interest in identifying skin cancers – including the deadly melanoma.

Queensland remains the world’s “hot spot” of skin cancers but Dr Wyer, who now practices at Springs Medical Centre in Daylesford, says all Australians need to be vigilant.

“Melanoma is the most common cancer for those aged between 18 and 35. And melanoma is a particularly quiet cancer. It doesn’t become painful, it’s a spot that slowly changes, but as with anything with medicine, if we can get it early we can cure it.

“Australia has a good five-year survival rate – for men it’s 86 per cent and for women it’s 93 per cent. That’s not bad although it could always be better.”

That survival rate, Dr Wyer says, also comes from people being more vigilant and getting any suspicious spots checked early. “If we get it early enough you get to live a happy life.” To help create happy lives, Dr Wyer runs a Skin Cancer Clinic each Tuesday afternoon offering longer sessions so not only can spots be checked they can also be biopsied if necessary in the one hit.

“Without the clinic we could find spots that needed biopsies but we would run out of time and people would need to come back. Now we have longer appointments and if something looks suspicious we do a shave biopsy which means there is no need for stitches and it heals up really well. We then just send a text or call with the results.”

Even before the clinics started Dr Wyer was known as the “go to” GP for all things skin-related thanks to his experience and surgical skills. “A lot of people were already coming to see me for their skin issues and other doctors would have referred people to me.”

Dr Wyer said the clinic had led to picking up a few melanomas in their early stages which was rewarding. “Melanomas are the big ones we are looking for – when we talk about skin cancers we have two broad terms – non-melanoma skin cancers and melanoma skin cancers – they are two different beasts.

“One in two of us will get a basal cell carcinoma – people often remember their mum or dad getting something removed from their face in their 70s or 80s – and others get seborrheic keratoses which are gnarly spots as we get older. What we are really looking out for is if something starts growing, over weeks and months, and especially spots that are dark brown or black.

“But anyone who has a spot they are worried about should come and see me.

Sometimes people feel a bit silly if it’s nothing to worry about – but they didn’t go to medical school and do the extra training I have done. It’s always better to check.

“And if you have a Celtic background or are a redhead – you really need to have a check every year because they are very prone. And anyone with fair skin should have at least one check. Once I see someone I can tell if they need regular checks or not, or if they just need to keep an eye on themselves and keep up the skin protection.

“That’s shirts, broad-brimmed hats, sunglasses, sun screen of 30 to 50 SPF and staying out of the midday sun. It’s funny, there were 19 shark attacks in Australia last year and two were fatal. Yet a shark attack can close a beach for days. We lose 2000 people to skin cancer each year but we can’t close a beach for a couple of hours in the middle of the day.”

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Friendly pub vibe and generous serves

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WO things are certain when you walk into the Daylesford Hotel. A friendly greeting and you're never going to walk away hungry.

We dined there on Saturday of the long weekend. Busy but there's always that smile and welcome and with a host of dining options, from the bar to the dining room, the upstairs verandah to the tables out the front, you are never without a table.

We were met by owner Anne Marie Banting who told us the "old girl", as she refers to her pub, was hit by lightning the evening prior. It didn't do much for the electrics and phones but if you didn't know, you couldn't tell. Everything was running like clockwork. We got straight to the drinks, a Hanging Rock Chardonnay ($10) for me and a big bottle of Hepburn Springs sparkling water for Kyle. As Anne Marie said "why muck around?". Being a pub there's plenty of every drink you can imagine and sitting at the bar I heard orders for everything from Bloody Marys to G&Ts. Entrees Then it was just a matter of looking up at the specials' board and the choices were made. Herb and Garlic Bread ($6.50) and Croquettes with Pea, Mint and Parmesan ($9.60) for starters. Delicious. The croquettes, three of them, are full of flavour and you can really taste that mint wrapped in silky parmesan with the crunch of the outer layer. And the bread, simple, but a big serve, filled with buttery goodness.

Mains Next came the mains. I can't go past gnocchi so for me, Housemade Ricotta Gnocchi with Artichoke, Zucchini, Walnuts, Heirloom Tomatoes and Parmesan ($28). This dish is divine. The gnocchi is light and perfectly complemented by the chargrilled zucchini, delicate artichokes and fall-apart tomatoes. The walnuts provide the crunch and the cheese is all oozy and stringy. It's a filling meal but worth making your way through every element. Kyle is on a seafood blitz at the moment and decided on the Salad of Avocado, Prawns, Spinach, Marinated White Beans, Red Onion and Pine Nuts ($30). Now, don't be fooled by the two prawns on top - there are heaps more hidden underneath - and they are perfect. There's actually a stack of everything on this plate, and it's all fresh and in season. I really liked the beans - a little hit of savoury flavour that just works so well.

Dessert There are three desserts to choose from and cheeses, but we were flagging and decided to share the Meredith Yoghurt Panna Cotta with Seasonal Fruit ($12). It was a work of art and exploding with flavour. I loved the candied peel - dipped in the cream of course. A fantastic end to a really enjoyable meal.

Something else The Daylesford Hotel is like entering one of those old houses with loads of different surprises in store, but all good. More seating options include the snug and the beer garden, the view from the balcony is one of the best in town, there's always fun things happening like karaoke, and the meal deals are fabulous. Check them out on page 25.

Also, with the ChillOut Festival coming up over the Labour Day Weekend, The Daylesford has some of the best acts - and with no cover charges. The pub has always been a part of the action and this year is bigger than ever.

So do yourself a favour and head to The Daylesford for a drink, a meal, a chat, some music or just to chill out. Great spot.

Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

Summertime.

Let’s play outside.

We have the largest balcony and the biggest beer garden in town so you can enjoy our fantastic meals and summery cold drinks enjoying the outdoors either overlooking the town or under the shade of big trees in our huge private beer garden.

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn

Friday Frivolities – Friday, February 2, Happy Hour from 6pm-8pm Nick Fletcher – Saturday, February 3, 8.30pm Marty Luke – Sunday, February 4, 5pm Friday Frivolities – Friday, February 9, Happy Hour from 6pm-8pm The Gruesome Twosome – Saturday, February 10, 8.30pm Friday Frivolities – Friday, February 16, Happy Hour from 6pm-8pm Friday

Spa Bar, Daylesford

The Duck Down Pickers – Thursday, February 1, 7pm-10pm DJ Beats with Kid Sin – Friday, February 2, 9pm-11pm The Howling Owls – Saturday, February 3, 7.30pm-10.30pm Live Piano Improv – Wednesday, February 7, 7pm-10pm Pennyweight – Thursday, February 8, 7pm-10pm.

DJ Beats with Clay Ravin – Friday, February, 9pm-11pm Suitcase Full of Blues – Saturday, February 10, 7.30pm-10.30pm

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine

Wild Things – Saturday, February 3 Balls‘n’All – Saturday, February 10 The Zero Point – Saturday, February 17 The Regular Joes – Saturday, February 24

Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn Springs Vanessa Craven & Lunar Dust – Friday, February 2 Jimi Crisp – Saturday, February 3 Buck Jr. – Sunday, February 4 Scott Fraser – Friday, February 9 North East – Saturday, February 10 Open Mic – Sunday, February 11 RACV Goldfields Resort, Creswick

Dan West – Friday, February 2 Dave Clark & DeborahN – Friday, February 9 Jesse Zahra - Friday, February 16 Geoff and Majella – Friday, February 23

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Cinema hiatus

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HE Daylesford Community Cinema will be in recess from Thursday, January 25.

We did our best. We set up the 'pop up' cinema at Vic Park (with great support from the Hepburn Shire Council).

But even showing the latest films, we can see that the support is not there.

It seems that people won't come to a sub-standard location which is not in the main drag (Hugh Jackman doesn't have the pulling power we thought he would!).

So, this Wednesday's screenings will be it. Then we go into recess until we move into the new cinema. We don't have a date for that yet, we're hoping it will be in the first half of this year. Having missed out on the financial boost of the Christmas holidays, we would prefer to be in our new home for the next lot of school holidays.

We're already planning for opening night, in fact opening week, and we will look forward to telling you all about that nearer the date.

See you at the movies!

- Gina Lyons - on behalf of the committeete

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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 too) Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Parma Night Mercato, Daylesford - One course, glass of wine - $30 Grande Hotel, Hepburn Springs - Locals' Night - 2-courses $35, 3-courses - $45

Tuesday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Burger Night with chips - $20 Five Flags Hotel, Campbells Creek - parma night - $16

Saturday:

The Surly Goat, Hepburn - 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, Hepburn - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and a glass of wine - $45

Community Lunch:

The 5000 Club, Daylesford is open for lunch from noon at Stanbridge Hall, Central Springs Road, Daylesford. All welcome.

Happy Hours:

Wednesday:

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine has Nibbles 'n' Bubbles with wine, sparkling and beer specials with free dips and nibbles, 5pm-6.30pm.

Old Hepburn Hotel - Friday, 6pm-8pm, raffles, trivia, bar snacks

Thursday:

Raffles:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Pot (or glass of house wine) and Parma - $20 The Spa Bar, Daylesford - $10 pizza Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Curry Night The Spa Bar, Daylesford - $10 pizza The Plough, Trentham - Locals' All Day Dining - 2 courses $27/3 courses $32

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

Friday:

The Surly Goat, Hepburn - 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.

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine - Express Jalapeno Poppers $12, Fried Chicken Wings $12, Refried Bean Rolls $12, Fried Baby Calamari Tostada $16, 12-2.30pm

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To market, to market, to buy summer tomatoes

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OU can find everything you need at weekend markets, from fresh fruit and veg to handmade jewellery and wares, throughout the Central Highlands and surrounds. Here are just a few.

Daylesford Railway Market – every Sunday Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Makers’ Market - first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers' Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists’ Market – first Sunday Kyneton Farmers’ Market - second Saturday Ballan Farmers' Market - second Saturday Kyneton Rotary Community Market – second Saturday Maldon Market – second Sunday Clunes Farmers’ Market - second Sunday Trentham Farmers’ Market and Makers’ Market - third Saturday Glenlyon Farmers’ Market – third Saturday Leonards Hill Market - third Saturday Creswick Market - third Saturday Talbot Farmers’ Market – third Sunday Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday Buninyong Village Market - fourth Sunday

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HEW! What a sneaky summer we're having this year. Weeks of cool, even cold damp days and then out of nowhere short bursts of blast furnace heat to fry us - and worse, our soft new-foliaged plants.

The large, soft-leaved shrubs - hydrangeas etc - have been worst hit. Despite numerous and regular waterings they simply droop and wilt like old lettuce leaves, even if grown in a shady place.

The worst thing you can do is to water them with overhead sprinklers or handheld sprays. The water seems to amplify the problem. Covering with shade cloth, deep soakings directly onto the roots and applying a thick layer of organic mulch to keep the soil permanently moist is the best remedy. I also find it useful to remove the flowers and scorched and totally wilted young growths, leaving only the least affected.

It seems to lessen the load of those plants struggling to provide moisture all over.

To gain maximum benefit from any water you use in the garden, it is better to water well than often. Water becomes more efficient and evaporation is limited if you deliver the water directly to the plants' roots. If your fruit trees and vegetable plots aren't already set up with drip watering systems, dig a shallow moat just outside the drip line of the foliage and water directly into this using a slow-running hose. As well as maintaining soil moisture longer, it encourages their roots to grow deeper and stronger, seeking out soil-borne moisture for themselves, making them better able to survive the heat.

Garden colour throughout summer

The beautiful cyclamen-coloured blooms (pictured above left) are of the dwarf crepe myrtle (lagerstroemia) shrubs, growing in profusion at the front of our Victoria Park complex.

These in their recently developed form can be kept to a compact one- to twometre high shrub and like their parent, L. indica, are available in a colour range from pale lilac through mauves and pink to deep cyclamen. Their crinkly, crepe paper like flowers cover them throughout summer.

Lagerstroemia indica is one of many varied species of deciduous and evergreen trees, originating throughout Asia. In our climate they grow to around five metres high but can be kept as a neat shrub of about three metres. Adult plants shed their main stem bark to reveal a silver birch-like, white trunk.

Angel's fishing rod

That's but one of the common names given to the dierama pendulum (pictured above right). Dierama is a spring-summer flowering bulb, originating in South Africa.

A small clumping plant with thin, upright leaves, it is hardly noticeable among all the other plants in the garden bed. That is, until summer, when it sends up metre-long slender arching stems topped by a myriad pendulous nodding bell-like blooms in either white or pink.

Hi Glen, I have a rather pot-bound Meyer lemon, that is suffering in this heat.

Should I repot it now or wait until cooler weather? – Ross, Kyneton Hi Ross, The main thing is to keep the roots from drying out. Try to turn it out of the pot without disturbing the roots (if it's in a porous terracotta pot leave it intact) and then put the tree into a much larger pot or barrel, and pack either torn-up wetted newspaper or straw, under and tightly around the root ball and water it thoroughly and keep the plant moist until repotting it in autumn. - Glen Do you have a gardening query? Email glenzgarden@gmail.com

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Hepburn Springs Golf

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HE men played Stableford on January 20.

Ian Rodgers won the day with 41 points while Nearest the Pin on the 15th was Kevin Gilchrist. On January 21, the summer golfers played the final round of the Henry Tomal Memorial - Summer Medallion.

The Gold Medallion was won by Les Healey (pictured centre), silver was won by Tony Sullivan (pictured right) and bronze was won Dan O’Halloran (pictured left).

Nearest the Pins were Shane Nevill on the 11th and Barry Jenner on the 13th.

Terry Olver, P. Tomal and Barry Jenner all got the birdie hole.

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