The Local Issue 46 May 25, 2015

May 25, 2015 Issue 46 Talking fire bunkers

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Front cover: Ian and Robyn Crossley, pictured with Oscar, have a “wine cellar” - but it’s also their fire bunker. Read their story on pages 18 and 19.

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At 99, Ziggy finally gets a fare deal

99-year-old war veteran and former prisoner of war has finally been given membership of the Taxi Services Commissions’ Multi Purpose Taxi Program – which will give him subsidised taxi usage – thanks in part to The Local.

Zygmunt Tratkiewicz, better known as Ziggy, was knocked back twice for acceptance to the program, being told he was still fit enough to get public transport – the only problem was that he lives in Daylesford and there is no public transport.

Ziggy’s wife of 67 years Gladys receives taxi subsidies herself but cannot walk and has to leave the shopping and errands to her husband.

The Local met with Ziggy and Gladys last week, after being told about his issues by a Daylesford tradesperson working at their home, and then contacted the Taxi Services Commission.

After a couple of calls and emails a spokesman called back to say Ziggy’s case had been reviewed and it had been decided he was now eligible.

“The Multi Purpose Taxi Program assists with the travel needs of people with severe and permanent disabilities by offering subsidised taxi fares to members,” the spokesman said.

“The MPTP is an essential community program supporting those in the community who need it most. This financial year, almost $58 million has been spent on the MPTP. “The eligibility criteria of the program requires the disability to be permanent, severe and not likely to improve with medical treatment.

“In regards to this particular case, previous applications were not successful because the applicant did not meet the eligibility criteria.

“However, after careful consideration, the TSC has reviewed its decision and based on additional information, has now approved the application.”

Gladys said it was “wonderful news” with Ziggy just that day going into Daylesford on her scooter, coming home wet and cold and saying “I just can’t do that anymore”.

Along with shopping Ziggy, who voluntarily gave up his driver’s licence in May, also enjoys visiting a few watering holes and the Daylesford Bowling Club where he is still a keen bowler.

“The taxi card will make a huge difference to our lives,” Gladys said.

Ziggy, who turns 100 in November, was born and raised in Zwola, in rural Poland, and was conscripted at 23 into military service.

When World War II started, he fought for his country and also spent time as a prisoner of war in Germany.

Five years ago he wrote This Soldier’s Fortune, the story of his life, including being a father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Read Just sayin’.. on page 8 Right, Ziggy no longer has to search for public transport in Daylesford

“The taxi card will make a huge difference to our lives.”

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Comedy gala to raise money for less fortunate

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HE third annual LearnToLive comedy gala will be held at the Thornbury Theatre on Friday, May 29.

The event features Adam Hills, Denise Scott, Dave Thornton, Ronny Chieng, Nick Cody, Aunty Donna and Demi Lardner.

There will also be live music by The Tusken Raiders.

LearnToLive was founded by Yanti Turang, a former Kyneton resident, pictured right, who was awarded the 2014 Latrobe Young Achiever of the Year award and recognised on Australia Day this year as one of the Future Chasers of Australia.

“I was lucky enough as a child growing up in Kyneton to be able to travel to Indonesia from a very young age with my family. As a young person I had a very comfortable country lifestyle with a great school and access to healthcare on the corner of my street.

“It was only when I visited remote places in Indonesia that I realised how fortunate I was with my life in Kyneton. From a young age I had the desire to help and to also give other people from fortunate communities perspective on how so many people live in this world.”

Yanti has most recently returned from Sierra Leone where she was stationed as a nurse on the front line of the ebola outbreak. She now lives in New Orleans.

LearnToLive is a humanitarian organisation that provides health care, health education, and clean water solutions to communities worldwide through the promotion of selfsustaining practices.

LearnToLive to date has helped over 4000 people worldwide working with communities that lack health care and education resources by providing the means to create a sustainable future for less fortunate communities around the world.

All proceeds raised from the Thornbury event go directly to funding LearnToLive’s July Healthcare Clinics and Sustainable Rainwater Catchment program in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Tickets are $40 and available now from thornburytheatre.com

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Roberta expressing the world around her

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OBERTA Donnelly said there was never a defining moment when she realised she was an artist. The Daylesford resident just always drew, painted and made things for as long as she can remember.

She mostly paints in acrylic “as I am not patient enough to work with oil paint and not keen on watercolour” and chooses mostly landscape and floral although occasionally does figurative work.

Roberta said her art was a way of expressing how she sees the world around her as she believes all artists do or should do.

The most difficult part of her craft is acceptance which, she says, is becoming more difficult with an abundance of artists working in a myriad styles and technics. “It is very competitive.”

Roberta said she hoped her work, when it sold, represented an atmosphere or mood which appealed to the buyer. “Buying a piece of any artwork is very personal and should appeal at first glance. An artist can only present their work in that hope.”

Her works can be viewed at Impressions of Daylesford by appointment and she is also well represented in local art shows including the Daylesford Rotary Art Show in November. A web page is planned after she “produces a few more paintings”.

Roberta, who is heavily involved in the Rotary Club of Daylesford’s ARTOBER event, said her favourite painting came from the early 70’s when she was completing her adult HSC at Cleeland Girls High School in Dandenong. “I keep it in the bedroom above the bed and will never be sold.”

And for budding young artists, or not so young, she has some advice.

“Go ahead and do it but be very committed, be aware there will be many setbacks, learn from your mistakes, do not get discouraged if at first things do not go as planned, it can be tough but well worth it when you start selling.

“Remember to be true to yourself and not be drawn into what is considered the trend.

The enjoyment you see in people when they purchase your work will be worth more than the actual price of the work.”

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Kyneton the perfect choice for tree change Words: Kate Taylor Image: David White

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ALK of “tree changers” - the phenomenon of city residents moving to the country - has increased following the recent Regional Victoria Living Expo.

However where people are coming from and what they are doing when they arrive is not easily covered by the blanket term “tree change”.

Both Hepburn and Macedon Ranges shire councils spruiked the value of moving to their areas at the expo, held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre at the start of May. And for Bill and Judy Caddaye, the decision to move to Kyneton from their Ringwood home five months ago was an easy one.

“Kyneton is a pretty little place,” Bill said.

“We looked at it this way - it was a country change, but also a chance to be able to sell and move somewhere else where you’ve got money left over.”

And the couple is retired so the leftover money has not gone towards starting up a business such as a winery or working-fromhome small business, a popular option for many who have leftover finance from selling a house in Melbourne and buying in the country.

Data provided by Hepburn Shire Council showed an increase in registrations of Australian Business Numbers in the shire – 429 in the 2013-2014 financial year, up from 378 in 2012-2013, although the figures do not include ABNs cancelled in the same period or differentiate ABNs for entities such as charities and trust funds.

Kyneton was the perfect choice for Bill and Judy who have family in Bendigo, Sunbury and Melbourne.

“We’ve made a point of going to town (Melbourne) at least once a fortnight on the train - I go every week to the football, and we go to town once a fortnight together,” Bill said.

The move has so far proven a success.

“It’s quite different, it’s very quiet, but the convenience of being able to get in the car and go to the supermarket and be back in five minutes, it’s absolutely magnificent.

“But you do have to get used to the

opening hours of shops. In Piper Street they’re open Thursday until Sunday, it’s really open for the people coming on weekends.”

Results of a ratepayer survey released by Macedon Ranges Shire Council in March this year showed that the top two reasons for purchasing a property in the shire were “rural lifestyle” and “beauty of the area”.

However the same survey found that more people moved to the shire from other rural areas as opposed to tree changers – but those who did move from cities mostly came from Melbourne.

“The convenience of being able to get in the car and go to the supermarket and be back in five minutes, it’s absolutely magnificent.”

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Just sayin’ with Donna Kelly

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HAVE always loved being a journo.

It’s a real privilege to go out and talk to people about their lives and then write them up to perhaps inspire others to do more or do better. Or just feel happy about their own lives. But the bit I love the most, which happens now and again, are the good outcomes for people battling against the odds.

And this week we had a good outcome.

The story started when Kyle bumped into a tradie he knows who told him about a bloke who was struggling to get one of those cards that gets you a bit of a cheaper taxi ride.

The bloke had given up his driver’s licence, and with his wife unable to get around herself, it was up to him to somehow still buy the shopping and run errands. So he had applied, twice, for one of those cards.

But the Taxi Services Commission had knocked him back. Apparently he was still fit enough to catch public transport. And that was the first problem. In Daylesford and surrounds there is no public transport unless you want to go to Ballarat or Bendigo or Castlemaine. He just wanted to go to Coles.

The second thing which seemed a bit unfair was that this fit bloke was in fact 99 years old. And a war veteran and former prisoner of war in Germany.

So yes, he could still walk, but at 99, things were starting to get a tad difficult. And the next step would have been to ask Hepburn Shire Council to provide someone to pick him up and take him shopping. Now that’s a bit hard when you’ve been independent all your life and just want a bit of a hand with a cheaper taxi ride.

And if we can’t give a bit back to war veterans - who can we help?

So this bloke, who is best known as Ziggy, and his lovely wife, Gladys, and Kyle and I had a bit of a chat in their home.

About a few things - like Ziggy’s book This Soldier’s Fortune, which I had the privilege of launching a few years back. It’s still for sale if you want a good read...And some other things like how he has driven in five different countries “from left to right, from right to left, and left to right” without ever having an accident. And about how much the taxi subsidies would make a difference to their lives.

Then we went back to the office and I made a call and wrote an email and made one more call to see how it was all going and was told the decision had been reviewed and Ziggy would have his subsidies. Yay. The Taxi Services Commission were very nice about it all. And I told them how much it would mean and what a lovely couple Ziggy and Gladys were. And the world seemed a better place. Just sayin’...

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The Local - Connecting the Community Kyneton Primary School presents

Music & Movies Trivia Night

The Local believes in giving back. So welcome to The Local’s “Connecting the Community” project. Each edition The Local has two free advert spaces to give away to not-for-profit organisations. Just because we can. So, if your group needs a helping hand, email donna@tlnews.com.au If we receive more than two we will use the tried and true “put them in a hat” system but also work a little bit on timing.

Saturday 30 May – 7pm-late Kyneton Mechanics Institute Tickets $20 per person Tables of 8-12 BYO drinks and nibbles Dress – musician or movie star Hosted by Paul Canlan Prizes, DJ & dancing For tickets go to: www trybooking.com/hpjp or phone Kate 0404 205 144

PEPPERMILL CAFE is hosting a fundraiser to raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer and to donate to help with this terrible disease which receives very little funding, especially in comparison to many other cancers.

We will be providing morning tea and a fashion parade

by LIZ DAVENPORT also featuring knitwear from Creswick Natural Fibres.

When: Monday, June 1. Arrive at 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

105 Central Springs Road, Daylesford (inside the Mill Market) Cost $15. RSVP by May 29.

Gordana Tyrer on 0409 771 885 or Dorothy Douglas on 0414 830 435.

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Constructive feedback morphing Hepburn Hub

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TODDLERS’ pool, one less storey, more green space and the retention of the Hepburn Shire Council chambers are among the latest concepts for the proposed Hepburn Hub.

Council chief executive officer Aaron van Egmond said the design had been released for public consultation with feedback ending on June 8.

Mr van Egmond said the first concept of the Hepburn Hub, a new multipurpose community and council facility in the space now occupied by the Daylesford Town Hall, had “created a lot of interest” from the community when it was released in December.

“There was some positive, some negative – but a lot of constructive feedback.

“So we have been able to modify those plans and take them back to the community and we are now seeking feedback on that.”

Mr van Egmond said the second design had “essentially gone back to scratch” to look at key issues which included the loss of the toddlers’ pool, the bulk of the building itself and how it “sat in the pool site”’.

“There were also issues around overlooking the pool site and the heritage nature of the town hall being preserved.

“But we have been able to come back with a more considered response following tonnes of feedback.

“And we have effectively, in the design change, made it more in line with that feedback with more natural materials and more organic features from around the shire. It starts to use a lot more textures and timbers and stones from the region, to fit in with the actual surroundings. People wanted it to be more ‘Daylesford’.

“And we have managed to reduce a whole floor off the building which is significant in achieving a reduction in building bulk and a reduction in cost at the same time.

“We’ve also kept the town hall’s council chambers in its current form rather than using a part of it for access via a lift.

“So that’s another really good outcome.”

Mr van Egmond said another concern was the setback of the building from the Daylesford Pool and that too had been changed. Using a movable fence will offer more green space to be used by the community during the cooler months.

The toddlers’ pool will also have a removable deck – adding even more outdoor space.

“It is a fabulous opportunity to have some green space in the centre of town.”

Mr van Egmond said while he was “comfortable” with the first concept delivered in December he believes the community feedback had created an even better outcome.

“It shows the benefit of engaging with the community and having them involved in the process.”

Mr van Egmond said the next step was taking on board any new feedback, distilling it and then, if it was “largely supported by the community” it would be presented to council for a decision.

He said the cost of the project was $7.9 million with $1.96 million coming from grants, $2.4 million from property sales, a small amount from current funding and a loan of $3.3 million. Efficiency savings would pay back the loan at $0.27 million per year.

Above right, Aaron van Egmond looks over plans, below, the new look from Central Springs Road, Daylesford

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Reviewing your super and investment options?

Planning for retirement or aged care?

Come along to brought to you by Daylesford District Community Bank® Branch. Invite your friends and family and be enlightened about your future planning options.

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Thursday 4 June

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7pm-7.30pm Light refreshments and questions.

7.30pm-8.30pm Retirees and aged care.

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Thursday 28 May

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7.30pm-8.30pm Review your super and investment options.

To RSVP or for further information

For catering purposes please R.S.V.P to the Daylesford District Community Bank® Branch by calling 5348 4186 You are welcome to come to the whole evening or to the session that is applicable to you.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Upper Campaspe plan

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HE Upper Campaspe Landcare Network Strategic Plan has been launched.

Mt Alexander and Macedon Ranges shire mayors Christine Henderson and Jennifer Anderson, pictured right with Hepburn Shire councilor Sebastian Klein, cut the red ribbon to unveil the plan which was presented on a 400-year-old redgum tree.

Two students from Newham Primary School, Sydney, 12 and Tom, 11 told the gathering that without “Landcare planting trees and protecting important wildlife and vegetation areas our flora and fauna would decline, quite dramatically due to carelessness and human destruction”.

“If we want to see this natural wonderland stay the same in years to come, it is vital that we educate this generation, and future generations about Landcare and how to look after the land, to preserve Australia.

“If we don’t, we will see native species become seriously endangered and possibly extinct. Landcare means so much to our school and we don’t know where we would be without it.”

Network facilitator Sandy Scheltema said the day was about celebrating the achievements of the Landcare groups that comprise our network and outlining our future direction.

“This plan will guide us as we continue to work together to create positive environmental change, and also begin establishing biolinks and wildlife corridors between existing remnant vegetation.

“It will help the individual Landcare groups within our network work together and with the broader community to protect our precious flora and fauna, landscapes and waterways.”

The plan was funded by grants from the Norman Wettenhall Foundation and Victorian Landcare.

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A Sparkling Life (AN ONGOING column by Marian Sidwell and her recollection of living in Daylesford - and early childhood memories. The first excerpt ran in The Local, Issue 28, September 15, 2014. Back issues at tlnews.com.au) Drawing by Daylesford artist Brian Nash art@briannash.com.au

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HE two drapers, Walkers on the corner of Vincent Street and Jenners further down the street, were very special,

Between the two shops Joan and I were fitted out with our school uniforms. From day one, I loved that uniform - from the beret on my head to the black polished shoes on my feet. In senior years I knew I wore it with justifiable pride. It was a wonderful school.

Back in 1951 Daylesford Higher Elementary School was anything but wonderful to look at. It was broken up into four very scattered sections. The first, the main section, was a converted factory in Vincent Street just south of the impressive looking post office. The front of the school came right to the footpath with half a dozen stone steps leading to the corridor with a succession of rooms leading off it. Those steps were out of bounds to us.

Only teachers and prefects were allowed to use them. Quite a status symbol they were. To get into that section of the school we, ordinary students, had to use the narrow gateway next to the high dense pine hedge housing a mountain of lost tennis balls. The hedge dripped on us on wet days if two or more tried to get through the gate at the same time.

Rooms 21, 22 and 23 were way over on the far side of the State School next door. The State School was a fine looking building and still is today with its one level strong brick structure trimmed in white, clock tower and manicured front sloping gardens.

Impressive as the school was, two of the three rooms we used did not have much appeal. They were just typical of the state school rooms I had left behind.

Room 23, however, justified the long hike from the main school because it was our science room. Bunsen burners, test tubes, pickled snakes and funny smells made it, if anything, a room of mystery.

Way out on the other side of the State School playground was room 24, our domestic science block which was shaped rather like a small house and always looked a bit silly to me sitting there in a sea of asphalt. Inside were two very large clean areas. One for cooking and one for eating and it was in there I learnt that mum didn’t cook scrambled egg properly and it was there too that I learnt hers tasted better than mine.

To the back of the main school building, facing Victoria Street, were the two new portables, rooms 25 and 26. Being new, glass windows abounded which made concentration difficult at times with so much to look out upon. The huge post office clock tower loomed above us as well and, depending what subject we were doing, the hands of the clock either sped towards the end of lesson alarm or dragged unbelievably slowly.

As tumbled down and as scattered as the school was, its educational facilities were first class. Hundreds of children from outlying districts arrived daily in an assortment of buses. It was funny how we would associate kids with the bus they traveled on.

We’d say things like “you know Kevin on the Dean bus well he…,” or “Patsy on the Trentham bus well she…” and if John, Beverly and Sue were missing from class we would know that the Blampied bus had broken down. They were all great kids.

Great too was that first day at high school. I don’t think there would be too many of us today who could honestly say they had forgotten it. I remember feeling big and little all in the space of half an hour. Big walking up the road in my uniform and little walking in the gate. Everything was so huge. The building, the kids, even the toilets seemed huge and I had to learn to count to 10 in French that very first night!

Here is the solution to last week’s crossword. This week’s crossword is on page 22. All the answers are somewhere in The Local. Good luck!

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 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).

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Hands-on all rounder

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RENE Thompson is owner and principal clinician at Ellenis Salon Spa in Kyneton. She loves discovering new treatments but is not that keen on a seaweed and kelp north sea ice bath she tried in Ireland recently. Irene chatted with Donna Kelly.

DK: What’s your background?

IT: Aside from professional, beauty therapy/massage qualifications and running day spas, I have worked in hospitality and aviation - guess it means I’m a real people person that is addicted to detail and a love for new horizons.

DK: And how did you get into the industry?

IT: Working several jobs and juggling three young kids while studying was a proof point of my ambition to create quality salon spas. The real driver was interaction with people. I always loved how I felt when I had been to a day spa and wanted to be able to provide that experience to others.

DK: What do you do?

IT: Professional women today are all-rounders. I’m hands-on with treatments, accounting and business development. Away from work I love vintage, classic movies.

DK: What do you like about it?

IT: I love the diversity but most of all I love seeing the results on clients - they look terrific and it shows! Many clients have also become good friends.

DK: What’s your favourite treatment for yourself?

IT: I absolutely love discovering new treatments - we’ve brought back some techniques from the Middle East and recently Ireland. Anything that pampers and makes you look and feel great is on my list. Although the seaweed and kelp north sea ice bath really didn’t do it for me!

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DK: What do you hope people take away from time with you?

IT: I hope people take away a positive feeling - inspiration is certainly a powerful treatment. Everyone deserves to look and feel great.

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Reward in creating makeovers and styles

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VER since she was a young girl, Lee Scown has enjoyed spending her free time helping out in beauty salons. So it didn’t come as a surprise when

the local resident decided to pursue work in the hairdressing industry.

“Growing up in Bacchus Marsh, I always wanted to help out in salons after school and on weekends. I sourced work experience in Melbourne at 15 years of age and I was offered an apprenticeship. That’s where my journey began in the hairdressing industry.”

Ms Scown ran her own salon in Ballan for over a decade before moving to the Hepburn Shire region and opening Centre Stage Hair Studio in Daylesford. She decided to open the studio because of the friendly community vibes she always received from locals.

“I live very close to town and have supported the local businesses myself for years. It’s a very friendly community.”

Having been a hairdresser for close to 30 years, Ms Scown said she focused on providing high-quality services, listening to her clients and taking her time with her work.

Although she admitted that hairdressing often involved long hours, she said it was always worth it.

“It’s very rewarding that you are creating a style or makeover and I’m always so happy to see my clients leave with a smile,” she said.

Centre Stage Hair Studio provides mens, ladies and children’s cuts and specialty services including perming, colouring, foils, blow waves, up-dos, and treatments as well as waxing, lash tinting and brow tinting to name a few.

But Ms Scown said the studio offered more than just hairdressing.

“We provide good-old-fashioned service at Centre Stage and we have lovely staff to assist you with a menu for your convenience on arrival. The atmosphere is cosy and relaxing with a warm open fire and our clients can have their hair washed in a stunning reclining chair while looking outside the ceiling-to-floor double-glazed windows. It makes them feel like they’re in a magical garden. Coming to Centre Stage Hair Studio is an experience in itself.”

The studio is at 1 Camp Street, Daylesford and is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday between 8am and 5pm, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am til late and Saturday by appointment only. Details: 5348 3797 or see Centre Stage Hair Studio on Facebook.

Come and meet the team, from left, Kara, Lee and Maddy

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2009 bushfires lead to building of bunker

Right, Ian and Robyn Crossley in their bunker, with hard hats and grab bags at the ready

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It also can be found underground. Tucked away throughout the countryside, in backyards or away in the scrub, are all types of emergency shelters; from bushfire dugouts to hermetic capsules to ride out the End Times. Modest or grand, they are as individual as the people who create them.

The central highlands region is renowned for its natural beauty, and many people who choose to live here want to immerse themselves in the serenity of the vast tracts of bush that give it its character. Ian and Robyn Crossley are no different. They bought their 70-acre bush block behind Glenlyon more than 20 years ago where they built the beautiful house they live in today.

However, as anyone who lives in dense scrub will attest, the calls of birds and the sigh of gentle breezes through the trees cannot mask the ever present prospect of bush fire.

“I think 2009 was enough to teach everyone that lesson,” says Ian. “Two weeks after the events at Kinglake there was another large fire outside Daylesford. It was heading north east towards Wheatsheaf and spotted two kilometres from us.”

The events of that year were a wakeup call for the Crossleys and they installed their shelter soon after.

“We call it our wine cellar if anyone asks. Immediately after 2009 there were no official regulations regarding shelters and if you waited for council approval, it could have taken up to four years, so we put it in just in case. It was too risky not to do something.”

The shelter is dug into the sloping bank just below the house. It is constructed

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with leftover cinder blocks, a thick cement roof and a very heavy sliding door.

On the walls are scrawls by visiting children who use it as a cubby house and cobwebs gather over several glass bricks that let in some feeble light.

Even though almost empty, it feels cramped with only a single bench seat where a couple of hardhats and a bag of fire-fighting clothes lay gathering dust.

“It is very rudimentary,” offers Ian, “but living so far out in the bush as we do, it’s peace of mind”.

“The official guidelines for bunkers in very high risk areas say they should be air tight. But we don’t really see the point of making it so because we only would need to be here for ten minutes, frankly. We would tend to fight the fire from the house until it got too bad or something. It’s a last resort. It may get smoky or whatever but we would survive.”

Their shelter reminds us of the fact that not all fires give plenty of notice of their arrival. The Crossleys can cite several instances where emergencies have occurred in close proximity with little warning. These are the type of circumstances for which they constructed their shelter. Fortunately in those events there was no wind, the weather was cool and disaster did not eventuate.

However, if given plenty of a warning of an approaching fire, Ian and Robyn would leave. Their emergency plan is one of departure well before it’s too late.

They are not as concerned about saving the property as being safe.

“Ultimately, you can always build again. If we were to get a fire that’s 24 hours notice away rocketing towards us then we would leave. We may lose the house but bad luck. You collect the insurance and build again. Life goes on, and no-one’s dead.”

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VERYONE loves a locals’ deal. Especially a meal deal! So here are the dining establishments to head to for great value and meals.

Monday Mercato, Daylesford – main dish & a glass of local wine - $30 The Grande Hotel, Hepburn Springs – two courses and a glass of house wine, beer or bubbles - $38 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn – Parma Night - $17.50

Tuesday Cosy Corner, Hepburn Springs – Curry & Hot Pot Night - $18 Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood - Parma Night - $15 + glass of house wine or pot

Friday Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham – two courses - $25 Cosy Corner, Hepburn Springs – Fish Night - $26.50 with a glass of wine

Sunday Moor Please, Hepburn - pizza + a glass of MP wine or 961 Lebanese beer - $20

Happy Hours Daylesford Bowling Club has Happy Hour ‘n’ a half, from Monday to Thursday, from 4.30pm to 6pm.

Perfect Drop, Daylesford, also has a Happy Hour, every day, from 4pm to 6pm with $10 cocktails and $1 oysters.

Raffles

Wednesday Perfect Drop - five courses with a glass of bubbles or beer - $50 Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Pot and Parma - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn – Roast - $17.50 Sault, Sailors Falls – a la carte menu with glass of wine

Thursday

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

Want to share a locals’ deal? Email news@tlnews.com.au

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 The Plough, Trentham – two courses - $25, three courses - $30 Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville – Thai night Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood - Chicken burritos - $10 Annie Smithers Bistrot, Kyneton - main course and glass of wine - $35

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Petrol, oils, swap & go gas, firewood permits, farm produce / produce store, ice, milk, soft drinks, take-away pies, coffee, confectionery, local honey etc. rusty junk, secondhand books, old wares

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To market, to market

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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.

TRENTHAM STATION SUNDAY MARKET

Daylesford Railway Market – every Sunday Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists Market – first Sunday Kyneton Farmers’ Market - second Saturday

Victoria Street, Trentham On the fourth Sunday of each month 8.30am - 2.30pm Enquiries/Bookings – Kaye / Leigh 5424 1466 or Ross 5424 1509 A great variety of stalls in and around the beautiful Trentham Station **Permanent carriage stalls open every weekend**

Ballan Farmers’ 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 Creswick Market – third Saturday Leonards Hill Market - third Saturday

Including - Craft in the Carriage, Kaye’s Soaps and Candles, Leigh’s Homemade Preserves, Snax on the Trax & Trentham Olde Worlde Lolly Shoppe Trentham - Always relaxed and refreshing!

Talbot Farmers’ Market – third Sunday Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday Buninyong Village Market – fourth Sunday Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday

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WO community events will be held in Kyneton to recognise the region’s indigenous heritage and acknowledge shared histories and cultures as part of National Reconciliation Week.

Blackfella Charlie is out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws now.

A Reconciliation Community Lunch will be held at the Kyneton Mechanics Institute on Wednesday, May 27 from 12.30pm–1.30pm featuring foods and flavours reflecting indigenous Australia.

Everyone is welcome to enjoy a two-course meal for a $3 donation. The event is a one-off version of the weekly Kyneton Community Lunch, an initiative of Kyneton Community & Learning Centre and Macedon Ranges Shire Council.

Meanwhile, on Friday, May 29, a screening of Charlie’s Country will be held at Sacred Heart College, 94 High Street, Kyneton. Doors open at 7.30pm and the film starts at 8pm with a Welcome to Country performed by Uncle Larry from the Taungurung clan. Entry is by gold coin donation.

The film screening is organised by Macedon Ranges Reconciliation Group, with support from Macedon Ranges Shire Council and Sacred Heart College.

National Reconciliation Week runs from May 27 to June 3.

Details: Council’s community partnerships officer Stephen Hiley on 5422 0286 or shiley@mrsc.vic.gov.au

So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in so doing sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

Screening : Time:

Friday 29th May Doors open at 7.30, film 8.00pm

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Theatre at Sacred Heart College 94 High St. Kyneton

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Uncle Larry from the Taungurung Clan will open the night with a "Welcome to Country"

Gold Coin Donation

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK - 27 MAY TO 3 JUNE 2015 A Word from the Mayor National Reconciliation Week is a time for Hepburn Shire residents to acknowledge and celebrate indigenous culture and foster reconciliation. It’s a time for all of us to learn about our shared history, and to explore how we can join the national reconciliation effort.

The dates for National Reconciliation Week are significant. They commemorate the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision.

Hepburn Shire Council is working to recognise the history and contribution of the Dja Dja Wurrung people to this region. The Australian Aboriginal flag will soon permanently fly above the Daylesford Town Hall in recognition of the original custodians of this land.

Cr Kate Redwood AM Mayor

We can all make a difference to stop racism and to connect more meaningfully with our indigenous community.

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The Local - tlnews.com.au HETHER you are after fashion, food or the fun of browsing for flowers, photography or unique art - Piper Street in Kyneton has all you need.

The street is perfect for a weekend or mid-week stroll with plenty of amazing stores enticing people inside for a quick look or a long linger.

Piper Street is a vibrant retail street that holds its own against big city shopping strips. The many independent retailers of Piper Street reflect the owners’ eclectic tastes and DIY ethic.

Piper Street shops mix modern style with old world classicism and a funky vibe.

Original wooden lintels meet hip window displays and understated signs; restored spaces meet cool and spare, or warm and eclectic, interiors. This largely unchanged streetscape houses a surprisingly refreshing choice of shopping options.

Make your next visit soon!

Exclusive French lampshades Hand screen-printed wool wraps Australian wool knitwear made in Melbourne 44 Piper St. Kyneton Opening hours Wed-Sun & Public Holidays 10am – 4.30pm Phone 0400 662 958 - Email lechoppe@bigpond.com.au

Upstairs in The Mill, 18 Piper St, Kyneton

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To cook or not to cook

THE Local’s crew is expanding. So far we have introduced journalists Kate Taylor, Kevin Childs and Dan Lonergan. And now it’s time to meet one of our graphic designers. Robin Archer tells his story.

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HEN my family moved from Ballarat to a small single storied terrace house in Clifton Hill where I spent most of my early years, I was always drawing and painting so my family earmarked a career as an artist for me.

I am talking about late 1940s, WWII had not been over for long and being the last of seven children in a struggling English migrant family, there was little spare money for tertiary training.

We all learned to make our own opportunities, including earning money. I remember having two paper rounds, one started at 6 am every morning, the other immediately after school.

Coming from a large family that’s what you did and there were no concessions for being the youngest. I was not so sure about the artist bit because I was also fascinated by cooking but had no concept of where it could take me in life. Nor did I know anything about making a living from art.

I had four elder brothers and one sister - my eldest brother had died of diphtheria before I was born. My elder brothers taunted me about my “sissy” interests but I was able to ignore it for some reason.

I spent the first three years of secondary school at Collingwood Technical School as it was called in those days, often winning the monthly certificates handed out by the art teacher and then was fortunate to win a modest scholarship to begin some art training at Prahran Technical College - a bit fancy, in name anyway, for those days. This helped the family coffers to a small degree.

After finishing year 10 I then continued at Prahran for the first year of Certificate of Art and then transferred to Swinburne Technical College - getting swisher all the time.

I successfuly completed my Diploma of Advertising, Design and Illustration with top marks.

The diploma was later upgraded and called a “degree” and for some reason I never got around to accepting it. It was only a piece of paper.

It was a very comprehensive course and included design, drawing, lettering, painting, sculpture, photography and printing, including methods of print techniques and production. Computers had not yet been invented so it was all literally by hand.

After art school my first position was as an illustrator with the CSIRO, from there I then worked as a graphic designer with ABC TV in Sydney where I learned the basics of frame by frame animation among other things, I later became senior graphic designer at ABC TV Melbourne for a short while - at the ripe age of 21 and in charge of a 13 designers. Glad when that was over.

One day it dawned on me that some of my peers from art school were earning a lot more money than me in advertising so I abandoned my purist attitude towards art, as had I always fancied I would one day become a painter, and applied for three jobs in one week. I was accepted for all three and took the one paying the most money naturally, at Clemenger Advertising.

It was a fantastic experience and great people to work for. Five years later I had a call from Phillip Adams and went to work for Monahan Dayman Adams as an art director working on press, magazine and TV campaigns including food, fashion and packaging design Another five years on freelance called. I spent some time as a freelance graphic designer and finally teamed with a copywriter then some 12 years later we formed an agency with a “suit” and called it Box Archer Emery.

It was highly successful but success has its downsides and I eventually got out from under and did a two year stint as creative director at SSB advertising, working on BP and the Dairy Board.

I then teamed up with another writer, Ivor Thomas, and we worked together for 15 years as a freelance consultancy offering a full service agency without the big overheads, resulting in less cost to the clients.

Twelve years ago I suffered a severe subarachnoid haemorrhage and am not sure whether it was old age, too many long boozy advertising lunches or the stress of working in advertising or all of the above. This resulted in a long stay in hospital with complications and even a bedside will signing to boot.

I was lucky on several fronts not the least of which was to have a loving and understanding wife Liz - we have had our 50th anniversary so something’s working - and a talented daughter and between them both they got me back on my feet.

Georgiana, my daughter, ran my side of my business while I was recovering.

After that little scare Liz decided to retire after 20 years as an art teacher in a private school. She now practices her passion, which is painting and drawing influenced by Asian art.

Georgiana also taught me about computers and designing with them. When a lot of people of my vintage were throwing their arms in the air in despair I embraced the computer and it still excites me to think that I can produce so many ideas and variations in such a relatively short time compared to when I started out. Love it!

Now we all live in Hepburn Springs, sharing our little bush block with the copious wildlife and we really enjoy it. We have made some really good friends that we fraternise with over a good meal and glass or two and love the whole relaxed spirit of the area Apart from my passion for cooking and veggie growing I have recently started creating advertising for some local businesses kindly directed my way by Donna and Kyle from ‘The Local’ and I must say it is refreshing to work with such nice people (I really mean that). Advertising to me, in the past, was not as friendly. It is quite satisfying getting back to creating concepts, designing and art direction, even writing the odd bit of copy. The other good thing about it is, it helps a little financially. Like many of us the 2008 GFC affected our self-funded income dreams and we had to resort to the pension for support.

But nothing is a problem, I can always cook up something.

“When a lot of people of my vintage were throwing their arms in the air in despair I embraced the computer.”

Right, Robin works on a food photography shoot for one of his clients

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In the colder months, our opening hours have changed. We are still open for dinner seven nights a week. Lunch is now served Friday - Monday only except for school holidays when we will remain open seven days a week.

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My shout!

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NE of my favourite beer styles is pale ale. They are flavoursome, they match well to a wide variety of foods, and most importantly they are refreshing and sessionable. (Meaning you can have more than one.)

The term “pale ale” was first mentioned in England in the early 1700s. A change in method for malting the barley saw the brewers using coke derived from coal as a fuel source (previously they had just burned wood) which allowed for a lighter roast to produce pale coloured malted grains.

In the early days of settlement in Australia, pale ales were a popular style due to their refreshing qualities which suited the warm climate. A lot were imported from England as India Pale Ales, a higher alcohol, higher hopped version of the style made to travel, but lower alcohol, lower hopped beers were starting to be brewed with varied success here in Australia.

One of the more notable brewers of the day was Thomas Cooper who, 10 years after arriving from England in 1852 started his new business brewing a strong malty pale ale (Sparkling Ale) which was bottle conditioned and well received by his neighbourhood clientele in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington and surrounds.

It wasn’t until the late 1800s that Thomas tried his hand at a lighter version similar to the Coopers Pale Ale we know today as a much more tempered version of his original.

Today there are many sub- styles to choose from within this style, Indian pale ales, Australian pale ales, English pales or bitters and Belgian and Australian pales to name a few, and as their names imply, these beers are lighter in colour due to the higher use of pale malts. They can vary in their aroma, depending on the sub style, American pales are noted by a fruity and floral hop nose, Indian pales a more earthy note, and Australian pales tend to have a sweeter biscuit or

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grainy aroma driven by the strong malt backbone and yeasty esters.

They match well with red meat dishes such as lamb or beef, and will also cut through the spice of a curry. Pales match well with a range of cheeses too.

Here are two Victorian brews with a couple of examples of the different styles of pales. Bring out the cheese platter please!

Tooborac Hotel and Brewery (Tooborac, Victoria), Stonemasons Pale Ale 4.8% abv, $16.99 per 4 x 330ml bottles The Stonemason pours a clear, light golden colour with a white foamy head.

It has a slight biscuity aroma along with stone fruits and passionfruit. It has a moderate to light body, which is full of sweet citrus and apple to start but finishes with a bitterness that still lets the flavours of citrus and malty grains linger. This is a well balanced beer, which is pretty easy drinking. Labelled as an Australian pale, this could well be a hybrid of an Aussie pale and a summer ale. This beer would be perfect for a warm autumn day at a sunny beer garden session.

Food match: BBQ prawns with lime salsa.

Arctic Fox (Blood Brothers Brewery, Dandenong), English Pale Ale 4.7% abv, $21.99 per 6 x 330ml bottles The Arctic Fox English pale ale pours deep orange with a white head. It has an aroma of dried apricots, bread and some floral notes. It has a thin body with some fruit, nut and caramel malt notes. This beer finishes nicely with a moderate bitterness which balances the sweetness.

The label tells me that they use six different English malts as well as traditional English hops, which give this beer a distinct flavour and aroma profile, mostly sweetness, but it has a nice hop finish which is really cleansing. This English pale ale is unfiltered and unpasteurised, which adds to the overall body and flavour, but isn’t really over the top in any way. I’d love to try this one on tap, from a hand pump, served by a barmaid named Mavis.

Food match: Rack of lamb or medium steak.

Cheers, Roy

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn

Michelle Parsons – Saturday, May 30, 9pm Beccy Cole – Sunday, May 31, 5pm Twilight Makers’ Market – Friday, June 5 The Bassey – Friday, June 5, 8pm Dj Krushh – Saturday, June 6, 9pm Performance Afternoon Sessions – Sunday, June 7, 2pm

The Grande Hotel, Hepburn

Kelly Auty – Friday, May 29, 8pm Geoffrey Williams – Friday, June 5, 8pm Debra Byrne – Saturday, June 6, 8pm Janeen from Clarinda – Friday, June 12, 7pm

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The Perfect Drop Restaurant & Wine Bar

Locals Night - Wednesdays $50 - 5 courses inc bubbles

Monday to Thursday - 4pm until late Friday to Sunday - 12pm until late

Happy Hours 4pm - 6pm Daily $10 Cocktail & $1 Oysters Sunday (Funday) $3.50 Pots all day

www.theperfectdrop.com 5 Howe Street, Daylesford 5348 1100

Live Music in the bar, on weekends.

Welcome to The Farmers Arms Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner The Farmers Arms Daylesford offers the perfect blend of country charm combined with a sophisticated menu, wine list and professional service.

For more information about the pub and also our current menu, please visit our website: www.thefarmersarms .com.au 1 East Street Daylesford ph. 03 5348 2091

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All our chickens come from Inglewood and are genuine free-range premium quality chickens

Our family farm aged beef can be prepared for any kind of cooking whether it be a barbeque, a beef burger or ‘Beef Bourguignon’

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Musical start was a “good way to meet girls” The Taste of Daylesford

Enjoy a drink from our huge range of local and imported beers, ciders and local wines.

Or a fabulous coffee or sumptuous meal from an eclectic menu, all with the comfort of a toasty open fireplace.

We also serve gluten free and vegan options.

Friday nights - Pie Night.

Breakfast from 8am.

Lunch from 12pm - 3pm.

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REVOR Shard and his partner Lee moved to the region just a few months ago after owning a holiday house for years. The pair has been running Wax Lyrical, a songwriters’ open stage in Melbourne for eight years and formerly at the Old Hepburn Hotel for five years.

Trevor chatted to editor Donna Kelly.

DK: Tell us a little about your background.

TS: My partner, Lee and I moved up here permanently a few months ago. We’ve had a house here for years but only came up on weekends and holidays. Our kids are all grown up now so we’ve decided to downsize and tree change. I’ve been involved on the fringe of the music scene for many years. Lee and I have been running Wax Lyrical, a songwriters’ open stage, once a month down in Melbourne for eight years and we also ran it out at the Old Hepburn Hotel for five years.

We’ve also run song-writing residential weekends and we’re trying to build a little musical hub here and out at Glenlyon with visiting artists. We had a fantastic English guitar player, Ken Nicol, come up and do a house concert a few weeks ago.

DK: When did you get into music – and how did it happen?

TS: I started playing guitar in my teens with a rock and roll band in Adelaide.

Mostly, it was a good way to meet girls. I really wanted to study drama at university. You had to do an audition, which I failed. The audition panel suggested I consider studying economics. Music drifted onto the backburner for a few years. Living in Sydney in the 80s I met Mike McLennan. He turned me on to songwriters like John Hiatt, Guy Clark and Nanci Griffith. After that I started to approach the songwriting thing more seriously.

DK: What do you do musically?

TS: I play guitar, keyboards, drums, write songs and produce music in my home studio - for myself and for others. Playing in a full band is complicated – lots of gear, rehearsal time, set-up time, keeping the drummer sober, beating off the groupies. So I have a more sparse approach to performing these days and try to keep it acoustic as far as possible. I’m also one of the judges for the Roddy Read songwriting competition, which is part of the Maldon Folk Festival.

DK: What do you think your music means to others?

TS: Every now and again I’ve written something which seems to have connected with others. I had success in the national songwriting awards with a song called “Beaconsfield” about the mine tragedy down in Tasmania back in 2006. It won a

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gold medal. I’ve had a song of mine called “The Ballad of Terry Hicks” covered by other performers. Bruce Watson covered it and said “I don’t say this about many songs – but I wish I’d written that one”. I take those as great compliments. My writing style is observational. There’s a line in one of my songs which goes: “There’s a dog on the roadside Crouching in the grass That dog’s got a mean streak He’s barking at every car that goes past” It was inspired by Blackie, a kelpie who used to live on the potato farm between Wheatsheaf and Glenlyon. Not that he was mean, but he came to an untimely end.

Music is about entertaining and making a connection. That can be through your own music or playing music written by others. It has to be the right music for the occasion. That’s usually about playing songs that people know and are familiar with.

DK: Who are you listening to?

TS: Well, if you walked into our house right now you would probably hear something by Ryan Adams, Rosanne Cash, Kevin Welch or Lucinda Williams.

DK: Finally, where can we hear you next?

TS: I’m playing down at the Glenlyon Store on alternate Friday nights – check Facebook for details.

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THE DAYLESFORD BOWLING CLUB IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL BE REFURBISHING AND REBUILDING ITS KITCHEN, RESTAURANT AND BAR IN JUNE. ONLY THE RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE ALL OTHER FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN. The Daylesford Bowling Club has decided that in order to meet the current economic climate now and in the future it must ensure the business side of the Club is successful and this means ensuring we are attractive and up to date. The plans have been available to members since Xmas and now the work is about to commence. The updating of the kitchen to be a modern and professional section has been an issue for years. Now it will fit into this century and ensure the restaurant keeps its current, spectacular reputation and can only improve. The bar will be restyled and enable a proper coffee machine to be installed, something that has not been able to be done due to its size and structure. We will then have the challenge to meet the high standards of the Daylesford coffee makers which we know we can and must achieve.

The Club employs 12 locals at present and if we can improve our business then we will be able to assist with more local employment. The Club has a number of community commitments and we are proud of this and we want it to continue.

We have a partnership with the Daylesford District Community Bank who is assisting us with the Junior Jack Attack School Program and promotion of the sport of bowls which is no longer an “old persons” sport.

It is clear that for a sports club to continue into the future it must be financially successful and be able to gain the interests of younger locals. As such the business side becomes just as, if not more, important than the sport side of any Club whilst always remembering that it will be the players who will eventually benefit in the end.

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Cooking from the heart at the Galley Diner

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MG! We have just returned from the Galley Diner and it was amazing.

Tasty Burgers Tender Juicy Ribs Vegetarian Options Buttermilk Fried Chicken Malted Shakes and Sundaes High Country Crab and Shrimp Pots Ice Cold Frosty Beer Cold Press Juice

Daylesford’s very own Burger, Rib and Crab Shack

Open 11.30am till 9pm

Now we eat there now and again, with me usually going for the American Classic Cheeseburger ($10), Kyle the fried chicken (2 pieces for $10) and a serve of the Galley Steak Cut Fries ($7) or the Apple and Pear Summer Slaw & Chopped Salad ($8).

And they are all delicious – and filling – and so affordable. We are talking Daylesford here.

But this time two new dishes caught our attention.

Kyle looked over the menu and immediately picked out the High Country Crab Pot which is chef and owner Dorian’s specialty.

There’s a choice of a small for $45 or a large for $90 – and Kyle sensibly opted for the small – which, when it arrived, could have easily served two people.

It was incredible. Fresh whole crab, whole prawns, kielbasa sausage, corn and potatoes tossed in garlic, butter, lemon and high country seasoning.

Kyle, a former fisherman and the son of a fisherman declared it “an exfisherman’s dream” and the best seafood dish he has eaten in the region.

He said the richness of the seafood was perfectly offset with the potato and corn – although they also quickly soaked up the high country dressing.

I managed to snaffle one piece of crab, which was tender and sweet. Yum. For me, it was the Caesar Chicken with Green Goddess Dressing ($17). And it was perfect. A stack of grilled chicken atop fresh baby cos, crunchy croutons, shaved parmesan, crisp bacon bits and a beautifully cooked egg.

(I don’t know when it started but I have been on the hunt for the perfect Caesar salad for years – and mostly been really disappointed. I ordered one in Karratha which arrived sans egg. When I mentioned that, the waiter took it back to the kitchen for a few minutes and the dish returned with a fried egg plopped on top.

Mmm.) But I will be heading back for Dorian’s version.

Just for photos, no truly, we added some of those delicious crunchy fries and a serve of Jalapeno Poppers ($10).

Wow. Or whoa. Kyle took two bites of a popper, a whole jalapeno deep fried and served with avocado, and reached for his homemade lemonade ($7) as his face went a little red. I felt challenged and asked for the plate to which he just said “no”, so the gauntlet was down.

I reached over, popped a popper in my mouth and nearly died. It was HOT. Really hot. Apparently that varies with the pepper but you need to like spicy food if you order this. Mind you, Dorian said the real challenge was The Red Hot Chilli Burger ($15) which comes with the warning “this sucker’s nuclear”.

Now we were really full but we thought it would be rude not to taste a Malted Thick Shake – there are six flavours to choose from, and take a bite of the Homemade Banoffee Pie ($14) – layers of banana, caramel and fresh cream.

Both were rich, gooey and delicious.

Oh, just so you know, Galley Diner is licensed with a good range of wine, beer, cider, liquors and cocktails. I had a Red Hill Estate pinot grigio ($10/35) which was lovely.

Dorian and his wife Anna, pictured left with more offerings, opened the Galley Diner just on a year ago as part of their tree change and getting away from the city.

“Our focus here is to do something from the heart. To cook everything from scratch and use as much local produce as possible with a focus on fresh,” Dorian said.

“We also wanted to do something different, we didn’t want to follow the crowds and we saw there was a niche in the market for something approachable and disarming with no frills or fuss.

“But to do that you need to make sure your food is going to deliver so we really focus on our food and drink.”

Dorian has been around restaurants since he was young with his grandparents and parents all in the industry. He also spent 15 years in Hong Kong “learning from really good people who taught me to do things the right way and take pride in my work”.

“So I really do have cooking in my blood and Anna comes from a hospitality family. And we are not chasing big awards, we just want to do something we can stand behind and take pride in.”

And what about those jalapeno poppers and chilli burgers? Are they really ordered much?

“Yes, for sure, there are a lot of fiends out there – hard core chilli rebels.”

Galley Diner is open every day except Tuesday and also does takeaway and catering.

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Mineral springs water business booming Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

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ITCH Watson and Brylie Rankine moved to Daylesford in 2005.

The pair, with Mitch originally from Newstead and Brylie from Melbourne, had been living in the Huon Valley in Tasmania and arrived “with nothing”.

They both found work in a local café where Brylie was front of house and Mitch ran the kitchen.

And the pair started listening to customers asking for local spring water – but being served imported spring water – often all the way from the other side of the world.

With their backgrounds in hospitality, food production and food wholesaling – they started wondering, and researching, into why there was no local spring water available.

“Our ethics for living were always about sourcing everything as locally as possible so we couldn’t understand why all the businesses were importing water from Italy when you could walk 200 metres down the road and pump it for free,” Mitch said.

“We also had a lot of friends with great restaurants and could see a little movement coming on with people wanting local produce and to reduce their carbon footprint. That sort of thing.”

The pair then found that a major soft beverage company had bought up 15 mineral springs and trademarked them but were not using them.

“So we applied to have the trademarks cancelled for non-use and then we started bottling mineral water,” Brylie said.

And the Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs Co was born.

“We had no money, just a $5000 credit card, so we started with that and worked full-time for other people. On our days off we would alternate going down to Melbourne – so we were working well over 100 hours a week – with a six-month old – for about two years.

“We worked out of the garage and used the family sedan – we destroyed that pretty quickly.”

Mitch said while the company, at the time, was still not making quite enough to live off they eventually jumped in at the deep end and quit their other work.

“But we understood the market, sold to like-minded souls who understood what we were about and funnily enough when the global financial crisis hit that’s when we really started to take off. Everyone started to look at what was happening in their local community.”

But it’s not about the money – Mitch and Brylie are obviously proud to be able to offer employment to people looking for good hours and good money. They still have the first truck driver they ever employed and when profits come in – more jobs are created.

“And when you are working with a local natural resource – we have a contract with the lease holder of a commercial spring - you are more like a custodian. You want to protect it, to look after it.”

And people are taking notice. The Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs Co has been given a leg up by a grant from the Victorian Government’s Grow Your Business program.

With help from CVEN, an Australian-based international trade specialist, the pair was able to channel the funding into expanding into the Asian market now exporting to the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Korea and Shanghai.

With increased sales Mitch and Brylie are constructing a 1500 square metre building in Daylesford’s Mink Street as their new headquarters and a much larger warehouse space.

The new site will see production of 500,000 bottled products per month and the doubling of the company’s workforce.

But despite their success Brylie said not much time was spent patting themselves on the back.

“I think the other day at the warehouse it hit me then. I got quite shocked and emotional about it. We don’t really sit down and think about what we have done, it’s a 24-hour operation.

“But I do laugh sometimes when I walk in the warehouse and it’s full and I think ‘oh my God, to think how excited we got when we got our first pallet of water in the garage’.”

“And when you are working with a local natural resource...you are more like a custodian. You want to protect it, to look after it.”

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Sharing yarns Dying to talk Glenlyon party

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HE sharing of stories is often the motivation for people to attend Josie Emery’s class at the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre “Telling Stories: Professional Writing for Print, Stage or Screen”.

The centre has offered a professional writing course taught by Josie since 2013. Her depth of experience spans universities, adult education, the national film school AFTRS and the national literature development program – the Literature Board of the Australia Council – for the federal government. Josie is also a published author, script writer and editor.

The style of Josie’s teaching is to work closely with individual learners, helping to “unblock blocks”.

“For me, writing is about storytelling. I help people find their own, unique voice and their story, find the right form to express it in, and then I’m by their side on the adventure of bringing it to life. My aim is equip people with enough writing and selfediting skills that they can leave the group and strike out on their own.”

Meanwhile, centre joint coordinator Amy Atkinson said she was nominating two learners from the Telling Stories class in the 2015 Learn Local Awards for outstanding learner achievements.

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Often when a loved one is dying families are confronted with many questions at a time they feel least able to think clearly. This event will support individuals, family members and carers to plan ahead for this difficult period and will include information from local health professionals with relevant expertise.

Cr John Connor said about three-quarters of Australians have not had end of life discussions with their loved ones.

“Dying is not an easy topic to discuss but this seminar will help you to do that in a supportive environment, and help you think about the questions you might want to ask, and of whom.

“It’s important that you know what support is available and that your loved ones understand your wishes.”

The session will be held at the Gisborne Community Centre, Hamilton St on Thursday, May 28 from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Bookings are essential as places will be limited.

Contact council’s Healthy Ageing Engagement officer Stephanie Harper on 5422 0258.

Club secretary Sarah Klas said the club was formed in 1965 and promoted a family environment, establishing great core skills including responsibility, community awareness and great sportsmanship.

“The riders are also instilled with strong horsemastership skills and knowledge. Riders from the very beginners to the serious high level competitors have been supported and nurtured over the years.

“The club has been based at the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve for many years now and has the privilege of calling the beautiful grounds home.”

Sarah said the club believed in a strong community environment and presence helping with the organising of the Daylesford show and Glenlyon New Year’s Sports Day. “The club has successfully run many of its own competitions, training days and events over the years, from joint club activities, to state horse trials, combined training days, gymkhanas, shows, clinics and more.

“We have great resources and many talented, accredited and wonderful coaches who attend our monthly rallies sharing their knowledge and working with our riders.”

The club celebrated with a party at the Glenlyon Reserve.

DYING to Talk seminar will be hosted by Macedon Ranges Shire Council with the hope it will help people start a conversation about dying and what might matter most towards the end of life.

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EWSTEAD resident Nicholas Hudson will launch the third edition of Modern Australian Usage – A practical guide for writers & editors at the Daylesford Library on Tuesday, May 26 from 2pm.

The launch is part of Library and Information Week.

Mr Hudson, 82, who also runs Hudson Publishing Services in Newstead will talk about his lifetime of experience with books and publishing.

“My message is very very simple. The content of a book is not what the author put in, but what the reader gets out. The job of the editor is to make sure that what the reader gets is as close as possible to what the author meant them to get.

“Authors know what they intended and do not always recognise the accidental ambiguities, the missing background facts, the clumsy sentences, etc…which cause the reader not to get the intended message.

“Therefore nobody can edit their own work. This book is all about the kind of problems authors get into and editors have to resolve.”

Meanwhile Mr Hudson, pictured right having fun with a dinosaur, said he believed the English language was doing “beautifully”.

“When the Chinese negotiate with the Russians they do it in English and I think it will survive as the international language.”

And while the loss of professions like sub-editing was “deplorable” he believes that “the big thing is unambiguous communication”.

“It also depends on the audience you are writing for. If they are highly literate you’d better get your grammar right. But most people don’t worry too much about that.”

Another of Mr Hudson’s claims to fame was once being the bane of MI5 and upsetting former UK prime minister Maggie Thatcher. As managing director of Heinemann Publishers Australia he dared to publish Spycatcher, the autobiography of MI5 scientist Peter Wright, which shot to international bestseller status in the late 1980s.

His move to Newstead was prompted by “shopping”. His wife, who he married on his 70th birthday but passed away five years ago, was losing her sight through macular degeneration and her one concern was that she would not be able to do

the shopping without a taxi or relying on others for help.

“We wanted a nice house next to a supermarket. We couldn’t find one in Melbourne or in Castlemaine but we accidentally found one in Newstead in 2003, and moved in two months after we married.

“And I am staying here - it’s such a supportive and active community.”

Mr Hudson, who will be signing copies of the completely updated and revised edition, is an honorary life member of Editors Victoria and Australian Publishers Association in recognition of his work on copyright.

Modern Australian Usage – A practical guide for writers & editors was published by Allen & Unwin in April.

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A light-hearted look at palliative care

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HE play Four Funerals in One Day will be performed at the Daylesford Town Hall on June 11.

The play, which is being sponsored by Hepburn Health Service, Ballarat Hospice Care and Grampians Region Palliative Care Consortium, was written by Alan Hopgood of Bay Street Productions, who also stars in the production.

Mr Hopgood is a well-known playwright and screenwriter (And the Big Men Fly, The Carer, Alvin Purple) and as an actor (Dr Reed in Bellbird, Wally in Prisoner and Jack Lassiter in Neighbours). He also spent 10 years with the Melbourne Theatre Company.

In 1996 his personal story Surviving Prostate Cancer – One Man’s Journey was published and then adapted into a play and a video for the Cancer Council. He has since become the “health playwright” writing 10 plays about diabetes, widows, palliative care, geriatric sex, depression, dementia and incident disclosure in hospitals, which are now assembled under the title HealthPlay.

Mr Hopgood told The Local that while having cancer his urologist asked him to write his story.

“I then made it a play – being careful to write a comedy so the men wouldn’t just run away. It was hugely successful.”

But while the play was about palliative care it was “not foreboding or scary”, he said.

“We are looking at the subject in almost a light-hearted way.

It’s education with entertainment.”

Mr Hopgood said a forum would be held after the play which only ran for about 40 minutes.

He said all of his plays were based on real life stories with everyone having a story to tell.

Four Funerals in One Day has been produced in collaboration

with Molly Carlile and also stars professional actors Michelle Hall, Margot Knight and Jenny Seedsman.

It started when Mr Hopgood was approached by Ms Carlile to write a play about her experiences working as a palliative care nurse.

She was the manager of Palliative Care Services at Austin Health where her role included integrating palliative care into the new Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre, which opened in July 2012.

Tickets are $10 and available at trybooking.com or at the door.

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OUNG men from the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre have built more than 200 nest boxes for reserves throughout the Macedon Ranges Shire through a unique partnership with Macedon Ranges Shire Council.

Nest boxes are a way of monitoring and recording wildlife activity, and also provide refuges where there is a lack of natural hollows for nesting. Mayor Jennifer Anderson said a lot of the council’s reserves had a history of disturbance including logging and land clearing, which had damaged habitat for wildlife.

Council approached the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre to involve young men in the program as part of their ongoing education, training and rehabilitation. The nest boxes were created on site at the centre and were designed for marsupials including sugar gliders and feather-tailed gliders.

The boxes have already been installed at the Black Hill Reserve in Kyneton where they will be used to monitor environmental recovery after fire devastated the reserve in January. Black Hill is an important site for the threatened brush-tailed phascogale in the area. The young men were also involved in live monitoring activities, attending site visits to check the contents of nest boxes they had created with the aid of a camera on an extendable pole.

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The chimneys, along with some concrete foundations, are all that remain of the Balt Camp. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has been working with Heritage Victoria to ensure that the chimneys remain structurally sound.

DELWP Grampians Fire and Land acting planning manager Robin Holmes said the restoration work would include securing the foundations with concrete strip and underpinning as well as rendering inside the chimney, replacing missing stones and repairing cracked mortar.

“The fireplace will be bricked up to protect the stone work and to provide additional structural support. The site holds significance for the local community.

“The camp was constructed in 1946 by the Forestry Commission and housed 45 displaced men from the Baltic region in Europe (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), which is how it came to be known as the Balt Camp.”

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W returned.

INTER is well and truly on our doorstep and, if the past few weeks’ preview is any indication, it looks as though the “real” blustery, wet, dam filling seasons of the past may have

Of course this also brings with it overflowing drains, soggy wet lawns and copious crops of energetic weeds, so there’s plenty of scope for busy times out of doors ahead.

One of the major problems of winter gardening is the damage caused by squally winds and heavy rain. You should act immediately after every bout of rough weather to check for and repair any damage. Broken branches should be cut back cleanly, either right back to the base of the branch or at least to a place where side shoots are likely to develop. Growth from this point will soon fill the gaps with the return of warmer spring weather.

At the same time you may find dead or diseased wood that should be removed as well. Overcrowding of shrubs and trees can lead to less sturdy plants becoming sickly and prone to attacks from insects and disease - more so than the strong, healthier ones.

Trees and shrubs growing next to walls or fences will often suffer from badly chafed stems during rough weather. A piece of foam plastic attached to the wall or fence at that point can often help.

Newly planted trees and shrubs should have their stakes checked after a particularly wet or windy spell. The buffeting will probably have loosened them allowing the roots to rock and sway as well... Support such plants with a longer, stronger stake or at least hammer the existing ones in a little deeper. Tie securely with a flexible material such as old stocking or pantyhose in a figure of eight around the stake and stem to avoid any chance of cutting into the stem.

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garden and dig shallow trenches to get the water away. Many plant varieties can suffer from collar-rot (a decaying of the bark at soil level which can often lead to fungal problems) especially those preferring light, well drained soils. Citrus trees are particularly prone to this. Keep a weed free circle of soil around them to allow the trunks to dry out between wet spells. Always scrape back organic mulch from around their trunks at this time of year for the same reason.

Now is a good time to rejuvenate any spare vegetable beds for your late winter/ early spring plantings by sowing a “green manure crop” instead of leaving it fallow to compress and harden with the winter rains. A green crop is also extremely useful in breaking up heavy soil and clay before planting ornamental beds or even a lawn. This means the sowing of a crop to be dug in well before it matures and produces unwanted seeds. A crop of potatoes grown in this type of soil has a double advantage of providing your spuds and will also work wonders with the texture and organic content of the soil.

There are many different suitable plant varieties for this, but it is best to choose the fastest growing ones for quick results. Rye grass, oats, field peas, annual lupins and mustard are all excellent for the task. The peas and lupins, being legumes, will return a high level of nitrogen to the soil, whilst mustard is reputed to discourage eelworms. Sow the seed rather thicker than usual and when the growth reaches a convenient height before flowering, cut it right down to the soil and dig it all in. Organic materials require an inordinate amount of nitrogen for the process of becoming compost, which is then returned to the surrounding soil. If you do not plant legumes, a light dressing of nitrogen in the form of urea or sulphate of ammonia will be returned to benefit future crops.

Late June until early August is the best time of year for the planting of roses and deciduous fruiting trees. Although it is unwise to pre-dig holes for them, especially in heavy soil, it is a good move to work over the beds in readiness, digging in a good thick layer from your compost bins, straw, or even finely shredded newspaper to improve soil texture. Throw in a handful of blood and bone as well for good measure. The following vegetable seeds can still go in if you have a warm, sheltered and well-drained spot to spare: beet, broad bean, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cress, lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, radish, spinach and turnip....and...if you’re feeling more than a little adventurous... you could even have a try at some mushroom spawn.

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Fighting two battles DAYLESFORD’S Baydon Beddoe is gearing up to fight in the 35 to 40-year-old boxing category at the Australian Masters in Adelaide in October.

The 38-year-old won at the Masters two years ago and is keen to retain his title.

Earlier this year he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and has since had an operation and is going through chemotherapy.

“They encourage you to do exercise so inbetween the bouts of chemo I still train and hopefully when the chemo is over, at the end of July, I will be cleared and can do more.

“Eventually I wouldn’t mind fighting in the World Masters. That’s my ultimate goal.”

Baydon trains at his father Dennis Beddoe’s boxing gym in Daylesford.