The Local Issue 52 August 17, 2015

August 17, 2015 Issue 52

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2 About Us

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Front cover: Terry Moore will open his unique garden, Teldorado, in September as part of the Daffodil Festival’s Open Garden Scheme. All donations raised will be used to fund mental health first aid training for young people in Hepburn Shire. Read his story on page 6.

Image: Kyle Barnes

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News 3

Hop for Hope

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IFE-SIZED kangaroo sculptures have been transformed into unique artworks with the “Hop for Hope” collaboration between the Alannah and Madeline Foundation and the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery.

The project will raise funds to keep children safe from violence.

The kangaroos are being transformed by leading Australian artists together with entrepreneurs, media personalities and sports stars.

Among those on the list is Trentham artist David Bryant, pictured, who also invited other local artists to add their own special touches.

East Trentham painter Rose Wilson, recently named as a Black Swan finalist, added a gecko, Louise Otten added birds, artist Peter Young, formerly of Cricket Australia, added a cricket, Catherine Abel added a moth and Mel Thomas, from Trentham’s Chaplins, added a ladybird.

And in a further coup for Trentham, all of the white fibreglass roos were supplied to the Alannah and Madeline Foundation by Two Fat Wombats owner Rob Curtin.

Other artists working on the roos included Daylesford’s David Bromley, painter Charles Billich, potter Ted Secombe and cartoonist and painter Michael Leunig.

The 40 finished kangaroos will be exhibited throughout September and October in the grounds of the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery.

Visitors to the free exhibition will be invited to vote for their favourite work with a gold coin donation while an online auction to own a painted kangaroo is at the centre of the fundraising efforts. All proceeds will be for The Foundation, which supports children who have experienced or witnessed violence and bullying.

A public online auction of the kangaroos will coincide with the exhibition and aims to raise in excess of $400, 000 to support the Foundation’s programs.

Foundation chief executive officer Dr Judith Slocombe said she was “thrilled to have been invited to partner with the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery for this exciting campaign”.

“With such an acclaimed group of artists and personalities, we cannot wait to see the finished creations together in the Yarra Valley.”

Hop for Hope was the idea of Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery owners Ian and Leanne Neeland, and is a major fundraising project that draws on their commitment to support the community.

“We have a beautiful destination that’s visited by tens of thousands of people of all ages, and we wanted to harness that into a good cause,” Ms Neeland said.

“Our goal is to create Australia’s largest family friendly art exhibition that places an inspiring spotlight on keeping our children safe.”

It’s anticipated around 200,000 visitors will view the exhibition amongst the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie’s 40 acres of landscaped grounds and farm land.

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4 Our artists

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RONWYN Bain started out as a folk singer, moved into acting and finally took up painting – with a host of degrees and training. She told a bit of her story to Donna Kelly.

DK: When did you know you were an artist?

BB: I can remember watching a girl working with watercolour paints one evening and was so fascinated by her work that the next day I enrolled in painting classes at the local TAFE. I thought I had signed up for a one night a week class but received a letter saying I had been accepted into full-time study. I took up the challenge and found myself a few years later studying fresco painting at Il Laboratorio per Affresco di Vainella in Tuscany, Italy for six months and then studying for a Master’s Degree in Fine Art at CoFA–UNSW. DK: What style of painting do you do?

BB: I use oils and fresco painting. The Sistine Chapel is a fresco painting.

DK: What do you hope your art says to other people?

BB: I hope to convey the feeling of the energy of the land. As an artist I recognise that there is a “river of knowledge” that flows within the depth of my being, sleeping there and every now and then is awakened by the touch of a rock, the breeze on my face and the warmth of the sun on my back. This awakening seems to be bringing a long forgotten message from the earth to me: “You are part of me; you are as ancient and as full of wonder as me. I am nature, you are nature”.

DK: What does your art mean to you?

BB: It is as if every breath, each heartbeat of the landscape is part of an overlay, a perfectly integrated continuum, which speaks with me. My work acts as an avenue connecting me to the earth energies. Whenever I work, the process commences, and I seem to be taken out of this world to another of peace and immensity. The final painting is never pre-determined. It is always a result of an instinctual method through a visual/ feeling process.

DK: Can anyone be an artist or is it inherent?

BB: The Balinese, I have been told, do not have a word for artist in their vocabulary.

Everyone is an artist being involved in some form of creative process. I think that is why they seem to be such a peaceful people. All forms of art are processed through the right side of the brain that takes one away from our intellectual processing to a world of immensity that is elsewhere. As Bachelard states: Immensity is within ourselves. It is attached to a sort of expansion of being that life curbs and caution arrests, but which starts again when we are alone. As soon as we become motionless, we are elsewhere; we are dreaming in a world that is immense.

DK: Where can we see your work?

BB: My work may be seen on my website www.bronwynbain.com Also anyone is welcome to make an appointment to visit my studio by emailing bronbain@gmail.com DK: Oh, what’s your Central Highlands story? Everyone seems to have one.

BB: I was living in Sassafras and decided to move somewhere in Victoria where I could build a decent sized studio. I came to Trentham and found a small house on a large block and engaged a shed builder to build a huge shed, which is one metre bigger than the house. But the bonus has been the wonderful people who live here.

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The key to happiness - exercise and booze

“Like any time of your life, you have good times and bad times. Being retired is the best time of my life - I have freedom, and freedom is one thing you don’t have when you have commitments with work,” Linda explained.

OR those in the pursuit of happiness – start drinking, and don’t have “I can get up in the morning and if I want to cut down a tree I can, and if I want children. to sit in the corner and contemplate my navel, I can.”

A survey has found that consuming 42 drinks per week – an average of six Linda does tick a lot of boxes – she and her husband Alan per day - keeps people the happiest…if not a bit tiddly. exercise regularly by keeping active, the couple enjoys a glass of The annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics wine each night, and while recent health troubles did lower their in Australia survey asked nearly 20,000 Aussies about their happiness last year, Linda and Alan are bucking the unhappy happiness around satisfaction with home and family life, health, marriage trend with their perfectly happy 46-year union. education and employment.

Meanwhile, keeping residents happy through exercise keeps Some of the results were standard – people are happier when Xistance gym owner Sam Redlich happy in turn – it was her they exercise regularly, are employed and are not poor. own quest for happiness after suffering post-natal depression that Other results were surprising - the survey found that gay prompted her to get into the business of helping make others people were less satisfied in their lives than straight people, even happy through exercise. though overall they had more money.

When it comes to the reportedly unhappy retirees, Sam says People living in defacto relationships are the happiest – but that exercise is a mandatory part of living retirement well. having children brings down the happiness level significantly, because it reduces their “You’ve got 70 year olds bench-pressing, doing lunges, on the rowing machines… satisfaction level with their partner, as does the length of the relationship; the shorter, and you can see the difference between a 70 year old who is exercising regularly and the happier. a 70 year old who doesn’t, the difference is incredible - they are happy, connected, fit For those who do marry, men are more satisfied with their partner than women and healthy,” she said. and men report greater happiness with their health while married. The problem is…

And for the last word on the issue of 42 drinks per week – Graham from behind women don’t. the bar at the Daylesford Hotel.

And in terms of happiness – do not retire. Retirees, especially men, reported great “We all consume slightly differently… and how that fits each person is slightly unhappiness due to their health. different,” he said diplomatically.

It’s a finding that retiree Linda Straub disputes – if you can gently nudge her away from her garden long enough for a chat.

Words: Kate Taylor | Images: Kyle Barnes

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“Being retired is the best time of my life I have freedom...”

- Linda Straub

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Open garden to raise money for mental health

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ERRY Moore will open his unique garden, Teldorado, in September as part of the Daffodil Festival’s Open Garden Scheme.

Terry will launch “The Two Worlds Project” and “The Positive Poles project” put together by him, his friends and neighbours.

All donations raised will be used to fund mental health first aid training for young people in Hepburn Shire.

Teldorado now has an outdoor wood fired pizza oven and there will be fresh bread, pizzas and Sunday roasts available on both weekends.

There will be live music from Max Lay, Jarrod Shaw and Sarah Wilkinson, a chess tournament with a $100 first prize, beer and wine tastings and plants for sale.

For the kids there is a pool table, air hockey, outdoor table tennis, bocce and a trampoline.

Food is also available from Teldorado’s pop-up Road Kill Café serving barbecue, nachos, pizzas and Sunday roasts at 2pm.

Teldorado will be open on September 4, 5 and 6 from 10am to 4pm, and again on September 11, 12 and 13.

Entry is by gold coin donation.

Teldorado is at 311 Taradale Road, Drummond North. Carparking is opposite in Belltopper Reserve carpark and is an all access parking area. Dogs must be on a lead.

Terry’s photo is the front cover of this edition of The Local.

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HE Gardens of Glenlyon will be held on Saturday, August 29 and Sunday, August 30, from 10am to 4pm each day, with a theme of winter.

Five very different gardens will be open to the public with the owners sharing the joys of gardening in winter. The cost is $5 per garden with tickets available from the Glenlyon Hall where there will be displays and sales of horticultural products.

On Saturday night the hall will host a three-course dinner with guest speaker Simon Rickard, pictured above, who is an author, garden designer and musician. Simon will talk about sustainability, politics and food sovereignty.

Cost for the dinner is $45. BYO alcohol. Bookings essential through trybooking.com/IGMZ

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There’s no place like “this” home...

Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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ICHARD and Karen Yates were looking for a site for their gallery when they came across a Californian bungalow in Chewton five years ago.

It was 2010 but Richard said it was more like walking into the 1940s.

“It was terrible. It was really just a cave with green lino. It was rough and rugged but we had a look through and decided, with the block and house, we could do it. So we just went for it.

“It took about five months but that was full on, every day.”

Those renovations included creating a second bathroom, taking out walls, adding river rock and the necessary extra stumps to support the kitchen. A third bedroom became a massive walk-in wardrobe and outside three workshops are a storeroom for paints and gear, a place for metalwork and another for carving because “sawdust and sparks don’t get along”.

Richard said he describes the house now as “American Wyoming and Rocky Mountain with a country rustic feel”.

“We just made it our own. It was small and we were downsizing so we just made it special. And we didn’t need a massive house – although when the kids started moving back in…

“We have three of them here with us now but they are all looking for their own places.”

Meanwhile, Karen, a passionate gardener, got started on the surrounds and planted 42 silver birches along with designing and digging a pond, and creating a waterfall.

And taking pride of place in the front yard is a family heirloom, a 1951 Dodge Fargo gifted to her by her great uncle Keith.

“Keith is 86 and sharp as a tack and still going strong. He bought the truck in ’55 used and it’s just become a family heirloom. Karen used to ride around in the back when she was a little girl and her mother put a few dents in it learning to drive in a paddock. The keys are still in it and it’s just missing a hub cap.

“I don’t know if we will ever fix it up and get it running again but it’s a bit of a rock star – there are always cards getting left on the windshield by people who want to buy it. But it doesn’t have power steering, or a six stacker CD or Bluetooth…

“But it’s nice to have it and it will always stay there.”

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8 Opinion

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Just sayin’...

With Donna Kelly

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HEN I was in Form 2, think Year 8 for anyone younger than about 40, doing art was compulsory.

Now I like to look at art but I realise that I am no artist. But I am nothing if not obedient and to start the year our first project was to make an art folder. It was basically done by folding a big sheet of cardboard in half and sticky taping up the edges.

I had that bit down pat. But then we had to decorate our folder which was to carry our art pieces throughout the year. Mmm. I thought a rural scene would look quite nice. Trees are pretty easy and I think I added a sun, some clouds and a few butterflies. Not bad for someone who struggles with stick figures.

But I failed. And the teacher added a big red E to my folder. And I think she might have even circled it as well. What a great way to start my art career, carrying evidence of my lack of artistic ability for all the world to see. And in Form 3, when it was no longer compulsory I dropped art like a hot potato and took up German. Gut entscheidung.

Anyway, based on even just this edition of The Local, my lack of art is more than made up for by the myriad artists around the region.

There’s Trentham painter David Bryant working on a life-size kangaroo sculpture for Hop for Hope, who also asked many artists from around the region to add their own piece. Think Rose Wilson, Louise Otten, Peter Young, Catherine Abel and Mel Thomas.

Then you have Richard Yates and his amazing house in Castlemaine. There certainly is not a place like his home. And then there’s Terry Moore who will open his unique garden, Teldorado, in Drummond to raise money for mental health first aid training for young people in Hepburn Shire. His house and gardens are amazingly creative and well worth a visit next month.

But while the short-term future is safe, I sometimes wonder about the next generation of artists. We were in a hotel recently and there were about 10 children seated at one long table, no adults in sight. We got ready to move but then looked again and realised that every child, aged from perhaps four to 10, was engrossed in their iPads. Not a peep. Perhaps they were all having an e-conversation. Anyway, it was bliss but where does their creativity come from?

I know it is the way of the future but what about the old butcher paper and Derwent pencils we used to play with. While it obviously didn’t help me with art I did tend to use them for writing little stories - so that worked out well. But I wonder if today’s e-children will be able to open up the creative right side of their brains or will the logic of computers mean they get stuck in the analytical left side. Just wonderin’...

Pick me, pick me

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I, my name is Flo and I am already 18 months old. I am a very sweet young lady and I would like a quiet adult home. I also need someone who enjoys grooming as I have a medium length coat. So please pick me!

MC# 956000004330283 Castlemaine RSPCA is at 24 Langslow Street, Castlemaine.

Open: Monday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm. Friday and Saturday from 10am to 3pm. Phone: 5472 5277.

(Pick me, pick me - is run in memory of Curly. We picked him.)

The Local - Connecting the Community Daylesford Bushwalkers Daylesford Bushwalkers now has a Strollers Group.

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 notfor-profit organisations. Just because we can.

So if your group needs a helping hand just 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.

With a walk of about one and a half to two hours’ duration, it is slower-paced, less hilly and two to four kilometres.

Both groups meet at the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre, Camp Street for a 9am start every Friday morning.

Enquiries: Ian on 5348 4283 or Malcolm on 5348 1952.

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News 9

Dog attack

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HE owner of a dog that escaped its Riddells Creek property and attacked another resident’s dog, causing serious injuries, has paid vet costs of $1900 and been fined $1200 in the Kyneton Magistrate’s Court.

The incident was reported to Macedon Ranges Shire Council and the dog was seized until the matter was heard on Monday, June 29.

Council community safety manager Anne-Louise Lindner said 80 per cent of dog attacks in public places could be prevented if all dogs were adequately confined.

“For dog owners, this means your yard must have a closed gate, and an escape-proof fence that your dog cannot jump, get under or through. The use of electronic collar confinement systems are not sufficient.”

Health advice

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YNETON District Health is looking for an ideas-person – or people - to join its Community and Consumer Advisory Committee.

The committee operates according to government legislation and guidelines. Members get to advise the board, engage with staff and advocate for the community.

There are discussions on health issues and hospital services and the volunteer role also involves projects and initiatives, and developing patient and consumer information,.

Details: Karen Laing on 5422 9900 or klaing@ kynetonhealth.org.au

Shared vision

M Lyonville bake-off and fundraiser

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Categories include kids, decorated cakes, general cakes, cupcakes, slices and savoury and cakes need to be dropped off by 11am.

Devonshire tea and light lunches are also available The Lyonville bake-off and cake stall fundraiser will be held at the Lyonville Hall on Saturday, September 26 with live music to keep the toes tapping. Details: Dorothy Fuller, pictured above right, with Ruth White, from 11.30am to 3.30pm. on 0413 733 718 or dottifuller@gmail.com

EEN watching Masterchef? Fancy yourself a bit of a cook? Then it’s time to start your ovens.

ACEDON Ranges residents, landowners, businesses and community groups are being asked to share ideas on how council and the community can work together for better environmental outcomes.

Mayor Jennifer Anderson said it was important the environment had a shared vision and ownership from both council and the community.

“If you live, run a business or own land in the Macedon Ranges, this strategy will impact you and we want to hear from you. Your input will guide our decision-making and activities aimed at reducing adverse impacts on our unique environment.”

Link: mrsc.vic.gov.au/yoursay

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The cottage offers two bedrooms, modern kitchen and studio to the rear for the artist or hobbyist. Other features include slow combustion heating, tank water, carpets and large carport.

Situated on approximately one acre of fully fenced land, the well-established gardens on gently undulating land invite you to walk with nature to the beautiful Coliban River for some quiet fishing or family picnics. This home is within easy access to the Calder Hwy which makes getting into the city easy. Call now to inspect this very affordable property.

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Who’s who in The Local’s crew - Dianne Words: Dianne Caithness | Image: Kyle Barnes

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GREW up in the western suburbs of Melbourne and although my parents weren’t in the creative industry, I learnt a lot from them about making do with what you have to create things for a purpose. My dad would be tinkering in the garage making things for his family; gates, swing sets, go carts, and would be able to fix just about anything.

My mum, being a seamstress, would make beautiful outfits for my three siblings and I, and although we weren’t twins we would usually have matching outfits. Mum would adapt patterns to suit her style, so I guess both my parents were creative in their own way.

I enrolled in all the art subjects in college and even designed the invitation for the school formal. After a few different careers and more than 12 years in the finance industry, it was time to do a full circle and go back to being creative. I started designing invitations for family and friends, and even my own wedding invitations.

With support and encouragement from my husband Phil, I enrolled in a three-year part time graphic design course in Melbourne while working full-time. Meanwhile Phil and I purchased one acre of land in Trentham, so while Phil was busy building I was busy studying. It was a challenge but with perseverance and three years of hard work I obtained a diploma in Advertising and Graphic Design and our house in Trentham was almost complete. We moved to Trentham last year and have met some wonderful people.

As a newbie to the area I decided to volunteer for a few local groups to get involved with the community. The great thing about a small town like Trentham is that there are lots of community activities going on. Although this was a good way to stay busy, I knew that I needed to work on my graphic design. While in a cafe sketching out some ideas for my graphic design work, I picked up a copy of The Local and immediately thought “I want to be a part of this team”. It would be a great way to work locally and for the community and it wasn’t long before I was working on advertisements for The Local and my dream of working from home was becoming a reality.

Starting a new career isn’t easy and there’s a lot to learn as I’m finding out every day. A lot of knowledge that I’ve gained is through customers and their feedback. This is what it’s all about, working with people to create something that reflects their style and clearly sends out their message to sell their product, or broadcast their event.

When I’m not working for The Local, I’m working on my invitation range - Message Bird Designs - which I sell on Etsy - and other freelance graphic design work. I dabble in photography and spend time in the garden, or going for walks in the forest. I love living out here, and I’m looking forward to spending many more years doing what I love nestled in this little town called Trentham.

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Readership

The Local has a shelf-life of two weeks and is picked up by everyone. And unlike traditional newspapers that can be read in less time than it takes to boil an egg, we have great stories, profiles and news. Just sayin’...

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Reach

The Local now reaches 12,000 people from Newlyn in the east to Kyneton in the west From Blackwood in the south to Guildford in the north and everywhere in-between.

12 Reflections

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A Sparkling Life A COLUMN by Marian Sidwell and her recollection of living in Daylesford.

Due to space, the final column for The Local will run in the August 31 edition. But the remaining chapters are available from msidwell@bigpond.net.au Drawing by Daylesford artist Brian Nash art@briannash.com.au

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chool life was everything to me, fulfilling and exciting. Nothing seemed to dominate its diversities; there seemed something of interest going on each and every day.

The school was divided into four ‘houses’ depicting our Australian explorers - Burke, Flinders, Hume and Sturt. Rivalry between the houses was intense and efforts in sport, collections and fetes was certainly generated and fuelled by it. Both Joan and I were in Hume. For the sake of parental sanity, all brothers and sisters had to be in the same house. Needless to say Mac was in Bourke which peppered our friendship even more.

The most intense house rivalry, apart from sport of course, was fundraising done at the annual fete. It was a big day on the school’s calendar and planning commenced many weeks beforehand. On the day the whole place was transformed into a festive market site. Parents came to town from their outlying settlements and I think every resident, parent or not, of the town itself paid the school a visit.

One of the fetes held is more vivid in my memory than most. It was the year Hume put cordial out for sale. Orange and lemon it was. I was working elsewhere and three of my house mates came up and asked me to test the strength of the lemon cordial they had made. They handed me a glass of the stuff which I, being hot, glugged down only to find them go off into hysterics because I had swallowed their dishwashing water.

Another big house contest at school was the ‘egg collection’.

Hundreds of dozens of eggs were collected over several weeks and on a daily basis the competition data board was read with intense interest. The country kids, of course, had it over us town kids. We had to beg our mothers to buy an extra half dozen each week or go door knocking for them. The beneficiary of all the effort is hazy. I think it was the hospital. We didn’t really care all that much.

Monday afternoons were reserved for ‘clubs’. Mac and Joan went to drama and stayed with it for four years. I went to craft and sat weaving a scarf for a year then wandered off to athletics come sport. There was no way I could have entered the arena of theatrics with the other two. I knew my limitations.

I had a slight stuttering impediment and to read aloud was practically beyond me. Lines would jump, normal words would become unpronounceable and what I was reading would make no sense as I could hardly see what I was supposed to be reading for the shaking of my hands, nor hear what I was saying for the pounding of my heart. I always tried to sit in the middle of my classrooms, hoping that if reading out loud was to commence from the back or the front row, I may be lucky enough to miss out. I spent more time worrying about having to read aloud than concentrating on the lesson at hand and, unfortunately, those lessons fanned out to include geography and history as well.

Whenever Mac and I were in the same class she would help me by whispering the whole paragraph and I’d follow her in a stumbling parrot like fashion. My impediment left me in senior years, but my inability to read aloud never did while attending school and Mac was not always there to help me. Had I realised my teachers would have helped me with my problem if I had enlightened them, they would have either made me read first and get it over and done with so I could concentrate on the remainder of the lesson, or not have me read at all. Either way I would have been helped.

Here is the solution to last week’s crossword. Due to a program glitch there is no crossword this edition. It will be back!

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Indigenous health service reaches out to all Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Kyle Barnes

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ITH little fuss a service has opened in Daylesford that joins the list of indigenous health services open to non-indigenous.

It was a chance chat in Daylesford’s main street that led a spruced-up healthcare centre to firstly consider a GP service for heath-care card holders. Now the weekly service is for anyone.

Three part-time psychologists were about to leave Hale House in Raglan Street when along came new owners Jennie Wilmoth and Jenni Draper. They saw the potential in making it a welcoming place.

Their four months of work have not been without a few rumblings of discontent, however. Some regular patients were upset by the disappearance of several old, gnarly and prickly rose bushes, their blooms always smelling gorgeous. Jennie says they have been moved and when next in full-bloom, will be cut and put into vases in the house.

“The landscaping which replaced the roses will eventually be a soft hedge of orange blossom with planting of grasses and smaller shrubs in the foreground.

Around the front verandah are Chilean Guavas which have a heady scent and delightful edible small berries.”

Jennie and Jenni threw themselves into tearing out a kitchen in the middle of the house for a new Staff Room, installing a laundry and a bright waiting room, with an outside deck.

They removed the rear picket fence and used the colour “calm” on the exterior, part of a heritage range from Haymes, the Ballarat paint company. Up went a sign advising: Be hale and hearty Healthy and happy Inside the air is crisp and relaxing. Vivid Aboriginal paintings help give us cheery, non-institutional atmosphere. The white consulting rooms and gently coloured halls are the polar opposite of the usual austere practitioners’ rooms.

Without over-reaching, it seems that the aim of conveying warmth, welcome and even a sense of the country while still professional, succeeds. Hale House’s sign was even moved closer to the driveway so visitors would no longer wander down looking for the hairdresser next door.

Jennie and Jenni were gardening when an elderly passer-by chatted to Jenni. Later, Jo Warren of Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative, and a Daylesford local, was looking for rooms for the indigenous service when the aged gent noticed her and told her about Hale House. A connection was made.

Now, BADAC, which has run for 36 years, offers a doctor on Tuesdays, bulk-billing all patients whether they have health care cards or not.

Meanwhile, Jennie and Jenni are looking for other independent healthcare professionals to make Hale House their base.

From left, Jo Warren, Jennie Wilmoth and Jenni Draper

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Paynesville - blue skies and endless waters

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OW long’s this been going on for? We headed to Paynesville, on the Gippsland Lakes system, for a winter break recently. And it was like winter was over. Blue skies, balmy weather, tee-shirts! And it’s only going to get better as the warmer months arrive. A piece of paradise.

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After just over a very pleasant four-hour drive, first stop was Gippsland Escapes.

They have something for everyone and had found us the perfect waterfront apartment – which also caters for dogs. Did I mention Rosie spent the trip on her mat in the back seat enjoying the view as well?

The apartment was fabulous. Downstairs was a good sized kitchen, open plan lounge and dining, a laundry, toilet and fully fenced courtyard – with a dog door.

Upstairs, three generous bedrooms including one with an ensuite and balcony.

Out the front was our own jetty with the canal busy with bird life including huge swooping pelicans.

Next stop for Kyle was Bulls Cruisers to find a boat we could navigate the lakes in. I expected him to return with a dinghy but when I heard a “toot” I looked up to see an 11-metre, three-tiered boat round the bend. It was amazing. A 36 Fairway called Prince of Wales, Kyle explained, but I just saw the kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom and the view from the flybridge.

Keen not to waste time we boarded, along with a few extras – think dog mat, bottle of wine, cheese and bickies – and headed off for an afternoon of gentle cruising.

The Gippsland Lakes are incredible and I reckon you could take a boat out every day for a week and still see only a tiny amount of what’s around. Our first foray was spent gliding around the canals, after calling in to the public jetty in the main shopping area to pick up fish and chips, taking in the fabulous houses and their lucky owners.

The Fairway was really easy to manoeuvre – you do get a good lesson when you pick it up – and even I had a go at the helm. Mind you, when your husband is a professional skipper, it’s easy to kick back and enjoy the view. Oh, Peter at Bulls Cruisers also has a big range to choose from in case you prefer something a little smaller – or bigger.

The next day we headed to the famous Metung Hotel – tying up at the jetty and then heading over to the grassed area, where dogs are allowed on leads, and settling in at a table for some more seafood. A bowl of water was even found for Rosie.

The following day we were back on the boat by 11am and this time headed to the more bushland areas of Duck Arm and Bungarra Arm. They are just beautiful waterways to cruise and with a five knot speed limit it was totally relaxing. We watched as a few people who had obviously spent the night on their boats slowly got ready to depart from some of the even more isolated areas.

Kyle was a little sad in the afternoon, it was time to give back the Prince of Wales, but there is also so much more to Paynesville than just the lakes. I took time out for a spot of retail therapy – Kasama Décor was one of my favourites and just full of eclectic finds, and then we also went for a long country drive to places like Nicholson, Metung again, Tambo Upper and Bairnsdale – a major town just 17km away.

And then there was the chance to just take time out and relax – thanks to a host of magazines bought from the local newsagency. I went for house and garden reads while Kyle, naturally, opted for Trader Boat. He was also busy reading the local newspaper checking out house prices…

Oh, food. We mostly stayed in at night and enjoyed a range of takeaway from Chinese, to pizza, and even Thai from the Paynesville Motor Cruiser Club. We had turned up about 5.30pm for a quiet drink and were asked if we had a dinner reservations. The restaurant was huge without a soul in it – so we were surprised to hear it was booked out. But at 6pm on the dot, they came, boating types from Melbourne I think, with locals, who clearly know a good meal, thrown in. After a drink at the bar, the takeaway was delicious.

The next day it was time to go home but not before we wandered over the road to the Captains Cove apartments. Again, two-storey accommodation, on the waterfront, and nicely tucked away off the main roads. Another great option.

And then we were back at Woodend, buying supplies, and home to Glenlyon and wood fires and electric and gas heaters. And the tee-shirts were covered by jumpers again. But we’ve kept the relaxed feeling and the memory of blue skies and vast waterways. We’ll be back.

Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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End of an era for Little Hampton

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HE Little Hampton Uniting Church has served the community for the past 145 years – but will close its doors after a 2pm service on Sunday, August 23 followed by an afternoon tea.

The church was erected in 1870 with a grant of land from the government. A “Mr Thrum” donated the timber and the church and another small room were built by volunteers. The cost of the church was about $130 or 65 pounds while the other room was just $12 or six pounds.

It was part of the Kyneton circuit, then Blackwood and was finally with Daylesford from 1969.

George Wicker, pictured above with Doreen Bruton, was born and bred in Little Hampton and lived across the road from the church, which adjoins the former school, and has fond memories.

“When I was growing up there used to be an average of 15 to 20 people at church each week and the Sunday School had about the same numbers. Every farm had a family and the kids came to Sunday School.

“My uncle used to take his car to Lyonville and pick up six to eight kids, they used to sit on each other’s laps. He’d need a people mover now.

“And when the Sunday School closed my wife and I ran a Children’s Club from 1984 to 2012. Now there is hardly a kid under about 16 living here.”

Mr Wicker, 63, said the last service had been held about 18 months ago with the church only opening for two funerals of local identities who had passed away recently – Percy Bruton and George’s own mother, Ethel.

He said Little Hampton had changed a lot in his lifetime from a farming community to tree changers looking for lifestyle blocks.

“There’s not really a community here anymore. I think we lost that when the school closed in 1993. There used to be dances there occasionally. But then the kids, who are now in the 20s and 30s started to drift away.

“It’s the end of a big era, I think.”

Doreen Bruton, who moved from Woodend to Little Hampton when she married Percy 55 years ago, said she hoped a few people would come along to the final service.

“It’s sad but then you think it’s got to be and that’s all there is about it.”

Meanwhile, Reverend Jenny Hayes said it was “regrettable that it has come to this moment but age does weary them and death comes and the next generation have found other things to do”.

“So we will celebrate what was, and look forward to what might be.”

“So we will celebrate what was, and look forward to what might be.”

- Reverend Jenny Hayes

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To market, to market, to buy some beautiful honey...

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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.

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Tourism networking

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HE tourism sector is invited to attend Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s 3rd annual Tourism Networking Evening at the Woodend Visitor Information Centre on Tuesday, September 1 from 6pm to

8pm.

The evening offers accommodation providers, arts and hospitality professionals and event organisers an opportunity to promote what they do, and network with other businesses in the Macedon Ranges.

The focus of this year’s event is food and wine, with participants able to enhance their knowledge of the local food and wine sector of our tourism industry, whilst enjoying mouth-watering food and the finest wine from across the region.

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Work on Clunes Hall

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ONSERVATION and restoration will be carried out on the historic Clunes Town Hall using $107,800 funding from Heritage Victoria through Victoria’s Heritage Restoration Fund.

Hepburn Shire Mayor Kate Redwood said structural issues have occurred over a number of years and council had been working through identifying and completing a full assessment of the building.

“Council has been on the front foot with this, submitting a comprehensive funding application to Heritage Victoria to address these issues some time ago,” she said.

The funding will be used to stabilise the building from further subsidence by underpinning the foundations and creating a strong foundation to support the building. Works will also start on repairs to stabilise internal walls and arches.

The works are due to be completed by April next year. Additional funding will be pursued to complete internal restoration works required after the building is stabilised.

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Celebrate the end of an era

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Reverend Jenny Hayes said the afternoon would be “a celebration of what was, along with looking forward to what might be”.

All welcome.

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To shave or not to shave, that is Jeff’s question

Words: Jeff Glorfeld | Image: Kyle Barnes

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ver since man first gazed at his reflection in the surface of a limpid pool and wondered “does this beard make me look cool?” us blokes have grappled with the daily grind of removing facial hair.

We’ve tried so many tools, from oyster shells to straight razors to electric shavers to multi-blades and more.

But let’s face it - shaving every day is a drag and for most of us going grizzly with a beard isn’t an option. Most full beards look silly anyway and, besides, groomed properly, they take as much attention - maybe more - as a daily shave.

Most men try all kinds of shaving implements, not because they’re seeking some mythical ultimate shave but because they’re bored.

Thus it is that I decided to have a go with the recently revived so-called safety razor. These razors were big deals in my father’s time. When I started shaving, it was with one of his safety razors. But now they’re back and being advertised on television.

Instead of a cut-throat straight razor that needed frequent sharpening on a leather strop, a safety razor holds in place one super-sharp disposable blade that can also be used to scrape paint off windows when they become too dull for scraping faces.

Because I saw it on TV, I went with the Micro Touch One. For $30 I got a wellmade stainless steel handle, a chrome-plated stand, and 12 double-edge blades. Once those blades wear out, replacements cost $4.95 for a package of five.

This replacement blade price is a key selling point of the revived interest in safety razors. The multi-blade replacements can cost more than $30 for a package of six.

As for shaving with the Micro Touch One: well, to borrow from the title of the 2008 Paul Thomas Anderson film, “There will be blood”.

Be sure you’ve got a good supply of tissues on hand and be prepared to go out looking like Norman Gunston, the renowned “little Aussie bleeder”.

Maybe it’s because I’ve mainly been shaving with a Philips electric for the past three years and my face has gone soft, but when my wife saw the bathroom sink she considered calling 000.

I’d say it was a close shave, which is also a euphemism for narrowly escaping a messy situation, and I pretty much ruined a good bath towel after my first Micro Touch shave, so maybe I won’t.

There’s something attractive about going back to basics in all kinds of endeavours.

The stylish simplicity of a single blade in a metal handle still appeals to me. And once the wounds heal, I may give the Micro Touch another go.

Editor’s note: Jeff was not overly harmed in the making of this photo.

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Significant Tree Register Time to watch for wasps finally underway ‘Listen to the trees, their leaves are telling secrets, their bark sings songs of olden days’

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THINK of a tree as a tree and not as an impediment or a utility and its power quickly becomes apparent: the height, the mass, the form; the force, tenacity, grace or agelessness it expresses. The colour, light, movement and sound it generates; the vigour, strength, fecundity, the life force. The moods, terrors and the wonder it excites.”

So writes Don Watson in his award-winning book, The Bush. To him, trees provoke the imagination, and enliven the senses; “they suggest mystery, remind us of freedom, lift our spirits, and carry us, if unconsciously and only for an instant, back to nature and in proportion to it”.

If, like Watson, trees fascinate and please you, you might consider helping put some on the Hepburn Shire’s Significant Tree Register. Like the National Trust’s Historic Places Register, it seeks to preserve and conserve fine examples.

Already 70 trees have been nominated with 47 trees, or groupings of trees, accepted. If the planning scheme amendment goes through, they will be protected from felling or lopping.

Two avenues to be protected are in Glenlyon, pictured left, and Allendale.

The shire has a powerful link to protecting trees through the work at Creswick of John La Gerche.

Born in 1845 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel, he grew up on the family farm, excelled at school and at 20 emigrated to Victoria. Six years later he was running a small sawmill in the Bullarook Forest, but powerful nearby mills forced him out of business.

Becoming a public servant, he was appointed crown lands bailiff and forester in 1882, to supervise the Ballarat and Creswick State Forest and to take legal action against those found cutting or removing timber.

Ahead of his time, he not only fought illegal timber cutting but also planted useful trees for commercial use and for reforesting denuded areas. This was when trees were simply seen as a resource to be exploited.

A feller in the Strzelecki Ranges in west Gippsland helped destroy perhaps the best hardwood forest the world has seen and never got over the experience, writes Watson.

Across the continent just eight percent of old-growth forests survived the axes and saws of Europeans.

La Gerche’s “natural enemies” were illegal wood cutters, and wattle bark strippers, who sold to local tanneries. They were responsible for a “great slaughter of saplings”, he writes He also resisted pressure from his superiors in Melbourne to clear the Chinese, in particular, out of the forest. They were old men, he objected, mostly fossickers and vegetable growers, and “likely to die off soon”.

Often he slept in the forest at night to prevent the theft of young trees, his diligence not always backed by distant bureaucrats and some locals.

In 1883, La Gerche embarked on the immense task of restocking the forest, experimenting with different eucalypts, pines and introduced species, planting each tree by hand.

The work of this cultured father of six led to Creswick getting the state’s first tree plantation, in the 1880s. The renowned School of Forestry, an adjunct of Melbourne University, began in 1910 and now the Creswick Timber Training Centre is the only such place in Australia.

He is remembered by the La Gerche Forest Walk, a one-hour loop through nursery plantations surrounding the old Creswick Landcare Centre and nursery.

Trees he planted are more than 100 years old and tower over the landscape.

With this rich history, the tree register should become a list of the important and imperiled to be cherished.

Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Kyle Barnes

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ITH spring just around the corner, Macedon Ranges Shire Council is urging residents to carry out regular inspections around their properties to look for European wasp activity and identify signs of wasps building nests.

Council’s Community Safety manager Anne-Louise Lindner said wasps nests were dormant during winter but queens would start to create new nests and build up numbers from spring onwards.

“The warmer weather conditions over last summer and autumn created the perfect conditions for wasps. Council received a lot of enquiries earlier in the year from residents wanting to know how to deal with European wasps so we are urging everyone to do what they can during spring to hopefully reduce the impact of nests in the community over next summer,” she said.

Nests are usually found in sheltered areas, are light grey in colour and approximately the size of a football with a 2–5cm opening. They may be located in the ground, under rocks, in rubbish piles, at the base of trees and bushes, or in roofs, walls and under the eaves of houses.

Residents can reduce wasp populations by trimming back bushes and overhanging branches around buildings and fences, regularly inspecting the perimeter of any building for signs of a nest and ensuring rubbish and compost bins have tightly fitted lids.

European wasps are also attracted to fallen fruit, sweet foods and drink, and uncovered pet food.

“If you suspect that there is a wasp nest close to your property, talk with your neighbours and try to identify where the nest is located by looking for a stream of wasps flying in and around a particular site,” Ms Lindner said.

Do not disturb or try to destroy the nest yourself but contact a qualified pest controller who will be able to safely remove it.

Anyone who finds a nest on public land should call 5422 0333.

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SUNDAY 23 AUGUST

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Rosie’s Diary

And then the carer, the dopey boy one, carried me onto the boat, up a flight of stairs and I just looked over the little barrier thing or slept on my mat. I couldn’t work out why the carer was puffing and panting. I only weigh 15kg. He needs to join a gym. We cruised around and I saw heaps of weird things. Big white birds who had giant beaks and fat bodies but could flap just twice and take off. Amazing. And then we pulled into this incredible place. Oh, sorry, it’s lunchtime - I’ll tell you about that tomorrow.

Rosie - the still enjoying her own tale kelpie cross Dear Diary,

We went on a holiday. A real one. Not just putting me in the backseat and driving around for a bit and then coming home and pretending that was a fun break. How stupid do the carers think I am. Oh, maybe it’s them that’s stupid and they actually think that is a mini-break. Sometimes I feel really sorry for them. Especially the boy one, he’s a bit dim-witted. Once, when he was going to become naturalised, he told the other carer’s grandmother that he would need to have half his brain removed.

She said sweetly “but dear, that will leave you with nothing”. I nearly wet my mat.

Anyway, it’s dinner time - I’ll tell you about the holiday tomorrow.

Rosie - the slightly mean kelpie cross Dear Diary

Dear Diary,

So, we pulled into this place called a pub. Somewhere called My Tongue.

Something like that. And for the first time in my life I was allowed to go to the pub as well. Usually I get left in the backseat of the car. And the carers seem to go a lot to the pub. Sometimes I don’t get to go at all and they come home in a different car and say thanks to whoever drove them home. The cars are always yellow. They must have boring friends. But this time I was part of the pack. The carer, the boy one without any muscle mass, carried me down the stairs and off the boat and down the wharf and then I was free, well still tied on that stupid lead, to sniff around while they ate food and drank really murky brown water. I even got my own bowl of clean water and two chips. I don’t know if I have mentioned it but the carers are quite tight. They eat three times a day, sometimes more when something called “snacks” come out but I only get two meals. And boring stuff like chicken or steak or lamb. Anyway, it was a good day on the water, I love boats. Maybe they will get their own...Whoops, time for breakfast again. I’ll tell you the end of the holiday stuff tomorrow.

So, the holiday. It was fantastic. We did go in the car, for about four hours, but I find driving so relaxing. You just lie back and close your eyes and you’re there. I can never work out why the carers complain about the traffic, and the trucks, and the cyclists...it’s so easy. Anyway, we went to a place by the water. It wasn’t the ocean Rosie - the boat loving kelpie cross but really flat water and loads of it. We had this really cool apartment with a private courtyard just for me. And my own dog door. But we had something even better than Dear Diary, that. Anyway, it’s breakfast time - I’ll tell you about that tomorrow.

The holiday ended. I don’t know why. I thought we could stay forever. Something Rosie - the draw out a story kelpie cross about work meant we had to come home after a week away. But you know what, I didn’t really mind. I had been starting to fret about the bread scraps I had buried Dear Diary around the yard - it’s taken six months to get them just right. But they were all in We had a boat! A really big boat with three levels. It was fantastic. And like their places. And it was quite nice to lie in front of the fire again. I do like home. driving it was really easy. The carers just carried on my big mat, some snacks for me, some doggie clean up bags (as if I would need them) and a bowl with some water.

Rosie - the contented kelpie cross

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Conversations in pubs

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IMON Phillips is a local resident with a passion for theatre and the artists who make it. After 12 years as artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company and overseeing the company into its new home at Southbank, he is now in constant demand internationally.

Friends of Cornish Hill

Friends of Cornish Hill AGM 2015 The purpose of the AGM is to elect office bearers for the coming year and to present the financial statement.

Sunday, September 6, 2pm Daylesford Neighbourhood House – The Paddock Room Afternoon tea will be provided. For catering purposes please RSVP to Margie Thomas on 5348 6541 or via email thomato@aanet.com.au

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For more information call Margie on 5348 6541 to discuss.

He returned to Melbourne recently to direct the successful MTC production of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, adapted by his wife, Caroline Burns.

His directing credits range from new works to contemporary and Shakespearean classics to musicals to opera. He has directed works by most of the great contemporary writers: Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Martin McDonagh, Joe Orton, Sam Shepherd, and Tom Stoppard. He has also directed the premieres of many new works by leading Australian writers, including Joanna Murray-Smith, Hannie Rayson, Matt Cameron, Stephen Sewell and David Williamson.

Simon’s musical credits in Australia include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (which also had seasons on the West End and Broadway and is currently touring internationally), the new Australasian version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies and too many others to list, let alone the list of classical works.

When not working overseas, Simon and Caroline are enthusiastic local residents, although he spends eight hours a day dealing with emails.

Simon is the next guest of Jill Rivers at her Conversations in Pubs at The Cosmopolitan Hotel, 21 High Street, Trentham on Sunday, August 23. Doors open at 11am and the conversation goes from 11.15am to 12.30pm.

Link: www.ticketebo.com.au/conversationsinpubs

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SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 Indulge your senses with an afternoon and evening filled with glorious music and a gourmet musical dinner in Daylesford.

Concert Daylesford Town Hall 2.30pm Dinner with Chamber Music The Argus Dining Room 6.00pm

TICKETS Concert – $45 Standard / $35 Concession / $25 Youth Exclusive Dinner with Chamber Music – $119 Combined Concert & Dinner Package – $149

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Physicality of work and relationship to land

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WEAT, starring Colin Friels, is one of the many movies being shown at the Heathcote Film Festival.

The film was written and directed by Rodd Rathjen and filmed on the Rathjen family farm outside the tiny town of Colbinabbin in rural Victoria.

The 5th Heathcote Film Festival will be held on Saturday, August 29 with a matinee and evening session at the Heathcote RSL. A meet the filmmaker Q&A with Mr Rathjen will be held from 4.30pm.

Donna Kelly caught up for chat with Mr Rathjen, pictured above overseeing the camera work, on the eve of the festival.

DK: What is your background?

RR: I grew up in Colbinabbin which is about two hours north of Melbourne. After high school I went to the Victorian College of the Arts and did a Bachelor of Film and Television with Honours and finished in 2010.

DK: How did you get into the film business and why?

RR: I’ve always had a passion for the arts and particular cinema. I guess its power as a form of expression has always appealed to me and the impact that’s possible with audiences. Not much is explained in the films I make so I really hope audiences accept the challenge of thinking about the subtext for themselves. I also hope that they can relate to the characters and the worlds that I’m working in.

DK: What do you get from making movies?

RR: The pain of making them and then the reward of audiences feedback both positive and negative.

DK: What was the idea behind Sweat and how did Colin Friels get involved?

RR: I’ve always been fascinated with how technology is shaping us as human beings. Sweat is about a farmer facing obsolescence, he shuns increased mechanisation in favour of the physicality of work and a closer relationship with the land. It was as simple as approaching (Friels’) management about the project and Colin read the script and loved it. I remember him comparing the script to the Robert Redford film All is Lost.

DK: Who do you think the film will appeal to?

RR: Hopefully it will appeal to a wide audience as even though the context is farming, the idea of technology making human beings obsolete is an age old story. In particular I hope farmers relate to the main character and the challenge he is facing.

DK: Where do you live now – and do you think you will return to the country?

RR: Currently I’m based in Melbourne but I do go back to the country quite often. As in the film, I really enjoy getting out and working on the farm. I couldn’t do it all the time but I certainly enjoy it as a break from sitting at my computer.

Link: www.heathcotefilmfestival.com.au

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Jarek and Eva - two very happy glampers

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RINGING back childhood memories of Cosy Tents, originally at Daylesford before moving camping make Jarek Dobrjanski and fiancée to Blackwood and now with a new second site due to Eva Basyaruddin two very happy campers. open in coming weeks at Yandoit - complete with a view

And the couple is using modern “glamping” – glamorous camping – to invoke nostalgia.

It’s been a journey born of Jarek’s own childhood experiences, having transplanted from Canada to Melbourne – a Canglamper, perhaps - and eventually starting the now booming Cosy Tents business at Daylesford.

“I moved over here and wanted to get out, camping like I did at home…and we had an epiphany moment and ended up starting the business,” Jarek explains.

It was a rather inauspicious start; with all of his regular camping gear still back in Canada, Jarek had taken Eva camping at Echuca - in a dome tent that was so small that the blow-up mattress poked out either side.

“I thought, what if there is something we could do with real beds, make it comfortable for people - and they still get to enjoy being out in nature without losing the creature comforts of home?”

It’s all part of the attraction of glamping; campers don’t have to go out and spend large amounts of money buying all the gear they need to go camping (Cosy Tents rates start at $225 per night) and there is also no dreaded pack-up at the end of the trip.

Campers also do not need to store vast amounts of camping gear in their homes, which is reflected by the demographic that Cosy Tents attracts.

“We get a lot of young professionals, generally in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties, and from the greater Melbourne area. A lot of our guests live in apartments so they don’t often have the space to store camping gear.

“We also get a number of travellers on working visas or who aren’t permanently working in Australia, which means they are not normally packed with all their camping gear either.”

of Mt Franklin - often serves as a base for campers.

“A lot of our guests go out hiking, visit the day spas, some try horseback riding for a different experience, or they go out to dinner in Daylesford.”

A common theme is that most of the Cosy Tents guests went camping as children and enjoy reliving the experience – with a queen sized bed, 1200 thread-count linen, duck-down doona in a fully carpeted European canvas tent fitted with a solar battery to power light and charge mobile phones.

Even the reception is housed in a tent – complete with board games for guests to play.

Guests can go as far out of their literal comfort zone as they like to relive their childhood camping experiences.

“Some of the guests get right into it and want to split kindling for the fire pit or cook up a storm right over the campfire.

“I think it goes well with the whole spa country theme; getting outdoors and enjoying the nostalgic experience of being in a tent without compromising the creature comforts… and it’s great to have a one-hat restaurant down the road if they want that also.”

“Getting outdoors and enjoying the nostalgic experience of being in a tent without compromising the creature comforts...”

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Char Sui (Chinese BBQ Pork)

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wondered about the authenticity of this recipe and how tomato sauce fits into the equation, but tomato sauce is indeed used as an alternative to red food colour in many Cantonese cookery books from the 1960s.

At a pop-up Sunday yum cha I did, this item was the most popular. At yum cha, dumplings dominate the menu, or rather trollies, but don’t overlook the plates of Chinese meats (duck, pork and chicken). Such delicious foods scream for a palate-cleansing, cold Asian pale or light lager.

1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pork scotch fillet 1 tablespoon light soy sauce 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine 1 teaspoon sugar small coriander (cilantro) sprigs to garnish steamed rice and Asian greens to serve Barbecue sauce 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) tomato sauce 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) plum sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 220 g (8 oz/1 cup) sugar 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper

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

Cut the pork lengthways into long, sausage-like fillets about 5 cm (2 inches) thick, then place in a bowl. Stir together all the barbecue sauce ingredients to dissolve the sugar, then pour over the pork. Rub the sauce into the pork, coating the meat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for 3-6 hours, or overnight.

Preheat the oven to 220˚C (425˚F). Line a baking tray with baking paper. Lay the pork on the baking tray, reserving the barbecue sauce for basting.

Roast the pork for 20 minutes, or until the edges are just starting to char.

Turn and cook for another 20 minutes. Turn the oven down to 160˚C (315˚F) and roast for a further 2 hours, brushing with the reserved sauce and turning every 20 minutes, until the pork is very tender and deep red. Remove from the oven and set aside to rest for 30 minutes.

Combine the soy sauce, rice wine and sugar in a bowl. Pour in 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) water, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

Slice the pork on a serving platter. Drizzle with some of the soy sauce mixture and garnish with coriander. Serve with steamed rice and Asian greens.

Recipes and images from Food Plus Beer by Ross Dobson, published by Murdoch Books

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Meal deals for locals...and tourists too!

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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 Old Hepburn Hotel - Cheap Eats - Nothing over $20

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 Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 The Plough, Trentham – two courses - $25, three courses - $30 Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville – Thai night Source Dining, Kyneton - main course and glass of wine - $35

Friday

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham – two courses - $25 Cosy Corner, Hepburn Springs – Fish Night - $26.50 with a glass of wine Blackwood Merchant, Blackwood - house-made pizza - $16-22 (Takeaway too) Bellinzona, Hepburn - Two courses and a glass of wine - $35

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.

The Blackwood Merchant has Happy Hour on Fridays with local house wines for $4 from 6pm to 7pm.

Raffles 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.

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Kilbourne Family Fundraiser - Saturday, August 22 (oldhepburnhotel.com.au) Funk Friday with DJ Krushh - Friday, August 28, 9pm Gabe Atkinson (pop and rock covers) - Saturday, August 29 The Resignators (ska) - Sunday, August 30, 5pm

Perfect Drop, Daylesford SIN Service Industry Night - DJ Pancho Combo - Monday, August 17 Bosky Nova - Friday, August 21 Burnt Letters - Saturday, August 22 SIN Service Industry Night - Weekend for Wayne Wind-up - Monday, August 24 Buck Jr (Nico) - Friday, August 28 Chris Harold & Luvland (Funky Jazz) - Saturday, August 29

The Grande Hotel, Hepburn Geoffrey Williams (Nina Simone and Bill Withers) - Friday, August 21, 8pm The Sarah Maclaine Trio - Friday, August 28, 7.30pm

The Cosmopolitan, Trentham Family Farm – Sunday, August 23, 1pm-4pm King Maxwell – Sunday, August 30, 1pm-4pm

All gigs subject to change.

Check with the venue.

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

Happy Hours 4pm - 6pm Daily $10 Cocktail & $1 Oysters

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The Pie is back!

We are now well and truly into the prettiest season of the year, Autumn.

And to warm up our bellies, our most popular dish is back on the menu.

House made pies, served on a bed of mash with peas and jus.

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.

Open for Dinner 7 Days from 5pm.

Lunch Friday-Monday from noon

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After two years of ownership, Tim and Michelle have decided it was time for a new name.

The source and provenance of a product, and genuine commitment to ensure the enjoyment of our guests, a connection to our region and its’ culture and people drives the excellence that is Source Dining.

10am - 11pm Sunday - Thursday 10am - midnight Friday - Saturday

Join us for lunch or dinner and celebrate the reopening of our business.

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Here’s Cheers with Jennifer Latta The heroes of pinot noir

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O WHAT are we drinking next? Well, we can never say no to a great pinot…and aren’t we lucky to have some of the top pinot noir producers right here in our own backyard? The conditions in our region are absolutely spot on for making some of the finest pinot noirs in Australia. The cool climate, the altitude and the rainfall all play their part, and in a happy coincidence, it bears a striking resemblance to Burgundy, the birthplace of pinot noir.

Alessandro Epis, what a man! An ex-Essendon football player from the ‘50s and ‘60s, he has since turned his hand to winemaking. Studying under Stuart Anderson (who established Balgownie Vineyard) for many years, he learnt from the best. Now with vineyards in Woodend and Kyneton producing chardonnay, pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon and merlot, this is one to tip your hat to. The Epis wines sell out very quickly every year so get in quick. The pinot noir, while drinking beautifully now, has phenomenal length so will hold well being put into a cellar for a few years.

Attwoods Wines

Eastern Peake

Troy Attwood is one to watch. He’s planted a vineyard in Ballarat that’s still in its growth stages so he is making wine from some inland Geelong region sites for now.

Troy prefers to follow organic principles with minimal additions. But he’s a realist. If he has to have additions, he will. If he has to use sulphites, he will. Every vintage is different. But what he puts in the glass is time and time again, a knock-out. Watch out especially for his 2013 Old Hog pinot noir on the shelves now. It’s vibrant, fruitdriven but still with the barnyard-y, earthy style that is quintessentially Attwoods Wines.

OK, full disclosure. I married into this family because of their pinots. Established over 30 years ago by Norm and Di Latta, they are now some of our region’s most iconic pinot noir producers. To celebrate their 30 years, son and now winemaker Owen produced nine different pinot noirs, all off their own 12-acre site, each expressing a different part of the vineyard. For the average consumer, this seems nuts - and very confusing when looking at nine of the same label, slightly varied, on the shelf. That is, until you try them all. They are all vastly different, showing just how much expression of place has a part to play in the production of great pinot noirs.

Believing in no or minimal additions, just letting the wine “do its thing”, you’ll never be stumped for choice. Start with the Eastern Peake Intrinsic pinot noir, then let the wine do the talking. For something special jump into an older vintage or what they call their “OB Terroir” - the Old Block vines).

Bindi Michael Dhillon has created a cult following for his wines. Situated in Gisborne in the Macedon Ranges, Michael has been making some sensational single vineyard pinot noirs that are featured on some of the most top-end restaurant wine lists in Australia. With a great appreciation for site and place, these small productions of pinot noir are some of Macedon’s greatest treasures. Keep an eye out for this one and say a big “yes” when offered a glass.

(All wines available at Wine And The Country, Daylesford)

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Shredded duck pancakes

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his is a fabulous at-home version of Peking duck pancakes. There is an awful lot of palaver involved in making authentic Peking duck at home.

So, after going to a northern Chinese restaurant where slow-cooked shredded duck meat was served, I realised there was more than one way to skin a cat.

Or cook a duck. Serve with Tsingtao or any crisp and light lager - the cool crunch of the cucumber here deserves a cool, crisp brew.

Makes 12

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Preheat the oven to 150C (300F). Put the soy sauce, sugar, spring onion, garlic, ginger, star anise and cinnamon in a small ceramic baking dish or oven-proof saucepan.

Sit the duck breasts in the dish, cover tightly with foil and bake for 3 hours. The duck meat should be fork-tender and easy to shred.

Reserving the braising liquid, peel the skin off each duck breast, in one piece. Place the duck skin on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Increase the oven temperature to 240C (475F) and roast the skin for about 10 minutes, or until dark and crisp. Allow the skin to cool, then break or slice into thin strips.

Put the duck breast meat in a bowl with 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼cup) of the reserved braising liquid. Using two forks, finely shred the meat onto a serving plate.

To serve, take the pancakes and spread some hoisin sauce on each. Top with shredded duck, some cucumber and spring onion, then wrap the pancakes up. Serve with the crispy duck skin strips.

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Fantastic food and hospitality at The Farmers Arms

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ELL, the owners may have changed but the fantastic food and hospitality at The Farmers Arms Hotel in Daylesford remains the same.

We headed there for a Friday lunch recently, I know, hard work, but someone has to do it, and were warmly greeted by Mitch Duncan, who took over the reins about six weeks ago with partner Steve Chau.

Clearly realising they were on a winner, the pair have made only slight changes – like adding 10 more wines by the glass – and kept the tried and true formula of chef Gavan Anders and bar supervisor Megan Evans.

We started our lunch with a glass each of Ruggeri Quartese Prosecco ($13), a lovely Italian drop which was crisp and clean – while deciding on our choices.

We chose three entrees, I know but our host Mitch insisted and it seemed rude to say no. They were the saganaki with lemon and wilted spinach ($16), the chicken and prawn dumplings with sticky soy ($18) and the tasting plate with fetta, olives, prosciutto, taramasalata, salmon gravlax, hummus and a chicken and duck terrine ($25).

They were all amazing. The saganaki was oozy and perfectly paired with the spinach and finished with a squeeze of lemon. The dumplings were full of flavour and the sticky soy was sweet and moreish. Finally the tasting plate was everything you could hope for with the terrine combined with a fabulous house-made pickled cucumber the absolute star of the dish. Yum! We were starting to get full so we held off while we sampled a few more wines. The RK Trocken Riesling ($9.50) and Mt Langi Cliffedge Pinot Gris ($9.50). Now I gave up on riesling many years ago but this was a seriously good drop – I might have been converted – and the pinot gris was densely textured with hints of pear and strawberry.

Delicious.

It was time to decide on the mains and while Kyle was tempted by the prawn risotto with lobster bisque and truffle oil ($30) he was finally won over by the eye fillet mignon with mash and green beans ($40).

It was a winner, the fillet perfectly medium rare and atop a beautiful creamy mash and al dente beans. We used to try and do steak at home but why bother when you can find perfection at your local pub?

I chose a new dish, the garfish fillet stuffed with Sicilian-flavoured cous cous with a Napoli sauce and green beans ($24). Fantastic. The garfish, which I had never tried before, was delicious, flaking away, and the cous cous and tomato sauce were just packed full of flavours. A new favourite.

OK. Now we are truly satisfied but we do need a dessert for a photo. No, truly. So we leave it up to Gavan to decide and are presented with a delicious steamed butter milk pudding with mixed berries and anglaise ($16). Mmm. It seems wrong not to at least try it and it’s amazing. So light and yet full of berry flavours which are infused into the pudding.

It’s a winner.

And what better way to really finish a meal than with a cheese plate groaning with a blue, a cheddar and a creamy cheese along with grapes, quince paste and a stack of crispbreads ($24). This could be a meal in itself – every cheese is delicious – and paired beautifully with the quince and red grapes.

By now the Friday afternoon crowd is starting to arrive so it’s time to head home – I just don’t think we are going to make it to 7.30pm for the raffle!

The Farmers Arms has always been popular with both locals and tourists – and it’s clearly going to continue that tradition. Mitch and Steve are making their own mark, as they should, and there are a few more changes afoot.

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Words; Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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The Mighty Burras - past, present, future Words: Dan Lonergan | Image: Kyle Barnes

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NE of the big challenges in country footy is to try to remain competitive and if possible be in contention for premierships.

In the Central Highlands League, Hepburn Football Club is the epitome of that.

In this league’s 37 year existence, Hepburn has been the most successful team, premierships wise, in the seniors winning eight, including five since 2004.

They are a chance again in 2015 as we approach finals currently sitting sixth in a very tight competition with just two wins separating first from seventh. Hepburn actually haven’t missed the finals for 13 years, which is a sensational achievement.

As their president, Jason Dooley duly noted, “Springbank made the grand final from seventh last season and I think this year is the tightest it’s ever been”.

Dooley has been president for two years and like the president of neighbours Daylesford, Bernie Jurcan, is a young and successful businessman.

He owns OZ Trans transport business out on the Ballan Rd and again similar to Jurcan has been on the committee at his footy club for more than half his life.

The Burras would have to be the envy of the league with their juniors. They are reigning premiers in the under 15s and under 18s and remain undefeated in those age groups again, so are warm favourites to go back to back.

“We have had a very stable structure with our junior teams after putting current junior program in place five years ago. Jamie Grant has been in charge of the under 12s for five years and done a fantastic Job. Lindsay Olver is in his 16th or 17th year as coach of the under 15s and Jason Olver is now in charge of the under 18s.

“They had been cellar dwellers only a couple of years ago and they have turned things around. Much of that success is due to all the hard work done in the development of the under 12s and 14s,” Dooley says in a satisfied manner.

He says that family ties tend to dictate which club the youngsters go to. “We have a small school at Hepburn. There’s a big one at Daylesford and a catholic school as well, so it’s mixed around.”

Dooley notes that player management in any footy club is important. “We work very hard at that and we remain confident about regeneration policy.” The success of their juniors seems to indicate that work is paying off.

Dooley adds that the much talked about bitterness that existed years ago between his club and the Daylesford Bulldogs had eroded over the years.

“It was a battle royale and the rivalry was intense when Daylesford joined the Central Highlands League, but that’s disappearing now.

“Daylesford is a big hospitality town competing against sport and it’s great that sporting teams keep surviving in any country town.”

The Burras, like Daylesford, pride themselves in building their sustained on field success from the ground up, but they have a reputation of being a hard-working, fund-raising club as well.

“Our biggest fund raiser is a major raffle where the main prize is a Harley-Davidson. It’s a very important money earner for us,’’ Dooley says.

On the broader issue of the current state of the league, Dooley says there are lots of positives. “The fact that all eight teams are vying for the flag and can win it is tremendous. I hope all teams can survive.”

He says he can see light at the end of the tunnel for Smythesdale, who have been thrashed most weeks, but adds that there are pros and cons in splitting the league into two divisions which Carngham Linton wants.

“If it went to a vote, it probably wouldn’t get up.”

It’s not only the football teams going well, with netball such an important part of any country football club and the Burras’ netballers also have three teams in contention to extend their season past the home and away rounds and into playing finals.

All of this makes Jason Dooley a very contented man with his beloved Hepburn Football Club as this proud team continues to do what it’s always done and that is remain in the business of winning premierships.

Stop the presses!

Hepburn Seniors were winners by a country mile when they played Ballan on Saturday, August 15. The final score was Ballan 6.4-40 to Hepburn’s 16.12-108. Hepburn will now play Beaufort in the senior’s elimination final on Sunday, August 23.

Check out the Burras in action on the back page.

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Passion leads to busking for their horse

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HEY may only be 13 but Mia and Chloe Papakalodoukas have been singing since they were two – and have their sights set on America.

There they will pursue their music careers and also buy a ranch for rescue horses – another one of their passions.

Mum Anna said the girls’ first gig was in the living room after watching West Side Story.

“They broke into song and dance performing ‘I want to live in America’ - very funny watching twoyear-olds singing in a Spanish accent.”

Four years later the twins were six when they did their first live gig at the Daylesford Sunday Market where Anna’s mother, Irena Gasiorek, was a regular stallholder.

“One Sunday the girls decided to test their singing skills and perform live. They’ve never been the shy kids and always prefer to perform for large crowds.

“That day the girls made more money for half an hour of singing than poor gran selling her bric-a-brac all day.”

Anna said it was then, because of Mia and Chloe’s passion, she and dad John decided it was time to get some voice coaching at the Melbourne Academy of Performing Arts in Spotswood with “the very talented Susie Ahern as their music director”.

Anna said the idea of busking came about through their love of horses and deciding to contribute to their horses’ upkeep by funding agistment and feed.

“They only busk in Daylesford because that is where they started and they have since established a ‘fan’ base - and it also brings their grandmother, who’s a local, joy to watch them perform.

“The last couple of their performances were at the Old Hepburn Hotel courtesy of an invite of the wonderful Nel Staite who happened to spot them busking in Daylesford. Their very first performance at the hotel had earned them the door prize as the best act of the night.”

Anna said at home in Melbourne, Mia and Chloe performed regularly at local karaoke and open mic venues as well as regular performances for students and teachers at St Aloysius College in North Melbourne.

And while the pair only do covers, with their favourite artists including Adele, Beyonce, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran, they are currently working on producing a CD. Meanwhile, Mia and Chloe are looking forward to performing again at The Old Hepburn Hotel on September 6.

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The men’s 13-hole competition played on July 23 was won by Andrew Bruno with 31 points.

NTP on the 11th was Bill O’Connor. The men’s 13-hole competition played on July 30 was won

by B. Files with 28 points. NTP on the 11th was Chris Frith.

The men played a two-person ambrose on July 25. N. Taylor and K. O’Keeffe had the best score for the day with 67-8 ¾ - 58 ¼ . NTP on the 13th was Garry Cahoon. NTP on the 15th was Chris Frith.

The men played the August monthly medal on August 1. Kevin Gilchrist had best score and won the medal with 75-12-63. NTP on the 17th was Mick Yanner. Charlie Robertson and Kevin Gilchrist both got the birdie hole on the 3rd hole.

The women did not play on Wednesday, August 5 due to bad weather. The men’s 13-hole competition was won by Leon Hedwards with 29 points. Nearest the pin on the 11th was Chris Frith. The men played Stableford on Saturday. Winner of A grade was Mick Yanner with 41 points. Winner of B grade was Les Healey with 38 points. Nearest the pin on the 2nd was Peter Fell.

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Daylesford Field and Game

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OR the August shoot Daylesford ran a 75-target old-style FITASC event over three grounds.

Jake filled in for Sam and set some interesting targets and while the rain stayed away the dull light made it tough for shooting. Some good scores were carded but quite a few were not so good. Glen put in two top rounds only to put in a round shocker. Jody was looking down the barrel - or was he? - and had an off day.

Results AA Grade 1st Anthony Panetta 68/75, 2nd Rob Hall 66/75, 3rd Matt Libbis 65/75.

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C Grade 1st Frank Dobley 48/75, VETS 1st Allan Blackman 62/75, 2nd Ed Magee 62/75.

Super Vets 1st Jack Johns 59/75.

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Hepburn Seniors were winners by a country mile when they played Ballan on Saturday, August 15 and will now play Beaufort in the senior’s elimination final on Sunday, August 23.

Meanwhile, read Dan Lonergan’s interview with Hepburn Football Netball Club president Jason Dooley on page 41.