The Local Issue 57 October 26, 2015

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October 26, Issue 57 57 October 26,2015 2015 Issue

DMROS DAYLESFORD MACEDON RANGES OPEN STUDIOS. Meet the Artists - Studios Open: October 31, November 1, 7, 8, 14, 15

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Front cover: The fourth annual Daylesford and Macedon Ranges Open Studios will see 27 artists throw open their doors on October 31 and November 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15. Read about it on page 26.

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News 3

Bushfire threat for Wheatsheaf, Porcupine Ridge, Coomoora remains - thanks to fed govt red tape

“We are in the early stages of planning how we will execute our commitment to the government.”

Mr Mundy said a planning application would be sent to Hepburn Shire Council HEATSHEAF, Porcupine Ridge and Coomoora residents will in November and residents could then choose to object to the tower. remain at high risk during bushfire seasons because of Federal Glenlyon Progress Association president Joy Durston said the issue had come up Government red tape which means a mobile phone tower must be at a meeting last week. erected in the township of Glenlyon under Black Spot Programme funding “Just because the exchange is where it is does not mean that is the best place for rules. a tower for maximum range etc. Telstra needs to do more work on placement,” Ms The 35 to 40 metre Telstra tower is planned for the corner of Barkly and Durston said.

Molesworth streets – the start of the historic and beautiful Avenue of Federation The tower is on the association’s agenda for its meeting tonight, October 26, at planted in 1899. the Glenlyon Hall at 8pm Unless the federal government changes its rules or more money is found to fund a Glenlyon’s Avenue of Federation was included this year in Hepburn Shire’s move, the tower will be erected on the site of an existing Telstra exchange. The land is Historic Trees Register. already leased to the telco by the neighbouring resident who will receive extra funding Meanwhile, a Telstra mobile phone tower is planned for Bullarto at an existing for the tower. A lease for the tower has been signed with the resident. exchange but residents there have also objected to the site, saying it is in a dip and Telstra area general manager Bill Mundy met with residents last week, including near residences.

They say the tower could be placed in a number of better locations The Local’s editor, Donna Kelly, and agreed there were other sites around Glenlyon which would also service Musk and Lyonville. which could provide better coverage for more people but the funding was not A spokesperson for the Department of Communications and the Arts emailed available. that the Black Spot funding assessment criteria included the expected benefits that In an email to The Local Mr Mundy’s response to concerns was that “Glenlyon each base station would deliver, such as the amount of square kilometres, the number was identified as a mobile network black spot during Round One of the Federal of premises, and the length of major transport routes to receive new mobile coverage.

Government’s Black Spot Programme and was one of the 429 Telstra sites that was Concerns about the potential impact on heritage trees could be raised through successful in being funded for build”. local government planning and approval processes or with the carrier concerned, the “A number of factors determined which areas received funding, including the lack of outdoor coverage and the number of people who would benefit from a new mobile email noted. base station. Ultimately, the parameters for the program were set by the Federal Editorial: Page 8 Government.

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Kristen Dyer discovering happy accidents

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RISTEN Dyer may live in Mildura but her works are on display at Tin Shed Arts in Malmsbury where she also holds regular classes. She talked to Kyle Barnes about her painting.

KB: Tell us a bit about your background.

KD: I have been exhibiting my paintings for the past 25 years. I previously worked as a graphic designer and when I had my children I stayed home and painted. A keen traveller, I have travelled extensively overseas - Europe, India, Sweden, Turkey and USA. I get inspiration from the many different cultures I have visited. I enjoy gardening, taking photographs and walking my schnauzer Abraham.

KB: When did you find yourself in art?

KD: I have grown up with a pencil in my hand.

I literally have thousands of sketches that I have completed over the years. These sketches may turn into paintings straight away - or they may percolate away and become an artwork five years down the track.

KB: What do you do?

KD: Currently I paint large contemporary paintings of the landscape. My studio is full of 30 paintings in progress. Acrylic and ink aerial landscapes with resin.

I am also doing a suite of prints of the gum trees from around this area. The hand coloured prints are small and intimate and will be exhibited in Melbourne next year.

KB: Can anyone be an artist or is it an inherent trait?

Normally Abraham and I are in the studio by 10am KD: Yes anyone can learn the technique of drawing and painting; when I am not teaching my creative art classes at CCAE but the creative inspiration is usually inherent in artists. Finding in Echuca. beauty in a discarded rusty tin, capturing the cadmium red of a sunset - with artists’ eyes you find splendour, with artists’ hands you paint/ KB: What do you enjoy about being an artist? portray the emotion.

KD: I enjoy being creative, trying new painting media and discovering happy accidents. Art is a KB: What’s the next step in your journey? continuous journey for me, always changing and KD: Well, I will still be painting away in my studio, but I would evolving. I can’t imagine a world without art. love one day to become a gallery owner and showcase all the amazing talent from the regional areas.

KB: What do you hope others gain from your art?

KD: I hope others gain an appreciation of art and KB: And finally, where can we see your work? enhance their visual enjoyment. To be able to elicit an KD: Currently you can view my works at the Tin Shed Arts gallery, emotional response to the artworks is also paramount Malmsbury or on my website at www.kristendyer.com.au for me.

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A Day In The Life 5

A day in the life of instructor Chris Mennie

Chris Mennie with Natalie Jones

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T’S easier to compete in a triathlon than it is to have a pedestrian crossing built in Trentham.

Though as an orientation and mobility instructor with Vision Australia, and former triathlon competitor, it’s not something that surprises Chris Mennie.

Helping locals with low vision get around town is what Chris does best, whether it’s prescribing a cane or recommending possibly the most expensive (working) pet ever – a Guide Dog. A dog guide, actually – “Guide Dog is a brand name, we call them dog guides,” Chris explains.

At $35,000 inclusive of training, it pays to get the name right.

But not all of Chris’ clients need a dog – the majority have low vision and need a cane. In fact, only 10 per cent of Chris’ clients have no vision at all.

“I’m working with everyone from teenagers to older people in their eighties, to help them operate safely and independently and with a degree of confidence.”

Confidence is important – many clients feel too embarrassed to use the large long cane and so opt for the ID cane which is smaller, thinner – and comes in rather handy at the supermarket.

“It’s like parting the Red Sea, people move out of the way so you can stroll down the aisle.”

A Day in the Life

11am: Taking delivery of a long cane ordered by a client; it was chosen because it will detect hazards, identify drop-offs as well as when approaching a road crossing.

It also provides the confidence for the client to look up instead of focusing on the ground, making them appear and feel less vulnerable as they stride along confidently.

Why didn’t the client opt for a dog guide? Because they don’t like dogs.

11.30am: Time for the paperwork component of the job; it would be nice to think it is 25 per cent paperwork and 75 per cent face-to-face with clients, but the figure fluctuates because advocacy is quite the paper walk. Heading outside to work is definitely preferable, and working in all weather is part of the job – to many it’s a badge of honour to get out there in rain, hail, and shine.

3pm: Training with another client, and the biggest issue in Daylesford is the lack of footpaths; it’s isolating. And in Trentham and Hepburn, it’s very difficult to get across the road without pedestrian crossings, so people end up isolated on the side they live on, because if they want to go to the bank across the road they have to walk a kilometre up the road, cross, then walk a kilometre back again.

4.30pm: Working on events to celebrate International White Cane Day – which was held on October 15.

Words: Kate Taylor | Image: Contributed

9.30am: First up for the day, it’s an elderly client at Trentham. He has been having trouble recognising people at the supermarket and also bumps into things at home, having some mobility issues. With macular degeneration causing central vision loss, the client cannot see fine detail such as facial features or print. A support cane is prescribed as well as having a bit of a chat about how to effectively use any remaining peripheral vision.

A Day in the Life is an occasional series written for The Local by Kate Taylor. Kate focuses on articles about people who help others from nurses to paramedics, and everyone in-between.

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No life without theatre for Cathouse Players Words: Dan Lonergan | Image: David White

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HE refurbished Bluestone Theatre in Kyneton will be getting a treat early next month when it hosts the famous play, 84 Charing Cross Road.

It was written by Helene Hanff, adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans and the film starred Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. It’s based on a 20-year correspondence between Hanff in America and Frank Doel, the chief buyer of Marks & Co antiquarian booksellers, in London.

And it’s being put together by an enthusiastic and passionate group of actors and theatre-goers - the Cathouse Players.

It’s infectious to watch these people, many of whom travel up from Melbourne for rehearsals, as they prepare to strut their stuff at one of Kyneton’s most iconic buildings, the recently re-opened Bluestone Theatre.

And as the play’s director and driving force Bette Sartore says “it will be great to be home”.

It helps that Bette is also a hairdresser who makes all the wigs for the costumes while another member of the group, retired school teacher Brian Fitch spends most of his days indulging in his passion for carpentry.

Brian has made a desk for the book shop and a number of book shelves but there’s still plenty to do, he says. “But I love it. What Bette wants, Bette gets.”

The Cathouse Players was first established by Bette back in Craigieburn 33 years ago. The former dancer at Ballet Victoria said it was a monumental battle to get the theatre company established with much resistance from the Hume Council especially in regard to finding a permanent location.

“We were very keen on a hall, but the council wasn’t. However, the local federal MP at the time, Neil O’Keefe organised for us to have the hall much to the council’s chagrin.”

So the Craigieburn Amateur Theatrical Society was born. It made sense to shorten it to CATS but not long after Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical of the same name took the world by storm.

“His people were not happy with the name even though we had it first.

“However we knew we were not going to win this one so David Reeves from another drama company, Mount Players, came up with Cathouse Players and it stuck.”

Bette’s husband Frank is also a member along with son Galen who moved up to Kyneton 10 years ago.

The Cathouse Players has gained a fine reputation in the amateur theatre industry in Victoria winning countless Victorian Drama League awards over the years.

Bette said the group had been lucky with 84 Charing Cross Rd gaining the services of renowned Crown Casino pianist Galliano Sommavilla.

Once Charing Cross Road is finished, there will be a well-earned break in December, but there’s no rest for the wicked. There’s always more plays to come.

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But Bette is happy to be busy. And she offers some parting words as our interview ends.

“Darling, I better get this crowd moving with this rehearsal. Wouldn’t have a life without theatre!”

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Just sayin’...

Pick me, pick me...

With Donna Kelly

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REAT. A Telstra mobile tower that doesn’t provide decent telecommunications to people in Wheatsheaf, Porcupine Ridge or Coomoora is going up in the middle of Glenlyon’s Avenue of Federation.

And Telstra says if it was placed on other sites, including Gooch’s Hill - that’s the one as you drive into Glenlyon from Daylesford - it could provide better coverage. So it seems simple. Move the tower to a better spot. Higher up, better coverage, speedier bushfire warnings...

But no. That would cost too much. Not a lot more, but more. But what price do you put on people’s lives? And quite frankly I think people in Glenlyon have a better chance of surviving a bushfire than some in those other towns.

And it’s not just Glenlyon. Bullarto is earmarked for a tower too. In the middle of town, next to a residence, in a dip that floods in winter and in a spot that leaves out telecommunications for nearby Musk and Lyonville.

So far we, The Local, have been in touch with Telsta, federal Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, Ballarat MP Catherine King and Senator John Madigan.

The last two are willing to help. The first two just use the veil of red tape and bureaucracy. A spokesperson for the minister, (why can they never be named?), did send a 500-word reply to my questions last week but in all that touched on only one which was about the heritage trees and the streetscape.

Apparently that query should go to Telstra or Hepburn Shire.

But it completely ignored my other questions which included “what price does the Federal Government place on the lives of those living in those other towns?

Many are on dead-end roads in real bush (Glenlyon is more of a township) and really need better telecommunications?”.

Or “how will the federal government say ‘sorry we are so caught up in bureaucracy and red tape that we couldn’t help you’ if a fire rips through and people in those areas die?”.

And if they don’t care about the people, what about the CFA and its volunteers? Do they realise when the 2009 fires raged through the region, the radio airwaves became clogged and our firies were relying on their mobile phones to receive messages and plan their attacks?

Did anyone from Canberra take the time to come and talk to the people of regional and rural Australia? Or was it all co-ordinated by some bean counter?

We need to fight for real mobile coverage, not band-aid solutions. Just sayin’...

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News 9

Celebrating 60 years’ service with Musk CFA

Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

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N THE old language it’s three score, but in today’s terms it’s 60 years.

Either way, it’s a long time.

And that’s how long Robert Cooper, Peter Brown and Len Orr, pictured above from left, have served the Musk Fire Brigade.

The trio, all farmers, joined up on July 1, 1955, two of them just 15 years old and keen to help keep their homes, and neighbours, safe.

Robert, better known as Bert, said when he joined he found himself with a knapsack and a wet bag.

“In those days we had worn-out second hand trucks which quite often didn’t get to where they were supposed to be. Now they give us new trucks, and when the new truck smell is gone, we get another truck.

“I just joined for safety. If a fire got away from someone the local brigade was there to help, and we could go and help others too. I didn’t join to be a hero or get a medal.”

Peter, who is from nearby Bullarto, said his first memory was fighting fires with an engine and pump popped on top of a truck.

“I was about 15, my father was a member in the really early days, and I just came along with him. I don’t even know if I was a member in those early days.”

Len, who’s well known as the organiser of the Bullarto Tractor Pull, said he had always been a brigade member.

“You were given a knapsack and if a fire started you just headed to the fire.”

Len, who has bulldozers and heavy machinery on hand, was also often called out to clear land and create firebreaks.

And while all three agree joining the local brigade is a good move they say they were never in any situations where they felt in danger.

As Bert summed it up – “only the good die young, we weren’t worried”.

Bert, Len and Peter received their 60-year clasps at a ceremony yesterday, Sunday, October 25, at the Musk Fire Brigade Station.

A number of other members also received long-service clasps and medals, and a new truck was duly handed over.

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Businessman, volunteer, musician...

Words: Anthony Sawrey | Image: Kyle Barnes

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DRIAN Holmes, who spent six decades running the successful Daytex fabrics, may be retired but he certainly has not slowed down.

Since closing his Daylesford business in 2003, Adrian has offered his services around the region juggling myriad volunteer hats.

It might be playing piano, and he is extremely accomplished in that field, for the residents of Lumeah Lodge at Daylesford Hospital, or taking them out for picnics at Jubilee Lake, or perhaps a wander around historic Fryerstown.

“They love looking at heritage places and we often get a picnic together, but my sense of humour gets me into trouble from time to time.”

That Daylesford Hospital connection goes way back too, with a room dedicated to L&L Holmes – his father Laurence and grandfather Lomas. Adrian is also a life governor saying “I have done a few things for them here and there”.

Then there’s the 2004 Hepburn Shire Citizen of the Year award, years spent with Daylesford Lions Club – of course also taking on roles of president and treasurer, playing more piano at Trentham Hospital, along with 11 years and counting volunteering with the Daylesford Regional Visitor Information Centre.

And you get the idea there’s probably a whole lot more that goes under the radar, but back to his working life.

Because, not everyone would now, that for over six decades Adrian was an active businessman and owned Daytex fabrics, which was in operation until 2003.

Originally founded by his father Laurence and grandfather Lomas, he built it into a prosperous business that supported families in the area for many years.

“Before arriving here my father had been running a successful operation at Mt Gambier in South Australia. In 1932 they were offered a five per cent stake in a Daylesford mill that had gone into receivership.”

Later, the Holmes family started their own operation in a building on the corner of Camp and Albert streets – now a bed and breakfast, before moving to a large site on the western fringes of town – now the Mill Markets.

The Daytex weaving mill occupied a large portion of the economic history of modern Daylesford but not many people realise that today. Nonetheless it was part of a wide range of industries besides mining that flourished here.

But flourish they did and textile manufacturing was one of the region’s biggest employers.

At its height, Daytex employed directly and indirectly more than 500 people.

“Some people say a lot about the so-called bad old days in the period before the current tourist boom, that the town was downtrodden and so forth. But alongside our factory, there were 10 timber mills, an abattoir, plaster sheet manufacturing and farming industries.

“The wages may not have been as high as today and people struggled but there were many opportunities for employment without having to move to the cities.”

According to Adrian, the mill’s best years were between 1976 and 1998. During this time it was one of the largest weaving companies in the state. Unfortunately economic shifts both national and international began to take their toll on their bottom line.

There were also many policy factors of successive governments working against the company including the lifting of tariffs on overseas imports and deregulation of the textile market that began in the early 1970s.

Consequently the local industry became harder and harder to sustain, especially in rural areas.

“In a lot of ways our situation was similar to what the car industry faces today, the government was saying ‘get versatile or get out’ and our final years were increasingly subsidised while competing for contracts that were disappearing overseas.”

Daylesford today still contains many of the relics of its industrial past, and not just mineshafts. The original weaving factory at East St is now home to artist David Bromley’s huge gallery.

It took quite a while for Adrian to get used to the closure of an operation that was his life’s work but he is also fascinated by the new identities of his old workplaces.

He also sees the growth of Daylesford as a tourist destination as something to be applauded but with reservations.

“The hospitality industry has been a great employer and has had positive knock on effects to retail; from hardware, to eateries and a host of other businesses in the main street.

“However such rapid growth is delivering a new set of problems. This includes traffic snarls that are becoming more frequent, limited parking and a shopping centre bursting at the seams with nowhere to go.

“It could very well destroy the charm that has attracted people to the town in the first place.”

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Help is at hand for those suffering hay fever Words: Kate Taylor | Image: Kyle Barnes

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PRING has sprung and it’s enough to make any hayfever sufferer cry.

With many sneezing, watery-eyed locals huskily reporting the onset of severe symptoms already, it’s shaping up to be a bad season.

And it’s certainly a seasonal thing, with one in every five Australians suffering hayfever; spring sufferers are probably allergic to tree pollens and for summer sufferers, grass and weed pollens are the likely culprit.

Speaking in defence of pollen is Ian Connors, owner of Trentham-based business Advanced Trees and, ironically, a hayfever sufferer himself – though more susceptible to grass pollen than that of his trees.

“We need the pollen, it’s used to fertilise the flowers,” Mr Connors said.

“We have an orchard, with different fruit trees, and they rely on the pollen to fertilise the fruit, and a bit of it is done by the wind, but most of it is done by the bees.”

And while it seems that the pollen is blowing in the wind, the hayfever season is yet to fully strike Daylesford, according to the Daylesford Pharmacy’s Katie Holland.

“Last year sales were quite high; people come up from Melbourne into the fresh air, the hayfever does play up a lot. Our sales do spike on weekends,” she said.

Matthew Fitzgerald at Kennedy’s Amcal Chemist in Kyneton said that the hayfever season started a couple of weeks ago and it has so far been a “normal” season.

While year-round sufferers probably have non-seasonal allergens such as mould and dust mites, Mr Fitzgerald said that most sufferers can manage their symptoms with over-the-counter products such as eye drops and anti-histamine tablets, with some steroid-containing products still on prescription.

And if sufferers have become complacent with their remedies, there are always new products on the market.

“The other one is a steroid nasal spray which is used over the course of the season to reduce the severity of the symptoms, which reduces the amount of tablets they have to take - it’s a preventative measure that’s used daily,” Mr Fitzgerald explained.

And as for beating hayfever the natural way? There are plenty of home remedies.

Just as eating a bowl of chilli-laden food clears the nose of a cold sufferer, so too for hayfever; chillies contain capsaicin, which acts as a decongestant.

Or pop a bit of stinging nettle extract into your cuppa – it’s one of the best known naturally occurring anti-histamines.

If that doesn’t work, aromatherapy oils as well as camomile, liquorice and green tea are also recommended, as is unprocessed honey, which contains pollens which de-sensitise the body over time.

Alix Downing, pictured right, can mix you up something good at Daylesford Aromatherapy.

Smearing Vaseline inside the nose may be unpleasant, but it’s considered one of the best preventatives as it traps pollen before it has the chance to enter the body and cause havoc.

And as the most final of final resorts, try garlic. Many swear by it, and if it doesn’t work on the hayfever…at least it will fend off vampires.

“We have an orchard, with different fruit trees, and they rely on the pollen to fertilise the fruit, and a bit of it is done by the wind, but most of it is done by the bees.”

- Ian Connors

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Cars and coffee at the lake

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ARS and Coffee is happening again at Lake Daylesford on Sunday, November 1 from 8am to 11am.

Organiser Peter Olver said the inaugural event on the first Sunday in October had been a successful fundraiser for Daylesford Hospital, raising $753.20.

The only learning curve was that the former 7am start was a bit early, he said.

“We had great weather on the day and the smell of coffee and egg and bacon floating over the car park with the sun reflecting off the water and some amazing cars, trucks, bikes and tractors were great to see.

“The public was treated with a great morning, raffles, silent action and a trivia quiz kept the excited crowd interested as they browsed over the machines.

“Everyone seemed to have a coffee in their hand as the owners of cars spoke to the public about their machines and what it took to build these vehicles.”

Peter said cars came from around the region along with Melbourne, Castlemaine, Ballarat and Geelong.

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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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Films of tales of survival

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AFS Survival International Film Festival will be held at Regent Cinemas Ballarat from November 10 to 13.

Australian premieres include two French films in Wild Life - a fable-like tale of a split family on the run, and Le Paradis - a poetic, mythical masterstroke of solo film making.

Other major highlights include The Nice House, Louise Turley’s powerful and poignant documentary following family life in the Batty household leading up to the shocking murder of Luke Batty and is featured with another award winning Canadian film, Mommy, directed by up and coming master film maker Xavier Dolan.

Winning the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2015 and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster (UK/ Greece) stars Colin Farrell, John C. Reilly and Jessica Barden. Meanwhile Beats of the Antonov (South Sudan/USA) delves into the detailed and distinct music culture of South Sudan, and its fight for survival.

CAFS SIFF also boasts a double bill from Melbourne documentary filmmaker Kitty Green that includes Ukraine is not a Brothel: The FEMEN Story and Timbuktu, the sparse, elegant portrayal of a remote African community being quietly usurped by an ISIS incursion.

CAFS SIFF kicks off in an immense fashion with an advanced screening of He Named Me Malala (USA), a cinematic work that looks at the events leading up to the Talibans’ attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai: this promises to be one of the biggest films of the year.

The Friday Night Finale is an Indigenous powerhouse as Frank Yamma takes to the stage of Cinema One with David Bridie, followed on by a screening of David Gulpilil’s Another Country, wrapping up with Q&A with director of Another Country, Molly Reynolds.

In partnership with Regent Cinemas Ballarat, the CAFS SIFF is a fundraising event for CAFS with proceeds going towards supporting the programs and practice that support the children, youth and families of Ballarat and surrounding districts.

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Medical help on hand after hours

MURRAY-MOYNE CYCLE RELAY TEAM 2016.

A get-together of all current riders and support crew, together with any interested new riders and support crew will be held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday, 18th November at 7.30pm.

2016 will be the 25th consecutive year that the Daylesford ‘Wheelsuckers’ have ridden the Murray-Moyne relay.

Nearly $300,000 has been raised for the Daylesford and nearby hospitals in that time.

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OCTORS from Springs Medical Centre will continue to attend Daylesford Hospital patients between the hours of 11pm and 7am.

The promise from one of the centre’s directors Dr Gerard Ingham comes after some community concern as the centre and Hepburn Health continue consultations to “develop a safer model of care for patients requiring urgent care services at Daylesford Hospital after hours”.

Dr Ingham, who is also heavily involved with Hepburn Health, said the two organisations had been working together for six months on the new model which was still not confirmed.

He said the model revolved around “what was best for the patient”.

“After hours care has changed. I have been getting up in the night for 25 years now but years ago paramedics had limited skills, and nurses had less skills. There was no Nurse-on-call and no easy phone access to Ballarat.

“We need to think now how we can get the best outcome for the patient. If someone is having crushing chest pains in Blampied they should be going straight to Ballarat for life saving treatment – not coming to Daylesford first.

“It’s a matter of coordinating the services available and at no stage have any doctors said they would not attend Daylesford Hospital. It’s just that it is no longer the first port of call – but we are always there if we are needed.”

Dr Ingham said the consultation on a new model was happening around Victoria and people were being encouraged to call the right service before attending hospital.

If people were “very unwell” they should call triple 0 and request an ambulance. If they were “not too bad” they should call Nurse-on-call on 1300 60 60 24 for advice – which may include calling an ambulance, attending the hospital or waiting until their health care service opened in the morning, he said.

A Hepburn Health media release said Springs Medical Centre and Hepburn Health had sought input from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Ballarat Health Services, Ambulance Victoria, Adult Retrieval Victoria, Western Victoria Primary Health Network, expert emergency physicians, and nurses from Daylesford Hospital.

“On average the urgent care centre receives four patients per week attending between the hours of 11pm and 7am. Of these no more than one person per month would require an emergency transfer to Ballarat or Melbourne.”

Hepburn Health chief executive officer Trish Collocott said Hepburn Health and Springs Medical Centre were working in partnership to develop a best practice model of care for the community that will ensure patients’ safety and continued quality of service.

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CFA crews fighting well-contained house fires

Words: Dan Lonergan | Images: Kyle Barnes

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ITH the unseasonal early warm weather and the dangerously dry spring currently confronting us, the weather experts are all doom and gloom about the very hot summer that lies ahead, which spells fire season.

CFA crews in District 2, which covers the Bendigo region, have already been kept busy with that burn off at Lancefield getting out of control a fortnight ago and taking more than a week to contain.

The crews from District 15, which includes Glenlyon, Daylesford, Hepburn, Trentham, Porcupine Ridge, Musk, Leonards Hill and Franklinford were not required for the Lancefield fire, but have been busy training should they be needed.

That training has been helped by the Glenlyon CFA being able to house a mobile container on its premises throughout October.

The simulation exercise involves the inside of the unit being set up like a house with a stove, a television and a couch and it’s all part of preparing crews in the region to fight a house fire.

All eight crews in District 15 had a collaborative training day on October 4 and until the end of October, when the $350,000 unit is moved onto the next district for training, each of the local crews have been and will continue to be conducting extra training individually.

The three items in the unit are set alight in a controlled environment and then extinguished as part of the training.

Glenlyon’s training officer is Margaret Lockwood, who is a nine-year veteran with the Glenlyon CFA. It was the demise of Fiskville which led to the brigade applying for the unit.

Margaret, pictured below right, says the training is vital and the mobile unit really assists. “It helps you cope with heat and teaches you how to interact with the crew.”

Margaret says many crew members in the district whether they are experienced or not have been taking part in the simulation training. The minimum skills qualification required involves 10 to 12 hours of theory and 8 hours of training on the ground.

She says training might be more important than ever this year considering how dry this area is.

“We have had less than 50 per cent of our average rainfall so far, so we are concerned about how dry it’s going to be up until Christmas. The long range is indicating it might be a wet January which might help, but that’s still a while away.”

“We have had less than 50 per cent of our average rainfall so far, so we are concerned about how dry it’s going to be up until Christmas.”

Maddy wears: Sambara dress from Pennie, $89 Jendi black fascinator from Pennie, $109 Picnic basket from Piper St Food Co, $49 Cushions by Durham J White from Colours of White, $135

Fashion shoot coordinated by Kate Coleman. Photography: David White.

Spring racing fashions!

Rosie wears: Violet Jane blouse from Pennie, $99 Violet Jane skirt from Pennie, $59 Yellow Jendi bag from Pennie, $59 Zola Hilde Gold shoes from Kyneton Shoes, $159.95 Hair by Jellyfox in Piper Street

Luke wears: Carhartt Jeff Shirt, $149.90 from No Town; all other models in fashions pictured elsewhere in the feature; Atelier Zuhal Alpaca Throw, $550, piped cushion, $146, non-piped cushion, $135, and plates and cups all from Colours of White; Serving tray designed by Durham J White from Colours of White; picnic basket from Piper St Food Co, $49; food supplied by Piper St Food Co: Captive Decor jug from Kyneton Florist, $36; Flowers and vase by Kyneton Florist; chocolates by Osabah

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DMROS artist open studios

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OME of Australia’s finest artists who choose to work and live in the Daylesford and Macedon Ranges region will open their studios over three weekends for the fourth Daylesford Macedon Ranges Open Studios program from Saturday, October 31 to Sunday, November 15.

The program showcases the extraordinary cultural community of the region with 27 artists selected to participate and who will open their studio doors for six days.

DMROS creative producer Jill Rivers said the selected artists encompassed “an array of artistic practices from fresco painting, mosaic, sculpture and letterpress printing to handcrafted jewellery and art photography”.

“What they share is a powerful connection to the inspiring region they have chosen to live and work in.”

Participating artists include internationally renowned sculptor and designer Matthew Harding, recipient of the 2014 McClelland Sculpture Prize and creator of the Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial ‘Seeds of Friendship’ by the Shine of Remembrance, unveiled on Anzac Day this year; thought-provoking sculptor Peter Butterworth; Black Swan Prize finalist Daniel Butterworth; fellow Black Swan finalist David Bryant; sculptor and print maker Tim Jones, whose work is presented in the British Museum; Catherine Abel, a 2015 finalist in the Sulman Prize for her romantic, Art Deco-style paintings; and the creative duo of stone sculptor and painter/ illustrator Ashika and Padma Ostapkowicz, who exhibit spiritual, breathtaking works at their sublime sculpture park, Embrace Art Studio, in the lee of Hanging Rock.

The hub of the trail and site of the unmissable DMROS group exhibition showcasing one work from each of the participating artists is St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 26 Yaldwyn Street, Kyneton.

And while all artists will demonstrate and discuss their techniques some are also holding formal demonstration sessions. They include Marian Alexopoulos, Bronwyn Bain, Dianne Longley, Deborah Mullins, Kathryn Portelli and Ellie Young. Check out the website for details.

Link: www.dmropenstudios.com.au

Wearable Art A display by Liz Archer at ‘Blue Bean’ cafe, until 30th October. 115 Main Road Hepburn Springs Liz Archer has a passion for jewellery and crochet.

She is intrigued with the intricate, delicate nature of Irish crochet and the techniques of Venetian crochet.

Liz has combined both crochet and beading to create wearable hand made art including rings, necklaces, earrings and evening bags.

In her current collection each piece is a unique design and one of a kind.

To see more works, in her studio, call Liz on 5348 4008 or 0400 350 077 for an appointment.

Liz Archer Hand Made

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To market, to market, to buy some really great produce...

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

Daylesford Railway Market – every Sunday Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists’ Market – first Sunday Kyneton Farmers’ Market - second Saturday Kyneton Rotary Community Market – second Saturday 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 Talbot Farmers’ Market – third Sunday (pictured above right) Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday Buninyong Village Market – fourth Sunday

The Trentham Farmers Market has joined with Trentham Makers Market

Third Saturday, 9am - 1pm

Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday

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TRENTHAM STATION SUNDAY MARKET Victoria Street, Trentham On the fourth Sunday of each month 8.30am - 2.30pm Enquiries/Bookings – Kaye / Leigh 54241466 or Ross 54241509 A great variety of stalls in and around the beautiful Trentham Station **Permanent carriage stalls open every weekend** 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!

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Happy Birthday Ziggy!

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YGMUNT “Ziggy” Tratkiewicz will celebrate his 100th birthday on November 5.

Present will be his wife of 68 years Gladys, family and his many friends, some from the Life Activities Group he attends each week, some from the Daylesford Bowling Club where he has been an avid bowler.

The father, grandfather and great grandfather has led an amazing life despite his self-described “humble beginnings” in a rural village in Poland.

He was the fourth of nine children and says that back then “hard work was the norm, life’s luxuries were few and only a small number of people ever travelled any great distances”.

Ziggy didn’t see his first car until he was into his teens.

Life moved along slowly until World War II and the then 23-year-old found himself conscripted to national military service.

Ziggy’s war years were harrowing, to say the least, and included a stint as prisoner of war in Germany. He later documented those years in his book This Soldier’s Fortune, published in 2010 and still available today from Amazon.

At the end of the war Ziggy was offered the option to return to Poland or live in England. He chose the latter and met his wife Gladys at a town dance.

Their first child Eleanor was born in 1950 and sadly another three children were born in England but did not survive. When Eleanor’s health deteriorated specialists suggested a warmer climate and the family moved to Australia as Ten Pound Poms.

Ziggy found work at Preston Mills in Footscray and also worked part-time with a real estate company Wilmore and Randall – and another daughter Jeannette arrived.

When he retired at the age of 67, Gladys and Ziggy decided to move to Daylesford “and take care of each other for the rest of our lives”.

And they still do. Happy Birthday Ziggy!

Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

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Just briefly....news from around the Central Highlands Pictured from left, former committee members, Linda Carroll, Sam Camilleri and Danny Moynihan

ARC donor board up

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DONOR board has gone up at Daylesford ARC.

Milestone for Hanging Rock

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F YOU are heading to Hanging Rock for the Cold Chisel concert next month – you may just be the 100,000th patron to concerts at the Rock.

Cold Chisel is the first Australian act to headline Hanging Rock after successful concerts by international stars Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart and The Eagles.

Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s deputy mayor Russell Mowatt said concerts at Hanging Rock had enjoyed widespread support since their introduction in 2010.

“Council’s partnership with Frontier Touring has provided Hanging Rock with much needed revenue and importantly promotion, which has no doubt contributed to over a 10 per cent increase in general visits each of the last three years,” he said.

The economic benefit to the region of each concert was assessed at about $4.3 million, with more than $25 million added to the regional economy since 2010.

“Not only does the Macedon Ranges and surrounding areas benefit but so does the state as many concert goers come from interstate”, he said.

Link: www.hangingrockconcerts.com

A picture tells 1000 words

Former fundraising committee member Danny Moynihan said the board finally recognised the efforts of the community in getting the ARC built in 2007.

AYLESFORD and District Historical Society’s Heather Danny said the ARC’s journey started in 1991 with the first committee consisting of Mutimer has been awarded the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute’s Sam Camilleri, Kel Tori, Don Sinclair, Jeff Thornycroft, Ken Mitchell, Tony Mulraney, Colin Short History Prize.

LeTissuer, Colin Adkins and Peter Maddern.

The annual prize is a part of an objective to encourage and facilitate This was followed by a fundraising committee with Sam Camilleri, Allan Wolf-Tasker, David Hall, Linda Carroll, Kel Tori, Danny Moynihan, John Caines, Colin LeLean and Ralph historical research. Entrants were invited to submit works relating to “a history of a place or an aspect of a place in Victoria”.

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Ms Mutimer won the award for her entry: A Picture Can Tell a Thousand After four years money finally came from federal, state and local governments along with Words.

The judges said “the picture in this case was of the Daylesford $300,000 from the community. The first sod was turned in November, 2006.

Borough Band taken in the 1880s. Among the band members there was one who had much darker skin than the other musicians. The author’s journey of discovery about this person uncovered an extraordinary and surprising aspect of our history that was not known until this time”.

Ms Mutimer said most of the volunteers involved with historical societies such as Daylesford were not professional historians or academics.

“But we are dedicated and passionate about our district’s local history - so it always great when we get recognised for the work we do by the professionals - especially when there is also a financial benefit to our society.”

Both Ms Mutimer and the society received $500.

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Gallipoli, then and now

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AEL Shannon, Danny Spooner and friends will be the guest speakers at the Daylesford & District Historical Society general meeting on Sunday, November 8 from 2pm.

The speakers will present the story of the Peninsula campaign of 1915,

Kyneton students linking with health service told in the words of the soldiers and their officers, the nurses and journalists.

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OE Bruton initially chose to study horticulture because her mum liked service at North Beach and a report on the five-year-old archaeological dig. plants. But the year 10 student from Sacred Heart College has discovered that All lavishly illustrated with images, songs and readings. there’s more to it than just putting something into the ground.

Daylesford Museum is at 100 Vincent Street.

Zoe, pictured above with fellow student Andrew Fletcher, and her classmates have been learning about a range of horticultural crops, soil preparation and irrigation requirements.

They’ve also developed skills to identify and manage pests, weeds and disease. This week they put their knowledge to good use at Kyneton District Health. The students visited the health service to plant the school’s donation to the hospital gardens project.

It was a good chance to get hands-on experience in a real-life project, which is a valuable part of the practical VET curriculum. Teacher Vin Lakey said students also responded well when an industry professional other than their regular teacher got involved.

On hand at the health service was Trentham local Jim Sinatra, an emeritus professor and leader in landscape architecture education and design. Mr Sinatra has been one of the key contributors to the hospital garden’s design and installation. The community has embraced this project, donating well beyond the initial target of 90 trees.

Halloween at Kyneton

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ALLOWEEN is happening at Kyneton for those aged 12 to 25.

Presented by Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Youth Engage Program YEP!, and held at council’s youth spaces, the Halloween Party embraces make believe and all things creepy. There are even games and prizes for the best costume.

The Halloween Party will be held at the portable behind Kyneton Town Hall in Hutton Street on Thursday, October 29 from 4pm to 6pm.

Link www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/youth.

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When it comes to boxing, the oldies are the goldies “The canvas hit him in his second (Olympic trial) fight,” says his dad. At work in Ballarat Baydon is a paramedic, often collecting those who overdose on prescription drugs, booze or ice.

HUMP, thump, thump. Clang, clang, clang. The smell of sweat. The His is a true fighting family: His 41-year-old brother Travis won a state crashing of boxing gloves. intermediate title, as did another of Beddoe’s protégés, Kyle West.

It could be any gym in the world, but Daylesford has possibly the most The gym’s been running about 15 years, with hourly sessions for the blokes on unlikely setting. Many gyms are in the grimy part of town, such as in Brownsville, Wednesday and Friday and some 10 women on Tuesday. And anyone can turn up at New York, where Al “Bummy” Davis famously trained under the watchful eyes of the 9am on Sunday.

A gold coin donation is all that’s required but Beddoe says backers grandees of Murder Incorporated.

To find the local boxers, however, you take a much more bucolic route, along East slip in the odd pile of dollars - up to $200.

Above the roped-in ring is the Sparring Rule: “Hit as hard as you want to be hit”.

Street as it meanders past cattle and crops to become Wombat Dam Road. Just along Baydon and Josh seem to be proving this as Josh’s right arm starts bleeding. here a gym appears. Or, rather, doesn’t because it’s tucked behind a hedge.

Watching over the boxers are mostly laminated pictures of the greats of the game, The other night the place was in full swing as the corrugated iron bounced the din from Dave Sands to Les Darcy and Snowy Baker. “Famo”, Johnny Famechon, is of a heavy bag being pummelled, young men working out and trainer Denis Beddoe, there, besides Danny Green, Lionel Rose, Tony Madigan, Tony Mundine Sr, Jimmy pictured above left, rapping out orders.

Carruthers, Jim Sharman and Lester Ellis.

And while it may have been the youngsters doing most of the work it’s been the “The true measure is not revealed after a win,” reads a further sign,” but after a oldies who recently triumphed: Shane Pedretti, 43, pictured below left, won gold loss.” And there’s another: “If at first you don’t succeed, do what the trainer said in the in the novice cruiserweight division at the recent Masters Games in Adelaide, while first place.” “Look ahead, don’t look back,” reads the next one.

68-year-old Beddoe took out a silver.

“We’re trying to keep the sport alive,” Baydon says. “It’s going down in popularity, There is another, more moving story of triumph here too. Beddoe’s son Baydon, but it comes and goes. It’s very star driven.” Clearly, it needs a new world champ.

38, has been fighting bowel cancer. Now, after surgery and six months of chemo, he Once the footy is over numbers at the gym grow. “Boxing teaches discipline and says he’s over it. His regime is down to regular CAT scans. it’s a physically challenging sport. We try to massage the risks.”

Not that he has to prove anything but as a dozen youngsters line up to practice During a break Denis Beddoe says “it’s an equal opportunity gym – you all get hit punches and defending, Baydon gets into the ring to spar with Josh Volf, who’s planning his first fight. Wearing both head guards and stomach guards, they go at it, a in the head the same”.

Clearly he has little trouble with those who may be too aggressive. “We sort them timer sounding every two minutes (amateurs fight over three two-minute rounds). out by sparring with them.” But, he adds, it’s hard to keep them in the sport.

As the pair grunt, slip, clinch and thwack glove into glove, Beddoe’s charges, As they prepare to finish, the young fighters have a few last rattling hits on a bag including one in socks, line up to hustle from one wall to the other to land a few that slides the length of the ceiling. blows. The smell of sweat is powerful.

Once outside, it’s on with backpacks and mobiles swing into action as parents “Boxing’s one of those tough sports to me,” Baydon says earlier, while in the ring collect those not old enough for the lined up utes. In a clear sky the sun has almost a medicine ball is tossed from chest to chest. “I wanted to take a break.” set.

With more than 50 fights behind him, he’s been boxing for 22 years and even tried out for the Olympics.

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Saving rhinos by Breaking the Brand

HE’S a long way from Africa but Mount Franklin resident Lynn Johnson hasn’t let that stop her saving rhinos from possible extinction.

This year alone more than 824 rhinos have been killed for their horns, which are ground down to create a “millionaire’s detox drink”. The drink is a status symbol for a minority of wealthy business people in Vietnam but there is no real benefit.

Lynn, who moved full-time to the region last year, has a background in science but with her business doing well and allowing her time for other pursuits, she decided to work on her passion – animals.

Despite immigrating from England in 1996, Lynn was still needing her evening fix of “Aunty Beeb” aka BBC Radio, when she heard talk “night after night” about the rhino poaching issues.

“And I thought if I am going to be involved in conservation, this one seems to be the urgent one.

And that’s how I got started.”

That was in 2012 and in early 2013 Lynn launched Breaking the Brand.

“I really wanted to focus on the people side, which is where I have my experience. To see how we could break the demand and understand the motives and what might trigger people to stop using rhino horn, and then move on to ivory and lion bones…”

Lynn said through friends she was put in touch via phone with users in Vietnam to ask about their motives. Rhino horn powder also makes its way into Australia.

She discovered the only two things that would stop them using rhino horn was if it negatively impacted on either their health or their status. They didn’t care about rhinos becoming extinct because they would find another status symbol, or that rangers were being killed, because that was their choice of work.

Lynn said she had also been surprised to find that rhino horn trafficking was the fourth largest international crime in the world – and carried out by savvy entrepreneurs who had gone beyond exploiting the demand to manufacturing it.

But those working against the trade are also savvy and are using numerous methods to stop users’ motivations.

One technique is infusing horns with poisons, either neuro toxins or carcinogens, and then using media campaigns in Vietnam to spread the word. That’s the health impact taken care of.

The next campaign is to show “normal” Vietnamese business men with badges saying “is this what a criminal looks like”. That’s the status symbol knocked down – no-one wants to do business with a criminal.

“Users don’t even see the adverts which say ‘extinction is forever’ any more so it’s about getting smart to produce ads that resonate with the users. It’s the only way to target their motivations.”

But Lynn said recently there was also a sense of being ashamed that the children of rangers who had been killed would have education problems because of the lack of money available.

“We’ve used that in ads as well.”

Meanwhile, Lynn is talking about her passion at the Book Barn at Lake Daylesford on Tuesday, November 10 from 6.30pm. Tickets are $20 and places are limited to 20.

Bookings: Lynn on 0418 124 660 or lynn@breakingthebrand.org

Link: www.breakingthebrand.org Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes and contributed

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Ancestors lead Kyneton photographer to BOAT

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YNETON photographer Simon Griffiths grew up in the Dandenongs, running wild as a kid damming creeks and building cubby houses and huts in the forest. Simon says he was lucky to grow up free of the restraints many children have now. He talked to Donna Kelly about his latest book, Boat.

DK: How did you get into photography and why?

SG: Ever since I was a little kid I have had cameras. I think I had my first one before I was five and I was hooked from that time on making images.

DK: What is your favourite shoot and why?

SG: I had the opportunity to go to Tibet with my publisher and the wonderful Kylie Kwong - it was an amazing life-changing experience. It was somewhere I thought I would never get the opportunity to travel to and it was amazing. So much there to see and photograph, and such beautiful, gentle people.

DK: What draws you to objects like sheds, shacks and boats?

SG: I have always been interested in old buildings and in the handmade. Australia is full of fantastic sheds and old buildings and lots of them are in Central Victoria. Since finding out I had ancestors who were boat builders I have looked at boats in a different way.

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DK: Do you have a favourite photo?

SG: I have a couple of favourite photographers whose work I keep coming back to time and time again. Irving Penn, Sally Mann, André Kertész and John Dugdale. I think Satiric Dancer by Kertész would be my favourite image - a woman in a strange pose reclines on a small sofa, echoed by a sculpture of a torso in an equally strange pose that sits on a table. It still brings a smile to my face and works on so many levels, it captures the fun and optimism of the 1920s, and is a striking image.

DK: Finally, what’s your Central Highlands story?

SG: I have been living in Kyneton for seven years, I moved up here as we found a fantastic old house and there was room for a large garden. When I’m not taking photographs I’m working in the garden.

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HEN he was growing up Nico Ellerby watched the way his mother, step-father and grandfather connected with certain music styles depending on their mood. It was then he started to appreciate the impact music can have. He spoke with Kyle Barnes.

KB: What do you play/sing?

NE: I play guitar and sing. I have performed hip-hop for years, but when I picked up the guitar I loved finding new ways to write songs and structure my lyrics. Music, even without lyrics, says what words can’t a lot of the time. For me, it’s a way to shut off to all that isn’t relevant at any moment and become completely immersed in my favourite lyric or riff. We all find different songs and artists that mean something different to each of us and relate in different ways, be we musicians or listeners.

KB: What do you hope your music means to others?

NE: I try to write songs that mean something individual to the listener. My lyrics mean something specific to me but are still relatable to the listener no matter what their background.

KB: If you could meet three musos, living or dead, who would they be and why?

NE: First would be Frank Sinatra. His career spanned generations and his motivation and personal drive was so extensive, he was a true entrepreneur. I would love to meet Beck, his music has had a huge impact on the way I write and structure my own songs and his diversity has taught me not to be boxed in to any genre. Last, I think Laura Marling would be a pleasure to meet. There’s be great conversations.

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KB: And where can we hear you next?

NE: The band and I have a show at The Eastern Station, Ballarat on October 29 and we’re playing at The Metropolitan Hotel, Bendigo on November 6 as part of Bendigo Blues And Roots Festival. I’m playing solo at The Plough, Trentham on October 31 and November 14.

KB: Wow, you’re busy. What’s the journey for the future?

NE: The boys and I are hoping to record Buck Jr’s next full-length album very soon and play a run of dates over the next few months to promote it.

ANESSA Craven grew up in India in the foothills of the Himalaya mountains in a hill station called Mussoirie where her parents ran a school. She moved to Australia when she was 25 and studied theology in Launceston. Music has also been a big part of her life and Vanessa took time out to chat with Donna Kelly DK: How did you get involved in music?

VC: Music has always been a large part of my life. Singing in choirs and church, things began to roll when my mum and dad gave me my first guitar when I was 12.

An old musical friend of the family introduced me to Spanish guitar. Last year I joined the Australian Institute of Music to further my musicianship and have enjoyed it, learning a lot and majoring in guitar. My studies continue and I play solo in a one woman band playing guitar, lap slide, Cajon drum, harmonica, dodge and vocals. I also play as a duo Sugar ‘n Spice. My partner plays uke bass. Lunar Dust is the name of my band which is a trio most of the time (but) expands to five when the need arises.

The music we play is folk, blues, bluegrass and pop including instrumentals, originals, and well selected covers.

DK: What do you love about music?

VC: It is a method of communication to all age groups. I love experimenting with different styles and instruments, and am blessed to have made so many wonderful friends and musicians through it and had opportunities to collaborate as well.

DK: What do you hope audiences gain from your music?

VC: When audiences hear my music, I hope they feel good, find the world a better place to live in and feel their beings inspired or moved in some way. I hope that I can inspire budding musicians to get out there and give it a go. Everyone has a special gift or ability, it just needs to come out of hiding.

DK: Which three musos, living or dead, would you like to meet?

VC: Bach - I love his music style and compositions and Bob Brozman who I have met when he was alive. He was such an inspiration. Del Rey also who I have met,and whose boogie woogie guitar style and songwriting I absolutely admire.

DK: What’s the next step in the journey?

VC: To continue to widen my musical horizons, incorporate my Indian roots, play many gigs, write more music and songs. Phew.

DK: Where can we hear you next?

VC: 6. Lunar Dust will be playing at Perfect Drop, Daylesford on November 6, Art Trax in Beaufort on November 8 and Daylesford Cidery on January 2.

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2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 shallots, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 celery stalk, roughly chopped 1/4 red capsicum (pepper), roughly chopped 1/2 eggplant (aubergine), chopped 200 g (7 oz) tinned chopped tomatoes 2 tsp red wine vinegar 1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar 1 tbsp pine nuts, toasted 1 tbsp sultanas 4 green olives, pitted, roughly chopped 1 tsp salted baby capers, rinsed 4 basil leaves, chopped Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the shallots, garlic and celery for 5 minutes. Add the capsicum and eggplant and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer for 15 minutes or until thickened.

Add the vinegar and sugar and cook for 2 more minutes, stirring. Check for seasoning, and stir in the pine nuts, sultanas, olives, capers and basil. Serve warm.

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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

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Friday

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham – two courses - $25 Bellinzona, Hepburn - Two courses and a glass of wine - $35 Blackwood Hotel - Fab 5 Friday Chinese Daylesford RSL - Main meals from $20 with great priced wines (night)

Saturday Daylesford RSL - Main meals from $20 with great priced wines (night)

Sunday Moor Please, Hepburn - pizza + a glass of MP wine or 961 Lebanese beer - $20 Daylesford RSL - Freshly cooked traditional Sunday roast with great priced wines

Old Hepburn Hotel - Cheap Eats - Nothing over $20 Blackwood Hotel - Parma Night

Happy Hours

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

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 $12 cocktails and $1 oysters.

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

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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PRING has certainly sprung, and that’s when I start to look for lighter styles of beers to refresh me during these warmer days. So this past week in my fridge has been like a changing of the guard. I’ve been moving out the dark ales and stouts and moving in summer ales, lagers and pilsners.

I love a pilsner, they are clean, crisp, refreshing and the malt and hop aromas remind me of being outdoors in summer, citrus blossom and raking up from a freshly mown lawn.

Pilseners originated in Plzen, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) in 1842 when the Pilsen Brewery recruited a Bavarian brewer Josef Groll to help improve the quality of the beer being produced.

The Bavarian brewers had been using new techniques to brew, using bottom fermenting yeasts then storing (or lagering) it in cold caves. The result was a beer with increased clarity and a consistency of flavour.

Josef set about using this new brewing method along with pale malts - using English technology - and using a locally grown saaz hop, he produced a clear golden beer that the people of Pilzen applauded as a sensation. This beer became Pilsner Urquell and is still brewed today. Word quickly spread of this golden hoppy brew, and soon all across Europe others imitated this new sensation in beer.

In 1859 the term “Pilsner Bier” was registered as a brand name, and a new style had been born.

Today there are different types of pilsners. German, Czech, and European styles to name just three, but all are known for their clear light colour, with a distinct hop aroma and flavour. They are a great match to seafood and will handle chilli heat as well as cut through grease, and oily foods to cleanse a palate.

Here are a couple of beauties that currently inhabit my beer cave. Although, unlike the old Bavarian Brewers; my beers don’t get a chance to age.

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Hawkers Beer (Reservoir, Vic.) Pilsner, 5.0% abv $19.99 per 6 x 330ml bottle.

The Hawker pours a light golden colour with a light foamy head, which disappears into a thin white strip. It has a sweet malty biscuit aroma along with an awesome fragrance of grass. It is light in the mouth, with the malt body lingering enough to fill out this tasty beer before disappearing with a crisp bitter finish. This is a solid and classic pilsner style beer, which fits beautifully with the rest of Hawkers stable of tasty brews. Distribution is still a bit hard to find, as these guys are still fairly new on the market, but ask your local bottleshop and I’m sure they will find it for you. Food match: chilli crab cakes.

Mildura Brewery (Mildura, Vic.) Stefano’s Pilsner, 4.7%abv $20.99 per 6 x 330ml bottle.

This beer is a very pale golden brew. It is clear with a white head which disappeared quickly. It has a citrus piny, grass hop aroma. With a light to thin mouthfeel, the grassy flavours are evident in the back of the throat finishing dry and clean, with not much malt body being evident. The label tells me that this was brewed in a European style and I would say that is correct, as the European style tends to be a little thinner than other examples of this style. Great on a summer’s day after working in the yard and you’re looking for a quencher to cool you down.

Food match: fish and chips.

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Cam Kettle – Friday, October 30, 9pm Halloween Masked Ball with Fire & Theft – Saturday, October 31, 9pm Performance Night – Sunday November 1, 5pm Jesse Morris Band support Rosie Miss Chief – Friday, November 6, 9pm DJ Krushh, Saturday, November 7, 9pm Papa Pilko & the Binrats – Sunday, November 8, 5pm-7pm

Perfect Drop, Daylesford SIN Dance Night – Monday, October 26 Buck Jr – Friday, October 30 Halloween Show with Liz Frencham – Saturday, October 31

Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood Blues Union - Saturday, October 31

The Grande Hotel, Hepburn Springs Fats Domino/Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute Show – Friday, October 30, 8pm Bliss Bombs Burlesque – Friday, November 6, 8pm Bliss Bombs Burlesque – Friday, November 13, 8pm Me and Mrs Jones Cabaret – Friday, November 20, 8pm Love and Other Disorders – Friday, November 27, 8pm

Bluebean Love Cafe, Hepburn Live music - Friday to Sunday, 5pm-7pm Blueband jam session - Mondays, 5pm (bring an instrument)

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Street food on offer at Blue Bean Love Cafe Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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F YOU’RE a traveller then you know what street food is all about. The true flavours of a region, the easy-going nature of the food and often the need to lick your fingers afterwards.

But if you’re not a traveller, or just staying put for a while, call into Blue Bean Love Café where owner Nico Ellerby will provide the experience for you.

Nico has been around the region for quite some time working in all areas of hospitality – so he definitely knows what people want – and he’s also willing to have a bit of fun with it.

There’s the standard all-day breakfast menu – with Eggs Flori, Eggs Benny (both $16.50), or a Veg Out Big Time ($19) or maybe try a Scrambled Egg Slider ($15).

Under all that and more are the sides which can be added to any breakfast, or in fact, any meal going that day. There are also meals for kids from a tiny $6, share plates if you are feeling friendly and all the drinks you would expect including milkshakes, again a tiny $6.

Specials But the piece de resistance is the brown paper menu on the wall which changes daily and the day we were there was headed “Finger Lickin’”. And it was.

There’s a whole host of street food on offer from Smokin’ Babaganoush ($10) to Meatballs ($17), from Panzanella ($14) to Spicy Potato Wedges ($11).

But for us, when we arrived for lunch last week, well for Kyle, the Pulled Pork Po’ Boy with Chips ($20) was the stand-out. I opted for the Buffalo Wings with a Kickass Sauce ($14) and we decided we could also manage a Seasonal Tasting Plate from the all-day menu ($25).

Great choices. Kyle said the pork was succulent and delicious, sitting on top of a fresh bread roll topped again with salad, pickles and an amazing house-made sauce. Perfect!

I was a little worried about the Buffalo Wings and that Kickass Sauce – I can’t do hot – but the chicken wings and drumsticks were just right and the sauce was excellent – it did give a bit of a tingle to the tongue, and a bit more of a kick as it hit the throat, but I can’t imagine anything better.

Sharing Finally, we tucked into the share plate which included a delicate house-made mushroom tapenade, a house-made pesto, pickled capsicum, Istra meats, olives, house-made meatballs and picked zucchini. Oh, and good chunky bread to pick up all the flavours.

You can tell Nico is keen to provide as much local and house flavour as possible – and he has succeeded. The share plate was just right and a great, sit back and relax, way to finish off the dining experience.

Drinks Oh, like many, I think lunch is always nicer with a drop of something. I asked for a chardonnay and Nico suggested the 2015 Passing Clouds ($7). Not too heavy or cloying, just a nice light wine – perfect for the day.

Again, on Nico’s recommendation, Kyle chose a Vale India Pale Ale ($8). Again, refreshing with a fruity aroma but a real American beer finish. Good stuff.

And Nico does know his stuff. Those years in hospitality are certainly paying off in his own venture where he is putting his mark on his food and matching beverages.

Music Oh, did I mention Nico is also a musician himself and has introduced live music from Friday to Sunday from 5pm to 7pm?. If you’re a muso yourself why not join the Blueband jam session on Mondays from 5pm? Don’t forget your instrument!

Blue Bean Love Cafe is now taking bookings for your work do’s and Christmas break-ups!

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‘Doris’ wins best wine

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ARAMOOR Winery’s 2015 Doris riesling has taken out the prestigious Laurie Williams Perpetual Trophy for Best Wine of all Varieties at this year’s Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition.

The wine also won a gold medal and the La Bonta Trophy for best white variety or blend other than chardonnay.

The Doris riesling is named after Paramoor winemaker and owner Will Fraser’s auntie Doris Picton.

“We are delighted to win these awards, particularly since this wine is the first made from our three-year-old riesling vines,” Will, pictured right, said.

“This really bodes very well for the future.”

This is the second time in five years that Paramoor has won the Laurie Williams Perpetual Trophy for best wine at the Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition.

This places it among a select few that have been successful more than once and emphasises its leading position among the vineyards and wineries of the Macedon Ranges Region.

The free event includes artists Pat Ward, Mosey, Sarah Wilkinson, Jarrod Shaw, Luke Watt and Chris DeAraugo’s Band.

There will also be plenty to eat and drink with the breweries and wineries serving up their produce while there will be local lamb and pork hampers for lunch.

Redesdale Mia Mia Primary School will host a circus clinic with plenty for kids of all ages.

Festival lunch bookings recommended.

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I normally avoid using the word “hardy” as it invariably conjures up mental images of those straggly, almost leafless, skeletons from a coastal sand dune or craggy outback hilltop, where the presence of water is purely co-incidental.

In fact this couldn’t be further from the truth. Any plant that is naturally found to survive in a given set of conditions can be considered hardy and, if provided with support in the form of natural food and adequate water will actually thrive without too much extra effort on your behalf..

It really is a matter of choosing the right plants for your local conditions and the simplest way to do that is to take a good look at the gardens in your neighbourhood and plant those that both visually appeal and look to be thriving where they are.

Most trees and shrubs will withstand blustery winds if they are given protection until they become established and, of course, the less wind-hardy ones can be left until the ‘toughies’ can provide them with a little protection.

It makes sense to choose wiry stemmed, fine needle-like leafed plants as the outer protective belt, as they will naturally offer less resistance to the buffeting blows.

Even limestone soils, which seems to be a dominant soil-type around this area, can be tamed to a degree by regular use of such compounds as sulphate of iron or iron chelates. I prefer to use a natural, organic remedy by adding natural nitrogen to the garden in the form of a deep mulch of pea, clover or other legume straw, which can be dug in early spring to improve soil texture.

New beds can be improved by planting field peas or lucerne and then turning them in well before they can flower and reseed the bed and become a weedy nuisance when you finally plant it out. This technique will also go part of the way in dealing with the other scourge of local soils - clay.

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Fitness with Sam Redlich

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VERY day we have the opportunity to recreate ourselves and today is my day for adding something new to the mix of my wonderful life.

Over the next few months my body will be changing and it is through hard training, a disciplined diet and lifestyle, and a strong focused mind that these changes will occur.

I’ve also asked Kyle to take some before, during and after pics for you all to see.

You will see what can happen to the body when you try. But not until I am finally transformed.

Thank you for giving me the space to introduce myself and let you know what is coming. I truly hope that together we can grow a healthier you and community.

Who knows, we may even be able to nominate ourselves for the Healthiest Region award. If you have any topics of interest you would like me to cover please email me at samantha@xistance.com.au

I write this at 5am so it is only fitting for me to express my gratitude those that know me know I have a five o’clock gratitude alarm - to Donna and Kyle for the opportunity to write fitness and wellbeing articles for The Local.

As the dawn approaches and I ready myself for another day at the gym, it is with great excitement that I throw around ideas for future articles and introduce myself to the community in which I work.

Hi there everyone, I’m Sam, and you may have met me a few of issues of The Local ago as the woman who runs Xistance gym in Daylesford.

Some of you may also know me as your group fitness instructor and have been long-term supporters of what I have been offering.

Some of you know me as your personal trainer who has stood along side you during the difficult winters of your life and some of you know me as the chick who sits at the door when you enter the gym.

It is my aim that you will also come to know me through my words and passion Sam Redlich is the owner of Xistance gym in Mink Street, Daylesford. Her for fitness and wellbeing. It is also my aim to educate, inform, share and ultimately column will run in every second edition of The Local until The Comp in May encourage and motivate you to become fitter, healthier and happier. and then maybe continue after that if she’s still keen!

Let’s face it, we are a region that provides a lot of service to outside guests so let me provide you the service of having your back by keeping you strong and healthy while you go about your daily business.

Over the coming issues I will also be detailing my journey to The Comp. In May next year I intend to compete in a figure competition and am working steadily toward that goal.

What I have noticed already is there are many myths to debunk around competition training and what is required to build and shape the body.

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Read their story by Kevin Childs on page 31. Image: Kyle Barnes