The Local Issue 76 July 18, 2016

July 18, 2016 Issue 76 Archibald Prize finalist

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Butterworth's portrait of Trentham chef Annie Smithers was selected as a finalist in the recent Archibald Prize.

The year's Archibald Prize was

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July 18, 2016 Issue 76 Archibald Prize finalist

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awarded to Louise Hearman for her portrait of Barry Humphries.

Read more on page 6.

Portrait printed with permission.

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Amazing musical line-up for Cluneytunes

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LUNES is busy gearing up for its latest event, Cluneytunes, a festival of Americana and Celtic music.

The festival is the brainchild of Clunes residents Paul Wookey and Philomena Carroll.

Paul has a long history of performing in the music scene playing folk, bluegrass, blues and country, acoustic and electric. He grew up in Victoria and discovered the blues and Eric Clapton’s guitar-playing as a teenager before moving into the acoustic and folk scene.

Paul won the Golden Guitar at Tamworth for best new talent in the 1980s, has supported acts like Mick Jagger and toured the country with many overseas artists – Jimmy Witherspoon, John Hammond, Vince Gill, Byron Berline, Mark O’Connor and Jesse Winchester.

Australian artists include Marcia Hines, Broderick Smith, Tommy Emmanuel & Chris Wilson, Nick Charles, Geoff Achison and Shannon Bourne.

Meanwhile, Philomena has played double bass, guitar and banjo in many bluegrass and country bands over the years. She was nominated for two Golden Guitars in the Rank Strangers Bluegrass Band and played double bass in the all-girl line-up of GIT with Sarah Carroll and Suzannah Espie of The Junes.

The very successful Harrietville Bluegrass Festival was partly her brainchild and she was involved in the running of the festival for a number of years from its inception until 2012.

The couple, pictured right, old friends from the 1980s acoustic scene met up again in 2012 at Harrietville and married 10 months later, recently moving to Clunes.

Philomena said she and Paul have been performing as a duo for the past three years at festivals, house concerts, ships and pubs.

“We decided that Clunes needed a music festival to add to the historic township’s growing cultural status for tourists and locals alike. Our shared passion for the music of America and Ireland has inspired the theme for Cluneytunes, festival of Americana and Celtic music.”

Philomena said one of the acts, from the USA, was Skip Gorman, a great mandolin player and fiddler, guitarist and singer.

“He is also an historian with great stories and songs of the pioneers and settlers of the wild west. Skip has toured Europe and the UK many times and is in great demand in the USA playing at festivals, band camps and performing in movies and recording soundtracks.

“And the local line-up for the festival is fantastic – blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, celtic, Appalachian old-timey and some original stuff to boot. The acts include Shane Howard Trio, Pete Denahy, the Davidson Brothers, Nick Charles, Pete Fidler and Paul Wookey Trio and solo, Saoirse Oz, Hardrive Bluegrass Band, Cat and Clint, Patrick Evans...

“Pete Denahy and friends will be doing a comedy/bluegrass breakfast one morning.

Instrumental workshops are planned, instrumentmakers stands will be on show, four major headline act concerts on the main stage and more concerts on the second stage as well as sessions in the town hall and Jubilee Hall.”

Cluneytunes is on at the Wesley College and Town Hall in Clunes from September 23 to 25.

Weekend, day and session tickets are available.

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"Our shared passion for the music of America and Ireland has inspired the theme for Cluneytunes, festival of Americana and Celtic Music.”

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Artwork and garden landmark being created at Musk

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HE tiny locality of Musk is going through a development phase. It’s taking the form of a studio where artist Andrew O’Brian, his partner Georgina and their two sons, Beckett and Lenny, will soon be taking up residence.

But this isn’t just a family’s dream home, but something much more. On nine hectares of land along the Daylesford-Trentham Road, Andrew has been busy rehabilitating and clearing a section of bush that has long been overrun by blackberries and rotting piles of timber. As each day passes, the site is gradually turning into something that will be a landmark.

“I’m importing three barns from America,” Andrew says. “They are an early colonial style crafted in big timber you can’t really get here. They will be situated around a central courtyard featuring a large structure with two smaller buildings attached to it.

“One will have a traditional kitchen with a stone floor and the others will serve as studios and living spaces. The barns are made by Quaker carpenters from the north eastern United States using traditional techniques. They are then flat-packed and should arrive here in November.

"They will be a strong feature as well as interlocking the space and offering varying vistas out onto the landscape. At the back of the property we are rehabilitating the native forest and in the front we will be planting a European botanical garden and a space for a vegetable garden and fruit trees.”

It is a big project and will cover the entire area of the block he has owned for nearly a year. In a sense, the project is an extension of Andrew’s creative drive and career as a successful painter.

Previously he had a space in inner city Melbourne cultivating a wide range of buyers for his large abstract canvases. These have included Qantas, Gina Rinehart, Crown Resorts, The Royal Children's Hospital, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank and the Danish royal family. He attributes his success to working directly with his clients and not through the usual array of commercial galleries that normally act as intermediaries.

“I have secured my many commissions and sales by dealing with my clients instead of allowing gallerists to do it for me. It has paid off and is an effective way of establishing a career. Many younger artists are not getting the chance to build their reputations because they do not get proper access to a buying community. I believe you have to do it and most successful artists have done it through history.”

His development at Musk will be a continuation of his attitudes to making, promoting and thinking about art. It is also a means to open up a generally city-centric culture market and be an opportunity for other artists too. Alongside his studio and residence, Andrew is also going to support other makers with residency programs and areas for installing and exhibiting sculpture.

“I have had this concept developing in my mind for quite a few years. The basic premise is an evolving sculpture garden along with a bi-annual prize as part of my foundation. The name of the initiative is the Andrew O’Brian Foundation for Emerging Artists and its role will be to promote and assist them in realising sculptural and 3D responses to the surrounding landscape and architecture.”

The project is in its early days, but as it comes to fruition over the coming seasons, Musk will find itself a host to a significant attraction for visitors and one of the cornerstones of art tourism in the region. Even at this early stage, while the mud still lies on the ground and the building only exist as plans, he has had a lot of interest from his neighbours and the community at large.

“The council is very supportive of it and it will progressively grow and materialise over time. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the entire vision fits into the environment.

"Bush land is very important to us but so is the hamlet of Musk. It’s very close to Daylesford and gives people another option when they are in the area, something else to visit on the weekend. To come out, see some work and have a look at the gardens.

Even now, we get two or three people pulling up per day asking what we are doing. It’s fantastic.”

Words: Anthony Sawrey | Image: Contributed

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Kintore a special place with special people

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Since the program’s inception it has had far reaching results, the most important being the protection of the community’s cultural teachings. As well as the dialysis Her main area is dialysis, a treatment process with specialised equipment service, the corporation Western Desert Dialysis for short, provides social support, conducted to remove waste and excess water from the blood of people with end stage health promotion and education.

“Out at Kintore, where we go, it’s a very strong community. There is no alcohol renal failure or loss of kidney function. and people on country eat much better, they hunt, eat a lot more traditional foods In 2014, with her husband Andrew, Virginia used her long service leave to do and they don’t use dialysis at all. They really do very well out there, they are with their a three-month placement as a specialist working with Western Desert Dialysis at families, they are not socially and culturally isolated and that’s extremely important.

Mount Kintore in the Northern Territory.

“It’s also significant they were funded originally by art and indigenous This spectacular region of Australia, very close to the Western Australia border, governance, and so there is a great sense of ownership and pride. Originally the is the ancestral home of the Pintupi people and about seven hours drive from Alice government, at both state and federal levels, didn’t want to support them but now Springs.

In the process she has learned a great deal about the ancient culture of the country they see how important Western Desert Dialysis is. In fact, if the remote dialysis program was shut down, Alice Springs wouldn’t be able to cope with the numbers.” and the fantastic dialysis treatment program there; one that has made an incredible Western Desert Dialysis is a success story for Aboriginal people and led to remote difference to the people who call the region home. units being set up elsewhere in Australia including Arnhem Land and The Kimberly.

“For those suffering from kidney failure, dialysis becomes a vital treatment.

The fact it was set up independently of government paternalism is one of its Chronic kidney disease can affect up to one in 10 people, but for a number of reasons, the residents of very remote Aboriginal communities are up to 20 times more great strengths and today, their efforts have paid off by keeping isolated communities strong and cohesive. likely to end up on dialysis.

It is a story of strength and growth and for Virginia Kelly-Norris, there is nothing "Unfortunately, it is an intricate procedure and when it’s needed, treatment must better than to go out and be a witness to the program’s positive ripples through some take place three days a week for five hours each time.” of the remotest areas in Australia In previous years, patients had to travel into Alice Springs to attend life-saving “It is fantastic to be able to work with the Pintupi people and a real privilege to dialysis. What this meant however, was important and elderly people in outlying be in country. We will be going there again in the next few months and we hope to communities were faced with the prospect that they would never see their home be able to go every year. We really love it, it is a very special place with very special country again. They would have to remain close to medical centres far from their people and we were really lucky to meet them and help in such a profound way.” families, culture and support.

In the 1990s, Pintupi Luritja people from several western desert communities Words: Anthony Sawrey | Image: Kyle Barnes took steps to address these concerns. Senior men and women created four collaborative paintings and, with the help and support of Papunya Tula Artists, Sotheby’s Australia and local Northern Territory politicians these were auctioned at the Art Gallery of NSW in November 2000.

They raised more than $1m to set up a dialysis service in Kintore and since then the program has grown to include units in seven more remote communities. These include Yuendumu, Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Lajamanu, Warburton, Kiwirrkurra, Yirrkala and Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa). They also added a mobile unit called the Purple Truck and have a centre in Alice Springs.

In 2003 the services were incorporated as the Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation and the name means ‘Making all our families well’. It recognised that people must be able to stay on country, to look after and be looked after by their families.

IRGINIA Kelly-Norris has been a registered nurse for 30 years and has spent the past two decades at Hepburn Health.

“It’s also significant they were funded originally by art and indigenous governance, and so there is a great sense of ownership and pride."

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Butterworth finalist in Archibald Prize

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YNETON artist Daniel Butterworth's painting of Trentham chef Annie Smithers (see The Local's front page) was a finalist in the recently announced Archibald Prize.

This year's Archibald Prize was awarded to Louise Hearman for her portrait of Barry Humphries.

The Packing Room Prize was awarded to Betina Fauvel-Ogden for her oil on linen portrait of MasterChef judge George Calombaris.

Annie, speaking from Sydney just after the awards were announced last Friday, said just being selected for the awards was "extraordinary".

"Daniel's work has certainly garnered a lot of praise from his peers and I have been extremely privileged to be a part of the process.

"I am sure the community is incredibly proud of him."

Annie said while she had seen the painting during its creation and after it was framed it was still "a little daunting to be in the gallery and walk around the corner and come across a 2.4 metre Annie Smithers".

She said after being approached by Daniel she had looked at his work before meeting him. "He seemed to be a bit of a naughty character - and we share a few of those traits - a bit naughty."

Annie said she and Daniel had shared the narratives of their work and sitting for the portrait was "an easy and fun process".

"And despite the worn and tired look I had, we had a lot of laughs."

The Archibald will be on tour at the Art Gallery of Ballarat from October 14 to November 27.

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Esther Stewart has won the 2016 Sulman Prize, also announced on Friday, for her painting Flatland Dreaming. Esther, who has a studio in Daylesford said "winning the Sir John Sulman Prize is an incredible honour and I am extremely delighted". The Local hopes to catch up with her for the next edition.

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More consultation for the Trentham Hub

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HREE year since the facilities review of Trentham, the question of where and what will be the Trentham Hub continues.

Hepburn Shire Council recently released a media release saying consultations continue with the council endorsing “an additional broad-based community consultation process to facilitate the best way forward”.

The Local spoke to Community Reference Group chair Susie Spence.

Ms Spence, who is also chair of the Trentham Historical Society, said she never thought that it would take more than two years to “do something good for the community”.

Ms Spence said the reference group was formed after a facilities review looked at all of the facilities in the area available for groups and “found that most were old, inadequate in every way and too small”.

“The review recommended that a hub be built that would service most groups and the community with a modern building that was easy to maintain and include a permanent staff member.”

Ms Spence said after talking to the community it was decided that it was important to have everything in one place, possibly on the main street, and something large enough for school functions, birthdays, weddings and community events.

A seniors’ centre would also be welcome news for those living in older homes that struggle to stay warm in winter and cool in summer, she said.

Ms Spence said the site of the current Trentham Mechanics Institute seemed perfect, and given that the building was no longer in good condition, the idea was raised to knock it down and start again. The budget was $3.6 million.

“The hub would do everything a mechanic’s institute would do. And being in the main street, at the entrance to the town, would be perfect.”

Ms Spence said there had been objections to razing the building for “mainly sentimental reasons”, despite moves in the 50s for the same action. “Sentimentality is all very well but it is stopping all sorts of things."

“There is only one original wall left, the other rooms have all been added on. It was built in 1881 but in 1937 it came under the title of Crown Land.”

But Ms Spence said the latest round of consultations were hoping to satisfy 97 per cent of Trentham’s population, with the plan now to keep the main hall and build around that on the main road side.

It was not known how much more it would cost to do that, she said. “Everybody wants a hall, it is just the location and to satisfy those concerned about the (Mechanics) hall. We think we can do that now.”

The Local contacted staunch defender of the Trentham Mechanics Institute, Robert Kingston, but he was overseas. We hope to talk to him for the next edition.

“Everybody wants a hall, it is just the location and to satisfy those concerned about the (Mechanics) hall. We think we can do that now.”

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Just sayin’...

Pick me, pick me...

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AM thinking about standing for council. Yes, probably madness.

A lot of work for not much financial compensation and really, the only joy is hoping you are helping other people. Hang on, that sounds remarkably like being a journo with The Local.

I found another similarity recently. Journos are always told "you are not there to make friends" and I recently I talked to one of the current councillors who said you needed to have a thick skin. "You wake up each morning and wonder 'do they like me today, or do they hate me?'" they said, quite sadly. Snap.

In my time as a journo I have covered a lot of council meetings in a lot of different council chambers. I would have to say the Daylesford Town Hall is one of the most historically impressive. It's also the only one where I have watched a modern-day Ned Kelly turn up to a meeting - and where another time someone wheeled in a coffin.

All the others have been pretty mundane compared to that although Frankston had a fair few arguments, between councillors that is. Cairns, Karratha and Alice Springs were a bit hot, Kingston and Hervey Bay were boring, and Logan, was, well, Logan. I should have known when the selling point for the job at the Logan West Leader was that it was near the airport.

When I was younger I would sit in the chamber and carefully note every issue each councillor raised, using my best Pitman shorthand, until one day I realised when I stopped writing they stopped talking. After that I was a little more subjectve.

Those were the good old days. When journos were invited to join councillors for some pretty decent meals before the meetings and some pretty decent drinks after the meetings. But the meetings also went into the wee hours until someone in the Local Government Department decided to put a stop to that. I never thanked you - but you saved my sanity.

Anyway, standing for council seems like an idea that has been rattling around for quite some time now. And with The Local now almost three years old and pretty much entrenched in community life, maybe it's time to give back.

And if I don't get in, that's fine. I already know there are quite a few people waiting to put their hand up when it's time. Really good people who will bring great experience and knowledge to the role.

And that's perhaps the point. That there is a choice. Just sayin'...

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Return to investors priority for Hepburn Wind

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S HEPBURN Wind spins into its fifth year its focus is on a return to investors. The community-owned wind farm’s spokesperson Taryn Lane told The Local: “We are now in a position to put a high priority on making a return to members.”

There have been rumblings about investors in the $13m project having expected a return by now. Taryn said the wind farm had always been transparent with its just over 2000 investors. “We asked their advice about the strategy on whether to return money to them or pay the debt. They supported the choice of debt.”

Three years of political and market volatility hit the farm. “This has not been easy - 1500 people lost their jobs in Victoria's renewable energy sector in this time and dozens of businesses collapsed, superannuation funds took a huge hit. We are small and flexible and have punched above our weight in regards to advocacy.”

Taryn said investors had been kept up to date and supported the strategy at both the 2014 and 2015 annual general meetings, which was further spelt out in annual and half-yearly reports.

Investors, known to the farm as members, could put in from $110 for locals and $1100 for non-locals. Investments ranged up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, with locals making up just over half the investors. The market price is now above $120 per megawatt hour (MWh).

The farm’s twin turbines, Gale and Gusto, generate 11,000MWh a year, enough for 2100 Victorian homes. “As a co-operative, we have a fixed share price at $1.10 (share price $1 plus $0.10 premium),” Taryn said. Before July 2011 the share price was $1.

Asked when investors could see a return on their investments she said, “Now that the market has stabilised, we will be able to provide a three-year strategy to members. We still have around $800,000 of debt (down from $3.1m) and accumulated losses to pay down, however a return to members will be a high priority for the coming three years.

"Importantly with the political threats impacting on the market, we lost 19 per cent of our income in the 2015 financial year, following on from 12 per cent the year before.”

With the market at an all-time high the farm aims to quickly recover its losses. “We will provide some forecasting to members in the coming months. It has been difficult as no one in the energy space has been doing any forecasting for three years due to the volatility, however just this past month forecasts are starting to be made and they look very positive through to 2020.” She added, “The removal of the carbon tax hit us, as did the nonstatutory renewable energy target review”.

“In early 2014 we were scheduled to pay a return, however the market collapsed far earlier than forecast, from $95MWh to $60MWh in a few months. We communicated to our members that we were in significant risk - no one could foresee that Australia would become the first country to go backwards on climate policy after 13 years of bipartisan support.”

A change of direction meant a focus on paying down debt and cutting expenses. She said any member who disagreed was invited to have a discussion. “We received dozens of emails in support and only two complaints.” Expenses were slashed 32 per cent in two years and debt from $1.945m in 2013 to now under $800,000. No longer was there any risk from the federal government, with a renewable energy target set for 2020.

And the recent announcement of a target by the State Government further reduced risk. Before these changes Australia had been globally unique in going backwards on climate policy.

Taryn’s view is that in spite of some small opposition the wind farm has overwhelming support. “We haven’t had a complaint for years.”

To mark its fifth anniversary, the farm launched a new product, Community Green. This carbon-offset product means that someone travelling to Europe could go online to calculate their carbon footprint and buy a renewable energy certificate to cover it. Similarly, café owners or events or homes could green up their activities, prices range according to activity.

Hepburn Shire Council was the first customer, offsetting 94 tonnes of carbon with Renewable Energy Certificates. The more certificates surrendered to the wind farm, the more renewable Words: Kevin Childs projects must be built.

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THREE Daylesford Primary School students competed in the Cross Country State Finals last Thursday - with another, Jessica, out due to injury. In their respective age groups Sebastian came first, Charlotte came 24th and James came 54th. Sebastian may now compete at the national championships in Canberra. All four have been training with Sebastian and Charlotte's grandfather Barry Phypers.

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The information session, to be held at Kyneton Mechanics Institute on Thursday, July 28 from 6.30pm to 9pm, will feature current and former female councillors. They will discuss what’s involved in being a councillor and what resources are available to assist potential candidates, with a view to increasing wellresourced and informed female representation in local government throughout the region.

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To access the kit online, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/ business-kit Hard copies are available at council’s service centres in Kyneton, Woodend, Romsey and Gisborne, or can be obtained by contacting Economic Development and Tourism on 5421 9616 or via ecodevadmin@mrsc.vic. gov.au

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“The TripAdvisor rating is based on reviews from our visitors, with numbers continuing to increase over the last 12 months. This highlights what a great experience the Rock provides. From taking a walk up to the Rock, having a picnic or barbeque, spotting native wildlife or simply enjoying the fresh air and surrounds, it’s a natural wonder that deserves to be explored.”

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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).

Recently, the Mark Ward Group acquired Decor Impact – a dynamic business featuring great visual items for sale and hire.

Life size animals, figures, dinosaurs and outdoor props. A great range of exciting new stock will be hitting the country on a monthly basis. Showrooms open at all Mill Markets venues!

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Collingwood supporter loving Hepburn House

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OR mad-keen Collingwood supporter Bev Jobs, the only home better than Victoria Park is Hepburn House.

Having moved to the country home-style aged care facility last year, Bev has found happiness living among friends – as well as family, quite literally.

“I have a daughter who works in the kitchen, she keeps an eye on me,” Bev said.

Not only does Hepburn House provide residents with homestyle meals, in line with its non-institutionalised way of life, but the dedicated team of kitchen staff is well positioned to cook with the dietary requirements of individual residents in mind.

And it’s not just the lovely meals that have Bev feeling happy and content at Hepburn House – in fact, she likes everything about it.

“All the staff are very helpful and I really enjoy the bus trips they take us on.”

Whether to Morning Melodies (also held monthly on-site) or to nearby towns, there is an on-site bus - with wheelchair access - to ensure residents continue to engage with the local community on regular trips.

Not only are the outings an important part of life at Hepburn House, but they are complemented by lifestyle programs which cater to each resident’s individual likes and dislikes.

When Bev’s house was being sold, she had looked at other places before deciding on moving to Hepburn House – and the choice was the best one she could have made.

“I don’t love one thing more than any other at Hepburn House…I like the whole lot.”

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New Ned Kelly movie

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NPAID parking fines and an unwelcome visit by the sheriff is the basis for the latest film featuring a modern-day Ned Kelly.

Filmmaker Freeman Trebilcock, who grew up in Daylesford making films with friends using a video camera from the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre, is directing the film as part of his Master’s degree at the Victorian College of the Arts.

“I have always been passionate about making films and now at the ripe old age of 28, I am actually doing it,” he said.

“I was looking into mythology, the myths of different cultures, and the major theme seems to be the hero has to either die or go through a big transformation.

Then I thought about Ned Kelly and how we like to celebrate him, although he is complicated as well as flawed.

“And I wanted to make a modern day version. The seed behind that was my own run-in with the law. I was being irresponsible and getting a lot of parking fines and eventually, because it was my mum’s car, the sheriff came to arrest her.

“That’s the parallel to Ned’s story today. We don’t suffer the same persecutions as we did in the past but now it’s bureaucracy that most people struggle with. That was definitely my experience, I didn't realise a few parking fines were so serious.

That was my flaw.

“Some people might take issue that I am treating Ned Kelly in such a lighthearted way but we have got to be a bit tongue in cheek, that’s the Australian way.”

Freeman, who now lives in Clifton Hills, said along with using archival footage from the 1906 film The Story of The Kelly Gang, shooting would also take place in two weeks in the Wombat State Forest, Daylesford, Ballarat and Melbourne.

That would be followed by six weeks of post production with the film, Forging Ned Kelly, to be shown at the Australian Centre of Moving Images in Federation Square in December.

Freeman said he also hoped to show the 20-minute film at the Daylesford Theatre in January with some additional behind the scenes footage.

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by Kyle Barnes

INTER is well and truly making its mark with snow, rain, sleet and fog.

The other night I was driving the pothole slalom home - which I now know so well it’s like having a navigator at a car rally inside my head.

“In 300 metres swerve to the right extra-large pothole (maybe council could fence it off and put in a pool for the summer), 50 metres avoid new baby pothole being created and watch the Coomoora bridge where a major pothole is developing.”

Anyway, I came around the corner in the dark to arrive head-on into a kangaroo. The poor thing was simply hopping across the road and, BAM, he got cleaned up by me. Now, I have resided in the “shire of a plethora of potholes” for 11 years and touch wood this is my first and only kangaroo. By the way, thanks to Dean from the Daylesford Post Office for giving me his spare nudge bar. I am pretty sure it stopped the airbags exploding.

I went back to check on my victim, and a special thanks to the guy who pulled up and offered to drag him off the road. I am sorry Donna’s first words to you in the pitch black were “do you have a gun?” she meant it in a good way.

But as we approached, the roo, all two metres plus of him, got up and hopped towards another car which had pulled up. I turned the ute around while Donna was busy clapping, not because he had survived but because she was trying to scare him off the road.

Meanwhile, I saw the roo in the other car’s headlights and suddenly saw a gush of liquid come out of the dark silhouette. I yelled out to Donna “oh no, his guts are coming out” but she quietly pointed out he was taking a big pee.

A couple of moments later and he hopped away over the fence and into the paddock. I did go back in the early hours of the morning, but there was no sign of him. I hope he was alright, and not as someone kindly pointed out “probably dying from internal injuries”.

Thanks.

And now for a safety message and yes, you are welcome. If you are driving in fog, particularly in a white car, please ensure your headlights are on. You are not saving power by leaving them off and if you get a couple less hours out of the bulbs, that will be nothing to being in a road accident.

And while I’m on the subject of fog, I recently spotted three teams of road workers filling potholes in the mist around the Central Highlands. It doesn’t matter that you have the flashy things on top of your trucks, most drivers find it hard to go around you at the best of times, least of all when your truck is on a blind corner or worse, still in a slipway in the fog. Stay off the road until the fog has lifted or employ better traffic management systems for God’s sake.

People, please bloody well drive carefully. There are few second chances.

Rant over…

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Michelle Pleasance Reading From A Children’s Book

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Natasha Morgan, Miin Chan & CWA Panel Discussion

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David Holmgren: A History From The Future

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Acknowledgement of Country

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Patrick Jones Land Cultures Documentary

2:30 PM

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Toby Simes Talk On The Sonnet

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Opening Story Slam with Fablice Manirakiza

1:00 PM 1:50 PM

Women's Panel: Can We Eat Local?

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra at Town Hall

Judicial Murder by Deborah Benson

Cate Kennedy Reads Poems and Sings

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John Lethlean & Claude Forell

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Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Award Winner

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Melbourne Chamber Orchestra at The Anglican Church

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You Are What You Eat: with Craig Batty

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Su Dennett and Meg Ulman on The Supermarket

6:00 PM 10:00 PM

National Theatre Live production of Hamlet

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Words and Music – A Recent History by Michael Westlake

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To market, to market...to jump on an historic train...

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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 (pictured right) Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Makers’ 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 Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday Buninyong Village Market – fourth Sunday Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday

The Trentham Farmers Market has joined with Trentham Makers Market

Third Saturday, 9am - 1pm

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

www.daylesfordcinema.org.au Sunday 31 July Tuesday 19 July 1.15pm Me Before You (PG) 10am Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG) 3.30pm Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) 6pm Sherpa (M) 6pm Money Monster (M) Friday 22 July Tuesday 2 August 5.45pm Me Before You (PG) 10am Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) 8pm Money Monster (M) 6pm Me Before You (PG) Saturday 23 July Friday 5 August 3.30pm Downriver (M) 5:30pm Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) 5.45pm Money Monster (M) 8pm **Words in Winter - Polyfaces (PG) 8pm Me Before You (PG) Saturday 6 August Sunday 24 July 3pm The BFG (PG) 1.30pm Money Monster (M) 5:30pm Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) 3.45pm Downriver (M) 8pm The Legend of Tarzan (M) 6pm Me Before You (PG) Sunday 7 August Tuesday 26 July 1pm The BFG (PG) 10am Downriver (M) 3:30 The Legend of Tarzan (M) 6pm Money Monster (M) 6pm ** Words in Winter Friday 29 July Hamlet (National Theatre Live) 5.45pm Money Monster (M) 8pm Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) Saturday 30 July 3.15pm Me Before You (PG) 5.30pm Everybody Wants Some (MA15+) 8pm Money Monster (M) all movies & screening times are subject to change

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Music part of every day

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RIAN Lane has lived around Daylesford all her life and with both of her parents musicians she was always singing, writing and playing from a young age. Arian talked to Donna Kelly.

Donna: When did you get into music?

Arian: I have always listened to music constantly. It's just a part of every day for me, it helps me think clearly, concentrate and feel creative. I didn't start learning an instrument until my early teens and songwriting is something I do daily. I spent some time with music theory in high school but we didn't get along. It's kind of like maths to me‌or French.

Donna: What do you love about music?

Arian: I find music addictive and stimulating. Good music makes me feel the extremest of all emotions. When I play with people who do it for the same reason I do, there's almost always a connection, kind of like those lame parts in movies when people fall in love at first sight and they both smile in slow motion and everything is wonderful. Music does that. Plus, it's cool. It's literally the coolest career somebody could have.

Donna: What do you hope your audience gains from your music?

Arian: I hope that the people who listen to my music hear something a little different to anything before, and most importantly I want them to feel something.

Whether my songs connect with people on a deep level or just make them want to dance, I would love to think that my audience feels something.

Donna: If you could choose three musicians to jam with...

Arian: I'd probably give you a different answer every day of the week. Eddie Vedder would have to be one, purely because of that voice. The 90s Seattle Scene Melvins, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana - includes some of my favourite bands and musos ever. Robert Plant - plus the whole band, Zeppelin made the most perfect connection between folk and rock, and I can't think of a band who has done anything quite like it since. Paul McCartney or Dave Grohl. These guys have done it all! We'd probably finish the jam with a couple of #1 hits up our sleeves too.

Donna: Finally, where can we hear you next?

Arian: I am the resident musician at the Blackwood Merchant for July – so the next two Friday evenings at the Merchant.

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Fanny's on Piper Street

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N 80s-inspired evening in aid of local fire brigades will see Fanny’s pop up on Kyneton’s Piper Street on Saturday, July 30.

Team Fanny is Frank Moylan and Melissa Macfarlane, Adam Foster, and Scott and Sarah Banks.

As the owners of Mr Carsisi head off on their annual holidays, the premises will be taken over by Team Fanny offering diners a stylish spread with modern sensibilities, replete with vodka trolley and wine from the 80s, complemented by current releases.

The event organisers are also seeking auction contributions from businesses and artists to boost the fundraising haul for the five local CFA brigades who will be the beneficiaries. Contact Mr Banks at scott@banksfinewine.com.au or 0415 492 580.

Link: www.fannysonpiper.com Right, Scott Banks, from Team Fanny, and a CFA volunteer, receives the restaurant keys from Mr Carsisi owner and chef, Matt Fegan

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The Perfect Drop Restaurant & Wine Bar Monday to Tuesday - 4pm until late Friday to Sunday - 12pm until late Live Music in the bar on weekends. www.theperfectdrop.com 5 Howe Street, Daylesford 5348 1100

Locals Night - Tuesdays $55 - 5 courses inc bubbles Happy Hours 4pm - 6pm Daily $12 Cocktails & $2 Oysters

Sunday (Funday) $3.50 Pots all day

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Club opening hours Sunday to Thursday 10am – 11pm Friday & Saturday 10am – 12 Midnight Bistro opening hours Wednesday to Sunday Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm Dinner 6pm – 8.30pm Happy Hour Friday 6pm – 7pm Friday Night Raffles & Members Draw Every Friday from 7pm

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5000 Club offering best value dining option

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T MUST be the best value dining in the region. As in free!

Every Friday, the 5000 Club volunteers offer a free community lunch at the Christ Church Hall in Daylesford - and everyone is welcome.

There are always three courses available with a load of options to cater for everyone and every taste.

When we turned up last Friday, and no bookings are needed, there was a big tureen of steaming Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Soup ready to warm us up. And it was just delicious.

Main course was hard - so many choices from Lemon Chicken & Rice to Stirfry Vegies with Teriyaki Tofu & Rice. And then there's the Steamed Silverbeet and a choice of salads from Greek, Beetroot and Coleslaw.

The great thing here, as you can see from our photo, is that you can even have a bit of everything. So you never leave hungry.

Finally, the desserts. Last Friday's choices were Pavlova & Fruit, Fruit Salad & Ice-cream, Sweet Buns, a Chocolate B&B Pudding and Lemon Tart. I have loved pav since I was young, and I reckon this is one of the best I've tried. Oh, the 5000 Club understand that sometimes you need both cream and ice-cream!

The seating is communal - you just find a chair and park it. And it's table service when it's time to clean up. These guys really know how to look after their customers.

And when you leave, check out the fresh fruit and veg waiting to be taken home.

Week in, week out, the 5000 Club has served more than 9000 meals over the past almost five years with help from major discounts from Spa Centre Meats and a grant from Hepburn Shire Council. Keeping Daylesford Warm also provide a range of hand-knitted items to make sure everyone stays warm over winter.

Organiser Loretta Little said that with the winter weather the club was finding that the locals were depending on their services even more.

And while the founding group of volunteers remained committed to the cause, like any organisation, it was always important to take new people on board to secure the future.

“There are a number of roles from cooking to serving to waiting on tables – and we have a great group of clients who are very appreciative of what we do.

“The free lunches are for any member of the community to come along and join in the fun. It is a community function. We get individuals, families and business people on their lunch breaks who are just keen for a chat with someone new.”

To discuss the possibility of volunteering, contact Loretta on 5348 4193.

And to enjoy a delicious three-course meal and some great conversations, head to the hall on Fridays from noon to 1pm.

Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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Fresh seafood available every Wednesday 9.00 – 11.00

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Meal deals for locals...and visitors too!

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

Monday Passing Clouds, Musk - (lunch from noon) main and side from the grill with a glass of wine - $30 Mercato, Daylesford – main dish & a glass of local wine - $30 The Grande Hotel, Hepburn Springs - two courses & a glass of house wine, beer or bubbles - $38 Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Monday Meatball Madness with a glass of house wine, Furphy pot or soft drink - $20 (Vegetarian option available)

Friday

Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and glass of wine - $45 Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood - Fab 5 meals specials from $18 Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn - Burger Night with vegan options - $16 Blackwood Merchant, Blackwood - House-made pizza - $16-21 Small Holdings, Malmsbury - (lunch), Soup of the Day - $8, or House-made gnocchi with glass of house wine - $25 Small Holdings, Malmsbury - Canapes and drinks, 4pm-7pm 5000 Club, Anglican Church, Daylesford - Free community lunch, 12pm - 1pm

Sunday Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and glass of wine - $45 Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn - Curry Night with vegan options available - $18

Tuesday Perfect Drop - five courses with a glass of bubbles or beer - $55 Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood - Parma Night - $15 + glass of house wine or pot Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Burger Night with chips and a glass of house wine, Furphy pot or soft drink - $20 (Vegetarian option available)

Wednesday Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Pot (or glass of house wine) and Parma - $20 Belvedere Social, Daylesford - four shared courses with glass of wine - $50

Happy Hours Daylesford Bowling Club has Happy Hour ‘n’ a half, from Monday to Thursday, from 4.30pm to 6pm. And Happy Hour on Friday, 6pm to 7pm.

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

Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn has Happy Hours from Friday to Monday from 4pm to 6pm with $5 beer, wine or bubbles

Thursday

Raffles

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 Belvedere Social, Daylesford - four shared courses with glass of wine - $50 Small Holdings, Malmsbury - (lunch), Soup of the Day - $8, or House-made Gnocchi with a glass of house wine - $25

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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Sabre's Cause trek

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EVEN-year-old Sabre has just returned from a trek around Victoria – building up visual memories before he loses his sight.

The Hepburn Springs Primary School student was diagnosed three years ago with a number of eye conditions which mean he will eventually lose all sight.

He has already lost about 50 per cent of his vision.

But with their amazing community rallying around them, mum Kyleen (Cookie) Cepanec, dad Robert and Sabre and his big brother Xavier are staying positive.

They are also being helped by Matt "Flash" Viola and his Section 8 4WD club.

The club was started by Matt 10 years ago and with plans for a 10th anniversary trek, he decided to not only take Sabre on the journey around Victoria but also to raise money, calling it Sabre’s Cause.

The group has just returned from the fundraising trek and is now busy planning a Bingo Night for September and a Grand Finale event later this year.

To donate to Sabre’s Cause, go to the Bendigo Bank.

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It's snow time!

IT ONLY happens once or twice a year, so when the snow comes down, The Local gets out and about, as do so many other locals! Here are just a few shots from around the traps taken last Wednesday, July 13. More photos on Facebook.

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Plant or transplant – now’s the time

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F YOU have any trees or shrubs you feel should be growing somewhere else in your garden, or even in another place, now is the best time to do it.

If the plant is evergreen you will need to do it with a ball of earth packed tightly around the root system to reduce setback. Unless it has been raining heavily at the time, water around the plant a few days beforehand. At the same time, plunge the spade in a circle equivalent to the root mass you are taking to sever the roots and lessen the shock.

If the plant is to be moved only a metre or so, lift the ball onto a shovel or something similar so you can slide it off into its new hole. If the new location is any further away lay it on a hessian or cloth square large enough to wrap it like a Christmas pudding and truss it tightly with twine.

Once in its new location simply cut the twine and plant it wrapping and all. The cloth will soon rot and the roots will find their way into the new bed.

Deciduous varieties can be lifted and replanted without as much care, for as long as they are not allowed to dry out they won’t be making any further growth until the warm weather returns.

Plant roses, deciduous fruit and ornamental trees Roses and deciduous trees are available for planting in “bare root” form right now. That is, they come with sawdust packed around their roots and wrapped in either plastic or hessian.

Replanting is simple; merely remove the wrapping and wash the packing material from the roots before planting them into a pre-dug hole, making sure the point of grafting onto the root stack is at least 5cm above soil level.

As with the evergreens, pack the soil firmly around the roots, then water in well. Put on your wellies and tramp the soil in around the plant and water again to remove any pockets of air that might cause the roots to dry out.

The crabapple or ornamental malus family provide year-round pleasure with their beautiful spring blossoms, colourful versatile fruit and autumn leaves. Pictured, above right, is malus gorgeous, a compact variety with bright red fruit.

What katydid?

The pettigoniids or katydids are many and varied and usually mistaken for locusts but are, in fact, related to crickets. They are either infrequent visitors to my garden or their camouflage works too well because this fellow, pictured below right, is the only one I’ve seen in the flesh.

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What: Hepburn Health Service Mental Health First Aid Training two-day course. Cost is $40.

Where: Daylesford Community Health Centre When: Tuesday, July 19 and Wednesday, July 20, 9am-5pm Who: Brian Dunn on 5321 6587 or briand@hhs. vic.gov.au What: Community-based program for leg-related issues treatment and management Where: 79 Raglan Street, Daylesford When: Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm Who: Patty McKibbin on 5321 6570 What: Low-impact social exercise program for improved health and wellbeing Where: Daylesford When: Wednesdays, 8am-9am, Thursdays, 11am11.45am Who: Eliz Rhook on 5345 9150

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UE to the lovely rain we have been having there has been no Thursday golf for the last two weeks.

However we have been fortunate enough to be able to play on Saturdays.

July 2 saw the playing of the July monthly medal with John Krunic winning B grade and his third successive medal with a score of 79-20-59. Leon Hedwards won A grade with a score of 74-11-63 while Col Richardson was nearest the pin on the 15th.

On July 9 a 4BBB stroke event was played with Cam Ford and Wayne Gull being successful with a score of 56. John Arnold nearly holed out to win nearest the pin on the 17th.

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N THE life of a gym, there are those that come and go and those that stay. Those that stay discover that the gym becomes more than just a place of exercise. It becomes like a second home. This inspirational article is written by one such member - Gayle McCarthy, pictured left. I have witnessed Gayle roll with the punches that life has sent her way and through exercise, rise again stronger, more confident, and healthier of mind, body and spirit. Thank you for your beautiful words Gayle, you are a true inspiration to us all. Sam (Owner of Xistance Gym, Daylesford) SO MANY people have said to me over the years “you go to the gym to stay thin”. I used to try to tell people the real reason I became a “gym junkie” but now I often don’t even answer.

Many years ago a very good friend knew that I was struggling to deal with all the things in my life. He suggested that I join the local gym. My response was “I don’t have the energy to do what I have to do, let alone go to the gym”.

Oh my goodness, how wrong was I? I did join the local gym, taken on my first visit by (husband) Ian as I didn’t have the confidence to go on my own. I remember going at times that I knew there would be no-one there so I didn’t feel self-conscious, worked with my back to the mirrors at the end of the room and if anyone came in that looked really fit I would leave. Back then I had no idea how to listen to my body or how to work out to suit me. I would do what everyone else was doing so I blended in with the crowd.

Now many years later I am a very different person thanks to exercise. I would like to share with everyone how exercise has helped me through many difficult times in my life. Over the past 10 years I have lost family members, and had to confront Ian’s health issues. Dealing with hospital visits more regularly than I like to think about, never knowing what the next round of tests will reveal, not being able to make plans for the future, having a small business that still has to run, my own job, a couple of operations, a home, animals and family.

Without the gym I know that I would be in a very different place than I am now. I try to train three to four times a week - some weeks it may be once - but always try to get to my “safe place”. The benefits for me are huge. My body is relatively strong, but more importantly my mind is strong. Well, most of the time.

I still have times where I want to shut the door on the world, but when this happens I head to Mink Street to my safe place and I’m OK. I have learnt to listen to my body and to do what it is telling me. Sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what it is saying to me, but eventually I get the message. I used to think that people were nuts when they would say “you need to listen to your body”. It is such a very important thing to learn to do.

Exercise has increased my energy levels, my poor arthritic knees are less painful, and I am able to deal with the crazy life that I have a lot better. My overall health is great, apart from a few broken parts.

I must always remember the times I have stopped going to the gym. Wow, everything goes to the dogs.

My mind and body take a huge downward dive. It’s difficult to explain, but exercise keeps me on track. Sam’s gym has given me a safe place to go too. Sometimes I just sit and listen to music. My life’s stress doesn’t come through the door with me, but while I’m there, I often sort through things that are worrying me. The gym also gives me a totally different group of people to be with. They are not connected with my work life or my personal life, but they are my gym family.

I know for me that to keep my life on track, I must continue to exercise and look after myself. And not feel that I am being selfish for taking the time to do this. I feel that woman often do not give themselves the time to care for themselves. We are looked upon as the ones that can go to work, look after the kids and hubby, and possibly grandkids, then there is the house and cooking and cleaning and the garden and the shopping, and….

I hope that my story allows some of you to think about going for a walk, or even joining the gym. To look at ways of reducing the stress in your lives and allowing yourself time to “smell the roses”.

Look after yourself.

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HOOTER Col Johns, pictured, spent the last four days in Italy with the VETS Australian team competing in the world championship. The Local went to print just before the results were announced - but check out our Facebook page.

Meanwhile here's the latest Daylesford Field and Game report with Col coming first in the local VETS.

RESULTS AA Grade: 1st Rob Hall 62/75, 2nd Bill Frazer 62/75, 3rd Bill Zogg 61/75.

A Grade: 1st Glen Phillipson 61/75, 2nd Andrew Hobbs 54/75, 3rd M Hall 54/75.

B Grade: 1st Paul DaMore 54/75, 2nd Ern Attard 48/75, 3rd John “Squizzy� Taylor 45/75.

C Grade: 1st Jamie Wallace 34/75.

Ladies: 1st H Klein Juniors: 1st L Williamson 60/75 VETS: 1st Col Johns 61/75, 2nd Mark Gibbs 56/75, 3rd Ed Magee 55/75.

Super Vets: 1st Allan Backman 53/75, 2nd Brian Rafferty 51/75.

The next shoot 75 compact will be held on August 6.