The Local Paper. Casey-Cardinia Edition. Wed., Feb. 2, 2022

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Business recovery workshops

■ Business owners are invited to attend a free business recovery workshop, which will feature a presentation and Q&A session with Jan Barned, one of the country’s leading small business experts.

Cardinia Council’s free recovery workshops provide businesses with tools to plan for the future and reset for new opportunities, as well as tips for making business improvements.

The workshop will provide tools to: ■ plan for future disaster events ■ address key issues following disaster events to ensure business recovery ■ reset your business to benefit from future opportunities.

Workshop dates Date: Tuesday, March 15 Time: 10 am– 2pm Cost: Free Where: Walhalla Mechanics’ Institute, 98-108 Main Rd, Walhalla. ★ Date: Wednesday, March 16. Time: 10 am – 2pm Cost: Free Where: Emerald Hills Hub, 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald.

FAREWELL BAILS MYER

Amanda is top citizen ● Amanda Meehan is the Greater Dandenong Citizen of the Year.

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■ Merricks identity Sidney Baillieu ‘Bails’ Myer died at the age of 96 on January 22.

The businessman and philanthropist was well known for his support for community organisations across Western Port, the Mornington Peninsula and the wider Australian community.

He was born into the famous Myer Emporium retailing family in 1926, became its Chairman in 1983, and was involved in the Coles Myer merger that followed.

He had served as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. He died at his home in Merricks on January 2022, 11days after his 96th birthday.

He i survived by his wife of 66 years, Sarah Myer (née Hordern), and their three children, Sid, Rupert and Samantha.

“We are all forever grateful for his indomitable spirit, his sense of humour and fun, his

Awards at Frankston ■ Frankston City Mayor, Cr Nathan Conroy, announced the 2022 local citizens of the year at a ceremony at the Frankston Arts Centre.

■ Citizen of the Year, Trudy Poole ■ Young Citizen of the Year, Bethany Yeuong ■ Senior Citizen of the Year, Erminio (Minio) Rossetto ■ Special Community Award for service to the community during the pandemic, Peninsula

Health frontline workers. Trudy Poole was nominated for her incredible contribution to the community, particularly through her work helping those in need.

Trudy is the Treasurer of the Rotary Frankston Peninsula 2.0 Club, which she was heavily involved in establishing. She volunteers her time to assist in securing accommodation and food for people experiencing homelessness.

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Plan for Balmoral

■ Frankston’s CBD will undergo a major transformation as part of the Bayside Shopping Centre redevelopment.

Frankston City Council Mayor Cr Nathan Conroy said the Vicinity Centres’ project at 12 Balmoral Walk will transform Bayside into a diverse mixed-use precinct, adding it will enable 210 jobs and more than $50 million of value add to the economy during construction.

It is also anticipated that the redevelopment will bring more than 1,400 local jobs to the Frankston CBD on completion.

Cr Conroy thanked Vicinity for its confidence in Frankston, adding that data shows a growing number of people want to live and invest in the municipality.

“The Vicinity project reaffirms

that investors are catching on to Frankston City’s remarkable potential. Frankston City is open for appropriate development, which will encourage more people to live, work, shop and play locally.

“Council is poised to build Frankston’s future through advancing impressive, City shaping projects, which will supercharge our economy by creating jobs, housing, workplaces and infrastructure for the community,” Cr Conroy said.

On top of the private investments, Council’s 2021-22 Budget includes a $64.89 million infrastructure spend.

Vicinity’s Chief Development Officer, Carolyn Viney, said 12 Balmoral Walk is the first step in the transformation of Bayside .

Court Lists Dandenong Magistrates’ Court Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, February 2 Abudahou, Yacoub Adams, Michael Adia, Hamza Arthur, Michael Aziz, Paul Bafto, Elvin Bain, Jordan Baldock, Brayden Barber, Matthew Bentley, Zack Bithoin, John Wiyual Brideau, Lynda Louise Brown, Jesse Brown, Jessica Brunt, Tania Butt, Usama Rashid Butterworth, Scott Carey, Grant Carrick, Krystal Cooke, Brendon Davis, John Dawes, Sam Dennehy, Gerald Deprazer, Kyle Dhillon, Saffal Singh Diep, Sang Dye, Matthew Peter Ellingsen, Justin Eng, Sin Kong Faesal, Sabda Faizal, Syed Finne-Larson, Allison Fitzgerald, Jessie Ford, David John Garrity, Hayden Giuliano, Bob Gnancchandrian, Karthigesu Gordon, Regae Hatrasinghe, Lishan Hei, Andre Hocking, Trevor Joseph Hrstic, Nicole Hutcheson, Janelle Istratoaie, Petru Florin Jarred, Reanna Lee Johnson, Emma Patricia Johnstone, Jodie Joseph, Joseph Karabitsakos, Anthony Kenyon, Crystal Koperu, Rewi Krause, Paul Kueth, Monica Lam, Andy Luu, Benjamin Luu, Warren Makris, Dimitrios Mcdonald, Grant Mckenzie, Adam Robert Mclean, Beau Mean, Rin Meral, Qammer Miguel, Renee Modhatta, Mohdhadzree Moses, Kane

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Moyle, Luke Mustafa, Mohamad Aidiel Muzzolini, Jesse Muzzolini, Matthew Nget, Vutho Nguyen, Huan Noori, Nasim O'connor, Samantha Jane Odonnell, Matthew O'halloran, Michael Ozerkan, Seren Parker, Samuel Pintaudi, Carmelo Popetrov, Nikola Pretty, Craig Anthony Ranjitkumar, Rajani Roberts, Max Frederick Rodgers, Geoffrey Lionel Rodgers, Krystal Rogan, Lenny Frank Rogers, Ivan Samaranayake, Dasharn Sananandan, Auru Schonewille, Matthew Shaw, Rodney Singh, Gursimran Sleiman, Imad Smith, Scott Soer, John Sorn, Sokly Stanton, Ian Stevenov, Miranda Stevenson, Ashley Sundaram, Dhamodharan Tapusoa, Auro Taylor, Brendon Telford, Sam Tham, Chan Tun, Kyaw Twyford, Samantha Tyson, Jamie Charles Vera, Andre Ververis, Chris Wade, Jesse William Wade, Zaus Thomas Welsh, Liam Alexander West, Corey Wol, Nicola Wood, Bobbie-Jo Yesil, Ersin Young, Daniel Zagarella, Julian

Local Briefs Assault arrests

■ Detectives from the Southern Metropolitan Crime Team have arrested three males in relation to a serious assault that occurred in Cranbourne earlier this year.

Investigators allege a 21-year-old male was parked outside a venue in Stawell Street Cranbourne, when a group of approximately 20 males approached him on Friday, January 7 at about 1.40am.

It’s alleged the group assaulted the driver and drove away in the stolen 2012 Mercedes sedan.

The victim was taken to hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.

The vehicle remains outstanding and inquiries are on-going. Police are urging anyone who may have seen the silver 2012 Mercedes sedan with the number plates ADG013 to contact their local police station.

Beaches cleaned

■ Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has trialled a new cleaning method on three popular beaches: ■ Rye front beach (east of the rock groyne to Shirlow Avenue) ■ South Beach, Mount Martha Moondah Beach, Mount Eliza.

“While most of the Port Phillip beaches are machine cleaned, over the last five months these three beaches have been carefully cleaned by hand. We have worked very closely with volunteer coastal advisory groups and beach patrol groups to establish this new regime,” said a Council representative.

D’nong winners

■ City of Greater DandenongAustralia Day winners were: Citizen of the Year – Amanda Meehan.

Amanda Meehan selflessly helps children and families in countless ways via Surrogacy Australia, both as a surrogate and an advocate. She has devoted much of her time to giving back to her community with her involvement at the Darren Reserve Kindergarten and the Silverton Cricket Club.

Young Leader of the Year – Alice Ho .

Alice Ho voluntarily performs leadership, support, and advocacy roles for several local and national community groups, particularly focusing on the health and wellbeing of young people. She has also volunteered her time to help those in need during COVID delivering food and other necessary items, all while continuing her studies and working her many jobs.

Volunteer of the Year – Korb Sao. Korb Sao is a well-respected and innovative community leader and provides important health information to the Cambodian Diaspora throughout the municipality and beyond through his work with SK Media. He is also an active volunteer and contributor to many local charities.

Community Group of the Year – South East Community Links has been providing practical and tangible support to new arrivals and those in need in our community for over 50 years, serving clients with respect and dignity. Services include emergency relief, settlement services, housing, youth services, financial counselling, no interest loans, partnering with CALD community groups and offering support to families in crisis or subject to domestic violence.

Sustainability Award – Ian Kitchen has been the president of the Greater Dandenong Environmental Group for 25 years and in that time has continuously advocated for the preservation and restoration of our natural environment.

Sportsperson of the Year (joint winners): Chantel Brown at just 14 years old has advocated for junior football and increased female participation in her local sporting community.

She is an outstanding sportsperson who encourages her teammates and opposition, both on and off the field, to take the initiative to connect with children in the community.

Knowles Tivendale initiated the Dandenong Park Parkrun group in 2019– 20 and has tirelessly worked to keep it going throughout the COVID pandemic when restrictions allowed. He was also an integral part of the inaugural Australia Day Make Your Move Fun Run at the beginning of 2021.

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37 ARRESTS IN CASEY, CARDINIA, DANDENONG ● Crib Point Pool Crib Point Pool is being repaired. It sprang a leak following damage caused by the earthquake in September 2021. The pool was closed, and work has been ongoing to find out the source and the extent of the leaks. “We’re pleased to announce, the damage is fixable, and work has already started to repair the pool ready for the 2022-23 season,” said a Mornington Peninsula Council representative. “We apologise for the pool closure this summer season but our other facilities, operated in partnership with Belgravia Leisure, at Pelican Park Aquatic Centre in Hastings and Yawa Aquatic Centre in Rosebud remain open. Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said: “We know how much the Crib Point community love their pool, and we’re incredibly pleased to learn the damage is repairable. Over the coming months, we will be repairing the pool to get it reopened in time for the 2022–2023 summer period for all to enjoy.” Cr Lisa Dixon said: “Thank you for your ongoing patience as we fix this issue, we’ve all certainly missed our wonderful facility this summer however we’ll be back stronger than ever later this year.”

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● Paul Edbrooke MLA Frankston City Council has gone onto social media to praise local MLA Paul Edbrooke for saving the life of a young girl. “A heartfelt well done to our local MP Paul Edbrooke for saving the life of a girl who suffered a heart episode while swimming.,” the Council post said.

“Paul — a former firefighter who is trained in first aid and CPR — didn’t hesitate to jump into action and resuscitate the girl after receiving an alert via the Good Samaritan app.

After spending weeks in intensive care in hospital, the girl is now out of the ICU and making a recovery. Awesome work Paul — what a fantastic example of community spirit,” the Frankston Council representative said.

Greater Dandenong City Council says it welcomes the conclusion of the Victoria Police investigation into the iCook matter. Police do not recommend any charges. According to Greater Dandenong City Council CEO John Bennie, “there has been no coverup, no false information, no misleading documentation. “We provided Victoria Police with all the requested information, including photographs, body camera footage and other documented evidence.

We’ve now had the Ombudsman, two Parliamentary inquiries, and the Victoria Police, review and interrogate every aspect of this matter and, on every occasion, without exception, Council has been cleared of any wrongdoing.”

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● Victoria Police has conducted an extensive blitz at local transport hubs.

■ Police in thesouth-east have made 37 arrests as part of ‘OMNI operations’ at public transport hubs in Cardinia, Casey and Greater Dandenong.

The operation was a proactive Police initiative to ensure the community are able to enjoy activities safely.

It aimed to detect weapons offences, enhance community safety, gather intelligence and deter anyone who may think that carrying a weapon in the community is acceptable.

The operation ran from Thursday, January 20 to Saturday, January 22, where Police checked more than 650 people and 800 vehicles, resulting in the searches of 501 people and 59 vehicles.

OMNI operations give police additional powers to detect weapon offences within a designated search area, enhancing public safety, fort to identify those carrying illegal weapons eliminating anti-social behaviour, and reducing and get them off the streets before they could cause any harm in our community.” crime in the process.

“Operations such as this are a valuable tool Some 105 offenders were identified with 37 arrested and charged for offences including pos- because criminal offending is not predicated by session of illicit drugs and prohibited weapons. an individual’s gender, age or nationality.

“Conducting checks in this manner ensures Eleven were arrested on outstanding warthe human rights of every community member rants.

Police also issued 17 cautions and 26 infringe- are respected which is always paramount as part of any policing response. ment notices.

“Police simply will not tolerate those who Police also seized items including over 300 grams of illicit drugs, 23 knives and other weap- break the law or engage in anti-social or violent behaviour that puts the safety of others at risk. ons.

“We will continue to have a highly visible Acting Inspector Dean Grande said: “Local police worked together with members from presence in the community and patrol high risk Transit and Public Order Response Team com- locations to prevent crime and hold offenders to mands as part of the OMNI operation in an ef- account,” Acting Inspector Grande said.

Hunt for assault offenders

■ Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are hoping to identify two people after a man was seriously assaulted following an aggravated burglary in Hampton East on Thursday night (Jan. 27).

Police have been told a man and woman were walking past an apartment on Scarborough Drive just after 8pm.

It is believed a man at the property became involved in a verbal altercation with the pair before returning inside.

The man and woman then entered the apartment and forced entry to the victim’s residence where they seriously assaulted him.

The offenders then fled the scene.

They are both described as Caucasian in appearance, aged in their 20s and were walking a medium size brown dog at the time of the incident.

The male offender has short brown hair with a tattoo on his left leg and was wearing a white tank top and blue shorts.

The female offender has long brown shoulder length hair with a solid build and was wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts.

A 44-year-old Hampton East man was taken to hospital where he remained in a critical con-

dition. Investigators are keen to speak to any witnesses or anyone that may have been in the area at the time.

■ Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

New Clyde North bus

■ The City of Casey has welcomed the Victorian Government’s rollout of a new bus service from Clyde North to Merinda Park Station to help service and connect the city’s growing communities.

The 881 bus route, which started on Monday (Jan. 30), links residents along Thompsons Rd in Clyde North to local shopping precincts and the Merinda Park Station. The 881 service is in addition to routes 888 and 889 introduced last year to connect passengers in Clyde and Clyde North to the Berwick Station.

“Council is keen to continue working with the Victorian Government to improve the wider bus network and road network connectivity in Casey,” said Noelene Duff, City of Casey Chief Administrator.

Local Briefs Aust. Day honours Honorary Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia ■ MrAndrew Geoffrey WHEELER, VIC. For significant service to the community through charitable organisations.

Honorary Member (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia ■ Dr Susan Lesley BARRELL, Mount Martha VIC 3934. For distinguished service to earth science through meteorology and research organisations.

Medal (OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia ■ Mrs Margaret Vona BEIERS, Mornington VIC 3931. For service to tertiary education, and to the community.

■ Ms Josephine Louise JONES, Rye VIC 3941. For service to conservation and the environment.

■ Mrs Mary Carmel McKENNA, Pakenham VIC 3810. For service to the community through a range of organisations.

■ Mr Rowan SAWERS, Mount Martha VIC 3934. For service to Australian rules football.

■ Mr Gary Thomas TAYLOR, Tyabb VIC 3913. For service to veterans and their families.

Raid on 200 plants

■ Caulfield Divisional Response Unit officers have charged two people and seized almost 200 cannabis plants following an investigation into commercial drug trafficking.

Officers executed a search warrant at an address on Albion St in Caulfield South about 9.15am on Friday, January 21.

Investigators located and seized 193 cannabis plants, magic mushroom tablets, prescription medication and allegedly stolen electronic devices.

A 37-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Caulfield South, were arrested and later charged with cultivate cannabis in a commercial quantity and traffick cannabis in a commercial quantity.

Both were remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on April 19.

Applications open

■ Applications to join Cardinia Shire Council’s Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee are now open.

“Local people with a lived experience of disability or as a carer/support person of a person with a disability as well as representatives of community groups and disability organisations are encouraged to apply to join Cardinia Shire Council’s Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee,” said a Council statement.

“The committee provides a forum for Cardinia Shire residents, businesses and community groups representing the interests of people with disability in our area.

“Meetings are held bi-monthly, on each third Wednesday of alternate months at 10am to 12 Noon “Meetings can be in person or online, and are held at Outlook Community Centre which is located at 24 Toomuc Valley Rd, Pakenham.” An informal interview will be conducted with selected applicants Applications close February 25.

Festival returns

■ The Waterfront Festival is back – a chance to play by the bay. A packed weekend of music, food, rides and entertainment will take place as The Waterfront Festival rocks Frankston Foreshore on February 1920.

Frankston Mayor Cr Nathan Conroy said this year’s festival is back bigger and better than ever with massive voices set to impress across three stages.

“We’re thrilled to announce headline acts including Sneaky Sound System, Jack Jones, Andrew Swift, Gretta Ziller and Spirit Lines.

“To top off the weekend, you can celebrate the Festival’s return with a bang, when fireworks light up the sky over the bay on Saturday at 9.45pm.

Festivities will take place across a larger area of the foreshore than in the past.

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Vale Judy Banks

■ Local actress Judy Banks died at the age of 86 on January 22.

Judy was a pioneer of Melbourne television, co-hosted a radio show on Mornington Peninsula radio, was a stage performer from the 1950s, and ran a school of television and dramatic arts.

She was a good friend of this newspaper.

Judy’s showbiz credits included Salad Days, Lock Up Your Daughters and FreeAs Air. Her early work in the pioneering days of television included In Melbourne Tonight, Bandwagon, Saturday Party and Personally Yours.

In 1963, she starred with Michael Cole in the ABC-TV national show Four For The Show.

In 1969, she hosted Breakfast A Go-Go with Fredd Bear on ATV-0.

Her crew included Colin McEwan, Michael McCarthy, Tedd Dunn and producer Bob Phillips (who she married).

Later, she and Fredd Bear (Dunn) cohosted The Wonderful World of the Young.

Other TV credits included Australian Playhouse, Homicide, The Flying Doctors and City Homicide.

She ran the Judy Banks School of Television, and TV World (the Australian Museum of Modern Media) at Moorooduc.

With her husband Bob, Judy presented the weekly Sugar and Spice weekly radio program on Peninsula radio station 3RPP (on which Long Shots appeared for several years). Our condolences to Bob and Andrew.

Busy at Pakenham

■ Construction has kicked off for the new youth centre in Pakenham.

Cardinia Shire Council Mayor Cr Jeff Springfield joined Bass MLA Jordan Crugnale and La Trobe MHR Jason Wood for a sod turn at the site on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 27).

Cardinia Youth Hub will offer programs and services for young people aged 12 to 24, with dedicated training/ class rooms and counselling rooms ● Ash Long and Judy Banks

Long Shots

with Ash Long, Editor Celebrating 53 years in local media Winner, Best Local Reporting Award Victoria-wide Westpac Award Direct: 0450 399 932 E: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Web: www.LocalPaper.com.au Personal: www.AshLong.com.au “For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

Council survey

■ What do readers think of their local Council?

The latest Community Satisfaction Survey of Councils is now underway.

Residents will be contacted during this time by an independent market research agency called National Field Services.

Residents u will not be asked to provide personal information or banking details as part of this survey, as has been the case with a number of recent scams.

The survey is intended to assess Council’s performance across a range of measures and to identify areas where we can improve.

The results of all Council surveys will be published on the Know Your Council website, according to a City of Casey representative.

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■ A MELBOIURNE suburban Mayor, Cr Lina Messina, is embroiled in a squabble over the trade mark of 'Feminae'.

The trade mark and the business name of 'Feminae' is registered to the Darebin Mayor, Cr Messina at a ReserDucks'.According to Australian Securities and voir address.

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Adele Barbaro, as Trustee for the Barbaro IP Trust, on October 1 last year, lodged opposition with IP Australia over Cr Messina's trade mark registration of 'Feminae'.

The Barbaro interests operate the Feminae Beverage Co., selling wines and spirits. They filed their trade mark application on August 21, 2020.

Cr Messina filed her trade mark applications on March 10 and July 26, 2021.

The Barbaro interests filed a further trade mark application, four days later, on July 30, 2021.

Cr Messina's trade mark was originally accepted by IPAustralia on August 11 last year, but the Barbaro interests contested the approval on October 1, seven weeks later.

There is no mention of the 'Feminae' entity in Cr Messina's Darebin Council 'Biannual Personal Interest Returns', declared last September.

Cr Messina offered a 'nil' answer to the return's questions about consultancies, contracts or agencies.

As at the September 2021 return, Cr Messina said she had 'nil' interest or beneficial interest in land.

The Australian Business Number Register last week listed two business registrations in Cr Messina's name: 'Feminae' and 'Two Mamma

Investments Commission records, Cr Messina also has two companies.

They are Ms Messina Pty Ltd and Messina Ink Pty Ltd, registered as of last week, at Unit 1, 129 Darebin Blvd, Reservoir. It is unclear whether Cr Messina still lives at that address.

ASIC records show that Cr Messina owns 100 $1 paid-up shares in each of the two companies.

Cr Messina offered a 'nil' answer in her September 2021 declaration about "shares you own or have a beneficial interest in".

Company records indicate that Cr Messina took ownership the shares in Messina Ink Pty Ltd on January 30, 2020, and in Ms Messina Pty Ltd on March 3, 2021.

Cr Messina became Mayor of the City of Darebin on November 23, 2020.

Asked about "companies which you solely or jointly with family members hold a controlling interest", Cr Messina answered 'Nil'.

Cr Messina declared that she had no personal debt.

Cr Messina highlighted her Feminae business interests in her candidate's statement for Football Victoria last year.

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Showbiz Vale Judy Banks

■ Actress Judy Banks died at the age of 86 on January 22.

Judy was a pioneer of Melbourne television, co-hosted a radio show on Mornington Peninsula radio, was a stage performer from the 1950s, and ran a school of television and dramatic arts/ She was a good friend of this newspaper.

Judy’s showbiz credits included Salad Days, Lock Up Your Daughters and Free As Air. Her early work in the pioneering days of television included In Melbourne Tonight, Bandwagon, Saturday Party and Personally Yours.

In 1963, she starred with Michael Cole in the ABC-TV national show Four For The Show. In 1969, she hosted Breakfast A GoGo with Fredd Bear on ATV-0. Her crew included Colin McEwan, Michael McCarthy, Tedd Dunn and producer Bob Phillips (who she married). Later, she and Fredd Bear (Dunn) co-hosted The Wonderful World of the Young.

Other TV credits included Australian Playhouse, Homicide, The Flying Doctors and City Homicide. She ran the Judy Banks School of Television, and TV World (the Australian Museum of Modern Media) at Moorooduc. With her husband Bob, Judy presented the weekly Sugar and Spice weekly radio program on Peninsula radio station 3RPP (on which Editor Ash Long appeared for several years).

Drive My Car

■ Moviegoers will be delighted that the award-winning Japanese drama Drive My Car (2021) will be released in Victorian cinemas on February 10.

The term 'award-winning' is an understatement, because Drive My Car is multi awardwinning, having already achieved more than 30 international awards, including three at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, with more on the horizon.

Co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe and directed by Hamaguchi, Drive My Car is based on a story by bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

Stage actor and director Yûsuk Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and his film screenwriter wife Oto Kafuku (Reika Kirishima) seemingly have an ideal existence.

Oto helps Yûsuk memorise lines by reading and recording the dialogue of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, while he in turn helps Otto create new screenplay plots during moments of passion. But, we learn all is not as well as it seems.

Two years after Otto's death, grief-stricken Yûsuk agrees to direct Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. He reluctantly accepts the offer of a personal chauffeur to drive his car, the quietly astute Misaki (Tôko Miura).

As mysterious secrets from the past unravel and Oto's Uncle Vanya rehearsal tape plays regularly on their travels, Yûsuk and Misaki discover they share more in common than initially thought.

The actors' wonderfully naturalistic performances, particularly Hidetoshi Nishijima's superb portrayal of protagonist Yûsuk, Masaki Okada (TV star Takatsuki) and Tôko Miura (Misaki) enhance credibility in the richly textured narrative.

Hidetoshi Shinomiya's creative cinematography captures magnificent scenery (and lots of tunnels) during Yûsuk's red Saab's road travels, complementing the human stories of love, loss and seeking resolution.

Director Hamaguchi generously indulges time to ensure thorough character and plot development and Drive My Car runs just under three hours.

Although enjoying this movie immensely, I think it would benefit from being shortened by 20 minutes.

Drive My Car is recommended for a quality movie experience. In cinemas February 10.

Distributed by Potential Films.

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New book about Smoky

■ The legacy of one of Australia's most versatile showmen will be honoured in a new publication titled Smoky Dawson - A Life.

The publicatiuon is a fully illustrated 368page coffee table book that combines Smoky's own autobiography released 36 years ago with a deeply researched new chapter: a biography that covers the period 1985 almost to the present day, modernising his legendary status and cultural imprint as a true-blue Aussie icon.

Packed with facts and anecdotes, insights and memories, the book also contains a treasure trove of more than 200 historical and contemporary photographs and illustrations - some never seen before - including artworks by Smoky's great mate, Pro Hart.

The book also includes a collection of tributes from famous entertainers such as Jimmy Barnes, his friend and one-time duet partner, who says on the cover: "Smoky never stopped entertaining us until the day he died."

The author of new chapter titled The Final Round-Up is Glenn T., a playwright, actor and award-winning production designer who was Smoky and Dot’s confidant and loyal companion in their later years.

Royalties will go to two charities: Bear Cottage and the Smoky Dawson Foundation.

Smoky and Dot were tireless ambassadors and fundraisers for Bear Cottage, the only hospice in New South Wales for children, which is affiliated with The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick.

The Smoky Dawson Foundation provides grants, awards and scholarships to the music industry, and also assists young people generally, not just in entertainment.

Smoky Dawson – A Life is published by Imprint Inprint. Recommended retail price $49.95.

Available through quality bookstores and www.imprintinprint.com A digital version will also be available on Kindle.

- Cheryl Threadgold

And She Would Stand Like This

■ Antipodes Theatre presents And She Would Stand Like This as part of the Midsumma Festival from February 3-12 at the Meat Market Stables, North Melbourne.

Written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Margot Tanjutco, And She Would Stand Like this is a modern observation of HIV/ AIDS and reimagines the Greek characters as Queer bodies of colour fighting for survival.

The production is adapted from Euripides' The Trojan Women and inspired by the seminal documentary Paris is Burning.

House mother Hecuba has dedicated her life to protecting her children and the chosen family they all cling to for comfort and support. But when a mysterious plague begins to rip through their community, they are forced to engage with a society that doesn't understand or even value their existence..

Until further notice, it is a Government requirement that all attendees are fully vaccinated and can provide a COVID vaccination certificate (or proof of exemption). Please note: seating is general admission and will not be socially distanced. This production will be filmed and distributed online following the live performance season.

Live performances: February 3 - 12 at 7.30pm, Saturdays also at 3.00pm.

Venue: Meat Market Stables, North Melbourne Bookings: antipodestheatre.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Menace Ridge

■ Dirty Pennies Theatre Project is teaming with the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre to premiere award-winning writer Amy May Nunn’s new 'genre-bending' play, Menace Ridge, from February 1-5 as part of their inaugural Midsumma season.

Using storytelling and original sound design,

● Smoky Dawson - A Life Menace Ridge examines the camping misadventure tale through a queer lens.

Young couple Tess and Maud are off on a camping weekend for some much-needed respite from their busy lives. But with a rogue animal on the loose, ominous weather warnings and a strange man hanging around their campsite, what begins as an idyllic couple getaway quickly descends into the trip from hell.

Menace Ridge is a one-act thriller-comedy, exploring the threats constantly pushing in on womxn and queer people when we venture outside of our safe zones and into the unknown.

Nunn believes that charming images of couples in matching Kathmandu jackets smiling triumphantly on a hike are deeply linked to the general idea of a fulfilling and adventurous life. But for queer couples partaking in these rites of passage, "the experience can be vastly different from the heteronormative narrative we’re often sold."

Writer and Director Amy May Nunn; Producer Danielle Goder; Sound Designer and Composer Kevan Atkins; With Danielle Goder and Amy May Nunn More information on the company can be found at www.dirtypenniestheatreproject.com Performance Dates: February 1 - 5 Venue: Queen Victoria Women's Centre, 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Tickets: $30/$25 Bookings: https://midsummapremier.eventfinda.com.au/2022/menaceridge/melbourne/tickets - Cheryl Threadgold

The Gondoliers

■ Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria returns on February 10 to the recently refurbished 561seat Alexander Theatre, Clayton to present Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Gondoliers for four performances.

Directed and choreographed by Robert Ray, with musical direction by John Ferguson, GSOV's production is promoted as featuring "a state-of-the-art stage, a world-class lighting system and 150 microphones delivering exquisite sound quality."

Set in Venice and a balmy isle in the Mediterranean, The Gondoliers tells of handsome brothers Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri, both happy, contended gondoliers, who are fiercely sought after by the single ladies of Venice. Who will the boys marry and which one shall become king? To complicate matters, this is also a story of babies mixed-up at birth.

Composer Arthur Sullivan was inspired to write Italian and Spanish melodies to create "The happiest music ever written by an Englishman", while W. S. Gilbert's satirical lyrics about Republicanism remain relevant today.

Pre-theatre drinks and dining are available at Script and there is free underground parking available.

Performance Dates: February 10, 11, 12 at 8pm, 2pm matinee on Saturday, February 12.

Venue: The Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton. Ticket Prices: $50 Full Price, $45 Concession, $40 Student, $25 Child U/16.

Running Time: 2.5 hours approx. (One interval) Bookings: https://gsov.org.au/the-gondoliers-2021 - Cheryl Threadgold

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What’s On Die Waikure

■ Melbourne Opera continues Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Die Walküre on February 9, 11, 13, 16 at Her Majesty’s Theatre, 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne and February 27 at the Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo.

Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle is known to be the most impressive event in opera, representing the pinnacle of opulence, excess and excellence and the ultimate challenge for any opera company.

As the first independent and unsubsidised Ring Cycle to be staged in Australia since 1913, Melbourne Opera’s production is an historic event. Die Walküre is lauded as the inspiration behind many great themes, stories and soundtracks across the ages.

Between Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Wotan fathers half-human twins Siegmund and Sieglinde in his attempt to change destiny and subvert the foretold destruction of the gods and Valhalla. He also fathers an extraordinary warrior woman, Brunnhilde along with her sister Valkyries to protect his godly empire.

But children never do exactly what a parent plans: they have free will and what ensues is a messy, passionate and transcendent emotional roller coaster where Wotan is forced by duty to turn against those he loves the most. Siegmund and Sieglinde both emerge heroically, Brunnhilde discovers the meaning of love and Wotan is pushed to breaking point.

Melbourne Opera’s production features an all-Australian cast led by internationally acclaimed singers and helmed by director, Suzanne Chaundy, who continues her realisation of Wagner’s epic Ring.

“Die Walküre is an opera about heroes and gods which helps us understand what it is to be human. In Das Rheingold, we see the rejection of love for power, in Die Walküre we experience the power of love,” says Suzanne. “My challenge is to portray this epic work in a truly affecting way."

Performance Season: February 9, 11, 13, 16 at her Majesty's Theatre, 219 Exhibition St., Melbourne; February 27 at the Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo.

Bookings: Ticketek, with bookings available online, or 13 28 49.

- Cheryl Threadgold ● From Previous Page

Mayor’s squabbles

"As the Founder of Feminae and a community leader, I understand the importance of female empowerment and social change," Cr Messina said.

'Feminae' is listed on Facebook as a "charity organisation".

This newspaper was unable to find 'Feminae' listed at the Australian Charities and Not For Profit Commission website.

The 'Feminae' Facebook page lists a website - wearefeminae.com.au - but this only leads to a blank website 'test pattern' operated by Go Daddy.

Cr Messina's application to use the 'Feminae' trade mark covered a wide variety of good and services.

These included cosmetic goods for care of the skin, ballet shoes; leather shoes; shoes; chocolate; visual event planners; arranging and conducting promotional and marketing events; promotion of entertainment events; ans conducting of cultural events; conducting of educational events; and arranging of sporting events.

Cr Messina was invited to make comment on the matters raised in this report: “As Mayor of the City of Darebin for a second term and Councillor for more than five years, I take my role as a representative of the community very seriously.

I acknowledge there were some unintended omissions in my returns, including my participation on the Reservoir Revitalisation Board, and these were adjusted as soon as I became aware.

“In the spirit of good governance and transparency, I notified Local Government Victoria and Local Government Inspectorate upon these being rectified.”

- Ash Long

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Local Theatre Shows

■ Peridot Theatre: Hypnosis (by David Tristram) Until February 12 at the Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Pip Le Blond.

Bookings: https:// peridot.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/sales ■ Playhouse Players Inc: Around the World in 80 Days (by Jules Verne, adapted for stage

by Mark Brown) February 2 – 5 at 7.30pm and 3pm matinee at Clayton Theatre, Cooke St., Clayton. Tickets: $25/29. Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BQIMV ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde) February 9 – 26 at 2 Albert St., Williamstown.

Director: Ellis Ebell. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Switzerland February 11 – 26 at 25A Burke Road, Malvern. Director: Andrew Ferguson. Bookings: www.malverntheatre.com.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG) The Merchant of Venice (by William Shakespeare) February 10 – 26 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: Roderick Chappel.

Bookings: www.stagtheatre.org ■ Windmill Theatre Company: 12 Angry Men (by Reginald Rose) February 9 – 12 at Bunjil Place Studio, 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren. Director: Ben Dowthwaite.

Bookings: www.windmilltheatre.com.au ■ Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre: Clue on Stage February 11 – 20 at the Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, 80 McKean St., Bairnsdale. Director: Viki Wright. www.bairnsdaleproductionline.org ■ Wonthaggi Theatrical Group: Chookas!

February 12 – 14 at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, Graham St., Wonthaggi. Directors: Tom and Corey Green.

Bookings: wtg.org.au ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Co.: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder February 17 – March 5 at the Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre, 39-41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Alan Burrows. Bookings: 9735 1777 or www.lilydaleatccom ■ The Mount Players: Love Song (by John Kolvenbach) February 1 – March 6 at the Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon.

Director: Travis Handcock. Bookings: www.themountplayers.com ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: The Kitchen Sink (by Tom Wells) February 18 – March 5 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Rod Hulme.

Bookings: www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Chancers (by Robert Massey) February 18 – March 5 at the Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre. Director: Peter Newling. Bookings: www.brightontheatrecompany.com.au ■ The Basin Theatre: Photograph 51 (by Anna Zeigler) February 24 – March 6 at The Basin Theatre, Cnr. Simpsons and Doongalla Rds., The Basin. Director: Sharon Maine.

Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: Dracula, The Bloody Truth (by John Nicholson) February 24 – March 19 at The 1812 Theatre, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Bookings: www.1812theatre.com.au Monash One Act Play Festival: February 25 – 27 at the Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley.

Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ Phoenix Theatre Company: We Will Rock You February 25 – March 5 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director/Choreographer: Renée Maloney; Vocal Direction: Kristyn Adamopoulos; Band direction: Peter Verhagen.

Bookings: https:// w w w. t r y b o o k i n g . c o m / e v e n t s / landing?eid=796834& ■ Encore Theatre Company (co-produced with Hartwell Players Inc): Tribes (by Nina Raine) March 11 – April 3 at the Clayton Theatrette, Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Paul Wanis.

Bookings: www.encoretheatre.com.au ■ Essendon Theatre Company: Rumors (by Neil Simon) March 17-20 and March 2426 at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall, Bradshaw St. (off Buckley St.), West Essendon. Director: Dawn Hinrichson. Cabaret seating, BYO refreshments. Bookings: 0406 448 368 or www.essendontheatre company.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Entertainment

‘39 Steps’ at Eltham

■ Eltham Little Theatre presents The 39 Steps for nine performances from February 18 - March 5 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre.

This fast-paced tale adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by Travis Eccles tells of Richard Hannay, a man with a boring life who meets a woman with a thick accent who identifies herself as a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered and he soon becomes the prime suspect.

A mysterious organisation called 'The 39 Steps' is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt as Hannay desperately tries to prove his innocence and uncover the dangerous truth behind what 'The 39 Steps' really means.

Four actors portray multiple characters in this parody of Hitchcock's 1935 film of the same name.

This show is promoted as: "Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunnit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre."

Performance Dates: February 18 - March 5.

Venue: Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Bookings: https:// www.trybooking.com/BWATE - Cheryl Threadgold

You're a Catch!

Why are You Single?

■ Independent theatre maker Sarah Wynen and her team present You're a Catch! Why are You Single? a one hour song cycle about being alone, until February 6 at The Motley Bauhaus Blackbox Theatre in Carlton.

Featuring 12 new songs and eight new monologues written by Wynen, the show is promoted as being "full of joy, heartache, embarrassment and laughter".

An excerpt from the show was recently selected and performed as part of the Titchfield Festival Thetre's New Song Writers Concert in Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Performance details: Until February 6 at 6pm.

Venue: The Motley Bauhaus Blackbox Theatre, 118 Elgin St, Carlton. Tickets: $25/$22.50. Bookings: www.themotley.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Jagged Little Pill

■ For starving Melbourne theatregoers, Jagged Little Pill is a terrific way to get our appetites back for live performance.

Inspired by and featuring songs from Alanis Morrissette’s award-winning 1995 album, Diablo Cody’s book brilliantly captures the zeitgeist of our time.

The story revolves around the all-American, perfect Healy family, but, of course, nothing is as it seems.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte plays matriarch Mary Jane Healy struggling to maintain the veneer of a happy family in the grip of her opioid addiction.

Her workaholic husband, Steve (Tim Draxl), hides a secret porn addiction.

Adopted daughter Frankie (Emily Nkomo) is on a mission to change the world, and Nick (Liam Head), the ‘perfect’ son, has just been accepted into Harvard.

When a friend, Bella (Grace Miell), is sexually assaulted at a graduation party, the repercussions tear down Mary-Jane’s house of cards.

Fabulous performances and brilliant staging sustain this almost three-hour show from its opening to its curtain call.

Bassingthwaite is outstanding in a complex role demanding talent she so obviously possesses.

Nkomo as daughter Frankie, demonstrates a prodigious talent and is someone to watch.

Maggie McKenna as Frankie’s best friend (and former lover), Jo, brings the house down with a visceral rendition of You Oughta Know, transporting the audience to the devastating heartbreak of unrequited love.

A well-deserved standing ovation follows.

Throughout the show, the talented ensemble galvanises the action with energised performances.

A new number by Morrisette for the produc-

● Lisa Feim, Ryan Smith, Luisa Romeo and Mason Frost rehearse The 39 Steps. tion, Smiling, presented another standout scene.

Ingeniously choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Bassingthwaighte and the ensemble perform the number evoking Mary Jane’s day and then repeat the day in reverse.

Jagged Little Pill is a show not to be missed.

Judging by the second standing ovation of the night, the audience thought so too.

Venue: Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Performance Times: Tuesday 7pm, Wednesday-Saturday 7.30pm, Matinees Saturday 2pm and Sunday 1pm, Sunday 6pm Tickets: From $85.00 + booking fee Bookings: jaggedmusical.com ticketmaster.com.au Review by Kathryn Keeble

Oracle

■ The world premiere of Oracle was performed at the Playhouse Theatre and the audience were taking on an extraordinary, magical and captivating journey that slowly revealed the birth of each Zodiac Constellation. The journey did not disappoint and as the show progressed the audience became totally immersed in the action on stage.

The journey begins in ancient Egypt as Ma’at the Goddess of Truth and Justice (and symbolised by a white feather) weighs the good and bad deeds of the soul. Those souls whose good outweighed their bad, were granted entry into the afterlife and the others were sent to meet the Devourer of Souls and condemned to spend eternity in Hell.

Anubis, the jackal-headed deity who was an embalmer, placed the hearts of kings on one side of a scale and a feather on the other. These scales are referred to as The Anubis’s Scales and are the symbol of Final Judgement.

Each Constellation introduced through the combined art of circus, burlesque, and dance and through the creative genius of Bass Fam, is displayed in this cohesive and provocative work in which he combines the roles of writer, director, and producer.

Betty Bombshell as a burlesque dancer was amazing as the fire-eating Hercules, Keeva Svikart (belly dancer) was an outstanding and convincingAnubis. Reed Kelly and Jack Dawson performed incredible aerial circus flawlessly providing tension and drama to the show.

I was also captivated by Adam Malone with his precision and disciplined skills with “hoops”.

Jazmin Varlet plays the Oracle and was the thread that wove each act together with her presence and powerful evocative vocal skills.

This is a “must go to show.”

The production pushes the boundaries in creative innovations through the marrying of circus, burlesque and dance, thus setting a new standard for such offerings.

- Review by Mary Downie

Musicians wanted

■ The Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne are seeking musicians of different genres, styles and sounds to be part of the ‘On The RoadAgain’ busking program.

Over four weeks from February 17, up to 720 performances will bring live music to the streets of the CBD, showcasing and supporting local talent.

Individual participating artists, duos and group acts will be paid for a two-hour busking set with breaks, and will perform at least two sets during the four-week program. Submit an expression of interest by 5pm, February 10.

Observations Morning Melodies

● Christopher Horsey, Nicole Melloy and Bobby Fox ■ After two spasmodic years of live entertainment, Arts Centre Melbourne’s Morning Melodies is back with a bang for 2022.

Between April and December the popular daytime concerts return, with something for everyone from music theatre favourites to ballet to jazz, and everything in between.

Starting the ball rolling in April is the show Two Hits and a Ms, starring tap dancer Christopher Horsey with music theatre darlings Bobby Fox and Nicole Melloy, in a program of song and dance from stage and screen.

May brings the usual popular performance from the Australian Ballet School with En Pointe, and in June, Australian and international drag superstar Trevor Ashley transforms into Liza Minnelli to bring Minelli’s famous and not so well known songs to the stage.

Evita star Zoy Frangos draws on his Greek and indigenous heritage to explore music that will resonate with the audience as he shares his special Australian story with them.

August will see the talented students from the Victorian College of the Arts bring the Broadway Songbook to the stage, while in September The Syncopators are joined by Peter Gaudion and Yvette Johansson to light up Hamer Hall with their popular jazz numbers.

Orchestra Victoria, under the baton of conductor Nicolette Fraillon will bring its special brand of classical music magic in October, and wonderful music theatre performer Michael Cormick will celebrate the music of Burt Bacharach in November, with all the classic Bacharach hits.

The year wraps up in December, with the popular Christmas Melodies program that always attracts a big crowd.

Arts Centre Melbourne Producer Rebecca Arnstrong is delighted that Morning Melodies is back for 2022.

“Morning Melodies has been entertaining and connecting audiences since 1985.

After the last two years of cancellations and rescheduling, it will be such a thrill for us to welcome artists and audiences back,” Rebecca said.

You can find all the details of Morning Melodies at artscentremelbourne.com.au Bookings for the whole season are now open and single concert bookings open on February 21. Phone enquiries can be made by calling 1300 182 183.

Julie Houghton

Auditions

■ Peridot Theatre: A Season of One Act Plays February 13 at 2.00pm/5.00pm and February 19 at 2.00pm at the Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd., Mt. Waverley. Audition bookings: LineUp directed by Joe Dias joe.dias. actor@gmail.com Love is a Dish directed by Audrey Farthing 0421 600 441 or treasurer@peridot.com.au Embers directed

by Colin Morley 0420 947 373 morcolin@gmail.com Just a Straight Man directed by Bob Bramble 0418 586 273 or bobbramble2013@gmail.com ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Ladies in Retirement (by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham) March 20 at 2.00pm and March 22 at 7.30pm at Factory 8, 417-419 Warrigal Rd, Cheltenham (opposite Hungry Jacks). Director: Martin Gibbs. Audition bookings and enquiries: 0411 645 003 or mandcgibbs@tpg.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Vale Leon Lissek

■ Actor Leon Lissek, known for his work in The Sullivans, has died in London at the age of 82.

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Hello 2022: hoping for a kinder year

■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Out and About

Sunbury turns 50

Door-to-door drugs

■ Back in 1972 Australia’s largest pop festival happened and more than 40,000 music lovers crowded into the natural amphitheatre on a 620-acre private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, 30 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.

It was promoted as Australia’s Woodstock and it saw the end of the hippie, peace movement of the late 60s and the beginning of pub rock.

Great bands like Max Merritt and the Meteors, Chain, Wild Cherries, Deep Purple and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs blew everyone off stage. I reckon you could have heard Billy Thorpe in the city of Melbourne.

No arrests were made and the Police and St John Ambulance made it work smoothly. A fair amount of booze and marijuana were consumed.

The accommodation for the interstate and overseas bands were at Alan Johnson’s Old Melbourne Hotel on Flemington Rd, North Melbourne.

All the catering came out of the Old Melbourne Hotel as well.

A giant effort for Alan Johnson and his staff back then. From North Melbourne to Sunbury.

Research on weight loss

■ Intermittent fasting, characterised by cyclic periods of fasting and eating, has emerged as a popular weight loss approach in recent years.

Interestingly, however, a new study reports intermittent fasting can benefit the body in yet another way: reducing inflammation.

Scientists from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute conclude intermittent fasting can increase levels of galectin-3, a protein linked to bodily inflammatory responses.

“Inflammation is associated with higher risk of developing multiple chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease,” said Benjamin Horne, Ph.D., principal investigator of the study and director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute, in a media release.

“We’re encouraged to see evidence that intermittent fasting is prompting the body to fight inflammation and lowering those risks,” These findings are actually only a portion of Inter mountain’s wonderful trial, which found that intermittent fasting can also help reduce both metabolic syndrome score (MSS) and insulin resistance.

This inflammation-specific portion of the trial included 67 patients (ages 21-70) dealing with at least one metabolic syndrome feature or type 2 diabetes. All participants had elevated LDL cholesterol levels and weren’t taking any anti-diabetic or statin medications.

Easy to sell stolen goods

■ In Best Buy’s earnings call, CEO Corie Barry blamed stagnant sales in part on an uptick in theft, pointing to California as a particularly sticky-fingered state.

Retailers in California have experienced a string of “smashand-grabs.” Last month, Walgreens announced plans to shut down five stores in San Francisco, claiming that rates of theft in the city had risen to five times the national average.

What’s going on? Here are a few theories: Facebook Marketplace and eBay have made it easier to resell stolen goods anonymously.

Home Depot connected the dots between the opioid crisis and an increase in thefts at its stores two years ago. Since then, fentanyl, a drug that's 50 times stronger than heroin, has pervaded California.

Rates of unemployment and homelessness rose sharply last year, and California is home to the largest population of unsheltered persons.

Some argue that Proposition 47, which raised the felony threshold for stolen goods, has increased rates of theft.

Organized crime costs retailers 0.07 per cent of sales, according to the National Retail Federation, but the emotional toll it takes on retail workers who experience thefts is downright “traumatizing,” Best Buy’s CEO said.

● Pictured is a very young Alan Johnson overseeing the venue for the Sunbury Pop Festival back in 1972.

■ Californians who enjoy cannabis may no longer have to go to the dispensary. Instead, the dispensary will come to them. Once-illegal cannabis sure has come a long way. In 2020, weed sales were worth $4.4B in California alone, an increase of 57 per cent from 2019.And it’s never been easier to get. Instead of covert cash sales, many patients and recreational consumers can now get it delivered straight to their door which 60 per cent of them did in 2021, per Weed Maps.

It gets even easier than that? Typically, ordering cannabis would mean choosing items from a local dispensary’s online shop, then waiting for someone to drop it off. But this can take a while, especially if the nearest dispensary isn’t close by.

Bay Area start up Meadow provides POS systems specifically for cannabis retailers, processing $1 billion+ in sales since 2014. Its “dynamic delivery” offers the tools for faster on-demand, mobile delivery, per TechCrunch. It can: Dispatch drivers, Manage real-time inventory, Process payments and help ensure compliance with local laws. Delivery vans can carry up to $3K in merchandise, per California law, or $5K if pre orders are included. Meadow can also set up specific zones to vend near (for example, near events or neighbourhoods without dispensaries), and send notifications and discounts to customers within those zones. Stuff like this may be fun for recreational consumers, but will be greatly appreciated by medical cannabis patients who can’t easily leave their homes or travel far. Meadow is starting with California, but may also expand to Michigan, Massachusetts, and New York.

Cancer down by 27%

■ Deaths from all types of cancer in the US fell by an estimated 27 per centover the past 50 years, according to a new analysis. The timeframe reaches back to the passage of the 1971 National Cancer Act, now responsible for more than $6B in annual cancer research. Progress was attributed to improved preventative screenings, advanced treatments, better healthcare access, and drops in smoking-related lung and oral cancers. Rates did not drop continuously throughout the timeframe. Cancer mortality continued to rise until the early 1990s, after which it began to rapidly decline. Deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S. have fallen by 44 per cent since its peak. Lung and bronchus cancer remains the deadliest form of the disease, representing more than one in five US cancer deaths each year. Cancer still claims the lives of more than 600,000 Americans annually.

Birth rate falls

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

■ Birth rates in the United States dropped during the COVID19 pandemic amid the twin public health and economic crises, lending evidence to predictions from early on in the outbreak that economic uncertainty might trigger a baby bust.

This continued the downward trend in US fertility rates, which were already at a record low before the pandemic began. A new Pew Research Centre survey finds that a rising share of US adults who are not already parents say they are unlikely to ever have children, and their reasons range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change and the environment. Some 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it is not too or not at all likely that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in a 2018 survey. Meanwhile, 74% of adults younger than 50 who are already parents say they are unlikely to have more kids, virtually unchanged since 2018

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not

FILM: BEING THE RICARDOS (Streaming on Prime Video): Cast: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Tony Hale, J.K. Simmons, Robert Pine.

Details: Biography/Drama.

Year: 2021.

Rating:M. Length: 125 Minutes.

Stars: **** Review: Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the stars of classic 1950s TV comedy "I Love Lucy," in this slice-of-life biopic from Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7).

Set during one week of production, the film shows Lucy and Desi facing a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Outstanding biopic brings to vivid life two of the small screens legendary pioneering characters, and throughout the one week of behind-the-scenes of one of the shows most revered episodes, as you are taken back to their early years and through such events as the communist with-hunt and the House of Un-American Activities, but most importantly, two sides of the coin in the shaping of a classic series and the powerhouse relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez from the laughs in front of the camera to the drama running their Desilu Productions Studio empire.

Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem give tour-de-force performances as the dynamic couple, breathing compelling and captivating life as they navigate their way on both sides of the camera, and along with a stand-out supporting cast that includes J.K. Simmons (as William Frawley), Nina Arianda (as Vivian Vance and Tony Hale (as producer Jess Oppenheimer), a top-tier screenplay and direction by Aaron Sorkin, stand-out production design, costumes design and period detail, this all combines to bring you a gripping, hugely entertaining and unmissable experience on two dynamic pioneering forces of nature that made an unparalleled impact in the world of entertainment and changed television history forever.

FILM: THE ELECRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN (Streaming on Prime Video): Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Toby Jones. Andrea Riseborough.

Details: Biography/History/Drama.

Year: 2021.

Rating:M. Length: 111 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Review: English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

Hot on the heels of his gripping award worthy performance in Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog," Benedict Cumberbatch strikes again with great flare and conviction as the eccentric and troubled turn of the century Victorian artist Louis Wain, breathing vibrant and buoyant life into an anomalous genius whose passion and the art of feline creatures completely changed their standing in the then archaic culture, and as a result he and his art of cats became a cultural phenomenon, before plummeting into despair and poverty through tragedy and mental health, and ultimately forgotten by society and to history.

Narrated by Olivia Coleman, the stellar cast also includes Claire Foy as the long devoted and at times suffering wife, Toby Jones as his supportive but embittered U.K. "Illustrated London News" publisher of his art works, Nick Cave as H.G. Wells and Taika Waititi as American newspaper writer and editor, Max Kase, but the unnamed stars are the cats, plenty of cats, and as a result, an abundance of now cherished and highly collectable cat art, all combined to ultimately reveal a captivating, surreal, sad, complex, charming and highly entertaining tapestry, a loving and respectful portrait of a uniquely idiosyncratic human being and artist who made a difference to so many across generations that resonates to this day.

- James Sherlock

Rourke’s Reviews Belfast

■ 98 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas February 3.

Pleasant if ultimately ineffectual comedy/drama that is based on writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s childhood.

Nicely crafted, but the drama is a little too much on the mild side (not to mention predictable), while the comedy and pop culture references feel somewhat forced.

Performances are fine, but noone really stands out, as the script lacks bite.

Belfast is entertaining, but is inferior to John Boorman’s excellent, similarly themed autobiographical film, Hope & Glory (1987).

RATING - ***

Nightmare Alley

■ (MA). 144 minutes. Now showing in selected cinemas.

A remake of the classic 1947 film, Guillermo del Toro’s more faithful adaptation of the acclaimed 1946 novel is gorgeously designed and dripping in atmosphere, but overlength somewhat dilutes the bleak story’s overall impact.

The amazing cast are a major asset. Like all of del Toro’s films, this is incredible to look at, and his love letter to 40’s film noir is completely enveloping.

But like the unfairly maligned Crimson Peak, the director’s genuine love for film-making, and for the material on hand, gets in the way of story efficiency, and this over-indulgence causes the film to wander and slow down at times.

RATING - ***

Licorice Pizza

■ (M). 133 minutes. Now showing in selected cinemas.

Like Guillermo del Toro, P.T. Anderson is another director who doesn’t hide his love for film, and this ode to 70’s cinema is a considerable treat.

This could have easily become a lazy nostalgia piece filled with hit tunes and outrageous fashion, but Anderson concentrates on the people at the centre of this vividly realised world, and movie-goers should love every second of the time they spend with them. Superbly acted.

RATING - ****1/2

The Lost Daughter

■ (MA). 122 minutes. Limited screenings at selected cinemas, and also streaming on Netflix.

Actor Maggie Gyllenhaalmakes an impressive feature film directo-

Top 10 Lists JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 5

THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME. 2. SING 2.

3. SCREAM. 4. GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE. 5. HOUSE OF GUCCI. 6. THE KING'S MAN. 7. NIGHTMARE ALLEY. 8. KING RICHARD. 9. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG. 10. SPENCER.

● Ghostbusters: Afterlife rial debut with this compelling drama, which effectively turns the screws on the viewer as the story unfolds.

Gyllenhaal favours extreme close-ups of her cast, which is a little disconcerting at first, but then works wonderfully as the psychological descent of holidaying professor Leda (Olivia Colman) begins to happen.

Fluidly moves from present day to flashbacks involving a much younger Leda (Jessie Buckley).

The acting is outstanding.

RATING - ****

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

■ (PG). 124 minutes. Now showing in cinemas.

A marked improvement over the 2016 misfire, this good-natured sequel may go on too long, and falls too much into repetition in its final act, but overall the result is entertaining enough.

Some references don’t work, and the re-appearance of the original gang is rather anti-climactic (however, it is nice how they integrate the late Harold Ramis into the story).

McKenna Grace is the best of the new bunch, and her performance cleverly plays on the personality of her famous grandfather.

RATING - ***

Scream

■ (MA). 113 minutes. Now showing in cinemas.

After the disastrous Scream 4 in 2011, the series is resurrected as a reboot-sequel, but the end result is an inferior, overly meta retread of the terrific 1996 original, and the irony is long gone.

The new group of horror film nerds are an uninteresting bunch.

There is a nice tribute to the late, legendary director Wes Craven.

RATING - ** - Aaron Rourke

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■ One of the great things about writing this column is that I enjoy writing about people that many of our readers may have forgotten about over the years.

To be able to bring back the memories is very rewarding and it is nice to remember performers who were a part of our lives.

I can safely say that the first time I recall seeing Denzil Howson on television was as ‘Professor Nitwitty’ on The Happy Show on GTV 9 in the early days of television.

He was a regular performer on the children's program with Happy Hammond, Ron Blaskett and Gerry Gee, Susan Gaye Anderson, Elaine McKenna, Bernard The Magician, Ernie Carroll and many others.

During his career Denzil became an actor, writer, director and producer in radio, television, film and theatre.

Denzil Edward Howson was born in 1918 in the Melbourne suburb of Glenferrie.

His father had been an engineer with the PMG and in 1938 young Denzil attended the RMIT with the view to becoming a radio engineer.

Denzil served in the Army during the Second War World but became ill and was sent to the Heidelberg Military Hospital where he worked in Army education.

Denzil spent four years at radio station 3YB in Warrnambool where he produced many programs.

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He returned to Melbourne where he began reading The Argus news services and was heard on several radio stations.

In 1951 Denzil married Dorothy Bradshaw and they visited England in 1952 where he studied television techniques.

After the arrival of their son Paul in 1954 they finally settled in their family home in Malvern.

Their daughter Clare was born in 1956 and at that time Denzil became involved in the live Olympic Games telecasts as a director and cameraman.

He became an Assistant Program Director at GTV-9 and spent many happy years at the Richmond television station.

● Denzil Howson Denzil was versatile and worked as a producer on the famous Christmas pantomime shows.

Ron Blaskett recalled in his book You, Me And Gerry Gee that Denzil produced the film series The Adventures Of Gerry Gee and in 1991 they were both called into Channel 9 to be told that the ‘lost episodes’ had been found in the archives and thankfully the series has now been preserved.

They also produced a series titled Around The World With Gerry Geeand toured the world with their families filming scenes for the show.

Denzil moved onto producing some of the daytime programs on Channel 9 such as Thursday At One and worked with the famous En-

lish film star Jessie Matthews when she took over the show from Evie Hayes.

He also wrote comedy for In Melbourne Tonight and other programs. When he left Channel Nine in 1963 Denzil worked at AMV4 Albury and STW9 Perth.

He was an accomplished actor and over the years appeared in many guest roles in Australian shows such as Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police,The Sullivans, Prisoner, ACountry Practice and Neighbours.

He was in the play Amadeus for the Melbourne Theatre Company and in 1986 played a role in the musical, Me And My Girl. enzil also worked for a marketing company.

In his later years he was a respected adjudicator at Malvern Theatre Company. I had met Denzil several times and the last time I saw him was at the launch of the marvellous book on The Tivoli by Frank van Straten. I was surprised that he even remembered my name.

Many people have told me that Denzil was a genuine friendly person and a real gentleman.

Denzil Howson passed away in 2005 at the age of 87.

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Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise

■ Heide Museum of Modern Art presents two important exhibitions this February, originally intended to coincide with the museum’s 40th anniversary in late 2021, a major thematic respective of renowned Australian modernist Sidney Nolan and a new work by Dean Cross in response to Nolan.

Featuring key works, including several well-known masterpieces, Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise surveys Nolan’s career from a fresh perspective, and pays tribute to this central figure in the history of the museum and the lives of its founders, John and Sunday Reed.

For Nolan, Heide was a garden of Eden, that he later saw as a season in hell, where his life-long fascination with the elusive notion of paradise and the consequences of its loss began.

From his nostalgia for St Kilda, his childhood heaven, to his explorations of the Australian landscape and restless journeys abroad, Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise examines one f the artist’s deepest impulses and journey of self-discovery it engendered.

Celebrated inter-disciplinary artist Dean Cross presents a contemporary response to Nolan’s legacy in Sometimes I Miss the Applause, a new Heide commission and dual channel moving image work that confronts, complicates and rebalances dominant modernist cultural and social histories.

Using performance Cross inserts himself, and by association First Nations perspectives into the mythologies that Nolan set out to re-examine shifting and providing a contemporary perspective and context to appropriated and overwritten histories, perennial human questions and artistic concerns shared between two artists across generations.

Exhibition opens February 19 and closes June 12.

Heide Museum of Modern Art 7 Templestowe Rd., Bulleen

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Vivienne Binns: On and through the Surface Vivienne Binns OAM is an important and singular figure in the history of Australian visual art, regarded for her groundbreaking and experimental work.

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nese-Australians have made Maroondah their home through a journey of migration and finding an ideal place to live.

Becoming Home also investigates the Cheong Family which settled in Croydon in the late 19th Century and donated land for public use.

A public forum with presentations by the artists and architectural historian Natica Schmeser will take place on Saturday, March 5.

Exhibition opens February 1 and closes March 20.

Art Space at Realm 179 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood - Peter Kemp

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with Peter Kemp This major survey brings together over 199 art works drawn from six decades of the artist’s practice.

Opening with Binn’s infamous 1967 exhibition at Sydney’s Watters Gallery, the survey traces the collaborative and community projects that spanned two decades of her early career and reveals a sustained painting practice that continues to explore the canvas as a surface on and through which to consider the intersecting complexities of process, patterning relationships and time.

Exhibition opens Monday February 7 Monash University Museum of Art Building F Caulfield Campus ,Princes Hwy Caulfield.

Art Space

Becoming Home: Stories of ChineseAustralians Taking the history of one of Maroondah’s significant local public places as a starting point.

Becoming Home explores connections to the Chinese-Australian community through a creative collaboration between project participants Jenny Zhuang, Flora Wu, Leo Ren, Lesley Lowe (nee Cheong) and Paul Cheong and curator Tammy Wong Hulbert, contemporary artist Siying Zhou and sound artist Ai Yamamoto.

The project explores ways that Chi-

■ Australian fans can pay tribute to Meatloaf and celebrate his music when the Bat Out of Hell the Rock Musical tours Melbourne in January-February 2023.

Service

■ The celebration of life for Judy Lorraine Phillips (Banks) will be held at the Stratus Chapel, Bunurong Memorial Park, 790 Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Dandenong South, at 2.30pm on Wednesday, February 9.

The family has requested that attendees wear bright colourful clothes in honour of Judy.

Arrangements are in the hands of White Lady Funerals, Mornington.

Duke goes

■ Jennifer Duke to depart The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as Economics Correspondent in March.

Afternoons

■ Sarah Maree Cameron, former Mornings presenter on Triple M Melbourne 105.1FM, has now moved to the station's Afternoon timeslot. She is on-air weekdays from noon to 3pm.

She has also worked as a presenter on Nova and as host of Breakfast on K Rock Geelong.

OK. With John O’Keefe Heidi moves from 3AW to Nine

● Heidi Murphy ■ Heidi Murphy, long standing Senior Producer of Neil Mitchell 's talk back program on 3AW, has quit radio (well, sort of) to take up a on-camera role with parent company Nine News.

TV reporting is not new to Heidi as she has previously had freelance stints on camera whenever her radio commitments allowed.

Heidi will not severe her 3AW links totally, as she will continue as a panel member of the controversial team on 3AW Sunday morning talk back.

Return to sender

■ The story goes that about 50 years ago a popular baby-faced Perth rocker could not work out why his broadcasting royalty cheques were a mere shadow of what he expected.

After some research he discovered there was another rocker with the same name living overseas, and that's where his cheques were sent.

Bear in mind computerisation of systems was in its infancy, so maybe there was an excuse. The story ended well with the baby-faced Aussie getting his just returns and credited to his account - better late than never.

Not a second to spare

■ Spare a thought for the vision editor at Nine, living with the daily fluctuations of whether Djokoviic was playing in the Aussie Tennis Open. Will he, won't he play?

Within seconds of the Joker being sent home , his image on all promo material was removed and replaced with Australia's latest poster boy Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Around The Traps

■ The much hyped stage show 50 Years Young featuring John Paul Young has been moved to July 16 due to the current COVID scare....effective February 28, former Magpie coach Nathan Buckley joins SEN Radio to present the breakfast program each Monday in tandem with Garry Lyon.

Garry and Tim Watson will reduce their on air appearances on the brekkie show ... Channel 9 has coughed up $2 million to interview the family of missing child Cleo Smith. Sydney celebrity manager Max Marxson negotiated the exclusive deal and pocketed $400,000 for his trouble ... Iconic entertainer Toni Lamond celebrated her 90th birthday at the end of January.

Hey Hey, there’s more

■ Daryl Somers has confirmed there will be further versions of out-takes from past editions of the iconic Hey, Hey, It's Saturday. The series will be seen on Seven and edited clips will be culled from the 30 years of Hey, Hey. - John O’Keefe

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The Comedy of Errors

Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

The Setting Sun

■ Melbourne singer songwriter Aaron Schembri has collaborated with music locals Paul Norton and Wendy Stapleton for the new release, The Setting Sun. The single is described as a Tom Petty/ Bob Dylan kind of tune and is available on all digital platforms. Aaron is also excited to be embarking on a national tour this year with another Aussie music icon, Ross Wilson. The duo will hit the road to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Eagle Rock. www.aaronschembri.com

Destiny Band Oz

■ Thomas and Tessa Libreri, the Gippsland husband and wife team from Destiny, have been busy releasing new work.

Who I Might Be is the latest track from this multi-award winning team with the songs message being about kindness and non judgemental towards others. Catch more of Destiny at www.destinybandoz.com

AC/DSHE

■ The first female fronted AC/DC tribute show will hit the stage at Memo Music Hall on Friday, February 18. AC/DSHE will be commemorating 42 years since Bon Scott passed away and will relive all their monster hits through the voice of a woman. AC/ DSHE have done their homework and have carefully recreated a sound and visual experience over 15 years that is authentic and action-packed, says their media release.

Tickets at the Memo.

- Rob Foenander

■ To the Botanical Gardens and Australian Shakespeare Company's The Comedy of Errors.

The weather favoured the best Comedy of Errors I've witnessed.

Glenn Elston's direction of a cracker cast would have been near impossible to better.

The comic probabilities infinite; with four male characters as identical twins, perfect material for the slapstick style of Commedia dell 'Arte wisely exploited by Glenn (including two slapsticks).

Where to start?

Hugh Sexton's clever manipulation of the role of Antipholus of Syracuse with Syd Brisbane as his servant Dromio [of Syracuse], Syd is a veteran and polished ornament of Australian stage and screen and elsewhere, but his physical and creative energy for two hours Tuesday night astounded me.

But no cry of selective sexism please.Elizabeth Brennan's Adriana (wife to Peter Houghton as Antipholus of Ephesus) a joy on roller skates, also the footwear for her sister, Luciana from Madeleine Somers who created an hilarious comic moment attempting to rise from prone on her skates (her bottom towards us).

She uttered a just audible "Maybe,maybe, how embarrassing".

Egeon of Syracuse, father to the Antipholi,a difficult role; very well essayed by Dion Mills;because it involves serial sections of the

character's sad tale.His story,critical to the plot, can sometimes be a mournful winge .

But much more,Claire Duncan, unrecognisable as the massively rounded cook, Nell, Kevin Hopkins, like Syd, another veteran thespian as the three metre Duke, stilt-walking genius..

If you want the best fun you can have sitting up on grass (the vegetation kind on the Observatory Lawn) with safety from COVID 19, take a picnic and get there or be square.

- Review by Peter Green

Drama School

■ Pansy Productions presents Drama School: a play from February 3-6 at the MC Showroom, Prahran.

Written and directed by Alistair Ward, the play asks what happens when one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world decides that their students need to compete to stay in the program.

Drama School: a play gives an insight into the lives of aspiring actors vying to succeed within a competitive and cut-throat industry, trying to keep their dreams alive.

With a diverse cast exploring healthy male friendships, queer relationships and mental health struggles, these twenty-somethings are on their path to learning that it’s okay to ask for help in a world that has you competing with your peers.

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Despite all the current COVID challenges, Pansy Productions’ AlistairWard is excited that his latest play is set to premiere on Thursday (Feb. 3).

Ward said: “Whilst it would be easy to cancel, I have watched the arts world disappear over the past two years and its impacts felt amongst all artists, especially emerging and independent artists.

Working as an actor is a dream and a passion I have held for many years, and I will not give up on this important industry or the ability to provide opportunities for other artists who share my dream.

"With some of our actors having recently suffered COVID, we have been adapting our rehearsals to meet the demands. I can assure audiences that when they turn up, we’ll be there to deliver the best show possible.".

Dates: February 3-6 Times: 6.30pm, and 3.00pm matinee (Sunday 6 Feb), 70 mins.

No intermission.

Venue: The MC Showroom, L1/ 48 Clifton St, Prahran VIC 3181 Tickets: Full: $35, Concession $30, Groups (8+) $30 each Bookings: https:// www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dramaschool-a-play-tickets226463387087 - Cheryl Threadgold

Hypnosis

■ Peridot Theatre presents David

Tristram's thriller Hypnosis until February 12 at the Unicorn Theatre, Mount Waverley Secondary College.

Directed by Pip Le Blond, Hypnosis is said to have "plenty of twists and a liberal dash of comedy."

The Great Gordo, an alcoholic stage hypnotist in the twilight of his career, randomly chooses Alan Briggs as his next stooge.

Briggs, a mild-mannered policeman, is a good sport, the audience laughs, and everyone goes home.

For Gordo, it's just the end of another show, and time for a drink or three before bed.

But someone out there has other ideas. Extraordinary ideas.

The mind games begin, the stakes are raised, and we sense there can only be one winner. But who?

Performance Details: Until February 12 Venue: Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd, Mt Waverley Bookings: www.peridot.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Reports online

■ Readers can see Melbourne Observer reports, free online, at MelbourneObserver.com.au The revamped website is updated daily. Readers can have a copy of the online paper sent by email: www.FreePaper.com.au

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Top 5

THE TOP 5 TITLES PRINCE ANDREW MIGHT HAVE LLOST OST OST..

5. Head of the YWCA. 4. Patron of the British girl guides.

3. Casting Director for “Little Women”.

2. Director of London’s Debutantes.

1. Director of “The Luton Girl’s Choir”.

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Success for brother, sister

■ At Mildura on Wednesday, Charlton brother and sister Abbey and Ryan Sanderson again snared a quinella when the Julie Douglas (Junortoun) trained 4Y0 Pet Rock-Smooth Felicity gelding Ozzie Playboy driven by Abbey nosed out Ryan aboard father Shane’s Timely Sovereign in the 1790 Tasco Petroleum Pace.

Leading out from gate two, Ozzie Playboy was severely checked by Beach Wreck (gate three) on the first turn which caused him to gallop wildly dropping back through the field.

Regaining his composure to be one/one at the bell with Timely Sovereign following, Ozzie Playboy finished his race off well, dashing to the front on turning and just lasting in a tight photo from Timely Sovereign in a mile rate of 1-58.6.

Herbie’s drive

■ The highlight of Shepparton’s Thursday meeting was the fourth heat of the Aldebaran Park Viocbred Platinum Trotting Championship over 1690 metres which saw Kyabram trainer Mick Blackmore’s talented 4Y0 Muscle MassSenita mare Senitas Strength victorious in a mile rate of 2-00.9.

Bred and raced by Darrell Pell a member of a well known Goulburn Valley trotting family that have had numerous winners over the years, Senitas Strength driven by James Herbertson starting from the extreme draw led up the outside division, but a long way off the leader Everybodyloves me which had crossed the speedy Starlight Red (gate three).

Not panicking at any stage, ‘Herbie’ allowed Senitas Strength to creep forward in the last lap to join the leader on straightening and raced clear shortly after, scoring by 2.3 metres over Golden Sunset (one/two), with Everybodyloves me holding down third 1.5 metres away.

M’borough prizes

■ Monday January 24 commenced the week at popular Maryborough with the highlight being the long standing Central Victorian Pacing and Trotting Championships sponsored by Rothacker Stockfeeds Bridgewater each worth $25,000.

Harkness (Melton) trainer/driver Joe Pace was successful with Kiwi bred The Gold AceTrevi Bromac 4Y0 gelding Three Rivers in the 2190 metre Pacing Championship, leading throughout from gate two in recording a 2.6 metre margin over polemarker Jets Ace which trailed, with Smooth Deal 2.7 metres away in third place after racing exposed from gate two on the second line. The mile rate 1-57.1.

Long Forest duo Andy and Kate Gath have a wonderful record with former New Zealanders and another by the name of Peakz Luck was victorious in the longer 2690 metre Trotting Championship. A 6Y0 mare by Peak from Howz Lucky which has won at Cranbourne, Yarra Valley, Melton and Geelong prior was quickly away from 30 metres to settle three back in the moving line as polemarker Homonym the lone front marker and favourite led. Not wasting any time, Kate and Peakz Luck were off and running entering the straight on the first occasion and assumed control in the back straight. Allowed to dictate terms with no pressure being applied, Peakz Luck scored by 8.7 metres from Kyvalley Hacienda (three wide last lap from three back). Outsider Whos Countn (three back the markers) was third 4.5 metres back.

Homynom which came away from the back of the winner galloped when issuing a challenge halfway up the running. The mile rate 2-03.3.

Lawrence trainer Ken Whelan who has won numerous races at Maryborough over the years (possible more than any other trainer in the race), landed the Aldebaran Park Trotters Handicap over 2190 metres with Louey Louey LoueyTelern Tilly 6Y0 gelding Charlie Walker in a mile rate of 2-04.4. Raced by Ken, wife Merna and long time associate Geoff (Strawberry) Walker a one time Secretary of the club, Charlie Walker with Lance Justice driving enjoyed a sweet passage from gate two trailing the leader Dellsun inside him. Using the sprint lane, Charlie Walker finished best to prevail by a nose in a tricky finish, with Bella Lucy off a three wide trail last lap from the rear third 1.7 metres away.

It was Charlie Walker’s 4th success in 43 out-

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with Len Baker ings. Popular Bendigo trainer Bruce Morgan’s speedy 5Y0 Four Starzz Shark-Ruby Slippers mare Polly Peacham raced by Bruce in partnership with reinsman Tony Vlaeminck led throughout from gate three in the StArnaud Racing Club Pace over 1690 metres, greeting the judge by a half neck in 1-57.8 over My Porsche along the sprint lane after trailing from the pole, with Mister Rebel (one/two) third off a three wide trail last lap 2.4 metres away.

Geelong success

■ Geelong raced on Tuesday and Mitchell Park (Ballarat) trainer Kelvin Barker’s recent stable addition 9Y0 Great Success-Lucky Pat gelding Lucky Pats Son brought up two wins in succession by taking the Yabby Dam Farms Trotters Handicap over 2100 metres. Driven by Glen Craven, Lucky Pats Son after stepping safely from barrier two led throughout, accounting for Sovereign Minx which trailed by 6.2 metres, with ultra consistent 20 metre equal backmarker Icicle (one/one last lap) third 10.7 metres back. The rate 2-05.3.

Elliminyt (Colac) owner/trainer Julie Brimacombe’s honest 7Y0 Dawn Ofa New DayInyaface gelding Hook Eye Joh snared the 2100 metre Barwon Facilities Maintenance Pace in a mile rate of 1-59.5. Enjoying a sweet trip three back the markers from inside the second line by Jackie Barker, Hook Eye Joh was angled away from the inside on the final bend and finished best to defeat Aussie Pride (gate two second line) which followed him everywhere easing wide on turning. Majaliner weaved a passage in-between horses from last to finish third. The margins a metre by 1.1 metres.

Five year old Peak-Yankee Poem gelding My High Peak broke through for another win when successful in the Haras Des Trotteurs Trotters Mobile over 2100 metres. Trained at Moonlight Flats (Maryborough) by part-owner Joanne Franklin, My High Peak driven by Jackie Barker led out from gate two before surrendering to Sovereign Tiger when pressured mid-race. Angling three wide on the home turn, My High Peak was too slick at the finish for Sovereign Tiger, scoring by 5.2 metres. Aldebaran Stevie (one/three) ran on late for third 11.5 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.9.

Carnival of Cups

■ Harness Racing Victoria’s Carnival Of Cups has been in full force whilst the Observer has been on holidays and listed below is a summary of the features held to date.

SATURDAYDECEMBER 18 CRANBOURNE Harkness (Melton area) trainer Joe Pace, a member of a well known and respected harness racing family has been associated with the sport for many years and claimed his biggest win to date when former Kiwi - 5Y0 Bettors DelightGalleons Supreme gelding Supreme Dominator greeted the judge in the $75,000 (Group 2) Decron Cranbourne Pacing Cup over 2555 metres. Raced

by Sam Castro and Charlie Sant, trained by Joe and driven superbly by James (Herbie) Herbertson, Supreme Dominator was given the run of the race trailing high quality mare Amazing Dream (gate three) after momentarily hold the front running from the pole as the field was

despatched. Travelling kindly and confidently driven by Herbie who elected not to utilize the sprint lane, Supreme Dominator was eased away from the markers on turning to move on terms with the pacemaker with the pair clearing away from their rivals before making a last stride lunge to prevail by a head over Amazing Dream, with rank outsider Rick Reilly (four back the markers) after angling into the clear halfway up the running third 7.2 metres away in third place just in advance of stablemate Torrid Saint which raced three wide solo from the bell. In quarters of 30.4, 32.5, 28.4 and 27.7, Supreme Dominator returned a mile rate of 1-57.8. Favourite Copy That (three wide to outside the leader from gate six, one/one, three wide to death again) dropped out sharply to finish at the tail, while second elect General Dodge (gate seven) after following Copy That forward to race exposed before a one/one passage failed to run on when clear in the straight to finish seventh. It was a great result for the Pace family as Charlie Sant is Joe’s father-in-law.

Prolific owner Norm Jenkin added another Cup victory to his ever growing collection when 5Y0 Angus Hall-Winfield Invasion gelding Havehorsewilltravel landed the $25,000 (Group 3) Hygain Bruce Skeggs Memorial Trotters Cup over 2555 metres. Trained by Andy Gath at Long Forest and driven by wife Kate.

Havehorsewilltravel began fast from outside the front line to take over from Hatchback (gate four) running into the first turn and after an easy time, raced away prior to the home turn with the race safely in his keeping to score by 1.9 metres from Hatchback, with Cuchulainn (three back the markers) third 3.7 metres back in a peg dominated affair. The easing favourite Majestic Man coming back from an arduous Inter Dominion campaign after a one/one trip from a solo second line draw failed to run on after easing three wide in the final circuit. In quarters of 30.9, 32.8, 27.6 and 29.3 returned a rate of 2-02.7.

At Bendigo

SATURDAYJANUARY8 - BENDIGO The form from the recent NSW Inter Dominion Championship stood up in the Bendigo Cup with two finalists Spirit Of St Louis and Triple Eight running the quinella in the Bendigo Cup – the victor being 5Y0 Kiwi bred Sweet Lou-Spirit Of Art gelding Spirit Of St Louis trained by Cobbity’s Belinda McCarthy with Jack Callaghan in the sulky.

Beginning on terms with polemarker Torrid Saint inside him, Spirit Of St Louis was unable to cross running into the first turn before sliding clear entering the straight shortly after.

Triple Eight after being trapped wide from gate five was sent forward by Greg Sugars to park outside the leader, with Tango Tara (gate eight) three back the markers and Demon Delight (gate three - one/one) after being three wide outside the leaders.

Given an easy time, Spirit Of St Louis raced by a large syndicate was rated to perfection and looked the one to beat a long way out and that’s the way things panned out, scoring virtually untouched by 3.7 metres from Triple Eight which battled on courageously. Tango Tara after using the sprint lane when Torrid Saint shifted ground on turning finished his race off well for third a half neck away, with Demon Delight an eye catching fourth ahead of Torrid Saint who was quite disappointing.

In quarters of 30.6, 31.1, 27.8 and 26.7, Spirit Of St Louis returned a mile rate of 1-58.6, well outside Code Black’s track record of 1-54.9 set in 2000.

The meeting was supplemented by the $50,000 (Group 1) Aldebaran Park Maori Mile over the true distance of 1609 metres and It was Pat Driscoll and Yabby Dam Farms Pty Ltd successful with very smart 5Y0 Quaker Jet-Im Ready Set (Monarchy) mare Im Ready Jet returning a mile rate of 1-55.4 (last half 56.5 – quarter 28 seconds).

Trained at Cardigan (Ballarat) by Anton Golino and driven by Jason Lee, Im Ready Jet starting inside the second line enjoyed a cosy passage trailing the poleline leader and favourite Tornado Valley and was always travelling under a tight rein. Using the sprint lane on turning, Im Ready Jet raced to the front with Majestic

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday – Cobram/Terang, Thursday – Maryborough/Kilmore, Friday – Melton, Saturday – Melton (Hunter Cup).

Man (one/one) easing three wide to issue a challenge and Wobelee four wide.

Holding a margin to the wire, Im Ready Jet greeted the judge by 1.7 metres in advance of Majestic Man which tried hard. Tornado Valley held third 1.3 metres back, with Wobelee fourth 2.1 metres away.

It was Im Ready Jet’s 15th victory in 33 outings.

Crowds at Cobram

SUNDAY JANUARY9 - COBRAM A large crowd attended Cobram Cup day with the season feature – the $35,000 (Group 3) Jim Phillips Memorial Cobram Pacing Cup over 2678 metres going the way of last season’s South Australian Cup winner Boots Electric.

Now in the care of Russell Jack at Lemnos, Boots Electric driven by Leigh Sutton starting from gate two on the second line and first up since the Yarra Valley Cup in November, followed stablemate Blue Chip Delight (gate two) which led forward as the start was effected and had little difficulty in crossing him running into the first turn.

Not perturbed at any stage, Sutton driving full of confidence allowed Boots Electric in quarters of 28.9, 32, 27.6 and 27.8 to race away running into the final bend and score as he liked by 14.4 metres in 1-57.3 from Riverina Visitor Sporty Dancer (gate three – one/one last lap) and Hashtag (gate eight) which used the sprint lane from four back the markers for third 3 metres back. Boy From Bondi which raced exposed from the bell battled on gamely for third.

Owned by Emilio and Mary Rosetti and racing under the banner of E and M Stride, Boots Electric recorded his 11th victory for stakes of $193,522 from only 27 race appearances.

Inter Dominion form followers would have been happy with themselves after 5Y0 Muscle Hill-Lunar Landing mare Illawong Stardust fifth in the final behind Maori Law saluted the judge in the $30,000 (Group 2) Central Murray Credit Union Cobram Trotters Cup over 2678 metres.

It was the old combination of Tony Peacock (trainer) and veteran reinsman Brian Gath in the sulky combining and after settling near last from 10 metres was sent forward three wide within a lap to cross the pacemaker Cyclone S Adams with around 1800 metres to travel leaving Jackson Square which went ahead of her from three back facing the open.

Travelling beautifully, Illawong Stardust although joined three out by Scallywag Sam on the final bend looking a danger, Gath gave her a little more rein on turning and she raced clear to win easily by 2.4 metres from last season’s trotter of the year Well Defined (one/two – three wide trail home turn), with Scallywag Sam weakening slightly for third 7.4 metres away. Jackson Square was solid in finishing fourth 5.8 metres back.

Illawong Stardust in quarters of 30.5, 31.4, 30.1 and 28.4 returned a mile rate of 2-03.5 after being rated a treat by the Victorian Harness Hall Of Fame inductee.

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JANUARY15 – SHEPPARTON The time honored $60,000 (Group 2) Neatline Homes Shepparton Gold Cup over 2690 metres was the big feature, supplemented by the $24,000 (Group 3) 2190 metre Derby Royale Trotters Free For All. Spirit Of St Louis a 5Y0 gelded son of Sweet Lou and Spirit Of Art returned a track record mile rate of 1-55.6 (last half mile 57.5 – quarter 28.3).

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Jacquinot, one to beat in the Blue Diamond

■ The well- bred colt, Jacquinot, by former top sprinter Rubick, looks the one to beat on early form for the Blue Diamond Stakes.

Prepared by top trainer Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior, he blitzed them in his first run when winning the Frank O’Brien Handicap at Caulfield back on Boxing Day. After drawing out wide and sitting there for the majority of the race, his rider Luke Currie was content to sit three wide, but he just ran away from them over the 1200 metre trip and finished strongly.

The stable has a big opinion of the colt, and he will be right in the Blue Diamond come February 26 at Caulfield.

In early markets bookies have elevated the Anthony and Sam Freedman colt, Daumier, by the speedy Epaulette, in to second spot after a convincing win in the first of the Australia Day meeting at Caulfield.

It was a good field that lined up for the colts Preview, with the likes of the favourite, Philospher, and Rampant Lion, lining up against him in a small field.

Philospher had every chance after setting the pace to his liking, but was found wanting over the last 200 metres, while Rampant Lion, with Peter Moody finished well.

One that was impressive also on Australia Day was the Peter Gelagotis trained filly, Miss Roselano, who led all the way for a convincing win over Written Swoosh, prepared by Philip Stokes, and the favourite, Latizia.

I felt that Latizia was a bit disappointing after having the run of the race, but she was gone at the 200 metre mark.

Miss Roselano has been backed right in $10, after they bet 25-1. However, that was over 1000 metres for the fillies, and the extra 200 metres could be a big difference.

Of the others among the fillies I felt that Jewellery, a good second first up from the James Cummings camp, failed to run on, and ran fifth.

One that hasn’t been on the scene for some time is another impressive winner back on November 27, Ebhaar, prepared by top Sydney pair, Peter and Paul Snowden.

Ebhaar won the Merson Cooper Stakes up the Flemington straight, in smart style over 1000 metres, beating Boldinho and Moko.

The two year-year-old filly is by the outstanding sire, I Am Invincible, but like Miss Roseland, she has got to step up to 1200 metres to be a chance.

At this stage I am a Jacquinot man, I loved the way he sat wide over the 1200 metres, and still ran on strongly.

nent middle-distance horse.

Well deserved

■ Over the last few years, I have worked for the Deniliquin Racing Club, on their ANZAC Day meeting And Caulfield Cup Day, when available, thoroughly enjoying myself as the PA Announcer, doing interviews and on ANZAC Day helping with the stand to, for the day and presentations.

I was introduced to the Club by my good friend, and racecaller, Nigel Killip, and his family, Caroline and son Jake.

It was great news when I heard that Joan Douglas, who has been Secretary since 2008, was appointed a Life Member of the Club, along with her husband, Russell.

They were joined by joined by the Treasurer, Peter Simpson, who had served long and well over the same period, unfortunately due to illhealth had to give the job away recently. ● New Club President Greg Danckert, former treasurer Peter Simpson, Russell was appointed President of the DRC secretary Joan Douglas, and former president Russell Douglas. six years ago, and just recently due to his work Photo courtesy: Deniliquin Pastoral Times commitments, had to transfer his role over to Mile’s official charity. The vital funds going to the incoming President, Greg Danckert, who the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. has taken over the reins.

Leading trainer Chris Waller has nominated The club over the years has spent plenty at a total of 15 gallopers as he bids to add the All- the track, including $30,000 on a new P.A. Star-Mile trophy to his glittering Resume. system, and another $30,000, on the grandstand He has again nominated Star of the Seas, seating at the track. sixth last year again, his highest finisher so far On top of this they have upgraded, putting in across the first three editions of the Australia’s new ceilings and carpets in the clubrooms, only fan-voted race. bought two new mowers, and a machinery shed, His 2022 entries are headlined by Verry improved the track camber, and added new Elleegant, who claimed her 10th Group One win sprinklers. in the Melbourne Cup. They have also added new safety fences beShe is set to return to the scene of her great- tween the marquees and the day stalls. est triumph for the $5 million feature of Victoria’s The female riders will be happy with new Autumn Racing Carnival. showers in their Jockey rooms.

Young former English trainer, Annabel They certainly put in at the Deniliquin RacNeesham, three-time Group One winner, Zaaki, ing Club, and will race next on ANZAC Day on will be asked to lay down the challenge to Verry April 25. All, this with volunteers , from the PresiElleegant, for the title of Australia’s pre-emi- dent down.

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■ A total of 78 horses, which includes last year’s Melbourne Cup winner, Verry Elleegant, will be chasing glory in the All-Star-Mile to be run at Flemington on Saturday March 19.

The world’s richest mile race is the fourth edition of the big race which returns to Flemington, which includes among the nominations 22 horses with more than a million dollars in the bank, which includes 20 Group One winners, and 17 three-year-olds.

The initial nominations, can be supplemented by any late entries. They closed on January 17, and have contributed just under $40,000 to the Good Friday Appeal, with Racing Victoria again donating the $500 nomination fee to the All-Star-

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Local Sport Southern Bayside Championship Division. Hampton5/83 J Hewitt 26 CA Ross 25* CJ Hall 2/19 BB Earney 2/27 def Beaumaris82 LJ Nixon Smith 5/16 L McAsey 3/11. Carnegie128 S Nageswara Rao 48 L Middag 25 N Karunarathne 5/41 TE Kelly 2/26 def

by Murrumbeena8/172(cc) X Ross 61* DJ Parkinson 35 D Patel 4/28 T Brahmbhatt 2/ 36. Bentleigh5/133 JG Dowling 51 R Ciccarella 31 N Connellan 2/20 M Campbell 2/21 def Mordialloc127 C Mathra 51 LJ Mott 4/29 O Satija 3/24 GI Buckley 2/20. South Caulfield drew Bonbeach.

Division 1. Parkdale United drew Brighton District. Clayton District183 P Singh 84 T Love-Linay 3/40 JA Barker 3/42 AW Macquire 2/25 LC Harris 2/36 v St Brigid's/ St Louis9/184 J Heys 96 P Singh 3/21 K Sharma 2/34. McKinnon3/180 J O'Shea 67* W King 38* LW Heath 25 def Parkdale9/ 179(cc) DT Elmi 80 G Galloway 31 CJ Wilkie 28 W King 4/31 T Walsh 2/23. Mentone6/ 234 D Heverin 78* G Brown 55 SD Cormie 41 CR Booth 2/32 B Sherriff 2/47 v Dingley4/ 233(cc) C Barlow 105* R McLean 77 R Tunbridge 2/35.

Division 2. Aspendale v Cheltenham.

Middle Park v Carnegie. Chelsea drew Bentleigh. Bayside drew South Caulfield.

Division 3. Mordialloc3/82 def McKinnon 81 L Parkinson 3/10 L Bowles 3/12.

Murrumbeena10/114 K Darji 4/23 R Singh 3/35 CK Sampath 2/19 def by Heatherton9/ 276(cc) S Jivan 61 CK Sampath 59 S Patel 52 S Hillemacher 4/49 ND Paranagama 2/ 45 P Chivers 2/61. Bonbeach drew Mentone.

Beaumaris v Hampton.

Division 4. Parkdale v South Caulfield.

Dingley v Middle Park. Brighton District4/ 102 def Kingston Hawthorn6/101(cc). St Brigid's/St Louis6/101 BT Flavelle 28* CJ Williams 26 def Clayton District100 K Little 4/6 T Boland 2/13.

Division 5. Hampton drew Parkdale United. Carnegie v Beaumaris. Heatherton drew Bayside. Bonbeach v McKinnon Cheltenham v Aspendale.

Division 6. Parkdale United: Bye. Murrumbeena drew Mordialloc. St Brigid's/ St Louis v Bentleigh. Parkdale v Mentone.

Saturday One Day Division 1. Bentleigh drew Chelsea. McKinnon v B o n b e a c h .

Beaumaris v Murrumbeena Beaumaris Reserve. Middle Park: Bye. Brighton District drew Bayside.

Saturday One Day Division 2. Middle Park v Cheltenham. Beaumaris v Hampton.

Bayside v Parkdale. Clayton District v Parkdale United.

PCFA Masters Division. January 23.

Emmanuel Sth Oakleigh (Blue): Bye. Parkdale United6/154(cc) IJ Wilkins 51* D Vanderkruk 39* R Ganji 2/13 def by Emmanuel Sth Oakleigh (White)6/158 P Xerri 50 MA Fernandez 39 M Sarvode 36 IJ Wilkins 2/40. Kingston Hawthorn8/102 M Kinna 43* OI Ilyas 6/2 A Fleming 2/33 def

by Port Melbourne7/207(cc) OI Ilyas 50* AA Khawaja 30 P Dunne 26 A Fleming 25* J Noonan 2/22 D Horler 2/34. St Brigid's/St Louis74 G Fewkes 4/27 R Crawford 3/16 C Atkins 2/18 def by Bonbeach5/213(cc) P Jones 52* M D'Rozario 52* G Malcomson 33 DJ Camilleri 29.

South Eastern Longmuir Shield. Elwood 1 v East Sandringham 1. Kingston Heath 16/162(cc) M Cefala 69 O Gribben 56 TR Gramaconi 2/ 27 OL De Silva 2/27 def Le Page Park 17/ 156 AJ Trease 59* NJ Huttley 54* HS Alles 4/25. Brighton Union 19/118(cc) S Ali 28 D Kuzma 27 N Halliday 3/37 A Sheriff 2/23 H Zaia 2/29 def by Bentleigh Uniting 17/119(cc) A Zaia 28 RJ Blair 4/28 DK Pulukkuttiarachchi 2/26. West Bentleigh 1 v Bentleigh ANA 1.

Woolnough Shield. Omega 1103 JE Fletcher 29 T Cleaver 4/29 A Jones 3/22 D Dervan 2/5 def by CHAG 1125 S Kat 32 NE Bridges 3/13 KJ Martin 3/19 P Burnell 2/14.

Hampton Central 18/140(cc) C Amoore 31 D O'Brien 26 S Boyle 26 J Simon 3/44 M Middleton 2/21 def by Mackie 15/141 RM Bricker 45 CD Pearson 38 J Simon 36 T Dalton 4/52. Washington Park 1110 G Perera 27 N Bancroft 4/19 S Larkworthy 2/7 d e f

by Cluden 1165 M Lavender 37 K John 29 A Gibson 27 CG Williamson 4/16 S De Silva 2/ 25. Carnegie South 1141 GA Gallagher 55 C Birt 3/35 A Williams 2/14 H Murie 2/40 def

by Kingston Heath 26/161(cc) P Sanders 70*.

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Awards at Peninsula ● Pictured (from left): Mary Iles - Current Vice-President of Flinders District Lions Club (Community Event of the Year: Flinders Motoring Heritage);Oliver Walker-Peel (Young Citizen of the Year); Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh; Dirk Jansen (Citizen of the Year); Roslyn Ferres (Local Champion Award); David Pullin (Lifetime Achievement Award); Geraldine Bilston (Local Champion Award).

■ Mornington Peninsula Shire Australia Day Best Classic Car, Best Modified Car and Most Rare or Unusual Car, among others.

Local Awards winners are: Over the years the event has donated over ■ Citizen of the Year: Dirk Jansen ■ Young Citizen of the Year: Oliver Walker- $85,000 to various projects and last year $28,000 went to Peninsula Health to help purchase a Peel ■ Community Event of the Year: Flinders Mo- cardiorespiratory foetal monitor allowing infants to be fully monitored when they are sick. toring Heritage Planning is underway for the 2022 event.

■ Local Champion Award: Geraldine Bilston ★ ■ Local Champion Award: Roslyn Ferres Local Champion Award recipient – ■ Lifetime Achievement Award: David Pullin Geraldine Bilston ★ Geraldine is a woman with lived experience Citizen of the Year – Dirk Jansen Dirk is President of the Mornington Penin- of family violence. She has become a strong sula Koala Conservation group which he advocate for women who experience domestic formed in 2019 to highlight the plight of koalas and family violence in Victoria and has written and the loss of habitat on the Peninsula. What numerous articles on coercive control. She is started out as a Facebook group to record the Deputy Chair of the Victim Survivor Advisightings of koalas has now gone from strength sory Council and is a Victim Survivor Advocate to strength and with over 280 memberships it with Safe Steps Family Violence and Response, forms part of the National Landcare Network. as well as being a volunteer member of the The current five-year project will create a Mornington Peninsula Family Violence Priwildlife corridor and biolinks extending from mary Prevention Collaboration.

Geraldine articulates the experiences of Somers to Red Hill. So far, over 20,000 trees have been planted by the group and other volun- women in a manner that is authentic, real and heartfelt. She is an active advocate for the preteers.

Dirk has been successful in securing around vention of family violence through the media, at $80,000 in grants. He has collaborated with lo- corporate, community and fundraising events.

Geraldine is a beacon of hope and inspiracal groups and landowners to design and begin tree planting and he’s given numerous talks to tion for women, particularly women with lived experience of domestic and family violence and schools, community groups and landowners.

Dirk has always maintained consideration abuse. ★ for all wildlife on the Peninsula and wants to Local Champion Award recipient make sure protection and habitats are in place Roslyn Ferres for future generations.

Ros has been a member of McCrae Lions His nominators say he’s such an inspirational person who is so well liked and respected by since 2015 when she moved to the Peninsula.

Before this she made a significant contribution everyone he meets. to her community through volunteering. ★ For more than 40 years Ros has been a volYoung Citizen of the Year – unteer with Very Special Kids, a charity supOliver Walker-Peel Ollie completed Year 12 at Balcombe Gram- porting children with terminal illnesses. It takes mar last year and was School Captain. With an extraordinary person to work with young chilstudents and families from Frankston to dren who will never reach adolescence.

Ros has also been a volunteer with the Girl Sorrento, Ollie demonstrated compassionate and inspired leadership at a time of great chal- Guides Association for more than 30 years and is involved with numerous community groups lenge.

Ollie has been the face of an optimistic and assisting in various roles.

As a result of the bushfire and flood events resilient Year 12 group and has modelled, especially for the younger students, a positive belief over the last two years Ros has spent most of everyone can make a difference, and everyone her time in lockdown knitting beanies, scarves and blankets which are also provided to homecounts.

Beyond the school gates Ollie’s involvement less and cancer patients.

Through her work with Lions, she regularly in local football promotion and celebration is well recognised. Ollie’s family moved to Aus- provides food and other personal items to the tralia from England when he was nine and he Eastbourne Primary School to help students brought a love of football (or soccer) with him. who are the subject of family issues. For her He started commentating with the hard work and selfless efforts, Ros was awarded Mornington Soccer Club before becoming part the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest recogof the RPP FM sport team commentating on nition in Lions. Ros is a great role model and an inspiration to others.

Aussie Rules football and cricket. ★ Ollie has Cerebral Palsy and can’t compete Lifetime Achievement Award – David Pullin in the sports he loves, but he has never let that David has been an active member of the be a limitation on his optimism and participation in our community. A recent article on Ollie Somers Volunteer Fire Brigade for 56 years. in Peninsula Essence called him ‘Captain Cou- During this time, he has been an active fire fighter right up until recent times. He received the Narageous’. tional Emergencies Medal following the Black ★ Saturday fires and the National Medal for his Community Event of the Year – services to a volunteer organisation – the Somers Flinders Motoring Heritage Flinders District Lions has hosted the Country Fire Authority (CFA). He is also a Life fundraising Flinders Motoring Heritage event Member of the CFA. David volunteered his time and woodworkfor five years. The event celebrates classic, vintage, and veteran cars and motorbikes and is ing skills to teach the Somers Primary School held in Flinders on Easter Sunday. There were children simple woodworking skills. The impact over 150 prized vehicles exhibited, 2,000 visi- David had on the students was easy to gauge. tors and over 30 volunteers. Some of the cat- As well, David has built and donated two honour egories include Best Oily Rag, Best Vintage Car, boards for the school.

Local Sport Morn. Peninsula Cricket Assoc.

Provincial Firsts. Baden Powell 4/169(cc) R Elmi 87* CE Chernishoff 52 C Sharpe 2/ 10 def byLangwarrin 7/175 C Brittain 70* A Christou 2/21 CT Entwistle 2/41. Long Island 168 Z Wilson 63 J McCormack 45 A Slack 2/14 J McCall 2/26 def by Red Hill 4/182(cc) LW Jackson 65 CA Dew 47* B Martin 27* JW Andersen 2/17. Old Peninsula 8/170(cc) T La Brooy 63 B Stewart 37 W Pelzer 27 TA Baron 3/30 SG Knott 2/32 N Baron 2/35 def Mt Eliza 8/117(cc) S Glenn 36* A Gailitis 4/16 J La Brooy 2/15. Sorrento v Baxter.

Peninsula Firsts. Heatherhill 7/141(cc) A Hussain 36* M Clavin 2/27 v Rosebud 115 B Quigley 40 K Donald 26 A Hussain 3/10 J Theobald 2/13. Moorooduc 5/180(cc) def Flinders 135. Seaford Tigers 132 LS Kranzbuhler 37 A Mills 25 def by Pines 169 LV Chevalier 2/23 L O'Halloran 2/33 M Carroll 2/35. Somerville 2/144 B Alp 78* C Black 58 def Mornington 9/141(cc) A Kaddatz 3/20 R McNamara 3/29.

District Firsts. Delacombe Park v Crib Point. Frankston YCW 70 C Hand 3/21 MB Cooper 2/10 J D'Atri 2/11 def by Carrum 1/71 J D'Atri 33* MB Cooper 26*. Hastings 111 CB Vervoorst 4/19 J Voelkl 3/24 R Higgins 2/ 18 def byDromana 5/167(cc) S Fowler 73 KK Voelkl 44. Main Ridge 142 J McCulley 46 G Wyatt 28 R Lynch 3/22 S Deal 3/22 S Smith 2/27 def by Carrum Downs. 1/145 GR Waterfall 87* B Lockhart 39.

Sub District Firsts. Pearcedale v Mt Martha. Rye v Tyabb. Skye 8/150(cc) KM Perera 50 I Ahmed 39 def Boneo 82 G Gopy 4/14 A Raja 3/10 J Athar 3/11. Tootgarook v Balnarring. Ballam Park v Seaford.

Provincial Seconds. Baxter v Sorrento.

Langwarrin v Baden Powell. Mt Eliza v Old Peninsula. Red Hill 119 R Hewitt 30 def by Long Island 5/120 P Edwards 37 J Dowling 28.

Peninsula Seconds. Flinders v Moorooduc. Mornington v Somerville. Pines 138 LC McGregor 3/20 J Thornell 2/19 JA Dowell 2/28 def bySeaford Tigers 8/140 AD Mountney 51 J Haidon 40. Rosebud 7/98(cc) DR Heylbut 50* ZJ Horsley 3/19 L Avery 2/ 18 v Heatherhill 6/250(cc) J Hamilton-Smith 88 J Avery 60 D Logan-Pulsar 42* L Craig 2/ 50 B Murray 2/53.

District Seconds. Carrum 8/173(cc) J Black 2/22 P Filippone 2/27 def Frankston YCW 136 M Briggs 39. Carrum Downs 88 J Banks 4/10 H Drew 4/32 B McKenzie 2/12 def by Main Ridge 7/194(cc) SB Hill 50* F Emile-Brennan 37 M Holmes 37 DK HallMcNish 3/37. Crib Point v Delacombe Park.

Dromana v Hastings.

Sub District Seconds. Balnarring v Tootgarook. Boneo 7/129(cc) G Petersen 71* A Hardy 3/12 def by Skye 6/132 A Hardy 30.

Mt Martha v Pearcedale. Seaford v Ballam Park. Tyabb 7/204(cc) SJ Creely 68 JC Holland-Burch 61 H Rhodes 34 CP Wilson 4/41 B Thompson 2/44 def Rye 115 CP Wilson 44 J Brown 27* JW Mialitsis 4/29 ZM Foulds 3/ 18 JJ Guinea 2/25.

Grade A1. Langwarrin 9/175(cc) def French Island 123. Long Island v Heatherhill.

Somerville v Mornington. Tyabb v Delacombe Park.

Grade A2. Baden Powell v Langwarrin.

Carrum Downs 9/149 def by Pines 5/175(cc) I Abbott 45 J Jaensch 42 L Kenny 31 M Flahive 2/29. Heatherhill 8/169(cc) JM Hille Jnr 39 BJ Vandervalk 36 BJ Webster 3/29 EA Brierley-Bathgate 2/17 def by Tyabb 3/ 174 D Cliff 74* RR Wijeratne 72*. Mt Eliza 81 S Head 3/9 N Borthwick 2/8 S Martin 2/ 18 def byRed Hill 3/83 B Kelly 48*.

Grade A3. Baxter v Carrum. Crib Point v Langwarrin. Delacombe Park 100 G Routley 47 D Ponrasa 4/9 D Alford 3/15 E Deal 2/14 def by Carrum Downs 158 M Kilmartin 47 R Pettitt 28 D Alford 28. Old Peninsula drew Ballam Park.

Grade A4. Heatherhill v Long Island.

Mornington v Balnarring. Mt Martha v Tyabb.

Skye 7/186(cc) M Saqib 91 def Rosebud 8/ 90(cc) M Laiq 2/5.

Grade B1. Carrum Downs 6/96(cc) L Scrivano 29 def by Baden Powell 4/98 C Clawges 3/12. Delacombe Park v Pearcedale. Moorooduc v Long Island.

Tyabb v Mt Eliza.

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Backyard hens key to increasing self-sustainability ■ By Giuliana and Jason of Talking Hens at Merricks ‘Sustainable, Fun and Friendly Backyard Pets’

■ Many people either own backyard hens or know of someone who does. The growing popularity has largely been due to families wanting to become more self-sustainable.

So why is keeping backyard hens so good for your family?

Well, hens make for fantastic pets! Our breed of hens are Hy-line Browns which are extremely friendly and placid.

They love company and like nothing more than to spend time interacting with their owners.

We hear lots of entertaining stories from our customers such as their hens going on school runs, on swings with the kids and happily jumping up onto their laps.

Good egg-laying breeds like our Hy-Line’s also quickly pay for themselves by providing your family with highly nutritious and delicious eggs throughout the year.

Their eggs are high in protein and minerals but low i n calories. You also have peace of mind knowing exactly how your hens are treated and what food they have eaten.

Of course, you can’t get more “local” food than what you get from your ownbackyard! When combined with a vegetable garden, your family becomes far more self-sufficient and able to live more sustainably.

If you really had to avoid social contact, your hens and vegetables could keep your household well fed over the long-term.

Hen ownership also teaches children some important, practical lessons about life. Not only do they need to be responsible for feeding and providing water for their hens but they must collect eggs daily and keep the coop clean and safe.

Excess eggs can also be sold or given away to friends and neighbours which is a great way of benefiting others in your local community.