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■ A man has been arrested in Lower Templestowe after authorities seized a quantity of methylamphetamine, imported into Australia.

Detectives from Joint Taskforce Icarus executed a search warrant at a property in Balmoral Avenue on October 31 and arrested a 39-year-old male resident.

The investigation was launched on September 5 after Australian Border Force detected an air cargo consignment containing approximately 10 kg of methylamphetamine, impregnated in the seats of barber chairs. A previous importation of approximately

10kg of methamphetamine was also identified from March.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Yea Races abandoned due to wet weather ■ The Yea Race Club meeting planned for this Saturday (Nov. 12) has been abandoned.

Club officials were looking forward to opening the 2022-23 picnic season after abandonments of meetings at Alexandra, Healesville, Mansfield and Balnarring, but it was not to be.

The track committee had been able to get onto the track for preparation between rain events until a fortnight ago, but since then successive dumps have meant that the track and surrounds have become waterlogged .

After two more dumps of 17mm on Tuesday (Nov. 1) and Wednesday (Nov. 2) , chief

steward for the meeting Simon Carey was called in on Thursday morning.

He agreed with Yea club officials that , despite two or three warm days being forecast, the track would probably need more than that, and with prospects of more rain before November 12, it was better to abandon the meeting to give people who had booked sites and umbrellas plenty of notice . “ It was sad as the club had already received fielded multiple requests from patrons affected by abandonments from even as far away as Dunkeld who had abandoned their

meeting of November 12 a fortnight ago” said Club President Denis Smith.”

Healesville’s meeting, the week after Yea, has also been abandoned.

Patrons who had booked in good faith have already had their monies refunded through Country Racing Victoria.

The club hopes that, with the prospect of better weather coming, that people start planning to have their end of year functions at the Yea Races on Saturday December 17.

It will be a real family day with free pony rides and activities provided by the Kelly sports

group. Highlight race of the day is the Sister Olive Handicap over 3000 metres, the longest race on the picnic circuit.

People can book their umbrellas or shaded sites at countryracingvictoria.com/yea, and also take advantage of the Early Bird admission prices at 30 per cent off walk up prices. “ Racing in Yea received a lot of positive publicity with the visit of the Melbourne Cup in October and the club hopes that the locals will get behind the club after two years of struggling with the COVID protocols,” Mr Smith said.

SHIRE MOVES AWAY FROM AUST. DAY

● Freemasons from Lodge Amicus travelled to Nagambie to present a $17,600 cheque to cover the purchase of five special care hi-lift beds. These beds can be lowered to the floor and raised almost to chest level which makes handling the patients much safer and easier for patients as well as staff. The hi-lift beds can also tilt up and down at the head and feet end to optimise patient comfort.

The beds have all been put to use immediately. Pictured (from left) are George Charalambidis, Geoff Paton and Peter Henshall with CEO Shiela Brandie.

■ Murrindindi Shire Council will no longer present its citizen of the year awards on Australia Day (Jan. 26).

The awards have been moved to National Volunteer Week in May 15-21.

Council publicity says this provides “the perfect opportunity for everyone to celebrate the contributions of people in our communities”.

“Usually at this time of year we put a call out for nominations for outstanding individuals for the awards, with recipients presented at community-led Australia Day events across the Shire,” said a Murrindindi Council media release.

“The nominations we receive for the awards are overwhelmingly for significant voluntary contributions that community members have made, so we believe aligning the awards with National Volunteer Week will provide a chance for everyone to celebrate and recognise the wonderful work our volunteers do,” said a Council representative.

“We believe this change will also create greater flexibility for local community groups who usually run events for Australia Day, allowing them to determine the future direction of their events. We will continue to support these groups, including by providing funding assistance and promotional support for Australia Day events. Information on the new awards program and the nomination process will be available in the new year,” the Council representative said.

Go-ahead for mountain bike destination

■ Yarra Ranges Council has welcomed the decision by Lizzie Blandthorn, Minister for Planning, that the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination project can proceed following an extensive Environment Effects Statement process.

Ms Blandthornhas approved most of the proposal, but has removed a signature trail proposed in the National Park.

“While this is a small length of the trail network relative to the entire project, Council needs to review the decision in greater detail to better understand the implications of this amendment to the project,” said a Council representative.

“That said, Council remains confident the project as approved will meet its objectives of becoming a world class mountain bike destination, providing ongoing economic stability to the

region and generating hundreds of jobs for the community.

The Council says it is pleased that a final decision has been made on the future of the project, providing assurance the community and a way forward for this important regional initiative.

Yarra Ranges Mayor, Cr Jim Child, said it was an exciting time following the announcement: “We are really pleased to now have a response and a way forward for the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination and know this will be welcomed by our community.”

“Whilst we still need to take the time to review the full detail of the decision and the panel assessment report and take into consideration the amendments to the overall project, we un-

derstand the importance of compromise to ensure this exciting project can move forward”.

“Not only is the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination designed to deliver a world class mountain biking destination, but it will help revitalise the region and deliver significant social and economic benefits to Warburton directly.

“I’d sincerely like to thank everyone who has supported us throughout this process, right back to 2013 when the initial feasibility of the project took place.

“As is the case with any major project, there will be some members of the community who will be disappointed that the project is proceeding due to either environmental or social concerns.”

● Cr Sue Carpenter, Murrindindi Mayor

Local Briefs Sladdin honoured

■ Paul Sladdin, current Councillor and former Mayor of Mansfield Shire Council, has been presented with a Councillor Service Award for 10 years’ of continuous service at the Municipal Association of Victoria Gala Dinner and Councillor Service Awards held in Melbourne.

Pet Expo cancelled

■ This year's Pet Expo in Wallan won't go ahead due to the flood affected condition of Hadfield Park.

“It's a tough call to make and we know our animal loving community will be disappointed. We are too,” said a Mitchell Shire Council representative. “We will be looking to bring this event back next year.” ● Private sellers can list their unwanted items for sale in The Local Paper. No charge for the ads. Go to: AdvertiserFree.com.au

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Local News Poppy Appeal

■ The Poppy Appeal fund raising in Yea until tomorrow (Thurs., Nov. 10) 9am-4pm.

The Yea-Kinglake RSL Sub-Branch will conduct a stall at Reddrops Foodworks Mall in Yea, selling Poppy badges and other items to raise funds for the appeal.

All funds raised are used to support veterans and their dependants.

The Whip Our Spy in Parliament

Last minute rep.

Rob nominated

■ Dr Peter Rob Gordon OAM, clinical psychologist and disaster recovery pioneer of Yarra Glen, is a nominee for the Victoria Senior Australian of the Year, announced last night (Tues.) at State Government House.

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

Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, November 9 Bell, Dean John Glen, Paul Anthony Thursday, November 10 Ahmar-Smith, Darcy Banks, Matthew Baxter, Joshua Bennet-Shaw, Harrison Bennetts, Christopher Borham, Shane Bouwmesster, Matthew Bradshaw, Tracey Brisbane, Mark Brown, Adrian Bruno, Belinda Chaplin, Tony Lee Chilcott, Camero Crozier, Michael Curic, Matthew Dawes, Craig Stephen Dean, James Desai, Chiragkumar Di Palma, Antonio Luigi Di Palma, Tara Febey, Renee Gioffre, Jake Goschnich, Dean Grant, Aaron Gregory, Charlotte Grewal, Parminder Harley, Daniel Lee Harvey, Craig Alan Hawke, Winston Holland, Katrina Hyatt, Ramona Johnston, Benjamin William Kelly, Matthew Kennedy, Bailey Khodr, Mohamed Krol, Daniel Leech, Brian Ross Lian, Cung Hu Lianching, Ceu Cin Mahmoud, Sami Mcdonald, Alistair Gordon Mcmaster, Michael Mcnally, Darren Mcpherson, Alexander Meldrum, Christopher Munnings, Dwayne Nativo, Raffaelo Newbould, Chris Nicolosi, Caine Ogilvie, Jade Papaevagelou, Efthimia Pointon, Amanda Sali, Haydin Sampson, Dean James Sewell, Daniel Sheridan, Matthew Stoneman, Mark Francis Sutcliffe, Kylie Threlfall, Anita Kym Travers, Dean Andrew Weegink, Dwyane Whyley, Kevin Patrick Friday, November 11 Anlezark, James Bausch, Patrick Albert Bishop, Timothy Arnold O'brien, Damian Perosevic, Slavica Robbins, Chloe Soan, Benjamin Thorne, Travis Norman Trotman, Alan

● Jane Judd and Sally Brennan ■ Labor announced its State Election (Nov. 26) candidate for the Eildon seat on Friday (Nov. 4) with a Facebook post.

Jane Judd will contest the seat held by Liberal Cindy McLeish.

“I am a divorced mother of four children and one grandson. I have lived in Healesville area since 1986. I retired from full-time work in 2020 and have since joined the University of the Third Age and numerous other community groups,” said Ms Judd, who thanked previous candidate Sally Brennan for her support.

$300mil. promise

■ Liberal leader Matthew Guy is in promising mode, and last week pledged $300 million to build a new Plenty Valley Hospital.

The Coalition says that it will “repurpose” the planned Mernda Community Hospital and deliver the first stage of the Plenty Valley Hospital, “recognising the enormous recent and future population growth impacting the existing health infrastructure’.

A media statement said: “The new Plenty Valley Hospital will provide the local community with vital additional healthcare services and relieve pressure on the overwhelmed Northern Hospital which is 12 kilometres from Mernda.

“The hospital will also be administered by the Northern Health network and be a sister campus to the Northern Hospital at Epping.”

Trust this bloke?

■ What are the chances of success of the Liberal’s Footscray candidate Emete Joesika who booked advertising space in the newspaper, but couldn’t deliver either the payment or the artwork on time? He is contesting a strongly held Labor seat.

Pets and wildlife

■ Elections are the time for kissing children and patting pets. Premier Daniel Andrews, inconvenienced late last week with a news story about his wife’s driving at Blairgowrie, announced money for pets and wildlife.

Dan committed to a $4.7 million investment to support a wildlife hospital’s design, start-up and running costs. The project is in south-west Victoria.

His government also promises to invest $960,000 to continue the Wildlife Emergency Support Network.

Order in the House

■ Pre-polling begins on Monday (Nov. 14).

■ Labor says it will deliver a swathe of new dog parks and more support to give pets the care they need, as part of a $20 million animal welfare package.

■ The Premier is chasing the Jewish vote by promising proetction from anti-semitism and violence by providing $900,000 over three years to the Community Security Group.

■ Research company surveys predict that Green, Teals and independents should do well at the November 26 election.

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Libs promise $2 million ● Jason McClintock, Eltham candidate Eltham Liberal candidate Jason McClintock seemed to be the only political candidate who had the Montmorency Festival to himself.

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■ The City of Whittlesea says it welcomes a $2 million election commitment from Liberal candidate for Mill Park, Paige Yap, to upgrade the sport oval at Redleap Recreational Reserve.

The reserve in Mill Park is an 8.3 hectare site that contains a football/cricket oval, sports pavilion, two playgrounds, basketball stadium, lake, walking tracks, car parking and public toilets.

The City of Whittlesea has developed a Master Plan for the reserve to guide long and short-term improvements.

The reserve is home to Mill Park Football Club and Mill Park Cricket Club.

The promised $2m would enable new natural turf, irrigation and drainage systems, sports field perimeter fencing, ball catching fences, cricket pitch, goal posts, coaching boxes and sports lighting upgrades at the reserve.

Whittlesea Council Chair Administrator Lydia Wilson said this announcement would support Mill Park’s sporting community.

“Redleap Recreation Reserve is a popular place for our community and additional funding would support our residents to continue to enjoy playing the sports they love with upgraded facilities,” Ms Wilson said.

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● Ed Davies, Paul and Helen Hildebrand with Con’s medal.

Yea-Kinglake RSL President, Ed Davies, presented Con Hildebrand's WW2II medal to the Hildebrand family at the RSL Hall, Yea, on Monday (Nov. 7). "We are sad that Con never got to wear his medal," said Ed, “but we are pleased to have been able to help Con's family to obtain the medal". Alfred Conrad Hildebrand, from 'Fallsview' near Murrindindi, served during WWII with the 16th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, the VDC. Con's WWII VDC unit, similar to the UK's Home Guard, was responsible for defending the local area around Yea. The unit was made up of WWI veterans too old, and volunteers too young, to join the 2nd AIF, as well as local volunteers. Con's died in February 2021.

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● Eltham Festival. File Image.

NBN grants on offer

Pool season near

● Paige Yap, Liberal candidate

■ The Rotary Eltham Festival, due to be held this Saturday-Sunday (Nov. 12-13), has been postponed until early next year.

Alistair Knox Park is muddy, water logged and would have been damaged with the volume of people attending the Festival, said a Club representative.

A statement from Nillumbik Shire Council said that heavy rain is expected this weekend.

Regular attractions include: ■ kids entertainment on the Main Stage in the early afternoon ■ live bands on stage later in the afternoon ■ the popular fireworks display at dusk on Saturday ■ a Buskers Tent featuring young aspiring musicians ■ food options and stalls ■ carnival, and ■ animal farm.

Carl’s $7962 pay packet ■ The top earner ay Nillumbik Shire Council, led by Chief Executive Officer Carl Cowie, is being paid at least $7962 per week.

The Council’s Annual Report, just released, shows that the top remuneration package is $400,000-$409,999.

And the CEO is not the only big earner. One key management executive was paid at least $290,000; with another receiving $270,000-plus.

Three managers are on a $270,000 package, which equals a weekly pay packet of $5192.

Another key manager is listed to be on a package of at least $210,000.

Nillumbik Council said that five senior officers were paid $180,000; four were on $170,000; three were at the $160,000 level; and four achieved a $150,0000 remuneration.

Nillumbik Mayor Cr Frances Eyre said the report was a great summary of the many achievements of Council, and acknowledged it has been another year dominated by the challenges of COVID-19, from the significant lockdowns of 2021 to the ups and downs of living with the virus and its various waves through 2022.

“I’m proud of what we’ve managed to achieve this year,” Cr Eyre said.

■ All editions of The Local Paper and Melbourne Observer have resumed weekly publication. Digital editions are published every Wednesday.

Print publications are currently on a fortnightly schedule, resuming to weekly frequency as soon as possible.

All advertiser accounts are adjusted so that they receive the full value of their print edition purchases.

■ Applications are now open for the Innovate NBN Grants Program, with a wide range of diverse and exciting categories for regional businesses including health, agriculture, tourism, arts, education, indigenous business, and women in regional business.

The Program wants applicants to tell about innovative ideas and solutions that harness the benefits of having access to the nbn network. Applications close on November 20.

Eltham Festival postponed ● Cr Frances Eyre, Nillumbik Applications now open for Com munities First Grants in Nillumbik. The Shire Council has been funded through the Victorian Government ‘Safer Together’ initiative to deliver the Communities First Program. The Communities First Program supports the community to lead projects and activities that build connection and help people to prepare for emergencies.

Local community groups and not-forprofit organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to $2000 to deliver projects or activities that will achieve one or more of the following: ■ Build strong community and social connection ■ Build upon community strengths, networks and resources ■ Support people to plan and prepare for emergenciesSuccessful projects must be delivered and acquitted by 31 June 2023.

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■ Murrindindi Shire’s swimming pool season commences on Saturda, November 19.

With entry free-of-charge again this season, the Council hopes family memberstake the chance to cool off at one of the swimming pools at Alexandra, Eildon, Marysville or Yea. Pools will open when the temperature forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology is 23 degrees or above in that location. Pools will open for morning lap swimming and school/swim club bookings regardless of the forecast.

The Council says it is pleased to have recruited a team of lifeguards to help keep communities safe at pools this season. The lifeguards are central to the successful operation of the swimming pools.

Crash at Seville

■ A driver was found to be over the limit after allegedly crashing through a property in Seville on Sunday night (Nov. 6).

It is alleged a car crashed through the front of a house on Warburton Hwy about 9.45pm.

Investigators were told the car also crashed into another vehicle, which was parked in the garage, before coming to a stop in the backyard of the property.

The occupants of the house were inside at the time of the crash and there were no injuries. There was extensive damage to the property.

The driver of the vehicle, a 45-year-old Clayton woman, allegedly returned a positive breath test of 0.154.

Her licence was immediately suspended, and she is expected to be charged with drink driving.

Coffee at Whitt’sea

■ ‘Coffee with Council’ is a chance to have a chat with City of Whittlesea Administrators and senior staff about topics important to residents while sipping a coffee.

“These are regular informal drop-in sessions organised by Council at local coffee shops to provide residents with opportunities to ask questions, have one-on-one conversation or share their thoughts with the Administrators and Senior Council Staff,” said a Whittlesea Council representative.

The next se3ssion will be held from 11am1pm on Monday (Nov. 14) at Lady Sevin Café, 1 Church St, Whittlesea. No bookings required, just drop-in.

Works at Kilmore

● Carl Cowie, Nillumbik CEO

■ Grant funding has been received to deliver a stage two development at Ryans Creek Reserve in Kilmore.

A stage one activation project was completed in 2020 with key works undertaken primarily at the southern part of the reserve including a play space, basketball half court, shelter, barbecue, pathways and solar lighting. This stage two project aims to improve linkages, amenities and functionality and activate the northern section of Ryans Creek Reserve.

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by Victoria Police during Operation Furlong over the Melbourne Cup long weekend, despite widespread wet weather.

The five-day, statewide road policing operation saw Police targeting high-risk driving behaviour, with a particular focus on speeding, impaired driving, and distraction.

Concerningly, one in every 295 motorists tested were detected for drink driving offences, which is a significant increase on last month’s strike rate over the AFL Grand Final long weekend where one in every 536 motorists were detected for drink driving.

There were also a further 187 motorists who were caught drug driving.

A total of 5433 traffic offences were detected during the operation, with almost 40 per cent of those for speeding.

There were also 232 mobile phone offences detected, and automatic number plate recognition technology caught 433 motorists for driving whilst disqualified, suspended or unlicensed.

Three lives were lost on Victorian roads during the long weekend operation, including two motorcyclist fatalities in Wandong, and a 24-year-old male driver in Bundoora on Monday, bringing the total number of lives lost to 210 – 26 higher than last year and well above the five-year average of 192.

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“What was extremely concerning to us was the strike rate of drink drivers – one in every 295 drivers we tested were detected for drink driving, which may not seem significant but compared to a month ago where one in every 536 drivers were caught drink driving, the increase in strike rate is quite alarming.

“As we approach the festive time of the year, we know social events synonymous with alcohol and drug consumption become more frequent,” said Acting Assistant Commissioner Goldsmith.

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■ Students, teachers and families at Eltham North Primary School are set to benefit under a new commitment announced by the Liberals and Nationals.

A number of areas at the school are in desperate need of attention, according to the State Opposition.

If elected, the Liberals and Nationals will commit $150,000 to deliver upgrades including the refurbishment of the Junior School toilet block, replacing the synthetic grass in play areas, and new air conditioning systems.

Shadow Minister for Education, David Hodgett, said this investment “will provide vital support to one of the larger primary schools in the area, ensuring we provide a high quality educational environment for students to thrive".

Liberal Candidate for Eltham, Jason McClintock, said the Liberals and Nationals were committed to supporting students with strong investments for their future.

"I've listened to the concerns of school representatives and parents and will ensure upgrades are delivered to provide the school with superior standards of care,” Mr Clintock said.

Meanwhile, the Liberals say they will commit $60,000 for Research Primary School to enhance its educational programs including a new science and technology program for the students, revamping the beloved school community’s “Adopt a Spot” program and building a sustainable garden for the school. ““The reintroduction of the Adopt a Spot program will be a great addition to the school and surrounding community.”

Official opening

■ Yarra Ranges Council is inviting the community to come and visit the new Civic Centre at 15 Anderson Street, Lilydale, with a free Community Open Day on Sunday, November 20. “It’ll be a day for community to meet with Councillors and Yarra Ranges employees to learn more about the services Yarra Ranges deliver and to celebrate community groups throughout the municipality,” said a Shire statement.

“From 11am - 4pm, there will be opportunities to take a tour of the Civic Centre and chat to people from across the entire organisation, from the people who plan new playgrounds, to the staff hosting world-class performances in our cultural venues; the community safety officers who help find lost animals and the teams helping us work towards net zero emissions as well as several community groups who provide valuable services to our community. You’ll get to meet members from Yarra Ranges Bushlands and Biodiversity, Community Wellbeing, Communications and Engagement, Waste Management, Disability and Inclusion, Economic and Investment, Governance and Risk, and Sustainably teams .”

$9.2m for local kids

■ The City of Whittlesea has welcomed a State Government announcement of a $9.2m contribution towards building two local community centres.

The funding will enable the Council to build the Patterson Drive Community Activity Centre in Donnybrook and West Wollert Community Centre.

Administrator Peita Duncan said Council was pleased to partner with the government to provide critical children’s services.

“A partnership approach always enables us to build much-needed facilities for our fastgrowing communities and also increase capacity to meet the demand generated by the Victorian Government’s three-year-old kindergarten reform program,” Ms Duncan said in a media statement.

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Local Briefs SDCA washout

■ Seymour District Cricket Association senior games were again washed out last Saturday (Nov. 5) due to sodden grounds.

There were hopes that the season might begin this coming Saturday (Nov. 12), but forecasts suggest there may be heavy rainfall.

Cindy wins at Yea

■ Some 14 golfers took on the special event at Yea on Saturday. With only six holes playable an event which played those holes only was played three times.

First six played from the blue tees – men and red tees – ladies, Second six all played from white – Par 3 tees. The third time Red tees – men and white tees – ladies.

Conditions were heavy with long grass on fairways and little run. Not to mention that the holes were on the hills that certainly tested walkers’ fitness.

Winner with 42 points was Cindy Armstrong from second Rob O’Halloran 39 and third was Martin Lowe on 37. Gary Pollard was NTP on the 4th and John Phillips won the Club Award.

- Alan Pell

Pondage to open

■ The Eildon Pondage is set for a major recreational shake up under Liberals and Nationals Government, if it is elected at the November 26 State Election.

Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish will open up the Eildon Pondage so locals and visitors will finally be able to enjoy non-motorised water activity safely in the area. Swimming will not be permitted.

Outdoor education providers have also been advocating for the use of the pondage for a long and on occasion have been granted access permits.

“Eildon is a small town with much untapped tourism opportunity. This change will benefit locals, tourists, outdoor education providers and school groups alike and will attract new small businesses offering recreational attraction,” Ms McLeish said.

“This decision will open up the pondage for increased use for safe water-based activities including kayaking, canoeing, water bikes and the like – all non-motorised vessels.

“The pondage has so much potential yet is underutilised. This change will allow people to experience the best Eildon has to offer.

“Eildon is a unique, picturesque part of Victoria. I’m glad to be encouraging visitation to the area which will benefit local businesses and hospitality.

“I know Council is keen to improve the pondage area which in future could see additional seating areas, canoe launch and fishing platform,” Ms McLeish said.

Pulp Festival

■ The first PULP festival coming to the Yarra Valley (and beyond) this month; a new festival showcasing wines from boutique and independent producers, championing winemaking innovation and diversity across the region.

This 10-day festival from Wine Yarra Valley celebrates local producers, new and established, with wine tastings, food trucks, live music and more, bringing together young guns and local legends of wine, with plenty of brand names people will recognise.

The inaugural festival will showcase premium Yarra Valley winemaking, with a focus on environmentally sustainable and innovative practices, out-of-the-box wine styles and blends, and creative collaborations.

The festival also aims to encourage visitation to the region to support the muchneeded recovery of our wine and tourism industries.

Ticketholders will have the chance to sample the latest wares at events taking place across the Yarra Valley and inner-Melbourne venues from November 11-20. ● The readership area of this edition of The Local Paper includes municipalities of Mansfield, Mitchell, Murrindindi, Nillumbik, Strathbogie, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges.

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Eastern, Ringwood scores ■ Eastern Cricket. Dunstan Shield.

Bulleen 128 PV Martinich 29 MG Berryman 26 SK Duckworth 3/20 SP Seymour 2/12 A Millard 2/26 v Canterbury 2/58. North Balwyn 9/184 C Sanders 37 M Tomkinson 33 J Binney 31* HE Dearden 2/18 D Sayer 2/23 KB Hoath 2/25 v East Doncaster 4/205(cc) MJ Bremner 104 R Sayer 48. Glen Iris vOld Carey. Mont Albert v Marcellin OC. Wright Shield. Hawthorn drew Ashburton Willows. Heathmont 8/189(cc) T Thirlwell 52 TJ Wynne 52 J Tuffin 3/29 JM Taylor 2/29 def Surrey Hills 98 MJ O'Donoghue 44 J Quinlan 2/6 R Ekanayake 2/6 JW Cairns 2/14 H Nirmal 2/26. Mulgrave drew Deepdene Bears. Mazenod OC v St Kevins OC. A Turf (Burgess Shield). Edinburgh v Boronia 0/23. Mont Albert v Ashwood 0/0.

Richmond City 145 H Chipperfield 29 J Blackman 3/16 BB Giudice 2/13 J Wilson 2/ 18 A Swan 2/34 v Burwood 10/112 JJ Miller 35 R Anderson 27 CK Hawley 5/21 C Gerny 2/21. La Trobe University v East Malvern Tooronga.

B Turf (Armstrong Shield). Burwood v Old Carey. Balwyn Saints v North Balwyn. Canterbury 9/142 A Martin 43 C Oldroyd 39 D Baynes 4/24 D Lawrence 2/26 v Heathmont 5/201(cc) Z Dent 71* B Baynes 29 L Tie 27 A Martin 2/34. Richmond Union 9/176 C Farley 65 C Joshi 3/23 D Patel 3/23 v Marcellin OC 10/120 D Patel 39 S Musgrove 6/28.

C Turf (Thomson Shield). Deepdene Bears 2/251(cc) def Mont Albert 92. Boronia drew Bulleen. East Doncaster 147 PJ Dickson 103* N Jago 2/24 A Riaz 2/28 JM Dobeli 2/ 57 v Mazenod OC 4/148(cc) CB Don Paul 60* T Driscoll 40 R Jayaweera 25 PJ Dickson 2/ 22. East Malvern Tooronga v Hawthorn.

D Turf (Mair Shield). Glen Iris v Surrey Hills v Edinburgh 0/18. Ashburton Willows drew La Trobe University. St Kevins OC v Old Carey.

E Turf (Cohen Shield). Edinburgh v Deepdene Bears. Ashwood v Richmond Union.

Hawthorn drew Balwyn Saints. East Malvern Tooronga v Richmond City.

F Turf (Patterson Shield). Heathmont: Bye. Surrey Hills v Hawthorn. Mazenod OC v La Trobe University. Richmond City 7/139 def Bulleen 136.

G Turf (Butler Shield). Mont Albert v East Malvern Tooronga. Heathmont drew Surrey Hills. Deepdene Bears v St Kevins OC. ■ Ringwood District Cricket Association. Lindsay Trollope Shield. Wantirna South 1st XI 136 J Dimitrov 25 A Baker 3/18 C Irvine 3/36 def by Norwood 1st XI 4/218(cc) BC Hastie 69* JD Cant 61 NM Lester 29 N McDonald 2/45. South Croydon 1st XI 8/ 197(cc) T McKenzie 49* B Stewart 36 MJ Whittaker 3/33 A Keane 2/28 def by Montrose 1st XI 6/207(cc) LA Storm 91 SS Findlay 46 M Edwards 32 RD Tattersall 2/41. North Ringwood 1st XI 3/119 A Leis 57* L O'Donnell 26* def Lilydale 1st XI 5/118(cc) QA Hodgkinson 69* M Skinner 4/23. East Ringwood 1st XI 194 M Kershaw 56 T Gibson 43 R Priyan 43* J White 5/50 def by Ainslie Park 1st XI 6/215(cc) D Bettess 100* R Peters 40 R Wilkins 3/24 T Gibson 2/48.

Bill Wilkins Cup. Mooroolbark 1st XI 1/ 157 B Thomas 85* M Page 30 def Warranwood 1st XI 6/155(cc) N Brown 58 DA Johnson 29 W Ross 3/45 JW Ross 2/40. Bayswater Park 1st XI 151 T Cordwell 57 N Liyanapathirana 6/19 L Madushanka 2/24 def by Warrandyte 1st XI 5/179(cc) L Madushanka 81* J Ellis 29 J Hillam 2/39. St Andrews 1st XI 4/147 CR Moorhouse 53* J Hansen 38* B Mathews 2/ 22 def Wonga Park 1st XI 9/143(cc) J McDonell 45 JW Wigney 36 JO Lynn 4/26 K Singh 2/25. Kilsyth 1st XI 7/195(cc) J Gregory 41* MO Scott-Thomas 37* J McPhee 26 D Singh 2/27 L Butler 2/33 def Templeton 1st XI 9/166(cc) C Mitrevski 40 D Singh 33* DR Meehan 28 JT Smith 4/14.

Stuart Newey Plate. Woori Yallock 1st XI 7/187(cc) A Ferguson 63* MN Nicholls 33 W Grace 3/36 v Yarra Junction 1st XI 2/42.

South Warrandyte 1st XI v Seville 1st XI. Croydon Ranges 1st XI 104 K Grift 4/26 B Malbon 2/11 def by Chirnside Park 1st XI 9/ 107 R Clarke 35 W Bellingham 3/9 JR Blyth 2/15 J Bellingham 2/23. Mount Evelyn 1st XI

9/165 T Hancock 37 B Jones 31 M Timms 5/ 29 NP Simcock 3/14 v Croydon North 1st XI 7/164(cc) TR Davies 53* L O'Brien 36 B Jones 2/27 D Fraser 2/30.

Steve Pascoe Shield. Heathwood 1st XI v Wantirna South 2nd XI. Warrandyte 2nd XI v North Ringwood 2nd XI. Ainslie Park 2nd XI 4/ 182(cc) SR Minetti 52* S Arbuckle 47* C Eustice 25 AR Smith 3/24 v Kilsyth 2nd XI 155 M Unternahrer 36 J Childs 29 J Hunter 2/19 L Francis 2/31 SR Minetti 2/32. Montrose 2nd XI 6/236(cc) J Perkins 100 SJ Gebert 82 L Grigg 32 R Wilkins 3/32 def South Croydon 2nd XI 130 S Cogan 33 B Podesta 2/8 J Motteram 2/12 CL Storm 2/12 HM Nyhuis 2/ 37.

Pat Meehan Shield. Lilydale 2nd XI 9/ 144(cc) M Bree 28 D Kerr 3/34 L Chandler 2/ 16 T Poynton 2/35 def Healesville 1st XI 132 L English 27 D Coutts 4/34 N Thompson 3/26. Wonga Park 2nd XI 133 D Carrigan 4/ 32 T Noonan 2/5 J Barr 2/5def by Croydon Ranges 2nd XI 228 WJ Spencer 52 N Balthasar 52 DW Turnbull 38 T McKinney 4/47 L Court 2/31 TS Parker 2/45. Eastfield 1st XI 111 M Harrison 37 J Lennox 27 AS Baker 4/15 J Bell 3/19 J Winneke 2/15 def by East Ringwood 2nd XI 5/112 JJ Holmes 2/16. Warranwood 2nd XI v South Warrandyte 2nd XI 6/233(cc) ■ South-East Cricket Association.

Longmuir Shield. East Sandringham 1 7/ 222(cc) C Diggle 49 R Agg 33* M Harris 32 J Hesline 26 MF De Iacovo 3/33 E Capp 2/47 def Le Page Park 1 8/140 J Czosnek 31 T Malan 3/44 J Munnings 2/14 J Hesline 2/19.

Bentleigh Uniting 1 7/195(cc) A Sheriff 67* B De Alwis 62 A Jones 3/38 T Cleaver 2/20 def CHAG 1 163 D Rhys-Jones 53 G McCormick 3/32 M Silva 3/33 C Montgomery 2/18.

Kingston Heath 1 189 HS Alles 52 A Birt 44 TJ Morecroft 31 M McNaughton 5/46 J Murphy 2/26 def Elwood 1 130 M McNaughton 38 N Harris 33 HS Alles 2/7 T Grech 2/19 A Birt 2/ 30 H Murie 2/41. West Bentleigh 1 120 VS Thind 3/30 S Gara 2/23 RJ Blair 2/26 def by Brighton Union 1 3/123 D Kuzma 42 DK Pulukkuttiarachchi 32 VS Thind 30*.

Woolnough Shield. Omega 1 5/135 A Bychkov 52 J Crosby 2/17 F Flockart 2/38 def Hampton United 1 134 OR Gunning 73 JE Fletcher 3/7 P Burnell 3/28 L Nunn 2/25.

Mackie 1 4/177(cc) B Trotter 58 J Barker 51 N Haggalla 36* def by Bentleigh ANA 1 5/183 A Tyrone 110* J White 33 J Moraitis 5/39.

Cheltenham Park 1 0/7 drew Cluden 1 9/ 195(cc) JC Lampard 84 A Weiss 4/21 G Hick 2/35. Carnegie South 1 8/150(cc) WD Martiniello 42* T Cameron 30 CG Williamson 3/26 J Smith 2/26 M Oaten 2/33 def by Washington Park 1 5/152 TE Bishop 86* JM Cusack 27 C Walker 4/43 Quiney Shield. Hampton Central 1 202 D O'Brien 55 N Fallon 53 BJ Pedder 4/34 A Vanek 2/27 S Lay 2/28 NE Bridges 2/48 def Omega 2 191 B O'Toole 47 S Lay 40 J Tulley 39 C Wilkinson 5/42. Le Page Park 2 9/ 177(cc) DS Wilton 50 A Carroll 33 G Czosnek 31 JW Hiam 2/31 v East Sandringham 2 10/ 127 U Khayam 32 A Trevellyan 4/24 L O'Meara 2/28. Elwood 2 6/170 M Rosendorff 33 T Bishop 27 T Richards 2/25 N D'Rozario 2/25 def Kingston Heath 2 169 T Lawson 31* D Davis 27 T de Munk 25 C Birt 25 A Gill 3/37 L Brooker 2/37. Washington Park 2 175 G Slaughter 46 A Swann 3/38 P Sood 2/7 M DeBono 2/13 def Bentleigh Uniting 2 9/166(cc) CJ Davidson 55 P Dessent 33 J Cleary 4/22 G Slaughter 2/22 A O'Donnell 2/32.

Pullen Shield. Bentleigh ANA 2 8/167(cc) A Taylor 50* B Ebinger 3/22 J Blenkinsop 2/7 K Korathaluri 2/31 def by Mackie 2 176 B Park 51 D Park 35 M Banducci 2/15 J McKay 2/21 J Whelan 2/36. Melbourne Wanderers 1 134 G Shaw 33* A Alva 29 V Konamaneni 4/ 26 S Kumar 3/13 A Pasuleti 2/23 def by CUCC Kings 1 7/135 M Ponnaganti 60 K Ali 2/32.

Brighton Union 2 5/193 PV Falvo 101* M Perera 45* A Reid 2/18 def West Bentleigh 2 8/190(cc) N Sweeney 61 R Tindall 51* M Reid 32 H Lepp 4/35 F Bennett 2/32. Cluden 2 drew Cheltenham Park 2.

E-Grade. Gladiators 1 117 25 def Melbourne Districts United 1 91.. Hampton United 2 def by Highett West 1. Keys-borough Park 1 139 def by Omega 3 141. CHAG 2 8/140(cc) SB Simpson 30 D Kat 25 D Bregazzi 2/20 A Waites 2/31 R Thiedeman 2/ 35 def by Bentleigh Uniting 3 4/141

Local Briefs Show in January

■ Whittlesea Agricultural Society President Erica Hawke says the Whittlesea Show will re-appear in January, after rain forced its postponement on the Cup Day Weekend.

“The weather has been against us from every angle and the grounds and parking areas are so wet we sink when we walk on them – in some parts up to our knees,” Ms Hawke said.

“We are very mindful of our responsibilities to have the best outcome considering the health and safety of our members, exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers and patrons.

“We’ve all been wearing gum boots for weeks and it’s just not getting any better. We have no choice but to jump in the puddles and postpone the 2022 Whittlesea Show to the new dates of the January 21-22, 2023; same place, different time.

“Gate tickets and exhibit entry will be rolled over to the new dates,” Ms Hawke said in a statement.

School lunches

■ A Liberals and Nationals Government, if elcted, will ensure that all Victorian publicschool students will receive a free, healthy and nutritious lunch each day through the Healthy Lunches Program.

Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish said this ambitious plan will improve student health and wellbeing, and support families with the task and cost of daily school lunches.

“Providing a healthy lunch not only improves nutrition and energy levels for students, but has well documented learning and educational benefits as well,” Ms McLeish said.

Literature and research suggests that as many as a third of students in some cohorts are either not eating a proper lunch, or are experiencing food insecurity at school.

The program will commence as a twoyear $300 million pilot, with rollout initially targeted into selected state primary schools in the second half of 2023. It is anticipated that the program could be available to all state schools by 2026.

At Goughs Bay

■ The Goughs Bay Festival will be held on November 19. Together with the Goughs Bay Area Progress Association and Goughs Bay Boat Sport and Recreation Club, Mansfield Council has been working to present a family friendly day of music, food, activities and boats by the foreshore.

Also featuring on the day will be the Ramsay boat owner’s reunion show-n-shine and a boat ‘Run to the Wall’ component which will see the boats making the most of the fabulous conditions by heading to the Eildon Wall and return.

Mayor Cr James Tehan said Council was pleased to see a lake-based event at Goughs Bay. “The Goughs Bay community are very active in promoting their town and this event will be a perfect way to showcase the lake lifestyle,” said Cr Tehan.

“The Festival promises to be a lot of fun for both the community and visitors to the area,” he said.

Food vans, local musicians, children’s activities and more will add to the festival atmosphere at the family friendly event.

Goughs Bay Boat Ramp foreshore on Bayside Boulevard.

Mitchell Shire award

■ Mitchell Shire Council was recognised in the 2022 National Awards for Local Government.

The Council’s School Crossing SafetyCam Initiative received the Road Safety award, which recognises local government projects that address the specific safety needs of vulnerable groups or target specific road user risk factors.

The initiative is seeing cameras installed at all school crossings in the shire to keep local students, parents, crossing supervisors and all crossing users safe.

Cameras have been installed at selected crossings in the Shire, with more to come later this year.

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■ Barclay Shield. Nov. 5 and 12. North Eltham Wanderers 2/10 v Banyule 166 J Samad 50 TD Elmer 28 B O'Donnell 4/25 L Camuncoli 2/5 C Lyall 2/29. Epping 9/ 177(cc) NJ Gardiner 31 J Ridewood 5/41 C Kostakis 2/15 v Heidelberg. Research Eltham Collegians 133 B Willis 46 J Turner 43 R Wise 4/39 T Wise 2/12 v Macleod 2/ 56 DW Snyder 25. Rosebank v Riverside.

Rosanna 9/195(cc) S Sheehan 55 N Carlton 34 LR Rowley 3/23 JT Watson 2/22 BJ Shallard 2/24 v Diamond Creek.

Money Shield. Bundoora United 4/141 J Thompson 62* E Baade 2/20 v Lalor Stars 74 J Hayse 26 SC Barnett 5/14 RM Gaylard 3/10 L Solar 2/8 and 1/16. Montmorency 0/0 v Eltham 246 L Rushton-McCoach 55 M Chrimes 45 A Lamont 42 M Minney 31* S Farmer 5/55 J Steele 4/45. Bundoora 7/ 341(cc) PT Singh 193 W Wunhym 49* S Silva 30 D Bainbridge 3/73 S Wright 3/81 v Mernda. Bundoora Park v Lower Eltham.

Laurimar 125 AR Crook 34 J Gavin 4/14 TK Rajarathna 2/31 CC Prasad 2/31 v Plenty 6/109 H Smith 31 CC Prasad 26 C Lovelock 3/17 BE Lawrenson 2/32.

Mash Shield. Hurstbridge 6/333(cc) T Sanjeewa 118 JR Lovett 79 JR Orchard 70 RG Patterson 2/59 v Thomastown United.

Panton Hill 9/183 S Tung 78 G Motschall 32 M Di Battista 4/38 N Somerville 4/56 v Thomastown. Lower Plenty 0/26 v South Morang 163 S Hutton 30 B Riley 28 J Bellam 27 J Sassella 2/31 CG Turner 2/38.

Greensborough v Mill Park 10/211 TK Groom 50 T Wellington 38 N Andrews 33 MK McAuley 27 MJ Cheung 3/20 K Madusanka 3/23.

B-Grade. Riverside 182 S Norton 3/10 R Edwards 2/19 B McDermott 2/30 v Montmorency 1/7. Diamond Creek 89 DA Campbell 30 MW Jackson 3/13 L McGregor 2/19 v Rosanna 4/53 M Macaulay 25* JR Rowley 2/17. Lalor Stars 0/5 v Bundoora United 165 L Symons 37 LJ Capicchiano 31 C Higgins 6/31 J Vasilev 3/32 B Carroll 2/19. Banyule 8/61 v North Eltham Wanderers 99. Heidelberg 0/8 v Epping 169 J Wilkins 38 SC Trowbridge 30 J Kearney 25 P Hannah 4/34.

C-Grade. Macleod v Research Eltham Collegians 0/0. Mernda 1/34(cc) v Bundoora 128 A Sing 28 V Siwas 26 R Caracella 25 GG Summers 2/2 PS Sidhu 2/18 L Taylor 2/ 27. Lower Plenty 1/5 v Lower Eltham 185 J Caldarelli 59 C Paine 32* C James 3/15.

Eltham 105 N Gleeson 3/21 CD Drake 2/ 19 v Riverside 1/118 A Amenta 49 G Smyth 34*. Banyule 8/129 v Laurimar.

D-Grade. Hurstbridge 102 ZP Howell 3/19 Z Brown-Close 2/12 C Pringle 2/13 v Bundoora Park 4/22 M Ward 2/3 J Holzer 2/15. Mill Park 0/6 v Rosebank 137 S Jemmigumpula 3/11 A Guerra 2/7 C Dasanayaka 2/13 JD MacDonald 2/16.

Plenty 7/218(cc) J King 86 A King 46* B Key 28* HM Rajapakshe 3/37 V Lakshman 2/60 v Greensborough. Thomastown 160 L Alberti 82 C Mamidanna 25 DJ Kingsley 4/31 R Tomasiello 2/13 N Ireland 2/35 v Diamond Creek 0/35. Montmorency v North Eltham Wanderers.

E-Grade. Mernda 1/45 L Gooch 25* v Greensborough. Thomastown United 8/ 138(cc) B Leavold 40 R Desai 25* J Sheahan 3/28 v Bundoora. Whittlesea v Panton Hill. South Morang 10/153 N Hettiarachchi 39 B Slater 39 D Kirby 4/22 W Ali 2/26 v Riverside 4/19 S Nagasanthakumaran 2/1.

F1-Grade. Bundoora United v Rosanna.

Lower Plenty 1/98 v Epping 139. Riverside 2/442(cc) A Nolan 128* M McMasterSmith 109* S Bowler 64 C Skiba 60* M Newell 35 v Heidelberg. Lalor Stars 227 S Kemp 91 T Clayton 36 N Simons 35 M Atmaca 27 v Banyule 0/12.

F2-Grade. Diamond Creek v Eltham.

Montmorency v Plenty. South Morang v Laurimar Cricket Club 6/267(cc) RL Kelsey 149* DS Crain 26 MJ Ragona 25 P Vasanthanathan 3/36 T Lafford 2/57. Mill Park 151 J Jhala 58 A Henderson 31 v Research Eltham Collegians 2/43.

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Scoreboard

Premier Cricket results

■ Kookaburra Cricket. Men’s Premier Firsts. Camberwell Magpies7/183(cc) LD Fitzpatrick 61 DP Redhu 55* ZV Richardson 3/45 SR Paramesh 2/25 v Kingston Hawthorn 5/186 S Chopra 54* JT Lewis 40 V Fernando 31 D Jacotine 28* AW Gorvin 2/ 22. Carlton3/310(cc) EP Gulbis 116 HJ Smyth 76 J Lemire 63* MW Harvey 33 JF Garner 2/ 71 def Geelong9/293(cc) MJ Buchanan 69 JB Larkin 37 D Mehta 37 TA Jackson 29 C Rutland 3/54 XA Crone 2/50. Dandenong6/ 188(cc) BS Forsyth 73 T Donnell 34 MN Wilson 33 N Pottabathini 2/33 v Essendon6/ 241(cc) I Willett 79 F Chowna 46 J Seymour 44 MN Wilson 2/50. Fitzroy Doncaster150 NJ Boland 4/33 M Wilcox 2/21 def by Prahran7/ 210(cc) J Billington 76 WJ Sutherland 58 C Hemp 26* SM Elliott 3/37 E Alavi 2/36.

Footscray192 DJ Brasher 44 TJ Dean 31 S Harris 27 DJ Sartori 25 MF Fotia 3/36 DD D'Silva 2/32 DC Delany 2/35 def by Ringwood5/195 DA King 71* R Amin 51 AS Dhull 27 J Reed 2/32 J Vine 2/35. Frankston Peninsula8/175(cc) V Bansal 42 MA Gapes 41 C Perrett 3/28 J Lalor 2/22 def by Northcote 6/176 JC Rushton 41 J Lalor 41 JR Koduru 36* B Clarke 2/31. Melbourne University5/ 187(cc) A Yaksender 66* M Hatzoglou 58 MW Archer 2/29 def Greenvale Kangaroos185 CJ Hayes 91 NB Markovski 25 D Warren 4/29 F Ahmed 3/22 P Hatzoglou 2/23. Melbourne6/ 293(cc) SB Harper 86* BR Thomson 80 CJ Kellaway 42 AD Buxton 29 TV Russ 2/34 JG Bartlett 2/45 def St Kilda156 JA Merlo 72 PS Handscomb 43 FP O'Neill 3/35 KJ Elliott 2/ 19 KR Williamson 2/26 DE Munro 2/35. Richmond v Casey-South Melbourne.

Men’s Premier Seconds. Essendon9/ 168(cc) EE White 43 B Bhatia 4/25 A Athiththan 2/14 def by Dandenong6/171 JD Slater 69 AG Fernando 33* L Busk 2/22 BJ Toseland 2/40. Geelong7/247 H Hauenstein 107* SJ Croft 50 FJ Cozens 37 SB Morrow 3/ 31 def Carlton9/244(cc) MJ Culvenor 53* LJ McKenna 31 T Mileto 30 A Poppa 27 J Cowell 26 CJ Stow 3/21. Kingston Hawthorn7/221 PD Parsons 50* V Sathyajith 47 PR Paramesh 35 UL Weragala 25 HJ Burrill 5/17 KA Prior 2/55 v Camberwell Magpies7/251(cc) JW Wiseman 70 NJ Shoesmith 32 C Cater 3/41.

Greenvale Kangaroos10/218 HA Qureshi 82 N Athukorala 27 TJ Walker 3/25 J Browning 2/ 26 Y Singh 2/42 v Melbourne University9/205 J Peacock 63 AP Young 46 JG Taylor 4/26 H Kremer-Slevin 2/20 M Ali 2/50. Northcote3/ 244(cc) EJ Brandon-Jones 113* M Mikedis 56 DJ Lalor 29 def Frankston Peninsula8/ 141(cc) R Shelton 48 BJ Morris 45 R Lane 3/ 16 M Edwards 2/26. Prahran3/111 MO Delaney 32* TA Jackson 31 I Dhanoa 2/20 def Fitzroy Doncaster110 A Sharma 33 DJ Harrison-Smith 3/12 J Boyce 2/8 BC Sexton 2/20. Ringwood10/195 OG Horlock 55 TS Sugumar 37 PF Jefimenko 30 B Aggelis 5/44 def by Footscray5/264(cc) RJ Stingel 82 AJ Armstrong 59 ND Caulfield 42 J Doherty 35.

Casey-South Melbourne v Richmond. St Kilda5/ 175 HT Dixon 48 LF English 30* T Hale 28 JJ Ash 2/33def Melbourne174 AD de Lange 38 S Kapoor 3/33 WH Fraser-Smith 2/40 K James 2/42.

Men’s Premier Thirds. Carlton5/206(cc) J Atkinson 70 T Hoffman 69 def Geelong8/ 193(cc) M Robb 51 N Guida 26 JW Beer 3/ 33. Fitzroy Doncaster195 M Sacchetta 65* T Kellar 49 R Cran 3/12 W Collins 2/28 N Munasinghe 2/34 v Prahran4/269(cc) W Steventon 124 WG Pike 51 HR Nicholls 30* K Scott 30* G Khatra 2/67. Footscray6/174 S McCaskill 64 LR Tully 2/23 v Ringwood3/ 173(cc) MJ King 80* EP Walker 30 MR Mountain 25. Frankston Peninsula7/203(cc) C Costa 66 JD Edwards 60* N England 26 N Pereara 2/29 D Mills 2/49 def Northcote129 N Pereara 26 JC Cox 5/34 AL McIlroy 2/27. Melbourne University2/94 J Hahnel 50* v Greenvale Kangaroos93 JM Barron-Toop 3/15 E Durrant 2/ 13 O Patel 2/22 HS Thompson 2/27. Richmond v Casey-South Melbourne. St Kilda7/131 JF Smith 32 TI Salwathura 25 R Farooq 25 CM Jackson 3/27 TW Thompson 2/21 WT O'Brien 2/30 def Melbourne130 HC Hyslop 36 JD Gray 3/29 LO Sellenger 2/6 LA Destito 2/ 26 BT Kittlety 2/40.

Men’s Premier Fourths. Essendon v Dandenong. Geelong v Carlton. Melbourne5/ 211(cc) AP McCooke 55 J Cheesman 32 SW Anderson 31* OL Wood 28 Y Barua 2/18 def

by St Kilda5/212 VF Page 100* WH Faulkner 60 SW Anderson 3/28. Greenvale Kangaroos v Melbourne University. Northcote143 LD McLean 39 B Hosemans 32 A Sharma 31 R Jain 3/18 SA Draycott 2/33v Frankston Peninsula9/146 H Chadha 46 CM Large 2/12 T Badoni 2/26. Prahran7/101 H Smith 3/24 def Fitzroy Doncaster98 CL Stephens 31 J Van Rooyen 4/7 NJ Graves 4/19. Ringwood4/122 P Dave 48* A Kamboj 2/18 def Footscray8/ 121(cc) D Kumar 41 SA Wade 2/14 ZW Gelsi 2/14. Casey-South Melbourne v Richmond.

Kingston Hawthorn v Camberwell Magpies.

■ North Metro Cricket Association. Jika Shield. Round 1. Oct. 1. Northern Socials 9/ 214(cc) A Sharma 99 H Qureshi 25 F Nielsen 3/33 A Boughton 2/35 M Sortino 2/36 def Preston Baseballers 174 M Sortino 71 A Boughton 54 A Sharma 7/28. Rivergum 3/90 M Perri 25 B Barker 3/26 def Keon Park 89.

Reservoir Cobras 2/102 M Dunkerton 49* I Shaikh 39 def Old Ivanhoe 100 I Shaikh 5/12 L McCann 2/28. Donath 109 CJ Volitakis 3/ 24 MW O'Brien 2/7 def by Holy Trinity 6/ 149(cc) CJ Volitakis 38 L Williams 36 R Smith 4/31.

Jack Quick Shield. Preston Footballers 53 rj marshuk 4/3 B Waligamage 2/12 SK Muthuwadige 2/15 def by Camrea 2/54(cc) A Devgan 2/9. Fiji Victorian 66 E Rosmulder 4/ 22 S Pilana 2/8 S Maddi 2/19 def by Fairfield 9/209(cc) S Machale 82 S Maddi 33 s reddy 4/37 B Viswanathan 2/32. Lalor Warriors 5/ 149 C Burns 53 S Suri 36 JC Sparrow 2/33 def Dennis 5/145(cc) CF Bath 41 L Green 27 M Cutler 2/19 S Suri 2/32. Darebin Northern Riders 6/130(cc) A Sama 41 M Singh Dhillon 29 S Oliver 2/18 B Whelan 2/29 def Cameron 129 J Kanagiesser 28 B Whelan 26 J Singh 5/25 M Singh Dhillon 2/18.

Jack Kelly Shield. Holy Trinity 2nd XI 8/ 209(cc) J Cloonan 43 B Rickard 32* R Saw 26 SP Krishna 4/37 S Saikanth 2/36 N Polakala 2/37 def by Bellfield 7/248(cc) P Sunil 77 SG Gouni 53 S Katikitala 35* N Polakala 32 D Jones 2/38 R Cossens 2/53. Preston Baseballers 2nd XI drew Strathewen. West Preston 6/158 V Brahmbhatt 37 B Patel 29 A Balasubramaniam 28 K Vora 28* Cj Petroro 2/34 K Ewart 2/35 def Rivergum 2nd XI 8/ 156(cc) PM Unkles 39* K Ewart 38 C Peters 3/19. Heidelberg West 111 JP Perko 26 B Stanley 4/19 JT Lynch 2/19 def by Olympic Colts 5/178(cc) JT Lynch 95* JP Perko 3/38.

John Adams Shield - B-Grade. Dennis 2nd XI 63 S Galvin-King 3/13 H Singh 2/4 J Mooney 2/16 def by Preston YCW District 7/ 160(cc) PL Davies 76* J Mooney 32 T Thompson 3/32 D Curry 2/17. Strathewen 2nd XI 185 T Bennett 67 A Wallis 35 S Fernando 32 I Sarao 5/18 A Augustine 3/34 def by Ivanhoe Mavericks 8/221(cc) Y Gorthi 120 B Singh 25 P O'Day 2/32 IK Godage 2/56. Old Ivanhoe 2nd XI 4/87 A Hall 4/6 def Reservoir Cobras 2nd XI 86 T Rasdell 3/28 CJ Cleland 2/13 P Dhundhara 2/25. Camrea 2nd XI 5/57 U Devkota 2/21 def Preston Himalayan 56 N Bhatta 33 T Barulovski 3/6 A Yousuf 3/25 E Berger 2/11 R Potts 2/14.

Les Horne Shield - C-Grade. Cameron 2nd XI 157 MS De Felice 70 D Gough 26 RW Taylor 4/21 L Wickramarathe 3/16 P Silva 2/ 16 def by Northern Socials 2nd XI 6/160 RW Taylor 65* SL Moore 4/26. Keon Park 2nd XI 3/76 J Celodka 31 SS Baker 28 def W e s t Preston 2nd XI 75 S McCleish 3/22 J Jamal 2/5 M Warren 2/10 T Kikani 2/13. Rivergum 3rd XI 9/130(cc) S Bretag 31* J Berardone 4/ 25 T Sedgwick 3/17 def Donath 2nd XI 82 S Bretag 3/13 D Dimasi 3/24. Olympic Colts 2nd XI def by Fiji Victorian 2nd XI Bob Herman Shield - D-Grade. Fairfield 2nd XI 8/189(cc) R Cowen 73 P Kondapalli 25 M Stanford 2/18 N Oberoi 2/28 def H o l y Trinity 3rd XI 8/157(cc) A Stammers 50* B Maplestone 36 M Mangipudi 2/19 M Bopardikar 2/23 B Hansen 2/35. Darebin Northern Riders 2nd XI 4/78(cc) B Singh 25 W Duson 2/10 def Lalor Warriors 2nd XI 74 B Kumar 3/15 V Kataria 2/5 g singh 2/7 A Longia 2/10. Royal Park Reds 76 A Hutcheon 2/5 N Gurusamy 2/8 J Hutcheon 2/10 def Preston Footballers 2nd XI 66 C Worrell 27* N Whyte 4/2 J White 2/9 J Newman 2/17

Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21- April 20) Lucky Colour: Apricot Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 2-4-9-1 Lotto Numbers: 12-23-24-28-31-38 Unexpected travel and sudden changes in social life could cause a little problem with your time table but nothing you cannot handle. Some money matters that have been waiting to be decided upon are now very prominent.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Emerald Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 3-6-1-8 Lotto Numbers: 1-5-11-26-30-45 Many singles could be making wedding plans during the next few months. Keep a tight grip on that purse of yours – you could be in too generous a mood to handle money matters properly. Loved ones could be returning to your life.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 3-6-1-5 Lotto Numbers: 13-15-17-22-34-41 This could be the time of year when you meet up with long lost friends and old flames and social life should be very busy. Any official business should be looked after carefully – maybe it should be attended to by professionals.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Sky Blue Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 5-5-1-6 Lotto Numbers: 3-4-14-18-22-44 You might not be in the best of moods in the beginning of this period but as time passes, your mood should change. Your financial matters should also get a boost for the better so keep an eye out for opportunities.

LEO: (July 23- August 22) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5-7-1-3 Lotto Numbers: 20-24-29-36-37-40 A good time to talk things over with friends and plan for the holiday period – some travel should be in the wind.

Double check all bookings and reservations to make sure that nothing has gone wrong.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Dark Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4-8-1-6 Lotto Numbers: 18-21-33-35-37-40 Some very surprising happenings during the next few weeks. Problems should be able to be solved and worries turn to victories and general well being should prevail.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 4-1-7-3 Lotto Numbers: 4-12-13-30-37-42 Some will get very much involved with a love relationship, which will take up a lot of their time. Many will find it very difficult to come to terms with their emotional drive and their sense of security.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 8-1-7-3 Lotto Numbers: 7-8-16-32-37-43 Many could be accepting a rather exotic and romantic affair. However, be very careful and consider the consequences well before getting too deeply involved. Don’t put your trust in strangers.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December 20) Lucky Colour: Red Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1-9-6-4 Lotto Numbers: 4-14-15-24-29-40 Some very harmonious periods coming up at home.

Many will try to influence other people and make them accept their ideas. The time for that is very favourable at present.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 4-1-9-7 Lotto Numbers: 9-11-32-39-41-43 Try to be very tactful; for then will you be able to get loved ones on your side. But if you try to force your opinion onto others, you will meet with some resistance.

Many are in for a bit of a windfall with a ticket in a lottery.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 5-1-7-9 Lotto Numbers: 10-13-23-28-34-41 Many Aquarians will have a very lucky period coming up for them. They seem to be in the right place at the right time with the right people. A very favourable time to try out new ventures. An unexpected romantic interlude coming your way.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Beige Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 5-1-7-3 Lotto Numbers: 13-14-21-22-31-43 You seem to be able to influence people and make them come round to your way of thinking. You will be able to help people and give them the support they are seeking.

Loved ones will be paying you a lot of attention lately.

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● Pheeroan akLaff at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival. Photo: Marc Bongers ■ The return of the Wangaratta Festival of uitarist Peter Koopman take out first prize, winJazz and Blues drew to a close on Sunday, Oc- ning $7000 in prize money and a recording sestober 30, thrilling festivalgoers with inspired in- sion at Pughouse Studios). Joshua Meader ternational and homegrown collaborations and (NSW) was runner-up receiving $4000 and stand-alone performances from Australia’s fin- Tasmania’s Julius Schwing placed third receivest musicians. ing $2000 in prize money.

Following a two-year online presence due to Other Festival highlights included premiere COVID and being on hiatus the year prior, the presentations of New York based drummer sounds of cool jazz and rousing blues filled the Pheeroan akLaff with Australian drummers city of Wangaratta and surrounding venues for Chloe Kim and Maria Mole, Finnish musician the first time since 2018.

Kari Ikonnen’s collaboration with MelbourneCo-Artistic Directors Eugene Ball and Scott based bassist Helen Svoboda; Austrian based Solimo curated a rich and adventurous program Brazilian composer/ guitarist, Emiliano with audiences revelling in the return of live Sampaio collaborative iteration of his renowned performance.

Mereau nonete, featuring Brazilian and GerWith more than 60 concerts featuring fear- man musicians as well as First Nations musiless improvising, festival commissions, world cian and songwriter Jess Hitchcock’s festival premieres and debut performances, more than commission.

300 musicians played to packed houses over the Traditional jazz lovers were enthralled with three-day festival. performances from Dan Barnett’s Swing Eugene Ball said: “Scott and I have been Rocket, Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, The overwhelmed by the generosity and enthusiasm Syncopators, Chonk, Eamon McNelis’ shown by the audience and musicians at this Skellingtons and a special celebratory tribute year's Festival.

by Rebecca Barnard to her beloved father Len “Helping to bring the Festival to fruition has and Uncle Bob, both Australian jazz royalty, been a truly gratifying experience for us both, who also led Jazz Mass at Holy Trinity Cathewhich we hope to perpetuate for years to come.” dral.

The prestigious National Jazz Awards saw The Festival is to return in 2023.

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Local Theatre Shows

■ Malvern Theatre Company: The Lady in the Van (by Alan Bennett) Until November 12 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Nick Opolski. Bookings: 1300 131 552, or online via our website: ttps:// www.malverntheatre.com.au/book■ Peridot Theatre Company: Curtain Up (by Peter Quilter) ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Sweeney Todd Until November 19 at the Centenary Theatre, Williamstown. Director: Nicholas Kong. Musical Director: Daniel Heskett. Bookings: wmtc.org.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Barefoot in the Park (by Neil Simon) Until November 19 at Heidelberg Theatre, Turner Ave., Rosanna. Director: Llaaneath Poor. Bookings: 9457 4117 or email boxoffice@htc.org.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): The Other Cinderella (by Nicholas Stuaet Grey) November 10-19 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: Michele Haywood.

Bookings: stagtheatre.org ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Moving On (by Cenarth Fox) November 10 26 at 39-41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Alan Burrows. Bookings: lilydaleatc.com ■ Peridot Theatre Company: Curtain Up (by Peter Quilter) November 10 – 20 at Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Tony Bird. Bookings: peridottheatre.com.au ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Round and Round the Garden (by Alan Ayckbourn) November 11 - 26 at Brighton Theatre, Cnr. Carpenter and Wilson Sts., Brighton. Director: Tim Scott.

Bookings: www.brightontheatrecopany.com.au ■ Beaumaris Theatre: The Vicar of Dibley (by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer) November 11 – 26 at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Annie Laurenson. Bookings: trybooking.com.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Daisy Pulls It Off (a comedy by Denise Deegan) November 10 – 26 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkers Rd., Mordialloc. Director: Michaela Smith.

Bookings: mordialloctheatre.com ■ The 1812 Theatre: The Woman in Black (by Stephen Mallatratt) November 17 – December 10 at Th 1812 Theatre, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Justin Stephens. Bookings: 9758 3964.

■ The Mount Players: Madagascar (by J T Rogers) Until November 20 at the Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: Vicki Smith. Bookings: themounplayers.com ■ Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria: Thespis or The Gods Grow Old. November 17-20 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Diana Burleigh. Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/826958/ sessions ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Around the World in 80 Days (by Jules Verne) November 16-December 3 at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Peter Newling. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au Essendon Theatre Company: Don’t Dress For Dinner (by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon) November 24-27, December 1-3 at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall, Bradshaw St., West Essendon. Director: George Benca. Theatre restaurant style.

Bookings: 0406 448 368 or www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au ■ The Basin Theatre Company: Art (by Yasmina Reza) December 1-11 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Graham Fly. Bookings: thebasintheatre.org.au ■ OSMaD: The Scarlet Pimpernel December 8 (Preview) – December 17 at Geoffrey McComas Theatre, 1 Morrison St., Hawthorn. Director: Penn Valk; Musical Director: Matthew Nutley; Choreographer: Joel Anderson. Bookings: trybooking.com.au Auditions ■ Gemco in the Park: Much Ado About Nothing (by William Shakespeare) November 6, 2.00pm- 6.00pm, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Director: Sharon Maine. www.gemcoplayers.org ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Deathtrap (by Ira Levin) November 27 at 8pm, November 28 at 7pm at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Keith Hutton. Enquiries: keithhutton55@gmail.com, 0430 032 332

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Cheryl at Dramus ■ It was a great pleasure to travel to the beautiful town of Hamilton in south-western Victoria, to speak to members of the Hamilton U3A about the history and culture of local theatre in communities.

The hall where the talk was presented was decorated by a superb floral arrangement from the garden of Mrs Lesley Hobbs, and it was delightful to meet members of Hamilton U3A and hear their various stories.

In the evening, Ewen Cameron, Life Member and President of Hamilton's local theatre company, Dramus Theatre, kindly conducted a tour of the Hadden Theatre, the venue for Dramus productions.

A season of Clutching at Straws had just finished, and the bright pink-walled set remained onstage, ready to welcome a community singalong event at the weekend.

Dramus Theatre originated in Hamilton in 1972. The name 'Dramus' came about when the town's drama and music groups merged, having earlier formed in the late 1950s. One company was strong in expertise, while the other was financially strong, so it made sense to combine assets and talents into one group.

The company's current performance venue, formerly the Railways Institute, is named Hadden Theatre as a tribute to company cofounder Bill Hadden, who organised entertainment for fellow soldier prisoners-of-war in a Changi prison camp during World War II. Ewen Cameron has been President of Dramus Theatre for 18 years, and his dedicated passion and pride for the theatre group shines through.

Sadly, Dramus Theatre Life Member Anne Littlechild, who had kindly organised my visit to Hamilton, passed away last year. Anne would be delighted to know her fine work at the theatre is being carried on by company members.

Country towns such as Hamilton are fortunate to have active, well-run theatre companies such as Dramus Theatre, to not only provide a creative outlet for performers and behind the scenes workers, but also to offer affordable and accessible theatre for local residents.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Rat Pack Reloaded

■ Rat Pack Reloaded comes to Palms at Crown Melbourne on Saturday, November 12.

The show is billed as: 'What do you get when Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jnr and Robbie Williams meet Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin?' and aims to capture the style, class and humour of the original 'Rat Pack'.

Rat Pack Reloaded aims to recreate the sound of the Big Band era, with iconic hits included from the 50s through to today such as New York, New York, My Way, Feeling Good, It Had Better Be Tonight, Swan, That's Amore and Fly Me to the Moon.

The show stars David Malek, Martin Crewes and Zoy Frangos with their eight-piece live swinging band.

Performance Date: Saturday, November 12 Venue: Palms at Crown Melbourne.

Bookings: www.ticketmaster - Cheryl Threadgold with Di Rolle

Red Stitch launch

■ As a launch, Red Stitch’s introduction to its 2023 was also a celebration of its 21 years providing performances, and an insight into the artistic culture it has promoted and delivered in that time.

Guest speaker and playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith, provided an insight into the role Red Stitch plays in Australian performance with comparisons to the world stage where she has had her plays performed.

Red Stitch matches and even surpasses many of them with its emphasis on performers and challenging drama. The troupe’s emphasis on actors and stage craft belie the humbleness of the performance space and minimalist trappings. Rather, it emphasises the skill of the artists.

The first three plays of the ’23 season exemplify the representative nature of this company,

● Cheryl Threadgold admires the Hadden Theatre's spacious stage.

Photo: Malcolm Threadgold where contemporary works are promoted that touch on salient themes and new voices.

Wittenoom by Mary Anne Butler tackles the legacy of a blue asbestos mining town. The name of the town can no longer be identified on the Western Australian highway where it is located.

Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury was nominated for a Pulitzer. This will be the Australian premier touching on the tragic consequences of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The third is Emily Sheehan’s play, Monument, which is a new play exploring perceptions of women in the political arena. How much will a newly elected woman tell her makeup artist before she appears in public as the countries youngest elected leader?

Taking out a subscription will entitle one preferential access to performances and first hand information about the coming season.

Wittenoom (Jan 25 – Feb 19), Selling Kabul (April 22 – May 21) and Monument (Aug 9 – Sept 3) will be complemented by further offerings to be announced in the coming year.

A season's ticket is more than just access to the plays, it is a declaration in support of a theatre company committed to finding new voices, discovering and nurturing performers and presenting challenging ideas for consideration.

- David McLean

Secret Expedition

■ Cracked Actors Theatre have brought to the stage the winner of the Cracked Actors Theatre in Education Award from its Summer Reading of 2021. Secret Expedition is a venture into absurd comedy, written and directed by Eddy Burger. The play is set in a private club where five spies meet incognito. All are armed and potentially dangerous, but surreal comedy takes over and unpredictability prevails.

The actors bringing this script to life are to be congratulated for their energetic and entertaining portrayal of their varied characters. Nicola De Rosbo-Davies (Spy 3) set the tone of the show in a ‘Pink Panther’ sleuth style introduction.

Joanna Bakker (Spy 1) showed great comedic timing combined with wonderful facial expressions and a strong stage presence. The mock fight between Conagh Punch (Spy 2) and Richard Mealey (Spy 4) was a highlight. This was a cross between the Three Stooges and the classic slow-motion action hero fight. Conagh and Richard performed well, displaying their acting and comic experience. Bethany Simmons (Spy 5) had a curiously interesting character who sang some of her dialogue to add to the absurdity of her delivery. She seemed far too comfortable trying to torture one of her fellow cast members, with hilarious effect.

The actors managed to allow the comedy of the dialogue work for them, by portraying a fairly realistic perspective of their characters.

The music choices suited the action throughout and lighting was well structured by Lighting Designer, Liam Jones. Production Designer, Sarah Yeung and her production team created a simple set, with a line of five chairs interspersed with two old fashioned telephones and other props effortlessly manoeuvred by the cast. For other CAT productions see www.facebook.com/ crackedactorstheatre - Review by Lyn Hurst

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● James Norbury ■ Fans of James Norbury’s Big Panda and Little Dragon will be delighted that their latest adventures have been chronicled in Norbury’s latest book entitled The Journey.

Norbury, a cat lover and volunteer for the UK crisis line Samaritans, combines his skills as an artist with his Buddhist philosophy to create a deceptively simple book that reflects our human existence and the challenges we face and the joy that is in the world, if only we look for it.

In The Journey, friends Big Panda and Tiny Dragon are on another discovery mission to find out where they should be at this time of their lives.

There are many setbacks but Big Panda’s quiet wisdom and reassurance to his little friend ensure their survival and greater understanding of who they are and where their lives are meant to be.

The journey has simple text and beautiful illustrations on each page by artist Norbury.

But don’t make the mistake of thinking this is a book for children. While it would be enjoyed by the ankle biters, the deeper messages and guidance in the book are squarely aimed at an adult audience.

There is a particular quote that will resonate with many readers, when Big Panda says to Little Dragon, “It’s natural to be scared … fear will not stop you from dying but it may stop you from living.”

And Norbury himself has some wisdom to impart in his after word, where he writes “It is my sincere hope that this story speaks to your heart, and if you find some of Tiny Dragon’s story relatable, you might find some solace in the idea that change, albeit a little scary, is possible, and with patience, can lead to better things.”

That sounds like a good message for everyone.

The Journey by James Norbury is published by Penguin Random House and is out now.

Julie Houghton

Auditions

■ Brighton Theatre Company: The Revlon Girls (by Neil Anthony Docking) November 13 at 6.00pm. November 14 at 6.30pm at Brighton Theatre, Cnr Wilson and Carpenter Sts., Brighton. Director: Natasha Boyd.

Enquiries: Natasha Boyd via tashmark@yourmail.net.au ■ Essendon Theatre Company: Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (by Matt Cox) on November 29 (evening) and December 3 (early afternoon) at the Bradbury Street Community Hall, West Essendon. Director; Alexander Gibbs. Bookings essential: AlexanderGibbs1982@gmail.com or 0410 933 582 ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: All My Sons (by Arthur Miller) November 27 at 1.00pm; November 28 at 7.30pm at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown.

Director: Loretta Bishop. Bookings: ljbishop@iinet.net.au - Cheryl Threadgold

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Phantom sparkles

● Maree Barnett in Curtain Up! ■ Peridot Theatre presents the comedy Curtain Up! from November 10 - 20 at the Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St , Clayton.

Written by Peter Quilter and directed by Tony Bird, Curtain Up! tells of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again.

They try various fund-raising schemes but their most ambitious is to hold a concert featuring local talent and a world-famous star who agrees to appear for no fee!

However, their plans go awry and it’s a race to keep their audience from guessing the truth of the matter.

Performance Season: November 10 - 20 Venue: Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St., Clayton Bookings and performance details: peridot.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Moving On

● Angela Glennie (Maggie) in Moving On. ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company presents Cenarth Fox's one-woman play Moving On, from November 10 - 26 at 39-41 Castella St, Lilydale.

Directed by Alan Burrows, assisted by Ian Frost, Moving On stars Angela Glennie in the role of Maggie.

Now in middle-age, Maggie returns to her childhood home to “go through” her recentlydeceased, widowed-mother’s estate. Edna had lived there for half a century.

The house is full of “things”. Maggie’s memories flood back. There are long-forgotten photos, toys, newspapers, and knickknacks.

Edna was a hoarder. Who gets what?

What do you keep? What will Maggie discover?

Performance Season: November 10 - 26 Evening performances 7.30pm doors open, 8pm start; Matinee performances, 1.30pm doors open, 2pm start Venue: Lilydale Athenaeum theatre, 3941 Castells St., Lilydale, Bookings: lilydaleatc.com - Cheryl Threadgold

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■ It was opening night last week of the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

The Arts Centre Melbourne foyer sparkled as celebrities and everyday theatregoers chatted in excited pre-show anticipation.

Presented by Opera Australia in association with The Really Useful Group, The Phantom of the Opera has arrived from Sydney to wow Melbourne audiences until February 5.

A brilliantly staged, spectacular show unfolded in this new 'fresh look' version, overseen

by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh, and directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn.

The show's stars, Josh Piterman (The Phantom), Amy Manford (Christine Daaé) and Blake Bowden (Raoul) are exquisite in their roles.

Triple threat Manford's glorious bell-like singing voice blends beautifully with the rich vocal tones of Piterman and Bowden.

Terrific performances are also enjoyed from Giuseppina Grech as fading opera singer Carlotta Giudicelli, commanding the stage with her powerful voice; Jayde Westaby (the knowing Madame Giry), delightful Mietta White (young ballerina Meg Giry), David Whitney (Monsieur Firman) and Andy Morton (Monsieur André) as the hapless new opera house managers, and Paul Tabone (Ubaldo Piangi).

The talented ensemble includes a ballet chorus which executes Scott Ambler's pacey choreography with razor-sharp precision. Special mention should be made of Troy Sussman's (Auctioneer) performance.

A roller coaster of moods ensues as settings move seamlessly from sumptuous colour with superb, lavish costumes, to the foreboding, grey desolation of the underground labyrinth and graveyard settings.

The acutely timed, unexpected pyrotechnic effects combine with the fabulous lighting to enhance the visual spectacle.

Also imperative to this show's success is the magnificent orchestra, and of course ... the 'new look' incredibly awesome chandelier.

Each audience member will have their own interpretation of this 'new look' Phantom of the Opera. For me, the original version drew sympathy for the Phantom's character, but in this version, he seemed a persistent menace.

But one thing is for sure, for the ultimate, magical theatre experience, don't miss this show over summer.

Performance Season: Until February 5 Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road.

Duration: Approx. 2 hrs. 30 mins. including one interval.

Recommended for ages 10+: Includes themes of violence and horror. Parental guidance suggested.

- Review by Cheryl Threadgold

Cenarth’s new book

■ Congratulations to Melbourne author/playwright Cenarth Fox who has just published his latest book titled The Miracle Railway.

The first in Cenarth's Stationmaster Miracle series, The Miracle Railway tells of Englishman George Miracle, and a railway man's life in 1910.

Born in London, England, 1898, George starts work in 1910 as a station lad (the lowest of the low) at what was then one of the biggest and busiest railway stations in the world - Liverpool Street in London.

Readers follow George for over 50 years, as he rises to lad porter, then porter, before he is conscripted. He survives the Great War, although a German soldier gave him a permanent reminder of his time in a French trench.

Back on the rail he meets passengers, including a West End producer, and is arrested for murder when a Lord is killed in a Hampstead mansion. (He gets about a bit, does George!)

He moves to a small station where the even smaller branch line is due for the chop. As the youngest station master in England, he faces the sack for fraud, falls madly in love, and deals

● Josh Piterman (The Phantom) in Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

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George loves his job and deals with interesting characters.

Cenarth says he has thoroughly researched the times, places and nature of the railways, and also combined with the history, is a tale of family resilience and love.

Paperbacks can be ordered at bookshops and eBooks from Amazon and elsewhere.

Signed paperbacks are available from the author: cen@cenfoxbooks.com www.cenfoxbooks.com - Cheryl Threadgold

Darling Boy

■ A sell out season and it deserved it as the standing applause attested to the calibre of Rupert Bevan’s solo performance. As part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, one of many offerings at the Butterfly Club, this work written by Bevan didn’t disappoint.

The loneliness of a young gay 20-year-old is with us continually as he reflects and opens up that he is somewhat a failure with relationships, starting with his first love and experience as a 16-year-old, with someone he meets up with again only to be disappointed on how that person has changed.

Leaving home after his formative years of difficulty in relating to and even talking with his father as well as meaningful interaction with his mother, sets 'Darling Boy' into the domains of the queer community and all of that, involving gay bars, clubs, seedy saunas (as he put it) and the possibility of one-night stands and casual sex.

It is raw and revealing as to his fantasies of sexual encounters and almost succeeding, but only to find that they aren’t what he expected and he really questions that should he be part of the queer community.

His frankness in writing the work is most refreshing, while his delivery is momentous, overpoweringly energetic with all the inflictions, gesticulations, not to mention suppleness of body in demonstrating to us his gay persona.

It is thought provoking and those struggling with their sexual identity would find some meaning with this work. Full credit to Producer Matthew Hardy, Director Lucy Rosen and of course Rupert Bevan.

- Review by Graeme McCoubrie

● Jessie Inglis sings The Ballad of Jim Darcy in Legends of the Skies Series 10.

■ Moorabbin Air Museum's Casey Hangar transformed into an intimate, atmospheric performance space for Legends of the Skies,Series Ten. Under the artistic direction of Maggie Morrison, the cast and crew of LOTS Theatre triumphed over Melbourne's chilly, windy weather, to erect scaffolding and lights and present fascinating stories about Australian aviation.

Patrons were greeted on arrival by a welcoming fire centrestage, and the rich, deep sounds of didgeridoos played by Ray Higgins and Peter Funke, and tapping sticks softly played by Colin Prossor.

A wonderful variety of Australian aviators were acknowledged, including Gaby Kenard, the first Australian woman to circumnavigate the globe by airplane, Squadron Leader Douglas Leckie and the first Aboriginal Australian military aviator, Len Waters.

The stories of Jim Darcy, the Flying Dressmaker Eileen Steenson, who learnt dressmaking to fund her aviation dreams, then flew commercial flights in and out of dangerous airports, Moorabbin pioneer aviator Harry Hawker, aviator Sidney Cotton who worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service as a civilian, were also brought to life by by the spirited, talented LOTS ensemble.

It was great to see young actors Taj Jepson, DanielAdkins and Jamie McCallister presenting confident, lively performances.

Adult actors included Karen Schnider, Kerrie Hollier,Alison Knight, Damien Vuleta, David Dodd, Jessie Inglis, Anne Arnold, Annalei Warren, Chris Kirby, Jessie Inglis, Jemma Gay and Abigail Arculus. Some lovely, articulate and expressive performances were enjoyed from this versatile ensemble.

Guitar-playing Graeme Hanks and Colin Prossor's ukulele accompaniment topped off a fun, interesting theatre experience.

Special congratulations to Graeme Hanks for achieving effective lighting design in a non-theatrical venue, and to 14 year old Sam Withington for first-class work with lighting and sound operation.

Bravo to Maggie Morrison and her team for ensuring these precious stories about Australian aviators continue to be told through live performance. LOTS Theatre can be followed on Facebook.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Media Flashes

■ Marnie Reid is now the Executive Producer for 3AW's Drive show. She had been a Producer for the programme since June and, prior to that, was a Senior Producer for 3AW's Nights program.

■ The Australian Financial Review’s Editor, Paul Bailey, has announced he will step down after 11 years at the masthead to pursue other opportunities.

■ Smooth Vintage channel has launched.

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Mousetrap cast named ■ The cast for the 70th Anniversary Australian production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been announced before the production commences its season at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne from February 17.

International theatre star Anna O’Byrne (My Fair Lady, Love Never Dies) will play Mollie Ralston, the young owner of Monkswell Manor, a Victorian era estate that has recently been converted into a guest house.

Helpmann Award winner Alex Rathgeber (Anything Goes, The Phantom of the Opera) will play Giles Ralston, Mollie’s husband of one year.

Laurence Boxhall (As You Like It, Jumpy) will be Christopher Wren, a flighty and neurotic young guest at Monkswell Manor.

As the seriously unpleasant retired magistrate Mrs Boyle, Geraldine Turner (Present Laughter, Don's Party) returns to the stage, alongside Adam Murphy (Shakespeare in Love, Aladdin) as retired British military officer Major Metcalf.

In her professional stage debut, Charlotte Friels will play Miss Casewell, who remains mysteriously aloof from the other guests.

As Mr Paravicini, an unexpected guest at Monkswell Manor, will be the legendary Gerry Connolly (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui) while Belvoir favourite Tom Conroy (Jasper Jones, My Brilliant Career) will play Detective Sergeant Trotter.

Jack Bannister (Romeo and Juliet, Lysa and The Freeborn Dames), Elisa Colla (My Fair Lady, Wicked) and Chris Parker (Daylight Savings, The Club) complete the cast as standbys.

The Mousetrap will be directed by Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin.

Costume design and associate set design is by Isabel Hudson, and lighting design by Trudy Dalgleish.

“I’m thrilled with the stellar cast that director Robyn Nevin has assembled for this new production of an enduring and much-loved murder mystery,” said John Frost.

“I’m also delighted with the overwhelmingly positive response to the news that The Mousetrap will be playing in Sydney, so I’m extremely glad to bring the show to Brisbane and Melbourne as well, celebrating its 70th anniversary. Will you solve the mystery and pick the murderer?”

The Mousetrap had its world premiere on October 6, 1952, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. After a brief tour, it opened in London’s West End on November 25, 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre, where it ran until March 23, 1974. It immediately transferred to the larger St Martin's Theatre next door, where it continues to this day.

The longest-running West End show, it has by far the longest run of

any play anywhere in the world, with over 28,500 performances so far. The play has a twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre.

Agatha Christie originally wrote the story as a short radio play entitled Three Blind Mice, which was broadcast in 1947 as a birthday present for Queen Mary.

She eventually adapted the work into a short story before again rewriting it for the stage as The Mousetrap.

Ironically, Christie did not expect the play to run for more than a few months and stipulated that no film of The Mousetrap be made until at least six months after the West End Production closed.

Seventy years on, as the show continues its historic London run, a film adaptation looks unlikely at this stage.

Venue: Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Season: From February 17. themousetrap.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Music For Souls

■ Music to Gladden the Soul is an excellent title for a concert of calming classical music.

But in the case of the aptly named concert coming up at the end of November, there is a serious message behind the title.

Music to Gladden the Soul is the brainchild of Melbourne musician David Ross-Smith, who has been staging yearly concerts to raise funds for Uniting Agewell’s important program.

This program, named as a tribute to David Ross-Smith’s late partner, aims to use music to help and calm people suffering from dementia.

This year David has curated a concert of beautiful instrumental and vocal music, including works by Mozart, Liszt, Gounod, Tosti, Enescu, Lysenko and local pianist and composer Sam Hartley.

Sam is also playing in this concert, alongside cellist Luke Severn and coloratura soprano and Melba Opera Trust artist Natalie Grimmett.

Rounding out the cast of performers are baritone Renn Wortley, soprano Nicky Wortley, baritone John Parncutt and accompanist David Ross-Smith.

It’s all happening on Sunday November 27 at 3pm at North Balwyn Uniting Church, 17- 21 Duggan St, North Balwyn.

Tickets are $30 adults and $25 concession, and you can book at trybooking.com or buy tickets at the door. If you need to know more, call David on 0429 907 908.

Treat yourself to an afternoon of fine music, and get the warm glow of knowing you are helping such an important cause and bringing joy to those

suffering from a condition with no cure that affects so many of our elderly loved ones.

- Julie Houghton

Strasso is back

■ International comedy star David Strassman is returning to Melbourne with his show, The Chocolate Diet, performing at the Athenaeum Theatre from November 15-20.

The Chocolate Diet is a hilarious look at our obsession with sweets and lollies, a send up of our failed diets, and Ted E. Bare's drama with his selfimage and addiction to chocolate.

The problem is getting worse, especially with the sneaky and evil Chuck Wood leaving tempting donuts around.

Meanwhile, Chuck has his own amusing personal drama, a sneaking suspicion that he was carved out of the wrong piece of wood.

Strassman is a tour de force in the world of ventriloquism. From London to New York, Strassman’s comic genius has shocked, surprised and made audiences laugh the world over. Just Google and YouTube his name and you will see his immense body of comedy shows and twisted videos.

Strassman said: “I love making audiences laugh and this new show, The Chocolate Diet, is probably my funniest to date. It’s also quite delicious, and watch out, it’s fattening too!”

David Strassman will also be partnering with the HeartKids to hold a fundraiser and live auction after his hilarious new show, The Chocolate Diet, on Tuesday November 15, with 50 per centof all proceeds going to the organisation.

David is a proud ambassador for HeartKids, the only national not-forprofit solely focused on supporting and advocating for all people impacted by childhood heart disease.

- Contributed

Storytelling winners

■ The ABC and VicHealth have announced the 28 winners of this year’s Takeover Melbourne storytelling competition.

The competition, now in its third year, will showcase the brightest young storytellers from across the city.

Hundreds of young Melburnians, from the Mornington Peninsula to Wyndham, took up the challenge of sharing their stories, which this year include connecting to culture through traditional death rites; discussing the experience of being a first-generation migrant; coming out as asexual; and coming to terms with the loss of a loved one.

Their stories feature crochet kings and keen cooks, ice skaters, pianists and Kuchipudi dancers.

Rourke’s Reviews Cabinet of Curiosities

■ (MA). Eight episodes. Now streaming on Netflix.

This lavishly produced series created, co-produced and presented

by Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, The Shape Of Water), is a watchable but ultimately disappointing concoction that surprisingly lacks genuine innovation and imagination.

Episode 1, titled Lot 36 (**½), and directed by Guillermo Navarro (del Toro’s regular cinematographer) sees a bitter ex-vet (wellplayed by Tim Blake Nelson) purchase the storage locker of a strange old man who has recently died, and is in for a surprise of what it contains.

There is a rich premise here to explore the human horrors of the past, and how in the world of Trump, these horrors are on the brink of being unleashed again, but it unfortunately pushes this to the side for more formulaic scares, not to mention a very abrupt ending.

Also features Elpidia Carrillo (Under Fire, Predator, Nine Lives).

Episode 2, The Graveyard Rats (*½), from Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice), is probably the worst of the bunch.

The set-up promises a clever parallel between grave robbing of the past with the growing desperation of what low income people, being increasingly left behind by corporate and political greed, are forced to do to survive today.

Natali however seems unaware of the metaphor, creating a completely empty viewing experience (much like his feature film work), and amazingly makes the shortest episode feel like the longest.

Has a few similarities to the segment They’re Creeping Up On You from George A. Romero’s excellent 1982 film, Creepshow.

Episode 3, The Autopsy (***), from David Prior (The Empty Man), about a smaUS town that seems to be slowly affected by an alien presence, is entertaining, measured, and features a very good performance from F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Scarface), but one wishes it hit the bullseye a little more.

Episode 4, The Outside (***),

by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks HomeAloneAt Night, Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon) is an over-the-top look at image and identity, especially the way women are pressured to look and act in society.

Amusingly executed, and Amirpour again shows visually and tonally what a fan she is of Terry Gilliam, but like The Autopsy,

doesn’t quite hit a home run. Episode 5, Pickman’s Model (**), by Keith Thomas (The Vigil), is an initially interesting but ultimately dull adaptation of a H.P. Lovecraft story about a successful artist whose chance meeting with the mysterious Pickman (a brilliantly cast Crispin Glover) leads to confusion and madness. Flat and lifeless, and Thomas again lets the material get away from him (his recent remake of Firestarter was truly terrible).

Episode 6, Dreams In The Witch House (*½), by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen) takes another Lovecraft tale and incredibly makes it even less interesting than the previous entry, not helped by an awful, one-note performance from Rupert Grint (Harry Potter).

Story was previously made in 2005 for the Masters Of Horror TV series, directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond), and was a far better (and more faithful) adaptation.

Episode 7, The Viewing (***), helmed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy, Beyond The Black Rainbow) is definitely one of the better episodes, and Cosmatos enthusiastically continues with his retrostyled, surrealistic and psychedelic approach to his material. Though not as good as the director’s feature films, this is still good fun, with Cosmatos embracing his love for 70’s genre cinema.

Episode 8, The Murmuring (****), directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook, The Nightingale), is easily the best of the bunch, an intensely haunting examination of loss, guilt and trauma. Features strong performances from Essie Davis (The Babadook, Nitram) and Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Love Actually), plus some nice references to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds.

What is so unexpected of this highly anticipated series, given del Toro’s major involvement in the project (he even co-wrote the first episode) is how most of the writing is just too conventional, making many of the episodes feel like standard anthology fare. A number of the episodes too, with their short story origins, don’t quite deserve such extended running times. Guillermo del Toro also hand-picked the eight directors, making some of the choices odd indeed, and contributes to the show’s wildly uneven nature. Del Toro himself introduces each episode in Rod Serling/Alfred Hitchcock fashion, but strangely lacks a distinctive presence like the former, and the wonderful black humour of the latter. One can see that lots of money has gone into this series, but despite a couple of enjoyable episodes, and one genuinely good one, the results regrettably don’t altogether equal the huge investment made.

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■ I was watching an old MGM musical on cable television and I became fascinated with a little character actor named Charles Winninger.

He is the type you see in the old films but never really know his name.

The film was Ziegfeld Girl and he played the father of Judy Garland’s character. I thought it might be nice to write a piece about him - so here we go.

Charles J. Winninger was born in Athens, Wisconsin, in 1884. He left school at the age of eight to tour with his parent's vaudeville family act which was called Winninger Family Concert Co. Upon his parents' retirement, he and his five brothers went off to play in various stock and repertory companies. Charles Winninger honed his skills in vaudeville.

At the age of 28 he appeared in his first Broadway show The Yankee Girl at the Harald Street Theatre.

His specialty was musicals and he directed two during his career. His Broadway productions included The Cohan Revue of 1916, The Cohan Revue of 1918, The Passing Show of 1919, Ziegfeld Follies of 1920, No, No, Nanette, Oh, Please and Yes, Yes, Yvette.

He created the role of ‘Captain Andy Hawks’ in the original stage production of Show Boat in 1927.

Whilst performing on Broadway he also starred in silent films.

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Charles Winninger

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

One of his early sound films in 1930 was Soup to Nuts where he co-starred with The Three Stooges.

In 1936, he played Captain Andy in the film version of Showboat and starred opposite Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel and Paul Robeson.

I think this is the best film version of the Broadway show. This film established Charles as a character actor and he appeared in some outstanding films such as Three Smart Girls, Nothing Sacred and Destry Rides Again. ● Charles Winninger Charles teamed with Judy Garland for three in that film Charles does a comedy song and films: Babes in Arms, Little Nellie Kelly and dance act with Al Shean and they sing the old Ziegfeld Girl. vaudeville song Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean.

As I mentioned, I watched Ziegfeld Girl and Charles was married twice during his life

time and although he never had children himself Charles was generally cast as a grumpy father in films.

He played ‘Abel Frake’ who was the father of Jeanne Crain and Dick Haymes in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical film State Fair.

This was the only Rogers and Hammerstein musical written specifically for a film.

Charles played his only leading role in the film The Sun Shines Bright in 1953.

He was a guest in an episode of the television series I Love Lucy in which he played an old vaudevillian partner of Fred Mertz(William Frawley).

In the show the two, who once billed themselves as ‘Mertz and Kurtz’ sing: Oh By Jingo and IWant a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad. He also joins the entire cast for a musical revue at Ricky's Tropicana Club, where the songs included On the Boardwalk to Atlantic City, By the Beautiful Sea and I Found a Peach on the Beach.

His final film was Raymie in 1960. Charles Winninger passed away in 1969 at the age of 84 after a long illness.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens. And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

Tony stages solo debut after 20 years

Remark – Tony Albert In a career spanning almost 20 years, Tony has won numerous awards and garnered critical acclaim, both nationally and on the world stage.

For his Melbourne solo debut Tony presents Remark – an expansion on his acclaimed Conversations with Margaret Preston series, part of an ongoing investigation into the appropriation of indigenous Australian iconography in domestic design and decoration.

In this latest collection of paintings, works on paper, and text-based works, Tony draws on vintage fabrics from his extensive collection of ‘Aboriginalia’ to critically engage with this iconography in his own right, recasting the people and cultural materials depicted in his finished works, and releasing them from their racist caricatures.

Comprising ventage fabrics and a vast assortment of kitsch objects and images featuring racist portrayals of Aboriginal people and cultural materials, Albert’s ‘Aboriginalia’ collection was started in his childhood and is the foundation that he has returned to again and again, in artistically interrogating the contemporary legacies of colonialism.

Exhibition closes Saturday, December 10.

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Rosie Duncan

London’s music halls at the zoo, on the city streets and in formal life in his drawing classes.

Presenting a surprising counterpoint to the artist’s celebrated abstracted landscape painting, these drawings reveal Williams’s early aspirations to be a figure painter.

This early commitment to drawing and painting the human figure is less known to the public and reveals Williams’s extraordinary observational skills and ability to capture the world around him.

Williams left Melbourne for London in December 1951 and there he turned to observing people in particular performers at music halls, workers going about their business, passerby in the streets, models in life classes at the Chelsea Polytechnic and artist friends and fellow students.

The most important group of works is the large sequence of London’s music halls, which were areas of popular entertainment frequented by the workers and middle classes. Williams sketched the performers on stage: jugglers, acrobats, vaudeville performers, singer, dancers.

A further highlight is a group of drawings completed at the London Zoo. These large sequences of drawings show Williams’s skill in dealing with he forms of exotic creatures – big cats, elephants and giraffes – and in drawing moving subjects.

The exhibition will close on January 29.

Spaghetti-Stack-Shuffle-Shuffle Rosie Deacon.

This is the first exhibition of Deacons work in Victoria and the threemonth residency is a first for Bunjil Place.

The new exhibition features an immersive, site-specific installation full of textures, colours and playful forms.

Her work engages with the spectacle of obsession and hyper dolour absurd animal scenes.

The process of handmaking community and coming together and 70s through 90s nostalgia are elements central to Deacon’s work.

Exhibition closes February 26.

Bunjil Place Leave Only Footprints – 2 Patrick NE Dr Narre Warren Tamara Dean.

■ This year marks 150 years since Emerging from the depths of nathe opening of the CJ Dennys and Co ture Tamara Dean’s practice examWoolstore, the current home of ines the human condition.

Geelong’s own National Wool MuLeave Only Footprints is the first seum. survey of the critically acclaimed The London Drawings The museum is commemorating photo media artist and spans mire than Fred Williams this significant milestone with the Na20 years of photographic practice. is the first exhibition dedicated to tional Wool Museum produced exhiThis immersive exhibition incorpo- Williams’s London period (1952 – bition. Bluestone: 150 years of the rates scent photography, installation 56). The exhibition explores the range Dennys Lascelles Woolstore now and the moving image to create an and power of Williams’s drawings open to the public. environment that engages the senses. from this formative period through National Wool Museum some 160 drawings of extraordinary Exhibition closes February 19.

26 Mooroobal St. calligraphic energy.

Monash Gallery of Art Geelong.

These include superb series of 860 Ferntree Gully Rd. - Peter Kemp works that Williams made in London’s Wheelers Hill

Leave Only Footprints

At Geelong

London Drawings

OK. With John O’Keefe Moving on after 13 years

● Carrie Bickmore beside her poster space.

■ There is no such thing as sentiment in show business, particularly in TV when a star resigns. Logie winner Carrie Bickmore resigned from Ten and the very next morning her star photo was removed from the front reception area leaving a gaping space. How petty can some Ten execs get?

It’s all over for Liam

■ Youthful looking TV and radio presenter Liam Bartlett has quit his posts as presenter on 60 Minutes. as well as daily gig as breakfast host 6PR, Perth. Liam has been active in national and Perth media for30 years including 16 years covering international hot spots for 60 Minutes. Failing radio ratings could have lots to with the departure.

‘Living Room’ takes a breather

■ Ten has announced that the gang from The Living Room will be missing in 2023 quoting that they will be back2024 with a new, zany look. Viewer reaction to their Friday format for this year’s shows got mixed reviews, hence a year off. Out of mind, out of sight is a dangerous strategy in TV land, all we can do is wait and see.

Peppers add concerts

■ Two additional live concerts have been added to the already tight as a drum national schedule of shows for Red Hot Chilli Pepers, and supporting act, Post Malone. New dates are Melbourne , February 4, and in Sydney February 9.

Property value jumps

■ In 1989 pop icon Cher lashed out and purchased a seven bedroom , Italian inspired house for $2.95m in Malibu. Well, Cher has decided to move on and her house is for sale to fist bidder able to stump up $85 million.

Interested parties please line up to the left of the front gates of the 1.7 acres mansion overlooking Pacific Ocean.

- John O’Keefe

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By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Series continues

■ Following the sell-out success of the Next Generation Concert Series on Queenscliff’s legendary Blues Train, the 2023 program will continue to blend emerging and established blues and roots artists as an ongoing commitment to the next generation of both audiences and musicians.

The Next Generation Concert Series is a specially curated program with emerging and recently established artists integrated into the main event line-ups, complemented by extensive online marketing support funded by the Federal Government’s Live Music Australia Grant, says their media release.

Backstreet Boys

■ The Backstreet Boys are well and truly men now and will return toAustralia for the first time in five years with their DNA tour.

A veritable pop spectacular is being promoted with Rod LaverArena playing host to the 90’s super group on February 28 and March 1.

Life with Steve

■ Melbourne singer songwriter and guitarist Steve Ayton has released his new album.

Titled Life, Steve says it's been a very creative, satisfying, educational and sometimes frustrating process but he’s loved the whole journey.

Life is available on all streaming platforms. More info at Steve Ayton Music on Facebook.

- Rob Foenander

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Shortlist for Les Carlyon Award

■ The Australian War Memorial has announced shortlisted finalists for the Les Carlyon Literary Prize.

“The impacts of war have been a strong theme this year, particularly in works dealing with recent conflicts in the Middle East,” Australian War Memorial Head of Military History, Dr Karl James, said.

“The subject matter ranges from frontier violence to recent conflicts. The bulk of the entries were non-fiction with strong representation from veterans, family historians, journalists and academics.”

The prize will be awarded for a publication relating to Australian military history, social military history or war history, published between July 2020 and June 2022.

The prize is named in honour of historian, author and journalist Les Carlyon, who was a member of the Council of the Australian War Memorial from May 2006 until his passing in March 2019.

“Les Carlyon was a master storyteller who made a lifelong contribution to both Australian journalism and literature,” Director of the Australian War Memorial, Matt Anderson, said.

“Through his impeccable research and readability, Carlyon broughtAustralian military history to an entirely new audience. But his passion for military history extended well beyond his writing,

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having served on the Council of the Australian War Memorial with his unique blend of wisdom and humour for more than a decade.

“The Les Carlyon Literary Prize is a way to support both emerging and established military or war history writers and to find and to encourage the best storytellers in Australia.”

The judging panel considered literary merit, the contribution of the work to understanding the Australian experience of war and conflict, authenticity and credibility, and originality.

Four works were shortlisted from more than 30 works submitted for the prize: ■ Xavier Fowler, Not Playing the Game: Sport and Australia's Great War - Melbourne University Press ■ Stephen Gapps, Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance, 1822–1824 – NewSouth Publishing ■ Christine Helliwell, Semut Penguin Australia ■ Ben McKelvey, Mosul: Australia's secret war inside the ISIS caliphate – Hachette Australia The winner will be announced at the Australian War Memorial on November 22 and recieve $10,000.

Stephen Gapps’s work The Sydney Wars was the inaugural winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize in 2020.

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3. “NEVER CALL WILLIAM ‘BILL!”.

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9-card event at Horsham

■ Wimmera racing commenced the week on Monday October 24 when the progressive Horsham Harness Racing Club staged a nine event card.

■ Hamilton reinswoman Jackie Barker took the honours for the day after driving a double with five year old Roll With Joe-Mama Tambu mare She Will Wantano victorious in the TAB / VHRC Pace over 2200 metres.

Trained at Heywood by Bec East, She Will Wantano from gate four settled outside the well supported Jilliby Roy inside her. Racing past the pacemaker in the last lap, She Will Wantano gave plenty in the straight to defy her stablemate Eastbro Adele (one/one) who tried valiantly by a metre, with Lavra Jenny third 9.1 metres back after trailing the weakening leader. The rate 200.6.

■ The VHRC / Aldebaran Park Benefiting Our Members Trotters Mobile over 2200 metres saw Wishing Stone-Canadian Dream filly Wish Upona Dream prove too good for her older rivals in a 2-04.7 mile rate.

Given a sweet passage one/one from gate four as local Allawart Bob (gate three) led with Onestep Ahead in the breeze.

When Onestep Ahead took care of the leader in the last lap, Wish UponA Dream coasted up to her and given full rein in the straight, scored comfortably by 3.7 metres over Onestep Ahead, with roughie Shezagem (three pegs) third 8.2 metres away.

■ Smythes Creek owner/trainer Nathan Cahir’s honest 4Y0 Somebeachsomewhere-Our Narissa Franco gelding Telemachus chalked up his seventh success in 37 race appearances when taking the 1700 metre The Weekly Advertiser / APG Pace.

Showing his usual speed from gate three to cross polemarker Merolamagic shortly after the start, Telemachus was rated to perfection, but considering the mile rate of 1-55.5, only just lasted by a half head margin from Sea Lover which raced outside him from the bell after easing away from inside the second row to be three back in the running line.

Hes A Cool Mach was third along the sprint lane from three pegs 5.9 metres away. It was a great pay day for Nathan as Telemachus collected VHRC both bonuses.

■ Dunnstown trainer/driver David Murphy’s cleverly named 4Y0 Barna Straide-Seven Nations gelding Welease Woger broke his maiden status at start number 27 when successful in the Alabar / VHRC Vicbred Platinum Maiden Pace over 1700 metres.

Raced by wife Erin, Welease Woger usually a fast beginner did exactly that from the pole to lead throughout, accounting for first starter Pixiu (gate six) three wide to outside him, then one/ one and three wide home turn.

Alook To Like was third along the sprint lane after following the winner. The margins 1.4 by 1.1 metres in a mile rate of 2-00,5.

Transfer to Mildura

■ At the Swan Hill meeting transferred from Mildura on Monday, Charlton based Shane Sanderson and son Ryan were in the winners list.

■ Shane prepared 6Y0 Art Major-Sahara Miss gelding Sahara Tiger driven by Ryan to land the Tankard Dental Pace over 1750 metres.

Raced by a big syndicate of owners including HRV Chairman Dale Monteith and Board member Peter Watkinson, Sahara Tiger starting inside the second row spent most of the race bottled up three pegs as Shannonstheman flew away to lead from outside the front line.

Angling away from the inside to follow Yorkshire (one/one) on the final bend, Sahara Tiger was held in a tight pocket for most of the home running before gaining a late split between horses and dashed through the gap to record a 1.6 metre victory over Yorkshire which led on turning.

Overpowering was a game third 2.3 metres back after racing exposed for the trip. The mile rate 1-56.9.

■ Ryan joined forces with Mildura’s Andrew Vozlic to land the Good Deal Tyres Pace over 2240 metres aboard 9Y0 Sportswriter-Cunning Kate mare Valbarann.

Although it was only a small field of four reduced to three when Cocorocks galloped at

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with Len Baker the start taking no part, it was an entertaining affair when Valbarann came off the back of the leader Mustang Max at the bell to issue a challenge, eventually taking over in the last lap.

Pushed out to the wire, Valbarann only just lasted to score by a nose from Gotonebetter along the sprint lane. Mustang Max was third 33.1 metres back. The mile rate 2-01.7.

11 events at B’go

■ Bendigo raced on Tuesday with an eleven event program and Ararat based trainer Danny O’Brien snared a stable double - Sunshine Beach-Satimer Sunset gelding Blake Bolac taking the Bendigo Locksmiths 2Y0 Vicbred Pace over 1650 metres and 5Y0 Somebeach-somewhere-Soho Artemis mare Evie Beautiful the Bendigo Ski Boat Centre Pace over the same trip, both driven by Chris Alford.

Blake Bolac after following through from gate two on the second line was quickly outside the poleline pacemaker Misslola and assumed control shortly after. Tackled on turning by Miss Bay King Cole (one/one – three wide last lap), Blake Bolac held on to score by a neck, with Delight To Watch (one/two) third 23.7 metres away.

The mile rate 1-56.5. In a great training achievement, Evie Beautiful first up since September 2029 was sent forward from gate four to park outside the leader Blood Moon inside her and with Alford applying extreme pressure in the back straight, outstayed her rivals to register a half neck margin from Double The Hunter (one/one) and Roberts Delight (three pegs at bell) who was 5.2 metres away third. The mile rate 156.2.

■ Long time harness enthusiasts Garry and Brenda Jackson were winners when their home bred Four Starzzz Shark-Lavender Bullant filly Lavender Dolly trained at Longlea by Clinton McSwain and driven by Greg Sugars saluted the judge in the TAB Long May We Play 3Y0 Pace over 2150 metres.

Trailing the polemarker Lollipop from inside the second line, Lavender Dolly moved around her approaching the bell and led for the rest of the journey, scoring by 1.3 metres in a rate of 202.3 from Modern Jive which raced exposed.

Our True Colours (three pegs) was third 3.3 metres away.

■ Popular Lockwood trainer/driver Ron Wicks led throughout from the pole aboard 5Y0 Changeover-Fancy Falcon gelding Yankee Boot Flat in the 2150 metre Smartline Mortgage Advisers Pace.

Raced by a large syndication, Yankee Boot Flat couldn’t be caught, reaching the wire 1.3 metres in advance of That Lovin Feelin which raced exposed, with Zwick third a half head away after trailing the winner and using the sprint lane. The mile rate 2-01.7.

Double day

■ Wednesday was double day with Melton racing in the afternoon and Shepparton at night.

At Melton, Nineteen year old Warragul partowner/trainer Nathan Rodwell would have received a tremendous thrill when his 4Y0 A Rocknroll Dance-Perfect Paradise mare A Perfect Dance greeted the judge in the Beraldo Coffee Pace over 2240 metres.

Lobbing beautifully one/one from gate two

on the second line trailing Citysiren in the open as Onehandonthebounce began at 100 miles an hour from outside the front line to lead, A Perfect Dance after angling three wide on the home turn, dashed away in the straight to record a 4.6 metre margin over Onehandonthebounce, returning a mile rate of two minutes even. Well Said Harps (one/three) ran home strongly for third a head away.

■ Kilmore’s Rita Burnett combined with Heathcote concessional reinsman George Chamouras to land the 1720 metre Hip Pocket Workwear & Safety Pace with 5Y0 Western Terror-Cracker Three gelding Im The Mighty Gramps in a mile rate of 1-56.5.

Restrained from gate six to be five pegs with Masake leading from gate three before handing over to Good Feelings (gate five), Im The Mighty Gramps had moved to be two back in the moving line for the last lap with Trembita (three pegs) leading up the outside division.

Angling three wide in the last lap after Mach Charm ahead of him couldn’t go, Im The Mighty Gramps driven vigorously sustained a long run to blouse Trembita which looked all over a winner on turning by a half head. Good Feelings held down third 5.6 metres away.

■ Another excitable winner on the day was Ross Creek part-owner/trainer Katrina (Smiley) Fitzpatrick following the victory of her recently purchased 5Y0 Love You-Focus On Me gelding Kyvalley Surfrider in the Hygain Trotters Mobile over 2240 metres.

With Chris Alford in the sulky, Kyvalley Surfrider enjoyed a cosy trip three back in the running line after beginning fast from gate five as polemarker Aldebaran Stevie led.

When the tough Ero Carpe Diem took over on the final bend, Kyvalley Surfrider was in hot pursuit and ran on best to prevail by 2.7 metres returning a mile rate of 2-01.1. Majestic Speed (one/one – behind leader home turn) was third 15.9 metres back.

■ Bolinda’s Lisa Miles trained and reined 7Y0 Betterthancheddar-Magic Music mare Magic Craft to land in the Book Interdom Tickets Pace over 2190 metres at Shepparton.

Settling four back in the moving line from gate five after Shezabluechip (gate six) has crossed Island Rocknroll (gate two), Magic Craft went forward swiftly three wide in the last lap to join the leader on the final bend before racing right away in the straight to score by 5.6 metres over What A Pleasure which had followed her throughout, with polemarker Smash It (three pegs) third 1.4 metres back. The mile rate 159.7.

■ Tallygaroopna dup Mark Lee (trainer) and Stacey Towers (driver) were successful with handy Creatine/Chevaux Rainbow filly Itzfergietime in the 2190 metre Trent Cole Trotters Mobile.

Travelling sweetly all of the way three pegs from gate two, Itzfergietime angled away from the markers in the last lap to join the pacemaker Theyallendiny (gate four) and finished off her race nicely to score by 1.4 metres in 2-00.9 from another three year old Sebastians Boy which followed her home after a slow beginning.

Theallendiny held down third 7.8 metres away.

■ Doreen owner/breeders John and Christine Yeomans landed the Neatline Homes Vicbred Pace over 2190 metres with 4Y0 Grinfromeartoear-Artistic Wings filly Rainbowsend.

Trained by John assisted by stable foreman Shane Gallagher, Lifeinthebalance driven by ‘Herbie’ Herbertson led from gate four but when challenged by Mister Jimaringle outside her on the first turn, relented to the pressure allowing him to assume control.

Angling away from the inside on the home turn to follow Lifeinthebalance which has raced exposed, Rainbowsend was held in a tight pocket needing luck to go her way and it did on straightening when obtaining a run inside Lifeinthebalance.

Racing clear over the concluding stages, Rainbowsend scored by 1.9 metres from Lifeinthebalance and Wonga Lake (one/three) who was 1.6 metres back third. The mile rate 158.2.

Honour for identity

■ Kilmore was Thursday’s venue and The

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday – Ballarat, Thursday – Yarra Valley (?), Friday – Bendigo, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Maryborough, Monday – Cobram, Tuesday – Mildura.

Terry Wait Memorial Pace over 2180 metres honouring the Lancefield identity who passed away suddenly not so long back, was taken out by locally trained 9Y0 American Ideal-Lombo Glad Rags gelding Ideal Investment for Ben Yole and stable reinsman Corey Bell.

Given a sweet trip one/one from gate four, Ideal Investment after moving three wide on the home turn swept to the front shortly after to register a 3.5 metre margin over Pete Mitchell (gate four) along the sprint lane off the back of the leader Pinnacle Hope (gate three) which held down third a neck away. The mile rate 2-03.7.

■ The 2180 metre Beraldo Coffee Pace was an entertaining race with victory going to the short priced favourite Our Money Rocks but not before giving his backers a gigantic scare.

Trained by Adam Kelly at Toolern Vale and driven by James Herbertson, Our Money Rocks (gate two) was held in a firm pocket three pegs for most of the race after American Legacy which has crossed Arden Roanoke at the bell.

Looking set for victory on turning, American Legacy trod on a shoe and galloped badly checking The Rocknroll King outside him which allowed both Arden Roanoke and Our Money Rocks to gain a clear passage.

Finishing best, Our Money Rocks defeated Arden Roanoke by 1.3 metres returning a mile rate of 2-02.2.American Legacy got going again for third 5.5 metres back.

■ Heathcote father and daughter Terry and Tayla French provided a blow out winner in 7Y0 Somebeachsomwhere-Golden Slippa gelding Beach Wreck who led throughout at odds of $61.00 in the 1690 metre Jet Roofing Pace.

Beginning fast from gate five to lead, Beach Wreck bowled along at his leisure without a worry in the world and never looked like being caught, reaching the wire 1.9 metres in advance of Bettor Sport (three pegs) in a rate of 1-58.6.

Polemarker Speedie Eadie three back the markers) 3.1 metres back.

Pacing Cup victor

■ Multiple Cups winner Our Millionaire added another cup to his collection when a brilliant victor of the $35,000 (Group 3) 3SH Swan Hill Pacing Cup over 2790 metres last Friday.

Trained at Cardigan by Emma Stewart and driven by the stable’s number one reinsman Mark Pitt, Our Millionaire a 6Y0 Million Dollar Cam-Rarified Air stallion raced by a large syndicate of friends began with a wing on every foot from gate five to lead by a big margin as the mobile pulled away.

Vanquish Stride (gate two) did all the chasing with Kosimo three pegs from the pole and locally owned Torrid Saint four back along the markers from a solo second line draw. Blitzern (gate three) a semi-stablemate of the winner led up the outside division with outsider Velox Equus one/one and Like A Wildfire another stablemate of the winner at the tail.

■ Allowed to bowl all through the race, Our Millionaire ran his rivals ragged in quarters of 30.7, 29,4, 26.4 and 27.8 after a lead time of 87.3 to register a 9.2 metre margin in advance of a game Blitzern, with Torrid Saint third a nose away after using the sprint lane from three pegs on the home turn after Kosimo ahead of him had eased away from the inside in the last lap.

Both Kosimo and Like A Wildfire (three wide) locked wheels in the last lap coming to a standstill.

Our Millionaire returned a mile rate of 156.3 for the journey.

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Track beat the internationals

■ The internationals failed to flatter in the Melbourne Cup with the damp track putting paid to their chances.

The favourite Deauville Legend ,according to his rider, Kerryn Mc Evoy, had every chance, but the 3200 metres and maybe the track a little soft, didn’t help.

He is a Northern Hemisphere bred horse, and actually just over three, and was asked to carry the steadier of 55 kilos, but the last 1000 metres got him.

Craig Williams on the Gai WaterhouseAdrian Bott trained international, Hoo Ya Mal, said that he tried too hard and wanted to go hard all the way. He was far too aggressive, and pulled like a steam train.

Without A Fight, according to his rider, England’s number one rider, William Buick, said he didn’t get through the ground and was gone a long way from home.

“I went for him at the 800 metre mark, but there was nothing there.”

Cammora, with the Hayes team, put in a shocker. His rider, Ben Melham, said he was under pressure with a 1000 metres to run, and just ran out of puff to finish second last.

You can’t go past the winner, Gold Trip, going back to his time last year, he was one of the favourites to win the Cox Plate, but was taken out with an injury.

Going into the Cup on Tuesday, he had run a big race to just get nutted on the line in the Caulfield Cup, then he couldn’t get a run in the Cox Plate.

Then he added another 3200 metres to his legs in the Melbourne Cup and was just too good.

It was a magnificent rid by Mark Zahra, who settled him well in the run after drawing barrier 14.

Overall, with the Caulfield Cup, the Cox Plate and the Cup, he covered 7640 metres in under a month, to win the prestigious trophy.

Now that is a good effort, and a great training feat by the young trainers, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

You have to give the second and third horses a big wrap.

Emissary, a recent winner of the Geelong Cup, after a number of ordinary runs was a good effort, and a pat on the back for leading Flemington trainer Mike Moroney, who won the Melbourne Cup back in 2000 with Brew.

However, it was costly for his rider, Patrick Moloney, who got hit with a $20,000 fine and a 15-meeting suspension.

Moloney was found to have caused serious interference to Duais at the 600 metre mark.

He was charged with moving out sharply on Emissary, causing interference to Duais.

Stewards sanctioned Damien Thornton, rider of the fifth-placed horse, Realm of Flowers, and fined him $4000 for excessive whipping.

Daniel Moor, who rode Daqiansweet Junior who ran sixth, was fined $2000, for also exceeding the use of the whip limit.

Blake Shinn received 11 meetings and Damian Lane seven, were suspended for careless riding and a whip breach respectively in other races.

Punters had a bit of a bad day not only some

stallion, Mastercraftsman, and is out of the mare, Playwithmyheart, from Great Britian.

He has only had the five starts, three of those have been in Australia.

Winning at Rosehill, and Caulfield before, he won easily at Flemington.

He absolutely blitzed them in the run home winning easily, to remain undefeated from his five starts.

Simply the best

● Top racecaller Matt Hill. Racing Photos.

Francesca Cumani, Glenn Boss and Michelle Payne.

Bossy was the real winner, a must for future racing telecasts, at least he knows what he is talking about.

One thing I felt that stood out was the super imposing of the jockey’s colours on the screen to show their positions in the run.

As usual, race commentator Matty Hill was spot on with spectacular calls of each and every event, especially in tricky conditions.

Away from the Cup, one of the highlights of the day was in an earlier race, the Macca’s Run, over 2800 metres.

A stunning grey horse by the name of White Marlin was sent out a short- priced favourite on the back of his outstanding form especially on wet tracks.

The Irish import, a five-year-old, by the Irish

Ted Ryan

■ Australia’s leading race commentator, Matty Hill, was at his best again with his Melbourne Cup Call, excelling himself higher each time.

Since the Carnivals started with Caulfield in late September, we have had to put up with pretty fickle weather, wind, rain, and storms, but Matty, has done a great job in the circumstances.

But as Matty said, it is one of the occupational hazards that one who wants to commentate you have to grin and bear it.

Not only does he excel, in horse race calling, but he has been to the top at the Olympic Games and AFL football calling.

It hasn’t been easy as his mother, a lovely person, hasn’t been well, and he been busy looking after her.

He is right up there with the best of our callers, Bert Bryant, Bill Collins, John Russell, Ray Benson, Joe Brown, Ken Howard and Darren Flindell.

He was recently voted in to be President of the Victorian Racing Media Association But he takes it all in his stride, and a terrific young bloke.

Keep the great calling going Matty, all the best in your career, I am proud to be a friend.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Celebrity loss for WeHo

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

Out and About

Legend dies in accident

Providence payments

■ Leslie Jordan, the actor, comedian and musician known for his roles in Will & Grace and American Horror Story and for his uplifting pandemic Instagram videos, died after a car crash last week in Hollywood.

Jordan, 67, won an Emmy in 2006 for his performance as the snide Beverley Leslie in the hit TV show Will & Grace.

His co-stars were among the many who paid tribute on social media. Jordan was behind the wheel of a BMW when he crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street at 9.30 a.m, Los Angeles Police Department advised.

The longtime actor and writer was declared dead at the scene.

Leslie had just brought his first apartment in West Hollywood and was happy and excited to own property at 67 years old. A good heart and soul, he will be missed.

Pictured in happier times earlier this year at his favourite Kitchen 24 out front of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites on Santa Monica Boulevard. West Hollywood is Ramada Managing Director Alan Johnson with the now departed Leslie Jordan.

Mid-life crisis

● Alan Johnson with Leslie Jordan

■ In popular culture the midlife crisis is fodder for comedy, personified by the 40-something guy who suddenly hankers to sky dive or buy a convertible.

In scientific circles the midlife crisis is sometimes said not to exist at all: “Epidemiological study of psychological distress in adulthood does not suggest that midlife is a time of out-of-the-ordinary distress,” said an article in 2000 in the journal Motivation and Emotion.

But new research says that midlife crises are very real and nothing to be laughed at. “Something elemental appears to be going wrong in the middle of many of our citizens’ lives,” says a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Tough teacher

■ New York University organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones was fired after students petitioned the school with claims that his class was too difficult. According to a report from The New York Times, Jones – who taught at Princeton University for decades and wrote a bestselling textbook on his subject – maintained a rigorous course that his students, many of whom are pursuing medical careers, considered a weed-out class. After 82 of his 350 pupils signed a petition against him earlier this spring, university deans cancelled his teaching contract, which he had previously renewed on a yearly basis. Marc Walters, who directs New York University’s undergraduate chemistry department, explained in an email to Jones that the school would let students retroactively withdraw from his class as a “gentle but firm hand to the students and those who pay the tuition bills” an apparent reference to parents.

Robberies up 20%

■ Thefts and robberies in major cities increased by around 20 per cent in the first half of 2022, after falling or plateauing the previous two years, the Council on Criminal Justice found.

Several factors explain the increases, experts said. A big one is inflation. America’s last major crime wave, from the 1960s through the early 90s, happened alongside a rise in inflation for much of the same time period.

That likely was not a coincidence, said Richard Rosenfeld, whose research has linked crime and inflation.

How can inflation lead to more crime? For one, there is a direct link: People might try to get around higher prices by stealing. But a bigger dynamic is also at play, Rosenfeld said: Higher prices can push people to seek cheaper and potentially stolen goods at markets, such as pawn shops. These purchases effectively boost demand for stolen goods, enticing more thieves and robbers.

In 2022, inflation does not seem to be leading to more shootings and murders a sign that the other forces, like the receding of COVID, may be even stronger. Inflation is obviously not the only cause of the increase in property crimes.

As COVID has eased, people are spending more time outside their homes and in more situations where they can be stolen from or robbed, said Anna Harvey, a public safety researcher at New York University.

And in response to the spikes in murders and shootings, the Police may have shifted resources away from nonviolent crimes, allowing more of those offences to happen unchecked.

GavinWood

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Old gemes released

■ Some of this year’s big video game releases are years, if not more than a decade, old. Blizzard recently rereleased World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, which first came out in 2008. The game’s servers are so packed that some players have had to wait hours to sign on. Sometimes the games are identical to their past versions; others get graphical and gameplay updates. More are on the way, including Resident Evil 4 and StarWars: Knights of the Old Republic.

The rereleases are part of a broader entertainment industry trend banking on nostalgia. As Imad Khan wrote in The Times: “Nostalgia has always been a powerful source of revenue for Hollywood. Turns out, it’s equally lucrative for video games.”

Hello Texas, Florida

Don’t worry, be happy

■ Being unhappy or experiencing loneliness accelerates the aging process more than smoking, according to new research.

An international team says unhappiness damages the body’s biological clock, increasing the risk for Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses.

The team reports that they detected aging acceleration among people with a history of stroke, liver and lung diseases, smoking, and in people with a vulnerable mental state.

Interestingly, feeling hopeless, unhappy, and lonely displayed a connection to increasing a patient’s biological age more than the harmful impact of smoking.

■ With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care. In 2018, senior executives at one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars providing free health care to patients. It was eating into their bottom line. The executives, led by Providence’s chief financial officer at the time, devised a solution: a program called Rev-Up. Rev-Up provided Providence’s employees with a detailed playbook for wringing money out of patients – even those who were supposed to receive free care because of their low incomes, a New York Times investigation found. In training materials, members of the hospital staff were instructed how to approach patients and pressure them to pay. “Ask every patient, every time,” the materials said. Instead of using “weak” phrases like “Would you mind paying?” –employees were told to ask how patients wanted to pay. Soliciting money “is part of your role. It’s not an option.” I

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■ New York, California and Illinois lost thousands of “rich young professionals” who fled the Democrat-run states for low-tax havens like Texas and Florida, according to a study.

The study conducted by Smart Asset of workers under the age of 35 who earn $100,000 per year cited inflow and outflow of young professionals by gleaning information from Internal Revenue Service data, including tax returns from 2019 and 2020. New York had the largest net outflow of young professionals 15,788, the study found. A whopping 28,741 moved out, while 12,953 moved to the state. California saw the second-highest net outflow of young professionals. In 2019 and 2020, 20,568 young professionals moved to the state, but 28,528 left, according to the Smart Asset study, making for a net outflow of 7960. Illinois has also been haemorrhaging under-35 workers, the study found. The Prairie State lost 9386 young professionals while gaining just 6527 a net outflow of 2859. Several large companies have recently announced they were moving their headquarters out of Chicago, citing soaring levels of crime. Massachusetts also experienced a significant net outflow. The Bay State lost 8160 young professionals while just 6290 moved in, resulting in a net outflow of 1870.

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RR-XX MAGAZINES. UK publication History Of War. 33 copies. Quality publication featuring editorial photos and art including new information. Ideal for libraries. EC. $210. Mornington. 5973 4342. RR-XX

EXERCISE BIKE. York C720 Platinum Series with manual. As new. VGC. $30.

Epping. 0408 331 699.

RR-XX FORD FAIRLANE GHIA. 205 6.4 V8. Immaculate Cond. White leather seats.

188,000 jms. Garaged.

Reg: IWJ-1nQ. RWC. $12,000. Wandong.

0418 399 261. RR-XX FORD TERRITORY. 209.

4L. 6-speed auto. 4WD. Lightning strike. EC. RWC. XAH-924. $10,500.

Nunawading. 0400 932 050.

RR-XX FRIDGE. Hauer. 137cm h, 53cm w, 56cm depth.

VGC. $200. Reservoir.

9460 8585.

RR-XX GARAGE DOOR opener.

Electric. New in box. $300. Hastings. 0418 103 834.

RR-XX GAS COOK TOP. 86 x 60. Underneath 82 x 47.

4 burners and wok burner.

Never used, wrong size.

Paid $488, sell $400.

Brunswick West. 0414 245 680.

RR-XX GOLDEN BOOKS. 10 available. GC. $40.

Wesburn. 0407 314 246.

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FOR SALE MOBILITY SCOOTER. Akikim. 6 months new, hard top, weather cover, walker frame, storage pod and baskets, seat belts, under guarantee. Will include medi alarm pendant. $3500 ONO. Alexandra.

0419 445 697. RR-XX NBA BASKETBALL CARDS. Series 11.

Skybox Premium. GC. $100. Wesburn. 0407 314 246.

RR-XX NUMBER PLATE. Los Angeles. GC. $10.

Wesburn. 0407 314 246.

RR-XX ‘ORCHID’ ROCK flowering in wheelbarrow. $50 ONO. Preston West. 0434 085 414.

RR-XX POT PLANTS. Various, cacti all big. GC. $10-$20 each. Preston West. 0434 085 414.

RR-XX POULTRY CRATES, two.

Wire. One: 860 x 680mm.

Second: 600 x 540mm.

GC. $15each. Macleod.

9459 6714.

RR-XX REGISTRATION PL ATES. ‘MISUBI’.

Slimline BW. Great gift for Subaru owner. EC. $1100 or offer. Frankston. 9789 9634.

RR-XX RIPPER. 3PL. Heavy duty.

GC. $40. Arthurs Creek.

0412 104 100. RR-XX SEWING CABINET. Horn.

Length 96cm, width 44 cm, height 30cm.

Blackwood timber. Blonde wood chair. GC. $250 ONO. Somerville. 5916 1516.

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LATEST ADS ALLY PUTT 12ft long 15HP motor. GC. $120.

Altona. 0437 672 039.

TT-XX CAMPER TRAILER. 2005 Tru Blu. Heavy duty construction. Canvas and flyscreens EC. 12V accessory connection to run a fridge. Set up easy annexe.

Never used. Registered and ready. VGC. $4000.

Dromana. 5981 4517.

TT-XX CARAVAN. Retro. Franklin Inala. Dual purposes annexes, 3 way fridge, deep freezer, sleeps 4, alloy wheels with light industrial tyres. Many other extras too numerous to mention.

Ready to enjoy. VGC. $8500. Seymour. 0410 032 064.

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DISHWASHER. Smeg. S/ Steel. Free standing. Has been in storage for past four years. As new. $40.

Ringwood. 0499 869 975.

TT-XX GOLF BAG. Leather. Very Old. FC. $175. Doncaster.

0408 308 296. TT-XX HALF CABIN 500 HP Honda Outboard . 1980s Nautilus. 4.7m. V-hull Cuddy Cabin. VGC. $6500.

Dromana. 5981 4517.

TT-XX HOT HOUSE. 180 x 250 x 20. Steel frame with shade cloth walls. Two shelves inside. Needs to be disassembled. Will need a trailer to remove it. GC. $200. Preston. 0434 086 414.

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JAGUAR XJ6. First series 1973 ex wedding car. 350 Chev V8, roof opens, GC. Tyres GC, some rust in the body of car. No need for a lot of repair. Need space for my house, it’s time to go. VIN IL30107BW. $20,000 neg. Greensborouigh. 0478 702 545.

TT-XX RACK FOR PL ANTS. Easily taken aprat. 170 x 90 x 45. Appears to be chrome plated. Has shade cloth walls. Can provide phots. GC. $80. Preston.

0434 085 414. TT-XX SEWING CABINET and Singer sewing machine.

Assorted cotton, etc. Photos available. GC. $150.

Preston. 0434 085 414.

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VOLKSWAGEN. 2014 ECS IFMY 14 103TDI Hard Top Convertible Body Type.

2DR DSG 2.0lt 6-speed auto transmission, turbo diesel 34,200 km odometer. Silver colour, spotless black interior. Deceased estate. Lady owner. MAGG11, registration paid until 5/2/23. RWC incl.

Immacuate. $39,990.

Box Hill North. 0425 779 915.

TT-XX SAVE THE DATE. December 16, 2022. Community Carols. Free Event. 4pm5.45pm: Games, activities, free food and drinks.

6pm-8pm: Carols service.

Community singing and special items. Plus Christmas hampers to be won.

43 Monterey Blvd, Frankston North. 0417 513 649.

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FOR SALE SKI WEAR. Tops. Coat size ‘M’. Won in competition. Value $1000 new.

Sale price $300. Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

RR-XX SOFT TOYS, BOOKS, CLOTHES for kids. Suit single mums, struggling families. Bikes, school bags, caps, hats, posters, stickers, cars, calendarts, cosmetics, car wheel covers, magazines, towels, spare wheels, sunglasses, containers, jars, bottles, glasses, kitchenware,boxes, Goanna fridge magnets. GC. Free.

Cheltenham. 0401 623 388.

RR-XX STAG HORN. 20 years old.

GC. $50 ONO. Preston West. 0434 085 414.

RR-XX STOCK CRATE. Suit trailer. 8’ x 5’6”. Light weight. Repainted. GC. $600. Arthurs Creek.

0412 104 100. RR-XX SURFBOARD, used, Trigger Bros. 6’2” long, 20.5” wide. Approx. 41 litres, 5 fin boxes, comes with4 fins and leash. Ideal for all levels of surfer choice, quad or thruster fin arrangement. VGC. $475 ONO. Langwarrin. 9776 6769.

RR-XX TALLBOY. Eagle Remac, five drawers, with two bedside two drawers tables, chocolate with chrome handles, needs varnish touch up, some scrapes.

GC. $400 ONO. Moonee Ponds. 0438 762 996.

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WHAT’S ON

TENSION WRENCH. Dual signal Warren & Brown model 3220. VGC. $30.

Rye. 0400 908 813.

RR-XX UNIT. One bedroom. In Alexandra Tourist Park (permanent). Patio (private) (7a). VGC. $45,000.

Alexandra. Ellie 5772 1222. Claudia 0409 470 107.

RR-XX VACUUM POULTRY MANUAL. 1945 edition with aerial photo of Carters Poultry Farm at Werribee. GC. $45.

Macleod. 9459 6714.

RR-XX WINE. One dozen, cintage 1956 Penfolds Club Port.

One pint six fluid ounce bottles. GC. $1200.

Wandong. 0418 399 261.

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BADGER CREEK COMMUNITY GRARAGE SALE. Sat. Nov. 12. 9am1pm. Stallholders either inside Hall or outside Car Boot style in car park. Book your space through Kathy, 5962 3639.

RR-TT ELWOOD CRICKET CLUB 50th anniversary celebration. At Olympic Dining Room and Betty Cuthbert Lounge at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Saturday evening , November 19. Tickets: $150, with three course sit-down meal and beverage package (excl. spirits). Smart casual, no jeans or runners.

0431 190 270. RR-SS MORNINGTON Dutch Australian Seniors Club.

Meets weekly in Tyabb Community Hall, Frankston-Flinders Rd, Tyabb on Mondays, 10am2pm. Morning coffee, games of Klkaverjas and Rummicub. New members welcome. Nel, 0414 997 161. Paula, 5779 8291.

5.30pm Mondays.

Moonee Ponds Baptist Church, 45 Eglinton St, supports those from Moonee Valley in a tough place. All welcome for a free hot meal from 5.30pm on Mondays. If you have food handling, listening or cleaning skills, then contact us to help out. 0466 075 820.

UFN SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING. Lessons and practice, 7.30pm -10pm Wed. Scots Church Hall, Yea. $5. Dance: 1st Saturday of month. 7.30pm11pm. 0490 425 234 UFN

GARAGE SALE GARAGE SALE. 2 households. 26 Bayley St, Alexabdra. Saturday, October 29, 8am-4pm. Old trailer with winch, disability scooter, furniture, BBQ, plants and lots more. Varied items. No early callers please.0419 445 697.

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WANTED TO BUY ACCORDION. GC. Mt Martha. 5973 4163.

RR-XX SOLOMON ISL ANDS Postal items, ephemera and postcards, photos, etc. GC. $20. Mill Park.

9436 8935.

RR-XX

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