Midland Express June 23 2020

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R M Begg Kyneton Aged Care is calling for financial support to help secure its future. Pictured are residents Betty Young (left) and Molly McCormick enjoying knitting together with staff member Grace Giri. Photo: Jo Kalinowski Full story, page 7.

Maternity services report delivered recommendations and ensure the service is operating in line with the appropriate quality and safety standards.

"I understand the immense importance of birthing decisions to our community and am deeply sorry for the inconvenience to those women who had been due to give birth here while the review has been taking place," Mr Fisher said.

"We are doing our utmost to reopen the service as soon as possible, but need the reassurance of the review to ensure we have the appropriate systems and safeguards in place. I'd like to thank the community for their patience and support."

The draft contains the findings and rec-

ommendations of a review conducted by Dr Rupert Sherwood and midwife Lisa Smith over the past five weeks.

Dr Sherwood was scheduled to provide a briefing for the Castlemaine Health board Monday evening. Meetings have also been arranged with GP obstetricians and midwives today to brief them on the recommendations.

The report should be finalised by the end of this week. The review will be concluded when the final report is adopted by the board.

The review benchmarked Castlemaine Health against the clinical practice protocols and maternity governance systems that determine the capability and safety of a maternity service.

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Reinstatement of Castlemaine Health's maternity services is targeted for July 1 but remains subject to the findings and recommendations of a draft report that was delivered to hospital CEO Ian Fisher on Friday.

Castlemaine Health paused maternity services while the review took place, impacting nine local women due to give birth at the hospital over the five-week period.

Mr Fisher said they expected to make a preliminary statement about the draft report this week followed by a further statement on the findings and recommendations when the final report was adopted by the hospital board.

A Clinical Maternity Lead position has been created to oversee implementation of the

The state government's controversial roadside wire rope barrier project faces a major cost blowout and has been less effective than promised.

Victoria's auditor general has found the project is eight months late, poorly planned and maintained, and already nearly $100 million over budget.

Wire rope barriers were installed along 20 of the most dangerous highways as part of the $1 billion Safe System Road Infrastructure Program, including the Calder from Keilor Park to Bendigo, and Melbourne-Lancefield Road from Lancefield to Sunbury.

A report released last Thursday stated that while the barriers had saved lives and reduced crashes, their potential benefits had been overstated.

It said there was little evidence to support claims that the barriers reduce run-off road and head-on fatalities by up to 85 per cent and the figure was likely closer to 56 per cent.

Also in doubt was whether VicRoads had accurately identified the most dangerous roads for the rollout.

Criteria for Top 20 road selection was based on roads with a speed limit of 100km/h or above and with a daily traffic volume of 3000 vehicles of higher, and number of casualty crashes over the past five years.

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A new three-directorate organisational structure for Macedon Ranges Shire Council has been finalised.

The changes involved reducing director positions from four to three - and realigning departments and senior manager roles - and will come into effect from July 1.

The three new directorates are Planning and Environment, Corporate and Community, and Assets and Operations.

An examination of the functions of units within the former Community Wellbeing directorate was undertaken to inform where those functions would best sit under the new threedirectorate structure.

Following the announcement of the proposed changes to staff in March, discussions on the new structure were held with staff both face-to-face and online.

More than 100 submissions were received from staff keen to have input into the process.

In a press release issued to media on Friday, council CEO Margot Stork said the restructure had not been “an exercise with a focus on finding redundancies”.

“Ten positions under the old structure have been made redundant, however it is important to note these have been replaced by 10 new roles, so there has been no net loss

of jobs,” Ms Stork said.

The press release indicated that four of the roles to be made redundant “are currently vacant”, however when the Express enquired as to how and when the four roles were vacated, we were told “three vacancies in the management structure are as a result of staff leaving the organisation over a period of months”.

No explanation as to how and when the fourth role had been vacated was offered.

“Six staff whose roles are not in the new structure are now able to apply for new roles through an Expression of Interest process, which is currently underway,” the press release said.

“If the new roles are not filled at the end of this time, they will be advertised,” it said.

Ms Stork said the changes would assist in creating an organisation that was better able to deliver on the community’s evolving needs and expectations.

Mayor, Cr Janet Pearce said the new organisation structure reflected council’s focus on becoming more efficient and responsive.

Cr Pearce said the CEO had kept councillors well briefed during the organisational review and the transition to a new three-directorate structure.

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Exploration shock Residents protest gold drilling in the Wombat

Blackwood residents protested in the Wombat Forest last week after they discovered mining company Currawong Resources had begun exploratory drilling for gold.

Residents said they were distressed to become aware of the mining operations in an area that was recommended by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council to become part of the Wombat Lerderderg National Park due to its high biodiversity values.

"We'd rather tourists here than mineshafts," said protester Michelle Cassidy.

"I'm a really firm believer in the wildlife and their habitat and the destruction here is horrific considering they've only just started testing."

The residents are concerned about water table and noise issues, traffic and large trucks, contamination, the effect on wildlife, tourism and local business.

They have formed a group called No Wombat Gold to fight the mining company's plans.

Drilling rigs are taking samples from the side of a gully above Yankee Creek, which forms part of the headwaters of the heritage-listed Lerderderg River.

Phaedra Morris of Barrys Reef, organiser of a protest meeting, said she loved living in the bush and was concerned that new gold mines would affect water catchments.

"We are very concerned that the exploration will lead to a mining operation in our spectacular forest, destroying the very reason we live here," she said.

Gayle Osborne, convenor of Wombat Forestcare is also alarmed.

"It is now a year since the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council

recommended a park structure for the Wombat State Forest to protect its environmental values, including many threatened species and the headwaters of six rivers," Ms Osborne said.

"The Victorian government has delayed making a decision regarding these recommendations and the delay has allowed a mining company to commence exploration drilling in the proposed Wombat-Lerderderg National Park."

"Is the real reason for the delay that the state government intends to mine and log the Wombat forest?"

The Wombat State Forest is home to greater gliders and powerful owls. The habitat of greater gliders, a species that is listed as vulnerable to extinction, was drastically reduced throughout the state in the summer fires, making the forest even more important for their survival.

In a submission to VEAC, VicForests suggested "the Wombat State Forest could sustain an ongoing sawlog yield of over 10,000 cubic metres per annum".

This would equate to approximately 3500 large trees a year.

"Without the protection of a park structure, we will see a return to exploitation of the forest," Ms Osborne said.

"We call on the Andrews government to accept the VEAC recommendations and protect the Wombat State Forest for its biodiversity, water supply and recreational values."

Currawong Resources' mining exploration licence extends from Blackwood to almost to Macedon in the east, and north beyond Malmsbury.

The Express was unable to obtain a comment from the company by the time of going to press.

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Hanging Rock Reserve reopened to the public today, in time for the school holiday period, after more than two months in coronavirus lockdown.

Macedon Ranges Shire Council CEO Margot Stork advised visitors to practise good hand hygiene, maintain appropriate physical distancing and to arrive early to avoid being turned away.

Limits on visitor numbers apply and once the designated number of visitors is reached, the reserve will close for the day. Normal entry fees will apply.

Ms Stork said these arrangements would be subject to ongoing review.

"The health and safety of visitors and staff is our top priority," she said.

"While government restrictions are easing, council is taking a measured and careful approach to the reopening of all of our facilities. Once appropriate measures are in place we will look to reopen a service or provide access to public areas."

There will be a ban on barbecues and some areas of the reserve, including the discovery centre, and the very top of the rock will remain closed to the public.

Visitors are asked to practise good hand hygiene, maintain appropriate physical distancing and to not

visit the reserve if they are unwell.

Increased cleaning will be in place in respect to toilets.

The Hanging Rock Café will also reopen under different arrangements to normal.

Playgrounds, outdoor gyms, sports grounds, parks and some public toilets in the shire are available for public use.

Other facilities yet to reopen include pools, gyms, libraries, some public toilets, council service centres, community halls and sports pavilions.

Decisions on opening services and any modifications in place will be made in coming weeks.

View Maldon streetscape designs

Council has received a $4.5 million grant from the State Government to rejuvenate Maldon’s heritage streetscape. The funds will be used towards putting powerlines underground, restoring shopfronts and upgrading public spaces such as footpaths, crossovers, bins and seating. The concept plans are available on Council’s website. If you would like to provide feedback email your suggestions to info@mountalexander.vic.gov.au or send via post. Feedback is required by Friday 3 July.

View plans at www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/ MaldonStreetscapeProject.

Local law review

Mount Alexander Shire Council has prepared a Proposed Budget for 2020/2021. At a meeting on Tuesday 16 June, Council resolved to exhibit the proposed budget for public comment.

Community members are encouraged to review the draft and make a submission.

Copies of the document and a budget summary are available via Council’s website at www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/HaveYourSay. Printed copies will be available for public inspection during office hours at the Civic Centre in Castlemaine from Monday 29 June or on weekends at the Market Building in Castlemaine. Precautions will be in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Submissions must be in writing and be lodged by 5.00pm on Wednesday 15 July 2020.

Please address submissions titled 2020/2021 Budget to the Chief Executive Officer, Mount Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 185, Castlemaine, VIC 3450 or email to info@mountalexander.gov.au.

All submissions will be considered in accordance with Section 223 of the Local Government Act 1989. They should indicate whether the person, or a person acting on their behalf, wishes to be heard before Council. Submissions will be heard at a Council Meeting at 5.30pm on Tuesday 28 July.

Council will consider the 2020/2021 Budget at an Ordinary Meeting of Council on Tuesday 18 August. The meeting will start at 6.30pm at the Civic Centre in Castlemaine. Both meetings will be broadcast live to the internet via YouTube.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

The Victorian Government has announced the State of Emergency will be extended until 11.59pm on 19 July 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. For more information call the hotline on 1800 675 398 or visit www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus.

Council services update

Council is proposing to reopen our Customer Service desk at the Civic Centre from 8.30am on Monday 29 June. Precautions will be in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We have reopened play spaces and are working with community and sporting groups on the safe reopening of community halls and sports facilities. We are continuing to deliver a range of services within the directives from government and health authorities. For service updates visit www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/coronavirus.

Business rebound session

With the reopening of accommodation, eateries and galleries, Council is offering a free workshop to support businesses welcome more visitors to the shire. The Rebound Zoom session is an opportunity for our tourism industry to work together to solve challenges, discuss marketing opportunities and stay informed. The session will be held from 4.00pm to 5.00pm on Wednesday 24 June. Register via www. mountalexander.vic.gov.au/BusinessResources.

Local laws animal survey

Council invites the community to complete a survey to provide feedback on the control of cats and dogs, as part of a review of our animal control laws. The results will be used to develop a new law known as an Order of Council, under state legislation, for the sensible control of cats and dogs in the shire. The survey looks at things like areas where dogs should be allowed on or off-lead and different times and options for cat curfews. Find a link to the survey at www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/HaveYourSay. It closes on Friday 31 July. For more information contact Jeffry Amy, Coordinator Community Safety and Amenity, on 5471 1700.

Employment opportunities

Council is recruiting for a number of temporary roles through the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria initiative. Applicants need to register with Working for Victoria and sign up to the Sidekicker online platform at www.vic.gov.au/workingforvictoria. Roles are updated often so we encourage jobseekers to visit the site regularly.

Council meetings

The next Council meeting is at 6.30pm on Tuesday 21 July. It will be broadcast live via YouTube. To raise a question at the Council meeting write to the Governance Team, Mount Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 185, Castlemaine 3450 VIC, or email governance@mountalexander.vic.gov.au.

Messages must be received by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.

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Local chef Duang Tengtrirat will lead a Classic Thai Cooking class.

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Hepburn Council has adopted its new heritage strategy with a 10-year action plan for managing the shire's extraordinary heritage.

Hepburn Shire lies within one of the richest 19th century goldfields of the world.

The discovery of gold brought tens of thousands of overseas migrants to the region and has actively shaped the landscape we know today.

Some of the distinguishing aspects include: The building technologies of the Swiss Italians The distinctive mining infrastructure developed by the Cornish miners Local structures such as dry-stone walls, large scale gold mining technologies and farm structures such as the potato huts in the Trentham area Nineteenth century buildings, streetscapes and gardens; and Distinctive landscaping and our Avenues of Honour.

The strategy also acknowledges the substantial work undertaken by community groups and committees of management in safeguarding the shire's heritage.

It is intended that the strategy will be included as a background document in the revised Hepburn Planning Scheme. It will also inform council's annual budget and resourcing allocations.

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Buda Historic Home and Garden is set to present a series of workshops and events over the coming months in place of its annual Traditional Arts Fair.

Buda communications and administration manager Vivienne Hamilton said they would not be running their popular Arts Fair in its traditional format in 2020 due to concerns for the health and safety of everyone involved.

"Instead, we will be running a series of smaller events every month starting in June, in the three areas of our traditional arts - arts and crafts, culinary and horticultural. These events will be able to be held with social distancing in mind," she said.

"We have a fantastic series of workshops and exhibitions planned."

The first of these will kick off this Saturday June 27 with a Classic Thai Cooking workshop with local chef Duang Tengtrirat of Duang's Cooking School at Chewton; a Growing Perennials workshop with Stan Smith; and Happy Day Felt workshop with Andrea McKey that has already sold out!

In the Classic Thai Cooking class participants will be led by Duang in creating a traditional four-course Thai meal.

"I love to cook and share my love of cooking. It is an experience of the heart, mind and senses," Duang said.

"After 60 years of fine tuning how to make food taste as good as it can be, I concluded that good food comes from good ingredients.

"Nothing can be better than fresh, local, seasonal and, whenever possible, organic foods."

In the Growing Perennials workshop, participants will learn how to get years of supply with a few simple seasonal procedures. Have you ever wondered why your ornamental perennials look great for a few years and then go downhill? Stan will also

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discuss beautiful heritage goldfield perennials - the tough and terrific, indigenous perennials and how to have excellent hellebores year after year.

As part of the Happy Day Felt workshop Andrea will help participants use very simple embroidery techniques to make a colourful and joyous bird to take home and brighten up your day.

To keep tabs on upcoming workshops and all the latest happenings at Buda visit budacastlemaine.org/events

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With the restrictions easing and the lure of the great outdoors getting stronger every day, police are urging cyclists to ensure they lock up their bikes to avoid theft.

According to Macedon Ranges police statistics, the majority of bicycles that get stolen in the shire are left unlocked and in areas clearly visible from the road.

If you leave your bike while you wander on foot, make sure you have some way of securing it, to be sure it is there when you return.

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Proposed Budget 2020/2021

Together we thrive

Budget summary

Council has prepared a $45.9 million budget for 2020/2021 to maintain and improve infrastructure, and deliver projects and services which are valued by our community. This year we have incorporated a range of projects to specifically help respond to the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19). Our budget includes an increase to the average rates income of 2% under the Victorian Government’s Fair Go Rates System, as we continue to review processes to work more efficiently and prioritise investment, and advocate for funding. Kerbside bin collection charges will increase by an average of 3% per property. This equates to about a $13 increase for small bins and a $19 increase for larger bins.

What the budget includes

Our budget includes provision for more than 100 essential services. These include the management of local roads, bridges and drains, collection of rubbish and recycling, delivery of maternal and child health programs, the provision of aged care and disability services, continuation of a range youth programs, maintenance and improvement of play spaces and public parks and gardens, and more. Along with these programs our budget for the year ahead includes a small number of new initiatives and a mix of capital works. This is how Council allocates spending on different services for every $100 it spends.

Council spending per $100 $5 $3.29 $4.15 $8.13 $7.82 $15.08 $16.11 $8.21 $6.03 $40.29 $42.92 $7.27 $6.37 $5.25 $4.01 $1.50 $1.43 $10.98 $11.16

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Capital works

The proposed budget will deliver $11.74 million of capital projects, including several carry forward projects. Major projects include: Roads – $2.95 million program includes $1.2 million for stage 1 of works on the Muckleford-Castlemaine Road, $1.3 million for road resealing and gravel road resheeting plus additional funds for design and minor works.

Our response to COVID-19

Among a number of initiatives, we will will increase our investment in tourism marketing and promotion, waive a number of registration and permit fees for businesses, develop an online platform for our creative and artistic industries, and implement our COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy.

Key projects and programs

The proposed budget also includes a number of new and continuing initiatives to help fulfil our vision of an innovative, creative and connected community such as: Early years – Delivery of the supported playgroups program, with partial funding from the State Government ($67,300).

Aged, disability and family services – Delivery of quality programs in aged and disability services including the Home and Community Care Program (part funded by the State Government) and the Commonwealth Home Support Program along with delivery of the Freeza and Engage! programs for young people aged 12 to 25 years ($2.4 million).

Community – Ongoing support for community lunch programs in Maldon, Newstead and Castlemaine ($20,000).

Trees and vegetation – A doubling of the street tree planting budget ($40,000).

Recreation – Further support for our Section 86 Committees to help them maintain community sporting reserves and facilities. ($100,000).

Townscapes – Stage one of the rejuvenation of the Maldon town centre, including moving powerlines underground and streetscape improvements.

Funded by the State Government ($3.00 million).

Heritage – Essential conservation works on the fountain and front entrance to Castlemaine Botanical Gardens as part of the conservation management plan ($80,400).

Climate change – Ongoing work with the community to find opportunities to reduce our shire’s carbon and energy footprint. ($20,000).

Events – Purchase of a traffic management trailer and signage to support community events ($10,000).

Other – The State Government has funded $1.08 million for the Work for Victoria program and $1.08 million for the Local Road and Community Infrastructure Program.

Major capital works

$1.05 million

$2.95 million

$1.02 million

Buildings

Plant, equipment & technology

Drains – $821,000 for renewal and improvement works, including $280,000 for Saint Street in Castlemaine and $326,000 to to finalise designs and approvals for the Campbells Creek and Castlemaine levee bank project.

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Parks and play spaces – $1.02 million for our parks and play spaces, including $140,000 for public gardens and open spaces. $249,000 is allocated to revitalise Norwood Hill Recreation Reserve and $633,000 in carry forward funds for installation of the Stanley Park North play space in Harcourt.

How council is funded

Bridges – $2.12 million program for design and construction of several bridges and culverts. This includes $1.4 million carry forward funds for the Eagles Road bridge and the Campbells Creek-Fryers Road bridge.

$1.67 million

Roads

Parks and play spaces

Walking and cycling – $895,000 which includes $400,000 to construct footpaths and a road crossing in the Chewton town centre.

Streetscapes – $930,000 for streetscape works, which includes $435,000 for stage 2 of small town streetscape works in Taradale, Elphinstone and Campbells Creek (subject to $300,000 government funding).

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Rates and charges 62% Government grants 30% User fees and fines 6% Other income 2%

Have your say

You can read the proposed budget on our website at www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/HaveYourSay. Printed copies of the budget will be available to view at the Civic Centre from Monday 29 June.

Precautions will be in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Submissions must be received by 5.00pm on Wednesday 15 July.

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Buildings - $1.67 million to improve community facilities, which includes $705,000 carried forward for the construction of female friendly change facilities at the Harcourt Recreation Reserve. $437,000 is included to increase accessibility at community facilities such as Baringhup Hall and renew recreation facilities in Guildford, Taradale and Castlemaine.

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The staff at RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care are much loved by residents and their families. Pictured here is Debbie Smith with resident Gary Birrell.

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Daily morning exercises: (Front) Beris New. (Left to right) Ross Barnes, Betty Young, staff member Lorraine Rao, Bev Coutts and Stephen West with staff member Tina Mills in background.

Challenges ahead for RM Begg Angela Crawford

RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care is calling for financial support to help it survive.

The community owned not-for-profit organisation has provided quality aged care to the district for more than 60 years but the challenges it now faces are increasing.

Government funding of the sector is supplemented by interest earned on invested Refundable Accommodation Deposits, but in the current economic climate, interest earned on these is declining in line with historically low interest rates.

Board chair Phillip Irvine said that when the refundable accommodation deposits system was originally established, interest rates were good, but the organisation was now facing extremely low interest rate returns, while wages and costs continued to rise.

"Most people do not understand that when we return a RAD to an estate, the government determines the interest rate that a facility has to pay on the RAD between the time that a resident dies and the time that we receive the Grant of Probate," Mr Irvine said.

"This interest rate is usually higher than what we can earn.

"Naturally all aged-care facilities must comply with the same quality standards, which of course is a benefit to all concerned, but the real concern is our lack of resources and smaller budgets to implement change in comparison with large organisations outside of the not-for-profit sector."

Mr Irvine said that unless RM Begg received a substantial injection of funds, it might not survive into the future.

"That is the worst-case scenario," he said.

The facility employs 164 staff and maintains a higher carer-to-resident ratio than many aged care facilities, enabling a higher level of care for its residents.

Supplies and services are largely purchased from local businesses such as Watts Fresh, Sizzlin' Sensations, Rodburn, Kyneton Electrics and plumber Ken Robbins.

Mr Irvine said that if the facility was taken over by a large organisation, local businesses like these might not be the preferred suppliers.

"The two Kyneton pharmacies also supply all medications to the facility's 90 residents, who have the choice of their own local doctor," he said.

"In the event of a takeover or merger, this commitment to the community and the local economy may not continue."

RM Begg CEO Meredith Grant said more than 80

volunteers contributed to the facility's services, through its lifestyle program, as board members, or as members of the auxiliary.

Each year about $30,000 is raised by the auxiliary and handed over to RM Begg to purchase much-needed equipment to be used by the residents or for lifestyle programs and supplies.

Ms Grant said fundraising and donations were vital.

"That is one of the reasons we were able to build a new facility because of some very generous donations that occurred in the past," she said.

"Nowadays we have wonderful community support for fundraising events but now we need an injection of large donations if we want to stay as we are."

Project coordinator Sarah Collier urged younger members of the community who did not yet have a need for aged care services to consider what they would do when it came time to place a family member in aged care.

"No one wants to think about ageing, but we are all heading in the same direction and it would be of benefit to everyone if we had choices," she said.

Anyone able to make a donation or assist in any way is urged to contact Ms Collier on 5421 3600 or email sarah. collier@raymbegg.org.au

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The report found VicRoads did not keep adequate records about the project or sufficiently plan its flexible barrier installation projects under the Top 20 program.

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Fire brigades have aired safety concerns over placement of the wire rope barriers and reduced movement around dangerous road fires and incidents.

Elphinstone Fire Brigade Captain Andy Chapman said the imposed restrictions meant almost automatic shut down of the Calder Freeway in emergency incidents.

"Accidents and fires on the Calder now get the freeway shut down," Mr Chapman said.

He said one truck fire incident saw the freeway shut down for six hours as emergency services worked to control and clean up the scene.

"I'm not going to put our members' lives at risk. There's nowhere to go off the road anymore. If there's a really involved fire you haven't got time to keep watching the traffic."

Brigades flagged problems with the distance between the edge of the traffic lane and centre median barriers on the Calder Freeway near Elphinstone not long after their installation.

Firefighters had also experienced problems in crossing to the opposite side of the freeway when tackling out-of-control fires.

VicRoads has since constructed an emergency crossover area and forward plan of how it would address other concerns, but Mr Chapman said while the barriers remained there was still risk to working emergency service volunteers that he wasn't prepared to take.

"I'm not against the wire rope barriers, but the placement has not been ideal," Mr Chapman said.

He said the wire rope barriers would have been better placed down the centre median and not on the inside road shoulder of each laneway.

Mr Chapman said the brigade would continue to work with safety at the forefront of its emergency response.

The auditor general's report into the regional road barriers, released last week, revealed VicRoads had not finalised engagement plans with stakeholders before it began installing barriers, and had limited opportunities to address any required changes before it approved the project proposal.

The emergency crossover constructed for the Calder near Elphinstone was one of two post-implementation infrastructure changes. The report stated the road authority could have saved time and money in addressing the projects ahead of time.

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A disappointing theft in hard times has set Kyneton Community House back in safeguarding its childcare playground.

About $300 in softfall and sand meant to meet playground safety and compliance was stolen from the community centre's carpark between June 12-14.

Community house director Claire Rawlinson said witnesses saw someone filling a wheelbarrow before disappearing into the laneway on June 12. By Monday, the materials were gone.

"A significant portion of the supplies must have been taken in this fashion over time we assume, as much of it disappeared before we could use it. We are now forced to find the funds to purchase replacement materials," she said.

Ms Rawlinson said the theft was disappointing as the centre was a notfor-profit delivering services including community childcare, food relief and digital literacy support, and still assisting

the community in trying times.

"Our childcare has been on half its usual income since we reopened and our workers are not eligible for the JobKeeper Fund so our community organisation has taken quite a hit to keep it running for Kyneton families that need access in these trying times," she said.

Ms Rawlinson said the community was appealing to the individual/s involved to come forward.

"While the materials taken were inside our gate, we are hoping that someone innocently thought it was theirs for the taking. It would be nice for them to come forward and we won't pursue it further," she said.

"We would rather not go to the police about the theft, but would like people to recognise that it's really difficult to find the funds in the first place and that by taking these materials they are taking away from the little people and their families we service in our childcare."

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The aim of the program is to support local families at this time and provide some respite.

"The COVID lockdown has proved especially tough for families experiencing mental illness," said Tamara Wilson, president of PS My Family Matters.

"Even at the best of times, carers experience social isolation, difficulties in accessing services and live with a constant level of stress.

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C-DOC in the clouds Syrian refugee Salam shares her story and her views in film What is Democracy, which is set to feature as part of C-DOC 2020.

pening around us to and to celebrate that what we do each day is precious," Ms Jager said.

The event will commence on Friday July 17 with the film Picture Character, which tells the story behind the humble emoji.

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On Saturday July 18 catch the inspiring film Into the Jungle about two remarkable young Australian zookeepers who bring about change that would seem - on the face of it - impossible, as they attempt to persuade 10,000 people not to hunt an endangered species that has been part of their traditional diet for centuries.

The festival will be capped off with the film What is Democracy. Director Astra Taylor's

Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival will return to screens big and small in 2020 despite the recent COVID-19 shutdown.

The C-Doc team team has been fermenting and bubbling along in hibernation during lockdown, unable to resist the urge to bring audiences the sixth annual event and a 'break in the clouds' in the middle of winter.

C-Doc director Claire Jager said that as with so much of our lives, C-Doc 2020 would hit our screens online in a distilled - but not diluted form.

C-Doc In the Clouds will consist of three films shown over three evenings at the Castlemaine's Theatre Royal with limited ticketing, and online, and will take place across the originally scheduled festival weekend of July 17-19.

"C-Doc In the Clouds will present three wonderful, entertaining and illuminating films with accompanying events and panels to remind us of the importance of sustaining culture, welcoming difference, reflecting on what's hap-

idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia from the Athenians' groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism's roots in medieval Italy; from modern-day Greece grappling with financial collapse and a mounting refugee crisis to the United States reckoning with its racist past and the growing gap between rich and poor.

Coming at a moment of profound and social crisis, What is Democracy? reflects on a word we often take for granted.

Each of the three films will be followed by a panel discussion live-streamed from the Theatre Royal.

"We are delighted to be able to preserve the festival's cherished and essential films and forums, bring together people and ideas, vigorous provocation, debate and laughter. It is a much-needed coming together in the way of our times," Ms Jager said.

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COVID-19 has put many plans on hold and many events have had to be cancelled. Although the next Newstead Live music festival is not scheduled until January 2021, the planning would normally be well underway, with performer applications opening in June and early bird tickets going on sale in July.

Newstead Live festival director Kelly Skinner said they had decided to delay key decisions until the end of July when, hopefully, guidelines for the lifting of restrictions would be clearer.

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Creatives aim to rebound Three Macedon Ranges' creatives have received grants to rebound, recover and explore new business opportunities as part of the Victorian Government's Sustaining Creative Workers initiative.

Woodend photographer and artist Pia Johnson has received $5000 to adapt her creative practice, undertake professional development in online strategy and continue creating new work for future exhibitions.

"I'm very grateful. It comes at a pivotal time to support and sustain my practice as an artist, which has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic," Ms Johnson said.

Gorkem Acaroglu from Woodend North has also received $5000, to develop a new theatre and performance work, while Metatonia T Inc from Woodend North received $10,000 to reconceptualise a large-scale immersive arts experience, slated to be presented as part of a festival in 2021.

The initiative provides grants to support the work of professional creatives across all fields from filmmakers, game developers and fashion designers to writers, visual artists, musicians and performers.

The creative industries employ 280,000 people in Victoria and have been among the hardest hit sectors, with venue closures, screen industry shutdowns and event cancellations leaving thousands of creative practitioners and associated trades out of work and leading to millions in lost revenue.

Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas welcomed the news for the Macedon Ranges region filled with creative talent.

"The Macedon Ranges is a regional hub for creatives - and over the past few months, while we've been at home, our creative sector has been hit hard," she said.

"These grants will help our creatives adapt to these new circumstances, and keep working, building and future-proofing their business or career."

The grants program was delivered in partnership with Regional Arts Victoria and Arts Access Victoria.

Woodend photographer and artist Pia Johnson says a funding boost came at a pivotal time to support and sustain her business.

Class act for Tylden school

Tylden Primary School is sporting a fresh new look.

The school's $255,000 upgrade has been completed, which has seen the replacement of an old relocatable building with a new relocatable building.

Works also included the installation of LED lighting and some minor repairs to a second relocatable building.

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MacDonald said the new building provided a top-quality learning space for students.

"The school community has waited a long time for this upgrade and we are thrilled to have it completed. We just love our new classrooms!" she said.

Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas said the upgrade gave students the facilities they deserved and helped to build community pride in their school.

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Once constructed, you can bring your shadow puppets to life in your very own shadow puppet show.

Parents are encouraged to make this a family project and share with others by uploading their puppet show and telling their personal stories online. These stories will help create a collective body of work exploring family stories through shadow play.

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VGR’s Andrew Reynolds with the big new vintage carriage stable, part of the Castlemaine’s Heritage Rail Precinct project now taking shape. (Inset) Civil work team members hard at work to link the big new carriage shed to the VGR railway line on Friday.

Measuring a whopping 160 metres long by 15.5 metres wide, the freshly completed carriage stabling shed at Castlemaine Heritage Rail Precinct is one of the town's largest buildings.

"It's a bl.... big shed," VGR's Castlemaine Heritage Rail Precinct caretaker Andrew Reynolds said on site on Friday.

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Completion of the big vintage carriage stable marks a major step in the tourist railway's $1.5 million project, revitalising the town's heritage rail precinct not far to the north of the main V/Line railway station and shifting the VGR's main base from Maldon to Castlemaine.

On Friday the lighting was also switched on in the new carriage stable with local electricians busy working to finalise electricity connections for the new facility.

"It means our entire carriage fleet can be under cover, which makes the job of restoration and maintenance so much easier," Mr Reynolds said.

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And there's also a potentially colourful added aspect with the VGR exploring options to make the eastern facing exterior wall of the new carriage stable available for public art.

Mr Reynolds said talks with Mount Alexander Shire Council executive about furthering this possibility had been well received.

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Spring flower show cancelled

The executive committee of the Kyneton Horticultural Society decided unanimously last Monday to cancel its annual spring flower show in September.

"With the current COVID-19 restrictions it would be irresponsible to host the event for the health of its members and the greater community," said KHS president Nicholas Scott.

Mr Scott added that with lockdown restrictions he hoped that it had enabled the community to rekindle their passion for gardens and gardening and with a bit of luck to enter their prized blooms in the autumn show in 2021.

There was talk of a possible 'monster' plant sale late spring. Details to follow.

Have a say on the hub

The community will have an opportunity to provide input into the design of the Trentham Community Hub in July.

Hepburn Council is committed to delivering the hub at the site of the Trentham Mechanics Institute and incorporating the original parts of the Mechanics Institute Hall.

The Project Advisory Group, made up of community members, has helped the project team understand the community needs and vision for the facility.

The PAG was formed through a competitive expression of interest process, and members were chosen to provide the best representation of the broad communities in the Trentham and Coliban Ward area.

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Council will pursue the significant external funding required to deliver the project once a concept design has been endorsed.

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The blue-banded bee is a lovely, blue/grey-coloured indigenous bee. It’s an important pollinator species that uses a special technique to disperse pollen, called buzz pollination.

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Buzz pollinators vibrate or shake their bodies against flowers, causing pollen to dislodge and later be collected by another bee that will move on to other plants, spreading the pollen. This is the way that blue-banded bees pollinate plants like the late-flowered flax-lily, a vulnerable plant species that was once widespread in Harcourt.

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At the same time, the removal of fruit trees minimises the threat of queensland fruit fly, an invasive pest that Harcourt Valley Landcare has worked to keep out of Harcourt's fruit growing industry and lifestyle.

Terry Willis, a Harcourt local who heads the Harcourt Valley Fruit Fly Action Group, will be attending the planting in June.

"Harcourt is rightfully proud of its history as an apple and pear-growing region," Terry says, "but the neglected fruit trees on our roadsides are actually a threat to the fruitgrowing lifestyle many Harcourtians know and love."

Fruit trees spread easily and can become a host for fruit fly when unmanaged. Weed fruit trees like those on McIvor Road are particularly concerning because they grow in great numbers, very close to commercial orchards and other growers.

The June planting and fruit tree removal is funded by the Australian Government's Communities Environment Program and is supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council and Lisa Chesters MP.

ley Landcare, a local group set to provide more habitat for the blue-banded bee, by removing weed fruit trees and planting 300 late-flowered flax-lillies along McIvor Road in Harcourt in late June.

"Because blue-banded bees are indigenous, they play an important role in the health of plants like the late-flowered flaxlily," Bonnie says.

"Many people are aware of the threats against the european honey bee, but fewer are aware of a whole suite of native pollinators that are just as important - like the blue-banded bee."

"Indigenous insects have an intimate relationship with local species," Bonnie says. "They're meant to be here, which means that they're not displacing any other species."

The landcare planting will help to broaden the genetic diversity of the flax-lily, giving the species a greater chance of coping with the demands of climate change.

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Radio to rock the Royal

Spike Carter-South of Aplegate, Jess Parker of Jessica Parker and the Troubled Waters and Jake Coates, Tom Connellan and Benz of Blue Lucas look forward to rocking the Royal in support of MAINfm this Saturday.

Lisa Dennis Castlemaine's not-for-profit radio station MAINfm kicked off its week-long '2020 Radiothon' fundraiser on Saturday evening with an epic PubSing Castlemaine online sing-a-long to this year's theme 'Here Comes the Sun' live from The Taproom at Shedshaker Brewing.

The radiothon continues this week and will culminate with another massive virtual live music event - the Big Night Out - In: MAINfm Radiothon Wrap Gig Party- from Castlemaine's very own Theatre Royal this Saturday evening, June 27, from 5pm featuring local bands, presenters and DJs. It will mark the first live gig at the Royal

since it reopened its doors following the COVID crisis.

Throughout the week MAINfm will be giving away double passes to the 'Big Night Out - In' to its subscribers.

Meanwhile the wider community is urged to get frocked up, gather their friends and family, get their house party pumping and tune to the gig via MAINfm 94.9 or catch the livestream at mainfm.net Bands to feature will include local soft rock group Blue Lucas, Jess Parker and the Troubled Waters with their mix of rock and rockabilly, and psychedelic rock group Aplegate, plus MAINfm DJ Shot Betty.

MAINfm presenter Bradley Dawson is host-

ing the evening and said it should be a great night of local live music.

"Once the gig itself winds up we will be going back to the studio to present a couple more hours of tunes for our party goers," he said.

If you're a MAINfm listener, it's your time to shine jump online and subscribe to support the radio station provide its wide array of community driven programs for another 12 months.

A bounty of daily prizes will be up for grabs during the radiothon and everyone who subscribes during June and July will go into a major prize draw.

As a volunteer organisation, all income raised during the radiothon will be used for development to sustain the station.

Museum reopens Kyneton Museum's doors will reopen on Friday with its new exhibition, Unique by Nature, United

by History.

Museum staff and community curators have collaborated for the exhibition, to present stories from Malmsbury, Kyneton, Carlsruhe, Romsey, Lancefield, Gisborne and Mount Macedon that are embedded in the history of the Macedon Ranges.

The temporary exhibition is expected to delight locals and visitors alike, who can also browse the museum's static displays including upstairs in the bank manager's residence, the old kitchen, the laundry, machinery sheds and gardens.

Council CEO Margot Stork said it had been an eventful time for the museum.

"We've been busy putting in place the necessary COVIDSafe requirements to re-open with this exciting local exhibition," Ms Stork said.

"While the restrictions will change the way we will connect and interact with you at the museum, we are committed to making sure the community, visitors and our staff are safe.

"We'll be monitoring visitor numbers to allow for social distancing, have increased cleaning services, will provide sanitiser on site and expect visitors to provide contact details for tracing purposes.

"We also progressed capital works during lockdown, with the old Pig Shed, Theadan Cottage, fencing and the original stables all receiving some attention."

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Leo Pruneau’s designs come to life in iconic Australian wheels Angela Crawford Not many people can lay claim to having flown first class on every business trip, and on the Concorde five times, but Leo Pruneau has the ‘souvenir’ glasses to prove it.

Such was the jet setting of a top General Motors designer, “in another life” as the now 88-year-old Woodend resident describes it.

Responsible for the design of some of GM Holden’s most iconic cars, including the Torana A9X, Monaro LE, Commodore HDT and Commodore SS, Leo’s career has taken him from Detroit to London and Melbourne ... a long way from his birthplace in a small mid-western town called Ste Genevieve, on the Mississippi River about 60 miles downstream of St Louis. The town was about the same size as Woodend and Leo’s father was a car dealer who sold Chryslers, Plymouths and Dodge trucks.

“I like to say that I’ve been in the car business for about 70 years because I started when I was around 10 years old or so, sweeping the floor,” Leo says.

“I would go down there and read every piece of literature that the factory would send out, I was just so interested in every detail, and I thought Detroit must be heaven.”

Leo’s grandfather was a photographer and manufactured cameras and hoped that Leo would take over the business, but the teen had other dreams.

“I was his blue-eyed boy and I worked basically for him, but on the weekends it was always down to dad’s place, to the car dealership,” Leo says.

“I used to sit and draw cars on the back of photographs in the dark room when he wasn’t looking and I always thought ‘gee, I’d like to design cars’, but being in a small town in mid-western America I had no idea how that would ever happen.

“One day a magazine arrived in the newsstand, Hot Rod Magazine, and in the magazine was an advertisement for the Art Center College of Design in California - ‘Learn to be a car designer’.”

Leo convinced his grandfather and father to let him go out to California just to see what it was all about, so he took a Greyhound bus trip for two days and three nights to the school in LA. Leo worked hard to catch up to the bettertrained art students and eventually won a GM-sponsored scholarship. After graduating with honours in 1961, he joined the GM design team in Detroit.

So impressed was GM’s director of design that Leo was soon sent to England to work on new Vauxhall designs for seven years before being assigned to General MotorsHolden Australia as assistant director of design.

“Not knowing much about Australia, I thought to myself ‘well I know it’s settled by a lot of English people but it’s pretty remote, so it’s probably going to be about halfway between Kansas City and London’. Well it was more like Kansas City when I got down here I can tell you!” he says.

“When I was here early on, the chief engineer said ‘look, if you’re going to design cars for Australia, you ought to get to see a bit of Australia’.

“This was 1969 so Australia was pretty raw in those days,

but Holden, because it was ‘the’ Australian car, would always be running experimental and test trips out in the outback.

“I got to see a lot of Australia and just loved working here.”

1973 brought a return to Detroit where Leo joined GM Styling’s International and Advanced Design Group as assistant executive in charge.

In late 1974, it was back to Australia and Holden again, now with the position of director of design, where Leo remained until the end of 1983. At that time, he returned to Detroit once more, to take up the position of international coordinator of design.

During the next few years he travelled extensively, coordinating and contributing to the design of General Motors and affiliated companies’ automotive products in Japan, Korea and Europe.

After retiring in late 1988, he returned yet again to Australia, to settle in Woodend with his wife Christine.

“Because I used to fly a lot out of Tullamarine, in the summer we’d be coming in to land and I’d look down and see all this green grass, and I thought ‘oh man, beautiful, I’m going to live down there some day’.

“It’s almost like going back to Ste Genevieve, living in Woodend. I’m just a little guy, not very important, yet I lived that life.”

From time to time Leo would be asked to speak for car clubs, including one in Castlemaine where he talked about the Torana he designed that was raced by Colin Bond and Peter Brock.

An experimental Vauxhall XVR, 1966. The advanced design project car would be shown at the London and Paris Motor Shows. (Above right) Leo (top left) and his design team pose with the XVR.

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“I showed them what I called the ‘A9X Unfinished’ because in the business, when you’re a designer, you get to spread your soul thin over these models, these cars that you want to make, and sometimes you get management to approve them and sometimes you don’t,” he explains.

“And more often than not, the problem that you run into is with the bean counters, the bloody finance guys, and here’s this thing sitting there and you want it just like it is and the bean counters say ‘yeah, yeah, it’s fine Leo, but you can’t have this and you can’t have that’, so the trick really was to get as much of the design that you originally came up with

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“In the case of the A9X, I got about half of it. I wanted the wheels from a Corvette but the bean counters wouldn’t import those from America - too much money, the price would go up too much.”

Because the A9X was such a high-performance car and Brock had been doing so well on the racetracks with it, Leo dreamed of taking it to Le Mans in France.

“Even though I didn’t think we could win it, there were various classes so I thought if we could get one over there and enter it and get Brockie to drive it, we’d probably have a

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good chance of winning in our class.

“And of course if Australia and Holden were running a car at Le Mans we’d have got $10M worth of free publicity because it would be broadcast live around the world.”

Although his Le Mans dream proved yet again too expensive an ambition, Leo is still amazed at the places his career has taken him.

“I did things in my life that I never thought I’d ever do.

“I was in a stratosphere that I never imagined being part of.

“It was just good luck I think. The stuff that I designed, the car guys liked!”

Leo’s ‘souvenir’ Concorde glasses.

Leo’s top 10 car designs Vauxhall HB ‘Viva’ (original Holden Torana) Vauxhall ‘XVR’ LJ Torana ‘GTR-XU1’ LH Torana ‘A9X’ HJ Holden ‘Sandman’ van HX Holden ‘le’ Monaro VC ‘HDT/Commodore’ VC Commodore ‘SS’ VK Commodore range WB Holden ‘Statesman Caprice’

Leo Pruneau with his Camira station wagon.

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SUPER QUIZ?

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A better choice

(1 point)

1. What date was Hanging Rock scheduled to reopen to the public?

2. The Tough Guys is what type of club based in Castlemaine?

3. Kyneton Agricultural Show would have marked how many years this year?

4. CAM is the acronym for what Castlemaine facility?

(3 points)

5. Since 2015, what year did Guildford Primary close due to declining enrolments?

General knowledge (1 point)

6. Which Elton John song features the lyrics: “Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man”?

7. Which island near Perth is most renowned for its population and conservation of quokkas?

8. Who played Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho?

9. Gibson, Maton, Ibanez and Fender are all types of what?

(3 points)

10. From which country does the martial art form taekwondo originate?

AFL/VFL trivia question of the week Answer Q9. Jock McHale coached father and son Twomeys (and possibly others). Kevin Sheedy coached father and son Watsons. Max Crow finished a long career with one season at Footscray under Mick Malthouse. Max’s son Justin played one game at Collingwood under Malthouse.

Q10. A Brisbane player has a unique double triple. He played in three premiership teams and three wooden spoon teams. His initials are M.A.

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If Trevor Scott ('We must not go back', Opinions, June 16) read some of the papers issued by the International Renewable Energy Agency, he would find their recommended mix of power generation for maximum renewables together with the least capacity restraints is a little different from his ideas.

Their ideal generation mix for most countries is hydro, solar, wind and gas.

A British study found that of course, wind and solar can replace conventional electricity generation, but never the need for its capacity. It is why the UK system is the same as above but with some input from nuclear. It uses no coal. There are days where the wind contribution is close to 50 per cent and days when gas is the dominant contributor.

Gas is ideal for ramping up or down to meet demand, to enable the running of a large renewable input and maintain capacity as well as sufficient synchronous control.

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Hans Paas ('Another benefit', Opinions, June 16) seems to see photovoltaic solar systems as "all good", I'd like to offer a more ecological way of thinking about renewable energy. Photovoltaics (PVs) are amazing, but they, and their supporting infrastructure (inverters, batteries, the grid etc.) come with a huge embodied energy, pollution and serious product 'miles'. So, the energy generated should never be seen as 'free' or 'good', or even 'benign', just 'better' - if we get all the other bits right.

When PVs are used to justify additional energy use, more appliances, or even overseas trips (I kid you not), then PVs are actually increasing energy use and consumption.

The emissions we generate from consuming 'stuff ' (goods and services) is more than for household energy (utilities). So, consuming stuff (even PVs) to reduce emissions is a bit like trying to pay our mortgage by taking out another loan.

Rather than having two aircons on "all day" (even with solar), a good retrofit by a local builder/designer would keep money in the local economy, make us more comfortable, and give us low-energy homes year-round, and for years to come.

A retrofit is not without impact, but weighed against more panels, aircons and grid dependence, a better choice. Renewable energy is more than just electricity from PVs or wind turbines.

We can; grow healthy food with sunshine, or let that sun shine into our houses in winter - providing warmth and light, use our bodies to get us around - on our feet or on a bike, harness the sun and the wind to dry our clothes, use chooks to turn food scraps back into food, plant trees that will use the sun to provide shade and cool in summer and wood for heating in winter.

This is just the tip of what renewable energy can be directly harnessed for, but sometimes we can't see the renewable energy because all the solar panels are in the way…of our thinking.

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Real and positive change Jill Loorham, Castlemaine From little things, big things grow; these were the words of the song written by Paul Kelly, a great friend to our Australian indigenous peoples.

In the context of what next to bring about real and positive change, I put forward the following: A building in our own community dedicated to telling the absolute truth of indigenous Australia. One that would recognise and describe the deaths and misery suffered by all the indigenous mobs and the

countless numbers of aboriginal peoples across this great land who have suffered the taking away of their original freedoms and lands.

In many places in the world, an acknowledgement in the form of museums has been one of many ways to show and tell the stories of horrific past deeds. Two examples: (in Vietnam) The American War museum, which depicts the time of American involvement in the 'Vietnam War'; and (in other places around the world) Jewish Holocaust museums, which show what happened to Jewish people, gypsies, homosexuals and many others, under Nazi rule, during a time when the sound of the rest of the world decrying these monstrous and awful massacres of innocent people was silence.

In every town in Australia - and specifically, here in Kyneton in the now-empty primary school and in Castlemaine in the old railway station building - little things can become big things. New museums could re-educate, with the express purpose of showing and recognising and acknowledging - and owning up to - a new foundation of truth being told about aboriginal death, disability and destruction and the loss of thousands of years of knowledge and husbandry of land.

People who have the power and the money, and those who have the strength of their convictions and a true wish to acknowledge the truth, need to step up to the mark and begin the change.

It won't occur at the top. It has to begin, as change always does, with ourselves at the grass roots level.

Let's remove the colonial statues. They don't need to be broken.

But the people who are broken - our indigenous peoples - who every day of their lives are reminded of where the breakage began, will perhaps be able to heal. And so will Australia.

From my heart I want, indeed I bleed for, cultural acknowledgement and change.

Is this a record?

Bryan Young, Castlemaine Listening to the ABC today I wanted to write this letter: Here it is nearly the shortest day of the year and it struck me while listening to the good old Auntie ABC's reporter talking to a politician that I am unable to recall a politician actually answer a question.

Is this a record?

No credible evidence Brian Harty, Kyneton Luisa and Nigel Hoffmann claim "all national media have not covered the strong opposition to 5G rollout" ('Medical experiment', Opinions, June 16).

This is untrue.

The Herald Sun, The Australian, The Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 News, 9 News and The ABC have all reported on the claims of adverse health effects from 5G. They have covered the protests, the vandalism of 5G towers, the unsupported claims about links to cancer and the claim that 5G is responsible for the coronavirus.

They have also gone on to explain what 5G is and debunk the junk science used by those opposing the technology.

The bottom line is always the same - we have nothing to fear.

There is no credible evidence that 5G is dangerous to our health. Because of its short wavelength it can't penetrate any more than 1mm through our skin and it definitely can't penetrate our skulls. It's ability to penetrate our bodies is far less than existing technologies. You have more to fear from your television and radio.

Luisa and Nigel tell us that human exposure to wireless radiation from 4G is 1 quintillion times more than just 20 years ago but they don't explain why this is relevant or weather they claim this proves something. They throw numbers about and talk about different technologies. They do

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not make one single claim about what harm 5G causes. It is ironic that they highlighted the fact that Midland Express did not report the personal costs and risks of 5G when neither did they.

They direct us to websites that have been discredited by mainstream scientists and offer up an expert in the form of a professor with dubious qualifications. Prof.

Trevor Marshall is not an expert in this field and has had no research on 5G published in peer reviewed scientific journals.

Do not be alarmed. 5G is not the biggest medical experiment in the history of the world. It is just a new technology and we will all be okay.

Let's work together Deb Shand, Castlemaine As we stumble forward from a devastating summer of bushfires and the COVID-19 crisis, many of us want to see Australia's economic recovery focusing on renewable energies rather than the climate damaging fossil fuels of oil, coal and gas.

Environmental restoration rather than degradation will promote health, wellbeing and ongoing employment.

Although our political leaders appear to lack the resolve and courage required to tackle the climate crisis, there is much we can do as individuals to grow a green movement from the ground up.

By making mindful food choices, buying local, eating less processed food and animal products, growing our own vegetables and fruit, composting food scraps, considering our modes of transport, modifying our houses to use less energy and reducing waste we can live more sustainably and encourage others to do likewise.

Local shire councils can assist by disseminating relevant information and offering workshops.

As we came together to help our neighbours during the bushfires and pandemic, let's work together for a healthier country and show our politicians which path we need to take to the future.

Solid evidence David Cheal, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Management, School of Health and Life Sciences Federation University Australia, Ballarat Let's get some equanimity into the logging/bushfires debate.

Immediately after logging, our eucalypt forests are less flammable than before the logging.

Immediately after a planned burn, our eucalypt forests are less flammable than before the planned burn.

However, this period of reduced flammability only lasts a very short time, as little as three to five years in some forest types.

Regrowth forests are full of shrub species that respond well to disturbance. These grow vigorously and soon provide ample fuel for the next fire. Slower growing species, which can reduce forest flammability, are out-competed.

We now have solid evidence that lessdisturbed, older forests are usually less flammable than regrowth forests.

Our least flammable forests are mostly old growth. However, to get to this stage, we would be required to tolerate extended periods of highly flammable forests, as most of our forests have been heavily disturbed and are now flammable regrowth.

But, eventually, the forests would be considerably less flammable than currently.

These transitions happen at different times in different forest types.The box-ironbark forests of central Victoria have negligible history of wildfire (the 2009 fires around Bendigo were in peri-urban weedscapes).

Our repeated and ongoing planned burning is making them more flammable, heightening the risk of wildfires and necessitating repeated planned burns.This is a simplistic summary of the current science and a complex story. But it is the factual basis to be accommodated in forest management.

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Horses are the best therapy Black Horse Therapies re-opened its doors during the period of COVID-19 social isolation and began providing assistance to adults and children experiencing stress and anxiety associated with this time.

“One of the reasons that people of all ages come to Black Horse Therapies is that they don’t feel comfortable in an office-based counselling setting (sitting and talking), said BHT therapist Elizabeth Hannah.

“At BHT the session focuses on the time spent in the horse yard interacting with a horse. The emphasis is on non-verbal communication and reading the horse’s signals. They

An open letter to the community What a surreal few months we have had! At Woodend Pharmacy we would like to take a moment to thank our community for their support, care and understanding over what has undoubtedly been a stressful time for everyone.

What we have witnessed is an amazing coming together of the Woodend and surrounding communities, with businesses, neighbours and strangers looking out for those that need support. Our local doctors, nursing staff and community healthcare workers have gone above and beyond to ensure that everyone receives the care they need.

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don’t have language but are excellent communicators. For example, Sammy, our clydiecross is very good at letting you know where he’d like to be brushed!”

Elizabeth offers a personcentred approach which has been found to be important in working with people with autism. The sessions in the horse yard are based in experience and relationship, rather than in thoughts and words. A narrative framework is used which involves the telling of stories about what occurred in the horse yard. It gives people new ways of seeing themselves and assists them in discovering strengths and abilities.

“People report that the sessions with the horses leave them feeling calmer and more relaxed, that they are able to forget about their daily lives and simply be present ‘in the moment’. When we have close contact with horses and pay attention to them they help us to do this,” Elizabeth said.

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Tips to beat the pandemic blues

Put a limit on the time spent on online media or watching the news on TV. Too much media can give us an unbalanced perspective. We need to make sure we get our information from quality sources and to balance negative reports with positive ones. For example there have been good news articles about people delivering meals to elderly neighbours or helping animals during the pandemic.

Keep moving Try to get outside when you can. People can currently go outside for daily exercise, as long as they practise social distancing protocols and it’s safe to do so.

Where to get help During a pandemic we expect people to have more mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. People need to accept that and seek assistance.

Contacting your GP is a great place to start and there are also good resources on the internet such as Beyond Blue www.beyondblue.org.au , and Headspace headspace.org.au/covid-19 for younger people. Springs Medical currently bulk bills mental health Telehealth consultations. Dr Mazzei says it’s a good idea to request a double appointment when booking. Your GP may also, if appropriate, organise a mental health plan for you so you can receive 10 psychology appointments at a subsidised rate.

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Springs Medical GP Dr Fortunato Mazzei (pictured) has a special interest in mental wellness. Having realistic expectations and being kind to yourself during the current pandemic are important to keep emotionally balanced and mentally robust, he says. Dr Mazzei says unreasonable goals will only cause stress.

“Now’s not the time to start new diets, try to lose weight or set major fitness goals. It’s about keeping moving and looking after our health and our emotional balance.”

Dr Mazzei says even small lifestyle changes can improve our mental health and he lists the following...

Have realistic expectations We also have to be realistic about what things will be like at the other end of the current social restrictions. Our world will definitely be changed by this pandemic. It may be positive, or it may be negative in some aspects, but nobody can predict the future.

It won’t always be like this The current COVID-19 restrictions are temporary and will come to an end. From a mental health perspective, it’s reasonable to have concerns about COVID-19, but it’s important to also remember doctors, scientists and governments are working extremely hard to beat this disease.

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81 Mollison Street, MALMSBURY

Tel: 03 5423 2226

Fax: 03 5413 9707

malmsbury.pharmacy@outlook.com

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WELLBEING

Workout with pilates

young at heart making up their incredible studio community. They offer a variety of classes including reformer pilates, mat pilates, boxing and cardio pilates and are now also offering barre sculpt, barre box and yoga. Pilates + Gisborne offers classes every day with a full timetable available on the website and on the Mindbody app.

They have just reopened after a threemonth COVID-19 shutdown with strict and new social distancing and cleaning procedures all in place to keep their studio community safe and healthy, the number one priority during this time.

All the COVID-19 reopening details can be found on Pilates + Gisborne’s website, www.pilatesplusgisborne.

Memberships and casual passes are available, all at reasonable prices.

‘Lifestyle choices’ can be difficult to change, especially when we rely on our willpower.

Fortunately hypnotherapy is a safe and inexpensive means of enabling people to take back control over those choices to help you lose weight, improve your nutrition, and even quit smoking.

Marianne Pattinson of Kyneton Massage and Hypno Therapies says hypnotherapy aids weight loss by safely and gently encouraging your body to ‘burn’ fat, rather than ‘store’ it.

“Scientific research into the effects of hypnotherapy on losing weight has found that hypnosis can make your weight loss efforts more than 30 times more effective,” Marianne says.

“The research also shows that hypnosis is by far the most effective way of giving up smoking.

“Hypnotherapy is also completely safe (no drugs or surgery), even for pregnant mums.”

For more information, or to make an appointment, contact Marianne Pattinson at Kyneton Massage and Hypno Therapies today.

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Pilates is a whole body workout that has so many benefits such as increased allover strength, in particular core strength, increased flexibility, better posture plus it is highly beneficial for those with back pain and for those recovering from injuries.

The team if skilled and friendly instructors at Pilates + Gisborne, owned and operated by local Gisborne mums Rach Saunders and Jess Taylor, also recognise the importance of cardio-based exercise for increased fitness, weight loss and better cardiovascular health, so they also offer classes that will help improve these too.

They hold classes are for everyone from those who have never exercised to those coming back from injury to those who love to be pushed - and everything in between.

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Distillery diversification

Along with their own popular range of hand-crafted gins, Animus now stocks and sells wine, beer and cider from 25 local producers and their customers certainly aren’t complaining.

“It’s been great to see our regulars when they drop in to pick up hand sanitiser, wine and gin of course, even if we do have to wave from a distance.”

Animus Distillery will return to return to their regular operations very soon. In the meantime, they will continue to produce hand sanitiser to help support their community, including other businesses, as the restrictions ease.

Visit Animus Distillery from each day noon at 1/89A Piper Street, Kyneton. or email contactus@animusdistillery.com for wholesale enquiries and to check on those opening times.

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Situated in the heart of Kyneton, Animus Distillery has become a favourite destination for locals and visitors over the last few years.

But, as for many in our region, 2020 has looked a little different for this local business. The usual operations of the small-batch distillery and cocktail lounge were put temporarily on hold.

Without the usual evening cocktails, pizza nights and gin masterclasses, the team at Animus found new ways to keep operations afloat, while also helping their local and broader community in these unprecedented times.

Managing director Rob Turner is proud of what Animus has been able to achieve and thankful for the support they’ve had from many loyal locals.

“We saw the urgent need for hand sanitiser and realised we had the ingredients and resources to help fill that need,” he said.

His team quickly set to work to produce, bottle, label and market the new product with 50 per cent of profits used to provide hand sanitiser to those in need.

“We were able to redeploy our staff, giving them work that wouldn’t otherwise have been available, while also providing free hand sanitiser to charities and organisations like The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, The Living Room and Windarring to name a few. We have our customers to thank for making that possible.”

The team at Animus didn’t stop there either!

“We’ve watched as many of our fellow local businesses have been forced to shut their doors including wineries and cellar doors, but saw that we could help them as well,” Rob said.

“We realised our license allows us to operate as a bottle shop for other producers restricted by the lockdown laws.”

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Success blooms for TAFE students Two Castlemaine TAFE wins have sprouted from the Great Victorian Hanging Basket Competition.

Horticulture students Ken Price and Rhys O’Sullivan won Most Popular Basket - TAFE and Most Popular Basket - Innovative respectively.

Part of the 2020 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and led by the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria, the competition received more than 550 entries from across the state.

Ken said his creation was inspired by waterfalls, with plants like loropetalum chinense, helichrysum, raoulia and dichondra to achieve the right shape and colour.

“I like that particular feeling of flowing and falling water; it’s something I appreciate about nature and I wanted to create that effect,” he said.

The entire process took about one month

including plant care, planning and building the basket.

“One of the main challenges was trying to achieve the shape I wanted, which was the effect of the water splashing. It was a combination of paying attention to the way I planted it and trimming the plants to get them to grow in the right way,” Ken said.

The 23-year-old gardener is currently studying the Certificate III in Horticulture, a Free TAFE course at Bendigo TAFE’s Castlemaine campus, to fill in knowledge gaps and to gain an industry-standard qualification that would enhance his credentials.

Participating in the 2020 Great Victorian Hanging Basket Competition was part of a class assignment and students had guidance from instructors like Karen Rogers.

Entries were submitted through digital photographs following the cancellation of the show due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Rhys O’Sullivan’s owl-style hanging basket was voted Most Popular Basket Innovative.

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Repurposing rugs Maldon Neighbourhood Centre, and the groups who gather there, are slowly easing back into routine - walking, gathering over the cryptic crossword, and the first of the popular chainsaw workshops. Playgroup has reconvened, and Monday morning Occasional Child Care has resumed.

Last Friday offered a lovely opportunity to come out of hiding - a rag rug weaving workshop facilitated by Gypsy Weaver (many may be familiar with her work at Maldon Market). There was colour and texture in abundance, with lots of inspiring examples of woven rugs to look at.

Participants used old rags, material scraps, worn doona covers and pillowcases, and learned an easy technique to repurpose what might otherwise go to landfill. Creating something lovely out of very little … what better precedent to set in our ‘new normal’?

The rug-weaving workshop will be repeated

on Saturday August 8, 10am - 1pm, so get in touch to book your place, or to find out what else is on offer at Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (1 Church Street Maldon): 5475 2093 or info@maldonnc.org.au

WHAT'S ON Occasional Childcare - Mondays 9.30am-2.30pm Friday Walking Group - Fridays 9.30am

Chainsaw Workshops - June 13 & 27, 10am-3pm Art & Craft Group -

Wednesday 10 June 1.30pm - 4pm every fortnight

COMING SOON Digital Legacy: online life after death workshop

Chainsaw Workshops, weekend workshops

Event Management, 8 week course

Totem Garden Sculptures, outdoor workshop

Rag Rug Weaving (Saturday morning)

All enquiries 5475 2093 or info@maldonnc.org.au | 1 Church St. Maldon

www.facebook.com/maldonnc www.maldonnc.org.au

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Simple Woodwork Projects, short course

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Soldier & Scholar Bookshop.

WE ARE

You can still find something to read!

Though our hours have changed we continue to provide service and care to all our patients.

LET THE LIGHT IN YOU SHINE!

! l a c o L Stay

Fit in Life Gym now open.

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Contact us: 03 5427 1002 bsmc@bsmc.net.au Book online: www.bsmc.net.au

As we all navigate a changed world impacted by the coronavirus crisis, it is now more important than ever before that we support our local businesses and help them get through to the other side.

They may have adjusted their models of service delivery but they are still here and eager to serve you!

Show them you value them just as they value their customers and clients.

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TELEPHONE CONSULTS AVAILABLE.

RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

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WE'RE OPEN AGAIN!

9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday

With coronavirus restrictions easing, Jumbuck is pleased to announce that we're open for business again.

We would also like to thank the community for your support over the past few weeks.

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Ph: 03 5472 1700

Email: tet@topendtech.net

BE THE FIRST TO TRY THIS. $70 per carton of 24x330ml and free delivery.

(Normally RRP $80 per carton).

Order via DM, email harcourtvalleyevents@gmail.com or call Marie 0431 996 515 Free contactless delivery to Central Vic and Melbourne of our wine, Ginger Kid Ginger beer, Honey badger raspberry mead & Mango Smash.

3339 Harmony Way, Harcourt www.harcourtvalley.com.au

ET N S TR E LY TT LE TO C LI N IC L A IC D ME

We remain fully functional and are attending to your legal and conveyancing needs throughout this crisis.

Your health matters Did you know that it’s never been easier to access your GP? We want to reassure our patients that Lyttleton street clinic is open and that visiting the clinic is safe. We have infection control processes in place, and are now operating from two sites to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Give us a call to discuss your health needs and we will let you know whether to come in, or the doctor may call you.

Taking care of your health, and accessing expert medical advice and care is perhaps now more important than ever.

The Lyttleton Street Medical Team

Please note that our Castlemaine office is OPEN, however all contact should initially be made either by email:

64 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine Ph: 5472 3233

or by phone:

www.lyttletonstreet.com.au

castlemaine@ curwen-walker.com.au 03-5470 5920

WE ARE OPEN

following strict COVID-19 guidelines for all our clients.

242 Barker St. Castlemaine.

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An 8% sparkling alcoholic mango drink made from real Queensland mangoes!

Gluten free, vegan & bursting with fresh and natural mango flavour.

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INTRODUCING MANGO SMASH!

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www.jumbucksheepskin.com.au

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34a Aitken Street, GISBORNE ph | 03 5428 3220 e | info@jumbucksheepskin.com.au

New Equipment Sales Also Repair Service KN250758

Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm Saturday 9am-1pm Sunday Closed

We thank all the community for restricting the spread of COVID-19.

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If you want a crime novel or a classic, just ring 54706298 (between 11am – 5pm) and the books will be cleaned and waiting for you when you knock at the door (215 Barker St. Castlemaine), or brought out to your car. If you want something else, first check if we have it listed on www.abebooks.com.au or email joycesanders@bigpond.com for further enquiries. If you are unsure what you want, you can browse through our shop’s many topic catalogues (go to “Sellers” on abebooks’ site). We are still working, and the books are still here waiting for you!

Phone 5470 5588

www.castlemainephysiotherapy.com.au

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WE ARE

HOME DELIVERING

TO THE MT. ALEXANDER SHIRE All your Dairy, Deli, Smallgoods and Bakery Items

Contact us for further information or a full list of products available.

Proudly delivering for Don KR, Hot & Crusty Bakery, McShanags Pie Shop, Grist Artisan Bakers, Pure Bendigo Honey, Gourmet Provider, The Little Red Apple and Warral Honey.

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184 Duke Street, Castlemaine Ph: 5472 1482 e: info@sfordandsons.com.au https://fordsdairydelivery.com.au ONLINE ORDERING NOW AVAILABLE

Kyneton Drycleaners Family owned and operated d

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Kyneton Drycleaners would like to say "Thank you" for your support throughout our recent COVID-19 closures.

As from 1/6/2020 we are back to Monday Friday (5 days) and Saturday mornings.

We are also up and running with our quality shoe repairs and excellent in-house clothing alterations. Small business needs the support from local communities and we value your commitment.

– Sheryl, Amy and all our staff.

PH: 9740 1272

KYNETON DRYCLEANERS

www.kepala.com.au

56 High Street, Kyneton

(03) 5422 1503

OPEN

BUSINESS AS USUAL

Thursday – Monday 11.00am – 4.00pm

Independent Land Rover and Range Rover Specialists

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PET RESORT & CANINE COUNTRY CLUB

Your local drycleaner servicing your community

WINTER 2020 16 Piper Street, Kyneton T: 5422 2336 M: 0411 208 448 Email: chabit@bigpond.com.

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We’re here for you

during these challenging times

Our Kyneton and Castlemaine offices are open

www.pjstyres.com.au *conditions apply

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Individual care for you & continuity of care for you and your family

Our team is available to help with: Advice for employees and employers

Our Springs Medical Team continue to work hard to make sure our community feel supported during this time.

We encourage new and existing patients to see their GP face to face in the safe environment of Springs Medical.

The creation or amendment of Wills and Powers of Attorney Advice or amendments to commercial leases or contracts

Contact KYNETON 5422 1488 CASTLEMAINE 5472 1788

The sale and purchase of property 03 5472 1588

| 157 Barker Street, Castlemaine

BOOK ONLINE WITH

www.springsmedical.com.au In an emergency always call 000

89B Piper Street Kyneton | tel: (03) 5422 1298 Follow us

https://www.facebook.com/springsmedical

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Come in and talk to us about your advertising & classifieds needs.

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Welcome back

The Malmsbury is thrilled to welcome diners back to its bistro for dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6pm, with bookings essential.

The pub’s takeaway menu continues Wednesday to Sunday with collection through the bottle shop or home delivery in the Malmsbury area.

Customers are being spoilt for choice with the hotel offering plenty of weekly mouthwatering specials to choose from, just ask what they are when ordering.

You’ll be going back for more of The Malmsbury’s traditional pub fare with flair!

Dhaba at the Mill in Kyneton’s Piper Street has also reopened for 20 diners from Thursday-Sunday.

Takeaway will continue and Dhaba will also be doing takeaway in Gisborne every Friday evening. Their curries are to die for and their samosas are heavenly! For something sweet, try their homemade Indian ice cream or Indian donuts. See their advertisement for more.

Food by Dhaba at the Mill.

DHABA AT THE MILL NOW OPEN FOR DINE IN FOR 20 PEOPLE We will also be doing take away in Gisborne every Friday from 5pm-8pm at 18 Robertson street Gisborne

Malmsbury THE

now at

We are so excited to be Welcoming you back to your local!

FROM THE STREET

Papadams with the Works $6 GF/V

BISTRO

Serving dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6 pm.

FROM THE POTS

Numbers are limited Bookings are essential (NO WALK INS)

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TAKE AWAY

Gulab Jamun: Indian donuts made of soft

Serving dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 5.30 pm

For full Menu options please go to the website: www.dhaba.com.au

Collect through the bottle shop or get home delivered in the Malmsbury area

OPENING HOURS Thursday-Sunday 4pm-9pm.

Phone 5423 2322

You can still order your take away online through TUCKERFOX or call us on 03 5422 6225. Orders to be picked-up.

18 Piper Street, Kyneton Phone 5422 6225

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Get your fix of fabulous fresh food Fook Shing at Kyneton will be opening for lunch and dinner from Thursday through Sunday, offering a banquet menu for the next few weeks that will change frequently.

Enjoy a banquet lunch for $45 (wine matching option $25), or dinner $55 (wine matching option $40).

Their menu is bursting with flavour inspired by traditional dishes from across southeast Asia using local and regional Victorian produce. Get your Fook Fix in a gorgeous goldrush era pub. And yes, they are still doing takeaway.

Seating times will be in place to ensure customers don’t miss out on the experience. To make a reservation, phone 5422 6560.

Gina and Kooky of The Stables in Malmsbury are also thrilled to have opened again.

Physical distancing means it is important to call Gina 0419 575 150 before you arrive to make sure there is room.

Out for a drive on the weekend?

The Maryland Diner in Maryborough is a good old-fashioned specialist in delicious fast food. Now, we all need to admit we need our fast food fix from time to time and this diner is without a doubt the place to try. Beef burgers, chicken burgers, burgers for kids, schnitzels, barbecued chicken, fish and chips southern fried chicken... and they all come in a huge range from family to individual serves and with any number of extras you could possibly drool over. You can order online and pick up in store if you want to make sure your fast food is ready and waiting for you.

Food by Fook Shing.

Modern south east Asian cuisine in an historic gold rush pub.

Now reopen for lunch and dinner.

Thursday through Sunday Banquet style menu - changing weekly fookshing.com.au

The Maryland Diner Rotisserie Chicken Fish & Chips Burgers Southern Fried Chicken Loaded Fries Buffalo Wings Salads Plus much more Ask us about our Catering

Please book early to join the excitement

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phone 5422 6560 email info@fookshing.com.au 84 Piper Street, Kyneton

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Get reading this winter ...

If you’re looking for a way to stay entertained in winter, why not get lost in a good book?

Below are four Midland Express staff picks.

Something in the minds of madness ...

Something voicing black women ...

Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo

The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson

2019, fiction, 453 pages The winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, Girl, Woman, Other conveys 12 stories cracking with energy and has been called a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood. It follows the lives and struggles of 12 very different individuals: mostly women, black and British.

They tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.

Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this captures a new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.

2012, non-fiction, 275 pages The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Journalist Jon Ronson’s exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world’s top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for small telltale verbal and non-verbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power...

Something spanning decades ...

Something strangely captivating ...

The Lost Pearl - Emily Madden

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

2018, fiction, 400 pages From Pearl Harbour to the shores of Sydney, a family secret that spans generations could unite a family - or destroy it. In Honolulu, Hawaii 1941, on the evening of her sixteenth birthday, Catherine McGarrie wants nothing more than for the night to be over until she meets Charlie. He is a navy officer from the wrong side of the tracks and they fall in love but the bombing of Pearl Harbour changes their lives forever. Seventy-five years later Catherine tells her granddaughter Kit a truth that uncovers a long lost treasure.

1992, fiction, 544 pages Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.

This best-selling contemporary classic was Tartt’s debut novel and was an instant literary sensation.

Hot food back at market This Saturday Lancefield District Farmers Market will be on at the Lancefield Park in Chauncey Street with an expanded range of stalls following the easing of recent restrictions on markets stall selection.

You can select from about 60 stalls on the oval with highlights including; Stepping Stone Romney Stud - returning with their range of super warm winter woolen knits, toys, hides and fleeces.

Earthloving Skincare - returning with their range of botani-

cal skincare and their very own sanitiser for your hands that won’t dry them out.

Cripp’s Fish is new producer to the market selling fish and oysters.

Crossie’s Cados is back with winter avocados and new season citrus - mandarins, oranges and lemons from Echuca.

Pete’s Travelling Pans returns with his amazing range of curry pastes and sauces created with Victorian produce

and made at Heathcote Junction.

Raf’s Coffee is back with takeaway coffee on the day alongside his range of Lancefield roasted coffee beans.

Pete’s Travelling Pans/Taste of the Orient/Illinka’s Country Kitchen will be serving hot takeaway foods on Saturday.

Please follow COVID-safe instructions at the entry gate.

Market organisers extend their thanks to all Macedon Ranges and surrounds folk who have continued to support Lancefield market during the lockdown.

0407 860 320

Fully accredited with the Victorian Farmers' Markets

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4th Saturday of the month Pete’s Travelling Pans returns with his amazing range of curry pastes and sauces.

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The best time of your life...

If you've reached that stage of your life when you still certainly want to live independently but mull over the possibility that one day you might need that extra care, there are now new options available for you.

Independent living units at Warrina Retirement Village in Station Road New Gisborne are now under construction. Twenty units in all are being built as part of Warrina's stage two plans.

Each unit is fully equipped for living independently but come with the assurance that they are equipped with an assist call system that is monitored 24/7.

While you might never come to a time when it would be best for you to leave your unit and transfer to Warrina's state of the art aged care facility, be rest assured that if the need ever arises, folk in the independent living units have priority to be housed in the village's aged care rooms at every stage of care needed.

But back to those independent living units... each is architecturally designed and has two bedrooms and its own garaging space. The units all have carpeted living and areas, recessed lighting and french doors leading to your very own low maintenance garden. Each unit's kitchen is purpose built with quality fixtures, ample bench space and storage, an induction cook top, oven and dishwasher. Each bathroom includes a walk-in shower for ease of access and aids to help you safely get around can be installed on request.

Warrina independent unit residents have the security of knowing that they own their own title to their land and unit. There are no lease backs of loan licenses for resident's units. Also, there are no unexpected costs when you move into the village or leave your unit. Owner's corporation fees are spent wholly for the benefit of unit owners. Deferred management fees will be capped at no more than 2.75 per cent and are payable when you sell your unit.

And last but not least is the lifestyle you will enjoy at Warrina Retirement Village. From keeping fit in the gym to meeting with a group for a bus trip, there is plenty to enjoy, you decide how much or how little you want to take part. It all adds up to making an important stage of your life a safe and happy one.

To find out more please contact David Oliver at Raine & Horne Gisborne/Macedon Ranges on 0403 023 706.

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165 MOLLISON STREET, KYNETON VIC 3444 Jenny Stewart 0408 389 071

connallys.com.au/realestate.view.com.au

Mark Watson 0407 097 609

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HOME FOCUS

Inspirational and impressive Need a builder?

Sitting in a sought after established location, this land offers the astute buyer an outstanding opportunity to build the home they have always dreamed about.

The generous 1059m2 approx parcel of land with scattered gum trees gives you the choice of building your ideal forever home.

Within walking distance to historic Piper Street, Campaspe River Walk and the thriving township of Kyneton, opportunities like this don't come around often.

All town services are available and it's in the Neighbourhood Residential Zone.

HOME ESSENTIALS Property: Well-positioned vacant land Address: 53 Beauchamp Street, Kyneton Price: $370,000 Agent: Raine & Horne Kyneton Contact: 5422 2678

Whether you've just purchased a block of land ready to build your dream home, are thinking of selling your existing home and need to 'spruce it up' for sale, or wanting to enhance one you have just moved into, James Nolan of Nolan Builds is the person to contact.

James has been a carpenter for 10 years and completed an apprenticeship with a local builder in Riddells Creek. He knows central Victoria well, it's weather and people's housing and building needs. As a person who went to school in the area, and one who has a near-lifelong association with the Riddell Football Netball Club, James gets plenty of feedback and so knows what is best for his clients.

He can build anything from a pool fence (yes, they can look good!) to an entire house.

If you have been looking at something in your home which needs a carpenter to repair it, James can do that too. All your building needs and problems can be solved.

He can build you that extra room, improve the outdoor area with some beautiful decking or build you a pergola for outdoor living.

He does commercial work, too. He lived in Darwin for 12 months and did a major childcare centre build, to name just one of his projects. Contact James on 0437 682 442.

LOW MAINTENANCE LIVING THAT´S CONVENIENTLY CLOSE TO EVERYTHING YOU NEED, AND HAS JUST WHAT YOU WANT - INSIDE AND OUT. The spacious open plans includes a full kitchen with dishwasher, plentiful bench space and ample cupboards. Dine inside or step through the sliding doors to your private courtyard, which you can also access via the side gate. Pets are permi ed. These homes have split system heating/cooling.

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24 hour emergency nurse call on site Purpose build recreation centre including cafe, gym, meeting room and hairdressing salon Full activities and lifestyle program Shopping Bus Commonwealth funded aged care facility on site Home care optional

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KN251120

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"WARRINA VILLAGE" - NEW GISBORNE

36-Tuesday, June 23, 2020

MIDLAND EXPRESS

HOME FOCUS

Move right in!

Luxurious entertainer

This home has three bedrooms - all with built-in robes - separate lounge, kitchen-dining and a good sized bathroom. The house has a rear deck over looking the garden area, which is spacious and has scope for further development. There is ample room for a shed or garage.

The house and property are in excellent order throughout - you can move in straightaway.

The location is perfect for a stroll to the botanical gardens or the Mill complex. For commuters it's a delightful walk to the train station.

T OFI SA m a 1 1 12.15pm

117 Gingell Street Castlemaine

LOCATION LOCATION

This excellent 2 bedroom brick home is set on a charming block. Featuring, BIRs in both bedrooms, spacious open living, car parking for 2 cars onsite & a delightful garden.

maltbyproperty.com.au

NEW LISTING

KN251166

$433,700

0407 349 969

Enjoy a pampered and relaxed family lifestyle with this luxurious entertainer home at the end of Alfred Drive - a lovely cul-de-sac so close to the town centre and so near to the historic Maldon steam train line and adjoining walking-riding path.

The home is level and set over nearly 31 squares with quality style and finishes throughout.

The home and property features include: * A wide entry hallway * Four bedrooms with robes, main and ensuite bathrooms * Living room and dining that open out to a covered alfresco deck * Separate lounge and games rooms *Large kitchen with quality appliances * A study/office room * Oversize double garage with direct home entry * Covered alfresco deck and patio * Private entertaining gazebo with heated spa * Fenced, easy care gardens perfect for a busy lifestyle Inspection by appointment only.

HOME ESSENTIALS

HOME ESSENTIALS

Property: Charming three bedroom home Address: 76A Gingell Street Castlemaine Price: $458,000 Agent: Maltby Property Contact: 0407 349 969

Property: Four bedrooms, three living areas and the great outdoors Address: 12 Alfred Drive, Castlemaine Price: $945,000 Agent: Waller Realty Contact: 5470 5811

PLANS. PERMITS. READY.

KELLY’S RUN

• 7.7 acre lot with town water connected & power to boundary

• Immaculately maintained 3 bedroom residence with open plan living & huge all weather sunroom

• Ready to build with all permits plus plans for 4 BR eco-friendly home

• 14 acres w 2 dams, working bore, excellent fencing & 2KW solar

• Fully fenced, sealed road access, views to Mt Alexander & surrounding countryside

• 8x10m shed & 7.5x6.5m shed with remote roll doors, conc & power

• Only 5 mins to Castlemaine centre

18 Donkey Gully Road

Inspect: Sat 27/6 at 1:30-2:00pm Agent: Di Selwood 0488 148 358

$350,000 - $370,000 NEW PRICE

YAPEEN

Inspect: Sat 27/6 at 12:30-1:00pm

507 Muckleford-Yapeen Rd

Agent: Di Selwood 0488 148 358

$595,000 - $615,000

A3B1C5

RESORT-STYLE INDEPENDENT LIVING WITH FREEDOM

OUTSTANDING LOCATION IN PICTURESQUE HARCOURT

• Independent living at Aviva Communities Village

• Brand new Wright Family Homes build with a beautiful outlook

• Light filled, open plan modern kitchen /dining /living areas

• Forest trails and mountain bike tracks on your doorstep

• Outside is a single carport, garden shed and a lovely alfresco area

• Double gates allow for vehicle access or caravan storage

KANGAROO FLAT

Inspect: Sat 27/6 at 11:00-11:30am

108/15-31 Furness Street

Agent: Kaylene Disher 0431 039 512

$225,000 - $235,000

A2B1C1

HARCOURT

Inspect: Sat 27/6 at 10:00-10:30am

24 Pippin Court

Agent: Kaylene Disher 0431 039 512

$580,000

A4B2C2

Nathan Diss 0448 010 057

Di Selwood 0488 148 358

Kaylene Disher 0431 039 512

bendigopropertyplus.com.au

KN251100

CAMPBELLS CREEK

MIDLAND EXPRESS

Tuesday, June 23, 2020-37

Inspection by Appointment

Inspection by Appointment

Muckleford | 9 Hamiltons Lane 10 ACRES IN MAGICAL MUCKLEFORD, MODERN BESPOKE HOME

| $839,000 Castlemaine | 12 Alfred Drive 4 J 2 E 4 L LUXURIOUS ENTERTAINER WITH INDULGENT SPACE

Set adjacent to the beautiful Castlemaine Golf course, this picturesque 10 acre parcel has grazing land and gum trees, and 2 dams. Just 6km from the Castlemaine Train Station and with the local school bus stop just nearby the front gate, this nicely presented property features a Davis Sanders brick home with 200m2 of living that includes 4 bedrooms with robes, main and ensuite bathrooms, two living areas including the main with a dining zone, large kitchen with Miele and Smeg appliances, soft close drawers and glassed doors that open to a alfresco area with BBQ. There is a double garage with direct access, fenced home gardens, 64,000 litres of tank water and a separate 8x10m workshop/garage with concrete floor and power. There is NBN internet, great views and privacy so close to the town centre.

Open for Inspection: Saturday 11:15AM-11:45AM

| $945,000 4J 2E 3L

Enjoy a pampered and relaxed family lifestyle with this luxurious entertainer home at the end of Alfred Drive - a lovely cul-de-sac so close to the town centre and so near to the historic Maldon Steam train line and adjoining walking-riding path. The home is level and set over nearly 31 squares with quality style and finishes throughout. The home and property features include: • a wide entry hallway • a study/office room • 4 bedrooms with robes, main and ensuite bathrooms • oversize double garage with direct home entry • living room and dining that open out to a covered alfresco deck • covered alfresco deck and patio • separate lounge and games rooms • private entertaining gazebo with heated spa • large kitchen with quality appliances • fenced, easy care gardens perfect for a busy lifestyle INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT Open for Inspection: Saturday 10:30AM-11:00AM

McKenzie Hill | 3 Alfred Drive LIVE THE LIFESTYLE

| $589,000 Castlemaine | 31 Lawrence Street 4 J 2 E 2 L MARVELLOUS MID-CENTURY HOME ON LAWRENCE STREET

Quietly positioned in a terrific neighbourhood and on 769m2, this well maintained brick home has a rendered façade, pavement driveway and an extra parking space. Outdoors features a lush lawn garden with watering system, fully fenced yard with north aspect and a leafy outlook, plus there is a covered outdoor area for entertaining that has great privacy. The 170m2 interior features 4 bedrooms with robes, 2 generous living areas, quality window furnishings, large kitchen, ducted & zoned reverse cycle air conditioning throughout, plus new main and ensuite bathrooms. There is a double garage with direct entry, high quality security doors, 5.5KW of solar, and new insulation. A great home in a terrific neighbourhood.

| $465,000 3J 1E 1L

A super neat home of the 1950s sits on a generous 780m2 allotment and features spacious rooms with large windows and much light. The home offers a verandah-patio entry, hallway, large lounge room with brick open fireplace, updated kitchen with meals area, 3 bedrooms with built-in robes, large bathroom and laundry with separate toilet. There is 4KW of solar, extra insulation and the home has timber floor boards under the carpet ripe for polishing. The grounds include much level space, a side driveway, and a garage/workshop. Enjoy a great street and position with 1950s style and ease to further enhance.

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

| $439,000

Open for Inspection: Saturday 11:15AM-11:45AM

BRICK HOME WITH SMART INTERIOR & GREAT SHEDDING!

Positioned in a great spot 1.4km from the Train Station and even closer to the shops and Winters Flat primary school, this very tidy Brick Home is on a 684m2 allotment. The home is light and has a smartly updated interior including a modern kitchen with dishwasher, meals area and adjoining open lounge room. There are 3 bedrooms (2 with robes), updated bathroom and a separate toilet.

The home has a front verandah, rear elevated balcony with a view and the grounds include a double garage and a carport/caravan bay.

Invest, occupy, enjoy the trimmings!

Rob Waller 0418 571 130 DIRECTOR

Tom Robertson 0408 596 871 SALES

Leah Panos 0419 116 904 SALES

Brett Tweed 0417 564 697 SALES

Nick Haslam 0418 322 789 SALES

Brooke Ginnivan 0447 751 516 SALES

3 Bed, 1 Bath, 3 Cars

$320pw

10 Warnock Street, Maldon

3 Bed, 1 Bath, 3 Cars

$340pw

2A McLeod Street, Maldon

3 Bed, 2 Bath

$340pw

14 Lowther Street, Maldon

4 Bed, 2 Baths

$370pw

60 Elizabeth Street, Castlemaine

3 Bed, 1 Baths, 1 Car

$380pw

28 Templeton Street, Maldon

3 Bed, 1 Bath, 5 Cars

$400pw

COMMERCIAL RENTALS George Clarke Place, 203-205 Barker Street: Shops 6 and 7, Offices 6 and 9

contact office for details

10 William Street, Castlemaine

contact office for details

Part 12 Langslow Street, Castlemaine

contact office for details

Shops 1 and 3, 8 High Street, Maldon

$200 pw each + Outgoings

29 Main Street, Maldon

$330 pw + Outgoings

6 Main Street, Maldon

contact office for details

Shop 2, 26 High St Maldon (The Grand)

Narelle Waller 0408 571 131 PROPERTY MANAGER

Blasi Mulholland LEASING MANAGER

www.wallerrealty.com.au

167 Barker Street, Castlemaine Vic (03) 5470 5811 | 30A Main Street, Maldon (03) 5475 1055

$780pcm + Outgoings

Beth Bayliss PROPERTY MANAGER

Laura Miller PROPERTY MANAGER

KN251168

CASTLEMAINE | 23 Ray Street

2 Parkins Reef Road, Maldon

38-Tuesday, June 23, 2020

MIDLAND EXPRESS

HOME FOCUS

An outstanding property

A truly unique property on approximately 20 acres plus four acres leasehold with magnificent views across the picturesque Harcourt Valley, Mount Alexander and beyond is the perfect country escape.

The property is secluded yet ideally located just 10 minutes to Castlemaine, 20 minutes to Bendigo and 90 minutes to Melbourne. The house features three bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk-in robe, open plan kitchen/dining, living area, family room, main bathroom and a study or fourth bedroom.

The beautifully appointed kitchen has stainless steel appliances, electric cooking, dishwasher and central island bench Expansive north-facing full length windows flood the home with natural light. The central heating system and split system air-conditioners provide the home with year round comfort.

The verandah and large undercover patio area are covered in the most beautiful vines, a perfect place for entertaining family or friends while taking in the breath-taking rural views. There are beautifully established rose gardens surrounding the home.

The impressive shedding includes a four bay machinery shed with adjoining double carport and caravan-port plus another 40' x 25' workshop with power and water connected. a second double carport adjoins the home. Approximately three acres of vineyard is also included, containing 1500 vines of shiraz and producing up to 200 dozen bottles annually. There is a bore that supplies water to the vines and garden via an irrigation system. A 20,000 gallon rain water tank supplies water to the home. Potential for future subdivision (STCA) An outstanding property that is sure to impress!

HOME ESSENTIALS Property: Country living with breathtaking views on approx 20 acres Address: 31 Gaaschs Road, Harcourt Price: $1,175,000 Agent: Keogh Real Estate Contact: 5472 1248

www.keoghrealestate.com 21 HARGRAVES STREET CASTLEMAINE M: 0400 221 248 P: 5472 1248

NEW LISTING

1 Dinnys Lane, Campbells Creek

A HOME WITH CHARACTER

$485,000

- Comprising of three bedrooms, kitchen/dining, two living areas, two bathrooms and laundry.

- Newly renovated and extended, very quiet location - Large 7.5m x6m double garage/workshop - Inspections available soon

5 MACAFEE ROAD, CASTLEMAINE

$625,000

MODERN HOME IN GREAT LOCATION - 3 MINUTES TO TOWN CENTRE

- Spacious, light-ďŹ lled living/dining and kitchen - 3 generous size bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk-in robe - Rear verandah with cafe blinds, decked area and established gardens

NEW LISTING

3/1A Saint Street, Castlemaine

GREAT UNIT IN SUPURB LOCATION

$415,000

- Featuring two bedrooms with large built-in robes, kitchen and dining, bathroom, laundry & large living area.

- Private garden, low maintenance with garden shed - Located just a few hundred metres from Castlemaine CBD

5 MOLLY DRIVE, HARCOURT

BUILDING BLOCK - 840M2

$210,000

- Level allotment in brand new estate - Town water, sewerage, power and NBN all available - Views to Mount Alexander - Prime location - short walk to Harcourt township, 7 minutes to Castlemaine and 20 minutes to Bendigo.

KN251148

CENTRAL LOCATION

MIDLAND EXPRESS

Tuesday, June 23, 2020-39

Established 1949

Pastoria (Pipers Creek) 372 Goochs Lane

Price $1,350,000

Boonderoo on 37 Ha (91 Acres) A Dream Permanent Living or Country Retreat Tree Change Opportunity

View Saturday 27 June 12-12.30pm or by appointment

If total privacy, stunning long north-facing panoramic views over rolling hills, approximately 55 acres of natural bush, a seasonal creek and a character architect-designed granite stone veneer residence with passive solar features are what you would enjoy, this property could be what you are looking for. Accommodation includes open plan family room, dining area and kitchen, very large lounge, study, bathroom, 3 bedrooms, main with ensuite and WIR. Kyneton 15 minutes, Woodend 20 minutes and Melbourne CBD approx. 70 minutes.

Sandi Barry-Mueller 0408 392 347 Peter Wood 0408 886 774 John Keating 0419 880 444

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Kyneton 345 Lauriston Reservoir Road

Norton Park c1860 - Victorian Farm House and Outbuildings on 14.97Ha (Approx. 37 Acres) This very charming 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Victorian farm house is nestled amid a beautiful garden setting with breathtaking big sky views, terrific outbuildings inc studio/4th bedroom.

Five stock paddocks with good soils, town water, rain water storage for the garden and a magnificent vegetable garden. A very rare and unique small rural holding in the beautiful Macedon Ranges. Minutes from town and VLine train services.

SOL

Sandi Barry-Mueller 0408 392 347 Peter Wood 0408 886 774 John Keating 0419 880 444

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Trentham East 698 James Lane Lifestyle in Abundance

Set on an acre of beautiful grounds with mature trees, exceptional privacy, productive vegetable gardens, netted orchard, chicken coop, bee hives and greenhouses. The home is warm and welcoming with two living areas, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is all things quintessentially country with natural light and outlook from the windows to the garden.

Excellent water supply from a spring water bore, 5kw solar system to the grid, double carport, and separate studio space.

Sandi Barry-Mueller 0408 392 347 Peter Wood 0408 886 774 John Keating 0419 880 444

KN251150

SOL

40-Tuesday, June 23, 2020

MIDLAND EXPRESS

TRADES&SERVICES

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CONCRETING

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KN243820

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KN250862

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KN251193K

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KN243822

15 Years Experience.

Located in Castlemaine

Licence – 50867

SHOWROOM OPEN

Monday to Friday: 8.30 am- 5 pm.

Saturday: 8.30 am - 12 pm

224 Barker Street, Castlemaine. Phone: 5472 2533

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KN243696

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KN248272

Locally based: Supporting Macedon Ranges and surrounds

ECOLOGIC PLUMBING

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KN243699

It's now the time to clean, service and test your appliances Call Paul 5422 7040 | 0412 199 668 Hydronic and Ducted Gas Heating

ELECTRICAL

LAND SURVEYING

GLASS Est. 1970 FAST GLASS Replacements

5428 2899

www.macedonrangesglass.com.au

Servicing Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges Shires and surrounds E: rowan@walshmobbs.com.au

Planning Permits – Subdivisions – Title Surveys – Levels/Contours – Boundary Check Surveys – Feature Surveys – Building Set-outs – Adverse Possession

Licensed Surveyor: Rowan Mobbs – 0408 994 985

KN243811

Member of Australian Glass and Glazing Associations

KN243824

KN249481

Jacob Pearce

KN243813

MACEDON RANGES GLASS Kyneton and Macedon Ranges Trusted Electrician for over 10 years!

P: 0400 228 669 – Domestic E: jacob@pearcetech.com.au – Commercial W: www.pearcetech.com.au – Industrial

Advertise your business now!

Electrical & Data Specialists Reliable Professional Service

03 5479 1800 pcelectric.com.au

SERVICING THE MACEDON RANGES

KN245937

REC 20074

DALE 0438 510 334 You could have an advertisement in this Directory for as little as

$56 (incl. gst. per week)

Phone Kerrie 5422 1488

Phone Kerrie on 5422 1488 to book your space

KN243835

Chantal Henderson

General Repairs, Maintenance, Tiling, Carpentry,

Antennas

PLUMBING

Painting, Gardening

Best View

HANDYMAN

KN243827

FINANCIAL PLANNING

KN250020

ANTENNAS

MIDLAND EXPRESS

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TRADES&SERVICES TOLLEYS ELECTRIC PUMP SERVICE HARCOURT

TREE LOPPING KN243817

SEPTIC KN243812

PUMP REPAIRS

★ Your pumps serviced ON SITE ★ Insurance reports ★ Bore Pump SERVICE SPECIALIST

KN243819

Phone 0418 526 769

QUALIFIED TRADESMAN www.pump.shop

Septic Tank and Grease Trap De-Sludging 7 DAYS A WEEK

REBLOCKING

0418 507 172

SIMS

SEPTIC TANK & GREASE TRAP CLEANING

KN243700

Houses, Schools, Halls and Sheds as well as construct or reinstall verandahs and decks

Fully Insured HIA Member

5429 1735 / 0428 322 486

Anthony De Fazio Arborist

7 days a week, all areas.

Also available high pressure drain cleaning and septic tank lines.

Best prices

Family owned and operated

EPA Permit

0417 059 969

You could have an advertisement in this Directory for as little as KN243816

WE RESTUMP AND UNDERPIN

$56 (incl. gst. per week)

Phone Kerrie 5422 1488

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RENDERING ng Creaoti y ur vision Cement & Acrylic Rendering Professionals KN243752

OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Qualified arborist providing commercial and residential tree maintenance

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www.countrywidebuildingservices.com.au

REGISTERED BUILDING PRACTITIONER OBLIGATION FREE QUOTE Over 20 years experience

TREE SERVICES

KN243653

0438 742 880

QUALIFIED ARBORIST

0417 479 491 www.rendersolutions.com.au

Sign on for 13 weeks or more and get a Business Profile and a listing on the Midland Directory

Call Kerrie 5422 1488

Rose's Liquid Waste Locally owned and operated for over 30 years. Their experienced operators are professional, friendly and available seven days a week! They can provide advice on the best way to maintain the health of your septic systems.

If it has been more than three years since you had your septic cleaned, or there are bad smells or gurgling coming from your septic tank, toilets or drains, then you need to call Roses Liquid Waste, your Macedon Ranges based septic tank cleaning specialist.

Roses specialises in septic tank pump outs, including all brands of treatment plants, sewer transfers, holding tank pump outs, commercial grease trap pump outs, triple interceptors and industrial car washes.

Contact Roses for an assessment and they'll be in touch to discuss your septic tank requirements.

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MIDLAND EXPRESS

IN PERSON

BY EMAIL

KYNETON 3 Market St. CASTLEMAINE 29 Templeton St.

Kyneton: classifieds@midnews.com.au Castlemaine: jcolley@midnews.com.au

Open Hours: 8.30 am - 5 pm

your advertisement to: Elliott Midland Newspapers, PO Box 153, Kyneton, Vic. 3444.

Classi ieds

OR MAIL

BY PHONE KYNETON CASTLEMAINE

5422 1488 5472 1788

WHEN TO BOOK Midland Express Tuesday Issue: 5 pm Friday Births and Deaths: 9.30 am Monday prior

Castlemaine Mail Friday Issue: 5 pm Wednesday Births and Deaths: 9.30 am Thursday prior

All private party classified advertisements MUST be paid for by cash/cheque/credit card BEFORE publication.

CLASSIFIEDS PERSONAL ADVERTISERS

FOUND ADVERTISEMENTS DOG/CAT ADVERTISERS

CLASSIFIEDS

5422 1488 Kyneton 5472 1788 Castlemaine

Deaths TURNER — Peter.

Sincere condolences to the Turner family.

A very good friend and mate, a true gentleman, fond memories of working in the shed with Peter and Kevin, will remain with me forever.

Peter will be sadly missed by all.

– Mick Whiteside and family.

KN251162

DAVENPORT In loving memory of my wonderful husband.

Our dad, grandpa and great grandpa.

Loved by all Missed by all

Marion, Christine, Sandy, Robyn and all the family.

RALPH - George

17.3.1927 - 22.6.2013 Loving memories of our beloved George.

Bev and family.

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STONEMASON

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TRADITIONAL MONUMENTS for an DESIGNED MONUMENTS appointment GENERAL STONE MASONRY

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HUNTLY BARTON

Mob: 0408 596 847

CENTRAL VIC. SELF STORAGE

0408 510 163

Wanted To Buy

IS alcohol your problem?

For help phone 9429 1833.

Phone Cheryl on

WANTED TO BUY

STABLE MULCH

Unlimited supply of stable mulch available SMALL fluffy white toy from our stables rabbit on the Kalimna Tourist Road. Phone or Blue Barn Lennox Street, Kyneton. text 0408 412 663.

4am to 9am and 2.30pm to 4pm daily.

FOUND ADVERTS ARE Take 20 bags or more PUBLISHED FREE! and we will PAY you!

If you have found lost property, we’ll Best garden and vegetable help locate the owner free of charge.

Simply provide the details of your “find”, mulch you will ever use. and your phone number for publication.

Farm & Plantation Manager

Location: Inglewood Victoria, Loddon Shire

Felton Grimwade & Bosisto’s Pty Ltd (FGB) is a growing Australian-owned company which manufactures and markets a range of safe, natural and effective products sold nationally through pharmacy and supermarket channels.

This role will report to the CEO (Melbourne based) and will be directly responsible for the management of the Company’s farm, plantation, research and development activities as well as farm personnel.

0437 441 276

KN251187/L

KN251191

KN251192

Wm. THOS JONES & SON

SAVE ON

STORAGE

NOW OPEN

Good conditions and wages and we are local.

Training provided.

Great opportunity for a progressive fit person.

Must have reliable transport.

Time wasters won’t be responded to.

Funeral Services

Chermau Hair Care is

Local Gisborne manufacturing business requires a mechanically minded person to join our busy team.

To assist with small volume powder coating and fitting accessories to vehicles.

We manufacture accessories for the vehicle industry both recreational and commercial.

Send resumes to Mark via marko@rvss.com.au

KN248219

READ ALL ABOUT IT

TILT tray for hire.

Ph 0419 723 938.

5470 6917

Public Notices

Powder Coater / Installer

Dearly loved wife of David.

Loving mother of Sarndra, Marcus and Gerrard and mother-in-law of Michelle and Claudio.

Much loved Nanna of James, Sarah, Jasmine, Laura, Ashlee and Victoria.

right to revise and restrict any advertisement we deem

We are online

5472 5277 https//maaw.org.au Facebook and Instagram

Employment

Due to current restrictions, a private funeral will be held.

No flowers please

KN251156

FORKLIFT for hire.

Phone 0419 723 938.

Please note that due to social distancing requirements bookings for the AGM are essential.

Please contact the Manager on 5422 6735

☞ 24 hr Monitored Alarms ☞ PIN # Access 7 Days ☞ State-of-the-Art Buildings ☞ Insurance Available ☞ Cartons for Sale 3 minutes from the PO

KN251172

Beginners and Intermediate.

Wanted to join small group of others eager to play.

Please ring 0407 887 858

Passed away peacefully in Castlemaine on June 20, 2020, aged 78 years.

in repeat advertisements that are not drawn to our

24 Langslow St, Castlemaine

RECORDER PLAYERS

Eva Evans (nee Jones)

our office immediately after appearance of the first

Please contact Julie or Andrea on 5472 1788 or email jcolley@midnew.com.au

For Hire

Brian Lawrence

Deaths

ERRORS

CASTLEMAINE & CAMPBELLS CREEK

KN250712

24/09/1935 - 23/06/2019.

RIP my friend.

dog or cat for sale unless the advertisement includes and the the animal's

In Memoriam

to deliver newspapers in

Inky, DMH male,

Shy farm boy needs quiet home MC#956000012144227 Source number BR100938 Our shelter is currently open by appointment only.

Please call to enquire

Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Kyneton RSL Sub-Branch Inc. at 5 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Land For Sale

3 BLOCKS OF LAND FOR SALE LOT 1 - 1430 m² LOT 2 - 1010 m² LOT 5 - 1016 m²

Well-insulated, near-new family home in excellent condition on 2-7 acres near Kyneton.

Prefer established gardens, quiet location and rural outlook.

Please call 0417 375 041

Wanted To Sell

Maryborough area. $45,000 each or buy all 3 for $28,000 each.

Phone: 0427 486 719

KN251066

VEHICLE ADVERTISERS Private vendors of motor vehicles advertised for sale must include in their advertisement:

Classi ieds

WALKERS WANTED

SELF STORAGE 16 Hitchcock Street

KN251171

CLASSIFIED GUIDELINES

For funeral enquiries contact Natural Grace Holistic Funeral Directors 1300 008 037

Elliott Midland Newspapers P/L

CASTLEMAINE

Mt Alexander Animal Welfare (MAAW)

2 DORPER sheep, 1 ram, $350 the lot.

Ph 0419 995 712.

FIREWOOD, top quality, matured split redgum, delivered 3 - 20 m3 loads.

Ph 5474 2590.

Public Notices

Pine Plantations Wanted TBJ Resources is an experienced pine log purchaser.

We wish to expand our supply to privately owned woodlots in your area.

If you have any woodlots that are worthwhile our team inspecting, then please contact Randall, Simon or Jian.

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Section 29 of the Fair Trading Act 1999 requires the inclusion of a full name and address (not PO Box Number) – in all advertisements for the supply of goods and services.

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motel in Kyneton. Must be organised, reliable with a good eye for detail.

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Planning Scheme Amendment C126 Planning and Environment Act 1987

MACEDON RANGES PLANNING SCHEME Notice of the Preparation of an Amendment (Re-exhibited) The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has prepared Amendment C126macr to the Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme.

The land affected by this amendment is: Bullengarook Monegeetta Fern Hill Mount Macedon Gisborne New Gisborne Kyneton Riddells Creek

Macedon

Woodend

Malmsbury

The amendment proposes to correct errors and anomalies, makes minor changes to zoning and overlay mapping and minor ordinance changes to the Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme. This includes rezoning various public reserves to the most appropriate zoning; correctly applying the Heritage Overlay to heritage places within Kyneton; removing the Environmental Significance Overlay Schedule 2 (ESO2) and reference to the ESO2 from Clause 72.03; rezoning public and private land to reflect its current private or public use; realigns the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 24, Neighbourhood Residential Zone and Commercial 1 Zone along lot boundaries along Main Street, Mahoneys Road and Bolithos Road Riddells Creek; amends Schedule 24 to the Design and Development Overlay to reflect the changes to the extent of the overlay and corrects other overlay anomalies identified. The amendment will also amend Clause 21.13-5 to correct the Riddells Creek Strategic Framework Map inset to identify land south of the Riddells Creek Railway line from priority residential development precinct to future investigation area and change the Riddells Creek Strategic Framework Map to reflect the zoning changes.

Due to the widespread impact of pandemic restrictions, the Planning and Environment Act 1987 was recently amended to allow Victorian Councils to display amendment documents on their websites instead of providing physical hard copies for inspection at their offices.

You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at: mrsc.vic.gov.au/yoursay www.delwp.vic.gov.au/public-inspection

Any person who may be affected by the amendment may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make.

Name and contact details of submitters are required for council to consider submissions and to notify such persons of the opportunity to attend council meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions. The closing date for submissions is 03 August 2020. A submission must be sent to the Macedon Ranges Shire Council at PO Box 151, Kyneton, VIC 3444 or via email to mrsc@mrsc.vic.gov.au.

The planning authority must make a copy of every submission available on its website for any person to inspect for two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses.

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notice of tariffs for water and wastewater

>Effective 1 July 2020

All charges are calculated on a daily basis unless otherwise stated, with amounts charged quarterly.

rural tariff schedule 2020/2021

All charges, whether based on a three month period, a meter reading or other method, must be paid by the date specified in the invoice.

Access Charges (per annum)

Unmodernised Rural Tariffs

If no date is specified, then 28 days from the date the invoice was issued.

Prices exclude GST except where indicated on invoices.

urban water access fees 2020/2021 Service Size

Treated

Untreated & Recycled*

Fire Service

Unconnected Vacant Land

N/A

N/A

N/A

0-20mm meter

$227.29

$113.64

N/A

25mm meter

$355.15

$177.57

N/A

32mm meter

$581.88

$290.94

$54.98

40mm meter

$909.20

$454.60

$82.49

50mm meter

$1,420.63

$710.31

80mm meter

$3,636.82

100mm meter

$5,682.54 $12,785.73

$851.59

Channel

$478.59

Channel – Single Shared

$382.87

Storage Access

$106.10

Volume Charge (per ML)

$260.1340

Infrastructure Charge (per ML licence volume)

$164.79

Excess Usage (per ML)

$3,272.3191

Outlet Fees (per additional outlet) 2+ outlets

$27.36

Modernised Rural Tariffs

Charge

3

Access Charges (per meter) 0-20mm meter

$227.29

25mm meter

$355.15

32mm meter

$581.88

$118.54

40mm meter

$909.20

$1,818.41

$283.38

50mm meter

$1,420.63

$2,841.27

$442.82

80mm meter

$3,636.82

$930.58

Volume Charge (per ML)

$260.1340

Infrastructure Charge (per ML licence volume)

$247.54

$6,392.86

* Non-residential recycled Water Access Fee is based on 50% of the Urban Water Access Fee. * Urban Untreated Water Access Fee is based on 50% of the Urban Water Access Fee. * Residential Recycled 20mm meter or less Access Fee is $0.00 from 2020/21.

water variable charges 2020/2021

Including Infrastructure – Modernised Headworks

$24.75

Including Infrastructure – Modernised Network

$222.79

Excess Usage (per ML)

$3,272.3191

Termination Fee 4

$2,227.90

Water Volumetric $/kL 1

Other Rural Charges

Water Supply

All Districts

Rural Transfer Admin Fee (per transfer)

Treated

$2.2435

Untreated

$1.1217

Recycled

$1.6825

1

Charge 5

$65.00

3

Modernised prices are relevant to the Harcourt system.

Termination Fees are payable per ML of licence volume relinquished or permanently traded outside of the Modernised system.

5 The Rural Transfer Admin Fee is applicable to all rural transfers. ML = Megalitre 4

The allocation of towns for water volumetric tariffs are outlined. kL = Kilolitre

other charges for 2020/2021

allocation of towns for water consumption districts

New Customer Contribution (Per Lot)

$/Lot

Water NCC

$1,684.20

Pricing District

Towns

Water (non-growth) NCC

$1,347.35

Sewer NCC

$1,684.20

Sewer (non-growth) NCC

$1,347.35

Recycled Water NCC

$842.09

Core Miscellaneous Services

Charge

Project Management Fee (per project)

$697.87

Treated District

Axedale, Barkers Creek, Bealiba, Bendigo, Boort, Bridgewater, Campbells Creek, Castlemaine, Chewton, Cohuna, Dunolly, Echuca, Elmore, Elphinstone, Fryerstown, Gannawarra, Goornong, Guildford, Gunbower, Harcourt, Heathcote, Huntly, Inglewood, Korong Vale, Kyneton, Laanecoorie, Leitchville, Lockington, Maiden Gully, Maldon, Maldon-Newstead Pipeline, Malmsbury, Mandurang, Marong, Mead, Newstead, Pyramid Hill, Raywood, Rochester, Sebastian, Serpentine, Strathfieldsaye, Taradale, Tarnagulla, Tooborac, Trentham, Tylden, Wedderburn, Yapeen.

Project Management Fee (per lot)

$93.30

Fast Track Project Management Fee (per project)

$1046.81

Fast Track Project Management Fee (per lot)

$139.94

Fast Track Practical Completion

$251.69

Recycled Connection inspection fee

$278.35

Consent to Erect a Structure (Build-over)

$313.62

Hydrant Flow and Pressure Test

$248.75

Standard Pressure Information

$107.55

Restrictor Action Fee

$106.60

Mains Extension Plan Resubmission Fee

$201.37

Repeat Site Inspection Fee

$201.37

Special Meter Reading Fee

$19.45

Information Statement

$29.22

Water and Sewer Plan Amendment Fee

$75.05

Application Fee 6

$76.04

Non-core miscellaneous services

Actual Cost

Sewer Volume Charge 2 (per kL discharge above threshold)

Major Trade Waste Charges

Charge

Non Residential Only

Access Fee (per annum)

Pricing Principles

Volume Charge (per kL)

$0.9735

Untreated District

Borung, Dingee, Elmore (untreated), Goornong (untreated), Jarklin, Kyneton (untreated), Macorna, Mitiamo, Mysia, Wychitella.

urban sewer access fees 2020/2021 Residential and Non Residential

$683.03

Elmore

$559.03

sewer volume charge 2020/2021

2

$0.9735

Applies to discharge in excess of 0.63 kL per day, equivalent to 230 kL per year, in any given billing period. kL = Kilolitre

Fees and Charges are payable at Coliban Water, 37-45 Bridge Street, Bendigo; Australia Post Offices and Agencies; and other agencies as determined by Coliban Water.

Concessions are available to eligible concession and HealthCare Card holders.

Contact Coliban Water for more information or apply online: www.coliban.com.au CC_CW_180620B

Pipeline

Quality Parameters (per kg) Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD )

$0.3898

Suspended Solids (SS)

$0.8326

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)

$1.6525

Phosphorus (P)

$3.1948

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

$0.0249

Sampling

Actual Cost

Minor Trade Waste (per annum)

$157.28

6

New water or recycled connections, building, renovation or demolition applications and amendments to water or sewer connection.

1300 363 200

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Reservoir recreation areas maintenance – Kyneton and Harcourt Coliban Water invites tender submissions for the provision of services to maintain our recreational areas mostly at Lauriston, Malmsbury, Upper Coliban and Barkers Creek reservoirs, but also at our other storage basins in our region. Services will include mowing, slashing, brush cutting and pruning.

Mark 0418 336 612

TENDER > 1217/2020

Earthmoving

Reservoir facilities cleaning Kyneton and Harcourt Coliban Water invites tender submissions for cleaning services for our facilities at Lauriston, Malmsbury, Upper Coliban and Barkers Creek reservoirs.

BOBCAT SERVICES

Tenders close 2pm AEST on Tuesday 21 July 2020 at the Electronic Tender Box via the Tenders Vic website.

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Tender documents can be downloaded at www.tenders.vic.gov.au by searching under ‘Coliban Water’.

Phone Colin 0417 509 699

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Council’s Local Laws No. 2-6, and the Local Law Procedures, are due to expire (cease effective operation) on 24 November 2020.

A proposed General Local Law 2020 (the Law) has been prepared by Council to consolidate each of its existing Local Laws into one Law, with the exception of the Local Law No. 1, which relates to Council Meeting Procedures. The existing Local Law No. 1 remains unchanged.

The proposed General Local Law 2020 introduces additional clauses to manage new and emerging public safety, amenity, and environmental issues; removes redundant clauses to improve the operation of the Law; and makes other changes to improve how the clauses are read and implemented by Council and the community.

The objectives of the proposed General Local Law 2020 are to provide for: 1) The peace, order and good government of the municipal district 2) A safe and healthy environment so that the community of the municipal district can enjoy a quality of life that meets its expectations 3) The safe, fair and reasonable use and enjoyment of public places 4) The protection and enhancement of municipal buildings, public assets and Council assets and the amenity and environment of the municipal district 5) The safe, fair and reasonable use and enjoyment of property, and 6) The uniform and fair administration of the Law. A draft of the proposed General Local Law 2020 is available for review through Council’s website at www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/HaveYourSay. Any person who wishes to make a submission to Council on the updated version may do so in writing by forwarding feedback titled Local Law Review to Mr Jeffry Amy, Coordinator Community Safety and Amenity, Mount Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 or by email to info@mountalexander.vic.gov.au.

If you would like more information about the process to review the Local Laws, or any specific change being made please contact Mr Amy on (03) 5471 1764.

In addition to written submissions, there will be an opportunity for submissions to be heard in person at a Council meeting. Any person making a submission is entitled to request in the submission that the person wishes to appear in person or to be represented by a person specified in the submission at a meeting to be heard in support of the submission.

Submitters requesting to be heard will be advised of the day, time and place of the relevant Council meeting. Written submissions must be received by 5.00pm on Friday 31 July 2020.

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A $2000 buy brings joy

explained.

He settled on Lady Cellarbration, a four-year-old A large group of Lancemare with no placings from field golfers were excited 13 starts, a real bargain on Sunday when a horse basement buy at $2000 they each put $200 towards through the online bloodwon a $31,500 race at stock sales.

Bendigo.

Schmitt took on the task Lady Cellarbration's of spent getting the mare fit narrow victory in the 1400m on his Romsey track, with Maiden for four-year-olds fast work at Kilmore. and upwards also provided At her first start for the trainer and part-owner Dale new owners the mare ran Schmitt with his first winner fourth at huge odds at for five years.

Benalla; a third placing at To say celebrations Ballarat at $81 followed. were in order is an underTrainer Dale Schmitt and "She's didn't have much statement!

Lady Cellarbration at his Rom- luck at her last couple of Schmitt, now aged 63 sey property yesterday. runs, and in-form Craig and no longer a full-time Newitt was on board on trainer, has been involved Sunday … he rode a tremendous race for with the racing industry since 1984. He's us", Schmitt said. Newitt is a close family also a builder by trade and resides on a friend.

50-acre property between Romsey and The jockey took Lady Cellarbration to the Lancefield. Enough room to train a galloper front from barrier 8, and led into the straight. or two.

At the 100m mark she looked likely to be About three months ago, with COVID-19 overhauled, but held on bravely to hold off hitting the headlines, Lady Cellarbration Sly Sloth by 0.1 lengths. came into the lives of some keen Lancefield The proud owners (all golfers) are Mark golfers purely by chance.

Cruise, Alistair Beard, Denis Linehan, Jason Schmitt, who has played golf at LanceByron, Trevor Lambert, Glen Holland, Steve field for the past three seasons, just hapMontgomerie, Warren Young, Schmitt and pened to be in the Lancefield Hotel with felhis daughter Abbey. Several are first-time low golfer Alistair Beard, who had tossed up whether to go and see a mate's horse run at owners. Schmitt was mystified at the short TAB odds for the winner ($4.80 and $1.40) Flemington, or play golf; the latter won out. with the official starting price $7.50.

The conversation turned to racing, and "Someone must have put plenty on, and it Beard expressed interest in getting a share wasn't me," he quipped. in a horse.

"Special thanks must go to Jason Baldock "There's plenty of punters out at the golf for his dedicated track-work and race riding club, and some walked in …the idea of in the lead-up to this win," he added. racing a horse together just grew," Schmitt Bill West

Kyneton golf The ladies played stableford last Tuesday. A Grade winner was Marg Scoble (25) with 31 points from Robyn MacRae (29) with 27. The June Medal winner is Marg Scoble 10125-76.

Stableford was also played on Wednesday with four players presenting 33 points. The winner was Terry Gamble on a countback from Jesper Hansen who came in second on a countback from Mark Sciberras who came in third on a countback from Neil Watts in fourth position.

Thursday was the first round of the ladies doubles knockout. Julie Harris and Marion Orr def Marg Scoble and Vicki Nettleton 3/2, Denise Murphy and Robyn MacRae def Deb Kohlman and Joan Gibbs 3/2, Gini Dalton and Jenny Kerr def Deidre Dawes and Banksie Buckley 2up, Grace Parkinson and Dot Greenway def Helen Claverdon Jones and Irene Kozicz 3/2.

Saturday was the semi-finals of the CC Fisher Doubles KO. Ross Foreman and Mat Hodgkiss def Noel Alldis and Col O'Sullivan 4/3, Jason McClure and Nick Williamson def Damien Summers and Patrick Clohesy 5/4, Pete Robbins and Glenn Cook def Ross Martin and Mark Sciberras 3/2, Scott Murphy and Russell Turner def David Stark and Peter Cameron on the 19th.

The rest of the field played stableford. Jonah Harris (4) had the best score of 35 points from Jesper Hansen (9) with 30 points, the ladies winner was Robyn MacRae (30) with 24 points.

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The John Laing Shield quarter finals on Saturday were generally tight affairs with one match coming down to the final hole. The 4BBB par competition was also tight with many players having to chip close or sink lengthy putts to square a hole. Results were: 1. Andrew Laing (0) def 8. Chris vanDerVliet (7) - 4/3 3. Ryan Davies (18) def 6. Mal Mottram (0) - 1up 2. Anthony Lakey (1) def 7. Steve Wilkins (0) - 3/1 4. Rob Rea (17) v 5. Daniel Wright (0) - TBP 4BBB Par: Matt Hoyt (25)/Chris Burkett (25) - +3 from Andrew Clement (9)/Mitch Atlas (9) - Sq Course conditions were very heavy for those playing in the Royal Women's Hospital four-ball competition last Wednesday.

First place went to Beryl Cole (27) and Darlene Baker (21) 35 pts; second to Jenny Hartley (23) and Elaine Scanlon (32) 30pts; and third to Lorraine Robb (42) and Wendy Gosden (28) 29 pts.

Stableford was won by Dean Jones (4) 37 pts, with second place going to John Freestone (21) 25 pts.

Lancefield golf The men played stableford on Tuesday June 16. The winner was Peter McGill on 35pts.

The ladies also played stableford for their Wednesday competition. The winner was Jenni Vennell 32pts and runner-up went to Lyn Murchison 30pts.

It was a stroke competition for the men on Saturday, with the win going to Trevor Lambert 2/Nett 70. Runner-up was Denis Davenport 6/Nett 72 and in third place was Aaron Andrews: 20/Nett 73.

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Club joins positive role model move Ban looms As the footy season hopes to make a welcome return, members of the Woodend Hesket Football Netball Club are a part of a new online portrait exhibition called 'Role Modelling Respect'.

The portraits were taken early his year as part of a joint project between the club and Cobaw Community Health.

At the WHFNC registration day in February, players and members of the club were invited to be photographed holding statements that model respectful behaviour or challenge harmful social norms.

The exhibition of the photographs aims to help create a healthy community sporting environment and promote an inclusive club culture where every member feels safe and valued.

The activity was a huge success with 64 people participating by having their portrait taken. The portraits were taken by professional photographer Sally Frank who is also a WHFNC member and who generously donated her time to the project.

Club president Paul Podbury says the club encourages its players to see themselves as role models.

"We take our commitment to creating a positive club culture seriously," he says.

"Sporting clubs play an important role in shaping positive community attitudes and challenging phrases such as 'boys will be boys' or sexist jokes and language is really important."

Lauren Tyrell, health promotion team leader at Cobaw, says the organisation is proud to partner with the club.

"WHFNC are to be commended on their commitment to the health and wellbeing of their players and the broader club community," says Lauren.

"What's great is to see the impact this positive messaging has on children and young people and how there is hope that they will grow up knowing that both boys and girls can be equally strong, sensitive and not afraid to talk about their feelings."

Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the portraits were going to be hung in the WHFNC club rooms and unveiled at the beginning of the football season.

To comply with the need for physical distancing, the exhibition has been moved online, with the exhibition ready for viewing by the wider community this week, to coincide with the return of the AFL season.

The 'Role Modelling Respect' online portrait gallery can be viewed at: https://flic. kr/s/aHsmNC5fyU

for carts Bill West

"We don't wants to ban carts unless we have to," Lancefield Golf Club captain Barry Brennan warned players after Saturday's stroke event.

With ongoing wet conditions, the course has become saturated to the extent dams are full with fairways understandably soft.

The last thing needed is players zig-zagging or going up the middle of fairways in golf buggies, leading to wheel mark damage.

"Now you have had sufficient warnings, we want you all to do the right thing," Brennan said.

Any offenders will incur a twostroke penalty under a local rule, but the club is confident all will heed the captain's message and drive carts along the edge of fairways.

With no run and players relying on "carry" through the air, low marker Trevor Lambert produced an outstanding round.

He carded an even par 72 off the stick, and ended up with a nett 70 to win the stroke event from Dennis Davenport 78-6-72.

The club is pleased the social aspect of golf is back again after stringent COVID-19 regulations were eased earlier this month.

Wait on AFL

Ben Bush.

MCDFNL clubs keep busy during lockdown

A decision on whether a modified Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League (MCDFNL) 2020 season will proceed was still up in the air when the Express went to press, with the MCDFNL executive set to meet Wednesday evening.

Clubs were gearing up for season 2020 when lockdown measures were imposed but have tried their best to keep busy and keep their members in the loop during the lay off.

Campbells Creek FNC secretary Marg Stevens said 2020 was shaping up to be a pretty good year down at the Creek.

"Coming off the back of a really tough 2019, the vibe had completely changed, and for the better, around the club," she said.

"With committed coaches, big numbers at training, and lots of new and returning faces, things were looking good. We were also thrilled to have an A Grade netball team back in the competition, after being unable to field one in 2019, and the exciting prospect of new netball change rooms been built this year," she said.

"We welcomed two new major sponsors to the club - the Five Flags Hotel Will we see MCDFNL footy action in 2020? in Campbells Creek and Braidies Tavern "Things were starting to happen with our in Strathfieldsaye. These new sponsors club sponsors coming on board, more commitenabled us to get a much needed brand new tee members joining the ranks and players set of playing jumpers." getting fitter. We were weeks out from our our At Newstead FNC the season had started first game against neighbours and traditional well with the Steaders appointing senior rivals Maldon when we got the news training coaches in Mark Ramsey for Football and had been suspended and the season was in Nikki Bell for A and B Grade Netball. doubt," Tobin said.

Club president David Tobin said they had Harcourt FNC's netballers have continued a very good fundraiser at Newstead Live and training during lockdown via Zoom netball the committee had been working hard to get training sessions hosted by coach Lauren the club up and running for a successful 2020 Peeler. season.

The club's beanie supplier Cobrapparel "Training had commenced in earnest with also held a competition for the best beanie good numbers attending. Our first practice match had been organised against Serpentine design.

"HFNC made it into the grand final in the and everyone was getting excited about the knock out tournament, and after 15,000 social coming season," he said.

media votes were counted, we finished runners-up in the beanie comp," said Harcourt FNC senior coach Alex Code.

"The whole club have also been involved in a Football Fantasy League.

Eight captains were selected from leaders at the club. They then created a team via a draft system involving of all senior footballers and netballers," Code said.

Lions players scored points by uploading activities to their team captains which was then calculated in a scoring system.

These activities could be a walk, run, ride or an activity with a teammate.

"We included challenges such as the Sponsor Challenge, which encouraged community members to promote sponsors and local businesses. This gave motivation for everyone to be physically active while helping maintain well-being and keep club members connected to one another," he said.

Maldon FNC have also been staying connected with their club members via their Facebook page by sharing regular player profiles and sponsorship updates.

On a sad note the club was devastated by news of the passing of former player and premiership coach Scott Whitehead.

Whitehead was a player at the club in the late 90s before returning from 20092012 and leading the Dons to premiership glory in 2010.

Trentham FNC has also kept communication lines open with its Saints faithful by sharing regular player profiles.

The club has also held weekly prize draws to keep their members involved and keep their fundraising efforts ticking over.

The Express understands the majority of the 14 clubs in the league feel it would be best to not to proceed with 2020 season and focus their efforts on coming back bigger and better in 2021. With several club's raising concerns about player health and safety and stating that without the support of crowds at matches the season would not be viable.

There is no change in the Riddell District Football League's position on whether there will be any matches in 2020.

"We are still waiting to hear from AFL Victoria," league president Brenton Knott said yesterday.

He said the league and senior clubs have been following government and AFL guidelines, and would continue to do so.

"We had expected to hear from the AFL at the weekend. This did not happen," he said.

The league president speculated that the positive COVID-19 on Essendon player Conor McKenna may have "thrown a spanner in the works".

Woodend-Hesket club president Paul Podbury said he had been confident a condensed season would occur, but was now not sure.

Donald win for Osborne

A few months ago Kyneton trainer George Osborne was considering whether Celeritate Regem should be sold.

But the five-year-old's consistent form enabled him to remain in the stable, and he notched up his third career win on Friday.

Ridden by Cameron Rawiller, the topweight won narrowly from favourite Astro Castro in the 0-58 Handicap over 1204m at Donald.

Celeritate Regim has earnt over $87,700 in stakes, while stablemate Happy Reine has had 56 starts and is approaching the $200,000 mark after finishing second at Donald.

The eight-year-old was edged out by $16 chance The Wrangler, trained by Castlemaine resident Jarrod Robinson.

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