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Talks on alpine plants, threats AUSTRALIAN alpine and subalpine plants, and the threats posed by sambar deer, are subjects to be discussed at a Cranbourne Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens half-day workshop, 9:30am for a 10am-1pm, Sunday 25 November. It’s being held at the Australian Garden Auditorium, Cranbourne Gardens, corner Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive, Cranbourne. In the first session Neville Walsh, senior conservation botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, will provide an overview of High Country flora. Then, Megan Hirst will speak on alpine daisies. She is a seed bank officer for the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Later, horticulturalists Broni Swartz and Matt Henderson will reveal plans for displaying subalpine plants in the
Australian Garden at Cranbourne in the section Subalpine Plants in the Australian Gardens – Current and Future. Rounding off, Zac Walker will look at the impacts of sambar deer on alpine plant communities on the Bogong High Plains. He is a research officer at the Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, Latrobe University. The workshop is an opportunity to learn about the High Country, particularly for those joining the Cranbourne Friends’ six-day Hotham Wildflowers Discovery Tour in January. The cost is $30 members; $40 non-members and $15 students. Bookings are essential at rbgfriendscranbourne.org.au or email bookings@rbgfriendscranbourne. org.au
By Stephen Taylor A CHARMING photograph of a Mt Martha grandfather and his granddaughter marching in the Mornington Anzac Day parade last year has been chosen as the 100 Years of Repatriation stamp. And recognition of the photographs’s quality and relevance to the theme has given Mornington amateur photographer Peta Heffernan one of the greatest thrills of her life and created a bond between them that will last a lifetime. Her picture of decorated veteran Major Alec Weaver, 98, and Able Seaman Liz McCallum, taken in Main Street, was released nation-wide last month as an Australia Post stamp and postcard representing 100 years of Repatriation. The issue of repatriation was raised at the end of World War I when Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes promised that all surviving servicemen would be brought home and cared for. That centenary milestone came as we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War on 11 November. Ms Heffernan’s picture was first published in the Navy News last year but its significance was recognised by the Department of Veterans Affairs who saw it on Ms Heffernan’s social media. They liaised with her and Australia Post to create the stamp and the image is now part of history. “It’s been one of my proudest moments as a photographer,” said Ms Heffernan, who admits it is a “very expensive hobby”. “Alec and Liz absolutely adore each other,” she said. “He is her greatest hero.” It is not hard to see why: Major
Weaver’s wartime exploits are the stuff of legend. Born in Germany he was a member of the Hitler Youth. Visiting Australia at the outbreak of World War II he joined Australian mates who were enlisting in the AIF and saw service in New Guinea. Despite harrowing ordeals and official queries on his bona fides, he obtained Australian citizenship and later served in Vietnam and Korea, where he was wounded and honoured for his gallantry. Fluent in German and Japanese he later joined ASIO and served as a spy for 15 years before teaching Japanese at a Mornington school. Ms Heffernan said she inherited a love of the craft through her mother, Marita, who was a wedding photographer in Mornington for many years before passing away 14 years ago. Another passion is photographing water fun for members of the Disabled Surfers’ Association, which often visits Pt Leo.
Moment in time: Amateur snapper Peta Heffernan with Major Alec Weaver who features on the 100 Years of Repatriation stamp (pictured below) with granddaughter Liz McCallum. She was on submarine patrol off the Australian coast last week. He was at home in Mt Martha. Picture: Yanni
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