Murrindindi Guide

Arts & Tourism Business & Trades Guide

AUTUMN 2013

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Meandering around Murrindindi . . .

Its all here in the Murrindindi Shire . . .

WELCOME to the autumn edition of the Murrindindi Guide, the definitive arts and tourism, business and trades guide produced quarterly and distributed free throughout the Murrindindi Shire.

Produced locally to serve the needs of people within the shire and further afield, the guide is designed to share information about the unique features of this area. Highlights are articles on people, produce, history, activities and places to experience with friends, families and visitors.

Also included is a community calendar of events, sports and services clubs listings, business and trades directory along with essential emergency services information.

THE SHIRE OF MURRINDINDI, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Alexandra: 5772 1100

or 1800 652 298

36 Grant Street

Alexandra Vic 3714 Melways Ref: 610 T8 GPS: S37°11.376’ E145°42.469’ alexvic@virtual.net.au www.alexandratourism.com Eildon: 5774 2909 Main Street Eildon Vic 3713 Melways Ref: 610 U8 GPS: S37°13.981’ E145°54.536’ eildoninfo@virtual.net.au www.lakeeildon.com

Marysville: 5963 4567

Murchison Street

Marysville Vic 3779 Melways Ref: 610 T11 GPS: S37°12.651’ E145°25.520’ info@marysvilletourism.com www.marysvilletourism.com Yea: 5797 2663 Marmalades Cafe 20 High Street,

Yea Vic 3717 Melways Ref: 610 Q8 GPS: S37°12.651’ E145°25.520’ yvic@bigpond.com www.yea.com.au

Check out our website www.murrindindiguide. com.au that links to advertisers’ websites or read, print or download the magazine at issuu.com/ murrindindi guide.

We invite you to share your passion for this exceptional area of Victoria and would be delighted to hear your suggestions for future issues.

Please consider advertising or promoting your event in our winter edition due May 2013.

Our shire has so much to offer, it is time to explore our own backyard . . .

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Graphic design and Printing Ann Friedel 11 Albert Street Alexandra Vic 3714 Phone: 03 5772 1026 Mobile: 0418 556 107 publishing@friedel.net.au

Rodders hit the road to Yea Autumn Fest................ 3 Flying Tarts Bakery and Cafe ........................................ 5 Artist Robert Young......................................................... 7 Rustic Simplicity exhibitions........................................ 8 Gallery 34 exhibitions..................................................... 9 Alexandra Rotary Art Show........................................10 Highlands Hiarts exhibition........................................11 Alexandra Easter Fair.....................................................13 Two pickled......................................................................13 Ranges art takes on.......................................................14 Caribbean carnivale.......................................................16 Longest lunch..................................................................17 Marysville Lolly Shop....................................................18 Woodlea cottage............................................................20 Autumn below the ranges exhibition.....................21 Back to school..................................................................22 Yea acoustic jam sessions............................................24 Eildon Trout Farm...........................................................25 High country rail trail....................................................27 Fishing report..................................................................34 History of Alexandra railway......................................36 Permaculture part 2.......................................................38 Gardening.........................................................................39 Birds of the shire.............................................................40 Bowden Spur bike track...............................................42 Racing around the shire...............................................43 Riding the ranges...........................................................44 Hunting, fishing & 4x4 expo.......................................45 Roaming the ranges......................................................46 Calendar of events.........................................................48 Regular markets..............................................................50 Business and trades directory....................................51 Business and trades listings........................................55 Contact numbers............................................................56

Advertising deadline for the winter issue is Friday 19th April 2013.

If you wish to advertise please contact Tim Skerritt, Sales and Distribution, Phone Office 5772 1026 or 0439 358 880 or Ann Friedel Publishing at publishing@friedel.net.au Phone Office 5772 1026 or 0418 556 107 Produced and published by Ann Friedel Publishing, 11 Albert Street Alexandra Victoria. Material published in the Murrindindi Arts & Tourism, Business & Trades Guide is protected by Australian copyright laws.

Reproduction of any material in whole or part is not permitted without prior authorisation by the publisher.

Ann Friedel Publishing has made every effort to ensure the information provided at time of printing is correct, but accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions. Events listed in this publication may be subject to change without notice.

Rodders hit the road . . .

YEA AUTUMN FESTIVAL

Above: Ron Thomas’ godess gold 1955 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Below: a spitfire orange and Ford blue 1923 Ford T bucket owned by Bushrodders club member Tracy Collett.

Rodders hit the road to Yea Autumn Festival COME to the third annual ‘show and shine’ of the Bushrodders Rod and Custom Club on Sunday 17th March from 8am to 4pm.

This event is held in conjunction with the Yea Autumn Festival, which runs from 10am to 4pm, at the Yea Recreation Reserve in Snodgrass Street.

In previous years over 200 cars have entered the ‘show and shine’ from all over Australia with a variety of makes, models, colours and styles.

This year the first 100 entrants receive a goody bag. Car entries are free, although a gold coin donation would be greatly appreciated. Sponsorship for this event is by local Yea businesses and without their support the ‘show and shine’ would not be

Hosts: Ken & Marie Bristow 56 Nihil Street Alexandra Phone: 03 5772 1146 or 0409 411 816 waverley@ycs.com.au www.waverleyguesthouse.com.au

Waverley House is a beautifully restored Federation style guest house built in the 1900’s and provides boutique accommodation for visitors to the area.

Each unit has bedroom/s, bathroom, lounge and kitchen.

• queen-sized beds • 2 person hot spa • Chesterfield lounge • TV • dining table • Kitchen facilities include electric jug, toaster, bar fridge and preparation bench.

Tea, coffee and milk provided. • Tariffs range from $140 per night to $180 per night with discounts of $10 per night for consecutive nights.

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Above: a line-up of rods in the main street of Yea. Below: Wacca in action at a recent Yea Autumn Festival. possible. Plenty of trophies are available, such as sponsor’s choice.

There will be bands playing, great food, lifestyle and car related trade stands in a friendly, picnic like atmosphere under the shade of the old oak trees.

The Bushrodders Rod and Custom Club is a small club which offers a friendly, social environment for like-minded rodders, and new members are most welcome.

• City Discount Prices • Great range of Local Wines

44 Downey Street Alexandra Phone 03 5772 2557

The club has approximately 20 members from various areas across Victoria and meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month at different members’ homes. Full and associate membership is offered.

The club promotes street rodding in the area, provides a forum for the interaction between members and promotes rodding, safe driving and ownership

to the younger generation.

For further information on the club or how to become a member please phone Tracy on 57842217 or 0402 232 147.

A little bit of country The free Yea Autumn Festival showcases both local and Melbourne based artistic talent, and local produce.

It is a great day out for the family with activities and entertainment for children, teenagers and adults.

Go back in time and experience the country through old time dancing, horseshoe throwing, whip cracking and displays of shearing, old machinery and blacksmiths.

Yea main street traders will also be open for business on the day of the festival.

For more information phone 5797 3242 or email ybta@bigpond.com.

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your locally owned rural store 54 Grant Street Alexandra Phone 03 5772 3110 Andrew and Trish Embling 0418 266 038 www.landmarkembling.com.au

Flying tarts . . .

A tart to take home to mum!

WHEN Kylie McErlain and partner Natalie Adams with Kylie’s parents Lynette and Graham McErlain decided to open a bakery in Kinglake West five years ago, they had one imperative: to provide a service for their community.

“You had to drive a 20 kilometre round trip just to get your bread and milk,” Kylie said. Having lived in the town all her life and taught at local schools for 15 years, she knew the community needed and deserved better.

So they transformed an empty building on Whittlesea-Kinglake Road near the entrance to one of Kinglake’s most treasured assets, the recently reopened Masons Falls at Kinglake National Park.

Now a bright, airy space with plenty of comfortable seating inside and on the wide veranda, the building is home to the Flying Tarts Bakery and Cafe and it has become something of a local landmark, not just for its delicious food and great coffee but also its friendly

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service. Kylie says great service is a key element of the business and true to their support of the community, all 18 staff members are locals.

The fare is a treat for the eyes as well as the mouth – from hearty pies and pastries, to nutrition and taste-loaded gourmet wraps and rolls, colourful cakes, tarts and pastries as well as racks overflowing daily with a variety of stone-baked artisan breads.

Everything is baked fresh daily on the premises, with quality, flavour and attention to detail paramount. Head pastry chef, Alvin Charles, who in 2011 won an award for outstanding work by a pastry chef at William Angliss Institute, is “exceptional”, Kylie says. He is joined by enthusiastic and innovative pastry chefs, Amanda Pascoe and Paul Parsonage.

Professional, innovative and dedicated to quality, the Flying Tarts happily takes on board requests – from gluten free, to flourless cakes.

“If someone wants something really specific,

BREAKFAST: Full breakfast available Sat and Sun 8.00am - 11.30am BREADS: All varieties including a specialty gourmet range.

PIES: Large selection of pies, pasties and sausage rolls CAKES AND PASTRIES: Enjoy the old favourites and new delights.

• Full range of sandwiches, foccacias, baguettes.

• Iced coffee, iced chocolate and milkshakes available.

• Gluten free cakes available

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6 Glover Road Strath Creek

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we’re happy to make it,” Kylie says.

• Happy Hour Wednesday an d Thursday 5pm -6pm $3 pots • Fresh Fish Frid ays • Sunday Traditional Ro ast • Bottleshop

The Flying Tarts also takes its coffee seriously and has trained baristas, using freshly ground coffee from the award winning coffee house, Beans and Bagels in Brunswick to ensure a great brew.

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Its increasingly popular High Teas are a real treat.

A variety of teas can be taken with ribbon sandwiches filled with nutty chicken or rare roast beef and horse radish cream; mini pastries include chicken and camembert pies, lamb and rosemary pies, salmon, dill and feta quiches and chicken, cranberry and brie pastries. There’s also traditional scones with strawberry jam and cream; and finish with mini sweets such as coffee and chocolate macaroons and lamington fingers. Bookings are essential for this elegant repaste.

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With catering for everything from small gatherings to corporate events and weddings, the Flying Tarts works hard to ensure your catering needs are met to the last detail.

The bakery is popular among visitors and locals, with cyclists, car clubs and other local groups making regular visits and it has disabled access. It’s already achieved second place in Australia’s most popular cycling café, Kylie said.

The Flying Tarts, with its cheeky motto: “A tart you can take home to your mum”, is open Mondays to Fridays from 6.30am to 4.30pm and on weekends from 8am to 4pm.

For more details phone the Flying Tarts on 5786 5800, email: contact@flyingtarts. com.au or visit: www. flyingtarts.com.au You can also check out its Facebook page.

• all day breakfast • locally roasted fair trade ‘Great Divide Coffee’ • friendly staff and great service • freshly squeezed juices and smoothies • free range bacon, ham, chicken and eggs • local produce • vegetarian and gluten free options • customer wi-fi • courtyard

109 Grant Street, Alexandra Ph 03 5772 1155

Arty facts . . .

ROBERT YOUNG, THORNTON

Delightful and hilarious works of art on display in May

By Joanne Birtchnell ART doesn’t get more hilarious than the works of Thornton based artist Robert Young.

Robert was born in England in 1926. He trained at the Bournemouth and St Martins School of Art in London from 1947 to 1950. He worked as an illustrator in Fleet Street, London from 1952 to 1954 before moving to Australia.

Robert worked as an advertising illustrator in Adelaide from 1954 to 1962 and then continued in Melbourne with similar work from 1962 to 1970. He also lectured at the Caulfield Institute of Technology Art School from 1970 to 1975.

Robert is a rare breed. He depicts people in whimsical circumstances and paints

about the humorous and wry side of Australian life, working in either water colour or oil.

His works are truly delightful.

Full of fun, life and activity.

His extraordinary attention to detail makes his paintings fascinating; the more you look into them the more you can see.

exhibition from Friday 17th May to Sunday 26th May at Rennies at Acheron Gallery and Restaurant, 132 Breakaway Road, Acheron via Alexandra.

To discuss commissioned artworks please phone Robert on 03 5773 2340.

Robert Young.

There is much to think and laugh about in his paintings.

They are an endless source of inspiration and entertainment, much like Robert himself!

Robert is a most accomplished and versatile artist who is represented in institutional and private collections in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.

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Sights and sounds . . .

RUSTIC SIMPLICITY, ALEXANDRA

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Natural selection REFLECTING the artistic growth of the artist, over a number of years, this exhibition demonstrates Samm Menzies’ transition from her original initiation into the naturally dyed world of textiles.

A resistance to the use of chemical processes for adding colour to textile, and the use of recycled materials in the small soft sculptures included in Natural Selection, is the artist’s attempt to do her “environmental bit”!

Samm will offer two workshops, both to be held on Sunday 3rd March.

Commencing at 10am, the first workshop ‘Local Colour’, will provide an introduction to the basics of natural dyeing.

The second workshop, ‘Regional Postcards’ will commence at 2pm and will demonstrate the process of piecing together a small textile ‘postcard’, a visual reminder of the local landscape, reflected in the stitching together of fabrics dyed with locally sourced natural materials.

Samm’s solo exhibition of Bookings in advance are printmaking and sculpture in essential, phone Cindy on textile and mixed media runs Standard Duck ad.pdf 28/9/12 AM 04199:14:48 517 045. until 11th March.

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RUST in Peace by Ngaere Guyatt opens with drinks and nibbles from 6pm Friday 15th March and extends across Easter.

This exhibition would have to be the epitome of the current trend called ‘upcycling’ or ‘repurposing’, but for Ngaere, making something new out of something old is something she has been doing since her childhood, when she used to roam the paddocks and raid the dry river beds of rural Victoria gathering and transforming discarded weathered wood and metal objects.

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Sights & sounds . . .

GALLERY 34, YEA

Great Australian artists of our time AN exhibition of highly inventive Australian modernist painters, sculptors, potters and print makers will be held from 28th February to 29th April. The exhibition will be opened on Friday 1st March by Ivan Durrant.

Images capturing the spiritual and universal dimension of landscape and the human psyche are at the heart of these great Australian artists. Expressionism, romanticism, mysticism, innocence and evil, destruction and creation are key elements which convey universal themes.

George Baldessin’s sensual narrative of the figurative; Charles Blackman’s intuitive evocations of

vulnerability, menace and solitude; Arthur Boyd’s rich, painterly excursions into mythical landscapes; David Boyd’s inventions of innocence, fantasy, creation and destruction; John Coburn’s eloquent refinement of beauty, nature and spirituality through abstraction; Laurence Hope’s nuances of tragedy and isolation evoked through feelings of introspection and passion; David Larwill’s raw, primal, high-keyed delineations of encrusted figuration; Sidney Nolan’s spontaneous, experimental and sophisticated images inextricably bound to iconic motifs in legend and folklore; John Olsen’s journey through the spirituality and universality

Charles Blackman’s ‘Butterflies Path’. of Australian landscape and Tim Storrier’s explosions of colour, texture and atmosphere exploring the duality of decay and renewal are integral to the spirit of Australian Modernism.

Through their masterly illuminations, the legacy of each individual artist has enhanced and enriched Australian art.

On Home Ground An exhibition by local artists Marion Bruere, Mary Hyde and Julian Bruere, of oil and watercolour landscapes with the dominant subject being Yea and surrounds, will run at Gallery 34 until 25th February.

For more information on upcoming exhibitions please visit www.gallery34.com.au

In Store Exquisite jewellery, architectural glass pieces and ceramics by designers and artisans from regional Victoria and NSW are also on display. Located in the old Commercial Bank Building Live Music Corey Leslie, a gifted guitarist and musician, plays every Sunday afternoon

MannaFest Café Light meals for breakfast and lunch are served from Thursday to Monday and Public Holidays Our menus are full of local, organic and free range produce

Gallery 34 & MannaFest Café Showroom, connected by a picturesque sculpture garden, are two beautiful spaces celebrating the arts in Yea. Monthly solo exhibitions feature established artists, including an annual Charles Blackman exhibition

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Sights and sounds . . .

Alexandra Rotary Easter Art Show 44 years on . . .

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A SPECIAL place to be at Easter, and one of the highlights for locals and visitors alike, is to visit the Rotary Club of Alexandra’s Easter Art Show at the Alexandra Sports and Leisure Centre.

and Ross Paterson. They often agree to demonstrate their skills or provide a fine painting for the raffle. They also provide assistance and advice to ensure the presentation of the exhibits is first class.

food, and a first opportunity to view and perhaps make a purchase! This year Rotary is fortunate to have Raelene Sharp of Yarra Junction as judge. The show continues through until Tuesday lunchtime.

Now in its 44th year this art show has become a significant event on the regional art show circuit in Victoria. With the addition of exhibits from the Alexandra Camera Club, and the unique creations by the Eildon & District Woodworkers Guild, a total of around 600 items are on show.

Rotary is proud of the consistently high standard of exhibits entered each year. Awards are given for Best Painting in Show, Best Landscape within the Shire of Murrindindi, Best Watercolour, Best Pastel or Drawing and Most Popular Painting, for a total prize pool of $5000. All paintings are available for purchase.

The Rotary Easter Art Show is the Rotary Club of Alexandra’s principal fundraiser and its success is vital for the support of many local and international projects.

Rotary is very fortunate to have support from outstanding local artists such as Ern and Brad Trembath, Wykham Perry, Ron Muller

The official opening will be in the evening on Good Friday 29th March. It is a gala event with refreshments, finger

So when you are visiting the Shire of Murrindindi this Easter come to the Alexandra Sport and Leisure Centre, on Maroondah Highway across from the Alexandra Secondary College, enjoy a cup of tea and a cake, and visit a memorable Rotary Easter Art Show.

ROTARY CLUB OF ALExANDRA Interested in joining a group of people dedicated to helping locally, nationally and internationally?

Currently the men and women in the Rotary Club of Alexandra range in age from their twenties to nineties.

Rotary is a not-for-profit organisation with the motto of ‘Service Above Self’.

If you are interested in volunteering within your community, this could be the group for you!

Just talk to a Rotarian you know or contact Secretary Tom Farrell on 03 5772 1897.

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Highlands annual arts and crafts event prepares for ten year milestone HIARTS, the annual arts and crafts festival and exhibition held at Highlands in the high country between Seymour and Yea will celebrate its tenth anniversary on the weekend of 1st March to 3rd March in the Highlands Hall.

HiArts began as a low key exhibition to provide a venue for local crafts people and artists, largely drawn from the local Highlands resident community, and to celebrate the opening of the refurbished Highlands Hall.

HiArts 2013 will hold the gala official opening and preview on Friday evening 1st March from 7.30pm with finger food and drinks, cost $15 (which includes entrance for the weekend) and bookings are required.

Over the Saturday and Sunday three artists in residence will highlight the program by demonstrating their practical skills in their areas of expertise.

Artists in residence Jo Bowman is an acclaimed multimedia artist.

Coral Robben will be the resident potter over both days.

Ember Fairbairn has gained an international market for her colourful works in oil.

will be served from the Highlands Hall at a modest cost.

Workshops will be run on digital photography including works on display that show the dramatic landforms and visual dimensions of the local region.

“We are striving to make our tenth year celebration a memorable event that really showcases a diversity of artistic talents and a close connection to the Highlands area,” says President Stuart Reid.

Excellent food, coffee, local wines and other beverages

The expectation is for some 40 crafts people and artists

of all types to present almost 100 works on show and for sale.

Cost is $10 each for a weekend pass with children under 16 free. Enquiries can be directed to Stuart Reid on 5796 9358 or Karli Chase on 5796 9396.

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social groups, special occassions, coaches, car clubs, horse groups, cyclists, cricketers . . .

Cafe most weekends, public holidays 10am-4pm (ish) Extensive, flexible group menus A la carte menu, fresh, simple, imaginative Regional wines, beer Accommodation available on site

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FLOWERS AVAILABLE

THORNTON BUTCHER & DELI SMOKEHOUSE

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Servicing all areas retail and wholesale

Alexandra

SPECIALISTS IN a great range of smoked products all prepared and smoked on the premises FAMOUS FOR • beef jerky • smoked lamb backstrap • kabana • hams • bacon and more NOT TO MENTION a great range of quality meat and local products at great prices Phone Jeff or Wendy 5773 2224 Hours Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm Sat 8am-2pm Sunday ~ Cup Weekend till Easter 8am-1pm

Fruit & Vegetables • Free Home Deliveries • Fruit and Vegetable Boxes / Fruit Platters TRADING HOURS 8am-530pm Monday to Friday 8am-1pm Saturday

72 Grant Street Alexandra Phone Shop 03 5772 1750 Michelle 0438 381 371 Chris 0430 425 409 Fax 03 5772 2134

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• FREE home delivery with mobile EFTPOS • spit roast hire • cooked and carved roasts • home smoked smallgoods • bulk specials • fresh fish / seafood 6 Main Street Eildon Phone 03 5774 2134 Fax 03 5774 2754 uppergoulburnbutchers@bigpond.com

Pizza Fish ‘n’ Chips Burgers Chicken Parmas Steak Pasta Ribs Salad

PHONE ORDERS WELCOME

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• bulk specials • barbecue packs • weekender packs • cryovac • duck and turkey products on request • gluten free products • free range chickens • gourmet sausages • marinades

range of local produce

• We cater for B&B’s, Restaurants and Hotels Colin and Mandy Gesler Grant Street, Alexandra Phone 03 5772 1151 Fax for orders 03 5772 3399 gesler@virtual.net.au www.melbourneonlinebutcher.com.au

Out and about . . .

Two Pickled in Molesworth CHRISSI and Doug Ridd make a creative team in their rural, warm and intimate kitchen where local produce is prepared with adoration and precision.

Only working with seasonal produce to enhance what they have on offer has made an impression on the local hospitality scene.

Alexandra Easter Fair

Two Pickled offers a diverse range of artisan products including marinated olives, infused oils, unique dukkahs, a range of jellies, chutneys and relishes, and of course,

something for the sweet tooth.

Tastings at the farm gate are held on the second Sunday of each month, 12 noon to 4pm, from September through to May or other times by appointment.

For more information refer to the advertisement below.

ALEXANDRA’S tranquil Rotary Park comes to life on Easter Sunday, 31st March 31st when the Alexandra Traders’ & Tourism Association host their popular Easter Fair.

The Fair has been held on Easter Sunday for the past eighteen years. It continues to attract large crowds and is a must do outing for locals and the many visitors in our district over the Easter holiday period.

Alexandra’s Easter Fair showcases local food and wine and offers a wide range of art and craft market stalls to delight and provide that special purchase.

Live music and children’s amusements create a safe and relaxing family event in beautiful surroundings.

The fair is from 10am to 3pm and the cost is a $2 gold coin for adults with children free. Come and join the fun.

Gift Hampers Available

Farmstay accommodation

• Restored 1880s cottage • Three bedrooms – sleeps six • 5km Alexandra township • 2km rail trail • Pets welcome www.maybolecottage.com.au info@maybolecottage.com.au 03 5772 1690

Gourmet Farm Products Include:

Olives, Oils, Dukkahs, Chutneys, Relishes, Jellies and something for the Sweet Tooth!

FREE FARMGATE TASTINGS/SALES 2nd Sunday of the month 12 noon to 4pm or by appointment

Doug and Chrissi Ridd Phone 03 5797 6309 ‘Burnside’ 84 Scrubby Creek Road, Molesworth twopickled@bordernet.com.au

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Ranges art takes on . . .

A sense of place CREATIVE expression in its many forms is gathering strength and momentum with the Kinglake Ranges Visual and Performing Arts Alliance.

Its exhibition ‘A Sense of Place’, presented in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Kinglake last November, transformed the Kinglake West Mechanics Institute Hall into a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour, shape and texture, with more than 120 works.

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showed the artists and their communities, after the reverberating shock of the fires, were now embracing change and moving forward.

“The arts have an important role to play in the life of a community,” she said.

Documenting people, events and ideas of the time in their own unique way, expressing new ideas and new spirit are part of that role. The alliance also found itself part of the community’s recovery process in the aftermath of Black Saturday.

The alliance formed in March 2008 and with 130 members aged 18 to 70-plus on the books at various times, it has forged on with its aims to support local arts and artists. Its mission is simple: “Unite, create, sustain and grow” and it works to establish and maintain co-operative partnerships and friendships with regional, state and national arts and cultural organisations.

The group welcomed a familiar face as the exhibition’s opening guest: Bruce Esplin. He first came to the area in his capacity as Victoria’s Emergency Services Commissioner following the bushfires. As an artist himself and now board member of Regional Arts Victoria, he was, by his own heartfelt admission, in his element opening the Kinglake exhibition.

Alliance members have participated in many small and large exhibitions, notably the ‘Renewal’ exhibition in the winter of 2009, the Whittlesea Contemporary Art Exhibitions of 2009/10/11, and the Toolangi Art Festivals of 2009 and 2010. Members with musical talent have participated in many local events such as

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The group’s biggest artistic contribution was in February 2011 with its “Art on the Move” exhibition which featured in Federation Square and the Atrium in the City.

With a new committee, the KRVPAA is now looking to expand its membership – not just to artists but also to friends and supporters of local art. Plans for 2013 include mini-expos highlighting different arts: the first in April will focus on woodworking; in June glass comes under the spotlight; and in August textiles will be featured.

The group has planned a series of excursions to points of artistic interest and inspiration, starting with TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville in February.

Members will also look to work with local youth, through youth groups and schools, as well as connecting with the Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House and other local community houses as part of an on-going aim to make art accessible to all and connect with local people.

Michelle says the alliance is open to all ages and all artistic styles. Members are not only from communities in the Kinglake Ranges, but also from areas such as Doreen, Whittlesea, Diamond Creek and beyond. Many have moved on since the fires, but retain a strong connection with the area.

The alliance welcomes all inquiries. Phone Michelle on 0427 727 242.

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Caribbean carnivale . . .

MARYSVILLE

Pantastic, bringing their tropical vibe south from the Sunshine Coast.

WHEN visitors talk of autumn colour in Marysville, they usually mean the magnificent garden displays and huge variety of exotic trees that parade their seasonal costumes each April.

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This April 12th to 14th, there’s a bit of extra colour bringing a new vibe to the autumn streetscape of Marysville. Introducing the first ever Australian Steelband Festival, Lakeside at Gallipoli Park.

This festival pays homage to the humble steel pan, the sweetly musical percussion instrument developed in Trinidad that has played such a large part in the post-fire recovery of Marysville and Triangle district.

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Marysville’s own community steelband, Pans on Fire, gaining valuable festival experience at Apollo Bay.

Steel bands from as far afield as Oman and Auckland will travel to Marysville to join interstate and local bands in a weekend of music and Caribbean culture.

Check out the Caribbean Festival Market for islandstyle wares, food and drink.

There are kids activities daily and visitors are encouraged to adopt a band and cheer on the hotly contested Panorama Play-offs, and the Trinbago-style Goat Race.

The CaribVic Masqueraders will give the autumn leaves a run for their money as they don Trinidad-style carnival costumes for Saturday night’s Calypso party at Marysville’s Community Centre and then on Sunday

parade their vibrant birdthemed plumage through Gallipoli Park with local children and festival-goers.

The festival features performances from well known musician Nicky Bomba and Bustamento, Tango and Ukelele groups and jumpin’ Calypso party band, the Trinidadian Connection. On Sunday, all bands come together to create the Communities Super Steelband.

Head to Marysville this April for a weekend of vibrant colour, music, food and partying.

Information, tickets and accommodation can be found at www.ozpans.com

The world’s longest lunch LOCAL fine food, boutique wines and hospitality will be showcased once again at the World’s Longest Lunch in Marysville on Friday 15th March.

Attendees will enjoy wonderful Upper Goulburn wines matched with local fare and other treasures by our region’s finest chefs on a long table alongside Gallipoli Park Lake in the heart of Marysville.

Tickets cost $110 per person, which includes a four course menu matched with local wines, tea and coffee and entertainment.

Each year money raised from the lunch goes to local groups, organisations or specific projects.

For more information or to book your ticket phone Marysville Visitor Information Centre on 03 5963 4567 or visit the website www. marysvilletourism.com.

Coffee Light Meals Pastries Cakes Bread Open from 7am Monday to Sunday The Eildon Bakery Cafe 10 Main Street Eildon Ph 03 5774 2362 Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013 – 17

Marysville lolly shop . . .

By Georgina Beach

Darwin streets, housing more culinary and creative delights than ever before.

OVER the course of its eighteen year existence, the Marysville Lolly Shop has presented many faces, but its most recent guise – developed under the direction of present owner and blossoming entrepreneur, Julia Harris – is surely the most glamourous to date!

Reincarnated in a humble shipping container behind the nostalgic facade of the original white picket fence, the Lolly Shop was one of the first businesses to rise again following the Black Saturday bushfires.

Now, four years on, it trumpets its triumph over adversity from a shining, new two-storey edifice standing proudly upon the corner of Murchison and

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515 Goulburn Valley Highway Eildon Ph (03) 5774 2415 Fax (03) 5774 2716

The new building enjoyed its official opening on the 17th November 2012.

Inspired by the rugged alpine homes of the North American Rockies, with a dash of the pole-home style of tropical Queensland, this bold new building bears no resemblance to the old weatherboard house which accommodated the original ‘Uncle Fred and Aunty Val’s Old Style Lolly Shop’ and its several renovations.

Constructed of mighty timber posts and beams supporting angular, soaring ceilings, it lends tremendous character to the Marysville street-scape.

Inside, tasty temptations abound with all the original lines of sweets and treats

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Eat-in or Take-Away • 24 fl avours of ice cream • Hot and cold drinks • Lamb or chicken gyros souvlaki • Fish and chips • Steak sandwiches Peter and Maria 68 High Street Yea Phone: 5797 2664 Mobile: 0411 415 520

available, plus many more.

Special requests for new products are all taken seriously, to which end, Julia is currently introducing a much wider range of traditional English sweets – a local favourite!

But those lacking a sweet tooth are also catered for, with an array of local produce kept in stock, focusing on easy-toprepare ingredients useful for visitors to the area to take back with them to their accommodation of choice. Local wines, olive oil, preserves, smoked meats, Yarra Valley cheeses and locally-roasted coffee beans are just the beginning!

Plus, the arrival of 2013 has brought the introduction of takeaway coffee, Italian frozen yoghurt, soft-serve ice-cream and an extra-

special range of homemade ice-creams produced by the fair feminine hands of the clever proprietors of Butters Cafe in nearby Buxton.

Do you remember that old TV commercial? There’s still more! Once customers’ appetites are suitably sated, they may wish to explore the unique range of rustic and oriental homewares... or browse the gorgeous handbags, jewellery and children’s clothes designed and produced by Julia’s creative daughter-in-law, Sharon, recently arrived from Sydney.

Julia’s keen eye continues to seek and investigate potential new product lines, hence, the future of the Lolly Shop is sure to hold countless surprises.

Currently, her ever-restless fingers are itching to

construct a new herb garden alongside the shop; in which case, such freshly grown produce shall be added to the list!

For more information, call the Marysville Lolly Shop on 03 5963 3644 or visit www.marysvillelollyshop. com.au.

• Open from 6.30am for Breakfast • Dine-in or Take-away • Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week • Live music last Sunday afternoon of the month • Beer garden • Accommodation • Bottleshop • Open fireplace Buxton Hotel Maroondah Highway Buxton Phone 03 5774 7381 buxtonhotel@virtual.net.au www.buxtonhotel.com.au

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We freeze our pots so you have really cold beer!

As well as our usual range of sweets we have many new products including Locally made Ice Cream and Italian Frozen Yoghurt Jonesy’s Dairy Fresh Milk, Cream and Flavoured Milk Thornton Smokehouse Bacon and Cabana, Garlic from country Victoria, a huge range of Local Preserves, Chutneys, Berry Sauces and lots more Marysville Lolly Shop Phone 03 5963 3644 www.marysvillelollyshop.com.au

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Woodlea . . .

Wow, amazing, luxurious, restful . . .

B&B COTTAGE, CATHKIN VIA ALEXANDRA

THESE are just a few of the adjectives used by recent visitors to one of the area’s newest bed and breakfast accommodation facilities situated at Alexandra, ‘Woodlea Cottage’.

Williams purchased the 200 plus acre Woodlea farm in October 2011 after retiring from a Melbourne based property development business; Max’s lifelong desire to live on the land came to fruition after inspecting “this unique working farm”.

Hosts Cheryl and Max

It was love at first sight.

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Consisting of a family home, farm shedding, wool shed, pond, a grass tennis court and a cute separate cottage perfect for bed and breakfast accommodation. Cheryl and Max set about modernising the décor and installing a new kitchenette and airconditioner. Furnishings are sumptuous yet exude a relaxed chic style.

Woodlea is ideally positioned adjacent to the rail trail for cycling, walking or horse riding and there is ample accommodation for horses.

For those wishing to enjoy Lake Eildon ample boat parking is at hand.

If it’s food and wine that takes your interest the choices are plenty; cafes hotels and even a two chef’s hat restaurant are just a few minutes away.

The Williams are delighted with the patronage so far and say the guests comments are gratifying,

with enquiries for repeat visits.

Guests range from couples enjoying a quiet time to families with young children.

Accommodation consists of a queen bed in the main room with two single beds in the second bedroom; both rooms are separated by the two-way bathroom.

Vistas over the gardens with giant European trees to one side and farm animals on the other set the scene for a restful atmosphere.

Tariffs start at $165.00 per couple per night midweek (off peak) including a self-catered continental breakfast with cereal, toast, fruit juice, tea or coffee from an espresso machine. A gourmet hamper consisting of eggs, bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms is available at extra cost.

For more information visit www.woodleacottage. com.au.

Luxury self-contained

B & B COTTAGE Alexandra / Cathkin

Woodlea Cottage is a haven of comfort and style surrounded by one of the district’s loveliest gardens. A romantic getaway location ideal for your first or second honeymoon!

Complete privacy, absolute peace! Situated on 200 acres of lush river land, bring your horses, bicycles or just relax and enjoy the views and all that the area has to offer.

• Queen sized bed / 1400 thread count Egyptian cotton bedlinen FAMIL Y • 60 inch plasma television FRIEND LY • stereo iPod dock • reverse cycle air conditioning • well equipped kitchen with espresso coffee machine • dvd player with library of over 50 movies • second bedroom with two single beds

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Autumn below the ranges . . .

King Parrot Valley Country Retreat exhibition and open garden, Strath Creek

AN exhibition of local and international art, pottery, sculpture and photography, in the Banksia Gallery, plus open garden and native flower display will be held from 7th March until 28th April from 10am to 4pm daily (except Wednesdays).

This will be a showcase of Australian works and photography by local artists, Prue Sanchez, Maureen Runge, Coral Robbens, David Marshall, Terry Jarvis, Toolangi Pottery, Darryl Shelton and Robert Coombs.

A special feature this year will be framed Ottoman tiles, dried-flowers on papyrus paper, batic-cloth, woodcarving, flora and fauna photography, raku pottery and an autumn native flower display.

Open garden The King Parrot Valley Country Retreat, on the King Parrot Creek, has impressive landscape areas featuring Australian plant collections covering nine hectares, many with botanical plant labelling.

Native plants in flower during autumn should include Acacia, Anigozanthos, Banksia, Beautforia, Callistemon,

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Correa, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Hakea, Leschenaultia, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Personia, Protea, Regalia and Xanthorrehoea.

Other sections showcase bushfoods that are labelled with their uses and a native herb area. There is also an olive grove with labelled varieties used for pickling each season.

The property has many walking trails through to these sections, with views to the ranges and overlooking the creek within a bushsetting.

On the weekends during the open garden period there will be olive and infused olive oil presentations and

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tastings with bush-foods and local gourmet cheeses from Donnybrook and Yea Cheeses. Herbal tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available for purchase daily.

Also sale of marinated olives and olive products, native plants and herbs will be available.

There is good signage to the retreat from Strath Creek and the Goulburn Valley Highway and through-out the property.

The retreat is also featured in the ‘Australia’s Open Garden Scheme’ on selected dates.

For further information phone 0457 590 022 or email: info@kingparrotvalley chalets.com.au.

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School’s back . . .

An introduction to CEACA

CEACA is the Continuing Education & Arts Centre of Alexandra, Registered Training Organisation number 3730, a Learn Local provider with significant funding from Adult Community Further Education.

CEACA delivers nationally accredited training that meets exactly the same quality and audit requirements as TAFE. They have a strong record of delivering relevant training with high student completion rates. CEACA belongs to the Hume Continuous Improvement Group, a collection of RTOs from Euroa to Yarrawonga, working together to ensure the quality of their work. This gives the advantages of being your local provider plus the benefits of a wide range of ideas.

The main difference from TAFE, apart from small class sizes and a more personal approach to learning is that they are also funded to help support our community. For example, they can offer subsidised training in computer or leadership skills, providing a pathway into further study or employment. CEACA also runs general interest classes that respond to your requests and skills.

Murrindindi Training Institute Did you know?

1.

MTI started in 2012 in the decommissioned Alexandra District Hospital building. The land was granted to the Alexandra Cottage Hospital in 1891 by Queen Victoria.

2.

The first MTI students have graduated in Outdoor Recreation Diplomas and Certificates and most are already employed in the local area and around the State.

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CEACA is the Registered Training Organisation that provides the accreditation for MTI. CEACA makes sure that students have qualifications that can be used throughout Australia: study locally and work anywhere.

4.

MTI aims to offer the best training in the State, the country and even worldwide. We’ve made a great start with Outdoor Recreation courses, with many of the biggest and best employers in the industry supporting us.

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In 2013, MTI will have trainees from across the State, sent by employers impressed with the 2012 course delivery.

Visit the CEACA Facebook and website Each term they’re the first place our brochure is available We have RSA, food handlers and more accredited and self-enrichment courses Call into CEACA at 38a Downey Street Alexandra Phone 5772 1238 or remember to check us out at www.ceaca.com.au or facebook.com/CEACAINC

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Take in the breathtaking views as you break your ride or drive with a relaxing coffee and cafe style cakes and biscuits.

Basic fishing & Camping Supplies

Try one of our great burgers and other light snacks while you sip on a milkshake, spider or iced coffee ~ sit inside or on our verandah or take-away!

Groceries Petrol, Gas, EFTPOS

We look forward to serving you at

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Phone 03 5784 9220 Fax 03 5784 9317

Phone orders welcome

6.

MTI will add new courses over the next few years, wherever we find a community need and industry members willing to help us develop the best quality courses. We’re researching what training is needed, but we’d love to develop Nursing and Health. Not many students would have an old and a new hospital to train in.

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One lucky local student will start their 2013 studies at MTI with a scholarship. We hope to offer one every year: Murrindindi is more than just the name, it’s our home.

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Have you seen our You Tube clip? The link is on the MTI website http://www.murrindinditraininginstitute.org.au

9.

MTI is the result of a strong partnership between some terrific local and national organisations bringing training and jobs to Murrindindi, but they have a shocking collection of names. The MTI Board alone includes ADH, CEACA, CRLLEN, OEG, YMCA Vic and local community representatives.

The first person to correctly tell us what all the initials stand for wins a $50 voucher towards any CEACA or MTI course. Hint – try the MTI website for the tricky ones. Answers to CEACA on Facebook: ceacainc, 5772 1238 or www.ceaca.com.au 10. Ask for more information about MTI on 0400 689 013.

MTI might be new and tucked away on the hill, but it’s your chance to study locally and start a great new qualification and career, which will let you choose to stay at home or take you anywhere you want to go.

Set on the Great Dividing Range is Toolangi’s very own

1390 Myers Creek Road Toolangi Phone 03 5962 9398 www.toolangitavern.com.au The beer is cold, the food is hot and the service is unbeatable. Open 7 days a week lunch & dinner

FLOWERDALE The Flowerdale Hotel offers meals and accommodation seven days a week, with a family friendly atmosphere in an original country style hotel 3325 Whittlesea-Yea Road Flowerdale 3717 Ph: 5780 1230 www.fl owerdalehotel.com.au Email bigfl ocker@bigpond.com

Yea community house happenings

By Leanne Wegrzyn WELCOME to 2013, the Committee of Management, staff and volunteers at Yea Community House trust that you all had a happy and relaxing Christmas and New Year break.

Last year was an encouraging twelve months of growth for the House.

The former sterile classroom has been converted into the House lounge which serves a multitude of purposes and the combined kitchen/ small meeting room has been revamped to make it more functional. Our venue is available for hire for both business and private functions at reasonable rates.

We have worked very hard to expand our program offering

a variety of courses, activities and events to suit all tastes and ages. The program can be downloaded from our website.

Finally we are delighted to announce the launch of our very own website www. yeahouse.org.au and don’t forget that we are very active on Facebook.

The Yea Community House sees its role as providing activities and services for not only the Yea community but for the entire Murrindindi Shire and beyond. Whether you live in the district or are a visitor to our lovely region you are most welcome to utilise our services.

For more information phone 03 5797 3070 or email info@ yeahouse.org.au or visit the website.

BIG4 TAGGERTY HOLIDAY PARK is the perfect place for a weekend revival or stay for weeks for a complete rejuvenation.

Featuring over 1km of Acheron River with the majestic Cathedral Range as your back drop, you can experience nature at its best.

Be it fishing on the banks of local rivers, touring valleys or just kick back, relax and unwind.

Hosts: Camille Goodman and Wayne Shegog 3380 Maroondah Highway Taggerty Ph: 03 5774 7263 Freecall 1800 880 895 Fax: 5774 7282 E: book@big4taggerty.com.au W: www.big4taggerty.com.au

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Sounds . . .

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Yea acoustic jam session THE session is held on the first Friday of each month (except for January).

All levels of acoustic musicians, singers and listeners are welcome.

This is a relaxed session where many musical genres get a good airing.

Beginners are mentored by the more experienced musicians and we often get people who come to chill out on the couches with a cuppa and to listen to live music.

We have people travelling from Melbourne and as far away as Gippsland to attend.

For people who live far away there are many options for accommodation.

Entry cost is $2 per person and the sessions are held at Yea Community House Lounge, 15 The Semi-Circle, Yea. For more details phone Lee Vengeance on 03 5797 3070 or email info@yeahouse. org.au.

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Our produce . . .

EILDON TROUT FARM

By Georgina Beach SET on 55 acres of picturesque Goulburn River flats, just a little distance downstream from the Lake Eildon pondage, the Eildon Trout Farm is an unexpected haven of rural serenity – perfect for anyone wishing to while away a few hours in the shade of a weeping willow, dropping a line and enjoying the views of rolling hills and distant ranges.

After more than 30 years in operation, the property and business were more recently acquired by the Williams family, and the focus changed from purely wholesale to a primarily retail and tourism business.

The large range of produce available from Eildon Trout Farm.

96 Grant Street Alexandra Offering a huge range of stock from • washers, dishwashers, fridges • TVs, surround sound systems, headphones • toys, coffee machines • alfresco furniture and barbecues • heating and cooling, portable air conditioning . . .

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Skillfully managed by experienced aquaculturist, Lee Carpenter, the farm has earned a reputation for the highest quality fish, with numerous local eateries and butchers

maintaining standing orders, along with the Eildon Boat Club.

And next year . . . Eildon’s fish go global with television’s MasterChef having purchased numerous delectable morsels to be featured in a new episode of their Professional Series!

Talk about high praise!

Meanwhile, back on the ground, visitors to the farm have everything provided for them, from rods and bait to a well-appointed, shady picnic area with ample tables and benches and a large barbecue, all free for customers to use.

All fish caught are cleaned promptly by the friendly staff, whilst the farm shop sports a range of local produce to complement anyone’s dinner plans, including wines, marinades, herbal seafood ‘rubs’ and scrumptious Yarra

Breakaway Twin Rivers Caravan Park Acheron A quiet and tranquil park situated on the banks of the Goulburn River and Acheron Valley.

Your choice of riverside / shady campsites, deluxe cabins and ensuite cabins with beautiful views, together with long-term holiday sites.

Plenty to do with solar heated pool, tennis court, mini golf, fishing, rec room, jumping pillow and playground for the kids, what more could you want!

Open 8.30am-12 noon; 2pm-6pm; 7pm-8.30pm

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Valley fruit pastes. And of course, delicious pâtés, fillets and whole fish smoked expertly on-site.

Both the aspiring angler and experienced fisherman find past-times to please here.

Brown and rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, Murray cod and Australian bass inhabit an array of well-maintained ponds set up to present varying levels of difficulty.

Whilst for the truly serious the one acre lake, ringed with vibrant waterlillies, provides surprisingly challenging sport to keep fly-fishermen returning again and again.

Indeed, regular patrons deem it the perfect place to test out their latest gear!

With a focus on families, customers are encouraged to make a day of it, bringing along a picnic, or catching fresh fish and barbecuing it

on the spot! Of course, for those not wishing to cook and consume their catch immediately, eskies and ice are available to transport fish home.

With thousands of visitors through the gate each year,

Angling & Fly Fishing Fresh Fish & Local Produce Sales Beautiful Mountain Views Free Barbecue / Picnic Areas Great Fun for Young & Old Group Bookings Available

the future of the Eildon Trout Farm is looking rosy, inspiring plans for exciting developments down the track.

An on-site restaurant is high on the list of dreams, along with some special activities

for children, and . . . who knows? Watch this space.

The Eildon Trout Farm is located at 460 Back Eildon Road, Thornton.

For more information, call 03 5773 2377 or visit www. eildontroutfarm.com.au

‘an outing with friends’

Fish for Dinner – Guaranteed!

Eildon Trout Farm P 03 5773 2377 F 03 5773 2573 460 Back Road Thornton www.eildontroutfarm.com 26 – Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013

Ph 03 5773 2292 90 Rubicon Rd Thornton www.rubiconhorseriding.com.au rvhorseriding@virtual.net.au

Rail trail . . . THE GOULBURN RIVER HIGH COUNTRY RAIL TRAIL WHETHER you’re seeking adventure or looking to get back to nature, the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail is for you. This easily accessible, varied and unique rail trail offers close proximity to heritage classified rivers and majestic valleys, lakes and mountains. So strap on your daypack and head for the hills.

The trail is Victoria’s longest rail trail and spans 134km from Tallarook through Yea to Mansfield, with a link between Cathkin and Alexandra. You’ll be able to explore the rail trail on a bike, on foot or on horseback.

Located less than one hour from Melbourne, the trail meanders through beautiful countryside following the Goulburn River from Tallarook and passes through the Trawool Valley, classified by the National Trust for its scenic beauty.

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You can take a ride through the historic 200 metre long Cheviot tunnel and you may be lucky enough to arrive at the old Alexandra Station on a day that the

The Cheviot tunnel between Yea and Molesworth.

Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum operates.

The trail traverses the Mitchell, Murrindindi and Mansfield Shires, connecting towns and communities including Tallarook, Trawool, Kerrisdale,

Homewood, Yea, Molesworth, Cathkin, Alexandra, Koriella, Kanumbra, Merton, Woodfield, Bonnie Doon, Maindample and Mansfield, making it one of the longest trails in Australia.

See over for map.

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Chainsaw Sales & Service Safety Equipment • Workwear • Bait and Tackle • Stihl Specialists Open 7 days Ph 03 5774 7292 2201 Maroondah Hwy Buxton

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Cam I Am Paint I Can Flowerdale by Hand 82-84 Grant Street Alexandra Ph 03 5772 1025 Fax 03 5772 2686

Cam Call 0402 990 651 Office Cam 5780 1525 Flowerdale and District Cam Gunn Tintologist & Gunn Painter

We have the BEST COFFEE in town, with LIGHT MEALS available in a cosy and relaxing atmosphere.

Not to mention our all day BREAKFAST on weekends, homemade CAKES and GLUTEN FREE options.

Outside CATERING and private FUNCTIONS are also available, so come in and see our friendly staff today!

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Ristorante, pizzeria and cafe Homemade produce Take-away or eat-in OPENING HOURS Thurs dinner from 5pm Wood fired pizzas a speciality

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Alexandra

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Eildon fishing report January 2013

By Gaz from Eildon Bait and Tackle LAKE Eildon is firing on all cylinders this summer. Big fish of all species are being

caught; conditions have been perfect from one end of the lake to the other.

Cod up to 128cm have been caught; predatek, spinner

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baits, jakals, stump jumpers, cod dogs, and ballista lures all have been successful.

Purple had been the number one color, but in more recent times the brighter yellows and greens are working well.

Bait-wise, scrubbies, yabbies and even corn are doing well, the latter landing a 68cm cod in one of the Eildon marinas.

Yellow belly up to 15lb are a regular catch and all on similar baits and lures to what’s being used for the cod.

The best reported areas that I’ve had are the Lake Eildon Main Arm, Jerusalem Creek, the Goulburn arm and

Fraser camping ground to Woolshed Inlet.

The reddies are still about and the usual techniques are working well including Baltic bobbers, ice jigs, yabbies, and worms.

The pondage has received its last couple of stockings for a while, with over 250 big fellas going in, the majority of which were brown trout.

The brown trout minimum weight was 1.2kg and the rainbows were 2.2kg.

As you would expect the local dough has been the pick of the baits with 14 browns, all around 5lb, caught in one evening session and, yes, all but one went back.

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David and Gary Edmonds with a 4lb brown trout caught in the pondage on dough. after the slaughter earlier The gold and silver krocs, in the year the odd salmon pink and traffic light tassies, is still being caught in the chunky cheese power bait Rubicon as well. and occasionally mudeye have also worked.

Big River has been producing small rainbows and browns As is always the case with on scrubbies and celta the pondage at this time of type lures. the year irrigation and power demand has a major affect In general, with the warmer on the water levels, however weather, get out early or the early and evening stay out late, and when it anglers are still having quite comes to the carp don’t leave a bit of success. them lying on the bank, they attract foxes, feral cats and The Goulburn River is European wasps. Dispose of running from 5000 meg up them properly; bagged and at the moment but is still into garbage bins for pick-up very fishable. Drifting worms, or alternatively the rules and vibrax lures, spotted dog regulations state they are not rapalas, and meal worms to be returned to the water have all worked. The key ALIVE, so knock them on the to fishing the Goulburn at head but puncture the air present is to work the edges bladder inside so they sink, and the flooded grass flats. they then become cray or Gilmour’s bridge and the yabbie fodder. mouth of the Rubicon have Catch you later, Gaz. been very productive, even

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Historical . . .

By Peter Evans WHEN the branch line to Alexandra township was opened on 28th October 1909 at a cost of £25,109 10s 0d, only minimal facilities were provided for passengers and freight.

The passenger platform supported only two small structures: a Station Master’s office at the northern end of the platform and an equally tiny ladies’ waiting room at the southern end.

Both of these structures, like the single goods shed, had probably been moved from the former terminus of the line at Alexandra Road (later Koriella).

At this early stage of the line’s history, locomotives were serviced at Cathkin so, as far as engine facilities were concerned, only a turntable was provided.

The stock yards were situated on the northern side of the final section of track, near where Clark & Pearce would later develop their first planing works.

The only water supply to any of these structures was a rain-water tank attached to one end of the Station Master’s office. This was obviously unsatisfactory, especially at the stock yards where often, on hot afternoons, there were large numbers of animals which had been driven long distances to be in time for the 4.40pm train.

Water supply This was the first pressing need to be rectified. In January 1910 the Shire of Alexandra asked that water be laid on to the trucking yards. A plan was drawn up by the Railway Department and an estimate of £50 8s

10d was made for the total cost of supplying water to the station yards.

The work was authorised in January 1911. A connection was made to the main supply of the Alexandra Waterworks Trust at a stand-pipe in Bon Street and water was carried below-ground eastwards to the station platform in a 1¼ inch diameter galvanised pipe.

Taps were provided at the Station Master’s offices and between No.2 and No.3 roads opposite the goods shed. The pipe was then continued on to the stock yards where two “Alston” troughs were provided: one low-level trough for pigs and one slightly higher for sheep. In its first year of operation the new system of reticulation handled 15,000 gallons at a cost of one shilling per thousand gallons. (VPRS 421, unit 049, file

10/22527).

Construction of buildings The next need to be rectified was the provision of more substantial buildings to handle passenger and parcels traffic.

Tenders for the construction of new buildings to meet the specification provided by the Railway Construction Branch of the Board of Land & Works were called in July 1910. For some reason these did not proceed, and fresh tenders were called in November 1910.

This time there were two tenders. The highest was from W. W. Moore & Sons for £1112 3s 10d.

The second, and lowest, at £1010 6s 9d, was from Alexandra contractor J. F. Webb. Contract # 20598 was subsequently awarded to Webb on 5th January 1911.

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Alexandra railway station circa 1912 to 1920.

A deposit of £100 was required from the successful tenderer to guarantee satisfactory performance of the contract. (VPRS 425, unit

383, document 10/15212, and Government Gazette 5th January 1911, p 4).

A second contract, # 21103, for the verandah steelwork, was awarded to Grocke & Main, boiler engineers and blacksmiths of Moore Street, South Melbourne.

This second contract was awarded on 8th March 1911 and the total price for the work was to be £204 16s 8d.

(Gazettal number 2468).

As the building was scheduled to be completed by 29th May 1911, work must have commenced soon after the contracts were awarded.

The specification originally called for the “rusticated” weatherboards to be cut in durable West Australian Jarrah. When, in early February, these suddenly became unavailable due to a shortage of stock, Webb was allowed to substitute Stringybark for the Jarrah so

long as the timbers were well creosoted before installation.

(VPRS 425, unit 391, document 11/2418).

By 15th May 1911, the frameworks for the main building and porch had been completed. Most of the weatherboards were affixed and the flooring had been laid. The lining of the waiting rooms was complete with the exception of the dado.

The van goods room and store were complete with the exception of the floors, doors and painting. The “EC” (external conveniences?) were complete and the walls and roof covered with iron.

The wood yard had also been fenced in. Three carpenters and one “improver” were at work on the site. (VPRS 425, unit 400, document 11/6757).

The work was finally completed and the station buildings ready for occupation on 28th July 1911.

Under the terms of the contract, Webb was liable for £47 in fines for the late completion. These,

however, were waived, as the Railway Construction Branch considered the delay “partly due to circumstances for which the contractor could not in any case be held responsible”.

These circumstances included having to wait for the Construction Branch to remove the old Station Master’s office which wasted much of the fine weather available to the contractor, and then an extremely wet winter which delayed much of the subsequent work. Shortages of material and labour compounded the delay. (VPRS 425, unit 412, document 11/11555 and 11/11080).

The final cost of the building, £924 14s 7d appears to have come in under the tendered amount.

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after 1922. In 1929 the 50ft turntable originally supplied when the line was built was replaced by a 53ft turntable to enable larger engines to be turned.

In 1945 the line lost its passenger service which was replaced by a bus.

Four years later, in 1949, new livestock facilities were built at the northern end of the yard.

In 1951, new siding accommodation and a large shed were provided for Utah Constructions to facilitate the unloading of materials destined for the enlargement of Eildon weir.

In 1957 Ruoak’s timber siding, the mainstay of outward traffic for so many years, was abolished.

The station now settled down to the routine of a terminus on a small country branch line serving the timber and pastoral industries.

The points leading to the turntable and livestock sidings were disconnected in 1966, the signalling placed out of use in 1976 and, in 1978, the line lost its Station Master.

The size of the goods shed was doubled some time

The line closed in November 1978. (Weekly Notice Extracts, p 3).

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Permaculture . . .

PART 2 ~ THE CHOOK YARD COMPLEX

By Emily Friedel and Rohan Dodds

with various vegetables, particularly those that climb.

• Excess produce from the gardens feeds the chickens.

OUR chook yard is not just a chook yard, and the adjoining vegetable gardens do more than just feed us – all elements in the beginnings of our permaculture system are interconnected and each element has more than one function.

In the last article, Murrindindi Guide Summer 2012/13, we described our partially completed chook yard complex with one garden bed down the side: • The chickens provide eggs and are mobile fertilisers and excavators, but they need protection.

• The chicken run provides protection for the chickens, but has also proved to be an ideal structure to build garden beds along, packed

• The chickens will be protected from the strong summer sun and heat as the wire gradually becomes covered by the leaves of climbing plants. When winter comes along and warmth is required our annual climbers will have died off allowing more light in and warmth.

Since then a second, much larger garden bed has been built along the other side with recycled corrugated iron.

This bed was filled with a mixture of soil from the property and compost that had accumulated in the chook run – food scraps, chook poo, straw that had rotted down over several months. We tested the soil compost mix and

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found it had a pH of about 6.5, which is pretty good for growing many vegetables, and so far the ones growing in it seem very happy. So, we discovered another function for the chook yard: providing half of a suitable growing medium for the adjoining vegetable gardens.

The project hasn’t been without its trials and tribulations.

The peas and beans growing up the side of the chook yard are not providing as much shade as we had hoped, and this is in part because the successful plants were established much later than we planned. The reason for this? Rats!

Unfortunately a chook yard, with its abundance of food and cosy nesting places, is every rat’s idea of heaven.

And being the adaptable and agile creatures they are, most of our efforts to protect seedlings with bird wire and netting and plastic bottle protectors were quickly thwarted.

With persistence (and a lot of cursing) we finally managed to get enough plants to a size where the odd nibble from rats on the stalk or a gnawedoff leaf wouldn’t be fatal and we have even enjoyed a handful of delightfully crisp sugar snap peas.

In Permaculture there is much talk about creating resilient systems. Sometimes it seems to be more important to be a resilient gardener and to persist and experiment despite the hurdles placed in front of you on the road towards selfsufficiency.

Gardening . . .

Autumn gardens

By Sandy Burden WHAT a fantastic place Murrindindi is for deciduous trees, displaying beautiful colours from golden yellow to deep purple reds. Autumn is the perfect time to choose your plants for that stunning display of colour and is a great time to plant with the soil still warm, autumn rains giving your new plants time to settle in before winters’ rest and be ready to burst into spring growth.

We love maples because they drop their leaves completely, preceded by spectacular colours with such a variety of size and shape to fit any garden.

I’ll only mention some.

The Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) grows 5 metres

Maple. high with light green spring foliage to bright red at leaf fall. Acer palmatum atropurpureum grows to 3.5 metres high by 3 wide with rich crimson-red new leaves in spring, turning to bronzegreen in summer, and then finally to rich crimson-red in autumn.

Acer palmatum shaina is a dwarf Japanese maple, with a bushy, tufted habit. Leaves are dark maroon during the summer, changing to a brilliant red.

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Acer japonicum ‘vitifolium’, an upright, ‘vase’ shaped growth reaching 5 by 5 metres with broad, lobed leaves. Green new growth, overlaid with a dusty reddish-orange tinge and lime green veins. One of the best autumn coloured trees, a brilliant reddishorange.

Acer saccharum grows to be a large round topped tree 18 to 20 metres high. It is a good lawn specimen with spectacular orange gold autumn foliage. This tree is the principal source of maple syrup.

Other favourites Cercis canadensis, ‘Forest Pansy’, is a beautiful and elegant, small tree that starts a reddish-purple getting darker before softening to a greener tinge in summer then followed by brilliant yellow to orange colours

for autumn. Its open and low branching habit forms a flat-topped canopy. A lovely, distinctive tree all year round even without leaves.

Crab apples are amazing small trees. They give you blossoms in whites to reds and many have bright coloured fruits which hang on until the leaves turn soft reds before the winter rest.

My three favourites are; ‘Golden Hornet’ a columnar shape with bright yellow crab apples, ‘Gorgeous’ because it has white flowers and crimson red fruit and ‘Pioneer Rose’ has pink flowers and large red fruit.

Many other trees have great colour. There are birches, beech, Chinese pistachio, elms, gleditsia, liquidambars, oaks, ornamental pears, poplars, tulip trees and willows to name a few.

Birds . . .

Watching birds

By Bob Tate THE shire of Murrindindi has a wide scope for bird watching whether it is in private gardens, bushland reserves, national parks, wetlands or roadsides, there is something for everyone whatever their interests.

I have compiled a flier of best bird watching areas in this shire and this is available at the Alexandra Visitor Information Centre. However I shall describe a few of these in this and future articles and which are all easy to find and within a short distance from the towns of Alexandra, Eildon or Yea. The first of these areas is the very popular McKenzie Reserve and the adjoining Alexandra bushland which are found just past the Scout

Hall in the extension of Grant Street (the main street).

McKenzie Reserve is entered via a wooden structure on the right hand side of the road just 1.2kms from the roundabout at the southern end of the shopping centre, and the bushland, by going another 1.2kms further south to a dirt track to the left. Go up this to a turn to the right to Lucky Mine Lookout.

Both reserves have well marked tracks and in a loop and take about one hour to complete depending on the number of stops to look at the wildflowers and orchids as well as the birds.

Bird life will vary with the season, time of the year and time of the day, as well as the prevailing weather conditions. A reasonable number to find would be

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The red wattle bird. in the vicinity of 20 or more species in a one to two hour walk. However groups with more eyes and ears will see more.

Similarly the wildflowers, particularly the orchids, will vary greatly with the seasons and time of the year.

Both reserves have a different governmental status and the strictest conditions apply to McKenzie Reserve where dogs, horses, bikes, camping and fires are not allowed.

The bushland has similar conditions but dogs, bikes and horses are allowed.

There are well over 150spp recorded for this area. Some of these are here all the time, whereas others migrate and are only here for a few months each summer, whilst others may have been recorded and only seen once or a very few times.

Birds of the garden and bush ~ the red wattle bird This bird is found in a variety

of habitats, where there are flowering trees, and are very common in many gardens and parks around Alexandra.

They belong to the honeyeater group of birds, which have a partly split tongue which is brush like at the end for sucking up the nectar from flowers.

As well as nectar they feed on insects which form an important part of their diet, providing essential protein and fats. Late in the autumn they form quite large groups and migrate in search of flowering trees up north.

Garden feeding of grain to encourage these birds in the winter will deprive them of the need to migrate, and they will suffer malnutrition as they are not getting the correct diet.

The red wattle bird is quite large, around 36cms long and is distinguished by the red wattles (like a chooks comb) on each side of the face. It is somewhat stripy on the back and chest,

and a general dark colour, with a yellow patch on the abdomen.

It is found in a reasonable band around the east and south coast from Brisbane to Shark Bay in WA, including the Nullarbor plains. The WA bird is a slightly different sub species. It does not occur in Tasmania. Like many honeyeaters it is particularly aggressive to other smaller birds which may be competing for feed, and is very noisy having a

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There are other species of wattle birds, none of which occur in Alexandra.

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Cycle circuits . . .

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Bowden Spur puts the ‘mountain’ back in bike riding.

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Racing . . .

Bowden Spur puts the ‘mountain’ back in bike riding THE new downhill mountain bike (MTB) trail at Bowden Spur in Kinglake National Park is proving a huge hit with MTB fanatics.

Since opening in mid 2012, thousands of riders have enjoyed the trail, both as a casual user and as part of organised events. A visit to the trail on a weekend is evidence of its popularity with bikes and riders aplenty taking a spin down the hill.

The trail – named Shepherds after local MTB enthusiast Danny Shepherd, who lost his life defending his home on Black Saturday – is rated double black diamond, which means it is an extremely difficult trail and should only be attempted by experienced riders wearing full protective gear.

Not for the faint hearted, the trail includes some features that heighten the challenge including dirt jumps, rock gardens, bomb holes, flowing earth berms and large sections of off-camber riding The trail is the closest

purpose built trail north of Melbourne and the first to be constructed in a national park in Victoria Riders have come from near and far to enjoy the trail, with many commenting in person and online about what a well constructed trail it is and how much they enjoyed it.

“The trail is proving a massive success with riders giving us rave reviews. It’s also a great example of how powerline easements can be used in an environmentally friendly way that meets the need of park visitors,” said Parks Victoria Ranger-in-Charge Ion Maher.

“Without impacting on environmental values we can now offer a great recreational facility that we didn’t previously have.”

Bowden Spur Downhill MTB Area is located on Bowden Spur Road (off the Whittlesea-Kinglake Road) in Kinglake Central. For more information go to the Kinglake National Park page at www.parks.vic.gov.au or call 13 1963.

We’re still racing around the shire . . .

ALEXANDRA Race Club has two meetings to go.

The Stonelea Alexandra Cup will be held on Saturday 9th March. It is a Super Saturday for punters and fashions in the field for men and women.

The Highland Fling meeting will be held on Saturday 23rd March. This meetinsg is a celebration of Alexandra’s picnic racing with the season wrapped up in tartan.

Gates open at noon with the first of six races starting just after 1pm. Tote Van and a strong bookies ring service local, Melbourne and interstate racing.

Refreshments aplenty.

Eildon Real Estate was opened in June 2011 with Mark Howard as Director.

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Mark, who was born and raised in Eildon, came home to Eildon with 23 years of experience in Melbourne under his belt, to fill a gap in real estate in the Eildon area – there had been no real estate agency based in the town for several years.

Eildon Real Estate is located between the CFA station and a motel in central Eildon in a building which was used as a restaurant for many years. The building has been tastefully renovated and provides not just an office for Mark and his staff, but a community hub where people can call in to have a chat, send faxes, get help with letters and emails, etc.

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For more information check the website; www.alexandra raceclub.com.au.

St Pats races, Yea The St Pats Race Club Yea also have their traditional meeting scheduled for Sunday 24th February.

The event is a great family fun day offering picturesque surrounds, local produce, oncourse catering, and oncourse TAB facilities. They also have some rivetting entertainment throughout the day, including fashions on the field and activities for the kids. All in all a great country racing experience to share with family and friends.

The next event to be held in Eildon is the ‘Million Paws Walk’ – an RSPCA event held around the country in May each year. The walk will use the popular track around the Eildon Pondage.

The Eildon Real Estate office is also the business centre for Eildon Major Events – a group of local people, including Mark Howard, who organise major events of various kinds to be held in Eildon.

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Riding the ranges . . .

Alexandra & District Horseman’s Association riders Tim Halligan and Alan Schulz having fun riding the river. Photo Jo-Anne Kasch

By Jo-Anne Kasch THE beautiful shire of Murrindindi has some of the most diverse and scenic trail riding in Victoria.

From riding in the magnificent hills of the Strathbogie’s, the rolling hills of the Goulburn Valley, fern gullies of the Marysville district, or the more challenging trails of the Rubicon mountains. It’s a trail horse riders paradise.

Club committees are able to structure rides according to the weather and riders abilities.

(ADHA) has been holding rides throughout the shire for over 18 years.

If it’s a hot summers day, riders head up into the cooler mountains, if it’s cold and snowy, then they head out over the hills and the valleys.

Most popular with the ADHA are its monthly trail rides, held all over the shire.

In the winter months we have progressive dinners, bowling, movie nights and a range of events to keep riders involved, when it’s too wet to ride.

The committee fondly call themselves a boutique catering group that just happens to enjoy horse riding, as the meals are always a highlight at any function or ride.

With that said, riders rarely ever baulk at the weather and are always happy to ride, rain, hail or snow.

The ADHA is a proud supporter of the Alexandra show, and donates monies to local charities and organisations.

The Alexandra & District Horseman’s Association

The Marysville Saddle Tramps, based out of Marysville, have been riding for over 30 years. They also hold monthly trail rides, utilising the Triangle and Marysville region, midweek ladies rides and the growing popularity of the training days, promoting fun and safety on horseback.

The riders of both clubs, often head out on overnight rides. Encouraging and teaching riders the joys of our bush and its fascinating history, and generally enjoying the pleasures of trail horse riding with

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Hunting expo . . .

THE Upper Goulburn Deer Association will be holding a hunting, fishing and 4x4 expo on 2nd March at the Alexandra Showgrounds in William Street from 8am to 5pm.

Visitors can see displays of camping, 4 wheel driving, hunting and fishing apparel and gear, some just on show but most will be for sale. To ensure no one goes hungry there will be a variety of food and drink vendors.

Alexandra & District Horseman’s Association members on their monthly ride in September 2012. Photo Jo-Anne Kasch friends and family from the back of your favourite horse.

New members to both clubs are most welcome.

Other functions and activities hosted by these two active clubs are pack saddle information days, horsemanship displays and presentations, parades, barbecues and much more.

For enquiries for either club contact Jo-Anne Kasch email: jkasch1@bigpond. com or Marysville Saddle Tramps at www.marysvillesaddletramps. com.au.

Knife sharpening will be available to all, so those hard to sharpen knives in the kitchen can be brought along and have a nice sharp edge placed on them.

Outdoor retailers such as Totally Trout, Shooting Zone and Muddy Creek will have goods for sale and fishing lure manufacturers and retailers will be sure to have

something on offer that every tackle box needs.

Angling clubs will be present and will be able to help with directing the would be fishermen to the right place to use those newly acquired lures.

Fishing and hunting guides and educators will be on hand to chat with or perhaps to book a trip of a lifetime with.

Special interest exhibitors will have sausages, preserved and smoked goods on show and for sale along with antler chandeliers and taxidermists showing their goods.

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Roaming the ranges . . .

MARYSVILLE

Marysville PEOPLE have been visiting Marysville for over 120 years, enjoying the mountain vistas, fern walks and spectacular waterfalls of the surrounding Yarra Ranges.

Early visitors based themselves in grand Victorian guesthouses, took horse buggy rides along Lady Talbot Drive and picnicked beneath tree ferns and towering mountain ash.

Following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Marysville has revitalised a network of shared trails for walkers, cyclists and horse riders to experience the best nature has to offer.

Enjoy the majesty of Steavenson Falls, take a forest drive to The Beeches or take in the expansive view at Keppel Lookout.

Experience the region’s rich logging history at the Cambarville Historic Township and walk among some of Australia’s tallest and oldest living trees.

Yarra Ranges National Park ENJOY tall mountain ash forests and a lush understorey of tree ferns that thrive in the cool temperate rainforest. The park is home to many species of rare or threatened plant life and a diverse range of fauna.

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The Cambarville Historic Township and surrounding area contains an extremely valuable stand of old growth Mountain Ash, one of the tallest tree species in the world. Along the Cumberland Walk you will pass several spectacular and intriguing features, both natural and man-made.

The Big Culvert is a beautiful moss covered granite arch built around 1880 along with several other culverts of this type beneath Woods Point Road. The road was once part of the ‘Yarra Track’ used by miners travelling to the Woods Point goldfields.

At Cambarville a particular Mountain Ash, aptly named ‘The Big Tree’, is the tallest living tree known in Victoria and is one of the group known as ‘The Tall Trees’. It once stood at 92 metres, but was reduced to 84 metres by a windstorm in 1959.

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What’s on . . . IN THE SHIRE OF MURRINDINDI ~ FEBRUARY TO MAY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 Friday 1 to Sunday 3 Yea Folk gathering

Yea Community House

15 The Semi-Circle, Yea

A relaxed, informal weekend of acoustic jam sessioning, all levels of musicians, singers and listeners are most welcome. Entry to the House is $10 for the whole weekend. Friday from 7.30pm. Sat/Sun from 12 noon

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RickEVengeance Sunday 24 Granite Grind

Lake Mountain Alpine Resort

The annual Granite Grind is back again. With the always great mountain bike track ready for a new lap record. Make sure you enter the 2013 Granite Grind. 8.30am – 4.30pm

0403 213 634 sales@greatdividecoffee.com.au www.lakemountainresort.com.au Sunday 26 St Pat’s Picnic Race Meeting

Yea Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Yea

A fun day for all the family.

10am – 5pm

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MARCH 2013 Friday 1 to Sunday 3 Highlands Art Exhibition & Family Festival

Highlands Community Hall

Cnr Highlands and Ghin Ghin Roads, Highlands

Art for viewing and sale, artists in residence (visual artist, potter and multi media), workshops on digital photography, face painting, excellent food, wine, tea and coffee.

Friday – 7.30pm – 10pm

Saturday – 10am – 5pm

Sunday – 10am – 4pm

57976 9358 or 5796 9396 kadumbla@mac.com www.hiarts.org Friday 1 The Combined Primary School Fete

Alexandra Primary School Oval

This fete combines fundraising for both St Marys and Alexandra Primary Schools.

Camel rides, jumping castles, multi-cultural cuisine, face painting, produce stalls, wood auction, spinning wheel , rides and activities.

5pm – 8pm

0409 105 613 Saturday 2 The Warrior Challenge - The Samurai Challenge

Lake Mountain Alpine Resort

The Warrior Challenge obstacle race series is a gruelling series of 14.4km races with challenging obstacles such as mud and ice pits, climbing walls and army crawls up and down the muddy (and sometimes icy) trails of Lake Mountain. Start 9am

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MARCH 2013

Sunday 3 Marysville Lake Mountain Challenge

Marysville & Lake Mountain Alpine Resort

The MLMC is a recreational bike ride. Choose from the 35km Short Course or the 120km Long Course and add the optional Lake Mountain climb (40km) to either course.

8.30am – 4.30pm

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King-Parrot Valley Country Retreat

26-66 Wentworths Road (off Fairview Road), Strath Creek

Banksia Gallery presenting original art, pottery, sculpture, papyrus paper, bartic cloth and photography for viewing and purchase. Open native and bush-food gardens.

Sale of native plants and olive products.

10am – 4.30pm daily except Wednesdays

0457 590 022 info@kingparrotvalleychalets.com.au www.artguide.com.au Saturday 9 Stonelea Alexandra Cup

Alexandra Race Club

7 Ruoak St, Alexandra

Picnic thoroughbred racing for Super Saturday.

Tote van and strong bookies ring for local, Melbourne and interstate punters. Fashions on the Field for woman and men organised by local traders with great prizes to be won.

12noon – 5pm

5773 4304 walsh145@me.com www.alexandraraceclub.com.au Saturday 9 ST JOHNS ANGLICAN CHURCH AUTUMN FETE

St Johns Church Hall,

Downey Street, Alexandra

Homemade preserves, sauces and cakes.

Devonshire teas, hot food, sausage sizzle, children’s activities, musical entertainment, art and craft displays.

Something for everyone!

9am – 2pm

Linda Davis 5772 2185 Friday 15 World’s Longest Lunch – Marysville

Gallipoli Park, Marysville

Join us at the long table on the banks of the gorgeous Steavensons River in Gallipoli Park, where our region’s finest chefs will prepare a sumptuous menu matched with Upper Goulburn wines.

12 noon - 4pm

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MARCH 2013 Sunday 17 Yea Autumn Festival

High St, Yea

The Festival is a great day out with live music and entertainment, market stalls, arts and crafts, machinery, animals and historic vehicles on show. Main Street traders will be open for business.

10am – 4pm

5797 3242 ybta@bigpond.com Saturday 23 Highland Fling

Alexandra Race Club

7 Ruoak St, Alexandra

Our picnic thoroughbred racing will be wrapped up in tartan to the sound of pipes and drums. Presentation of the Donate Life Leading Alexandra Trainer and Geoff Purvis Alexandra Leading Rider Awards. Tote van and strong bookies ring for local, Melbourne and interstate punters.

12noon – 5pm

5773 4304 walsh145@me.com www.alexandraraceclub.com.au Friday 29 – Monday 1 April Rotary Easter Art Show

Alexandra Leisure Centre

Maroondah Highway, Alexandra

Display and sale of paintings, photography and woodwork. Entries close Friday 8 March.

Friday – from 7pm

Sat, Sun & Mon – from 10am

5772 2725 rossnt@hotmail.com Saturday 30 Taggerty 4 Seasons Market – Autumn

Taggerty Hall

Taggerty-Thornton Rd, Taggerty

Market selling local produce – wines, olives, olive oil, homemade jams and chutneys, wood work, plants, bric a brac, old wares, decorated cards, biscuits, baby blankets and other items.

BBQ with delicious locally made sausages available for sale.

9am – 1pm

5774 7217 or 0422 330 771 e_cthomas@hotmail.com www.taggerty.org Saturday 30 Eildon Lions Easter Market

Moore Park

Main Street, Eildon

Eildon’s Annual Easter Market, in its 30th Year!

Fresh produce, clothing, toys, icecream, plants, trash and treasure, handcrafts, jewellery, outdoor gear and much more. Children’s amusements. Food court with seating. Great atmosphere!

8am – 2pm

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MARCH 2013 Saturday 30 – Monday 1 April Alexandra Timber Tramway Easter Gala

Alexandra Timber Tramway Station St, Alexandra

Train rides, stationary steam engines, machinery and tractor displays including trains undergoing restoration. Refreshments, children’s’ activities and family picnic area.

Bring your bikes and ride the Rail Trail.

10am – 4pm

0427 509 988 info@alexandratramway.org.au www.alexandratramway.org.au Sunday 31 Alexandra Easter Fair

Rotary Park, Alexandra

The Alexandra Easter Fair provides entertainment, live music, food and wine, arts and crafts as well as children’s rides and activities, all located in the pleasant and safe Rotary Park Alexandra.

10am – 4pm

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APRIL 2013

April

Friday 12 to Sunday 14 Australian Steel Band Festival – Marysville 2013 Marysville

Come experience for yourself the joy that steel pans bring to Marysville. Share the unique sound of the steel bands on a Caribbean carnival weekend of fun, food, drinks and music.

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MAY 2013 Sunday 19 Heritage Day in Yea

Yea Railway Park

Station St, Yea

A celebration of our proud history and heritage with displays of historic machinery, articles, photos, documents, period costume and crafts, market stalls, working dogs, guided history walks, horse and cart rides. 10am – 3pm

5797 2663 yvic@bigpond.com

Easter Season at

St Johns Anglican Church, Alexandra Ash Wednesday, 13th February at 7pm, Imposition of Ashes Passion Sunday/Palm Sunday, 24th March, at 9.30am Maundy Thursday, 28th March, 7pm, Washing the Feet Ceremony and Stripping the Altar Good Friday, 29th March, 9.30am, Veneration of the Cross Holy Saturday 30th March, 8pm The First Fire of Easter and Renewal of Baptismal Vows Easter Day 31st March, 9.30am Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013 – 49

Marvellous markets . . .

REGULAR MARKETS

REGULAR MARKETS ALExANDRA MARKET

2nd Saturday of the month 9am – 1pm Alexandra Timber Tramway, Station Street, Alexandra Come and enjoy the atmosphere catering for all tastes and interests featuring plants, herbs, local produce, unique handicrafts, bric-a-brac and collectables. Refreshments available with a coffee cart, BBQ and cold drinks.

Free entry and parking and for a small donation, enjoy a train ride around the historic Alexandra Tramway grounds.

Jane 0427 509 988 market@alexandratramway.org.au www.alexandratramway.org.au

BOLLYGUM COMMUNITY MARKET 2nd Sunday of the month 9am – 1pm

Bollygum Park, 40 Whittlesea - Kinglake Rd, Kinglake The kids can play in the unique adventure playground as you soak up the market’s relaxing atmosphere, search for special treasures, try fantastic local produce and much much more.

Cheryl 5786 1696 cheryl.phillips@smartchat.net.au www.bollygumpark.org.au

MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY MARKET 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month 9am – 1pm

Marysville Central, Marysville Crafts, gifts, clothing, plants, soap, preserves, jams, chutneys, olive oil, honey, fresh fruit and vegetables and wine. Additional stallholders invited.

Louise 0405 146 961 olivetto@bigpond.com YARCK COUNTRY MARKET

YEA COUNTRY MARKET

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1st Saturday of the month 9am – 2pm Yea Railway Park, Station St, Yea he Yea Country Market offers an array of stalls, the best in fresh local produce, arts and crafts, children’s activities, playground and skate park. The market showcases local producers, growers and makers and is a community event with a gold coin donation entry - funds from entry are donated to local charities each month.

0409 130 587 yeamarket@gmail.com Yea Country Market

FLOWERDALE COMMUNITY MARKET 3rd Sunday of the month 9am – 1pm

Flowerdale Community Hall, Yea - Whittlesea Road, Flowerdale Country market stalls with arts, crafts, vegies, plants, bric-a-brac and lots more. Hot food, Devonshire teas and cold drinks available. New stall holders welcome, $10 a stall.

Alison 5780 1223 Alron27@bigpond.com KINGLAKE PRODUCE & ARTISAN MARKET 4th Sunday of the month 9am – 2pm Kinglake Township Cnr Heidelburg-Kinglake Rd & Healesville-Kinglake Rd, Kinglake Traditional produce market. Buy direct from the grower, producer or maker.

Producers offer the best local, fresh, seasonal produce. Includes displays from many talented local artists.

Robyn 5786 1976 info@kinglakemarket.com.au www.kinglakemarket.com.au Kinglake Produce & Artisan Market

3rd Saturday of the month 9am – 1.30pm Yarck Hall, Maroondah Highway, Yarck The market helps to fund the hall maintenance and provides an outlet for local produce, jams, craft, plants and wines.

5773 4304 walsh145@me.com www.visityarck.com.au

FARMGATE SALES TWO PICKLED FARMGATE SALES

2nd Sunday of the month 12noon – 4pm ‘Burnside’ 84 Scrubby Creek Road, Molesworth February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12 On offer are unusual ‘Flavours of the Black Range’. Tastings of cold pressed oils and infused oils; marinated olives; striking dukkahs and tantalising jellies; chutneys and relishes plus produce for the sweet tooth and chilli lover.

03 5797 6309 twopickled@bordernet.com.au

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ANTENNA INSTALLATION

AUTOMOTIVE

ALEXANDRA SERVICE CENTRE • • • • •

• Local Technicia n • Local Knowled ge

Digital TV Antennas TV Points VAST Free to Air Satellite Plasma and LCD Installations Difficult Reception Area Specialist

• Cars • 4WDs • Trailers • Servicing • Tuning • Exhausts • Brakes • Spare Parts • General Repairs VACC Member Computer Diagnostics ~ All Models

Mark and Serina 6A Webster Street Alexandra 03 5772 2133 or 0424 310 420

0498 138 968 AUTOMOTIVE

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AUTOMOTIVE Andy Tyson Ph 0448 314 104

6-8 Downey Street Alexandra AUTOMOTIVE

Boz Miljkovic Mechanic 61 Downey Street Alexandra

Ph (03) 5772 3232

Alexandra Automotive • General Car Servicing • Repairs & Tuning • Wheel Alignments • Disc & Drum Machining • Front Ends & Suspension

Lot 8 Melaleuca Street, Yea

Ph 03 5797 2800 0428 390 544 Fax 03 5797 2295

24 hour towing • smash repairs • spray painting • mechanical

COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST • Two way and CB radio systems • GPS mobile navigation • Telemetry and wireless data links • Mobile phone car kits • installation • sales • service

Phone 03 5772 1292 Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013 – 51

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ELECTRICIAN

FURNITURE & FLOORING

ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS • Everything electrical • Domestic • Commercial • Undergrounds • Electrical design • Trenching • Solar installations Ph

0418 543 310

Rec No 12906

www.etecelectrical.com.au

ELECTRICIAN

GRAPHIC DESIGN / PRINTING

ELECTRICIAN Grimshaw Electrics For all your electrical and communication requirements

Peter Donald

For all your graphic design and printing needs. . .

Ann Friedel 11 Albert Street Alexandra Vic 3714 Phone: 03 5772 1026 Mobile: 0418 556 107 publishing@friedel.net.au

0429 808 596 REC 16666

A/H 03 5773 2457 FLOORING

Environmentally Friendly

Floor Sanding and Finishing SPECIALISING IN NON TOXIC POLYURETHANE COATINGS NEW & OLD TIMBER, PARQUETRY & CORK

TIM SKERRITT 0439 358 880 Alexandra ph 03 5772 2350 52 – Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013

MAINTENANCE SERVICES FREE QUOT ES

Steve’s

Maintenance Service Honest and Reliable

Mowing, Slashing, Brush Cutting, Gardening, Gutters Cleaned, Rubbish Removed, Household Repairs and Maintenance Phone Steve 5772 2451 Mobile 0409 430 271

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MACHINING

PLUMBER

Grant Simms Plumbing H SP OUSE ECI BO ALI AT ST S

Small Jobs Specialist No Job Too Small

• manufacturing • prototyping • parts repaired • iron • steel • stainless steel • aluminium • plastics • suppliers of AC, DC and 3 phase motors Alexandra CNC Machinery 9 Downey Street Alexandra Ph 03 5772 3356 MARINE SERVICES

• Prompt Reliable Service • Hot Water Services • Tap Washers rs Repai and ce • Gas Installation enan Maint Pensioner Rates Available

Phone Grant or Chris Lic 21557 0428 576 002 or 0458 097 025 PLUMBER

Ron Maroney Marine Services Specialising in Volvo, Mercury, Johnson

VALUE, & QUALIT Y E IC V R SE

• Electrical Repairs • All Inboard & Outboard Servicing • Stern Drives

Phone 03 5774 2222 Mobile 0427 575 976 PO Box 62, Eildon VIC 3713

PLUMBER

Your plumbing specialist

Lic No 37388

• New Homes • Roofs & Gutters • Sewers & Septics • High Pressure Sewer Jetter • Drain Camera • Pipe & Cable Locator • Water Tanks • Solar HWS • Wood Heaters

Excavators, post hole diggers, rock breaker, trencher & tip truck hire

0419 553 803 Ph/Fax 5772 2991 tcplumbing@bigpond.com SERVICE STATION

GOLDEN SPUR Service Station for easy access pumps and service with a smile

10 Downey Street Alexandra Ph 03 5772 1227

• snack food • icy cold drinks • ice • groceries • lubricants • batteries • accessories Kleenheat Kwik Gas LPG, Prem98, ULP, Hi-Flow Diesel, E10 Local accounts with 24 hour fuel access Open 7am-7pm 7 days a week

Spend $5 plus instore and receive 4 cents per litre discount

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SERVICE STATION

STOCK AND STATION AGENTS

Shell Buxton

• Convenience store • Snack foods • Hot food • Cappuccino • Groceries • Bait and tackle • Batteries for boats, bikes and cars • Barbecue gas • Firewood • Motor oils and lubricants • Ice • Motor parts and accessories Ph 03 5774 7171 2093 Maroondah Hwy Buxton

6 Webster Street Alexandra 3714 Ph 5772 1052 JOHN TOSSOL Real Estate Manager 0419 558 032 john.tossol@elders.com.au OK TOSS I NEED WORDS FOR HERE JIM HUTCHINSON Livestock Sales 0409 799 928 HELEN BONSEMA Customer Service 5772 1052 STUART MUNRO Elders Representative 0407 574 073

SHEDS AND BARNS

For a complete range of steel buildings • carports • garages • farm sheds • Aussie barns • available in kit form We also supply • all Bluescope building products • Stramit roller doors and accessories • Dowell aluminium doors and windows 55 Downey Street Alexandra Phone 03 5772 0444 or 0409 802 307 dinkumsheds@virtual.net.au

WEED CONTROL

• SPOT SPRAYING • BOOM SPRAYING • 200M POWER REELS • COMPUTER CONTROLLED BOOM FROM 2M TO 10M Licensed – insured – experienced

ANDY FRIEDEL 0407 565 207 SIGN WRITING

WINDSCREENS & GLASS

Alexandra

WINDSCREENS & GLASS • 24 hour service • House glazing

Steve Heard 31 Aitken Street Alexandra 3714 54 – Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013

Phone 5772 1994 A/H 5772 1184 Mob 0427 577 839

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ACCOMMODATION Alexandra Tourist Park Alexandra 5772 1222 Big4 Taggerty Holiday Park Taggerty 5774 7263 Black Spur Inn Narbethong 5963 7121 Breakaway Twin Rivers Caravan Park Acheron 5772 1735 Buxton Hotel Buxton 5774 7381 Commercial Hotel Alexandra 5772 1004 Dalrymples of Marysville Marysville 5963 3416 Eildon Resort Eildon 5774 2415 Flowerdale Hotel Flowerdale 5780 1230 Giddy Goat Cafe Yarck 5773 4223 Granite Station at Trawool Valley Resort Trawool 5792 1444 King Parrot Valley Country Retreat Strath Creek 0457 590 022 Maybole Cottage Alexandra 5772 1690 Molesworth Hotel Molesworth 5797 6266 Pavilion Cafe Bar and Gallery Strath Creek 5784 9221 Saladin Lodge Narbethong 0429 699 969 Thornton Caravan Park Thornton 5773 2305 Waverley Guest House Alexandra 5772 1146 Woodlea Cottage Alex / Cathkin 5797 6368 Yarck General Store B&B Yarck 5773 4204 Yarck Hotel Yarck 5773 4226 Yea Motel Yea 5797 2660 Yea Peppercorn Hotel Yea 5797 2000 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES Sam’s Arcadian Services Eildon 0417 577 255 ANTENNA INSTALLATIONS Goulburn Valley TV Antennas

0498 138 968 APPLIANCE CENTRES Bettervision Appliance Centre Alexandra 5772 3345 ARTISTS Marian Rennie Acheron 5772 1701 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES Alexandra Automotive Alexandra 5772 3232 Alexandra Service Centre Alexandra 5772 2133 Alexandra Tyrepower Alexandra 5772 3456

Eildon Auto Spares Eildon 5774 2712 Greensborough Smash Repairs Yea 5797 2800 Race Engines Automotive Alexandra 0448 314 104 BOAT HIRE Lakeview Boat Hire Eildon 0488 051 721 BOOK SHOPS Books at Yarck Yarck 5773 4337 BOTTLE SHOPS Thirsty Camel Alexandra 5772 2557 BUILDERS Precon Living Narbethong 5963 7035 BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SheCommerce Yarck 0419 333 659 BUTCHERS Alexandra Quality Meats Alexandra 5772 1151 Thornton Butchers & Deli Thornton 5773 2224 Upper Goulburn Butchers Eildon 5774 2134 CARAVAN PARKS Big4 Taggerty Holiday Park Taggerty 5774 7263 Breakaway Twin Rivers Caravan Park Acheron 5772 1735 Eildon Waters Holiday Park Eildon 5773 2386 Thornton Caravan Park Thornton 5773 2305 CLOTHING SHOPS Miller’s Mensland Alexandra 5772 1254 This That & Whatever Alexandra 0408 584 510 COMMUNICATIONS Weeks Radio Alexandra 5772 1292 COMPUTERS Murrindindi Computers Alexandra 5772 1403 DOG SERVICES Dirty Dogs Alexandra 0413 892 722 EATERIES / BAKERIES Alexandra Bakery & Cafe Alexandra 5772 2272 Aqua Bar & Cafe Eildon 0425 816 959 Burnsie’s Alexandra 5772 2693 Cafe Alex Alexandra 5772 1155 Cafe M Kinglake 5786 1783 Eildon Bakery & Cafe Eildon 5774 2362 Essence Coffee Lounge Alexandra 5772 2122 Flying Tarts Bakery & Cafe Kinglake West 5786 5800

Kinglake Bakery Cafe Kinglake 5786 1063 Pavilion Cafe Bar and Gallery Strath Creek 5784 9221 Tea Rooms of Yarck Yarck 5773 4233 Giddy Goat Cafe Yarck 5773 4223 Yea Chinese Restaurant Yea 5797 2865 Yea Take Away Yea 5797 2664 ELECTRICIANS E-Tec Electrical Contractor Alexandra 0418 543 310 Grimshaw Electrics Thornton 0429 808 596 FARM CONTRACTING Beilken Farm Contracting Yarck 0411 981 763 FARM FORESTRY SERVICES John Woodley 0427 747 393 FLOOR SANDING & FINISHING Tim Skerritt Alexandra 0439 358 880 FLORIST Parkside Video & Florist Alexandra 5772 2619 FISHING SUPPLIES Totally Trout Fishing Centre Alexandra 5772 2662 FURNITURE STORES Chookies Furniture Warehouse Alexandra 5772 2152 GALLERIES Banksia Gallery Strath Creek 0457 590 022 Gallery 34 Yea 5797 3222 Rustic Simplicity Alexandra 0419 517 045 GENERAL STORES / GROCERIES / FRUIT & VEG Alexandra Fruit & Veg Alexandra 5772 1752 Strath Creek General Store Strath Creek 5784 9220 Yarck General Store Yarck 5773 4204 GIFT SHOP / CLOTHING Country Touch Marysville 5963 3753 GIFT SHOP / GALLERY Rustic Simplicity Alexandra 0419 517 045 GLAZIER Alexandra Windscreens & Glass Alexandra 5772 1994 HARDWARE STORES Thrifty Link Hardware Alexandra 5772 1126 HEALTH & WELLBEING Jessica’s Sheer Beauty Alexandra 5772 3322 Isis Healing Centre Taggerty 5774 7338 Alexandra Physiotherapy Alexandra 5772 2649

HOUSEBOAT HIRE / SALES Anchorage Houseboats Eildon 5774 2705 HOME MAINTENANCE SERVICES Steve’s Maintenance Service Alexandra 5772 2451 HORSERIDING Rubicon Valley Horseriding Rubicon 5773 2292 HOTELS / MOTELS Black Spur Inn Narbethong 5963 7121 Buxton Hotel Buxton 5774 7381 Commercial Hotel Alexandra 5772 1004 Eildon Resort Eildon 5774 2415 Flowerdale Hotel Flowerdale 5780 1230 Molesworth Hotel Molesworth 5797 6266 Strath Creek Hotel Strath Creek 5784 9223 Toolangi Tavern Toolangi 5962 9398 Yarck Hotel Yarck 5773 4226 Yea Motel Yea 5797 2660 Yea Peppercorn Hotel Yea 5797 2000 LOCAL PRODUCE Marysville Lolly Shop Marysville 5963 3644 Two Pickled Molesworth 5797 6309 MACHINING Alexandra CNC Machining Alexandra 5772 3356 MARINE SERVICES Ron Maroney Marine Services Eildon 5774 2222 MOTORCYCLES Alexandra Motorcycles Alexandra 5772 1045 NEWSAGENCIES Alexandra Newsagency Alexandra 5772 1025 Yea Newsagency Yea 5797 2196 NURSERIES / GARDEN CENTRES / SUPPLIES Alexandra Garden Centre Alexandra 5772 2536 Bedrock Garden Supplies Alexandra 5772 1911 Buxton Nursery Buxton 5774 7345 Misty Valley Nursery Kinglake West 5786 5776 OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT Maroondah Outdoor Equipment Buxton 5774 7292 PAINTERS Paint Cam Flowerdale 0402 990651 Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013 – 55

PHARMACIES Alexandra Pharmacy Alexandra 5772 2153 Eildon 5774 2393 PHYSIOTHERAPIST Alexandra Physiotherapy Alexandra 5772 2649 PLUMBERS Faster Plumbers Alexandra 0417 155 659 Grant Simms Plumbing Alexandra 0428 576 002 Travis Capp Plumbing Alexandra 0419 553 803 REAL ESTATE AGENTS Elders Alexandra 0419 558 032 LJ Hooker Alexandra 5772 1774 Marysville 5963 3550 Eildon Real Estate Eildon 5774 2771 Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 5772 3444 RURAL PRODUCE STORES Alexandra Grain Store Alexandra 5772 2110 Landmark Embling Alexandra 5772 3100 SERVICE STATIONS Eildon Service Station Eildon 5774 2220 Golden Spur Service Station Alexandra 5772 1227 Shell Buxton Buxton 5774 7171 Simpson & Sons P/L Alexandra 5772 1205 SHEDS & BARNS Dinkum Sheds & Barns Alexandra 5772 0444 SIGN WRITING Alexandra Signs Alexandra 5772 1145 STOCK AND STATION AGENTS Elders Alexandra 5772 1052 Landmark Embling Alexandra 5772 3100 STOCK FEEDS Pheasant Creek Stockfeeds & Supplies Kinglake West 5786 5891 STORAGE Alexandra Self Storage Alexandra 0418 363 593 TOUR OPERATOR Country Touch Marysville 5963 3753 TROUT FARM Buxton Trout Farm Buxton 5774 7370 Eildon Trout Farm Thornton 5773 2377 VETERINARY CLINICS Taggerty Vet Clinic

5773 2331 VIDEO HIRE Parkside Video & Florist Alexandra 5772 2619 WEED CONTROL Alexandra Weed Control

0407 565 207 56 – Murrindindi Guide – Autumn 2013

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EMERGENCY SERVICES Police...........................................................000 Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1040 Eildon............................................................. 5774 2104 Kinglake........................................................ 5786 1333 Marysville..................................................... 5963 3222 Seymour.............................................24hr 5735 0200 Yea................................................................... 5797 2630 Ambulance..................................................000 CFA...............................................................000 SES ...............................................24hr 132 500 Bushfire Information Line & Fire Restriction Info......................... 1800 240 667 Crime stoppers..................................... 1800 333 000 Gas emergencies..................................24hr 132 771 Goulburn Valley Water – faults..................................................... 1800 454 500 Help for Wildlife.................................... 0417 380 687 Power & Street Light Failures..................... 131 799 RACV.................................................................... 131111 Tru Energy......................................................... 133 466 Wildlife Victoria.................................... 1300 094 535 HEALTH SERVICES HELPLINES Kids Helpline......................................... 1800 551 800 Lifeline ....................................................24hr 13 11 14 Maternal & Child Health Line ............................................24hr 13 22 29 Mental Health Advice Line............... 1300 280 737 Poisons Information Centre........................ 131 126 Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service......................................... 1800 015 188 HOSPITALS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 0900 Yea................................................................... 5736 0400 After Hours GP clinic.......................... 1300 766 858 SCHOOLS / EDUCATION PRE SCHOOLS / PLAYGROUPS Alexandra & District Kindergarten............................................... 5772 1387 Alexandra Playgroup................................ 5772 2344 Eildon Kindergarten................................. 5774 2041 Flowerdale Kindergarten........................ 5780 2816 Kinglake Playgroup................................... 5786 1301 Kinglake Ranges Children’s Centre........................................ 5786 1352 NEST Playgroup.......................................... 9719 7314 Yea Kindergarten....................................... 5797 2730 PRIMARY SCHOOLS Alexandra PS .............................................. 5772 1006 Buxton PS..................................................... 5774 7341 Eildon PS....................................................... 5774 7074 Flowerdale PS............................................. 5780 1264 Kinglake PS.................................................. 5786 1284 Kinglake Middle PS................................... 5786 1295 Kinglake West PS....................................... 5786 5262 Marysville PS............................................... 5963 3256 Sacred Heart PS Yea.................................. 5797 2723 St Mary’s PS Alexandra............................ 5772 1500 Taggerty PS.................................................. 5774 7224 Thornton PS................................................. 5773 2228 Toolangi PS.................................................. 5962 9255 Yea PS............................................................. 5797 2724 SECONDARY COLLEGES Alexandra SC............................................... 5770 2000 Yea SC............................................................ 5797 2207

ADULT EDUCATION CEACA Alexandra...................................... 5772 1238 Flowerdale Community House.................................... 5780 2664 Kinglake Neighbourhood House........................... 5786 1301 Yea Community House............................ 5797 3070 SERVICES CLUBS Kiwanis.................................................... 0418 335 692 LIONS CLUBS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 3428 Eildon............................................................. 5774 2674 Kinglake........................................................ 5786 1403 Marysville............................................... 0448 954 667 Yea ................................................................. 5797 3242 MASONIC LODGES Alexandra Albert Edward Masonic Lodge........................................... 5772 2474 MEN’S SHEDS Flowerdale............................................. 0434 023 533 Kinglake Ranges........................................ 5786 5999 Marysville............................................... 0407 134 277 PROBUS CLUBS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1253 Alexandra Ladies ...................................... 5774 2641 Yea................................................................... 5797 2344 RED CROSS Alexandra Red Cross........................... 0419 872 230 ROTARY CLUBS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1897 Kinglake Ranges........................................ 5786 2193 Yea................................................................... 5792 3515 RSL Alexandra RSL............................................. 5797 6269 Eildon RSL..................................................... 5774 2630 Marysville RSL............................................. 5774 7110 Thornton RSL Sub Branch................ 0458 082 823 Yea RSL Sub Branch............................ 0408 898 139 SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBS Alexandra Senior Citizens....................... 5772 1010 YOUTH GROUPS Flowerdale Junior Youth Group 5 to 14 yrs................................. 0408 333 953 Flowerdale Senior Youth Group.......................................... 0423 320 484 SPORTING CLUBS BASKETBALL CLUBS Alexandra .............................................. 0417 112 533 Kinglake........................................................ 5786 5441 BOWLING CLUBS Alexandra .................................................... 5772 1150 Eildon ............................................................ 5774 2540 Marysville Golf & Bowls .......................... 5963 3241 Whittlesea ................................................... 9716 1966 Yea................................................................... 5797 2770 CRICKET CLUBS Alexandra............................................... 0437 599 909 Merton .................................................... 0408 316 498 Yea Tigers...................................................... 5797 2543 Marysville & District ........................... 0422 702 956

FOOTBALL / NETBALL CLUBS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1912 Yea................................................................... 5797 2412 Kinglake........................................................ 5786 1580 Marysville & District ........................... 0412 487 842 GOLF CLUBS Eildon............................................................. 5774 2044 Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1570 Yea................................................................... 5797 2746 Whittlesea.................................................... 9716 2066 Marysville Golf & Bowls........................... 5963 3241 KARATE Alexandra Karate Club....................... 0407 855 344 RACE CLUBS Alexandra..................................................... 5773 4304 Merton........................................................... 5778 9551 Yea................................................................... 5796 9396 RIDING CLUBS Acheron Valley Adult Riding Club...................................... 5773 2245 SPEEDWAY............www.alexandraspeedway.com SQUASH CLUB Alexandra............................................... 0438 546 070 TENNIS CLUBS Kinglake Ranges........................................ 5786 5228 Yea................................................................... 5736 0461 SWIMMING POOLS Alexandra..................................................... 5772 1705 Eildon............................................................. 5774 2174 Marysville..................................................... 5963 3387 Yea................................................................... 5797 2474 RECREATIONAL GROUPS Alexandra Brass Band.............................. 5772 1404 Alexandra & District 4 Wheel Drive Club................................... 5772 1395 Alexandra & District Dog Obedience.......................................... 5774 7303 Alexandra Eildon & District Lapidary Club.............................................. 5774 2908 Alexandra Quilters.................................... 5772 1897 Buxton Craft Activities............................. 5774 7291 Eildon & District Woodworking Guild................................. 5774 7513 Eildon Art Group........................................ 5773 2306 Upper Goulburn Field Naturalists.................................................... 5772 1189 Yea Camera Club........................................ 5797 3228 Yea Film Society......................................... 5797 2480 MURRINDINDI SHIRE COUNCIL Alexandra..................................................... 5772 0333 ..................................................Toll Free 1800 633 792 Yea................................................................... 5797 2209 ..................................................Toll Free 1800 672 719 Kinglake........................................................ 5786 1522 ..................................................Toll Free 1800 651 821 Home Based Childcare............................ 5772 0362 Aged Care Services................................... 5772 0353 Family Day Care.................................... 1800 633 792 Local Law Emergencies..................... 0419 572 425 Engineering Emergencies................ 0407 509 413

TRANSFER STATION LOCATIONS AND HOURS There are five Transfer Stations (also known as Resource Recovery Centres) and one Landfill (at Alexandra) in the Murrindindi Shire.

Alexandra Marysville Eildon Yea Kinglake

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Mt Pleasant Rd 10am - noon Closed 1pm - 4pm Closed 10am - noon 10am - 4pm 10am - 4pm

Sunds Rd 1pm - 3pm Closed 10am - noon Closed 1pm - 3pm 9am - 4pm 10am - 4pm

Jerusalem Rd Closed 10am - 1pm Closed noon - 3pm Closed 9am - 4pm 10am - 4pm

Ghin Ghin Rd Closed 10am - 4pm Closed Closed Closed 9am - 4pm 9am - 3pm

Watson’s Rd Closed Closed 10am - 4pm Closed Closed 9am - 4pm 10am - 4pm

* All Resource Recovery Centres are closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day, New Years Day and days of total fire ban.

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