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Designer: Nicola Tilbury Contributors: Lynnda Heard, Pat O’Bryan, Louise Munro, Colette Geier, Cass Jasper, Dr Andrew Dallimore, Penny Showers, Julia Foletta, Ian Dunn, Ross Harlock, Joe Blake, Kelly Timms, Emshia Howlett, Simon Carroll Photographers: Lynnda Heard, Colette Geier ADVERTISING Kelly Timms - Advertising Manager 0417 869 608 | kelly@northbynortheast.com.au Sally Lynch 0407 200 031 | sales@northbynortheast.com.au

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Danni Townsend-O’Neil chats with Penny Showers about moving her family and fashion business to Myrtleford.

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ON THE COVER This Javanese Green peacock was photographed at the home of Pam and Allan Jacks in Barwite.

Picture: LYNNDA HEARD

Allan and Pam Jacks talk with Cass Jasper about life in Barwite, breeding magnificent peacocks and loving their Maremma dogs.

Moyhu, in the King Valley, is the perfect place for Naomi Ingleton to create boutique butter. Colette Geier gives us a delicious spread.

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The real stuff In this edition of Family Matters, Lou Munro shares with us how she copes with the ups and downs of life.

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Music in Mansfield

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A garden community

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The four members of Bracket n Jam talk with Lynnda Heard about their music.

Cass Jasper talks to Trish Mom about the future growth of Quercus in Beechworth.

Hitched Three couples celebrate their special days in three very different ways.

Food and Wine We visit Benalla for lunch, taste remarkable wine from Buxton, and warm up with a recipe for ‘Strathbogie Soup’.

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We showcase spacious properties in Yea, Oxley Flats and Buxton.

With the weather beginning to warm up, there is plenty to see and do.

The beauty of timber In Alexandra and Eildon, an enthusiastic group talk to Julia Foletta about the charm and potential of natural wood.

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Caring for orphans Dr Andrew Dallimore tells us how we can give a helping hand to orphaned newborn animals.

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This igloo filled with puppies in Moyhu was just too hard to resist for this photographer. Luckily they were all promised to new homes.

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i everyone, welcome to our August/September issue of the North by North-East magazine.

It feels as though everyone in our region of Victoria, is champing at the bit to throw off jumpers and jackets and hang-up the gumboots.

The locals have learnt not to get to excited just yet, there is still a definite chill in the air. At least the days are getting longer and we are all looking forward to some much needed the rain.

So lets be happy and anxiously await a warm, wet August and September. If our wishes are answered, we will be able to watch as the gardens, grass and crops all go ballistic and the paddocks fill with strong healthy stock.

Enjoy the next two months and take full advantage of everything that is happening in and around north-east Victoria.

Editor and publisher, Lynnda Heard

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oung Victorian farmers are being offered a scholarship to help them increase and upgrade their farming skills. More and more we notice how science and technology is being used on the land.

Farmers are the ones most aware of the growth in new information and new skills in agriculture and keeping abreast of it all is by no way easy for most.

The scholarship being offered is directed at young farmers and those who work directly on farms, with up to $5,000, towards training or

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study, backed by a further $5,000, to invest on-farm or in professional development, by putting new skills learnt into practice.

There are ten to fifteen scholarships being awarded to young farmers aged thirty-five years or under and the program is designed to be flexible and to fit with the demands and ambitions of young farmers. It is referred to as an ‘upskills and invest young farmers scholarship’.

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Bill said he was literally building a new garden when NNE called him and it was perfect timing. He will now be able to plant out his new garden with a great selection of plants, and even a sculpture or two.

NNE and our winner Bill, would like to thank the team at Park Lane Nursery for this great prize.

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Designed for Myrtleford Danni Townsend-O’Neil talks with PENNY SHOWERS on her decision to relocate her family and the successful design / manufacturing fashion business she and sister Nic own, to the Ovens Valley.

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Danni in the design studio.

s you approach this nondescript double fronted shop in Myrtleford, there is little, if any, indication of what lies behind the scant display in the windows.

The window dressing is intriguing, it features a few vintage wooden boxes with a large fashion poster of a model hanging from the wall. It has all been styled carefully, minimal to be sure, by Danni Townsend-O’Neil, Creative Director and Head Designer of the fashion label, Eva’s Sunday.

The quiet country street in the township of Myrtleford is instantly left behind when you enter the building. Inside is a bustling design studio with polished concrete floors, repurposed and recycled furniture pieces, and row upon row of colourful and patterned clothing. It is as though you have walked into a back alley off Flinders Lane in Melbourne, on the eve of Fashion Week. It is both surprising and delightful to have uncovered a top-notch fashion label operating quietly out of Myrtleford that is selling its product throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Danni has always been creative and has plied her skills in a variety of ways over the years. After her children Josh and Owen were born, Danni painted and held exhibitions. She also started and ran several creative based businesses. “I have always created, it is essential to my being, to my mental health and spirit,” she says.

The initial attraction for Danni to north-east Victoria was the outdoors. “It’s the lifestyle and the community feel of the town that appealed to me,” said Danni. The thought of moving to the country also appealed to Danni’s husband, Dave O’Neil, and her two motorbike crazy sons. “We all felt it was the right place for u us,” she explained.

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“I am always creating, it is essential to my being, mental health and spirit,”

With the decision to move north unanimous, the family put their home in Melbourne on the market and, as luck would have it, sold it instantly.

The universe, it seemed, needed Danni up in the north-east and as soon as possible. In 2011 they made the move. Danni’s parents, Des and Terell Townsend, were living at that time in Bright and they have since moved, and are now living next door to Danni and her family in Myrtleford.

“Since moving to the area my family has never looked back,” said Danni.

The boys are in Year 8 and Year 12 at Marion College, Myrtleford. “It’s a great place to bring up our boys,” says Danni.

Once Danni had settled in to the new life in Myrtleford, she opened a retail fashion store in town called the Vintage Goat. Danni has a love for goats and has been known to venture out to the stock sale yards, to collect newly born orphaned kids and bring them home and raise them. Presently she has fifteen

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goats and two sheep, but sadly no time to rescue any more at the moment.

Having her own shop front gave Danni’s creative needs another outlet and she started her own fashion label.

The store was predominately a gift store but as the fashion side took off, the store became purely fashion with the new label, Eva’s Sunday. “I realised that ultimately, this is what I wanted to do,” said Danni, “so she closed down the store and focused solely on the clothing label.”

Danni is the imaginative driving force behind this fast-growing fashion label.

She is the designer and its vital and dynamic heartbeat. Enabling Danni to focus on the design aspects of the business is her sister, Nic MacIsaac, who owns the business. Nic is based in Melbourne where a terrace house doubles as both a store stocking their fashion label, and the office, the brains of the business. “Nic visits Myrtleford regularly and as sisters we have u

Paula Miotto, Danni’s personal assistant.

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Ella Giovanni, the model. Picture taken from Eva’s Sunday’s website.

Danni forming part of the window display with a poster of Abbey, the accessories model, behind her.

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been a lifeline to each other as well as collaborators, partners and supporters,” said Danni.

The family connections do not stop there. Their father works as the foreman at the design studio and Danni’s sons help pack and ship out orders from the design studio in Myrtleford. Danni and Nic’s cousin Brooke Murphy, runs human resources for the business out of Sydney.

Over the past two years Danni and her design team have created twentyfour collections, and according to Danni, online sales are massive and the label currently distributes to one hundred stores. “We have two retail stores as well, one in the beautifully renovated terrace house in Brunswick Street, Melbourne and one in Beechworth,” said Danni.

The business also has agents in Queensland, Victoria, Sydney, Adelaide and New Zealand. “The past two years have been a whirlwind,” says Danni.

At the design studio there are an array of employees apart from family.

They include Danni’s personal assistant, Paula Miotto from Myrtleford, Emma Todd the garment technician, from Myrtleford, and the sample pattern maker, Sally Ann David, you guessed it, from Myrtleford.

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Ella Giovanni, who is also a local girl,” said Danni. “Our accessories model is Ella’s cousin, Abbey Zamperoni.”

Abbey is the model in the poster hanging in the window.

Enforcing the local connections, the latest collection was photographed in the beautiful buildings and grounds of Mayday Hills in Beechworth.

The team is large, and a big employer for the town of Myrtleford. “Everything is done locally, except the milling of the fabric,” said Danni. “It is done out of a small factory in China which I visit a few times a year.

I hope that even the milling of the linen will be done eventually in Myrtleford.”

It is her love of the town and its people which encouraged Danni to join a group of locals to organise to feed forty families a week, for a whole school term in May this year. A workplace dispute at Carter Holt Harvey wood mill in Myrtleford which caused two hundred workers to be shut out from work.

As for the future, be assured that Danni will keep on designing and creating and enjoying being a part of Myrtleford. Forward planning is essential to the business, which means that Danni must ensure that she creates ten new designs every month, and across six fabrics.

“Currently I am designing the July 2018 range as we like to stay ahead of the game,” explains Danni.

A section of the Ethos on Eva’s Sunday’s website sums up Danni. ‘At Eva’s Sunday, we are about making garments of longevity versus the “in one minute out the next” nature of a lot of fashion available today. Fast and disposable is not our thing. We are committed to quality and integrity at every stage of the process…’ NNE

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Veterinary surgeon DR ANDREW DALLIMORE from Alexandra takes about the pros and cons of rearing orphan farm animals and keeping them as pets.

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s I write this article the fog has settled upon the bustling town of Alexandra, surrounding the alpacas, cattle, goats and sheep on the nearby farms. Icy pastures glisten in the morning sun, and frosty breath streams from the mouths and nostrils of animals and humans alike. Most of them are lucky enough to be wrapped up in warm wool, dense fur, and a healthy layer of fat over their ribs. Having said that, there are some that aren’t so lucky; a group of animals, regardless of species, are vulnerable to the cold. These are the newborn cria (baby alpaca), calves, kids and lambs that have tragically lost their mother.

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How do young animals become orphans?

In the north-east region of Victoria the single greatest risk to newborn animals, in particular lambs, is the cold, wet and windy weather. The risk is amplified when they have no mother to care for them. This is especially applicable to the offspring of animals that were in poor condition when they gave birth. Mothers need to be in good shape to ensure that their young will develop adequate fat reserves in utero. Furthermore, being in good condition means that mothers are better able to cope with the toll of giving birth and the demands of lactation.

Fat reserves don’t only provide a little bit of insulation, they also give the animal a vital source of energy to burn to keep themselves warm. Secondly, a healthy animal with plenty of energy reserves will be much more likely to escape from or fend off a hungry predator.

Occasionally, through no fault of the farmers, a young animal becomes an orphan. Without their mother to look after them, or a suitable aunty to take over the care, these u

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orphans may die without some help from their two-legged, warm-blooded cousins, people.

What do I do if I find an orphaned animal?

Farmers want what’s best for their animals. I am yet to meet a farmer who doesn’t care about animal welfare. Yet, there are only so many places a person can be at once, and occasionally a farmer may miss seeing that one of their young animals has become an orphan.

Luckily there are helping neighbours, passers-by, family, vets, or the local ranger who are more than willing to notify owners when they are concerned about something they have seen.

If you see an orphaned animal, please do not try to catch it. It may not actually be an orphan, but just a little tacker who has temporarily lost its mum.

If you do chase it, the chances are that it will become more stressed and injure

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itself trying to escape from you. Also, you may stress the other animals in the paddock, or draw the attention of an angry ram, bull, machos, or buck nearby.

If the animal is in danger of running on the road, then you can call the ranger by contacting the local council and by asking to be put through to the ‘animal management’ or ‘local laws’ section.

If you think there is a significant risk to human safety from the animal running onto the road, then you may also call the police. As I mentioned in the previous NNE article on wildlife, your safety is paramount when dealing with any animal.

Rearing orphaned farm animals

While it is beyond the scope of this article to cover the complete requirements of raising orphaned farm animals, there are some common needs that we can address. Also, call your local vet for advice.

Shelter and warmth • A warm pen out of the elements with a soft and easy to replace bedding, such as dry hay

Nutrition • Milk replacers, such as Di-Vetelact, can be used to help meet the nutritional and fluid needs of orphans • The younger the animal, the more feeding they will need throughout the day and night

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• A weak, or absent desire to suckle, or drink can indicate that the orphan is in very poor condition

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Remember that losing your mum is very stressful. Orphans need to be placed in a low stimulus environment, such as a quiet room away from pets.

Top 10 tips for helping orphaned animals

1. Contact the farmer first, if this fails, contact the Ranger 2. Don’t chase orphaned animals 3. If an orphan is entrusted into your care check it for injuries and call the vet if you are concerned 4. Make the animal warm and dry as soon as possible 5. Let the critter rest and calm down in a quiet, warm place 6. Try to get the orphan to suckle from a bottle before attempting to syringe feed 7. A clean beer stubby bottle with a 20

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teat is a great feeder-bottle for milk replacer 8. Schedule alarms at regular intervals as a feeding time reminder 9. As the orphan grows, gradually transition the animal to a bigger enclosure or back into the herd, wean it off milk and consider what vaccinations are needed 10. If in doubt always call the vet.

Do orphaned farm animals make good pets?

This really depends on the species and (sorry to be sexist) the gender of the animal. Speaking generally, the bigger the animal, the more dangerous they are. Secondly, males can show some very undesirable behaviour once they start hitting their ‘teens’. This is when they begin maturing sexually, which is usually around six plus months of age.

Hand-reared orphans do become acclimatised to humans. This means that they typically lose the flight response they would normally have to protect them in the wild and they rarely know

their own size or strength. It is not unusual to see people who have suffered serious injuries, and have even tragically died, from hand reared animals, knowingly or unknowingly, causing them harm.

Male animals can turn aggressive at the drop of a hat. This might be alright in a young 30kg ewe, which can be brushed aside by an adult, but a 90kg adult ram or a 900kg bull or steer can quickly break a leg, or crush an adult human in the blink of an eye. It may also be a 70kg hembra (alpaca) who wants to play, but that play happens to involve spitting, biting, and kicking.

In short, the answer is that some farm animals make lovely pets and pets for life. I’ve met a 22-year-old arthritic pet dairy cow. Yet they must always be treated with caution, common sense, and you must never put yourself in a vulnerable position just because you believe that ‘Daisy wouldn’t hurt a fly”.

In the meantime, rug up, enjoy the hot chocolate, and I look forward to sharing the next veterinary NNE article at my favourite time of year, spring. NNE

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The passions of two There are two shared passions in the lives of Pam and Allan Jack, rescuing Maremma dogs and breeding peacocks. CASS JASPER met the couple and learnt that as beautiful as both the dogs and peacocks are, they require a lot of dedication by their owners. Pictures by LYNNDA HEARD

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wo large wire enclosures constructed by Allan, have been erected close to the back door of Pam and Allan’s home in Barwite. Inside each cage roosts a pair of Javanese peacocks, one male and one female. Seeing them up so close, you are struck by the sheer beauty of the colour of their feathers, they seem to shimmer as if they are metallic.

The distinctive feather trains or tails of the males hang down and are magnificent, almost outrageous, and can be more than 60 percent of the bird’s body length. Pam is concerned that they are not showing off their trains by fanning them, but it is not the mating season and it is only then that they display their tails in courtship.

Allan explains, “The tails hanging down always remind me of Christmas trees. The new tail feathers come out in July when the new feathers push out the old, and the full trains are ready in August.” He does admit that he never saw himself breeding peacocks and emphasise that it’s a lifestyle thing. “I love them and never tire of looking at them,” Allan admits.

Constantly on guard outside the cages is Milly, the Maremma who is keeping the foxes at bay.

The last thing Pam and Jack Allan thought they would do, when they met, was to share the love of peacocks,

and also discover a love of Maremma dogs.

It was at a Clean Up Australia Day in Mansfield that this couple first met.

“I had been by myself for twenty-five years,” explains Pam “and started talking with this bloke (Allan) who had Standardbred horses, and I am a Standardbred freak. I wanted to sell a horse float and buy a water pump, and Allan said he could help me. It was the best pick up line I had ever heard.”

“It was in 1986 that I moved north,” explains Pam, “I was offered a job running a horse trail riding business up here.” Although financially worse off, Pam embraced the opportunity to leave Melbourne and the teaching job at Preshill Secondary School, which had burnt her out.

“My parents were so shocked when I moved, but I realised that I would be in the nut house if I didn’t.

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would rather shovel shit,” said Pam. “Horse riding had been a hobby in Melbourne that helped get me through teaching.”

After nine years managing the horse trail riding business Pam was in a position to take over the lease.

It was the massive hike in public liability insurance that forced her to close the business eventually. “There were twenty-three horse hiring places here and overnight it went to three,” said Pam. In early 1990, Allan built in Mansfield, an escape from Melbourne and moved up full time in 2000. Allan explained, “I kept Mansfield, and my former wife kept Melbourne.”

Allan hails from Scotland, not that his accent is not a dead giveaway. “I was born in Inverness and moved to Glasgow where I graduated as an engineer and went into the merchant navy,” said Allan, “I came out here on a ship, met a Pom, married, and had two daughters, Alison and Kate, and Melbourne became home.” Allan’s engineering work took him overseas a lot.

He now may have retired after fifty years as an engineer, but his skills as a builder are still needed at home constructing enclosures and pens for the peacocks.

“The first pen Allan built me was a chook shed,” said Pam. Now pens and sheds are in abundance and fill one side of the property. “The animal husbandry is done by u

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Moby, another rescued Maremma standing guard.

me,” said Pam, “and Allan does the construction and maintenance; it’s a great combination.”

The first two peacocks that Pam and Allan bought came from Karen Adams in Tolmie. “We bought two boys, and we named them Jake and Elwood from the movie The Blues Brothers,” said Pam. “At that time there was not a lot of information about keeping peacocks in Australia, which was back in 2005,” said Pam. The couple realised that they had to do some fast learning. “Soon we ended up with about fourteen girls. The problem with peahens is that they nest on the ground in the paddock, and go into a type of trance and sit perfectly still making themselves easy prey for foxes,” explains Pam. “When we knew that they were nesting we would follow them to their nest and put a cage over them to stop the foxes. We would spend the whole summer breeding season, day and night, looking for peahen nests and on the lookout for foxes. One girl can lay up to fifty eggs, and if you touched the eggs they would move somewhere else. When we look back, it was a nightmare.”

With nests dotted everywhere on the property, foxes and the crows stealing eggs, free ranging the peacocks was not an option. It became necessary for the couple to lock up the peacocks at least in the breeding season.

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“If people want peacocks to range through their paddocks we sell them, boys,” assured Pam. The couple needed to find a solution to the foxes and met Jodi Cawood from Tallangatta who introduced them to Maremma Dog Rescue Victoria and so started a love affair with the breed.

“The first one we rescued, Buddy, was amazing and we were besotted with him. Jodi told us that they work best in pairs, so we acquired Finnegan who was another rescue,” said Pam. As the number of dogs grew so did the need for more pens and yards and for Allan’s building skills.

Allan and Pam have spent thousands of dollars to not worry about foxes.

“We have had to treat the dogs for three snake bites, and sadly we have lost two dogs from snake bite,” said Pam. When the couple compares the money made from the sale of the peacocks to the vet bills for the dogs to keep the foxes away, they don’t balance according to the Jacks. “We love the dogs and would not do it any other way,” said Allan and Pam. Presently, there are three rescued Maremmas in the family, all with very different temperaments. Milly who spends her time in the house yard and Moby and Chester, whose responsibility it is to watch the main group of peacocks.

“Moby is the worker, and Chester is there

for company,” said Pam “Milly prefers to be on her own, but we swap them around, so they all have spent time near us for lots of love and attention.

We would have more dogs.”

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am takes the lead as she walks through a series of wire enclosures filled with peacocks that surprisingly, are of various colours including some with large amounts of white feathers, which Pam assures is special in peacock breeding. Not all peacocks are the classic blues and greens.

Pam and Allan’s complex genetic breeding program is to achieve the pied and reversed pied effect where white is prominent in the colour of the feathers of the birds.

Pam shares her passion, and the knowledge she has acquired about the birds.

“Craig Mcfawn in Sydney, after forty years of breeding, is aiming to breed a bird with white wings,” said Pam and Allan. “We brought a mature reverse pied pair of birds from him, and they are super special.”

Presently the Jacks have eighteen breeding birds and twenty-five babies or peachicks, which are nearly adult size. “We use chooks (hens), to hatch and raise the peachicks they are great mums,” said Pam. u

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Pam and Allan Jacks have captured the beauty of their peacocks in these photographs.

Breeding season can extend from July to March with the main season being between November and February. “They can lay huge amounts of eggs, but not all are fertile,” said Pam. The sharing of knowledge is just as important as the acquiring of it for Pam. On a regular basis, Pam writes about what she has learnt about peacocks, submitting articles to magazines and on the internet. The couple is also more than happy to share information with other breeders in Australia and America, Pam even had a call from Italy the other day. “We sell our peacocks throughout Australia,” said Pam. “Before people buy our peacocks we ask them to pass an exam of sorts so that they can understand what is involved in keeping them,” said Pam. “We want to set people up properly from the start. Most people have no concept that they scream their heads off during the breeding season; the screaming is hell, its blood-curdling. We don’t notice it anymore, but before people buy a peacock, we recommend that they speak to their neighbours first. They also generally range over about a twenty-fiveacre territory.”

A ranger called Pam and Allan asking advice on a peacock that was roaming Goughs Bay and had broken windows, and had attacked a child.

“Male peacocks are very territorial and can be vicious. Even hand raised peacocks are not tame and when mature will see you as just another peacock and they will attack you,” said Pam. The couple finds it rewarding to continue to learn about peacocks and that people want to learn and are asking questions. One thing that people may not realise is that peacocks can live for forty-five years for males and about two decades for females.

“There is not a day I don’t love our life,” said Pam. “I love caring for the peacocks and the dogs and happily admit that they are very good time wasters.”

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Meet Yellow Yellow, the Regent Honeyeater.

Picture supplied by DELWP.

Welcome home

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n July this year, a captive-bred Regent Honeyeater that had been released in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park returned home after completing a record breaking 540km round trip journey to Gippsland and back.

‘Yellow Yellow’, as he is known due to his unique combination of coloured leg bands, was released in April 2015, and was recorded 270 kilometres away in Outtrim, South Gippsland, in November 2016.

On returning home ‘Yellow Yellow’ was seen actively courting female Regent Honeyeaters. He is the fourth bird from the 2015 release that has recently been recorded back in the park according to the DEWLP. People are being asked to keep their eyes

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and ears open as the birds can move out of the park and into the surrounding private land over spring.

The Regent Honeyeaters feast on nectar from flowering garden natives such as grevillea cultivars and callistemon and is listed as threatened under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. If you spot a Regeant Honeyeater contact BirdLife Australia on 1800 621 056 with all the details including location, date, time and leg band colour combinations and snap a photograph if possible.

To become involved with the Community Monitoring Project in Chiltern call Liz Wemyss, Biodiversity Officer, DELWP at elizabeth.wemyss@delwp.vic.gov.au or on 0477 312 592. NNE

Our responsibility

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he bush lands are starting to tempt us out into them, enabling us to stretch our legs in the many remarkable walks through our forests and bush lands. If we are lucky we are able to experience the sight of some of our amazing wildlife, but what happens when you make a snap decision to take home a native animal as a pet.

Owning native wildlife as a pet is a privilege in Victoria, according to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), and there are a number of responsibilities to owning our fauna.

Anyone considering owing a native animal as a pet must be licensed with DELWP to do so.

Wildlife officers are concerned at the increase of non licensed people in possession of wildlife.

Snakes and many of our native wild birds are being kept without licenses. The licenses are to ensure that the wild populations of native species are protected.

Some wildlife can be owned as a pet but they cannot be taken from the wild and can be obtained through a registered wildlife keeper. Even if you find an injured or orphaned native animal you must take it to an authorised wildlife shelter in the area, ASAP. Some native species are under threat in the wild and it is essential that they remain in their home range. If you are concerned about something you have seen or need some answers call the DELWP’s customer service centre on 136 186 or visit www.wildlife.vic.gov.au NNE

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Reviving a lost culture A century ago, north-east Victoria was dotted with butter factories, but when Naomi Ingleton started making butter in late 2010, she had to look online for guidance. It look a trip across the globe and plenty of research to perfect Australia’s premier butter.

Story and pictures by COLETTE GEIER

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Dairy cows enjoying the lushness of our region. Picture by Lynnda Heard.

he name Naomi Ingleton may not be familiar to you, but if you’ve spent any time around good food in Victoria over the last 25 years, you’ve no doubt come into contact with her products.

From working as a chef in several Melbourne restaurants in the 1990s, to overseeing the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation program, and now making great butter, Naomi’s work has improved what we eat and think about food.

Growing up in a large farming family in Gippsland, her childhood was full of cooking and and a love of good food, so it was no surprise when Naomi became a chef’s apprentice at Marchetti’s Latin Restaurant in the early 1990s.

Having grown up with a slew of male siblings and cousins, Naomi was undaunted about being the only female in a kitchen of twenty men.

From Marchetti’s, Naomi worked in other Melbourne restaurants, where she developed life-long friendships, and a reputation for a passion for food.

In 2000, Naomi was offered work at Brown Brothers winery in Milawa and at the Mountain View Hotel in Whitfield.

Naomi then bought 80 acres of hill country near Carboor and decided to follow her passion for gardening and permaculture.

She completed a Certificate IV in Horticulture and a Diploma of Agriculture at Dookie College.

Naomi is not one for thinking too far ahead, her many successes are a testament to the power of impulsivity and passion rather than well made plans.

“I don’t envisage anything,” says Naomi, “I just get up each morning and start the day”. But in 2005 her day started a little differently with a phone call from chef Stephanie Alexander, and a new opportunity for Naomi.

“I’ve got this great Idea,” said Stephanie, “can you help?” Stephanie explained her idea for the kitchen garden project in schools and that she needed someone on the ground.

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in more than 800 schools across the country, and has been shown to produce positive results to students, and to the surrounding communities.

The project helped Naomi reconnect with her love of cooking and feeding people, and it wasn’t long before she was chaffing at the bit to get back in the kitchen.

At the time the Myrtleford Butter Factory stood empty, just dying for a new lease of life. Naomi kept driving past thinking of possibilities for the beautiful old building. No sooner had a For Lease sign gone up, than Naomi was knocking down the door of the real estate agent, and two weeks later they were renovating the factory.

With the help of her brother Scott, and her mother Bronwyn, (who gave up her job as the executive chef at the U.S. Consulate to join the team) and the Myrtleford Butter Factory café was opened in 2007.

It was all hands on deck for the Ingleton crew for the first two years, but all this came to a sudden stop with the fires in 2009. Coupled with a following drought and crippling fuel prices due to the GFC, Naomi realised the business would have to diversify to survive.

It was clear to her that she needed to create a product that could be sold beyond the restaurant door. It only took a walk outside and a glance back at what was written on the building’s facade to work out what that product would be.

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Naomi at her new home in Moyhu

the Murray Goulburn Dairy co-operative, and the building was purpose built for making butter.

“How hard could it be to become the commercial manufacturer of a dairy product?” thought Naomi as she set about creating a butter factory, in a butter factory, and having no idea of just how hard making it a reality would prove to be.

With no local butter industry, Naomi set about researching traditional cultured butter making methods via the internet. The next problem was the equipment. With no traditional butter industry left, there was nowhere to source equipment, so Naomi started scouring clearing sales and scrap yards for what she needed.

She found her first complete butter churn in a scrap metal yard in Korrumburra, and created her first cream

pasteuriser by retrofitting a stainless steel farm tank with heating elements and an agitator.

After countless trials, Naomi managed to produce a great product, and in December 2010 the Myrtleford butter factory produced its first box of butter, after a very long hiatus.

But there was a catch, Naomi had trouble creating a consistent product and didn’t understand how to control the variables. She couldn’t afford for the venture to fail, so it was time to go abroad and work out what was going on.

She applied for and received a prestigious Churchill scholarship and in her application she explained her conundrum. “Here is my butter,” she said, “and it’s really good, and yet sometimes it’s not, and no one in Australia can tell me why.”

In June 2012, Naomi and her husband

David Taylor, set off to Europe for several weeks to solve her butter problems, leaving their two young babies with David’s parents to whom they are eternally grateful.

The first stop was Sweden to meet a butter maker known as the Butter Viking.

He was making butter in an old castle using wild microbe cultures, and ancient recipes and techniques. Although this was not a system Naomi and David could replicate in Australia due to health restrictions, this eccentric Swede helped Naomi work through some of her issues and became her first ‘butter brother’, with many more to follow.

Her trip included long drives to remote French butter factories where no one spoke English, and half a dozen visits to Danish restaurant, Noma (known as the world’s best restaurant), where she helped produce ‘Peat butter’, an ancient

practise of preserving butter in peat bogs that can stay buried for hundreds of years without spoiling.

The trip completely changed the way the couple made butter, but it wasn’t just what she had seen that answered her questions. It was the countless connections she made, and the worldwide ‘butter family’, who gave her the advice and the support she needed.

On their return David, who had been a local pharmacist when they met, took up a Masters in nutrition and dietetics through Deakin University, which provided the food science to underpin the business’s success.

Only months after her return from Europe the awards started flooding in and by the end of 2012, top French chefs such as Phillippe Mouchel, started buying Myrtleford butter whilst in Australia and suggesting it was better

than the French butter they could buy in Australia.

As word spread and their reputation grew, demand started to outstrip supply and they needed a bigger facility.

A building that originally started life as the Moyhu Milk Protein Powder Company in the 1930’s caught their eye.

It had sat empty for over a decade.

With the help of old friends, Naomi and David started work on the new King Valley Dairy in Moyhu, which opened in December 2016.

The King Valley Dairy currently process over 4000 litres of local cream, producing almost half a ton of butter a day, and is set to double that this year.

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Making beautiful butter.

than 48 hours after it leaves the farm gate.

Riverina Fresh produce cream that is simply separated and shipped out without any adulteration or additives. This provides the perfect product for butter making, and the proof is easy to taste.

Since scaling up and saying goodbye to Myrtleford, Naomi’s life has changed.

With expansion came the corporate structure required for a bigger operation, which she is still coming to terms with. At the end of the day Naomi explains, “It all comes back to the cooking and what I can do with our product. I love having people come visit, and I love sharing with them what we do”.

Understanding Butter: 101

So what’s all the carry on about cultured butter?

It’s about going back in time, but with a modern twist.

Before refrigeration, fresh milk was left to settle out the cream overnight. This would invite wild bacteria from the atmosphere to impregnate the milk creating a wild culture much like a naturally occurring yogurt.

The culture would impart a slightly tangy flavour and when the butter was churned, the resulting butter was not only more flavourful, the acidity created butter with a higher fat content, silkier texture and mouthfeel. It is a product better suited to cooking and baking, creating a softer crumb in pastry as well as a richer, more sophisticated flavour.

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With the invention of modern refrigeration and the introduction of food standards, wild fermented butter became a thing of the past, and adding standardised culture and allowing it to ferment added another cost and a lot more time to modern butter production.

Consumers became used to the simple taste of ‘sweet cream’ butter and before long cultured butter and all its benefits (including nutritional) became a thing of the past.

The King Valley Dairy has not only recreated an artisan product, their use of state of the art processing and packaging equipment ensures a consistent product with a maximum shelf life.

Their flavoured butters take the experience of the humble bread and butter to a culinary experience seldom matched.

All of the flavourings used in the butter are produced in Australia, including fresh black truffles, smoked salt from Lake Dimboola in far western Victoria, native thyme from central Australia, as well as seasonal flavours from the six acre permaculture garden surrounding the new factory.

When asked what is the secret to Naomi and David’s award winning butter, the answer is simple; “we just don’t bastardise it,” explains Naomi.

“We leave it alone, and alone the pristine ingredients speak for themselves.” NNE

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Fibro feelings LOU MUNRO tells us frankly that life is not all good and to survive you have to learn to live the bad, and it is all about finding what is right for you.

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y gorgeous daughter has a friend, whose mum declares that she is a fan of my column. Every time my daughter visits this lovely family, the mum apparently raves about my stories and how relatable they are to everyday life. Whilst this feedback is extremely flattering, my beautiful, kind daughter has a purpose in passing on this compliment. It is not to give me a big head, but for me to be reminded that I do indeed have purpose, and occasionally give others joy.

There is a great saying by Kamari aka Lyrikal , that states, ‘if the grass is greener on the other side, it’s probably fake’. Now my daughter’s friend’s mum might have thought that my grass was greener, but no it’s pretty much fake.

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You see I, most of the time, only present, the positive, funny stuff, not the true, sad, ugly stuff of my life. But, all of it together makes up life. So, as an over sharer, I will share with you all my lovely readers, the real stuff.

You see awhile back I was diagnosed with an auto immune disease. After many appointments and wasted money, all my symptoms were eventually given a name, fibromyalgia. Which was a bitter sweet moment, as I discovered I wasn’t actually going mad, what I was actually feeling had a name. But, there is no known cure.

On reflection I handled my illness, what I have nicknamed ‘fibro’, similar to the 5 stages of grief. Before I was professionally diagnosed I was in deep denial of my symptoms. They frankly scared the shit out of me, but I wasn’t going to admit it. I was suffering from insomnia, sore swollen and/or hot

burning feet, debilitating headaches, body aches, brain fog, anxiety, fatigue and even irritable bowel. None of these were fun, but I wasn’t giving in without a fight.

There were some funny times, like when I was in New York with a girlfriend and we had booked a ‘Sex in the City’ tour. My girlfriend and I thought we would go suitably attired and wore her ‘sexy’ boots with heels.

I too contemplated wearing heels, but my feet were at that time extremely sore, so I put on my runners. The look my girlfriend gave me, as she critiqued my footwear, was not good. She stated just before we walked out the door, “you’re not seriously wearing your runners?

Hello Lou, we are going on a ‘Sex in the City’ tour.” I felt bad that my friend was a little embarrassed about my footwear, and anyone that knows me well, would

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I became good at acting as if I was well, and I am still acting.”

realise that for me to be seen in runners without my active wear, something was seriously wrong!

Since my symptoms began I would go out of my way to hide them.

I became good at acting as if I was well, and I am still acting. Whilst I could occasionally fool acquaintances and colleagues, there was no fooling the old boy, he reads my body language all too well. At the time, I thought if I ignored my body aches and continue to carry on as normal, it might just go away.

Who was I kidding.

When the old boy’s brother was diagnosed with cancer and only had days to live, my stress levels rose due to feeling terribly sad for my lovely husband. Witnessing hubby saying goodbye to his 58 year old brother, whom he loved dearly, caused me to come out in hives. I drove myself to the local Emergency Room and had to ask my sister to pick me up due to the drowsiness caused by the medication they administered to me. Walking into ER she took one look at me and gasped with shock then burst out laughing.

I did look a fright. We both then laughed till we cried, which on reflection, was actually the best medicine.

The next stage of grief is anger, boy did I get angry and sooky, you know the scenario, “poor me” or “it’s not fair”.

Logically of course I knew there were people way worse off than me; God I’d been to their funerals. But emotionally I

was feeling cross and annoyed at being dealt this card. Then I started bargaining with myself, the third stage of grief.

Looking back I was totally setting myself up to fail by accepting a job an hour away from home, but I did and it only lasted 6 months. That was the turning point. I knew I couldn’t continue to ignore my health.

I then found myself at home, alone a lot, dealing with this being my new life and having a great deal of time to think, feel and reflect. Whilst this was cathartic, it also created some sad almost depressing days. So with depression being the fourth stage of grief, I was there, not all the time, but some moments, on some days. During this time I thanked God I had my art. That was and continues to be therapeutic, but it wasn’t earning me a living.

You see I had always worked. Yes I had breaks with childbirth, but always had my work, which provided not only income, but independence and a feeling of purpose. During my dark days I felt worthless and would ask myself that perhaps I placed too much of my identity around my work.

Acceptance is the last stage of grief.

Whilst I may not be totally there, I’m much closer to accepting my fibro.

After much soul searching, I discovered I still want to work, but am a bit of a liability as an employee, due to not knowing how I am going to be feeling from one day to the next. So I sat down with the old boy and offered him a proposition. Now get your minds out of the gutter, not that kind of proposition.

I began with, “now I was thinking…”

This statement always gets the old boy’s attention and he teased, “do I need to sit down for this one”.

I proposed being self employed.

You see whilst I have had to adjust my lifestyle, diet and commitments, I’m not totally useless and want to still have that feeling of contributing to us as a couple, and working as much as I can.

So, I’m on a new adventure to holiday let. It made sense since we practically do it for free sometimes. We live in a beautiful part of the world and often host friends and family for weekends.

There have been past comments saying that I should be a B and B host.

Whilst I love cooking and entertaining for friends, I knew I didn’t want the intrusion of strangers in our house.

So after much thought and discussion we bought a property for this purpose.

I know others who holiday let whilst holding down jobs, businesses’ and managing families. So why shouldn’t I be able to just focus on the B and B and manage the old boy; I can probably deal with those commitments.

You know I have a friend who says ‘that everything happens for a reason’.

Whilst I don’t entirely believe this, ‘cause sometimes shit just happens, unfortunately for no reason at all.

But, I do resonate with part of that quote, which is that sometimes stuff happens in our lives to make us stop, reflect and create change, hopefully for the better. NNE

No fibro fog entered the building whilst writing this article, just an old girl having to stop and reflect on her lot and modify her future somewhat.

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Craftsmen reveal timber’s beauty Like the trees that provide timber for the many projects The Woodies undertake, the club itself has grown into an active group of like-minded people.

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ave you ever wondered who made the honour boards in the various halls and clubs in the Murrindindi area, or considered who renewed the pews in the Molesworth and Yarck Halls, or who made new seats for the Alexandra cemetery? It is the same group that has produced the Tardis box for the Yea Community Centre, the pledge boards for the Alexandra Secondary College, the trophies for the Marysville Marathon and the fundraising wooden bilbies and angels.

You may have seen this group of craftsmen at local events such as the Alexandra Truck, Ute and Rod Show, or Alexandra’s Rotary Easter Art Show, or at the clubs Annual Wood and Craft Show busily turning wood. They stand ankle deep in wood shavings as they skilfully hone wood, always ready to share the specifics of their craft with interested onlookers.

Back in the 1980s four Eildon residents, who shared an interest in woodworking, formed a guild. Initially, they worked their craft from their homes, extending their love of all things timber to the community. They began teaching woodwork at CEACA (the ‘Continuing Education and Arts Centre of Alexandra’), and some of their early community

projects were for Eildon’s Gum Tree Gully Park, the Alexandra Golf Club, Alexandra’s Kellock Lodge and producing community club trophies.

They are The Woodies, also known as the Alexandra Community Shed - Eildon and District Woodworkers Guild Incorporated and they just love the beauty and usefulness of timber.

The enthusiastic group range in age, background and profession with some travelling further than others to share their love of natural wood, its charm and potential. Some in the group have specific skills and preferences when working with timber; there are the ‘roundheads’ the wood turners; the ‘square heads’, those who work in squares to make boxes, benches and tables; ‘the restorers’, who restore timber furniture; and ‘the millers’ who transform tree logs into usable planks.

Today the fifty-nine members include both men and women and range in age from fifteen to eighty with an extensive inventory of equipment and materials.

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which they have had to extend six times. Today, after the efforts of Guild President, Joe Cooper, the Club has a new workshop and clubrooms at the old Department of Primary Industries building in Alexandra.

“After writing to the Premier in late 2016 to see if we could use the building”, said Joe “the wheels were set in motion and a licence to use the building was received in early June this year.”

This was great news and members immediately swung into action cleaning up the grounds and making the buildings fit for their purpose. The work performed by the club members has been extensive and the building now includes an entry where work can be displayed, a spacious meeting room, a room for metal lathes, another for the wood lathes, a huge woodworking area, a restoration area, storeroom and kitchen, all of which has been quite an expensive process.

“Our funds come from numerous areas. There are the membership fees, some of which goes to insurance, and we do a substantial amount of restoration work on old furniture for clients, and this incurs a small fee for materials, varnishes and finishing costs,” one of the foundation club members, Max May explains.

“Maintenance man, Jim Whelan, operates a metal lathe and repairs tools. We make our own brand of woodturning tools, and wherever we demonstrate, we also take and sell our tools. This all helps to raise funds to help in the running of the Guild. We are selfsustaining, and over the years we have accumulated all our own machines and equipment.

“Our major fundraiser is our Annual Wood and Craft Show where items made by our members are sold with the proceeds going to the Guild.

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workshops, and we run weekly woodturning classes for learners and advanced groups.” Max added.

VicForests has donated ash timber to the guild and people donate all sorts of wood.

“Some of the older farms here have some exotic timber around the place,” said Steve Beavis, one of the guilds’ four millers, “and we often get a call to see if we’re interested and if so, we collect it.

We got a lot of beautiful timber including pin oaks from the Marysville fires.

“We mill the timbers, and we like timbers with colour and features in the grain. Some timber looks like nothing when it’s milled, but when you turn it around the grain is beautiful.

“If you’re cutting and saving a piece of interesting timber you need to identify and date it.

Most wood dries about an inch a year and takes about two years to dry,” Steve added.

Timber of all sizes is stockpiled and available for the members’ projects and includes oak, plain, blackwood, silky oak, black walnut, pine and various species of eucalypt.

“It’s a great group,” according to Steve, “everyone shares their knowledge freely and willingly. If you don’t know how to do something, there’s someone who does, and they are happy to help.”

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Another charity project is the timber angels turned by Clarrie Glass with Max, Ernie and Barry and they have raised about $5000 for the Angel Flight, a free air transport service which enables people in remote areas to attend medical services.

Well underway to completion are a lectern, pulpit and prayer table destined for the new Anglican Church in Marysville, and seating and tables for an outdoor area for the special needs kids at CEACA. Local schools, the scouts and other local organisations also benefit from the guild.

“We help each other,” said Max, “Rob Chaffe, a foundation member, now needs to use a wheelchair so we have made him a box to assist him to get back into his wheelchair in case of a fall, and have altered his vanity unity at home to make it easier for him to use.

“The health of our members is

foremost, and currently we have Equip4Life, a course covering diet, fitness and general health, which some of our members are participating in. The Alexandra Rotary Club has generously donated a defibrillator to the club.

Some of the member’s work becomes family heirlooms, such as the jewel boxes that Ivan Fox, a retired farmer, is making for each of his seven granddaughters using lightwood, blackwood, red gum and a very rare fiddle back stringybark timber that was initially destined for a neighbour’s wood pile.

The skills of this valuable group and the beautiful and useful crafted timber items will be on display at the 2017 Alexandra Community Shed/ Eildon and District Woodworkers Guild Annual Wood and Craft Show. This will be an opportunity to support the guild and purchase their works. There’ll be woodworking demonstrations, a kids’ woodworking corner and raw timber for sale and will be held in the Alexandra Shire Hall over the Melbourne Cup weekend. NNE

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lease reconsider that planned diet when you venture out to the Milawa Gourmet Region in north-east Victoria.

The Milawa Gourmet Region became Australia’s first gourmet region back in 1994, and is centered around the townships of Oxley, Milawa, Markwood and Whorouly.

It is only a two and half hour trip along the Hume Highway to the gourmet region in the Ovens Valley, easy.

Over the next few months apart from the marvelous array of wine, food, art and produce to enjoy are some special events including ‘A Feast of Art’ running from 1-10 September in Oxley at the local hall, and the Local Producers Markets held at the Milawa Crossroads. There is one in Spring on October 8, and another in Summer on December 10. To complete the market calendar for 2017, there is also the Oxley Bush Market, held on Saturday November 4.

When you are organizing your trip to the Milawa region, consider making it a weekend get away. There is so much to do, see and experience there is no way you can fit it in a day, actually you would be hard pressed to condense it into a weekend. Best plan is to come regularly.

Include in your plans to stay. There are numerous places to lay your head whether your tastes run to four star accommodation or you enjoy a tent beside the King River at one of the caravan parks.

There is a heap of information on www.milawagourmet.com.au and the Wangaratta Information Centre is a great place to gather more information. NNE

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Music, their way Seated inside a small studio, are four men who meet weekly to share a glass of wine, a lot of laughs and to play music.

John, Alastair, Rolf and Derek are Bracket n Jam, a rhythm and blues, jazz group based in Mansfield. Each has their own story to tell of their past involvement in the music industry, but what is definite is that they still love to play. Story by LYNNDA HEARD u

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My audition with this lot went fine, but part of the deal for me to join them was to bring wine.”

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lastair Pirie is on guitar tuning up and chatting to his fellow band members. “I’ve played guitar for a very long time,” he said. Alastair works for the Strathbogie Shire on special projects and lives in Mansfield.

“The family spent 22 years in Tolmie before moving to Mansfield,” said Alastair. His family consists of his wife Karen and kids, Sean, Christie and Claire. “I play bass but also acoustic and electric guitar,” said Alastair.

Alastair and JoJo Smith were the original creators of the group, Bracket n Jam. “JoJo and I used to play together, just for ourselves before there was a band. We decided to ‘stop hiding in the wardrobe’ so to speak and actually play to the public,” said Alistair, “and the band started from there. It was JoJo and me, then Derek joined us. When JoJo moved to Violet Town to live, Rolf joined us,” he explains. “It was great to play with other musicians from Melbourne.”

The studio was once the domain of Rolf Koren’s wife, Karen. It had been her painting studio, but it is now the rehearsal studio for the group. Peppered across our region of north-eastern 50

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Alastair Pirie

Victoria, sheds and studios are filled with people playing music, designing, producing and dreaming. Discovering these sheds is like opening the doors into another world. In this compact studio on this particular evening, four musicians were proof that talent can lie in the least likely of places.

A bundle of leads lay at the feet of Derek connecting his guitar to an array of foot pedals as he adjusts the sound through his electric bass guitar.

Inside the studio it is warm on this cold night, the four friends sit or stand

with guitars, drums and a keyboard.

Music is not only what fills the room, laughter also bounces off the walls as the men finish setting up there instruments.

Rolf stands behind the keyboard.

“When JoJo left I started with Bracket n Jam. My audition with this lot went fine, but part of the deal for me to join them was to bring wine,” laughs Rolf.

Rolf’s wife, Joy owns CoCo Beauty Retreat in Mansfield and they and their kids Casey and Leif, live in Mansfield.

“I taught music at Timbertop and at

Rolf Koren

the Mansfield Secondary College in the past. Now I teach at the P-12 College in Benalla, and specialise in percussion,” said Rolf. “In the band I play keyboard, do vocals and share the drums with John.” Rolf is also Mansfield Sound and Lighting, and he is the band member that organises the staging, sound and lights at their gigs.

Bracket n Jam have been part of MMuDS (Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society) musical productions over the years. “Recently we have played in Man of La Mancha and The Lyfe of

Bryan,” said Rolf.

John Smith is the new boy on the block and has only been with the group for about 18 months. “He was allowed to join because he brings good bottles of red and tall stories,” said Rolf. In fact John was invited to come and play.

“As a kid I played the drums,” said John, “but I had not played much for ages before joining this lot.” John sits behind what appears to be simple wooden boxes replicating drums.

What they are in fact is a drum kit, a complex acoustic set of drums that they

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A good song will always raise a smile from us and if we are smiling so is the audience.”

also use at some of their gigs.

John lives in Mansfield with his wife Cathy, and kids Kylie, Brydie and Courtney and spends his days in his office, come workshop of Mansfield Signs.

The basis of the groups music is a mix of R&B, tinged with jazz.

They prefer to do their own interpretation of covers and mainly from singer/songwriters. As Derek explains, “We like to stretch ourselves and improvise musically. It is important to the group that we enjoy the music we are playing. A good song will always raise a smile from us and if we are smiling so is the audience.”

Against one wall leans a white board with a list of songs on it. “Being a sign writer, John is the sponsor of the white board markers,” laughs Derek. “Being old guys we need to keep up with new

songs, so the white board.” The bottle of good red is passed around topping up their glasses, not they have much time to enjoy it as they are focused on their instruments, and of making fun of each other.

On a bass guitar is Derek Beautyman. “I play the bass and do a bit of singing,” said Derek about his role in Bracket n Jam. Derek works in real estate and is based in Mansfield where he lives with his wife Nicola, and kids Alex and Sally.

“I have played the guitar since I was thirteen,” said Derek. “My sister and I would fight over who got to play the guitar, we only had one between us.

I stopped playing for 5 years because she wouldn’t let me play. Lexie still has that guitar,” said Derek, “it was a Maton guitar too.” When Derek left school he become a full-time musician u

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playing bars, cafes and restaurants in the 70s and signed with Wheatley’s Tumble Weeds, touring in the 80s. “I played with an array of known artists and musicians during those years.”

Thoughts of the past are soon dispelled as the group finish tuning up and start to play.

It was the need for a humidicrib for the local wildlife reserve that brought Derek to the notice of Alastair and JoJo. “There was a fund raiser at the Mill Inn and Nicola, my wife, encouraged me to play a couple of solo songs,” said Derek, “I hadn’t played for a long time.” Alastair and JoJo liked what they heard and Derek was in.

As much as these four look forward to their Wednesday nights, the once a month regular Friday night gigs in Mansfield, are an adventure for them. “We are grateful to Dean and Gill Bell at the Produce Store and the way they support live music which includes us,” said Derek. Bracket n Jam also plays across the road at the Delatite Hotel in Mansfield, were the group is looking forward to playing in the garden on warm nights.

The Bill Withers classic, Ain’t No Sunshine, is being strummed by Derek and he starts to sing. The others join in seamlessly, and it is wonderful. It is a lovely reminder of how good it is to listen to live music, we all too often forget the magic that music played in front of you has.

There is something special about being welcomed to listen and talk with this group on this, their special evenings.

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Bracket n Jam playing at the Produce Store in Mansfield.

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Pictures taken from the successful 2016 Yea Garden Expo.

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t the beginning of spring 2017, Yea will host the Yea Garden Expo, with everything to do with gardens held over two days.

“The Expo was such a success last year,” said Jim Osbourne, one of the Yea Rotary Club members organizing the Expo, “that we had no choice but to hold the event again.”

On Saturday 23 September and Sunday 24 September there will be on display, and able to be purchased, a huge array of plants, tools, books, art, bulbs, chooks, plants, honey, seeds and the list goes on and on.

“It’s a little bit like a smaller version of the Melbourne Garden Show,” said Jim proudly. “There will be all manner of gardening goods to check out.

“It’s not just a garden show, the Expo is more like visiting a whole load of small open gardens.

It’s a weekend of all things; well garden.

“At the Expo you will be able to meet the people and the specialists, who actually make, grow and create what is on display. There will be over 50 vendors at the one site, and you are able to talk with them and share experiences and learn something new.

“Best of all you get to take home that garden something, you always wanted.

The 2017 Yea Garden Expo again will be held at the Yea Racecourse where there is heaps of parking and plenty of room for the entire family, and kids are free to enter. Make a full day of this event and bring a rug and sit under the trees with a picnic.

“Our vendors come from all over Victoria,” said Jim. “It’s all about creating something good for the town, good for Rotary, and really great for gardeners.”

Jim does admit that he is the muscle in the garden at home, and that Glenys, his wife, is the gardener.

Visit www.yeagardenexpo.com.au for more details.

In November Yea Rotary will hold their Open Gardens. NNE

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Trucks, quilts quilts Trucks, and speed speed and How they ever manage to park the row upon row of trucks, with centimeters to spare, is amazing.

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ruck drivers gave themselves and their working trucks the long weekend off in June, and headed to Alexandra in north-east Victoria. It was the 21st annual Alexandra Truck, Ute and Rod Show.

Each year the show grows and more, and more vehicles are on display, and more and more people attended this huge event.

It was not all about wheels though, the local Alexandra Quilters provide a much calmer atmosphere and had on display their beautiful quilts and needle work in the local hall.

On the same weekend at the Speedway the cars may not have been as shiny as the trucks, utes and rods in the main street of Alexandra, but they were just as much loved by their owners. NNE

This is one way to work on your car at the Alexandra Speedway.

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Smiles as brilliant as the wine

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t was winter in north-east Victoria and as usual, the King Valley had brilliant weather for the Fit for a King wine weekend in June. Along the length of the Wangaratta-Whitfield Road people were making their way to the wineries. Some walked, others rode bikes, there were groups in buses and there was car after car, heading for their favourite winery or to sample some new tastes.

At each of the wineries, staff were moving speedily to welcome each visitor. Just as brilliant as the weather were the many smiles upon the faces of the staff. NNE

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Cheers to a healthy Euroa

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n September 2008 the Bower Bird Op Shop in Binney Street, Euroa, opened. It was established to raise money for the aged care facility at Euroa Health that is owned by the community of Euroa.

The plan was a modest one, the few dollars that they would make from selling items for a couple of dollars, would help in some way to supplement the costs of the Euroa Aged Health Centre.

Well congratulations Euroa.

The Bower Bird Op Shop will in August reach a million dollars in sales, money that is and will be used for their centre.

This is a great achievement for Euroa, and it is important not to forget that this has only been achieved by the support from the local volunteers. They have

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nder the mature cork trees, beside the lake at ‘The Falls’, lunch is being served on Sunday, November 12. ‘The Falls’ in Longwood, is a beautiful property and the home of Ian and Joan Ball.

The gourmet lunch is for 200 guests and will be a fundraiser for the Euroa Aged Health Centre. Tickets are $100 per head and drinks on the day will be at bar prices.

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been, and are, the key reason, that the op shop has reached this goal. Especially when you can buy a coat for a $1. That’s a lot of bits and pieces sold.

It is the people who donate their goods, those who buy those odds and ends, and those who work so hard that deserve a huge thank you.

Presently, forty-five volunteers work in the op shop, and though they are there to work it is also a great place to catch up and chin wag.

Op shops supporting all sorts of community projects exist throughout our region, congratulations to you all.

The Bower Bird is open seven days a week. Contact the co-ordinator, Lorraine Kubeil, on 0408 147 132, if you can help.

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On the day there is to be a raffle where the winning ticket holder wins a scenic flight of the local area for four people.

The prize has been kindly donated by Ross and Rachael Carrington.

To organise your tickets contact Jim Perry on 0417 392 880, jimp@activ8. net.au or Kerry Newnham on 0417 035 305, rod.newnham@bigpond.com.

There is also a bus service to and from the event, leaving from Euroa. NNE

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A feast of a garden The word waste is never used when it comes to the food grown in this garden. CASS JASPER talks with Trish Mom about her involvement in the community garden at Quercus in Beechworth. Pictures by TRISH MOM

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The Quercus community garden feeding the locals.

n the top of the main street in Beechworth stands what once was the old churches.

They still offer help but have been transformed into community centres; one is a pre-loved bookshop and the other the headquarters for Quercus, formerly the Beechworth Neighborhood Centre, originally established in 1985. In 2015 the centre was incorporated and rebranded Quercus, an oak tree genus, one of which provides shade to the front of the buildings. “It represents the many branches of the community centre,” said Trish Mom. At the rear of two old churches, a series of large wooden garden beds have been constructed, that are the basis for the vegetable garden that helps to support the community food programme that Trish, and a team of volunteers look after.

Trish grew up in Beechworth and moved back when she and her husband Simon, had kids. “Simon and I have travelled all over the world and it was children that bought us back to Beechworth,” explained Trish. “Our kids, Bayden 13, Lindsay 8 and Ainsley 6, now go to the schools I went to, Beechworth Primary and Secondary.” Simon is a chef at the George Kerford Hotel in Beechworth. “We love this town and we have lived in lots of different places. It’s the community, the seasons, and for us it’s close to everything,” said Trish.

“I have been at Quercus for about six and a half years,” said Trish, “as the Activities and Events Coordinator, I am not a gardener, and I help manage the garden. We have a great team of people who know what they are doing. There are teams of volunteers that make up groups that work across the garden.”

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Trish Mom, in the Quercus garden.

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Trish stresses, “This is a community food garden.”

The garden had been established before Trish joined the team at Quercus. “The community food programme is run by us with the help of the prisoners from the Beechworth Correctional Centre; without the guys we wouldn’t exist,” said Trish. As she is speaking four prisoners from the correctional centre turn up ready to spend the day preparing meals for freezing. Trish ducks out to chat with the men and organize the menu for the day. The prisoners also supply the seedlings for the garden.

The Beechworth Correctional Centre is a minimum security prison, it opened in January 2005 after the old HM Prison in Beechworth was closed.

“We cook up meals and freeze them for anyone who comes along to the centre, whether they are locals or just traveling through, no one should go hungry,” said Trish, “we help people who need support for whatever reason.”

Avoiding food wastage is one of Trish’s passions. “Apart from using the food from the garden to make the meals, we are also given food from the Albury-Wodonga Food Share programme.

They recover perfectly good food that would normally be dumped,” said Trish.

“It was the prisoners who also built the wood fired pizza oven in the garden.” said Trish.

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“Dad always had a vegie garden in the backyard.

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“As a kid, mum used to take food to Mrs Jones down the road. Sadly, some people are now too proud to ask for help and we need to look out for each other. Mum and dad were the reason behind my strong belief in the importance of making sure everyone has a hot meal.”

Trish’s parents, Denise and Ken Folkes, are now grey nomads and come back to Beechworth to stay with Trish and her family between trips. “They use our place as a bit of a base,” said Trish.

Trish is very focused on the garden at Quercus, but there is also a garden at home, a lot humbler but still important to the family.

“At home we have old wooden apple boxes filled with vegies, and the kids can pull out a carrot and pick a tomato off the bush. It is important that there is a focus on food for the kids, that they know where food comes from and that food should not be wasted,” said Trish.

“We have nine chooks and they are great for wandering about the garden. It’s just keeping them out of the vegie patch that is a bit tricky,” says Trish. u

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What is your favourite plant?

“Roses, I love roses, a special friend gave me one and since then Simon has bought me more,” said Trish, “and herbs, I can grow herbs.”

What is your favourite implement to use in the garden?

“Secateurs, it would have to be secateurs. I am more than happy to prune in the garden and I find it very therapeutic. I especially like pruning the hydrangeas,” said Trish.

What don’t you like about the garden?

“That I am not that knowledgeable about gardens and plants. Sometimes I feel a bit daunted. I wish I had more knowledge. One of our ladies helps me, Sue Hutson, who explains the principles behind gardens, she has a background in permaculture and I am learning a lot from her,” said Trish.

“The garden at home is seasonal and I don’t like to get cold, so I work in the garden in summer.”

What do you like about the garden?

“Photos, I love taking photographs of plants,” said Trish.

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What are the future plans for the Quercus garden?

“Lots, we want to grow the garden and the kitchen, and provide more in the way of community meals. In September the Sharing Feasts starts again which is great fun. Volunteers, including Simon, cook up dishes from food from the garden and would have gone to waste and we have an all-in feast in the large room here.

“We encourage new people to join; the elderly, the young, and families. We call it a church meal without the church. The kids also help out at these dinners.

“In summer we will open the garden restaurant again, where we sell pizza with the local wine makers providing the wine. We run it in conjunction with the markets on the first Saturday of the month.

It helps to attract people into the garden, to buy the pizza to help raise funds for our programmes, and its great fun.

“We also sell off excess produce from the garden and on some days we have more produce than when we started as locals drop off their excess fruit and vegies to us. The people here are great,” said Trish. NNE

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The bride and her mother, Gaylene, hand made the roses for the wedding party from hessian and the cake was made by Brooke’s friend, Rebecca Mullins. Chris Andrew, the brother of one of the bridesmaids, kept the guests entertained throughout the night, and Vanessa Parifitt was the celebrant.

Rebecca McLeod from Hair Spray created the hair styles for the bridal party and Christy Snow was the beautician on the day. Christy also made the necklaces for the bridesmaids and the pendants that adorned the bride’s dress.

Each of the bride’s pendants contained photographs of loved grandparents who sadly were unable to be there on the day.

Groomsmen, Luke Heard and Chris McKay, along with bridesmaids Kate Mullins and Tara Carter helped make the day perfect for Ryan and Brooke who said they could not have asked for a better wedding party.

Other locals and local businesses helped make the day a special one, including Mensland Alexandra who supplied the boy’s suits, Roaming Poppy who provided the bar staff and also supplied the recovery breakfast the following morning, and the Alexandra Football Club ladies who organised the drinks during the ceremony.

Brooke and Ryan were born and bred in Alexandra and would not have wanted to be married anywhere else.

The lucky couple were the winners of the first prize at the Mansfield Wedding Fair which was a helicopter flight to Craig’s Hut by Alpine Helicopter Charters for their photo-shoot.

The something old was the bride’s wedding band from her great, great, grandmother, the something blue were the bridesmaid dresses and the something borrowed, a diamond necklace from Brooke’s mum.

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Casey’s mum, Lyn Southurst, baked a traditional fruit cake which was then iced and decorated by Mud Puddle in Yea. Hello Blossoms supplied the flowers, hair and beauty was by Ellegant You and the wedding gown was by Raffaele Ciuca. Entertainment came from DJ, Aamon and the nuptials presided by celebrant, Kat Sillars.

The weather may not have been what they ordered, but that did not stop the beautiful ceremony and the emotional speeches expressing the love they have for each other and their families.

The couple headed off the following day on their honeymoon, in a camper van heading to Byron Bay. NNE

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Rich burgundy carpets, along with the grand old balustrades and fireplaces in the Beaufort Manor helped provide some old-world luxury and style, that the couple were hoping for at their wedding.

Lisa Cornwall from Beaufort Manor helped Rachel and John pull together the best people to add the all important final touches to this special day.

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Another Yea local, celebrant Glynne Cousins-Pietzsch, presided over the official side of the day.

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Something old were the pair of red shoes worn by the bride, something new was her beautiful gown and for something borrowed Rachel wore a pair of her Nonna’s antique silver earings. The something blue was a secret.

Weddings are all about the memories and for Rachel sharing a dance with her Nonna, who used to ‘cut the rug’ quite a bit in her younger days, was one she will never forget.

This memory is one Rachel will relive with her Nonna.

John is an engineer and well known for his love of trains, so the couple arranged to have photos taken at the old Yea train station. “I insisted to my dress maker,” said Rachel, “that I must have a train incorporated on my wedding gown, just to be assured that John would find me interesting.” NNE

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Welcome for lunch Lunch, with great food, wine and company is one of the pleasures in life. For PAT O’BRYAN and friends, lunch at the North Eastern Hotel, also known as the Northo, in Benalla was made all the more enjoyable by the welcome.

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oy of joys, Saturday lunch was still available at the Northo. Despite being after 2pm the voice on the other end of the phone was more than happy to take our booking, “it would be wonderful to see you,” came the answer to our question. All too often the reply from other venues is, ‘sorry the kitchen is closed’. Whilst we rang ahead to book, the Northo staff told us that they happily accept walk-ins.

On entering the hotel, we were impressed by the spacious and bright main room. Divided into two welcoming areas by an impressive central bar, it creates a lounge area that tempts you to linger, with its open fire and comfortable seating. However, we were on our way to the dining room with lunch on our mind.

The restaurant area has tables dressed in white linen and a welcoming feel. Water and menus were brought to our table promptly and we were assured that there was no rush to order.

We relaxed and checked out the menu, assisted by a Campari and two Chrismont chardonnay from the King Valley, by the glass ($9).

To start, two of us selected the freshly shucked South Australian oysters, served natural ($19), from the special’s menu. They were indeed fresh, delicious and thankfully not huge. To share we chose a serve of the toasted ciabatta with confit garlic butter ($8.50). With a touch of herbs sprinkled on top, it was mouthwatering.

For our mains, we chose fettucini with chilli, basil, garlic, cherry tomatoes, spinach and drizzled with extra virgin local

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olive oil ($22.50), a Northo terrine with toasted ciabatta, house-made relish and side salad ($14.50), and the Bridge Road Ale battered flat head fillets with chips, salad and house-made tartare sauce ($26).

The non-drivers ordered another glass of the Chrismont and a glass of the Wine by Sam shiraz from the Strathbogies, ($9.50).

It took no time for the large bowl of pasta to be completely devoured by one very satisfied diner. The terrine was delicious and nicely balanced by the

relish. The generous serve of flathead tails boasted a batter that was light and oh, so crisp.

The Northo trifle, made with Cofield’s Durif, cream, strawberries and housemade vanilla custard was fun and a very tasty way for us to finish our meal.

Neither the menu nor the wine list are huge, yet they are thoughtfully put together, utilising much of the wonderful local produce of the region.

There is an attractive outdoor area that would be lovely on a warm day or balmy evening and accommodation is

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It was a great afternoon, made all the better by the excellent service.

Don’t trust in getting a seat without booking first, as the Northo’s reputation is sure to grow. NNE

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or years travelling from Melbourne to Murrindindi meant that, once we had cleared the Black Spur, we would pass through Narbethong, Buxton and Taggerty. Quite early on, we noticed an embryonic vineyard just north of Buxton called Buxton Ridge.

I first visited Buxton Ridge in 2012.

They had just sustained the loss of yet another vintage. The 2011 vintage was effectively wiped out by the cold wet conditions in the Spring of 2010, which prevented flowering and the setting of grapes. This was on top of the 2009 catastrophic fires that effected so much of our region. A smoke infested year in 2007 caused the loss of production in that year too.

Three crops lost in four years is difficult to survive. Imagine being a cattle producer who had no calves to sell three years out of four.

Under the heading ‘The fire turned left at the sauvignon blanc’ in a previous North by North-East issue, I was able, in 2012, to review two Buxton Ridge wines, in particular the Mollie Jean Blanc de Noir, a sparkling wine made exclusively from Pinot Noir, and the 2010 Pinot Noir.

Both were remarkable.

The sparkling wine was tasted at a premium restaurant, where I insisted that the sommelier, who really knows his stuff, try a glass. He exclaimed “that’s beautiful, what is it? Obviously French.”

He was startled to learn that it was a wine from this little vineyard at Buxton.

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winery as being located in the ‘middle of nowhere’, and who rated both of the wines highly.

Now, five years on, it was time to revisit Buxton Ridge. There is a new Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage and fortunately our tasting group was able to compare it with a bottle of the 2010 vintage. The results were fascinating.

Both bottles were opened simultaneously; the 2014 was the more attractive wine in the first tasting. It has an excellent rounded fruit base, and is quite a large Pinot. It would probably be attractive to drinkers who usually prefer a Shiraz.

What was interesting was that after 15 minutes the tasters were more appreciative of the earlier 2010 vintage, which seven years after its production is still drinking beautifully. Either way, both wines are first rate.

The recommendation is to treat yourself to a bottle of each and see what you prefer. Even better, keep a couple of bottles of each and try them in another five years. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

We also tasted two more reds; first the 2014 Buxton Ridge Shiraz. This is a big, dark in colour Shiraz, eminently drinkable now, but perhaps also worth keeping. The tasting group liked it a lot, and it was served with some pretty decent beef. Secondly, we tried a 2013 Buxton Ridge Merlot, which I’d looked forward to greatly. Whilst pleasant, the 2013 Merlot was not quite on a par with a 2012 Merlot from the Mt Cathedral vineyard nearby and known for its Merlot blend and stand alone wines.

Both the Buxton Ridge winery and the Mt Cathedral vineyard are set on the slopes of the Cathedral Ranges.

Being different vintages, comparisons are perhaps inappropriate.

Finally, and pleasingly, the latest version of the Mollie Jean Blanc de Noir sparkler from Buxton Ridge is, again, terrific. Dryish by our standards, yeasty, it caused an initial puckering of the lips, before the fruit comes through in the middle palate. It is tempting to take another bottle to a different sommelier to hear the reaction; it really does taste very French.

The sparkling wine sells for $33, the reds for $28 or perhaps a little less for the 2010 Pinot.

Buxton Ridge is an excellent illustrator of the proposition that in our region of Victoria, one doesn’t have to be big to be good. Michael Gelbert who is coowner and winemaker of Buxton Ridge is kicking many goals despite adversity which would have brought many to their knees.

If we have some continuous good seasons I predict a bright future for Buxton Ridge. NNE iandunn227@gmail.com

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Couch cuisine – Strathbogie style Trees may be budding and the dog’s water bowl may not be frozen over quite as often but local chef COLETTE GEIER isn’t about to schuck her ugg boots and her thermals.

The cold is not quite ready to recede so she’s tweaked a favourite recipe to get us through the last of winter.

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his winter has been different from the past ones; after over 5 years we’ve left Longwood East and moved north, a whole 20ks.

We’ve also discovered Netflix, meaning our monthly internet allowance has been getting a fair nudge.

When you’re tucked up on the couch with a blankie and your best mate binge watching TV dramas, there are certain foods required to sustain you, and they’re rather specific.

There’s the classic movie watching fair of popcorn, crisps, ice cream and chocolate, and of course if you’re looking for real, soul satisfying dishes you’re going to want something in a bowl you eat with a single utensil, and I have got the dish for you.

Bearing in mind the ingredients, this soup is more suited to autumn harvest time, but the local onions and potatoes are still fresh, and we do produce some mighty fine hydroponic tomatoes and capsicums all year round, I figure this soup has year round application.

I did not invent this dish, it’s a traditional Mexican dish, but due to its lack of spice or chilli, you’d never pick it as such. Its real name simply translates as cheese soup, but what makes it so good is the contrast of flavours and textures between the different vegetables as well as the cheese.

I hadn’t attempted to make this soup before due to the lack of queso fresco

(Mexican fresh cheese) in Australia, but I decided to experiment using halloumi and found it to be a fabulous substitute.

It doesn’t dissolve when added to the soup and provides that exquisite squeaky quality against the teeth.

What sets this soup apart from all my other favourite winter soups, is the time it takes to make. You can get home and be on the couch, soup in hand in under an hour. I’ve also tested it by yelling instructions to a kitchen novice from the couch and the results are just as good, that tells me it’s pretty much fool proof.

Spring may be slowly unfolding, but summer BBQ’s are still a long way off so if you’re looking for an alternative cure-all to chicken soup and better yet, if there’s a vegetarian you love (despite their ridiculous life choices) this is the soup for you.

If you are an avid carnivore like me, and especially if you have access to quality chorizo, a little finely chopped over the top of the dish will send you to comfort food heaven.

With the exception of the cheese, this recipe is pretty close to the real thing but the name Caldo de Queso just doesn’t do it justice. With the use of Greek cheese in a Mexican recipe and the provenance of the vegetables I’m using, I’m renaming it Strathbogie soup and I can assure you it is as beautiful, unique and satisfying as the hills it was developed in. NNE

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Come to think of it, don’t throw them in the water; you’re likely to scald yourself with the splash so just place them in gently.

Check the capsicums and as soon as the skin has blistered, remove them from the oven and let them cool.

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2.5 hours north-east of Melbourne - take Hume Freeway to the Oxley / Milawa turnoff.

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Travel Snow Road.

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The art of scarecrows

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he Euroa Show is a good old-fashioned country show, with a modern twist. There will be a real emphasis on creativity.

There are the essential horse events, the sheep shearing competition, the poultry display, the cattle and sheep judging as well as the expansive dog show.

Rides, side-shows and the delicious cookery completion, and flowers, row upon row of glorious blooms, love the flowers fill the huge sheds at the showgrounds.

Last year the artistic creativity shown by the creators of the scarecrows was extraordinary. The completion was huge and they are repeating this successful artistic competition again this year.

Add in the hay bale maze and the young farmers’ challenge and you start to understand why a day at the Euroa show needs to be an all day venture.

On Saturday there are the events, competitions and judging, while on Sunday the feature is on the horses and their riders.

Bring everyone along to the Euroa Showgrounds on the 28th and 29th of October for a great time. NNE

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A feast for the eyes

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veryone loves a feast and it doesn’t have to be about food.

The 12th annual ‘A Feast of Art Show’ will more than fulfill your need for enjoying original works of art.

The art show is held by the Milawa Gourmet Region Association and is being held in the beautiful historic Oxley Hall, in Oxley.

This will be a ten day long exhibition and the Gala Opening Night is on Friday the 1st of September, when the awards are presented to the winners in three sections; visual art, photographic art, and textiles.

The exhibition is not only to view as you can purchase the original paintings, drawings, photography and textile art on display. www.milawagourmetregion.com.au NNE

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NNEARTS

Hello Goodbye,

by Emily Brewin, Allen and Unwin, RRP $29.99.

Reviewed by JOE BLAKE

Growing up in the 1970s

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“Girls in our town/are too good for the pill/but if you keep asking/they probably will …” The singer was Margaret Roadknight, the setting Australia in the 1960s. When that decade started, nothing ever changed. We’d had the same Prime Minister forever, people put on their hats and gloves and went to church on Sundays, school kids saluted the flag on Mondays, and every action was judged with moral certainty. Teenage pregnancy was rife, with only three options possible: shotgun wedding; illegal abortion; or forced adoption. By 1970 the whole landscape had turned upside down.

With the horrors of the Vietnam war beaming into our lounge rooms nightly, everything seemed open to question.

It’s 1968, and seventeen-yearold May Callaghan lives in fictitious Nurrigul, a country town a few hours out of Melbourne. Her dad is a damaged veteran of World War II, and her mum a stoic, upright religious person who seems to have no sympathy for her husband’s problems and no understanding of her teenage daughter. May has a secret boyfriend, Sam, but can’t tell her parents because he’s a Protestant. Sam’s father also went to war, but he didn’t make it back from Korea.

May knows she has to get out of Nurrigul as soon as she finishes school, and is encouraged in her ambition by Miss Berry, her teacher.

Things change drastically when Sam announces he’s accepted a job in the city, prompting May to make a surreptitious visit to his Carlton share

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house. What a revelation. She meets Sam’s housemates, aboriginal student Clancy and hippie Ruby, both of whom are dead set against Australia’s involvement in Vietnam. May learns that Sam has been called up to go and fight in that war and discovers that she is pregnant. Mortified, she can’t tell anyone.

May is lead to examine everything she believes about herself and other people. In the middle of all this, her baby is growing in the womb, demanding to make its entrance into an uncertain world.

Trapped by the normalities of the time this novel recounts how family, religion and community attitudes that embodied this era, impacted on everyday life. May’s voyage of discovery is a reflection of how our relationships echo our journey through life, and the hurdles that we inevitably encounter.

This remarkable novel is the truest account I’ve read of one of the most turbulent periods in our nation’s history. There are so many brilliant insights into the way things worked back then, and a compelling analysis of how rapidly changing attitudes to war, sex, race and countless other topics impacted upon people’s lives.

In many ways it’s non-judgemental, allowing the reader a sympathetic insight into the minds and emotions of its various characters.

This is Emily Brewin’s first novel.

What a way to start. Keep your eyes alert for anything she turns out next; if it’s as good as this one, you’ll be on a winner. NNE

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Let these pages be the song you sing along to when your heart is broken or smiling.

This story belongs to you.

It is you. It is me.”

Isabelle Mente

A young life 7,300 Days

by Isabella Mente, Self-published, Recommended for Ages 14+ Reviewed by EMSHIA HOWLETT

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,300 days equates to twenty years, and it is the twenty years of Californian writer and artist, Isabella Mente’s early life, which are held within the pages of this, her first self-published novel. Inside the pages of 7,300 Days you will find Isabella’s chosen style of writing and poetry.

Each page contains a poem, some three words long, some a page, and some are accompanied by an illustration from contributing artists.

Beginning with memories of her childhood, to reaching her twentieth year and everything that lies in between, Isabella’s work covers her story and her experiences with mental health, sexuality, love, body image, and self-empowerment. She holds nothing back as she opens up her young life to us.

It is difficult to describe the magic which Isabella has created through her words. The stories captured within her poetry are both technically unfamiliar, and yet at the same time

incredibly resonating, for within her own experiences you will find yourself remembering similar ones of your own.

Her story is fascinating, heartbreaking and yet carries with it throughout a feeling of warmth and an incredible raw honesty, so much so you just know you are reading someone’s inner most thoughts and yet, feel welcomed and comfortable there, as if she is a friend you have known for years.

“Hold my art upon your lap and let it become a part of you. Because this story is not just mine, it is yours, too.

All my love, Isabella Mente xx” Isabella promised herself that she would begin her writing career by her 20th birthday, and on September 29th 2016 she celebrated her 20th birthday and the publication of her first book.

Isabella can also be found on YouTube and her wesite is isabellamente.com 7,300 days is available through both websites the Book Depository and Amazon. NNE

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Productive and picturesque

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he land is rich, and with the natural stands of mature trees and the abundance of water, this is a very attractive property.

‘Cranbrook View’ is a 20.1 hectares (49.7 acres) property on the Oxley Flats, and lies between the King and Ovens Rivers.

Add to this a home built in the 1940s with verandahs, high ceilings and loads of original features and what’s not to find inviting about ‘Cranbrook View’.

Oxley Flats is only ten minutes from Wangaratta, and five minutes from the Milawa Gourmet Region.

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enterprises ‘Cranbrook View’ would be suited to. It is also a beautiful property with its native trees and the home nestling comfortably between the paddocks.

Inside the weatherboard home, there is a large open plan galley kitchen and dining area with reverse cycle airconditioning. This room is full of light from the floor to ceiling glass sliding doors opening to the covered outdoor entertaining area. An even brighter sitting room to relax in leads off the dining area.

In the lounge, a large bay window looks out over the garden and lawns.

The original stained wooden ceiling in

the lounge adds warmth to the room that is heated by a combustion wood heater.

Each of the three large double bedrooms, and the smaller bedroom come study, also have high wooden ceilings. The main bathroom is large, with a bath and plenty of room, with a separate toilet.

The laundry has been revamped and is large enough to offer extra storage and a second toilet. Rainwater tanks are connected to the home and there is solar hot water.

The large three sided metal shed has a cement floor and has three bays suitable for farm machinery. There is also a workshop and a lockable double garage.

“...perfect for an intensive agricultural enterprise, and just as perfect as a place to call home.”

AT A GLANCE Cranbrook View 732 Oxley Flats Road, Oxley Flats 3 bedrooms, approx 50 acres Price: $675,000 Agent: Mike Weller Corcoran Parker Real Estate 0410 663 041

There are a set of metal cattle yards and an old dairy on the property.

The land is alluvial river flats and is highly productive with water everywhere.

A permanent sprinkler system irrigates approximately 85% of the land which is divided up into eight paddocks.

There is access to groundwater with a 90 mega litre irrigation license from the Goulburn Murray Water Authority and there is a dragline hole at the northern end of the property.

‘Cranbrook View’ is perfect for an intensive agricultural enterprise, and just as perfect as a place to call home especially when you realise that you are living next to one of Victoria’s top food, wine and dining destinations. NNE NORTH BY NORTH-EAST

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Strength in commitment

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Excellence in sales and leasing’ is the D.A. Robinson Real Estate in Yea’s motto.

Deb Robinson, the owner, said “that having my own real estate agency is the greatest thing I have done. The buck stops here with me, and I love having the freedom to work with my clients and ensure that they are fully informed and comfortable.”

Add Deb’s great team to the agency and the work never stops.

Reputation and integrity are all important in real estate and D.A. Robinson has loads. Deb has a long background in real estate, and it is in the Murrindindi Shire that she has found her true home.

“As a young woman I always loved the country,” said Deb. “When the opportunity came up to run a real estate office in Yea, I grabbed it.”

After a time Deb decided to create her own agency rather than run someone else’s and D.A. Robinson Real Estate was born.

“I came north and have never looked back,” confirmed Deb, “the Murrindindi hills, everything about the country here I love. In Yea you can still walk into the bakery in your gumboots and you are only 90 minutes from Melbourne.”

Janine Arendsen from Yea and Julie Birchall from Murrindindi are the main team members at D.A. Robinson, with Adam Dennis working as a consultant.

Julie and husband Lucas, always wanted to live in the country with their boys, Bradley and Benjamin.

Janine would not consider living anywhere else with her sons Jack and Liam.

“Our strengths are that we listen and we care,” said Deb “whether a client is selling, buying or renting.

Everyone is a potential rental, buyer and seller. We are dream merchants, here to help you attain your dream.”

D.A. Robinson and its staff are immersed in the community and enjoy the many benefits of being part of Yea. “Yea has just popped, properties are selling so quickly, people are on the move north,” said Deb, “Murrindindi Shire is also seen as affordable. There is a future here as people move into the area and business grows.”

The D.A. Robinson office is a buzz as it prepares for the spring and summer onslaught of properties. “We are armed and ready,” reassured Deb.

A GLASS OF SHIRAZ OVER SUPERB VIEWS Superbly positioned home set high on this elevated site of 11 acres (app.). Stunning views over the Acheron Valley and the Black Range. Well fenced into 4 paddocks, 52,000 lt of water, 2 sheds and cellar to store the wine from 500 Shiraz vines that grace the vineyard.

Spectacular home with wrap around 8ft stunning views.

A stunning entrance welcomes you to the homestead with a circular drive. Property is 15 plan kitchen, with acres (app.)Open set in rural settingliving, offering dining, a 4 bedroom home withlibrary all the bells and whistles.

Property has been set up for Alpaca’s but would equally suit horses and/or a cattle stud. high ceilings and spotted gum floors. Galley A stunning entrance welcomes you the property with a circular driveway. The homestead consists of akitchen generous open kitchen/dining/lounge/rumpus in the centre of the hasplan dual ovens, butlers pantry and home. Four B/R master with spacious ensuite/spa. An abundance of natural light flows through withstone large windows throughout. The kitchen takes youall to an undercover benchtops.

3 Bedrooms with BIR, outdoor entertaining, leading you to massive paved outdoor entertaining area and a 30’ long WIR. free form in master ground saltwith pool with waterfall.

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This property has loads of possibilities, auto water troughs to all 21 fully fenced paddocks.

A bore, laneInspections ways, stock yards, holding pens (submersible pump), lane ways, stock yards, are strictly by appointment only. ramp, holding pens, 2 dams, 20 x 20 huge shed with 3 phase power - 20 x 20 hay barn $783,000 attached, 4 bay open hay/machinery shed, 2 attached loose boxes and 60 x 60 shed $780,000 with double opening doors.

Professionals Marysville | 1/20 Murchison Street, Marysville 3779 | Ph: 5963 4491 | M: 0408 100 590 | www.professionalsmarysville.com.au

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Quality on high

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inding up the driveway you find yourself pausing to look back at the views, they are wonderful.

Everything about this property has been finished with quality and care; from the solar electric fences around the four watered and sheltered paddocks, to the out buildings and to the home on the hill.

A wide covered verandah wraps around the entire house. The main entrance, a large solid wood door, effortlessly opens into the spacious open plan main room of this home.

The wall of floor to ceiling glass windows with sliding doors initially draws your eye to those views, you then realise that you are standing in a great space, calm and welcoming. There is a blend of contemporary with just a touch of country in this large room, and again quality. A large glass sliding door gives you wide access to the verandah.

To one side of this large room, is the kitchen in white with stone bench tops;

elegant, modern and practical with a double oven and so much storage. At the far end of the kitchen is a butler’s pantry.

The kitchen island provides just the right amount of division between the kitchen and the lounge area.

The impressive three sided glass combustion fireplace sits against the wall in the lounge and throws out the heat.

In this area there is plenty of room for couches and arm chairs to relax in.

At the opposite side of the room is the dining area that easily holds a dining table to seat ten, with room to spare.

Cleverly, a section of the wall has been recessed to act as a library with floor to ceiling open shelving.

Almost hidden behind another section of the wall is the spacious laundry with bench space and storage.

Off the main room is the master bedroom with access to the views again, from the floor to ceiling window that includes a door to the verandah. There is a walk in robe and a modern ensuite, that

is more like a main bathroom in size.

There are two additional double bedrooms at the other end of the main room, both have built in robes and share a bathroom with a full sized bath. There is a large linen cupboard for storage in the hallway.

The bedroom carpets are deep grey and delicious, in the main room the soft spotted gum wooden floor boards are beautiful and the use of modern tiles gives an elegance to the bathrooms.

What constantly impresses you, is the immaculate finishes and fittings throughout this lovely home.

Next to the home is a lockup workshop shed, a cellar and a 52,000 litre water tank.

This home is only seven years old and yet feels as if it was always meant to be here. It stands stately in the middle of this 11 acre (4.63 hectare) property, with natural bush and 500 grape vines at the rear, and the paddocks in front. NNE

AT ATAAGLANCE GLANCE 71 71Buxton-Marysville Buxton-MarysvilleRoad, Road,Buxton Buxton 33bedrooms, bedrooms,approx approx11 11acres acres Price: Price:$783,000 $783,000 Agent: Agent:Jennifer JenniferPullen Pullen Professionals ProfessionalsMarysville Marysville0408 0408100 100590 590

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BENALLA

RURAL RETREAT ON 11 MANAGABLE ACRES

• 11 acre rural retreat less than 10 minutes to town • 4 bedroom home with fully renovated kitchen and family room • Slow combustion wood fire plus reverse cycle split system • 3.5kW upgradable solar power system to reduce living costs

TAGGERTY

“WIRREANDA”

• Fully fenced for stock of your choice • Huge fully fenced house yard with majestic oak • Large shearing shed converted to an entertainment zone • Multiple sheds and workshop in place • Fabulous dam including the properties own natural wetland area with visiting Swans, Spoonbills & Pelicans

1.8 ACRES

FAMILY RETREAT CREEK FRONTAGE

• 5 bedrooms or office / study, built 6 years ago

• Great water - Health Creek frontage with 2ML pumping licence. Ample rain water storage

• Extensive open plan living zone with adjoining alfresco dining

• Double lock up garage with auto roller doors

• Central ducted double bay window woodfire heater

• 4 bay garage with 3 roller doors

“EALING PARK”

198 ACRES

FOR SALE $440,000 Mansfield Branch - 5775 1444 Danni Schneider 0414 690 479 165 Mt Buller Road, Mansfield dschneider@ruralco.com.au

Property address: 1168 Connellys Creek Road

FOR SALE $730,000 Alexandra branch - 5772 1110 Nik Patek 0409 936 210 78 Grant Street, Alexandra npatek@ruralco.com.au

• American barn / studio, plaster lined, split system, ceiling fan. 3 phase power

• 2 split systems

EUROA

Property address: 45 Baines Lane

LIFESTYLE OR BUSINESS VENTURE

• 198ac/80 ha on 2 titles, under 10 minutes from Euroa

• Reliable bore, spring fed dam, good fertiliser history

• 4 bedroom brick veneer home, swimming pool, tennis court plus 1 bedroom self-contained unit

• Excellent equine facilities, including stables, round yard, vet crushes

• 20 paddocks, laneways, mostly double fenced, improved pasture

• Under 2 hours from Melbourne

L O C A L S E R V I C E , N AT I O N A L S T R E N G T H

Property address: 87 McKernans Rd Balmattum

PRICE ON APPLICATION Yea branch - 5797 2079 Brendan Woodley 0429 032 620 2/10 High Street, Yea bwoodley@ruralco.com.au

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Ranch style with master views

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his is a large beautiful family home, from the double door entrance to the five double sized bedrooms, this home is for spreading out and living in; and with 360° views to as far a field as Mt Buller.

In addition, this home is surrounded by 80 undulating acres that provides total privacy while only being fifteen minutes from the town of Yea. Light pours into every freshly painted room of this solid brick home from the full length double glazed windows.

The windows are protected from the hot summer sun, by the ever so long bull nosed verandah, that runs the entire length of this substantial home.

The large impressive central entrance to the home has timber floors and divides the house into sleeping and living areas.

The timber kitchen is spacious and has plenty of storage and bench space as well as a pantry and a casual dining area. It is truly a comfortable room and made all the more so with a split system air-conditioner. A door leads from the kitchen into the large four car lock up garage. The garage can be opened from either end.

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carpets. An open stone double sided fireplace graces the lounge and lends added warmth to this fine room.

Four of the five double bedrooms have built in robes while the fifth, master bedroom, is situated on the private floor above. The master bedroom has a split system air-conditioner and a walk in robe and ensuite.

The generous family bathroom includes a spa bath.

The property comprises two dams and twenty acres of cleared land, and a 20,000 litre water tank is attached to the house.

The setting, the house, the views, it is all beautiful. NNE

AT A GLANCE 55 Foxhaven Court, Yea 5 bedrooms, approx 80 acres Price: $850,000 Agent: D.A. Robinson Real Estate Deb Robinson 0423 771 698

“Experience “Experienceand andReputation” Reputation” Corcoran CorcoranParker Parkerexpands expandsinto intoMansfield Mansfieldregion region CORCORAN CORCORAN Parker Parker sees sees a bright a bright future future inin rural rural property property according according toto founding founding Director Director Kevin Kevin Corcoran, Corcoran, who who is is announcing announcing the the appointment appointment ofof Derek Derek Beautyman Beautyman asas Mansfield Mansfield Rural Rural Sales Sales Agent, Agent, toto join join the the property property team. team.

“We “We are are really really excited excited about about Derek Derek Beautyman Beautyman joining joining our our Rural Rural Sales Sales team. team.

HeHe will will work work closely closely with with Quentin Quentin Thomson, Thomson, Mansfield Mansfield Branch Branch Manager, Manager, toto develop develop the the Corcoran Corcoran Parker Parker property property portfolio portfolio inin and and around around the the Mansfield Mansfield region. region.

“Derek “Derek brings brings a wealth a wealth ofof experience experience having having worked worked inin the the real real estate estate industry industry forfor many many years. years.

HeHe is is well well positioned positioned toto help help develop develop and and grow grow our our property property portfolio portfolio inin the the Mansfield Mansfield area area and and hehe brings brings with with him him a first a first class class reputation reputation inin property property sales. sales.

“This “This appointment appointment makes makes perfect perfect sense sense given given the the growth growth ofof the the Corcoran Corcoran Parker Parker rural rural sales sales portfolio portfolio through through northern northern Victoria Victoria and and southern southern NSW NSW over over the the past past 1212 months. months.

“Our “Our Mansfield Mansfield livestock livestock agents agents have have been been screaming screaming forfor a property a property sales sales presence presence and and now now they they have have it.it.

Derek Derek is is also also a perfect a perfect fitfit toto provide provide additional additional support support toto the the needs needs ofof our our local local livestock livestock clients. clients.

HeHe will will enhance enhance the the already already strong strong presence presence wewe have have inin Mansfield Mansfield with with our our livestock livestock and and merchandise merchandise businesses,” businesses,” said said Kevin Kevin Corcoran.

Corcoran.

“Derek “Derek and and hishis family family live live locally locally inin Merrijig, Merrijig, love love the the region region and and are are active active inin many many aspects aspects ofof the the local local community. community.

“We “We pride pride ourselves ourselves inin providing providing exceptional exceptional service service toto allall our our clients, clients, and and I am I am really really excited excited about about what what Corcoran Corcoran Parker, Parker, asas a rural a rural marketing marketing business, business, now now offers offers the the Mansfield Mansfield region,” region,” concludes concludes Kevin.

Kevin.

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Happenings

August&September August&September

The following events are listed as a free service and were believed to be correct at the time of going to print.

Readers should check details in case of changes and for further information.

Markets Every Saturday Mansfield Produce Swap 10am - 12noon.

Free. Swap excess produce. 120 High St Myrtleford Community Produce Market 8am - 12pm. Clyde St. 0411 047 530

Myrtleford Indoor Market

9am - 1.30pm. 150 Myrtle St. 0427 272 777

Every Sunday Wangaratta Community Market

8am - 1pm. Avian Park Raceway, Newman St 0427 215 258

First Saturday of month Beechworth Farmers’ Market 9am - 12pm.

Myrtleford Flea Market 8am - 12pm.

Yarck Country Market 9am - 1.30pm.

Old School Museum, Elgin St. 03 5727 1417 or 03 5752 1963

Yarck Hall, Maroondah Hwy. 03 5773 4304

Wangaratta Farmers’ Market 8am - 12pm.

Apex Park, Clements St. 0419 337 725

Violet Town Market 8.30am - 1pm.

No dogs. Recreation Reserve, Tulip St. market@violettown.org.au

Second Sunday of month Avenel Make It, Bake It, Grow It Market 9am - 1pm. Jubilee Park www.avenelmarket.com.au

Benalla Lions Club Car Boot Sale 8am - 12pm.

Fawkner Drv carpark. pandmpoels@bigpond.com

Third Sunday of month Flowerdale Community Market 9am - 1pm.

Flowerdale Community Hall, Yea-Whittlesea Rd. 03 5780 1223 Mansfield Lions Craft Market 8am - 1pm.

High St median strip. 03 5777 3760

Yackandandah Lions Club Market 9am - 1pm. Wellsford St. 0418 122 921

Fourth Saturday of month Alexandra on Perkins Market 8am - 2pm.

Perkins St. Alexandra 03 5772 1100

Fresh local produce. Church grounds, cnr Ford & Church St. 0408 859 282

Bollygum Park Community Market (SEP)

Mansfield CWA Craft & Produce Market (SEPT) 10am - 2pm. CWA Hall, High St. Mount Beauty Community Markets

10am - 2pm. 40 Whittlesea - Kinglake Rd, Kinglake. bollygummarket@gmail.com 0409 849 722

Benalla Lakeside Quality Craft & Produce Market 9am - 2pm. Fawkner Drive, Lake Benalla

Marysville Community Market 9am - 1pm.

Foreshore. benallamarket@gmail.com

Marysville Central Park, Darwin St 0405 146 961 www.marysvilletourism.com

Mansfield Farmers’ Market 8.30am - 1pm.

9am - 2pm. Hollands St & Kiewa Cres. 03 5754 4097

Nagambie Lakes Community Market

Rutherglen Farmers’ Market 9am - 12.30pm.

Myrtleford Farmers’ Market 8am - 12.30pm.

9am - 1pm. Blayney Reserve (beside the lake) www.nagambiemarket.com.au

Lions Park, Douglas St, Rutherglen.

1800 622 871 info@rutherglenvic.com

Yackandandah Makers’ Market 9am - 1pm.

Yackandandah Station Artspace. 0411 029 566

Third Saturday of month

Yea Country Market 9am - 1pm.

Yea Railway Park, Station St. yeamarket@gmail.com 0411 433 702

9am - 1pm. Howitt Park. 0457 953 586 www.brightchamber.com.au

Bright Make it, Bake it, Grow it Market

Median strip, High St. 0417 319 879 Piazza and adjacent church grounds. kerry@tafco.com.au 03 5752 1800

Pfeiffer Wines Rutherglen Spring Farmers Market (SEP) 167 Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 02 6033 2805

Tallangatta Community Market (AUG)

Euroa Village Farmers’ Market

Tallangatta Triangles, Towong St margrapsey@gmail.com

9am - 1pm. Rotary Park, Kirkland Ave. www.euroavillagefarmersmarket.org

Fourth Sunday of month

Lake View House, 18 - 22 Victoria St. 03 5726 1590

Moyhu Farmers’ & Community Market

Kinglake Produce & Artisan Market

Tallarook Farmers’ Market 9am - 1pm.

8am - 12pm. Lions’ Park, King Valley Rd. www.moyhufarmersmarket.com.au

First Sunday of month Chiltern Market 10am - 2pm.

Mechanics’ Institute, Main Rd, Tallarook. clivehines@hotmail.com

Second Saturday of month Alexandra Market 9am - 1pm.

Alexandra Timber Tramway. 7 Station St. market@alexandratramway.org.au

Tolmie Farmers’ Market (SEP) 8am - 1pm. Locally grown produce & products.

Tolmie Recreation Reserve 5776 2231

Yackandandah Monthly Produce Swap 9.30am. Yackandandah Community Garden.

William St. 0477 417 445

10am - 3pm. 19 Whittlesea - Kinglake Rd, Kinglake. info@kinglakemarket.com.au 03 5786 1976

Marysville Community Market 9am - 1pm.

Marysville Central Park, Darwin St. 0405 146 961 www.marysvilletourism.com

Nagambie Farmers Market 9am - 1pm.

Centre nature strip of town, High St. 0403 831 520 www.nagambiefarmersmarket.com.au

The 2016 Annual Oxley Bush Market

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Goulburn North-East Victoria

Shire Libraries Alexandra Grant St 03 5772 0349 Beechworth Cnr Albert Rd & Harper Ave 1300 365 003 Benalla Nunn St 03 5762 2069 Bright Ireland St 03 5755 1540 Euroa Binney St 1300 374 765 Flowerdale/Eildon/Marysville/Strath Creek 03 5772 0349 Kinglake Kinglake - Whittlesea Rd 03 5786 1522 Mansfield Collopy St 03 5775 2176 Myrtleford Cnr Standish St & O’Donnell Ave 03 5752 2038 Nagambie High St 1300 374 765 Violet Town Cowslip St 1300 374 765 Wangaratta Docker St 03 5772 4211 Yea The Semi Circle 03 5797 2209

Cinemas & Performing Arts Benalla Performing Arts & Convention Centre 57 Samaria Rd www.bpacc.com.au

Australia’s Property Advisors Independent Professional Property Advice & Valuations for ALL Purposes David Elford I

AAPI CPV, B.App.Sci (Val), Dip.Acc

Certified Practising Valuer P 03 5821 3565 I M 0438 629 542 E david.elford@opg.net I www.opg.net 21 Wyndham Street, Shepparton Opteon (Goulburn North East Vic) Pty Ltd

Chiltern Star Theatre Main St 03 5726 1395 Euroa Community Cinema Shire Building, Bury St www.euroa.org.au Mansfield Armchair Cinema 1 Chenery St www.the-mac.com.au Swanpool Cinema 2386 Midland Hwy www.swanpoolcinema.com.au Violet Town St Dunstan’s Hall High St Wangaratta Cinema Centre 1st Floor, the Co Store Complex, Cnr Ovens & Reid St. www.wangcinema.com.au

Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre

33 - 37 Ford St www.wangarattapac.com.au

Wangaratta Players Inc 4D Evans St 0427 522 318 Yackandandah Memorial Hall Complex High St www.yackandandah.com

Gig Guide Open Mic Every Tuesday, 7.30pm. Commercial Hotel, Alexandra Open Mic 1st Sunday of month, 5pm - 9pm. Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth Beechworth Ghost & Paranormal Tours Most nights. 1300 366 231 Dancing Beechworth Thursday nights. Senior Citizens Hall, Harper Ave. 0429 942 016

Live Music at Bright Brewery Sundays. www.brightbrewery.com.au Live Music at the Alpine Hotel, Bright Saturdays. www.alpinehotelbright.com.au

Buxton Hotel Motel Live Music Last Sunday of month. 03 5774 7381 Everton Hotel Open Mic Session 2nd Sunday of month, 2pm. 03 5727 0232 The Flowerdale Hotel 1st Sunday of month, 2pm. 03 5780 1230 Bracket & Jam Mansfield Regional Produce Store.

3rd Friday of month, 6.30pm. 03 5779 1404

The happening place to have your event, market or gig promoted.

Email us a 30 word description of a happening for a free listing or take advantage of our community advertising rates and make your event stand out.

60/40 & Dance Night 7.30 - 10.30pm 4th Saturday of month.

Anglican Parish Hall, 2 Anzac Ave, Seymour Sunday Sessions at the Wandi

Mountain View Hotel (Wandi Pub), Wandiligong

Wangaratta Ukulele Band 1st Thursday of month, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta Nth Yackandandah Old Time Dance Second Saturday of month. Public Hall www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au

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Galleries & Museums Alexandra Timber Tramway & Museum

Station St, Alexandra www.alexandratramway.org.au

What a catch

Banksia Gallery King Parrot Valley Country Retreat

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Benalla Costume & Kelly Museum

amily fun, festival, food stalls, music, local wine tastings, fishing and entertainment for the kids; is this possible all in one location?

Come along to the Eildon BIG FISH Challenge, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October, and treat yourself to all the fun of this great event. The Eildon Pondage is a signature destination within the Murrindindi Shire.

For this weekend the pondage is well stocked with fish for fishing and and for family fun. Stories abound regarding the ‘big ones’ regularly being landed.

There will be prize for the biggest species of fish caught, plus numerous other prizes to be angled for.

Pack up your rod and reel, select the finest of fishing gear and be sure to head to Eildon to be part of this spectacular festival and competition.

With so many accommodation options available across the shire, bring the whole family and make a weekend of it. NNE

26-66 Wentworth Rd, Strath Creek 0457 590 022

Bainz Gallery

Wangaratta Library, 21 Docker St, Wangaratta

Benalla Art Gallery Botanic Gardens

Bridge St, Benalla www.benallaartgallery.com 14 Mair St, Benalla benallamuseum@gmail.com

Benalla Migrant Camp & Aviation Museum

Samaria Rd. benallamigrantcampexhibition.blogspot.com.au

Bright Art Gallery

Mountbatten Ave, Bright www.brightartgallery.org.au

Bruno’s Art & Sculpture Garden

51 Falls Rd, Marysville www.brunosart.com

Chambers Gallery

113 High St, Broadford www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au

Eldorado Museum

136 Main St, Eldorado www.eldoradomuseum.com

Highlands Hillcrest Gallery & Studio “Hillcrest”, 33 Old Highlands Rd, Highlands www.dennis-spiteri.com

Ibrox Fine Art Gallery

24 Highett St, Mansfield 0418 579 633 www.ibroxfineartgallery.com.au

John Dermer Gallery

225 Kirkby Flat Rd, Yackandandah info@johndermer.com.au

Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum

7523 Goulburn Valley Hwy www.kerrisdalemtnrailway.com.au

Kiewa Valley Historical Society Museum

Mt Beauty Information Centre, 31 Bogong High Plains Rd, Mount Beauty. 03 5754 4453

MAG. Mansfield Art Gallery

4 Highett St, Mansfield 1300 783 446 www.mansfieldgallery.com.au

Mansfield Historical Society

Mansfield Railway Station 175 High St, Mansfield

Marian Rennie Gallery

132 Breakaway Rd, Acheron www.marianrennie.com.au

Marysville & District Historical Society 39 Darwin St, Marysville 0438 594 633

Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) 546 Dean St, Albury 02 6023 8154

North East Artisans

122 Bridge St, Benalla www.northeastartisans.org

Old Courthouse Gallery

Cnr Emily & High St, Seymour www.seymourartsociety.org.au

Old Post Office Seymour

50 Emily St, Seymour www.artsseymour.com.au

Robert O’Hara Burke Museum

Loch St, Beechworth www.burkemuseum.com.au

Ruffy Produce Store

26 Nolans Rd, Ruffy 03 5790 4387 www.ruffy.com.au

Rustic Simplicity @ The Shear ‘N’ shedS

74 Grant St, Alexandra www.rusticsimplicityblog.wordpress.com

The Farmers’ Arms Hotel Museum 25 Kirkland Ave, Euroa 03 5798 9548

The Gallery

225 Kirbys Flat Rd, Yackandandah

The Sheila Inc Design Centre

52 - 54 Binney St, Euroa 0400 753 715

Wangaratta Art Gallery

56 Ovens St, Wangaratta www.wangarattaartgallery.com.au

Wangaratta Historical Society

Ford St wanghistsoc@hotmail.com www.wanghistsoc.org.au

Wangaratta Visitors Centre Exhibition Room 100 Murphy St, Wangaratta

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August Events Tuesday 1 August

Tuesday 1 August - Thursday 31 August

Friday 4 August - Sunday 6 August

Twilight Tuesdays at Falls Creek

Meg’s Creations - Textile Works Exhibition

Winton Festival of Speed

Fire pits, market stalls, marshmallows, games & more.

Falls Creek Village Bowl, Village Bowl Crt 03 5758 1202 www.fallscreek.com.au

Wangaratta Visitor Information Centre, 100 Murphy St, Wangaratta 1800 801 065 tourism@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

Tuesday 1 August - Thursday 3 August

Tuesday 1 August - Sunday 3 September

Australian Police Winter Games

The Forest, The Farm, The Future

Father Fosters, NASTAR, Route 66, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek www.apwg.com.au

Tuesday 1 August - Saturday 5 August Anything Goes A classic musical comedy.

The Pickled Sisters Cafe, Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 03 5762 3672 www.bpacc.com.au

Tuesday 1 August - Sunday 6 August A Quivering Brightness

Celebrating the Australian landscape.

Benalla Art Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Bridge St, Benalla 03 5760 2619 www.benallaartgallery.com.au

Group exhibition celebrating the past, present and future for Alexandra & District. Rustic Simplicity @ The Shear ‘N’ shedS, 74 Grant St, Alexandra 0419 517 045 www.rusticsimplicityblog.wordpress.com

Tuesday 1 August - Sunday 17 September

Friday 4 August - Saturday 29 September Water & Mining: Water Management on the Goldfields Exploring works of the ‘water merchants’, through maps and historical archaeology. Open every Fri and 4th Sat of month.

Stanley Athenaeum, 2 Mt Stanley Rd, Stanley 03 5728 6702 stanleyathenaeum@gmail.com

TEXTAQUEEN – Between You & Me

Saturday 5 August

Friday 4 August

Murrindindi Winemakers hosts a truffle talk and a 5 course dinner matched with wine.

Terracotta Restaurant & Bar, 956 BuxtonMarysville Rd, Marysville Bookings 03 5963 3241

Bennett Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Botanic Gardens, Bridge St, Benalla 03 5760 2616 www.benallaartgallery.com

The Board Lounge Throwdown

Tuesday 1 August - Sunday 13 August

Slalom Plaza, Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 www.fallscreek.com.au

Where the Rivers Meet

Brewer for a Day at Bright Brewery

Wangaratta Art Gallery, 56 Ovens St, Wangaratta 03 5722 0865 www.wangarattaartgallery.com.au

Winton Raceway, Fox St, Winton 03 5760 7100 www.wintonraceway.com.au

121 Great Alpine Rd, Bright 03 5755 1346 www.brightbrewery.com.au

Murrindindi Truffle Dinner

The Do’s & Don’ts of Erosion by Longwood East Landcare. 10am to 12noon followed by a BBQ. 205 Gap Rd, Longwood East.

Bookings 0412 354 426 Wine Tasting & Live Music

Tuesday 1 August - Sunday 20 August

Friday 4 August - Saturday 5 August

Yea Peppercorn Hotel, 21 Station St, Yea 03 5797 2000 www.yeapeppercorn.com.au

Australian Open Championships

Falls Creek Sled Dog Classic

Pub to Pub Ski Race Race start: The General,

Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Nordic Bowl, Falls Creek www.ausxc.com/race-calendar

1 Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1200 www.fallscreek.com.au

Hotham, 1 Great Alpine Rd, Hotham Heights 0408 127 325 www.dbstrategies.com.au

Lunch for a king

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howing your dad how special he is on Father’s Day doesn’t have to break the bank with so many wonderful and affordable gift ideas available across north-east Victoria.

Holmesglen at Eildon’s Father’s Day Lunch will make your dad feel like a king, and have him rubbing his belly like he has just finished a Christmas lunch.

Indulge in a three-course meal and a drink from the fully licensed bar while soaking up the live entertainment and spectacular views at Holmesglen at Eildon.

If you don’t want to head home just yet, take up the special Father’s Day accommodation offer and wake up to a complimentary continental breakfast basket. What better way to spoil your dad than treating him to a fabulous lunch at one of the best locations across the north-east. NNE

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August Events (cont...)

Saturday 5 August

Tuesday 8 August

Nichaud Fitzgibbon & the Mark Fitzgibbon Quartet Rutherglen Memorial Hall, 150 High St

Twilight Tuesdays at Falls Creek

Winter Warrior Challenge

Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 August

Saturday 12 - Sunday 13 August

Australian Secondary School Snowsports Team Championships

Regent Honeyeater Project Planting Weekend - Lurg

0408 116 613 www.artsrutherglen.com.au

The Whole Hog at St Leonards Vineyard

Pork on a spit & toe tapping tunes by Luke Dewing 201 Saint Leonards Rd, Wahgunyah 1800 021 621 www.stleonardswine.com.au

Literary Lunch - Amanda Hampson

Fire pits, market stalls, marshmallows, games & more.

Falls Creek Village Bowl, Village Bowl Crt 03 5758 1202 www.fallscreek.com.au

Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, 37 Ryley St, Wangaratta 03 5721 3758

Falls Creek, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek 03 5758 1202 www.fallscreek.com.au

Music on the Murray

Thursday 10 August

Fine wine, delicious food and great live music.

St Leonards Vineyard, 201 Saint Leonards Rd, Wahgunyah 1800 021 621 www.stleonardswine.com.au

Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 August 2017 Victorian State Junior Road Cycling Championships

Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, 1071 Lake Mountain Rd 03 5957 7201 www.warriorchallenge.com.au

Improve ecosystems for endangered wildlife. andie@regenthoneyeater.org.au

Beechworth the Golden Hills Festival

Falls Creek Village Bowl, Village Bowl Crt 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

The Beechworth Historic Re-enactment’s full scale living history display. Beechworth Historic and Cultural Precinct, Ford St & Williams St 0418 694 615 russell@compositeit.com.au

Friday 11 August

Altitude 5000 - Dinner Plain Sled Dog Challenge

Renault Nightshow & Firework Spectacular

Creme, Cassoulet & Caramel Cooking Class

Glenrowan Primary School, Old Hume Hwy, Glenrowan www.vic.cycling.org.au/wintercalendar2017

The Pickled Sisters Cafe, Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 02 6033 2377 www.pickledsisters.com.au

Sunday 6 August

Saturday 12 August

Dinner Plain Village, Great Alpine Rd, Dinner Plain 0412 327 997 www.sleddogchallenge.com

UGLN Farm Chemical Users Course 10am - 4pm Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House, McMahons Rd, Kinglake 0413 855 490

A concert of Scottish Music by the Lake - Catherine Fraser 4pm.

Meet ‘Dognitive Therapy’ Author Laura Vissaritis 11am.

Saturday 12 August - Sunday 15 October

Snow Trek and Travel Mini Series Three

Ruffy Chizia Night

Ledger Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Botanic Gardens Bridge St, Benalla 03 5760 2616 www.benallaartgallery.com

Botanical Gardens, Bridge St, Benalla $30pp. Bookings 03 5760 2619.

Wangaratta Library, 21 Docker St, Wangaratta Bookings essential 03 5797 2000

Colonial Afterlives - Exhibition

Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek www.tnsc.com.au

7.30pm. Ruffy Hall, 3 Nolans Rd, Ruffy Bookings Essential - Roger 0437 771 580

Sunday 6 - Sunday 27 August

Y Water Discovery Centre, 2 Hood St, Yea Bookings 03 5797 2663 info@ywatercentre.com.au www.ywatercentre.com.au

Rocky Valley Rush & Sun Valley Ramble

Ski de Femme

Restore - Yoga Workshop

Sunday Family Fun Day at Kerrisdale

Mountain Railway Trains run at 11am, 12noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm on Sundays.

7523 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Kerrisdale 0407 823 739 www.kerrisdalemtnrailway.com.au

Our Future, Our Earth 10am & 2pm.

Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek www.birkebeiner.org.au

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Sunday 13 August Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek www.birkebeiner.org.au Bright Boot Camp and Co, 73 Churchill Ave, Bright 0431 423 442 www.emilyroseyoga.com

urning 55 or older might be a little overwhelming for some, but for others it is just the beginning.

The kids have flown the coop, the day-to-day hustle and bustle is settling down and you might even be thinking about taking a well-earned holiday.

Saturday the 7th of October will see the Lifestyle Expo come to Albury at the Hume Retirement Resort, 690 Logan Road, Albury.

The Expo targets the 55 and over age bracket who are interested in holidays, travel, accommodation, health and leisure activities.

Some of the exhibitors will be making hands-on presentations and there will be plenty of giveaways and prizes.

Entry is a gold coin donation. Come along and enjoy a family friendly day. NNE

Saturday 26 August

Wednesday 16 August Book Chat

Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Learning Centre, 2 Fawckner Drv, Benalla 03 5762 2069 library@benalla.vic.gov.au

Thursday 17 August Renault Nightshow & Firework Spectacular

All Saints Estate Wedding Showcase All Saints Rd, Wahgunyah 1800 021 621 www.allsaintswine.com.au

Wednesday 23 August Occasional Counsellor Workshops

Falls Creek Village Bowl, Village Bowl Crt, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

DELWP Office, Bordermail Building, 1 McKoy St, Wodonga 03 5833 5312 admin@murraydairy.com.au

Thursday 17 - Friday 18 August

Thursday 24 August

Winton Wetlands Restoration Science Forum

Renault Nightshow & Firework Spectacular

Mokoan Hub & Cafe, Winton Wetlands, 652 Lake Mokoan Rd, Chesneyvale Bookings essential 03 5762 1192

Friday 18 - Sunday 20 August Kelly Country Pick - A winter Bluegrass & Old Time Country Music Convention The Old Priory, 8 Priory Ln, Beechworth 0423 092 725 www.kellycountrypick.org

Saturday 19 August Gapsted Wines’ 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner 3897 Great Alpine Rd, Gapsted 03 5751 9101 www.gapstedwines.com.au

Storm The Castle

Falls Creek Rd, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

Cheeseball at Milawa Cheese Factory Milawa-Bobinawarrah Rd, Milawa 03 5727 3589 www.milawacheese.com.au

Falls Creek Village Bowl, Village Bowl Crt 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

Falls Creek Invitation Night Sprints Falls Creek Village Bowl, Bogong High Plains Rd www.hoppet.com.au

Friday 25 August Acoustic Live Music at Lunchtime Enjoy local live music over lunch.

Bring along your lunch. Free event.

Alexandra Library, 45 Grant St, Alexandra 03 5772 0382 mls@murrindindi.vic.gov.au

Down by the River Fire twirling displays, fire pits, lanterns, entertainment and market stalls.

Ovens Riverside Precinct, Faithfull St, Wangaratta, 03 5721 5711 www.meetmedownbytheriver.com

Winter Beer Soiree

Bridge Road Brewers, 50 Ford St, Beechworth 03 5728 2703 www.bridgeroadbrewers.com.au

Balance Your Chakras

Bright Bootcamp & Co Yoga Studio, Churchill Ave, Bright 0413 479 483 www.gingerkiyoga.com.au

Australian Birkebeiner, Kangaroo Hoppet & Joey Hoppet Falls Creek www.hoppet.com.au

Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 August Regent Honeyeater Project Planting Weekend - Lurg

Improve ecosystems for endangered wildlife. andie@regenthoneyeater.org.au

Saturday 26 August - Sunday 10 September Swanpool Bald Archy Prize Exhibition Swanpool Cinema, Midland Hwy, Swanpool 03 5768 2400 www.swanpoolanddistrict.com.au

Monday 28 August MMUDS Play Reading Group

Read from the script or just sit back and enjoy hearing a play being read. Delatite Hotel, 95 High St, Mansfield www.mmuds.org.au

Wednesday 30 August Writers Corner Learn the tricks of the trade.

Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Learning Centre, 2 Fawckner Drv, Benalla 03 5762 2069 library@benalla.vic.gov.au

Friday 25 - Sunday 27 August

Sunday 20 August

Thursday 31 August

Chiltern Antique Fair

Maindample CFA’s Annual Plant & Garden Sale

Chiltern Memorial Hall, 86 Conness St, Chiltern 03 5726 1611 www.chilternvic.com

Pendl Cup

CFA Shed in Maindample. 03 5778 7610

Summit, Village Bowl, Falls Creek Rd, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

It’s got it all!

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ne of picnic racing’s iconic events, the Catanach Plate on Melbourne Cup day at Mansfield Racecourse, is a great family day out.

Capping off the High Country Festival and Spring Arts long weekend it will be an enjoyable day out this Melbourne Cup Day. Pack a picnic and an esky, roll out a rug and soak up the sunshine as you enjoy a great day of relaxed racing. There are loads of free kids’ activities to keep the little ones entertained The bookmakers will be available on site for those hoping to back a winner. The public bar and “Fillies” bar will be open, along with numerous food vendors on the day.

If you want to enjoy the day in style then book a lawn party package, which includes, entry, race book, roving music and disco, table and chair in a marquee area.

The Marks IGA Fashions On The Field will commence at 12.15pm so dress up the entire family and enter on the day. www.mansfieldcountryraces.com.au. NNE

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September Events Friday 1 September

Friday 8 September

Brewer for a Day at Bright Brewery

Phantom at Bos - Dinner & Show

121 Great Alpine Rd. Bright 03 5755 1346 www.brightbrewery.com.au

The Australian Bee Gees Show

Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Samaria Rd, Benalla 03 5762 5515 www.bpacc.com.au

Friday 1 - Sunday 10 September Art Show ‘A Feast of Art’

‘Open Night’ Friday then open daily 10am-4pm.

Oxley Hall, 1157 Snow Rd, Oxley 03 5727 3507

Friday 1 - Saturday 30 September Maree Castles Limestone Sculpture Exhibition Pfeiffer Wines, 167 Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 02 6033 2805 www.pfeifferwinesrutherglen.com.au

Saturday 2 September Falls Creek Light The Night

Walk and shine lanterns of hope to cure leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

1 Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1200 www.fallscreek.com.au

Wine Tasting & Live Music

Yea Peppercorn Hotel, 21 Station St, Yea 03 5797 2000 www.yeapeppercorn.com.au

Music on the Murray 12noon to 4pm.

Fine wine, delicious food and great live music.

St Leonards Vineyard, 201 Saint Leonards Rd, Wahgunyah 1800 021 621 www.stleonardswine.com.au

Bigfoot Snow Trail Run

Slalom Plaza, 1 Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1202 www.snowtrail.com.au

Snow Trek and Travel Mini Series Four

Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek www.tnsc.com.au

The Bandwagon Banked Slalom

Falls Creek SX Course, 1 Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 www.fallscreek.com.au

Sunday 3 September Father’s Day Lunch - Goulburn Fishing Festival 3 courses. Accommodation available.

Holmesglen at Eildon, 92 Moore Rd, Eildon 03 5774 2631 www.holmesglenateildon.com

Father’s Day Lunch at Gapsted Wines

Front row seats to local musician Richard Purso 3897 Great Alpine Rd, Gapsted 03 5751 9101 www.gapstedwines.com.au

Sunday 3 - Tuesday 5 September

Bos Taurus Restaurant, 13 High St, Mansfield 0418 595 878 susankinloch7@bigpond.com

Friday 8 September - Sunday 5 November The Princess Diaries

An exhibition of Kao Lee Thao’s illustrations Rustic Simplicity at The Shear ‘N’ sheds, 74 Grant St, Alexandra 0419 517 045 rusticsimplicity@hotmail.com www.rusticsimplicityblog.wordpress.com

Saturday 9 September Falls Freestyle Series - The Dreamer

Panorama Terrain Park, Bogong High Plains Rd, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 www.fallscreek.com.au

McKayos Snow I Dirt I Road Enduro Slalom Plaza, 1 Slalom St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1202 www.mckayos.com.au

Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 September Rotary Yea Garden Expo 10am - 4pm.

Yea Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Yea yeagardenexpo@optusnet.com.au www.yeagardenexpo.com.au

Regent Honeyeater Project Planting Weekend - Lurg Improve ecosystems for endangered wildlife. andie@regenthoneyeater.org.au

Saturday 23 - Saturday 30 September

Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 September

Red Gum - Exhibition

Regent Honeyeater Project Planting Weekend - Lurg

Wangaratta Art Gallery, 56 Ovens St, Wangaratta 03 5722 0865 www.wangarattaartgallery.com.au

Improve ecosystems for endangered wildlife. andie@regenthoneyeater.org.au

Sunday 24 September

Wangaratta Orchid Show

Latipsoh Charity Golf Day

St Patricks Halls, Ford St, Wangaratta 03 5726 9169 davelen326@gmail.com

Saturday 9, 16 & 23 September Property Management Plan Course

Wallan Multi-purpose Community Centre, 42 Bentinck St, Wallan upper.deep.creek.landcare@gmail.com

Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 September Performance Car Mania

Winton Raceway, Fox St, Winton 03 5760 7100 www.wintonraceway.com.au

Friday 15 September Oranges & Lemons Cooking Class

The Pickled Sisters Cafe, Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 02 6033 2377 www.pickledsisters.com.au

Saturday 16 September Mystery in the Air

Jubilee Golf Club, Grandview Rd, Wangandary 03 5722 5069 nadia.tilson@nhw.hume.org.au

Gapsted Wines’ Long Lunch 3897 Great Alpine Rd, Gapsted 03 5751 9101 www.gapstedwines.com.au

Monday 25 September MMUDS Play Reading Group Read from the script or just sit back and enjoy hearing a play being read. Delatite Hotel, 95 High St, Mansfield www.mmuds.org.au

Wednesday 27 September Writers Corner Learn the tricks of the trade.

Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Learning Centre, 2 Fawckner Drv, Benalla 03 5762 2069

School Holiday Fun Y Water Discovery Centre, 2 Hood St, Yea Bookings 03 5797 2663 info@ywatercentre.com.au www.ywatercentre.com.au

Michael Veitch & Simon Oats revive 1940s radio.

Yarck Hall, 6583 Maroondah Hwy, Yarck 03 5773 4304 walsh145@me.com

Thursday 28 September

Short Falls Film Festival

Rutherglen Wine Show Presentation Dinner

Stingray Bar, QT, Slalom Plaza, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 events@fallscreek.net

Thursday 21 September

02 6032 8044 www.rutherglenwineshow.com.au

Friday 29 September Acoustic Live Music at Lunchtime

Australian Children’s Series 2017

Book Chat

Schuss St, Falls Creek 03 5758 1026 www.fallscreekraceclub.com.au

Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Learning Centre, 2 Fawckner Drv, Benalla 03 5762 2069

Sunday 3 - Sunday 24 September

Friday 22 September

Enjoy local live music over lunch. Bring along your lunch. Free event. Alexandra Library, 45 Grant St, Alexandra 03 5772 0382 mls@murrindindi.vic.gov.au

Sunday Family Fun Day at Kerrisdale

Facile Dinner at Fairweather Farmgate

Benalla Country Racing

Mountain Railway Trains run at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm on Sundays.

7523 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Kerrisdale 0407 823 739 www.kerrisdalemtnrailway.com.au

Monday 4 September Benalla Country Racing

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Bookings essential, limited seating, fully licensed.

1556 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Thornton 0425 773 492 www.fairweatherfarmgate.com

Saturday 23 September Formalles Dinner at Fairweather Farmgate

Bookings essential, limited seating, fully licensed.

1556 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Thornton 0425 773 492 www.fairweatherfarmgate.com

Benalla Racecourse, 5835 Midland Hwy 03 5762 2543 www.country.racing.com/benalla

Saturday 30 September Pfeiffer Wines Rutherglen Scarecrows, Sausages & Shiraz Festival 167 Distillery Rd, Wahgunyah 02 6033 2805 www.pfeifferwines.com.au

NNESpecialists Builders

Electricians

ALL TYPES OF BILLY MAHONEY ELECTRICAL WORK ELECTRICAL New Homes Commercial Building Extensions & Renovations

Andrew Stace 0419 002 072 Mark Newman 0419 422 894 A/H 5774 2545 F 5772 3030

stacenewmanbuilders@hotmail.com 365 Goulburn Valley Hwy Alexandra

Concreting

Rec No. 15385 Mobile: 0417 331 979 Ph/Fax: 5779 1796

bmahoney@mansfield.net.au

Servicing Mansfield district

Graphic Design

0417 722 347

nickmarkpeters@gmail.com

Servicing North-East Victoria

e v i t crea Be cultured decorative dramatic grand stylish exquisite imaginative fun innovative productive crafty inspiring original smart thoughtful heard

Luke Hill - House & Shed Slabs - Driveways - Bob Cat - Tip Truck

- Concrete Cutting & Sealing - Decorative Concreting 0409 250 234 - Exposed Aggregate rocknconc@gmail.com - 3.6 Tonne Excavator

Earthworks

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS

P: 5779 1290

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3 Eisners Lane, Mansfield 3722

creative@northbynortheast.com.au

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www.nnecreative.com.au

Health Food

Water Bores

“Drilling the area since 1976”

Everything to do with a healthier you Open Mon - Fri 09.00 - 5.30 Sat 09.00 - 1.00 1/61 Ovens St, Wangaratta > Ph 03 5722 4945

Competitive quotes & sound advice Graham Brennan 0409 362 289 Andy Brennan 0409 362 291

northwest.drilling@bigpond.com

www.waterbores.net.au

Electricians

Vitamins > Grocery > Bulk Foods > Personal Care > Sports Supplements > Household > Allergy Alternatives > info@olivehealth.com.au > www.olivehealth.com.au

Hospitality Supplies ELECTRICIAN

SHOP RETAIL

• Everything Electrical • Domestic • Commercial • Undergrounds • Electrical Design • Trenching • Solar Installations

Ph 0418 543 310 etecelectrical.com.au

SHOP WHOLESALE

FOOD + BEVERAGE + CLEANING Disposables • Chefs + Caterers • Glassware Tableware • Baking + Cookware • Bar Supplies Servingware + Display • Cafe + Restaurant Kitchen Utensils • Gift Range Quality Appliances • Hygiene + Chemicals Refrigeration • Cooking Machinery Indoor Furniture • Outdoor Furniture

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

Rec No 12906

Domestic • Commercial • Rural Undergrounds • Industrial Phone Points

VISIT OUR SHOWROOM MANSFIELD SUPPLIES

211 Mt Buller Rd, Mansfield | 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri FREE WEEKLY DELIVERY TO SURROUNDING AREAS P: 5779 1660 | info@mansfieldhospitalitysupplies.com.au

www.mansfieldhospitalitysupplies.com.au

To advertise contact Kelly Timms 0417 869 608 | kelly@northbynortheast.com.au or Sally Lynch 0407 200 031 | sales@northbynortheast.com.au

NNESpecialists Upholstery

Kennels

Fun farm stay for your dog All breeds, sizes & personalities welcome

Day visits - Short & long term stays Grooming - Transfer service • Indoor kennels with cosy trampoline style beds • Heated/air-conditioned kennels available • Undercover & outdoor exercise runs • Games, farm walk adventures & swimming Plenty of interaction, exercise & love to spoil your pooch!

0472 669 995 6979 Maroondah Hwy, Yarck, Victoria info@countrylodgekennels.com.au www.countrylodgekennels.com.au

Kitchens

Quality is never an accident

Topstitch Upholstery & Antiques Traditional antique restoration General upholstery Custom handmade sofas

Ian McCormick

36 Oliver St YEA 5797 2992 stichers@iinet.net.au www.topstitchupholsteryandantiques.com.au

Trade Qualified, over 30 years experience

Vermin Control

Murrindindi Vermin Control ADA Accredited Shooter R Licenced

Custom Built Kitchens 3D Kitchen Design Creative Design & Quality Granite & Reconstituted Stone Laundries | Vanities | Wardrobes

Public Liability Insurance

0409 146 465 sales@murrindindikitchens.com 38 Johnston St, Alexandra

Plastering

Deer Culling • Wild Dogs Wild Pigs • Foxes & Rabbits Kangaroos & Wombats on Permits Wombat Trapping & Relocation

Ritchie Timms 0433 291 495 | ritchie68@live.com.au Veterinary Services

AWCI Award Winner New homes • Repairs • Extensions • Houseboats Commercial Architectural Design • Ornamental Cornice

Alexandra Veterinary Clinic

Dr Doug Norman B Sc (Hons), B.V.Sc (Hons)

RPT

PLASTERING Richard Timms 0433 291 495

Clinic Hours by appointment Phone. 5772 1600 Mobile. 0408 576 456 49 Bayley Street, Alexandra 3714

Plumbing

Travis Capp

Lic. No 37388

Promote your specialised service

Plumber & Gasfitter Your plumbing specialists

*New Homes * Roof & Gutter * Sewer & Septics * High Pressure Sewer Jetter * Blocked Sewers * Wood Heaters * Pipe & Cable Locator * Drain Camera * Water Tanks * Solar HWS

From building new kitchens, to hospitality supplies or upholstery and health services, the NNE Specialists section is ideal for you.

Excavators, Post hole, Rock breaker, Trencher & Tip truck hire 0419 553 803 tcplumbing@bigpond.com

Reaching more than 12,000 readers across the Murrindindi, Mansfield, Strathbogie, Benalla, Indigo, Alpine and Wangaratta shires for as low as only $100 per edition.

Customers advertising across the six issues per year can also receive personalised editorial coverage supporting their business.

Ultrasound

Sound Imaging Ultrasound

SOUND IMAGING

Andrea Whitaker Accredited Sonographer CONSULTING AT ALEXANDRA DISTRICT HEALTH 12 Cooper Street, ALEXANDRA At Sound Imaging we aim to make the experience of having an ultrasound as stress free as possible.

We provide prompt availability of appointments with generous appointment time allocations to ensure maximum diagnostic quality.

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Appointments: P: 03 5772 0947 F: 03 9012 4299 M: 0417 369 225 soundimaging @bigpond.com

Book Now

October/November edition deadline is September 8

Kelly | 0417 869 608 kelly@northbynortheast.com.au Sally | 0407 200 031 sales@northbynortheast.com.au 03 5779 1290 | www.northbynortheast.com.au

NNESkilled People

People and family are the business I

PS Building Services is a business created from strength and ability, and is owned and run by the Styles family, Ian, Maureen and Rebecca.

Together, they bring a wealth of building design knowledge to IPS. Ian Styles is the project manager and building designer. Ian became a registered designer builder in 1988 and prior to that he was a qualified carpenter.

IPS Building Services creates and designs both commercial and residential buildings. Projects include new buildings, renovations and extensions. A particular strength of IPS Building Services is working closely with their client, listening, advising; working together.

From an initial construction assessment of the site, IPS will create a design concept, do the planning assessment drawings, aid in attaining building permits and project manage.

“We moved to Bonnie Doon from Melbourne in 1994,” said Maureen, Ian’s partner and wife, “into the holiday house to get away from the rat race, now we live in Mansfield.” Maureen is the assessor and performs the thermal performance assessments and energy ratings that relate to the all-important, building permit applications. She explained that you start with the design and then assess the energy rating on construction materials, the structure and the fabric of the building. She adds, “I put the design through the assessment parameters and if it doesn’t rate then we change the design.”

Ian is also a qualified draftsperson and building inspector, which helps enormously in the business. Over the past 22 years in Mansfield, Ian has never been out of work.

Ian and Maureen’s daughter, Rebecca holds an Advanced Diploma

in Building Design from Swinburne and works across the business. “I went to Mansfield primary and secondary school and had no idea what I wanted to do after school,” said Rebecca. “I worked at IPS during school holidays.”

Rebecca achieved her Diploma in Business Management and started fulltime with her parents.

The Styles family are very close and love living in Mansfield and being involved in the community.

For this family,, dinners are always fun with Rebeccca’s partner James Herz, sister Jessica and her partner Shannon Woolley from Alexandra. The conversation never wanes and is often about business. NNE IPS Building Services 10 Highett St Mansfield 03 5779 1577 www.ipsbuildingservices.com.au NORTH BY NORTH-EAST

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Dealer License: LMCT 7036

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102-108 High St, Mansfield (03) 5775 1777