Gisborne Gazette March 2017

Issue No 116 March 2017

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New heights for local futsallers Three Macedon boys will get to strut their futsal prowess on the international stage when they represent the Australian Futsal Association (AFA) overseas in November.

Edward Ferguson and Tarkyn Bishop will travel to Hawaii with the 11 Years AFA tour and Tajh O’Brien will head to Barcelona with the 13 Years Australian School Boys team. The local boys were selected for these tours based on their outstanding performance at the National School Championships late last year or the National Club Championships in Sydney in January.

AFA conducts overseas tours to provide Australia’s best junior futsal players the development opportunity of playing against top-level international peers and receiving expert foreign coaching.

A family fun day is being held at Tony Clarke Reserve on Saturday March 25 as a fundraiser to assist the boys bound for Hawaii. Details can be found in the events section at www.mrfutsal.org.au Continued p37

Tarkyn, Tajh and Edward have shown outstanding ability in futsal (a kind of indoor soccer).

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Kids Corner FROM the Editor’s Desk Welcome to another jam-packed edition of the Gazette.

2017 is now in full swing as evidenced by the remarkable level of activity of local community groups.

This edition highlights at least eight local events on the first weekend of March alone – the play Little Gems, the Macedon Ranges Music Festival, the Sustainable Living Festival, a Seraphim Trio concert, Clean Up Australia Day, Macedon Ranges Relay for Life, and rabbit control and camera skills workshops. The challenge is how to choose which one(s) to attend! We are fortunate to have so many options close to home and to help you take advantage of our vibrant area, our monthly What Else listing on page 39 provides a handy summary of most community events covered in each edition.

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Calder North-bound ramp closure As reported on page 7, the roundabout at the southbound ramp at Station Road is now completed and the north-bound Gisborne exit is due to be closed midMarch for about five weeks. Please plan your journey accordingly and try to be patient when driving through the worksite.

Thank you Bryan Lastly, I thank Bryan Power for stepping back into the editor’s chair so happily for the February edition and producing such a fine edition to start the year.

Happy reading.

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New columnists With the new school year started, we welcome our new school reporters for 2017: Gisborne Secondary College School Captains Candice Crane and Dean Karopoulos and St Brigid’s Media Leader Neivh Almond. I look forward to bringing your school news to our readers with your monthly articles.

Photo thanks As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words and I would like to thank everyone who supplies the Gazette with photographs. This includes reporters, schools, and our two photographers Ron Weste and Chris Fleming.

Thanks to you, we present an adorable collection of photos of Prep students on their first day of school on pages 26 and 27. Ron’s regular bird photograph (on page 7) is once again amazing and Chris’s photos of sporting, community and news events continue to extend the breadth of our coverage for which we are very grateful.

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Where to pick up the Gazette If you do not receive the Gazette in your letter box, you can collect a copy at: Mt Macedon: The Trading Post.

Macedon: Post Office, IGA store and the service station on Black Forest Dve. Gisborne: Village Shopping Centre, Gisborne Library, Foodworks supermarket, Caltex Service Station,

Puma Service Station, Coles supermarket and the GREAT Centre in Hamilton Street.

New Gisborne: Baringo Food and Wine Co in Station Road, and the cafe in the Industrial Estate.

Riddells Creek: Neighbourhood House.

Woodend: Information Centre and Library.

Sunbury: Information Centre and Library.

We are encouraging meaningful consultation with the community, and as part of that I would like to go over some of the ways that community groups and individuals can become involved.

We regularly invite comments on a range of projects via Council’s website. You can find out what’s on exhibition by visiting mrsc.vic.gov.au/yoursay. Here you’ll find a listing of current consultation items and instructions about how you can have your say.

Written submissions are always welcome and can be sent to PO Box 151, Kyneton 3444 or emailed to mrsc@mrsc.vic.gov.au All correspondence sent to these points will be registered and redirected to the relevant department or person, thereby ensuring a timely response.

Planning applications are also listed on Council’s website. You can find out about current and completed applications by visiting mrsc.vic.gov.au/planning-register. It’s easy to search and make a submission.

We are currently seeking feedback on the Gisborne Neighbourhood Character Study (including New Gisborne) and I would encourage you to consider what is important to you about these towns and come along to a community workshop on Thursday March 2 at the Gisborne Community Centre from 5.30pm to 7pm. If you can’t make it to the workshop, you can always complete the online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/GRS17 Work is continuing on the development of our new Council Plan and there will be ongoing opportunities for input until it is adopted in June. Share your thoughts via the council email address mentioned earlier, contact your local councillors or keep an eye out for other opportunities that will be advertised.

There is also an opportunity for community groups to present to councillors in a briefing session. The format is a 15-minute presentation by the group followed by 15 minutes for discussion between the group and councillors. This can be requested by emailing dpeter@mrsc.vic.gov.au for further information.

Alternatively, community groups and residents are always welcome to contact councillors, to attend their meetings, working bees or for an informal discussion about any issues you are facing or ideas you have. We may not all be available all the time, but we are hoping to be as involved as we can so we can best represent the interests of our community.

For more information or to contact your local councillors, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/ councillors or call 5422 0333.

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Ben takes top gong at film festival Gisborne youth Benjamin Obermoser won Best Male Actor in the Tropfest Jnr film festival in Sydney last month.

Ben braved the scorching heat of Sydney on February 11 to take his place on the red carpet of Tropfest Jnr, the youth competition of Tropfest, the largest short-film festival in the world.

Fourteen-year-old Ben was one of the 16 finalists with his film titled About Time.

“I was very honoured to be selected from the hundreds of films which entered,” the first-time film-

maker said. Ben received many accolades for About Time – which he wrote, directed and acted in.

A screening of a silent Buster Keaton film accompanied on piano at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival last year inspired Ben to revisit the past in both plot and technique in his film, in which a young man invents a time travel device which he stores in a hat and travels back 100 years.

The musical score to About Time was composed by another young artist, fifteen-year-old Fynn Randle.

Ben filmed on locations across

the Macedon Ranges using the huge oaks in Gisborne to form part of the artful twist in the conclusion.

Speaking about the experience, Ben reflected that the process had been as much about project management as film-making.

“It has given me a greater appreciation for the tedious effort that goes into creating film – I watch movies differently now,” he said.

The Tropfest experience allowed Ben to meet other young film makers and inspired him to start work on his next film.

Ben Obermoser proudly displays his trophy.

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Great experience for young athlete Young Gisborne athlete Alannah HydonWoods competed at the National School Sport Track and Field competition in Sydney in late December. Alannah had an amazing time and against stiff competition finished 11th in the 12 and under discus. This was a good result considering the strong opposition.

Special thanks must go out to those who helped raise funds for Alannah, Alannah Hydon-Woods selling many, many raffle tickets – including The Computer Company, Gisborne Primary School and St Paul's Anglican Church Op Shop. Thank you also to local media, Sheppards Choice Gourmet Kitchen, Raine and Horne, Gisborne Health Essentials and Style 25 for their support.

Alannah is extremely grateful for the support of the community.

In February, she represented Gisborne at the Western Regional Athletics Championships where she won silver in discus and shotput.

At these titles, Griffyn Wood of Gisborne won a silver medal in the 100m and Shane Clough won bronze in high jump and javelin.

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A new television series by Macedon resident and zookeeper Chris Humfrey titled Chris Humfrey’s Animal Instinct premieres on Foxtel's Animal Planet on Saturday March 4 at 6.30pm.

Chris says each episode showcases the Macedon Ranges, including spectacular drone footage of our region.

The 13-part series invites the viewer into Chris’s ‘animal mad’ life and follows his passion for protecting all things ‘wild’. Chris explains, “Every animal has a job to do, and every animal, no matter how big or small, needs our understanding and protection.

Creating empathy and awareness is the key to conservation”.

Come and say 'G'day' to a neighbour

The combined churches of Gisborne invite all members of the community to join us for a picnic on Sunday March 19 to kick off this year’s Neighbour Day celebrations.

Neighbour Day is a celebration of community that encourages people to connect with those who live nearby. Everyone is invited to join us in the reserve next to the

children's playground at the end of Brantome Street, from noon.

There’ll be a free sausage sizzle, or you can bring your own food and join us. Lunch will be followed by activities in the park.

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Gisborne Bendigo Bank’s Angela Dickins (back left), Cr Helen Radnedge, New Gisborne Tennis Club’s Robyn Johnston, branch Chairman Graham Stewart and Director Karen Clifford with local kids at the site where the rope climbing frame will be installed.

Climbing fun coming to Ross Watt Reserve Play at Ross Watt Reserve in New Gisborne will soon reach new heights with a rope climbing frame suitable for all ages to be installed this month.

In December, New Gisborne Tennis Club received a community investment of $5,900 from Gisborne Bendigo Bank for new playground equipment at the reserve next to the courts. The club has combined the funds with a shire Community

Funding Scheme grant to buy this major piece of new equipment.

New Gisborne Tennis Club Secretary Robyn Johnston says the equipment will invigorate the ageing reserve and benefit the tennis club, neighbouring Chessy Park, and New Gisborne Primary School, which uses the reserve for Physical Education.

The team at Gisborne Bendigo Bank is excited to be helping upgrade

another local community space.

Chairman Graham Stewart said the branch was investing in equipment that would bring smiles to children’s faces for years to come, and that the project was a great example of how the Community Bank returned local profits to the community. “It’s a unique and powerful model," he said. "The more people bank with our branch, the more great things will happen in our community.”

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The $200,000 upgrade will replace the existing static signs with four electronic flashing speed signs, reminding drivers of the 40km/h speed limit during school drop-off times.

The new signs will create greater awareness for traffic passing through this area, particularly during poor weather conditions when fog can reduce driver visibility.

Work to install the electronic signs as well as other signs in the vicinity will begin between April and May. The flashing signs are due to be switched on during term two and will operate twice a day, between 8am and 9:30am and 2:30pm and 4pm.

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Your banking at work for your community STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

COMMUNITY GRANTS OPEN

Eshe Lane of New Gisborne has been awarded the 2017 Gisborne & District Community Bank branch of Bendigo Bank university scholarship. She starts a Bachelor of Arts and Global Studies double degree at Australian Catholic University this year.

Eshe has a passion for social justice and gender equality and aspires to be a change-maker in the world.

She has initiated events at school, volunteered overseas, and raises funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne.

Eshe attended New Gisborne Primary School and Gisborne Secondary College, where she was an active school captain in 2016.

A major hobby of Eshe’s is AFL, which she has played and coached for years, representing Victoria in 2015. She is currently undergoing rehabilitation after knee surgery last year, but hopes to play professionally in the future. She is excited by the women's AFL comp and volunteers in the Carlton AFLW coaches' box.

The bursary will reduce the pressure on Eshe to work to pay for her studies. “The scholarship will allow me to develop as a human and

Need funds for a great community project? Gisborne & District Community Bank® branch of Bendigo Bank is accepting applications for its Autumn 2017 round of community investment. Eligible community organisations are welcome to apply for a grant or sponsorship.

With every product or service the branch provides, money goes back into Gisborne & District. That’s how Community Bank® branches work and Gisborne’s has contributed more than $500,000 to local projects and organisations since opening in 2008.

Gisborne Bulldogs Basketball Association has received community investment for a number of years to subsidise the cost of uniforms for players. Secretary Gaye Barnes said she could not thank Bendigo Bank enough for its ongoing support.

To get an application, visit the branch at 11 Nexus Way, Gisborne. Applications close on Friday March 31.

Three cheers for Eshe: Eshe Lane celebrates her scholarship with Gisborne Bendigo Bank staff and volunteer directors. make a contribution to the community, such as volunteering as a facilitator for Game Changers Australia,” she said. “I’ve seen this bank contribute so much to the community and to be a representative of it is a real privilege.”

Now in its fourth year, the branch scholarship attracted many applications. Chairman Graham Stewart

said the calibre of candidates was impressive. “The whole Gisborne Bendigo Bank team – staff, board, and our customers whose business makes the scholarship possible – wish Eshe a fantastic start to her university studies," he said. "With her range of interests, we look forward to seeing how Eshe’s future develops.”

Community planning forum hears of protections The State Planning Minister, Richard Wynne, attended a community forum in Gisborne on February 14.

He joined about 120 interested community members at the Gisborne Golf Club to discuss a report on future development in the Macedon Ranges.

In 2015 a Macedon Ranges Protection Advisory Committee was established and last year the public was engaged for comment.

In the committee’s report to the Minister, the Macedon Ranges were recognised as a significant place in Melbourne’s peri-urban region (rural-urban transition zone) worthy of specific protection.

Gisborne Bulldogs Basketball Association is one of 32 groups that received Bendigo Bank community investment last year. Pictured are (L-R) Robyn Spiteri, Bulldogs Basketball President Jeff Poyser, and Mitchell, Tate and Gaye Barnes.

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Councillors and Advisory Committee members join local MP Mary-Anne Thomas and Planning Minister Richard Wynne outside the forum.

The forum was also attended by Mary-Anne Thomas, MP. The group’s 12 recommendations include several directing Macedon Ranges Shire Council to take

certain actions and can be found at www.planning.vic.gov.au/policyand-strategy/macedon-rangesprotection.

The report is well worth a look.

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Local skier Lily Tomkinson has been selected in the Australian team for the World Junior Skiing Championships in Sweden this month.

The championships run from March 6 to 14 in Aare, Sweden. Last year, Lily won the Australian Championships.

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Macedon Ranges Shire Council has been asked to reconsider its ending of support for an equine centre.

The equine centre strategy was dropped by the Council in late February.

Cr Roger Jukes lodged a notice of rescission and the matter is due to be reconsidered at the ordinary council meeting on March 8.

Gisborne artist John Power featured at the recent White Night Festival in Melbourne with his video of an underwater Melbourne that was projected on to the walls of the Domed Reading Room at the State Library (pictured).

The video’s intention was to raise awareness of the ecology of Port Phillip. John adapted images provided by marine biologist Sheree Marris and the music accompanying the video was created by Lisa Greenaway.

Residents unhappy with the scrapping of support for the equine centre show their long faces at the council offices in Gisborne on February 22.

Enjoy some live music!

Many venues offer excellent live music at the weekends. There are probably far more gigs going on than you might expect. Coming up in March are some outstanding shows, including the Macedon Ranges Music Festival at the Gisborne Steam Park on Saturday March 4, noon to 10pm. So take a look and get yourselves out and about!

Local venues often offering live music at weekends include Baringo Food & Wine Co, Gisborne Golf Club, Ida Red, Macedon Wine Room, Mount Macedon Hotel and Olive Jones.

For more details about what’s on in the Macedon Ranges, visit www.visitmacedonranges.com

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Gisborne District Cricket Association coach Gavin Mackay has won Cricket Victoria's Representative Coach of the Year Award. Gavin is the U14 boys' coach.

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A juvenile Rufous Fantail. Photographed by Ron Weste in the vicinity of Sanatorium Lake, Mount Macedon, on February 13. A very active bird that fans and waves its tail in all directions.

Calder and other roadworks across Gisborne STATION ROAD ROUNDABOUTS: VicRoads thanks the Gisborne community for their patience during the recent closure of the Melbourne bound entry ramp from Station Road onto the Calder Freeway.

These works are now complete.

As part of the project to build two new roundabouts, we now need to close the Gisborne exit ramp from the freeway onto Station Road from

A community meeting will be held in Gisborne on Thursday March 9 for landholders interested in establishing a new Landcare group in the greater Gisborne area. The meeting will be from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Shire Offices, Robertson Street. To register interest, email upper.deep.creek.landcare@ gmail.com or call John Robinson on 5782 0184.

Tuesday March 14 for about five weeks, depending on the weather.

Detours will be in place.

KILMORE ROAD in Gisborne will be reconstructed at the roundabout intersection with Jacksons Creek Way and Mountain View Way. Works are expected to start this month and be completed by May. Total estimated expenditure is $283,000.

GISBORNE will receive $368,000 in bluestone paving, asphalt and drainage works in Hamilton, Aitken, Brantome and Robertson streets. Works will take place from March to May. The footpath in Neal Street near the medical centre will be concreted.

Works are due to begin this month.

Also segments of Station Road will undergo footpath remedial work to rectify trip hazards.

Our February meeting was well attended and we shared a lovely lunch provided by Edie and Val. We were very sorry to hear of the passing of one of our members, Lou Bradley, in mid-January. She was a caring lady who loved her family, friends and garden.

Osija gave us a talk on Travellers Aid, run by volunteers for more than 100 years in the city. It can help if you need support at Southern Cross or Flinders Street stations.

Coffee, craft and chat is on March 20 and Craft on the Mount is on March 27.

The Country Womens Association headquarters in Lansell Road, Toorak, has a B&B which would be handy accommodation close to the city for members and non members. The phone number is 9824 0239.

On the first Sunday of the month there is a traditional High Tea served there between 2pm and 4pm. It costs $45 a head and bookings are essential on 9827 8971.

It also gives you the opportunity to have a wander around the Edna Walling-designed garden.

Our next meeting is March 6 at 10am at Gisborne Secondary College and the colour to wear is blue.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE Mt Macedon CFA holds open day The Mt Macedon Volunteer Fire Brigade welcomed the local community on February 18 to an exhibition of design proposals by students of University of Melbourne’s School of Design for a renovation of Mt Macedon fire station. The purpose of the project was to generate design solutions for some of the structural, operational and aesthetic limitations of the current fire station. Brigade members have worked closely with Master of Architecture students over the past few months on the project.

Eight students and their studio leader, Peter Hogg, of Melbournebased architecture firm PHTR Architects, joined the brigade at the fire station to share the work. The event was well attended by the local community who had an overwhelmingly positive response to the designs.

As a result of the collaboration, the brigade will have a suite of de-

Visitors are welcomed to check out proposals for a station revamp. tailed, fully-costed plans that can be used to advance discussion with the Mt Macedon community and the CFA on how to meet current and future needs through renovation of the fire station. At this stage no fund-

ing is available to begin works.

Further community members interested in visiting the fire station to view the students’ work are encouraged to contact the brigade via email at mtmaccfa@bigpond.net.au.

SES reports busy and successful year in 2016 Gisborne SES enjoyed a rewarding year in 2016, with significant achievements that the unit can take pride in.

The unit volunteers responded to more than 255 incidents in and around the Macedon Ranges, which included extrication FLOOD STORM of persons trapped in vehicles as a result EMERGENCY of car crashes; extrication of injured per132 500 sons in remote bushland areas; and situations such as buildings damaged, trees down, animal rescue, crime scenes and fire support activities.

We also responded to severe weather incidents across the state to support our SES counterparts and their communities. One team flew to Mildura to respond to a number of storm incidents which overwhelmed the local emergency services.

The volunteers also participated in many community events and facilitated educational programs to local residents, schools and community groups on building

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resilience for emergency situations.

Some of our volunteers’ children compiled an ‘SES Rescue’ video in which they rescued a bear friend trapped under a tree. They were so enthusiastic and really enjoyed making the video. It received a large number of ‘hits’ on social media.

Apart from the weekly training regimes, the unit held an annual training camp that provided an opportunity for the volunteers to undergo intense remote bushland training in navigation and search and rescue.

We conducted a joint recruitment drive in conjunction with Woodend SES which benefited both units in recruiting new members from all walks of life with various skills and professions.

The dedication and professionalism of our volunteers is outstanding and we stand in awe of their commitment to the Macedon Ranges communities and those that pass through its boundaries.

Di Dale Deputy Controller Operations, Gisborne SES

Gisborne Gazette March 2017

Cooking up a treat at the library Gisborne Library is proud to welcome Stephanie Alexander, AO, for an author talk on Friday April 7 at 6pm. Stephanie is the author of numerous books, including the new Kitchen Garden Companion: Cooking to be released in April, Australian kitchen bible The Cook’s Companion and The Cook’s Table. She is a renowned chef and restaurateur.

Bookings for this event are esGuest speaker sential and can be made via our Stephanie Alexander. website www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au from March 10. For group bookings (more than 10) please contact the library staff on 5428 3962.

Gisborne Library is also participating in the 1000 Books Before School program for our youngest readers. Please come in and join up and go on an amazing reading adventure with your child.

One-on-one IT support is available on Tuesday mornings from 10am to noon. Bookings essential.

Storytime, Toddler Time, Rhyme Time and Saturday stories are back on. There are now two Toddler Time sessions, on Mondays and Thursdays, and Rhyme Time has moved to Friday morning. Come and join us for a fun session full of songs, stories and fun activities.

For details, please call 5428 3962.

During the Easter school holidays, come and visit David Walliams' World – the world of super-popular children’s author David Walliams. Discover what it’s like to be one of the ‘World’s Worst Children’ and create your own ‘Ratburger’.

For details, visit our website www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au

MUSIC IN THE STICKS Aged 14–25? Interested in learning skills in event management, sound and lighting, publicity, media, photography, film, and live and studio recording?

Then Music in the Sticks (MITS) is for you!

MITS is for young people with an interest in the music industry. The group meets twice a month at Woodend Community Centre, 4.30pm to 6pm. To find out more or register your interest, call Natalie on 5422 0333 or email mits@mrsc.vic.gov.au

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Rotary charity golf day The Rotary Clubs of Gisborne and and Strathmore combined to hold a highly successful Golf Day at the Gisborne Golf Club on Friday February 10.

In spite of hot, humid conditions and help from a number of kangaroos, 120 players went forth to do battle in aid of Suicide Prevention.

This event has become an annual fixture and has consistently raised substantial funds for charitable causes. The two Rotary clubs thanked our generous sponsors who provided a number of prizes for various competitions and raffles.

Major honours were taken out by Cr Andrew Twaits’ group of four who performed exceptionally well on the day.

Weary contestants repaired to the 19th Hole at the Golf Club that provided ample drinks and refreshments to aid recovery.

We thank all those who attended and look forward to another exciting and successful event next year.

Brendan Watters

Lions Club gears up to celebrate milestones In June this year, Lions International will turn 100. It was in Chicago that Melvin Jones, the son of an army captain, started Lions among a group of business people.

While Chicago is the birthplace of Lions International, in 2017 we are also celebrating the 70th anniversary of Lions in Australia. In 1947 William Tresise established Lions in Australia with the first club opening in Lismore in northern NSW. A second club was launched in Murwillumbah, followed by Melbourne in 1952. And the rest, as they say, is history.

To celebrate this milestone, the Lions Clubs of Gisborne and District, Kyneton, Lancefield Romsey, Riddells Creek, Trentham and Woodend are holding a function at the Gisborne Golf Club on Friday June 2.

Those current and past Lions Club members who are interested in attending this celebration must contact zone4@lions201v1-4.org.au or phone 0428 310 043.

Russell Walker Vice-President

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Shipwreck anniversary to be in focus

Visiting speaker at the February Genealogical meeting Helen Doxford Harris with members Julie Dworak, Lorna Jackson and President Michele Pinti.

Come and say hello Bike Safe Macedon Ranges will be at the Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival in Woodend on Saturday March 4.

The festival is held behind the Woodend Neighbourhood House and this year it is running in conjunction with the farmer’s market. We will be among the many excellent and interesting exhibitors for the day. It’s a chance for us to continue to connect with our local community and coincides with our “Pass with Care” campaign that is running throughout the shire.

Entry to the festival is free.

Come and say hello. We will be on the stand from 9am through to the close at 3pm. We will have some information on who we are and why we believe that the Macedon Ranges is an excellent place to be a cyclist. We love to promote our local area as a place for visitors to come and enjoy, preferably with their bikes! Why not take the chance to sign up as a member? We will also have our “Pass with Care” vests for sale. They are a great way to spread the message while helping to be safe out on the road by wearing visible clothing.

Jem Richards Bike Safe Macedon Ranges

Our next meeting will be our AGM to be held on Thursday March 23 at 7.30pm in the Family History Room next to the Gisborne Library.

Annual reports will be presented and the election of office bearers will take place. Our Member of the Year will also be announced. Who will it be this year?

Following the AGM, Dawn Davis will Lyn Hall talk about the reunion she attended last July to mark the 150th anniversary of the shipwreck of the ‘Netherby’ off the coast of King Island in 1866.

The reunion was attended by descendants of all the survivors.

Supper will follow Dawn’s talk. All welcome.

On Saturday March 18 the group will be visiting Mont De Lancey in Wandin. For details and to book, contact Mary on 5428 3887.

Lyn Hall

Special presentation at Macedon Ranges U3A 'Looting Greece to fill our Museums' Four-week course, Mondays, February 27 to March 27. Presenter: Janet Wood, BA, MTh. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Week 1: How Aphrodite of Melos ended up armless in the Louvre. Week 2: How Greece lost her Marbles, and Lord Elgin lost his Nose.

(Labour Day Holiday, no session) Week 3: A Watery End – Sunken Pottery in the Mediterranean. Week 4: Modern Versions of Ancient Pastimes – Palmyra destroyed and Baghdad looted.

Anyone can attend this course. Non-members are asked to pay a $10 fee to cover the insurance we are required to have for each person in the centre.

Our presentations are held at the Senior Citizens Hall each Monday beginning at 10.30am. We bring our own lunch, and tea and coffee are provided. This is getting-to-know-you-time. After lunch, our afternoon session of one hour is a chance to discuss individual items of news, chat about good or bad TV/films and books, and share opinions in a lively and informal way, led by one of our group.

For some of us who live alone, this is a really great way to be able to have a thoughtful discussion with others of our own age group.

For more information call our President, Malcolm Colquhoun, on 5426 2331 (after 5pm) and be assured of a hearty welcome.

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Relay for Life returns March 4 LANCEFIELD/MACEDON RANGES RELAY FOR LIFE Relay For Life brings together people who remember those who have had cancer including loved ones who have passed, are having treatment or are in remission.

It also pays tribute to carers, both in the home and working in the medical field.

Teams raise funds for cancer research, education, and support and advocacy services with their efforts culminating at an overnight Relay event.

Since 2003 the Lancefield/Macedon Ranges Relay For Life has donated more than $1.23 million to Cancer Council Victoria.

On the weekend of March 4-5, about 22 teams will participate at Lancefield Park.

Among the teams will be Bristol Night Owls, captained by Melissa Hatty of New Gisborne. The team’s fundraising has been boosted by support from the Riddells Creek Hotel whose publican Carolyn Trodd and patrons have donated more than $200. In addition to having a donation box at the pub, Carolyn is raffling two Daryl Braithwaite concert tickets.

Registrations are $25 including a top and will be taken until March 4.

Cancer survivors including anyone having treatment and carers are invited to walk the opening lap at 3pm

Tyson Dale, a Grade 5 student at New Gisborne Primary School, organised a terrific school fundraiser for Relay for Life on February 23. Tyson had great help and support from the Junior School Council. Students wore something purple or coloured their hair. Everyone donated a gold coin and just over $750 was raised. then stay for afternoon tea.

For more information contact Kathy on 0419 644 688 or email jakalake57@gmail.com.

Nadine Hartnett, 0439 399 838

Carers experience benefits of laughter Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group They say that laughter is the best medicine and it certainly proved to be the case when members of Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group (WLCG) met after the Christmas break. Merv Neal, Australia’s leading laughter yoga therapist, had everyone in stitches with plenty of opportunity for a great body workout while remaining seated.

The need to laugh at everyday problems was highlighted, with some present initially having reservations about pulling faces and making strange noises. However, Merv soon had everyone so relaxed from stretching and deep breathing that one person was heard to say how exhausted they felt from laughing so much.

The splendid afternoon tea which followed allowed for plenty of relaxed conversation.

WLCG was delighted to include guests from Bendigo Health, Alzheimer’s Australia Vic, Kyneton Hospital and also Macedon Ranges Health all of whom were keen to learn more of Merv’s laughter yoga for consideration in their own future programs.

The Oaks Market in February gave committee members the opportunity to promote the group and also begin this year’s fund-raising activities. Our next is a concert by Athol Guy & Friends at Duneira, Mount Macedon, on Sunday March 5. For further information call 5420 7132.

The laughter yoga therapist guest speaker had this group in stitches.

CORRECTION: In the February Gazette we reprinted council information which stated that the Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group was raising funds for a respite house for carers. In fact the group is working towards a respite home for dementia sufferers. Council has acknowledged and apologised for the error and asked that we print a correction.

RSL News Membership: Gisborne and Macedon Ranges has three new members being processed.

Sponsorship: Suggestions please.

Welfare of veterans: If you have any knowledge of veterans who are ill, please let our Welfare Officer, Jan Field, know on 0417 726 657.

Fellowship: The next gathering of members is on Anzac Day. Next meeting and AGM: Monday March 6 at 2pm.

New projects: We are gathering names of veterans of WW2, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, The Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan, to add to the Cenotaph. The list of WW2 names is published below for you to check. If you know of any names that are missing, please contact John De Lai on 5428 2134.

A suggestion has been made to name the area where the Cenotaph stands “Gisborne Veterans Honour Park” (currently Howey Reserve).

Bill Derham, Vice-President, 5428 3154 Gisborne and Macedon Ranges RSL

Local WW2 veterans names collected so far: A Adam W, Austin H, Ayres R B Ball N, Barlow D, Baum H, Beattie J, Beattie W, Bennett J, Bennett K, Black R, Bower C, Braine D, Bridges O, Brown L, Buckland H, C Campbell L, Carmody M, Caspar G, Caspar M, Clarebrough F, Cleary C, Coe R, Conners G, Cook R, Cox S, D Dawson L, Devlin R, Dickman W, Dunne M E Eastburn J. Engellenner O F Fitzgerald FC, Fitzgerald FL, Fitzgerald T, Flack C, Ford P, G Gibbons R, Goldsmith F, Govan H, Grumont A, Grumont E, Grumont H, H Hayes N, Hauser N, Haywood R, Heard F, Hester F, Higgins K, Hocking E, Humphris E, Humphries M, Hunt F, J James A, James V, Jenkins B, Johnson R, K Keily J, Kennedy E, Kennedy D, Kennedy N, Kettle A, King R, L Ladd R, Ladd T, Loader T M Mackay D, Macpherson S, Martin J, McGregor G, McGregor W, McKay D, McPherson C, McPherson D, Metzner H, Mitchell H, Morrow T, N Nurse S, O Oatley S, O’Keefe M, O’Sullivan P, Owen H, P Pretty N, Raines R, Read G, Reilly F, Roberts V, Robinson A, S Sansom V, Sauerberg Fran, Sauerberg F, Sauerberg H, Sause R, Short J, Short R, Slattery K, Stafford W, Stephens F, Stephens J, T Taylor J, Taylor R, W Walker S, Ward K, Webb R, Whipp J, White J, Whiting C, Whiting H, Wild E, Williams F Y Young J, Young R R.

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Rock legends Midnight Oil have announced they will perform at Hanging Rock on November 4.

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To arrange your connection call 5407 4088 or visit gisborne.urlnbn.com

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Scout Jamboree across the ditch Scout Noah Trist of 1st Once we got to Gisborne troop attended Renwick, we dumped our the New Zealand bags and headed for the Jamboree in the town of opening ceremony.

"The next ten days Renwick on the South Island in January. Here is were filled with tons of his report of the trip. fun activities. Some of "The New Zealand Scout the activities included Jamboree ran for 12 Challenge Valley, shootNoah at the days including a pre-tour, ing a shotgun and a rifle, Jamboree. which the Australians did and a day at a lake where for three days in Christchurch. we did snorkelling and paddle "Getting to the Jamboree from boarding. My favourite thing was Christchurch took eight hours on a rifle shooting."

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All sections of 1st Gisborne Scouts gathered at the Scout Hall on the evening of February 22 to launch the 2017 scouting year with a family barbecue and parade.

Because of the commitment of its large group of leaders, 1st Gisborne is the biggest scouting group in regional Victoria – and the third largest in the state.

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1st Gisborne Scout Leaders at last month's launch.

Macedon Cubs have plenty of fun 1st Macedon Cub Scouts have returned in 2017 and celebrated Founders Day, the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, on February 22. The group is looking forward to a Cub camp at Anglesea between March 17 and 19. Later in the year they are preparing for the Cuboree, the biggest camp in Victoria for Cubs.

The Macedon Cubs meet at the Scout hall in Railway Place on Wednesday nights from 6.30pm to 8pm for fun activities and a chance to learn some scouting skills. Cubs is for boys and girls aged from 7 to 10 years old.

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Kids Corner

ARTS in the RANGES

Proudly sponsored by Macedon Ranges Art Group, Phoenix Macedon Ranges Art & Craft, The Gallery Mt Macedon, The Gisborne Singers, Duneira, The Licorice Allsorts, Macedon Music, The Mount Players and the Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society, Central Victoria

Macedon Ranges Photographic Society What a great start to the club year with many new faces joining us at the first meeting of the year.

On February 13, Adam Brentnall presented a fascinating range of images and photographic techniques at our technical night. He provided detailed information about all the camera settings used for all the images shown on the night – very useful for expanding our expertise in this type of photography The club is holding a Camera Basics Workshop on March 4 from 10am to 4pm. Please contact the club president, Deborah Mullins, if you are interested in attending.

Coming up at the March club night, members will be presenting images where they have worked on one photograph only and prepared two versions: one colour and one monochromatic. It will be great to see which version is the most impressive! We will also have a couple of mini tech sessions on ’Exposure – getting it right’ and ‘How to process RAW files’. The Tuesday Tech night – this month being held on Monday March 20 – will be demonstrating the use of the software program 'Lightroom’.

Macedon Ranges Photographic Society meets twice a month at the Riddells Creek Neighbourhood House. New members are most welcome.

For more information please contact Deborah Mullins on 0411 530 015 or visit www.macedonranges-photography.org.au

Image by John Spring

Macedon Ranges Photographic Society members greatly enjoyed a recent ‘Walkabout’ at Paramoor Winery.

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Favourites return to the Church of the Resurrection FOMAR: Friends of Music at Resurrection

Keri Adcock prepares for the March 10-13 show.

New Phoenix member to join in exhibition Local painter Keri Adcock is the latest artist to join the Phoenix Macedon Ranges Art and Craft group, in time to exhibit her works in the March exhibition.

Painting for more than 30 years, Keri began working in oils before trying other media such as pastels and acrylics.

“I enjoy mostly painting landscapes, seascapes; often with birds and children in them,” Keri says. “I paint for peace and hope it shows in my works.”

She creates framed and unframed works, which will be available at the coming exhibition.

“I joined Phoenix because the members all create a wonderful variety of art and craft which makes a refreshing show and display of very clever people,” Keri says.

The art group welcomed Keri into the group late last year and will have her work on display alongside other paintings, pottery, glass art, jewellery, woodcraft and textile art at the Old Gisborne Courthouse. All work will be available for purchase.

The exhibition opening will be at 7.30pm on Friday March 10 and the show will be open from 10am to 4pm on March 11, 12 and 13. Entry is free.

For more information, visit www.phoenixmrac.com or contact Margaret Keen on 5428 2835.

Raquel Stevens

This year's concert season begins on Sunday March 5 with the return of the Seraphim Trio presenting their most ambitious project yet. The Trio will explore the greatest piano trios of all time and feature the composers Haydn, Dvorak and Ravel.

Join Helen Ayres (violin), Anna Goldsworthy (piano) and Tim Nankervis (cello) in this feast of music. The venue for the concert is the Church of the Resurrection, Macedon; starting time is at 2.30pm.

Bookings are on Trybooking.com The second concert will be on Sunday March 26 at 3pm and feature the Australian Chamber Choir presenting A London Coronation to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne. The choir will present the marvellous music that helped to make her coronation remarkable and is a veritable treasury of the best English choral music from the past five centuries.

The choir will be accompanied by pipe organ, trumpets, brass and kettle drums and will be the closest thing to the “Westminster Abbey experience” that you will ever hear in Gisborne/Macedon Ranges.

Intending patrons please note that the last two concerts in 2016 by the choir at Macedon were sold out prior to the event.

Don’t miss out, book now at the following website: www.AusChoir.org/book-now Winston Deason

The Australian Chamber Choir will sing in Macedon on March 26.

Macedon CWA to raffle special donation Macedon CWA is looking forward to a very active year ahead. At our first meeting for the year on February 21, we farewelled long-standing member Wilma Johnson who has moved into RM Begg village in Kyneton. We Lorraine Tweddle wish Wilma all the best and hope she continues to enjoy CWA in Kyneton.

The beautiful patchwork quilt pictured was made by the Macedon CWA Patchwork and Friendship Group.

The quilt will be raffled for the Gisborne Secondary College Chaplaincy Fund to support chaplain Barb Davis’s activities at the college. Special thanks to Kerry Thomas from Black Forest Quilting for her skills and time on this project. Raffle tickets will be available until Easter from the college and Snapshot Photos, Gisborne Village Shopping Centre, where the quilt will be on display.

Several members will join other Central Highlands ladies for traditional High Tea in the historic dining room at CWA Headquarters set in the lovely Edna Walling Garden in Toorak on March 5.

A busy time ahead with our Association Day in April and then State Conference in Shepparton in May. Interested ladies are always welcome.

Lorraine Tweddle, 5426 2045

Revenge French-style

Shirley Jones (L) and Paula Templeton (R) present Gisborne Secondary College Chaplain Barb Davis with the quilt they will raffle to support Barb's chaplaincy work.

Wildlife artist Ritchie booked for workshop Gisborne artist William Ritchie has been engaged by Macedon Ranges Art Group to run a one-day workshop on Sunday April 23 in Woodend. William is a professional artist with university qualifications in art and biology. His subjects include both wildlife and landscapes. You can see more of his work at www.williamritchie.com.au Later this year we will have mixed media artist Liz Mazurek run a one-day workshop for us in Woodend.

The Macedon Ranges Art Group has again this year become an official sponsor of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival to be held in June. During this event, we shall be running our annual art show which has proven a great success and very popular with local people and the many visitors to the festival. As usual, the art show will be at Woodend Bowling Club.

If you want more information on the activities of MRAG including upcoming one-day workshops, social painting days, life-drawing classes and annual art shows, please

William Ritchie’s paintings like this one attracted many compliments while on display at the GREAT Centre in February. go to our website at www.macedonrangesartgroup.com Here you will find details of our activities, a selection of paintings by our members, a listing of future events and a membership application form.

Macedon Ranges Film Society’s first screening for the 2017 season featured the quirky, highly regarded French comedy Mic Macs.

It’s a ‘David and Goliath’ story of the little guys outwitting the evil big guys.

Our heroes are an eccentric group of down and outers with some special skills. Skills deftly applied to seeking revenge on the international arms manufacturers responsible for the death of Bazil’s father (Bazil is the main character played by prominent French comedian Dany Boon).

With problems of his own, Bazil joins the group of down and outs and recruits them to help him get revenge. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie and Delicatessen) Mic Macs has a serious moral message, quietly delivered with loads of humour, hilarity and slapstick.

This month MRFS members will enjoy the recent critically acclaimed Australian contemporary outback drama Mystery Road directed by Ivan Sen and starring Aaron Pedersen and Hugo Weaving.

The society meets on the second Wednesday each month at Woodend Community Centre. Film notes and an informal supper are part of the evening.

MRFS is a membership-based club; initial enquiries by email to mrfilmsociety@gmail.com or call Lorraine 5427 0921 or Christine 5429 5452.

For further details contact Henry Screen on 0411 418 468.

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Eating Out Friday Night Tastings

Start your weekends off with a tasting at Woodend Wine Store Friday's from 4-8pm the Wine Store will showcase something delicious from our selection of Boutique Wine, Craft Beer and Hand-crafted Spirits

JOHN'S EASY RECIPES Spiced Lentil and Beetroot Salad

remain firm and soft. Do not let go mushy. Drain well.

Place all other ingredients into bowl and gently mix, add the lentils and mix in well.

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Serve at room temperature.

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What you will need: 500 gms puy lentils (see note) 5-6 radishes diced 2 tbs roasted pinenuts 2 tbs currants 2 tbs fresh dill chopped 2 tbs parsley chopped 4 tbs Virgin Olive Oil Juice of 1 ½ lemons or mix of lime and lemon juice Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp toasted cumin seeds 1 bunch baby beetroot cooked and quartered (see note) Cover lentils with cold water. Bring to boil and simmer approx 10 - 15 minutes. They should

lentils, these small slate-green lentils get their name from the Le Puy region in France where they are grown. They have a unique peppery flavour and a uniform shape that holds even after cooking.

Note: If baby beets not available, a small tin of baby beets, drained, or fresh beetroot cooked and diced may be used.

Enjoy!

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The Bullengarook Creamery While recently reading a book compiled

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Jack wrote: “About midway between our old home and Carroll’s Lane there used to be a small water-hole, known when I was a boy as the Creamery Dam. I think it has since been filled in and levelled off.

"The Creamery as far as I can understand was some sort of co-operative venture to which the farmers brought their milk each morning. The milk was simply emptied into a large vat, or maybe several vats, from which the cream, when it rose, was ‘skimmed’ with a wooden ladle. As a school leaver Tom Carroll (later to receive world recognition for his work in the field of agricultural engineering), worked at the creamery as ‘skimmer’, and to the day they died Rookies of that generation always referred to him as ‘Skimmer’ Carroll.

"The morning gathering at the creamery was a feature of the times, and rivalry between ‘early birds’ for the honour of being first in the line of waiting carts was keen, and the source of a few practical jokes against the strongest rivals. There was also a competition to avoid the disgrace of being last, and once, two late comers, one approaching from the east and one from the west, made a neck and neck race of it to finish with both vehicles locked in the gateway. The advent of the separator probably put the creamery out of business.

My grandfather John Haire was the first to invest in a separator.”

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The Gazette ran stories on these events in February's edition but here are some brief reminders.

MARCH 4, Saturday MACEDON RANGES MUSIC FESTIVAL Gisborne Steam Park, noon to 10pm

MARCH 5, Sunday CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY Meet at the Scout Hall in Howey Street at 10am.

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The Historical Society will lead a Twilight Cemetery Walk at Macedon on Wednesday March 22: Hear the stories behind the headstones. Meet at the Cemetery gates at 5pm. A gold coin donation would be appreciated.

An evening meal at own expense at Macedon Railway Hotel will follow, so please join us if you wish. RSVP to Lois or Graeme on 5428 4500 or the Historical Society on 5428 1450 and leave a message.

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Council launches new season of arts and cultural events

Artists bring colour to town

About 250 people attended the launch of the Macedon Ranges Shire’s Arts & Culture Program on February 10 at the Kyneton Town Hall, enjoying performances by Yana Alana and Hannie Rayson. The new season includes drama, dance, comedy, music and children’s shows. Program booklets are available at shire offices and at the Gazette office in Hamilton Street, Gisborne.

Watercolour by Caroliza Job of Mount Macedon, one of the artists taking part in 'Blazing Colours'.

L-R: Gisborne residents Gary and Margot Sanders and Charles and Pamela Snape enjoy the launch.

MACEDON RANGES ART TRAIL: The next Macedon Ranges Art Trail zone event will showcase artists from Gisborne, Macedon and Mt Macedon.

‘Blazing Colours’ will be held at the Gisborne Masonic Hall (cnr Aitken and Fisher Streets) on April 1 and 2 from 10am to 4pm. It will feature artwork by Helen Cottle, William Ritchie, Chieko Hester, Lara Le Reveur, Caroliza Job and members of The Gallery Mt Macedon.

Demonstrations will be held during the weekend.

Admission by gold coin will support Macedon Ranges Art Trail's year-round promotion of the local artistic community. Don’t miss the chance to win a raffle prize donated by an artist! Tickets are available from The Gallery Mt Macedon and at the exhibition.

Nadine Hartnett 0439 399 838

More than one little gem on agenda The Mount Players

LOST TRADES FAIR March 11-12, Kyneton Racecourse This year’s fair has more than 100 artisans attending from across Victoria, interstate and the US. There will be workshops running before and after the fair, and on the day exhibitors will demonstrate their skills, sharing their trade knowledge.

Tickets are available online at Trybooking and also at the gate.

Musical entertainment throughout the weekend and a fantastic selection of local food is on offer. For further information see the the Fair’s website, www.losttrades.info

Romsey Antique Fair, Garden Fair Romsey Antiques and Collectibles Fair is at Romsey Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday March 18, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Entry $2. On Sunday March 19, a Garden Fair will be held from 10am to 3.30pm.

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Our first production Little Gem, an Irish play, is now under way but there are performances until March 11, so don’t miss out!

Auditions were held on February 27 and 28 for our second production, True West, and the show will swing into rehearsal mode shortly.

There will be an information night at the theatre for our third production, The Full Monty, on Monday April 10 at 7.30pm.

We invite you to come along to find out about the characters’ requirements and hear all about this wonderful musical comedy set in Buffalo, New York. Auditions will be held on May 1 and 3 with call backs on May 6.

For all enquiries or to book a time, please call Leo on 0458 582 838 or Karen on 0408 135 243.

To book tickets, go to www.themountplayers. com or call our box office on 5426 1892.

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‘Books Can Take Us Anywhere’

Local wins support for first fiction title

Coming up this month:

If you are a lover of Australian children’s literature, Dromkeen’s LitFest is the place to be on Saturday March 18. This year’s theme is ‘Books Can Take Us Anywhere’ and the wonderful line-up of children’s authors and illustrators will include Claire Saxby, Gabrielle Wang, Mark Wilson, Marc McBride and Glenda Millard. Glenda has recently been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal.

As well as talks and workshops for all ages, visitors will be treated to a host of activities in the gardens, such as story readings, cartooning, puppet shows, face painting and craft.

For aspiring authors, the ‘So you want to write a book’ session, will be presented by author Glenda Millard and publisher Sue Flockhart.

Another feature of the day will be viewing of the fabulous exhibition ‘Fine Focus – a life in art and illustration’ by award-winning author and illustrator Rachel Tonkin, from Castlemaine.

Last year’s festival had visitors from across the state and it was rewarding to see happy, engaged people of all ages learning about books and interacting with favorite authors and illustrators.

This year’s event has been kindly sponsored by the Macedon Ranges Shire Council and is one not to be missed.

Details and bookings at www.dromkeen.com.au/ litfest Bernadette Joiner

Thursday March 23, 11am, ‘From Court to Kitsch at Castlemaine’, 107c Farnsworth Street, Castlemaine (members and guests) Join other members on a self-drive event to the Castlemaine State Festival. Start at the Studio of Caitlyn Lehmann, who is opening her collection of etchings, caricatures and photographs featuring ballet stars of yesteryear. Continue to glass-work and art displays in nearby Open Studios, then your choice of lunch in the Old Gaol Governor’s café, or Das-Kaffeehaus or a BYO picnic.

Contact Nancy Toohey at adfascenvic@gmail. com or 0419 494 822 for booking details.

For membership enquiries, contact Norma Aplin, Chair, on 0419 234 012.

Historic Dromkeen is the marvellous setting for Litfest on March 18.

New Gisborne resident and local pet supply store operator Phillipa Nefri Clark was thrilled to selfpublish her first book of fiction on Valentine’s Day. Titled The Stationmaster’s Cottage, the dualtimeline family saga, officially classified as a contemporary romance, was a 15-year project and has received numerous positive reviews. It is available locally at Book Bonding.

Phillipa says she has been a writer her whole life and loved writing fiction. Until now, her printed work has been primarily non-fiction and pet-related.

Phillipa has generously given two signed copies of her book to the GREAT and Gazette office on Hamilton Street for the first two people who come to the office and say ‘I want to know about the cottage!”

Phillipa Nefri Clark with her newly published work of fiction.

A capella ensemble at Duneira 'The Idea of North' ensemble will launch this year's Woodend Winter Arts Festival Program on the lawns of Duneira on March 26.

The Idea of North, masters of a cappella wizardry, present Homegrown, a show full of larrikinism and songs by Aussie artists. Revel in the sounds of Australia’s musical history from the 1930s up to today, all without a single instrument in sight.

Enjoy this concert on the South Lawn at Duneira.

View the wonderful autumnal colours while you relax with your picnic supper, drinks, blankets and chairs.

Sunday March 26 at 4.15pm. Tickets $35 / $30 from www.duneira.com.au Larrikin group The Idea of North

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Kids Corner

THE GREAT ASSOCIATION Gisborne reGion events Activities

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View from the stalls. . . . . .

OLDE TIME MARKET

By Rosemary Davies

Michelle is a passionate sewer, “I’ve been sewing all my life” she says. She started off making quilts and then her sewing passion expanded into baby products when she became a stay-athome mum. She now sells a range of different babywear garments and products made from luxuriously soft organic bamboo.

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years for clothing. The material Michelle uses is easy to care for as it can be thrown into the washer and dryer. Choose from a range of embroidered cot blankets, bibs, hats, minkies, tops and baby garments in beautiful pastel colours. You can even have your product personalised with your child’s name embroidered on the garment.

Michelle has been coming to Plant One On Me has a large area of plants and trees on display. the Gisborne market for three years and also sells at Red Hill and some of the Melbourne Goldfields markets. Honey has been providing

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Along the path in the Reserve in Hamilton Street, shoppers with an interest in gardening can find a huge range of plants of all sizes and varieties, from seedlings to many mature trees and shrubs, reasonably priced, from Plant One On Me. See the advertisement on Letpage the 21 for more details of specials available at the fun June and July Olde Time Markets. begin!

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WHERE: Howey Reserve and Hamilton Street service road, Gisborne.

Enjoy a new free event on Sunday March 12 and Monday March 13, with artists and crafters at work, varied music and buskers, games Wild Trout’s Men’sdemonstrations, and Women’s Headwear is one many stalls that is a regular at and activities for of allthe the family including “painting market. and namingthethe sheep”, lantern making, lantern parade and family film.

11am-9pm Sunday and 11am-4pm Monday.

Food vendors will be on site.

Proudly sponsored by The GREAT Association.

We know you enjoy our markets so we know you will love our inaugural autumn Festival. Enquiries to 0401 810 581. We hope this will become a regular autumn event.

Australian honey varieties and honeybased products for the people of Central Victoria for over 20 years. *Please note dogs not permitted in They have been attending the Gisborne market precinct* Olde Time Market for many years and have educated their loyal customers about the many different types of honey, Pop into the GREAT Centre, Shop their 4, 23flavours Hamilton take health a bookbenefits. but we would appreciate it if you could and their take no more than two books at a time.

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There is by local artists for you to view and we also have a Hamilton Street-Aitken Street

GREAT starts up book exchange

no limit to the number of times you can

new range of Gisborne postcards.

So... come on in and look around and make yourself at home!

Graeme Millar browses the bookshelf in the GREAT office, the latest place in town to set up a free book exchange.Others we know of are the Gisborne Medical Centre and the Three Little Pigs cafe.

POSTCARDS AVAILABLE: John Chambers displays the new set of postcards of Gisborne which are now for sale at the GREAT office in Hamilton Street and sometimes at the Market.

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Visitors browse among the stalls on Aitken Street.

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Who runs the Olde advertisement Time Market For details, see p35

Market Manager 0431 563 566 www.gisborneoldetimemarket.org.au

An enthusiastic team of volunteers from the GREAT Association manages the Olde Time Market held on the first Sunday of each month, from 9am to 2pm.

Funds raised from the collection of stall fees are returned to the community in many and varied ways, such as grants to community groups or sponsoring of community events.

The GREAT Association and other volunteers also produce the monthly Gisborne Gazette and distribute it throughout the south ward of the Macedon Ranges Shire.

If you would like to become involved in any facet of this community service, please contact one of the following people: GREAT president Phyllis Boyd, 0431 063 119, secretary Ian Boyd, 0417 059 525, or treasurer Graeme Millar, 5428 2522.

View of the market from the Hamilton Street office.

Gazette award to Singers choir member The inaugural presentation of the Gisborne Gazette Award was made last month to Gisborne Singers member Margaret Brockman.

Margaret was awarded the prize as the choir member who had sold the most tickets to one of the choir’s major concerts. The award was made

by Richard Whiteley on behalf of the Gazette and was one of a number of recent Gazette awards initiated as a way of returning funds earned by the Gazette to the community.

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Marion Alexopoulos enjoys a book in the garden with grandson Thomas and Colleen Weste.

Celebrating children's books Do you have a favourite book you loved to read as a child? Or perhaps one you read to your children and grandchildren.

This month The Gallery members are illustrating children’s books in their medium.

You are invited to see if your favourites are among them and how each artist interprets

the story. The exhibition runs from March 6 to April 3. The official opening is on Saturday March 11 at 2pm.

The Gallery is at 684 Mt Macedon Road, Mount Macedon. Opening hours are Friday to Tuesday 10am to 4pm. Website: www. thegallerymtmacedon.com.au Society members (seated) Joan, Sandra and Phyllis, and standing, from left: Lois, Graeme, Bank director Gary McSwain, Frank, Robin and Ian.

Singers rehearsing for May shows After a Christmas break with a number of our choir members venturing to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York, we have hit the ground running and are busy rehearsing for our next concerts in May in Gisborne and Kyneton.

Our musical director is Stephen Brockman.

The major work we will be singing is Brahms' Requiem: a German requiem. We will be singing the English version.

We are looking for tenors and basses who would like to join us every Tuesday night at 7.30pm at Holy Cross Primary School in New Gisborne. We are a very social group. Apart from our major concerts twice a year, we also have a fun cabaret in August and perform at public events such as Anzac Day and Relay for Life and at nursing homes.

Marj Tangey

Vocal Ranges Festival launch This year’s Vocal Ranges Festival will be launched on March 3 at the Bluestone Theatre in Kyneton at 6pm.

The Pollyphonics Choir will perform a vibrant selection of songs and there will be two guest speakers. Free entry. Lucky door prize of a weekend pass to the festival.

Attendees at the launch receive 15% discount on a full weekend ticket. The festival will take place from May 5 to 7.

For information visit www.vocalrangesfestival.com

Bank helps out Historical Society with grant Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society volunteers proudly display how funding provided by Bendigo Bank has allowed the society's computer workstations to be reprogrammed and cable-linked for the use of researchers.

History News Several Historical Society members are working closely with Macedon Ranges Shire's Heritage Adviser to provide details relating to 30 properties in Gisborne and New Gisborne, with a view to having them considered for inclusion on the Macedon Ranges Heritage Overlay.

The "School Days" exhibit in the stable at the rear of the Court House in the heritage precinct is well worth a visit, open daily from 10am-2pm, free of charge. This exhibit will again change in April.

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Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Gisborne Court House, 4 Hamilton Street Open Wednesdays 10am to 4 pm.

Letter from John Kaye "26 August 1852 On the voyage we had very fair weather in the Channel but rather rough in the Bay of Biscay.

It was a beautiful sight passing the Canary Islands , the Peak of Teneriffe with its top above the clouds. On the 28th November we lost all our masts, stunsails, and bowsprit, which were carried away, and it was well that there were spare sails and spars on board to make temporary masts for the remainder of the voyage.

We got to the end of our journey in four months and a half, and we all landed pretty much in health.

Melbourne is a much finer town than we expected to have found it. I got work the following week that we arrived. As soon as we got settled my wife and daughter opened a school, they got from 6d to 1s 6d per week for scholars, and they have at present 35.

Provisions were very cheap till the gold was found. You have no doubt by this time heard of our extensive gold fields...

I went to Mount Alexander diggings merely out of curiosity, for I was offered £4 a week to stay in Melbourne, but I had bought an acre and a half of very fine ground at Gisborne, Mount Macedon, 35 miles out of town and on the road to the diggings.

Gisborne is a new township and the ground went very high; it cost me just upon a hundred pounds and I hope soon to add to it.

I can assure you I have made upwards of two hundred pounds since we have been here [Australia]. My wages are now £5 10s per week, and soon I hope will be more. I have sent gold home by the [ship] 'Eagle' for saddlery goods, which cost me one hundred pounds.

When you receive this I hope you will write to us and tell us all about the Gravesend folks, for I long to hear how they all get on.

The climate is very pleasant, producing all kinds of fruit and vegetables. The winter is just cold enough to make it healthy; the summer is not so very hot, only when there are hot winds, and then it is like going into an oven to go out into the air, but this is not very often.

Though everything is so dear, yet there is plenty of money to buy them with, and Mrs Kay and my daughter keep the house entirely, and so my wages can be put by.”

- published in The Kentish Mercury, 4 December 1852  John Kaye died of heart disease in 1865; Rebecca predeceased him. Their daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Denholm, a Gisborne saddler, and they remained on the farm.

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Local History

Phone (03) 5428 1450 email: history@gisbornemountmacedon.org.au web: www.gisbornemountmacedon.org.au

 In 1852, saddler John Kaye wrote home from the Victorian goldfields. Kaye, born in the Scottish village of Glenluce, lived in Gravesend, Kent, prior to emigrating to Melbourne with his wife Rebecca and daughter Elizabeth. Kaye settled in Brooking Road, Gisborne, about 1855.

Abel Greenwood was a former weaver who established hay and corn stores in Melbourne. He bought a farm at Couangalt in 1886 where his sons settled. He returned to Coburg where he was prominent in council affairs. Greenwood wrote a journal of his 1852 voyage to Australia, Liverpool to Melbourne.

WRITING HOM e Voices of early landowners Excerpts from Journal of Abel Greenwood On board the Delta, July 1852

"On Friday July 23rd we sailed out of the river at 4 o'clock in the morning.

It is a hot day and the passengers are all on the deck and all kinds of music is going on. The ladies are sewing articles to wear on the voyage. About 11 o'clock a boy that had stowed away made his appearance and he was not above 14 years of age.

Now they are making him work his passage.

Saturday 24th July. Several porpoises have made their appearance and many thousand gannets which was the most beautiful sight I ever saw.

I have been quite unwell.

Monday 26th July. It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon before I was able to get out of bed for sickness, and if you had seen the vessel, you would have thought she would have gone below the water.

Tuesday 27th. Oh dear Mother, Sisters and Brother, while you sit at home at ease, little do you think of the dangers of the seas. I am quite sickly.

Friday 30th. The night is once more arrived and the moon reflects beautifully on the waters. The passengers are singing and dancing... There are many accordians on board, cornopians, bugles and several other instruments, but when 10 o'clock arrives we have all to retire to our berths and the lamps are all extinguished. In the morning we have all to rise at 7 and be washed and dressed by 8 o'clock when the doctor takes his rounds.

Monday August 2nd. We have no wind. The sun is extremely hot and the lightest clothing is hardly bearable. About 3 o'clock we came in sight of the island of Madeira distant from us about 30 miles.

Thursday 5th August. I have been busy baking cakes all afternoon and to make them rise I put in carbonate of soda and tartaric acid. They were far superior to the hard biscuits which almost break one's teeth.

Abel Greenwood

Sunday 26th September. We had several hail storms today and three or four heavy gales which made the vessel reel about shockingly.

Monday 27th September. We have had an awful night. The sea beat against our bark and I thought every moment would be her last.

There has been an angry feeling among some of the passengers against a gentleman named Mr Lay [Linington Lay] and they informed the Captain that he had attempted to cause mutiny on board.

So the remainder of the passengers drew up a memorial and presented it to the Captain: 'We the subscribers, having heard that Mr Lay has been accused of endeavouring to incite insubordination amongst the passengers, hereby declare such accusation to be false, and have much pleasure in expressing our opinion that Mr Lay has conducted himself in every way becoming a passenger and a gentleman.'

This memorial was signed by about 93 passengers, myself included.

Tuesday 28th September. About dinner time we were called before the Captain to state the reason for signing the memorial (but) he would hear none of us speak, but he stamped and roared like a lion and said that Mr Lay was charged with attempting to raise mutiny on board and he would prove it.

However Mr Lay denied it before his face and said he had the majority on his side that would deny it also. So after he had given vent to his passion, he ordered us away.

Wednesday 13th October. A most beautiful morning. We are along the coast of our adopted land. We cast anchor at half past 8. The country presents a wild and romantic appearance. We can see a few huts here and there and large tracts of bushland.

Friday 15th October. We have terminated our voyage.

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‘Betty’s Boop’ with Betty Doolan Residents of Gisborne Oaks had a big Australia Day. There were lots of Australian flags, and residents wearing hats of green and gold.

We have a lovely courtyard and the weather was perfect for a barbecue; the Men's Shed cooked and served the lovely lunch, and there were activities. The one that got me was 'toss the thong'.

The Shed Men – this wonderful group of men who give their time to play music in Grevillia – performed on Australia Day with great gusto.

When they started singing everyone joined in and we sang all the Australian songs, with Waltzing Matilda by far the most popular.

Many thanks to the Shed Men, Life Enhancement Program staff and all the volunteers who helped to make a wonderful Australia Day for all residents. Special awards for 'Aussie Spirit' were handed out for sporting, helping, gardening, fundraising, singing, and generally being great Aussies. The day finished with the beautiful Australian movie Oddball.

As the new year has started, so have the new groups. The ladies have a cafe program on Mondays and the men's coffee group is on Thursdays. Residents can now go to the Art group, on short bus trips and on all-day bus trips – one recent one was to Trentham. The old favourite groups continue too – Bingo, Mixed Bag, Choir and Cooking are all in full swing.

This year I hope to do more family history, lose weight (I'm not sure about that!), learn the computer and do my garden.

Stay safe, Betty.

A reminder that the Macedon Ranges Cancer Support Group continue this year and runs meetings on the last Wednesday of the month, from 1pm to 3pm at the Macedon Ranges Health Centre. This month's meeting is on Wednesday March 29.

The group welcomes anyone with a diagnosis of cancer and their carers. On Wednesday March 29, the group will be hosting a screening of the movie That Sugar Film at Baringo Food & Wine Co in New Gisborne.

Everyone is welcome to come along. For more information about the group or to RSVP for the film, please call 5427 3112 and ask for Jane or Kathy, or email csg.itav@gmail.com

MRH welcomes new board member Macedon Ranges Health welcomed the appointment of Tanya Farrell to the Macedon Ranges Health board in January. Tanya is Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery, at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Adjunct Professor, Nursing and Midwifery, at La Tanya Farrell Trobe University.

Tanya is proud of her track record in promoting multidisciplinary teamwork, the professions of nursing and midwifery, in community development, working with people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and in promoting the health and wellbeing of women and their families at local, state, national and international platforms. Tanya is also a board director of the Australian College of Midwives.

Macedon Ranges Health is delighted to have her expertise and experience on its board.

Youth Services At the heart of a healthy community Residential Care at Gisborne Oaks At Gisborne Oaks we provide high quality specialised care, support and personal attention for residents and their families.

• Warm and friendly environment • 24/7 registered nursing care • Public and private respite including overnight • Dementia care • Single and shared rooms, all with ensuites • Delicious and nutritious meals • Enjoyable lifestyle programs

Some tips if bullying is taking place New figures reveal that nearly one in four young people have experienced bullying in the past 12 months, and were most likely to turn to their parents for support.

The highest incidence of bullying occurred at school (52%), followed by the online space (25%) and the workplace (25%).

ReachOut, a national organisation dedicated to the wellbeing of young people, has these tips for parents:  Get informed about the avenues for stopping bullying  Get to know the school principal and year adviser and ask them about their anti-bullying policy  Read up on how to contact social media providers to address cyberbullying  Make an action plan with your teen if they are experiencing bullying  Think about contacting the other child’s parents and address the issue between families.

ReachOut’s tips for young people who are experiencing bullying:  Know that you don’t have to put up with bullying  Talk to someone who can do something about it – like your parents, a teacher or principal  Get allies from outside where the bullying is happening  Consider removing yourself from the environment – this may mean changing schools, spending time with a different group or leaving a job  When you see someone else being bullied, you can let them know they’re not alone.

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Did someone mention 'barbecue'...?

It’s been a culinary few weeks at The Shed.

First up we ran the barbecue for an Australia Day celebration at the Oaks (thanks Doug, Terry and Tony), then our monthly barbecue the following Monday and finally a fundraising barbecue at Bunnings the first Sunday in February.

Thanks to Michael, John B, John G and Terry R, Doug, Terry M, Gunther, Robert and Ken. This resulted in Shed chairman Doug presenting Macedon Ranges Health CEO Don Tidbury with a cheque for $1,100 as a donation towards the cost of providing our Shed building. Thanks to Bakers Delight, IGA and Gisborne Fresh for their generous support.

And we have yet another public barbecue coming up. On the

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Michael, John B, John G and Terry R at Bunnings last month. morning of Friday March 17 we are hosting a World’s Greatest Shave event at The Shed for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Our local MLA Mary-Anne Thomas has volunteered to be our celebrity shaver.

Come along and see a few Shedmen shorn, make a donation

Pop Up Op Shop – nothing over $1 Given the success of the last Pop Up Shop, we are hoping to continue down this path and regularly hold these sales. This time around we will be in the building next door to St Mary's Medical Centre.

Come and enjoy our great customer service, have a bit of fun and grab a bargain – what can you get for under $1 these days?

Our range of items include clothing (adults and

and buy a raffle ticket or two. All funds raised on the day will go towards leukaemia research.

Although we get into other things as well, we can always use another barbecue chef.

Come along any Monday, Wednesday or Thursday morning and we’ll fit you up with an apron.

News from Probus We began the new year at our February meeting with an interesting talk

by Stephen Ryan from the Mt Macedon Horticultural Society. We now have a capacity number of members of 120 and a waiting list of prospective members.

Our previous Pop Up Shop – outside in the carport and container. kids), bric-a-brac, books and more.

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Proposed outings include a theatre day to Kinky Boots.

Our trip adviser has many interesting events planned with a mystery tour and a visit to the tapestry workshop with a tour and lunch at South Melbourne Market.

Planning for the trip to New Zealand is well under way and Keith Hallett is now seeking members’ information as to proposed ventures to either Kangaroo Island or King Island later in the year.

Our meetings are held in the Masonic Hall on the first Thursday of the month. We also have a craft group, music group and a book exchange.

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Thrillers such as Gone Girl and Girl on a Train, made even more popular with their film releases, have opened the floodgates for a raft of debut crime and thriller writers this year that don’t follow the traditional cop formula. In a similar vein, The Girl Before by JP Delaney is a spellbinding Hitchcockian thriller.

Two-time Ned Kelly award winner Candice Fox focuses on two unlikely down and out accused people opening a PI agency in North Queensland to find missing people in her new novel Crimson Lake. Another Aussie writer, Fiona Capp, has written a brilliant tale of blackmail, risk, corruption and consequences in To Know My Crime. Think Ian McEwan meets Peter Temple, set in the millionaires' playground of Portsea.

Resurrection Bay by award-winning Emma Viskic has profoundly deaf Caleb Zelic as its protagonist. When a childhood friend is murdered, a sense of guilt and a determination to prove his own innocence sends Caleb on a hunt for the killer.

Fear by German author Dirk Kurbjuweit ultimately asks two questions; to what length will you go to protect your family and how far will you go to keep your family together? To be featured at the Sydney Film Festival in June, Shepherds and Butchers by Chris Marnewick explores life of 19-year-old white prison guard Leon working on death row who commits an inexplicable act of violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets.

Another translation perfect for Stieg Larsson fans is Stefan Ahnhem’s The Ninth Grave which traces two crimes and a dark seedy underworld in both Denmark and Sweden.

He Said She Said by Erin Kelly looks at the consequences of Laura’s little white lie which changes four lives irreparably, while The Doll Funeral by Kate Hamer is a dark tale about 13yo Ruby (who can see death) searching for her real parents in 1983. Ragdoll

by Daniel Cole opens with a body with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together like a puppet and a list of names who the killer intends to murder.

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Bushwalkers celebrate lots of birthdays It is generally accepted that walking helps to keep you healthy. The Gisborne Bushwalking Club has good evidence of this through the continual celebration of member birthdays in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Sometimes a low-key celebration is held while on the walking trail. On these occasions, someone carries special food and drinks in their pack. On other occasions, a bigger function is arranged with friends from the walking club as well as family members and others.

We recently enjoyed a lavish celebration for member Heather at the Kilmore Racing Club restaurant.

Last year we had three 80th birthdays. This year we have

Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival 4th March 2017

Great ideas for sustainable living Bushwalker Heather’s birthday celebration. already had one celebration for a 70th and we have two 80th celebrations coming up shortly for members Renate and Sheila.

Our walks are arranged to suit younger and older members. In March we offer these options: a walk around the lakes at Daylesford, a canoeing weekend on the Goulburn River, a cliff-top walk at Aireys Inlet

Cultural Diversity Week Cultural Diversity Week is a statewide celebration of community harmony and cultural inclusion held from March 18 to 26. Macedon Ranges Shire Council present an exciting selection of events to coincide with this week.

Beyond Borders – a collection of documentary photographs and multimedia by the Many Australian Photographers Group share the stories of refugees from Burma, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Jordan, Colombia, Iran and Somalia. From Friday March 3, open Friday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm at the Kyneton Museum.

A Candle in the Dark – free photographic exhibition that chronicles Save the Children’s Children of Uruzgan program. Open weekdays from 10am to 3pm from March 14 to 31 at Kyneton Town Hall.

Colourfest’s Multicultural Film Festival – Showcasing the best of migrant and diaspora short films from Australian filmmakers. Thursdays March 16, 23 and 30 at 11am and 1pm at the Kyneton Town Hall. Free, but bookings are essential.

South Sudan songwoman Ajak Kwai – Ajak performs funky afro-beats and vibrant grooves with friends. Friday March 17 at 7:30pm at the Kyneton Town Hall. For more information bookings, call 1300 888 802 or visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/buytickets

and a riverside walk at Warrandyte.

If you would like to walk and increase your chances of celebrating lots of birthdays, you can find out more about the club by contacting our President, Pierre Muehlheim, on 5428 3490, Vice-President Peter Bishop, on 5427 0888 or by viewing our website, www.gisbornebwc.au Peter Bishop

New coordinator for mental health group With the imminent arrival of the NDIS into the Macedon Ranges in May this year, PS My Family Matters has appointed a new volunteer coordinator, Joanne Szkilnyk.

“We see 2017 as a key year for mental health and carers in our region,” said PSMFM president Tamara Wilson. “Joanne brings a wealth of experience through her volunteering with us. We are very aware that this year may bring new challenges for carers of those with psychosocial illness, and we want to be there to help in whatever way we can.”

Joanne can be contacted on 0475 269 965.

Tamara says PSMFM is talking to local agencies about the impending changes to ensure that no local family who needs support slips through the net.

PS My Family Matters will also be running its regular Coffee for Carers get-together at the Kozy Café, MRH, Neal Street, Gisborne, at 10am on March 15. All are welcome.

If you need immediate support or assistance contact Lifeline on 13 1114.

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The annual Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival will be held on Saturday March 4 in Woodend.

The festival is presented by the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group and will be run in conjunction with the Woodend Community Farmers’ Market.

With 60 exhibitors, speakers and demonstrators, the festival will showcase ideas, products and practical solutions to inspire and inform visitors to enjoy a sustainable lifestyle. Exhibitors in green technology, sustainable housing design, not-for-profit organisations and local community groups will be represented, and there will be hands-on demonstrations, workshops, film screenings and speaking forums.

Live music, free kids activities, old-fashioned games, hot food and fresh local produce will provide a great day out.

At 10am, the State Government’s Renewable Energy Advocate, Simon Corbell, will speak on the Victorian Renewable Energy Targets and their potential impacts on the renewable energy sector in our region.

The festival will run from 9am to 3pm at the corner of High and Forest Streets in Woodend. Entry is free.

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Gisborne Neighbourhood Character Study

A chance to say what you value about your part of town What makes your part of Gisborne special? What gives your local area its identity?

Residents are being asked to provide feedback on their neighbourhoods as Council prepares the Gisborne Neighbourhood Character Study of residential-zoned land within Gisborne.

The study will provide a framework to guide future development, ensuring further growth is balanced by the community’s desire to maintain the

town’s look and feel.

The Mayor, Cr Jennifer Anderson, said Gisborne had experienced increasing development, and preserving the unique character of the town was essential.

“Neighbourhood planning is one way to help protect the things we love about the area, and work to improve it for

everyone," she said.

From building heights and landscaping to front fences and street design, we’re asking residents about what they most value about the character of their street, neighbourhood and town.

“The purpose of the study is to identify valued character elements which define Gisborne’s residential areas,” Cr Anderson said.

“From there we can determine the future look and feel of the areas, through

Health workers get taste of careers outside city Twenty young students visited Gisborne on February 4 for a leadership workshop as part of a national program promoting the benefits of rural health careers.

The federal program, called Go Rural, included the leadership workshop at Gisborne Medical Centre and a visit to a travelling bus equipped with relevant digital technology. Participants lunched at La Cibo café.

The day focused on promoting the benefits of rural health careers and incentives that are available

making recommendations on the most appropriate planning controls ... via the planning scheme.”

A doorknock survey was scheduled to be undertaken in late February and a community workshop on March 2. But residents can also provide their views via an online survey. The closing date for feedback is March 16. To find out more or to have your say, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/ yoursay, call 5421 9502, or visit one of Council’s customer service centres.

Watch the munchies through March

Stephanie Brown takes a presentation to the group. to rural health professionals. The participants were drawn from the fields of medicine, nursing and allied health.

February 4 was the day the temperature soared to the high 30s in Gisborne, but despite the heat the

students had a great day.

Go Rural is funded by the Department of Health. In Victoria the program was organised by the Rural Workforce Agency Victoria. For more information about Go Rural, contact RWAV on 9349 7800.

Something else to have your say on: health plans Local health organisations are seeking information on residents' health priorities. Macedon Ranges Health, Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Windarring, Cobaw Community Health and Kyneton District Health invite community members to identify health priorities via a short online survey.

The online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/ MRsurvey2017 will close on March 10. Paper copies of the survey are available from each organisation.

People who complete the survey can also go into the

draw for a chance to win one of five family swim passes and a family ticket to a Kyneton Town Hall show.

Shelley Lavery, of Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership who are coordinating the survey, said it was great to see collaboration on health planning start with organisations asking community members what was important to them in relation to health and wellbeing.

If you have queries about the survey, please contact Emma Shannon, Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership, on 5472 5333.

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TOWN CLUB: It’s autumn and we need to stop all the excuses about snacking less, moving more and watching what we are eating and drinking. Sometimes it seems that there is something blocking us from achieving our healthier lifestyle.

To help fight those munchies, think about being a mindful eater. Instead of consuming a whole packet of chips or block of chocolate, take some and put them on a plate and return the packet to the pantry. Set yourself small steps by cutting down on one snack per day, keep a record or diary of what you are eating and when, so that you can spot what triggers your eating/munching. By knowing your emotional, social triggers you can plan to achieve success.

Looking for help? At the Gisborne TOWN (Take Off Weight Naturally) Club we can help you with your weight loss and provide a friendly, motivating and supportive environment through our group therapy sessions so that you can achieve a new healthier weight.

Come and join us. We meet each Monday at Gisborne Bowling Club from 6pm for about an hour. For further information contact Dianne on 5428 3088, or Kathy on 5428 1334.

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News from If it wriggles, hops or has wings, we’re talking about it From workshops on worms, rabbits and wildlife, to volunteer opportunities that support conservation, there is a diverse program of free environment events in March.

Do you have a rabbit problem?

On Saturday March 4, the spotlight is on rabbits – see accompanying story for details.

RABBIT CONTROL WORKSHOP

If you’ve ever wondered what to do when you are swooped by a magpie or when a blue-tongue lizard appears in your backyard, join our free evening conversation on living with wildlife. Presented

by Wildlife Victoria, 'Wildlife Bytes – Stories from your backyard' is on Wednesday March 8 from 6.30pm to 8pm at the Norma Richardson Hall in Woodend.

Do you have a rabbit problem?

Expert Tim Bloomfield will provide tips for successful rabbit control on Saturday March 4 from 10am to 12 noon at the Romsey Community Hub, 99 Main Street, Romsey. Free.

Bookings on the MRSC website (via Events tab) or call 5421 9606.

On Saturday March 11, the basics of

Good and bad at our special local wetlands Gisborne Racecourse Marshland Reserve is one of the only permanent wetlands remaining in the Macedon Ranges Shire. It supports a range of species including the threatened Latham's Snipe and Swamp Everlasting Daisy.

However, several introduced Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs, a tropical Queensland species, were recently recorded during a frog survey of the reserve. The Council is preparing The threatened an environmental Lathams Snipe. management plan for the site in conjunction with Melbourne Water, which will be released for public feedback later this year.

worm farming are exposed in a free workshop, as we shed light on what you need to build a successful worm

farm. The course, held at Woodend Neighbourhood House from 10am to 11.30pm, will equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to get a worm farm up and running.

Landcare: If you’re looking for a volunteer opportunity that supports our natural environment, come along to an information session and hear from Landcare members about what’s involved in starting a new group, the benefits of Landcare and what support is available – 6.30pm to 8pm at the Gisborne Administration Centre on Thursday March 9. For further details call 5782 0184.

For further details on events or to book, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/ environment-events or call 5421 9660.

LED streetlights bring savings 155 LED street lights installed last year resulted in savings of $355 and the reduction of CO2 by 8.5 tonnes for the month of October, the first month for which we have figures.

Council will soon be replacing more than 2,000 more streetlights with LEDs. In total, the changeover program will reduce Council’s carbon emissions by approximately 810 tonnes and save ratepayers just over $100,000 each year.

Solar system goes in at shire office The council has installed a 30kW solar system at the shire's Gisborne office and replaced its office lights with energy-efficient LEDs. Already, Council is seeing the environmental and financial benefits of its investment with significant reductions in energy consumption and emissions.

MRSC has a target of reducing emissions by 25% by 2021.

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Looking to expand your client base?

Council’s 2017 business seminars, networking and training program begins this month with a range of events and workshops on offer; from social media tips through to handy information on reducing energy bills.

First up, on Tuesday March 21, is a presentation on Google AdWords, to be held at Dromkeen, 1012 Kilmore Road, Riddells Creek, from 7pm-9pm. Understand how Google’s online marketing program, AdWords, works.

On April 20 there will be a Social Media Workshop for business at the Gisborne Administration Centre in Robertson Street, from 9:30am-3:30pm. Then on May 24 the popular two-day Macedon Ranges Business Conference returns to Kyneton Town Hall.

This conference features workshops facilitated by Small Business Victoria and hosted by Macedon Ranges Business Connect that are designed to enhance and improve business practices.

For more information or to book your place, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/business-events or call 5421 9616.

Hanging Rock Night Walk Join the guided night walk at Hanging Rock on Friday March 17. The walk is suitable for all ages and is a rare opportunity to visit this area at a time when a range of native wildlife are naturally more active.

The cost is $55 per family, $22 per adult and $11 per child. Numbers are limited and bookings are essential.

For more information or to book your space, contact 5421 1468.

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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Isla McCabe in Prep A at Gisborne Primary with her proud mum and dad.

Preps and parents start the great adventure

January 31 was a big day for the 283 Prep and Foundation students who started their school journey this year, and equally so for their proud parents and carers. Here is a collection of magic moments from Day 1 at our local schools.

At Mt Macedon, it was the first day both for Caitlyn in Prep and for her mum Geni Krajewski, starting as a teacher.

Indiana Cochrane in Prep A says goodbye to her mum at Gisborne Primary School.

One last cuddle for Lucas Neumann and his mum.

Lucas is in Prep C at Gisborne Primary School.

Lilian Parslow made new friends on her first day at St Brigid’s. Catherine Taylor stands tall on her first day at St Brigid’s.

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What a surprise we got when we read on our daily planner that the Essendon footballers were visiting! See the Bombers fly up, up... Up to NGPS! Mason Redman, Josh Green and Anthony McDonald Tipungwuti came to speak to the Year Sixes on February 7.

They explained to us what life was like as an AFL footballer. The players spoke about their training (30 hours a week), their diet (no junk food) and the fact that they are not allowed to play another physical team sport.

We had lots of questions for them about where they grew up, what their inspirations were and which teams they would like to play for if they were not with Essendon (Carlton and Adelaide!)

Thanks to the Essendon Football Club for encouraging their players to come and speak to their fans and to Mr Goodyear for organising this.

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Prep Cara Courtney and her buddy Jenah Stevenson have fun at Holy Cross Primary.

Older sister Liv Jacobsen looks out for her brother Will on his first day at Mt Macedon Primary School.

Mt Macedon recorded its largest new prep class this year with 23 enrolments.

Cameron Kimmins looks out for his prep buddy Xavier Vecchio at Holy Cross.

Above: Mason Redman, Josh GreenBlake and Anthony McDonaldTipungwuti give some tips to Lulu, Scott, Fletcher, Mitchell, Tess and Lily.

Right: Anthony chats with Ruby (left) and Lilly. Anthony is now a local resident, having moved to Gisborne at the end of last year.

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A novel way to start day Gisborne Primary School Staff and students alike were keen to share the details of their summer holiday adventures with the many familiar and friendly faces at our school.

Those long and carefree days are now a memory, but the Term One focus on health will help to maintain the positive

Grade 3/4s dive into the pool at Mt Macedon Primary School's Swimming Sports.

Scenes from the mindfulness incursion at Gisborne Primary. vibe throughout the year. Student first aid sessions involved learning CPR and the DRSABCD emergency procedure.

The ‘Happy, Healthy Minds’ mindfulness workshop stations explored laughter, focus, meditation, creativity, exercise and music. Students also learned about the ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ concept.

There was some noteworthy action on campus during January. The new fairy garden, brightly painted seats and concreting works have spruced up the yard. On the staffing front,

Lisa Maxwell was appointed as Acting Assistant Principal for Term One, while Rebecca Underwood takes on Lisa’s Grade Prep teaching role.

Our school oval continues to grow greener by the day, but it will require a little more treatment before it is ready for the inevitable stampede of sports stars. In the meantime, middle and senior students are eagerly preparing for the first events on the competitive calendar – house swimming and cross country.

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Focus on leadership At the start of each year the Grade 6s write a speech to go for a leadership role. Mt Macedon Primary is special because every grade 6 gets a role of some sort. The roles on offer this year help to make the school a better place by using our skills to help others.

Our School Captains are Henry and Kyla. Our Green Leader is Ben, our House Captains are Kyal and Elek, our ICT Leader is William, our Buddy Leaders are Spencer and Eliza, and our Junior School Council President is Charlie. We are all happy with our roles and are very excited to get to work.

We had our Swimming Sports on February 14. We had to move our swimming date due to the unexpected cold weather. The day was still a little cold but we all did our best and the pool water was a warmer place to be than the air outside. Foundation and grades 1 and 2 did fun activities in the smaller pool while grades 3 to 6 tried out for spots in the district swimming sports. All kids did their best and enjoyed the cool, exciting day.

By William Shaddock and the 5/6 class.

Lots new at Holy Cross Primary A new school year, new faces, Preps, older students, parents, siblings, teachers and a new Principal! We have been lucky enough to welcome all of the above to Holy Cross this year.

Our annual Welcome Barbecue was a wonderful opportunity for our school community to relax and get to know the new faces around our school this year. The weather was perfect and our Grade 6 chilNew principal Tony Falls with the Prep T Class.

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dren proudly showed their Prep buddies around and met their families.

Our new Principal, Tony Falls, has quickly settled in with the help of his guitar and personalised stickers! Our Preps are very excited when they see Mr Falls walk into class with his guitar.

We hope the excitement continues as they face their first very busy year at school.

Bullengarook Leadership Team CAPTAINS

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VICE-CAPTAINS The community of Bullengarook Secondary Campus are proud to announce our student leadership team for 2017.

The new student leaders have a great responsibility at the school for modelling behaviour in the yard, welcoming guests to the school and representing the student group at meetings and events such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. We wish them all the best for their final year at school and trust they will enjoy and respect the important role they have been granted.

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St Brigid's new year starts with a splash The school year has had a great start for everyone but especially our new Preps. The Preps came to school a little nervous, but they soon warmed up to the community of St Brigid’s. They came into the classroom ready to learn and had so much fun on their first day.

They made new friends on the playground and did so much in class. The Preps held the lizards, made new friends, discovered wheelie cars and learned so much.

The Preps also got a Year 5 buddy and they are eager to come to school

and do, learn and play more. Hurray for the new Preps and welcome to the community of St Brigid’s!

Another exciting event that happened at St Brigid’s was the swimming carnival. Students walked down to the Gisborne swimming pool for a house colours event. The houses were Mackillop (blue), Brigid (red), Patrick (green), and lastly Ambrose (yellow).

The Seniors and Middles started by participating in swimming trials for interschool swimming. The styles of swimming you could do were freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke. While the Seniors and Middles were racing, the Juniors did some novelty activities.

They raced for coloured foam and put it in the box for their house teams. It was a lovely day and everyone had heaps and heaps of fun.

In the end team Brigid (red) won the swimming carnival. Thank you to everyone who was in the swimming carnival and helped to make Juniors enjoyed novelty activities while older it possible. students raced.

Neivh Almond, Media Leader

The School Leaders are looking forward to their new roles.

Meet New Gisborne's new leaders New Gisborne Primary School’s 2017 School Leaders have embraced their new roles with enthusiasm and motivation.

The school leaders will soon represent New Gisborne Primary at the GRIP Leadership Conference in Melbourne, learning about how they can make a difference and engage with students across the whole school.

Our leaders are looking forward to a busy and productive year.

Zac: I’m looking forward to helping the school grow and develop.

Taya: I’m looking forward to the opportunity to represent our great school at community events.

Millie: I’m excited about introducing our Foundation buddies to our school and doing activities with them.

Amelia: I can’t wait to attend the Leadership Conference. It will be exciting to jump on to the train and head into the city to share our leadership ideas.

Ella: I’m looking forward to giving teachers, parents and students tours around our school.

Chelsea: I am really looking forward to supporting and helping the younger students. I think I will really love being a school leader.

Sophie: I am looking forward to running assemblies and hope it will be fun and exciting.

Scott: I’m looking forward to making announcements on the PA system and choosing the music that will be played for the school bell.

Are you aware of your Fringe Benefits Tax obligations?

Consider Joseph’s case Joseph runs a retail company and five of his sales staff receive motor vehicles as part of their employment agreement, which are accounted for using the operating cost method.

Outside of work Joseph’s passion is the Western Bulldogs and he loves to give his employees football tickets. Joseph would like to understand his Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) obligations.

Recreation Recreation fringe benefits can be a complex area of FBT. Some key points to be aware of are:  If the gift is of a minor and infrequent nature, such as theatre or football tickets that cost less than $300 per employee, then the entertainment is exempt from FBT  If the minor benefit exemption is applied then no Income Tax Deduction or GST credits can be claimed  If the minor benefit exemption is not applied then FBT would apply to the value of the ticket Motor Vehicles FBT obligations associated with this commonly provided benefit depend on:  Availability to the employees for private use. If the employees only use the car during work hours generally no FBT applies, however if they garage the car at their house FBT may apply. Where private use is minor or infrequent FBT may be minimised.  Whether or not employees make contributions to the running costs of the vehicle. Personal contributions may reduce any FBT obligations.

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GISBORNE SECONDARY COLLEGE

What’s on @ GSC

with Candice Crane and Dean Karopoulos

Welcome to the first Gisborne Secondary College School Captains’ column of 2017.

Our names are Candice Crane and Dean Karopoulos, and we’re both honoured to have this opportunity to contribute to the Gisborne Gazette and represent our college.

We’ve had a great start to the school this year, with over 200 new Year Sevens stepping up and starting their high school experience, along with many new teachers and students throughout other year levels.

It’s great to see new faces around the school, and all of us here have the opportunity to learn and improve together.

To kick off the year’s activities, a large group of students from all age groups walked to the Gisborne Aquatic Centre on February 8 to participate in the yearly swimming carnival.

We give tremendous thanks to the aquatic centre staff along with the teachers and students who helped the day run smoothly and enjoyably for us all.

In the coming months, many of us will be deciding what we want to do after this year and what we want to make of ourselves.

These are decisions that aren’t limited to those leaving high school; we all keep making them throughout our lives.

It’s important to remember that we’re lucky to be receiving a high level of education and support from the community, and with that support and hard work, we can do anything – you can do anything. Whatever it is, make the most of this year, be the best you can be, and don’t be afraid to try something new, even if it’s scary. Every path forward is the right one.

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The new leadership group for 2017 at the Investiture Evening held on February 15.

New school leaders ready for responsibility Gisborne Secondary College held its annual Captains' Investiture Evening on February 15.

The significance of this ceremony is to invest our student captains with authority, power, right, office and dignity. Within our school context, it implies the captains are trusted to hold aloft knowledge, courage and confidence.

Keynote speakers Andrew Rob-

It has been a pleasure to welcome so many families and community members to our recent information sessions. These sessions allows you to speak directly with staff, to learn about specialist programs and important upcoming events.

Establishing these relationships early in your child’s education strengthens learning partnerships between the schools and families and the relationships we build allow us to celebrate positive student outcomes together.

ertson, GSC Principal, and Mary Anne Thomas, State Member for Macedon, spoke of the importance of leadership, contribution, teamwork, and commitment, and encouraged them to do well.

Past student Isaac Trickey spoke about his leadership experiences and how it gave him confidence to continue in leadership roles after secondary college.

Careers Chatter with Kerry Huke For all those students who are starting their university and TAFE studies for 2017, try to stay positive. University and TAFE timetables can be extremely frustrating and it can take time to adjust.

Understanding lectures, tutorials, practicals and placements can take

The Student Leaders were presented with certificates and badges of office to declare publicly that they are role models who are invested with responsibilities we trust them to manage.

We thank the family and friends who attended, congratulate all of our leaders of 2017 and wish them well in their new roles.

Candice Crane and Dean Karopoulos

time. Make appointments with your lecturers, course coordinators and info teams to clarify any questions you may have.

This is an exciting time and don’t forget that these institutions are communities in themselves. There are community groups, pizza clubs, sporting clubs, zombie walk crew and almost every group you could possibly think of. Get involved.

Kerry Huke, Careers Development Coordinator Tel 5428 3691 huke.kerry.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

For the green thumbs . . .

This month in the garden – March

The happy bunch on the Garden Club committee for 2017. From left (standing): Kerry Langmaid, Anne O’Brien, Chris Rhodes, Denise Hall, Susy Holgate and Bev Chandler, and (seated): Coral Lalor and Jock Power.

Garden Club heads to Mornington Peninsula The Gisborne Garden Club began the year with a visit to a member’s home in New Gisborne.

Although the temperature on the day hovered around the mid-30s, 47 members expressed their admiration at the achievements in the garden.

Already an established garden when purchased just four years ago, the whole area has undergone a significant reorganisation and now includes 38 various fruit trees – all heavily laden – and a similar number of varieties of berry fruits and vegetables.

A box hedge, originally against a side fence, has been successfully resettled at the front of the house and now borders an abundant rose and perennial plants garden.

Seeds blown from designated vegie patches have seen the appearance of vegies and herbs among the flower beds all adding to the informality of this most inviting garden which in turn provides seclusion from unwanted sun and privacy to the home.

The March Garden Club meeting will be a bus trip to two venues on the Mornington Peninsula.

The club meets on the second Kerry Langmaid Wednesday of the month at various venues, generally between 1pm and 3pm. For further information please contact Kerry on 0408 115 759.

Kerry

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In the flower and ornamental garden This is the time to take cuttings of any of your geraniums, herbs, fuchsias and succulents before the cooler weather.

They should form roots quickly if you use rooting hormone and a special striking mix.

If you have topiary plants or espaliers, this is the month for a final trimming before winter. It is also a good month to spend time giving some of your shrubs a light reshaping after all this vigorous leafy growth this summer season.

Hopefully, the bare patches in my lawn I top-dressed and sowed in late February are ready for a mowing this weekend. If your lawn needs some attention there is still just a little time for a topdressing and resow. I’ve tried a mix with lawn seed, fertiliser, soil wetter and fine coir mulch all in the one pack, to see how it goes this time.

Prepare a large area for the collection of autumn leaves for composting later.

This year all plants have a very thick covering of leaves so there will be plenty to rake up when they fall.

Lay or fix paving and paths, or crooked garden edges that may need some attention, so they are ready before the wet weather sets in. Thin out ‘over vigorous’ water plants from the garden pond and remove any fallen autumn leaves floating on the top.

For some “R&R” after all this garden activity, remember to visit the Gisborne Arts and Family Fun Fest on March 12 and 13 in and around Howey Reserve. Enjoy viewing art and craft displays, floral decorations, scarecrow competition, children’s apple activities and games and a twilight lantern parade.

At the end of the month, from March 29 to April 2, the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show at the Exhibition Building will offer floral

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artistry, landscaping ideas and plenty of fun activities for children based on garden themes.

In the vegie and fruit garden Crops are still producing well. Pop in a few seedlings of cabbages, kale, onions, carrots and celery for the winter months. Sprinkle the beds with compost and a little fertiliser before you plant and water the seedlings in with seaweed fertiliser.

In the native garden Your pieces trimmed off from tip pruning plants may be suitable to make a pot of cuttings. Seed from any native plants can be sown into a quality seed raising mix.

In the family garden It is autumn lantern making time.

Hollow out pumpkins and large oranges, cut shapes in the sides, and pop in a tea light candle or two or use a fine string of fairy lights running from a tiny battery as the light source.

Encourage the children outdoors to practise upcycling old clothes and bits and pieces to make scarecrows. For example, an old saucepan or punctured basketball could be the head.

Make a collection of different shaped fallen autumn leaves. Paint one side of each leaf to make a leaf stamp to print onto paper for posters and wall hangings.

Your scarecrow and lanterns could be used at the Gisborne Arts and Family Fun Fest this year, funded by the Gisborne Regional Events Activities & Tourism Association. See you there!

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OPEN GARDENS

‘Tugurium’ to open at Macedon The private garden of well known garden expert and media figure Stephen Ryan at Macedon, Tugurium, will be opening with Open Gardens Victoria on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March. Stephen runs the Dicksonia Rare Plant nursery at Mt Macedon and his garden reflects his love of rare and unusual plants.

Its a gorgeous garden full of winding paths and lush layers of foliage, with plenty to discover round every bend.

Stephen will be giving talks both days and there will be rare plant plants for sale.

ADDRESS: 8 Centenary Avenue, Macedon.

OPEN: Saturday March 18 and Sunday 19, 10am - 4.30pm. $8 per person (children under 18 free) Students $5.

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GISBORNE BOTANIC GARDENS  NC Calling all members of the Gisborne Botanic Garden! We are having a working bee in the Gardens on Sunday March 5 to help the avenues; all members welcome.

We need a member who can set up for our morning tea at 10am. If you are not a member and wish to join, come down and for $2 you can join on the day and participate. See you there.

Amanda Every season brings new interest to the Reserve.

News from Daly Nature Reserve Frog hitches a ride Ten members enjoyed our first working bee for the year on a cool February morning. Walking around the Reserve we marvelled at how nature survives all the weather that the Gisborne area can bring. After a mixture over summer days of cool, hot, dry, windy and wet conditions, everything is flourishing.

Our main task was to weed out new growth of gorse and blackberries and try out our long-handled weeders in the grassy area. We have more on order, which will mean weeding with no bending in future.

If weeds are lifted before they go to seed, they will quickly shrivel and can be left to decompose and

A glimpse inside Tugurium.

provide nutrients back into the soil.

Sunday March 5 is Clean-Up Australia Day and we will be collecting litter in Daly Nature Reserve from 9am. All are welcome to join in.

Our regular working bees are held on the second Tuesday of each month, 9.30am sign-in at the Scout Hall and at 11am we enjoy a cuppa and catch-up chat.

Enquiries about working bees and membership are welcome to dalyreserve@hotmail.com.

Irene Perkin

Several introduced Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs, a tropical Queensland species, were recently recorded during a frog survey of the Gisborne Racecourse Marshland Reserve at New Gisborne.

These frogs are sometimes introduced to other parts of Australia by riding in bunches of bananas destined for fruit shops.

Support After Suicide Macedon Ranges Have you been bereaved by suicide?

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These meetings will be hosted by volunteers who have themselves been bereaved by the suicide of a loved one.

For any questions or to RSVP please email: macedonrangesspag@gmail.com Further Information is available at www.macedonrangesspag.com.au

MACEDON RANGES BUSINESS CONNECT March brings us local businesses together through a couple of open events with MRBC. Our informal coffee catch-up on March 8 gets us talking and learning about our businesses and each other. We make suggestions, teach and connect through conversation.

On Tuesday March 21 we welcome a digital marketing specialist to help you understand Google Adwords, an important online marketing tool that needs to be used correctly to have a

positive impact on your business. Come along, member or not, and online savvy or not, to learn more from Rohit Thomas of Insightable. Details are on page 25.

We have also recently welcomed new members (business hidden treasures) from a local pet food delivery service and graphic designer to business services. MRBC has been designed to suit all walks of life for those who are willing to share their experiences and learn from others to grow without the need for a sales pitch. Read more about MRBC at www. mrbusinessconnect.org.au.

Enquiries welcome.

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Wage subsidies available to local employers Wage subsidies ranging from $6,500 to $10,000 are available to local employers willing to give jobseekers a go. Colleen Burke, the manager of job agency Sarina Russo Job Access, said the Federal Government’s ‘Jobactive’ program provided wage subsidies to employers to support the cost of employing and training new staff.

“I’m amazed how many local employers are not utilising, or are unaware of, available Australian Government wage subsidies,” she said.

“Local employers should contact Jobactive providers like Sarina Russo Job Access, AMES (focusing on migrants and refugees) and Job Prospects.”

Sarino Russo and AMES have offices at the Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre in Hamilton Street, Gisborne.

The nearest Job Prospects office is in O’Shanassy Street, Sunbury.

The Macedon CFA Flea Market on February 25 offered many great bargains and finds, as always. Anneke and Johan Verbove of Mount Macedon snagged this old satellite dish for $10 to use as a dome over their orchid garden.

What a brilliant recycling idea!

Western Water seeks your input:

Western Water is calling on local residents to provide input on its five-year plan for 2018-23. See www.haveyoursay. westernwater.com.au, to find out more about topics such as water quality and prices, and submit your views or suggestions.

Macedon Musings with Belinda Carlton-Doney I am always in awe of those with talent and creativity.

Local artist Craig Lidgerwood has wound up another successful exhibition, this time at the Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne. ‘Natural Obsession; was a collection of Craig’s paintings, described by Art Guide Australia as “a collection of exquisite botanical illustration and water colours”. Known for his intricate and detailed work, Craig’s images include cyclamen, lichen and narcissus, to name a few; some are on paper, some on vellum.

Craig’s interest in art began at an early age. Initially he copied illustrations from his mother’s garden books. During the ’80s, he began studying water colour painting and later studied under renowned artist Anita Barley.

Botanic artist Since his first exhibition in 2010, his work Craig Lidgerwood has been shown from Woodend to Sydney, and one of his from Ballarat all the way to France. beautiful works.

Even the smallest of his paintings are the result of months of work. Due to the nature of his subjects, this can take even longer if a flower dies. He may then have to wait for another bloom the following year. Now that’s patience!

Doesn’t sound busy enough? Hmmm, better assist with fascinating tours around the world then! As a symbiotic interest, Craig and his partner Stephen Ryan have trekked extensively to many remote locations, often hosting guided tour groups. While on these journeys, Craig has drawn and photographed many of the native species. As he says, “this art form has become my over-riding passion, interest and obsession”.

Later in the year Craig will accompany Stephen on a tour through north-western France. This is something you can be a part of! Led by Stephen, the tour will explore villages, gardens and châteaux of the north-west, taking in history, culture and more.

On Craig’s website, www.craiglidgerwood.com, you can access tour details, view images of his beautiful art, and maybe see the world as he sees it: a world of intricate colours, details and natural beauty.

Belinda Have a wonderful March.

My street, my neighbourhood my town What makes your neighbourhood special?

Residents in Gisborne, New Gisborne and Gisborne South, are being asked to provide feedback on their neighbourhoods as Council prepares the Gisborne Neighbourhood Character Study of residential zoned land.

Take part in our door knock survey, share your thoughts via our online survey, or come along to a free community workshop on: When: Thursday 2 March, 5.30pm-7pm Where: Gisborne Community Centre, 12 Hamilton Street, Gisborne Submissions close Thursday 16 March 2017.

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Fly fishers start their year in heaven The Calder Fly Fishing Association’s new year was off to a flying start in January with ten of our members fly fishing the Swampy Plains and other rivers around Khancoban in NSW. Our four day trip had many highlights, one of which was fishing the Swampy during the late afternoon when the caddis and mayfly hatched in great numbers.

Witnessing, coming as if from nowhere, the final stages of underwater caddis nymphs forming into thousands of white-winged caddis flies; then right on cue the steady appearance of trout rising and launching out of the river to gorge themselves, was a fly fisher’s dream!

Over the four days our members all caught both rainbow and brown trout, returning them to the river to swim again.

The CFFA has more trips planned for the year. Club members will also be working hard to try to find a permanent

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Small stream fly fishing. club room. We are looking for any support or opportunities available. If you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear from you.

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Gisborne women’s AFL team builds momentum With the season opening rapidly approaching, it is a very exciting time for AFL football, especially for the Open Women’s AFL. With the Gisborne Football Netball Club fielding an Open Womens AFL team for the first time this season, now is a great time to get involved and join the team.

We are building some great momentum, and welcome women over the age of 18 interested in playing AFL football and being part of something very special to join the team.

If you are interested in joining the team and helping Gisborne create more history, please contact Darren Mitchell on 0412 335 554 or email d.mitchell7@bigpond.com Darren Mitchell

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Run the Rock at Hanging Rock Reserve on Saturday April 1 features a 20K and 12K run, 5K run/walk and 2K Kids run.

Runners are invited to bring a picnic blanket and relax in the event village after their run and enjoy live music, tasty cakes and coffee from A Country Affair or a sausage in bread from the Rotary Club.

If you have not pre-registered, raceday entries open at 7.15am, and the first race starts at 8.15am. The courses do not involve running UP the rock; depending on the course selected, the route takes in a circuit around the base of the rock. Visit www.solemotive.com to register or for more information.

Thunder swimmers aiming for MSAC event The swimmers at Gisborne Thunder have had a busy month competing in their school swimming carnivals and preparing for numerous events being held in the district.

Our junior swimmers competed at Bendigo East in late February hoping to qualify for the Country All Junior competition at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in March.

Congratulations to Kyle Cozens, Dempsey Smith, Darcy Smith, Izabella Crawford, Zack Matthews, Charlotte Matthews, Kiera Cooper, Tyler Theodore, and Bradley Bruce: They were selected to represent District 15 at the Country InterDistrict meet at MSAC. At our most recent club night we celebrated the achievements

Club night award recipients with coach Laura O’Meara and Stephanie Beralmio.

of many of our guest and club swimmers and Darcy Smith was awarded ‘Club Swimmer of the Month’ by her coaches.

On March 25 we will hold our annual Gisborne Thunder Club Championships at the Gisborne

Aquatic Centre. Only swimmers who have attended three or more club nights can compete; guest swimmers will need to wait until April to attend our monthly club night. For further information visit gisbornethunder. org.au Faye Matthews

Bruce and Alex Fraser and Matt Willis, winners of the Ash Wednesday Commemorative event.

Course perfection at Mount Macedon Mount Macedon Golf Course has fared well with gentler summer weather this year. Long-time members wax lyrical about not remembering the course being in such good condition at this time of the year. Fairways hold a good cover of grass with tees and greens in excellent condition. Our challenge is to play a round of golf that does the course justice.

In February Mount Macedon Golf Club held its presentation night for major trophies and annual awards such as A and B grade eclectic scorecards.

The night includes a fun filled trivia night which was well-attended. Congratulations to all to those who took away trophies.

In recent notable performances, Bruce and Alex Fraser and Matt Willis combined to win the Ash Wednesday Commemorative 3 person Ambrose event. They also posted the best scratch score.

The prestigious club matchplay knockout has progressed to the semi-finals.

Our signature event, the Mount Macedon Gold Plate, will be held in March. It is time to get registrations in for this best three scores out of 4 persons aggregate stableford event.

MMGC welcomes new members and green fee players. Pro rata membership fees apply at this time of the year. Full membership is very affordable and at a reduced rate is even better value. With fine weather and long days, now is a great time to join the friendly Mount Macedon Golf Club. Phone 5426 1650, drop in, or visit mtmacedongolfclub.com.au

Tony Littman

New GFNC netball coach Guy Keane with (L-R), Charlotte Crook, Liv Cautley, Benita Hedberry, Hollie Burnip and Ruby Kourkoumelis.

New netball coach lines up at GFNC The Gisborne Football Netball Club has begun the season with good numbers at pre-season training which has been run by Guy Keane, our new coach. Guy has been fitting Gisborne training between coaching the Victorian Fury team and playing in the Victorian Men’s team. We are looking forward to the expertise

he brings to the club with the girls already learning lots of little tips.

We are delighted that coaches for all teams have been finalised; with Guy Keane coaching A grade, Nathan Thompson coaching A Reserve, Rylee Connell again taking B grade, Jodie Bannan, B Reserve and Tarryn Rymer and Maddy

Stewart at the helm of the Under 17s again. Nathan and Jodie come to us from the Junior association and bring a wealth of experience.

We have good numbers of girls registered this year and as we complete our trials this week, we look forward to a really competitive season.

Social running is a fun way to get fit MACEDON

Macedon Ranges Running Club (MRRC) is preparing for its Autumn Start Running Program (SRG) to help new members start running, in a non-competitive social and fun environment.

The 13-week community program is structured in two parts. The first builds confidence in new runners using a successful training plan to run a non-stop 5km in eight weeks. The second part extends the training for participants to achieve a 10km run in 13 weeks.

The SRG at Gisborne starts on Tuesday March 7.

The Gisborne group meets three times a week: Sunday

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There are also other Macedon Ranges venues available, listed on

the club’s website.

For an annual MRRC subscription of only $10 (families $15), members have access to training plans/ programs, a monthly newsletter and a friendly group environment to reach their goals. Want to get involved?

Then contact the Gisborne Co-ordinator, Brenda Krol, on 0409 250 487 for further information visit www.

Stephen Ingram macedonrangesrunningclub.com.

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Saturday 1st of April Old Gisborne Courthouse Cars on display from 7:30am Tour “Flag Off” at 9:00am

Then visiting - Gisborne South - Toolern Vale - Bullengarook Macedon (Honour Ave) Mt Macedon and the Woodend Farmers’ Market at 10:30am

Sunday 2nd of April 35 classic cars on display in the John Aitken Reserve, Gisborne from 10:00am till 12:00pm For more information, visit

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SPORT IN PICTURES

Images by CHRIS FLEMING Powder Run day at Little Athletics.

Charlotte Jackson and Lewis Hydon-Woods sprint at Little Athletics, Dixon Field.

McIntyre Cup, Gisborne v Rupertswood on February 11: Darcy Nolan bowls. Steve Harman bats against Rupertswood.

Sam Brown of Macedon wields the bat.

Gisborne junior cricket action.

Gisborne Bowling Club – Graham Quaife is a picture of focus.

Gisborne Macedon Ranges Bowling Club champion Neville Ryan, who took up the sport just two years ago.

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Under 11s in action on February 10.

Gisborne Juniors

Try tennis at Open Day at Macedon Welcome to 2017. Strap yourself in for a great ride with the Macedon Tennis Club. The tennis year started with a bang, thanks to the amazing matches supplied to us by the Australian Open.

A Tennis Victoriainspired fundraising effort matched up prominent players with local clubs. Our club was lucky enough to be designated Rafael Nadal to represent us, meaning if Nadal took out the Men’s Open title our club would receive $5,000!

An amazing amount for a local sporting club.

The tension on the day of the final was great with club members meeting for a fun day Jude Wills of Macedon of social tennis, Rafainspired games and a barbecue. Unfortunately Federer got in the way of the club’s $5,000 but it was none the less very exciting.

To provide a social forum for existing members, secure new players for the forthcoming seasons and to recruit new members, the club’s annual Open Day is to be held on March 19 from 1pm to 4pm. As usual, it will be a well-supported and fun-filled day with offerings of prizes, games, sausage sizzle, and of course plenty of social tennis. Come along, meet some new people, socialise and get some exercise. Sounds like a plan!

Lisa Fowler Happy hitting, Lisa.

New heights for local futsallers From page 1

Macedon Ranges Futsal (MRF) has been growing in leaps and bounds and now has over 300 junior players across 45 teams playing at The Stadium in Gisborne, Macedon Community Centre, and Buffalo Stadium in Woodend. As reported in previous editions of the Gazette, MRF has had success in developing players for Victorian teams and counts 2017 U12 Girls national champion Indra Thomas in its ranks.

On top of the honor of being chosen for the Australian team, Edward Ferguson was also awarded an All Star 5 in Sydney for being the best goalie in his age group. With Tajh, Edward, and Tarkyn heading overseas, MRF players will now enter the world stage – how fantastic for the players, the club, and our community.

While it is huge in Queensland and Sydney, futsal is still in its infancy as a sport in Victoria.

The successes of MRF don’t happen without exceptional commitment from coaches and committee members, so we laud them for what they have achieved at Macedon Ranges Futsal.

Cutting the cake are (from left): Bev Rowley, Shirley Cross, Penny Krstev, Joy Benzie and Trish Chinn.

The semi finalists (from left): Helen Shirley, Ken Anders, Wendy Black and Margaret Wardell.

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Congratulations to all involved in making our club championship and 25th birthday so memorable. Twenty five years is certainly a great milestone. The four players in the semi-finals were Wendy Black, Helen Shirley, Ken Anders and Margaret Wardell. The ultimate winner was Ken Anders and runner up was Helen Shirley.

Congratulations to everyone for making this a memorable event.

It has been a busy but happy month at our club. We are now playing on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Thursday for pennant. Our numbers have grown and we are certainly in need of better facilities. With more than 50 members the time has come to look to the future.

We are looking forward to our social day in March and entries are looking good. Our club captain Gill Punshon says there are many clubs involved.

Perhaps now is the time to invite some new members to come and try. Monday is a perfect opportunity as it is beginners’ day and practice day. Croquet is fun and a challenge. Men and women play as equals socially and competitively.

I would like to leave you with the words of the Irish croquet champion on the game: “An impossibly difficult exercise played to incomprehensible rules by venomous and tenacious people who have a tendency to swear under their breath.” That’s us!

Margaret Wardell

Gisborne Auskick is looking forward to another exciting season.

The emphasis at Auskick is on helping children develop basic football skills in an environment that is safe and fun. We encourage parents to participate and regularly hold “parents v children” games that enable the children to put into practice the skills they are learning.

Our coaches are qualified AFL Level One coaches and we welcome new mums and dads who are interested in taking on a coaching role.

The registration and payment process is fully online – go to www.aflauskick.com.au to register and pay, then your Auskick Pack is delivered to you directly.

The season launch is on Saturday April 22 between 9am and noon at Sankey Reserve. For more information, please contact Gisborne Auskick Centre Coordinator Jamie Anderson on 0419 165 556 or gisborneauskick@gmail.com

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The CHURCHES PAGE Sponsored by Anglican Parish of Gisborne ■ Uniting Church in Australia ■ St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Gisborne ■ House of the Rock Church, Gisborne ■ Gisborne Church of Christ ■ Faithworks-Manaaki ■ St Brigid’s Parish.

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Gisborne Uniting Church

At Gisborne Uniting Church we often ask ourselves the question “Who is my neighbour?” It is this question that motivates a lot of our involvement in the community.

Neighbour Day will be celebrated on March 26 throughout Australia and the theme is “The Importance of Social Connection for the Elderly.”

The hope is to encourage all Australians to reach out to older people in their neighbourhood, particularly those who live alone.

Celebrate Neighbourhood Day by doing something with or for your neighbour.

Alternatively, join us in the park for a picnic on March 19 when we will be inviting our neighbours to come along.

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Peter Connors with daughters Summer and Jessie are delighted to support Uniting Care’s annual Pancake Day fundraiser at the Village Shopping Centre on February 25. Serving up the pancakes is Maree Clarke.

26 because on that day the combined churches of our area are having a picnic at Hanging Rock with refugees.

Don’t forget our Car Boot Sale on April

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22. It isn’t too early to get a pitch (the cost is $15); please ring Noel on 5428 2624.

Our services are at 9.30am each Sunday. You would be most welcome.

 Dr Rachael Kohn lecture ‘Faith has nothing to fear’, Uniting Church, Brantome Street Gisborne, Monday March 6, 7.30pm.

Anglican Parish of Gisborne

St Paul’s Op Op Shop Jottings Since we re-opened on January 31, St. Paul’s Anglican Op Shop has been exceptionally busy with customers taking advantage of the many bargains we have to offer.

Our Op Shop fulfills a very valuable ministry in the community. We provide a means of recycling goods and offer low cost items which assist many families, particularly those who are struggling to make ends meet.

Without your generous donations of good quality clothing, books and brica-brac, our outreach to the public could not happen. However, there are certain items that we are unable to accept.

They include electrical items, mattresses and furniture.

This month we feature Diana Hill, a long-time volunteer at the counter.

Graeme Millar 0413 781 501

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WHEN: Sundays 10am. Encounter Café 10am on Market Sundays WHERE: Manaaki, 35 Aitken St, Gisborne.

We’d love you to join us on Sundays. We also hold our Encounter Café on the first Sunday each month. Grab a sausage or kranksy from the barbecue out the front or come inside the cafe for a complimentary drink and baked Proceeds from the monthly Encounter goodie!

All profits from the barbecue and Café go towards an orphanage in India. donations from the cafe go towards a difference in the lives of these our orphanage in India. children in India, so thank you.

We would like to thank the public If anyone wants someone to talk and our wonderful regulars who to, if you feel alone, or just love some support our Encounter Café. We love company over a cuppa, please join having a chat over a cuppa with you us at our Encounter Café or at our and we love and appreciate your regular Sunday service. We are here generosity. for you!

Just last market, our café and www.faithworkscc.com.au or find barbecue made $641.50 between us on Facebook Shelley Farrugia 10am and 1pm! You are all making

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Worship: Our Sunday morning worship service commences at 10.30am and children leave for crèche and Sunday School after the children’s talk.

Morning tea/coffee is offered in the hall after the service.

Macedon Ranges Mums: For mums of preschoolers. You and your children are very welcome to meet with us for morning tea, craft/playtime and a short talk to help support and encourage mums in their valuable parenting role from 9.30am to 11.30am. The next gettogether is on April 10 in the church hall.

Ladies Craft Group: On March 17 you are invited to bring your sewing machine, patchwork, knitting or other craft project and join like-minded women between 10.30am and 3pm (BYO lunch). Tea and coffee provided. There are spare sewing machines and fabrics at the hall. If you don’t have a craft project on the go, just bring yourself for a cuppa and a chat.

Friendship Group: Feel free to join us for a delicious home-cooked two-course meal and warm fellowship from 11.30am to 1.30pm on March 27. For catering purposes, please let Matt know of your intention to attend.

If you require any further information, please contact Matt Tegart on 0466 648 400.

100 Years Ago From the pages of the old Gisborne Gazette MARCH 1917 Gisborne Shire Council Matters – Correspondence received from the Shire of Whittlesea, protesting against the Daylight Saving Act. From the Shire of Swan Hill, a circular to the same effect. Resolved on the motion of Cr.s McGregor and Heard, they cooperate in the protest. The Health Officer, Dr. Daly, furnished his report for year just closed.

The health of the district was good. The only outbreak was at Macedon, where there were eight cases of diphtheria in February and April; six of these recovered. He complained of the drain at Macedon and the want of a sanitary service. These matters were being attended to.

There were 12 deaths, of which three were over 90 years – viz., 91, 93 and 97. There were 22 births.

Note from Toolern Vale: On a recent evening, near Kororoit Creek, I saw the finest flight of swifts I have ever witnessed. They were literally in thousands, travelling mostly southwards.

There were a few peals of thunder at the time, and as the air was thick with insect life, the birds were enjoying themselves.

Mr Ozanne on Australia – In the debate on Sir Rider Haggard’s paper on Empire Land Settlement at the Royal Colonial Institute, Mr Ozanne said : “In travelling around Britain, I find there are many people who have no conception of the enormous extent of Australia – an area almost as big as the whole of Europe and yet with a population of only 5½ millions. It is ridiculous to think that 5½ millions of people can hold that enormous territory. If we were attacked, we would of course do our best and in Gallipoli and elsewhere we have shown what we can do but the first essential of defence is population.

You are seeking to settle people on the land – a very wise policy; but unfortunately in the past many people have been sent to Australia who are totally unfit for the land, and who have come into the city simply to swell the labour market when there was no room, because the land had not been opened up.

“Our policy in Australia is to open up the land. In the centre of the electorate I represent, there were at one time three or four squatters holding the whole of the land between Geelong and Melbourne. That enormous tract of country was too valuable to be left in the hands of a few men as a sheep-run. The Legislature enacted that the land should be purchased compulsorily with a result that today we have hundreds of farmers, hundreds of homes, and thousands of people settled there. What can be done in one centre can be done elsewhere. It is no use sending out any sort of people. They should be fitted for the work. ... I may say that I have been right through Australia. It is absolutely one of the finest countries in the world. Its resources are immeasurable. Yet we have only 5½ millions of people. I have no hesitation in saying that we could do with a population of 100,000,000 in Australia, which is only one part of the Empire, and I am pleased to be able to give any support to the undertaking this institute has in hand.”

What’s On

Regular meetings New members welcome

ADULT RIDING CLUB (Gis.) 2nd Saturday Robertson Res ADULT RIDING CLUB (Bullengarook) 2nd Saturday Rec Reserve ANGLING CLUB 2nd Wed 8pm Railway Hotel Macedon ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP 1st Mon 1-3pm Woodend N’hood House BRIDGE CLUB Mon 12.30, Tues 7.15, Thurs 12.30 St Mary’s

Church Hall, Woodend 5420 7595 BUSHWALKING CLUB Tel 5428 2450 CANASTA CLUB 1.30pm every Mon except first Mon of

month, Parish centre (behind St Pauls Church, Gisborne) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP last Wed of month MRH CAR CLUB 1st Wednesday 8pm Steam Park, New Gisb CARERS GROUP (MacRanges) 2nd & 4th Thurs, 1pm Woodend RSL

5420 7132 (Note: 4th Thurs carers only)

COFFEE FOR CARERS 3rd Tuesday 10am La Cibo Cafe COMMUNITY GARDEN Wed 9am Church of Christ CROQUET CLUB Wed & Sat 10am Dixon Field Gis Secondary College CWA GISBORNE 2nd Monday 10am 662 Mt Macedon Rd CWA MACEDON 3rd Tues 1pm & 7pm DALY RESERVE WORKING BEE 2nd Tues 9.30am EUCHRE Tues 7.30 Doug White Meeting Room 5428 2695 FILM SOCIETY 2nd Wed Woodend Neigh’hood House 5427 2323 FLY FISHING CLUB 4th Wed 7.30pm MRFEC Gisborne FOCUS CLUB 2nd Fri 12 noon Gisborne Golf Club 3rd Sun 10-noon, FRIENDS of JACKSONS CREEK Working bees 5428 1178 or 0417 558 221 GARDEN CLUB 2nd Wed various venues 0408 115 759 Family Hist Rm, Library GENEALOGY GROUP 4th Thurs 7.30 Gis Comm Hall GIRL GUIDES Thursdays 5pm Holy Cross PS GISBORNE SINGERS Tues 7.30pm Court House HISTORICAL SOCIETY open Wed 10am-4pm LIBRARY: TODDLERS’ STORY TIME Mon 10.30am, Wed 10.30am LIONS CLUB DINNER NIGHT Last Friday of month La Cibo Cafe 6pm MARTIAL ARTS Thurs from 5.15pm St Brigid’s Hall Masonic Hall Aitken St MASONIC LODGE 2nd Thurs 7pm MASTERS AFL Wed 6.30pm Sankey Reserve Lyell Street MEN’S SHED BARBECUE Last Mon 12.30pm MT MAC & DIST HORT SOC 1st Tues Horticultural Hall MUFFINS ’N’ MORE 2nd Tues 10am-noon Uniting Church MUMS’ GROUP 2nd Mon, 9.30-11.30am 49 Fisher St

OBEDIENCE DOG CLUB Sun 9am Riddells Rec Res 9am-2pm OLDE TIME MARKET 1st Sunday PETANQUE 2nd & 4th Sat, 10am behind Caltex service

station, Station Rd, Gisborne PHOENIX ART & CRAFTS 1st Thursday 5428 2835 PHOTOGRAPHIC SOC 1st Tues & 2nd Mon 7pm Riddell’s Creek

Neighbourhood House PONY CLUB Bullengarook 1st Sunday Rec Reserve PONY CLUB Gisborne 1st Sunday Robertson Reserve PROBUS 1st Thurs 10am Masonic Hall QUILTERS (Gisb) Wed 7pm Room attached to Gisb Library RAMBLERS Fridays 9.15am Tennis Club Dixon Field RED CROSS 1st Fri 1.30pm Sen Cits Rooms ROTARY Tues 6.45 for 7pm Gisborne Golf Club,

book 5428 4483 by 1pm Mon RUNNING GROUP Tues & Thurs 6pm, Sun 8am Gisborne Aquatic Centre RSL 1st Mon 2pm Hall at 247 Station Rd 5428 2233 SCOTTISH DANCING Thurs 1pm Buffalo Stadium Woodend SENIOR CITS (Macedon) Tues 11am Tony Clarke Res SPINNERS & FIBRE GROUP Tues 12 noon Riddells Ck N’hood House TABLE TENNIS Wed 7.30pm Tony Clarke Res, Macedon THUNDER SWIMMING CLUB 2nd Sat 5pm

Aquatic Centre TOASTMASTERS 1st & 3rd Tues 7.20pm Senior Citizens Centre, 8 O’Shanassy St, Sunbury T.O.W.N. Mondays 6pm Gisborne Bowls Club TOY LIBRARY 2nd Sat 9.30-11am; 2nd Wed 9-10.30am & 2nd Mon 3.30-4.30pm Robertson St U3A Mondays 10.30am MRFEC ULYSSES GROUP 3rd Tues 6pm Sunbury FC VINTAGE MACHINERY Working bees 1st Sun of month, 8.30am at

Steam Park, Meetings last Friday 7pm Steam Park WRITERS GROUP Last Sat of month 2-5pm Woodend N’hood House WRITERS GROUP(SCRIBES & SCRIBBLERS) 2nd Tues of month 10am-12 Riddell N’hood House YOUNG VOICES Thursdays 4.15-5.45pm Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend 5426 4801 or sdggome@patash.com.au

What Else is happening happening Date Page MARCH 2 Workshop - Neighbourhood Character Study, Gisborne Community Centre, Hamilton St, 5.30pm 24 3 Sustainable Living Festival, Woodend 23 4-5 Relay for Life, Lancefield 10 4 Macedon Ranges Music Festival 7 4 Rabbit control workshop in Romsey 25 4 Camera workshop 12 5 Seraphim Trio at Church of the Resurrection 12 5 Clean Up Australia Day at Daly Reserve 15 5 Athol Guy concert Duneira 10 6 Children’s book exhibition begins at The Gallery 19 6 Dr Rachael Kohn - Peter Barcham Lecture 38 7 Start Running autumn program begins 35 8 Living with wildlife evening in Woodend 25 8 Film Society Mystery Road 13 9 New landcare group information session 25 10 Phoenix art show opens 12 10 Bookings open for Stephanie Alexander at library 8 10 Health and wellbeing survey closes 24 11 Little Gem closes at the Mountview Theatre 16 11 Official opening children’s book exhibition The Gallery 19 11 Worm farm workshop in Woodend 25 11,12 Lost Trades Fair, Kyneton 17 12,13 Gisborne Arts and Family Fun Fest 4 16 Closing date Gisborne Neighbourhood Character survey 24 17 World’s Greatest Shave barbecue at Men’s Shed 22 17 Night Walk at Hanging Rock 25 18 Dromkeen LitFest 17 18,19 Romsey Antique & Garden fairs 16 19 Macedon Tennis Club Open Day 37 19 Neighbour Day event Gisborne 3 22 Macedon Cemetery walk 15 23 From Court to Kitsch – ADFAS, Castlemaine 17 26 Australian Chamber Choir at Church of the Resurrection 12 26 A capella group The Idea of North, at Duneira 17 29 MRH Pop Up Op Shop 22 31 Bendigo Bank grant applications close 6 EARLY APRIL 1 Blazing Colours art show, Masonic Hall 1 Run the Rock at Hanging Rock

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Baringo FilmClub Club Program Baringo Film Programme

Week Week Matinee Matinee starting Commencing

Evening

Feb 28 4 MadeQuiet in Dagenham October Chaos

The The Great Lady inGatsby the Van

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October My Year ExWhat Machina a Lovely War Mar 7 11 The Boys arewithout Back Sex Oh October toi (An) Mar 14 18 SweetTais Bean

Woman in Gold Blue Jasmine

October Philomena Mar 21 25 The Fifth Element

Looking The Doorfor Grace

November 1

The King’s Speech Captain Fantastic

Mar 28

Monsieur Lazhar

Winter Sleep

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