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Land of opportunity GATEWAY PLAN: Alpine Shire councillors have unanimously approved a development plan for 35.01 hectares of land on the western side of Bright.

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Councillors approve Bright Western Gateway Development Plan encompassing 35 hectares A MAJOR Bright housing development plan was approved by the Alpine Shire Council at their monthly meeting last week.

Council unanimously approved the Bright Western Gateway Development Plan to develop 35.01 hectares of land on the western side of Bright.

“This is probably the biggest residential development proposed in the Alpine Shire,” Councillor Simon Kelly said.

“I understand it to be 10 times larger than any

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residential development in or around Bright.”

According to council, the development plan is only a high-level proposal, and detailed design is still required for areas such as drainage, highway and landscaping.

However, the development plan predicts between 283 and 386 lots may be

created, depending on lot sizes.

Detailed design will be determined at the planning permit stage once the development plan has been applied to the site, but the plan stipulates that a range of lot sizes and functional open space will be provided.

Councillors stressed that the current plan is a broad design proposal to ensure the development fits with constraints around safety, infrastructure and the local landscape - it does not include details such as

subdivisions and lot sizes.

“Those intricacies come at a later stage, where there will be further opportunity for public consultation,” Councillor Ron Janas said.

Other councillors emphasised opportunities for public consultation would be available once the development was approved.

“I can understand certain frustrations behind what people want to see in terms of community consultation, but we’re just not quite there yet,” Councillor Katarina Hughes said.

“If we can get these things done properly now, that's paving the future for something that people can be involved in and have their voice heard.”

Councillor John Forsyth said the council's vote would help council planning officers work with developers to get a good outcome.

“It’s an exciting project keep going,” he said.

In 2005 the subject site, along with land on the northern side of the Great Alpine Road, was identified as the preferred area for

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urban growth in Bright.

The site was rezoned from farming land to a residential zone in 2015.

The land was purchased

by Melbourne developers the Deague family in February 2022.

The total block of land occupies 41.39 hectares on the western side of Bright, bordered by Great Alpine Road to the north and north-east, Stackey Gully Road to the south-east, and the Tower Hill escarpment to the south-west.

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CELEBRATING OUR BOXING BUTCHER STEVE Dale doesn’t seek the limelight.

But on Sunday he was the centre of attention as a large crowd gathered outside his butcher shop for the unveiling of a mosaic the community had organised to celebrate his boxing career and his ongoing efforts to teach youth.

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Mental health talks AFL great urges community members to reach out for support if not feeling okay

By BRODIE EVERIST AFL great Wayne Schwass visited Myrtleford last Saturday to advocate for mental health and wellbeing, as part of the Myrtleford Football Netball Club’s (MFNC) second annual Mental Health round.

Speaking at a luncheon attended by around 90 people at the Ablett Pavilion, he detailed his struggles with shame and guilt during his

football career, and engaged the audience on how to change perspectives on mental health.

Mr Schwass said he had a nervous breakdown in 1993, and was later diagnosed with anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, but never told anyone about his conditions except his ex-wife and medical professionals.

“I didn’t talk to my Dad or my Mum, I didn’t tell my

sister, didn’t tell family, didn’t tell friends, didn’t tell a single teammate,” he said.

“I did not tell anyone for 12 years because of shame.”

Mr Schwass said there are a myriad of strategies to help our mental health, and encouraged open communication about emotional issues.

“I don’t want people to get sick before they think about what they can do to look after their mental health, because that’s what I did,” he said.

“Every single person in this room can and should be able to talk openly and honestly about mental health and emotional health.”

MFNC vice president and wellbeing chair John Pryor said the club was thrilled to have Mr Schwass reinforce the club's message around mental health and wellbeing, and said recent Census data showed the significance of mental health issues.

“In our area there are 483

people that are suffering long term mental health issues,” he said.

“We want to get it out there that it’s important, if you’re not feeling ok, to reach out and find that support.”

Held between the Myrtleford Saints and the Yarrawonga Pigeons, the annual Mental Health round sees the winning team take home the #Bekindtoyourmind shield.

Yarrawonga won the shield for their second year, winning

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five of seven games over both clubs’ netball and football grades.

The luncheon was one of several events held this week as part of the Mental Health round.

Author and speaker Luke S. Kennedy held presentations at Education Myrtleford Performing Arts Centre on Monday and yesterday, speaking on mental health and wellbeing to students, teachers and community members.

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Local film society releases program and celebrates overdue 10th anniversary

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Myrtleford Film Society has released its program for the rest of the year, featuring a wide range of movies, including documentaries, animation and international films.

The society enjoys film screenings in the auditorium of the Education Myrtleford Performing Arts Centre on the fourth Thursday of every month, except December.

According to committee member Melanie Dymond, the society is a great way to socialise and enjoy an “eclectic mix” of films.

“We always stop to have interval, and we have supper that's provided by the committee, so it's not just about seeing the movie - it’s also a community social gathering,” she said.

Last weekend the society held its yearly Sunday double feature, showing 2020

documentary ‘Final Account’ and comedy-drama ‘Jojo Rabbit’.

The society was started by long-standing member Marita Samuelson in 2011, beginning with screenings at the Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre, before moving to the Uniting Church Hall.

Despite the society being 11 years old next month, it will be holding a belated 10-year birthday celebration at its August 25 screening, where the 2021 romantic comedy-drama ‘The Worst Person in the World’ will be screened.

For a yearly membership of $65, or $60 for people aged 60 and over, members can attend all screenings.

“It’s a really affordable way of seeing movies,” said Ms Dymond.

For membership enquiries email myrtfilmsoc@ gmail.com or visit the club’s Facebook page.

MOVIE MAGIC: Myrtleford Film Society secretary Lisa Shute and committee member Melanie Dymond will be holding their society’s belated 10-year anniversary celebration next month.

Local member to hear your concerns

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE ALPINE Shire residents will have the opportunity to share feedback on current issues this week with nationals member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy making the rounds.

“I was in Myrtleford, Porepunkah and Bright last week mainly dealing with one on one issues that individuals have, although housing is still the biggest issue in all of the towns including rental, employee housing and purchase price,” he said.

“I am in the Alpine area for mobile office on July 19 and 20.

“I am looking forward to hearing the needs of the communities as we move out of COVID protocols.

“We know that staff shortages and housing is an issue affecting every small business but I want to hear from as many people as possible to understand any other existing and upcoming concerns.”

Mr McCurdy will be in his mobile office in Myrtleford and Porepunkah on the morning of July 19 and Bright and Harrietville in the afternoon before again visiting Bright in the morning of July 20 and Mudgegonga and Whorouly in the afternoon.

For location information and to make an appointment call 5721 6155 or email tim.mccurdy@parliament.vic.gov.au.

A wonderful Christmas in July in Bright raises $2230 for town lights

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THE Bright Light Winter Night’s inaugural Christmas in July was celebrated by more than 90 people last Saturday night and raised $2230 towards lighting up the town in November.

Group president Gail Bennett said it was a “fantastic night”.

“Everyone had so much fun, it was a great night,” she said.

“We would like to thank all of the local businesses that donated vouchers and prizes for the night.

“A big thank you to our very own Christmas shop for all of their fantastic support and effort in decorating the star room at the Star Hotel.

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“A big cheer goes out to Gerard Gray from Dickens Real Estate who made the night so successful with his fantastic job as emcee.

“The Bright Lights Winter Nights committee would like to congratulate Ebony Fitzpatrick on winning the huge hamper that was on offer.

“To all of the local businesses that donated we say a very big thank you - it is your generosity that enables us to have these great events.

“We shall continue to Light up Bright for Christmas and after missing out for two years due to COVID we look forward to bringing you our annual Christmas Market and the lighting of our Christmas Tree on November 26; save the date.”

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Myrtleford celebrates ‘the boxing butcher’

By BRODIE EVERIST ABOUT 35 attended the unveiling of a mosaic on Sunday dedicated to Myrtleford local Steve Dale - 'the boxing butcher' - for his stellar boxing career and his work in the community.

The mosaic was a surprise for Mr Dale, who was expecting to go out for lunch in Wangaratta, but instead was taken by his wife to Dale's Butchery on Standish Street around 11am, where a crowd

had gathered, including family, friends and community members.

Organiser Mal Wilson thanked Mr Dale for his steadfast commitment to teaching boxing for local kids every Monday night with his friend Kevin Grealy at the Myrtleford Showgrounds.

“Every Monday night since I’ve been here Steve Dale is up there skipping away no matter what,” he said.

“It just hit me in the heart to think this bloke here and

A FITTING TRIBUTE: Glenys and Mal Wilson (left) with Steve Dale and anonymous artist Crackpot One at the unveiling of the mosaic at Dales Butchery on Sunday.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist his mates every Monday night, without any recognition, they’re up there teaching the kids in this little town that there’s a better life than just doing nothing and I take my hat off to Steve for doing that.

“He was a champion as a boxer.

“He boxed 19 consecutive fights at Festival Hall on a show called TV Ringside - some great champi-

pots, who are responsible for over 100 mosaics dotted throughout Myrtleford.

Sponsors of the mosaic included the Lions Club of Myrtleford, the Myrtleford Rotary Club, Dale's Butchery, the Myrtleford Show Society, Happy Valley Hotel, Dahlsens Myrtleford and the Myrtleford Hotel.

ons came out of that place.”

Mr Dale thanked Mal and Glenys Wilson for organising the artwork, said he was flattered and had “no idea” the mosaic was being made, and attributed his boxing success to his former trainer John Garoni.

The work was created by local anonymous art duo the Crack-

Grant to help Bright Op Shop volunteers

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE BRIGHT Hospital Op Shop has received more than $4000 in funding as part of organisations across Indi sharing in $46,214 of federal grants.

Independent Indi federal MP, Helen Haines, said the grants from $2700 to $5000 will assist organisations to “better support their volunteers to purchase small equipment, pay fuel, transport and training costs”.

The successful applicants were recommended for funding after being assessed by a panel of community leaders.

“These grants will go a long way towards supporting volunteers to continue their important work in the community, in work that brings people together especially in times of need,” Dr Haines said.

“According to the latest Census results, 19.5 per cent of people in Indi did volunteer work with a group or organisation; that's well above the Victorian rate of 13.3 per cent and the Australian rate of 14.1 per cent.

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SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERS: A recent grant will financially support Bright Op Shop volunteers including (from left) Carol Lowen, treasurer Lois Matthews, Marion Wiggins and David McGrath. PHOTO: Brodie Everist for travel costs for volunteers.

“We have many older volunteers who can’t drive themselves and Bright currently has no taxi so we're trying to work on another option, or even looking at reallocating the funding because there are other things we can spend it on for our volunteers,” she said.

“We have roughly 50 volunteers between our two premises, slightly less than we had before COVID.

“We really are a community that gives back.

“Research shows that volunteering increases our confidence, our satisfaction with our quality of life and our mental health, especially in older people,” she said.

Bright Hospital Op Shop secretary Suzanne de Carheil said the group was “tremendously excited” with its grant of $4160

“We’re always anxious to sign up new volunteers and are also very happy to receive good, clean donations.

“We still spend an awful lot of money on tip and skip fees so please be mindful of what you donate.”

You can contact the op shop at brightopshop@gmail.com, on Facebook as Bright Hospital Op Shops Inc or call 5755 5111.

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New journalist covering your news BRODIE Everist is a new addition to the team at the Myrtleford Times/Alpine Observer, taking up the full-time journalist role.

Originally from Melbourne, Brodie moved to Wangaratta in April to work for the Wangaratta Chronicle, then relocated to Myrtleford two weeks ago.

He is enjoying working in the Alpine Shire, helping to spread the word about what matters in this community, whether it be local events, council meetings, business news or major developments.

“I moved north because the opportunity to work as a journalist for a local paper was too good to miss, and I haven’t regretted it,” he said.

“I have particular knowledge of Australian politics and environmental issues, as I studied them at university, but I love reporting on anything.

“I am a also musician who loves a wide range of music, especially disco, pop and jazz, and some locals have already roped me into

A NEW FACE: Brodie Everist is a new journalist at the MyrtlefordTimes/Alpine Observer.

PHOTO: Jenny Zamperoni playing saxophone with them.”

Before moving to the North East Brodie worked as a gardener (another one of his passions), and he hopes to get involved with the local community garden or Landcare group in the future.

He looks forward to meeting all the interesting people in the Alpine Shire and covering the issues that matter to you.

Brodie can be contacted at the office on (03) 5731 3307, mobile 0426 285 980, or via email at beverist@nemedia.com.au

electric vehicles into regional Victoria.

The Ovens Valley and Hume Highway for instance are the biggest freight corridors in the country, and there are some real, great opportunities there on the Melbourne to Sydney freight line.

In the transport industry this is where the opportunities are missed.”

A company called Janus Electric have developed a swap-and-go type situation with batteries for trucks, meaning they can actually convert trucks.

If you think about trucks having to pull up

and charge for 12 hours, that would not work at all - but at a swap and go it takes three minutes to change a battery from a truck with a forklift.

They get another battery, and away they go.

We need to support small businesses and commercial businesses because that is what makes the wheels turn in Victoria.

It’s time the government took a closer look at opportunities particularly in regional Victoria but certainly on this freight line between Melbourne and Sydney.

Tim McCurdy, Nationals MP for Ovens Valley

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Mayor says Bright development can help ease housing pressure ALPINE Shire Mayor Sarah Nicholas believes a major housing development plan approved by council last week for 35 hectares of land on the edge of Bright township will ease the low availability of housing in the shire.

Cr Nicholas said the Bright Western Gateway Development Plan will provide an opportunity for community members and future residents to secure a piece of Bright in a market currently struggling with low housing availability and choice.

“We’ve seen an unprecedented demand for housing locally since the start of the COVID pandemic,” she said.

“This development means that residents who are struggling to secure their own home, as well as future community members keen for a tree change, will have an oppor-

tunity to buy into this highly sought after place to live, work and play.

“This is a step towards providing more houses, thus easing the housing pressures we are seeing play out across the Alpine Shire and more broadly around the country, but it is by no means the final step.”

The development plan provides a high-level concept for the site, but detailed design will still be required for areas such as drainage, roadways and landscaping, which will be determined at the planning permit stage.

Cr Nicholas said council approved the development plan as the next step in the development process.

“The approval of a development plan is different to approving a plan of subdivision - we’re still a fair way off from that level

of detail,” she said.

“There is plenty of work to be done by the developer and council’s planning department to ensure that the final project meets the requirements of the Alpine Planning Scheme and satisfies key stakeholders.”

According to council, it will continue to engage with the community about how they wish to see the development progress and address any concerns as they arise.

The Great Alpine Road site was rezoned from farming land to residential in 2015, and purchased by Melbourne developers the Deague family in February 2022.

The development plan for the 41 hectare site was considered for approval by councillors at the July council meeting last week, based on planning considerations put in place in 2015.

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: A birds-eye design of the Western Gateway Plan. Please note, the plan pictured is conceptual only, subject to detailed design.

More driving mentors needed to give their time for teens

By BRODIE EVERIST BRIGHT resident Fiona Bittlestone admits she books too many hours as an L2P mentor, the volunteer program helping teens learn to drive.

“It’s enjoyable, I look forward to it - and that’s why I keep overbooking many, many hours, and I’ve got no time to do anything else,” she said.

According to Ms Bittlestone, there are many benefits to being a mentor, including becoming a better driver and the fulfillment of helping teenagers become independent and job-ready.

But in spite of that, there aren’t enough mentors like Ms Bittlestone.

The Alpine Shire is currently looking for more mentors for the Alpine TAC L2P program as demand for mentorships is outstripping the limited number of volunteers.

Porepunkah mentor Ron Milne drives from Bright to a student in Myrtleford

Beauty & District.

Mentors don’t need to be driving instructors, they just need to be aged 21 and over with their full driver’s licence, and have one to two hours a week spare.

And for those who are nervous about teaching kids to drive, Ms Bittlestone said it’s a lot more relaxed than people think.

“It’s amazing how people go, 'Oh my god, I could never do that,' because they found driving practice with their own teenagers really stressful,” she said.

“But you don’t carry any of that baggage as the mentor - they’re not my child, they're not my teenager, it’s not my car.

“It’s not a white knuckle ride at all.”

Learn more and register your interest for the L2P program at https:// www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/ licences/your-ps/get-yourps/preparing-for-yourlicence-test/l2p-learnerdriver-mentor-program.

LEARNING TO DRIVE: L2P mentor Ron Milne (right) with student Ella Wheeler, who recently passed her driving test. because of a shortage of mentors in the town.

He said there are always more students than available volunteers, especially when they both need to fit in with each other’s schedules of work, study and time off.

“You’ve got to have quite a pool of mentors to

work with,” he said.

The TAC L2P Program supports young people who have difficulties in gaining the 120 hours needed to go for their drivers licence, as they may not have access to a car or a supervising driver.

“It particularly gives country kids access to

education and work opportunities that they wouldn't otherwise have,” Ms Bittlestone said.

In addition to providing a supervising driver and car, the program also provides free professional driving lessons for young people to make sure they are practicing correct

driving techniques.

The program operates across the Alpine Shire, with support from Wangaratta Motor Group, Upper Kiewa Valley Lions Club and Rotary Club of Myrtleford, with three dedicated L2P cars donated by Community Bank Bright and Community Bank Mount

Have your voice heard...

I will be in your town to hear your great ideas or concerns on how we can make our community a better place.

TUESDAY 19 JULY

Morning Myrtleford Porepunkah

Afternoon Bright Harrietville

WEDNESDAY 20 JULY

Morning Bright & surrounds contact me for location information

Afternoon Mudgegonga Whorouly

To make an appointment, please call or email my office to arrange a time that suits you.

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Council launches MyAlpine portal THE Alpine Shire Council has launched the MyAlpine customer portal, a new digital customer request management platform.

Alpine Shire Mayor Sarah Nicholas said the portal replaces a number of online forms and connects seamlessly with council’s website.

“If you follow a link for a key service from our website like waste service updates, or to have your say on a community project or consultation you will be directed straight to MyAlpine,” she said.

“MyAlpine allows you to create an account, where you can report a problem, make a submission or submit a request.

“A new online facilities booking system is also available through the portal browse and book for your next event or private function from the comfort of the couch.

“You can also submit a request or report a problem as a guest.\” MyAlpine allows customers to submit, view and track their requests, and receive real-time updates on the progress of an enquiry or submission.

Cr Nicholas said future additions to the services on MyAlpine will include online rates payments, and eventually the lodgement and tracking of building and planning applications.

“This is an exciting step towards having a full suite of online services at our community’s fingertips,” she said.

Visit my.alpineshire.vic. gov.au to learn more and register.

BE KIND TO YOUR MIND: Almost 100 people attended Myrtleford Football Netball Club’s special luncheon for its Mental Health Round on Saturday.

Former AFL great and mental health advocate Wayne Schwass (second from left) was guest speaker and is pictured with (from left) Independent MP for Indi Helen Haines, Marian College teacher Davina Perkins, Myrtleford P-12 principal Zlatko Pear, Marian College senior school leader Brad Carroll, managing director of North East Civil Construction Glenn Clarke and MFNC vice president John Pryor.

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Landcare group are hard at work on Happy Valley Creek

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE MYRTLEFORD’S Landcare and Sustainability Group has been hard at work in its ongoing effort to clean up Happy Valley Creek this month.

Secretary Glenda Janas said the project was an important one for Myrtleford.

“It is in such a prominent location and viewed, not just by locals, but visitors staying at the caravan park, attending bowls and tennis competitions and other events,” she said.

“In short, this part of the creek is eyed by many and there has been a lot of commentary over the years about the ugly appearance along this part of the creek.

“Mention of the creek being choked by reeds and rubbish and the creek banks inundated with noxious weeds.

HELPING OUT: The community helped out with the Happy Valley Creek project this month.

“Also the back of the shops along this part of town is very unattractive.

“While other towns, who are fortunate enough to have a waterway running through it, have embraced its beauty and made it a town focus, unfortunately Myrtleford has turned its back on our

waterway and it has been neglected for a very long time.”

Ms Janas said the Myrtleford Landcare project has a number of components, namely: • clearing of some of the reeds and getting rid of rubbish and noxious weeds;

• replanting along the creek banks; native grasses close to the water to stabilise the banks and prevent erosion; and • planting native shrubs and trees along the upper part of the banks to beautify and stabilise the area.

“Also we want to grow a native green screen on the top part of the bank to hide the back of the shops,” Ms Janas said.

“Jubilee Park is a beautiful park thanks to the Alpine Shire and our Landcare group wishes to do our community bit by continuing to maintain and improve along the creek area.

“It needs frequent attention to give our newly planted specimens a chance to thrive and not to be overtaken by weeds.

“If anyone in the community would like to join our team we will welcome them with open arms; the

young and not so young, families, everyone.”

Other projects the Myrtleford Landcare is undertaking include weed control along the Ovens River Loop Walk, and National Tree Planting Day on Sunday, July 31 will be held on Reform Hill.

“We plan to plant trees on the side of the hill overlooking the township,” Ms Janas said.

“We would appreciate able bodied community members to join us for this important National Tree Planting Day. “Planting a tree is one of the most effective things an individual can do to combat climate change.”

Myrtleford District Landcare and Sustainability Group can be contacted by at landcaremyrtleford@gmail.com or Facebook or 0447 650 403.

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Bringing live music to shire

By MARTIN DAVIS ALPINE Shire Council has awarded an $180,000 contract to Live Nation to organise a live music event in the shire before January 31, 2023.

The funding for the event was money council had set aside from the $2.3 million it received from the State Government, through the Bushfire Recovery Victoria’s Council Support Fund, following the 2019/20 bushfires.

The event’s objective is to engage and entertain the youth of the Alpine Shire while assisting the community’s recovery from the bushfires and the two years of restrictions that occurred from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A report to councillors at last week’s meeting recommended Live Nation as the preferred tenderer from eight initial parties who responded to the May tender process.

Live Nation is responsible for getting some of the most prominent artists and bands to tour Australia (e.g.

Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Harry Styles) and organising festivals like the three-day Falls Festival in Birregurra.

Councillors were informed that a new State Government organisation, ‘Always Live’, has been formed to stimulate the music industry following the COVID-19 pandemic through the delivery of music

events throughout Victoria and that Live Nation is a partner of Always Live, and is responsible for delivery of events through the new program.

Alpine Shire director of assets, Will Jeremy, said council had received a proposal for an Always Live event to be delivered in the Alpine Shire featuring a significant headline artist.

“While the proposal does not require additional funding from council, a possible

condition of council accepting the proposal may include the requirement to charge an entry fee. Council is currently engaging with Always Live to assess this proposal,” he reported to council.

Councillor John Forsyth said the event presented an exciting opportunity, reflecting back on the March 2020 visit by international superstar Katy Perry.

“I don’t think $180,000 would get a really big-name artist, however if the event

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Tawonga Caravan Park construction set for September

By BRODIE EVERIST ROADS and carpark construction at Tawonga Caravan Park is set to begin in early September, after Alpine Shire councillors awarded the construction contract at their monthly meeting last week.

According to council, the upgrade will include a realignment of the park entrance for larger vehicles and caravans, a loading/waiting bay for checkins, a roundabout, visitor and check-in carparking, and footpaths and ramps connecting with the new office/kiosk building.

The construction works are planned to start in early September and completed by October 28, 2022.

Council will be paying $151,627 (GST exclusive) to construction company Jackson's Earthmoving Pty Ltd for the project.

The program includes contingency for delays due to weather, however, completion could be delayed beyond October if unseasonable weather is experi-

is ticketed then the sky’s the limit, we could do whatever we wanted to do,” Cr Forsyth said.

“However, I would hate to see the ticket prices getting out of hand as it is a community styled event.”

Council is still in discussions about where the event will be held.

It is looking at all of the shire’s major towns, with the ultimate choice of venue to determine which weekend the event will be held.

THE Alpine Shire Council has extended the nomination closing date for the Alpine Shire Youth Awards to August 15.

The awards celebrate the diverse and wonderful achievements of local young people aged 12-21.

Nominations are open in the following categories: Academic, community, endurance and persistence, sport and recreation, workplace, rural, performing arts, and visual arts and media.

Visit the Alpine Shire website to learn more: https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/community/grantsand-awards/youth-awards.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Road and carpark construction works at the Tawonga Caravan Park are planned to start in early September and be completed by October 28, 2022.

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Workplace vaccination change

By STEVE KELLY INDIVIDUAL workplaces will decide on what level of COVID-19 vaccination employees require following new changes to government regulations that came into effect yesterday.

The changes - which follow advice from the chief health officer after the removal of some vaccination requirements under Pandemic Orders - see the government recommending that businesses and employ-

ers should consider their own policies based on their own assessment of risk.

These regulations do not require workers to be vaccinated, but ensure employers have the information they need to make decisions on necessary control measures at their workplace, which may include vaccination.

It’s a far cry from the vaccination mandates of 2021 when many workers were forced to be vaccinated in order to maintain their employment.

Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy has labelled the changes to vaccination registers and policing as “too little too late”.

“Employers have been screaming out for flexibility to employ staff under their own sensible and flexible plans for more than a year,” he said.

“As the state election looms in late November, this is another example of the government giving responsibility to businesses when (Premier) Daniel Andrews wants to step

back and be at ‘arm’s length’ from the process.

“Last week the Premier slapped on a further threemonth extension to his COVID powers and now wants to be the nice guy to businesses.”

The new changes fall in line with other jurisdictions around Australia.

Under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 Pandemic (Workplace) Order 2022 (No. 9), workers who work in high risk settings are still required

to be vaccinated.

Vaccination of workers remains strongly recommended, and employers are encouraged to actively promote and encourage staff to maintain an ‘up-to-date’ vaccination status.

Under the OHS Act employers must identify whether there is a risk to the health of their workers from exposure to COVID-19 at their workplace.

If identified, employers are required to eliminate risks as far as reasonably

practicable and when elimination is not possible, employers are required to implement measures to reduce risks.

The regulations will be in place for 12 months from yesterday.

Minister for Workplace Safety, Ingrid Stitt, said these regulations will mean individual employers can choose to implement their own vaccination policies, to collect and hold COVID-19 vaccination information of their workers.

Heartfelt folk songs at Bright Art Gallery CENTRAL Victorian based singer-songwriter Lucy Wise will be playing an intimate solo show this Friday at Bright Art Gallery.

Ms Wise explores themes of love, the natural world, friendship and healing with disarming honesty, accompanying her vocals with fingerpicked guitar, ukulele, and Appalachian dulcimer.

The concert will feature many new songs by Ms Wise, written over the past three years, which will be on her upcoming album to be released in 2023.

Ms Wise said the songs on the album are about finding where the heart lives, and how coming through hard times can give us greater capacity for love and empathy.

“My hope is that this collection of songs is going to be helpful for people during this difficult time in the world,” she said.

According to Ms Wise, exploring themes of vulnerability, such as love and her experience of mental health issues, have helped her grow as an artist.

“An important develop-

HEARTFELT SONGS: Folk artist Lucy Wise will be performing a solo show at Bright Art Gallery this Friday.

PHOTO: Sarah Lynch ment in my artistic path is being able to show up as my as my whole self, the dark stuff as well as what I take joy in,” she said.

Ms Wise has performed at festivals across Australia and toured three albums and 2 EPs in Australia, NZ, the USA and the UK since 2010.

In 2021 she was nominated in the Music Victoria Awards’ ‘Best Folk Act’ category with her latest

single, “Broadbeans”.

Doors will open at 5pm for a 5:30pm start at the Bright Art Gallery this Friday with a short support set from local artist Nic Jean.

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SET TO CLOSE: Victorian Farmers Federation Ovens Valley branch president Barry Morey said it was critical for members to attend and vote on the branch’s future at a meeting in the next two to three weeks.

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VFF branch set to close

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Victorian Farmers’ Federation (VFF) Ovens Valley branch is set to close, according to branch president Barry Morey.

Mr Morey said meetings have been too infrequent, while attendance has been slowly declining, with only five members attending the previous meeting.

“Five can’t make a big decision like closing a club down,” he said.

“So we decided at that meeting we’d wait another couple of months and call another one.”

Mr Morey said it was critical for members to attend and vote on the branch’s future at a meeting in the next two to three weeks.

According to Mr Morey, the VFF is planning to establish a branch in the Kiewa Valley.

“We can go to Wangaratta and join up with that

branch, or they're trying to start up a new branch towards Dederang-Kiewa,” he said.

According to a VFF spokesperson, the organisation is planning to hold an upcoming Ovens Valley branch meeting to discuss a number of topics, including local members' preferences for meeting and branch locations, but a place and time for the meeting is yet to be determined.

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Chestnut industry’s strong season, despite challenges

By BRODIE EVERIST INDUSTRY body Chestnuts Australia has reported a strong chestnut season this year, despite challenges from fungal disease and worker shortages.

According to president of Chestnuts Australia, Brian Casey, some chestnut varieties were affected by internal rot, a fungal disease impacting harvested nuts.

Combined with high chestnut volumes, this caused market prices to fall around May, said Mr Casey, but since then the market has recovered.

“Some varieties did have a bit of a quality issue. So the market slowed a bit right at the peak, which is not that uncommon,” he said.

But according to Mr Casey, the industry recorded large volumes of chestnuts which gave reasonably good returns for growers.

“There are still chestnuts in storage, good quality ones at that,” he said.

Mr Casey said the Ovens Valley was only experiencing isolated incidents of chestnut blight, a cankerous fungal disease first detected in Victoria in 2010.

He was optimistic that the area is on track to eliminate the disease, after receiving funding from the Victorian government last year for biosecurity officers to detect the fungus.

“Thankfully, it doesn’t appear to be spreading much at all,” Mr Casey said.

“We are confident down the track we can achieve eradication, although growers should remain vigilant and report any suspicious-looking trees.”

Mr Casey said that while growers experienced worker shortages, sales weren’t significantly impacted.

“My understanding is most growers had difficulty sourcing harvesters, but they did manage to get enough, even though it meant that they had to do a lot more work,” he said.

“It was tough, but they managed to get their crops harvested and sold.”

Ovens chestnut grower Nick Moschis said his harvest was larger than last year, which he put down to rain in January and a dry period during the pollination period in November.

His 1000-tree orchard produces around 10,000 tonnes of chestnuts, which he sup-

GOOD TIMES: Ovens chestnut grower Nick Moschis roasting chestnuts with his wife Lydia. plies wholesale and also sells them at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne.

Mr Moschis said he lost around 30 per cent of his crop in testing for internal rot, while in a normal year

only he would only lose 10 per cent.

He put the high prevalence of rot down to the wet weather in January and the crop staying longer on the ground, but admitted there isn’t much

evidence for what exactly causes the fungus.

“Every variety and every situation is different depending on where you are and what you’re growing,” he said.

Alpine active COVID cases rise, booster eligibility increased ACTIVE COVID cases in the Alpine Shire had risen to 88 on Monday, with 21 new cases detected in the 24 hours prior to 3pm on Monday.

This is almost a doubling of active cases since last week, according to Victorian Government data.

Fourth-dose COVID-19 boosters are now available for people aged 30 and above, while the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) now recommends those aged 50 and above receive a fourth vaccine dose.

ATAGI continues to recommend that people in eligible at-risk population groups, including those who are severely immunocompromised or who have underlying medical conditions, receive their fourth dose.

According to the federal Department of Health and Aged Care, a surge in cases of COVID-19 BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants is contributing to an increase in respiratory virus infections and is expected to worsen in coming months.

Alpine residents can attend outreach vaccination clinics at Bright Community Centre on July 28, or the Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre on August 2.

For more information visit https://www.alpinehealth.org. au/covid-19/vaccination-clinics.

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Pizza making fun in the holidays CHILDREN at the Mountain View Children’s Centre got the chance to learn how to make a Italian style pizza when they visited Myrtleford’s Bastoni Pizzeria over the school holidays.

Centre staff member Bianca Love said the kids enjoyed getting the experience to make their own wood fired pizza’s - and of course doing the taste test.

“It was something different for the kids to do, and it was nice to see how each particular pizza is made,” she said.

“The focus of the holiday sessions was to get the kids out there in to the community and learn new skills.”

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Alpine Health releases its reconciliation plan ALPINE Health released its inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) last week in recognition of NAIDOC Week.

The launch of the RAP marks a milestone in Alpine Health’s work to support the reconciliation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples.

Formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, the RAP recognises and acknowledges Australia’s First Nations peoples and marks the beginning of a formal and structured approach to reconciliation.

The RAP has been developed using a framework of relationships, respect, and opportunities which will allow Alpine Health to strengthen their reconciliation commitments alongside their business objectives.

The projected outcomes of the RAP will be guided by the five dimensions of reconciliation: race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity, and historical acceptance.

“I would like to thank the members of our RAP working group, along with

Report points to aged care staffing challenges

By BRODIE EVERIST A NEW report by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says Australia's aged care crisis is worse than expected, with the sector facing a shortfall of around 35,000 direct aged care workers this year alone.

The report, ‘Duty of care: Aged care sector in crisis’, found the annual staff shortage has doubled in less than a year - escalating from 17,000 to 35,000 due to a combination of challenging pandemic driven circumstances and a lack of action by governments.

“If workforce shortages at this level continue, we will not have enough workers to meet the basic standards of care recommended by the Royal Commission,” CEDA senior economist Cassandra Winzar said.

“Miniscule levels of migration and increased levels of

attrition in the sector, estimated to be around 65,000 workers a year, have exacerbated existing shortages.”

A spokesperson for aged care centre Myrtleford Lodge said they were managing to weather the staffing issues across the health sector reasonably well, but did not wish to comment further.

Alpine Health, responsible for three aged care facilities in the Alpine Shire, did also not wish to provide comment.

Marlene Deering, an 82-year-old resident at Alpine Health’s aged care facility Hawthorn Village, said while staff are “pushed to the limit with their time schedule”, they are “fantastic”.

“We’re all one big happy family,” she said.

“We all look after each other - we care for the nurses as well as much as they care for us.

“As far as communication goes, they’re wonderful.”

HEALING HANDS: Myrtleford year nine student Sahara Giles of the Ngarrindjeri people with Alpine Health CEO Nick Shaw. Sahara is one of the artists who created the ‘Healing Hands’ artwork used on the front cover and throughout Alpine Health’s Reconciliation Action Plan. our many stakeholders, who have guided and supported the development of this significant piece of work,” Alpine Health CEO Nick Shaw said.

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“I would like to sincerely thank the students and

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Harrietville resident helping others out of ‘No Man’s Land’

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ustralia’s drinking culture is a prominent one, and one that Harrietville resident Jordan O’Neill knows all too well.

With many people participating in Dry July - a fundraiser that encourages people to go alcohol-free in July to raise funds for people affected by cancer - Jordan spoke about his journey with alcohol and how he is now helping others.

The 48 year old, who grew up in the hills of Eltham North in Melbourne but returned to work at Mt Hotham every season since his first at age 22, fell into a drinking habit in his thirties and said it took him more than a decade to change that habit for good.

“I think events like Dry July are great and not just because money is raised for a really good cause,” he said.

“If you’re willing to be introspective, taking some time away from alcohol can show you some of the benefits to your body, brain and mindset that are otherwise affected by alcohol.

“I think it also helps normalise not drinking when you’re out socialising.

“The hard part for many people is that abstaining from alcohol can be hard work.

“I first did Dry July in 2005 and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed being alcohol-free.

“The experience planted a seed, but it still took me another 14 years before I was able to change my habits for good.”

Jordan said he had always known drinking as a “normal part of life”.

“When I was a kid all the adults I knew drank at all social occasions, dinner time, watching the footy, celebrations and commiserations,” he said.

“I think that can be pretty normal for a lot of people in our society.

“As I grew into a young man I joined in.

“Drinking became normal for me at parties, hanging out with mates, after work and with dinner.

“Partying and drinking were a big part of life in the snow where it was pretty normal to drink every day for the whole winter season.

“It wasn’t too different from the crowd I worked and lived with

Jordan’s journey with alcohol

If you’re willing to be introspective, taking some time away from alcohol can show you some of the benefits to your body, brain and mindset that are otherwise affected by alcohol. - Jordan O’Neill

NO MAN’S LAND: Harrietville resident Jordan O’Neill encourages others to look at their drinking habits. during the rest of the year as well.

“During my early thirties I began to question whether drinking was taking more from my life than it was giving.

“Drinking had crept its way into an everyday habit for me.

“Maybe it was only one or two beers at the end of the day.

“Often that could turn into six or more.

“I felt like I deserved it and it helped me relax, I also thought I enjoyed it and I liked making my own rules.

“I’d think, ‘Sure, I drink a bit, but I’m fit and active and work hard, this is the way I want to be’ but then I also noticed that it had become hard to drink less.”

Jordan explained he would sometimes go a few days or a week without drinking and noticed how much more energy he had.

“I noticed how much better I would sleep too, but I would always just revert back to drinking more than I wanted to,” he said.

“I loved alcohol and I hated alcohol.

“Eventually, I started to see alcohol as an enemy to my desire to have a fulfilling life.

“This is where it became difficult because I wanted to drink less but couldn’t really change my behaviour.

“For me, this process lasted for almost a decade.

“A decade of trying to moderate and using, what I see now, as an incredible amount of mental energy trying to moderate.

“I call this being in No Man’s Land - unable to let go of alcohol and therefore unable to experience the benefits of freedom from it.”

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n early 2019, Jordan discovered the ‘This Naked Mind’ movement and learned how to “change my conditioned subconscious beliefs around alcohol”.

“I was ready to change when I went through This Naked Mind’s Alcohol Experiment,” he said.

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“From there my mindset shifted from, ‘You only live once so I’m going to drink when I want’ to ‘You only live once so I’m not going to waste my time drinking.’

“Right now I drink as much as I want to when I want to...I just haven’t felt like drinking anything for the last three and a half years.”

Jordan said the experience was the “most liberating experience” he can remember having.

“Every aspect of my life has vastly improved ever since,” he said.

“One of the first thoughts I had after changing was that I wanted to share what I have learned with others.

“For me, I had no idea how much better I could feel and how much more I could accomplish having control over alcohol.

“I don’t want others to spend years trying but not getting anywhere.

“I want to help people get out of No Man’s Land and find control over alcohol.

“I spent last year studying and training and have now become a certified This Naked Mind coach.

“This has led me to start my own business coaching people who want to find control over alcohol for good.”

Jordan’s advice for people who would like to change is “first and foremost stop beating yourself up”.

“Instead, get curious about alcohol in your life and in others,” he said.

“You’ve landed in this life in an alcohol-saturated society where alcohol is not only normalised, but you’ve been cleverly marketed to.

“It’s not your fault, but it is your responsibility to deal with it.

“Rather than trying to change your behaviour as a goal, think about changing how you feel about alcohol as a goal.”

Jordan can be found at www. nomanslandcoach.com.au and on Facebook and Instagram as nomanslandcoach.

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Lions president’s fourth term

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Lions Club of Bright held its change-over dinner on Friday, July 1 at the Bright Chalet, welcoming incoming president Andrina Crome for her fourth stint in the role.

Ms Crome thanked the club for another term as president, and said she looked forward to working with the Lions club in its community work.

The event included guests from the Lions Ladies Auxillary, the Myrtleford Lions Club and Alpine Shire deputy mayor Katarina Hughes, while two new members were inducted into the club.

The club regularly fundraises with the winter wood raffle, the Christmas community raffle and their popular fairy-floss, snow cone, and hot food stall seen at local markets.

They also volunteer at events such as the Wandiligong Nut Festival.

The club’s most recent accomplishment, with support from the Alpine Shire, includes the installation of new tables and a building of a barbecue roof at the Lions Park in Bright.

Its Youth Support Fund recently provided more than $200 worth of Lego to Bright P-12, prep-1 unit, to supplement their stores, and funded the purchase of 20 safety helmets for the Bright Scout Group.

The club also donated a new electric lawn mower to Hawthorn Village to enable staff to prepare an outdoor area for mild sporting activities.

The club will also be the official organiser of the Great Australian Duck Race, under the banner of ‘The Bright Lions Club Youth Support Fund Duck Race’ in memory of Allan J Findlay.

The club encourages enquiries or visits from interested community members.

For more information visit the Bright Lions Club Facebook page.

NEW LIONS: Lion Darren Murphy (left) with inductees Lisa Buckley and Doreen Hales and their sponsor Graham Badrock (back).

Getting energy efficient streetlights

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Alpine Shire Council awarded a contract for energy efficient streetlight upgrades at their monthly meeting last week, which will see upgrades starting this year.

Council awarded a contract for ‘Energy Efficient Street Lighting Hardware

roads due to the greater light intensity of the LED bulbs.

Council director of assets William Jeremy said the company upgrading the lights has an agreement with a registered recycler that will take the removed light fittings.

Councillor Kelli Prime said the decision was in line with council's climate action plan.

Installation’ for $380,000 (exc GST) to GPE HV Pty Ltd, after advertising a tender for the project in May. Installation of the LED lights is planned to start between October and December this year.

According to council, the upgraded streetlights will save 420 tonnes of CO2 each year and result in safer

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“Yes it’s just the street lighting at this point, but it's a step in the right direction,” she said.

Council adopted the Alpine Shire Council Climate Action Plan in September 2021, committing to climate change mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from council corporate operations to

net zero by 2023.

Upgrading streetlighting to improve efficiencies, reduce emissions and introduce new technology is one of the actions identified in the plan.

An audit of council's streetlights by Ironbark Sustainability, an independent industry expert, identified 1333 out of 1494 streetlights

that would benefit from upgrading.

As part of the Alpine Shire's commitments on emissions reduction, council joined the Victorian Energy Collaboration Renewable Power Purchase Agreement which now provides all of council's electricity usage from 100 per cent renewable energy.

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PEOPLE AROUND TOWN MT BEAUTY

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Rob O’Connor How long have you lived in Mt Beauty?

I was born in Tawonga Hospital in 1955. My wife Joy and I left in 1975 to go to Melbourne - Joy to study nursing and I trained at RMIT to gain a certificate in technology in electronics. We came back in 1980 and I worked at the SEC. What do you like about living here?

The friendly helpful people and being surrounded by the mountains. Our valley is very special place. I love the weather with its definite change in seasons.

What are your hobbies and interests?

My two main interests are the Alpine Radio Station and the CFA. Apart from that I work on my bus. I was part of the set up of Alpine Radio. I went to the original meeting and put my hand up to do the technical work at the station as a volunteer and have been involved ever since. I have been with the CFA for just over 35 years, being captain for 11 of those years. My bus is an ex school bus from Rushworth. It’s 11 metres long and I’ve converted it into a motor home. I studied via correspondence to achieve a Bachelor of Business and Management degree, attending lectures in Wagga Wagga, Albury and Bathurst. I am a committee member of the Joint Communication and Technology organisation in Melbourne, and I have applied to become a peer, helping out with people who are experiencing problems, particularly with mental health.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

In the winter to Falls Creek to see the snow, and in summer to see the mountain huts, Wallace Hut in particular. If they were up for a walk I’d take them to Fainter Falls and the Gorge Walk.

Would you like to see any changes?

No, nothing in particular. We have all we need being in close proximity to Albury/Wodonga.

Kerrie O’Meara

Johanna Bryan

How long have you lived in the area?

I’ve been living here for about 11 years part-time but I moved here permanently to Wandiligong in October. I'm originally from Mansfield.

What do you do?

I'm a mobile florist.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I love horses. I was competing but I'm not doing much of that at the moment. Just living on the farm, going for nature walks and playing golf.

What do you like about the area?

I love the scenery. It’s very similar to Mansfield. I love the mountains. I couldn’t live anywhere without mountains.

It’s still small enough to be country and still has that lovely country vibe.

Where would you take visitors coming here?

Mostly the walks around the rivers and the Canyon Walk places like that. Mount Buffalo is absolutely beautiful. There’s a certain special energy from Buffalo.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

Not really. I’d like it to stay the same size. People are friendly and it’s a lovely place to live.

How long have you lived in the area?

I've lived in Myrtleford since January, but I’ve been local to Bright and Myrtleford for about six years now.

What do you do?

I’m in Year 12 so I’m either studying at school or I’m doing mountain biking. I do competitive downhill mountain biking.

What do you like about the area?

It’s not in the city - it’s a bit more peaceful - and the landscape is something that you don’t get to see every day if you live in the city.

Where would you take visitors coming here?

Probably Mystic Mountain Bike Park because it’s different to all the other mountain bike tracks that I’ve ridden in other areas, such as Queensland. It’s got the different landscape that matters most, like all the terrain, rocks, tree roots, all that. And it's literally for everyone, from a first mountain bike ride to a professional, so it’s got everything for everyone.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

Honestly, just the temperature. I don’t like how cold it is.

But that's about it. Everything else is pretty nice around here.

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Choose Local

By KELLIE SHEPPARD MYRTLEFORD Chamber of Commerce is standing firmly behind the need for residents to support local business as they clamber to recover from the devastating effects of COVID-19.

Arising almost immediately after the 2019/20 summer of bushfires in the region, businesses have now battled more than 20 months of closures and uncertainty showing an unwavering commitment to the community by adapting in the most extraordinary ways to continue providing their services.

Chamber president Jim Van Geet, a business owner himself, is acutely aware of the impact these unexpected events have had on the businesses and people of Myrtleford.

“Firstly we were hit by the devastating 2019 bushfires followed shortly by COVID-19 and consequently people are out of work and businesses are suffering,” he said.

“Our businesses have adapted to the changed circumstances as best as they are able, and support our broader community where possible, but they also need the public’s support to remain viable.”

Understanding that many of the town’s residents have also been deeply impacted due to erratic employment or losing their jobs altogether, Mr Van Geet reflects on the generous spirit of the town.

“We live in a community where we help each other and are mindful of the impact that disasters have on those less fortunate,” he said.

Blessed to have community organisations, not-for-profits and

independent businesses in town that offer food (and other) relief to locals in need, the Choose Local Campaign simply asks residents to consider their local businesses for anything they may need before shopping away from town.

Richard Maclean, owner of Future Steel in Myrtleford, says that the flow on effect of shopping locally goes far beyond just the income to that one business.

“Obviously our business supports builders and other trades, but having our steel and industrial gas products available for them locally means that there is greater accessibility,” he said, “They can come and look at what we have, compare prices, build knowledge and encourage interaction within the community.”

Richard started Future Steel 11 years ago but has a wealth of knowledge gained in the industry over more than 25 years.

“It’s really exciting to see the new generation of builders coming up in the valley and great to be able to provide them products and services that help them to grow too,” he said.

Offering an extensive range of steel and a full range of industrial gases, local trades have the confidence of knowing that their needs can be met at competitive prices and without delay.

Mr Van Geet encourages all Myrtleford residents to think local first.

“We would like to remind you to buy and support local wherever possible so that we can continue to help one another and remain the strong, co-operative and friendly town that we are,” he said.

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behind commerce are standing g be ehin nd the need to support loc cal b ussiness local business communities in a bid to help their co omm mun nities thrive once more.

Mt Beauty Chamber o off Your regular Myrtleford Times inside >Commerce president, Glenys Gle enyss Peacock, understands that tha at her he er awa aware that that community is acutely aware businesses are struggling struggliing g as a result of the global pandemic, pan nde emicc, and shopping local that buying or shoppin ng lo oca al has important. never been more impo ortan nt.

“We all know that many ma any y businesses have been struggling,” stru ugg gling,” she said.

“We know because our our favourite favo vourite cafés, restaurants and rretailers eta aile ers are closed.

“Cellar doors are clos closed sed d and an nd our talented artists are e not no ot able ab ble to entertain, photograph events eve ents ts and be creative.

“We know people who wh ho have hav ve their hours lost their jobs or had th heirr ho ours reduced, and we all dream dre eam m off the time when we can have e our ou ur small small towns hustling again.”

Across the hill, Ruper Rupert rt Shaw, Sh haw w, president of Bright Chamber Cha amb berr of Commerce, says that itt is more morre than just the financial impact im mpactt that is affecting our towns.

“The rules have not b been ee en been consistent which has be een n owners confusing for business ow wnerrs and staff alike,” Mr Shaw said. sa aid..

“Each time the rules must change, new systems m usst be e need implemented, staff nee ed to to be be customers retrained and customer rs are are left left angered.”

Both agree that casual casua al employees and lower income in nco ome e the most families have been hurtt th he m ost

A BIG HEART | Gather and Harvest owner Lee Docherty is very grateful to the community for their support of small businesses that are the heart of the town.

by restrictions and empathise with their struggles, simply encouraging them to consider a local business first.

“Our businesses are a part of our community that love to employ locals and provide a number of services that people do often look for elsewhere,” Ms Peacock said.

“By choosing local instead, we can all help to ensure that our community remains strong.”

One local business adapting as best they can to continue to provide for their locals is Gather and Harvest in Mt Beauty, who have increased their online presence to enable customers to be able to access product when the store front is closed.

“The locals have been so amazing,” owner, Lee Docherty said.

“Every time we open our doors

between lockdowns, they are there supporting us.

“The last 20 months have been financially and mentally tough for everybody but making sure that towns like ours can retain those little shops is so important.

“To lose those, is to lose the heart of the town.”

As a recognised tourist region, Mr Shaw is concerned for the recovery of the hospitality sector with many chefs and hospitality workers being forced to leave the industry.

“The numbers are set so low at the moment that many businesses are choosing to remain closed as it is just not viable for them to open,” he said.

“They would be losing money if they did.

“It is going to be so important to support those, and all other local businesses as they reopen.

“The money you spend in a local business is recycled back into the community.

“These people are your neighbours and they employ your friends and children.”

Echoing the sentiment of how businesses fit into the local community, Ms Peacock shares the thanks of local businesses on behalf of Mt Beauty members.

“Our businesses want to thank their community for supporting them,” she said.

“We are all locals, we all play sport together, our kids go to school together, our businesses are a social outlet as much as anything but most of all, we care for each other which is what really counts.”

CHOOSING GROWTH | Richard Maclean of Future Steel in Myrtleford has witnessed first hand how choosing local helps entire communities thrive and grow.

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LOOKING AT OUR PAST

Myrtleford Camp 5: 1942-1946 T TWO PAR

By JOHN TAYLOR OAM, Myrtleford and District Historical Society Inc.

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n 1943 new opportunities arose for Italian prisoners of war at Whorouly East.

The need for additional labour in Victorian agriculture led to the implementation of a Rural Employment Scheme.

It was to be coordinated through a network of 14 “Control Centres”, whereby prisoners could be allocated to work on local farms.

Later, 13 POW hostels would also be established near army bases, the nearest being at Bonegilla and Seymour.

One control centre was at Wangaratta.

Day release of “Italian Land Soldiers” commenced from Camp 5 in June-July 1944, with prisoners being released at a fixed time each day and returning by a prescribed hour.

Farm work included growing and harvesting cereal crops, fodder, tobacco, potatoes and dairying.

For prisoners, working with the civilian population brought some normality to life at last.

They were paid one pound ($2) per week and permitted to retain one shilling and three pence (12 cents) for spending at the camp canteen using a token coin system.

Prisoners were searched on return to camp, and any civilian “non-regulation” clothing or other items were confiscated.

Farmers were required to observe strict security guidelines: “An Italian POW is a curious mixture in that he can be made to give excellent work if certain hints are observed...” was the advice given.

From October 1944, prisoners could live in on-farm accommodation for the remainder of their captivity, with supervisors visiting farms to check on prisoners and their working conditions.

Many valued the “family life” of their farm stay after years of camp confinement, isolation, boredom and lack of privacy.

Some young prisoners from Camp 5 worked as far apart as Corryong and Mildura and down south to Leongatha in Gippsland.

Many formed strong bonds with family members and made gifts for local families at the Camp 5 workshop; these artefacts, such as tables, chests of drawers and model ships, remain in the district today.

Items were also made for members of the 51st Garrison.

Many older officers chose not to do farm work, and frustration with camp life

ITALIAN POW CAMP 5, WHOROULY EAST: A view of the expanse of Camp 5 from the Wangaratta (Snow) Road.

ITALIAN POW 51st GARRISON FOOD PREPARATION, 1943: Sgt. N. Graham (left) and Pvte E.M. Murphy, butchers of the 51st Australian Garrison Company, weighing a consignment of meat at Camp 5, November 5, 1943.

ITALIAN POWs CATERING, 1943: In the prisoners’ kitchen, ‘B’ compound, pictured from left are G. Seminara, N. Amendolia, P. Vitulli and G. Romano, in November 6, 1943. and desire for liberation continued.

Their small circle of friends shared disbelief at the events in Europe as depicted in metropolitan newspapers.

The tide was changing in World War 2, but fascist sympathies would persist until September 1944.

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eanwhile, the rivalry between Fascists and Royalists in Compound ‘A’ and ‘B’ continued to be expressed on the parade ground, in the separate chapels for worship, their vegetable and fruit growing plots and landscaping projects.

Illicit stills to ferment berries and grapes to produce wine bottles continued until the Garrison Company was detected.

The receipt and despatch of mail between prisoners and their families were ini-

ITALIAN POW REUNION GROUP, 1981: Members of the local community greet returnees to the old Camp 5 site in 1981.

ITALIAN POW WORKER’S COTTAGE, WHOROULY SOUTH: A corrugated iron tobacco kiln housed three prisoners on long term release on a nearby farm at Whorouly South, 1944-1946.

tially up to six months, adding to anxiety, but by May 1943, air mail improved delivery.

Prisoners who worked long-term on farms in 1944 had mail collected and delivered fortnightly.

The victory over Germany on May 8, 1945 (‘VE Day’) unsettled the camp, but brought jubilation to many.

A few refused to attend the camp’s VE parade and celebration; others wanted to volunteer for the French Foreign Legion and oppose the Japanese.

Anxiety began to build for many older prisoners as a return home to Italy awaited following Japan’s surrender on August 15, 1945.

Cosimo Valente, a lone Italian arrested on a Danish oil tanker “Anglo Maesk” at Fremantle on June 27, 1940, at age 60, was the oldest inmate at Camp 5.

He feared he would not get home.

At Camp 5, he had joined eight Italian merchant seamen from the “MV Remo”, seized in Freemantle on June 11, 1940, and another eight from the “MV Romolo”, which was set fire and scuttled by its crew off the Queensland coast on June 12, 1940.

All crewmen returned to Italy after seven years.

The first Italians left Whorouly East under guard in August 1945, sailing on the “Andes” from Sydney to

Naples, arriving in September.

Medical cases followed from Murchison and Myrtleford camps in December, but the bulk of prisoners would wait until after March 1946.

Frustration at the delay was reflected on September 7, 1946, when the largest “escape” of prisoners from Camp 5 occurred; 16 escapees left, “going for a walk”, at 10pm.

They were recaptured between September 9 and 11 at Tallangatta, Buffalo Creek, Bobinawarrah-Moyhu and Wodonga.

Myrtleford Camp 5 closed in October 1946, and the final group of Italian POWs left Australia in January 1947.

Repatriation of 16,831 Italian POWs had occurred on 11 ships with names which included “Ormonde”, “Otranto”, “Orontes”, “More-

ton Bay”, and “El Kantara” between July 1946 and January 1947.

The old camp huts were disassembled, and the water system was decommissioned.

Relocated huts were seen across the North East.

The framework was transported for use at the Myrtleford RSL building, and a chapel was removed for use by the Anglican Church at Tangambalanga.

Across Australia, 100 escapees could not be located.

Some 101 prisoners had died in captivity, 85 from natural causes, 15 from suicide and one was shot at Rowville Hostel in suspicious circumstances.

The remains of these POWs were all brought together in 1961 at an Ossario at Murchison General Cemetery, joining 29 civilians who had died when confined at detention camps.

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Agent

Áǝƺ ǝȒȅƺ ǣɀ ǣȇ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ ǼȒƬƏɎǣȒȇ ƬǼȒɀƺ ɎȒ ƫɖɀ ɀɎȒȵɀً ɀȵȒȸɎǣȇǕ ȒɮƏǼً ƬȒȇɮƺȇǣƺȇƬƺ ɀɎȒȸƺ ƏȇƳ ǼȒƬƏǼ ɀƬǝȒȒǼɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ǸǣƳɀِ Áǝǣɀ ȵȸȒȵƺȸɎɵ ǣɀ ƏǼǼ ɖȵ ɎȒ ƳƏɎƺ ƏȇƳ ȸƺƏƳɵ ɎȒ ǕȒ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɯ Ȓɯȇƺȸ ƏȇƳ ɯȒɖǼƳ ȅƏǸƺ Ɏǝƺ ȵƺȸǔƺƬɎ ǣȇɮƺɀɎȅƺȇɎِ ¨ǼƺƏɀƺ ƬȒȇɎƏƬɎ ɖɀ ȇȒɯ ɎȒ ƏȸȸƏȇǕƺ ɵȒɖȸ ǣȇɀȵƺƬɎǣȒȇِ

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| Nutrien Harcourts

¨ǝȒȇƺ ۴ 5722 9444 ¨ȸǣƬƺ

۴ $430,000

nȒƬƏɎǣȒȇ ۴ 12 Langlands Street, Wangaratta

FINALLY A LIFESTYLE RENTAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50s

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RENT RATHER THAN BUY INTO A LIFESTYLE VILLAGE? Providence Lifestyle Yarrawonga is well located, our pristine village is only a short stroll from the beautiful Lake Mulwala.

Lifestyle villages are a great choice for over 50s to downsize but not everyone wants to, or can afford to tie up the capital to buy into one.

Apartment blocks only offer short term leases and retirement villages are known for high entry and exit fees. Providence Lifestyle offers boutique living where you can rent rather than buy and live in a friendly safe gated community with great facilities to enjoy life.

BEAUTIFUL HOMES

NO ENTRY OR EXIT FEES

PETS WELCOME

GATES CLOSE DUSK TIL DAWN

CENTRAL FACILITIES

Karen Van der Steeg Providence Yarrawonga Lifestyle Coordinator T 0475 755 981 E karenv@providencelifestyle.com.au

1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM HOMES A Home and landscaping packages from $309 per week*

REGISTER NOW FOR OUR FREE RENTAL SEMINARS

SCAN ME!

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A Secure gated community

By popular demand, we have added a new seminar on 27th August at 10.00am for a 10.30am start at the Sebel at Silverwoods. Only 60 tickets per seminar available and you must provide your driver’s licence. Morning tea and coffee provided.

A Clubhouse facilities to enjoy

REGISTER NOW at yarrawonga.providencelifestyle.com.au

A Long term leases from 10-19 years available

A Brand new bespoke homes

$1 PA CLUB MEMBERSHIP

10-19 YEAR LEASES

EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT

LAWN BOWLS

GYM

BBQ AREA

To find out more or download the home brochures go to yarrawonga.providencelifestyle.com.au *Terms and conditions apply. All images artist impressions only.

COMMUNITY HALL

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Local, well known tradesman COVERING WANGARATTA AND NE VICTORIA Call Darren on

0428 218 271

5723 0100 nemcreative@nemedia.com.au

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN ADVERTISE IN THE

property guide northeast

PLEASE CONTACT 03 5723 0100 or email sales@nemedia.com.au

As neat as a pin ‫א‬ٜ‫ בד‬RÈnx0 Drive Wangaratta makes for an ideal investment property for the ɀƏɮɮɵ ǣȇɮƺɀɎȒȸ Ȓȸ ɯȒɖǼƳ ɀɖǣɎ Ə ˡ ȸɀɎ ɖȵ buyer looking to enter the market or someone just looking to downsize.

The kitchen dining area is open plan with an adjoining lounge room.

There is gas cooking via a side-byside stove with refrigerated split system cooling to provide all year-round comfort and Evaporative Cooling.

There is also ample storage space with even a walk-in pantry in the kitchen plus separate linen cupboard.

There are two bedrooms in total all with built-in wardrobes and a separate bathroom, laundry and toilet area.

The home is in great condition and is ready to move in or have as a perfect investment.

Car accommodation is also well catered for with a single carport plus a

separate storage shed/workshop.

This home is in a great location with shops primary and secondary schools all nearby.

Please call now to inspect this immaculately presented property.

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| Nutrien Harcourts

Phone

| 5722 9444

Price

| $365,000

Location | 2/53 Hulme Drive, Wangaratta

Endless Opportunities 59-63 Greta Road, Wangaratta

WEBB LEGAL C O N V E YA N C I N G & P R O P E R T Y L AW OPEN FOR BUSINESS B Y A P P O I N T M E N T O N LY P

(03) 5721 5500

W WEBBLEGAL.COM.AU

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Commercial 1 Zoning opens up many opportunities Quality building with versatile floor plan Substantial capital investment has occurred Reverse cycle heating and cooling with 3 phase to building Ample on site parking with comprehensive landscaping 2,215m2 (est) corner location on main road

EOI: Closing 12noon Tuesday 26th July 2022

WEB ID 3473105

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Classic Family Living

Subdivision Potential

Room to Grow

13 Gaskin Way

9 Simpson Street, Oxley

16 Cavanagh Street

• • • •

Modern 4 bedroom brick veneer family home Spacious formal lounge room Open plan kitchen, dining & family living area 3rd living space/rumpus room ideal for a growing family • Large master bedroom with ensuite & walk in robe • Ducted gas heating & ducted evap. cooling provide year round comfort • Private undercover alfresco area & spacious yard

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• Located 2.5 hours approx. drive from Melbourne & close to snow fields • Three bedroom brick veneer home with ensuite & walk in robe • Feature loft ceilings with exposed beams • Updated kitchen appliances & new flooring • Large open plan living area with enough room for the ‘concert grand piano’ • Split system cooling & heating & wood log fire for all year round comfort • Verandahs encircling the front & back

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• Classic 4 bedroom red brick family home in a quiet West End location • Generous sized lounge room plus separate living space currently used as a formal dining • Massive master bedroom with BIR & ensuite • Quality timber kitchen with gas cooking • Awesome 9m x 5m approx. shed with power, roller door, pot belly, toilet & laundry • 725m2 established secure yard, paved entertaining area with shade sails plus the perfect space for a fire pit

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Four Bedrooms In The West End 5 Brodie Street • Well maintained 4 bedroom brick veneer family home in the West End • Spacious kitchen with adjoining meals, dining area & living area • Separate formal lounge with split system cooling & heating • Undercover outdoor area • BIR’s to all bedrooms plus ensuite to the master • Double garage, single carport with separate storage room

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FOR SALE $719,000

FOR SALE $689,900

FOR SALE $640,000

FOR SALE $545,000

WEB ID 3472026

WEB ID 3471860

WEB ID 3472122

WEB ID 3470395

Perfect Family Home

First Home Or Investment 34 Manley Crescent • Well presented 2 bedroom neat & tidy home, great investment or first home • Gas heating & evap. cooling throughout • New 8m x 6m shed with concrete flooring & provisions for power • Set on a 732m2 allotment • Ideal as a first home or investment

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Prestige, Design and River Views

40 Williams Road

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• Superbly located family home in the West End, set on a 699m2 approx. low maintenance allotment • Master bedroom with ensuite, additional three bedrooms also with built in robes • Open plan kitchen & dining with gas cooking and dishwasher • Large family room opens onto paved outdoor area • Main bathroom with bath, separate shower and toilet

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50 Cambridge Drive • Award winning home built by local master builders that is of unrivalled quality & design • Sought after position where you can enjoy views of the Ovens River & River Gums • Clever design with the open plan kitchen, living & meals downstairs, parents retreat & master bedroom upstairs facing true North • Kitchen boasts quality Miele appliances including induction cooktop, oven, steamer, microwave, coffee machine & dishwasher

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FOR SALE $349,000

FOR SALE $570,000

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

WEB ID 3470653

WEB ID 3469810

WEB ID 3473391

BUSINESS SALE

A Great Opportunity

Perfect Starter

17 Burke Street

33 Manley Crescent

• Great investment property or first home • Sturdy weatherboard home comprising four bedrooms and separate living room • Updated kitchen with gas cooktop, electric oven and modern bathroom with spa bath • Secure rear yard with undercover entertaining area, garden shed & double length carport • All within convenient walking distance to the schools & local shops

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• Excellent opportunity for a first home or would make for an ideal investment property.

• 3 Bedroom partially updated weatherboard home with one bathroom & two toilets • Combined kitchen & dining area with a generous sized living room inc split system • Complete with a teenagers sleep out & spacious & secure rear yard (803m2 approx.) with a garden shed for storage

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FOR SALE $319,000

FOR SALE $299,000

WEB ID 3471351

WEB ID 3472378

23 Baker Street, Wangaratta | (03) 5722 2663

garrynash.com.au

Edgar’s Books & News 55 Murphy Street

BUSINESS SALE

Fitweld Engineering Business Only

The regions most prominent newsagent and independent book shop.

Edgar’s Books & News (formerly Edgars Newsagency) first opened its doors in 1939 in Wangaratta and soon became one of the town’s most prominent news and meeting places.

• • • • • •

• Stunning Redgum timber floorboards • Features downstairs include Redgum timber bar, wine room, powder room, large laundry with excellent storage & a lift to take you upstairs • Light & bright kitchen/dining area with dishwasher & gas cooking • Generous master suite with access to balcony • 5kw solar system feeding into a 9.8kw battery, double glazing throughout, excellent insulation • Gas hydronic heating, secuirty system, inground irrigation, mains water filtration and much more!

Turnover in excess of $2,000,000 Profits to owners in excess of $300,000 Secure lease in place High foot traffic location with great accessibility Front and rear access to the shop Shop area of 269m2

• Secure lease • Strong & resilient turnover & NET profit • Recent shed addition to meet demand • Well maintained plant & equipment • Consistent supply contracts • Owner available to consult after change over Since 2003 Fitweld Engineering has built a resilient reputation as one of the regions most trusted and experienced engineering companies. Located in Wangaratta, it is perfectly positioned to service the major corridors that service the major metropolitan hubs.

FOR SALE $350,000 + SAV

FOR SALE $1,175,000 + SAV

No GST Going Concern

No GST Going Concern

WEB ID 3468438

WEB ID 3464914

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northeast MOTORING

CIVIC DUTY A PUSH FOR POWER

Ŷ HOW YOU’VE CHANGED: The new VTi-LX is the lone MY22 Civic on the block and light years on from the original compact hatch.

By DEREK OGDEN IN the middle of the last century the only thing populating shopping centre carparks more than Honda Civic models were discarded supermarket trolleys.

Indeed, my little brother was convinced that the latter, metal baskets on wheels, were aliens taking over the Earth.

Since then, the little Honda hatchback diaspora has matched the ‘invaders’ in longevity, if not in numbers.

How things have changed, now it’s the ubiquitous sports utility vehicle that has taken over from Honda’s compact car.

Hang on, what’s this?

There is a single Civic that still stands sentinel like Dr Who’s Tardis over shoppers’ world: the 11th generation VTiLX is the only 2022 Honda of its ilk to land Down Under lately, and at $47,200 drive away, $16,200 above the entry-level VTi-S of the current generation and $7600 more than the previous RS range-topper.

The new model could not be more different in looks than those little Honda hatchbacks of yore.

Bigger than the current model, even, the newbie has taken on a sportier character with sleeker bonnet and lower coupe-like roofline.

Minor changes to the present 1.5-litre turbo-petrol fourcylinder engine have upped output to 131 kW (up 4 kW) and 240 Nm (up 20 Nm) on 91 RON petrol.

Power is boosted to 134 kW on premium unleaded.

Transfer is via a CVT automatic transmission through the

front wheels.

Honda claims the all-new 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback, on the outside, has been refined with sleek curves, giving a luxurious and seamless feel.

Inside the vehicle, intuitive and cutting-edge tech have been positioned to give the owner the best experience.

Let’s see.

STYLING Bigger than the current model in length (4.5 m), with a height of 1.4 m from ground level, the new Civic’s front pillars have been moved to the rear by 50 mm, the roofline and windows have been lowered.

This, together with a sleek bonnet line, adds up to a sportier look than before. LED headlamps are capped by a striking pattern of LED daytime running lights, while out back things are less ‘out there’ than the previous model, with a spoiler integrated in the tailgate, no longer interrupting the driver’s view behind.

A sleek tail-light set-up has been boosted to allow them to be seen better from a distance at night.

Dual tone Y-spoke 18-inch alloy wheels complete the picture INTERIOR The increase in dimensions is translated into a spacious cabin, which despite a lower roofline, is not short on headroom. A clever touch are the front air vents, which are hidden behind a honeycomb panel across the width of the dash.

Seating is black leatherette with red suede accents.

Red stitching pulls the whole

theme together.

INFOTAINMENT A plethora of car system info, such as fuel consumption and distance to empty, plus at this time of year need-toknow outside temperatures, is on offer via a 7-inch LCD screen directly in front of the driver. while occupants can stay connected to the outside world with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.

‘Indoors’ can be bathed in relaxing sounds, or otherwise, from a 12-speaker Bose premium sound system with subwoofer. The cabin is designed to offer an immersive space for listening.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The MY22 Civic calls on the reworked 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine from the previous model. It now produces 131 kW of power (+4 kW) at 6000 rpm and 240 Nm of torque (+20 Nm) between 1700 and 4500 revs.

Power is put to ground through a continuously variable automatic transmission, driving the front wheels.

SAFETY The new Civic is fitted with Honda Sensing, a suite of features that support the driver to keep as safe as possible.

Standard features include autonomous emergency braking, lane-keep assist, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, traffic jam assist and driver attention alert.

A pop-up bonnet is designed to reduce possible head injuries of a pedestrian making contact with the

vehicle in a frontal impact.

DRIVING The new Civic is quite civilised when it comes to the drive. Honda says it has been engineered to ‘minimise environmental impact and maximise performance’.

The 1.5-litre turbocharged engine behaves in an unruffled manner under day-to-day city conditions, seemingly slipping through ‘gear shifts’ with time on its hands.

The driver can become more involved via the steering column-mounted shift paddles, switching from Normal to Sport driving mode via a button on the centre console, directly behind the gear lever, for a sportier ride. The steering is direct and has a firm feel, some might say too much at low speeds.

Ride is untroubled on smooth surfaces and han-

dling assured even at speed through bends and on inclines.

Combined urban / highway fuel consumption is put at 6.3 litres per 100 kilometres by the maker.

On test, figures varied from 6.7 litres to 4.7 litres.

With almost constant rain during the period with the VTiLX, much appreciated was the windscreen wiper system which focuses the spray in the direction the wiper is headed, keeping things extra clear, especially at night with the glare of oncoming headlights.

SUMMARY In looks, performance, comfort, convenience and premium pricing, the new Civic VTi-LX is light years away from Honda’s original compact hatch.

Pestilence, war and climate change: different times, too.

AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE HONDA CIVIC VTI-LX HATCH $47,200 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges.

Contact your local Honda dealer for drive-away prices.

SPECIFICATIONS (Honda Civic VTi-LX 1.5L Turbo 4-cylinder petrol, CVT automatic, FWD)

RATINGS Looks: 6/10 Performance: 8/10 Safety: 7/10 Thirst: 7/10 Practicality: 8/10 Comfort: 6/10 Tech: 8/10 Value: 5/10

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally.

Some letters are used more than once.

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of ceremonies (5) 21 What is keen relish, or hearty enjoyment, as in eating (5) 23 Name a river in eastern Africa (4)

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Alpine Shire Council gives notice that a Special Council Meeting will be held on Friday, 15 July 2022 commencing at 4.30pm in the Council Chambers, Churchill Avenue Bright.

The purpose of the meeting is to appoint D QHZ &KLHI ([HFXWLYH 2I²FHU 7KH DJHQGD is available online at www.alpineshire.vic. gov.au/council-meetings-2022.

Council offers an annual collection of garden prunings from residents’ naturestrips.

Collection will take place at: Myrtleford: Monday 11 – Friday 15 July 2022 Mount Beauty and Tawonga: Monday 18 – Friday 22 July 2022 Bright, Porepunkah and Wandiligong: Monday 25 – Friday 29 July 2022 Prunings will only be collected once per household on or near the GDWH VSHFL²HG IRU HDFK WRZQVKLS Households placing unacceptable material or not abiding by the timetable will be responsible for removing these items from the road reserve.

Prunings placed on a nature strip too early will constitute a local law infringement i.e. no more than one week prior to the collection week.

This collection program is for PRIVATE TREE PRUNINGS ONLY. Pruning of Council owned trees will constitute a local law infringement. Residents will be responsible for the removal of Council-owned trees in this instance.

Prunings must be: ° Neatly stacked with ends facing the kerbside on the nature strip, not obstructing vehicular or pedestrian WUDI²F ° Have a minimum diameter of 20mm for each pruning ° Have a maximum diameter of 200mm for each pruning ° Be maximum three cubic metres total loose volume ° 2Q WKH QDWXUH VWULS E\ WKH VSHFL²HG date ° Not bound by wire The following materials WILL NOT be collected or chipped: Vines and creepers %ODFNEHUULHV URVHV EDPERR ³D[ and palms Tree stumps, and tree roots Spiky citrus varieties Wire, string, metal, plastics etc.

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December 19, 1941 – July 3, 2022 Judy Clark peacefully passed away at home on Sunday, July 3, 2022.

She will be sadly missed by her daughters Debbie and Kaye and her 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

We would like to thank all the people that visited and listened to all the very interesting stories, and there were many.

Special thank you to Jim, Ron and Tracey for all your patience, you know what I mean.

We would like to celebrate the passing of both Judy and Ray Clark now that they are reunited.

We would like to invite friends of both Judy and Ray Clark to join us for a cuppa and morning tea at Bastoni Pizzeria in Myrtleford on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 11am.

You can enjoy the fresh clean air now Mum, breathe easy.

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21/7/1928 – 8/7/2022 Passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at Myrtleford Hospital.

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future, and laid out future plans at its annual general meeting on Monday.

New committee members pictured at the meeting are (from left) Monika

Grimm, Coral Newlands, Mary Masin, Joan Delarue, Barry Morey, Yvonne Allen and Barbara Briggs.

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Population growth Census reveals 2.3 per cent rise in Myrtleford over past five years population while Generation Z - aged 10 to 27 years - make up 18.47 per cent.

The Census also found that rental prices in Myrtleford are $80 cheaper than the state's average, even though renters are paying $55 more than five years ago.

In contrast, the average mortgage repayments for people in the area are up $100 from five years ago to $459, but this is still well below the average of other

people across the country are paying.

The Census also found that 10.7 per cent (233) of local dwellings are unoccupied, and the remaining 89.2 per cent (1938) are privately occupied.

Of these privately occupied homes, under 20 per cent (383) are rented, while 107 of these dwellings are classified as either not stated or other tenure types, with the remaining

1447 homes owned either owned outright or with a mortgage.

One of the significant changes from the 2021 Census is religion, with a significant rise in the number of people with no affiliation rising to 1165 (36.2 per cent), while Catholic (1112 people) remains the most populous.

The 2021 Census also included for the first time long-term health condi-

tions, with 55.2 per cent of Myrtleford’s population stating they did not have a long-term condition.

Of those that did list a health condition, the most common were arthritis (12.1 per cent), mental health (10.2 per cent), heart disease (5.6 per cent) and diabetes (5.5 per cent).

Some 8.8 per cent of the state and the nation have reported having a mental health condition, a decrease

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MYRTLEFORD’S population has grown 2.3 per cent over the past five years, according to the 2021 Census figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The area's population is now at 4745 compared to 4634 in 2016, with families rising by eight per cent to 1342, compared to 1237 in 2016.

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Katrina you will always have a special place in our heart until we meet again.

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PIANEGONDA, Katrina.

It is with great sadness that the family of Katrina Pianegonda announce her passing, peacefully surrounded by her family and her friends on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

Loving partner of Luke.

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She will be greatly missed for her unique sense of humour and her immense care for others.

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Brewery apprentice gets silver in statewide comp

By MARTIN DAVIS

BRIGHT Brewery’s apprentice chef Tayah Jack has won a silver medal in Victoria’s Aus Tafe Commercial Cooking Championships.

Tayah started her apprenticeship in 2019 after leaving school midway through year 11.

“Initially this wasn’t the direction I wanted to go,” she said, admitting she had hoped to work a winter at the alpine resorts.

“Eventually the thought went through my head of I love working here and I’ll dive into something

new, and lucky I did because COVID hit soon after and I was able to be paid throughout that period.

“I told Al (Davidson, head chef) when I signed on I ‘would do this well or not do it all’ and this is the mentality the whole way through.”

Tayah describes herself as a competitive person and she enjoys the cooking championships, comparing them to MasterChef where you have criteria, and everything else is very formal.

Once her apprenticeship is completed she wants to travel to Canada and have a working visa, to gain more experience.

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE further discussion, before makalong with several other posing a final location decision sibilities, in greater technical NORTH East Water’s (NEW) during the July board meeting. detail,” community and key stakeholder she said.

“I want to sincerely thank “We also completed a poll reference group has recommendeach of the community memat the completion of the refered two sites for the Mt Beauty Raw bers and stakeholders who volence group where nine people Water Offtake project. unteered their time and comsupported Embankment Drive Following five reference mitment to be a part of this (site two) group meetings, two technical and eight people supimportant group,” she said. ported the top of the tail race meetings and site visits, mem“Together they developed (sites 9A+B). bers recently provided their criteria that they felt was im“The poll also showed that final advice to the corporation portant to them including water most people thought it was about potential locations for security, maintenance safety, worth the effort being involved, this crucial new water infraaesthetics, amenity, managing they learned useful information structure to supply the town’s risk, water quality, cost, and during domestic water. the meetings, the prowaterway health.” cess highlighted the complexiNEW managing director Jo Ms Murdoch said the refer- ties of choosing a site, and the Murdoch said the group has ence group also discussed other meetings were facilitated fairly. asked the board to consider things like weir and river safety, “On behalf of the Board, we Embankment Drive near the river access, flood zones, bushare extremely grateful for their outflow of the pondage, as well fire impacts, environmental participation and we look foras a location near the top of tail regulation and AGL operations. ward to announcing the locarace pumping from the West “In addition, a working group tion decision in coming weeks.”

Kiewa and the tail race. made-up of five reference Project information includMs Murdoch said NEW direc- group members with special- ing results tors will now visit each of these of the reference ised water and/or engineering group poll, is located on the preferred sites and meet with expertise, analysed each of the corporation’s website at www. reference group members for nine original potential sites, newater.com.au/mtbeauty.

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Hikers warned amid wet winter

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By RYAN MALCOLM

DANGEROUS conditions could greet hikers travelling to the North East over the coming weeks, with recent downpours rendering many existing tracks treacherous and slippery.

Following a spike in rescue responses across the state since the start of May, the State Emergency Service (SES) issued a warning to hikers travelling over the school holidays, with Mt Buffalo’s Eurobin Falls and Beechworth’s Woolshed Falls pinpointed as key focus areas for the North East.

According to Beechworth SES controller Charles Dean, hikers had largely

TREACHEROUS TRAVEL: Mt Buffalo’s Eurobin Falls was named as one of the most regular rescue hot spots in the North East.

PHOTO: Ryan Malcolm

been deterred from the area land, SES crews ordinarily “You could easily end up time due to the wintry conditions, deploy before departing. a high-angle rescue, with 20 to 30 people on scene but the popular tourist space utilising Mr Dean said this was partechnical rope res- - it’s a very significant invest- ticularly important continued to pose danger cue skills to due to the to those who didn’t take the capacitated extract an in- ment in resources.” chance of flooding through Hikers are urged to plan the necessary precautions when individual or unreachable region over winter, and on a slope of more their trips based on their urged those driving visiting. than 60 degrees. in the proficiency and fitness in ac- area “Because the weather has not to drive through Mr Dean been so wet and cold it’s been ly-technical said these high- cordance to the Parks Victo- floodwaters if they presentendeavours ria website, and ensure a little quieter this year,” he required they ed. a considerable re- wear the correct said. clothes and “Everything is so saturatsource investment to com- have a charged smartphone, ed,” he “Normally the time where plete. said. torch and map, as well as a the risk is greatest is leading “The water height could “A high-angle rescue re- first aid kit. into the summer. rise quite suddenly if we have quires a specialised crew and With wet weather set a downpour.

“There’s that combination specialised equipment,” he to continue over of smooth rock and water - said. the com“We don’t have a history of ing weeks, would-be hik- flash we have lots of people getting flooding but, being so “Usually to the edge and having a look, Ambulance you’ll have CFA, ers are also encouraged to saturated, the water will just Victoria and check the weather forecast run-off.” or sliding down the rock and specialised high-angle res- and endeavour realising it’s not as forgiving cue to complete For emergency assistance teams attend - we usu- their hike in daylight, while in the event as a waterslide.” ally send two vehicles and as ensuring of a life-threatthey walk with a ening incident, In the event of a rescue in many call Triple people as we can get partner or inform someone Zero (000) hard-to-reach areas of bush- from or SES on 132 500 SES. of their expected return for less urgent matters.

Bright newcomer recalls life at NEMA’s migrants’ lunch

By BRODIE EVERIST

AT a time of life when most people have settled down, 91-year old Steve Adamec only moved to Bright last year, from Frankston South in Melbourne.

He enjoys the distinct seasons in the Alpine region, especially compared to Melbourne’s changeable weather.

“It reminds me very much of my home,” he said.

But Mr Adamec is accustomed to travel.

He was a Czechoslovakian political refugee who migrated to Australia in 1949 after spending around nine months in Germany and two years in Italy.

At the North East Multicultural Association lunch in Bright last month,

Mr Adamec recalled his “I crossed the road and got a attempts to foil government job with United Woolen Mills.” bureaucracy after leaving the The department found that Bonegilla migrant camp in out too.

Albury.

“They were going to send Under contract to work as me back to Europe, and I said, directed by the government, ‘Well, it’s up to you. If you want he was sent to a farm in Strath to send me back I go back’,” he Creek, near Broadford in said.

Victoria, but he left after nine “But they didn’t, they just left months. me there.”

“It was very lonely, I couldn’t In the years afterwards Mr speak very well English in Adamec became a carpenter, those days - I’d only learned fitting out shops across English from a dictionary,” he Australia for clothing company said.

Fletcher Jones for 12 years, and He worked for a canning then working independently. company in Melbourne He has eight greatfor six months before the grandchildren, with one Immigration Department born two weeks ago to his tracked him down. granddaughter who lives in “The Immigration Porepunkah.

Department found out that I “So we’re increasing from ALPINE NEWCOMER: Steve Adamec left the farm, so I had to leave,” migrated to Australia as a nothing to a big family,” he Czechoslovakian political refugee he said. in 1949, and lived in Melbourne for said. several decades before moving to Bright last year.

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Big wins for junior Saints footballers T. McPherson 2, C. Boyer 1, W. Koers 1, E. McMasters 1.

Benalla Bulldogs: H. Ross 2, K. Thwaites 1.

BEST, Myrtleford Black: T. McPherson, C. Borsi, T. Cartwright, S. Lupo, J. Jennings, C. Boyer. Benalla Bulldogs: R. White, K. Thwaites, L. Boulton, L. Randell, H. Blyss, N. White.

Bright: Bye.

MYRTLEFORD’S junior footballers enjoyed great success in their round 14 matches, with the under 17s coming home with a 120 point thrashing of Benalla Bulldogs.

Under 12 Kangaroos v Myrtleford Red results not available.

Myrtleford Black 1.5, 4.7, 4.10, 5.10 (40) Benalla Bulldogs 1.0, 1.1, 2.3, 3.3 (21) GOALS, Myrtleford Black:

Under 14 Myrtleford 1.3, 4.6, 6.6, 8.9 (57) Benalla Bulldogs

1.1, 2.1, 4.2, 4.5 (29) GOALS, Myrtleford: B. McMasters 2, A. Morgan 2, B. Robb 2, M. Favaro 1, J. Novak 1. Benalla Bulldogs: C. Breheny 2, J. Priest 1, X. Rhodes 1.

BEST, Myrtleford: J. Notarianni, J. Novak, O. Benson, B. McMasters, L. McManus, S. Muraca. Benalla Bulldogs: C. Breheny, L. Ham, J. Priest, J. Montgomery, B. Dyer, H. Carter.

Bright: Bye. Under 17

Myrtleford 4.7, 10.12, 13.18, 18.21 (129) Benalla Bulldogs 0.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (9) GOALS, Myrtleford: H. Stripeikis 7, L. Stripeikis 3, J. Hazeldine 2, T. Thomason 2, S. Crisp 1. F. Jones 1, T. Miller 1, J. Walton 1. Benalla Bulldogs: M. Macfarlane 1.

BEST, Myrtleford: N. McMonagle, T. Thomason, L. Stripeikis, J. Browne, H. Stripeikis, J. Walton. Benalla Bulldogs: J. Cooke, S. Begley, J. Chee, J. Liddington, R. Sammon, B. Calvert.

BOOT: Hudson Durling slams the ball onto the boot, sending it deep into Myrtleford’s forward 50.

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Myrtleford Golf Course reopened to full capacity Heather Street, 54, 35 Pts. A Grade Runner Up, Ladies: Debbie Tully, 27, 34 Pts. 9 Holes Winner, Ladies: Faye McLees, 31, 12 Pts. 9 Holes Runner Up, Ladies: Penny Dawkins, 36, 11Pts. Ball Winners: Debbie Tully 34, Nada Guyatt 32, Anne Hazeldine 31, Jan Harper 31, David Clark 29.

NTPs - 1st: Sandra Piazza, David Clark.

Tuesday, July 5 DRUMMOND GOLF ALBURY STROKE MONTHLY MEDAL AWCR 74 A Grade & Medal Winner: Barb Welch (22) 104/82 c/b.

A Grade Runner Up: Sandra Piazza (19) 101/82 c/b.

Ball Winners: Jan Harper 117/82 c/b, Jan Roseby 100/83.

9 Hole Winner: Marg Fitridge (31) 13pts.

Putting Competition: Sandra Piazza 30 putts.

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NTP on the seventh was the club along with the Tatts ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency and Post Office, ninth Macca Deans, 17th Peter Dilley, with the money from the 18th going to the Club’s Building Fund as no one got close.

Wednesday, July 6 Ladies’ 9 holes stableford Winner: Julie Chapman 27/13 points.

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FOR Myrtleford’s own John Wojcik, the chance to represent his country in a sport he loves is a dream come true.

Wojcik is in the final stages of preparation before he competes in the Universal Trench - Veterans discipline at the 40th World Championship Finale Beretta World Cup, to be held in Umbriaverde, Italy from Monday, August 4 to Thursday, August 7.

A recent adopter of the universal trench discipline, Wojcik said he never expected to compete at an international level.

“It’s a bit of a buzz, that one I’m really looking forward to it,” he said.

“When I was young I shot for about three and a half years, just shooting ‘down the line’ back in ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, but I gave it away for about 37 years.

“I’ve only started shooting that discipline a year and a half ago, I got talked into it by another chap from Wodonga that used to live in Myrtleford once upon a time, Bob Leita.

“He said ‘have a go at it’, so in-between the COVID problems, I had one qualification round in Melbourne then they had to cancel everything, the World Cup was cancelled.

“I had a crack at it again this year, and they had three qualifying rounds and I managed to be in the top three to represent Australia in the veterans’ section - believe it or not, the bloke that talked me into it came third, so he’s going to be on his way over with me.

“I felt a bit touchy, it sort of hit home I was representing Australia and I thought ‘oh jeez, I hope I can do well.’

“It’s quite surprising, I never expected something like that, but I was lucky enough to be able to shoot that discipline not too badly.

“Now it’s just a matter of doing some practice, and concentrating on it before we go over, and hopefully we can do well.”

Universal trench, which involves rounds of 25 targets sent out at differing speeds and elevations, is an individual event, something which Wojcik said was a big appeal of the fast-growing discipline.

“It’s an individual sport, you’re really shooting against yourself you make a mistake and it’s your fault, no one else’s, you can’t blame anyone else, unfortunately,” he said.

LOCK AND LOAD: John Wojcik is hard at work perparing to take on the world at the 40th World Championship Finale Beretta World Cup in Italy.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

READY, AIM, FIRE: Myrtleford shooter John Wojcik will represent Australia at the 40th World Championship Finale Beretta World Cup in Italy, competing in the Universal Trench - Veterans discipline ddespite only taking it up a short time ago.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling “It’s a really good, challenging sport, and I love it.

“It’s very similar to what they shoot in the Olympics, the trench shooting at the Olympics, except they’ve only got five traps located underground,” he said.

“They’re all set in different positions, there’re 10 different programs that they can alter the

traps to throw the targets at different heights.

“It can be alternating between low targets and high targets, the speed of the targets can be up to 110km/h.

“Everyone shoots a round of 25 targets and at the completion of 25 targets, everyone has shot the exact same target as every

other competitor - there’s no one saying ‘I got a lucky target’ or ‘I got a hard target’, they’re all hard targets.

“I don’t notice the difference between the fast ones and the slow ones, they all look fast to me.”

Wojcik said he hoped to squeeze a few rounds of train-

ing at Wangaratta Clay Target Club’s new universal trench set up, which is in its final stages of assembly, before flying out The new layout is expected to attract more shooters to the area and grow the sport in the North East, with the possibility of producing more shooters to compete at an international level.

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THE illustrious season for Myrtleford’s senior men continued this weekend, with Savoy handing Melrose FC a one-sided drubbing 6-1 at home.

The goals came thick and fast, with the scoreline jumping to 1-1 just four minutes into the match, before Lewis Halloway put two more past the keeper to put Myrtleford in a strong position at the half.

Halloway struck again in the 68th minute, before Kaden Saric (84’) and a deflected own goal from Melrose put the result beyond question.

Coach Rob Caponecchia said the side was at a very healthy place, with the team playing well as a single unit.

“When you see a 6-1 scoreline it seems pretty dominant from us, and that’s how the game went,” he said.

“We did take our chances this time, we created some really good chances with some good lead up play to those goals, and that was the pleasing thing.

“This time, we tucked them away and came away with a 6-1 scoreline which was not only pleasing for the coaching staff but also pleasing for the boys to get another good, solid win.

“At half-time we said to the

WHAT A FEELING: Division two players (from left) Will La Spina, Nathan Mirt and Zane Vardanega celebrate in their come from behind 4-3 win. boys we’re playing really well we conceded a goal but that was a good play from them, admittedly.

“But at 3-1 I said we could put our foot down a little more, keep playing the way we’re playing and we could score some more goals.”

Caponecchia said the recent month and a half have been phenomenal for the side, with Savoy positioning themselves as legitimate finals contenders.

“Everyone was playing as a team, from our defenders to our

midfielders to our strikers and even our goalkeeper,” he said.

“They’re supporting each other and that’s the most pleasing thing because the work rate’s been really good for the last five or six weeks.

“We’re just gelling quite nicely together, I think we’ve got a little bit more stability in the team - when we pick the team, there’s nothing much happening before the game for people to pull out, so it adds that little bit of stability.

“We’re getting a good group to-

TRIPLE: Savoy star Lewis Holloway picked up a hat-trick of goals. gether now to challenge and have a go at finals - I don’t know how far we’ll go but we’ll just take it week by week at this stage.”

Savoy take on Twin City this weekend at Kelly Park, and considering Twin City took down Albury United on Sunday, the match is set to be a cracker.

Myrtleford’s division two squad also came away with a win, fighting back from 0-3 down with a flurry of goals to take the points 4-3 over Melrose.

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ROUND

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OVENS AND MURRAY SENIORS LADDER #

TEAM

1

SCOREBOARD

P

W

L

D

%

PTS

WANGARATTA

12

11

1

0

269.38

44

2

YARRAWONGA*

12

10

2

0

160.14

40

3

ALBURY

12

9

3

0

137.23

36

4

WANGARATTA ROVERS

12

8

4

0

110.80

32

5

MYRTLEFORD

12

7

5

0

119.05

28

6

LAVINGTON

12

5

7

0

87.41

20

7

COROWA-RUTHERGLEN

12

5

7

0

82.99

20

8

WODONGA

12

4

8

0

90.47

16

9

NORTH ALBURY

12

1

11

0

40.87

4

10 WODONGA RAIDERS

12

0

12

0

44.73

0

WANG ROVERS LAVINGTON

1.2 2.9 1.1 2.3

4.10 6.6

8.17.65 6.7.43

COROWA-R’GLEN WANGARATTA

1.7 1.5 2.6 5.8.38 6.5 11.8 16.10 24.11.155

MYRTLEFORD YARRAWONGA

2.1 6.1 8.1 11.5

GOALS: ROVERS: Alexander Marklew 3, Jace McQuade 2, Raven Joliffe 1, Jayden Bear 1, Sam Allen 1. LAVINGTON: Jake OBrien 2, Jack Kirley 2, Darcy Hennessy 2.

BEST: ROVERS: Raven Jolliffe, Brodie Filo, Jace Mcquade, Alex McCarthy, Michael Clark, Jack Gerrish. LAVINGTON: Jake O’Brien, Jack Kirley, Hamish Gilmore, Sam Hopper, Darcy Hennessy, Jack Harland.

GOALS: COROWA-RUTHERGLEN: Kaelan Bradtke 4, Jason Marks 1. WANGARATTA: Ben Reid 7, Michael Newton 7, Abraham Ankers 3, Zach Leitch 2, Jackson Clarke 1, Callum Moore 1, Joe Richards 1, Fraser Holland-Dean 1, Braeden Marjanovic 1.

BEST: COROWA-RUTHERGLEN: Cameron Barrett, William Robinson, Joe Hansen, Zander Nash, Jarred Lane, Cameron Wilson. WANGARATTA: Abraham Ankers, Michael Newton, Joe Richards, Jackson Clarke, Daniel Sharrock, Matthew Kelly.

NETBALL SCORES A GRADE: Wangratta Rovers 32 def by Lavington 69; Corowa-Rutherglen 52 def

9.4 11.7.73 16.8 20.10.130

GOALS: MYRTLEFORD: Mitch Dalbosco 2, Jarryd Wallace 2, Nicholas Warnock 2, Ryan Griffen 2, Simon Curtis 1, Murray Waite 1, Declan Bren 1. YARRAWONGA: Mark Whiley 3, Tim Lawrence 3, Bailey Frauenfelder 3, Nicholas Fothergill 2, Jess Koopman 2, Brayden Coburn 1, Ryan Einsporn 1, Harrison Wheeler 1, Lach Howe 1, Ned Pendergast 1, William Wheeler 1, Jack Forge 1.

BEST: MYRTLEFORD: Murray Waite, Mitch Dalbosco, Jarryd Wallace, Simon Curtis, Malachi Owers, Austin Wickes. YARRAWONGA: Leigh Masters, Nicholas Fothergill, Mark Whiley, Michael Gibbons, Lach Howe, Ryan Einsporn.

Wangaratta 38; North Albury 34 def by Albury 58; Myrtleford 42 def by Yarrawonga 63, Wodonga 47 def by Wodonga Raiders 54.

B GRADE: Wangaratta Rovers 39 def by Lavington 67; Corowa-Rutherglen 65 def Wangaratta 42; North Albury 24 def by Albury 59; Myrtelford 50 def Yarrawonga 43, Wodonga 41 def by Wodonga Raiders 47.

C GRADE: Wangaratta Rovers 19 def by Lavington 44; Corowa-Rutherglen 44 def Wangaratta 43;North Albury 28 def Albury 26; Myrtleford 34 def by Yarrawonga 59; Wodonga 37 def by Wodonga Raiders 51.

NTH ALBURY ALBURY

2.2 6.4 9.6 11.8.74 4.4 8.8 11.10 14.13.97

WODONGA WODONGA RAIDERS

7.2 11.5 0.1 1.5

UNDER 17: Wangaratta Rovers 47 def Lavington 35; Corowa-Rutherglen 49 def Wangaratta 43; North Albury 55 def Albury 22; Myrtleford 48 def by Yarrawonga 50; Wodonga 45 drew with Wodonga Raiders 45.

13.9 18.12.120 1.7 4.10.34

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OVENS AND KING SENIORS LADDER

SCOREBOARD

TEAM 1 BENALLA ALL BLACKS 2 BRIGHT 3 BONNIE DOON 4 MILAWA 5 GOORAMBAT 6 GRETA

P 13 14 14 13 13 13

W 12 11 10 9 8 7

L 1 3 4 3 3 5

D 0 0 0 1 1 1

B 2 1 1 2 2 2

% 3.15.19 212.93 161.13 127.43 126.21 107.82

PTS 48 44 40 38 36 30

7 8 9 10 11

14 14 14 13 13

6 3 2 2 1

6 11 12 11 12

1 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 2 2

100.18 57.93 57.01 35.25 59.72

28 12 8 8 4

TARRAWINGEE KING VALLEY NORTH WANGARATTA MOYHU WHOROULY

*Ladder correct at time of print from Ovens and King website.

NETBALL SCORES A GRADE: Bright 38 def by Goorambat 42; North Wangaratta 30 def by Greta 75; King Valley 26 def by Bonnie Doon 69; Milawa 54 def Whorouly 44.

B GRADE: Bright 49 def Goorambat 39; North Wangaratta 70 def Greta 33; King Valley 27 def by Bonnie Doon 79; Tarrawingee 43 def Moyhu 27; Milawa 59 def Whorouly 35.

B RESERVE: Bright 45 def Goorambat 22; North Wangaratta 65 def Greta 41; King Valley 22 def by Bonnie Doon 77; Tarrawingee 54 def Moyhu 23; Milawa 41 def Whorouly 35.

C GRADE: North Wangaratta 37 def Greta 36; King Valley 38 def by Bonnie Doon 46; Tarrawingee 38 def Moyhu 32; Milawa 43 def Whorouly 21.

15 & UNDER: Bright 25 def Goorambat 19; North Wangaratta 23 def Greta 15; King Valley 5 def by Bonnie Doon 42; Tarrawingee 44 def Moyhu 5; Milawa 24 def by Whorouly 40.

ROUND 16 SATURDAY, JULY 16 BRIGHT VS MILAWA WHOROULY VS GRETA MOYHU VS BENALLA ALL BLACKS NORTH WANGARATTA VS KING VALLEY GOORAMBAT VS TARRAWINGEE

BRIGHT GOORAMBAT

5.3 10.8 1.0 2.1

17.9 18.14.122 5.3 5.5

NTH WANG GRETA

2.2 5.5 3.2 5.6

8.7 12.10.82 8.8 8.8.56

GOALS: BRIGHT: Cooper Thomason 6, Nick Lebish 2, Nick Howell 2, Clay Cambridge-Dillon 2, Dylan Bursill 2, Jack Dalbosco 2, Nathan Lyons 1, Harry Jamieson 1. GOORAMBAT: Aaron Blackburn 2, Thomas Ryan 1, Toby Feehan 1, Dylan Beavis 1.

BEST: BRIGHT: Cooper Thomason, Alexander Dalbosco, Nick Lebish, Nathan Lyons, Joseph Gray, Jack Dalbosco. GOORAMBAT: Jamie Dunne, Samuel Gladstone, Nathan Hill, Thomas Ryan, Perry Knox, Campbell Mccoy

GOALS: NTH WANG: Kevin Clarke 4, Brendon Goddard 1, Taylor O’Brien 1, Luke Brown 1, Josh Warren 3, Cooper Matheson 1, Benjamin McDermott 1. GRETA: Luke Vogels 3, Matthew Naish 2, Tyler Arrowsmith 1, Bradley Whinray 1, Luke Arrowsmith 1.

BEST: NTH WANG: Kevin Clarke, Luke Brown, Tyler Schulze, Patrick Kelly, Luke Kuschert, Brock Kusen. GRETA: Luke Minogue, Mark Wettern, Luke Vogels, Matthew Naish, Ned Rohrt, Tyler Arrowsmith.

KING VALLEY BONNIE DOON

2.0 4.0 6.3 11.3.69 1.5 5.8 13.11 16.13.109

TARRAWINGEE MOYHU

4.4 9.6 1.4 4.6

BEST: KING VALLEY: Connor Shanley, Sam Evans, Anthony Ciancio, Beau Wheeler, Ryan Wait, Thomas Stewart. BONNIE DOON: Campbell Smedley, Joel Sanford, Zac Tanner, Zak Bailey, Trent Smith, Beau Smith.

13.8 16.10.106 4.10 9.17.71

GOALS: TARRAWINGEE: Lachlan Hansen 6, Daniel Witham 4, Gavin Urquhart 3, Daniel Witham 4, Jason Cook 1, Matthew Wright 2. MOYHU: Noah Campbell 3, Thomas Gorman 3, Tom Bannon 1, Fraser Landgren 1., Brock Menere 1.

BEST: TARRAWINGEE: Danyon Hearne, Patrick Byrne, Angus Beck, Brandon Igri, Damon Hansen, Daniel Mccormick. MOYHU: Xavier Wales, Dylan Carmody, David McDonald, Brock Menere, Noah Campbell, Thomas Clough.

MILAWA WHOROULY

2.6 4.7 1.2 1.11

7.10 14.12.96 2.11 3.14.32

GOALS: MILAWA: Jordan Baker-Swain 5, Aaron Braden 2, Kheda Stevenson 2, Steven Williamson 1, Josh Owen 1, Brent Newton 1, Cheyne Gilmore 1, Daniel Larkins 1.

WHOROULY: Hamish McLeod 1, Edward Bramich 1, Lachlan Moore 1.

BEST: MILAWA: Brent newton, Simon Pane, Josh Owen, Jordan Baker-Swain, Daniel Bihun, xavier Ham. WHOROULY: Jake Riley, Hamish McLeod, Max Grant, Riley Calvene, William Allen, Paul Glanville.

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MATCH REVIEWS Inaccurate Lions kick themselves out of Milawa clash, lose by 64 ROUND

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POOR conversion in front of the big sticks spelled disaster for Whorouly senior footballers in their weekend showdown with Milawa, the Lions failing to make the most of their chances going down 3.14 (32) to the Demons’ 14.12 (96).

Despite trailing by just 10 points at the first change, a shocker second term saw Whorouly kick nine behinds, returning to the rooms at the big break with a score of 1.11 (17).

Whorouly coach Riley Calvene said the goal kicking was the only weak link in the Lions’ game on Saturday.

“I think we had the majority of the possession of the ball, we had the majority of the play - we were just unable to score,” he said.

“If it had of been the other way around, if we kicked straight, we would’ve been well on our way to winning.

“It just shows how important it is to be accurate, all the shots we missed were pretty easy ones, so it’s pretty frustrating, but at the same time, there’re still so

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many promising signs.

“We started off really well, and we have for most of this year.

“I think we’re playing some really exciting footy and we use the ball well, hit those 45s that we speak about - we really played how we wanted to, we were just inaccurate in front of goal and it did cost us.”

The self-inflicted scoreboard pressure didn’t help the Lions through the second half of the match, with Milawa’s class shining through with a 10 goal finish, but Whorouly fought it out with courage.

“We went into half-time and got our composure back, just tried to reset and keep calm,” Calvene said.

“It can get pretty frustrating at times, but we mentioned if we could keep our heads and keep our composure, then things will go our

way, but we just didn’t hit the switch and weren’t able to score.

“Jake (Reily) played a great game on the wing, it’s a good position change for him (from forward pocket).

“Hamish McLeod was good through the midfield all day, and I think even guys like Glenn White and Ben Harrington have been playing well forward and presenting well.

“A lot of guys played their role for the team.”

The Lions reserves also came up second best, vanquished 1.3 (9) to 14.9 (93).

This weekend’s home game against Greta presents the Lions with the opportunity to shake up how the finals looks like, with the Blues holding onto the sixth place on the ladder by just two points from Tarrawingee.

The Lions kept pace with Greta through the first half the last time they went head to head, and Calvene said hi side just needs to grab the opportunity for a scalp with both hands.

TEAMWORK: Lachy Moore gathers the ball, while Will Allen (centre) and Sam Ferguson provide support.

PHOTOS: Nathan de Vries

CLEARANCE: Whorouly captain Glenn White gets the ball downfield from Milawa’s Ricky Petts.

CAUGHT: Jake Riley traps Milawa’s Raymond Ussher in an inescapable tackle.

Lions netballers fall 10 goals from glory in promising signs

By NATHAN de VRIES

DEADEYE: Tayla Allen was best on for the Lions in their 10 goal loss to Milawa.

MOVE IT IN: Ebony Allen drives the ball through the mid court.

PHOTOS: Nathan de Vries

PRESSURE COOKER: Katie Ivone puts pressure on the Milawa defence.

WHOROULY senior netballers came remarkably close to a major upset on the court at the Milawa Recreation Reserve on Saturday, fighting out a 44-54 loss to the Demons.

The tenacious Lions kept pace with the number two team through the opening stages of the match, only trailing by three goals at quarter time, before a lapse saw the home side explode out to eight goals by the half.

Whorouly tried to limit the Demons’ scoring chances but were unsuccessful, with the Demons pushing out to 11 goals in front by the start of the final quarter, which the Lions actually won.

“It was a tough match up against Milawa, they are a very experienced side but the score line didn’t seem to reflect the game,” Whorouly co-coach Ebony Allen said.

“It felt like a good match and there were definitely a lot of positives for us to take away from the game.

“We probably dropped off our intensity for five to 10 minutes in that second quarter which we can’t afford to do in games like that.

“Credit to Milawa, they took advantage of that and got a few quick goals on the board, extending their lead, which then made it hard for us to come back from.

“We just wanted to do our best to close the margin as much as we could and to out-

score them in the last quarter, which we did by one goal, so that was great.”

The loss sees Whorouly slip to sixth on the A grade ladder, with percentage the determining factor for who sits at positions five through seven.

Despite the new pressures on their finals aspirations, Allen said the Lions were more than capable of going all the way, with the side gelling together well and producing fantastic performances from across the court.

“It was disappointing that we couldn’t get the win but I’m still very proud of the girls and how they never gave up the entire game,” she said.

“It was a sisters day out with Tayla Allen, myself and Bec Allen all actually receiving awards which was a first for us.

“Grace Way had a tough match up against arguably one of the best wing attacks in the competition but her last quarter effort was great, she never gave up until the last whistle.

“Sally Wood had another good game in goalkeeper, she worked hard all day on the strong Milawa shooters so couldn’t fault her effort.”

The Lions face the undisputed champions of O&K netball this weekend, lining up against Greta, but Allen said if Whorouly stick to the basics and play their own style of netball, the result may be closer than the punters are expecting.

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QUICK MOVEMENT: Maddy Muller works to get the ball into the Bright offense PHOTOS: Charlotte Kilner

iN HONOUR: Bright’s timekeeper’s box has been named after the late Mick Haydon, a former timekeeper of the club.

Bright come close to victory over Bats

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STRUGGLE: Bright’s Darcy Chellew fights for possession in the Mountain Men’s 87 point win over Goorambat.

PHOTO: Charlotte Kilner

RUN DOWN: Sam Dalbosco takes his Goorambat opponent to the turf.

PHOTO: Charlotte Kilner

Bright back to winning ways

By NATHAN de VRIES FOLLOWING their shock loss to Greta on July 2, Bright’s senior footballers are back to winning matches in style, after comfortably beating Goorambat at Pioneer Park on Saturday 18.14 (122) to 5.5 (35).

The Mountain Men were in control of the match from the first siren, stretching a 55 point lead by half time out to 78 points by three quarter time.

Cooper Thomason led the charge on the scoreboard, booting six majors, while Jack Dalbosco performed well in his 100th outing in the blue and white.

Coach Paul Harrison said the result proved the previous week’s loss was nothing more

than a blip on the radar.

“Our skills were back to being really good, our run and carry was brilliant, it was just a really good feeling out there,” he said.

“I think everyone’s going to play a really bad game throughout the year - I’d never seen us play that way (against Greta), so I knew we wouldn’t play that way two games in a row.

“Having a couple of ball winners back through the middle helped us set up a bit better structurally.

“I don’t think it was more about how we played the week before, but the way we played on the weekend is the way we’ve played all year - we just didn’t play well the week before, it’s as simple as that.”

The day also featured the re-

serves and senior sides from both clubs observing a minute’s silence for the late Mick Haydon, Bright life member and timekeeper for 40 years.

“He was one of our great volunteers that footy clubs have,” Harrison said.

“He was our timekeeper from in the late 80s to 2017, he never missed a game from home or away.

“After 2018 he would still come to every home game in his mobile scooter and sit up top and watch the footy.

“It was good for our club and it was good for Goorambat to be able to do that for us as well.”

The Mountain Men will line up against Milawa this weekend with

a virtually unchanged side, with Harrison confident his side can replicate the result from their earlier match.

“Max Stevens unfortunately did his hamstring in the last quarter, but apart from that everyone’s come out unscathed,” he said.

“We go into Milawa this week, and obviously Max will be out but Rod Arguello will come back in, so we’ll be pretty much the exact same side this weekend for another big match against Milawa.

“We had a pretty good win against them last time, but we all know they’re a strong outfit so they’re never going to be an easy beat.

“We know it’s going to be a good contest.”

BRIGHT’S A grade netball squad showed they are still a force to be reckoned with, coming just four goals shy of victory over third placed Goorambat on Saturday, edged out 38-42.

The match was neck and neck for the majority of play, with Goorambat only managing small margins at each of the breaks, the largest of which was just eight goals at threequarter time.

Bright coach Bridget FlintChapman said the lack of selfimposed pressure on the side went a long way in producing a strong performance.

“We are out of finals hope now so we were playing for fun and I think that was the difference, we didn’t have pressure on ourselves so we played better with less errors,” she said.

“We went into the match just to enjoy it.

“In the last quarter, we refocused to go out and enjoy it and we won that quarter.

“It was a great game, very even and it was nice and clean.

“It was goal for goal most of the game with a few lead changes.

“It’s a shame we keep losing the close games to the top teams but good for the future to know we are not out of it completely.”

Bright face another top three side this weekend when they host Milawa, with a victory over the Demons sure to throw a spanner in the works before finals.

The other Bright sides came away with wins, with the B reserve side registering the biggest margin with their 42-22 victory.

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Improvements not enough for Saints

By NATHAN DE VRIES DESPITE lessening the margin from their last outing, Myrtleford’s A grade netballers were unable to take the points over Yarrawonga, downed 42-63 at McNamara Reserve in Saturday’s #bekindtoyourmind Mental Health Round.

The Saints were stunned by the ferocity shown by Yarrawonga through the opening quarter, trailing by nine goals at the first break.

The margin was blown out to 18 goals through the second term, with the home side unable to find answers for the strong Yarrawonga line up.

Saints’ coach Tina Way said her squad was simply outplayed.

“They came out with a really good start in the first quarter, and we had to work hard to bring back that deficit, which we can’t against Yarrawonga, they’re a very good side,” she said.

“Their goalies screen with their bodies really well, and they utilise what side of the court the ball’s coming down.

“They restructure their positions as goalies and make it very difficult to get around them to turn the ball over, and they’re very accurate in the goal circle as well.

“They just did set play after set play after set play, and we worked hard to combat that, but in turn we also were focusing on things we’ve been working on and building them for future games when we play other sides, like our set plays and structures in the attack line, and some defensive space work we’ve been working on in the defence circle.”

Way said there were some positives to take from the match, including a marked improvement from the Saints’ 65-16 loss to the Pigeons back in round three.

“Ellie Cooper was best on, she drove the mid court well,

SHOOTER: Rebecca Piazza lines up the shot over Yarrawonga defender Hannah Symes in the Saints’ 21 goal loss on Saturday.

PHOTOS: Janet Watt she hit the top of the circle, she turned balls over defensively, and her constant run and drive were excellent on the weekend,” Way said.

“Saige Broz was accompanying her in the mid court too - she does the short sharp work, and Ellie does the longer drives, and they just complemented each other very nicely on the weekend in a tough game.

“In saying we did lose by 20 goals, last time we lost by 49, so on that front it was an improvement in the scoreline.

“The 20 goals felt more like 10 on the court, but Yarrawonga are a side when there’s a turnover they take the opportunity and score from it.”

Myrtleford face another

tricky opposition this weekend in Albury, with the Tigers sitting fifth on the ladder.

“It’s a big game against Albury - they beat North Albury on the weekend by over 20 goals, and we pipped North Albury by one goal, so it’ll be a tight game, I hope,” Way said.

“We’re really looking forward to playing them, I feel like when we played them last we were not gelling and playing as well as we are now, so we’ll be looking forward to a really good game of netball.

“We will be gunning for the win, absolutely.”

Myrtleford’s B graders tasted success, moving into fourth on the ladder with their 50-42 win, while the other grades all came up short.

PRESSURE: Myrtleford’s Amber Quirk makes Pigeons shooter Mylah Kennedy’s job a tough one.

MID COURT MASTER: Ellie Cooper was best on court for the Saints, combining well with Saige Broz.

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SPOIL: Declan Bren denies Yarrawonga’s Tyler Bonat the mark, coming over the top with the spoil.

PHOTOS: Janet Watt

ON THE RUN: Mitch Dalbosco charges up the ground.

From page 32 “We had Liam Byrne who came into the side, he’s done a hamstring, a pretty decent hamstring so we’ll wait and see how bad he is,” Simpson said.

“Ryan Griffen unfortunately had someone fall across his knee, he’s done a medial - we’re not sure how bad his in yet, we’ll wait and see.

“Ryan Crisp was out early in the first quarter with a concussion, so it certainly hurt us having three key players out.”

The Saints will be looking to manage their mounting injured list ahead of a massive match this weekend, travelling to the Albury Sports Ground to take on

the Tigers.

“Albury are obviously still the side to beat, they’ve always been an extremely strong team so we’re looking forward to seeing where we’re at because it’s going to be a huge game for us this weekend,” Simpson said.

“No doubt you’ve got to be at your best to beat Albury, especially at home, so we’ll see how we go.

“We get Sam Martyn back this week which is a huge in.”

Yarrawonga retained the #bekindtoyourmind perpetual shield, which is contested whenever the two sides play at Myrtleford, with five out of seven victories across all grades of football and netball.

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AN atypical disappointing first quarter was enough to send Myrtleford down in their Mental Health Round clash with Yarrawonga at McNamara Reserve, the Saints defeated 11.7 (73) to 20.10 (130) on Saturday.

The Saints started very poorly, allowing the Pigeons to put on a display of goal

kicking prowess to break out to a six goal lead in the opening term, and a fightback proved too much for the home side to accomplish.

Myrtleford co-coach Dawson Simpson said the bad start was enough to sink his side.

“We were disappointed with how we played in the first 15 minutes of the game particularly, that’s where

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Yarrawonga were able to capitalise on our poor start, they were able to kick six goals unanswered straight up,” he said.

“In the second half of the first quarter we were able to calm down, get our defensive model happening a little bit, and we were able to kick a couple goals ourselves.

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very even, the third term was very even, then in the fourth quarter we were depleted on the bench, we didn’t have a bench, and they kicked a couple goals ahead as well.

“Obviously it’s a bit disheartening when you play good footy after that’s happened, you think ‘what if we didn’t give them that six goal buffer’ - all of a sudden

it’s a good game of footy and we’re right in it.

“The first 15 minutes was pretty much the game in a nutshell - we didn’t start well and they capitalised on us, so we were disappointed in that.”

Several Saints also came away from the encounter injured, including Simpson, with a knee concern.

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