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BRIGHT LIGHTS AT DARKER DAYS

Bright’s Darker Days Festival was enjoyed by all, with well-known musician Nicky Bomba a beacon of joy at the annual event.

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Bogong village activated Keyworker accomodation at Bogong Village open for start of 2024 season SNOW resort staff are settling in the new worker accommodation in Bogong Village this season, with final works expected to be completed by mid-july.

The redevelopment of the existing 27 houses, tavern and amenities have been delivered by Worker HQ, part of the Grollo Group of companies, and includes 200 keyworker beds, providing much needed accommodation for Falls Creek businesses.

Energy company AGL last year announced a sublease

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agreement to Worker HQ, who will take over the ownership and operation of Bogong Village and redevelop it over the next three years.

Director of property at Grollo Group, Martin Ansell, said works are very nearly complete.

“We’re about three quarters occupied with around 100 staff in Bogong

Village, and by the time school holidays start winding up that will increase again,” he said.

“The construction works are very nearly finished, we’re in the last two per cent now and it’s all going along okay which is great.

“Since the end of last year we’ve renovated 26 of the houses, finalised works on the tavern and are now just waiting on some permits and licensing which should come through in the next two weeks.

“Then it will be open for operation as well which everyone is looking forward to.

“The timeline of the project has been fairly accurate, we were always aiming for the existing houses to be open for occupation for the 2024 season and we got there; they’re moved in.

“By mid-July works will be complete, thanks to the double lanes on Bogong High Plains Road open again which has been helpful for everyone getting through.

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“The staff I’ve spoken to are really happy with the village, they like the environment down there and the views.

“So far, so good.”

Falls Creek Chamber of Commerce president Michelle Lovell said she’s heard great feedback from lodgers so far.

“There’s quite a few Vail staff down there as well as St Falls Resort staff, which has freed some beds in Falls Creek for independent businesses at the staff accommodation

up here,” she said.

“Bogong Village has been great for some returning staff to have a different experience in terms of accommodation.

“Everyone I’ve spoken to is loving the size of the accommodation, although they may not be living on snow they’ve got full sized kitchens and decks and a view of the lake and the beautiful outdoor areas they can spend their time in.

“It’s working very well for them.”

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SALAMI SEASON MYRTLEFORD Lions Club members, including (from left) Cameron Bynon, Ross Laspina and Paul Tanner, spent Saturday among mates and meat for the club’s annual salami day.

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Tackling scams Haines hosts Federal Minister for Myrtleford scam protection forum MYRTLEFORD residents were last week invited to attend a scam protection forum hosted

by Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines and assistant treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones.

The 100 attendees learned how to better equip themselves against scams, with many sharing personal stories of how scams had affected their lives.

The forums come after the government announced the National Anti-Scam Centre would join an intelligence exchange between banks,

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telcos, digital platforms and the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange.

The first phase of the Federal Government’s antiscam agenda was standing up the National Anti-Scam Centre in July last year, which was part of an $86.5 million investment to fight scams and online fraud in the May Budget.

This announcement included $58 million for the ACCC to establish the National Anti-Scam Centre

(NASC), $17.6 million for ASIC to bust fake investment websites that promote fake scams and $10 million for ACMA to establish and enforce an SMS sender ID registry to stop scam texts.

The government will be implementing phase two of the agenda by introducing new mandatory industry codes that will contain minimum, consistent obligations for banks, telcos and digital platforms to prevent, detect, disrupt, and respond to scams.

The codes will be backed up by strong penalties and victim compensation that will apply if businesses fail to

comply with their obligations.

“Scams are becoming more frequent, more sophisticated, and they can take many forms,” Dr Haines said.

“These events aim to educate and empower community members to recognise a scam and take preventative measures to protect themselves, their family, small business or volunteer organisation.”

The events are supported

by Australia Post, Telstra, Bendigo Bank and the Consumer Action Law Centre who sent representatives to the events and provided resources for

attendees to take home.

Alpine Shire resident, Paul Ingrim, said he was glad for the opportunity to hear from federal and state parliamentarians on this issue.

“I initially came along to discuss the public liability insurance issues that Helen sent a letter to the government about on May 31; asking what they’re doing about it,” he said.

“I was also interested because, almost daily, I will get an email or text or phone call attempting to scam me; it’s so prevalent.

“In a community like ours with an ageing demographic

we’re at risk and even though I worked with IT in my career you start to slip out of understanding and I think the link between a lack of confidence and familiarity with tech is a big concern.

“I was really interested in the government’s idea for a central repository for reporting because so often I find it comes from everywhere, whether it’s the telco, banks or government.

“So if we can get it all coming in to one spot and perhaps then come back out to everyone from one spot we can know about, understand and trust, that would be a great idea.”

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Community concerns backed by state and federal MPs

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE ONE Nation MP for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell has thrown her support behind the Dederang community who are concerned about the building of two Battery Energy Storage System projects earmarked for the region.

Some residents are concerned the projects are planned to be built on prime agricultural land, which they believe will permanently alter the landscape of the region forever.

Speaking during the adjournment debate in State Parliament, Ms Tyrrell highlighted what she said was poor consultation with the local community amid allegations of intimidation and threats by developers.

“I have been informed that the consultation by the project’s developers with the people of Dederang has consisted of just one public meeting,” Ms Tyrrell said.

“Worse than that, I have had reports of threats and intimidation by representatives of the developers, even threatening the region will be lumbered with a nuclear reactor if people don’t embrace the battery projects.

“These threats are not only absurd but completely inappropriate and should play no part in genuine community consultation,” Ms Tyrrell said.

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ONGOING FIGHT: Friends of the Kiewa and Alpine Valleys Sharon McEvoy are hoping government will listen to concerns about the proposed Battery Storage System in Dederang.

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In her contribution, Ms Tyrrell extended an invitation to the Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny to join her to meet the Dederang community members personally to

hear their concerns.

“The people of Dederang feel their concerns on these Battery Energy Storage System projects are being ignored and I think the min-

ister needs to listen to the local community for herself,” Ms Tyrrell said.

“The community are outraged at the tactics used by developers, and I look for-

ward to Ms Kilkenny joining me to hear their views.”

Friends of the Kiewa and Alpine Valleys Inc spokesperson, Sharon McEvoy, said the group were in-

credibly grateful for the support received from Ms Tyrell as well as ongoing support from Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy, Senator Bridget McKenzie, and Wendy Lovell.

“Rikki-Lee, Tim and Bridget have made personal visits to Dederang and to residents’ properties to observe our concerns firsthand,” she said.

“We can only hope this makes a difference and that the Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny will see fit to attend as requested.

“The projects are being built on prime agricultural land and have been imposed upon the neighbours and the community with no initial consultation.

“As Ms Tyrrell mentioned, none of the companies have attended community meetings.

“Across the country there seems to be a disconnect in regional centres and cities about the scale of renewable developments in rural areas.

“In Victoria, the government is openly admitting it could be up to 70 per cent of agricultural land in the state; what will be left?

“There is genuine concern from some of our politicians and we are extremely grateful that they are speaking up, making an impact, and caring about individuals and the community in Dederang.”

Knobles newsagency welcomes new owners

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE THIS Sunday, exactly 17 years since they walked through the doors as owners of the Myrtleford Newsagency, Greg and Belinda Knoble are passing the baton to the next friendly face; Greg’s brother, Mark.

For Greg, a plumber and maintenance man, taking on a business was a new challenge and one he embraced.

“It was something different, the hardest part was becoming computer literate,” he said.

“It was a huge change but the relationships I made with customers and reps alike were definitely a highlight of my time here.

“I was able to grow personal relation skills and learn to be patient and it was

great to do something more to do with people than hands on work.

“I will miss it but I’m relieved also; I’ve been running two businesses and now I’ll get some more time with family and hopefully relax a bit.

“More time for fishing.”

When the local couple took over the shop, Belinda was busy looking after their 18 month old daughter, Matilda.

“I was in and out over the years; we took over when our eldest young and we had Molly in the second year,” she said.

“It was great to see Greg really enjoy it because he’s a real people person and loves talking to anyone.

“That’s the thing we’ll miss the most; the com-

BROTHERS IN BUSINESS: Greg Knoble, owner of Myrtleford’s newsagency, is handing over the baton to brother Mark after 17 years.

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“We’ve lost customers along the way and you do go through the emotions of that; it’s a real community

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As of Sunday, Mark Knoble will officially be the new face of the business, but he isn’t a stranger to the town.

“I grew up in Myrtleford and my family and I are looking forward to moving back after living in Wangaratta for almost 10 years,” he said.

“We want to come back for the rivers, hills and mountains and we just love the small community feel.

“I’ve worked retail for the last three years here as well as part-time delivery man and shop assistant in the newsagency.

“When Greg was struggling to sell, my wife encouraged me to take a risk and do something for myself.

“I used to be very highly organised so this will be good for those skills to return after spending some time trying to be less regimented.

“I’m confident I have the ability to do it and we have terrific workers in the shop with great experience.

“We’re looking forward to being members of a small community again and providing a service to locals, businesses, schools and sporting clubs.

“One of the workers said to me one day “every small town needs a newsagency” “For some, it might be their only outing for the day to go to the newsagency and supermarket so having a welcoming place to go for them to connect to the town is important for us.”

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IMPROVING FACILITIES: Gundowring Hall will soon be able to host a larger variety of events thanks to a recent grant.

FRRR grants strengthen small communities

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KEEPING STRONG: Junior Myrtleford Football Team players (from left) Billy McMahon, Xavier Millar, Lachlan McDonald, Dakar Hilton and Nate Michelini have teamed up to tackle more than 3000 push ups throughout June.

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Junior teammates strengthen bonds

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE A GROUP of young friends are finding the comfort in camaraderie by strengthening their communication, and their arm muscles, during this month’s Push Up Challenge.

The national challenge invites participants to engage in 24 days of push-ups, or alternative exercises, to raise funds for Lifeline, headspace or The Push for Better Foundation and spark conversations about mental health awareness.

Myrtleford Saints Junior Football Team committee member Hannah Wall said she stumbled across the challenge and brought it up with the junior teams.

Myrtleford football juniors have taken on The Push Up Challenge for mental health awareness “The senior club has had a real push for mental health and looking after yourself and being aware of challenges so I put it out to the kids as well,” she said.

“A few boys from our Under 12s team Billy, Xavier, Dakar, Nate and Lachie put their hand up and got a team together and they’ve been loving it.

“Their parents have been telling me they check the app every morning to see who has completed their push ups, and they’ve been checking in with each other on how they’re all going and

how their arms are feeling.

“The number of push ups each day relates to a particular mental health based statistic so every time they check the daily number they’re learning ways to look after their brain or tips on reaching out to people if you’re struggling with mental health.

“Although they may not be fully comprehending some of those mental health issues, they’re learning that its okay to talk about it and reach out to friends.

“By doing it together they’re finding that mateship and checking in with each other is

a really lovely thing to see.

“Those little things are really important to build up in kids while they’re younger so they feel comfortable talking to each other.

“I think they’re also learning to like that feeling they get from helping each other and helping others.”

The challenge runs from June 5 to 28 with participants aiming to complete 3249 push-ups, representing the 3249 lives lost to suicide in Australia in 2022.

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A NEW split-system air conditioner at Gundowring Hall and a water garden play area at Whorouly Kindergarten have recently been funded as part of a regional push to support and strengthen dairy communities across Northern Victoria.

The Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal and the Gardiner Foundation have awarded the Gundowring Recreation and Hall Reserve Committee of Management a $4752 grant to improve community infrastructure to support increased community meetings, craft and wellbeing activities.

The North East Regional PreSchool Association Inc were successful in a $5000 grant to install a water garden with shade sail for Whorouly Kindergarten to increase the capacity for learning through play.

Gundowring Recreation and Hall Reserve Committee of management chairperson, Dean Jones, said the lack of heat or cooling has prevented the space from being utilised year-round.

“It’s been on the list for a while; we’ve struggled to have events, hold community meetings or overall utilise the hall during the depths of winter and extremes of summer,” he said.

“We didn’t have the ability to keep things warm or cool so it’s certainly going to make a big change and be a big improvement.

“We see a range of groups utilise the hall; it varies from local community events, the local historical group, members of our community holding birthdays and events there.

“We’re also upgrading the toilet facilities which will help make it more appealing to users.

“We’re very appreciative for the grant and to the Gardiner Foundation.”

Gardiner Foundation chief executive officer, Allan Cameron, said the organisation’s longstanding partnership with FRRR has enabled it to invest more than $2.4 million in Victoria’s dairying regions.

“The Community Grants Program aims to support purpose-driven, not-for-profit organisations in rural and regional Victoria by enhancing their capacity to serve their local communities effectively,” he said.

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Will’s dreadlocks raise $10k for cancer research

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE WHAT began as one man’s journey from dreadlocks to bald-headed glory soon became a group effort when Whorouly Football Club’s Will Allen was joined by his teammates in shaving off their hair, raising $10,000 for the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre.

The young football star decided it was time for his 11-year-old dreadlocks to go and instead of a quiet send-off, made a goal of raising $5000 in the process and celebrating his efforts with an event last month.

Whorouly Football Netball Club president, Eddie Costenaro, said it was a fantastic night with much to be proud for.

“It all started with Will having enough of his dreadlocks and I’m amazed at the support he was shown,” he said.

“We’ve had a few cases of breast cancer around the footy club and we’ve donated annually to the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre, so the idea just escalated from there.

“It was really just Will at the beginning who orchestrated

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compared to what many people battling cancer have to go through.

“It was a fantastic night which saw Will’s fundraising goal doubled, thanks to the 140 or so people who came along.

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Huw’s fundraising film screening this weekend SAVE the Children Australia ambassador Huw Kingston is launching his new film, ‘Alpine Odyssey’, this weekend, with a viewing at the Bright Brewery on Saturday night.

The film documents Huw’s nearly two-month journey

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created by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and enabled by Save the Children Australia.

The film shows off the delights of our highest lands, celebrates skiing, an activity that has reduced me to tears of joy more than any other,” Huw said.

across the Australian Alps, in part to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on Australia’s snowy terrain and its communities.

During the 50-day journey, Huw raised $65,000 for Library For All’s Our Yarning project, a free digital library of culturally relevant books

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“Whilst I’ve skied across the world, pioneering long winter journeys in such places as the Himalaya, for me and many others there is something incredibly special about our alpine country.

“And certainly the impact of climate change deeply concerns me for future

generations of snowsports enthusiasts to enjoy all I’ve enjoyed.”

Alpine Odyssey will be screened in Bright before being shown in multiple towns and cities, including Sydney, Hobart and the Australian Alps across winter.

Ticket sales will also raise

funds for Save the Children Australia and Protect Our Winters (POW).

The screening will be held on Saturday, June 29 from 6 to 9.30pm at the Bright Brewery, for tickets go to https://brightbrewery.com. au/whats-on/event/alpineodyssey-film-tour/.

Hotham legends honoured on opening weekend

By JORDAN DUURSMA WELL known Mount Hotham identities, Colin Hackworth and Helen Moran have been recognised for their distinguished and longstanding contributions to the Mount Hotham community after decades of work in developing and expanding the Mount Hotham Alpine Resort.

The pair were awarded the prestigious Silver Snow Shovel by 2023 Silver Snow Shovel recipient Len Dobell at the annual Hotham Stakeholders Association (HSA) season opening party.

Mr Dobell described how Ms Moran and Mr Hackworth began in junior roles with both progressing to lead the lift company.

“Helen arrived at Hotham in the 1980’s, working in ticket sales, in charge of the team known back then as the Ticket Tarts,” he said.

“With the sale of Ski Tows from the Schumann’s to BCR Asset Management in 1995, the Mount Hotham Skiing Company Pty Ltd came into being.

“Helen’s wealth of knowledge and experience around Hotham and the industry in general was recognised and she was appointed commercial general manager, working very closely with Colin as managing director and Ron Bassett at BCR. “Heavily involved in all Hotham Developments during the late 90’s, Helen’s achievements including the purchase and operation of nearly all food and beverage at Dinner Plain.

“Helen also assisted significantly in the redevelopment

HONOURED ON HOTHAM: Lachlan Castran, Greg Price, Helen Moran, Len Dobell and Peter Zirknitser with the prestigious Silver Snow Shovel award. of Erskine House at Lorne for BCR. “Contribution to the governance of numerous organisations has been a constant in Helen’s career.”

HSA president, Greg Price, described Ms Moran as a trailblazer for women in the Alpine sector, mentoring her successor Belinda Trembath, many board members and small business owners and operators at Mount Hotham and across the north east.   Len Dobell said, South Australian Colin Hackworth first skied at Mt Hotham in 1978, while working in Melbourne at the Ford Motor Company.

“He was soon hooked, so left Ford in 1980, working his first full season in the original White Crystal, as a dishie and as a part time ski instructor,” he said.

“From there a quick rise through the ranks saw Colin appointed director of Ski

School in 1987, taking on more management roles; he became general manager in 1994.

“Colin orchestrated the construction of the last lifts to be installed at Hotham, being Gotcha, the Orchard and Keoghs, planned and built the first stages of the snow making system and oversaw the building of The Hotham Airport and managed the construction of White Crystal and the Basin Houses development.

“Under BCR he managed both Fall’s Creek and Mt Hotham lift companies after Falls was purchased in 1998.

“After the sale of Australian Alpine Enterprises to MFS in 2005 Colin left Australian resort management and took on new interests in Japan.

“Colin has maintained a strong connection to Mount Hotham with daughters Claudia and Isabella following in their father’s footsteps as ski instructors.

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INDI MP HELEN HAINES QUESTIONS NUCLEAR PLAN’S ABILITY TO REDUCE CONSUMER ENERGY COSTS

GOING NUCLEAR: Peter Dutton explains a concept design of a nuclear power plant.

Nuclear power sites confirmed

By STEVE KELLY

SEVEN regional sites of former coal-fired power stations have been proposed to host large-scale nuclear reactors across Australia under a plan the Liberal National Party says will achieve zero emissions by 2050 and lower energy costs.

Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced the proposed nuclear power station locations on Wednesday, including Tarong in Queensland, Callide in Queensland, Liddell in NSW, Mount Piper in NSW, Port Augusta in SA, Loy Yang in Victoria, and Muja in WA. Mr Dutton said no country in the world relies solely on solar and wind as Labor is proposing.

He said by contrast, there are 32 countries operating zero-emissions nuclear plants and another 50 countries are looking to do so.

“Power bills have already increased by up to $1000 for many Australians, when they were promised a $275 cut and Labor’s climate target of 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 has become unachievable,” he said.

“Of the world’s 20 largest economies, Australia is the only one not using nuclear energy, or moving towards using it.”

The Coaltion’s plan is to initially develop two establishment pro-

jects using either small modular reactors or modern larger plants such as the AP1000 or APR1400.

They will start producing electricity by 2035 (with small modular reactors) or 2037 (if modern larger plants are found to be the best option).

The Australian Government will own these assets, but form partnerships with experienced nuclear companies to build and operate them.

“Labor’s approach requires imposing 58 million solar panels, 3500 new industrial wind turbines, and up to 28,000km of new transmission lines across the country,” Mr Dutton said.

“Energy experts have warned

the cost of Labor’s rollout will be between $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion.”

INDI MP: MORE DETAIL NEEDED However, Indi Independent federal MP Helen Haines said the Coalition’s announcement of seven regional sites to host large-scale nuclear reactors is a big headline but light on detail.

She said it will do nothing to lower Australian household power bills.

“CSIRO, our eminent scientific organisation, is clear - renewables are the cheapest, cleanest and fastest form of energy production in Australia,” Dr Haines said.

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“It is vital that any new energy infrastructure - nuclear or renewable - provides touchable, tangible benefit to these communities.”

Dr Haines said if the Coalition is to pursue this plan, then it must be ready to show the communities who are targeted for a nuclear reactor how they will enjoy longterm benefits.

“They must see more affordable housing, investment in childcare, accessible local healthcare, and better roads,” she said.

“Long-term regional development is what rural communities need and deserve from this energy transition irrespective of how that energy is generated, stored and transmitted.”

Nominations open for celebrating our seniors

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE SENIOR members of the community who should be recognised and celebrated for their skill, experience, time and energy can now be nominated for the 2024 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.

Minister for Ageing Ingrid Stitt this week announced the opening of nominations for the six categories of awards; Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year for outstanding contribution to local community and Victoria, Promotion of Multiculturalism Award for promoting the benefits of cultural diversity, Healthy and Active Living Award for helping create active and healthy communities, Veteran Community Award for exceptional contributions to the veteran community, Ageing Well Award for combatting ageism and promoting ageing well initiatives and Council on the Ageing Victorian Senior Achiever Award for significant contribution to local communities and Victoria.

“The vast majority of older people give back to their community without asking for any accolades – but this is their time to shine,” Minister Stitt said.

“Older Victorians make meaningful contributions to their communities, contributing to social cohesion and helping to create healthy and connected communities.

The award ceremony will be held in October, coinciding with the annual Victorian Seniors Festival.

All nominees will receive certificates acknowledging their contributions.

Nominees must be aged 60 years or over, and 50 years or over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians.

Nominations can be submitted digitally through a new online platform until August 11.

To make a nomination, visit Seniors Online and complete a nomination form at seniorsonline. vic.gov.au/awards.

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Darker Days hosts 1200

JOYFUL TUNES: Local musician Nicky Bomba took to the stage to spread joy and fun on the day.

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE

BRIGHT’S Darker Days Festival is proving to be an event calendar staple with the annual day filled with music, local beer and great food sold out for the third year in a row.

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Big win for Alpine Health PACE Team

By CHLOE JAENICKE THE PACE Team at Alpine Health recently took out the Outstanding Contribution By A Rural Multidisciplinary Health Team Award at the Rural Health Awards on June 20.

The awards were organised by the Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) to recognise rural healthcare in 12 different categories.

The PACE Team is a small team operating at three community-based locations in Bright, Myrtleford and Mount Beauty to deliver cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation in the Alpine Shire.

Alpine Health acting PACE co-ordinator and RN, Grace Johnson, said they all gathered at the Bright clinic to watch the ceremony and accept their award over Zoom.

“We enjoyed a delightful evening together, savouring take-away cuisine as we commemorated this milestone as a team,” she said.

This was the team’s first year entering the awards since starting the service in 2018 and Ms Johnson said the achievement was both validating and inspiring.

“It’s a testament to the dedication of our team and

the impact we’ve made on our patients’ lives,” she said.

“This award isn’t just an achievement; it’s a symbol of hope and success for everyone who has been part of our journey toward better health.”

She also said that winning the award has elevated morale in the team.

“While witnessing daily improvements in individuals’ health through our program is immensely fulfilling, receiving this award solidifies our collective dedication and underscores the meaningful difference we make in people’s lives,” she said.

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Kylie Pearce

How long have you lived in the area?

Since February this year, we moved from Albury to our farm, and to work at Tawonga South Butchers.

What do you like about the area?

It’s a great place to raise a family, my children are still very young , the farm life is good for them. The scenery is beautiful, and the community is good.

Would you like to see any changes?

I would like to see

more promotion for the area to encourage tourists.

What do you do, your hobbies and interests?

I work at the Tawonga South butchers, I work on the farm, I love spending time with my family, and I love cooking.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

Along the river and up to Falls Creek, and let them spend time on our farm to show what a great way of life it is.

According to Ms Johnson, the award wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the team who all share the same mission towards improving people’s health.

“We extend heartfelt gratitude to Fiona Miller, our esteemed physiotherapist in Mount Beauty, for nominating us for this prestigious award,” she said.

“Additionally, we commend Jenny, our diligent and invaluable clerical expert, whose unwavering dedication ensures the seamless operation of our program every day.”

VALIDATING ACHIEVEMENT: Julie Blake - Ovens Valley Physio & Pilates (Bright), Fiona Miller - Kiewa Valley Sports & Spinal Physiotherapy (Mt Beauty), Leeah Cooper - Equilibre Health (Myrtleford) and Jenny Svarc (Alpine Health Community Health Centre - Bright) celebrated winning the Outstanding Contribution

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Where are you from?

I have lived in Geelong for just over two years now, but before that I was working for the Wangaratta Chronicle for four years. My family and I moved to Wangaratta when I was eight years old.

What do you do for a living?

I’m a journalist, for the last two years I have written for the Alpine Observer and Myrtleford Times remotely from Geelong... hopefully my name is somewhat familiar!

What are your hobbies or interests?

I’m a big reader but I also love to write short stories and poetry in my spare time, despite also writing for work. Outside of words I love pottery, listening to and playing music, baking and roller skating.

What do you like about the area?

I love how Myrtleford looks in the winter and I love being surrounded by so much natural landscape, getting a view of the mountains on all sides is a wonderful change to residential Geelong. The community here has also always been welcoming to me when I’ve spent a few weeks helping out over the years.

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SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Year eight students Joe Tomasoni and Trae Taylor in the student garden.

Kids get hands-on with helpful critters

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE BRIGHT P-12 College has been acknowledged for their focus on sustainability with the school’s Beneficial Insect Garden Hub awarding them a 2024 Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant.

The garden aims to educate junior school students about biodiversity by researching and planting beneficial insect attracting plants in the school’s new vegetable and indigenous garden space.

Students will be involved in researching, growing and monitoring plants and insects that are beneficial to the plant and food production.

Bright P-12 sustainability coordinator, Darren Wood, said the insect garden is part of a larger project at the school focused on sustainability.

“We received a Revitalising Our Environment Grant from the Alpine Shire and Commonwealth Government which allowed us to set up a 1600 square metre garden space for the kids,” he said.

“We planted three categories of plants; one for attracting pollinating insects and birds, the second had an Indigenous focus so plants that Indigenous People would have used for medicine, tools and food and the last was fire resistant plants.

“We worked with DEECA, National Parks and an ecologist who put together a report on plants that survived the first wave of fire, and having them at the school will serve as a kind of thought cloud for people to come see plants more suitable to plant around their house. “It’s all tied in with environment and, in part, relies on having intact ecosystems so if kids understand more about biodiversity and why insects are so important, they will understand more overall.

“The whole project was born when I was working in an education support role, with kids struggling with the in-class set up.

“Having students more hands on felt they were better equipped to achieve more when being active and creating and seeing an authentic project come to life.

“We’re now looking at finding more opportunities for kids to have projects linked to learning about growing food, as we initially upgraded the kitchen garden and wanted to expand on that.

“Now we’ve got that in place, as well as a food forest with $1500 worth of fruit trees, thanks to the Victorian Garden Scheme.

“We were looking at plant care and maintenance, which saw a few pests pop up, so the beneficial insect garden came from looking at ways we can use those natural predators and insects that are helpful to plants.

“We hope to eventually grow this into a community garden space, the kids have been really loving getting involved and cultivating food that goes back into their school canteen and the broader community.”

IMPORTANT JOB: Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group members (from left) Peter Cave, Joe Kenwright, Yvonne Ward, Jane Kerby, Simon Law, Terry Kerby, Graham Gales, Sarah Hely, Tasman, Jenny Showers, Jeanette McLaren, Rachael Quennell, Gillian Anderson and Leonie Wyld have been hard at work restoring the river’s riparian areas.

Landcare continues river restoration work

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE

UPPER Ovens Valley Landcare Group has been continuing to work hard to restore degraded riparian areas along the banks of the Ovens River.

Group member Peter Jacobs said riparian areas are critical for the health of the river system.

“The Upper Ovens River and the adjoining natural vegetation has been degraded over many decades by a range of serious impacts such as extensive dredge mining, clearing of riverbanks for farming and access and gravel extraction,” he said.

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water, connectivity to other forest areas and are valued by the community for enjoyment of the river setting”.

Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group member Yvonne Ward said the latest focus of the project has been on the area around the junction of the Ovens River and One Mile Creek near Porepunkah.

“This area was infested with large invasive trees such as Box Alders, Sycamores and Willows along with extensive blackberries that together, were destroying the natural values and preventing access,” she said.

“Major heavy machinery work was needed to remove the large invasive tree infestation with follow up weed control to prepare the area for planting native species.

“The initial work clearing invasive trees and other weeds can appear quite brutal at first but is essential to start the restoration.

“This approach has proven successful in many sites now that we have worked on along the river and they are coming back nicely,” Landcare members are now busy planting over 600 trees into the area amongst the rem-

nant older trees that have survived.

“We have had to delay planting due to the dry conditions but with recent rain we are up and running,” Mr Jacobs said.

“We are also now using biodegradable tree guards to protect the plantings from the biggest threat, feral deer, that browse, rub and trample them.

“We are very grateful to the Bendigo Bank for supporting the project and seeing the long-term benefit.”

For more information or to join the Landcare group, go to upperovenslandcare.org.au.

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Climate change impacting Alpine aquatic life

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE RESEARCHERS at La Trobe University’s Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems have exposed the hidden consequences of climate change on Alpine stream ecosystems, which could see an earlier emergence of insects.

The study, led by senior lecturer in Environment and Genetics, Dr Michael Shackleton, focused on streams around Falls Creek and projected significant alterations in water temperatures from climate warming and its impact on aquatic life.

It was found that the rate at which temperature accumulates over the years will increase, which likely influences how organisms grow and develop.

Local groups have been working on various restoration projects along the Upper Ovens River, which Dr Shackleton said can be beneficial to insect species.

“Works that increase river

flow and scour some of the beds are quite beneficial to aquatic insects,” he said.

“Many insects require areas to lay their eggs, such as under large boulders or boulders emerging out of the water.

“Opening up more of that habitat allows more places for them to be, and habitat that excludes trout would be a helpful aspect to increase insect abundance, which would go on to feed trout further downstream.

“Our focus is on stream temperatures, so planting along those riparian areas can shade segments of the river and keep water cooler for longer to offset climate impacts.

“Riparian and in-stream habitat are going to be two key variables of importance for a whole host of things.

“In terms of insects, such as dragonflies and stoneflies, they require stream-side vegetation to crawl up in the larval stage and emerge out as adults, and it also provides

A RECENT RESEARCH STUDY HAS FOUND INSECT EMERGENCE IS CHANGING DUE TO WARMER WATERS cover from predators by having that habitat complexity.

“We do a lot of research in the alps, primarily in headwater streams which make a really neat, confined area to work with.

“When you’re down low in the catchment, the water you’re sampling has been impacted by all the things upstream but in headwaters it’s the small, confined areas which make it easier for understanding what is happening there with fewer variables.

“The alps are also predicted to be hit hardest with climate change, we’ve been monitoring them for quite some time with our first temperature re-

cordings out in 2011.

“We thought it was time to aggregate our data and see what those temperatures were doing.”

Dr Shackleton said the main finding in the research was around the timing of insects emerging from rivers and becoming adult species.

“What worries me the most is that our modelling suggests insects should emerge earlier on in the season,” he said.

“The concern there is they’re coming out earlier so birds are still looking for food later in the year and there’s a disjunct between those two.

“Insects emerging in late autumn lay their eggs into waters that are cooling down and the eggs go into a hibernation state over winter so those animals will now be emerging in the middle of summer when water temperatures are up to 12 degrees warmer than what they currently experience.

“They’re laying into warmer waters that aren’t cooling down so we don’t know what that will mean for those animals; whether eggs will survive and if we’ll see a reduction in populations because of that, which will have knock-on effects to species that use those in-

CONCERNS FOR CRITTERS: La Trobe researchers are concerned for the future of insect populations in the Alps, including the Stonefly (pictured).

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“This research is a way to understand what will happen so we know which parts of the landscape are going to be the most impacted.

“There may be ways to mitigate against some of the impacts or maybe we should focus our efforts on areas that are likely to be less impacted and should be conserved against things like bushfires and pest species.

“I think there’s a case for giving focus to those areas where there is diversity and that diversity is likely to stick around and we want to keep it that way.”

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Unreliable renewables more costly: Mirabella

MIRABELLA WEIGHS IN ON HIDDEN COSTS OF SOLAR AND WIND FACILITIES AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER

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THE intermittent nature of renewable energy is costing far more than the infrastructure that generates the power, according to former Liberal Senator and ex-state party president Greg Mirabella.

Mr Mirabella, who is both a qualified accountant and engineer, drilled down on the costs of renewable energy, and said full system costs need to include peaking power, new transmission, storage, as well as environmental factors and expense to amenity, the community, and tourism, as well as the impacts on soil for horticulture and agriculture.

It comes after federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced the seven sites for proposed Nuclear Power Stations to become operational from 2035 under a Coalition government.

Mr Mirabella’s comments contrast with a CSIRO 202324 GenCost report that determined nuclear power was more expensive than renewables and would take

HIDDEN COSTS: Greg Mirabella believes there are hidden costs associated with renewable energy facilities but they don’t get talked about. at least 15 years of develop.

“Other costs connected to renewable energy facilities need to be factored in with the argument, and after they are, renewable energy is more expensive than nuclear,” he said.

“There is a lot of hype about the cost of nuclear and that’s part of the political debate, and while nuclear energy is more expensive than most other things, it’s not more expensive than the way we’re going.

“Global statistics show

that wind powers 40 per cent of the time and solar or PV produces only 30-40 per cent of the time.

“If it’s only producing a third of the time then you have to build three times as much to provide for the demand.”

Mr Mirabella said there are peaks and troughs with output and the way they deal with that is called firming.

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“This is a daily, hourly battle of firming or load management and to make it feasible you need stand-by gas plants, big batteries and transmission lines to balance the power.

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Mr Mirabella said from a political perspective, “Labor

party state premiers’ objections about lifting the ban on uranium mining are just toeing the party line,” he said.

“For politicians, climate change is a political construct, and unfortunately everything that’s done in this space is political.

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it, and most of them have cheaper electricity than Australia, and most of them are looking at building more.”

He reaffirmed that the Coalition is suggesting a mix of nuclear and renewable energy to power the nation it’s not one or the other.

“We need nuclear baseload to replace coal baseload”, he said.

Mr Mirabella was addressing a meeting of local Victorian Farmers Federation members on Wednesday night.

He pointed out that from an agriculture perspective, a critical piece is missing from the energy politics debate.

“Primary producers must be concerned about land degradation, and this includes restoring soils and using better fertilisers, and this should be part of the dialogue, given that we actually need more carbon back in the soil.

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Waste-to-energy systems and biogas should be at the top of the agenda. Biomass is renewable – batteries aren’t.”

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Insurance premiums out of reach for some

By STEVE KELLY A NEW Climate Council report has highlighted the dramatic rise in insurance premiums, a burden that is pricing people out of the market leaving their properties vulnerable in the face of rising extreme climate events such as bushfire and floods.

The ‘Too Close to Home’ disaster report details the impacts of natural disasters on communities.

“More and more climate impacted Australians are finding it difficult to insure their homes due to rising premiums driven by worsening climate risks,” the report reads.

“Following the 2022 floods, insurance premiums for high-risk properties, including those in flood-prone

areas, increased by 50 per cent.”

Indi MP Helen Haines has also given a snapshot of the region’s vulnerability to natural disasters accentuated by the geography of “wide flood plains and forested hills”.

“Affordable and accessible insurance is critical as the frequency and severity of flooding and bushfires increases,” she said.

“A 2023 Climate Council report lists Indi as the eighth most at-risk federal electorate for insurance to become unaffordable within the next 10 years, and the second most at-risk electorate in Victoria for natural disaster related insurance unaffordability.

“In the Rural City of Wangaratta, 60 per cent of all properties are at high risk

CLIMATE REPORT SHOWS PEOPLE LIVING IN AT-RISK AREAS UNABLE TO AFFORD INSURANCE COSTS

AFTERMATH: Indi MP Helen Haines stands amid the orange glow with other politicians and police members during the Black Summer Bushfires in January 2020. it’s incidents like this which have contributed to a rise in insurance premiums. of insurance premiums rising to become unaffordable by 2030.

“The price of insurance in regional areas has increased dramatically in recent years, in some instances, insurance companies have refused to insure properties altogether.”

Since the 2019-2020 Black Summer Bushfires, Dr Haines said she has been contacted by many businesses across Indi, notably in the alpine resort of Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Mount Buller, where businesses have found it impossible to access insurance or premiums have increased to unviable levels.

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“In my submission to a parliamentary committee inquiry into insurers’ responses to the 2022 floods, I urged the Federal Government to work with state, territory and local governments to develop a national framework for supporting property owners who cannot access affordable insurance,” Dr Haines said.

“We must ensure individuals and regional communities are supported to build back better after natural disasters – this means accounting for changing risks and increasing resilience to future natural disasters.

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“We encourage our members who are facing cost of living pressures to contact us to discuss their individual circumstances and to learn more about how we can help.”

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RACV’s general manager motoring products, Jeff Ames, said there are several factors that continue to impact insurance premiums.

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Healthy soil, healthy humans: McEvoy’s journey to regreen earth DEDERANG farmer John McEvoy, alongside wife Sharon, have been working to reverse the effects of chemical farming and restore the earth to its former green glory by jumping in to the world of regenerative agriculture.

The local ex-teachers joined the fight to repair the land almost three years ago, when they discovered there was a different approach to farming that has since proven a valuable change to their 320 acres of farmland.

“It all started when our daughter, who is a physio, came to us concerned about the increase in ailments she was seeing in her patients and the overall trouble with human health,” Mr McEvoy said.

“She did some reading and essentially it all came back to soil.

“Chemical farming had its beginnings around 1940 when farmers were told they need to use nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) to grow monoculture, and now if you want the same nutrition from food that you had before then you’d have to eat twice as much meat, three times as many veggies and four times the fruit.

“The man who introduced NPK admitted later, in the 1960s, he had led us down the wrong path but by then the chemical and fertiliser companies were on a roll and making so much money that no one else mattered, which is how it still is today.

“I’d been doing all the wrong things, following the dairy farmers who were growing a lot of grass and making money so I thought that was the best way.

“The soil biology I read about made a lot of sense to me, so we reached out to Luke Harrington

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from Regen Agriculture Deniliquin, who did a water infiltration test, hammering a pipe into the ground and filling it with water to see how long it took to disappear; in half an hour it had only dropped one millimetre.

“Our soil was too compacted; farmers who have healthy soil can take up to 250mm an hour, ours was running off the paddocks.

“We immediately stopped using chemical fertilisers and since then the water infiltrates the soil more readily, thanks to the mulch we use to armour the paddocks.

“The next step was to plant multi species crops.

“Many farmers sow rye grass and pour urea on it but that kills a multitude of microbes needed to grow healthy plants with all the right minerals and vitamins in them.

“Healthier plants make for a healthier animal and better quality meat.

“From there, our basic principles are no tilling, maintenance of thick ground cover, diversity of plants, living roots as long as possible and high stocking density while rotating our stock around small paddocks.”

Mr. McEvoy learned that plant microbes are a key player in keeping the underground ecosystem healthy.

“Nicole Masters says there are 11 billion microbes in one barley seed,” he said.

“When you inoculate and plant the seed, it starts talking to all the other microbes like an

underground ecosystem to help with the health of the plants.

“We endeavour to never plough paddocks; as this can kill 50 per cent of the microbes.

“We also keep lots of ‘armour’; mulch, on the ground which keeps the ground cool and moist in the summer and protects microbes from the sun.

“Planting a wide range of different plant families allows for better soil biology and grows more nutritious crops.

“Among those families are some self regenerating plants like chicory and plantain, meaning we can head towards making our pastures perennial.

“These species also mean we are feeding our happy animals and putting carbon into the ground to reduce emissions.

“We can help solve this emissions problem; we just have to regreen the planet.

“It’s warming up because of bare paddocks absorbing heat and losing moisture.

“We have to make the earth a sponge again and stop knocking down the forests and burning paddocks, sending carbon straight up into the atmosphere.

“Every time you burn carbon goes up and we want it to go down because carbon is life; it makes things grow.

“These multi species have deep roots that send carbon more than half a metre below ground, which will then be stored for thousands of years.”

Other benefits gained from healthier soil includes greater bird and insect life, which Mr. McEvoy says also adds to the biodiversity of his soil.

“Bird life is phenomenal here, though we still haven’t seen

enough insects yet,” he said.

“On one hectare of good land there can be 400 tonnes of insect life and they excrete another four tonnes of fertiliser every year if you’ve got them cycling right.

“We saw results in our first crop after getting rid of the chemicals, but timing is still everything in farming.

“Going in to the third year was remarkably different and we think we can grow this yearround now, but unfortunately, we’ve only done half the farm so far and this year lack of rain has made it difficult.

Mr. McEvoy said what seemed sensible to him, can be a more difficult decision to others.

“It’s hard for people to break out of the pattern and the traditional agronomists are trained the same way,” he said.

“People are scared and they’re surviving where they are, but when agriculturists are telling them they need phosphate and lime and urea, this works but it’s costly and ultimately unhealthy.

“We’re trying to get back to healthy soils and there are many good people in this space but until we get government and big business onside it’s not going to change much.

“I’ve always loved the environment and planting things and I always want our animals to be happy and healthy, so this work feels important.

“We’ve had this farm for 42 years and I could ask myself where I was when this was all happening but we just didn’t know any better.

“Our hope is to raise awareness and encourage people to help regreen the earth.”

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Impressive home close to CBD with immaculate shedding Located at 198 Tone Road, Wangaratta this home boasts an array of features.

It is situated on a large 741m2 allotment with shedding sure to impress.

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The kitchen is modern and showcases an island bench, electric wall oven and electric cooktop.

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Health Precinct Investment 6/12-16 Green Street

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• Prime block of land in the Warby Views Estate titled ready for you to build on

• Well-located unit with single undercover car space and courtyard

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• Combined kitchen & dining space

• Separate lounge room with open plan kitchen / dining area

• 1 bedroom with BIRs & ceiling fan

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• Enjoy privacy & natural surroundings with the reserve aspect ensuring no one will be building in front of you

• Impeccably maintained & family home

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• All services provided including gas, power, water and NBN

• Close to North East Health, public transport & walking distance to City Centre

• Carport plus shed/garage

• Exceptional opportunity in sought-after street

• Outstanding tenant currently in place

• Paved undercover alfresco area • First home buyer, family home or investor

• This freshly painted double brick home boasts a spacious 672m2 allotment, perfect for entertaining or pursuing hobbies • Ducted cooling & gas heating • Well equipped kitchen with ample bench space, gas cooktop and easy backyard access allowing for seamless entertaining • BIR in both bedrooms for ample storage • Spacious backyard with garden shed & outdoor undercover entertaining area • Secure parking, single garage, side access

Vacant VACANTLand LAND- 5.49 acres 518m2

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• Charming 3-bed weatherboard home, high ceilings throughout & bath with sep toilet • Set on just over an acre, perfect for space & privacy, established trees & mature gardens • Features a large 9 x 18 metre shed, ideal for storage or a workshop • Located on the Great Alpine Road, 20min drive to Wangaratta & 17min to Beechworth • Short walk to primary school & general store • Great potential for renovation

• 3 bedroom family home on approx. 694m2 • Spacious kitchen with meals & dining area • Large formal lounge room including separate 2nd living area • All year round comfort with Split system, gas heating & refrigerated cooling • Paved undercover entertaining area • Single carport with rear access to workshop, storage and further garden shed • Close to schools, childcare & walking tracks

• Welcoming 4-bedroom home with a study, nestled in sought-after Waldara Park Estate • Spacious master with an ensuite & WIR • Open-plan kitchen, living, & dining area, complemented by separate formal lounge • Step outside to a north-facing undercover entertaining area, perfect for gatherings • Ducted heating & cooling ensuring comfort • Conveniently enter the home through the double garage via the expansive pantry • Close to schools, walking & cycling paths

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BUSINESS FOR SALE

Olive Health

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INDUSTRIAL LAND

Rare Industial Allotment

The Oven

91B Sisley Ave, Wangaratta

451 King Valley Rd, Cheshunt

• Last remaining of three industrial parcels of land • Construction underway with Title expected

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• Successful unique business set in King Valley • Selling ethically & sustainably produced, breads, pastries, pies & seasonal produce • Generous 1639m2 block & 298m2 restaurant • Seating capacity of 40, internally & externally • 2 x 22kw electric vehicle charging stations • 2meg domestic water licence (King River) + additional 2meg domestic lic. 4 meg total.

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North East Temp Fencing 20 Murrell Street

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FOR SALE $1,250,000 No GST, Going Concern

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Externally there is a carport for car storage plus a garden shed, established gardens and trees, reliable bore for garden water and a rainwater tank for household use.

Fencing is in great condition and with fertile soil types it would be an ideal property for a hobby farmer.

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■ KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES: Suzuki makes the long awaited change to hybrid power for the popular Swifts.

Swift move to electric power after 41 years

By DEREK OGDEN, Marque Motoring SWIFT might not be the most appropriate word, but after 41 years in Australia, the titular Suzuki vehicle that has consistently been near the top of the compact car segment, has gone hybrid.

Core of the 2024 Swift is a petrol/electric power system and stop/start motor created especially for improved fuel efficiency in the built environment.

Core of the works is an integrated starter generator that swings into action to give the vehicle extra shove when the accelerator is pressed.

The ISG takes power from a lithium-ion battery recharged when the brakes are applied.

The motor also kicks in under hard acceleration to cut the demand on the fuel supply.

The petrol engine, too, has been replaced by a new unit delivering increased low-speed torque (up at 3000rpm by 10 per cent).

AT A GLANCE MODEL LINE-UP SWIFT HYBRID 5SP MANUAL: $24,490 SWIFT HYBRID CVT: $25,490 SWIFT HYBRID PLUS: $26,990 SWIFT HYBRID GLX: $27,990 NOTE: PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE GOVERNMENT OF DEALER DELIVERY CHARGES. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUZUKI DEALER FOR DRIVE-AWAY PRICES.

The new set-up was given an exhaustive (exhausting?) workout on the Queensland media launch through the back streets and highways of a chaotic Brisbane, a city in the throes of working to take on the 2032 Olympic Games.

Not surprisingly, the stop/ start system got a real workout, which it appeared to relish.

Needless to say, with a three-cylinder engine of 1197cc (60.8kW at 5700rpm) overtaking was restrained but the lowdown pulling power (111.8Nm at 4500rpm) plus the benefit of the ISG, had the CVT automatic transmission making

good time off the mark.

Fuel consumption is claimed by Suzuki to be 3.8 litres per 100 kilometres on the combined urban/highway cycle.

On the 60km-plus launch drive with five cars the average recorded was between four and five litres per hundred kilometres.

The new Swift comes in four variants featuring either a five-speed manual transmission or CVT. Prices start at $24,490 for the entry-level manual, with the CVT adding $1000.

Top-rated GLX is $27,990.

The new Swift trumps its

predecessor with superior comfort, infotainment and driving experience.

Looks are generally within the small-car playbook, the latest model sporting a newstyle piano black grille and L-shaped lights that merge into flowing body lines.

The Swift Hybrid maintains the wheelbase, width and height of its predecessor, but gains 15mm in length and more cargo space through the push-back of the rear hatch. Inside, the black and grey colour scheme pulls together all elements of the driver’s controls.

Front seats have been

reshaped, while a nine inch infotainment display sits atop the central dashboard offering USB and wi-fi connections, featuring satellite navigation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and DAB+ audio.

Also displayed are vehicle performance data, including fuel level, cruising range, warnings and rear-view camera vision.

Other features include steering-wheel-mounted audio and phone controls, trip computer, keyless start, leaving headlight function, privacy glass on rear windows, traffic sign recognition; Type

A and C USB ports on the Swift Hybrid Plus and GLX; high beam assist and LED daytime running lights.

The new Swift Hybrid incorporate active and passive safety systems stamping the fifth generation as the safest on record.

These come within Suzuki’s Heartect platform which leads compact car design in dispersing impact energy in a crash.

The Swift Hybrid is stocked in pure pearl white but has the option of being ordered in the colours of the Hybrid Plus and GLX. These include premium silver metallic, flame orange pearl metallic and a two-tone with blue pearl metallic with black pearl roof.

All Swift Hybrids are covered by a five-year warranty, which also takes in the lithium-ion battery.

Suzuki considers major rivals to include MG3, Mazda 2 and Yaris across all age brackets, probably with those looking for a little more room as in the new Swift.

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Teachers forging ahead ST MARY’S Primary School received a pleasant surprise last week when Victorian Minster for Education Ben Carroll specifically named the school during his announcement of a policy changing the way children will be taught to read.

According to the school, Mr Carroll mentioned St Mary’s Primary School as an example of a school that has been implementing an approach that will now be made mandatory across all government schools due to its effectiveness.

“It was great to be called out by the Minister – it was fantastic,” said school principal Kitty Hancock, who was attending the summit where the announcement was made.

As of next year, students from Prep to Grade 2 across Victoria will be taught using a mandated systematic synthetic phonics approach as part of their reading

Local school gets shout-out for teaching approach

BY BRODIE EVERIST

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programs, with a minimum of 25 minutes daily explicit teaching of phonics and phonemic awareness.

Systematic synthetic phonics is a structured approach that explicitly teaches the relationship between sounds and letters to read words, and it’s an approach St Mary’s began exploring in 2019.

“It’s the ability to decode words using knowledge of letter-sound relationships,” Ms Hancock said.

“So teaching the children what those letter-sound relationships are and then how you can break down words when you’re reading.

“Not always, but usually the

kids that struggle to learn to read are most likely to have missed out on that systematic and explicit phonics.”

The new policy will also include explicit teaching of oral language, vocabulary, reading fluency and comprehension.

Ms Hancock said explicit teaching, which involve teachers clearly showing students what to do and how to do it, is an approach they take across their curriculum, giving students certainly across different classes.

“It’s just the way we teach, it really helps those kids with anxiety or any wellbeing issues because they know that the delivery is similar in each class,” she said.

“We’re four years down the track and there are still things for us to

learn, but we feel really comfortable in what we’re doing.

“We get a lot of schools come to watch us teach from across our Catholic schools, but also from a lot of state schools.”

According to the government, evidence from Victorian schools and reviews conducted by the Australian Education Research Organisation and the Grattan Institute show explicit teaching works best for the largest number of students.

“The evidence shows that explicit teaching and the use of systemic synthetic phonics instructions gets results – while we already lead the nation in NAPLAN results, we’re always looking to improve, especially in relation to lifting outcomes for disadvantaged students,” Mr Carroll said.

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HUGHES, Ian Maxwell.

6/12/1934 – 18/6/2024 Loving husband of 64 years to Freda, Hero/Dad/Pop/father-in-law to Peta, John, Mervyn, Sue, Gazz and Sandra.

Much loved by his family and friends.

RIP we will miss you deeply.

In keeping with Ian’s wishes, a private cremation has taken place.

TOYOTA RAV4 2020 GXL,immac,white,reg (764ZEH), 75,000km with books, serviced

by Toyota, extra 18” alloy wheels, roof rails, tow ball pack, mud flaps, wireless phone charging, $36,000. Phone Anne 0417 774 074.

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ZAMPERONI, Alfonso.

PACKAGE Deal, for genuine sale 2004 Ford F250, 7.3hr Diesel, 291. 685km, has near new bravo a/t Maxxis 980 tyres, plus 2 spares on back, rear camera, rear airbag suspension, 274ltr fuel capacity plus 100ltr tank under rear canopy, rear slide on picnic table, central locking system, Hayman Rees tow ball, top winch to help load the boat, plus 5000 pound bull bar winch, lots storage includes 2x60ltr fridge slides, plus boat motor slide, 2 large draws in canopy, lots storage above canopy and below 3x120 Uni solar panels, has pro star solar controls wired ready to go, 4 glass matt batteries, plus built in charger, built in compressor. Side steps and bull bar all aluminum, driving lights CB radio, electric brake system to suit caravan, fully services and will sell with road worthy.

Caravan, 2004 Kedron Cross Country, made in Brisbane, 20ft inside, electric brakes, pullout awning, has matching wheels as the F250, dual axle plus 2 spares. 2 x jerry can, holders at rear, in front bin has 4 x glass matt batteries, pro star solar controls invertor, has 4x120 Uni solar panels on roof, tv antenna, fold up side cooking table built on side, steps that gold up on the door, single beds with inner spring mattresses, wired for CPAP machines x 2, lots storage cupboards, built with Tasmanian oak, 4 burner stove with grill and oven, 240ltr Vitri Frigo, full sink, wired for TV, reverse cycle air con, Island bench table with storage under seats, storage under beds, brand new elec and gas hot water service (never used), water filters and hoses, electric legs, A-Trail Jack plus ockie wheel, 2 wind stiffeners pegs and mat (outside 8x4m) original tyres and rims for caravan, out door shower, 5 water tanks, one tank for drinking only, carpet or vinyl flooring, wired for 12 volt or 240 volt, full annex plus extra plus sun shade, never used, new wheel bearings (never used), 2 gas bottles, front bin and generator compartment, very clean and neat, has lots of extra’s as well. $139,900 ono package deal, will consider splitting, but they do compliment one another. Boat not included.

Ph 0427 936 630.

2018 Subaru MY18 Premium Outback 3.6R 6 cyl station wagon with sunroof, 99,500km, one owner, full service history, reg (ATIB).

Contact George

$26,500 ono Ph 0427 498 402

YELLOW Hyundai sedan, 2000, ( 1 Y M 9 Q Q ) , 218,242 km , great car for new drivers, 5 spee d m anu al, $3999 ono, located Mansfield. Ph 0439 719 529

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FORD Ranger XLT (1KK1SJ), automatic 2017, 146,000km, diesel, long range tank, Red Arc electric brakes, dual batteries, just had service, transmission serviced every 50,000km, $35,500.

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ZAMPERONI Requiem mass for the repose of the soul of Alfonso Zamperoni will be held on Friday, June 28, 2024 at St Mary's Catholic Church, Lawrence Street, Myrtleford commencing at 11am.

Interment will follow the service at the Myrtleford Lawn Cemetery.

Rosary will be recited on Friday, June 28, 2024 at St Mary's Catholic Church, Lawrence Street, Myrtleford commencing at 10.30am.

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MERC E240 for sale, recent full service, excellent tyres, n ew w i n d s c re e n , 337,000km, reg (QJE744), $2800 ono.

Phone Charlie Brydon 0418 597 627.

TIMBER RED Pajero “Activ”, 2010model,3.2Lturbo diesel, automatic transmission, LED light bar, factory bullbar, excellent condition, complete h i s t o r y, s e r v i c e d by t h e b o ok . BF Goodrich tyres, new Kenwood Radio with Apple/Android CarPlay, (1VL7RA) 246,000 km, $17,000 with roadworthy. Ph 0428 736 630.

13/7/1934 – 18/6/2024 Passed away peacefully at Northeast Health, Wangaratta with his loving family by his side.

Devoted and loving husband of Olinda of 61 years.

Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Maurice and Jenny, Sonia and Kevin, Nella and Paul.

Doting Nonno of Jenna, Georgia, Luca, Ebony, Aimee, Aleesha, Joshua, Alexandra and Sam. The best Bis Nonno of Noah, Hugo, Scarlett and baby Lani.

You may be gone from our sight, but you are never gone from our hearts.

Forever in our hearts, rest in peace.

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Myrtleford photographer Janet Watt made her way down to the AWFA senior men’s match between Savoy and St Pat’s to capture some action.

WILL OSBORN

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PIETRO MONTAGNER

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WILL KEENAN BRAYDEN GASPEROTTI

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SPORT

Myrtleford golfers in fine form after another week on the pristine course LOCAL golfers showed off their stuff on pristine courses in the past week.

Saturday, June 22 Myrtleford Auto Electrics & Super 6 AMCR 71 AWCR 74 A Grade Winner: David Matthews (13) 37 pts. A Grade Runner Up: Jade Galvan (8) 31 pts. B Grade Winner: Spider Hancock (15) 36 pts. B Grade Runner Up: Jan Roseby (15)

34 pts c/b.

Super 6 Winner: David Matthews (13) 16 pts. Super 6 Runner Up: Warren Rowney (24) 11 pts c/b.

Ball winners: W Rowney 34, J Martin 34, G Veldman 34, P Cowmen 33, B Caldwell 32 c/b.

NTPs - 1st: Andrew Loftus, 4th 2nd shot: Brad Carroll, 16th: Ben Holmes.

Raffle winner: David Rowe.

Matthews Cleaning Award: Jonathan Mercuri 18 pts.

Wednesday, June 19 Myrtleford Auto Electrics Stableford AMCR 71 AWCR 74 A Grade Winner : Pieter Veldman (21) 36 pts c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Jim Martin (15) 36 pts.

Ball Winners: G Browne 35, K Newton 34, P Vasey 31.

Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Peter Stewart, 4th 2nd shot: Peter Vasey, 14th: Peter Stewart, 16th: Geoff Veldman.

Tuesday, June 18 Myrtleford Auto Electrics - Stableford AWCR 74 A Grade Winner: Marnie Broz (21) 36pts.

A Grade Runner Up: Barb Welch (19) 35pts.

Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Rachael Kelly, 2nd 4th shot: Judy Bynon, 14th: Marg Curtis.

Ball winners: Kerry Newton 32pts, Sandra Piazza 31pts c/b, Rachael Kelly 13pts c/b.

Nine hole winner: Jennifer Leita (49) 21pts. Nine hole runner up: Suzette Kelly (49) 20pts.

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Bernadette’s brilliant game

By NATHAN DE VRIES BRIGHT Country Golf Club’s Bernadette Wickes still can’t believe it.

Bernadette became the first Bright woman to ever take out the North-Eastern District Golf Association women’s district championship, when Bright hosted the event from June 3-5.

Initially unsure of her prospects in the tournament, due to taking time away from the game with a broken knee, Wickes got off to a flyer when she partnered with Chris O’Shea, also from Bright, to win the mix handicap championship.

Wickes then spent the next two days dominating the competition, emerging from the 36-hole competition with the scratch championship and handicap championship to her name.

Wickes said she was overjoyed with the performance.

“It was very overwhelming and special,” she said.

“The first day, the Monday, is the mix and I played that with another girl from Bright, Chris O’Shea and we won that.

“The next day, I played the 18

Mount Beauty golfers enjoy week on the course THE ladies of the Mount Beauty Golf Club played a Stroke round over 18 holes on Saturday, June 22 with Lynda Barter winning with net 74.

The men played the front nine on Wednesday, June 19 with Andy Cook taking the honours with 23 points from Steuart Snooks with 19 points.

NTP on both the seventh and ninth was Syd Thomas.

Stableford was the format on Saturday, June 22 when Stuie Jelbart came in with 39 points from Stephen Short on 37 points.

Also getting balls were Keith Archibald and Alex Taylor with 35 points apiece, and on 34 points were Sam Perry and Roger Church.

NTP on the seventh was Stephen Short along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, the ninth went to David Drew, 17th to Dave Etherton, and Victor Selway took home the money on the 18th.

holes, and I had the best score I’ve ever had in my life, 78 off the stick, a 66 nett because I was playing off 12.

“I played on the next day and ended up winning the whole thing, I was the champion for the whole 36-hole event.

“To have my best score ever at Bright on that day was pretty amazing.

“What made it even more special for me is that I broke my knee in February, so I’d just come back to golf the week before.

“I think that’s why I did so well, I wasn’t expecting anything and didn’t think I was going to win.”

With her name in the history books, Wickes said she will look to continue to hit the course, with the aim to bring her handicap into single figures (currently 10), ahead of the Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort’s Women’s Rose Bowl and Champion of Champions event in late August.

SILVERWARE HAUL: Bernadette Wickes can barely hold all of her NEDGA trophies from the championships held at Bright.

Myrtleford men suffer first league loss of season to Melrose ■ From back page

“Scott Peggie scored five goals in 75 minutes, then we took him off for the last 25 minutes as a bit of a precaution.

“We took a couple of players off late and rested them up.

“It was a really good, complete performance.

“An error at the back cost us a goal late – getting these out of the system now is not a bad thing.”

Despite the midweek loss, Myrtleford still sit on top of the table with a very strong goal difference and will face the mid-tier Albury City at home this Sunday.

“We’ve got a real emphasis on creating a fortress at

home, we haven’t lost yet, and 10 of our last 11 games are at home – the only away game now is Wangaratta towards the back end of the season,” Vescio said.

“Our injury list is very small, we battled through a bit of the first half of the season, and this weekend we will be just about back to full strength.

“Our midweek fixtures are all done, we’ve got a block of four very important games, but we don’t look too far ahead – we’ll look to Albury City and Twin City the week after.”

The Savoy division one women will be back in action this weekend after taking the bye.

CHANCE: Scott Peggie tries to chip the ball past St Pat’s goalkeeper Matthew Green in Myrtleford’s 7-1 win on Sunday.

HOLDING: Angus Kelly is held by his St Pat’s opponent.

ROUND RESULTS: NORTH East Bushrangers Basketball (NEBB) is a collaboration between local North East basketball associations with the commitment of “Creating Realistic Pathways for all North East Athletes” Ten NEBB junior teams compete in the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) - the highest level junior competition in Victoria.

Our Club offers specialist Basketball Clinics, as well as pathways through Senior Big V Competitions.

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(Top Scorers: E. Mercieca 19, E. Napier 16, M. Evans 15) (Top Scorers: E. Gray 11, C. Campbell 6, P. Male 4)

(Top Scorers: J. Walker 10, R. Robinson 8, R. Hamilton 8)

PHOTOS: Janet Watt

INTO THE BOX: Jake Miles crosses the ball in.

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winners and losers

round

10

ovens and Murray seniors ladder #

TEAM

1 Yarrawonga 2 Wangaratta Rovers 3 North Albury 4 Wodonga 5 Wangaratta 6 Albury 7 Lavington 8 Myrtleford 9 Wodonga Raiders 10 Corowa Rutherglen

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Netball scores

Thirds results

Saturday, June 15

Saturday, June 15

A Grade Albury 42 def by Corowa R’glen 56; North Albury 56 def Myrtleford 50 B Grade Albury 45 def Corowa R’glen 34; North Albury 43 def by Myrtleford 61 C Grade Albury 60 def Corowa R’glen 33; North Albury 35 def by Myrtleford 39 17 & Under Albury41defby CorowaR’glen42;NorthAlbury40defbyMyrtleford44 15 & Under Albury 55 def Corowa R’glen 13; North Albury 24 def by Myrtleford 41

Albury 9.7.61 def Corowa R’glen 9.5.59: Nth Albury 17.15.117 def Myrtleford 1.6.12

Saturday, June 22

Saturday, June 22

A Grade

Lavington 46 def by Wodonga Raider 50 Wodonga 43 def by Yarrawonga 75 B Grade Lavington 34 def by Wod. Raiders 44; Wodonga 34 def by Yarrawonga 46 C Grade Lavington 31 def by Wod.Raiders 46; Wodonga 63 def Yarrawonga 48 17 & Under Lavington 18 def by Wod. Raiders 43; Wodonga 96 def Yarrawonga 34 15 & Under Lavington 25 def by Wod. Raiders 51; Wodonga 66 def Yarrawonga 32

Sunday, June 23 Wangaratta Rovers 37 def by Wangaratta 60 B Grade Wangaratta Rovers 32 def by Wangaratta 42 C Grade Wangaratta Rovers 36 def by Wangaratta 55 17 & Under Wangaratta Rovers 61 def Wangaratta 28 15 & Under Wangaratta Rovers 80 def Wangaratta 34

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Lavington 8.4 .52 def by Wod. Raiders 9.5.59 Wodonga 5.5.35 def by Yarrawonga 6.12.48

5.2 10.7 6.3 10.5

15.9 20.11.131 11.6 12.8.80

GOALS: North Albury: N. Dennis 5, J. Minogue 5, F. Gardiner 2, J. Hayes 2, T. Broomhead 2, C. Winter 2, K. Tallent 1, C. McIntosh 1. Myrtleford: L. Murphy-Dale 4, R. Bouker 2, B. Ricardi 2, B. Coleman 1, N. Turner 1, D. Batey 1, M. Munro 1. BEST: North Albury: J. Reynolds, N. Dennis, F. Ramage, J. King, F. Gardiner, J. Minogue. Myrtleford: J. Muraca, L. Murphy-Dale, T. Cappellari, J. East, B. Ricardi, J. Gribbin.

Albury Corowa-R’glen

6.1 8.6 1.2 1.3

13.6 17.11.113 3.7 5.10.40

GOALS: Albury: M. Walker 7, C. McGrath 3, J. Gaynor 2, K. Heiner-Hennessy 2, M. Byrne 1, F. Hart 1, T. Quade 1. Corowa Rutherglen: S. Dunstan 2, D. Hope 2, J. Eyers 1.

BEST: Albury: M. Walker, J. Gaynor, E. Powell, J. Page, I. Muller, W. Unthank. Corowa Rutherglen: D. Hope, R. Eyers, J. Longmire, S. Jansen, C. Bertram, J. Marks.

Saturday, June 22 Lavington Wodonga Raiders

3.3 4.6 2.2 2.6

9.10 15.14.104 4.6 5.8.38

Wodonga Yarrawonga

2.3 3.2 6.3 8.6.54 4.4 10.11 10.16 12.18.90

GOALS: Lavington: S. Driscoll 6, T. Oosterhoff 5, D. Smith 2, S. Hargreave 1, N. Sedgwick 1. Wodonga Raiders: B. Hernan 3, M. Way 1, C. St John 1. BEST: Lavington: B. AshleyCooper, J. Hart, N. Sedgwick, T. Oosterhoff, J. Costello, S. Driscoll. Wodonga Raiders: M. Way, M. Glass, A. Scammell, C. Ellis-Yolmen, C. Daly, B. St John.

GOALS: Wodonga: T. Johnson 3, J. Cassidy 2, M. Wilson 2, J. O’sullivan 1. Yarrawonga: L. Williams 3, N. Fothergill 3, J. Koopman 2, M. Casey 1, B. Coghill 1, H. Wheeler 1, P. Lewissmith 1, B. Frauenfelder 1. BEST: Wodonga: J. Mathey, T. Johnson, M. Soroczynski, J. O’Sullivan, N. Bradshaw, L. Andrews. Yarrawonga: H. Wheeler, L. Howe, W. Wheeler, L. Masters, L. Williams, N. Fothergill.

Sunday, June 23 Wangaratta rovers 3.3 6.7 Wangaratta 4.4 8.7

10.9 12.12.84 10.8 12.9.81

GOALS: Wangaratta Rovers: Alexander Marklew 3, Alex McCarthy 3, Dylan Wilson 2, Tom Boyd 1, Justin Lewis 1, Lockey McCartney 1, Dylan Stone 1. WANGARATTA: Xavier Laverty 3, Hunter Gottschling 2, Charley Holland-Dean 2, Callum Moore 2, Will O’keefe 2, Liam Mcveigh 1. BEST: WANGARATTA ROVERS: Jace Mcquade, Brodie Filo, Kieren Parnell, Xavier Allison, Alex McCarthy, Shane Gaston. WANGARATTA: Hunter Gottschling, Mathew Grossman, Patrick Naish, Jessie Smith, Xavier Laverty, Nick Richards.

June 15 North Albury............... 3.3.21 Myrtleford...............16.9.105 Albury................... 31.20.206 Corowa R’glen.............. 0.0.0

June 22/23 Wodonga.................... 7.4.46 Yarrawonga...............14.9.93 Lavington ............. 26.10.166 Wodonga Raiders ....... 6.2.38 Wangaratta Rovers.....9.12.66 Wangaratta................. 5.2.32 BEST: Wangaratta Rovers: Noah Amery, Sam Allen, Max Cullen, Kyle Smith, Jez Rigoni, Sam Henderson.

Wangaratta:Ethan Donald, Luke Shepherd, Lachlan Bray.

GOALS: Wangaratta Rovers: Sam Henderson 2, Harry Nolan 2, Sam Allen 1, Connor Crimmins 1, Max Cullen 1, Jai Dal Zotto 1, Judd Schubert 1. WANGARATTA: Thomas Gorman 2, Jayden Adamo 1, Daniel Boyle 1, Archie Storer 1.

round 11 June 29 Wodonga Raiders vs Albury Corowa Rutherglen vs Wang Rovers Wangaratta vs North Albury Myrtleford vs Wodonga Yarrawonga vs Lavington

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North Albury Myrtleford

Sunday, June 23 Wangaratta Rovers 7.7.49 def Wangaratta 2.7.19

BEST: Wangaratta Rovers : Ryley Ely, Harvey Correll, Cooper Gracie, Trey Vincent, Harry McMonigle, Charlie Lugg. Wangaratta: Blake Newton, Hugh Canning, Josh Styles, Hamish Laverty, Connor Hughes, Angus Jayet.

GOALS: Wangaratta Rovers : Charlie Haring 1, Asher Simmonds 1. WANGARATTA: Oscar Clelland 4, Preston Coleman 1, Ryley Ely 1, Trey Vincent 1.

A Grade

Saturday, June 15

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

Netball scores A Grade: Bright 28 def by Bonnie Doon 73; Milawa 52 def Greta 51; Moyhu 30 def by Whorouly 44; Tarrawingee 63 def Goorbambat 35; Nth Wang 31 def by Benalla 46 B Grade: Bright 37 def by Bonnie Doon 64; Milawa 47 def Greta 28; Moyhu 23 def by Whorouly 42; Tarrawingee 62 def Goorambat 22; Nth Wang 65 def Benalla 33 B Reserve: Bright 26 def by Bonnie Doon 63; Milawa 41 def Greta 38; Moyhu 38 def by Whorouly 51; Tarrawingee 57 def Goorambat 27 C Grade: Bright 43 def by Bonnie Doon 50; Milawa 24 def by Greta 43; Moyhu 44 def Whorouly 32; Tarrawingee 32 def by Goorambat 45; Nth Wang 44 def Benalla 25 15 & Under: Bright 9 def by Bonnie Doon 46; Milawa 13 def by Greta 16; Moyhu 25 def Whorouly 17; Tarrawingee 25 def Goorambat 6; Nth Wang 27 def Benalla 22

round 13 Saturday, JUNE 29 Bonnie Doon vs Moyhu Goorambat vs Greta Milawa vs King Valley Tarrawingee vs Bright Whorouly vs Benalla North Wangaratta - BYE

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4.11 6.6

4.12.36 7.8.50

GOALS: Bright: Cooper Thomason 2, Dylan Bursill 1, Joe Gray 1. Bonnie Doon: Al Bennett 2, Jayjay Curtin 2, James Law 2, Matthew Cocks 1. best: Bright: Mikka Paulsen, Joe Gray, Cooper Thomason, Alexander Dalbosco, Samuel Dalbosco, Rodrigo Arguello.

Bonnie Doon: Matthew Hedin, Guy Murray, Peter Cairns, Al Bennett, Zak Bailey, Jack Goonan.

GOALS: Milawa: Braydon Kearns 3, Nick Giggins 2, Jared Lea 2, Daniel Bihun 1. Greta: Tom Webster 3, James McClounan 2, Luke Minogue 2, Brenton Newbold 2, Tyler Arrowsmith 1, Tom Baker 1, Joshua Bell 1, Daniel Cassidy 1, Lachie Kennett 1, Dale Walker 1. best: Milawa: Aden Graham, Kheda Stevenson, Daniel Bihun, Michael Batey, Brent newton, Corey Dunn. Greta: Luke Minogue, Lachie Kennett, Frazer Dent, Tom Webster, Tyler Arrowsmith, Tom Fursdon.

GOALS: North Wangaratta: Jhye Devine 5, Tyler Nanson 5, Liam McDonell 4, Matthew Curtis 3, Josh Nanson 3, Matthew Prestianni 2, Adam Enever 1, Tyler Schulze 1. Benalla All Blacks: Sam Cox 2, Jordan Smith 2, Patrick McDonald 1, Chelton Orchard 1, Dylan Sinclair 1. best: North Wangaratta: David Killen, Liam McDonell, Jhye Devine, Patrick Kelly, Matthew Curtis, Tyler Nanson. Benalla All Blacks: Jordan Smith, David Button, Kieran Linke, Chelton Orchard, Sam Cox, Tom Levy.

Moyhu Whorouly

5.3 7.5 2.3 3.6

11.7 7.9

14.9.93 8.10.58

GOALS: Moyhu: Darby West 6, Noah Campbell 2, Ethan Rooney 2, Harrison Bell 1, David McDonald 1, Jett Roberts 1, Aaron Thrum 1. Whorouly: Paul Glanville 2, Zac Bladon 1, Oliver Dixon 1, Dylan Gephart 1, Lachlan Moore 1, Matthew Vescio 1, Cameron Wood 1. best: Moyhu: Bailey Zimmermann, Thomas Clough, Liam Cook, Darby West, Jordan Hansted, Jett Roberts. Whorouly: Edward Bramich, Matthew Vescio, William Allen, Dylan Gephart, Lachlan Moore, Jared Cook.

Tarrawingee Goorambat

3.1 4.2 5.3 12.6

5.5 8.9.57 19.9 23.11.149

GOALS: Tarrawingee: Hugh Amery 2, Deacon Cleal 2, Will Creed 2, Oliver Sharp 1.

Goorambat: Brayden Stepien 6, Duane Haebich 5, Dylan Beavis 3, Angus Burston 2, Sully Malay 2, Kobe Black 1, Lachlan Boyle 1, Victor Butler 1, James Webster 1, Robert Wilson 1. best: Tarrawingee: Tyler Hogan, Tyler Heywood, Sam Piper, Lukas Allan, Dylan Adams, Patrick Byrne. Goorambat: Angus Burston, Brayden Stepien, victor butler, Lachlan Boyle, Jamie Dunne, Sully Malay.

reserves results Milawa ...................... 5.5.35 Greta ......................... 5.4.34 best: Milawa: Nic Bonwick, Jack Stevenson, Ricky Ahearn, Hamish Falla, Jack Bussell, Beau Hutchison. greta: Brent Nichols, Stewart McLeod, Aaron Cleeland, Trent Whitecross, Aaron Green, Matt Gathercole.

Moyhu ......................14.8.92 Whorouly ................... 8.6.54 best: Moyhu: kiangkai Douangphosay, Anthony Welsh, Ryan Hargreaves, Samuel Baker, Nathan Chin, Jack Baker. Whorouly: Steven Turnbull, Brannan Duffy, Daniel White, Jake Morey, Declan Barbour, Conner Forde.

Tarrawingee ............14.13.97 Goorambat ................ 3.3.21 best: Tarrawingee: No best players have been selected.

Goorambat: No best players have been selected.

Bright .....................16.9.105 Bonnie Doon .............. 2.6.18 BRIGHT: Marcus Kinthari, Steve Nightingale, Harry Jamieson, Thomas Mullane-Grant, Brodie Brain, Don Paolone. Bonnie Doon: Trent Smith, Patrick Smith, Paul Diamond, Luke Benton, Luke Jenkins, Michael Heaysman. # TEAM PTS % 1 Bright 40 536.65 2 Greta 32 605.67 3 Milawa 32 441.20 4 Bonnie Doon 24 161.23 5 Moyhu 20 105.35 6 Nth Wangaratta 16 60.64 7 Whorouly 16 58.78 8 King Valley 8 43.00 9 Tarrawingee 4 32.35 10 Goorambat 4 17.11 11 Benalla All Blacks 0 0.0

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Runs fly in Panthers’ baseball clashes THE under 12 Porepunkah Panthers team were playing away this weekend against the Albury Bears and fell short in a high-scoring match 22-11.

The first innings had both teams score five runs, with Zara Gould and Ollie Smith both hitting safely to bring in runs.

The next two innings had the Panthers score another five runs, with Mina Meddings and Stephanie Alexander both getting safe hits.

Zac Gould led the day for the Panthers with four safe hits and a nice catch.

Cohen Guest Smith and Ryland McCormack both had three safe hits to also top the batting stats.

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team was on the verge of a big comeback but time just ran out as they fell 9-3 to the Albury Bears.

The first innings had Porepunkah kept scoreless and Albury score seven runs, with one safe hit and six walks.

The second innings had Panthers pitcher Paige Anders strike out two batters and only allowing two runs.

Porepunkah matched this with Ayla McCallum, Rory Clarke and Amelie Ferrito all being diligent in the batter’s box receiving walks and crossed the plate thanks to Taige Skippen and Zara Gould.

The third innings had the Bears go scoreless, with Paige Anders striking out an-

other two batters.

The Panthers then Produced a big five run innings but due to game time ending the score reverted back to 9-3.

The C grade Panthers team showed once again why they sit on top of the ladder with a hard fought 8-6 win over the Bears.

Led by Eric Quinton, the Panthers were able to produce a big second innings after falling behind 1-0 after the first.

The second innings had Panther Jayden Eastwood receiving a walk and stealing around to third.

Mason Anders and Eric Quinton then both hit big to score the runner, and Liam Quinton then also hit safely to help bring in the runs.

With the Panthers up 6-4 going into the last innings, Panther batter Lachie Rosser hit well to get on base, scoring on Jayden Eastwood hit, with Liam Quinton also crossing the plate.

The Panthers had a tough day at the office going down 14-3 to the Albury Bears in their B grade clash.

The Panthers scored two runs in the second innings, with Panther Pete Alexander running out a dropped third strike to get on base.

In the field Panther pitcher Paul Meddings had the Bears in a twist with his curveball - of the six runs scored for the Bears, only one was earned.

Jarrod Smith came on a relief pitcher and did a great

job striking out two batters.

Panther catcher Mason Anders also showed grit by standing his ground in a collision at home plate, tagging the stealing runner out.

The Porepunkah Panthers A grade side played one of the best games of the season, narrowly going down in the last innings to the top of the table Bears.

Damon Barker dusted off his arm to lead the way for the Panthers, allowing the big hitting Bears only three runs over three innings and striking out two batters.

The Panthers got on the board in the second innings, with Heath Anders hitting safely and Dean Anders walking.

With the game tied one all

going into the third inning’s the Panthers scored two runs to take the lead.

Damon Barker made the most of a muffed fly to get on first, with Panther Lachie Rosser then sending one long to centre field helping advance the runner.

The last innings had Panthers Pitcher Heath Anders take control of the match to get the three out quickly, but the Bears were able to score four runs and run out 7-3 winners.

Catcher Adam Rosser was a rock behind the plate for the Panthers and played a smart game.

The next two weeks will be the U16 and U18 carnival, the Panthers with seven players who have qualified.

Match review Lions bank crucial points

DEFEND: Sally Wood was on fire in the Lions’ defensive end.

FINISH IT: Tayla Allen takes the shot.

PHOTOS: Nathan de Vries

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED: Whorouly reserves player Conner Forde celebrates one of his three goals in the midday match.

WHOROULY’S quest to feature in the A grade netball finals took a massive step forward on Saturday after the Lions secured a 44-30 win over Moyhu.

With both teams sitting on 20 points on the edge of the top six heading into the match, it was all to play for, with frenetic and high intensity netball from the first centre pass.

The Lions took the lead and held it, ahead by seven goals by half-time.

Whorouly’s defenders kicked it up a gear after the break, limiting the Hoppers to just five goals while the Lions piled on the goals, 15 ahead by the start of the last term.

Whorouly coach Kelly Cousins said the defensive efforts in the third quarter helped settle the side.

“The first half was tough, it took us until the third quarter to really break away,” she said.

“We didn’t make any major changes, I just think we buckled down and were a little bit more disciplined in that back half.

“They’re really starting to connect really well, especially in the ring, Laura (Keighran) and Ebony (Allen) are really starting to connect really well.

“Sally (Wood) in wing defence, she had a blinder as well, that overall pressure from the midcourt into their circle was impressive.

“It was nice to watch, defensively, and that helped us, but I think in attack we were making better decisions, less risky decisions and we weren’t forcing it as much into our shooters.

“In that third quarter we got back to what we should’ve been doing the entire game.”

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The win sees the Lions side a game clear in fifth on the ladder, but a challenging back half of the year with arguably the hardest run home into finals.

Whorouly will play the top three sides Greta, Milawa and Bonnie Doon, as well as a rematch with the Hoppers in round 18 and a clash with King Valley who had their number in their first encounter.

With a staunch opponent in Benalla this weekend at home, Cousins said the win over Moyhu may be one of their most important of the year.

“That one was really important for us to lock away because that could be the decider, knowing we’ve got that tough draw coming in,” she said.

“We’ve found some decent form and hopefully that’ll stand out.

“We’ve got Benalla then King Valley, and we lost to King Valley last time as well, so that’s another result we want to change and we need to change for our finals aspirations.

“We’re just doing the hard work and we’ll see how we go.”

Over on the football field, the Lions had a challenging day against the Hoppers, falling in both grades.

The reserves came up short 8.6 (54) to 14.8 (92), while the seniors were handed a 53-point loss 8.10 (58) to 14.9 (93).

The Lions return to the Whorouly Recreation Reserve this weekend to take on the struggling Benalla All Blacks.

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Swans sink Bombers TDFL

By DANIEL SAVILLE DEDERANG-Mount Beauty’s A grade netball side has suffered their biggest defeat of the season to an impressive Chiltern.

The Bombers have been competitive in every game in 2024, but were outclassed by the Swans, who sent a statement to the rest of the league by recording a 34goal victory against a finals aspirant.

Despite losing three of their last four games against teams above them on the ladder, DederangMount Beauty still sit inside the league’s top five, with a game in hand and percentage ahead of the chasing pack.

It was one-way traffic from virtually the first pass - the Swans flew out to an early 13-point advantage in the first 15 minutes of play, before increasing the lead to 21 goals at half-time and 29 with a quarter to go.

While second-placed Chiltern’s scoring slowed marginally for the remainder of the game, DMB weren’t able to move the ball as freely as they would have hoped, with the Swans’ stifling defence causing the Bombers’ threepronged shooting attack to be far less accurate and effective than usual.

From a DMB point of view, the final score of 64-30 was their lowest points tally for the season and highest number of goals conceded, which is something that Alex Dyde’s squad will be looking to address this week back at Dederang as they face Tallangatta, another finalsbound opponent currently sitting third overall.

All clubs in the TDFL and TDNA have now played each other once, which means every team has seven games to go until finals action commences.

In senior football results, Dederang-Mount Beauty were soundly beaten by last year’s premiers Chiltern to the tune of 153 points.

While the Bombers only conceded three goals in the opening term and kicked one of their own, they couldn’t maintain the same intensity for the full four quarters in the 2.0 (12) to 25.15 (165) loss.

Max Jensen and Jacob Ozolins hit the scoreboard for the visitors, while Phil Bellingham, William Webb and Ozolins were the Bombers’ best three players and are in form ahead of their upcoming match against eighth-placed Tallangatta.

OPENING SHOT: Dylan Bursill kicked the first goal of the game in a low-scoring thriller against Bonnie Doon.

PHOTOS: Charlotte Kilner

Bright falls in gripping grand-final rematch

By DANIEL SAVILLE

TALL TIMBER: Joe Gray flies in the ruck for Bright.

IN a near-replica of last season’s decider, Bright has been unable to reverse the result in a low-scoring thriller against premiership contender Bonnie Doon at Pioneer Park.

The Saturday afternoon spectacle was played in almost-perfect conditions and was a tense armwrestle from start to finish, but the inaccurate Mountain Men went down by 14 points – 4.12 (36) to 7.8 (50).

Bright’s Dylan Bursill kicked the first and only goal in the opening term as his side held an eight-point lead at the first break.

The Mountain Men couldn’t find a path to goals in the second quarter, while the Bombers found their clearance game and a slender fourpoint lead at the main break.

A seven-goal third quarter was an anomaly, as both teams went goal for goal as the game opened considerably.

Cooper Thomason kicked two goals in a short space of time, while ruckman Joe Gray kicked a clutch set-shot goal from the boundary to keep his side within striking distance.

But whenever it looked like Bright were about to hit the lead with consecutive goals, Bonnie Doon would answer emphatically.

The sealer, which was the only goal for either side in the last quarter, came in the final minutes of the game for Bonnie Doon as they were able to hold on for a hard-fought victory.

While their work rate and effort were evident for all to see, Bright will rue the one that got away as their lack of polish with ball in

hand and missed opportunities in front of goal cost them dearly.

The Bombers now almost guarantee their place in the top two and the all-important double-chance, while the Mountain Men will be relying on a faultless run home and other results going their way if they wish to dislodge their closest rivals.

Tarrawingee is the venue for Bright’s next assignment this Saturday, before facing Greta in a season-defining clash within the next fortnight.

In the earlier game, Bright’s reserves side showed no signs of slowing down as they defeated fourth-placed Bonnie Doon by 87 points to cement their position at the top of the ladder.

Tom Mullane-Grant booted another 10 majors to take his season tally to 81, and won’t be too far away from another century of goals.

Bright netballers outclassed O&K Netball

TOUGH DEFENCE: Mackenzie Lynch tries to shoot over the Bonnie Doon goal keeper.

PHOTOS: Charlotte Kilner

GO AGAIN: Georgie Matters transitions the ball out of Bright’s defensive end.

BRIGHT’S A grade netballers had a tall task when they hosted third placed Bonnie Doon on Saturday, but couldn’t go with the Bombers to come short 28-73.

A six-goal quarter time margin exploded out in the second, with Bright trailing by 19 goals at the main break.

The Bombers had all the answers and were strong

defensively, shooting 22 goals in the third term while Bright only managed eight.

The hosts failed to create enough turnovers in their defensive end while Bonnie Doon kept up the pressure, running out winners by 45 goals.

Bright heads across to Tarrawingee this weekend to take on another top four team, with seven matches remaining to sneak into the top six.

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LEAPING EFFORT WHOROULY’S Laura Keighran soars in defence in the Lions’ 14-goal win over the Hoppers.

The victory opens up a gap in the top six of the A grade ladder.

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Savoy’s first fall MYRTLEFORD’S senior men’s side were handed their first loss of the home and away league season last Wednesday night, downed 2-3 by Melrose.

Their final midweek fixture, Savoy headed to Melrose Park and were put on the back foot early, following Melrose converting a half chance from a free kick and a penalty.

Trailing 2-0 after the first 45 minutes, Myrtleford

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reassessed and got their way back into the game, but a soft goal conceded late in the second half put Melrose a goal up and Savoy couldn’t catch up.

Coach Jayden Vescio said it was an uncharacteristic performance from his side.

“It was a disappointing loss, we probably should’ve gotten a point out of it at the minimum, but credit to Melrose, they’re a good side when they’re all fit and playing, they stuck it to us and got the points,” he said.

“We were on the back foot but we were playing quite well – it was a good game, they matched us for the first half an hour and

took their two chances.

“We found ourselves 2-0 behind at half-time but we regrouped, changed a few things up in the second half – not personnel – and the boys were superb in the second half.

“Credit to them, we’ve been on the end of those sort of games which have gone our way and we’ve found a way to win, but unfortunately we were

on the other side of it this week.

“We had to regroup pretty quickly and back up on Sunday, so we got over it pretty quick and moved on.”

Recovering from the loss, Savoy headed into their weekend match at home to St Pats looking to make a statement, finishing winners 7-1.

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“I put it back on the boys to have some sort of response and we did, especially early, we played some really good football and created a lot of chances,” Vescio said.

“We broke the deadlock probably half an hour in, and the boys didn’t force it, they played good football.

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