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BEECHWORTH’S Bijker family was one of many to take to the streets on Tuesday to ‘trick or treat’ in celebration of Halloween. Dad Arjen dressed as a fictional Mandalorian warrior from the Star Wars universe, holding eight-month-old daughter Ophelia who donned a Yoda cap and dressed as ‘Grogu’. Three-year-old son Tex dressed as Spider-man and carried a bucket for the family’s goodies, while five-year-old sister Freyja rode her broom as a wicked witch.

CAT owners will be given six months to ensure their pets are confined within their property boundaries before a shire-wide 24/7 cat curfew is introduced next year.

Indigo Shire councillors voted unanimously at Tuesday night’s ordinary council meeting to adopt a number of orders under the Domestic Animals Act (1994), which will also see cats subject to mandatory desexing as a condition of their registration.

Cats owned by a registered breeder for the purpose of breeding and those deemed by a vet to be unsuitable for desexing due to a medical reason will be exempt.

Some 904 community members and stakeholders completed a community engagement program and survey between March and April 2023, a figure Cr Bernard Gaffney believed to be among the shire’s highest ever.

In moving to adopt cat control measures, Cr Sue Gold said she was conscious of the thousands of domestic animals euthanised across the country each week.

“I think (euthanisation figures are) an extraordinary slight on our approach to domestic care and I’m very pleased that we’re quite contemporary in our consideration of the welfare both of domestic animals –and in this instance in cats – but also in protecting our amenity, our environment and the broader consequences of cats that do roam, and do multiply in unfavourable conditions,” she said.

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Town to take moment to remember

By CORAL COOKSLEY THIS year’s Beechworth RSL sub-branch Remembrance Day service on November 11 will commence at 10.45 am at the cenotaph in the Beechworth Town Hall Gardens on the corner of Ford and William streets.

President John Eldrid said a one-minute silence will follow at 11.00am.

“Beechworth Secondary College students will give

an address and assist with the commemoration,” he said.

“On Remembrance Day we stop to honour the 132,000 Australian souls who lost their lives in a war that changed the world, empires were smashed, countries divided, and families of many countries displaced.

“Four years of war ended with the Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918 and we

must never forget the sacrifice of those Australians who never came home.”

Invitations have been sent to community groups to lay a wreath in remembrance, and representation from Indigo Shire and the Member for Indi will be attending with Lazy Harry singing at the service.

Light refreshments will be served at the RSL rooms following the service.

METAL MUSIC PASSION: 100 Year War band members Matt Sykes – Bass (left) , Ash Newman – drums, Mano Lygnos – guitar, Adam (Lacca) Lacovich – lead singer and frontman and Dan Maccioni – guitar entertained the crowds on Saturday night.

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Metal in the Mountains a fabulous success

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REMEMBERED: Steve Cale with his young daughter Frejya laid a wreath at last year’s Remembrance Service on behalf of the Cale family in memory of PTE Luke Worsley 2CDO killed in Afghanistan.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley

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MUSIC pumped as more than 250 people revelled in exciting performances by eight bands at Saturday’s Metal in the Mountains held in Beechworth.

Held in the Historic Precinct’s Police Paddocks behind the Old Courthouse, it was the fourth time the event had been held, having returned from a COVID hiatus last year.

Headline performers Hidden Intent had travelled from Adelaide while local lead singer and front man Adam (Lacca) Lacovich from 100 Years War had other band members trip from Melbourne.

Stanley’s Lacca said 100 Years War came together in 2019 with veteran touring musicians from other bands joining forces.

“The band immediate-

ly toured in Japan, being caught in the tsunami of the same year,” the musician said.

“I joined the band in 2020 and we have played in metal festivals since then in almost every state in the country.”

Lacca heads to Japan for a tour just after finishing production work for the Beechworth Drag’d Out Festival.

The 100 Years War lead singer has broad event production experience including sound and lighting too.

With his business Padded Cell Productions, Lacca undertakes work for a large number of local and regional events and gigs in the area and at times in Melbourne.

Beechworth Music Festival’s (BMF’s) Rikki Raadsfeld said great diversity had been on show at Metals in the Mountains with two bands

having female drummers while another had a female guitarist.

Rikki said the outdoor event had an amazing backdrop of old buildings in the Historic Precinct where it had been held this year for the first time.

“We had an incredibly diverse demographic of all ages of ticket buyers attend,” she said.

“There was a fabulous number of volunteers helping with all aspects of running the festival.

“A great range of visual metal themed art was provided by local artists for display at the event as well.”

Rikki said the event drew a fabulous energetic crowd which loved the local community spirit of the event.

BMF works in collaboration with Padded Cell Productions to produce Metal in the Mountains.

John & Christine Haddrick welcome their daughter Kat to their team.

The Minister for Health, the Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, is pleased to invite applications for part time director positions at Beechworth Health Service.

The positions start on 1 July 2024 and appointments are for two to three years.

These positions provide an exciting opportunity for Victorians to contribute to the health and wellbeing of our communities. Applicants are selected for their capabilities, including personal and professional attributes, experience, knowledge, and skills that contribute to the strategic leadership and oversight of health care for the Victorian community.

The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring boards reflect the rich diversity of the Victorian community. Applications are welcomed from people of all ages, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and from lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse, intersex and queer people.

Safe and high quality healthcare for all Victorians is a priority of the Victorian Government. Applicants must be able to demonstrate and provide evidence in support of the capabilities they identify in their applications.

Applications close at Midnight Sunday 19 November 2023.

Further information about Victorian health service boards and how to apply, please go to the following website: www.health.vic.gov.au/board-applications For all enquiries regarding the board, please contact Oriana McCormick 03 5728 0200.

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Take a trip back in time

By CORAL COOKSLEY HISTORY buffs can take a journey through time with a self-guided tour around Beechworth Public Cemetery (circa 1856) as one of many fascinating activities in the Beechworth Heritage Festival.

The all-new festival is ramping up to be an exciting action-packed weekend celebration of the town’s diverse heritage and culture kicking off for the first time next weekend.

Beechworth Public Cemetery Trust chair Rosemary Barnett said early settlers to Beechworth came from all walks of life and culturally different backgrounds.

Among those buried at the historic cemetery include those with Scottish. Celtic, Chinese, Irish and Welsh history.

Historic graves on the self-guided tour are the Gammon children, James Ingram, the Pyle family, Robert Murdoch, the Fidders family, Patrick Brady, the Bowman family, and the Chinese Burning Towers.

Others are four catholic nuns who were integral in establishing schooling in Beechworth.

To undertake the tour people can go online by searching ‘Beechworth Cemetery Chronicle’ at https:// map.chronicle.rip/beechworthcemetery for the map and details while other walks can be taken around the cemetery too.

With the festival celebrating First Nations, Chinese and Celtic history, and heritage trades, a Chinese water carriage with its original barrel used by the Chinese to sell fresh water to miners on the Ovens goldfields will be on display outside the Chinese Protectors Office.

Inside the historic building will be many Chinese artefacts on display.

Festival committee member Lorraine Lucas said a recital with music from the era will be played

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HISTORY PASSION: Beechworth Public Cemetery Trustee member Robert Scott and Trustee chair Rosemary Barnett at the Cemetery where a self-guided tour can be taken as part of next weekend’s Beechworth Heritage Festival.

PHOTO: Coral Cooksley on the Town Hall’s historic organ while the Beechworth Singers will sing Celtic songs there too.

“There are a number of heritage trades demonstrators and stalls and we have Celtic and Irish music and dancing, pipe bands and brass bands with the festival’s activities mainly centred in the Police Paddocks while some activities will be held around town,” she said.

Among activities around the town will be mark-making in the Anglican Christ Church where reports from the 168-year-old Ovens and Murray Advertiser will be mapped to show how relationships made in Beechworth through art and ideas shaped Australia’s postFederation identity.

Visitors can explore the historic Beechworth Asylum on a fascinating 90-minute guided walk through history with Asylum Ghost Tours while Beechworth Honey will step back in time and uncover the history of the Australian beekeeping industry.

Attendees can also see the solid gold horseshoes made for the 2001 Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival at Beechworth Gold.

A horse was shod to lead the parade commemorating Danial Cameron’s legendary ride in 1855, when he stood as the gold miners’ candidate for the Legislative Assembly representing the Ovens Electorate, and a horse shoeing has continued for the festival.

Wine buffs can take a tour of Haldon Estate’s historic grounds and garden while learning about the history of the Beechworth Wine Region dating back to the mid-19th century.

Heritage trades in the Police Paddocks will stretch from weaving and spinning, leather carving, hand-made toys, making Didgeridoos, blacksmithing hand making silver jewellery with traditional Celtic patterns and soap and candle making to everything in between.

For more information about the festival’s exciting program from November 10 to 12 visit its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ beechworthhertitagefestival.

History grants up for grabs COMMUNITY groups are invited to apply for the latest round of local history grants, celebrating and preserving the state’s rich history for future generations.

The State Government has $350,000 available in the latest round of support.

Grants of up to $15,000 are available for individual projects.

Applications for grants close on Monday, December 11.

For more details or to apply, visit prov.vic.gov.au.

HISTORICAL GRANTS: Community groups across Victoria are being encouraged to apply for the latest round of local history grants.

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Some 86.18 per cent of people surveyed earlier this year were supportive of cat confinement being introduced, with 60.18pc in favour of a 24-hour curfew as opposed to a dusk to dawn curfew (26pc).

Indigo Shire cat owners were also in support of the measures (71.26pc), however, the majority (58pc) favoured a dusk to dawn disposition.

Protecting local wildlife (94.5pc), preventing trespass (55.4pc) and protecting cats from injury, disease or being lost (48.7pc) were among the key reasons cited for support of confinement measures.

Both the RSPCA (NSW and Victoria) and the Cat Protection Society of Victoria also backed council’s recommendation.

Cr Diane Shepheard said the push for cat control had largely come from the community.

“In 2021 when we did the Domestic Animal Management Plan (DAMP), out of that came a lot of feedback from the community about cats being a problem, and I remember we discussed that that was an issue we probably needed to look into more,” she said.

“Nine hundred and four responses later from the community we got the message that this is a big issue that we need to do something about.

“There’s a six-month leadin so that people can get their head around this, so I think this is going to be a great result for our community and our cats and our wildlife.”

All current registered cat owners throughout the shire are expected to be contacted by council in the interim, and provided access to brochures and information detailing how to build cat-proof fencing and cat enclosures.

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Sunshine Walk coming home THE 2023 Sunshine Walk to support the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre Trust Fund will return to a route running alongside the Murray River after flooding forced the 2022 walk north to Alexandra Park.

Trust Fund board member Di Thomas said the board and staff were delighted the walk on November 12 would return to the riverside and Gateway Island.

“Our five, 10 and 20km walks are coming home,” Ms Thomas said.

“Just as it has always been important to many walkers that the 20km walk pass the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre on Borella Road, so too is it important that we have been able to return to the Murray River.

“We are so excited that all three walks will take in the newly-opened Albury Riverside Precinct redevelopment including the new pathway along the river’s edge on Hovell Tree Drive.”

All three walks will begin and end at the Albury Sportsground in Wodonga Place, with access to the ground at the rear, adjacent to the Albury Swim Centre.

Taking part in the 20km walk for a second consecutive year is Thurgoona’s Simone McLees, who lost her mum, Deb McLees, to bile duct cancer in February, 2022.

Deb was the second person recruited to the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics (MoST) clinical trial funded by the Trust to investigate the best treatment for rare, advanced cancers.

“It gets harder each year to ask

JOIN US: Albury Mayor Kylie King, Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre Trust Fund board member Di Thomas and walk participant Simone McLees invite the community to jojn them on the 2023 Sunshine Walk to support the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre Trust Fund. for people to donate to the same cause, but it gets harder each year to live without a mum,” Ms McLees said.

“Those who have or had cancer, or know someone who has had it, may understand the struggles of not getting treatment, not getting on a trial, lack of equipment and services, or lack of staffing to support your needs.

“The Trust Fund is a 100 per cent local charity that allocates donations to the service area

most in need like equipment, staff training and development, research and the Wellness Centre.

“Because of money donated to the Trust, mum was accepted to a cancer treatment trial. Unfortunately she passed before the trial could begin, but without the community’s support, our cancer centre could not have offered this.”

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journey past the cancer centre, before heading to Gateway Island, Sumsion Gardens and back to the Albury Sportsground.

The 10km will travel along the Lincoln Causeway to Sumsion Gardens and back, while the 5km route will take in Gateway Island.

There is still time to register yourself and/or a team for any of the three walks on November 12.

Go to www.sunshinewalk.org. au to sign up or donate.

Grant funding supports local initiatives MORE than 50 community organisations across Indigo Shire will share in more than $130,000 awarded through three council grant streams at Tuesday’s ordinary council meeting.

The Event Grants program, with a funding pool of $60,000, will be distributed among 21 applicants, ranging from music events and festivals, agricultural shows, fun runs, family fun days Christmas lunches and the Off-Grid Living Festival, which will call Chiltern home from next year after previously taking place at Eldorado.

Some $50,000 will be shared among 25 organisations which applied for a community grant, supporting maintenance at local sporting clubs, the purchase of equipment, paving and landscaping, coaching, toy libraries and shade structures.

A Community Sustainability Grant funding pool of $20,000 will be split between five applicants, assisting local groups in implementing and building capacity for renewable energy, energy efficiency, biodiversity and climate change-related projects.

Mayor Sophie Price said each funding stream recognised the wonderful work of a range of organisations, predominantly run by hard-working volunteers.

“The quantity and diversity of this year’s applicants really show how our shire is evolving and growing and we’re so pleased to be able to support them through this program,” she said.

For a full list of recipients, visit https://www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au/ Community/Grants.

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Long road to repairs

By CORAL COOKSLEY A LOCAL resident remains concerned about works not started along the Beechworth Wodonga Road along a section east of Wooragee with a hot summer season forecasted and increased bushfire risk.

A spokesperson from the Department of Transport and Planning this week confirmed there were no further updates on reparation works at two sites along the roadway, after stating plans were in the process of being finalised with the department’s contractor last week.

Complex plans to repair two damaged culverts by flooding events earlier this year has included consultation with Heritage Victoria.

Due to their age, both culverts have been deemed to be historically significant within Indigo Shire.

A Bailey Bridge has been in place over Rising Sun Creek since late July with one lane of traffic controlled by traffic lights at either end.

Beechworth’s Robin McLiesh said difficulties could arise for state emergency vehicles such as ambulance, fire trucks and police coupled with travellers needing to leave the area should there be a bushfire.

Mr McLiesh said engineering information about the culvert repair hasn’t been forthcoming to the general public.

“I’ve hit a hit a brick wall with an enquiry to the Minister of Roads with a reply received ‘All written correspondence is received and progressed accordingly,’” he said.

“It’s an ominous situation for Beechworth with what we’ve seen in

bushfires. the horrific Queensland bushfires “I just wonder if the department has an appreciation of the difficulties we can face living here.

“We need to see a detailed report on the situation and the corrective action being undertaken.”

Benambra MP Bill Tilley said “welcome to Victoria – the state that’s broke.”

“We have more traffic lights on our failed country roads around the electorate than there are in all of Wodonga.

“We have some roads awaiting repair for almost 12 months and here on the Beechworth Road since Easter.

“People have every right to be angry – this is a road that carries a massive amount of traffic, it should be a priority not another example of failed promises.

“The Minister on June 13 told me that detailed assessment and design work for the damaged culverts had been completed – and yet here we are almost five months later and nothing has happened.

“The only logical reason is they don’t have the money and resources to fix this properly.

According to earlier advice received in early August by the Advertiser from the department, works to repair the damaged culverts at Rising Sun Creek were anticipated to begin in mid-September with an anticipated finish at the end of last month, weather permitting.

The department advised in midOctober the community will continue to be informed of any updates and progress on the repair of the culverts.

WORRIED: Beechworth’s Robin McLiesh is concerned about Beechworth-Wodonga roadworks not as yet started with a hot summer forecasted with increased risk of bushfires.

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Shire pump tracks gather traction CONSTRUCTION of pump tracks at Tangambalanga and Wahgunyah are a step closer, following the award of a contract worth more than $500,000 to Common Ground Trails to commence works.

A Victorian Government grant provided $300,000 to support the two projects, which Indigo Shire Council subsequently matched dollar for dollar, with the entire project forecast to cost around $600,000.

The asphalt pump tracks are planned to be constructed at Wahgunyah Railway Land’s Station Reserve and the Tangambalanga Kiewa Valley Estate Recreation area respectively.

Mayor Sophie Price said construction of the pump tracks would provide additional recreational opportunities for children and young people both towns and the surrounding areas.

“We are really pleased that this contract has been awarded and that these two projects can finally be realised,” she said.

“Both Kiewa-Tangambalanga and Wahgunyah are growing, attracting new families to the area and we want to ensure that there are activities for young people that improve their health and wellbeing as well as being fun.”

An additional $60,000 will be invested by council to support the installation of small shade structures at the ‘muster/start area/ of the tracks as well as install larger shade sails at both sites.

An opportunity for community input is expected to take place during the design phase of the project.

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Adam Zwar to headline tribute event

By CORAL COOKSLEY AN award-winning Australian writer, producer, actor and voiceover artist with a string of successes is headline guest speaker at this year’s Ian Jones memorial tribute held by the Friends of the Burke Museum.

With this year’s event theme titled ‘Ancestry and Communities’, Adam Zwar will deliver a fascinating dinner talk about his connection to the local community on Saturday, November 25 at the Hotel Nicholas.

The second annual memorial tribute follows last year’s successful launch to honour the late Ian Jones (1931–2018) who lived his later years in Beechworth and supported the Burke Museum with his philanthropic work.

Mr Jones had made a significant contribution to the Australian identity throughout his career in journalism, film, television and recording of Australian history, and was recognised as a leading authority on the Ned Kelly story.

Adam said his grandfather Ray had owned and ran the Zwar Tannery founded by his great grandfather.

“In the first part of the 20th century it was very much the lifeblood of the town, employing 140 people,” he said.

“At one stage the tannery supplied electricity for Beechworth.”

Adam’s late father Desmond Zwar– a well-renowned journalist and author - had worked at the tannery after he finished school.

“It was expected Dad would take over, but he wanted to be a journalist and after a few years successfully applied for a job at the Border Morning Mail in Albury,” Adam said.

Adam said his parents moved to Beechworth at the end of 1999 where they built a new home.

“Sadly, Mum passed away in 2001 and after that I think it was important that Dad was in a community where there were people he knew,” he said.

“He was involved heavily in

CONNECTED: Adam Zwar will deliver a fascinating dinner talk about his connection to Beechworth later this month. the Christ Church, where he would ghost-write the vicar’s weekly column and was a very active member of the golf club.

“He certainly got a lot of happiness from living in Beechworth and I couldn’t have imagined a better place for him to spend his last 20 years.”

Adam said his father meant everything to his own earlier journalism career.

“I absorbed his teachings from an early age and when I was thrown in the deep end at a major metro newspaper, he was always there to lean on,” he said.

“But I wanted to go into screenwriting – and fortunately, his friend, Ian Jones, who he dined with every Tuesday night, was there for advice, so I’ve been very lucky.”

Adam said Ian Jones and his father caught up with a weekly dining get-together where he and his wife Amanda would sometimes join them.

“There were extraordinary stories told around the table,” he said.

A line up of local guest speakers at the fundraising event for the Burke Museum will each tell of their own history and

connection to the community in an afternoon panel session at the Beechworth Town Hall from 2.30pm to 4.45pm.

Costs for the panel presentation ‘Ancestry and Communities’ followed by refreshments in the Burke Museum is $25pp, dinner with Adam Zwar at Hotel Nicholas is $75pp and a joint ticket for both sessions is $95pp.

Tickets are available from the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre in Camp Street or by calling 1300 366 321, or email info@explorebeechworth.com.

Musical meeting at Mayday Hills Art Society

By CORAL COOKSLEY TWO well-known Australian musicians are set to deliver a fascinating talk about bluegrass and old-time music at next Friday’s Mayday Hills Art Society (MDHAS) event.

Guest speaker Bluegrass Parkway band’s Paul Duff from Western Australia will be joined by John Boothroyd, a noted old-time music performer and teacher.

The evening is connected to next weekend’s Mountain Grass Festival in Beechworth, where the pair will be performing with blue grass and old-time musicians from around Australia and beyond.

Paul will talk about the music’s common beginnings as well as its Irish and Scottish influ-

BLUEGRASS LOVE: (Left) Western Australian bluegrass musician Paul Duff from Bluegrass Parkway.

OLD-TIME MUSIC PASSION: (Right) Noted old-time music performer and teacher John Boothroyd. ence on immigration into the USA’s Appalachian Mountains and the additional influence of African American music on the genre.

How both musical styles were introduced into Australia will be explained as well.

Paul said he enjoys the chance to chat to about blue-

grass music and its origins.

“As we live in Australia the general public don’t necessarily have an idea about where it came from and its influences,” he said.

“What makes bluegrass and Old Timey music so appealing internationally is that it deals with what we call ‘universal

themes’ - songs of struggle, love, heartache, family and loss.

“These people struggled to survive and life was hard – it came from a rural heritage but the messages were (and are today) universal.”

Paul said he had been drawn to bluegrass music by the incredible instrumental ability of the players at first but also the harmony singing and universal themes.

The event starts at 5pm on Friday, November 10 with a $5 donation entry fee, and drinks and nibbles will be provided.

MDAHS is located at Kurrajong Way at Mayday Hills in Beechworth.

For enquiries contact Christine Cansfield-Smith on 0412 126 219 or RSVP to bibart@bigpond. com.

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deposit Beechworth sewer upgrade Container centres now open across region given state recognition NORTH East Water (NEW) has been recognised with a major award at the Australian Water Association (AWA) 2023 Victorian Water Awards, following a $6.5m upgrade to Beechworth’s sewer system.

The organisation took home the Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (regional), and was also highly commended for its Independent Aboriginal Board Delegate Program in the awards night’s Organisational Excellence Award category.

NEW’s Beechworth sewer project involved drilling through granite bedrock to construct a one kilometre pipeline in Beechworth Historic Park, making it one of the longest single shot boring operations attempted through granite in Victoria.

The sewer pipe runs at depths reaching 50m below Ingrams Rock in the historic park.

NEW managing director Jo Murdoch said the awards highlighted the innovative and highly-specialised work of NEW staff and partner organisations.

“This innovative solution, which followed extensive community and contractor engagement, enabled us to overcome problems which have for many years plagued the Beechworth sewer transfer system through the historic park,” she said.

“The resulting upgrade has

CONTAINER deposit centres across the North East are now open, with attendees able to receive 10c refunds on a host of recyclable cans, bottles and cartons.

Attendees will be able to leave with their refund in cash or as an eftpos transfer.

Automated deposit centres are open in Wangaratta, Wodonga, Benalla and Yarrawonga, while over the counter deposits can also be made at stores in Wangaratta, Rutherglen, Myrtleford and Bright.

For a full list of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme locations, visit https://cdsvic.org.au/ locations.

For an overview of which containers can be recycled, visit https://cdsvic.org.au/eligiblecontainers.

Indigo FM to showcase live music TARGET: The Beechworth sewer project drilling operation gets underway early last year, starting above the pondage west of Beechworth Historic Park and heading upwards, below the surface of the plateau and towards the town, with UEA drilling contractors working to plans managed by Longford Civil.

PHOTO: Nicole O’Keefe / North East Water stopped sewage spilling into Beechworth Historic Park during heavy rain, improved environmental outcomes and increased capacity of our Church Street sewer pump station by 300 per cent.

“It also highlighted how community engagement and innovative thinking can lead to the successful resolution of complex and challenging issues such as were presented with the Beechworth sewer system.”

Through NEW’s Independent Aboriginal Board Delegate Program, Duduroa Dhargal and Yorta Yorta man Johnny Murray, who was Aboriginal delegate to the NEW board in 2022/23, has since been appointed a board director.

Ms Murdoch said other water corporations were following NEW’s lead.

“Initially, First Nations people were invited to consider applying for a one-year role as a

delegate of the board, enabling them to develop skills and experience and benefit from training and director mentorship with the hope they may at a future time consider applying for a full directorship in the water sector,” she said.

“Equally the role enables the NEW board to learn from the delegate about urban water management and its connection to the Aboriginal community and Traditional Owners.”

A LIVE music event at Beechworth’s Memorial Hall on Saturday will raise funds for local radio station Indigo FM. Doors open for the station’s 2023 Radiothon launch party ‘RADIOWAVES’ at 6.30pm, with music to begin from 7pm.

Yackandandah duo ‘This Way North’ will headline the event alongside Melbourne band ‘Eastbound Buzz’, while Euroa’s Neale Williams and Yackandandah’s Candice McLeod will also showcase their talents on the stage.

As part of the radiothon, attendees at RADIOWAVES will be given the option to become an Indigo FM member for 2024, which is included in the event’s $30 ticket price.

The volunteer-run radio station is available on 88.0 FM in Beechworth, Yackandandah and Kiewa-Tangambalanga.

To purchase tickets, visit https://events. humanitix.com/radiowaves/tickets.

A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

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Beechworth Community Christmas Lunch is on again!

This is an annual event for people the Beechworth and surrounding communities to attend. This year, the Christmas Lunch is once again offering hampers and two options for the community: 1. Takeaway cold Christmas lunch meal or 2. Eat in and share a meal with others in the community on Christmas Day. The event is organised by a committee consisting of local volunteers and community organisations.

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If you, a friend or a family member would like to either, 1. Takeaway a cold Christmas lunch meal, OR, 2. Eat in and share a meal with others in the community on Christmas Day, please RSVP to Beechworth Health Service by 15 December.

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Why not sign up for next year’s Hume Bank City2City Fun Run / Walk? There is a range of distances and something for everyone. Join in as an individual or as a team. If you are a school group or a local business/organisation – grab a group and sign up as a team!

It is a great event and 100% of all registration fees support Albury Wodonga Health Service. This year the event is raising funds for Women’s Health initiatives.

More information – check out https://www.city2city.org.au/

This year’s Lunch will be held at the Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall on Christmas Day with the following:

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Wine trade hope after trying 2023 vintage PM Albanese and President Jinping agree to halt WTO dispute p until tariff review completed

By STEVE KELLY B PET LOVE: Stanley’s Margaret Hinton raises the profile of her ferrets as great pets, educates the public and gives a home to ferrets who need a new one.

Margaret reflects on lifetime of worldly experiences STANLEY’S Margaret Hinton was born in Blackpool in the north west of England and came to Australia on a working holiday in 1982.

She emigrated to Australia in 1993 after working in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for eight years and became an Australian citizen in 1997. Margaret has lived in Stanley for the last eight years with her partner Graham and pet ferrets.

What did you do workwise?

I have had numerous jobs from a fruit picking backpacker in Australia and New Zealand through to science and maths teaching on a remote coral island in PNG. My professional life has been in education, but I also have “real life” experiences.

What brought you to your career?

I feel I was an “accidental” teacher.

Most of my high school teachers were surprised that I had chosen to study for an education degree. And even after I qualified it was six years before I became a high school teacher with Voluntary Service Overseas (a charity that brings together local, national and international volunteers to work alongside the world’s most marginalised and vulnerable) in PNG. I met Graham in the first term at Chester College in the UK. What did you love about your work?

The part I enjoyed most was the creating and editing of teaching materials. After leaving the PNG high

Margaret Hinton school, Graham and I worked in Port Moresby for nearly five years in the curriculum development division writing maths textbooks for high schools.

In Australia we worked at TAFE teaching numeracy and literacy for which we had to create many of our own materials to suit adult learners.

What do you do in the community?

Every two weeks I go to the Red Cross Blood Bank in Wangaratta to donate almost a litre of plasma, which is the yellowish liquid part of blood.

It can be used for 18 life-changing treatments from making vaccines, treating severe burns and as part of major surgery.

I am also a member of three choirs – Beechworth Singers, Beechworth Anglican Christ Church and Stanley Singers. We visit nursing homes and Beechworth Correctional Centre as well as performing for the public.

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great pets, educating the public and giving a home to ferrets who need a new one.

What do you love about living in Stanley and why?

Mostly the climate – seasonal and not too hot and fabulous soil for growing plants. Also, a great community with many artists and musicians.

If the person you would most like to meet came to Indigo Shire (past or present), or was already here, who would that be, what would you show them, and why?

I would like to meet my grandfathers again, Joseph and James, who died when I was seven years old and 11 years old respectively.

James was a singer. He would love the choirs I’m in and being musical he would appreciate all the fabulous music makers in Beechworth and Stanley as well as the two historic organs and the rare ring of bells at Christ Church.

Joseph was a gardener so I would show him the beautiful gardens in Stanley, the orchards and great trees.

There is such a variety of plant life in Indigo shire with the variable altitudes and soil types.

What book are you reading?

I’m reading ‘Gentleman Jack’ about a remarkable Yorkshire woman called Anne Lister – a nineteenth century diarist, landowner, industrialist and probably the first ‘modern lesbian’.

ONE of Australia’s largest wine producers, Brown Family Wine Group (BFWG) at Milawa, has welcomed talks between Australia and China which could end the later’s crippling tariffs on Australian wine.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month after agreeing to halt a World Trade Organisation dispute pending the outcome of China’s “expedited review” on tariffs, which will take five months.

BFWG CEO Dean Carroll, based at the Milawa winery, said it’s an encouraging announcement that gives hope that recommencement of trade with China may be on the horizon for a challenged wine industry.

“We would welcome a quicker resolution than five months, but understand it’s a sensitive process and we appreciate the government’s effort in getting to this point,” Mr Carroll said.

Beijing imposed trade sanctions on $20 billion worth of Australian export products during an unsettled trade period in 2020.

China claimed the duties were to stop dumping, and with wine tariffs up to 218.4 per cent costing the Australian wine industry $1 billion per annum since from a 130 million-litre shortfall.

Earlier this year talks recommenced with the Australian and Chinese governments that would create a pathway towards resolving the dispute over Australian barley, and Trade Minister Don Farrell was confident in

a favourable outcome for Australian wine as well.

At the time BFWG executive director Ross Brown said “it’s critical” the agreement goes through to sustain the health and growth of the industry.

“China was our largest export market and to suddenly lose this overnight...it takes many years to build these markets,” Mr Brown said.

“You don’t suddenly turn the switch and get a new market, certainly not as diversified as China.”

During the trade sanctions other Asian markets continued to support Brown Brothers wines including South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Meanwhile, growing conditions last season due to a third La Nina event caused a decline in yield, with the 2023 winegrape vintage estimated to be 1.32 million tonnes or 26 per cent below the 10-year average equivalent to about 325 million litres of wine - and the lowest recorded since 2000.

The total estimated value of the 2023 crush at the weighbridge was $983 million, a decrease of $229 million (19 per cent) compared with 2022.

Wine Australia manager of market insights, Peter Bailey, said this smaller vintage, which will reduce the wine available for sale by around 325 million litres, is likely to have a considerable impact on the bottom line of grape and wine businesses all around Australia, at a time when the costs of inputs, energy, labour and transport have increased significantly.

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ADVERTISER, Friday, November 3, 2023 - Page 11

SPORT

Gravelista pedaling Beechwoth on global stage

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN BEECHWORTH’S Gravelista further cemented its status on the Gravel World Series, almost doubling its participants from its inaugural event across a bumper weekend of cycling.

The Trek UCI Gravel World Series returned to Victoria’s High Country for the event’s sophomore year with 556 of some of the world’s best gravel riders descending to Beechworth.

The series includes both new and existing events from around the world, predominantly in Europe, for competitors to qualify to attend the World Championships in Italy per age group and gender.

Tracks included 120km and 80 km world series and recreational events, a 45km recreational event and a community ‘mini gravelista’ 10km recreational ride.

The “brutal” feature 120km race took riders from atop Beechworth at Mayday Hills up to ChilternMount Pilot National Park, before circling back via Eldarado and Stanley topping at a maximum of 837m elevation.

This year’s men’s gravel national champion, Connor Sens, held off Tasmanian Torben Partridge-Madsen in the elite mens while Courtney Sherwell was the winner in the female category ahead of Matilda Raynolds and Cassia Boglio.

POP THE CORK: Third placed female in the 120km elite UCI event Cassia Boglio gets the podium celebrations rolling with second placed Matilda Raynolds and winner Courtney Sherwell in a wildly successful Gravelista in Beechworth last weekend.

PHOTO: Lee Omond Blessed with clear skies for the weekend, event director Michael Hands said the event went very well with participation numbers almost doubled from last year’s inaugural Beechworth Gravelista.

“We’ve had great feedback from riders and the likes and it was a really good step up in development and growth,” he said.

“There’s a lot of reach around the world because it is a part of the world series with the UCI promotion of the gravel series so I think we helped put Beechworth on the map further to a global audience rather than just an Australian audience.

“It was certainly a testing course and created the selection you want at that type of level of event.

“We launched the event last year and year one is about establishing the event and you want to see growth from there and we have so we’re pleased about that.”

Outside of the action, local community groups including the Beechworth Chain Gang were among the event’s village in town helping promote the world-class cycling.

Hands said the community rallied around the event, especially the mini gravelista around Mayday Hills on Friday night which brought out families and the next generation of ager gravel riders.

“A lot of local families and kids came out, hung around the village and set up around the jigsaw jumps area and it was great to

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see kids going up and down all of those over the weekend,” he said.

“The local community was great there and the whole town was covered in bikes and lycra over the weekend which is great for business.”

Outside of the elite categories, riders participated from as young as 16 years of age to 70 to take on the challenging high country climbs.

Hands said those who came through and made it to the finish line in itself showed a tremendous strength of character.

“You had people from 16 to 70 riding to compete in a tough course, so the person who came last should be as much applauded as the person who came first,” he said.

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Surrey said despite falling 20-30 runs short of a par score, he was proud of his lower order’s ability to dig in and hang with him at the crease as prospects looked bleak at 7-104.

“Especially early on in their innings, the guys looked really well with Kayde, Clancy and Cam, but we just couldn’t get that big partnership going,” he said.

“We scored alright all the way through, we scored easy enough.

“I was really grateful our bottom half held on, we were looking like we could have been bundled out pretty cheaply.”

The wicket of teen star Jobe Fraser will be the most sought after for the Bushrangers having made 50 in two of his first three innings this season.

Captain Brenton Surrey said despite being behind in the game, the wicket will offer enough for his bowlers who will be given every chance with an attacking mindset in the field.

“There’s something on the board and if we bowl and field well we give ourselves a chance, we’re under no illusions we’re a little bit behind in the game, Yarrawonga are going to bat deep and there’s certainly a lot of hard work to do,” he said.

“The big challenge for us will be to bowl for long periods of time and take our chances.”

First ball tomorrow is set to be bowled at 1pm with live scoring available via the cricket Play HQ app.

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Wanderers eye quick start Beechworth brace to defend 157 for victory against Yarrawonga/ Mulwala

BY BAILEY ZIMMERMANN bzimmermann@ nemedia.com.au

BEECHWORH Wanderers will be needing magic with the ball tomorrow as they look to defend 157 against Yarrawonga/Mulwala.

The Lakers will be resuming on 1/38 with Reid Clake (15*) and Harrison Wheeler (17*) at the crease after navigating a difficult 15 overs before stumps last week, with the Wanderers striking in the second over of the innings to give themselves some hope.

Coming off their stunning victory against the Magpies in the one day format, Beechworth opened their two-day campaign being sent in to bat and made a shaky start with in-form opening duo Clancy Ellett and Kayde Surrey falling cheaply in the early overs.

Cam Fendyk (24) and captain Brenton Surrey steadied the innings before Fendyk was bowled by Matt McCabe at 3/53.

Surrey continued on his merry way to top score with 85, but he struggled to find partners throughout the rest of the batting order, with Gareth Taylor (15) faring the best of the rest of the Beechworth batters.

The innings of the Wanderers skipper finally came to a close caught off the bowling of McCabe for his third wicket, with Surrey’s team bowled out within 57 overs.

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FAST START: Cam Fendyk will be hoping to snag early wickets as the Wanderers look to defend 157 at Baarmutha Park against Yarrawonga/ Mulwala.

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