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Sound connections By KYLIE WILSON
EXPLORING THEATRE: Madelynne Cornish and Kate Hunter at the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture. PHOTO: Alex Craig
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SOUND can tell you a lot about a place – from birdsong, to the echoes of conversation, and the way it reverberates off buildings and natural structures alike. And it is precisely this connection that is explored at the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture. Established by Madelynne Cornish and Dr Phillip Samartzis in 2010, the centre concentrates on investigating the relationship between industry and the natural environment, through projects focusing on acoustic ecology and environmental sustainability. And although Madelynne originally hails from Melbourne, the co-founder, artist and facilitator cannot see herself anywhere else. “I now consider myself a local,” she said, spending more time in the hills than anywhere else. “I can’t think of anything better than spending time facilitating creative opportunities and this is a great place to do it. “Art opens and expands the mind, it can change the way we view the world.” Since its inception, the centre has been home to many artists in residence, walking tours, artist presentations and more, and Madelynne said she has enjoyed not just meeting artists but supportive members of the local community, including Alpine Radio personalities Yvonne and Bill Sutton. “When we first started to develop these initiatives, I thought the artwork may have been too esoteric for a regional audience, but I’m glad to say I was mistaken,” Madelynne said. And recent artist in residence, Kate Hunter, said she feels a closeness to the area, which she is exploring in a piece based on a photo diary her father made during a walk through the High Plains in the mid 1940s. continued page |
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What’s in your garden? It is a small town garden but I have tried to make it seem a little larger especially in the back garden by having a small pergola built in one corner to give a focus to the area. Montana Rubens Clematis planted near by will eventually climb over it and give shade. I have planted shrubs round the fence line and also a Crepuscule rose and Clematis’s to climb up and hide the fences. A large flower bed gives some color throughout the year with an Abraham Darby rose and various other perennials and annuals. The front garden is more formal with Munstead Lavender lining the front path and a Weeping Silver Birch and Flowering Cherry each side. Teuricum lines the driveway, which is clipped and kept low. Some Australian natives have done very well including a Chefs Hat and a Dusky Bell Correa. What do you enjoy about gardening? It is relaxing and rewarding to see things you have planted growing and coming into flower and seeing the garden changing as the seasons come and go.
IN BLOOM: Joan Smith-Allen in her garden.
It is also enjoyable visiting other gardens with our local Green Fingers Garden Club and exchanging ideas. Favorite plant/spot in your garden: So many, but I have enjoyed the beautiful Pierre De Ronsard Rose climbing over the shed this year. I have a couple of favorite spots sitting in the pergola watching the birds coming into the garden and the back verandah shaded by an ornamental grapevine looking out to a lovely Forest Pansy tree.
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HOW the seasons fly! Summer is finished and its now early autumn. The plants still think it’s summer and with regular feeding and watering, will continue to keep ripening and producing for a while yet. But it’s time to think ahead to the winter veggie garden. Over the next two months, the days will become much shorter and the temperatures will drop. By Anzac day the night temperatures in the North East are low enough that heating is needed. And, hopefully by then, we will have some decent autumn rain. The next couple of weeks are the ideal time for planting autumn and winter crops, while growing conditions are optimum. The warm days give the plants vigor to put on some quick growth and establish a sound root system before the temperatures cool and growth slows down. This is especially important for crops with a longer growing time from planting to harvesting. If you want to grow Brussels sprouts, get them in quick as they can take between 16-24 weeks to reach maturity. If planted too late the growing season will extend into spring and Brussels don’t set fruit in warm temperatures.
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Cauliflower and cabbage take from 10-12 weeks to reach maturity. Broccoli can take around 10 weeks, but the smaller side shoots can be harvested earlier. Beetroot, swedes, turnip and carrot reach maturity in 8-10 weeks but can be harvested while smaller to thin them out. Carrots and parsnips are more successful when grown from seed as they don’t like being moved. Parsnips are very slow to germinate but should reach maturity in 10 weeks. Spinach and silverbeet take around eight weeks to reach maturity, but are tasty when picked small and young. Onions take 8-10 weeks, with lettuce taking 6-8 and radish between 4-6 weeks. Carrots, lettuce and radish can be planted all year round, so get planting. Happy gardening!
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MEMORY AND FAMILY: Kate Hunter with some items of her father’s that she is using to retrace his steps in the area for a theatre piece she is devising at Bogong Centre for Sound Culture (BC SC). PHOTO: Alex Craig
Dr Hunter develops works for the theatre which add sound, film and image to the theatre experience, including field recordings. She said her piece, still in development, is entitled Blue Streak, and concentrates on family legends, memory, and the way perspective shifts events over time. “My work during the residency is a kind of fact finding mission where I’ll be making some sound recordings, writing, and being in or near the places my dad was 70 years ago,” Dr Hunter said. “The diary contains a number of photos of him as a young man standing about looking noble and staring over horizons, and I am hoping to recreate some of these photographs, but with myself in his place. “I’ve brought his old pack up with me to do just that.” She said her father was an active member of alpine walking clubs and a keen skier, and he made the walk in his mid 20s with his friends, making his way from the Howqua River through the Barry Mountains, Hotham, Loch, Bogong and Tawonga.
“The text of the diary is pretty funny in parts... they were surviving on cans of Bartlett pears and various home made concoctions which would have been disgusting,” she laughed. “They winged it a fair bit, did a lot of scrub bashing, and took lots of photographs. “Dad was a grin and bear it kind of guy, well known for putting rocks in his pack when it got ‘too light’. “Already, the experience of being here has been a stimulating and rewarding time.” Dr Hunter will be front and centre at an art talking event this Friday, March 6 at the Mt Beauty Visitor Centre auditorium in Mt Beauty. There is free entry on the night, which begins at 7pm sharp. There will also be more art talking events this autumn and Madelynne said she also hoped to establish a “sound garden” at the centre. More information on coming events, and the centre itself, is available from Madelynne on (03) 57544273 or by perusing the website at bogongsound.com.au, or the centre’s Facebook or Soundcloud pages.
LUNGWORM is one of many conditions that may cause your cat to cough or have difficulty breathing. It is caused by the parasitic worm aelurostrongylus abstrusus, which is found commonly around the world. The immature stages (larvae) of this worm are found in snails, slugs, rodents, birds and reptiles. Your cat can become infected when it hunts and then eats these small creatures. The condition is most common in cats that are observed to hunt although any outdoor cats can become infected, as the larvae can also be present in contaminated water sources. The larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the lung where they then mature. The adult lungworm lives in the small airways of the lungs and causes irritation leading to a chronic cough and difficulty breathing normally. As the disease progresses cats can have a reduced appetite and weight loss.
Lungworm infection may be suspected by a veterinarian based on the cat’s history and findings of the clinical exam. Treatment involves the administration of particular antiparasitic drugs such as selamectin or moxidectin. In severe cases affected cats may also require treatment with antiinflammatories to reduce inflammation in the airways. The prognosis for cats affected by lungworm is very good with timely treatment. As there are many conditions that can cause your cat to cough, a thorough clinical exam should be performed by a veterinarian to assess your cat’s overall health prior to commencing any treatment. Dr Amanda Walker BVSc, Ovens and Kiewa Veterinary Hospital.
PETS CORNER THIS week’s pet of the week at the Wangaratta RSPCA is Puss, a three and a half year old domestic shorthair cat who is a desexed female and is grey tabby/white in color. To see more animals up for adoption at the Wangaratta RSPCA, visit the shelter in Connell Street or phone (03) 5722 2874.
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BY ROB ALEXANDER, WANGARATTA WELL, that’s summer done and dusted. I am not sure what the official weather records indicate, but as far as I am aware we did not get a single 40 degree day at all in summer. I cannot recall ever seeing that happen before. I’m not sure what’s happening, perhaps a global warming role reversal towards global cooling? With the autumn cooling comes the unpredictable cod fishing. Last week the fish were biting like mad, and then we had a strong cool change cross the state on Saturday night and by Sunday the Murray cod had just shut down. Hopefully it will not be too long before we see some stable weather return, with some warm balmy evenings which can turn the cod back on as quickly as they were turned off. That pattern will continue right throughout autumn with the cod becoming more hit and miss the further into autumn we get. The upside to this autumn cooling pattern is the trout fishing, which usually picks up when the water starts to cool down. As I type, we have a week of milder weather forecast with several nights dipping down below 10 degrees.
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These nights can be much cooler in the mountains and valleys and I suspect that before long the water temperature in the streams will be cool enough to start firing the trout up. As I have mentioned plenty of times trout numbers are quite poor, and many of the creeks in the area are very low so it is important to look around for a stream with a
reasonable flow of water. The Ovens River around Bright is usually a great starting point and should start to fish well any time now. The Kiewa River close to Mt Beauty could start to pick up a bit in the coming weeks, and I have already had a couple of reports of trout being caught in the Mitta Mitta River over the last week.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Criterion closes, 1970 IT was last drinks for patrons of the Criterion in Murphy Street, Wangaratta, the hotel being closed to make way for a Coles store. It had been a favorite drinking spot for a wide variety of people over the years, from Jim Kelly, to the staff of a well known radio station in town.
SOME nights when I get home I’m not that hungry, but I need to eat. I always have something in my freezer to pull out at times like this when it’s too hot to cook. These lamb samosas are great for this, as they freeze well, and don’t take that long to cook from frozen. If friends are staying, or come over unexpectedly, I pop some in the oven and serve with a little dressed salad of cucumber and chilli. The kids will love them also. Method Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, cumin, garam masala, turmeric, sugar and salt. Cook for three minutes. Add mince. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up mince, for five minutes or until browned. Add water, lemon juice and peas. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered, for eight minutes or until liquid evaporates. Stir through parsley. Cool completely. Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Cut 9 x 8cm circles from each sheet of pastry. Place a spoonful of lamb mixture into center of each circle. Brush edges with water. Fold circles in half. Pinch and roll edges over to seal. Place onto trays. Brush samosas with beaten egg. Bake for 20-25 minutes, swapping trays after 10minutes, or until puffed and golden. Serve with chutney.
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Basic Pizza Dough > 1 tablespoon olive oil > 1 onion, finely chopped > 2 garlic cloves, crushed > 2 teaspoons ground cumin > 1 teaspoon garam masala > 1 teaspoon turmeric > 1 teaspoon caster sugar > 2 teaspoon salt > 500gm lean lamb mince > ¼ cup water > 2 tablespoons lemon juice > ½ cup frozen peas > ½ cup parsley, chopped > 4 sheets puff pastry > 1 egg beaten > Mango chutney, to serve
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ONCE upon a time many years ago there was a green thumbed gardener in the King Valley region who grew some magic tomatoes in his backyard veggie patch. Carefully mulched, watered and nurtured, these tomato plants climbed as high as Jack’s bean stalk and produced fruit the size of melons. One day he generously gave one of those tomatoes to his jealous neighbor who was all thumbs in the garden, and she scraped the seeds onto a tissue in the hope of one day growing such fruit. Stumbling onto those forgotten seeds last spring she planted them, and this year grew fruit weighing up to a kilo which tasted as sensational as they looked. If there’s a moral to the story it’s that it’s nice to share special things, because this bloke seriously made my summer. I thought of him while sharing a bottle of Pinot Gris made by Sam Plunkett with friends.
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Galen Catholic College is a co-educational Catholic secondary school of 1100 students and approximately 130 teaching and non-teaching staff. We are seeking the services of a suitably experienced Cleaner to work 20 hours per week, commencing 13th April 2015. Salary will be in accordance with the Victorian Catholic Education Multi Enterprise Agreement 2013. Applicants must have a current Working with Children check. A role description is available on the website: www.galen.vic.edu.au or pick up from the school office. Applications close Wednesday 11th March 2015. Please submit your letter of application and resumè together with 3 current references to: The Principal Galen Catholic College P.O. Box 630 (College Street) Wangaratta, 3677 Or alternatively email your application to: principal@galen.vic.edu.au
Mansfield Shire Council is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, suitably qualified person to the above position. The Family Services Counsellor is responsible for the day to day delivery of high quality professional counselling and support services for families and for providing input into service planning, policy development and service evaluation. Prospective candidates should go to Council’s website for recruitment details and to obtain a copy of the position description. Please refer to the Employment Opportunities page at www.mansfield.vic.gov.au. The remuneration is based on Band 5, Mansfield Shire Council Enterprise Agreement 2012. Written applications close at 5:00pm on Monday 16 March, 2015. For a confidential discussion regarding the position contact Council’s Community Well-being Leader & Mentor/ Senior Family Counsellor, Ms Michelle Wood, on (03) 5775 8555.
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SO that time in your life has come - you can hear the little ticking of your biological clock - tick, tick, tick. It’s time to change your life for ever and bring a human being into the world. Or maybe you have been trying for a while and it just “isn’t working�. There is no one reason why conception doesn’t come easy to some. However, the majority of our clients who are having difficulty conceiving or are planning to conceive benefit from a preconception programme that includes detoxification. An ideal preconception/ detoxification programme should be completed 3-4 months prior to conception for optimal safety. This allows the cells, organs and body to eliminate toxins, clear out the system and allow everything to work at its best. How does detoxification benefit conception? - Healthy, balanced hormones. - Optimal absorption of nutrients to help baby grow. - Less fat soluble toxins will be transported in your breast milk. - Provides a healthy environment with beneficial
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I WONDER how many of my readers had their accountant or legal representative set up a trust in the 1970 or 1980’s which is now approaching the vesting date. I suppose when your trust was set up none of us had heard of capital gains tax, although we were probably aware of duty liabilities. In a case quoted in my correspondence from a leading legal firm, in the case of Andtrust v Giovanni Andreatta it was confirmed that where a variation power permits, it can be used to extend the vesting day of the trust. This case also confirms the importance of carefully reviewing the terms of the variation power, as not all variation powers will allow the vesting date to be extended. The case in question involved a family discretionary trust with a broad range of potential discretionary beneficiaries. However, the terms of the trust provided that the trust was to vest on June 23, 2016, being 40 years from when the trust was established. As the trustee wished to extend the vesting day an application was made to the Supreme Court to extend the vesting date, relying firstly on the width of the variation power under clause 10 of the trust deed and secondly and in the alternative, on the court’s power to approve a variation of the trust. I was able to look at a Discretionary Family Trust which is still in my possession and this quite clearly states that “At any time prior to the vesting day the trustee may subject as hereinafter provided from time to time in its absolute unfettered discretion notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained by deed vary the trust or provisions hereof in any manner whatsoever�.
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reared using sound environmental practices, and are grass fed and antibiotic free. Londrigan Beef employ a paddock rotation system to ensure maximum growth opportunities, and a supplementary feed system for calves in case of a lack of green grass. No grain. All meat is initially processed at local abattoirs, meaning minimum food miles, less stress and better quality meat.
“My passion for returning to the land and continuing to build success in the food industry is the driving force behind Londrigan Beef and Lamb, which has now been going for six years,� Bob said.
Further processing takes place at a local PrimeSafe facility, again as a guarantee of optimum quality conditions, with an emphasis on minimal fat coverage.
“The business employs four people, which includes my wife and I.�
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“My greatest belief is if you can offer good quality, good price, good service leads to success,� Bob said. This attention to quality has seen Londrigan Beef win many awards, including Bendigo Supreme Champion Carcass and the Melbourne Show First Prize Medium Domestic on the Hoof. Bob said that due to the high demand for his company’s meat, full lambs are also now available. Go to www.buymeat.net.au.
kenclarke11@bigpond.com In the case of Andtrust v Giovanni Andreatta the court took the view that the trustee could rely on the variation power to extend the vesting day of the trust provided the new vesting did not exceed the rule against perpetuities. The Andtrust case confirms that where there is a broad variation power - in this case to vary the ‘trusts, powers discretion or duties’- the power can be used to extend the vesting date. But if you happen to be in this situation, you should be taking your trust deed to a legal practitioner and have it looked at as it may contain limitations or restrictions, including: the variation power cannot be used to extend the vesting date; and the consent of an individual (such as the guardian or appointor) is required or there is no variation power. The use of the variation power will only be valid for trust law purposes if it is exercised subject to any limitations. Further, under Tax Determination 2012/21 the Commissioner of Taxation confirmed his view that capital gains tax will not apply to a variation of the trust provided the variation power is properly exercised. This is a subject that for a lot of readers may not be relevant, but for those who have been in business in the last 40 to 50 years there may be a trust deed somewhere that could affect you and if you are a constant reader of news, the change to the vesting date has been very prominent in the courts lately.
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