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Group branches out By KYLIE WILSON
LOVE FOR TREES:
Vivienne Harvey, Harvey Anderssen and David McIntyre admire an English Oak at Mayday Hills. PHOTO: Wendy Stephens
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A PASSION to keep and preserve the wonders of nature for future generations is what drives members of the Beechworth Treescape Group. “We love trees,” said group member Harvey Anderssen. “They symbolise the natural environment of which we are part. “They mark the passing of time with the season changes. “Our old trees remind us of our historic past, and of community members no longer with us. “They contribute to our wellbeing in so many ways, how could we not care for them?” Dave McIntyre of Stanley is an equally passionate member. “Trees are examples of the diversity of life across this planet,” he said, moving around the arboretum he has built at his home, surrounded by rare and interesting trees. Mr McIntyre said the group was born sometime ago, when he and other like-minded community members were drawn together in opposition to Indigo Shire Council’s planned removal of some Lombardy poplar trees in order to widen a section of Camp Street. Mr Anderssen said the historic trees were being taken, but “they were safe if the community appreciated their value”. The poplars were saved and local residents were given more of a say in decisions involving local trees. continued page |
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Changing colours
Roses, the flower of love
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RELAXING: Helen Chambers in her Rutherglen garden.
What’s in your garden: Crab apple trees, Manchurian pears, lemon scented gums, crepe myrtles, camellias, iceberg roses, plumbago, salvia, hellebores, lilly pilly, Murraya panilalata (orange scent), gardenias, callistemon, oleanders and succulents. What do you enjoy about gardening: Watching colours change in autumn and buds blossoming in spring. Pruning, taking a cuppa and walking around and pulling weeds here and there.
Favourite plant/spot in your garden: Sitting on my verandah looking at vivid purple salvia, iceberg roses and looking at the view over the golf links opposite my house. Water saving/conservation tip: I only use the watering system once a week in the hot summer and I mostly hand water in between. Your tips to keep gardens in top shape: Mulching, cutting back, dead heading roses, pruning, pulling
ROSES are associated with beauty, romance and exquisite perfume. They are known for their beautiful blooms from the large, showy cabbage roses to the flamboyant multi coloured roses, the climbers with their wall of colour, to the carpeting ground covers and petite miniature roses. Many repeat flower featuring blooms in spring, summer and autumn, while some flower only once through the year. With careful selection roses can be blooming in the garden for up to 10 months of the year. Although considered by some as time consuming and hard to grow, roses are tough and fairly easy to grow. They do best when they receive plenty of sunshine, a prune after flowering, a dose of compost and manure and fertilising with an allpurpose rose food during the growing seasons. During July and August, bare rooted roses are available in nurseries or from online suppliers but now is the time to see many still in flower during their final autumn flush. See what is in flower in your neighbourhood and admire the blooms; literally smell the roses and look at their growth habit to help in making your choice. Roses can be purchased now, while still in flower, in pots to plant and brighten up the garden as winter looms. Roses, including new release roses,
PHOTO: Wendy Stephens.
weed often and blitzing the garden occasionally.
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Do you live in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Alpine or Indigo Shires and want to showcase your garden on this page? Call Kylie Wilson on (03) 5723 0135 or email kwilson@ nemedia.com.au to find out more.
WITH DEBBI GIBSON, HORTICULTURALIST
can also be ordered through nurseries and online mail order suppliers for delivery when dormant. Roses are grown and bred in a range of styles. Hybrid tea roses have large, beautiful flowers on a single long stem and are the most commonly bare rooted roses sold. Floribunda roses have large clusters of medium sized flowers which bloom all season. Grandiflora roses have clusters of large hybrid tea-type flowers on strong straight stems. Shrub roses feature glorious old fashioned flowers and are extremely hardy and disease resistant. Climbing roses have long arching canes with side shoots which produce the flowers. Standard roses are grafted onto the top of wild root stock and come in one of three heights, 70cm, 85cm and 105cm. Choose one, or more, to suit your needs. Happy gardening.
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GOLDEN: Mayday Hills’ distinctive avenue of oak trees show off their autumn colours.
The group moved on to documenting trees on the recently sold La Trobe Mayday Hills site, which added dozens of trees to a National Trust register. Mr McIntyre said some of the most interesting trees on the site include a Hornbeam Maple, a Chinese tree called a robinia monophyllum that he believes is the only one in Victoria, a quercus alba, a Himalayan chestnut oak and other oaks, and more. Mr Anderssen said the Canary Island Pines and white barked brittle gums that surround the Mayday Hills Cricket Oval are among the most fascinating. “And across the oval, there is an amazing diverse collection of old rare trees from around the world, many contributed by Victoria’s first government botanist, the legendary Sir Ferdinand von Mueller,” he said. The group is now compiling a thorough register of significant trees in the Indigo Shire, initially concentrating on Beechworth.
Mr McIntyre said he felt it was important to preserve as many trees for the future as possible, both to keep varieties in existence and to combat global warming. He believes the trees within Beechworth’s public parks and gardens add greatly to the character of the town. “They have an age, a presence, a stature – they are our links to the planet,” he said. Fellow group member Vivienne Harvey agrees. She grew up in Beechworth and her father, in the 1940s and 1950s, helped set up funds to purchase trees for the streets and successfully fought to save some of the heritage trees from being cut down. “I grew up knowing the wonder and value of trees, and as a photographer I know that tall trees, golden avenues, and green leafy canopies give a town its beauty,” she said. Anyone wishing to hear more about the group’s ongoing activities, which includes guided walks, can email vivienne.harvey@ bigpond.com to receive email newsletters.
DOMESTIC cats are extremely efficient at reproducing. They are often free to roam across backyards in search of a mate and they can have quite large litters of kittens. Female cats can reach sexual maturity as early as six months of age, which means that stray kittens can very quickly become the mothers of more stray kittens. Unfortunately unwanted pregnancies are still very common in owned or stray cats and animal shelters are inundated with kittens that need to find new homes. Desexing of male and female cats is a commonly practiced veterinary procedure and carries very few risks, especially when done at an early age (around 5-6 months). Owning a desexed cat comes with many benefits, not least of which is avoiding the arrival of eight or more new mouths to feed each year. When female cats are in heat they often make a lot of noise (calling) to try and attract a mate. This noise is very annoying for you and your neighbours, especially late at night. Desexing means that the cat’s reproductive cycle is stopped and the unwanted negatives associated with it are avoided.
Desexing operations are performed routinely at all veterinary clinics and in the interest of animal health they are invariably offered at a vastly discounted rate compared to other surgery that takes a similar time. You can talk to your veterinarian more about the costs, risks and benefits of the desexing operation. Of particular note this month is a program the RSPCA is running to offer free cat desexing to pension card and health care card owners to help with the costs of responsibly owning a cat. For more information please contact the RSPCA on (03) 5722 2874 as numbers are limited. Tim Craig BVSc, Warby St Veterinary Hospital
PETS CORNER THIS week’s pet of the week at Wangaratta RSPCA is Fleur, a seven month old female domestic shorthair cat who is black/white in colour. To see more animals up for adoption at the Wangaratta RSPCA, visit the shelter in Connell Street or phone (03) 5722 2874.
Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre in partnership with Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard present two Melbourne Fringe on tour performers in the recently restored Barn at the Winery.
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FISHING FOCUS
CATCH OF THE WEEK LETHAL RIG: This Tassie Devil in ‘Pink Panther’ colours is a lethal lure at Lake Dartmouth. Line passed straight through the lure (doing away with the wire trace and treble hooks that come with the lure), a red bead, a split ring and a pair of siwash hooks facing inwards towards each other.
Trout firing at Lake Dartmouth BY ROB ALEXANDER, WANGARATTA
ALL roads lead to Dartmouth Dam as the dull and inclement weather closes in. As is often the case at this time of the year the trout are going nuts up there with most people catching fish. Personally, I consider Lake Dartmouth to be the easiest trout fishery in the world when the trout are biting. All you have to do it cast your line out, put a blindfold on and troll around in circles until a trout commits suicide. It’s as easy as that. When the trout are not biting it can
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Food fads can lead you astray FROM juice cleanses to raw food fasts, super-foods to super-smoothies, we’re in an era that bombards us with the latest food fads and figures daily. But according to fitness expert, Guy Leech, with so much praise for all this delicious and nutritious food, it’s hard to know when you’re getting too much of a good thing. Looking at some of the most popular health foods on the market today, Mr Leech offers tips on how to consume them sensibly. 1. Juicing With so many “juice cleanses” on the market it’s hard not to think that drinking juice all day is good for you. Guy points out though that even 100 per cent freshly pressed juice still contains a heap of sugar and hardly any fibre when compared to whole fruits. “Try to keep your juice drinking to one cup per day,” advises Leech. “Particularly when paired with fresh vegetables, juices are a great way to consume nutrients, however sipping on juice all day is a really easy way to stock up on the calories,” Leech says. He said the best way to consume juice is by juicing your own fruit at home, that way you know exactly what’s in it. 2. Smoothies If packed with the right stuff, smoothies can be a great way to consume a whole lot of nutrients in the one hit, however smoothies can go from good to bad, fast. “Just like making your own muesli, it’s better if you whip up your own healthy smoothie from home,” he advises. 3. Raw food diets “I’m all for eating food in its most natural state,” says Leech.
“Raw food diets are generally very fresh fruit and vegetable heavy and discourage the consumption of processed foods, which is excellent,” he adds. He points out, however, that cooking food can be more nutritious and at times even safer. “The lycopene in tomato and the betacarotene in carrots are released during cooking,” says Leech. “Furthermore, cooked foods can be easier to digest and cooking meat and fish kills certain bacteria that could otherwise result in an upset tummy or in extreme cases, food poisoning,” he adds. 4. Almond milk Almonds are full of nutrients such as vitamin E, magnesium, zinc, potassium, iron and calcium, and are reported to help lower cholesterol and are suggested improve digestive health. Mr Leech does, however, warn that there are a couple of drawbacks. “Almond milk doesn’t have as much calcium or protein as cow’s milk,” he points out. “Processed almond milk can also be packed with extra sugar and preservatives, so make sure you read the ingredients and nutrition panel carefully,” he advises. 5. Muesli Cleverly marketed to the health conscious crowd, muesli can be packed with goodness while also being chock full of fat and sugar. Instead of giving up muesli completely, he suggests making it yourself. “A mixture of oats, sunflower seeds, a small amount of dried fruit and macadamia nuts, make for a delicious and nutritious muesli sans the unhealthy fats and sugars,” says Leech.
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WINE TALK
IN MY KITCHEN
Indigo Vineyard
Secret Village Shiraz Around $45
WITH ANITA McPHERSON The fruit is handpicked from the vineyard in Beechworth and when ready, the wine is matured in a spread of new, one year old and two year old French oak barriques. It’s a deep, reddy purple liquid which has a spicy aroma of blackcurrant and a flourish of cedary oak. The medium-bodied wine is decidedly savory and complex, with dark fruit, cherry and pepper, which worked beautifully with crispy fried quail. My old friend is thrilled to have a new secret to share. Available from the cellar door on the Beechworth Wangaratta Road in Everton Upper or go to www. indigovineyard.com.au
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Orange tea cake
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Beechworth Athenaeum, 1856 THE desire among the more scholarly elements in the mining community of Beechworth to have a reading room and a hall for discussions and lectures was fulfilled, when on May 13, 1856 the Athenaeum was instituted. The building, which emerged and grew over the years, is now the Burke Museum in Loch Street.
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THIS cake is perfect with a cup of tea, both at morning or afternoon tea and at breakfast as mini muffins. Using the whole orange not only brings a lovely tangy moisture to the cake, but it also packs it full with 200 per cent more fibre and Vitamin C than just the fruit. Method Cook the orange in a saucepan of boiling water for 1 hour until tender. Drain and cool. Halve and remove seeds. Do not remove the skin. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fanforced. Brush a 25cm × 7.5cm × 7.5cm deep straight-sided loaf pan with butter or oil to grease. Line base and the two long sides with baking paper, allowing ends to overhang pan edges. Use a food processor to puree
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FOR some reason the month of May has become the season to catch up with people we haven’t seen for a long time. Maybe it’s a sign of getting old or simply because the way we communicate with each other has changed, but every time the phone rings these days I think it’s going to be bad news. We’re so used to flicking short and sweet messages backwards and forwards that I assume someone wanting a conversation must be ringing about an accident, death or divorce. Instead it’s been lovely to receive a phone call from a friend and sink into a long, old fashioned conversation, which kind of broke the ice before we met for an equally long dinner. I’m glad I brought along a few different wines to choose from, and because I knew something gamey was bound to be on the menu, I brought a bottle of Indigo Vineyard Secret Village Shiraz.
*I use organic oranges because of my concerns regarding the use of pesticides.
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REGARDLESS of how beautiful you truly are or how gorgeous you look in the eyes of others, women are still choosing “unhappyâ€? (according to our health appraisal questionnaire at our clinic). The reason? “I don’t like my bellyâ€?, “my arms wobbleâ€?, “my thighs have hail damage or stretch marksâ€?. YOUNG GIRLS AND OLDER WOMEN ARE NOT HAPPY. Is it time for a revolution of our thinking. What is real? What is not? The media calls us apples and pears, labels our body parts with degrading names such as spare tyre, jelly rolls, tuck shop arms, promotes non-sustainable fad dieting such as ridiculous powdery shakes that replace food, slim teas, dietary magic pills. It showcases size 6 models that by genetics or starvation show us their tiny bodies without curves marketing the most desirable women’s products. Women are photo-shopped by a media driven world where “perfectionâ€? and “flawlessnessâ€? is fake‌but the worst thing of all is this‌This is what women choose. It’s what we want. I am here to tell you that your body shape is not
IS Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas serious that he will be able to deliver a surplus in the first year? I will reserve my judgement for a while. In my reading of the state budget released last week, it would appear regional Victoria will not receive too many spoils, with a paltry $60 million for regional start-up incentives and $200 million for regional jobs. But then again this is not surprising given it is the Melbourne urban area where the most votes will be gained. Congested level crossings drive motorists crazy and if the government can make a real attempt at ridding the roads of these bottlenecks then they will certainly have achieved a lot. I was very pleased to see a $3.9 billion spend on education with $325 million for renovations and rebuilds and $40 million to purchase land to build new schools. But here in our area the Wangaratta District Specialist School, which is bursting at the seams catering for North East needs, has been overlooked. The announcement of breakfasts being provided at 500 disadvantaged schools reminded me of the free milk we used to get at school in the 1960s, while I noted prep to grade three students at some 250 disadvantaged schools will receive free eye tests and glasses. I assume this will be included in the $10 million for disability supports. A real concern of mine is the increase in public sector wages and while I can understand that firefighters and police are looking at getting the same sort of support that was given to the ambulance paramedics, an increase of 7.1 per cent to $23 billion seems a bit over the top. But treasurer Pallas is indicating we will need more public servants to deliver the Andrew’s Governments recurrent spending decisions. Infrastructure spending is on a downward
WITH NATUROPATHS: BELINDA McPHERSON, SOPHIE LORBACK AND MICHELE COSE
BODY IMAGE: A key to good self esteem is to remember that no one is a bigger critic of yourself than you are.
much different from other women who are “keeping it real� in life. If this is unhappy you, try this way of thinking instead. Confidence looks good on everyone. If you look back to your younger years now to a time when you felt “fat� or “ugly�, how do you feel about it now? (I am guessing you looked quite good). How will you feel in ten years’ time looking back on yourself to now? People see you differently to how you see yourself. Focus on a healthy body
and being the best you can be. Your body is a vehicle to transport you through life. If it is limiting you from doing all you want to do in life – change this limitation by implementing a positive, healthy wellbeing plan. Talk to yourself positively and encouragingly as you would to a friend. Tell yourself what you love about you every day. In time, extend this further to your whole body, your personality and your intent for others. It feels good. Life is short – live, love and laugh often.
By KEN CLARKE, WANGARATTA CERTIFIED PRACTICING ACCOUNTANT
kenclarke11@bigpond.com spin, given the Napthine Government was to spend $27 billion in its last budget; the Andrew’s Government is only allocating $22 billion. Hospitals will also be beneficiaries with 100 new beds being created which will allow an additional 20,000 more patients to be treated. So where is the money going to come from? It appears that businesses are going to be the biggest losers with no payroll tax cuts - revenue from this source is predicted to grow by 6.2 per cent to a whopping $5.4 billion this year. With regional centres crying out for help, is it time to bring back the payroll tax incentives to encourage firms to re-locate to the country. Home buyers and car drivers are expected to shovel half a billion dollars into the kitty through stamp duty. Property tax collections are expected to be around $7.98 billion, or around 42 per cent of the total tax take of $19 billion, which in turn is expected to be about 34 per cent of total revenue. It is anticipated that historically low interest rates, with significant investor and commercial activity pushing up demand and the number of transactions will drive up property tax revenue. The budget papers indicate the strength of property tax revenue is masking weakness in other state tax collections flowing from a generally subdued economic growth in Australia. So it would appear the government is hanging its hat on a continuation of the property boom to fund almost half of its tax revenue, so let’s hope interest rates remain low and we see the property boom continue on an upward spiral.
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