Geelong Coast Magazine Spring 2016

ISSUE 18

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Local Sounds

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HAMLYN Heights actress Tara Vagg is earning worldwide exposure thanks to her latest role in Geelong-based comedy Rostered On. The 25-year-old plays Tess, an employee whose workplace “romances” find her in deep water.

“A lot of (her storyline) is how she deals with the consequences of that,” Tara says.

The web series, filmed at Waurn Ponds, explores the lighter side of retail. The show’s now had more than 170,000 views.

Unlike independent films and plays, says Tara, web series can reach well beyond their initial audience.

“Social media is an amazing tool for promotion and it’s done wonders for the series.”

Tara’s also thrilled to work with writer-director Ryan Chamley in her hometown.

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“It’s so much fun – the writing is so funny that everybody is bursting into laughter every few minutes,” she says.

Young Geelong actress Tara Vagg.

I LOVE BEING OTHER CHARACTERS – you have to create this imaginary world where it’s just you and the other person…

“A lot of the time these creative opportunities only happen in Melbourne.”

The Sound of Music introduced Tara to the acting world at 17.

She played Liesl in a Queenscliff Lighthouse Theatre Group production of the timeless classic.

“I love being other characters – you have to create this imaginary world where it’s just you and the other person,” Tara explains.

Tara will star at local film festivals for recent roles in independent movies.

In Fire and Ice she portrays a young woman in a downward spiral into methamphetamine addiction.

Her research included documentaries and YouTube interviews of drug users.

“That was intense – a lot of them wish they never started it but are stuck in that cycle,” she says.

“You don’t judge them. You have to just understand why they do it.”

After studying acting at Federation University in Ballarat, Tara returned to Geelong to teach

singing and acting at MooreGrace acting studio.

But she’s still chasing the dream of making it big in the film industry.

“Since then I’ve been auditioning for as many things as I can,” she says.

Tara’s other loves are music and wildlife.

She sang in Italy and Switzerland for Matthew Flinders Secondary College’s band, Sweethearts, and volunteered with elephants in northern Thailand and orangutans in Borneo.

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Get lost in the Forest Catering for a variety of tastes across all age groups, The Ebony Forest features an eclectic range of art, prints, ceiling lighting, cushions, vases, ornaments and indoor sculptures.

With an indoor cafe area, customers take a seat and relax with a coffee after browsing the intriguing store.

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Inspect art at Queenscliff Seaview Gallery will host Amanda Hyatt’s A French Affair from 8 to 25 October, a stunning exhibition inspired by the award-winning artist’s recent trip to France.

The oil paintings of Sara Paxton and David Hobday’s marine-themed glass art will be on exhibition from 29 October to 18 November as Seaview continues featuring the works of regular and new artists throughout spring.

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N icki s d r a w Ed With a background in nursing and a love of literature, author Nicki Edwards has vast inspiration for her unique series on romance between medical professionals in the bush.

Now she tells her own story to ELISSA FRIDAY. HAD YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME AN AUTHOR? Good question. I think, like most people growing up, you have a list of things you want to do. It went from wanting to be a policewoman to wanting to be a journalist to ‘I want to do nursing’.

At school I enjoyed writing but never thought about a career in it, other than perhaps journalism that I toyed with a little bit.

I woke up one day and thought, ‘I’d like to write a book’ and thought, ‘What’s stopping me?’

I don’t have a bucket list of things I’m ticking off, I just thought I’d like to write a book and that’s how it came about.

I had no idea where to start. I read a lot and had loved reading Australian rural romances, so I thought maybe I’d try writing one.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST START WRITING? In January 2014 and my first book was published in January 2015.

Jokingly I said, ‘I’m going to write 10

a book and have it published in 12 months’. It was a 12 month turn-around from first writing it to being published.

As soon as I finished the first one I started working on the next, so by the time they’d published my first book I was already straight onto the second one. The first few came out quickly, one after the other.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR FIRST BOOK IDEA? My first idea became the book that was published. I knew I wanted to write something that included medical themes – I’m a nurse. Somebody once said to me, ‘Write what you know and write what you love’, so I thought to myself, ‘I know nursing, I’m a nurse, I like romance, and I love happily-ever-after endings and the sweet story of boy-meets-girllives-happily-ever-after’.

I like that chic-flick, rom-com without anything being too dramatic or too suspenseful or too sexy, so I thought, ‘Yes, that’s what I’ll write’. My story started

essentially with the main character being a nurse and it just evolved from there.

IS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN YOUR FIRST BOOK ANYTHING LIKE YOURSELF? No, ha-ha, and people say that all the time. I don’t think she is.

When I first said I was writing a book some of my work colleagues, whom I don’t think realised I was writing fiction, had to have it explained to them that the main character, Kate, is not me.

A lot of the scenarios my main characters go through in the story are real-life stories that have happened to me as a nurse and that’s where I get my inspirations.

But I’m definitely not my main characters.

PRIOR TO WRITING BOOKS WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAD A PASSION TO DO? I’m very project-driven – I put the blinkers on and just say, ’Here’s the next project and this is what I’m going to work on’.

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I HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO START … I read a lot and had loved reading Australian rural romances, so I thought maybe I’d try writing one…

When my youngest started school 10 years ago I decided I wanted to be a nurse, so that became my project. For the next few years I studied and then did postgraduate study.

For a while it was, ‘I’m going to train for a half marathon and that’s my project, I’m going to write a book and that’s my project’. Right now we’re renovating a house and that’s my project.

Sometimes they’re big projects and sometimes they’re short.

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My auntie, who I’m very close to, is a nurse and her auntie was a nurse, so nursing flows through the family blood.

It wasn’t until my eldest started school that my husband Tim said I had always talked about being a nurse so why don’t I do it.

I questioned if I was I too old to be a mature-age student. I feel that nursing is my calling and this is what I’m supposed to do.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR CALLING TO BECOME A NURSE?

I don’t regret that I didn’t begin earlier because I’ve done so many other things. I know that I’m in a career that I love.

When I was in Year 10 or 11 at school I always thought nursing would potentially be a good career pathway and one I’d like.

Writing, in a sense, is a hobby that I also love but I don’t foresee myself giving up my career, my calling, as a nurse to write.

If writing or nursing ceased to be fulfilling I’d say, ‘OK, what am I going to do next?’

Life is too short to be doing something you don’t want to do.

WHERE DO YOU WORK AS A NURSE? Mostly at the new Epworth hospital in intensive care but I also work at St John of God in the emergency department, so I go from acute, really unwell patients to the unknown in emergency, which I kind of love.

Probably most of my stories do come from the random things you see in ED. I remember saying to someone one day that no-one would believe some of the things we see as nurses and I’m going to

write about it. People say that truth’s stranger than fiction and that really is the case.

from around age seven or eight.

I also rowed at school, which I really enjoyed.

WHAT’S YOUR PREFERENCE: WRITING OR TYPING?

I’m not a ball-sport person – my hand-eye co-ordination is terrible.

I can’t throw, catch, pitch or kick.

I was never a particularly athletic person, so it was funny years later after I’d had all my kids when I said, ‘I think I’ll try a half marathon’. Everyone questioned what I was doing, saying I’d only ever ran as a far as the gate.

Definitely on the computer. My kids laugh because I go through so many keyboards – I really bash away at them.

I worked as a legal secretary for years, so I can type at a million miles an hour, ha-ha.

I work full-time and have four kids, so life is really busy and I have to fit in writing wherever I can.

If I wake up in the middle of the night and I can’t sleep, I’ll just get up and start writing. I’ve even typed on night duty in my breaks, whatever I could.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR KIDS Our children are Jeremy, who’s nearly 22, Chloe is nearly 20, Zach is nearly 18 and Toby’s nearly 16.

Chloe’s studying performing arts – she’s a very creative person.

She’s read all my books, loves them and she writes very well but whether she will choose to write I don’t know.

My eldest is studying education and is also very creative, always has ideas, like saying he’d like to write a movie.

My next son is a photographer and again super creative.

Our youngest has the sporting gene – he’s a brilliant sportsperson.

We also have the best bordercollie in the world – she’s amazing and the kids are trying to talk us in to getting a second one.

We also have a Burmese cat that rules the world.

I hope that, as a mum, I show my kids anything is possible. Going back to university as a mature-age student and writing a book – I’m just trying to say to my kids that if you have a dream, go for it.

WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? At Mt Duneed, on a few acres, and always had horses. Tim is from Newtown, Geelong, we live at Highton now.

Horses were my main passion all through school and I was riding

WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN ROMANCE? Tim and I have been together since we were 17. We have a strong marriage. I’m not advocating that marriage is right for everyone but I think that something deep within every person yearns for love, however it looks.

I like my characters to fall in love, get married and have babies but I understand that’s not everybody’s idea of love.

My husband is my romantic hero.

He’s read all my books and thinks I’ve modelled some of the characters on him, the characters that aren’t very well-liked, so I have to keep convincing him they’re not him.

ARE YOU EVER INSPIRED TO WRITE STORIES BASED ON THINGS YOU HEAR THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE? Yes, definitely, things I see or read or hear. For my book The Peppercorn Project I vaguely remember hearing this idea of country towns that were dying and for $1 a week you could rent an old farmhouse and they were given to people who needed to get back onto their feet. That resonated with me – I thought, ’That’s cool but, instead of people going to the country town to help the county town, what if the country town offered $1 a week to help people that were struggling?’

WHAT ABOUT YOU WOULD SURPRISE PEOPLE? A lot of people don’t know that my husband and I pastored a church. We ran a church for 10 years until about 2011 and he was the senior minister, so every Sunday morning I’d lead the singer, give the message or preach. I was a stay-at-home

mum but would help while he was pastoring.

I did my nursing studies and he went and did school chaplaincy.

Life changes in an instant and it wouldn’t surprise me if one day we were back pastoring a church again.

At the moment Tim’s working as a school chaplain at Geelong College. I’m embracing being introverted because for so many years I’ve put myself out there, having a public role alongside my husband.

I LIKE MY CHARACTERS TO FALL IN LOVE, GET MARRIED AND HAVE BABIES … but I understand that’s not everybody’s idea of love…

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE GENRE TO READ? I love the whole rural romance, the medical romance.

I tend to enjoy reading women’s fiction. I love reading anything from Liane Moriarty to Jodi Picoult. I enjoy reading real life stories about real life people and what they journey through.

Everything I write is a blended mix of scenarios that I have experienced being a nurse. My brand is small-country-town romantic elements with medical scenes and dramas, that sort of thing.

My new book is Critical Condition.

Operation Mistletoe Magic, a novella, comes out in November as an E-book only.

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Country girl Siobhan reached the national finals of Miss World Australia.

Siobhan LISTON EAST Geelong model Siobhan Liston loves getting back to “reality” on the family farm.

The Miss World Australia national finalist enjoys cooking a roast dinner with lamb from the farm – but admits mum does it better.

Siobhan, 23, has lived in Geelong for five years after growing up with her parents and three younger sisters on the family property, between Albury and Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales.

One of three Geelong girls in the Victorian finals in Melbourne, Siobhan was the only one who progressed through to the nationals.

“I was shocked and surprised to hear my name announced,” she says.

The state and national finals presented contestants with various challenges, including an “absolutely exhausting” fitness component that Siobhan now regards as “challenging and fun”.

“I’m glad about my decision moving to Geelong. I like that it also has a country feel to it” she says.

Studying arts/law, majoring in journalism and history at Deakin University, Siobhan hopes to graduate later this year.

Siobhan’s love of travel makes her passport a favourite possession.

“Visiting countries is the key to learning”, she says.

In her early teens Siobhan and her family visited Turkey, a memorable holiday she describes as “eyeopening”.

In Istanbul she bought an ornamental, hand-sized, glass evil eye to symbolically ward off evil, she explains.

The eye now hangs over her front door.

Siobhan began modelling part-time with a Melbourne agent around a year ago.

“The pageant was not really something that had ever really crossed my mind before,” she says.

By chance Siobhan was in Melbourne at the time of the Miss World Australia castings.

“So I went, with little knowledge of pageants,” she says.

The “overall friendliness” of the other girls attending helped ease her nerves, she says.

I WAS SHOCKED AND SURPRISED TO HEAR MY NAME ANNOUNCED… She also raised money for children’s charity Variety, which left her pleased that the pageant embraced “beauty with a purpose” through fund-raising activities.

“It’s nice and gives the whole competition depth,” she says.

Siobhan recycled her Year 12 graduation dress for the state finals, donating the money she saved to Variety.

The pageant was a “once in a lifetime opportunity”, she says, although she felt the pressure of upholding the pageant image and wearing high heels all the time.

But she will be “looking to do other things” after completing her degree.

In the meantime, she’s spending most of her time in the “library or gym”, so sneakers and casual wear are more her style, she giggles.

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Kim FYFE FELLOW Miss World Australia competitor Kim Fyfe also studies at Deakin, but for a double degree in nursing and psychology.

The 21-year-old from South Geelong admires people who “help others”.

Kim’s a volunteer for charity Share Me a Dream, raising money for children’s cleft-palette surgery.

She wants a career in “helping people”.

A couple of previous pageants and some modelling helped prepare Kim for her Miss World Australia experience.

She was second runner-up when representing Australia in a 2014 Muty Ng Pilipinas pageant, in the Philippines.

Kim was also involved in a Top Model of the World pageant last year, which included an opportunity to spend two weeks in Egypt.

“It was a great experience,” she says, participating in photo-shoots, dinners, and visiting sponsors.

Kim now wants to visit Europe in the near future, France in particular.

Kim was “really surprised getting chosen” for the Miss World Australia state finals, so she had a little celebration at home with family and friends.

She particularly enjoyed the Miss World challenge of presenting herself as a confident young woman.

“You tend not to really show those aspects of yourself in the same way in everyday life as you would do in a pageant,” she explains.

The onstage questions and answers were the most nerve-racking experience, she says.

“We didn’t know what questions were going to be asked.”

Kim also raise money for Variety.

Proud of her mother’s Filipiono heritage, Kim borrowed her gown from a Filipina fashion designer.

The “beautiful, sky blue colour” dress featured a handpainted floral design, she explains.

Wearing it was Kim’s way of representing her community “through the gown they had designed”.

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Kim makes an impression.

SPENDING a couple of days a week with her horse, Starsky, is quality time for busy Year 12 student and budding model Brittany Fowler.

“Starsky is an 11-year-old gelding and I also have two dogs and chickens,” Brittany enthuses.

Juggling her Miss World Australia experience with the final year of high school left the 17-year-old with little spare time so far this year.

But she’s looking forward to a gap year, including four months travelling in Europe.

“After that I’d like to do a chef apprenticeship. I’ve always wanted to be in the food industry,” Brittany says.

She was thrilled to meet other like-minded contestants who thrived on fund-raising for charity.

As one of the youngest contestants, Brittany considered the other girls “role models”, she says.

She was particularly thankful for their support during her most challenging stage of the pageant, being called up on stage to answer a question on the spot.

Now when people approach her about Miss World Australia, Brittany says she would enter again.

“It’s not just about outer beauty,” she explains.

“Girls who do the pageant are humanitarian. It had a nice vibe about it.”

The foodie inspiration comes from her grandmother, who Brittany credits as a “great influence” with her baking and dessert.

“Family and friends are treasured in my life,” she says.

Brittany has always enjoyed “doing things” for the community and wants to spread her goodwill to one day volunteering in Africa.

But Miss World Australia was her first modelling experience, other than wearing an edible food crown made of chillies, brussels sprouts and flowers for a food festival, she says.

Initially scouted at Emirates Stakes Day races, Brittany was “so surprised” and “excited” to reach the state finals of Miss World Australia.

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LEOPOLD’S Vicki King has overcome many challenges in basketball, from playing against the state’s best for Geelong sides to managing her sport’s Bellarine Peninsula association.

But nothing prepared Vicki or her family for the challenge of her new daughter’s diagnosis with a rare life-threatening condition.

Now twelve months old, Kensi was diagnosed in April with congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), which Vicki describes as “the opposite of diabetes”.

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It has forced the family to monitor Kensi constantly day and night with blood glucose checks every few hours to ensure she’s in, as Vicki calls it, the “safe zone”.

“We have to prick her finger every four hours on a good day, or every few hours on a bad day to monitor her glucose levels,” Vicki says.

“We can really be caught off guard with hyperglacaemic episodes.

“We just ensure that we’re avoiding the risk or the long-term potential for brain damage or developmental issues.

“Everyone’s brain needs glucose to work properly – and it’s definitely the case when you’re 11 months old and developing – so we can’t afford for her to be hyperglacaemic multiple times a day or week.

“It’s all about protecting her brain development and long-term health.”

The family’s greatest hope for monitoring Kensi’s condition is to obtain a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), so at a moment’s notice the family can check on her condition and also alert them when she reaches any dangerous levels.

Vicki King with daughters Kensi and Leilani.

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Within weeks of putting up a crowdfunding page, Vicki was amazed at the wave of support from the community to raise funds for the machine.

“Basketball certainly wasn’t something I did as a kid, but something that became a very large part of my life in the last 10 to 15 years,” she says.

The family is now on track to raise $12,000 to purchase the CGM. They plan to donate the rest to Congenital Hyperinsulinism Australasia foundation to improve the living standards of those who have the disease and hopefully to find a cure.

“I wouldn’t take anything away from my involvement in netball prior to basketball.

It has definitely led me to some lifelong friendships, not to say netball didn’t, but most of my close friends are from those basketball relationships.

“That ($9465) is just what has come through the GoFundMe campaign and probably had another $3500 come directly to us,” Vicki says.

“Overwhelming doesn’t even describe it – it’s very humbling to think that there are that many people out there that want to help us.

“It’s mind-blowing how generous the community can be; there are a lot of horrible things out there, but with human nature it seems like people just want to help.

“It’s really comforting to know I’m surrounded by people out there that care this much.”

Some of the strongest support has come from Vicki’s long-time Lady Cats teammates, the young families she helps with her off-court work for the Bellarine basketball association and from numerous life-long friends made through sport.

“Sometimes, I like to think I’ve given as much to the sport as it’s given to me.

“I consider myself really lucky to have played BIG V for nearly 10 years. Some of those years were a number factor, being the number 10 or 12, while other years I played a bit more of a role.

“I’m fortunate to have played in two championships and played with some impressive players and, more importantly, been around some impressive people.

“Scrolling through the list of people who have donated, there are some decent basketball names among those.”

The Bellarine association has granted Vicki as much time as she needs away from her manager role to care for Kensi.

After eight and a half years’ service to the Bellarine Storm basketball community, the association supported her the way she’s always supported everyone else.

“We’ve received $1500 from the association, and they’ve been incredibly understanding of where I’ve been at, as to not being there, and some aspects of my job have fallen by the wayside in the last month.”

Vicki wants to raise awareness of HI to make dealing with it easier for the next family afflicted by the disease.

She wants the community to understand her daughter’s plight and how it affects the family on a daily basis.

“We’re not trying to push a sob story; it’s about raising awareness,” Vicki says.

“When you talk about blood sugar, everyone thinks it’s diabetes, and I wouldn’t take anything away from a type 1 diabetes patient, but our daughter very much has a life-threatening condition that if we don’t control it’s something you don’t want to think about.

“This is a condition the doctors don’t know much about, and it’s even more difficult going to Centrelink and other organisations for help as it’s not on the list of recognised conditions.

“If I don’t manage my daughter’s condition, she won’t survive, it’s as simple as that, so we want to raise awareness about HI.” Anyone wanting to help Vicki and her family with a donation can visit gofundme.com/kenisking.

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“To treat jewellery as fine art, as a form of sculpture, requires the highest levels of creativity and quality,” Marcus says.

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From top: The concept design.

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Preparing the gold metal alloy for the band.

Drilling out the setting in preparation for the diamonds.

The final product.

The ring with matching bands.

The design deemed best is discussed with the company’s bench jewellers, who recently followed this process to produce a rose gold, yellow gold and platinum ring.

After the discussions the bench jewellers draw a specifications diagram detailing the various parts of the ring, which are made separately and assembled later.

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“A small crucible is heated to melt the constituent metals and they’re added together in a stepped process.

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“Their quality contributes significantly to the finish, longevity and beauty of the final item,” Marcus says.

Before the diamonds can be set into the ring, in this case featuring small and large brilliant-cut white diamonds plus small pink brilliants, they must be carefully hand selected to ensure each is exactly the same size and colour.

A calibration-measuring process is used.

The diamonds are laid out and checked against a set of master gems, and also inspected for uniformity within a collection of gems.

“Then the diamonds have to be set into the unfinished ring. This is the job for a specialist setter, who works on the positioning and tensioning of the claws and other elements,” Marcus explains.

“This is a demanding and highly skilled procedure, not for the faint-hearted. It’s quite possible to fracture a diamond when it’s being set.

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Making jewellery that fits and enhances them can only be done properly when done slowly and by hand.”

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How the boy with the scratched face became the man of one girl’s dreams…

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HOW THEY MET Before their wedding, Evan Robinson lived at Torquay and Emily Iannello in Bell Post Hill.

Neither could recall their first conversation, having known each other for as long as they can remember.

“Our parents are family friends, so we grew up with each other but it wasn’t until we were about 14 and 15 that we had our first proper conversation,” Emily says.

“My parents had invited Evan’s parents over for a barbecue in the summer and we just started talking and hit it off from there.

“Funnily, when I was a little girl my mum asked me what I thought of Evan and I replied, ‘Oh no, mum, he has too many scratches on his face from climbing trees’,” Emily laughs.

THE PROPOSAL Evan took Emily to one of their favorite places in Lorne on a “picture-perfect day”, she says.

“Evan suggested a nice spot, so we drove to a lookout and went for a walk along the beach.

“I noticed posts in the sand with written messages on them.

“Walking closer, I noticed my name on the first one.

With candles and flowers on the beach, Emily describes the setting as “honestly,

one of the most beautiful things I’d ever seen”.

THE PLANNING Emily planned most of their wedding herself with some help from mum.

“Chloe from Pretty in Paper created our wedding invitations”.

Emily chose a formal style with black cursive writing on white card.

Her Nanna pressed lavender from her garden that they tied around the invitations with a cream twine.

HENS AND BUCKS Emily’s bridesmaids’ organised her hen’s day celebration.

“It was a surprise” she says.

“I was really excited about what they were going to do for me”.

Arriving at Melbourne, friend Eloise surprised Emily with fresh flower crowns she had made for all the girls to wear throughout the day.

The hens had a picnic lunch at Fitzroy Gardens before heading to Cocktails and Canvas.

“We painted while drinking cocktails – it was really funny because I’m not much of a painter,” Emily laughs.

Afterward they went out to dinner.

Evan went go-karting in Melbourne for his bucks celebration, followed by drinks with his groomsmen.

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Emily searched high and low to find the dress of her dreams.

“As soon I got engaged people were asking me what type of flowers I would pick,” Emily laughs.

“I ended up buying one of the first ones I tried on,” she says.

Wanting to try on a few more dresses, Emily looked all over Melbourne and Geelong. In the end, she returned to a shop in Brunswick where she made her initial choice.

“As soon as I put it on again for a second time I knew that was the one.”

She chose cream peonies for her bouquet. The other girls had cream and soft pink tones in their bouquets.

“For the tables, I was set on having greenery running through the middle with white flowers intertwined – Catherine from Stems of Geelong put the table runners together, she did a perfect job!”

the two of them there to capture different parts of our day.”

THE RECEPTION Three months before the wedding, the original reception venue called Emily to inform her it was double-booked.

“I was devastated, especially considering I had already booked all of my suppliers for a certain date. I was also getting ready to sit exams so it was a really stressful time.”

Emily’s dress was lace and fitted with a long train.

THE CEREMONY

But it was a blessing in disguise. Barwon Edge Boathouse was available on 14 November.

She also wore a veil in the back of her hair to the ceremony.

The two wed at a ceremony held at Torquay and had photos taken at Point Addis.

“It was the only available reception venue on our date, so we feel like it was really meant to be!

“Evan is from Torquay we both love the area,” Emily says.

“The team at Barwon Edge were so organised and set the venue even better than I imagined. I couldn’t recommend Barwon Edge highly enough.”

BRIDESMAIDS AND GROOMSMEN Emily’s maid of honor was sister Olivia and the bridesmaids were two of her best friends, Eloise and Helen.

Emily’s little cousin Isabella was flower girl.

“We said traditional vows – I think there’s something really beautiful and special about them.”

THE PHOTOGRAPHY

“She came from Sydney to be a part of our day and it was so special to have her there,” Emily says.

“John Yau and Tom Beanlands from Artifex Photographic Media did the photography.

Evan’s best man was long-time friend Nathan. His groomsmen were his younger brother Alex and friend Ashley.

“They were so amazing on the day and we’re really happy with the work that they’ve done – it was so great having

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THE CAKE Emily knew she wanted her wedding cake to be adorned with white flowers and greenery.

“Jan from Noni’s Sweet Treats created a stunning three-tier cake and Catherine decorated it with white roses – it was just stunning and exactly what I wanted.”

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GROOMSMEN SHIRTS: Eddy Elias Menswear, Geelong.

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BRIDESMAID DRESSES: Asos.

Evan and Emily danced to a cover version of Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling In Love.

“After putting my wedding dress on, I was a little bit concerned about doing the dance we had prepared.

“So when we started dancing I said to Evan, ‘We can’t do the jump – I can’t jump in this dress’.

“But when it came time, Evan whispered to me, ‘We’re doing it’ and before I knew it I was up in the air. Thankfully I didn’t end up on the ground,” Emily laughs.

THE FAVOURS Emily’s sister Olivia makes homemade natural soy candles.

“My sister is such a perfectionist with her candles, so I knew she’d do an amazing job. She made over 100 candles to go on the tables and each guest took one home to keep.

“We chose sweet vanilla and wild honeysuckle scents to alternate on the tables.

“Evan’s grandma had sadly passed away before our wedding, so we also made a donation to the Cancer Council on behalf of each guest.”

THE HONEYMOON Emily and Evan enjoyed a tropical honeymoon to Fiji.

They stayed at Denarau Island for the first five nights and then they took a boat out to Tokoriki Island.

The two also did a snorkeling trip throughout the Mamanuca Islands.

“I’d definitely go back to Fiji,” Emily says.

The couple now lives at Armstrong Creek.

HAIR AND MAKEUP: Rebeccah Vivian from Blondie Hair and Cosmetica, Geelong.

FLOWERS: Catherine Toffolon from Stems of Geelong.

INVITATIONS: Pretty In Paper, Geelong.

CARS: Wedding Jaguars of Geelong.

VIOLINIST: Hannah Walters, Melbourne.

CAKE: Noni’s Sweet Treats, Mt Duneed.

WEDDING FAVOURS: OliviaEllen Candles, Geelong.

BAND: The People’s Poets, Geelong.

RECEPTION VENUE: Barwon Edge Boathouse, Newtown.

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perkins He plays six instruments and created a debut EP last year in his Clifton Springs bedroom. LUKE VOOGT speaks to young one-man-band Guy Perkins about his unique talents and plans for the future.

PLAYING five instruments was never enough for Guy Perkins.

Back in the Bellarine, friendly competition with his muso mates helped him expand his repertoire.

A fascination with a Game of Thrones song and a quest for a tattoo drove the 19-year-old to develop his latest musical talent.

“All my Bellarine Secondary College friends have got their own musical careers now,” he says.

Since hearing the Rains of Castamere – made famous by the notorious Red Wedding episode – Guy longed to play violin.

Four months ago, Guy and a mate were searching for a place to get inked when they came across an opportunistic buy.

“We rocked up and the parlour was closed, so instead we went to the Cash Converters down the road,” he says.

“I saw this violin and it was cheap – $100 bucks with a hard case, bow and everything.”

Guy has been practicing since and has even added violin to tracks in his debut EP, which he released last November.

He played guitar, bass and drums, and performed vocals for the four-track EP, recording it all in his bedroom, despite having access to a studio.

“Some of the songs I recorded in the past sounded as good in my bedroom, so I decided I’d save some petrol,” he says.

In his high school years, his friends would play for him on stage and he was happy to return the favour.

“A lot of times I’d be playing drums in a friend’s band or bass,” he said.

“I just slowly got better and better.”

Guy was a regular at Bellarine gigs, meeting local talents like Ambrose Kennedy Smith, who plays harmonica for alternative outfit King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard.

He carved a niche for his indy pop-rock across the Penisula, playing live at the Queenscliff and Anglesea Music Festivals and Festivus in Ocean Grove.

Guy moved to Melbourne recently, to study a bachelor of audio, and plays regularly at CBD bars and pubs.

“I’m very lucky, getting to study what I love and live off it, it’s kind of what everybody dreams of,” he says.

Guy is working on his first full-length album, which he hopes to have out by the end of the year.

“It was a pretty long process; it took a lot of trial and error.”

“This one is a lot more nitty gritty, heavier and dark than my last one,” he says.

Guy started his journey to musical mastery at eight years of age when his cousin gave him his guitar.

“In terms of song writing it’s a lot more mature. The last EP was kind of childish – I guess – I wrote a lot of the songs when I was 15 or 16.”

At the time, his mum – a skilled pianist – started teaching him the piano.

“Once you get your head around a piano you can sort of get your head around the basic structure of all music,” he says.

Guy grew up surrounded by music. His uncle – a traditional Japanese musician – gave Guy three guitars and let him use his studio when he visited Japan.

He is looking to outsource some of the work this time to his musical friends, and hire a string section, despite his latest musical talent.

“The violin’s going well but I’m not that good yet,” he says.

“I’d definitely get someone professional for the album.”

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Renowned for their energetic, engaging live shows the young sisters will play tracks from the new record as well as their well-known hits popular on youth radio station Triple J. The Wool Exchange Geelong

Emma Louise – Supercry National Tour Singer/songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Emma Louise is touring in celebration of her forthcoming album, Supercry.

From penning songs to painting cover art and designing her own costumes, Emma’s music is closely entwined with her love of creating.

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In support of the release of her recent debut full-length LP, Glorious Heights, Montaigne is celebrating with an extensive national tour.

Her new single, Because I Love You, offers an electrifying perspective on pop music and an exciting taste of the album.

The Geelong gig will showcase the album’s piano chord progressions and sparkling string arrangements sculpted to complement her stunning voice.

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The third and final concert in the trio’s Friends and Lovers series is titled Das Land Ohne Musik, or A Land Without Music.

With piano, violin and cello, the concert will feature music from middle-1800s British composers including Malcolm Arnold, James Friskin and Rebecca Clarke.

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11 November The Aussie folk-pop favourites visit Geelong on their Limit of Love Tour of Australia.

The promoters say the new Limit of Love album is less about fine-tuning everything to the nth-degree than capturing a band at the height of its powers in an “honest way“.

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Indie-rock band British India is visiting Geelong as part of its latest tour.

Fans will know recent single I Thought We Knew Each Other, although the show’s sure to feature plenty of the bands earlier hits such as Beneath the Satellites and March Into The Ocean.

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3 December Denis Walter Carols By The Bay Radio presenter Denis Walter hosts a community singalong of Christmas hymns with some of the region’s talented artists and other notable Australian performers.

Special appearances will including a visit by Santa Claus.

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A fully self-contained house is also available for reservations.

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DIGITAL HAS MADE IT SO MUCH EASIER… in the older days you had to get them developed to see the result…

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A BEAUTIFUL coastline and iconic landmarks provide plenty of inspiraiton for photographers on the Bellarine Peninsula, says John Gallichan.

The keen amateur photographer has barely missed a meeting of Bellarine Camera Club since its first in 2009.

“I’ve met some lovely people being involved in the club,” he says.

The 79-year-old from St Leonards loves having the coast and a plethora of native wildlife in his backyard.

The Ozone shipwreck, the old St Leonards Pier and Edwards Point nature reserve are just some of his favourite subjects.

to digital since the gift of a camera on his 12th birthday in Geelong West inspired his love of photography.

“I’m on my fourth or fifth digital camera. Digital has made it so much easier,” he says.

“Going back in the older days you had to get them developed to see the result.”

Despite having taken photos around Geelong for over 60 years, John is still learning new skills at the club.

“It’s interesting seeing what other people are doing and talking about,” he says.

“If you feel like going and doing a photo shoot it’s not far to go – it’s all within 30 minutes drive.”

With about 50 members, the club meets on the first and third Monday of the month at SpringDale Neighbourhood Centre.

John has seen technology advance from black and white film

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Torquay artist Jacki Burke, with her King Of the Treetops providing an artistic backdrop.

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Sweeping beaches, dappled seascapes, crashing waves – Torquay’s Jacki Burke tells LUKE VOOGT how her move to the coast inspired her art.

THE secrets of art exist to be shared, says Torquay painter Jacki Burke.

Jacki is more than happy to share skills with contemporaries, unlike artists who jealously guard techniques from rivals.

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“There are enough walls in the world to hang everybody’s art, as far as I’m concerned,” she declares.

There are enough walls in the world to hang everybody’s art, as far as I’m concerned…

“I love people having success.”

Jacki teaches painting and recently celebrated opening Surf Coast Gallery.

“It’s like a dream come true for me to have this,” she says “It’s been a long time and it’s just sort of manifested.”

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The 54-year-old grew up and spent most her life in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs before moving to Torquay three years ago.

“We just love the beach, we walk it every day,” she says.

“It really is a part of my inspiration.”

Jackie fell in love with art as a child, “surrounded by colour” on a trip to the National Gallery of Victoria.

The gallery’s paintings and its mosaic ceiling enchanted her.

“I just was lying on the carpet staring up full of wonder,” she says.

The love continued, though Jacki never took formal art classes.

Her family never had the money to put her through university, she says.

“Art school wasn’t really that important in my family – it was just get out and get a job.”

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Working in administration, retail and for people with a disability, Jacki would get in front of the canvas as often as she could.

THEY NEED THE MONEY…

Primarily self-taught, she sought out professional artists – like Archibald winner Garry Shead.

“I always think the right teacher will cross your path when you’re ready for them to,” she says Her marriage in 1981 gave her some more time to explore her art, she says.

“I did my first oil painting when I was pregnant with my son 30-odd years ago.”

Her art picked-up when the last of her children “packed up and left” their North Ringwood house five years ago.

“I was just more focussed that’s all it was,” Two years later, she won Ringwood Art Society’s Artist of the Year which was the “final trigger” to paint full-time.

“That was the moment I said ‘You know what? I can paint so get on with it’,” she says.

She paints impressionistic shapes, predominantly landscapes, which come to life before the beholder.

Ironically, it was recent art classes which motivated Jacki to teach.

Originally, she started lessons to meet new people and sharpen her skills.

Rather than imitating “photographs”, she says, her impressions “morph” into different objects depending on the viewer.

“I don’t think you ever stop learning,” she says “If I learn just one thing I’ve got my money’s worth.”

That was until classmates started to notice her work.

“They would say ‘How do you do that? I want to paint like that’,” she says.

Jacki says fantastic local artists, like Lianne Gough and Janne Kearney, inspire her teaching, which is “about helping people find their own style”.

“A painting is really about them being in their own space – everyone needs colour in their life,” she says.

Painting is a compulsion for Jacki.

“I let the eye find what it wants in the painting. Everybody sees something different in it – that’s what gets me going.”

“I can paint photos too – people certainly will buy them – but that’s not where I get my joy.”

Jacki also teaches resin art, which is “much less predictable than paint”.

“It’s expensive, messy and addictive,” she says.

“It’s not a cheap workshop but I can’t keep up with the demand of them.”

It’s important to support local artists, says Jacki.

“Don’t buy art from dead people, buy it from the living. They need the money.”

“I can’t not paint,” she says.

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Renowned for the diversity and quality of its contemporary and traditional art and studio glass, Seaview features established and emerging artists from all over Australia.

During October Seaview hosts A French Affair, inspired by artist Amada Hyatt’s recent trip to France.

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A professional artist for 30 years, Amanda is internationally recognised as one of the world’s seven greatest en plein air painters.

She paints spontaneously with tonal impressionistic realism and has won many prestigious awards including a Camberwell Gold Medal, the Bale and the Kenneth Jack.

Amanda has been an ongoing member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society and Australian Watercolour Institute.

Her exhibition will also launch her new book, Watercolour: Tonal Impressionism.

The exhibition itself will launch with French champagne and canapes from 2pm to 4pm on 8 October, and runs until 25 October.

The arts of Sara Paxton and David Hobday will feature at the gallery from 29 October to 18 November.

Sara and David will again combine to bring a vibrant exhibition of land and sea colours. Sara’s bright, confident paintings will be a wonderful backdrop for David’s beautiful kiln-formed fused and slumped marine-themed glass.

The exhibition will preview from 29 October.

Patrons are invited to enjoy drinks and wine tasting from a local winey with the artists from 2pm to 4pm on 5 November.

Seaview also provides ample gift idea inspiration with a range suiting all tastes and budgets.

Gift vouchers, lay-bys and free deliveries to most areas are available.

Left: Seaview Gallery, an institution in the heritage streetscape of Queenscliff.

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Above: The Ford sign stands above the new facilities in 1926.

The closure of Ford’s Geelong manufacturing plant on 7 October ends a significant chapter in the city’s history. LUKE VOOGT takes a look back at the car company’s 91 years in Geelong.

FORD has come a long way since its first Australian-built car rolled off a makeshift assembly line on 1 July 1925.

Ford Canada engineers and local tradesmen hastily set up the 12m line in a disused wool store, producing the car three months after Ford Australia’s formation.

A small group of Ford executives and Geelong locals gathered at the Dalgety & Co wool store and clapped as the Model T roared to life.

In the following months makeshift factories would pop up around the country in an old meatworks, produce warehouse and brewery, in Sydney, Fremantle and Tasmania respectively.

In 1926, Ford finished construction on its now iconic

Records show that 2,976 Model T passenger cars were produced in 1925, and 3,128 Model T trucks.

Geelong plant. But the plant was never a certainty.

The company’s association with Australia began in 1904 when it first imported a Model T to the country.

Ford sent Canadian salesman Robert Durance to Australia in 1909 to set up a network of dealers. Soon every capital and regional centre had a dealer selling Canadian-made Fords.

A combination of tariffs designed to protect the Australian motor industry and competitors setting up local manufacturing bases, led the Ford to explore local manufacture.

On 31 March 1925 the Geelong Advertiser excitedly welcomed the formation of Ford Australia:

“After delays, rumors and several false starts, Geelong has been definitely selected for the headquarters of the well-known Ford Company.”

In the same year Ford began construction on the Melbourne Road plant and in May 1926 it produced its factory-built all-steel Model T. Ford would build 31,273 Model Ts in Australia, before replacing it with the Model A. The company made history in 1934, designing the world’s first ute.

The ground-breaking design followed a letter from a farmer who wanted a vehicle “I can take my pigs to market in during the week and my wife to church on Sunday”.

In World War II Ford switched to producing Bren gun carriers, landing barges, military vehicles and ammunition.

Production resumed after the war and the company announced a new plant in Broadmeadows in 1958.

It transferred its assembly to the new plant, amid concerns Geelong could not provide the workforce. The Geelong plant would begin producing engines instead.

In 1965 Ford built its proving ground at the You Yangs, which will remain after the plant closes.

The company has sponsored the Geelong Cats for 91 years and will continue to do so until at least 2020.

Ford posted record sales in 1985 just after Bell Park’s Brendan Sexton joined the company.

“I was working at the Pancake kitchen I think,” he says.

“They gave young people opportunities back then.”

“If someone had have told me when I was 20 I’d be at Ford for 32 years, I’d have looked at them as if they were stupid.”

However the decline of manufacture in Australia led Ford to announce shutdowns at Broadmeadows and Geelong in May 2013, with 1,200 jobs to go.

Now Ford has 814 workers in Broadmeadows and Geelong.

Since the closure announcement Ford has redeployed 94 workers, with 64 more redeployed in October.

Brendan is one of the luckier employees, who will have work

The spur line off the main Melbourne to Geelong rail line was critical to ship building material to the site.

The Geelong Assembly line.

with the company after the closure.

“I’m going to the Lara proving ground,” he says.

Brendan remembers a time when it took 10 people to make a front disc brake.

“Now you need one and a half,” he says.

“If you broke a piece of machinery you’d have to take it apart, fix it and get it back to the specified height, width and finish.

Nowadays you just use a computer screen.”

The rear of the Ford assembly plant.

In Brendan’s day the majority of training occurred on the job, not in a TAFE course.

“Once you had the knowledge then you passed it on to all your colleagues,” he says.

For the 52-year-old the highlights of working at the plant were g meeting new mates and “learning something new every day”.

“I’m quite proud I’ve lasted 32 years,” he says.

While Ford has found work for some, others will struggle, he says.

Ford assembly plant in 1926.

Looking North up Melbourne Road across the Ford Man Cowies Cree ufacturing Pl k to ant, construct home. ion workers head

“In some ways they’ve done a te e good job trying to accommodate everybody. (Ford Employees) have a lot of knowledge and skills, but often they don’t have a bit of paper to reflect it.”

Even after decades with Ford, Brendan does not consider himself a car enthusiast.

“I’ve always liked the XY GT if I had to pick favourite,” he says.

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GEELONG’S Murrell family is looking forward to its Chrysler 300 Super Stretch limousine returning “better than ever”.

Murrell Group owners Daryl and Sharon and their staff were devastated when the vehicle was stolen and damaged in April.

But the company’s insurer has confirmed the family’s pride and joy can be repaired.

“It’s a huge deal to have it back,” says Daryl’s son Tim. “It’s a flagship for the company and holds sentimental value.”

Always turning a negative into a positive, Daryl and the team at Murrell Chauffeur Drive will use the opportunity to undertake some soon-to-be-announced extensive upgrades and refurbishments to the vehicle so Geelong regains access to a state-of-the art limousine.

The limousine will also return re-badged Spirit of Gordon 2 in honour of Daryl’s late father.

Daryl said the family was sincerely grateful for the overwhelming number of Geelong residents who extended their support after the vehicle was damaged.

The ordeal only confirmed his long-held belief that Geelong residents will go out of their way to “look out for one another”, he says.

Progress, rebuild and upgrade information can be followed on Murrell Chauffeur Drive’s Facebook page, which will include pictures.

The company is taking booking inquiries for the limo’s return, tentatively set for 1 January.

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Veteran McKellar Centre volunteer June Longmore with resident Dawn Thomas.

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BARWON Health’s Aged Care Directorate offers so much more than the name suggests, says Ben Maw.

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“It supports the entire region in accessing permanent and temporary care arrangements in the person’s home or through high-quality residential aged care options,” explains Ben, director of Aged Care at Barwon Health.

care From helping clients live at home longer to providing the highest levels of residential nursing assistance, Barwon Health’s aged care services are an invaluable asset to the region.

“The services commonly begin with a requested visit from our Aged Care Assessment Service clinicians, who provide guidance and approval for services based on the client’s identified care needs.

“The clinicians also assist the client in understanding the options available to them, to meet their needs within the Barwon region.”

The directorate also manages transitional and restorative care programs across the Barwon region.

Options are available to undertake restorative care within clients’ own homes or within residential aged care services in Geelong and on the Bellarine Peninsula.

“This program is based on a restorative care model, designed to assist and support older

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patients following a health service inpatient stay,” Ben says Patients identified as suitable to access the program are medically stable but not yet ready to return to their previous living arrangements.

Barwon Health’s Transitional Care Program (TCP) collaborates with clients and their carers to identify the most suitable place for patients to live while providing necessary support functions to optimise outcomes.

“This program has a strong track record in enabling clients to return home and providing assistance and guidance to those who identify as requiring permanent residential care,” Ben says.

Barwon Health operates North Geelong’s McKellar Centre, which has provided nursing home care since opening in September 1959 thanks to a donation of 20 hectares by Ernestine and Catherine McKellar.

“Prior to this, residents of Geelong who needed nursing home care received this in Ballarat, which affected them with feelings of isolation from being away from their families, friends and familiar environments,” Ben says.

The centre opened Wallace Lodge with 108-high level care beds in 2006 after the completion of a second stage of a $100 million redevelopment project.

Wallace Lodge resident David O’Keefe enjoys the McKellar Centre outdoors with nurse Paul Harris.

“The lodge recently celebrated its 10-year birthday with many staff and residents who were also present at the opening day,” Ben says.

The lodge was named after Dr Frederick Hilton Wallace, who was a GP in the 1920s and mayor of Geelong during the 1940s.

Wallace Lodge continues to fulfil the legacy of the McKellar sisters, providing both a home and quality lifestyle for aged and younger patients.

Barwon Health has residential aged care facilities at the McKellar Centre and on the Surf Coast Highway in Grovedale, with permanent and respite care opportunities available.

The McKellar Centre has grown over the years to become a key facility for sub-acute and residential care options, offering various services required to maintain wellness and provide rehabilitation, Ben says.

“The three residential aged care services on site range from traditional hostel care through to dedicated high care and dementia-specific services.”

Also on the McKellar site are Blakiston Lodge, with 90 beds catering to mental health or dementia-specific conditions, and Percy Baxter Lodge, which offers 83 low-level care beds.

Teams of nursing and support staff assist patients who access the service through a customer engagement officer responsible for guiding them through various service options, Ben says.

Grovedale’s Alan David Lodge provides high-level care and TCP services.

“It is well-known for its innovative work in supporting residents to participate in the excitement surrounding Run Geelong, with their own internal campaign to complete the race distance,” Ben says.

Each of the aged care facilities has a team of clinicians assisting nursing staff on-site, helping

residents maintain a level of independence and choice.

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“The team includes access to daily on-site physiotherapy, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, dieticians, podiatry and oral health specialists,” Ben says.

Barwon Health also has teams of lifestyle assistants across all aged care sites to assist residents with accessing activities, group programs and social gatherings.

“And it’s all undertaken within the comforts of the facilities. In cases where a clinical concern arises, a team of nurse practitioners is available to support on-site clinical decision-making.”

A residential in-reach service provides emergency medical reviews to assist in avoiding emergency department presentations, while a dedicated team of aged care educators and quality consultants helps

“It ensures that residents are engaged and active in following their desired pursuits,” Ben says.

“In looking to the future, Barwon Health will continue honouring its history of providing high-quality permanent residential care options.

“Barwon Health is embracing the future of consumer-directed care and innovative new pathways for the region’s aged care industry.”

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view FOR last the 40 years Elizabeth Vorrath has transformed Brambledale Farm from acres of paddocks into vibrant garden full of colour.

But its the views of Port Phillip Bay that make her garden special, she says.

“Lots of people have got better gardens than me – but they haven’t got the view.”

Elizabeth bought the property with husband John in 1974, so he could be near the surf.

WORDS: LUKE VOOGT PICTURES: LINDSAY KELLEY

Lots of people have got better gardens than me – but they haven’t got the view…

John, a 76-year-old former surgeon, still enjoys surfing with his son and grandson out on the bay.

He also received a Medal of the Order of Australia in February, having invented a scope which revolutionised eye, nose and throat surgery.

But despite being “the famous one” of the couple, says Elizabeth, he is mostly relegated to cutting grass.

“He’s not a gardener and he’s not a farmer,” she says “He mows the grass because he has to – otherwise I get upset.”

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Left: Elizabeth Vorrath with the tree she planted over 40 years ago.

The garden is colourful mixture of native, Mediterranean plants and a number of trees, which have grown large since Elizabeth planted them decades ago.

“We can’t have things like azaleas or camellias,” she says.

“And he’s quite good with chainsaw – under strict supervision,” she adds.

The couple moved from Melbourne to Geelong in the 1970s so John could set up his private practice.

When they bought the property on the Bellarine Highway, near the outskirts Clifton Springs, it was a sheep and potato farm with 85 hectares of empty paddocks.

“There was hardly any trees at all and it had quite bad erosion, because of the potatoes,” Elizabeth says.

The couple built a small “weekender”, before building a permanent home there years later, in 1989.

They built their current house on the middle of the slope, finding a compromise between the best views of the bay and protection from strong winds.

“When you go up on top of the hill the view is incredible,” Elizabeth says.

“But the winds can blow you away.”

The couple love living in the Bellarine and catching up with friends, most of who live in Point Lonsdale.

“We feel like we belong here,” Elizabeth says.

“They just say nup, we don’t like it here.”

“You sort of feel you live in the country but you’re right near the city.”

The couple’s one surviving whippet, Wol, loves running around Brambledale chasing rabbits.

Elizabeth is constantly changing her garden, which she likened to a painter’s canvas or an embroiderer’s tapestry.

“I find it creative – as well as a hell of a lot of work,” she said.

For Elizabeth, who has a chemistry degree, getting her hands dirty is the best part of gardening.

“I know I’m creating an artificial environment but when you’re feeling down it can be great to get out in nature and get your hands in the soil,” she says.

“Even weeding can be fun at times – I think gardeners would probably understand that.”

The 77-year-old still does most of the work herself, despite recent knee surgery.

“I had such a brilliant surgeon that it’s given me a new lease on life,” she said.

“It’s a doggies’ paradise down here for him,” Elizabeth says.

Elizabeth has put the garden on display for the last decade or so for local children’s charity Cottage by the Sea. She’s one of a number of property owners on the Bellarine who do so.

“It’s worth making the effort for them,” she says.

“They’re a great organisation.”

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From its bluestone exterior to its richly toned interior – not to mention the rabbits everywhere else – Barwon Park Mansion remains true to its intriguing heritage.

LUKE VOOGT takes a tour.

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BARWON Park Mansion feels “more like a home than a museum“ despite its rich history, says property manager Trudi Toyne.

For Trudi, the bluestone mansion seems still occupied by its orginal family from the 1870s.

“Only two families have lived in Barwon Park Mansion, so it’s in real original condition,” she says.

keep the ‘mansion looking as good as it possibly can’.

“Barwon Park Mansion and a lot of National Trust properties rely heavily on volunteers – they do a fantastic job,” she says.

“We have some volunteers who have been there for decades.”

The property’s old dairy room and shearing shed fascinate the long-time farmer.

“They’re beautiful old relics of 100 years ago,” Mick says.

“It’s just a beautiful house and so much of it is original.”

Like Mick, Trudi is still captivated by the mansion’s architecture, which she says also impresses tourists.

“There are not many 140-yearold properties in such good condition.”

One of them, Winchelsea 75-year-old Mick O’Mara, has been involved with the mansion since 1974, not long after the National Trust took over.

Tourists can wander back in time at the mansion with its collection of 19th century clothes and paraphernalia.

Mick and his wife began attending the mansion when the trust started using it to host balls in 1975.

“When you walk through the doors and see the beautiful staircases, stained-glass windows and lofty arches it’s just outstanding.”

“The wardrobes are open so people can see the fashion of the time,” Trudi says.

Often he would help with maintenance jobs or run nightly check-ups with his labradors, who would “chase away the ghosts”.

“People are often surprised something as grand as this mansion is just sitting in a paddock.”

After a decade-long absence Mick returned in 1985 to run tours at the mansion, which hosted his daughter’s wedding in 1991.

The mansion, just outside Winchelsea, remains remarkably close to its original state from 1871, Trudi says.

“You can walk into all of the rooms and have a very close look at the furniture.”

For eight years Trudi has coordinated the volunteers who

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BARWON PARK MANSION…

New downpipes and guttering, an upgraded kitchen and some indoor repairs are the only changes in nearly 150 years.

“It’s a striking building, both inside and out,” Trudi says.

The mansion’s builder, English settler Thomas Austin, migrated to Victoria from Tasmania in 1837.

He staked out 32,000 acres of property, naming it Barwon Park and building a small log cabin.

He went on to make his fortune breeding English sheep and exporting wool back to Europe.

When the Victorian Government began a crackdown on squatters, new laws allowed Austin to buy the land cheaply.

“They either had to give it back to the government or prove they had farmed it,” Trudi says.

“In that case they could buy it for a nominal price.”

Victorian farmers were enjoying a “boom period” at the time, Trudi explains.

“A lot of mansions were built in the western district back then but none as grand as the Barwon Park Mansion.”

Austin, who was notorious for breeding rabbits, built the mansion for a visit from Queen Victoria’s son Prince Albert.

“The Duke of Edinburgh was a keen hunter and he’d heard about Thomas Austin, Barwon Park and the rabbits,” Trudi says.

Right: Barwon Park Mansion founders Elizabeth and Thomas Austin.

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While Austin bore much of the blame for introducing the furry pests, he was also known for his contribution to early Winchelsea.

He was the first mayor of the town and helped build schoolrooms and bridges. He also helped found the Victorian Racing Club.

“The things he was involved with are still impacting on us now,” Trudi says.

Austin died just six months after finishing the mansion. Wife Elizabeth took over, channeling her significant wealth into helping those less fortunate.

Trudi believes that the mansion’s matron was inspired by the plight of her servants, such as her cook, who had developed tuberculosis.

“She helped to set up what’s now known as the Austin Hospital,” Trudi says.

Now the National Trust holds summer exhibitions at the mansion, including a display for the locally-shot film The Dressmaker which attracted 22,000 people.

“That was a fantastic chance for people to come and see the mansion,“ Trudi says.

This summer the trust will host a Nighlight exhibit, displaying the evening fashions of the ’20s and ’30s.

All proceeds will go to the trust, which Trudi says is essential for preserving Australia’s historical icons.

“If we lose these places we can’t get them back.”

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After taking over kitchen joinery business Newgrove 25 years ago, he’s still committed to investing in the latest technology available and sourcing the best materials to meet customers’ needs.

Having started out as an employee, Sean was quickly promoted to manger. Then only four years later he and a fellow co-worker decided to purchase the joinery.

Spotting the need for a Geelong bench top specialist, they decided to steer their business in that direction.

The long hours put in during those early days had paid off and so, as the business grew, they relocated to Newgrove’s current site in Leather Street, Breakwater.

Now the sole owner of the business, Sean has a team of over 20 people working at the purposebuilt premises.

All the company’s benchtops are made on site within the immaculate and well-organised factory.

Newgrove Joinery began manufacturing kitchen cabinets in the mid-1980s. The business caters to an extensive market including residential, retail, hospitality, health and education sectors, and to home renovators.

Plenty of advice and instruction booklets are provided so clients can measure and install a new benchtop.

Newgrove bench tops feature clean lines and simplicity in design as an important part of any kitchen.

Newgrove is particularly excited to introduce Nover Fenix NTM, a new award-winning product from Italy, to the company’s already extensive range of benchtop materials.

Newgrove is the first in Geelong to offer Fenix NTM, using nanotech matt material that is durable, hygienic and heat resistant.

“The surface has an incredible resistance to scratches and abrasion,” Sean says as he rubs the surface with a 20 cent piece and simply wipes away the marks.

“Best of all, with Fenix NTM the surface, even though it’s black, does not show fingerprints.”

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“Following the lead from Europe, the matt look is quickly trending, so with its super matt and soft-touch surface Fenix NTM is already a favorite with interior designers,” Sean says.

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matter THE goal for eating and exercise is “healthy and fit” rather than “obsessively miserable”, says one of Geelong’s leading personal trainers.

“It’s about getting your mind right and your physique will follow.”

Body Conquest’s Ingrid Barclay has created a flagship mindset course called Mental Makeover to achieve both objectives.

The course helps women ready to address the factors holding back their progress in achieving improved health and fitness, Ingrid explains.

Leading local personal trainer Ingrid Barclay.

“It touches on perfectionism, feelings of unworthiness and the ’stuck’ feeling in following fitness and nutrition plans.

The course has become a benchmark in the fitness industry for women who want to address their mindset.”

Ingrid’s experience of training thousands of clients has taught her that results are often short-term if “the mind isn’t addressed along with nutrition and training”.

“The main problem is dietary rules because the nature of rules is that we feel bad or wrong when we break them. You can get great results by creating your own rules based on your own preferences, mindfulness practice, listening to your body’s cues and finding a way to like how you eat.

The course was born from Ingrid’s own past struggles balancing diet and exercise, which prompted her to ask “why I was sabotaging my own effort”, she says.

But developing a “mindset makeover” helped Ingrid regain control over her former food obsession.

“Body Conquest will help you do that.”

Ingrid also offers an associated course called End Emotional Eating, which over three sessions works on five steps to improve mindfulness.

“The Body Conquest mission is to help women break through the crash dieting cycle through easy tools and useable insights,” Ingrid says.

With a new mindset about food that “it doesn’t control me anymore”, Ingrid was able to maintain her low body fat with “ease”.

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THE phone rings at 11pm. The Block contestants want yet another change to their wardrobe design.

Nigel Robinson takes it in his stride and prepares for the day ahead.

“Being a tradesman on the TV series is gruelling and tests your patience as you battle for space with the other tradies swarming the building sight,” Nigel says.

“The contestants face greater challenges but it still means long hours and no room for error.”

Geelong’s Cabinetmakers Choice, which Nigel owns with business partner Chris Adamko, was approached to design, manufacture and install wardrobes for The Block 2016 contestants.

“We were absolutely thrilled to be invited to participate,” Nigel says.

“But it’s a tight timeframe to meet with contestants, draw up designs, make design changes, order materials, take delivery, make the wardrobes and install them, all before the room reveal.”

The judges gave full points to Geelong contestants Andy and Ben for their guest bedroom.

“That was a proud moment – it must have been the wardrobes,” Nigel laughs.

“The wardrobes installed are designer-plus, luxurious and modern but still in keeping with the art deco theme of The Block apartments.”

Visually appealing custom-built wardrobes, walk-in wardrobes and even change rooms are increasingly a feature of contemporary homes, defining the look of bedroom spaces, Nigel says.

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Nigel Robinson and business partner Chris Adamko at Cabinetmakers’ Choice.

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