Geelong Indy - 25th January 2019

Friday, 25 January, 2019

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By Luke Voogt The region’s storage levels have dropped below half after Barwon Water left restrictions unchanged at their lowest level as summer began.

In early December Barwon Water managing director Tracey Slatter announced no extra restrictions despite storage levels of 57 per cent,

below 72 per cent at the same time in 2017.

The fall below 50 per cent capacity came as Barwon Water unveiled a residential development at Highton in line with the authority’s new “entrepreneurial approach”.

The Victoria’s shadow water minister Steph Ryan demanded Barwon Water focus on its core job.

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from page 1 “Providing safe and affordable water and sewerage services should be Barwon Water’s number one priority,” she said.

Barwon Water executive Kate Sullivan said the three-hectare estate would consist of 30 lots plus two bigger lots for medium density housing at a former water basin.

Ms Sullivan said Barwon Water had yet to price the lots but would use 100 per cent of proceeds “to keep downward pressure on water prices”.

“Cumulus Highton (estate) is one of the ways Barwon Water is adopting an entrepreneurial approach to keeping customers’ water bills down.

“By developing the former water basin ourselves, rather than selling to a developer, we’re maximising the value of our surplus land and passing that on as savings to our customers.”

The Highton estate follows Barwon Water’s launching its $50 million Torquay development, Salt, last year.

Ms Sullivan said agents would auction the first lots at Salt tomorrow.

Both estates feature a 7.5-star energy rating, solar panels, electric car charging and rainwater harvesting.

They represented Barwon Water’s commitment to providing value to customers, spreading “regional prosperity” and a working toward a sustainable future, Ms Sullivan said.

She declined to state the value of the Highton estate or whether Barwon Water planned further forays into residential development.

“We are continuing to assess our landholdings to determine how we can best add value to our assets to benefit our customers,” she said.

This included “exploring options” with Geelong’s council for Barwon Water’s former depot site at South Geelong, she said.

Barwon Water also spent $1.2 million in 2017 to establish an in-house business for maintenance services, after outsourcing the work to a Perth company four years ago.

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And 25 years in her “dream job” as its inaugural chief executive officer has only stoked her passion.

“I see where we have made a difference to people’s lives,” she said.

“We've kept married couples together.

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Joy has helped transform the 40-bed hostel at North Geelong from employing 30 people in 1994 into a 160-bed facility with 200 staff and 60 volunteers.

“I’ve been really fortunate to have been with the organisation from the beginning so I could set the culture,” she said.

Joy was particularly proud of a dementiaspecific facility that opened at the centre in 2016.

“We fought so long to get that facility and we knew that was a need.”

MACS will celebrate Joy’s silver anniversary with a barbeque lunch and the opening of Stan’s Shed and a walking track.

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IN BRIEF Murder trial Nicholas Munn will stand trial for the alleged hammer-murder of North Shore father Jason Fry, whose body was discovered in a car boot last April.

Mr Munn, 40, entered a plea of not guilty during a committal hearing in Geelong this week, with the accused to remain in custody until his trial at a date yet to be fixed.

Senior ‘clipped’ Police are seeking witnesses after a car knocked over a 96-year-old man at Queenscliff on Sunday, leaving him with a suspected broken hip.

Police described the incident as a “clip”, saying the driver might remain unaware that their car, possibly small and orange, had collided with the man.

‘Playmaker’ extended “Exciting playmaker” Brandan Parfitt has signed a contract extension with the Geelong Cats, the club has announced.

The 20-year-old indigenous midfielder, selected with pick 26 in the 2016 draft, was now contracted until the end of 2020, the club said this week.

Sex charges An ex-policeman allegedly tried eloping overseas with a 14-year-old girl he was sexually abusing in Geelong around 10 years ago while married with two children, a court has heard.

Mario Simon Didulica, who faces 20 charges including sexual penetration of a child, quit the force in 2010 and moved to Croatia in 2013 while under police investigation, Melbourne Magistrates Court heard this week.

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IN PAIN: Krystle McGrane with father Neil during a meeting with her advocate in Geelong. 189506

Smash victim leads local MRI campaign

By Luke Voogt Teesdale crash victim Krystle McGrane is the face of Epworth Geelong’s campaign for free MRI after having emergency scans for lifesaving surgery at the hospital.

Krystle backed the campaign, after the Indy last year revealed the hospital’s scanner was not covered under Medicare.

“I think it’s a great idea,” she said.

Krystle, who spoke to the Indy about her battle for a disability pension last week, had scans before and after surgery on 1 March 2018.

She was in two car accidents in 2014 and 2017, which left her with severe spinal injuries and unable to work.

“I’ll never forget that smell in my life, (of) burning rubber and metal,” she said.

“I have so many nightmares. I ball up, cry in my sleep.”

Epworth Geelong pain specialist Michael Vagg diagnosed her with complex regional pain syndrome, which rates higher than child-

birth and amputation on the McGill Pain Index.

Krystle aggravated her injuries last February after attempting to pet her puppy.

“I felt like I’d been shot in the back. I screamed so loud,” Krystle said.

She got an ambulance to Epworth where Dr Vagg said her condition “seriously threatened” her leg, bowel and bladder function.

“I knew this was a potentially disastrous situation that needed rapid action,” he said in an Epworth video.

Dr Vagg ordered urgent MRI scans for Krystle, who had surgery within two hours.

If TAC had not paid for the scans, Krystle would have owed more than $1800, on a Newstart Allowance of just $275 per week.

“Moving me (to a scanner covered by Medicare) could have been disastrous and the wait could have left me paralysed, incontinent and possibly dead,” she said.

TAC payed Ms McGrane loss of earnings benefits from 2014 but ceased them in 2017

because she had “less than 50 per cent disability”.

Centrelink began paying her Newstart allowance in January 2018 but refused to pay her disability pension despite her “48 per cent disability“, she said.

Krystle lives with parents, Neil, 68, and Margot, 67, and sometimes uses a walking frame due to her condition.

“My dad’s got Parkinson’s disease and my mum’s got diabetes and chronic arthritis,” she said.

“Sometimes I wonder if it’s worthwhile to be in pain for a week to afford vegetables.”

TAC paid for some medications and medical appointments but the authority had refused to pay for others, Krystle said.

At times she had been in tears over the phone begging for TAC to cover ketamine infusions before the commission agreed, she said.

TAC was working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and apologised for any stress it may have caused, a spokesperson said.

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A railway boom-gate failure at North Geelong demands an “urgent” State Government inquiry, according to federal MP Sarah Henderson.

She called for the probe this week after Corio’s Caroline Bull said she almost collided with a freight train at a level crossing when the boom gate failed to activate.

Visitors campaign A campaign encouraging friends and family to visit foreign students in Geelong could capitalise on Avalon Airport’s new international flights, according to Deakin University.

The campaign would seek to build on Deakin’s 3000 international students already averaging 1.7 visitors for 17 nights a year to create additional business for Avalon and other local tourism operators, the university said.

Sails down Entries are down 10 per cent on last year for Geelong’s historic sailing regatta, organisers have revealed, Festival of Sails this week announced a fleet of “more than 270” boats would compete in this long weekend’s regatta, with organisers calling the entries “on par” with last year’s 300plus.

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Wild four-hour car chase

Teen girl and men charged A teenage girl and two men face charges over a four-hour police pursuit across Geelong that began at Corio and ended at Inverleigh on Monday.

A 17-year-old girl faced children’s court on Tuesday, while a 22-year-old Corio man and a 29-year-old Bendigo man faced Magistrates’ Court that day.

All three were denied bail while a 26-yearold Maryborough woman was released without charge pending further inquiries.

The chase began on Monday after reports of a stolen black ute driving on the wrong side of Princes Hwy at Corio about 9.30am.

Police alleged the car had been stolen during an aggravated carjacking on Helms Street, Newcomb, last Friday.

Officers attempted to intercept the ute at Corio but it failed to stop. They pursued the car towards Werribee before it turned towards Geelong.

The court heard the teenage girl received a text about 11am saying that police were pursuing her boyfriend.

The teen allegedly arranged to get in a stolen green Holden Commodore wagon and meet her boyfriend and two others, who drove the ute into Market Square carpark.

The occupants of the ute allegedly jumped into the passenger seats of the wagon before the girl drove off.

She allegedly kept driving when a police officer threw his bicycle in front of the car in an

attempt to stop it, and then through a boom gate.

The girl allegedly swapped seats with her boyfriend, who drove the car for 90 minutes while police pursued, the court heard.

The girl, a man and a woman jumped out of the wagon on Monterey Dve, Waurn Ponds, and allegedly attempted to steal another car before locking themselves in the vehicle.

Police arrested the trio and continued to pursue the girl’s boyfriend towards Inverleigh.

The wagon crashed in a paddock off Hamilton Hwy near Inverleigh and police chased down the driver on foot before arresting him just after 1.15pm on Monday.

A magistrate refused bail to the teenage girl, who appeared via video link, remanding her in custody to appear again on 30 January.

The 22-year-old from Corio faces 19 charges for offences related to motor vehicle theft and dangerous driving.

A magistrate remanded him in custody to appear before Geelong Magistrates’ Court on 24 January.

The 29-year-old Bendigo man will face 14 charges including two counts of dangerous driving while pursued by police, driving in a dangerous manner, reckless conduct endangering life and resisting police.

A magistrate remanded him in custody to appear in court later this year.

MUM’S BOY: Young comedian Bryn Inglis in action.

Geelong ‘clown’ a class act

By Luke Voogt Criminology student Bryn Inglis will take on Geelong’s best young jokers when Raw Comedy comes to town next month.

The new Geelong local came second in Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns competition, which he entered after prompting from schoolmates at his childhood home of Frankston.

“That was my first shot at stand-up. It was an amazing experience,” the 19-year-old said.

“I had no idea how that was going to go, but as soon as I got up on stage performing my set I really felt quite at home.”

Bryn went on to perform sketches at the festival, following mentoring from iconic comedians like Sammy J. He also learnt to be “aware“ of what audience members could “contribute”, once using

a drunken heckler’s quips against him during a pub gig.

His biggest source of material was his “eccentric“ and “emotional“ mum, who had no problem being the butt of his jokes, he said.

“She loves to hear her name on stage.”

Bryn’s two jobs, at a bakery and Adventure Park, and his friends’ drunken antics at university had also inspired his comedy.

“I’ve actually been writing a bit of material on some of the costumers,” he said.

“Some of the things you see at uni have definitely got some material for me.”

After spending part of his childhood in England and Germany, and later Frankston, Bryn loves his new home city.

“I think the sense of humour from most people here is really good,” he said.

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Pensioners’ deposit fight Painter ‘sorting’ their $2500

By Luke Voogt A Drysdale pensioner couple has accused a painter of taking their $2500 deposit without beginning the job almost four months later.

Ross Brown, 67, paid the deposit to the painter on 10 October for a $5500 job.

“He said he needed to buy the paint,” Mr Brown said.

“I’ve had a lot of contractors ask for money before they do jobs. I’ve done heaps of things and paid a deposit - I just thought that was what you do.”

But painter Gary Keele had yet to begin the job or repay the deposit, Mr Brown said.

“He hasn’t been near the place since.”

The Indy has seen an invoice with Mr Keele’s name and a withdrawal receipt for the deposit.

When Mr Keele returned the Indy’s call he admitted to accepting the deposit and said the matter was “being sorted” before hanging up.

The Indy has seen text messages from October and November in which he assured Mr Brown the job would begin in a few days.

But in late November Mr Keele texted that he would return the deposit.

His texts mentioned “court troubles” and being “blind-sighted” lending the money to someone.

Mr Keele had failed to return calls over the past couple of months, Mr Brown said.

Mr Brown visited Drysdale Police Station, where officers advised him the dispute was a civil matter.

Consumer Affairs Victoria, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Australian Securities and Investments Commission were all unable to help, he said.

IN WRITING: A legal service letter and a quote documenting the $2500 stand-off.

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Mr Brown and wife Coral had planned to repaint their home since moving from Bairnsdale in 2017 to be closer to their children.

“We’ve come from a community where we trusted and knew everybody,” Mrs Brown said.

He warned readers to be wary of paying deposits to tradespeople.

“We don’t want this happening to someone else.”

In 2017 the Indy reported how Mr Brown endured an “agonising” four-hour wait for paramedics, prompting an Ambulance Victoria review. Around the same time as the kidney stone emergency he also had prostate surgery.

Barwon Community Legal Service issued on the Brown’s behalf a claim for Mr Keele to return the deposit but he had yet to respond, Mr Brown said.

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Call to fix ‘terrible’ damage to Barwon

By Luke Voogt Acid levels high enough to kill fish in a creek near Colac after “excessive“ groundwater pumping have prompted calls to repair “terrible“ environmental damage.

Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson urged State Government to disclose its plans to remediate the “technically dead” Boundary Creek at Yeodene on Tuesday.

“The acid sulphate levels are so high that no fish can live in the water and the pylons which form part of the Gerangamete Bridge are being impacted,” she said.

But Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville hit back saying remediation plans were well underway.

“It’s clear Sarah Henderson doesn’t understand this issue and has not paid any attention to work that is underway to ensure the health of this important waterway.“ Ms Henderson and Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price toured the creek, where groundwater pumping had caused long-lasting and serious damage, she said.

“There is evidence of declining populations of platypus, a protected species. I have previously raised these matters which was met with denials by Barwon Water that there was any issue.“ While Barwon Water stopped pumping groundwater from Barwon Downs Borefield in 2016, the damage led to acidic water entering Barwon River and flowing toward Geelong in June 2018.

“Barwon Water has only recently conceded that its licence to extract as much as 20,000

TERRIBLE DAMAGE: Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson meets local farmer and Landcare member Mal Gardiner at Boundary Creek.

mega litres of water a year from the Otways aquifer has compromised the health of these waterways,” Ms Henderson said.

“Barwon Water (managing director) Tracey Slatter has apologised to the community but this is not good enough.“ Barwon Water was now applying for a new licence to extract up to 12,000 megalitres a year at Barwon Downs in the Gerangamete Groundwater Management Area, Ms Henderson said.

“Barwon Water must withdraw its license application and State Water Minister Lisa Neville must urgently disclose her plan to remediate the waterways.”

But Ms Neville said she had already inter-

vened to ensure Barwon Water would not receive a licence to extract further water until remediation works concluded.

“We are working closely with the community to ensure remediation is done appropriately and that there is strong oversight of potential environmental impacts.”

Southern Rural Water, which grants licences in the southern half of Victoria, would conduct additional environmental assessments before deciding on Barwon Water’s application, Ms Neville said.

“This is about getting the balance right to ensure that there is minimal environmental impact whilst maintaining affordable back up water supplies for Geelong and the region.”

‘Have say’ on Highton plan

By Luke Voogt Highton traders have urged locals to have their say before today's close of public consultation on alfresco plans that could change the face of the suburb.

More than 300 people have submitted responses so far to the council plans, which some traders believe could “kill” local strip shopping.

Highton Village Traders Association president Mary Petherick urged locals to submit improvements to the plans, rather than “for” or “against” responses.

“I definitely encourage people to take five or ten minutes tomorrow to think of how it could impact upon our future,” she said yesterday.

“It will certainly impact traders financially.“ Fellow association member and liquor store owner Tony Nardi said he had spoken to a few people who planned to object to the plans.

“Put your objection in by (today) because we have a problem with (the loss of parking) and we need everybody to have their say.”

The call follows a meeting of two dozen Highton Traders earlier this month about the plans.

Geelong’s council released two options to redevelop Highton featuring additional trees, alfresco dining areas, public plazas and bike lanes.

Plans to reduce on-street parking would drive customers away, cafe owner Joe Tripodi told two dozen traders.

“We’ll lose the whole crux of what Highton’s all about ... honestly, I think it will kill Highton,” he said.

The traders echoed his sentiment and demanded any plans to develop Highton include a net gain of on street parking.

The plans are available for comment on council’s ’Your Say’ webpage.

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Police target ‘impaired’ drivers, leadfoots, phone addicts

Big weekend on our roads

By Luke Voogt

CRACKDOWN: Highway Patrol officer Adam Clay prepares for a busy long weekend on local roads.

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Police will bolster their numbers in Geelong and the Surf Coast over an eventful Australia Day long weekend to crack down on drinkdriving and speeding.

“You’ll definitely see increased police presences around Geelong and the Surf Coast,” warned Waurn Ponds Highway Patrol Sergeant Peter Radford.

“We’re going to have a strong focus on impaired driving, speed and people using mobile fines.”

Additional marked and unmarked cars would monitor local roads for Operation Amity, while police would set up extra breath and drug-testing sites, Sgt Radford said.

His warning followed 12 deaths on Victorian roads so far in 2019.

Last year, three people died and 55 sustained injuries in crashes over the Australia Day long weekend.

“If we have one serious injury or one fatal crash, that’s one too many,” Sgt Radford said.

“But we need help from the public, we can’t do it alone.”

Sgt Radford urged motorists to drive to conditions and plan alternative transport if they intended to drink alcohol.

“We see an influx of people coming down to Geelong and the Surf Coast simply because it’s a long weekend,” he said.

The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

would create extra traffic, including international tourists driving to the event, Sgt Radford said.

“We ask people to be patient. It’s a world class riding event and it’s going to be broadcast around the world.”

TAC road safety director Samantha Cockfield urged drivers to plan ahead and make safe choices over the long weekend.

With school holidays wrapping up, the weekend was one of the busiest of the year on Victorian roads, she said.

“We expect roads to be busy across the state with people taking longer trips and attending social events, and with increased traffic comes a higher-risk of something unexpected happening.

“Our message is to avoid fatigued driving, slow down, and if your weekend involves drinking alcohol, leave the keys behind and plan a safe way home.“ Vicroads expected 80,000-plus spectators to watch the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race around Geelong and the Surf Coast from Friday to Sunday.

The race will cause road closures through parts of Geelong, Barwon Heads, Torquay, Anglesea, Barrabool and Highton.

For a map and list of planned closures visit cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au/ about/traffic-alterations/.

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST We are calling for Expressions of Interest from community groups to occupy community spaces within the new Armstrong Creek East Community Hub. The multi–use community hub is currently under construction due for completion March 2019 and aims to provide an integrated early childhood service, a comprehensive range of community services, care and health services.

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For more information, application form and submission details visit our website www.geelongaustralia.com.au/yoursay or contact the City’s Leasing Team on 5272 4403. Expressions of interest close 5.00pm Friday 8 February 2019. Successful applicants will be notified March 2019.

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Osborne Park, located in North Geelong, is a picturesque and significant area, surrounded by the bay and home to the historic Osborne House and the Stables. We’re developing a master plan for the area and we’d like to know your ideas for the area.

Go to our website www.geelongaustralia.com.au/yoursay before 11 February 2019 and tell us what you think.

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People should avoid contact with the water and should not eat fish caught in contaminated water. Please restrain pets from making contact with the water in these reserves.

If skin contact should accidentally occur, wash immediately in fresh water. Contact with Blue–Green algae can cause skin rashes, eye and ear infections, vomiting and diarrhoea, mouth ulcers, sore throat and asthma symptoms. Anyone experiencing a reaction should seek medical help. Warning signs have been erected at the affected waterways.

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TEMPORARY CHANGED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS

Thursday 31 January at 5.30pm.

To ensure the safe conduct of the Festival of Sails event, Eastern Beach Road between Bellerine Street and Yarra Street, Geelong will be closed from approximately 6.00am on Saturday 26 January until 7.00am on Tuesday 29 January. Emergency access will be available at all times.

Items to be discussed are: •

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The second round of the City’s 2018–19 Community Investment and Support Fund grant programs are now open!

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DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS ADVICE – SATURDAY 26 JANUARY

The Parade, Ocean Grove.

On Saturday 26 January, at approximately 9.15pm a fireworks display will be staged on Corio Bay directly in front of Eastern Beach Reserve. Key viewing areas for the fireworks display are Eastern Beach Reserve, Ritchie Blvd, Eastern Park, Eastern Beach foreshore.

The City of Greater Geelong recommends that pet owners ensure that their animals are safe and secure prior to this time.

Planning Permit Application PP–1305– 2017 for use of a function centre and reduction of bicycle requirements at 20 Evans Road, Bell Post Hill.

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Healthy and Connected Communities Up to $6,000 for community projects, programs or activities that focus on improving health and wellbeing or up to $2,000 for equipment purchases.

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The trial road closure of this section of Gibbons Road (near O’Hallorans Road) aims to reduce dust and road deterioration for local residents, caused by traffic using this unsealed road as a thoroughfare to get to and from central Lara. During this trial closure we encourage drivers to use sealed roads in the area, such as Heales Road or Forest Road South, to travel to and from central Lara.

For more information contact us on 5272 5272.

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Also now open:

The Central Geelong Business Facilitation Program is intended to support a vibrant and commercially sustainable city centre.

The program supports one-off capital improvement projects for businesses located within the Central Geelong Action Plan boundary area.

Online submissions are now open and will close on Monday 18 February at 5.00pm.

For more information go to www.geelongaustralia.com.au/grants

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TRAFFIC CHANGES CADEL EVANS GREAT OCEAN ROAD RACE ON THIS WEEKEND – FRIDAY 25 TO SUNDAY 27 JANUARY The City is proudly hosting the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race from Friday 25 January to Sunday 27 January. Temporary changed traffic conditions will be implemented in Geelong, Barwon Heads and Torquay. All major intersections will remain open, other than when the race passes by. For a complete list of road closures refer to the table below or visit RIDES / RACE TYPE Vegemite Family Ride

DATE AND TIMES Friday 25 January 3.00pm–7.00pm

www.cadelroadrace.com or www.eventsgeelong.com.au and search for Cadel.

If you have any questions in relation to the changed traffic conditions and road closures, contact the event organiser Sport Projects at traffic@cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au or call the event traffic help line on 0400 076 093.

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• Geelong Waterfront – Eastern Beach Road

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• The Barwon Heads bound lane only of Barwon Heads Road between Breakwater Rd & Golf Links Rd will be CLOSED to trafic between 7.00am and 9.30am.

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It is estimated that you will have to wait for no longer than 15–20 minutes.

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to ensure the roads are clear for the races.

Parking restrictions will come into effect earlier on race days than the actual race times, look for any advisory signage situated on the event course prior to parking your vehicle.

Emergency access is a priority and will always take precedence over the event.

Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times during the event via existing footpaths.

Where roads are closed for short periods, access across roads will be via marshalled course crossing points. Due to the large volume of cyclists on the roads during the event you should take extra care when crossing the roads the course travels along.

Residents and businesses located on the course roads have been sent detailed advice regarding access arrangements during the event.

Public transport there will be changes to public transport services across the weekend.

Customers are advised to check the PTV website for updates on www.ptv.vic.gov.au/ news-and-events/

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Horseshoe Bend Rd > The Esplanade > Bell St > Great Ocean Rd > Bells Blvd > Bells Beach Rd > Jarosite Rd SATURDAY 26 JAN & SUNDAY 27 JAN

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Seniors mad for mandolin

By Gill Cooper Learning to play the mandolin may seem an odd choice of instrument.

However, the antique relative of the lute appears to be undergoing quite a renaissance with Geelong retirees.

U3A’s new beginners’ mandolin class starting in first term is already full, with 10 participants and five people on the waiting list for next round so far.

Playing music with other like-minded people has become passion for Highton resident Gavin Parker, who is now turning his hand and teaching others the mandolin.

Gavin took up mandolin lessons through U3A Geelong by chance a few years ago after his wife Lynne-Maree returned to part-time work and couldn’t complete her course.

“I took up the rest of her lessons and found it very enjoyable,” Gavin said.

He has since been playing as part of the U3A’s Intermediate Mandolin Group and loves collaborating with fellow musos.

“I enjoy just playing together and making nice sounds,” he said.

Gavin described the mandolin as “a fretted version of the violin”.

He said the group played mainly folk music and Irish celtic tunes, or “basically anything a fiddle can play”.

Gavin admitted to catching the ‘collector’s bug’, a common disease among instrument lovers of all sorts.

The mandolin has strong links to the medieval lute used by bards and story-tellers of old. It commonly has four courses of double strings, eight in all, and is played with a plectrum.

“I also have a mandola from a friend and an Irish bouzouki, which I bought off my previous tutor. This is a longer scale instrument, which does chords beautifully,” Gavin explained.

LUTISH BEHAVIOUR: Gavin Parker plays a Mandola while Nancy Jaggar strums her mandolin. 189203 Gavin said he had already gained “a lot of enjoyment” his involvement at the U3A. “As an organisation it provides a huge diversity of courses such as music, art and philosophy. I’ve also done rock ‘n roll dancing, the ukelule and German classes!”

Gavin will lead the next beginner’s mandolin course in tandem with accomplished Belmont musician Nancy Jagger - a fellow member of the Intermediate Mandolin Group.

Experienced mandolin players are also welcome to join the group to play outside of class and at local community organisations.

(Rebecca Hosking) Nancy said six players were needed to perform on strings for any given occasion at venues such as the Anam Cara Hospice which provides palliative care services in Geelong.

“We play the songs they know and they seem to really enjoy our visits. Music helps bring people out of themselves.”

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CONCENTRATION: Robert Croft works on a piece for an exhibition for artists with disabilities at Deakin University next month.

Three Geelong men have turned their talents to wrap art in a project aiming to showcase artists with disabilities.

Prolific painter Christian Den Besten joined Robert Croft and Matt Robertson creating art to go on display next month for ‘the together project’.

“Making art and artworks makes me happy,” he said.

“I’ve been doing it for over 25 years!”

The central Geelong local, who has intellectual disabilities, told the Indy last year he had lost count of his paintings at a few hundred.

The three artists and other participants made wrap art in workshops at the National Wool Museum.

Art from the workshops will go on display in The Project Space at Deakin University from 4

FREE CHEMICAL DROP OFF DAY Saturday 9 February 2019, 9.00am - 3.00pm City of Greater Geelong Operations Depot, 299 Anakie Rd, Lovely Banks

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Residents can bring the following items: • Acids and alkalis • Aerosol cans (empty cans can be put in your household recycling bin)

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• Anti-freeze

• Herbicides and weed killers

• Brake luid

• Insect spray/pesticides

• Car body iller

• Nail polish and remover

• Car wax

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• Paint stripper

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• Rat poison

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• Solvents • Transmission luid

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• Wood preservatives and inishes (oils and varnish)

Paint is not accepted. Domestic quantities of paint can be dropped off at the Geelong Resource Recovery Centre for FREE.

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to 12 February.

The together project aimed to start important conversations about safety and respect towards disabled people, according to Marianna Codognotto, from the Disability Services Commissioner.

“This is all about building cultures that are safe and respectful, where everyone is seen as individual and equal,” Ms Codognotto said.

The together project will have a residency in the Nebula art space at Steampacket Gardens on Geelong’s waterfront on 4 and 5 February.

The National Wool Museum and ArtGusto will run an open workshop at The Project Space from 11am to 1pm on 4 February.

“Everyone has the opportunity to come and contribute to our wrap art project and to join in our conversations around what makes us all feel safe, happy and respected,” Ms Codognotto said.

Pokie bid at house City Hall is “preparing a response” to plans for 43 extra pokies at White Eagle House after losing thousands of dollars fighting Geelong RSL over 30 additional machines.

The City has called for public comment to “assist with the process” of responding to the Polish Community Association’s proposed gaming expansion at Breakwater.

The association has lodged an application at the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) to increase the venue’s pokies from 35 to 78 in three tranches.

“The first tranche of 15 pokies would be deployed upon approval,” City Hall said.

“The second allotment of 15 would be deployed after completion of new sports facilities, with the final 13 to follow an upgrade of the licensed hospitality facilities.”

Council’s electric gaming policy aimed to reduce the “negative impacts” of problem gambling on pokies, said City Hall’s community life acting director, Robyn Stevens.

“The policy also seeks to ensure that any decisions around gambling do not have a detrimental impact on our community,” Ms Stevens said.

“We’d encourage all community members and organisations to have their say on the Polish Community Association’s application.”

The application will go before a VCGLR hearing on 26 February.

The public could comment on the application at the websites of Geelong’s council and the VCGLR, City Hall said.

Last year council set aside up to $8000 for “external” lawyers to fight the RSL’s bid for extra pokies at its Belmont venue. Council also allocated in-house legal representation to the case.

But council lost is battle in December when the VCGLR granted conditional approval to the RSL application.

The following night councillors began considering spending over $50,000 to re-establish a Geelong Gambling Advisory Committee.

Gamblers lost more than $118 million on pokies in greater Geelong last financial year, according to City Hall.

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LETTERS United we stand…

It’s time for Australians to rejoice, as Australia Day has come around again.

And what do Australians do on Australia Day? We come together!

We come together to affirm that we have common aims, hopes, and sentiments for our land.

In our local communities, our states, and our country Australia Day is a day of togetherness and moving closer together.

We need to carry this spirit of togetherness over into the rest of the year that now stands before us. Whatever needs to be done, together we can do it!

If we stand together for what is right and good and honourable we can ensure that our future will prosper.

Advance Australia fair!

Melva Stott Anglesea

Extremist hates our day I was concerned to learn that federal Labor’s candidate for Corangamite does not support retaining Australia Day on 26 January.

As reported, Libby Coker is one of few local councillors in our region who has declined to comment on her beliefs about Australia Day. She has previously advocated a change of date.

It is also concerning that she has declined to support Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s stronger protections for Australia Day, which will require councils to commit to conducting ceremonies on our national day.

Australia Day means so much to my family.

Cr Coker’s extreme views are very much out of step with so many in our community.

Carol Waters Anglesea

Don't keep on truckin’ Stating the obvious, it’s been far too long in the state’s largest provincial city for trucks to essentially be given free transit though the CBD. While it’s potentially good news that Vicroads and City of Greater Geelong are again evaluating data with a view to alternative routes, CBD stakeholders have not been supported.

Apologists in response to my previous comments on this issue - Geelong Chamber Of Commerce, Committee for Geelong and G21 have over time not offered a committed or collective stance to change this bottom-drawer status quo, which has cruelled on-street hospitality, challenged pedestrian and cyclist safety and parallel parking, and pumped up diesel emission issues.

Agreed, it’s time to think big. Either an Avalon-Point Henry bridge or tunnel or, at the low price, a 7am-7pm curfew, excepting whitegoods vans, which works effectively in European cities, would be the go.

Richard Worland Manifold Heights

Download on monitors In response to Stephen Juhasz (Letters, 11 January) I offer the following.

Ratepayers Geelong wrote to then-Local Government Minister Marlene Kairouz on 26 July 2018 on the subject of the continued employment of council monitors and received a response from Graeme Emonson, executive director Local Government Victoria, dated 10 September 2018.

We were advised that quarterly updates prepared on Geelong council’s transformation program were available on the Local Government Victoria website localgovernment.vic.gov.au/ council-governance/independent-reports.

Be patient awaiting a download and be prepared also to follow up.

Last week’s Geelong Indy reported that deputy mayor Peter Murray had met new Local Government Minister Adem Somyurek on this issue, of which one of the most concerning aspects is the easy spending of ratepayers’ money.

Jim Collins Ratepayers Geelong

Profit and losses The alleged near collision of a train and a car on Thompson Rd, North Geelong, recently seems a possible classic case of departmental cost-cutting.

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BUCKETS & BOUQUETS Buckets to a business on Pakington St, Geelong West, for failing to clean up the walls of its premises, which have been covered in graffiti for months. It is a visual blight on the area that could be easily fixed.

RS, Geelong West

Bouquets to Belly’s Air Condition’s Darry Belly. I texted him on 14 January and he arrived for a full day’s work on the 15th. He quickly solved the internal-leaking problem very efficiently, for which I am so grateful.

F Lennon, Waurn Ponds

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78 Moorabool St, Geelong, 3220 Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au Facebook.com/GeelongIndependent Fax: 5249 6799 Contributions must be less than 50 words and include the writer’s full name, address and phone number. by taxpayers. As such, all funds should be expended to provide the services governments are contracted to provide, and all profits returned to Treasury for the public benefit.

Governments exist to serve, not to profit themselves or to run our lives for us. However, government’s true role has been usurped.

For example, there is no sign of the possibly hundreds of millions of dollars paid in VicRoads fines in Geelong over the years, nor of the millions in city pokie takings, and so on.

This money does not remain in the community but is siphoned off to who knows where, never to be seen again, except perhaps as politicians’ pension entitlements.

In the case of the crossing failure on Thomson Rd, that failure looks suspiciously like a costcutting/risk-management exercise gone wrong.

Fortunately, the young lady was not cleaned up but we do not know when a departmental cost-cutting effort, like V/Line and PTV’s maintenance failures, might actually result in a tragedy.

Gary Oraniuk Geelong West

Womben and mensticles Some activist members of the fairer sex - oops - have difficulty accepting or actively reject gender nouns containing ‘man’ because they contend it reduces them to a subsidiary of their male counterpart.

They resort to all manner of strange and unusual, and in some cases unpronounceable, substitutes, such as ‘womxn’. Surely if chromosomes are taken into account, this should be ‘womxxn’?

While it could be argued that the addition of the letters ‘wo’ as a prefix to the words ‘man’ and ‘men’ denote a superior, this is generally unappreciated. ‘Lady’ and ‘ladies’ could seem suitable but as the equivalent of ‘gentleman’ this presupposes a level of gentility, which may be inappropriate.

I might have the answer. I suggest ‘womban’ and ‘womben’,which should meet even the most stringent acceptability tests.

The words ‘man’ and ‘men’ are absent.

The new words are pronounced exactly the same as the nouns they are replacing, so no problems there.

Finally, they include the root word ‘womb’, a particularly apt anatomical reference with no male equivalent.

Other specifically female anatomical references could be considered. However, breast words generally evoke vulgar amusement, such as tittering, which is the last thing we want in a serious discussion.

It raises the question of whether the use of the word ‘titlist’ to describe a sports champion should be abandoned in the name of good taste.

You can’t have enough good taste.

Peter Mackinlay Geelong

All we need is love Sydney women took the streets declaring “the future is female” and declared war on an inherent “masculine toxicity”.

This opinion, promoted by feminists and publicised by the media, has become an accepted fact in public debate.

It seems strange that Jesus Christ has evaded their wrath.

In establishing the base of His church He chose 12 men to continue His ministry after His departure. They would be the foundational strength of the church, and on His return would be the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

It was recorded in Mark 15:41 that many women followed and ministered to Him, supplying the needs of His mission.

Jesus by His actions demonstrated the Godgiven different roles of male and female in an ordered society.

This distinction is denied by many but its

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relevance has been demonstrated through the ages by the resulting elevation of women in Christian society compared to their treatment in the broader world.

The necessary glue that has formed happy marriages and raised healthy children in Christian society has been the love demonstrated by Jesus. He commanded that men love their wives as He loved His church, even to the point of dying for their sake.

This is where men have failed but women will not rectify this loss by demanding the right to act as men.

Like all the other wrongs in society, the solution will be found when people discover and exercise love for each other.

Pastor Frank Lowry Aberdeen St Baptist Church

Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au 78 Moorabool St, Geelong, 3220 Fax: 5249 6799 whereas in true science the opposite is true.

In true science, those with contrary views are free to express their opinion and are treated with respect. In junk science those with contrary views are vilified, marginalised, suppressed and labelled with offensive labels such as ‘science deniers’.

Mr Mitchell wrote about the “97 per cent consensus”, which is easy to disprove by looking at the methods used to obtain the results.

He wrote that “the 76 papers rejected were all produced by scientists working for the fossil fuel industry”. This is false, and I challenge him to produce evidence of this claim.

A couple of years ago the American Meteorological Society polled members about global warming, with just over 60 per cent saying they believed it was predominantly caused by humans.

Were the ‘deniers’ all employed by the fossil fuel industry, and how come there wasn’t a 97 per cent consensus?

Peter Rees Bell Park

Cool down over 1C

While driving past the Surf Coast Shire’s offices recently I spotted Liberal Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson and a group of young local life savers having their photos taken.

I might be wrong but it seems that Ms Henderson has taken to endorsing Labor’s funding for a pool at Torquay. Having been unable to fund the pool herself for six federal budgets, Ms Henderson seems to have finally thrown her support behind Labor’s policy for a pool next to the shire offices.

It was great work by the shire to provide the land, by the state Labor Government and Liberal opposition to both commit to funding the pool, and by federal Labor candidate Libby Coker to commit to funding the pool.

The only person in power unable to find money for the pool is Ms Henderson. All we’ve had are posters and petitions.

How wonderful is it to see Ms Henderson throwing her support behind a Labor initiative when her own federal Liberals haven’t been able to fund a public pool on the Surf Coast.?

Chris Speldewinde Torquay??

Derek Lipka (Letters, 21 December) corrected my reference to satellite-based temperature records.

Satellites measured “radiances of energy“, he wrote, not temperature.

The satellites’ radiometers measure natural microwave thermal emissions from atmospheric oxygen. The intensity of the signals measured at different microwave frequencies is proportional to the temperature of different layers of the atmosphere.

Each month scientists expert in satellite remote sensing piece together the collected information to update their global temperature dataset, which is published as a graphic trend.

Satellites give a more accurate global temperature by targeting the whole globe.

Temperature is what the UN IPCC tells us will be our doom, and is what worries Mr Lipka.

“The world is clearly getting hotter“, he wrote.

Just 1C after a century and a half is hot?

Barely tepid, I’d say, and just a gentle recovery from the Little Ice Age. Mr Lipka wrote that “new“ wind and solar generation exceeds ’new’ fossil-fuel generation”. That’s so in Victoria and South Australia, where subsidised wind and solar push fossil fuel generation out of the market, but BP’s worldwide Energy Review 2018 showed fossil fuel consumption at 85 per cent and renewables at four per cent.

Mr Lipka wrote that an EASAC report on extreme weather was a global report. If he Googled it he would see it distinctly refers to “extreme weather within Europe“, which is not global weather.

The globe is greener thanks to increased CO2 and less subject to extremes than it has been on many levels.

Tim Saclier Leopold

Piddling in the atmosphere

The burden of nit-pickers

Kevin Crough (Letters, 18 January) was right: Venus is a very hot planet.

This is due to its close proximity to the Sun and the composition of its atmosphere.

What he neglected to mention was that Mars has an identical amount of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere but is a cold planet where temperatures reach minus -153C at the poles.

On Earth carbon dioxide is a piddling .38 per cent of the atmosphere, or one particle in 86,500. Of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, 97 per cent is naturally occurring and man’s contribution is a tiny three per cent.

Carbon dioxide is not in sufficient quantity in the atmosphere and its atomic structure does not allow it to have any significant impact on climate.

Warming or cooling, the climate is not controlled or primarily driven by carbon dioxide.

Alan Barron, Grovedale

Science is a competitive industry that operates under a certain set of rules.

One is that anyone making a claim carries the burden of proof. For decades the science behind climate change has been doing exactly that.

Evidence has been provided that the global climate is changing. Evidence has been provided to show that it’s massively unlikely the changes are natural.

All explanations presented have been explored. The only one matching observation is that the cause is human.

Several means by which humans may impact the global climate have been proposed and tested. All have been tested by various means and some, such as the increased presence of carbon dioxide, have been shown to have an effect. Scientists continue to raise alternatives, find ways to test them and include or reject them.

That’s science; no final, incontrovertible proof, but the balance of evidence allows no other explanation.

That’s what scientific consensus looks like.

It’s made by checking the point score in publications that follow the rules of the competition, not by YouTube videos.

Meanwhile, climate change deniers heckle from the sidelines about a scattering of issues already tested many times before. They offer no new explanations, evidence or even ideas.

The burden of proof lies with those who disagree just as much as for those who accept the consensus. Uninformed opinion is not evidence and carries no weight with reality.

Finally, nit-picking is generally a sign that no better argument is possible and should be ignored.

Dr Peter Mitchell Geelong

Failing to make a splash

Climate claims all junk Peter Mitchell’s letter on global warming (Geelong Indy, 11 January) would have to be the most misleading I have seen published.

He said about science that “no proof or conclusion is sacrosanct; each hypothesis is required to prove itself repeatedly”, which is true but unfortunately the hypothesis of global warming is sacrosanct and not allowed to be questioned.

He seemed unaware that his subsequent comments were hypocritical.

True science demands scepticism and consensus is meaningless, whereas global warming junk science suppresses scepticism and consensus is demanded. In junk science the science is settled and the debate is over,

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Country icon’s ‘gap year’

By Luke Voogt After decades as an Australian country music icon, Troy Cassar-Daley could be upstaged when he comes to Geelong - by his 18-year-old daughter Jem. "She's decided to come have a gap year with dad," he told the Indy this week.

The musical talent that won Cassar-Daley four ARIAs and 36 Golden Guitars appears to have passed onto Jem, along with his son Clay.

"It all began when she started playing piano at age 5," Cassar-Daley said.

"We'd sit down and have a bit of a singsong. It was a really infectious way to fall in love with music."

Jem recently completed an "intense" country music course that included a live performance at Tamworth, Cassar-Daley said.

"She played one of the original songs she's written - there wasn't a dry eye at the table."

So who better to accompany Cassar-Daley on an acoustic interstate tour celebrating his new Greatest Hits album, he thought.

"I said, 'your mother might not agree, but why not come out on the road and see Australia for your gap year, and actually get paid'."

Cassar-Delay wrote two new songs, Wouldn't Change A Thing and Shadows on the Hill, for the 42-track album.

Wouldn't Change A Thing commemorates a career that begun as a 12-year-old from Grafton busking at Tamworth Country Music Festival.

"I feel very privileged to get to this stage of my life," he said.

"There are probably a few girls who have a few regrets going out with me when I was younger "Of course there would be recordings I'd

NO REGRETS: Australian country music icon Troy Cassar-Daley comes to Geelong with his new Greatest Hits album. love to go back and do differently."

But life was "full of mistakes along the way" that had led to him playing music for a living, he said.

Cassar Daley explores his Indigenous heritage in Shadows on the Hill, which tells of an Aboriginal massacre in the 19th Century.

He wrote the track, now nominated for a Golden Guitar, based on campfire stories

from his uncles.

Cassar-Daley said he was "biting at the bit to get" to play at Geelong Performing Arts Centre on 7 February.

Less than 50 tickets remained for the gig in the "intimate" 325-person drama theatre, he said.

"Thanks to the people of Geelong for almost selling out this gig.

"People really want to get behind you on tour. Thanks for supporting me all this time."

As always he hoped to tell some stories on stage and meet some locals, whose tales could inspire his next song, he said.

"I love stories. (They are) the birthing suite of song-writing.

"There's a lot of people that really like to go out and watch music in Victoria."

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TRAINING DAY: A miniature locomotive leaves the turntable for another run through its scenic model world.

All aboard for training day

By Luke Voogt To say trains are Ray Jazyna’s life is no understatement.

When the Norlane train driver of 35 years is not at work, he is likely working on his next model or in the US searching for it.

After 40 years on and off in Corio Model Railway Club, Ray has collected more than 300 model locomotives and about 600 wagons.

“Too many,” the 55-year-old laughed.

Some of his trains will feature in the club’s 46th annual exhibition at South Barwon Civic Centre, Belmont, this weekend.

The club will give away showbags and hold a treasure hunt to inspire Geelong’s miniature conductors, as the trains chug along the tiny tracks.

“The young ones love when they come through the tunnel or around a curve,” Ray said.

“Kids’ faces light up because they’re just waiting for it to come around.”

Ray joined the club as a kid himself for “the love of model trains” at age 14.

“Being a kid with no money, it was a bit hard at time to buy whatever was available,” he said.

“I could run them on the club layouts in-

stead of having a layout at home. It was only down the road from my place so I could ride there.”

He began driving diesel trains from Geelong in 1984.

“Every train was different and handled differently back then,” he said.

Ray spent a lot of time in the US, where models were cheaper, he said.

He and partner Barbara also visit vintage locomotives on their trips.

“They’re far bigger, noisier and louder over there,” he said.

They will fly to Canada for a Rocky Moun-

tains holiday in May, before going on a search for the colossal Big Boy. US train company Union Pacific is rebuilding one of the 4.94m-high, 6000-horsepower locomotives, which has 1.7m wheels, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad.

“They’re bringing that big piece of machinery back to life,” Ray said.

“Most train people are excited about that.

We’ve got a fortnight- we’ll grab a hire car and try to find it.”

To find out more about the exhibition or the club, visit www.coriomrc.org.

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Ayub is a professionally-trained chef who started his career in Pakistan, and has been cooking in Geelong for more than 10 years.

Wherever Ayub has been chef, he has developed a following for authenticity, taste and the quality of his cooking.

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His restaurant serves nearly 100 different menu options and local customers are certainly enjoying his food if online reviews are

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FUNDRAISER - Organisers seek entries for Geelong Relay for Life 2-3 March at St Albans Reserve, Boundary Rd, Thomson. Raising money for cancer research and prevention. Enquiries 0407 439 480.

MENTOR - Raise Foundation seeks volunteers to mentor local young people in school and for young mums program at Grovedale and Geelong West. Details raise.org. au/volunteer.

WRITERS - Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House Rip Writers Group seeks members. Meets 12.30-3pm second Tuesday monthly at Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House. Includes barbecue lunch. Enquiries 5258 3367, dmain6@ bigpond.com.

APPEAL - Volunteers wanted to help in Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast schools. Enquiries 1800 668 550, edconnectaustralia.org.au.

BREASTSCREEN - Free appointments for 10-minute screening available, BreastScreen, 78 Gheringhap St, Geelong. Bookings 132 050 breastscreen.org.au.

AA - Alcoholics Anonymous invites enquiries about its service and support on 5229 1710.

U3A - Surf Coast U3A runs 15 weekly classes and occasional talks. Enquiries 0419 578 598.

TUTORS - AMEP Volunteer Tutor Program seeks volunteers 1-2 hours weekly to help newly arrived adult migrants and refugees learn English and about life in Australia. Free training. Enquiries 9009 7900, wazihr@djerriwarrh.org.

SATURDAY EVENT - Australia Day Children’s free fun and entertainment 11am-4pm at Rippleside Park. Enquiries 0400 009 391.

DANCE - Australia Day Dance to Ron Sudden 8-11.30pm at the Globe Theatre, Winchelsea. Entry $8. Supper provided. Enquiries 0409 253 188.

ORIENTEERING - Park and street orienteering 4pm at Hesse St South, Queenscliff. Details vicorienteering.asn. au.

DANCE - Ballroom dancing 8-11.30pm at Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Hwy, Leopold. Cost $10 includes supper. Enquiries 0400 500 402.

BALLROOM - Geelong Ballroom Dance Club dances to Ben Costanza 8pm at The Ballroom, Carey St, Hamlyn Heights. Entry $10. Bring a plate. Enquiries 0418 584 051.

SUNDAY CHURCH - Gospel services 7pm at Aberdeen Street Baptist Church Centre, 7 Aberdeen St, Newtown.

BAPTIST - Anglesea Baptist Church 10.45am at Murch Cres, Anglesea. Enquiries 5263 2744.

RAIL - Miniature railway 11am-4pm at Portarlington Bayside Family Park, Pt Richards Rd, Portarlington. Enquires 0476 124 598.

Leopold Public Hall, Queenscliff Rd. Cost $5. Enquiries 5250 1937, 5278 7720.

ALCOHOLICS - Alcoholics for Christ 12-step program 7.30pm at South Barwon Salvation Army, 176-180 Francis St, Belmont. Enquiries 0420 910 763.

YOGA - Free Sahaja yoga meditation lessons 7-8pm at Vines Road Community Centre. Enquiries 0430 536 280, sajajayoga.com.au.

THURSDAY DANCE - WestCoast Seekers Club dances to Ben Costanza 8-11pm at The Ballroom, 1 Carey St, Hamlyn Heights.

Enquiries 5843 8603.

DANCE - Life Activities Club dance 2.30-4.30pm at Belmont Pavilion, Barrabool Rd, Belmont. Entry $5. Enquiries 5251 3529.

ELECTRONICS - Geelong Radio and Electronics Society meets 8pm at rear of Belmont Community Youth Centre, 237a High St, Belmont. Enquiries 5243 2737.

BOWLING - Mature league 10-pin bowling 1.30pm at Belmont. Enquiries 5221 0826 or 5229 4987.

PLANT - Plant sale 10am-3pm at The Heights, 140 Aphrasia St, Newtown. Proceeds to Heights gardens.

HELP - GROW meets to help depressed, lonely, isolated, anxious 7pm at 248 Latrobe Tce, Newtown. Also Friday 12.30pm at Vines Rd Community Centre, Hamlyn Heights.

Enquiries 1800 558 268.

PHILOSOPHY - Philosophy for daily living 2-4.30pm at Italo’s Pizza Café, Gilbert St, Torquay. Enquiries 5264 7484.

SNAGGING FUNDS: Winchelsea’s Alanah Stevens serves Torquay’s Keith, Aidan and Ciara Warburton at a Torquay weekend sausage sizzle raising funds for Relay for Life community bank team Springing Piggies. The relay, an annual Cancer Council fundraiser, is seeking entries of teams for various runs at locations around the region in March.

BINGO - Bell Park Dragons and Raiders Bingo midday at club, Calvert St, Hamlyn Heights. Also Tuesday. Enquiries 5278 9978.

MONDAY LADIES - Combined Probus Club of East Grovedale meets 10am at Uniting Church Hall, Reserve Rd, Grovedale. Enquiries 0405 449 716.

ART - South Barwon Community Centre Art group meets 1-3pm at South Barwon Community Centre. Cost $2. Enquiries 5243 8388.

BOWLS - Indoor carpet bowls 12.30-3pm at Portarlington. Cost $4. Enquiries 0431 789 048.

LOUNGE - Village Listening Lounge open 11am-3pm on first floor, Corio Central, Bacchus Marsh Rd, Corio. Also Tuesday-Thursday. Enquiries 5275 5807.

SENIORS - Line dancing 9am-midday at Highton Senior Citizens Club, 84 Barrabool Rd. Also Tuesday, Friday. Carpet bowls 1.15pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday. Tai chi 9.30-10am, bingo 1.15pm Friday. Enquiries 5244 2258

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TUESDAY SQUARE - Geelong Club Dancers square dance class for children and parents 6.30-8pm for $5, mainstream dancers 8-10.30pm for $12, at 33 Myers St, Geelong.

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DANCE - Scottish Country Dancing 7.30-10pm at Leopold Hall. Cost $5 includes supper. Enquiries 5250 5540.

MUSIC - Mainly Music program for carers and babies, preschoolers 10-11am at St Albans Uniting Church, 276282 Wilsons Rd, St Albans Park. Cost $2.50 per family.

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WEDNESDAY ART - U3A recreational drawing and painting 1-3.30pm at Drysdale Tennis Club. New members welcome. Enquiries u3ageelong.org.au, 0421 559 592.

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BOCCIA - Geelong Boccia Club meets 10am-midday at Geelong Basketball and Netball Centre, 1 Crown St, South Geelong. All ages and abilities. Cost $5. Enquiries bocciageelong@gmail.com.

MUSIC - Bellarine Country Music Group meets 6pm at the Belmont Pavilion, 162 Barrabool Rd, Belmont. Enquiries bellarinecountrymusicgroup.com.

COMMUNITY - Lara Community Drop In Centre 6-8pm at Lara Uniting Church, 1 Flinders Ave. Refreshments provided.

CARS - Geelong Street Rodders begins family fun weekend. Stationary car display Sunday 3 February at Victoria Park, Queenscliff. Entry $5. Enquiries 0409 867 568.

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GSODA stars The GSODA Junior Players are Geelong’s leading youth theatre company, which performs two shows every year for the wider Geelong community and local schools.

Founded in 1965, the company recently celebrated its 50-year anniversary.

Many of the company’s past members have gone on to professional roles in theatre, TV and film.

Among them are Peter Coleman Wright OA, Martin Croft, Sophia Katos, Amanda Le Bonte, Tim McCallum, Jack O’Riley and Guy Pearce.

Many others have made a name for themselves as producers, directors, technicians and writers.

Most continue to perform in local theatre and benefit from the confidence and teamwork that creates a theatre ensemble.

Last year the company staged the sell-out performance of “Shrek” and this year will be staging “Hercules the Panto” as an arena spectacular.

The company is made up of over 60 members, who, once successful in joining the company, can stay until they turn 17, gaining valued experiences and friendships.

Those who would like to be part of this theatre group must audition to be part of the GSODA workshop.

GSODA Junior Players will this year be staging ''Hercules the Panto'' as an arena spectacular.

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“Dance gives children a way to express themselves when sometimes they don’t have the words,” the Little River local says.

“You can block off the rest of the world, just dance and let your emotions out.”

Peta established The Dance Company in 1995 and runs the school in Lara and Little River with qualified, experienced, friendly teachers.

“I wanted to pass my love of dance onto students,” she says.

“There’s no greater feeling than seeing a child who has never danced before shining on stage at the end of the year.”

The school features a relaxed, family atmosphere, in which students strive for excellence in the most enjoyable way possible.

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She teaches jazz, hip hop, classical ballet, national dance and, her favourite, tap.

“I love tap,” she says.

“It’s all about the different rhythms that you can create with your feet and it’s definitely an art.”

Peta holds Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing diplomas in theatrical dance, jazz ballet, tap dancing and classical ballet.

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Infinite passion for dancing Infinite Dance Studios director Christie Walter has always had a passion for movement.

“Apparently I was always moving so my mum just enrolled me in a dance class,” the 33-year-old from East Geelong says.

“I was a very hyperactive child.”

Christie and her fellow teachers at Infinite Dance Studios pride themselves on nurturing learning, individuality and self-confidence.

Parents saw this for themselves late last year during three performances in the studio’s annual show, IDANCE 18, which Christie directed.

“It’s amazing seeing our students grow as dancers and we get to see them grow as people too,” Christie says.

Christie joined the studio as a 20-year-old student under then-director Fiona LucaKingsbury.

She started teaching for Fiona in her second year, taking on more challenges each year.

“It’s been amazing seeing her success as I’ve been right there beside her the whole time,” she says.

The jazz, tap and ballet teacher took over for Fiona in 2017. The school has grown from 33 students in 2006 to 308 in 2018.

“We’ve already got 300 students for 2019 before classes have even commenced,” Christie says.

“Places are running out fast so jump on our website and fill out an enrolment form now.”

Infinite Dance Studios has two fullyequipped studio areas, a kitchenette, toilets and change rooms, for students.

Christie thanks the wonderful families that have supported Infinite Dance Studios for the past 13 years.

“And we look forward to seeing lots of old and new faces for the 2019 dance year,” she says.

Infinite Dance Studios director Christie Walter has a passion for movement.

Top dancer’s coast studio Torquay’s new Seaside Dance Co aims to inspire each student to realise their potential.

The studio is committed to providing the highest quality dance education in a positive and encouraging learning environment.

With over 20 years’ experience in the dance industry, Seaside Dance Co director Rebecca Mansfield has enjoyed an “incredible career”.

Rebecca began her training at the tender age of four at Craigieburn School of Dance.

At the age of 11 she and 400 others auditioned for the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. Rebecca was one of only 20 successful applicants.

She began teaching dancers in high school before successfully completing her VCE. After secondary school Rebecca went on to graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Dance.

For the next few years Rebecca spent time working for contemporary dance companies around Australia. The work involved performing and running workshops, teaching dance at multiple schools, and performing on a regular basis around Melbourne for live shows, festivals, TV and more.

Along the way she became a successful personal trainer and qualified makeup artist, a role she maintains with Channel 9.

For the past 10 years Rebecca has worked as a dancer and manager for Katumba Latin Entertainment and Indigenous Hip Hop Projects, a national multi-cultural arts company specialising in conducting week-long workshops in regional, remote and urban communities around

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Elite Taekwondo has taught self-defence at local schools including Geelong Grammar along with Kardinia International, Clonard, Western Heights, and Christian colleges. Disability and corporate groups have also had classes.

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By Ewan Kennedy Keen to hold onto second place in the hard fought Australian sales race, Mazda has introduced what it describes as a “premium rangetopper” to the small SUV market: the Mazda CX-3 Akari LE. The emphasis is on the interior where the seats are finished in Dark Russet Nappa leather, the centre console and armrests are have colour matched synthetic leather. All are finished with white stitching, offset by Pure White synthetic leather panelling on the seats, doors and dash. Dash mounted air vents are accented with a Pure White metallic ring.

Externally the only changes are to the newdesign 18-inch bright alloy wheels.

Mazda CX-3 Akari LE is available in a choice

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The only engine offered on the Akari LE is a 2.0-litre petrol four-cylinder unit, likewise the only transmission is a six-speed automatic.

However, it is available in all-wheel drive or front-wheel drive.

It’s an open secret that the current Mazda CX-3 is to be replaced by an either all-new or heavily revised model in 2019 so you may be able to push for a strong deal on the current models, either on this new Akari LE or one of the other 15 variants in the range.

Mazda CX-3 Akari LE is priced at $35,290 with front-wheel drive and $37,290 AWD plus on-road costs.

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Hot Cats in chance to set up finals run LOCAL CRICKET Jim Timberlake Geelong Cricket Club did exactly what it needed to last Saturday, thrashing Kingston Hawthorn by 206 runs in a dominant display.

The Cats batted first, with openers Tim Ludeman (126) and Nick Browne (138) putting on an incredible 280 for the first wicket.

Josh McDonald chipped in with 60 to see the side score an imposing 7/374 from 50 overs.

In reply, Kingston Hawthorn was never in it as the Geelong bowlers strangled the run chase.

Led brilliantly with the ball by Brenton McDonald (3/38) and Brody Couch (2/16), the home team romped to a huge win to set up the Cats nicely in fifth position on the ladder.

With a return to the two-day format now, Geelong hosts 13th placed Prahran over the next two Saturdays in a game that could go a long way toward securing a finals spot.

Geelong Cricket Association now also returns to two-dayers for the remainder of the season, and with just four games of the home and away season to go the race for finals spots is on for young and old.

In division one, the game between fifth placed South Barwon and sixth placed Geelong City looks like being the most important game for the season for both teams.

For Geelong City in particular, a win here would keep the team in touch with the top

four but a loss would make it very hard to play finals this year.

The Sharks enjoyed a return to form at home last week against Leopold, which had been in reasonable form and went in the slight favourite.

Richie Oliver (76) top-scored but had good support form Logan taylor (38) and Luke Inglis (31) as the side posted a moderate but competitive 9/180.

When the Lions reached 2/100 in reply, and with Joe Vallelonga (64) looking good, things seemed grim for the hosts.

However, spin duo Chris Bambury (3/16) and Henry Collins (3/52) spun their side back into the game as Leopold collapsed to be all out for just 153 in a disappointing batting display.

The Sharks will be keen to gain some momentum from that stirring win, and will start favourites over South barwon.

Selections: Bell Post Hill v ST JOSEPHS, Grovedale v EAST BELMONT, NORTH GEELONG v Leopold, GEELONG CITY v South Barwon, NEWTOWN & CHILWELL v Lara.

In division two, Marshall's loss to Bell Park last Saturday could have massive repercussions for its season as they side now finds itself nine points out of the top four in sixth place.

Fifth-placed Highton is out on percentage only and appears the only team capable of forcing its way into the finals.

Highton takes on Manifold Heights this round in a game they should win, as the Sharks

have struggled to remain competitive all season.

The other intriguing game will be played at Herne Hill Reserve as St Peters plays Bell Park in a game that looks very even.

Both sides have won their two games since Christmas, and really look like they are starting to peak at the right end of the season.

The winner here will almost lock away a top-four spot, while the loser will leave itself exposed to Highton.

Selections: Thomson v MARSHALL, St Peters v BELL PARK, Torquay v MURGHEBOLUC, HIGHTON v Manifold Heights.

And in division three, Teesdale is in danger of slipping out of the finals race if it can't lift and beat local rival Bannockburn this game.

The Roos were competitive last week against St Albans Breakwater but just failed to get the chocolates in a narrow two-run loss.

Ben Firman top scored in their score of 8/223 but the bowlers just couldn't get the job done as the Super Saints passed them in the last over seven wickets down.

Bannockburn has been in great form all season and will be very hard to beat here but Teesdale is a proud club and won't go down without one hell of a fight.

Selections: Guild Saints v GEELONG WEST, Modewarre v ALEXANDER THOMSON, CORIO v Waurn Ponds Deakin, BANNOCKBURN v Teesdale, Newcomb & District v ST ALBANS BREAKWATER.

Locals master the visitors at Juc surf titles Surf Coast locals have surfed to victory in the Victorian Masters Titles at Jan Juc Beach.

Torquay’s Johnny Hawken smashed through some big sections on his backhand to score 7 and 6.9 and win the over 35 division on Sunday.

“It was testing conditions out there today, but I’ve surfed Juc in these similar conditions a lot during the last month which definitely helped me,” the new masters entrant said.

“I’m stoked to be able to be heading to the Australian Masters Title up north, and I’m really looking forward to going away for it.

Coming in second was Callan Cross who threw a great air reverse into the onshore afternoon winds to win Wave of the Day. Former world number two Brad Gerlach, was a class above in the over-50s, posting an excellent 9-point ride on his way to victory.

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RIPPER: Johnny Hawken carves his signature into the masters' event. on the world tour back in the late ’80s and ’90s.

“I haven’t been surfing much lately due to injury so it was great to get some water time and surf some heats today,” Gerlach said.

“I entered a lot of divisions today, it was really cool to just be in the water again and competing at this level.

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am loving life down here in Torquay.”

In the over 40s Jan Juc’s Marcus Huppatz reigned supreme in the afternoon conditions, ripping apart some left-handers to get the win over fierce competition.

Marcus Lens was too good for his counterparts in the over 45s, getting a strong score of 7.13 on his best wave leaving Gerlach trailing behind.

Surfcoast resident Rowan Sapwell continued his form from a strong semi-final into the over 55s final, where he was too good for his competitors.

Sapwell and local surfing legend Greg Brown traded blows throughout the final.

But Sapwell got the nod with his 13.50 total out of a possible 20, over Brown’s 13.

The Single Fin division was a much awaited final with all surfers getting opportunities to showcase their best retro surfing. Getting the win was Huppatz with Gerlach taking second.

For a full list of results visit surfingvic.com.

The kingfish action only became hotter over the past week, with offshore and The Rip producing fish.

Sam Pitman and Jimmy Syrigos fished in 30m off Ocean Grove with 150g knife jigs, catching a kingfish of 80cm each and losing another at the boat.

The Rip fished well for big kings on live bait like slimy mackerel and squid.

Even trolling live slimeys dropped down on downriggers produced big fish from the depths.

Offshore anglers also found huge Australian salmon, some to 4kg. Trolling squid skirts and casting Sluggos and jerk shad soft plastics intended for kingfish saw anglers snag good numbers of salmon from Barwon Heads to Point Lonsdale.

Whiting were on the bite at St Leonards in around 4m to 6m of water. Fishing the middle of a moving tide with pippies for bait was most productive, although some moving was sometimes required to catch a good bag of fish ranging in size around 35cm.

Clifton Springs also fished well for whiting in water from 3.5m 7m. From all reports, this area was holding bigger fish to around the high 30s in length.

The grammar school lagoon produced quality flathead around 60cm.

Fishing the deeper water or the edge of the channel on the bottom with bluebait or soft plastics was effective, with the possible bycatch of pinkies and pike.

Land-based anglers chasing a flathead should try the St Helens boat ramp rocks or the North Shore rocks.

The calm winds across the Bellarine Peninsula allowed anglers to enjoy clean water for chasing squid off any of the piers or jetties from Portarlington to St Leonards. Casting jigs from size 3 to 3.5 in a white or green colour produced best results.

Anglers caught trout at Lake Purrumbete either deep with downriggers or fishing mudeye close to the weeds edge on first or last light. Redfin were still in huge numbers and taking soft plastics or worms.

Now is a good time to take advantage of the Barwon River’s clean conditions from Queen’s Park to Breakwater. Carp are being caught on sweet corn and bread, while redfin will take a worm or small diving lure.

PAIR OF KINGS: Sam Pitman and Jimmy Syrigos with their weekend kingfish catch. geelongindy.com.au