Geelong Indy - 15th February 2019

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City’s ‘crisis point’

By Luke Voogt Traffic congestion, homeless people, expensive parking and shop vacancies have brought central Geelong to crisis point, according to traders.

City business owners were now considering their future in central Geelong, said 25-year Malop St trader Sebastian Loader.

“Operationally, it makes no sense to either visit the CBD or rent here. Saying it’s a mess at the moment is a very kind understatement.

“There are a lot of traders making decisions about their longterm sustainability.”

The concerns follow councillors voting this week to review an ongoing multi-million-dollar ‘Green

Spine’ upgrade of Malop St amid complaints of traffic congestion.

Councillors also agreed to make the Malop St mall a “high priority” for action despite the body overseeing city improvements, Revitalising Central Geelong, rating it a “low priority”.

Mr Loader slammed the $8 million first stage of the Green Spine, saying it had increased traffic, reduced parking and deterred customers from coming to central Geelong.

“It’s a disgrace,” he said.

“Malop St is a clogged artery.”

The design was impractical given the city’s low population density and high car use, Mr Loader said.

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A new Geelong Nature Forum will shed “light on the natural wonders” of the city and its surrounds, according to council and environmental groups.

Geelong Field Naturalists Club president Rod Lowther welcomed the forum as a chance to highlight “oases in our urban environment”.

“We have so many parks and reserves with rare and interesting flora and fauna,” he said.

“But a lot of residents don’t fully know about the treasures we have in our backyard.”

The one-day forum will feature short talks by 15 local biodiversity experts, who will speak about Geelong’s natural assets.

“It will also provide a great opportunity for people to drop in and speak one-on-one with experts about different areas of interest,” Mr Lowther said.

Among the presenters is Craig Morley, who has collated more than 300,000 surveys of nearly 320 bird species to create a database for Geelong.

The citizen science project, which received funding from council, produced The Geelong Bird Report 2013-2016.

“For the first time we have maps and charts which show the movement of birds in the Geelong region with the seasons,” Mr Morley said.

“Some species, such as the Little Friarbird and Bridled Tern, were recorded for the very first time.

“We also discovered the Pacific Koel, a cuckoo which lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, breeding in Highton.”

Mr Morley is also a member of Geelong Field Naturalists Club, which has carried out

NATURAL WONDER: Rod Lowther hopes to share the treasures in Geelong's backyard. flora and fauna surveys for government bodies since 1961.

The club has partnered with council for the Geelong Nature Forum.

Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood described the free forum a great chance “to learn more about the depth of our natural environment“ and “its countless popular and hidden attractions”.

“The City would love to see more people engaging with our 330 parks, reserves, bush trails and picnic spots across Greater Geelong,” he said.

The Geelong Nature Forum takes place at the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre on 16 March.

Cr Harwood encouraged anyone interested in attending to visit eventbrite.com.au/e/ geelong-nature-forum-tickets-53667700537.

City ‘in crisis’ From front page “There’s a real ideology around how Revitalising Central Geelong wants the city to operate. It’s not practical.”

Mr Loader said contracted gardeners were trimming trees in Malop St just to make the Green Spine’s bike lanes useable.

“That just shows you the ineptitude when it comes to this design,” he said.

Central Geelong traders had to compete with areas like Leopold, Waurn Ponds and Geelong West, which had free parking, Mr Loader said.

Rough sleepers in Lt Malop St over the past few months were also driving down trade, he complained. “(Revitalising Central Geelong) have had their head in the sand for so long about the mall.”

Mr Loader suggested adding angle parking and widening the road in the troubled area.

“It’s bloody hard to for people hang around promoting anti-social behaviour if it’s a working road and a car park.”

Bridal shop worker Vanessa Macleod said police or paramedics were at the troubled mall every week.

“It’s a lot worse than what it was three or four months ago,” she said, “If you’ve got a mum, grandma and bride and they walk through that ... it’s very bad for business.”

Some of the rough sleepers kicked over the business’s metal sign outside, while others could be violent and abusive, she said.

“A lot of the girls who work here are quite scared when they walk past them at night and they shouldn’t have to feel that way.”

Windermere ward councillor Anthony Aitken said Revitalising Central Geelong’s list of priorities failed to “recognise something that all of us recognise ... that the mall is a significant issue”.

“With this amendment we are sending a clear message that this council regards the mall as a top priority requiring immediate and high level attention.”

State Government and City Hall established Revitalising Central Geelong to make the city area a place to “live, work, play and invest”.

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Poll ‘backs pokies’

By Luke Voogt A City Hall survey has backed plans to double the number of pokies at White Eagle House despite council opposition.

Fifty-two per cent of 241 survey respondents supported the Polish Community Association in Geelong’s bid to increase the venue’s gaming machines from 35 to 78.

The survey followed councillors earlier this month dedicating up to $30,000 for lawyers and an “independent expert” to fight the increase.

The extra pokies revenue would offset the association’s “precarious“ finances to keep White Eagle House viable, said the association’s submission to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR).

“Poker machines are going to be here to stay,“ association secretary Henry Szkuta said this week.

“We wouldn’t be able to survive (without them) now. We’ve gone too far.”

The association had planned numerous

projects totalling $4.7 million based on increased revenue from the extra pokies, Mr Szkuta said.

The projects included a synthetic pitch and unisex change rooms for the affiliated Breakwater Eagles Soccer Club and renovating White Eagle House’s sports bar and gaming areas, he said.

“There would be no way we’d be able to do a synthetic soccer pitch without (the extra pokies).”

Councillors voted 7-4 earlier this month to hire lawyers and the independent expert to fight the bid at VCGLR when it considers the pokies application on 26 February.

Council will take on the association citing a higher-than-average density of pokies in “areas of disadvantage” around White Eagle House.

Council lost thousands of dollars at the VCGLR in December after losing a legal fight against Geelong RSL’s bid for more pokies.

But Cr Sarah Mansfield believed that adding the input of an independent expert could

be the key to winning this time.

“If we analyse recent decisions at the VCGLR, the best chance we have of success is to have legal representation and an independent expert to present the strongest case possible,” she said.

Cr Mansfield opposed the application despite acknowledging the association’s “good work”, citing a large body of evidence linking more pokies to more problem gambling.

“The density of EGMs (electronic gaming machines) in this area is very high already, and this application seeks to increase that density even further.

“The overall harm to the community from problem gambling to me far outweighs any benefit.”

The survey result appeared in council’s recent submission to VCGLR. Two per cent of voters were “unsure“, while 46 per cent voted against the pokies. Public consultation closed on council’s YourSay website on Wednesday.

Give artist a break so she can reincarnate

By Luke Voogt

PIECED TOGETHER: Helen Millar with some of her mosaic art. 190051 (Rebecca Hosking)

Storages down Consumers have used almost 820 million litres of water in seven days to leave local storages at 45.7 per cent capacity, according to official measurements.

Barwon Water figures showed a 1.1 per cent decline in storage levels over the seven days to Tuesday despite 28mm of rain.

Fast funding Geelong’s council will spend $100,000 on pursuing regional fast rail promsing 32-minute trips between the city and Melbourne.

The two-year funding allocation would pay for a fast-rail strategy document this financial year and support a New Spirit of Progress Committee working on the initiative in 2019/2020, council said.

Ambulances slower Ambulance response times to local code-one incidents were two seconds slower in the three months to December than over the same time the year before, new figures show.

Response time to code-two call-outs also increased by almost half a second, the figures showed, with local ambulances responding to a total 5888 incidents in the December quarter compared to 5743 for the same time in 2017.

Ulcer screen A “screening tool” for flesh-eating bacteria stalking the Bellarine Peninsula could emerge from the work of an African student in Geelong, according to Deakin University.

Michael Selom Avumegah had “dedicated his PhD” to mapping Bairnsdale ulcer cases while developing materials for potential risk tests, Deakin said.

Seekers’ support Australian taxpayers should provide asylumseekers with “adequate income and support”, according Geelong councillors.

They voted this week to join 22 other Victorian councils opposing federal reversals of funding and assessment changes for asylumseeker support services, noting that Geelong had 100 people awaiting decisions on asylum applications.

Cook honour A “humble man” who helped put 80,000 plants along the Bellarine Rail Trail deserves to have a Leopold reserve named in his honour, according to volunteers who worked beside him.

Friends of the Bellarine Rail Trail has told City Hall that Fred Cook Reserve, on Christies Rd, would be a fitting tribute to the founding member, who died in 2017.

Child councillors A dozen children aged 12 to 16 will make recommendations to council on public issues as members of the city s first Youth Council.

Mayor Bruce Harwood unveiled the child councillors this week, saying they would help their adult counterparts tap into the issues that are most important to the young people in our community.

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Broken plates, old tiles in a skip and shattered windows are all opportunities to Highton artist Helen Millar.

For more than 20 years the mosaic specialist has found new life for broken glass, China and ceramics from friends, family members and op shops.

“They’ll say, ‘Oh, I broke a beautiful plate, can you re-use it?',” she told the Indy.

“I say, ’Yes, I reincarnate that in class’.“ A former art teacher, Helen set up a home studio in Highton about two decades ago after having children of her own.

Helen sometimes smashes old plates and glass, but more often she uses nippers to methodically chip away materials.

She recently added to her stash when her neighbours were “throwing away their beautiful 1980s bath tiles in a skip.”

About 15 years ago she received a community grant to teach other people the “userfriendly and accessible” art.

“Anyone can do it,” she said.

“People can come up with some really surprising mosaics. There’s a real randomness about it. There are these odd little eccentric pieces.”

Her three pet chickens had inspired her students’ regular favourite piece, “a bird on a stick”, she said.

“In four hours they leave with a finished product.“ Helen’s sculptures decorate Geelong West Community Gardens and she will hold her next public workshop there tomorrow, from 1pm to 5pm.

“It’s such a beautiful place to work,” she said.

The first garden waste has arrived at a $3.5 million facility to produce 35,000 tonnes of compost annually for Geelong parks, sports grounds and farming land, City Hall has announced.

The Anakie facility was part of City Hall’s One Planet Living certification for “leading the way in creating a sustainable future for our region”, councillor Sarah Mansfield said.

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Armed thug bashes driver Police are hunting a man who allegedly punched a driver and threatened him with a weapon after a crash at Whittington.

A silver Mitsubishi Lancer containing a woman and two men chased a dark-coloured Ford ute containing two men on Townsend Rd about 8.25am Tuesday, police alleged.

The ute crashed into a pole near the intersection of Wilsons Rd before a man got out of the Lancer and punched the driver of the ute several times and threatened him with a weapon, police alleged.

A passer-by attempted to intervene but was also threatened by the man, police said.

The men from the ute then left the scene on foot while the occupants of the Mitsubishi Lancer left in their car.

The Mitsubishi Lancer was abandoned

shortly after on Irwin Ct, Whittington, police said.

Investigators believe the occupants of the Mitsubishi Lancer were all Caucasian in appearance and aged in their 20s.

Police described one of the men as having short blonde hair at the top and sides and long hair at the back.

Police believed that the driver of the ute had a solid build and a scruffy beard.

Meanwhile, two men will face court over a pair of other incidents this month.

In the first incident police located an allegedly stolen Hyundai i30 hatchback at Surveyor Ct, Whittington, just after 3.30am Monday The police began conducting enquiries about the vehicle when they and two witnesses

heard "what sounded like a gunshot nearby".

Police arrested a 43-year-old man, a 42-year-old man, a 32-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man at the scene.

They later released them without charge.

Police also arrested a 45-year-old Whittington man on an outstanding warrant and charged him with possessing a drug of dependence, handling stolen goods and possessing ammunition.

He was bailed to appear at Geelong Magistrates’ Court on 30 May. Earlier this month transit police arrested and charged a man following an alleged assault at South Geelong Railway Station.

Police said the victim, a 40-year-old Geelong man, was on a Geelong-bound train on 1

February when the suspect was involved in a dispute with an unknown woman.

Police said the victim and woman got off the train at South Geelong Railway Station about 11.50pm.

The altercation continued on the platform when a 48-year-old Thomson man, who was believed to known to the woman, approached the pair and allegedly assaulted the victim, police alleged.

Police charged the Thomson man with intentionally causing serious injury and he is scheduled to appear before Geelong Magistrate’s Court on 24 May. Police urged anyone with information on these incidents to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

MPs ‘cleared on red shirts’

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Fowl fears as sewer dams become parking

By Luke Voogt Waterbirds will be "homeless" after an aged care facility turns two stormwater dams into car parks at Wallington, objectors have warned.

But their complaints have fallen on deaf ears, with City Hall confirming TLC Aged Care had a permit and the right to carry out the works on its own property.

The two "lakes" had provided a safe haven for waterfowl, frogs and other animals for nearly 20 years, said objector Heidi Wane.

“This is disastrous for the welfare and safety of the many waterfowl to be evicted and made homeless.”

Centre residents, including Ms Wane's mother-in-law, enjoyed the “beautiful, relaxing view” of the lakes, she said.

“We went and did the rounds of all the aged care centres around the peninsula. The reason we chose that one was the lakes.”

Ms Wane bonded with her mother-in-law over the antics of ducks in the dams, she said.

“There are probably other elderly people and their family members with similar stories.”

TLC would fill and drain the waterways to build car parks as part of a $24 million redevelopment, Ms Wane said.

“It really upsets me. With pool safety fencing and landscaping, both lakes could be showpieces for TLC, with the environmental

tragedy of destroying bird habitat avoided.”

TLC Aged Care did not respond to the Indy's calls for comment.

Council issued the permit for the expansion project more than a year ago, a City Hall spokesperson said.

The works included an integrated medical centre, road construction and access as well as some removal of native vegetation, the spokesperson said.

“Under the planning scheme there is no cause to stop works undertaken in line with the planning permit.”

TLC Aged Care had a right to fill in the dams because they were on the company's private property, the spokesperson added.

Police have exonerated two Geelong-based MPs caught up in the “red shirts rort”.

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton on Thursday cleared Lara MP John Eren and Legislative Council member Gayle Tierney of any criminal wrongdoing.

“The Fraud and Extortion Squad have determined no charges will be laid against any of the electorate officers involved in this manner,” DC Patton said.

“No charges will be laid against any of those 16 members of parliament who were examined in this matter as well.”

The matter relates to Labor’s misuse of $388,000 of public funds during the 2014 state election.

Ombudsman Deborah Glass released a damning report that found Labor had wrongly used the public funds to campaign for votes.

Labor repaid the money when the ombudsman tabled her report in March 2018.

Ms Glass’s report named Mr Eren and Ms Tierney alongside a number of other MPs as beneficiaries of the scheme.

DC Patton took the “unusual” step of naming all 16 MPs police had exonerated due to “public interest“ and extensive media reporting of the scandal, he said.

He said police requested interviews with the 16 MPs, all of which declined, and that investigators had insufficient proof to charge any of them.

Police were still investigating two people “who allegedly orchestrated or designed these arrangements”, DC Patton said.

“They are not current members of parliament and they were not field organisers,” he said.

“It’s our intention that we will be criminally interviewing those individuals. “ A government spokesman said it would be inappropriate for Mr Eren or Ms Tierney to comment further after the Indy sought comment from them.

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Pair in court over Mokbel

By Luke Voogt Two men will appear in a Geelong court today to face attempted murder charges over a Barwon Prison stabbing of underworld figure Tony Mokbel.

Armed Crime Squad detectives on Tuesday charged the 21-year-olds with attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury and causing serious injury intentionally in circumstances of gross violence.

The men would appear in Geelong Magistrates’ Court for a filing hearing, a Victoria Police said.

The charges related to the stabbing of Mokbel, 53, and a 31-year-old man about 3.40pm on Monday, the spokesperson said.

CCTV footage showed two men punch and stab Mokbel as he returned to his cell, Victo-

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The attack left Mokbel unconscious and with serious head injuries and a stab wound to the chest.

Prison staff responded in less than 10 seconds, securing the two suspects and providing medical assistance to Mokbel, Dr Cassar said.

The injured 31-year-old inmate appeared to be going to Mokbel’s aid, she said.

Three shivs were handed to police investigating the attack, Dr Cassar said.

Paramedics airlifted Mokbel to Royal Melbourne Hospital where he remained in a critical condition this week.

The 31-year-old was released from hospital in Geelong on Tuesday morning.

Mokbel is serving 30 years' jail after a conviction in 2012 for his part in a drug syndicate.

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Climate ‘could fade our parrot’s colour’ Climate change could alter the colour of local rosellas, according to Geelong scientists.

Their findings suggest the parrots could fade from deep crimson red to the pale yellow of rosellas endemic to drier parts of Victoria.

Deakin University called the research an “important test” of Gloger’s Rule that birds were usually darker in areas of higher humidity.

But the reasons why were unclear because previous studies were restricted to investigating single possible factors in isolation, said study co-author Dr Mathew Berg.

“It’s only now thanks to the rapid advances in technology that we’re able to look at really big sets of climate data, access satellite measurements of vegetation coloration over large areas, and conduct advanced analyses to look at all the possible factors in combination,” Dr Berg said.

“When we crunched the numbers we found the rosellas’ colours seemed to be closely related to the colour of the vegetation of their habitat, links which may arise to help them be more camouflaged from predators or conversely to stand out to other members of the species.

“We used data gathered by satellites to measure the habitat coloration across eastern Australia, and found that this was a good indication of the colour differences of leaves in the habitats, and also the best predictor of where to find the crimson birds.

“Rainfall and temperature were also important factors. Areas with hot summer temperatures were the best predicator of where to find yellow birds, which could be because the

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BEAK FUTURE: A crimson rosella. For now, at least.

lightest colours afforded the least heat stress, suggesting thermoregulation was also an important factor in coloration.”

The Deakin team now wanted to find out how climate change might affect the dispersal of rosella colours, Dr Berg said.

“We now hope to model different climate change scenarios and where the parrots might move to. For example, as Australia gets hotter and drier we might see numbers of yellow rosellas expand and replace some of the colour forms in other areas.”

The rosella findings could have “important implications” for parrot conservation, Dr Berg said.

“Work like this increases our understanding of the habitat requirements of parrots; why they can live in some areas and not others.

“Changes from habitat modification and climate change might affect where parrots are able to occur and where they’ll disappear from. This research will help us predict when and where a species decline will happen and why.”

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Geelong trains have made a good start to 2019 with both punctuality and reliability last month improving compared to the same time last year.

In January, most of which was a school-holiday period, 91.7 per cent of trains ran on time, up on 82.2 for the same month in 2018.

January also saw a dramatic improvement in reliability as V/Line cancelled 4.2 per cent, or 120, of its 2878 scheduled services for the month.

The amount was just over half the 7.9 per cent, or 228, cancellations to the 2878 scheduled services in January 2018, which was V/ Line’s worst month in Geelong for both punctuality and reliability across the year.

The line averaged 88.8 per cent of trains running on time for the year with V/Line cancelling 4.2 per cent of scheduled services, or 1415 of 33,797, during 2018.

PTV chief executive officer Jeroen Weimar attributed the improvement to V/Line better adapting to hot weather over summer.

“Our regional rail network continues to improve its ability to manage services during times of extreme weather,” Mr Weimar said.

“This includes the introduction of extreme weather timetables, which have provided more certainty for passengers.”

V/Line delivered 86.4 per cent punctuality across Victoria during January, above the 12-month average of 85.2 per cent and up on the same month in 2018.

Performance on the next two busiest regional lines after Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo, showed improvement on the same month in 2018. Punctuality for both tracked above the 12-month average at 87.7 and 87.3 per cent respectively.

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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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AMENDMENT C376 PT. 1 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987 GREATER GEELONG PLANNING SCHEME The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C376 Pt. 1 to the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme.

The Amendment came into operation on 31 January, when the notice of approval was published in the Government Gazette.

The Amendment corrects mapping and ordinance anomalies, and deletes redundant provisions.

WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF PARKING IN CENTRAL GEELONG INTO THE FUTURE?

A copy of the amendment can be inspected, free of charge at:

With more people living, working and visiting central Geelong, it’s imperative we have the right mix of transport and parking options.

Nine out of 10 people commute to central Geelong by car. This level of car dependency is an inhibiting factor, bringing more traffic, congestion and noise pollution into the precinct.

A bustling, vibrant city needs to be supported by a strong parking and transport network – but what should that look like into the future? How can we make it easy to get in and out of the city for work and play, without clogging up the roads with even more cars?

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TRAFFIC CHANGES IRONMAN 70.3 GEELONG – SATURDAY 16 AND SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY

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Limeburners Boat Ramp will be closed between 6.00am and 4.30pm.

If you have any questions or would like further details in relation to the event or the road closures, please contact IRONMAN on 1300 761 384. For full details of the changed traffic conditions, go to www.ironmangeelong.com or www.eventsgeelong.com.au

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Watercraft advice: The IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong triathlon swim takes place between the Eastern Beach Promenade and the Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

Tow Away Zones apply in Ritchie Boulevard from 6.00am to 6.00pm, Upper Eastern Beach Road from 6.00am to 2.30pm and Western Foreshore Road Car Park between Western Beach Road and Cunningham Pier from 6.00am to 4.00pm.

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Public Transport bus times and routes have been altered across the event weekend.

Bus stops along the event course cannot be serviced during the event. Revised public transport timetables are available on www.ptv.vic.gov.au, www.mcharrys.com.au or www.cdcvictoria.com.au

Eastern Park vehicle access to the Geelong Conference Centre, Geelong Botanic Gardens and the East Geelong Golf Course is not available between 6.00am and 1.30pm.

Curlewis Golf Club and Leura Park Estate access is available only from the Grubb Road roundabout in Drysdale during the event.

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Portarlington Road will be closed Drysdale bound only up to the Grubb Road roundabout from 6.00am to 1.30pm. This road closure takes affect from Garden Street in East Geelong and includes Point Henry Road. Motorists will be detoured onto the Bellarine Highway.

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The Festival of Glass returns to Drysdale this weekend on Sunday 17 February. The festival will feature almost 50 stalls showcasing glass art, sculpture, jewellery, mosaics and homeware, the 2019 Treasure Hunt draw and the Glass Art Awards. For full event details visit www.festivalofglass.net.au

Pako Festa, now in its 37th year, is Geelong’s much loved and Victoria’s premier multicultural community festival that celebrates cultural diversity. This free event consists of a variety of activities, entertainment, workshops, street performers and multicultural food from 9.00am–5.00pm. The street parade will commence at 11.00am.

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The roads listed below will be temporarily closed to motorists on Saturday 23 February:

Due to the closure of the east-bound lanes of the Geelong-Portarlington Highway between Garden Street and the Grubb Road roundabout, motorists travelling to Drysdale and the Bellarine Peninsula are advised to follow the advisory detour signage.

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Visit www.festivalofglass.net.au and refer to the map provided under the Transport, Map & Accommodation tab for the detour route that will be in place on the day. If you have any questions or would like further details in relation to the event or the road closures contact us on 5272 5272.

Emergency access will be maintained at all times during the road closure times.

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ACCESS TO WOOLWORTHS, GEELONG WEST TEMPORARY CHANGED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS – SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY SUTCLIFFE RESERVE 240–268 PLANTATION ROAD, CORIO To ensure the safe arrival and departure of the patrons attending the All Ford Day at Sutcliffe Reserve, a speed reduction and traffic management treatments will be implemented on Plantation Road between Matthews Road and Bacchus March Road, Corio.

The expected peak times are between 8.30am and 11.00am and at the conclusion of the event at 3.00pm. Traffic delays maybe experienced. We would encourage you to plan ahead. Motorists are advised to be patient and proceed with caution on arrival and at the conclusion of the event. For further information on the event visit www.allfordday.org.au

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During the event access to the Geelong West Woolworths is available at all times via Collins Street, or alternatively via Waratah Street after 1.00pm.

TEMPORARY CHANGED BUS ROUTES Bus times and routes have been altered across the event day. Bus stops along the event course cannot be serviced during the event. Revised public transport timetables are available on www.ptv.vic.gov.au, www.mcharrys.com.au or www.cdcvictoria.com.au FURTHER INFORMATION For further information on the events program, visit www.pakofesta.com.au

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MRI gets OK, as predicted

SPOT ON: Hugo T Armstrong.

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Patients will be able to claim Medicare rebates on a MRI scans at Geelong’s Epworth Hospital from March after Federal Government announced licencing of the machine last Friday.

Epworth’s licence would combine with Barwon Health’s machine to provide rebates on 5900 local MRI services a year, said Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson.

The rebates would save patients “hundreds of dollars” each on bulk-billed MRI scans at the Epworth, she said.

“This is really exciting news for our community.

“Families shouldn’t have to worry about whether a trip to the doctor will require an expensive MRI they can’t afford.”

MRIs provide images of soft tissue such as muscles, ligaments, brains, discs and blood vessels to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions including cancer and injuries.

Geelong has been pushing for the second licence since the Indy reported last year concerns about the lack of Medicare coverage for Epworth’s MRI. Local identity Hugo T Armstrong told the Indy in April he was shocked to discover shortfall considering the area’s growing population.

He was concerned that many people without private insurance would struggle to pay for MRI services at Epworth and instead have to go elsewhere for Medicare-covered scans.

He predicted the government would approve the licence in the lead-up to the election.

“The publicity and the vote-wining comes first,” he said.

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FIRED UP: Crime Stopper's Caroline Reid launches a fire prevention campaign at Eastern Beach with Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood, CFA assistant chief officer Rohan Luke and Acting Superintendent Trevor Cornwill.

Visitor barbie coal ‘fire risk’ “Unfortunately, people lighting these fires and then tipping hot coals on the ground are not considering the risk they’re posing to the community and to the council staff who have to clean it up.”

Offenders could face up to 15 years in prison and $36,000 in fines for recklessly lighting fires, Acting Superintendent Trevor Cornwill warned.

“Reckless fires cost lives,” he said.

Supt Cornwill urged anyone with information on offenders recklessly or deliberately lighting fires to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or triple 0 in an emergency.

“We need your help to keep the community safe from bushfires this summer by being aware of your own fire behaviour and that of others,” he said.

“It’s up to everyone to know the fire rules for their local area, or the areas they’re travelling to and to be mindful of their own actions and the behaviour of the people around them.”

CFA, City of Greater Geelong and Victoria Police joined Crime Stoppers at Eastern Beach Reserve for the campaign launch.

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The slow speeds had also created a “divide” between local secondary students as private schools signed up for faster speeds through not-for-profit provider AARNet. A local advisory committee to State Government had recommended AARNet for local public schools but the education department preferred to go with an “inadequate” NBN solution, G21 said.

“NBN download speeds range from 12mb to 100mb per second while AARNET download speeds range from 1Gb to 100Gb per second.

“It’s like comparing the speed of a snail … to a Ferrari.”

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Internet speeds will become as fast in local secondary schools as their Melbourne counterparts under a $16.4 million “regional connectivity” program, according to the state Education Minister.

“Online learning resources are vital to ensuring every Victorian student gets a first-rate education,” James Merlino said.

“That’s why we’ve doubled the internet bandwidth for nine schools across Geelong, the Surf Coast and the Bellarine Peninsula region.

“This investment means all schools across those regions will have the same internet speeds as their metropolitan counterparts.”

Mr Merlino highlighted the government’s classroom connectivity program after last Friday’s Geelong Indy revealed concerns about slow internet in local schools.

The slow speeds prevented students and teachers accessing “the resources they need”, such as educational websites, E-books and online classes, said lobby group G21 Geelong Region Alliance.

The speeds were so bad that in some schools only one class at a time could access “barely adequate” internet connections, G21 said.

“And that’s on a good day!”

The issue was forcing parents to buy dataloaded phones so students could Bluetoothlink their laptops to 4G mobile for “useable” internet in classrooms, G21 said.

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Crime Stoppers is aiming to stamp out arson and hot-coal littering in its latest campaign to prevent fires over summer.

The organisation launched its Reckless Fires Cost Lives campaign at Eastern Beach on Monday following reports of visitors leaving hot coals from illegal barbeques in the area.

Crime Stoppers’ Caroline Reid warned that unintentional fires could result in serious consequences.

“Both recklessly and deliberately lit fires are considered arson by law,” she said.

“Whether it’s a barbeque on a total fire ban day, or whether you’re grinding or welding and there’s a spark - reckless bushfire arson can still result in the same tragic consequences as deliberate arson.”

Eastern Beach Reserve had seen an increase in illegally-lit coal barbeques this summer, according to Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood.

“Not only are we seeing an increase in groups and individuals illegally lighting these barbecues, often they are not being extinguished properly, which puts the community at risk of preventable fires,” he said.

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LETTERS Water feeling the burn While our regional water authority has been busy as a property developer (Geelong Indy, 25 January), becoming a pseudo power company, “exploring options” for yet more property development, and engaging in other activities that curiously have nothing to do with being a public water utility, 60-year-unmanaged forest in Melbourne’s Thomson Dam catchment has been burning.

A significant proportion of the western side of the dam catchment is now burnt, which, if followed by a summer or autumn rain storm, might quite possibly make Melbourne’s major water storage unavailable for a couple of years.

This would be a whopping price to pay for our new manmade mega-fire era but maybe Melbourne needs to reap what it has sown.

What practical catchment management is Barwon Water undertaking to prevent a similar situation arising at West Barwon Reservoir?

Or has all responsibility and accountability for core business similarly flowed down the interconnecting pipe to Melbourne and that expensive desalination plant?

Bernie Franke Gellibrand

Robbing nan and pop Ronald Arthur’s claim that a retiree with shares can get more in tax refunds than tax paid (Letters, 8 February) showed he does not understand franking.

Franked means a charge has already been paid. With share dividends, 100 per cent franked means the company paid the Australian Tax Office (ATO) at the company tax rate of 30 per cent before the dividend was paid to the shareholder.

Self-funded retirees with moderate incomes pay only 15 per cent tax, not the 30 per cent already paid, so can rightfully claim a refund. Labor wants to not give back the refund.

As an example, for a retiree earning $50,000 in dividends before tax, the company would have paid $15,000, or 30 per cent, to the ATO, leaving the retiree with $35,000. But the retiree has to pay only 15 per cent, or $7500, and so is entitled to a $7500 refund, which gives the retiree $42,500 annually.

But when Labor keeps the refund the retiree’s annual pay is 82 per cent of what it should be. The percentage reduction is the same even if the annual income is less.

That’s a big drop.

If retirees sell shares to get back to $42,500, they no longer have enough to earn $50,000 in dividends, so next year they have to sell more shares. It’s a spiral toward pension dependence and Labor won’t get the money it thought.

It hits nannas and pappas, not just rich people.

Is that a good thing?

John Mole Moolap

Nudists need lifesavers The Surf Coast has a shortage of patrolled beaches.

For a start, its two legal optional-dress beaches are unpatrolled.

The main one, Southside Beach, near Bells Beach, has been a legal nude beach since November 1986 and can get quite rough. It’s ludicrous it is still not a patrolled.

Do governments and authorities not care about nudists and nude beaches?

We are bombarded with messages to swim between the red and yellow flags every summer. It should be mandatory for all nude beaches to be patrolled by professional or voluntary lifeguards.

Southside used to be a much more popular years ago but now the crowds have dropped since all the publicity about beach safety every summer.

Southside is still popular enough to warrant being patrolled.

Peter Harding Hamlyn Heights

Council needs monitoring City of Greater Geelong’s council never took responsibility for its culture of bullying.

It never accepted the council’s sacking or the appointment of administrators.

Now council wants the monitors removed.

Before being left unsupervised again, council must demonstrate it has finally learnt that a workplace culture of bullying is unacceptable.

Jim Cuthill St Albans Park 12 GEELONG INDY

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BUCKETS & BOUQUETS Bouquets to grandparents who understand that not everyone views their grandchildren’s behaviour with the same fond indulgence. Buckets to those who don’t take the opportunity to instil good manners from an early age, or are they just thoughtless and ignorant?

Heard Streets Away, Indented Head Buckets to City of Greater Geelong for its abysmal failure with the Market Square mall. The City should put a roof over the road, install roller doors and turn it into a bus-port. Then it can be locked up to keep people out overnight.

This would solve both problems.

Debbie, Grovedale

Buckets to Geelong’s mayor and councillors. I have returned to Geelong after a 50-year absence and am appalled and horrified at the state of Moorabool St and parts of Ryrie St. Where is the money being spent? A once vibrant and lovely city centre is now derelict.

Lyn, Newtown

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Lunatics take over asylum There's no doubting that climate change is the biggest swindle this century.

The whole aim is to bring in a new world order, a one-world fascist government.

This is to be achieved with laws stifling free speech, transferring manufacturing to Third World slave labour, and carbon taxes to take our money, all while giving us a guilt trip for existing.

They even tell us the world is “over-populated", a hint of what their agenda further entails.

The world is run by psychopaths.

J Hodges South Geelong

‘Science’ now insane ideology Fire up on building change

In God we should trust

Surf Coast Shire and CFA headquarters recently declared most of Anglesea and Lorne as Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) 29 for new-house builders and renovators.

In doing so they disregarded and overruled state and national building laws. They also disregarded planning law’s requirement to conform to building laws.

Building laws are based on Australian Standards, which calculate BAL according to distance to nearest vegetation. But planning law now declares many Anglesea and Lorne house sites as BAL 29 according to a map.

There is no basis for declaring these towns a higher bushfire risk for builders than they were a year ago, particularly after National Parks’ work to protect town boundaries from fire.

The shire and CFA are forcing builders to build at a higher bushfire-resistance level than building law requires, costing tens of thousands of extra dollars for no benefit.

They also demand higher bushfire-resistance without evidence of its effectiveness. A Royal Commission noted that houses built under Australian Standards would not survive a severe bushfire attack unless actively defended.

Meanwhile, CFA policy is to evacuate towns under bushfire attack, knowing there can never be enough fire trucks to defend hundreds of vacant houses.

Builders are being penalised unfairly at Anglesea and Lorne. The must exert their legal rights and reject this unjustified exaggeration of town bushfire risk.

The authorities must urgently reverse their decision, return to the Australian standard, and recognise National Parks’ protection work in both towns.

Denis O’Bryan Ratepayers Geelong

Australia has experienced extreme challenges in the past few months.

The Queensland floods were the latest trial for farmers after suffering through drought.

Our social experience was also challenged by the greed and self-interest seen in the banking Royal Commission.

Proposed solutions to our problems often prove ineffective because of greed. Sometimes they are counter-productive.

Is there a better way?

While Prime Minister, John Howard called on Australia to pray for rain. I have been looking for a similar request from our present leaders in respect to our problems.

Their lack of faith in God is evident and their hypocrisy is compounded by insincerity in reciting The Lord’s Prayer in parliament and the use of Bibles in their induction.

The parliamentary blessings had their source in reforms based on Christian principles, including social reforms such as the directions to families in 1535. Parents were instructed to teach their children the Lord’s prayer, the Apostles Creed, the 10 Commandments, and the Bible was made available to common people in their own language.

In these days of political disarray such values are obviously unknown or ignored.

The Bible clearly teaches that God can control the weather. He promises that if we repent and call on His name He will hear and heal our land.

Neglecting the wisdom of the past in trusting in a faithful God will ensure chaos in our future.

Pastor Frank Lowry Aberdeen St Baptist Church

Several recent letter-writers to the Geelong Indy, including Peter Mitchell on 11 January, claimed science supports the climate change theory.

They are clearly unaware of the scientific method, which was developed to weed out theories lacking evidence.

The theory that rising atmospheric CO2 from burning fossil fuels is dangerously warming our planet is inherently predictive. The IPCC was formed in 1988, long enough ago to allow evidence of warming to be assessed.

Ignoring El Nino events, which have happened naturally for hundreds of years, our planet has barely warmed over the past 20 years and even cooled since 2016 despite a 12 per cent rise in CO2.

So after 20 years without warming, the scientific method would require the theory to be dumped. But this isn't happening because this theory, which should be decided by science, has morphed into an ideology that could take decades to resolve.

Over the past 10 years Australia has spent $70 billion on wind and solar to produce less than 10 per cent of our electricity while fossil fuels, mainly coal, still produce 80 per cent.

The result? Our electricity prices, once among the world ‘s lowest, are now among the highest.

Yet we will not meet our Paris target.

Our 24 coal power stations range from 23 to 53 years old but are not being replaced. Meanwhile China is building hundreds, many burning our coal, to generate cheap electricity as their industries putting ours out of business.

China is not required by Paris to change.

Are we insane?

Lindsay Brown Grovedale

Freedom comes first

Banking on blowback

Bravo the Geelong Indy for publishing Peter van Elden's letter headlined ‘Cut off deniers' oxygen’ last week.

In a democratic society every citizen has the right to express their point of view regardless of its palatability. However, when anyone calls for a limit to free speech they concede that their argument is lost.

Mr van Alden has thus not only provided oxygen to the so-called "deniers" but inadvertently validated their position.

The timely implosion of fascism proved that free speech cannot and will not be silenced.

It is feared only by tyrants, the brainwashed, the irrational and those with something to hide.

Alan Barron et al, go your hardest.

Lou Coppola Hawthorn East

Keep tests coming, sceptics

While the banking Royal Commission’s terms of reference might have been a done deal, they didn’t censor damning condemnation of financial institutions’ across-the-board misconduct.

The electorate will doubtless take into consideration at a more-than-likely May poll the fact the federal coalition deferred 26 times the need for a banking Royal Commission, which the ALP advocated from day dot.

In the aftermath of the Royal Commission are a couple of pertinent situations, including the Reserve Bank’s pivotal role. Should the reserve get it wrong we all going to hell in a hand cart.

Reserve Bank Governor Dr Philip Lowe reportedly deflected a 6 February question advocating more banking sector competition by encouraging customers to demand better deals. Given the circumstances, one can understand the reply yet, as diplomacy is one thing, ducking and weaving doesn’t put runs on the board - just ask Sri Lankans.

More to the point, why should there not be a reintroduction of a people’s bank, underwritten by the Federal Reserve, to kick-start banking competition?

Also, as federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has indicated, customers proven wronged by banking failings will be entitled to compensation from a $30 million taxpayer compensation fund.

The catch for patient successful claimants is that in the process they will be hit for six again given they will partly subsidise their payouts.

Richard Worland Manifold Heights

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‘Solution’ doesn’t add up Peter van Elden wants "climate change deniers" silenced while he gets on with "solving the problem".

I'm sure no one is stopping Mr van Elden from solving his problem, if he has one.

Those of us who prefer reason and science to censorship would rather he joined the debate. He might start by defining his problem.

The problem our community faces, as we discovered in last month's blackout, is that when called upon to provide the electricity needed the Victorian Government's solution to its own imaginary problem, all those expensive wind generators, could produce no more than 3.8 per cent of the energy required.

As the goal is 100 per cent renewable en-

One of the most important steps in the scientific method is testing a hypothesis.

If I have an idea, first is to come up with a way to prove myself wrong. If possible, I carry out an experiment to check.

This means climate change sceptics have been important for strengthening the theory of human-created climate change. Every time a sceptic raises an objection, a scientist has an opportunity for new research and to gain funding and recognition.

However, as evidence is collected there are fewer new objections. The theory becomes more complete, with less interesting work to be done.

Meanwhile, sceptics keep recycling the same ideas without looking at the answers already provided. They add nothing new to the conversation, so scientists stop responding.

I encourage sceptics to look at the responses to their claims and to provide new ideas for testing.

Meanwhile, climate scientists have moved on to the topic of consequences. This is a much more open question with lots of possible research to be done.

It is also where modelling and predictions come in. Those predictions are obviously not certain, but almost all are disastrous.

On another note, I don't believe there is any benefit in confusing this issue by introducing renewable energy. That is a different conversation, mostly with renewables on one side and coal on the other.

So many other considerations and options are being ignored in favour of butting heads.

Peter Mitchell Geelong geelongindy.com.au

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about the same time Tina Arena appeared on the show.

“I think the early years doing the TV shows was an eye-opener,” he said.

“It was live TV and you really only got one go at it.”

His dad, now 87, worked in the building industry but lived vicariously through Fimmano’s music, he said. “(My parents) just had to earn money and live, so they sort of missed out on the opportunity,” he said.

“But dad drove me here and there for years and years and still comes to my shows today.”

Fimmano has played in shows across the world and now regularly has gigs on cruise ships.

“It’s just lovely. Without being corny, you’ve got great captive audiences that are there to hear you and have a good time,” he said.

“You might do one show in a week because they don’t want to overexpose the artists. It’s great because I can take my family on one every once in a while.”

The musical genes appear to have passed on to his Fimmano’s eldest son at age 4, like his father.

“He likes drumming of all things, I’ve tried to encourage him to play a bit of piano,” he laughed.

Fimmano will play Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hits and other music theatre classics when he brings his show Music of the Night to GPAC on 23 February.

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“He was my grand inspiration, right up until he passed away,” the 55-year-old told the Indy this week.

“Whenever we visited there was always music in the house.”

While his grandfather favoured the guitar or mandolin, his passion began Fimmano’s road to playing piano on Young Talent Time and across Australia and the world.

The renowned pianist brings that passion to Geelong next weekend when he plays his favourite music theatre tunes alongside three talented singers.

Joining him on stage at Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) are soprano Jessica Di Bartolo, tenor Gaetano Bonfante and musical theatre performer Dexter Villa.

“It’s a really lovely team and we get to do all the songs we want to do,” he said.

“I also take people on my journey as a child.”

Growing up in Italian migrant family, the accordion was a natural first choice, Fimmano said.

“It was a popular instrument within the culture. I had a very colourful and happy childhood.”

He moved onto piano lessons and soon scored a gig on Young Talent Time at age 11,

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By Luke Voogt Veteran Hamlyn Heights musician Colin Mockett hopes to have locals jiving, boogying and bopping through time in The History of Rock n’ Roll next month.

“We take you back to Memphis in the 1950s (and) we leave it with the Beatles,” the longtime musician and historian said.

“It’s the history of rock and roll - how and why music changed at particular times.”

Mockett said his band, All Shook Up, would being begin the journey in the segregation era, when record producer Sam Phillips discovered Elvis Presley. “(He) said if he ever found a white man who could sing black music he would make a fortune, and he did!” he said.

Mockett narrates the pivotal moments of rock and roll between sets in the show, which combines his dual loves of history and music.

“It’s a joy for me. This is pure pleasure to put to together,“ he said.

“It’s much more interesting if you know where (the music) comes from and how it evolved - that’s fascinating to me.”

Along with Elvis, All Shook Up will play hits

by Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash and more when the cover band comes to the Potato Shed on 5 March.

For 18 years Mockett has performed similar shows drawing mostly “people who were around in the ’50s or ’60s”, he said.

But the “phenomenon” of Elvis often drew a younger crowd too despite The King being dead for 40 years, Mockett said.

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By Luke Voogt Inverleigh’s Shane McInerney is racing the clock to get his 1974 GT ready for the 28th All Ford Day after crashing it at Geelong Revival.

His pride and joy hit a barrier after the brakes locked in the wet during the event’s drag races last November.

“It was just a pain in the arse and I was disappointed that it happened,” the Ford worker of 28 years said.

At times the summer heat kept Shane from repairing the XB sedan.

But after replacing a few parts and some panel beating, he just needed a wheel alignment to get his beast back on show this weekend, he said.

Shane bought the GT in 1997 and had completed a quarter-mile in it in 12.9 seconds, he said.

“It’s just a car I’ve always liked. I’d probably struggle to buy one today but back then it was readily cheap.“ Shane started at Ford as an apprentice fitter and turner in 1991 and now is one the few locals left working for the company, as a risk assessor.

He will judge some of more than 1000 Fords on display when the All Ford Day comes to its new home of Sutcliffe Reserve Corio on Sunday.

“There’s always quite a good collection,” he said.

“It’s just a good day to see a lot of good cars and raise some money for charity.”

Organiser Nicholas Heath said the new venue had twice the space of the event’s previous home in Waurn Ponds.

Shane McInerney (inset) and his pride and joy, a 1974 Ford GT. “(Last year) we ran out of carparks,” he said.

He described the event as the largest of its type in Australia and “probably in the “Southern Hemisphere”.

Hundreds of Ford fans will exhibit their pride and joy across 40 acres of grassland on Sunday, with more than 50 different competition categories throughout the day.

Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame inductee John Bowe and legendary Australian drag racer Larry “The Big O” Ormsby will be at this year’s event.

The festival celebrates the rich Ford history and workmanship that Geelong was part of for more 90 years, according to event director

Scott Pidgon.

Organises had introduced three new judging categories this year to accommodate the vast number of vehicles, he said.

“The All Ford Day has secured its position as the largest gathering of Ford vehicles and enthusiasts in Australia, and continues to grow each year.

“We’re excited about the expansion of our event that has led us to a new location - we had an abundance of cars on display last year and we’ve already had a variety of spectacular vehicles sign up for 2019.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FUNDRAISER - Organisers seek entries for Geelong Relay for Life 2-3 March at St Albans Reserve, Bounday 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.

TODAY FESTIVAL - Our Lady of the Sea Primary School present Earth Fest Ocean Grove 4-8.30pm at Ocean Grove Park, cnr Presidents Ave and Draper St. Features music, family activities, food stalls and displays. Entry $5, children free.

SATURDAY DANCE - Ballroom dancing 8-11.30pm at Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Hwy, Leopold. Cost $10 includes supper. Enquiries 0400500402.

BALLROOM - Geelong Ballroom Dance Club dances to Zac 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.

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

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Leopold Public Hall, Queenscliff Rd. Cost $6. 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.

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FREE CHECKS: Breastscreen van 'Marjorie' is on the way to Corio with free cancer screening services for women aged over 50. The van will be at Water World Aquatic Centre, 1-15 Cox Rd, Corio, from 25 March to 18 April, with appointments available online at breastscreen.org.au or by phoning 132 050.

ANNIVERSARY - Alfred Nurses League 25th anniversary lunch midday at Circa 1902, 59 Hesse St, Queenscliff.

Cost $30. Enquiries 0430 472 210.

PROBUS - Combined Probus Club of Geelong East meets 10am at East Geelong Uniting Church, cnr Boundary and Ormond Rds, East Geelong. Guest speaker Rachel Faggetter on cultural heritage conservation and the National Wool Museum. Enquiries 5248 6690.

SPEAKING - Rostrum public speaking club meets 6.45pm at St Georges Workers Club, 212 Pakington St, Geelong West. Enquiries 0408 369 446, 0418 691 709.

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

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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, 33 Myers St, Geelong. Enquiries 0435 091 277.

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.

Enquiries 0447 646 364 or 0417 252 832.

COMMUNITY - Vines Road Community Kitchen 9.30am12.30pm at Vines Road Community Centre, 49 Vines Road, Hamlyn Heights. Enquiries 5277 9027, communitykitchens.org.au.

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

BALLROOM - Dancer’s Club Geelong ballroom dance including old-time, new vogue and Latin 7.30-10.30pm at

CHESS - Geelong Chess Club meets 7pm at 33 Myers St, Geelong. Enquiries geelongchess.com.

DANCING - 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, 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.

FRIDAY BOOKS - Book sale 10am-2pm at Uniting Church, cnr Reserve and Torquay Rds, Grovedale. Proceeds to Uniting Care Barwon.

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.

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“My father was a pioneer in cataract implant surgery from 1963! He has now passed away but some of his patients still come in for a check-up. Not only is this inspirational, it also demonstrates that good surgery outlasts the surgeon,” Dr Stubbs says.

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Surging Cats set to grab place in finals LOCAL CRICKET Jim Timberlake Geelong Cricket Club surged into third position on the Victorian Premier League ladder after a hard-fought win over Casey-South Melbourne last weekend.

Batting first, the Cats were lead beautifully by skipper Eamonn Vines who peeled off a majestic 122 after batting for almost six hours.

Brenton McDonald (33) helped ice the cake on the Geelong innings as the Cats set their hosts 280 to win.

Casey-South Melbourne started its chase reasonably positively, reaching 2/110, before McDonald (3/61) and Dom McGlinchey (3/88) tore through the middle order to reduce their opponents to 9/177.

However, an incredible fightback saw the score quickly climb before McDonald claimed the last wicket with 18 runs and three balls to spare.

The Geelong side continues to go from strength to strength and hosts Ringwood over the next two Saturdays in a game the Cats should win, and in doing so wrap up a finals spot for certain.

In Geelong Cricket Association’s match of the day Richie Oliver (86) has helped set up an intriguing run chase for this Saturday, setting Lara 213 for victory.

The Geelong City star was the mainstay, receiving good support from veteran Chris Bambury (31) as the Sharks posted a competitive 212.

Danny Hughes (3/49) led the way for the Cats with the ball in a game both sides simply have to win.

Tomorrow’s run chase will be as tight as it gets in a local home-and-away fixture when Andy Hughes and co attempt to chase down the runs and keep their team’s premiership aspirations alive.

In division two, Marshall has done its finals chances no harm with a very defendable 255 against Highton.

Stan Grazotis (83) top-scored, while Jake Hilton (42) continued his good post- Christmas form at the top of the order.

James Menzies (22) provided a late boost for his side to capitalise on a solid day’s batting.

For Highton, Charlie Dewhurst (3/26) was the pick of the bowlers.

Marshall will be out to prove it belongs in the top four, and this will be the perfect opportunity to do so.

And in division three, Geelong West has kept its finals hopes alive, restricting Modewarre to 186.

Geelong West had Modda at 8/12 at one stage before Jackson O'Hanlon (40) and Nat Matthews (42) put on 60 for the ninth wicket.

For the Rams, Mitch Stephens (4/46) bowled 24 excellent overs.

With no Sam Loftus tomorrow, Geelong West will need all its batsmen to step up and shoulder the burden, otherwise the team’s season is over.

ON THE BITE Adam Van der Lugt

IN OTHER NEWS: Lara duo Sam Purdy and Brad McMaster have been selected to represent the Victorian under-21 squad.

COMPETITORS: Reigning champion Sam Appleton and local hopeful Luke Bell will contest this weekend's Ironman 70.3 Geelong.

Local ‘veteran’, champ vie for Ironman title Born in Warrnambool, growing up in Portland and cutting his teeth on the sport of triathlon at Eastern Beach in Geelong, Luke Bell is one of the best athletes to come out of Victoria’s west.

The ironman veteran of more than 20 years, whose credentials include four top 10 finishes at the ironman World Championship, an Australian and North American ironman championship and 20 wins across the globe at ironman and ironman 70.3 distance, he knows a thing or two about getting the job done.

The father of two has scaled back his racing but he still finds time to squeeze in a few races in Asia and Australia.

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This year Bell is making a welcome return Ironman 70.3 Geelong this Sunday and he hopes to give the young blokes a hard time.

“These days it is all about more enjoyment and new focuses,” Bell said.

“I have always loved the sport and I still do so I am happy to get out on weekends and mix it up.

“I still ride with Mitch Anderson and Damien Angus and all those guys and we still try and let our egos belt each other up, so I get some hard sessions there and I try to get down and run with Craig Mottram’s group when I can and I have swum with the same swim squad for 20 years.”

Meanwhile, Sam Appleton will attempt to

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Berley trails lure makos along coast

defend his 2018 Ironman 70.3 Geelong title this weekend.

In fact, the boy from the Blue Mountains is heading back to Corio Bay to see whether he can make it three in a row.

After a relaxing off season back home, Appleton is itching to kick start the first half of the 2019 season with a three-peat.

“My training has been going reasonably well so far,” he said.

“I started back after the new year and have been slowly building up my fitness. I have just come off a training camp with my coach in Phoenix, Arizona, and that camp is always a good opportunity to build some fitness leading into Geelong.”

Mako sharks were high on the hit list over the past week with a number of quality fish boated locally.

Evan Michaelides fished off Barwon Heads in 50 meters of water where, with the use of a strong berley, he raised a number of makos.

Using a whole yakka as bait, he hooked a solid shark that gave him a run for hisr money before being brought on board.

A number of other anglers reported similar stories over the past week, with numerous sharks coming up in their berley trails.

Gone Fishing Charters’ Chris Vasilevski guided clients onto kingfish in excess of 10kg in The Rip while using whole squid as bait.

Anglers fishing offshore from Point Lonsdale to Barwon Heads caught good numbers of just-legal- sized rat kingfish and salmon over 3kg on knife jigs and squid strips.

Pinkies to 45cm were thick throughout Corio Bay’s inner-harbour, providing fantastic land-based options along Geelong’s waterfront.

Casting soft plastics on first or last light and even into the dark resulted in some anglers landing a dozen or so pinkies, along with the odd flathead too.

Walking along the waterfront while casting into the deeper water is a good way of locating schooling fish.

Anglers wanting to use bait should find pilchard and bluebait effective.

Whiting and squid were still fishing well across the Bellarine Peninsula from Clifton Springs to Queenscliff.

Pippie and tenderized squid fished on a moving tide worked well for the whiting, while squid took size 3.5 white jigs cast over weed beds.

Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree produced some fantastic redfin fishing for anglers casting lures from both boats and the bank.

Being a shallow lake, lures that run to a depth of 1m or so work well, along with lightly weighted soft plastics, on redfin nudging 50cm along with the odd trout.

Lake Purrumbete produced big brown trout again, with lucky anglers catching a number of fish from 6lb to 8lb and one specimen breaking the 11lb mark.

Trolling Tassie Devils on first light then running lures a bit deeper throughout the day put anglers in with a chance of hooking up one of the big trout.

MAKO MY DAY: Evan Michaelides with the shark he caught off last weekend Barwon Heads. geelongindy.com.au

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Our secret blend of 2 cheeses What sets your Parmi apart from the rest?

We use a 340g fillet, panko crumbed with our chefs nonna’s superb napoli sauce

Geelong RSL Is it Parma or Parmi?

Parmi Chips underneath or beside?

Beside What cheese do you use?

Mozarella To gravy or not to gravy?

Not What sets your Parmi apart from the rest?

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PARMI + POT NIGHT

Every Wednesday | Happy Hour 4.30 - 6 pm

Bistro Open Lunch + Dinner 12 - 2pm + 5.30 - 8pm | All visitors welcome GEELONG RSL 50 Barwon Heads Rd, Belmont Ph 5249 2444 | www.geelongrsl.com.au

It’s a massive meal

The Peninsula Hotel Is it Parma or Parmi?

Parmi Chips underneath or beside?

Underneath What cheese do you use?

Mainland Egmont To gravy or not to gravy?

Not to gravy What sets your Parmi apart from the rest?

Homemade & secret recipe

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Tuesday is PARMI Night @ The Inn

The Inn Hotel Is it Parma or Parmi? Parmi Chips underneath or beside? Beside To gravy or not to gravy? Never gravy Is there a secret ingredient?

• Casual Fine Dining • All day menu •฀Locally฀sourced฀produce •฀Cocktails,฀craft฀beers฀&฀local฀wine •฀Beer฀garden

58 Corio St, Geelong | Ph 5221 5273

FREE PARMI

Secret cheese blend What sets your Parmi apart from the rest?

Our Parmi is the perfect size, crispy, juicy and made from hand crumbled, free-range chicken. We use triple smoked ham and house napoli sauce then top it with the perfect cheese blend.

for your birthday.

Conditions Apply

Parma Bar

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Parmi’s to choose from

Chips underneath or beside?

• Vegan / Vegetarian / Gluten Free / Dairy Free / Fod Map • Dine inside / outside courtyard • Catering Available • Private Functions

Generally on side, depending on size of parmi To gravy or not to gravy?

Optional What cheese do you use?

The Little Pakington Courtyard Shop 4, 112 Pakington St Geelong West

Variety to compliment the individual parmi What sets your Parmi apart from the rest?

Ph: 5223 2083 • 4227 2756 • OPEN 7 DAYS

PARMI TUESDAYS

Endless variety, 66 to choose from.

Vegan, vege, gluten free and more.

from 5.30pm

NIGHTS

Murphys Geelong Is it Parma or Parmi? Parmi Chips underneath or beside?

Beside. No one likes a soggy chip!

To gravy or not to gravy? Gravy? We’ll go you

one better and use our McDonnell’s Curry Sauce - as seen on our Irish Parmi

Sit back and soak in the serenity with a refreshing cocktail or craft beer accompanied with any of our tasty Parmi options. Even one for our vegan friends!

With 9 different options available and some of the most unique views getting around Geelong, you’ve got what we like to think is an ideal Tuesday night.

JOIN OUR PARMI CLUB - 6TH PARMI ON US! + other specials and discounts Keep an eye on your on our social pages for the return of the Godfather Parmi - coming soon.

Murphys Hotel - 30 Aberdeen St, Geelong West 5221 4335

What cheese do you use?

Shh... it might be double crumbing What’s the ideal price? $22, $15 on Tuesday Parmi Night How do we feel about ‘Around the world parmis’?

All for it. Our Tuesday night parmi menu wouldn’t be complete without the addition of our Irish, Mexican, Outback and Hawaiian parmi’s!

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The O’Dowd’s Mc Andy Magee’s comedy hypnotist show Mr. and Mrs. St. Pats Day

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