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Day to meet all the crew

By Luke Voogt Geelong emergency services will meet the people they protect and serve at the city’s waterfront in a first-time event on Sunday, organisers have announced.

“It’s not every day you get an event like this,” Geelong Acting Sergeant Shaun Johnson said.

“We’re hoping that, if it s a big turnout, it will become an annual event for Geelong.”

The free community safety day was aimed at changing public perceptions of police and other emergency workers, Sgt Johnson said.

“We’re all everyday people and we’re all approachable.”

But often people viewed police as hardnosed, he said.

“We’re not just there to book or arrest people - if you’re lost or need help with anything the police are there too.”

Victoria Police, CFA, SES, Crime Stoppers, Life Saving Victoria and other organisations would attend the free ‘familyfriendly’ event, Sgt Johnson said.

“It’s an opportunity to get up close and personal with emergency services personnel and find out what we do and how we do it.”

EVERYDAY HEROES: Melanie Gill, Sarah Pritchard, Acting Sergeant Shaun Johnson and Mick Varker get ready for Sunday's community safety event.

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Traffic shake-up Bikes, walkers ‘prioritised’ for CBD roads plan

By Luke Voogt Cyclists will have priority over motorists on seven of central Geelong’s busiest roads under proposed council traffic management plans released this week.

Gheringhap, Moorabool, Swanston, Kilgour, Myers and Malop Sts and Western Beach Rd would “prioritise” cyclists “consistent” with

Geelong’s Principle Bicycle Network, City Hall said.

A further 20-plus streets and lanes bounded

by Gheringhap Myers and Bellarine Sts and the waterfront will “be focussed on pedestrians” under the plans.

The draft Transport and Network Operating Plan prioritises Latrobe Tce and Ryrie, McKillop and Yarra Sts for vehicle traffic.

The plan would also direct east-west trucks to the more southern routes of McKillop and Fyans Sts and Breakwater Rd, to take pressure off Ryrie St. But councillor Eddy Kontelj said plans to direct trucks away from Ryrie Street using signage were “unlikely to have an impact”.

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KOALA-FIED: Janine Duffy, pictured spotting a koala with a tour group, has raised fears over You Yangs plans.

You Yangs plans ‘a risk for its wildlife’

By Luke Voogt

PRIORITIES: Council's designated routes for bikes, green, and vehicles, red, in its draft traffic plans.

SHAKE-UP: Councillor Eddy Kontelj and Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood.

Plans to “revitalise” the You Yangs could threaten local wildlife, including Australia’s most-famous non-captive koala, according to a local tour operator.

Janine Duffy, a long-time koala researcher, feared Parks Victoria’s proposed master plan could lead to overdevelopment and increased traffic.

“Which is a terrible, terrible threat to local wildlife,” she said.

“We’re concerned that this is a way of making money, which we just don’t think is conducive to the wildlife living in that area.”

Ms Duffy’s concerns arose from a Parks Victoria survey, which suggested options for the You Yangs and Serendip Sanctuary including camping, accommodation and children’s areas.

“We think there are better places for that to happen,” she said.

"There seems to be a leaning towards turning these spaces into urban recreation. But (Parks Victoria) are currently not even able to handle the car park or the road system.”

Ms Duffy believed the plans could lead to increased people and pets visiting the area, threatening local habitats.

“Why destroy that to create another urban recreation space,” she said.

STAR: Koala Clancy in his You Yangs habitat.

“There’s a couple of things in the survey that we’re very nervous about.”

Road traffic was one of the largest threats to You Yangs koalas including Koala Clancy, who has more than 44,000 social media followers, Ms Duffy said.

She also raised concerns the proposed master plan could open the door for housing de-

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“Already developers are looking at Serendip and want to surround it with houses,” she said.

“If the You Yangs goes the same way the developers will win but that’s not what locals want.”

Ms Duffy had seen no advertising for the proposed master plan outside of Parks Victoria's webpage, she said.

“What worries me is that they’re trying to hide this from the public.”

Parks Victoria district manager Paul Wallace declined to detail if the authority had advertised the master plan outside its website or how it would mitigate Ms Duffy’s concerns.

But he said Parks Victoria was committed to protecting habitats while exploring ways to “revitalise” the sites to improve visitors' experiences and contribute “more to the local community”.

“We are currently only generating and exploring ideas.”

Mr Wallace invited locals to have their say online at the Engage Victoria website, where he said “more than 800 people have already shared their thoughts”.

Parks Victoria held a drop in session at Mechanic’s Institute Hall at Little River last night and will hold another at Lara Hall on Saturday, from 10:30am to 12:30pm.

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The plan had no direction for bus routes, which the Department of Transport is currently reviewing.

“That is a little disappointing, because buses play an important part in traffic movement into and through the CBD,” Cr Kontelj said.

“I think this draft plan is a positive step forward, however in some areas I feel it doesn’t go far enough.”

Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood said the draft plan did not “give all the answers to the transport challenges facing central Geelong”.

“But once finalised it will offer strategic direction as the council and State Government look to develop a functional and vibrant city centre.”

“A number of elements of this draft plan, such as directing freight movement away from Ryrie St, have been discussed for many years but are yet to be achieved.”

Council would continue to lobby State Government for major public transport improvements required to make the plan successful, Cr Harwood said.

He urged Geelong locals to have their say on the plan, which goes online next Monday at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/yoursay.

While the draft plan prioritised streets for certain types of transport, it did not exclude other modes of transport for those streets, a City Hall spokesperson said.

Technical experts created the plans with Public Transport Victoria, VLine, Public Transport Users Association, bicycle user groups and council’s Disability Access Committee.

Once finalised, council will implement the plans over 10 years in a staged manner, according to City Hall.

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Fifth death on road

By Luke Voogt A pedestrian became Thompson Rd’s fifth fatality this year after colliding with a car at Norlane yesterday.

Emergency services declared the 36-yearold Norlane man dead at the scene near Elmore St about 5.30am.

Police had yet to release his identity when the Indy reached deadline yesterday.

He was walking across the road with a bike and a trailer when two southbound cars approached, Geelong Highway Patrol Leading Senior Constable Shane Dignan said.

“The first car has caught him in the head-

lights and taken evasive action to avoid him.

The car behind struck him.”

Both drivers were obeying the speed limit and police believed the drivers were not at fault, Ldg Sen Const Dignan said.

Three people died in separate crashes on Thompson Rd in July and May after a car struck and killed an elderly pedestrian in February.

Last month State Government announced a $200,000 trial to reduce lanes and paint medians with turning lanes on the road between Morgan and Separation Sts. The safety improvements were earmarked for a stretch about 2km south of the site of yesterday’s fatality but local cafe owner Mark

Butcher last month urged government to extend the trial to the whole road.

“If they were smart about it they’d probably just make it one lane all the way,” he told the Indy.

“Are they just funding that part of road because someone was killed there? Are they just waiting until someone’s killed here to fund our bit?”

Over the past five years Thompson Rd accounted for 25 serious and 46 minor-injury collisions, according to VicRoads.

The pedestrian's death brought Victoria's road toll to 212, up 53 on the same time last year.

WALKING TALL: Stephanie Miles is raising money for fellow epilepsy sufferers this month. 198768 Picture: REBECCA HOSKING

Cook commits Geelong Cats chief Brian Cook has agreed to a one-year contract extension, the club has announced.

Brian Cook, also chair of Barwon Health, was now committed to running the club until the end of 2021 as the Cats entered the next stage of their home stadium’s redevelopment, said president Colin Carter.

Fat fight Almost two thirds of greater Geelong adults are obese or overweight, according to latest statistics.

Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute highlighted the figures this week with a call for action on a weight disparity between residents of “wealthy” Melbourne suburbs and other areas of the state, which had higher obesity rates.

Spill exercises Geelong’s refinery operator has begun a series of exercises to practice containing oil spills on Corio Bay. Viva Energy said the exercises, which began yesterday and continue weekly until 7 November, involved the deployment of a containment boom from the beach as well as on-water activities.

Hub boost Barwon Heads is a stop closer to its new arts hub after councillors this week agreed to make a publicly-owned site available for development of the facility.

The project already had a $1 million funding commitment from State Government but Tuesday’s vote would allow design and construction to proceed on the Clifford Pde block, City Hall said.

Wheel leader A new business development executive will spearhead a high-tech Geelong wheel manufacturer’s push into Europe, the company has announced.

Waurn Ponds-based Carbon Revolution said the appointment of Adrian Smith, who previously worked with international brake manufacturers in Italy and North America, reflected the company’s confidence in the European market’s potential.

Water falls Geelong’s water storages have slipped to 70.5 per cent of capacity despite 18mm of rain in the seven days, according to official measurements.

Barwon Water recorded a .4 per cent decline in storage levels on Wednesday after consumption of 633 million litres since the same time last week.

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Mum defies seizures to step out for funds

By Natalee Kerr Three years ago Stephanie Miles was breastfeeding her youngest child when she collapsed “out of the blue”.

The "healthy" Highton mother-of-four had experienced her first epileptic seizure.

“As I got up to take my baby to her bed I face-planted, broke my nose and had a seizure,” the 41-year-old recalled.

More seizures followed, the latest in July.

“The last one was while I was driving with three of my kids in the car.

“My 12-year-old literally steered us to safety and somehow got us to the right side of the road. It was terrifying.”

The last few months were particularly “tough” as Stephanie’s condition left her “on edge all the time”, she said.

“It’s so frustrating because I feel really good for months and then have a seizure.

“It’s greatly impacted my life, particularly with having children.”

The university health teacher said her chronic brain disorder, which could cause un-

usual behaviour, sensations and loss of consciousness, was “rare” for someone her age.

“There’s a bit known about the younger generation experiencing epilepsy but the later age groups are left a bit in the shadow.

“I never thought I'd ever have to deal with something like that - ( had no warning signs.”

Stephanie has raised more than $1200 to help fellow sufferers ahead of her first Walk for Epilepsy, on 20 October.

She asked willing donors to visit walkforepilepsy-2019.everydayhero.com/au/stephanie.

Twenty police have visited Geelong’s mosque for a “cultural awareness day”.

Police said the visiting officers sought to “establish any issues” between the force and local Muslims and gain insights into “dealing with the community”.

AWARENESS: Police attending North Geelong's mosque.

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GRLC in red as pays rise

By Luke Voogt Geelong Regional Library has recorded a deficit of $385,622 despite an extra $821,873 from Geelong's council, as wage costs rose by almost $1 million.

Wages increased $935,773 from $8.4 million 2017/2018 to $9.3 million in 2018/2019, according to the library's annual report.

But Geelong Regional Library Corporation chief executive officer Patti Manolis blamed the non-cash impact of depreciation for the overall deficit.

“This depreciation cost is due to the great level of investment by council in new libraries in recent times including Leopold Library and Geelong Library and Heritage Centre,” she said.

The corporation underspent on wages by about $500,000 in 2017/2018 due to vacant positions that it had since filled, Ms Manolis explained.

“When you compare this immediate past financial year’s salaries result this represents a total increase of $453,019,” she said.

The increase included $282,000 in staffing costs for the recently-opened Leopold Library and a 2.025 per cent enterprise agreement salary increase, she said.

In 2016/2017 Ms Manolis received a salary of $181,000 plus superannuation and a provided car, which rose in subsequent financial years to $185,000 and $189,000, she said.

Geelong Regional Library was “in a strong financial position”, she said.

“The library actually achieved a cash surplus of $1.6 million which has been re-invest-

ed into over 83,000 new hardcopy and eCollection items and new technology.”

Geelong councillor Ron Nelson, who chairs the library’s board, agreed the corporation's financial position was “very solid”.

But in his 2017 election campaign Cr Nelson called for an inquiry into the corporation he then described as a “monolith” of bureaucracy.

“I’m just saying there’s a bit of fat at the top there that perhaps we don’t need,” he said at the time.

Following his selection as chairman in 2017 Cr Nelson met with Ms Manolis and “undertook a detailed analysis of the organisation”, he said this week.

“The board, under my chairmanship, pays very close attention to efficiency.

“Financial reporting is on the agenda at every meeting and we cover future budget development extensively as part of our annual planning meeting held in November every year.

“We analyse public library sector benchmarking in great detail to determine our industry position each year and respond to the expressed demands and wishes of our community. ” The library ranked first in a state-wide survey for the fifth year in a row in 2018 and its membership grew 5 per cent over the past year to 130,000, Cr Nelson said.

“I am … 100 per cent behind the organisation and the important work it undertakes.”

State Government funding of the corporation had declined to a “really disappointing” 13 per cent of total income, Cr Nelson said.

ARTISTIC DISPLAY: Geelong artist Jack Bayley, 96, is showcasing more than 70 paintings at an Picture: REBECCA HOSKIN exhibition next month. 198759

Jack’s back on show at 96

By Natalee Kerr Geelong’s Jack Bayley is on a mission to establish himself as an artist - at the age of 96.

Grandson Murray said he was helping Jack prepare a showcase of 75 paintings he created with his “heart and soul”.

“I’m trying to honour the work grandpa has done that he won’t take credit for,” Murray said.

“He was drawn to do this work; I’m compelled to get it out in the world.”

Jack began painting more than two decades ago after moving from Ocean Grove to Geelong.

He spent the past 15 years working tirelessly on his technique with acrylic paint on recycled paper.

“I stayed with it and kept doing it - I was hooked,” Jack said.

Classically trained but now producing “modern” works, Jack held his first and only other exhibition aged 88 but was ready to go public again.

“I’ve had a feeling that there is something more in this than the average and that somebody should see it,” he said.

“It’s something different in the art world.”

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Mayor bids emerge

By Natalee Kerr The race for Geelong’s next mayor is shaping as a contest between two contenders ahead of Tuesday's in-house election.

Deputy mayor Peter Murrihy confirmed his interest this week, expecting to face two-time mayoral candidate Stephanie Asher.

“Absolutely I’ll be throwing my hat in the ring,” Cr Murrihy told the Indy.

“I suspect that councillor Asher will nominate. I think maybe she'll be the only other one.”

Cr Asher told the Indy she was “likely” to nominate.

“I’ve had some councilors ask me to do so, so I’m feeling encouraged to run,” she said.

Cr Asher finished runner-up to Darryn Lyons in 2013 under the city's former direct mayoral election system. She then lost to Bruce Harwood after the decision was returned to councillors in 2017.

Last month councillor Anthony Aitken expressed interest in running as deputy to Eddy Kontelj as mayor but he declined to comment further this week.

Cr Kontelj recently told the Indy the possibility of him vying for the role remained “very much open”.

“I’m still considering my options and seeing who else puts their hand up first.”

Cr Kontelj could declare late if he “wasn’t satisfied” with the candidates, he said.

“If I felt that what had been put forward may not deliver for the city and community for the level that is needed, then I would put my hand up.”

Crs Ron Nelson, Pat Murnane, Sarah Mansfield and Trent Sullivan have confirmed they will not nominate.

The Indy was unable to contact Mayor Bruce Harwood about his intentions.

LIKELY: Stephanie Asher has emerged as a potential challenger to Peter Murrihy, pictured in the inset, at next week's council mayoral vote.

Surfers reject walkway plan

By Natalee Kerr

He was recently granted a week's leave from council duties, commencing the day after councillors' mayoral vote.

Crs Jim Mason and Kylie Grzybek have previously indicated they were yet to decide on

whether they would nominate but the Indy was unable to contact them this week about any decisions.

The new mayor and deputy will serve until the next council elections.

A proposed 60-metre-long viewing platform threatens to degrade the environment of Bells Beach, according to surfers.

Surfrider Foundation's local branch said Surf Coast Shire's proposed design overlooking the Winkipop break failed to safeguard the iconic surfing reserve.

“As long as there are inadequate protections for Bells, the battle to prevent commercialisation and gentrification of our first surfing reserve will continue,” the foundation posted on social media.

The draft platform design failed to take into account the needs of the landscape, the foundation said.

“This is a significant turnaround from the previous vision which was to minimise infrastructure and keep the reserve as natural as possible.

“One of the terrific things about surfing Winki is there are hardly any man-made structures visible from the water … this will change that completely.”

The shire said the elevated timber walkway would replace an existing 30-year-old “cracked” concrete footpath along the Winkipop cliff line.

Survey results last year found that a “majority” supported construction of a permanent elevated structure on the site, the shire said, The proposed infrastructure was “important to the ongoing viability” of the Rip Curl Pro and would be constructed in time for next year’s event in April.

The design was lower than a temporary structure used when competition moved from the Bells break to Winkipop and would “complement” the natural landscape, the shire said.

The shire said it was reviewing feedback on the draft design, with councillors to vote on the plan at their meeting next month.

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500 homes set to replace rural heart of twin towns

Character ‘assassination’

by Luke Voogt A proposed Drysdale development will “kill” the town’s rural character, according to a community group opposing the planned 550-house estate.

Drysdale Clifton Springs Curlewis Association slammed council plans to rezone 28 properties for the planned 1397-resident estate.

“Over the years we’ve criticised council because its own structure plans emphasise Drysdale's rural character,” association secretary Patrick Hughes said.

“Every planning amendment over the last 10 years that has been approved has destroyed that.”

Mr Hughes owns one of the 28 properties near McLeods Waterholes and fears the rezoning could lead to council compulsorily acquiring his home for drainage.

“What we’re facing is a house being demolished for a hole in the ground,” he said.

“Once (the planned estate) gets covered with tarmac, bitumen and the rest of it the run off will be considerable.”

Council officers had spoken to him about the possibility of City Hall compulsorily acquiring his home, he added.

Ample Investments Group, which requested the council zoning amendment, owns eight of the 28 properties.

A council report stated that the majority of property owners were in favour of the rezoning, which Mr Hughes disputed.

“Our immediate neighbours are against it,” he said. “(The report is) badly lacking (in) evidence of how the landowners feel. What’s very telling is there’s no mention of how the landowners responded each time.”

TOWN DEFENDERS: Mercedes Drummond, Glenda MacNaughton, Patrick Hughes and Doug Carson are fighting a council proposal to rezone rural Picture: REBECCA HOSKING land. 198843 Council had few plans for jobs, schools and infrastructure for the more than 1000 people to move into the estate, Mr Hughes said.

“You’re going to have a small town dropped from the sky without absolutely any services.”

In 2015 Drysdale Clifton Springs Curlewis Association lost their bid to stop the construction of a petrol station at the entrance to the town.

“The experience of the community association over the last 10 years is, despite public opposition, is (projects have) gone

through,” Mr Hughes said.

Association president Mercedes Drummond agreed.

“At times we feel that our voices are not being heard,” she said.

Mrs Drummond believed there was a “hurry” to get the rezoning through, with State Government plans to introduce stricter regulations for “distinctive areas”.

The properties were "virtually the last bit" of rural land in Drysdale, she said.

Mrs Drummond said “surely common sense would dictate” council respect ratepayers strong feelings about the place they reside in over developers.

Mr Hughes’ property was home to an art studio that was an integral part of Drysdale’s yearly Festival of Glass, she added.

Council’s planning director Gareth Smith said the amendment included no “public acquisition overlay” to compulsorily acquire any properties.

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Chinese crash in test call

By Luke Voogt A crash that left a Chinese man fighting for life and seriously injured four other tourists has prompted renewed calls for overseas driver tests.

Local opposition MP Bev McArthur urged State Government to introduce extra testing following the crash at Mount Moriac last Friday.

Mrs McArthur described the crash as “yet another example” of government’s “negligence” in failing to ensure tourists were capable of driving in Victoria.

“Daniel Andrews and his road safety experts at the TAC have done little ... to solve the international driver issue,” she said.

International drivers “contributed” to 21 per cent of crashes involving ambulance callouts along the Great Ocean Road, the Liberal Member for Western Victoria said.

“Yet the Premier suggested my call for proper testing measures to ensure tourists understood our road rules was ‘culturally inappropriate’.”

But a spokesperson for Road Safety Minister Jaala Pulford accused Mrs McArthur of running a scare campaign.

“Once again the Liberals are making things up and trying to scare people when it comes to international drivers,” they said.

While about 20 per cent of crashes along the Great Ocean Road involved an overseas driver, suggesting they caused all 20 per cent was incorrect, the spokesperson said.

“The facts are that international drivers are not over-represented in crash statistics and these claims undermine the Great Ocean Road’s reputation and our tourism industry.”

Government also believes that introducing extra testing could infringe upon treaty obligations leading to restrictions on Australians who drive overseas.

TEST CALL: Opposition MPs Tim Smith and Bev McArthur with Belmont High School driver safety app creators Georgia McAndrew and Dayne Hibbert at Princes Hwy, Mount Moriac.

During 2018/2019 State Government installed about 100 'drive left' signs on the Great Ocean Road and multi-lingual electric signs on tourist routes including Princes Hwy, the spokesperson said.

Last Friday a hire car travelling north on Cape Otway Rd crashed with a truck travelling west on Princes Hwy at an intersection, injuring the car's five Chinese occupants.

Paramedics airlifted a 58-year-old man and

a 35-year-old man in a critical condition to The Alfred hospital.

The 58-year-old man remained in a critical condition while the 35-year-old had since stabilised, a hospital spokesperson said on Monday.

An air ambulance also took a 34-year-old woman to Royal Melbourne Hospital where she is in a serious but stable condition, a hospital spokesperson said.

Paramedics also took a six-year-old boy and 60-year-old woman to University Hospital Geelong in a serious condition with head injuries.

The boy was transferred to Royal Children’s Hospital over the weekend before being discharged.

The woman was transferred to The Alfred over the weekend, according to Ambulance Victoria.

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COUNCIL MEETING The next ordinary meeting of council will be held at the Council Conference and

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This meeting is open to the public.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING The next meeting of the Planning Committee will be held at the Council Conference and Reception Centre, City Hall, Little Malop Street, Geelong on Thursday 24 October 2019 at 5.30pm.

Item to be discussed: • Planning Permit Application No PP-4412018 – Works to remove rocks at the entrance of an artificial water body to Corio Bay at 711-729 Portarlington Road, Leopold.

This meeting is open to the public.

WANT TO SEE THE FINALISTS OF THE 2020 CALENDAR COMPETITION? Voting for the 2020 calendar is now open. To view, and have your say on what images should feature, visit www.geelongaustralia.com.au/calendar/vote Voting closes Monday 14 October at 9.00am.

Open the door to sustainable living by touring some of the region’s most environmentally progressive homes on show at Sustainable House Day on Sunday 13 October.

This year’s properties showcase a wide range of sustainable features and is a valuable resource for anyone looking for inspiration, ideas and the key to sustainable living. Get advice from homeowners and technical experts. Learn from locals how to live well.

For more information visit www.

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geelongsustainability.org.au/shd2019 Calling all kids 12 years and under! Enter your details for your chance to win a chance to flick the switch and turn on Geelong’s Floating Christmas Tree on Friday 8 November!

Ten finalists will be randomly drawn. Each finalist and their immediate family will receive access to an exclusive area at the

opening night event to enjoy the show.

One lucky child will be randomly drawn on the night to flick the switch alongside Santa and our event hosts.

Sustainable House Day (Geelong and Surrounds) is proudly presented by Geelong Sustainability Group Inc.

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2019 ROYAL GEELONG SHOW NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO DISCHARGE FIREWORKS AND TEMPORARY CHANGE TO PARKING CONDITIONS

HAVE YOUR SAY LARA FLOOD STUDY – COMMUNITY CONSULTATION SESSIONS The Hovells Creek and Avalon Catchment Flood Study is nearing completion with draft results now available.

In past community consultation sessions held in September 2018 and March 2019, the community contributed valuable information which helped support the study teams understanding of the local flooding conditions.

GEELONG SHOWGROUNDS THURSDAY 17 TO SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER

Continuously updating flood modelling and the City’s management plan is essential to ensure the safety and resilience of the Lara community.

The Royal Geelong Show will feature two evening fireworks displays at approximately 9.00pm on Friday 18 October and at approximately 8.45pm on Saturday 19 October.

The team would like to invite community members to view and discuss the study findings and flood maps at community consultation drop in sessions on Tuesday 22 October.

New updated flood mapping is now available. This mapping will be relied upon for emergency management response, and will be used to inform future amendments to the planning scheme and local development controls.

If you’d like to learn more but are unable to attend a session, the draft mapping results and project updates are available on www.geelongaustralia.com.au/yoursay

This study results help build on our understanding of flooding behaviour in the Hovells Creek and Avalon catchments, informing how far and how deep flood waters are likely to extend during extreme weather events.

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Tuesday 22 October

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We recommend that pet owners ensure their animals are safe and secure prior to these times. If possible pets should be kept indoors or in a secure outbuilding during the fireworks displays.

For an event schedule visit www.royalgeelongshow.org.au

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Drop in at any time during these sessions.

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Hard-waste recycle rate of 37% ‘great’ More than a third of Geelong’s 35,000 cubic metres of hard waste has gone to recycling rather than landfill so far, according to council.

Cleanaway, the contractor for the trial service, recycled about 37 per cent of hard waste it collected from greater Geelong households over six months, City Hall said.

Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood said the “great result” reflected council’s commitment to limiting waste going to landfill.

The figure was above the average 25 per cent recycling rate for the service, offered by most metropolitan Melbourne councils, according to City Hall.

Cleanaway had collected hard waste from 12,309 greater Geelong homes from April to September, according to council data.

That represents almost one in every nine households across the municipality. The trial, which began 1 April, will continue until 30 June 2020.

Cr Harwood urged residents yet to access the service to make a booking.

“We encourage residents who are looking to do a spring clean to consider their disposal options and to check out what can be accepted through the book-in hard waste collection.”

He also encouraged locals to visit www. geelongaustralia.com.au/hardwaste for more information.

Residents who accessed the service from April to June this year were eligible to receive another hard waste collection during 2019/2020, he added.

The service allows ratepayers and residents to dispose of bulky items not accepted in the

RECYCLED: Ross Lang from Cleanaway, resident Sri Lai and deputy mayor Peter Murrihy as hard waste collections began in May. three residential kerbside bins.

This includes couches and other furniture, white goods, computers, carpets and rugs.

Small amounts of timber, scrap metal, roofing and guttering less than 1.5m in length are also allowed.

Hard waste must be less than three cubic metres in volume – equal to a pile 3m long, 1m high and 1m wide.

Meanwhile, Council is yet to announce an end to Geelong’s household recycling being diverted to landfill as a result of Victoria's waste crisis.

SKM, which previously processed Geelong’s recycling, went into liquidation this year, causing work to cease at its South Geelong depot.

But Cleanaway, SKM’s receiver, had resumed normal recycling services for six Victorian councils, 9News reported on Tuesday.

Teen arrests ‘great work’ Three teen boys face court over a series of separate alleged crimes ranging from home invasions to car thefts and endangering life, according to Geelong Police.

Detectives arrested the boys separately over the past week before they were remanded to appear in Geelong Children’s Court next Wednesday, police said.

The first arrest last Friday involved a 15-year-old from Corio wanted for alleged offending in his home suburb, Leopold and Geelong West.

“The male was charged with an attempted aggravated burglary in Leopold on 25 September 2019, theft of motor car in Geelong West on 26 September 2019, an attempted aggravated burglary in Corio on 28 September 2019 along with unlicensed driving and handling stolen goods,” police said.

Detectives laid the second arrest when they caught up with a 16-year-old from Newcomb on Monday.

“The male was charged with an aggravated burglary in Newcomb on 4 October 2019 along with theft, two counts of obtaining property by deception and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail,” police said.

The third arrest, of a 16-year-old from Corio, involved the most alleged crimes.

Detectives charged him with 12 twelve offences including several car and fuel thefts, a home invasion, reckless conduct endangering life and dangerous driving during a police pursuit.

Geelong Police praised its High Volume Crime Team for “great work” in arresting the boys.

The team also this week arrested a 20-yearold Geelong man over alleged burglary offences at St Leonards, Leopold, Moolap, St Albans Park and Point Cook.

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Authorities ‘knew fire risk’

GFC ‘clad’ in two-year fail

By Luke Voogt Authorities failed to fix flammable cladding at GMHBA Stadium despite knowing about it for two years, according to Victorian shadow planning minister Tim Smith.

HELPFUL CUBES: Nelson Park students have developed a new project to help young kids to read.

Nelson kids’ cube solution

By Natalee Kerr Nelson Park students have developed an “eyecatching” form of storytelling to help with literacy among beginner readers, non-readers and people with learning difficulties.

Their Story Cubes outside Corio Library aim to create an “accessible” way for young children, their families and carers to engage with storytelling and literacy.

The colourful cubes, which also serve as seats, feature illustrations from well-known local children’s authors Nan Bodsworth, Jiri Ti-

bor Novak and Jedda Robaard.

Nelson Park student Tyler said he hoped the cubes would “bring people together”.

"It will be great to be able to see kids using their imaginations from something we have created,” he said.

The public art pieces mark the fourth community project between the school and City Hall during the past three years.

Previous projects include the Mindfulness Bay Walk in Corio, Story Walk in Whittington and the Kinder Kit Box for playgroups in Corio and Norlane.

The accusation came last week after the Indy in 2017 first revealed fears of combustible materials in the stadium’s Reg Hickey Stand.

Mr Smith slammed the “absolute failure” of State Government, Victorian Building Authority (VBA) and Kardinia Park Stadium Trust to remove the “very dangerous” cladding.

“I think it’s absolutely disgraceful that they haven’t done anything about it,” he said.

In 2017 the Indy reported an industry tip-off that the 6000-seat stand contained flammable cladding, prompting a trust investigation.

The revelation followed the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 80 people in 2017 and reports Victorian buildings could contain materials similar to cladding that caused the blaze.

A few months ago Mr Smith received a tip-off that the Moorabool St side of the stadium was clad in combustible material, which an “impeccable source" later confirmed, he said.

With A-League games at the stadium this

month State Government had to rectify the issue immediately, Mr Smith said.

Since the 2017 Indy report Geelong Cats hosted 18 games at GMHBA Stadium, with the stand often reaching capacity.

This February an apartment block in Melbourne, with the same cladding as Grenfell Tower, caught fire.

Mr Smith demanded government detail the cost of rectifying the stand.

State Government allocated funds in its 2019/2020 budget to fix the cladding, a spokesperson said. But government was awaiting further studies to determine the cost, they said.

“Kardinia Park stadium has been inspected by both the VBA and fire engineers and is safe to occupy.”

Kardinia Park Stadium Trust had known about the cladding since 2017, its chief executive officer Gerard Griffin admitted.

“The trust implemented a risk mitigation strategy as soon as we became aware of the issue.”

The strategy included CFA onsite for major events, partially closing Moorabool St, fire safety spot checks and smoking bans.

The trust was working with government and independent experts to examine cladding in the Hickey and Premiership stands, Mr Griffin said.

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Grave shows vie for award A graveyard tour bringing Geelong’s most famous and important historic figures ‘back to life’ is in the running for a state-wide award.

More than 1700 people have watched History Alive tours since they began in 2015, according to show researcher and writer Colin Mockett.

“That’s an amazing number considering that the tours only occur during some summer weekends,” Mr Mockett said.

The tours were the brainchild of Geelong Cemeteries Trust’s Frank de Groot, who wanted to ‘demystify the cemetery experience’ while exploring history, Mr Mockett said.

GRAVE HONOUR: Colin Mockett, Shirley Power, Bryan Eaton and Maureen Eaton as Geelong Eastern Cemetery residents Foster Fyans, Elizabeth Austin, James Harrison and Eliza Batman.

Teen’s killer loses appeal

by Luke Voogt Murderer Karl Hague has lost an appeal against his conviction for stabbing 16-year-old Ricky Balcombe to death at Market Square on 5 May 1995.

Hague’s lawyers in July lodged applications to appeal for either a retrial or for his 2018 conviction to be quashed.

But the Court of Appeal this afternoon dismissed Hague’s applications to appeal against both his conviction and sentence.

The ruling means Hague will continue to serve at least 20 years in jail for murder.

In handing down the ruling Chief Justice Anne Ferguson rejected an application to in-

troduce new evidence that convicted killer Nick Munn allegedly confessed to murdering Ricky Balcombe.

Lawyers for Hague submitted the theory in court prior to a jury last month convicting Munn of killing his friend Jason Fry at North Shore in 2018.

“The Court concluded that the evidence lacked credibility,” Justice Ferguson said.

“If the evidence were to be placed before a jury, there was no significant possibility that it would affect the outcome of the trial.”

The evidence failed to meet the threshold requirement that a jury, acting reasonably, might accept and act upon it, she said.

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In Hague's 2018 trial the prosecution relied on an eyewitness to the killing and witness evidence he was in the shopping centre about the time of the murder, Justice Ferguson noted.

She acknowledged problems with prosecution witnesses, some of who had engaged in criminal behaviour of varying seriousness since the murder.

“Many gave different or incomplete accounts,” she said.

“A number refused to cooperate with police, at least in the initial stages of the investigation.

“Further, the lengthy delay in the trial meant that a number of witnesses were no longer available to give oral evidence, and accordingly, their statements were read to the jury.”

But the court found, when considered as a whole, the prosecution case had been strong, Justice Ferguson said.

“On the sentence appeal, the court noted that this was a serious example of murder. It was a revenge killing.

“Although the court accepted that the applicant had not sought out the victim on the particular day, the attack itself was not entirely spontaneous.”

Given the sentencing judge’s observation of "significant doubts" for Hague’s rehabilitation, his sentence was “not manifestly excessive”, Justice Ferguson said.

Hague is serving 26 years in prison and will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years.

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Big events ‘deliver $99m’ An estimated $99.3 million flowed into Geelong’s economy from events that a council committee sponsored during 2018/2019, according to a recent City Hall statement.

The “record figure” resulted from a combined 850,000 people participating in or watching 25 events across greater Geelong, the statement said.

“The $99.3 million economic contribution figure is a very positive result,” Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood said.

Geelong Major Events Committee supported the events, including the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport, which generated an estimated $28.9 million in economic benefits.

Council estimated the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and Festival of Sails contributed $11 million and $10.6 respectively to the $99.3 million total.

Geelong Galley’s Archibald Prize exhibition and the city's inaugural White Night contributed an estimated $8 million and $5.1 million respectively.

“Greater Geelong now has an incredibly dynamic and varied calendar of events that receive support from the council via sponsorship,” Cr Harwood said.

“These are a significant driver of tourism and support local business in a big way. They also bring national and international exposure to our region through TV and media coverage.”

The event expenditure supported an estimated 794 full-time equivalent jobs in greater Geelong, according council’s latest meeting agenda.

The committee invested a total of $1,848,277 in the 25 events, which City Hall described as a “53 to 1” return.

Deputy mayor Peter Murrihy, who chairs the committee, praised the result.

“The Geelong Major Events Committee is

FLYING HIGH: An F-35 in action at Avalon Airshow, which according to council injected $28.9 million into Geelong's economy. proud to be presenting these exceptional results to the council,” he said.

“They show the remarkable economic value our pursuit and support of major events brings to the region.

“Major events are also great for our local community, offering family-friendly enter-

tainment and participation opportunities.

“Fourteen of the events provided some level of free public access, meaning they’re accessible to everyone.”

Council’s events portfolio chair Ron Nelson described Geelong's 2018/2019 calendar as outstanding.

“Our hotels, restaurants, bars, cafes and retailers all get huge benefit every time one of these events comes to town,” he said.

“There was something for everyone in the calendar of events, providing 25 more reasons why Geelong is the place to live or visit.”

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Banks and insurers in $1.8m pay-backs

By Luke Voogt More than $1.8 million in compensation resulted from about 650 financial complaints from Geelong residents in 11 months, according to a dispute resolution group.

Banks and insurers were the main corporations angering Geelong customers, the majority aged 40 and above, according to Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

The group is not a government agency but a not-for-profit organisation providing "impartial" resolutions to disputes, according to its website.

In its first 11 months of operation the group received 238 complaints against banks, 122 against insurers and 84 against credit providers.

Another 32 complaints involved superannuation while Geelong locals made 22 complaints against debt collectors.

Of the complaints against banks, the majority related to failures to provide assistance (33), credit (31) and responsible lending (28).

Greater Geelong locals made 15 complaints about incorrect fees and another 15 about unauthorised transactions.

Insurers frustrated Geelong customers with 55 complaints of claim denials, 29 for delays in claim handling and 26 for unsatisfactory payouts.

Of the total complainants 36 per cent were aged between 40 and 59, 26 per cent were above 60 and 22 per cent were between 30 and 39.

Males made about 60 per cent of the total complaints.

PAYBACK: Australian Financial Complaints Authority CEO David Locke.

Australian Financial Complaints Authority will visit Geelong next Thursday in an 80-stop national roadshow.

Hearing from local communities would help improve the group’s services, according to chief executive officer David Locke.

“When people run into an issue with their financial provider, many don’t know they can actually make a formal complaint and get it fixed.

“If it’s something you’ve felt strongly enough to complain about to your friends and family, chances are you have a case to pursue.

“We’re eager to hear from the locals of Geelong first-hand about their financial complaints and any issues they’ve encountered re-

solving issues with their financial firm.

“These valuable insights will help us reach fair outcomes and drive change across the industry.

“It’s important that Australians feel confident in bringing their financial complaints forward, and we will be there to support each and every Aussie that we encounter on the road.”

Geelong locals also had a one-year window to lodge complaints dating back to 2008, Mr Locke said.

“The special rules around legacy complaints have been set by the Australian Government, and AFCA can accept legacy complaints until June 30, 2020.”

Local ‘fix’ for Lara wetland Community contributions have breathed new life into a wetland habitat for birds at a Lara sanctuary, according to Parks Victoria.

The town’s community bank and Lions club had put $27,000 into the revitalisation project at Serendip Sanctuary before officially reopening Wildlife Waterhole this week, Parks Victoria said.

“In addition to construction of a new pond, the planting of native vegetation and landscaping, the upgrade includes an automated filtration system that will save Parks Victoria staff time and resources to maintain the health of the water feature.”

More than 150 species of birds visited the sanctuary, which was open 8am to 4pm daily except Christmas Day and Good Friday, Parks Victoria district manager Paul Wallace said.

“Serendip Sanctuary is a much-loved community asset that provides a unique learning experience for thousands of visitors and school children every year,” he said.

“This experience has been given a boost thanks to the generous support of Lara District Community Bank and the Lions Club of Lara.”

Bank chairman Andrew Hilliard said the 60-year-old sanctuary was a popular drawcard.

“The fact that the wetland ecosystem is used by school groups as a learning centre that demonstrates both the beauty and importance of healthy wetlands to maintaining a diversity of wildlife was a key factor in our decision to support this project,” Mr Hilliard said.

Parks Victoria said it was “exploring potential options” to further revitalise the sanctuary.

Locals and visitors could “share their thoughts” on Serendip’s revitalisation at engage.vic.gov.au/futre-investment-you-yangsand-serendip-sanctuary.

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LETTERS Zoning in on amenity How many Geelong Indy readers are aware that City of Greater Geelong proposes to spoil the pleasant rural ambience of Clifton Springs by rezoning over 40 hectares of rural living zone land to residential?

It is the Rural Living Zone within Clifton Springs that gives the Drysdale/Clifton Springs township a wonderful, distinctive rural feel that sets it apart.

These landscapes would have been a factor in the Victorian Government working “to declare the Bellarine Peninsula a Distinctive Area and Landscape under the Planning and Environment Act 1987… to better protect the unique features of the Bellarine Peninsula for current and future generations”.

I have not met any local person in favour of the rezoning, which will entail the removal of approximately 1000 mature trees in the middle of the township to create 550 residential housing lots.

The community would wish that developments should be driven by the needs of the community for the benefit of the community.

I see no benefits to the community and many detrimental effects because there would be no employment for the additional residents within the township, which will increasingly become a dormitory area.

In addition to the loss of trees, wildlife and rural vistas, there will be an increase in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and an increase in congestion and the risk of injury on our roads.

Neil McGuinness Clifton Springs

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BUCKETS & BOUQUETS Bouquets to Barwon Water for another sterling job. The two tradesmen were great. Thank you to you all.

Dopey Dora, Geelong West

1/47 Pakington St, Geelong West, 3218 Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au Facebook.com/GeelongIndy Fax: 5249 6799 Contributions must be less than 50 words and include the writer’s full name, address and phone number. best use of its maintenance funds.

The Auditor General also found there was no strategy for proactive road maintenance, there was an expensive “worst first” approach, there was no accountability for repairs and no system in place to ensure works were completed to a set standard.

Since the Auditor General’s report the Andrews Labor Government has done nothing to address its concerns. Why? The system needs to be overhauled so rural and regional Victorians have a guarantee that works done with taxpayer dollars will last longer than a few weeks.

Until something changes we will continue chasing our tail without overall improvements to the condition of our roads.

Roma Britnell MP Shadow minister for rural roads

Home in on smokers

We might never know where our elephant bone came from or how it got there (Geelong Indy, 20 September) - it's literally Geelong's elephant in the room, and could remain a controversial subject.

But we are not alone. During the course of 21 years ringing the town crier's bell at Gippsland’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival I discovered that sometime in the 1950s a circus elephant was killed in a road accident at the railway viaduct. Being too cumbersome to move, it was buried on the riverbank.

In the future, after a raging flood, imagine the amazement that will ensue if an entire elephant skeleton is exposed beside the Avon River.

An exotic animal and rip-roaring horseless carriages in an unknown southland.

Not even Shakespeare could make it up!

Melva Stott Anglesea

A lesson on life

Dreamers the real threat

The movie Unplanned is a sobering but brilliant portrayal of a young woman's journey from director of Planned Parenthood, the biggest USA provider of abortions, to a passionate defender of innocent, unborn children.

Abbey Johnson's life changed immediately when she first witnessed an abortion on ultrasound Everyone should see this movie, especially secondary school students. The truth about what happens to unwanted babies must be made widely available.

The unnecessarily graphic sex education provided in Victorian State schools must be balanced with the deadly consequences for many unplanned babies.

Further, options other than destroying a life must be offered equally as part of pregnancy education and counselling.

Victoria must hang its head in shame. Since 2014, under Premier Daniel Andrews, we have allowed full-term abortions.

I ask readers to please be a voice for the unborn and to march for babies from 1pm tomorrow at Treasury Gardens, 2-18 Spring St, East Melbourne.

Melinda Rau-Wig Grovedale

Councillor Jim Mason recently argued that anybody who questioned the evidence around the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis was a threat to global security (Geelong Indy, 29 September).

In the Indy two months previously he described as “solid” a suggestion for a trail connection between Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads to reduce car congestion in the summer.

Perhaps Cr Mason needs to get out more; there is already an existing off-road trail between Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads and a dedicated bridge.

Does he now advocate that the community start gold-plating this existing infrastructure?

If so, then perhaps the real threats are the ever-escalating rates bill and the myopic upper-middle-class environmental dream.

Bernie Franke Upper Gellibrand

Time and again we see money go into road maintenance and construction but within weeks the repairs have failed and the roads are stuffed again.

Good money is thrown after bad on repairs that don’t work. The system is broken but no one is doing anything to fix it.

In 2017 the Victorian Auditor General found that insufficient money was allocated to road maintenance and that VicRoads could not demonstrate clearly that it was making the geelongindy.com.au

Bouquets to the person who returned my wallet with all the cards and money still inside. Thank you very much.

Graham, Manifold Heights

Have your say - it’s free

We can learn much from countries described as Third World or developing.

Case-in-point Thailand this year introduced a national law treating smoking inside homes as a form of family or domestic violence because of the associated health and social dangers.

The law tackled the danger of passive smoking head-on, and not before time in a country where smoking is endemic. More than 50,000 people die from medical conditions attributed to smoking each year in Thailand.

In Australia more than 20,000 die annually from the habit, which places a great burden on the public hospital system Children are particularly at risk from ingesting cigarette smoke in their homes.

As a former heavy smoker, I strongly support the introduction of such legislation in Australia.

Michael J Gamble Belmont

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Nonsense emergency Some readers expressed annoyance at councillor Stefanie Asher and MP Bev McArthur Letters, 4 October) but their criticism was badly off-centre.

Sanja Van Huet disapproved of Cr Asher's moving an amendment that withdrew a climate emergency declaration.

Dr Van Huet's main complaint was on party political grounds. What would have been useful would have been her reasons for thinking Geelong has a climate emergency this glorious spring.

And, if we were having one, what business would it be to, as Cr Ron Nelson said, council’s bread and butter of “roads, rates and rubbish".

Cr Asher referred to calling a climate emergency as "merely ticking a box". This neatly describes a copycat piece of fashionable virtue-signalling unrelated to any threat from climate.

Ms McArthur's suggestions for environmental solutions that children might consider didn't go down well with Peter Coghlan or Don Bartlett.

Youngsters need more respect, they believe, which I'm sure Mrs McArthur doesn't deny them. What we all lack from the strikers is any clue as to what they want, or any indication they have thought about the complex issues.

Are three-word slogans all they know?

Education is Mrs McArthur's hope for our children's future. The young people referred to in Mr Coghlan's letter seem to believe in a climate emergency, whatever that is, and "they want to be alive in 50 years’ time", as though they doubt that likelihood.

That this nonsense has been drummed into them bodes ill for their long journey toward enlightenment.

Tim Saclier Leopold

Lies feeding hysteria It’s easy to claim that the right wing of the Liberal party “is feeding lies to children” (Letters, 4 October).

What exactly are the “lies”? Fairness demands that supporting proof be offered.

This extreme claim shows how much the climate change thing has become politicised.

Democracy does not look anything like masses of gullible children wagging school to protest about their perceived climate “emergency”, which is not supported by science but driven by left-wing hysteria.

Alan Barron Grovedale

Fools easily led At Liverpool's enclosed docks the ferry and liners berth at a floating landing stage because the River Mersey’s tides differ by 10 metres.

Sometimes waves spill onto a plateau in front of the The Pier Head’s Three Graces but no Scouser has ever whinged about it because it’s an everyday natural event.

Since I came to Australia it has moved six metres closer to the Equator because of continental drift.

Also, the atomic clock has been adjusted several times as Earth's rotation gradually slows. Consequently, the Moon is gradually moving away.

Listing all nature’s influences of climate would take a very long letter.

We are reverting to the Dark Ages when all natural events were explained by mysticism.

I am in the autumn of my years and don't care that social media has enabled the ill-informed, the uneducated and the plain stupid to espouse their inane nonsense on the populace.

I spent most of my working life in communications, in which the golden rule was, ‘Listen, listen, listen because you learn more with your eyes and ears than you do with your mouth’.

There are also three principles: always tell a fool what it wants to hear; always tell a fool what it wants to believe; and always bombard a fool with lies and propaganda because simple minds are easily lead.

With baited breath I await the abusive responses.

Roy Ridings Geelong

Scientists doom prophets A letter signed by 500 senior scientists and professionals in climate and related fields was recently presented to the UN secretary-general.

Headed ‘There is no climate emergency’, the letter declared that computer models forming the basis of climate policy were unfit for purpose and that the trillions of dollars spent globally on climate policy was wasted.

Among the points raised was that warming was perfectly natural and had not increased natural disasters.

They scientists asked for a UN-sponsored meeting in 2020 to discuss all aspects of the issue.

However, the UN secretary-general and the media ignored them. At the recent UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the secretarygeneral said: "If we do not urgently change our way of life we are endangering life itself".

Also, Pope Francis spoke about impending climate doom and a 16-year-old girl gave a near-hysterical speech, saying we faced a “a mass extinction, people are dying”, which of course was all nonsense.

We’ve been subjected to prophets of doom for 50 years and none of their prophecies ever eventuates.

Peter Rees Bell Park

More CO2, less ice It took Alan Barron (Letters, 4 October) a long time but he finally got it right.

"When dinosaurs were on the planet CO2 levels were over 2000ppm and life flourished", he wrote.

That was the Mesozoic. There was no ice anywhere on the planet, and sea level was 61 metres higher than it is today.

That's what CO2 does.

Kevin Crough Lara

Invest in action at home Man’s burning of fossil fuels for power and transport is doubtless the main cause of change in our climate.

I was annoyed at first by school children protesting that our government must stop the use of coal-fired power generation. On refection, I realised they were only expressing opinions expounded by our media and other socalled experts.

The only word I can find to describe this attitude is apathy, which means we want something done and we want someone else to do it.

The catch-cry is renewable, clean energy but presently the only options appear to be wind and solar. These will be of some use but we need the development of new technology, which will only come about by investing in science.

A number of projects are being developed but these things take time.

In the meantime, school children can make a difference by pressuring their parents into installing rooftop solar, which for an investment of $3000 can make a home carbon-neutral.

Ray Harrison Bell Post Hill

Students lead on road safety Last Friday morning’s tragic crash on the Princes Hwy, involving an international driver in a hire care that left three people clinging to life, was yet another example of the Andrews Government’s negligence in failing to ensure the sufficient driving abilities of tourists on our roads.

Daniel Andrews and his “road safety experts” at the TAC have done little to reduce the rising road toll in Victoria or to solve the international driver issue.

International drivers contribute to 21 per cent of crashes in which ambulances are called along the Great Ocean Road yet the Premier suggested that my call for proper testing measures to ensure tourists understood our road rules was “culturally inappropriate”.

Georgia McAndrew and Dayne Hibbert, who are year 11 students at Belmont High School and recipients of the People’s Choice Award in the Geelong Upstart Challenge Accelerator Program, have produced a brilliant and innovative solution to the international driver issue, by designing an app called TourSafe.

Rather than waving placards in the Treasury Gardens like some of their peers or engaging in weak political labelling like the Premier, Georgia and Dayne saw a real problem and produced a real solution.

TourSafe is an app that would allow tourists to learn about and then test themselves on Australian road rules. This could be an effective measure encouraged by car hire companies or on international flights arriving in Australia, to help tourists navigate international road environments.

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New theatre role casts spell on Hamlyn Heights actress She dropped out of a law degree, fell in love and landed on stage.

Now thespian Amanda LaBonte’s playing three roles, spanning family life in Hamlyn Heights, running a local theatre company, and appearing in the latest Harry Potter stage production at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.

Amanda shares her story with Elissa Friday in the latest edition of Geelong Coast magazine (GC), including insights into her joy of acting.

“There are always laughs,” she says.

“There’s a core group of us who end up in the green room battling it out on the table tennis, and that’s become part of our ritual in preparation as well.

GC is available now at local newsagents, with complementary copies available to read at more than 1000 venues across Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast.

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Belmont our hot property suburbs also fared well for September, with Geelong boasting seven of the top 10 auction locations in regional Victoria for the month.

East Geelong, Norlane and St Albans Park also had 100 per cent clearance rates, with three auctions for the first suburb and two each for the others.

Highton’s five auctions provided three sales, while Newtown’s six also netted three, the REIV counted.

The other three top-10 regional places went to the “diverse” towns of Mildura, Wodonda

and Gisborne, Mr Kings said.

Regional Victoria had 96 auctions for the month, with 58 sales producing a clearance rate of 60.4 per cent.

“This brings the average clearance rate for regional Victoria to 66.2 per cent for September quarter 2019, up from 52.4 per cent in previous quarter,” Mr King said.

“There are opportunities for both occupiers and investors to get good value from buying property in regional Victoria.”

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Auctioneers sold all 10 houses that went under the hammer of Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) members during the month, said the organisation’s chief, Gil King.

Belmont had the equal highest clearance rate and the most auctions of any Geelong suburb in September, he said.

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Brady ‘up there’ on stage

By Luke Voogt The irony of writing the most famous AFL song in history after watching only a quarter of footy is not lost on English-born songwriter Mike Brady.

“I often laugh at the irony,” he told the Indy, fresh from performing Up There Cazaly for 100,014 people at the AFL grand final.

“Quite often when I’m smiling while I’m singing, I’m half laughing at the irony.”

Brady was amazed to see the amount of kids singing along at the game and the Grand Final parade the day before.

“They’ve embraced the song – I mean – it was 40 years ago when I wrote it and it’s still relevant,” he said.

“When I started singing it at the ground everyone sang along from the first line.”

After his seventh grand final in a row and more than a dozen in total, in front of TV audiences of millions, Brady was yet to tire of the gig.

“It's a privilege,” he said.

“I was really happy on Saturday – it was really lovely to do it. It generates a lot of energy.”

But now Brady is en route to Geelong with fellow Australian singer Mike McClellan to show he is "more than just a sports songwriter”.

“I do a lot more than just write football songs and I think that’s why Mike invited me on the tour – I get typecast.”

Brady was born in London before his family moved over to Australia in the ’50s.

At age 14 he left school and joined his mates’ rock band The Phantoms, later MPD. “Who I think are now all phantoms… I think they’re all dead,” he said.

The band opened for acts like The Beatles when they came to Australia, Brady said.

But eventually he found his way into TV commercials, singing jingles for household names like Arnott’s and SPC. “I’ve done them for just about every airline and every brand of car that was on the market,” he said.

“I think my favourite was for the Navy – you’ll be wet, you’ll be homesick and frightened but you’ll be the pride of the fleet.”

Following the success of cricket anthem C'mon Aussie C'mon, Channel 7 approached Brady to sing a jingle promoting the then VFL. “At the time I’d only ever been to one quarter of a (VFL) game – a brawl broke out so my girlfriend and I left,” he said, “I knew a bit about it because I’d played at school. I was fascinated by it, by how obsessed people were with the game in one city.

“The amount of people that turned up to games was incredible.”

He expanded a jingle about high-flying 1920s St Kilda ruckman Roy Cazaly into the now-famous song that made him a household name.

Up There Cazaly reached number one in 1979, even in Sydney where “Aussie Rules was scorned”, Brady said, and sold 250,000 copies.

Brady looked forward to a “rare performance” at Geelong Arts Centre on 27 October with McClellan, who he met during his TV commercial career.

“I’ve got so many friends in Geelong and I hope they all come along,” he said.

Together the duo will play a mix of country and folk songs from their careers.

“If I get time I do some of the jingles just for a laugh,” Brady said.

“Mike is an extraordinary song-writer and a great guitarist. If they don’t like me they’ll like Mike instead. Hopefully they’ll like us both.”

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A spy comedy-adventure that sees four characters play 139 roles is set for a Geelong debut next month.

Following a sell-out season in 2016, stage production The 39 Steps returns for a limited season with a series of shows scheduled in Geelong for the first time.

Based on a “theatrical mash-up” of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1935 film, the play takes on a smaller four-character ensemble that challenges more than 100 characters.

The story follows an international spy who finds himself at the centre of a seemingly unsolvable mystery that turns into a dangerous global game of “cat-and-mouse”.

Australian actor Nathan Page, who plays on “hero” spy Richard Hannay, said the show resembles a “fun” piece of theatre.

“It’s so wonderfully crafted and so beautifully written that there’s just this joy of performing it,” he said.

“What I’ve always loved about The 39 Steps is the simplicity of the devises used onstage – it’s child’s play at its heart of hearts.

“There’s not so many places you can turn for beautiful childish entertainment for adults.”

From train chases, plane crashes to dark murders, the 100-minute stage thriller embodies comedic style, drama and romance.

Page said the cast are continuously engaged and “vibing off each other” throughout the “crazy” adventure.

SPY ADVENTURE: Sell-out play The 39 Steps is headed for a Geelong debut next month.

Picture: JAMES HARTLEY “One of the things you’re forced to do in this is that you have to constantly listen. It’s a lot of work but the moment you don’t, is the moment you’ll get lost,” he said.

“So that’s the pitfall, but it’s also an amazing thing because all four of you are completely engaged all the time even if you’re off stage.”

A former elite cyclist, Page attended the Australian Institute of Sport and later competed in races across Europe.

He retired from professional cycling at the age of 19 due to injuries before then deciding to take up acting.

Page said the youthful nature of The 39 Steps allows him to revisit his athleticism, as it requires him to undergo “specific” physical conditioning. “(The show is) just like watching this train that’s almost derailing the entire time - there’s a lot going on this moving montage,” the 48-year-old said.

“It requires me to be as physically spontaneous as possible - similar to the way a contemporary dancer would prepare for a show… it’s a challenge.”

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By Natalee Kerr Local audiences will be able to enter the world one of music’s “most captivating icons” when a long-running tribute show heads to Geelong for the first time.

Melbourne-based singer Danielle Matthews has been taking on Shirley Bassey’s greatest hits, hidden treasures and most intimate stories for the past six years.

“It’s exciting every time I do it. The depths of her music, the lyrics, the arrangements - I love everything about it,” the 35-year-old said.

“There are not a lot of people that can actually sing her music, but for whatever reason her music just flies with my voice.”

Bassey, who began her career in the mid1950s, was best known for her “big voice” that recorded the theme songs to three James Bond films.

Matthews was first “captivated” by the glamorous diva from a young age and tried to “emulate her sound”, she said.

“I’ve been singing her songs for a long time,” she said.

“When I was little I'd prance around my lounge room and say to my mum ‘I sound like Shirley Bassey',’” Matthews then cut her musical teeth singing in her primary school choir.

“I remember my music teacher told me, ‘You’re going to be professional singer’. From then it pretty much became what I did,” she said.

The former Victorian College of the Arts graduate decided to take on the one-woman show in 2014 in a bid celebrate the life and legacy of her idol.

“I don’t get nervous for a lot of things, but with this show there’s always a slight feeling of nervousness,” Matthews said.

“Every time when I get to the end it’s like I’ve run a marathon. It’s not even just vocally – to tell a lifetime story is a rollercoaster of emotion… I’m wearing heart on my sleeve.”

Her “favourite” part of the show was seeing people “immediately become involved and captivated” by Bassey’s music.

“There are moments when people clap before I even start singing," she said.

“I’ve never seen anything like it – the connection people have to her music is just unbelievable."

But Matthews was most excited about sharing the tales behind the diva.

“I think if you’re going to sing someone’s work you need to pay that respect – make sure you get the stories and intention right,” she said.

“I wanted to share with the interesting things about her as a person, beyond just being a star.

“I hope the audience go away feeling like they know both her and I a lot more.”

The Songs of Shirley Bassey comes to Geelong Arts Centre on 30 and 31 October.

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The hotel has sold quality, affordable meals since the 1970s and has now added premium Julius Meinl coffee to the menu.

“It’s a good atmosphere. You can come in, sit and relax before shopping,” says hotel manager Margaret Spence.

The cafe stocks all the favourites, like homemade muffins, fresh water creek sponges and fuchsias - with gluten-free options available.

The cafe serves breakfast every from 8.30am on Saturdays and Sundays.

“Before it opened there were often people in the car park waiting for the hotel to open before we had the cafe,” Margaret says.

The cafe has options from a traditional English breakfast to a simple muesli to give coastal drivers energy for the day.

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DONE DEAL: Geelong traded star midfielder Tim Kelly to West Coast this week.

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West Coast picks the ‘best deal’ for Kelly

By Natalee Kerr Geelong has traded Tim Kelly to West Coast after securing a “huge return” for the star midfielder, according to the club.

The 25-year-old joined the Eagles on a sixyear deal believed to be worth about $5 million.

The Cats will receive selections 14, 24 and 37 in this year's national draft from the Eagles, along with their first selection in the 2020 draft under the deal.

In return, West Coast will gain Geelong’s pick 57 this year and a third-round selection in 2020.

Geelong’s list manager Stephen Wells said the club was set on “securing the best deal” in compensation for Kelly’s departure.

“The selections we have secured will give us the best opportunity to add high-end talent to our list in the upcoming national draft,” Wells said on Wednesday soon after the trade.

“Tim was obviously an exceptional player for us, but we are excited by the possibilities the draft picks we have secured offer us.”

Kelly played 48 games in two seasons for the Cats after moving to the club from Western Australia following the 2017 national draft.

He was selected in the 2019 All Australian team, came fifth at this year's Brownlow and finished second in Geelong's best and fairest for both seasons.

Kelly initially requested a trade to the Eagles at the end of the 2018 season following his strong desire to return to his home state but Geelong refused to trade him.

The out-of-contract Cat again nominated the Eagles as his preferred club last week but an agreed deal was required between the two clubs to allow the move to go ahead.

Cats need ‘bounce’ after starting slow LOCAL CRICKET Jim Timberlake Geelong Cricket Club was slow to get out of the blocks last weekend with a final-over loss to Camberwell at home.

Bating first at home, the Cats got good starts from most of their top order but in the end the lack of someone going on to post a really big total cost them.

Hayden Butterworth (57*) top scored at number 6 going at almost a run a ball. But Tom Jackson (45), Josh McDonald (37) and Eamonn Vines (33) all failed to capitalise as the side could only manage 255 from their 50 overs.

In reply, Camberwell was cruising at 0/97 before the introduction of Joel Blain (4/45) turned the game on its head as he dismissed the Magpies’ top four batsmen.

Andrew Vine (2/43) took the other two wickets to fall but a lack of penetration from the rest of the attack allowed the visitors to inch toward victory and eventually claim it with two balls to spare.

Tomorrow the Cats simply must bounce back when they host Casey-South Melbourne in another one-day game because wins at this time of year are crucial in setting up a season.

Geelong Cricket Association also got started last week with some cracking games in division one.

Newtown & Chilwell fell over the line against reigning premier East Belmont in a low-scoring affair, number 11 Jackson Davis hitting the winning runs off the very last ball of the game.

Earlier veteran Mark Freijah (26) celebrated his return to the East Belmont First XI by topscoring, while Andrew Baars (24) was the only other score of note in the Lions’ low score of 127.

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At 6/53, the game looked beyond Newtown & Chilwell but some middle-order resistance from Tim Hosking (20) got things back on track before youngster Joe Nagle (30*) showed great composure to steer his side home by the absolute narrowest of margins.

The Two Blues will take on neighbour St Josephs tomorrow in a game that they will start favourites in, knowing a win could really set their season up nicely.

Selections: Bell Post Hill v LARA, NORTH GEELONG v Leopold, NEWTOWN & CHILWELL v St Josephs, South Barwon v EAST BELMONT, Murgheboluc v GROVEDALE. In division two, Highton shocked everyone when it soundly beat Geelong City in their one-day clash.

Batting first, the Heat made a competitive 8/189 with Brandon Ross (38) top scoring at the top of the order and Alistair Ross (31) and Jack Elliott (29) ensuring the good start wasn't wasted.

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City opened up with star duo Richie Oliver (2) and Pat Richards (50) but Highton struck a massive blow early with recruit Nathan McCoach snaring the big wicket of Oliver.

Luke Inglis (39) helped steady the Sharks’ ship, and at 4/133 they looked like cruising to victory.

But the Highton bowlers stood firm and in a fine tam effort dismissed their visitors for 170.

Four of the bowlers took two wickets each in an even spread.

Highton will look consolidate the win with an away game against Torquay tomorrow, which will be another tough but surmountable test.

Selections: GEELONG CITY v St Peters, Torquay v HIGHTON, MODEWARRE v Manifold Heights, Bell Park v MARSHALL. And in division three, Lethbridge hit the ground running with a fine win against Bannockburn.

Bannockburn batted first and posted a very healthy 7/218 on the back of Daniel Davies’ 99 from just 144 balls.

Lethbridge showed why it well and truly belong at this level though as its batters methodically went about casing the target with a series of partnerships.

Brent Donaldson (47) was the rock at the top of the order, while Toby Spiller (52*) guided the team home in style.

Lethbridge travels to Corio tomorrow and the adjustment to turf cricket will be paramount if it’s to really be a contender in this division.

Selections: St Albans Breakwater v ALEXANDER THOMSON, Corio v LETHBRIDGE, Waurn Ponds Deakin v BANNOCKBURN, GEELONG WEST v Thomson, NEWCOMB & DISTRICT v Guild Saints.

The local fishing really started firing up over the past week, with lots of successful reports coming from all over the bays.

Land-based fishos were still finding plenty of snotty trevalla and mullet around the Geelong waterfront. Using chicken for bait and fished on the bottom produced the bulk of the captures, especially when fishing the incoming tide.

The snapper fishing also began heating up, although there haven’t been many reports of big fish yet. Heaps of fish to 40cm along with a few to 4kg were in the mix over the past week.

Owen Westwell and I snuck out for a few hours over the weekend and found multiple schools of snapper to 55cm along with a few pike while casting soft plastics. Drifting and casting plastics is a great way to target them, allowing the lures to cover lots of ground to locate schools of fish.

Nick Powell had a crack at the snapper this week, landing a ripper of about 70cm on a fresh strip of squid.

Whiting were on the chew all the way along the Bellarine Peninsula over the past week. Clifton Springs held plenty of fish but a large percentage of the catch was undersize, although anyone who persisted through them should have been able to find some better-quality specimens.

St Leonards through to Queenscliff held the best fish, as Trelly’s Chris Pitman found out on Monday afternoon.

Chris managed plenty of fish to a bit over 40cm while fishing the run off tide off St Leonards.

The area was still also the go for plenty of squid, although the Queenscliff Bight again help the bigger models for anglers using baited jigs.

Local surf beaches continued fishing quite well for Australian salmon to over 2kg. Bait fishing or casting metal lures both worked, usually when fishing the incoming tides.

Anyone fishing the surf at night should also throw out a bigger bait because they might also have a chance of catching a mulloway or gummy shark.

Bellarine Light Game and Sportfishing Club had a day comp at Lake Purrumbete over the weekend, with Kevin Hunter and Jimmy Robinson managing a cracking brown trout of 2.24kg on a live Mudeye suspended under a float in the shallows early in the morning.

Other anglers reported catching Chinook salmon to 1.44kg on pilchard fillets in the deep water areas of the lake.

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Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) this week called for VicRoads to begin the suspensions as 20,000 vehicles continued driving Australian roads with recalled Takata airbags.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently described the recall as now “critical”.

Dealers had so far rectified over three million vehicles but the owners of the remaining 20,000 had failed to heed numerous warnings about the danger of the bags, VACC’s Geoff Gwilym said.

“Dealers have clearly done their job, and then some. It remains the duty of vehicle owners to heed the numerous warnings that have been delivered over an extended period and return their vehicles to dealerships for rectification,” Mr Gwilym said.

“VicRoads should access the last known registered owner details and other VIN information from its database and write to the last known owners of these vehicles, stating clearly that the vehicle’s registration is cancelled forthwith.”

“With ACCC now declaring the recall of 20,000 cars nationally as ‘critical’ it is incumbent on VicRoads to get dangerous vehicles off Victorian roads by suspending the registration of those with faulty airbags.

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AUTO, LOW KMS, TOW BAR, ELECTRIC BRAKES

07 FORD FALCON XR6

$26.70PW

07 HOLDEN ASTRA CD

* HATCH WMA 731

*

6.

10 MAZDA CX-7 $ CLASSIC WAGON XMG 918

$33.36PW

9,999*

7.

DUAL RANGE 4X4 ONLY 120,000 KMS

REV IT UP 07 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 4X4 WED 317

AUTO, 7 SEATER

$33.36PW

9,999

$

*

07 HOLDEN CAPTIVA LX 4X4 UWG 084

$33.36PW

9,999*

$

9.

8.

GEELONG’S ONLY INDEPENDENT

AUTO, TURBO DIESEL

MAZDA

IMMACULATE CONDITION AUTOMATIC

SPECIALIST

PH:

12 VW POLO COMFORTLINE YTD994

5229 9555

3/13-15 CROWN STREET SOUTH GEELONG

Mazda stars Keleman Motors can save customers a small fortune with dealership quality service and repairs to their Mazda at a fraction of the cost, without affecting the new car warranty.

Keleman Motors is the region’s only independent Mazda specialist and has been in operation for more than 35 years.

There are no third parties at Keleman Motors so customers will get direct honest feedback on the condition of their car, from the technician working on it.

Joe and Shane will spend the time with customers to explain in detail any issues their car may have, and no work will be carried out without approval.

“We will recommend what your vehicle requires and leave the decision entirely up to you whether or not you get the maintenance or repairs done,” Shane said.

“We pride ourselves on honesty and producing only the highest of quality work at a fair price.”

For inquiries and bookings contact Keleman Motors on 5229 9555 or visit www.kelemanmotors.com.au. geelongindy.com.au

10.

VOLVO V50

$33.36PW

10,999*

$

CY9KE

11.

AUTO, ONLY 115,000 KMS

AUTOMATIC, FULL SERVICE HISTORY

www.kelemanmotors.com.au 12361882-LN33-17

12 KIA SOUL ZSW326

$33.36PW

10,999

$

*

14 MITSUBISHI CJ $ LANCER SPORT 1CU 8GQ

$45.03PW

12,999*

13.

12.

FACTORY 7 SEATER

AUTO ONLY 56,000

79% People 14+ read print newspapers

$45.03PW

13 PEUGEOT 308 $ ACTIVE TOURING ZOH 290

12,999

*

15.

14.

FULL HISTORY IMMACULATE

1 OWNER, VERY TIDY CAR

Print still No.1 Local newspapers lead the way 1209057-48-15

$ 46.69PW

13,999*

$

KIA RONDO 1AW9XK

14 HOLDEN COMMODORE $ EVOKE WAGON 1BE 1XE

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Joe Atkinson and Shane Lockyer at Keleman Motors.

$36.69PW

10,999*

$

$50.03PW

14,999

*

10 MERCEDES E250 CDI $ AVANT GUARD SEDAN XOC 468

$70.02PW

19,999*

Payments based on 60 months with 35% excluding on road costs. 1. $23,405.20 2. $6,942.00 3. $6,942.00 4. $6,942.00 5. $8,673.60 6. $8,673.60 7. $8,673.60 8 .$9,539.40 9. $9,539.40 10. $9,539.40 11. $11,273.60 12. $11,273.60 13. $12,139.40 14. $13,007.80 15. $17,339.40

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SIZE ANY FOR THE PRICE OF A SINGLE

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Maud St

Moorabool St

Gheringhap St

Little Myers St

Geelong 118 Gheringhap Street Ph: 03 5221 4399

12429504-FA41-19

40

UP TO

fortywinks.com.au

The Any Size for a single ofer must be completed in the original transaction, during the promotional period. The upsized mattress will be the same brand and model as the original mattress chosen. Selected brands only. Mattress only. Exclusions apply. Super King not available on all mattresses.

Terms and conditions apply, see in store for details. Valid until 27/10/2019. †Approved customers only. Conditions, fees and charges apply. Visit retailer website or see in-store for details. Credit provided by Latitude Finance Australia (ABN 42 008 583 588), Australian Credit Licence 392145.

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