Geelong Indy - 11th September 2020

September 11, 2020

Helping hand for dingoes

Flynn, 6, and Dylan, 7, hold two sleepy dingo pups at Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary.

(Justin Flynn)

A family of 20 dingoes has been rescued by Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary.

The dingoes were confiscated from New South Wales after living in “appalling conditions” according to Jirrahlinga co-founder Tehree Gordon.

However, the sanctuary would like your help to continue taking care of the native mammals.

“I would like to see that they get even greater assistance, things like having them desexed and allowing them to go into other wildlife parks,” Ms Gordon said.

“We want to continue to make sure they get proper veterinary care.”

Ms Gordon said the dingoes were apprehensive about coming out of the enclosure when they first arrived at the Barwon Heads wildlife sanctuary.

“They were shellshocked,” she said.

“It was happy and sad. We let them out and they sort of slunk out and they were walking on grass and thinking ‘what’s this?’.

To help Jirrahlinga care for the dingoes, go to fundraise.giveeasy.org/campaigns/ in-safe-hands or contact the sanctuary directly for sponsorship options.

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On the road to reopening

By Luke Voogt Geelong’s COVID-19 restrictions could ease significantly next week, Premier Daniel Andrews has foreshadowed.

The average new daily cases over the past fortnight in regional Victoria dropped to 4.5 as of 11.59pm on Wednesday.

The figures achieve the first of two trigger points – five or fewer new cases daily – for a move to the third step of the state government’s reopening roadmap for regional Victoria.

The third step allows regional Victorian residents to have five visitors to their house, leave home without restrictions and gather

outside in groups of up to 10. Restaurants and other hospitality venues would be able to reopen, predominantly with an outdoor seated service.

“If the trend continues – and the numbers are very promising – we’ll be able to take a step, or steps, as early as toward the end of next week,” Premier Andrews told a press conference yesterday.

Mr Andrews on Sunday warned Geelong could face a different set of restrictions to the rest of regional Victoria.

But yesterday he indicated, based on the latest figures, that the government would not have to “divide the state up into regions”.

The prediction comes as Geelong business leaders this week urged Mr Andrews to fast-track the third step.

“If the numbers allow, please implement the third step as soon as possible,” Geelong Chamber of Commerce chief executive officer Ben Flynn said.

“It would be an extraordinary relief for businesses across Geelong. Business owners are under an immense amount of stress.

“It would mean that businesses could start to open with more certainty and that people would have a renewed sense of hope.”

However, Mr Flynn said many businesses would still be operating well below usual levels

under the third step.

He said the chamber would work closely with Geelong council to maximise opportunities for outdoor dining.

Greater Geelong recorded no new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and active cases dropped by four to 11, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The second trigger point for the third step is no cases with unknown transmission in regional Victoria for 14 days.

The department has yet to provide information on cases with unknown transmission in regional Victoria despite multiple requests by the Independent.

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Online sales boom in lockdown

By Luke Voogt Online shopping in Geelong and the Surf Coast has doubled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according Australia Post data prepared for the Independent.

During various COVID-19 restrictions from April to August, online sales in Geelong and the Surf Coast increased by 103 per cent on the same period in 2019. This compares to a national growth of 77 per cent and a statewide increase of 111 per cent during the same period.

Geelong recorded a 97 per cent increase

overall, with online purchases from major and discount stores more than tripling compared to the same time last year. Specialty food and liquor and health and beauty products were the other favourite categories for Geelong online shoppers with increases of 130.7 and 104.5 per cent respectively.

The Surf Coast recorded a 119 per cent increase overall, with online purchases from major and discount stores more than quadrupling compared with the same period last year. Online specialty food and liquor purchases increased 156.5 per cent while home

and garden shopping was up 134.6 per cent.

According to separate Australia Post data released in July, Mount Duneed recorded the highest increase of local suburbs and townships at 158.5 per cent.

COVID-19 restrictions have been a key driver of online shopping growth, according to Australia Post.

For six consecutive weeks during July and August, Victorian online purchases eclipsed the previous highest weekly total in the state’s history. The six weeks occurred as the Victorian government reintroduced stage

three restrictions and then introduced stage four restrictions for Melbourne amid the state’s second wave of COVID-19.

Deakin University economist, Associate Professor Ching-Jen Sun, expected increases in online shopping to continue.

“As … evidence shows, Geelong shoppers’ behaviour has consistently turned to online purchasing this year and there may be several reasons for that,” he said.

“With lockdowns still in existence and no certainty yet of a new normal, I expect the trend in greater Geelong to continue.”

Refinery jobs under threat About 700 Geelong jobs are under threat with the city’s refinery facing a possible “full shutdown”, according to an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) statement from owner Viva Energy.

In a statement to stakeholders, Viva’s executive general manager of refining, Dale Cooper, warned continued COVID-19 restrictions and a fall in global demand were threatening the refinery’s viability.

“With the prospect of refining margins remaining below the company’s breakeven level for some time, Viva Energy is assessing its options, including the possibility of closing the Geelong refinery.”

Opposition MPs this week urged the state government to ease COVID-19 restrictions to prevent an economic disaster for Geelong.

Geelong councillors, municipal alliance G21 and GeelongPort called for financial support from the state and federal governments to save the refinery.

Federal Senator Sarah Henderson blamed the state government’s current COVID-19 restrictions and limits on dredging Geelong channel for the refinery’s plight. She called on the state government to support the refinery, stating that the federal government was already providing $2.5 million a month in JobKeeper payments for its workers.

The Maritime Union of Australia instead called for the refinery to be “nationalised rather than subsidised”.

The calls come as reports emerged that the state government failed to consult Viva Energy before releasing its COVID-19 ‘reopening roadmap’.

Fleur Pitman outside in the vegie patch and in her sustainable home. (Rebecca Hosking) 214812

In-house secret to no summer air con On a stinking hot 41.2-degree day Fleur Pitman’s Newtown home was 24 degrees inside – with no air conditioning.

“People actually come in and ask me what sort of air conditioning I’ve got,” she said.

“It’s the basics of passive solar design that help to regulate the temperature.

“Some people think you’re making a compromise if you’ve got a sustainable house but you’re actually more comfortable.”

Fleur has previously opened her home to the public but on September 20 it will go on “virtual” display, due to COVID-19, for

National Sustainable House Day. She achieved the temperate climate with large north-facing windows, eaves that block the summer sun and a ‘reverse’ brick veneer north wall, she explained.

The interior bricks and a polished concrete slab floor absorb heat in summer and radiate it in winter, Fleur explained.

“It’s 18 degrees first thing in the morning in winter. I run the heater for one hour to get the house up to 20 [degrees] and then I don’t run it again for the rest of the day. I’ve worked out this house is saving me $1600 in electricity and gas.”

The home cost $300,000 to build in 2012, with a then 8.5-star energy efficiency rating, and even at lockup stage workers were amazed by its “high performance”, Fleur said.

Many of the home’s features, such as double-glazed windows and LED lights, were now standard inclusions in new houses, she added. “It’s actually getting easier to do this rather than harder.”

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Survivor fights to share her story A legal oversight has deprived Geelong sexual assault survivor Jess* of the choice of sharing her story. But that has not stopped her advocating

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eelong sexual assault survivor Jess* hopes to share her story to empower others but would face a $3304 fine or jail for doing so due to a legal oversight.

In a bid to protect the privacy of sexual crime victims, the Victorian government in February introduced a legislative amendment that unintentionally “silenced” them, according the #LetUsSpeak campaign.

“Sadly, it gives power right back to the perpetrator by silencing us again and forcing us to hide the truth of what has happened to us,” Jess said.

“For anybody who has worked through so much for so many years to get to a place where you can finally find your voice and speak out – only to be silenced again – that has the potential to be quite damaging.”

Under the amendment, a victim of sexual assault or other individual who publishes the victim’s name or any information identifying them could face a $3304 fine or up to four months jail. This applies even when the courts have already convicted the perpetrator.

This prevents Jess, who survived long-term complex childhood trauma, from publishing her story despite the perpetrator’s conviction for sexual assault in 2013.

Corporations, including media, face fines of $8261 under the amendment to The Judicial Proceedings Reports Act. According to government, the amendment was initially intended to make it easier for victims to protect their name from being used in the media.

While Jess acknowledged protecting victims’

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for a voice, as Luke Voogt discovers. perpetrator? If the perpetrator wants a victim silenced, let them bare the cost and responsibility of making a reasonable argument for why we should be silenced.”

While some survivors preferred not to share their experiences, others could find it empowering and healing, according to Jess.

“For me, it’s important to tell my story because I often think if I had heard someone’s story, I might have known I could speak and someone might have listened.

“It just might have changed the trajectory of my childhood and adolescence.

“In that there is hope that, by telling my story, it might help someone else know they are not alone; there are people who understand the unique challenges of childhood sexual assault.

The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre “Maybe, just maybe, they will reach out and chief executive officer Helen Bolton. (Supplied) not have to endure the lifelong legacies that privacy was important, she said the amended come with an entire childhood marred by legislation deprived them of the choice due to abuse.

“Another aspect of telling my story is linked an oversight in its wording.

“It’s important to ensure victims of sexual to reclaiming my voice and lifting the lid on the assault have choice and control in their soul-destroying secrets that lead to isolation, recovery. If that means telling their story, then fear and taking responsibility for the burden of abuse. the legislation should support that choice.”

“I’m still in the process of getting more Under the amendment, a survivor-victim must obtain a court order to publish their comfortable sharing my story. But by telling identity or any information that could reveal it. my story, I have been able to begin addressing “Quite simply, I think it penalises victims for the aftermath of childhood sexual assault; I have begun to process that what happened to a crime we did not commit,” Jess said.

“Equally, it places the onus of responsibility me was in fact not my fault.

“It’s about taking back our power from the on the victim and I think we have taken more than our share of responsibility. We have people who took it away from us.”

Colleen Weir, who has counselled hundreds suffered more than enough.

“Why not give that responsibility to the of survivors in eight years at The Sexual Assault

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and Family Violence Centre in Geelong, said the amendment deprived them of choice.

“Making sense of their story and being able to speak about that can be part of their recovery,” she said.

“Finally, they get to a point where someone’s been prosecuted and they can’t even speak about it or have their own name to it.

“It’s re-experiencing that traumatic event and being invalidated again. Understandably some might not wish to talk about it but it’s the choice that matters.

“We want people to know that we see you, we hear you and we take you seriously.”

The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre has joined #LetUsSpeak in calling for urgent reforms.

“Sharing a story of sexual assault and reliving that trauma is an incredibly brave and difficult thing to do, and for some people, an important step in their recovery,” the centre’s chief executive officer Helen Bolton said.

“We should respect their right to share their story and their identity.”

Attorney-General Jill Hennessy last month announced state government would consult with advocates to urgently reform the amended legislation. *The Independent has withheld Jess’s real name for legal reasons.

For support phone The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre 5222 4318 or email reception@safvcentre.org.au For after-hours support phone the Sexual Assault Crisis Line on 1800 806 292 or safe steps on 1800 015 188.

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Howard walks forward East Geelong father-of-four Howard Philpott was 48 when he discovered he had Parkinson’s disease – his youngest daughter was just eight.

“It’s looked at as a disease of ageing,” Howard, now 56, said. “Most people with Parkinson’s disease are in their [60s or older]. But there are people being diagnosed at a younger age.”

The former goal umpire was at training in 2012 when he noticed his left arm was “not working”. Following testing, a neurosurgeon diagnosed him with the degenerative nervous system disorder.

“There was a bit of disappointment, obviously, but there was also this realisation that, ‘life has thrown this at me, now we can move forward’,” he said.

He now has implants that electronically

stimulate his brain to block the abnormal nerve signals that cause tremors and symptoms during “flare ups”.

Howard volunteers for Walk in the Park Geelong which has raised $35,000 in two years for Parkinson’s Victoria, according to organiser Kirsten George.

With year’s event cancelled because of COVID-19, Ms George, Howard and event ambassador and Lara MP John Eren, who recently shared his Parkinson’s diagnosis, are instead encouraging locals to join the 27forParkinson’s challenge – walking for 27 days in October for the 27,000 Victorians with Parkinson’s.

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Surf Coast Shire councillors have approved a controversial new transparency policy on the condition that council review the rules in 12 months. Cr Heather Wellington proposed 10 amendments to what she described as “absurd” rules such as word limits for public questions to council. Six of eight councillors present rejected the amendments.

Intelligence ‘gap’ An increase in car thefts and aggravated burglaries, and “significant under reporting” in Armstrong Creek and Charlemont has prompted police calls for information. Waurn Ponds police encouraged residents of the two growing suburbs to report any suspicious activity to provide intelligence for more “targeted patrols” in the area.

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Women’s clinic approved

By Luke Voogt An “urgently-needed” women’s rehab clinic in Mount Duneed has received the green light from council after a two-year battle.

Foundation 61 director Rob Lytzki welcomed the decision saying he hoped to have the clinic running in eight months after a final approval from the planning minister.

“We’re very happy with the result,” he said.

“It’s been a long, long battle.”

Council on Tuesday passed a zoning amendment for the clinic, more than two years after the Independent first revealed the plans in June 2018.

“They definitely recognise the need and we’re very grateful for their support throughout the process because there was stiff opposition,” Mr Lytzki said.

According to Mr Lytzki, at least one Geelong woman a month loses her life to drug or alcohol-related causes.

Foundation 61, which runs a men’s facility in Mount Duneed, receives three inquiries a month from women searching for rehab, Mr Lytzki said.

“There’s no facilities this side of Melbourne for them that aren’t private and don’t cost a fortune. If they’ve got nowhere to go, they don’t even have the opportunity to recover and find support in desperate times like that.”

The new clinic at 120 Russells Road will provide rehabilitation for eight women with five supporting staff.

Two of the eight rooms include adjoining rooms for participant’s children and the facility also features a gym and an arts and craft room.

The clinic would help Geelong addicts get help while remaining in touch with family and local support networks, Mr Lytzki said.

An independent planning panel considered

Foundation 61’s Rob Lytzki and Lyn Johnston celebrate at the site of a future women’s rehabilitation clinic. (Rebecca Hosking) 215160_01

38 submissions about the proposal, including 31 objections, four in support, two with no objections and one requesting changes.

Council also received a petition against the clinic, with campaigners raising concerns about its proximity to Mount Duneed Pony Club and the safety of nearby residents.

In March, council deferred the proposal to the panel, which acknowledged the “urgent

need” for the clinic.

Kardinia ward councillor Bruce Harwood said the “critical facility” would help women “experiencing desperate times” get their lives on track and contribute to the local community.

“Foundation 61 has a proven track record of putting the lives of those who have been devastated by drug and alcohol issues back together.”

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Country Press applauds code An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) plan to force tech giants Google and Facebook to compensate publishers for the use of news content has been applauded by Country Press Australia.

Under the ACCC’s News Media Bargaining Code, which was developed at the request of the federal government, Google and Facebook will need to negotiate revenue-sharing deals with media companies for the use of their content.

Facebook and Google have raised concerns about the proposed code, saying it will impact their services and could lead to charges to use previously free services.

But Country Press Australia president Bruce Ellen said the tech giants’ claims were “disingenuous” and provided a reminder of why the code was necessary.

He said Facebook and Google were using content produced by news media businesses to drive increased audiences and engagement, build confidence in their platforms, and develop a commercial benefit.

“The fact that this commercial benefit to the tech giants has been at the expense of advertising revenue that previously supported the provision of public interest journalism in news media businesses massively compounds the challenges facing our democracy in sustaining independent and objective reporting, analysis and investigation,” Mr Ellen said.

“This concern is particularly acute for regional, rural and small publishers.”

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To speak to the grants team email them at communitygrants@geelongcity.vic.gov.au or call the team on 5272 5039 or 5272 4736.

including name, address, contact telephone number and question.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 1987

GEELONG AWARDS FOR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY 2020

GREATER GEELONG PLANNING SCHEME

Nominations are now open for the Geelong Awards for People with a Disability 2020.

NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT – AMENDMENT C394GGEE

Community members and organisations are invited to nominate individuals for the

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C394ggee to the Greater Geelong

following categories:

Planning Scheme.

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Employment Award;

The Amendment came into operation on 3 September 2020 the date this notice is

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Achievement Award;

published in the Victoria Government Gazette.

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Leadership and Advocacy Award; and

The Amendment facilitates the implementation of the Bellarine Peninsula – Corio Bay

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Volunteering Award.

Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (December 2015) by including policy changes to the Municipal Strategic Statement, introducing a new Land Subject to Inundation Overlay Schedule 2 (LSIO2), and applying the LSIO2 to properties identified as being subject to coastal inundation as a result of the combined effects of a 1 per cent annual exceedance probability (AEP) storm surge event and 0.8 metre sea level rise by 2100.

A copy of the Amendment can be inspected free of charge at: •

the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection

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the City of Greater Geelong's website www.geelongaustralia.com.au/amendments

The awards are a partnership between the City of Greater Geelong and genU, supported by the Barwon Disability Resource Council, Leisure Networks and the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with a Disability (VALiD).

The winner of each category will be announced online during Inclusion Week (21–29 November).

Nominations close at 5.00pm on Friday 16 October 2020.

For more information, nominee eligibility and to nominate visit geelongaustralia.com.au/disabilityawards For assistance contact the City on 0439 914 222 or CCadmin@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

STUART MENZIES DIRECTOR - STATE PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND, WATER AND PLANNING

POWERLINE CLEARANCE PROGRAM 2020–21 The City's annual pruning program to clear street trees from powerlines has now

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commenced and will be completed by Monday 30 November.

Street and park trees in Breakwater, St Albans Park, Moolap, Norlane, North Shore and

NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT The land affected by the application is located at: 63–69 Conran Drive, Ocean Grove

Highton will be pruned to maintain the required clearance space between trees and powerlines.

The application is for a permit for: Variation of Restrictive Covenant on Lot 56 of Plan of Subdivision 741438X

POWERLINE PRUNING – LATROBE TERRACE, GEELONG

The applicant for the permit is: Yurnga Developments

Vegetation clearance from powerlines has now commenced between 9.00am and 4.00pm.

The application reference number is: PP–757–2020

Commuters should expect some delays. For enquiries contact the City's Tree Management

You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at

Powerline Supervisor on 5272 5272.

the office of the Responsible Authority or online at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ advertisedplanning Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions in place, the City's offices are closed. You can view the application online through the City's website www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ advertisedplanning. There is no charge for viewing the application.

Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority (the City of Greater Geelong).

An objection must: •

be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing.

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include the reasons for the objection.

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state how the objector would be affected.

The Responsible Authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours (currently available online only due to COVID-19 restrictions) free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application. The Responsible Authority will not decide on the application before 5.00pm on Saturday 26 September 2020.

If you object, the Responsible Authority will advise you of its decision.

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We are seeking expressions of interest from community representatives interested in joining our Community Grants Assessment Panel.

2021 GEELONG CALENDAR VOTING NOW OPEN

The panel is responsible for reviewing grant applications and making funding

The 2021 Geelong calendar competition is now open for public vote.

recommendations to Council. In 2020–21, more than $4.33 million has been allocated to support community projects, arts and culture, infrastructure, events and environmental sustainability initiatives.

Each year we hold a calendar competition which attracts hundreds of photographs from amazing local snappers. The photos in this year's calendar have been selected from entries by amateur and professional photographers from around the region.

If you live in Greater Geelong and are interested in representing the views and interests of

After receiving more than 1500 entries, we have shortlisted 26 images, two photos per

our diverse community, we would love to hear from you. Please note that the community

month and two cover photo options.

representative roles are voluntary and membership of the panel is for three years. Panel members will be required for at least one of three assessment periods throughout each year and this will involve assessing applications over a two-week period.

The community is invited to vote on the images they want to see in next year's Geelong Calendar, which includes cover photo options of Barwon Heads beach and an aerial image of the Geelong waterfront and The Carousel.

Apply online at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/grants

Voting closes at 5.00pm on Monday 21 September 2020.

Applications close at 5.00pm on Monday 14 September.

To cast your vote go to www.geelongaustralia.com.au/calendar

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CORONAVIRUS SUPPORT www.geelongaustralia.com.au/covid19 03-CI110920-INDY-LEFT

This is the City's Coronavirus support page, which includes information about the status of events, facilities and City services across the region.

A MESSAGE FROM CR STEPHANIE ASHER, MAYOR

CURRENT RESTRICTIONS

As resilient and creative as local businesses have been in responding to this pandemic, we appreciate how crippling the restrictions continue to be.

Stage 3 'Stay at Home' restrictions are in place throughout regional Victoria, including Greater Geelong, until 11.59pm on 13 September.

While the Victorian Government’s regional roadmap doesn’t offer the immediate relief many were hoping for, it does at least give us clear thresholds to progress through the steps.

Given the steady downward trend in active cases those targets appear within reach, and with continued mask wearing and adherence to the restrictions, we will get there.

finding clever and creative solutions for our tourism and hospitality operators in particular.

As we move through the government’s steps, we will also be seeking out opportunities for our arts and culture sector.

In the meantime, let’s all make every effort to support local business whenever possible. And please use the #itsourbackyardgeelong hashtag to help spread the ‘think local’ message.

Some restrictions will be eased in regional Victoria from 14 September. Details can be viewed at www.vic.gov.au/restrictions-roadmap-regional-victoria It is also mandatory for all Victorians to wear a face mask when leaving their home.

Stage 4 restrictions are in place across metropolitan Melbourne.

Further details can be viewed at www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorias-restriction-levels-covid-19

FOUR REASONS THAT YOU CAN LEAVE HOME:

Thank you everyone. Stay safe.

The Council will continue to lobby for more opportunities for outdoor activities and commercial options to safely support the staged re-activation of economic activity and community groups.

Shopping for food or other essential items

Cr Stephanie Asher

To provide care giving, for compassionate reasons or to seek medical treatment

For exercise (applies to outdoor exercise, and with only one other person or members of your household)

Work or study, if you cannot work or study from home

Mayor, City of Greater

Councillors will be acutely focused on

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CURRENT DIRECTIONS

FACILITIES CLOSURES

In Greater Geelong; Borough of

The following facilities remain open

Queenscliffe; Colac-Otway; Surf

but you must maintain a distance of at

In line with Stage 3 'Stay at Home' restrictions, the following City facilities are currently closed:

Coast; Golden Plains and Moorabool

least 1.5 metres from other people and

municipalities, the following directions

observe the directions on gatherings

Geelong

currently apply for gatherings:

SWIM, SPORT AND LEISURE CENTRES

SPORT AND RECREATION STADIUMS

All SSL memberships remain on hold.

The Geelong Arena, Barwon Valley Activity Centre, Leisuretime Sports Precinct.

NATIONAL WOOL MUSEUM AND POTATO SHED

THE CAROUSEL

CITY-MANAGED PLAYGROUNDS, SKATE PARKS AND BIKE PARKS

COMMUNITY CENTRES, HALLS AND YOUTH CENTRES

DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND BARBECUES

LIBRARIES

GOLF COURSES BOAT RAMPS, PIERS AND JETTIES

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

Except for essential services.

BELMONT MARKET

TENNIS COURTS

NO VISITORS TO YOUR HOME

OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS We are offering free expert advice and mentoring for local businesses through our Geelong Business Support program. Receive personalised help with legal advice, human resources, financial management, marketing, occupational health and safety, health and wellbeing, plus business mentoring and COVID-19 workplace training.

Find out more and apply at www.geelongbusinesssupport.com.au

(with only one other person or members of your household)

EQUESTRIAN CENTRES

STAYING IN TOUCH Via phone 5272 5272 Mon–Fri from 8.00am to 5.00pm

Tourism enquiries 1800 755 611 visitgeelongbellarine.com.au

Via web www.geelongaustralia.com.au

Download the Geelong City app for your mobile phone.

Via email contactus@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Please avoid sending hard copy documents to the City. Where possible, please send documents to us via email.

LET’Sl THINK Loca FIRST! WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY COVID-19 Businesses in our community have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s Our Backyard is about backing Geelong and thinking local first when seeking supplies and essential services. Pictured above: Local wine delivery by Wine Domaine, East Geelong.

Please adhere to Stage 3 ‘Stay at Home’ restrictions and wear a face covering when leaving home for one of the four reasons permissible.

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The City of Greater Geelong has secured the chance to offer full-time and part-time positions under the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria initiative.

There is a range of indoor and outdoor roles available for a fixed term of six months.

For more information visit www.vic.gov.au/workingforvictoria or email

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Council playgrounds to reopen

By Luke Voogt Geelong playgrounds and outdoor pools are set to reopen, with the state government planning to ease restrictions slightly for regional Victoria next Monday.

At 11.59pm on September 13 regional Victoria is set to move to the second step of the state’s reopening roadmap.

Under the changes, playgrounds and outdoor pools can reopen with limits on their use.

“I urge everyone to keep doing the right thing and wear a mask, maintain social

distancing, practise good hygiene, get tested and stay home if you have symptoms,” Geelong mayor Stephanie Asher said.

City Hall is awaiting further information on state government directions, including density requirements, before finalising details of Kardinia Aquatic Centre’s reopening.

Council officers are also considering opening Lara Aquatic Centre ahead of its normal season launch in November.

But stadiums, cultural venues and indoor swim, sport and leisure centres will remain closed under step two of the roadmap.

Cr Asher said council had begun planning for a move to step three.

“We know businesses across our region are hurting and this has not been the news they were hoping for, as they face more weeks of closure and loss of income,” she said.

“Council recognises the need for even further targeted assistance and is working through the details of further community support measures.”

The third step will occur if regional Victoria records a daily average of five cases or fewer, with no unknown transmission, for 14 days.

Step three allows regional Victorian residents to have five visitors in their home, leave home without restriction and gather in public in groups of up to 10.

The step will also allow restaurants and other hospitality venues to reopen, predominantly with an outdoor seated service only.

Cr Asher stressed the importance of driving down cases given Premier Daniel Andrews has warned Geelong will be under “close watch”.

“Achieving the third step will be vital in creating more opportunities for operators in the tourism, retail and hospitality sectors.”

Adam’s the big cheese Connewarre father-of-three Adam Worsley is helping to keep Geelong’s economy going after losing his job in March due to COVID-19.

Adam in June helped open Cheese Therapy’s new Geelong distribution centre after Crown Casino put his job as acting head of security “on hold”.

“As well as being a good job, it’s a great initiative and cause,” the 47-year-old said.

Previously, the company distributed products from 17 artisan cheesemakers from its Queensland headquarters.

But 16 of the cheesemakers were based in southern Australia, including about half in Victoria, Adam said.

“It was just doing unnecessary food miles.”

The new distribution centre took advantage of Geelong as “a great central hub” outside of Melbourne’s current stage four lockdown, Adam said.

And the move appears to have worked, with

Cheese Therapy’s August sales alone almost tripling its entire 2019 (calendar year) revenue, according to the company.

Sales tripled again last week leading up to Father’s Day, Adam said.

About 10 people work at the Geelong distribution centre including mums and high school graduates, some of who lost previous jobs due to COVID-19, he said.

Adam said he was thrilled to provide local employment, make a small contribution to Geelong’s economy and help cheesemakers survive the pandemic.

Employees interacting at work was also good for their mental health, he said.

The company plans to employ more Geelong locals and sell cheese direct from the centre when restrictions ease.

Details: cheesetherapy.com.au Luke Voogt

Adam Worsley with fellow employees at the Newtown distribution centre. (Rebecca Hosking) 215031_1

LET’Sl THINK Loca FIRST! Businesses in our community have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s Our Backyard is all about backing Geelong and thinking local first when seeking supplies and essential services. Supporting businesses in our backyard helps local people, industries and Geelong’s economy. If you can, when sending some flowers to loved ones, doing your weekly grocery shop or sharing a post online – remember to think local first.

Share and like a post, tag a friend, say something nice, post a pic, write a review, sign up to an EDM, or give a shout out (your opinion counts)!

Eat take out and try new dine-at-home options, choose local wine, grab a cook at home pack, enjoy a virtual wine tasting or cocktail making class!

Shop locally and choose local products and services, buy a gift voucher, book for use later, try something new, donate to those in need.

Please adhere to Stage 3 ‘Stay at Home’ restrictions and wear a face covering when leaving home for one of the four reasons permissible.

Check them out ANNIE’S PROVEDORE, BARWON HEADS Felicity Taylor, Manager for Barwon Heads business, Annie’s Provedore making a home delivery.

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YOUR SAY Drop grand final public holiday I am writing to you as I urge Geelong’s MPs to revoke the 2020 and future AFL Grand Final parade public holiday.

The Andrews government in 2015 announced that all Victorians would have the Friday before the AFL Grand Final as a public holiday. It is a big blow that has cost thousands of dollars from Victorian small business owners, many of whom were struggling before the 2015 introduction. Many small businesses would require to close up shop or pay staff public holidays rates.

Premier Andrews announced on Tuesday, September 2 that Victorians will have the public holiday, Friday before the AFL Grand Final but will be named “Thank You Day” to

all those essential workers, working thorough these current times. I acknowledge and thank all essential workers but find this public holiday unnecessary and another blow for Victorian small business owners that are struggling from these current lockdowns.

All essential workers can’t have a day off on one day, so not every essential worker will be getting a day off. And with the Chief Health Officer urging us to stay at home, everyone will be out and about because it is a public holiday.

I urge all Geelong MPs, John Eren, Lisa Neville, Christine Couzens, Darren Cheeseman, Jaala Pulford, Gayle Tierney, Andy Meddick, Stuart Grimley and Bev McArthur to fight for their constituents to put a stop to this public holiday for this year and beyond.

It has and will destroy businesses and is not essential when a parade and grand final is not even being held in Victoria.

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Protect the vulnerable A study published on July 22 in the highly respected British medical journal, the Lancet, found that lockdowns, border closures and high rates of coronavirus testing are not associated with a statistically significant reduction in the total number of critical cases or death rate.

For an action to be effective against covid, there would have to be a significant response about 10-14 days after the change was made,

this is because of the time lag from incubation and testing of people who were infected before the change.

In Victoria, lockdowns were implemented on July 8 and we would have expected to see some significant falls in covid infections, hospitalisations and deaths some time from mid July if the lockdowns were effective.

But we didn’t. As of September 4, deaths are still averaging about 20 per day and a drover’s dog could tell you that the problem is protecting people in nursing homes, not locking down the entire population.

The US states of New York, New Jersey and Massachussetts had the world’s most stringent covid lockdowns but also had the world’s highest COVID-19 death rates which were about triple Sweden’s who never closed borders, schools, restaurants or industry.

Sweden is currently recording about 200 infections a day but since late July, its death rate has been nearly zero, it has achieved herd immunity. It initially had a high death rate because, like Victoria, it failed to protect its vulnerable people in nursing homes.

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A CRISIS OUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE IN HERE.

Lockdowns not the answer The Andrews road map out of COVID-19 restrictions is far too cautious and will do more harm than good.

Over the past two days new cases have been 41 and 55, down from a peak of 723 on July 30.

The curve has well and truly flattened. There is no valid reason why regional Victoria can’t go back to stage 2 in two week’s time.

To date in six months … 683 people in Victoria have died. Most deaths have been in aged care facilities and the over 70s cohort.

It does seem irrational by Premier Andrews to keep strict lockdowns in place. While coronavirus is highly contagious, the death rate in Australia is less than 1 per cent (similar to the flu).

When the Spanish Flu hit Australia back in 1919, 10,000 people died in the first WEEK (60,000 in today’s population terms. Worldwide some 30-50 million died, that’s about 150 million in today’s terms.)

When the Black Plague hit Europe almost all of the people who had the disease died.

Coronavirus is thankfully not in the same league as the Plague or the Spanish flu. So why do people like Premier Andrews insist on keeping Victoria locked up?

Overall, out of 26,322 COVID-19 cases in Australia so far this year, 22,598 have recovered! Think about that!

That also begs the questions, if our bodies can for the most part ward off the virus, why the fixation with lockdowns and finding a vaccine? We have had a vaccine for the flu for some time but that didn’t stop the flu from killing 3102 Australians in 2018.

Given that our whole way of life, our standard of living and our national economy depends on people being employed, why is the premier continuing with his fixation with one of the most severe lockdowns in the world?

Of course we should `save lives’ and contain coronavirus.

Should health lockdowns over-ride everything else, like kicking 400,000 Victorians out of work? Trying to solve a major health problem is not going to be helped by creating another even bigger problem of economic chaos and unemployment.

There has to be a better way.

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MY GEELONG Ebony Smale is one of the many Geelong healthcare heroes helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19. She speaks with Luke Voogt about making a “small difference” amid a pandemic.

I’m 24 and I live in Leopold. I enjoy going to the gym, camping and listening to music. I was born in Warrnambool and moved to Geelong at a young age, and have been here ever since.

Most of my family live in Geelong. I studied nursing at Deakin University and landed a job at Barwon Health.

What is your role in COVID-19 testing?

I started working at the Barwon Health North COVID-19 clinic when it opened and have seen it grow from a small clinic that saw less than 100 people a day to a much bigger service. I successfully applied for an associate nurse unit manager role, which I commenced just prior to the second wave. This means I complete in-charge shifts on certain days at the clinic, which involves overseeing 14 to 22 staff per day.

Our biggest day so far was 828 tests and at the highest point of the second wave, we were faced with massive lines and multiple days of more than 500 swabs. The job can be challenging as COVID-19 is an ever-changing pandemic.

Working at a COVID-19 testing facility has made me feel like I have had an impact during the pandemic and have been able to make a small difference. Every swab completed goes towards testing numbers in Victoria and the small amount I have completed makes me feel like I have helped.

What are your colleagues and the people you test like?

Everyone is willing to go that extra mile to get the job done while maintaining a positive

attitude, in what has been a very challenging time. We have all gotten to know each other quite well and I think this has been beneficial, as we are able to support each other in this difficult time. The people we test come from all walks of life and are mostly very appreciative of what we do for them and the community as a whole. We have been gifted many cards, chocolates, coffees and care packages during the pandemic and it truly lifts the spirits of staff members each and every time. Their generosity does not go unnoticed and has been amazing to see.

What are your favourite things to do locally?

In Geelong we have so many great food and beverage options and I love visiting them with friends and family. Geelong has the best of both worlds, having the Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast and inland areas such as the Otways all within close proximity, as well as central Geelong and Melbourne. I’m going a bit crazy staying at home and missing my family and friends, but it has been a great opportunity to work hard, while also slowing down and enjoying the small things in life. I’m most looking forward to reuniting with friends and family, and getting away on a little camping trip when restrictions ease.

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What’s something about you that people might not know?

In my spare time, I love to get out of the house and go adventuring, explore new places and go four-wheel-driving. My dream is to do a complete lap of Australia and explore all this beautiful country has to offer.

Independent photographer Louisa Jones discovered several locals,

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ENTERTAINMENT

Trippy visuals in dark but fun EP

By Luke Voogt

Wallington born-and-bred musician Evangeline. (Supplied)

A three-faced, six-armed woman and a flaming Ferris wheel take viewers on a trippy journey into the dark but fun lyrics of Wallington born-and-bred artist Evangeline Sestito.

The video clips of her soon-to-be-released tracks, Euphoria and Bad Parties, dive into the Uncanny Valley – that creepy grey area of the not quite human.

“I wanted it to be a very visual journey even though you can’t do a full music video in stage 4 lockdown,”said the 25-year-old, now based in Melbourne.

“I feel like I must be a little bit disturbed because people who saw them said, ‘this is a bit creepy’ and I was like, ‘oh really?’”

The stunning visuals are the work of graphic artist Nicholas Keays, who Evangeline found online.

“I was such a huge fan of his – I feel like a fan girl when I work with him,” she said. “It’s become this beautiful ongoing collaboration.”

The art is an apt accompaniment for the new tracks, set to drop in a five-track EP on September 16.

“They get quite creepy but only if you listen carefully,” she said.

“When I’m writing a song for someone else I can write in their perspective, but when it comes to myself I can’t make it up.

“When I write my own lyrics, it’s in the deepest way something I’ve experienced, which is both great and terrible.”

Evangeline’s music is loaded with dualities and personal experience, like a favourite line in new track Neighbourhood: “I’m scared of all the bodies in the backyard.”

“I can picture this party that I was at where I was socially-anxious and overwhelmed with all the people there,” she said.

“I’m very introverted and at that point of my life I was even more introverted.”

But the word “bodies” also referred to witnessing people having bad reactions to drugs, she explained.

The upcoming release feels like the latest of “several music careers” for Evangeline, who travelled to Los Angeles for recording sessions in 2015.

“This is the first time I’ve been self-managed and independent,” she said.

“Previously it was like, ‘OK, we’ll do the photo shoot, put on the pretty makeup and put you on the cover.’ I used to hate that.

“I don’t try to put on a mask anymore, because I’ve grown into a different type of artist.

“It’s so much more fun, stressful and time-consuming. But it sort of makes me feel more proud about the process.”

Musicians such as Lorde and Lana Del Rey showed “you don’t have to be x, y and z to be a popstar”, Evangeline explained.

“I didn’t get into music when I was four or five because I wanted to be famous, I needed an outlet that wasn’t sport.”

She grew up in Wallington, performing for her family when she was young.

“My family can pull up random videos – thank goodness there were no iPhones then – just the good old VHS, because I was an out-there child.”

She would go on to take classical singing tests in high school and leave before year 12 to study music.

Known to friends and family as ‘Evie’, she took Evangeline as her stage name.

“No one’s ever called me by it – it was a really lazy but perfect solution,” she said.

“So thank you mum and dad.”

While stage 4 lockdown put “a spanner in the works” of her music video plans, it allowed Evangeline to put the finishing touches on the EP. “In one way it’s sort of lucky timing that I have something to focus on,” she said.

“I started it officially midway through last year but the concepts I’ve been thinking about for a while, so it was just kind of getting the right words.”

Geelong-raised rapper makes upbeat debut Geelong born-and-bred rapper Antoine is the son of Hamlyn Heights IGA owner Tony Valenti, but some describe him as the love child of PartyNextDoor, Drake and Bow Wow. “Look, it makes sense in a lot of ways,” he told the Independent, laughing. “Growing up, my sister and I were big Bow Wow fans. I used to try to mirror him so much back in the day, so his influence definitely plays a part.”

Drake and PartyNextDoor’s moody R&B mixed with rap have also influenced the musical journey of Antoine, who recently released his upbeat debut track One Time.

“One Time is just about the thrill of the chase,” he said.

“It’s not a deep track with any fancy meanings. It’s fun, it’s energetic. You can dance to it, sing along to it, drink to it. That’s why we felt it was such a fitting first release.”

While promoters have noticed Antoine’s influences, he aims to find his own sound.

“My producer ServidSounds and I just make music we love listening to and aim to be our own inspirations,” he said.

“We have heaps of new tracks on the way.

We’ve been working tirelessly for a long time and I have heaps of material ready to go.”

Antoine grew up in Hamlyn Heights and music is in his blood.

“A lot of childhood memories are in that area, so I’ll never forget it,” he said. “My dad and uncles own the IGA on Vines Road that my grandparents started many, many years ago.

“Dad has been a performer for the majority of his life. I remember when I was young, he was in a band called the Ginseng Junkies, and they 14 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 11 September, 2020

were always busy. I always remember coming home from school and writing songs for hours.

I had so many lengthy albums, as I used to call them, full of absolute classics.”

Known onstage as Tony Vee, his dad has toured across Australia and overseas with his Neil Diamond tribute show and other cover acts.

“Same as my uncles, there’s not much they can’t do musically,” Antoine said.

His Mauritius-born mum has sung solo and performed backup vocals for a number of R&B bands.

“I definitely picked up my style from my mum and the Mauritian culture of R&B, reggae, sega and afrobeats, but my love for music is spread across all genres.”

Like for tens of thousands of performers across Australia, COVID-19 “definitely hasn’t been fun” for Antoine.

“I’m still writing a lot, and ServidSounds and I have still been doing a lot of work, but to be out and about, living, would be much preferred!” said the rapper, currently based in Melbourne.

“I’m trying not to focus on what could be in a time like this – it’s just not the right mindset.

“We’re enjoying making music and look forward to getting the best out of it through live shows when we get the chance.”

Along with getting on stage and launching his career proper, Antoine looks forward to visiting family in Geelong once restrictions ease.

“I can’t wait to head back down there and see everyone. It’s been far too long.”

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The virtual Our Heritage, Our Collection exhibition features objects handpicked from the city’s expansive heritage collection of 12,000 moveable artworks, objects and artefacts – valued at nearly $28 million.

Of the 50 featured items, 11 have wartime connections – including military pins, personal stories, audio recordings, memorials and monuments. Items from the National Wool and Geelong Maritime museums will also be on show, including mayoral robes and other treasures.

The purpose-built website will continue to host exhibitions and community-curated themes, with a vision to accompany further displays in the future.

Greater Geelong mayor Stephanie Asher says the city’s heritage collection is a melting pot of diverse treasures.

“These items piece together our history,” she says. “This exhibition is one way we are making this collection more accessible for the community.”

It was particularly meaningful around Anzac Day this year.”

Cr Trent Sullivan, chairperson of Arts, Culture and Heritage, adds that the virtual exhibition is easily accessible and will open eyes to Greater Geelong’s exciting and diverse collection.

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Most of us have a hidden hobby or secret skill we’ve been curious to try out. It may involve rekindling a childhood interest, exploring something entirely different from our current skill-set or be completely ‘out of character’.

If you have found yourself reflecting on what you’re actually passionate about, remember most new passions start with new skills.

With less social commitments than ever, and generally more time on our hands, there’s no better time to review your interests and revisit your bucket list.

Several Central Geelong businesses are offering a broad and varied selection of short courses and dozens of free lessons and tutorials online. From the ‘just for fun’ to those that will provide you with an official certification or qualification and potentially change your career path, there are many opportunities to help you expand your knowledge.

Tea mastery with Teacha Tea Bar Baristas are a dime a dozen these days, but have you ever heard of a ‘Tea Sommelier’? These tea service professionals have the skills to work effectively as a tea connoisseur and the ability to advise, select, prepare and serve specialty tea.

At Teacha Tea Bar in Malop Street, not only can you select from a huge range of more than 200 specialty teas, you can become an official certified Tea Blender, Tea Master or Sommelier.

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Did somebody say cha cha cha? Ballroom Baby, Central Geelong’s ballroom and Latin dance school is a fantastic place to get you started if you long to own the dance floor! Covering a selection of classic Latin and ballroom dances from beginner to advanced classes, plus Zumba classes and private lessons, Ballroom Baby in Ryrie Street will help you be your best dancer, even if you’re starting out with two left feet. Visit them at www.babygeelong.com.au And if you really want to look the part, Geelong Dance and Fairywear Supplies in Little Malop Street can supply dance gear for the first-time dancer, full-time professional or anything in between. Currently operating with reduced hours, the online store at www. geelongdancesupplies.com.au stocks hundreds of products and offers free shipping.

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In addition to stocking Geelong’s largest range of SCUBA diving equipment, spearfishing, snorkelling, freediving, wetsuits, archery equipment and any accessory you could possibly want, Geelong Dive Centre in Moorabool Street can also help you become PADI qualified.

Geelong Dive Centre offers e-classroom-style PADI Dive courses from entry level, right through to instructor. Students can learn the principles of diving at their pace and in the comfort of their own home and then complete their course with practical training.

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Get going with The Gordon The Gordon TAFE can help you achieve a personal goal or begin a completely new chapter in your career. The Gordon has been providing education to the Geelong region for more than 130 years and offers hundreds of qualifications and short courses across a wide range of disciplines from apprenticeships, traineeships, certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas.

The Gordon’s short courses provide a great way for busy people to access quality and flexible learning programs. Visit www.thegordon.edu. au to view instructor-led or self-paced learning experiences.

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The online store is jam-packed full of colour and supplies to fuel your creativity. Keep an eye out for their school holiday program announcements to entertain your younger family members. www.artworxgeelong.com.au

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If you’ve always fancied being an ‘arty type’ but you’re not sure where to start, Artworx Studio in Ryrie Street is the perfect place to begin your journey to artistic brilliance. From ceramics, to mixed media, oil painting to print making, Artworx Studio offers numerous courses from the beginner to the advanced.

Perhaps a good starting point is the Artworx ‘Absolute Beginner Workshop Kit’ which provides everything you need to create a stunning canvas painting from home.

If you love putting pen to paper but have always been too shy to share, the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre is hosting the ‘Writers Aloud’ virtual event. This event will enable you to share your writing with a small and appreciative audience via Zoom video conferencing. Writing can be poetry, prose, travel writing – whatever you like – but should be limited to five minutes. For dates and more information, visit www.grlc.vic.gov.au

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“We have an extensive range of spray-guns, from top-quality industrial to the less expensive DIY guns,” Sam explains. “For those who want to get their artistic on, we have air brushes, airbrush compressors and templates.”

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Is there an end to the number of times Nissan can add to its all-electric compact vehicle? First it was the ability to run household electrical goods from the car’s battery.

In July the company’s pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology arrived in Australia with a government trial set to deliver power back to the grid through the car’s bi-directional charging capability.

Powered by its 40 kWh 350V battery, the test was not without some range anxiety of going the distance.

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redesigned centre console with cup holders between driver and front passenger seats includes a new storage area at its base, as well as easily reached power switch, 12V outlet and USB port. The rear cargo area of 405 litres (seatbacks up), 1176 litres (seatbacks down) has been redesigned to offer better use of space.

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SPORT Taylor-made for AFLW committee Geelong Football Club vice president Diana Taylor joined the AFLW committee ahead of its third meeting for 2020 on Wednesday.

AFL football general manager Steve Hocking on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ms Taylor, alongside GWS Giants captain Alicia Eva and Richmond Tigers chief executive officer Brendon Gale.

“Alicia, Brendon and Diana are all passionate and committed to enhancing women’s football and their unique insights will be of great value to the committee,” Mr Hocking said.

“Alicia is an outstanding leader of her club and a genuine role model of our game while Brendon and Diana add a great level of governance experience and expertise to the committee.”

A former corporate lawyer, Ms Taylor was the first female president of the Western Regional Football League and the first woman appointed to the VFL Tribunal.

In 2016 she won the corporate and private category of the Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award for Victoria. Ms Taylor has also served in leadership positions in various charities, government authorities and cultural and sporting organisations.

The AFLW Competition Committee assists the AFL Commission with the future direction of women’s football. The committee covers areas such as the laws of the game, tribunal, list rules and player movement.

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Diana Taylor, pictured prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Supplied)

Tuohy eyes 200 games

By Luke Voogt Cats skipper Joel Selwood is set to miss his fourth consecutive AFL match as Geelong faces Richmond tonight in a vital game for both sides’ top-four chances.

Selwood has been sidelined since sustaining a knee injury against Port Adelaide in round 12 and Cats coach Chris Scott again ruled him out yesterday.

“We’re going to be a little more conservative again,” Scott told a press conference.

“He’s in good shape [but] I think we’ve been pretty consistent in saying that we were going to wait to make sure he was absolutely right.

“He’s right this week, I think, but we’re just going to put the extra week in the bank and bring him back for the round 18 game.”

Scott assured the media that Selwood had not suffered a setback in his recovery.

“It’s just being really conservative. He has been managing issues over the last couple of years actually.

“Last year we played him when, in retrospect, we probably shouldn’t [have] so we are doubling down on our decision this year to be a bit more conservative.

“If anything, we think that the chance for him to get extra sessions in and improve his fitness will be a better preparation for finals as opposed to playing this game.

“I guess the proof will be in the pudding.”

Main: A devastated Patrick Dangerfield and Mark O’Connor watch Richmond players celebrate after Geelong’s 2019 preliminary final loss.

Above: Joel Selwood at training recently. (Marcel Berens and AFL Media)

But tough, long-kicking Irishman Zach Tuohy was “an almost certainty” to return for his 200th game after taking two hard hits to the ribs against Western Bulldogs in round 14, Scott said. Ruckman Rhys Stanley was also likely to return, he said.

The Cats are chasing revenge against the Tigers after the heartbreak of their 2019 preliminary final loss.

Earlier in the week, star midfielder Sam Menegola, who has had a brilliant 2020, spoke of his excitement about facing the Tigers.

“They’ve probably been the best side over the last three years so [we are] not expecting

Spring brings the big catch

anything but their best.”

The match will be a clash of two styles, as well as two of the AFL’s best sides.

Geelong has been able to switch to a controlled style of gradually working the ball into its forward 50 with superb kicking accuracy.

While the Cats have also shown speed moving the ball through the middle, and tenacious tackling and forward pressure, these have long been hallmarks of Richmond’s game.

“I think we’ve got a fair idea of how they play but stopping it’s easier said than done,” Menegola said.

Geelong will be hungry for revenge and to maintain its place in the top four. But as Menegola suggested, the predominant style of play in tonight’s game could determine the result.

The 10-week suspension of Richmond players Sydney Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones for breaching COVID-19 protocols last week is a wildcard.

Their omission could hurt Richmond and the scandal has been a distraction for the club, but it could also provide extra motivation for the rest of the Tigers to lift their game tonight.

Coleman Medal leader Tom Hawkins is in career-best form and if he kicks another bag against Richmond it will only help the Cats chances.

Cats by 13 points.

Spring has hit and the fishing at the moment is fantastic with most of our tasty local fish starting to show up in great numbers.

Inside Corio Bay has still got some good pinkie snapper on the go, with the odd bigger fish thrown into the mix.

Out towards the area known as the silos and north shore has been a very popular location for boaters with fish reaching upwards of 5kg. Bait fishing at night with pilchards and squid has proved deadly with plenty of fish still getting caught on plastics.

St Leonards still remains a popular location for the angler chasing a feed, with fishing holding in good numbers and maintaining a great size. It does pay to keep active and constantly move around until you get onto the school which has definitely been the deciding factor between boats that are slaying fish and those that aren’t.

Fez Sepic got out at the weekend in search of whiting and wasn’t disappointed – landing a good haul of fish to 42cm with Pipi being the best bait. Fez also got down towards Queenscliff in hope to find some of the big calamari that come into the bay during spring. Not long into the first drift his jig was attacked by a cracking squid that went 44cm (hood length). Fez also managed plenty more nice sized squid with size #3.5 jigs in white proving lethal.

The squid at Queenscliff have definitely come onto the chew this past week with plenty of boats getting amongst the action and once again finding some great specimens.

Offshore has been providing some good fishing lately, with snapper starting to show up in better numbers, along with plenty of gummy sharks too. Fishing in 30 metres of water has been a popular depth with plenty of quality fish being caught including flathead, nannygai and even whiting. The trout fishing at Wurdi Buloc reservoir has come back onto the radar with anglers landing some solid fish. Brown trout still remain the number one goal for most fishos with some great success – some fish reaching 60cm – along with plenty of smaller ones too.

Fishing sub surface lures such as the OSP bent minnow has proved to be a slayer this week. There still should be plenty of redfin on the go too so your heavier spoons or soft plastics are going to be a great option to throw at those guys.

Fez Sepic with a big squid from Queenscliff. (Supplied) 23 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 11 September, 2020

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