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SES plea for help

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Lilydale and Emerald SES unit controllers want to have a conversation with state officials around establishing an SES unit in the Dandenong Ranges. grave South, Narre Warren North, Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook, Cockatoo, Macclesfield, Emerald, Monbulk and everywhere in be-

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Unit controllers at two local SES branches are calling for a third unit to be established in the Dandenong Ranges as emergency services struggle to keep up with callouts to the Hills.

Emerald SES unit controller Ben Owen and Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield are “keen to sit down and have a conversation” with the appropriate ministers around establishing a new unit for ridge-top communities after both units were inundated with calls to Kalorama, Mt Dandenong and Olinda during the recent storm.

While the units proudly “work as one” in natural disasters and emergencies, the wide coverage areas of both crews stretches resources when action is required in disasterprone areas of the Dandenongs.

Mr Owen said the need for a further unit really showed during the recent wild weather.

“It only showed on Wednesday night (9 June) when we had 12 code one responses in Kalorama, Mt Dandenong and Olinda to rescue people that had trees on their houses. Basically, every SES unit was around 25 minutes away on a normal day, and that’s when you aren’t cutting up trees in order to get to the job,” he said.

Lilydale SES received over 1260 callouts in the week following the storm, with 900 of those jobs situated across Mount Dandenong communities, taking resources away from the wider Yarra Ranges area as it experienced flooding.

“We only cover parts of Kalorama, Mt Dandenong and a small part of Olinda, and the Emerald unit covers the rest,” he said.

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1. How did you get involved in the Lilydale Croquet Club?

I retired after 20 years in the dental and teaching profession in 2018 and was at a loose end for a recreational activity. To get me out of her hair, my wife Kerri contacted the Croquet Club to have a try-out to see whether it was something that interested me and also something that we could do together. As it has turned out, it is a sporting, recreational and social activity that we have both enjoyed for the past 2 years.

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2. What is your favourite part about being involved in the club?

The social interaction with the other club members and now that Lilydale is again fielding teams in competition, I enjoy the competitive aspect of the game.

3. Who is your favourite musician?

I enjoy a wide variety of music interests and bands, however if I were to pick a stand-out performer it would have to be Elton John.

4. What is something people don’t know about you?

I always had a burning ambition to learn a musical instrument, but with work and family commitments, I never seemed to have the time to learn. Now that I have retired and have a bit of time on my hands, I am learning to play the piano. Not very well mind you, but I am progressing slowly and what’s more important, I am thoroughly enjoying myself.

5. Which six dinner guests, dead or alive, would you invite to a dinner party?

Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemmingway, Katherine Hepburn, Winston Churchill, Gough Whitlam, David Attenborough 6. What is your favourite book?

Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Tasmania 8. What do you like about being a part of the Lilydale community?

The general friendliness and welcoming at-

titude of people and their willingness to help each other out, when they can. The community spirit and inclusiveness of Lilydale people, coupled with pleasant surroundings, is uplifting. In general it is a nice part of the world to be part of.

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Slight drop in crime

By Jed Lanyon

theft from a motor vehicle (576 incidents), breaches of family violence orders (523) and then criminal damage (475).

Crime in the Yarra Ranges was most likely to occur at home with the location of ‘house’, making up for 29.1 per cent of all criminal incidents.

The second most common location for crime was streets/paths/laneways which saw a 66 per cent increase year-to-year with 1262 incidents.

SES sends out post storm plea for help From page 1 “As we found out recently, there really is only one road to Kalorama and that is Mt Dandenong Tourist Road. We came across a section that had about 50 trees down and that effectively cuts us off from getting up there and cuts residents off from getting help,” Mr Caulfied said.

Both Mr Caulfield and Mr Owen agree a unit on the mountain would alleviate the pressure and provide for a faster emergency response.

“There is a need for a rapid response up there on code red days or total fire ban days to clear roads. It is known for blind bends, trees in the dark and the risk for motor vehicle accidents,” Mr Owen said.

“More vehicles and more volunteers would also assist the greater community during these situations.

“Both Emerald and Lilydale units are at least 25 minutes away. At the moment, the volunteers attending jobs up there are coming from Cockatoo, Emerald and Belgrave, if we had a local LHQ with local volunteers with local connections the response would be much faster,” he said.

Mr Caulfield said an additional SES resource “needs to be seriously considered” not just for storms, but for all emergencies including bushfires.

“It would definitely be beneficial and we need to be having this conversation as we review the events of this storm. It might be a once in a lifetime event, but what it’s done is

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Yarra Ranges Council is seeking community feedback on its Draft Wastewater Management Plan, which aims to help ensure prevention of public health, environmental and local amenity issues related to wastewater systems in Yarra Ranges.

The plan, and related action plan, identifies the risks and outlines the criteria and processes for inspections and assessments of new applications for onsite septic systems.

Yarra Ranges Mayor, Fiona McAllister, said that the draft plan would help strengthen Council’s ability to manage these systems, as well as the issuing of permits and assessing land development applications in relation to wastewater.

Residents have until Wednesday, 30 June to provide feedback on the draft documents.

Buses will replace trains on the Lilydale Line between Ringwood and Lilydale stations from Monday 21 June to Thursday 24 June and again from Monday 28 June to Thursday 1 July, from 10.30pm until last the train each night. This is due to the skyrail’s L-beams being installed as part of the bridge structure over Maroondah Highway.

Mooroolbark car theft Mooroolbark police are seeking the identity of two people in relation to the theft of a motor vehicle on 27 May. A 2015 Toyota Corolla registration 1EA8GS was stolen from the McDonalds Car Park on Manchester Road, Mooroolbark at 6.40am and has not yet been recovered.

Contact Constable Dykstra at Mooroolbark Police Station on 9725 9999 with information.

Operation Regal Despite restrictions limiting the movement of Melburnians across the state over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, Victoria Police still detected 4780 traffic offences and 431 criminal offences during Operation Regal.

The four-day, state-wide operation saw police targeting high-risk driving behaviour including speed, alcohol and drug impaired driving, fatigue, driver distraction and a failure to wear seatbelts. One in 21 drivers tested returned a positive roadside drug test, while a further 170 drivers were detected with alcohol in their system. Police also detected 1998 speeding motorists, issued 166 fines for using a mobile phone while driving, and intercepted 318 disqualified, suspended or unlicensed drivers on Victorian roads.

SES volunteers help another homeowner clear a fallen tree. opened our eyes to the fact that we’ve been managing but the everyday response could be far better. With a change in weather and

climate conditions we can expect more turbulent weather, so we need more resources in the area,” he said.

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Lilydale has seen a 12.3 per cent rise in crime according to the latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA).

The latest CSA data released on 17 June found a slight decrease in total criminal incidents for the year ending March 2021, with crime in the Yarra Ranges dropping by -0.6 per cent compared to the previous year The five suburbs featuring the highest amounts of crimes were Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Kilsyth and Healesville.

Lilydale recorded 1301 incidents compared to 1158 in the year prior. This figure was the highest among Yarra Ranges suburbs as the next four townships experienced slight decreases in criminal incidents.

Of the 6154 total criminal incidents recorded, charges were laid on 33.5 per cent of occasions, while for 28.1 per cent there were no charges laid and 38.4 per cent remain unsolved.

Public health and safety offences were the most common offence with 718 incidents compared to just one the year prior, thanks to Covid-19 related breaches under the Chief Medical Officer’s directions.

The second most common offence was

Across the state, the recorded offences rate decreased 1.8 per cent to 7,950.6 per 100,000 Victorians in the last 12 months, as did the number of offences, down 1.8 per cent to 532,271.

One in five offences recorded were family violence-related (21.1 per cent). Despite overall decreases in criminal offences recorded, family violence-related offences increased 11.3 per cent to 112,432 offences in the year ending 31 March 2021.

The increase was particularly driven by breaches of family violence orders (up 18.4 per cent to 53,285 offences) and family violence-related common assaults (up 5.9 per cent to 16,264 offences).

“Victoria has recorded the highest ever number of family incidents and family violence-related criminal offences during this period,“ CSA chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said.

“The number of family violence-related victim reports has continued to increase, while other types of victim reports decreased over the past 12 months.

“This increase in family violence-related victimisation has been seen for the last three years, reflecting more than pandemic-related impacts.”

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Learning together as schools unite A Kilsyth school has welcomed students from Mt Dandenong Primary School which was damaged in the superstorm earlier this month.

Gladesville Primary School in Kilsyth opened its doors as soon as they could to students from Mount Dandenong so they had a place to gather and learn during the prolonged power outage.

Wanting students to have some sort of nor-

mality, Gladesville Primary School principal Nicki Wood said the process of moving them in was complex behind the scenes but as smooth as anything for the Mt Dandenong school community.

“The Mount Dandenong community and school community are just unbelievably resilient, they are brave, they are resilient, they are strong and they have taken it all in their stride

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and that’s a reflection of their community and their school,” Ms Wood said.

Mt Dandenong Primary School principal Sally Alderton said the effects of the storm had been “particularly hard” on students who were excited to return to school following a remote learning period during the Covid-19 “circuit breaker” lockdown.

“It’s been particularly difficult for students who had already been away from friends and school for two weeks,” Ms Alderton said.

Ms Alderton said the students have been “really resilient” considering the trauma many went through on Wednesday 9 June during the storm.

“Many have interesting or quite harrowing stories to tell of the storm. Some were cut off in their houses for a few days and couldn’t get out because of fallen trees around them. Some of them sought shelter inside cars in their garage. Some had parents out who couldn’t get home and had to abandon their cars and walk on foot to get back to their families,” she said.

Ms Wood said students and families were still coming to terms with what happened and the trauma will potentially take weeks or months to deal with.

“Their staff and our staff have really focused on the kids’ wellbeing and seeing friends and having time to talk things through,” Ms Wood said.

“So I think just the fact they could come to school, play games, be kids has probably allowed them to be in a better state of mind than they might have been if they were stuck at home without power, without connections this week.”

Ms Wood said all students enjoyed getting to know each other and making new friendships, seeing some step up and take leadership roles.

The students felt fortunate to be donated food from the Montrose community, with some parents putting together lunches for students who might otherwise go without.

Ms Alderton said Ausnet has provided Mt Dandenong Primary School with a generator, with students expected to return once the area has been deemed safe.

Gladesville has been invited to visit Mt Dandenong Primary School when it is safe to do so.

“The students and the community has been amazingly welcoming and we feel very fortunate to have been able to spend the past few days at Gladesville,” Ms Alderton said.

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Rate increase backlash

By Jed Lanyon Yarra Ranges councillors have been asked to take a pay cut instead of push forward with an “insensitive” rate increase rates by a local resident and business owner, who gave feedback about the latest draft budget.

Yarra Ranges Council held a special meeting on 15 June to address community feedback from its recent draft budget released last month. The process allowed residents to provide written submissions as well as give their thoughts to councillors via a video stream.

The draft budget attracted 43 written submissions, 17 of which argued against a proposed increase in rates. Other submitters stressed the importance of the budget focussing on roads, including paths and drainage, mitigating the impact to the environment and climate change as well as reducing bushfire risk.

The draft budget, released on Tuesday 11 May, proposed a 1.5 per cent increase in rates, which would equate to approximately $43 extra per rate notice.

Yarra Ranges resident and business owner, Martin Dieleman, spoke at the meeting and put the pressure on council, asking the executive team to sacrifice a portion of their salary.

“I think it’s both immoral and insensitive to put a rate increase through to people. Your pay doesn’t change, but in the private sector, we take big hits. We have to borrow money and we have to bite our fingernails and have sleepless nights trying to keep our staff on,“ he said.

“I’d like to see some inclusion, all the way from the state government down, when we say ‘we’re all in it together’ we mean it. I’d like to see the management team at Yarra Ranges take a 20 per cent pay cut through to June 2022 just to show some solidarity within the community that they’re going to take a hit as well.”

Council defended the rate increase saying in a statement: “The proposal to adopt a rate rise of 1.5 per cent in line with the state government rate cap for 2021-22 has taken into consideration the economic impact that Covid-19 has had on the community and the need for council to be able to fund the delivery of over 120 services to the community, as well as build and maintain vital infrastructure and prepare for future programs and challenges.

“Last year, council adopted a budget which included a 2 per cent increase to council’s general rate income. To recognise the impact Covid-19 was having on the community at that time, council also decided to apply a ‘Covid credit’ which reduced the amount of rates payable for 2020-21 back to 2019-20 levels or lower.

“Rate increases are not applied to a blanket percentage increase to every household, it is based on changes in property values relative

to one another. The rates for each ratepayer is largely tied to the property value as a proportion of the total land values in the municipality.”

Lilydale and District Historical Society president Sue Thompson spoke passionately about wanting to see local history preserved and recognised within council’s budget.

“I have one passion in life, and that’s history… We are today what our history made us and our history has shaped us in our form today. Not just European history, but the First People’s history as well.”

Other submitters pushed to see upgrades to the BMX facilities in Healesville, a rebuild for the privately owned Mooroolbark Terrace shopping centre and for a new diving pool after a reported ban on diving at an aquatic centre.

Councillors will vote on the budget at their 29 June meeting.

Mum stitches up a sustainable way to use nappies

By Melissa Meehan When Mooroolbark mum Jess Farkashazy wanted to use cloth nappies for her first born son, she was talked out of it.

She wanted to do her bit for the environment, but older generations warned her it would be too much work alongside being thrown into the world of motherhood.

When she had her daughter, she knew things would be different.

But she couldn’t find any designs she liked - so started to make them herself founding a micro business, Moon Toots.

“The main reason I wanted to use them is the environment, but some people do it because their kids get really bad nappy rash,” she said.

“There are a lot of chemicals in disposable nappies and they take between 300 and 500 years to break down.

“That is a long time for them to hang around in landfill.”

And it’s not like the old days, there’s no need to soak the cloth nappies for days on end. You can just throw them in the washing machine and you are ready to go.

“My parents and grandparents didn’t realise how much easier they are this time,” she said.

“And over time they are so much cheaper. You can use them for multiple children - they last for years and years.”

A departure from her regular day job as a hotel cleaner, Jess makes the nappies when the kids (aged one and three) go to bed or if she gets a day off while they are at childcare.

“I just love them, I could talk about cloth nappies till the cows come home,” she said.

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Arrests over vehicle thefts Vehicle Crime Squad detectives have arrested and charged five people, including three from Mooroolbark, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged vehicle theft and rebirthing.

Search warrants were executed in Mooroolbark, Alfredton, Wallan, and a storage unit in Wendouree on 10 and 11 June.

Investigators found a number of allegedly stolen CCTV cameras, an allegedly stolen and rebirthed Holden Astra bearing false numberplates, a quantity of Methylamphetamines, a sum of cash, weapons and allegedly stolen bank cards.

A 38-year-old Mooroolbark man was charged with a number of offences including traffick a drug of dependance, theft, possess prohibited weapon, breach of bail conditions and other related offences.

He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 21 June.

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dependance, possess prohibited weapon, and other related offences.

He has been remanded to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 29 November.

A 29-year-old Mooroolbark woman is expected to be charged on summons with theft.

A man and woman from Alfredton have also been charged and are awaiting court appearances at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court.

In the last 12 months Vehicle Crime Squad detectives have executed 47 search warrants, arrested 25 people, and laid more than 375 charges as part of this investigation into car re-birthing linked to a Melbourne organised crime syndicate.

Investigators have seized 54 motor vehicles, 27 trailers, 21 motorcycles, 19 engines, a stolen tow truck, a stolen boat, three stolen earth moving machines, four firearms, hundreds of stolen power tools, stolen auto parts and quantities of drugs. The 800 items seized by detectives are valued at $2.5 million.

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Rolling out their support

By Mikayla van Loon When Rolling Hills Primary School principal, Craig Bradley, put the call out to parents to help clean up the school after the storms, he never thought they would respond in such big numbers.

“I just thought it was most likely going to be myself pushing a brush around and just trying to get the pathways cleared but we had 60 families with their children turn up and about seven or eight staff as well,” Mr Bradley said.

“Which for me is pretty overwhelming, when most of them were reporting that they had damage at their own properties and clean up at their own properties to do.”

Having lost power, heating and phone reception, as well as a suspected gas leak, which was later cleared, on Thursday 10 June, Mr Bradley said he and some other staff members made the decision to close the school.

With the storm subsiding by midday on Thursday, Mr Bradley said he thought the closure would be a one day thing.

“As the day went on, we started to learn that it was going to take a lot longer and there was a lot more damage out further afield from Mooroolbark being pretty much the whole Yarra Shire really and by six o’clock we made the decision that school couldn’t return from remote learning on the Friday.

“Only five out of 51 staff members had power. So we couldn’t actually run a continuation of the remote learning program on the Friday because I was one of the five, so there would only be three teachers and two support staff that were available on the Friday.”

As power started to come back on over the weekend, Mr Bradley sent out messages to parents and staff asking if they could spare some time on Monday 14 June to clean up the school.

Although no damage had occurred, Mr Bradley said there were a number of trees that had fallen and lots of debris on the pathways making it unsafe for students.

“We were overwhelmed as a staff that the parents came and put their own clean ups behind the schools clean up and came to us even when many families didn’t have power.”

Mr Bradley said the parents went above and beyond to help clean up the school properly.

“They didn’t just clean the pathways, they really gave the school a real big clean up and the trees that had fallen down, we were able to make them safe and pile up all the branches.”

While doing the clean up, they noticed a 50 metre tree that had a crack down the middle and was potentially dangerous.

“It was just waiting to fall and if it had fallen the wrong way it would have gone straight through our building so we made the decision there and then that we were going to take that tree down. So myself and maybe six or seven dads felled that tree,” Mr Bradley said.

Mr Bradley said building a good school community doesn’t just happen, it has to be worked on.

“That doesn’t just happen by chance, it’s every little deposit of good will we’ve done in the previous 12 months and to pull back on that

Families, staff and students gather to have lunch together. and ask for a little bit of help ourselves, people are willing to do it because we’ve been there for the whole year for them.”

Part of the school’s culture and approach to learning is to view everything with a positive attitude.

“So it’s not just about the wellbeing of students, it’s the same language and wellbeing as their parents and their grandparents and the football clubs and netball clubs,” Mr Bradley said.

“It’s about having that yes attitude and being supportive, even if that means putting yourself out and having to do the kind thing, that’s the approach we’re trying to build here at the school, that you do things for other people and it’s part of being a good person.”

Wanting to give back to the community, the school organised a free dress day on Tuesday 15 June, where students were asked to bring a packaged or canned item to be donated to Nourish Network.

“We still have families and staff that don’t have power and it is, in the western world, pretty unheard of to go nearly a week without power,” Mr Bradley said.

“So rather than us going to families in need and saying ‘hey we think you might benefit from this food package’ we actually ask all our families to go and support Nourish, to either give food or collect food from them.”

“We could have just had a free dress day but it gets the kids thinking about bringing a packet of noodles for someone else or bringing a tin of beans, the shampoo, the deodorant, for other people who can’t get showers at the moment. It’s just getting them to think about others.”

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Trees fallen across road.

The long road to recovery

By Mikayla van Loon While the worst of the storms might be over and with power restored to many suburbs it would be easy to forget about the many people who are now without homes and have lost so much.

The reality of a storm, like the one experienced on Wednesday 9 June, is that it is far from over.

Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield said driving around the mountain and Dandenongs, he has never seen anything quite like the damage he has witnessed over the last few days.

“I drove around yesterday (13 June) and I was with another member who has been with the SES for over 45 years and I’ve been here for 30 plus years and we were both just going, neither of us have seen this much destruction, entire streets where every house has a tree on it, with varying degrees of damage but pretty much every house has a tree on it,” he said.

“Unfortunately, there’s a lot of houses up there [Kalorama particularly] where there’s just nothing that can be done.”

Mr Caulfield said there will be many people whose houses cannot be repaired and will be a total loss.

Although the local community support has been overwhelming, Mr Caulfield said he feels like if these houses had been destroyed by bushfire, the response from the broader community would have been bigger.

“If these houses had been destroyed by a bushfire I think we’d be talking about it for a long time,” he said.

“But because it was a storm, we’re still talking a little bit about it now but I don’t think people are fully aware of the level of impact and destruction that a house with a 15 metre tree that’s two metres in diameter falling through it, makes the house just as destroyed and just as uninhabitable as if it has experienced a bushfire.”

With 15 SES vehicles on the hill over the weekend of 12 and 13 June, the Lilydale SES crew was able to reach most of the 1226 calls for assistance that had been made to their station..

Mr Caulfield expects as people are able to return to their houses or gain phone coverage and power once more, calls for help will continue to trickle in.

Montrose CFA captain Rob Waters said with wind, soil erosion and more rain over the weekend more damage will have occurred and expects it will continue throughout the week.

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A huge tree crushes the side of a house. that they can fall and we did see an incident where one dropped onto an SES vehicle over the weekend and that’s just as fast as it can happen.

“The Dandenongs are a beautiful area to live but they do come with some challenges and people need to be aware that whilst it is a beautiful area, it can also be a dangerous area to live as well.”

Yarra Ranges Shire Mayor Fiona McAllister said that crews were working to clear trees and debris, and provide access for services across the Dandenongs, where the storm hit the hardest.

“Over the coming weeks and months we’ll continue to see the impact of these storms unfold, and we’ll be working with AusNet Services, the State Government and other agencies to help clear up debris, provide safe access to community members’ homes and restore service,” she said.

“Already, the amount of debris collected could cover the ground at the MCG, and we’re stockpiling wood from fallen trees.”

Trying to give access to as many people as possible, Mr Caulfield said a large crane was onsite lifting and clearing trees from roads and houses.

But for those living in Kalorama and other majorly affected areas like Lilydale, Mount Evelyn and Mooroolbark, power restoration is not expected to be completed for a while.

“It’s going to be a very long time before Kalorama has power again because of the amount of infrastructure damage, the power infrastructure is going to take potentially weeks to repair. It’s just going to take time, there’s only so fast that it can be done,” Mr Caulfield said.

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SES members enjoy some food and a chat at the Kalorama Community Triage while on a break from cleaning up storm damage.

Derek and Matt serving the community warm meals at Kalorama Community Triage.

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Lilydale SES members and CFA crews enjoy a meal from Boogie Chillin’ Barbeque.

Hearts and homes open

By Mikayla Van Loon Yarra Ranges residents have been overwhelmed by an outpouring of support from the community after devastating storms raged throughout the shire.

Waking to the destruction of homes, cars and livelihoods, the community banded together to bring warmth, food and a place to stay to strangers and neighbours without power and hot water.

Social media notice boards and community pages lit up with offers for people without a liveable house to take refuge.

Cafes, churches and businesses opened up their doors for people to stay warm, charge their phones and eat comfort food.

With police guarding roads to limit cars driving up the mountain for safety and security, Lilydale SES has started accepting donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries, sanitary items and other essentials.

Items are being collected at the Montrose playground carpark between 11am and 4pm Tuesday 15 June to then be donated to the Kalorama Community Hub, a community relief centre set up by volunteers.

Lilydale SES has also donated a generator for lighting so that people can continue to be helped at Kalorama oval.

Kalorama Community Hub volunteer and organiser Jordan Scotney has been helping

supply many people in Kalorama with meals and other support services since Sunday morning 13 June.

Although escaping from the hills to his parents house during the thick of the storm, being a Kalista local, Mr Scotney said he had to help the community in any way possible.

Calling business after business, organisers were able to get support from Bayswater Bunnings who supplied a barbeque and utensils, Nikos Tavern, Mooroolbark Coles and Kilsyth Woolworths who donated food and supplies.

With the help of his dad, Mr Scotney cooked up pots of winter warming stew to start them off before more food arrived.

Eight to ten volunteers helped set up the hub, with marquees, food stocks and in ground fires, while four went knocking on people’s doors to make sure they were OK. Everyone had a story, whether they had severe damage or just an extremely frightful night, Mr Scotney said people were just happy to be listened to.

“There were many touching moments and people were so glad to know people were there for them,” Mr Scotney said. “[It was about] having a space where people can share stories. People need to know people care about them.”

Locals and SES members alike were grateful for the support of their community and a

much needed free feed.

“There’s been lots of community support for people. People helping out neighbours.

The CFA brigades coming out and just checking on people,” Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield said.

“They were just literally going around checking every house and making sure people were OK and that’s fantastic because that’s their community, they have a lot of members living in those houses as well.”

Montrose CFA captain Rob Waters said the small gestures of offering someone a shower or letting someone share a generator was all part of the community spirit and resilience.

“We’ve seen very generous offers from the community, some beautiful messages that we’ve had on our Facebook and social media pages and also private messages, emails,” he said.

“We live in an absolutely astounding community and not only in bushfire season when people care but major events when someone is challenged, our community just gets up and rallies around and looks after our neighbours.”

Mr Waters said those small acts of kindness are the best way for the community to recover.

“We actually had two young girls come up to the fire brigade with their parents yesterday (13 June) and drop off some morning tea to us and they saved up their pocket money and

wanted to give back and I think that’s just absolutely beautiful and just very special.”

Mr Caulfield said Lilydale SES has seen similar offerings of support and said at the end of the day it is all the little things that add up.

“We’ve had people offer us catering and many individuals offering to come down and supply meals and bags of groceries and snacks and muesli bars.”

Trying to do their part as well in supporting locals, Mr Caufield said the SES members were stunned by the generosity of a stranger at their local cafe in Lilydale.

“We were there picking up some food and a customer behind us just handed over $100 and said ‘just take that off the bill’, just a random person,” Mr Caulfield said.

But one of the biggest supports to Lilydale SES was units from Northcote and Whitehorse taking over the station for 24 hours on Monday 14 June.

“Our crews are tired but they are getting through. We’ve had a lot of support from other rescue units, I think 13 or 14 different units came to assist us as well as CFA and FRV,” Mr Caulfield said.

“Our members can stand down and have a little bit of a rest.”

Mr Caulfield said his crew and so many others will now turn their attention to the recovery effort over the coming days.

Job far from over as the storm recovery ramps up

By Mikayla Van Loon As the recovery effort continues in the Dandenong Ranges, Yarra Valley and urban fringe of the Yarra Ranges, SES and CFA crews will also be checking in with their members after an extensive effort to restore safety in those areas.

Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield said now that members have been able to reach most calls for assistance, his team can turn to servicing equipment and vehicles before heading back out to help with recovery.

Volunteer SES and CFA members risk their lives, give up time and put others first whenever there is a disaster, accident or incident.

Montrose CFA captain Rob Waters said the storm conditions proved very difficult and at times were very dangerous. mailcommunity.com.au

“It’s just unbelievable and you’ve just got to stay vigilant, sometimes it is a bit harrowing when you are working in an environment like that because the rain and the wind is just absolutely incredible, it’s nothing you’ve seen before,” Mr Waters said.

“You can appreciate and understand that working throughout a storm is very dangerous and very trying too.”

Both Lilydale and Emerald SES units have had rescue vehicles damaged after attending a rescue of a man trapped on the mountain, luckily none of the crew members were injured.

“The gentleman from that is going to be in hospital for a while but he is going to recover fully which is great news,” Mr Caulfield said.

“We spoke to him in person yesterday (13 June) and got that bit of news which is fantastic for our guys, we don’t often get that bit

of feedback.

“It’s nice to know our guys, putting their lives on the line to do that job, we had a positive outcome for that gentleman and his family.

“You look back at those things in hindsight you think that was probably a little bit crazy to go and do that but then you have a positive outcome and you know that it is worth it and that’s why you do it.”

Mr Waters said now that the worst of the storm is over, his members have turned to looking after their own properties, many of which also experienced damage.

“It’s about us thinking outside the square and how do we help the community in time of need and also how do we help our members considering they’ve been out for long durations of time especially during that Wednes-

day night and the Thursday following.”

Although insurance will cover the cost of damage to Lilydale SES’s rescue vehicle, Mr Caulfield said donations are still very much appreciated.

“We still appreciate donations of any kind that go towards equipment and vehicle replacement and upgrades,” he said.

“We usually gain donations through intersection collections but we haven’t been able to do that during Covid.”

As a fully volunteer run organisation, SES units don’t often get much funding from the State government.

For Lilydale it is around $30,000 a year to cover fuel, insurance, power and gas bills and routine maintenance.

To donate go to www.lilydalesesrescue. com.au/donate.

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JMA Architects concept drawing of the new Mount Evelyn Sports and Community Hub.

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School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy conducted a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony for Badger Creek Primary School students and staff.

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School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy

Centre in the lead up to Christmas. Many locals far and wide were able to keep up their Christmas tradition in getting a family photo with ‘The Real Santa’ who they had grown to love.

The unlikely tandem tallied upwards of $30,000 from their family Christmas photos and then selected four charities to each receive

$8400 to help make the lives of children better.

The four recipients of the funds included: Backpacks 4 Vic Kids, A Better Life For Foster Kids, HeartKids and Chum Creek’s Good Life Farm. The organisations shared how the funds had already been put to good use.

Backpacks 4 Vic Kids CEO and founder Sally Beard told Star Mail the donation came as a “delightful surprise”.

“We’re very, very grateful on behalf of the children, whose lives that it will impact,” she said. “We have absolutely put that money to good use.”

Ms Beard shared that the $8400 donation from Branded is aiding 112 children in need with care packs filled with toiletries, spare changes of clothes, a toy and more.

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Kaila Swindell from Mount Evelyn netball club.

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After six years, the planning application for an upgraded sports and community hub at Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve was unanimously approved by Yarra Ranges Council on 8 June.

Mount Evelyn Sports and Community Hub (MESCH) president Bryan McCarthy said getting to this stage started in 2015 after the Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve Master Plan was finalised.

“We’re really appreciative of the support the council has provided in approving it and that unanimous support was really pleasing to us, that they could see the value of what the hub’s going to do for the community and support it in the way that they have,” Mr McCarthy said.

“It’s not just something that happens over night, it’s a long journey, it’s several years.”

An objection was placed by the Mount Evelyn Environment Protection and Progress Association in regards to the loss of vegetation due to the CFA BAL rating which was taken under consideration by the council.

Councillor Tim Heenan spoke to the motion and urged his fellow councillors to approve the application because of the community need for such a facility.

“The people involved, in volunteering and being part of the football, netball club deserve much, much better than what they’ve had for a long time,” he said.

Mr McCarthy couldn’t agree more and said the current building was old and dilapidated, not meeting current AFL requirements.

“The change rooms were small and non compliant with the current expectations of having male and female requirements for change rooms. So we just didn’t have the capacity to have female teams as well as the male

teams,” he said.

The new $5 million two storey building received funding from State and Federal governments, as well as Yarra Ranges Council.

It will include a gym, appropriate change rooms, meeting rooms, an industrial kitchen and function space.

“The finish and the style of the building, we don’t just want to reflect the $5 million investment, it gives us the opportunity to provide a community facility that the community of Mount Evelyn can be really proud of and somewhere they want to go and something they want to use,” Mr McCarthy said.

As much as the new hub is for the clubs and teams, Mr McCarthy said MESCH hopes the general community can also find value in the facility for their own events.

“Clubs are trying to promote that real family atmosphere within the clubs and within the teams, it’s not just about the teams and playing games, it’s about bringing their family and friends together,” he said.

Mr McCarthy said Mount Evelyn Football/ Netball Club, Mount Evelyn Junior Football Club and Mount Evelyn Cricket Club were committed to working together to achieve the best outcome possible.

The support of local businesses including Bendigo Bank and Professionals Real Estate in Mount Evelyn has also been instrumental in getting this application approved, Mr McCarthy said.

Demolition will begin in late July and is expected to be completed by the middle of next year but a confirmed completion date will be provided with the appointment of a builder.

But before the building is gone, Mr McCarthy said the clubs will host a ‘last drinks’ to reminisce about the old building and celebrate the new one. mailcommunity.com.au

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Holy Fools offer a hand

By Mikayla Van Loon When Neal Taylor saw a need for people experiencing homelessness to be walked alongside of rather than just listened to, he started an outreach program known as Holy Fools.

While studying a diploma of community welfare work and on placement at The Dining Room in Croydon, Mr Taylor realised more needed to be done to support people facing hardship.

“We would see people and then work with them and say hello and spend time talking to them and listening to what they had to say but then at the end of the meal we would see them leave and they would often leave having told us some kind of challenge and insurmountable obstacle that they were about to face alone,” he said.

“And it was just realising that, that we needed to do more than just see people, we had to get out and start walking alongside these people.”

In 2009, Mr Taylor went about setting up cafes with other agencies and began chaplaincy work where he would take people experiencing homelessness to court, shopping and doctors appointments. “[I would] work with them to help them make some better decisions and plan things in their lives and I saw lots of really amazing things and lots of joy but also encountered lots of heartache and lots of bad things that would just make you cry.”

Soon after, Holy Fools was created, offering education, outreach, advocacy and research services.

Mr Taylor said the outreach side of things is the most important, which is done through the Street Angels program and offering material aid.

But just as important is educating peo-

SLEEPING ROUGH IN THE RANGES ple and so Mr Taylor gives presentations to schools, community groups and businesses on how people can access resources and how people are affected by homelessness in the Yarra Ranges.

“One of the things that we really think is important is that a lot of work needs to be done around preventing people from becoming homeless and part of that is actually providing the resources and information for people to get the help they can get.”

Mr Taylor said accessing resources and services is one of the main challenges people face in the Yarra Ranges, as there are no crisis accommodation places in the shire and that is why people gravitate towards the city.

“The biggest thing I guess is the resources out here it’s very low, there’s nowhere to go, there’s no youth crisis space, there’s no domestic shelters for people escaping family violence.”

Wanting to help people feel less alone in their situation, Mr Taylor said one of the things Holy Fools tries to do is normalise homelessness.

“Often people don’t know what to do in that situation, they are so shell shocked about being there that often they are ignorant to what the next step is and what we try to do is normalise the situation with people.”

Neal Taylor started Holy Fools in 2009 to walk alongside people. 218423 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS Mr Taylor estimates that in the Yarra Ranges alone there are 450 people experiencing homelessness and of that number, 50 are rough sleepers.

“In the 11 plus years that we’ve been doing this, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in rough sleepers particularly and people who are experiencing homelessness in all sorts of forms.

“In the Yarra Ranges we’re starting to see

more and more rough sleepers and I guess one of the canaries in the mine for us is, we are now starting to see people sleeping in doorways in Lilydale and some other towns of the Yarra Ranges.

“For so long homelessness has been something that’s hidden in the Yarra Ranges but we’re starting to see now that it is becoming more and more evident.”

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Help is here We were all shocked by the brunt of the recent storm that swept through the Yarra Ranges and surrounding areas. It is astounding to see the damage that was caused, amount of debris and number of people affected. I received many calls and emails from locals, which I was able to quickly relay to AusNet, Telstra and emergency services to secure help. My office is still providing assistance, so if you know anyone who needs support, please contact my office as we can help.

AusNet and Telstra’s continued availability for every query and concern I passed onto them from residents was second to none. They were inundated with calls and did an exceptional job assisting people and actioning repairs.

Despite the tireless ongoing work by AusNet and Telstra, emergency services crews and many volunteers, some people were still left without power, phone service, hot water and internet, for weeks in some areas. The lack of power has made us all realise how dependent we are on phone and internet service to connect to one another and it was quite distressing not being able to reach loved ones during this time of crisis. In an attempt to get connections back up and running, Telstra deployed 214 temporary generators to support their fixed and mobile infrastructure with power but could simply not reach everywhere at once.

It has been a struggle to clean up the massive amounts of debris left behind by the storm and flooding. The State Government was slow to provide the community with generators and to call in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for support. If the ADF were present, welfare checks could have been conducted and clean up progressed quicker to help the community recover. I would like to thank local SES units,

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affairs Cindy McLeish MP Member for Eildon backed up by CFA Brigades, for their determination to conduct clean ups, repairs and ensure the community was safe. Volunteers, as well as Telstra and AusNet workers alike will not be sent into dangerous or life-threatening environments, nor should they be. Regardless, many still found themselves working in extremely challenging conditions. I applaud them for their unwavering dedication and assistance given to those in need during this difficult time.

It was so good to see the Yarra Ranges community come together to support each other, sharing generators, meals and spare rooms.

The Yarra Ranges Council did a good job, providing showers, phone charging stations and emergency bins for food waste, as well as providing updated information and emergency service contact numbers. Many local restaurants and help organisations generously cooked meals, provided care boxes and food and fuel vouchers for those in need.

Experiencing hardships like this provides an opportunity for us to learn how to improve current systems in place. We need to identify what can be done better so when a crisis strikes again, we can all be prepared.

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Xtreme is a schlocky Spanish thriller with a loose plot and commendable but disappointing action.

Two years after the murder of his son, Maximo (Teo Garcia) wages war against the Spanish mob. Xtreme is driven by a nebulous power play within the Conclave crime organisation, which feels disconnected from the death of Maximo’s son.

In a jarring tonal shift after the harrowing opening, the film introduces Leo (Oscar Casas), a plucky high-school student who tags along with Maximo but has almost no impact on the plot.

Oscar Jaenada is engaging as the sadistic yet stylish mob boss Lucero, but he’s barely in the movie. Finito (Sergio PerisMencheta) is a bland secondary antagonist, and the plot builds some intrigue with Chul (Alberto Jo Lee), a henchman disgusted by Lucero’s ruthlessness, but ultimately does nothing with this conflict.

The action sequences are well-choreo-

graphed (save for a terrible swordfight), use plenty of old-school blood squibs and pyrotechnics, feature some clever physical comedy and contain an all-important sense of struggle, but generally feel staged due to the actors’ slow movements, and the gun battles are often incomprehensible.

Many action films draw a vicarious thrill from the hero punishing the bad guy, but Xtreme takes this too far in one scene of Maximo beating up a drug lord, which ends up deeply uncomfortable.

Like Wrath of Man, Xtreme is needlessly grim, but has a sloppier plot and production and the action is less satisfying. mailcommunity.com.au

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Parklet art coming soon

Parklet between the Memo and Community Link in Healesville. hills to Aboriginal histories of the area.

“We’ve had some brilliant submissions from talented local artists and we’re excited to share their work with the community on our new parklets,” she said.

“I’m particularly proud that we can display the work of Aboriginal artists, including Graham Patterson, Amanda Wright and Nikki Browne, whose pieces depict the Australian blackfish, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo and a Songline - and their significance to the region.

“This art and the recent timing of Reconcili-

ation Week is a good reminder that Aboriginal people are at the centre of our history and our future, in every town of our municipality.

“Whether you’re in the hills, the valley or our urban areas, Aboriginal people are a key part of our community and our history, our present and our future.

“One piece tells the story of one of the many animals that call this area home, while another is a poignant reminder of the cultures lost, reclaimed and revitalised.

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ented local artists and our parklets will look spectacular when they’re finished.

“I hope that all of our community find something to love in all of our new parklets and their artwork once they’re installed in coming weeks.”

In addition to the installation of parklets, most temporary outdoor dining permits issued to businesses in Yarra Ranges have been extended to 31 December, 2021.

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Local artists will have their works displayed on public streets throughout the year, as part of a partnership between the State government and Yarra Ranges Council.

The program was initiated by the State government, providing funding to councils to address congestion in towns, particularly hotspots near restaurants or takeaway food shops – parklets create places to meet and eat food while providing more space for social distancing.

Yarra Ranges Mayor, Fiona McAllister, said that a pop-up park, installed between the Memo and the Community link under a State government program, had been well-received by the community, and that she was looking forward to more parklets being established.

“I’ve had community members tell me how much they’ve loved having a nice spot to sit in the middle of Healesville,” she said.

“We’re now looking forward to the parklets being introduced – they’ll give people a spot to meet, sit and eat with friends, particularly on busy weekends when seating is at a premium.

“We’ve already installed parklets in Upwey and Kallista and have more coming for Healesville, Olinda, Sassafras, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Montrose and Seville.

“I’d encourage everyone to make the most of these spaces for a socially-distant catch up or coffee when we can gather in person again.”

Earlier this year, the council opened applications for local artists to contribute concepts for the graphic treatment on the face of each Bounce Back Parklet.

Twenty six artists applied through this process, with 12 commissioned to have their art featured on the backs of the parklets.

The remainder of the artists had images purchased that will be featured inside the parklets or on signage.

Ms McAllister said the artwork on the parklets told stories about the wider region – from the present-day landscape of the valley and

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Wins for Barkers’ men and women

By Peter Stephenson Soccer is back after lockdown, but without spectators, and the Barkers’ women’s seniors resumed with a home game against Fitzroy City on Friday night.

After just five minutes, Barkers had a throw on the right.

With her back to goal 20 yards out, Lisa Walsh deftly flicked the ball so that it looped over the keeper, rippling down the back of the net for 1-0.

Almost nobody realised it was actually a goal until the keeper picked the ball out of the net.

In the nineteenth minute, Barkers had a free kick about 10 yards inside the Fitzroy half.

The ball was chipped forward, and Fitzroy’s offside trap was sprung by Walsh, who ran on to the ball and shot home for 2-0.

It was more or less one-way traffic, and five minutes before the break Walsh had the ball on the right. She waited until Anjali Lobo showed up in support.

Walsh laid back to Lobo, who crossed in for Amy D’Ortenzio. Her first shot was blocked, but she made no mistake with the rebound to make it 3-0.

Then in the forty-third minute, Walsh capped a superb half for her personally, and the team as a whole, by hitting a beautiful corner from the left to find the head of Kelly

Butera, who nodded home to make it 4-0 at the break.

The second half was a different story as Fitzroy played with much more confidence and took the game to Barkers.

Barkers’ best chance of the half came when Butera struck an outswinging corner from the right, and Courtney Wipperfurth hit the ball full on the volley from the edge of the box, but narrowly over.

Fitzroy duly got their reward 18 minutes from time as an angled shot from Melanie Dean crept in at the far post for 4-1.

With three minutes left, Barkers keeper Ashleigh Fraraccio was harshly adjudged to have fouled a Fitzroy forward as she rushed out of goal.

The momentum of the two players was such that they could hardly avoid each other, but Fraraccio was red-carded. Final score 4-1 to Barkers.

They now sit fourth on the ladder, and next Sunday travel to second-placed Clifton Hill.

Win that, and they could move into the top two.

Saturday afternoon saw the Barkers men, without a win since the opening day, travel to Peninsula Strikers, the Frankston-based side being the side we defeated that day.

Barkers began well, and in the twelfth minute, Sean Perrin put through a lovely ball for Maxim Solovyev on the left.

He had two men to beat, but cut inside

and beat them with ease, before unleashing a beautiful shot which curled beyond Robert Acs in the Strikers goal - a stunning start for the Barkers.

Barkers took the lead into half-time, with Strikers having not registered a shot to trouble Barkers keeper Mark Naumowicz.

Barkers’ first decent chance of the second half came via an overenthusiastic backpass which almost wrongfooted Acs on 57 minutes.

Five minutes later, a Barkers corner on the left saw Brett Tronconi head narrowly wide.

Despite leading by only a goal, Barkers never looked like losing the lead, as Strikers just did not have a threat to offer.

Final score 1-0 to Barkers, who finally have their first win in nine games, and a double over Strikers. They remain in eleventh spot, and next Saturday travel to sixth-placed Brandon Park.

Despite not winning, Barkers’ men’s reserves had arguably the best result of the weekend as they gained a hard-fought point at the second-placed Strikers, who had beaten Barkers 5-1 on the opening day.

A deflected goal by Matthew Bell gave the Barkers a twenty-fourth minute lead before Strikers equalised with a low shot into the corner of the net on 63 minutes - final score 1-1.

Barkers are seventh on the ladder, and next travel to tenth-placed Brandon Park.

On track

By Jamie Strudley After two weeks of lockdown followed by a storm for the ages, Yarra Ranges Athletics managed to bring some fun back to the community over the weekend. The return of Saturday morning cross country, this week at Elizabeth Bridge Reserve in Kilsyth, brought joy and fun to all the athletes and parents attending.

The course was in spectacular cross country condition, sunny overhead and a wet underfoot. With choccy frogs up for grabs for a course PB, the athletes were keen to have a crack. Athletes started in Covid friendly waves of less than 20 making for many interesting races.

Well done to all who participated, as the club looks forward to seeing you this coming Saturday at Lillydale Lake.

Senior club athletes get the opportunity to represent the club at round 3 of AV XCR season. A return to Cruden Farm, Langwarrin awaits the team with all expecting a challenging course complete with the obligatory mud pit. Recent, and forecast, rain will certainly improve the condition of the mud pit.

Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability. Club training continues with 6-12yo training on Wednesdays at Morrison Reserve from 4pm with Kate and open age training on Tuesdays from 5.30pm at Morrison Reserve and Thursdays from 5.30pm at Victoria Rd Primary School gym.

For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or on Facebook.

Pandemic sets the wheels turning on a biking boom

By Jed Lanyon Australia will hit a new all-time record of 1.75 million bicycles imported into the country in a single 12 month period.

Based on historical trends and ABS import data, a new record of 1.75 million bicycles will enter our ports by 30 June to be sold in bicycle shops and retailers.

The bicycle industry association’s Peter Bourke predicted the ‘Covid dividend’ for bike sales as Australians chose to ride in unprecedented numbers has resulted in a 50 per cent increase in sales across the board.

“Bicycle sales throughout Covid were fantastic, emptying shops and warehouses alike and we expect that demand to drive this new 2020/21 financial year import record of 1.75 million units.

“It seems Australians voted for bike riding during Covid and visited bike shops with the entire family, leaving with new bikes for everyone or getting their old bikes from the shed repaired and ready for riding.

“Those supply chain issues in 2020 that caused significant shortages of stock across the board are still being felt with very low floor stock available nationally and long wait lists, something that will take many months to resolve but makes this new record all the more remarkable,” Mr Bourke said.

And it’s not just bikes flying out the doors.

“Sales of spare parts such as tyres and tubes, lights, frames and forks have all increased by 50 per cent while repair shops had wait lists of several weeks as people pulled their old bikes out of the shed and realise they need some repairs to get them going again,” Mr Bourke said.

He said many of the bikes were used near home during the lockdown restrictions but are now being used to provide genuine transport solutions as people have headed back the office and looked for healthy, convenient and Covid-safe commuting options.

And the sport’s popularity is clear in the Yarra Ranges as owner of Ride Time Yarra Valley, Matt Swann, said he saw the spike in sales in the local market.

“Our Lilydale store has seen an enormous jump in sales over the last 12 months and it’s mailcommunity.com.au

all sorts of bikes too. Not just family bikes, it’s high end bikes, electric bikes, gravel bikes, everything is booming. It’s certainly not just the cycling enthusiasts buying bikes, it’s everybody.

“I don’t think anybody saw this coming. Last March, when the pandemic first started, obviously for a few weeks everybody was extremely nervous and all of a sudden when those first

lockdowns happened it (sales) just exploded.”

And with the increase in cycling, Mr Swann now wants to see government investment in the infrastructure for the sport.

“We probably won’t see the same trajectory or growth in the next 12 months but the most important thing now for the industry and government is to make sure we’re growing infrastructure for cycling recreationally,” he said.

“Mountain bike projects designated for the Yarra Valley and Victoria really need to be brought to the forefront so they can be completed as soon as possible because all these people want to get out and ride their bikes and there’s just not the facilities to use them.

“It’s a great, happy, healthy pastime for people and it needs to be supported so people don’t hang up their bike in six months time.”

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