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It’s the end of an era for a local butcher shop as longtime butcher Eric Duff announced his retirement after serving the Healesville community for 50 years.

Family owned business, The Beef Joint, will soon be sold as Mr Duff hangs up the apron in the coming weeks.

Mr Duff left school and started as a butcher’s apprentice in 1956, eventually opening his own butcher shop in 1971 following the passing of his mentor Alex Christie.

The 79-year-old told Star Mail he has enjoyed serving his loyal customers over several decades and that the decision to move on wasn’t easy.

“It’s a bit strange and a bit different, it really is. From the day I first started butchering as an apprentice I’ve enjoyed the people and I’ve been a community working person for a long time.

“One of the hardest things will be missing the companionship of people coming into the shop. They’re not customers, they’ve been really good friends,” Mr Duff said.

The lifelong butcher prides himself on the top quality meats sold from The Beef Joint.

“We’ve only sold grass-fed products, we’ve sourced very good products and we’ve stayed that way all this time,” he said.

Mr Duff explained one of the best things to happen to him while running his shop was his son, Ben, deciding to join the business to work full-time, which he’s done for the last 20 years.

“He’d been coming to the shop since he was three. He’d help set up, went to school, come after school. The whole family, at some stage, have worked with me at the shop.”

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Longtime Healesville butcher Eric Duff will soon be closing The Beef Joint’s doors for the very last time.

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End of an era for butcher they had lost family or had nowhere to go or no one to talk to,” he said.

“I suppose for quite a while we were a sounding board to let them unwind and to get it off their chest.”

Mr Duff shared his plans for his next chapter in life.

“Let’s hope this Covid finishes up so we can at least go interstate. We’d like to go overseas and maybe do one more trip.”

After so long in the trade, Mr Duff has seen all the fads of the industry come and go as TV cooking shows try to put a new spin on old recipes.

“The TV chefs would be talking about this aged beef… We’ve been doing it for bloody 30 years beforehand!

“I find now people talk about things they see on TV that I had sold 50 years ago when I first got started. They see it, they re-tag it as this new fandangled that we’ve invented, but it’s not, they’ve just read an old recipe book.

“But it’s been good because it’s got a lot of people interested and thinking that they can do these things themselves.”

Ben shared how the butcher industry has changed over a generation when a butcher was typically a farm owner and ran an abattoir and the ‘paddock to plate’ experience was more than a trendy term.

“Back then it was a real paddock to plate experience. But it wasn’t known as paddock to plate then, it was just what you did,” he explained.

“Now all of a sudden we have this cycle that

has gone around again where a lot of butcher stores, people and TV shows are prompting that paddock to plate experience.

“They want to know the provenance of the product, is it grass fed? Is it grain fed? They want to know more information about it. Back when Dad started, that was all you were doing because that was the way it was done.”

When news of Mr Duff’s retirement came through to locals, some of their most loyal customers decided to start buying in bulk and freezing their meat products fearing they will soon no longer be able to get a hold of their favourite cuts.

“We’ve had customers who would come in and buy bacon at 300 grams, they’re ordering five kilos. We’re going to be flat chat for the next few weeks,” Mr Duff said.

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From page 1 “Whatever we were interested in, he sunk his teeth into, while also running the butcher shop full time,” he said.

“I was speaking to someone about this the other day and they said it’d be interesting to see how many people in Healesville have had something signed by dad as Justice of the Peace. He reckons half the bloody population have had one thing or another signed by him.”

Mr Duff recalled trading following the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, where he learnt about the monumental impact the fires had on members of the community.

“So many people were devastated… The amount of people that came to the shop, then we found out their palace had burned, that

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IN BRIEF Correction In a recent Star Mail edition, a column written by Lilydale and District Historical Society President, Sue Thompson, mistakenly featured the image of Yarra Glen and District Living and Learning Centre’s columnist Helen Mann. The article informed readers of Sue Thompson’s recent appointment as the Chair of the Yarra Ranges Heritage Network. Star Mail would like to apologise for any confusion caused by the misplaced image.

Exposure sites in the Ranges Lilydale McDonalds and Lilydale Shell Coles Express Service Station were both listed as Tier 2 exposure sites on Thursday 19 August on the Department of Health’s website.

An infected person is believed to have attended the Macca’s between 2.14pm and 2.34pm on 14 August, as well as the service station between 9.10pm and 9.30pm on the same day. It is still not known whether the cases are linked but close contacts are required to get tested immediately and isolate at home until a negative result is received.

Lilydale police are also on alert after a positive Covid-19 case was identified within Victoria Police late on Thursday 19 August.

“The positive case in Pakenham is a serving VicPol member who has worked in Knox and Lilydale,” Covid-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said. “This case popped up fairly late yesterday, so we are obviously working with our colleagues at VicPol and the individual concerned to identify the contacts they have worked with. I know VicPol has very strong workforce arrangements, so we are confident we can identify that pretty quickly.”

Mooroolbark arrests Stuart McDonald passed away on Saturday 14 August.

Life full of service “It was as a member of the Apex Club that Stuart got himself in the news. He and a few members decided to run a fake edition of the Mountain Views newspaper, which they named the “Mountain Spues”. Most of Healesville’s citizens found this spoof publication very funny, a few did not.

“When it became time to leave the Apex Club, Stuart joined The Rotary Club of Healesville. A club that he embraced with remarkable vigour. Rotary became his family. He was a director of the club and was its president twice.

For his contribution he was awarded Rotary’s highest honours, A Paul Harris Fellowship and Sapphire Award.

“It was Rotary’s International Student Exchange program that became Stuart’s reason for living. The amount of commitment, time, money and thousands of kilometres he invested in this project is mind boggling. The students loved him. He was their grand uncle.”

Fellow Rotary member Terry Hill said he would often joke with ‘Stu’ that he worked about the fact that he worked full-time for Rotary and part-time for the Forestry Commission.

“They mustn’t have minded though, for he was highly regarded there and was the co-

By Jed Lanyon Well-known Healesville resident Stuart McDonald passed away on Saturday 14 August aged 75.

Stuart (born 24 August 1945) was a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Healesville, leading the Youth Exchange program. His close friends at the club paid their respects.

Healesville GP Dr Elroy Schroeder said he felt “significant sadness” reporting the passing of his friend ‘Stuey’ after a battle with a chronic disease.

“Stuart, a man of small stature, was born with significant deformities. He refused to be disadvantaged or impeded by his deformities and became a giant in a small body and made admirable contributions to the Healesville society,” said Dr Schroeder.

“Stuart and his only sibling Rosina Norwood grew up in Myers Creek Road and did his schooling in Healesville.

“Stuart worked at the Department of Forestry in Toolangi until his retirement. In his younger days he became a member of the Apex Club of Healesville. The screen printing service he ran on behalf of the club was a great fundraiser and allowed him to use his training in graphic arts.

ordinator for nearly 40 years,” he said. “Stuey was personally responsible for most of our club’s incoming and outgoing students. I can tell you now that a number of those 48 students wouldn’t have had the opportunity, if it wasn’t for Stu. “There were quite a few times, over the years, when everyone (except Stu) would agree that the Student Exchange program should be given a rest. Stu would go off after these decisions, muttering and shaking his head. Then he would quietly set about ensuring that it happened anyway.

“To say that Stu spent thousands of hours on Youth Exchange would be an understatement. It was his life for over 30 years. In our district alone, he catered for more than 300 students and with other districts, the total that he was responsible for, would be more than 1000,” Mr Hill said.

Past Rotary International President and close friend of Stuart, Ian Riseley will be the celebrant of the funeral, which will be held on 26 August and will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend.

Visit Healesville Rotary’s website (www.rotaryhealesville.org) or social media to view the livestream link.

Four teens were arrested in Mooroolbark after a string of thefts and robberies occurred throughout the southern and eastern suburbs last week.

Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged the four teens after fleeing from a collision on Monday 16 August.

Another was arrested in Dandenong later that evening after being caught driving a stolen vehicle. The incidents occurred in Pakenham, Cranbourne North, Beaconsfield, Carrum Downs, Springvale, Sandown, Balwyn, Box Hill North and Warrandyte South between 14 and 16 August. Those charged included four male teens and one woman, the youngest a 13 year old boy from Frankston.

A 15 year old Noble Park boy was charged with seven offences including theft of motor vehicle, robbery and theft. Both will appear before a children’s court at a later date.

Two 18 year olds and a 19 year old have been remanded to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court in coming months.

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Pairing produces top drop

By Jed Lanyon When two Yarra Valley producers collaborate it always produces something great, but when Australia’s winery of the year crosses paths with the world’s best gin, we’re bound to be given something extra special.

The result is a Single Vineyard Bloody Shiraz Gin. Large in flavour and complexity, it is the combination of two of the best known shiraz products in the Yarra Valley – one, the region’s finest shiraz vineyard, Yarra Yering’s Underhill and the other, Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin. Four Pillars had been quietly ageing some Rare Dry Gin in two Yarra Yering barrels since the start of 2020. So when acclaimed winemaker Sarah Crowe agreed to sell the gin makers two parcels of Underhill Shiraz fruit, the decision to collaborate was a no-brainer.

The Underhill vineyard was planted in 1973 by Ivan Vlasic on a north-facing slope in Gruyere and is one of the Yarra Valley’s oldest shiraz vineyards. Ivan named the vineyard Prigorje after his home region in Croatia, which literally means ‘foothills’. The vineyard was acquired by Dr Carrodus and became known as Underhill, a tribute to its location at the base of the Warramate Hills.

Four Pillars co-owner Cameron Mackenzie said, “We could never have done this without Sarah Crowe and the incredible team at Yarra

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Yering and our own crew have put enormous love, care and attention into this gin. We hope you enjoy drinking it as much as we loved making it.”

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A historic Warburton hotel has been given a facelift and is hoping to open its doors again soon to feed hungry locals and accommodate passing tourists.

Warburton’s Alpine Retreat Hotel opened in 1936 and has been a jewel in the crown of Warburton ever since. But despite a historic run, many of the hotel’s rooms and facilities had remained the same for the majority of its 80-plus year run.

New owner Rachael Northwood has been using the time in lockdown to rejuvenate the space, bringing it to the quality of 21st century accommodation while keeping that historic touch alive and well.

“We’ve owned the business for 140 days now,” she told Star Mail. “We’ve had a big blitz on renovating all the rooms.

“When we took over in April, the 32 rooms of accommodation had not had any major renovations. They have had a couple little odd ones, but not as a whole. Structurally, it’s a really sound building and that’s where we had our confidence in the structure and the beauty of the building.”

Ms Northwood said she and her husband Anthony hoped to restore the bedroom back to a vintage style with a 2021 take on it.

Anthony’s construction skills and love for restoration projects paired well with

Rachael’s business and operations background.

“We wanted to celebrate the uniqueness of the old building,” Ms Northwood said.

“It’s been a fabulous restoration project and now all 32 rooms are available for overnight stays.

“We’re very excited about bringing life back into the building and welcoming guests into the hotel for overnight stays.”

Like many other businesses, the hotel hasn’t been able to welcome guests due to recurring lockdowns across the state. The latest lockdown forced the cancellation or rebooking of 72 reservations, while the one before that shutdown the venue’s ability to host events for the Yarra Valley Writers Festival. But the hotel’s owners are looking on the brighter side of an uncertain situation.

“It must be frustrating for some of our patrons but it’s great news that people are excited to book with us,” Ms Northwood said.

And when there is greater clarity regarding the easing of restrictions, the owners hope to welcome the community inside the Alpine Retreat Hotel for an open day to show off the building’s upgrades.

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A retro look at the future

By Mikayla van Loon For someone who is only in her early 20s, Jess Coldrey has achieved a lot in her artistic career.

Her most recent achievement was winning the Agendo Art Prize for her self portrait Pet Drone #1.

The 2021 John Monash Scholar was also selected to be Yarra Ranges Tech School’s first artist in residence, which is where she completed her award winning artwork.

Inspired by the 1960s futurism movement in fashion, this project was something Ms Coldrey had been picturing for a number of years.

“It’s this big wave of design and creativity from when people travelled to the moon for the first time and all these ateliers in Paris and around the world and designers experimenting with what would a woman who is in space look like or what would a man wear a few hundred years in the future,” Ms Coldrey said.

“It was this real experimental time in fashion focused on futurism and imagining the future, so I drew a lot of inspiration from that sense of imagination and reference to style.”

Being able to explore her new found interest in technology and mechanics, Yarra Ranges Tech School (YRTS) really was the ideal place for Ms Coldrey to express her creativity.

“I’m really fascinated by technology and engineering, having worked in that space a bit and I really wanted to bring a new language to the debates about technology, one that was a bit more emotional or empathetic and that was my inspiration for styling the artwork.”

YRTS has a number of 3D printers, laser cutters, autonomous bots and drones on campus but it was the universal mechanical arm that caught Ms Coldrey’s attention.

“I just find them so beautiful and grace-

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Pictures: SUPPLIED ful. It’s kind of strange to say but the way they move around is very graceful, like a ballerina so I was just super excited to jump in and learn how to use that and get it to interact with me and play out some skits.”

Learning to program the mechanical arm, Ms Coldrey used it in a number of her retro futurism artworks.

As a woman in the STEM space, Ms Coldrey wanted to bring some creativity and neutrality to the discussion around technology and posed in the artwork herself for that reason.

“I think there is a lot of polarisation in society, not just in terms of politics or issues but even with technology, people are either for or

against technology in quite extreme ways,” she said.

“I wanted to have a safe, in the middle, neutral person in this proposition about relating to technology, where people could meet in the middle and talk about what they saw in it or what their own emotions and perceptions about what the situation is, kind of like a mutual place for people to have conversations about technology.”

By winning the Agendo Art Prize, Ms Coldrey was the recipient of $10,000 which she plans to put towards buying a drone, a 3D scanner and a small mechanical arm, as well as fund part of her next artist in residence ex-

Ms Coldrey’s self portrait Pet Drone #1 is part of the exhibition. perience in France.

“It’s really great to have some recognition and support about the project and I’m just really excited that I’m able to, through winning the award, I get to share the project with more people and hopefully spark more conversations about technology that have that different tone to them.”

Ms Coldrey’s next artist residency program will send her to France to live in the Botanic Gardens for two weeks, where she plans to create endo pain visualisations with flowers after she was diagnosed with endometriosis just a few weeks ago.

Yarra Ranges residents can access job board online Residents of the Yarra Ranges now have access to a job board advertising positions vacant close to home.

The all new website has been launched thanks to Yarra Ranges Council as a way to connect jobseekers and employers in the Yarra Ranges and promote employment in local businesses.

The site also provides employers the opportunity to advertise directly to local jobseekers.

Yarra Ranges mayor, Fiona McAllister said that building a team of reliable staff, with local knowledge and insights is invaluable.

“Working closely with our business community, we know that local business can struggle to find enough staff. The disruptions and uncertainty brought on by the pandemic have only exacerbated these challenges,” she said.

“Our Economic Development and Investment teams are taking a more proactive move in the employment space – it’s a new

Yarra Ranges residents now have access to a job board that helps connect local jobseekers with local businesses. role, but one we hope will support our local businesses.

“We hope the jobs portal plays a role in connecting our local business with the staff they need.”

Benefits of working locally extend far beyond ease and convenience, with the Yarra Ranges region home to numerous leading businesses across varied industries, such as

advanced manufacturing, construction, agriculture and healthcare.

Our local hospitality and tourism industry also offers employment at some of Victoria’s most exciting and vibrant visitor destinations.

“The Yarra Ranges are known as Melbourne’s playground for a reason,” Cr McAllister said.

“From award winning wineries and gourmet dining experiences to iconic family businesses that have served the area for generations, there are so many opportunities to start, and grow, your hospitality career here.”

The Yarra Ranges is seeing a growth in dynamic new career opportunities across sectors and there are more training and pathways into skills-shortage industries than ever before, including: Council is working in partnership with CIRE and Box Hill Institute to provide free mini-qualifications through the Hospitality Jump Start for Jobs program in response to

industry skill shortages.

Box Hill Institute is providing education opportunities leading into robotics, as well as industry-current apprenticeship training in wood, electrical, plumbing and automotive trades, at their state-of-the-art training facility in Lilydale.

The associated Yarra Ranges Tech school also offers opportunities for our future workforce with leading-education programs using the latest technology in a real-world local context to students from the 20 partner schools operating across Yarra Ranges.

The jobs portal allows the user to explore our trending industries, get an insight into the economic profile of the region and look into pathways into these careers.

Yarra Ranges Joblink is ready to connect local employers with the staff they need and get jobseekers into the careers they’re looking for.

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THE LOWDOWN Q&A

with Ian Callen

Healesville’s IAN CALLEN is a former Australian Test and One Day cricket player. More recently, he has spent his time handcrafting cricket bats, playing golf at the Healesville RACV Club course and featuring as a regular sports columnist for the Mountain Views Star Mail.

What is something people don’t know about you?

I was the first coach of the Vatican Cricket XI v The Archbishop of “Canterbury XI in Rome 2015.

What was your most memorable moment?

Why? Exporting the first shipment of Australian Grown English Willow; grown in Healesville to India because all the cricket experts said it couldn’t be grown anywhere but England.

What would your last meal be?

My wife’s “Fish Pie”.

What do you love most about the Yarra Valley?

Driving east over the range on the EthamYarra Glen Rd and having that magnificent view into the valley opening up.

What event, past, present, or future, would you like to witness?

October 1st 1932 at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs v New York Yankees, game 3, 5th innings Babe Ruth “calling the shot”.

Favourite book/film?

Favourite Book, When the Lion feeds; Wilbur Smith and all the Jason Bourne movies Which four guests, dead or alive, would you invite to a dinner party?

Rick Steyn, Donald Trump, Elle McPherson, Rita Hayworth.

Ian Callen is a regular golfer at RACV Healesville Country Club and Resort Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS What has been your most embarrassing moment?

New Zealand v Victoria; straight driving Martin Sneddon for 4 at the MCG to level the scores only to be bowled next ball.

What are your hobbies?

Playing golf and sports writing.

What was your favourite subject at school?

History; thanks to my teacher and our local historian Bryn Jones.

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Angels keep up good work

By Mikayla van Loon People don’t stop needing food or a home cooked meal just because metro Melbourne has been thrown into another lockdown.

For those sleeping rough, without suitable housing or work or those just struggling to get by, services like Holy Fools’ Street Angels become an essential.

“We still have a lot of people who rely on us for food, and some staple grocery items and things like that,” Holy Fools CEO Neal Taylor said.

“And just as a point of contact for a lot of people who might be right at home by themselves for a week and this is at least an outing for essential service for them.”

Mr Taylor said at least 10 familiar faces were missing from the regular Street Angels lunch service on Wednesday 18 August.

“Today we were down in numbers and I think that’s just because people are a little bit scared to come out now, mostly because the restrictions have gone a bit tighter,” he said.

The 5km travel rule has possibly also pre-

vented people from seeking a cooked meal from Street Angels but Mr Taylor said under the restrictions, people are still allowed to go out to get food.

“I think people just get scared. People maybe are not informed or a little bit scared and not understanding the rules a little bit,” Mr Taylor said.

During last year’s lockdowns, Mr Taylor received a welfare list from Lilydale’s Anchor so that Holy Fools could deliver meals to people in need.

“That was really tough because we didn’t feel like we were connecting with people and we were often sometimes seeing people and would be the only ones they would see in a week. So this was really hard on both us and the people that we usually work with.”

Ensuring food didn’t go to waste from Wednesday, Mr Taylor went to deliver some of the meals to people who he knew would benefit from a chat and a lunch.

Like other lockdowns, many people who had been sleeping rough have now been moved into motel and hotel accommodation.

Although not operating to full capacity,

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Bringing the pages to life

By Renee Wood There sure is talent behind making the written word hum, dissolving away the real world to find your imagination drifting into another life or place.

But alongside the escape, reading can also offer the chance to understand yourself through a character’s journey, or the opportunity to embrace how other people live - and that’s just what Eliza Henry-Jones’ books offer.

Eliza started writing when she was 14 and wrote throughout her teen years as a way to explore her own life and find empowerment.

“It was a really safe way to explore issues I was dealing with, I could put a character in a situation that has similarities to mine, but was also different enough to feel safe,” Eliza said.

“I think I missed about a third of school because I had a lot of anxiety and felt happier at home writing.”

Eliza wrote a novel a year during her teen years and signed her first book deal at 24, with Harpers Collins Australia for three novels.

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“How to grow a family tree is actually inspired by my own family and my grandmother actually having my father as a teenager and being forced to put him up for adoption.”

Eliza hopes her books will allow readers to find themselves or provide the opportunity to look at the world through a new lens.

“I’d love people to read it and feel like some part of what I’ve written, speaks to their own experiences or articulate something that they’ve had trouble articulating, thus far for themselves,” she said.

“Or I hope that people that haven’t had those experiences read it and maybe they think about something a little bit differently.”

The full time novelist lives in Silvan and is currently spending her days between the writing desk and small flower farm, as she works on a new plot.

“After publishing my two latest YA novels, I’m currently working on my next novel for adults – it’s a bit witchy and eerie and set in Scotland and I’m pretty excited about it.“ Eliza’s best tips for aspiring writers is to not

feel pressured to write every day and to find a way that works best for you.

“Working out whether you are a plotter, and that you’re going to enjoy it the most satisfaction out of having to cast the plans and the plot outlines and the character profiles.

“Or whether you’re the sort of person who, like me, writes a lot more chaotically. You don’t really where the stories going or what the characters are going to do next.”

And for those stuck in a reading block, looking for a little reading inspiration, Eliza said life’s too short to read a bad book.

“If a book’s just not capturing me and doesn’t seem like it’s not challenging my thoughts, or it doesn’t feel living to me, then I’ll put it aside.”

With this Book Week offering the perfect opportunity to dive in to a fresh paperback to escape the lockdown lows.

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studies all helped shape the tone of her writing.

“I was studying psychology, and I was working in the drug and alcohol sector with families with parental substance abuse,” she said.

“So I was doing a lot of therapy work with children and work with parents around attachment and harm minimisation.

“I think it really opened my perspective on things and it gave me a lot of insight into how people tick, and why people are the way they are. And I think it gave me a lot of compassion.”

Compassion, overcoming family issues and finding inner strength are all common themes in Eliza’s latest young adult novels, ‘P is for Pearl’ and ‘How to grow a family tree’.

“I wrote P is for Pearl because I was grappling with what it means and trying to understand having a parent with mental illness,” she said.

Eliza’s latest release ‘How to grow a family tree’ is a fictional story following a 17 year old who’s dealing with her father’s gambling addiction, while trying to navigate her

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What are you reading?

Nose deep in a book seems like the perfect place to be right now, getting whisked off to a fictional place, or learning something new from the non-fictional realm.

To celebrate Book Week this week, the Star Mail is discussing local lockdown reading habits.

Yarra Ranges residents have revealed what paperbacks they can’t put down, with the results sure to deliver an inspiring reading list for all.

Renee Wood, Star News Group.

Lucy McAleer (8) from Lilydale.

Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS Lucy McAleer, Lilydale Currently reading: Team Hero books by Adam Blade.

Favourite book: The Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey and the Go Girl series by Chrissie Perry, they are interesting, with different characters and are really funny, especially the book Camp Chaos.

Monbulk’s Archer and Camryn Selby.

Charlotte O’Callaghan from Verso Books, Healesville. 247309

Archer Selby, Monbulk Currently reading: At the moment I am reading Dog Man unleashed by Dav Pilkey.

Favourite book: My favourite book is There’s a hippopotamus on my roof eating cake, by Hazel Edwards because if would be funny if a hippo really lived on our roof! We have read this book so many times, it’s really funny.

Camryn Selby, Monbulk Currently reading: At the moment I’m reading my reader from school called In the Fog by Berys Dixon & Elenio Pico.

Favourite book: My favourite book is Shoes from Grandpa by Mem Fox because it has lots of cool pictures and the story is fun. We read it a lot.

Charlotte O’Callaghan, Verso Books Healesville Currently reading: The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock, and so far, I’m loving it. The story begins as protagonist, Mercy (an agoraphobic who hasn’t left her house in 2 years) is standing looking at the house go down in flames. Although I haven’t finished it yet, it is one of the better books I have read this year.

Favourite book: Normal People by Sally Rooney. It is a story of an on-again off-again relationship between Connell and Marianne. The story follows them from high school students in regional Ireland, to University students in Dublin as they navigate the world and their relationship. This book is one of my favourites, as Rooney honestly encapsulates being young and in love

Renee Wood, Star News Group Editor Currently reading: I’m half way through The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. It’s a very inspiring read with the book delving in to how happiness can truly make the world a better place. It discusses the flow on affects of having compassion and provides a contrast between western health practices for mental health and wellbeing and the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, I’m finding it’s providing a way to look at the current climate differently and how small acts of kindness can go a long way.

Favourite book: The Wardrobe Crisis by Clare Press was a great read, discussing how the fashion industry is a bad contributor to climate change. I like to read a lot of non-fiction to learn more about pressing issues but 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a true classic and would also be one of my favourite fictional story lines about romance and revenge.

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The tramway at Cave Hill David Mitchell’s Cave Hill lime works in Lilydale commenced operation in 1878. The lime kilns required huge quantities of firewood, and 100 acres of timber were cleared from the estate each year to fire them. The wood was hauled by a steam engine on narrow-gauge tram tracks, which in time reached to all parts of the estate.

Mitchell’s land included the north-west corner of Mount Evelyn, and it is likely that the early narrow-gauge tracks extended into this area. The late Ralph Alger (whose article ‘Reminiscences of the Cave Hill Tramway’ is the main source of information on the tramway) thought this branch ran close to the David Road/ Fuller Road alignment, and was largely obliterated when the roads were made.

Looking

back Karen Phillips

Mount Evelyn History Group editor Alternatively it could have gone via a cutting that ran up the length of the creek gully. Isolated sections of formation remain on private land, but not enough to reconstruct the route with certainty.

A probe into Pine Gap It’s purely coincidental that this reviewer was reading Peace Crimes: Pine Gap, National Security and Dissent by Alice Springs-based journalist Kieran Finnane (2020) when a documentary about the book’s subjects – known as Peace Pilgrims – was shown via the ABC program Compass.

The Pilgrims are six non-violent activists who stepped through a fence at Pine Gap, the closely guarded military facility in Australia’s Northern Territory, on September 29, 2016.

They were there to lament the dead of war – especially those dying by drone strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.

Finnane describes the Pilgrims reaching the base’s outer boundary and starting their lament.

“Lamenting is not a solution in the physical world... but to people who are alive it says ’what happens here is wrong’, and to the people who have died as a result, ’you are released’.”

In the documentary, the musical lament is a soft, sombre melody commenced by a guitar and then joined by the deep, almost pensive sound of a viola.

As the Pilgrims stood there – witnessing Pine Gap’s massive radomes and knowing its hidden antennas were busy intercepting and sending intelligence data to those on the other side of the world whose job is to kill by pushing buttons – one of them held up a poster. In Finnane’s words: “It shows a turbaned Iraqi man holding a little girl, possibly his daughter or granddaughter.

Her face is blood-spattered, eyes closed.

She is wearing a long fluffy mauve cardigan, bedraggled now, over green track pants. What is left of her legs and feet hangs in a mangled mess.

The turbaned man seems to have picked her up from a pile of dead bodies.

The photograph was taken in 2003 follow-

Mitchell bought two locomotives from the Bendigo Tramways in 1903. By 1907 the timber on his estate had been exhausted, and he applied for a permit to build a tramway beside Olinda Creek to collect wood cleared by settlers. The new tracks, which were standardgauge (4’8½”), extended along the west side of Olinda Creek.

About halfway along there was a huge stack of firewood, and a siding where empty trucks were left and full ones collected. Parallel to the level part of York Road, the line ran through enclosed paddocks, with the tram tracks fenced off and gates at each end. An additional person was required on the engine, to open and shut the gates.

The line then branched in three directions,

which can still be identified. One branch continued straight ahead into what is now the Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve; this route is now Tramway Road. The middle line extended up the west side of Olinda Creek to approximately level with Hunter Road.

The right branch ran up a creek gully for a short distance, following a snig track that once led to a sawmill. This branch appears on Google Maps as ‘Tramway Track’. A loading platform, much overgrown, can be seen beside it.

The tramway ceased operation 1934. Most of the formation, including a trestle bridge, was destroyed by the construction of the Board of Works pipelines from Silvan in the 1960s and 1970s.

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PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN ing a US strike in Basra at the start of the war.”

As the Pilgrims and we all know: WAR IS REAL. Images of a three-year-old refugee found dead on a beach in Turkey and footages of innocent people desperately clinging onto evacuating military helicopters and transport planes then in Saigon and now in Kabul are “gut-wrenching”, as described by world leaders. Yet buttons keep being pushed.

In Peace Crimes, Kinnane details how the creation of Pine Gap in 1966 was supposedly for “space research” when it’s in fact a secretive U.S. satellite surveillance base.

Since the end of the Cold War in 1991 and the rise of the War on Terror in 2001, the facility’s functions have changed, from intercepting and recording weapons and communication signals, to collecting geolocation data for intelligence purposes and high-tech military operations, including drone and missile strikes.

Kinnane’s voice is firm and clear, urging us to reflect on Australia’s responsibilities as a global citizen. When non-violent activism is deemed a menace to national security and threatened with seven years of gaol time, just to protect a top-secret military facility whose surveillance contributes to the merciless killing of innocent people in those nations we’re NOT at war with, what are we going to do about it?

Vietnam Veterans Day went by on Wednesday 18 August and while returned soldiers and community members couldn’t commemorate the occasion with the usual services, some locals still paid their respects by leaving wreaths at their local RSL’s cenotaph. Yarra Glen RSL were set to host a service on behalf of the outer east RSL community before another lockdown cancelled those plans.

The Covid journey and what we have covered over time Focal Point

A moment of reminiscing If you have been reading these articles for some time, you have hung in with me. I’m in my 18th year now, with, originally the ‘Mail’ papers, and since early 2020 the ‘Star-Mail’.

If you think you have outlasted most, email me and the longest survivor will receive a published book of my writings for the first 16 years from 1999 on.

It has been weird to see me growing older in the published article photos over those 22 years, but no doubt you have been growing older with me.

Now, enough about me.

In 2020, the really bad year of our battle with Covid -19, we travelled together through uncertainty, confusion, sadness, brokenness, loss of our elderly family members – some dying alone without access to them – 819 as I recall.

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and learning to delay our gratifications.

Sadly now, we are being jerked from one lockdown to another – but we still have to be careful. Careful as I wrote last year about the dangers of seeking so called rewards for our pain. Comfort food is common.

However alcohol use is the big one. The subtle way we use it is the danger.

As I was preparing this article, news reports were coming through with stats that say that women in the main, in their 30s, are drinking at a greater level than last year, and unfortunately domestic violence and rela-

tional breakdowns follow hard on the heels of that excessive alcohol use. Call outs for ambulances to these events have risen from 60 to 81 per cent.

Men being among the greater proportion of abusers, many times regret what they have done and are often legally removed from their home and family, and life seems worthless, so a tragic way out seems to be the answer. Just the stress of being unemployed with bills to pay and all that has gone on with our lockdowns can be enough to tip some over. I intentionally checked on a mate on the day I was writing this, and found that he and his partner were splitting. That had a lot of implications – a business on the property and grown step kids causing pressure. However he has been wiser than most and acrimony looks like being avoided.

On the upside, relieving some pressure, Telstra has opened up all their phone booths to free calls, and our state government is now legislating to allow murder victim’s families to go public about their lost love ones – thus

allowing them to grieve more completely.

In essence, my message is to stay vigilant within Covid-19 guidelines and lock down protocols - take care of your health through good diet and daily exercise, and watch out for loved ones, neighbours and workmates.

Keep up with the news that might reveal your area to be an exposure site, and if it is get tested quickly.

A quote to help keep faith in our hope on this journey.

God never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith - filled traveller.

If He built the bridge ten metres ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.

Be encouraged and be ready to step out when we leave the ‘waiting room’.

Feedback, questions or need for support can be fielded to my email - csrsmokey@ gmail.com Graeme Dawson, B. Min. Grad. Dip. C.C. Chaplain to Community mailcommunity.com.au

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Goodbye and thank you

By Jed Lanyon For the past three years I have had the absolute pleasure of working as a journalist for my own local paper.

I grew up and spent most of my life in Seville and thought I knew a lot about the Yarra Valley before I started working at Star Mail. I was wrong! Having learnt more in my few years at the newspaper than the many years spent growing up in the Valley.

Working at my local newspaper has given me a rare opportunity to connect with my own community and is something that I will cherish forever.

From this week I will be moving on from Star Mail and starting a new job outside of the region. This role afforded me my first employment in the media industry and was the perfect place to kickstart a career. But now it’s time for me to move on.

I have had the joy of working with so many fantastic individuals and groups within the

community and it’s been a wonderful experience and a privilege to help share your stories, celebrate your successes and provide a voice for your concerns.

As I depart the Mountain Views and Upper Yarra Mail, the newspapers will be left in great hands thanks to Renee Wood who will come on board as a reporter and take on editorial responsibilities.

As a new Yarra Valley resident of Coldstream, I ask you to make her feel welcome in the role. Share your story tips, send in your beautiful photos and dob your mates in when they’re doing great things in the community.

Show her why the Yarra Valley is one of the best places to call home.

Take the next train to Busan in zombie thriller spin-off Peninsula Starring Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun and Koo Kyo-hwan Rated MA15+ An action-focused spin-off of the 2016 South Korean zombie thriller Train to Busan, Peninsula is an exciting, well-structured film, but not quite as good as its predecessor.

Former Marine Jung-seok (Gang Dongwon) joins a small team to retrieve a truck full of money from infested Seoul, four years after a devastating zombie outbreak.

Peninsula’s premise is notably similar to

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, but Peninsula has much better characters and more robust suspense.

Haunted by loss and inaction during the initial outbreak, Jung-seok has an engaging journey of redemption, and Lee Jung-hyun is a compelling action lead as Min-jung, a mother determined to get her children out of fallen Seoul.

Every major character has an active role in the plot, unlike the several redundant characters in Army of the Dead.

Jung-seok, Min-jung and conniving Unit 631 militia leader Captain Seo (Koo Kyohwan) converge and clash over the focal point of the money truck, and Unit 631 is a cruel, intelligent threat beyond the mindless

zombie hordes. However, the film has a camp streak that may put off some viewers.

The action sequences are tense and generally well-executed, but the climax features an out-of-place Mad Max-style car chase.

Despite many cool moments, the chase feels silly due to its over-the-top stunts and floaty CGI. Peninsula is a fun, suspenseful characterdriven zombie action film that loses its way slightly by the end, and is available on DVD and iTunes.

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once.

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ALLURING YARRA VALLEY LIFESTYLE

IDEALLY located on approximately 1 acre allotment, this property highlights beautifully landscaped gardens and grand family residence. This home is conveniently set back roughly 50m from the road, offering an elevated and private reprieve from the bustle of everyday life.

Perfectly positioned directly across from the Healesville Recreation Reserve and Sporting complex for park life right at your doorstep.

Situated to the left of the homes entrance is an impressive modern kitchen and dining area featuring a built-in breakfast nook. In conjunction with the homes dining area is a spacious lounge room showcasing large windows allowing for a plethora of natural light to flood the room and with beautiful Bamboo flooring throughout the living areas.

To the front of the home is the large master suite accompanying a wonderful outlook into the homes meticulously maintained front garden with a glimpse of the wonderful neighbouring lake in sight.

Upstairs, you will be greeted with the remaining three bedrooms and the homes shared main bathroom. Two of the upstairs

bedrooms place emphasis on the beauty of the home’s location with desirable views of onlooking mountains and a unique outlook into the property’s garden.

The remaining bedroom offers unique views of its own into the property’s landscaped rear garden with it being sizable enough to be comfortably used as a spare bedroom or storage room if desired.

With each of the top storey bedrooms

having their own air-conditioning unit, this ensures year-long comfort throughout the home.

Entering the property’s rear garden, you are immediately welcomed with the scents of a variety of citrus and fruit trees as well large open areas of landscaped gardens in conjunction with a small elevated entertaining area.

Proudly positioned near the gardens centre is large 12 x 6m glasshouse

boasting double glazed windows and built-in irrigation and heating system. Situated at the rear of the property is a large garage to accommodate up to 4 vehicles or more. * For sale by open negotiation, an online flexible terms Auction system and is open to all qualified buyers allowing for flexible terms (pending Vendor approval). The property can sell at anytime. Price guide as per the Statement of Information - $1,390,000 $1,500,000 ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 226 Don Road, HEALESVILLE Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 6 garage Price: Price guide as per the Statement of Information - $1,390,000 - $1,500,000 Inspect: *For sale by open negotiation, an online flexible terms Auction system Contact: Gary Lucas, 0407 595 113 – gary@markgunther.com.au, MARK GUNTHER, FIRST NATIONAL REAL ESTATE, 5962 3030

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CHARMING COTTAGE ON LARGE BLOCK PRIVATELY set back behind a gorgeous bespoke stone wall, you will find this character home complete with secluded cottage garden with beautiful established trees on approximately 920m2 allotment.

Through the double front gates you have convenient access to the expansive backyard where you will find the peace and quiet you have been looking for.

The home comprises 2 large bedrooms, both with doors leading out to the decking and looking out towards the serene garden.

A large feature fireplace is the centrepiece to the home with the country kitchen and large dining room on either side making this a cosy space to gather with

family and friends.

The home is full of further character features such as full height leadlight windows and doors to welcome you to the home and with stone flooring in the living areas.

The versatile floor plan along with the large private garden oasis makes this home suitable for many. Perfect for those wanting to downsize and enjoy their time gardening, an ideal accommodation retreat property for a relaxing Yarra Valley stay, or for a family wanting to extend the current home and enjoy the large garden allotment on offer (STCA).

Double car accommodation is available

under the carport along with all the extra room for the trailers, boats and the caravan to be tucked away.

The property is perfectly located in the heart of Healesville with schools, shops, cafe’s and with restaurants all just moments away and within walking distance to township. Don’t miss out and contact us today for your inspection.

This home is for sale by open negotiation, an online flexible terms auction system and is open to all qualified buyers allowing for flexible terms (pending vendor approval). The property can sell at anytime. For up to date bids, visit www.openn.com.au or call Mark today. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 9 Haig Street, HEALESVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Auction: For Sale via Open Negotiation | Online Auction Contact: Mark Gunther, 0448 623 030, mark@markgunther.com.au, MARK GUNTHER FIRST NATIONAL REAL ESTATE, 5962 3030

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Set on 163 Acres (approx) of rolling to rising countryside with a fabulous character homestead.

The residence showcases 4 bedrooms, ample living spaces, wood fire places, hydronic heating & feature timbers throughout. Boasting excellent infrastructure shedding, undercover cattle yards & stables. An ideal country retreat just over 1 hour from Melbourne.

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ONLINE AUCTION SALE

By Openn Negotiation Agent Mark Gunther 0448 623 030

What is it, and why is it so successful?

Openn Negotiation is an online auction system open to all qualified buyers allowing for flexible terms (pending vendors approval). It is the perfect blend between a private treaty and an auction sale and is completely managed by us as your Certified Openn Negotiation agents here at Mark Gunther First National.

along with multiple lockdowns, it has allowed us to continue to successfully sell properties, all conducted online and above and beyond vendor and purchaser’s expectations.

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Managing the right course Last weekend, in lockdown, before the curfew and using my exercise allowance time, I walked the boundary of the RACV Golf Course.

Having reached the Ryans Road “Right Angle”, I peered through the wire fence.

The sun was out, shadows fell across the fairways and of course a mob of roos were grazing about the junction in the distance.

How disheartening; not only are we in lockdown, we’re locked out, all that open space, fresh air, green grass and not a single person about.

Continuing my walk, I remembered our local Historian Bryn Jones, telling me the RACV had purchased the Golf Course in 1951 and 55 years later they spent $85 million to redevelop it.

How lucky we are to have such a wonderful facility like this in Healesville, I thought.

By this stage of my walk, I found myself standing behind the 8th tee block, “The Lookout”.

The course looked splendid from this vantage point and obviously the RACV ground manager and crew had been busy.

I should drop in on the way past and congratulate them, I thought.

Pushing on around “Ryans Curve” it occurred to me that Tim has been the RACV Ground Manager since May 2008; some two years before the new course was opened. What the man doesn’t know about the course… wouldn’t be worth knowing.

I’m definitely calling in, I decided, it will give me something to write about.

“How’s it going Tim, it’s easy to see you and your boys have been busy”, I said as I walked through the back gate.

“Yes, we’re at it all the time,” Tim replied. “It never ends here, servicing machinery, replacing and sharpening mower blades, there’s a lot of grass out there too, about 160 acres of it. The

Callen’s column Ian Callen crew have got the spraying out of the way and now we’re preparing for the growing season,” he explained.

Much of the work Tim and his boys do; goes unnoticed, especially the days of competition when you can bet that it’s Rob Schubert, Nathan Parlby and Michael Boland out early mornings, busily mowing the greens, replacing pins, tee block markers and raking bunkers.

I was pleased Tim gave me some time and it was fascinating to learn that the roughs about the course are made up of indigenous grasses, the fairways of Santa Ana couch, cut to 13mm and the greens of Bent Grass, similar to Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath cut down 3.5mm to 3mm in summer.

“It can be a bit of a juggling act, you know, sometimes what might be planned today has to be put off until tomorrow. After all we’re coming up to the wettest time of year.” He said And yes! He’s right… it’s so easy for us golfers, we just turn up, push the tee into the ground and fail to appreciate the work that goes into making the golf course playable.

“By October, we will start to get the perfect bit of sun to dry the ground.”

“So what’s involved then Tim?” I asked.

“We’ll be aerating fairways, spiking the greens,” he said.

Just looking about the shed with all the machinery and equipment on display; it was a very impressive scene. One that gave a better understanding of just how much work was

Rob Schubert, Nathan Parlby and Tim Pierce (absent Kyle Fisher and Michael Boland). involved around the grounds. The monitoring of equipment and then the repair of machinery, expertly carried out by Mechanic Kyle Fisher. And then there’s the irrigation system or the effort to encourage the growth of root systems, rolling greens to remove plug marks or bumps and replacing sand in the bunkers.

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By David Nagel What do these all-time legends of Australian Rules football have in common…Gary Ablett Snr, Ron Barassi, Kevin Bartlett, Wayne Carey, Alex Jesaulenko, Leigh Matthews and ‘Mr Football’ Ted Whitten?

Despite their brilliance and ever-lasting impact on the game these superstars of football were never fortunate enough to have the ultimate symbol of individual excellence draped around their neck – the Charles Brownlow Medal.

Those immortal names – but their inability to claim the games’ greatest individual honour – would indicate that winning a Brownlow, or a community football equivalent, is an extremely difficult thing to do.

On average, depending on the number of teams in a league, between 300 and 450 players might pull on the boots and saddle up in a particular competition each year.

Winning just one of those awards, voted by umpires, and that only spring to life once the all-important ladder positions have been decided, is an amazing achievement.

The Mail has done its homework, and a total of 334 league best and fairest awards have gone up for grabs across the major competitions that settle around our readership.

The Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League (YVMDFL), now AFL Outer East, has records of league best and fairest winners that date back to 1930. The Ellinbank and District Football League (EDFL) has been acknowledging its best and fairest player since 1938.

The West Gippsland Football League (WGFL), now West Gippsland Football Netball Competition (WGFNC), has records of its winners dating back to 1944, although there was a gap between 2005 and 2016.

The WGFL finished in its original form in 2001, although the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League (WGLFL) kept the Breheny Medal as its highest individual prize from 2002 to 2004.

The WGFNC has revived some great memories of the glory days of West Gippsland football since it was reintroduced as a competition in 2017.

And a few clubs from the former South West Gippsland Football League (SWGFL) – which began in 1954 - have been part of the local landscape since way before that competition began.

Beaconsfield, Berwick, Cranbourne, Doveton, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Narre Warren, Rythdale-Cardinia (ROC/Officer) and Tooradin-Dalmore – formed strong bonds and created great rivalries through those generations that still burn strong today.

The SWGFL ended in 1994, but a few of those original clubs have since transitioned through the MPNFL, Casey Cardinia (CCFL) and South East Football Netball League (SEFNL) – from 1995 to 2018 – before finding a current home in AFL Outer East.

With that history lesson out of the way, it’s time to scour the lists of league best and fairest winners from across the region and see who the mightiest players have been.

And three players stand out from a pack of 62 glorious superstars who have won multiple honours along the way.

Healesville’s James Wandin was the first Aboriginal to play for the St Kilda Football Club in the then VFL, in 1952 and 1953, before returning to Healesville as a playing coach and winning four league best and fairest awards in 1954, ’57, ’58 and ’59.

Wandin was also a hugely influential figure away from the football field, being the ngurungaeta (tribal leader) of the Wurundjeri clan until his death, aged 72, in February 2006.

Wandin was a tall player for his generation, standing six feet tall, and dominated for Healesville at centre half forward.

Andy Soumilas, the champion midfielder of his generation, tops the list of great players with five league best and fairest awards – and they came a staggering 13 years apart!

The classy left-footer started his medal haul playing for Garfield in 2004, winning the Breheny Medal in West Gippsland Latrobe, before repeating the dose in 2005, in the same league, but with a different prize - the Trood 18 MAIL

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James Wandin was St Kilda’s first Indigenous player and won four league bestand-fairest awards with Healesville.

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And also up on a pedestal are the 47 remaining legends that have won two awards throughout their careers.

It’s not very often that names like Cleary, Drake, Gabriel, Hillard, Holland, Lenders, Miller, Scalzo and Young have to take a back seat – but on this very rare occasion even they would dip their lids and acknowledge the remarkable achievements of 16 absolute legends of the game.

5 LEAGUE MEDALS Soumilas 2004 - Garfield (WGFL), · Andy 2005 - Garfield (WGLFL), 2011 - Drouin

Award and Rodda Medal. Soumilas won the same prize in 2011, playing for Drouin in the Gippsland League, before returning to Garfield and claiming the Alf Walton Medal in 2013 – presented to the best player in the Ellinbank League.

A remarkable career was capped off in 2017, when Soumilas made it a unique Breheny Medal double, winning the last Breheny presented in 2004, and the first Breheny awarded after the rejuvenation of West Gippsland football 13 years later!

Soumilas would go on to play in a premiership for Inverloch-Kongwak that year under the coaching of his brother Ben. Another exquisitely talented left-footer, the mercurial Dan O’Loughlin, won back-to-back Breheny Medals for Pakenham in 2000-01, before claiming a Norm Walker Medal in the MPNFL, once again with the Lions, in 2003.

O’Loughlin would cap off a tremendous era of individual success by claiming another Norm Walker Medal with Tooradin-Dalmore in 2006 in the Casey Cardinia Football League.

Wandin, Soumilas and O’Loughlin may be the undisputed superstars of local football but a total of 13 other champions thoroughly deserve legend status around these parts, winning a remarkable three league best and fairest awards.

Current-day Korumburra-Bena coach Paul Alger won three on the trot with Nyora – in 1991, ’92 and ’93 – while Rythdale-Cardinia’s Gil Savoury also won three consecutive medals from 1955 to 1957.

The running power of Berwick champion Madi Andrews, the sheer athleticism of Beaconsfield ruckman Scott Meyer, and the sheer will to compete and desperation of currentday Phillip Island star Brendan Kimber, prove that it can take many different skills to make a three-time league best and fairest winner.

(Gippsland), 2013 - Garfield (EDFL), 2017 Inverloch-Kongwak (WGFNC) 4 LEAGUE MEDALS Dan O’Loughlin 2000, 01 - Pakenham (WGFL), 2003 - Pakenham (MPNFL), 2006 Tooradin-Dalmore (CCFL) James Wandin 1954, 57, 58, 59 - Healesville (YVMDFL) 3 LEAGUE MEDALS Paul Alger 1991, 92, 93 - Nyora (EDFL) Madi Andrews 2015, 17, 18 - Berwick (SEFNL) Rob Andrews 1966, 67 - Longwarry (WGFL) Brendan Kimber 2012, 13 - Cora Lynn (EDFL), 2018 - Phillip Island (WGFNC) David McMaster 1985, 86, 91 - Lang Lang (WGFL) Scott Meyer 2013, 14, 16 - Beaconsfield (CCFL/SEFNL) Wayne Morris 1975, 76, 78 - Warburton Millgrove (YVMDFL) Billy Morrison 1971, 72, 74 - Tooradin-Dalmore (SWGFL) William Murnane 1945, 47, 51 - Longwarry (WGFL) Ray Rouget 1935, 38, 39 - Wandin (YVMDFL) Gil Savory 1955, 56, 57 - Rythdale-Cardinia (SWGFL) Patrick Sharp 2007, 09, 10 - Woori Yallock (YVMDFL) David Wade 1983, 84, 88 - Narre Hallam (SWGFL) 2 LEAGUE MEDALS A Bateman 1990, 93 - Yarra Glen (YVMDFL) Brian Cash 1957, 59 - Garfield (WGFL) Mark Cecere 2011, 18 - Seville (YVMDFL) J Chapman 1968, 73 - Woori Yallock (YVMDFL) Tom Cleary 1983, 84 - Garfield (WGFL) Russell Cowan 2008 - Powelltown, 2010 Yarra Glen (YVMDFL) Billy Drake 1958, 62 - Pakenham (WGFL) Wayne Esler 1968, 69 - Kooweerup (WGFL)

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2003 - Mt Evelyn, 2005 - Warbur· B.tonFarrugia Millgrove (YVMDFL) Gabriel 2009, 2015 - Doveton (CCFL/ · Russell SEFNL) · A Goodwin 1985, 86 - Wandin (YVMDFL) · P Halit 1960, 61 - Millgrove (YVMDFL) Harrison 1951, 52 - Mt Evelyn · Johnnie (YVMDFL) · Jack Hazendonk 2018, 19 - Poowong (EDFL) Hendrikse 1999, 2001 - Nilma Darnum · Dean - (EDFL) · Darren Hillard 1990, 95 - Pakenham (WGFL) Holland 2014 - Longwarry, 2016 - War· Tye ragul Industrials (EDFL) · Ken Leeson 1950, 52 - Lang Lang (WGFL) · Joe Lenders 1977, 78 - Garfield (WGFL) Lindsay 1985, 91 - Narre Hallam (SW· Peter GFL) · J Long 1996, 97 - Yarra Junction (YVMDFL) · Chris MacLagen 1998, 99 - Silvan (YVMDFL) Martello 1968, 69 - Cranbourne (SW· John GFL) Miller 2007, 2011 - Tooradin-Dalmore · Beau (CCFL) · Allan Nicholson 1947, 49 - Strezlecki (EDFL) · N. Oakley 2006, 07 - Alexandra (YVMDFL) Oakes 1977, 78 - Chelsea Heights (SW· Peter GFL) · T Ollington 1944, 46 - Lang Lang (WGFL) Oswald 1975 - Hampton Park (SWG· Kurt FL), 1982 - Garfield (WGFL) Pierrehumbert 1961, 63 - Buln Buln · Charlie - (EDFL) · C Richards 1984, 87 - Healesville (YVMDFL) Robertson 2012, 14 - Yarra Junction · Wayne (YVMDFL) Robins 1976, 79 - Chelsea Heights · Keith (SWGFL) · A Rogers 1955, 56 - Drouin (WGFL) Scalzo 2008 - Narre Warren (CCFL), · Brad 2016 - Warragul (GFL) · Jim Smith 1976, 77 - Poowong (EDFL) · Ron Smith 1948, 49 - Longwarry (WGFL) Stormer 1949 - Wesburn, 1955 - Seville · Max (YVMDFL) Sutherland 1933, 34 - Millgrove · George (YVMDFL) · L Telford 2016, 17 - Yarra Glen (YVMDFL) Tregoning 2008, 09 - Olinda Ferny · Scott Creek (YVMDFL) · Scott Wightman 1982, 87 - Nyora (EDFL) · Scott Wighton 1983, 84 - Nyora (EDFL) · Alex Winterton 1956,57 - Ellinbank (EDFL) Withers 1997 - Garfield (WGFL), · Lincoln 2002 - Pakenham (MPNFL) · Daryl Young 1972, 73 - Pakenham (WGFL) mailcommunity.com.au

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