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Kids return

Yering Primary School students Jess, Cruze and Zoey are excited to be back playing in the school yard.

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Remote learning came to an end for primary students on Monday 18 October, with preps returning back to the school yard.

All of the remaining grades will be able to go back to the classroom as of Friday 22 October following the State Government’s announcement of updated road map restrictions.

Parents, teachers and students are all thrilled to be back at school, after months of remote learning.

Yering Primary School students didn’t waste any time playing in the school yard, arriving at school well before the bell to see their school friends.

Principal Deanna Cole said the students wellbeing and getting back to normality are both a top priority.

“I really think that kids have done a top job of trying to hang in there and being resilient in general,” Deanna Cole said.

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all the checks and balances and it’s been put to bed and we can get on with building another great community asset for the people of Coldstream,” Councillor Tim Heenan said.

The 2.7 hectare site is where the railway station use to be along the Lilydale to Healesville train line, but it has mostly been unused since the 1990s until 2019 when the Yarra Valley trail connected to the site.

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Coldstream and provide another opportunity to stop and enjoy and spend time in Coldstream,” Mayor Fiona McAllister said.

Councillor Tim Heenan also agreed residents will reap the benefits.

“This is going to be a great thing for them and I only wish the very best for the Coldstream community. I know they’ll be excited and it’s great to see that the funding has done

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The million dollar revitalisation project for the former Coldstream Station is now a step closer to beginning after Yarra Ranges Councillors approved the draft master plan.

It comes as the Federal Government throws it’s support behind the project, fronting half the costs of $539,680 from it’s Building Better Regions Fund.

It’s now been fully funded, the State Government provided the other half earlier in the year through its Growing Suburbs fund.

Mayor Fiona McAllister is thrilled to see the project get underway to form part of the Yarra Valley Trail.

“This one is extremely important because it offers an opportunity not just for trail users, but more importantly to support residents of

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Freedom on the horizon for metro

By Mikayla van Loon Metropolitan Melbourne is set to be released from lockdown should the vaccination target be reached by Thursday 21 October at 11.59pm.

With the first dose vaccination rate at almost 90 per cent, Victoria will hit a significant milestone on the Roadmap, with 70 per cent of Victorians 16 years and over having received both their vaccine doses by Friday.

“This is an amazing achievement. Some time ago we asked Victorians to get vaccinated and they have, in record numbers and record time, done exactly what we asked them to do,” Premier Daniel Andrews said.

“I could not be more proud of our community coming forward, making these decisions to protect themselves to protect the people they love and to protect all of us against this global pandemic, to allow us to change the rules to open up, to normalise this, to get our freedoms back.”

Key Roadmap items include no more curfew or kilometre travel limit but Melbourne residents are still not allowed to travel into

regional Victoria and must continue wearing masks indoors and outdoors.

Up to 10 people, including dependents, per day will be able to visit homes in both regional and metropolitan Melbourne.

Outdoor cafes, cinemas, and physical recreation facilities like pools will open with up to 50 people per venue but are subject to density limits and only for those fully vaccinated.

Indoor settings like restaurants and cafes will be able to reopen with up to 20 people indoors with density limits and only if all attendees – including workers – are fully vaccinated.

The work from home order still remains and anyone on the authorised workers list is required to have had at least one dose of the vaccine in order to work on site.

Religious gatherings, weddings and funerals will be able to take place with up to 50 people outdoors and 20 people indoors subject to density limits and only if all attendees are fully vaccinated.

“The rate at which Victorians have been getting vaccinated is nothing short of incredible, but if we want to ensure our health sys-

tem isn’t overwhelmed and our hospitalisation rates aren’t too high as we open up, we need to keep that momentum going. Today is the day to book that vaccine appointment,” health minister Martin Foley said.

Covid-19 cases have been slowly rising in the east, equating to six per cent of the total cases recorded in the 24 hours prior to Monday 18 October.

In those 24 hours, the Yarra Ranges Shire recorded 20 new cases, while Maroondah recorded 15 and Knox recorded 20.

The 20 new cases for the Yarra Ranges are from the following postcodes.

3140 - 5 3116 - 1 3138 - 3 3137 - 1 3766 - 2 3139 - 2 3777 - 3 3787 - 3 This brings the total number of active cases to 230 in the Yarra Ranges, 202 in Maroondah and 318 in Knox.

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money to bring it to life. But there are issues in relation to it that we need to have a pretty loud voice on.”

Casey MP Tony Smith said the State Government is responsible for the project’s planning and construction.

“Just like the residents of Coldstream and the Yarra Valley, I look forward to the State Government getting on and completing this

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important project,” Tony Smith said.

The project is currently in the design phase and the community will be advised of any updates as investigations progress.

A Transport Department spokesperson said, “The Department of Transport is currently investigating options for upgrades along the Maroondah Highway in Coldstream between Melba Highway and Ingram Road.”

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Sunday 17th of October 2021 on Wellington Road, Belgrave South a 38-year-old male was detected speeding at 105 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

His licence was previously disqualified, vehicle unregistered, false plates and recorded a positive result for illicit drugs.

His vehicle was impounded, cost $1,030, and will face Court on all charges.

Sunday 17th of October 2021 on Melba Highway, Dixons Creek a 55-year-old male driver was detected speeding at 126 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

He tested positive for illicit drugs and will face Court on all matters.

The police warn urge drivers to adhere to the conditions and warn speedsters, drink or drug-drivers will be caught and potentially lose their vehicles and licences.

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The SES were out in full force once again over the weekend of 15, 16 and 17 October, as flood waters rose and trees fell throughout the Yarra Ranges.

Lilydale SES had received a total of 76 requests for assistance by 6pm on Saturday 16 October and Healesville SES had received 26.

Crews from Emerald SES were out all night responding to calls of trees and powerlines down on Friday 15 October.

Mount Dandenong Tourist Road between Browns Road and Five Ways was closed for some time with fallen trees and large rocks on the road. VicRoads were onsite to assess the damage.

VicRoads also attended calls to debris washed onto Belgrave/Gembrook Road between Avonsleigh and Cockatoo.

Flood waters also closed roads including Melba Highway between St Huberts Road and McIntyre Lane.

The Yarra River at Yarra Glen reached 4.35 metres on Sunday afternoon, meaning it was above the minor flood level of 4.10 metres. The river was expected to reach its peak of a moderate flood level on Monday.

Floodplains when entering Healesville from Coldstream were at very high levels on Monday 18 October, with more rain expected throughout the week.

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From page 1 Works will deliver a 300 metre asphalt pump track, timed public toilets, picnic shelter, chairs and tables, landscaping and a larger 30 space car park.

However, Mayor McAllister did raise concerns that road upgrades needed to be completed on Maroondah Highway to ensure safe access for local residents.

“There is a Federal Government commitment of $20 million to upgrade the intersections that will allow for that safe crossing and we’re waiting,” Mayor McAllister said.

In February 2019 the Federal Government allocated the funds to duplicate part of Maroondah Highway in Coldstream and to install traffic lights to make the Highway, Killara Road, Station Street and North Gateway intersections much safer.

Mayor McAllister said she will be advocating for works to begin.

“I foreshadow Councillors that I will bring a motion to a future council meeting for us to start an advocacy campaign towards Vicroads in particular, to get that project started.

“Once we activate this site it will be even more important than ever, and community safety has to be front of mind.

“So I’m very thrilled to have the draft master plan come to us tonight and even more thrilled that we have a big bucket of

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A national fire approach

By Philip Hopkins Former Victorian Chief Fire Officer, Ewan Waller, has called for an urgent national approach to fighting bushfires, labeling the three most recent bushfire inquiries conservative and inadequate.

“Bushfire is now a national issue and it’s got to be approached that way. What we need is really strong direction and policy, built largely around prevention, not response,” said Mr Waller, who has more than 40 years’ experience as a forester.

“What we wanted was table-thumping national direction and agreement on fire management, but we did not get it – just housekeeping and the status quo. Better communications, better equipment, will make a difference, but not the big difference we are looking for.”

Mr Waller, who lives near Dargo in East Gippsland, was giving an address via Zoom on Tuesday 12 October to the national conference of the Institute of Foresters of Australia/Australian Forest Growers in Launceston.

“There must be leadership across all fronts.

Nationally, the North and the West have got their act together, but we still have this chronic problem in the south-east,” he said.

Mr Waller said the report by the Forest Fire Management Group through COAG (Council of Australian Governments, now National Cabinet), was accepted by the states in 2014.

“That still stands. The principles have not changed one inch. It was unashamedly about prevention and preparedness That policy, which was adopted by the federal, all state and territories, has never been properly enacted,” he said.

“That’s what we were looking from the (NSW, Victorian and federal) inquiries - to enact that policy. None of them did.”

Mr Waller said what was needed was a strong policy decision to break through the

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A national conference has been held on Zoom for the Institute of Foresters of Australia/Australian Forest Growers in Launceston. inaction, like Justice Stretton’s inquiry into the 1939 bushfires, and the big policy direction that former Prime Minister John Howard put in place for gun control. “There is a parallel needed for fire if we are going to make a difference,” he said.

Mr Waller acknowledged improvements on

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the interface between developed areas and the bush. In Victoria and NSW, more money would go into such protective work.

“What worries me is the Back Country - all the country behind there, which is where the fires are coming from. These fires that came down the forest – most came from the remote

country, from the parks and forests. Unless you treat that and manage that for fire, the problems will be ongoing,” he said.

“If you don’t get fire right, everything else is at risk – all the other good work such as recreation redevelopments, regenerating logging coupes, all environmental values, our clean water, the stored carbon in the forest.”

How will the Back Country be handled? “No one is answering that. It needs a sensible but large burning program. It has to happen fairly soon – the regrowth is happening now. Within three-to-five years, there will be a massive fire scape that we have to manage, or we will be back to where we were. People have got the answer, but have we the fortitude to do it?”

He criticised academics who were “chasing logging” when fire had a far more damaging impact than timber harvesting ever did.

Science, which provides evidence-based answers, was being devalued by scientists who “cherry pick” arguments. “No wonder governments and the community are confused about which way to go,” he said.

Mr Waller said climate change was making fire-fighting more difficult.

It was becoming hotter and drier – the south-east was hotter now compared with the 1950s – but was a longer-term issue, he said.

Climate change was in fact a reason to do more fuel reduction burning to try and safeguard the forest.

Mr Waller said we were in a conservative, risk-averse era.

“That feeds into the politics. We have a stalemate, no action. Governments won’t move until pushed,” he said.

There was also a heightened anti-burning movement, with recent protests in East Gippsland.

“The workers thought they were helping the community, but these people were turning on them. It is a real concern,” he said.

Online gambling habits double in a decade A two-year gambling study has revealed more Australians than ever are reaching for their phone to have a punt, with the number of online gamblers doubling in the past decade.

The Second National Study of Interactive Gambling in Australia surveyed more than 15,000 Australians and found 17.5 per cent of adults had gambled online in 2019, up from 8.1 per cent in 2010.

The study, funded by Gambling Research Australia, found that overall gambling participation decreased from 64.3 per cent in 2010, to 56.9 per cent in 2019.

Professor Nerilee Hing, from CQUniversity’s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory said Australia’s most popular forms of online gambling were lotteries (10.1 per cent of adults), race betting (5.9 per cent) and sports betting (5.8 per cent).

“This growth in online gambling has been driven by faster internet speeds, the convenience of betting on smartphone apps, extensive advertising and inducements, and new betting options like multibets,” Professor Hing said.

“New online activities have also been introduced, including e-sports, fantasy sports, skin gambling, and loot boxes.”

The study found the average online gambler was likely to be a young male, better educated than the average Australian, in a de facto relationship, and to gamble across multiple activities.

The Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments are currently implementing the National Consumer Protection Framework for Online Wagering (the National Framework).

The intent of the National Framework is to bring Australian consumer protection measures up to date, to ensure they reflect best practice nationally, and are consistent across jurisdictions.

The National Framework consists of 10 consumer protection measures that aim to reduce gambling harm.

This was also the first national study to examine the negative consequences of gambling for gamblers, their family and friends.

Overall, 9.1 per cent of Australian adults experienced some level of harm from their own gambling and 6.0 per cent from another person’s gambling. Online gamblers were twice as likely as land-based only gamblers to experience harm.

The findings from this study will further inform online gambling policy and consumer protection measures across Australia.

Gambling Research Australia is a national gambling research partnership between Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, and chaired by the NSW Government.

GRA funds projects of national significance and contributed more than $1 million towards the Second National Study of Interactive Gambling in Australia.

CQ University’s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory is a research initiative to support understanding of games of chance, through experiment, simulation, and observation.

Second National Study of Interactive Gambling in Australia researchers included CQUniversity team members Dr Alex Russell, Professor Matthew Rockloff, Professor Matthew Browne, Nancy Greer and Vijay Rawat, International researcher Dr Anne Salonen (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland), Associate Professor Nicki Dowling and Dr Stephanie Merkouris (Deakin University), Dr Matthew Stevens (Charles Darwin University), Associate Professor Daniel King (Flinders University), and Linda Woo (former Executive Director of Policy and Projects, Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General).

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Primary students return

By Renee Wood Primary students across the Yarra Valley have skipped into the schoolyard with joy this morning welcomed by smiling teachers happy to see their return.

Preps returned to schools across Greater Melbourne, with remaining primary and secondary grades all to be back in the classroom by the end of the week now the state road map has been updated.

Yering Primary School Principal Deanna Cole is thrilled to see her students return and said it’s been a tough term going through another stint of remote learning.

“It felt like a really long term last term, we

Yering Primary School students Jess, Cruze and Zoey are excited to be back playing in the school yard.

Picture: RENEE WOOD put in a lot of effort to make sure that everyone’s still getting the most out of their remote learning again, so we are thrilled to have them

all come back for term four,” Deanna Cole said.

“I really think the kids have done a top job of trying to hang in there and be resilient in general - it’s been tough on them, it really has.

These grade ones have now had two years of a lot of remote learning and the grade ones that I’ve got here are doing quite well considering.”

Mum Charmelle Adams said her children are excited to return to face-face learning after another long lockdown.

“They have missed playing and interacting with their friends, as well as having time to run around and be active,” Charmelle Adams said.

School council president, Chris Topma believes students will achieve more in the class room.

“The benefits are definitely the children will be more engaged in the class setting to achieve much more than in the home setting. The social aspect for them is super important too for their mental health,” Chris Topma said.

Although a special occasion today, Principal Cole said the school will be looking at getting the kids back into a normal routine straight away.

“We will do a special treasure hunt to welcome them back but I’m mindful we want to try and get them back into a routine as quickly as possible, but we also want to make sure their wellbeing is looked after.

“That’s been a high priority, making sure everyone’s content and happy in their learning.”

Holy Fools finds funds for upcoming festive season

By Mikayla van Loon Christmas is a time of festivities, family and friends but for the most vulnerable groups in our community it can be a time of loneliness and disconnection.

For the last six years, Holy Fools CEO Neal Taylor has worked with other groups in Lilydale and surrounding areas to host a Christmas Day lunch for those who are homeless or have nowhere else to go.

But the ability to host this community meal relies on the financial position of charity organisations like Holy Fools.

“There’s no shortage of food donations that we’ve received and clothing and things like that. Financially though, we are probably down close to about 50 to 60 per cent of what we normally get,” Mr Taylor said.

While those funds don’t directly go to the Christmas lunch alone, it does pay rent, as well as expenses of transport including fuel costs and van upkeep and it replaces equipment to host events like the lunch.

Apart from the lunch itself, Holy Fools also puts together hampers to be handed out to people and different organisations in the area.

“Christmas in particular is a really expensive time. Besides the massive amount of organisation that goes into doing it there’s a lot of expenses from buying the boxes for the hampers to organising the the hamper packing and providing lunch for everyone and things like that.

“We found that with Covid, the community has been fantastic at giving us things like food, donations and clothing but the financial side of things have really struggled.”

In the lead up to Christmas, Mr Taylor is hoping to raise $20,000 which will see the not-for-profit through the festive season and into the first few months of 2022.

“We find at the beginning of the year, the period around January and February is financially the quietest time of the year for us,” he said.

200 hampers boxed and handed out last year to see people through the Christmas period.

Last year the Christmas lunch was hosted in Melba Park to allow for Covid-19 restrictions.

Pictures: SUPPLIED “If we can raise a little bit of money now for that period of time, that’ll help us carry through, until things start picking up again usually around March.”

Knowing that during the pandemic people have been financially strained themselves, Mr Taylor is working to put things in place so that Holy Fools doesn’t have to rely on monetary donations as heavily in the future.

Although right now the focus is on raising money, Mr Taylor said items for the food hampers will need to be collected in coming weeks as well.

“Last year we had a fantastic response from the community and they gave us all the

grocery items to help us pack over 200 hampers,” he said.

Everything from tinned fruit to coffee and cereal, even some sweet treats were packaged into boxes and handed out.

All 200 hampers were gone in a flash last year, so Mr Taylor said they are hoping to increase the hampers to 250 this year.

“We ran out really quickly last year. We handed it out to everyone that came to our Christmas lunch and we also shared it with other organisations that aren’t always able to do the same thing that we do.”

The Christmas lunch is about providing

connection to people who may not have family or friends to share it with.

Mr Taylor said there are some people who go to the Holy Fools Street Angels lunch every Wednesday and others who are just regulars on Christmas Day. “One thing we know is that there are lots of people who are lonely. There are lots of people who might not have any family or friends that will come to our lunch.

“And they’ll just get the sense of community and fellowship with each other, as well as enjoying a really good meal, they get to hang out with people and talk to people.”

Donations to help support the Christmas lunch can be made through the Holy Fools website https://www.holyfools.org.au/donate/.

“We’re over 12 years old now and we really rely on the general public and for us to make an impact as we have done, has really been around because of the community supporting us,” Mr Taylor said.

“I know it’s tough for everyone at the moment and I just ask them to remember us and also know that we’re helping people who are a lot more disadvantaged than they are, there’s a lot more people worse off than they are.

“And particularly Covid has knocked a lot of people around and I just want people to realise that without organizations like ourselves, there’s going to be chaos around.”

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Mentoring young adults

By Renee Wood Several young adults are taking part in a mentoring program with YAVA Gallery, part of a Yarra Ranges Council Covid-19 recovery funding.

YAVA created the Arts Management Mentorship Program to help young people aged 18-25 gain vital work skills and boost their CVs after missing out on hands on experiences due to lockdowns.

“Some of them are at uni, or some of them may have finished school and they’re not able to go onto that next step,” Kate Baker Yarra Valley Arts CEO said.

“They don’t have their usual social networks available to them and we thought how can we provide an opportunity locally to develop real skills that are transferable to any industry.”

The program has been designed with structured and integrated learning, while also gaining hands on experience.

So far, five online mentoring meetings have been held, with different hosts discussing their areas of expertise.

“The mentors are either artists or business leaders, maybe they’re people who have specific skills. We have done a project management session with them, we’ve done a session on grants.”

Gembrook uni student Ari Smith is a participant and said she’s grateful it was able to start online.

“They’re teaching us employment skills, skills that we’re going to need in the workplace that are relevant to the gallery, but they are going to be completely transferable. For instance, one of them is how to plan a project and then execute it, which is going to be important in almost any industry,” Ari Smith said.

The program is also the perfect fit for the student who’s an aspiring curator.

“This opportunity is a big stepping stone

The participants in the mentorship program have been working on content to promote Clare James’ Hideaway exhibition during the lockdown. because I want to be a curator and I know that the industry is quite competitive, and that you need a bit of experience to actually get into a role - it is beyond just education.”

Ms Baker said they are also learning practical skills and are delivering content for social media after putting the mentees through a video storytelling smartphone course.

“They are driving their own education as much as anything else, we want them to come up with ideas and practical projects.”

“For instance we’ve currently given them a challenge for Clare James’ Hideaway exhibition, so during lockdown we put them through a course and now they will come up with ideas about how can we help promote Clare’s exhibition online.”

Once restrictions ease and the gallery reopens, the participants will work in the gallery with staff, volunteers and visitors.

“In the gallery they’re going to be dealing with volunteers, Covid practices and they are going to have to come up with solutions.”

“I’ve given them the challenge of finding ways to attract 18 to 30 year olds into the gallery, so that’s about learning what’s important to people and that will apply in whatever career they finally decide to spend their time in.”

It’s currently a pilot project but if successful Yarra Valley Arts will look to find other funding streams to see it continue into future years.

“We want to make sure that we can make it successful, it’s important that we are learning what’s going to work best with them,” Ms Baker said.

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Reconciliation in schools

By Mikayla van Loon The Victorian Youth Parliament has just finished up for another year but a team of six young people from the Yarra Ranges haven’t quite finished campaigning for their Bill.

Gunai-Monaro woman Chloe Baulch and her team put forward the Mandatory Reconciliation Action Plans in Schools Bill to help bridge the gap between First Nations Peoples and non-First Nations Peoples.

“A Reconciliation Action Plan is basically a set out document that is used in any organisation, so that can be schools, workplaces, really anyone can set one up for their business,” she said.

“And it’s just a structure that’s set out to implement, help and also make First Nations Australians or anyone really just feel comfortable and welcomed in the environment that they’re in.”

While there are set guidelines for what needs to be included in a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Ms Baulch said schools can adapt RAP’s to suit its individual needs and cohort.

“One thing they say is optional but in the RAP my team has created, if it was a school that was having a RAP, we believe that cultural connection to the land should be involved within the school.

“My team believes that having something where it acknowledges the land that we’re on, so for instance, for myself out in the Yarra Ranges on Wurundjeri land, all the schools out this way would have to have something to say, ‘we acknowledge that were on the Wurundjeri land’.

“And they would need to have it written or just said at the start of each session like you would in an acknowledgement of country.”

The majority of the Youth Parliament voted in favour of this Bill and it will now be placed in

Oonah Yarra Ranges Council Youth argued their case against Tarneit Senior College in the Youth Parliament. the hands of youth minister Ros Spence.

But for Ms Baulch and her team, the role they want to play in getting this Bill mandated by the State government is far from over.

“The really wonderful thing that I’ve seen from my other team members was as soon as we had finished the program, they all turned around and said, ‘we don’t want this to be the end’.

“So one of the ladies who was helping us from the Yarra Ranges Council, she actually said, ‘Okay, let’s just keep advocating this topic and trying to set up meetings’.”

Every Thursday evening the team meets with a representative from an organisation they believe will be able to help further their advocacy or who would be interested in learning more about an RAP.

“We had a meeting last week with Reconciliation Australia and they were really helpful with giving us tips and where to go from there and then they’ve set us up with a couple of ministers and people to talk to,” Ms Baulch said.

“So hopefully with us talking to them, they can get an understanding of why we want it before they actually read our Bill [in parliament].

“Hopefully it helps get them on the yes side of it so that it can become approved and then compulsory.”

Only 22 primary and secondary schools have already implemented an RAP in Victoria and Ms Baulch said she would like to think even if the Bill doesn’t get passed in parliament, that schools will begin adding it to the curriculum because of the advocacy work her

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Ms Baulch said schools like Mount Lilydale Mercy College have already reached out to herself and the team to talk about how the school can use the information provided in the RAP to address the upcoming compulsory teaching of cultural connection to the land in science.

“Having these RAP’s isn’t trying to tell anyone ‘you need to have indigenous people at your school’,” Ms Baulch said.

“It’s just to make people feel more accepted and welcomed and even for the non Indigenous students just to learn about the culture and actually have that mandatory for them to actually learn.”

To learn more about RAP’s and how to set one up, go to https://www.narragunnawali. org.au/raps/what-is-a-rap.

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NEWS IN BRIEF The council will submit several project funding proposal for the State Government’s Growing Suburbs Funds.

The submissions will be for; Yarra Valley Trail Stage 2A, Wesburn Pump Track, Sustainable Community Buildings, Glenvalley Reserve Playspace and Carmen Reserve Playspace.

If the funding is successful, it will cover half the costs while council’s Capital Expenditure Programs or other funding sources will provide the other half.

Councillor Jim Child supported the motion and said they are great projects for the mental health and wellbeing of local communities.

“This is just fantastic projects to be delivering to our communities, especially communities that have been locked up for a long time.

And not only that, to, to actually provides fa-

cilities on the ground to those visitors that will come to our region as well,” Councillor Jim Child said.

Eastern Region four year plan Councillors voted to note the Eastern Region Group of Councils Strategic Plan 2021-2025.

The Eastern Region Group (ERG) is made up of six councils (Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges) who work together in partnership for collective advocacy approaches for eastern Melbourne.

Mayor Fiona McAllister identified some of the key projects ERG will advocate for, including transport and movement infrastructure like the trails network, affordable housing, mental health services and economic recovery.

“The point of the group is around working

collaboratively and having a collective voice on issues that are most important to us as a region,” Cr McAllister said.

“It’s about avoiding competition, duplication, amplifying our voice on issues that affect us all and very importantly, integration of key strategies and priorities for each council.”

Health and wellbeing plan Yarra Ranges Council has voted in favour to approve its Health and Wellbeing Plan 20212024 and it will now be sent to health minister Martin Foley for endorsement.

The plan outlines the seven key areas of focus for the shire optimise health and wellbeing across the municipality.

Tackle climate change and its impact on health

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· Increase healthy eating · Increase active living mental wellbeing and social con· Improve nections violence against women and chil· Prevent dren · Reduce harmful alcohol and drug use

Councillor Sophie Todorov said the plan addresses every part of the council’s work, “how we connect people, how we design and build infrastructure projects, our advocacy work, our role in community safety, grant programs and also community development.”

Councillors have approved special charges for works on Roma Avenue Group, Badger Creek, Old Gippsland Road (West of Hillside Court), Lilydale, Russell Road Group, Seville and Mont Vue, Lilydale.

Several consultations have been conducted and residents are aware of the additional costs they will face due to the works.

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Matilda Bay Brewery has reached one of its biggest sustainability goals, after receiving the certification the business is carbon neutral.

James Aris from Matilda Bay said it’s been a goal for the business since it was founded in 2019.

“Beer is a natural product, it’s fundamentally water, malted barley, hops and yeast - that’s it. It follows that the better the environment around you, the better the quality the output is going to be,” James Aris said.

Last financial year the business generated 622 tonnes of emissions, equivalent to 15,700 coffee cups or 2.8 million road miles and this year that has all been offset.

“All food and beverage production is energy intensive and a resource intensive process, so it is our responsibility to try and be as efficient and effective at getting the best product for the best amount of energy that goes in.”

Becoming carbon neutral means to calculate your carbon emissions and offset them by 100 per cent through sustainable measures.

Matilda Bay achieved the certification through a whole ecosystem of practices, first starting with running off renewable energy with 248 solar panels on the roof and using a sustainable energy provider.

The business also received a small grant from the State Government to conduct an energy audit on their processes to learn more about their carbon footprint.

“Essentially we pulled all that together for South Pole to analyze and calculate what our emissions were over the past financial year and that gave us the amount that we needed to offset and we did that by purchasing some carbon credits in certain projects that are environmentally positive,” Paul O’Brien from Matilda Bay said.

The carbon credits were purchased for two projects, one in Victoria with EcoAustralia restoring the Annya State Forest in south-western Victoria and the other went to a hydro energy project in Cambodia.

Sourcing locally to reduce food miles and diverting waste are also part of how the business achieved the certification.

James and Paul said they see carbon neutrality as a normal practice that all businesses should aspire to achieve.

“We don’t want to really pat ourselves too much on the back about this process, it’s business as usual and now we’re looking ahead to what else we need to do to either reduce our emissions or influence our suppliers to try and reduce their emissions as well,” James said.

They’ve noticed sustainable practices are becoming highly sought after by consumers and dedicated wholesalers looking to purchase stock from environmentally conscious businesses.

“Retailers and the pub groups that we work with they’re increasingly interested in working with sustainable businesses. So I think we’re starting to see consumers and trade interest increase in doing sustainable business.”

Now the brewery will be looking to work with its suppliers to encourage similar practices where possible.

“We want it to become the norm for most of these businesses to have this certification, and the more businesses that get that the more acceptable it will be,” Paul said. mailcommunity.com.au

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Blooming on TV screens

By Renee Wood The Big Bouquet gerbera and alpaca farm will soon be blooming on screens after filming with The Garden Gurus crew on Saturday 9 October.

Presenter and horticulturalist Bonnie-Marie Hibbs visited the farm to meet with owner Natalie Kerst to learn all about the cut flower farm and it’s operations.

Dana Stoddart from the Big Bouquet said it’s a great opportunity to promote Australian grown flowers.

“We really just want to show people what we do, we’re not only a tourist attraction - we sell wholesale gerberas around the country on a large scale,” Dana Stoddart said.

Presenter Bonnie-Marie Hibbs said the main feature will be on making a flower bouquet to inspire watchers during the lockdown.

“It’s about being creative when maybe it is hard to be creative at the moment, when you can’t go out and you can’t go express yourself as easily. So using flowers and playing with them that way you can really have a lot of fun with it,” Bonnie-Marie Hibbs said.

“It can do a lot of good for people as well from a mental place but also just from creativity, I think it’s so important to stay as creative as you can through the lockdown.”

The horticulturist said she was very impressed with the varieties on display, many that she didn’t know of.

“They grow over 62,000 gerberas on the site and they range in the most incredible colors, some that I actually didn’t know existed - and I have quite a long history in horticulture, so they’re doing some really amazing things in terms of breeding and what they’re bringing into Australia for the cut flower market.”

Another small piece of the upcoming show

Presenter Bonnie-Marie Hibbs (left) and Big Bouquet Owner Natalie Kerst (right) are being filmed during their interview inside the glasshouse. will be on using alpaca poo as fertiliser.

“The good thing is it doesn’t actually burn your plants. It is something that you don’t have to age down like other animal manures where you can use it right away, so it’s pretty handy,” Bonnie-Marie said.

It was a welcomed visit for the farm which is generally open to the public with visitors allowed to view the large glass house, meet the

alpacas and dine at the cafe.

“We’ve been working really hard and lockdown has been quite difficult on a lot of us. Our team has been here five days a week together through the whole thing, so we are really looking towards opening again - we’ve missed the public being here,” Dana said.

The Gardening Gurus airs on Channel Nine but also has a strong following on social me-

Bonnie and Natalie setting up to create a wonderful wedding style bouquet. dia, Dana said it’s great to be part of program that’s educational.

“They live stream on Facebook, and people can ask questions and they’ll answer, so it’s good people are really into gardening can see the way we do things to inspire them as well.

The episode is expected to air in the next couple of weeks.

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The water tank located at Spadonis Reserve, Yering has been chosen part of the art project.

Picture: YARRA RANGES COUNCIL sites would be best for the public art, looking into the proximity to local community, visitor accessibility, graffiti risks, safety for the artists and connection to Country.

“We had a look at all of the water tanks in the shire and then we started whittling them down, looking at all of the logistics of high traffic areas and things like that.”

The following sites have been chosen: Spadonis Reserve, Yering (Ryrie Ward) Kalorama Recreation Reserve, Kalorama x 2 tanks (Chandler Ward) Killara Rd, Gruyere x 2 tanks (Ryrie Ward) McMahons Creek Rd, Reefton (O’Shannassay Ward) Ernest Lloyd Reserve, Gladysdale (O’Shannassay Ward) The artist EOI closes on November 5 and the first round of artworks are expected to be completed by June 2022 and following rounds will continue into 2022 and 2023.

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Water tanks in the Yarra Ranges Shire will soon play a significant role in honouring local First Nations history and culture in the region.

The Yarra Ranges council has launched a public art project that will see seven tanks located on the Country of Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations decorated to build local indigenous pride and connect the community to Country.

Indigenous Advisory Committee Chair Lea Jones said the committee worked with council on the project to improve visibility of indigenous culture.

“We saw this as a great opportunity to showcase some of our talented artists out there and to also showcase our culture and our history,” Lea Jones said.

The idea stemmed from the regional silo art trail and hopes to inform visitors and local residents as conversation drivers.

“I think it will really elicit some conversations with people. Some of them can be viewed while going on walks, especially in the reserves, and hopefully it will strum up conversation between walkers and they’ll start becoming a little bit more aware of Australia’s history because it belongs to all of us.”

There’s currently an expressions of interest open for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists who’d like to submit a design to be part of creating the works.

“They can exercise their creative juices and come up with something that is really synonymous with the region. We want them to think about the region where it is, we want them to tell a story as well.”

Each tank has a budget of $15,000 to cover the cost of artist fees, site preparation, materials, supplies and heights equipment.

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How are our yearnings Having been locked down for a world record time, we have been seriously looking for relief, so my head has been buzzing with this title for a few weeks now: ‘YEARNINGS.’ Granted some of our yearnings have been met and we have a measure of relief, but the length of time that we have been locked down is far longer than most thought we could have survived, if we had been asked if we could do it ahead of time.

So, many of us have been rendered ‘Eleanor Rigbys’, living in a dream to come true that we yearn for, Sadly we can’t even ‘pick up rice where the wedding has been’ as we are even left to dream that we might see a wedding this year.

I think that the four Liverpudlians must have had a prophetic insight to ’20 & ’21.

Without yearning for o/seas flights, caravaning around Australia and for those who can afford them, cruises - most of us are simply left to yearn for family gatherings, real weddings, the ability to farewell our deceased loved ones properly, and see our kids back in school full time.

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And yes we can answer the question; ‘where ‘do’ all those lonely people come from ? - Victoria.

And poor old Father McKenzie is still writing sermons that no one will hear: in fact yours truly was supposed to deliver one on the 1st of August.

So, many of us feel, and it is most often true, that nobody visits therefore nobody cares.

Well, straight off the top I say “God cares” but most times He does His best work through a human door knock, with a ready meal or some flowers or whatever will lift spirits. And

Council values our history, past, future Yarra Ranges Council draft council plan for 2021-25 titled Safer, Stronger, Together should be adopted later this month.

From a heritage perspective, it is wonderful the draft plan now incorporates the Value of History Statement which has been endorsed by state and national heritage organisations, museums and many historical societies.

Yarra Ranges is arguably the first municipality to do so. What will it mean to our community?

The Statement is short: Value of History We acknowledge that history shapes our identities, engages us as citizens, creates inclusive communities, is part of our economic well-being, teaches us to think critically and creatively, inspires leaders and is the foundation of our future generations.

When the Statement was released it was an inspiration to me because it summed up the importance of our history - First People’s and European– past, present and future.

I approached the Yarra Ranges Heritage Network (YRHN) which represents all heritage groups in Yarra Ranges and the representatives unanimously agreed to endorse the Statement and allow me to make a presentation on their behalf to the council.

Below is part of what I said to the councillors on November 26, 2019.

Everyone is different and special. Our identities have been moulded by our parents, siblings, where we were born, where we lived, where we went to school, our jobs, our husbands, wives and children.

In turn, we draw on these life stories, our personal histories when we participate in activities in the communities we live in – be it sports, schools, social organisations etc.

We join them and become part of their story and in turn we help influence and shape these groups when we become involved in fund-raising, working bees, serving on the committees or simply selling hot dogs at the canteen on sports days.

This involvement adds to our knowledge and understanding of our community, what it is, and who we are.

We have become engaged citizens and in even just a small way, have helped shape and support our community to make it a better place for all of us. This is the value of history.

You may ask how does history foster economic growth?

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Often heritage groups are accused of trying to stop development and progress.

History is not about stopping development, it is about setting that project or development into its community context.

History tells us about the past. For example, why is Melba Park located where it is?

There are similar examples in every town in this municipality.

Answering these questions lets us see what happened in the past and then make the judgement: do we keep it; do we still need it or can we put a modern interpretation on to it.

We can put it into its context and through interpretation link the past, present and future together to provide a sense of identity in our community, a sense of place.

Through the council’s various projects you are not just building and planning for today, you are building for the future.

The decisions you take today will be your lasting legacy to our community and will become part of our community’s history.

although Peter, Paul and Mary said that the ‘Answer was blowing in the wind’, the real answer, as I said, needs to be in the form of tangible flesh and blood.

Humor aside, the depth of loneliness in our community is having devastating effects. Calls to Triple 0 recently went up from 2000 to 3000 per day.

Many of the calls were from lonely and fearful people who really did not need that level of service.

The 000 line has now got diversion lines for the cases that are not life threatening.

Other organizations can take them from there. I often write about our created human need for relationships with other humans – companionship is vital.

The great Apostle James, brother of Jesus, wrote a broad letter to the churches scattered around the then known world, and although brother to Jesus, was he was humble in claiming that he was but a servant of his brother.

Can ‘we’ consider being humble enough to

be a servant, so-to-speak, to some of the loneliest and shut in ones, and also as an antidote for dealing with our own trials?

Because it follows that testing produces perseverance and that in its self leads to endurance and maturity.

And remember ‘he/she ain’t heavy, they are my brother or sister’ (Excuse my pollution of the great line).

Pertaining to what we have just said about being there for others in the human form, James was also famous for saying that faith without works was dead.

We also quote him saying, “Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.”

Father McKenzie and I might have our mouths closed for now, but we won’t stop caring.

(Feedback and need for care can be fielded to my email - csrsmokey@gmail.com) Graeme Dawson, Chaplain to Community

Hard to swallow corruption

By Christine Yunn-Yu Sun Dead Letters, journalist Michael Brissenden’s second novel, is a hard-to-swallow thriller about politics, corruption and crime. It is one of the most difficult books this reviewer has ever read, perhaps because those who try so hard to suspend their disbelief often end up missing out on all the fun of reading a story.

There is no doubt that Dead Letters is a convincingly complex and captivating story, with the Chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security murdered in cold blood by Page 5. The police are under intense pressure to hunt down the killer(s), but everyone involved turns out to have a longconcealed dark side.

Worse, a federal election is coming up and the incumbent prime minister is desperate.

With unemployment rising and house prices plummeting, consumption growth is weaker than ever and all economic trends are rapidly slowing. Voters have simply stopped listening, and no amount of campaign on national security can help the government survive.

As the prime minister and his chief of staff conveniently blame the aforementioned murder on terrorism, Sidney Allen, a veteran of Afghanistan now working with Australian Federal Police, suspects something else. The details are intriguing, circling around Sydney’s underground gangs, right-wing “patriots”, brothels, police misconducts, and power struggles among local community leaders and politicians. Everybody wants a lion’s share. It is every man for himself.

Then arrives a seemingly irrelevant sideline, a journalist named Zephyr Wilde whose mother was murdered some 20 years ago. While a common technique to tackle crime writing is to delve into the love-hate relations between politicians, cops and reporters, this subplot in Dead Letters remains necessarily puzzling, with Zephyr’s mother sending her one letter each year from the grave. It is both frustrating and delightful that the puzzle is only solved at the very end of the book.

Brissenden’s background as a political reporter and foreign correspondent contributes a great deal to his capacity to create a compelling read. From the seedy streets of Sydney to the corridors of power in Canberra, the cynicism is obvious, that only money can buy status, influence and control.

Meanwhile, the story makes it clear that whether it is money laundering or collaborating with mobs, the rule is not to send everyone down. This “lesson” is well illustrated by a certain important character in the book: “You don’t f**k with the arrangement. You don’t threaten to throw everyone under a bus and not expect consequences. Politicians, lawyers, cops – it’s not f**king Sesame Street.”

This reviewer would recommend that readers enjoy the story without trying to explore how the author’s profession could have influenced his portrayal of politicians, the media and the police. The Australia described in Dead Letters is very similar to ours, but ultimately it is not.

Instead, why not enjoy this page-tuner and go down the rabbit hole of crime solving? The thrill is in the chase.and there are plenty of twists and turns ahead. Perhaps you, too, can guess the villain(s) and save the day.

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I concluded by making two requests: 1. The Value of History statement inserted in the council’s own Vision statement.

2. All council projects, big and small be referred to the local heritage group for its input so each project is put into its community context. Officers may reject the group’s suggestions but at least they can make informed decisions based on sound knowledge of place. This procedure at the planning stages may save hours of angst and controversy later.

It is pleasing to see both the above requests have been implemented by council and staff.

Download the complete Value of History Statement at https://lilydalehistorical.com. au/news-events-lilydale-district-historical-society-inc/ Contact Sue Thompson, Lilydale & District Historical Society. Phone: 0475 319 884, email: info@lilydalehistorical.com.au website: lilydalehistorical.com.au mailcommunity.com.au

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Building the foundation For members of a sports club, whether a new or a lifelong member, being recognised for your contribution is an honour.

That’s why the Mount Evelyn Sports and Community Hub (MESCH) committee is selling ‘foundation bricks’ for the building of the new pavilion at Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve.

MESCH vice president Mal Darke said the bricks are a great way of celebrating the various sports clubs and their members in Mount Evelyn but also a way of fundraising.

“The people and families that have had a contribution to the club over any period of time but also those people that have been part of the club for a long time, can have their name memorialised on the wall of the new club rooms as a founding member,” he said.

“So it gives that opportunity for people who, in the past, have contributed and also those people that are going to be part of the club moving forward for the next 10, 20 or 30 years, can have their name as a memorial on the wall in the club room for all their family and friends to see for years to come.”

Mr Darke said applications have also been received from the families of some club members who have died so they can be remembered for the next 50 or more years as the building stands in the reserve.

The bricks are $500 each but Mr Darke said he understands this may be too expensive for some people, so they have come up with ways to ensure everyone who wants a brick gets one.

“We also offer payment plans for people so they can pay them off over whatever period of time suits them because we don’t want anyone to miss out.

“And you can have up to two families on the brick, so you might want to go halves with someone.”

The bricks will be placed in prime position

for everyone to see - the foyer area outside the club rooms.

“So they’re going to be put on a wall or maybe two walls, depending on how many we sell, in that foyer area. They’ll be quite prominent and people will be able to see them as they walk in,” Mr Darke said.

So far around 60 bricks have been sold through the application process but Mr Darke said he hopes over 100 will sell in total. “[The delays have] really impacted our ability to sell these bricks because people are reluctant to commit financially, when they haven’t seen any progress.

“So the delays are really impacting sales, as have the Covid restrictions, not being able to sell them face to face and catch up with people down at the clubs at home games and stuff like that.”

Mr Darke said community organisations, charities and not-for-profits that have supported and been a part of the Mount Evelyn sports clubs are invited to make an application for a brick.

“Fundraising aside, it’s just a really nice way to acknowledge people that have been part of the club, who have contributed to that club and where it is now, to help put the club on the pathway to where it is.

“While we get going to have shiny new club rooms and great facilities for the community, we need to acknowledge the people that made the club what it is.”

On Friday 15 October, MESCH was advised Yarra Ranges Council had received the necessary planning approval and permit from the Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning to start demolition and construction of the Mount Evelyn Sports and Community Hub. To apply for a brick, go to https:// mesch3796.com.au/, click the tab ‘Buy a Brick’ and fill out the application form.

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Little Yarra has established reputation as one of the most successful Steiner Schools in Australia. 253410

Grow at Little Yarra Steiner will best serve this generation as they move forward into the world and how do we help them develop those qualities in themselves?

How do we work with what children inherently bring, rather than only pushing them into what we think they should become? This certainly doesn’t mean letting children do only what they want, but in fact working with them in a very structured way that helps to develop those qualities that will stand them in good stead - like resilience, persistence, creativity (in thought and action), empathy, a sense of social awareness and responsibility to name a few.

There are many differences that make Steiner education a leading educational system. One of those is how we prepare children for academic learning. There are a number of physiological, socio-emotional and other developmental factors that are taken into consideration in determining a child’s readiness to begin academic learning. In Steiner schools, children in the Prep year are still part of the Preschool, where they are engaged in a largely play based programme. Here children imitate what they see and experience in their surroundings, including how their teachers interact with them and each other.

Little Yarra Steiner School’s brand new purpose built preschool building accommodates playgroup, 3 year old kinder and 2 mixed age kinder and prep groups, fostering a home-like environment supporting children’s first steps from home to school.

Steiner schools have developed the view that education is indeed an art in and of itself.

Little Yarra has established reputation as one of the most successful Steiner Schools in Australia. The school is proud to deliver an education that is more relevant than ever for the challenges facing the world today.

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Located on 60 acres bordering the Little Yarra River, the school and kindergarten occupy 18 acres and the rest is used for organic/bio-dynamic farming, orchards and revegetated wetlands and habitat.

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COMMUNITY DIARY WHAT’S ON AROUND THE VALLEY

Colouring Competition The Healesville Bendigo Bank has held a colouring-in competition for primary students during the lockdown.

Badger Creek, Yarra Glen and Healesville primary schools all participated in the competition.

Cartoonist Danny Zemp created the artwork for the kids and said there was a beautiful amount of colour used in the drawings.

Danny and YAVA Gallery judged the artwork and decided the winners.

Winner years 1-2 - Evelle (6) Winner years 3-4 - Sanne (8) The winners will receive prizes donated by Verso Books and Healesville Candy Emporium.

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Forest Defenders online You are invited to watch the Forest Defenders documentary from the comfort of your own home, by receiving a private link with your free ticket purchase.

Once you’ve seen it, you are invited to attend an exclusive Q&A via Zoom facilitated by HEWI with a guest speaker from the Bob Brown Foundation (it is recommended you watch the film prior to the event) on Thu 28 Oct 7.30pm https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Experience/Events/Forest-Defenders click on link ; book your free ticket ; delivery method = email; receive confirmation email with “you tube” access to documentary.

ATO support webinar series The ATO has split the current free small busi-

ness webinar series into different session topics that cover both general and industry-specific areas of tax obligations.

Each session runs for approximately 45 to 60 minutes.

These sessions are of interest if you: are starting a new business or just thinking about starting one want to update your knowledge work in any of the industry-specific areas advertised closing your business.

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Wedding vow taken brutally literally Till Death Starring Megan Fox, Eoin Mackey and Callan Mulvey Rated MA15+ The directorial debut of S.K Dale, Till Death is a lean, enthralling and darkly funny thriller.

Emma Webster (Megan Fox) must survive a home invasion after waking up handcuffed to her dead husband Mark (Eoin Mackey).

Till Death is extremely well-paced: the first act steadily establishes Emma and Mark’s rocky relationship through subtle acts of secrecy, manipulation and boundary-pushing from Mark, and the second act keeps us on our toes as Mark’s abusive posthumous plan unfolds and the burglars

begin hunting Emma.

The film conveys a clear sense of geography, physical fatigue and important objects, making Emma’s struggle all the more im-

mersive. The friction between the burglar brothers – the fiercely-driven Bobby (Callan Mulvey) and the moral, more reserved Jimmy (Jack Roth) – provides another compelling layer of drama.

While Fox has some wooden moments, she has an engaging tenacious presence. The film derives some morbid amusement from Emma’s situation, as she drags her husband’s literal dead weight through the house, and has some clever symbolism of Emma taking what she needs from her past to survive and discarding the rest.

The only weak link in the film is Bobby.

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SHOP LOCAL - HEALESVILLE

Cooling, electrical, music Shorelec Electrical Wholesalers is your local supplier of Mitsubishi air conditioners. Supplying and installing air-conditioners while offering the best price on all Fujitsu and Mitsubishi units, Shorelec has a focus on quality products and exceptional customer service.

“We work closely with professional trades people to get your air-conditioner installed, as well as in-home electrical repairs and maintenance,“ said owner Glenn Shorter.

The independent store has 20 years of his tory serving Healesville and San Remo. Shorelec’s extensive range includes cables, phone accessories, connectors, measuring equipment, security systems, cameras, UHF transceivers (hand-held and auto), antennas (UHF and home), torches and floodlights. Shorlec offers competitives pricing on home lighting, both standard and hard to find globes. It also stocks globes for ovens and fridges.

“We provide electrical trade supplies including cable, conduit, tools, fittings, and Clipsal products,” said Glenn.

“We are also able to source and order odd electrical parts, fittings and elements for hot water systems and ovens.”

At Shorelec, customers can buy domestic or auto electrical cable by the metre or 100 metres rolls for trades. The store recently introduced a musical range and is one of the very few musical suppliers in the Yarra Valley.

“We try to source and stock great products for those starting out but have access to sourcing any of your musical needs from guitars, bass guitars, drums, harmonicas, violins, strings, and accessories,” said Glenn.

“We offer full instrument servicing and repair, please contact the store for more information.”

The stock forecast up until the new year is

Shorelec staff Jack, Rod and Scott. 239068 not looking good, as the industry experiences stock shortages from almost all suppliers, with prices increasing daily and wait times on some products exceeding three months.

If you’re in the market for a new heating or cooling split system, ducted or cassette unit or if you require a quote for all your heating and cooling needs, you should book now to lock in stock for your projects at home, office, or shop or you may be disappointed by December.

By replacing your old air conditioner unit, you will decrease running costs which will flow

onto a reduced power bill and will also assist in reducing your carbon footprint. Another thing to consider is to get your air conditioners serviced and the coils cleaned, which will improve the efficiency and the air quality of your unit.

Shorelec can also provide security camera systems for your home and property. From around $500 entry-level kits to install yourself at home to high-tech security systems and installation, Shorelec can quote and finish the job.

Glenn is joined by staff members Rod Barrett, who has 40 years’ experience in electrical stores, and Jack Brew, who has an extensive knowledge of musical instruments and equipment.

Shorelec Electrical Wholesalers is located at 10-12 Green Street, Healesville (the old tyre shop).

For more information, phone (03) 5962 6500 or email healesville@shorelec.com.au Shorelec is open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm.

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The ‘dead’ are rising at Mathers Avenue Launching Place. 253970

Angel used opshops and cheap props offline for her pumpkin display at Mathers Avenue Launching Place. 253970

Angel Egginton has gone all out with her decorations on Mathers Avenue in Launching Place. 253970 Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS

Halloween house hunters

By Renee Wood A spell of spookiness is spreading through the region ahead of Halloween with several houses decorated in fantastically frightening displays.

This will be the second year in a row Healesville resident Narelle Stillwell has decorated her home, something she wanted to do for the kids stuck in lockdown.

“I was trying to think of things that might bring a bit of joy into their lives and so I thought - oh, Halloween is coming up. It’s not something we traditionally celebrate in Australia very much but it was an opportunity to give them something to look forward to,” Narelle Stillwell said.

And after a successful year last year with other families getting on board, Narelle launched a Facebook page this year called ‘Yarra Valley Haunters’ to encourage others to get into the spooky spirit.

“I thought if I created a separate Facebook page just for those that were interested they could just become members of that and get all the information a little bit easier.”

Families are able to find houses to visit with a map to be released closer to the day, until then homes in Chirnside Park, Healesville and Launching Place have all been shared on the page.

Second time decorator Angel Egginton has listed her Launching Place property on the page for families to visit.

“We have people slow down out the front to have a look. The kids get so excited to come see the decorations and we always invite people to come walk around the yard for a bit more of an experience between the different spooky scenes,” Angel Egginton said.

Most of the displays have been made using recycled items and arts and crafts.

“We made our scarecrows, one of our grim reapers and also the blood splatter curtains.

Most things though we brought from Lombards and Kmart and of course the Facebook buy, swap and sell bargains that have helped create the spooky scenes,” Angel said.

Narelle has been sharing her decorating tips on the page to help families create cost effective displays.

“We don’t have a lot of options in Australia, in comparison to where it’s bigger overseas and what we can find is usually really expensive, so I put a bit of effort into finding how to make props,” Narelle said.

“On Haunters I tried to demonstrate to others how you could make your own things relatively cheaply.”

Narelle hopes the decorating tips could also be repurposed for other festive occasions.

“Maybe it’ll give them an idea on how to make some things for Christmas holidays if they don’t celebrate Halloween.”

For more information visit the Yarra Valley Haunters Facebook page.

Families can come see the displays at the spookiest times in the dark at Narelle’s Healesville home.

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AUSTRALIANA DREAMING NESTLED down a little country lane is this gorgeous Australiana style home with cottage gardens, valley views and loads of peace and privacy.

Wide shady verandahs which span 2 sides of the house, provide the perfect spots to sit with a cup of tea after pottering in the garden, and you can enjoy views to the distant hills and the surrounding rustic landscape.

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All 4 bedrooms are carpeted and have built-in robes, plus a walk-in robe and full ensuite to main bedroom. The formal lounge has a wood heater and ceiling fan, and the second spacious living area has reverse cycle heating/cooling, polished floorboards and french doors leading to the verandahs.

The kitchen is spacious and open and has a beautiful valley outlook from the window.

Set on a fully fenced almost one-third acre, you can enjoy the privacy of the property and the space to explore. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 32 Old Warburton Highway, SEVILLE EAST Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $740,000 - $795,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Samantha Price, 0438 795 190, BELL REAL ESTATE, YARRA JUNCTION, 5967 1277

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UNBEATABLE VALUE, UNBEATABLE LOCATION POSITIONED to please and great value in an ever popular Healesville location this neat home offers the perfect country town lifestyle, with all the amenities close by it’s the perfect place to call home.

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Outside offers easy care low maintenance established gardens, a lock-up garage and securely fenced front and rear yards.

Perfectly located just a short stroll to Healesville’s bustling main street, offering a variety of cafe’s, eateries and specialty shops, the perfect home in the perfect location. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 33 Smith Street, HEALESVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: $630,000 - $680,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: David Carroll, 0419 539 320, BELL REAL ESTATE, YARRA JUNCTION, 5967 1277

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Contact: Samantha Price 0438 795 190, please contact Agent to arrange time Inspection: By Appointment only, see www.bellrealestate.com.au for more details

In a super location this neat home offers 3 bedrooms,lounge/living room with loads of space plus a separate meals and living/family room. Low maintenance gardens, garage and fenced front and rear yards. Just a short stroll to Healesville’s bustling main street in the perfect location.

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Sensational views and backing onto the Warburton trail, 2 bedrooms with an open plan kitchen area and a spacious lounge/living area. Approx. 1/3 acre established gardens, a carport and plenty of space, situated just a short stroll to shops and transport and overlooking acres and acres of farmland.

Contact: David Carroll 0419 539 320, please contact Agent to arrange time Inspection: By Appointment only, see www.bellrealestate.com.au for more details

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with Wandin Cricket Club President Bryce Edwards

What is something people don’t know about you?

I am a Hairdresser by trade.

Tell us about your role Wandin Cricket Club President?

My role is a bit of everything for seniors and junior club but we have a great committee to help with specific roles.

What has been your most memorable moment with the club?

Playing in front a massive crowd in the 2019 prelim final defeating Healesville to get into grand final, only to be cut short by Covid and not play in a grand final.

What do you love most about living in the region?

I love the country feel of Wandin and its community.

How are you keeping sane during lockdowns?

My wife and three kids and cooking my spit regularly.

What are some of your hobbies?

Cricket and sports tragic.

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

Queen’s Live Aid performance at Wembley 1984.

Who do you admire the most?

My wife.

Favourite book or movie you recommend?

Shawshank Redemption.

What is an important issue in the region you think needs exposure?

Our region being classed as metro through this pandemic has tested mental health massively.

THREE … about the Australian national cricket team

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Oldest team The Australian cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket.

They were in the first Test match in 1877. They were in the first ODI, against England in the 1970– 71 season. They were in the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season. They won both games.

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The Australian team ranking The Australian team has played 744 Test matches, winning 350, losing 194, drawing 198 and tying two. Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage.

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World Cup winners Australia made a record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007).

They have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Bryce Edwards Wandin Cricket Club president.

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New east umpire

By Nick Creely The Outer East Football Netball League has announced the appointment of AFL umpire, John Howorth, to the role of Head of Umpiring for 2022.

Howorth, who has umpired 42 AFL games, will be employed in a part-time capacity alongside operations coordinator Sebastian Mueller-Schmuki to help develop and grow umpiring within the region, focusing specifically on coaching and fast tracking the development of all umpires, including fitness and match day techniques.

Howorth said the opportunity to work with the Outer East was exciting.

“I see this as a great opportunity to work with a highly motivated and dedicated group with outstanding group culture and aspire towards having a positive impact on the Yarra Ranges Umpires Association and the Outer East competitions over a number of years,” he said.

“My passion for umpiring the game also extends to the coaching side of things, with a specific focus towards motivating, mentoring and developing young umpires, and I cannot wait to get started.”

Howorth has extensive experience umpiring at a community sport level, with previous experience with the Bendigo Umpires Association and Northern Territory Football League holding him in good stead. He is also one of eight people in the world currently undertaking a degree in Masters in Sports Officiating.

After beginning his umpiring career in Bendigo in 2006, where he remained until 2013, Howorth moved to the VFL and umpired the TAC Cup (now NAB League) grand final in 2016, as well as both the VFL and AFLW grand finals in 2018. He then made his AFL debut in a game between St Kilda and Adelaide in round 6 of the 2019 season.

Outer East region general manager Aaron Bailey said the league was thrilled to welcome Howorth, and believes with his extensive experience he will provide a great benefit for football in the region.

“A key focus for us coming out of Covid has been to invest and focus on umpiring, to both grow the number of participants who see umpiring as a pathway in our game, but to continue to improve and develop the match day

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The Outer East has made a key appointment in its umpiring department. 238292 Picture: ROB CAREW standards and performance of our group,” he said.

“This is a significant appointment for our league, that will benefit all competitions.”

Peter Dixon, president of the Yarra Ranges Umpires Association, believes this is the most significant appointment for umpires in the region for many years.

“John is an exceptional individual with great passion and experience, and I am personally looking forward to working with him and his coaching panel to help them deliver positive outcomes to umpiring in our region,” Dixon said.

“Our team across all age groups and all disciplines will benefit greatly with John at the helm.”

Rebuilding Wandin Cricket’s rich history

By Renee Wood When a sporting club is almost 150 years old, it’s bound to go through ups and downs and that is the case for Wandin Cricket Club.

The club has faced highs and lows over the past century but president Bryce Edwards said after a couple of tough years recently its back on track building on its rich history.

“We had a bit of an exodus of players quite a few years ago, they just went elsewhere and one guy Rick Payner kept the club going and kept the club afloat,” Bryce Edwards said.

“We are rebuilding, getting it back to where I used to be. We have the three junior teams, we’re going to have three senior teams this year and then the over 60s.”

And this season will be a fresh start as the club marks another milestone - the first season playing out of the new Wandin Hub.

This will be the first Wandin Cricket Club will operate out of the Wandin Hub. Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS “We’ve just had a brand new room put up there at the oval, it used to have really old, very dated rooms, but now it’s a brand new facility, which is attracting kids and players.”

The club is looking forward to a solid year

ahead with recruitment and more locals signing up.

“We have recruited a couple of players this year and some younger players as well.

17 to 18 year old kids who are locals so we’re getting the locals back which is good.”

Mr Edwards said growth in the younger players will help to lead a strong future for the club.

“Because those are the kids that are your long term future, they’re the locals that become your heart and soul of the club.”

“We haven’t had that up until probably three years ago we were battling for any juniors at all because of where the club was at but a lot of hard work went into the master blasters.”

Pre-season is expected to start with two weeks of training before the season begins and new players are encouraged to get in touch if they’d like to join.

Interesting results in partners game

By Karl Hradsky South African Stableford is a partners game where the individual Stableford score of each player is multiplied together after each hole to give a team score and can lead to some interesting results.

This Sunday the Handasydes dominated the proceedings. Chris Handasyde (5) partnered with his son Tom (18) to win the event mailcommunity.com.au

Playing the 14th turtle

with a combined score of 88.

Congratulations to 13 year old Tom for getting an individual score of 43 (hitting 79 of the stick), a personal best.

Josh Handasyde (34) partnered with his grandfather Grant (6) to come in second, scoring 78. Peter Mathieson (11) and Karl Hradsky (11) managed third place with a score of 68.

Nearest to Pins were hit by Peter Mathie-

son, Ken Arnott, Grant Handasyde and Josh Handasyde. Chris Handasyde was the only one to hit par on the first hole to take the Skins prize.

Tom Handasyde won the Secret Holes contest (4,8,11 and 16) with a score of 12 over the four holes.

Next week is our monthly Trophy Day where we will be playing Stroke.

The par 4, 14th in the opinion of the writer is the hardest hole on the RACV’s course, particularly if you struggle around the greens.

Last Thursday I found Stephen Oates and Rob Reed walking from the “key hole” onto the 14th tee block. Once upon a time, this was a place of golfing action as the tee makes up the “junction” intersection. This is where you find the par 4, 6th fairway running along side the 14th, the par 3, 4th in the gully behind and the tee blocks of the 5th and 7th further to the right.

On this occasion however, there was only one pair of golfers and a spectator; watching on as the duo turned to face their next challenge. Which, on this day to be honest, wasn’t looking too intimidating at all.

Perhaps, it was because it was such a beautiful sunny morning without a breath of wind. It had certainly covered up the torrential downpour the course received the night before.

And if you hadn’t walked it… you’d never have known that it was absolutely saturated and all tributaries to the burns were in rapid flow.

Addressing his ball first was Stephen, a righthander who plays off a 16 handicap which means he gets a shot under the stableford system; so a five would be a good result today.

Rob on the other hand, is a lefty off 21, so he gets an extra shot; a six would also be a good result and to start both execute quality drives leaving them within metres of each other. This placed them close enough to the 150 post to think about taking up the invitation to the green as it beckons.

Most golfers would say a good drive and an iron, should set up a birdie putt… at worst, two putts for par, so Steve and Rob had at least set themselves up. It all sounds easy doesn’t it, but then there are days when you face head on into a Mt. St. Leonard northerly… the trip up this fairway lined either side with trees can be an ever so challenging one.

On this day, as our two golfers walk the fairway deciding on their next shot; they would have to be considering every aspect of what the green they are approaching, known as the “turtle” will have in store for them.

This is a green comprised four flipper like bunkers, two to either side of a raised green creating a “turtle” like appearance with an narrow opening at the front.

Golfers have been known to go from one sand trap to another ruining many a round and the humiliation of it all.

Why? Behind the green, is a house on Ryans Road and golfers addressing their ball on approach tell tales of subconsciously being aware that eyes are upon them. The story is told of those behind the kitchen window rolling about the kitchen floor in laughter having witnessed the reaction of those who’ve wiped out here.

I’ll never know if Rob or Steve felt the eyes that day, but they declined the turtles open invitation. Instead Rob squirted his second out low and flat so that it skidded to a stop some 30 metre from the green. Stephen’s shot hit water and stopped dead 50 metre short. The plan was now clear enough… run their third up onto the putting surface to roll it as close as possible to the pin. The pair were now very much closer and at the mercy of their audience. Were “the eyes” on them… Stephen duffed his chip dribbling it only 20 metres on whilst Rob over hit his and was very lucky not to run it over the back end of the green. Reed now had a 35 metre putt to save his authentic par and Oates… well he had to hole his fourth; which he very nearly did leaving a simple tap in… a great recovery under extraordinary pressure, I thought!

In the end both Rob and Steve walked away from the turtle, happy enough, but not before directing a salute towards the kitchen window each having taken two points from the turtle.

Next week the Par 5, 15th “Turning for Home”.

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