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Ocean Grove’s Mark Kuch and friend Reyan Fernando found a online community of people who shared their love for barbecue during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The pair ran the Rib Appreciation Society with some friends, where they reviewed barbecue ribs at restaurants around the region. But when lockdown closed restaurants, Reyan and Mark took up cooking their own barbecue and found an online community. Soon after they launched an online show on Instagram, the BBQ and Brews Show, to share their passion for low ‘n’ slow barbecue. ■ Story: Page 12
Budget wins for Bellarine By Matthew Sims Further funding allocations towards upgrades to Barwon Heads Road and an extra $500 to $525 million towards the Barwon Women’s and Children’s Hospital have joined an extensive list of budget investments in the 2022-23 state budget. The government has allocated a further $111,967,000 towards existing upgrades to Barwon Heads Road as part of its budget, which was handed down on Tuesday. The project has an estimated completion date during the second quarter of the 2023-24 financial year. The government has also allocated an
additional $226.7 million will go towards high-priority road and intersection upgrade projects, including $3.3 million towards upgrades to the Bellarine Highway intersection with Moolap Station Road in Moolap and $5.29 million for a new roundabout at the intersection of Blackrock Road and Staceys Road in Barwon Heads. The government has also invested a further $1 million of funding towards the ongoing restoration works of the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Reserve and $1 million towards upgrades to the Leopold Tennis Club, which will include redeveloped clubrooms, new toilets, new kitchens and new change rooms.
Continued funding for the Westgate Punt and Portarlington to Docklands Ferry would provide another alternative to travelling by car. Bellarine MP Lisa Neville said the funding for the Bellarine Peninsula was welcome news. “This is another great budget for the Bellarine and continues on with the state government’s work in providing the first class facilities and services that families across the peninsula deserve,” she said. The Barwon Women’s and Children Hospital would feature new paediatric and maternity capacity, operating theatres, special care and women’s outpatient services. The state government had previously
committed $100 million to building the women’s and children’s hospital prior to the 2018 election, while the federal government committed $50 million in 2019. Of that, $3.6 million had already been allocated to planning and design. The two-stage project would see upgrades to existing facilities at Barwon Health to provide short-term services and co-locate a number of ambulatory women’s and children’s services. Under the second stage, the project would involve the building and integration of a new purpose-built comprehensive women’s and children’s facility into the existing Geelong University Hospital.
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