“The the main act we are doing is just getting the locals all together and trying to do real action, especially by VicRoads.
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“They said, ‘okay, well, do you want to put in a complaint about that issue? and I said, yes, let’s do that,’ so I formally put in a complaint about the floods at that time.”
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“Just recently... ponds were forming on the corner of Gleghorn Road and Monbulk Road, when [water] is in full blast, it’s [blasting] across the road like a cannon… “I went to VicRoads, I went to [Yarra Ranges Council] and pleaded with them to please clean out the pipes. Nothing happened. They only put up two signs; ‘water across the road,’ and that was it.”
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“I just renovated downstairs under the house and that was full of mud and water, [and] new floors only about [a] week before. So fortunately, all my neighbors rallied and they brought hay bales to stop the water coming in more,” Denise said. Flooding wasn’t something Denise knew about when she purchased her home four years ago; but it’s an issue that has plagued the area for more than four decades, according to neighbour Karen Kestigian. “Over the last 40 years we’ve been flooded every two to three years, and the rainfall over the last five [to] six years has gotten much, much worse than what it was before,” Karen said.“This year - in January, and in March - we were flooded twice. That also happened when we had the big storms [in 2021]. When I say flooding, it’ll come up to your knee.”Karen has lived on Monbulk road since 1989 and said with one drain along the roughly 700 metre long road between the Kallista Team Rooms and the entrance to Perrins Creek Road, debris clogs up the culverts and pipes that run along the main strip.
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“Up on the escarpment, and on [the] corner (of Gleghorn road and Monbulk Road) there are two big pipes, apart from the water containment box.
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Sam“Firstsaid.I was just putting [them] in front of the doorway [at] about 10 centimetres high; water got pretty much to that level a couple of times, but then what I realized is getting water in front of the tearooms is also making a big mess; bringing all the the mud, dirt [and] pebbles.Istarted cleaning for hours, days after that.”
Sam Boratav, owner of the Kallista Tea Rooms, and Karen Kestigian, Kallista resident, are both calling on government bodies to install an integrated water management system on Monbulk Road. STEWART CHAMBERS
“After my first or second [flooding] experience, I realised this is a big risk and it’s not getting any better, so I started to think ‘what can I do?, so I spent a few dollars and got sandbags’
By Tyler Wright Kallista residents and businesses are calling for action after flooding continues to leave houses and properties vulnerable to damage. Denise Young’s garage was flooded in January this year, alongside her next door neigh bour’sDebrisbungalow.fromthe unsealed Gleghorn Road, off Monbulk Road and adjacent to Denise’s property, blocked the culvert which would normally see the water flow through her land and into the neighbouring creek.
Karen is also worried the erosion along Mon bulk Road, caused by regular floods, will also lead to safety issues for visitors and locals alike. on 2
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“I told them why the sandbags [were] there, and it’s not my interest to put the sand bags [there], but I’m trying to do their job to basically stop the water coming in; protecting the area as well as the building,” Sam said.
Over a year later, Sam followed up with the case number of this complaint and was told since the sandbags were removed, the case wasTheclosed.”entrance to the Kallista Team Rooms’ gravel carpark has also eroded due to the impact of crushed rock, causing a gap at the entrance.“The result of that was all the customer cars entering the car park started hitting the bottom of their cars and we started having some negative feedback about that on Facebook, Google and so on,” Sam said. Sam forked out $3,000 to repair the carpark as a temporary solution.
The lack of action by government bodiesVicRoads andYarra Ranges Council is something Sam Boratav, owner of Kallista Tea Rooms, finds frustrating as he tries to protect his business from water damage.
Sam then made the decision to place the sandbags on the pathway, to divert the water through the steps and to the back of the tearooms.Butafter leaving sandbags on the footpath overnight the Sunday after the June 2021 storm event, Sam received a call from Yarra Ranges Council requesting he remove the sandbags for the safety of pedestrians.
“When Gleghorn Road is sealed by the Shire, a more permanent drainage solution can be identified and delivered,” the spokespersonDoTsaid.said drain lining work was completed in early 2021 by DoT to help with the situation, and another round of drain cleaning works on Monbulk Road was completed in March 2022.
Gleghorn Road remains unsealed, with debris and rocks pushed onto residential properties during heavy rainfall.
Erosion has left a water containment box visible from Monbulk Road.
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DoT said it carries out regular inspections of Monbulk Road and undertakes drain cleaning works as part of its maintenance program and will continue to inspect and clean the drainage system around Kallista to ensure the drainage system remains functional.
One drain currently sits on Monbulk Road, between the Kallista Team Rooms and Perrins Creek Road.
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Mark said the council is working with “agency and state government counterparts” to help with Monbulk Road’s drainage issues, which is a “state-managed arterial road by the Department of Transport”.
Ranges Council said community members can find out more about Gleghorn Road works at shaping.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/ gleghornroad
In the meantime, DoT said it will continue to maintain Monbulk Road and will work with theYarra Ranges Shire to reassess the situation once Gleghorn Road has been sealed. In the meantime, residents will remain unsure of when their property will next be damaged from a flooding event. “You get scared, because when it starts to rain, you think you’re going to come home to disaster...this isn’t supposed to happen,” DeniseYarrasaid.
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A spokesperson from the Department of Transport (DoT) said it will continue to work with the Shire of Yarra Ranges to manage the road drainage around roads in Kallista.
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From page 1 “There’s erosion happening all around, the culverts are being eroded; we should not live like this, not when you consider we’re now part of Melbourne, we’re 45 minutes from Melbourne. This is a tourist destination,” she said. Karen, Sam and Denise are pushing for an integrated overall water management and infrastructure installation along Monbulk Road, and regular maintenance of the busy arterial. Yarra Ranges Council’s Director of Environ ment and Infrastructure, Mark Varmalis, said the council is“very aware” of drainage issues for community members in Kallista, particularly around Gelghorn Road and Monbulk Road. “We’ve met with impacted community members in late June and have been working to find solutions to improve drainage management and maintenance for the land we manage,” Mark said.
Kallista residents are frustrated at the absence of a drainage system to prevent their properties from flooding.
The Liberal Party committed to scrapping the Suburban Rail Loop East construction if elected in November.
Police operation Victoria Police said officers detected numerous offending drivers during an operation in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges over the previous weeks.
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in Clayton and Deakin University in Burwood.Construction on the SRL East began in June 2022, with announced funding for the SRL East totalling $11.8 billion. According to the 2022/23 state budget, additional funding will be “achieved through a range of private sector investment and value capture sources,” with the state government seeking a matching contribution from the Commonwealth Government. Construction Minister for Suburban Rail Loop and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan said the project would create thousands of jobs and Victorians voted for it at the last “Todayelection.Matthew Guy has finally come clean: the Liberals will cut the Suburban Rail Loop,” she “Whethersaid.it’s building the Suburban Rail Loop, the Metro Tunnel, the North East Link, upgrading suburban roads or removing level crossings only Labor will deliver the projects Victorians need.”
The SRL North, set to begin after the eastern portion of the rail loop, would subsequently connect Box Hill station and Melbourne Airport.
In Boronia, there are 0.356 places per a child, with 38.5 per cent of the suburb being a childcare desert according to the same research.
Proposed centres
The proposed centre in The Basin will cater for a total of 18 staff and care for up to 108 chil dren aged from six weeks to three years old. If approved, it will include four sleeping rooms, six activity rooms, two prep rooms, a recreation room, laundry, kitchen, staff room and a store for a total of 760 square metres of outdoor play area and 356 square metres of “internal activity area.”
IN BRIEF Swap weeds for trees Friends of Emerald Lake Park and Cardinia Shire Council are hosting a ‘Trees for Weeds’ swap day at Emerald Library on Saturday 3 September.Residents are invited to come along with a sample of weeds to swap for a free native plant from 10am to 2pm on the day. Emerald Library is located at 400B Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald. For more information aboutTrees forWeeds Day, visit Cardinia Shire Council’s website 787mentwww.cardinia.vic.gov.au/parks_and_environatorcalltheEnvironmentteamon1300624.
Liberals to scrap rail loop if elected
Liberals leader Matthew Guy announced the commitment on Wednesday 17 August and said Victorians face a clear choice “between immediately rebuildingVictoria’s broken health system or a train line in 13 years time.”“As Premier, my first priority will be to fix the health crisis,” he said. “Our plan is about returning confidence for Victorians. Confidence that an ambulance will arrive, an emergency call will be answered and critical healthcare will be available when needed.”
Climate strategy adopted Cardinia Shire’s new Climate Change Adaptation Strategy was adopted at the Cardinia Shire Council meeting on Monday 15 August. The Climate Change Adaptation Strategy will provide the guiding pathways to reduce the community’s vulnerability to adverse climate events and promote the resilience of social, ecological and economic systems. Adaptation planning will embed adaptive measures into council operations and processes, as well as recommend actions for the community to reduce their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.
By Parker McKenzie The Victorian Liberal Party will scrap the 90-kilometre Suburban Rail Loop project if elected to government in November, a move which would scuttle connecting the Belgrave and Lilydale lines to Cheltenham, Clayton, Monash, Glen Waverley and Burwood by 2035, and eventually Melbourne Airport.
“A number of offences were detected during theTheoperation.”haulincluded 24 unregistered vehicles, five unlicensed drivers, six suspended drivers, three vehicles impounded, four alcohol interlock checks, 600 breath tests, one driving on the wrong side of the road, one arrested in a stolen car and one person was detained to have an intervention order served throughout the“Policeoperation.arereminding people to keep track of their licence and registration renewals,” Police“Asaid.number of people were also warned about their registration being expired by a few days and had to pay it on the spot.”
The current site is two residential sites which will be consolidated and replaced by an Eden Academy childcare centre if the permit is suc cessfully granted. Eden Academy runs multiple centres around Australia, including Newport and Oak park, Melbourne. All in all, there are 9 Eden Academy centres currently operating with an other 10 set to open by the end of 2022.
The proposed site of the childcare centre in Boronia currently.
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In The Basin, there are currently 0.194 childcare places per child, with the entire suburb being a “childcare desert” according to research from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University published in March 2022. A childcare desert is a “populated area where there are more than three children per childcare place, or less than 0.333 places per child aged four or under.”
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By Parker McKenzie The Knox area will potentially see two new childcare centres open in the near future, with planning permits being advertised for devel opment in Boronia and The Basin. According to the planning permit application, the Boronia centre — located at 65 Boro nia Road — will cost an estimated $3.9 million to develop and will operate from Monday to Friday once constructed, accommodating and caring for a maximum of 131 at any time. It will potentially support and employ 24 carers, a centre director and one chef. The proposed build features eight “childminding rooms”, a kitchen, laundry, office, re ception and staff facilities. It will also have 930 square meters of outdoor play space. The permit was submitted on behalf of Hume Childcare Property Ltd. The second proposed childcare centre being currently advertised is located at 12061208 Mountain Highway, The Basin — across the road from The Basin Primary School — and is estimated to cost $2 million to develop.
Mr Guy said an elected Liberal government will direct the funding set aside for the project into the hospital and healthcare system, but would honour the contracts already signed for the first stage of the SRL which aims to link every major rail line from the Frankston Line to the Werribee Line via Melbourne Airport. The first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop, which the Victorian Government estimates will cost $34.5 billion to build, will connect Box Hill station with Cheltenham, Melbourne Airport and Werribee, giving Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges the ability to also travel from Box Hill to the Southland Station on the Frankston Line and connect with university hubs like Monash University
To view the policy, visit www.cardinia.vic. gov.au/sustainabilityThenewClimateChange Adaptation Strategy covers the period 2022 to 2033. Emerald collision A teen-aged male was taken to Dandenong Hospital in a stable condition after a two-vehicle collision on Emerald-Gembrook Road in Emerald on Monday 15 August. Another woman, believed to be in her 40s, suffered neck pain and was also taken to Dandenong Hospital in a stable condition. Paramedics were called to a report of a collision just after 6:30pm along with CFA crews who were required for a wash-away. Three CFA vehicles from Emerald and Cockatoo brigades attended. Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria were also on the scene. The scene was declared under control at 6:54pm.
“Three number plate recognition sites were set up in Narre Warren East, Belgrave and Mount Evelyn,” Police said in an online post.
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“Now that we’ve had a bit of continuity after lockdowns, we’ve been able to have some con sistency and we had a learner get their P’s last week which was exciting,” he said.
Yarra Ranges Council’s L2P project officer Steve D’Abico said it’s a massive opportunity for young drivers. “It goes beyond just getting them on the road. It’s access to services, it’s access to em ployment, it’s an opportunity to get their li cence for some young people quicker than what they would have, because of the financial barrier at the end, especially for some of our L2P drivers,” he said. “It definitely means that they have the funds available to put elsewhere in their learn ing to drive. If they put that towards some extra time with a professional instructor, it’s a great way to ensure success in their test.”
“This new change for learners like the ones we have in L2P is for learners that maybe are already facing financial barriers, barriers around access to a car or to a person that can take them driving, the financial barrier has now been removed. That reason why some of our learners perhaps couldn’t take their test is no longer Driversthere.”who have not incurred demerit points or committed road safety offences in the previous three years will also benefit from the recommenced Safe Driver Discount. These safe road users will receive a 25 per cent discount on their next licence renewal, meaning a saving of up to $73 on a new ten-year driver licence for driver licence renewals generated after 1 October 2022. Mr D’Abico said he thinks it is a fantastic in centive to keep people driving in a safe manner.
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Mr D’Abico said there has been an increase in the number of L2P drivers in recent times.
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By Callum Ludwig The hip pockets of young Yarra Ranges road users are receiving a welcomed boost through the cutting of learner and probationary licence fees, as well as online testing fees.
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The Victorian Government announced that from Monday 15 August, aspiring L-platers will save up to $51.40 in licence and online testing fees, while learner drivers going for their Pplates will save up to $133.30 in licence and online hazard perception testing fees.
“At this point in time, we’re all facing an increase in bills and the cost of living has gone up so every little bit helps, and I think a Safe Driver Discount does two things. It helps everyone’s hit pocket but at the same time it also helps us all recognise an additional benefit to driving safely, beyond it being a benefit in itself,” he “There’ssaid.alot of people that will be looking forward to when, when it comes in play and they realise that they’ve actually not had any traffic offences in the last few years and are eligible for it. For our new learners and new probationary licence drivers, it’s an extra incentive to keep them driving safely right from theOverget-go.”138,000 Victorians who get their L’s each year and 121,000 who get their P’s are expected to have more money in their pockets thanks to these changes.Victoria’s new online learner permit and hazard perception tests will also be free from Monday, now used by 90 per cent of customers.
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The Acorn Bar & Restaurant is no stranger to helping its community grieve after significant events in Victoria’s history, paying tribute to the four police officers killed in the 2020 Eastern Freeway Crash. “It brings people together and it brings about a conversation that we’re all there; once they come inside the door, they talk about whatever their situation might be, [and] that’s what it does.
A new gathering place for mums in the Dan denong Ranges has proved popular, with free program ‘Rewilding for Mums in the Hills’ al ready booked out. Six sessions, held between Monday 22 August and Monday 14 November at the Ferny Creek Scout Hall, will see mothers connect post storm events and after the brunt of the pandemic’sActivitieslockdowns.willinclude basket weaving and string making, carving and whittling, working with clay and developing ecological literacy. Participants will also be able to engage in sharing circles and nature-based art such as mandelaYonkemaking.vanGeloven faciliates community gatherings on her permaculture, honybee sanctuary in Central Victoria and will travel to the hills to lead the sessions. “I’m a mum myself of three kids and we often put everything else first; we are just busy and it’s very hard to find a quiet mind,” Ms van Geloven“Especiallysaid. for women, this is the work that we need to come back to; this commu nal finding our creativity again, finding our stillness in a busy day, and also relearning the tools that we can come back to when life gets too hectic, [or] when our stress levels are re allyIt’shigh.generally taught as women, and especially as mums, we hold so much we hold so much of what’s happening in the community [and] what’s happening in our families.” Ms van Geloven said there is also a bigger global grief occurring due to the effects of global warming, and after the 2021 storm events in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges.
The Insurance Council of Australia held in-person meetings for Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges residents following the 2021 storm events on Wednesday 17 August. STEWART
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“By learning to connect back into nature through these tools, we learn to allow to love it again and to really trust that it is an innate part of us, and that it’s not something to shun away or to fear and that we are part of this whole ecology, and this whole ecology can support us,” she Yarrasaid.Ranges Council organised the ‘Rewilding for Mums in the Hills’ sessions.
In later October 2021, Matt Gardner, along with his wife and three children, were moved out of their newly-renovated Avonsleigh home after a tree fell through their roof; leaving the residence uninhabitable.Almost10months later, the Gardner family are still living in nearby temporary accommodation, waiting for their house to be repaired.
Mr Turner said RACV and IAG are working closely with the ICA to “high light areas of opportunity” and seek their support in working with govern ment to expedite claims outcomes.
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“We know that after extreme weather events, the mental health and wellbeing of the whole community, including young people, children, and even infants, can be affected, and it’s crucial that we continue to take the time to connect our affected residents with important opportunities and programs that will support their wellbeing,” Yarra Ranges Council mayor Jim Child said. “Over the past year, I’ve continually emphasized the importance of helping families recover from the stress of the June 2021 storm event and at the heart of this recovery are programs like these which give residents skills and connections to help them on their recovery journey,” mayor Child said. Ms van Geloven said ‘Rewilding for Mums in the Hills’ is a pilot six-week program, and with interest from the communityYarra Ranges Council may be able to continue similar ses sions.For more information on programs organised byYarra Ranges Council, visit; wellbeing/Upcoming-Storm-Recovery-eventsranges.vic.gov.au/recovery/Community-and-www.yarra-
“Claims are prioritised for displaced customers but have been slowed by interruptions including Covid restrictions, material shortages and weather activity subsequent to the June and October 2021 Yarra Ranges storms,” Darren Turner, RACV’s Home Portfolio General Manager Darren Turner said.
“RACV claims from the June and October 2021 Yarra Ranges storms have been managed by a dedicated team to ensure a focus on supporting our members as well as managing supply chain requirements... there have been unusual circumstances throughout this event such as Covid restrictions and impacts to trades and materials that have regrettably resulted in some delays.
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A building permit has since been issued for the repairs, and a meeting was recently held between the Gardner’s insurance company and builders on the project to discuss the timeline and mould issues.
Tributes for beloved Australian icon Olivia Newton-John, whose death was announced on Monday 8 August, have been flowing in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges thanks to one particular venue. A mural at the front ofThe Basin’s Acorn Bar & Restaurant reads ‘you’re the one that we love - Olivia Newton John - in our hearts forever;’ a symbol of appreciation for the actress, singer and activist who held a special place in the hearts of fans worldwide; but especially in her home city of Melbourne.
Mr Turner also said RACV is working with the Gardner family to resolve their claim following the October storm as quickly as possible.
On Sunday 14 August, the Duncan and Austin, Wizards of Oz band performed song of Ol ivia’s greatest hits including ‘Summer Nights’ from the hit 1978 film Grease, alongside guest artists.Tony Eastwood, owner of the Acorn Bar & Restaurant, said families and community members of all ages came together to cele brate Olivia’s life “At the end of the day, the Acorn Bar & Restaurant is very committed to the local com munity, so I base the business around know ing that a lot of people [would look] to Olivia Newton-John as an absolute idol,” Acorn Res taurant & Bar owner Tony Eastwood said. “I knew it was very appropriate to put that up so then everyone knows we’re all feeling for Olivia and her family of course, but [also] to give back to the local community.” “Just prior to that I’d done Dry July and made over $13,500 for cancer research, and that all ties up with Olivia Newton-John; and that all ties up with Olivia Newton John, there was so many people that actually supported the the drive that I was doing,” Tony said, referring to the artist’s work building the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg and her three decade long battle with breast cancer. “What she has given people in general; everyone would of course know the Grease movie, but just her music in general; It’s touched everyone. Absolutely everyone.
Olivia Newton-John had over 25 ‘Top 40’ singles, more than half of which went to the ‘Top Ten’ on the US Billboard charts, including number one hits; “I Honestly LoveYou” (1974), “Have You Never Been Mellow” (1975), “You’re the One That I Want” (1978), “Magic” (1980) and “Physical” (1981). The latter was a resounding success, remaining at number one of the charts for 10 weeks.Olivia Newton-John’s husband John Easterling released a statement on Thursday 11 August, three days after her death, stating she was the“most courageous” woman he has ever known.“[Olivia’s] bandwidth for genuinely caring for people, for nature and all creatures almost eclipses what is humanely possible,” he said. “It is only the grace of God that has allowed me to share the depth and passion of her being for so long. In her most difficult times she always had the spirit, the humor, and the will power to move things into the light.” Olivia Newton-John is survived by her husband John Easterling; daughter Chloe Lattanzi; sister Sarah Newton-John; brother Toby Newton-John; nieces and nephews Tottie, Fiona and Brett Goldsmith; Emerson, Charlie, Zac, Jeremy, Randall, and Pierz Newton-John; Jude Newton-Stock, Layla Lee; Kira and Tasha Edelstein; and Brin and Valerie Hall.
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) took 17 bookings from Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges residents seeking clarification on their insurance claims after the 9 June 2021 storm event. The in-person meetings were held on Wednesday 17 August at the Montrose Town Centre, with attendees seeking advice from the ICA, the Eastern Community Legal Centre, Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and insurers including Allianz, Suncorp and Youi.
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“The one-on-one consultations held earlier this week by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) and insurers were an opportunity for local Yarra Ranges homeowners to talk through their individual claims and seek clarification of specific components of their claim,” an ICA spokesperson said. This comes as homeowners continue to wait for the rebuild, or repairing, of their homes months on from storm events in 2021.
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RACV’s Insurance is provided by IAG which has a dedicated Major Event Response team in place all year round with detailed plans in place to ensure claims from large scale events are managed as quickly as possible.”
In a statement to the Star Mail, RACV, the insurance company handling the Gardners’ claim, said 95 per cent of customers’ claims for the June storm have been finalised, with slightly less (86 per cent) finalised for the October storm.
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“It just goes to show how close the community is...right through going around to Croydon.Being a sponsor of over 13 clubs; sporting clubs; crucket clubs, football clubs and diability groups; that’s [who] The Acorn reaches out to”
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A local development strategy to help the communities of Powelltown, Yarra Junction and Warburton with the transition away from native timber harvesting on Crown Land is also taking place in the next year and a half.
“As someone who actually goes out and does bushwalking, you know, you get a bit frustrated when you see these, these animals, such as possums, gliders and birds, not being protected,” he said.
Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham said the closure has been a frustration for the Monbulk community.
“In the Yarra Ranges at present as a whole, we’ve probably got about 60 per cent of our workforce that travels out of the municipality, a bloody big number. Employing locally will be a key piece of the strategy,” he said. “We are the lungs of Melbourne, and we are not a growth municipality so we have to look at our existing industries and that’s the food, wine, tourism, health and wellness and agri business.To me, that’s where these jobs will comeOverfrom.”thenext 18 months, the strategy aims to boost the capacity of business groups, trad er groups and industry organisations.
“It’s a responsibility of our municipality to support those workforces as their transition happens and the State government’s timber transition team is working collaboratively with us. But it’s going to be a long journey,” he said. “If you look at Powelltown and Reid Bros in Yarra Junction, they employ in excess of 30 staff at each of those locations, that’s 60 frontline jobs, but it’s the jobs that sit behind as well. But with have opportunities, such as with the proposedWarburton mountain bike Destination, and thse type of projects will be crucial with the Encouragingtransition.”innovation and entrepreneurship is also a key part of the push to boost the local economy.
“The pool is FULL! Filtering and heating has begun. Get ready to make a splash with us.” The Aquatic Centre said. Mr Allen said the centre is a really important part of the community. “We know that by the number of calls and emails we have gotten over the last year asking us when the pool was going to reopen,” he said.
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By Callum Ludwig Yarra Ranges Council is seeking community feedback on its proposed Economic Devel opment Strategy, which will help dictate the future of the region’s economy for the next 10 years.The first stage of engagement, undertaken in 2021, asked residents and businesses for their ideas on how to facilitate economic growth, strengthen business resilience, create jobs, attract investment and improve liveabil ity in the Yarra Ranges and the resulting draft strategy is now open for feedback.
“As the industry changes, we are investing more than $200 million for affected businesses, workers and their local communities to transition away from native timber harvesting while providing an additional $110 million for new plantations that will support a sustainable future for our timber industry,” they said.
I’ve seen some of the regrowth areas after 30 years, and they are not the same as what was there before,” he said.
Cr Child said they will be a key part of driving employment opportunities. “It can be the Box Hill Institute, Cire, all of those great education providers which back up businesses, whether it’s training for front of house in a restaurant, compliant alcohol serving or anything like that,” he said. “This is where I give a lot of credit to the Box Hill Institute, to have their facility in our region is just amazing, because they can provide and if we if we can establish appropriate six Centres of Excellence, like IT, agriculture, biosecurity for agricultural industries centrally located within our region, that is really going to help small business.”
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By Parker McKenzie Monbulk Aquatic Centre will undergo two weeks of final “touch-up works” before an ex pected re-opening on Thursday 1 September after being closed for over a year. The roof of the centre was damaged during the June 2021 storm event, causing the pool to be unusable and closed for 14 months.
“It is unfortunate that the repairs were taking place during the pandemic with multiple lockdowns, which affected workers and caused delays in getting materials, but I am glad that Council has been able to provide support to us throughout the construction phase and that we are now at a place where we can reopen the pool for the Monbulk community to enjoy.” The pool is now filled after being empty for 14 months.
“If we build up that strong piece about international recognition and reputation of our region, we put ourselves out there as the place that you come and visit and buy the wonderful products that we produce.”
A Victorian Government spokesperson said the Victorian Forestry Plan has always been about transitioning the native forest industry to a range of new opportunities by 2030, and setting up a strong plantationbased sector for decades to come.
“TheVictorian government actually have a plan to end native logging, it’s just they want to do it in 2030 and by then there may not be much left, so I want them to bring it forward and make it immediate. There’s already a plan in place for those people who are employed in that industry to get out, get alternative training and get compensated.”
The repair works completed by Bay Building included removing and repairing the dam aged roof, the installation of new condition ing ducts and tiling the floor of the pool. The pool tiles weren’t damaged during the storm, but the retiling of the 25m pool was completed while the facility was unusable.
Anthony Long organised the petition and said he had been getting a little frustrated with the lack of action on protecting our native species.
The petition has been sponsored by Dr Samantha Ratnam, leader of the Victorian Greens.MrLong believes the regrowth is nothing like what is being claimed. “Those regrowth areas are not native forest anymore, it’s not what you took away.
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“We know the important role this facility plays in the health and wellbeing of our residents so to have this reopening in time for Spring is great news,” he said.
Cr Child said he has been a passionate supporter of the local timber industry and wants to support its workforce.
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“When you’re wandering around looking at trees, in a nice place to be, and noticing that logging areas are becoming more and more frequent you get quite angry.”
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“What we want to be doing as far as Council and through our Small Business Office is pro moting getting that strong connection locally, within Australia, but even got globally if we can do referrals through our small business office to support small business in that area,” he said.
Warburton Environment and supporters challenged logging out of Warburton in 2017.
“It is unfortunate that the pool had to be closed for so long, but this work to repair the centre has also meant that we’ve reduced the risk of any additional future works being re quired, by addressing any underlying issues now and minimising any future disruptions to patrons.”Online videos posted by Monbulk Aquatic Centre’s Facebook page onThursday 18 August show the pool has been refilled and heating of the water is underway.
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Cr Child said he thinks they are paramount to development in the area.
Yarra Ranges residents and businesses are encouraged to have their say on the draft strat egy by Sunday 11 September, and can submit their feedback here: vic.gov.au/economic-development-strategywww.shaping.yarraranges.
Belgravia area manager Darren Allen said staff members at the centre are delighted to re open the pool, group fitness studio and crech once all the repair work is completed. “Behind the scenes work will continue with the plant room and mechanical services that will take some further time to complete,” he said.“We do ask for the community to stay connected with us to stay informed of any changes to services while the works are completed.”
At the time of publishing, there were 1317 signatures on the petition.
Helping communities transition away from native timber harvesting is a key aspect of the draft strategy.
By Callum Ludwig A petition has been formed to present to the Victorian Parliament to cease all levels of logging of native and public forests. The petitioners have requested that the Legislative Council call on the Government to immediately close VicForests, stop all logging and bring forward, for immediate effect, the schemes to assist and retrain all employees affected by the closure.
Yarra Ranges Mayor Cr Jim Child, said that strong strategic planning for the next 10 years would be crucial to economic growth in the Yarra“TheRanges.economic conditions that enabled us to flourish in the past are changing, with new technology, climate change and global trends having impacts on our businesses and com munity,” he said. “We’re setting out to build a sustainable economy, one that not only meets the needs of our community, but also our environment.” The strategy aims to add 1430 additional jobs with 50 per cent of those to be filled by lo calCrpeople.Child said that is the most important part of the strategy.
“Victoria is already home to Australia’s largest timber plantation estate, with five out of six trees coming from plantations.” Vicforests was contacted for comment.
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Cardinia Shire’s Emerging from Fire exhibition is a visual reflection of the 2019 Bunyip Complex Fires which features photographs taken by community members and first responders of the fire’s response, relief and recovery efforts. Council developed and curated the exhibition in partnership with the Community Recovery Committee following feedback that residents wanted the opportunity to capture and reflect on their experiences as a part of their recovery. Emerging from Fire will be available for viewing until Sunday 11 September.
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In a statement, the Department of Transport (DoT) said it sent a crew out on Friday 18 August to investigate the site, but the rubbish had been “Illegalremoved.dumping remains an ongoing challenge for both the Department of Transport and local councils. Our crews carry out regular maintenance inspections of the arterial road network, including around the Yarra Ranges to ensure it remains safe and clear of any hazards,” a DoT spokesperson said. DoT also told the Star Mail Beenak Road is managed by the local council, while Gembrook-Launching Place Road is managed by the Department of Transport.
Casey MP Aaron Violi said the grants program is a great opportunity for volunteer groups to achieve an important project or fund the day-to-day running of their not-for-profit organisations.
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Yarra Valley Branch Chairman Jennifer Seabrook said becoming the Yarra Valley Red Cross will let everybody know that it’s not lim ited to the Hoddles Creek area and all town ships are “Memberswelcome.come from all over the Yarra Valley and so it really just represented us better and it also represents where we do our fund raising activities because we do them all over the Yarra Valley,” Ms Seabrook said. The group holds regular fundraisers such as holding a monthly stall at Launch Fresh and stalls at various markets and community events.The volunteer run group often raises funds for the Red Cross and its various humanitarian projects, but also can delegate their own fund raising aims such as for Queensland and New South Wales flood appeals. Members also participate in community awareness campaigns for things such as the Red Cross’ Get Prepared app, which informs users what to do in any form of an emergency.
Expression of Interest forms must be returned to Mr Violi’s office by Friday 16 September, where a consultative committee will decide which projects will be submitted to share in the $66,225 available in grants.
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Mr Violi said is he proud to be able to offer the round of grants to the community.“I’ve seen as the new MP and as a candidate talking to groups that have received previous rounds how important this funding is for these organisations,” he Oncesaid. submitted by Mr Violi and the consultative committee to the federal government and ticked off by the Department of Social Services, nominated projects will be asked to complete an online application between 15 November and 5 SuccessfulDecember.projectswillbeannounced in June 2023, with funds released to the community groups in June 2023 who will have one year to spend the grant money.
“I don’t think it’s unreasonable to see it there for a week or two; it takes a while for the agency’s wheels to get set in motion and people [to] call up but you [kept] driving past and think ‘that’s been there a while I reckon,’ and then another week goes past still there untouched, [and] another week,” Mr Davies said.
Mr Davies alerted VicRoads, Yarra Ranges Council, the Environment Protection Authority of Victoria (EPA) and Parks Victoria to the dumped rubbish in early August, and all bodies didn’t take ownership. At first, he was told byYarra Ranges Council the land is owned by VicRoads, although after submitting a pollution report to the Environment Protection Authority on Friday 5 August, Leigh received a written response stating “Yarra Ranges Shire is the correct body to respond to the issues you are experiencing.”
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“They spend a lot of time doing that, whether its sausage sizzles and things like that, and this is a great way for them to not have to fundraise for an initiative that they need so they can focus on the core passion of their community group and serving the communities.”
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The Hoddles Creek Red Cross branch has been rebranded to Yarra Valley Red Cross in a bid to better reflect its wider coverage of the region andForvolunteers.sometime, the Hoddles Creek group has been the only one operating after other branch es folded and currently has 47 members who come from across theYarra Ranges shire. It’s hoped the new naming will now make it easier for others to join by strengthening the focus of a wider Yarra Valley representation.
Yarra Ranges Council removed the rubbish on Thursday 18 August, but still maintains VicRoads is responsible for the land.
Yarra Ranges Council said it received 1345 dumped rubbish requests over 2021-22 financial year on council-owned land, not including rubbish dumped on land under the jurisdiction of Parks Victoria, VicRoads, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Melbourne Water or Yarra Valley Water.
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help by fundraising, by joining emergency services, by working in the Red Cross shop down in Croydon or being a volunteer at lifeblood in Lilydale.“There’s a plethora of programs that somebody can get involved with.”
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A large pile of illegally dumped rubbish in Hoddles Creek, containing a fridge, couch, chairs, plastics plus much more has been removed after being left on the intersection of Beenak Road and Gembrook-Launching Place Road for more than three months.
By Parker McKenzie Non-for-profit community groups based in the Casey electorate can apply by Friday 16 September for the 2022-2023 Volunteer Grants program to receive between $1000 and $5000 to support their organisations.Thelong-running grants program can be used for funding towards needs such as equipment purchases, contributions towards costs associated with training volunteers, reimbursing fuel costs and undertaking background checks.
“It’s really encouraging people to think about what type of emergency might affect them - it might be a flood, it might be a fire, it might be a tree falling on a house, but it might be that your partner is ill and you don’t drive and how are you going to get them to medical help,” Ms Seabrook said. Volunteers in the emergency services division also assists in times of emergency such as the storms, house fires and lockdown food deliveries.Anyone interested in becoming a member is encouraged to join.
“This rubbish was reported to council on 18 May, 29 June and twice on 15 August. In each instance, we’ve referred these requests for removal to VicRoads, as the land managers,” Director of Environment and Infrastructure at Yarra Ranges Council Mark Varmalis said. Mr Varmalis said the rubbish was on an ‘apron’ of the Gembrook-Launching Place Road - a state-managed arterial road - and aprons of roads are the responsibility of the owner.“They have collected dumped rubbish from this spot in the past and confirmed to us that they would be clearing this rubbish,” he said. “However, we were unable to get an estimated timeframe for when the rubbish would be removed. In the interest of community safety, and reducing further dumping, we are removing the rubbish on their behalf.”
While the rubbish is now cleared, it’s a reminder to future dumpers that unlawful waste dumping can attract “significant penalities,” with infringements ranging from $363 to $1,817 for individuals, and $1,817 to $9,087 for businesses.“Itisn’thard to responsibly dispose of your waste, when you illegally dump waste you are contributing to the degradation of our environment and costing taxpayers over $30 million each year in clean-up costs,” Forest Fire Management Victoria Yarra District Manager Nigel Brennan said. “Typically we see more examples of rubbish dumping closer to built up areas, we are looking to work with communities to keep our forests clean and waste-free so that everyone can enjoy them. If anyone has any information about any illegal forest activity such as dumping waste, they should report it to us straight away at 136 186.” Reports of illegal dumping can also be submitted to the Environment Protection Authority Victoria online at pollutionport-pollution/reporting-pollutionwww.epa.vic.gov.au/re-orviathehotlineon1300372842.
Some of the successful applicants from the previous rounds of grants include Tribe-Monbulk Youth Inc., Upwey Urban Fire Brigade, Olinda Ferny Creek Football Club, Friends of Sassafras Creek Inc, Foothills Community Care and the Dandenong Ranges Music Council.
One community group used a previous round of grants to fund a defibrillator (not this one though).
Worker Leigh Davies, who frequents the Yarra Ranges area, raised concerns with local authorities after noticing the large dump site remained untouched for quite some time.
Expressions of Interest for the grants program can be found at bygrants-programcom.au/local-news/2022-23-volunteer-aaronvioli.andmustbereturned5pmFriday16September.
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Now after weeks of going back and forth between agencies, the rubbish has been cleared.
The large pile of illegally dumped rubbish was first reported to Yarra Ranges Council on Wednesday 18 May.
Previous rounds of grants have been used to fund other items like new air conditioners and defibrillators for facilities throughout Casey.
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“I know personally through my time as a volunteer and by talking to a lot of community groups that they don’t join their organisation to fundraise,” he said.
Mr Huberts said the murder mystery is based in the Dandenong Ranges in the 1990s and follows a group of friends who have to overcome a potentially supernatural evil.
The Star Mail is celebrating this year’s Book Week — themed dreaming with eyes open — by highlighting local authors with Q&As and feature stories on their work. with a local twist
What are you currently reading? This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham – it’s brilliant. What book had the biggest impact on your life and why? I feel like my entire life has been swayed by books! Most recently, reading The Outrun by Amy Liptrot sent me to Orkney, which then shaped the last four years of my life as I worked on a PhD and novel inspired by the islands. Which book have you read the most number of times and why? If only they could talk by James Herriot – it’s my favourite comfort read and never fails to make me laugh. What is one book that everyone should read and why? I can’t choose and you can’t make me! At the moment I’m particularly obsessed by and madly recommending A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. What book or series do you hope will be turned into a movie or tv show one day? I’m hanging out for local author Kylie Orr’s Someone Else’s Child to be made into a series! Who’s your all-time favourite book character? Oh gosh - this is tough! Right now, I adore Henry Montague from The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, which is a rollicking adventure set in the 18 th century. He’s ridiculously flawed, but somehow still utterly lovable. Where do you like to read the most? (i.e. on the couch, in bed, in the sunshine, on your commute?) Reading in front of the fire and listening to rain on the corrugated iron roof is always very lovely. I also like to read on our verandah when the weather’s nice.
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“They are younger sort of teenagers that are into grunge rock music and all of a sudden sus pect that their next door neighbour is a serial killer,” he “That’ssaid.sort of the premise. Anything else will probably give the story away.”
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Each year since 1945, the Children’’s Book Council of Australia has bought together schools and local libraries to celebrate the literary achievements of Australian authors and illustrators.
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Mr White gave Star Mail an insight into his reading habits for Book Week. What are you currently reading? The Match, by Harlan Coben, which is a sequel to The Boy in the Woods. I will read anything Harlan Coben writes! Before that was The Wrong Woman by the wonderful J.P. Pomare. Which book have you read the most number of times and why? I usually re-read The Beach by Alex Garland every summer. It’s a near-perfect novel written in the 90s, with relatable characters and an amazing setting. When I read it as a teen, I felt as though it was written for me. What book or series do you hope will be turned into a movie or tv show one day? City on Fire by Don Winslow. This is one of my favourite books in recent memory and is just asking for an adaptation! Who’s your all-time favourite book character? Pennywise the dancing clown, from Stephen King’s It. To this day, I can’t walk past an open drain without a shiver creeping up my spine.
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Mr Hubert, who recently returned to Australia after two decades in Japan and the Unit ed Kingdom, wanted to write a horror story set in his hometown. But while parts of the novel draw on his own childhood growing up in Em erald, he said he didn’t have any potential se rial killers for neighbours. “A little bit of a couple of the characters have features of myself in them and my childhood friends as well,” he said. “Then I think it was just more substantive archetypes, the somewhat scary scenes that were maybe a combination of various characters that you would see in a Stephen King or Agatha Christie novel.”
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The Devil Next Door, a horror novel set in the Dandenong Ranges, was published on 5 August.
Mr Huberts will be hosting a book launch and signing at Belgrave Library on 1 September from 6.30pm to 7.30pm and said he already has ideas for where he could take the characters in future sequels. “Broadly, I guess I know the situation that they’re going to have to go through next,” he said.“I think a trilogy probably gives it a little bit more high-mindedness than it deserves.”
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“It’s trashy and gory and sort of silly,” Mr Hubert said. “A good holiday book is the feedback I’ve gotten.”Published on 5 August, the novel wears its inspirations from famous works like Stephen King’s Salem Lot and IT, Agatha Cristie’s Mur der on the Orient Express and the Murder of Roger Ackroyd as a badge of honour.
By Parker McKenzie Author Michael Huberts isn’t pretending his horror novel The Devil Next Door is Avant Garde high literature.
By Callum Ludwig Author, screenwriter and producer Chris tian White was 37 when he had his first book published but had been writing for 20 years. He spent time around famil in Yarra Junction growing up, and now has a bestselling series, which started with ‘overnight success’ The No where Child. Mr White’s debut novel won the 2017 Wheeler Centre Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript and has been shortlisted for major awards includ ing the Australian Book Industry Awards’ Gen eral Fiction Book of the Year and Matt Richell Award for NewWriter of theYear, and the Indie Book Awards’ Debut Fiction Book of the Year since being published. Mr White has released three novels (The Nowhere Child, The Wife and the Widow and Wild Place), co-wrote the feature film Relic, and co-created the television series Clickbait with Tony Ayres which went straight to num ber 1 on Netflix in 41 countries, including Aus tralia, the US and the UK.
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By Parker McKenzie Gordon Brooker’s first job was working for Penguin, writing rejection letters for unsolicited“Howmanuscripts.thewheelturns,” he says. Hailing from Kallista and writing under the name G.F.J Brooker, he has since published two fiction books and is working on a serialised story set in the Dandenong Ranges, which he says is “a bit disposable” and easily“Theconsumable.locallysetmystery which I’m suggesting is based on somebody stealing Puffing Billy,” he said. “You hear the whistles, you see the trees, you look at the people in a cafe and sit down and write; it’s a great inspiration.” He describes his stories as “domestic beige”, forgoing exotic locations and hardboiled characters and without gratuitous violence and language. Brooker says he has been writing since he was little because of his love for reading. “Some of the earliest efforts, we’ll never see the light of day because it was pretty awful,” he “Suddenlysays.you’ll hit a patch where you find your voice.You tried your experiments, most of them don’t work, but all of a sudden you hit something which feels like it comes out far more naturally.” “The more you do it, the better you get. You’re going to realise what works and what doesn’t.”
“Having somebody you’ve never met read something you’ve written is both daunting and uplifting. When they say that this is awful you take notice and take it to heart. If you don’t respond and try to do better then you have to wonder who you’re writingBrookerfor.”says he likes his stories to make logical sense and if they don’t, he always goes back to edit. “I keep telling my teenage daughter, don’t submit the first draft. You can only edit what you’ve written,” he says. “The best writing plan never survives pen-hitting paper. I can have the best intentions and plan in the world but as soon as I start writing, something else comes out and I just tend to go with it.” You can view Gordon Brooker’s author page on Amazon at
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What book had the biggest impact on your life and why? Watership Down: Richard Adams. This book opened up a secret world. Not a world of magic or fantasy, but a world of wild rabbits as complex and intelligent creatures. It is a book that promotes empathy and compassion. It gave to me the understanding that all forms of life, from the ants on my window ledge to the dandelion growing through the cracks in the footpath, are precious and unique. Which book have you read the most number of times and why? A tie! As I Lay Dying: William Faulkner and Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett. Although, Waiting for Godot is a play, but I still count it. Faulkner and Beckett are fierce writers. They examine the act of living, its fears, hopes, and absurdity. These books challenged me to answer the question, ‘why do you think what you think?’ I often return to them. What are you currently reading? My Wicked, Wicked Ways: Errol Flynn. Flynn had, perhaps, too much charisma. It is evident even in his writing. The book is aptly titled and such a delight to read. What book or series do you hope will be turned into a movie or tv show one day? Of course I want to see my own novels on the screen! I could make a brief appearance, just like Hitchcock. Some others are The Monkey Wrench Gang: Edward Abbey and Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy.
Author Scott Pearce gives insight into reading habits
How many books have you read this year and how many more are on your list to complete by the end of 2022? I’ve read around 10 to 12 books this year. I set out to read a book a month at the beginning of the year and so far I’m exceeding that. I’d guess I’m on track to read another four or five before 2023 arrives from the stack of half-read and unread books on my bedside table. What are you currently reading? I am currently reading She Said by Megan Twohey and Jodie Kantor, which details their successful efforts to uncover and expose sex ual abuse by Harvey Weinstein and other pow erful men. Has there been a book that was hard to get through, but worth it in the end? Vicent Bevins’ The Jakarta Method was con fronting to read and I often put it down after finishing chapters, particularly in the later parts of the book as he details the atrocities committed throughout Indonesia during the Cold War. What book or series do you hope will be turned into a movie or TV show one day? If anyone is ambitious, crazy and creative enough to bring Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test to the screen I’d love to see it. I know a movie was in the works in the early 2000s, al though it seems to be dead in the water now. Parker McKenzie holds up a copy of She Said, the book he is currently reading.
Brooker tells local stories
Brooker says receiving feedback is an important part of the process of improving your“It’swriting.probably the negative stuff that has the most impact. There is nothing which exposes you more than sending out something you created and asking people to have an opinion on it.”
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He’s also taken his pen to comedy through a story called Lostalgia and the dystopian sci-fi story Wormcast, with the latter being set in a future city that “sort of resembles Melbourne and a country which sort of resembles the Dandenongs.”
By Tyler Wright and Parker McKenzie After a three-year hiatus, Mater Day returned on Thursday 18 August with the local school community coming together to raise funds for the Good Samaritan Foundation.
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The Basin Primary School is also participating in the Wakikirri Story-Dance Festival in 2022.For more information on Wakakirri, visit https://wakakirri.com/.
Students competed in bubble soccer during the festivities on Mater Day. Picture: SUPPLIED dancers to perform
“This year will be especially exciting for our younger students; a lot of them haven’t even been on a school excursion on a bus before,” Jody“Oursaid.older ones [have] also missed out on quite a lot over the last two years... We had planned to do this performance last year, and we were getting ready for that to hap pen, and then Covid and lockdowns took over and we had to postpone.” Every year, 20,000 school-aged students from 300 schools across Australia compete in Wakakirri; a national program helping pro mote student engagement and wellbeing through storytelling. A performance between three and seven minutes long is performed by a group of stu dents, telling a story using a combination of dancing, creative movement and acting, to pre-recorded music. Mount Dandenong Primary School has been able to make it into the ‘Showcase’ two times since 2010; most recently in 2017 with their performance on ‘Saving the Bees’. “It’s a real thrill, especially given other schools with their choreography might be a bit more tight, but us, given our young age, we we really like pride ourselves on the way we can tell a story through our dancing and not not relying on things like our sets,” Jody said.
Deputy Principle Shae Mayes said the community day was focused on raising money for the Good Samaritan Foundation and all the work they do.
By Tyler Wright On Thursday 25 August, after a two-year hia tus, 90 children from Mount Dandenong Pri mary School will make up will take the stage once again to display their talents in the per forming arts.
The students, from grade one through to grade six, will take on five other schools in heats at Frankston Arts Centre, each vying for a spot in the final ‘Showcase’ for the Wakakirri Story-Dance Festival. “We don’t do auditioning or anything like that; if you would like to be in it, you’re in it,” Mount Dandenong Primary School Wakakirri teacher Jody Howell said. “A lot of other schools that do Wakakirri, it’s usually only for their senior students, so that’s our point of difference,” Jody said. This year, Mount Dandenong Primary School will be performing ‘Everybody’s Free;’ where isolated children who are trapped in their homes venture to the zoo and set the un happy animals free.
“We haven’t been able to have it for three years, it was a really big deal this year that we’ve been able to do it again,” she said. “We’ve sort of planned things over the last couple of years and we’ve had to cancel. The way we did it this year was a bit of a carnival andStudentsstalls.” from all year levels took part in
Jody said Mount Dandenong Primary School reaches out to the community for ideas for their Wakakirri performance every two years. “I think the older kids can read a bit deeper into it, whereas for the younger kids, it’s all about having fun and and getting to act as an animal and the joy of performing more so for them,” she said.
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Seth (Lion), Josie (Peacock), Franki (Butterfly) and Max (Zebra) represent zoo animals locked behind bars, longing for freedom.
the House Performing Arts Competition, showing their hidden talents to their peers. Ms Mayes said the competition was a beautiful display of support for Mater Day.“We haven’t had anything like that for a while, there were a lot of year sevens who got up and performed,” she said. “It showed that they feel really comfortable in this community to get up and share their talents and the students really supported them as well.”
Jasmine Andrews said the students left with a huge buzz at the end of the“Theday. past few months, the other college Captain Siena and I have been working with our student representative council to plan the day and have a voice in deciding what activities in terms of food trucks and rides and stalls,” she “Thingssaid.like formals and college events have all been cancelled over the past few years.We’ve been able to do all of them which has been really great.” Aside from food stalls including fairy floss, dumplings, popcorn and a sausage sizzle, students also organised an online auction where younger year levels could win access to the Year 12 Polding Centre.
Front Franki (Butterfly), Back Josie (Peacock), Jonty (Zoo Keeper), Seth (Lion), Claire (Kid) and Max (Zebra) will be performing ‘Everybody’s Free’ at Frankston Arts Centre on Thursday 25 August. 294584 Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS
“I just like being there with lots and people and being able to go there, dance and have fun,” Claire said. “It’s been very exciting because we’ve been learning more of the dance.”
“We also try and keep things to a minimum, all our students would rather be on stage under the lights rather than backstage moving sets around; so that’s worked out really well.”
Grade six student Claire McPeake has participated in theWakakirri Story-Dance Festival three times, following in the footsteps of her four older sisters.
School festival, Mater Day, returns after three years
The day, organised and led by students from Mater Christi College, included a Feast of the Assumption of Mary in the morning, followed by the House Performing Arts Competition, food and market stalls, face painting, bubble soccer and teacher dunking carnivalCollegegames.Captain
DramatistW.S Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan (from Gilbert and Sullivan) will also be recognised during the tribute; with Singularity Choir performing sections of their works ‘Yeomen of the Guard’ and ‘The Sorcerer’. “They’re not often heard, and there’s some beautiful music,” Cecily said. As for Vaughan Williams; many people may still recognise his popular orchestral music, including pieces Mass in G minor and The Lark Ascending.Williams also created what Cecily called both ‘secular’ and ‘sacred’ music.
Singularity choir will be performing a tribute to composer Vaughan Williams at Upwey Baptist Church on Saturday 3 September.
By Parker McKenzie Boronia-based artist Hannah Caprice has been nominated as one of 29 Victorian finalists in the National Capital Art Prize. Her artwork Floating among the reeds was nominated for the sustainability prize. It will be judged during the final round in Canberra while being displayed for four weeks in a public exhibition, with the winner of the sustainability prize being awarded $15,000. Ms Caprice said one of the themes in Floating Among the Reeds is the concept of hybrid“Theidentity.seriesthat I’m working on with all of these little creatures having different parts to them that make them whole and they look a bit strange,” she said.
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Director and founder of the National Capital Art Prize Robert Stephens said he was thrilled to see the unique, thought-provoking and inspiring artwork across a wide range of styles and “Severalmediums.ofAustralia’s best-known artists, including previous Archibald finalists, have submitted works and some really brilliant pieces have been received from emerging new talent,” he said.
“They appear to be these little mystic creatures that are trying to find their place and ways of being in the world, relating to others and the search for meaning and for intimacy.”Theartwork depicts a duck-billed, beavertailed and otter-footed mammal sharing a moment with a friend. Ms Caprice said she used multiple techniques to achieve the desired results in the artwork.“The hand-coloured part was the least time-consuming because that’s where the orangey-yellow water is, it was coloured over the top of the print,” she said.
“All the beautiful music he wrote is becoming more and more popular,” she said. The Singularity Choir specialise in not one vocal line of music but signing harmony, and is well-known throughout the Hills with a popular performance of The Pirates of Penzance earlier this year. This upcoming performance is designed as a tribute to important composers and artists, with Cecily had a simple phrase for Vaughan Williams’ work. “It’s just glorious, it’s sublime,” she said. Admission to A Musical Tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams will cost $22 for attendees. Those interested can book via trybooking. com/CBISG or purchase tickets from Diana Little.Upwey Baptist Community Church is located on the corner of Darling Ave & Burwood Hwy, 21 Darling Ave, Upwey VIC 3158.
Hannah Caprice’s Floating Among the Reeds. Picture: HANNAH CAPRICE
The Dandenong Ranges’ Singularity Choir is bringing a tribute to English composer Vaughan Williams to Upwey Baptist Commu nity Church on Saturday 3 September. Proceeds from the event will go towards the meals program facilitated by Foothills Com munity Care, in partnership with Upwey Bap tist Community Church.
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“His great, great grandfather was Charles Darwin, and this is something people don’t know, and also to the wonderful Wedgewood Pottery; he was related to him. So he’s got quite a legacy in that way, too.”
Artist Hannah Caprice nominated for national art prize
Accompanist Elizabeth Sutherland on the keyboard.
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“The standard and variety of artworks are amazing. The judging panel really had their work cut out selecting the finalists! It will be exciting to see them in situ at the public exhibition in Canberra through September and October.”Theexhibition will be held at the Fitters’ Workshop in Canberra, with the 2022 category winners announced in early September. Ms Caprice’s and other finalist’s artwork can be viewed at com.au/2022-finalistsnationalcapitalartprize.
Singularity Choir’s musical director Cecily Woodberry said the concert is a celebration of 150 years since Vaughn Williams was born. “Vaughan Williams did arrangements for a lot of folk songs like Greensleeves, and he also did a lot of arrangements and wrote a lot of hymn tunes like All Saints,” Cecily said. While the choir will mostly perform vocal music as part of the tribute, Fantasia on Greensleeves will be played on piano. Cecily said Vaughan Williams’ fought in World War One, which caused him terrible emotional suffering and hearing damage.
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“Most of the work was done with a process called etching and aquatinting, it’s a very technical sort of process.” The new category is based on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity.” Artists based their works on one or more UN goals: clean water and sanitation, climate action, life below water or responsible consumption and production.
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“We talk to communities about possible land hand backs, economic development, support, educational opportunities, employ ment opportunities, it should be how people can get employed and trained and skilled up to be employed in the broader enterprise.
The documentary tells the story of “allyship, environmentalism and cultural rebirth; a picture of what reconciliation between Aboriginal and European Australians might look like” on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
While just the first step, Uncle Andrew said other states and territories are watching how Victoria is approaching the Treaty and has the ability to influence the call of a referendum to change Aboriginal constitutional rights AustraliaThewide.next item to be passed by the government is the Treaty Negotiating Framework, as well as the Self Determination Fund. Coming into the State election in November, Uncle Andrew would like to see more Aboriginal people signing up to vote to have their voice heard but also from the broader community to share their support of the Treaty process and of local Traditional Owner groups. Treaty, although unable to change the past, Uncle Andrew said can change the future of many young people still suffering the generational trauma of points in Australia’s history like the stolen generation.
The Lake of Scars’ editor Nicola Blackmore said the film is “a couple of bromances spun together with environmentalism and cultural reconciliation.”
The feature documentary, produced with the support of The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, Documentary Australia Foundation, Eucalypt Australia and the Dja Dja Wurrung Corporation, tells the story of “allyship, environmentalism and cultural rebirth; a picture of what reconciliation between Aboriginal and European Australians might look like” on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
Doco of allyship, environmentalism and cultural rebirth
“We spoke to many politicians to make sure that we were getting the support that was needed for the bill to go through to the Upper House.“Sofor the Upper House to pass it so effectively, because we were expecting it to be a September thing, but for it to be passed now, says that all the hard work that’s been done is actually paying off and the politicians and their constituents hopefully, support the Trea ty Authority.”Bytakingthis step forward, Uncle Andrew said Traditional Owners can begin identifying what they would like to see in their communi ties for the future, not just in one generation’s time but in four or five generations.
Directed by Bill Code and with the story told by Uncle Jack Charles, it follows Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people working against the clock to preserve and promote what they can of Lake Boort and its surrounds amidst the backdrop of treaty talks and the fight for water rights.
The documentary, which runs for one hour and 34 minutes and was first released earlier in 2022, is a call to action for those who care about the values of Australia’s untold history, how cultures interconnect and building a blueprint for reconciliation on a local level.
Ms Blackmore, who is a specialist documentary and current affairs editor based in Emerald, said the film adds to the conversation around recollection and the current push for an Indigenous Voice in parliament.
The Memo Cinema is located at Healesville Memorial Hall, 237 Maroondah Highway, Healesville. Tickets for the free screening can be booked at ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/77424yarraranges.sales.
Lake of Scars follows Aboriginal and nonAboriginal people working against the clock to preserve and promote what they can of Lake Boort and its surrounds amidst the backdrop of treaty talks and the fight for water rights.
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By Parker McKenzie A free screening of the Australian documentary The Lake of Scars will be held at the Memo Cinema in Healesville on Saturday 27 August at 1pm.
Landmark Treaty decision
“This Treaty now gives great opportunities to have a formal negotiation, a formal discussion about what our rights are, what our rights are now, what we seek to do in the future, and how the government and the rest of society can actually enable us to do that so we can be part of the general community as well.”
By Mikayla van Loon An historic moment occurred in the Victorian Parliament last week with ministers voting to appoint an independent Indigenious umpire as part of Victoria’s journey towards Treaty. The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria was handed the landmark decision on Tuesday 16 August, the first big success in the process to gaining a voice on matters affecting Tradition al Owners in Wurundjeriparliament.WoiWurrung representative in the Assembly, Uncle Andrew Gardiner said, the independent authority will negotiate any dis putes throughout the Treaty process between First Nations people and the government.
“It’s a jointly agreed process and if there are any disputes in the future, then they can be re solved, the process can be used and respected using our traditional lore of the land and com mon law, using our cultural authority, that is then at the heart of the journey towards Trea ty,” he said. “If issues can be resolved, then the discussions and the deliberations and the agree ments about individual Traditional Owner groups’ Treaty aspirations can be confirmed.” Not expecting a decision on this Bill so quickly, Uncle Andrew said the Assembly first visited Parliament House on 22 June to discuss the implementation of a Treaty Authority.
“There are greater numbers of Aboriginal people who have been left behind, the stolen generation, for example. “You can’t just click your fingers and expect people who’ve been traumatised for several generations that have been disadvantaged in the past by the government to suddenly go ‘it’s ok’.”Instead the Treaty will work towards ensuring First Nations people receive the support they need, whether that be through counselling or education, so “we can actually take part in the Australian experience.”
Victoria’s Treaty Authority Bill was passed in Parliament on Tuesday 16 August, the first major step towardsPicture:Treaty.FIRST
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“The characters in it are drawn together because they want to save a lot of the Aboriginal heritage in the area, but it is really the story of the many relationships around those topics and how they approach it,” she said. “It’s a really amazing chance to see a film that’s been doing festivals all over Australia, but you can see it for free and Healesville.”
“The actual negotiating, which is about getting a community agreement about what those parts of their Treaty are.
“The film shows that it’s not as easy as just wanting to make it happen because the two main people in the film both want the same thing, they’re striving towards the same thing, they’ve got the same goals and aims but they are coming from two very different places,” she said. “One of them is a much older white farmer and the other one is a young guy, they want exactly the same things but are coming from completely different places together to do it, which is what you want to see happening to a greater extent within Australian culture.”
“There’s lots and lots and lots and lots of opportunities that various communities will pick up in their own backyard that will be quite specific, but then there’ll be some very general things that most communities will be saying.”
Yarra Ranges Deputy Mayor, Johanna Skelton, said the works on the nine facilities would mean that in the event of storm, heatwave, fire or flood, community would have a place to “Whengo.disaster strikes and power goes out, the community need somewhere safe to go, ideally close to home, where they can access supplies and chat with people who can help them,” Cr Skelton said.
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Neighbourhood Safer Places and Fire Refuges exist as places of last resort. Find out more about these at yarraranges.vic.gov.au/ saferplaces, and always have a bushfire plan ready to go.
“We’re also training every Wednesday night at the station, and we’re always happy to have a chat with anybody who wants to come down and ask any questions or potentially volunteer.
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Menzies Creek Fire Brigade members Kathryn Benyer (left) and Jenny Stevenson (right) showing kindergarten children from Dandenong Ranges Steiner School inside of compartments of a firetruck. Picture:
“Kids will raise something with their parents or go back and talk to them about it and maybe even resolve an issue before we even take the journey out,” David said. “We transfer that into an older age group by engaging the community and coming to the station and learning about CFA and also about fires and disasters and things we train for, but also to engage the community and let them understand it.”
Kathryn Benyer, member of the Menzies Creek Rural Fire Brigade, said ‘Meet the Firefighter’ days seek to educate kids on gear used; namely the thicker, more protective building structure uniform.
The project’s expected to be completed by early 2024, meaning every corner in the shire will have a nearby facility that can operate on battery power and generators. “Each site will have its own specific upgrades, but a focus of this project is to make sure each building is well-insulated and sealed, so they need less energy to run and air stays cleaner inside. This also means that if a disaster strikes, the batteries on site –charged by rooftop solar if air quality permits – can run for longer,” Cr Skelton said. “Residents will recall how important being able to access charging points for phones, battery packs, torches, radios and other devices was in the aftermath of last years storm. Access to showers, water, a comfortable place to warm up or cool down and an information hub will be possible at these locations too.
The funding support has come from the State’s Growing Suburbs Fund, and the Federal Local Roads and Community Infra structure“Thankfund.youto the State and Federal Governments for recognising the importance of this project, particularly as we pass the one year anniversary of the catastrophic June 2021Onstorms.”daysof extreme or catastrophic Fire Danger Rating, or when major bushfire activity is predicted in the area, leaving the area early is always the safest option.
Works will soon begin on makingYarra Ranges Council community facilities more energy efficient and ready for disaster following state and federal funding.
“Or even asking if we want to come and have a look at their property or can get access, because we’re always interested to see where we can go and how we can get into places around the community. When the Menzies Creek Rural Fire Brigade is able to welcome the general public through its doors, there are plans to hold an open day.
The Memo in Healesville, Yarra Glen Memorial Hall and Coldstream Community Centre will be the first facilities upgraded, with works starting in August. As part of the Climate Resilient Buildings for Our Community project, works will also be undertaken on Powelltown Reserve Pa vilion, Warburton-Millgrove Sporting Com plex, Yarra Centre Pool and stadium, Mon bulk Community Link, Olinda Recreation Reserve Pavilion and Gary Tait Pavilion, Kilsyth.
By Tyler Wright Menzies Creek Rural Fire Brigade are continuing their mission to educate young children in the community through an annual meeting with kindergarten and prep children from Dandenong Ranges Steiner School. Brigade members made the visit to the independent school in early August to teach students about safety measures, explore the compartments of a firetruck and equipment including uniforms and different hoses. Dandenong Ranges Steiner School acting kindergarten teacher Katy Baker said the students were able to learn about the varied roles available in the CFA, not just a “fireman and a hose”.“Because they’re so young, they were connecting with people in their community and different jobs that people do within their community, and what happens once they hear the siren,” Katy said. “To be making connections with the wider community expands their knowledge and theirthat’llunderstanding.expandinto their community with their families and from the community.Within a shopping that the shops that they go to, and the other the other emergency services, they’ll have connections with those they’ll see bliss and the CFA and the, the SES , so it’s just one more connection that they’re making.
Scott Benyer, firefighter with Menzies Creek Rural Fire Brigade, said engagement helps build trust with residents for when locals may need help from the brigade. “We’ve also got our own Facebook page for people who are local to Menzies Creek, so if there’s any questions, that’s one way to approach us,” Scott said.
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With 32 total members; 20 of those operational, Menzies Creek Rural Fire Brigade captain David Van Loon said community engagement is important at all levels.
“We talked about if they wake up in their bedroom, but it’s really smoky and they can’t see anything, what should they do? ‘get down low and go, go go,’ Kathryn said. “We have a little game with a parachute as well, where we hold the parachute down really low and they have to army crawl underneath, and that encourages them to get down and stay at floor level. Having a chat through what volunteers do and why we give our time to the brigade, and what we can do for the community I think is really important as well.”
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The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater invite families with pre-teen (0-12 year old) chil dren to our next Kids & Conservation morning on Monday 26 September from 10am-12noon at Yellingbo.Weprovide an opportunity for families of young children to build strong connections with like-minded people and the natural world.Come and enjoy an adventure in the natural environment through nature play, conser vation activities and sharing stories together. Events will actively include parents, grandpar ents, carers and older siblings. We pay attention to the changes each season brings, have some fun, share in what we discover and contribute to conserving the natural world. No matter what your age, you too can be an environmental volunteer. To find out more and to register, visit: event-2/honeyeater.org.au/get-involved/come-to-an-https://www.helmetedKerryn Fields live in the Lyre Friday 23 September at 7.30pm in Burrinja Cultural Centre’s Lyre Room Newstead Live Music Festival’s Troubadour Artist of the Year (2019), winner of the MLT Songwriting Award (NZ Country Music Awards 2019) and New Zealand’s Best New Broadcaster (at age 19), Kerryn Fields has released a range of celebrated records including debut LP, Rascal (2015) and award-winning, critically acclaimed single, Mamma (2019). Tickets are $25.
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Russell Morris “Horse with No Name” Tour Friday 7 October, starting at 7.30pm at Burrinja Theatre Morris will be performing songs from new album “Dreams of Jack Chrome,” as well as Sharkmouth & Past Hits. The show is recommended for 18+ and is not suitable to babies due to content and/or noise levels. Tickets are $58.50 including BF* *This show is NOT elligible to use “the one free ticket” benefit included in the Friends of Burrinja Membership.
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Colourful costumes helped spread some cheer at this month’s Winter Madness themed Cockatoo Country Market. Held on Saturday 6 August, some stallholders, volunteers and customers donned fancy dress at Alma Treloar Reserve. President Karen Benson said each month the committee tried to come up with a different“Wetheme.thought it sounded fun. Everyone really enjoyed it,” she said. Next month, on Saturday 3 September, the market will focus on Father’s Day.
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18 MAIL | Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 mailcommunity.com.au INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY TWO Truffles Cottages is a quaint retreat located in the heart of Yarra Glen. This property provides a rare dual-dwelling opportunity set on a private block in a heritage corner of desirable Yarra Glen. This lucrative investment opportunity is sold as a single title, with two dwellings, furnishings included, Features: · 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom to each dwelling · Spa and toilet to each bathroom · Reverse-cycle air-conditioning and wood heating · Character features include Macquarie stone facades and hardwood flooring · 675 sqm block (approx.) with landscaped driveway and gardens · Slimline tank water storage ● HOME FOCUS Address: 88A Bell Street, YARRA GLEN Description: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $900,000 - $950,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Bill Verhagen 0417 371 987, INTEGRITY, YARRA VALLEY AND KINGLAKE RANGES, 9730 2333 HOME ESSENTIALS
mailcommunity.com.au Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 | MAIL 19 ONEOWNERWONDERON1790M2 FORSALE. GUIDE $795,000 $874,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT RileyNicholas 0488 501 218 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 2 TownRoad, GEMBROOK 3 A T 2 B T 1 C T OVER10 ACRESOFSERENITY FORSALE. GUIDE $1,250,000- $1,350,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT JustinBarrot 0438683 781 BarryPlantEmerald 5968 4522 76KirkpatricksRoad, MACCLESFIELD 3 A T 2 B T 2 C T DON’TDREAMTHE LIFESTYLE,LIVE IT ON4,101M2 FORSALE. GUIDE $1,200,000-$1,320,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT RileyNicholas 0488 501 218 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 9MaisieRoad, EMERALD SOLD 4 A T 2 B T 3 C T EXCEPTIONALLYPRIVATEON2.47HA FOR SALE. GUIDE $950,000-$1,045,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT RileyNicholas 0488501218 BarryPlantEmerald 5968 4522 355BeenakEastRoad, GEMBROOK 3 A T 1 B T 2 C T NEST ANDINVEST ON2,755M2 FOR SALE. GUIDE $745,000-$819,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT RileyNicholas 0488501 218 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 17StationRoad, GEMBROOK 2 A T 1 B T 3 C T BOTANICAL OASISWITHVIEWSON3,703M2 FOR SALE. GUIDE $950,000-$1,045,000 INSPECT {doc.OpenHomeDate} CONTACT RileyNicholas 0488501218 BarryPlantEmerald 5968 4522 27 Charman Avenue, Emerald 3 A T 2 B T 7 C T READY, SET, BUILDON10ACRESWITHVIEWS FOR SALE. GUIDE $950,000- $1,045,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT GayleBarrot 0408195767 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 199SpillersRoad, Macclesfield PRIMELIFESTYLEPROPERTY ON10.43 ACRES FOR SALE. GUIDE $1,400,000-$1,475,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT JustinBarrot 0438683781 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 5MillerRoad, Macclesfield 4 A T 2 B T 4 C T CHARACTERANDCHARMON OVER½AN ACRE! FOR SALE. GUIDE $900,000-$970,000 INSPECT ByAppointment CONTACT JustinBarrot 0438683781 BarryPlantEmerald 59684522 5SpringsStreet, Cockatoo 5 A T 2 B T 6 C T
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· Beautiful 3,277sqm (approx.) property with long, level drive and breathtaking vista views of Cardinia Reservoir Charming weatherboard residence with ample under-house storage and a freestanding over-size single garage Expansive open plan living with high ceilings, wrap-around windows and decking Classic kitchen with slate flooring, gas cooktop, and wall oven Adaptable bedroom configuration and quaint study space Unparalleled lifestyle location near schools, Puffing Billy Railway, and Belgrave Station ●
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HOME FOCUS Address: 42 Selby-Aura Road, MENZIES CREEK Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: $1,020,000 - $1,100,000 Inspect: By appointment Auction: Saturday, 10 September, 3pm Contact: Suzie Brannelly 0490 506 910, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE, 9754 6888 HOME ESSENTIALS
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WITH sweeping vista views of Cardinia Reservoir and charming Puffing Billy railway moments from home, this property is a picturesque family oasis simply bursting with potential. With 3,277sqm (approx.) of the best land you’ll find on the market today, this is an opportunity of monumental proportions.Themeandering level drive lined with mature trees for complete privacy culminates at this charming weatherboard home with oversize single garage for convenience. The interior is all-original set to a backdrop of awe-inspiring views. Expansive open plan living serves as the hub of the home. The kitchen overlooking this lovely space is adorned with slate floors, timber cabinetry, gas cooktop, and wall oven for those who love to cook. French doors from here will entice you to step out to the wrap-around covered deck for soaking up the spectacular outlooks. The versatile floorplan is also immense value-add that will allow you to explore what layout works for you. With an ensuite bedroom, an ensuite-effect bedroom with walk-through robe connected to the spacious main bathroom, a large standard bedroom with built-in robe, and a quaint study for those who work from home, without a doubt this home will ignite imaginations with ideas. Alternatively, if you seek a beautiful block for a brand new build (STCA), this property promises to be a stand-out. Unlike any other, this outstanding offering will impress. Prompt inspection is advised.
mailcommunity.com.au Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 | MAIL 21 RealEstateyoucan trust! We ’r eh er etoh elp 97546888 1689BurwoodHighway,BelgraveVIC3160 www.chandlerandco.com.au office@chandlerandco.com.au 42Selby-AuraRoad,MENZIESCREEK $1,020,000 -$1,100,000 ADELIGHTFULCLASSICWITHAWE-INSPIRINGVIEWS 3 A 2 B 1 C AUCTIONSATURDAY10thSEPTEMBER @3PM WithsweepingvistaviewsofCardiniaReservoirandcharmingPuffingBillyrailwaymoments fromhome,thispropertyis apicturesquefamilyoasissimplyburstingwithpotential.With 3,277sqm(approx.)ofthebestlandyou’llfindonthemarkettoday,thisisanopportunityof monumentalproportions. SuzieBrannelly M 0490506910| E suzie@chandlerandco.com.au AUCTION 5HaroldStreet,OLINDA $925,000 -$975,000 BEAUTIFULBLUESTONEHOMESTEPSFROMTOWN 3 A 2 B 1 C Warm,texturalbluestoneconstructionand awonderfullocationonlystepsfromOlinda townshiparethehallmarksofthishome’sappeal. Character-filledandconvenientlypositioned,thispropertyiscallingastutebuyersseekinga picturesqueDandenongRangeslifestyle. SuzieBrannelly M 0490506910| E suzie@chandlerandco.com.au FORSALE 6/16 WillowRoad,UPPERFERNTREEGULLY $530,000 -$580,000 CONVENIENCEPLUSIN AGREATCOMMUNITY 2 A 1 B 1 C In asoughtafter,leafylocation,withinaneasystrolltoMaxiFoodsShoppingprecinct, UpperGullytrainstationandwiththebeautifulgreeneryofKingsParkrightatyour doorstep,thereissimplynobetterlocationifyouarelookingforconvenienceand agreat community. Alowmaintenance,colourfulgardensurroundsthepavedcourtyardwhere youcanenjoy acoffeewithfriendsunderthe retractableawning –perfectforthatlittlebit ofshade. AwonderfulopportunitytosecureanA+location! SharynChandler M 0439882442| E sharyn@chandlerandco.com.au FORSALE 1SeamerRoad,MONBULK $1,300,000 -$1,420,000 YOUR10ACRELIFESTYLEPROPERTY AWAITS 4 A 2 B 5 C WithinaneasywalktoMonbulk’sMainStreet,localschoolsandsportinghubs, this10acrelifestylepropertyisintheperfectlocationandhassomethingforeveryone. BoastinganoutstandingcornerblockwithcirculardrivewayoffMcAllisterRoad andsecondaccessoffSeamerRoad,thereisalsoexcellentparkingforbothsmalland largevehicles.Spanningover30sq’soflivingspace,thispropertyofferssomethingspecial foreveryone. SharynChandler M 0439882442| E sharyn@chandlerandco.com.au FORSALE
Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $850,000 - $920,000 Inspect: By appointment
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DON’T miss this character-filled, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 garage home close to the Main Street of Emerald and with stunning views across the Dandenong Ranges.Inside there is an open plan kitchen/ living/dining area that leads to a beautiful sun room with 180degree views. The sunroom has lovely slate tiles and is a perfect space for entertaining, enjoying your view over breakfast, or turning into a reading nook or second living space. The hardwood kitchen has electric cooking, concealed double-draw dishwasher, and plenty of storage perfect for family living. The huge lounge room has a gas log fire, plush carpets, and great views. The bedrooms are spacious with built-in robes, and plush carpets and the master has an ensuite. There is also an attic space to house all your seasonal boxes and ChristmasOutsidedecorations.thereisunder-house storage, gorgeous established gardens, veggie beds, a pond, paved pathways to meander in, and scenic views from the deck. Add your own style to this great home to make it your own hideaway in the hills. This property has it all so don’t miss out call to arrange a private inspection today.
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On10acres+thishomehas 6bedroomswithbuilt-inrobes &afamilybathroom, amasterwingwithwalk-inrobeand ensuite, 4livingzones, aloungewith awoodfireplace, formaldiningroom, openplanfamilyzone &rumpusroomthishomehasitall.Madeforentertaining,thishomehasa gamesroomsetnexttothesolar-heated,indoor,salt-waterchlorinatedswimmingpoolwithattachedspa, &adjacent bathroom.Thekitchenhasstainlesssteelappliances &large pantry.Featuresincludegasductedheating,NOBOheating, 2splitsystems,evaporativecooling, &ductedvacuum. Outsideis 2entertainingareas, ahut, 7paddockswithhorse shelters,electricfencing, agrassarena, &3 dams,1isspringfed &stockedwith trout. Contact:SamanthaScott0438680032
mailcommunity.com.au Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 | MAIL 23 59686222 311-313MainSt,Emeraldbellrealestate.com.au 14BayviewRoad,Emerald$850,000- $920,000 Low-MaintenanceHome +ShortWalk toEmerald Don’tmissthischaracter-filled, 3bedroom, 2bathroom,2 garagehomeclosetotheMainStreetofEmeraldandwith stunningviewsacrosstheDandenongRanges.Insidethere isanopenplankitchen/living/diningareathatleadstoa beautifulsunroomwith180degreeviews.Thehardwood kitchenhaselectriccooking,concealeddouble-draw dishwasher,andplentyofstorageperfectforfamilyliving. Thehugeloungeroomhas agaslogfire,plushcarpets,and greatviews.Thebedroomsarespaciouswithbuilt-inrobes, andplushcarpetsandthemasterhasanensuite.Outside thereisunder-housestorage,gorgeousestablishedgardens, veggiebeds, apond,pavedpathwaystomeanderin,and scenicviewsfromthedeck. Contact:AaronDay0407365994 8GumStreet,Cockatoo$480,000- $520,000 ClearedLandwithPermits Don’tmissthisgreatlandopportunitywithplansandpermits inthebeautifulsuburbofCockatoointheDandenong Ranges.Seton1,694sqmoflandclosetoCockatoo Township,sportsfields,communitycentre,playgroundsand PrimarySchool. Features •Clearedblockreadytobuildon •Councilpermitsfor ahouseobtained •3-bedroom,2-bathroom,2-living,doublegarage homeapproved •Power andallservicesavailable Contact:AaronDay0407365994 35-53FerresRoad,Emerald$2,400,000 -$2,600,000 ARareOpportunityinEmerald! Seton17acresthispropertyhas a5-bedroomfamilyhome and a1-bedroom studio.Theopenplandining/kitchenhas CaesarStonebenchtops,stainlesssteelappliances,white cabinetry,and alargeislandwith areconstitutedstone benchtop.Thereis arumpusroombeingusedas amaster suite, aseparatemasterbedroomwithmodernensuite, 3spaciousbedroomswithBIRs,polishedfloorboards &a study.Featuresinclude awoodfire,gasductedheating, evaporatecooling, &elegantmainbathroom.Outsideisa salt-chlorinatedpool, a3-carlock-upgaragewith3-phase powerand 2decks.Setawayfromthemainhouse,the studiocottagehasitsowncirculardriveway,architectural cathedralceilings, aspa,andhardwoodfloors.Insidehas 1bedroom, amodernensuitewithhigh-endfixturesand fittings,kitchenette,andopenliving/dining. Contact:SamanthaScott0438680032 172SpillersRoad,MacclesfieldExpressionsofInterest CallingallHorseLovers!
24 MAIL | Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 mailcommunity.com.au William Matthews Funerals FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED 24 HOUR SERVICE ALLAREAS 9739 6868 45 Cave Hill Rd, Lilydale www.williammatthewsfunerals.com.au 12410397-ACM06-19 No. 095 No. 095 No. 095 ACROSS 1 Pass (6) 4 Suggestion (8) 9 Theoretically (2,5) 11 Eighth of a mile (7) 12 Body of water to the East of Italy (8,3) 13 Belonging to a male (3) 14 Backlight device (8) 16 Rectal irrigation (5) 19 Zest (5) 20 Seasoned smoked beef (8) 22 Take unlawfully from (3) 24 Condition for agreement (11)an 26 Gambling buildings (7) 27 Retention (7) 29 Wild guess (4,4) 30 Withdraw federation (6)from DOWN 1 Self (3) 2 Edible shoots (9) 3 Prefix meaning above (5) 5 Decline (6) 6 Long-lasting (9) 7 Laziness (5) 8 Law (11) 10 Very large, plant-eatinghorned,animals (6) 12 Representation of an abstract meaning (11) 15 Hundreds and — (9) 17 Destroy (9) 18 Prizes (6) 21 Mess (6) 23 (US) (5)ruminantBovine 25 brick (5)Sun-dried 28 Ogle (3) PUZZLES QUICK DECODERCROSSWORD WORDFIT 9-LETTER WORD To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box. No. 095 98 64 4 817 3 43 72 62 52 1 1867 8725 14 8 51 easy 394 8 163 5 637 81 7 629 46 78 246 15 9 medium 3 3149 4 52 18 47 5 75 89 94 86 96 7 39 24 hard SUDOKU ADVERSARY,area,arras,array,arrayed,arrays,aver,avers,dare,dares, dear,dray,drays,dreary,dryer,errs,radar,rare,rase,rased,rave,raved, raver,raves,rayed,rays,read,reads,ready,rear,rears,revs,saver,sear, sera,vary,very,yard,year 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. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”. D E Y R R AA S V 19 words: Good 29 words: Very good 39 words: Excellent Today’s Aim: 3 LETTERS ACE ADO AGE APT ASK ASS AVO CAN CAP CAR DIM EAT EEL EGG ICE OFF PEA PER RAN ROD SUP TAP TAR TEE 4 LETTERS DREW ELMS FLEE ITCH LEST MORE PARK PORE SECT SEEP SICS STAG TAPS TEST 5 LETTERS ABODE ACRID ADMIT APPAL APPLE AROMA ASSET BEADS BOARD CASTE CRAMS DUNGS EERIE ELECT ENEMA ENSUE ERROR EVENS EVENT EVOKE GALAS GENES GOODO IMAGE IRATE KNEES LEAFS LEASE LISTS MASTS MATTE NODES ORBIT PARSE PAVES PRESS RAISE RESET RIDER SCRAP SHADE SMOCK SNEER STEER STOPS STORE TIDAL TORSO VERSE WIELD 6 LETTERS COOEES MAGPIE PETROL PICKLE 7 LETTERS APPAREL DECLARE ONESELF PRESENT REVERIE SANDMEN 8 LETTERS EMULATED PARANOID TELEVISE TERRIFIC 12345678910111213 14151617181920212223242526 L Z Y O W G D R U C M S A I T X N F B K Q J E H V P 26-08-22Puzzles and pagination © Pagemasters | pagemasters.com 239415768 175968243 521896374 816732495 648253917 983547621 457689132 392174586 764321859 easy medium hard 329851674 948615732 463187259 651472983 537928416 185294367 874369125 216743598 792536841 824653917 731825496 195437682 567219348 648971523 472586139 913748265 259364871 386192754 1 14 7 20 2 15 8 21 3 16 9 22 4 17 10 23 5 18 11 24 6 19 12 25 13 26 HP
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is a human being that you are mindful of him,/the son of man that you care for him? My answer: Because we are his specially created beings, and loved so much that he sent his son to redeem us to our original created state.Many Blessings Graeme Dawson, Chaplain to Community Point Graeme Dawson
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StarringPrey Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers and Michelle Thrush Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 The fifth film in the Predator franchise, Prey joins The Northman as another outstanding historical action film. In 1719, Naru (Amber Midthunder), a Comanche Native American woman, must battle a deadly alien hunter. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (whose first feature film was the excellent 10 Cloverfield Lane), Prey is a thrilling character-driven actionMidthunderfilm. is captivating as Naru, conveying a fierce resolve and agile physicality. A ritual to prove herself as a hunter forms the film’s framing device, and the plot establishes Naru’s bravery and cleverness but also her inexperience and the well-meaning disapproval of her tribe. These factors give Naru further impetus to grow as a character beyond the immediate threat of the Predator. The Predator itself is a fearsome figure with several cool weapons and abilities, and a handful of scenes in the first act show it studying Earth’s predators by bloodily working up the food chain. The action sequences are brutal and well-composed, with the highlight being a grisly skirmish in a burned forest. Prey has fun moments of callback to earlier Predator films without going overboard. The film has been praised for its Indigenous American cast and historical accuracy, and is notably the first Hollywood film with a full Comanche dub. Prey features very well-developed relationships between Naru and her brother Taabe (Dakota Beavers) and mother Aruka (Michelle Thrush), but the rest of the tribesmen are not well-defined. The plot has several well-seeded details, including medicinal flowers and Naru’s bowstring, but an important moment in the otherwise enthralling climax feels quite contrived.Despite some rough edges in the plot, Prey is a riveting historical sci-fi action film with a phenomenal heroine and lead performance, and is streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. - Seth Lukas Hynes
Do you know that Melbourne is a City of Literature, and the second city in the world to join the UNESCO City of Literature program as part of the wider Creative Cities Network? Currently there are 42 Cities of Literature across 28 countries in six continents. Melbourne joined the program in 2008, after Edinburgh (2004) and slightly before Iowa City (also 2008). According to Melbourne City of Literature Office website, all of the world’s Cities of Literature are committed to “the pursuit of excellence at a local level, as well as working together to create lasting global partnerships and cross-cultural initiatives, on top of developing local, national and international literary links.” This is done by sharing experiences, knowledge and best practices, and through professional and artistic exchange programs andIndeed,networks.since 2014, Melbourne has worked with other Cities of Literature as well as local, regional and national literary organisations to launch a dazzling range of strategic initiatives, partnership programs and international exchanges. For example, in 2018 Heidelberg and Fabriano initiated a project called the World Poetry Book. Melbourne-based Emily Zoey Baker and Chris Wallace-Crabbe were among 51 poets from 28 cities around the world to contribute to a special anthology titled ‘Poetic Encounters’. The book was made of handcrafted, foliosized paper from Fabriano (a City of Crafts and Folk Art), which was sent via Heidelberg to all Cities of Literature worldwide. After being filled with poems, written by hand in these poets’ original languages, the paper was sent back to Fabriano where the anthology was bound. The World Poetry Book was presented at the UNESCO Creative Cities Network meeting in Krakow and Katowice in June 2018. It was dedicated to all people worldwide valuing the power and richness of literature and advocating freedom of thought and speech. Another example of the Melbourne City of Literature Office’s good work is the Virtual Writers in Residence program.
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I recently read of a couple walking along a beach while on vacation and the husband no ticed a large square patch of sand blocked off by a makeshift fence and a young man stand ing Whennearby.they enquired of him as to what it was, he explained that he worked around the clock with a team of volunteers, committed to guarding the eggs in each sea turtle’s nest. He said that once the hatchlings emerged from the nest, they were vulnerable to all kinds of predators, decreasing their chance of sur vival.He said scientists estimate that only one in every five thousand hatchlings reach adult hood.Those damning statistics hadn’t discouraged the young man – in fact his passion for serving the hatchlings increased. This is a similar to a story that I often told in the counselling room when clients were strug gling against life’s odds and feeling quite help less, or to encourage depressed clients to reframe their story, from watching their ‘navels’, to raising their eyes to notice someone else go ing through tough times who might need help.
In fact a mate of mine leads a team around Lakes Entrance even today. When my grand-daughter who lives in Canada and was only eight and in primary school, she developed a passion for the endangered Beluga whale and the Snow leopard. Then she started a club for raising money for saving both of those creatures from extinction.Her method was to sign members into the club for a fee, and in exchange they received a numbered certificate. ‘Chaiya’, I discovered, when she was born, that her name in Hebrew meant, ‘Life giver’, or ‘Mother of all life’, and is another variant to the name, ‘Eve’, the first mother. Speaking of Eve the original, and Adam who were commissioned to care for the animal kingdom and the herbal environment; we find that they failed in that task as we are doing today.They failed to work with the creator in the harmonic balance of our planet. A psalmist in ancient times wrote in amazement of the creator of that balance.
In November 2021, poet and teachereducator Sue Dymoke from Nottingham took up residence in State Library Victoria and developed a resource for young writers, teachers and families using the library’s rich collections.InNovember 2022, ten libraries and literary events and organisations across Melbourne will host writers from other Cities of Literature. They will be conducting workshops, composing literary works, and appearing in festival panels and social media channels to connect with local writing communities.Onespecial event to take place during the forthcoming Melbourne Writers Festival is ‘Postcards from the Cities of Literature’. On September 6, delegates from Angoulême, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Kraków, Ljubljana, Manchester, Quebec City, Seattle and Wonju will each share ten things about their cities in which readers, writers and books thrive. And, on September 7, as part of the annual Cities of Literature Meeting, Melbourne will host three concurrent roundtables at State Library Victoria to discuss literary program ming, libraries, and reader development. In their conversations with local literary profes sionals, delegates from around the world will share their challenges of the past five years and their visions for the future five years. WITH CHRISTINE SUN
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‘That Again,story’.aman walking along a beach saw another man in the distance doing something. The closer he got he saw the man was surrounded by hundreds of stranded starfish and he was picking them up one at a time and throwing them out into the sea. The observing man said, ‘mate that’s a hopeless task, does it really matter’? The reply came as the man threw the next one into the water, saying, ‘it mattered to that one’.That’s what happened to the man who started ‘Blaze-Aid after the ’09 fires. His property was burnt out and he was crippled with depression, and the advice from the therapist he engaged was to look around for someone worse off than himself, and away he Hiswent.depression disappeared when he used his farm as a drop off depot for semi-trailers of hay gifted from farmers all over the country, and then he was loaned trucks to deliver what was required to battling farmers for their starvingHecattle.also allowed his property to be used by volunteers in caravans while they worked rebuilding burnt out sheds and fences.
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• The installation of four (4) new Vodafone and Optus 5G antennas (each measuring not more than 2.8m in length) installed onto the existing structure.
• The installation of ancillary equipment including antenna mounts, Remote Radio Units (RRUs) feeders, cabling, combiners and other associated equipment; and ancillary works within the existing equipment shelter.
•The removal of three (3) existing Vodafone and Optus panel antennas to be replaced with three (3) new (one Vodafone and two Optus) panel antennas (each measuring not more than 2.8m in length).
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· Goals: Stephanie Puopolo 34, Sophie Stubbs 17B Grade was already certain of a Qualifying Finals berth and was up against a Pakenham side who were only playing for pride. Monbulk established several leads of 4-5 goals only to be reeled back in by a tenacious Lions side. In the final term, a string of Pakenham goals tied up the scores before Monbulk was able to sink the final two goals and emerge victorious by that margin. Monbulk finished the season in second place as they prepare for their finals assault.
· Best: Dayna Walsham, Alice McCormick, Iris de Wit
Monbulk’s A Grade netballers had a chance to jump from fifth to third if results were to go their way. Playing Pakenham on the home courts, the Hawks were always in control with a pressured backcourt and they were then able to cut their way through the Lions’ defence in the midcourt and in the arc with consis tent regularity. The solid 15-goal win was not enough to snare a double chance as ROC, whom they had vanquished last week, caused an upset by becoming the first team to topple Narre Warren. Monbulk will be in an Elimina tion final next Sunday. Monbulk 51 def Pakenham 36
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Goals: Hamish Emmett 2, Matthew James 1, Ryan Gilbert 1, Brandon Shambrooke 1, Steven Shankly 1
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28 MAIL | Tuesday, 23 August, 2022 mailcommunity.com.au Seniors: Gembrook Cockatoo 15.16.106 def Healesville 9.2.56 · Best: D Welsh, D Volta, C Crestani, J Verhagen, B Weller, J Tilly · Goals: M Firrito 3, JVerhagen 2, C Crestani 2, A Firrito 2, C Bastow 1, L Ramage 1, N Riordan 1, B Schultze 1, L Taylor 1 Reserves: Gembrook Cockatoo 21.14.140 def Healesville 1.1.7 · Best: R Pepi, B Wareham, W Burchill, S Martin, T Bastow, J Busacca · Goals:W Burchill 4, T Bastow 3, N Jackson 3, W O’Sullivan 3, L Waddell 2, B Wareham 2, B Baguley 1, Jesse Busacca 1, B Neyland 1, R Pepi 1 Gembrook Cockatoo Netball had a bye this week resultsGembrook Gembrook ran out winners 106 to 56. Picture: GEMBROOKNETBALLFOOTBALLCLUB
Goals: Jed Noar 3, Tully Ford 2, Liam Lourey 2, Riley Finlay 1 Rising high for the mark.
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Best: Lochlan Beecroft, Dylan Werts, Joel Wensley, Kai Linde, Steve Oates, Taylor Joyce
Hawk netballers land third position
The Monbulk Under 19s knew that a win over sixth-placed Pakenham would assure them of the double chance. Everything about Monbulk’s play was impressive, except for kick ing goals where too many easy shots were not converted, particularly after quarter time when 4.13 was added for the final three terms. Mon bulk’s run off the half-back line and their switch to find players in better positions meant that they were able to control most of the match. Monbulk 8.19.67 def Pakenham 1.1.7
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Monbulk was promoted to the Premier Divi sion for 2022 after Covid ended the 2021 sea son with only half of the fixtures played and no premier announced. With Cranbourne (Southern) and Beaconsfield (Eastern) depart ing, Monbulk (minor premiers), Mt. Evelyn and Officer, the top three in Division 1, were placed in the higher division. Out of the seven teams that Monbulk fielded, four had qualified for the finals and if the Seniors could defeat Pakenham this would bring it to five in what would be considered a successful transition to the higher Monbulkgrade.started the day in sixth place, a game behind Pakenham, and the equation facing them was simple as any win would get the Hawks into the finals under the new tie breaker rule, where teams level on points are ranked on their performance against each oth er. The Lions went into the match coming off a morale-boosting win over contenders Woori Yallock last week, but the Hawks at home are always a tough proposition. As the game progressed, the Monbulk de fence stood tall to frustrate any Pakenham for ward thrusts and apart from a slight fightback in the third term from the Lions, the Hawks were in control for most of the afternoon. The midfielders were linking up well and provid ing options with their run and carry style while constantly applying pressure to any Pakenham player in possession. A dominant 5-goal to 1 last term brought the crowd out in full voice. The final result was a convincing 48-point win as the Hawks surged into the finals. Had the lad der been worked out on the previous percent age method the Hawks would also have quali fied as they started the day a game and 7.6 per cent behind Pakenham but were level on wins and 1.2 per cent ahead when the siren sounded. Monbulk 12.12.84 def Pakenham 5.6.36
The Monbulk Reserves played their final match of the season. Depth has been a problem all year as it has been for about the last decade. The hard work of Coach Billie Hicken, who has been at the helm since 2017, cannot be underestimated as he worked the phone hard on a weekly basis just to be able to field a team. On the occasion of the final round, he had the luxury of a full side with emergencies. Showing what is possible on a more level playing field, the last-placed Monbulk side gave fourth-ranked Pakenham a huge scare. The Hawks kicked the first three goals and, even when the Lions returned fire, Monbulk responded to hit the front again in the third term before eventually succumbing by 18 points. Monbulk 6.3.39 def by Pakenham 8.9.57
Best: Ryan Gilbert, Lewis Oliver, Josh Rak, JustinWoodcock, Brandon Shambrooke, Steven Shankly
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Monbulk 40 def Pakenham 38
SPORT Hawks off to finals
Goals: Taylor Joyce 3, Mackay Bateson 2, Lochlan Beecroft 2, Bailey Rutherford 2, Kai Linde 1, Glenn Strachan 1, Hayden Finlay 1
Best: MaxThornton, Jed Noar, Harry Fleming, Tully Ford, Liam Lourey, Coby Passingham
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· Goals: Iris de Wit 26, Olivia Crook 14 The C Grade team finished up for the year going down to Pakenham by 21 goals. This young team has improved as the season has progressed and a number of promising play ers have shown signs of things to come for next year. Monbulk 27 def by Pakenham 48 · Best: Lisa Boyle, Brooke O’Loughlin, Courtney Witt
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The final game of the 2022 home & away season saw the Bloods facing a red-hot Wandin side in the hostile environment of Clegg Rd. FILE
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The nerves were high for the u13 boys as the big day took forever to roll over to 4.10pm. Olinda was painted red and white in preparation for the big day and players, parents and coaches were itching to get into the game. The stands atWandin were packed in a sea of red and white and the roar was incredible as the game started. It doesn’t get much better than this! Mt Evelyn had the wind at the backs in the first quarter as they kicked to their strong crowd in an even and tight contest. Their height was telling as the boys struggled to find rhythm in a scrappy contest. At the quarter-time break, Coach Spida was throwing the magnets around trying to find the setup needed for the day as Mt Evelyn went into the break 5 points up. The boys were calm and collected, and in the second they found the form that they had taken into the last two encounters with Mt Evelyn.Theskills shown around the contest were elite as Captain Courageous Will Blenkiron, Rio Neish and Fletcher Brown found ways to win the ball and hit targets. Jesse Desta lived up to the Bloods name and copped a nose full of tissues for his troubles but that didn’t slow him down for long. In the second half, kicking into a stiff breeze, Olinda hit targets and found a way to score, breaking the resolve of a competitive Mt Evelyn outfit. The talls, led by Flynn Reeves, Ollie Millwood and Kadin Johnston broke the game apart in the air with strong marks in defence and up forward. The mosquito fleet got to work too with Ollie Haines, Ned Monkhorst, Spencer Garrett, Al Deering and Hugo Fishburn winning plenty of footy from the bottom of packs. In the final quarter, kicking with the breeze and to a rapturous sea of red and white, Olinda finished the game in style with three goals in a polished effort with Ko Meihuizen, Jarrah Bellemo, Jakob Boyd and Nate Johnston all being instrumental. Xavier Grimes, Archie Condon, Louie Barry, Braydon Sharp and Trav Vernon all contributed when the game was there to be won. Ben Gowan rose from his death bed and Fergus Hourigan recovered from a season-threatening injury to be there and make an impact. But there’s also a really great story that needs to be told about this group that paints the picture of the compassion and brotherhood these players have for each other. James Thornton played his last game of footy in this grand final. For him to even play
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at all this year has been incredible and he’s taken every opportunity to make the most of his season. Given it’s a grand final and we were in a good position, it would be easy for the boys to want to get out there and be a part of the glory. Rory Ferguson said to Spida at three quarter time that he’d sit out so James could finish his footy career on the ground. Well done Rory. Not a dry eye in the house. This is what Olinda footy is about. The U17s also played in a thriller against a monster Belgrave outfit in their prelim final. This was a cracking game of footy with highly skilled, fast-paced footy shown by both sides. The game see-sawed through quarters with Belgrave generally getting the upper hand early and Olinda running over them late in the quarters. But scoring was tough. In the end, the game came down the last couple of minutes with the boys getting a couple of kicks clear, but Belgrave peppering. Cooler heads on the ground prevailed where the spectators were besides themselves as Olinda controlled the footy to sneak home with a 7-point win, now off to Woori on Friday night for the big dance.
The final game of the 2022 home & away sea son saw the Bloods facing a red-hot Wandin side in the hostile environment of Clegg Rd. Al though the result would have no influence on ladder position for the finals, the Bloods had planned for an intense contest against a fellow finals contender on compact ground. Wandin’s midfielders jumped out of the gates early, quickly exposing some lacklustre defensive effort and accountability from their Olinda opposition. The Bloods could not get their hands on the footy. Defenders, under im mediate pressure, were caught out on multiple occasions as Wandin notched early goals and established a commanding lead. With their forwards forced to help high up the ground, Olinda was unable to create any contests in side 50. Any forward entries simply ended up in open space and were quickly rebounded by Bulldog defenders. Tom Millwood was able to dribble through a late major, but the Bloods trailed by 7 goals entering the first break. Needing to respond, the Bloods lifted their intensity for the second quarter. The defensive midfield effort improved, halting Wandin’s clearance dominance. The forwards were able to get their hands on the ball in more damaging positions. Although Olinda was playing with more intent, the Dogs responded with their own gameplay, matching the territory battle through sheer will at the contest. Despite be ing tasked with a more accountable role, Matt Scharenberg was still finding ways to intercept and launch Olinda’s attacks. Pete Lucas toiled hard in the heat of battle. With majors to Jonty Scott, JoshWallis and Lachy Taylor, Olinda was able to bring the margin back to 37 points at halftime.Olinda displayed some intermittent attack on the footy in the third quarter but Wandin continued to dominate with skill and ruthless intent all around the ground. Making the most of limited opportunities, the Bloods were able to capitalise on three for ward entries with goals to tall forwards: Taylor, Wallis and Seymour. But Wandin showed no sign of releasing the pressure and had extended their lead to an 8-goal margin at the final break.The ¾ time emphasis was honesty and pride. Down back, Dale Rohrmann was handling his matchup under intense pressure while Dan Toma was accountable. Percy Hyett was typically competitive in his forward 50 attack. Seymour and Scott managed to finish off some positive passages of play, adding two goals to the score line. But all in all, it was a disappointing day for Olinda which couldn’t match Wandin’s hardness, skill and intent. Going down 122-65 in the final round, there’s plenty to ponder going into the finals. The Bloods now face Monbulk in an Elimination Final.
Olinda u13 boys celebrate their season with a flag
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Upwey Ferntree Gully Baseball Club players Ethan Jenkins, Ash Geary-Smith, Ryder Wilson and Jack Ratcliffe with coach Simon Radcliffe at the Senior League World Series.
Mr Lind said the games were televised on ESPN and the players “had a blast.” “We’re pretty lucky, the coach of the team is one of our coaches Simon Radcliffe,” he said. “He was the head coach of the team and our Secretary MarkWilson was the team manager.”
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Works start Mayor of Knox City Council Susan Laukens, CEO of Basketball Victoria Nick Honey, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopolous, Mount Waverley MP Matt Fregon and Bayswater MP Jackson Taylor at the State Basketball Centre.
Leigh Kimpton celebrates his 100th goal of the season.
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos said the gov ernment is supporting “the next genera tion of sporting champions and the com munities behind them, ensure Victorian have access to first-class sporting facili ties across the “Basketballstate.”ishuge in Victoria, and we’re investing so more people can enjoy taking part in the sport they love, our top teams can train and be their best, and lo cal sports have top-class facilities.” He said.The steel skeleton being installed was made using steel manufactured in Victo ria, with 90 per cent of the project being made with local materials and 10 per cent of the total estimated work hours being delivered by apprentices, trainees and ca dets according to the state government.
The Australian representative team was made up of Eastern Athletics players, who won the National Championships.
Mr Lind said the result proves the club is on the right track in developing players at the club for bright futures in the sport. “We are very proud of these players and very much look forward to seeing them one day going all the way to Major League Baseball.” he Upwey-Ferntreesaid. Gully Baseball Club is launching a scholarship program next season and is hosting a series of Come and Try baseball training sessions for juniors aged five to 16-years-old, with no experience required and equipment provided. The sessions will be held on Wednesday 7, 14, 21 and 28 September andWednesday 5 October.More information can be found at www.upweyftgbaseballclub.com.
“The amazing facilities will support thousands of locals to dream big and get involved and the state-of-the-art centre will welcome nearly two million visitors annually, who’ll also be able to enjoy a new town square space,” he said.
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The upgrade is being jointly funded through $27 million from Knox City Council and $105 million from the state government.KnoxMayor Susan Laukens said the project was the council’s biggest ever in vestment in sporting facilities.
“We’ve picked up some good players and we’re just traveling a lot better than we have in the previous seasons,” Kimpton said. “I’ve been kicking straighter and obviously we are going pretty well. “The deliveries have been pretty good this year; it helps to have a good team around you.”
The centre is home to the Knox Raid ers, who compete in the NBL1 South.The stadium also houses the offices of Basket ball Australia, Basketball Victoria, the Melbourne Boomers WNBL team, South East Melbourne Phoenix NBL team and Knox Basketball Incorporated. It current ly seats 3,200 people on the show court and has six other courts that can also host netball games.
Upwey-Ferntree Gully Baseball Club President Chris Lind said after winning the national competition the players had the chance to rep resent Australia against five other internation al teams and six teams from the United States.
By Parker McKenzie Installation of a 1250-tonne structural steel “skeleton” at the Knox State Basket ball Centre has begun, a milestone in the $132 million upgrade to the facility. Located in Wantirna South, the up grade includes performance training and administration facilities capable of host ing WNBL and NBL teams, 12 new com munity-accessible courts and gymnastics facilities.Bayswater MP Jackson Taylor said he was proud to see the home of basketball being built in Knox.
“Knox Basketball has nearly 1000 teams competing every week and is one of the largest basketball associations in Australia,” she said. “Knox Gymnastics often has waiting lists for young people and their families. This new home will be purpose-built for them and will allow more local children and adults to take part in gymnastics.”
“We came in fifth, beating Asia Pacific and Canada before losing to Latin America in a close game in the semi-finals,” Mr Lind said. “We’re talking a team of 14 kids out of 5000 players in the country and four from our club went over. The experience in that and the chance they had to play and compete against the best in the world was just outstanding.“ Australia beat Guam 11-1 and Canada 5-1 to set up a semi-final against Panama, where they lost 5-1. The World Series was won by Ra dames López Little League from Puerto Rico, representing the Caribbean region, who beat Australia in their first game of the tournament.
16s players Ethan Jenkins, Ash Geary-Smith, Ryder Wilson and Jack Ratcliffe from Upwey-Ferntree Gully Baseball Club made the trip across the pacific ocean after winning the National Championships with Eastern Athletics, earning the chance to repre sent their country in South Carolina.
Baseballers off to represent at worlds
“It was from a tight angle, about 45 meters out,” he said. “I’m still probably thinking it over a little bit, but we knew this could happen and every one ran onto the field.”
“Basketball is huge in Victoria, and we’re investing so more people can enjoy taking part in the sport they love, our top teams can train and be their best, and lo cal sports have top-class facilities.”
Silvan currently finds themselves in first spot on the ladder, with one game to go before finals in the Eastern football League 4th Division. Their final game —and then again during finals —will be played against Surrey Park, who inflicted the team with their only loss of the season so far. Kimpton said he is focused on winning the Premiership now he’s achieved the lofty goal scoring
“We’retarget.travelling well, we’ve only lost one game so everything is looking good for the flag,” he said. “We lost to them once by three points, but I think we’ve hopefully learned from that.” Kimpton needed to kick 6 goals to hit 100 for the season, but went one better with 7, bringing his total to 101 for the year. He chalked his success this season up to the team improving under coach Trent Martin compared to previous seasons.
By Parker McKenzie Silvan Football Club’s Leigh Kimpton scored his 100th goal of the season over the weekend during his teams 81-point win against Chirn side Park on Saturday 6 August. 31-year-old Kimpton said he hit the milestone in his 4th season with the club, after pre viously recording a high of 79 in his first season with the team.
Minister for Industry Support and Re covery Ben Carroll said they are putting local jobs first throughout the upgrade.
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By Parker McKenzie Four young baseballers hailing from Fern tree Gully represented Australia at the Senior Leagues World Series in The United States from July 30 to August 6, where they faced off against international representative teams to finishUnder5th.
“We know how important it is to sup port Victorian businesses to win work on the major projects we are delivering for communities acrossVictoria,” he said. The State Basketball Centre opened in 2012 and cost $27 million to build. It is lo cated at the Knox Regional Sports Park, 291 George StreetWantirna South.
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