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House flattened By Tyler Wright A rental property in Kallista has been deemed uninhabitable after it was severely damaged by a large fallen tree at around midday on Monday 31 October, trapping a mother and two children in its wake. Emerald SES, Monbulk and Kallista-The Patch CFA fire brigade crews were on the scene alongside Victoria Police and paramedics after a tree demolished the Royle Avenue home’s kitchen, lounge room and bathroom after a week of heavy rain and winds of up to 128 km/h blew over Melbourne on Monday. The uprooted tree from a neighbouring property the impacted property’s shed before reaching the roof the home. “It’s not even a case of a branch being a skylight, the roofing truss was on the floor…there was tree at shin level,” Emerald SES deputy unit controller Neil Fisher said. “If people had been in other rooms it would have been a very different situation...It might have been [to] assist Victoria Police in body recovery, it was that level of impact.” Mr Fisher said the kids bedroom was not impacted, with SES crews called out again at around 2.07pm to assist in retrieving belongings from another bedroom which suffered partial damage. Ambulance Victoria confirmed a woman in her 40s was assessed at the scene but did not require emergency treatment or transport to hospital. “On the first call they were in extreme shock and I think mum was very thankful that there were no injuries other than a small bump to the head,” Mr Fisher said. “They’ve moved away from the house due to it being not habitable.”
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A rental property in Kallista has been deemed uninhabitable after a large tree demolished its lounge room, kitchen and bathroom. Pictures: TYLER WRIGHT The Star Mail understands neighbours heard the tree falling on to the house. Emerald SES crews were called out to 70 incidents on Monday 31 October, including a home in Belgrave also devastated by a fallen tree. Mr Fisher said SES crews are finding a lot more landslide activity this year, with areas throughout Upwey, Tecoma, Belgrave, Olinda, Sassafras areas hit with minor landslides in the past 72 hours, with a few jobs in the Cockatoo and Emerald region.
Trees were also falling onto roads and properties. “It’s been a long couple of days for the volunteers,” he said. “When the winds first started blowing we had probably 20 members - between on road and administrative roles - at our headquarters throughout the evening, and then yesterday (Monday 31 October) was [around] close to 15 members available and working for the community,” Mr Fisher said. Mr Fisher said it was combination of wet
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Emily Dang (left), Selena Dang (right) Monbulk Newsagency are celebrating after selling a winning division one TattsLotto ticket with friend Harry Train; landing a Monbulk woman $1.5 million. Picture: TYLER WRIGHT and 3, while the supplementary numbers were 16 and 13. The 13 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4307 were sold in Queensland (six entries) Victoria (three), New South Wales
(two) and one each in Tasmania and Western Australia. The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 370 so far this calendar year, including 148 won by Tatts customers.
Interest rate rises slows housing market Seven months of rising interest rates have made selling houses more difficult and reduced the borrowing power of young homeowners throughout the Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley. On Tuesday 1 November, the RBA announced a 25 basis point increase to the cash rate for the second consecutive month. It is the seventh month in a row the cash rate — which is now 2.85 per cent — has been increased. Governor of the RBA Phillip Lowe said in an online statement that inflation in Australia is currently too high. “A further increase in inflation is expected over the months ahead, with inflation now forecast to peak at around 8 per cent later this year,” he said. “Inflation is then expected to decline next year due to the ongoing resolution of global supply-side problems, recent declines in some commodity prices and slower growth in demand.” The cash rate represents the interest rate
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on unsecured overnight loans between banks and serves as the benchmark rate for mortgages, savings accounts and exchange rates. Inflation is the increase in the cost of goods and services bought by households. Mr Lowe said the RBA’s priority is returning inflation to the 2 to 3 per cent range over time. “One source of uncertainty is the outlook for the global economy, which has deteriorated over recent months. Another is how household spending in Australia responds to the tighter financial conditions,” he said. “The Board expects to increase interest rates further over the period ahead. It is closely monitoring the global economy, household spending and wage and pricesetting behaviour.” Mick Dolphin from Ranges First National Real Estate said the two biggest impacts he has seen are the slowing of the rate of sale of houses and the amount of money available to first home buyers. “Last year on average, it took one or two weeks and now it’s up to a couple of months
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to sell,” he said. “The other big factor is the affordability, particularly for first home buyers, what they could borrow has been affected and has shrunk considerably for that section of the market.” He said people should remember that Australia has recently come off historically low-interest rates. “Even though people get a bit nervous because it has risen so much, they’re only going back to what they’ve been over the past 40 to 50 years and it is still a little bit less than average.” Head of consumer research at Finder Graham Cooke said someone with a $500,000 mortgage will be paying $815 more a month compared to when the rate started rising seven months ago. “This seventh consecutive rate hike – 275 basis points in total – will be a bitter pill to swallow for many,” he said. “The current series of rate hikes has added almost $10,000 to the annual cost of a $500,000 mortgage.”
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Applications are now open for Yarra Ranges Council’s 2023 Australia Day Awards, with residents being encouraged to nominate people who are doing amazing work in their community. Yarra Ranges Mayor Cr Jim Child said the annual awards give people the chance to formally recognise the outstanding work of individuals within the Yarra Ranges. “There are so many people in the Yarra Ranges who give back so much to their community, and the Australia Day Awards are a great opportunity for them to be congratulated and celebrated,” Cr Child said. “We’d love to receive as many nominations as we can to highlight anyone who is making a positive impact in our region. “This is a wonderful opportunity to thank and pay tribute to those who go above and beyond to make the Yarra Ranges a better place to live.” The categories for the Australia Day Awards in 2023 are: Citizen of Year – above 26 years of age (at 26 January 2023) Young Citizen of the Year – under the age of 26 (at 26 January 2023) Environmental Achiever of the Year Ken McIntosh Memorial Award (Young Environmental Achiever) – under the age of 26 (at 26 January 2023) Community Group of the Year Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award - selected by the Mayor and peers Ian De La Rue Award for Community Leadership –selected by the Mayor and peers Residents can make a nomination by submitting a form at https://www.yarraranges.vic. gov.au/Community/Australia-Day-Awardsnominations-2023 Nominations close Friday 2 December at 5pm.
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A Monbulk newsagency is celebrating after selling a $1.5 million winning division one TattsLotto ticket to a Monbulk local, with the store owners having “no idea” who brought the unregistered ticket from TattsLotto draw 4307. Balloons and posters brightened Monbulk Newsagency in the days after the win was drawn on Saturday 29 October. “We were so excited, we couldn’t believe it,” Monbulk Newsagency owner Selena Dang told Tattslotto. “After a busy day and week to sell highest Powerball jackpot prize and Tattslotto Super draw, it was fantastic to get the news we’d sold a division one winning entry.” The unidentified Monbulk woman is set to chip away at long overdue home renovations after landing the $1,538,461.54 win along with 13 others across Australia. “I checked the ticket on Sunday morning and I’m still in shock — It still feels like a dream!,” she told TattsLotto. “Our family can put the prize towards doing some house maintenance. “We look forward to replacing the deck and putting in some solar panels!” She also hopes to put the remaining prize towards boosting retirement plans. Monbulk Newsagency has sold more than fifteen division one winning entries over the years, and its owners are glad to have sold a winning ticket to a local. “Good luck to the winner, and hopefully we will have another one soon,” owner Nick Phan said. The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4307 on 29 October 2022 were 7, 9, 42, 6, 22
A 25-year-old Ferntree Gully man was one of three people arrested after a car evaded police in Wantirna on Thursday 3 November. Police said a Volkswagen GTI with no registration plates was sighted on Burwood Highway just before 1pm before officers attempted to intercept it. The car took off towards Scoresby Road, with Police Airwing following it through numerous suburbs until it pulled into a service station on Loughnan Road, Ringwood to refuel. Three people were arrested by police, who said a 44-year-old Ashburton woman, a 19-year-old Wandin North man and the 25-year-old Ferntree Gully man are assisting police with their enquiries while the vehicle was impounded.
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Lynette Hayhurst’s accommodation was damaged by flooding on Wednesday 26 October. A week later, there is still heavy water damage to carpets and flooring. Pictures: SUPPLIED
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Resident’s flooding pains By Parker McKenzie Flooding throughout the Dandenong Ranges and the foothills has caused havoc for residents over the past two weeks, although for residents like Lynette Hayhurst, the real challenge is just beginning. On Wednesday 26 October, heavy rain flooded her house for the fourth time since she moved into accommodation in The Basin. “I was snuggling into bed thinking I’m glad I’m nice and warm when around halfway through the night I started to smell something,” she said. “When I got up and started to pull things away, I could see the water was coming from under the ground through the concrete underneath. When her residence was previously dam-
aged by flooding, the owner of the rental bought in plumbers to try and fix the issue to no avail. Ms Hayhurst, who works in emergency teaching, said she knew as soon as she woke up the next morning she would have to move. “I could never stay, the smell was terrible because the water had destroyed the carpet in every room,” she said. “To be honest I cried, I was just so overwhelmed and knew I had to move, I couldn’t even stay here today.” She immediately started reaching out to friends and people in the community to ask if there was anyone she could stay with temporarily, before receiving a lifeline at 4.30pm when a friend suggested she contact someone nearby in Boronia. “I didn’t know, I’d never heard of them. Re-
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years, I’m not joking,” she said. “I rang them because I thought maybe they could escalate my status on it and find me somewhere considering I’ve been flooded out. They told me I can apply for that, I asked if it’ll be within six months I’ll be able to find a place and they told me it’s a very long list.” After speaking to a state government representative, Ms Hayhurst said she has secured 10 days of emergency accommodation and despite her struggles, the kindness people have shown has been a light in the darkness. “If I didn’t have the close friends and strangers treating me like this, you’d throw your hands up in the air and say I can’t do it,” Ms Hayhurst said. “We’re not meant to be on our own, especially in these difficult times.”
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Flood adds to pressures By Parker McKenzie While emergency relief services in the Dandenong Ranges have seen people needing assistance after flooding, the number one issue is still cost of living pressures. Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Service manager Tania Bevan said the notfor-profit has been busy with people struggling with the rising cost of living, but they have also seen people who have needed assistance after the recent heavy rain. “We have been helping people affected by the floods as well, mainly people who generally couldn’t afford things that most people can,” she said. “Stuff like dehumidifiers for houses that are going mouldy and replacing items that they don’t have insurance for because they’re renting.” Judy Thornbury from Open Door Community Care, a Monbulk not-for-profit running a food pantry, said while they lost power during the recent heavy rain and flooding, they fortunately didn’t lose any of their foodstuffs. “We’ve had a few people who were flooded out and we’re continuing to do our food deliveries and the food pantry,” she said. “I tallied it up for the first time and we
had 384 people come through last month.” Ms Thornbury said many people are still struggling to handle the rising cost of living and inflation, which makes up most of the people they see at the food pantry. For DRERS, the best way for people to assist in financial assistance according to Ms Bevan. “They might need to hire a skip if the council isn’t able to help clean, we can pay for it or also assist them with medical bills if they have respiratory problems caused by a mouldy house,” she said. “Financial assistance is always the very best way to help because it allows us flexibility in how we can respond to what people need. If people are happy to donate food, that’s something that we always need help with.” She said currently, DRES has a shortage of long-life milk and this is one of the best non-perishable foods to donate. The Dandenong Ranges Relief Service is located at 1616/1624 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave and more information can be found at DRERS.org.au Open Door Pantry is located at the Open Door Community Church on the corner of Moxham and David Hill Road Monbulk.
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Boronia projects backed By Parker McKenzie Six projects in Boronia have received over $1 million in funding from the state government and council, with community projects and organisations, local traders and sports clubs the big winners. State government funding, delivered through the Boronia Revitalisation Board, awarded $136,500 for the Boronia Community Breakfast Program by Knox Infolink, $50,000 for a series of neurodiverse inclusion events with local organisations, $50,000 for the Boronia Community Grants Program, $150,000 for sports field lighting at Chandler Park, $200,000 for pedestrian wayfinding signage at the Boronia Activity Centre and $395,000 for a full year program for place-making and retail activation. Bayswater MP and chair of the Boronia Revitalisation Board Jackson Taylor said he was proud to have delivered “around $4 million in funding as a part of the Revitalisation Board.” “This new funding will mean even more important projects delivered right here in Boronia to continue the work of seeing our suburb live up to the potential we know it has,” he said. Knox City Council will contribute $342,400 towards the projects. Mayor Susan Laukens said the projects funded are a part of Knox City Council’s Boronia Renewal Strategy. “Council welcomes the funding announced by the Victorian Government today and Council is proud to announce our own further investment in this vital urban hub,” she said. “Revival of this area is so important as Council looks to reactivate local businesses and support a strong local economy.” Knox Infolink manager Denise Budge told the Star Mail on 29 September the breakfast program engages with members of the Boro-
Basywater MP Jackson Taylor and Knox City Council mayor Susan Laukens announcing the funding for the projects. nia community who are hard to. “Food might have been the hook when they come in for a meal,” she said. “Once we get to know them we unpack what the underlying issues are and then we try to support them through a caseworker.” The 12-month program for place-making and retail activation will “engage traders and deliver arts, cultural and economic develop-
Mount Dandenong Preschool’s old site on Mount Dandenong Tourist Road has been unusable since being damaged by a fallen tree during the 2021 9 June storm event. But students and staff can expect a new permanent site to be built near Mount Dandenong Primary School. Picture: TYLER WRIGHT
Preschool site unveiled By Tyler Wright Yarra Ranges Council has confirmed a site for Mount Dandenong Preschool students and staff will be built near Mount Dandenong Primary School, after the kindergarten’s original building was deemed uninhabitable in the June 2021 storm event. Staff and students have been operating out of a temporary site at Olinda Primary School since their building on Mount Dandenong Tourist Road was damaged last June. “We know it has been very hard seeing this much-loved preschool destroyed and that for many, it is a constant reminder of the trauma of the storm so to know Mt Dandenong Preschool will soon have a wonderful new home is very pleasing indeed,” Yarra Ranges Mayor Councillor Jim Child said. Cr Child said the state government’s commitment to the redevelopment provides an opportunity to include a multipurpose community room that will enable the opportunity for the provision of maternal child health services, playgroup spaces, family support allied health and/or mental health services previously inaccessible in the Mount Dandenong and Sassafras areas. “We want to thank the Hon. James Merlino MP, State Member for Monbulk, for this wonderful outcome for the Mt Dandenong community and for his commitment to this
hugely important community hub, and also for the ongoing support from officers at the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) and Department of Education and Training (DET),” Cr Child said. A post on James Merlino’s Facebook page published on Monday 31 October said the new kindergarten and community facility for Mount Dandenong Preschool is not an election promise, and has “already been approved, and will be delivered”. “Olinda Primary School has stood up to temporarily care for the local children impacted by this damage. We thank them for their support over the past year and while this rebuild occurs,” the post read. In a statement to the Star Mail on Thursday 3 November, a Yarra Ranges Council representative said the council expects a 12 month design process, followed by a 12 month construction process; a time frame which could vary once the design and construction process begins. It is understood there will be an opportunity for the community to contribute to the design process, and the design supports the need for a single point drop off for parents. Detail costings are set to come out of the design process, with the redevelopment expected to meet the demand of the previous preschool.
ment projects,” according to the state government. It will deliver at least six trader meetings on a bi-monthly basis, six events and additional projects “aimed at growing visitation to Boronia and continuing to improve the visual amenity of the streetscape such as further murals etc following consultation with businesses.” The Boronia Revitalisation Board was established by the Victorian state government in
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2021 as a part of the Suburban Revitalisation Project, to “a local voice to the Victorian Government’s Suburban Revitalisation program, working with local communities to identify opportunities for locally-led projects to make Boronia thrive.” For more information on the projects or the Boronia Revitalisation Board, visit suburbandevelopment.vic.gov.au/suburban-revitalisation/boronia
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Food charity welcomes $25,000 donation By Parker McKenzie Feed One Feed All has had a nomadic life since founder Lillie Giang first started cooking for the community during the June 2021 storm weather event in the Dandenong Ranges. “When the storm came through, me and a group of volunteers set up a makeshift kitchen every Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Ms Giang said. “We were cooking hot meals for the community, people who lost power and the emergency workers.” Self-funded and helped by donations from friends, Ms Giang started cooking from home after Covid restrictions stopped her and the other volunteers from being able to set up in the hills. She said when what started as 50 meals quickly grew to hundreds each week, she connected with a local Chinese Association to make use of their kitchen. “We started cooking from there and eventually moved up to Lilydale for several months,” Ms Liang said. “We don’t have a permanent place of our own, we are using someone else’s kitchen and wherever we can go to do the meals.” Now based in Scoresby, those meals regularly rotate, with ramen noodles, vegetarian stir-fry and mushroom carbonara on the menu when the Star Mail spoke to Ms Giang. She said the volunteer-led not-for-profit offers meals made with uncycled usable food to people who are in disadvantaged situations, while also offering community cooking classes and the opportunity to build skills within the kitchen. Ms Giang said Feed One Feed All recently received a $25,000 donation from Sunbites, which will help them feed even more people. “We do a lot of fundraising ourselves to
The meals regularly rotate based on what is donated and sourced by the not-for-profit charity. make sure that we’ve got money to pay for food,” she said. “We’re constantly looking for more volunteers to come and help us because the idea is to cook more and reach out to more people in need of help.” The donation came from the Sunbites Good Fuel Fund, an initiative to “fuel local charities and shine a light on the charity heroes behind them doing good in their communities.” Ambassador for the Good Fuel Fund and AFLW player Moana Hope said she has witnessed first-hand the “contribution local charities make to communities and just how much this can go unnoticed.” “I’d encourage all Aussies to go out and recognise the good that is being done by locals, as a small contribution really can go a long way,” she said. To find out more about Feed One Feed All, visit fofa.org.au.
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Making use of fallen oak By Tyler Wright Olinda locals worried about the future of a beloved English Oak tree which fell on Thursday 3 November need not be worried, with one local organisation putting the tree’s timber to good use. Wandin man David Ferrier, who formed Treasuring our Trees after 2021’s 9 June storm event in the Yarra Ranges, is salvaging material from the fallen Oak to create a project for the Hills community, with the hopes of turning it into furniture or a sustainable garden project for local schools. “When I assessed the Oak [on Thursday 3 November], I thought, ‘oh my god, I have to salvage some of these materials and make sure that they end up at Olinda Primary School as a cabinet for tables or feature furniture...so that this big, beautiful 100 plus, 110, 120 year old oak tree that’s survived several generations of families and tourists...we’re motivated to make sure that materials are repurposed into something magnificent in the community. We don’t know what that will be exactly yet, but something like a community project or a school and kindergarten project comes to mind immediately.” David said Treasuring our Trees has salvaged between 1500 and 2000 logs since June 2021 and is working with 18 primary schools and two secondary schools, sculptors, artists and craftsmen to create tools and spaces for the community, “Another example of repurposing these
materials is hollow logs back into the school... children can monitor sugargliders or ring tail possums, or whatever might be habitating in these hollow logs. Again, it’s another level of education for children, connecting with biodiversity and understand how important it is to care and nourish the land in our community” Treasuring our Trees is currently working on multiple community projects, including supplying materials for domestic violence mural at Japara Community House in Kilsyth, and setting up woodworking workshops for families and children with disabilities. “We’ve created a database, so we record where what species we salvaged, the exact location where it came from, the diameter of each log... we’ve got 55, different categories that we submit information about, some of it might be weather conditions leading up to an event, rainfall, which direction the tree fell, what day... “Which is incredibly valuable, because we don’t know anyone who’s collecting this sort of data.” Treasuring our Trees is hoping to build five primary school projects within the next seven months, with the organisation’s processing site in Pakenham Upper and showroom in Lilydale; where there will a project launch on Saturday 3 December. “It’s quite incredible. Every day, we’ve got to pinch ourselves to remember how far we’ve come in what’s been 16 months.”
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St John the Baptist Primary School will receive an upgrade regardless of who wins the state election.
Week of pledges By Parker McKenzie The Liberal and Labor Parties disagree on many things, but they’ve found themselves in near-lockstep when it comes to funding commitments for schools and sporting clubs in Ferntree Gully. After Labor candidate for Monbulk Daniela De Martino announced a $3 million commitment for St John the Baptist Primary School as a part of a funding blitz for Catholic schools statewide last week, Liberal candidate Gareth Ward matched the commitment in what he said was “great news for Monbulk” online. In October, Bayswater MP Jackson Taylor announced the Labor Party would invest $900,000 into a new synthetic oval, running track and playground for Kent Park Primary School. The commitment was for $400,000 more than Liberal Party candidate Nick Wakeling had committed to the school for upgrades a month earlier. Ms De Martino also announced a $200,000 commitment to Treasuring Our Trees, which repurposes fallen trees for local projects, funding for an upgrade to the Cockatoo Dog Park and $50,000 for Burrinja Cultural Centre, contingent on Labor returning to government. “We’ve supported community groups like Treasuring our Trees to assist our community following last year’s storms,” she said.
The Liberal Party matched a Labor Party commitment to upgrade of Wally Tew Reserve if elected on November 26. Pictures: FACEBOOK “Treasuring our Trees is helping our community recover from the storms, providing a second life for fallen trees to be developed into community assets.” Mr Ward, alongside Mr Wakeling, announced a $2 million towards upgrading the pavilion at Wally Tew Reserve in Ferntree Gully. The Labor Party made the same commitment a week earlier. Capping off a week of funding announce-
ments, on Sunday 6 November Mr Wakeling said an elected Liberal government will commit $134 million to extend the Route 75 tram from Vermont South to Westfield Knox, a 5.1km extension along Burwood Highway. “In 1999, Labor promised to extend the tram to Knox City. 23 years later, this broken promise has never been delivered,” he said. “Only a Liberal Government will finally see a tram extension to Knox.”
While the bookies are tipping the Labor Party to return to government, several seats in Melbourne’s outer southeast are expected to be competitive when Victorians go to the polls on November 26. The Labor Party is the clear favourite to win the state election according to betting agency Sportsbet, with a $1.05 return for every dollar bet on Daniel Andrews being sworn in as Premier, compared to $6.50 for Matthew Guy and $501 for any other party. A Labor majority is paying $1.20, while a Labor minority, Coalition majority and Coalition minority pay $7, $12 and $14 per dollar bet respectively. Sportsbet is predicting Bayswater to be a tight race, with current MP Jackson Taylor at $1.80 and Ferntree Gully MP and Liberal candidate for Bayswater Nick Wakeling paying $1.98. An independent win currently sits at $14. In Monbulk, Sportsbet expects the seat to be held by Labor, with their candidate Daniela De Martino paying $1.05 compared to $9 longshot odds for Liberal candidate Gareth Ward. Over at TAB, the odds are narrower but tell a similar story, with Mr Ward at $7 and Ms De Martino at $1.10. Shadow Minister for Education David Hodgett is expected to hold onto his seat in Croydon according to Sportsbet, paying $1.45 against $2.65 for Labor candidate Sorina Grasso. It’s a similar story in Evelyn, where a bet on Liberal incumbent Bridget Vallence to is paying $1.20. Labor candidate Lorna Dent is an outside chance at $4.25. Former Gembrook MP Brad Battin, whose seat was abolished ahead of the election, is the favourite to win Berwick at $1.35.
Yarra Ranges bundled branches collections set to begin Yarra Ranges Council’s bi-annual Bundled Branches collection will soon begin, giving community members the chance to dispose of woody green waste ahead of the fire season. The collection, which runs from 21 November to 9 December, invites all households to put out bundles of branches for collection. Yarra Ranges Mayor Councillor Jim Child said the collection was an opportunity to start clearing land ahead of the warmer weather. “The fire season, and the hot weather that comes with it, can begin very quickly,” Cr Child said. “It’s extremely important to have your property ready for fire season – with minimal green waste, branches and woody material that could fuel a fire if one broke out.” The Bundled Branches collection is timed before the usual start of the fire danger period, giving Yarra Ranges residents the chance to dispose of large amounts of branches and woody waste – far more than you can fit into a green bin, Cr Child said. “There will be another chance to get rid of branches in the annual hard waste collection, which runs from January-March, but I’d encourage everyone to make the most of both these opportunities, and to start clearing their property before the fire season hits,” he said. “Check your collection week at yarraranges. vic.gov.au/myneighbourhood to check your date, and what you can put out for collection.” mailcommunity.com.au
Yarra Ranges Council is preparing for green waste collection time. Each household can place out up to three cubic metres of bundled branches, provided: Their pile has no more than 20 bundles of branches Each individual bundle, tree limb or log is no longer than 1.5 metres, no wider than 200 millimetres.
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not be collected. tree limb should be between 75-200 · Each millimetres. Any excess green waste – including weeds, · should be straight and clean with side plants, grass clippings and leaves – should be · Logs branches removed. Branches must be tied disposed of in green waste bins if possible, or with non-plastic string. timber, roots, hard waste, bamboo, · Stumps, creepers, soft plants and grass clippings will
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Unkles joins UAP for east By Mikayla van Loon Chirnside Park resident James Unkles will be running for the Upper House seat of the Eastern Victoria Region at this year’s election representing the United Australia Party (UAP). For 40 years Mr Unkles has lived in the Eastern Region but only now sees it as the right time to run for politics. “I’ve got three children and six grandchildren. I’ve had a gut full of the way the state has been run by the Greens and Dan Andrews,” he said. “I served in the ADF for nearly 40 years. I have excellent abilities, management skills and leadership skills, I want to use those for the benefit of the community.” Growing up in a “politically aware” family, Mr Unkles said he was always interested in politics and he has had a career in analysing legislation as a military and civilian lawyer. He was also formerly a member of the Liberal Party, which he has since resigned after not feeling like it was representative of the values he stood for. While running for the UAP, Mr Unkles backs and supports the party’s policies however, he said as a candidate on the ground he’s not afraid to act independently if there’s something he strongly believes in. “I have the backing and I support the policies of UAP....I do believe UAP has a future in Victoria and I want to be part of that future.” As a defence force veteran, the welfare of returned service personnel is very close to Mr Unkles’ heart and is one of the focuses of his campaign, which is also a focus for the UAP. “There’s no other party in Victoria running in the election, and there’s about 23 of them, that has a veterans platform. I’ve worked with veterans, I’m a veteran, I’ve worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs, veteran affairs ministers - I understand the mindset of veterans.” Other items on his agenda include a moratorium on wind farm installations, a bill that makes the destruction of the Australian flag a criminal offence and lifting parking charges for patients and immediate family at hospitals. Mr Unkles also wants a feasibility study into the use of nuclear power in Victoria, a moratorium on further drug injection rooms and to address conservation and environmental damage in the Gippsland region through excessive tourist developments. After recent floods in the region, Mr Unkles would also like to see driving into flood waters be made a criminal offence. “If I drive on the road, drink driving, I get stopped, I get fined, I lose my licence, I put
Chirnside Park resident James Unkles will be running for the Upper House seat of the Eastern Region on 26 November. people’s lives at risk. “How’s that any different to putting the SES volunteers under stress, having to go to rescue people who have been told very clearly by the signage, the road is closed and flooded rivers and we’ve seen that here in the last few weeks.” Aside from the policies and investigations Mr Unkles would like to conduct if elected in late November, he has four items he believes are challenging the Eastern Region the most, being power generation, wind farms, veterans and hospitals. “We live in a first world country, our ambulances and hospitals are fourth world. It’s a dis-
grace the way those facilities have plummeted in eight years under Labor.” With the Eastern Region extending from Mallacoota to Rosebud and out to Chirnside Park, it’s a large area to cover but Mr Unkles is not worried about representing such a broad region. “I’m very resourceful. Having had a long history serving Commonwealth and state agencies, I’m also a practising and accredited mediator, I know how to work with people, put forward issues, and reach compromise. “That’s been my bread and butter for my whole career. So although the Eastern Region
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is very large, if elected, I will make it my business to visit every single township in the Eastern Region, put up a listening post, and listen to people’s concerns.” Mr Unkles’ intention is to only represent the Eastern Region for a single term if elected, not wanting to make a career out of politics. “I promised the people of the Eastern Region [I’d do] one term, tick off the boxes of what I want to achieve and lay the groundwork and mentor someone to take my place. That’s my undertaking.”
Political newcomer steps up for Greens in Bayswater By Parker McKenzie Nadia Sirninger Rankin is a political newcomer, running for the first time as the Greens candidate for Bayswater in a seat where environmental protection has become a key issue. She said she decided to become involved in politics for the first time with the Greens and “put her values into action” because her generation has a feeling of disempowerment. “That can be really hard when you’re watching people that don’t look like yourself in all political roles,” she said. “Being a young person, a woman, a renter, an artist and a local to Bayswater, it’s so important that we see people like me running and creating change.” The 24-year-old artist and hospitality worker is the youngest candidate to nominate in the electorate so far. She said after recently living independently for the first time, she has realised how real the housing crisis is. “I know so many people my age that have multiple jobs and are still struggling to make ends meet, it’s important we are making housing more affordable,” Ms Sirninger Rankin said. “We have 100,000 Victorians waiting for homes and tens of thousands experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, that’s a scary thing.” 8 MAIL
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Ms Sirninger Rankin said she has been passionate about political change for a long time and as an artist “change is inherently important to me.” “Moving into a political role was just that next step to see if I can really take action against the climate crisis and make a difference,” she said. “Labor and the Liberals have failed us in a lot of ways and we need real people who aren’t just political staffers working towards a better future and representing people.” Lake Knox, a man-made dam set to be replaced by a housing development and wetlands, has become an environmental and election issue after multiple hatchlings of the vulnerable blue-billed ducks were found at the site. Ms Sirninger Rankin said it is important critical habitat like Lake Knox is protected and development works “symbiotically instead of creating destruction.” “I think it’s really beautiful in that way because it does prove that people can create beautiful, natural habitats and work together with nature,” she said. “We do need more housing in the Bayswater district, but we need to be finding ways where we are still supporting the natural habitats that we have here.” The Victorian state election will be held on Saturday 26 November.
Nadia Sirninger Rankin is the Greens candidate for Bayswater.
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Busiest month on record
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Remembrance Day By Tyler Wright Emerald RSL will commemorate Remembrance Day in 2022 with the unveiling of seven memorial plaques and the opening of a new car park, with hopes Friday 11 November will bring the community together to remember those who died or suffered in wars for Australia’s cause. Emerald RSL president Peter Maloney expects around 300 to 400 people to visit the town’s Cenotaph at 10.30am to observe a minute’s silence for veterans. Attendees are invited to Anzac Place afterwards for the unveiling of plaques commemorating lives lost in the seven main conflicts after World War II in countries including Iraq, Vietnam and East Timor. After the service, Mr Maloney will speak about three of the seven conflicts and his service in Vietnam, with Emerald RSL Vice President Kane Falconer speaking about the Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor conflicts as well as the peacekeepers. “There’ll be poppies everywhere as is our tradition in all the grasses around the township” Mr Maloney said.
“We have displays up now at Ritchie’s [IGA], Woolworths and the library each depicting nine soldiers who died in the first world war.” While Emerald residents did serve in the seven major conflicts after World War II, Mr Maloney said it was not possible to name the local soldiers on the new plaques. “When we did the silver plaques for World War One and World War Two, our terms of reference were for those people who were living in Emerald at the time that conflict started, and that isn’t the case for the seven conflicts,” Mr Maloney said. “But we know that there are more people who fought in those conflicts, and that’s the important thing.” The new Emerald RSL car park will also be officially opened with the funding provided by the state government. A BBQ luncheon will also be provided at the Emerald RSL after the service. Emerald RSL is located at 3 Memorial Place, Emerald. Elsewhere in the Dandenong Ranges and foothills, other RSLs are holding services. Monbulk RSL president Bill Ford said the
sub-branch would be holding a service at 11am on Friday 11 November, and he asked for people to arrive at 10.45am. “We’ve been selling our poppies again and we’d like to thank the community for their support,” he said. “Things a very tough for people at the moment financially, but they still dig deep to help the veterans.” Monbulk RSL is located at 48 Main Road, Monbulk. Boronia RSL will be holding a small service on Friday with the details still to be confirmed. Boronia RSL is located at 198 Dorset Road, Boronia. Upwey-Belgrave RSL President Anthony Stewart said the sub-branch will hold both a service in the morning and a dinner on Friday 11 November. “We normally hold it at the memorial in Belgrave but it looks like it may rain, so we will do it at 11am at the sub-branch,” he said. “Everyone is welcome at the dinner, it’s a 6.30pm arrival for a 7pm start.” Upwey-Belgrave RSL is located at 1 Mast Gully Road, Upwey.
October 2022 has been the busiest month in history for the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES), with volunteers responding to a staggering 13,705 RFA’s (requests for assistance). It’s almost a 28 per cent increase on the previous record of 10,740 requests, set in June 2021. VICSES Chief Officer of Operations Tim Wiebusch said he’s incredibly proud of the resilience and dedication of the five thousand SES volunteers across Victoria. “It’s been an incredibly busy month for our VICSES volunteers responding to multiple severe weather events and I’m really proud of the work our VICSES volunteers have undertaken and continue to do to assist so many community members with great support from our partner agencies,” he said. It follows two of the three busiest years on record for VICSES with 2020-21 the busiest financial year in the organisation’s history which included the response to the June 2021 storm. Victoria SES operates 150 units across six regions. The record-breaking month is a timely reminder for Victorians to download the VicEmergency app for warning and advice messaging and check the VicTraffic mobile app or website before travelling for updates on road closures, hazards and to consider alternative journeys. A reminder if you need VICSES emergency assistance, ring 132 500 or Triplezero (000) in a life-threatening emergency.
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Gembrook CFA fire brigade set to receive new tanker By Tyler Wright Gembrook CFA fire brigade crews will be better able to serve their local community with a new tanker thanks to a $214,000 state government grant. The light tanker will provide another 800 litres of water for crews, and will fit more operational members on board, and is expected to arrive at the station in 18 months. Gembrook fire brigade captain Andrew Clark said the brigade and the community sourced an additional $30,000 to complete the tanker purchase. “We’ve got some donation tins at stories in town, at the bakery and the fish and chip shop, so people put their loose change in it for us,” Mr Clark said. “We get generous donation off people organising fundraising events... we had the patchwork and quilting show in town and they raised a lot of money for us. “It’s good that the community will benefit from it in the future.” The smaller truck will allow brigade crews to access tighter spaces, including residential driveways, and its ability to fit more people involved is expected to help during bush fires and structural fires. “A big part of us is bush fires and car accidents (washaways) and this truck will help a lot with that, with having manpower on board,” Mr Clark said. mailcommunity.com.au
Gembrook CFA will receive a new tanker after grant support. Gembrook CFA is one of four emergency service units in the outer east to receive a funding boost as part of the are part of the state government’s 2021-2022 Volunteer Emergency
Services Equipment Program (VESEP). Other recipients include VICSES’s Lilydale Unit, Chirnside CFA and Wandin CFA, with 250 grant recipients state-wide sharing in $14 mil-
lion under the the program. The state government matches every $1 paid by volunteer groups with a $2 co-contribution in the annual grants program which gives volunteer emergency service groups the opportunity to purchase equipment including vehicles, trucks, tankers, watercraft, and trailers, and for minor improvements including refurbishments and amenities, such as kitchens and change rooms. Minister for Emergency Services Jaclyn Symes said it is going to be another busy season for emergency service volunteers, which is why the state government is “chipping in to help them get the equipment they need to keep Victorians safe”. “These grants have been going strong since they were first set up more than twenty years ago – communities will continue to proudly contribute to local fundraising efforts, but we want to help reduce that task and demonstrate that we’ll always support our selfless volunteers,” Ms Symes said. Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing said the grants “will deliver vital equipment to help them to carry out their important work to make and keep us safe - including in floods, fires, or natural disasters”. Other operational equipment that can be funded includes chainsaws, generators, quick fill pumps and inflatable rescue boats and engines. For the full list of successful VESEP grant recipients, visit emv.vic.gov.au/vesep. Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
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Margaret Brooks, Sherbrooke District Girl Guides Manager, with some early memorabilia throughout her almost 60 years involved in Monbulk Girl Guides. Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS
(Back row) Monbulk Girl Guides leader Felicity Hayes, Margaret Brooks and Leonie Jansen. (Front row) Lauren, Charlotte and Jessica. 306382
50 years in Girl Guides By Tyler Wright Monbulk local Margaret Brooks began her girl guide journey in 1962 at nine years old as a brownie, joining her sister as a guide and her mum the president of fundraising. 60 years later, Margaret will be recognised for her 50 years of volunteer service in a ceremony at the hall on Saturday 12 November. “I had a couple of years off and did VCE at school, and then my guide leader...asked me to go on a guide camp, which was always my favourite part,” Margaret said. “I said yes. And that was in January, I got my VCE results while I was on that camp, (not until I got home because we didn’t even have mobile phones). “I never left. I loved it after that. “ Over the 50 years that Margaret has given her time and energy to helping young girls and women learning and implementing important life skills, she has taken on the role of guide leader, outer eastern region manager and Yarra Ranges district manager among others. While she has appreciated roles with Guides Victoria in areas including learning and development; it’s clear serving the Monbulk com-
Margaret with her original guides promise badges. 306382 munity is where her real passion lies. “I don’t know what separates my life from guide life,” Margaret said. “The bulk of my life I’ve been a guide leader...it must be because I identify with those ideals, and it’s about community...[which] is
why I’m drawn back to celebrating this more with Monbulk.” Even more special is the fact one of the women who brought Girl Guides back to Monbulk after World War II. Margaret is also currently the manager for the Sherbrooke District; the original name of the area back in the 60s. “It’s coming around in full circle,” she said. And what girl guiding comes back to, Margaret said, is the old brownie motto of ‘lending a hand’. “I think that speaks volumes of sort of what guides is about, that we are out there doing what we can, not just the people in the community, but also for the environment,” she said. “That’s continued as a tradition of raising funds [for the] Red Cross for years and years, we do Daffodil Day [for] 25 years now, we’ve picked daffodils at the same local farm. “The girls just thrive on being out there... knowing that they’re doing something bigger than for themselves.” The biggest take away for Margaret over her years as a volunteer guide leader has been al-
lowing young women and girls to take charge in what they want to see happen in the world. “If we allow the girls to lead some of the songs and do some of the skits at campfire, rather than the leader saying ‘you’re going to sing this, now we’re all going to sing this’ ... they’ll be much more engaged in it, they’ll learn more, and I’ve always said they will come up with better ideas,” she said. “The girls will come up with a theme about caring...it might be warm fuzzies, where you say something nice about someone to build that person up...if we let the girls take charge of that, they will come up with better ideas than any of us could come up with, they will enjoy it more and they’ll learn more, and they’ll become leaders of our world in the future because we’ve empowered them to say stand up for what you believe, stand up for what you want, and get in there and do it.” At the ceremony on Saturday 12 November, Felicity Hayes will also be recognised for her 10 years as guide leader at Monbulk Girl Guides. A reward for women who are empowering young girls and women to grow into confident and responsible community members.
Locals making a difference acknowledged in Emerald By Tyler Wright Former Emerald CFA captain Paul Yandle was “honoured” to receive the Emerald Citizen of the Year award at a ceremony held by the Emerald Village Association on Wednesday 26 October at the Hills Hub. “Very humbling, [I’m] very honored to be considered,” Mr Yandle said. Mr Yandle began his 35 year tenure at the CFA in 1985, becoming apparatus officer at the Emerald brigade in 1987 and working various lieutenant positions before taking what would be a 22 year role as captain and head of the brigade. He said being captain for 22 years has given him encouragement that the community would be able to come together to get out of a major bushfire or disaster. “We’re not likely to see the type of flooding they’re seeing up in Echuca at the moment, but if you ever had something like that, all those community groups and the people who we’ve got in this town would pull together and get the township through it,” he said. “Not just CFA, but all the different clubs; rotary, lions, tennis clubs… footy clubs, netball clubs, they all get involved in some way to do whatever they need to do.” Other award recipients at the 2022 Emerald Citizen of the Year ceremony included 19-year-old wildlife rescuer Holly Surridge, who was recognised for her work caring for birds, wombats and possums at the Emerald Monbulk Wildlife Shelter in the three years she has been volunteering. 10 MAIL
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Emerald Citizen of the Year award recipients Paul Yandle, Holly Surridge, Len O’Donnell, CEO of the Emerald co-operative society. Picture: PAUL BIANCO Ms Surridge volunteers once or twice a week, and will take on the role of showing new volunteers how to feed the variety of native wildlife at the shelter. Emerald Village Association Vice President Peter Maloney said the Citizen of the Year awards publicly celebrates the work of
community members who don’t ask for recognition. “In most occasions, it’s not recognised, or no-one says ‘job well done,’ so we’ve decided to change that,” Mr Maloney said. 2021 Citizen of the Year, and three-times past Cardinia Shire Council Mayor Graeme
Legge presented trophies to award recipients - a fitting role for a man who has spent 70 years serving Emerald as a volunteer firefighter. The Emerald co-operative society was named community group or organisation of the year. mailcommunity.com.au
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Jacks Bistro and Bar has had an entire makeover and is bringing a wonderful dining experience.
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Bowls bistro rejuvenated Monbulk Bowling Club has been working hard to bring a new and improved, modern look to the venue. Jack’s Bistro and Bar is new, bright and inviting bringing into Monbulk a wonderful dining experience. Jack’s Bistro has had an entire makeover. From the name to the freshly painted walls, new decor, new menu and don’t forget the several booth seating for a more private din-
ing experience. Jacks has great food the whole family can enjoy. Wednesday Parma Night has always been a local favourite offering $19 parmas with chips and salad. Sundays are great for kids with Kids Eat Free per main meal purchased. You can upgrade the kid’s meal for $4.00 which includes a kids drink, ice cream and an activity pack. Let’s not forget the staff that will welcome you with a smile and friendly service,
ensuring that your time will be an enjoyable one. The functions area is near completion. This too will add a modern feel to the Bowling Club. The club’s aim is for the functions area to be the place to go to with your family and friends when there is a special occasion that needs to be celebrated. We all know Christmas is fast approaching and this will be the perfect place to hold your Christmas function. Take advan-
tage of the club’s bowling greens by adding Barefoot Bowls to your function for an extra $10 per person. Get in quick to secure your Christmas party. You will find Monbulk Bowling Club at 11 Moores Road, Monbulk (Just behind Woolworths)Follow us at Monbulk Bowling Club on Facebook to keep up with what’s going on and any other communications. For all bookings and functions call 9756 6183
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Live music returns By Parker McKenzie The Basin Music Festival returned from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 November, with musicians showcasing their talent during the long-running community event. The volunteer-run festival has been held in The Basin since 2005, with free shows at The Basin Triangle and ticketed events at local bars and venues. The Basin Music Festival Committee member John Mortimore said the event started because many people in the neighbourhood were “big fans of the Port Fairy Folk Festival.” “We’d run into each other there and then join back at the pub and part of the conversation frequently was that somebody should start a music Festival in The Basin,” he said. “The first music festival was held where we are standing now, but the stage consisted of a sheet of plywood lying on the ground. It had a lot of spirit though.” The festival features local artists and young musicians, giving them the chance to perform live and hone their craft. Musician Maz Green, who performed with her band at the festival on Friday 4 November, said it was a “surreal experience” to play on the main stage. “I went to The Basin Kindergarten and St Bernadette’s Primary School, I guess you can say it is my hometown,” she said. “Having two years of not being able to get out there and play, the more chance you have of people hopefully discovering and enjoying the music the better.” Ms Green previously won the annual songwriting competition with her high school band and said the festival has given her the opportunity to develop her music. “The hardest thing to do as a musician or a creative is figuring out who you are and what you want to sound like,” she said. “The fact that even a small town can put on
A musical performance at the 2018 Woorilla Poetry Prize. Picture: ON FILE
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Basin Music Festival Committee member John Mortimore has been involved in the festival since its inception in 2004. Picture: PARKER MCKENZIE such a cool festival is really great as well. It always goes off; it’s always a good time.” With a main stage and side stage set up at The Basin Triangle, performances were also held at the nearby Acorn Bar and Oak Tree Tavern. Mr Mortimore said the festival does a great deal for the local community in The Basin. “People who’ve never even been to the music festival love it because it helps the area. It’s part of the glue that holds the community together,” he said. “It’s a common bond. Sometimes this place is absolutely packed.”
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Expressionism on show at Emerald exhibit By Tyler Wright The Emerald Arts Society’s annual art exhibition was a massive success in 2022, with over 230 entries; 75 being from artists under 20 years of age. Entrants under 20, under 15 and under 10 were able to enter enter into 14 categories along with adults including a new June Barnett still life category, showcasing work in acrylics, water colour, still life and photography. Over 100 people attend the exhibition’s official opening night on Friday 28 October.
Emerald Arts Society president Glenn Hambleton said there was a lot more expressionism and abstract art in this year’s exhibition, a step away from more traditional-style paintings. “It was a lot more brighter, a lot more expressionism, a lot more abstract.,” Hambleton said. Hambleton said it was important to showcase the work of artists local to the Hills, and Melbourne, after the pandemic shut shown galleries and exhibitions across Victoria throughout the past two years. “What a great opportunity for kids to be
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brave enough to put themselves out there, and put a painting or a photo or whatever it might be out there, and have it critiqued and then be told that it’s a wonderful piece of art. “I think the arts is a very critical factor of community; one of the main threads for the community to be together.” The Emerald Art Society’s annual exhibition closed on Tuesday 1 November, with some artists even able to sell their pieces. “There was a couple [of artists] from New South Wales...we are trying to make it a bit more national,” Hambleton said.
The hills are full of talented creatives, ranging from award-winning filmmakers, to writers and poets. For decades, the Woorilla Poetry Prize has highlighted the work of poets throughout the Dandenong Ranges and beyond. On Sunday 20 November at 2pm, it will return to Emerald for an afternoon of appreciation of literature, poetry and music. Held this year at the Hills Hub, the event will also be live-streamed online as the winners of the prize are announced after being shortlisted by judges Professor Kevin Brophy and Alicia Sometimes. Woorilla Poetry Prize founder Maria Millers said the event was started in the 1980s to celebrate the creative energy throughout the hills. “I realised there were a lot of amazing, creative people around me, a lot of them who are no longer with us,” she said. “We had the idea to start a journal and then we also thought what about a poetry prize?” The event will feature live poetry reading, music, wine and cheese for attendees to enjoy. Prof. Brophy told the Star Mail in June 2022 that he first became aware of the poetry prize because he wanted his own poems to be read by Judith Rodriguez, one of the first judges of the prize. “Encountering a poem I guess is a bit like encountering a person. It’s hard to describe exactly what’s going on, exactly what it is you’re encountering,” he said. “When you encounter a person, often you don’t know until much later, what it was that attracted you, interested you or impressed you.” This year’s Judith Rodriquez Open Section will feature a $2000 1st prize and a $300 dollars second prize. The Louise Rockne Youth Section, named after the prize’s co-founder, and the culturally and linguistically diverse sub-category will reward the winner with $250 and 2nd place with $100. Both are for people aged 12 to 18-years-old. Ms Sometimes told the Star Mail what elevates a poem for her is “you can tell that you’re in the hands of a crafts person and there’s always something that makes you feel or think.” “It’s just about what speaks to you, what is well crafted and what is vibrating a bit more than the others,” she said. “That’s why I find poetry competitions ephemeral in some ways because there are so many good writers and it’s sometimes what catches you at that moment.” Victoria’s Poetry Slam Champion for 2022 Aloma Davis will perform a live reading of her winning entry. Ms Millers said poetry is much more prominent now than in previous years and decades. “It doesn’t necessarily come on the page. It comes in all those poetry events, the poetry slams,” she said. “Beyond poetry, this is for people who love the literary world, music and performance.” The Emerald Hills Hub is located at 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald. Tickets for the poetry prize can be booked with a donation ranging from free to $100. For more information, visit events.humanitix.com/woorilla-poetryprize-2022-awards/tickets
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Time to play Aussie game Have you ever bet on a Bettong, taken a punt on a Potaroo or put a wager on a Rock Wallaby? If not, Aussies will soon have the opportunity to do this whenever they play ‘OnyaWallaby’ a brand new Travel Quiz and Board Game created during the Covid Lock down by Emerald resident Peter Cook. OnyaWallaby is designed for use ‘out bush’ by family groups on camping holidays or by grey nomads travelling around Australia. It can be used around a camp fire or in a caravan, a motorhome or a tent. All up it could be a great travel companion. OnyaWallaby is versatile because it can be played by just one person or up to twenty players made up of 4 teams of 1 to 5 players. It also offers variety with 30 different quizzes plus an ‘OnyaWallaby4 kids’ option on the website. One reason to ‘get onyaWallaby’ is that it looks great. The folding game board is 100 per cent locally designed by Graphic Artist Tracey Roberts plus most of the printing was also done locally. When asked why play OnyaWallaby, Mr Cook said Australia might be “girt by sea” BUT there is enjoyment to be had exploring not just our coastline but ‘Australia all over’. Playing OnyaWallaby can help you do this. He added Much can be experienced while ‘on the road’ during the day. Extra can be can be learnt about this ‘wide brown land’ when playing OnyaWallaby at your camp, at night. Overall, Mr Cook thinks OnyaWallaby has potential benefits that we could all enjoy - they include: It gives you food for thought It can make travel more rewarding It can help build interest in where you are going and where you have been
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School wins gold for story By Tyler Wright Mount Dandenong Primary School students have taken out a national story award for their excellence in performing arts and raising awareness about animal welfare in their performance ‘Everybody’s Free!’ as part of the 2022 national Wakakirri Story-Dance Festival. It was the first time Mount Dandenong Primary School had been nominated for an award since first getting involved in the competition 12 years ago. Mount Dandenong Primary School Wakakirri teacher Jody Howell said the school community was “thrilled” to hear the students had taken out a national story award for their story-dance, which presented a story of isolated children breaking free from their homes and then attempting to free trapped zoo animals from their enclosures. “Performing arts is something that we worked really hard on at Mount Dandenong, and a lot of our families are really encouraging and supportive of the performing arts as well,” Ms Howell said. The 90 students from Mount Dandenong Primary School from grade one through to grade six took to the stage for this year’s festival, joining more than 180 schools nationwide. “In our community’s heart [performing arts is] really an important thing, so the kids are used to being on stage and the team work between them all was really strong, and I think with our cast varying in age so much, maybe that made us stand out to the judges,” Ms Howell said. The students performed in heats at Frankston Arts Centre, followed by a final Showcase at The Clocktower in Moonee Ponds alongside six other schools. “Teamwork is a massive part of it because we’ve got such a range of ages and abilities that we have to work together and encourage each other,” Ms Howell said.
Mount Dandenong Primary School won a national story award for their performance ‘Everybody’s Free!’ in this year’s Wakakirri national story dance competition. Picture: SUPPLIED “In the downtime when we weren’t on stage or performing, watching our older students take the younger ones under their wings and help them find their bag or keep them entertained for a while... that was really special.” Wakakirri Festival Director Adam Loxely said Mount Dandenong Primary School
should be “very proud” of their award as the standard of performances and the stories being told this year was “exceptional”. Wakakirri panel member Kristin Wantenaar described the performance as “very joyous and energetic,” while Ms Howell will reset for another Wakakirri appearance in two years’ time.
“I love the inclusiveness of it. I would never audition the kids, I would never tell someone they can’t be in it,” she said. “If you encourage children and give them opportunities, and have high expectations as well, they achieve them and everyone’s then proud of everyone.”
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HISTORIC HILLS HOME STEEPED in history and surrounded by lush gardens, “Kalamunda” remains as magnificent as ever. Constructed in 1924 and carefully updated for modern living, this home encapsulates elegant Hills living. This luxurious residence evokes a sophisticated and serene feel due in part to its enclosed verandah with rich Jarrah flooring. At one with its surrounds, gorgeous garden and valley views frame this home so you will feel tucked away from busy life the moment you arrive home. The interior is a masterful blend of period and new features. The generous lounge is adorned with the original timber wainscotting and open fire that elevates the elegance. Etched glass French doors flow through to the formal dining area overlooked by the modern gourmet kitchen with marble benchtops, glass splashback, wall oven, and gas range. The second living area is situated at the rear of the residence with 2 bright bedrooms and a beautifully updated bathroom with slipper tub, making the floorplan ideal for growing families. The main bedroom with walk-in robe and luxe ensuite with rain shower is privately situated for peace and quiet. With additional highlights including a sizeable home office/guest bedroom, a brilliant bonus bungalow, and a double carport and single garage, this property requires no compromise. Situated in a dream lifestyle location on over half an acre, this period home offers new custodians the keys to a compelling lifestyle. Inspection will impress. Exquisite period residence with bonus
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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 27 The Crescent, SASSAFRAS Description: 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 garage Price: $1,600,000 - $1,760,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Glenn Chandler, 0418 410 689 and Suzie Brannelly, 0490 506 910, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE, 97546888
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ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY SET on a corner block in a parklike setting with two driveway entrances offering plenty of off street parking, this gorgeous character home is within walking distance to the Belgrave township, station, restaurants, primary and secondary schools. This extensively renovated property offers an open plan lounge and dining room, three bedrooms plus a study, two bathrooms boasting beautiful French tapware, and the hostess kitchen which has a feature fireplace, central island bench and Caesarstone bench tops. The home enjoys streaming natural light from its northerly orientation, that compliments the quality of the finishes throughout. Additional features include: ducted heating, split system heating and cooling, lead light features, timber floor boards, cedar blinds, open fire place, huge attic storage as well as extensive landscaping front and back with specimen trees and shrubs which enhance the two driveways. So, the choice is yours, enjoy the sunlit rooms and wood fire in winter or take in the spectacular views and picturesque garden whilst entertaining on the covered rear verandah. If setting, convenience and comfort are important to you, then this is the one you’ve been waiting for! ●
HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 44 Belgrave-Gembrook Road, BELGRAVE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Price: $840,000 - $890,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Jan Brewster, 0409 558 805, RANGES FIRST NATIONAL, 9754 6111
CATTLE GRAZING IN THE 1950’S YOU will find country charm and classic farmhouse elements in the 1950s home perched at the top of Evan’s Road ridge line. Views over your 18 acres of the valley of lush pastures and out to the Warburton Ranges and beyond. The farmhouse consists of 3 bedrooms, a cosy living area with a wood fire and windows showcasing the views beyond. The kitchen shows the true era of the home with a solid timber island and surrounding benchtops, bricked fireplace, and a cooktop nook. A separate dining room and mudroom adjoin the kitchen with access to the front deck and courtyard.
The property is set up for cattle or could accommodate horses or other animals if you desire. There are multiple storage sheds, a large 9m x 18.5m machinery shed, and a small studio space and stables. You won’t go short of water with a creek at the rear of the property along the base of the valley and a seasonal dam. The home has the potential of being ‘off-grid’, with tank water, and the main bathroom is connected to a septic system, or there is a composting toilet system already set up. All you need to do is add solar, and you will have yourself an off-grid set-up. ●
HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 434 Evans Road, COCKATOO Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 6 garage Price: $1,150,000 - $1,250,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Mick Dolphin, 0429 684 522 and Jane Mortimer, 0457 620 542, RANGES FIRST NATIONAL, 9754 6111 16 MAIL
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DUAL LiviNG ON A FLAT 1/3 ACRE BLOCK
UPWEY 33 HiGHCLiFF ROAD $1,050,000-$1,150,000 PrACTICAL FAMILY HOME WITH MANY OPTIONS 5 A 2 B 3 C 1 E
COCKATOO 147 WOORi yALLOCK ROAD SECOND DWELLING WITH TENANT IN PLACE!
Understated cottage frontage that is larger than seems and offers a welcoming waterfall & pond centered garden, stunning northerly views of the gardens & mountains at rear, a spacious study/6th bedroom, combustion fire, Jarrah flooring & cabinetry, hydronic heating, 6kW Solar Power system, under house workshop & storage, rainwater tanks, large decking, large parental retreat with a private deck & outdoor spa, downstairs features a massive living & rumpus, a bar & 4 bedrooms - ideal teenage or multi-generational living.
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KALOrAMA 3 OUTLOOK DRivE LOW MAINTENANCE ALLOTMENT
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$520 PW 3A 1B 2C
Enjoy a tree change and lease this modern family home in an idyllic hillside location. This tidy home offers large decking, built in robes, well appointed kitchen with soft close drawers and plenty of bench & cupboard space, studio nook and commodious laundry with external access, dual access toilet, GDH, Reverse cycle airconditioner, double carport, powered under house storage and a fully fenced rear yard. All this is situated on a low maintenance allotment.
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This property offers a range of options. The main home is character filled with recycled timber doors, stain-glass windows, high ceilings, a claw foot bath in main bathroom & two living areas. Outside features a cosy deck, a red brick paved courtyard under the oak tree, studio, workshop, double carport with storage & room for the caravan too! The second double-storey independent 2 bedroom dwelling features an undercover verandah with views of the rural scenery over the road, a single carport & tool shed.
Mick Dolphin 0429 684 522
FOR LEASE - WHAT AN OUTLOOK!
$895,000-$980,000
UPWEY 1462 BURWOOD HiGHWAy GrEAT OPPOrTUNITY ON 1324SQM
$595,000-$650,000 2A 1B 2C
With neighbourhood residential zoning, this property is ideal either as your first home or add to your portfolio & develop into units STCA. Superbly located within walking distance of the Upwey shopping strip, Station & local schools. The neat home is set back away from the road & features a wood fire, double carport & off-street parking, a back deck, private gardens and a fully fenced backyard. if you are looking for an investment or development project, this property will easily rent out while you organise your plans.
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SPACIOUS HOME, PRIVATE AND VIEWS THIS spacious and welcoming, low maintenance family home offers distant views and is situated in a peaceful location just a few hundered metres to everything Monbulk has to offer. Stacked with features and representing great value, the features included: 12 year young chartacter home - privately situated on over 1600m2. Elevated and distant views. Approximately 30 squares under roofline. High ceilings throughout. An abundance of glass and natural light in every room. Double glazed windows great for peaceful nights and to minimise those power bills. Stacker doors to the deep varandahs - perfect to capture the breeze in summer. Huge open plan lounge, dining, family room with central double sided wood fire. Modern kitchen with generous pantry and quality appliances. Large family bathroom with oversized, walk in shower, bath and European laundry. Seperate powder room. 3 king size, robed bedrooms all with ceiling fans. Gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, a split system and ceiling fans. Deep verandahs where you can relax and enjoy the view. All services connected - gas, water, sewer, power and NBN. 6.6kW of solar to offset the rising cost of electricity. Undercover access to the home from the under house double carport. Plenty of room downstairs to build in further rooms - rumpus or home office. Concrete driveways. Drive through access - perfect for vans, boats and floats. On site parking for 10+ vehicles + the caravan and then some. 8m x 6m shed with concrete floor and power and water tank for irrigation. Irrigation lines installed throughout the rear yard. Large igloo for the avid gardener/grower. Fruit trees and extensive established hedging and all under 500m to the primary school, Aldi, Woolies and the heart of Monbulk. You could not build this property for the price - with nothing to do but put your own stamp on things this property has it all so don’t miss out. Call Samantha Scott on 0438 680 032 for more information and inspection times. ●
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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 24 Moxhams Road, MONBULK Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 8 garage Price: $900,000 - $990,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Samantha Scott, 0438 680 032, BELL REAL ESTATE, EMERALD, 5968 6222 18 MAIL
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P 5968 6222 311-313 Main Street Emerald
23 Maisey Road, Gembrook
$1,050,000 - $1,150,000
4 Lisheen Road, Cockatoo
$900,000 - $990,000
Brilliant views across the Gembrook landscape!
Spacious and stunning centrally located family home!
This generous 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, family home, has a sealed driveway, front verandah, and is on an acre with great views. The master bedroom has a ceiling fan, WIR, & ensuite. This character filled home has a generous study nook, a sunken lounge room with wood fire heater, split system air-conditioning, & a stunning cathedral ceiling in the dining room. The kitchen has a gas stove top, electric oven & dishwasher. The further bedrooms have ceiling fans & BIRs, utilising the family bathroom with shower & corner spa. The rumpus room provides a teenagers retreat/working from home potential. There is a chicken run, vegetable gardens, & several sheds, including a wood shed, a 6m*3m and a 3m*3m shed, and a 10m by 9m DLUG with electric doors, concrete floor & workshop area. The backyard is fully fenced. This home also offers a 6.6kW solar power system.
This is an amazing true family home. With 6 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms, giving you the possibility of sharing a multi-generational home or dual occupancy. All bedrooms have BIRs and carpet. Master bedroom features an ensuite. The further two bathrooms contain both a toilet & shower each, with the larger bathroom offering a corner spa bath. The kitchen has a 900mm electric oven & gas stove, and overlooks the lounge area & rumpus room. This home features high ceilings, ducted heating, ducted vacuum, wood fire, air conditioners and a rear deck that is 9m by 12 m and fully covered to facilitate all year around entertaining. The garden has fruit trees, a dedicated dog area, chicken yard, & a paved area. There is under house storage and a brand new massive 8m * 11m, 4 car shed with concreted floor and 4m high walls.
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Charming 3 bedroom cottage, 2 bedrooms with BIRs on a flat 1/2 acre on a sealed road with dual access and circular driveway. Features include, high ceilings, fully renovated bathroom, and open plan cottage timber kitchen complete with granite benchtops and gas cooking with an adjoining dining area. The sitting room could be used as a playroom or formal dining room. Features include a split system, gas ducted heating, and a gas fire inset. Situated at the back of the home is a convenient mud room perfect for family living with a toilet and laundry close by. Outside has 3 carports, a workshop, 3 sheds, and plenty of water tanks that also keep the veggie patch growing beautifully and a beautiful water feature. There are approved renovation plans including approved council permits for those wishing to renovate this fantastic property.
This lovingly renovated 4 bedroom plus study home in Gembrook has a spacious kitchen with Caesar stone bench tops, modern cabinetry, an electric oven, gas cooktop, stainless steel appliances, and a walk-in pantry. The master bedroom is sophisticated with an ensuite, walk-in robe and is located away from the further spacious 3 bedrooms with built-in robes. Two additional rooms could be utilised as a work-from-home space, teenage retreat or business (STCA) with separate access, deck and powder room. Features include high ceilings, a wood heater, gas ducted heating, plush carpets, double-glazed windows and high-quality fixtures and fittings. Outside is an easily maintained flat, low maintenance back yard, shed, solar panels, carport, sealed roads, exposed aggregate driveway, cubby house, and beautiful Merbau deck with great views.
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LIFESTYLE ACREAGE THIS impressive family residence resides in scenic surrounds near Birdsland Reserve and Belgrave Heights Christian College. Securing an esteemed position within the desirable Dandenong Ranges, this is a 1,260sqm (approx.) parcel of paradise not to be missed. The meticulous interior of this home is modern and refreshing with a crisp contemporary colour palette throughout the open concept living area. Centred around a warm wood fire, this gathering zone comprises the lounge and dining area with stylish wide-plank flooring and an expansive cooks’ kitchen with gas cooker, stunning benchtops, subway tiles, pendant lighting, and island for congregating with family and friends. With a direct flow out to the level rear garden, family living has never looked finer. Add to this 4 comfortable bedrooms, including the main with modern shower ensuite, an ample home office/study, a single under-house carport with storeroom, and freestanding single garage, and this property offers a long list of features to admire. Whether you’re seeking a tree-change or you’re a local looking to upgrade, this property promises to offer endless enjoyment. Plan your inspection today. Contemporary open plan living with wideplank floors and a warm wood fire Cooks’ kitchen with gas range, stunning benchtops, and inviting island seating 4 beautiful bedrooms with quality carpet, including main with shower ensuite Designated study/office, single carport
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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 238 Mt Morton Road, BELGRAVE HEIGHTS Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $990,000 - $1,089,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Brad Conder, 0422 639 115, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE, 97546888
HILLSIDE OUTLOOK AND MASSIVE SHED LIVE your best life at this breathtaking acreage with sweeping hillside views, super-size workshop, and spectacular swimming pool. Created to be a private and picturesque lifestyle property with options to work from home, there are over 10 acres of exceptional elements here to discover. Remote entry gates lead to a lovely brick family home with floor to ceiling windows that capture glorious outlooks at every turn. With 2 living areas with warm wood fires, a quality timber kitchen with induction cooktop and Bosch dishwasher, and oneof-a-kind arched roof outdoor entertaining area with sparkling pool and brilliant BBQ area, this home will be the backdrop for every monumental family moment. Featuring 3 generous bedrooms, including the main with ensuite and expansive walk-in robe, a study/home office with custom desk, and a covered deck for superior aspects of the surrounding landscape, comfort is afforded in every corner of this home. Outside, the list of supplementary features here is seemingly never-ending. Tradespeople and hobbyists will be enamoured with the massive shed/ workshop (12 x 24 metre, height 5.4 metre). Families will appreciate the single lockup garage and extra-height carport ideal for recreational vehicles. Gardeners and homesteaders will find immense value in the machinery shed/potential stables, 3 paddocks, covered potting shed with endless potential, spring-fed dam, and extensive list of over 100 plant species. This incredible property offers infinite comfort and possibilities for one fortunate family, so don’t delay, treat yourself to a tour today. 41,301sqm (approx.) property with 3-phase power workshop, 3 paddocks,
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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 13 Avon Road, AVONSLEIGH Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 20 garage Price: $1,380,000 - $1,500,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Suzie Brannelly, 0490 506 910, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE, 9754 6888 20 MAIL
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Real Estate you can trust! We ’ r e h e r e t o h e l p FOR SALE
2/40 Bergins Road, ROWVILLE
$670,000 - $730,000 3A 1B 1C
CUTE, CONVENIENT & CLOSE TO EVERYTHING!
FOR SALE
$730,000 - $795,000
30 Upper Coonara Road, OLINDA FAMILY STARTER WITH FILTERED VALLEY VIEWS
3A 2B 2C
Located in a convenient location within easy reach of all local arterial roads and freeways, Stud Park and Wellington Village and the beautiful walking tracks of Tirhatuan Reserve, this 3 bedroom unit is well maintained and close to many local schools. With only 2 properties on the site, unit 2 is privately positioned at the rear of the block which further enhances the privacy of this lovely home.
Staring out over filtered views that take in the nearby Monbulk valley, this three bedroom home is spacious and positioned privately away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Set on a generous 1851m2, elevated block with a stunning array of mature trees, the home boasts an open plan design with an updated kitchen that includes a 900ml stainless steel upright oven plus excellent storage and bench space.
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22 Kitchener Road, TECOMA
$900,000 - $980,000
SPECTACULAR CIRCA 1920S HOME STEPS FROM TOWN
3A 2B
With exceptional character elements and enduring adaptability, this breathtaking circa 1920s residence will impress. Situated within strolling distance of both Belgrave & Tecoma’s townships, schools and train stations, this home’s legacy is set to continue for years to come. From its sealed drive with ample off-street parking and expansive paved patio for entertaining, a family-focused lifestyle awaits. Through the landscaped gardens, a pathway leads to the covered verandah entry that offers lush outlooks of the local surrounds.
FOR SALE
3 Menin Road, MONBULK BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED INSIDE AND OUT
$800,000 - $880,000 3A 2B 4C
This beautiful home with bonus double carport and large garage offers splendid family living only steps from local amenities. Easily accessing Monbulk Aquatic Centre, Baynes Park, local schools, public transport, and Main Road’s restaurants and shopping, this 1,111sqm (approx.) property is a complete lifestyle package.
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A delightful horror story By Christine Yunn-Yu Sun A review of What We All Saw by Mike Lucas This is the first in a series of six book reviews featuring the 2022 Readings Young Adult Prize. Although What We All Saw is supposedly a horror story for lower to middle secondary readers, any adult would find this superbly crafted book a reminder of their childhood memories, some of which are fun and fabulous while others traumatic and even terrifying. Written by Plymouth-born, Adelaide-based author Mike Lucas, the story is told from the perspective of Sam, one of four eleven-yearolds living on an estate in south-west England in the 1970s. Together with his friends Gray, Shell and Charlie, they spend the school holidays exploring the nearby wood, where an old quarry exists as the source of local folktales. It is said that witches used to live there, some of whom were thrown over the edge of the water-filled quarry to their demise – hence the name Hag’s Drop. Who knows? Perhaps witches still exist, as throughout the years a good number of children have mysteriously died there, and sounds of scratching and cackling can be heard in the dark. As the children set out to distinguish facts from folklore – and to discover the subtle difference between “truths” and beliefs – we are reminded of tales of childhood friendship plagued by dark secrets that are made famous by Stephen King’s “The Body” (1982), It (1986) and even Dreamcatcher (2001). But What We All Saw is unique in its capacity to generate creeping dread while making
young readers feel safe. The benefit of hindsight helps, as we know Sam and his friends must have survived the real and imagined horror to narrate the story in the past tense. The peculiar, almost absurd sense of humour that only children seem to possess even in the worst imaginable crisis also helps. It pulls us back from the edge of our seats, yes, but it also makes the characters more vivid and believable. Rather than concentrating on scaring his readers, the author cleverly chooses to illustrate the formidable and often haunting power of storytelling to influence our perceptions. Stories, like witches, only affect us when we believe them. More importantly, it is not just the story but how it is told that is capable of suspending any disbelief and opening our minds to the unbelievable. Seeing does not necessarily lead to believing, and in What We All Saw, the blind often sees more clearly than the sighted people. Whether or not witches do exist is beside the point. What matters is, as explained by one of the characters, the more we are kept from something, the more we want to know what the fuss is all about. “Curiosity – the blessing and the curse of the young” – and that perhaps also applies to the young at heart. Curiosity leads to empathy in our attempt to understand those around us, while fear only builds walls. Good horror stories should be able to facilitate the former by bridging us with the unknown and unfathomable.
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The Phantom of the Opera Melbourne, the home of Australia’s theatre, welcomed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The new Production of The Phantom of the Opera. Back in the ‘90s the original The Phantom of the Opera opened in the Princess theatre. An apt theatre because what many people don’t realise is that The Phantom is set in Paris’s Opera House which was built at the same time as Melbourne’s Princess Theatre which also has its own ghost. The latest version is playing at the State Theatre Victorian Arts Centre which is possibly the only theatre in Melbourne to handle the Melbourne theatre goers. Opening night saw the house packed. A lavish production with amazing sets ranging from the far east to the caverns under the opera house of Paris. Sets flowed smoothly and is a credit to the behind stage staff who handled all the changes with promptness which showed in the production. Starring as the Phantom was Josh Peterman, a brilliant performance added to by a wonderful singing voice not to mention great acting. Christine Daa?, the heroine, was given an excellent performance by Amy Woodford. Not only is she a wonderful actor, she has the soprano voice to match. An amazing performance which was loved by the opening night audience. Christine Daa?’s undeclared fiance,
Kemp’s curtain call Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny was given a magnificent portrayal by Blake Bowden. Bowden lived up to the aforementioned in his acting and voice. This role was increased in this newer version of The Phantom of the Opera which made the story far more satisfactory. The two new owners of the Opera House were Monsieur Andre, played excellently by Andy Morton and Monsieur Firmin, also well played by David Whitney. The Ballet Mistress, Carlotta Giudicelli, was given a wonderful interpretation by Jayde Westbury. Two other leads were Ubaldo Piangi, performed by Paul Tabone who handled the role with expertise. The company’s diva, Madame Giry, was played by Giuseppina Grech. A great interpretation, her daughter, Meg Giry, handled her role with ease and gave a stunning performance. The ensemble lived up to the Melbourne audience’s expectations and your correspondent highly recommends, DO NOT MISS IT.
Great War yields great film All Quiet On The Western Front Starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch and Daniel Bruhl Rated MA15+ 4/5 All Quiet On The Western Front is a harrowing, enthralling adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel. Paul (Felix Kammerer), a student in 1917, enthusiastically enlists in the German war effort, but his romantic view of war is quickly shattered by the horrors of the Western Front. All Quiet On The Western Front conveys the vast chaos and terror of war through an intimate human perspective, as Paul steadily loses his friends and innocence in a desolate landscape. A droning electronic leitmotif in the score underlines the mechanised nature of World War I, and a silk scarf shared between the main characters symbolises the scarce hope and connection in such a war. The film’s general aesthetic is mud, blood and trauma, and the visual language makes clever use of juxtaposition. The first two shots contrast new life – a fox and her cubs in their den – with a field of dead bodies. In a diplomatic narrative running parallel with the skirmishes, the film mirrors a gathering of officials to discuss peace with a gathering of soldiers
preparing to attack. The battle sequences are frantic and gut-wrenching, and the second act has a terrifying scene of tanks emerging from the mist like lumbering beasts. All Quiet On The Western Front lags in the middle. Viewers need some down-time for shocks to carry full impact, but the lull in the second act feels almost comfortable, and the film takes a long time to match the magnitude of the first-act battle (but this intensity is well and truly matched). Kat (Albrecht Schuch) and Tjaden (Edin Hasanovic), two soldiers whom Paul bonds with, also feel strangely interchangeable. Despite some pacing issues, All Quiet On The Western Front is a gruelling, poignant and superbly-produced war film, and is available for streaming on Netflix. - Seth Lukas Hynes
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Marking club’s 125 years By Parker McKenzie On November 20 1897, Monbulk Cricket Club played its inaugural game against Seville. 125 years later to the day, the two clubs will meet again to celebrate the monumental anniversary and the launch of the club’s new history book. 125 Not Out: A History of the Monbulk Cricket Club 1897-2022 has been researched and written over the past two years by life member Greg Hardy, chronicling the club’s founding to the modern day. Monbulk Cricket Club co-president Steve Utting said the idea for the history book started when he was secretary of the club in early 2020. “Every Saturday I just reviewed all of our club’s premierships. We had 30 or 40 premierships so I just researched all of them, found photos and put them on our Facebook page every Saturday morning which created a lot of interest,” he said. “Our current co-president Chris Defina and I had the idea of interviewing all of our 48 life members, so that was our next project.” Once they completed the interviews, the
pair decided to compile all the research into a book, when Mr Hardy offered to help with the project. Mr Hardy said through his two years of research, he has added around 70,000 runs and 5,500 wickets to the club’s database. “As far as I can work out, Monbulk is the second oldest club in the Dandenongs, with Emerald formed about five or six years earlier,” he said. “The club kept no records whatsoever prior to 1978 about its past players.” Mr Hardy said the club was formed by players from the Monbulk Football Club and the team still plays at the same ground albeit under different circumstances. “There’s a famous story where Seville travelled to Monbulk in 1897 or 1898 in one of the early games and they actually played around piles of logs that had been left on the ground,” he said. “They write it up as basically to say Monbulk won the game because their players knew where the logs were.” The club will host Seville during the 125year celebration at Monbulk Recreational Reserve on Sunday November 20, with a full day
featuring a junior cricket T10 game at 10.30am, the book at 12pm, a best 12 and legends team announced at 12.30pm, a finger food lunch, a junior blasters session and the senior T10 match at 2pm before a post-match presentation. Mr Utting said both the history book and the celebration have grown substantially from the original plans and he expects to see a few hundred people on the day. “The end product, which is being published now, it’s unbelievable. It’s 350 pages of full pictures, records and amazing stories from each of the 125 years,” he said. “It’s going to be a big day, we’re just hoping obviously that it doesn’t rain like it has for the last six weeks.” Mr Hardy said members of the cricket club’s committee have done a remarkable amount of work to get the book together. “One of the things that struck me is just how important clubs like the cricket, footy and bowls clubs are to these types of smaller communities,” he said. “It’s a distinct locality in its own right and it’s been that way ever since 1897, which I think is remarkable.”
125 not out: A History of the Monbulk Cricket Club 1897-2022 has been researched and written over the past two years by life member Greg Hardy. Picture: MONBULK CRICKET CLUB
Rained out cricket season takes a toll on local teams By Tyler Wright Cricket clubs and league representatives alike have experienced a difficult cricket season in 2022, with the Ferntree Gully and District Cricket Association postponing all Senior and Junior matches across the 25 clubs in the league until the weekend of Friday 11 November. All Senior and Junior fixtures have been redrawn, with division one and division two results from round two still standing. After that, the remaining 13 games will be held each Saturday coming up to the finals in around March. Monbulk Cricket Club is one affected team in the league, with its oval flooded in the aftermath of heavy rain on Thursday 25 October. Senior coach Kyle Snyman, who has been involved in the local cricket competition for over 20 years, said he has never seen rain like what he hills has experienced at the start of the cricket season. Despite this, the club has endeavoured to continue as per usual despite only playing one game this season. “[On Thursday 3 November], we still had 40 turn up to training in wet conditions, we played a few games at the end, everyone was
up and about and loud, and there was laughter and then we had a carpet bowls and table tennis competition indoors...we selected four teams and we’re playing practice matches,” Snyman said. “I don’t think there’s a right way or wrong way of going about it, I just think the most important thing is keeping everyone engaged and still treating every week and every session like we’re still playing cricket, and hopefully we will get on next week when we’re when we’re meant to.” Ferntree Gully & District Cricket Association president Colin Capon said during the first few weeks of the season, there were only four or five grounds playable, with heavy rains saturating the grounds. “I think it’s frustration across the board. Not so much the decision we’ve had to make, but the fact that we simply can’t do anything,” Capon said. “There’s a couple of grounds that do recover very well, [and] that’s probably very frustrating for the players of those clubs... but you can’t run a competition on one or two grounds.” Capon said he is in regular contact with club president’s to assess the condition of the grounds.
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Upwey-Tecoma women win their second game It was another Saturday without cricket for the Upwey-Tecoma men’s senior and junior sides but thankfully the women’s team played their second match for the season a high-scoring and highly entertaining encounter against Mountain Gate at HV Jones Reserve. Upwey-Tecoma were sent in to bat after losing the toss. The Tiger’s captain Jacqui Cooke and Bernie Black started strongly, with Black dismissed for 23 in the 10th over with the score at 1/71. Alex Bantock didn’t waste any time getting her eye in, whacking a quickfire 24 to push the score past 100. Backing up her 45 not out in Round 1, Cooke anchored the innings with a superb unbeaten 50 to see Upwey-Tecoma finish their 20 26 MAIL
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overs at 3/158. The Tiger’s opening bowlers, Black and Kaitlyn Roleff, started well with some tight bowling giving them the early ascendancy. The Mountain Gate batters started to play some excellent shots to give them a chance of chasing down the score but the fall of wickets at crucial times kept the Gators at bay. A wicket each to Black, Bantock, Jess Ducat and Nic Hurst, plus two sharp runouts and some excellent catching, saw Mountain Gate finish 50 runs short of the target on 5/108. Upwey-Tecoma 3/158 (Cooke 50*, Bantock 24, Black 20) def Mountain Gate 6/108 (Black 1/12, Hurst 1/14)
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Big win for Monbulk 1 By Jack Rollings The weather was rain, hail, gusty wind, bitterly cold as mid-winter, and very occasional bright warm sun, not for long though. Monbulk 1 played at home against Healesville 1. They did have to stop playing for a while when the rain picked up and the green had big puddles. But Monbulk had the momentum and was eager to get back out onto the green as soon as it started clearing. Jim Bras’ team led all day. At the lunch break, they were up 22 shots to 4. After the break, Healesville found their range on the wet green and Monbulk could only win three ends in the back half. But the Monbulk lead was too great and Healesville couldn’t catch up. Monbulk picked up five 3s and a whopping big rare 8-shotter. Monbulk won the rink 30 shots to 17. Eric Markham’s team had a horror game last week. They were determined to turn the tables this week and were able to do just that. They dropped only six ends for the whole game and the wins included a 3, a 4, two 5s and a 6. They were able to keep the pressure on for the whole game and take the rink 38 shots to 9. Brian Smith’s team didn’t get on the scoreboard until the seventh end and then they did it with a big 4-shotter. In the back half, Monbulk dominated, only dropping four ends and collecting a couple of 3s and another 4. They took over the lead on the sixteenth end and held off a late comeback from Healesville to take the win 24 shots to 21. Overall Monbulk won 92 shots to 47 with three rinks up. They are now third on the ladder with two wins and two losses. Next week Monbulk plays away against Mooroolbark 1 who are unbeaten and on top of the ladder with a clear margin. Monbulk 2 played away against Cranbourne 3. Graeme Goller’s team led on all but one end. They won twelve ends but did drop two 3s and a 4, making the contest very close. They were 17 shots all going into the last end but managed to nail a big 3 and take the rink points. Monbulk won the rink 20 shots to 17. Don Barnetson’s team struggled in the front half, winning only four ends. But they did better after lunch and won a majority of the back half ends. Clangers were the biggest problem.
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They dropped three 3s and two 4s. Monbulk lost the rink 15 shots to 26. Peter Koomen’s team won ten ends and had a close match for most of the day with level scores on several ends. Then, on the eighteenth end, with the finish in sight, they dropped a 5-shot clanger. They won the final two ends but not with big enough scores to catch up. Monbulk lost the rink 13 shots to 19. Overall Monbulk lost 62 shots to 48 with one rink up. They are still fourth on the ladder, with Noble Park just above in the third spot. And that’s who Monbulk plays next week. Monbulk 3 had a bye this week. Next week they play away against Yarra Junction 1. They are one win below Monbulk on the ladder. A win for Monbulk next week would push them up the ladder.
Monbulk bowlers rise up By Jack Rollings At last, a fair dinkum warm day. No jackets needed. Some gusty breezes, but not too bad. Monbulk 1 played at home against Bayswater. Karen Rice’s team gave away only 6 ends, all for minor scores. Bayswater didn’t get on the board until the seventh end. Monbulk wins included four 3s and a big 6. All the Monbulk shots seemed to just work – the draw shots, upshots, blockers, position bowls – it was a memorable magic day. Monbulk won the rink with a gigantic margin of 35 shots to 7. Jim Bras’ team picked up a 4 on the first end and looked destined for a special day. But then Bayswater came back and equalled on the eighth end. After the break, Monbulk won the big scores – a 4 and three 5s, to grow a very decent margin. Monbulk won the rink 32 shots to 17. Eric Markham’s team led strongly in the front half, giving away only three ends. But the fruit cake at halftime must have strengthened the Bayswater team because they came out in the back half and hammered Monbulk. Monbulk could only pick up three more ends. Scores were equal on the eighteenth end and then Bayswater edged in front of Monbulk. Monbulk lost the rink 14 shots to 17. Brian Smith‘s team had the close one, with scores level several times. Going into the break Monbulk were trailing by 4 shots. After the fruit cake, Monbulk claimed a couple of 3s to equal. Bayswater fought back and took back the lead, but Monbulk steadied and took the final six ends to win the rink 25 shots to 19. Overall Monbulk won 106 shots to 60 with three rinks up. They are well on top of the ladder with four wins and no losses. Next week Monbulk plays away to Healesville who are third on the ladder with two wins. This may test Monbulk. Monbulk 2 played away against Ferntree Gully 4. This venue is renowned for being difficult for visitors. There is a wide and a narrow side, the wind is variable, and the carpet is not always running true. So, the Monbulk results were magnificent. Graeme Goller’s rink had some big scores, both for and against. They gave away a 3 and three 4s, but also picked up four 3s, a 4 and a 6. Monbulk took the lead around the halfway mark and grew the margin to 14 shots in the back half. FTG picked up some wins to edge a bit closer, but Monbulk hung on to win the rink 28 shots to 22.
Alan Hamilton’s team was never headed all day. They dropped only one clanger and picked up one 3-shotter. Monbulk won the rink 19 shots to 13. Don Barnetson’s team only won seven ends for the day but led throughout the front half because they picked up some huge multiples - a 4 and two 5s. In the back half, FTG’s consistency showed through and, even though the scores were sometimes close, Monbulk couldn’t get hold of the mat enough to frighten Ferntree Gully. Monbulk lost the rink 20 shots to 28. Peter Lee’s team had a blinder. They only gave away 5 ends for the day, all for minor scores. And the wins included two 3s, a 4, and two 5s. They stayed on track, led all day and won the rink by a massive 35 shots to 9. Overall Monbulk won 102 to 72 with three rinks up. They are now fifth on the ladder with two wins and two losses. Next week they play at home against Upwey/ Tecoma who are yet to collect a win this season. Monbulk would have to be favourites on paper, but there are 1344 bowls to be put down before we see who claims the points. Cockatoo/Monbulk played away against Mooroolbark 7. Graeme Godkin’s team led strongly in the front half, up by 9 shots at the halfway mark. Then Cockatoo/Monbulk came out and lost seven ends in a row. With two ends to go they were 16 shots all, but Mooroolbark grabbed the last ends, and Cockatoo/ Monbulk lost the rink 16 shots to 20. Allan Brooke’s team won seven ends including one 3 but also gave away three 3s. They won equal ends in the back half but couldn’t match the multiples that were given away. Cockatoo/Monbulk lost 12 shots to 27. Ken Earle’s team won more ends, but the losses included two 3s, a 4 and two 5s. They were able to level on the seventeenth end, but Mooroolbark took the finishing ends. Cockatoo/Monbulk lost 20 shots to 28. Mark Coulter’s team dropped only five ends for the day. But that included two 4 shot clangers. Nevertheless, Cockatoo/ Monbulk led all day and picked up a couple of 3s and a 4. Cockatoo/Monbulk won the rink strongly 28 shots to 14. Overall, Cockatoo/Monbulk lost 89 shots to 76 with one rink up. They are sixth on the ladder, still waiting for their first outright win. Next week they play at home to Eastwood Golf who are the only side below them on the ladder. This is the line drawn in the sand.
Pavilion opening “bittersweet” for the Gembrook club It’s a “bittersweet” feeling for Gembrook-Cockatoo Football Club senior coach Brad Coller as Cardinia Shire Council officially opens of the $2.5 Gembrook Recreation Reserve pavilion; a project three years in the making. Since their home game in August 2019, players have since adjusted to three football seasons with makeshift showers, portable change rooms throughout winter and no canteen, with some additional assistance from opposing teams. “It got to the point where it was laughable, everyone didn’t care anymore because at the start you’re like ‘oh yeah, It’s starting to look good and taking shape, and ‘we’re going to be in soon’...but it got to a point where everyone tuned out to what was in the background...because we had no trust or belief in any of the works [getting] done any time soon,” Coller said. Coller said Belgrave Football Club offered its facilities for a home game where Gembrook-Cockatoo could run the gate, and the Gembrook RSL provided a space for the club to hold its Thursday night meals and selections, with players changing clothes in the muddy and freezing winter conditions. “It’s lucky we had those guys to fall back on, where we could cook our own meals and serve some drinks and have a gathering. “The posititive out of it is it galvanised the group, the whole playing group and netballers, because we had to go through all mailcommunity.com.au
Gembrook-Cockatoo Football Club head coach Brad Coller in the Gembrook Recreation Reserve temporary change room, speaking to the seniors in a temporary change room in June. 284151 Picture: ROB CAREW those tough times together. “We ended up with some success, with one netball team and two football teams in the
grand final, and we won two premierships, so really there is a positive out of it in how resilient we all became.”
A Cardinia Shire Council spokesperson said the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the head contractor of the Gembrook sporting pavilion project going into liquidation, has made it a “complex project to progress”. “Council remained committed to doing all it could to see this pavilion redevelopment project through to completion at the earliest date possible,” the spokesperson said. “Council has been in regular contact with, and supported, the Gembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club and Gembrook Reserve stakeholders right throughout the project to minimise any disruptions to the playing season, including by providing portable facilities during construction.” Cardinia Shire Mayor Jeff Springfield opened the pavilion on Thursday 3 November with Federal Member for La Trobe, the Honourable Jason Wood MP, Community Asset Committee Treasurer Neil Busacca, Project Working Group and Football Representative Marcus Adams and Cricket Club President Jeremy Everett. Coller said the facilities, including unisex and universally accessible change rooms for players and umpires, a gym, an upgrade for the kitchen and social room, and a time keeper’s room, are “great,” but some of the playing group were not willing to attend the pavilion opening. “They’re all still pretty dirty on on the fact that we’ve looked at it for three years,” he said. Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
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